E11 - The Blue Hollyhock Dawns

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SIGN    Aoi Nanamori
[00:11] Himari
    Are you...?
[00:13] Younger Aoi
    I'm Aoi. Aoi Nanamori.
[00:20] Younger Aoi
    Now, let me tell you of my past.
[00:25] Aoi
    You mustn't look at me.
SIGN    You mustn't look at me.
[02:01] Himari
    Where are we?
[02:02] Younger Aoi
    In the story of my past, of course.
SIGN    Episode 11 The Blue Hollyhock Dawns
[02:05] Himari
    You mean this whole world is your past?
[02:08] Younger Aoi
    Yeah.
[02:09] Younger Aoi
    This is the house I was born in.
[02:12] Younger Aoi
    And... that's my dad.
[02:17] Himari
    That's your father?
[02:19] Younger Aoi
    He was a quiet man who spent a lot
    of time away from home for work.
[02:31] Himari
    Aoi, you're so cute!
[02:34] Himari
    So full of energy!
[02:37] Younger Aoi
    I guess I was a bit more restless back then.
[02:43] Himari
    Is that your mom?
[02:45] Younger Aoi
    Yeah.
[02:45] Himari
    She's beautiful. You look just like her!
[02:48] Himari
    But... is she not well?
[02:53] Younger Aoi
    She was sick.
[02:55] Younger Aoi
    It was hard for her to stay up.
    She was always resting in bed.
[02:58] Younger Aoi
    But she was really nice to me.
[03:04] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    Mommy!
[03:07] (Flashback) Aoi's Mom
    Aoi.
[03:08] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    I'm playing hide-and-seek.
[03:09] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    Let me hide in here!
[03:11] (Flashback) Aoi's Mom
    Playing hide-and-seek? With who?
[03:13] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    With all my siblings!
[03:15] (Flashback) Aoi's Mom
    Okay then.
[03:17] (Flashback) Brother A
    Aoi, found you!
[03:19] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    Aw, you caught me.
[03:21] (Flashback) Girl in Kimono
    You're it next, Aoi!
[03:23] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    Okay, big sis!
[03:26] Himari
    That's your sister?
    So those are all your siblings?
[03:38] Himari
    Is this...?
[03:40] Younger Aoi
    My mom died.
[03:44] Younger Aoi
    And...
[03:52] Younger Aoi
    Everyone else went away, too.
[03:56] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    Please! Dad!
[03:58] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    Where did my siblings go?
[03:59] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    Where is everyone?!
[04:01] (Flashback) Aoi's Dad
    Everyone? Aoi, you've always
    played alone, haven't you?
[04:11] Younger Aoi
    My dad never saw them.
[04:14] Himari
    That's terrible...
[04:15] Younger Aoi
    My mom may have realized
     what was happening,
[04:21] Younger Aoi
    but I was the only one who
    could see the other kids.
[04:26] Himari
    You mean they were zashiki-warashi?
[04:28] Younger Aoi
    Probably. Certainly not denizens
    of the human world.
[04:33] Himari
    So you've always been able to see strange
    things, ever since you were little.
[04:40] Younger Aoi
    The house was so quiet with just
    my dad, it was almost scary.
[04:46] Himari
    You were so happy just a second ago...
[04:50] Himari
    Aoi...
[04:51] Younger Aoi
    My father must have been worried
    about me being so closed off.
[04:57] Younger Aoi
    A year after my mother died, I got a new mom.
[05:03] Himari
    So your dad remarried.
[05:05] Younger Aoi
    Since I was so young,
    I think he thought I needed a mother.
[05:11] Himari
    Your new mom looks full of life and kindness.
[05:15] Younger Aoi
    Yeah.
[05:17] Younger Aoi
    I could get along with her...
[05:19] Younger Aoi
    Or so I thought.
[05:23] (Flashback) Stepmom
    Aoi-kun, what are you doing?
[05:25] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    Mom...
[05:28] (Flashback) Stepmom
    Aoi-kun? What's the matter?
[05:36] (Flashback) Aoi
    I'm sorry. I just saw...
    something black on your shoulder.
[05:45] (Flashback) Stepmom
    I wonder if Aoi-kun makes up stories
    because he doesn't like me.
[05:50] (Flashback) Aoi's Dad
    That's not true.
[05:53] Himari
    Then your new mom couldn't
     see ayakashi, either.
[05:57] Younger Aoi
    That's the norm.
[05:59] Younger Aoi
    And when you aren't normal, it's hard
    for you to express and for others to accept.
[06:05] Younger Aoi
    Besides, I was too young
    to understand back then.
[06:09] Younger Aoi
    That those black things are called ayakashi,
    and many of them don't have good intentions.
[06:17] Himari
    Were the ayakashi after you, Aoi?
