E11 - Tsukihi Phoenix, Part Four Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:02] Suruga     The Dying Bird... [00:03] Suruga     A type of supernatural cuckoo. [00:06] Suruga     The cuckoo from the poem: [00:08] ---     "I see green leaves and hear     the mountain cuckoo's cry, [00:10] ---     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, [00:31] ---     for the mother bird to warm and hatch. [00:36] Suruga     The supernatural cuckoo, [00:38] ---     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, [00:50] ---     it reincarnates itself like a phoenix,     the immortal bird. [00:54] Suruga     The common legend of the phoenix [00:57] ---     describes the bird, at its life's end, [01:00] Suruga     throwing itself into the flames, [01:06] ---     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 [01:17] ---     is not your sister, [01:19] ---     but is, instead, your mother. [01:22] Suruga     Over ten years ago, [01:25] Suruga     your mother carried a monster in her womb. SIGN    Body SIGN    Womb [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... SIGN    Episode 11: Tsukihi Phoenix, Part 4 [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. SIGN    Red Scene [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. SIGN    Hey SIGN    Black Scene [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, [05:48] ---     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? SIGN    White Scene [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... SIGN    No Entry SIGN    We apologize for the inconvenience, and request your cooperation. SIGN    No Entry SIGN    No Entry SIGN    Beware of     Falling Objects SIGN    Danger [07:55] ---      [07:55] ---      SIGN    No Entry Watch Your Head [07:55] ---      SIGN     No Entry SIGN    Emergency Exit [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 [09:33] ---     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. SIGN    Black Scene [09:55] Yotsugi     Well, I'm off to take care of     the elderly, Onee-chan. [10:00] Yotsugi     I said, with a posed look. SIGN    Black Scene [10:07] Koyomi     Kagenui-san, what's your relationship to Oshino? [10:12] Koyomi     You know the idiot in the     Hawaiian shirt, Oshino Meme? SIGN     [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? SIGN    Shinto Studies SIGN    Student Building SIGN    Gallery SIGN    Social Work Department SIGN    Cafeteria [10:49] Yozuru     That's right. Kaiki-kun... [10:51] Yozuru     We shared a major, and he was in my club. SIGN    Campus Map [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, SIGN    Black Scene [11:50] Koyomi     having a sister who isn't your real sister?! SIGN    Red Scene [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... SIGN    Yellow Scene [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... SIGN    Red Scene SIGN    Yellow Scene SIGN    Red Scene [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? [13:00] ---     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, [13:21] ---     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! SIGN    Black Scene SIGN    Red Scene [14:19] Yozuru     Our job is to stop it before that happens. [14:23] Yozuru     Whatever you value... [14:25] ---     What you consider right is up to you. [14:28] Yozuru     But don't force it onto other people! SIGN    Red Scene [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... [16:27] ---     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, [18:11] ---     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, [18:43] ---     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, [19:08] ---     it's more real than the real thing. [19:13] Yozuru     Kaiki-kun's such a petty villain, [19:16] ---     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. SIGN    Unlimited Rulebook     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 [20:03] ---     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