# Season 1
# E1 - Encounter
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UX74ZX/encounter)
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**[00:14] Mikado**
Is this what you were looking for?
***SIGN*** Eccentric's Corridor
***SIGN*** Ishihara Touma
**[00:17] middle-aged customer**
Yes, this is it!
**[00:19] middle-aged customer**
Thank you!
**[00:20] Mikado**
You're welcome.
**[00:25] Mikado**
* There are some things my eyes*
* see with strange clarity.*
**[00:30] Mikado**
* Unfortunately, this isn't my*
* destined soulmate or anything.*
**[00:34] Mikado**
*I think it's more likely...*
**[00:36] Mikado**
*that she's deceased.*
**[00:40] Hiyakawa**
My destiny... is you.
**[00:45] Hiyakawa**
You removed your glasses?
**[00:47] Hiyakawa**
Even though your eyesight is bad?
**[00:54] Mikado**
I-I'm very sorry.
**[00:57] Hiyakawa**
Triangle-kun?
**[01:00] Mikado**
It's read "Mikado."
**[01:01] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, to think I'd run into you...
a person like you, by pure chance.
**[01:07] Hiyakawa**
Our meeting must have been destiny!
**[01:10] Mikado**
Huh?
**[01:11] Hiyakawa**
Your ability. After all, you see so clearly.
**[01:18] Hiyakawa**
I'm sorry to do this so suddenly.
**[01:28] Mikado**
*What... was that?*
**[01:31] Mikado**
*Somehow, it felt... incredibly... good...*
**[01:38] Hiyakawa**
Amazing. Destiny is real.
**[01:44] shop manager**
Wow... So ghosts really do exist.
**[01:48] shop manager**
But Master Hiyakawa,
how does an exorcism work?
**[01:53] Hiyakawa**
Master? Please, there's
no need to call me that.
**[01:55] Hiyakawa**
In my case, I suppose you could say I have
the ability to grab and clobber them.
**[02:01] Mikado**
Clobber?
**[02:02] shop manager**
Mikado-kun, you're awake?
**[02:05] shop manager**
Well, you know how there have been
rumors that our shop is haunted?
**[02:09] shop manager**
It was getting kind of dire, you know?
**[02:11] shop manager**
So, well...
**[02:12] shop manager**
Oh, did you want to sit up and talk?
**[02:15] Mikado**
No, this is the first time I've ever fainted,
**[02:18] Mikado**
so I really can't sit up right now.
**[02:20] Hiyakawa**
It felt so good that you fainted?
**[02:24] Hiyakawa**
That was me directly touching
something akin to your soul.
**[02:29] Hiyakawa**
I used it as a booster
and clobbered the thing.
**[02:31] Hiyakawa**
It feels good when two souls touch.
**[02:34] Hiyakawa**
And if you can believe it, when I touched
yours, I found we're highly compatible!
**[02:40] Hiyakawa**
It's desti—
**[02:40] Mikado**
You're a fraud, right?
**[02:45] Hiyakawa**
Do you deny everything you've seen up to now?
**[02:49] shop manager**
Mikado-kun, you can sense ghosts?
**[02:51] shop manager**
Why didn't you tell me?
**[02:54] Mikado**
Well, all I can really do is see them...
**[02:57] Mikado**
Uh, I mean, I plan to get a brain scan one day—
**[03:00] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[03:02] Hiyakawa**
This is destiny.
**[03:06] Hiyakawa**
So, Manager...
**[03:08] shop manager**
Yes?
***SIGN*** Don't Cry, Girl
Yamashita Tomoko
**[03:10] Hiyakawa**
Please give me Mikado-kun!
***SIGN*** Hori Books
**[03:23] Hiyakawa**
I want an assistant.
**[03:24] Mikado**
For what?
**[03:25] Hiyakawa**
Well, the work I was doing earlier
is exhausting to do alone.
**[03:31] Hiyakawa**
So to meet someone like you
with your natural talents—
**[03:34] Hiyakawa**
and I say this with no
exaggeration—must be destiny.
**[03:37] Hiyakawa**
Truly.
**[03:41] Mikado**
Don't touch me like that. It's weird.
**[03:44] Hiyakawa**
"Weird" how?
**[03:45] Mikado**
I can't move.
**[03:47] Hiyakawa**
Really? But I haven't touched your core yet.
**[03:51] Mikado**
My core?
**[03:52] Hiyakawa**
The thing that's akin to your soul.
The core of you as a person.
**[03:57] Hiyakawa**
Do you want me to touch it?
**[03:58] Mikado**
Quit messing around!
**[04:00] Mikado**
It's Hiyakawa-san, right?
**[04:02] Hiyakawa**
Yes.
**[04:03] Mikado**
I'm going to be honest here. I'm scared.
**[04:07] Mikado**
The reason I take my glasses off is to
keep my distance from those things.
**[04:12] Mikado**
Even when everything else looks
blurry, I see those things clearly.
**[04:16] Mikado**
I can tell them apart.
**[04:18] Mikado**
If I can tell them apart, I can run from them.
**[04:21] Mikado**
They scare me!
**[04:23] Mikado**
Let go of me.
**[04:28] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[04:30] Hiyakawa**
If you're with me, you won't be scared anymore.
**[04:39] shop manager**
*So...*
**[04:41] shop manager**
*This is Yamai of Hori Books. Good morning.*
***SIGN*** Yamai-san
**[04:45] shop manager**
* The thing is... Hiyakawa-san*
* asked for a bit of a favor.*
**[04:49] shop manager**
*He wants you in Ashigaya at 1:00 PM today,*
**[04:54] shop manager**
* so you don't have to come*
* in for your shift today.*
**[04:57] shop manager**
* Oh! You're not fired, okay?*
* Please don't quit!*
**[05:01] shop manager**
*Anyway, please go check your email, too!*
**[05:05] Mikado**
What?
**[05:07] caretaker**
I don't like to say this out loud...
**[05:10] caretaker**
But a few years ago, there was a suicide here.
**[05:13] caretaker**
So, well, ever since then,
**[05:16] caretaker; background**
strange things have been happening.
**[05:16] Mikado**
Stuff like that causes problems
for me. Makes it hard to work.
**[05:18] caretaker; background**
But leaving it vacant is
problematic for us, so...
**[05:20] Hiyakawa**
This here is what is known
as a stigmatized property.
**[05:23] Mikado**
That's got nothing to do with me.
**[05:26] Hiyakawa**
And yet you're here.
**[05:29] caretaker**
Please take your shoes off.
**[05:32] caretaker**
You really think there's a curse or
the wrath of an angry spirit here?
**[05:37] Hiyakawa**
Oh, no, it's nothing like that.
**[05:40] Hiyakawa**
Just someone who couldn't enter
the reclamation-rebirth cycle,
**[05:43] Hiyakawa**
so there's a sort of energy in the
air that isn't where it should be.
**[05:46] caretaker**
I see...
**[05:49] Mikado**
There's something here.
**[05:50] Hiyakawa**
Yes, there is.
**[05:52] Hiyakawa**
When you touch me,
I really can see very clearly.
**[05:55] caretaker**
Well, I'll leave the rest to you.
**[05:58] Mikado**
Wha... Wai—
**[05:59] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, keep your hand
there for a bit, all right?
**[06:03] Mikado**
N-No... I just... can't.
**[06:09] Hiyakawa**
Your eyes are incredible.
**[06:12] Mikado**
No! I told you, I'm scared!
**[06:14] Mikado**
Hey! Stop! Pull out! I said get out of me!
**[06:17] Hiyakawa**
It's all right. I'll go slowly.
**[06:20] Hiyakawa**
It should feel good.
**[06:22] Hiyakawa**
It feels really good for me.
**[06:25] Mikado**
I-It's weird that I'm not getting hard...
**[06:27] Hiyakawa**
That's because it isn't
your body that feels good.
**[06:30] Hiyakawa**
Oh, you really are...incredible.
**[06:35] Mikado**
H-Hang on...
**[06:36] Mikado**
That thing's moving, isn't it?
**[06:38] Hiyakawa**
Yes, because I called it over here just now.
**[06:41] Mikado**
Why would you do that?
**[06:44] Hiyakawa**
If it isn't within arm's length,
I can't clobber it, can I?
**[06:47] Hiyakawa**
Would you rather we go to it?
**[06:49] Mikado**
No, no, no, no! I hate this!
Why is this happening?
**[06:53] Hiyakawa**
You're awfully lively, aren't you?
**[06:54] Mikado**
That's because I'm scared as hell!
**[06:57] Hiyakawa**
Focus a little more on your senses.
**[06:59] Hiyakawa**
I'm going to touch it now.
**[07:01] Mikado**
What?
**[07:02] Hiyakawa**
Your core.
**[07:07] Mikado**
If you're scared, please close your eyes.
**[07:11] Mikado**
N-Not looking at the things
I can see... is scarier.
**[07:16] Hiyakawa**
You are amazing.
**[07:37] Mikado**
Did you clobber it?
**[07:39] Hiyakawa**
I clobbered it.
**[07:41] Hiyakawa**
Take a look. It's all clean now.
**[07:44] Mikado**
Sh-Should exorcisms be this erotic?
**[07:49] Mikado**
Th-That felt really... good.
**[07:52] Hiyakawa**
Oh, did you know?
**[07:53] Hiyakawa**
When paranormal stuff happens, they say
it's good to think of erotic things.
**[07:57] Hiyakawa**
Because when spirits are faced with
the life force of humans, they run away!
**[08:01] Hiyakawa**
Ever since I read the
folklore on the internet,
**[08:04] Hiyakawa**
I no longer struggle to
justify the things I feel.
**[08:08] Mikado**
What's the pay?
**[08:10] Hiyakawa**
Your cut is 118,000 yen
times four divided by three.
**[08:14] Hiyakawa**
You only need to come in three times a week.
**[08:18] Mikado**
All right.
***SIGN*** Property Appraisals ・ Special Cleaning Services
**[08:23] Mikado**
Property appraisals and
special cleaning services?
**[08:26] Hiyakawa**
It's not wrong.
**[08:29] Mikado**
It doesn't mention ghosts.
**[08:30] Hiyakawa**
Who would even believe me if I put
something like that on my sign?
**[08:35] Hiyakawa**
Would you make some tea, please?
**[08:39] Mikado**
Uh, right away...
**[08:44] Hiyakawa**
I'm going to do it now.
**[08:47] Hiyakawa**
Come here!
**[09:02] Hiyakawa**
It felt good that time, too, didn't it?
**[09:06] Mikado**
It scares me how all my
pent-up lust just vanished.
**[09:09] Mikado**
Also, sexual abstinence aside,
**[09:12] Mikado**
why do I have to stay away from meat
and alcohol before an exorcism?
**[09:16] Hiyakawa**
Because you'll be less tired afterward.
**[09:19] Hiyakawa**
I read that on the internet, though.
**[09:21] Mikado**
Seriously?
**[09:22] Hiyakawa**
Seriously.
**[09:25] Hiyakawa**
That's why I treat you to steak
like this after we finish.
**[09:29] Hiyakawa**
Meat is especially tasty
after physical exertion.
**[09:32] Hiyakawa**
Isn't it?
**[09:38] Hiyakawa**
Well? Do you think you'll be
able to get over the fear?
**[09:41] Mikado**
I don't know. I think living humans
might be way more terrifying.
**[09:46] Hiyakawa**
That's a standard sort of answer.
**[09:49] Mikado**
I mean, even in that situation,
she tried to haggle over the fee.
**[09:55] (Flashback) female customer**
U-Um...
**[09:57] (Flashback) female customer**
You finished everything
in five minutes, right?
**[10:00] (Flashback) female customer**
Would you consider reducing your fee?
**[10:03] (Flashback) Mikado**
Huh?
**[10:04] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
We will not.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
We absolutely will not.
**[10:14] Mikado**
Excuse me! Can we get more water, please?
**[10:20] Hiyakawa**
Incredible! Is that a superpower?
**[10:24] Mikado**
What are you talking about? It's just
reading the situation, that's all.
**[10:29] Hiyakawa**
Reading the situation?
**[10:30] Mikado**
There are times when you
just have to, you know?
**[10:34] Mikado**
Like when you're the only
one who saw something.
**[10:37] Hiyakawa**
Oh, is that right? I see.
**[10:41] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san, your Japanese
is a little strange.
**[10:44] Mikado**
Did you grow up elsewhere?
**[10:46] Hiyakawa**
Oh, that's because I was never
a chatty sort of person.
**[10:59] Hanzawa**
The ears, upper right arm, and torso
of the first victim, Miyaka Sayaka.
**[11:04] Hanzawa**
The head, right forearm, lower right leg,
and lower left leg of the second, Okada Aya.
**[11:10] Hanzawa**
The right thigh, left thigh, hands,
and feet of the third, Kawamura Eiko.
**[11:18] Hiyakawa**
This is that dismemberment case where
the murderer killed himself, right?
**[11:22] Hiyakawa**
It was about a year ago, wasn't it?
**[11:24] Hanzawa**
That's right.
**[11:25] Hanzawa**
Even after a year, we can't find the parts.
**[11:28] Hanzawa**
Put together, they're enough
to make a whole corpse.
**[11:31] Hanzawa**
I want you to look for them.
Their ending is too sad as it stands.
***SIGN*** Metropolitan Police Investigation Unit 1
Murder Investigation Team 9 Leader
Lieutenant
Hanzawa Hiroki
**[11:41] Hanzawa**
All three of them worked for the same
company, but they didn't know each other.
**[11:45] Hanzawa**
Do you want to know how we found the bodies?
**[11:48] Hiyakawa**
No, thank you.
**[11:49] Hanzawa**
Right, then.
**[11:51] Hanzawa**
The three went missing one after
another, and some time later,
**[11:55] Hanzawa**
parts of their dismembered
bodies were found.
**[11:58] Hanzawa**
I have pictures if you want to see.
**[12:00] Hiyakawa**
No, thank you.
**[12:01] Hanzawa**
Right, then.
**[12:03] Hanzawa**
First, we suspected a man in the company's
HR who'd interacted with all of them.
**[12:08] Hanzawa**
But the person we arrested was a clerk
at a nearby convenience store.
**[12:12] Hanzawa**
He'd done the work in his bathroom.
All the evidence fell into place.
**[12:17] Hanzawa**
But the thing is...
**[12:18] Hanzawa**
The way I saw it, the convenience store
clerk wasn't a stalker or a killer.
**[12:22] Hanzawa**
He was just some uninteresting punk.
**[12:25] Hanzawa**
The evidence was conclusive. He confessed.
**[12:28] Hanzawa**
He didn't know the HR guy,
and had no previous record.
**[12:32] Hanzawa**
There's a person's worth of parts missing,
**[12:35] Hanzawa**
but he didn't seem to have the
intelligence needed to hide them.
**[12:37] Hanzawa**
While in custody, he hung himself and died.
**[12:40] Hanzawa**
What's that about?
**[12:41] Hanzawa**
Because of that, we haven't
been able to find the remains.
**[12:45] Mikado**
Um, I think I might have a stomachache.
**[12:48] Hanzawa**
You'll do this for me, right?
**[12:50] Hanzawa**
I made sure you'd be able to
get into the clerk's place.
**[12:55] Hanzawa**
What is it? Is something up
with Tenderfoot over there?
**[12:57] Hiyakawa**
Yes. He has extraordinarily good eyesight.
**[13:03] Hanzawa**
Oh?
***SIGN*** Peaceful Apartments
**[13:06] Hiyakawa**
Here it is. The bathroom.
**[13:07] Hiyawaka**
Mikado-kun, come over here!
**[13:10] Hiyakawa**
It's all right. There's no one here.
**[13:12] Mikado**
No, this is so notallright!
**[13:15] Hiyakawa**
Notall...?
**[13:16] Mikado**
And this isn't an exorcism!
**[13:18] Hiyakawa**
It's always good to have
the police owe you a favor.
**[13:21] Mikado**
Someone died here, right?
**[13:25] Hiyakawa**
People have died everywhere.
**[13:34] Mikado**
No one... here.
**[13:37] Mikado**
Yes. There's no one here.
**[13:40] Hiyakawa**
I said so, didn't I?
**[13:42] Mikado**
Hey, so how are you going
to go about this search?
**[13:45] Mikado**
I'm not a police dog.
**[13:48] Mikado**
Part of a c-corpse... I can't
just find something like that.
**[13:52] Mikado**
And from a year ago...
**[13:54] Hiyakawa**
Well, you see...
**[13:56] Hiyakawa**
Up to this point, I've been
unilaterally entering you
**[13:59] Hiyakawa**
and sort of synchronizing
myself to your senses.
**[14:03] Hiyakawa**
I'm going to pull you out
of your shell a little more
**[14:06] Hiyakawa**
and have you share in *my* senses this time.
**[14:09] Mikado**
Okay... Why do you seem excited about it?
**[14:12] Hiyakawa**
Because this feels incredibly
good for me, too.
**[14:16] Mikado**
Wha... W-Wait!
**[14:18] Hiyakawa**
Ready? You're ready, right?
**[14:21] Hiyakawa**
I'm coming in.
**[14:25] Hiyakawa**
It's different than usual, isn't it?
**[14:27] Mikado**
Wait! I'm s-scared!
**[14:29] Hiyakawa**
Of what?
**[14:30] Mikado**
O-Of you!
**[14:34] Hiyakawa**
Do you hear something?
**[14:35] Hiyakawa**
My hearing is better than yours.
**[14:50] Mikado**
"H—"
**[14:52] Mikado; Hiyakawa**
"Hiura Erika tricked me."
**[14:58] Hiyakawa**
This is how we'll search.
**[15:00] Hiyakawa**
We'll share our senses to sharpen them.
**[15:03] Mikado**
I-Is the biting and licking necessary?
**[15:06] Hiyakawa**
I was so excited, I got carried away.
**[15:08] Mikado**
What does that mean? That's scary.
**[15:10] Hiyakawa**
We'll gather information at the
other locations in this same way.
**[15:14] Mikado**
Huh?! We're doing this more than once?
***SIGN*** Machiwa-shi, block 4
***SIGN*** Hotel Seventeen
**[15:27] Mikado**
*Somehow, lately...*
**[15:29] Mikado**
* I feel like there's less distance*
* between me and those things.*
**[15:47] Hanzawa**
You sure this is the place?
**[15:50] Mikado**
That's what she said.
**[15:52] Mikado**
Um... It was probably one of the victims.
**[15:55] Hanzawa**
Hmph. You're a bit of a monster yourself.
**[15:57] Hanzawa**
There are times when monsters
are better than humans, though.
**[16:11] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[16:12] Hiyakawa**
It's better if we stay connected.
**[16:14] Hiyakawa**
You won't be scared that way.
**[16:17] Mikado**
Hey, about that name, Hiura Erika...
**[16:20] Mikado**
You're not telling Hanzawa-san about it?
**[16:22] Hiyakawa**
I'll tell him. But he probably
won't pay it any mind.
**[16:26] Hiyakawa**
This isn't my first time.
**[16:28] Mikado**
What do you mean?
**[16:30] Hiyakawa**
But first, we have our search.
**[16:36] Mikado**
Whoa...
**[16:37] Hanzawa**
It's a real dump, huh?
**[16:41] Hanzawa**
What's this, Tenderfoot?
Got yourself scruffed?
**[16:44] Hanzawa**
Did you try to run away?
**[16:46] Hiyakawa**
This is his work position.
**[16:48] Mikado**
Your Japanese is weird!
**[16:50] Hanzawa**
Right! How should we search?
**[16:53] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[16:55] Mikado**
Yeah.
**[16:56] Hiyakawa**
Look carefully. I'll listen.
**[17:00] Hiyakawa**
We'll share those two senses.
**[17:02] Hiyakawa**
That's right.
**[17:04] Hiyawaka**
There's something here.
**[17:08] Mikado; Hiyakawa**
The boiler room!
**[17:12] Mikado**
Huh? Whoa, wait! Isn't that dangerous?
**[17:16] Hiyakawa**
Don't worry. He's got zero spiritual sense.
**[17:19] Mikado**
Don't curses still get you even
with zero spiritual sense?
**[17:24] Hiyakawa**
That man will not believe anything
he hasn't confirmed with his own eyes.
**[17:29] Hiyakawa**
What you don't believe in cannot act on you.
**[17:34] Hanzawa**
Making me search for a whole year...
**[17:56] Hiyakawa**
It's all right. Breathe. Take a deep breath.
**[17:59] Mikado**
This is so... not all right.
**[18:03] Mikado**
And... what is that?
**[18:06] Hiyakawa**
You always see them in a more
human form, don't you?
**[18:11] Mikado**
Huh? Is it one of those?
**[18:13] Mikado**
That's... I-Is that how you see them?
**[18:18] Mikado**
And for a scaredy-cat like me
**[18:21] Mikado**
to see a corpse... a-and a thing like that...
**[18:25] Mikado**
and still be this calm... makes no sense.
**[18:28] Hanzawa**
Yes. Yes. Right, thanks.
**[18:32] Hanzawa**
I'll take care of the two
from the cleaning company.
**[18:37] Hanzawa**
Yes.
**[18:40] Hanzawa**
You okay, Tenderfoot?
**[18:42] Hiyakawa**
He said that his fear
disappears when he's with me.
**[18:45] Hanzawa**
Hey, Tenderfoot, keep quiet and
take a deep breath through your nose.
**[18:50] Hanzawa**
Hiyakawa, let him go.
**[18:52] Hiyakawa**
If I let him go now, he'll throw up.
**[18:55] Hanzawa**
I'm used to seeing people vomit.
**[18:57] Hiyakawa**
Let go.
**[19:00] Hanzawa**
Breathe in... and out.
**[19:03] Hanzawa**
That's it. It's all right.
**[19:07] Hanzawa**
Hiyakawa!
**[19:09] Hanzawa**
Don't go in there.
**[19:11] Hiyakawa**
It's so well-made.
**[19:13] Hiyakawa**
The outrageous selection of people
**[19:14] Hiyakawa**
for the components makes it more effective.
**[19:17] Hiyakawa**
Once the instrument is complete,
**[19:19] Hiyakawa**
all that's needed is to say,
"You are cursed" to the target.
**[19:23] Mikado**
Cursed? What do you—
**[19:25] Hanzawa**
You mean Hiura Erika?
**[19:27] Hanzawa**
In the unlikely event that
something so ridiculous exists,
**[19:31] Hanzawa**
it's outside the police's jurisdiction.
**[19:33] Hanzawa**
We can't investigate a name that's
got nothing to do with the case.
**[19:37] Hiyakawa**
And if I don't receive a request,
it isn't my jurisdiction, either.
**[19:41] Hiyakawa**
The poor thing.
**[19:43] Hanzawa**
There's no way you think that.
**[19:47] Mikado**
* If I can see that thing*
* with my eyes, it means...*
**[19:50] Mikado**
*If it isn't just that I'm crazy, then...*
**[19:54] Mikado**
* It means that there were once*
* people who lived, then died.*
**[19:58] Mikado**
*Ordinary people...*
**[20:00] Mikado**
*Once...*
**[20:03] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
People have died everywhere.
**[20:08] Mikado**
*I don't... understand.*
**[20:11] Hanzawa**
Hey, you okay?
**[20:13] Hanzawa**
Just go ahead and throw up.
**[20:16] Hanzawa**
The cars will be here soon.
***SIGN*** Tokyo: Women's Remains Found in
Abandoned House in Machiwa-shi
**[20:24] announcer**
*Parts of the bodies of three
women who were murdered*
**[20:28] announcer**
*in April of last year have been found
in an abandoned house in Machiwa-shi,*
**[20:32] ---**
*and the suspect in custody
committed suicide.*
**[20:35] announcer**
*The women's families have said it does serve as some comfort, but the wounds haven't healed.*
**[20:37] Mikado**
*They lived once, and then they died.*
**[20:39] announcer; background**
*We want the police to deal with the fact that*
**[20:41] Mikado**
*It's not like they were monsters.*
**[20:42] announcer; background**
*the suspect committed
suicide while in custody.*
**[20:44] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
You're a bit of a monster yourself.
**[20:48] Mikado**
*I'm human.*
**[20:50] mother**
Kousuke, will you help me?
**[20:53] Mikado**
What is it?
**[20:54] mother**
It's my bankbook. It slipped
behind the cabinet.
**[20:58] Mikado**
You can't reach back there?
**[21:03] Mikado**
Mom, couldn't you use a ruler or something?
**[21:07] mother**
Oh!
**[21:10] Mikado**
*Still...*
**[21:12] Mikado**
*What's scary is scary.*
**[22:54] Erika**
Um, excuse me.
**[22:55] Miyakawa**
Yes?
**[22:57] Erika**
Do you know which way
Yabuhashi is? I'm a little lost.
**[23:02] Miyakawa**
Yabuhashi?
**[23:03] Miyakawa**
It's only one station over, but it
might be best to take a train.
**[23:08] Erika**
What? Really? One of the station
attendants said I could walk there.
**[23:13] Miyakawa**
Oh, but it's just one stop on the Tozai Line.
**[23:15] Erika**
Oh, I don't have enough left on my pass.
**[23:16] Erika; background**
*My name is Hiura Erika.*
**[23:19] Erika**
I'm so sorry for keeping you.
**[23:20] Erika; background**
*I will now curse you.*
**[23:23] Miyakawa**
Oh, not at all.
**[23:24] Miyakawa**
Look there.
**[23:26] Miyakawa**
Just walk north past the Imperial Palace.
**[23:28] Erika; background**
*Absolutely nothing will save you.*
**[23:28] Erika**
So... if I want to go north...
**[23:31] Erika; background**
*You will die.*
**[23:31] Erika**
I should keep the Imperial Palace
on my left as I walk, right?
**[23:34] Erika; background**
*You will die cursed.*
**[23:36] Erika; background**
*You will die cursed.*
# E2 - Binding
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUK0VD8/binding)
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**[00:01] female shop clerk**
Mikado-kun, is it true you're
working as an exorcist?
**[00:06] Mikado**
Uh...
**[00:07] female shop clerk**
I heard from the manager.
**[00:10] female shop clerk**
The thing is, I have a favor to ask.
**[00:12] female shop clerk**
There's a fortune-teller
who's scary accurate.
**[00:15] female shop clerk**
I want you to investigate to
see if they're the real deal.
**[00:17] Mikado**
Huh?
**[00:18] female shop clerk**
Mikado-kun, you're looking
at my boobs, aren't you?
**[00:20] Mikado**
Uh, no. I've never looked at them.
**[00:22] female shop clerk**
You'll do this favor for me, right?
**[00:24] Mikado**
I'll have to ask my employer if—
**[00:27] female shop clerk**
You think looking's free?
**[02:00] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, I've been thinking about
the reason you're unable to say no...
**[02:03] Mikado**
Does it matter? She was nice
enough to say she'd pay.
**[02:07] Hiyakawa**
I was trying to think of a way to make it
so that you can't refuse my requests.
**[02:12] Mikado**
Huh?
**[02:13] Mikado**
Unless it's something totally
insane, I won't refuse.
**[02:18] Hiyakawa**
You really are...
**[02:19] Mikado**
So what are we going to do?
We can only go in one at a time.
**[02:23] Mikado**
And it's not like we can just go
in and ask, "Hey, are you a fake?"
**[02:27] Hiyakwa**
You go, and just be normal.
**[02:35] Mikado**
Seriously?
**[02:36] Hiyakawa**
This is that "astral projection" thing.
**[02:40] Mukae**
Hello!
**[02:42] Mukae**
Please have a seat.
**[02:43] Mukae**
You don't look like someone
with a lot of troubles.
**[02:50] Mikado**
You seem pretty normal.
**[02:53] Mukae**
I *am* normal! Some people call
it "spirit sense" or whatever,
**[02:55] Mukae**
but for me, it's just a regular
sense that I've had forever.
**[02:59] Mikado**
Oh... Yeah, that makes sense.
**[03:01] Mukae**
You seem to have really good luck.
**[03:04] Mukae**
Even if you were involved in an
accident, you'd escape death.
**[03:07] Mikado**
Wouldn't an accident mean my luck is—
**[03:09] Mukae**
Still, this is... Is it an ancestor
of your mother's?
**[03:12] Mukae**
They're protecting you.
**[03:14] Mikado**
I've never met anyone like that.
**[03:15] Mukae**
And it's because you've never met
that this person is worried for you!
**[03:18] Mukae**
Can I have a look at your hand?
**[03:20] Mukae**
Ah, this palm... This is the hand
of someone who has studied hard.
**[03:25] Mikado**
Oh, yeah, you can still see
the calluses from my pen—
**[03:27] Mikado**
Ow!
**[03:28] Mukae**
Are you for real?
You're getting on my nerves.
**[03:30] Mikado**
Huh?
**[03:31] Mukae**
And that guy behind you. Is he with you?
**[03:43] Mukae**
Damn.
**[03:45] Hiyakawa as Mikado**
Violent, aren't you?
**[03:46] Mukae**
I get a lot of problematic customers,
you see. Who are you guys?
**[03:50] Mikado**
Wait...
**[03:51] Hiyakawa as Mikado**
Mikado-kun, you were the perfect choice.
**[03:54] Hiyakawa as Mikado**
Not at all suited for a reading.
**[03:57] Hiyakawa as Mikado**
The fortune-telling is fraudulent.
**[03:59] Hiyakawa as Mikado**
We'll inform our client to that effect.
**[04:01] Mukae**
I see. Obstruction of business, is it?
**[04:04] Mukae**
In that case...
**[04:05] Mukae**
I'll make you keep quiet!
**[04:06] Mikado**
Don't hit him! That's my body!
**[04:09] Hiyakawa**
Huh?
**[04:12] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, you're amazing!
**[04:14] Hiyakawa**
You kicked me out!
**[04:16] Mikado**
I got hit.
**[04:17] Mikado**
Tomorrow, the stupidly bulky special edition
of a stupidly bulky fashion magazine
**[04:21] Mikado**
comes out and I have to stack them
for display, but now my shoulder hurts.
**[04:25] Hiyakawa**
Is that an incantation?
**[04:26] Mikado**
It's my work at the bookstore, you moron!
**[04:28] Mukae**
What a boring side job.
**[04:30] Hiyakawa**
You should quit already so
you can work just for me.
**[04:32] Mikado**
I didn't ask for advice!
You two, explain all this! Now!
**[04:35] Hiyakawa**
His spirit sense or whatnot
was strong, thus dangerous,
**[04:38] Hiyakawa**
so I borrowed your body.
**[04:40] Mukae**
Hey, you gonna accept
an explanation like that?
**[04:43] Mukae**
Huh?
**[04:45] Mukae**
Whoa, this guy's spirit is
all stretched out and loose.
**[04:48] Mukae**
That's dangerous!
**[04:50] Hiyakawa**
Let go of him.
**[04:54] Mukae**
Could you maybe not obstruct my business?
**[04:57] Mukae**
The fortunes may be fake,
but I really do have spirit sense,
**[05:00] Mukae**
so I do have *some* foundation for my readings.
**[05:02] Mukae**
For example!
**[05:03] Mukae**
Your suit was bought on sale,
off-the-rack, at an outlet.
**[05:06] Mukae**
You wore your shoes until the zipper
broke, then had them fixed once.
**[05:10] Mukae**
Your hair is a 1,000-yen barber shop cut.
**[05:12] Mukae**
The profile's rough. I don't recommend
2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner.
**[05:15] Mukae**
Your shirt's brand-name, but it's old.
**[05:17] Mukae**
That color was prêt-à-porter
four years ago.
**[05:20] Mukae**
All of the buttons except the third
have been replaced with cheap ones.
**[05:23] Mukae**
So how much did this pathetic
get-up cost you altogether?
**[05:26] Mukae**
20,000 yen? 30,000?
**[05:27] Mukae**
That's hilarious.
**[05:28] Mukae**
If you're wondering, out of 6,000 yen
for a 40-minute consultation,
**[05:32] Mukae**
my take is 3,600.
**[05:34] Hiyakawa**
You have completely enraged me.
**[05:38] Mikado**
Hold on. Was there anything to
be mad about in what he said?
**[05:41] Mikado**
That wasn't even fortune-telling.
You just stated what you saw.
**[05:44] Mukae**
As long as I'm right, it doesn't matter.
**[05:46] Mukae**
Once the client believes in me,
they'll tell me everything.
**[05:50] Mukae**
They all just want someone to
listen. That's what this place is.
**[05:55] Mukae**
Plus, when someone who's cursed for
real happens to come in, I help them.
**[05:59] Hiyakawa**
Cursed?
**[06:00] Mukae**
Every once in a while. You've never seen it?
**[06:03] Mukae**
Some are so strong, I can't pull them off—
**[06:05] Hiyakawa**
Hiura Erika.
**[06:07] Mukae**
You know her?!
**[06:08] Hiyakawa**
No, just her name.
**[06:10] Mukae**
Have you seen the curse? It's all
over the body, eating away at it.
**[06:15] Hiyakawa**
Yes, I've seen the like.
**[06:16] Mikado**
W-Wait, what do you mean?
**[06:18] Hiyakawa**
I once had a client come in thinking it
might be a paranormal phenomenon,
**[06:21] Hiyakawa**
but it was beyond my abilities,
so I declined the job.
**[06:23] Mukae**
Whether I pulled the curse off or left it,
**[06:26] Mukae**
I figured the person was going
to die anyway, so I gave up.
**[06:29] Mikado**
How do you know Hiura Erika did it?
**[06:32] Mukae**
I heard it.
**[06:34] curse's voice**
*Hiura Erika tricked me.*
**[06:37] Mukae**
It's weird, though, how she
reveals her identity in her curse.
**[06:42] Hiyakawa**
I wonder if doing so increases the potency.
**[06:45] Hiyakawa**
The other day, we found an
instrument she'd used in a curse.
**[06:48] Mukae**
Instrument?
**[06:50] Hiyakawa**
The bodies of murder victims.
**[06:51] Mukae**
For real? That's... That's not
work for respectable people.
**[06:57] Mukae**
I mean, you guys aren't working
anything shady, right?
**[07:00] Mukae**
Oh, c'mon! Getting involved in stuff
like that is no good, I tell you!
**[07:05] Hiyakawa**
I see. Understood.
**[07:07] Mukae**
H-Hey!
**[07:08] Mukae**
Don't go spreading it around that I'm a fake!
**[07:11] Mikado**
Well, then...
**[07:13] Mukae**
Listen, man.
**[07:14] Mukae**
You'd be better off cutting
ties with that guy.
**[07:16] Mukae**
Letting him borrow your
body like it's nothing,
**[07:18] Mukae**
letting him stick his hand inside you...
**[07:20] Mukae**
You know that's not normal, right?
**[07:23] Mukae**
It's dangerous.
**[07:25] Mikado**
Yeah.
**[07:30] Hiyakawa**
There aren't any boys'
bathrooms in a girls' school.
**[07:34] Hiyakawa**
It's a good thing your teacher
let us on campus so easily.
**[07:37] Kana**
Our teacher saw one once, too.
