E9 - Mikoto and Mikoto

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[00:00] Miko
    To tell you...
[00:01] Fb
    Once upon a time, in a far away land,
[00:03] Fb
    lived an old man and an old woman.
[00:09] Fb
    The old man went to the mountains
    to gather firewood.
[00:11] Fb
    The old woman went to the river
    to do the washing.
[00:15] Woman
    Here.
[00:16] Woman
    Your favorite, millet dumplings.
[00:19] Momo
    Thank you, Mama.
[00:21] Man
    Take this.
[00:25] Momo
    A sword?
[00:27] Momo
    But surely it's too expensive...
[00:30] Man
    It's dangerous out there.
[00:32] Man
    You may encounter hostile creatures.
[00:35] Momo
    Thank you, Papa.
[00:38] Man
    Still calling me "Papa," Peachy?
[00:44] Momo
    Stop that now.
[00:45] Momo
    I'm not a child any longer.
[00:49] Momo
    My name now is Kibitsu-Hiko-no-Mikoto.
[00:52] Momo
    Mama, Papa.
[00:54] Momo
    See you later.
[02:30] Dog
    Thank you, human.
SIGN    Mikoto and Mikoto
[02:36] Momo
    A talking dog?!
[02:38] Dog
    Oh, calm down.
[02:40] Dog
    I just thanked you for the dumpling.
[02:43] Dog
    You know, my own kind ostracizes me
    because of this ability.
[02:48] Dog
    Humans consider me
    an ill omen and attack me.
[02:52] Dog
    I have to pretend to be half-dead
    to get any food at all!
[02:59] Momo
    You fooled me, then?
[03:01] Dog
    You're a kind man.
[03:03] Dog
    Don't just leave me here.
[03:05] Dog
    Take me with you!
[03:09] Momo
    Let's go, then.
[03:20] Dog
    You're looking for your parents?
SIGN    Tea
[03:22] Momo
    Yes.
[03:24] Momo
    I want to ask them
[03:25] Momo
    why they put me in a peach
    and sent me floating down the river.
[03:32] Dog
    Are you sure they were telling
    the truth about that?
[03:35] Momo
    Mama and Papa brought me up.
[03:37] Momo
    They would never lie to me!
[03:39] Dog
    Really?
[03:41] Dog
    I hope you find them, then.
[03:45] Momo
    Agreed.
[03:48] Man
    An ogre!
[03:49] Man
    There's an ogre in the village!
[04:12] Dog
    Run, Hiko!
[04:18] Dog
    Dying here won't do anyone any good!
[04:21] Dog
    Don't you have to find your parents?!
[04:24] Momo
    I... I'm seeking the parents
    who abandoned me.
[04:28] Momo
    How can I abandon these people here?
[04:43] Momo
    Stop!
[04:46] Ogre
    Oh?
[04:47] Ogre
    Who are you, human,
    who dares defy me?
[04:53] Momo
    M-My name is... Kibitsu... Hiko... no...
[04:56] Dog
    This is no time for getting tongue-tied!
[05:02] Dog
    You fool!
[05:04] Momo
    I... I said... my name is...
[05:09] Momo
    Kibitsu-Hiko...
[05:14] Momo
    Enough!
[05:16] Momo
    My name is... this!
[05:22] Momo
    Peach Boy, born from a peach!
[05:31] Momo
    I killed it.
[05:32] Momo
    I killed it?!
[05:37] Momo
    What is this power?
[05:38] Man
    He killed it!
[05:40] Man
    He killed the ogre!
[05:45] Man
    You're amazing!
[05:47] Dog
    And so the rumors spread.
[05:50] Dog
    The people suffering ogre attacks
    in every town
[05:53] Dog
    asked Hiko for help,
[05:56] Dog
    and Hiko gave it.
[05:59] People
    Help me!
[06:00] People
    Please!
[06:03] People
    Help me!
[06:05] People
    Help!
[06:09] Dog
    When hope appears, people cling to it.
[06:11] Dog
    They never stop clinging to it.
[06:15] Dog
    And so Hiko stopped
    looking for his parents
[06:19] Dog
    and killed ogres instead.
[06:22] Dog
    He was a kind man.
[06:27] Dog
    Hiko thought that killing the ogres' leader
    would end the battle,
[06:31] Dog
    and so he headed for their base
     on Ogre Island.
[06:36] Momo
    Do you resent me?
[06:39] Momo
    You used to be the master
    of your own life.
[06:42] Momo
    Yet you've let me drag you all this way?
    All for one dumpling?
[06:45] Dog
    Hiko...
