E1 - Karen Bee, Part One

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[00:09] Araragi
    I apologize for this jarring and
    unexpected development,
[00:13] Araragi
    but it appears I have been kidnapped.
[00:16] Araragi
    This happened ten days into
    summer vacation, on July 29th.
[00:24] Araragi
    No, it's possible that it's already the 30th.
[00:39] Senjougahara
    Oh, you're awake, Araragi-kun.
[00:42] Senjougahara
    I'm glad.
[00:44] Senjougahara
    I was worried you might have died.
[00:51] Senjougahara
    Are you all right?
[00:52] Senjougahara
    Does the back of your head hurt?
[00:53] Araragi
    Senjougahara,
[00:54] Araragi
    remove these handcuffs.
[00:55] Senjougahara
    No.
[00:58] Araragi
    I knew it! You did this!
[01:00] Senjougahara
    I see...
[01:01] Senjougahara
    Interesting theory,
[01:03] Senjougahara
    assuming you have proof.
[01:05] Araragi
    I guessed the minute I saw you chose
    to confine me at this cram school.
[01:09] Araragi
    Now take off the handcuffs!
[01:10] Senjougahara
    No.
[01:12] Senjougahara
    No.
[01:13] Senjougahara
    Also, I can't.
    I've thrown away the key.
[01:15] Araragi
    Seriously?
[01:17] Senjougahara
    I also threw away the antidote.
[01:18] Araragi
    You poisoned me, too?!
[01:21] Senjougahara
    That was a lie.
[01:23] Senjougahara
    Though it might come true
    if you don't do as I say.
[01:27] Senjougahara
    Float like a butterfly,
    sting like a butterfly!
[01:30] Araragi
    Butterflies don't sting!
[01:32] Senjougahara
    I said it wrong.
[01:34] Senjougahara
    Good for you, to be able
    to point out my mistake.
[01:36] Senjougahara
    Take pride in this moment forever.
[01:38] Araragi
    What's this new, avant-garde method
    of admitting your mistakes?
[01:40] Senjougahara
    The correct word was "bee."
[01:42] Araragi
    Bee poison is strong, isn't it?
[01:45] Senjougahara
    Don't worry.
[01:46] Senjougahara
    Araragi-kun,
[01:47] Senjougahara
    I'll protect you.
[01:50] Senjougahara
    You won't die.
[01:52] Senjougahara
    Because I'll protect you.
[01:53] Araragi
    I'd prefer to enjoy this conversation
[01:56] Araragi
    with no unnecessary Evangelion references.
[01:58] Araragi
    And, um, Gahara-san?
[02:01] Araragi
    I'm hungry...
[02:03] Araragi
    And kinda thirsty.
[02:05] Araragi
    Want to get something to eat?
[02:08] Senjougahara
    I expected a wormlike fool like
    yourself might say that,
[02:11] Senjougahara
    so I brought several items with me.
[02:13] Araragi
    Did you?
[02:15] Araragi
    Then give me something to drink.
[02:26] Senjougahara
    You want something to drink?
[02:27] Araragi
    Well, I guess...
[02:30] Senjougahara
    But I'm going to drink it.
[02:38] Senjougahara
    It's good.
[02:41] Senjougahara
    What's with that look of longing?
[02:43] Senjougahara
    No one said they were giving it to you.
[02:47] Senjougahara
    Or did you think I'd feed it
    to you, mouth-to-mouth?
[02:50] Senjougahara
    My, Araragi-kun...
[02:51] Senjougahara
    You're so naughty.
[02:53] Araragi
    In this situation, only Kanbaru
    would come up with that!
[02:56] Senjougahara
    Yeah?
[02:57] Senjougahara
    But what about when I
    made out with you?
[03:00] Araragi
    Don't bring that up, in this setting!
[03:04] Senjougahara
    All right, then.
[03:05] Senjougahara
    If you absolutely must
    drink it, I'll let you.
[03:08] Araragi
    I absolutely must drink it.
[03:10] Senjougahara
    Has this man no pride?
[03:13] Senjougahara
    To say something so humiliating,
    from a simple desire for water.
[03:17] Senjougahara
    Wouldn't it be better for you,
    if you died?
[03:20] Araragi
    She really seems to be enjoying this.
