E3 - Horns, Bullying, and a Hair Ornament
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[00:05] Uname; narration
When I lost my parents, my grandmother
who lived in the countryside took me in.
[00:11] Uname; narration
The bag I clutched held
everything I had in the world.
[00:19] Uname; narration
My grandmother, Tae, hugged me.
[00:23] Uname; narration
Ever since that moment,
I've been my grandma's girl.
[00:28] Uname; narration
My life with my grandmother
wasn't full of luxury,
[00:32] Uname; narration
but those were peaceful, gentle days.
[00:36] Uname; narration
However...
[00:39] Uname; narration
My clothes were all either
made by my grandmother
[00:41] Uname; narration
or bought on sale at a steep discount,
[00:44] Uname; narration
so the other students in
my class made fun of me.
[00:47] (Flashback) girl
You always wear the same clothes.
[00:51] (Flashback) boy
Have you ever washed them?
[00:57] (Flashback) teacher
Everyone, make sure to bring a dust rag
on the day of our school-wide cleaning!
[01:07] (Flashback) Tae
I've sewn plenty of them, so share
some with the other children, too.
[01:15] (Flashback) boy A
Oh, I forgot.
[01:19] (Flashback) boy A
Can someone lend me a dust rag?
[01:22] (Flashback) Uname
U-Um...
[01:25] (Flashback) Uname
I have extra. You can use one.
[01:28] (Flashback) boy A
Uh, okay...
[01:32] (Flashback) girl A
Seriously? That's the same material as
the clothes you're wearing right now.
[01:37] (Flashback) girl A
You've been wearing rags this whole time.
[01:42] (Flashback) boy A
It smells weird, too.
[01:46] (Flashback) boy A
Pass! Pass!
[01:52] (Flashback) Uname
Don't!
[01:54] (Flashback) boy B
You're right! It reeks of old people smell.
[01:58] (Flashback) Uname
Give it back!
[01:59] (Flashback) girl B
Stop it. I feel bad for her.
[02:10] (Flashback) Uname
Give it back!
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[02:12] (Flashback) Tae
Manami got in a fight?
[02:16] (Flashback) teacher
The other child's parents are very angry.
[02:20] (Flashback) teacher
Uname-san, could you apologize as soon
as possible to calm the situation?
[02:25] (Flashback) Tae
But Manami wouldn't be violent
without a good reason.
[02:29] (Flashback) Tae
There must be some misundersta—
[02:30] (Flashback) teacher
Are you saying there's a problem
with the way I manage my class?
[02:37] (Flashback) Tae
But...
[02:40] (Flashback) teacher
Manami-san being such a troublemaker
[02:42] (Flashback) teacher
suggests that the problem lies
squarely at home. Don't you think?
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SIGN Horns, Bullying, and a Hair Ornament
SIGN Horns, Bullying, and a Hair Ornament
[04:27] Adashino
Hitting the jackpot on your
first day of infiltration...
[04:30] Adashino
I'd expect no less of you, Sumireko-san.
[04:32] Sumireko
I didn't ask for your opinion.
What happened to my clothes?
[04:36] Adashino
I sent them to be cleaned, along
with your drool-covered uniform.
[04:41] Adashino
More importantly, what do you think?
[04:43] Adashino
Were you able to determine anything
after seeing the dribblers in person?
[04:47] Sumireko
Only that whoever diagnosed
that as a disease has to be blind.
[04:52] Sumireko
It's something else. Something different.
[04:54] Adashino
The three who collapsed are unhurt, right?
[04:57] Sumireko
When the teachers took them outside,
all three regained consciousness.
[05:02] Adashino
Good. Very good.
That can't be explained by nature.
[05:07] Sumireko
You're certainly in a good mood.
[05:09] Adashino
Well, of course I am.
[05:12] Adashino
At last, I've found another Curiosity.
[05:15] Adashino
It won't get away.
[05:19] Adashino
You saw Markers appear
when they collapsed, right?
[05:22] Oto
Yes.
[05:23] Oto
But I couldn't do anything.
[05:27] Adashino
It's all right, Oto. Your friends
collapsed right in front of you.
[05:31] Adashino
As long as you're okay,
that's all that matters to me.
[05:34] Oto
Ren-nii...
[05:37] Sumireko
I wouldn't mind if you were
a little worried for me, too.
[05:41] Adashino
Of course I am.
[05:42] Adashino
Oto comes first, though.
[05:44] Sumireko
I'm honored to hear it.
