# Owarimonogatari
During October of his third year in high school, Koyomi Araragi is introduced to a transfer student named Ougi Oshino by his underclassman Kanbaru Suruga. Ougi tells Koyomi that she has something she wishes to consult with him. When she draws the map of Naoestu High School, she finds something peculiar on the map of Naoetsu High School she draws. This discovery reveals a tale that wasn’t meant to be told, and this makes Koyomi’s high school life totally different. This is the story that brings to light “what” makes Koyomi Araragi. This is the story that reveals the “beginning” of everything.
# Season 1
# E1 - Ougi Formula, Parts 1 - 2
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR75K18KY/ougi-formula-parts-1--2)
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**[00:00] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[00:02] ---**
*Do you know about the
"most beautiful formula in mathematics history"?*
**[00:06] ---**
*It's eiπ+1=0, what people call Euler's Identity.*
**[00:12] ---**
*The natural logarithmic base e,*
**[00:14] ---**
*the ratio of circumference to diameter pi,
the imaginary number i, 1, and 0*
**[00:18] ---**
*all fit into this equation with nothing superfluous,
and fit in such a way that it was meant to be.*
**[00:22] ---**
*If there is a god in this world,*
**[00:25] ---**
*this is a piece of evidence
that will be listed as one of the most credible.*
**[00:28] ---**
WHAT'S AMUSING, OR AT LEAST BEAUTIFUL,
IS THAT THIS FORMULA WAS "PREDETERMINED."
**[00:29] ---**
IT'S BEAUTIFUL,
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S ALSO SCARY.
**[00:30] ---**
*And yet, Ougi Oshino - that transfer student -
just might throw out some candid advice*
**[00:36] ---**
*even for the beauty of Euler's Identity,
just like this:*
**[00:41] ---**
Yes. It indeed is beautiful, Araragi-senpai.
**[00:45] ---**
Beautiful, so beautiful,
it just makes me swoon.
**[00:49] ---**
The most beautiful part about it
is that the answer is zero.
**[00:53] ---**
That said, someone like me thinks
that if the answer is going to be zero
**[00:56] ---**
there's really no need
to go out of your way to make the calculation.
**[01:00] ---**
*Hearing that, I reconfirm my belief;*
**[01:03] ---**
*Ougi Oshino is Ougi Oshino,
and there's no way to express it.*
**[01:07] ---**
*Before her, everything is zero.*
**[01:10] ---**
*No matter what she does
that may seem out of character,*
**[01:12] ---**
*it always ends up
being something characteristic of her.*
**[01:14] ---**
*And so, this time,
we have a story about mathematics.*
**[01:18] ---**
*Let's study.*
**[01:20] ---**
*People tend to brace themselves
when they hear "mathematics".*
**[01:23] ---**
*So we can break it down
and say this is a story about "arithmetic" instead.*
**[01:26] ---**
*While we're at it, we can be more blunt
and say this is a story about "numbers."*
**[01:29] ---**
*After all, this is a story
where strength in numbers provides a solution.*
**[01:33] ---**
*In other words,
it's a story about majority rule.*
**[01:37] ---**
*Majority rule.*
**[01:39] ---**
*The only method that can
turn even a mistake into a truth.*
**[01:43] ---**
*A formula of building blocks
that pursues conspiring instead of happiness.*
**[01:48] ---**
*Our inequality. Our unfair equation.*
**[01:51] ---**
INEQUALITY
**[01:52] ---**
UNFAIR EQUATION
**[01:53] ---**
*What can truly be said as something humanity
has invented is probably this and only this.*
**[01:57] ---**
*And, this is the ugliest formula
in human history.*
**[03:33] ---**
OUGI FORMULA, PART ONE
**[03:36] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[03:37] ---**
*If you were with
an underclassman you've just met,*
**[03:41] ---**
*and you found yourselves trapped within a mysterious
classroom, and an hour had already passed...*
**[03:46] ---**
*If you've ever had such an experience,
I'd definitely like to seek your advice.*
**[03:50] ---**
It's no good, Araragi-senpai.
**[03:53] ---**
Oh, that just now...
I didn't mean that you're no good at all, okay?
**[03:57] ---**
I've tried lots of things, but neither the
big windows or the upper ones will budge one bit.
**[04:01] ---**
That's what I meant.
**[04:04] ---**
No...
**[04:06] ---**
A misunderstanding
where I feel like I'm no good?
**[04:09] ---**
I hardly think this is a situation
where I could do that.
**[04:12] ---**
It's no good on my end either.
**[04:14] ---**
It doesn't feel like they're locked or anything...
**[04:17] ---**
Somehow, it feels more like they're held in place
by something like glue.
**[04:22] ---**
Yes. Just like I said before,
the window will not budge, even a tiny bit.
**[04:26] ---**
As for the locks, the crescent locks
that are fixtures of these windows do move.
**[04:32] ---**
However, the actual window frames don't move.
**[04:35] ---**
Right, so it "feels more like" they're held in place
by something like a glue.
**[04:42] ---**
We have no choice.
Let's wait for help from outside, Ougi.
**[04:46] ---**
Fortunately, the fact that we're here
is something Kanbaru knows about.
**[04:50] ---**
I don't know about that.
**[04:51] ---**
You're relying on someone else
to help you, Araragi-senpai?
**[04:55] ---**
All people can do
is save themselves on their own.
**[05:00] ---**
Yet...
**[05:01] ---**
Excuse me.
This was a principle that my uncle used.
**[05:04] ---**
It has nothing to do with me
or with you, Araragi-senpai.
**[05:08] ---**
But in any case, Araragi-senpai,
it's not a bad thing to rely on one's comrades.
**[05:14] ---**
But fundamentally, I don't think we should give up
trying to escape by our own strength.
**[05:21] ---**
Because...
**[05:26] ---**
*The hands of the clock,
from the moment we entered this classroom...*
**[05:30] ---**
*They hadn't moved a minute...
not even a second.*
**[05:33] ---**
Out of batteries?
I don't think it'd be anything like that.
**[05:38] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[05:39] ---**
*Everything began on a certain day
at the end of October,*
**[05:41] ---**
NAOETSU HIGH SCHOOL
**[05:42] ---**
*roughly six months since spring break,*
**[05:45] ---**
*when I was assaulted by a vampire
with blonde hair and golden eyes.*
**[05:49] ---**
Hey, Araragi-senpai!
It's me, Suruga Kanbaru!
**[05:52] ---**
Are you alone? Yeah, you're alone!
**[05:54] ---**
Actually, there's someone
I want to introduce to you, Araragi-senpai!
**[05:59] ---**
Isn't she cute?
**[06:01] ---**
So, what's with that girl?
You said you wanted to introduce her to me...
**[06:05] ---**
She said she had something she wanted advice about.
From you, Araragi-senpai.
**[06:08] ---**
So I want you to go meet her.
**[06:10] ---**
So, what's this advice that she wants?
**[06:12] ---**
I didn't hear all the details either,
but it's apparently some advice about apparitions.
**[06:19] ---**
Yeah, it somehow seems like
she knows something.
**[06:22] ---**
She knew about my left hand,
and also about your blood, Araragi-senpai.
**[06:27] ---**
She said she heard them all from her uncle.
**[06:30] ---**
Uncle...
**[06:31] ---**
She's a first-year that transferred into this school
just the other day.
**[06:35] ---**
Surprisingly enough,
she's apparently the niece of old Oshino.
**[06:39] ---**
Her name is Ougi Oshino.
**[06:45] ---**
This is strange.
**[06:48] ---**
Strange.
**[06:49] ---**
It is mysterious.
**[06:51] ---**
Mysterious.
**[06:52] ---**
In other words... It's suspicious.
**[06:55] ---**
Suspicious...
**[06:56] ---**
*...and different.*
**[07:00] ---**
This is strange...
**[07:06] ---**
Um, will you listen to me, Araragi-senpai?
**[07:09] ---**
Oh, well...
**[07:11] ---**
Too many school buildings,
or something like that?
**[07:14] ---**
Like how you can save costs enough for one whole building
if you think about the total number of students...
**[07:19] ---**
That's not it at all.
Are you a fool or something?
**[07:23] ---**
This is where I'm talking about.
**[07:26] ---**
Where?
**[07:27] ---**
Here. The layout is a bit odd here.
**[07:30] ---**
I guess more unnatural than odd?
**[07:32] ---**
See, look at the floors
right above and right below it.
**[07:35] ---**
Each of them have proper rooms here, right?
**[07:38] ---**
Then, this place which is in-between both of them
needs to have a room here, or it ends up being strange.
**[07:44] ---**
Strange...
**[07:45] ---**
But, there is a proper room here
on the 3rd floor, too. The audiovisual room.
**[07:45] ---**
AUDIOVISUAL ROOM
**[07:50] ---**
That's because the floor plan is mistaken.
**[07:53] ---**
Instead of mistaken,
more like it was drawn based on reality,
**[07:57] ---**
but the actual audiovisual room
isn't this long.
**[08:01] ---**
Compared to the others, it's drawn to be about
1.5 times longer than it actually is. Don't you notice it?
**[08:07] ---**
What's this? By any chance,
do you doubt me, Araragi-senpai?
**[08:11] ---**
It hurts me that
you'd doubt me, Araragi-senpai.
**[08:15] ---**
No, you don't like me enough
to be hurt by me doubting you.
**[08:19] ---**
No, no... I do fancy you quite a bit.
I fancy the fool that is easily deceived.
**[08:27] ---**
In mystery novels, when the floor plan
and reality don't match like this...
**[08:32] ---**
A majority of the cases ends up
having a hidden room at that location.
**[08:36] ---**
However, if this is some sort of phenomenon
caused by an apparition...
**[08:41] ---**
I thought it'd be better to investigate
before there's any damage done by it.
**[08:46] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[08:58] ---**
What? I wonder what this classroom is.
**[09:01] ---**
When I walked by here to make the floorplan,
this place didn't exist.
**[09:07] ---**
Such a mystery!
**[09:09] ---**
In any case... Let's try going in.
**[09:26] ---**
And that's how we got to where we are now.
**[09:29] ---**
What do you think about this, Araragi-senpai?
**[09:32] ---**
What do I think?
Well, nothing of any note, really.
**[09:35] ---**
But Ougi, if this was a phenomenon
caused by an apparition... what kind of apparition is it?
**[09:40] ---**
Who knows? Unlike my uncle,
I don't have much quaint knowledge.
**[09:46] ---**
I only know about the major apparitions
that show up in manga and in movies.
**[09:49] ---**
OUGI / KOYOMI
**[09:50] ---**
But, Araragi-senpai,
there is one thing I can say.
**[09:54] ---**
That is, an apparition has a reason
befitting it behind it...
**[09:59] ---**
WHICH MEANS, UNRAVELING THE REASON WHY
WILL LEAD TO OUR ESCAPE FROM HERE.
**[10:01] ---**
Even so, what meaning is behind this situation
where we can't get out of this classroom?
**[10:05] ---**
And about how the clock has stopped, too.
**[10:08] ---**
Perhaps the clock being stopped
is the key to all this, surprisingly enough?
**[10:11] ---**
Because it showing such a random time
does give a feeling of wrongness after all, right?
**[10:16] ---**
Speaking of 6:00PM, that's when
we have to leave this high school campus.
**[10:20] ---**
At a time when students
must go home from their classrooms,
**[10:23] ---**
this phenomenon locks students
inside the classroom.
**[10:25] ---**
What's the meaning behind it?
**[10:28] ---**
It's time to leave school,
but not being allowed to go home...
**[10:32] ---**
I guess you could call it
an overtime class or something?
**[10:35] ---**
Overtime...
**[10:38] ---**
Have you ever had it before, Araragi-senpai?
**[10:40] ---**
An experience of taking
overtime supplementary lessons.
**[10:43] ---**
I may look like this, but I do have pretty good brains,
so I don't recall anything much like that.
**[10:48] ---**
Me neither.
**[10:50] ---**
Oh, is that so?
**[10:53] ---**
*In my case, even if I'm told to stay overtime
or to take supplementary lessons,*
**[10:56] ---**
*I end up ditching most of them.*
**[10:58] ---**
*But, yeah, last year, or two years ago...
especially when I was a first-year.*
**[11:04] ---**
*Back when I was a first-year?*
**[11:08] ---**
What's wrong, Araragi-senpai?
**[11:09] ---**
Your flag color looks a bit off...
no wait, your facial color is a bit pale.
**[11:14] ---**
Is that so? Sorry,
I just had a slight dizzy spell.
**[11:18] ---**
No need to apologize. Not at all.
You don't have to apologize.
**[11:22] ---**
I'm sure that with an unreliable underclassman
before you so, your nerves must be strained.
**[11:25] ---**
Perhaps you've gotten a bit tired?
**[11:28] ---**
How about you sit in one of those chairs?
**[11:42] ---**
Why did you sit there?
**[11:45] ---**
What? You ask me why, but...
Wasn't it because you recommended it, Ougi?
**[11:50] ---**
No, no, I mean...
There are a lot of chairs in this classroom.
**[11:54] ---**
I'm asking why you chose that seat.
**[11:59] ---**
I just felt like it.
**[12:00] ---**
You just felt like it?
That seat was easy to sit at?
**[12:03] ---**
It looked like it was going to be
comfortable sitting there?
**[12:05] ---**
No, how comfortable it is won't change much
no matter which chair you pick, I think...
**[12:11] ---**
But, well...
**[12:12] ---**
But, well?
**[12:14] ---**
I'm used to sitting here.
**[12:17] ---**
That's how I felt.
**[12:20] ---**
Is that true?
**[12:21] ---**
What? What was that, Ougi?
**[12:24] ---**
No, I am merely going through
every single possibility.
**[12:28] ---**
One possibility is that perhaps you, Araragi-senpai,
sat in that chair in the past.
**[12:33] ---**
So once it came time to settle down into a seat,
can it be that you chose that seat without hesitation?
**[12:39] ---**
No, that's way too wild an idea.
**[12:42] ---**
Until just now, I didn't even know
that there was a classroom in this location.
**[12:46] ---**
As for me, when I investigated
around here for the first time,
**[12:50] ---**
a classroom like this didn't exist.
**[12:52] ---**
However, when I came here with you,
Araragi-senpai, this classroom appeared.
**[12:57] ---**
Then, to think that this classroom is somehow
associated with you is something very natural to me.
**[13:03] ---**
I guess that's how it works out.
**[13:05] ---**
Besides, you said so yourself,
Araragi-senpai...
**[13:08] ---**
that you somehow felt like
you've seen the scenery from this window.
**[13:13] ---**
Did I say such a thing?
**[13:14] ---**
You did. Right when we entered the classroom,
before we realized we'd been locked in here.
**[13:20] ---**
*I don't recall saying so...
But since she clearly asserts so, I'm sure I did say it.*
**[13:27] ---**
*It's true that somehow...*
**[13:29] ---**
*My memory... is being stimulated.*
**[14:00] ---**
My oh my. What's wrong, Araragi-senpai?
**[14:03] ---**
It doesn't seem like
you came up with an idea.
**[14:06] ---**
Perhaps I said something
without picking up some hint?
**[14:10] ---**
Something you didn't want to remember...
have you remembered something of that sort?
**[14:14] ---**
No, it's not something like that.
There's nothing that came back into my memory.
**[14:18] ---**
*That's right...
Nothing has come back into my memory.*
**[14:22] ---**
*Because... I've never forgotten about it at all.*
**[14:26] ---**
*Because there's no way
I can forget an incident like that.*
**[14:28] ---**
CLASS 1-3 / KOYOMI ARARAGI
**[14:31] ---**
What? Wasn't that textbook labeled "Araragi"?
**[14:35] ---**
That's strange, that's mysterious.
Why is that so?
**[14:38] ---**
Why is Araragi-senpai's textbook
inside this classroom?
**[14:42] ---**
Ougi... Do you know something?
**[14:46] ---**
I don't know anything.
**[14:49] ---**
You're the one that knows.
**[14:57] ---**
Ougi, is there anything
that can tell today's date around there?
**[15:02] ---**
The date, you say?
**[15:03] ---**
Yeah, today... No, I mean the date in this classroom.
I want to know what it is.
**[15:09] ---**
Something like that's
written on the blackboard.
**[15:12] ---**
Please take a look. See?
**[15:13] ---**
JULY 15 (THU)
**[15:16] ---**
Whoa. It was July 15th today.
**[15:21] ---**
Then, is it adequate to think of it like this?
**[15:24] ---**
In this classroom, on Thursday, July 15th,
around 6:00PM, something happened...
**[15:30] ---**
And I'm sure it was something
full of resentment.
**[15:33] ---**
And that resentment, like this,
has solidified into the form of an apparition.
**[15:36] ---**
There's no doubt about it.
**[15:41] ---**
*That classroom on the fifth floor
of the building facing the gym.*
**[15:45] ---**
*Class 1-3 was right in the middle,*
**[15:47] ---**
*and after school on July 15th
a class assembly was being held.*
**[15:51] ---**
*A class assembly that you could call a trial.*
**[15:53] ---**
*Concerning a certain incident,
we denounced each other.*
**[15:58] ---**
*And I, Koyomi Araragi from class 1-3,
was at the center of said trial.*
**[16:05] ---**
*That's right. Wasn't it since that very day
that I started to say something of that nature?*
**[16:09] ---**
"I don't need friends.
**[16:12] ---**
If I make friends,
my strength as a human decreases."
**[16:16] ---**
It was your pet phrase,
wasn't it, Araragi-senpai?
**[16:19] ---**
Though, ever since you had that experience
with Ms. Tsubasa Hanekawa,
**[16:22] ---**
you apparently never said it again.
**[16:24] ---**
Well, meeting people does change people, I guess.
**[16:29] ---**
Then, I shall ask out of curiosity.
**[16:32] ---**
In this classroom, in what way,
Araragi-senpai, did you change?
**[16:36] ---**
The folks in class 1-3...
How did they change you?
**[16:40] ---**
Change... me...
**[16:42] ---**
I heard that the you in middle school
and the you in high school
**[16:45] ---**
have drastically different personalities,
you know?
**[16:47] ---**
The reason behind it, perhaps,
is right here in this classroom?
**[16:54] ---**
What happened, Araragi-senpai?
In this classroom, that day, that moment...
**[17:01] ---**
Let's just talk about it, Araragi-senpai.
**[17:04] ---**
Koyomi Araragi.
**[17:06] ---**
You'll feel at ease once you talk about it.
**[17:08] ---**
No matter how horrible the memory,
after it all comes out it becomes just a story.
**[17:12] ---**
A story...
**[17:14] ---**
It's fine. I'll listen to it for you.
**[17:17] ---**
I may look like this,
but I am pretty understanding of things.
**[17:24] ---**
We can't get out.
**[17:25] ---**
Yes?
**[17:26] ---**
We can't get out.
**[17:28] ---**
Until we know who the culprit was,
we're not allowed to leave this classroom.
**[17:33] ---**
What we did... what we forced upon ourselves...
was a class assembly of that sort.
**[17:39] ---**
It may be a story hard to believe...
But there, I was the one presiding over the assembly.
**[17:47] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[17:48] ---**
TWO YEARS AGO
**[17:57] ---**
*Her name was Sodachi Oikura.*
**[18:00] ---**
*She herself wanted to be called "Euler",
but in reality everyone called her "How much".*
**[18:06] ---**
*I'm sure it was a nickname
that came from her last name,*
**[18:09] ---**
*but because she looks at others
as though appraising them,*
**[18:12] ---**
*I think it was strangely appropriate.*
**[18:14] ---**
SODACHI OIKURA
**[18:18] ---**
Prez Oikura.
**[18:20] ---**
Were you the one that called for me?
**[18:22] ---**
Hurry up and get in here.
Everyone's been waiting for you.
**[18:33] ---**
*Inside the classroom,
the members of class 1-3 were all present.*
**[18:38] ---**
*Not one person was missing.*
**[18:40] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[18:40] ---**
So, everyone, huh...
So I guess you have full members.
**[18:46] ---**
Right now, this is an empty classroom as you can see,
but then, every seat had been taken, huh?
**[18:52] ---**
I see, I see. Time flies like an arrow.
They say ten years can feel like one day.
**[18:56] ---**
TEN YEARS (CAN FEEL LIKE) ONE DAY
**[18:57] ---**
Yeah... No, but it's not ten years,
it's only two years.
**[18:59] ---**
TWO YEARS (CAN FEEL LIKE) ONE DAY
**[19:00] ---**
Well, if we start talking about details,
Oikura was standing at the teacher's desk.
**[19:04] ---**
On top of the teacher's desk?
**[19:06] ---**
Oikura wasn't that strange a class president.
**[19:09] ---**
Anyway, she was standing at the teacher's desk,
and made the declaration:
**[19:14] ---**
"Now, we will begin our special class assembly."
**[19:19] ---**
But that's rather mysterious.
**[19:20] ---**
Araragi-senpai, you didn't know that
this class assembly was being held
**[19:24] ---**
until right before it started, right?
**[19:26] ---**
That was simply a mistake
in relaying information, apparently.
**[19:30] ---**
Everyone in class was supposed to get
some kind of a network message that day,
**[19:33] ---**
whether it be a folded-up note, a text,
or stuff like that going around the class.
**[19:38] ---**
But not one of them reached me.
**[19:42] ---**
That's... What you would call the lone wolf?
**[19:47] ---**
That's somewhat a misunderstanding.
**[19:48] ---**
IT'S NOT A COMPLETE MISUNDERSTANDING, THOUGH.
KOYOMI ARARAGI = LONE WOLF
**[19:49] ---**
Ougi, this is a story of the process
**[19:53] ---**
in which someone with no friends
ends up not needing any friends.
**[19:56] ---**
Then, let me take a proper posture as I listen to it.
**[19:59] ---**
To this story about some special class assembly
or something like that.
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Of today's discussion topic
at the class assembly...
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
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*First off, Oikura brought this subject up:*
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Today's topic is "figuring out the culprit."
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Until we figure out the culprit,
or until the culprit speaks up on his own behalf,
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I won't allow anyone out of this classroom.
Prepare yourselves for that.
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*I confirmed the seat of Hitagi Senjyogahara.*
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*She was very frail in health,*
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*and my image of her was that she didn't
come to school for even half of the first term.*
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*Even she was here like this, so it could be assumed
that the situation was very serious.*
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"Figuring out the culprit"...
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That doesn't sound too peaceful.
What in the world had happened?
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CURRICULUM SCHEDULE
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After school on the day
before final exams began,
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we had asked for volunteers and held
a study group for mathematics in the classroom.
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TEST SCHEDULE
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INFORMATION ABOUT A STUDY GROUP
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Apparently Oikura had participated
in this study group.
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I see, a study group.
***SIGN*** TEST RESULTS
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But after the exams were over,
there was a discrepancy averaging 20 points
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between those that participated in this study group,
and those that didn't.
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Oikura's assertion was that this should be taken
as some sort of dishonest act happening.
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That someone obtained the math exam questions
from the teachers' office
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and discreetly used the contents of the exam
during the study group.
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That was why the scores of the students
that joined the study group were all higher.
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JULY 15 (THU) DAILY DUTIES: KOUMA/MARIZUMI
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If there was someone who disgraced
the holy study group, as well as the sacred final exam,
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that's something that cannot be forgiven.
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Those that did not attend the study group
shouldn't feel that this has nothing to do with you, either.
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This is an issue involving all of us,
the entirety of class 1-3.
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I repeat—
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Until we figure out the culprit,
or until the culprit speaks up on his own behalf,
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I won't allow anyone out of this classroom.
Prepare yourselves for that.
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
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That means, after that,
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Oikura-senpai handed over the role
of presiding over the assembly to you?
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The story was that you were the one
presiding over the assembly, correct?
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Yeah, that's right.
That's where the presiding member changed.
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PRESIDING MEMBER - KOYOMI ARARAGI
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Why were you appointed to do so, Araragi-senpai?
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CLASS 1-3 SEATING CHART
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You realize that it would be bad for someone
who was part of the study group to preside over this, right?
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That said, you can't say that just anyone
of those that remain can do the job, either.
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After all, at the center of the issue
was the math exam.
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You can't avoid inspecting the exam questions
as a topic for the debate.
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That would mean that someone who doesn't
have a high math score can't preside either, right?
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Sure, well... I guess that would be so?
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But, those who were absent
from the study group;
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those who chose not to go
to the study group in the first place,
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their scores were on average 20 points
below those that went, right?
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Is there such a person
among those that didn't go,
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someone who scored well enough
to match those that did?
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Of course there is.
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But, I was the only one that scored better
than every single student that was in the study group.
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That's why I was chosen
to preside over the assembly.
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
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*One hundred percent.*
***SIGN*** KOYOMI ARARAGI
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*A score of 100, when the perfect score is 100.*
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*That was my score in mathematics
on the final exam.*
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Now, let's have you
move this along quickly, Araragi.
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I think it came across already,
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but the reason why Class President Oikura
hates me to a psychotic extent
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is because I was good at math.
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SODACHI OIKURA
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She had strong conviction that the reason
why nobody called her "Euler" was because of me;
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because I was always above her
when it came to math scores.
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KOYOMI ARARAGI
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Then...
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To start, everyone that was part of the study group,
please raise your hand.
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As a result, it became clear that there were
19 students that were part of the study group.
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
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But that means you were able to
narrow it down to 19 suspects.
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This gets me excited.
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Well, saying something like that
is imprudent and might need repentance.
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I'll say it right now, Ougi.
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The culprit will not be determined
in this class assembly.
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The situation gets as grim
as it can get,
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and well, everyone gets worn out
and it ends without anyone figuring anything out.
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And then...
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Oh, so that's it!
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I figured out how we can escape
from this classroom, Araragi-senpai.
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In other words, by now solving this incident
that remained unsolved two years ago,
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we can get out of here.
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What do you mean by that?
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"Until we figure out the culprit,
I won't allow anyone out of this classroom,"
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is what Oikura-senpai said, right?
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Reversing that, if we can determine
the culprit of that incident,
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we can escape from this room.
That's what this means, right?
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The regrets in the hearts of the students
in class 1-3 back then
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probably materialized in the void
within this school.
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If anything, I guess you can say
this is the ghost of the class assembly.
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The ghost of the class assembly...
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Are you saying I've been trapped by something
as incomprehensible as that? Why me?
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Who knows?
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It could be that you were the one
who took this the most to heart. Perhaps so.
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JULY 15 (THU)
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Because Araragi-senpai,
your life drastically changed on that day.
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Drastically changed...
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Ever since that day,
you've avoided thinking about that incident.
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You've been evading it.
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There hasn't been a day
where you've forgotten about it,
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but there also isn't a day
where you've thought about it.
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But it has finally come -
the day to face your past.
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The time for you to unravel all the mysteries.
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
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KEIRI ASHINE
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MICHISADA IGAMI
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SODACHI OIKURA
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ENJI KIKIGOE
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HOKA KIJIKIRI
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AIZU KUBE
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NAGEKI GEKIZAKA
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SOUSHO KOUDOU
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TSUUMA SHUUI
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JUUDO SHUZAWA
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KOKUSHI SUUCHI
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KIICHIGO DAINO
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CHOUKA NAGAGUTSU
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ROKA HAGA
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SEKIROU HIGUMA
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JOURO HISHIGATA
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SHIJIMA FUDOU
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KABE MADOMURA
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SHOUKEI YOKI
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
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After that, what happened to the class assembly?
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When we figured out the names
of the 19 people,
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BIWA ARIKURE
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someone named Arikure complained that
the culprit may not necessarily be one of the 19.
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
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So even if they weren't
part of the study group,
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everyone who had a high score
should be added to the suspects list.
***SIGN*** MIAWA MEBE 95 SEIKO HAYAMACHI 92 HITAGI SENJYOGAHARA 98 OKITADA KOUMA 99 KOYOMI ARARAGI 100
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Then, Araragi-senpai, you were tossed
into the suspect list as well?
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I guess that's what happened.
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And, after that?
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After that, Marizumi
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HYOUI MARIZUMI
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objected, saying it was suspect as to whether
such a study group happened to begin with.
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That's rather fundamental, to say...
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STUDY GROUP
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But right afterwards, there was a statement
that the study group was indeed held.
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Sunahama, the one assigned to daily duties
on the day of the math exam, came to school early.
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RUISE SUNAHAMA
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Apparently, she had to clean up after the study group
that left the classroom in a disarray.
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Clean up?
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Like lining the desks back up again,
erasing the chalkboard,
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taking out the trash
from all the snacks, she said.
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Tetsujo, who also came to school early
helped her out, apparently.
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KOMICHI TETSUJO
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What other arguments were made?
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MATH
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Well, if I recall...
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If someone were to secretly pass on
the model answers to the study group...
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FINAL EXAMS
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In reality, if someone were to do that,
someone would be sure to notice, Higuma said.
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SEKIROU HIGUMA
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He said that if something like that happened,
something somewhere would seem a bit forced.
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I see. That is a valid point.
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OIKURA DID NOT ALLOW THAT.
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And then, Oikura...
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SHE WAS PERSISTENT ABOUT CONTINUING THIS
"FIGURING OUT THE CULPRIT" ORDEAL.
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Then, from here, we can verify
the specific contents of the exam questions.
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Seeing how much overlap there is
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between the problems in the study group
and the actual exam questions
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should be determined based on the statements
from every member of the study group.
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AND THEN, WE WILL DETERMINE THE CULPRIT.
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I WON'T ALLOW ANYONE OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
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Being in the center of such ugly arguments,
meandering debates, and wasteful exchanges...
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Araragi-senpai, you must have gotten sick
of organisms called human beings.
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That's not it.
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Oh?
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Ougi. What I felt despair about
wasn't the debate, but the outcome.
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THE FEELING THAT WE WERE MAKING THE CORRECT DEBATE
WAS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
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Nobody had thought that the outcome
would be like that.
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In pursuit of the just,
we made a definitive mistake.
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And at that moment,
I had lost sight of my own sense of justice.
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The outcome?
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But the outcome was that
you didn't know who the culprit was, right?
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It's true that if the outcome of the debate is such,
you'd surely feel that everything was pointless.
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But it's not enough to feel despair about it, right?
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Yeah. That's right.
We never figured out who the culprit was...
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But it wasn't that
we didn't specify someone as one.
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Huh?
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That's the cause for despair.
The truth that even the unknown can be decided...
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That was why I felt despair.
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I DON'T NEED ANY FRIENDS.
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I see... I see... I see...
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Then, Araragi-senpai.
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I'd like you to tell me what happened after that.
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The time to leave school
is coming up soon, isn't it?
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You held a debate for over two hours in a locked room,
and everyone should be at their mental limits.
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And in that critical moment...
What kind of conclusion did you all come up with?
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Where did you guys end up?
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This is staying on my mind.
What happened?
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Even if there are all sorts
of twists and turns,
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somehow overcoming the many obstacles
and the confusion from rubbish,
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if everyone, every single one,
fully becomes happy, I'd like that!
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IT'S TRUE THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BECOME HAPPY—
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IF SO, BACK THEN,
WHAT IN THE WORLD HAD WE BECOME?
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OUGI FORMULA, PART TWO
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[29:30] ---**
I've had enough. This is too tedious.
Let's just say I did it and end this debate.
**[29:34] ---**
You starting to say stuff like that is out of the question.
Are you covering for someone?
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You must know who the culprit is, then!
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In the first place, is there really a culprit?
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We started talking on the assumption that there is one.
Don't bring that up again.
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No, as a real question, is someone that would steal
exam questions from the teachers' office really among us?
**[29:50] ---**
Before we start talking about ethics,
it's more about whether or not that is physically possible.
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No, I'm talking about whether or not
there's enough guts to do that.
**[29:55] ---**
Are you guys stupid?
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Is there any meaning to having such a debate?
Everyone is just lying.
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I can't bear to listen to this.
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Nowadays, they make exam questions
on computers and stuff, right?
**[30:02] ---**
Even if you don't physically
walk into the teachers' office,
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I'm sorry, can I ask you all to raise your hand
before speaking from hereon?
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you can hack your way in
or something to steal them, can't you?
**[30:05] ---**
You've been watching too many dramas.
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I'll repeat myself, but I think it was Oikura
that was teaching the last problem during the study group.
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Though I can't be sure of it.
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Don't say anything that you can't be sure of.
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Can you hold responsibility
if you ruin someone's life because of it?
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You've always been like that, too.
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Please raise your hand.
**[30:20] ---**
You know, I want to go home already.
**[30:22] ---**
Can you do debates like this
somewhere that I'm not around?
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I won't let you go home.
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If you go home, they might make you
into the culprit, you know?
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That's fine with me.
**[30:29] ---**
I'm sorry, everyone, can you all please calm down.
Let's all regain our cool.
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Why are you acting so tough?
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Like this is something we can stay cool about!
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Please raise your hand to speak—
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In the first place, Araragi got 100%
so this is a test that can be solved, right?
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Why are we talking about cheating or dishonest acts?
It's nonsense.
**[30:41] ---**
You've been quiet all this time,
but what do you think about this, Senjyogahara?
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I'm not quite sure.
**[30:46] ---**
Hey guys, I have something I want to say.
**[30:47] ---**
Save it for later!
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Araragi, keep this progressing properly.
**[30:51] ---**
You say that, but...
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In the first place, why did we
hold a study group for just math?
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If there was one for history,
then I would have joined up.
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Of course it's because it looks bad for
the math teacher if her homeroom class
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had a terrible average score for math.
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In other words, it's just for vanity.
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It's what you can call
Miss Class President racking up brownie points.
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That's not the reason at all.
**[31:10] ---**
It is because mathematics
is the most beautiful subject in all academics.
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You're the only one that thinks that.
**[31:16] ---**
What's this about beauty?
So it really is just your convenience after all.
**[31:19] ---**
You can't understand the beauty of mathematics?
**[31:21] ---**
Damn you!
**[31:22] ---**
Please refrain from fighting.
**[31:23] ---**
We're not fighting.
It's because he started saying weird stuff...
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I have an alibi!
**[31:25] ---**
We can't even determine when it was done,
how can you have an alibi?
**[31:26] ---**
Like it was weird for me to be in this high school.
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I have a witness. There is someone
that would guarantee that I'd never do such a thing.
**[31:28] ---**
I didn't go that far!
**[31:31] ---**
We can't keep this going anymore.
This has gotten out of control.
**[31:35] ---**
Give me a break, Oikura. I can't handle this.
**[31:38] ---**
Let's end this before it gets any worse.
**[31:41] ---**
What are you whining about?
**[31:43] ---**
You got a better score than I did,
and you're going to give up?
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Yeah, I'm going to give up. It's impossible.
**[31:49] ---**
Until we figure out the culprit...
I won't allow anyone to go home.
**[31:52] ---**
You can't do such a thing.
**[31:54] ---**
When the chime to leave campus sounds,
we're all going to go home.
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You have a proper understanding of that, right?
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*I had forgotten...
just how much Oikura harbored a hatred for me.*
**[32:08] ---**
I detest you.
**[32:10] ---**
Stuff like that is where you're terrible at.
**[32:12] ---**
Huh? That's my line!
**[32:16] ---**
Then we shouldn't have
held a study group to begin with!
**[32:18] ---**
Studying is something you—
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Everyone!
**[32:30] ---**
I think we've done
more than enough debating.
**[32:33] ---**
So, I would like to take a vote now.
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Who is the culprit?
We will decide by majority rule.
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OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[32:41] ---**
Oh, huh... So that's what you meant.
**[32:44] ---**
That's when the majority
of the class raised their hands,
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and Araragi-senpai, you were
made out to be the culprit, right?
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No.
**[32:51] ---**
The only person that raised their hand
to vote for me was Oikura.
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The majority of the class raised their hands
for attendance number 6...
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when it was time for Sodachi Oikura.
**[33:05] ---**
*That look of despair on Oikura's face
I saw back then...*
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*It's something I can't ever forget.*
**[33:10] ---**
*And to that despair...
I think I got roped in.*
**[33:14] ---**
*Ever since, whether it be for class or for exams,
she never once showed up to school.*
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*Her name apparently is listed
on one of the rosters for third-years...*
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*But I have no idea which class that is.*
**[33:28] ---**
*Ever since, the tendency to be absent,
the tendency to ditch school, ramped up.*
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*To attend the school
that Oikura was not attending*
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*started to give me a sticky feeling,
similar to that of guilt.*
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*And ever since then, I - to this day -
have not gotten a perfect score in mathematics.*
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Is there a need for you
to shoulder so much, though?
**[33:53] ---**
In the first place, it was said that Oikura-senpai
was the front-runner of all suspects.
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That class assembly wasn't something
someone suggested to her.
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It was something she planned on her own.
**[34:05] ---**
If Oikura really was the culprit,
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there wouldn't have been a need
to create such an assembly.
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Just picking up on that one fact,
I can declare that Oikura wasn't the culprit.
**[34:15] ---**
I see... Declare, huh...
**[34:19] ---**
In any case, seeing truth be fabricated
right in front of your eyes...
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Witnessing a stupid conclusion being drawn,
I couldn't contain myself anymore.
**[34:29] ---**
Something in me broke.
**[34:32] ---**
The moment when over half the class -
most of the students -
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raised their hands simultaneously,
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with no prior concerting or conference,
not even making eye contact.
**[34:39] ---**
The moment when truth had been decided...
**[34:42] ---**
The moment when justice had been settled...
**[34:44] ---**
I'd never seen a scary moment like that.
I lost sight at that moment.
**[34:50] ---**
No... I didn't lose sight. I lost it.
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Until that moment,
I had believed in something like righteousness.
**[34:58] ---**
That there were things that were "right" in the world,
and it was about whether or not you could do it. But...
**[35:04] ---**
EVEN IF MISTAKEN, EVEN IF CRUEL, EVEN IF STUPID
**[35:06] ---**
IF MANY PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGE IT,
**[35:07] ---**
I FOUND OUT THAT IT CAN BECOME THE RIGHT THING.
**[35:08] ---**
I found out that righteousness
was able to be infinitely mass-produced.
**[35:13] ---**
I found out that righteousness
was established by the number of people.
**[35:17] ---**
I found out that maneuvering for a majority
was everything.
**[35:20] ---**
That is why I chose solitude over establishment.
**[35:24] ---**
I don't need friends, because if I make friends,
my strength as a human decreases.
**[35:29] ---**
In order to protect my own righteousness,
that was the only thing I could do.
**[35:34] ---**
This ended up being a long story,
but that is the story of Koyomi Araragi.
**[35:39] ---**
Thank you for listening, Ougi.
**[35:41] ---**
Oh, I guess it really is just like what you said.
**[35:44] ---**
Once I told the story, it really was nothing much,
and it made me feel at east.
**[35:49] ---**
I'm troubled.
**[35:51] ---**
I'm troubled if you feel at ease already,
Araragi-senpai.
**[36:00] ---**
Oikura-senpai wasn't the culprit,
and the story ends?
**[36:04] ---**
That means we can't
leave this classroom after all.
**[36:08] ---**
Have you forgotten?
**[36:09] ---**
In order to leave this classroom,
we need to identify who the culprit is.
**[36:14] ---**
The culprit that could not be identified on that day...
**[36:16] ---**
Not by majority rule....
**[36:19] ---**
We need to determine it ourselves.
**[36:23] ---**
The grudge Oikura had that day
created this classroom, perhaps?
**[36:27] ---**
If so, there is some inevitability
in how I became trapped in here like this.
**[36:31] ---**
OIKURA PERHAPS
**[36:32] ---**
STILL HASN'T FORGIVEN ME?
**[36:33] ---**
JUST LIKE THAT DAY
**[36:34] ---**
DOES SHE STILL HATE ME?
**[36:35] ---**
Well, I think Oikura-senpai
has forgotten about you already, maybe?
**[36:39] ---**
Things usually end up like that,
surprisingly enough.
**[36:41] ---**
Then, what in the world is this classroom—
**[36:44] ---**
Didn't I tell you?
**[36:46] ---**
This was a classroom that your heart created,
Araragi-senpai. That's what I think.
**[36:50] ---**
That's what I'm going to define this as...
a classroom that the heart - a sense of regret - created.
**[36:56] ---**
If, on that day, you were able to pin down
who the culprit was,
**[36:59] ---**
Sodachi Oikura would not have been ruined.
**[37:01] ---**
And you wouldn't have lost your righteousness.
**[37:04] ---**
The classroom was built
on such regrets you have.
**[37:08] ---**
You have always pursued after the righteousness
you had lost that day.
**[37:12] ---**
In order to regain the lost righteousness,
you created this classroom.
**[37:18] ---**
I did?
**[37:19] ---**
*Is that possible?
Can I create a classroom like this...*
**[37:23] ---**
*But, each apparition has a reason befitting it.*
**[37:27] ---**
*If that's the case, for "me",
this is enough reasoning for this case.*
**[37:33] ---**
I guess we have to do
the class assembly over again.
**[37:36] ---**
This time for sure, we need to find the culprit,
no, the true culprit...
**[37:39] ---**
Oh no, we already know
who the true culprit is, right?
**[37:43] ---**
I mean, Araragi-senpai,
you should actually know who it is, too...
**[37:48] ---**
Who was supposed to be denounced
at that class assembly?
**[37:52] ---**
Something like that was obvious
after hearing your story, Araragi-senpai.
**[37:56] ---**
Araragi-senpai, your feeling of "I feel so guilty"
towards Oikura-senpai is needlessly strong
**[38:02] ---**
because subconsciously
you know who the culprit is.
**[38:05] ---**
Otherwise, you'd never tell the story
in the way that you did.
**[38:09] ---**
The way that I did?
**[38:12] ---**
*What in the world is this girl talking about?*
**[38:15] ---**
*What does she actually know?*
**[38:18] ---**
I don't know anything.
**[38:20] ---**
You're the one that knows.
Araragi-senpai.... Koyomi Araragi.
**[38:25] ---**
I...
**[38:27] ---**
The great detective gathers everyone
and says, "Well..."
**[38:30] ---**
Since there is no great detective here,
I'll say it in his place.
**[38:33] ---**
Well...
**[38:34] ---**
Burned by her own karma and falling to ruin,
the dull-witted silly fool Sodachi Oikura.
**[38:41] ---**
In order to mourn for her, we shall solemnly go through
with "figuring out the culprit" that she wished for.
**[38:45] ---**
Whoops, this isn't good.
**[38:47] ---**
If this is a "figuring out the culprit",
this is the one thing that must be said.
**[38:50] ---**
Whether it's getting rid of apparitions or solving mysteries,
proper etiquette is important.
**[38:55] ---**
I challenge all you readers.
**[38:58] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[39:01] ---**
The culprit is Komichi Tetsujo.
**[39:05] ---**
Shall I continue?
**[39:06] ---**
Yeah.
**[39:08] ---**
Why did you think Tetsujo was suspicious?
**[39:11] ---**
Right when you entered the classroom,
I commented on how all the seats were filled.
**[39:15] ---**
You said that if we were to be precise,
Oikura-senpai's seat was empty.
**[39:20] ---**
That's how you replied.
**[39:22] ---**
But, don't you find this strange?
**[39:24] ---**
Araragi-senpai, your seat has to be empty as well.
**[39:27] ---**
Was someone sitting there?
**[39:30] ---**
For instance, the homeroom teacher?
**[39:33] ---**
SO, ARARAGI-SENPAI, IT WASN'T THAT
YOU WEREN'T PERMITTED TO SIT DOWN BY OIKURA-SENPAI,
**[39:34] ---**
BUT PERHAPS YOU WEREN'T ABLE
TO SIT DOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
**[39:35] ---**
But, that said, that doesn't automatically mean
that Tetsujo is the culprit.
**[39:39] ---**
When the meeting became very complicated,
someone had mentioned
**[39:43] ---**
that the homeroom teacher for class 1-3
was a math teacher.
**[39:46] ---**
That position is not merely someone
who knows about the problems beforehand.
**[39:49] ---**
She is the one that creates the problems.
**[39:51] ---**
If so, she can just create exam problems
based on what the study group had covered.
**[39:57] ---**
Sunahama-senpai,
who had the daily duties the next day,
**[39:59] ---**
had whined about having to clean up
after the study group early in the morning.
**[40:03] ---**
And that Komichi Tetsujo
had helped her out with it.
**[40:07] ---**
What kind of cleanup work was it?
**[40:09] ---**
Hey, hey, Araragi-senpai,
what kind of cleanup work was it?
**[40:14] ---**
Throwing away snack bags, realigning desks...
**[40:16] ---**
The one that's not those!
**[40:20] ---**
And erasing the chalkboards and stuff, right?
**[40:23] ---**
*Of course, they must have been writing and erasing,
and writing and erasing.*
**[40:26] ---**
*So not everything could be deciphered.*
**[40:30] ---**
But I guess you can read through
at least a part of it, huh.
**[40:33] ---**
Yes.
**[40:34] ---**
(WED)
**[40:34] ---**
And if Komichi Tetsujo
is the homeroom teacher,
**[40:36] ---**
(THU)
**[40:37] ---**
she can create exam problems that go along
with what the study group had studied.
**[40:37] ---**
DETAILS:
1. LOCATION - CLASS 1-3 CLASSROOM
2. DATE - JULY 7 (WED) 15:00~18:00
3. SUBJECT - MATH III,C
PLEASE CONTACT OIKURA FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO JOIN.
**[40:41] ---**
Of course, it's the actual day of the test,
**[40:44] ---**
so even if she were able to correct the exam problems,
she probably only got a part of the exam fixed.
**[40:51] ---**
What else... I guess the motive?
**[40:54] ---**
The motivation behind committing the crime.
The reason why she did such a thing.
**[40:58] ---**
Ougi, you even know that as well?
**[41:02] ---**
If the culprit was a student,
this would be a crime that makes absolutely no sense.
**[41:06] ---**
If the overall scores
of the entire class went up,
**[41:08] ---**
that means that, relatively speaking,
the deviation value for each person will go down.
**[41:12] ---**
However, with the entire class getting better scores,
there is someone whose assessment becomes better.
**[41:18] ---**
That is the math teacher.
**[41:21] ---**
KOMICHI TETSUJO
**[41:21] ---**
She'll be assessed as having high skills
in instruction and guidance.
**[41:26] ---**
Is there anything else, Araragi-senpai?
**[41:30] ---**
There isn't.
**[41:32] ---**
I see. Then, we should probably be on our way.
**[41:38] ---**
You can leave now, Araragi-senpai.
**[41:40] ---**
Yeah...
**[41:46] ---**
What do you mean, I can leave now?
**[41:47] ---**
Huh?
**[41:48] ---**
Well, I thought that was
a weird way to say it, so...
**[41:51] ---**
What did you mean?
**[41:52] ---**
Oh, you didn't know?
**[41:55] ---**
Vampires often are unable to enter buildings or rooms
unless the person inside authorizes them to.
**[42:01] ---**
Ah... Though I've never
had an experience like that.
**[42:04] ---**
Well, well... Ms. Shinobu is a special one,
**[42:07] ---**
and we had the pattern not where we couldn't go in,
but one where we couldn't leave.
**[42:10] ---**
That's why I phrased it as
"you can leave now."
**[42:13] ---**
It was something like a magic spell
to ease one's mind.
**[42:16] ---**
That's as if you were the one
that trapped me in here, Ougi.
**[42:20] ---**
That's a misunderstanding.
I would never trap you in, Araragi-senpai.
**[42:25] ---**
There's no way I would do such a thing.
**[42:28] ---**
Araragi-senpai, you were
trapped in your own past.
**[42:32] ---**
All this time, for two years.
Isn't that right?
**[42:37] ---**
I do sympathize, though.
**[42:39] ---**
A teacher, who is the symbol
of righteousness to a student,
**[42:42] ---**
was the one behaving dishonestly...
**[42:44] ---**
That feels like betrayal,
**[42:46] ---**
and you can't help it if you, Araragi-senpai,
decided to put a lid on your heart.
**[42:50] ---**
Is the fact that Oikura, despite not having attended
enough days, keeps moving up to the next class...
**[42:54] ---**
Is that something along the lines
of atonement from Mrs. Tetsujo?
**[42:58] ---**
Atonement? That's not it. It's an excuse.
She just wants to believe that she's a decent human.
**[43:23] ---**
Why I felt despair...
**[43:25] ---**
Now, next. Attendance number 6.
**[43:28] ---**
If you think I, Sodachi Oikura, am the culprit,
please raise your hand.
**[43:32] ---**
*Why I felt despair against righteousness,*
**[43:35] ---**
*was that back then, blending into the classmates
that designated Oikura as the culprit,*
**[43:39] ---**
*Tetsujo, a teacher, had been
holding up her hand straight up as well.*
**[44:01] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
OUGI FORMULA
**[44:05] ---**
*The next day, on a whim, I decided to stop by
the audiovisual room on my way to my classroom.*
**[44:12] ---**
*To be precise, to the spot
next to the audiovisual room.*
**[44:17] ---**
*As expected, there was no such thing there
as an empty classroom.*
**[44:21] ---**
*Moreover, there was no dead space whatsoever
along the lines of what Ougi had drawn in her notebook.*
**[44:28] ---**
*There was nothing here.*
**[44:30] ---**
*Nothing had happened here.*
**[44:33] ---**
*The secret room, the locked room,
the figuring out the culprit, the unexpected truth...*
**[44:38] ---**
*The class assembly, and the majority rule.*
**[44:41] ---**
*Everything was in the past,
and everything was already done and over.*
**[44:47] ---**
*Within this teachers' office,
Komichi Tetsujo does not exist.*
**[44:51] ---**
*That said, it's not that she quit being a teacher
because she suffered from a guilty conscience,*
**[44:55] ---**
*nor that she was fired
after her dishonest act was found out.*
**[44:58] ---**
*It's nothing like that.*
**[44:58] ---**
KOMICHI TETSUJO - MATERNITY LEAVE
**[45:00] ---**
*The occasion was that she got pregnant,
and was on maternity leave. What a joyous occasion.*
**[45:04] ---**
*She probably won't be
back at school before I graduate,*
**[45:08] ---**
*so I'll probably never
see Tetsujo again in my life.*
**[45:12] ---**
*And about that, I feel nothing.*
**[45:15] ---**
*In the first place, for me, after seeing her from behind,
raising her hand on that day two years ago...*
**[45:20] ---**
*she was no longer a teacher,
or an adult.*
**[45:28] ---**
Oh, morning, Araragi.
**[45:30] ---**
Oh, morning, Hanekawa.
**[45:32] ---**
Bad timing.
**[45:33] ---**
What?
**[45:34] ---**
Araragi, I don't think you should
enter the classroom right now.
**[45:38] ---**
Heave-ho!
**[45:42] ---**
Araragi.
**[45:43] ---**
Had you noticed that there was
an empty seat in our class?
**[45:48] ---**
Yeah, I noticed it, or rather,
I had thought that it was a spare seat. What of it?
**[45:55] ---**
What, are you trying to tell me
that a ghost was sitting there today when you arrived?
**[45:59] ---**
Is that what this is about?
**[46:00] ---**
I'll tell you something.
Something like a mere ghost won't scare me one bit.
**[46:04] ---**
The one sitting there wasn't a ghost.
It was a human.
**[46:08] ---**
A classmate who had not come to school
for the longest time suddenly came to school today.
**[46:13] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[46:15] ---**
Then, that seat was...
that person's seat, huh?
**[46:19] ---**
That's surprising that there was
one more classmate in my class.
**[46:24] ---**
But, why does that make it
so I shouldn't enter the classroom?
**[46:29] ---**
Because it's Ms. Oikura.
**[46:34] ---**
Sodachi Oikura...
**[46:35] ---**
She's apparently been home-schooling
for about two years now.
**[46:39] ---**
She came to school
as if she was switching places with Mrs. Tetsujo.
**[46:43] ---**
Araragi, you didn't get along with her, if I recall?
# E2 - Sodachi Riddle, Part One
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6X03MZEY/sodachi-riddle-part-1)
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**[00:00] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[00:03] ---**
*Sodachi Oikura despises me.*
**[00:06] ---**
*To the point that it's like
I killed her parents or something.*
**[00:10] ---**
*At the same time, I find it strange...*
**[00:12] ---**
*The fact is, I don't particularly
despise Sodachi Oikura at all.*
**[00:17] ---**
*Why she despises me so much.*
**[00:20] ---**
*And why I can't bring myself to despise her.*
**[00:23] ---**
*I ended up finding out the answers.*
**[00:26] ---**
*It was a truth that unfolded two years
from its onset.*
**[00:29] ---**
*And at the same time, it was a truth
that unfolded five years from its onset as well.*
**[00:33] ---**
*Then, mathematically...*
**[00:35] ---**
*Or perhaps similar to a mystery novel,
let's strike a dramatic pose and set up the question.*
**[00:39] ---**
*Prove that when Sodachi Oikura
despises Koyomi Araragi,*
**[00:42] ---**
*that Koyomi Araragi cannot bring himself
to despise Sodachi Oikura.*
**[00:46] ---**
*However, Ougi Oshino can be
left out of any consideration.*
**[02:21] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[02:23] ---**
SODACHI RIDDLE, PART ONE
**[02:25] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[02:25] ---**
701 MIDDLE SCHOOL, A PUBLIC SCHOOL
FRONT GATES
**[02:31] ---**
So this is the middle school
you attended, Araragi-senpai?
**[02:35] ---**
Now that you mention it,
an extraordinary presence can be felt here.
**[02:40] ---**
Let's go, Araragi-senpai.
It was the shoe locker, right?
**[02:44] ---**
Yeah. The shoe locker.
**[02:49] ---**
It's such a strange coincidence.
**[02:52] ---**
Right after I hear the story about Oikura-senpai
from you, Araragi-senpai...
**[02:58] ---**
The next day, Araragi-senpai and
that very Oikura-senpai are reunited.
**[03:02] ---**
It's quite a strange twist of fate.
**[03:04] ---**
STRANGE TWIST OF FATE
**[03:07] ---**
Well, I was surprised.
**[03:10] ---**
As for me, I didn't even know
she was in the same class as me.
**[03:15] ---**
701 MIDDLE SCHOOL, A PUBLIC SCHOOL
ENTRANCEWAY
**[03:19] ---**
Oh, so this is it?
**[03:21] ---**
Araragi-senpai was changing shoes right here
everyday back in 7th grade.
**[03:27] ---**
This is very moving.
**[03:28] ---**
It's not moving at all...
**[03:30] ---**
Why would my changing shoes
be so moving?
**[03:36] ---**
My, oh my.
**[03:38] ---**
So this is a letter addressed to you, Araragi-senpai?
**[03:41] ---**
TO: KOYOMI ARARAGI IN 1-3
**[03:47] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[03:48] ---**
FLASHBACK
**[03:48] ---**
NAOETSU HIGH SCHOOL
**[03:50] ---**
*The recollected memory
is still in the middle of chaos...*
**[03:54] ---**
*Therefore, the circumstances
should be discussed first.*
**[03:56] ---**
*I mean, the circumstances
that caused me to visit my alma mater.*
**[04:02] ---**
Araragi, you didn't get along with her, if I recall?
**[04:07] ---**
So, I thought you should mentally prepare
before you enter the classroom.
**[04:16] ---**
There's nothing to worry about.
**[04:18] ---**
Though we didn't get along,
**[04:19] ---**
that's talking about something
from two years ago, the distant past.
**[04:22] ---**
I don't care about any of that at all.
**[04:26] ---**
You sure?
**[04:27] ---**
Oikura kept asking me.
**[04:30] ---**
"How is Araragi doing right now?"
**[04:32] ---**
"What is Araragi doing right now?"
**[04:34] ---**
"What kind of person is Araragi now?"
**[04:40] ---**
"Has he grown taller?"
"What kind of food does he normally eat?"
**[04:43] ---**
"Around what time does he arrive at school?"
**[04:46] ---**
That's asking way too much...
**[04:47] ---**
I thought it'd be strange not to answer,
**[04:49] ---**
so I answered
the harmless kind of questions.
**[04:52] ---**
HARMLESS KIND
**[04:54] ---**
And, it seemed a bit threatening,
so I didn't tell her about Senjyogahara, either.
**[04:59] ---**
Araragi.
**[05:00] ---**
Before Senjyogahara arrives at school,
you should at least have a goal set for all this.
**[05:07] ---**
But just hold on a second, Araragi.
**[05:11] ---**
I have to go discuss the matter of Oikura's return
to school with Ms. Hoshina right now.
**[05:17] ---**
So I have to go to the teacher's office.
**[05:20] ---**
You want to come with me, Araragi?
After all, you're the class vice-president.
**[05:24] ---**
I'll have the matter with Oikura resolved
before you come back.
**[05:29] ---**
Six months until we graduate.
**[05:32] ---**
I'd like to spend my adolescence in comfort.
**[05:34] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[05:52] ---**
Huh?
**[05:53] ---**
Huh?
**[05:55] ---**
Aren't you Oikura?
**[05:57] ---**
Yeah, you are Oikura!
**[05:58] ---**
Man, you surprised me!
**[06:00] ---**
If it isn't Oikura,
who was in my first-year class,
**[06:03] ---**
in the distant past
known as two years ago!
**[06:06] ---**
Do you remember me?
I'm sure you've already forgotten.
**[06:10] ---**
You know, I was attendance number 2. I'm Araragi!
**[06:12] ---**
ATTENDANCE NUMBER / NAME
1 / KEIRI ASHINE
2 / KOYOMI ARARAGI
3 / BIWA ARIKURE
4 / MICHISADA IGAMI
**[06:15] ---**
I do remember.
**[06:17] ---**
Of course.
**[06:21] ---**
You are someone...
**[06:24] ---**
...that I would never forget about.
**[06:31] ---**
SODACHI OIKURA
**[06:31] ---**
Araragi.
**[06:37] ---**
I'm glad you remember me.
**[06:40] ---**
As previous attendance number 2,
I, Araragi, am happy.
**[06:44] ---**
You seem to be doing well, unlike me.
**[06:46] ---**
Really, you make me jealous.
**[06:49] ---**
While I was cooped up
in my own house,
**[06:51] ---**
you studied, decided to try for college,
got a girlfriend...
**[06:55] ---**
Araragi, your life is truly
one of smooth sailing.
**[06:59] ---**
Thanks to you.
**[07:01] ---**
Thanks to me?
**[07:04] ---**
Thanks to me?
**[07:07] ---**
I haven't been to school this whole time.
What are you saying I did for you?
**[07:11] ---**
Well, that's...
**[07:13] ---**
Well, I'm sure that you'd be able
to go to any college you wanted, Araragi.
**[07:17] ---**
If you felt up to doing so.
**[07:18] ---**
Th-That's not really true.
I'm hard pressed to get in anywhere.
**[07:20] ---**
You don't have to be so humble.
You still excel at mathematics, aren't you?
**[07:25] ---**
You feel the name "Euler" is more fit for you
than for me, don't you?
**[07:31] ---**
Well, math is more like my only hope,
rather than something I'm good at...
**[07:35] ---**
You getting a girlfriend...
That must be thanks to mathematics as well.
**[07:40] ---**
No, of all things, that's—
**[07:42] ---**
It is thanks to mathematics.
**[07:44] ---**
Someone like you really pisses me off.
**[07:47] ---**
No matter how big of a grudge I hold,
it can't be enough.
**[07:50] ---**
I can't help that feelings of hatred
well up, one after another.
**[07:53] ---**
It's a bottomless spring of hatred.
**[07:55] ---**
For someone like me....
Come on, it can't be that much.
**[07:59] ---**
I hate that attitude of yours.
**[08:01] ---**
You try to roll anything and everything up
in an ambiguous manner.
**[08:04] ---**
You compromise.
**[08:06] ---**
You round things up nicely.
**[08:07] ---**
Back then as well, you—
**[08:13] ---**
Don't touch me.
**[08:14] ---**
I don't want the likes of you
to be worried about me.
**[08:18] ---**
There's absolutely nothing special about
someone like you being worried about me.
**[08:24] ---**
Is that so?
**[08:26] ---**
You... You seem to have quite a hatred
for people who are happy.
**[08:32] ---**
I do like people who are happy.
**[08:34] ---**
Looking at them
makes me feel happy.
**[08:37] ---**
What I despise are people
who don't know the reason for their happiness.
**[08:40] ---**
Those that don't even think about
why they're happy.
**[08:45] ---**
I despise water
that thinks it boiled itself on its own.
**[08:47] ---**
DESPISE
**[08:48] ---**
I despise seasons
that think they cycle naturally.
**[08:51] ---**
DESPISE
**[08:51] ---**
I despise the sun
that thinks it rose on its own.
**[08:54] ---**
DESPISE
**[08:55] ---**
Despise, despise, d-d-despise...
I despise them.
**[08:59] ---**
I despise you.
**[09:01] ---**
Oikura...
**[09:08] ---**
Because someone like you
is influencing others,
**[09:10] ---**
no one's reaching out to me,
no matter how much time passes.
**[09:13] ---**
I despise people who think they're living
using only their own power...
**[09:18] ---**
People can't be happy
unless someone else saves them.
**[09:21] ---**
An idiot that can't even understand that...
**[09:24] ---**
I despise them, despise them so much
I feel like I'm going to die.
**[09:26] ---**
WHAT HAD CORNERED HER TO THIS EXTENT?
**[09:27] ---**
WAS IT THAT CLASS ASSEMBLY AFTER ALL?
**[09:27] ---**
OR WAS IT THE TWO YEARS OF GLOOM
SHE SPENT AFTERWARDS?
**[09:28] ---**
You're right.
**[09:30] ---**
Things like people saving themselves
on their own never happen.
**[09:34] ---**
I always think about that, too.
**[09:36] ---**
I can't forgive the ungrateful
that feel like they're living alone—
**[09:39] ---**
The one I can't forgive is you, Araragi.
I can't think of anyone more ungrateful than you.
**[09:44] ---**
It's all self-righteous...
That's what your sense of justice is.
**[09:48] ---**
Sense of justice?
**[09:49] ---**
Or are you saying that you still remember?
**[09:52] ---**
About the contents of your shoe locker
back in 7th grade?
**[09:56] ---**
See, just as I thought.
**[09:57] ---**
You don't remember anything, Araragi.
**[10:01] ---**
You don't know what you're made up of.
**[10:04] ---**
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M MADE UP OF.
**[10:06] ---**
Oikura, what do you mean by that?
**[10:12] ---**
There is no meaning!
**[10:13] ---**
I despise meaning!
**[10:15] ---**
I despise anything and everything!
**[10:17] ---**
I despise, I despise, I despise, I despise, I despise,
I despise, I despise, I despise, I despise.
**[10:21] ---**
I despise!
**[10:22] ---**
I despise!
**[10:23] ---**
I despise!
**[10:23] ---**
DESPISE
**[10:24] ---**
I despise!
**[10:24] ---**
I despise!!
**[10:30] ---**
I told you not to touch me!
**[10:48] ---**
WHETHER IT WAS BEFORE SHE FINISHED HER BUSINESS,
OR AFTER SHE WAS DONE WITH HER BUSINESS,
WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS UNCERTAIN.
**[10:51] ---**
IN ANY CASE, SHE ENCOUNTERED SENJYOGAHARA,
WHO HAD ARRIVED AT SCHOOL.
**[10:53] ---**
THERE, HANEKAWA PROBABLY TOLD SENJYOGAHARA
THAT OIKURA HAD COME TO SCHOOL.
**[10:55] ---**
AND JUST LIKE THE WIND,
SHE HAD RUSHED OVER HERE.
**[10:58] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[10:59] ---**
I'll kill you.
**[11:01] ---**
I'm the only one
who can stab Araragi with stationery.
**[11:04] ---**
Even though I've gotten rid of that character trait,
I can't stand having it being reused.
**[11:13] ---**
S-Senjyogahara, wait...
**[11:18] ---**
Senjyogahara.
**[11:23] ---**
I see. So that's it.
**[11:25] ---**
I get it now.
**[11:27] ---**
So, you're dating Araragi.
**[11:30] ---**
How you've fallen.
**[11:34] ---**
Hanekawa. It's all right now.
You can let go of me now.
**[11:38] ---**
I'm sorry. It's not worth it.
**[11:41] ---**
Is it really all right?