[06:20] Younger Aoi
    Yes. They were all coming for me.
[06:25] Younger Aoi
    So I did everything I could to isolate myself.
[06:29] Younger Aoi
    I parted ways with an important friend.
[06:32] Himari
    Hidaka-kun...
[06:34] Younger Aoi
    And I tried to stay away
    from my parents, but...
[06:40] (Flashback) Stepmom
    Hey! Why won't you come home in time for
    dinner no matter how many times I tell you?!
[06:48] (Flashback) Stepmom
    Look at me!
[06:56] (Flashback) Stepmom
    Don't you understand how
    much I worry about you?
[06:59] (Flashback) Stepmom
    Why are you looking at me like that?
[07:01] (Flashback) Stepmom
    Do you really dislike me that much?
[07:04] (Flashback) Stepmom
    What do you want?!
    For me to leave this house?!
[07:09] Himari
    This is too much...
[07:13] Younger Aoi
    She was pregnant at the time.
[07:16] Younger Aoi
    So I think she was more sensitive then.
[07:19] Himari
    Still, you're family.
[07:22] Himari
    Why did you have to suffer alone like that?
[07:26] Himari
    All because you were a little different...
[07:29] Younger Aoi
    I don't know.
[07:31] Younger Aoi
    Maybe there isn't really a reason.
[07:34] Younger Aoi
    This was all part of my destiny.
[07:37] Himari
    Destiny?
[07:40] Younger Aoi
    That was around the time I met him.
[07:44] Himari
    Nachi-sensei...
[07:46] Younger Aoi
    It was the first I'd met someone
    who could see ayakashi like me.
[07:51] Younger Aoi
    That's why I trusted him, looked up to him.
[07:55] (Flashback) Nachi
    Aoi-kun, everyone else may
    be happier if you went away.
[08:02] Younger Aoi
    I thought to myself, "Maybe he's right."
[08:06] Younger Aoi
    "Since the ayakashi are all drawn to me,
[08:09] Younger Aoi
    I should distance myself
    from everyone and live alone."
[08:13] Himari
    How awful...
[08:14] Younger Aoi
    But...
[08:17] Younger Aoi
    The truth was...
[08:18] Younger Aoi
    I didn't want to.
[08:21] Younger Aoi
    I wanted to get along with my stepmom.
[08:29] (Flashback) Younger Aoi
    Listen, Mom, um...
[08:32] Twin Ayakashi
    It'd be better if you didn't exist.
[08:36] Twin Ayakashi
    You can hear me, can't you?
[08:38] Twin Ayakashi
    You're better off gone! Go away!
[08:43] Younger Aoi
    Next thing I knew,
    I was running up the mountain.
[08:47] Younger Aoi
    All I could do was flee.
[08:49] Younger Aoi
    Because of me, my unborn sibling in my
    mom's belly had become an ayakashi.
[08:59] Younger Aoi
    I had to run from that fear and guilt...
[09:02] Younger Aoi
    and I eventually reached Momochi House.
[09:05] Younger Aoi
    You already know everything
    that happened afterward.
[09:09] Younger Aoi
    Himari Momochi...
[09:16] Younger Aoi
    Do you pity me?
[09:19] Younger Aoi
    Then are you scared? Sad?
[09:21] Himari
    I don't know. I feel so many things...
[09:26] Himari
    This was your past.
    I'm sorry for overstepping.
[09:30] Himari
    You probably didn't want
    to be reminded of it...
[09:33] Himari
    You probably wanted to forget. I'm sorry.
[09:37] Himari
    But thank you for showing me.
[09:40] Himari
    I won't cry anymore.
[09:42] Himari
    So I can go back and find you.
[09:48] Younger Aoi
    "Go back"?
[09:49] Younger Aoi
    There's no going back, is there?
[09:53] Younger Aoi
    Stay here forever.
[10:05] Himari
    A-Aoi, what is...
[10:07] Younger Aoi
    This is my "destiny." What I've carried
    ever since I was born into this life.
[10:12] Younger Aoi
    Thanks to this, I possessed an unnatural
    amount of power for a human.
[10:25] Younger Aoi
    Why are you running away?
[10:28] Younger Aoi
    Don't go. Stay with me...
[10:33] Torii
    No!
[10:35] Torii
    Don't look back at the past!
[10:37] Torii
    It's okay! You're almost out!
[10:49] Himari
    Who are you...?
[10:51] Torii
    Good luck, Himari-chan.
[10:54] Himari
    Wait!
[10:58] Himari
    Thank you, Torii-san.
[11:07] Himari
    Aoi!
[11:09] Nachi
    What?!
[11:10] Aoi
    Himari!
[11:12] Himari
    I finally found you, Aoi!