[03:21] Senjougahara
    Very well.
[03:22] Senjougahara
    Since you're so insistent,
[03:23] Senjougahara
    so pathetic, that I can't
    bear to look at you,
[03:25] Senjougahara
    I'll give you some water,
    out of sympathy.
[03:27] Senjougahara
    Be grateful,
[03:28] Senjougahara
    water-drinking bird.
[03:29] Araragi
    "Water-drinking bird" isn't
    really an insult, is it?
[03:41] Senjougahara
    Lick it.
[03:43] Senjougahara
    What's wrong?
[03:45] Senjougahara
    You're thirsty, aren't you?
[03:46] Senjougahara
    So stretch out your tongue,
[03:48] Senjougahara
    and naughtily lick it, like a giraffe.
[03:51] Araragi
    Hey, Senjougahara.
[03:52] Senjougahara
    What?
[03:53] Senjougahara
    Aren't you thirsty?
[03:56] Senjougahara
    Or was that a lie?
[03:58] Senjougahara
    Liars should be punished.
[04:01] Araragi
    I'll lick it!
[04:01] Araragi
    I'll totally lick it!
[04:02] Araragi
    Please let me lick it!
[04:05] Senjougahara
    How pathetic.
[04:06] Senjougahara
    The ultimate in pathetic.
[04:08] Senjougahara
    No normal person would do this,
    just for some water.
[04:10] Senjougahara
    I'm sure you're
[04:12] Senjougahara
    a pervert who just enjoys licking
    girls' fingers, right?
[04:16] Araragi
    Senjougahara-san was enjoying herself
    so much, I thought she'd explode.
[04:20] Senjougahara
    It's such a wonderful picture, I want to
    set it as my cell phone wallpaper.
[04:24] Araragi
    Yeah? Glad to hear it.
[04:27] Araragi
    Then, next I'd like a rice ball.
[04:29] Senjougahara
    All right.
[04:29] Senjougahara
    I'm in one of my rare generous moods.
[04:32] Senjougahara
    What do you want in it?
[04:33] Araragi
    It doesn't matter.
[04:34] Senjougahara
    An apathetic reply.
[04:35] Senjougahara
    Do you prefer bread?
[04:37] Araragi
    That's not really it.
[04:39] Araragi
    And as near as I can tell,
    you haven't bought any bread.
[04:42] Senjougahara
    That's true.
[04:42] Senjougahara
    I only brought rice balls.
[04:44] Araragi
    I won't request something you don't have.
[04:45] Senjougahara
    If you have no bread to eat,
    then you can eat cake.
[04:48] Araragi
    Too tyrannical...
[04:49] Senjougahara
    I was raised amidst butterflies and bees.
[04:53] Araragi
    That should be "and flowers"!
SIGN    The right answer
SIGN    Time Passes
[05:01] Senjougahara
    I hadn't much time today, so I got
    lunch from a convenience store.
[05:04] Senjougahara
    But don't worry, Araragi-kun.
[05:06] Senjougahara
    Starting tomorrow, I'll make
    your lunch myself.
[05:09] Araragi
    What is this?
[05:11] Araragi
    Her motives remain unclear.
[05:14] Araragi
    Oh, right.
[05:15] Araragi
    Her motives are totally clear.
[05:17] Senjougahara
    Don't worry.
[05:19] Senjougahara
    Araragi-kun,
[05:20] Senjougahara
    I'll protect you.
[05:21] Araragi
    To protect me, right?
[05:24] Araragi
    She's serious.
[05:25] Araragi
    Probably.
[05:29] Araragi
    By the way, Senjougahara.
[05:31] Araragi
    How am I supposed to use
    the bathroom here?
[05:34] Senjougahara
    Don't worry.
[05:36] Senjougahara
    I'll change your diaper.
[05:39] Senjougahara
    Didn't you know?
[05:40] Senjougahara
    I love you, Araragi-kun.
[05:43] Senjougahara
    So much that I could embrace you
    without hesitation,
[05:46] Senjougahara
    even if you were entirely
    covered in feces.
[05:48] Senjougahara
    Including your brain,
    I will manage your entire body,
[05:51] Senjougahara
    from ingestion to excretion.