[05:48] Adashino
I think we can safely say that a
Curiosity is present at that school.
[05:52] Adashino
The next step is to capture it.
[05:55] Sumireko
Capture it?
[05:58] Adashino
A philosopher of the Meiji Era, Inoue Enryo,
[06:00] [SONG] text
Inoue Enryo
[06:01] Adashino
wrote in his Lectures on Youkai
[06:02] [SONG] text
Lectures on Youkai
SIGN Youkai
SIGN Youkai
[06:03] Adashino
that youkai are divided into
"true mysteries" and "false mysteries."
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
[06:07] Adashino
False mysteries are fictions born of
things like fear or misunderstanding.
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
[06:11] Adashino
In contrast, true mysteries are
indicative of real anomalous phenomena.
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
[06:17] Adashino
True mysteries are further divided into
"genuine mysteries" and "reputed mysteries."
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
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Mysteries
[06:21] Adashino
Anomalous phenomena that can be verified
in some way are called reputed mysteries.
[06:26] Sumireko
And truly anomalous phenomena that science
can't explain are genuine mysteries.
[06:32] Sumireko
But Enryo's definition of genuine mysteries
applies to all laws of nature.
[06:36] Sumireko
In a way, it's the exact
opposite of Curiosities.
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SIGN Fire
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SIGN Metal
SIGN Water
[06:40] Adashino
It's just the sort of romantic interpretation
a philosopher would make, isn't it?
[06:44] Adashino
But unfortunately, I'm not Enryo.
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[06:47] Adashino
My definition of genuine
mysteries is more literal.
[06:50] Adashino
They are genuine Curiosities.
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[06:52] Sumireko
I see.
[06:53] Adashino
Genuine mysteries are very rare,
so I have an idea of what it could be.
[06:58] Sumireko
You do? In that case, my girls' school
infiltration mission has come to an end.
[07:04] Adashino
What are you talking about?
[07:06] Sumireko
Huh?
[07:08] Adashino
I'll be needing you to go
to school tomorrow, too.
[07:12] Sumireko
What?!
[07:12] Adashino
Oto, you want to save your friends, don't you?
[07:16] Oto
Yes.
[07:17] Adashino
Then please leave everything to me.
[07:24] student
Good day to you, Sensei!
[07:27] Uname
Good day to you!
[07:28] Uname
Go straight home, all right?
SIGN In Use by the
Apartment Wife
SIGN Wannabe
SIGN Caterpillar
Brows
[07:34] Sumireko
This is inhumane! I don't wanna
eat lunch in the bathroom anymore!
[07:38] Sumireko
So why have I been shut in
a cubicle again? Damn it!
[07:44] Uname
Wait there! I'll get the door open!
[07:47] Uname
Flower spikes on the top, too? How awful!
[07:51] Uname
It's all right! I'll get you out of there!
[07:56] Uname
Wakazukuri-san?
[07:59] Sumireko
Uname-sensei...
[08:04] Uname
You're all right now.
[08:06] Sumireko
Thank you.
[08:08] Uname
Wakazukuri-san, I really do think you're...
[08:11] Sumireko
I wanted to believe that I wasn't.
[08:14] Sumireko
I thought if I said, "I'm not being bullied,"
[08:17] Sumireko
and didn't acknowledge it,
then it wouldn't really be bullying.
[08:21] Sumireko
And I figured that telling you
wouldn't change anything anyway.
[08:29] Uname
This won't work after all.
[08:31] Uname
Targeting the perpetrators
isn't enough to end it.
[08:33] Uname
I need to change my approach.
[08:36] Uname
The victims need time away from school, too.
[08:39] Uname
I'll give you the excuse you need to rest.
[08:45] Uname
The shadow shrank?
[08:53] Adashino
Good day to you. I'm delighted
to make your acquaintance.
[08:59] Adashino
From now on, licking the floor is forbidden.
[09:02] Uname
O-Okay...
[09:03] Uname
Huh? Why is there a boy here?
[09:05] Uname
And who is that child?
[09:08] Uname
What is this? Who are you two?
[09:11] Adashino
I'm simply the guardian
of one of the students here.
[09:15] Adashino
And she's a curvy woman with
fluffy caterpillar eyebrows.
[09:20] Sumireko
Who are you calling curvy with
fluffy caterpillar eyebrows?
[09:24] Sumireko
Look the other way!
Why are you staring like that?
[09:27] Uname
Wakazukuri-san?
[09:29] Uname
Were you that child earlier, too?
