E7 - A Station, Scissors, and a Haircut

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[00:01] Shizuku; narration
    When we were in elementary school,
[00:02] kids; background
    I always fail at the jump...
[00:03] Shizuku; narration
    Tomoko was popular, and I was a nuisance.
[00:08] Shizuku; narration
    Tomoko was the mood-maker type
    who built everyone up,
[00:11] Shizuku; narration
    and I was the complete opposite.
[00:13] Shizuku; narration
    Shy and awkward with words,
[00:15] Shizuku; narration
    I set everyone around me on edge.
[00:19] Shizuku; narration
    Maybe that was why,
[00:21] Shizuku; narration
    in the beginning, I hated Tomoko's guts.
[00:26] Shizuku; narration
    Everyone has their own circumstances.
[00:28] Shizuku; narration
    I was what people refer
    to as a neglected child.
[00:31] Shizuku; narration
    Whenever my mom was cozying up
    to a prospective new husband,
[00:36] Shizuku; narration
    I would find myself locked out of the house.
[00:39] Shizuku; narration
    In the beginning, I just had to kill
    a little time when this happened,
[00:43] Shizuku; narration
    but at some point, I started
    spending most of the day outside.
[00:47] Shizuku; narration
    While the sun was up, I had playmates.
[00:50] Shizuku; narration
    It was the nights that were painful.
[00:54] Shizuku; narration
    That's why...
[00:56] Shizuku; narration
    I'd spend time at a friend's house
    and get treated to a meal.
[01:00] Shizuku; narration
    Each household welcomed me cheerfully.
[01:04] Shizuku; narration
    In the beginning, at least.
[01:08] friend A
    Yes? Who is it?
[01:10] Shizuku
    It's me. I came to hang out.
[01:12] (Flashback) friend A
    Oh, Shizuku-chan. Hold on a minute.
[01:16] (Flashback) friend A
    Mama, Shizuku-chan is here!
[01:18] (Flashback) friend A's mom
    She's here again? What kind of
    manners are they teaching her?
[01:22] friend A's mom
    And she always stays for dinner.
    She's shameless.
[01:24] friend A's mom
    I told you not to invite her anymore.
[01:26] friend A
    I didn't invite her. We're not even friends.
[01:29] friend A's mom
    Really? Then I'll send her home.
[01:32] friend A's mom
    Shizuku-chan? We have other plans
    today, so we can't invite you in.
[01:36] friend A's mom
    I'm sorry!
[01:37] (Flashback) friend A's mom
    Shizuku-chan?
[01:39] (Flashback) friend A's mom
    What? There's no one there.
[01:44] Shizuku; narration
    My classmates started avoiding me.
[01:48] Shizuku; narration
    I figured it was better that way, since
    they wouldn't find out about my situation.
SIGN    Mysterious Disappearances
SIGN    Mysterious Disappearances
SIGN    A Station, Scissors, and a Haircut
SIGN    A Station, Scissors, and a Haircut
[03:41] Sumireko
    Listen to me, Oto-chan.
[03:42] Sumireko
    Do not answer that door!
[03:44] Sumireko
    Get out of the building immediately!
[03:47] Oto
    Shizuku-san!
[03:58] Sumireko
    Not that way!
[04:00] Sumireko
    Come on!
[04:01] Oto
    Apartment wife!
[04:07] Shizuku
    What is all this?
[04:08] Sumireko
    Let's go!
[04:21] Sumireko
    The shutters!
[04:23] Sumireko
    They were open when I came in a moment ago!
[04:26] Oto
    What do we do, apartment wife?
[04:27] Sumireko
    Crap. We have to go back!
[04:32] Sumireko
    That should hold for a little while.
[04:35] Shizuku
    So, mind explaining?
[04:37] Shizuku
    What the hell is going on here?
[04:40] Sumireko
    The hong yi xiao nu hai attacks
    whoever answers its knocking.
[04:46] Sumireko
    Oto-chan has already answered it once.
[04:50] Sumireko
    That's why she was targeted.
[04:52] Shizuku
    No, that's not what I'm asking!
