E5 - 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!