E3 - Episode 03

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[00:02] Buchio
    Some people saved me
[00:04] Buchio
    when I was separated from my
    mom and pecked at by a kite.
[00:11] Buchio
    I lived with them for many,
    many years after that.
SIGN    Festival
[00:17] Buchio
    One day, I developed
    a definite consciousness,
[00:21] Buchio
    and I...
[00:23] Buchio
    became a nekomata.
[00:26] Buchio
    My family accepted my transformation,
[00:30] Buchio
    and now...
[00:31] Buchio
    I'm searching for the right way to live,
[00:34] Buchio
    and a purpose for living, as a nekomata.
[02:10] Takumi
    We have to be picked up
    because someone saw a nue?
SIGN    Bulletin Notice
    of Sightings of a Nue
SIGN    If you see one,
    avoid eye contact!
[02:13] Takumi
    They're being too dramatic.
[02:15] Buchio
    Um, so, about that...
[02:17] Buchio
    What sort of mythical beast is a nue?
[02:21] Takumi
    They say the big ones are
    about the size of a bear...
[02:25] Takumi
    And if you hear its voice,
    you'll be met with misfortune.
[02:28] Takumi
    And they fear bows and arrows.
[02:30] Buchio
    Bows and arrows?
[02:31] Takumi
    Because a strong warlord killed one
    that way long ago, apparently.
[02:35] Buchio
    Huh...
[02:36] Takumi
    If it ran into someone carrying them,
    it might freak out and run.
[02:41] Buchio
    I would, too!
[02:56] Takumi
    Oh, no... oh, no...
[03:02] Takumi
    Buchio?
[03:27] Takumi
    Buchio...
[03:29] Takumi
    That was amazing! You were so cool!
[03:33] Buchio
    Takumi-kun...
[03:40] Buchio
    Thank goodness...
[03:43] Buchio
    Thank goodness you're all right.
[03:48] Buchio
    I was so scared!
[03:52] Takumi
    Buchio...
SIGN    Ice Cream
[03:55] Ryo
    He fought off a nue?!
[03:57] Takumi
    Yeah!
[03:58] Takumi
    He transformed into a warlord,
    then drew a bow, like this.
[04:01] Mutsumi
    Are you okay, though?
[04:03] Takumi
    What do you mean?
[04:04] Ryo
    You heard its voice.
[04:05] Takumi
    Oh! Misfortune?!
[04:08] Takumi
    What, like, I won't get to
    eat my school lunch?
[04:11] Mutsumi
    Does that count as misfortune?
[04:24] Buchio (Takumi)
    H-How's this?
[04:28] Yuri
    Good. You pass.
[04:30] Buchio/Takumi
    All right!
[04:31] Yuri
    Focus.
[04:36] Buchio
    I think I got the hang of it
    since dealing with that nue, though.
[04:41] Buchio
    When I think what might've happened
    if I hadn't learned from you...
[04:46] Buchio
    Thank you so much. I mean that.
[04:50] Yuri
    Don't get too careless, okay?
[04:52] Buchio
    Okay.
[04:53] Takumi
    Hey! I've got an idea!
[04:55] Takumi
    Would Mom notice
    if Buchio transformed into me?
[04:58] Buchio
    Oh!
[04:59] Yuri
    Don't go overboard.
[05:03] Takumi
    Okay.
[05:04] Takumi
    Buchio.
[05:05] Buchio (Takumi)
    Right!
[05:07] Buchio (Takumi)
    I've made it back home.
[05:09] Takumi
    Buchio! Watch how you talk!
[05:10] Buchio (Takumi)
    Oh! Uh... I-I'm home!
[05:17] Buchio (Takumi)
    Mom-san?
[05:19] Yukiko
    Oh, Takumi. Welcome home.
[05:22] Yukiko
    Be sure to wash your hands and gargle.
[05:25] Buchio (Takumi)
    Yes, ma'am.
[05:29] Yukiko
    You're being awfully polite.
[05:33] Yukiko
    You're hiding something, aren't you?
[05:35] Buchio (Takumi)
    N-No, nothing! I'm not hiding anything!
[05:38] Buchio (Takumi)
    Nothing!
[05:43] Yukiko
    By the way, Takumi, did you thank Buchio?
[05:47] Buchio (Takumi)
    Huh?
[05:48] Yukiko
    He saved you from a nue, didn't he?
[05:51] Yukiko
    You owe Buchio your life.
[05:54] Yukiko
    Right?
[06:06] Yukiko
    I can't tell you how grateful I am.
