E6 - The Lost Village

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[00:00] Sign
    Troubleshooters'
    Office
[00:00] Kiriha
    Someone talked you into it?!
[00:02] Iraha
    Yes. After we left the dream,
    it started coming back to me.
[00:07] Iraha
    I think the pillow was
    given to me by someone.
[00:11] Kiriha
    What?!
[00:12] Kiriha
    And just who was it?!
[00:14] Iraha
    I can't remember it very clearly.
[00:16] Iraha
    I think it may have been a student.
[00:18] Kazuya
    Do you think someone is
    trying to cause trouble?
[00:22] Kiirha
    Most likely.
[00:24] Kiirha
    The way the shoe amasogi went berserk...
[00:26] Kiirha
    And the matter of the underpants amasogi...
[00:29] Kiirha
    It all seems a little too convenient
    to be simple malison disturbances.
[00:33] Kiirha
    If someone were arranging them,
    it'd go a long way toward explaining it.
[00:37] Kazuya
    But why would someone do that?
[00:39] Kiriha
    I have no answer to that,
    but we'll need to be on our guard.
[00:43] Mimane
    Aw, this is so, so, so boring!
[00:48] Yasuki
    Quiet down, Mimane.
[00:51] Mimane
    But things were just getting
    fun thanks to that pillow!
[00:55] Mimane
    And then those two had to mess it up again!
[00:58] Mimane
    Let's just kick their butts already!
[01:00] Akito
    Not happening. We promised
    not to do anything to them.
[01:05] Mimane
    What's up with you, Akito?!
[01:06] Mimane
    Fine, then! I'll do it by myself!
[01:12] Akito
    Both of you, stop!
[01:16] Akito
    I apologize, Azami.
    I'll talk some sense into Mimane.
[01:20] Azami
    Keep your promise.
[01:22] Azami
    Or no more help.
[01:25] Azami
    You're the ones short on time.
[01:31] Yasuki
    Can we really trust her?
[01:34] Yasuki
    We still have no idea who
    she is or what she's after.
[01:37] Arumi
    She was the only clue that my
    fortune pointed us toward.
[01:40] Arumi
    I believe we should do as she says for now.
[01:43] Akito
    No matter who she is, we need her help.
[01:47] Mimane
    Meh!
[01:49] Akito
    That's right. This is all to obtain a shard.
[01:53] Akito
    If we can manage that, we'll be saved.
SIGN    Tsukumogami and their masters.
SIGN    A master is critical for a tsukumogami, to replenish their spent strength.
SIGN    Tsugumomo
SIGN    Tsugu
SIGN    m 0 0 l 0 -10 l 10 -10 l 10 0
SIGN    m 0 0 l 0 -10 l 10 -10 l 10 0
SIGN    Chapter 6
SIGN    The Lost Village
SIGN    "The Lost Village."
SIGN    Several Hundred Years Ago
SIGN    Several Hundred Years Ago
[03:42] Akito
    At a certain house,
[03:43] Akito
    there were three tools that had been
    lovingly used for three generations.
[03:47] Akito
    At around the same time,
    they ascended, becoming tsukumogami.
[03:52] (Flashback) Hifumi
    We tsukumogami want to be of use to you.
[03:55] (Flashback) Hifumi
    Please, direct us as you see fit.
[03:59] (Flashback) Hifumi
    But first, we have three wishes
    we would like you to agree to,
[04:02] (Flashback) Hifumi
    after which we will share our true names
    with you, and accept you as our master.
[04:07] (Flashback) Master
    Very well. What are they?
[04:09] (Flashback) Hifumi
    Right...
[04:10] (Flashback) Hifumi
    Since the three of us are sworn siblings,
[04:14] (Flashback) Hifumi
    we ask that you allow us to stay together.
[04:19] (Flashback) Hifumi
    And while we are tools,
    we do have personhood, as well,
[04:23] (Flashback) Hifumi
    and would like to be treated as such.
