# E4 - Crimson Burns the Dark
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**[00:06] (Flashback) Younger Aoi**
That completes the agreement.
**[00:09] (Flashback) Younger Aoi**
We'll have forever to get
to know each other, Ise.
**[00:12] Ise**
*It started as something out of my hands.*
**[00:15] Ise**
*A pact that had to be made.*
**[00:17] Ise**
*And yet...*
**[00:20] Aoi**
You mustn't look at me.
***SIGN*** You mustn't look at me.
***SIGN*** Episode 4 Crimson Burns the Dark
**[01:58] Aoi**
Another seal...
**[02:00] Yukari**
We haven't seen any major
issues as of yet, but...
**[02:03] Yukari**
This is the third today alone.
**[02:05] Yukari**
Hardly ordinary.
**[02:06] Aoi**
All because we let Kasha in Momochi House...
**[02:12] Ise**
Kasha...
**[02:17] Aoi**
Quick! Get ready to restore the seal!
**[02:19] Yukari/Ise**
As you wish!
**[02:20] Aoi**
We must nip every risk of danger in the bud.
**[02:24] Aoi**
Himari needs me to protect her.
**[02:28] Himari**
I'm home!
**[02:34] Himari**
Hmm... Something's making me kind of uneasy.
**[02:40] Himari**
I'm back!
**[02:41] Himari**
Huh? What's wrong with you guys?
**[02:44] Lesser yokai**
Himari!
**[02:46] Daikon**
Somethin's real fishy!
**[02:47] Namazu**
I've got shivers!
**[02:49] Himari**
So you guys feel it, too?
**[02:51] Himari**
I thought the house seemed weird.
**[02:54] Onmoraki**
I'm ashamed!
**[02:55] Onmoraki**
To think a great demon—I mean *that man*
could shake me like this!
**[02:59] Himari**
"That man"?
**[03:04] Himari**
You mean Kasha?
**[03:07] Taikomochi**
Y-You musn't invoke his name so carelessly!
**[03:11] Zushi**
The ayakashi world has a strict hierarchy!
**[03:14] Zushi**
I'm sure you humans wouldn't understand.
**[03:17] Zushi**
Ancient ayakashi and those of noble
lineage possess great spiritual powers.
**[03:23] Zushi**
Among them, *he* is in a class of his own.
**[03:26] Taikomochi**
We lesser yokai can scarcely say the great
Kasha-sama's name without trembling!
**[03:35] Himari**
Kasha-*sama*, huh?
**[03:37] Zushi**
I-I am a shikigami to Nue-sama!
**[03:40] Zushi**
His greatness cannot be rivaled!
**[03:43] Zushi**
I-I'm not a-afraid of any K-Kasha...
**[03:45] Himari**
Doesn't look like it.
**[03:47] Zushi**
I'm not!
**[03:48] Himari**
*I didn't realize he was such a big deal.*
**[03:49] Zushi**
Scared, me?! Not a chance!
**[03:51] Himari**
Wait, but Yukari-san and Ise
didn't seem to fear him.
**[03:57] Zushi**
How could you be so ignorant?!
**[04:00] Himari**
What's that mean?
**[04:01] Zushi**
Listen here, you.
**[04:02] Zushi**
Yukari-sama and Ise-sama
are both of high status.
**[04:05] Zushi**
You should feel lucky
to even get to speak with them!
**[04:09] Zushi**
Yukari-sama the Mizuchi
is a great yokai who lives eternal.
**[04:13] Zushi**
And while still young, Ise-sama is of
the noble ayakashi lineage of Shojo!
**[04:18] Himari**
I can see Yukari-san being a great yokai...
**[04:23] Himari**
But Ise? Some upper-crust nepo baby? No way.
**[04:26] Zushi**
How rude!
**[04:28] Zushi**
Shojo are remarkable!
**[04:30] Zushi**
Their bodies aflame in crimson,
their roars are heard across seas!
**[04:34] Zushi**
They are feared and respected
as great legendary yokai!
**[04:40] Himari**
Great legendary yokai, huh?
**[04:42] Himari**
*There's still so much I don't know.*
**[04:46] Himari**
* Not just about my parents,*
* but also Yukari-san, Ise, and even Aoi.*
**[04:52] Himari**
*So for now...*
**[04:53] Himari**
Okay!
**[05:02] Yukari**
Well done.
**[05:04] Ise**
How are you feeling?