[04:55] Shizuku
    What do you mean, it's Tomoko herself?
[04:57] Sumireko
    The current hong yi xiao nu hai
    is a chimera of several Curiosities.
[05:02] Sumireko
    Originally, it was a Curiosity that simply
    took people into the mountains,
[05:06] Sumireko
    but as the story was told,
[05:08] Sumireko
    it combined with one of a ghost that haunts
    and kills those who answer its knocking.
[05:12] Sumireko
    It also got mixed with tales of the shui gui,
    which drown those who approach water,
[05:17] Sumireko
    adding the element of rain.
[05:19] (Flashback) Adashino
    Finally, the shui gui has one more
    characteristic we can't afford to ignore.
[05:25] (Flashback) Adashino
    "Ti si gui."
[05:25] [SONG] text
     Ti Si Gui
    (Death Swap)
[05:27] (Flashback) Adashino
    When a shui gui leads a human to its death,
    that shui gui can then leave this world,
[05:32] (Flashback) Adashino
    but the murdered human then becomes
    a new shui gui looking for a fresh victim.
[05:39] (Flashback) Adashino
    This special swapping characteristic,
    called ti si gui,
[05:42] (Flashback) Adashino
    is passed down in folklore
    across the continent.
[05:45] (Flashback) Adashino
    It's similar to the shichinin misaki in Japan.
[05:49] Sumireko
    The shichinin misaki?
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
SIGN    Shichinin Misaki
[05:51] (Flashback) Adashino
    Yes. A group of seven vengeful
    ghosts who always act together.
[05:55] (Flashback) Adashino
    When someone encounters them,
    they are killed and join their ranks,
[05:58] (Flashback) Adashino
    at which point the oldest one can leave.
[06:01] Sumireko
    After these stories and the hong yi
    xiao nu hai were brought together,
[06:05] Sumireko
    the result was a story about someone who
    goes out on rainy nights to knock on doors,
[06:08] Sumireko
    trying to get someone to open them.
[06:10] Sumireko
    It became a wandering Curiosity.
[06:14] Shizuku
    Just give it to me straight.
[06:16] Shizuku
    Is Tomoko still alive?
[06:20] Sumireko
    No. Tomoko-san is already dead.
[06:24] Oto
    Why?
[06:26] Oto
    Why? Why?
[06:28] Oto
    Tomoko-san is alive!
    They're going to see each other again!
[06:32] Sumireko
    Oto-chan...
[06:33] Oto
    Shizuku-san! They got it wrong!
    There must be some mistake!
[06:37] Shizuku
    I'm going to go get changed.
[06:39] Shizuku
    I just can't relax in this outfit.
[06:42] Oto
    Shizuku-san?
[06:45] Sumireko
    Leave the door open! If you don't...
[06:48] Shizuku
    I know.
[06:50] Shizuku
    Sorry for all the trouble.
[06:53] Shizuku
    Thank you.
[06:55] Oto
    Shizuku-san!
[06:56] Sumireko
    What is she thinking?!
[06:58] Oto
    Why?
[07:03] Shizuku
    I made my peace with this a long time ago.
[07:06] Shizuku
    The details just ended up being a lot
    worse than I expected. That's all.
[07:10] Shizuku
    Still, if it means I can see her again,
    it beats the alternative.
[07:17] Shizuku
    It's been a while, Tomoko.
[07:20] Shizuku
    Do you remember?
[07:23] Shizuku
    Back then, you were the one
    who opened the door for me.
[07:34] (Flashback) Tomoko
    Shizuku-chan?
[07:49] (Flashback) Tomoko
    Here.
[08:09] Shizuku
    It wasn't anything special,
    just normal thoughtfulness, right?
[08:13] Shizuku
    Because you're a kind person.
[08:16] Shizuku
    For you, I was just one friend among many.
[08:20] Shizuku
    But for me, you were the one person
    in the whole world I could call my friend.
[08:27] Oto
    That's not true. There are
    the others at the café, right?
[08:29] Oto
    And there's me! There's me, too!