**[11:42] ---**
What? What's not worth it?
**[11:45] ---**
Are you saying that
I'm not worth that much?
**[11:46] ---**
QUESTION
**[11:47] ---**
How high and mighty you've become.
**[11:49] ---**
You were nothing more than a sickly girl
that couldn't do anything unless I took care of you.
**[11:53] ---**
Well...
**[11:55] ---**
It is true that you did often take care of me.
**[11:59] ---**
You were always kind to people
who were below you.
**[12:03] ---**
So I take it you've recovered
from your illness, Senjyogahara?
**[12:07] ---**
Right. Thanks to you.
**[12:09] ---**
Araragi decided to try to get into college
because you're taking care of him, I assume?
**[12:15] ---**
If so, I suggest you stop
doing something so useless.
**[12:18] ---**
He's not going to appreciate anything,
no matter what you do.
**[12:22] ---**
Well, I suppose you might be right.
**[12:25] ---**
But, well, something like that
doesn't matter at all.
**[12:28] ---**
I'm not looking to get something
in return for this, after all.
**[12:31] ---**
The fact that I want Araragi to attend
the same university as I do is my desire to begin with.
**[12:36] ---**
So, I wouldn't be wishing
for anything more than that.
**[12:41] ---**
SLAP
**[12:59] ---**
Araragi, I'm going to pass out as well.
I trust you with the rest.
**[13:07] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[13:09] ---**
Wait... Huh?
**[13:10] ---**
This is strange.
**[13:11] ---**
That flashback didn't explain why I'm here
at my middle school with you at all, you know?
**[13:16] ---**
Oh, brother.
What are you talking about, Araragi-senpai?
**[13:20] ---**
When I visited you to do the laudable act
of thanking you for yesterday's situation,
**[13:25] ---**
you told me all about it.
**[13:28] ---**
And yours truly, though unworthy,
**[13:29] ---**
audaciously suggested maybe it would be good
for you to visit your alma mater.
**[13:35] ---**
Since I was the one that made the suggestion,
I couldn't let you go alone, either.
**[13:38] ---**
Though I felt it was meddling in affairs a bit too much,
here I am, tagging along on your research trip.
**[13:43] ---**
*Was that so?*
**[13:50] ---**
Ougi... The mystery will be solved
simply by opening that envelope.
**[13:53] ---**
Is that so?
**[13:55] ---**
Let's see... What do we have?
**[13:59] ---**
THE "B" ENVELOPE IS THE WRONG ONE.
DO YOU WANT TO
CHANGE YOUR CHOICE TO THE "C" ENVELOPE?
**[14:02] ---**
Araragi-senpai, what's this supposed to mean?
**[14:05] ---**
I really can't make anything of it.
Is it in code or something?
**[14:10] ---**
Rather than a code,
that's more like a quiz.
**[14:13] ---**
What are you talking about?
You haven't even seen it.
**[14:17] ---**
It's a very famous quiz,
called the "Monty Hall problem."
**[14:22] ---**
*Monty Hall is the name
of a TV show host.*
**[14:25] ---**
*There are three doors
labeled "A," "B," and "C,"*
**[14:28] ---**
*and a luxurious prize is hidden
behind one of them.*
**[14:32] ---**
*The player is able to pick
any door they like of the three.*
**[14:36] ---**
*And after they choose,
the host opens one of the other two doors.*
**[14:41] ---**
*By doing so, he informs the player
that it was the "wrong" door.*
**[14:44] ---**
*With that information, the player
has a second chance to make a decision...*
**[14:49] ---**
*Whether to stick with the door originally chosen,
or to choose again and pick the remaining door.*
**[14:55] ---**
*That's a simple summary of this quiz.*
**[15:00] ---**
Ougi, what would you do?
**[15:01] ---**
You chose the "A" envelope just now, but...
**[15:04] ---**
if you were now told that
the "B" envelope isn't the right one,
**[15:08] ---**
would you change you choice to "C"?
**[15:10] ---**
Let's see...
**[15:12] ---**
Isn't it statistically equal
whether or not I choose to change my choice?
**[15:16] ---**
Even if the answer
was disclosed afterwards,
**[15:19] ---**
if one of the three among "A," "B," and "C"
is the right choice,
**[15:21] ---**
the probability is 1/3 for each of them.
**[15:24] ---**
The case where you were told "B" was wrong
before you made the first choice aside...
**[15:29] ---**
Indeed. But for this case,
"changing what you choose" is the correct answer.
**[15:34] ---**
To change your answer from "A" to "C."
**[15:37] ---**
Then, let's open the "C" envelope.
**[15:42] ---**
My, oh my. Is this a map of sorts?
**[15:44] ---**
There seems to be some symbol
drawn on it.
**[15:48] ---**
Next, of course, we're heading to the location
that this map shows.
**[15:52] ---**
This is a trip retracing Araragi-senpai's memory.
**[15:55] ---**
So as a tour group of people
following the footsteps of young Araragi...
**[15:59] ---**
Yeah... That's right.
**[16:01] ---**
Let's go, Ougi.
To the location marked on the map.
**[16:04] ---**
Wait... Huh?
**[16:15] ---**
NADEKO SENGOKU
**[16:17] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[16:30] ---**
I DESPISE WATER THAT THINKS IT BOILED ITSELF ON ITS OWN.
I DESPISE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW
THE REASON FOR THEIR HAPPINESS.
**[16:31] ---**
Hmph.
**[16:33] ---**
Did the ruins of the cram school I hear about,
the ones my uncle slept in while he was in this town,
**[16:40] ---**
feel anything like this, Araragi-senpai?
**[16:43] ---**
Yeah... That's right.
**[16:45] ---**
AN UNGRATEFUL ONE LIVING SO CAREFREE.
**[16:46] ---**
It's rather rundown and dangerous.
**[16:49] ---**
It's not been maintained at all,
worn down by the wind and stuff.
**[16:52] ---**
In this ruined house, I had an appointment
to meet with a certain girl...
**[16:58] ---**
I just can't comprehend this.
**[17:00] ---**
But, the fact that there are
signs a nameplate used to be here
**[17:02] ---**
means that this ruined house
used to be an ordinary residence?
**[17:06] ---**
Who knows... I don't really
know much about this area.
**[17:09] ---**
Back around 7th grade,
I didn't really take note of such things.
**[17:14] ---**
HOUSE FOR SALE
**[17:15] ---**
In the first place, this sign wasn't here
back when I was coming here regularly.
**[17:19] ---**
It's probably the case that the caretaker
is different than from about five years ago...
**[17:33] ---**
Now, let's hurry in, Araragi-senpai.
**[17:36] ---**
Hearing that sound just now,
the neighbors may report to the police.
**[17:40] ---**
If a police officer were to show up,
I'll give them the excuse that we got lost.
**[17:45] ---**
So Araragi-senpai,
please go along with that.
**[17:48] ---**
That's fine.
I'll make sure to play along with you.
**[17:51] ---**
Though, it's a pretty embarrassing excuse
for high school students to have lost their way.
**[17:55] ---**
But I don't want to find myself
out in the cold.
**[17:57] ---**
Out in the cold?
What do you mean by that?
**[18:01] ---**
Well, you see, in my case,
both my parents are police officers, so—
**[18:05] ---**
So, both your parents are police officers!
**[18:07] ---**
*Huh? Why did I just say that?*
**[18:10] ---**
Then that means there's
nothing for us to worry about.
**[18:13] ---**
If someone files a report,
and an officer rushes over here on his bike,
**[18:17] ---**
Araragi-senpai, your parents will bail us out.
**[18:21] ---**
My parents aren't the type that would
help out their little boy in times like that.
**[18:26] ---**
More like they'd never forgive injustice,
even if their own children were the source.
**[18:30] ---**
They're strict parents.
**[18:31] ---**
When I misbehaved as a kid,
**[18:33] ---**
they disciplined me
by dragging me to the local police box.
**[18:36] ---**
To the police box?
That's pretty scary...
**[18:39] ---**
You could be traumatized by that.
**[18:51] ---**
The theory that Oikura-senpai
resents the kindness
**[18:54] ---**
that you showed
during the class assembly two years ago.
**[18:57] ---**
That can probably be disregarded now.
**[19:00] ---**
Why, you ask? It's simple.
**[19:02] ---**
It's because Oikura-senpai
has come to school.
**[19:06] ---**
What do you mean by that?
**[19:07] ---**
Hanekawa-senpai already mentioned it.
**[19:10] ---**
That Ms. Tetsujo had taken maternity leave,
**[19:13] ---**
and Oikura-senpai showed up at school
as if she was swapping places.
**[19:19] ---**
In other words, because Ms. Tetsujo
is no longer at Naoetsu High,
**[19:23] ---**
I believe Oikura-senpai
is now able to come to school.
**[19:28] ---**
Basically, that means she had known
who the culprit was back then.
**[19:35] ---**
*Which means,
concerning the class assembly,*
**[19:37] ---**
*there are connections to why
her personality turned out the way it did,*
**[19:40] ---**
*but there's no direct link
to the reason why she despises me.*
**[19:44] ---**
*That's what this means.*
**[19:47] ---**
*In the first place,
if you say that she's despised me*
**[19:50] ---**
*from the day that we first met
in the classroom for class 1-3*
**[19:53] ---**
*she's always despised me.*
**[19:56] ---**
"I despise water that thinks
it boiled itself on its own," huh?
**[20:00] ---**
In other words,
you don't know your own roots.
**[20:04] ---**
Because you've forgotten your own roots,
Oikura-senpai has serious issues with how you live.
**[20:10] ---**
But, as you investigate further,
that's a strange story as well.
**[20:14] ---**
It's very common to find people
who have forgotten about the past.
**[20:17] ---**
Even for me.
**[20:18] ---**
Most of who I was back in grade school or middle school
is far beyond the boundaries of oblivion.
**[20:22] ---**
It even feels like
I was actually born very recently.
**[20:26] ---**
That you were actually born very recently?
Is that the "Five-minute hypothesis"?
**[20:31] ---**
But still, why does Oikura-senpai despise
only Araragi-senpai as if you killed her parents?
**[20:37] ---**
This is strange.
**[20:39] ---**
This is mysterious.
**[20:40] ---**
This is suspicious.
**[20:42] ---**
This is scary.
**[20:44] ---**
Scary...
**[20:45] ---**
Yes, scary. Because...
**[20:48] ---**
It's different.
**[20:52] ---**
*True. When you think about
what's scary in this world...*
**[20:55] ---**
*Those that despise you
for some incomprehensible reason*
**[20:58] ---**
*and attack you are the scariest.*
**[21:01] ---**
*There's no way to deal with it,
because you don't know the opponent's objective.*
**[21:04] ---**
*In order to fight, they say you need to know
what the opponent feels is justice.*
**[21:09] ---**
*What does Sodachi Oikura feel is righteous,
and what does she believe is justice...*
**[21:14] ---**
*This is a journey
to figure that out as well.*
**[21:24] ---**
Wow, this room is especially terrible.
**[21:28] ---**
This place hasn't changed one bit
from five years ago. It's unchanging.
**[21:32] ---**
It feels like... Time has stopped.
**[21:35] ---**
You see that small tea table over there, right?
That's what was being used.
**[21:38] ---**
Used? For what? As a chair?
**[21:42] ---**
No...
**[21:43] ---**
In the first place,
I'm not understanding this very well.
**[21:46] ---**
Why did you keep coming to this ruined house
for an entire summer, Araragi-senpai?
**[21:51] ---**
Your actions are too mysterious...
**[21:52] ---**
Are you an adventurous
grade-school boy or something?
**[21:55] ---**
Actions you take during childhood
are all mysterious.
**[21:59] ---**
None of them can be really explained.
**[22:01] ---**
I have no idea why I was doing such a thing.
**[22:04] ---**
My train of thought was completely different
from what it is now.
**[22:08] ---**
*Geez... When I'm up against Ougi,
why does my tongue get so loose?*
**[22:14] ---**
*Even if it's something that I can fudge
by making some adequate lie, if she asks, I answer.*
**[22:19] ---**
*By the time I realize it, I'm done answering.*
**[22:22] ---**
*In any case, I started telling the story.*
**[22:25] ---**
*What happened here five years ago.*
**[22:28] ---**
*Who I met... And what I was doing.*
**[22:30] ---**
*What Koyomi Araragi is made up of.*
**[22:34] ---**
*A story explaining that.*
# E3 - Sodachi Riddle, Part Two
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY190Q8GR/sodachi-riddle-part-2)
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**[00:00] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[00:02] ---**
SODACHI RIDDLE, PART TWO
**[00:03] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[00:03] ---**
FIVE YEARS AGO
**[00:05] ---**
*Five years ago.*
**[00:08] ---**
*In other words, what kind of a person
was Koyomi Araragi back in 7th grade?*
**[00:14] ---**
*Straightforward, pure, earnest...
what you could say about a normal child.*
**[00:20] ---**
*Young Araragi was mediocre,*
**[00:22] ---**
*but if you still tried to find something
special about him, it'd have to be*
**[00:25] ---**
*the fact that both his parents were police officers
whose purpose in life was justice, peace, and safety.*
**[00:31] ---**
*Under their influence,
the personality known as me had been created.*
**[00:35] ---**
*Young Araragi was, in that sense,
a boy who had a fairly strong sense of justice.*
**[00:41] ---**
*The story of five years ago.*
**[00:43] ---**
*This boy, right when first term was finishing,
was panicking just a little bit.*
**[00:47] ---**
*Not just a little.
He may have been panicking quite a bit.*
**[00:51] ---**
*Because the results of the recently returned
final exam weren't all that great.*
**[00:57] ---**
*Especially math.*
**[00:59] ---**
*He thought things would be bad
the way he was going.*
**[01:01] ---**
*He thought he wouldn't be able
to proceed righteously the way he was going.*
**[01:05] ---**
*More than math, he was embarrassed by the fact
that he couldn't fulfill the just cause of "learning."*
**[02:45] ---**
*Back then, I didn't know
about the "Monty Hall problem."*
**[02:49] ---**
*But I was interested in the problem
that was suddenly thrust at me.*
**[03:04] ---**
SO YOU DID COME FOR ME, ARARAGI.
**[03:07] ---**
THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE...
YOU WERE ABLE TO SOLVE THE LETTER QUIZ?
**[03:11] ---**
Solve... No, it hasn't been solved.
**[03:14] ---**
I did change my answer,
but I don't know why "C" is correct.
**[03:20] ---**
I SEE.
**[03:22] ---**
THEN, FIRST OFF, I'LL START
BY EXPLAINING THAT PROBLEM IN DETAIL.
**[03:24] ---**
COME INSIDE, ARARAGI.
**[03:30] ---**
LET'S STUDY.
**[03:33] ---**
LET'S BECOME WISER TOGETHER.
**[03:37] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[03:41] ---**
According to the sender's story,
the letter was sent to a few others as well.
**[03:46] ---**
But apparently I was the only one who received the letter
that came here, to this ruined house.
**[03:52] ---**
The only one to shamelessly show up.
**[03:54] ---**
Shamelessly? Yeah, I guess shamelessly.
**[03:57] ---**
THOUGH YOU COULD PROBABLY SAY
FALTERINGLY AS WELL.
**[03:58] ---**
At the least,
if it wasn't for that summer,
**[04:01] ---**
I think I would've been bitter about math
and probably would've grown to hate it.
**[04:06] ---**
Maybe I wouldn't have even been able
to enter Naoetsu High.
**[04:09] ---**
In any case, let's hear the continuation of the story.
**[04:12] ---**
Of one summer *aventure* for Araragi-senpai.
**[04:15] ---**
The continuation of the secret rendezvous
between this mysterious girl and Araragi-senpai.
**[04:20] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[04:21] ---**
And so, you call this the "Monty Hall problem."
**[04:25] ---**
This is interesting!
Are there more problems like this?
**[04:28] ---**
There are lots of them.
**[04:29] ---**
I'll teach you as many as you want, Araragi,
if you come to like math a lot more.
**[04:35] ---**
If you'll continue to love math.
**[04:37] ---**
I'll love it!
I'll make sure to keep loving math!
**[04:41] ---**
Then...
**[04:43] ---**
Let's keep studying here, starting tomorrow.
**[04:46] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[04:48] ---**
And so, from the end of the first term,
until the end of summer break,
**[04:51] ---**
I regularly came to this ruined house.
**[04:55] ---**
I kept studying together
with the mysterious girl.
**[04:58] ---**
"The most beautiful equation in human history."
**[05:00] ---**
She was the one who
taught me about Euler's Identity.
**[05:04] ---**
Even now, I can recite from memory what you'd call
the "mathematics" that are useless, even at school.
**[05:11] ---**
So, for me, it didn't feel like
I was studying,
**[05:15] ---**
but more like I came to this ruined house
every day to play.
**[05:20] ---**
If anything, this was like a secret base
for me and that girl.
**[05:24] ---**
No, more like a secret cram school.
**[05:27] ---**
A cram school, huh?
**[05:28] ---**
That girl was very particular about this location.
She said it was the only place she would study.
**[05:35] ---**
The next day, when we met in the room
in the ruined house, she made a declaration.
**[05:40] ---**
There were conditions for us
to continue this study session.
**[05:43] ---**
There were three conditions.
**[05:45] ---**
One of them was that this would be
the location of the study session,
**[05:48] ---**
the farthest room on the second floor
of this ruined house.
**[05:52] ---**
The second condition was that
our having study sessions like that
**[05:56] ---**
was to be a secret between the two of us.
Not to tell anyone about it.
**[06:00] ---**
And the third condition was—
**[06:03] ---**
"Don't ask me what my name is."
**[06:06] ---**
"Don't probe into figuring out who I am."
**[06:08] ---**
"Don't ask me anything
if it's not about mathematics."
**[06:13] ---**
That was it.
**[06:14] ---**
Was she a fairy of mathematics or something?
**[06:22] ---**
But, on the other hand...
**[06:24] ---**
She didn't ask for anything other than that.
Really, nothing else.
**[06:29] ---**
The three conditions,
and the first request she made was it.
**[06:32] ---**
The fact she was teaching me without
getting anything in return started to bother me.
**[06:36] ---**
So one day, I took some sweets with me, but...
**[06:39] ---**
I'm not doing this
because I want something in return.
**[06:42] ---**
I'm happy that I could
teach you mathematics.
**[06:46] ---**
So please.
Please continue to love mathematics forever.
**[06:50] ---**
...she said.
**[06:51] ---**
She sounds more and more
like a fairy of mathematics.
**[06:55] ---**
In any case, I went along
with all of her conditions,
**[06:58] ---**
and from then on,
I came to this ruined house every day.
**[07:01] ---**
Really, every day, without skipping once?
**[07:05] ---**
But...
**[07:06] ---**
The study sessions abruptly ended one day.
**[07:09] ---**
It was on the last day of summer break.
**[07:11] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[07:13] ---**
*The girl who was always there before me,*
**[07:15] ---**
*and had always prepared
the study sessions ahead of time,*
**[07:17] ---**
*was not there that one day.*
**[07:22] ---**
*Only that day... On that day,
for the first time...*
**[07:25] ---**
*No matter how much time passed,
no matter how long I waited,*
**[07:28] ---**
*she never showed up.*
**[07:33] ---**
AN ENVELOPE?
**[07:38] ---**
*Somehow, the 7th grader
Koyomi Araragi thought.*
**[07:44] ---**
*I will no longer...*
**[07:47] ---**
*...learn mathematics from her
in this place ever again.*
**[07:53] ---**
*In order to figure out her identity,
I started investigating in other classes.*
**[07:58] ---**
*Not only in my grade,
but among the upperclassmen...*
**[08:02] ---**
*There was no sight of the girl
I'd been seeing the entire summer.*
**[08:05] ---**
*As if her entire existence
had been wiped out,*
**[08:09] ---**
*young Araragi was...
right, trembling in fear.*
**[08:13] ---**
*So scary.*
**[08:14] ---**
*For the very first time,
at that moment I thought she was scary.*
**[08:18] ---**
*That's why I started
to avoid the ruined house...*
**[08:21] ---**
*And that's why I forgot about the girl.*
**[08:24] ---**
*But... The mathematics taught by the girl
in the ruined house was never forgotten.*
**[08:29] ---**
*As of the second term, young Araragi's grades
started to climb back up, mainly in mathematics.*
**[08:35] ---**
*In a way, his life perhaps
went back to the condition he was in*
**[08:39] ---**
*before he started going regularly
to the ruined house.*
**[08:43] ---**
*Looking at the long-term effects,
perhaps nothing had changed.*
**[08:46] ---**
*But there was one thing that
I could feel had changed for sure.*
**[08:50] ---**
*Young Araragi generally took a position
that sought justice from then on,*
**[08:54] ---**
*and because of that, he went out of control
every so often, only to deal with the repercussions.*
**[08:59] ---**
*But if you were talking purely about mathematics,
he was seeking amusement.*
**[09:05] ---**
*If he didn't have that,*
**[09:06] ---**
NAOETSU HIGH
**[09:06] ---**
*I'm sure that back at that class assembly,
after his sense of righteous was shattered...*
**[09:10] ---**
*...his heart would've had nothing left at all.*
**[09:14] ---**
*That girl taught him
how amusing mathematics was.*
**[09:17] ---**
*How amusing life was.*
**[09:19] ---**
*How amusing the world was.*
**[09:22] ---**
*That's why I am who I am now.*
**[09:24] ---**
*I was created back in that summer.*
**[09:27] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[09:29] ---**
So to sum up,
that mysterious girl is Oikura-senpai, right?
**[09:35] ---**
No, wait, Araragi-senpai.
**[09:37] ---**
This isn't what you'd call
an answer to a riddle.
**[09:40] ---**
I'd actually say if, after all of this,
that girl wasn't Oikura,
**[09:43] ---**
your misdirection
was way too strong.
**[09:46] ---**
It's what you'd call unfair.
**[09:48] ---**
Then, Ougi, how do you explain that
after summer break, that girl, young Oikura,
**[09:53] ---**
was no longer at 701 Middle School?
**[09:56] ---**
She just transferred schools.
But there's one hole left in this hypothesis.
**[10:02] ---**
In other words, this means Oikura-senpai
would've been your classmate at some point.
**[10:07] ---**
Araragi-senpai, based on
what you've said up to now...
**[10:09] ---**
It seemed like you first met Oikura-senpai
after entering Naoetsu High School?
**[10:17] ---**
I thought that was when
I first met her.
**[10:19] ---**
In other words, I had completely forgotten
about young Oikura.
**[10:24] ---**
I'd forgotten who was responsible
for me becoming so good at math.
**[10:27] ---**
I'd forgotten how much I owed her,
and I treated her as a classmate.
**[10:33] ---**
She said that everything I had now
was all thanks to mathematics.
**[10:38] ---**
Even the fact that I'm dating Senjyogahara.
**[10:40] ---**
But did she really mean to say,
"It was all thanks to me"?
**[10:44] ---**
"I do like people who are happy," but...
**[10:46] ---**
"What I despise are people who don't know
the reason for their happiness," was it?
**[10:52] ---**
DESPISE
**[10:54] ---**
And what was it?
**[10:55] ---**
"I despise people who don't know
what they're made up of"?
**[10:59] ---**
When you bring back the forgotten memories,
those words really have a hidden meaning.
**[11:04] ---**
In any case,
I need to apologize to Oikura tomorrow.
**[11:08] ---**
Though there's no way she'll start liking me,
since I'm someone she despises.
**[11:11] ---**
Nor will it do anything
to put her at ease.
**[11:15] ---**
But I need to apologize, so I will.
**[11:18] ---**
Oh, you don't seem that enthusiastic.
**[11:21] ---**
Of course not.
**[11:22] ---**
It's not like I don't have complaints
about her as well, you know?
**[11:25] ---**
Like transferring schools.
Well, even if there were reasons behind it...
**[11:28] ---**
At the least, she could've
said something before she left.
**[11:31] ---**
Giving me nothing but an empty envelope?
I really don't get it.
**[11:36] ---**
SODACHI OIKURA
**[11:38] ---**
Besides, when we were reunited in class 1-3,
if she'd told me then,
**[11:42] ---**
I should've been able
to remember right there.
**[11:44] ---**
Even if you tell me now...
**[11:46] ---**
If she had told you then?
**[11:49] ---**
"That girl from back then was me, Araragi.
**[11:51] ---**
It's been so long!
What, you've forgotten about me?
**[11:55] ---**
My gosh, that's the worst!
Geez, you really are cold!
**[11:58] ---**
But that's what's so won-der-ful about you!"
**[12:01] ---**
Or is something like that
what you wish she said?
**[12:04] ---**
I've never seen such a magnificent character
exist in this world, but, well...
**[12:09] ---**
You must be wondering
why she didn't tell you.
**[12:16] ---**
And you must also be wondering
why she left without saying anything.
**[12:22] ---**
If you don't think about it, even if
you apologize tomorrow, things may get worse.
**[12:26] ---**
A superficial apology will irritate the victim
more than anything else, you know.
**[12:31] ---**
The victim?
**[12:32] ---**
Hey now, hold on a second, Ougi.
Isn't that saying a bit too much?
**[12:37] ---**
Indeed. Of course, it's not that
you're at fault, Araragi-senpai.
**[12:42] ---**
However, you are a fool, Araragi-senpai.
You're helpless. Helplessly so.
**[12:50] ---**
Ougi... What in the world
are you saying that you know?
**[12:54] ---**
I don't know anything.
**[12:56] ---**
It's what you know, Araragi-senpai.
**[13:00] ---**
Me?
**[13:02] ---**
Let's see. Just like when Oikura-senpai
was a young girl, I'll quiz you, then?
**[13:08] ---**
Question:
**[13:10] ---**
Sodachi Oikura despises Koyomi Araragi
as if he killed her parents.
**[13:14] ---**
That's because Koyomi Araragi
hadn't lived up to Sodachi Oikura's expectations.
**[13:19] ---**
That's why she transferred to a different school
without telling him anything.
**[13:22] ---**
Now, what did Sodachi Oikura hope for
from Koyomi Araragi?
**[13:27] ---**
What did she... hope for?
**[13:30] ---**
Hint: it has something to do
with the occupation of Araragi-senpai's parents.
**[13:38] ---**
Thinking time: 120 seconds.
**[13:42] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[13:53] ---**
ANSWER
**[13:53] ---**
In other words, Oikura-senpai,
**[13:55] ---**
by teaching Araragi-senpai the,
how to put it, "amusement in mathematics,"
**[14:01] ---**
she was seeking something
in compensation.
**[14:03] ---**
COMPENSATION
**[14:05] ---**
Speaking from a third-party perspective,
that first envelope is very suspicious.
**[14:10] ---**
It reeks of a trap.
**[14:12] ---**
TRAP
**[14:13] ---**
A trap.
**[14:14] ---**
A fishhook, perhaps?
**[14:18] ---**
Her explanation that she sent letters to other students,
but you being the only one that showed up was a lie.
**[14:23] ---**
It was a complete fabrication.
**[14:25] ---**
In reality, she was aiming
to only hook you, Araragi-senpai.
**[14:29] ---**
After finding out your math grades were poor,
Oikura-senpai decided to take advantage of that
**[14:34] ---**
and placed letters inside your shoe locker
whose contents would grab your attention.
**[14:38] ---**
A mathematical problem delivered to a boy
thinking he had to do something about his math grade...
**[14:42] ---**
Well, that's as good a lure as any.
**[14:45] ---**
That means I really did
shamelessly show up at her place...
**[14:49] ---**
Hey, Araragi-senpai.
**[14:51] ---**
You're familiar with the cram school ruins
my uncle Meme Oshino lived while in town, right?
**[14:59] ---**
Yeah. Well, like I said,
I've even slept there myself.
**[15:05] ---**
You also said this: that those ruins and these ruins
are rundown by about the same amount. Correct?
**[15:11] ---**
I did, so?
**[15:12] ---**
Isn't that a bit strange?
**[15:14] ---**
Why would a cram school that
went out of business a few years ago
**[15:17] ---**
and a house that was already in ruins five years ago,
be rundown to the same extent?
**[15:25] ---**
That's right, Araragi-senpai.
**[15:29] ---**
Five years ago... This place was not a ruined house.
**[15:33] ---**
The "ruined house"
was a misunderstanding on your part...
**[15:36] ---**
This used to be the house
Sodachi Oikura lived in.
**[15:40] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[15:43] ---**
Oikura's... residence?
**[15:46] ---**
Why was she always here
before you, Araragi-senpai?
**[15:50] ---**
Isn't it strange for someone to arrive first
to a meeting point every single time without fail?
**[15:57] ---**
You should look at it that because this was her home,
Oikura-senpai was always able to wait for you.
**[16:03] ---**
But...
**[16:05] ---**
Now, Araragi-senpai.
**[16:06] ---**
I know you're shocked by this,
and I'm sorry I have to whip you even further.
**[16:10] ---**
But this is the key point of my sleuthing.
**[16:13] ---**
Why did Araragi-senpai think that five years ago,
the Oikura residence was a ruined house?
**[16:18] ---**
That's an error in my memory, isn't it?
**[16:20] ---**
No, just a misunderstanding.
Your memory itself is probably correct.
**[16:25] ---**
Back then, the window in this room
was probably already broken like this.
**[16:28] ---**
You specifically stated as such already.
**[16:31] ---**
That's why this isn't an error in your memory,
but merely a misunderstanding.
**[16:37] ---**
Is it what you call domestic violence?
**[16:40] ---**
Indeed.
**[16:42] ---**
It seems Oikura had to grow up
in quite the tragic family environment,
**[16:47] ---**
while you grew up all warm and fuzzy
in a peaceful family.
**[16:50] ---**
Even if you shoved the summer you came here
into a corner of your memory...
**[16:55] ---**
Even if you had packed it away
at the bottom of your memory...
**[16:57] ---**
It perhaps isn't something
that you can be blamed for.
**[17:02] ---**
The reason for her transfer in the second term,
in that case, is somewhat imaginable, too.
**[17:07] ---**
The family that was falling apart
probably fell apart completely.
**[17:11] ---**
Perhaps at that point,
Oikura's last name had changed?
**[17:15] ---**
And that was why when you were reunited with her
in class 1-3 of Naoetsu High,
**[17:19] ---**
you thought you'd never
met her before, Araragi-senpai.
**[17:23] ---**
Well, the thing is,
you should've recognized her face.
**[17:27] ---**
In any case...
**[17:28] ---**
There's no doubt that the Oikura household
was at a critical point back then.
**[17:32] ---**
And she wanted to do something about it.
**[17:35] ---**
Something?
**[17:37] ---**
Something is literally something.
That's why she called you over, Araragi-senpai.
**[17:42] ---**
What Oikura-senpai had sought from
you as compensation was just that.
**[17:47] ---**
No, hold on a sec.
A family breakdown...
**[17:50] ---**
Resolving a violent family breakdown...
That's too much to handle.
**[17:54] ---**
What in the world was she expecting
from someone in 7th grade?
**[17:57] ---**
That's why I said, your parents.
**[18:00] ---**
Parents...
**[18:01] ---**
They're police officers, right?
**[18:03] ---**
The parents who showed the ways
of righteous to Araragi-senpai.
**[18:06] ---**
You were expected to report to those parents
the goings-on of the Oikura household.
**[18:13] ---**
Even if so, I was forbidden from saying anything...
By Oikura herself.
**[18:18] ---**
To not tell anyone
I'm seeing Oikura here.
**[18:22] ---**
In the end, Oikura-senpai probably didn't want
to prosecute her own family.
**[18:27] ---**
Whether it was feeling guilt as a daughter
to rebuke her own parents,
**[18:31] ---**
Or whether she feared retribution...
Perhaps it was both?
**[18:37] ---**
In the end, she sought me to volunteer the condition
of the Oikura household to my parents.
**[18:42] ---**
That's what she had intended.
**[18:44] ---**
I didn't do anything
that Oikura had hoped for.
**[18:48] ---**
But I absorbed all of the knowledge
that Oikura had given me to my heart's content.
**[18:55] ---**
*The empty envelope Oikura
had taped underneath the tea table*
**[18:59] ---**
*was an accurate depiction
of who I was as a man.*
**[19:02] ---**
*Empty and disappointing.*
**[19:04] ---**
*I was a guy she couldn't count on.*
**[19:07] ---**
Well, that's the gist of it.
**[19:10] ---**
Araragi-senpai, if my memory
serves me correctly,
**[19:13] ---**
you started this investigation
to figure out why you were hated
**[19:19] ---**
by Oikura-senpai
as if you killed her parents.
**[19:23] ---**
That objective, at this point in time,
has basically been completed.
**[19:27] ---**
Therefore, I believe it's about time
to start thinking about retreating from here.
**[19:31] ---**
If there's something you'd like to say in closing,
go ahead. Your final words.
**[19:37] ---**
I really am blessed right now.
**[19:40] ---**
It's true that everything is great,
and I'm happy.
**[19:43] ---**
I have friends, I have a lover,
and I have underclassmen.
**[19:46] ---**
I'm very, very happy.
**[19:50] ---**
But...
**[19:51] ---**
As happy as I am,
I've come to despise myself a little bit.
**[19:56] ---**
Then, that little bit
is how much I will love you.
**[19:59] ---**
Besides, Araragi-senpai.
**[20:01] ---**
Another way to look at this is that it's a good thing
you haven't grown to despise mathematics.
**[20:07] ---**
No doubt.
**[20:09] ---**
*It's true.*
**[20:10] ---**
*No matter what I grow to despise,
even if I lose sight of righteousness...*
**[20:13] ---**
*I will continue to love mathematics.*
**[20:17] ---**
*It's already become a curse of sorts.*
**[20:22] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI RIDDLE
**[20:23] ---**
Ougi Oshino... Oshino's niece?
**[20:28] ---**
Oh, yeah. Thanks to her,
I figured out all sorts of things.
**[20:32] ---**
As expected of Oshino's relative,
it was pretty impressive sleuthing.
**[20:36] ---**
Without her, I wouldn't have been able to figure out
those mysteries yesterday or the day before.
**[20:43] ---**
Araragi, It pains me to add to things,
considering how you are now...
**[20:51] ---**
Araragi, it's not strange to figure out
that you hit a wall concerning math
**[20:54] ---**
during the finals for your first term
in your 7th grade year.
**[21:00] ---**
And I think it's also possible to take advantage of that
by placing the "Monty Hall problem" in your shoe locker.
**[21:05] ---**
But... The key point about that plan,
the fact that your parents are police officers...
**[21:11] ---**
How did Oikura find out about that?
**[21:15] ---**
Wasn't that something
you did everything you could to hide?
**[21:19] ---**
*That's right. When it comes to that,
I have a habit of not answering even when asked,*
**[21:25] ---**
*to avoid extra, or unnecessary, troubles.*
**[21:30] ---**
*But why... Why did Oikura know about that? How?*
**[21:35] ---**
Of course, there's the chance she just happened to know
because something caused her to find out.
**[21:41] ---**
Perhaps there's something else
between you and Oikura.
**[21:45] ---**
Some other memory you need to retrace,
another door you still need to open.
**[21:51] ---**
*A memory I need to retrace...*
**[21:58] ---**
*Another door I still need to open...*
**[22:01] ---**
*Is there something else that I've forgotten,
on top of everything else?*
**[22:02] ---**
FOOLISH
**[22:05] ---**
*If so, just how foolish
is Koyomi Araragi?*
**[22:10] ---**
*Is there no end to my foolishness?*
**[22:13] ---**
*"You're someone that I'd never forget about,"
was what Oikura said.*
**[22:19] ---**
*If that's the case, she's sure to remember.*
**[22:23] ---**
*The fool from two years ago, from five years ago,
and from even before that.*
**[22:29] ---**
*I've arrived in front of my classroom.*
**[22:32] ---**
*Beyond this door, whether or not
Sodachi Oikura will be there is...*
**[22:36] ---**
*...alas, a completely impossible proof.*
**[22:37] ---**
ALAS, A COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE PROOF.
# E4 - Sodachi Lost, Part One
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6NQXJE26/sodachi-lost-part-1)
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**[00:00] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[00:01] ---**
*Now, we shall return anew
to the topic of Ougi Oshino.*
**[00:05] ---**
*That said, she is who she is after all.*
**[00:08] ---**
*She's nothing more than herself,*
**[00:10] ---**
*so even if I start, even if I start anew,
even if I go back...*
**[00:13] ---**
*The fundamental topic ends just like that.*
**[00:15] ---**
OUGI OSHINO
**[00:17] ---**
*If I were to write out an existence
such as Ougi Oshino in a novel,*
**[00:21] ---**
*it would come to an end
with just one line.*
**[00:24] ---**
*"Ougi Oshino was Ougi Oshino...*
**[00:27] ---**
*...and everyone lived
happily ever after." One line!*
**[00:31] ---**
*And so, we've had a few math classes in a row,
but at the end, let's have a Japanese class.*
**[00:37] ---**
*Here's a Japanese problem.*
**[00:39] ---**
*Write about such-and-such.
You must answer within so many words.*
**[00:42] ---**
*If it's about Ougi Oshino,
just like what I mentioned before.*
**[00:45] ---**
*If you were to put her as the main subject
of the problem, it would read:*
**[00:49] ---**
*"Describe Ougi Oshino in four words or less."*
**[00:52] ---**
*and the answer would be "Ougi Oshino."*
**[00:56] ---**
*So, the final problem I submit to you is this:*
**[01:00] ---**
*"Just how foolish is Koyomi Araragi?
Answer within twenty words.*
**[01:05] ---**
*However, you must use the words 'Ougi Oshino'
at least once in your answer."*
**[01:11] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[01:12] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST, PART ONE
**[01:13] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[01:15] ---**
In the end...
Did you figure it out, Araragi?
**[01:17] ---**
I mean, the reason why Oikura knew about
the occupation of your parents, Araragi.
**[01:22] ---**
Yeah. I figured it out.
**[01:25] ---**
I confirmed it with Sengoku too,
so I'm sure of it.
**[01:27] ---**
No, I don't think that's something
you need to confirm while hanging your head...
**[01:33] ---**
Of course I'd want to hang my head.
**[01:35] ---**
I couldn't remember,
no matter how hard I tried...
**[01:38] ---**
But when I did as you told me to, Hanekawa,
it came to light immediately.
**[01:42] ---**
Really, Hanekawa,
you really do know everything.
**[01:46] ---**
I don't know everything.
I only know what I know.
**[01:51] ---**
That's why I don't know
exactly what Ougi knows.
**[01:57] ---**
We're fine, right?
She's not tailing us or anything, right?
**[02:02] ---**
Tailing? No,
she's not an assassin or anything.
**[02:06] ---**
An assassin?
**[02:08] ---**
Isn't tailing someone
a job for a detective, Araragi?
**[02:17] ---**
I think in this case,
I would've preferred if she had followed us.
**[02:21] ---**
If she had tailed us,
I could've thrown her off the track.
**[02:24] ---**
Maybe you're being
a bit too nervous about all of this?
**[02:27] ---**
No, but Araragi, even if she's not tailing us,
she might have anticipated where we're going.
**[02:33] ---**
Since the destination is very clear,
there's less risk doing that if she's going to investigate...
**[02:38] ---**
You can't ever be too nervous about this.
**[02:41] ---**
If you're not being too nervous about this, Hanekawa,
you're giving Ougi way too much credit.
**[02:47] ---**
It may be true that she's Oshino's niece,
and seems to be moderately smart for the most part.
**[02:52] ---**
But she's still like a child, I guess.
**[02:54] ---**
She's a first-year.
**[02:55] ---**
She still has a feeling of cuteness.
**[02:59] ---**
Us upperclassmen have the duty
of guiding people like her to not end up like Oshino.
**[03:05] ---**
And that should be
how we repay Oshino as well.
**[03:08] ---**
How we repay Oshino, huh...
**[03:11] ---**
Yeah, that's a great thing to keep in mind.
**[03:14] ---**
Admirable. So admirable.
**[03:16] ---**
I totally thought you were head-over-heels again
for yet another new cute underclassman.
**[03:21] ---**
"Again"?
**[03:23] ---**
Back during the case with Kanbaru,
didn't you end up in a similar situation, Araragi?
**[03:28] ---**
If what you have in mind is how you really feel,
I'd like you to stop.
**[03:31] ---**
Don't act in ways that are misunderstood
as fawning over underclassmen
**[03:34] ---**
when your own class
is having such a rough time.
**[03:37] ---**
I'll engrave that onto my heart.
**[03:39] ---**
Good.
**[03:41] ---**
To confirm, until you tagged along
on Ougi's fieldwork,
**[03:46] ---**
you had forgotten all about your memories
of middle school days with Oikura, right?
**[03:50] ---**
Not at all. It's the reverse.
**[03:53] ---**
Ougi accompanied me
when I was doing my fieldwork.
**[03:57] ---**
Ougi basically tagged along
with what I was doing.
**[04:00] ---**
She merely assisted
in my remembering Oikura.
**[04:06] ---**
I guess the idea isn't getting across very well...
Am I not expressing myself properly?
**[04:12] ---**
In my eyes, there's nothing more dangerous
than people like that girl.
**[04:15] ---**
Dangerous? Are you talking about Oikura?
**[04:19] ---**
See, we're not on the same page.
**[04:22] ---**
It's as if you're diverting the point
of this conversation on purpose.
**[04:29] ---**
Well, all right. I'm sure it just means
we can't talk about stuff like this today.
**[04:36] ---**
Hanekawa, if you mean to say you think
Ougi might feel ill will towards Oikura, that's not it.
**[04:43] ---**
In the first place,
Ougi has never even met Oikura.
**[04:46] ---**
I'm not worried about
anything like that, Araragi.
**[04:49] ---**
Ougi setting her sights on Oikura?
I'm not worried about something like that one bit.
**[04:55] ---**
What I am worried about is...
**[04:57] ---**
...is?
**[04:58] ---**
I mean, it's you, Araragi.
**[05:01] ---**
Something that you don't understand very well
may have set their sights on you.
**[05:05] ---**
Something I don't understand very well?
**[05:07] ---**
It may be something... that isn't too good.
**[05:10] ---**
To be honest, I'm not sure
I can protect you through it all.
**[05:14] ---**
Protect?
**[05:15] ---**
Araragi, you called what happened
during spring break "hell."
**[05:19] ---**
But Araragi, your true suffering
may be what's to come.
**[05:25] ---**
*We, Class President Tsubasa Hanekawa,
and Class Vice-President Koyomi Araragi, arrived...*
**[05:35] ---**
*...at our destination,
the current address for Sodachi Oikura.*
**[05:38] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[05:40] ---**
*Sodachi Oikura,
former class president,*
**[05:43] ---**
*hasn't shown up to school
on the day after that ordeal.*
**[05:48] ---**
*And, apparently sensing the threatening
atmosphere that was lingering,*
**[05:52] ---**
*Senjyogahara hasn't come to school
since that day either.*
**[05:56] ---**
And so, Araragi, I'm thinking of going to visit her
after school today...
**[06:02] ---**
I mean, visit Senjyogahara and Oikura.
**[06:05] ---**
In any case, we don't have enough time,
so I think we should split up and get to it.
**[06:09] ---**
Senjyogahara or Oikura...
**[06:12] ---**
Araragi, which person do you want to visit?
**[06:15] ---**
You can go ahead and choose, Araragi.
**[06:18] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[06:21] ---**
*Visit one's lover...*
**[06:23] ---**
*...or visit one's mortal enemy.*
**[06:25] ---**
*It was quite the ultimate decision,
but I decided on choosing the latter.*
**[06:32] ---**
*The reason why we decided
on splitting up and acting separately,*
**[06:34] ---**
*yet I met up with Hanekawa again later?*
**[06:37] ---**
HER PASSION
**[06:37] ---**
*The reasoning is due to
these circumstances.*
**[06:40] ---**
Huh? If it isn't Araragi-senpai!
**[06:44] ---**
Oh... Ougi.
**[06:47] ---**
Ougi, are you going home now?
**[06:49] ---**
Going home? Well... No.
**[06:53] ---**
What are you talking about, Araragi-senpai?
**[06:56] ---**
We had promised to meet here.
**[07:00] ---**
We made a promise to meet
at 3:42 at the school gates.
**[07:05] ---**
Nothing less from you, Araragi-senpai.
**[07:07] ---**
You're right on time. You're so precise.
You're really faithful in that way....
**[07:13] ---**
...you fool.
**[07:17] ---**
Hurray, I'm so happy.
**[07:19] ---**
Araragi-senpai is going to take me now
to eat non-revolving sushi.
**[07:23] ---**
Did I make such a promise?!
**[07:25] ---**
You did indeed. You said it was
to celebrate my transferring to this school.
**[07:29] ---**
Non-revolving sushi
to celebrate a school transfer...
**[07:32] ---**
What in the world
just transferred into my school?
**[07:40] ---**
I'm sorry, Ougi. Unfortunately,
I don't think I can keep my promise with you.
**[07:45] ---**
My, what is that
handsome-sounding line for?
**[07:48] ---**
Saying such a handsome-sounding line
while breaking a promise
**[07:51] ---**
must mean that you don't have
any money on you.
**[07:53] ---**
I have to take a bit of time now
to head to Oikura's house, Ougi.
**[07:57] ---**
Oh? So you're going to go
to that ruined house again?
**[08:01] ---**
No, not the ruined house,
but her current address...
**[08:04] ---**
NO.
**[08:05] ---**
I'VE BECOME WAY TOO TALKATIVE
IN FRONT OF OUGI
**[08:16] ---**
What are you doing?
**[08:17] ---**
Well, I tried opening the zipper
that was on your mouth.
**[08:20] ---**
Though, it was more like Velcro
than a zipper...
**[08:24] ---**
Do tell me a bit more about this, please.
**[08:28] ---**
What happened?
**[08:29] ---**
You're working on winning Oikura-senpai over
at amazing speed. Such rapid progress.
**[08:35] ---**
Report on just how things developed
and in what manner, fool.
**[08:40] ---**
No, it's not like winning her over
or anything like that.
**[08:43] ---**
It's not like I'm going to visit in order to see her,
but it's more like barging in on my part.
**[08:47] ---**
She didn't come to school again yesterday.
**[08:50] ---**
And even the day before that,
it was basically the same as being absent...
**[08:53] ---**
I WAS FORCED TO EXPLAIN.
**[08:55] ---**
And that's how it is.
**[08:56] ---**
So that's how it is?
**[08:58] ---**
I didn't hear much
about the details yet,
**[09:01] ---**
but she seems to be
living apart from her parents now.
**[09:05] ---**
Apart from her parents?
**[09:07] ---**
I see, then she was taken
into protective custody by a relative?
**[09:11] ---**
No, apparently she lives on her own.
**[09:15] ---**
I see... That's also interesting.
**[09:18] ---**
So just like you said, Ougi,
**[09:21] ---**
something along the lines of
her parents divorcing happened five years ago.
**[09:25] ---**
I guess you could say
her family was shattered.
**[09:27] ---**
And she returned here two years ago.
**[09:30] ---**
I see... The sleuthing I did
without much thought at all was correct.
**[09:35] ---**
However, Araragi-senpai...
Foolish Araragi-senpai...
**[09:38] ---**
In other words, Araragi-senpai,
you're about to go visit a girl
**[09:41] ---**
who is in reality
living all by herself.
**[09:47] ---**
That's not good.
**[09:49] ---**
It's not good?
**[09:51] ---**
It's not good, not good at all.
**[09:53] ---**
That's an act unbefitting a gentleman.
**[09:55] ---**
For a boy to make a solitary visit
to a girl living alone?
**[09:59] ---**
It wouldn't be surprising if someone suspects
there's some relationship there.
**[10:02] ---**
That isn't an act someone with a partner
should be doing.
**[10:10] ---**
Though your resolve seems to be strong.
**[10:12] ---**
And I was looking forward
to non-revolving sushi...
**[10:17] ---**
See you, Ougi.
**[10:18] ---**
Oh, I know!
**[10:19] ---**
I just thought of something brilliant,
Araragi-senpai.
**[10:23] ---**
Yours truly, though unworthy,
shall accompany you on this house call.
**[10:27] ---**
You, Ougi? That is a welcome offer...
**[10:32] ---**
HMM? IS IT WELCOME?
**[10:33] ---**
In other words,
it just has to be more than one person.
**[10:36] ---**
Especially because, you know, I'm a girl.
**[10:39] ---**
My being there with you should
calm down Oikura-senpai's heart somewhat.
**[10:43] ---**
She's not one to calm down
just because she's dealing with girls...
**[10:50] ---**
WOULD SHE CALM DOWN EVEN A LITTLE BIT
IF IT WAS AN UNDERCLASSMAN?
**[10:51] ---**
And as you're fully aware,
I'm very adept at listening to others.
**[10:55] ---**
Perhaps I may be able to draw out
all sorts of things from Oikura-senpai.
**[11:00] ---**
Draw out...
**[11:02] ---**
Araragi-senpai, until now,
your recollection of that class assembly
**[11:06] ---**
or the summer break
of your 7th grade year,
**[11:09] ---**
allowed you to remember
how she was in the past.
**[11:12] ---**
However, you haven't been able
to properly speak to her current self at all.
**[11:16] ---**
I can offer myself as the middleman
so there won't be any arguments.
**[11:23] ---**
I mean, I've already come this far, right?
**[11:27] ---**
Please let me do this service.
**[11:36] ---**
Then, Ougi, I request that you do.
**[11:39] ---**
Yes, it's been requested of me.
**[11:42] ---**
You shouldn't make that request!
**[11:50] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[11:53] ---**
You shouldn't make that request, Araragi.
**[11:56] ---**
Hanekawa...
**[11:59] ---**
You shouldn't.
**[12:01] ---**
See, you shouldn't rope in an underclassman
to an internal dispute of our class.
**[12:05] ---**
OH. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN?
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS?
**[12:06] ---**
INDEED, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING
TO ROPE OUTSIDERS INTO A PRIVATE AFFAIR.
**[12:07] ---**
Ougi—
**[12:08] ---**
No, no.
**[12:10] ---**
Don't be modest with me
in a strange manner, Araragi-senpai.
**[12:14] ---**
I would be hurt more by that.
**[12:17] ---**
Please don't worry about me at all.
I don't mind at all.
**[12:21] ---**
So please don't mind me.
**[12:22] ---**
It's more like being told something so distant
at this point in time is what's shocking.
**[12:27] ---**
It's like, disappointing.
**[12:32] ---**
We have that kind of relationship
between us, Araragi-senpai.
**[12:37] ---**
What kind of a relationship
do you and Araragi have, huh?
**[12:43] ---**
You met Araragi for the very first time
a mere three days ago, correct?
**[12:48] ---**
Yes, correct.
**[12:50] ---**
But, well, relationships between people
aren't necessarily measured by time.
**[12:55] ---**
I thought that I had really hit it off well
with Araragi-senpai in such a short amount of time.
**[13:01] ---**
We were locked inside
a mysterious classroom together.
**[13:04] ---**
We went on an adventure
in a ruined house together.
**[13:06] ---**
We shared experiences that were
impossible in normal life together, so...
**[13:11] ---**
Right, Araragi-senpai?
**[13:13] ---**
Yeah, that's right.
**[13:16] ---**
Oh, yes.
**[13:17] ---**
I've heard about those ordeals.
**[13:20] ---**
It seems my dear friend Araragi has received
a great deal of assistance in that regard.
**[13:30] ---**
I had thought that I needed
to give my thanks for that.
**[13:33] ---**
But well....
**[13:34] ---**
If it were me instead of you,
I would've done it a lot better.
**[13:41] ---**
I see.
**[13:42] ---**
I see, indeed.
**[13:44] ---**
Right. Yes, indeed, there's no doubt
you would've done things much better than I did.
**[13:48] ---**
As everyone knows, you're a genius.
**[13:50] ---**
Yes, of course, I've heard all about it
from my uncle as well.
**[13:54] ---**
By "uncle," are you
perhaps referring to Oshino?
**[13:59] ---**
Yes, as I'm his niece.
**[14:02] ---**
But, well... Even that ingenious nature
is meaningless if it cannot be exhibited.
**[14:07] ---**
In reality, I was the one that was
next to Araragi-senpai when everything happened.
**[14:12] ---**
Your ingenious nature
that even my uncle was afraid of...
**[14:16] ---**
Yes, but still, if I look at you from that perspective,
you really aren't as good as I've heard you are.
**[14:22] ---**
If you are the Tsubasa Hanekawa
that I had heard so much of...
**[14:25] ---**
You never would've been absent for the perils
that Araragi-senpai faced.
**[14:30] ---**
By saying "I would've done it a lot better,"
don't you actually mean, "If I was in my prime"?
**[14:35] ---**
Come on, Ougi.
**[14:37] ---**
That's not a nice way of saying things.
**[14:39] ---**
There are things that you can say,
and things you shouldn't.
**[14:42] ---**
What about Hanekawa
are you saying you know?
**[14:45] ---**
I don't know anything.
**[14:48] ---**
It's what you know, Araragi-senpai.
**[14:52] ---**
About Hanekawa-senpai's past and present...
**[14:55] ---**
...and about her future.
**[15:00] ---**
Right. On that point, this is essentially
something I shouldn't interfere with.
**[15:06] ---**
Well, Hanekawa-senpai,
I'm not stupid enough to go against you directly.
**[15:11] ---**
I wouldn't want to be rude to you
and be hated by my beloved Araragi-senpai, either.
**[15:17] ---**
So please, let's proceed from here
by utilizing compartmentalization.
**[15:21] ---**
Now, excuse me.
Please, go on ahead.
**[15:24] ---**
You're going to head to Senjyogahara-senpai's house
to visit her right now, right?
**[15:27] ---**
That house seems to be further away,
so shouldn't you hurry over there?
**[15:32] ---**
"Further away"?
**[15:34] ---**
Please rest assured.
**[15:36] ---**
If it's the case that you don't want
to see your valued friend Araragi-senpai
**[15:39] ---**
ask a favor from an underclassman,
**[15:43] ---**
I'll make sure it's not like that.
**[15:45] ---**
I mean, this is something
that I suggested in the first place.
**[15:48] ---**
I can make it so that I'm following
Araragi-senpai's exact footsteps of my own accord.
**[15:53] ---**
Much like some spirit possessing him.
**[15:55] ---**
That way, it won't bother you, right?
**[15:58] ---**
See, you know, it can be like
what you often read in mystery novels -
**[16:00] ---**
the assistant who forces himself
into that role.
**[16:02] ---**
An assistant forcing himself
into that role...
**[16:04] ---**
If Araragi-senpai is troubled
for one reason or another,
**[16:07] ---**
I can't just leave him alone like that.
**[16:09] ---**
I want to be one that saves Araragi-senpai.
**[16:13] ---**
Wasn't it the case that "all people can do
is save themselves on their own"?
**[16:18] ---**
That's my uncle's stance.
**[16:20] ---**
My stance is more along the lines
of the old "Grateful Crane" story.
**[16:24] ---**
The Grateful Crane?
**[16:27] ---**
Well, I wouldn't mind if it was
the "Straw Hats on the Jizo Statues" story either.
**[16:29] ---**
Simply put, my policy is
overdoing a show of gratitude.
**[16:33] ---**
Like one where I'm told,
"You're showing too much gratitude!"
**[16:36] ---**
Araragi-senpai has been exceptionally kind to me
as I transferred to this school,
**[16:41] ---**
and I feel I should show my gratitude in return,
even if it means putting my life on the line.
**[16:49] ---**
Araragi, I'm changing plans.
**[16:52] ---**
I'll go to Oikura's place as well.
**[16:55] ---**
I'll go with you, Araragi.
**[17:00] ---**
That way, you don't have
anything to complain about, right?
**[17:02] ---**
Ougi, you were saying that Araragi, a boy,
going alone to Oikura's place would be a problem.
**[17:09] ---**
If I went together with him,
that leaves no issues in that regard.
**[17:13] ---**
And you have no excuse.
**[17:16] ---**
Correct?
**[17:18] ---**
Aside from whether or not
there's a problem...
**[17:20] ---**
Weren't you supposed to visit Senjyogahara-senpai's
place as well, Hanekawa-senpai?
**[17:27] ---**
That's far from laudable behavior,
to leave your close friend for later.
**[17:32] ---**
I figured my chat with Senjyogahara
would be a long one to begin with.
**[17:36] ---**
I'll just stay over at her place tonight.
**[17:39] ---**
I think we'll have the first pajama party
in a while at Senjyogahara's place.
**[17:43] ---**
PAJAMA PARTY?
**[17:44] ---**
That settles that, right?
**[17:45] ---**
Because.... I can do things
better than you can.
**[17:49] ---**
In this world, it's not about whether or not
things can be done well, either.
**[17:53] ---**
Doing things too well
can lack balance in its own way.
**[17:58] ---**
Because it won't end up
as a happy medium like that.
**[18:01] ---**
I figure you're fully aware of that.
**[18:04] ---**
Well, good or bad aside,
**[18:07] ---**
it's not me that decides this.
It's Araragi-senpai.
**[18:14] ---**
Whether you go with me,
or go with Hanekawa-senpai.
**[18:17] ---**
Araragi-senpai,
you should be the one to decide.
**[18:20] ---**
The power to decide is in your hands.
**[18:22] ---**
Both myself and Hanekawa-senpai
will abide by your decision.
**[18:27] ---**
Right?
**[18:28] ---**
You're right. Araragi, you decide for us.
**[18:31] ---**
Because this isn't something
I can force upon you.
**[18:38] ---**
You know, Araragi-senpai.
**[18:40] ---**
It's such a bad thing to make Hanekawa-senpai,
a valued person you're indebted to,
**[18:44] ---**
trouble someone else
for a personal reason.
**[18:48] ---**
If she's saying this is private,
then Hanekawa-senpai is also out of the loop.
**[18:52] ---**
Araragi-senpai, you'd never wish for something
that would trouble Hanekawa-senpai, right?
**[18:57] ---**
HMM, THAT IS, INDEED, QUITE CORRECT.
**[18:58] ---**
THIS GIRL REALLY SAYS THINGS
THAT ARE CORRECT.
**[19:00] ---**
I promise you, Araragi-senpai.
If you let me come with you,
**[19:04] ---**
no matter what kind of mystery there is,
I'll show you an answer to it yet again.
**[19:09] ---**
WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO THAT FAR
WITH YOUR STATEMENTS...
**[19:13] ---**
I promise you, Araragi.
**[19:16] ---**
If you decide you want to come with me...
**[19:21] ---**
...I'll let you touch my breasts.
**[19:23] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[19:29] ---**
So room 444 in this place, huh...
**[19:32] ---**
It looks like the management company
isn't all too attentive.
**[19:35] ---**
This looks more like
a housing complex than condos.
**[19:38] ---**
Oikura is probably
receiving some sort of aid.
**[19:42] ---**
Aid?
**[19:44] ---**
From officials. And that's how
they introduced her to this property, I think.
**[19:49] ---**
*What I further found out was how Oikura and I
first met back when we were in grade school...*
**[19:53] ---**
*But how did I forget such a thing,
when even Sengoku remembered it?*
**[19:59] ---**
*No, it's not like I ever forgot it...*
**[20:03] ---**
When I think about it,
I may be cold-hearted.
**[20:07] ---**
I mean, I had forgotten
about Sengoku as well,
**[20:10] ---**
and I didn't realize who she was
when we first met.
**[20:15] ---**
But I think that's something
that can't be helped.
**[20:21] ---**
You didn't have an impressionable relationship
with either Sengoku or Oikura, right?
**[20:28] ---**
Then, Araragi,
can you wait here for a minute?
**[20:31] ---**
Here at the staircase? Why?
**[20:34] ---**
I mean, Oikura lives by herself.
**[20:36] ---**
So if we were to ring the doorbell
and she comes out in pajamas or loungewear...
**[20:40] ---**
She might be embarrassed
if you saw her like that, Araragi.
**[20:50] ---**
Who is it?
**[20:53] ---**
*So let me ponder again on how
that bloodcurdling confrontation was structured...*
**[20:59] ---**
*Many people may perhaps
be misunderstanding me,*
**[21:02] ---**
*but it's not that I chose Hanekawa as my partner
over Ougi because I was drawn to her breasts.*
**[21:09] ---**
*I felt something something was highly unusual
with the current situation*
**[21:12] ---**
*if it made Hanekawa go so far
as to say that.*
**[21:14] ---**
*That's why, with the choice between the two,
I chose her as my partner.*
**[21:19] ---**
*I did feel bad for Ougi, though.*
**[21:21] ---**
*I should properly follow through with her.*
**[21:23] ---**
*I need to be someone that can
do things like that as well from now on.*
**[21:27] ---**
*That's right. Putting non-revolving sushi aside,
I can take her to a place with revolving sushi...*
**[21:33] ---**
Araragi, it's fine for you to come up now.
**[21:36] ---**
Come up? But...
**[21:38] ---**
She said it's okay for us to go in.
**[21:41] ---**
However, to give you spoilers in advance,
she's still in her pajamas.
**[21:47] ---**
Wait, weren't you trying
to avoid such a situation?
**[21:52] ---**
She said, "I don't want to make such an effort
as to change into clothes just because Araragi is here."
**[21:57] ---**
I tried my best to convince her otherwise,
but the more I talked, the more stubborn she became.
**[22:01] ---**
In the end, she said
she will absolutely not change clothes,
**[22:03] ---**
and that if I said anything more,
she'd greet us naked.
**[22:06] ---**
So I decided to back down.
**[22:08] ---**
Rest assured, even I wouldn't be so frivolous
as to be elated over a girl in pajamas in this situation.
**[22:14] ---**
I don't know about that.
**[22:16] ---**
After all, this is coming from the person
who's after me for my breasts.
**[22:20] ---**
THE ACTUAL PERSON INVOLVED
REALIZES HOW I FELT THE LEAST.
**[22:21] ---**
*Now that the gate has been opened,
we have no choice but to step inside.*
**[22:26] ---**
*Even if it's like the castle gates opening
as a declaration of war,*
**[22:29] ---**
*I must accept it for what it is.*
**[22:31] ---**
*Because that is my...*
**[22:33] ---**
*...my duty as a childhood friend
of Sodachi Oikura.*
# E5 - Sodachi Lost, Part Two
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRMGP80ZR/sodachi-lost-part-2)
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**[00:00] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[00:01] ---**
*Back then, not even the few friends I had
knew my parents' profession.*
**[00:06] ---**
*How in the world did Oikura find out?*
**[00:09] ---**
*Such a curveball was tossed at me
by Hanekawa early yesterday morning.*
**[00:15] ---**
QUESTION
**[00:16] ---**
*I couldn't answer.
I had no idea whatsoever.*
**[00:20] ---**
If you can't figure it out no matter what you do,
how about you go ask your parents?
**[00:25] ---**
*Sure enough, that shed some light
on the answer.*
**[00:28] ---**
*Oikura and I had met back in grade school...
In other words, we're childhood friends.*
**[00:34] ---**
*To be precise, it was somewhere
back around when I was in sixth grade...*
**[00:38] ---**
*Back around when I was playing
with my little sister Tsukihi,*
**[00:41] ---**
*or with Sengoku
and the others Tsukihi brought over.*
**[00:45] ---**
*Back then, I was together
with Sodachi Oikura.*
**[00:48] ---**
I don't have many memories
of my grade school days,
**[00:52] ---**
so I clearly remember about
when I played with Tsukihi,
**[00:56] ---**
though I called her Lala at the time.
**[00:59] ---**
Of course, I remember about you too,
Big Brother Koyomi.
**[01:03] ---**
*There you have it.*
**[01:04] ---**
*One day... Wait, though I am speaking
as if I remember all of this now,*
**[01:09] ---**
*I haven't remembered any of this
as being reality just yet.*
**[01:12] ---**
*I have no memory of it at all.*
**[01:14] ---**
*This is what my parents told me
when I asked them, that's all.*
**[01:18] ---**
*In any case, one day...*
**[01:19] ---**
*My parents came home
and brought a girl with them.*
**[01:23] ---**
*That girl was, of course,
who is now known to be Sodachi Oikura.*
**[01:28] ---**
*My parents didn't give much of an explanation,
but apparently told me and my two younger sisters*
**[01:32] ---**
*that she'd be staying with us for a while,
so we should be friends.*
**[01:36] ---**
*My parents had taken Oikura as a child
to protect her from her "family,"*
**[01:40] ---**
*and brought her to their own home.*
**[01:43] ---**
*From her "family," where it was seen
that violence was already rampant at that time.*
**[01:48] ---**
I thought that she was
something of a mysterious person.