[05:54] Araragi
    Her love is too extreme!
SIGN    Episode 1: Karen Bee, Part 1
SIGN    7/29 Saturday Morning
[07:34] Araragi
    Over summer break,
    I'm being tutored each day,
SIGN    7/29 Saturday
[07:38] Araragi
    except for Sundays, by Senjougahara.
[07:40] Araragi
    And also by Hanekawa,
[07:43] Araragi
    who has some of the school's best grades.
[07:47] Araragi
    But on that Saturday, July 29th,
[07:50] Araragi
    Hanekawa, with whom I was to study...
SIGN    Flashback
[07:51] Hanekawa
    "Something that I absolutely
    can't avoid came up.
[07:53] Hanekawa
    I'll make it up to you
[07:55] Hanekawa
    in exactly two days!"
SIGN    Black Scene
[07:58] Araragi
    And so, I'm bored.
[08:04] Karen
    Oh, Onii-chan...
[08:07] Karen
    Don't you have your tutoring today?
[08:09] Araragi
    Yeah.
[08:10] Araragi
    Hey, where is she?
[08:12] Tsukihi
    She?
[08:13] Araragi
    My bigger little sister.
[08:14] Tsukihi
    Karen-chan's out.
[08:17] Araragi
    Don't get into any trouble, you two.
[08:19] Tsukihi
    I resent that.
    We aren't planning anything.
[08:22] Tsukihi
    You're always this way.
[08:23] Tsukihi
    You always treat us like children.
[08:26] Tsukihi
    You worry too much.
[08:28] Araragi
    I'm not worried.
[08:29] Araragi
    I just don't trust you.
[08:31] Tsukihi
    Aren't those the same thing?
[08:32] Araragi
    No.
[08:33] Araragi
    Worry and trust are two
    entirely different things.
[08:37] Tsukihi
    They're both just words...
[08:43] Araragi
    Don't stop talking halfway through!
[08:45] Araragi
    So, where'd the bigger little sister go?
[08:48] Tsukihi
    I told you, she isn't in any trouble.
[08:50] Tsukihi
    In fact, she went to go help
    people out of trouble.
[08:53] Araragi
    That's trouble.
[08:55] Tsukihi
    Onii-chan, don't interfere in
    middle school kids' fights.
[08:59] Tsukihi
    It's lame.
[09:00] Tsukihi
    In their own way,
[09:02] Tsukihi
    fights are also a valid form
    of communication.
[09:04] Araragi
    Well, it sounds right when
    you put it like that.
[09:09] Tsukihi
    It isn't that fights per se are wrong.
[09:10] Tsukihi
    It's that people simply don't know
    the proper way to fight.
SIGN    Fights
[09:13] Araragi
    But the fights you two get involved with
[09:15] Araragi
    are always violent.
[09:18] Araragi
    I refuse to believe that's
    the right way to fight.
[09:22] Tsukihi
    Just shut up!
[09:24] Tsukihi
    I don't know!
[09:25] Tsukihi
    I don't know anything!
[09:27] Tsukihi
    I don't know what's going on with
    the bigger sister, the littler sister,
[09:30] Tsukihi
    or the middle sister!
[09:32] Araragi
    I don't have a middle sister...
[09:35] Araragi
    This is why worrying about you
    isn't ever worth it.
[09:38] Araragi
    Jeez...
[09:40] Araragi
    I won't tell you to grow up,
[09:42] Araragi
    but at least keep quiet.
[09:44] Tsukihi
    I don't want to hear that from you.
[09:50] Araragi
    Well, I suppose that of the two,
[09:52] Araragi
    the latter is more difficult.
[09:54] Araragi
    Anyone can grow up, just by aging.
[09:58] Araragi
    But still, I wouldn't want them
    as quiet as Sengoku.
[10:02] Araragi
    Oh, right. Sengoku...
SIGN    Flashback
[10:04] Sengoku
    Come over to my house next time.
[10:07] Araragi
    Sure.
SIGN    Black Scene
[10:10] Araragi
    Come to think of it,
[10:11] Araragi
    it's been quite a while since that.
[10:14] Araragi
    This is a good chance...
[10:15] Sengoku
    H-Hello?!
[10:17] Sengoku
    This is Sengoku!