[11:27] Nachi
    How did you...?
[11:28] Himari
    I passed through the spiritual realm.
[11:30] Nachi
    B-But you're a mortal with no powers!
[11:34] Aoi
    Endangering yourself like that...
[11:36] Himari
    I couldn't have done it on my own.
[11:39] Himari
    But Granny Cat, Torii-san,
    the gatekeeper at the Shelf of Hearts...
[11:44] Himari
    It sucks to admit, but even Kasha.
[11:46] Himari
    I did it with everyone's help.
[11:48] Nachi
    Ayakashi helping people? What nonsense!
[11:52] Himari
    Enough of this, Nachi-sensei!
[11:54] Himari
    Let everyone go!
[11:56] Nachi
    Our lives have been turned upside
    down all because of ayakashi.
[12:01] Nachi
    The fear of scorn from our own parents,
[12:03] Nachi
    the loneliness of no one understanding us...
[12:06] Nachi
    The only way to be rid this pain
    is to eliminate ayakashi altogether.
[12:12] Nachi
    Aoi-kun is just like me.
[12:15] Nachi
    I'm the only one who can understand hi—
[12:17] Himari
    You're nothing alike!
[12:19] Himari
    Aoi's not like you.
[12:20] Himari
    Not even a little!
[12:22] Nachi
    What could you possibly know?!
[12:25] Himari
    Sure, I have no idea the pain
     you and Aoi went through.
[12:30] Himari
    But I understand his joy!
[12:33] Himari
    Because Aoi never gave up!
[12:38] Himari
    Aoi was strong enough to endure
    his painful past and still smile.
[12:43] Himari
    That's why, Nachi-sensei,
    you're nothing like him!
[12:47] Aoi
    Himari...
[12:50] Nachi
    Silence!
[12:53] Nachi
    What?!
[12:55] Himari
    Aoi?
[12:56] Aoi
    Himari, are you okay?
[13:02] Himari
    Aoi, you're bleeding!
[13:04] Aoi
    I'm okay.
[13:05] Nachi
    Impossible... You forced
    your way out of my spell?
[13:09] Nachi
    The pain alone should be unbearable.
[13:11] Nachi
    That spell could easily backfire
    and consume your very soul.
[13:15] Aoi
    This pain is nothing, especially since...
[13:19] Aoi
    Himari went through so much for me.
     It's my turn now.
[13:25] Himari
    Aoi...
[13:26] Aoi
    Listen, I can't help you.
[13:31] Aoi
    I won't be bound by you anymore.
[13:34] Nachi
    You're being deceived!
[13:36] Nachi
    Just forget all of this and we can
    go back to being happy together.
[13:40] Aoi
    I'm already happy.
[13:43] Aoi
    Even though I possess powers
    I never asked for, I have family
[13:47] Aoi
    who showed me that wasn't the end.
[13:50] Aoi
    Besides, you have to face pain
    to protect what's important to you.
[13:57] Aoi
    That's the true meaning of strength.
[14:00] Aoi
    Himari taught me so.
[14:02] Himari
    Aoi...
[14:04] Aoi
    I won't run anymore. I've accepted
    it all, and I'm moving on!
[14:14] Nachi
    What?! You're the one
    who towers over the others...
[14:18] Nachi
    Nue, the king of ayakashi!
[14:22] Nue
    Takamura Nachi, you were
    simply lonely, were you not?
[14:27] Nachi
    What?
[14:28] Nue
    You can easily steal the freedom
    of others with your spell.
[14:33] Nue
    If all you wanted was to take
    advantage of me as a child,
[14:35] Nue
    you could have used your magic
     from the beginning.
[14:38] Nue
    Yet you never tried to enchant me.
[14:42] Nachi
    That's because...
[14:43] Nue
    Your true desire for Momochi House,
    seated between the spiritual and human worlds,
[14:49] Nue
    wasn't to rule ayakashi nor to
    gain the power of the Omamori-sama.
[14:54] Nue
    It was to find those who will
    stand by you and understand...
[14:57] Nue
    To find family, was it not?
[15:00] Nachi
    Find family? With ayakashi?
[15:04] Nachi
    Don't talk as if you know me, you monster!
[15:08] Nue
    Futile.
[15:13] Himari
    Aoi!
[15:18] Nachi
    Seven years... I waited seven years.
[15:25] Nachi
    You won't be able to stop me
    with something so stupid!
[15:37] Nue
    Himari, stand back.
[15:42] Nue
    By the order of the Omamori,
    I order you, my shikigami...
[15:47] Nue
    Regain your true powers!
[15:54] Nue
    Go forth! My blood and flesh, my shikigami!
[15:57] Yukari/Ise
    As you wish!
[15:58] Nachi
    Shikigami! Annihilate them!
