E11 - Shinobu Mail, Part Five

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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.