# E11 - Shinobu Mail, Part Five
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY09G7E7Y/shinobu-mail-part-5)
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
**[00:06] ---**
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.*