[08:33] Shizuku
    You're a kind person, too, Adashino Oto.
[08:36] Shizuku
    But back then, I made up my mind.
[08:39] Shizuku
    I told myself that I'd give the rest of my life
    for Tomoko, just for this one moment.
[08:47] Shizuku
    I was happy to be able to live with you.
[08:50] Shizuku
    Congrats on having your dream
    of becoming a beautician come true.
[08:54] Shizuku
    I was always cheering for you, you know?
[08:56] Shizuku
    Even though we haven't really
    been able to talk lately.
[09:00] Oto
    Shizuku-san, don't do it!
[09:02] Sumireko
    Move!
[09:07] Shizuku
    Thank you, Adashino Oto.
[09:10] Shizuku
    Thanks to you, I'm able to grieve.
[09:14] Oto
    Shizuku-san, please stop!
[10:06] Shizuku
    Tomoko.
[10:07] Shizuku
    I've been looking for you.
[10:10] Shizuku
    But I wasn't able to find you. I'm sorry.
[10:24] Shizuku
    I will set you free.
[10:33] Oto
    Shizuku-san?
[10:38] Shizuku
    I saw her.
[10:51] Shizuku
    Adashino Oto, I...
[11:00] Oto
    Shizuku-san?
[11:19] Oto
    It's too cruel. This isn't right.
[11:25] Oto; telepathy
    Ren-nii!
[11:30] Adashino; telepathy
    Leave it to me, Oto.
[11:33] Oto
    Ren-nii!
[11:34] Oto
    I have to stop him!
[11:37] Oto
    Ren-nii is going to use his Eyes!
[11:44] Oto
    Shizuku-san!
[11:45] Oto
    Ren-nii, your Eyes...
[11:47] Adashino
    Eyes? I haven't used them.
[11:51] Adashino
    I used this.
[11:53] Oto
    A test sheet?
[11:55] Adashino
    What do you think? I'm very proud
    of this treasure of mine!
[11:58] Oto
    That's mine, though.
[11:59] Sumireko
    This makes no sense. Explain.
[12:02] Adashino
    There's an ancient Curiosity overseas
[12:04] Adashino
    called the mo-sin-a that carries
    people into the mountains.
[12:05] [SONG] text
     Mo-Sin-A
    (Demon Child)
[12:07] Adashino
    There are tales of its eyes, clothes,
    or hat being red. It's a childlike Curiosity.
[12:11] Adashino
    The other key I found was a ghost
    story that's popular in Japan.
[12:16] Adashino
    When you think of a childlike Curiosity
    wearing red in Japan, what comes to mind?
[12:22] Sumireko
    Toilet-bound Hanako-san?
[12:24] Adashino
    Exactly.
[12:26] Adashino
    It's likely that a combination
    of the mo-sin-a and Hanako-san
[12:31] Adashino
    resulted in the hong yi xiao nu hai.
[12:34] Adashino
    So I used the characteristics of the
    combined Curiosity to my advantage.
[12:38] Adashino
    "Show her a test sheet
    with a score of one hundred."
[12:41] Adashino
    It's a famous method to drive Hanako-san away.
[12:44] Sumireko
    I'm amazed you had something like that ready.
[12:46] Adashino
    I have all of Oto's test papers
    carefully preserved!
[12:51] Sumireko
    I am forever perplexed by your staggering
    over-fondness as an older brother.
[12:55] Oto
    Then Shizuku-san is safe?
[12:57] Adashino
    No, not yet.
[12:58] Adashino
    The Curiosity has only
    temporarily been held at bay.
[13:02] Adashino
    Let's head to the station.
SIGN    KISARAGI
[13:06] Adashino
    I'm so sorry, Sumireko-san.
[13:08] Adashino
    If I weren't still recovering, I'd help you.
[13:11] Sumireko
    You really are an infuriating kid.
[13:15] Adashino
    Thank you for your hard work.
[13:17] Adashino
    I'll go and get a ticket.
    If you'll wait here, please?
[13:20] Sumireko
    A ticket? What are you planning to do?
