E11 - Tsukihi Phoenix, Part Four
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[00:02] Suruga
The Dying Bird...
[00:03] Suruga
A type of supernatural cuckoo.
[00:06] Suruga
The cuckoo from the poem:
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"I see green leaves and hear
the mountain cuckoo's cry,
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as I eat the first tuna of the year."
[00:12] Suruga
They lied when they said it was a phoenix.
[00:16] Suruga
This bird habitually plants its
eggs in other birds' nests.
[00:20] Suruga
It waits for the mother bird of
another species to leave,
[00:24] Suruga
and then pushes those eggs out
of the nest, onto the ground.
[00:27] Suruga
Then it lays its own eggs,
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for the mother bird to warm and hatch.
[00:36] Suruga
The supernatural cuckoo,
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the Dying Bird, exhibits the same behavior.
[00:42] Suruga
It does the same thing.
[00:44] Suruga
It plants its egg in a human nest.
[00:47] Suruga
Inside the womb of a pregnant mother,
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it reincarnates itself like a phoenix,
the immortal bird.
[00:54] Suruga
The common legend of the phoenix
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describes the bird, at its life's end,
[01:00] Suruga
throwing itself into the flames,
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so it can be reborn.
[01:09] Suruga
In this case, the flame is a human mother.
[01:13] Suruga
To be precise, the Dying Bird's victim
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is not your sister,
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but is, instead, your mother.
[01:22] Suruga
Over ten years ago,
[01:25] Suruga
your mother carried a monster in her womb.
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[01:29] Koyomi
And a year later, Araragi Tsukihi was born.
[01:34] Koyomi
The Dying Bird was reborn.
[01:37] Suruga
In the larger scheme, it's a harmless creature.
[01:41] Suruga
It never hurts anyone.
[01:43] Suruga
But it is a fake.
[01:46] Suruga
And it is immortal.
[01:50] Suruga
Any wound heals instantly.
[01:52] Suruga
Any illness vanishes.
[01:54] Suruga
It lives out its lifespan.
[01:56] Suruga
And then it dies, and is reborn.
[01:59] Suruga
It has repeated this cycle up to the modern era.
[02:03] Suruga
Just like a cuckoo...
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[02:11] Karen
Nii-chan, what is this?!
[02:12] Karen
What happened?
[02:13] Karen
An artillery strike?
[02:14] Karen
Have syndicate pursuit teams
fired a cannon at us?
[02:17] Koyomi
Honestly, well...
[02:19] Koyomi
I don't know.
[02:21] Koyomi
I went to Mister Donuts, to take a study break,
[02:23] Koyomi
and when I returned, it was like this.
[02:26] Koyomi
Maybe a dump truck hit the house,
before driving off.
[02:31] Karen
So you've been standing guard...
[02:34] Karen
Thanks!
[02:35] Karen
But you haven't gotten to study
at all today, have you?
[02:39] Koyomi
I guess not.
[02:40] Karen
Okay, Nii-chan, I'll take over!
[02:42] Karen
Now it's my turn.
[02:44] Karen
Until Mom and Dad get home,
[02:46] Karen
I shall be Cerberus, Guardian of Hell.
[02:49] Karen
So get back to your room and study.
[02:55] Karen
By the way, where's Tsukihi-chan?
[02:58] Koyomi
I think she was on the second floor
when it happened.
[03:01] Koyomi
She watched the front until I returned.
[03:04] Koyomi
But since she was here when it happened,
[03:07] Koyomi
it was a big shock.
[03:09] Koyomi
She's out cold on the second floor.
[03:11] Karen
Yeah...
[03:12] Karen
She actually gets rattled pretty easily...
[03:17] Koyomi
I'm sure you have things you'd like to ask her,
[03:19] Koyomi
but she really is fast asleep.
[03:21] Koyomi
Let her rest for a while.
[03:22] Karen
Aye aye!
[03:25] Koyomi
Karen-chan?
[03:27] Karen
What is it, Nii-chan?