**[01:51] ---**
She never tried to play with us,
**[01:53] ---**
but didn't attempt to leave the room either,
and she never spoke.
**[01:58] ---**
*However, she suddenly disappeared.*
**[02:01] ---**
*Naturally, it was simply the fact that the child Oikura
had returned to her own house of her own accord.*
**[02:07] ---**
*She did so voluntarily.*
**[02:09] ---**
*It wasn't that her parents
came to take her back,*
**[02:11] ---**
*or my parents were no longer able
to protect her due to certain circumstances...*
**[02:16] ---**
*The child Oikura had decided on her own,*
**[02:18] ---**
*and left my version of "our home,"
and returned to her version of "our home."*
**[03:55] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[03:56] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST, PART TWO
**[03:58] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[03:59] ---**
How dare you come here.
**[04:01] ---**
OIKURA'S CONDO, ENTRANCE
**[04:02] ---**
I'll commend you on your nerve, Ararag—
**[04:06] ---**
ARARA-G?
**[04:10] ---**
Your name is so hard to pronounth...
**[04:13] ---**
SAME, DINING ROOM
**[04:15] ---**
Well... You look like
you're doing well, Oikura. I'm glad.
**[04:19] ---**
Look like I'm doing well?
Does it look that way?
**[04:23] ---**
Really. Just how much
of a hypocrite is she?
**[04:27] ---**
I'd suspected she wasn't just
some quiet, frail little girl...
**[04:30] ---**
Maybe I should sue her
for bodily injury.
**[04:33] ---**
Like, go to the doctor before the swelling goes down
and get a certificate for my injuries.
**[04:37] ---**
That way, maybe her recommendation
for college enrollment will be withdrawn?
**[04:48] ---**
Wait... what?
**[04:50] ---**
Wh-What is it?
Why are you poking my cheek?
**[04:54] ---**
Like, poke-poke...
**[04:55] ---**
Are we close enough that
you could act so mischievously with me?
**[04:59] ---**
What crime do you want
to be prosecuted for?
**[05:02] ---**
With that cheek, you probably wouldn't get
a certificate for injuries from any doctor, Oikura.
**[05:10] ---**
What?
**[05:14] ---**
The swelling completely healed in two nights.
What a healing power I have...
**[05:19] ---**
It seems like you're doing well,
with no major problems.
**[05:22] ---**
So, starting tomorrow,
you'll come to school again, right, Oikura?
**[05:26] ---**
So this is your job
as class president, huh? Let's see...
**[05:30] ---**
...Hanekawa, was it?
**[05:32] ---**
Right. I'm Tsubasa Hanekawa.
**[05:36] ---**
So you were asked by our teacher
to come pick me up or something?
**[05:41] ---**
Hanekawa aside...
**[05:43] ---**
Why would you come here?
**[05:46] ---**
A...
**[05:47] ---**
A-ra-ra-gi.
**[05:50] ---**
I don't want to see your face,
**[05:52] ---**
and I'm sure you don't want
to see my face either, you know?
**[05:55] ---**
You know, I thought we really
didn't get along with each other.
**[06:00] ---**
Was that just my misunderstanding?
**[06:03] ---**
It's not a misunderstanding.
**[06:04] ---**
But, it wasn't only that, either...
**[06:08] ---**
Weren't you the one who taught me that
the day before yesterday?
**[06:14] ---**
And even back in grade school.
**[06:31] ---**
No, well, I thought it'd be dangerous
if you threw the tea, Oikura.
**[06:35] ---**
So I prepared myself beforehand...
**[06:39] ---**
Two days ago, I couldn't stop Senjyogahara,
so I thought things over.
**[06:44] ---**
THINKING THINGS OVER
CAME TO BE OF TOO GOOD A USE.
**[06:45] ---**
Oikura.
**[06:47] ---**
Let's have a chat...
**[06:49] ---**
...about the past.
**[06:51] ---**
About the past for you and me.
**[06:52] ---**
IN THE END, THE ONE FACING OFF
AGAINST OIKURA WASN'T HANEKAWA, BUT ME.
**[06:58] ---**
I despise you.
**[07:00] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[07:02] ---**
Now you remember...
**[07:03] ---**
From the look of it, not only did you remember,
but, after five years,
**[07:07] ---**
it finally got through to you
what I was trying to do back then.
**[07:12] ---**
Which means...
you must totally be making fun of me.
**[07:16] ---**
Of someone who was totally kissing up to you
in order to get some help...
**[07:22] ---**
Of myself.
**[07:23] ---**
Kissing up?
**[07:25] ---**
I-I'm an idiot.
**[07:26] ---**
I'm an idiot, I'm an idiot, I'm an idiot.
**[07:29] ---**
I really am such an idiot!
**[07:31] ---**
I-I'm so embarrassed that I tried to save myself
when it meant kissing up to a guy like this!
**[07:35] ---**
I threw out my pride back then
to flatter someone like this!
**[07:39] ---**
I licked and lapped his shoes,
at least emotionally!
**[07:45] ---**
In the hope of making up for my mistakes,
I made an even worse one...
**[07:49] ---**
Embarrassing, embarrassing!
**[07:50] ---**
Embarrassing, embarrassing...
I want to die! I want to be gone!
**[07:58] ---**
But, Araragi.
**[08:01] ---**
Even if it wasn't me,
I'm sure the same thing would've happened.
**[08:05] ---**
I don't think I was
especially unfortunate or anything.
**[08:08] ---**
Something like this happens often.
**[08:12] ---**
Hey, don't you think so, too?
**[08:15] ---**
You can't possibly be feeling sympathetic
towards me or anything, right?
**[08:20] ---**
Don't pity me...
**[08:22] ---**
If you, someone who I despise,
pities me, I really feel like I want to die.
**[08:29] ---**
I do feel like it can't be helped,
no matter what you tell me.
**[08:33] ---**
Because I haven't returned one bit
of what you've given me.
**[08:38] ---**
So if you're telling me not to pity me,
then I won't pity you.
**[08:41] ---**
If you're saying not to atone for it,
of course I won't atone, either.
**[08:45] ---**
What's up with that?
Are you trying to act tough?
**[08:48] ---**
Do you think an attitude like that
is especially manly?
**[08:51] ---**
Do you think doing something like that
makes you a superior human?
**[08:54] ---**
Manly? That's just you tossing everything out.
**[08:58] ---**
Yeah... but speaking of tossing out,
didn't you do the same thing?
**[09:09] ---**
I couldn't help it. That's not my fault.
**[09:13] ---**
Why I toss things out,
**[09:14] ---**
why I run away when I'm sick of it,
is all my parents' fault.
**[09:18] ---**
My parents are the ones at fault.
**[09:19] ---**
It's my parents' responsibility
that I ended up like this.
**[09:23] ---**
So what are those parents doing now?
**[09:26] ---**
Whoa! Why is that on your mind?
**[09:28] ---**
I mean, the family makeup
of someone like me.
**[09:30] ---**
You didn't even consider it at all
back in middle school.
**[09:35] ---**
After you failed to help me,
they happily got a divorce.
**[09:39] ---**
My mother got custody of me,
and I left this town...
**[09:44] ---**
I don't give a rat's ass about
what the male parent is doing nowadays.
**[09:48] ---**
That's right. That male parent
is the one who did all that to that house.
**[09:52] ---**
That scumbag.
**[09:54] ---**
My mother only hit me when she needed to vent
the frustration of being beaten by the male parent.
**[10:00] ---**
I've been cooped up in my place like this
for over two years now.
**[10:07] ---**
But my mother also
cooped herself up as well.
**[10:10] ---**
Right after we turned into
a fatherless family, too...
**[10:13] ---**
It seems like the divorce gradually got to her.
**[10:15] ---**
She cooped herself up in one room
of our new home, and she never left it.
**[10:20] ---**
Never left?
**[10:21] ---**
It really was horrible.
**[10:23] ---**
She cooped herself up inside a locked room
and curled up in a corner.
**[10:27] ---**
Eventually, she stopped eating altogether.
**[10:31] ---**
Mother boarded up all the windows
and kept the curtains closed.
**[10:36] ---**
The room was pitch black.
**[10:40] ---**
And for the longest time,
she kept mumbling.
**[10:43] ---**
She mumbled stuff like,
"Parents can't choose their children," and stuff.
**[10:47] ---**
But at some point, she started to ignore me,
no matter what I said to her.
**[10:52] ---**
Fortunately, Japan is a country
that's pretty substantial in providing welfare.
**[10:57] ---**
Even without my mother earning a living,
as long as you have the proper paperwork,
**[11:00] ---**
one parent and one child
could barely scrape by.
**[11:03] ---**
So "it'd be better if my mother was gone"
was something I've never once thought.
**[11:08] ---**
This is one thing that's true.
**[11:13] ---**
Because I was praying every night...
**[11:16] ---**
So that "it'd be better if my mother was gone"
would be something I wouldn't wish for.
**[11:22] ---**
So that "it'd be better if my mother was gone"
would be something I wouldn't wish for.
**[11:28] ---**
So that "it'd be better if my mother was gone"
would be something I wouldn't wish for.
**[11:33] ---**
So that "it'd be better if my mother was gone"
would be something I wouldn't wish for.
**[11:40] ---**
But, my mother was gone,
against my wishes.
**[11:44] ---**
AGAINST MY WISHES
**[11:49] ---**
One day, without telling me anything,
**[11:51] ---**
without confessing anything to me,
my mother was gone.
**[11:56] ---**
When I came home from school,
my mother was gone.
**[11:59] ---**
My mother was gone then.
**[12:02] ---**
Suddenly, without any warning,
she went off somewhere...
**[12:05] ---**
See, isn't that a lot like me?
**[12:08] ---**
They say that girls often tend to be
more like their male parents,
**[12:11] ---**
but I'm sure I'm a lot like my mother.
**[12:14] ---**
OIKURA, MOST LIKELY
**[12:16] ---**
SMILED LIKE HER MOTHER.
**[12:18] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[12:20] ---**
I made dinner
and took it up to her room.
**[12:23] ---**
I unlocked the door and went inside,
and it was completely empty.
**[12:27] ---**
There wasn't even a letter left behind.
**[12:29] ---**
My parents...
**[12:31] ---**
OIKURA SAYS THAT.
**[12:32] ---**
Both of them...
**[12:33] ---**
KILLING EMOTIONS
**[12:34] ---**
I have no idea
of their whereabouts anymore.
**[12:36] ---**
SLAUGHTERING HER OWN HEART
**[12:38] ---**
In any case, with that,
I was freed from taking care of my mother.
**[12:42] ---**
I was able to catch up
on my schoolwork as well.
**[12:44] ---**
Among my relatives, I found someone
that could be my legal guardian in name only.
**[12:48] ---**
And then, by receiving federal aid,
I was able to come back to this town.
**[12:52] ---**
I didn't want to see you,
so I really didn't want to come back here...
**[12:56] ---**
But this was the only place
that had an opening.
**[12:59] ---**
Why did you decide to live on your own?
**[13:02] ---**
You could've continued to live in the house
where you had lived with your mother.
**[13:06] ---**
Why did you decide to take the time
to move at that point?
**[13:09] ---**
Because it was a place
overfilled with garbage.
**[13:11] ---**
I felt it better to toss out the entire house,
rather than attempt to clean up at that point.
**[13:15] ---**
Thinking over my past,
I keep the amount of furniture here sparse.
**[13:19] ---**
It looks really neat here, doesn't it?
**[13:22] ---**
You get it now...
that I'm not that unfortunate?
**[13:26] ---**
Something at this level
could happen to anyone, can't it?
**[13:29] ---**
Some more, some less,
but everyone experiences it.
**[13:32] ---**
It's something commonplace...
or rather, it's not even a story about hardships.
**[13:37] ---**
Well, it might be a bit rougher
than for most people, sure.
**[13:40] ---**
But if you say that,
you really can't get by in this world.
**[13:43] ---**
If put on the spot, I guess your parent
cooping themselves up is something unusual.
**[13:48] ---**
But I should be happy that I got to experience
something that doesn't happen often, a rarity.
**[13:53] ---**
It's not like I'm the only unfortunate one,
so I have to do my best.
**[13:57] ---**
I'm one of the more fortunate ones,
because I'm still alive like this.
**[14:03] ---**
So, I'm saying you don't have to pity me...
**[14:06] ---**
You don't have to apologize
or atone for anything, Araragi.
**[14:10] ---**
You don't have to
make up for your sins at all.
**[14:13] ---**
Somehow, talking about this
has cleared my mind, too...
**[14:17] ---**
In the end, they're all stories of the past.
**[14:20] ---**
The stories of the past that you seek
are only stories of the distant past.
**[14:24] ---**
They're all stories that have concluded.
**[14:26] ---**
END
**[14:28] ---**
I was irritated,
so I lashed out at you,
**[14:31] ---**
but at this point, I don't feel like
I want you to do anything for me.
**[14:35] ---**
If anything...
**[14:37] ---**
...can you guys go home now?
**[14:41] ---**
IF SHE TELLS US TO GO HOME,
**[14:42] ---**
WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GO HOME.
**[14:43] ---**
- Oi—
- Oikura.
**[14:45] ---**
Did you say "unlock the door"?
**[14:47] ---**
What?
**[14:51] ---**
Yes. That's right.
**[14:53] ---**
When you unlocked the door and went in,
your mother was gone...
**[14:58] ---**
But the windows were all boarded up, right?
**[15:01] ---**
And if the door was locked on top of that,
**[15:04] ---**
where did your mother
leave the room from?
**[15:09] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[15:10] ---**
WHERE DID YOUR MOTHER LEAVE THE ROOM FROM?
**[15:12] ---**
A LOCKED ROOM
**[15:13] ---**
From where? From the door, of course.
**[15:17] ---**
The door unlocks if you turn the inside handle,
so you can leave that way.
**[15:22] ---**
Then, was it a door
that locks itself automatically?
**[15:24] ---**
It was a normal keyed door.
**[15:27] ---**
But the key was placed randomly
somewhere around the house,
**[15:32] ---**
so I'm sure my mother
locked the door before leaving.
**[15:37] ---**
Well, yeah. You're right.
**[15:41] ---**
Then, Oikura, setting aside the room's lock,
what about the lock on the front door?
**[15:46] ---**
Why do you want to know
something so trivial as that....
**[15:49] ---**
I don't really remember.
**[15:51] ---**
If she doesn't remember,
that means it didn't make an impression on her.
**[15:54] ---**
That probably means that the door
was properly locked, right?
**[15:57] ---**
If it was unlocked, she would've felt
something was strange at that point.
**[16:02] ---**
I just don't get it...
**[16:03] ---**
Why does my mother's disappearance
bother you so much? Why?
**[16:09] ---**
Hey, Araragi...
**[16:11] ---**
Do you know how I felt when I was taken
into protective custody at your place?
**[16:16] ---**
I wondered why
you guys were showing off.
**[16:19] ---**
I had thought that my house,
and my family, was the norm.
**[16:24] ---**
No broken windows, no cracked walls,
no cracked floors - a neat little house like that...
**[16:29] ---**
I couldn't believe that
such a calm family could exist.
**[16:33] ---**
That's why I kept glaring at
all of you the whole time.
**[16:36] ---**
I silently kept glaring.
**[16:38] ---**
Do you remember that?
**[16:40] ---**
Yeah...
**[16:41] ---**
A LIE.
**[16:42] ---**
I HAVE NO MEMORY OF BACK THEN.
**[16:44] ---**
It was so bright... that's why I ran away.
**[16:47] ---**
I was blinded by the brightness,
and felt like my eyes would be crushed.
**[16:51] ---**
My body was going to be crushed
by the warmth and comfort.
**[16:53] ---**
I WISH I NEVER KNEW.
**[16:55] ---**
I WISH...
**[16:56] ---**
But it was no good. It was too late.
**[16:58] ---**
I NEVER MET YOU.
**[16:59] ---**
After seeing something like that just once...
**[17:02] ---**
I realized just how miserable my house was.
**[17:05] ---**
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NORMAL HOUSE.
**[17:06] ---**
SHE FELT THAT IT WAS BRIGHT.
**[17:08] ---**
By the time I found out,
there was nothing I could do.
**[17:12] ---**
I tried strange ways to do something about it,
and they started to say I was acting rebellious.
**[17:16] ---**
That caused me
to be beaten even more often.
**[17:19] ---**
Where it wouldn't be seen on me...
**[17:22] ---**
...the parts of me that weren't visible...
**[17:26] ---**
...were all pummeled.
**[17:30] ---**
But upon escaping that,
I couldn't fully escape.
**[17:33] ---**
I could no longer escape.
**[17:37] ---**
That's why, when I was reunited with you
back in middle school, I felt like it was destiny.
**[17:47] ---**
Didn't I do my best to kiss up to you?
**[17:51] ---**
Well, in reaction to that,
when we had our second reunion in high school,
**[17:56] ---**
I was a bit too harsh with you.
**[17:58] ---**
In any case, you had forgotten about me,
so none of that really mattered.
**[18:05] ---**
Really... things just don't go well.
**[18:07] ---**
With Tetsujo gone, I finally thought
that I could start over this time.
**[18:12] ---**
Araragi in my class yet again?
That's impossible.
**[18:14] ---**
I really do feel something like destiny here.
A destiny much like a curse.
**[18:20] ---**
You show up at every significant event in my life
and spread forth disaster.
**[18:26] ---**
- It's my fault?
- That's right.
**[18:28] ---**
Because of you,
my life is in shambles...
**[18:31] ---**
No. I know it's not your fault.
I know that I'm the one at fault...
**[18:37] ---**
What my mother said was correct.
**[18:40] ---**
If the baby born wasn't me,
it would've been a decent one.
**[18:45] ---**
It's my fault. I despise myself.
**[18:47] ---**
I... I despise myself.
**[18:49] ---**
But you know, if I don't blame it on you,
I can't keep going, Araragi.
**[18:54] ---**
I'm sorry, but please be my villain.
**[18:57] ---**
I can't take it anymore.
**[18:58] ---**
I can't recover if my parents
are the only villains I blame.
**[19:03] ---**
Oikura...
**[19:04] ---**
I wonder why things
never go well for me.
**[19:06] ---**
I'm doing things properly, I'm doing my best,
I'm making a good effort...
**[19:11] ---**
Of course, personality or sanity included,
there are all sorts of strange things.
**[19:15] ---**
But I haven't done anything that calls for
all the punishment I've received so far.
**[19:21] ---**
Tell me, Araragi.
You're happy right now, right?
**[19:25] ---**
If I'm contributing even just a little bit,
if you think that, tell me.
**[19:31] ---**
Why can't I be happy?
**[19:36] ---**
You're not happy because
you're not trying to be happy.
**[19:41] ---**
Nobody can make someone who isn't trying
to be happy into someone that's happy.
**[19:47] ---**
You sound like you know
what you're talking about.
**[19:50] ---**
I don't know everything.
I only know what I know.
**[19:56] ---**
Really, that's how it is. You're correct.
**[19:59] ---**
ANSWER
**[20:00] ---**
I mean, considering how frail I am,
if I was happy, I'd get crushed. Like, crunch.
**[20:06] ---**
My eyes, my body, they'd be crushed.
I couldn't bear the weight of happiness.
**[20:11] ---**
Instead of being happy after all this,
**[20:13] ---**
I rather be steeped ankle-deep in
lukewarm unhappiness and bear all of it.
**[20:17] ---**
I want to keep my shoes soaking wet
for as long as I live.
**[20:20] ---**
In reality, that's what I've been doing...
**[20:22] ---**
Yup.
**[20:24] ---**
I can't be happy after all this.
**[20:27] ---**
It's already too late.
**[20:28] ---**
TOO LATE.
**[20:29] ---**
THEN WHEN WOULD IT HAVE BEEN
CONSIDERED MAKING IT IN TIME?
**[20:30] ---**
OR, WAS IT THAT WAY BEFORE THAT,
IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE—
**[20:31] ---**
MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND.
**[20:32] ---**
EVERYTHING WAS A THING OF THE PAST,
HARDLY WORTH MENTIONING,
**[20:34] ---**
WAS IT SOMETHING THAT COULDN'T BE UNDONE,
UNABLE TO RETURN, AND TOO LATE FOR IT—
**[20:35] ---**
NO.
**[20:35] ---**
INCORRECT.
**[20:36] ---**
THAT'S NOT HOW IT IS.
**[20:37] ---**
No way.
**[20:39] ---**
There's no happiness that's so heavy
you'd be crushed by it.
**[20:43] ---**
Happiness isn't bright or heavy.
**[20:46] ---**
Don't overestimate what happiness is.
**[20:49] ---**
All kinds of happiness
are perfect for you.
**[20:53] ---**
So don't despise happiness like that.
**[20:56] ---**
Don't despise the world,
don't despise anything and everything....
**[20:59] ---**
Don't despise yourself.
**[21:01] ---**
All the types of "despise" within your body...
I'll accept all of them for you. I'll accept them all.
**[21:07] ---**
So I want you to love yourself more.
**[21:10] ---**
YOU CAN DESPISE ME AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
**[21:10] ---**
YOU CAN DESPISE ME AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
AT LEAST AS MUCH AS I
**[21:11] ---**
YOU CAN DESPISE ME AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
AT LEAST AS MUCH AS I
USED TO LOVE YOU BEFORE.
**[21:13] ---**
It's true that I'm currently very happy...
that's why I'll make the effort to say this!
**[21:17] ---**
It's a given that
everyone has something like this!
**[21:28] ---**
Well said.
**[21:33] ---**
Town hall...
**[21:35] ---**
Someone from town hall is coming soon.
**[21:38] ---**
I'm sorry to interrupt as you become passionate,
but I really want you guys to go home.
**[21:42] ---**
They're going to come check
if I'm living a proper life.
**[21:46] ---**
Right now, they're barely overlooking the fact
that I'm refusing to go to school.
**[21:51] ---**
If they saw me arguing with my classmates,
I'd be in trouble.
**[21:55] ---**
I see. Then we'll go home for today.
**[21:58] ---**
But we'll come again tomorrow.
The day after, too.
**[22:00] ---**
Not to mention the weekend,
even if it troubles you.
**[22:03] ---**
Troubling those we care about
is how we do things.
**[22:13] ---**
Oh, I forgot to tell you.
I should've said this at the beginning.
**[22:17] ---**
I've grown to be pretty fond of you.
**[22:24] ---**
Then, you guys...
please look for my mother who disappeared.
**[22:29] ---**
If you can find her,
I wouldn't mind going to school again.
**[22:34] ---**
And I wouldn't mind
apologizing to Senjyogahara.
# E6 - Sodachi Lost, Part Three
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR3VMW896/sodachi-lost-part-3)
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**[00:00] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[00:01] ---**
OIKURA'S OBJECTIVE.
**[00:02] ---**
WHAT IN THE WORLD—
**[00:03] ---**
DID SHE WANT TO KNOW?
**[00:05] ---**
Let's go over all the questions that have come up
concerning her mother's disappearance.
**[00:10] ---**
In the end, I think that will be
the key to all of this.
**[00:14] ---**
In other words,
why was the door to that room locked?
**[00:18] ---**
I have no idea.
**[00:20] ---**
Yeah, me neither.
**[00:22] ---**
You haven't figured it out?
**[00:25] ---**
That's something of a disappointment.
**[00:26] ---**
Not to be able to see through
a locked room mystery of this degree.
**[00:31] ---**
I've known that you're a fool,
Araragi-senpai,
**[00:34] ---**
but to think that even you,
Hanekawa-senpai, are a fool.
**[00:38] ---**
No, it's been on my mind.
**[00:40] ---**
So, despite knowing it's uncalled for,
I came to see how you were doing.
**[00:44] ---**
That perhaps Hanekawa-senpai wasn't able
to be of any help to Araragi-senpai...
**[00:50] ---**
And it's just as I thought.
**[00:53] ---**
Maybe you really are past your prime?
**[00:58] ---**
And yet, even being at such a degree,
you snatched Araragi-senpai away from me.
**[01:04] ---**
That makes me laugh. Dear me.
**[01:07] ---**
Despite enticing Araragi-senpai
with those lumps of meat on your chest, right?
**[01:13] ---**
*She's totally holding a grudge...*
**[01:15] ---**
Oh, embarrassing, so embarrassing.
**[01:18] ---**
If it was me, I'd be so embarrassed,
I couldn't go on living.
**[01:21] ---**
Using my sexual charm
to make Araragi-senpai choose me,
**[01:24] ---**
but only causing him
more trouble in the end.
**[01:27] ---**
Come to think of it,
I believe I myself am pathetic.
**[01:31] ---**
If I had tagged along,
**[01:32] ---**
Araragi-senpai wouldn't have had
to feel such an emotion.
**[01:36] ---**
Because I so easily allowed him
to be taken by Hanekawa-senpai's boobs,
**[01:39] ---**
all of this happened.
**[01:41] ---**
For making Araragi-senpai go through
such a feeling of helplessness, I'm truly sorry.
**[01:46] ---**
I really wonder how it would've been
if Araragi-senpai had chosen me back then.
**[01:52] ---**
But I won't blame you! I won't blame you,
Araragi-senpai. Of course I won't blame you.
**[01:57] ---**
Everyone makes mistakes after all...
**[01:59] ---**
Right, Hanekawa-senpai?
**[02:01] ---**
Hanekawa-senpai,
you'll forgive him as well, right?
**[02:03] ---**
For Araragi-senpai making
the huge mistake of choosing you.
**[02:08] ---**
If anything, how about
you put it into words and tell him?
**[02:12] ---**
Tell him, "My foolishness
isn't your responsibility, Araragi"...
**[02:17] ---**
Hey, Ougi...
**[02:18] ---**
As for me...
**[02:21] ---**
As for me, I've already solved it.
**[02:24] ---**
That locked room.
**[02:26] ---**
And where the mother has gone, too.
**[02:29] ---**
Well, just a general idea.
**[02:30] ---**
In a way.
**[02:34] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[02:35] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST, PART THREE
**[02:37] ---**
Well, for me, it was
an extremely simple practice problem.
**[02:41] ---**
Hanekawa-senpai,
if you absolutely don't understand it,
**[02:45] ---**
I'd love to be a good underclassman.
**[02:48] ---**
If you apologize for having big boobs,
I'll be the bigger person and forgive you.
**[02:54] ---**
"I routed all of my nutrition
toward my boobs.
**[02:57] ---**
Ougi, younger than me,
my underclassman,
**[02:59] ---**
I just can't solve this simple problem,
so please tell me the answer.
**[03:04] ---**
I'll never take Araragi
away from you ever again."
**[03:07] ---**
If you asked me like that, I might be
compelled to show you the model solution.
**[03:11] ---**
Ougi!
**[03:12] ---**
I'll be the one to beg you.
That should be fine, right?
**[03:15] ---**
If you already know, please tell me
**[03:17] ---**
what happened to Oikura
and her mother three years ago.
**[03:21] ---**
This troubles me.
**[03:22] ---**
I'm really angry at Hanekawa-senpai right now.
**[03:26] ---**
But I can't refuse
if you're the one asking me, Araragi-senpai.
**[03:34] ---**
So quiet... It's so boring.
**[03:37] ---**
In the end... Maybe you actually weren't
all that great in your prime, either?
**[03:42] ---**
Fine.
**[03:44] ---**
Then, Araragi-senpai...
**[03:45] ---**
"It was a mistake for me to choose someone
as insignificant as Hanekawa.
**[03:49] ---**
Ougi, you're the only partner for me.
**[03:52] ---**
I love you, Ougi, more than Hanekawa."
**[03:55] ---**
If you say that, I'll tell you.
**[03:58] ---**
The truth about all of this.
**[03:59] ---**
Wha—
**[04:00] ---**
What's the matter?
**[04:02] ---**
There's no need to hesitate, right?
**[04:03] ---**
Because, if you can figure that out,
Oikura-senpai is sure to be...
**[04:07] ---**
...elated by all of this.
**[04:13] ---**
Now's the time for you
to repay Oikura-senpai for everything, isn't it?
**[04:18] ---**
Or in the end, despite what you may say...
**[04:21] ---**
Do you prioritize Hanekawa-senpai's breasts?
**[04:27] ---**
HANEKAWA MAY ACCEPT
HER DEFEAT BY OUGI
**[04:28] ---**
AND BE FORCED TO ADMIT IT.
**[04:29] ---**
I DON'T WANT HANEKAWA
TO ADMIT DEFEAT.
**[04:31] ---**
Stop that. Araragi,
don't say anything of that sort.
**[04:35] ---**
Even if it's a lie, even if it's for me,
**[04:38] ---**
I don't want you to say
anything like that, Araragi.
**[04:41] ---**
B-But, Hanekawa...
**[04:42] ---**
Of course, I won't say that, either.
**[04:44] ---**
No matter how many times it takes,
I'll keep stealing you away, Araragi.
**[04:48] ---**
Ougi. Give me ten seconds.
I'll prove it...
**[04:52] ---**
That Araragi, by choosing me...
**[04:55] ---**
...made the correct choice.
**[04:57] ---**
Ten.
**[05:01] ---**
Nine.
**[05:05] ---**
Eight.
**[05:08] ---**
Seven.
**[05:11] ---**
Six.
**[05:14] ---**
Five.
**[05:18] ---**
Four.
**[05:22] ---**
Three.
**[05:22] ---**
HANEKAWA THINKS.
**[05:24] ---**
Two.
**[05:25] ---**
HANEKAWA THINKS.
**[05:27] ---**
One.
**[05:27] ---**
HANEKAWA THINKS.
**[05:29] ---**
- Ze—
- You don't have to say zero.
**[05:33] ---**
I win.
**[05:34] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[05:37] ---**
I win.
**[05:39] ---**
But this...
**[05:42] ---**
You...
**[05:43] ---**
Was something like this
really your first thought?
**[05:46] ---**
Without careful review?
**[05:48] ---**
Just by listening to bits and pieces
of our stories?
**[05:51] ---**
And the very first thought you had
was of such a truth?
**[05:55] ---**
Yes.
**[05:56] ---**
That's how the idea began...
**[05:59] ---**
I had a gut feeling and adjusted the reasoning
to fit the situation from there.
**[06:03] ---**
What kind of thought process do you have?
**[06:06] ---**
That's not sane. To think
that was your first thought...
**[06:11] ---**
But in the end, you came
to the same conclusion, didn't you?
**[06:15] ---**
Then I don't see
how you can say that to me.
**[06:18] ---**
Besides, the one furthest from being sane...
**[06:21] ---**
...is Oikura-senpai.
**[06:24] ---**
She is first and foremost
the one acting out of her mind.
**[06:29] ---**
—WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
**[06:32] ---**
Araragi... It's no good.
**[06:34] ---**
We absolutely cannot tell this to Oikura.
**[06:37] ---**
Araragi... Earlier, you seemed determined
to tell her the truth, no matter what it was.
**[06:42] ---**
But after hearing this,
I think you'll change your mind.
**[06:45] ---**
Change my mind?
**[06:47] ---**
You shouldn't do that, Hanekawa-senpai.
**[06:50] ---**
Don't go easy on the fool.
**[06:52] ---**
You need to make him think for himself,
even for a little bit.
**[06:55] ---**
Otherwise, Araragi-senpai
will forever remain the fool.
**[06:58] ---**
NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME PASSED
**[06:59] ---**
You have to make Araragi-senpai
reach this conclusion, too...
**[07:03] ---**
To come up with the truth behind it
that makes you nauseous just thinking about it.
**[07:10] ---**
The worst truth
I can think of would be...
**[07:15] ---**
Hint 1:
**[07:16] ---**
Oikura-senpai's mother is already deceased.
**[07:20] ---**
She's dead. That means...
**[07:22] ---**
Let's see. Oikura's mother
was killed by Oikura's father...
**[07:27] ---**
And the strange disappearance
that resembles being spirited away
**[07:31] ---**
happened as a result of that...
**[07:32] ---**
That's not it at all.
**[07:34] ---**
You're a kind person, Araragi-senpai.
**[07:37] ---**
The worst truth you can possibly imagine
is something that lukewarm?
**[07:41] ---**
Then, Hanekawa-senpai,
please give him the second hint.
**[07:44] ---**
M-Me?
**[07:46] ---**
Hint 2:
**[07:48] ---**
Araragi, back when
you were in middle school,
**[07:50] ---**
you mistook Oikura's house
to be ruined.
**[07:54] ---**
Oikura made a similar mistake
about her mother,
**[07:59] ---**
and still does to this day.
**[08:01] ---**
So her mother was murdered,
Oikura was the murderer,
**[08:04] ---**
and she isn't aware of any of it,
or something?
**[08:10] ---**
Hint 3:
**[08:11] ---**
Disappearing from a locked room
isn't necessarily escaping from that room.
**[08:16] ---**
In other words, Oikura unlocked
the door and went in,
**[08:20] ---**
but her mother, who was still in the room,
snuck out behind Oikura's back and left the house?
**[08:27] ---**
What reason would there be to do that?
**[08:29] ---**
Hint 4:
**[08:30] ---**
Araragi, if her mother is already deceased,
why can't we find her corpse?
**[08:36] ---**
Why is Oikura's mother still treated
as a missing person?
**[08:38] ---**
MISSING PERSON REPORT
**[08:41] ---**
Hint 5:
**[08:43] ---**
This time, I only
heard everything secondhand...
**[08:45] ---**
But Araragi-senpai,
even if you had chosen me as your partner,
**[08:49] ---**
based on Oikura-senpai's stories,
**[08:51] ---**
I wouldn't have been able to determine
the exact details for "that."
**[08:55] ---**
Now what is...
**[08:57] ---**
..."that"?
**[08:58] ---**
Hint 6:
**[09:00] ---**
Oikura's previous house couldn't be cleaned,
as it was filled with garbage.
**[09:06] ---**
Hint 7:
**[09:07] ---**
Her mother suddenly disappeared one day.
**[09:10] ---**
Suddenly. One day.
**[09:11] ---**
Suddenly. On that day.
**[09:13] ---**
Then, what about the day before that?
**[09:16] ---**
Hint 8:
**[09:17] ---**
Because of the family's breakup,
Oikura's mother had a very weak heart.
**[09:23] ---**
To the point where she cooped herself up
in her room and lost the will to live.
**[09:28] ---**
Hint 9:
**[09:29] ---**
Oikura-senpai had been
taking care of her mother,
**[09:32] ---**
but, over time, the mother
supposedly stopped eating completely.
**[09:37] ---**
Now, the word "completely" here...
**[09:39] ---**
COMPLETELY
**[09:40] ---**
Araragi-senpai, you probably thought,
"You say that, but she must've eaten a little, right?"
**[09:44] ---**
or some milder interpretation
of your own, didn't you?
**[09:49] ---**
Hint 10:
**[09:50] ---**
Oikura also said that her mother,
**[09:52] ---**
from a certain day, wouldn't reply
even when she talked to her, right?
**[09:57] ---**
Hint 11:
**[09:59] ---**
And that she stopped moving
from the corner of her room.
**[10:01] ---**
Hint 12:
**[10:03] ---**
NOT EATING,
**[10:03] ---**
Not eating.
**[10:04] ---**
NOT LISTENING,
**[10:04] ---**
Not listening.
**[10:05] ---**
NOT SPEAKING,
**[10:05] ---**
Not speaking.
**[10:06] ---**
NOT MOVING.
**[10:06] ---**
And not moving.
**[10:07] ---**
Do you think someone
is even alive at that point?
**[10:10] ---**
Hint 13:
**[10:11] ---**
Can a middle schooler
really take care of a parent
**[10:14] ---**
who's cooped up in their room
for years on end?
**[10:18] ---**
I mean, aside from
taking care of a corpse.
**[10:21] ---**
Hint 14:
**[10:22] ---**
How long will a human corpse keep its shape?
**[10:26] ---**
Hint 15:
**[10:27] ---**
Hint 16:
**[10:29] ---**
Hint 17:
**[10:30] ---**
Hint 18:
**[10:32] ---**
Hint 19:
**[10:33] ---**
Hint 20:
**[10:34] ---**
Hint 21:
**[10:35] ---**
Hint 22:
**[10:36] ---**
Hint 23:
**[10:37] ---**
Hint 24:
**[10:37] ---**
Hint 25:
**[10:38] ---**
Hint 26:
**[10:39] ---**
Hint 27:
**[10:40] ---**
Hint 28:
**[10:40] ---**
Hint 29:
**[10:49] ---**
I get it already!
**[10:53] ---**
Basically, Oikura, for almost two whole years,
took care of her mother's corpse, right?
**[10:59] ---**
Until the corpse fully deteriorated
and disappeared without a trace,
**[11:02] ---**
she didn't even notice!
**[11:04] ---**
*Yeah... That's right.*
**[11:06] ---**
*In the class assembly two years ago,
I overlooked the truth.*
**[11:08] ---**
ABOUT OIKURA'S TRAGEDY/INSANITY
**[11:09] ---**
*I also overlooked it
at the ruined house five years ago.*
**[11:12] ---**
I
**[11:13] ---**
*I still can't remember anything about
the childhood friend from six years ago.*
**[11:16] ---**
*Since that's the case,
I can't run from this here.*
**[11:19] ---**
MUST CONFRONT IT FACE ON.
**[11:20] ---**
*I can't just avoid things here.*
**[11:23] ---**
Good answer.
**[11:24] ---**
It wasn't the fact that
Oikura-senpai's mother suddenly disappeared.
**[11:28] ---**
She slowly starved herself to death
by choosing to not eat.
**[11:31] ---**
And, after that, she slowly decomposed.
**[11:34] ---**
When her original form decomposed
and melted away to where it was unrecognizable,
**[11:37] ---**
Oikura-senpai must've had the thought,
"My mother has gone somewhere."
**[11:43] ---**
It was just like water evaporating.
**[11:45] ---**
"I despise water that thinks
it boiled itself on its own," was it?
**[11:50] ---**
Yes, but her mother, if I may say so,
boiled herself on her own.
**[11:54] ---**
Water...
**[11:55] ---**
In other words, Oikura-senpai's mother
essentially evaporated.
**[12:00] ---**
Her mother never left the room.
**[12:04] ---**
She didn't disappear in a puff of smoke.
She disappeared like water.
**[12:08] ---**
But humans don't consist only of water.
What happened to the rest?
**[12:13] ---**
It must've been that when they took the garbage
from the house, she was taken along with it.
**[12:19] ---**
So... In other words, this means
it was suicide by starvation?
**[12:24] ---**
Now, we don't know that.
**[12:26] ---**
Even though she lost the will to live,
I think it's different from suicide.
**[12:32] ---**
Losing the will to live and wishing to die
are different things to the human heart.
**[12:38] ---**
What do you think, Hanekawa-senpai?
**[12:40] ---**
I only wish for Oikura
to not find out about this,
**[12:44] ---**
and to never find out
for as long as she lives.
**[12:49] ---**
But, well, I'm sure she feels
a bit strange about all of this.
**[12:53] ---**
Something is off, she feels like
she's avoiding something...
**[12:57] ---**
She has the feeling that
she's pretending not to notice something.
**[13:00] ---**
I'm sure she's been feeling that way
for the past three years.
**[13:04] ---**
And she will for the rest of her life.
**[13:07] ---**
No, that ends today.
**[13:10] ---**
I'll tell her. I'll be the one to tell her.
**[13:13] ---**
I'm going back to Oikura's room right now
to tell her everything.
**[13:19] ---**
It's about time for the guy from town hall
to be leaving her place, right?
**[13:22] ---**
I'll go by myself.
**[13:24] ---**
It'd be great if you two could wait here.
**[13:26] ---**
A-Araragi... Are you serious?
**[13:29] ---**
I'm serious. I said so earlier, right?
**[13:32] ---**
That until now, I've always looked at Oikura
and pretended not to see.
**[13:36] ---**
This has gone on for over six years.
**[13:38] ---**
Just like how she couldn't look
straight at her mother's death,
**[13:41] ---**
I couldn't look straight at her.
**[13:44] ---**
That's why I can no longer overlook Oikura.
**[13:49] ---**
I don't know what will happen
as a result, Araragi-senpai.
**[13:53] ---**
Oikura-senpai might
hate you more than ever.
**[13:57] ---**
She can't hate me more
than she does now, so it's all right.
**[14:00] ---**
Even if she did, if she can love herself
as a result of her hating me,
**[14:06] ---**
well, I guess that'd be a bit better.
**[14:10] ---**
*As her senior on this path,
even though I'm only slightly ahead of her,*
**[14:14] ---**
*I'm going to teach her
how to become happy.*
**[14:17] ---**
*That said, the student is Oikura,
who is the epitome of a distinguished student.*
**[14:22] ---**
*Even concerning happiness,
after learning some tips,*
**[14:26] ---**
*she's sure to pass me in no time.*
**[14:29] ---**
*But happiness isn't a race.*
**[14:32] ---**
*If she passes me,
I just need to learn from her in return.*
**[14:38] ---**
*That's how we learn, teach,
and take each other to a higher place.*
**[14:44] ---**
*Let's hold a study session.*
**[14:46] ---**
*Even though our foolishness is endless...*
**[14:48] ---**
*We can become wiser together.*
**[14:50] ---**
*We should become happy properly.*
**[14:56] ---**
Araragi-senpai...
**[14:58] ---**
Are you going to repay
kindness with ingratitude?
**[15:03] ---**
*Even if it's ingratitude, I'm really glad
I have something I can repay Oikura with.*
**[15:10] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[15:12] ---**
*What you'd call an epilogue...
Or the punchline for this episode.*
**[15:15] ---**
*The next day, my two little sisters, Karen and Tsukihi,
woke me up, and I headed to school.*
**[15:21] ---**
*At that time, I asked my two little sisters
if they remember a child*
**[15:25] ---**
*that was under protective custody
in this house back in grade school.*
**[15:30] ---**
*Neither of them
remembered such a thing.*
**[15:33] ---**
*In the end, Oikura won't be coming to school...*
**[15:36] ---**
*Even if I went to school today,
I'd never be able to see Oikura.*
**[15:40] ---**
*The promise we made
ended up being discarded,*
**[15:43] ---**
*but that was something
that was completely unavoidable.*
**[15:47] ---**
The guy from town hall just told me that my aid
will be roughly half of what it is now.
**[15:52] ---**
So, apparently, I can't live here anymore.
**[15:55] ---**
That said, I'll be all right.
**[15:57] ---**
He said they already found
a slightly smaller municipal condo for me.
**[16:01] ---**
So, I'll end up having to move again.
**[16:04] ---**
I'll be transferring out
of Naoetsu High School as well.
**[16:08] ---**
*She was surprisingly calm about all of this.*
**[16:11] ---**
*When I see her alone,
when I talk to her alone, Oikura is like this.*
**[16:17] ---**
*Just like the summer break back in 7th grade.*
**[16:21] ---**
*Oikura accepted the theory about her mother
so easily it threw me off.*
**[16:28] ---**
I see... That must be how it is.
**[16:34] ---**
I knew that I'd have to
leave this town pretty soon...
**[16:38] ---**
But you know, that was when I found out
Tetsujo would be taking time off.
**[16:42] ---**
So, that's why I went to school.
**[16:44] ---**
I felt like something might be there,
that something might change.
**[16:51] ---**
And then...
**[16:53] ---**
*After that, I spoke a bit with Oikura,
then headed back home.*
**[16:58] ---**
*I didn't end up doing anything else.*
**[17:00] ---**
*And so, I'm not worried about
bumping into Oikura in my classroom today*
**[17:05] ---**
*and am heading to school...*
**[17:07] ---**
Hi, Araragi-senpai.
**[17:11] ---**
Don't you "Hi" me...
**[17:13] ---**
Hey, Ougi, why did you
head home yesterday?
**[17:16] ---**
I told you to wait for me.
**[17:18] ---**
Hanekawa-senpai said
we should go home.
**[17:21] ---**
Why would Hanekawa say that?
**[17:23] ---**
She was saying it in a positive way.
**[17:25] ---**
Kind of like,
"Let's leave them alone."
**[17:28] ---**
No, don't say it was "in a positive way."
**[17:31] ---**
How surprised do you think I was
when I saw you guys weren't in that courtyard?
**[17:36] ---**
About yesterday...
That was a loss for me.
**[17:39] ---**
I'm terribly sorry.
I had underestimated you, to be honest.
**[17:43] ---**
I was completely under the impression
that you'd turn tail and run...
**[17:47] ---**
At the very end, you showed me
some unexpected gusto.
**[17:51] ---**
Somehow, it all feels a bit strange.
**[17:54] ---**
As soon as you transfer to this school,
Tetsujo went on maternity leave...
**[17:57] ---**
Oikura comes to school...
**[17:59] ---**
And as I was processing that,
she transfers away.
**[18:02] ---**
Things that were at a standstill,
things that were avoided,
**[18:05] ---**
as if they were suddenly remembered,
felt as though they suddenly started moving along.
**[18:10] ---**
Oh, so Oikura-senpai is transferring
to another school?
**[18:13] ---**
I didn't know that.
**[18:15] ---**
She was well cast, too.
**[18:18] ---**
But really, I hope she can do well
wherever she transfers to.
**[18:22] ---**
I'm sure she'll succeed if she's in
a new place where nobody knows her.
**[18:26] ---**
Because of Araragi-senpai.
**[18:28] ---**
Thanks to you.
**[18:34] ---**
Ougi, what are you doing in a place like this?
**[18:39] ---**
Is your home nearby?
**[18:40] ---**
I've been looking for a lost child.
**[18:43] ---**
That was my original starting point.
**[18:47] ---**
I'll chalk this one up as my loss...
**[18:49] ---**
But, at the least,
if I was allowed to be a sore loser...
**[18:53] ---**
The first move was just something
to watch how things unfolded.
**[18:56] ---**
The objective of seeing how you behave
with your childhood friends has been met.
**[19:02] ---**
So, as far as balance goes,
I think it was perfect for me to lose here.
**[19:06] ---**
Please be careful, Araragi-senpai.
**[19:09] ---**
It might not go this well next time.
**[19:12] ---**
No one knows what the future holds,
**[19:14] ---**
because it's as dark
as the streets at night.
**[19:18] ---**
I see... That's a shame.
**[19:21] ---**
I thought I'd be able
to get along with Oikura.
**[19:25] ---**
But I guess we should celebrate
Oikura's new start in life for now.
**[19:30] ---**
That's true.
Ougi said something like that as well.
**[19:35] ---**
Araragi, I have to go request
a leave of absence,
**[19:39] ---**
so can you head
to the classroom without me?
**[19:41] ---**
Oh, sure...
**[19:43] ---**
Wait, request for a leave of absence?
**[19:44] ---**
What? You're going to
quit Naoetsu High as well?
**[19:47] ---**
No, time off. A leave of absence.
**[19:50] ---**
You know how I'm planning to take a trip
and wander around after we graduate, right?
**[19:55] ---**
I thought I'd go scout locations first,
**[19:58] ---**
so I'm going to take a quick trip
around the world.
**[20:00] ---**
I'll be gone about a month,
so I'll leave things to you.
**[20:04] ---**
If I see Oshino somewhere during this trip,
I'll reach out to him for you.
**[20:08] ---**
Then, if you see Oshino somewhere,
tell him I've met his niece.
**[20:14] ---**
Yeah. Well, I'll be sure to tell him that.
***SIGN*** NO SUBJECT / *MARK AS UNREAD TO KOYOKOYO, I REALLY HAD BROKEN A BONE ON MY FINGER SO I'LL HEAD TO SCHOOL TODAY AFTER GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.
**[20:27] ---**
Why does this look like an old telegraph?
**[20:30] ---**
TO YOKOYOKO
**[20:31] ---**
Side-side (yoko-yoko)?
***SIGN*** TO YOKOYOKO OIKURA CAME TO APOLOGIZE THIS MORNING. I FORGAVE HER. I'M ALL RIGHT NOW (THOUGH I HAVE A BROKEN BONE)
**[20:38] ---**
*Apparently Oikura had kept her promise
to make up with Senjyogahara.*
**[20:44] ---**
*I'm glad.*
**[20:46] ---**
*I should show Hanekawa this text
before she leaves for her trip.*
***SIGN*** KOYOKOYO, I'M SORRY TO MAKE YOU WORRY SO MUCH. I'LL GIVE YOU LOTS OF FRENCH KISSES ON OUR NEXT DATE, SO FORGIVE ME I'M ADDICTED TO YOUR FRENCH KISSES
**[20:55] ---**
These texts are turning into something
I can't show anyone!
***SIGN*** A MESSAGE FROM OIKURA. SHE SAID "UNDER THE DESK." FROM YOUR LEFT
**[21:02] ---**
FROM YOUR LEFT
**[21:05] ---**
*"From your left"?
What kind of a greeting is that?*
**[21:11] ---**
*Back in the day,
during summer break five years ago.*
**[21:14] ---**
*Hadn't I had found a similar envelope
underneath a tea table in a ruined house?*
**[21:20] ---**
*However, that envelope was empty.*
**[21:23] ---**
*From how it felt, I could tell
that this time around, there was paper inside.*
**[21:28] ---**
*The envelope didn't have a sender or a recipient
on either the front or the back.*
**[21:32] ---**
*However, it was obvious
who had taped this to my desk.*
**[21:38] ---**
*Sodachi Oikura.
She'd kept all of her promises.*
**[21:44] ---**
*Suddenly disappearing without warning...*
**[21:46] ---**
*Oikura, for now, has become a girl
who wouldn't do that.*
**[21:52] ---**
*It was a small change,
but it was still a change for her.*
**[21:55] ---**
*That made me happy,*
**[21:57] ---**
*but I felt like she'd gone ahead of me,
which left me feeling a bit lonely.*
**[22:01] ---**
*Here, I felt I should show
that I've grown up as well,*
**[22:05] ---**
*so I didn't rip and tear into it
like I did five years ago.*
**[22:08] ---**
*I opened the envelope
as carefully as possible*
**[22:10] ---**
*and pulled out multiple sheets
of paper from within.*
**[22:14] ---**
*Now, are the contents of the letter
a mathematics quiz?*
**[22:18] ---**
*A letter of thanks she's unlikely to write?*
**[22:21] ---**
*Or will it be a message insulting me?*
**[22:23] ---**
*It's possible it'll be all of the above...*
**[22:26] ---**
*Now, let's see.*
**[22:32] ---**
*I couldn't help but smile.*
**[22:35] ---**
*Hey, what do you think was written?*
# E7 - Shinobu Mail, Part One
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR3VMW896/sodachi-lost-part-3)
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**[00:00] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[00:01] ---**
OIKURA'S OBJECTIVE.
**[00:02] ---**
WHAT IN THE WORLD—
**[00:03] ---**
DID SHE WANT TO KNOW?
**[00:05] ---**
Let's go over all the questions that have come up
concerning her mother's disappearance.
**[00:10] ---**
In the end, I think that will be
the key to all of this.
**[00:14] ---**
In other words,
why was the door to that room locked?
**[00:18] ---**
I have no idea.
**[00:20] ---**
Yeah, me neither.
**[00:22] ---**
You haven't figured it out?
**[00:25] ---**
That's something of a disappointment.
**[00:26] ---**
Not to be able to see through
a locked room mystery of this degree.
**[00:31] ---**
I've known that you're a fool,
Araragi-senpai,
**[00:34] ---**
but to think that even you,
Hanekawa-senpai, are a fool.
**[00:38] ---**
No, it's been on my mind.
**[00:40] ---**
So, despite knowing it's uncalled for,
I came to see how you were doing.
**[00:44] ---**
That perhaps Hanekawa-senpai wasn't able
to be of any help to Araragi-senpai...
**[00:50] ---**
And it's just as I thought.
**[00:53] ---**
Maybe you really are past your prime?
**[00:58] ---**
And yet, even being at such a degree,
you snatched Araragi-senpai away from me.
**[01:04] ---**
That makes me laugh. Dear me.
**[01:07] ---**
Despite enticing Araragi-senpai
with those lumps of meat on your chest, right?
**[01:13] ---**
*She's totally holding a grudge...*
**[01:15] ---**
Oh, embarrassing, so embarrassing.
**[01:18] ---**
If it was me, I'd be so embarrassed,
I couldn't go on living.
**[01:21] ---**
Using my sexual charm
to make Araragi-senpai choose me,
**[01:24] ---**
but only causing him
more trouble in the end.
**[01:27] ---**
Come to think of it,
I believe I myself am pathetic.
**[01:31] ---**
If I had tagged along,
**[01:32] ---**
Araragi-senpai wouldn't have had
to feel such an emotion.
**[01:36] ---**
Because I so easily allowed him
to be taken by Hanekawa-senpai's boobs,
**[01:39] ---**
all of this happened.
**[01:41] ---**
For making Araragi-senpai go through
such a feeling of helplessness, I'm truly sorry.
**[01:46] ---**
I really wonder how it would've been
if Araragi-senpai had chosen me back then.
**[01:52] ---**
But I won't blame you! I won't blame you,
Araragi-senpai. Of course I won't blame you.
**[01:57] ---**
Everyone makes mistakes after all...
**[01:59] ---**
Right, Hanekawa-senpai?
**[02:01] ---**
Hanekawa-senpai,
you'll forgive him as well, right?
**[02:03] ---**
For Araragi-senpai making
the huge mistake of choosing you.
**[02:08] ---**
If anything, how about
you put it into words and tell him?
**[02:12] ---**
Tell him, "My foolishness
isn't your responsibility, Araragi"...
**[02:17] ---**
Hey, Ougi...
**[02:18] ---**
As for me...
**[02:21] ---**
As for me, I've already solved it.
**[02:24] ---**
That locked room.
**[02:26] ---**
And where the mother has gone, too.
**[02:29] ---**
Well, just a general idea.
**[02:30] ---**
In a way.
**[02:34] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[02:35] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST, PART THREE
**[02:37] ---**
Well, for me, it was
an extremely simple practice problem.
**[02:41] ---**
Hanekawa-senpai,
if you absolutely don't understand it,
**[02:45] ---**
I'd love to be a good underclassman.
**[02:48] ---**
If you apologize for having big boobs,
I'll be the bigger person and forgive you.
**[02:54] ---**
"I routed all of my nutrition
toward my boobs.
**[02:57] ---**
Ougi, younger than me,
my underclassman,
**[02:59] ---**
I just can't solve this simple problem,
so please tell me the answer.
**[03:04] ---**
I'll never take Araragi
away from you ever again."
**[03:07] ---**
If you asked me like that, I might be
compelled to show you the model solution.
**[03:11] ---**
Ougi!
**[03:12] ---**
I'll be the one to beg you.
That should be fine, right?
**[03:15] ---**
If you already know, please tell me
**[03:17] ---**
what happened to Oikura
and her mother three years ago.
**[03:21] ---**
This troubles me.
**[03:22] ---**
I'm really angry at Hanekawa-senpai right now.
**[03:26] ---**
But I can't refuse
if you're the one asking me, Araragi-senpai.
**[03:34] ---**
So quiet... It's so boring.
**[03:37] ---**
In the end... Maybe you actually weren't
all that great in your prime, either?
**[03:42] ---**
Fine.
**[03:44] ---**
Then, Araragi-senpai...
**[03:45] ---**
"It was a mistake for me to choose someone
as insignificant as Hanekawa.
**[03:49] ---**
Ougi, you're the only partner for me.
**[03:52] ---**
I love you, Ougi, more than Hanekawa."
**[03:55] ---**
If you say that, I'll tell you.
**[03:58] ---**
The truth about all of this.
**[03:59] ---**
Wha—
**[04:00] ---**
What's the matter?
**[04:02] ---**
There's no need to hesitate, right?
**[04:03] ---**
Because, if you can figure that out,
Oikura-senpai is sure to be...
**[04:07] ---**
...elated by all of this.
**[04:13] ---**
Now's the time for you
to repay Oikura-senpai for everything, isn't it?
**[04:18] ---**
Or in the end, despite what you may say...
**[04:21] ---**
Do you prioritize Hanekawa-senpai's breasts?
**[04:27] ---**
HANEKAWA MAY ACCEPT
HER DEFEAT BY OUGI
**[04:28] ---**
AND BE FORCED TO ADMIT IT.
**[04:29] ---**
I DON'T WANT HANEKAWA
TO ADMIT DEFEAT.
**[04:31] ---**
Stop that. Araragi,
don't say anything of that sort.
**[04:35] ---**
Even if it's a lie, even if it's for me,
**[04:38] ---**
I don't want you to say
anything like that, Araragi.
**[04:41] ---**
B-But, Hanekawa...
**[04:42] ---**
Of course, I won't say that, either.
**[04:44] ---**
No matter how many times it takes,
I'll keep stealing you away, Araragi.
**[04:48] ---**
Ougi. Give me ten seconds.
I'll prove it...
**[04:52] ---**
That Araragi, by choosing me...
**[04:55] ---**
...made the correct choice.
**[04:57] ---**
Ten.
**[05:01] ---**
Nine.
**[05:05] ---**
Eight.
**[05:08] ---**
Seven.
**[05:11] ---**
Six.
**[05:14] ---**
Five.
**[05:18] ---**
Four.
**[05:22] ---**
Three.
**[05:22] ---**
HANEKAWA THINKS.
**[05:24] ---**
Two.
**[05:25] ---**
HANEKAWA THINKS.
**[05:27] ---**
One.
**[05:27] ---**
HANEKAWA THINKS.
**[05:29] ---**
- Ze—
- You don't have to say zero.
**[05:33] ---**
I win.
**[05:34] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[05:37] ---**
I win.
**[05:39] ---**
But this...
**[05:42] ---**
You...
**[05:43] ---**
Was something like this
really your first thought?
**[05:46] ---**
Without careful review?
**[05:48] ---**
Just by listening to bits and pieces
of our stories?
**[05:51] ---**
And the very first thought you had
was of such a truth?
**[05:55] ---**
Yes.
**[05:56] ---**
That's how the idea began...
**[05:59] ---**
I had a gut feeling and adjusted the reasoning
to fit the situation from there.
**[06:03] ---**
What kind of thought process do you have?
**[06:06] ---**
That's not sane. To think
that was your first thought...
**[06:11] ---**
But in the end, you came
to the same conclusion, didn't you?
**[06:15] ---**
Then I don't see
how you can say that to me.
**[06:18] ---**
Besides, the one furthest from being sane...
**[06:21] ---**
...is Oikura-senpai.
**[06:24] ---**
She is first and foremost
the one acting out of her mind.
**[06:29] ---**
—WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
**[06:32] ---**
Araragi... It's no good.
**[06:34] ---**
We absolutely cannot tell this to Oikura.
**[06:37] ---**
Araragi... Earlier, you seemed determined
to tell her the truth, no matter what it was.
**[06:42] ---**
But after hearing this,
I think you'll change your mind.
**[06:45] ---**
Change my mind?
**[06:47] ---**
You shouldn't do that, Hanekawa-senpai.
**[06:50] ---**
Don't go easy on the fool.
**[06:52] ---**
You need to make him think for himself,
even for a little bit.
**[06:55] ---**
Otherwise, Araragi-senpai
will forever remain the fool.
**[06:58] ---**
NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME PASSED
**[06:59] ---**
You have to make Araragi-senpai
reach this conclusion, too...
**[07:03] ---**
To come up with the truth behind it
that makes you nauseous just thinking about it.
**[07:10] ---**
The worst truth
I can think of would be...
**[07:15] ---**
Hint 1:
**[07:16] ---**
Oikura-senpai's mother is already deceased.
**[07:20] ---**
She's dead. That means...
**[07:22] ---**
Let's see. Oikura's mother
was killed by Oikura's father...
**[07:27] ---**
And the strange disappearance
that resembles being spirited away
**[07:31] ---**
happened as a result of that...
**[07:32] ---**
That's not it at all.
**[07:34] ---**
You're a kind person, Araragi-senpai.
**[07:37] ---**
The worst truth you can possibly imagine
is something that lukewarm?
**[07:41] ---**
Then, Hanekawa-senpai,
please give him the second hint.
**[07:44] ---**
M-Me?
**[07:46] ---**
Hint 2:
**[07:48] ---**
Araragi, back when
you were in middle school,
**[07:50] ---**
you mistook Oikura's house
to be ruined.
**[07:54] ---**
Oikura made a similar mistake
about her mother,
**[07:59] ---**
and still does to this day.
**[08:01] ---**
So her mother was murdered,
Oikura was the murderer,
**[08:04] ---**
and she isn't aware of any of it,
or something?
**[08:10] ---**
Hint 3:
**[08:11] ---**
Disappearing from a locked room
isn't necessarily escaping from that room.
**[08:16] ---**
In other words, Oikura unlocked
the door and went in,
**[08:20] ---**
but her mother, who was still in the room,
snuck out behind Oikura's back and left the house?
**[08:27] ---**
What reason would there be to do that?
**[08:29] ---**
Hint 4:
**[08:30] ---**
Araragi, if her mother is already deceased,
why can't we find her corpse?
**[08:36] ---**
Why is Oikura's mother still treated
as a missing person?
**[08:38] ---**
MISSING PERSON REPORT
**[08:41] ---**
Hint 5:
**[08:43] ---**
This time, I only
heard everything secondhand...
**[08:45] ---**
But Araragi-senpai,
even if you had chosen me as your partner,
**[08:49] ---**
based on Oikura-senpai's stories,
**[08:51] ---**
I wouldn't have been able to determine
the exact details for "that."
**[08:55] ---**
Now what is...
**[08:57] ---**
..."that"?
**[08:58] ---**
Hint 6:
**[09:00] ---**
Oikura's previous house couldn't be cleaned,
as it was filled with garbage.
**[09:06] ---**
Hint 7:
**[09:07] ---**
Her mother suddenly disappeared one day.
**[09:10] ---**
Suddenly. One day.
**[09:11] ---**
Suddenly. On that day.
**[09:13] ---**
Then, what about the day before that?
**[09:16] ---**
Hint 8:
**[09:17] ---**
Because of the family's breakup,
Oikura's mother had a very weak heart.
**[09:23] ---**
To the point where she cooped herself up
in her room and lost the will to live.
**[09:28] ---**
Hint 9:
**[09:29] ---**
Oikura-senpai had been
taking care of her mother,
**[09:32] ---**
but, over time, the mother
supposedly stopped eating completely.
**[09:37] ---**
Now, the word "completely" here...
**[09:39] ---**
COMPLETELY
**[09:40] ---**
Araragi-senpai, you probably thought,
"You say that, but she must've eaten a little, right?"
**[09:44] ---**
or some milder interpretation
of your own, didn't you?
**[09:49] ---**
Hint 10:
**[09:50] ---**
Oikura also said that her mother,
**[09:52] ---**
from a certain day, wouldn't reply
even when she talked to her, right?
**[09:57] ---**
Hint 11:
**[09:59] ---**
And that she stopped moving
from the corner of her room.
**[10:01] ---**
Hint 12:
**[10:03] ---**
NOT EATING,
**[10:03] ---**
Not eating.
**[10:04] ---**
NOT LISTENING,
**[10:04] ---**
Not listening.
**[10:05] ---**
NOT SPEAKING,
**[10:05] ---**
Not speaking.
**[10:06] ---**
NOT MOVING.
**[10:06] ---**
And not moving.
**[10:07] ---**
Do you think someone
is even alive at that point?
**[10:10] ---**
Hint 13:
**[10:11] ---**
Can a middle schooler
really take care of a parent
**[10:14] ---**
who's cooped up in their room
for years on end?
**[10:18] ---**
I mean, aside from
taking care of a corpse.
**[10:21] ---**
Hint 14:
**[10:22] ---**
How long will a human corpse keep its shape?