[06:47] Dog
    You've got it all wrong.
[06:49] Dog
    I came along because I wanted to!
[06:51] Dog
    All for one dumpling.
[06:54] Momo
    There's something wrong
    about seeing you smile.
[06:57] Dog
    Hey!
[07:00] Momo
    Sorry.
[07:01] Dog
    Smile, boy.
[07:03] Dog
    I love seeing your smile.
[07:15] Ogre
    You beat me.
[07:18] Ogre
    I surrender.
[07:20] Momo
    Do you remember the promise
    you made before our duel?
[07:25] Ogre
    To leave this land and never return?
[07:31] Ogre
    Very well...
[07:33] Ogre
    I'll keep my promise.
[07:35] Ogre
    But remember this:
[07:37] Ogre
    My defeat will bring the Kishin here.
[07:43] Momo
    "Kishin"?
[07:46] Ogre
    And so the land was freed from the ogres,
[07:49] Ogre
    and Hiko was named a hero.
[07:54] Ogre
    Hiko then made himself a home
    deep in the mountains.
[07:58] Ogre
    He was worried about the Kishin
    that the ogres' leader mentioned,
[08:03] Ogre
    and he didn't want to get anyone
    involved in the fight.
[08:09] Dog
    Hey...
[08:10] Dog
    Shouldn't you go see
    your mama and papa?
[08:14] Momo
    They'd yell at me if I returned
    without completing my original goal.
[08:20] Dog
    That's what he said.
[08:22] Dog
    But deep down, he was lonely.
[08:25] Dog
    I saw it in him,
    more pronounced day by day.
[08:29] Dog
    Until one day...
[08:32] Momo
    I don't see a horn,
    but you're an ogre, aren't you?
[08:36] Momo
    Did you come here to kill me?
[08:38] Gaki
    C-Certainly not...
[08:40] Gaki
    I came with a request, in fact.
[08:44] Gaki
    My name is Gaki.
[08:47] Gaki
    My appearance let me infiltrate the village
    and eat the people there.
[08:54] Gaki
    But...
[08:55] Gaki
    I fell in love.
[09:00] Gaki
    I got married. I have a child.
[09:06] Gaki
    But... But I...
[09:09] Gaki
    I ended up devouring my wife!
[09:15] Gaki
    My request is: Please kill me!
[09:21] Gaki
    Please!
[09:23] Gaki
    Peach Boy, the ogre slayer!
[09:26] Momo
    I can't do that.
[09:27] Momo
    I can see you trembling.
[09:30] Gaki
    I can't fight my ogre instincts.
[09:33] Gaki
    If this keeps up,
    I'll eat my son, as well!
[09:36] Momo
    What will happen to him,
    with you gone?
[09:38] Gaki
    I've left him with people I trust.
[09:46] Dog
    He was a kind man to the end.
[09:52] Dog
    You're concerned about that
    ogre's child, aren't you?
[09:55] Momo
    Of course I am.
[09:57] Momo
    I have to check on him, at least.
[09:58] Mi
    Die, you monster!
[10:07] Momo
    Stop this!
[10:10] Momo
    What kind of people
    treat a child this way?
[10:18] Momo
    Are you all right?
[10:21] Mi
    That thing is a monster!
[10:23] Mi
    We took it in,
[10:26] Mi
    but it has a horn on its head!
[10:28] Mi
    It's an ogre disguised as a human!
[10:33] Momo
    What does it matter
    that he has a horn?
[10:36] Momo
    Has he done anything—
[10:38] Mi
    Shut up!
[10:39] Mi
    The ogres killed my child!
[10:41] Mi
    They ate him right in front of my eyes!
[10:45] Man
    Mine, too!
[10:47] Man
    They killed my husband!
[10:48] Man
    My grandfather!
[10:49] Man
    My grandmother!
[10:50] Man
    My father!
[10:51] Man
    My mother!
[10:52] Momo
    Wait a minute!
[10:53] Momo
    This child didn't do it himself!
[10:56] Miko
    I'm... sorry.
[11:00] Miko
    I'm sorry I was born.
[11:09] Miko
    Hear me!
[11:10] Miko
    This child is under my protection!
[11:12] Dog
    Hiko!
[11:14] Momo
    It's a hollow, self-serving display of kindness.
[11:19] Momo
    But to fail to do so
    simply would be evil.
[11:22] Momo
    I want to take responsibility,
[11:24] Momo
    no matter how you hate me for it.
[11:26] Dog
    That's the day Mikoto met Hiko.
[11:32] Miko
    Please kill me.