[10:18] Sengoku
    Koyomi-oniichan, it's been a while.
[10:20] Sengoku
    What's up?
[10:22] Araragi
    Sorry it's so abrupt,
[10:24] Araragi
    but remember when I said I'd come over?
[10:27] Araragi
    I was wondering if today might be good.
[10:30] Araragi
    If it isn't a good day...
[10:32] Sengoku
    No...
[10:33] Sengoku
    Today, today, today!
[10:34] Sengoku
    Actually, I'm busy every day but today.
[10:36] Araragi
    I see.
[10:37] Araragi
    If you're busy every day but today,
[10:39] Araragi
    today is our only option.
[10:41] Araragi
    How about now?
[10:42] Sengoku
    Sure!
[10:43] Sengoku
    Actually, no time but now will work.
[10:44] Araragi
    Then I'll come over now.
[10:50] Araragi
    Hey! So...
[10:52] Tsukihi
    Bye!
[10:53] Tsukihi
    I'll watch the house.
[10:54] Araragi
    No, you're coming, as well.
[10:58] Araragi
    We're going to Sengoku's,
    so of course you're coming.
[11:00] Tsukihi
    I thought for sure you'd go alone.
[11:03] Tsukihi
    And I'm certain that's what
    Sen-chan is thinking...
[11:06] Araragi
    Really?
[11:07] Araragi
    No way.
[11:09] Tsukihi
    Go by yourself.
[11:10] Tsukihi
    I'm sure she'd prefer that.
SIGN    Anyway
[11:13] Tsukihi
    Anyway...
[11:14] Tsukihi
    I won't interfere with a
    friend's feeling of love.
[11:17] Tsukihi
    Even if it's unrequited.
SIGN    Love?
[11:20] Araragi
    Come?
[11:21] Araragi
    She never said she'd love
    for me to come over.
[11:24] Araragi
    She just asked me to.
[11:26] Araragi
    Unlike you two, she's polite.
[11:29] Tsukihi
    By the way, Onii-chan...
[11:31] Tsukihi
    Do you believe that boys and
    girls can be friends?
[11:34] Araragi
    Sure.
[11:35] Araragi
    I'm Sengoku's friend!
[11:37] Tsukihi
    I see.
[11:38] Tsukihi
    Then I guess that works.
[11:40] Tsukihi
    Anyway, get going.
[11:42] Araragi
    Fine.
[11:44] Araragi
    Then I'll go on my own.
[11:45] Araragi
    Watch the house while I'm gone.
[11:47] Araragi
    See you...
[11:48] Tsukihi
    One last thing, before you go.
[11:51] Tsukihi
    You've totally
[11:52] Tsukihi
    stopped brawling with Karen-chan.
[11:56] Tsukihi
    How come?
[11:59] Araragi
    Lately, she's gotten too good at karate.
[12:02] Araragi
    Like, way too good.
[12:04] Araragi
    I'd lose in a straight-up fight.
[12:06] Araragi
    Even though she's taller,
[12:08] Araragi
    I should still be stronger.
[12:10] Araragi
    But I guess I can't defeat a
    martial arts practitioner.
[12:14] Tsukihi
    Even if that explains things
    with Karen-chan,
[12:16] Tsukihi
    when I freaked out a minute ago,
    you backed off.
[12:19] Tsukihi
    Dealing with you has gotten a lot easier.
[12:22] Araragi
    Well, I guess so.
[12:23] Tsukihi
    I mean, from our perspective,
[12:26] Tsukihi
    it's good, because it's
    easier to get our way.
[12:29] Tsukihi
    But you know,
[12:31] Tsukihi
    really...
[12:33] Tsukihi
    Don't just grow up and leave us behind.
[12:35] Tsukihi
    It'd be boring that way...
[12:42] Araragi
    Actually, you guys never knew this,
[12:45] Araragi
    but I turned into a vampire.
[12:46] Araragi
    Well, I turned back.
[12:50] Araragi
    But it changed me.
    So it's possible...
[12:52] Araragi
    And I mean possible, not certain,
[12:54] Araragi
    that if I got into a real fight with you,
SIGN    Red Scene
[12:57] Araragi
    I could end up killing you both.