**[07:40] Hiyakawa**
Saw what?
**[07:41] Kana**
A corpse. Suddenly, I'll notice I can see
a corpse out of the corner of my eye.
**[07:46] Kana**
When I turn to look, it disappears.
**[07:47] Hiyakawa**
Interesting. And does it happen
indiscriminately to everyone near you?
**[07:51] Kana**
It starts when I'm not
in contact with others.
**[07:54] Kana**
If people are with me, sometimes they
see it and sometimes they don't.
**[07:56] Kana**
It's not like it was ever a daily thing,
but the day before yesterday...
**[08:00] Kana**
For a split second, I saw a severed
head in a toilet bowl!
**[08:04] Kana**
And I just couldn't take it anymore!
**[08:05] Mikado**
Um, wait... Your face...
**[08:08] Kana**
What?! I haven't said anything
about my face yet, have I?!
**[08:12] Hiyakawa**
Did you see something?
**[08:14] Mikado**
Wait, no way. It's just me?
**[08:16] Hiyakawa**
It's because your eyesight is so good.
**[08:18] Kana**
My face is weird.
**[08:20] Kana**
When I look in a mirror, once in
five times, there's a hole there.
**[08:24] Kana**
A gaping hole.
**[08:26] Hiyakawa**
Please try letting go of their hands.
**[08:29] Kana**
I don't want to! If I let go,
it will show up again.
**[08:32] Hiyakawa**
Please let go.
**[08:41] Hiyakawa**
Everyone, stay as you are.
**[08:43] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, how does it look?
**[08:45] Mikado**
It's that thing over there, right?
**[08:48] Kana**
It did show up! I can't take
this anymore! Help me!
**[08:52] Mikado**
Isn't that thing... not dead?
**[08:55] Hiyakawa**
Thank you, Mikado-kun!
I thought that might be it!
**[08:58] Hiyakawa**
Kana-san, you've been cursed!
**[09:01] Kana; Mikado**
What?!
**[09:02] Hiyakawa**
Besides when you're apart from others,
when else do you see it?
**[09:05] Hiyakawa**
Also, do you feel anything special
with me touching you right now?
**[09:09] Mikado**
Hey, that's sexual harassment.
**[09:10] Kana**
Nothing in particular right now. And it
doesn't appear when I'm having fun.
**[09:14] Kana**
It comes out when I'm alone,
or when I'm unhappy.
**[09:17] Hiyakawa**
I see. How splendid.
**[09:19] Mikado**
Huh?
**[09:20] Hiyakawa**
It isn't a dire curse,
but it is definitely effective.
**[09:24] Hiyakawa**
It can make you, one with no spirit sense,
see illusions that exhaust you.
**[09:28] Mikado**
Illusions?
**[09:30] Hiyakawa**
It's likely that it's set so that you see
them when you're in a negative mindset.
**[09:35] Hiyakawa**
A vicious cycle. It's very well-crafted.
**[09:38] Mikado**
So that means someone
did this on purpose,
**[09:40] Mikado**
and there's a curse instrument somewhere?
**[09:43] Hiyakawa**
Please show me where you keep your things.
**[09:47] Kana**
My locker is this way.
**[09:50] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[09:51] Hiyakawa**
You're not scared?
**[09:53] Mikado**
Huh?
**[09:54] Hiyakawa**
You're oddly... I guess you could
say quiet this time. It's odd.
**[09:59] Hiyakawa**
You're not scared?
**[10:00] Mikado**
Oh, hey. Somehow... I'm not.
**[10:05] Hiyakawa**
It's quite messy.
**[10:06] Kana**
No one asked you!
**[10:07] Hiyakawa**
Doesn't seem like there'd be anything here.
**[10:10] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, can you come here a minute?
**[10:14] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun?
**[10:18] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[10:20] Kana**
Hey... That's my desk! How did you know?
**[10:25] Mikado**
There's a hole.
**[10:27] Hiyakawa**
That is a hole. This is the instrument.
**[10:30] Hiyakawa**
You're not scared?
**[10:32] girl C**
Oh, there are men here. Why?
**[10:34] teacher**
They're here on business.
**[10:36] girl C**
Oh, Sensei.
**[10:39] Mikado**
I'm scared, but...
**[10:43] Mikado**
It's weird. I feel the way
I did when I first met you.
**[10:47] Hiyakawa**
When you met me?
**[10:49] teacher**
Oh, that's right. Hiura-san, your
parent-teacher conference is tomorrow.
**[10:56] Erika**
It's at four, right?
**[11:01] Mikado**
It's the same as when I met you.
**[11:05] Mikado**
Strong...
**[11:07] Mikado**
and captivating.
**[11:11] Hiyakawa**
Hiura Erika.
**[11:13] Kana**
So what's going on?
**[11:16] Hiyakawa**
The source has been dealt
with for the time being.
**[11:19] Hiyakawa**
It was man-made, so I don't think you'll
need to worry about it recurring.
**[11:23] Mikado**
In order to make sure nothing
like it happens again,
**[11:25] Mikado**
it would be wise to search inside
yourself for the original cause.
**[11:31] Mikado**
Am I wrong?
**[11:33] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun?
**[11:34] Mikado**
Mikado-kun...
**[11:40] Mikado**
Huh?
**[11:41] teacher**
Then if you could please take your leave...
**[11:45] Mikado**
Yes. Well, until another time.
**[11:55] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, do you remember what you said?
**[11:59] Mikado**
What I...
**[12:00] Mikado**
Wait, huh?
**[12:01] Hiyakawa**
What did you think of Hiura Erika?
**[12:06] Mikado**
I like her.
**[12:08] Mikado**
Huh? Wait, that's weird, right?
**[12:11] Mikado**
Hey, wait!
**[12:15] Hiyakawa**
Let's write up a contract.
**[12:17] Mikado**
A contract?
**[12:19] Hiyakawa**
I've been having you work here with
only a verbal agreement, after all.
***SIGN*** Contract We agree to be bound to the following terms. Hiyakawa Rihito will supply Mikado Kousuke with work.
**[12:25] Mikado**
You wrote it by hand.
**[12:26] Hiyakawa**
If you're all right with the terms,
please sign your full, real name.
***SIGN*** Mika
***SIGN*** Mikado Kousuke
**[12:47] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[12:48] Hiyakawa**
We should have done this from
the very beginning, huh?
**[12:51] Hiyakawa**
Since you so easily allow her
to do whatever she likes.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Mikado**
Well, until another time.
**[12:58] Hiyakawa**
I do see how she might be captivating,
**[13:00] Hiyakawa**
but we can't have that.
**[13:03] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[13:05] Hiyakawa**
Can you hear me?
**[13:10] Mikado**
I can't breathe.
**[13:12] Hiyakawa**
You'll get used to it soon enough.
**[13:13] Mikado**
Wh-Why are you tying me up?
**[13:15] Hiyakawa**
Because I am making you mine.
**[13:18] Mikado**
What are you talki—
**[13:19] Mukae**
This is why I told you
**[13:21] Mukae**
you're better off cutting ties with that guy.
**[13:23] Hiyakawa**
See? Just like that, you let
people other than me in!
**[13:27] Hiyakawa**
I am the one who found you.
**[13:30] Hiyakawa**
You belong to *me*.
**[13:41] Hiyakawa**
You're awake?
**[13:44] Mikado**
Did I fall asleep?
**[13:45] Hiyakawa**
You don't feel sick?
**[13:48] Mikado**
No. I feel refreshed, maybe because I slept.
**[13:51] Hiyakawa**
Oh? In that case...
**[13:53] Hiyakawa**
It was for the best, after all.
**[13:57] Hiyakawa**
Want to go eat something?
**[13:59] Mikado**
Food?
**[14:01] Mikado**
Crap, it's night! How long did I sleep?
**[14:05] Mikado**
I'm going home. I'm on dinner duty tonight.
**[14:08] Hiyakawa**
I see. Then I'll see you later.
**[14:10] Mikado**
Yeah. See you later.
***SIGN*** Contract
We agree to be bound to the following terms.
Hiyakawa Rihito will supply
Mikado Kousuke with work.
-Mikado Kousuke
***SIGN*** Real Experiences
in the Bathroom
**[14:21] idol**
* The light in my bathroom at home*
* turns on by itself all the time.*
**[14:25] idol**
*I keep wondering if someone is there.*
**[14:27] MC**
* That kind of thing happens all*
* the time in the staff restroom.*
**[14:30] idol**
*I'm talking about my bathroom at home!*
**[14:33] MC**
*You sure you're not just going senile?*
**[14:35] idol**
* It's not like that! I mean,*
* it's locked from the inside!*
**[14:40] idol**
Please, come in.
**[14:41] Mikado**
She's been on TV!
**[14:43] Mikado**
What's going on? How'd this happen?
**[14:46] Mukae**
Lots of stuff happens when
you're a fortune-teller.
**[14:49] Mikado**
Even though you're a fake?
**[14:51] Mikado**
And why did you ask me to...
**[14:55] Mikado**
Are you fixing the door to
your bathroom or something?
**[14:58] idol**
Um...
**[15:00] Mikado**
Hang on! Is this a ghost case?
**[15:04] Mikado**
I shouldn't have come!
**[15:04] Mukae**
So, something's up with your bathroom?
**[15:06] idol**
Yes. You should only be able to lock it
and turn on the light from the inside.
**[15:11] Mukae**
And yet, sometimes it's like there's
someone in there, even when no one's there?
**[15:16] Mikado**
Huh?
**[15:17] Mikado**
There's a door?
**[15:19] Mukae**
How do you see things, exactly?
**[15:21] Mikado**
I can't see the door.
**[15:23] Mukae**
Really? Mikado-kun, come here a sec, will you?
**[15:26] Mikado**
No way!
**[15:27] Mukae**
It's fine, don't worry.
**[15:32] Mukae**
You okay?
**[15:33] Mikado**
What is this?
**[15:34] Mukae**
The inside of your head and mine,
isolated from everything else.
**[15:38] Mukae**
To use a more occult-ish word,
you could call it a barrier.
**[15:44] Mukae**
You're the first person to be
able to enter this easily, though.
**[15:48] Mukae**
Normally, the flow of time
is different, like that.
**[15:51] Mikado**
What is this? It's scary.
**[15:53] Mukae**
Try syncing with me a minute.
Do you know how to align your senses?
**[15:57] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san said he was going
to do that before, and he bit me.
**[16:01] Mukae**
What? You know, you really are...
**[16:04] Mukae**
I'm not like him. I won't force my way in.
**[16:09] Mukae**
Can you feel it? Match your breathing,
heartbeat, everything, to me.
**[16:14] Mukae**
See? Unlike him, I'm gentle, right?
**[16:19] Mukae**
What I'm seeing and what you're seeing...
**[16:22] Mukae**
They're synced. Can you tell?
**[16:25] Mikado**
I can tell. There's something there.
**[16:28] Mukae**
Yeah, there is.
**[16:34] Mukae**
It's the girl herself.
**[16:36] Mikado**
Wha... What the heck is this?!
**[16:38] living ghost (ikiryou)**
No good...
**[16:39] Mukae**
I wonder if she's the type
to send out living ghosts.
**[16:42] Mukae**
All her self-poisoning negativity
ended up taking physical form, huh?
**[16:46] living ghost**
No good...
**[16:48] Mukae**
What's no good?
**[16:49] living ghost**
Me... I can't... anymore...
**[16:53] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san said it's impossible
to speak with these things.
**[16:57] Mukae**
He can't. But I can and do.
**[16:59] living ghost**
I'm scared...
**[17:00] Mikado**
I can't. I feel sick. It's like
motion sickness seeping into me...
**[17:04] living ghost**
I want to die...
**[17:05] Mukae**
You really are sensitive, aren't you?
**[17:07] Mukae**
Come on, look here.
**[17:07] living ghost**
No, wait...
**[17:09] Mikado**
We're connected.
**[17:11] Mukae**
See? You can just lie there
and let me do all the work.
**[17:13] living ghost**
No good...
**[17:14] Mukae**
What's no good?
**[17:15] living ghost**
Me.
**[17:16] Mukae**
Why?
**[17:18] living ghost**
I can't. I'm scared. I want to die.
**[17:22] living ghost**
No, wait. That was a lie.
**[17:24] living ghost**
I'm... no good. I'm tired.
**[17:28] Mukae**
I see.
**[17:30] Mukae**
Yes, it's all right.
**[17:34] Mukae**
Mikado-kun?
**[17:35] Mukae**
Mikado-kun?
**[17:39] Mukae**
Mikado!
**[17:45] idol**
So... what do you think?
**[17:47] Mukae**
We've already finished.
**[17:49] idol**
What?
**[17:50] idol**
But you haven't—
**[17:51] Mukae**
It might look like we haven't
done anything, but we have.
**[17:54] Mukae**
For the time being, let's stop the habit
of complaining in the bathroom, shall we?
**[17:57] idol**
How did you know that?
**[17:58] Mukae**
You're not "no good" at all, okay?
**[18:01] Mukae**
Don't worry!
**[18:03] Mukae**
Mikado-kun, can you still see anything?
**[18:08] Mikado**
No, there's nothing here.
**[18:11] Mikado**
Oh...
**[18:11] Mukae**
Huh?
**[18:12] Mikado**
There's a cockro—
**[18:13] idol**
No way! Yuck! Please kill it!
Right now! I'm begging you!
**[18:16] Mikado**
Uh, of course.
**[18:20] Mikado**
She reacted more to that
last part than anything else.
**[18:24] Mukae**
You okay with leaving it like that?
**[18:25] Mikado**
Leaving what?
**[18:26] Mukae**
You probably could have
gotten her contact info.
**[18:28] Mikado**
No, thanks. I don't need a girl who's so
negative that she causes paranormal activity.
**[18:33] Mukae**
Well, girls who become celebrities
tend to be pretty strong-willed.
**[18:37] Mukae**
For better or worse.
**[18:39] Mikado**
Besides, I think I like
people who are stronger.
**[18:43] Mikado**
So, Mukae-kun, you're actually more—
**[18:46] Mukae**
Huh?
**[18:46] Mikado**
Sorry, that was weird.
I d-didn't mean it like that.
**[18:52] Mukae**
Well, you do like getting bound.
**[18:54] Mikado**
I do not. I've never been tied up.
**[18:58] Mukae**
Hey, wait. You actually haven't noticed?
**[19:02] Mikado**
Noticed what?
**[19:04] Mukae**
What do you mean, "what"? There...
**[19:07] Mukae**
You've got a rope tied to you. Like a dog.
**[19:09] Mikado**
Huh?
**[19:11] Mikado**
What did he mean, "a rope"?
I'm not Hiyakawa-san's pet.
**[19:16] Mikado**
Or is that how it looks to other people?
**[19:26] Mikado**
What... is this?
**[19:28] Hiyakawa**
It seems you're her type.
**[19:32] Hiyakawa**
I came to see because I was worried.
**[19:34] Hiyakawa**
If you walk around in a
daze, you'll get molested.
**[19:37] Hiyakawa**
They aim for those with their guards down.
**[19:40] Mikado**
H-Help me...
**[19:42] Hiyakawa**
I can't grab it yet.
It's like jelly that hasn't set.
**[19:47] Hiyakawa**
And it's crawling around inside you.
**[19:49] Hiyakawa**
Wait just a little longer.
**[19:52] Mikado**
And what did you mean, I'm "her type"?
**[19:56] Hiyakawa**
I suppose you could say your
boundaries are easy to violate.
**[19:59] Hiyakawa**
And when it's that easy,
it's a problem for me, too.
**[20:04] Hiyakawa**
Well, I think that's enough.
**[20:07] Hiyakawa**
I'll pull it out slowly.
**[20:11] Mikado**
Wha—Wait! Stop!
**[20:13] Mikado**
That wasn't slow at all...
**[20:15] Hiyakawa**
You sure have a lot of requests.
**[20:17] Mikado**
Can't you, like, hide us or something?
**[20:20] Hiyakawa**
Hide us?
**[20:21] Mikado**
Mukae-kun did. He made a barrier-like thing.
**[20:24] Hiyakawa**
Huh?
**[20:25] Hiyakawa**
You mean that fake fortune-teller?
**[20:27] Mikado**
Yeah. He said it was, uh... isolating us.
**[20:31] Hiyakawa**
And that's why you...
**[20:33] Hiyakawa**
allowed him to do things to you again?
**[20:35] Mikado**
Huh?
**[20:35] Hiyakawa**
Just like that, you let
anyone and everyone...
**[20:38] Hiyakawa**
If you don't fix that bad habit,
it's going to cause problems.
**[20:44] Hiyakawa**
See? I can isolate us, too.
**[20:49] Hiyakawa**
I could just keep you locked in here,
**[20:52] Hiyakawa**
but it sort of defeats the purpose.
**[20:56] Hiyakawa**
Please fix your bad habits.
**[21:05] Hiyakawa**
You fell unconscious.
**[21:07] Mikado**
Huh?
**[21:08] Hiyakawa**
So I carried you here.
**[21:11] Mikado**
My memories... seem a little fuzzy again.
**[21:15] Hiyakawa**
Yes. It's because you lost consciousness.
**[21:18] Mikado**
Huh?
**[21:19] Hiyakawa**
But... this sort of thing isn't good, is it?
**[21:23] Hiyakawa**
I didn't mean to, but I flew into a rage.
**[21:28] Mikado**
Um, to be honest, I have no idea
what the context behind that is...
**[21:32] Mikado**
But I'm fine and everything, so...
**[21:35] Hiyakawa**
I see.
**[21:36] Hiyakawa**
I would appreciate if it you didn't
lose your fondness for me.
**[21:40] Hiyakawa**
If you don't stay, it will
cause problems for me.
***SIGN*** Koishikawa Incident
***SIGN*** Defense Lawyer Miyakawa Yuriko Dies
***SIGN*** Withdrawal
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***SIGN*** Withdrawal Amount
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***SIGN*** Enter
**[23:23] Erika**
*You will die.*
**[23:25] Ekira**
*You will die cursed.*
**[23:26] ATM**
*Please take your money.*
**[23:37] ATM**
*Thank you for your patronage.*
# E3 - Malediction
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU05GD9/malediction)
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**[00:01] Saori**
I have... this dream...
**[00:05] Saori**
Every night.
**[00:06] Saori**
She's like Ophelia...
**[00:09] Saori**
She's probably deceased.
**[00:13] Saori**
And it is this deceased
person that I dream of.
**[00:16] Saori**
Eventually, I no longer know
who is looking at whom.
**[00:25] Hiyakawa**
I see.
**[00:27] Hiyakawa**
Well, if you would, Mikado-kun.
**[00:28] Mikado**
But...
**[00:30] Mikado**
Why do I have to do this?
**[00:32] Hiyakawa**
Hurry up and do it, please.
**[00:37] Saori**
Thank you for your help.
**[00:39] Mikado**
Uh, of course.
**[00:42] Mikado**
It's cold!
**[00:46] Mikado**
What do you want me to do?
**[00:48] Hiyakawa**
Don't worry.
**[00:49] Hiyakawa**
I've got a firm hold on your lifeline.
**[00:52] Mikado**
Is there a leash attached to me or something?
**[00:55] Mikado**
What am I, a dog?
**[03:09] Mikado**
Somehow it just doesn't feel finished.
**[03:10] Hiyakawa**
What doesn't?
**[03:13] Mikado**
The thing in the pond.
**[03:15] Mikado**
If you wanted to, you could have
driven it out completely,
**[03:17] Mikado**
but you didn't, did you?
**[03:20] Hiyakawa**
I thought that simply destroying
it would be a waste.
**[03:27] Hiyakawa**
It is...
**[03:28] Hiyakawa**
something like a house that,
once entered, cannot be left.
**[03:35] Mikado**
Huh?
**[03:37] Mikado**
Putting it like that doesn't
make any sense to me.
**[03:39] Mikado**
Can't you put it plainly?
**[03:42] Hiyakawa**
I can't explain it properly yet.
**[03:44] Mikado**
You can't explain it?
**[03:47] Hiyakawa**
What's wrong?
**[03:48] Mikado**
Oh, I just sort of suddenly...
**[03:51] Mikado**
had a feeling like, "Hey, a pop idol's
come to our little country village!"
**[03:54] Hiyakawa**
Huh?
**[03:55] Mikado**
You have no idea what I'm
talking about, right?
**[03:58] Mikado**
Sorry. I don't really know, either...
**[04:07] Erika; spirit voice**
*I'd like to talk.*
**[04:12] Mikado**
H-How did you know where we were?
**[04:15] Hiyakawa**
I'm grateful you came to see us.
There was something I wanted to ask you.
**[04:20] Mikado**
Huh?
**[04:22] Hiyakawa**
However, allow me to say this first.
**[04:25] Hiyakawa**
This belongs to me, so please don't touch it.
**[04:30] Erika**
Is that absolute?
**[04:32] Hiyakawa**
It is.
**[04:32] Mikado**
Huh?
**[04:34] Erika**
Wow...
**[04:35] Erika**
Isn't it crazy having such
a controlling boyfriend?
**[04:37] Hiyakawa**
It is not crazy.
**[04:38] Mikado**
He's not my boyfriend!
**[04:40] Mikado**
And what are you talking about, anyway?
**[04:42] Erika**
Wait, what?
**[04:44] Erika**
You let him do all that to you,
and he isn't even your boyfriend?
**[04:47] Erika**
I like it.
**[04:48] Mikado**
Huh?
**[04:49] Hiyakawa**
What brings you here today?
**[04:51] Erika**
Oh, uh, well...
**[04:53] Erika**
That's right! What are your names?
**[04:56] Erika**
I'm Hiura Erika. You can call me Erika.
**[04:59] Hiyakawa**
I'm Hiyakawa.
**[05:00] Erika**
Hiyakawa what?
**[05:02] Hiyakawa**
Rihito.
**[05:03] Erika**
Rihito-kun.
**[05:04] Erika**
What about you, Mikado-kun?
**[05:06] Mikado**
K-Kousuke.
**[05:08] Mikado**
But how do you know my last name?
**[05:11] Erika**
Huh? Rihito-kun called you by it.
**[05:13] Erika**
When you came to my school.
**[05:17] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[05:21] Hiyakawa**
What are you recalling?
**[05:23] Erika**
Do you remember now, Kousuke-kun?
**[05:25] Erika**
Your boyfriend's a jealous one.
**[05:30] Hiyakawa**
Let him go.
**[05:31] Erika**
Come on, let me. Just a little.
**[05:36] Hiyakawa**
Let him go.
**[05:38] Erika**
My, you really are a very jealous person.
**[05:42] Erika**
What is this?
**[05:50] Erika**
You've bound him?
**[05:52] Hiyakawa**
Let go.
**[05:53] Erika**
I don't know about that.
**[05:54] Erika**
Rihito-kun, what are you planning
to do with Kousuke-kun in the end?
**[06:00] Hiyakawa**
There is no need for you to know that.
**[06:02] Erika**
Hey, I said I came here
to talk about something!
**[06:06] Hiyakawa**
About what?
**[06:07] Erika**
A consultation... Actually, if it's possible,
**[06:10] Erika**
I want to quit my current job.
**[06:12] Erika**
So I was hoping to get some advice from
someone in the same line of work...
**[06:18] Hiyakawa**
And what is your job?
**[06:21] Erika**
A curse peddler.
**[06:23] Mikado**
Curse peddler?
**[06:24] Erika**
It's just what it sounds like.
**[06:26] Erika**
There are bad people in the world,
**[06:29] Erika**
and money is made off of people's misfortunes.
**[06:31] Mikado**
So... the time we went to your school, too?
**[06:35] Erika**
Oh, that was off the clock!
**[06:37] Mikado**
What?
**[06:39] Erika**
They're terrible people.
**[06:41] Erika**
They do things like obstruct
classes and bully people,
**[06:44] Erika**
and no one stops them!
**[06:46] Erika**
By the way, back then, you two...
**[06:49] Erika**
knew who I was, didn't you?
**[06:53] Erika**
What did you see?
**[06:55] Hiyakawa**
The instrument you'd made from the
dismembered bodies of three people.
**[07:00] Mikado**
Instrument...
**[07:01] Erika**
Oh, that?
**[07:05] Erika**
Please don't look at me like that.
**[07:07] Erika**
I didn't kill them myself.
**[07:09] Mikado**
That's not the issue here!
**[07:11] Erika**
That is exactly the issue.
**[07:14] Erika**
It would be so much easier
if I could do it myself.
**[07:17] Erika**
That sort of thing is scary, so I can't.
**[07:21] Erika**
But... there's someone
even more afraid than me
**[07:24] Erika**
who wants to make me do it.
**[07:26] Erika**
That's the issue.
**[07:30] Hiyakawa**
The curses you create are quite strong.
**[07:34] Hiyakawa**
How do you do it?
**[07:37] Erika**
There are dead people around, right?
**[07:40] Erika**
They exist even inside me.
**[07:42] Mikado**
What?
**[07:43] Erika**
That's what saves me.
**[07:47] Erika**
I control the spirits of the dead.
They call me a necromancer.
**[07:55] Sakaki**
Miss.
**[07:57] Sakaki**
It's nearly your curfew.
**[08:01] Mikado**
Whoa! He's even taller than you are!
**[08:03] Erika**
How did you even follow me?
**[08:05] Erika**
Do I have a GPS tracker embedded
in my body or something?
**[08:08] Erika**
I get scolded if I talk to men, you see.
**[08:11] Erika**
They've got it in their heads that if I lose
my virginity, I'll lose my powers, right?
**[08:15] Sakaki**
I am only doing as I am told.
**[08:18] Erika**
I know. After all, I'm the same.
**[08:23] Erika**
Well, then, um...
**[08:25] Erika; spirit voce**
* I'd be happy if we could talk*
* again at leisure sometime.*
**[08:28] Erika; spirit voice**
*Sorry for, well, lots of things.*
**[08:31] Mikado**
That... voice...
**[08:33] Erika**
Oh, yeah.
**[08:35] Erika; spirit voice**
*This guy can't hear me. Hilarious, right?*
**[08:39] Sakaki**
Miss.
**[08:41] Erika**
Well, goodbye.
**[08:54] Erika**
Don't hate me too much, okay?
**[08:57] Erika**
Bye-bye.
**[09:09] Mikado**
What was with that guy?
**[09:13] Mikado**
He didn't have to be that rough!
**[09:28] Mikado**
What is it?
**[09:29] Hiyakawa; spirit voice**
*...hear me...*
**[09:30] Mikado**
Huh? I'm not sure.
**[09:33] Mikado**
It sounded like I was hearing it underwater.
**[09:36] Hiyakawa**
I see.
**[09:37] Hiyakawa**
I suppose simply imitating isn't enough.
**[09:40] Mikado**
Imitating? Wait, you don't mean...
**[09:42] Mikado**
What Hiura Erika did?
**[09:45] Erika; spirit voice**
*I'd like to talk.*
**[09:47] Mikado**
Cut it out! That's dangerous, isn't it?
**[09:49] Hiyakawa**
There's something I want to test.
**[09:51] Mikado**
Listen to me! Also, not so close!
**[09:54] Hiyakawa**
I just thought it might be dangerous
if I don't hold you down, that's all.
**[09:58] Mikado**
What? You're gonna do something dangerous?
**[10:01] Hiyakawa**
Just a little. A curse.
**[10:03] Mikado**
No! No way!
**[10:05] Mikado**
What is this? I can't stand up!
**[10:07] Mikado**
You're making your way inside
my body without asking again!
**[10:11] Hiyakawa**
No talking.
**[10:14] Hiyakawa**
These things called curses
are dangerous, you see.
**[10:18] Hiyakawa**
They come in through your ears or eyes,
**[10:20] Hiyakawa**
and they leave through your mouth.
**[10:22] Hiyakawa**
When they come out of your
mouth, they're stronger.
**[10:24] Hiyakawa**
That is...
**[10:25] Hiyawaka**
what I want to test through you.
**[10:28] Hiyakawa**
Don't worry. The curse isn't directed at you.
**[10:31] Hiyakawa**
Though, even so, you'll
probably feel a little sick.
**[10:36] Hiyakawa**
Trust me.
**[10:38] Hiyakawa; spirit voice**
*You are my...*
**[10:40] Hiyakawa; spirit voice**
*destiny.*
**[10:50] Mukae**
*Be careful.*
**[10:52] Erika**
* What are you planning to do*
* with Kousuke-kun in the end?*
***SIGN*** Contract We agree to be bound to the following terms. Hiyakawa Rihito will supply Mikado Kousuke with work.
**[10:56] Hiyakawa**
*Let's write up a contract.*
**[11:01] Hiyakawa**
Don't let it come out yet.
Hold it in just a little longer.
**[11:07] Mikado**
*What is this?*
**[11:09] Mikado**
*What is this?*
**[11:11] Mikado**
*What does he want me to do...
want to do with me... do* to *me?*
**[11:17] Mikado**
* I should probably be*
* thinking about that, but...*
**[11:20] Mikado**
*I can't think.*
**[11:22] Hiyakawa**
That's probably as much as you can take.
**[11:24] Mikado**
*When did it start?*
**[11:26] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
Our meeting must have been destiny!
**[11:28] Mikado**
*At the very beginning?*
**[11:30] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
If you're with me, you won't be scared anymore.
**[11:34] Mikado**
*I know I have to think about it, but...*
**[11:38] (Flashback) Mikado's mom; 10 years earlier**
Kousuke, what's wrong?
**[11:40] (Flashback) Mikado's mom; 10 years earlier**
Do you feel sick?
**[11:41] (Flashback) Mikado; middle schooler**
M-Mom...
**[11:44] (Flashback) Mikado's mom; 10 years earlier**
Are you all right?
**[11:46] (Flashback) Mikado; middle schooler**
I-I'm not sure. I-I might have a cold. Sorry.
**[11:51] Mikado**
*All this time...*
**[11:53] Mikado**
*All this time, there wasn't a single person*
**[11:55] Mikado**
*I could say "I'm scared" to...*
***SIGN*** hallucination symptoms
***SIGN*** Let's Search
**[11:58] Mikado**
*All this time...*
**[12:03] Mikado**
*All this time, I've been alone...*
**[12:06] Mikado**
*I have to think. I have to think! But...*
**[12:10] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun?
**[12:12] Hiyakawa**
It's all right now.
**[12:16] Hiyakawa**
Let me have it.
**[12:20] Mikado**
*I don't want to think about it.*
**[12:24] Mikado**
Sorry.
**[12:25] Mikado**
I tried to dodge the issue,
but I just couldn't refuse.
**[12:28] Hiyakawa**
I don't mind. Having more work
is something to be grateful for.
**[12:32] Hiyakawa**
A classmate from middle school, was it?
**[12:34] Mikado**
Yeah. We weren't close at all, but...
***SIGN*** Isogaki
***SIGN*** It's been ages!
***SIGN*** Isogaki
***SIGN*** I know this is sudden, but can you really see ghosts?
**[12:38] Mikado**
He contacted me out of the blue,
**[12:40] Mikado**
saying that his fiancée was acting weird.
**[12:45] Mikado**
Hey, what do you say to
the people around you?
**[12:48] Hiyakawa**
What?
**[12:49] Mikado**
Like, to your parents and friends,
when you deal with paranormal stuff.
**[12:54] Hiyakawa**
I don't have parents or friends.
**[12:56] Mikado**
Huh?
**[12:57] Mikado**
Oh... I'm sorry.
**[13:00] Hiyakawa**
It's fine.
**[13:01] Hiyakawa**
Is there something troubling you?
**[13:05] Mikado**
No, not really.
**[13:07] Mikado**
It's just that when you're different from
everyone, they treat you like a joke.
**[13:11] (Flashback) male student A**
Seriously?
**[13:12] (Flashback) female student A**
Spirit sense?
**[13:13] (Flashback) male student B**
He just wants attention, I bet.
**[13:15] Hiyakawa**
All you need to do is stop associating
with people who are different from you.
**[13:22] Hiyakawa**
This is it, isn't it?
**[13:30] Isogaki**
Hey, I've been expecting you!
**[13:31] Mikado**
It's been a whi—
**[13:34] Isogaki**
What is it? You just got here.
**[13:39] Hiyakawa**
Well, well... Pleased to
meet you. I'm Hiyakawa.
**[13:44] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, please explain
what it looks like to you.
**[13:47] Isogaki**
Huh? What do you mean, "what it looks like"?
**[13:51] Mikado**
H-Her face... It's all swirled
up, like whipped cream...
**[13:56] Isogaki**
What?
**[13:57] Mikado**
Her hand, too! It's really strong there.
**[14:01] Mikado**
The shape... It's like it's being pinched...
**[14:04] Isogaki**
Huh? What's that supposed to mean?
**[14:08] Isogaki**
Miyuki?
**[14:09] Miyuki**
Huh?
**[14:10] Miyuki**
L-Let's have them come inside, okay?
**[14:13] Isogaki**
Uh, sure.
**[14:15] Hiyakawa**
Pardon the intrusion.
**[14:16] Miyuki**
This way.
**[14:18] Isogaki**
He is kinda creepy, huh?
**[14:20] Miyuki**
Stop that. He took the
time to come here for us.
**[14:25] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun?
**[14:28] Hiyakawa**
Let's finish this quickly and
get something delicious to eat.
**[14:35] Mikado**
Yeah.
**[14:39] Isogaki**
Hey.
**[14:40] Mikado**
I can't. I'm scared.
**[14:42] Mikado**
This room is insane. I can't open my eyes.
**[14:45] Isogaki**
Huh?!
**[14:46] Isogaki**
You know, you're being really rude!
**[14:48] Miyuki**
Why not?
**[14:50] Mikado**
I feel like I'll make eye contact...
**[14:54] Mikado**
From the crevices between objects...
**[14:58] Mikado**
It's watching.
**[15:07] Isogaki**
Hey, are you okay?
**[15:09] Miyuki**
I-It's my mother.
**[15:11] Isogaki**
Huh?
**[15:12] Isogaki**
Your mother... passed away, didn't she?
**[15:15] Miyuki**
Sh-She's alive.
**[15:18] Isogaki**
What?
**[15:21] Miyuki**
She's alive.
**[15:23] Isogaki**
Why would you lie about that? Why?
**[15:26] Miyuki**
Well, I mean... If I get married,
she might want to live with us...
**[15:31] Miyuki**
And she'd make a mess of the ceremony!
**[15:42] Miyuki**
I don't want my call history to be
filled with her number anymore!
***SIGN*** Call History
***SIGN*** Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
**[15:48] Miyuki**
I don't want to hear the doorbell
ringing in the middle of the night!
**[15:51] Miyuki**
Is this something she's causing herself?
**[15:55] Hiyakawa**
No, it's likely a curse that
her mother cast on her.
**[16:00] Hiyakawa**
Do you have any idea about the item?
**[16:10] Mikado**
In the small drawer by the window.
**[16:13] Hiyakawa**
Where is it?
**[16:14] Mikado**
B-Behind the potted plant.
**[16:18] Isogaki**
Hang on! You can't see it from where you are!