[03:28] Koyomi
Would you be able to die for me?
[03:32] Karen
Sure.
[03:33] Karen
Why?
[03:35] Koyomi
Then, could you die for Tsukihi-chan?
[03:38] Karen
I could.
[03:40] Karen
With a smile on my face.
[03:42] Karen
She's my little sister.
[03:44] Karen
Of course I could.
[03:47] Koyomi
Yeah, of course.
[03:49] Koyomi
And I'd die for you, too.
[03:53] Koyomi
Again and again,
[03:55] Koyomi
like some immortal Dracula.
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[03:57] Koyomi
I'd die every day until I was dead.
[04:06] Koyomi
Immortal, huh?
[04:08] Koyomi
Not a vampire,
[04:10] Koyomi
but a phoenix, huh?
[04:12] Koyomi
It's all so sudden...
[04:14] Koyomi
I can't keep up with everything.
[04:23] Koyomi
Hey.
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[04:27] Tsukihi
What are you doing?!
[04:35] Tsukihi
I can't believe it...
[04:36] Tsukihi
This can't be happening!
[04:38] Tsukihi
My first kiss...
[04:39] Tsukihi
I was going to give it to Rosokuzawa!
[04:49] Tsukihi
What's so funny?!
[04:51] Koyomi
Nothing...
[04:52] Koyomi
I was just thinking that I felt
nothing when I kissed you.
[04:56] Koyomi
It wasn't exciting, and I didn't enjoy it.
[05:00] Koyomi
You really are my sister.
[05:03] Koyomi
Tsukihi-chan, did you know
[05:05] Koyomi
that there was a time when
I wasn't your brother?
[05:10] Tsukihi
What are you talking about?
[05:11] Koyomi
There was a time when I wasn't
Karen-chan's brother, either.
[05:14] Koyomi
For the first three years of
my life, I was an only child.
[05:18] Koyomi
And the year after that, I only had one sister.
[05:22] Koyomi
It was four years before I finally
became your brother.
[05:26] Tsukihi
Well, yeah...
[05:27] Koyomi
But, Tsukihi-chan...
[05:30] Koyomi
Araragi Tsukihi has always
been my little sister.
[05:34] Koyomi
My little sister, as well as
Karen-chan's little sister.
[05:37] Koyomi
That has never been untrue.
[05:42] Koyomi
Don't count my kiss...
[05:44] Koyomi
That's how family works.
[05:46] Koyomi
For example, when we were little,
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how many times did we say we
were gonna get married?
[05:51] Koyomi
I couldn't tell you.
[05:53] Koyomi
Of course, I would've married you both.
[05:55] Tsukihi
Stupid.
[05:56] Tsukihi
You think you can fool me
by bringing up the past?
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[06:00] Tsukihi
I'm platinum mad...
[06:05] Tsukihi
Hey, Karen-chan.
[06:07] Tsukihi
I'm going out for a bit.
[06:09] Karen
Okay, bye.
[06:11] Koyomi
While I'm gone, keep an eye out.
[06:13] Koyomi
No one gets in.
[06:15] Karen
Leave it to me.
[06:16] Karen
Karen-chan does whatever her brother says.
[06:29] Suruga
You're going, my master?
[06:33] Koyomi
Yes, I am.
[06:34] Suruga
Where? To do what?
[06:36] Koyomi
To them. To fight.
[06:38] Suruga
Why?
[06:40] Koyomi
For my sister.
[06:41] Suruga
What will that gain you?
[06:44] Koyomi
Nothing at all.
[06:46] Koyomi
I'll only waste some time.
[06:49] Suruga
I see...
[06:50] Suruga
Tsukihi, was it?
[06:53] Suruga
Your miniscule sister.
[06:56] Koyomi
Yeah...
[06:58] Koyomi
What? You learned her name?
[07:01] Koyomi
It's rare for you to learn a human's name.
[07:04] Suruga
After hearing you scream it so many times...
[07:07] Suruga
And it's a good name.