**[10:26] ---**
Hint 15:
**[10:27] ---**
Hint 16:
**[10:29] ---**
Hint 17:
**[10:30] ---**
Hint 18:
**[10:32] ---**
Hint 19:
**[10:33] ---**
Hint 20:
**[10:34] ---**
Hint 21:
**[10:35] ---**
Hint 22:
**[10:36] ---**
Hint 23:
**[10:37] ---**
Hint 24:
**[10:37] ---**
Hint 25:
**[10:38] ---**
Hint 26:
**[10:39] ---**
Hint 27:
**[10:40] ---**
Hint 28:
**[10:40] ---**
Hint 29:
**[10:49] ---**
I get it already!
**[10:53] ---**
Basically, Oikura, for almost two whole years,
took care of her mother's corpse, right?
**[10:59] ---**
Until the corpse fully deteriorated
and disappeared without a trace,
**[11:02] ---**
she didn't even notice!
**[11:04] ---**
*Yeah... That's right.*
**[11:06] ---**
*In the class assembly two years ago,
I overlooked the truth.*
**[11:08] ---**
ABOUT OIKURA'S TRAGEDY/INSANITY
**[11:09] ---**
*I also overlooked it
at the ruined house five years ago.*
**[11:12] ---**
I
**[11:13] ---**
*I still can't remember anything about
the childhood friend from six years ago.*
**[11:16] ---**
*Since that's the case,
I can't run from this here.*
**[11:19] ---**
MUST CONFRONT IT FACE ON.
**[11:20] ---**
*I can't just avoid things here.*
**[11:23] ---**
Good answer.
**[11:24] ---**
It wasn't the fact that
Oikura-senpai's mother suddenly disappeared.
**[11:28] ---**
She slowly starved herself to death
by choosing to not eat.
**[11:31] ---**
And, after that, she slowly decomposed.
**[11:34] ---**
When her original form decomposed
and melted away to where it was unrecognizable,
**[11:37] ---**
Oikura-senpai must've had the thought,
"My mother has gone somewhere."
**[11:43] ---**
It was just like water evaporating.
**[11:45] ---**
"I despise water that thinks
it boiled itself on its own," was it?
**[11:50] ---**
Yes, but her mother, if I may say so,
boiled herself on her own.
**[11:54] ---**
Water...
**[11:55] ---**
In other words, Oikura-senpai's mother
essentially evaporated.
**[12:00] ---**
Her mother never left the room.
**[12:04] ---**
She didn't disappear in a puff of smoke.
She disappeared like water.
**[12:08] ---**
But humans don't consist only of water.
What happened to the rest?
**[12:13] ---**
It must've been that when they took the garbage
from the house, she was taken along with it.
**[12:19] ---**
So... In other words, this means
it was suicide by starvation?
**[12:24] ---**
Now, we don't know that.
**[12:26] ---**
Even though she lost the will to live,
I think it's different from suicide.
**[12:32] ---**
Losing the will to live and wishing to die
are different things to the human heart.
**[12:38] ---**
What do you think, Hanekawa-senpai?
**[12:40] ---**
I only wish for Oikura
to not find out about this,
**[12:44] ---**
and to never find out
for as long as she lives.
**[12:49] ---**
But, well, I'm sure she feels
a bit strange about all of this.
**[12:53] ---**
Something is off, she feels like
she's avoiding something...
**[12:57] ---**
She has the feeling that
she's pretending not to notice something.
**[13:00] ---**
I'm sure she's been feeling that way
for the past three years.
**[13:04] ---**
And she will for the rest of her life.
**[13:07] ---**
No, that ends today.
**[13:10] ---**
I'll tell her. I'll be the one to tell her.
**[13:13] ---**
I'm going back to Oikura's room right now
to tell her everything.
**[13:19] ---**
It's about time for the guy from town hall
to be leaving her place, right?
**[13:22] ---**
I'll go by myself.
**[13:24] ---**
It'd be great if you two could wait here.
**[13:26] ---**
A-Araragi... Are you serious?
**[13:29] ---**
I'm serious. I said so earlier, right?
**[13:32] ---**
That until now, I've always looked at Oikura
and pretended not to see.
**[13:36] ---**
This has gone on for over six years.
**[13:38] ---**
Just like how she couldn't look
straight at her mother's death,
**[13:41] ---**
I couldn't look straight at her.
**[13:44] ---**
That's why I can no longer overlook Oikura.
**[13:49] ---**
I don't know what will happen
as a result, Araragi-senpai.
**[13:53] ---**
Oikura-senpai might
hate you more than ever.
**[13:57] ---**
She can't hate me more
than she does now, so it's all right.
**[14:00] ---**
Even if she did, if she can love herself
as a result of her hating me,
**[14:06] ---**
well, I guess that'd be a bit better.
**[14:10] ---**
*As her senior on this path,
even though I'm only slightly ahead of her,*
**[14:14] ---**
*I'm going to teach her
how to become happy.*
**[14:17] ---**
*That said, the student is Oikura,
who is the epitome of a distinguished student.*
**[14:22] ---**
*Even concerning happiness,
after learning some tips,*
**[14:26] ---**
*she's sure to pass me in no time.*
**[14:29] ---**
*But happiness isn't a race.*
**[14:32] ---**
*If she passes me,
I just need to learn from her in return.*
**[14:38] ---**
*That's how we learn, teach,
and take each other to a higher place.*
**[14:44] ---**
*Let's hold a study session.*
**[14:46] ---**
*Even though our foolishness is endless...*
**[14:48] ---**
*We can become wiser together.*
**[14:50] ---**
*We should become happy properly.*
**[14:56] ---**
Araragi-senpai...
**[14:58] ---**
Are you going to repay
kindness with ingratitude?
**[15:03] ---**
*Even if it's ingratitude, I'm really glad
I have something I can repay Oikura with.*
**[15:10] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
**[15:12] ---**
*What you'd call an epilogue...
Or the punchline for this episode.*
**[15:15] ---**
*The next day, my two little sisters, Karen and Tsukihi,
woke me up, and I headed to school.*
**[15:21] ---**
*At that time, I asked my two little sisters
if they remember a child*
**[15:25] ---**
*that was under protective custody
in this house back in grade school.*
**[15:30] ---**
*Neither of them
remembered such a thing.*
**[15:33] ---**
*In the end, Oikura won't be coming to school...*
**[15:36] ---**
*Even if I went to school today,
I'd never be able to see Oikura.*
**[15:40] ---**
*The promise we made
ended up being discarded,*
**[15:43] ---**
*but that was something
that was completely unavoidable.*
**[15:47] ---**
The guy from town hall just told me that my aid
will be roughly half of what it is now.
**[15:52] ---**
So, apparently, I can't live here anymore.
**[15:55] ---**
That said, I'll be all right.
**[15:57] ---**
He said they already found
a slightly smaller municipal condo for me.
**[16:01] ---**
So, I'll end up having to move again.
**[16:04] ---**
I'll be transferring out
of Naoetsu High School as well.
**[16:08] ---**
*She was surprisingly calm about all of this.*
**[16:11] ---**
*When I see her alone,
when I talk to her alone, Oikura is like this.*
**[16:17] ---**
*Just like the summer break back in 7th grade.*
**[16:21] ---**
*Oikura accepted the theory about her mother
so easily it threw me off.*
**[16:28] ---**
I see... That must be how it is.
**[16:34] ---**
I knew that I'd have to
leave this town pretty soon...
**[16:38] ---**
But you know, that was when I found out
Tetsujo would be taking time off.
**[16:42] ---**
So, that's why I went to school.
**[16:44] ---**
I felt like something might be there,
that something might change.
**[16:51] ---**
And then...
**[16:53] ---**
*After that, I spoke a bit with Oikura,
then headed back home.*
**[16:58] ---**
*I didn't end up doing anything else.*
**[17:00] ---**
*And so, I'm not worried about
bumping into Oikura in my classroom today*
**[17:05] ---**
*and am heading to school...*
**[17:07] ---**
Hi, Araragi-senpai.
**[17:11] ---**
Don't you "Hi" me...
**[17:13] ---**
Hey, Ougi, why did you
head home yesterday?
**[17:16] ---**
I told you to wait for me.
**[17:18] ---**
Hanekawa-senpai said
we should go home.
**[17:21] ---**
Why would Hanekawa say that?
**[17:23] ---**
She was saying it in a positive way.
**[17:25] ---**
Kind of like,
"Let's leave them alone."
**[17:28] ---**
No, don't say it was "in a positive way."
**[17:31] ---**
How surprised do you think I was
when I saw you guys weren't in that courtyard?
**[17:36] ---**
About yesterday...
That was a loss for me.
**[17:39] ---**
I'm terribly sorry.
I had underestimated you, to be honest.
**[17:43] ---**
I was completely under the impression
that you'd turn tail and run...
**[17:47] ---**
At the very end, you showed me
some unexpected gusto.
**[17:51] ---**
Somehow, it all feels a bit strange.
**[17:54] ---**
As soon as you transfer to this school,
Tetsujo went on maternity leave...
**[17:57] ---**
Oikura comes to school...
**[17:59] ---**
And as I was processing that,
she transfers away.
**[18:02] ---**
Things that were at a standstill,
things that were avoided,
**[18:05] ---**
as if they were suddenly remembered,
felt as though they suddenly started moving along.
**[18:10] ---**
Oh, so Oikura-senpai is transferring
to another school?
**[18:13] ---**
I didn't know that.
**[18:15] ---**
She was well cast, too.
**[18:18] ---**
But really, I hope she can do well
wherever she transfers to.
**[18:22] ---**
I'm sure she'll succeed if she's in
a new place where nobody knows her.
**[18:26] ---**
Because of Araragi-senpai.
**[18:28] ---**
Thanks to you.
**[18:34] ---**
Ougi, what are you doing in a place like this?
**[18:39] ---**
Is your home nearby?
**[18:40] ---**
I've been looking for a lost child.
**[18:43] ---**
That was my original starting point.
**[18:47] ---**
I'll chalk this one up as my loss...
**[18:49] ---**
But, at the least,
if I was allowed to be a sore loser...
**[18:53] ---**
The first move was just something
to watch how things unfolded.
**[18:56] ---**
The objective of seeing how you behave
with your childhood friends has been met.
**[19:02] ---**
So, as far as balance goes,
I think it was perfect for me to lose here.
**[19:06] ---**
Please be careful, Araragi-senpai.
**[19:09] ---**
It might not go this well next time.
**[19:12] ---**
No one knows what the future holds,
**[19:14] ---**
because it's as dark
as the streets at night.
**[19:18] ---**
I see... That's a shame.
**[19:21] ---**
I thought I'd be able
to get along with Oikura.
**[19:25] ---**
But I guess we should celebrate
Oikura's new start in life for now.
**[19:30] ---**
That's true.
Ougi said something like that as well.
**[19:35] ---**
Araragi, I have to go request
a leave of absence,
**[19:39] ---**
so can you head
to the classroom without me?
**[19:41] ---**
Oh, sure...
**[19:43] ---**
Wait, request for a leave of absence?
**[19:44] ---**
What? You're going to
quit Naoetsu High as well?
**[19:47] ---**
No, time off. A leave of absence.
**[19:50] ---**
You know how I'm planning to take a trip
and wander around after we graduate, right?
**[19:55] ---**
I thought I'd go scout locations first,
**[19:58] ---**
so I'm going to take a quick trip
around the world.
**[20:00] ---**
I'll be gone about a month,
so I'll leave things to you.
**[20:04] ---**
If I see Oshino somewhere during this trip,
I'll reach out to him for you.
**[20:08] ---**
Then, if you see Oshino somewhere,
tell him I've met his niece.
**[20:14] ---**
Yeah. Well, I'll be sure to tell him that.
***SIGN*** NO SUBJECT / *MARK AS UNREAD TO KOYOKOYO, I REALLY HAD BROKEN A BONE ON MY FINGER SO I'LL HEAD TO SCHOOL TODAY AFTER GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.
**[20:27] ---**
Why does this look like an old telegraph?
**[20:30] ---**
TO YOKOYOKO
**[20:31] ---**
Side-side (yoko-yoko)?
***SIGN*** TO YOKOYOKO OIKURA CAME TO APOLOGIZE THIS MORNING. I FORGAVE HER. I'M ALL RIGHT NOW (THOUGH I HAVE A BROKEN BONE)
**[20:38] ---**
*Apparently Oikura had kept her promise
to make up with Senjyogahara.*
**[20:44] ---**
*I'm glad.*
**[20:46] ---**
*I should show Hanekawa this text
before she leaves for her trip.*
***SIGN*** KOYOKOYO, I'M SORRY TO MAKE YOU WORRY SO MUCH. I'LL GIVE YOU LOTS OF FRENCH KISSES ON OUR NEXT DATE, SO FORGIVE ME I'M ADDICTED TO YOUR FRENCH KISSES
**[20:55] ---**
These texts are turning into something
I can't show anyone!
***SIGN*** A MESSAGE FROM OIKURA. SHE SAID "UNDER THE DESK." FROM YOUR LEFT
**[21:02] ---**
FROM YOUR LEFT
**[21:05] ---**
*"From your left"?
What kind of a greeting is that?*
**[21:11] ---**
*Back in the day,
during summer break five years ago.*
**[21:14] ---**
*Hadn't I had found a similar envelope
underneath a tea table in a ruined house?*
**[21:20] ---**
*However, that envelope was empty.*
**[21:23] ---**
*From how it felt, I could tell
that this time around, there was paper inside.*
**[21:28] ---**
*The envelope didn't have a sender or a recipient
on either the front or the back.*
**[21:32] ---**
*However, it was obvious
who had taped this to my desk.*
**[21:38] ---**
*Sodachi Oikura.
She'd kept all of her promises.*
**[21:44] ---**
*Suddenly disappearing without warning...*
**[21:46] ---**
*Oikura, for now, has become a girl
who wouldn't do that.*
**[21:52] ---**
*It was a small change,
but it was still a change for her.*
**[21:55] ---**
*That made me happy,*
**[21:57] ---**
*but I felt like she'd gone ahead of me,
which left me feeling a bit lonely.*
**[22:01] ---**
*Here, I felt I should show
that I've grown up as well,*
**[22:05] ---**
*so I didn't rip and tear into it
like I did five years ago.*
**[22:08] ---**
*I opened the envelope
as carefully as possible*
**[22:10] ---**
*and pulled out multiple sheets
of paper from within.*
**[22:14] ---**
*Now, are the contents of the letter
a mathematics quiz?*
**[22:18] ---**
*A letter of thanks she's unlikely to write?*
**[22:21] ---**
*Or will it be a message insulting me?*
**[22:23] ---**
*It's possible it'll be all of the above...*
**[22:26] ---**
*Now, let's see.*
**[22:32] ---**
*I couldn't help but smile.*
**[22:35] ---**
*Hey, what do you think was written?*
# E8 - Shinobu Mail, Part Two
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYZXD4P86/shinobu-mail-part-2)
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**[00:16] ---**
Sorry to interrupt
while you're waxing sentimental, devil boy.
**[00:19] ---**
DEVIL BOY
**[00:20] ---**
What in the world happened?
**[00:22] ---**
You probably can't help
brooding over that snail girl, but...
**[00:26] ---**
I'd prefer that you didn't commit double-suicide
with some local girl because of it.
**[00:31] ---**
That's such a glaring misunderstanding.
**[00:33] ---**
DON'T SAY SOME LOCAL GIRL.
**[00:34] ---**
KANBARU IS A CUTE UNDERCLASSMAN.
**[00:35] ---**
This is Suruga Kanbaru.
**[00:38] ---**
Oh, I see. So this is Gaen's niece.
**[00:42] ---**
Previously Suruga Gaen,
**[00:44] ---**
and once Gaen's big sister
finished the marriage paperwork, Suruga Kanbaru.
**[00:49] ---**
So Ononoki, what are you doing here?
**[00:51] ---**
Oh, it's just a coincidence.
I wasn't planning on rescuing you, devil boy.
**[00:56] ---**
I was just doing my job.
**[00:59] ---**
At the job site, devil boy was trying to commit
double suicide with a girl I didn't know.
**[01:04] ---**
And I thought,
"Yahoo, I just have to get in the way."
**[01:08] ---**
In any case, thank you, Ononoki.
**[01:11] ---**
I keep owing you favors,
**[01:14] ---**
but someday, I'll make sure
to repay you for this favor.
**[01:17] ---**
If you say you're going to repay me,
**[01:18] ---**
normally I'd like for you
to pile up a giant fortune.
**[01:22] ---**
But this time, I'll let you off the hook
if you answer my question.
**[01:26] ---**
What in the world happened?
**[02:29] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[02:30] ---**
SHINOBU MAIL, PART TWO
**[02:33] ---**
An armor-clad samurai?
**[02:35] ---**
An armor-clad samurai that automatically
rebuilds itself when broken up
**[02:38] ---**
and has the energy drain skill?
**[02:41] ---**
Yeah.
**[02:42] ---**
*However, I didn't tell Ononoki everything.*
**[02:46] ---**
*I hesitated about relating
to Ononoki the situation*
**[02:50] ---**
*that I hadn't prepared my heart for.*
**[02:54] ---**
*The armor-clad samurai's parting words.*
**[02:56] ---**
*An impossible array
of the alphabet... "Kiss-shot."*
**[02:59] ---**
KISS-SHOT
**[03:00] ---**
*That name not even I call her by anymore...
is what was said.*
**[03:03] ---**
*And then, the demon sword "Kokoro Watari"...*
**[03:07] ---**
Ononoki, do you have any ideas?
**[03:10] ---**
That armor-clad samurai...
**[03:11] ---**
Does it have something to do
with the job you're currently entrusted with?
**[03:15] ---**
It does.
**[03:17] ---**
Yup, that's right...
Indeed, it does. It's within my duties.
**[03:23] ---**
But listening to that story,
**[03:25] ---**
it's almost completely different
from the phenomenon
**[03:28] ---**
that was the subject of my field work.
**[03:31] ---**
It seems it's become much more violent
since I was investigating it.
**[03:36] ---**
What happened in these past few days?
**[03:39] ---**
In the first place, it wasn't even
an armor-clad samurai when I was chasing it.
**[03:45] ---**
You know, Ononoki.
**[03:47] ---**
What is it, devil boy?
**[03:49] ---**
Can I drop this particular case?
**[03:52] ---**
Oh no, don't get me wrong. I'm fine.
I'm perfectly fine, but... Kanbaru...
**[04:01] ---**
We can let Kanbaru go home now, right?
**[04:05] ---**
What's that?
**[04:07] ---**
In other words, devil boy,
**[04:09] ---**
you're going to scrap the promise
you made with Gaen?
**[04:11] ---**
Going to scrap...
**[04:13] ---**
Saying that you would
introduce that girl to her,
**[04:16] ---**
you borrowed some wisdom
from Gaen, right?
**[04:18] ---**
It was absolutely necessary
in order to save Mayoi Hachikuji.
**[04:23] ---**
So you didn't actually have a choice,
but still, a promise is a promise.
**[04:28] ---**
You've really got some nerve, devil boy.
**[04:31] ---**
For you to break a promise you made to Gaen
almost makes me fall for you.
**[04:36] ---**
I don't plan on breaking that promise.
**[04:39] ---**
You have good pectorals.
**[04:41] ---**
Don't touch on the subject of my pecs.
**[04:44] ---**
I want to touch it.
**[04:45] ---**
Don't show an abnormal amount
of interest in muscles.
**[04:48] ---**
I'm a corpse, so showing an interest in meat
is like an instinct...
**[04:54] ---**
So what's the reason?
**[04:56] ---**
The reason you want to break the promise
you made with Gaen.
**[04:59] ---**
I'm more than happy to introduce
Kanbaru to her, even now.
**[05:04] ---**
But the promise wasn't just that, right?
**[05:07] ---**
She was trying to make Kanbaru help
with the job going on over on your end.
**[05:12] ---**
*Gaen had said*
**[05:14] ---**
*that she needed Kanbaru's "left hand,"
that is, her "left arm."*
**[05:18] ---**
*Of course, I was the one that made use
of Gaen's wisdom and knowledge.*
**[05:22] ---**
*Kanbaru had nothing to do with it.*
**[05:24] ---**
*Therefore, the promise was made with the condition
that Kanbaru herself agree to do so.*
**[05:29] ---**
*But that was a mistake to begin with.*
**[05:32] ---**
*I knew extremely well
that Kanbaru would never refuse*
**[05:36] ---**
*if I requested something from her.*
**[05:38] ---**
*As a result, I subjected Kanbaru
to unthinkable danger.*
**[05:43] ---**
*I completely roped her in.*
**[05:46] ---**
*As her upperclassman,
I was supposed to decline such an offer.*
**[05:51] ---**
I understand how you feel, devil boy.
**[05:53] ---**
But you should give up on that.
I can't recommend it.
**[05:57] ---**
This is a warning to you as a friend.
**[05:59] ---**
I don't remember ever
becoming friends with you.
**[06:02] ---**
Devil boy, I've thought of you
as a friend for a while now, you know?
**[06:07] ---**
It's way past the point of no return.
**[06:11] ---**
Why hasn't it crossed your mind that
even if you were to send that girl home,
**[06:15] ---**
that may not be protecting her?
**[06:18] ---**
What do you mean?
**[06:19] ---**
An apparition affects only by looking,
curses only by meeting.
**[06:24] ---**
And yet, that girl touched
that armor-clad samurai, didn't she?
**[06:29] ---**
*I see.*
**[06:30] ---**
*So Suruga Kanbaru already has...*
**[06:31] ---**
...NOT ONLY DID SHE TOUCH, SHE PUNCHED.
**[06:32] ---**
*...gotten herself involved.*
**[06:34] ---**
PUNCHED
**[06:35] ---**
Devil boy, sit up straight.
**[06:38] ---**
Sit up straight. Hurry.
**[06:40] ---**
Hurry up.
**[06:42] ---**
Hurry, hurry.
**[06:43] ---**
HURRY, HURRY
**[06:47] ---**
Hold on just a second. It will be real quick.
**[06:56] ---**
Um, Ononoki...
**[06:58] ---**
Don't think you can go back in time or anything.
**[07:01] ---**
Just like the case with Mayoi Hachikuji...
Devil boy, you don't have enough resolve.
**[07:06] ---**
Hey, you, you're thinking you can
restart your life at any time, aren't you?
**[07:12] ---**
You're thinking no matter when you start,
you'll never be late, aren't you?
**[07:16] ---**
Even if you make a mistake, even if you're careless,
maybe you think you can make something of it?
**[07:23] ---**
In the end, the positives
and negatives of life even out, you say?
**[07:28] ---**
Of course, it's a given
that it turns to zero when you die.
**[07:39] ---**
So devil boy,
if you really care about that girl,
**[07:44] ---**
don't be irresponsible
and send her home right now.
**[07:47] ---**
There's more reason to take her
to where Gaen is now.
**[07:51] ---**
And have Gaen protect her.
**[07:54] ---**
Have Gaen...
**[07:55] ---**
SCRAP (HOGO)
**[07:55] ---**
Right. Don't scrap the promise,
and have the girl be protected.
**[07:58] ---**
PROTECT (HOGO)
**[08:00] ---**
*Indeed.*
**[08:01] ---**
*If we're talking about irresponsible,*
**[08:03] ---**
*sending Kanbaru home now
would be much more irresponsible.*
**[08:06] ---**
I DIDN'T SEEK THE FREEDOM TO RUIN MY ENTIRE LIFE
BY BREAKING A PROMISE I MADE TO GAEN.
**[08:07] ---**
BUT THAT ASIDE,
I WANT TO KEEP MY PROMISE.
**[08:08] ---**
I SHOULD KEEP IT.
**[08:09] ---**
*No... I'll be honest here.*
**[08:12] ---**
*It was a given I didn't want Kanbaru involved
in something with a dangerous armor-clad samurai.*
**[08:16] ---**
*Then, asking whether or not
I wanted to be involved myself,*
**[08:19] ---**
*it's definitely the case that I don't.*
**[08:21] ---**
*If anything, it's that I can't help
but be involved in this.*
**[08:24] ---**
HE ENTRUSTED ME WITH A MESSAGE.
**[08:25] ---**
A MESSAGE TO "MY MASTER."
**[08:26] ---**
*If the true nature of that armor-clad samurai
really is what I think it is...*
**[08:31] ---**
*Even if I think such a thing is impossible,*
**[08:34] ---**
*if even the slightest possibility
that it can be exists...*
**[08:38] ---**
*I can't discard that.*
**[08:40] ---**
*Until I know that... I can't go home.*
**[08:44] ---**
Looks like you've reached a conclusion.
**[08:46] ---**
Oh boy, friends really are troublesome.
**[08:50] ---**
Starting now, I'll chase the armor-clad samurai
apparition you supposedly witnessed, devil boy.
**[08:56] ---**
Based on how it disappeared,
I don't think I can find it,
**[09:00] ---**
but it's my job to go on a fool's errand.
**[09:04] ---**
It's my job to step on devil boy's face
and to go on a fool's errand.
**[09:07] ---**
Stop saying that!
**[09:08] ---**
And don't step on my face
as part of your job!
**[09:10] ---**
So devil boy, you should carry that niece
and meet up with Gaen.
**[09:16] ---**
And explain to her what the situation is.
**[09:18] ---**
When you say it that way,
it sounds like Kanbaru is my niece...
**[09:25] ---**
In any case, both you guys and I
should leave this place pretty soon.
**[09:30] ---**
IT'S FINE TO WAX SENTIMENTAL FOREVER
IN FRONT OF THE BURNED RUINS.
**[09:31] ---**
Soon, things like firefighters
and the police will be rushing over.
**[09:35] ---**
Understanding when to retreat
is a must for a specialist.
**[09:51] ---**
Oh, you came to?
**[09:57] ---**
Oh, Araragi-senpai! Are you OK?
**[10:05] ---**
What's the meaning of this?
**[10:07] ---**
I don't understand the situation very well,
**[10:09] ---**
but my instincts are telling me
I shouldn't miss this opportunity.
**[10:12] ---**
Your instincts are amazing...
**[10:14] ---**
WHAT ARE THEY TELLING HER?
**[10:15] ---**
THEY'RE SAYING TOO MUCH.
**[10:15] ---**
I don't think I can quite walk yet.
**[10:17] ---**
I'll just sit here
and get a piggyback ride for a while.
**[10:22] ---**
Oh, fine... Just a little bit longer, okay?
**[10:26] ---**
The physical aspect aside,
it's a definite that I'm exhausted mentally.
**[10:31] ---**
Somehow, I'm feeling out of whack.
**[10:32] ---**
Out of whack?
**[10:34] ---**
In some way, I'm reminded
of the North Shirahebi Shrine.
**[10:40] ---**
Araragi-senpai...
**[10:41] ---**
Am I proceeding toward that someone
you wanted to introduce to me?
**[10:46] ---**
Oh... Yeah, we are.
**[10:49] ---**
But about that, Kanbaru,
I need to apologize to you.
**[10:54] ---**
No need for apologies.
**[10:56] ---**
In fact, I'd rather you didn't apologize.
**[10:58] ---**
Making you bow your head, Araragi-senpai,
would be a disgrace for Suruga Kanbaru.
**[11:03] ---**
If so, wouldn't me giving you
a piggyback ride
**[11:06] ---**
be more of a disgrace for Suruga Kanbaru?
**[11:08] ---**
KANBARU / SURUGA
**[11:08] ---**
You'd be so disgraced
you're splintered or something?
**[11:10] ---**
No, in all seriousness, it may be more dangerous
to send you back right now.
**[11:15] ---**
At the least, until we figure out the situation,
I want you to accompany me.
**[11:19] ---**
For every favor you ask of me, Araragi-senpai,
this is how I answer:
**[11:24] ---**
Eat up!
**[11:25] ---**
Shut up!
**[11:26] ---**
Also, that's cute!
**[11:28] ---**
WHAT IN THE WORLD DID I ORDER?
**[11:31] ---**
But I'll at least ask you
where we're headed, Araragi-senpai.
**[11:35] ---**
Right now, we're headed
to the aforementioned rendezvous point.
**[11:39] ---**
Let's see... You probably know of it.
It's called Rouhaku Park.
**[11:43] ---**
Rouhaku?
**[11:44] ---**
It might be Namishiro.
**[11:46] ---**
Apparently it was Senjyogahara's neighborhood
back in middle school.
**[11:50] ---**
Then I might remember if I saw it.
**[11:54] ---**
In any case, roger that, Araragi-senpai.
**[11:57] ---**
Right now, we're headed to that park, right?
**[11:59] ---**
And the person you wanted me
to meet will be there?
**[12:02] ---**
Well, yeah.
**[12:04] ---**
But, if so, Araragi-senpai...
**[12:06] ---**
Aren't you going in
the completely opposite direction?
**[12:12] ---**
Huh? But...
**[12:14] ---**
I guess we'll go back a bit
and correct the route... I'm sorry, Kanbaru.
**[12:18] ---**
Well, it's no big deal.
I trust you with everything.
**[12:21] ---**
Araragi-senpai, do as you want.
**[12:27] ---**
ONE HOUR LATER
**[12:29] ---**
*We ended up in a location
that we didn't know.*
**[12:35] ---**
Come to think, Araragi-senpai,
didn't you get lost in the past, or not?
**[12:40] ---**
Didn't you say you were about to, but didn't,
or something like that?
**[12:44] ---**
You know, with Hachikuji...
**[12:49] ---**
*No, wait. The lost cow isn't here any longer.*
**[12:53] ---**
*But...*
**[12:54] ---**
You shouldn't make any detours
and go straight home as well!
**[12:58] ---**
*No, but...*
**[13:00] ---**
*Would he actually set up something like this,
that's more malicious than harassing?*
**[13:05] ---**
*Besides, even if this "lost" bit is his doing,
I don't see the objective for doing so.*
**[13:12] ---**
*What is he planning to do with me and Kanbaru
after we lose our way... after we're lost?*
**[13:18] ---**
Kanbaru, I'm letting go.
**[13:20] ---**
Of the daikon?
**[13:21] ---**
No, I mean you.
**[13:22] ---**
IF ANYTHING, NOT A DAIKON BUT AN ANTELOPE.
**[13:27] ---**
EARLIER, EARLIER TO GIVE UP THE BETTER
**[13:32] ---**
CALLING
**[13:33] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
**[13:34] ---**
*Hey, Koyomin...*
**[13:35] ---**
*I've been waiting for you.
I was anxiously waiting.*
**[13:37] ---**
*I thought it was about time you called me.*
**[13:42] ---**
*So? How is it going right now?
Do tell Big Sister Gaen.*
**[13:47] ---**
Let's see...
**[13:48] ---**
*A crab?*
**[13:48] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
CRAB
**[13:50] ---**
*A snail?*
**[13:50] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
SNAIL
**[13:51] ---**
*A monkey?*
**[13:51] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
MONKEY
**[13:52] ---**
*A snake?*
**[13:52] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
SNAKE
**[13:53] ---**
*A cat?*
**[13:53] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
CAT
**[13:56] ---**
What do you actually know?
**[13:58] ---**
*I know everything, as you may know.*
**[14:04] ---**
*That's a joke, a joke.
Why are you getting so serious, Koyomin?*
**[14:08] ---**
*If I say five things, one is sure to be correct.
It's a dirty tactic adults use.*
**[14:14] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
SNAIL SNAIL LOST COW LOST
**[14:14] ---**
*Personally, I'd predict that it's the snail.*
**[14:17] ---**
SNAIL - LOST COW
**[14:18] ---**
*She got it right.*
**[14:20] ---**
*Simple. I thought the only one
you'd have the luxury*
**[14:23] ---**
*to make a phone call
seeking help would be the snail.*
**[14:26] ---**
*Just an analogy. So, how is it?*
**[14:29] ---**
That's exactly what it is... Yes.
**[14:31] ---**
Right now, together with Kanbaru,
**[14:33] ---**
I was heading to the park
where we were supposed to meet up.
**[14:36] ---**
But for over an hour now...
**[14:38] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
**[14:40] ---**
I was imagining what kind
of thing it would be, but...
**[14:44] ---**
of all those I imagined,
that's the smallest one.
**[14:48] ---**
Koyomin.
**[14:49] ---**
Hurry up and join me, please.
**[14:51] ---**
I want to hear the details
face-to-face now.
**[14:55] ---**
No, I mean, the story is such that
joining you is what I can't do right now.
**[14:59] ---**
That was why I was seeking
some advice from you—
**[15:02] ---**
*This isn't worth me giving advice.*
**[15:04] ---**
*It's merely someone
meddling in your affairs.*
**[15:06] ---**
*If you can't overcome that small an obstacle
by yourself, I'd be troubled.*
**[15:10] ---**
*Fortunately, this isn't the first time
you're getting lost on your way.*
**[15:14] ---**
Koyomin,
**[15:15] ---**
*follow Meme's principle here
and help yourself on your own.*
**[15:20] ---**
No...
**[15:20] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
**[15:22] ---**
*You're not alone.*
**[15:23] ---**
*That's right, you have your reliable underclassman
beside you right now.*
**[15:27] ---**
*Then, you can rely on her.*
**[15:29] ---**
R-Rely on her, but...
**[15:33] ---**
What do you think Kanbaru is?
Kanbaru is—
**[15:36] ---**
*Suruga Kanbaru is my elder sister's daughter.*
**[15:36] ---**
IZUKO GAEN
**[15:40] ---**
*Such a pity to keep talent like that dormant.*
**[15:44] ---**
SHE JUST HUNG UP ON ME
**[15:46] ---**
Oh, so your phone call is over, Araragi-senpai?
**[15:49] ---**
And that look on your face...
I assume you need something from your slave.
**[15:53] ---**
I don't have any slaves.
**[15:55] ---**
Then you don't need my opinion?
That's so reassuring.
**[15:59] ---**
No, I don't—
**[16:04] ---**
I do need it. Kanbaru,
if you have any thoughts, let me know.
**[16:22] ---**
All right, I know. This way.
**[16:25] ---**
I don't know the way to the park,
**[16:27] ---**
but if it's near where
Senjyogahara-senpai's old house was...
**[16:31] ---**
I know the approximate direction by scent.
**[16:33] ---**
Let's go!
**[16:35] ---**
It's not by sight, but scent?
**[16:45] ---**
Come on, Araragi-senpai.
**[16:46] ---**
ARE YOU A NINJA OR SOMETHING?
**[16:47] ---**
Araragi-senpai, the apparition called the lost cow
makes people lose their way, right?
**[16:53] ---**
Then all you have to do
is to not go down the normal paths.
**[17:01] ---**
*Around three in the morning, at last...*
**[17:05] ---**
NAMISHIRO (ROUHAKU) PARK
**[17:05] ---**
*...we arrived at the park.*
**[17:08] ---**
Huh?
**[17:13] ---**
Of all things, it's only been three hours
since I made the phone call.
**[17:17] ---**
She couldn't possibly have gotten impatient
and left already.
**[17:19] ---**
But Araragi-senpai,
**[17:21] ---**
most people would go home if they were forced
to wait for three hours in the middle of the night.
**[17:25] ---**
If you say so, that may be true, but...
**[17:28] ---**
*I know.*
**[17:29] ---**
*Just like I got lost on my way,*
**[17:31] ---**
*maybe Gaen, who we were going to meet,
met some sort of apparition phenomenon.*
**[17:35] ---**
*Is it unthinkable that possibility
is what's causing her not to be here?*
**[17:39] ---**
Kanbaru, I have a favor to ask.
**[17:41] ---**
Eat up!
**[17:42] ---**
That's not it.
**[17:44] ---**
It may be useless, but I'd like to split up
and comb the entire park.
**[17:48] ---**
If you find something, holler at me.
**[17:50] ---**
So I just need to scream?
**[17:51] ---**
Don't scream. I'd be the one that gets arrested.
**[17:55] ---**
Roger. Will serve you.
**[17:56] ---**
ARRESTED (TSUKAMARU)
**[17:57] ---**
SERVE (TSUKAMATSURU)
**[18:05] ---**
Araragi-senpai! Found her!
**[18:12] ---**
It doesn't look like there's anyone there...
**[18:15] ---**
No, no, Araragi-senpai.
**[18:17] ---**
See? Look closely.
**[18:21] ---**
Sh-Shinobu!
**[18:27] ---**
Oh, if it isn't my master! You're pretty late.
**[18:35] ---**
*She's so cute...*
**[18:39] ---**
Hey, Shinobu.
Why in the world are you here...
**[18:46] ---**
Ka ka!
**[18:48] ---**
Monkey, huh...
**[18:50] ---**
That gave me a hard time for sure.
**[18:54] ---**
Indeed, I found this kitten
to be one tough customer.
**[18:58] ---**
A cat, indeed...
**[19:04] ---**
LET'S PUT ASIDE THE PERVERT FOR NOW.
**[19:06] ---**
Well, you know... by "monkey"
I'm not talking about this girl.
**[19:10] ---**
It was wearing a raincoat and galoshes,
but it was someone other than her.
**[19:13] ---**
Someone else?
**[19:14] ---**
In any case, it was an apparition
I'd been fighting
**[19:17] ---**
somewhere out there until just recently,
together with the cat.
**[19:21] ---**
Wh-What are you talking about?
**[19:22] ---**
AND A CAT?
**[19:23] ---**
WHAT CAT?
**[19:24] ---**
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON
IN THIS TOWN RIGHT NOW?
**[19:25] ---**
It was a competition you'd dream of,
in all sorts of ways.
**[19:28] ---**
Well, this is nothing more than a scratch,
nothing serious.
**[19:32] ---**
What about on your end? Were you all right?
**[19:35] ---**
Y-Yeah. After parting ways with you...
Let's see. About that darkness...
**[19:40] ---**
No need.
**[19:41] ---**
I was briefed on that already.
**[19:44] ---**
It seems I've had all sorts
of misunderstandings for over 400 years now.
**[19:48] ---**
The epitome of clumsiness, indeed.
**[19:50] ---**
You heard? From whom—
**[19:53] ---**
I don't have to even tell you.
**[19:55] ---**
I heard from the little girl
who stomped on you.
**[19:58] ---**
The little girl who stomped on me?
**[20:00] ---**
Well, I have no idea what you're talking about...
**[20:03] ---**
Shinobu, you're the only one
that's stomped on me with a bare foot, you know?
**[20:07] ---**
I didn't say it was a bare foot.
**[20:10] ---**
Drats! So this is what they mean by the saying
"the tongue ever turns to the aching tooth"!
**[20:14] ---**
Though it looks like
you're aching as much as you can ache...
**[20:18] ---**
More like, you have a cute footprint
clearly left on your face.
**[20:22] ---**
What the...!
**[20:25] ---**
Yeah...
**[20:26] ---**
I secretly wondered this whole time
what happened while I was unconscious.
**[20:32] ---**
If you saw it, then say something!
**[20:35] ---**
You just continued riding piggyback
on your upperclassman, thinking it was funny?
**[20:39] ---**
Well, normally a marking of that sort
**[20:42] ---**
would be so resentful that
I'd want to peel the skin off your face.
**[20:45] ---**
But against my will,
the doll-girl has saved us...
**[20:49] ---**
So this one time,
I'll graciously forgive her.
**[20:53] ---**
"Has saved us"? Come now...
**[20:56] ---**
What really happened to you, Shinobu?
**[21:02] ---**
Well, it's not worth mentioning.
**[21:04] ---**
While the cat and I were being
assaulted by a monkey...
**[21:07] ---**
When we were having a tough time...
**[21:09] ---**
That doll-girl suddenly appeared,
and, impressively enough, joined forces with us.
**[21:15] ---**
What was that special move of hers?
**[21:18] ---**
"A RULEBOOK MOSTLY FILLED WITH EXCEPTIONS"
**[21:18] ---**
"Unlimited Rulebook," or something?
**[21:21] ---**
She used it to blow off
the right half of the monkey's body.
**[21:25] ---**
And, after she saved you,
**[21:27] ---**
Ononoki told you what's happened
since that incident, or something?
**[21:31] ---**
Then...
**[21:32] ---**
*Assuming she heard about the darkness there,*
**[21:35] ---**
*then, did she hear about
the armor-clad samurai afterwards as well?*
**[21:40] ---**
*No, that doesn't seem to be the case.*
**[21:43] ---**
Well, I'm glad both of us
are safe and sound.
**[21:45] ---**
No, I guess we're not quite safe just yet.
**[21:49] ---**
Apparently, the so-called master
of the Hawaiian-shirt boy
**[21:52] ---**
is going to restore the pairing
between you and me?
**[21:55] ---**
Doll-girl said that it'd be good
to meet up with you for that reason.
**[21:59] ---**
Yet, I arrive here,
and neither you or that master are around.
**[22:04] ---**
So...
**[22:06] ---**
So... that's why you were sleeping
under the swings?
**[22:09] ---**
What kind of idea is that?
**[22:11] ---**
How do you think
outside the box like that?
**[22:13] ---**
Even if you were tired
from an unexpected battle,
**[22:15] ---**
at the least, if you're going to sleep,
there are other places—
**[22:17] ---**
Master, we should talk about that later.
**[22:20] ---**
Unfortunately, it seems
we're not quite done fighting just yet...
**[22:25] ---**
It seems the battle isn't quite over just yet.
**[22:29] ---**
The battle for us seems to be
what's coming up now.
# E9 - Shinobu Mail, Part Three
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRQ4Q9ZGY/shinobu-mail-part-3)
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**[00:01] ---**
THE LEFT HALF IS A MONKEY
**[00:02] ---**
THE RIGHT HALF IS A CRAB
**[00:03] ---**
THIS ISN'T A MONKEY-CRAB WAR, NO
**[00:04] ---**
A MONKEY-CRAB FUSION
**[00:14] ---**
RIDDLE
**[00:18] ---**
I'LL GO FROM THE RIGHT
**[00:19] ---**
ARARAGI-SENPAI, YOU GO FROM THE LEFT
**[00:20] ---**
Y-YEAH
**[00:22] ---**
Araragi-senpai, let's go!
**[00:24] ---**
S-Sure!
**[00:26] ---**
"BECAUSE I'M LEFT-HANDED,
**[00:28] ---**
SOMETIMES I MISTAKE LEFT AND RIGHT,"
WAS SOMETHING KANBARU DEFINITELY SAID—
**[00:38] ---**
FOR SOME REASON,
SHE WAS SITTING ON THE SWINGS.
**[00:41] ---**
WHY IS IT THE MOMENT AN APPARITION
SHOWS UP CHASING AFTER HER,
SHE STARTS PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND?
**[00:43] ---**
NOT ONLY IS IT UNUSUAL,
IT'S ABSURD, ISN'T IT?
**[00:52] ---**
CRAB
**[01:10] ---**
MY ENTIRE BODY IS CREAKING.
**[01:12] ---**
Wait up, master!
**[01:17] ---**
Use this.
**[01:21] ---**
Use it!
**[01:23] ---**
*The demon sword, "Kokoro Watari"...*
**[01:25] ---**
There's no need to hesitate.
**[01:27] ---**
That thing is an apparition,
but it's also not an apparition.
**[01:30] ---**
It's something bad,
in a state before it turns into an apparition.
**[01:32] ---**
No harm will be done by slaying it.
**[01:36] ---**
*In the first place,
this sword is not the original,*
**[01:40] ---**
*but a certain person used his own flesh and blood,
and slaved away to create it.*
**[01:45] ---**
After all, without a blade,
an armor-clad samurai feels incomplete!
**[01:49] ---**
In the end, it's been 400 years
since I lent it to her.
**[01:57] ---**
Kanbaru! Out of the way!
**[02:10] ---**
SNAKE
**[02:13] ---**
Araragi-senpai! Look out!
**[02:15] ---**
A snake... Jagirinawa?
**[02:24] ---**
Ka ka!
**[02:25] ---**
Well done, I guess?
**[02:36] ---**
Sixty-two points.
**[03:38] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[03:39] ---**
SHINOBU MAIL, PART THREE
**[03:43] ---**
That was almost a perfect test
of your prowess, wasn't it?
**[03:46] ---**
Actually, it looks like its specs
were lower than what it used to be.
**[03:50] ---**
When the monkey came up against me by itself,
it was controlling rain.
**[03:55] ---**
That was a troublesome skill.
**[04:09] ---**
Are you all right?
**[04:11] ---**
Are you hurt anywhere?
**[04:17] ---**
I'm not hurt anywhere.
**[04:19] ---**
This is warm.
It smells like you, Araragi-senpai.
**[04:23] ---**
Um, can you not say stuff
that sounds like it's from a romantic comedy?
**[04:26] ---**
But is it okay for me
to be the one wearing this?
**[04:29] ---**
Well... Even in midsummer, standing like this
in the middle of the night can get a bit chilly.
**[04:35] ---**
Well then, hold on just a second.
**[04:40] ---**
Wear this.
**[04:46] ---**
I'm really sorry, Kanbaru.
To rope you into something like this.
**[04:50] ---**
In the first place, fighting is forbidden
for basketball players, right?
**[04:54] ---**
You repeat yourself too much, Araragi-senpai.
**[04:56] ---**
If you keep apologizing
so many times like that,
**[04:58] ---**
it makes me doubt
if you really feel bad about all of it.
**[05:05] ---**
Hey, Shinobu.
**[05:14] ---**
Well then. Now, master...
Time to continue the story.
**[05:17] ---**
Continue? Let's see...
what were we talking about?
**[05:21] ---**
I was talking about the pairing, master.
**[05:24] ---**
We were discussing how we needed to recover
the pairing between you and me.
**[05:29] ---**
Otherwise, we'll have a hard time,
even against a defective apparition like that.
**[05:35] ---**
But what does that have to do
with being under the swings?
**[05:39] ---**
As for recovering the pairing...
well, we need to ask some specialist about that.
**[05:43] ---**
You know... For things like this,
experience is the best teacher.
**[05:47] ---**
You should go over there
and lie down in that exact location.
**[05:52] ---**
If you do, there will be things
that you'll gain sight of. Now, let's go!
**[06:10] ---**
*Man, this is totally scary!
Scarier than an apparition! What is this?*
**[06:14] ---**
*What in the world did Shinobu want me to do,
sending me to a land like this?*
**[06:19] ---**
*What did she want me to understand?*
**[06:22] ---**
*A bit late now, but I think
the phrase Shinobu wanted to use*
**[06:26] ---**
*wasn't "Experience is the best teacher,"*
**[06:29] ---**
*but, "A picture is worth a thousand words."*
**[06:38] ---**
CHANGE —> NORTH SHIRAHEBI SHRINE
**[06:47] ---**
"Once I've recovered a bit more,
**[06:49] ---**
I'll come see her to regain
my cherished demon sword 'Kokoro Watari'!
**[06:53] ---**
In the end, it's been 400 years
since I lent it to her.
**[06:56] ---**
Tell her that she should prepare herself
for the late fees!"
**[07:00] ---**
Is that what that samurai said?
**[07:03] ---**
Yeah. And after that,
he took off, laughing boisterously.
**[07:07] ---**
In what way?
**[07:09] ---**
I mean, how did this being laugh?
**[07:12] ---**
Recreate it.
**[07:13] ---**
*Recreate it, you ask?
That's more or less asking for the impossible.*
**[07:31] ---**
It was something like that.
**[07:35] ---**
Shinobu, could it be...
**[07:37] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[07:39] ---**
That's impossible.
It's nothing more than a lie.
**[07:41] ---**
A-A lie? But...
**[07:46] ---**
That man died 400 years ago.
**[07:50] ---**
I saw it clearly with my own eyes.
**[07:52] ---**
Even if heaven and earth flip,
even if night becomes day,
**[07:56] ---**
that is one thing
that can't be mistaken.
**[07:58] ---**
It's so stupid
it's not even worth discussing.
**[08:02] ---**
No, but wait, Shinobu...
**[08:04] ---**
If it is the case that this samurai
is pretending to be him,
**[08:07] ---**
it must be due to
something he's planning.
**[08:12] ---**
His objective may be to get myself
or you feeling uneasy.
**[08:16] ---**
That's why you shouldn't worry about it.
It's inevitable.
**[08:19] ---**
No matter what the objective is,
that demon sword, the Apparition Killer...
**[08:26] ---**
I don't intend to hand it over to anyone.
**[08:28] ---**
If he says that he's the mastermind behind
that menagerie that started with the monkey,
**[08:32] ---**
next time, I will personally slay him.
**[08:35] ---**
And I have nothing more to say about that.
**[08:49] ---**
Hey, Koyomin.
I'm glad we finally got to meet up.
**[08:55] ---**
ULTRA ABSOLUTE SUPER RARE
**[08:58] ---**
Well, that's the end.
**[09:01] ---**
A quick message to Yotsugi...
**[09:03] ---**
Saying I safely met up
with Koyomin and company.
**[09:06] ---**
This is why I made her carry
a cellphone for children.
**[09:10] ---**
It seems that doll wasn't herself
with regard to worrying about your well-being.
**[09:15] ---**
It seems... Or rather,
it's pretty obvious if one looks at your face.
**[09:19] ---**
Face?
**[09:20] ---**
Koyomin is in high spirits.
**[09:22] ---**
Sent.
**[09:22] ---**
SEND
**[09:25] ---**
Okay, sorry to make you wait.
**[09:27] ---**
Hello, Ms. Shinobu Oshino,
Ms. Suruga Kanbaru.
**[09:37] ---**
I'm Izuko Oshino.
**[09:39] ---**
You are familiar...
**[09:42] ---**
...with Oshino Meme. I'm his little sister!
**[09:47] ---**
*To the lie that was told so audaciously,
I was at a loss of words.*
**[09:52] ---**
NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
**[09:53] ---**
YOUR LAST NAME IS GAEN, RIGHT?
**[09:59] ---**
Oh, to think that the Hawaiian-shirt boy
had a younger sister.
**[10:03] ---**
Now that you mention it,
there is a resemblance.
**[10:06] ---**
*Shinobu was fooled.*
**[10:11] ---**
I get that a lot!
**[10:13] ---**
Yeah. It seems my pitiful big brother
caused you guys a lot of trouble.
**[10:16] ---**
I'm sorry about that.
**[10:20] ---**
I'm Suruga Kanbaru.
**[10:22] ---**
My occupation is Araragi-senpai's...
**[10:25] ---**
...sex slave!
**[10:26] ---**
You... really use that profile
to describe yourself to everyone?
**[10:31] ---**
I see, a sex slave, huh?
**[10:33] ---**
It's so nice to be as young
as you are uninhibited!
**[10:37] ---**
Well then, let's get to the main subject, folks.
**[10:41] ---**
I'm talking about business.
**[10:42] ---**
First off, tell me the tales
of your adventures leading up to here.
**[10:48] ---**
Tell me your entire story,
down to the finest detail.
**[10:52] ---**
Big Sister here loves hearing stories
about someone else's life.
**[10:57] ---**
*Coming this far,
there was no reason to gloss over things.*
**[11:00] ---**
*I told her of tonight's events,
just as they happened.*
**[11:04] ---**
It really shows that you're used
to telling stories, Koyomin.
**[11:06] ---**
That was very interesting.
**[11:08] ---**
It's as if you were a professional storyteller.
**[11:10] ---**
HANDSOME MAN (KOUDANSHI)
**[11:10] ---**
A handsome man
being a professional storyteller.
**[11:11] ---**
PROFESSIONAL STORYTELLER (KOUDANSHI)
**[11:12] ---**
That's what it is.
**[11:17] ---**
I'll start with my conclusion.
**[11:18] ---**
That armor-clad samurai, 400 years ago,
**[11:21] ---**
is the first minion that Shinobu's previous self,
the legendary vampire,
**[11:24] ---**
a rare species, the iron-blooded, hot-blooded,
and cold-blooded vampire,
**[11:29] ---**
the Apparition Killer
and King of Apparitions,
**[11:31] ---**
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade,
created by drinking his blood.
**[11:38] ---**
In other words, Koyomi Araragi,
you became the second minion
**[11:42] ---**
when Shinobu drank your blood
back during spring break.
**[11:45] ---**
So he would be your senior.
**[11:47] ---**
In that he was the original Apparition Killer,
I guess he'd be Shinobu's senior as well?
**[11:57] ---**
Hey, master.
**[11:58] ---**
This one is unbelievably amateurish.
**[12:01] ---**
Is this one really the little sister
of Hawaiian shirt boy?
**[12:05] ---**
Tell her! Tell her, master!
**[12:07] ---**
Be blunt, in a sadistic way!
**[12:10] ---**
Correct this misunderstanding
that this super-novice has!
**[12:13] ---**
S-Sure...
**[12:15] ---**
B-But, Ga—
**[12:17] ---**
Just call me Izuko.
**[12:19] ---**
...Ms. Izuko.
**[12:20] ---**
I'm saying, just Izuko is fine.
**[12:22] ---**
But Ms. Izuko, Shinobu's first minion
should already be long dead.
**[12:27] ---**
Shinobu witnessed it firsthand.
**[12:32] ---**
*Despite turning into a vampire,*
**[12:33] ---**
*he exposed himself to the sun
to commit suicide by burning himself.*
**[12:37] ---**
*He burned up, and turned into ashes... So...*
**[12:40] ---**
So... He's no longer here.
There's no way that he can be here.
**[12:45] ---**
It's impossible for that armor-clad samurai
to be Shinobu's first minion.
**[12:51] ---**
Why?
**[12:53] ---**
Well, I said—
**[12:54] ---**
Why? Why do you think it's impossible?
**[12:58] ---**
Araragi-senpai...
**[13:00] ---**
But, if you say that,
isn't he an immortal vampire that can't die?
**[13:06] ---**
That's right, Ms. Suruga Kanbaru.
**[13:08] ---**
As expected from someone
who could animate the Monkey's Paw.
**[13:11] ---**
That's outstanding.
**[13:13] ---**
In other words, although it took him
400 years from his suicide by burning,
**[13:17] ---**
said vampire has fully revived.
**[13:20] ---**
To think he can be revived
even if he's turned into ashes and bones...
**[13:24] ---**
I guess I should say,
as expected from the first minion
**[13:26] ---**
chosen by the legendary vampire,
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade.
**[13:34] ---**
Now, please observe.
**[13:36] ---**
As I stated the conclusion first,
**[13:38] ---**
I'll go in order,
and explain chronologically.
**[13:43] ---**
Of course, the sun is the vampire's weakness.
**[13:46] ---**
Even grade-school kids know that.
**[13:49] ---**
Even the iron-blooded, hot-blooded,
and cold-blooded vampire
**[13:53] ---**
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade
isn't immune to that.
**[13:58] ---**
Not to mention, her minions as well.
**[14:01] ---**
But it's not an exaggeration...
**[14:03] ---**
The King of Apparitions,
whose name was known worldwide,
**[14:06] ---**
isn't an exception, but merely
outside conventional boundaries.
**[14:08] ---**
The weakness wasn't functioning
as a weakness.
**[14:11] ---**
It's a fact that Koyomin,
back in spring break,
**[14:14] ---**
you burst into flames
basking in sunlight, right?
**[14:17] ---**
But you fully recovered after that as well?
**[14:20] ---**
I know that.
**[14:22] ---**
Something similar happened
to the first minion as well.
**[14:25] ---**
That's what this means.
**[14:26] ---**
Of course, in his case, unlike Koyomin
who mistakenly exposed himself,
**[14:29] ---**
he intentionally exposed himself
to the sun in order to kill himself.
**[14:33] ---**
So it's not an attempted (misui) suicide,
but more like a suicide that missed (misu).
**[14:37] ---**
And of course, it seems it took him
a bit of time to revive.
**[14:41] ---**
Roughly 400 years or so.
**[14:44] ---**
To be more precise, even 400 years
after the missed suicide attempt,
**[14:48] ---**
even now, the first one's body
hasn't fully recovered.
**[14:53] ---**
Koyomin, you must've realized this,
as you've directly dealt with the armor-clad samurai.
**[14:58] ---**
You must've felt that the armor-clad samurai
was getting stronger as time went on.
**[15:02] ---**
But to be precise, he wasn't getting stronger.
**[15:06] ---**
He was recovering.
**[15:07] ---**
His health is taking a turn for the better.
**[15:10] ---**
He is trying to get back
to his complete self.
**[15:13] ---**
The reason why he performed an energy drain
on you and Ms. Suruga Kanbaru is, right,
**[15:18] ---**
to try and fix himself up by eating.
**[15:21] ---**
Just like how Shinobu
ate that imitation apparition
**[15:24] ---**
to recover from being scratched
by that imitation apparition.
**[15:27] ---**
Shall I say you're
an admirable second one, Koyomin,
**[15:31] ---**
since you aided the speedy recovery
of the first one?
**[15:36] ---**
No, wait. I'm not just talking about
what happened tonight.
**[15:40] ---**
I'm saying this based off of you as an individual,
looking at all of your recent behavior.
**[15:45] ---**
You don't understand
what I'm talking about?
**[15:47] ---**
It's fine, you'll understand soon enough.
**[15:50] ---**
On the other hand, I wanted to end it all
before it resulted in something like this.
**[15:57] ---**
I was going to have Yotsugi
take care of it all by herself.
**[16:00] ---**
There ended up being
all sorts of miscalculations.
**[16:03] ---**
The fact that I know everything
doesn't mean that everything will go my way.
**[16:08] ---**
Especially involving you, Koyomin.
**[16:10] ---**
Someone like you that doesn't move
according to logic,
**[16:12] ---**
someone whose activities are unpredictable,
an aberrant youth.
**[16:16] ---**
That's why I took responsibility
for making mistakes in my calculations,
**[16:20] ---**
came all the way out to the front line,
**[16:22] ---**
and that's why I asked you
for your assistance.
**[16:25] ---**
You may be thinking that an ill-spirited big sister
is roping you into some troublesome work.
**[16:34] ---**
But the big sister is, in fact,
giving you a chance.
**[16:37] ---**
The perfect chance to claim responsibility
for happenings you set up.
**[16:42] ---**
Though you may not be convinced
of this right away.
**[16:45] ---**
You may never be convinced of it
in your lifetime.
**[16:49] ---**
But Koyomin,
have you never wondered about it?
**[16:53] ---**
About why, for the past six months,
**[16:55] ---**
you've encountered phenomenon
involving apparitions almost monthly?
**[16:59] ---**
You never thought it strange?
**[17:01] ---**
Why did the legendary vampire
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-Blade
**[17:07] ---**
visit the town you live in during spring break,
instead of anywhere else in this world?
**[17:13] ---**
Was it just a coincidence...
**[17:15] ---**
that a crab girl, a snail girl, a monkey girl,
and a snake girl were all in this town?
**[17:22] ---**
The one that Kagenui, an underclassman
that even I have trouble with, went after...
**[17:27] ---**
Was it just a coincidence that the phoenix apparition
lived right here in this town?
**[17:33] ---**
The cat... Has a slightly special circumstance, though.
**[17:37] ---**
That's probably why the armor-clad samurai
accidentally stomped on the tail of a tiger.
**[17:43] ---**
Well, in that regard,
coincidence has favored you.
**[17:47] ---**
A tiger, huh...
**[17:50] ---**
For the first one,
whose entire body became a fireball,
**[17:54] ---**
flames and blazes
must have been traumatic.
**[17:58] ---**
Of course he'd choose a momentary retreat.
**[18:01] ---**
If you live to meet
Tsubasa Hanekawa again,
**[18:04] ---**
make sure to properly thank her.
**[18:07] ---**
You don't know
what I'm talking about now, either?
**[18:10] ---**
Then you don't have to worry about it for now.
**[18:12] ---**
Your friend is nothing more than a sad girl
who protects you, even if it's unintentionally.
**[18:19] ---**
It seems, Koyomin,
your train of thought is that
**[18:23] ---**
something that happens to you
could happen to anyone else.
**[18:28] ---**
To this train of thought that denies miracles,
I do sense quite a bit of modesty,
**[18:34] ---**
but it has one major flaw.
**[18:37] ---**
FLAW
**[18:38] ---**
A huge flaw that makes you say, "You're wrong,"
to convict someone that thinks you're special.
**[18:49] ---**
I'm sorry I'm saying
so many vague things.
**[18:51] ---**
When faced with a young man
in high spirits like you,
**[18:56] ---**
Big Sister here really wants
to explain the meaning of life.
**[19:02] ---**
If this was Big Brother Meme, he'd probably say,
"You seem to be in good spirits.
**[19:04] ---**
Did something nice happen to you,
or something?" and let it end there, but...
**[19:09] ---**
Resentfully enough, yours truly
isn't as tolerant as that immature man.
**[19:15] ---**
Come to think of it, I promised
to explain chronologically, didn't I?
**[19:19] ---**
Then let's keep that promise.
**[19:21] ---**
In the end, keeping the promise
is the shortest route to getting results.
**[19:29] ---**
First, 400 years ago.
**[19:30] ---**
Currently Shinobu Oshino,
**[19:32] ---**
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade,
as a vampire, hadn't made any minions until then.
**[19:39] ---**
But that was when she made her first slave.
**[19:42] ---**
She drank human blood.
**[19:44] ---**
The background story of how she ended up
in that situation can be skipped, right?
**[19:50] ---**
It was already told in another location,
and that is a story of the past.
**[19:54] ---**
For you, and for him.
**[19:58] ---**
Going from being a specialist in defeating
apparitions to someone to be exterminated,
**[20:03] ---**
the first one couldn't
tolerate the circumstances.
**[20:06] ---**
He couldn't face the reality
that he had turned into a monster.
**[20:10] ---**
That was why he chose death for himself.
**[20:13] ---**
He exposed himself to the sun.
**[20:16] ---**
He turned into ashes, and was blown
into the wind and disappeared...
**[20:19] ---**
Or so it seemed.
**[20:20] ---**
Leaving Heart-under-blade all his grudges
**[20:23] ---**
and a replica of the Apparition Killer,
the demon blade "Kokoro Watari"...
**[20:28] ---**
Everyone lived happily ever after.
**[20:30] ---**
As stated earlier,
that's not how things went.
**[20:33] ---**
Even turning to ash,
even becoming nothing, he didn't die.
**[20:36] ---**
He may have disappeared,
but he wasn't eradicated.
**[20:39] ---**
He died, but couldn't fully die.
**[20:42] ---**
He kept living.
**[20:44] ---**
He became nothing,
he became the void, and lived on.
**[20:47] ---**
Taking 400 years, so much time
that one feels overwhelmed and even disgusted,
**[20:53] ---**
he slowly, ever so slowly,
recovered his physical form.
**[20:58] ---**
Each time he recovered,
the sun would burn him.
**[21:01] ---**
Each time he constructed,
he was shattered.
**[21:04] ---**
Even then, he didn't give up,
his will was never bent... And he recovered.
**[21:09] ---**
For an astoundingly long time,
the futile trial-and-error for recovery continued.
**[21:16] ---**
Of course, that first one had turned into ash,
so there shouldn't have been a clear will or anything.
**[21:21] ---**
So such a recovery could be called
the reaction of a living vampire,
**[21:25] ---**
or maybe an involuntary response.
**[21:30] ---**
At that point, it seems more pitiful than futile.
**[21:33] ---**
Continuing a game an infinite amount of times,
but never being able to finish the game.
**[21:37] ---**
Because he inherited the immortality of vampires
in a halfhearted way,
**[21:41] ---**
he wasn't even able to die.
**[21:44] ---**
This was eternal life in its true sense.
**[21:47] ---**
If Yoduru had been there,
**[21:49] ---**
I'm sure she would've done
a splendid job of laying him to rest.
**[21:51] ---**
But this is a story about 400 years ago, after all.
**[21:55] ---**
In any case, repeatedly going through
a closed-circuit reincarnation over and over by himself...
**[22:04] ---**
...he might have done so
for the rest of time.
**[22:08] ---**
The first Apparition Killer
had above-average persistence.
**[22:12] ---**
It was definitely worthy of the fact
**[22:14] ---**
that the legendary vampire chose him
as her first minion.
**[22:18] ---**
With a will that wasn't supposed to be there,
with what little willpower he had,
**[22:21] ---**
he rode the wind as ash.
**[22:24] ---**
Even if he was scattered,
he'd congregate once again.
**[22:26] ---**
Grain by grain, with much persistence...
**[22:29] ---**
By perseverance alone,
he returned to this town.
**[22:35] ---**
That was what happened 15 years ago.