**[05:05] Aoi**
I'm fine. The individual rifts aren't so bad.
**[05:09] Aoi**
Yet that's precisely the part
that doesn't make sense.
**[05:13] Aoi**
Why would he use some trick
to break seals one at a time?
**[05:17] Aoi**
And how did he manage it?
**[05:19] Ise**
He's just trying to get under your skin.
**[05:21] Yukari**
It's vexing.
**[05:23] Yukari**
But for the time being, our only option
is to check each seal one by one.
**[05:27] Aoi**
What could Kasha possibly be up to?
**[05:31] Himari**
Aoi!
**[05:32] Himari**
I finally found you.
**[05:34] Aoi**
What are you doing so far in here?
**[05:36] Himari**
I want to ask you about Kasha.
**[05:39] Aoi**
Kasha?
**[05:41] Himari**
I get that you have your reasons, but...
**[05:47] Aoi**
If I tell you, what will
you do for me in return?
**[05:51] Himari**
I-I'm not falling for that today!
**[05:54] Himari**
Fine! If Aoi doesn't feel
like talking, then Ise!
**[05:57] Himari**
You're a fire-wielding ayakashi, right?
**[06:00] Himari**
So you're basically the same, right?
**[06:01] Himari**
You must know something...
**[06:04] Ise**
Don't lump me in with him!
**[06:06] Ise**
Our flames are totally different colors!
**[06:08] Himari**
Oh, right...
**[06:09] Ise**
His dark fire virtually consumes everything.
**[06:14] Ise**
Mine, on the other hand,
incinerates anything like hellfire!
**[06:18] Ise**
Don't underestimate me, human!
**[06:20] Himari**
So you're stronger than him?
**[06:22] Ise**
'Course I am, idiot!
**[06:24] Ise**
Although...
**[06:26] Ise**
I left all that bullshit between ayakashi
behind when I became Aoi's shikigami.
**[06:32] Ise**
After all this time, I'd rather not
deal with bastards like Kasha.
**[06:37] Himari**
Oh, okay...
**[06:41] Himari**
But still, Ise, could you incinerate
that stuff Kasha left?
**[06:44] Ise**
You... Did you hear a word I said?!
**[06:47] Yukari**
What on earth are you talking about, Himari?
**[06:49] Himari**
What? I mean, it's creepy
and annoying, isn't it?
**[06:53] Himari**
Having Kasha's mark or whatever
all over the house like this...
**[06:58] Aoi/Yukari/Ise**
His mark?
**[06:59] Himari**
They won't rub off, either.
**[07:01] Himari**
They're clearly no ordinary scribbles.
**[07:04] Aoi**
Wait, Himari. Do you see something?
**[07:07] Himari**
Huh? You guys don't?
**[07:10] Himari**
There are black wheels all around the house.
**[07:14] Himari**
They're so over the top.
It just screams "Kasha."
**[07:18] Himari**
Look. There's another one.
**[07:30] Aoi**
Watch out!
**[07:36] Yukari**
That's—
**[07:37] Aoi**
It's Gozu! Kasha must've set a trap.
**[07:52] Kasha**
I caught you, Nue.
**[07:54] Himari**
Aoi!
**[07:55] Yukari/Ise**
Nue-sama!
**[07:58] Nue**
Stay back.
**[08:00] Nue**
You mustn't draw near...
**[08:02] Ise**
Those ropes! They're draining his power!
**[08:05] Yukari**
So it's a curse directed at Nue-sama!
**[08:08] Himari**
Aoi!
**[08:14] Ise**
Nue-sama!
**[08:15] Yukari**
Halt!
**[08:16] Ise**
To hell with that!
At this rate, Nue-sama will...
**[08:18] Yukari**
Kasha's fire absorbs spiritual power.
**[08:21] Yukari**
Haphazard attacks
will only make things worse.
**[08:23] Ise**
Fine!
**[08:23] Ise**
I'll burn it all down
with a more powerful flame!
**[08:26] Yukari**
Don't, Ise!
**[08:29] Ise**
You keep him distracted!
**[08:35] Ise**
I'll take care of this side!
**[08:36] Yukari**
You mustn't, Ise!
**[08:38] Yukari**
If you unleash your power now...
**[08:52] Himari**
That's Ise's true form... The Shojo.
**[09:00] Himari**
There! He did it!