**[16:22] Isogaki**
How do you know about it?
**[16:24] Mikado**
Hey, wait! Don't leave me!
**[16:27] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san!
**[16:33] Mikado**
I... I really can't do this...
**[16:41] Hiyakawa**
Is this it?
**[16:43] Miyuki**
No!
**[16:44] Miyuki**
Don't!
**[16:45] Isogaki**
Miyuki!
**[16:47] Miyuki**
Mother gave it to me!
**[16:50] Miyuki**
Mother was kind. She thought
about me more than anyone else.
**[16:54] Miyuki**
She always watched over me!
**[16:57] Miyuki**
She always, always watched me...
Watched and watched...
**[17:00] Miyuki**
If that gets thrown out,
Mother will pinch me!
**[17:16] Hiyakawa**
This is magnificent work for an amateur.
**[17:21] Hiyakawa**
Shall we dispose of this for you?
**[17:24] Isogaki**
Uh, yes. If you would, please.
**[17:38] Isogaki**
I know I'm the one who had
you come here, but just leave.
**[17:41] Isogaki**
And don't ever contact me, all right?
**[17:46] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[17:47] Hiyakawa**
Please gather up the money.
We'll be taking our leave.
**[18:03] Isogaki**
Hey!
**[18:05] Isogaki**
Don't get all cocky thinking
you've got dirt on me now!
**[18:09] Mikado**
You have better things to do
than yell at me, don't you?
**[18:13] Mikado**
Your girlfriend is crying.
**[18:22] Hiyakawa**
What do you want to eat?
**[18:24] Mikado**
Huh? Oh, well, I've been
staying away from meat, so...
**[18:28] Mikado**
Some kind of meat, I guess.
**[18:32] Hiyakawa**
Hm? Some kind of meat?
**[18:34] Mikado**
Huh? Uh, yeah. I want Mongolian barbecue.
**[18:39] Hiyakawa**
That reminds me. What are your parents like?
**[18:44] Mikado**
My parents?
**[18:46] Hiyakawa**
You asked about my parents, didn't you?
**[18:48] Hiyakawa**
It made me wonder.
**[18:51] Mikado**
I've only got my mom.
She's not particularly good or bad.
**[18:56] Hiyakawa**
Does your mother know
how good your eyesight is?
**[19:00] Mikado**
Huh? Oh... I don't know.
**[19:03] Mikado**
I've never told her I see things.
**[19:08] Mikado**
I was scared that if I said anything,
she'd just reject it.
**[19:12] Mikado**
It's reality for me, but she's not just anyone.
**[19:17] Mikado**
My mom is probably the one
person I really couldn't tell.
**[19:26] Mikado's mom**
You're not doing any shady work, are you?
**[19:29] Mikado**
Huh?
**[19:30] Mikado's mom**
I went to Hori Books today, and the manager
said you'd started another part-time job.
**[19:35] Mikado**
Huh? I swear, that guy...
**[19:38] Mikado's mom**
And then he said, "Oh, wait! It was a secret!"
**[19:41] Mikado's mom**
That just made me worry even more!
**[19:43] Mikado**
Ugh, seriously...
**[19:45] Mikado's mom**
So?
**[19:45] Mikado**
Don't worry. It's just a cleaning service.
**[19:49] Mikado's mom**
Really?
**[19:53] Mikado**
I mean, it's work that other
people don't really want to do.
**[19:56] Mikado's mom**
Hmm...
**[19:59] Mikado's mom**
Well, be careful, okay?
**[20:00] Mikado**
I will.
**[20:02] Mikado**
Um...
**[20:03] Mikado's mom**
Yes?
**[20:05] Mikado**
What kind of person is my father?
**[20:11] Mikado's mom**
I don't know.
**[20:12] Mikado**
What?
**[20:13] Mikado's mom**
I don't mean that I don't know who he is!
**[20:16] Mikado's mom**
He was here until you were four.
**[20:19] Mikado's mom**
But... he suddenly just disappeared.
**[20:22] Mikado**
Disappeared?
**[20:23] Mikado's mom**
I don't know why he left, or what
kind of person he really was.
**[20:28] Mikado's mom**
I don't know anything anymore.
**[20:31] Mikado's mom**
I mean, he took all the photos
of himself and everything!
**[20:35] Mikado**
What? I thought you'd gotten rid of them.
**[20:38] Mikado's mom**
I'd never do that!
**[20:40] Mikado's mom**
Even if they were my ex-husband's,
**[20:42] Mikado's mom**
I'd never just toss them all out.
**[20:44] Mikado's mom**
And he *is* your father, after all.
**[20:47] Mikado**
Yeah.
**[20:52] Erika**
Mother.
**[20:54] Erika**
Mother.
**[21:11] Erika**
I was calling to you...
**[21:20] Erika**
I was calling to you...
**[21:20] Erika; spirit voice**
*Can't you hear me?*
**[21:23] Mikado's mom**
Your manager is always so funny!
**[21:27] Mikado**
He really is.
**[21:40] Erika**
I was calling to her...
**[21:43] Hiura's dad**
Sakaki, where is Erika?
**[21:45] Sakaki**
The young miss said she wasn't feeling well.
**[21:48] Hiura's dad**
That again?
**[21:49] Sensei**
I'm sure she just doesn't want to see me.
**[21:52] Hiura's dad**
No, that can't be!
**[21:54] Hiura's dad**
Sir, I'll give her a talking-to!
**[21:57] Sensei**
Don't worry about it.
**[21:59] Sensei**
She has talent. And her way
of thinking is so unfettered.
**[22:03] Sensei**
She's just...
**[22:05] Sensei**
adorable, isn't she?
# E4 - Pitfall
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUN210Q/pitfall)
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**[00:07] Mikado**
What the heck is your deal?
You've been doing that every day!
**[00:10] Hiyakawa**
Hmm, a hint of it does seem to be lingering.
**[00:14] Hiyakawa**
It's because she's strong.
**[00:15] Hanzawa**
Hey, hurry up.
**[00:18] Hiyakawa**
I won't be going.
**[00:20] Mikado**
What? If you're asked to
do a job, you should do it!
**[00:23] Hiyakawa**
I will help.
**[00:25] Hiyakawa**
There's a method I would like to test.
**[00:28] Hiyakawa**
Hanzawa-san.
**[00:29] Hiyakawa**
I'll lend Mikado-kun to you. Please take him.
**[02:04] Hanzawa**
He's paying you and everything, right?
You're really okay with all that?
**[02:09] Mikado**
He's precise when it comes to money.
**[02:11] Hanzawa**
Is that right?
**[02:13] Hanzawa**
So... what? You cheating on him with a woman?
**[02:15] Mikado**
No! Everything about that is wrong!
The whole premise is wrong!
**[02:19] Hanzawa**
Is that right?
**[02:21] Mikado**
That seemed kind of half-hearted.
**[02:23] Hanzawa**
Not at all. You know,
being gay is nothing to hide—
**[02:26] Mikado**
I'm telling you, I'm not!
**[02:29] Mikado**
The other day, I was walking,
and I just happened to see her.
**[02:34] (Flashback) Erika**
Kousuke-kun.
**[02:37] Mikado**
Hiura Erika.
**[02:40] Hanzawa**
She's real? Not just some wild illusion?
**[02:43] Hanzawa**
So what's this Hiura Erika like, anyway?
**[02:46] Mikado**
She's... a high schooler.
**[02:49] Hanzawa**
A high school girl? And who is she, exactly?
**[02:53] Mikado**
You wouldn't believe me if I told you, right?
**[02:55] Hanzawa**
Well, no.
**[02:56] Mikado**
See?
**[02:58] Hanzawa**
Figuring out what to make of
unbelievable stories is a detective's job.
**[03:02] Mikado**
Whoa... That's cool.
**[03:04] Hanzawa**
Right?
**[03:08] (Flashback) Erika**
Isn't this place getting a
little too much traffic?
**[03:13] (Flashback) sensei**
That makes it just right, doesn't it?
**[03:16] (Flashback) sensei**
Now, don't make such a scary face.
**[03:19] (Flashback) sensei**
You're always thinking outside
the box with everything you do.
**[03:23] (Flashback) sensei**
Like that pieced-together doll
you made for me before...
**[03:26] (Flashback) sensei**
That was really good.
**[03:30] (Flashback) sensei**
I was so disappointed that I wasn't
able to see the real thing.
**[03:33] (Flashback) sensei**
You have talent. It makes
you helpful to others.
**[03:38] Hanzawa**
None of that makes any sense!
**[03:40] Mikado**
I thought you'd say that.
**[03:43] Hanzawa**
Today's the same, though.
The fact that I called you guys in
**[03:46] Hanzawa**
means this thing makes no sense.
**[03:50] Hanzawa**
Okay, we're here.
**[03:51] Mikado**
Oh, what kind of case is it today?
**[03:55] Hanzawa**
What would you call today's case...
Unexplained disappearances?
**[03:59] Mikado**
Disappearances?
**[04:01] Hanzawa**
You ever seen a shop that had lots
of customers, but then closed down
**[04:05] Hanzawa**
and reopened as a different shop?
**[04:06] Hanzawa**
That's one of them.
**[04:10] Hanzawa**
And there are a lot of missing persons
who were last seen there.
**[04:15] Mikado**
Does that mean they're...
b-buried in the floor or something?
**[04:19] Hanzawa**
We investigated. Came up with
a reason and got a warrant.
**[04:23] Hanzawa**
But nothing turned up.
**[04:24] Hanzawa**
And the people running the shops either
go missing or end up in the hospital.
**[04:28] Hanzawa**
It's weird.
**[04:30] Hanzawa**
It's not a location the yakuza
have their eye on, either.
**[04:33] Hanzawa**
There's just nothing.
**[04:35] Hanzawa**
It's not like it gets passed down
from one owner to the next,
**[04:37] Hanzawa**
and the real estate agent
and landlord are clean.
**[04:40] Hanzawa**
There may not be a direct link to any crime,
**[04:42] Hanzawa**
but normally when you hit a thing,
*some* dirt comes loose.
**[04:45] Hanzawa**
For something to be this clean...
means something's weird.
**[04:49] Mikado**
I came along for the ride, but I really
don't feel like I'll be any help on this.
**[04:54] Mikado**
Wouldn't it be better to
come back with Hiyakawa-san?
**[04:56] Hanzawa**
He said to call if you see anything, right?
**[05:00] Hanzawa**
But hey, I guess if things
get crazy... we run, right?
**[05:04] Mikado**
Th-Then I'll just make sure
I can call him at any moment.
**[05:09] Mikado**
I wonder what Hiyakawa-san is thinking.
**[05:13] Mikado**
He's like a super-complex riddle.
**[05:15] Mikado**
And he might be kidding,
**[05:17] Mikado**
but he says stuff like, "I don't
have parents or friends."
**[05:21] Hanzawa**
Well, he's got it rough in a lot of ways, too.
**[05:25] Hanzawa**
If he's ready to do an honest
day's work, that's enough.
**[05:28] Hanzawa**
And people say that with the right
encounter, you can redo your life, right?
**[05:32] Mikado**
Encounter?
**[05:34] Hanzawa**
Yep! And this is a police
officer's experience talking.
**[05:37] Hanzawa**
Catching criminals is all
about encounters, too.
**[05:39] Hanzawa**
A chance to remake your life.
**[05:42] Hanzawa**
Well, anyway...
**[05:44] Hanzawa**
I just thought it'd be nice if that's
what meeting you did for him.
**[05:47] Hanzawa**
You do seem unusually attached. Tamed, even.
**[05:49] Mikado**
What? Tamed?
**[05:51] Hanzawa**
Don't get swallowed up by it, though.
**[05:52] Hanzawa**
Not like I'd know what empathy you two
might share with each other, but...
**[05:56] Mikado**
D-Does that mean—
**[05:58] Hanzawa**
Hey.
**[05:59] Mikado**
Huh?
**[05:59] Hanzawa**
Something's been bothering me.
**[06:01] Hanzawa**
Doesn't this seem weird?
**[06:04] Hanzawa**
There's been a ton of people walking by,
but I haven't seen any of their faces.
**[06:08] Mikado**
Oh...
**[06:09] Hanzawa**
I'll go take a look.
**[06:10] Mikado**
Huh? Th-Then... I'll call Hiyakawa-san!
**[06:14] Hanzawa**
Good. Thanks.
***SIGN*** Hiyakawa Rihito
***SIGN*** Calling...
**[06:31] Hiyakawa**
*Hello?*
**[06:34] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san.
**[06:36] Hiyakawa**
*Mikado-kun.*
**[06:39] Hiyakawa**
*Thank you for the call.*
**[06:41] Hiyakawa**
*Allow me to help you.*
**[06:43] Hiyakawa**
Listen to my voice.
**[06:46] Hiyakawa**
I want you... to let me...
**[06:49] Hiyakawa**
inside you.
**[06:53] Hanzawa**
Hey, the lack of eye contact
out there is shocking.
**[06:57] Hanzawa**
Tenderfoot, what's wrong?
**[07:00] Mikado**
Nothing. Well, shall we take a look?
**[07:05] Hanzawa**
Are you doing an impression of that guy?
**[07:07] Hanzawa**
That's exactly like him.
**[07:09] Hanzawa**
Doesn't make me laugh, though.
**[07:11] Mikado**
Really?
**[07:17] Hanzawa**
What's that? Chalk?
**[07:19] Mikado**
Hanzawa-san, see that edge
there? Please step on it.
**[07:23] Mikado**
Your power of disbelief is very strong.
**[07:27] Hanzawa**
Really, this makes no sense.
**[07:33] Hanzawa**
What is this thing? Can I move?
**[07:35] Mikado**
No. This is a safety barrier.
**[07:39] Hanzawa**
Look, could you just drop
the impression already?
**[07:42] Hanzawa**
The longer you do it,
the less amusing it gets.
**[07:44] Mikado**
Well, this is... What is it?
It's strange, isn't it?
**[07:48] Hanzawa**
I'm not good at standing still.
**[07:51] Hanzawa**
Hey, Hiyakawa!
**[07:52] Mikado**
Yes?
**[07:54] Hanzawa**
Wait, huh? You're not Hiyakawa.
**[07:58] Hiyakawa**
*Oh, that won't do. Come, now.*
**[08:02] Hiyakawa**
You have to focus on me.
**[08:08] Hiyakawa**
Here, Mikado-kun.
**[08:10] Hiyakawa**
Swallow me down completely.
***SIGN*** Ramen King
**[08:20] (Flashback) sensei**
Well, shall we get started making it?
**[08:24] (Flashback) Erika**
I've already begun.
**[08:25] (Flashback) sensei**
What?
**[08:28] (Flashback) sensei**
Then I'll assist.
**[09:00] (Flashback) Sakaki**
Man, that's scary.
**[09:03] Mikado**
This is...
**[09:05] Hanzawa**
You okay? You feeling sick or something?
***SIGN*** Ramen King
**[09:08] (Flashback) sensei**
I really love this work.
**[09:12] Mikado**
It's strange. Extraordinarily so.
**[09:14] (Flashback) sensei**
Making savings boxes.
**[09:16] Mikado**
What was the point of making it?
**[09:19] (Flashback) Erika**
You mean "traps," don't you?
**[09:20] Mikado**
It's a trap.
**[09:22] Hanzawa**
A trap?
**[09:23] Mikado**
Mikado-kun. Mikado-kun!
**[09:26] Mikado**
Hanzawa-san, this place is no
good. Please give up on it.
**[09:30] Hanzawa**
Huh?
**[09:31] Mikado**
Please bring Mikado-kun back immediately.
**[09:34] Hanzawa**
What?
**[09:35] Mikado**
He is about to lose consciousness.
Are you all right with that?
**[09:39] Hanzawa**
That's several kinds of not "all right," idiot!
**[09:41] Hanzawa**
Can I go bring the car over here?
**[09:44] Mikado**
Oh.
**[09:45] Mikado**
In that case, please spit here.
**[09:47] Mikado**
Blood works, too.
**[09:49] Hanzawa**
You've gotta be kidding me! Spit?
**[09:52] Mikado**
After you spit, you'll have,
at most, 25 seconds.
**[09:55] Hanzawa**
All right, fine!
**[10:04] Mikado**
The... door...
**[10:07] Hanzawa**
Come on! Hurry up and get in!
**[10:11] Hanzawa**
Hey, the door is—
**[10:13] Hanzawa**
Are you stupid?
***SIGN*** Ramen King
**[10:21] (Flashback) sensei**
I suppose that'll do it.
**[10:24] (Flashback) sensei**
It's a little too strong at the moment,
**[10:26] (Flashback) sensei**
but I think things will
store up nicely in time.
**[10:29] (Flashback) sensei**
Well, let's head back.
**[10:30] (Flashback) Erika**
Sir...
**[10:32] (Flashback) sensei**
Yeah?
**[10:33] (Flashback) Erika**
Do you remember all the
places you've set traps?
**[10:37] (Flashback) sensei**
Of course not.
**[10:38] (Flashback) sensei**
Why?
**[10:41] (Flashback) sensei**
Oh, you feel sorry for them.
**[10:44] (Flashback) sensei**
People are more likely to get into
a traffic accident than encounter this.
**[10:48] (Flashback) sensei**
This is a fluency we were born with.
It's nothing for you to trouble yourself over.
**[10:52] (Flashback) sensei**
Wanting to do something and being suited
for something are different, right?
**[10:57] (Flashback) sensei**
There is no other life waiting for us.
**[11:02] (Flashback) Sakaki**
Have you finished your work here, sir?
**[11:05] (Flashback) Sakaki**
The young miss has plans after this.
**[11:08] (Flashback) sensei**
Sakaki, who's holding your leash?
**[11:12] (Flashback) Sakaki**
Contractually, I suppose it's the young miss.
**[11:14] (Flashback) sensei**
Well, no matter.
**[11:17] (Flashback) sensei**
See you later.
**[11:23] (Flashback) Sakaki**
Just now...
**[11:24] (Flashback) Erika**
Huh?
**[11:26] (Flashback) Sakaki**
Was he cursing you, young miss?
**[11:29] (Flashback) Erika**
No. Not... in a paranormal sense.
**[11:34] (Flashback) Sakaki**
"Not in a paranormal sense," huh?
**[11:37] (Flashback) Sakaki**
He's terrifying.
**[11:40] (Flashback) Sakaki**
What do you want to do? You don't
have any plans in particular.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Erika**
Hmm... I'd like to go to karaoke.
**[11:46] (Flashback) Sakaki**
That's—Is that something
I must accompany you to?
**[11:50] (Flashback) Erika**
Why not? I'll even put on some
Sorimachi Takashi for you.
**[11:53] (Flashback) Sakaki**
I didn't sing that because I wanted to.
**[11:56] (Flashback) Erika**
I want some honey toast.
**[12:01] (Flashback) Sakaki**
Back there...
**[12:03] (Flashback) Sakaki**
Why did you make it? And he said
you're just going to leave it like that?
**[12:08] (Flashback) Erika**
I know, right? He's not right in the head.
**[12:13] (Flashback) Erika**
He calls them "savings boxes."
**[12:15] (Flashback) Erika**
When a place gets dirty and left that way,
**[12:18] (Flashback) Erika**
people tend to think, "Just a little
won't hurt," and toss their trash there.
**[12:23] (Flashback) Erika**
So the place keeps getting dirtier, right?
**[12:26] (Flashback) Erika**
And then,
**[12:27] (Flashback) Erika**
when you throw things away, you don't
notice you've gotten a little dirty, too.
**[12:31] (Flashback) Erika**
That sort of thing stores up little by little,
**[12:33] (Flashback) Erika**
and people end up feeling sick if they
weren't in the best condition to start with.
**[12:39] (Flashback) Erika**
But the trash we're dealing
with here is invisible,
**[12:42] (Flashback) Erika**
and he's in the business of recycling trash.
**[12:44] (Flashback) Erika**
He picks it up there and uses it.
**[12:47] (Flashback) Erika**
I'm scared, though, so I don't use it.
**[12:50] (Flashback) Sakaki**
You're... scared?
**[12:52] (Flashback) Erika**
That's right! I mean, they
say it on the news, right?
**[12:56] (Flashback) Erika**
In places like that...
**[12:57] (Flashback) Erika**
Mixed in with the normal garbage,
**[13:00] (Flashback) Erika**
sometimes you find pieces of corpses.
**[13:05] (Flashback) Erika**
There are people who've thrown them away.
**[13:10] Hanzawa**
He's heavy!
**[13:11] Hanzawa**
You should've carried him! You're bigger.
**[13:16] Hanzawa**
Is he all right?
**[13:18] Hiyakawa**
I don't know.
**[13:20] Hiyakawa**
We had your barrier, Hanzawa-san,
so I thought we'd be all right.
**[13:24] Hiyakawa**
There was an incredibly beautiful
structure there, so I went to look,
**[13:28] Hiyakawa**
but it seems its affinity with
Mikado-kun was entirely too great.
**[13:32] Hanzawa**
Enough with the incomprehensible
blabber. What's going on?
**[13:36] Hiyakawa**
Perhaps because he received
a shock, his heart stopped...
**[13:40] Hiyakawa**
in a paranormal sense, I mean.
**[13:41] Hanzawa**
Is he in trouble? What're you gonna do?
**[13:45] Hiyakawa**
AED.
**[13:47] Hiyakawa**
It may hurt a little.
**[13:52] Hanzawa**
An electrical fault?
**[13:53] Hanzawa**
Is this building safe?
**[13:57] Hiyakawa**
One more time.
**[14:05] Hiyakawa**
Mikado—
**[14:05] Mikado**
Little by little is fine.
**[14:08] Mikado**
You have it, don't you?
**[14:10] Mikado**
I want to take it little by
little and make it bigger.
**[14:13] Mikado**
And if you need it, I'll give it back.
**[14:16] Mikado**
That way, we'll have even more.
**[14:19] Mikado**
It's a savings box.
**[14:22] Mikado**
Come on. Give it to me.
**[14:26] Mikado**
Okay?
**[14:29] Mikado**
Come, now.
**[14:30] Hanzawa**
You okay, Mikado-kun?
**[14:33] Mikado**
Huh? What?
**[14:35] Hiyakawa**
Hanzawa-san! Call to him!
**[14:37] Hiyakawa**
One more time. Use his full name!
**[14:39] Hanzawa**
Huh? Sure...
**[14:41] Hanzawa**
Mikado Kousuke! Answer me!
**[14:44] Mikado**
Yes, sir!
**[14:46] Hiyakawa**
This will hurt. Just bear with it.
**[14:52] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, not yet.
Don't lose consciousness.
**[15:00] Hiyakawa**
It's all right. You're all clean inside now.
**[15:03] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, tell me. What did you see?
**[15:07] Mikado**
A box...
**[15:08] Hiyakawa**
A box?
**[15:09] Mikado**
It was...
**[15:12] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, it's all right.
**[15:14] Hiyakawa**
It's not scary anymore, right?
**[15:16] Mikado**
Scary...
**[15:18] Mikado**
It... wasn't... scary.
**[15:21] Mikado**
It was...
**[15:24] Mikado**
It was Mom's jewelry box.
**[15:31] Hanzawa**
So... what? You're saying to
stay away from that place?
**[15:34] Hiyakawa**
If it's just you, Hanzawa-san,
I'm sure you'll be fine.
**[15:37] Hiyakawa**
I think it's like a pitfall, so there's
no telling what might happen.
**[15:42] Hanzawa**
Um, there's something about
this time that bothers me.
**[15:46] Hiyakawa**
You may not go. It's too perilous.
**[15:49] Mikado**
I'm not gonna go there, but looking
into it should be fine, right?
**[15:54] Hiyakawa**
Well, to be honest, I'm quite
interested in it myself.
**[15:59] Hiyakawa**
I'd like to know what
kind of person built it.
**[16:02] Hiyakawa**
Hanzawa-san,
**[16:03] Hiyakawa**
could you look for other places where people
have gone missing in the same manner?
**[16:07] Hanzawa**
Places?
**[16:09] Hiyakawa**
Please restrict your search
to places rather than people.
**[16:12] Hiyakawa**
We'll collect rumors about disappearances
and haunted spots. We may find overlap.
**[16:18] Mikado**
Ugh, haunted spots...
**[16:21] Hiyakawa**
Oh, right.
**[16:22] Hiyakawa**
Also, please do not exclude religious
institutions or research labs.
**[16:26] Hanzawa**
Sure, but don't expect
too much. Just be patient.
**[16:32] Mikado**
I'm home.
**[16:40] Mikado**
My memories probably just
got mixed together... Right?
**[16:44] Mikado**
I do see it every day, after all.
**[16:50] Mikado's mom**
What are you looking at?
**[16:53] Mikado's mom**
Oh, my! Was that static electricity?
**[16:56] Mikado**
I don't know. That startled me.
**[16:59] Mikado**
Did it hurt?
**[17:01] Mikado's mom**
No. It was just a surprise.
**[17:04] Mikado's mom**
What were you looking at?
**[17:05] Mikado's mom**
Was there something you
wanted? I'll give it to you.
**[17:07] Mikado**
No, there isn't. I saw one like it... or...
**[17:12] Mikado**
I just sort of remembered it.
**[17:13] Mikado's mom**
Really?
**[17:15] Mikado's mom**
You know, when you were little,
you really loved this.
**[17:18] Mikado**
Really? I don't remember.
**[17:21] Mikado's mom**
You begged me for it all the time.
I never gave it to you, though.
**[17:25] Mikado**
Huh...
**[17:26] Mikado's mom**
Your father gave it to me, and it's
the only thing he left behind.
**[17:31] Mikado**
Really?
**[17:33] Mikado's mom**
That's right.
**[17:34] Mikado's mom**
I took it with me when I went
back to my parents' place,
**[17:36] Mikado's mom**
and while I was there, he disappeared.
**[17:39] Mikado's mom**
If I see him again while we're
alive, I'm gonna slug him.
**[17:42] Mikado**
You're scary.
**[17:44] Mikado's mom**
Hey, don't you want this?
**[17:47] Mikado's mom**
Look here.
**[17:48] Mikado**
This decoration comes off,
**[17:49] Mikado's mom**
and it becomes an earring.
**[17:51] Mikado**
Nah. I don't have any piercings, anyway.
**[17:54] Mikado's mom**
I think it's some kind
of natural stone, but...
**[17:57] Mikado**
I don't wear accessories, either.
**[17:59] Mikado's mom**
Now, now. Mothers like to give things.
**[18:02] Mikado's mom**
And if you ever find someone
special, you can give it to them.
**[18:05] Mikado**
I guess so.
**[18:08] Mikado**
Wow, it polarizes the light.
**[18:11] Mikado**
I guess for now I can
use it as a phone strap.
**[18:13] Mikado's mom**
What?! A phone strap?
**[18:16] Mikado**
I mean, that's the thing
I have with me the most.
**[18:18] Mikado's mom**
Yes, but... Really?
**[18:27] Mikado**
*I wonder...*
**[18:28] Mikado**
*why that place yesterday didn't scare me.*
**[18:32] Mikado**
*I could feel that it was dangerous.*
**[18:34] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
If you're with me, you won't be scared anymore.
**[18:40] Mikado**
*It's not like when I notice those other things.*
**[18:43] Mikado**
* Even from far away,*
* I can spot you at a glance.*
**[18:46] Mikado**
* I can see you. You can see me. I know*
* we'll always be able to find each other.*
**[18:53] Mikado**
*What is this, I wonder?*
**[18:55] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[18:56] Mikado**
Why are you here?
**[18:58] Mikado**
Today's my day off.
**[18:59] Mikado**
Was it coincidence? Spirit sense?
**[19:01] Hiyakawa**
Destiny, perhaps.
**[19:03] Mikado**
You need something?
**[19:04] Hiyakawa**
Hanzawa-san sent some information,
**[19:07] Hiyakawa**
but it's all on paper, so I
thought I'd bring it to you.
**[19:10] Mikado**
Oh, you want me to digitize them?
**[19:11] Hiyakawa**
Yes. And if you'd look through them, as well.
**[19:15] Hiyakawa**
Please be careful not
to go near those places.
**[19:18] Mikado**
Why? Are they dangerous after all?
**[19:20] Hiyakawa**
I don't know. But you are easily influenced.
**[19:24] Hiyakawa**
If it mixes with what I made,
it might be dangerous, so be careful.
**[19:28] Hiyakawa**
Later, then.
**[19:32] Mikado**
Wait, wait!
**[19:33] Mikado**
Did you just say, "what I made"?
**[19:36] Hiyakawa**
Yes.
**[19:37] Hiyakawa**
Oh, I only meant they're similar, though.
**[19:40] Hiyakawa**
I have my own methods, after all.
**[19:42] Hiyakawa**
I was surprised that there's someone
else with the same thought.
**[19:45] Mikado**
Wait, hang on. That was
something bad, wasn't it?
**[19:48] Hiyakawa**
What do you mean by "bad"?
**[19:50] Mikado**
To me, it looked like... a dam
meant to help store up poison.
**[19:55] Mikado**
If you used it, it'd be...
**[19:56] Mikado**
Is there a way to use it other
than cursing people? A good way?
**[20:00] Hiyakawa**
Well, let's see.
**[20:02] Hiyakawa**
The way I think of it,
right now I'm a cleaner,
**[20:05] Hiyakawa**
but perhaps I could also
achieve the phase before that.
**[20:08] Mikado**
Before?
**[20:10] Hiyakawa**
Yes.
**[20:11] Hiyakawa**
First, you dirty, then you clean up.
**[20:13] Hiyakawa**
Right now, all I do is clean,
**[20:15] Hiyakawa**
but wouldn't it be better
to be able to do both?
**[20:20] Mikado**
Like lighting a fire so you're
the hero to put it out.
**[20:22] Hiyakawa**
Lighting a... What do you mean?
**[20:26] Mikado**
By "dirty," do you mean "curse"?
**[20:31] Hiyakawa**
It makes financial sense, doesn't it?
**[20:36] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun...
**[20:38] Hiyakawa**
Why are you angry?
**[20:41] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, you...
**[20:43] Hiyakawa**
You initiated...
**[20:44] Mikado**
Show me what's inside you!
**[20:47] Hiyakawa**
Inside me?
**[20:49] Mikado**
It's always you looking
inside me. That isn't fair!
**[20:52] Mikado**
Tell me the truth!
**[20:53] Mikado**
What kind of person are you?!
**[20:57] Hiyakawa**
What kind of person... am I?
**[21:01] Hiyakawa**
I don't mind letting you look at my core.
**[21:06] Hiyakawa**
Any time.
**[21:08] Hiyakawa**
But...
**[21:09] Hiyakawa**
You ask "what kind of person" I am?
**[21:14] Hiyakawa**
That's something even I...
**[21:18] Hiyakawa**
do not know.
**[21:24] Mikado**
Huh?
**[21:30] Mikado**
Hey!
**[21:32] Mikado; echo**
Hey!
**[21:45] Hiyakawa**
Could you see anything?
**[21:47] Hiyakawa**
If you did see something,
**[21:50] Hiyakawa**
would you understand me?
**[21:52] Mikado**
I mean... Whether I understand or not...
**[21:55] Mikado**
Is it wrong for me to want to know?
**[21:59] Mikado**
Even if you don't care either way...
**[22:03] Mikado**
I...
**[22:05] Mikado**
I want to know you.
# E5 - Past
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UVPE1W/past)
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**[01:32] Mikado**
I got all the trash together.
**[01:33] Mikado**
Make sure you throw it out.
**[01:36] Hiyakawa**
Are you going home already?
**[01:38] Mikado**
Yes, I'm heading out.
**[01:40] Hiyakawa**
I don't quite understand the reasons for it,
**[01:42] Hiyakawa**
but how long do you think you'll be angry?
**[01:47] Mikado**
*By "dirty," do you mean "curse"?*
**[01:53] Hiyakawa**
Oh, Mika—
**[02:02] (Flashback) Mikado**
I...
**[02:04] (Flashback) Mikado**
I want to know you.
**[02:09] Mikado**
*It might be better not to know.*
**[02:12] Mikado**
* Actually, cutting ties with him*
* immediately might be...*
**[02:16] Mikado**
* I need to stop looking for*
* reasons to forgive him!*
**[02:29] Mikado**
You...
**[02:30] Sakaki**
Don't ask a bunch of questions.
It's too much work to answer.
**[02:34] Mikado**
Is... Is this a Benz?
**[02:37] Sakaki**
Huh? Yeah.
**[02:39] Mikado**
This is my first time riding in one.
**[02:41] Sakaki**
I'm happy for you. Let's go.
**[02:50] Mikado**
This is a huge mansion.
**[02:54] Erika**
Thanks for coming!
**[02:56] Erika**
He didn't rough you up, did he?
**[02:58] Mikado**
Uh, just a little.
**[03:00] Sakaki**
I did no such thing.
**[03:02] Erika**
Sorry. He's such a gorilla, you know.
**[03:05] Erika**
He's got yakuza ties.
**[03:06] Mikado**
What?
**[03:08] Mikado**
So why did he bring me here? If you want
to use me in a curse or something...
**[03:13] Erika**
Oh, no, nothing like that!
**[03:15] Erika**
I want you to help me with my homework!
**[03:17] Mikado**
Huh?
**[03:19] Mikado**
What's your homework?
**[03:21] Erika**
English!
**[03:22] Erika**
I heard you graduated from
the English department.
**[03:25] Mikado**
Huh? How do you know that?
**[03:27] Erika**
Oh, uh... Yeah, sorry. This guy
sort of did a background check, so...
**[03:36] Mikado**
I-Is your family involved in...
the stuff he has ties to?
**[03:39] Erika**
No, we're not. I'm sort of
outsourcing, or subcontracting—
**[03:42] Sakaki**
Miss.
**[03:43] Erika**
Come on, what's it going to hurt?
I'm just telling one ordinary citizen.
**[03:48] Mikado**
Ordinary... Well, I suppose I am, but...
**[03:50] Erika**
You see...
***SIGN*** Mystery
**[03:52] Erika**
the root of everything is this
mysterious research group.
**[03:57] Mikado**
Mysterious?
**[03:58] Erika**
Yeah. But I think it might've disbanded.
**[04:01] Erika**
And there's this expert guy who
was a successor to the... first leader?
**[04:04] Erika**
And he's crazy.
***SIGN*** Mystery
**[04:05] Mikado**
Expert guy?
***SIGN*** Dad
***SIGN*** Expert Guy
**[04:06] Erika**
He joined up with the gorilla
syndicate this gorilla is from.
***SIGN*** Mystery
**[04:09] Erika**
He's super insane.
**[04:12] Erika**
When my dad sold me to this expert guy,
**[04:14] Erika**
they made a contract saying
I'd get a bodyguard.
**[04:17] Erika**
And his salary is paid from my wages.
**[04:20] Erika**
So he's my gorilla.
**[04:22] Mikado**
Th-There are a couple of details
I want to ask about, but...
**[04:26] Sakaki**
Miss.
**[04:28] Sakaki**
I think it's best to leave it at that.
**[04:31] Erika; spirit voice**
Idiot.