# E10 - Shinobu Mail, Part Four
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6WE2M8E6/shinobu-mail-part-4)
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R-Returned? To this town?
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Yeah. Back when I was in college,
**[00:12] ---**
I thought of using a spell of resurrection
and a corpse that had been in use for 100 years
**[00:17] ---**
to create the immortal shikigami apparition
named Yotsugi Ononoki.
**[00:21] ---**
That was exactly 15 years ago.
**[00:23] ---**
And the phoenix found its next host
around then as well...
**[00:29] ---**
That's why he, the ashes that make up the first one,
gathered to this town right around then.
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That's what Big Sister here thinks happened.
**[00:38] ---**
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
**[00:40] ---**
*Speaking of 15 years ago,
there's one more thing I can associate it with.*
**[00:45] ---**
*Tsubasa Hanekawa became "Tsubasa Hanekawa"
sometime around when she was three years old.*
**[00:50] ---**
*Which means, that'd be
about 15 years ago, right?*
**[00:54] ---**
*Tsukumo-gami.*
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*Phoenix.*
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*Cat...*
**[00:58] ---**
*No, if I start saying that,
there's no need to focus soley on 15 years ago.*
**[01:04] ---**
*If that's the story, then you can think
of the time between 15 years ago and now*
**[01:08] ---**
*not as a specific moment,
but as a span.*
**[01:11] ---**
*As of 11 years ago,
lost on its way was... a snail.*
**[01:14] ---**
*Seven years ago,
a wish was granted by... a monkey.*
**[01:17] ---**
*Three years ago,
what took away some weight was... a crab.*
**[01:20] ---**
*Even the snake just two months ago
would fall under this category as well.*
**[01:24] ---**
It can't be...
**[01:26] ---**
All of the numerous stories of apparitions
that have been told in this town
**[01:29] ---**
ASH
**[01:30] ---**
are because that ash or whatever
came drifting along with the wind?
**[01:33] ---**
Of course not.
**[01:35] ---**
Yoduru and company making Yotsugi
wasn't something that happened in this town.
**[01:39] ---**
ASH COW CAT BEE SNAKE MONKEY
**[01:39] ---**
It's merely a distant cause.
I guess you can call it a suggestive code.
**[01:44] ---**
Basically, all the apparitions
you've encountered are all your fault.
**[01:48] ---**
You can't evade responsibility.
**[01:51] ---**
However, during spring break,
**[01:53] ---**
the fact that Kiss-shot Acerola-orion
Heart-under-blade visited this town...
**[02:00] ---**
...definitely had something to do
with that ash.
**[02:05] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[02:07] ---**
SHINOBU MAIL, PART FOUR
**[02:11] ---**
You're speaking nonsense.
**[02:13] ---**
And you call yourself the younger sister
of that Hawaiian shirt boy?
**[02:16] ---**
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE CASE
**[02:17] ---**
The reason I visited this country back then
was because I wanted to see Mount Fuji.
**[02:23] ---**
But this mountain isn't Mount Fuji.
**[02:26] ---**
This prefecture isn't Shizuoka or Yamanashi.
**[02:29] ---**
Did you get lost on your way?
**[02:31] ---**
Or was it because three vampire hunters
were chasing you?
**[02:33] ---**
That's not it. You didn't get lost.
**[02:36] ---**
You were guided here... to this town.
**[02:40] ---**
Guided...
**[02:43] ---**
*What can I say. All of the things
that have tossed me around were...*
**[02:48] ---**
*...well, converging on this one man.*
**[02:51] ---**
*That manner in which
Gaen spoke was disgusting.*
**[02:54] ---**
*No. It's simply unpleasant.*
**[02:57] ---**
*What's with this feeling?
It's as if... I'm feeling jealous.*
**[03:02] ---**
Impossible.
**[03:03] ---**
Such a thing is impossible.
**[03:05] ---**
He died. He's dead.
**[03:08] ---**
He wasn't persuaded by my words,
and threw away his own life.
**[03:12] ---**
He's a huge idiot.
**[03:13] ---**
What you're saying is nothing more
than a farfetched interpretation.
**[03:17] ---**
Don't make fun of my lack
of a sense of direction.
**[03:20] ---**
You seem to be asserting yourself
pretty strongly there, Shinobu.
**[03:24] ---**
It's as if you'd be troubled if the man
who was the first one was still alive, you know?
**[03:30] ---**
If your beloved slave was still alive,
and if he was about to be resurrected,
**[03:35] ---**
that would be cause for congratulations.
**[03:38] ---**
CONGRATULATIONS
**[03:39] ---**
If anything, I can arrange a party
or something, you know?
**[03:43] ---**
Don't overstep your bounds, specialist.
Don't cross into a delicate area for me.
**[03:48] ---**
What do you claim to know
about the events 400 years ago?
**[03:52] ---**
I know everything...
**[03:55] ---**
There's nothing I don't know.
**[03:57] ---**
Changing the rendezvous point from the park
to the shrine has its appropriate reason as well.
**[04:00] ---**
CHANGE —> NORTH SHIRAHEBI SHRINE
**[04:02] ---**
Can I ask one question, Ms. Izuko?
**[04:05] ---**
Sure, Ms. Suruga Kanbaru.
**[04:07] ---**
Well, when this guy drifted into this town 15 years ago,
he was already basically just ashes, right?
**[04:13] ---**
Then, how, and with what catalyst,
did that cycle end,
**[04:16] ---**
with him revealing himself to Araragi-senpai
as an armor-clad samurai like that?
**[04:22] ---**
What do you think is the reason,
Ms. Suruga Kanbaru?
**[04:26] ---**
I have no idea.
**[04:28] ---**
But that reason has something to do with
why you changed the rendezvous point, right?
**[04:32] ---**
You're sharp.
**[04:34] ---**
You truly have talent
that's a shame to keep out in the wild.
**[04:38] ---**
I might only be thinking that
because I'm often consulted as a senpai.
**[04:44] ---**
I do wish, Ms. Suruga Kanbaru,
that you'd support this upperclassman right here.
**[04:50] ---**
TIMELINE
**[04:50] ---**
Fifteen years ago was when he -
the first one - came back to this town.
**[04:54] ---**
He ended his wanderings, and drifted ashore
onto this town that was his homeland.
**[04:59] ---**
He reached the goal of the tour of hell
that he felt was eternal.
**[05:03] ---**
*Homeland?*
**[05:04] ---**
And every speck of ash that drifted in
gathered at the location that was the town's air spot,
**[05:10] ---**
right here, at the North Shirahebi Shrine.
**[05:14] ---**
FIVE
**[05:15] ---**
FOUR
**[05:16] ---**
THREE
**[05:17] ---**
TWO
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ONE
**[05:20] ---**
As you can see, this shrine has fallen into ruin.
**[05:23] ---**
But of course, it wasn't always like this.
**[05:27] ---**
Fifteen years ago,
this shrine was still properly maintained.
**[05:32] ---**
I heard it was a small, coherent, good shrine.
**[05:35] ---**
In this case "small" and "coherent" aren't used
as an insult, but rather as a compliment.
**[05:40] ---**
They had to keep it small and coherent.
**[05:42] ---**
After all, this place is an air spot.
**[05:45] ---**
An air spot for apparitions.
**[05:48] ---**
Where they're likely to show up.
Where they're likely to gather.
**[05:51] ---**
A location where "bad things" that aren't
full apparitions yet gather (shuuketsu).
**[05:54] ---**
And the location where apparitions
are terminated (shuuketsu).
**[05:58] ---**
If you sieze point after point like that,
and control each key location...
**[06:02] ---**
You can prevent accidents from happening.
You can avoid them.
**[06:05] ---**
Big Brother Meme's job is to collect stories
of apparitions that have already happened.
**[06:10] ---**
But the job of someone like me
is originally more along these lines.
**[06:12] ---**
In other words, prevention, so that
things are stopped before they happen.
**[06:16] ---**
On the other hand,
if those scattered spots,
**[06:19] ---**
the key locations, can't be controlled,
we can't prevent accidents.
**[06:23] ---**
Because this was such a location...
**[06:26] ---**
"AIR SPOT FOR APPARITIONS"
**[06:27] ---**
...in the past, a famed onmyouji I can't even begin
to compare myself to created the shrine,
**[06:32] ---**
enshrined the god,
and went forth to maintain things.
**[06:36] ---**
That had mostly gone well.
**[06:39] ---**
The defense system was properly working.
**[06:42] ---**
The "bad things" gathered here,
**[06:43] ---**
that become ingredients for apparitions,
were dispersed in moderation.
**[06:48] ---**
There must've been a good god here.
**[06:51] ---**
But everything has its limits.
**[06:54] ---**
Let's see... Koyomin,
I hear you're prepping for college right now.
**[06:58] ---**
If so, do you carry any talismans or anything?
**[07:00] ---**
Talismans.
**[07:01] ---**
Do you know those things can expire?
**[07:04] ---**
When the guardian note inside the bag rips,
the talisman expires.
**[07:09] ---**
It just means that even the most miraculous
of items doesn't have an infinite effect.
**[07:14] ---**
This shrine, and the god enshrined in it,
reached their limits 15 years ago.
**[07:20] ---**
But in that case, it's too harsh to blame
the shrine's caretaker, or even the enshrined god.
**[07:26] ---**
It was completely beyond expectation.
**[07:28] ---**
For the ashes of the first minion
of the legendary vampire to gather...
**[07:34] ---**
It reached its breaking point.
**[07:36] ---**
Its limit.
**[07:38] ---**
As a result, 15 years ago,
this North Shirahebi Shrine collapsed.
**[07:42] ---**
Both in the occult sense,
and in the physical sense.
**[07:46] ---**
To crush a shrine as ash...
Shinobu, your minion really is something.
**[07:52] ---**
The fact that he was originally a specialist
probably has something to do with it.
**[07:56] ---**
What's wrong, Koyomin?
**[07:58] ---**
From the look on your face,
it seems like you understand.
**[08:02] ---**
The other day,
when you time-slipped to the past,
**[08:04] ---**
you saw that North Shirahebi Shrine 11 years ago
was in far worse condition than it is now,
**[08:09] ---**
and I guess this inadvertently explained why?
**[08:12] ---**
That's right, that was his doing, the first one.
**[08:17] ---**
The shrine that was supposed to
hold down the fort...
**[08:19] ---**
Couldn't hold down
the minion of the vampire.
**[08:22] ---**
Just for reference, let me say
that there wasn't just one,
**[08:26] ---**
but two and three
attempts to renew this shrine.
**[08:30] ---**
But an empty shrine with no god
**[08:33] ---**
has no constructive meaning,
even if it's all patched up.
**[08:36] ---**
Each time they attempted a renewal,
it collapsed, broke, and fell into ruin.
**[08:41] ---**
The nuisance was that Shinobu, or rather,
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade
**[08:47] ---**
and her minion, the first one,
**[08:49] ---**
have a power that draws apparitions to them
just by existing, like moths to a fire.
**[08:55] ---**
That's what happened 11 years ago.
**[08:57] ---**
When you two visited this shrine back then,
"bad things" filled these ruined grounds, correct?
**[09:04] ---**
I'm sure you were wondering why they had gathered
to such a density, but that's nothing special.
**[09:10] ---**
It was what he, the first one - or rather, his ashes -
had gathered as the ingredients for an apparition.
**[09:16] ---**
As ingredients... and as food.
**[09:18] ---**
If I explain this much,
**[09:20] ---**
even without specialized knowledge,
you should have a good idea of what happened.
**[09:25] ---**
Why the ashes of he, the first one,
escaped from the cycle of reincarnation.
**[09:31] ---**
That's right.
**[09:32] ---**
If this shrine was
a "place that gathers easily,"
**[09:34] ---**
and the first one was
"an apparition that can gather easily"...
**[09:38] ---**
In other words, all the conditions
for an accident to happen converged here.
**[09:43] ---**
Accidents overlapped.
**[09:46] ---**
The first one, within the grounds of this shrine,
within the godless grounds of this shrine...
**[09:51] ---**
This whole time,
he kept eating in order to regain his stamina.
**[09:56] ---**
The cycle of repeating ash and void now ended.
**[10:00] ---**
And what began would span the next 15 years...
**[10:03] ---**
A tragic tale of him finding revival.
**[10:06] ---**
A tale of revival...
**[10:08] ---**
Perhaps this may have been
a tale of seeking revenge instead.
**[10:18] ---**
Looks like this is a good time.
I finished up with most of the explanations.
**[10:23] ---**
Koyomin, Shinobu, Ms. Suruga Kanbaru,
is there anything else you don't understand?
**[10:28] ---**
W-Well, there are so many more things
that I don't understand at all...
**[10:32] ---**
I-In the first place,
what should we do now?
**[10:35] ---**
What do you want us to do
to try to help your work—
**[10:39] ---**
I want you to take responsibility.
**[10:41] ---**
Therefore...
**[10:42] ---**
I'll let you take it.
I'll let you inherit the responsibility.
**[10:47] ---**
You, Koyomin, and Shinobu.
**[10:50] ---**
You said that, at first, you planned
for Ononoki to do this job alone.
**[10:56] ---**
That this situation
exceeded your expectations.
**[10:58] ---**
Then can you tell us
what the original plan was?
**[11:03] ---**
That's fine, but it's impossible to act out,
so it's kinda pointless to tell you.
**[11:09] ---**
Do you remember why
Big Brother Meme came to this town?
**[11:13] ---**
It was because Shinobu came here, right?
**[11:15] ---**
I believe it was the same for Kaiki, too.
**[11:18] ---**
As for Kagenui, I think she came here
because she heard the story from Kaiki.
**[11:23] ---**
Right. Various specialists, all quirky and distinctive,
came to this town for similar reasons.
**[11:30] ---**
But the reports of their investigations
came to me.
**[11:33] ---**
EVEN STILL, I'M AMAZING.
**[11:35] ---**
As a result of that, as the result of the close review
of the information submitted by each of them,
**[11:39] ---**
I came to understand
that there was a strange chain of events,
**[11:42] ---**
a certain situation,
happening in this town as of 15 years ago.
**[11:47] ---**
And so, I sent Yotsugi to this town once again.
**[11:51] ---**
Her job was to clean up the ashes.
Simply put, cleaning up the shrine.
**[11:56] ---**
*On the last day of summer break,
when she bumped into me in town,*
**[12:01] ---**
*she didn't seem to know what her mission was.*
**[12:03] ---**
*But after that, she was given a mission
that resembled the story of Cinderella?*
**[12:08] ---**
*But in the end, this means all of that failed, right?*
**[12:12] ---**
*Would Ononoki even fail a mission?*
**[12:15] ---**
*She's the one that saved
both my and Shinobu lives in one evening.*
**[12:19] ---**
*She's a diligent worker, you know?*
**[12:22] ---**
But Ononoki does have
a super-airheaded side to her as well.
**[12:27] ---**
Maybe there are times when she screws up.
**[12:29] ---**
You're talking as if
it has nothing to do with you, Koyomin.
**[12:33] ---**
Yotsugi's failure was you guys' fault.
**[12:36] ---**
O-Our fault?
**[12:39] ---**
Can it be...
**[12:41] ---**
...that it has something to do with the fact that Shinobu and I
used the "bad things" pooled up in this air spot,
**[12:47] ---**
which had been sealed away by Oshino,
and was merely awaiting to be dispersed, as a source of energy?
**[12:56] ---**
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT COMES TO MIND?
**[12:58] ---**
Shinobu didn't do anything.
**[13:00] ---**
She didn't do anything...
She didn't have to do anything.
**[13:04] ---**
It was enough that she came to this shrine.
**[13:08] ---**
Honestly, I don't know just how much
of the situation Big Brother Meme grasped.
**[13:13] ---**
He doesn't speak much
and only reports the bare minimum.
**[13:18] ---**
The only thing that's certain is that he used talismans
he had on hand to do some first aid on this shrine.
**[13:23] ---**
Thanks to that band-aid treatment,
**[13:25] ---**
you could say we set it up
so that we cut off the first one's supply.
**[13:30] ---**
But in such a situation of hunger, he...
**[13:32] ---**
Being cornered into an extreme case once again,
in such a mental state, he found out.
**[13:38] ---**
He saw Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade.
**[13:42] ---**
He witnessed her for the first time in 400 years.
**[13:50] ---**
It was a one-sided observation.
**[13:53] ---**
Shinobu, that was the first time
you came to North Shirahebi Shrine, right?
**[13:58] ---**
In other words... He found power
by seeing Shinobu for the first time in 400 years.
**[14:03] ---**
That inspired the first one to rise up,
despite his body being nothing but ashes.
**[14:06] ---**
And, even though he was in a state
of severe hunger, he revived himself?
**[14:11] ---**
Who said the situation was so romantic?
**[14:14] ---**
Simply put, an existence similar in nature
to another existence...
**[14:17] ---**
LIKE IT'S SOME TEEN ROMANTIC COMEDY
**[14:18] ---**
...showed up in a nearby location.
**[14:20] ---**
The first one was affected by that,
and his apparition's nature swiftly became excited.
**[14:26] ---**
That's why, when Yotsugi came here
after receiving the mission,
**[14:29] ---**
the North Shirahebi Shrine
was completely empty.
**[14:33] ---**
After saying this much...
**[14:34] ---**
This time for sure, you know what the job
I want to ask you to do is, right?
**[14:40] ---**
It's to look for the first one.
**[14:42] ---**
The first and the second one are both slaves,
so they should be drawn to one another.
**[14:45] ---**
If anything, the person to summon
first and foremost would be Kagenui, right?
**[14:50] ---**
Ononoki's master, the violent onmyouji
that specializes in immortal apparitions.
**[14:55] ---**
I can't control her.
**[14:57] ---**
I'd like her to lament for her entire life
that she has no opportunities to use her power.
**[15:00] ---**
*It's amazing that she'd make Gaen
say something of this nature.*
**[15:00] ---**
HINIKU NO TAN
**[15:04] ---**
But, well, I guess Ononoki is enough
for combat personnel, then...
**[15:08] ---**
Negative.
**[15:09] ---**
At the point when I heard
the status report from Yotsugi,
**[15:12] ---**
in other words, at the point when I heard the report
that Koyomin had come in contact with the first one,
**[15:17] ---**
I called for one more assistant.
**[15:19] ---**
I have to go pick him up pretty soon, too.
**[15:22] ---**
B-But, an assistant?
Isn't Ononoki enough for this?
**[15:26] ---**
She's not.
**[15:27] ---**
Big Sister here wants to settle the score
once and for all today.
**[15:31] ---**
Now that he has a will, has a conscience,
and can arbitrarily use energy drains...
**[15:36] ---**
The longer we leave him be,
the stronger he gets.
**[15:39] ---**
The game keeps doubling up.
**[15:41] ---**
If you take it easy,
he'll be completely revived.
**[15:45] ---**
And if that happens,
he'll be impossible to control.
**[15:47] ---**
That will be the point when we have no choice
but to call for Yoduru.
**[15:50] ---**
BIG MONSTER
**[15:51] ---**
*She speaks of Kagenui
like some inhumane weapon or something...*
**[15:54] ---**
No matter what,
**[15:56] ---**
I'd like to kill him...
before he eats a human.
**[16:05] ---**
Now, Big Sister will step out for a bit.
**[16:07] ---**
5000 YEN
**[16:08] ---**
If you get hungry, you can use this
to go buy some breakfast, Koyomin.
**[16:16] ---**
What are we going to do, Shinobu?
**[16:18] ---**
There's no ifs, ands, or buts.
**[16:20] ---**
There was an irregularity, but from here on,
everything will go according to that specialist's plans.
**[16:26] ---**
No matter what we do,
he'll be exterminated before the night is over.
**[16:31] ---**
That's all there is to it.
**[16:33] ---**
It's not something
we should do anything about at this point.
**[16:36] ---**
There's the possibility he'll power up
if we get close to him.
**[16:40] ---**
So unlike you, I probably won't see his face at all.
**[16:45] ---**
This will all be dealt with without me.
**[16:50] ---**
I'll tell you this. My master,
you shouldn't think of anything unnecessary.
**[16:55] ---**
That woman may have said things
to rile you up for fun...
**[16:59] ---**
But for me, there is no "first" or "second"
in terms of my minions.
**[17:03] ---**
I've lived for over 500 years...
The order doesn't matter at all.
**[17:07] ---**
The other day, when I told the story of the past,
did I not preface the story with instructions?
**[17:12] ---**
P-Preface?
**[17:14] ---**
Don't show worthless envy.
**[17:16] ---**
Leave it at a cute level of jealousy.
**[17:19] ---**
Don't be distressed.
**[17:20] ---**
Right now, you're the only one for me.
**[17:30] ---**
*Given that I can't go home quite yet,
I can't afford to fast all the way till evening...*
**[17:35] ---**
*With the pairing with Shinobu severed right now,
I can't say I'm very resistant to hunger.*
**[17:40] ---**
*I can't let my underclassman starve, either.*
**[17:44] ---**
I request donuts.
**[17:46] ---**
Should I go run over and get some?
**[17:48] ---**
No, I've hardly done anything up till now,
so I'd like to at least go do the shopping.
**[17:53] ---**
All right. Then I'll watch over Shinobu.
**[17:57] ---**
I'll take care of Shinobu for you.
**[18:01] ---**
*Is it all right to leave Shinobu and Kanbaru alone?
They've only just met.*
**[18:07] ---**
*But I can't go shopping toting Shinobu around
in this current situation.*
**[18:11] ---**
*Though it's safe because it's daytime,
I should have Shinobu stay put for now.*
**[18:17] ---**
Then, Araragi-senpai.
**[18:19] ---**
Since you're going shopping...
I apologize for being rude,
**[18:22] ---**
but can I ask you to get something for me?
**[18:25] ---**
What is it? You can ask anything.
**[18:28] ---**
I'd like you to buy a book.
It's a new book that's coming out today.
**[18:32] ---**
Coming out today? I see, that's fine.
Then, I'll go buy it for you.
**[18:36] ---**
It's a light-novel, so are you okay with that?
**[18:38] ---**
Come on now, that bothers me, Kanbaru.
**[18:41] ---**
Do you think I'm one of those people that
treats light-novels like degenerate art or something?
**[18:46] ---**
I'm a high school boy that buys super-girly
shoujo manga with the cover facing up!
**[18:51] ---**
I wouldn't think that
buying books would be embarrassing!
**[18:54] ---**
Hearing that reassures me.
**[18:56] ---**
So, what's the title?
**[18:58] ---**
"Brutal Garçon Huff-Huffs a Half-Blood Boy!"
**[19:00] ---**
BRUTAL GARÇON HUFF-HUFFS A HALF-BLOOD BOY!
**[19:01] ---**
That's one of those light-novels
that aren't exactly light-hearted!
**[19:04] ---**
What kind of book are you asking
your upperclassman to buy you?
**[19:07] ---**
In the end, you're reading BL stuff...
And what's with that title?
**[19:11] ---**
BRUTAL GARÇON HUFF-HUFFS A HALF-BLOOD BOY!!
**[19:11] ---**
The title isn't everything for a novel.
**[19:14] ---**
Lately, the world of literature has been
putting emphasis on the title as well.
**[19:18] ---**
But past masterpieces often have a title that
makes you think it's nothing more than a vague idea.
**[19:23] ---**
BRUTAL GARÇON HUFF-HUFFS A HALF-BLOOD BOY!!
21ST BOOK
**[19:23] ---**
Well, it's true that a novel is about its contents.
**[19:26] ---**
But can the contents of that book
be something to look forward to?
**[19:29] ---**
Yes, it can. This one, the 21st book in the series,
is especially highly anticipated by the experts.
**[19:35] ---**
923: NAMELESS EXPERT
NEW TITLE IS HERE
BRUTAL ASSAULT IS MY FAVORITE!
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RELEASE DATE.
**[19:36] ---**
The series has gone on way too long!
And who are "the experts"?
**[19:39] ---**
In the newest installment,
the biggest mystery of the series since volume 1...
**[19:44] ---**
BIGGEST MYSTERY
"GRANDCHILD OF A 'GAL'?"
**[19:44] ---**
Whether or not the Brutal Garçon
is really "the grandchild of a 'gal'" will be revealed.
**[19:48] ---**
He probably is the grandchild of a "gal"!
**[19:50] ---**
The author really dragged out
a mystery like that for 20 books?
**[19:53] ---**
Actually, the line I said
to you yesterday, Araragi-senpai...
**[19:56] ---**
"Eat up!"
**[19:57] ---**
KEYWORD
"EAT UP"
**[19:57] ---**
That line was something I borrowed
from the main character of that series.
**[20:01] ---**
To think it was a line from a boys-love series...
**[20:03] ---**
I THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE!
**[20:05] ---**
You're not going to buy it for me?
Then I guess I'll just go home.
**[20:09] ---**
I'll buy it! You'll be satisfied if I buy it, right?
**[20:11] ---**
Oh, that's right... Araragi-senpai,
if you could, can you buy me a brassiere?
**[20:17] ---**
I can't do that, so I can't buy that for you.
**[20:20] ---**
It's fine. I know you can do it, Araragi-senpai.
**[20:22] ---**
Kanbaru, for some reason,
you expect too much from Araragi-senpai.
**[20:27] ---**
I don't care about the design.
**[20:28] ---**
You can use your aesthetic sense
to pick one, Araragi-senpai.
**[20:30] ---**
Don't ask me about my aesthetic sense
for picking out a brassiere.
**[20:33] ---**
I mean, there are all sorts
of designs for brassieres,
**[20:36] ---**
but in the end,
it's what goes in it that counts.
**[20:39] ---**
Don't make it sound like a good line.
**[20:41] ---**
I'm at my limit of being braless.
I really do want to cherish its contents.
**[20:45] ---**
You say "for some reason," but right now,
I just want to put a brassiere on.
**[20:49] ---**
Let's draw the line here.
**[20:55] ---**
*Here it is...*
**[20:56] ---**
*"Brutal Garçon Huff-Huffs a Half-Blood Boy!"*
**[20:58] ---**
*It's an amazing cover
that lives up to its title.*
**[21:01] ---**
BRUTAL GARÇON HUFF-HUFFS A HALF-BLOOD BOY!
(SECOND HALF)
**[21:01] ---**
*It is a bit embarrassing
to buy just these two books...*
**[21:03] ---**
21ST BOOK PUBLISHED!!
THE MYSTERY OF WHETHER GARÇON
IS A GRANDCHILD OF A "GAL"!
"EAT UP"
GARÇON SERIES 1-20 ON SALE!!
**[21:06] ---**
*I don't think it's manly to buy other books
as camouflage when buying certain books.*
**[21:06] ---**
BRUTAL GARÇON HUFF-HUFFS A HALF-BLOOD BOY!
(FIRST HALF)
**[21:11] ---**
*But in this case, I think it might be better
to hide the manliness instead.*
**[21:17] ---**
*Come to think, it's been a long time
since I was paired with Shinobu.*
**[21:21] ---**
*But because it was severed
by the "darkness,"*
**[21:24] ---**
*for the first time in a while,
I was acting alone in the true meaning of the phrase.*
**[21:29] ---**
*Taking my own course.*
**[21:30] ---**
*Freedom.*
**[21:31] ---**
*If so, can I take this momentary freedom,
without worrying about people's or apparitions' eyes,*
**[21:35] ---**
*this gap of lost time,
and make the most of it?*
**[21:37] ---**
IDOL - ACTRESS
PHOTO COLLECTION CORNER
**[21:40] ---**
*GRAVURE IDOL!
SLIGHTLY PERVERTED OLDER SISTER
SUPER-HOT PHOTO COLLECTION*
**[21:42] ---**
*It seems that lately, because I've often
been having fun with Shinobu, Ononoki, and Hachikuji,*
**[21:48] ---**
*the suspicion that I have a Lolita complex
is growing day by day.*
**[21:51] ---**
*The times are the times,
the situation is the situation.*
**[21:54] ---**
*In order to clear me of any suspicion,
I need to employ the opposite strategy right now.*
**[21:58] ---**
HOUSEWIFE PHOTO STUDIO
FULLY RIPE BODY, SPORTY MATURE LADY PHOTO COLLECTION
**[21:58] ---**
*In other words... Mature ladies!*
**[22:02] ---**
THE EMPLOYEES LAUGH
**[22:06] ---**
THE EMPLOYEES LAUGH
**[22:11] ---**
THE EMPLOYEES LAUGH
**[22:14] ---**
THE EMPLOYEES LAUGH
**[22:25] ---**
Hey, second one.
**[22:35] ---**
Were you able to relay my message to Kiss-shot?
# E11 - Shinobu Mail, Part Five
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY09G7E7Y/shinobu-mail-part-5)
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**[00:06] ---**
There's no reason to have
such an uneasy look on your face, second one.
**[00:10] ---**
I'm a specialist.
**[00:13] ---**
Though times have changed,
as a warrior,
**[00:15] ---**
I don't ignore signatures
left by those in the trade.
**[00:23] ---**
"This is my prey, so hands off."
**[00:26] ---**
A sign used among specialists
to mean something along those lines.
**[00:29] ---**
As long as that's there,
I can't raise a hand against you.
**[00:33] ---**
If you didn't have that...
**[00:38] ---**
There's no way I'd let a vampire live,
even for a moment.
**[00:42] ---**
IT WAS WORTH GETTING STOMPED ON
BY A LITTLE GIRL.
**[00:44] ---**
Here should be fine.
**[00:48] ---**
We can take our time to chat here.
**[00:55] ---**
I believe your name was Koyomi Araragi?
**[00:58] ---**
I guess I should call you Sir Araragi.
**[01:03] ---**
I'll be straightforward, Sir Araragi.
**[01:08] ---**
I want you to break up with Kiss-shot.
**[02:10] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[02:12] ---**
SHINOBU MAIL, PART FIVE
**[02:19] ---**
My objective is...
**[02:21] ---**
Kiss-Shot.
**[02:23] ---**
To make amends with the one
you call Shinobu Oshino.
**[02:27] ---**
M-Make—
**[02:28] ---**
Amends.
**[02:31] ---**
I ended things with Kiss-shot
with an argument.
**[02:34] ---**
A momentary delusion caused me
to hurl some inconsiderate words at Kiss-shot.
**[02:40] ---**
I'd like to apologize for that
and seek her forgiveness.
**[02:44] ---**
And like we did in the past...
**[02:45] ---**
I'd like to fight apparitions
together with her.
**[02:49] ---**
As beautiful as a goddess...
so beautiful that your spine freezes...
**[02:53] ---**
I'd like to protect her back,
and be the sword that fights for her.
**[03:00] ---**
You may not understand, but...
**[03:03] ---**
I can't help but think you're only saying that
to get close to Shinobu to get revenge.
**[03:08] ---**
Revenge? What revenge
is this revenge you speak of?
**[03:12] ---**
Are you saying I have a reason
to hold a grudge against her?
**[03:15] ---**
A reason to hold a grudge...
**[03:17] ---**
There is.
**[03:19] ---**
Don't fool yourself by saying
something like "a momentary delusion."
**[03:22] ---**
You said some really harsh words to Shinobu.
**[03:25] ---**
Yes, I won't deny that part.
That's why I want to apologize.
**[03:30] ---**
I want to see her in person and apologize.
**[03:34] ---**
She only needs to have one minion.
**[03:40] ---**
She brought me back from near death.
**[03:43] ---**
I was upset at the time,
but nowadays, I truly appreciate it.
**[03:48] ---**
Is what I'm saying all that strange?
**[03:52] ---**
*The fact he's saying it feels strange.
But I can't deny the statement itself...*
**[03:59] ---**
*Because I've basically done the same thing.*
**[04:03] ---**
I guess you wouldn't want to break up.
**[04:05] ---**
However, anyone can be your replacement,
but nobody can replace me.
**[04:11] ---**
Because I'm special. I'm the chosen one.
**[04:15] ---**
I idolize lines like that.
I'd like to say something like that for once...
**[04:20] ---**
It's way too presumptuous, though,
so I'd never be able to say it.
**[04:30] ---**
Sparks flying between us will benefit no one.
**[04:34] ---**
In the end, this is just like
two men fighting over one woman.
**[04:40] ---**
A fight between two minions is something
not even apparitions would gobble up.
**[04:53] ---**
Then what should we do?
**[04:55] ---**
Are we going to praise each other
from now on?
**[04:57] ---**
That would be such a hideous sight.
**[04:59] ---**
Therefore, I shall propose
something of merit for you.
**[05:02] ---**
Sir Araragi, I'll let you know what benefits
you'll see if you break up with Kiss-shot.
**[05:08] ---**
Meanwhile, you can think about what benefits
I'll see if you don't break up with Kiss-shot.
**[05:15] ---**
M-Merit? Benefits?
**[05:17] ---**
If you break up with Kiss-shot for me,
you'll be liberated from Kiss-shot.
**[05:23] ---**
In other words, all the responsibility
that you feel for Kiss-shot right now
**[05:28] ---**
can be placed on none other
than my shoulders instead.
**[05:32] ---**
I did relay your message.
**[05:36] ---**
She didn't seem to have any intention
of seeing you, though.
**[05:42] ---**
I see. Well, I guess that's how it would be.
**[05:45] ---**
But well, no matter what Kiss-shot's intention is,
I need her to return what I lent her.
**[05:53] ---**
My sword, and my position.
**[05:59] ---**
I want to flourish once again.
**[06:02] ---**
After these 400 years,
I want to sparkle one more time.
**[06:06] ---**
I don't find this to be disgraceful.
**[06:11] ---**
Don't you want to flourish again,
not as Shinobu's minion, but as a human?
**[06:16] ---**
The fact that you want to see Shinobu,
even if revenge wasn't the objective,
**[06:19] ---**
perhaps you want to be human.
**[06:21] ---**
I can no longer return to being human.
**[06:24] ---**
It's been 400 years after all.
Too much time has passed.
**[06:27] ---**
Looking at things from that perspective,
I'm different from you.
**[06:33] ---**
Well, I no longer see it
as something sad.
**[06:36] ---**
Because I can't make it in time,
that's why I can, for half an eternity,
**[06:40] ---**
spend my time with Kiss-shot.
**[06:44] ---**
You may be thinking
that's something similar to pure love...
**[06:47] ---**
But in modern society,
people like you are called "stalkers."
**[06:51] ---**
As I said, let us stop insulting each other.
**[06:54] ---**
Besides, have you thought of anything?
**[06:57] ---**
If you don't break up with Kiss-shot,
what benefit will there be for me?
**[07:16] ---**
You shouldn't drink something given to you
by the enemy without doubting it first.
**[07:22] ---**
If you were tricked into drinking holy water,
**[07:24] ---**
even though your pairing is severed for now,
you'd be a goner.
**[07:29] ---**
Totally makes me laugh.
**[07:33] ---**
Looks like we've been interrupted, Sir Araragi.
**[07:38] ---**
The story would've progressed much faster
**[07:39] ---**
if you had drank the goblet of poison,
or rather, the chalice.
**[07:44] ---**
It wouldn't have been ignoring
the signature on you, either,
**[07:47] ---**
if you were purified by your own will.
**[07:50] ---**
Don't get upset, minion of Heart-under-blade.
**[07:53] ---**
When it comes to defeating apparitions,
anything goes.
**[07:56] ---**
Foul play and ambushes
are among the proper methodologies.
**[08:04] ---**
Looks like we made it in time. Good.
**[08:08] ---**
Nice to meet you, first one.
**[08:11] ---**
I'm Izuko Gaen.
**[08:13] ---**
A big sister that knows everything.
I came here to negotiate with you.
**[08:18] ---**
Sir Araragi, it seems our conversation
has come to an end.
**[08:22] ---**
I shall excuse myself now.
**[08:24] ---**
We couldn't find
a point of compromise between us.
**[08:27] ---**
In this case, our relationship
must move to the next phase.
**[08:32] ---**
Conversation?
**[08:34] ---**
It's time to duel.
**[08:37] ---**
Tonight, we fight to the death.
**[08:41] ---**
I'll leave the logistics
to those specialists over there.
**[08:44] ---**
Until then, I'll try to recover to as close
to maximum potential as possible.
**[08:49] ---**
Sir Araragi, you should get the signature
removed from your face.
**[08:53] ---**
I won't run, nor will I hide.
**[08:58] ---**
Ru—
**[08:59] ---**
WHY AREN'T EPISODE AND GAEN GOING AFTER HIM?
**[09:07] ---**
Th-That's not what it looks like!
**[09:11] ---**
BRA DONUTS
BOOK BOOK
**[09:25] ---**
BRA DONUTS
BOOK BOOK
**[09:29] ---**
Devil boy, shh.
**[09:31] ---**
O-Ononoki...
**[09:32] ---**
By the time I got here,
things were already like that.
**[09:37] ---**
They were already like that?
**[09:43] ---**
Hey.
**[09:45] ---**
I'll admit you've got some nerve.
**[09:47] ---**
The courage you show by not taking
even one step back while facing me
**[09:50] ---**
makes me think satisfactorily of you
as my master's underclassman.
**[09:54] ---**
So I won't be emotional,
and as an adult that has lived for 500 years,
**[09:58] ---**
I'll be very tolerant of a brat.
**[10:01] ---**
If you're willing to take back
what you said earlier,
**[10:04] ---**
I can forget the various exchanges
that have gone on here.
**[10:08] ---**
If you apologize, I'll forgive you.
**[10:11] ---**
I won't take it back. I won't apologize.
**[10:14] ---**
I'll say it again and again.
**[10:15] ---**
Shinobu. You should meet him.
**[10:19] ---**
You should go meet that first apparition killer!
**[10:35] ---**
To end things without seeing your previous partner,
who's revived after 400 years of trying...
**[10:40] ---**
That's not a good thing.
**[10:42] ---**
That's a terrible thing.
**[10:44] ---**
That isn't the right thing to do.
**[10:50] ---**
I have no idea what you're talking about.
**[10:53] ---**
If, as a human, you want to lecture me,
speak with at least a smidgeon of logic.
**[10:58] ---**
Like I know anything about logic!
**[11:00] ---**
You should stop making excuses
and go see him!
**[11:03] ---**
This man spent 400 years reviving himself
just so he could see you!
**[11:06] ---**
Why won't you meet with him?
**[11:08] ---**
I've been telling you,
you've misunderstood.
**[11:11] ---**
He didn't revive due to
that sort of silly emotional reason.
**[11:16] ---**
The dispersed ashes gathered
and became excited, as if they were magnets.
**[11:20] ---**
It's a natural phenomenon.
**[11:21] ---**
The feeling of falling in love
with someone is natural, too!
**[11:25] ---**
Don't deny someone's
feelings of love for you!
**[11:27] ---**
I'm telling you...
**[11:30] ---**
You really don't get it at all!
It really is nothing like that.
**[11:35] ---**
A vampire's minion...
**[11:36] ---**
The vampire master/servant relationship
**[11:39] ---**
isn't something you speak of
in terms of love or hate, you romance-brain!
**[11:46] ---**
"The master/servant relationship
isn't about love or hate."
**[11:49] ---**
Can you say that
in front of Araragi-senpai as well?
**[11:54] ---**
It's just like what I told my master back then.
**[11:58] ---**
For me as I am now, the only partner
I can call my minion is your upperclassman.
**[12:03] ---**
For my current self...
**[12:06] ---**
Shinobu, you say you don't understand
what I'm saying.
**[12:10] ---**
But that's what I don't understand.
**[12:12] ---**
What I don't like about all of this
is that right there.
**[12:20] ---**
You make it sound as if
you're only allowed to have one minion.
**[12:24] ---**
For instance, isn't it possible for you,
Araragi-senpai and that first apparition killer
**[12:29] ---**
to get along amiably as a trio?
**[12:32] ---**
As a trio?
**[12:35] ---**
What, are you being cheeky
and saying we should make amends?
**[12:39] ---**
I don't care if you make amends or not.
**[12:42] ---**
If you're saying you'd choose Araragi-senpai
over the first apparition killer, that's fine.
**[12:48] ---**
But you have to be the one
that tells him that.
**[12:52] ---**
You shouldn't rely on Izuko or Araragi-senpai
to convey the message to him for you.
**[12:55] ---**
You don't know anything
about the situation.
**[12:58] ---**
You don't know about
my relationship with him.
**[13:00] ---**
No, you probably don't even know anything about
my relationship with my current master, do you?
**[13:07] ---**
It's true that I don't. But I can tell.
**[13:11] ---**
About the feelings of being the first one,
and of being the second one.
**[13:17] ---**
*In Kanbaru's mind, the first apparition killer's
feelings resonate more with her.*
**[13:22] ---**
*The feeling of paranoia...
as if it was pure love.*
**[13:25] ---**
Even if I were to see him now,
there's nothing I can say to him.
**[13:31] ---**
Look at reality, monkey-girl.
**[13:33] ---**
Now that he's basically the tale of apparitions
that fill this town nowadays,
**[13:38] ---**
he has no choice
but to become prey for the specialists.
**[13:40] ---**
I know that. That's why—
**[13:42] ---**
That's why?
**[13:43] ---**
That's all the more reason
for me to go see him, you say?
**[13:46] ---**
That man harbors a grudge against me.
**[13:49] ---**
If I see him, I may be killed.
**[13:51] ---**
Apparently he's asking for me
to return the demon blade.
**[13:54] ---**
The ones to get slain by that blade
may not only be us.
**[13:57] ---**
With all that in mind—
**[13:59] ---**
With all that in mind,
I'm telling you that you should go see him.
**[14:03] ---**
That's why logic doesn't matter at all!
**[14:05] ---**
Why do people refuse
to see others like that?
**[14:08] ---**
It's complete nonsense!
**[14:10] ---**
Everything's complete nonsense
unless someone goes and meets someone else!
**[14:13] ---**
You can't make any stories that way!
**[14:16] ---**
You should just be blunt
and say it, Shinobu.
**[14:19] ---**
That you're scared.
That you're scared of seeing him.
**[14:22] ---**
That you don't want your emotions swayed
by meeting with and talking to him.
**[14:26] ---**
You feel that seeing him
is like betraying Araragi-senpai,
**[14:31] ---**
so you don't intend
to see him ever again.
**[14:35] ---**
But that's not true.
**[14:37] ---**
The only one you're betraying is yourself.
**[14:43] ---**
You should just tell him
**[14:44] ---**
that a love that takes 400 years to return
is too heavy for you.
**[14:48] ---**
That you're troubled to see him return to life
now that you're doing well with Araragi-senpai.
**[14:54] ---**
That his feelings are nothing but a nuisance.
**[14:56] ---**
That he should've just stayed dead.
**[15:01] ---**
Just say it. If you can't say that...
**[15:03] ---**
Don't speak about masters
and lords and stuff.
**[15:06] ---**
That's not being aloof, nor is it noble.
**[15:09] ---**
You're simply being bashful.
**[15:15] ---**
What's with a master and servant relationship?
**[15:18] ---**
You don't have the right to own a slave,
nor the right to serve under a master.
**[15:22] ---**
Ka...
**[15:23] ---**
You have no right to form a relationship.
**[15:26] ---**
Ka ka.
**[15:32] ---**
Why interlock the fingers?
**[15:34] ---**
Whoa, made a mistake.
Thought you were Senjyogahara.
**[15:36] ---**
You're the worst.
**[15:38] ---**
Hold on just a bit longer, Ononoki.
**[15:41] ---**
Why? The situation is already pretty bad.
**[15:43] ---**
Even so.
**[15:45] ---**
Ka ka ka.
**[15:47] ---**
Ka ka ka.
**[15:49] ---**
Do you want those to be
your dying words?
**[15:51] ---**
I feel like crushing your head right now,
even if it makes everything for naught.
**[15:57] ---**
Do it, then.
**[15:59] ---**
I'm not going to apologize.
**[16:01] ---**
Do it, and then you can start to feel awkward
with Araragi-senpai.
**[16:05] ---**
Just like how you're avoiding
the first apparition killer right now,
**[16:07] ---**
you're going to start avoiding
Araragi-senpai.
**[16:10] ---**
Just like how you made him
a story of your past,
**[16:13] ---**
you can turn Araragi-senpai
into a story of the past, in the future.
**[16:17] ---**
Like how you dismissed the first one,
you'll someday dismiss the second one.
**[16:20] ---**
You can't face the first one directly,
so there's no way you can with the second one.
**[16:24] ---**
Or the third one, the fourth one, the fifth one.
You can keep saying goodbye to people forever.
**[16:29] ---**
Forever...
**[16:30] ---**
You're immortal, right?
Araragi-senpai said that at some point.
**[16:34] ---**
"If Shinobu is going to die tomorrow,
I'm fine with my life ending tomorrow."
**[16:39] ---**
But I'm sure you wouldn't
say something like that.
**[16:42] ---**
Even if you did...
You'd say the same thing to the third one.
**[16:45] ---**
And the fourth one. And the fifth one.
**[16:48] ---**
You'll continue to say it forever,
and continue to live on forever.
**[16:56] ---**
Don't think that being sociable like you
is a trait everyone has.
**[16:59] ---**
Earlier, you stated
I was simply being bashful...
**[17:02] ---**
But isn't the feeling that
you don't want to see anyone also natural?
**[17:06] ---**
That's unnatural.
**[17:07] ---**
It's possible that someone
won't get along with others,
**[17:10] ---**
but it's never that they
don't see anyone.
**[17:11] ---**
I'm not human.
**[17:14] ---**
That might be, based on how you're acting.
**[17:19] ---**
Even if I were to see him, you realize
there's nothing I can say to him right now?
**[17:24] ---**
We parted harboring hatred, and we parted
by death harboring hatred. That's our relationship.
**[17:28] ---**
I have no intention of getting back together,
and I have no intention of making a friendly trio.
**[17:32] ---**
I've no intention of lining the first one
and second one up to talk about them.
**[17:36] ---**
I feel that the act of comparison
in of itself is rude to my master.
**[17:42] ---**
What meaning is there in showing
how amiable I am with my master right now?
**[17:48] ---**
By showing that man
I have no feelings for him now whatsoever...
**[17:52] ---**
What meaning is there?
You wish for me to do something so cruel?
**[17:56] ---**
Yeah. I'm telling you to do something cruel.
**[18:00] ---**
It's your job to hurt the man from your past.
**[18:04] ---**
You want to be liked, and on top of it,
stay a good person?
**[18:08] ---**
You want to end everything being loved?
**[18:10] ---**
What you're saying...
**[18:12] ---**
That's like saying if something is going to erode
or be worn down, it's better to just destroy it.
**[18:18] ---**
That's what I've been saying!
**[18:22] ---**
If he holds a grudge against me
and is trying to kill me,
**[18:25] ---**
that means I'll kill him in return.
**[18:28] ---**
You're still fine with that?
**[18:29] ---**
That's still fine.
**[18:31] ---**
If that's the case, then you can
respond to his feeling of hatred.
**[18:34] ---**
You can sever him from those feelings.
**[18:37] ---**
But, if you apologize
and he forgives you, in that case...
**[18:39] ---**
It's the same thing even then.
**[18:42] ---**
The moment he forgives me,
he'll be exterminated by a specialist.
**[18:47] ---**
You're still fine with that?
**[18:48] ---**
That's still fine.
**[18:50] ---**
That's still fine!
**[18:54] ---**
If your silly assumptions are correct
and he revived himself thinking of me...
**[19:00] ---**
I'd be able to respond to his feelings.
**[19:02] ---**
What I can do by meeting him
is to harshly and roughly dump him.
**[19:07] ---**
You're still fine with that?
**[19:10] ---**
That's still fine.
**[19:12] ---**
If I met him, and felt like I wanted
to respond to his feelings, then what?
**[19:17] ---**
What would you do if I chose the first apparition killer
instead of your upperclassman?
**[19:21] ---**
You're still fine with that?
**[19:22] ---**
That's still fine.
**[19:25] ---**
If that's the case...
**[19:26] ---**
If that's the case,
make a clean break with Araragi-senpai,
**[19:29] ---**
and you can live happily ever after
with that guy.
**[19:37] ---**
*I have, for the first time,
seen Shinobu Oshino lose a one on one battle.*
**[19:44] ---**
Ononoki.
**[19:45] ---**
I have a favor to ask you.
**[19:47] ---**
Can you take this stamp off of me?
**[19:51] ---**
If I take that off, I won't be able
to ensure your safety anymore, you know?
**[19:57] ---**
I want to try out this "duel" thing.
**[20:04] ---**
Are you done with
all the formalities or whatever?
**[20:06] ---**
Yeah, of course.
**[20:08] ---**
She definitely knows
her business in that respect.
**[20:11] ---**
After all that, she tracked down
the first apparition killer and properly negotiated.
**[20:17] ---**
Where's the location for this duel
that you guys set up for us?
**[20:20] ---**
Where do I need to go tonight?
**[20:23] ---**
Oh, that's...
**[20:25] ---**
A place that's very familiar to you.
**[20:28] ---**
And it's a place deeply connected to me, too.
**[20:31] ---**
Deeply connected?
**[20:33] ---**
The courtyard of Naoetsu Private High School.
**[20:38] ---**
*After that fierce encouragement from Kanbaru,
Shinobu's next action...*
**[20:43] ---**
*was to pout and take a nap.*
**[20:45] ---**
*She withdrew deep into the shrine building.*
**[20:48] ---**
*The fact that a high school girl refuted her
seems to have gotten to her more than expected.*
**[20:56] ---**
Huh? Kanbaru, what's wrong?
What are you doing lying there?
**[21:00] ---**
Your head's bleeding. Are you okay?
**[21:04] ---**
Araragi-senpai, you were watching until
a few minutes ago, so you know everything, right?
**[21:07] ---**
You found me out!
**[21:10] ---**
It's fine. Shinobu didn't notice.
**[21:13] ---**
So, Araragi-senpai, did you buy the book
I asked you to get me?
**[21:17] ---**
BRUTAL GARÇON HUFF-HUFFS A HALF-BLOOD BOY!
**[21:18] ---**
You're too obsessed with that book.
**[21:20] ---**
Just how important is this book you wanted?
**[21:23] ---**
At least show me the wound on your head.
**[21:30] ---**
*Well, I guess it'll be all right.*
**[21:33] ---**
Now, let's eat lunch, Kanbaru.
**[21:35] ---**
Then, I'll just read my book here like this,
so Araragi-senpai, please feed me.
**[21:40] ---**
Aah!
**[21:41] ---**
Don't "aah'" me. No upperclassman
would spoil someone that much.
**[21:45] ---**
What about Shinobu?
**[21:50] ---**
So, Araragi-senpai, what about the bra?
**[21:53] ---**
I bought one for you. Here you go.
**[21:54] ---**
BRA
**[21:56] ---**
Then, I'll just read my book here like this,
so Araragi-senpai, you can put it on for me.
**[22:00] ---**
Aah!
**[22:01] ---**
You totally changed the meaning of "aah" there!
**[22:05] ---**
Kanbaru.
**[22:06] ---**
By any chance,
do you have something for me?
**[22:08] ---**
Like, some advice
you'd risk your life to give me.
**[22:13] ---**
If anything, DIY.
**[22:16] ---**
"DIY"?
**[22:18] ---**
"Do your best." So yeah, do your best!
**[22:21] ---**
*Abbreviating that would be DYB.*
**[22:24] ---**
DIY = SUNDAY CARPENTERS
**[22:24] ---**
*I thought DIY was "Do it yourself,"
like a weekend carpenter.*
**[22:27] ---**
*But I didn't press the issue.*
**[22:30] ---**
*Because, "Do it yourself"...*
**[22:32] ---**
*...being told I should do it myself was,
in this case, very fitting advice for me.*
# E12 - Shinobu Mail, Part Six
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY75K1NK6/shinobu-mail-part-6)
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**[00:01] ---**
HITAGI SENJYOGAHARA
SEN JYO GAHARA
NO GROUP
**[00:01] ---**
Hello, Senjyogahara?
**[00:04] ---**
What's wrong?
**[00:05] ---**
Does the fact that
you're calling me like this
**[00:07] ---**
mean that this round of trouble
has already been resolved?
**[00:10] ---**
I'm not quite done yet.
**[00:13] ---**
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.
I was feeling a bit helpless.
**[00:17] ---**
I see. Well, leave everything
concerning Hanekawa to me.
**[00:22] ---**
Did something happen to Hanekawa?
**[00:25] ---**
You haven't heard from Kanbaru?
**[00:27] ---**
Heard what?
**[00:28] ---**
Well, if you haven't heard...
**[00:31] ---**
You can hear the story directly from her
once you come back.
**[00:36] ---**
You know, Senjyogahara...
**[00:39] ---**
There's one thing I want you to tell me.
**[00:41] ---**
One year ago, when Kanbaru entered
Naoetsu High School and came to visit you...
**[00:47] ---**
Honestly speaking, how did you feel?
**[00:49] ---**
Let's see. Frankly, it felt like a burden...
her feelings, that is.
**[00:56] ---**
But that was partly a showing
of how light-hearted I was
**[00:59] ---**
with my inability to tolerate
the weight of her burden.
**[01:03] ---**
If I were to be together with Kanbaru,
**[01:06] ---**
I'd probably have to become someone
that could bear that weight.
**[01:10] ---**
Even now, that's how I feel
as I try to improve myself.
**[01:13] ---**
It may not look it, but...
**[01:16] ---**
I'm making quite the effort
to become Araragi's bride.
**[01:20] ---**
*Is that a heavy burden?*
**[01:20] ---**
HITAGI SENJYOGAHARA
SEN JYO GAHARA
NO GROUP
**[01:21] ---**
No, it's not necessarily that...
**[01:30] ---**
This may be our last call,
**[01:33] ---**
so can I ask you something
that you might upset you?
**[01:35] ---**
HITAGI SENJYOGAHARA
SEN JYO GAHARA
NO GROUP
**[01:38] ---**
If someone with better qualifications
were to confess his love to you, what would you do?
**[01:44] ---**
In that case,
I think I'd switch to the new guy 100%.
**[01:48] ---**
You're amazing...
You're amazing because you can actually say that.
**[01:54] ---**
I know there's no bond that's absolute.
**[01:59] ---**
I learned that from watching my parents.
**[02:01] ---**
Senjyogahara... No, that's—
**[02:04] ---**
An absolute bond, when you think about it,
is pretty scary.
**[02:08] ---**
That's why you need to work hard,
so you don't get dumped for someone else.
**[02:13] ---**
Even if you can't become a special person in general,
you can be a special person for someone.
**[02:19] ---**
A special person for someone...
**[02:21] ---**
HITAGI SENJYOGAHARA
SEN JYO GAHARA
NO GROUP
**[02:21] ---**
*I make endless efforts to be
a special person for Kanbaru and Araragi.*
**[02:28] ---**
Rest assured, Araragi,
you're already plenty special enough of a person.
**[02:33] ---**
For myself, for Kanbaru - for Shinobu, too.
**[02:38] ---**
*We are all choosing you.*
**[02:41] ---**
You really understood what I meant...
That's amazing.
**[02:44] ---**
HITAGI SENJYOGAHARA
SEN JYO GAHARA
NO GROUP
**[02:45] ---**
*I am your girlfriend after all.
I was very happy that you called me.*
**[02:50] ---**
I love you.
**[02:52] ---**
I love you.
**[02:54] ---**
When I get back, a little more...
we should have conversations like this more often.
**[02:59] ---**
HITAGI SENJYOGAHARA
SEN JYO GAHARA
NO GROUP
**[02:59] ---**
*Yes. I'll be waiting in my birthday suit.*
**[03:03] ---**
Kanbaru's perverseness
is strongly affected by you, isn't it?
**[03:08] ---**
OWARIMONOGATARI
**[03:10] ---**
SHINOBU MAIL, PART SIX
**[03:25] ---**
Then, let's hurry up and start this,
so we can hurry up and end it.
**[03:28] ---**
Come here.
**[03:35] ---**
Okay. All good now.
**[03:39] ---**
We're done getting ready.
Now you're prepared for battle.
**[03:44] ---**
Done getting ready?
Done getting ready with just that?
**[03:47] ---**
Come now, hold on a moment...
**[03:50] ---**
What happened to the pairing, Sir Araragi?
**[03:53] ---**
You aren't going to stay that weak
and duel against me like that... Are you?
**[03:59] ---**
THAT VOICE, IT WAS NO LONGER
THAT WHICH HE HAD PILFERED FROM ME.
**[04:00] ---**
IT HAD CHANGED INTO THAT OF HIS OWN.
**[04:01] ---**
Oh, brother. It looks like the bond between you
and Kiss-shot wasn't as weak as I had feared.
**[04:09] ---**
I can't believe that she'd send her servant
into combat in such a weak state.
**[04:16] ---**
*I don't want to win
because of Shinobu's power.*
**[04:20] ---**
*I want to win,
and be an supporting power to Shinobu.*
**[04:23] ---**
Well, fine...
**[04:26] ---**
But Lady Izuko.
**[04:27] ---**
If this is the case, I'd like you to select
a method of dueling that has a handicap.
**[04:33] ---**
I wouldn't like to hear unpleasant excuses.
**[04:36] ---**
Of course.
**[04:37] ---**
I plan on using an unchanging format of dueling
that has been used since ancient days.
**[04:42] ---**
As occasion permits, it should allow you two
to compete in a fair manner.
**[04:54] ---**
Call it an imaginary demon sword
"Kokoro Watari" or something.
**[04:58] ---**
Of course, electricity is running through it.
**[05:01] ---**
Well, yeah, just think of it as a stun gun
that works for both of you.
**[05:06] ---**
First off, I'll have you two stand back to back,
on either side of this wooden sword.
**[05:11] ---**
And, on my count,
walk forward ten steps from there.
**[05:16] ---**
The tenth step will be the last,
as the battle will begin there.
**[05:19] ---**
The one who dashes to this wooden sword
and deals a blow to his opponent is the winner.
**[05:24] ---**
Of course, you can take the wooden sword
from your opponent and then deliver a blow.
**[05:27] ---**
Strictly speaking, the criteria
for this match is a "one-blow duel."
**[05:31] ---**
In other words...
**[05:33] ---**
More than just making the conditions fair,
**[05:36] ---**
this is you looking out for Sir Araragi,
so he doesn't die in this duel.
**[05:41] ---**
Impressive that you came up
with something like this.
**[05:44] ---**
Any other questions?
**[05:45] ---**
Negative.
**[05:46] ---**
Araragi, do you have any questions?
**[05:48] ---**
I'm an amateur in terms of
both swordsmanship and combat...
**[05:51] ---**
So can I at least be lectured from a specialist
concerning that ten-step run?
**[05:55] ---**
A specialist?
**[05:59] ---**
Okay. A handicap of that level
should be all right to add.
**[06:04] ---**
Since it's 7:30 right now...
**[06:07] ---**
The duel will begin at 8 o'clock sharp.
**[06:09] ---**
Both of you, be diligent in your warm-ups.
**[06:15] ---**
Guessing from your height, Araragi-senpai,
your stride is 72 centimeters wide.
**[06:21] ---**
In other words, a span of ten steps
would be 7 meters and 20 centimeters.
**[06:25] ---**
A marathon has a strategy
just for marathons,
**[06:27] ---**
and the 100-meter dash has a strategy
just for the 100-meter dash.
**[06:31] ---**
Likewise, to run seven meters,
there's a strategy to run seven meters.
**[06:35] ---**
However, the task here may be
how to reserve some strength for later.
**[06:39] ---**
Why a task?
**[06:40] ---**
I mean, running the dash isn't the end of it all.
**[06:44] ---**
You have to grab the wooden sword
and deliver a blow with it, right?
**[06:47] ---**
Oh, right.
**[06:51] ---**
I think that in the end,
**[06:53] ---**
the swordplay after pulling out the wooden sword
will be more important.
**[06:56] ---**
Araragi-senpai,
even if you draw the wooden sword,
**[06:58] ---**
if he dodges your attack,
takes the wooden sword
**[07:01] ---**
and pummels you with it,
all of the effort will be for nothing.
**[07:05] ---**
That's true...
**[07:07] ---**
But all I can say about that is,
"Whatever will be, will be."
**[07:10] ---**
I can't trouble you that much, after all.
**[07:13] ---**
Then, at the least, I'll lend you my shoes.
**[07:16] ---**
We wear the same size, right?
**[07:18] ---**
Yeah, thanks.
**[07:25] ---**
What is this?
**[07:27] ---**
Wh-What in the world has been happening
in the short time I haven't been at school?
**[07:31] ---**
Kanbaru, do you know anything about this?
**[07:33] ---**
No, I have no clue at all,
**[07:36] ---**
but all I can think of is that after
Hanekawa-senpai's home was burned down,
**[07:39] ---**
Senjyogahara-senpai informed Karen and Tsukihi
of the situation to get their help
**[07:43] ---**
by letting her stay at Araragi-senpai's house.
That's the only thing I can think of.
**[07:47] ---**
That's probably the right answer!
**[07:49] ---**
Wait, a fire?
**[07:50] ---**
Her home was burned down?
**[07:51] ---**
What's that story about?
**[07:53] ---**
My oh my. Her story also seems to be
reaching its climax...
**[07:57] ---**
What will you do, Koyomin?
**[07:58] ---**
Izuko, you know something about this?
**[08:01] ---**
Hanekawa is...
**[08:02] ---**
No, wait, do you even know
who Hanekawa is?
**[08:05] ---**
And what's this about
what I'm going to do? Do what?
**[08:08] ---**
I know everything.
**[08:10] ---**
I mean, it's the tiger, Koyomin.
**[08:12] ---**
The tiger that ironically saved you
back in the cram school ruins...
**[08:16] ---**
Tsubasa has apparently decided to face-off against
that big tiger that controls the flames of purgatory.
**[08:23] ---**
Actually, Tsubasa isn't the only one in a crisis.
**[08:26] ---**
Your girlfriend Senjyogahara
is also in a crisis.
**[08:29] ---**
What?
**[08:31] ---**
Perhaps, as we stand here now,
they may be burning furiously...
**[08:36] ---**
If you're going to save her, you need to go
as soon as possible - right now if you can.
**[08:40] ---**
You should, by abandoning meaningless this duel.
**[08:44] ---**
It saves me a lot more
if you don't fight this duel.
**[08:49] ---**
I'd be troubled if you were to die.
**[08:51] ---**
I can't be the one that breaks the rules,
**[08:54] ---**
so if you could break the rules of your own accord,
that would help me a whole bunch.
**[08:59] ---**
Koyomin, good for you.
**[09:02] ---**
You have the perfect reason
to cancel the duel.
**[09:09] ---**
You need to choose, Koyomin.
**[09:11] ---**
Are you going to stay here, so you can fight
a duel that accomplishes nothing,
**[09:14] ---**
or start running in order to save
Tsubasa and Senjyogahara?
**[09:18] ---**
Are you going to choose Shinobu?
**[09:19] ---**
Are you going to choose Tsubasa?
**[09:21] ---**
Are you going to choose Senjyogahara?
**[09:24] ---**
Of the three of them...
Who do you love the most?
**[09:27] ---**
Kanbaru. I'm counting on you.
**[09:29] ---**
You can count on me.
**[09:30] ---**
I just have to go to your house, right?
**[09:33] ---**
Yeah. Tell Karen to let you in.
**[09:36] ---**
I'll catch up soon enough,
so I want you to check things out first.
**[09:39] ---**
Details understood!
**[09:44] ---**
Are you sane? This is unthinkable.
**[09:47] ---**
Can you really only see
what's directly in front of your eyes?
**[09:51] ---**
It's true that by letting Suruga Kanbaru,
who's a lot more mobile than you, run for you,
**[09:56] ---**
you might be able
to deal with both situations.
**[09:59] ---**
Tsubasa just might be able to face the perils
with only her own powers.
**[10:03] ---**
You're the only one who can fight here,
**[10:05] ---**
so it may be the correct answer
for you to remain.
**[10:09] ---**
However, that's all logic.
**[10:11] ---**
Humans have emotions.
**[10:13] ---**
Didn't she send you that text
because she believed in you?
**[10:18] ---**
Are you going to betray that trust?
**[10:22] ---**
With this betrayal,
maybe they'll never trust you again?
**[10:30] ---**
That may be so.
**[10:33] ---**
But, I have faith in them.