[13:23] Sumireko
    No, wait, before that...
[13:24] Sumireko
    Is this Kisaragi Station?
[13:29] Sumireko
    Isn't it about time you showed me your hand?
[13:33] Adashino
    If you're asking if this is the mysterious
    station that appears in urban legends,
[13:38] Adashino
    then yes.
[13:39] Sumireko
    I knew it! This is Kisaragi Station!
[13:42] Sumireko
    The otherworldly station that exists
    in both this world and another!
[13:46] Sumireko
    I'm inside that urban legend right now!
[13:50] Adashino
    More importantly, we need
    to finish the business at hand.
[13:53] Adashino
    Sumireko-san, you picked something
    up in that building, didn't you?
[13:57] Sumireko
    You mean these scissors?
    Shizuku-san was holding them.
[14:06] Adashino
    I knew it.
[14:08] Adashino
    They're a cursed object.
[14:10] Conductor
    If you are here to report a found item,
    please come this way.
[14:16] Conductor
    It's quite lively here today,
    mysterious disappearances.
[14:20] Conductor
    Oh, and a Bearer of Youth. How unusual.
[14:24] Conductor
    Will you be exchanging
    that woman for a ticket?
[14:30] Adashino; telepathy
    I have no intention of
    turning over a friend to you.
[14:32] Conductor
    My apologies. Then what
    will you be exchanging today?
[14:49] Adashino; telepathy
    This.
[14:50] Conductor
    A newly formed cursed object, is it?
[14:53] Conductor
    But it doesn't appear to be a pure one.
[14:56] Conductor
    It won't take you as far as
    your desired destination.
[14:59] Adashino; telepathy
    However far it will go is fine.
[15:03] Adashino; telepathy
    But the only one riding the train
    will be the hong yi xiao nu hai.
[15:08] Adashino
    The train will be here soon.
    Head straight to the platform.
[15:12] Oto
    Yes, I understand.
SIGN    Express
SIGN    Train Approaching
[15:35] Shizuku
    Adashino Oto?
[15:36] Oto
    Shizuku-san!
[15:38] Shizuku
    I'm not dead?
[15:41] Shizuku
    Did I mess it up?
[15:43] Oto
    Calm down.
[15:45] Oto
    Shizuku-san, the hong yi xiao nu hai
    possessed you, and you disappeared.
[15:50] Oto
    But then my brother stopped it.
[15:53] Oto
    This station is a Curiosity
    that connects to another world.
[15:56] Oto
    The train will be here in ten minutes.
[15:59] Oto
    If we can make sure only the
    hong yi xiao nu hai gets on the train,
[16:03] Oto
    you'll be safe.
[16:05] Shizuku
    I see.
[16:06] Shizuku
    Then I was able to draw the Curiosity to me.
[16:10] Shizuku
    In that case, everything's
    all right, Adashino Oto.
[16:15] Oto
    You know, when I was investigating
    Tomoko-san, I talked to all kinds of people.
[16:21] Oto
    I asked them what they knew
    about Tomoko-san's friends.
[16:25] Oto
    They all told me the same thing.
[16:27] Oto
    "She went shopping with Shizuku."
[16:29] Oto
    "She went out to eat with Shizuku."
[16:32] Oto
    "Tomoko-chan was always talking about
    the things she did with a girl named Shizuku."
[16:37] Oto
    Do you still think that, to Tomoko-san,
    you were just one friend among many?
[16:44] Oto
    And it's because Tomoko-san
    left you her scissors
[16:48] Oto
    that we were able to get this train ticket.
[17:02] Oto
    I'm certain that Tomoko-san
    wants you to live.
[17:08] announcement
    The train... arriving shortly.
[17:11] announcement
    For your safety... behind... line.
[17:19] Adashino
    It's just about time for the train to arrive.
[17:21] Sumireko
    Was it all right to send Oto-chan on her own?
[17:25] Adashino
    She'll be fine.
[17:27] Adashino
    She's far more grounded than she appears.
[17:30] Adashino
    I'd be much more worried if I had
    to leave you here on your own.