**[04:33] Sakaki**
You said something in
private just now, didn't you?
**[04:35] Sakaki**
I get an unpleasant feeling
in my ears when you do that.
**[04:38] Erika**
It's a secret!
**[04:40] Erika**
Okay, time to study! Please teach me.
**[04:43] Mikado**
Oh, reading comprehension
of long passages, huh?
**[04:46] Mikado**
Try translating it one sentence at a time.
**[04:48] Erika**
Yes, sir!
**[04:55] Sakaki**
The young miss's friend is visiting.
**[04:57] Erika's mom**
I see. Did you want something?
**[05:00] Sakaki**
Lately, I've noticed that not only
have you not been greeting her,
**[05:03] Sakaki**
but you haven't even been
showing your face around her.
**[05:06] Erika's mom**
That has nothing to do with—
**[05:08] Sakaki**
It does, actually.
**[05:10] Sakaki**
When her mental state weakens,
it negatively affects her work.
**[05:13] Erika's mom**
It doesn't matter what
I do or don't do, does it?
**[05:17] Erika's mom**
Not when—
**[05:18] Sakaki**
I don't know about that.
**[05:20] Sakaki**
She's a child. Even phony platitudes
would likely ease her mind.
**[05:32] female spirit**
Excuse me...
**[05:35] female spirit**
I don't know... the way home...
**[05:39] female spirit**
I want to go home...
**[05:41] Hiyakawa**
Oh, dear. I've gotten used
to having him around.
**[05:45] Hiyakawa**
This is difficult to do on my own.
**[05:50] Mukae**
What a coincidence! Actually,
a bad feeling brought me here.
**[05:54] female ghost**
The way home... I want to go home...
**[05:59] Hiyakawa**
Please don't interfere.
**[06:01] Mukae**
I'm telling you to wait!
**[06:04] Mukae**
You can't get home, right?
**[06:05] female spirit**
Yes.
**[06:06] Mukae**
I see. I'm sure you want to get home.
Look here a minute, okay?
**[06:12] female spirit**
At what?
**[06:14] Mukae**
Your toes.
**[06:17] female spirit**
What?
**[06:19] Hiyakawa**
Why are you doing something so meaningless?
**[06:22] Hiyakawa**
Isn't it careless to speak with
it just because you can?
**[06:25] Mukae**
What? Getting closer to the other person
is a basic tenet of conversation!
**[06:30] Hiyakawa**
Getting closer?
**[06:31] Mukae**
It's not fundamentally a whole lot
different from the way you do stuff.
**[06:35] Mukae**
I mean, we've got the same
goal—to extinguish them.
**[06:38] Mukae**
See?
**[06:43] Mukae**
When you talk to them,
they start to loosen up,
**[06:46] Mukae**
little by little.
**[06:48] female spirit**
Huh?
**[06:49] Mukae**
Once they've come undone like this,
**[06:52] Mukae**
there's no need to take them by force, right?
**[06:55] Mukae**
Now you can extinguish her.
**[06:57] Hiyakawa**
But a method like this...
**[06:58] Mukae**
If you didn't know it before, learn it now.
**[07:02] Hiyakawa**
Learn it?
**[07:13] Hiyakawa**
For what purpose?
**[07:16] Mukae**
Mikado.
**[07:17] Hiyakawa**
What?
**[07:19] Mukae**
People like us end up feeling like
it's "us" and "everyone else."
**[07:26] Mukae**
Mikado's the same. That's why he's with you.
**[07:30] Mukae**
Rather than the safety and
kindness of "everyone else,"
**[07:33] Mukae**
he wants to be with someone like
himself, even if it's dangerous.
**[07:37] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun is...
**[07:40] Mukae**
Learn other ways to do things!
**[07:49] Mukae**
See you around.
***SIGN*** After realizing that it was impossible,
she went from trying to make him remember her
to respecting and honoring his feelings.
**[07:58] Erika**
I'm done! Thank you!
**[08:02] Mikado**
Sure.
**[08:03] Erika**
That's a relief. I've had to take
days off school lately, so...
**[08:08] Mikado**
Really?
**[08:10] Erika**
Yeah. You helped a ton.
**[08:12] Sakaki**
Shall I make some coffee?
**[08:14] Erika**
Yea, a latte! I want a latte!
**[08:16] Mikado**
Oh, then I'll have a latte, too.
**[08:18] Sakaki**
Don't get full of yourself, kid.
**[08:20] Erika**
You know, Kousuke-kun,
you're really good at teaching!
**[08:24] Erika**
You should be a cram school
teacher or something.
**[08:26] Mikado**
Well... I did that part-time
while I was still a student...
**[08:32] Mikado**
But I realized that classrooms are
closed off, so there's nowhere to run.
**[08:36] Mikado**
I was scared, so...
**[08:39] Erika**
I get that.
**[08:41] Mikado**
So, your powers... What are they like?
**[08:46] Erika**
Huh? Can *you* ever manage to
explain what you see in words?
**[08:50] Erika**
Isn't it hard?
**[08:52] Mikado**
Well, yeah, but if I could understand it
better by explaining it in words,
**[08:56] Mikado**
I thought it might make
it a little less scary.
**[08:59] Erika**
You mean, like, facing it head-on?
**[09:01] Mikado**
Yeah.
**[09:03] Erika**
Well...
**[09:05] Erika**
Ever since I was little, I've liked to talk.
**[09:09] Erika**
I'd talk about all kinds of things,
even with people I didn't know.
**[09:13] Erika**
And then, even when I'd
tell them they shouldn't,
**[09:16] Erika**
some of them would follow me.
**[09:19] Erika**
I'd say, "Mama, we have a visitor."
**[09:22] Erika**
"There's no one there," she'd say.
**[09:25] Erika**
And the visitors kept wanting
to come in the house.
**[09:29] Erika**
I sort of felt sorry for them.
**[09:32] Erika**
And they were still there late at night.
**[09:34] Erika**
So I'd tell them they could come in, and then...
**[09:39] Erika**
That night, I'd have super
terrifying nightmares.
**[09:43] Erika**
I'd have dreams of dying.
**[09:53] Erika**
"Let me in."
**[09:57] Erika**
"Sure," I said.
**[10:03] Erika**
They didn't mean in my house.
**[10:07] Erika**
They meant inside me.
**[10:10] Erika**
And every time one of them entered me,
**[10:13] Erika**
I'd experience death.
**[10:15] Erika**
All of their deaths...
**[10:17] Erika**
remained inside me...
**[10:20] Erika**
and still do.
**[10:24] Erika**
But they save me.
**[10:28] Erika**
I am beloved by death.
**[10:32] Erika**
Is that a good thing, I wonder?
**[10:35] Mikado**
Does it scare you?
**[10:39] Erika**
If you aren't scared of death,
then you aren't human, right?
***SIGN*** Mystery
***SIGN*** Expert Guy
**[10:44] Erika**
There are people like that, though.
***SIGN*** Dad
**[10:47] Sakaki**
Here's your latte.
**[10:48] Erika**
Yay!
**[10:50] Sakaki**
Once you've finished this, go home, kid.
**[10:54] Erika**
I wonder if there's a way to use
my power for good things somehow.
**[11:00] Mikado**
*The vague emotion I felt*
**[11:04] Mikado**
*was probably...*
**[11:05] Mikado**
*the desire to save someone.*
**[11:11] Mikado**
*Saving someone else would, in itself,*
**[11:14] Mikado**
* also save me, who had*
* always wanted to be saved.*
**[11:18] Mikado**
* That was neither a lie*
* nor rhetorical trickery.*
**[11:22] Mikado**
And that's why I can't just cut ties.
**[11:25] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
I don't quite understand the reasons for it,
**[11:27] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
but how long do you think you'll be angry?
**[11:31] (Flashback) Mukae**
You've got a rope tied to you. Like a dog.
**[11:35] Mikado**
If there's really a rope
tying us together, then...
**[11:39] Mikado**
I should be able to pull
it from this side, right?
**[11:43] Mikado**
To pull you.
**[11:48] (Flashback) coworker**
It's not often things develop with
someone you met in a park, is it?
**[11:52] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Well...
**[11:54] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
His bangs were so long,
**[11:56] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
and I asked if they were annoying.
That was the start.
**[12:00] (Flashback) coworker**
What?! What did he say?
**[12:04] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
"If they make it hard to see,
they're the right length."
**[12:07] (Flashback) coworker**
He's a weird one. Did you
say he's younger than you?
**[12:09] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Three years younger.
**[12:11] (Flashback) coworker**
I see. So your guy from
the park is younger than you.
**[12:15] (Flashback) coworker**
Did he say anything
super romantic to you?
**[12:17] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Oh, gosh! What's that supposed to mean?
**[12:20] (Flashback) coworker**
Tell me, Mikado-chan!
**[12:22] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Really?
**[12:23] (Flashback) coworker**
Spit it out!
**[12:24] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
I-I didn't really understand
what he meant, but...
**[12:30] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
He said, "The air around you
is so clean and beautiful."
**[12:42] (Flashback) young man**
How can I put this? My body is...
I have a sort of disability.
**[12:47] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Oh...
**[12:49] (Flashback) young man**
It... doesn't bother you?
**[12:51] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Huh?
**[12:52] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
There are quite a few people like that
where I work. I'm a civil servant.
**[12:57] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
They face a lot of challenges and
often have a hard time of it.
**[13:03] (Flashback) young man**
That's... true.
**[13:05] (Flashback) young man**
Things get scary for me from time to time.
**[13:10] (Flashback) young man**
So... I'm not very good at socializing.
**[13:14] (Flashback) young man**
Th-Things like love at first sight.
**[13:18] (Flashback) young man**
I never thought I'd...
**[13:22] (Flashback) young man**
Ow!
**[13:23] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Oh, I'm sorry!
**[13:25] (Flashback) young man**
It's all right.
**[13:26] (Flashback) young man**
I thought I'd never find
a place I felt safe, so...
**[13:32] (Flashback) young man**
I never imagined someone like you existed.
**[13:35] (Flashback) young man**
You have the power to keep bad things away.
**[13:44] (Flashback) young man**
Can I put my clothes in the top part?
**[13:48] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Please do.
**[13:50] (Flashback) young man**
I don't have much, so this'll be done fast.
**[13:52] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
You'll have more soon.
**[13:54] (Flashback) young man**
I just might.
**[13:56] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
This is our house.
**[14:00] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
A house for the three of us.
**[14:05] (Flashback) young man**
Yeah.
**[14:08] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
I'm off!
**[14:10] (Flashback) young man**
Take care.
**[14:20] (Flashback) young man**
I'm not hanging out with you guys anymore.
**[14:27] (Flashback) young man**
I've found a place where I don't
have to see you anymore.
**[14:40] (Flashback) coworker**
Yay, Kousuke-kun!
**[14:43] (Flashback) coworker**
Oh, there goes the drool...
**[14:44] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
It's just a huge flood every day.
There's no end to it.
**[14:47] (Flashback) coworker**
That's rough.
**[14:52] (Flashback) coworker**
What is it? There's nothing there.
**[14:54] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
There it is. His weird pointing.
**[14:57] (Flashback) coworker**
Kids do stuff like that, though.
**[15:00] (Flashback) coworker**
Sometimes they just stare
at empty spaces. Like cats.
**[15:03] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Oh, his father does that a lot, too.
He'll just freeze, staring at nothing.
**[15:09] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Maybe it's genetic?
**[15:15] (Flashback) coworker**
Oh, what's wrong?
**[15:16] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
I'm sorry. He cries a lot.
**[15:20] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
I can't figure out why.
**[15:22] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Maybe his body is weak,
or he frightens easily...
**[15:25] (Flashback) coworkers**
They do say that boys are physically frail.
**[15:29] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Grow up healthy and strong, okay?
**[15:38] (Flashback) young man**
Photos?
**[15:40] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Yep. I had them developed.
**[15:43] (Flashback) young man**
We've sure got a lot of them now.
**[15:45] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
And we're going to have
even more in the future.
**[15:47] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Look, Kou-chan. From the
other day. Was that fun?
**[15:51] (Flashback) Mikado**
Yeah...
**[15:52] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Was it really?
**[15:54] (Flashback) young man**
Kousuke doesn't talk much, does he?
**[15:58] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
No. But he likes books, so I think
he's just a little delayed, is all.
**[16:03] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Look at this. You two are just alike.
**[16:05] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
You're looking in the same direction.
**[16:07] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Whoops...
**[16:08] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
The kettle...
**[16:14] (Flashback) Mikado**
Scary.
**[16:19] (Flashback) Mikado**
Scary.
**[16:30] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Oh, what's wrong?
**[16:32] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Come to Mommy. Come on.
**[16:34] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Oh, right.
**[16:36] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
When you and Kou-chan are
alone in the house together,
**[16:39] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
be sure to air it out frequently, okay?
**[16:40] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
For some reason, the corners
always get all dark and gloomy.
**[16:46] (Flashback) young man**
Huh?
**[16:46] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
When it's me and you, or me
and Kou-chan, I don't notice it.
**[16:51] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Maybe it gets too manly in here
when it's the two of you.
**[16:56] young man**
*You have the power to keep bad things away.*
**[17:13] (Flashback) young man**
This means that her ability
isn't strong enough.
**[17:18] (Flashback) young man**
Not against the two of us.
**[17:21] (Flashback) young man**
Unless one of us disappears,
she'll probably die.
**[17:28] (Flashback) young man**
It's either me or you.
**[17:39] Mikado's mom**
*Hi, it's me!*
**[17:42] Mikado's mom**
*They're making me wait here at the hospital.*
**[17:44] Mikado's mom**
* I'll be home around four. Take care*
* of the house until then, you two.*
**[17:48] Mikado's mom**
*Thanks!*
**[17:51] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
I'm home!
**[17:53] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Man, the hospital was insane!
**[18:04] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Huh?
**[18:08] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Oh...
**[18:09] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Kou-chan, what's wrong?
**[18:11] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Where's Dad?
**[18:13] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Here we are. You're okay.
**[18:13] (Flashback) Mikado**
Scary!
**[18:17] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Wow, your face is a mess!
**[18:20] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
How long have you been crying?
**[18:22] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Isn't Dad here?
**[18:25] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
I told you to watch him, didn't I? Hey!
**[18:33] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Huh? I...
**[18:42] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
His things... I see. His things are gone.
**[18:47] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
No, I don't see. I don't understand.
**[18:51] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
It's not that I understand.
I see that it's happened.
**[18:55] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
It's happened, but... why?
**[19:00] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Why is he gone?
**[19:03] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
His face... His name...
**[19:06] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
What is this?
**[19:08] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
What is this? I hate it!
**[19:11] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
This isn't right! You were here, weren't you?
**[19:16] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Why is it like you were never
here in the first place?
**[19:19] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
The indisputable proof of it is...
**[19:22] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
right here, isn't it?
**[19:27] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Kou-chan.
**[19:30] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Dad... probably isn't coming home ever again.
**[19:37] (Flashback) Mikado**
Scary.
**[19:40] Mikado**
*Scary.*
**[19:43] Mikado**
*Scary.*
**[19:49] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
I'm your mother, and I'll protect you!
**[19:55] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
So... it's going to be okay...
**[20:07] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
It'll be okay.
**[20:15] Mikado's mom**
I'm home!
**[20:16] coworker**
Thanks for having me!
**[20:18] Mikado**
Hey! Welcome.
**[20:21] Mikado's mom**
It smells good in here.
**[20:22] Mikado**
It's roast beef.
**[20:24] coworker**
Wow!
**[20:25] coworker**
My, my, Kousuke-kun.
**[20:28] coworker**
You've gotten even more
handsome since last I saw you.
**[20:31] Mikado**
Thanks, but it's not my doing.
**[20:32] Mikado's mom**
Whose doing is it, then?
**[20:34] Mikado**
My dear mother's.
**[20:37] Mikado**
Oh, man! The microwave!
**[20:39] coworker**
Is he starting to look more like him?
**[20:42] Mikado's mom**
Oh, I don't know.
**[20:45] Mikado's mom**
But, well...
**[20:58] Mikado's mom**
I do hope he's healthy and
well out there somewhere.
**[22:37] sensei**
It's a truly dangerous thing,
to have your name be known.
**[22:41] Erika**
If you tell them your name, it's easier
to put a strong curse on them.
**[22:46] sensei**
That's because of the risk you take on.
**[22:49] sensei**
The more dangerous a curse,
the stronger it is.
**[22:53] sensei**
You should hurry up and forsake this world,
**[22:57] sensei**
and take measures so that
no one can call you by name.
**[23:00] Erika**
Measures?
**[23:01] sensei**
Yes.
**[23:02] sensei**
So that no one can turn
your curses back on you.
**[23:06] sensei**
I've placed light curses on
all the people around me.
**[23:12] sensei**
If they learn my name, they will forget it.
**[23:15] sensei**
If they call my name,
punishment will befall them.
**[23:17] Erika**
What? That's crazy, not to mention...
**[23:20] Erika**
it's way too lonely...
**[23:21] sensei**
And that...
**[23:26] sensei**
That is what is so foolish...
**[23:29] sensei**
about you.
**[23:31] sensei**
No one ever knows who will betray them!
# E6 - (dis)belief
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UV2384/disbelief)
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**[00:05] Hanzawa**
It's been a while, Furuzumi-san.
Were you at work?
**[00:09] Furuzumi**
I took a half-day. I'm glad
I was able to see you.
**[00:13] Hanzawa**
Has something happened?
**[00:14] Furuzumi**
No, it's... I'm finally getting
harassed less often recently.
**[00:21] Furuzumi**
I'm not justifying what my dad did,
or defending it in any way, but...
**[00:26] Furuzumi**
lately, I've been confused about whether
I'm the perpetrator or the victim.
**[00:32] Hanzawa**
You're neither.
**[00:36] Furuzumi**
Do you think a dead criminal's family
**[00:39] Furuzumi**
would be victims or perpetrators?
**[00:43] Hanzawa**
*Are you...*
**[00:45] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
a victim or a perpetrator?
**[00:49] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I don't know.
**[02:23] Furuzumi**
Strange things have been happening lately.
Do you mind if I talk about them?
**[02:27] Hanzawa**
Strange things?
**[02:29] Furuzumi**
There's a customer who
comes to the shop a lot.
**[02:33] Furuzumi**
No matter how I look at him,
**[02:35] Furuzumi**
he looks like a black shadow.
**[02:38] Furuzumi**
And apparently he only comes when I'm there.
**[02:44] Furuzumi**
Maybe it's an evil spirit.
**[02:46] Furuzumi**
Oh, maybe it's Dad's—
**[02:47] Hanzawa**
You shouldn't believe stuff like that!
**[02:50] Furuzumi**
Hanzawa-san, you're very
decisive, aren't you?
**[02:54] Furuzumi**
Are you blood type B?
**[02:55] Hanzawa**
I don't believe in that stuff, either.
**[03:00] Furuzumi**
But you know...
**[03:01] Furuzumi**
When I look at him, I feel drawn in.
**[03:05] Furuzumi**
As though I might cross to the other side...
**[03:09] Furuzumi**
Like my dad did.
**[03:11] Hanzawa**
When you're being threatened
or abused, if you think to yourself,
**[03:14] Hanzawa**
"I can't take it anymore," or "I can't fight this,"
**[03:16] Hanzawa**
the moment you believe it,
it becomes your reality.
**[03:20] Furuzumi**
What you're saying scares me, Hanzawa-san.
**[03:23] Hanzawa**
Don't believe it!
**[03:25] young Hiyakawa**
*It's the power of belief!*
**[03:27] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I've seen so many people de-stroyed
by the power of belief.
**[03:31] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
De-stroyed?
**[03:32] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Oh, "destroyed," right?
**[03:34] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Destroyed...
**[03:36] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
But yours is the power
not to believe, isn't it?
**[03:40] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
That's amazing!
**[03:41] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
How so?
**[03:43] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Most people who "don't believe"
just believe in something else.
**[03:49] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
But yours is the real thing.
**[03:52] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
You're not my destiny, though.
**[03:55] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Destiny?
**[03:56] Furuzumi**
Do you believe in destiny?
**[03:59] Furuzumi**
A dark destiny.
**[04:00] Hanzawa**
I do not.
**[04:02] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I believe in destiny!
**[04:05] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
One day I'll encounter a destiny
that's just for me!
**[04:10] Furuzumi**
I forgot something, so
I need to go back to work.
**[04:16] Hanzawa**
Are you all right? Should I go with you?
**[04:19] Furuzumi**
I don't know. I'd feel safer
if you were there, but...
**[04:24] Furuzumi**
The evil spirit? Scary person?
**[04:27] Furuzumi**
I fear it might take you away somewhere...
**[04:30] Furuzumi**
But I also feel like I called you
to keep the scary person away.
**[04:37] Hanzawa**
You forgot something?
**[04:39] Furuzumi**
I'm not sure.
**[04:42] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Hanzawa-san, you're poison.
**[04:45] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
What?
**[04:46] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Or something like it... for bad guys, I mean.
**[04:49] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Wouldn't that be medicine?
**[04:52] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Insecticide is poison, isn't it?
**[04:56] Hanzawa**
If we're going in, then—
**[04:58] Hanzawa**
Ow!
**[05:00] Hanzawa**
What was that? A nail?
**[05:03] Furuzumi**
I'll go get a bandage.
**[05:10] (Flashback) Mikado**
Please spit here. Blood works, too.
**[05:18] Furuzumi**
Hanzawa-san, you don't believe
in anything, do you?
**[05:22] Hanzawa**
Huh?
**[05:23] Furuzumi**
Not fortunes or luck or spirits... or people, even.
**[05:28] Hanzawa**
That's right.
**[05:30] Furuzumi**
That's why you came to see me, isn't it?
**[05:35] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
For you not to believe me is...
**[05:38] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
How can I put it? It's a really... good feeling.
**[05:43] Furuzumi**
My dad's dark destiny keeps
calling to me, enticing me.
**[05:47] Furuzumi**
Hanzawa-san, you knew, so you—
**[05:49] Hanzawa**
Your father...
**[05:50] Hanzawa**
chose that himself!
**[05:53] Hanzawa**
He chose both murder and suicide himself.
**[05:56] Hanzawa**
And you need to choose for yourself, too!
**[05:58] Hanzawa**
Not because of your father.
**[06:00] Furuzumi**
But I... I don't trust myself.
**[06:04] Hanzawa**
That's good! Don't trust yourself!
**[06:06] Hanzawa**
Doubt yourself!
**[06:08] Hanzawa**
Even if it's wrong, don't believe
yourself to be a good person.
**[06:12] Hanzawa**
People can easily turn to
wickedness at any time.
**[06:15] Hanzawa**
They are foolish, despicable, weak creatures!
**[06:18] Hanzawa**
Always doubt!
**[06:20] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Please, never believe me, all right?
**[06:24] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I wish I had known even one
person like you before.
**[06:30] Furuzumi**
Thank you so much.
**[06:34] Hanzawa**
*It doesn't matter when you start.*
**[06:36] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
It's never too late.
**[06:40] Hanzawa**
I'm home!
**[06:41] Saeko**
Welcome back!
**[06:43] Saeko**
You know, I bought a lottery ticket today.
**[06:46] Saeko**
I got such a good feeling.
I'm sure I'll win something!
**[06:50] Hanzawa**
What?
**[06:51] Saeko**
You don't believe me, do you?
**[06:53] Saeko**
Take that!
**[06:54] Hanzawa**
No, that's not it.
**[06:58] Hanzawa**
If you think you'll win, I believe you.
**[07:02] Saeko**
What's that? Should you say
those things so carelessly?
**[07:07] Hanzawa**
It isn't careless.
**[07:09] Hanzawa**
You're the one person I do believe.
**[07:15] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Are you a victim or a perpetrator?
**[07:21] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
How long were you there?
**[07:25] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Forever.
**[07:27] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I've always been there,
now that I think about it.
**[07:30] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
You know, thinking about things is amazing!
**[07:35] (Flashback) young-ish Hiyakawa**
When my vocabulary was
p-poor... I couldn't think.
**[07:40] (Flashback) young-ish Hiyakawa**
But now, just like this...
**[07:42] (Flashback) young adult Hiyakawa**
Language threads my memories together.
**[07:45] (Flashback) young adult Hiyakawa**
What was done to me,
what I did, what I thought...
**[07:49] (Flashback) young adult Hiyakawa**
For the first time, I understand.
**[07:52] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
And? You feel like telling me about it?
**[07:56] (Flashback) young adult Hiyakawa**
No matter how many times
I'm asked, it's the same.
**[07:58] (Flashback) young adult Hiyakawa**
I was in pain, so I broke it.
**[08:03] (Flashback) young adult Hiyakawa**
Because I was broken before that.
**[08:07] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
That's all.
***SIGN*** Palm of the Hand Research Society
***SIGN*** Palm of the Hand Research Society
***SIGN*** Vice President Hiyakawa Touko
***SIGN*** Special Lecture
***SIGN*** "In Order to Find Oneself: A Dialogue"
***SIGN*** "To fulfill the destiny you were born with, what research must be done?"
**[08:14] (Flashback) background**
I'm so looking forward to this! Aren't you?
***SIGN*** Reception
***SIGN*** Let's Connect, Palm to Palm
***SIGN*** The Health of the Heart Begins with the Meeting of Hands
***SIGN*** In Order to Find Yourself: A Dialogue
**[08:28] (Flashback) Touko**
Those who do not understand now
***SIGN*** In Order to Find Yourself: A Dialogue
**[08:30] (Flashback) Touko**
will surely experience it for
themselves through these teachings.
**[08:34] (Flashback) Touko**
This power of healing through
the meeting of hands
**[08:37] (Flashback) Touko**
is a natural power that everyone possesses.
**[08:40] (Flashback) Touko**
But some are born with
stronger power than others.
**[08:45] (Flashback) Touko**
I realized this five years ago.
**[08:48] (Flashback) Touko**
This is a power that can save people.
That's what I came to believe!
**[08:52] (Flashback) Touko**
That was why the Scholar
**[08:54] (Flashback) Touko**
had passed through my womb
to bestow favor upon us!
**[09:04] (Flashback) head follower**
Touko-sama, will you meet
with the Scholar today?
**[09:08] (Flashback) Touko**
No.
**[09:09] (Flashback) Touko**
If he meets with me,
he will forget his calling.
**[09:13] (Flashback) head follower**
Ah, I see. How admirable of you.
**[09:16] (Flashback) Touko**
Not at all!
**[09:18] (Flashback) Touko**
It's his calling!
***SIGN*** Special Lecture
***SIGN*** "In Order to Find Oneself: A Dialogue"
***SIGN*** "To fulfill the destiny you were born with, what research must be done?"
**[09:32] (Flashback) carer**
Your meal,
**[09:34] (Flashback) carer**
Scholar.
**[09:35] (Flashback) little Hiyakawa**
Where's my mom?
**[09:38] (Flashback) carer**
Scholar, you have no mother.
**[09:40] (Flashback) carer**
Now, make sure to eat well to prepare
for your meetings this afternoon.
**[09:46] (Flashback) little Hiyakawa**
I want to eat meat.
**[09:48] (Flashback) carer**
No, no! Meat is full of poisons!
**[09:51] (Flashback) carer**
These vegetables were grown here by
the society, and we used no poisons at all.
**[09:56] (Flashback) carer**
Rest easy, and please enjoy your meal.
**[10:00] (Flashback) member A**
It hurts so much...
**[10:03] (Flashback) carer**
You have a dark cloud on your back.
**[10:06] (Flashback) member A**
Y-You can see that?
**[10:08] (Flashback) carer**
Yes. That is why I serve
as the Scholar's caretaker.
**[10:13] (Flashback) carer**
Now then, Scholar.
**[10:28] (Flashback) carer**
Quiet your heart!
**[10:42] (Flashback) member A**
Th-This is incredible!
My heart and body feel so light!
**[10:49] (Flashback) little Hiyakawa**
Thank you for allowing me to help you.
**[10:53] (Flashback) member A**
Th-Thank you so much!
**[10:56] (Flashback) carer**
If you study hard enough,
all of you will be able to do this.
**[11:00] (Flashback) carer**
I hope you will aspire to it.
**[11:02] (Flashback) member A**
I will!
**[11:06] (Flashback) carer**
Now, as usual, there are many
people waiting for you today.
**[11:09] (Flashback) little Hiyakawa**
I'm hungry.
**[11:11] (Flashback) carer**
We mustn't be selfish.
**[11:13] (Flashback) carer**
Admirable people do not
show their own desires,
**[11:16] (Flashback) carer**
and they do not complain of their discontent.
**[11:22] (Flashback) little Hiyakawa**
I want to drink some juice.
**[11:24] (Flashback) carer**
Sugar will sully your body.
**[11:27] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I hate this place. Where is my mom?
**[11:29] (Flashback) carer**
Scholar, you must be of use to others.
**[11:32] (Flashback) carer**
Relinquish your ties to this earthly life.
**[11:36] (Flashback) carer**
Scholar, your power and mine are special.
**[11:40] (Flashback) carer**
From the moment we were born, we were chosen.
**[11:43] (Flashback) carer**
We are special.
**[11:45] (Flashback) carer**
And as we are special,
**[11:46] (Flashback) carer**
so is our destiny!
**[11:48] (Flashback) carer**
Our destiny
**[11:50] (Flashback) carer**
is a thing that reverberates and,
with tremendous power, lifts us up!
**[11:55] (Flashback) carer**
People understand their
destinies through intuition.
**[11:59] (Flashback) carer**
Scholar, you are our destiny.
**[12:02] (Flashback) carer**
Our destiny!
**[12:04] (Flashback) carer**
We all believe in you!
***SIGN*** Palm of the Hand Research Society
**[12:13] (Flashback) carer**
You've completely renounced this world and
become quite admirable as of late, Scholar.
**[12:23] (Flashback) member B**
Scholar, please save me!
**[12:25] (Flashback) carer**
What is the meaning of this?!
**[12:27] (Flashback) carer**
Know your place!
**[12:28] (Flashback) carer**
The miasma...
**[12:32] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Does your stomach hurt?
**[12:34] (Flashback) carer**
No, it's only that the poison in
this person is so very strong.
**[12:38] (Flashback) carer**
I have a special power as well, you see.
**[12:42] (Flashback) carer**
I will entrust this to you,
Scholar, and take my leave.
**[12:48] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
"Special" means you have what
other people don't have, you know.
**[12:53] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
That woman isn't special at all,
but she says, "I am special."
**[12:58] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Lies are bad, right?
**[13:02] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Right?
**[13:03] (Flashback) member B**
Please, save me.
**[13:05] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
What's "I will curse you"?
**[13:09] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
What's "I will curse and kill you"?
**[13:14] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Your back is really amazing.
**[13:16] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I've never seen anything like it.
**[13:18] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Is that "special"?
**[13:21] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I want it, too.
**[13:28] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Thank you! Oh, did you fall asleep?
**[13:37] (Flashback) carer**
What...
**[13:38] (Flashback) carer**
did you do?
**[13:39] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I don't know!
**[13:41] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
But it's g-given me a lot of energy!
**[13:48] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[13:50] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[13:52] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[13:53] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[13:55] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[13:57] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[13:59] (Flashback) carer**
S-Stop that immediately! It's unclean!
**[14:01] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Unclean!
**[14:04] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[14:06] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Unclean!
**[14:08] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[14:09] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Unclean!
**[14:11] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[14:12] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Unclean!
**[14:14] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I will curse you!
**[14:16] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Unclean!
***SIGN*** Palm of the Hand Research Society
**[14:36] (Flashback) commanding officer**
Was it a group suicide?
**[14:38] (Flashback) Miyashita**
The decomposition of the corpses
is at different stages.
**[14:40] (Flashback) Miyashita**
We may need to consider gas or poisons.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Mori**
I'll call Forensics.
**[14:45] (Flashback) commanding officer**
The offensive smell started
a month ago, right?
**[14:48] (Flashback) commanding officer**
There's some here that look
like they died yesterday.
**[14:52] (Flashback) commanding officer**
Hanzawa, take the second floor.
**[14:53] (Flashback) commanding officer**
Miyashita, Mori, take the basement.
**[14:55] (Flashback) commanding officer**
I'll look around the first floor.
**[14:56] (Flashback) commanding officer**
Exercise judgment about when to pull out!
**[14:58] (Flashback) mori; miyashita; hanzawa**
Sir!
**[15:02] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Is anyone here?
**[15:05] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
This is the police!
**[15:12] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Does anyone need help?
**[15:17] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Is anyone—
**[15:22] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
A-Are you here for a meeting?
**[15:25] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
No, I'm with the police.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
It's dangerous here. Let's go outside.
**[15:32] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
You seem hungry.
**[15:34] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Will you come outside
and have a meal with me?
**[15:36] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Yes! I want to eat meat!
**[15:39] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Good. Come with me. Here.
**[15:47] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Is your mother or father here?
**[15:50] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
They are not!
**[15:51] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
I see. What's your name?
**[15:55] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
I see. Do you know what happened here?
**[15:58] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
It's... I-I'm always hungry, so I got angry,
and I think that's why this happened!
**[16:05] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
When I used the "special" the person
at the meeting had, i-it was good...
**[16:10] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
So I got some from other people and used it!
**[16:14] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I think it was good!
**[16:16] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
I see.
**[16:17] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
What do you want to do outside?
**[16:19] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I'll search for my destiny!
**[16:21] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Destiny... Destiny will save me!
**[16:25] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
It's mine... and when I meet it, I will know!
**[16:28] (Flashback) Miyashita**
Mori-san... Mori-san!
**[16:31] (Flashback) Miyashita**
Mori-san!
**[16:33] (Flashback) commanding officer**
What happened?
**[16:34] (Flashback) Miyashita**
Mori-san suddenly collapsed!
It doesn't make sense.
**[16:37] (Flashback) Miyashita**
In the basement...
**[16:39] (Flashback) Miyashita**
The basement is insane...
**[16:41] (Flashback) Miyashita**
There was damage to the corpses...
**[16:43] (Flashback) Miyashita**
It isn't decomposition.
And the deeper you go...
**[16:50] (Flashback) Miyashita**
Mori-san saw and suddenly screamed.
**[16:54] (Flashback) commanding officer**
Mori! Can you hear me? Mori!
**[16:57] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Mori-san isn't someone who gets
thrown by seeing a corpse.
**[17:01] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Quiet!
**[17:03] (Flashback) commanding officer**
Hanzawa, is that a survivor?
**[17:05] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Yes, sir.
**[17:06] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Quiet!
**[17:07] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
From what I can see, he isn't injured.
**[17:08] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Quiet!
**[17:09] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Quiet!
**[17:11] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
If a "special" isn't very special,
**[17:13] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I think it's better not to have it at all.
**[17:16] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Quiet!
**[17:17] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Quiet!
**[17:18] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Quiet!
**[17:20] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Quiet!
**[17:21] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Quiet!
**[17:23] (Flashback) Miyashita**
Mori-san!