**[10:37] ---**
I believe in Hanekawa, and in Senjyogahara.
**[10:40] ---**
From the bottom of my heart.
**[10:42] ---**
IF IT'S ABOUT THOSE TWO, WHO ARE SPECIAL TO ME.
**[10:42] ---**
IF IT'S TSUBASA HANEKAWA
**[10:43] ---**
AND HITAGI SENJYOGAHARA.
**[10:45] ---**
A guy by the name of Koyomi Araragi
sometimes prioritizes a young girl,
**[10:48] ---**
more than the one
he owes his life to, or his lover.
**[10:51] ---**
I have faith they'll understand that.
**[10:56] ---**
I'd someday like to believe in people
like I was lending my cellphone out to someone.
**[11:16] ---**
Totally makes me laugh.
**[11:17] ---**
As the master, she's making preparations
for the battle between her slaves, huh?
**[11:22] ---**
No, in this case, it's the prize, isn't it?
**[11:25] ---**
Like, whoever wins is given
the demon sword or something.
**[11:28] ---**
Perhaps. In any case, the wooden sword
I took the effort to prepare is split in two,
**[11:34] ---**
so we'll have to use the real thing.
**[11:40] ---**
Koyomin, first one. We're a little past time now,
but let's have you begin.
**[11:46] ---**
As planned, stand with your backs to one another,
with the sword between you.
**[11:53] ---**
Coming so close, but yet,
why is my master Kiss-shot not showing herself?
**[12:01] ---**
Does Kiss-shot not want
to meet me that much?
**[12:05] ---**
Sir Araragi, what do you think?
**[12:07] ---**
Is the dispute between you and me
nothing but deeply troubling for Kiss-shot?
**[12:14] ---**
For you, Sir Araragi,
what meaning is there to this duel?
**[12:19] ---**
The meaning for me is something
not even you'll understand.
**[12:26] ---**
You may be a special person,
a chosen one.
**[12:30] ---**
I may not be special nor chosen.
**[12:34] ---**
Nobody might be able to take your place,
and anyone might be able to take my place.
**[12:40] ---**
But still...
**[12:45] ---**
You can't be me.
**[12:47] ---**
There are a lot of people that can take my place,
but I'm the only me.
**[12:53] ---**
You're not me, and I'm not you.
**[12:56] ---**
Isn't that how it is?
**[13:00] ---**
ONE
**[13:00] ---**
One.
**[13:02] ---**
TWO
**[13:02] ---**
Two.
**[13:04] ---**
THREE
**[13:04] ---**
Three.
**[13:06] ---**
FOUR
**[13:06] ---**
Four.
**[13:08] ---**
FIVE
**[13:08] ---**
Five.
**[13:09] ---**
SIX
**[13:09] ---**
Six.
**[13:11] ---**
SEVEN
**[13:11] ---**
Seven.
**[13:13] ---**
EIGHT
**[13:13] ---**
Eight.
**[13:15] ---**
NINE
**[13:15] ---**
Nine.
**[13:17] ---**
Ten!
**[14:04] ---**
Meme's... Oh, so that's how it is.
**[14:10] ---**
Surprising... This is really beyond my expectations.
**[14:13] ---**
To think that the rule I set as whoever
delivers one blow (hito-tachi) is the winner
**[14:17] ---**
would be twisted around so whoever
delivers one touch (hito-tacchi) is the winner!
**[14:27] ---**
K-K-iss-shot, Kiss-shot, Kiss-sho—
**[14:56] ---**
Kiss-shot... kiss... shot...
**[15:00] ---**
Kiss-shot... Kiss-shot!
**[15:06] ---**
Well, I don't know
what age I'll live to be...
**[15:11] ---**
But if we see each other again
while I'm alive...
**[15:15] ---**
*If we meet again...*
**[15:17] ---**
*....we'll meet again.*
**[15:28] ---**
You don't have to apologize. I forgave you.
**[15:42] ---**
I'm the one that was at fault...
**[15:50] ---**
Seishiro...
**[16:00] ---**
I was glad to see you.
**[16:03] ---**
Because I thought I'd never see you again.
**[16:08] ---**
But I won't be seeing you anymore.
**[16:15] ---**
Currently, I have someone
that's more important to me than you.
**[16:19] ---**
For a little while longer,
I'd like to be someone who's there for him.
**[16:27] ---**
*It wasn't refreshing. It didn't feel good.*
**[16:30] ---**
NAOETSU HIGH
**[16:31] ---**
*By being clearly told,
it actually made it harder to feel at ease instead.*
**[16:34] ---**
*There was no distinct salvation.*
**[16:36] ---**
*But, even then,
400 years after he committed it...*
**[16:43] ---**
*...his suicide had finally succeeded.*
**[16:50] ---**
Yes, yes. And so, what happened
after that, Araragi-senpai?
**[16:55] ---**
What you'd call an epilogue...
Or the punchline for this episode.
**[16:58] ---**
Everything after that is exactly like
what I've said before.
**[17:01] ---**
I met up with Kanbaru,
who had gone to my house ahead of me,
**[17:04] ---**
REFERENCE BOOK
**[17:05] ---**
and joined up for the part
about Hanekawa's tiger.
**[17:07] ---**
I headed to where Hanekawa was,
and Kanbaru headed to where Senjyogahara was.
**[17:14] ---**
I see, I see.
**[17:16] ---**
Well, thank you very much, Araragi-senpai.
**[17:19] ---**
With this, all the puzzle pieces
have fallen into place.
**[17:23] ---**
There were places where the outline of the story
slightly contradicts the stories I've heard thus far.
**[17:28] ---**
But as the listener of all kinds of stories,
making sense of such contradictions
**[17:32] ---**
is what I, Ougi Oshino, have fun doing.
**[17:35] ---**
KOYOMIST
**[17:38] ---**
*Today is March 13th... early morning
of the day of my actual college entrance exams.*
**[17:44] ---**
Then, I'll be going home for today.
**[17:47] ---**
If you're still alive, I'll see you again.
**[17:49] ---**
One more thing.
**[17:51] ---**
Did Shinobu, in the end,
finish eating the entirety of her first minion?
**[17:56] ---**
Well... I said so, didn't I?
**[17:58] ---**
Without missing anything?
**[17:59] ---**
Yeah, without missing anything.
**[18:01] ---**
Even the suit of armor?
**[18:05] ---**
She ate it... I think.
**[18:07] ---**
Perhaps she did, but...
**[18:12] ---**
Is that an important point?
**[18:15] ---**
I mean, that suit of armor is the blood and flesh
of the first apparition killer,
**[18:19] ---**
as well as its skeleton, right?
**[18:20] ---**
Then, if you melted that
suit of armor down, and then forged it...
**[18:26] ---**
You could make an additional one, you know...
another demon sword "Kokoro Watari."
**[18:31] ---**
Not only that, but if things go well,
even the short sword "Yume Watari" as well.
**[18:35] ---**
*"Yume Watari"?*
**[18:36] ---**
If I was Gaen, I'd retrieve the armor
before Shinobu ate it.
**[18:42] ---**
Surprisingly enough, maybe that's why
she summoned Episode there.
**[18:47] ---**
There's no reason for Gaen
to do such a thing.
**[18:50] ---**
I think Shinobu simply ate the armor as well.
**[18:54] ---**
Yeah, I think that's how things went.
**[18:57] ---**
Then, lastly, allow me
to give a thank-you gift
**[19:00] ---**
by answering one more question
you have, Araragi-senpai.
**[19:03] ---**
A question I have?
What is this question I have?
**[19:07] ---**
Seishiro Shishirui.
**[19:08] ---**
SEISHIRO SHISHIRUI
**[19:10] ---**
That's the full name
of the first apparition killer.
**[19:13] ---**
Even you, Araragi-senpai, like to be fully aware of
the name of your romantic rival, correct?
**[19:25] ---**
I just happened to hear
what you were talking about.
**[19:27] ---**
*This again?*
**[19:28] ---**
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I AVOIDED CONTACT WITH THAT GIRL.
**[19:29] ---**
WHEN SHE WAS PASSING BY,
I CLUNG TO THE CEILING TO AVOID HER.
**[19:30] ---**
Devil boy, you really are so chatty
around that girl.
**[19:33] ---**
Don't you think you babble too much?
**[19:34] ---**
You think so?
I don't think that's the case.
**[19:38] ---**
If you're fine with it, devil boy,
then that's fine.
**[19:41] ---**
I'm going to head to North Shirahebi Shrine now.
You want to come with me?
**[19:46] ---**
Where is that?
**[19:47] ---**
Don't forget it.
You forget way too much.
**[19:51] ---**
It's the place where your master went missing.
**[19:54] ---**
I'm not going on a morning date
with you, devil boy.
**[19:57] ---**
Though, that said, there is something
I want you to tell me as well.
**[20:00] ---**
What is that?
**[20:01] ---**
Devil boy, are you happy
that you've become a vampire?
**[20:06] ---**
The first apparition killer
was saying something along the lines
**[20:09] ---**
of "what benefits I'll see"
from devil boy being with Shinobu-sensei.
**[20:15] ---**
In the end, devil boy, you were unable
to present the merits of such a situation to him.
**[20:21] ---**
But the feeling behind it still hasn't changed?
**[20:23] ---**
Devil boy, do you still feel that by you being together
with Shinobu-sensei, nobody becomes happy?
**[20:32] ---**
I still feel that way.
**[20:35] ---**
Nobody becomes happy,
and nobody can become happy.
**[20:39] ---**
By me being a vampire,
by me being together with Shinobu,
**[20:43] ---**
I can only cause trouble to others.
**[20:45] ---**
More than anyone else,
I'm bringing misfortune to Shinobu.
**[20:50] ---**
Though, that can come across
as just an excuse.
**[20:54] ---**
"Please pardon me,
because I won't be happy.
**[20:57] ---**
Please forgive me,
because I won't try to become happy.
**[21:01] ---**
Please gloss over me."
That's what it might sound like.
**[21:04] ---**
Or, it might sound like you're asserting.
**[21:07] ---**
"Since we're so misfortunate,
don't blame us. Aren't we pitiful?"
**[21:10] ---**
Hey, devil boy, can it be that you think of putting up
with misfortune or unfortunate circumstances
**[21:15] ---**
as putting forth a good effort?
**[21:19] ---**
In society, things like that
are called "doing nothing."
**[21:23] ---**
Don't think you'll be forgiven
because you're misfortunate.
**[21:25] ---**
You should be aiming
for the happy ending.
**[21:27] ---**
Or do you want me to stomp
on your face again?
**[21:31] ---**
Ononoki, you're really strict.
**[21:34] ---**
Staying misfortunate is negligence,
and not trying to become happy is cowardice.
**[21:39] ---**
If you stay like that, the forefather that
committed suicide can never be truly rewarded.
**[21:43] ---**
I'll make note of that.
**[21:47] ---**
*Nobody has become happy.
Not I, not Shinobu, no one.*
**[21:52] ---**
FOR NOW, THAT'S WHAT I THINK—
**[21:53] ---**
THAT'S WHAT I STILL THINK.
**[21:54] ---**
*But perhaps, a long time from now,
far, far in the future - say, like 400 years from now,*
**[22:02] ---**
*that train of thought may be slightly altered,
I think among other things...*
**[22:08] ---**
*...it's fine. Even if we aren't happy,*
**[22:10] ---**
*fortunately for us,
we still have plenty of time ahead of us.*
**[22:14] ---**
*Time alone - time to think, time to live -
is there to the point we're disgusted.*
**[22:19] ---**
*We have so much time that
a corpse can rot and turn to ash.*
**[22:24] ---**
*But such time being taken from us...*
**[22:27] ---**
*...perhaps was also a matter of time as well.*
# Season 2
# E1 - Chapter One - Mayoi Hell
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY1978G9R/chapter-one---mayoi-hell)
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***SIGN*** CHAPTER 001
**[00:04] Koyomi**
*If I could see Mayoi Hachikuji
one more time, I wouldn't mind dying.*
**[00:08] Koyomi**
*For a while, I truly thought that.*
**[00:12] Koyomi**
*As for why I didn't do so...*
**[00:14] Koyomi**
*Much though I was okay with dying,
perhaps more so,*
**[00:17] Koyomi**
*I still wanted to live, contrary to expectations.*
**[00:21] Koyomi**
*I felt there was something
for me to do while I'm alive.*
**[00:26] Koyomi**
*When there's family or a lover,*
**[00:29] Koyomi**
*benefactors or friends,
those are factors to consider.*
**[00:33] Koyomi**
*However, humans, or at least I,*
**[00:36] Koyomi**
*aren't creatures with such strong self-control
that one would die for an emotion.*
**[00:42] Koyomi**
*I don't need friends.*
**[00:47] Koyomi**
*Because my strength as a human decreases.*
**[00:50] Koyomi**
*Those pet phrases became nostalgic,
so weak I've become.*
**[00:54] Koyomi**
*I am weak as a human.*
**[00:56] Koyomi**
*Weak, so weak...*
**[00:58] Koyomi**
*What's weakest of all is that
I don't particularly loathe my weakened self.*
**[01:06] Koyomi**
*I hold no grudge against it.*
**[01:11] Koyomi**
*However, there may be people out there
who cannot forgive me for becoming weaker.*
**[01:19] Koyomi**
*Overcoming the hell from spring break,
I still continued to live,*
**[01:23] Koyomi**
*and I'm not one who can't notice
someone glaring at me, wishing for me to die.*
**[01:28] Ougi**
You really are a fool, Araragi-senpai.
**[01:34] Koyomi**
*Yeah, it's true.*
**[01:36] Koyomi**
*"He that is born a fool
is never cured until death."*
**[01:38] Koyomi**
*On the other hand,
if it's something that death will cure,*
***SIGN*** KOYOMI ARARAGI
**[01:42] Koyomi**
*being a fool may not have been
that terrible of an illness, either.*
***SIGN*** OWARI MONOGATARI Mayoi Hell
***SIGN*** MAYOI HELL - PART ONE
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 002
**[03:26] Koyomi**
H-Hachikuji?
**[03:28] Mayoi**
Yes.
**[03:30] Koyomi**
Hachikuji?
**[03:31] Mayoi**
Yes, that's right.
**[03:34] Koyomi**
Mayoi Hachikuji?
**[03:36] Mayoi**
Yes, I'm Mayoi Hachikuji.
**[03:41] Koyomi**
*Now wait, hold on.*
**[03:42] Koyomi**
*Don't panic.*
***SIGN*** ARARAGI
***SIGN*** KOYOMI
**[03:44] Koyomi**
*Right, just remember...*
**[03:45] Koyomi**
*What kind of a situation was this now?*
***SIGN*** Exam-taker number: 0049 Name: Araragi, Koyomi Foreign Subjects Taken: English, German, Chinese, Russian, Japanese (circle two subjects that apply)
**[03:48] Koyomi**
*Right. Today, March 13th
was the day of my entrance exams.*
***SIGN*** Exam Date: 3/13/xxxx (Tue) General Entrance Exams Japanese - oo:oo ~ oo:oo
**[03:53] Koyomi**
*Before heading to the college campus
to take the exam, I had made a detour.*
**[03:57] Koyomi**
*There, I saw the leader of the specialists,*
**[04:00] Koyomi**
*Gaen Izuko-san, waiting for me within
the shrine grounds, and I had to face her.*
**[04:10] Koyomi**
*And?*
**[04:11] Koyomi**
*And, why Hachikuji?*
**[04:13] Koyomi**
*Mayoi Hachikuji-san?*
**[04:22] Koyomi**
*Oh, brother.
Looks like there's a problem.*
**[04:25] Koyomi**
*From this turn of events,*
**[04:26] Koyomi**
*I'm sure everyone is thinking of
a surprising reunion with someone
*
**[04:30] Koyomi**
*Koyomi Araragi would never see again,
the one close to his heart, Mayoi Hachikuji,*
**[04:34] Koyomi**
*jumping for joy, choked with gratified tears,
trembling from the touching moment,*
**[04:38] Koyomi**
*rejoicing and screaming nonsense,
and he would first attempt to hug her.*
**[04:44] Koyomi**
*I'm sure that's what everyone expects.*
**[04:46] Koyomi**
*I'm sure that's what is expected of me.*
**[04:50] Koyomi**
*That's quite the burden of expectation.*
**[04:52] Koyomi**
*My adolescent self, the one who
jumped at Hachikuji with a rocket-like start*
**[04:57] Koyomi**
*each time he saw her walking around town,
is no longer here.*
**[04:59] Koyomi**
*If that is Koyomi Araragi, then he is already dead.*
**[05:03] Koyomi**
*He. Is. Dead.*
**[05:05] Koyomi**
*Such a Koyomi Araragi
that is better off dead, really was dead.*
**[05:10] Koyomi**
*He met a fitting end.*
**[05:12] Koyomi**
*But well, that said...*
**[05:14] Koyomi**
*That said...*
**[05:16] Koyomi**
*Tracing back the faint threads of memory,
I am indebted to Hachikuji quite a bit as well.*
**[05:22] Koyomi**
*Benevolence, justice, rites, knowledge,
loyalty, integrity, filial piety, sibling piety.*
***SIGN*** BENEVOLENCE, JUSTICE, RITES, KNOWLEDGE, LOYALTY, INTEGRITY, FILIAL PIETY, SIBLING PIETY
**[05:26] Koyomi**
*Return gratitude worth returning.*
**[05:28] Koyomi**
*It is only natural to approach someone who took care of you with gratitude.*
**[05:32] Koyomi**
*If that's been decided, then all is well.*
**[05:36] Koyomi**
*On your mark, get set...*
**[06:03] Koyomi**
Hachikuji!
**[06:10] Koyomi**
Hachikuji! Hachikuji! Hachikuji!
**[06:16] Koyomi**
What are you doing here?
Why are you here for me right now?
**[06:20] Koyomi**
No, I don't care about the reason,
I'm just happy that you're here for me.
**[06:23] Koyomi**
I can't put these touching feelings to words!
**[06:32] Koyomi**
Oh, how this feels to the touch...
The feeling of huggin you...
**[06:34] Koyomi**
This size, and how it
completely fits within my arms!
**[06:37] Koyomi**
This truly is Hachikuji!
**[06:39] Koyomi**
Thankful, so thankful!
**[06:41] Koyomi**
The more we rub cheeks,
the more it feels like Hachikuji!
**[06:44] Koyomi**
The more I lick around,
the more it feels like Hachikuji!
**[06:46] Koyomi**
The more it ripens,
the more I can lick Hachikuji!
**[06:50] Koyomi**
Come on, let me touch you more!
**[06:52] Koyomi**
Let me hug you more!
**[06:53] Koyomi**
Let me lick you more!
**[06:58] Koyomi**
Hey now! Don't thrash about!
It's harder for us to get naked!
**[07:08] Koyomi**
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
What the hell are you doing, brat?
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 003
**[07:20] Koyomi**
How to put it...
**[07:22] Koyomi**
That's right. After I parted ways with you,
***SIGN*** SEISHIROU SHISHIRUI
**[07:24] Koyomi**
Shinobu's first minion showed up,
**[07:27] Koyomi**
Oikura returned,
***SIGN*** SODACHI OIKURA
**[07:29] Koyomi**
Sengoku had all that happen
to her here at this shrine,
***SIGN*** NADEKO SENGOKU
***SIGN*** DEISHU KAIKI
**[07:32] Koyomi**
I bumped into Kaiki,
***SIGN*** KOYOMI ARARAGI
**[07:34] Koyomi**
I turned into a vampire on my own,
**[07:36] Koyomi**
that and I had Ononoki-chan
kill one of her own creators,
***SIGN*** YOTSUGI ONONOKI
***SIGN*** SURUGA KANBARU
**[07:40] Koyomi**
oh right, that was here at this shrine, too.
***SIGN*** KAREN ARARAGI / TSUKIHI ARARAGI
***SIGN*** YODURU KAGENUI
**[07:44] Koyomi**
And also at this shrine,
Kagenui-san went missing, too.
**[07:48] Koyomi**
I had one bad thing
happen to me after another.
**[07:51] Koyomi**
For all this time, I called the two weeks
of spring break as a hellish time for me.
**[07:56] Koyomi**
But the true hell
may have been the past six months—
**[07:59] Mayoi**
That's incorrect, Araragi-san.
**[08:02] Koyomi**
Hm? What is?
**[08:04] Mayoi**
Ara-lucky-san.
**[08:07] Koyomi**
Hachikuji, I was just talking about how
unfortunate of a person I had been.
**[08:12] Koyomi**
I don't care how you flub, but just don't flub
in such a positive, happy light like that.
**[08:17] Koyomi**
At the least, you should have said Un-lucky-san.
**[08:20] Koyomi**
That, and my name is Araragi.
**[08:23] Mayoi**
I'm sorry. I flubbed.
**[08:24] Koyomi**
No, that was intentional.
**[08:26] Mayoi**
I fwubbed.
**[08:27] Koyomi**
It's not intentional?
**[08:29] Mayoi**
Flub-dub-cub-hub-stub-grub-sub-bub-rub-club-tub.
**[08:33] Koyomi**
How can you recite that without flubbing?
**[08:35] Koyomi**
I can't help but marvel at you as you do that!
**[08:38] Mayoi**
You're incorrect, Araragi-san.
**[08:46] Mayoi**
It's more realistic an error,
or rather a more practical error...
**[08:50] Mayoi**
To be frank, the location is different.
**[08:54] Koyomi**
Location?
**[08:57] Mayoi**
For a while, Araragi-san,
**[09:00] Mayoi**
you've been saying
"this shrine" this, "this shrine" that.
**[09:06] Mayoi**
But, this isn't North Shirahebi Shrine.
**[09:11] Mayoi**
Huh? What?
**[09:14] Mayoi**
And, it's not even that park
where I first met you, Araragi-san.
**[09:18] Koyomi**
What?
**[09:21] Mayoi**
Araragi-san,
please stay calm and listen to me.
**[09:26] Mayoi**
Araragi-san, you may be thinking that I,
**[09:28] Mayoi**
someone who has rested in peace,
have returned before you.
**[09:33] Mayoi**
But actually, in reality, that is not the case.
**[09:37] Koyomi**
What?
***SIGN*** WHAT
**[09:38] Mayoi**
It's not that I have appeared
before you, Araragi-san.
**[09:41] Mayoi**
Araragi-san, you were the one
who appeared before me, okay?
***SIGN*** WHAT
**[09:44] Koyomi**
What, what?
***SIGN*** WHAT²
**[09:45] Mayoi**
Araragi-san, early in the morning on March 13th,
you visited said North Shirahebi Shrine,
**[09:51] Mayoi**
met with Gaen Izuko-san,
and you were murdered.
**[09:58] Izuko**
*And that solution is for you to die.*
**[10:01] Izuko**
*It's all right. It will only hurt for an instant.*
***SIGN*** HACHIKUJI BUS
**[10:06] Mayoi**
This place, Araragi-san...
**[10:08] Mayoi**
is Hell.
**[10:10] Koyomi**
What?
**[10:11] Mayoi**
The bottommost layer of hell
among all hells...
**[10:16] Mayoi**
Avici Hell.
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 004
**[10:23] Koyomi**
Hell? Hell? Avici Hell?
***SIGN*** *SANJIVA / KALASUTRA / SAMGHATA /
RAURAVA / MAHARAURAVA / TAPANA*
**[10:27] Koyomi**
Let's say this is indeed *Avici*.
I have one big question.
**[10:32] Mayoi**
Oh, you're wondering why you fell into
such a deep part of hell, Araragi-san?
**[10:38] Mayoi**
You see, Araragi-san,
you have turned into a vampire, right?
***SIGN*** HMRGH?
**[10:42] Mayoi**
The main sin that lowered you down
to *Avichi* is just that. Saving a demon.
***SIGN*** TOUR OF HELL
**[10:48] Mayoi**
Of course you'd go to hell for that.
**[11:00] Koyomi**
*I see.*
**[11:02] Koyomi**
*No, the big question I had
wasn't about my grave sin.*
**[11:08] Koyomi**
What the hell are you doing here?
**[11:11] Mayoi**
Why, you ask...
**[11:13] Mayoi**
But well, you see, I fell down to hell.
**[11:21] Koyomi**
You've got to be kidding me.
After such a touching resting into peace!?
**[11:25] Koyomi**
You fell to hell after that?
Seriously? That was such a waste!
**[11:29] Koyomi**
What are you doing? This just can't be!
**[11:34] Mayoi**
See, I didn't know
until I fell down here myself.
**[11:39] Mayoi**
When children die before their parents,
they apparently go straight to hell, no matter what.
***SIGN*** IT'S THAT BIT ABOUT PILING UP STONES ON THE BANKS OF HELL
**[11:48] Koyomi**
You're kidding, right?
**[11:52] Mayoi**
Hmm? What's the matter, Araragi-san?
**[11:55] Koyomi**
*But still...*
**[11:57] Koyomi**
That's not a sin that would make you fall
all the way down to *Avichi* unlike me, right?
**[12:03] Koyomi**
Shouldn't you be piling stones
on the banks of hell?
**[12:06] Mayoi**
Yes, that's right, Araragi-san.
**[12:10] Mayoi**
I knew this is where
you'd come falling down to, Araragi-san.
**[12:14] Mayoi**
That is why I took a trip
from the banks of Hell to pick you up.
**[12:22] Mayoi**
"It looks like I'm having a friend come nearby,
so I'll take a break from piling stones today!"
**[12:27] Mayoi**
That's how I got out of there.
**[12:29] Koyomi**
So the banks of hell
is that easygoing a place to be?
**[12:38] Koyomi**
You had known in advance?
**[12:40] Mayoi**
No, it's not that I knew.
The person who told me about it, did know.
**[12:47] Mayoi**
Apparently that person...
**[12:50] Mayoi**
...knows everything.
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 005
**[12:55] Mayoi**
Now that all the detailed explanations
for every mystery has been explained,
**[12:59] Mayoi**
let us start heading over.
**[13:02] Mayoi**
Let's go, Araragi-san.
**[13:07] Koyomi**
Hachikuji, you haven't had any hesitation
in your steps at all until here.
**[13:10] Koyomi**
At the least, can you tell me
where our destination is?
**[13:13] Mayoi**
To tell you the destination where we are heading
based on the objective for heading there...
**[13:18] Mayoi**
Araragi-san, it's my job
to resurrect you back to life.
**[13:22] Koyomi**
Eh? I can be resurrected?
**[13:25] Mayoi**
Of course you can.
What are you going to do by staying dead?
**[13:28] Koyomi**
But, Gaen-san...
**[13:30] Mayoi**
No, that's why you need
to get a grip, Araragi-san.
**[13:34] Mayoi**
In other words,
"dying then resurrecting" was included
**[13:37] Mayoi**
in everything proceeding according
to her calculations.
**[13:40] Koyomi**
What's up with that fruitless calculation?
**[13:42] Koyomi**
That's a pretty meaningless act, much like
dividing by two after multiplying by two.
**[13:47] Mayoi**
It's not "dividing by two
after multiplying by two."
**[13:50] Mayoi**
There is subtraction as well.
**[13:53] Mayoi**
Well, I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually.
**[13:58] Mayoi**
Oh, Araragi-san.
**[14:01] Mayoi**
Someone has sunken into the ground over there.
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 006
**[14:09] Koyomi**
Sh-Shinobu!
**[14:19] Mayoi**
Was it like your body
moved on its own, Araragi-san?
**[14:23] Mayoi**
That's strange. Araragi-san, you regretted
saving Shinobu-san over spring break so much.
**[14:29] Mayoi**
But here, in the same situation,
why did you try to do the same thing again?
**[14:34] Koyomi**
Well, that's... Um...
**[14:37] Koyomi**
All I can say is that my body moved on its own.
**[14:42] Koyomi**
Well, I still do wonder
**[14:43] Koyomi**
to this day, what would have happened
if I had ignored Shinobu back then.
**[14:47] Koyomi**
I think and dream about it even now.
**[14:51] Mayoi**
Over here!
**[14:57] Mayoi**
Oh, Araragi-san, a pervert
is coming this way. Please be careful.
**[15:01] Koyomi**
A pervert is coming? That's a big deal.
**[15:04] Koyomi**
Hachikuji, hide inside my clothes,
I mean, behind my back.
**[15:07] Mayoi**
You've already said "inside my clothes" there.
**[15:12] Mayoi**
You could say, Araragi-san,
that your life turned tumultuous
**[15:15] Mayoi**
from when you saved Shinobu-san.
**[15:18] Mayoi**
But if you say that,
a big aspect was you getting to know
**[15:21] Mayoi**
Hanekawa-san right before
you saved Shinobu-san.
**[15:24] Koyomi**
Well, I won't deny that it was
Hanekawa's fault in all sorts of ways.
**[15:29] Koyomi**
Because she doesn't know everything, but knows only
what she knows, and exposed truths she didn't need to,
**[15:36] Koyomi**
and because she forgot truths
that she didn't have to forget,
**[15:39] Koyomi**
we went through reckless shortcuts
and impossible detours this whole time.
**[15:44] Koyomi**
But...
**[15:45] Koyomi**
Even then, I am glad
that I became friends with her.
**[15:49] Koyomi**
That, I believe from the bottom of my heart.
**[15:59] Koyomi**
Senjyogahara!
**[16:05] Mayoi**
I believe there was an option here to not catch
Senjyogahara-san after her foot slipped.
***SIGN*** BACK THEN, SENJYOGAHARA-SAN HAD ALMOST NO WEIGHT
***SIGN*** SO SHE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN INJURED
**[16:13] Mayoi**
But Araragi-san...
**[16:15] Koyomi**
I'll catch her, as many times as I need to,
**[16:17] Koyomi**
if Senjyogahara would come falling down.
**[16:20] Mayoi**
Suppose that, back then,
if you had not caught Senjyogahara-san.
**[16:26] Mayoi**
That con artist is going to show up
in this town shortly after this, right?
**[16:31] Koyomi**
The con artist... Deishu Kaiki.
**[16:35] Mayoi**
If, back then, you had not gotten
in the way, Araragi-san,
**[16:38] Mayoi**
perhaps they may have
gotten back together again?
**[16:45] Mayoi**
How is it, Araragi-san?
**[16:47] Mayoi**
If you imagined that perhaps you got in the way
of Senjyogahara-san and Kaiki-san's romance...
**[16:53] Koyomi**
If I imagined?
**[16:55] Koyomi**
All the same, I can't help but think,
"Serves you right!"
**[17:01] Koyomi**
It seems she was obliged
to Kaiki concerning Sengoku.
**[17:05] Koyomi**
But, that is a completely different matter.
**[17:08] Koyomi**
I can say from the bottom of my heart
that I was better off never meeting him.
**[17:12] Mayoi**
Then lastly, let's walk around the bit
about Sengoku-san, who you just mentioned.
**[17:17] Koyomi**
Wait, what about Kanbaru?
**[17:20] Mayoi**
That is a different part.
**[17:24] Koyomi**
About Shinobu, about Hanekawa,
about Senjyogahara, and of course about Hachikuji...
**[17:30] Koyomi**
If I were to come across
the same situation again,
**[17:32] Koyomi**
I'm sure I would do the same thing
over and over again.
**[17:35] Koyomi**
But, no matter what I do, I can't deny
the feeling that I could have done it better.
**[17:40] Mayoi**
I think you are doing plenty fine,
Araragi-san.
**[17:44] Mayoi**
At least, everything that concerns myself.
**[17:47] Koyomi**
When you say that,
it gives me a small feeling of salvation.
**[17:52] Koyomi**
But at the least, when we're talking
about Sengoku, I failed.
**[18:05] Koyomi**
*On the steps of the actual mountain,
when I passed by Nadeko Sengoku...*
**[18:09] Koyomi**
*Back then, I couldn't come to realize
that she was her.*
**[18:21] Mayoi**
I don't know about that.
After all, you aren't omnipotent.
**[18:25] Mayoi**
You should distinguish things like that,
like Hanekawa-san.
**[18:32] Mayoi**
Come to think, is Ononoki-san doing well?
**[18:36] Koyomi**
Well, she's doing well.
**[18:37] Mayoi**
I see. Then, as the one who assigned her
to be my successor,
**[18:42] Mayoi**
it makes me want to sigh in relief.
**[18:44] Koyomi**
Ononoki-chan was your successor?
**[18:46] Mayoi**
Yes. The sanctioned successor.
***SIGN*** SANCTIONED (KOUNIN)
***SIGN*** SUCCESSOR (KOUNIN)
**[18:50] Mayoi**
I'm sure she has delightful chats
unfolding around you, Araragi-san.
**[18:57] Koyomi**
Come to think, Ononoki-chan isn't included
in this 89-spot pilgrimage, either.
***SIGN*** WRAP IT UP!
**[19:04] Mayoi**
We have time constraints as well.
**[19:06] Koyomi**
Time constraints?
**[19:08] Mayoi**
Yes. Producer Hachikuji
had to make a tough decision.
**[19:11] Mayoi**
Well, the anime shed a lot of light
onto Ononoki-san close up, so it's fine.
**[19:15] Koyomi**
You don't have to balance things out
with such a thing.
**[19:19] Koyomi**
Balance.
**[19:22] Koyomi**
*That's what was on my mind.*
**[19:25] Koyomi**
*Balance.*
**[19:37] Koyomi**
The right thing.
**[19:38] Mayoi**
Yes? What was that, Araragi-san?
**[19:41] Koyomi**
Well, I was thinking
I had a debate with the Fire Sisters,
**[19:44] Koyomi**
an advocate of justice,
about something like that.
**[19:47] Koyomi**
I suddenly was reminded of it.
**[19:50] Mayoi**
Well, we're almost at the pinnacle, so if
there's more you want to discuss, keep it short.
**[19:55] Mayoi**
Because that will most likely be
our final talk session.
**[19:58] Koyomi**
What?
***SIGN*** THEN, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
**[20:04] Koyomi**
It was a talk about how it's difficult
to do the right thing.
**[20:08] Koyomi**
Most people are eager to correct mistakes
more than doing the right thing, right?
**[20:14] Mayoi**
Doing the right thing
and correcting mistakes are different?
**[20:18] Koyomi**
It's similar but different.
It's not on the mark, but pretty close.
***SIGN*** THE ACT OF "CORRECTING A MISTAKE"
***SIGN*** MAKES PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
***SIGN*** THEY ARE "DOING THE RIGHT THING"—
**[20:25] Koyomi**
If you keep correcting mistakes...
**[20:27] Koyomi**
If you crush mistakes one by one,
will it be a pure white kind of right someday?
**[20:33] Koyomi**
If I had to pick, I'd say
it would be a pitch black kind of right.
**[20:37] Koyomi**
Anyways, in a nutshell,
that's what I want to know.
**[20:41] Mayoi**
But, if you go that route,
you won't obtain what you really want.
**[20:46] Koyomi**
I can't obtain...
**[20:49] Koyomi**
...what I really want?
**[20:51] Mayoi**
Because it's on the premise
that someone else is evaluating.
**[20:54] Mayoi**
At that rate, you'll only receive
what others give you.
**[20:57] Mayoi**
Of course, I'm not saying that's a bad thing
**[21:00] Mayoi**
If, like you, Araragi-san, one sought something
beyond reach, or something you don't deserve,
**[21:05] Mayoi**
such a method
would prove to be impossible.
***SIGN*** MAKING MANY MISTAKES
***SIGN*** HAVING MANY FAILURES
***SIGN*** DOING THINGS OVER REPEATING THINGS
***SIGN*** HESITATING STAMPING ONE'S FEET IN FRUSTRATION
***SIGN*** REPEATING BY TRIAL AND ERROR
***SIGN*** AND BEYOND LOUD PROTESTS—
**[21:12] Mayoi**
The only thing you can do is succeed, right?
**[21:16] Koyomi**
It's not like I didn't particularly
want to talk about myself here.
**[21:21] Koyomi**
But well, maybe that is the case.
No, that's how it should be.
**[21:26] Mayoi**
You just said you weren't speaking
about yourself.
**[21:30] Mayoi**
Then, who were you speaking about?
**[21:39] Koyomi**
*Was it the defenders of justice,
the Fire Sisters?*
**[21:42] Koyomi**
*Was it a story about Oshino?*
**[21:46] Koyomi**
*That's not it.*
**[21:47] Koyomi**
*Probably, what I wanted to say...*
**[21:50] Koyomi**
*What I wanted to talk about... was her.*
**[21:53] Koyomi**
*The transfer student.*
**[21:55] Koyomi**
*Meme Oshino's niece.*
**[21:57] Koyomi**
*Ougi Oshino. It was about her.*
**[22:01] Koyomi**
*Why didn't her name
cross my mind until right now?*
**[22:05] Koyomi**
*Why couldn't I remember her?
Isn't that a bit strange?*
**[22:09] Koyomi**
*She is the one who, of my past year,*
**[22:12] Koyomi**
*was the most important person
in the second half.*
**[22:23] Tadatsuru**
Hello, Araragi-kun.
I've been waiting for you.
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 007
**[22:31] Koyomi**
Wha—
**[22:33] Koyomi**
Wh-Why are you here?
**[22:41] Mayoi**
The one who notified me of "her" will
was Teori-san over there.
**[22:47] Koyomi**
N-Notify?
**[22:48] Tadatsuru**
Don't give me that look, Araragi-kun.
**[22:51] Tadatsuru**
I'll give you a full round of explanations.
**[22:55] Koyomi**
You're, I mean...
**[22:57] Koyomi**
a specialist who specializes in the extermination
of immortal apparitions, right?
**[23:02] Tadatsuru**
You don't have to worry
about that for now.
**[23:05] Koyomi**
What?
**[23:07] Tadatsuru**
From you, your vampiric nature...
**[23:09] Tadatsuru**
...has been subtracted.
**[23:16] Koyomi**
*Oh, I see.*
**[23:18] Koyomi**
*So that's what Hachikuji meant
about what she said earlier.*
**[23:22] Koyomi**
*It wasn't just multiplication and division,
but there's subtraction involved as well.*
**[23:26] Koyomi**
*The subtracted number
was my vampiric nature.*
**[23:31] Tadatsuru**
Is Yotsugi doing well? I hope she didn't
worry about the fact that she killed me.
**[23:38] Tadatsuru**
After all, she wasn't told
of the circumstances that we were in.
**[23:42] Koyomi**
What were the circumstances?
**[23:46] Tadatsuru**
To put it plainly...
**[23:48] Tadatsuru**
Being killed by Yotsugi in that manner
was the true role that had been given to me.
**[23:57] Tadatsuru**
To fall to hell ahead of time, and have
all preparations to resurrect you be completed.
**[24:04] Tadatsuru**
That was my job as a professional specialist.
***SIGN*** MAYOI HELL - PART TWO
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 008
**[24:15] Koyomi**
Huh?
***SIGN*** FIVE MINUTES LATER
**[24:26] Koyomi**
You mean you feigned death?
**[24:30] Tadatsuru**
The individual known as me had already
passed away at a point in the distant past.
**[24:36] Tadatsuru**
Back then, my self that Yotsugi killed
was a puppet that I controlled.
**[24:46] Koyomi**
You said that Ononoki-chan
didn't know about that?
**[24:50] Tadatsuru**
Yup, that's right. Not just Yotsugi,
but Yoduru didn't know, either.
**[24:56] Tadatsuru**
The ones who knew about this technique were
**[24:58] Tadatsuru**
Gaen-senpai, and Meme Oshino.
Nobody else.
**[25:05] Koyomi**
If so, then what in the world was that farce?
**[25:09] Tadatsuru**
A farce? That was the best act in my book.
**[25:15] Tadatsuru**
I mean, dying and resurrecting.
**[25:18] Tadatsuru**
You could say it's my specialty
even more than it is for vampires.
**[25:22] Tadatsuru**
Though, strictly speaking,
I'm not really resurrecting back to life.
**[25:27] Tadatsuru**
I am merely possessing a doll,
**[25:29] Tadatsuru**
and through that medium,
I am regressing into the material world.
**[25:32] Koyomi**
From when?
**[25:33] Tadatsuru**
I became a puppeteer
**[25:36] Tadatsuru**
after I created the doll known as Yotsugi,
and parted ways with them.
**[25:42] Tadatsuru**
Whoa.
***SIGN*** WHITE FRAME
**[25:48] Tadatsuru**
It seems I am being hurried.
**[25:50] Tadatsuru**
Allow me to explain plainly.
**[25:54] Tadatsuru**
I quit college, and entered this field.
**[25:58] Tadatsuru**
But as Gaen-senpai was glaring at me,
I couldn't really get things to go my way.
**[26:04] Tadatsuru**
So, the hasty decision I had come up with
was to call the forbidden technique.
**[26:10] Tadatsuru**
As a specialist, it's too powerful of a spell
to use, more than being a forbidden move.
**[26:15] Tadatsuru**
I had tried to create a doll apparition
named Tadatsuru Teori.
**[26:20] Koyomi**
Did that succeed?
**[26:23] Tadatsuru**
I failed, and what you see here is the result.
**[26:27] Tadatsuru**
I became something
like half-man and half-monster,
**[26:30] Tadatsuru**
wandering the boundaries
of the material world and the afterlife.
**[26:34] Tadatsuru**
Well, I say it was a failure,
but I can continue to live through my dolls.
**[26:40] Tadatsuru**
And since then, I succeeded
in the mass-production of the dolls.
**[26:44] Tadatsuru**
So, if you say I'm immortal, I'm immortal.
**[26:46] Tadatsuru**
If you say I'm an apparition,
I'm an apparition.
**[26:49] Tadatsuru**
At most, I make good use of my special
constitution to strive in my own business.
***SIGN*** BECAUSE HE HAD SUCH A SPECIAL CONSTITUTION
***SIGN*** HE WAS ABLE TO COME THIS FAR OUTSIDE OF GAEN-SAN'S NETWORK...
**[26:56] Koyomi**
Then, why did you pretend to die?
**[26:59] Tadatsuru**
It was last month.
**[27:01] Tadatsuru**
One request came flying for me
as a specialist.
**[27:06] Tadatsuru**
It was a request to resolve the anomalies
that were happening in your town.
**[27:12] Tadatsuru**
The contents of that request
had targeted you and ex-Kiss-shot.
**[27:18] Tadatsuru**
You guys were certified as harmless
within Gaen-senpai's network,
**[27:24] Tadatsuru**
but an apparition guarded by the network
was something I targeted as my top priority.
**[27:30] Tadatsuru**
Request or not, you were a target
that I should be on the move for.
**[27:34] Koyomi**
*This guy took my two little sisters
and one underclassman as hostages.*
**[27:39] Koyomi**
*He pulled off such a vicious, cruel act.*
***SIGN*** BLACK FRAME
**[27:44] Tadatsuru**
If something had
not been done in advance,
**[27:47] Tadatsuru**
I wonder if I would have been
unscathed by it all.
**[27:50] Koyomi**
Don't say scary things like that.
**[27:52] Tadatsuru**
I'm the one who is scared saying this.
**[27:55] Tadatsuru**
To think that Suruga Kanbaru
was the daughter of the Gaen clan...
**[27:59] Tadatsuru**
When I think about what would've happened
if I had injured her without
**[28:02] Tadatsuru**
knowing anything, I start trembling.
**[28:04] Tadatsuru**
I'm glad that I had heard things in advance.
**[28:08] Koyomi**
Tadatsuru, so you had heard something
from Gaen-san before you received the request?
**[28:14] Tadatsuru**
No, it was someone else that was
the middleman between me and Gaen-senpai.
***SIGN*** MIDDLEMAN
**[28:22] Koyomi**
*To the word "middleman,"
I had one inspiration.*
**[28:27] Koyomi**
Oshino?
***SIGN*** OSHINO
**[28:30] Koyomi**
Meme Oshino?
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 009
**[28:32] Tadatsuru**
Correct.
**[28:33] Tadatsuru**
Yes, that man
who acts as he sees through things.
**[28:37] Tadatsuru**
Despite being one of the leading members
of Gaen-senpai's network,
**[28:40] Tadatsuru**
he reached out and contacted me.
**[28:43] Tadatsuru**
That made me feel like
he was still a free man as ever.
**[28:47] Tadatsuru**
He had said that because I was outside
of Gaen-senpai's network,
**[28:51] Tadatsuru**
there was something I could do.
**[28:54] Koyomi**
And that was when you had heard
of Kanbaru's background in advance?
**[28:59] Tadatsuru**
Yup. And there was talk about you as well,
or should I say, talk about you guys?
**[29:05] Tadatsuru**
Now that I think about it, he was appealing to me
about how safe you guys were.
**[29:11] Tadatsuru**
By the way, I realized that he had
**[29:14] Tadatsuru**
seen my true identity as just a doll,
was at that time as well.
**[29:18] Tadatsuru**
No, now that I think about it,
maybe he was threatening me?
**[29:22] Tadatsuru**
Like, "if you laid a hand on my friends,
I'll disclose your true nature."
***SIGN*** TO THINK HE HAD TAKEN COUNTERMEASURES TO PREPARE FOR A SITUATION THAT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN
**[29:34] Tadatsuru**
This was the argument he had made.
**[29:37] Tadatsuru**
"Koyomi Araragi and Shinobu Oshino."
**[29:39] Tadatsuru**
"Currently, they are basically harmless."
**[29:42] Tadatsuru**
"As long as you leave them untouched,
there are no problems."
**[29:45] Tadatsuru**
"However, I'm not saying cases
that deviate from the norm don't exist."
**[29:49] Tadatsuru**
"The case IS where Araragi-kun colludes with
Shinobu-chan, and continues to vampirify himself."
**[29:55] Tadatsuru**
In other words, that man was deeply concerned
about the arrival of a situation
**[30:01] Tadatsuru**
where you had to do as such, Araragi-kun.
**[30:03] Tadatsuru**
He seemed to know you'd willingly be reckless
when it came to situations of that sort.
**[30:10] Koyomi**
Even if he knew...
**[30:12] Tadatsuru**
If such turn of events were to happen,
I may receive some sort of a request.
**[30:17] Tadatsuru**
A request to hunt down vampires, that is.
**[30:21] Tadatsuru**
He wanted me to "forget my grudges from the past,
and seek contact with Gaen-senpai."
**[30:26] Tadatsuru**
"And at that point, Gaen-senpai
should be waiting to hear from you."
**[30:31] Tadatsuru**
"Because Gaen-senpai can't move,
as she has her position to hold."
**[30:35] Tadatsuru**
Back then, I didn't really understand
what he was talking about.
**[30:40] Tadatsuru**
But in reality, things went exactly
like he thought it would go.
**[30:44] Tadatsuru**
And that's why, when that request came flying in,
indeed, to exterminate you guys,
**[30:50] Tadatsuru**
it sent shivers up my spine.
**[30:53] Tadatsuru**
At the same time,
I found it rather strange.
**[30:56] Tadatsuru**
If he was so concerned
about this turn of events,
**[30:59] Tadatsuru**
why didn't Oshino want to do something
about it on his own?
**[31:03] Tadatsuru**
That was something I became intrigued in.
**[31:05] Tadatsuru**
That's why I thought I'd play along
with his little arrangement.
**[31:10] Tadatsuru**
I contacted Gaen-senpai.
***SIGN*** AND SO, THE CURTAIN ROSE ON THE FARCE PLAY.
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 010
**[31:24] Mayoi**
Araragi-san, that's your ride
to go back to the material world.
**[31:28] Mayoi**
You really are running out of time.
**[31:31] Mayoi**
If you miss that thread, Araragi-san, you really
will continue to burn forever here in *Avici*.
**[31:38] Mayoi**
And so, Teori-san, I'm terribly sorry,
but can you cut that story out about here?
**[31:44] Koyomi**
No, wait, Hachikuji.
**[31:47] Koyomi**
It wasn't okay to just
merely turn down the request?
**[31:52] Tadatsuru**
"It's better for me to play along
with what the enemy intended."
**[31:56] Tadatsuru**
That was the conclusion
Gaen-senpai and I came to.
**[32:01] Tadatsuru**
I did say it was better to play along
with what they intended,
**[32:04] Tadatsuru**
but their intent is not something
I clearly understand.
**[32:08] Tadatsuru**
I'm doing this because
I want to find out what it is.
**[32:11] Tadatsuru**
That, and simultaneously,
**[32:14] Tadatsuru**
it was a measure necessary in order to stop
progression of you turning into a vampire.
**[32:19] Tadatsuru**
So that I can come to this side
like this, and guide you...
**[32:23] Tadatsuru**
Since it was right after
I played a despicable character,
**[32:26] Tadatsuru**
I also had to have some assistance
from Hachikuji-chan right there to pull it off.
**[32:31] Mayoi**
I was allowed to assist for this.
***SIGN*** KOYOMI ARARAGI TADATSURU TEORI
**[32:33] Mayoi**
It's in the parenthesis, cameo appearance.
**[32:35] Mayoi**
It shows up
at the end of the ending credits.
***SIGN*** MAYOI HACHIKUJI (CAMEO APPEARANCE)
**[32:39] Koyomi**
*So kill once to reset, and resurrect just
the "human" part of my physical body, huh?*
***SIGN*** IF SO, THEN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE
***SIGN*** IF THEY TOLD ME IN ADVANCE,
***SIGN*** BUT IF THEY DIDN'T TELL ME, THAT MEANS
***SIGN*** THERE WERE CIRCUMSTANCES PREVENTING THEM FROM TELLING ME IN ADVANCE
***SIGN*** THAT PART MAY BE THE TACTIC THEY ARE TAKING AGAINST THE ENEMY
***SIGN*** THERE'S NO WAY FOR ME TO KNOW FROM MY VIEWPOINT.
**[32:55] Tadatsuru**
Of course, if we were to use the demon sword
"Yume Watari" to revive you
**[32:59] Tadatsuru**
after killing you with
the demon sword "Kokoro Watari,"
**[33:02] Tadatsuru**
it may revive you
just the way you were, as a vampire.
**[33:06] Tadatsuru**
That would have put us back
at square one.
**[33:10] Tadatsuru**
In order to not do that, we needed me
**[33:12] Tadatsuru**
to interfere as a specialist
over from the hell side of things.
**[33:17] Tadatsuru**
Without making that correction, there was
nothing we could do against the enemy.
**[33:25] Tadatsuru**
That was the mutual conclusion
that both Gaen-senpai and I came to.
**[33:31] Mayoi**
Let us be on our way, Araragi-san.
**[33:41] Koyomi**
*This thing is alive.*
**[33:50] Koyomi**
Come to think, I hadn't asked yet.
**[33:52] Mayoi**
Yes?
**[33:53] Koyomi**
I was supposedly slain at
North Shirahebi Shrine in the real world.
**[33:57] Koyomi**
Why did I wake up
in that park over in hell?
**[34:00] Mayoi**
That bothers you that much?
**[34:02] Koyomi**
It's not enough to bother me per se, but...
***SIGN*** NO.
***SIGN*** I KNOW. I'M JUST DELAYING.
***SIGN*** TO CLIMB THIS WHITE SNAKE— TO RESURRECT BACK INTO LIFE.
***SIGN*** I'M DELAYING IT FURTHER AND FURTHER
***SIGN*** PARK
**[34:10] Koyomi**
About the shift, well, I don't care.
**[34:12] Koyomi**
But, if you know what the name
of that park is, I'd like to know.
***SIGN*** NAMISHIRO
**[34:18] Koyomi**
Is it "Namishiro," or "Rouhaku"?
**[34:20] Tadatsuru**
"Shirohebi" Park.
**[34:22] Tadatsuru**
The correct way to read the name
is "Shirohebi" Park, if you go back to its origin.
**[34:26] Koyomi**
Eh? Shirohebi?
***SIGN*** HEBI (SNAKE)
**[34:29] Tadatsuru**
It's not the "insect" radical,
but the "water" radical.
***SIGN*** HEBI
**[34:32] Tadatsuru**
Shirohebi.
***SIGN*** SHIROHEBI
**[34:34] Tadatsuru**
Somewhere along the way,
someone miswrote and HEBI turned into NAMI.
**[34:38] Tadatsuru**
It's why the location became hard to read.
***SIGN*** HEBI
***SIGN*** NAMI
**[34:41] Koyomi**
Wait, "shirohebi"...
**[34:43] Koyomi**
...North "Shirahebi" Shrine.
***SIGN*** NORTH SHIRAHEBI SHRINE
**[34:46] Tadatsuru**
Yup. That's what it means.
**[34:48] Tadatsuru**
Originally, North Shirahebi Shrine
used to be at that location.
**[34:51] Tadatsuru**
That's why that slight shift occurred.
**[34:53] Tadatsuru**
You've heard the story that this shrine
was one that had been relocated, perhaps?
**[34:58] Koyomi**
Yeah, that's—
**[35:01] Koyomi**
I think it was a mistake in connection,
**[35:03] Koyomi**
and became a reason for distortion,
or something.
**[35:06] Tadatsuru**
Right, as it was something like bringing
the god of the seas on top of a mountain.
**[35:11] Tadatsuru**
Though, to be precise, it wasn't a sea but a lake.
**[35:15] Koyomi**
Lake? I think I've heard about that
from someone at some point...
**[35:21] Tadatsuru**
Well, you should
get on your way soon, Araragi-kun.
**[35:25] Tadatsuru**
Please give my regards
to Gaen-senpai. And to Yotsugi.
**[35:29] Tadatsuru**
Please cherish Yotsugi on my behalf as well.
**[35:32] Koyomi**
Yeah, got it.
**[35:35] Koyomi**
But is it all right
for someone like me to resurrect?
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 011
**[35:44] Koyomi**
Hachikuji!
**[35:47] Mayoi**
"Is it all right
for someone like me to resurrect?"
**[35:50] Mayoi**
What kind of a statement is that?
**[35:56] Mayoi**
What, Araragi-san.
Are you chickening out?
**[35:59] Mayoi**
You don't want
to go through difficult ordeals?
**[36:03] Mayoi**
Are you tired of it all?
**[36:09] Koyomi**
No.
**[36:11] Koyomi**
There really was a feeling
like a tense thread snapping.
**[36:16] Koyomi**
I didn't really have the feeling of
"I was finally able to die," either.
**[36:21] Mayoi**
You can only say that because
you don't know the hardships of hell.
**[36:24] Mayoi**
You really are quite fortunate
merely because you can be resurrected.
***SIGN*** FORTUNATE
**[36:31] Koyomi**
But I feel like there are tons of other people
who deserve to be resurrected more than me.
**[36:37] Koyomi**
Is it all right for me to be resurrected?
**[36:40] Koyomi**
It's not that I don't want to be resurrected,
but I feel I'm cutting in line when I shouldn't be.
**[36:46] Mayoi**
You do, indeed!
**[36:47] Mayoi**
You have the right to be resurrected.
**[36:49] Mayoi**
Araragi-san, you have at least
that much of a qualification.
**[36:52] Mayoi**
Because you've done
at least that much to begin with!
**[36:55] Mayoi**
Yes, you have. I know all too well!
**[37:02] Mayoi**
If you're not being resurrected,
who are you saying should be resurrected?
**[37:05] Mayoi**
Without a doubt,
you are the first person in line!
**[37:10] Mayoi**
If you say weak-minded things so much,
I might end up hating you.
**[37:21] Mayoi**
Listen up, Araragi-san.
**[37:23] Mayoi**
The Araragi-san that I know...
**[37:26] Mayoi**
loves girls, loves young girls, loves little girls,
loves the skirt linings, loves women's hips,
**[37:31] Mayoi**
loves big boobs, loves to be handled roughly,
loves his older little sister,
**[37:35] Mayoi**
loves his younger little sister, loves mature women,
loves toplessness, loves bloomers,
**[37:40] Mayoi**
loves school-issued swimsuits,
loves class reps,
**[37:42] Mayoi**
loves girls who use "boku,"
loves cat ears, loves girls playing sports...
**[37:46] Koyomi**
Hold on a second.
**[37:47] Koyomi**
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it!
**[37:49] Koyomi**
My heart is about to completely snap right now.
**[37:54] Mayoi**
And you were someone who loves to be alive.
***SIGN*** IT WAS SO OBVIOUS THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN.
***SIGN*** I CAME TO THE BRINK OF DEATH MANY, MANY TIMES— AND EACH TIME, I NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH
***SIGN*** BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN.
**[38:04] Koyomi**
You're right.
**[38:06] Koyomi**
If I'm not alive, I can't cherish girls at all.
**[38:10] Mayoi**
Uhm, no, that's not exactly
what I wanted to tell you.
**[38:16] Koyomi**
To say there was a shift
in the meaning of life...
**[38:20] Koyomi**
There was plenty of meaning
merely by staying alive.
**[38:31] Koyomi**
If you love being alive,
that's all you really needed.
**[38:36] Koyomi**
Because I was able to love
all sorts of things, and people.
**[38:40] Mayoi**
When you say that in this context,
it may be a bit misleading.
**[38:46] Tadatsuru**
If I give the signal from this end, Gaen-senpai
will pull you up from her end. That's about it.
**[38:53] Koyomi**
Got it.
**[38:54] Koyomi**
I'm much obliged, Tadatsuru.
**[38:58] Koyomi**
Tadatsuru-san.
**[38:59] Tadatsuru**
No need to be formal
after all we've been through.
**[39:02] Tadatsuru**
As long as you continue to attempt protecting
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade,
**[39:07] Tadatsuru**
...you will be my enemy.
**[39:11] Koyomi**
Even then, I'm much obliged
for this particular case.
**[39:15] Koyomi**
I never thought I'd be able
to chat with you like this.
**[39:19] Koyomi**
Someday, when we have time,
I'd like to settle down and talk with you again.
**[39:25] Tadatsuru**
If you don't mind doing so
while we kill each other.
**[39:31] Koyomi**
Hachikuji.
What are you going to do from here?
**[39:34] Mayoi**
What?
**[39:35] Mayoi**
Me? After I see you off, Araragi-san,
**[39:39] Mayoi**
I'm going back to the banks of hell
to pile stones up every day.
**[39:42] Mayoi**
Perhaps I may reincarnate as the child
of you and Senjyogahara-san.
**[39:48] Koyomi**
That's pretty heavy.
**[39:50] Mayoi**
Now then.
**[39:55] Koyomi**
I'm good. Send me off at any time.
**[39:58] Tadatsuru**
Then, let's countdown.
**[40:01] Tadatsuru**
10... 9...
**[40:03] Tadatsuru**
8...
**[40:04] Tadatsuru**
7...
**[40:05] Tadatsuru**
6...
**[40:06] Tadatsuru**
5...
**[40:07] Tadatsuru**
4... 3...
**[40:09] Tadatsuru**
2...
**[40:10] Tadatsuru**
1...
**[40:11] Tadatsuru**
Ignition.
**[40:18] Koyomi**
*That's right. Hachikuji said the first person
who should be resurrected is me.*
**[40:23] Koyomi**
*But, at the least, I am being
resurrected by shoving Hachikuji aside.*
**[40:29] Koyomi**
*To part with Mayoi Hachikuji...*
**[40:32] Koyomi**
*How many times does this make?*
**[40:35] Koyomi**
*H-Hachikuji!*
**[40:46] Tadatsuru**
Oh, Araragi-kun, one more thing!
**[40:50] Tadatsuru**
I'll tell you the name of the "enemy"
who requested me to exterminate you!
**[40:57] Tadatsuru**
Ougi.
**[40:59] Tadatsuru**
Ougi Oshino.
***SIGN*** CHAPTER 012
**[41:05] Koyomi**
*This is the epilogue,
or the punch line for this episode.*
**[41:16] Izuko**
Really...
**[41:17] Izuko**
To bring Hachikuji-chan with you, Koyomin.
**[41:20] Izuko**
You always are someone who goes
way beyond any of my expectations.
**[41:25] Izuko**
But for now, Koyomin,
**[41:27] Izuko**
can you please ask this scary,
beautiful lady to pull back her claws?
**[41:32] Kiss-shot**
Hey, you.
**[41:37] Kiss-shot**
Hmph. Well, I guess both needless killings
and futile gashes have been avoided.
**[41:42] Kiss-shot**
Though, it was the first time for me
to see "Yume Watari" activate.
**[42:08] Kiss-shot**
You fool, you made me worry.
**[42:11] Kiss-shot**
And, you abducted a young girl from hell.
You really are reckless.
**[42:20] Koyomi**
Hey, Shinobu. This is really bad
no matter how you think about it, right?
**[42:24] Koyomi**
Did once again, Hachikuji fulfill the conditions
for the "darkness" to be triggered?
**[42:28] Izuko**
And I'm saying that's why
you made a fine play, Koyomin.
**[42:32] Izuko**
Thanks to Koyomin's miracle here,
**[42:35] Izuko**
it looks like we'll be able to take
a slight advantage in the battles to come.
**[42:38] Izuko**
The lost girl.
She's a pawn that I had been wanting.
**[42:43] Izuko**
But with how things are turning out,
**[42:44] Izuko**
it looks like I must request help
for a little while longer.
**[42:53] Izuko**
For now, Koyomin, I want you
to head over to your entrance exams.
**[42:57] Izuko**
If you head over now, you'll still make it.
**[42:59] Izuko**
Do your best.
**[43:00] Koyomi**
Well, I will do my best.
**[43:06] Izuko**
Koyomin, I'll have you working for me
starting tomorrow.
**[43:09] Izuko**
Everything will be over
before the graduation ceremony.
**[43:12] Izuko**
I have all of my weapons now.
**[43:14] Izuko**
Let's settle the score, Koyomin.
**[43:17] Izuko**
Strangely enough, tomorrow is White Day, right?
**[43:20] Izuko**
It's the perfect timing to end the story of this town,
where a white snake once reigned.
**[43:27] Izuko**
We're starting our counterattack!
# E2 - Chapter Two - Hitagi Rendezvous
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G609E8WM6/chapter-two---hitagi-rendezvous)
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**[00:09] Koyomi**
*I truly love Hitagi Senjyogahara.*
**[00:11] Koyomi**
*I can say so without shame.*
**[00:14] Koyomi**
* However, to think that I would actually feel*
* about someone else in this manner...*
**[00:20] Koyomi**
* ...was something that would never*
* cross my mind a year ago.*
**[00:24] Koyomi**
* To love someone else...*
* was something I feared.*
**[00:29] Koyomi**
* Then why was I so cowardly about*
* loving someone like that?*
**[00:38] Koyomi**
* That is a simple, straightforward story.*
* It was just a self-preservation instinct.*
**[00:44] Koyomi**
* I loved who I was,*
* and I was afraid of losing that.*
**[00:47] Koyomi**
*I was scared of changing.*
**[00:49] Koyomi**
*I was scared of being changed.*
**[00:56] Koyomi**
* If I don't abandon the*
* foundation of narcissism,*
**[00:59] Koyomi**
* I can't possibly love anyone*
* other than myself.*
**[01:04] Koyomi**
* For this one point, perhaps Hitagi*
* Senjyogahara feels more strongly about it than I do.*
**[01:10] Koyomi**
*And, I think that's perfectly fine.*
**[01:13] Koyomi**
*Her affection is... probably...*
**[01:15] Koyomi**
* ...too heavy a burden to*
* point just at herself.*
**[01:18] Koyomi**
* It's just about right when*
* she shares it with me.*
**[01:21] Koyomi**
*After imagining that far, I had a thought.*
**[01:24] Koyomi**
*I truly love Hitagi Senjyogahara.*
**[01:27] Koyomi**
* And I can say so without*
* shame... but in return,*
**[01:31] Koyomi**
* from some point, perhaps I*
* have lost my narcissism.*
**[01:35] Koyomi**
* Sure enough, am I able to love*
* myself just like I love her?*
**[01:41] Koyomi**
*If that is not the case...*
**[01:45] Koyomi**
*I am as good as dead as a human.*
***SIGN*** Part One
***SIGN*** March 13th
**[01:55] Hitagi**
We're going on a date.
**[01:58] Hitagi**
That's not it. That's not how it goes.
**[02:00] Koyomi**
N-Not it?
**[02:02] Hitagi**
Well, it's been quite a while since the last
time I had a proper appearance like this,
**[02:05] Hitagi**
so I've forgotten what
my character is like.
**[02:10] Hitagi**
Date me.