[17:33] Sumireko
    Your concern is unnecessary.
[17:35] Sumireko
    At least, that's what I'd like to say.
[17:38] Sumireko
    To be honest, I'm glad you're here.
[17:40] Sumireko
    This place freaks me out
    more than I thought it would.
[17:47] Sumireko
    That voice from the ticket window...
    I couldn't understand what it was saying,
[17:51] Sumireko
    but I could tell it was something humans shouldn't get involved with.
[17:54] Sumireko
    There are some things we're better off
    living our lives without knowing, if possible.
[17:58] Sumireko
    That's why you deliberately
    didn't tell me anything, right?
[18:01] Adashino
    You're speaking too highly of me.
[18:04] Adashino
    I was just too scared to talk about it.
[18:14] Shizuku
    Why is the train packed at this
    time of day? Who are these people?
[18:31] Adashino
    Cursed objects and Curiosities
    are foreign to this world.
[18:35] Adashino
    They are impurities that don't belong here.
[18:48] Adashino
    And the world is always desperate
    to rid itself of such foreign objects.
[19:01] Adashino
    So this station was brought into existence
    in order to expel these unneeded
[19:05] Adashino
    foreign bodies from this world.
[19:21] Adashino
    Cursed objects serve as the fare.
[19:24] Adashino
    And our home is at the very end of this line.
[19:28] Adashino
    That's why we're looking for cursed objects
    that can take us all the way there.
[19:32] Adashino
    To stay alive and return home...
[19:35] Adashino
    That's our goal as siblings.
[19:40] Adashino
    We're castaways from another world.
[19:47] Sumireko
    So you finally fessed up, huh?
[19:51] Sumireko
    Did you think I'd get
    creeped out if you told me?
[19:53] Sumireko
    If I'm being honest, thanks to
    the events of these last few weeks,
[19:58] Sumireko
    I'm overflowing with more creativity
    than I have been in a long while.
[20:02] Sumireko
    I'm not gonna let you two do
    all the fun stuff on your own!
[20:06] Adashino
    Sumireko-san...
[20:07] Sumireko
    Besides, you promised to read
    my next work, didn't you?
[20:12] Sumireko
    I'm not letting you back out now.
[20:16] Adashino
    That's definitely the move of
    a meddling, mature woman.
[20:20] Sumireko
    You're both all right?
    What about the hong yi xiao nu hai?
[20:23] Oto
    We sent it off.
[20:24] Shizuku
    I'm sorry. You've done so much
    for me, Ogawa-no-neesan.
[20:28] Sumireko
    "Neesan"? Well, that's laudable of you.
[20:32] Shizuku
    I felt like I should live
    enough for Tomoko, too.
[20:35] Shizuku
    Thanks, Occhan!
[20:37] Shizuku
    And where is this older brother of yours?
[20:40] Shizuku
    At least let me say thanks!
[20:43] Sumireko
    Huh? Maybe he stepped outside earlier?
[20:49] Oto
    Let's go and see.
[21:04] Conductor
    You're certainly working yourself to the bone.
[21:06] Conductor
    You're not her brother by blood,
    to say nothing of not even being human.
[21:10] Conductor
    You're just a sham of a monster.
[21:16] Conductor
    How many years has it been since you slept?
[21:19] Conductor
    Do you remember the last time you ate?
[21:22] Conductor
    Has there been even the briefest moment
    in which your suffering has eased?
[21:29] Conductor
    Soon, you'll be worn down to nothing
    for your sister's sake and disappear.
[21:35] Conductor
    Whether you have a ticket or not,
    there is no station to which you can return.
[21:46] Adashino; telepathy
    Even so, that girl deserves to go home.
[21:50] Adashino; telepathy
    Oto really is just a lost child.
[21:53] Adashino; telepathy
    There are people waiting for her,
    looking for her.
[21:57] Adashino; telepathy
    I'm going to prove that she isn't
    someone that no one needs.
SIGN    A Book, an Affair, and a Mermaid
[23:36] Sumireko
    Next time: "A Book, an Affair, and a Mermaid."