[09:33] Sumireko
More importantly... Uname-sensei,
you're the one behind the dribblers?
[09:39] Adashino
Ushi-oni.
[09:39] [SONG] text
Ushi-oni
[09:41] Adashino
Most of the time in folklore,
[09:43] Adashino
it's depicted as a cruel monster
that likes to kill and eat humans.
[09:50] Adashino
The bull-headed spider from the picture scroll
Hyakkai Zukan is the most well-known,
[09:55] Adashino
but it's unusual because its
appearance and personality
[09:58] Adashino
vary greatly depending on the folk tale.
[10:01] Adashino
When an ushi-oni licks a person's shadow,
they suddenly begin drooling,
[10:05] Adashino
their body grows hot, as if it's burning,
and eventually, they die.
[10:09] Adashino
That's what the folk tales say.
[10:11] Adashino
Don't you think it sounds
a lot like the dribblers?
[10:14] Adashino
And when I asked Tama-chan,
the queen of gossip here...
[10:18] (Flashback) Tamao
The dribblers?
[10:21] (Flashback) Tamao
I think a lot of them were students who
had gotten involved in some sort of fight.
[10:26] Adashino
Given these points, I built
a very rough hypothesis.
[10:30] Adashino
Namely...
[10:31] Adashino
that someone was borrowing the power
of the ushi-oni to nip bullying in the bud.
[10:36] Adashino
Which is why we set a trap
with a bullying victim as the bait.
[10:43] Uname
Huh? What are you doing?
[10:47] Uname
Don't...
[10:48] Uname
Don't!
[10:52] Uname
Stop it!
[10:54] Uname
Stop! Please don't smell me!
[10:57] Adashino
I see. So this is the cause.
[11:03] Adashino
That hair ornament.
If you'll just give that up,
[11:07] Adashino
everything will be resolv—
[11:12] Sumireko
He's weaker than he seems!
[11:15] Uname
Why would you get in your teacher's way?
[11:17] Sumireko
Please calm down.
[11:19] Sumireko
You want to put an end to bullying, right?
[11:23] Sumireko
But what's the point if you have
to hurt your students to do it?
[11:30] Sumireko
Please, Sensei.
[11:32] Sumireko
Please give us the ornament.
[11:34] Sumireko
Why not work with your students over time,
and put an end to bullying for real?
[11:41] Uname
Wakazukuri-san...
[11:46] Uname
All right.
[11:47] Uname
I just need to give you this hair ornament?
[11:51] Uname
It's just as you say.
[11:54] Uname
But why do people have to say that getting
rid of bullying isn't a simple thing?
[12:00] Uname
The children being bullied right now
can't afford to sit around and wait.
[12:05] Adashino
No! Sumireko-san!
[12:22] Adashino
Sumireko-san!
[12:30] Adashino
Stones drift. Leaves sink.
[12:34] Adashino
Horses moo. Cows neigh.
[12:38] Adashino
Stones drift. Leaves sink.
[12:41] Adashino
Horses moo. Cows neigh.
[12:44] Sumireko
Adashino-kun?
[12:47] Adashino
Sumireko-san. I see you've come to.
[12:51] Adashino
I'm sorry. This is all my
fault for misjudging her.
[12:54] Sumireko
Adashino-kun, your injuries...
[12:57] Adashino
Please get away from here.
[12:58] Sumireko
Hey...
[13:00] Adashino
Let's meet again at the bookshop.
[13:02] Adashino
A lot of new volumes
are coming out tomorrow.
[13:07] Adashino
I have a favor to ask.
[13:09] Adashino
If I don't return, please
look after Oto for me.
[13:14] Sumireko
What? Wait!
[13:26] (Flashback) Tae
Manami-chan.
[13:29] (Flashback) Tae
I'm sorry the only family
you have is your grandma.
[13:44] (Flashback) Tae
Manami-chan, hold out your hand.
[13:50] (Flashback) Tae
This is a precious amulet that's been
passed down in our family for generations.
[13:55] (Flashback) Tae
It will protect you, no matter what.
[13:59] (Flashback) Tae
Now, let's go home.
[14:03] Uname; internal
The bullying that I suffered resulted
in my grandma getting bullied, too.
[14:08] Uname; internal
Adults bully each other, just like kids do.
[14:11] Uname; internal
I'm going to create a world with no bullying!
[14:17] Adashino
Ow.
[14:19] Adashino
I've quelled the fire.
[14:22] Adashino
The inverse phrases of Ushimarobi.