***SIGN*** Palm of the Hand Research Society
**[17:26] (Flashback) commanding officer**
Got one police officer and one child
taken under our protection.
**[17:30] (Flashback) commanding officer**
Take them to the hospital!
**[17:31] (Flashback) commanding officer**
There's still a tremendous
number of corpses inside.
**[17:38] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I'm hungry.
**[17:39] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Are you...
**[17:40] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
a victim or the perpetrator?
**[17:45] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
I don't know.
**[17:46] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
I'm still looking for my
destiny, after all this time.
**[17:50] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
One day, I will find
**[17:52] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
a destiny that's just for me.
**[17:54] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
It will save me.
**[17:56] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
It will be mine alone.
**[17:58] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
When I encounter it, I'll know.
**[18:00] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
You are my destiny.
***SIGN*** BAKERY Komadori
**[19:41] clerk**
Welcome!
**[19:44] Saeko**
It smells wonderful!
**[19:46] Saeko**
Hey, would curry bread be—
**[19:49] Haznawa**
Sorry, I'll be right back. Wait nearby.
**[19:52] Saeko**
Really?
**[19:55] store manager**
Policeman's intuition, was it?
**[19:57] Saeko**
Huh?
**[19:59] store manager**
We had an arson in this area
not long ago, remember?
**[20:02] store manager**
I saw your husband around here
a lot while he was investigating,
**[20:06] store manager**
so now I remember him.
**[20:08] Saeko**
I see.
**[20:10] Sakaki**
So when you say you want to
go to where the "device" is,
**[20:13] Sakaki**
you mean you want to go
to the scene of the crime.
**[20:15] Erika**
I'm going to collect some renewable energy.
**[20:18] Erika**
And just leaving it on its own
isn't good for the place.
**[20:21] Sakaki**
Right...
**[20:22] Erika**
Oh, you should wait here.
**[20:24] Sakaki**
It's too far for a standby location.
**[20:26] Erika**
But it's dangerous, you know.
In a spirit-type way.
**[20:29] Sakaki**
Well, be careful.
**[20:32] Erika**
Oh! Buy something for me at that bakery!
**[20:36] Erika**
Stuff you think I'd like!
**[20:37] Sakaki**
What ratio?
**[20:39] Erika**
More of the sweet ones!
**[20:43] Sakaki**
Oh, I'm sorry.
**[20:45] Saeko**
Not at all.
**[20:47] store manager**
Welcome!
***SIGN*** No Trespassing
**[20:57] Erika**
It's all right. You can come in.
**[21:05] Erika**
I'm sorry for using you.
**[21:08] Erika**
You had bad luck, that's all.
***SIGN*** Kyoudou <-> Ichigaya
***SIGN*** Hiura Erika
**[21:24] Erika**
Oh!
**[21:26] Erika**
I'm sorry. It says "no trespassing"
right there, and I still...
**[21:29] Erika**
Oh, that's...
**[21:34] Hanzawa**
Hiura Erika-san?
**[21:37] Erika**
What is it? I'll scream.
**[21:40] Hanzawa**
Feel free. If you're looking for
police, there's one right here.
**[21:44] Erika**
Huh?
**[21:45] Hanzawa**
I'll just ask flat-out.
**[21:48] Hanzawa**
A case where several unrelated corpses
**[21:49] Hanzawa**
were abandoned in an empty house
at the edge of the prefecture.
**[21:53] Hanzawa**
The North Sanjuku serial
missing persons incident.
**[21:57] Hanzawa**
The Miwashi dismemberment murder case.
**[21:59] Hanzawa**
And here, a case involving
group suicide by fire.
**[22:02] Hanzawa**
I happened to hear that you might have
something to do with all of them.
**[22:07] Erika**
Who told you something like that?
**[22:10] Hanzawa**
Who indeed?
**[22:12] Erika**
*Who said it?*
**[22:14] Hanzawa**
Huh? Is knowing who said it important to you?
**[22:19] Erika**
* Y-You can hear me? You can*
* hear me and you still...*
**[22:24] Hanzawa**
What are you talking about?
**[22:34] Hanzawa**
Well, this is a problem. I don't
believe in the occult, so...
**[22:38] Erika**
You don't believe? You don't
believe, so it doesn't work on you?
**[22:42] Saeko**
Hiroki-san!
**[22:45] Saeko**
You were taking so long.
Are you calling it in?
**[22:49] Hanzawa**
No.
**[22:57] Saeko**
You believed.
**[23:04] Hanzawa**
Saeko!
**[23:06] Hanzawa**
Hey, stop!
**[23:13] Hanzawa**
Saeko!
**[23:14] Hanzawa**
Saeko.
**[23:20] Sakaki**
What happened?
**[23:23] Erika**
I don't know, either.
**[23:26] Erika**
A policeman... knew my name.
**[23:30] Erika**
He knew about a few of the devices!
**[23:35] Erika**
Someone...
**[23:37] Erika**
sold me out!
# E7 - Atonement
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUGE3QD/atonement)
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**[01:34] Mikado**
How is your wife doing?
**[01:39] Hanzawa**
She's not any better or worse,
**[01:41] Hanzawa**
but she hasn't been sleeping
much, and that's not good.
**[01:45] Mikado**
I see...
**[01:46] Hanzawa**
So who is this Hiura Erika?
**[01:49] Mikado**
Hanzawa-san,
**[01:50] Mikado**
when you say a single high school girl
might be involved in all those cases,
**[01:54] Mikado**
is that what you really think?
**[01:56] Hanzawa**
You guys said it first, right?
**[01:58] Mikado**
Yes, but...
**[01:59] Mikado**
Back then, I didn't know what
kind of person she was yet,
**[02:02] Mikado**
and I feel like it would be wrong somehow
to sit here and tell you about her.
**[02:08] Mikado**
Even if I did tell you, you wouldn't
believe me anyway, right?
**[02:11] Hanzawa**
Nope. Now that I'm calm, I'm really angry.
**[02:15] Hanzawa**
Angry with myself for believing in
the impossible for even a second.
**[02:18] Mikado**
If you don't believe, then why do
you take cases to Hiyakawa-san?
**[02:24] Hanzawa**
A while back, he came to sell
me some bizarre information.
**[02:28] Hanzawa**
That was the start of it.
**[02:29] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
A girl was kidnapped yesterday, right?
**[02:32] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
What?
**[02:33] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
I know where her body is.
How much will you pay me for it?
**[02:38] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
You're asking me how much
I'd pay for a person's life?
**[02:41] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
It isn't for "a life," because she's already dead.
**[02:44] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Who did you get that info from?
**[02:48] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
From the person who was killed.
**[02:51] Hanzawa**
Turned out the body really was there.
**[02:53] Hanzawa**
So I put all the incomprehensible stuff on hold,
**[02:55] Hanzawa**
and I can keep an eye on him
while bringing him cases.
**[02:58] Hanzawa**
They said in the news that his case
was the worst in recent history.
**[03:02] Hanzawa**
Given that, I think even if he's set
himself up to be worshiped...
**[03:05] Hanzawa**
Well, it ain't great, but it's good
enough as a return to society, right?
**[03:09] Mikado**
"The worst in recent history"?
**[03:11] Hanzawa**
Huh?
**[03:11] Hanzawa**
What, you hadn't heard?
**[03:14] Hanzawa**
If you do a search on "Palm of the Hand
Research Society," it pops right up.
**[03:17] Mikado**
I-I just... My conscience
sort of gets in the way...
**[03:20] Hanzawa**
Don't forget this.
**[03:22] Hanzawa**
Sometimes, no matter how much you
fret over someone, you can't save them.
**[03:25] Hanzawa**
It's admirable that you're kind to others,
but don't get too worked up.
**[03:30] Hanzawa**
If you extend your hand and it doesn't
reach them, that's not your fault.
**[03:34] Hanzawa**
What happens to me isn't, either.
**[03:36] Hanzawa**
If things turn out to be hopeless,
we'll deal with it then.
**[03:39] Hanzawa**
Both she and I are prepared for the worst.
**[03:42] Mikado**
I can't accept that, so I'm going to keep
working at it until the very end.
**[03:46] Hanzawa**
Thanks. But...
**[03:48] Hanzawa**
Don't work too hard, yeah?
***SIGN*** Erika
***SIGN*** There's something I want to ask. Can you get in touch?
***SIGN*** Actually, is there something crazy going on?
***SIGN*** Any time is fine
**[03:57] Mikado**
But even if I try to help, I don't get
a "read" on here from Erika-chan.
**[04:02] Mikado**
A search on the Palm of the
Hand Research Society...
**[04:06] Mikado**
I can't help it! I keep wondering!
**[04:09] Mikado**
I'm sorry! I'll only look a little!
***SIGN*** Worst Group Suicide Since WWII
**[04:14] Mikado**
The worst group suicide since World War II?
**[04:17] Mikado**
"Cause of death undetermined."
**[04:18] Mikado**
"When the police entered, a boy who had
been held captive was the only survivor."
**[04:23] Mikado**
A boy?
**[04:25] Mikado**
Huh?
**[04:26] Mikado**
Crap, what is all this? I knew I shouldn't
have gone looking without asking!
***SIGN*** Message
You have a new message from Erika
**[04:35] Mikado**
What's this?
**[04:46] Erika**
Wow.
**[04:50] Erika**
Hi there.
**[04:51] Erika**
Ew! It reeks of hair products.
**[04:55] Erika**
Well, now.
**[04:58] Erika**
What were you and the
detective talking about?
**[05:02] Erika**
I've been watching you.
**[05:03] Erika**
Though it hasn't been my physical body.
**[05:05] Erika**
It would have been easier if
there were dead people here,
**[05:08] Erika**
but the closest one was in
that building over there.
**[05:11] Erika**
Hey, you know the stuff I do is crazy, right?
**[05:15] Erika**
The thing is, I'm being forced to do it.
**[05:18] Erika**
If the person making me do it finds
out the police are looking into me,
**[05:23] Erika**
what do you think will happen to me?
**[05:25] Erika**
Why did you tell the police about me?
**[05:28] Mikado**
You've got it wrong. Listen to—
**[05:29] Erika**
I'm not wrong about any of it!
**[05:32] Erika**
I just want to live a normal life.
**[05:35] Erika**
I thought you'd understand,
and that's why I trusted you...
**[05:38] Erika**
I just...
**[05:40] Erika**
I don't want to think that I'm a
person who should just go and die!
**[05:48] Sakaki**
Oh, no... Miss, please...
**[05:51] Sakaki**
Control yourself.
**[05:52] Erika**
Huh?
**[05:59] Mikado**
Erika-chan?!
**[06:03] Mikado**
What is this? It's like she's poisoning
herself... What should I do?
**[06:06] Mikado**
Hey, I...
**[06:08] Mikado**
Are you all right?
**[06:09] Mikado**
You feel sick, too?
**[06:11] Sakaki**
Kid, you're fine in all this?
**[06:14] Mikado**
Uh, yeah...
**[06:16] Sakaki**
How? I feel like vomiting, like my
guts are going to come spilling out.
**[06:20] Mikado**
Should you really be trying to stand?
**[06:24] Sakaki**
It's gone.
**[06:26] Sakaki**
What did you do to me, kid?
**[06:29] Sakaki**
I'll ask one more time!
**[06:31] Sakaki**
Did you snitch to the police,
even knowing what could happen?!
**[06:33] Mikado**
No!
**[06:34] Sakaki**
Then save her!
**[06:36] Sakaki**
You've got it, too, right?
Divine power or whatever.
**[06:40] Sakaki**
Save her! Don't let her die!
**[06:48] Sakaki**
Hurry up and do it!
**[06:49] Mikado**
Quit nagging! I want to help,
but I don't understand what's going on!
**[06:52] Mikado**
I can't just jump in blind here!
**[06:55] Mikado**
What can I do on my own?
**[06:58] Mikado**
*Mukae-kun would persuade...*
**[07:00] (Flashback) Mukae**
Believe.
**[07:01] Mikado**
*Hanzawa-san has the power of disbelief.*
**[07:04] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
I don't believe.
**[07:06] Mikado**
*To believe...*
**[07:07] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
Please believe.
**[07:09] Mikado**
I...
**[07:11] (Flashback) Erika**
We have the power to make
what we believe into reality, too.
**[07:16] Mikado**
I believe in you! I'm sorry I couldn't
make you believe in me.
**[07:20] Mikado**
But please, just trust me one more time!
**[07:22] Mikado**
I know you're not a bad person!
**[07:24] Mikado**
I believe that you can triumph
over who you are now!
**[07:27] Mikado**
We have the power to make
what we believe into reality!
**[07:30] Mikado**
That's right, isn't it?!
**[07:33] Erika**
I should just go ahead and die.
**[07:36] Mikado**
Hey!
**[07:36] Erika**
No one would ever want to save me.
**[07:40] Mikado**
I'm saying *I* want to save you! Look at me!
**[07:44] Mikado**
Blast it! You've got
supernatural strength, right?
**[07:46] Mikado**
Hold her head and make her face me!
**[07:49] Mikado**
Do you understand what we're trying to do?
**[07:52] Mikado**
We're trying to save you.
We want you to live!
**[07:56] Erika**
That's a lie.
**[07:57] Mikado**
It's not a lie!
**[07:58] Erika**
I'm good with this. I've done a ton of bad stuff.
**[08:03] Mikado**
There's nothing "good" about this!
**[08:04] Mikado**
I think they're both unforgivable!
**[08:06] Mikado**
That expert guy for making
you do horrible things,
**[08:09] Mikado**
and the act of doing
horrible things to people!
**[08:11] Mikado**
You say you don't want to do those things,
and that's why I believe in you!
**[08:15] Mikado**
Believe in yourself!
**[08:17] Mikado**
Do you want to die as a version
of yourself that you hate?
**[08:19] Mikado**
At the very end of everything,
the only one who can save you
**[08:22] Mikado**
is you!
**[08:24] Erika**
I don't want to die.
**[08:27] Erika**
I don't want to do bad things.
**[08:30] Erika**
I want to come to like myself... and live.
**[08:39] Mikado**
It looks like you're back and it
all went inside you. Is that right?
**[08:43] Erika**
I'm fine.
**[08:44] Mikado**
Oh, then it's okay?
**[08:45] Mikado**
That's a relief.
**[08:47] Sakaki**
Are you guys always seeing
stuff that terrifying?
**[08:51] Erika**
Sakaki-san?
**[08:53] Sakaki**
It just wormed its way inside my head.
**[08:56] Sakaki**
It made me remember how I was afraid
of dying for no reason as a kid.
**[09:00] Mikado**
Wow, Sakaki-san, you were scar—
**[09:03] Mikado**
Ow!
**[09:06] Erika**
I'm sorry.
**[09:08] Erika**
Sorry. I selfishly decided to rely on you,
then selfishly decided to doubt you.
**[09:13] Mikado**
It wasn't selfish.
**[09:17] Mikado**
I consider you a friend.
**[09:22] Erika**
Thank you.
**[09:26] Erika**
But you know...
**[09:28] Erika**
Believing in people, in
myself, is really difficult.
**[09:33] Mikado**
I know a lot of things aren't as
simple as I think they are, but...
**[09:37] Mikado**
I want to save you.
**[09:40] Mikado**
You have the right to decide
your own life, don't you?
**[09:45] Mikado**
What about you?
**[09:48] Sakaki**
Kid, sometimes reducing risks and
giving up is the easier way to live.
**[09:52] Sakaki**
Better than suffering by dreaming
of some faint hope, anyway.
**[09:55] Sakaki**
What you're proposing is
**[09:57] Sakaki**
betting everything on
one of those two choices.
**[09:59] Sakaki**
Understand?
**[10:02] Sakaki**
If we fail,
**[10:03] Sakaki**
who knows what kind of punishment awaits?
**[10:06] Erika**
And that's why you can't help us?
**[10:08] Sakaki**
If I could let you go, I would
have let you run already.
**[10:11] Erika**
Huh?
**[10:12] Sakaki**
I'm doing this because
I couldn't manage that.
**[10:14] Erika**
What? You thought about stuff like that?
**[10:16] Erika**
You should be nicer to me,
then! I couldn't tell at all!
**[10:20] Sakaki**
Well, you're not even lovable, so...
**[10:21] Erika**
What?!
**[10:22] Erika**
Wait. If I ran away, would
you be okay, Sakaki-san?
**[10:28] Sakaki**
I wouldn't be okay at all. They've said
they'll kill me if I let you get away.
**[10:32] Mikado**
Kill?
**[10:33] Sakaki**
Yeah. That's the kind of people you're
thinking of trying to look into.
**[10:38] Sakaki**
So you see...
**[10:40] Sakaki**
When you run, if you don't take me
with you, it'll cause problems for me.
**[10:43] Sakaki**
Do you understand?
**[10:46] Erika**
I do. And I've decided to
commit to this. I'm running.
**[10:51] Erika**
Even if I can't manage it
any time soon, I want to live!
**[10:56] Sakaki**
Hear that, kid?
**[10:58] Sakaki**
Our lives are on the line here.
You're the one who brought it up.
**[11:01] Sakaki**
Better prepare for the worst.
**[11:08] member 1**
I'm from the Teachings of
the Hand Research Society.
**[11:11] member 1**
We research the power to bring happiness.
**[11:13] member 1**
If you wouldn't mind, I would
love to speak with you.
**[11:16] Hiyakawa**
No, not today, thank you.
**[11:19] head follower**
Great Scholar!
**[11:20] head follower**
Oh, it is you, Great Scholar!
**[11:24] head follower**
I thought I felt your energy, Great Scholar.
It seems it wasn't my imagination!
**[11:28] head follower**
Take that! I've got powers, too!
**[11:32] head follower**
Great Scholar, do you remember me?
**[11:35] head follower**
I assisted Touko-sama.
**[11:37] Hiyakawa**
Yes.
**[11:38] head follower**
So you've returned. Right now, we are—
**[11:52] Hiyakawa**
I went to the trouble of making it,
**[11:55] Hiyakawa**
and now I've got less of it.
**[12:00] Hanzawa**
So you really did bring her here.
**[12:03] Hanzawa**
Well, come in.
**[12:04] Hanzawa**
Man, what do I do with this?
**[12:08] Saeko**
Oh, what do we do with
this? The occult, is it?
**[12:12] Mikado**
*She's definitely Hanzawa-san's wife.*
**[12:15] Erika**
Um...
**[12:16] Erika**
I'm going to remove the curse.
**[12:17] Erika**
It's okay if you don't believe me.
**[12:19] Saeko**
Huh?
**[12:20] Erika**
It'll work either way.
**[12:23] Saeko**
No, I believe you.
**[12:26] Saeko**
I don't believe in the occult, but
it seems you really did do something.
**[12:32] Erika**
Yes...
**[12:33] Saeko**
You came here because you want to
atone for that. I'll trust that emotion.
**[12:40] Saeko**
I believe you.
**[12:44] Erika**
Thank you very much. I'm so sorry!
**[12:49] Erika**
So, um... I'll get started now.
I've never done this work before.
**[12:53] Mikado**
What? You've never done it before?
**[12:55] Erika**
Well, my work is to apply curses.
**[13:02] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun, please don't push me.
**[13:04] Mikado**
But that's just way too scary!
**[13:08] Erika**
If it comes back home,
the curse will probably dissolve.
**[13:12] Hiyakawa**
I see. You use the dead for your curses.
**[13:15] Hiyakawa**
And now, you're bringing the dead
person you put to work back to you.
**[13:20] Erika**
Dead people don't talk with me, you see.
**[13:24] Erika**
They just want to get inside me.
**[13:27] Erika**
If I let them in, they save me in return.
**[13:31] Erika**
That said, their power can only
be used for bad things.
**[13:35] Erika**
But they aren't alone, and neither am I.
**[13:41] Mikado**
Wait! Hang on! If you do
that, will you be all right?
**[13:44] Mikado**
Just letting them in once
is dangerous, right?
**[13:47] Erika**
Every time they come inside
me, I experience death.
**[13:52] Saeko**
You're bleeding!
**[13:54] Erika**
It's all right.
**[13:55] Erika**
There has never been a death
I couldn't swallow for them.
**[14:02] Erika**
You can come in.
**[14:09] Saeko**
Erika-chan!
**[14:12] Saeko**
What's wrong? Are you all right?
**[14:15] Erika**
It's back.
**[14:16] Saeko**
Huh?
**[14:18] Mikado**
And you, are you all right?
**[14:20] Saeko**
Oh, I...
**[14:23] Saeko**
I'm fine.
**[14:25] Saeko**
Yes. I don't understand it,
but I'm completely fine.
**[14:28] Hiyakawa**
The curse has been removed. Well done.
**[14:30] Saeko**
Are you all right?
**[14:32] Erika**
Huh?
**[14:33] Hanzawa**
Saeko, you should rest.
**[14:35] Hanzawa**
You haven't been able to sleep lately, right?
**[14:38] Saeko**
That's true. I'll do that.
**[14:40] Saeko**
Hiroki-san, are you all right?
**[14:41] Hanzawa**
Yes.
**[14:45] Erika**
Why is she being nice?
**[14:48] Erika**
She knows I'm bad.
**[14:53] Hanzawa**
Hiura-san, have a seat.
**[14:55] Erika**
Yes, sir.
**[14:57] Hanzawa**
I heard everything from Tenderfoot here.
**[14:59] Hanzawa**
I probably can't build a case against
you for the things you've done,
**[15:02] Hanzawa**
and I won't be able to understand
any of the stuff that comes next.
**[15:05] Hanzawa**
It's infuriating. It really is.
**[15:07] Hanzawa**
Do you understand how
criminal punishment works?
**[15:11] Hanzawa**
A number of years in prison. A monetary fine.
**[15:14] Hanzawa**
They serve to make people face what they've
done and think about how they got there.
**[15:18] Hanzawa**
That's why there must be no revenge.
**[15:20] Hanzawa**
This thing you supposedly did
**[15:23] Hanzawa**
caused my wife and I to suffer
greatly. It hurt us both.
**[15:27] Hanzawa**
Please consider that. And think about the
work you've been involved in up to now.
**[15:33] Hanzawa**
There are people at the other
end of the actions you take.
**[15:35] Hanzawa**
There were people there.
**[15:38] Mikado**
B-But... Hanzawa-san!
**[15:40] Mikado**
She's being forced to do all of it!
**[15:42] Mikado**
That's why we're...
**[15:43] Hanzawa**
I don't believe in the occult.
And it's out of my jurisdiction.
**[15:47] Mikado**
But...
**[15:47] Hanzawa**
That research group, though...
**[15:50] Hanzawa**
I'll look around and see
if I can find any clues.
**[15:52] Mikado**
Th-Thank you.
**[15:57] Mikado**
Hey...
**[15:59] Mikado**
Your... The way you let
dead people inside you...
**[16:03] Mikado**
It's not like any of us
asked for our abilities.
**[16:07] Mikado**
And you've had to go through stuff
way scarier than I've had to...
**[16:11] Mikado**
But you know, letting them in so that
they didn't just die all alone...
**[16:18] Mikado**
I think that shows how kind you are.
**[16:21] Mikado**
I mean, it's scary, right?
You were scared, weren't you?
**[16:28] Erika**
All this time... I think I've wanted
someone to say that to me.
**[16:33] Erika**
Thank you.
**[16:37] Sakaki**
Hey! Did you make her cry, kid?!
**[16:39] Erika**
I'm not crying!
**[16:41] Mikado**
We should talk through our plan
of action again sometime soon.
**[16:46] Erika**
Yeah, we should.
**[16:48] Erika**
It's not like running's going to be easy. Yeah.
**[16:51] Mikado**
You're coming, too, by the way.
**[16:53] Hiyakawa**
Huh? By "talk," you meant the four of us here?
**[16:56] Mikado**
Huh?
**[16:58] Hiyakawa**
I think it will end in a f-failure
to reach an agreement.
**[17:01] Hiyakawa**
Are the risk-benefit analyses and
goals of all parties aligned?
**[17:04] Mikado**
We're not talking about
risk-benefit analyses here!
**[17:04] Erika; background**
Back to your doghouse!
**[17:06] Mikado**
I would try to save you even if
there wasn't any benefit to me,
**[17:11] Mikado**
and you came here today for
Hanzawa-san's sake, right?
**[17:17] Hiyakawa**
That's true. I understand.
**[17:20] Mikado**
Good.
**[17:20] Hiyakawa**
But this lineup isn't one I previously
would have thought could discuss things.
**[17:24] Sakaki**
And you're top of that list.
**[17:26] Erika**
Back to your doghouse!
**[17:26] Mikado**
I can't deny that...
**[17:30] Mikado**
So I'll call in someone
who's good at talking.
**[17:32] Mukae**
I refuse!
**[17:33] Hiyakawa**
Oh. Please leave, then.
**[17:35] Mikado**
Come on. You've come all
the way here, haven't you?
**[17:38] Hiyakawa**
Are you ignoring me, Mikado-kun?
**[17:39] Mukae**
I came here to give my refusal to your face!
**[17:44] Mukae**
You must be Hiura Erika.
I can tell even without asking.
**[17:47] Erika**
You know about me?
**[17:49] Mukae**
I think it was a real estate
agent a while back...
**[17:52] Mukae**
A client who came to me
because his health was poor.
**[17:55] Mukae**
There wasn't anything a guy
like me could do, though.
**[18:00] Erika**
I didn't do it because I wanted to.
**[18:02] Mukae**
Does that matter? Not that
it's any of my concern.
**[18:05] Mukae**
So I'll just be going n—
**[18:07] Mikado**
But you tried to save him, didn't you?
**[18:09] Mikado**
This *does* concern you!
**[18:11] Mikado**
I know I'm asking you to get
involved in some crazy stuff.
**[18:14] Mikado**
But I don't have anyone else I can depend on,
**[18:17] Mikado**
and as long as we have these abilities,
**[18:19] Mikado**
we don't know when we might get
caught up in this stuff, too.
**[18:23] Mukae**
Saving people, huh?
I'm not as nice as you are!
**[18:28] Mukae**
Then, first,
**[18:29] Mukae**
may I ask for an explanation as to why a
person connected to the syndicates is here?
**[18:34] Sasaki**
I'm impressed you could tell I'm yakuza.
**[18:36] Erika**
You can tell with one glance.
**[18:39] Erika**
It's not like I haven't
considered running before.
**[18:43] Erika**
The research society people
aren't scary at all.
**[18:47] Erika**
There's only one person I'm scared
of... the one called "Sensei."
**[18:50] Mikado**
Sensei... Is that the one you told me
took over leadership of the group?
**[18:55] Erika**
Yes. But no one knows who Sensei is.
**[18:59] Mikado**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[19:00] Sakaki**
Sensei used to work in our
offices. He was an advisor.
**[19:05] Sakaki**
He was spooky.
**[19:07] Mukae**
So who is this "Sensei" person?
**[19:10] Mukae**
If you do an internet search,
something suspicious
**[19:12] Mukae**
from his past should pop up, right?
**[19:14] Sakaki**
We don't know his name or his face.
How would we look him up?
**[19:16] Mikado**
What? You've never met him?
**[19:18] Erika**
We have.
**[19:21] Erika**
We have, but we can't remember.
**[19:24] Erika**
I've even worked on jobs together with him,
**[19:26] Erika**
but once he's gone, I forget.
**[19:29] Erika**
I can't remember his face.
**[19:32] Hiyakawa**
Is that a curse?
**[19:33] Erika**
Hey, Rihito-kun, do you
know something about this?
**[19:36] Hiyakawa**
Why would I?
**[19:37] Erika**
Well, because...
**[19:39] Erika**
The first leader was your mother, right?
**[19:44] Hiyakawa**
How much do you know?
**[19:46] Erika**
Nothing.
**[19:47] Erika**
One of the older men, a long-time member,
said the son of the founder was incredible,
**[19:51] Erika**
and talked about a Hiyakawa Touko-sama.
**[19:54] Erika**
It's not a common last name, right?
**[19:56] Erika**
It made me think you must have
been used by your parents, too.
**[19:59] Erika**
Our circumstances are
a lot alike, aren't they?
**[20:02] Erika**
If you know how to escape, tell me.
**[20:05] Hiyakawa**
How to... escape?
**[20:08] Hiyakawa**
My experiences taught me that
saving people causes harm,
**[20:13] Hiyakawa**
so I'm not inclined to do so.
**[20:16] Mikado**
The reason I save people
**[20:18] Mikado**
is because I don't want to be abandoned,
**[20:20] Mikado**
and I don't want to be someone
who'd abandon others.
**[20:23] Mikado**
It isn't purely for others, or to my
own advantage or disadvantage.
**[20:28] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san, I looked up your
past, so I know about it.
**[20:31] Mikado**
Though I only read through a few articles...
**[20:33] Mikado**
And knowing that, I'm going to say this...
**[20:35] Mikado**
I'm not going to change.
**[20:37] Mikado**
If you piss me off, I'll slug you.
I won't spare your feelings.
**[20:39] Mikado**
When I think you're wrong, I'll slug you.
**[20:40] Mikado**
Saving people doesn't cause harm!
**[20:43] Mikado**
You've been saved yourself, haven't you?!
**[20:49] Hiyakawa**
I don't know.
**[20:51] Hiyakawa**
But you always leave me feeling quite shaken.
**[20:56] Hiyakawa**
I wonder why that is.
**[20:57] Hiyakawa**
I knew for certain with a single
glance that you would save me,
**[21:03] Hiyakawa**
but it might not take
the form that I expected.
**[21:08] Hiyakawa**
All right. I will help you.
**[21:10] Hiyakawa**
If doing so means that you
will stay here, close at hand.
**[21:20] Sakaki**
Are those two a couple?
**[21:22] Mikado**
Huh?
**[21:23] Erika**
He said they aren't.
**[21:24] Mikado**
We aren't a couple!
**[21:26] Mukae**
He says you aren't a couple.
**[21:27] Hiyakawa**
Apparently, we aren't a couple.
**[21:28] Mikado**
Wh-What do you mean, "apparently"?!
**[21:30] Mukae**
I'm not going to pry too deeply.
Fortune-teller's etiquette.
**[21:34] Erika**
You're a fortune-teller?
**[21:36] Mukae**
How old are you?
**[21:37] Erika**
Huh? Sixteen.
**[21:39] Mukae**
I see. Well, if you've got anything to
talk about, I'll hear you out for free.
**[21:43] Erika**
Huh? Why?
**[21:45] Mukae**
Because you're still a child
and I'm an adult.
**[21:48] Mukae**
You didn't have any adults around who
would protect you, and that isn't normal.
**[21:52] Mukae**
You should let yourself grieve for that.
**[21:55] Mukae**
The really difficult stuff is still to come.
**[21:59] Erika**
Th-That's true. I understand.
I'm asking you all to help me.
**[22:04] Erika**
So I'll protect all of you, too.
**[22:06] Erika**
I want to turn this power
into something that protects!
# E8 - Loneliness
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZEV1E/loneliness)
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***SIGN*** Keita-kun
**[01:34] Erika**
Hello. Can you hear me?
**[01:37] Mikado**
*Yes, I can hear you.*
**[01:42] Mukae**
I'll protect you from here.
**[01:44] Mukae**
Come back safe.
**[01:46] Erika**
Okay, I'll call you over here now.
**[01:49] Mikado**
Understood.
**[01:55] Mikado**
Whoa! Teleportation!
**[01:57] Erika**
There they are.
**[01:59] Erika**
We can see you!
**[02:00] Erika**
Using Mukae-kun's barrier and mine,
**[02:02] Erika**
we can use our phones so that everyone can
hear both spirit voices and real voices.
**[02:07] Mukae**
Wow, yeah, I can hear you!
**[02:09] Hiyakawa**
What a flexible way of thinking.
**[02:11] Erika**
I get that a lot.
**[02:13] Sakaki**
I'm the only one who can't see anything.
Can't hear anything, either.
**[02:17] Erika**
That's always the case, though.
**[02:18] Erika**
Sakaki-san, you keep an eye on
Sensei's house in a physical sense.
**[02:21] Erika**
That's why we rented this room.
**[02:24] Erika**
No matter how vigilant Sensei might be,
**[02:27] Erika**
he must be hiding something in his house.
**[02:29] Erika**
If we're gonna search, then now's our
only chance, while he's away on business.
**[02:33] Erika**
That's the info this gorilla gave us.
**[02:35] Sakaki**
And I'm the only one left completely
outside the mosquito net.
**[02:38] Hiyakawa**
Well, shall we go inside?
**[02:40] Mukae**
If anything happens,
I'll call you right back.
**[02:43] Mikado**
Thanks.
**[02:58] Mikado**
It's really stark, but
it's just a regular house.
**[03:04] Sakaki**
Wai— Miss, please stop!
**[03:06] Erika**
Stop struggling!
**[03:12] Erika**
* I connected Sakaki-san*
* to the barrier network,*
**[03:15] Erika**
*since it's a pain having him outside.*
**[03:16] Mikado**
Huh?
**[03:17] Erika**
* Spiritually speaking,*
* he's a bit on the dense side,*
**[03:20] Erika**
* so I sort of had to shove*
* a giant antenna in him.*
**[03:22] Mukae**
That's insanely violent...
**[03:23] Sakaki**
*You can't be serious... You can't be serious!*
**[03:26] Mikado**
Um, then... can you hear me?
**[03:29] Sakaki**
* Thanks to a certain someone.*
* Damn it, what is this? It's creepy.*
**[03:33] Mikado**
We just need to find a
weakness of Sensei's, right?
**[03:37] Sakaki**
Yeah.
**[03:38] Sakaki**
Info that would shake up the
research society will work, too.
**[03:41] Erika**
The most important thing
is to find Sensei's name.
**[03:44] Mikado**
Yeah. We'll just try looking around for now.
**[03:47] Mikado**
Right. Hiyakawa-san, will you...
**[03:49] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun!
**[03:51] Mukae**
Wh-What is it?
**[03:52] Mukae**
*What's wrong?!*
**[03:54] Hiyakawa**
It's...
**[03:55] Hiyakawa**
It's a pile of money!
**[03:57] Hiyakawa**
There's a huge pile of money!
**[03:59] Sakaki**
*Oh, it's probably remuneration for his work.*
**[04:02] Sakaki**
*He worships money.*
**[04:03] Mukae**
Hey, Hiyakawa! Your body's
twitching and writhing!
**[04:05] Hiyakawa**
*If... If my physical body were here
right now, I could carry this away!*
**[04:15] Mikado**
The bedroom? Did something
grab your attention?
**[04:18] Hiyakawa**
No. It isn't what's right
here that bothers me.
**[04:22] Mikado**
Huh? Then what is it?
**[04:25] Hiyakawa**
I don't know.
**[04:27] Hiyakawa**
It just... feels strangely nostalgic somehow.
**[04:31] Mikado**
Nostalgic?
**[04:33] Mukae**
*Whoa!*
**[04:34] Mukae**
That's a shock. That house is built
over the place where you used to be...
**[04:39] Mukae**
*The Palm of the Hand Research Society.*
**[04:45] Mikado**
This place?