[04:26] (Flashback) Hifumi
    Finally, there are limitations
    to the powers of tsukumogami,
[04:30] (Flashback) Hifumi
    so we ask that you do not demand
    more than is safe to provide.
[04:35] (Flashback) Master
    Very well.
[04:37] (Flashback) Master
    I welcome you all as guests in this house.
[04:42] Akito
    Arumi, the crystal ball,
    has the power to see the future,
[04:47] Akito
    but her predictions become less
    accurate the further she is,
[04:49] Akito
    in both time and distance, from the subject.
[04:51] Akito
    She was mostly used to gain insight into
[04:53] Akito
    the immediate future and to
    help make major decisions.
[04:58] Akito
    As a pair of scissors,
[04:59] Akito
    I may not be a weapon,
    but I do have an edge.
[05:02] Akito
    That meant I was skilled in combat
    and used as a bodyguard.
[05:06] Akito
    And the one who saw the most use...
[05:10] Akito
    was Hifumi, a die that could manipulate fate.
[05:14] Akito
    Since her rolls could result in good luck,
    she served a far more critical role.
[05:21] Akito
    We were honored to see how much
    our master relied on Hifumi,
[05:25] Akito
    and were proud of her for it.
[05:27] (Flashback) Hifumi
    You think I'm more amazing?
    What are you talking about?
[05:31] (Flashback) Hifumi
    Arumi can see the future
    and help avoid danger.
[05:35] (Flashback) Hifumi
    Akito is strong enough to protect people.
[05:38] (Flashback) Hifumi
    It's about who's right for the job,
    and we all serve our purpose well!
[05:42] (Flashback) Hifumi
    You two need more confidence!
[05:45] (Flashback) Arumi
    As long as we're able to make people happy.
[05:55] Akito
    We lived peaceful lives, for a while.
[06:03] Akito
    But then...
[06:11] Akito
    After a while, strange monsters
    began to appear in the village.
[06:16] Akito
    And around the same time,
    Hifumi began to lose her strength.
[06:20] Akito
    Naturally, we had questions.
[06:23] (Flashback) Hifumi
    My die...
[06:25] (Flashback) Hifumi
    It can manipulate fate based on the rolls,
[06:28] (Flashback) Hifumi
    but not always for the better.
[06:33] (Flashback) Hifumi
    Should it roll a one, it brings
    misfortune to whomever rolls it...
[06:37] (Flashback) Hifumi
    And if you continue to roll in spite of that,
[06:41] (Flashback) Hifumi
    the misfortune accumulates into a curse...
[06:43] (Flashback) Hifumi
    One that turns people into monsters.
[06:47] Akito
    Our master had become obsessed
    with Hifumi's powers.
[06:53] Akito
    To ensure he would have only good luck,
    he would hire villagers to roll the die...
[07:00] Akito
    and have them continue
    until they became monsters.
[07:05] Akito
    She tried to stop him, but...
[07:09] (Flashback) Master
    And you don't care what
    becomes of the other two?
[07:15] Akito
    And so she was forced into compliance.
[07:21] Akito
    We told the villagers the truth
    about what was happening.
[07:25] Akito
    We thought we were saving
    them, as well as Hifumi.
[07:31] Akito
    But...
[07:33] Akito
    It didn't work out that way.
[07:36] Akito
    The rage of the villagers showed no mercy
    to the tool that had been used against them.
[07:51] Akito
    Hifumi... All of us...
[07:54] Akito
    All we wanted was to be of use.
[08:07] Akito
    After leaving the village, we served
    several new masters, one after another.
[08:12] Akito
    But every time, they would
    inevitably disappoint us...
[08:16] Akito
    until, after fleeing our fourteenth master,
[08:19] Akito
    we lost all interest in
    serving anyone ever again.
[08:26] Akito
    A tsukumogami without a master
    loses their strength over time.
[08:31] Akito
    As we wandered, we began to
    sense our end approaching.
[09:03] Akito
    It was then...