[11:34] Miko
    I'm afraid of living.
[11:37] Miko
    And I'm tired of hurting.
[11:40] Miko
    Please...
[11:42] Momo
    Don't you want to avenge your father?
[11:48] Momo
    I'm the one who killed your father.
[11:53] Momo
    So you have a right to take revenge.
[11:57] Momo
    Cut off my head, please!
[12:02] (Flashback) Gaki
    Don't go worrying your mother now!
[12:06] (Flashback) Gaki
    You're hungry, right?
[12:11] (Flashback) All
    Monster!
[12:12] (Flashback) Gaki
    Mikoto! Mikoto!
[12:20] Dog
    Hiko!
[12:26] Momo
    You aren't strong enough
    to kill me now.
[12:33] Momo
    Listen to me.
[12:34] Momo
    You'll be far stronger
    when you grow up.
[12:38] Momo
    You'll be able to kill me then.
[12:42] Momo
    But you won't be able
    to survive that long alone.
[12:47] Momo
    So I'll take care of you.
[12:50] Miko
    No!
[12:51] Momo
    Do you want to return to your old life,
    hated and beaten?
[12:58] Momo
    I have sympathy for you.
[13:00] Momo
    I'll treat you well.
[13:05] Miko
    I will kill you!
[13:09] Dog
    Why won't you tell him?
[13:10] Momo
    About what?
[13:12] Dog
    Hiko!
[13:14] Momo
    Be quiet.
[13:15] Momo
    You'll wake the boy.
[13:17] Dog
    Just tell him!
[13:19] Dog
    Tell him that his father
    asked you to kill him!
[13:22] Dog
    Does he really need to hate you?
[13:25] Momo
    Does he need to hate me?
[13:30] Momo
    Of course he does.
[13:33] Momo
    Can you imagine it?
[13:36] Momo
    One day, his mother disappears,
[13:38] Momo
    I kill his father,
[13:41] Momo
    and the next thing he knows,
    he's all alone because he has a horn.
[13:45] Momo
    What, whom is he supposed to hate?
[13:48] Momo
    Whose fault is it
    that this happened to him?
[13:51] Momo
    Is he supposed to accept it
    simply as his lot in life?
[13:53] Momo
    I can't neglect a crying child
    before my eyes.
[13:59] Dog
    And so, Hiko's life with Mikoto began.
[14:04] Dog
    He taught him to read.
[14:06] Momo
    You're better at this than me.
[14:09] Dog
    He taught him to hunt.
[14:11] Momo
    Aim carefully before you release.
[14:14] Momo
    Amazing!
[14:17] Dog
    To make fire...
[14:21] Dog
    Hiko. How have you not killed yourself yet?
[14:34] Momo
    Doesn't that feel great?
[14:37] Momo
    How's the water?
[14:42] Momo
    Am I allowed to ask your name yet?
[14:46] Miko
    I don't want to say it.
[14:48] Miko
    My name's stupid.
[14:51] Miko
    Yours is so cool.
[14:55] Momo
    You want it, then?
[15:00] Momo
    You can have my name.
[15:03] Dog
    Hiko and Mikoto were like brothers.
[15:06] Dog
    I believed they'd found the
    happiness each was due.
[15:09] Dog
    But that would all soon end.
[15:19] Jii
    We have arrived.
    Lord Kishin, Noburega.
SIGN    God of Laws
    Noburega
[15:28] Miko
    Master Hiko?
[15:29] Momo
    Mikoto. Today is your coming-of-age.
[15:33] Momo
    You remember what I said?
[15:35] Momo
    You can kill me now.
[15:36] Miko
    Master Hiko... what are you...
[15:42] Miko
    I won't do it!
[15:46] Dog
    Hiko. Why did you do that?
[15:51] Dog
    Are there ogres nearby?
[15:53] Momo
    No... they're still distant.
[15:56] Momo
    But it's the Kishin.
[16:02] Momo
    I've been looking for you.
[16:04] Miko
    I want to stay here forever.
[16:06] Miko
    Please let me.
[16:09] Momo
    Go on a journey.
[16:12] Momo
    There are people in this world
    who will accept you.
[16:17] Momo
    I'll be with you. Don't be afraid.
[16:21] Momo
    Do you hate me?
[16:23] Miko
    I despise you.
[16:25] Miko
    But...
[16:27] Miko
    Please don't hate me.
[16:30] Miko
    Do you really think there are people
    in the outside world who'll accept me?
[16:35] Momo
    Of course there are.
[16:36] Momo
    But humans are cowards.