**[09:05] Himari**
Ise? What's wrong?!
**[09:08] Yukari**
This is bad.
**[09:09] Yukari**
He's losing control!
**[09:11] Himari**
Losing control?
**[09:12] Yukari**
By our pact as shikigami,
our spiritual powers are bound to Nue-sama.
**[09:17] Yukari**
But with Nue-sama neutralized,
**[09:20] Yukari**
our bonds as shikigami have all but severed.
**[09:23] Himari**
Then what'll happen to Ise?
**[09:25] Yukari**
At this rate, Ise could very well incinerate
himself and succumb to his own flames.
**[09:30] Himari**
No!
**[09:40] Himari**
Ise!
**[09:50] Ise**
*No way can I go down!*
**[09:52] Ise**
*I gotta protect my friends!*
**[09:55] Ise**
*This time for sure!*
**[09:57] Ise**
*So...*
**[10:18] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Ise-dono!
**[10:20] (Flashback) Ise**
C'mon. You got chased down
by an evil ayakashi again?
**[10:23] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Yes, as pathetic as that is.
Thank you for saving me.
**[10:26] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
You were brilliant, Ise-dono!
**[10:29] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Evil ayakashi scatter at once
with a flash of your flames!
**[10:32] (Flashback) Ise**
Y-Yeah...
**[10:35] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Just what you'd expect from a young
warrior of the noble Shojo clan!
**[10:40] (Flashback) Ise**
I wouldn't know, since I've been exiled.
**[10:43] (Flashback) Ise**
They even went out of
their way to put this on me.
**[10:47] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
What's that?
**[10:48] (Flashback) Ise**
They cast a curse on it.
**[10:50] (Flashback) Ise**
If I unleash my power in the human world,
my entire body will rot away.
**[10:54] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
H-How cruel!
**[10:57] (Flashback) Ise**
I was already the black sheep of the clan.
**[11:01] (Flashback) Ise**
"A fool who disobeys our proud clan's rules."
**[11:04] (Flashback) Ise**
"The disgraceful youngest child." And so on.
**[11:10] (Flashback) Ise**
Honestly, I'm glad I got away
from that suffocating clan!
**[11:14] (Flashback) Ise**
I don't have an ounce of regret,
and I certainly don't miss anyone!
**[11:20] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Ise-dono...
**[11:22] (Flashback) Ise**
Anyway, I bet you were on your way to that
spring to steal a peek of the human world.
**[11:28] (Flashback) Ise**
I was about to take a walk myself.
I'll go with you.
**[11:30] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Why, yes!
**[11:31] (Flashback) Ise**
Seriously, what's so
entertaining about humans?
**[11:35] Ise**
* What a weird dude, sticking with someone*
* like me even though he's so weak...*
**[11:41] Ise**
* But you know, it wouldn't be so bad*
* if things stayed this way,*
**[11:45] Ise**
* just hanging out with him*
* and living the chill life.*
**[11:51] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Ise-dono, could you please
take me to the human world?
**[11:55] (Flashback) Ise**
What's up with you?
**[11:56] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
I'd like to see humans more up close.
**[11:59] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
They're so interesting!
**[12:01] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
My heart warms to see their connections
with what they call "family" and "friends."
**[12:06] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
It makes me happy.
**[12:08] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
I would want the same for you, Ise-dono.
**[12:10] (Flashback) Ise**
Family and friends, eh?
**[12:13] (Flashback) Ise**
What good are those for an ayakashi?
**[12:16] (Flashback) Ise**
I don't get it, but...
**[12:27] (Flashback) Ise**
Fine.
**[12:28] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Thank you so much!
**[12:38] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Where are we?
**[12:39] (Flashback) Ise**
A house that apparently sits on the border
between the human world and spiritual realm.
**[12:44] (Flashback) Ise**
If we go through here and climb the mountain,
**[12:47] (Flashback) Ise**
we'll reach a town in the human world.
**[12:49] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
How wonderful!
**[12:59] (Flashback) Ise**
I won't let you hurt him.
**[13:12] (Flashback) Ise**
Burn in hell!
**[13:25] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
I-Ise-dono!
**[13:28] (Flashback) Ise**
You're not hurt, are you?
**[13:31] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Ise-dono!
**[13:42] (Flashback) Ise**
Where am I?
**[13:44] (Flashback) Ise**
I can't move...
**[13:47] (Flashback) Ise**
Oh, right.
