# 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?