[06:10] Yukiko
    Thank you so much, Buchio.
[06:15] Yukiko
    Also...
[06:17] Yukiko
    Takumi, you're hiding here, aren't you?
[06:19] Takumi
    Crap, she found me!
[06:22] Sanae
    Uh-oh. This part's coming loose.
[06:24] Sanae
    I'll go get my sewing box. Wait here.
[06:33] Kozue
    Mu-chan, you've seemed down lately.
[06:36] Kozue
    Is something bothering you?
[06:41] Mutsumi
    Jiro gets so scary when
    he talks about his work.
[06:45] Mutsumi
    I don't like it.
[06:46] Kozue
    Oh, there's nothing to be scared about.
[06:49] Kozue
    He's doing what a tengu's supposed to do.
[06:52] Kozue
    His face is bound to look stern sometimes.
[06:55] Mutsumi
    His job? You mean protecting
    the mountains, right?
[07:00] Kozue
    Yes.
[07:03] Kozue
    You like Jiro, don't you, Mu-chan?
[07:07] Mutsumi
    Yeah.
[07:10] Kozue
    Then why don't I tell you
    a story about Jiro's past?
[07:15] Mutsumi
    Please do!
[07:16] Kozue
    It was about a hundred years ago...
[07:21] Kozue
    When Tazenbo-san was still a daitengu.
[07:25] Kozue
    There was a great war,
[07:27] Kozue
    and he went off to battle
    with many other tengu.
[07:31] Kozue
    While he was away, Jiro began
    to serve in his position.
[07:36] Kozue
    Then a big storm hit,
[07:40] Kozue
    and there was a serpent-passing
    in the mountains.
[07:43] Mutsumi
    Serpent-passing?
[07:44] Kozue
    Yes, as in a great snake passing through.
[07:47] Kozue
    We also call them "landslides" these days...
[07:51] Kozue
    but this one really was caused by a serpent.
[07:58] Kozue
    It was Jiro's job to protect
    the mountains and the people.
[08:02] Kozue
    That serpent tried
    to make our village its nest,
[08:05] Kozue
    and Jiro risked his life to fight it off.
[08:10] (Flashback) Serpent
    I will carry this grudge,
    you who goes by the name Jirobo!
[08:19] Mutsumi
    What happened to Jiro?
[08:21] Kozue
    He was carried far downstream.
[08:24] Kozue
    Somehow, he managed to survive.
[08:28] Kozue
    Things like that happen
    when people have a job to do.
[08:33] Kozue
    That's why we all have to help each other.
[08:38] Kozue
    Even when things happen
    that we can't control,
[08:40] Kozue
    we have to be there for each other.
[08:49] Jiro
    Old man,
[08:50] Jiro
    I'm gonna go check out the mountains.
[08:52] Tazenbo
    Right.
[08:55] Jiro
    If anything happens, take care of it.
[09:08] Mutsumi
    Jiro!
[09:12] Jiro
    Mu-chan? Why are you wearing that?
[09:16] Mutsumi
    I'm...
[09:18] Mutsumi
    I'm gonna protect you, Jiro!
[09:22] Jiro
    Mu-cha—
[09:23] Mutsumi
    I mean it!
[09:25] Mutsumi
    I hate it.
[09:27] Mutsumi
    I hate the idea of you going
    away in return for our safety.
[09:36] Mutsumi
    Jiro? Are you sick?
[09:40] Jiro
    Mu-chan... I'm sorry.
[09:58] Jiro
    The barrier's weakened...
[10:03] Serpent
    Long time no see,
[10:04] Serpent
    Fuchibiyama Jirobo.
[10:07] Jiro
    You're...
[10:08] Serpent
    I have waited so long
    to see this great cedar—
[10:13] Serpent
    your parent body—stripped bare.
[10:17] Serpent
    You killed me along
    with the child I was carrying.
[10:22] Serpent
    So now...
[10:23] Serpent
    I have returned as a vengeful
    spirit to curse you to death!
[10:28] Jiro
    Back then...
[10:30] Jiro
    I did what I had to do.
[10:33] Jiro
    There is no uncertainty in my heart at all.
[10:36] Serpent
    You insist that you are in the right?
[10:39] Serpent
    Then will you kill me a second time, Jirobo?
[10:45] Jiro
    No.
[10:47] Jiro
    This time, I'll accept you.
[10:50] Serpent
    You will abide my grudge, then?
[10:57] Serpent
    Very well.
[11:01] Jiro
    Sorry, Mu-chan.