**[13:49] (Flashback) Ise**
I broke the rule, which means the curse...
**[13:57] (Flashback) Ise**
A human?
**[13:58] (Flashback) Ise**
Who the hell are you?
**[14:00] (Flashback) Aoi**
I'm Aoi. Some call me the Omamori-sama.
**[14:04] (Flashback) Ise**
The Omamori-sama...?
**[14:06] (Flashback) Aoi**
If we don't do something,
you're going to die.
**[14:10] (Flashback) Aoi**
But if you become my shikigami,
you'll be okay.
**[14:12] (Flashback) Aoi**
Yukari told me so.
**[14:14] (Flashback) Ise**
Why would a human kid save a yokai?
**[14:17] (Flashback) Ise**
Are you after my powers?
**[14:19] (Flashback) Aoi**
No, your friend asked me to help.
**[14:23] (Flashback) Ise**
My friend?
**[14:25] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Ise-dono!
**[14:29] (Flashback) Ise**
You! What happened to you?
**[14:32] (Flashback) Aoi**
He used up all of his power to protect you.
**[14:37] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
I'm afraid I've remained pathetic
until the very end...
**[14:42] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
But I'm glad I could see you
one last time, Ise-dono.
**[14:47] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Omamori-sama, I beg you to please save him.
**[14:51] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Ise-dono is stronger and
kinder than anyone I know.
**[14:54] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
He's very important to me.
**[14:59] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Thank goodness...
**[15:02] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Ise-dono, thank you for everything.
**[15:05] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
I finally realized...
**[15:08] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
The time I spent with you was
like a warm mid-afternoon dream.
**[15:14] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
It was a precious treasure to cherish.
**[15:17] (Flashback) Ise**
You...
**[15:19] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
Please live on.
**[15:22] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
I wish for your eternal happiness.
**[15:32] (Flashback) Dog Ayakashi**
My dear friend...
**[15:41] Ise**
*That day, I lost the first friend I ever had.*
**[15:46] Ise**
*And I swore...*
**[15:49] Ise**
* that I would never do anything*
* to lose another friend.*
**[15:53] Ise**
*I'll protect them no matter what!*
**[15:56] Ise**
*Even if that means dying myself!*
**[16:03] Himari**
Ise! Please stop!
**[16:06] Himari**
Your body can't take any more!
**[16:08] Yukari**
Ise has completely lost control of himself.
**[16:10] Yukari**
He can no longer hear us.
**[16:12] Himari**
No... There must be something we can do.
**[16:15] Yukari**
If only Nue-sama could regain his power
and command him...
**[16:19] Himari**
Those ropes are preventing that, right?
**[16:22] Yukari**
Yes.
**[16:23] Yukari**
If Kasha's flames relented for even
a moment, I could break them.
**[16:28] Himari**
You only need a second, then? Got it!
**[16:32] Himari**
Yukari-san, I have a favor to ask!
**[16:34] Yukari**
Himari?
**[16:40] Kasha**
That's like music to my ears.
**[16:42] Kasha**
Nue, how beautiful you are
in pain and suffering.
**[16:46] Nue**
Kasha...
**[16:48] Kasha**
Say, Nue.
**[16:49] Kasha**
You never saw the crests I left, did you?
**[16:53] Kasha**
Why do you think that is?
**[16:58] Kasha**
I'll tell you.
It's proof that you're one of us.
**[17:03] Kasha**
You've already crossed over
to the ayakashi side.
**[17:07] Kasha**
Now, let us go together,
**[17:09] Kasha**
my adorable plaything.
**[17:11] Kasha**
I welcome you into the beautiful
world of darkness.
**[17:18] Himari**
Aoi!
**[17:29] Nue**
Himari...
**[17:31] Himari**
I'm fine. Yukari-san's shield
is protecting me.
**[17:35] Himari**
More importantly...
**[17:36] Himari**
Get yourself together!
**[17:38] Himari**
Your shikigami... Your family is calling you!
**[17:40] Himari**
Can't you hear Ise crying out?
**[17:45] Nue**
Ise...
**[17:48] Himari**
These stupid ropes!
**[17:51] Himari**
Yukari-san! Now!
**[17:57] Himari**
Come on. Wake up.
**[17:59] Himari**
This way, Aoi.
**[18:02] Nue**
Himari...
**[18:06] Nue**
I thank you for your help.
