# 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.
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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
**[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?
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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
**[13:15] ---**
Nine.
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Ten!
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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.*