**[02:14] Koyomi**
I-Isn't your character straying
off course, Senjyogahara-san?
**[02:17] Hitagi**
Tomorrow. Let us use the day called
tomorrow to its full potential,
**[02:21] Hitagi**
and go on a date worth six
months' time, Araragi-kun.
**[02:23] Hitagi**
Do you understand what I am talking about?
**[02:27] Koyomi**
No, unfortunately, not at all...
**[02:29] ---**
Recording
**[02:30] Hitagi**
Then, I will explain it to you, much
like the supplementary audio channel.
**[02:35] Hitagi**
First off, thank you for all
the hard work, Araragi-kun.
**[02:37] ---**
Araragi
**[02:38] Hitagi**
You gave so much effort until today, so
even if it doesn't lead to good results,
**[02:42] Hitagi**
you shouldn't feel ashamed.
**[02:44] Hitagi**
You have already completed your mission.
**[02:46] Koyomi**
Can you stop moving along on the
premise that I don't get accepted?
**[02:49] Koyomi**
That's not kindness, but consolation.
**[02:51] Koyomi**
Don't set up foreshadowing for consolation.
I haven't said anything yet.
**[02:55] Koyomi**
It's not over until the results are out.
**[02:57] Hitagi**
No, it is already over.
**[02:59] Hitagi**
Your battle ended right here.
**[03:05] Hitagi**
And so...
**[03:06] Hitagi**
I have been voluntarily refraining
from dates for the past
**[03:09] Hitagi**
six months or so, and want to resume them.
**[03:11] Hitagi**
That is what I am desiring, Araragi-kun.
**[03:15] Hitagi**
I will use all the points I
have saved up until now.
**[03:17] Hitagi**
Strangely enough, tomorrow is
March 14th, White Day.
**[03:21] Hitagi**
It is an anniversary perfectly
suited for a date.
**[03:25] Hitagi**
You just thought how you hated
anniversaries right now, didn't you?
***SIGN*** How did that come across even when I'm silent?
***SIGN*** Can telepathy really be this one-sided?
**[03:34] Hitagi**
Our graduation ceremony is the day
after tomorrow, Araragi-kun.
***SIGN*** Monday, March 13th
**[03:37] Hitagi**
In other words, the way we are now,
**[03:39] Hitagi**
we will end our blossoming days in
high school with hardly any dates.
***SIGN*** Naoetsu High
**[03:43] Hitagi**
Isn't that just too sad a thing?
**[03:45] Koyomi**
Well, if you put it that way...
**[03:48] Hitagi**
That's why.
**[03:49] Hitagi**
We are going to go on enough
dates for the past six months'
**[03:51] Hitagi**
worth in one fell swoop
tomorrow, Araragi-kun.
**[03:53] Hitagi**
In other words, it's the
abridged "digest" version.
**[03:55] Hitagi**
We are going to execute the highlight
reel of our high school life.
**[03:58] Koyomi**
Highlight reel...?
***SIGN*** The main portion doesn't even exist - how are you going to create a digest version of it?
**[04:01] Hitagi**
I've already got the scoop
on you, Araragi-kun.
**[04:04] Koyomi**
Eh?
**[04:05] Hitagi**
Araragi-kun, your body somehow
has recovered, so I hear?
**[04:09] Koyomi**
Oh, well...
**[04:11] Hitagi**
So for you, Araragi-kun,
all your pending issues,
**[04:13] Hitagi**
both the entrance exams and your
physical body, are done, yes?
**[04:16] Hitagi**
It means that they have come
to a conclusion, right?
**[04:19] Hitagi**
Then, there should be no reason why you
should hesitate in going out on a date with me.
**[04:23] Hitagi**
If there's any time to resolve the status
of lacking dates, that time is now.
**[04:27] Koyomi**
Status of lacking dates?
**[04:30] Hitagi**
And so, you should go on a
date with me, Araragi-kun.
**[04:37] Koyomi**
I get it, Senjyogahara.
**[04:39] Koyomi**
It'll be more of the wrap-up ending
than a highlight reel...
**[04:41] Koyomi**
Let's use the day tomorrow to its fullest,
and go on six months' worth of dates.
**[04:45] Hitagi**
Oh, I'm sorry. The full day is a bit much...
**[04:49] Hitagi**
I have something I need
to do in the evening.
**[04:51] Koyomi**
Eh?
**[04:52] Hitagi**
So, it's more like early in the morning
until late afternoon, or something like that.
**[05:00] Hitagi**
It's fine. All plans are already in here.
***SIGN*** I'd be lying if I said that...
***SIGN*** ...I didn't feel a vague sense of anxiety.
**[05:07] Koyomi**
Roger, roger... Araragi, roger that.
**[05:09] Koyomi**
By the way, what's this that you
need to do in the evening?
**[05:14] Hitagi**
See, tomorrow is White Day, right?
**[05:17] Hitagi**
So I'm going out to dinner
with Father in the evening.
**[05:24] Yotsugi**
Date? Tomorrow?
**[05:26] Yotsugi**
Come on now, you should tell me
these things a bit earlier.
**[05:29] Yotsugi**
It's a bit rushed.
**[05:30] Yotsugi**
I have my own circumstances, too.
**[05:33] Yotsugi**
But well, it can't be helped.
**[05:35] Yotsugi**
This is for Devilish Big Brother's
sake. I'll somehow make some time.
**[05:38] Koyomi**
Wait, why are you speaking on the
premise that you are tagging along?
**[05:41] Koyomi**
What kind of position are you taking?
**[05:45] Yotsugi**
What is it?
**[05:46] Yotsugi**
Devilish Big Brother. Big
Demo-ther for short.
**[05:49] Yotsugi**
You are staring at my face.
**[05:51] Yotsugi**
Is there anything stuck (tsuku) on my
face? After all, I'm a Tsukumo-gami.
**[05:55] Koyomi**
Well, hold on a second.
**[05:56] Koyomi**
Ononoki-chan, I have a serious topic
to talk about. You have a moment?
**[05:59] Yotsugi**
I am always serious. I have never had any
conversation that was not serious.
**[06:03] Yotsugi**
Being serious (majime) got so bad that they
called me Grapevine Stretch (manji-gatame).
**[06:08] Yotsugi**
I see.
**[06:10] Koyomi**
Come on. You don't feel anything after
hearing tales of Tadatsuru, one of your creators?
**[06:15] Koyomi**
He told me to send you his regards.
**[06:17] Yotsugi**
Not really. I told you, right?
**[06:20] Yotsugi**
Don't ask me to harbor
such humanly emotions.
**[06:23] Yotsugi**
Even if he was dead to begin with, even if he's
immortal in some way, even if he's a living doll,
**[06:28] Yotsugi**
that doesn't change the implications
of what I have done.
**[06:31] Yotsugi**
Not for the implications
on you, Big Demo-ther.
**[06:34] Yotsugi**
However, there are other
important matters for me.
***SIGN*** I can't keep from speaking about her master, Kagenui-san.
**[06:38] Yotsugi**
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade
has fully revived.
**[06:44] Yotsugi**
Let's hear the details about that.
**[06:47] Yotsugi**
That is something that directly
relates to my own safety.
**[06:54] Yotsugi**
I had thought she was a young
girl that were some dregs,
**[06:56] Yotsugi**
so I've been merciless with the insults.
**[06:59] Yotsugi**
But, if she is back to her complete self, I
have to alter that attitude drastically.
**[07:05] Yotsugi**
Big Demo-ther.
**[07:06] Yotsugi**
Can you teach me how to speak politely?
**[07:07] ---**
Black Scene
**[07:09] Yotsugi**
Is Heart-under-blade-sama taking a drink
(kikoshi-mesu) within that shadow?
**[07:12] Koyomi**
You're using the phrase
"kikoshi-mesu" wrong.
***SIGN*** I'm guessing that the intended question was whether or not she was lurking inside the shadow.
**[07:17] Koyomi**
No, she's not here.
**[07:21] Koyomi**
Shinobu is with Gaen-san
together with Hachikuji.
**[07:25] Koyomi**
A meeting, or rather, a discussion,
about what to do from here on.
**[07:28] Yotsugi**
"What to do from here on"
arouses my interest.
**[07:31] Yotsugi**
After all, Big Demo-ther, you finally were
able to return to being a normal guy.
**[07:35] Yotsugi**
What, are you still going to
do something from here on?
**[07:38] Yotsugi**
Even if it is exactly what Gaen-san wants?
**[07:40] Koyomi**
Well, concerning that case, I don't
think I gave a clear answer...
**[07:45] Koyomi**
Besides, there's the bit
about Kagenui-san, too.
***SIGN*** Yoduru Kagenui
***SIGN*** And—Meme Oshino. Where are they now?
**[07:51] Yotsugi**
If it's about Big Brother Oshino, isn't he
just leading his usual wandering lifestyle?
**[07:57] Koyomi**
We've gone this far to search for him, but
he's still nowhere to be found, you know?
**[08:01] Koyomi**
Even the Hanekawa is searching,
and can't find him, right?
***SIGN*** Yeah. The girl that doesn't run everything...
***SIGN*** No, that doesn't know everything.
**[08:05] Yotsugi**
It's not like that person is a professional
at finding people or anything.
**[08:09] Yotsugi**
Well, I have no intent on meddling
in how you think, Big Demo-ther.
**[08:13] Yotsugi**
By the way, in the case of Big Sister,
**[08:15] Yotsugi**
I deduce that she went on a trip to
perfect her martial arts skills.
**[08:18] Koyomi**
But Ononoki-chan, what will you do if
Kagenui-san is gone like this and never returns?
**[08:23] Koyomi**
What happens if Kagenui-san
doesn't come to pick you up?
**[08:25] Yotsugi**
In that case...
**[08:27] Yotsugi**
I guess I'd have to be
in this house forever.
**[08:29] Yotsugi**
Of course, Big Demo-ther, if you
get married and leave this house,
**[08:32] Yotsugi**
I'll tag along to wherever you go.
**[08:34] Koyomi**
Don't be putting up some
preposterous plan for your life.
**[08:36] Koyomi**
What do you mean, "of course (touzen)"?
**[08:38] Yotsugi**
Would it have been better to say
"astonishingly (gakuzen)"?
**[08:40] Yotsugi**
But still, Big Demo-ther, watching over you is
the task that I am currently assigned to do.
**[08:45] Yotsugi**
Until I am relieved of that, I can't
possibly separate myself from you.
**[08:48] Yotsugi**
In other words...
**[08:49] Yotsugi**
If Big Sister is gone like
this and never returns,
**[08:52] Yotsugi**
Big Demo-ther, you and I will
be in an eternal fellowship.
**[08:55] Koyomi**
Eternal...
***SIGN*** Back to the main story
**[08:57] Yotsugi**
By the way, Big Demo-ther.
**[09:00] Yotsugi**
By the way, by the way, Big Demo-ther.
**[09:02] Yotsugi**
How in the world did those
college entrance exams go?
**[09:04] Koyomi**
Well, I did what I could. You did take
care of me, so thank you for that.
**[09:09] Yotsugi**
You're welcome.
**[09:10] Yotsugi**
Were the results being announced after the
graduation ceremony, or beforehand?
**[09:13] Koyomi**
After.
**[09:15] Yotsugi**
Hmm, then it may be a good idea to
have the date sooner than later.
**[09:19] Yotsugi**
After all, it'd be hard to go out
after one of the two gets rejected.
**[09:24] Koyomi**
* I would like to think Senjyogahara didn't set*
* the date to be tomorrow from such an intent...*
**[09:34] Tsukihi**
Big Brother!
**[09:35] Tsukihi**
You took one of the plushies from
my room again, didn't you!?
**[09:38] Tsukihi**
Oh!
**[09:40] Tsukihi**
Here it is! Just as I thought!
**[09:41] Tsukihi**
Geez, stop it already. Don't enter
my room without permission!
**[09:44] Tsukihi**
You have it lying on your bed and stuff.
**[09:46] Tsukihi**
You weren't using it for weird things
or anything, were you, Big Brother?
**[09:49] Tsukihi**
This is my precious plushie.
**[09:51] Koyomi**
No, it wouldn't even be exaggerating
if I said I was entertaining it...
**[09:55] Tsukihi**
I'm not the type that has a
lot of plushies and stuff.
**[09:59] Tsukihi**
But for some reason, I feel sympathy
for this particular plushie.
**[10:03] Tsukihi**
That's why I've told you again and
again that you can't take it out!
**[10:07] Koyomi**
Sympathy, huh?
**[10:09] Tsukihi**
Big Brother, you were home.
**[10:11] Tsukihi**
Now that entrance exams are over,
you can play as much as you want!
**[10:15] Tsukihi**
Big Brother is going to be in
college from next month, huh?
**[10:18] Tsukihi**
That's cause for celebration! I'll
prepare for a celebration!
**[10:21] Tsukihi**
Tonight, we'll gather all the neighborhood
middle school girls, and have a party!
**[10:24] Koyomi**
So optimistic...
**[10:25] Koyomi**
Hm... That's not a bad proposal,
**[10:28] Koyomi**
but unfortunately, I already have
an appointment for tomorrow.
**[10:30] Koyomi**
But, if it's sometime this month,
I can manage to make some time.
**[10:34] Tsukihi**
Oh, Big Brother, you've gained
some composure now.
**[10:38] Tsukihi**
Until a short while ago,
**[10:39] Tsukihi**
when your little sister invited you to go
play, you just punched her on the spot.
**[10:43] Koyomi**
Was I that raging a big brother?
**[10:45] Tsukihi**
Then, we'll say sometime this month.
**[10:47] Koyomi**
Yeah. I'll leave you to do the planning.
**[10:50] Tsukihi**
I see, but Big Brother's going on a date
with Senjyogahara-san tomorrow, huh.
**[10:55] Tsukihi**
I'm jealous that you're so lovey-dovey..
**[10:57] Tsukihi**
I've been dating Rousokuzawa-kun for so
long that we've basically settled down.
**[11:02] Tsukihi**
Or rather, he invited me to go
out somewhere for White Day...
**[11:04] Tsukihi**
...but for some reason or
another, I declined.
**[11:07] Koyomi**
Wait, huh? Did I tell you that my prior
appointment was with Senjyogahara?
**[11:12] Tsukihi**
I can tell even if you didn't tell me.
**[11:14] Tsukihi**
A prior appointment on March 14th means that
it's with a lover, or with Einstein.
**[11:19] Koyomi**
If it was with Einstein, that
would be a huge deal!
**[11:24] Koyomi**
Well, you're right.
**[11:25] Tsukihi**
All right, then tomorrow I'll
go visit Nadeko-chan.
**[11:31] Tsukihi**
She got released from the hospital, but
she's still resting up back at home.
**[11:35] Tsukihi**
Apparently, she'll start going
to school in the new term.
**[11:38] Tsukihi**
I'm sure she's lonely if she's
cooped up all alone in the house,
**[11:40] Tsukihi**
so I should go over and be really rowdy!
**[11:43] Koyomi**
You're going there pretty often.
**[11:46] Koyomi**
To be honest, it's unexpected.
**[11:47] Koyomi**
Even if you said you were friends,
**[11:49] Koyomi**
you and Sengoku didn't give me an image
that you were that good friends.
**[11:53] Tsukihi**
That's not true. We're
totally best friends!
**[11:58] Tsukihi**
She told me a secret the other day, too.
**[12:01] Koyomi**
A secret? What's that?
**[12:03] Tsukihi**
It's a secret, so of course
I won't tell you.
**[12:06] Koyomi**
Eh?
**[12:08] Tsukihi**
Now, now... Leave Nadeko-chan to me,
**[12:11] Tsukihi**
and Big Brother, you can just go
lovey-dovey with Senjyogahara-san!
***SIGN*** March 14th
***SIGN*** Naoetsu
***SIGN*** Judging from the plates,
***SIGN*** it's a rental car.
***SIGN*** 201
**[12:30] ---**
Black Scene
**[12:34] Hitagi**
Welcome to a wonderful today.
**[12:37] Hitagi**
I tried to be conscious of
the old Hanekawa-san.
**[12:40] Koyomi**
Your sense of friendship
is a bit too big a burden...
**[12:43] Hitagi**
Even for you, Araragi-kun,
**[12:45] Hitagi**
doesn't it make you happier if I got myself
closer to what Hanekawa-san is like?
**[12:50] Koyomi**
That's another heavy statement there...
**[12:52] Hitagi**
Now, let's go. I have to
be back here by 7:00PM.
**[12:57] Hitagi**
I can't be late for my appointment with
Father, so we have to hurry things a bit..
**[13:01] Hitagi**
We don't have a moment to spare!
**[13:03] Koyomi**
Um, can you not have your dinner with
your father tonight be your main event for today?
**[13:08] Koyomi**
It's okay if it's the main event for you,
**[13:09] Koyomi**
but please don't bring it to words.
**[13:12] Hitagi**
Heh.
**[13:13] Hitagi**
Then, why don't you quiet
me down with a kiss?
**[13:20] Hitagi**
Now, go into the passenger seat.
**[13:23] Koyomi**
Eh?
**[13:25] Koyomi**
Eeh?
**[13:26] Koyomi**
Eeeeehh?
**[13:28] Koyomi**
Waitgahara-san,
**[13:29] Koyomi**
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
**[13:31] Koyomi**
Perhaps it may be, but can it be that
you're driving the car today!?
**[13:37] Koyomi**
You're going to be controlling
the steering wheel?
**[13:39] Koyomi**
Hitagi Drivergahara!?
**[13:42] Hitagi**
Ta-dee-dah!
***SIGN*** Name: Hitagi Senjyogahara
***SIGN*** Valid Until August 7th
**[13:45] Hitagi**
Hehe, were you surprised?
**[13:47] Hitagi**
Araragi-kun, while you were feverishly
studying for entrance exams,
**[13:50] Hitagi**
I was also studying hard for the exam
to obtain a driver's license, too.
**[13:56] Hitagi**
Got it on the first shot.
**[13:59] Koyomi**
Y-Y-You know your school rules!?
**[14:02] Koyomi**
Not only would acceptance to a college
by recommendation be cancelled,
**[14:05] Koyomi**
this level of barbarism will cast
shadows on graduation, too.
**[14:08] Koyomi**
In the first place, Senjyogahara,
why did you do such a thing?
**[14:12] Hitagi**
I mean, I didn't have to go
to school for the third term,
**[14:15] Hitagi**
so I was bored, so bored,
that I couldn't help it.
***SIGN*** An idle brain is the devil's shop.
**[14:19] Hitagi**
Besides, see? Araragi-kun, you probably wouldn't
be able to obtain a driver's license,
**[14:22] ---**
so I thought I'd get ahead.
**[14:27] Hitagi**
Well, in the end that turned out to be
unnecessary anxiety for me, it seems.
**[14:32] ---**
Photo Booth
**[14:32] Koyomi**
Until yesterday, one symptom of the physical
advancement of my vampiric nature...
**[14:36] Koyomi**
...caused me to not show
up in photographs.
***SIGN*** Test #
**[14:40] Koyomi**
That means I would not be able to have
a driver's license issued to me...
***SIGN*** Name: Koyomi Araragi
**[14:44] Koyomi**
And so for that aspect, Senjyogahara was
being attentive in her own way, I guess.
**[14:49] Koyomi**
When I think about it that way, it was
misconduct that was hard for me to scold her for.
**[14:53] ---**
Black Scene
**[14:53] Koyomi**
No, wait, that just can't be.
**[14:55] Koyomi**
Don't think that I'd get
moved by emotions.
**[14:58] Koyomi**
I won't be moved by affection, either.
**[15:02] Koyomi**
If you become unable to graduate, that
would mean you had the wrong priorities.
**[15:05] Hitagi**
If that happens, I'll break
up with you, Araragi-kun,
**[15:07] Hitagi**
and be chummy with Kanbaru,
so I'll be fine.
**[15:10] Koyomi**
Don't nonchalantly say that
you'll break up with me.
**[15:12] Koyomi**
And Kanbaru would surely get
slightly bewildered by that,
**[15:14] Koyomi**
if she ends up in the same class as you.
**[15:17] Hitagi**
I think she'd rejoice
in a carefree manner.
**[15:22] Koyomi**
It seems like I'm the one
that has to compromise.
**[15:26] Hitagi**
Araragi-kun, you're the one that needs
to remember to fasten your seatbelt.
**[15:31] Koyomi**
Yeah, I know...
**[15:33] Koyomi**
I don't have enough courage to ride with someone
who just got their license without a seatbelt.
**[15:37] Koyomi**
Normally I'm called a raging bull,
but for today, I'm a chicken.
***SIGN*** BABY ON BOARD
**[15:41] Koyomi**
If possible, I'd even like
to be in a child-seat.
**[15:46] Koyomi**
So, where is our destination?
**[15:49] Hitagi**
The planetarium.
**[15:52] Koyomi**
Planetarium?
**[15:54] Hitagi**
Yes. Planetarium.
**[16:23] Hitagi**
Oh, by the way, Araragi-kun.
**[16:25] Hitagi**
I received a phone call from
Hanekawa-san last night.
**[16:27] Koyomi**
Eh? Really?
**[16:29] Hitagi**
Yes. It was something about somehow being
able to make it back for graduation.
**[16:33] Koyomi**
I see...
**[16:37] Koyomi**
It feels like I haven't seen Hanekawa
in quite a long time now.
**[16:43] Koyomi**
What? That means that she called
you, but she didn't call me?
**[16:49] Hitagi**
Right.
**[16:50] Hitagi**
I wonder why Hanekawa-san
didn't call Araragi-kun.
**[16:54] Hitagi**
Perhaps it was because I told her
that I'll tell you for her.
**[16:59] Koyomi**
No other reason can be thought of!
***SIGN*** "Tsubasa Hanekawa-sama, The weather has been warming up lately. How have you been doing? I have acknowledged your intent to attend the Naoetsu High School Graduation Ceremony on 3/14. I am very pleased that we will be able to share in the joy of that day together. (Excised) Note that I will tell all parties involved, particularly Koyomi Araragi, about this, so no need to worry. (Excised) So Please do not contact Koyomi Araragi yourself. Thank you. PS: Please do not called Araragi-kun Directly"
**[17:01] Hitagi**
Specifically, it might be because I asked
her to not call you, Araragi-kun.
**[17:05] Koyomi**
You went that far? You said something that
specific? Why did you do such a thing?
***SIGN*** Petition
***SIGN*** Petition
***SIGN*** Petition
**[17:11] Hitagi**
Oh, that's right. I had been given a message
by Hanekawa-san to convey to you.
**[17:15] Koyomi**
Convey?
***SIGN*** That's some mysterious polite talk.
**[17:17] Hitagi**
She said she found Oshino-san.
**[17:20] Koyomi**
Hmm...
**[17:21] Koyomi**
Huh!?
**[17:25] Koyomi**
Seriously?
**[17:26] Hitagi**
Seriously.
**[17:27] Hitagi**
Well, to be precise, the story was that she
found out where Oshino-san was hiding...
**[17:32] Hitagi**
Though, I don't remember it too well.
**[17:34] Koyomi**
I beg of you, please remember.
Give it everything you got.
**[17:39] Hitagi**
Though, she said after many deductions,
**[17:41] Hitagi**
Oshino-san's possible whereabouts were
narrowed down to two locations.
**[17:45] Koyomi**
Two locations?
**[17:46] Hitagi**
Yes. I wasn't interested so I didn't ask about the
details. But that's definitely what she had said.
**[17:52] Hitagi**
I wonder what it was.
**[17:56] Hitagi**
She said it was the reverse.
**[17:58] Koyomi**
Reverse?
**[17:59] Hitagi**
Yes. That her approach was the reverse.
**[18:02] Koyomi**
Reverse? What does that mean?
**[18:05] Hitagi**
She was making remarks such as
"This is a pen" or something.
**[18:08] Koyomi**
Making remarks?
**[18:10] Koyomi**
"This is a pen"?
***SIGN*** There is much to think about,
***SIGN*** and I'm still worried,
***SIGN*** but it seems there's nothing I can do in my current state.
**[18:17] Koyomi**
What other stuff did you
talk about with Hanekawa?
**[18:20] Koyomi**
Did she say anything other
than the bit about Oshino?
**[18:22] Hitagi**
Let's see. I consulted with her
about my plans for today's date.
**[18:26] Hitagi**
I'll confess.
**[18:28] Hitagi**
Actually, it was Hanekawa-san's
idea that it would be good
**[18:30] Hitagi**
to first head over to a planetarium.
**[18:32] Koyomi**
Is that so?
**[18:34] Hitagi**
Personally, a planetarium is a place
where I frequently go to begin with.
**[18:38] Hitagi**
So, for me, it doesn't feel like
much of a special event.
**[18:42] Hitagi**
But, it's rather stylish to go
together with you, Araragi-kun.
**[18:46] Koyomi**
Hmm... But, that said, wouldn't it be a date
that's lacking in amusement for you?
**[18:52] Hitagi**
Well, when I go to a planetarium,
it's not for leisure,
**[18:56] Hitagi**
and the side about learning
something tends to kick in...
**[18:59] Hitagi**
Once in a while, I'd like to head into seeing
artificial stars without mentally preparing to do so.
**[19:03] Hitagi**
It's not a case where I lack enthusiasm,
either. So, rest assured in that aspect as well.
**[19:07] Koyomi**
The side about learning
something? Oh, I see.
**[19:11] Koyomi**
You were rather acrobatic for
being a student at our school...
**[19:15] Koyomi**
in selecting geoscience for
your science elective.
***SIGN*** I must say, I don't even know what people study in the field of geoscience...
***SIGN*** For Senjyogahara, who cherishes memories of going to the observatory with her family when she was young,
***SIGN*** it seems that she has special emotions invested into celestial bodies after all.
**[19:24] Koyomi**
I want to know something.
**[19:26] Koyomi**
Senjyogahara, what do you
study in geoscience?
**[19:29] Koyomi**
It's not like you simply learn all
about celestial bodies, right?
**[19:33] Hitagi**
To be precise, it's an abbreviated
form of "earth sciences".
***SIGN*** Earth Sciences
**[19:37] Hitagi**
In other words, we mainly learn about
Earth as a celestial body, I guess.
**[19:41] Hitagi**
I can't help it that my fascination points
towards the entire universe, though.
**[19:46] Hitagi**
Someday, I'd like to draw the perfect space
map, and be dubbed Tadataka Inou the Second.
**[19:51] Hitagi**
That's my dream.
**[19:52] Koyomi**
Tadataka Inou the Second...
**[19:55] Hitagi**
That is what I want to do in college.
***SIGN*** This is the first I've heard of this.
***SIGN*** But my girlfriend is striving to become an astronaut...
***SIGN*** Is that for real?
**[20:00] Koyomi**
More like, what's a space
map? Such a thing exists?
**[20:05] Hitagi**
Most of space is a vacuum,
and galaxies, groups of stars,
**[20:09] Hitagi**
are sporadically placed in it.
**[20:12] Hitagi**
Probability-wise, it seems like stars are
dispersed equally within the vacuum,
**[20:17] Hitagi**
but in reality nothing like that happens.
**[20:19] Hitagi**
The stars clump up, and exist
terribly out of balance.
**[20:22] Hitagi**
Drawing that into a diagram
is a space map.
**[20:26] Hitagi**
Perhaps stars are like people,
and easily feels loneliness.
**[20:33] Koyomi**
You talk like this is a lesson,
**[20:34] Koyomi**
but I've never seen an actual space map, so
it just doesn't click with me at all...
**[20:39] Hitagi**
By the way, a space map is not a square like
a map of the world, or a map of Japan.
**[20:45] Hitagi**
It's in the shape of a hand fan (ougi).
**[20:49] Koyomi**
Ougi...
**[20:50] Koyomi**
To that word, I... don't react.
***SIGN*** Part Two
**[21:07] Ougi**
Yes, yes, hello there, Araragi-senpai.
**[21:11] Ougi**
This is Ougi Oshino.
**[21:12] Ougi**
Now today, we will be studying
about constellations.
**[21:17] Koyomi**
* I realized right away*
* that this was a dream.*
**[21:23] Ougi**
For Araragi-senpai, who lives in Japan, the
constellations in the southern skies may be difficult.
**[21:29] Ougi**
Though my rival, Hanekawa-senpai, may perhaps
be looking at them now from around Australia.
**[21:36] Ougi**
No, but really,
**[21:37] Ougi**
the southern hemisphere has many unfamiliar
constellations, so it is amusing.
**[21:42] Ougi**
There is Chameleon over that way.
**[21:45] Ougi**
There's also Pictor (easel) and Vela (sail).
**[21:48] Ougi**
There's even a constellation
called Hydrus (water snake).
***SIGN*** Water Snake
***SIGN*** Snake—with a "water" radical
**[21:52] Ougi**
I guess it's what we would call
the Hydra (sea snake).
**[21:56] Ougi**
Surely you know of this one, the Hydra?
**[21:59] Ougi**
It's the biggest of the 88 constellations.
**[22:03] Ougi**
Though, it's difficult to determine how the
size of a constellation is measured.
**[22:11] Ougi**
When you think of it three-dimensionally,
it pretty much falls apart.
**[22:14] Ougi**
However, the presence
that this Hydra has...
**[22:18] Ougi**
...reminds one of Kiss-shot
Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade.
**[22:25] Ougi**
They call the creature
in Hydra a "sea snake",
**[22:28] Ougi**
but it actually points to
the legendary hydras.
**[22:32] Ougi**
Do you know what a hydra is?
**[22:33] Ougi**
It's not an exaggeration
to say it's immortal.
**[22:36] Ougi**
It's a monster that keeps regenerating
no matter how much you cut off.
**[22:40] Ougi**
The one that defeats that hydra is
the famous, courageous Heracles.
**[22:47] Ougi**
You probably cannot defeat Kiss-shot
Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade with this method,
**[22:53] Ougi**
but he chopped the nine heads
of the hydra one by one,
**[22:56] Ougi**
and burnt the cut sections shut with a
flame to prevent them from regenerating.
**[23:02] Ougi**
As a side note, during this fight
between Heracles and the hydra,
**[23:06] Ougi**
the crab from Cancer sided with the
hydra and attacked Heracles.
**[23:12] Ougi**
It used its big claws you know
of to cut at Heracles.
**[23:16] Ougi**
Its attitude of challenging a giant
enemy with a small weapon is,
**[23:19] Ougi**
in fact, Senjyogahara-senpai herself.
**[23:22] Ougi**
When you awaken, please tell
Senjyogahara-senpai about this episode,
**[23:27] Ougi**
so that you can be well-liked.
**[23:30] Ougi**
Serpens, the one that isn't Hydra,
**[23:33] Ougi**
is also a symbol of immortality,
though not as much as the hydra.
**[23:38] Ougi**
After all, Serpens has a special
characteristic that you can say
**[23:42] Ougi**
is unique among all 88
constellations in the sky.
**[23:46] Ougi**
Do you know what it is, Araragi-senpai?
***SIGN*** I don't know.
**[23:51] Koyomi**
*Does Ougi-chan know what it is?*
**[23:54] Ougi**
I don't know anything.
**[23:56] Ougi**
It's what you know, Araragi-senpai.
**[24:02] Ougi**
In reality, you should know what it is.
**[24:05] Ougi**
See, like this.
**[24:07] Ougi**
Serpens is the only constellation that exists
split up into the eastern and western parts.
**[24:12] Ougi**
As a snake... It has been chopped up.
**[24:15] Ougi**
This clearly shows immortality.
**[24:18] Ougi**
It's still alive despite its
body chopped in half.
***SIGN*** Well, Araragi-senpai, you seem to have your body chopped into half rather often as well.
**[24:23] Ougi**
Actually, in the gap where it is split up, a
different constellation has been drawn in.
**[24:30] Ougi**
I'm sure you know of it, Araragi-senpai,
but it's Ophiuchus (snake charmer).
**[24:35] Ougi**
The picture depicts the snake charmer
holding the upper and lower halves...
**[24:38] Ougi**
...of the snake's body with his left
and right arms, respectively.
**[24:43] Koyomi**
If I recall, that snake charmer was
Asklepios, dubbed the sage physician?
***SIGN*** Sage physician
**[24:49] Ougi**
That's right. Nothing less from you,
Araragi-senpai. You really have extensive knowledge.
**[24:54] Ougi**
Asklepios' medical skills were
honed remarkably quickly,
**[24:57] Ougi**
and it got to a point where he
could even resurrect the dead.
**[25:02] Ougi**
However, that was going too far.
**[25:05] Ougi**
Going too far. Against the rules.
**[25:07] Ougi**
I guess you could say it went
against the logic of the world.
**[25:10] Ougi**
Bringing forth anger of Hades
the god of the underworld,
**[25:12] Ougi**
Asklepios was struck by lightning
and literally sent to heaven.
**[25:18] Ougi**
Well, bringing a person back to life -- to
mass-produce immortals -- is quite the sin.
**[25:25] Ougi**
Yotsugi Ononoki-chan is also among those
who were resurrected after death, but...
***SIGN*** Tadatsuru Teori
**[25:32] Ougi**
All parties responsible for
her resurrection faced retaliation...
***SIGN*** Yoduru Kagenui
***SIGN*** Meme Oshino
***SIGN*** Deishu Kaiki
**[25:38] Ougi**
...and had curses placed
upon their bodies.
***SIGN*** Hm? What's this about?
***SIGN*** Curses?
**[25:42] Ougi**
If that's the case, what's
going to happen?
**[25:44] Ougi**
What kind of penalty will Gaen-san pay in the
future for reviving Araragi-senpai from hell?
***SIGN*** Izuko Gaen
**[25:52] Ougi**
Ha-hah...
**[25:54] Koyomi**
Ougi-chan, if you're going to sit
down, sit on my left side.
**[25:56] Ougi**
Hmm? Why is that?
**[25:59] Koyomi**
That's Senjyogahara's seat.
**[26:02] Ougi**
My oh my, that is not a cheap seat.
**[26:05] Ougi**
Well, please don't worry.
**[26:07] Ougi**
I have never had any intentions of taking
over the throne of the main heroine.
**[26:11] Ougi**
I wouldn't mind striving to be a
"little sister" character...
**[26:16] Ougi**
But, Karen-chan aside, I wouldn't want
to compete against Tsukihi-chan.
**[26:22] Koyomi**
*She is... Her true identity is...*
**[26:28] Koyomi**
*Tadatsuru Teori said it.*
**[26:30] Koyomi**
*He told me at the bottom of hell.*
**[26:33] Koyomi**
* He mentioned the name of the client who*
* requested him to exterminate me and Shinobu...*
**[26:39] Ougi**
Araragi-senpai. What do you
think is the right thing?
***SIGN*** Oh no, you don't have to think too seriously about it.
**[26:45] Ougi**
It is difficult to be
doing the right thing.
**[26:48] Ougi**
It is especially difficult to
do "just the right thing."
**[26:53] Ougi**
If you try to do the right thing, you
end up also having to do attachments,
**[26:57] Ougi**
wrong things or things that are not right.
**[27:01] Ougi**
So that's why, Araragi-senpai.
***SIGN*** To win, there is an absolute need to lose somewhere along the way.
**[27:04] Ougi**
As long as you are being the right self,
you should not be doing the right thing.
**[27:09] Ougi**
In the end, if a mistake always accompanies
you when you try to do the right thing,
**[27:13] Ougi**
and if that's the case...
**[27:15] Ougi**
In the end it all balances out to zero.
**[27:19] Ougi**
Therefore, the way of life that Kagenui-san
and the Fire Sisters practice
**[27:24] Ougi**
is something they claim to be justice.
**[27:27] Ougi**
But, it is not necessarily
"doing the right thing."
**[27:30] Ougi**
To stay the right selves, they
do not do the right thing,
***SIGN*** MISTAKES
**[27:35] Ougi**
but correct mistakes...
***SIGN*** INJUSTICE
**[27:36] Ougi**
... and correct injustice. That is
the way of life they choose.
***SIGN*** EXAMINE (tadasu)
**[27:40] Ougi**
Examine (tadasu)...
**[27:41] Ougi**
...or Inquire a question (toi-tadasu),
I guess you could say.
***SIGN*** INQUIRE (tadasu)
**[27:44] Ougi**
In other words, your foe's foe is not your
ally, but by becoming a foe against evil,
**[27:50] Ougi**
by becoming the antonym to evil, you
assign yourself justice, so to say.
**[27:55] Ougi**
And I am also one that seeks the type
of "right" that corrects mistakes.
**[28:05] Ougi**
It is my role to eject those
that have broken the rules.
***SIGN*** TO SCATTER (kakusan)
**[28:09] Koyomi**
*Broken the rules...*
***SIGN*** TO DISPERSE (musan)
**[28:10] Koyomi**
*...ejection.*
**[28:12] Ougi**
Araragi-senpai, the program
is about to end.
**[28:16] Ougi**
It's better for you to
wake up now, isn't it?
**[28:20] Ougi**
You should at least continue to enjoy
**[28:22] Ougi**
the rest of your date with the
person you're in love with.
**[28:26] Ougi**
But, since you have the
chance, Araragi-senpai...
**[28:29] Ougi**
Please think about the answer to
the question of what you think
**[28:32] Ougi**
is the right thing when you
have to kill some time.
**[28:34] Ougi**
Let's talk about it again when
I see you in real life.
***SIGN*** Yeah, I got it.
***SIGN*** If I still remember when I wake up.
**[28:40] Koyomi**
But really, what in the world
is your true identity?
**[28:43] Ougi**
That too will be discussed
the next time I see you.
**[28:48] Ougi**
But well, if I were to force myself to
say what I can say at this moment...
**[28:52] Ougi**
I am...
**[28:54] Ougi**
...the principles of the universe.
**[28:56] Koyomi**
*Space map...*
**[28:58] Koyomi**
*...in the shape of a hand fan (ougi).*
**[28:59] Koyomi**
* Pitch black vacuum...*
* and unbalanced galaxies.*
**[29:03] Ougi**
Don't think about this too hard, either.
**[29:06] Ougi**
Now that you came back from hell, and returned
to being completely human, Araragi-senpai...
**[29:10] Ougi**
Surprisingly enough, I may no longer have to be
concerned with you anymore... if things go well.
**[29:17] Ougi**
So, please.
**[29:18] Ougi**
I beg of you, don't get suckered
into Gaen-san's slick talk.
**[29:22] Ougi**
Concerning Kiss-shot Acerola-orion
Heart-under-blade now in her complete form,
**[29:27] Ougi**
or Mayoi Hachikuji who has,
after resting in peace, returned again,
**[29:30] Ougi**
got lost again, within this world...
**[29:33] Ougi**
This time, I expect, from
the bottom of my heart,
**[29:36] Ougi**
that you'll make the right
decision to forsake them...
**[29:40] Ougi**
Araragi-senpai.
***SIGN*** I woke up.
***SIGN*** I woke up?
**[29:52] Koyomi**
Senjyogahara....
**[29:58] Hitagi**
I'm not asleep.
**[30:00] Hitagi**
I'm not asleep at all.
**[30:02] Hitagi**
I'm not asleep at all. I was just
thinking with my eyes shut.
**[30:08] Hitagi**
I'm sorry. I was actually asleep.
**[30:11] Koyomi**
It's fine. I was asleep for a bit, too.
**[30:15] Hitagi**
I see. I guess it means
we were both tired?
**[30:20] Hitagi**
I guess it was too hasty to go on a date
after we only decided on it yesterday.
**[30:27] Koyomi**
So, what kind of plans did
you have after this?
**[30:32] Hitagi**
We're going to learn the state-of-the-art
science at the adjoining science museum.
**[30:36] Hitagi**
After doing a tour of the science
museum, we'll have lunch.
**[30:39] Hitagi**
The plan was to study during the morning,
**[30:40] ---**
Floor Map
**[30:41] Hitagi**
so I have mainly leisurely activities
planned for the afternoon.
**[30:44] Hitagi**
We'll go out to the city by car, and
spend the first half bowling.
**[30:47] Hitagi**
After a bit of tea time, we'll spend
the second half singing karaoke.
**[30:50] Koyomi**
Oh...
**[30:51] Hitagi**
Araragi-kun, what's your
high score in bowling?
**[30:54] Koyomi**
Well, I'm a novice at bowling altogether,
like I don't think I've ever played before.
**[30:59] Hitagi**
Got it. There will be a
penalty on the loser.
**[31:02] Koyomi**
Don't set up a penalty after it came
to light that I'm a novice!
**[31:05] Hitagi**
The loser must swear absolute
obedience to the winner.
**[31:10] Koyomi**
That's a really harsh penalty!
**[31:46] Hitagi**
Dammit... To think that Araragi-kun
would actually lie to me...
**[31:50] Hitagi**
You're not a novice at all.
***SIGN*** KOYOKOYO
***SIGN*** HITAGI
**[31:54] Koyomi**
* From about the first frame*
* till about the fifth frame,*
***SIGN*** HITAGI
***SIGN*** KOYOKOYO
**[32:01] Koyomi**
*she showed amazing skill.*
***SIGN*** HITAGI
***SIGN*** KOYOKOYO
**[32:05] Koyomi**
* However, starting at the sixth*
* frame, her playing...*
***SIGN*** HITAGI
***SIGN*** KOYOKOYO
***SIGN*** LIMITS OF ACTIVITY
***SIGN*** HITAGI
***SIGN*** KOYOKOYO
**[32:10] Koyomi**
* ...suddenly changed.*
* Completely changed...*
**[32:15] Koyomi**
*Right.*
**[32:16] Koyomi**
*Senjyogahara was exhausted.*
**[32:19] Koyomi**
*Seems that her arm went numb.*
***SIGN*** KOYOKOYO
***SIGN*** HITAGI
**[32:23] Hitagi**
Fine. I will admit defeat.
**[32:26] Hitagi**
You can order me to do anything.
**[32:29] Hitagi**
So, I wonder what kind of lewd
request will you make of me?
**[32:33] Hitagi**
My anticipation only heightens.
**[32:36] Koyomi**
Just for reference, if you
had won, Senjyogahara,
**[32:39] Koyomi**
what kind of request were
you going to make?
**[32:41] Hitagi**
I was going to make a lewd
request, of course!
**[32:48] Koyomi**
* I struck a deal with something like, "Then*
* let's walk arm-in-arm until our tea time."*
**[32:55] Hitagi**
Hmm... To think that you were having an adventure of
that sort on the actual day of the entrance exams.
**[33:00] Hitagi**
It's unexpected, but it's so
fitting for you, Araragi-kun...
**[33:03] Hitagi**
Though, I have to ask, what in
the world were you doing?
**[33:07] Hitagi**
it's unclear exactly what Gaen-san
is fighting against...
**[33:10] Hitagi**
But perhaps you, Araragi-kun, are
the opponent of that battle.
**[33:17] Hitagi**
No, it's more of a hunch than any meaning.
**[33:20] Hitagi**
Compared to your stance, Araragi-kun, where you
can only see what is right in front of your eyes,
**[33:23] Hitagi**
that macroscopic stance Gaen-san takes would
clash no matter how you look at it.
**[33:28] Hitagi**
Clash... or oppose, if you want
a slightly harsher term.
**[33:35] Hitagi**
We'll duke it out for two hours, and
the one who loses in total points...
***SIGN*** Karaoke
Red-White Song Battle
**[33:41] Hitagi**
...swears absolute obedience
to the winner.
***SIGN*** Song: "Futakotome"
***SIGN*** Setting: Original Key
**[33:45] Hitagi**
I'll go first. You listen well.
***SIGN*** Challenger: Hitagi-san Song: Futakotome Score: 82.107%
***SIGN*** Analysis: You have very high singing skills, but emotional expression seems slightly weak. It will be better if you add more intonation to your singing.
**[33:52] Hitagi**
An 82...
**[33:53] Hitagi**
Lies.
**[33:54] Hitagi**
82 percent is a failing score. This is the
first time I've ever scored in the low eighties.
**[34:00] Koyomi**
* What kind of test is it if 82*
* percent is a failing score?*
**[34:03] Hitagi**
Araragi-kun, you spent the majority of your
high school career feeling like this?
**[34:07] Hitagi**
I was not able to understand it at all.
**[34:09] Hitagi**
I was supposed to be a lot kinder to you.
**[34:12] Hitagi**
What kind of horrible things have
I been saying to Araragi-kun?
**[34:15] Koyomi**
* You're saying those horrible*
* things right now.*
***SIGN*** Song: chocolate
***SIGN*** Setting: original key
***SIGN*** Challenger: Koyokoyo-san Song: chocolate insomnia Score: 82.438%
***SIGN*** Analysis: All elements are coming together at a very high level. Keep it up, and 100% is not just a dream.
***SIGN*** Loser - Red 819 RESULTS Winner - White 822
**[34:31] Koyomi**
*And once again, I was the winner.*
**[34:34] Hitagi**
Impossible... To think that I would lose
against Araragi-kun twice in one day.
**[34:40] Hitagi**
Now, feel free to give
me any order you want.
**[34:44] Hitagi**
How about you carry me to
our car like a princess?
**[34:49] Hitagi**
I'll kill you if you say I'm heavy.
**[34:54] Hitagi**
Nothing less from you, Araragi-kun.
**[34:56] Hitagi**
It shows that you're used to cradling young
girls in your arms in everyday life.
***SIGN*** That particular expression leads to misunderstandings.
***SIGN*** I'd like you to stop that.
**[35:00] ---**
Hourly Parking
Entrance 50m ahead
**[35:02] Hitagi**
Whew. That was embarrassing.
**[35:05] Hitagi**
I just saw hell.
**[35:07] Koyomi**
*You'd go that far?*
***SIGN*** MORE HELLISH THAN HELL
**[35:18] Koyomi**
Senjyogahara....
**[35:20] Koyomi**
I have something important to talk about.
**[35:22] Hitagi**
If it's a request to get
married, I'm okay with it.
**[35:24] Koyomi**
No, it's not that important a topic.
**[35:27] Koyomi**
And that was way too instant a reply.
***SIGN*** IT TURNED INTO A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
**[35:30] Koyomi**
Actually, it's about a gift in return for the
chocolate I received for Valentine's Day...
**[35:34] Koyomi**
I haven't been able to get one ready.
**[35:36] Koyomi**
I'm sorry. I didn't have
time to get one ready.
**[35:39] Koyomi**
In thinking of what to get,
I thought way too much.
***SIGN*** HONEST MAN
**[35:42] Koyomi**
So, can you wait two or three more days?
***SIGN*** THINKING TOO MUCH
**[35:46] Koyomi**
Of course, I'll tack on the interest
accrued during that period.
**[35:49] Hitagi**
What, you were worried about such a thing?
**[35:52] Hitagi**
It was enough for me that you went on
a date with me the whole day today.
**[35:57] Hitagi**
It's fine for you to just give me
something when you feel like it.
**[35:59] Hitagi**
It wasn't like I made that chocolate
expecting to receive something in return.
**[36:12] Hitagi**
Araragi-kun.
**[36:13] Hitagi**
It's unforgivable.
**[36:15] Koyomi**
Eh?
**[36:15] Hitagi**
I can't hardly believe that, on White Day,
one of the three big events of the year for couples,
**[36:19] Hitagi**
you don't have anything
prepared for your lover?
**[36:22] Hitagi**
I have to doubt that you have
any affection towards me.
**[36:25] Koyomi**
Eh? Ehh?
**[36:29] Hitagi**
All day today, I was wondering exactly what
kind of surprise Araragi-kun had prepared for me.
**[36:33] Hitagi**
My heart was racing, and I was so excited...
But you didn't have anything ready.
**[36:38] Hitagi**
What a sidestep that was!
**[36:40] Hitagi**
I had assumed that you would get me a
cruiser or something as a present.
**[36:45] Koyomi**
I-Isn't that expectation a bit too
mega-sized, don't you think?
**[36:48] Hitagi**
Oh, brother. I wonder if I
should just kill myself.
**[36:53] Koyomi**
I-I'm sorry. That's why I'm apologizing.
**[36:57] Koyomi**
Please don't commit suicide.
**[37:00] Koyomi**
T-Then, what can I do for
you to forgive me?
**[37:03] Koyomi**
I can't get you a cruiser, but
I'll do whatever I can-
**[37:06] Hitagi**
Did you just say you'll
do whatever you can?
**[37:09] Hitagi**
Did you say absolute obedience?
**[37:13] Koyomi**
N-No, I didn't say that...
**[37:18] Koyomi**
I did, I did! Indeed, I did say "absolute
obedience" with these lips!
**[37:24] Hitagi**
I see. Nothing less from you,
Araragi-kun. Such a generous heart.
**[37:28] Hitagi**
You really are the man
I fell in love with.
**[37:30] Hitagi**
I've fallen in love with you over again.
**[37:32] Hitagi**
You don't know what I'm
going to request of you,
**[37:35] Hitagi**
but you're willing to be absolutely obedient
to my requests for the rest of your life.
**[37:38] Koyomi**
The rest of my life!?
**[37:41] Koyomi**
S-Sure. The rest of my life.
**[37:44] Koyomi**
I got it. What should I do?
**[37:48] Hitagi**
Call my name.
**[37:52] Hitagi**
Call me... by my name.
**[37:55] Koyomi**
Eh?
**[37:56] Koyomi**
I do call you. "Senjyogahara."
**[37:59] Hitagi**
Not that. My first name,
with no honorifics.
**[38:06] Koyomi**
* So that's why she tried to set up a*
* penalty for bowling and karaoke.*
**[38:12] Koyomi**
* If it wasn't for an opportunity like this, it may*
* have been something I'd have never been able to say.*
**[38:17] Koyomi**
* Absolute obedience for*
* the rest of my life.*
**[38:20] Koyomi**
* Calling her by that name for*
* the rest of my life.*
**[38:25] Koyomi**
...Hitagi.
**[38:29] Hitagi**
Thank you... Koyomi.
***SIGN*** ARARAGI
**[40:12] Ougi**
Hello, Araragi-senpai.
**[40:14] Ougi**
I've been waiting for you.
**[40:15] Ougi**
I've gotten tired of waiting.
**[40:17] Ougi**
I got exhausted just by waiting.
**[40:20] Ougi**
How was it?
**[40:21] Ougi**
Did you enjoy your last date
with Senjyogahara-senpai?
**[40:25] Ougi**
At the least, I was being considerate and
avoided butting in over on the physical world.
**[40:30] Ougi**
I'd like you to be appreciative of that.
**[40:32] Koyomi**
I will be appreciative.
**[40:34] Koyomi**
But, how you said "the last date"
creates misunderstanding.
**[40:37] Koyomi**
It was merely the last date
of my high school life.
**[40:41] Ougi**
So is it? Yes, that would be nice if it is...
It'd be nice if the two of you had a future.
**[40:50] Koyomi**
Ougi-chan. Did you try to exterminate me?
**[40:53] Koyomi**
You asked a specialist to do such a thing?
**[40:56] Ougi**
Oh, you heard from someone...
of such false rumors?
**[41:01] Ougi**
But still, that is a sad false alarm...
**[41:04] Ougi**
I would like an explanation.
**[41:06] Ougi**
There is no way I would do anything
to harm you, Araragi-senpai.
**[41:11] Ougi**
That's why I told you, right?
**[41:12] Ougi**
That I am expecting you, Araragi-senpai,
to make the right decision...
**[41:15] Ougi**
...and withdraw, instead of getting
suckered into Gaen-san's slick talk.
**[41:20] Koyomi**
Did you say that?
***SIGN*** Well...
***SIGN*** If she is saying she said it, she probably said it.
**[41:23] Koyomi**
But, it's nonexistent. The choice of forsaking
Shinobu and Hachikuji is something I don't have.
**[41:29] Koyomi**
There is no choice. I have no
surplus within my heart.
**[41:33] Koyomi**
I don't know what the right thing is, but
I do know what path I should take.
**[41:38] Ougi**
I wish you wouldn't hurry to
conclusions like that...
**[41:41] Ougi**
But well, that's fine. I tried to ask you
because I had nothing left to lose.
**[41:46] Ougi**
That said, it's disappointing.
**[41:49] Ougi**
For me personally, I'd like to see you,
Araragi-senpai, retire voluntarily right about now.
**[41:54] Ougi**
But egging you on to do so too much
would be going beyond my bounds.
**[41:58] Ougi**
Hey, Araragi-senpai.
**[42:01] Ougi**
Let me correct one thing that you may
have a misunderstanding about.
**[42:06] Koyomi**
Misunderstanding? What is
the misunderstanding?
**[42:10] Ougi**
I am not the "darkness."
**[42:17] Ougi**
By the way, Araragi-senpai.
**[42:20] Ougi**
Araragi-senpai, you've fallen to
hell, and you've gone on a date,
**[42:23] Ougi**
so you may have nothing you look
back on with regret anymore.
**[42:26] Ougi**
But I currently have one thing that I
look back on with regret in this town.
**[42:32] Koyomi**
Something you look back on with regret?
**[42:34] Ougi**
Something you wouldn't
mind dying to achieve...
**[42:37] Ougi**
Once you achieved this, you wouldn't mind if you died.
Do you have such a goal, Araragi-senpai?
**[42:43] Ougi**
I have one. I have just one more.
**[42:46] Ougi**
That's why I have to do it even if I
have to put everything else aside.
**[42:51] Ougi**
That is why if Izuko Gaen, the leader of the
specialists, were to place a trap, it would be there.
**[42:58] Ougi**
Yes, I know.
**[43:00] Ougi**
I know, but I still have
to fall for that trap...
**[43:03] Ougi**
I have to resign myself to
suffer that counterattack.
**[43:09] Ougi**
In other words, starting right now, I am going to
fight the big sister that knows everything,
**[43:14] Ougi**
with a frontal assault,
with no fudging around...
**[43:17] Ougi**
Araragi-senpai, in this fight,
can you be on my side?
**[43:26] Ougi**
Please, help me.
# E3 - Chapter Three - Ougi Dark
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY197837R/chapter-three---ougi-dark)
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**[00:04] Koyomi**
* The present is what it is*
* because of Ougi Oshino.*
**[00:07] Koyomi**
* Because that mysterious girl, as if an*
* unknown was wrapped with unknowns,*
**[00:12] Koyomi**
*was here in our town,*
**[00:14] Koyomi**
* I, and all of us, were able to arrive*
* where we are now.*
**[00:19] Koyomi**
* We have the present, and*
* we have a future.*
**[00:21] Koyomi**
* Someday the day will come*
* when I can feel that way.*
**[00:26] Koyomi**
*That's just who I am.*
**[00:28] Koyomi**
*And that's just who she is.*
**[00:32] Koyomi**
*Ougi Oshino.*
**[00:33] Koyomi**
* She was a symbol of my adolescence*
* -- that is how I remember her.*
**[00:39] Koyomi**
*That smirking smile of hers.*
**[00:43] Koyomi**
* I'm sure that to her, my stupidity*
* was something she found highly amusing.*
**[00:48] Koyomi**
*I find myself laughing as well.*
***SIGN*** Koyomi Araragi
**[00:50] Koyomi**
*I burst into laughter.*
**[00:54] Koyomi**
* So in the end, maybe this*
* whole thing was just a comedy.*
**[00:57] ---**
2 3
**[00:57] Koyomi**
*My youth,*
**[00:59] Koyomi**
* The last year I spent as*
* a high school student...*
**[01:04] Koyomi**
*It was painful, it was sad,*
**[01:06] Koyomi**
* it was bitter, it was ugly,*
* and all in all, it was a hell of a year.*
**[01:11] ---**
Thursday, March 15th
**[01:11] Koyomi**
* But even so, when I look*
* back on this someday,*
**[01:13] Koyomi**
* when I tell someone, or*
* everyone, about this...*
**[01:17] Koyomi**
* I know that maybe I should tell it with*
* a smile, like it was a simple, happy story*
**[01:21] Koyomi**
*that makes everyone who hears it laugh.*
**[01:24] Ougi**
You "maybe" know? No, you know.
I don't know anything, though.
**[01:30] Koyomi**
*I'm sure this is what Ougi-chan would say.*
**[01:33] Ougi**
You know, Araragi-senpai.
**[01:37] Koyomi**
*That's right. I had known.*
**[01:39] ---**
Naoetsu High
**[01:40] Koyomi**
* I'm sure I knew exactly what Ougi*
* Oshino was from the very beginning.*
**[01:45] ---**
Naoetsu High School
**[01:46] Koyomi**
*And it's hilarious.*
**[02:25] ---**
Owarimonogatari
**[02:27] ---**
Ougi Dark
***SIGN*** Ougi Dark Part One
***SIGN*** Shirohebi Park
**[03:39] Mayoi**
Hey, hey! The pitcher is
getting spooked!
**[03:41] ---**
She was wearing a skirt,
but crouching down and opening her legs like a catcher,
so you could see her panties easily.
She was really letting her guard down,
but honestly, I didn't want to see them anyway.
***SIGN*** A rock?
***SIGN*** They're throwing rocks and batting with swords...
***SIGN*** What kind of baseball is this?
**[03:52] Yotsugi**
No.
**[03:55] Yotsugi**
You're going to settle
the score tonight, right?
**[03:58] Koyomi**
Well, yeah, but...
**[04:00] Yotsugi**
Now that Big Sister isn't here,
I can't be of any help to you...
**[04:04] Yotsugi**
But at the least, I can watch you fight
with my own eyes, Big Demo-ther.
**[04:08] Yotsugi**
So... let's hurry up and join that circle.
**[04:12] Kiss-shot**
Oh, if it isn't you, my master!
**[04:31] Koyomi**
H-Hachikuji...
**[04:33] Mayoi**
No, you did plenty of that back in hell.
Haven't you had enough, Baragaki-san?
**[04:38] Koyomi**
Well, that sounds really cool, but Hachikuji,
**[04:41] Koyomi**
don't refer to me as if I was
Toshizo Hijikata in his youth.
**[04:44] Koyomi**
My name is Araragi.
**[04:46] Mayoi**
I'm sorry, I flubbed (kami-mashita).
**[04:48] Koyomi**
No, that was intentional.
**[04:49] Mayoi**
I fwubbed.
**[04:50] Koyomi**
It's not intentional?
**[04:52] Mayoi**
I crouched.
**[04:53] Koyomi**
You were indeed sitting
catcher-style there, but...
**[04:57] Mayoi**
It's good to see you too, Ononoki-san.
Thank you for your help earlier.
**[05:01] Yotsugi**
Yup. I feel happy about your return.
***SIGN*** There was a matter that I should have checked up on.
**[05:13] Koyomi**
What's wrong, Hachikuji?
**[05:15] Mayoi**
No, what's wrong with your brain?
**[05:17] Mayoi**
Why did you so suddenly attempt to
clutch my growing breasts?
**[05:24] Koyomi**
Well, I was wondering what kind of
condition you were in right now.
**[05:28] Izuko**
She's a phantom, just like she was
when you first met her here in this park.
**[05:34] Izuko**
She's a ghost.
**[05:39] Koyomi**
I'm sorry, Hachikuji. I wasn't
thinking when I brought you here.
**[05:43] Koyomi**
Come to think of it, I've made your labors piling
stones for the past six months all for naught.
**[05:49] Mayoi**
It's fine, Araragi-san.
Don't worry about it.
**[05:53] Mayoi**
I've already settled things with
Gaen-san concerning that.
**[05:58] Koyomi**
Settled things?
**[06:00] Izuko**
Well, we can discuss all that in
the briefing. Let's get started.
**[06:05] Izuko**
For the moment, Koyomin, can you give orders
to your now-mature, beautiful slave girl,
**[06:09] Izuko**
and have her stop bullying my
junior colleague shikigami?
**[06:14] Kiss-shot**
There, there, there!
**[06:22] Koyomi**
* She seems to be doing what*
* Ononoki-chan feared.*
**[06:24] Koyomi**
* Getting revenge for all of the insults she*
* received back in the summer.*
***SIGN*** Shinobu Oshino The complete form of the legendary vampire who flew in from overseas.
***SIGN*** Mayoi Hachikuji A ghost that returned from hell.
***SIGN*** Yotsugi Ononoki A shikigami corpse doll whose master has ran away.
***SIGN*** Izuko Gaen The leader of a group of specialists who defeat apparitions.
***SIGN*** And me, Koyomi Araragi, once human, previously vampire, and currently human.
***SIGN*** Stop it, Hachikuji. Don't look at me like that.
**[06:55] Izuko**
All right. It's time for your big sister
**[06:58] Izuko**
to tell you about the plan she spent
the last few days working on.
**[07:01] Izuko**
Koyomin, did you bring it as I asked?
**[07:05] Koyomi**
I did bring it.
**[07:07] Koyomi**
But this belonged to you in the first place,
Gaen-san, so I wanted to return it to you.
**[07:15] Izuko**
Mm, indeed. It has been preserved well.
**[07:19] Izuko**
It looks like you took
very good care of it.
**[07:23] Izuko**
Ougi Oshino.
**[07:25] Izuko**
That is the enemy who we are
going to face right now.
**[07:29] Izuko**
The opponent we must fight, the target we
must eliminate, and the focus of our hatred.
**[07:34] Izuko**
Isn't that right, Koyomin?
**[07:41] Izuko**
Naturally, this is the
most important point.
**[07:44] Izuko**
The name "Ougi Oshino" was merely used
as a convenience. Don't forget that.
**[07:51] Izuko**
The true nature of Ougi Oshino is unknown.
**[07:56] Izuko**
The loss of her true identity is the
only identity she has.
**[08:01] Izuko**
First, let's go over it step-by-step.
**[08:03] Izuko**
We don't have time, and I'll only
explain once, so listen up.
***SIGN*** Notes
**[08:08] Koyomi**
There's one thing I want to confirm.
**[08:11] Koyomi**
Are you sure that Ougi-chan will
be on the move sometime tonight?
**[08:15] Izuko**
She will. I'm not simply "sure."
That's just the reality of it.
**[08:19] Izuko**
She only has tonight. If she doesn't act tonight,
that would imply that it's not actually her.
**[08:24] Izuko**
And thus, there is no threat at all.
**[08:27] Koyomi**
* Well, for this case, I did toss out the*
* question, but I was pretty convinced, too.*
**[08:31] Koyomi**
*Because she said so herself.*
**[08:34] Ougi**
*Araragi-senpai, could you be on my side?*
**[08:38] Ougi**
*Please, help me.*
**[08:42] Izuko**
We'll start by talking
about the relationship
**[08:45] Izuko**
between this park and
North Shirahebi Shrine.
**[08:48] Izuko**
From the source that leads
up to the current tragedy.
**[08:51] Izuko**
From the tragedy 400 years ago
that fell upon Shirohebi Shrine,
**[08:54] Izuko**
the previous incarnation of
North Shirahebi Shrine.
**[09:00] Izuko**
Now, what exactly happened 400 years ago?
**[09:08] Izuko**
Right. The legendary vampire, Kiss-shot
Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade visited Japan.
**[09:14] Izuko**
Now, when she landed,
**[09:16] Izuko**
all the water that had built up in a
lake in that particular area of Japan
**[09:19] Izuko**
was dispersed.
**[09:21] Izuko**
She scattered it.
**[09:23] Izuko**
That lake was no ordinary lake.
**[09:27] Izuko**
It was a sacred lake that was the
focus of worship for the whole region.
**[09:32] Izuko**
But this blasphemous deed of hers
proved to be to the region's benefit.
**[09:38] Izuko**
Because the water from the lake that
flew up from the impact of landing...
**[09:42] Izuko**
...fell back down onto the area,
**[09:44] Izuko**
which was suffering from a drought
at the time, as blessed rain.
**[09:47] Izuko**
As a result, the Western apparition
**[09:50] Izuko**
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade,
a vampire, took over the local religion.
**[09:56] Izuko**
You could say that she defeated the
previous god and took over its position.
**[10:01] Izuko**
With no more lake, and no more god to
worship, they had to find a new god.
**[10:08] Izuko**
No, they had to create a new god.
**[10:12] Izuko**
That is why they relocated the shrine.
**[10:15] Izuko**
The locals, who'd lost both their
faith and much of their numbers,
**[10:19] Izuko**
decided to try and survive by
merging with a local folk religion.
**[10:24] Izuko**
And this wasn't necessarily a bad decision.