[11:05] Takumi
    That idiot!
[11:07] Mu-chan
    Jiro! Please, wake up!
[11:09] Takumi
    Jiro!
[11:11] Mutsumi
    Old man... Jiro fell down, and...
[11:16] Mutsumi
    What do we do?!
[11:18] Tazenbo
    This fool!
[11:21] Tazenbo
    He's gonna be fine.
[11:22] Tazenbo
    Let's get him back to the house for n—
[11:35] Mutsumi
    Jiro?
[11:43] Mutsumi
    Chiyo-chan...
[11:46] Hayachiyo
    Where is Jiro-sama?
[11:50] Hayachiyo
    Is that feather...
[11:53] Mutsumi
    I think it's Jiro's.
[11:57] Hayachiyo
    Treasure it.
[12:01] Mutsumi
    Where is Tazenbo-sama?
[12:03] Mutsumi
    He said he was going to the great
    cedar and told me to wait here.
[12:08] Mutsumi
    Hey, what's the "great cedar"?
[12:12] Hayachiyo
    The great cedar is Jiro-sama's parent body.
[12:16] Mutsumi
    Parent body?
[12:18] Hayachiyo
    Do you know how mountain tengu are born?
[12:23] Hayachiyo
    A soul bestowed by the god of a mountain
[12:26] Hayachiyo
    inhabits a very old tree or rock,
[12:29] Hayachiyo
    and a tengu is born, tasked with
    the duty of protecting the mountain.
[12:34] Hayachiyo
    So long as the parent body lives,
    the tengu can be reborn infinitely.
[12:39] Hayachiyo
    But if the parent body withers and dies,
[12:42] Hayachiyo
    the tengu cannot remain in existence
    and is met with complete death.
[12:47] Hayachiyo
    Something must have happened
    to the great cedar.
[12:54] Mutsumi
    I've seen the great cedar before.
[12:57] Mutsumi
    Something led me to it...
[12:59] Hayachiyo
    Was the vision you saw at that time...
[13:04] Taira
    Hi there.
[13:06] Taira
    Is Jiro here?
[13:07] Taira
    Hey, Mu-chan.
[13:11] Taira
    What's wrong?
SIGN    I'll be in touch
SIGN    Later
SIGN    Today
SIGN    Taira
    There's trouble
SIGN    Taira
    Emergency
SIGN    Drinking Buddies (5)
[13:22] Yuri
    What the...
SIGN    Taira Someone
    call me, please
SIGN    Taira Someone
    call me, please
SIGN    Taira Meet up
    at Jiro's house
[13:25] Mutsumi
    Take me with you!
[13:27] Hayachiyo
    I cannot.
[13:28] Mutsumi
    I know this is my fault!
[13:31] Mutsumi
    I love Jiro. I can't just
    stay here and do nothing!
[13:35] Mutsumi
    I want...
[13:37] Mutsumi
    I want to save Jiro! I want to protect him!
[13:43] Hayachiyo
    I feel exactly the same way.
[14:04] Tazenbo
    He took on a thing like that by himself?
[14:11] Tazenbo
    What to do...
[14:14] Mutsumi
    Old man!
[14:15] Mutsumi
    Mu-chan!
[14:17] Tazenbo
    Hayachiyo, why did you bring her?
[14:20] Mutsumi
    That snake...
[14:25] Serpent
    Human girl...
[14:27] Serpent
    Thanks to you, I will soon be
    able to achieve revenge.
[14:31] Serpent
    I entered the hole that your
    loneliness created in your heart.
[14:35] Serpent
    How delightful!
[14:37] Serpent
    Jirobo...
[14:39] Serpent
    The little girl you cared so much for
    swept your feet out from under you.
[14:43] Hayachiyo
    You mustn't listen to her.
[14:45] Taira
    Hey!
[14:47] Tazenbo
    You're all here, too?
[14:49] Yuri
    What's Mutsumi doing here?
[14:51] Yuri
    Taira, you didn't stop her?!
[14:53] Taira
    Look, I couldn't stop her if I wanted to!
[14:56] Taira
    When someone's made up their mind,
    I can't disregard that.
[15:00] Taira
    We just have to back her up, right?
[15:03] Mutsumi
    I'll do my best to protect Jiro.
[15:07] Mutsumi
    Will you protect me?
[15:11] Tazenbo
    Got no choice, I guess.
[15:17] Tazenbo
    That thing possessing the tree
    is gonna be trouble, though.
[15:20] Tazenbo
    Attack the snake carelessly,
    and the tree will suffer for it.