**[04:46] Sakaki**
That means either Sensei or our syndicate
**[04:49] Sakaki**
must've bought the land and built the house.
**[04:52] Erika**
It's a place where lots of people died, right?
**[04:55] Erika**
Sensei might be making use of
something that's still there.
**[05:00] Mikado**
Hey, don't you think it'd be better
if we called this off for today?
**[05:04] Mikado**
Or at least send Hiyakawa-san
back or something.
**[05:06] Hiyakawa**
Why?
**[05:08] Mikado**
Why?
**[05:10] Mikado**
You might remember
something you don't want to.
**[05:12] Hiyakawa**
I won't "remember." I never forgot.
**[05:16] Mikado**
Huh?
**[05:16] Hiyakawa**
I'm all right.
**[05:29] Hiyakawa**
Before, there was a staircase
as soon as you entered.
**[05:33] Mikado**
Huh?
**[05:35] Hiyakawa**
Upstairs was a dining hall.
Downstairs was a room with no windows.
**[05:39] Hiyakawa**
I was downstairs.
**[05:41] Hiyakawa**
There was a hallway down there.
**[05:43] Hiyakawa**
I can count the number of times
I passed through it, they were so few.
**[05:47] Hiyakawa**
I wonder where my room was.
**[05:51] Hiyakawa**
Do you think there's somewhere in this
house that connects to the basement?
**[05:55] Mikado**
Huh?
**[05:56] Mikado**
P-Probably not. From what we've seen,
it looks like a normal house.
**[06:00] Mikado**
I really think that today—
**[06:02] Hiyakawa**
I left something in my room.
**[06:04] Mikado**
Huh?
**[06:05] Hiyakawa**
It belonged to my mother...
**[06:08] Hiyakawa**
To the person who used to be my mother.
**[06:11] Hiyakawa**
I wanted to lock it up
there so it would be safe.
**[06:16] Hiyakawa**
But then I left and never came back.
**[06:20] Hiyakawa**
This nostalgic feeling... Maybe it's
because it's still here somewhere.
**[06:27] Mikado**
All right.
**[06:29] Mikado**
We'll include it in our search,
**[06:31] Mikado**
but I decide when we pull out, all right?
**[06:33] Hiyakawa**
All right.
**[06:34] Mukae**
Sentimental stuff is his weakness.
**[06:36] Sakaki**
Serious weakness.
**[06:37] Erika**
Definitely.
**[06:37] Mikado**
Shut up! I get it!
**[06:41] Mikado**
Still... We're supposed to be searching,
**[06:44] Mikado**
but this place is beyond "not very
lived in." It just looks vacant.
**[06:47] Mukae**
*Vacant?*
**[06:48] Mikado**
Like, there's dust all over
the curtains and stuff.
**[06:51] Mikado**
It's like the room of someone
who's lost all their willpower.
**[06:54] Erika**
Willpower...
**[06:55] Sakaki**
Well, he does seem desperate about something.
**[06:57] Sakaki**
Hey, try checking the kitchen.
**[06:59] Mikado**
The kitchen?
**[07:01] Sakaki**
* A lot of people hide bankbooks*
* and stuff in the refrigerator.*
**[07:04] Sakaki**
* Sneak thieves and debt collectors*
* always look there first.*
**[07:06] Hiyakawa**
The refrigerator?
**[07:08] Sakaki**
And it so happens we can see it from here.
**[07:10] Mikado**
*R-Really?*
**[07:12] Sakaki**
Yeah. North side.
**[07:15] Hiyakawa**
The refrigerator...
**[07:17] Sakaki**
Well?
**[07:20] Mikado**
It's got nothing but bread and beer in it.
**[07:22] Mikado**
There's really nothing here.
**[07:27] Hiyakawa**
Impurity.
**[07:32] Mikado**
What is that? It's got the same
presence as those savings boxes!
**[07:36] Hiyakawa**
Impurity... No.
**[07:38] Erika**
Something Sensei's been saving up?
**[07:40] Hiyakawa**
Let's break it.
**[07:42] Mikado**
Wait!
**[07:43] Mikado**
He might be able to figure
something out from the traces.
**[07:46] Hiyakawa**
But we can't just leave it.
**[07:49] Mikado**
We might be able to do it cleanly.
**[07:51] Hiyakawa**
Huh?
**[07:53] Mikado**
I don't really understand,
but I feel like I can do it.
**[07:58] Hiyakawa**
You?
**[08:11] Mikado**
A storage area under the floor?
**[08:14] Hiyakawa**
A basement.
**[08:23] Hiyakawa**
It seems like there'd be something here.
**[08:26] Hiyakawa**
Inside...
**[08:35] Mikado**
What is that?
**[08:35] Mukae**
Hey!
**[08:36] Mukae**
What's wrong? Are you okay?
**[08:38] Erika**
What is it? We can't see anything from here!
**[08:41] Erika**
Kousuke-kun!
**[08:43] Erika**
Rihito-kun!
**[08:49] ---**
Wh...
**[08:51] sensei**
Who's there?!
**[08:53] sensei**
Who's there?
**[08:55] sensei**
Who are you?
**[08:57] sensei**
Who?!
**[09:00] sensei**
Who... are you?
**[09:08] sensei**
Who...
**[09:12] sensei**
Who...
**[09:20] sensei**
Who...
**[09:21] Mikado**
*Bring us back! Now!*
**[09:26] Mukae**
Hey, are you okay?
**[09:28] Erika**
*What happened?*
**[09:30] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[09:32] Hiyakawa**
You tried to purify it just now, didn't you?
**[09:35] Mikado**
Huh? Well, it never would've worked though...
**[09:38] Hiyakawa**
That's a problem.
**[09:41] Hiyakawa**
If you erase mine, that's a problem.
**[09:43] Hiyakawa**
If you do that, I probably won't
be able to break things anymore.
**[09:48] Mikado**
Huh?
**[09:58] Hanzawa**
So you guys haven't done
any housebreaking, right?
**[10:01] Mikado**
Uh... We haven't, in a physical sense.
**[10:04] Mukae**
You're seriously a really
good guy, Detective.
**[10:06] Hanzawa**
Huh?
**[10:08] Mikado**
Yeah, he is.
**[10:09] Mukae**
I mean, you're worried about us!
**[10:11] Hanzawa**
You're looking down on me, aren't you?
**[10:13] Mukae**
I am not!
**[10:15] Hanzawa**
Guys, I know how you feel,
but don't get impatient.
**[10:19] Hanzawa**
We don't have any info that'll let us
go sound out the research society,
**[10:22] Hanzawa**
but we are searching.
**[10:23] Mikado**
Yes, sir.
**[10:25] Mikado**
Um, Hiyakawa-san was—
**[10:27] Hanzawa**
Don't let Hiyakawa swallow you up.
**[10:28] Mikado**
Huh?
**[10:29] Hanzawa**
The life he's had to lead has been fierce.
**[10:33] Hanzawa**
Don't let it suck you in.
**[10:35] Hanzawa**
He probably can't ever be
a place for you to return to,
**[10:40] Hanzawa**
because he doesn't have
anywhere to return to himself.
**[10:49] Hanzawa**
Don't get swallowed up by that loneliness.
**[10:55] Mukae**
You know, a place to return to...
**[10:57] Mikado**
Huh?
**[10:58] Mukae**
A place to return to...
I think about it a lot, too.
**[11:02] Mikado**
Oh... Yeah?
**[11:04] Mukae**
I don't see them very often,
**[11:07] Mukae**
but I've got friends, or at least acquaintances.
**[11:10] Mukae**
They're the types that
neither harm nor heal,
**[11:13] Mukae**
but hanging out with them...
that's the place I return to.
**[11:18] Mukae**
The fact that they neither
harm nor heal is important.
**[11:20] Mukae**
They make me feel like
maybe I'm not that weird.
**[11:24] Mukae**
If you're not "special,"
that means they've let you in.
**[11:29] Mikado**
Let you in?
**[11:31] Mukae**
Hiura-san... and probably Sakaki-san, too...
**[11:35] Mukae**
They'll be able to start looking
after they've run away.
**[11:37] Mikado**
Huh?
**[11:38] Mukae**
For that kind of "place to return to."
**[11:41] Mukae**
You've got one too, right?
A place you can return to.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Kousuke.
**[11:55] Mikado**
Yeah. But I'm not sure if
I should be there or not.
**[11:59] Mukae**
It's fine, you moron!
After all, you're a good kid!
**[12:02] Mikado**
What do you mean, "a good kid"?
**[12:09] Mikado**
*A place to return to...*
**[12:12] Mikado**
* The fact that I've had one*
* from the very beginning*
**[12:15] Mikado**
*probably meant that I was very fortunate.*
**[12:18] Mikado**
*I think it would be ideal*
**[12:21] Mikado**
* if everyone unconditionally*
* received that same fortune.*
**[12:25] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun.
**[12:27] Hiyakawa**
Why do you...
**[12:30] Hiyakawa**
Why do you worry about me?
**[12:33] Mikado**
Why?
**[12:40] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
That's because he doesn't
have anywhere to return to.
**[12:47] Mikado**
Do you...
**[12:49] Hiyakawa**
Huh? What?
**[12:50] Mikado**
Do you have things that are precious
to you, or someone you want to be with,
**[12:55] Mikado**
or things you don't want
to forget... anything like that?
**[12:59] Hiyakawa**
Yes. You.
**[13:03] Mikado**
What? I don't understand what you're saying!
**[13:08] Hiyakawa**
You don't understand?
**[13:09] Mikado**
No, you don't have to explain!
**[13:11] Mikado**
I-It's sort of still too soon...
**[13:13] Hiyakawa**
Too soon?
**[13:14] Mikado**
Just... I know you probably mean it in
a paranormal, or like, a work-type way!
**[13:18] Mikado**
Even so...
**[13:20] Mikado**
I'm still... How do I put this?
**[13:23] Mikado**
I still... can't quite accept it.
**[13:28] Mikado**
It's... I, um...
**[13:30] Hiyakawa**
You are such a mystery.
**[13:33] Hiyakawa**
Extremely so.
**[13:35] Mikado**
I'm just normal.
**[13:36] Hiyakawa**
You are a mystery.
**[13:38] Mikado**
Is that so?
**[13:39] Hiyakawa**
Yes.
**[13:42] Hiyakawa**
Quite a mystery.
**[13:45] Hiyakawa**
My destiny.
**[13:51] assembly member**
We are in a state wherein people
blatantly overlook corruption.
***SIGN*** For a Hopeful Future
***SIGN*** Community Development
**[13:56] assembly member**
Should we be entrusting such
a government with our daily lives?
**[14:02] assembly member**
I will thoroughly pursue the hub
of the injustice in our government,
***SIGN*** For a Hopeful Future
***SIGN*** Community Development
**[14:06] sensei**
To have others wishing you dead...
**[14:08] assembly member**
and for the sake of change,
**[14:09] sensei**
How does that feel, I wonder?
**[14:09] assembly member**
I will exert every effort...
**[14:15] assembly member**
And that is why I—
***SIGN*** For a Hopeful Future
***SIGN*** Community Development
**[14:20] crowd**
Someone call for an ambulance!
***SIGN*** For a Hopeful Future
***SIGN*** Community Development
**[14:22] crowd**
What's going on?
**[14:23] crowd**
Someone's collapsed!
**[14:24] crowd**
That's not a person, is it?
**[14:30] secretary**
Sensei?
**[14:31] secretary**
Sensei.
**[14:35] secretary**
After you use your power, you always
become as defenseless as a child.
**[14:45] secretary**
Sensei, earlier you were speaking
about "her." May I hear more?
**[14:52] Sensei**
Her?
**[14:56] sensei**
Her... I wonder where she went.
**[15:06] sensei**
She would often wear a light blue cardigan.
**[15:12] sensei**
She was so kind.
**[15:15] sensei**
Her eyes were kind. They were a
little pale in color, and so kind.
**[15:22] sensei**
That's right. She's a civil servant.
**[15:25] sensei**
Her name... What was it?
**[15:28] sensei**
She had a beauty mark on her back.
**[15:31] sensei**
Her name was... Her name...
**[15:33] secretary**
Yes.
**[15:36] sensei**
You're quite skillful at trying
to get that information out of me.
**[15:39] sensei**
But no matter what you ask, and no
matter what you might be planning...
**[15:43] sensei**
No matter how corroded I may become...
**[15:46] sensei**
You're just going to forget anyway.
**[15:50] sensei**
I will not allow anyone to curse me.
**[15:54] sensei**
No one.
**[16:00] Erika's dad**
Sensei! What a pleasure it is to see you!
**[16:04] Erika's dad**
I've just met with the client's secretary
and received remuneration.
**[16:07] Erika's dad**
You truly live up to your reputation.
**[16:10] secretary**
Hiura-san, Sensei is tired.
**[16:13] Erika's dad**
Oh, of course. I'm sorry.
**[16:16] sensei**
Where is she?
**[16:17] Erika's dad**
Huh? "She"?
**[16:19] secretary**
Oh, yes. I heard quite a bit just now.
**[16:23] secretary**
She is... Well... She's, um...
**[16:28] secretary**
Huh?
**[16:29] Erika's dad**
Oh, Sensei.
**[16:31] Erika's dad**
I actually wanted to speak with you
about something regarding my daughter.
**[16:35] sensei**
Daughter?
**[16:36] Erika's dad**
Yes. Erika also has powers,
though they pale in comparison,
**[16:40] Erika's dad**
but she's just so rebellious...
**[16:45] secretary**
Hiura-san, Sensei is tired!
**[16:48] Erika's dad**
She should think things through
more thoroughly, like you do,
**[16:52] Erika's dad**
but it seems she just
isn't self-aware enough.
**[16:54] Erika's dad**
As I've also received help from you,
I was wondering how I should school Erika.
**[16:59] sensei**
You are an empty space.
**[17:02] Erika's dad**
Huh?
**[17:04] sensei**
You are vacant and foolish.
**[17:06] sensei**
Even more than I am.
**[17:09] Erika's dad**
Pardon?
**[17:10] sensei**
Why did you start a family
when you can't love them?
**[17:13] sensei**
I think that, too.
**[17:15] sensei**
I hate her.
**[17:16] Erika's dad**
I see...
**[17:17] sensei**
No, that's a lie. I love her.
**[17:19] sensei**
Even though she didn't
keep her love just for me?
**[17:22] sensei**
She's the bad one.
**[17:24] sensei**
No, I just wanted her safe.
**[17:27] sensei**
That's why I forgot.
**[17:29] sensei**
Because I hate her more than anything.
**[17:32] sensei**
No, that's wrong. It's the child.
**[17:39] sensei**
It's the child!
**[17:47] sensei**
Haven't you ever thought,
**[17:50] sensei**
"I should have just killed the child"?
**[18:05] ---**
Huh?
**[18:06] sensei**
Hey, Hiura-kun?
**[18:09] sensei**
Matsui-kun?
**[18:11] sensei**
Did you leave?
**[18:13] sensei**
Jeez, leaving without saying a word...
**[18:18] sensei**
Man... I'm hungry.
**[18:26] sensei**
That's strange.
**[18:27] sensei**
Is it her? I-It smells like her!
**[18:31] sensei**
Th-That's not possible!
**[18:33] sensei**
I barred her!
**[18:35] sensei**
So that I wouldn't ever remember her...
**[18:38] sensei**
That's right. I banned her!
**[18:40] sensei**
More than remembering and being
sad... More than forgiving her...
**[18:47] sensei**
Why?
**[18:48] sensei**
Why? Why did you abandon me?
**[18:51] sensei**
You should have loved me
more than anyone, but you...
**[18:55] sensei**
You didn't!
**[18:56] sensei**
You abandoned me! You didn't choose me!
**[19:00] sensei**
You... Damn it, what was her name?
**[19:04] sensei**
If I ever remember it, I will curse her!
**[19:07] sensei**
I will!
**[19:14] Mikado's mom**
What's wrong?
**[19:27] sensei**
I'm hungry.
**[19:30] sensei**
Did Matsui-kun and Hiura-kun leave already?
**[19:34] sensei**
Without saying a word to me...
**[19:43] sensei**
Did someone get inside this house?
**[19:53] Erika's mom**
Erika!
**[19:56] Erika's mom**
Um... Do you know where your father is?
**[19:58] Erika**
Huh? Of course I don't know. How could I?
**[20:01] Erika's mom**
He hasn't been home for three days!
**[20:03] Erika's mom**
I wondered if something happened...
**[20:05] Erika**
What about it?
**[20:07] Sakaki**
We haven't seen him. Could he
be in his office at headquarters?
**[20:13] Erika's mom**
Oh... Oh, right!
**[20:15] Erika's mom**
Thank you.
**[20:16] Erika**
Let's go already.
**[20:17] Erika's mom**
Erika...
**[20:29] Sakaki**
You could just listen to what she has to say.
**[20:34] Erika**
No one asked you.
**[20:35] Sakaki**
You're really planning on going?
**[20:37] Erika**
Of course! If my father isn't here,
then this is our chance!
**[20:41] Sakaki**
That detective made it seem so easy to
ask us for something so troublesome.
**[20:45] Erika**
It wasn't easy.
**[20:47] Erika**
Hanzawa-san said he understood
that it was dangerous.
**[20:50] Sakaki**
Still, telling us to go steal the research
society's accounting books... Damn.
**[20:54] Erika**
Whatever. Let's just go.
**[20:57] Erika**
This is so we can run away.
***SIGN*** Teachings of the Hand Research Society
***SIGN*** Have you truly looked at yourself?
**[21:15] Erika**
There's nothing that seems like it might be it.
**[21:17] Sakaki**
There isn't. Which means... maybe the safe?
**[21:21] Erika**
You can't open it with superhuman strength?
**[21:22] Sakaki**
Not possible. You can't use
spirit sense to open it?
**[21:25] Erika**
Not possible.
**[21:27] Erika**
What number is that?
**[21:29] Sakaki**
Your birthday, Miss.
**[21:31] Erika**
What?
**[21:34] Erika's mom**
Erika.
**[21:35] Erika**
Huh?
**[21:36] Erika**
What? Why are you here?
**[21:38] Erika's mom**
It's not what you think. You two are—
**[21:41] Sakaki**
Quiet, please.
**[21:42] Sakaki**
Are you alone?
**[21:44] Erika's mom**
What? Y-Yes...
**[21:46] Sakaki**
I am the young miss's bodyguard,
**[21:48] Sakaki**
so I will force a way through if I have to.
**[21:51] Sakaki**
But, Madam, you...
**[21:55] sensei**
What's this?
**[21:57] sensei**
What's the whole family doing here?
**[22:00] sensei**
No, you aren't all here.
**[22:04] sensei**
And it's because you aren't
all here... that you've come.
# E9 - Confluence
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8PJQK/confluence)
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**[01:31] sensei**
What's the whole family doing here?
**[01:35] Erika's mom**
My husband hasn't come home, so I asked
the two of them to show me here.
**[01:39] Erika's mom**
I thought he might have left a note.
**[01:41] sensei**
That's right. Both Hiura-kun
and Matsui-kun are gone.
**[01:45] sensei**
It might've been my doing...
But I can't remember.
**[01:49] sensei**
It really is a problem.
**[01:50] Sakaki**
Sensei, it doesn't look like
we'll find anything here,
**[01:53] Sakaki**
so we'll take our leave,
along with Erika's mother.
**[01:57] sensei**
You seem different somehow.
**[01:59] sensei**
What is it?
**[02:00] sensei**
Oh, I see the girl's taking
very good care of you.
**[02:04] sensei**
What did you have her do?
You're not as dense as before.
**[02:08] sensei**
That's so nice.
**[02:10] sensei**
To be able to change at someone else's
hand... I don't have that anymore.
**[02:15] sensei**
Because I barred...
**[02:18] Erika**
Stop, Sensei! Let him go!
**[02:29] Erika's mom**
Run, Erika!
**[02:31] Erika's mom**
Run away! Hurry!
**[02:33] Erika**
But...
**[02:35] Erika**
Sakaki-san?
**[02:36] Erika**
It isn't true, right, Sakaki-san?
**[02:37] Erika's mom**
Erika, run right now!
On your own if you have to! Hurry!
**[02:41] (Flashback) Sakaki**
When you run,
**[02:42] (Flashback) Sakaki**
if you don't take me with you...
**[02:45] Erika**
No. He's coming with me, no matter what!
**[02:47] Erika**
There's still time. I'll *make* the time!
**[02:51] Erika**
*O Death...*
**[02:53] Erika**
*Can you hear me? You can hear me, right?*
**[02:55] Erika**
*Whoever's there, look at me.*
**[02:59] Erika**
*Look this way.*
**[03:01] Erika**
*Before you consume that man.*
**[03:02] Erika**
*Do you understand what kind of person I am?*
**[03:06] Erika**
*I can love you, all of you.*
**[03:09] Erika**
*Just look this way.*
**[03:13] Erika**
*That's right.*
**[03:14] Erika**
*You love me more than him, don't you?*
**[03:17] Erika**
*Come to me.*
**[03:18] Erika**
*I will embrace you.*
**[03:25] Sakaki**
Wh-What did you do to me?
**[03:29] Erika**
Welcome back. Looks like I made it in time.
**[03:32] Erika**
The aftertaste from the death
of someone I know is the worst.
**[03:35] Erika's mom**
Erika, take this and go.
**[03:37] Erika**
Huh?
**[03:39] Erika's mom**
I was never able to
protect you. So please...
**[03:43] Erika**
What will you do, Mother?
**[03:45] Erika's mom**
I'll be all right. It'll work out somehow.
**[03:48] Erika's mom**
No matter how inexplicable,
**[03:50] Erika's mom**
in the end, all of it stems from
the actions of a human.
**[03:56] Erika**
Do my inexplicable powers...
**[03:58] Erika**
make you afraid of me?
**[04:01] Erika's mom**
Yes... I am afraid.
**[04:04] Erika's mom**
But...
**[04:06] Erika's mom**
No matter what you may have been born with,
**[04:09] Erika's mom**
it isn't your fault... and it isn't mine, either.
**[04:13] Erika's mom**
It's taken me all this time to realize that.
**[04:19] Erika's mom**
Go now! Hurry!
**[04:23] Sakaki**
My car's being tracked. What should we do?
**[04:27] Erika**
Wait! This has...
**[04:29] Erika**
a car key in it. And one
that looks like a house key...
**[04:32] Erika**
And a bankbook, and a smartphone and...
***SIGN*** Takimoto No. 3 Parking
**[04:37] Erika**
"Takimoto No. 3 parking?"
**[04:43] Sakaki**
That one, huh?
**[04:45] Sakaki**
What about the phone?
**[04:47] Erika**
It unlocked.
**[04:49] Erika**
It's the four digits of my birthday.
**[04:52] Erika**
This says she rented a condo.
**[04:54] Sakaki**
Then let's try heading there for now.
**[05:01] Erika**
I wish...
**[05:03] Erika**
she'd saved me sooner...
**[05:06] Sakaki**
Fear is a poison. Once it's
been instilled in you,
**[05:09] Sakaki**
you can't do anything.
**[05:34] Sakaki**
This place is way too nice for a hideout.
**[05:38] Sakaki**
We should rest for tonight.
**[05:40] Sakaki**
You can sleep as much as you want.
**[05:42] Sakaki**
And I won't wake you in the morning.
**[05:43] Sakaki**
I'm tired, too.
**[05:48] Sakaki**
But tomorrow...
**[05:50] Sakaki**
Tomorrow, once we wake up...
**[05:52] Sakaki**
The world we live in will
have become a battlefield.
***SIGN*** Convenience store Back in 10 minutes 11:10 S
**[06:13] Erika**
Morning. Welcome back.
**[06:16] Erika**
Thank you.
**[06:19] Erika**
We'll fight.
**[06:22] Erika**
I'm not scared of anything anymore.
**[06:29] Mikado**
How do things pile up like this?
**[06:31] Hiyakawa**
Isn't it because you don't take
care of them regularly?
**[06:35] Mikado**
Is this even my job in the first place?
**[06:40] Mikado**
What's this?
**[06:41] Mikado**
"E H"?
**[06:43] Mikado**
Erika-chan?
**[06:44] Hiyakawa**
What is it?
**[06:48] Mikado**
There's only a URL written here.
**[06:51] Mikado**
It's a chat app.
***SIGN*** Member search
**[06:53] Mikado**
And voice chatting's on.
**[06:56] Mikado**
Hello? I wonder if she can hear me...
**[06:58] Mikado**
Hello?
***SIGN*** Member search
**[07:00] Sakaki**
*Miss, they've called.*
**[07:02] Erika**
*Hello? Kousuke-kun?*
**[07:04] Mikado**
Erika-chan, has something happened?
**[07:06] Erika**
Yeah. I'm glad I was able to get in touch.
**[07:08] Erika**
I can't charge my phone, so...
**[07:11] Erika**
Can you get in touch with everyone else?
***SIGN*** Mika
***SIGN*** Hanzawa
**[07:14] Erika**
*At any rate, I'm fine.*
**[07:17] Erika**
*Sakaki-san died for a second, though.*
**[07:19] Mukae**
Died for a second?!
**[07:20] Sakaki**
*I'd rather not do it again.*
**[07:22] Hanzawa**
I'm sorry. This is my fault.
**[07:24] Hanzawa**
It was a rash proposal.
**[07:26] Erika**
*Right now, we're in a safe place,*
**[07:28] Erika**
* but I don't think we can go*
* back to the house or to school.*
**[07:31] Erika**
*Not until we finish this.*
**[07:33] Erika**
But this has actually helped
me steel my resolve.
**[07:36] Mikado**
*Is your mother all right?*
**[07:39] Erika**
Yeah. Though it's all a little one-sided,
**[07:41] Erika**
we've been able to communicate.
***SIGN*** Cash Accounts Ledger
**[07:43] Erika**
Also, she sent us the Research
Society's account ledgers
**[07:46] Erika**
along with my dad and
the secretary's smartphones.
**[07:49] Erika**
She gambled everything
to help us get away.
**[07:52] Erika**
*I have to save her.*
**[07:54] Mikado**
I see.
**[07:56] Mikado**
She must have been getting things
ready for you all this time.
***SIGN*** Mika
**[07:59] Mikado**
Which means we really need to do
something about that Sensei person.
**[08:02] Erika**
It's Sensei's powers that we're scared of,
**[08:05] Erika**
so if we can find a way to
weaken them somehow...
**[08:08] Mikado**
*Can we do that?*
**[08:09] Erika**
If we know his name.
**[08:11] Erika**
He seems hung up about it...
**[08:15] Erika**
And the truth is, names
have a particular potency.
**[08:17] Hanzawa**
*Just make sure you don't do anything crazy.*
**[08:20] Hanzawa**
I'd like to take you under my protection,
**[08:22] Hanzawa**
but it's pointless against
an occult-type, isn't it?
**[08:24] Erika**
*Oh... Yes, that's true.*
**[08:26] Erika**
* It's probably safest if*
* no one else is around.*
**[08:30] Erika**
And not so that I can run away.
**[08:32] Erika**
I don't want to let Sensei
do anything else, either.
**[08:35] Erika**
If I can keep anyone else
from being sacrificed,
**[08:38] Erika**
I feel like it might atone for
some of what I've done.
**[08:43] Mikado**
All right. We'll think on it, too.
**[08:45] Mukae**
I'll use my connections and ask around.
**[08:48] Mukae**
Might know someone who's well-versed
in different organizations.
**[08:50] Hanzawa**
Everyone, make sure you
don't do anything crazy.
**[08:53] Hanzawa**
Once you've copied the account
ledgers, send one my way.
**[08:56] Erika**
Okay. Thanks, everyone.
**[08:59] Erika**
*We'll talk later.*
***SIGN*** Mika
**[09:03] Mikado**
Well, that's a sudden turn of events...
**[09:07] Mikado**
Hey, are you okay?
**[09:08] Mikado**
You didn't say anything. You're not thinking
of disturbing stuff again, are you?
**[09:15] Hiyakawa**
What do you mean, "disturbing"?
**[09:16] Mikado**
Stop. What are you thinking?
**[09:19] Hiyakawa**
I thought it'd be easier to just go
and take everything from him directly.
**[09:24] Mikado**
Huh? Take what from him?
**[09:25] Hiyakawa**
Everything. His money, power, possessions...
**[09:29] Mikado**
What?! What are you saying?
**[09:32] Hiyakawa**
It seems dubious.
**[09:33] Hiyakawa**
It's obvious that it's the best
solution, but no one brought it up.
**[09:37] Hiyakawa**
And besides—
**[09:39] Mikado**
No, I'll hear you out.
Finish what you want to say.
**[09:42] Hiyakawa**
Finish? There isn't much more.
**[09:45] Mikado**
Of course there is. You keep
saying there isn't anything...
**[09:48] Mikado**
What's the deal?
**[09:49] Hiyakawa**
What do you mean, "what"?
**[09:50] Hiyakawa**
It isn't fair.
**[09:53] Mikado**
Huh?
**[09:54] Hiyakawa**
It's not fair! I don't have anything—
**[09:59] Hiyakawa**
No...
**[10:00] Hiyakawa**
If power and money cause harm,
you should just take them.
**[10:05] Hiyakawa**
Wouldn't taking them serve
as the greatest punishment?
**[10:08] Mikado**
Punishment?
**[10:10] Mikado**
It's not our place to punish, is it?
**[10:13] Mikado**
Wait... There's something...
**[10:15] Mikado**
What's wrong? You're getting emotional...
**[10:17] Hiyakawa**
Please don't meddle the way you did before.
**[10:20] Mikado**
Please tell me what you're angry
about and why. In detail, and in words.
**[10:25] Hiyakawa**
I'm not particularly angry.
**[10:29] Mikado**
To me, it looks like you aren't
aware of your own emotions.
**[10:33] Mikado**
That kind of thing makes me really sad...
**[10:35] Mikado**
I hate it.
**[10:37] Hiyakawa**
Is it a good thing to be
aware of one's emotions?
**[10:40] Mikado**
Well, I mean, if you just keep
holding on to bad feelings...
**[10:46] Hiyakawa**
Your virtuous intentions
really are violent to me.
**[10:50] Hiyakawa**
Do you gain some benefit
from being sad for my sake?
**[10:54] Mikado**
It isn't about benefit or loss! That's just...
**[10:57] Mikado**
Are you... really asking because
you just don't understand?
**[11:03] Mikado**
All I said was... that kind
of thing makes me sad...
**[11:08] Hiyakawa**
Aren't you the one who needs
to regain his composure?
**[11:11] Mikado**
Huh?
**[11:11] Mikado**
No, I... Look, let's face the problem
head-on, and together—
**[11:15] Hiyakawa**
You will...
**[11:16] Hiyakawa**
be calm.
**[11:19] Hiyakawa**
Please cool your head.
**[11:22] Mikado**
Listen!
**[11:23] Mikado**
Ignoring something because you
don't want to hear it is cowardly!
**[11:26] Mikado**
Do you hear me?!
**[11:28] Mikado**
Listen to me!
**[11:41] Saori**
It's been a while.
**[11:43] Mikado**
Huh?
**[11:44] Mikado**
Is this...
**[11:46] Saori**
I haven't seen you since
you investigated my pond.
**[11:49] Saori**
It makes me very happy that you've come back.
**[11:52] Mikado**
The house you can't leave
once you've entered...
**[11:55] Mikado**
Why?
**[11:57] Saori**
Back then, your boss opened
that without asking and left.
**[12:01] Saori**
I wondered what he was planning.
**[12:04] Saori**
He must have wanted to lock you in here.
**[12:09] Mikado**
I-I'm sorry for intruding so suddenly!
**[12:11] Mikado**
If you'll excuse me!
**[12:12] Saori**
No.
**[12:13] Saori**
Now that you're here, please
relax and spend some time.
**[12:17] Mikado**
No, I dropped by unexpectedly, and...
I don't really know what's going on.
**[12:24] Mikado**
This...
**[12:25] Mikado**
was a gate before, not a wall, wasn't it?
**[12:30] Saori**
"A house you can't leave"
makes it sound so terrible.
**[12:33] Saori**
It's like a scary story.
**[12:35] Mikado**
Yeah, but...
**[12:36] Saori**
It's only that I want the guests
I like to stay a little longer.
**[12:40] Mikado**
Isn't that what "can't leave" means?
**[12:43] Mikado**
Besides... you seem different
from the last time we met.
**[12:48] Saori**
Oh, you can tell?
**[12:51] Saori**
You see, I've stayed in this house a long
time, and became one with its master.
**[12:58] Saori**
My father was the same.
**[13:01] Saori**
But I keep forgetting that, over and over.
**[13:05] Saori**
That's why I do things like
call in spiritualists,
**[13:08] Saori**
even though I am a being who chooses
myself so we can live together.
**[13:12] Mikado**
So... there are two of you, right?
**[13:15] Mikado**
The one in the pond,
and the living human one.
**[13:19] Mikado**
Are you a youkai?
**[13:20] Saori**
A youkai?
**[13:22] Saori**
Isn't that very unscientific?
**[13:23] Mikado**
Huh?
**[13:24] Saori**
To stay with this house forever...
**[13:27] Saori**
The humans of this place, as many
as possible, for as long as possible...
**[13:32] Saori**
shall continue to be cursed by me unto death.
**[13:36] Saori**
Which is why I must make
a child to inherit this house.
**[13:41] Mikado**
Will it be a hybrid of human and curse?
**[13:45] Saori**
It will. Do you think that seems
more fitting than "youkai"?
**[13:50] Mikado**
I don't understand curses at all.
**[13:53] Mikado**
I don't understand the feeling
of wanting to curse someone.
***SIGN*** Worst Group Suicide Since WWII
**[13:57] Mikado**
But right now, that feeling
might be what I need to stop.
**[14:00] Mikado**
That's why I want to know.
**[14:01] Saori**
You want to stop someone from being cursed?
**[14:04] Mikado**
No, I want to stop the cursing altogether.
**[14:07] Saori**
Why? You won't let that
person do as they please?
**[14:11] Mikado**
Why? Once something like that
is done, there's no going back.
**[14:15] Mikado**
Isn't that awful, no matter
how you think about it?
**[14:18] Saori**
What a pure person you are.
**[14:19] Saori**
You've never hated someone from
the bottom of your heart, have you?
**[14:23] Saori**
The moment you hate from your heart,
**[14:26] Saori**
you no longer possess
anything precious to you.
**[14:30] Saori**
Once that happens, you can destroy anything.
**[14:33] Saori**
That is what it means to curse.
**[14:37] Mikado**
I... want to stop that from
happening. No matter what.
**[14:42] Saori**
Oh, dear. But there are times
when hate brings people to life.
**[14:46] Saori**
And times when said hate serves as the lone
support that allows them to keep living.
**[14:50] Mikado**
But... that's incredibly sad, isn't it?
**[14:53] Saori**
Pure and arrogant, aren't you?
**[14:55] Saori**
Say, is this person you want to
save worthy of your help?
**[15:01] Mikado**
Huh?
**[15:02] Saori**
There's no need to do
something so troublesome.