**[18:10] Himari**
Aoi!
**[18:11] Nue**
Heed me, my shikigami.
**[18:15] Ise**
That's the voice of my...
**[18:17] Nue**
By the order of the Omamori,
reclaim your name, swift one—Ise!
**[18:26] Nue**
I kept you waiting far too long. I apologize.
**[18:29] Ise**
Nue-sama...
**[18:34] Nue**
Now, Ise, use your true
flames to burn it down!
**[18:55] Himari**
My poor house...
**[18:57] Ise**
Them's the breaks.
**[18:58] Ise**
I haven't used my full power in a while.
**[19:00] Himari**
But my house!
**[19:02] Ise**
Damn, put a sock in it already.
**[19:04] Ise**
Fine. I'll fix it.
**[19:05] Himari**
There you go. That's more like it.
**[19:08] Himari**
But don't worry. I'll help you.
**[19:11] Himari**
Since we're friends... or maybe family,
**[19:15] Himari**
all living under the same roof!
**[19:18] Ise**
Shaddup.
**[19:20] Yukari**
I'd never have guessed Himari
could see the hidden crests.
**[19:24] Yukari**
And how she fearlessly jumped into
Kasha's line of fire as a mere human
**[19:29] Yukari**
to save you, Aoi...
**[19:31] Yukari**
I was surprised, to be honest.
**[19:33] Aoi**
Yeah.
**[19:34] Aoi**
Himari is much, much stronger
than I first thought.
**[19:39] Aoi**
She's unbound by rules and always teaches me
what's important while being true to herself.
**[19:45] Aoi**
She has something I don't.
**[19:48] Yukari**
Does it bother you that you
couldn't see Kasha's marks?
**[19:52] Yukari**
He purposefully planted
them so you wouldn't—
**[19:54] Aoi**
That's not it.
**[19:57] Aoi**
You heard what Ise said.
He's trying to get under my skin.
**[20:00] Aoi**
He's taking advantage of my weakness.
**[20:03] (Flashback) Kasha**
It's proof that you're one of us.
**[20:06] (Flashback) Kasha**
You've already crossed over
to the ayakashi side.
**[20:10] Aoi**
He's always so good at picking at
what I hate most about myself.
**[20:15] Yukari**
Aoi...
**[20:26] Himari**
Wh-What's wrong, Aoi?
**[20:30] Aoi**
It's nothing.
**[20:36] Himari**
Aoi!
**[20:37] Aoi**
Sorry, I couldn't help it.
**[20:38] Himari**
Help *what*?
**[20:41] Aoi**
Wishing for something.
**[20:43] Himari**
I'm asking what!
**[20:45] Aoi**
To stay on this side
a little longer, I guess.
**[20:51] Himari**
Gosh, I never get what you're talking about.
**[20:56] Yukari**
I wonder...
**[20:58] Yukari**
How long we can live like this?
**[21:01] Ise**
Beats me.
**[21:10] (Flashback) Younger Aoi**
That completes the agreement.
**[21:13] (Flashback) Younger Aoi**
We'll have forever to get
to know each other, Ise.
**[21:16] Ise**
*It started as something out of my hands.*
**[21:18] Ise**
*A pact that had to be made.*
**[21:20] Ise**
*And yet...*
**[21:22] (Flashback) Ise**
So how long's this last? "Forever"?
**[21:25] (Flashback) Younger Aoi**
Who knows? Until I die, maybe?
**[21:31] (Flashback) Ise**
That's it?
**[21:33] (Flashback) Ise**
That ain't long at all.
**[21:35] (Flashback) Ise**
Humans die before you know it.
**[21:39] (Flashback) Younger Aoi**
You're right.
**[21:41] Ise**
*And yet...*
**[21:43] Ise**
*I won't let go of this bond.*
**[21:46] Ise**
*That's what I swore.*
**[21:51] Ise**
Who cares about how long it might be?
**[21:55] Ise**
I'll stay by Aoi's side forever.
**[21:58] Ise**
Same goes for you, right?
**[22:00] Yukari**
Yes, I suppose.
**[22:04] Ise**
* Hey, pal who saved me,*
* are you looking down on me?*
**[22:09] Ise**
* I'm here spending another day*
* laughing with my best friends.*
**[23:49] Hidaka**
I can't remember...
**[23:52] Hidaka**
Who were you?
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Inari Sunset
***SIGN*** Episode Five