[14:24] Adashino
"Stones drift. Leaves sink."
[14:28] Adashino
Folklore says that repeating inverse phrases
is one method of counteracting an ushi-oni.
[14:33] Uname
It's because she tried to take my amulet!
[14:36] Uname
The precious keepsake my grandma left me!
[14:37] Adashino
Amulet? What are you talking about?
[14:41] Adashino
That's a curse.
[14:44] Adashino
It's a relic known as the Ushinotama—
[14:45] [SONG] text
Ushinotama
[14:47] Adashino
a fragment of an ushi-oni.
[14:49] Adashino
Your ancestors must have come from
a family whose totem was the ushi-oni.
[14:54] Adashino
But as the generations passed,
those teachings faded,
[14:58] Adashino
and now, it's seen as no more
than a simple protective amulet.
[15:01] Adashino
It's likely that your name, Uname,
[15:04] Adashino
was changed to a homophone of what it was.
SIGN Uname
[15:07] Adashino
Your real name would be written with the
characters for "female cow," also read "Uname."
SIGN Uname
[15:11] Uname
A curse?
[15:13] Adashino
Yes.
[15:14] Adashino
And curses always come home to roost.
[15:17] Adashino
The limbic system, which manages our
instincts, has no concept of "subject."
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SIGN Thalamus
SIGN Brain Stem
SIGN Cerebellum
SIGN Subject
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[15:22] Adashino
So when we feel negative
emotions toward others,
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[15:26] Adashino
our brains can't distinguish
between them and ourselves.
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SIGN Limbic System
SIGN Thalamus
SIGN Brain Stem
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[15:30] Adashino
Cursing another curses oneself
at the same time.
[15:35] Adashino
That old saying, "If you curse someone,
then dig two graves," has some truth to it.
[15:42] Adashino
I'm begging you.
[15:43] Adashino
Please give that to me.
[15:46] Adashino
I need it to send my little sister home.
[15:49] Uname
With this, I can create
a world with no bullying!
[15:52] Uname
And if I can do that,
I don't care what happens to me!
[15:56] Adashino
You don't even allow friends
to goof around with each other.
[15:59] Adashino
Is that really the world you're wishing for?
[16:04] Uname
"We were just goofing around,"
"I didn't mean it"...
[16:08] Uname
Those are the kinds of things
that bullies always say!
[16:11] Adashino
It seems we can't resolve this peacefully.
[16:14] Adashino
That's a shame. It really is.
[16:18] Adashino
I didn't want to do this,
[16:21] Adashino
but I can't leave you to your own devices.
[16:35] Adashino
The truth is, I do approve
of your convictions.
[16:40] Adashino
You are a kind person.
[16:42] Adashino
Back then,
[16:44] Adashino
if someone like you had been there with us,
[16:50] Adashino
then maybe my sister and I
wouldn't have ended up like this.
[16:56] Adashino
But no matter what I do,
[16:58] Adashino
I keep thinking about the feelings of those
who have been excluded from the world.
[17:10] (Flashback) girl A
Poor Dust Rag.
[17:12] (Flashback) girl B
Stop. You shouldn't laugh.
[17:21] (Flashback) girl A
Oh, I'm sorry.
[17:22] (Flashback) girl A
I dropped your lunch.
[17:25] (Flashback) girl A
Sorry, but could you eat
that off the floor for us?
[17:32] (Flashback) girl A
She's really eating it!
[17:34] (Flashback) girl A
Trust Dust Rag to clean up!
[17:40] (Flashback) Tae
Manami-chan, I know that you're a kind girl.
[17:45] (Flashback) Tae
You're my granddaughter,
and I'm proud of you.
[17:53] Uname; internal
Grandma, I'm sorry.
[18:07] Sumireko
Are you all right, Adashino-kun?
[18:09] Adashino
Sumireko-san...
[18:12] Sumireko
Did you do this?
[18:15] Adashino
I just gave it a little push.
[18:18] Sumireko
Will she be all right?
[18:20] Adashino
It's karma.
[18:23] Adashino
If she's killed someone with the Curiosity,
then she won't live, either.
[18:28] Sumireko
Then she'll be all right.
[18:31] Sumireko
Uname-sensei isn't the kind
of person who'd kill anyone.
[18:34] Adashino
Seriously? You forget things
really fast, don't you, Eyebrows?
[18:38] Sumireko
By the way, it seems like
all of my injuries are gone.
[18:41] Sumireko
What's going on here?