[07:09] Koyomi
A good name?
[07:11] Koyomi
Is it?
[07:12] Suruga
I like the "tsuki," from "moon," part.
[07:14] Suruga
The sun is my enemy,
[07:16] Suruga
but the moon has been quite good to me.
[07:19] Suruga
And so,
[07:20] Suruga
perhaps I shall repay it.
[07:25] Koyomi
Okay.
[07:27] Koyomi
Thanks.
[07:29] Suruga
No need for thanks...
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[08:01] Yozuru
Uninvited company...
[08:04] Yozuru
Oshino-kun would say "Oh, you're late.
[08:08] Yozuru
I've been waiting for you."
[08:11] Yozuru
But I'm not that friendly.
[08:16] Koyomi
Oshino...
[08:18] Koyomi
Oshino was never so violent.
[08:25] Yozuru
I'm sure that's true!
[08:25] Yozuru
That's how he was...
[08:27] Yozuru
That's how it is with him.
[08:29] Yozuru
So what do we do?
[08:32] Yozuru
An outright brawl is fine with us.
[08:35] Yozuru
It's simple.
[08:37] Yozuru
We're all about violence.
[08:39] Yozuru
And thankfully, both of our teams
include a human and a monster.
[08:42] Yozuru
You and me.
[08:44] Yozuru
And the former Heart-under-blade-chan; Yotsugi-chan.
[08:47] Yozuru
How does that sound?
[08:52] Yozuru
Not happy?
[08:53] Yozuru
Then, I can take the former Heart-under-blade,
[08:56] ---
and you can have Yotsugi.
[08:59] Yozuru
She's the one who attacked
your sister, fake or not.
[09:05] Koyomi
No,
[09:05] Koyomi
the first pairing is better.
[09:08] Shinobu
Excellent.
[09:09] Shinobu
Then, girl,
[09:10] Shinobu
come downstairs.
[09:12] Shinobu
There's a perfect room on the
second floor for us to fight in.
[09:15] Shinobu
We can enjoy ourselves there.
[09:18] Shinobu
I'll show you the difference that
years of experience make.
[09:22] Yotsugi
Sure, that's fine.
[09:24] Yotsugi
Even after powering up,
you're still weaker than I am.
[09:28] Yotsugi
Respect for the Elderly Day is
still a month from now.
[09:31] Yotsugi
But if you're willing to force
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that tired old body to show me the
difference of years of experience,
[09:36] Yotsugi
I'll go with you,
[09:38] Yotsugi
Grannie.
[09:40] Yotsugi
I said, with a posed look.
[09:45] Suruga
You're a minor Far Eastern youkai,
[09:47] ---
lacking even existent texts about her.
[09:49] Suruga
I'll see to it that you can't ever
have a posed look again.
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[09:55] Yotsugi
Well, I'm off to take care of
the elderly, Onee-chan.
[10:00] Yotsugi
I said, with a posed look.
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[10:07] Koyomi
Kagenui-san, what's your relationship to Oshino?
[10:12] Koyomi
You know the idiot in the
Hawaiian shirt, Oshino Meme?
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[10:17] Yozuru
What? Oshino-kun's still wearing those shirts?
[10:22] Yozuru
I thought it was just some kind of trademark,
[10:24] Yozuru
but if he's still doing it, perhaps
there's a deeper reason...
[10:29] Yozuru
Well, it's nothing really.
[10:33] Yozuru
Just an old friend.
[10:35] Yozuru
Oshino-kun, Kaiki-kun, and I
[10:37] Yozuru
were all university classmates.
[10:41] Koyomi
Oshino, okay...
[10:43] Koyomi
But Kaiki?
[10:44] Koyomi
Kaiki?
[10:44] Koyomi
Did she say Kaiki?
[10:46] Koyomi
Kaiki...
[10:47] Koyomi
You mean Kaiki Deishuu?
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[10:49] Yozuru
That's right. Kaiki-kun...
[10:51] Yozuru
We shared a major, and he was in my club.