[15:23] Buchio
    Um...
[15:25] Buchio
    Why don't we try distracting it?
[15:29] Serpent
    It matters not how many of you come.
[15:31] Serpent
    Approach me, and I will kill all—
[15:36] Serpent
    Jirobo?!
[15:38] Serpent
    How are you standing there?!
[15:40] Serpent
    How dare you?! I will kill you!
[15:49] Serpent
    Damn you!
[16:01] Buchio
    Thank you so much!
[16:03] Hayachiyo
    You were brilliant.
[16:05] Tazenbo
    Move it! She'll be back in no time!
[16:17] Serpent
    All of you...
[16:19] Serpent
    Why do you stand in my way?
[16:22] Serpent
    Why, when I have suffered so?!
[16:46] Buchio
    It's okay for me to cut it?
[16:47] Mutsumi
    Yes!
[16:52] Taira
    Can you reach?
[16:53] Mutsumi
    Yeah!
[16:54] Taira
    Wrap it around the frayed part.
[16:56] Taira
    That's it.
[17:02] Serpent
    Damn you...
[17:09] Yuri
    Butt out!
[17:15] Mutsumi
    Done!
[17:39] Mutsumi
    Jiro!
[17:42] Mutsumi
    Jiro?
[17:44] Buchio
    He's breathing!
[18:02] Jiro
    I said I would accept you.
[18:05] Jiro
    Both your grudge and your soul.
[18:07] Jiro
    When you're reborn again,
    I'll welcome you into this land.
[18:12] Jiro
    So that you can find
    something to protect again.
[18:24] Serpent
    That kind man who made
    an eternal vow to me, a water god...
[18:31] Serpent
    The beloved child in my womb...
[18:34] Serpent
    Yet...
[18:36] Serpent
    One who envied my fortune poisoned me.
[18:51] Serpent
    I just managed to survive,
    and when I returned...
[19:02] Serpent
    I felt so sad, so hurt...
[19:05] Serpent
    I couldn't forgive them. I had no hope.
[19:10] Serpent
    So I...
[19:18] Serpent
    I will not forgive you,
[19:21] Serpent
    but I thank you.
[19:29] Mutsumi
    Jiro!
[19:29] Buchio
    Jiro-san!
[19:37] Mutsumi
    Jiro!
[19:39] Jiro
    Mu-chan...
[19:40] Mutsumi
    You jerk!
[19:44] Jiro
    I'm sorry.
[19:45] Mutsumi
    Don't apologize!
[19:48] Jiro
    Okay.
[19:49] Mutsumi
    Promise me you won't be so reckless again!
[19:56] Jiro
    Okay.
[19:58] Jiro
    I promise.
[20:11] Mutsumi
    Why did you do that?
[20:14] Jiro
    When I realized that serpent's soul was
    stuck here because of her grudge toward me,
[20:19] Jiro
    I thought I had no choice
    but to disappear for her sake.
[20:25] Jiro
    But when my body disappeared...
[20:29] Jiro
    Before I knew it, I was in your hand.
[20:33] Jiro
    Then I heard the voices
    of everyone trying to save me,
[20:37] Jiro
    and I finally understood.
[20:40] Jiro
    I have people who protect me, too.
[20:44] Jiro
    Thank you. And...
[20:47] Jiro
    Let me apologize after all, okay? I'm sorry.
[20:53] Mutsumi
    You're so hopeless, Jiro!
[20:58] Mutsumi
    Jiro...
[20:59] Mutsumi
    You know what? I realized something, too.
[21:03] Mutsumi
    I realized I've felt lonely
    ever since my dad disappeared.
[21:11] Mutsumi
    It put a hole in my heart.
[21:13] Mutsumi
    And that made me think...
[21:17] Mutsumi
    that Dad must have felt the same way.
[21:21] Mutsumi
    Just like I was under
    that snake's control, maybe Dad...
[21:27] Mutsumi
    But it's okay now!
[21:30] Mutsumi
    I'm not lonely!
[21:31] Mutsumi
    After I decided that
    I wanted to protect you,
[21:34] Mutsumi
    I think I got a whole lot stronger!
[21:38] Jiro
    You're so cool, Mu-chan.
[21:41] Mutsumi
    Right?
[21:47] Mutsumi
    I pray we can all live
    peaceful, happy lives.
[21:53] Mutsumi
    Gods, please watch over us.
[23:33] Yamamoto
    This is Buchio-kun after evolving
    into a nekomata, eh?