**[10:27] Izuko**
There was a tie between these
two that enabled the grafting.
**[10:30] Izuko**
A tie, an axis... A cord that
connected the mountain and the lake.
**[10:35] Izuko**
Though I guess I should call it
a rope (nawa), and not a cord.
**[10:38] Izuko**
A kuchinawa—in other words, a snake.
**[10:41] Izuko**
The god that was worshiped at the lake
**[10:42] Izuko**
took the physical form of a water snake.
**[10:46] Izuko**
And the object of worship for
the small indigenous faith
**[10:49] Izuko**
in the mountains was shaped
like a mountain snake.
**[10:52] Izuko**
A water snake and a mountain snake.
**[10:54] Izuko**
A snake connection.
**[10:55] Izuko**
But this grafting proved to
be just a bit too forced.
**[11:00] Izuko**
It might have appeared successful,
**[11:01] Izuko**
but there was still this
sense that something was off.
**[11:04] Izuko**
And being "off," being unbalanced, in
that way, created a type of air pocket.
**[11:08] Izuko**
An air pocket that gathered bad things.
**[11:11] Izuko**
The site of the eradicated lake
is here, Shirohebi Park...
**[11:16] Izuko**
...and the mountain shrine where the faith had been
transferred is North Shirahebi Shrine, you see.
***SIGN*** North Shirahebi Shrine
**[11:25] Izuko**
By the way,
**[11:26] Izuko**
Shirohebi Shrine, now "North Shirahebi Shrine,"
managed to survive in a much diminished state,
**[11:32] Izuko**
until finally collapsing 15 years ago.
**[11:35] Izuko**
He—the first minion of Shinobu-san—
his ashes came back to his homeland,
**[11:40] Izuko**
and as a result, he ate the "bad things"
that had gathered within the shrine grounds,
**[11:43] Izuko**
and the god itself.
**[11:47] Izuko**
Because of all that had gone on, after the
case of that minion had been resolved...
**[11:52] Izuko**
I had planned to enshrine Shinobu-san as
the new deity of North Shirahebi Shrine.
***SIGN*** If you had explained everything with that reasoning from the beginning...
***SIGN*** That's what I was going to say,
***SIGN*** but even if she had taken the time to explain it,
***SIGN*** I doubt I ever would've thought about using that talisman on Shinobu.
**[12:04] Izuko**
Koyomin, why don't we take a little break
and make it clear where we both stand?
**[12:10] Koyomi**
Where we both stand?
**[12:13] Izuko**
What we want, if you prefer
to put it that way.
**[12:15] Izuko**
Or what, exactly, we think we're doing here.
**[12:18] Izuko**
We don't have any kind of alliance here.
**[12:23] Izuko**
I brought you here expecting one of the
miracles you pull off.
**[12:27] Izuko**
But I can't deny that it might
just bring forth another disaster.
**[12:32] Izuko**
For example, when I put you
in charge of Shinobu-san,
**[12:35] Izuko**
or Shinobu-chan, as she was known back then,
**[12:36] Izuko**
I never thought that the end result
would be an unrelated middle school girl
**[12:39] Izuko**
being enshrined as a god.
**[12:43] Koyomi**
Yeah, you've kinda got me there.
***SIGN*** In other words, since she couldn't trust me, she wanted to know what I was after...
***SIGN*** What was inside my heart.
**[12:51] Koyomi**
I'll tell you, then. My objective is...
**[12:54] Koyomi**
For now, I'd like to do something
about Hachikuji and Shinobu.
**[12:59] Koyomi**
Especially Hachikuji, as she might be
swallowed up by the darkness at this rate.
**[13:03] Izuko**
Well, remember that I said I
had a plan for Hachikuji-chan.
**[13:08] Izuko**
So, next I'd like to hear your
worries about Shinobu-san.
**[13:11] Izuko**
You want to do something about Shinobu-san?
Koyomin, specifically what do you mean by that?
**[13:17] Koyomi**
So like, she's like this now...
**[13:22] Koyomi**
And of course, I'm concerned about how
Oshino and Kagenui-san's whereabouts are unknown.
**[13:32] Koyomi**
Of course, I think it would be good for
the town I live in to be peaceful.
**[13:37] Koyomi**
But I'm not capable of really
thinking about things in that way.
**[13:42] Koyomi**
At most, I can think about the safety
of the people around me.
**[13:47] Izuko**
And that's what makes this dangerous for me.
**[13:50] Izuko**
But we can deal with that.
**[13:53] Izuko**
At least, this time around.
**[13:56] Koyomi**
By that, you mean..
**[13:57] Izuko**
You're worried about the people
close to you, but not yourself.
**[14:05] Izuko**
Since your own safety isn't a concern,
we can come to an agreement.
**[14:11] Izuko**
What about you, Shinobu-san?
**[14:14] Izuko**
What is your objective?
**[14:16] Izuko**
Shinobu-san, what are you thinking about
right now? What do you want to do?
**[14:22] Kiss-shot**
I merely obey my master's orders.
**[14:26] Kiss-shot**
If my master says he will assist you,
that's what I will do as well.
**[14:31] Kiss-shot**
And if my master decides to oppose you,
that's what I will do as well.
**[14:38] Kiss-shot**
Specialist, if I could speak for myself,
my desire is, if at all possible...
**[14:46] Kiss-shot**
...to be returned to the
form of a young girl.
**[14:57] Izuko**
Now that our stances are all clear,
**[15:01] Izuko**
I'll explain what, exactly,
we're about to do.
**[15:04] Izuko**
I will explain the minimum requirements for
fulfilling Koyomin's objectives, my objectives,
**[15:09] Izuko**
Shinobu-san's objectives, and
Hachikuji-chan's objectives simultaneously.
***SIGN*** Minimum Requirements
**[15:14] Izuko**
There are two minimum requirements.
**[15:15] Izuko**
One is to enshrine a new deity
in North Shirahebi Shrine,
**[15:19] Izuko**
and the other is the
extermination of Ougi Oshino.
***SIGN*** Extermination
**[15:25] Koyomi**
Gaen-san...
**[15:26] Koyomi**
If you're talking about turning
Shinobu into a god—
**[15:29] Izuko**
That's what I had been planning on.
**[15:31] Izuko**
But since Koyomin brought Hachikuji-chan back
from hell, the situation has changed.
**[15:36] Izuko**
In a way, a surrogate god that is
even more fitting than Shinobu-san...
**[15:40] Izuko**
No, the successor to a god has appeared.
**[15:43] Koyomi**
The successor to a god?
**[15:46] Izuko**
It's Hachikuji-chan.
**[15:50] Koyomi**
N-No, that's even worse!
I mean, Hachikuji is—
**[15:55] Izuko**
Hachikuji is?
**[15:58] Kiss-shot**
Well, I suppose she's qualified.
**[16:02] Kiss-shot**
At the point where she returned from hell,
**[16:04] Kiss-shot**
that lost girl undoubtedly
performed a miracle.
**[16:09] Koyomi**
But if that's the case, the condition is
also met by me, or even by Ononoki-chan—
**[16:15] Izuko**
It's not the same. It's different.
**[16:17] Izuko**
You all returned, but in different ways.
**[16:20] Izuko**
The difference is that if she doesn't
turn into a god right here,
**[16:22] Izuko**
Hachikuji-chan will be swallowed
up by the darkness.
**[16:27] Izuko**
In other words, there are three choices.
**[16:29] Izuko**
One, she goes back to hell again.
**[16:32] Izuko**
Two, she gets swallowed up
into the "darkness."
**[16:34] Izuko**
Three, she becomes a god.
**[16:37] Izuko**
By becoming enshrined at
North Shirahebi Shrine,
**[16:40] Izuko**
Mayoi Hachikuji will be granted
an existence in this material world.
***SIGN*** She gains citizenship.
***SIGN*** She gains proof of residence —so the story goes.
**[16:47] Izuko**
So for Hachikuji-chan, it's basically
nothing but good things.
**[16:51] Izuko**
Of course, I'd have to
have her work a bit.
**[16:54] Izuko**
But if she at least maintains the air pocket,
**[16:57] Izuko**
that will be good enough as
a preventative measure.
**[17:00] Mayoi**
There you have it.
**[17:01] Koyomi**
B-But, it's a shrine that
deifies a snake, right?
**[17:05] Koyomi**
If you enshrined a snail apparition like
Hachikuji, wouldn't that cause a distortion?
**[17:11] Izuko**
And that is the miracle
that makes it impossible
**[17:13] Izuko**
to believe that you did this
without thinking, Koyomin.
**[17:16] Izuko**
Without that miracle, I never would've thought
about enshrining Hachikuji-chan as a god.
**[17:22] Izuko**
A snail is a superior version of a snake.
**[17:25] Koyomi**
Huh?
**[17:26] Izuko**
No, "superior version" is perhaps stretching
things a little too much.
**[17:31] Izuko**
But Koyomin, you've at least
heard of a three-way deadlock?
**[17:37] Koyomi**
A snake, a frog, and a slug...
**[17:41] Koyomi**
* Slug? Haven't I heard*
* about that somewhere?*
**[17:45] Koyomi**
Oh, right.
**[17:47] Koyomi**
The Slug Tofu.
**[17:49] Koyomi**
The fake apparition that
Kaiki used on Sengoku...
**[17:52] Izuko**
Right. An apparition effective
against snakes... a slug.
**[17:56] Izuko**
And, a slug and a snail
are related species.
***SIGN*** Slug Snail
**[18:02] Koyomi**
* Then, it's not that a snail has*
* nothing to do with a snake.*
**[18:06] Koyomi**
*A snail can freeze a snake in place.*
**[18:09] Koyomi**
*She won't run wild like Sengoku.*
**[18:11] Koyomi**
* She won't be swallowed by*
* the snake like Sengoku.*
**[18:14] Koyomi**
*Instead, she can swallow the snake.*
**[18:18] Mayoi**
In other words, I'm Mayoi Slug (Namekuji).
**[18:21] Koyomi**
Hachikuji, are you really
all right with that?
**[18:24] Mayoi**
Yes, I'm fine with it. A god!
That gets me all hyped up!
**[18:28] Koyomi**
*Hyped up?*
**[18:30] Mayoi**
Excuse me, I god-ed (kami-mashita)!
***SIGN*** God-ed
**[18:34] Koyomi**
Putting it that way makes it
sound like a gag, so stop it.
**[18:37] Koyomi**
This is really important! Don't
try to make a joke about it!
**[18:40] Mayoi**
It's way more than just two ranks up!
A tremendous promotion!
**[18:44] Koyomi**
No, you probably don't understand...
**[18:47] Mayoi**
I have a proper understanding.
**[18:49] Koyomi**
Is that so? Do you properly understand
the responsibilities and meaning,
**[18:53] Koyomi**
the weight and duties of the
act of becoming a god?
**[18:56] Mayoi**
No, I don't understand any of
those things. Not at all!
**[18:59] Koyomi**
You don't understand?!
**[19:01] Mayoi**
However...
**[19:02] Mayoi**
I do know that if I do this,
**[19:03] Mayoi**
I'll continue to be able to play merrily
with you from now on, Araragi-san.
**[19:09] Izuko**
Well, that fulfills one of the conditions.
**[19:14] Izuko**
If Hachikuji-chan swallows this talisman,
**[19:17] Izuko**
it's the birth of a new god
at North Shirahebi Shrine.
**[19:21] Izuko**
If Koyomin wants Hachikuji-chan to
be swallowed up into the darkness,
**[19:25] Izuko**
well, I'll leave that to your discretion.
**[19:28] Izuko**
For me, it's a matter of the means.
**[19:32] Koyomi**
Oh, right.
**[19:34] Koyomi**
Gaen-san.
**[19:35] Izuko**
What is it, Koyomin?
**[19:36] Koyomi**
Um... About the "darkness"...
**[19:39] Koyomi**
Perhaps we've suffered
a terrible misunderstanding.
**[19:44] Koyomi**
Ougi Oshino may not be the darkness.
**[19:48] Izuko**
I know that.
**[19:50] Yotsugi**
Seriously? She wasn't? You're kidding!
**[19:53] Yotsugi**
I totally thought that was the case,
**[19:55] Yotsugi**
and I put tons of foreshadowing of
that nature all over the place!
***SIGN*** If so, I really wish she hadn't done that.
***SIGN*** Please don't deliberately add foreshadowing.
***SIGN*** She had a troublesome character trait, or rather, she was a troublesome character.
**[20:09] Izuko**
Why did you think that in the first place?
**[20:11] Izuko**
That Ougi Oshino was the "darkness."
**[20:13] Koyomi**
Well, because...
**[20:16] Izuko**
Oh, that was a bad way to ask.
**[20:18] Izuko**
What I want to ask is, at what point did you,
Koyomin, get that idea?
**[20:24] Koyomi**
There was no specific point.
**[20:26] Koyomi**
As I watched and listened to her,
I naturally started thinking that way...
**[20:30] Koyomi**
In reality, she was seeking Hachikuji,
and the cases concerning Sengoku and Tadatsuru.
**[20:37] Koyomi**
*No, in the end, it was just a sense I had.*
**[20:42] Koyomi**
* I mean, she felt so shady and*
* dark... Like darkness itself.*
**[20:47] Koyomi**
*A shadow that appreciates the rules.*
**[20:50] Koyomi**
*A pitch black that reveres balance.*
**[20:53] Izuko**
In the beginning, she herself
probably thought that way, too.
**[20:58] Izuko**
It's certain that even now, she imposes
tasks of that sort on herself.
**[21:02] Izuko**
Ougi Oshino is not the "darkness,"
but she does the same thing.
**[21:07] Izuko**
She plays the same role.
**[21:09] Koyomi**
The same role as the "darkness"...
**[21:12] Izuko**
Let me clear things up just in case—
**[21:15] Izuko**
If we leave Hachikuji-chan
in her current condition,
**[21:18] Izuko**
the "darkness" we were worried
might reappear in this town
**[21:22] Izuko**
will be the true "darkness".
**[21:26] Izuko**
On the other hand, if we set up and enshrine
Hachikuji-chan as the god of North Shirahebi Shrine,
**[21:30] Izuko**
it's possible that Hachikuji-chan
will be attacked
**[21:35] Izuko**
by Ougi Oshino, who performs the same
role as the "darkness."
**[21:44] Koyomi**
After we enshrine... attacked?
**[21:48] Izuko**
Well, that's why I said there were two
minimum requirements, didn't I?
**[21:52] Izuko**
Merely enshrining Hachikuji-chan
as a god is not enough.
**[21:55] Izuko**
If we don't exterminate Ougi Oshino,
the story doesn't come to a conclusion.
**[22:00] Koyomi**
Exterminate, exterminate...
You keep repeating that.
**[22:03] Koyomi**
But can you stop that?
**[22:06] Koyomi**
When you say exterminate, it's as
if Ougi-chan was an apparition.
**[22:11] Izuko**
That's right.
**[22:15] Izuko**
She is an ordinary...
**[22:17] Izuko**
...monster.
***SIGN*** Ougi Dark Part Two
**[22:25] Koyomi**
Ougi-chan... is an apparition?
**[22:28] Koyomi**
On what basis, Gaen-san, are you
calling Ougi-chan a monster?
**[22:34] Izuko**
Then on what basis do you call
Ougi Oshino "Ougi-chan"?
**[22:40] Izuko**
Aren't you merely calling her "Ougi-chan"
because she called herself Ougi Oshino,
**[22:45] Izuko**
and you just believed her?
**[22:48] Mayoi**
It's unlike you to be so
dense about this, Araragi-san.
**[22:51] Mayoi**
I'm guessing that this Ougi Oshino-san
was introduced to you by Kanbaru-san,
**[22:56] Mayoi**
the previous star of the basketball team,
as one of her fans?
**[23:00] Koyomi**
Yeah, that's how things went.
**[23:03] Mayoi**
A fan. In other words, a fan (ougi).
**[23:06] Koyomi**
Eh? But what about her last name?
**[23:10] Izuko**
The last name "Oshino" is
slightly more complicated.
**[23:14] Izuko**
But it is certain that her claim
of being Meme's niece is a lie.
**[23:18] Koyomi**
If Ougi Oshino isn't Ougi Oshino,
then what in the world is she?
**[23:24] Izuko**
What is she, really?
**[23:27] Izuko**
What she is, right now, is "an unknown."
**[23:31] Izuko**
That is why it is clear how we will
exterminate her. In my original plan,
**[23:36] Izuko**
Ougi Oshino was going to be exterminated
with the demon sword "Kokoro Watari."
**[23:40] Koyomi**
So you were planning to slay Ougi-chan
with the Apparition Killer?
**[23:44] Izuko**
Come on, don't glare at me like that.
Which side are you on, exactly?
**[23:49] Izuko**
Slaying an apparition with
the Apparition Killer...
**[23:52] Izuko**
Normally, something like that
wouldn't even raise an eyebrow.
**[23:54] Izuko**
As a specialist, that's my job.
**[23:57] Koyomi**
Is that why you created the
demon sword "Kokoro Watari"?
**[24:02] Koyomi**
* The armor worn by the first*
* minion, Seishiro Shishirui.*
**[24:07] Koyomi**
* The sword was created by reforging it*
* after it went missing in August.*
**[24:12] Izuko**
I didn't create it to slay Ougi Oshino.
**[24:15] Izuko**
However, I did predict the
appearance of Ougi Oshino.
**[24:18] Kiss-shot**
Hmph. No different than someone
who loots during a riot.
**[24:22] Kiss-shot**
No wonder I felt like that
meal was a bit lacking.
**[24:26] Izuko**
Don't say that. That's why I've already
returned it to you, Shinobu-san.
***SIGN*** Based on that comment,
***SIGN*** the demon sword "Kokoro Watari" that was used earlier to play cricket
***SIGN*** was not Shinobu's, but apparently the replica created by Gaen-san.
**[24:34] Izuko**
I no longer have a need for it.
**[24:36] Izuko**
If I can count on Koyomin's assistance,
there's no need to do this the hard way.
**[24:41] Izuko**
As a specialist in exterminating monsters,
I can use the proper means,
**[24:45] Izuko**
the standard approach,
to exterminate Ougi Oshino.
**[24:50] Koyomi**
What do you mean by saying you predicted
the appearance of Ougi-chan?
**[24:54] Izuko**
Well, I'm just speaking from experience.
**[24:56] Izuko**
I wouldn't say it was exactly
the same as Ougi Oshino...
**[24:59] Izuko**
but I've seen an apparition
similar to her in the past.
**[25:04] Izuko**
Strictly speaking, I was not the
one that experienced it.
**[25:07] Izuko**
It was my older sister, Tooe Gaen.
**[25:11] Izuko**
You know well of Suruga Kanbaru...
it's her mother.
***SIGN*** Tooe Gaen
**[25:15] Izuko**
In a way, she was like you, Koyomin.
**[25:18] Izuko**
As a grade school student, I thought
my older sister was bad news.
**[25:21] Izuko**
I was well aware that she
was a dangerous individual.
**[25:23] Izuko**
How do I put it...
**[25:25] Izuko**
She wasn't a monster,
but she was like a monster.
**[25:29] Izuko**
Tough on herself, and tough on others.
**[25:32] Izuko**
The tougher it got, the more
she thought it was for good.
**[25:35] Izuko**
That's the type of person she was.
**[25:37] Izuko**
But I digress. It's not that I want to
introduce my older sister's personality to you.
**[25:43] Izuko**
For now, I just want to say that such a
personality my older sister had reminds me of Koyomin.
***SIGN*** Tough on oneself, and tough on others?
**[25:50] Koyomi**
*Did I have that kind of a personality?*
**[26:00] Izuko**
I will have Koyomin do the same
thing my older sister did.
**[26:03] Koyomi**
I'm going to do it? Not you, Gaen-san?
**[26:07] Izuko**
You're the only one that can do it.
**[26:10] Izuko**
You. By yourself.
**[26:12] Izuko**
You must do it.
***SIGN*** People just...
***SIGN*** help themselves
***SIGN*** out on their own.
**[26:19] Izuko**
The threat that the unknown
apparition Ougi Oshino poses...
**[26:23] Izuko**
...ultimately boils down to one point,
that she is an unknown.
**[26:27] Izuko**
Therefore, disclosing her true identity
would cause it to collapse.
***SIGN*** Collapse
**[26:30] Koyomi**
Collapse?
**[26:32] Izuko**
You could call it "pair
annihilation" as well.
**[26:34] Izuko**
But what's important here is that she's a
fake, who lies about what she really is.
**[26:41] Izuko**
What happens when that lie is exposed...
**[26:43] Izuko**
Shinobu-san and Hachikuji-chan
should know all too well.
**[26:51] Koyomi**
The "darkness".
**[26:56] Izuko**
Right. Apparitions that lie about what they are
get swallowed by the "darkness".
**[27:00] Izuko**
Especially in her case, she falsified
herself as that "darkness" itself.
**[27:04] Izuko**
The punishment for such a rule
violation will be the most severe.
**[27:10] Izuko**
You reap what you sow.
**[27:12] Izuko**
Everything she's done around
Koyomin for the past six months,
**[27:16] Izuko**
all of that will now come
bearing down on her.
**[27:24] Izuko**
Well, an apparition is something
intrinsically of that nature.
**[27:27] Izuko**
That is why I call Ougi Oshino
"an ordinary monster."
***SIGN*** If you explain an apparition with science,
***SIGN*** it turns into an ordinary superstition, right?
**[27:33] Koyomi**
Gaen-san, so your older sister defeated
an apparition similar to Ougi-chan...
**[27:37] Koyomi**
A "darkness", no,
a quasi-darkness, in that manner?
**[27:41] Izuko**
Yup, that's right.
**[27:43] Izuko**
In my opinion, a quasi-darkness is more
dangerous than the "darkness" itself.
**[27:49] Izuko**
It refuses to allow a tidy ending.
**[27:52] Izuko**
It says that giving everyone
a happy ending is cheating.
**[27:55] Izuko**
That's how it works.
**[27:58] Izuko**
That is why we absolutely must
**[28:00] Izuko**
settle the score once and for all today,
before the night is over.
**[28:04] Ougi**
*Please, help me.*
**[28:05] Ougi**
*Could you be on my side?*
**[28:08] Ougi**
*Please, help me.*
***SIGN*** I don't know why Ougi-chan said that to me.
**[28:17] Koyomi**
*In the past,*
**[28:19] Koyomi**
* there was a time when I rejected a request*
* from Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade.*
**[28:26] Koyomi**
* I will give Ougi-chan the*
* same answer as back then.*
**[28:31] Koyomi**
I understand.
**[28:33] Koyomi**
I will not save Ougi Oshino. So...
**[28:35] Koyomi**
So, please tell me, Gaen-san.
**[28:39] Koyomi**
What is the true identity of the mysterious
transfer student, Ougi Oshino?
**[28:43] Izuko**
Her true identity is...
**[28:47] Nadeko**
Thank you, Tsukihi-chan. Thanks to you,
it looks like I'll make my deadline.
**[28:51] Tsukihi**
Nothing, it's nothing!
***SIGN*** This is Ran Hokkyokusei, transferring from Shogo Academy.
**[28:56] Tsukihi**
I don't know much about manga and stuff.
**[28:59] Tsukihi**
But Nadeko-chan, how confident
are you about this?
**[29:02] Tsukihi**
If you win an award, you get
prize money and stuff, right?
**[29:05] Nadeko**
Mm... I don't know.
**[29:08] Nadeko**
I stopped thinking about confidence
and stuff like that.
**[29:11] Tsukihi**
Hmm...
**[29:12] Nadeko**
There have been people that
said I might have talent.
**[29:16] Nadeko**
But even for people with talent,
**[29:18] Nadeko**
sometimes these things just don't work out.
**[29:22] Tsukihi**
You won't be at the top tier unless
you believe in your talent.
**[29:26] Tsukihi**
Otherwise, you won't have anything to keep you going
when you can't put in any more effort.
**[29:30] ---**
This is Ran Hokkyokusei, transferring
from Shogo Academy.
**[29:31] Tsukihi**
People with only effort will become disheartened
when they can no longer put in that effort.
**[29:37] Nadeko**
It feels kind of like
you're trying to trick me.
**[29:42] Nadeko**
I just do what I want to do.
**[29:45] Nadeko**
No matter how unsightly
or embarrassing it is.
**[29:49] Nadeko**
Tsukihi-chan, aren't you like that, too?
**[29:52] Tsukihi**
I really don't have things I want to do,
or goals, or stuff of that sort.
**[29:58] Tsukihi**
That's why I like supporting what
other people do like this, I guess?
**[30:03] Nadeko**
Hmm?
**[30:06] Nadeko**
To me, there isn't anyone else with as clear
a stance on life as you, Tsukihi-chan.
**[30:11] Tsukihi**
Hahaha! I'm honored by you saying that.
Just how lucky is Tsukihi-chan?
**[30:17] Tsukihi**
But I'm a bit more nihilistic,
or maybe destructive,
**[30:23] Tsukihi**
so there is a part of me that gets drawn
to people who want to do things.
**[30:27] Nadeko**
Are you talking about
Karen-san or Koyomi-san?
**[30:32] Tsukihi**
Well, yeah.
**[30:34] Tsukihi**
That, and helping Nadeko-chan's job like this
**[30:38] Tsukihi**
is me getting drawn to
Nadeko-chan's enthusiasm.
**[30:41] Nadeko**
Job...
**[30:43] Nadeko**
It's not my job at all yet.
**[30:49] Tsukihi**
I wonder what eventually
happens to people like me?
**[30:53] Tsukihi**
I have to think about planning for
the future before it's too late.
**[30:57] Tsukihi**
Karen-chan is entering high school,
and Big Brother will be going to college.
**[31:02] ---**
A normal middle school girl
who goes to 15 Academy!
**[31:02] Tsukihi**
Because right now I'm getting a taste of being
left behind for the second time in my life,
**[31:05] ---**
But what was
that guy's problem?
**[31:05] ---**
And it feels like
I've seen him before...
**[31:06] Tsukihi**
the last time being two years ago
when I was in sixth grade,
**[31:07] ---**
What's going to happen to
my ordinary school life?
**[31:09] Tsukihi**
I should decide what I want
to do, who I want to be.
**[31:14] Tsukihi**
Just like you, Nadeko-chan.
**[31:15] Nadeko**
Just having you say something
like that, Tsukihi-chan,
**[31:18] Nadeko**
makes it worth putting effort into this.
**[31:23] Nadeko**
Even if people can't become happy, good things
happen to them... as long as they are alive.
**[31:30] Tsukihi**
Hmm... Well, I guess that's true.
**[31:37] Ougi**
Oh? Is that... Araragi-senpai's
little sister right there?
**[31:46] Ougi**
I met you yesterday, too. Hello.
**[31:49] Tsukihi**
Hello.
**[31:51] Tsukihi**
*Did I meet her?*
**[31:52] Ougi**
My name is Ougi Oshino. I hear much
about you from your big brother.
**[31:58] Ougi**
He says he's very proud of you.
**[32:00] Tsukihi**
Okay...
**[32:01] Ougi**
It's getting late, so I'll take
you home. Hop on back here.
**[32:14] Ougi**
Was Sengoku-chan doing well?
**[32:18] Ougi**
How was her electrocardiogram (shindenzu)?
**[32:21] Ougi**
Was she dead-zu (shindenzu)?
Or not dead-zu?
**[32:24] ---**
Dead-zu?
Not Dead-zu?
**[32:26] Tsukihi**
She's all right, I guess.
**[32:30] Tsukihi**
She's not dead. If anything, it's more
like she had been dead before now.
**[32:35] Ougi**
Perhaps.
**[32:37] Ougi**
Well, they say that everybody has something
more to them than just being cute.
**[32:41] Ougi**
The way I think, girls like that
are cuter when they aren't cute.
**[32:47] Ougi**
Good, good.
**[32:49] Ougi**
Being a "pretty girl" ended
up only being a blade
**[32:52] Ougi**
Sengoku-chan used to inflict
wounds on herself.
**[32:56] Ougi**
Things like that are so sad.
**[32:58] Tsukihi**
Sad? Aren't you lucky if you are cute?
**[33:04] Ougi**
For Sengoku-chan, cuteness was also
a chain to bind herself with.
**[33:09] Ougi**
But still, I'm sure it was too precious
a talent to get rid of on her own.
**[33:13] Ougi**
She needed some drastic measures.
**[33:16] Tsukihi**
Drastic measures?
What are you talking about?
**[33:19] Ougi**
Who knows? I don't.
**[33:22] Ougi**
I don't know anything.
**[33:25] Ougi**
Araragi-senpai is the one that knows.
**[33:29] Ougi**
Sengoku-chan seems to want to become
a manga artist in the future.
**[33:35] Ougi**
Tsukihi Araragi-chan,
what do you want to become?
**[33:38] Tsukihi**
What I want to be?
**[33:42] Tsukihi**
I don't really have anything.
**[33:45] Tsukihi**
I'm fine as long as I'm
enjoying the present.
**[33:48] Tsukihi**
I feel like times like that link
together to form the future.
**[33:52] Ougi**
You're not the type that knows everything,
**[33:55] Ougi**
but you are the type that
can do everything.
**[33:58] Ougi**
You may not be omniscient,
but you are omnipotent...
**[34:00] Ougi**
You have too many choices,
**[34:02] Ougi**
and so your objectives may be
scattered all over the place.
**[34:05] Ougi**
Though I say future...
**[34:08] Ougi**
...your future is much too large in scale.
**[34:12] Tsukihi**
Are you saying that I'm too dependent?
**[34:18] Ougi**
Tsukihi-chan, it's a fact that you live
based on support from those around you.
**[34:22] Ougi**
They are keeping you alive.
**[34:24] Ougi**
Without your big brother
and big sister's help,
**[34:27] Ougi**
you could've died during summer break.
**[34:31] Tsukihi**
During summer break?
**[34:35] Tsukihi**
The thing about people is,
they can't live all alone!
**[34:39] Ougi**
People live of their own accord.
**[34:45] Ougi**
What can't live of their own accord...
are monsters.
**[34:48] Ougi**
Just like you and me.
**[34:53] Tsukihi**
Oh... huh?
**[34:55] Tsukihi**
Wait, Oshino-san...
**[34:57] Ougi**
"Ougi-san" is fine.
**[34:58] Tsukihi**
Ougi-san, this isn't the right way at all.
**[35:02] Ougi**
Whoa. Sorry, sorry. It looks
like I've gotten lost.
**[35:06] Ougi**
Let's stop for a moment and check
the map on a smartphone.
**[35:14] ---**
Private Property No Entry
***SIGN*** Danger Watch Your Stay Out! Head
***SIGN*** Danger No Entry
**[35:17] ---**
Danger
Stay Out!
***SIGN*** No Entry Danger Danger
***SIGN*** Warning Watch Your Head Danger
**[35:20] Tsukihi**
Huh?
**[35:21] Tsukihi**
Oh, that's right.
**[35:23] Tsukihi**
Wasn't this the building that burned
down back around August?
***SIGN*** No Entry Danger Danger
***SIGN*** Warning Watch Your Head Danger
**[35:26] Ougi**
Wow, how strange.
So this is like the ghost of a building?
**[35:32] Ougi**
Why don't we try going in?
**[35:39] Tsukihi**
A school... No, it looks like
it used to be a cram school.
**[35:44] Ougi**
Yeah, it seems that way.
**[35:46] Ougi**
Oh my. It was so exciting to come barging in
like this, but now we know exactly what it is.
**[35:51] Ougi**
When we figure out its true identity,
it ceases to be scary at all.
**[35:57] Ougi**
Mystery novels are like that, too.
**[35:59] Ougi**
You read them on the edge of your seat, heart
racing, because you don't know who did it.
**[36:03] Ougi**
When the mystery is no longer a mystery,
and the number of suspects is down to one...
**[36:07] Ougi**
Honestly, after that point, it's no fun.
**[36:11] Ougi**
I wish all solution scenes
were just one line long.
**[36:14] Ougi**
When the true identity is known,
**[36:16] Ougi**
the fear and the fun disappear.
That's how things are.
**[36:26] ---**
Emergency Exit
**[36:26] Tsukihi**
Do you really think so?
**[36:29] ---**
Danger
**[36:29] Tsukihi**
Well, in a mystery novel,
that might be right.
**[36:33] Tsukihi**
But in reality, doesn't it get scarier
after the culprit is caught?
**[36:37] Tsukihi**
You confirmed the existence
of something that scared you.
**[36:41] ---**
Cram School
**[36:42] Ougi**
Oh?
**[36:43] Tsukihi**
The real story only begins when
you know what they really are.
**[36:46] ---**
Emergency Exit
**[36:47] Tsukihi**
I mean, all the paperwork and stuff after
the culprit is caught takes way longer, right?
**[36:49] ---**
Unauthorized Entry Forbidden
Trespassers Will Be Reported to the Police
**[36:52] Tsukihi**
Besides, you say the true identity,
but it's not always going to be correct.
**[36:56] Tsukihi**
There actually might be an even
bigger unexpected plot twist,
**[36:59] Tsukihi**
if you're talking mystery novels.
**[37:02] ---**
Danger
**[37:03] Ougi**
That may be true. I see, "true identity"
is written as the "right body."
***SIGN*** True identity (right) (body)
**[37:08] ---**
Danger
**[37:09] Ougi**
In the end, a body is merely a body.
**[37:11] ---**
Cram School
**[37:12] Ougi**
You got one on me there. Nothing less
from Araragi-senpai's little sister.
**[37:19] Ougi**
Tsukihi-chan, they may have
accepted your true identity.
**[37:22] Ougi**
Or perhaps they're amused by it.
**[37:27] Ougi**
But, the same probably
won't happen for me.
**[37:32] Ougi**
My true identity is... unsightly.
**[37:38] Ougi**
Tsukihi-chan, unfortunately for you,
**[37:41] Ougi**
what you call a "future"
doesn't actually exist.
**[37:44] Ougi**
It's not that you don't know what will
happen in the future. There is no future.
**[37:48] Ougi**
No matter how much of the present you
pile up, it won't lead to a future.
**[37:52] Ougi**
All you have is an eternal present.
**[37:56] Ougi**
Even so, are you able to live in the present,
**[37:59] Ougi**
without heeding what is to come,
with disregard of the future?
**[38:03] Tsukihi**
Well, probably. I'm pretty good at living.
**[38:10] Ougi**
It's a marvelous thing
that you can say that.
**[38:13] Ougi**
I'm jealous.
**[38:20] Koyomi**
You're late, Ougi-chan.
**[38:23] Koyomi**
I've been waiting for you.
**[38:25] Ougi**
Tsukihi-chan, I'm sorry, but can you take
my bike and go home alone?
***SIGN*** No Entry Danger Danger
***SIGN*** Warning Watch Your Head Danger
**[38:32] Ougi**
I have something important to talk
about with your big brother.
**[38:36] Ougi**
The combination on the chain is "1-2-3-4."
**[38:42] Ougi**
What is Shinobu-chan doing right now?
**[38:45] Ougi**
She's supposedly back in
her complete form now...
**[38:48] Ougi**
She's not together with you?
**[38:50] Koyomi**
That hasn't happened yet.
**[38:52] Koyomi**
We decided that we will bind
ourselves to one another
**[38:55] Koyomi**
once again after everything
is said and done.
**[38:58] Ougi**
Hmm...
**[39:00] Ougi**
Shinobu-chan wished to end up
right where she started, huh?
**[39:04] Ougi**
And Araragi-senpai, you want
to become a quasi-human,
**[39:08] Ougi**
a failed attempt at being
a vampire once again?
**[39:11] Koyomi**
I just love young girls.
***SIGN*** I answer,
***SIGN*** while feeling that this conversation is meaningless.
**[39:17] Ougi**
So what will happen to the girl?
**[39:21] Koyomi**
She will be enshrined at
North Shirahebi Shrine.
**[39:23] Koyomi**
That also is for when everything
is said and done.
**[39:27] Ougi**
Hmm. So that shrine...
**[39:30] Ougi**
It was a big problem, what to do with
the giant hole that opened in this town.
**[39:36] Ougi**
You sure found a convenient
solution for it.
**[39:39] Koyomi**
A problem... Your job?
**[39:42] Ougi**
Well, yes. I said something
like that at some point.
***SIGN*** No Entry Danger Danger
***SIGN*** Warning Watch Your Head Danger
**[39:49] Koyomi**
Speaking of jobs... My little sister...
**[39:52] Koyomi**
What kind of lively conversations
did you have with her?
**[39:56] Ougi**
I didn't even get to finish.
**[39:58] Ougi**
It's a shame. My job
ended up being half-done.
**[40:05] Ougi**
That was a tough one.
**[40:07] Ougi**
Nothing less from a phoenix.
It's beyond what I can handle.
**[40:10] Ougi**
How in the world was Yoduru Kagenui going to
exterminate such a long-living creature?
**[40:16] Koyomi**
You can exterminate monsters when you
disclose their true identities, right?
**[40:20] Ougi**
That's why I'm saying it doesn't
look like you can exterminate
**[40:23] Ougi**
her even if you disclose
her true identity.
**[40:26] Ougi**
Because she has a big brother
**[40:28] Ougi**
that refuses to stop loving her, even
knowing what her true identity is.
**[40:33] Ougi**
Mm... That may be why
Yoduru Kagenui had given up.
**[40:38] Ougi**
But I'd surmise that I can't
quite do the same thing.
**[40:44] Ougi**
Isn't that so?
**[40:45] Ougi**
Araragi-senpai will disclose my true identity,
and I'll be exterminated right here.
**[40:50] Ougi**
That's how this works, right?
**[40:54] Koyomi**
A one-on-one duel, as they say.
**[40:58] Ougi**
That is quite exciting.
**[41:04] Koyomi**
This time, it's something
that I have to do myself.
**[41:08] Koyomi**
It's something that only I can do.
**[41:10] Koyomi**
And it's something that
I want to do alone.
**[41:13] Ougi**
What you "want to do," huh?
**[41:16] Ougi**
Perhaps you only think that because those
adults smooth-talked you into it?
**[41:20] Ougi**
Araragi-senpai, you may think you
are working yourself to the bone
**[41:23] Ougi**
for the sake of Shinobu-chan
and Hachikuji-chan.
**[41:25] Ougi**
But isn't that just habit?
**[41:29] Ougi**
How foolish.
**[41:31] Ougi**
One tends to find excessive value
in something that was almost lost.
**[41:34] Ougi**
But if you bind yourself to such nostalgia,
you will never ever arrive at your future.
**[41:40] Ougi**
Oh, let me just make it clear that
this is me pleading for my life.
**[41:45] Koyomi**
Pleading for your life?
**[41:47] Ougi**
I've been telling you, haven't I?
**[41:48] Ougi**
"Could you be on my side?"
**[41:51] Ougi**
"Please, help me."
**[41:53] Ougi**
It seems that those requests were
fleeting and flatly denied.
**[41:58] Ougi**
Was I not charming enough?
**[42:02] Ougi**
Well, that is the correct
answer, Araragi-senpai.
**[42:06] Ougi**
That is the right thing.
**[42:07] Ougi**
What, so you can do the right thing, too?
**[42:12] Ougi**
Unfortunately, I wanted
you to decline that.
**[42:18] Ougi**
Well, this party hasn't quite
gotten into full swing yet,
**[42:21] Ougi**
but let's have you close it
out now, Araragi-senpai.
**[42:24] Koyomi**
Yeah, I'll have the honor of doing so.
**[42:29] Koyomi**
Ougi-chan, your true identity...
**[42:35] Koyomi**
Your true identity... is me.
**[42:48] Izuko**
Ougi Oshino's true identity
is Koyomi Araragi.
**[42:51] Izuko**
Ougi Oshino is an apparition
created by Koyomi Araragi.
**[42:55] Izuko**
Just as my older sister, Tooe Gaen,
created an apparition called the Rainy Devil.
**[43:00] Izuko**
The unknown apparition created by Tooe Gaen
was the materialization of her self-control.
**[43:07] Izuko**
Taking that quasi-darkness,
**[43:09] Izuko**
and arranging it into the form of
the western apparition called Rainy Devil,
**[43:12] Izuko**
she settled the score.
**[43:14] Izuko**
You could say that Ougi Oshino
**[43:16] Izuko**
is your own desire to criticize yourself.
**[43:19] Izuko**
Of course, that's not all she is.
**[43:26] Izuko**
It was last August.
**[43:28] Izuko**
The case where Hachikuji-chan
was assaulted by the "darkness".
**[43:31] Izuko**
The first phase was that Koyomin, through
the incident, learned about the "darkness".
**[43:36] Izuko**
You learned of a phenomenon
that corrects mistakes.
**[43:39] Izuko**
It tells you that what's
forbidden is forbidden.
**[43:40] Izuko**
What is wrong is wrong.
**[43:43] Izuko**
It judges things.
**[43:48] Izuko**
Now, the second phase was the confrontation
with the first Apparition Killer.
**[43:53] Izuko**
During the first encounter,
**[43:55] Izuko**
Suruga's Rainy Devil left arm had been hit
by the Energy Drain from the first one, yes?
**[44:00] Izuko**
Here, the undiluted essence of the
"unknown" my older sister created
**[44:03] Izuko**
combined with the original.
**[44:06] Izuko**
Through Shinobu Oshino,
you and he understand one another.
**[44:10] Izuko**
In fact, Shinobu-chan
had eaten the first one.
**[44:15] Izuko**
Thanks to that food chain,
a part of my older sister's legacy
**[44:19] Izuko**
flowed into you through Shinobu-chan.
**[44:23] Izuko**
And the result was the birth
of an "unknown" equipped with
**[44:28] Izuko**
all of the apparitions in this town, and
everything that had happened with them.
***SIGN*** Because of its nature and how it was created,
***SIGN*** Ougi Oshino is able to wield Heart-under-blade's
***SIGN*** physical materialization skill,
***SIGN*** at the very least.
**[44:34] Izuko**
By the way, concerning the surname "Oshino,"
it originates from Shinobu Oshino.
**[44:40] Izuko**
The fact that I foolishly called
myself that guy's little sister
**[44:44] Izuko**
turned out to set a bad precedent.
**[44:48] Izuko**
However, Koyomin's singularity
was that the apparition
**[44:52] Izuko**
he created was an apparition
that attacked himself.
**[44:55] Izuko**
You have, from spring break,
somewhere in your heart,
**[44:58] Izuko**
had awareness that you are
cheating all over your body.
**[45:03] Izuko**
You helped Kiss-shot Acerola-orion
Heart-under-blade out of sympathy...
**[45:08] Izuko**
and you wanted to face the consequences.
**[45:11] Izuko**
You grew a friendship
with Tsubasa Hanekawa...
**[45:14] Izuko**
but you kept worrying if you were worthy,
since you couldn't live up to her feelings.
**[45:21] Izuko**
You helped Hitagi Senjyogahara
with her long-term worries...
**[45:24] Izuko**
but you kept thinking how you ended up dating
her as "taking advantage of her weakness."
**[45:32] Izuko**
You respect Suruga Kanbaru...
**[45:34] Izuko**
but you felt inferiority because you couldn't
live in her straightforward manner.
**[45:38] Izuko**
You helped Nadeko Sengoku...
**[45:40] Izuko**
...but back then, the person you really
wanted to help wasn't just Nadeko Sengoku.
**[45:46] Izuko**
You gradually reconciled
with Shinobu Oshino...
**[45:49] Izuko**
but was that even allowed?
**[45:53] Izuko**
In the first place, isn't it unfair
to freely use powers of immortality?
**[45:57] Izuko**
Shouldn't there be
consequences to face for it?
**[46:00] Izuko**
Aren't I...
**[46:01] Izuko**
the worst kind of human imaginable?
**[46:05] Izuko**
The portion of your mind
that criticizes itself
**[46:08] Izuko**
manifested itself entirely
in the form of Ougi Oshino.
**[46:12] Izuko**
The girl you could call Dark Koyomin.
**[46:14] Izuko**
That is why, like the darkness,
she took things one by one,
**[46:18] Izuko**
with the case of Sodachi Oikura as
a springboard, and crushed them.
**[46:24] Izuko**
Meme Oshino and Yoduru Kagenui...
**[46:26] Izuko**
That, and probably Deishu Kaiki after he
finished the case concerning Nadeko Sengoku.
**[46:31] Izuko**
Rest assured, Koyomin.
**[46:33] Izuko**
If you exterminate Ougi Oshino,
you'll probably find them easily.
**[46:40] Izuko**
She still has things that are left undone.
**[46:44] Izuko**
Right. Tsukihi Araragi, your little sister.
**[46:47] Izuko**
The immortal apparition, the Shideno-bird.
**[46:50] Izuko**
There's no chance whatsoever that
part of you isn't concerned with whether
**[46:56] Izuko**
it's okay for her to live
while pretending to be a human being.
**[46:58] Izuko**
That's why I used her as a lure.
**[47:04] Izuko**
Yup, that's right. I have no evidence.
**[47:06] Izuko**
Everything I said just
now is only speculation.
**[47:09] Izuko**
But you understand it, don't you?
**[47:11] Izuko**
You know better than anyone else
**[47:13] Izuko**
the true identity of Ougi Oshino.
**[47:15] Izuko**
That is why it must be you who
discloses her true identity.
**[47:20] Izuko**
Go be victorious in the
battle against yourself.
**[47:22] Izuko**
It's rather simple, isn't it?
**[47:25] Izuko**
Killing yourself for the sake of others.
It's something you do every day.
**[47:29] Izuko**
It's Koyomi Araragi, the one
that you loathe the most.
**[47:34] Izuko**
So... go end it all.
**[47:36] Izuko**
By your hands, you need to end it all.
**[47:39] Izuko**
That is the end... of your adolescence.
***SIGN*** Ougi Dark Part Three
**[47:49] Koyomi**
Your true identity... is me.
**[47:52] Koyomi**
You are me.
**[47:54] Koyomi**
Ougi Oshino... is Koyomi Araragi.
**[48:12] Ougi**
Wow, that was rather quick.
The main act has already arrived?
**[48:18] Ougi**
Is it because of the severity of the
lies I told, the sins I have committed?
**[48:27] Ougi**
To think I was trying to act
the part of such a thing...
**[48:30] Ougi**
I have to say, I must
have been rather insane.
**[48:35] Koyomi**
Didn't you know that this
was going to happen?
**[48:40] Koyomi**
If you really are me,
**[48:44] Koyomi**
the fact that I'd be waiting here,
**[48:46] Koyomi**
the fact that I'd already
learned who you really are...
**[48:50] Koyomi**
If you knew, then why come?
**[48:53] Ougi**
There are times where you have to fight,
even if you know you're going to lose.
**[48:57] Ougi**
If I could say something akin to dying words,
**[49:00] Ougi**
I believe that, in my own way,
**[49:02] Ougi**
I was able to make Koyomi Araragi's
adolescence into something more right,
**[49:05] Ougi**
even if I couldn't make it better.
**[49:08] Koyomi**
If you're saying that this is right...
**[49:11] Koyomi**
Then I don't need what's right.
**[49:14] Koyomi**
Do you know how many problems you've
caused, for how many people?
**[49:18] Ougi**
If you're saying someone was harmed,
then I'll say that they deserved it.
**[49:23] Ougi**
It is not that I personally
have done anything.
**[49:26] Ougi**
In reality, you fully understand
that as well, don't you?
**[49:28] Ougi**
That trouble, harm, misfortune...
They aren't things that are cut-and-dry.
**[49:36] Koyomi**
So the right thing is cut-and-dry?
**[49:39] Koyomi**
What is right, and what is wrong...
Can you cut them apart?
**[49:44] Ougi**
Even if you can't decide what's right,
**[49:46] Ougi**
you can decide which side
is right, can't you?
**[49:50] Ougi**
In Sodachi Oikura's case, I was wrong.
**[49:53] Ougi**
In Nadeko Sengoku's case, I was right.
**[49:57] Ougi**
In Tadatsuru Teori's case...
I guess we call that a draw.
**[50:01] Ougi**
I had thought that I could win
that in a one-on-one fight.
***SIGN*** Challenge
**[50:06] Koyomi**
So after all this, Ougi-chan...
Me or you—who was right?
**[50:12] Ougi**
As I am the one disappearing like this,
it means that Araragi-senpai, you were right.
**[50:18] Ougi**
Congratulations, Araragi-senpai.
**[50:25] Ougi**
Everything you have done until
now has not been wrong.
**[50:28] Ougi**
It was right.
**[50:31] Ougi**
This is the end of adolescence.
**[50:33] Ougi**
Or perhaps the end of a story?
**[50:36] Ougi**
Oh, this is nothing significant at all.
**[50:39] Ougi**
It's not the end of one's life, and it's
far from enough to be the world's end.
**[50:44] Ougi**
It's just the end of one
of your many stories.
**[50:48] Ougi**
It's not even the final episode or anything.
**[50:50] Ougi**
I'm glad that I could disappear
like this before you graduated.
**[50:58] Ougi**
Thank you for all your hard work.
**[51:00] Ougi**
Farewell, Araragi-senpai.
**[51:06] Koyomi**
Farewell, Ougi-chan.
**[51:10] Koyomi**
*Farewell, Ougi Oshino.*
**[51:13] Koyomi**
*Farewell, my adolescence.*
**[51:23] Koyomi**
Never mind! I just can't do it!
**[51:36] Ougi**
A-Araragi-senpai? Wh-What are...
**[51:40] Ougi**
What are you... thinking?
**[51:48] Ougi**
You're not immortal, but you're
trying to save someone else.
**[51:52] Ougi**
I-In the end, that's how you are?
**[51:55] Ougi**
Do you throw your life away so
easily for the sake of others?
**[52:00] Ougi**
So you are going to save
even someone like me,
**[52:02] Ougi**
who did nothing but criticize
you and make you suffer?
**[52:08] Ougi**
What good does it do if you die?
**[52:10] Ougi**
What's the point of saving me here?
**[52:13] Ougi**
You're wrong after all.
**[52:17] Ougi**
You are wrong as a person.
**[52:20] Ougi**
You are the absolute worst as a person.
**[52:27] Koyomi**
I didn't... save someone else.
**[52:32] Koyomi**
Right now... I just saved myself.
**[52:37] Koyomi**
Hitagi did. Hanekawa did. Shinobu did.
Ononoki-chan did. Everyone saved me.
**[52:45] Koyomi**
If everyone had saved me,
and I didn't save myself?
**[52:51] Koyomi**
I just can't allow such a thing to happen!
**[53:04] Ougi**
Oh, brother.
**[53:06] Ougi**
I had planned for a solo suicide, but this ended
up being a lover's suicide, Araragi-senpai.
**[53:10] Ougi**
Let me make it clear, but I'm
not a young girl, you know?
**[53:14] Koyomi**
That doesn't matter. Even then, you're like a
newborn baby, born merely six month ago, right?
***SIGN*** Babies should be protected like this.
**[53:23] Koyomi**
If you're saying what I have been
doing until now wasn't wrong...
**[53:27] Koyomi**
...the fact that I'm doing this right now
should not be wrong, either.
**[53:34] Koyomi**
I am not wrong.
**[53:37] Koyomi**
Yup.
**[53:38] Koyomi**
Just as you are not wrong.
**[53:44] Ougi**
Really...
**[53:46] Ougi**
You are foolish.
**[53:48] Meme**
Not quite.
**[53:57] Meme**
I can't make fun of you...
**[53:59] Meme**
...as you finally fight for your own sake.
**[54:04] Meme**
I respect you, Araragi-kun.
**[54:10] Tsubasa**
I win.
**[54:15] Ougi**
This a joke.
**[54:16] Ougi**
Hanekawa-senpai really brought him here...
all the way from Antarctica.
**[54:22] Ougi**
She's really insane.
***SIGN*** Hitagi, if this is the case, it wasn't, "This is a pen." It was "dépaysement."
***SIGN*** Come to think of it, Ougi-chan had been alarmed at Hanekawa from the beginning.
***SIGN*** The name "Ougi"...
***SIGN*** actually was "ougi" because you put a "door" on "wings (hane)," wasn't it?
**[54:34] Meme**
Araragi-kun...
**[54:38] Meme**
You oh-so-violently pushed my cute little
niece down. What are you planning to do?
**[54:44] Meme**
Really, Araragi-kun, you're
so full of spirit.
**[54:48] Meme**
Did something nice happen
to you or something?
**[54:52] Meme**
You shouldn't be doing obscene things to your
underclassman when you have a lover.
***SIGN*** Niece?
***SIGN*** That's what he said. In reference to Ougi-chan.
***SIGN*** Meme Oshino said so.
**[55:05] Koyomi**
* Meme Oshino acknowledged*
* Ougi Oshino as a relative.*
**[55:11] Koyomi**
* What that signifies... is the*
* existence of Ougi Oshino.*
**[55:15] Koyomi**
*She was no longer a fabrication or a lie.*
***SIGN*** That is why...
***SIGN*** ...the "darkness" disappeared.
**[55:25] Koyomi**
You helped us, Oshino.
**[55:28] Meme**
I didn't really help or anything.
**[55:30] Meme**
You just helped yourself out
on your own, Araragi-kun.
**[55:37] Meme**
Well done.
**[55:42] Ougi**
Gweh...
**[55:46] Koyomi**
*Ougi Oshino became Ougi Oshino.*
**[55:49] Koyomi**
* And thus, the adolescence of me,*
* Koyomi Araragi, came to an end.*
**[55:53] Koyomi**
* I had believed that not taking care of*
* myself was the act of loving others.*
**[55:58] Koyomi**
* The days of kind deception, filled with thin,*
* weak euphoria, have now come to an end.*
**[56:09] Koyomi**
*An epilogue.*
***SIGN*** March 15th
**[56:12] Karen**
Big Brother! It's morning, damn it!
**[56:14] Tsukihi**
If you don't get up, you'll be late!
**[56:16] Karen & Tsukihi**
Jeez!
**[56:25] Koyomi**
By the way, Tsukihi-chan,
what were you wishing for?
**[56:29] Koyomi**
I mean, about your hair.
**[56:31] Tsukihi**
I was actually wishing your exams would go well,
and also a bit about Nadeko-chan.
**[56:36] Tsukihi**
As it was about my hair (kami), I was
wishing upon the Lord God (kami).
**[56:38] Tsukihi**
That is, if he exists.
**[56:41] Tsukihi**
In any case, Big Brother's entrance exams are
over, and Nadeko-chan has gotten better for now.
**[56:46] Tsukihi**
Mm, maybe there is a God out there.
**[56:49] Koyomi**
Yeah, starting yesterday.
**[56:51] Tsukihi**
Hmm?
**[56:52] Koyomi**
Oh, nothing.
**[56:54] Tsukihi**
I see.
**[57:00] Karen**
Big Brother, Big Brother! Since I'm going
to be in high school starting next month,
**[57:04] Karen**
we won't be able to make
out like we have been.
**[57:09] Karen**
So let's take one last meal,
feeding mouth-to-mouth!
**[57:13] Karen**
And let's brush each others' teeth!
**[57:16] Koyomi**
What you need to brush
up is your intelligence.
**[57:18] Koyomi**
Well, you know, Karen-chan.
**[57:21] Koyomi**
Even after you disband the Fire Sisters
of Tsuganoki 2nd Middle School,
**[57:24] Koyomi**
are you going to continue acting
as an advocate of justice?
**[57:26] Karen**
I can't help it!
***SIGN*** To correct, maybe she wanted to say, "By all possible means!"
***SIGN*** To be right, that is.
**[57:30] Koyomi**
Karen-chan, in your case, what did
the "right thing" turn out to be?
**[57:34] Karen**
Helping others!
**[57:36] Koyomi**
I see.
**[57:40] Koyomi**
Then why not start by helping yourself?
***SIGN*** You too.
**[57:47] Koyomi**
Hey, Hachikuji!
**[57:49] Mayoi**
Please don't speak to me!
***SIGN*** Name: God Mayoi Hachikuji
**[57:51] Mayoi**
I am a god now!
**[57:55] Mayoi**
If you insist that you wish to speak to me,
after two bows, two claps, and one bow...
***SIGN*** One bow Two claps Two bows
***SIGN*** Manners in visitation
**[58:00] Mayoi**
...make a monetary offering, and speak
as if you were speaking to a god.
**[58:04] Koyomi**
Who would talk to someone like that?
I'll totally ignore you.
**[58:08] Mayoi**
Araragi-san, are you heading to
your graduation ceremony today?
**[58:11] Mayoi**
Thank you for all your hard work.
**[58:17] Mayoi**
Normally, I would attend the graduation
ceremony and celebrate your achievement.
**[58:22] Mayoi**
But if a god were to attend, the common people
might start clamoring... so I'll be considerate.
**[58:27] Koyomi**
Nobody will visit your shrine. We're going
to end up as a town without a god again!
**[58:32] Mayoi**
Hahaha! Oh, don't say that.
You can come by any time.
**[58:36] Mayoi**
North Shirahebi Shrine is free to visit,
so really, come visit at any time.
**[58:42] Koyomi**
Yeah, I'll go visit at any time.
**[58:45] Koyomi**
At your home.
**[58:46] Mayoi**
Yes, at my home!
**[58:51] Izuko**
By the way, are you really all
right with this, Shinobu-san?
**[58:54] Izuko**
Your desire to be sealed away once
again within Koyomin's shadow
**[58:58] Izuko**
is something I find difficult to comprehend.
**[59:01] Izuko**
If there's some rationale behind
this, I'd like to know it.
**[59:06] Kiss-shot**
There is none.
**[59:07] Kiss-shot**
Besides, my desire to once again be
deemed harmless, as I tire of battle...
**[59:14] Kiss-shot**
is something a specialist shouldn't
find too difficult to comprehend.
***SIGN*** From a young girl (youjo) to a phantom woman (youjo).
***SIGN*** And then, to wish to return to a young girl once again.
**[59:21] Kiss-shot**
Of course, if my master, now that his vampiric
nature has been successfully removed,
**[59:29] Kiss-shot**
is unwilling to return once again to the
state of being a quasi-human, quasi-vampire,
**[59:35] Kiss-shot**
I shall retract my own desires.
**[59:39] Kiss-shot**
After I heal that arm, I will retreat to a
mountain somewhere, and live a secluded life.
**[59:45] Koyomi**
Like I'd let you.
**[59:48] Koyomi**
The mountains don't have any
Mister Donut stores, Shinobu.
**[59:54] Kiss-shot**
Oh, that's right.
**[59:58] Koyomi**
If you were to die tomorrow, I'd be fine with
tomorrow being the last day of my life.
**[1:00:03] Koyomi**
If you were to live through today,
I will also choose to live through today.
**[1:00:09] Kiss-shot**
If you were to die the day after tomorrow,
I shall live for three days' time...
**[1:00:14] Kiss-shot**
and tell a tale about you to someone.
**[1:00:18] Kiss-shot**
I shall recite the story of my master
with pride to a listening ear.
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony
***SIGN*** Naoetsu High
**[1:00:39] Tsubasa**
Morning, Araragi-kun.
**[1:00:41] Koyomi**
Morning, Hanekawa.
**[1:00:45] Koyomi**
Why are you here at the bicycle lot?
**[1:00:47] Tsubasa**
Of course, I was waiting
for you, Araragi-kun.
**[1:00:49] Tsubasa**
Because there were a lot of things
I wanted to talk to you about.
**[1:00:53] Tsubasa**
I have to take off right after
the graduation ceremony is over.
**[1:00:58] Tsubasa**
So I thought this was the only
time I'd get to talk to you.
**[1:01:03] Koyomi**
Do you have to leave right away
because of the flight you booked?
**[1:01:08] Tsubasa**
Mm... Actually...
**[1:01:12] Tsubasa**
In bringing Oshino-san back from Antarctica,
I sold off a bit of my brains.
**[1:01:17] Koyomi**
Sold off your brains?
**[1:01:19] Koyomi**
*What? That doesn't sound good...*
**[1:01:21] Tsubasa**
I guess you call them "jet setters"?
**[1:01:23] Tsubasa**
Well, I had to go that far
to charter a fighter plane.
**[1:01:29] Tsubasa**
It's fine. I sold it off to a
relatively honest institution.
***SIGN*** Stare Stare
***SIGN*** Stare Stare
***SIGN*** Stare Stare
**[1:01:42] Tsubasa**
I'll knock you out!
**[1:01:44] Koyomi**
Scary!
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony Site
**[1:01:46] Koyomi**
By the way, they think that Kagenui-san
is probably at the North Pole.
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony Site
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony
**[1:01:51] Tsubasa**
I see... I had a hunch
so I chose the continent.
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony Site
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony Site
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony
**[1:01:55] Tsubasa**
So even if I had gone to the North
Pole, it still would've worked out.
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony Site
**[1:02:00] Koyomi**
Ononoki-chan wanted to go get her, but she declined,
**[1:02:04] Koyomi**
saying she's busy with some kind of
familiar sounding training ritual
**[1:02:08] Koyomi**
which involves fighting polar bears.
**[1:02:09] Tsubasa**
Oh? Then, what happened to Ononoki-chan?
What is she doing now?
***SIGN*** Graduation Ceremony Site
**[1:02:13] Koyomi**
She's still at my house.
**[1:02:15] Tsubasa**
That's...
**[1:02:16] Koyomi**
Well, a part of it is that Gaen-san
and Oshino left all too suddenly.
**[1:02:21] ---**
Graduation Ceremony
**[1:02:21] Koyomi**
It looks like adults are
pretty busy in many ways.
**[1:02:24] Tsubasa**
Adults?
**[1:02:25] ---**
Graduation Ceremony
**[1:02:26] Tsubasa**
But we're going to join
them starting tomorrow.
**[1:02:29] Koyomi**
Hitagi and I are still students.
**[1:02:31] ---**
Graduation Ceremony
**[1:02:32] Koyomi**
You're the only one that
is becoming an adult.
**[1:02:35] Tsubasa**
"Hitagi"?
**[1:02:36] Tsubasa**
Oh, I see, I see. Something like
that happened while I was gone?
**[1:02:41] ---**
Graduation Ceremony
**[1:02:42] Koyomi**
Wait, wait, wait. Don't make hasty decisions.
**[1:02:44] Koyomi**
Perhaps things haven't gone
as far as you think they have.
**[1:02:48] Tsubasa**
I'm glad, I'm glad. Now, I can take off
without worrying about a thing.
**[1:02:56] Hitagi**
Morning, Araragi-kun.
**[1:02:58] Tsubasa**
Oh? You're not going to call him "Koyomi"?
**[1:03:07] Hitagi**
Morning, Koyomi.
**[1:03:11] Hitagi**
And welcome back, Tsubasa.
**[1:03:17] Tsubasa**
I'm back, Hitagi-chan.
***SIGN*** Thursday, March 15th
**[1:03:21] Hitagi**
Koyomi, Kanbaru apparently has prepared
a present for us as a graduation gift.
**[1:03:26] Koyomi**
Really? A present from Kanbaru...
That makes me nervous.
**[1:03:32] Hitagi**
Well, she isn't one to prepare something
strange for something like this.
**[1:03:36] Hitagi**
I probed a bit, and it seems to
be an ordinary flower bouquet.
**[1:03:41] Koyomi**
Flowers, huh...
**[1:04:01] Hitagi & Tsubasa**
Off you go!
**[1:04:05] Koyomi**
Yeah.
**[1:04:07] Koyomi**
Pick up my diploma for me!
***SIGN*** I'm on my way.
**[1:04:24] Ougi**
You haven't changed, Araragi-senpai.
**[1:04:28] Koyomi**
No, I'm changing.
**[1:04:30] Koyomi**
But no matter how much I change...
**[1:04:33] Koyomi**
I am still me.
**[1:04:40] ---**
Graduation
Ceremony
**[1:05:27] Shinobu**
Once upon a time, in a certain place,
there was a weirdo called Koyomi Araragi.
**[1:05:32] Shinobu**
And he still is around to this day.
**[1:05:36] Shinobu**
And they all lived happily ever after.
**[1:05:39] Koyomi**
* I heard the story recited from*
* the shadow that was running with me.*
**[1:05:43] Koyomi**
* I was curious to see*
* what happened next in the story.*
***SIGN*** Owarimonogatari The End