**[15:04] Saori**
You can stay here forever, if you'd like.
**[15:07] Saori**
I wouldn't mind taking you as my bride.
**[15:10] Mikado**
Your bride?! I-I'm leaving.
**[15:12] Mikado**
And I believe everyone
deserves to be saved.
**[15:16] Saori**
Even if the person has
committed grave crimes?
**[15:18] Mikado**
Well, I mean...
**[15:20] Mikado**
If I bend from what I believe to be right,
**[15:24] Mikado**
I'm sure I won't be able to save anyone.
**[15:26] Saori**
By stealing someone's curses,
**[15:28] Saori**
the hatred that may be giving
them life, from them...
**[15:32] Saori**
What will you achieve?
**[15:35] Saori**
What if hate is that person's everything?
**[15:39] Saori**
Can you be the replacement for that hatred?
**[15:42] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
Our meeting must have been destiny!
**[15:49] Saori**
Well, I'll see you off, then.
**[15:51] Saori**
Though it makes me sad.
**[15:56] Mikado**
There's a gate.
**[15:57] Saori**
You know, if you want to undo a curse,
you should consider that person's hate.
**[16:04] Saori**
It may be beyond the imagination
of someone like you, though.
**[16:08] Saori**
But you are kind.
**[16:11] Saori**
So perhaps you will be able to make it
so that person no longer needs to curse.
**[16:17] Mikado**
Seriously, what are you doing to me?
***SIGN*** Hiyakawa
***SIGN*** What did you do to me? I got out anyway! Where are you?
***SIGN*** Read
**[16:23] Mikado**
Left me on read, huh? Typical!
**[16:26] Mikado**
Well, I guess I'll try heading to the
absolute worst place I can imagine.
**[16:31] Hiyakawa**
When I meet my destiny, I'll know.
**[16:35] Hiyakawa**
It will be mine, and it will save me.
**[16:39] Hiyakawa**
If I get good results, I just know
Mikado-kun will understand, too.
**[16:47] Hiyakawa**
I must become one of those who control.
**[16:50] Hiyakawa**
That which is mine...
**[16:54] sensei**
Oh...
**[16:56] sensei**
So it's you. Nice to make your acquaintance.
**[17:00] sensei**
I've been wanting to meet you.
**[17:03] Hiyakawa**
And what are you?
**[17:04] sensei**
What do you mean, "what"?
How should I answer that?
**[17:08] Hiyakawa**
This was my house!
**[17:11] Hiyakawa**
Once...
**[17:12] Hiyakawa**
I destroyed it.
**[17:14] Hiyakawa**
Back then, I forgot something here.
**[17:16] Hiyakawa**
It's no wonder I can't find it.
**[17:18] Hiyakawa**
You stole it.
**[17:20] sensei**
That's rude. It's just a coincidence.
**[17:23] sensei**
Or maybe you could call it destiny?
**[17:25] sensei**
I had a home, too, but it
fell apart a long time ago.
**[17:29] sensei**
It wasn't me who destroyed it.
**[17:32] sensei**
No, wait... Who was it?
**[17:35] sensei**
Anyway, right... The thing you forgot...
**[17:38] sensei**
When I encountered it, it was like destiny.
**[17:41] sensei**
It saved me.
**[17:44] (Flashback) Matsumi**
Really, thank you for coming, Sensei.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Matsumi**
I heard he's a fortune-teller who
consults even on difficult subjects.
**[17:51] (Flashback) Matsumi's son**
Fortunes again, Dad?
**[17:54] (Flashback) Matsumi's wife**
It's been difficult in real estate lately.
**[17:57] (Flashback) Matsumi's wife**
We'd love to receive some guidance.
**[17:58] (Flashback) sensei**
Anything...
**[18:00] (Flashback) sensei**
I will do anything. I'll do
anything. Anything...
**[18:04] (Flashback) sensei**
If the hatred has no bounds,
then I can do anything.
**[18:11] (Flashback) sensei**
Things are finally looking
good for the company!
**[18:14] (Flashback) sensei**
It was worth all the work.
**[18:16] (Flashback) sensei**
Is your wife doing well?
**[18:19] (Flashback) sensei**
I'm grateful to you for
taking me into your family.
**[18:23] (Flashback) sensei**
Family is such a nice thing, isn't it?
**[18:27] (Flashback) Matsumi**
Please forgive me... Please release me...
**[18:30] (Flashback) Matsumi**
What is it that we're supposed to have done?
**[18:33] (Flashback) sensei**
What, you ask?
**[18:34] (Flashback) sensei**
After showing off your happy family
like that, you say you did nothing?
**[18:39] (Flashback) sensei**
You arrogant fool!
***SIGN*** Palm of the Hand Research
**[18:44] (Flashback) sensei**
How splendid...
**[18:47] (Flashback) sensei**
Let's build a castle here.
**[18:50] (Flashback) sensei**
Here, there is...
**[18:54] sensei**
...buried gold.
**[18:57] Hiyakawa**
What are you?
**[18:58] Hiyakawa**
Is this backlash from a curse?
**[19:01] Hiyakawa**
No, did you curse yourself?
**[19:04] Hiyakawa**
I've never seen a human as ugly as you.
**[19:07] sensei**
That's so mean. I just know
you and I could get along.
**[19:11] sensei**
Besides... are you really one to talk?
**[19:16] sensei**
When your own body is filled
to the brim with hate?
**[19:19] sensei**
You'll become like this one day.
**[19:22] sensei**
That's because you stole what's mine!
**[19:25] Mikado**
There you are!
**[19:27] Mikado**
What do you think you're
doing? We're heading back!
**[19:30] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun...
**[19:31] Hiyakawa**
Why are you...
**[19:33] sensei**
Huh?
**[21:04] Hiyakawa**
????????????-kun...
**[21:06] Hiyakawa**
Why are you...
**[21:07] Mikado**
After we get back somewhere safe,
we're gonna have a real talk.
**[21:13] Mikado**
Whatever's going on here, is it dangerous?
**[21:18] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Did you forget?
**[21:21] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
You know you have a habit of running
from painful things, right?
**[21:26] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
You can't do that. We're going to be parents.
**[21:30] Mikado**
Isn't this... really bad?
**[21:33] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
????????????-kun. Be brave.
**[21:36] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Face yourself.
**[21:41] Hiyakawa**
He's breaking up.
**[21:43] Mikado**
Whatever! We need to run! Hurry!
**[21:46] Hiyakawa**
I have business here.
**[21:48] Mikado**
What?!
**[21:49] Mikado**
We're going! Now!
**[21:50] Hiyakawa**
Why do you defy me?
**[21:53] Mikado**
This isn't the time or place
to have a conversation!
**[21:55] Mikado**
Let's go!
**[21:56] Hiyakawa**
It's an important conversation.
**[21:58] Mikado**
But not right now! And do you even have
any intention of discussing things?!
**[22:02] Mikado**
People don't do what you think they
will, and you can't make them!
**[22:05] Hiyakawa**
I am different.
**[22:06] Mikado**
What?!
**[22:07] Mikado**
Whatever power you might have,
that isn't something you should do!
**[22:10] Hiyakawa**
I...
**[22:13] Hiyakawa**
I had that done to me for so long.
**[22:16] Mikado**
Wait...
**[22:18] Mikado**
Do you and I have some
kind of fundamental—
**[22:20] sensei**
Who are you?
**[22:25] Hiyakawa**
That belongs to me! Give it back!
**[22:28] Hiyakawa**
It's mine and mine alone! My precious hatred!
**[22:32] man**
Excuse me...
**[22:33] man**
I live in the house over there, and I was
hoping you could tone it down...
**[22:36] sensei**
Who are you?!
**[22:38] Mikado**
Crap!
**[22:39] man**
What is this?!
**[22:42] (Flashback) female part-timer**
You know about the trolley problem, right?
**[22:45] (Flashback) female part-timer**
The thing where you can
only save one or the other.
**[22:47] (Flashback) Mikado**
What are the two people like?
**[22:48] (Flashback) female part-timer**
You decide that for yourself.
What would you do, Mikado-kun?
**[22:52] (Flashback) Mikado**
Well... I guess I'd save the weaker one.
**[22:56] (Flashback) Mikado**
I'd save the one who's more in
need of saving in that moment.
**[23:05] Hiyakawa**
Mika—
**[23:06] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san! Please run! Hurry!
**[23:09] Mikado**
I'll take care of him!
**[23:10] Hiyakawa**
Why are you protecting him... and not me?
**[23:14] Hiyakawa**
Someone who has no connection to you...
**[23:17] Mikado**
It's because he's not connected to this! I...
**[23:20] Hiyakawa**
I don't understand. Perhaps
you aren't my destiny...
**[23:25] sensei**
Who...
**[23:27] Hiyakawa**
Give it back.
**[23:31] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san?
**[23:33] Hiyakawa**
You are my...
# E10 - Resolve
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U2DNZ0/resolve)
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**[01:38] Saori**
Did you think it over and
come back to become my wife?
**[01:44] Mikado**
Everything should be fine...
**[01:48] Mikado**
I shoved him out toward
somewhere safe.
**[01:53] Mikado**
But...
**[01:55] Mikado**
I left him behind.
**[02:00] Saori**
Come back when you're more upbeat, okay?
**[02:05] Mukae**
And that got you thrown out?
**[02:07] Mikado**
Yeah...
**[02:08] Mukae**
And Hiyakawa hasn't been back to
the office or his house since then?
**[02:13] Mikado**
Today makes three days.
**[02:15] Mikado**
Back then...
**[02:18] Mikado**
I overlooked an important sign,
the first Hiyakawa-san ever gave me.
**[02:23] Mikado**
No... I ignored it.
**[02:26] Mukae**
Don't blame yourself.
**[02:28] Mukae**
After all, there's absolutely no way
to know what Hiyakawa's thinking.
**[02:33] Mikado**
And that's exactly why
I feel like I have to find him.
**[02:39] Mukae**
But, man, things are tough everywhere,
both here and over there.
**[02:49] Erika**
Hi there.
**[02:52] Mukae**
Is it okay for you to be out walking around?
**[02:55] Erika**
Well, I realized that if we avoid
Sensei's net, we won't be found.
**[02:59] Mukae**
Net?
**[03:01] Erika**
You know those "savings boxes" Sensei has?
**[03:04] Erika**
It scoops up all the poisons from those
**[03:07] Erika**
and makes a net of them.
**[03:09] Mikado**
Poison?
**[03:14] Sakaki**
And because of that net,
we can't get close to Sensei's house.
**[03:18] Erika**
I think Rihito-kun is
probably at Sensei's house.
**[03:21] Mikado**
Huh?
**[03:23] Sakaki**
After compiling a lot of intel,
**[03:25] Sakaki**
that conclusion's the most probable.
**[03:27] Erika**
But with that net of poison gas
blocking our way, we can't get close.
**[03:32] Mukae**
Can't we do something about it?
**[03:34] Erika**
Sensei's curses are chaotic and
illogical, and stronger because of it.
**[03:39] Erika**
I can't do anything...
**[03:43] Mikado**
Um...
**[03:44] Mikado**
I might be able to do something about it.
**[03:46] Erika**
What?
**[03:47] Mikado**
I think I can sort of clean it up.
**[03:50] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san said something
about "purifying."
**[03:53] Erika**
Purifying?
**[03:54] Mukae**
You can do that?
**[03:57] Mikado**
Well, I don't really know...
**[04:00] Mikado**
But I'll give it a try.
**[04:04] Mikado**
Is that it?
**[04:06] Mikado**
Cutting across the street
from the corner over there.
**[04:08] Mukae**
Seriously? I can't see anything.
**[04:11] Erika**
I can see it faintly...
**[04:25] Erika**
He did it!
**[04:26] Mukae**
I can see it, too—
**[04:29] Sakaki**
Hey!
**[04:35] Erika**
Uh-oh. It's looking at m—
**[04:39] Erika**
Wait!
**[04:41] Erika**
If it touches you, you'll die!
**[04:49] Erika**
Huh?
**[04:51] Sakaki**
I guess I didn't die.
**[04:53] Mukae**
For a second, it looked like you did!
**[04:56] Erika**
Wait, death passed right
by you and disappeared?
**[05:01] Erika**
Back then...
**[05:03] Erika**
When I forcibly stopped you from dying...
**[05:06] Erika**
Did you end up gaining something
like antibodies, but against death?
**[05:11] Erika**
I've done something unthinkable...
**[05:15] Erika**
I'm sorry.
**[05:16] Mukae**
Does that mean he can't die?
**[05:19] Sakaki**
Who knows?
**[05:20] Sakaki**
We won't find out unless I get
hit by a car or something,
**[05:23] Sakaki**
but apparently a punk like him
isn't enough to kill me.
**[05:27] Erika**
If it turns out that you can't die,
no matter what you do...
**[05:32] Erika**
If that time comes,
I'll kill you myself, okay?
**[05:35] Erika**
I think I'll be able to do it.
**[05:38] Sakaki**
Well, then, until the time comes,
I hope you'll live a long life.
**[05:43] Sakaki**
I'm counting on you.
**[05:46] Mukae**
Oh, good work! You did it!
**[05:50] Mukae**
Huh?
**[05:51] Mikado**
Uh, well...
**[05:53] Mikado**
I don't have definite proof, but...
**[05:55] Mukae**
What is it?
**[05:56] Mikado**
It's just... Hiyakawa-san was
mixed in there... I think.
**[06:02] Mikado**
He was there... inside that thing.
**[06:07] Mukae**
Wait, that means...
**[06:09] Sakaki**
Hiyakawa is helping Sensei?
**[06:12] Mikado**
Oh, well, it's not certain yet...
**[06:16] Erika**
If Rihito-kun really is doing that,
**[06:22] Erika**
there's something we all need to think about.
**[06:29] Mikado**
Something to think about...
**[06:32] Mikado**
* The idea we might have to abandon*
* someone, or hurt someone...*
**[06:38] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
If you're with me, you won't be scared anymore.
**[06:42] Mikado**
* I never thought the day would come when*
* we'd have to consider those things.*
**[06:49] Mikado**
*No... I've already hurt someone.*
**[06:53] Mukae**
You don't know for sure just yet, right?
**[06:55] Mukae**
You're gonna go get Hiyakawa, aren't you?
**[06:58] Mukae**
You're the only one who
can make a path for him.
**[07:02] Mikado**
Yeah.
**[07:03] Sakaki**
That said, there's an insane
amount of it all over the place.
**[07:06] Erika**
There's no way we can finish this in a day.
**[07:09] Mikado**
We're gonna just keep erasing them.
**[07:11] Mikado**
All of them!
**[07:15] Mikado's mom**
What's wrong? You seem spacey.
**[07:22] Mikado's mom**
Your tea's going to get cold.
**[07:24] Mikado**
Oh, sorry.
**[07:31] Erika**
*I can't remember his face.*
**[07:38] Mikado's mom**
What's wrong?
**[07:39] Mikado**
Oh, it might just be my imagination,
**[07:42] Mikado**
but this charm...
**[07:44] Mikado's mom**
Oh, the one from the jewelry box?
**[07:46] Mikado**
When I have this, it seems like
I'm protected from bad things.
**[07:53] Mikado's mom**
Really?
**[07:54] Mikado**
I don't know if it's just in my head,
**[07:56] Mikado**
but I feel like maybe Dad is protecting me...
**[08:01] Mikado's mom**
He was an odd sort of person,
so that might be possible.
**[08:05] Mikado**
Up until now, I've always felt
like you were protecting me,
**[08:11] Mikado**
but maybe Dad was, too.
**[08:14] Mikado's mom**
What brought that on all of a sudden?
**[08:18] Mikado's mom**
Oh, you're such a good son!
**[08:21] Mikado**
Well, I mean, the truth is...
**[08:23] Mikado**
When I was little, I thought
**[08:25] Mikado**
the air around you seemed
so clean and beautiful.
**[08:30] Mikado's mom**
What?
**[08:32] Mikado's mom**
Someone said the same thing
to me a long time ago...
**[08:35] Mikado's mom**
I can't remember who, though...
**[08:42] Hiyakawa**
Let me out of here!
**[08:43] Sensei**
Not possible. How many
times do I need to say it?
**[08:47] Sensei**
Just look at how strongly you
and I are bound together.
**[08:52] Hiyakawa**
That's because you keep
clinging and won't let go.
**[08:56] Hiyakawa**
This belongs to me.
**[08:58] Sensei**
You tried to pry it away from me.
**[09:02] Sensei**
That's why it got all twisted and tangled.
**[09:05] Sensei**
That's right. It changed while
it spent all these years with me.
**[09:11] Sensei**
When I first discovered it
here, my heart trembled.
**[09:15] Sensei**
It was like some kind of treasure...
**[09:17] Sensei**
this hatred of yours.
**[09:22] Sensei**
I deeply regret it.
**[09:24] Sensei**
I should have killed the child.
**[09:30] Sensei**
That's why you should take action
while you still have no regrets.
**[09:36] Sensei**
You want the child, don't you?
**[09:44] Sensei**
You should lock him up and
make him yours alone, forever.
**[09:49] Sensei**
If you do, then I'll have no regrets left.
**[09:53] Sensei**
I'll graciously set you free from this place.
**[10:03] Sensei**
To untie the knot in this hatred,
**[10:07] Sensei**
you must make a choice.
**[10:10] Hiyakawa**
I will... make him...
**[10:19] Sensei**
Do you mind if I close the door?
**[10:23] Hiyakawa**
Door?
**[10:30] Hiyakawa**
Where is this again?
**[10:33] carer**
Destiny!
**[10:34] carer**
Destiny reverberates,
**[10:36] carer**
drawing many people in and raising up
our life force with tremendous power!
**[10:41] carer**
You will know through your intuition
that this person is your destiny.
**[10:46] carer**
Destiny...
**[10:48] carer**
Destiny...
**[10:49] Hiyakawa**
What was it again?
**[10:51] Sensei**
Don't worry. You need only stay there.
**[10:54] Sensei**
There's nothing to scare you anymore.
**[10:58] Sensei**
After all, it's dangerous outside.
**[11:03] young Hiyakawa**
What was it again?
**[11:12] Mikado**
Huh?
**[11:13] Mikado**
What was that just now?
**[11:17] Mikado**
That was...
**[11:18] Mikado**
I have to go.
**[11:27] Mikado**
* I don't know if I'll be*
* able to come back home.*
**[11:30] Mikado**
*And I don't know why I can purify things.*
**[11:34] Mikado**
*But I...*
***SIGN*** Contract We agree to be bound to the following terms. Hiyakawa Rihito will supply Mikado Kousuke with work.
**[11:36] Mikado**
*will not fail.*
**[11:41] Mikado**
I'll bring him back, even if I have
to put a leash around his neck!
**[11:53] Mukae**
We're nearly there.
**[11:54] Mikado**
That's all that's left.
**[12:01] Erika**
Kousuke-kun, can you do it all in one go?
**[12:04] Mikado**
Yes.
**[12:07] Mukae**
You've gotten used to this.
**[12:09] Erika**
Now Sensei should be isolated.
**[12:12] Erika**
From outside energy, at least.
**[12:15] Mikado**
It makes you think this "Sensei" is
connected to the world through curses.
**[12:21] Erika**
If that's true, then this
was the right method.
**[12:24] Erika**
No one can cast curses without
some connection to the world.
**[12:28] Mukae**
Meaning hatred only exists because
there's someone to hate, huh?
**[12:32] Sakaki**
So what do we do?
Should we ring the doorbell?
**[12:35] Mukae**
Well, that sure is a dumb idea.
**[12:41] Sensei**
Huh?
**[12:44] Sensei**
What are you all doing here?
**[12:49] Mukae**
Is that him?
**[12:51] Erika**
Yeah. Is he making a barrier?
**[12:53] Sensei**
No matter. If you'd like
to come in, please do.
**[13:02] Mukae**
He's definitely making some
kind of special space.
**[13:07] Erika**
Sakaki-san, go through there.
**[13:09] Sakaki**
What?
**[13:11] Sakaki**
Here?
**[13:15] Mukae**
Wow! It's all clean now!
**[13:17] Sakaki**
I'm not an air purifier, okay?
**[13:21] Sensei**
Huh?
**[13:22] Sensei**
Gosh, you're all so ill-mannered.
**[13:25] Sensei**
Don't break the things I've
taken such pains to prepare!
**[13:29] Sensei**
I've only just—
**[13:32] Sensei**
Huh?
**[13:35] Sensei**
What did you do?
**[13:37] Mikado**
Success.
**[13:47] Hanzawa**
There, that's all the way around.
**[13:49] Hanzawa**
Sheesh... Contacting me out of the blue,
**[13:52] Hanzawa**
asking me to splash water around
a house... What's the deal?
**[13:56] Hanzawa**
But I guess all I can do is believe in them.
**[13:59] Mukae**
This is the best barrier ever!
Everything's sparkling clean!
**[14:03] Erika**
We can use our powers
**[14:04] Erika**
to the same extent that
Hanzawa-san believes in us.
**[14:08] Sensei**
What have you gone and done?
**[14:10] Sensei**
And what are you planning to do now? Kill me?
**[14:14] Sensei**
The puny amount of hatred you've gathered
between you will never measure up...
**[14:19] Sensei**
against mine.
**[14:21] Sensei**
In that regard, *he* really is appealing.
**[14:23] Sensei**
He'll probably become
a new savings box for me.
**[14:26] Mikado**
Stop it!
**[14:34] Erika**
So this is Sensei's barrier.
**[14:36] Sakaki**
Stay together.
**[14:40] Mikado**
Wait!
**[14:41] Erika**
Kousuke-kun! No!
**[14:48] Mukae**
Hiyakawa's there!
**[14:50] Erika**
Wait!
**[14:53] Sakaki**
Damn these guys...
**[14:55] Sakaki**
Miss, what do you want us to do?
**[14:57] Erika**
We'll sort out this place
**[15:00] Erika**
so everyone can make it back safely.
**[15:05] Sakaki**
Th-That hurts!
**[15:14] Erika**
Touching your core...
**[15:15] Erika**
Directly touching your spirit
hurts both of us this much, huh?
**[15:22] Sakaki**
Hey, now. I can see a heap
of creepy-looking things.
**[15:27] Erika**
Welcome to my world.
**[15:30] Erika**
You'll be seeing some scary stuff. Sorry.
**[15:34] Sakaki**
Fine with me. I'm not easy to scare.
**[15:46] Sakaki**
So?
**[15:48] Erika**
Sensei's curses are chaotic and
illogical, so I can't undo them.
**[15:53] Erika**
But...
**[15:54] Erika**
both Sensei and I use the dead
as fuel for our curses.
**[15:58] Erika**
The fuel for this space must be the dead, too.
**[16:01] Erika**
So we must be able to do something.
**[16:04] Erika**
Because right now, Sakaki-san...
**[16:06] Erika**
you can erase death.
**[16:08] Sakaki**
I see. We're cleaning, huh?
**[16:16] Erika**
A door disappeared!
**[16:18] Sakaki**
Guess that means it works.
**[16:26] Mukae**
Tch.
**[16:32] Mukae**
Ow...
**[16:46] Mukae**
Hey.
**[16:48] young Hiyakawa**
Who are you?
**[16:50] Mukae**
Well, why don't we have a little chat?
**[16:56] Mikado**
Where did he go?
**[17:06] Mikado**
Huh?
**[17:08] Mikado**
It feels different, just in that one spot.
**[17:38] Erika**
You okay?
**[17:40] Sakaki**
It's rough.
**[17:41] Sakaki**
Sort of like being shown a hundred
nightmares all at once.
**[17:45] Erika**
We've cleaned up quite a bit, though.
**[17:54] Erika**
So this is where you've been...
**[17:56] Erika**
Father.
**[17:58] Sakaki**
Is he alive?
**[18:01] Erika**
Not sure.
**[18:02] Erika**
From what I can see, he's about half alive...
**[18:05] Erika**
and the other half... probably dead.
**[18:08] Erika**
Maybe more than half.
**[18:10] Erika**
He's mostly dead.
**[18:12] Erika**
Probably since he was last at home.
**[18:20] Sakaki**
Hey!
**[18:21] Erika**
I have to do this.
**[18:23] Sakaki**
No, you don't.
**[18:24] Sakaki**
No matter what you've done
up to now, this time, at least...
**[18:28] Erika**
But even you...
**[18:30] Sakaki**
There are villains in this
world that can't be saved.
**[18:33] Sakaki**
Your old man, for example.
**[18:38] (Flashback) Erika's dad**
Sensei, this girl has powers!
**[18:42] (Flashback) Erika's dad**
I'm sure she will prove useful to you.
**[18:45] Sakaki**
He's a villain through and through.
**[18:47] Sakaki**
All this time, I've really
wanted to slug him, just once.
**[18:50] Sakaki**
That's why...
**[18:52] Sakaki**
I'll do it now!
**[18:57] Erika**
You're so violent.
**[18:59] Sakaki**
If erasing death is my power,
and there isn't a trace left of him...
**[19:05] Sakaki**
then your old man was long dead.
**[19:08] Sakaki**
Even back when he looked alive.
**[19:10] Sakaki**
There's no need for either of
us to feel guilty about it.
**[19:15] Erika**
Maybe.
**[19:18] young Hiyakawa**
You hate me, and you still...
**[19:20] Mukae**
You asked who I was, but you do
remember that one thing, huh?
**[19:25] Mukae**
I don't hate you. We just
don't get along, that's all.
**[19:28] Mukae**
I thought I'd be fine with abandoning you,
**[19:32] Mukae**
but I couldn't do it.
**[19:33] Mukae**
Soft of me, right?
**[19:36] Mukae**
You know, you've got a lot more people
worried about you than you think.
**[19:41] young Hiyakawa**
That's a lie!
**[19:42] young Hiyakawa**
I'm the only one who doesn't get saved!
**[19:45] Mukae**
But right now, we're all doing
everything we can to try to save you.
**[19:51] young Hiyakawa**
This is all just to buy time.
**[19:56] Mukae**
You could tell, huh?
**[19:57] Mukae**
I'm dragging things out to the limit right now,
so please don't destroy my barrier.
**[20:02] Mukae**
There's someone who wants to
save you more than anything.
**[20:06] Mukae**
I'm trying to buy time until he gets here.
**[20:09] Mukae**
So just let me wait here,
safe, until that happens.
**[20:14] young Hiyakawa**
Who is it?
**[20:15] Mukae**
Seriously, man, even if he beats
you to a pulp, I'm staying out of it.
**[20:21] Sensei**
If you managed to make it here,
you must be pretty strong.
**[20:24] Sensei**
Though I don't know what
kind of power you have.
**[20:29] Mikado**
This room...
**[20:31] Sensei**
No matter. I've had an idea...
**[20:34] Sensei**
about the easiest way to send you
to Hell... no, to bring you to me.
**[20:45] Sensei**
I can do it even without knowing your name.
**[20:49] Sensei**
Do you want to know who I am?
**[20:53] Sensei**
Once you do, I'm sure you'll understand.
**[21:03] Sensei**
I see... The strictures are still working.
**[21:10] Sensei**
Won't you tell me?
**[21:12] Sensei**
It seems I've forgotten...
**[21:14] Sensei**
your name.
**[21:18] (Flashback) Erika**
I don't remember.
**[21:21] Sensei**
I knew it a long time ago, but...
**[21:24] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
If I said I'd forgotten,
would you believe me?
**[21:29] Sensei**
Tell me.
**[21:31] Sensei**
Tell your dad.
**[21:34] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Kou-chan.
**[21:36] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Dad... probably isn't coming home ever again.
**[21:40] Sensei**
Tell me, your blood-related father...
**[21:50] young Hiyakawa**
This...
**[21:52] young Hiyakawa**
I've done this before, too.
**[21:54] young Hiyakawa**
Back when I thought everything
should just get destroyed.
**[22:01] Sensei**
I've wished for it all this time...
**[22:05] Sensei**
"If only you didn't exist."
# E11 - Confrontation
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUN9KJ5/confrontation)
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**[00:14] Mikado's mom**
That was delicious!
**[00:17] Mikado's mom**
I know he's my own son, but he's so diligent.
**[00:20] Mikado's mom**
He's seemed so busy lately,
and he still finds time...
**[00:24] Mikado's mom**
Who on earth does he take after?
**[00:32] Mikado's mom**
Really... Who?
**[00:40] Mikado's mom**
It's so strange. Why can't I remember?
**[00:48] Sensei**
If you managed to make it here,
you must be pretty strong.
**[00:52] Sensei**
Though I don't know what
kind of power you have.
**[00:56] Mikado**
This room...
**[00:58] Sensei**
No matter. I've had an idea...
**[01:01] Sensei**
about the easiest way to send you
to Hell... no, to bring you to me.
**[01:09] Sensei**
Won't you tell me?
**[01:11] Sensei**
It seems I've forgotten...
**[01:13] Sensei**
your name.
**[01:18] Sensei**
Tell me.
**[01:20] Sensei**
Tell your dad.
**[01:27] young Hiyakawa**
This...
**[01:28] young Hiyakawa**
I've done this before, too.
**[01:31] young Hiyakawa**
Back when I thought everything
should just get destroyed.
**[01:38] Sensei**
I've wished for it all this time...
**[01:40] Sensei**
"If only you didn't exist."
**[03:19] Sakaki**
An earthquake? Or not...
Why's the place shaking like this?
**[03:24] Erika**
And it isn't Sensei, either.
**[03:27] Erika**
This is...
**[03:34] Mukae**
Seems like the air's getting bad here...
**[03:38] Mukae**
Out of time, huh?
**[03:46] Sensei**
How do you like the taste of despair?
**[03:50] Sensei**
I need you to fall a little further,
or else it won't pierce you.
**[03:58] Sensei**
I guess if I don't know your name,
this is as far as it goes.
**[04:03] Mikado**
My father...
**[04:05] (Flashback) Mikado**
Hey, how crazy is this Sensei?
**[04:09] (Flashback) Sakaki**
I'm a yakuza and I sincerely
believe he's bad news. *That* crazy.
**[04:13] (Flashback) Mikado**
Huh?
**[04:15] (Flashback) Sakaki**
To put it plainly, well... He's a murderer.
**[04:18] (Flashback) Sakaki**
Plain and simple.
**[04:21] Mikado**
*My heart feels cold...*
**[04:23] Mikado**
* Like it's been pierced*
* by a branch made of ice.*
**[04:27] Mikado**
*Have I been cursed?*
**[04:29] Mikado**
*No... Is this despair...*
**[04:33] Mikado**
*or hate?*
**[04:35] (Flashback) Saori**
Hate.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Mukae**
Isolation.
**[04:37] (Flashback) Erika**
A name...
**[04:38] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
My hate.
**[04:40] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
I don't believe.
**[04:43] Mikado**
*My dad is a killer, and...*
**[04:47] Mikado**
*it's me he's...*
**[04:47] Sensei**
I've wished you didn't exist for a long time.
**[04:52] Sensei**
I've regretted what happened that day
**[04:56] Sensei**
so many times.
**[04:58] Sensei**
Do you remember?
**[05:06] Sensei**
*It was a hot summer's day.*
**[05:13] Sensei**
*You just kept crying and crying.*
**[05:16] Sensei**
*It was loud and annoying.*
**[05:20] Sensei**
*That day...*
**[05:22] Sensei**
*I should have killed you.*
**[05:26] Sensei**
I made the wrong choice.
**[05:34] Sakaki**
This looks bad. We should get out of—
**[05:36] Erika**
No! No, we can't!
**[05:38] Erika**
If we leave now, we won't
be able to get back in again!
**[05:41] Erika**
And everyone will lose their way out!
**[05:43] Sakaki**
I see. Then we'll just have
to figure something out.
**[05:49] Sakaki**
Miss, these are just the
thoughts of a layman, but...
**[05:52] Sakaki**
Can't you use this swarm
of people somehow?
**[05:55] Erika**
Huh?
**[05:56] Sakaki**
The dead's everywhere in crowds.
**[05:59] Sakaki**
I was wondering if there's
a way to borrow their power.
**[06:03] Erika**
That's true. We have to erase
the ones Sensei was using...
**[06:08] Erika**
but there are a lot of
them here left unused.
**[06:11] Erika**
I can do it.
**[06:13] Erika**
I'll use the people inside
me and the people here.
**[06:16] Erika**
I'll connect them all to
create a path to the others!
**[06:20] Erika**
Everyone has a connection to death.
**[06:26] Erika**
There is no one who hasn't
been touched by death.
**[06:29] Erika**
We are connected.
**[06:31] Erika**
Traveling between life and death,
**[06:33] Erika**
in cycles...
**[06:36] Erika**
And that is why I will
reach you, no matter what!
**[06:40] Hanzawa**
Huh?
**[06:41] Hanzawa**
Was that a bug?
**[06:43] Erika**
Lend me the greatest of powers,
**[06:46] Erika**
man of righteousness.
**[07:04] Mukae**
We're connected?
**[07:10] young Hiyakawa**
I know this person.
**[07:12] Mukae**
If you said you didn't,
Hanzawa-san would sock you.
**[07:17] Mukae**
Ah, this fresh air is the best!
**[07:21] Mukae**
Right. Just gotta dig in for a little longer.
**[07:25] Mukae**
Hey, even after they got you out of here,
**[07:29] Mukae**
this room was always in
your heart, wasn't it?
**[07:33] Mukae**
Let's get out of here. For real this time.
**[07:35] Mukae**
Someone's coming to get you.
**[07:39] young Hiyakawa**
No. If people find out about this
room, I know they'll hate me.
**[07:45] young Hiyakawa**
Everyone will...
**[07:47] Mukae**
Don't worry.
**[07:48] Mukae**
Even if someone shows up saying they
hate us, me and the others have no choice
**[07:54] Mukae**
but to keep living in the same world as them.
**[07:57] Mukae**
We have to coexist.
**[07:59] young Hiyakawa**
Why?
**[08:01] Mukae**
Because we're alive.
**[08:04] Mukae**
Being alive isn't as simple as all or nothing.
**[08:08] Mukae**
It's super complicated.
**[08:10] Mukae**
You worry for a long time
and have to make choices...
**[08:13] Mukae**
Then you have to do it
over and over again.
**[08:16] Mukae**
That's why neither he nor the rest
of us can just cut you loose.
**[08:21] young Hiyakawa**
You're lying.
**[08:22] Mukae**
I'm not lying.
**[08:23] young Hiyakawa**
You're lying!
**[08:24] Mukae**
I'm not!
**[08:25] young Hiyakawa**
But... I mean...
**[08:29] young Hiyakawa**
I'm the only one that doesn't get saved...
**[08:42] young Hiyakawa**
It's not fair.
**[08:44] Mukae**
I just feel so badly for you.
I mean, you're just a kid.
**[08:49] Mukae**
I think someone should've rescued you.
**[08:52] young Hiyakawa**
Res...cued...
**[08:57] Mukae**
What can I say so that you'll understand?
**[09:02] Mukae**
The reason people want to save others,
**[09:05] Mukae**
and what it means...