[12:59] Araragi
    So I'm trying to avoid that.
[13:01] Araragi
    How am I supposed to tell them that?
[13:07] Araragi
    Hey, it's Hachikuji.
SIGN    Black Scene
SIGN    Hachikuji 5-3
[13:18] Araragi
    But I promised to go to Sengoku's...
[13:21] Araragi
    And I don't really like that elementary school brat, anyway.
[13:27] Araragi
    Honest, I don't like her.
[13:29] Araragi
    I hate her.
[13:30] Araragi
    We're not even close enough that
    I'd talk to her if I saw her.
[13:34] Araragi
    But yeah, I guess as a high schooler,
[13:37] Araragi
    it's kind of sad for me to act that way
    toward an elementary school girl.
[13:41] Araragi
    Honestly, I'm not happy to see her at all.
[13:44] Araragi
    But I suppose a bare minimum of courtesy
[13:46] Araragi
    demands that I maintain appearances.
[13:48] Araragi
    I'm such a sap.
[14:01] Araragi
    Hachikuji!
[14:03] Araragi
    I've missed you...
[14:06] Araragi
    I haven't seen you,
[14:08] Araragi
    so I thought you'd moved away!
[14:10] Araragi
    And I was so worried...
[14:12] Araragi
    So let me touch you more.
[14:14] Araragi
    Let me hug you more...
[14:15] Araragi
    Let me lick you more!
[14:17] Araragi
    Come on, stay put!
[14:18] Araragi
    It makes removing your panties harder!
[14:23] Araragi
    What are you doing?
[14:27] Araragi
    W-Wait, Hachikuji!
[14:30] Araragi
    Look, it's me!
[14:36] Hachikuji
    It's Araragi...
[14:37] Hachikuji
    Yomiko-san!
[14:39] Araragi
    That's depressingly close.
[14:41] Araragi
    But, Hachikuji,
[14:43] Araragi
    I'd prefer you not call me the name
    of a paper-using secret agent
[14:45] Araragi
    for the British Library who lives in a
    book-filled Jinbouchou building.
[14:49] Araragi
    My name is Araragi Koyomi.
SIGN    Excepting Light Vehicles
[14:53] Hachikuji
    But that aside, Araragi-san,
[14:55] Hachikuji
    where are you going today?
[14:57] Hachikuji
    Nowhere special...
SIGN    Excepting Boys
[14:59] Hachikuji
    Searching for new Araragi harem members?
[15:01] Araragi
    I never founded any such creepy group!
[15:04] Hachikuji
    An original member,
[15:05] Hachikuji
    Oshino-san, has graduated now...
[15:07] Hachikuji
    It'll be a difficult gap to fill.
[15:11] Araragi
    Even assuming this so-called
    Araragi harem's existence,
[15:13] Araragi
    why would Oshino be a member?
SIGN    No Old Men Allowed
[15:16] Araragi
    He's an old guy in a floral shirt!
[15:17] Hachikuji
    Add too many members,
[15:19] Hachikuji
    and the story will be hard to follow.
SIGN    Watch for Bears
[15:20] Hachikuji
    So be careful.
[15:23] Araragi
    Well, I told you about Sengoku right?
[15:26] Araragi
    A girl I used to know...
[15:28] Araragi
    I'm going over to her place today.
[15:31] Hachikuji
    Given that, you seemed rather unhappy.
[15:33] Araragi
    Did I?
[15:34] Araragi
    I looked that unhappy?
[15:36] Hachikuji
    Yeah!
[15:37] Hachikuji
    Like a story that's gotten a lot of
    mileage from jokes about how
[15:41] Hachikuji
    it'll never be animated,
    due to some screw-up.
[15:44] Hachikuji
    You had an awkwardness that
    was reminiscent of that.
[15:47] Araragi
    My face was hardly that specific!
[15:49] Hachikuji
    Well, I can understand that you'd be
    wary of unexpected happiness.
[15:53] Hachikuji
    But any time you enter a new arena,
[15:55] Hachikuji
    there's something to be gained.
[15:57] Araragi
    Something to be gained? Like what?
[16:00] Hachikuji
    In a word...
[16:01] Hachikuji
    Money.
[16:02] Araragi
    No, aren't there other things?