[18:43] Adashino
The Curse of Youth is similar to shape-memory.
[18:47] Adashino
You'll recover from a certain level of injury.
[18:49] Sumireko
I'm turning more and more
into a monster myself.
[18:54] Sumireko
It's kinda freaky.
[18:55] Adashino
Sumireko-san...
[18:56] Adashino
Why didn't you run away?
[18:58] Adashino
I made a cool exit and everything.
[19:00] Sumireko
Don't be ridiculous.
[19:02] Sumireko
And don't underestimate me.
[19:03] Sumireko
I'm a novelist, you know.
[19:05] Sumireko
How could I leave without knowing the ending?
[19:09] Adashino
Please. You look like a gacha game
character who's taken heavy damage.
[19:13] Oto
Ren-nii!
[19:14] Sumireko
Oto-chan!
[19:16] Sumireko
Your brother is all ri—
[19:18] Oto; telepathy
Ren-nii, your eyes! Are you okay?
[19:20] Adashino; telepathy
I'm sorry. The only option I had was to See.
[19:24] Adashino; telepathy
Now the talisman is just an empty shell.
[19:28] Oto; telepathy
You're more important than a ticket, Ren-nii!
[19:31] Oto; telepathy
Please don't push yourself so hard!
[19:38] Sumireko
Shall we head back, Adashino-kun?
It's time for the students to go home.
SIGN Takamagahara Hospital
[19:53] Adashino
The dribbler incidents have been
resolved, so that's case closed.
[19:54] Tamao; background
Good day to you, Sensei!
[19:57] Uname; background
You three...
[19:57] Adashino
Thank you for your help, Sumireko-san.
[20:00] Sumireko
So did the ushi-oni disappear?
[20:01] Tamao; background
We came to see how you were doing.
[20:03] Adashino
Oh, right. I didn't tell you.
[20:03] Uname; background
Are the three of you all right now?
[20:06] Erika; background
We wanted to go back to
school as soon as possible.
[20:06] Adashino
Sorry. That wasn't an ushi-oni.
[20:08] Tamao; background
We wanted to apologize to Wakazukuri-senpai
for all the trouble we caused.
[20:11] Adashino
It was something way more dangerous.
[20:13] Sumireko
What?
[20:13] Mari; background
It's just like you said, Sensei.
[20:14] Adashino
I did think that it was way too brutal
to be your average ushi-oni. Ha ha ha!
[20:15] Mari; background
We shouldn't make anyone do
things they don't want to do.
[20:19] Sumireko
"Ha ha ha"? You little...
[20:22] Sumireko
Then what on earth was it?
[20:26] Adashino
The Chinrinki.
[20:26] [SONG] text
Chinrinki
[20:28] Adashino
It was a fierce god with eight heads,
winged and red in color.
[20:32] Adashino
When the Yamato court defeated the Chinrinki,
[20:34] Adashino
fragments of it became ushi-oni.
That's what people say.
[20:38] Adashino
That teacher must have been
weakening the curse's true power
[20:42] Adashino
by reciting inverse phrases.
[20:46] Adashino
That's why I misread
the cause of the incidents.
[20:49] Adashino
This is all just speculation, though.
[20:52] Adashino
That teacher's powers,
the Curiosity in question...
[20:55] Adashino
Both have been lost, you see.
[21:05] Uname
Yes?
[22:39] Adashino
"Following the footprints of the boy
who moved ever forward,
[22:42] Adashino
the fox senses the cold air of
the deep woods on its whiskers
[22:46] Adashino
and continues to wander.
[22:49] Adashino
The human boy, too, continues
to walk with no destination.
[22:54] Adashino
They will both return to this place one day,
[22:57] Adashino
in a never-ending cycle.
[23:00] Adashino
'Forest spirit!' The fox calls out.
[23:04] Adashino
'I've already lived for hundreds of years.
I would like to rest soon.
[23:10] Adashino
May I give this life of mine to that boy?'
[23:14] Adashino
The branches of the trees all around shook."
[23:17] Oto
Ren-nii?
[23:19] Oto
The apartment wife wrote this book?
[23:22] Adashino
That's right.
[23:31] Adashino
Goodnight, Oto.
SIGN Simply Walk Alone,
Like a Rhino's Horn
SIGN Winner of the Newcomer's Award
SIGN Ogawa Sumireko
SIGN A Bath, Cleaning, and a Surprise
[23:36] Sumireko
Next time: "A Bath, Cleaning, and a Surprise."