**[09:10] Sensei**
This is... Was it that girl?
**[09:13] Sensei**
There's a lot of things mixed together, but...
**[09:15] Sensei**
She really has no sense of gratitude.
And I taught her so much, too.
**[09:21] Sensei**
You're the same way.
**[09:23] Sensei**
Thanks to *her*, you've grown up
liking things to be clean.
**[09:28] Sensei**
Can't you tell? Flowing through you...
**[09:32] Sensei**
is my defiled blood.
**[09:39] Sensei**
All kinds of filthy things
just seem to love you, right?
**[09:42] Sensei**
You've been attracted to them, too.
**[09:46] Sensei**
You can see it, right?
**[09:47] Sensei**
The bond between you and me.
**[09:52] Mikado**
That's all it is.
**[09:54] Sensei**
Huh?
**[09:56] Mikado**
Blood is the only thing
that connects me and you.
**[10:00] Mikado**
And that's only one part of who I am!
**[10:03] Mikado**
It's not everything!
**[10:05] Mikado**
I have something much stronger than that.
**[10:11] Mikado**
You cannot
**[10:13] Mikado**
break me!
**[10:18] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
So you don't see scary things anymore?
**[10:21] (Flashback) Mikado**
Huh?
**[10:23] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
When you were little, you used to say,
"There's something scary there."
**[10:27] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
But at some point I noticed
you don't say it anymore.
**[10:31] (Flashback) Mikado**
It's just...
**[10:32] (Flashback) Mikado**
When I was a kid,
***SIGN*** You Can Get Your Ideal Body
**[10:35] (Flashback) Mikado**
I couldn't tell the difference
between dreams and reality,
**[10:38] (Flashback) Mikado**
so both now and back then...
**[10:40] (Flashback) Mikado**
Everything's fine. Don't worry.
**[10:43] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Really?
**[10:45] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Well, if you ever want to
talk, I'm ready any time.
**[10:48] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
As your mom, I will always
**[10:50] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
trust and believe in you, Kousuke.
**[10:55] Sensei**
And what makes you think you
can lecture me about anything,
**[10:59] Sensei**
when all of this is your fault?
**[11:03] Sensei**
When I was with *her*, I didn't
have to see any of this filth.
**[11:06] Sensei**
You're the same, right?
**[11:10] Sensei**
But...
**[11:12] Sensei**
With the two of us, you and me...
**[11:15] Sensei**
It was too much for her to handle.
**[11:18] Sensei**
I was thinking of her when
I left and let you stay...
**[11:23] Sensei**
But that was a mistake.
**[11:25] Sensei**
I should have thought only of her and myself.
**[11:30] Mikado**
That's... Mom doesn't...
**[11:32] Sensei**
Of course she doesn't know!
**[11:34] Sensei**
There's no reason for someone as beautiful
as her to know of this filth.
**[11:38] Sensei**
This is my problem... yours and mine.
**[11:44] Mikado**
In that case...
**[11:46] Mikado**
you have no right to lecture me, either!
**[11:50] Sensei**
What did you say?
**[11:51] Mikado**
I don't know or care about your suffering.
**[11:54] Mikado**
But Mom...
**[11:57] Mikado**
has always had this huge hole in her heart...
**[12:03] Mikado**
because you ran away!
**[12:07] Mikado**
You should have confided in her
and tried everything you could!
**[12:11] Mikado**
If you had,
**[12:13] Mikado**
then even if you weren't around...
**[12:15] Mikado**
Even if I weren't around...
**[12:17] Mikado**
She would never have had
that huge hole in her.
**[12:22] Mikado**
It's too late for anyone to fill it now!
**[12:24] Sensei**
Shut up...
**[12:26] Sensei**
Shut up, shut up! Shut up!
**[12:29] Sensei**
Shut up!
**[12:30] Mikado**
I will try everything!
Everything I can possibly do!
**[12:34] Mikado**
I will not run away.
**[12:36] Mikado**
I will never break!
**[12:39] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
I believe in you.
**[12:41] Mikado**
I'm... everything she ever believed in!
**[12:45] Mikado**
I'm the proof of her conviction!
**[12:51] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
You tend to try to take
on everything yourself.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
If you'd believe in me and talk to me,
about anything, it'd make me really happy.
**[13:01] Sensei**
Shut up...
**[13:03] Sensei**
Shut up!
**[13:05] Sensei**
She... She was mine!
And you stole her away from me!
**[13:10] Sensei**
You...
**[13:11] Mikado**
She belongs to herself!
**[13:13] Mikado**
She isn't anyone's possession!
**[13:19] Sensei**
If only you...
**[13:23] Mikado**
My name is Mikado Kousuke.
**[13:27] Mikado**
I will destroy you.
**[13:29] Sensei**
Destroy...
**[13:30] Mikado**
Destroy and repair!
**[13:33] Mikado**
This is the power I inherited
**[13:37] Mikado**
from both you and her!
**[13:44] Sensei**
S-Stop it...
**[13:47] Sensei**
It took me so long to make that!
**[13:49] Sensei**
I searched... and gathered...
**[13:52] Sensei**
I used everything to feed
**[13:54] Sensei**
this hate I've created!
**[13:56] Sensei**
It's everything I am!
**[13:58] Sensei**
S-Stop...
**[14:00] Sensei**
If you destroy this, everything will break!
**[14:03] Sensei**
My power... The strictures...
**[14:06] Sensei**
Please stop... I can't endure it...
**[14:09] Sensei**
In this emptiness... she's the only...
**[14:13] Sensei**
I lost her.
**[14:15] Sensei**
And for just the two of you to be so...
**[14:18] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
What's wrong?
**[14:22] Sensei**
I can't endure this...
**[14:25] Mikado**
If it's destroyed, you repair it.
**[14:27] Mikado**
If you've lost something,
then face the hole it left.
**[14:31] Mikado**
That's how we have to live.
**[14:34] Mikado**
Our own suffering, our sadness...
**[14:37] Mikado**
If we pretend not to see
what's in plain sight,
**[14:40] Mikado**
then one day, we really will be destroyed...
**[14:44] Mikado**
Father.
**[14:54] (Flashback) Sensei**
Um, this is... a present.
**[14:58] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Huh? What? What?!
**[15:00] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
What's this? A jewelry box?
**[15:02] (Flashback) Sensei**
Yeah. It was at the shop on the corner.
**[15:05] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Wow, thank you!
**[15:08] (Flashback) Sensei**
I put a charm on it.
**[15:10] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
What kind?
**[15:12] (Flashback) Sensei**
So that you'd always be thinking of me.
**[15:19] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
What? You don't need a charm for that.
**[15:25] (Flashback) little Kousuke**
I want this, too.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Nope, this is Mom's.
**[15:30] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Oh, the stone on the lid is removable.
**[15:33] (Flashback) Sensei**
Yes, that's right.
**[15:35] (Flashback) Sensei**
I was told it can be used as an accessory.
**[15:38] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
In that case, I'll give this stone to you
when you're bigger, Kou-chan.
**[15:42] (Flashback) Sensei**
Huh?
**[15:43] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Put a charm on it!
**[15:45] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
One that will protect Kou-chan for us.
**[15:48] (Flashback) Sensei**
But I gave it to you...
**[15:50] (Flashback) Mikado's mom**
Don't be so stingy.
**[15:53] (Flashback) Sensei**
Then... may this stone
always protect Kousuke.
**[16:33] coworker**
Huh? What's wrong, Mikado-chan?
**[16:36] Mikado's mom**
Oh, just a shock from some
static electricity...
**[16:40] Mikado's mom**
Guess it made me drop this.
**[16:41] coworker**
Oh, dear...
**[16:43] coworker**
Should I go get a rag?
**[16:45] Mikado's mom**
No.
**[16:47] Mikado's mom**
It was empty, so...
**[16:50] Mikado's mom**
it's fine.
**[16:57] Sensei**
My power...
**[16:59] Mikado**
If you'd only faced your own suffering,
so many could have been spared misfortune.
**[17:06] Mikado**
They wouldn't have had to hate.
**[17:09] Sensei**
I hate this. I can't endure it.
**[17:13] Sensei**
Please forgive me... Forgive me...
**[17:16] Mikado**
I will neither forgive nor punish you.
**[17:21] Mikado**
This time, please just don't run away.
**[17:29] Mikado**
The space is...
**[17:32] Erika**
Kousuke-kun!
**[17:33] Mikado**
E-Erika-chan?!
**[17:35] Mikado**
How did you end up like that?!
**[17:37] Erika**
Oh, no! It's not like that!
**[17:38] Erika**
I'm just having it carry my voice.
**[17:41] Erika**
More importantly, you did it, right?
Sensei's barriers are crumbling.
**[17:46] Mikado**
Oh, yeah.
**[17:50] Mikado**
He doesn't have any power left... I'm pretty sure.
**[17:54] Erika**
I see. Thank you.
**[17:59] Erika**
We have to escape outside before
it all crumbles down, then.
**[18:03] Erika**
I'm connected to Keita-kun and the
others, but they're not responding.
**[18:07] Erika**
Keita-kun!
**[18:09] Erika**
Keita-kun!
**[18:10] Erika**
Keita-kun!
**[18:11] Mukae**
Oh, sorry. I can hear you.
**[18:15] Mukae**
The flow of time inside
this barrier is slower...
**[18:19] Mukae**
Whoa! Is this black thing your doing?
**[18:21] Erika**
Oh, shut up.
**[18:23] Erika**
Are you okay?
**[18:25] Mukae**
Well, you know...
**[18:27] Mukae**
I guess we're closer to "okay" than not.
**[18:29] Mukae**
Right, Hiyakawa?
**[18:32] Mukae**
We could probably talk for another
year. This guy is so obstinate...
**[18:38] Mukae**
Are you gonna give up,
or am I gonna get busted up?
**[18:42] Mukae**
It's a test of wills.
**[18:44] Mikado**
Wait, Mukae-san! Are you with Hiyakawa-san?
**[18:47] Mikado**
I thought you were with
Erika-chan and the others.
**[18:49] Mukae**
Oh, Mikado! Seems like
you've settled things, huh?
**[18:54] Mukae**
Way to go!
**[18:56] Hiyakawa**
Who's that?
**[19:00] Mukae**
Mikado! Come to where I am!
**[19:03] Mukae**
Come here and slug this idiot!
**[19:05] Erika**
Keita-kun, can't you take
Rihito-kun and get out?
**[19:09] Erika**
If we don't hurry—
**[19:10] Mukae**
I can't.
**[19:11] Mukae**
Even if I can stop the falling,
I can't pull anything up.
**[19:16] Mukae**
I'll dig in here until the very last
second. So hurry up and get here.
**[19:21] Mikado**
Understood.
**[19:22] Mikado**
But what do I do?
**[19:24] Mikado**
This scary thing connecting
me to Erika-chan...
**[19:27] Erika**
It's not scary.
**[19:28] Mikado**
If I follow this, will I make it there?
**[19:30] Erika**
Well, it is connected...
**[19:34] Erika**
but it's also connected to us
and to Hanzawa-san outside.
**[19:37] Erika**
I don't know where you'd pop out, and
I'm not sure it's a path a human can travel.
**[19:42] Sakaki**
Miss.
**[19:43] Erika**
Huh?
**[19:47] Mikado**
Something came out of it!
**[19:49] Mikado**
What is this?!
**[19:50] Sakaki**
Okay. I've got him.
**[19:52] Sakaki**
I'll drag him in and transport him.
**[19:54] Erika**
I'd never thought about using it that way.
**[19:57] Erika**
Wow...
**[19:58] Mikado**
Drag me in? Into that?
**[20:00] Mikado**
What's in there? And what *is* it, anyway?
**[20:03] Sakaki**
Would you tone it down already? It's death!
**[20:06] Sakaki**
After trying a little, I realized...
**[20:08] Sakaki**
death is both impartial and just.
**[20:11] Sakaki**
Kind, isn't it?
**[20:14] Mikado**
W-Wait!
**[20:16] Mikado**
What about him? What about Sensei?
**[20:19] Mikado**
Can we just leave him? This place
is about to crumble, right?
**[20:23] Sakaki**
Have you gone past niceness to plain idiocy?
**[20:26] Erika**
The ones in danger are the ones
foreign to this space—us!
**[20:29] Erika**
I don't know what Sensei was
trying to do here, but...
**[20:32] Mukae**
*Power plant.*
**[20:34] Sakaki; Erika**
Huh?
**[20:35] Mukae**
It's a power plant.
**[20:37] Mukae**
Like a nuclear reactor...
and the reactor core is right here.
**[20:42] Mukae**
It's this guy.
**[20:44] Mukae**
He must've wanted to lock this guy up and
create a huge power source for himself.
**[20:49] Mukae**
And the mechanism is still active.
**[20:51] Mukae**
At this rate, he'll go under...
**[20:53] Mukae**
and become a tangle of curses.
**[20:57] Mikado**
Sakaki-san! Get me there!
**[20:58] Sakaki**
I know.
**[21:00] Erika**
Once you reach Keita-kun,
**[21:02] Erika**
leave Kousuke-kun there and
bring Keita-kun here right away.
**[21:06] Erika**
We might see a reaction in the space again.
**[21:09] Sakaki**
You got it!
**[21:19] Mukae**
The barrier is about to break.
**[21:22] Mukae**
Hurry.
**[21:43] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-sa—
**[21:44] young Hiyakawa**
No.
**[21:46] young Hiyakawa**
I can't show you this!
**[21:48] young Hiyakawa**
Not you, not this...
**[21:50] young Hiyakawa**
I just know you'll turn your back on me!
# E12 - Destiny
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZ8DN2/destiny)
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**[00:00] Mikado**
Sakaki-san! Get me there!
**[00:02] Sakaki**
I know.
**[00:04] Erika**
Once you reach Keita-kun,
**[00:06] Erika**
leave Kousuke-kun there and
bring Keita-kun here right away.
**[00:10] Erika**
We might see a reaction in the space again.
**[00:13] Sakaki**
You got it!
**[00:23] Mukae**
The barrier is about to break.
**[00:26] Mukae**
Hurry.
**[00:46] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-sa—
**[00:47] young Hiyakawa**
No.
**[00:48] young Hiyakawa**
I can't show you this!
**[00:50] young Hiyakawa**
Not you, not this...
**[00:53] young Hiyakawa**
I just know you'll turn your back on me!
**[02:55] Hanzawa**
Huh? Where did you come from?
**[02:58] Hanzawa**
Honestly, the whole lot of you are creepy.
**[03:02] Mukae**
Huh? I'm outside?
**[03:04] Sakaki**
She said it's dangerous inside, so...
**[03:10] Mukae**
Oh, wait! Someone strong!
**[03:12] Erika**
Huh? What? Me?
**[03:20] Sakaki**
What did you just do?
**[03:21] Mukae**
It's a carabiner.
**[03:23] Mukae**
So he doesn't fall. I attached it to Mikado!
**[03:26] Erika**
A carabiner? Like that hook
thing for mountain climb—
**[03:30] Hanzawa**
Whoa, there.
**[03:33] Hanzawa**
You all right?
**[03:37] Erika**
Somehow I'm suddenly super all right.
My feet are firmly on the ground.
**[03:44] Mukae**
That's awesome! Nice!
**[03:46] Hanzawa**
Huh?
**[03:48] Mukae**
A person who's like a ball of righteous
energy. That's the best piton ever!
**[03:53] Sakaki**
A piton is one of those spikes
used in climbing, right?
**[03:56] Sakaki**
You mean you connected a lifeline to
the kid so he'd be able to get back out?
**[04:00] Mukae**
That's right! Hanzawa-san,
keep hold of her, just like that.
**[04:04] Mukae**
All that's left is Mikado.
**[04:09] Mukae**
If he can grab hold of that guy...
**[04:15] Erika**
Is waiting all the rest of us can do?
**[04:18] Mukae**
Well, this is probably something
that only Mikado can do.
**[04:23] Sakaki**
You mean we don't have the strength for it?
**[04:26] Mukae**
No, the thing we're lacking isn't strength.
**[04:32] Mukae**
It's love.
**[04:34] Mukae**
The thing that always breaks the curse...
**[04:37] Mukae**
is love, right?
**[04:39] Sakaki**
Is your brain overheated or something?
**[04:41] Erika**
Well, curses are made of evil,
**[04:45] Erika**
so if love is good,
the logic sort of makes sense.
**[04:47] Sakaki**
You don't have to answer him seriously.
**[04:49] Erika**
At any rate, if Rihito-kun is
trapped inside Sensei's curse,
**[04:54] Erika**
then if we break it...
**[04:56] Mukae**
Actually, it didn't really look like that to me.
**[04:59] Sakaki; Erika**
Huh?
**[05:00] Mukae**
Hanzawa-san, there's a place
Hiyakawa has a connection to.
**[05:04] Mukae**
It's, like, all white with no windows.
Do you know where it could be?
**[05:09] Hanzawa**
What? Where did you see that?
**[05:11] Erika**
Is that where Rihito-kun was?
**[05:13] Mukae**
Yeah.
**[05:14] Erika**
I see...
**[05:16] Erika**
So Keita-kun saw Rihito-kun in
that place where he used to be.
**[05:20] Hanzawa**
Is this another spooky story?
**[05:22] Erika**
Sensei trapped Rihito-kun in there
**[05:25] Erika**
to make him into a huge power plant.
**[05:28] Erika**
And that's also why...
**[05:30] Mukae**
He had him curse himself.
**[05:33] Mukae**
He's locked inside nesting boxes
made of curses he built himself.
**[05:39] Mukae**
If he doesn't break them,
he won't be able to get out.
**[05:43] Mukae**
The only one who can save him is...
**[05:47] Mikado**
I got y—
**[05:50] Mikado**
Huh? What is this place?
**[05:53] Mikado**
It looks familiar...
**[05:59] Mikado**
From when we did that job?
**[06:01] Mikado**
Wait, why?
**[06:03] Mikado**
It wasn't a particularly memorable job...
**[06:08] Mikado**
The curse from back then is still active?
**[06:10] Miyuki's mom**
*You would abandon your mother?*
**[06:13] Miyuki's mom**
* Horrible child! I say these*
* things for your own good!*
**[06:16] Miyuki's mom**
* To think you don't even understand*
* that! You're so cold to me!*
**[06:21] Miyuki's mom**
*What made you this way?! I care about
you so much, and you don't understand?!*
**[06:24] Mikado**
Why is the curse still active?
**[06:27] Mikado**
I thought we cleaned it all up back then!
**[06:37] Mikado**
Back then, you...
**[06:40] young Hiyakawa**
This... blended in well.
**[06:43] Mikado**
Blended in?
**[06:45] young Hiyakawa**
Yeah. Because it was so similar.
**[06:47] carer**
*You are special!*
**[06:50] carer**
*You are our destiny!*
**[06:52] carer**
*It resonates with great power!*
**[06:53] young Hiyakawa**
It's similar, right?
**[06:55] Mikado**
What is this?
**[06:55] carer**
*You are our...*
**[06:57] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
You are my destiny.
**[06:58] carer**
*...destiny.*
**[07:00] Mikado**
Shut up!
**[07:04] Mikado**
It stopped...
**[07:08] Mikado**
Hey, let's hurry up and get
out of here. This isn't—
**[07:11] young Hiyakawa**
Here?
**[07:12] young Hiyakawa**
What do you mean, "here"?
**[07:14] young Hiyakawa**
It's strange to talk about getting "out"...
**[07:17] young Hiyakawa**
because this place has always existed.
**[07:21] Mikado**
This is...
**[07:22] young Hiyakawa**
I'm pretty sure it wasn't like
this in the past, but...
**[07:27] young Hiyakawa**
I can't remember. I brought all
kind of things in here, you see.
**[07:31] Mikado**
Curses people have made... their hate...
You've been collecting them?
**[07:37] young Hiyakawa**
Even if others didn't need them
anymore, they were necessary to me.
**[07:42] young Hiyakawa**
Was that wrong?
**[07:46] (Flashback) Saori**
There are times when
hate brings people to life.
**[07:51] young Hiyakawa**
Mine was necessary.
**[07:55] young Hiyakawa**
But...
**[07:56] young Hiyakawa**
that person stole them.
**[08:00] young Hiyakawa**
That's right. I needed it.
**[08:03] young Hiyakawa**
It's so precious to me, and yet...
I'd almost forgotten about it.
**[08:07] Touko**
*Rihito.*
**[08:09] Touko**
*Rihito.*
**[08:11] Touko**
*Rihito.*
**[08:12] young Hiyakawa**
And it's something I must never, ever forget.
**[08:16] Touko**
*Rihito, you no longer have a mother.*
**[08:22] young Hiyakawa**
This hate...
**[08:25] young Hiyakawa**
The reason I almost forgot it is...
**[08:29] young Hiyakawa**
Hanzawa-san!
**[08:30] young Hiyakawa**
I think it was because of him.
**[08:33] young Hiyakawa**
He...
**[08:39] young Hiyakawa**
Why do you look sad?
**[08:41] Mikado**
You really did need it, didn't you?
**[08:46] Mikado**
You needed that hate...
**[08:49] Mikado**
Remembering that hate, or using
other people's, gave you strength.
**[08:57] Mikado**
But...
**[09:00] Mikado**
Do you still need it?
**[09:02] Mikado**
Even with me beside you, do you still...
**[09:06] young Hiyakawa**
But... I mean, you'll...
**[09:09] Mikado**
"I just know you'll turn your
back on me"? Yeah, maybe.
**[09:13] Mikado**
If you're just going to ignore my
will and lock me up again, then...
**[09:19] Mikado**
I'm not just going to go along with it.
**[09:22] Mikado**
Or...
**[09:24] Mikado**
If you're going to keep sinking like this...
**[09:28] Mikado**
If you want to put an end
to everything, then...
**[09:39] Mikado**
Go ahead. That's fine.
**[09:42] Mikado**
I'll never forgive you, and I can't go with you...
**[09:46] Mikado**
But if this is the only way your
suffering will end, then...
**[09:51] Mikado**
I can't stop you.
**[09:54] Mikado**
But that means...
**[09:56] Mikado**
It means I wasn't your
destiny after all, right?
**[10:01] Mikado**
But you still haven't told me
**[10:05] Mikado**
what it is you truly wish for.
**[10:10] Mikado**
If it's hard to put it into words,
**[10:13] Mikado**
then just use whatever words
come most easily to you.
**[10:17] Mikado**
Your vocabulary is terrible, anyway.
**[10:20] Mikado**
Use whatever words come to mind.
**[10:25] Mikado**
Please, tell me.
**[10:27] Mikado**
And if it's the same as what I want to do,
**[10:32] Mikado**
then the two of us *are*
destined, without question.
**[10:36] young Hiyakawa**
I... I...
**[10:40] young Hiyakawa**
I h-hate it here.
**[10:43] young Hiyakawa**
The truth is...
**[10:44] young Hiyakawa**
Everyone said it was dangerous outside,
**[10:48] young Hiyakawa**
but I don't understand. I...
**[10:50] young Hiyakawa**
I wasn't even going to let the same
thing happen again, but...
**[10:55] young Hiyakawa**
I don't understand. I just don't understand.
**[10:58] young Hiyakawa**
I...
**[11:00] young Hiyakawa**
I...
**[11:01] young Hiyakawa**
I wanted you to know me, but...
**[11:05] young Hiyakawa**
I was scared.
**[11:08] Mikado**
Yeah.
**[11:09] young Hiyakawa**
I just...
**[11:11] Hiyakawa**
...want you to stay by my side.
**[11:16] Hiyakawa**
I want you to let me stay with you.
**[11:21] Mikado**
Right?
**[11:23] Mikado**
If you're with me, you won't be scared anymore!
**[11:30] Mikado**
Right?
**[11:32] Mikado**
If you're with me, you won't be scared anymore!
**[11:35] (Flashback) Hiyakawa**
If you're with me, you won't be scared anymore.
**[11:40] Hiyakawa**
But... I can't destroy this pl—
**[11:44] Hiyakawa**
Huh?
**[11:51] Hiyakawa**
We're back...
**[11:53] Mikado**
Man, I'm exhausted.
**[11:54] Mikado**
Let's get out of here.
**[11:56] Hiyakawa**
Mikado-kun...
**[11:57] Hiyakawa**
How did you do this?
**[12:03] Mikado**
Let's go. Everyone's worried.
***SIGN*** Grilled Innards
***SIGN*** Sannokura
***SIGN*** A Branch of the Famous Restaurant
**[12:40] Erika**
This one's ready!
**[12:42] Mikado**
Oh, thanks.
**[12:45] Sakaki**
Next, we'll do skirt steak...
and maybe some fatty pork, too.
**[12:49] Mukae**
Order a few veggies, too, would you?
**[12:51] Mukae**
You know, leaves. Wrap it in leaves and eat it!
**[12:57] Erika**
Rihito-kun, if you don't grab as
much as you can, it'll all be gone!
**[13:01] Hiyakawa**
Oh... Right.
**[13:03] Mukae**
What do you expect? How many days do you
think we went without meat to save you?
**[13:09] Mukae**
Excuse me! Can I place an order?
**[13:12] Mukae**
Okay, if I can get the roast and...
**[13:13] Erika**
I'll have three orders of beef tongue.
**[13:15] Sasaki**
Do you have makgeolli?
**[13:16] Erika**
Will that be enough?
**[13:17] Mikado**
Here.
**[13:19] Mikado**
"Meat is especially tasty after
physical exertion." Right?
**[13:24] Mikado**
Though it wasn't physical labor this time.
**[13:30] Erika**
Kousuke-kun...
**[13:32] Erika**
Was it really okay to
just leave Sensei behind?
**[13:36] Sakaki**
He's still alive, right?
**[13:38] Mikado**
Yeah, he's alive.
**[13:40] Mikado**
He ended up in a sort of stupor, though.
**[13:46] Mikado**
I'm pretty sure he's alive.
**[13:48] Mikado**
With his heart unbroken,
just as he was back then...
**[13:52] Mikado**
Anyway!
**[13:52] Mikado**
We can just leave the rest
to Hanzawa-san now, right?
**[13:56] Mikado**
Thanks to the documents
Erika-chan got her hands on,
**[13:58] Mikado**
he said Investigation Division
Two will be coming in.
**[14:02] Erika**
Meaning they're gonna nab
them on tax evasion, right?
**[14:06] Sakaki**
Even if they get an indictment,
it probably won't amount to much.
**[14:10] Sakaki**
But it's gotta be better than doing nothing.
**[14:12] Erika**
Yeah.
**[14:14] Erika**
For now, let's ask my mom over tomorrow
and have sushi. The three of us.
**[14:18] Erika**
The super expensive kind!
**[14:19] Sakaki**
We've lost our jobs, but we've still got money.
**[14:22] Sakaki**
We'll get the super expensive kind.
**[14:24] Mukae**
I've been invited to a couple
of drinking parties after this.
**[14:27] Mukae**
Maybe I'll go bar-hopping.
**[14:29] Erika**
Wow. You've got a lot of energy.
**[14:31] Mukae**
Well, going through something like this
**[14:34] Mukae**
makes you want to interact with
the good side of people, right?
**[14:36] Mukae**
For me, the place for that
is in a crowd of people.
**[14:40] Mukae**
Huh? What is it?
**[14:42] Hiyakawa**
Oh, um... You're a very
patient person, aren't you?
**[14:47] Mukae**
You trying to pick a fight or something? Huh?
**[14:49] Hiyakawa**
Oh, um... No, I wasn't.
**[14:57] Hiyakawa**
Thank you... for talking with me.
**[15:04] Mukae**
Don't mention it!
**[15:07] Hiyakawa**
That hurts.
**[15:09] Mukae**
I said I was gonna slug you, didn't I?
**[15:13] Mukae**
So take that!
**[15:17] server**
Thank you very much!
**[15:21] Erika**
I'm so full!
**[15:23] Mikado**
It was killing me toward the end...
**[15:26] Sakaki**
The thing about meat is, by the time
you're free to eat as much as you want,
**[15:30] Sakaki**
you can't eat as much as you want anymore.
**[15:32] Mikado**
I don't want to hear it!
I don't want to hear it!
**[15:34] Mukae**
I think I'll be able to forgive
you after three more hits.
**[15:38] Hiyakawa**
I don't want that.
**[15:39] Mukae**
What if I win at rock-paper-scissors?
**[15:41] Hiyakawa**
I don't want that!
**[15:44] Mikado**
Whoa!
**[15:45] Mikado**
What are you doing?
**[15:48] Hiyakwa**
Well, I...
**[15:49] Hanzawa**
Hey! On your way home?
**[15:52] Mikado**
Hanzawa-san!
**[15:53] Erika**
We're already done eating.
**[15:55] Hanzawa**
I didn't come to eat.
**[16:05] Hanzawa**
Hiyakawa. No... Rihito.
***SIGN*** Hiragana Practice
**[16:20] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Hey, Rihito-kun.
**[16:22] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
How goes the studying?
**[16:24] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Hanzawa-san! Hello!
**[16:26] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Hello. It's been a while.
**[16:29] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
Studying is fun!
**[16:31] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Really? I'm glad.
**[16:33] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Your handwriting's gotten better.
**[16:37] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
I'm sorry, but...
**[16:38] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Could I ask you some questions again?
**[16:41] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
I know you've settled in a bit,
and I don't want to trouble you...
**[16:45] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
It's fine.
**[16:46] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
But... when I'm with you, I keep
forgetting more and more of before.
**[16:52] (Flashback) young Hiyakawa**
I even forget that I should
never, ever forget.
**[16:56] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
It's all right. If you *can* forget,
then that's for the best.
**[17:02] Hanzawa**
I'm sorry.
**[17:04] Hanzawa**
I didn't manage to save you, not for real.
**[17:10] Hanzawa**
Even if it seemed like meddling,
I should have intervened more.
**[17:14] Hanzawa**
If I had—
**[17:15] Hiyakawa**
No.
**[17:16] Hiyakawa**
You've saved me all this time.
**[17:20] Hiyakawa**
You've kept saving me ever since then, but I...
**[17:25] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Hey! Have you eaten?
**[17:28] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
How have you been lately?
**[17:30] (Flashback) Hanzawa**
Don't take any dangerous jobs.
**[17:34] Hiyakawa**
I wasn't able to understand that.
**[17:40] Hanzawa**
Ah, man...
**[17:43] Hanzawa**
Well, there's no such thing as too late.
**[17:46] Hanzawa**
Come and stay at my place tonight.
I'll let Saeko know.
**[17:50] Hiyakawa**
Huh?
**[17:51] Hanzawa**
You know, I've been telling you...
**[17:53] Hanzawa**
A place with a human-shaped stain on
the floor is no place for a person to live.
**[18:03] Mikado**
Hiyakawa-san.
***SIGN*** Contract We agree to be bound to the following terms. Hiyakawa Rihito will supply Mikado Kousuke with work. -Mikado Kousuke
**[18:10] Hiyakawa**
That's...
**[18:23] Hanzawa**
Hey! No littering!
**[18:25] Mikado**
I'm sorry.
**[18:37] TV**
*Inside the research center
currently being investigated,*
**[18:41] TV**
*approximately thirty members
were found sleeping.*
**[18:44] TV**
*Among them, the high-ranking
members have contributed most*
**[18:48] TV**
*of their assets for operating expenses.*
**[18:49] Mikado's mom**
Welcome home.
**[18:51] Mikado**
Thanks, I'm back.
**[18:52] TV; background**
*The research society created false
records of the funds' intended use,*
**[18:56] TV; background**
*and it is currently suspected that
they have avoided paying taxes on it.*
**[18:57] Mikado's mom**
Do you want to know about your dad?
**[19:16] Mikado**
What're you doing?
**[19:19] Hiyakawa**
Oh, you...
**[19:21] Mikado**
Morning.
**[19:24] Hiyakawa**
Good morning.
**[19:26] Hiyakawa**
I thought you might not come back again.
**[19:28] Mikado**
Huh? Why?
**[19:31] Hiyakawa**
The contract...
**[19:39] Mikado**
We don't need it.
**[19:40] Mikado**
The truth is, we never needed it at all.
**[19:45] Mikado**
That's what I think.
**[19:47] Mikado**
And you figured that out too, didn't you?
**[19:50] Hiyakawa**
Yes... that's true.
**[19:53] Hiyakawa**
Yes.
**[19:54] Hiyakawa**
Um, may I ask a question?
**[19:58] Mikado**
Oh, you want to know how
I destroyed that curse?
**[20:01] Hiyakawa**
Yes. The core of that hatred
**[20:05] Hiyakawa**
was something I'd held
on to for a long time.
**[20:09] Hiyakawa**
Then he used it for his own purposes...
**[20:12] Hiyakawa**
It was something that I thought
I couldn't destroy, and you...
**[20:16] Mikado**
I didn't do anything.
**[20:18] Hiyakawa**
But...
**[20:20] Mikado**
Actually, I think it was already gone.
**[20:24] Mikado**
That was just the wreckage.
**[20:26] Mikado**
There was no hate left in
that place, or inside you.
**[20:32] Mikado**
But that didn't mean that your
suffering would just disappear,
**[20:36] Mikado**
and that must have been frustrating.
**[20:38] Mikado**
But it makes *me* glad, at least.
**[20:40] Hiyakawa**
But, um...
**[20:42] Hiyakawa**
I-It makes me uneasy! Suddenly, it's like...
**[20:46] Hiyakawa**
I've got this vacant room.
**[20:51] Mikado**
A vacant room?
**[20:53] Mikado**
In that case, fill it with something else.
**[20:56] Hiyakawa**
With what, specifically?
**[21:02] Mikado**
You're the one who said it, and you forgot?
**[21:05] Hiyakawa**
What?
**[21:06] Mikado**
Take all the time you need to think about it.
**[21:09] Mikado**
I'll stay right here beside you.
**[21:14] Mikado**
Anyway, I'm gonna make you work to make
up for all the time you skipped out on.
**[21:18] Hiyakawa**
Right. After that, will you
accompany on a private matter?
**[21:23] Mikado**
What is it?
**[21:24] Hiyakawa**
I'm moving. Hanzawa-san was
very insistent about it last night.
**[21:28] Mikado**
Sure, I guess...
**[21:29] Mikado**
But it's not going to be easy
to find a new place.
**[21:33] Hiyakawa**
I wanted to ask for your
help in getting it clean.
**[21:39] Mikado**
So you picked another stigmatized property?
**[21:43] Mikado**
But, you know, cleaning a vacant apartment
**[21:46] Mikado**
makes me remember our first job.
**[21:48] Hiyakawa**
Ah, yes. You were quite lively and loud.
**[21:51] Mikado**
What did you expect?
**[21:53] Mikado**
You boasted about how I wouldn't be scared
if you were there, but it didn't happen.
**[21:59] Hiyakawa**
You made the same b-boast, didn't you?
***SIGN*** Property Appraisals ・ Special Cleaning Services
**[22:03] Hiyakawa**
Isn't that—
**[22:03] Mikado**
Well, then!
**[22:06] Mikado**
Let's get to work!