E12 - Shinobu Mail, Part Six
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HITAGI SENJYOGAHARA
SEN JYO GAHARA
NO GROUP
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Hello, Senjyogahara?
[00:04] ---
What's wrong?
[00:05] ---
Does the fact that
you're calling me like this
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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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
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SHINOBU MAIL, PART SIX
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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You can't be me.
[12:47] ---
There are a lot of people that can take my place,
but I'm the only me.
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You're not me, and I'm not you.
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Isn't that how it is?
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ONE
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One.
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TWO
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Two.
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THREE
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Three.
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FOUR
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Four.
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FIVE
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Five.
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SIX
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Six.
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SEVEN
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Seven.
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EIGHT
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Eight.
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NINE
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Nine.
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Ten!
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Meme's... Oh, so that's how it is.
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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
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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...
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Kiss-shot... Kiss-shot!
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Well, I don't know
what age I'll live to be...
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But if we see each other again
while I'm alive...
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If we meet again...
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....we'll meet again.
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You don't have to apologize. I forgave you.
[15:42] ---
I'm the one that was at fault...
[15:50] ---
Seishiro...
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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.
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For a little while longer,
I'd like to be someone who's there for him.
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It wasn't refreshing. It didn't feel good.
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NAOETSU HIGH
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By being clearly told,
it actually made it harder to feel at ease instead.
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There was no distinct salvation.
[16:36] ---
But, even then,
400 years after he committed it...
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...his suicide had finally succeeded.
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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.
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I met up with Kanbaru,
who had gone to my house ahead of me,
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REFERENCE BOOK
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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.
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KOYOMIST
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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.
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If you're still alive, I'll see you again.
[17:49] ---
One more thing.
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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.
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Even the suit of armor?
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She ate it... I think.
[18:07] ---
Perhaps she did, but...
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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.
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SEISHIRO SHISHIRUI
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Nobody becomes happy,
and nobody can become happy.
[20:39] ---
By me being a vampire,
by me being together with Shinobu,
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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.
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FOR NOW, THAT'S WHAT I THINK—
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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,
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that train of thought may be slightly altered,
I think among other things...
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...it's fine. Even if we aren't happy,
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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.
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