[16:05] Hachikuji
    Is there really anything else in the world?
[16:07] Araragi
    Sure!
[16:08] Araragi
    Like you know...
[16:10] Araragi
    Love!
SIGN    Love
[16:10] Hachikuji
    Huh? Love?
[16:12] Hachikuji
    Oh, yeah! I know love.
[16:13] Hachikuji
    The convenience store was selling it.
SIGN    Love, Now On Sale
[16:15] Araragi
    They were selling it?!
    At the convenience store?
[16:17] Hachikuji
    Yup, for 298 yen.
[16:19] Araragi
    A bargain!
[16:20] Hachikuji
    Talk of money aside, Araragi-san,
[16:22] Hachikuji
    I've been looking forward to this.
[16:25] Hachikuji
    What kind of dance will
    we do during the ED?
[16:28] Araragi
    It's a given that we're dancing?
[16:30] Hachikuji
    I'm hoping for something like in Cat's Eye,
[16:32] Hachikuji
    nice and sexy!
[16:33] Araragi
    You're okay with just silhouettes?!
[16:36] Araragi
    Anyway, that's not it, Hachikuji.
[16:38] Araragi
    Oh, right... I guess I can tell you.
[16:41] Araragi
    You know I'm actually a vampire, right?
[16:45] Hachikuji
    I see, Shuraragi-san.
[16:46] Araragi
    That name's pretty cool,
[16:48] Araragi
    and honestly, I'd like to change mine to it.
[16:50] Araragi
    But Hachikuji,
[16:50] Araragi
    I've told you over and over,
[16:52] Araragi
    my name is Araragi.
[16:54] Hachikuji
    Sorry! I bit my tongue.
[16:55] Araragi
    No, you did it deliberately.
[16:57] Hachikuji
    I bwit my twongue!
[16:58] Araragi
    It wasn't deliberate?
[16:59] Hachikuji
    Seen the Family Mart?
[17:00] Araragi
    No, I don't know where the
    convenience store is!
[17:02] Araragi
    Is it love?
[17:03] Araragi
    Are you going to buy love?
[17:04] Araragi
    For 298 yen?!
[17:07] Hachikuji
    I see, a vampire.
[17:09] Hachikuji
    But what about it?
[17:11] Araragi
    Well, it's really hard to tell
[17:13] Araragi
    my family about it, you know?
[17:16] Araragi
    But I'm not sure it's something
    I can hide forever.
[17:20] Hachikuji
    I don't think it's really necessary
[17:23] Hachikuji
    to just come out and tell them.
[17:25] Hachikuji
    I think keeping a secret or two
    from your family is natural.
[17:28] Araragi
    Hachikuji?
[17:30] Hachikuji
    For one thing, sharing your
    secret with someone
[17:33] Hachikuji
    means you involve them in your problems.
[17:36] Hachikuji
    It may make things easier for you,
[17:39] Hachikuji
    but your family could end up
    suffering for it.
[17:43] Araragi
    That's true, isn't it?
[17:45] Hachikuji
    Right now, what you need is
[17:47] Hachikuji
    the courage to keep your
    secret to yourself!
[17:50] Araragi
    That sounds very wise.
[17:51] Hachikuji
    Well, I'm just making it sound positive
[17:54] Hachikuji
    by adding the word "courage" to it.
[17:55] Hachikuji
    Really, it's just a normal secret.
[17:57] Araragi
    That sounds very honest!
[17:59] Hachikuji
    You can make almost anything
[18:01] Hachikuji
    sound positive by adding
    the word "courage."
[18:03] Araragi
    That can't be right.
[18:05] Araragi
    I refuse to believe that Japanese
    is structured that way.
[18:09] Hachikuji
    Shall I demonstrate?
[18:11] Araragi
    Bring it.
[18:15] Araragi
    If you can satisfy me,
[18:18] Araragi
    I'll do a handstand, right here.
[18:20] Hachikuji
    A handstand?
[18:21] Araragi
    Yes...
[18:22] Araragi
    Like getting on your knees
    to bow, but better.
[18:24] Araragi
    And if you can't satisfy me,
[18:28] Araragi
    then you have to do a handstand here,
[18:30] Araragi
    wearing your skirt!
