# 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!
***SIGN*** Meeting Room
**[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?
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** Mysterious Disappearances
***SIGN*** KISARAGI
***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."
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
**[06:07] Adashino**
False mysteries are fictions born of
things like fear or misunderstanding.
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** False
Mysteries
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
**[06:11] Adashino**
In contrast, true mysteries are
indicative of real anomalous phenomena.
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
***SIGN*** True
Mysteries
**[06:17] Adashino**
True mysteries are further divided into
"genuine mysteries" and "reputed mysteries."
***SIGN*** Genuine
Mysteries
***SIGN*** Genuine
Mysteries
***SIGN*** Reputed
Mysteries
***SIGN*** Reputed
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.
***SIGN*** Wood
***SIGN*** Fire
***SIGN*** Earth
***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.
***SIGN*** Genuine Mysteries
***SIGN*** Genuine Mysteries
**[06:47] Adashino**
My definition of genuine
mysteries is more literal.
**[06:50] Adashino**
They are genuine Curiosities.
***SIGN*** Genuine Curiosities
***SIGN*** Genuine Curiosities
**[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."
***SIGN*** Neocortex
***SIGN*** Limbic System
***SIGN*** Thalamus
***SIGN*** Brain Stem
***SIGN*** Cerebellum
***SIGN*** Subject
***SIGN*** Subject
***SIGN*** Subject
**[15:22] Adashino**
So when we feel negative
emotions toward others,
***SIGN*** Self
***SIGN*** Others
**[15:26] Adashino**
our brains can't distinguish
between them and ourselves.
***SIGN*** Neocortex
***SIGN*** Limbic System
***SIGN*** Thalamus
***SIGN*** Brain Stem
***SIGN*** Cerebellum
**[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."