[16:01] Yukari
    I won't stand by for any more of this!
[16:05] Yukari
    The harm you caused Ryujin-sama...
[16:07] Yukari
    The pain you caused Aoi and Himari...
[16:10] Yukari
    We'll make sure you pay for your evildoing!
[16:12] Ise
    If anyone picks a fight with me,
[16:14] Ise
    I'll return the favor a billionfold!
[16:16] Ise
    It's about to get real hot!
[16:22] Ise
    Want some more?!
[16:31] Yukari
    It's useless.
[16:33] Ise
    These guys are nothing.
    I could do this forever.
[16:38] Himari
    Nachi-sensei, please...
[16:42] Nue
    It's over. You won't get your wish.
[16:46] Nachi
    Out of my way...
[16:53] Nachi
    I won't allow anyone
    to stand in the way of my wish!
[17:12] Tamamo
    O-Our house!
[17:14] Karakasa
    She's going down!
[17:16] Himari
    S-Sensei?! What's wrong?!
[17:20] Nue
    He's lost control.
[17:22] Nue
    Nachi cast a spell on himself to gain
    powers beyond human limits.
[17:27] Nue
    But having no ability to tame it,
     he's turning into an oni.
[17:33] Himari
    An oni?
[17:34] Nue
    Oni are ayakashi born from human hearts.
[17:38] Nue
    Acting with hatred for ayakashi
    and resentment for humans,
[17:41] Nue
    he has wrought his way to his destiny's doom.
[17:50] Ise
    Damn it, he's really about
    to blow up the house?!
[17:53] Yukari
    This isn't good. Without Momochi House,
[17:55] Yukari
    the barrier between the spiritual realm
    and human world will fall.
[17:59] Yukari
    Evil beings would come flooding out!
[18:01] Nue
    I suppose there's no choice.
[18:03] Himari
    Aoi, you can't...
[18:05] Nue
    At this point, it's too late.
[18:08] Nue
    He must be purged without a trace.
[18:10] Himari
    D-Don't say that. There must be another way!
[18:13] Nue
    Even I cannot separate only the oni
     from his original being.
[18:18] Nue
    The only way to save him is to cleanse
    him altogether, his hatred and all.
[18:24] Himari
    We need to separate the oni?
[18:28] Himari
    In that case...
[18:30] Nue
    Himari!
[18:31] Ise
    Hey!
[18:32] Yukari
    What are you—
[18:35] Himari
    Nachi-sensei, do you remember
    when we first met?
[18:40] Himari
    Believe me, I know you're a good person.
[18:44] Himari
    But right now, there's an oni
    overpowering you inside.
[18:50] Himari
    So... So to the oni inside
     Nachi-sensei's heart, I say...
[18:54] Himari
    Get out!
[19:14] Nue
    Himari!
[19:30] Nue
    I don't believe it.
[19:31] Nue
    You truly expelled the oni.
[19:36] Himari
    Is Nachi-sensei...?
[19:38] Nue
    Yes, he's fine now. Himari, you saved him.
[19:45] Himari
    Th-Thank... goodness...
[19:49] Nue
    Himari!
[19:51] Yukari
    Blowback from the curse...
[19:54] Yukari
    I've never seen something so wicked.
[19:57] Aoi
    Himari, I'm sorry...
[20:18] Aoi
    Himari?!
[20:21] Himari
    Aoi...
[20:23] Himari
    You're naked.
[20:25] Aoi
    Huh?
[20:28] Aoi
    Is that what you're worried about?
[20:42] Yukari
    Here, Aoi. Put this on.
[20:44] Aoi
    Thanks, Yukari.
[20:47] Ise
    Jeez, you had us worried.
[20:49] Himari
    Sorry, sorry!
[20:55] Himari
    Nachi-sensei?
[21:03] Himari
    Sensei...
[21:11] Nachi
    This eye of mine no longer
    reflects the world...
[21:15] Nachi
    Neither of humans nor ayakashi.
[21:18] Nachi
    Rather, I should say I never truly
    saw anything. Not even myself.
[21:26] Nachi
    But...
[21:29] Nachi
    even then, I...
[21:32] Kasha
    With its wings clipped,
    the crow can only crawl the earth.
[21:37] Kasha
    Fitting for a fiend.
[21:40] Kasha
    Perhaps he'll drown in the endless
    suffering of the human world,
[21:46] Kasha
    or perhaps he'll burn his heart with hate
     to become an oni once again.
[21:52] Kasha
    I can't be bothered to find out,
[21:56] Kasha
    but I wonder what path you'll choose...
[22:01] Kasha
    as you dance between human and ayakashi,
[22:05] Kasha
    my dear, beautiful Nue.
[23:45] Aoi
    Listen, Himari, the truth is... I...
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