[18:31] Araragi
    Your kiddy panties will be
    exposed to public view,
[18:34] Araragi
    until I allow you to stop!
[18:36] Hachikuji
    Very well.
[18:37] Hachikuji
    I accept your challenge.
[18:39] Araragi
    I praise your guts, if nothing else.
[18:41] Hachikuji
    You're like a phoenix
    to the flame, Araragi-san.
[18:44] Araragi
    No, I'm nothing as cool as that.
[18:48] Hachikuji
    We'll start with warm-ups.
SIGN    Courage Series
[18:50] Hachikuji
    The courage to lie to your lover.
[18:53] Araragi
    Not bad...
[18:54] Araragi
    All you're doing is simply lying,
[18:57] Araragi
    but tacking "courage" onto it
[18:59] Araragi
    makes it sound like you're
    lying for your lover's sake.
[19:01] Araragi
    Even though she hasn't said
    anything suggesting that.
[19:03] Hachikuji
    The courage to betray your comrades.
[19:04] Araragi
    What?!
[19:05] Araragi
    Amazing...
[19:06] Araragi
    The end result is that you've
    betrayed your comrades.
[19:09] Araragi
    But that gives the impression
[19:10] Araragi
    that you've somehow protected them.
[19:12] Araragi
    Even though she hasn't said
    anything suggesting that!
[19:14] Hachikuji
    The courage to be a lazy bum.
[19:15] Araragi
    Wh-What?
[19:17] Araragi
    It really can do anything!
[19:19] Araragi
    You're just meaninglessly
    whiling away your life,
[19:21] Araragi
    but that makes it sound like you've
[19:23] Araragi
    positioned yourself in poverty,
    all for some greater goal.
[19:25] Araragi
    Even though she hasn't said anything,
[19:26] Araragi
    anything at all, suggesting that!
[19:28] Araragi
    B-But I cannot admit defeat here!
[19:31] Hachikuji
    The courage to admit defeat.
[19:33] Araragi
    I admit my defeat!
[19:35] Araragi
    I was lulled by the awesomeness of the words
[19:37] Araragi
    into admitting my own defeat!
[19:39] Araragi
    And all I did was admit defeat...
[19:41] Araragi
    Japanese is really simple!
[19:43] Hachikuji
    Now, Araragi-san.
[19:44] Hachikuji
    Show me something better than
    getting on your knees to bow.
[19:46] Araragi
    Very well...
[19:48] Araragi
    I have the courage to do a handstand!
[19:54] Hachikuji
    Seeing someone your age doing a
    handstand is actually kind of pathetic...
[19:58] Hachikuji
    You can stop.
[20:01] Hachikuji
    I said you could stop, Araragi-san.
[20:05] Hachikuji
    Actually, please stop, Araragi-san.
[20:07] Hachikuji
    I'm embarrassed, just being next to you.
[20:11] Hachikuji
    Why continue your handstand,
[20:12] Hachikuji
    as if it were a promise made in response
    to a friend's last request?
[20:16] Araragi
    Well, you know...
[20:18] Araragi
    I was just thinking
[20:20] Araragi
    that if I stood on my hands,
[20:22] Araragi
    from this angle, I can see your panties.
[20:27] Hachikuji
    Araragi-san, you are a pervert!
[20:29] Araragi
    The courage to accept the label of pervert!
[20:32] Hachikuji
    So cool!
[20:34] Hachikuji
    So cool, I'm tempted to have the courage
    to show you my panties as you wish!
[20:38] Hachikuji
    Especially the way you continue,
[20:39] Hachikuji
    even after I kicked you in the face!
[20:42] Hachikuji
    I can't believe the technology I developed
[20:45] Hachikuji
    has now been turned against me...
[20:47] Hachikuji
    So ironic.
[20:49] Araragi
    You grew overconfident, Hachikuji!
[20:51] Araragi
    I have mastered your secret technique!
[20:54] Hachikuji
    Oh, no.
[20:56] Hachikuji
    I may have created a monster!
[21:00] Araragi
    But I do apologize for
    calling them kiddy panties.
[21:03] Araragi
    I never expected
[21:04] Araragi
    you'd be wearing
    semi-transparent black panties.
[21:08] Hachikuji
    What are you saying?