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[10:53] Yozuru
We used to play four-person shogi
with another upperclassman.
[10:58] Koyomi
Was it the shogi research club?
[11:01] Yozuru
No, the occult research club.
[11:03] Yozuru
Actually, it was Kaiki-kun who
was kind enough to tell us
[11:08] Yozuru
about your sister.
[11:16] Koyomi
Kaiki!
[11:18] Koyomi
So this was all your fault?
[11:20] Koyomi
It was all your doing?!
[11:26] Koyomi
Kagenui-san.
[11:27] Koyomi
I'm on my sister's side in this.
[11:30] Yozuru
Your sister is a fake.
[11:33] Yozuru
She isn't your real sister.
[11:35] Yozuru
Even if you recognize that the sister
you believed to be real is a fake,
[11:40] Yozuru
can you truly love her, as you always have?
[11:44] Koyomi
I can.
[11:45] Koyomi
No, I'll love her even more.
[11:48] Koyomi
Isn't it hot,
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[11:50] Koyomi
having a sister who isn't your real sister?!
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[11:57] Yozuru
I understand your feelings.
[11:59] Yozuru
And I suppose I must respect them.
[12:02] Yozuru
But from the perspective of a good guy like me...
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[12:06] Yozuru
Nothing I say will change your mind.
[12:09] Yozuru
I've given up trying to convince you.
[12:12] Yozuru
I'm different from Oshino-kun
and Kaiki-kun, after all.
[12:16] Yozuru
I can only speak with my fists.
[12:18] Yozuru
But... But...
[12:20] Yozuru
I wonder.
[12:22] Yozuru
Even if you're all right with it...
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[12:38] Yozuru
Even if you're all right with it,
[12:41] Yozuru
how about the rest of your family?!
[12:49] Yozuru
You were once immortal.
[12:53] Yozuru
So perhaps you'd be fine
[12:54] Yozuru
with a fake sister who's an immortal creature.
[12:58] Yozuru
But how about the rest of your family?
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Those who have nothing to do
with the supernatural?
[13:06] Yozuru
For example, Karen-chan, was it?
[13:08] Yozuru
If your other sister knew her little sister
[13:10] ---
is a supernatural creature,
[13:13] ---
could she answer the same way?
[13:16] Yozuru
Or your mother?
[13:17] Yozuru
If she knew that she birthed a monster,
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could she say the same thing as you?
[13:24] Yozuru
What about your father?!
[13:32] Yozuru
And what about her?
[13:35] Yozuru
If the fake knew everything,
[13:37] Yozuru
could she continue living
[13:39] Yozuru
like she always has?
[13:43] Yozuru
Everything's all right now,
because she doesn't know.
[13:46] Yozuru
But when she finds out,
[13:48] Yozuru
won't she be hurt?
[13:51] Yozuru
An immortal monster cannot
adapt to its surroundings...
[13:55] Yozuru
You should know that better than anyone.
[13:57] Yozuru
Or will she try to be a hero,
with her inhuman body?
[14:02] Yozuru
The Fire Sisters, wasn't it?
[14:05] Yozuru
But how proud, how cruel
[14:08] Yozuru
could an immortal monster be toward humans?
[14:13] Yozuru
You know that better than anyone, as well!
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[14:19] Yozuru
Our job is to stop it before that happens.
[14:23] Yozuru
Whatever you value...
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What you consider right is up to you.
[14:28] Yozuru
But don't force it onto other people!
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[14:38] Yozuru
I'm not finished yet.
[14:42] Yozuru
I'm starting to worry about Yotsugi, also.
[14:45] Yozuru
Let's go take a look!
[14:55] Suruga
What are you doing,
[14:57] Suruga
my master?
[15:02] Yozuru
What?
[15:03] Yozuru
For all her big talk, this is as far as she got?
[15:06] Yozuru
Looks like you're having a tough time, Yotsugi.
[15:10] Yotsugi
I was preparing to stage an elaborate comeback.