[16:38] Momo
    They'll be hostile to people who are different,
    or people with great power.
[16:45] Momo
    I know.
[16:46] Momo
    Let's make a promise.
[16:48] Miko
    A promise?
[16:49] Momo
    Smile.
[16:52] Momo
    Whenever something bad happens,
[16:53] Momo
    whenever it's hard,
    and you feel like crying,
[16:55] Momo
    brush it off with a smile.
[16:59] Momo
    As long as you do that,
    I will always protect you.
[17:02] Momo
    I'll risk my life to save you.
[17:05] Momo
    Together forever.
[17:07] Momo
    Right?
[17:10] Miko
    Sure.
[17:17] Miko
    I've got a bad feeling about this.
[17:19] Miko
    I know this feeling.
[17:25] Miko
    It's the same feeling
    as when my father went missing!
[17:29] Dog
    Wait!
[17:31] Dog
    You mustn't go any farther.
[17:33] Miko
    Master Hiko is there, isn't he?
[17:35] Miko
    Please let me through!
[17:37] Dog
    No!
[17:38] Dog
    Return home!
[17:40] Miko
    Move!
[17:41] Dog
    I will not.
[17:47] Dog
    Stay away! Mikoto!
[17:59] Momo
    Am I... going to die?
[18:05] Momo
    It hasn't been a bad life.
[18:08] Momo
    That's all right.
[18:09] Momo
    I've done enough.
[18:11] Momo
    Don't worry.
[18:12] Momo
    The child will be able to smile,
    even without me.
[18:31] Momo
    Getting your distance to finish me off?
[18:35] Momo
    As if I pose any threat...
[18:39] Momo
    I can't even move anymore.
[18:43] Momo
    Ah, the moon's out?
[18:48] Momo
    It looks just like a millet dumpling.
[18:51] Momo
    Why...
[18:53] Momo
    Why did you come here?
[18:57] Momo
    Look at you, crying...
[19:00] Miko
    Why...
[19:02] Momo
    I lost.
[19:04] Momo
    Run. Hurry.
[19:07] Miko
    No!
[19:08] Momo
    Mikoto!
[19:09] Miko
    No!
[19:11] Momo
    I'm going to die.
[19:15] Miko
    No... no!
[19:18] Momo
    I can't even pat his head now.
[19:23] Momo
    Then...
[19:27] Momo
    Mikoto, listen closely.
[19:30] Momo
    You're about to head out
    on your journey.
[19:33] Momo
    You'll have to learn to accept yourself,
    and other people.
[19:39] Miko
    I can't do it.
[19:41] Miko
    There's no point in living
    without you.
[19:44] Miko
    Life's dark and scary
    and full of people who hate me.
[19:47] Momo
    Do you remember our promise?
[19:50] Momo
    If you smile, I'll protect you.
[19:55] Momo
    I can't promise
    we'll be together forever, but...
[19:59] Momo
    You can take my sword instead.
[20:03] Momo
    To protect yourself and others.
[20:06] Momo
    To find what's important to you.
[20:09] Momo
    To take pride in the fact
    that you're alive.
[20:12] Momo
    And... just so that
    you can smile every day.
[20:25] Miko
    Master Hiko...
[20:27] Miko
    What is this?
[20:30] Miko
    Master Hiko?
[20:44] Miko
    Master Hiko...
[20:46] Miko
    I'm not a good boy.
[20:49] Miko
    I'm always been very defiant.
[20:52] Miko
    There's something I've wanted.
[20:55] Miko
    I've wanted...
[20:57] Miko
    For a very long time...
[21:06] Miko
    Master Hiko.
[21:08] Miko
    Master Hiko.
[21:10] Miko
    Master Hiko.
[21:14] Miko
    Master Hiko.
[21:15] Miko
    I love you.
[21:21] Nobu
    The battle between ogres
    and humans will never end.
[21:25] Miko
    Yes, it will.
[21:38] Miko
    Because I'll kill you all!
[21:46] Miko
    Master Hiko...
[21:47] Mill
    Did you say something?
[21:50] Mill
    Talking in his sleep?
[21:52] Dog
    He's having a bad dream, perhaps.
[21:56] Dog
    Listen, Hiko...
[21:58] Dog
    Ever since that day,
    Mikoto's had a hole in his heart.
[22:03] Dog
    No amount of ogre-slaying
    will ever fill that hole.
[22:08] Dog
    Not until he meets someone
    he can share a smile with
[22:12] Dog
    from the bottom of his heart.
SIGN    Horror and Resentment
[23:46] ---
    Next time: "Horror and Resentment."