[21:09] Hachikuji
    Take a closer look!
[21:10] Hachikuji
    Don't say that!
[21:11] Hachikuji
    It'll ruin my image!
[21:13] Hachikuji
    I've responded to consumer demand,
    and am wearing kiddy panties!
[21:16] Hachikuji
    They have a bunny on them, right?
[21:18] Araragi
    I can't see any bunnies.
[21:20] Araragi
    If you want me to see them,
    you have to make it easier.
[21:23] Hachikuji
    L-Like this?
[21:26] Hachikuji
    Like this?
[21:34] Araragi
    Oh, yeah.
[21:35] Araragi
    We were talking about the need
[21:37] Araragi
    to keep the supernatural a secret, right?
[21:39] Hachikuji
    You see, Araragi-san,
[21:41] Hachikuji
    in a way, the supernatural is
    what's behind the curtain.
[21:44] Araragi
    Behind the curtain?
[21:46] Hachikuji
    Normally, you only need to see
    what's happening on stage.
[21:49] Hachikuji
    That's how reality works.
[21:51] Hachikuji
    If you don't know,
[21:52] Hachikuji
    then it's best that you don't.
[21:54] Hachikuji
    Actually, learning about the supernatural
[21:56] Hachikuji
    only increases the number
    of things you don't know.
[21:59] Araragi
    I see.
[22:01] Hachikuji
    So, Araragi-san...
[22:02] Hachikuji
    If your family should ever
[22:05] Hachikuji
    find themselves unfortunately backstage,
[22:08] Hachikuji
    you can guide them out.
[22:11] Hachikuji
    But until then,
    the answer is to do nothing.
[22:14] Araragi
    I see.
[22:16] Araragi
    Anyway, we've been talking a while.
[22:19] Araragi
    Sorry for stopping you, Hachikuji.
[22:21] Hachikuji
    It's fine.
[22:23] Hachikuji
    I'm always basically lost.
[22:26] Araragi
    That's not...
[22:27] Hachikuji
    In a way,
[22:28] Hachikuji
    I guess I was just walking around, saying,
[22:31] Hachikuji
    "Isn't Araragi-san's house here?
[22:32] Hachikuji
    I haven't seen him in a while!
[22:34] Hachikuji
    Maybe I can see him again."
[22:37] Araragi
    Yeah...
[22:38] Araragi
    Well, bye!
[22:39] Hachikuji
    Yeah, let's meet again.
[22:43] Araragi
    Hey, Hachikuji.
[22:46] Araragi
    You aren't going to disappear, are you?
[22:50] Araragi
    Because, you know, Oshino's gone.
[22:53] Araragi
    I just wondered if you were going
    to vanish like he did.
[22:57] Hachikuji
    You spend so much time
    worrying about others,
[23:00] Hachikuji
    the only people you foist
[23:03] Hachikuji
    your problems on are Shinobu-san and me.
[23:08] Hachikuji
    I'm honored, really...
[23:11] Araragi
    Hachikuji...
[23:12] Hachikuji
    Then let me ask you
    a question, Araragi-san.
[23:15] Hachikuji
    If I'm ever in really bad trouble again,
[23:18] Hachikuji
    would you help me?
[23:21] Araragi
    Sure, I would.
[23:22] Araragi
    Of course I would.
[23:23] Araragi
    I won't give anyone else
    enough time to save you.
[23:27] Hachikuji
    I can talk to you about my problems?
[23:28] Araragi
    If you don't, I'll get mad!
[23:33] Hachikuji
    That's just like you.
[23:37] Hachikuji
    I'm sure there's a reason that,
[23:39] Hachikuji
    even after I stopped being lost,
[23:41] Hachikuji
    I stayed here.
[23:43] Hachikuji
    I won't leave until I know
    what that reason is.
[23:47] Araragi
    The reason, huh?
[23:49] Hachikuji
    Well, even if I do go away someday,
[23:53] Hachikuji
    before I do, I'll come to say goodbye.
[23:57] Araragi
    I see...
SIGN    Black Scene
[24:01] Araragi
    Okay, then you do that.
[24:05] Hachikuji
    Yeah.
[24:06] Hachikuji
    I'd be scared of having you
    mad at me, you know?