[15:13] Yotsugi
Don't worry about me when
you don't have to, Onee-chan.
[15:17] Yotsugi
I said, with a posed look.
[15:19] Yozuru
Right, right.
[15:21] Yozuru
But allow your sister to have this pleasure.
[15:25] Yozuru
Former Heart-under-blade,
[15:27] Yozuru
want to have a final round with me?
[15:46] Suruga
No, I won't fight.
[15:49] Suruga
And a final round?
[15:52] Suruga
Don't be stupid, human.
[15:54] Suruga
My master hasn't lost to you yet.
[15:59] Suruga
Correct, my master?
[16:04] Koyomi
That's right.
[16:05] Koyomi
I haven't lost yet...
[16:09] Koyomi
I haven't conceded to you yet.
[16:13] Koyomi
Not to your fists or to your words.
[16:19] Koyomi
I haven't accepted either!
[16:23] Yozuru
Didn't you listen to me?
[16:24] Yozuru
Whatever you value...
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What you consider right is up to you.
[16:30] Yozuru
But don't force those ideals onto other people.
[16:35] Koyomi
It isn't "other people."
[16:37] Koyomi
Not "other people."
[16:40] Koyomi
It's my family.
[16:42] Koyomi
I'll force my ideals on my family.
[16:46] Koyomi
And since they're family, I'll lie to them.
[16:48] Koyomi
I'll deceive them. I'll cause trouble for them.
[16:50] Koyomi
I'll make them worry.
[16:52] Koyomi
I'll owe them things...
[16:55] Koyomi
Things I'll never be able to repay.
[16:58] Koyomi
However, I think that's okay.
[17:02] Koyomi
Kagenui-san...
[17:04] Koyomi
Miss Good Guy.
[17:07] Koyomi
If you say that being a fake is evil,
[17:10] Koyomi
then I will shoulder the burden of that evil.
[17:13] Koyomi
If lying is evil,
[17:16] Koyomi
then I'm fine with being evil.
[17:18] Koyomi
I don't need them to like me.
[17:21] Koyomi
I'm fine with being the worst kind of person.
[17:23] Tsukihi
Onii-chan!
[17:24] Koyomi
As long as she calls me that,
[17:28] Koyomi
it's enough for me...
[17:32] Yozuru
The theory of fundamental evil?
[17:34] Yozuru
As a high school student, you've learned
the theory of fundamental good, right?
[17:37] Yozuru
It was a concept developed by
Chinese philosopher Mencius.
[17:41] Yozuru
He said that humans are born
fundamentally good.
[17:44] Yozuru
That's the one.
[17:46] Koyomi
Um...
[17:47] Yozuru
If the theory of fundamental good is an ideal,
[17:50] Yozuru
the theory of fundamental evil is simple realism.
[17:51] Yozuru
Desire lies at the core of human nature.
[17:54] Yozuru
And humans are ruled by these desires.
[17:57] Yozuru
That was the less tactful theory of Xun Zi.
[18:00] Yozuru
He claimed that humans are born evil.
[18:04] Koyomi
Born
[18:06] Koyomi
evil?
[18:07] Yozuru
Yes.
[18:08] Yozuru
Thus, if a person does good,
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that is not their true self, but a lie.
[18:15] Yozuru
That was his theory.
[18:16] Yozuru
It would be a lie, a fake,
[18:19] Yozuru
and due only to hypocrisy...
[18:21] Koyomi
Hypocrisy.
[18:22] Yozuru
Artificial. And thus,
by definition, deliberate.
[18:25] Yozuru
He said all good is thereby
hypocrisy, and therefore,
[18:30] Yozuru
it constitutes a deliberate attempt to be good.
[18:34] Yozuru
It was a game that Kaiki-kun
often used to discuss...
[18:38] Yozuru
Given the real thing,
and an indistinguishable fake,
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which is worth more?
[18:46] Koyomi
The real thing and a fake...
[18:49] Yozuru
Naturally, my response was that
[18:51] Yozuru
the real thing was worth more.
[18:54] Yozuru
Oshino-kun asserted that they
had equal value, though.
[18:58] Yozuru
But here is Kaiki-kun's argument:
[19:01] Yozuru
The fake is of far greater value.
[19:05] Yozuru
In its deliberate attempt to be real,
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it's more real than the real thing.
[19:13] Yozuru
Kaiki-kun's such a petty villain,
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but he does say some neat things.
[19:19] Yozuru
I suppose you could say
[19:20] Yozuru
that's the lesson for us here.
[19:25] Yozuru
It took us ten years to learn, though.
[19:30] Yozuru
We're leaving.
[19:31] Yozuru
We lose.
[19:36] Koyomi
U-Um, Kagenui-san?
[19:38] Yozuru
Bored.
[19:39] Yozuru
We're leaving.
[19:41] Yozuru
I can't fight when I'm feeling strange like this.
[19:47] Yozuru
Unlimited Rulebook.
[19:49] Yozuru
You can shoot a bird, but not one that's nesting.
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A rulebook mostly filled with exceptions.
[19:53] Yozuru
We'll just call your little sister an exception.
[19:57] Yozuru
In a way, you're her mentor,
so keep a close watch over her.
[20:01] Yozuru
Anyway, you weren't ever
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really serious about fighting us, were you?
[20:08] Koyomi
We weren't serious?
[20:09] Yozuru
I never sensed a desire to kill.
[20:12] Yozuru
I don't think you were holding back.
[20:14] Yozuru
But to be honest, it wasn't much fun for me.
[20:18] Koyomi
If you didn't think I wanted to kill you,
[20:21] Koyomi
that's because you treated me like
a human being, Kagenui-san.
[20:27] Koyomi
You said we both had a human
and a monster, right?
[20:31] Koyomi
Since I became this way, only Oshino
referred to me as a human being.
[20:37] Koyomi
So I'm the one who wasn't really into it.
[20:40] Koyomi
I felt weird, and I didn't want to fight.
[20:43] Koyomi
It's like when I was facing that
old guy in the Hawaiian shirt.
[20:48] Yozuru
I suppose I've ended up acting
like Oshino-kun here.
[20:53] Yozuru
I kind of regret it...
[20:56] Yozuru
Pathetic.
[20:57] Yozuru
So I guess I'll end this
[20:59] Yozuru
with something Oshino-kun would never say.
[21:07] Yozuru
Goodbye.
SIGN Black Scene
[21:27] Tsukihi
I was worried you were going to kiss me again,
[21:30] Tsukihi
but I guess you weren't.
[21:33] Tsukihi
Good morning. Welcome home.
[21:35] Tsukihi
Where were you?
[21:36] Koyomi
Actually, I just went out and
fought a human like a monster,
[21:40] ---
and a monster like a human, all for you.
[21:44] Tsukihi
That was kind of you. Thanks.
[21:48] Tsukihi
Don't overdo it.
[21:49] Koyomi
Just let me. I do it because I want to.
[21:52] Tsukihi
I know, I know.
[21:54] Tsukihi
You love us.
[21:58] Koyomi
Don't take it like that.
[22:00] Koyomi
I hate you both.
[22:03] Koyomi
Once summer break ends,
[22:06] ---
I'll introduce you to my girlfriend.
[22:10] Tsukihi
What, Onii-chan?
[22:11] Tsukihi
You have a girlfriend?
[22:13] Koyomi
Yeah, ever since May.
[22:15] Tsukihi
I'm platinum mad!
[22:17] Koyomi
Don't tell her anything she
doesn't need to know.
SIGN Black Scene
[22:21] Koyomi
I got way more involved than usual,
[22:25] Koyomi
but there was no point in
staying there forever.
[22:27] Koyomi
For now, I'll go back to my room and change.
[22:31] Koyomi
It's gotten quite late while
I was doing all this.
[22:36] ---
It's time for this monster to bow out.
SIGN To Be Continued
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