[09:07] Akito
    that the door opened.
[09:12] (Flashback) Akito
    Where are we?
[09:18] (Flashback) Arumi
    Stop!
[09:24] (Flashback) Akito
    Who's there?!
[09:29] (Flashback) Akito
    We mean no harm! Please, lower your bow!
[09:33] (Flashback) Akito
    We wandered in here,
    following a strange red bowl!
[09:36] (Flashback) Akito
    If we aren't welcome, we will leave!
[09:40] (Flashback) Akito
    Arumi, I don't think he's willing to talk.
[09:43] (Flashback) Arumi
    Right.
[09:46] (Flashback) Arumi
    Three. Four. Half.
[09:50] (Flashback) Arumi
    One. Seven. Half.
[09:52] (Flashback) Arumi
    Two. Five.
[09:54] (Flashback) Yasuki
    Foresight? In that case...
[09:56] (Flashback) Arumi
    He's using fire!
[09:57] (Flashback) Arumi
    Two beats from now, a radius of ten jou!
[09:59] (Flashback) Yasuki
    Piercing Spirit Archery:
[10:01] (Flashback) Yasuki
    Blazing Red Arrow!
[10:10] Yasuki
    They parried it?
[10:11] Akito
    But...
[10:12] Akito
    I don't know if I can do it again.
[10:14] Akito
    What do I do?!
[10:16] (Flashback) Mimane
    Wow! What was that, huh?!
[10:20] (Flashback) Mimane
    So neat! Where are you from?
    What do you want?
[10:23] (Flashback) Mimane
    What are these? Scissors?
[10:24] (Flashback) Mimane
    Tell me about the outside!
[10:29] Sign
    Shared Fate, Shared Dream
[10:42] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Nothing like a tsugumomo with a fine behind.
[10:49] (Flashback) Tanmen
    So, I am the elder of this village,
    Tanmen the bowl tsukumogami.
[10:54] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Everyone calls me Old Bowl.
[10:58] Akito
    A tsukumogami's true form can give away
    a lot about their powers and weaknesses.
[11:03] Akito
    Is he trying to demonstrate
    that he means us no harm?
[11:07] (Flashback) Akito
    It's nice to meet you.
    I'm Akito, a pair of scissors.
[11:10] (Flashback) Arumi
    I'm Arumi, the crystal ball.
[11:14] (Flashback) Tanmen
    I'd like to welcome the two of
    you to Mayoiga, the lost village.
[11:19] (Flashback) Tanmen
    I also apologize for the reception
    our guard, Yasuki, gave you.
[11:23] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Terribly sorry.
[11:25] (Flashback) Tanmen
    There's a limit to the number of
    tsukumogami we can welcome here.
[11:29] (Flashback) Tanmen
    And more than anything, we can't have the
    gods or their hounds finding our village.
[11:36] (Flashback) Akito
    It's all right. But I'd like to
    know more about this place.
[11:42] (Flashback) Akito
    Everyone here is a tsukumogami...
[11:46] (Flashback) Akito
    And I don't sense the presence of any humans.
[11:48] (Flashback) Akito
    We were on the verge of losing all
    strength before arriving here,
[11:53] (Flashback) Akito
    but we're both feeling much better now.
[11:57] (Flashback) Akito
    Where does this power come from?
[11:59] (Flashback) Tanmen
    A long time ago,
[12:01] (Flashback) Tanmen
    there was a house tsukumogami
    that had a grand black front gate.
[12:06] (Flashback) Tanmen
    The terrible treatment our kind
    was receiving wounded his heart,
[12:12] (Flashback) Tanmen
    and he wished that tsukumogami
    could survive without humans.
[12:16] (Flashback) ---
    And thus, he became our
    paradise himself: our Mayoiga.
[12:24] (Flashback) Akito
    This place can support all these
    tsukumogami without any humans?!
[12:26] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Unfortunately, I can't answer
    all your questions yet.
[12:30] (Flashback) Tanmen
    But rest assured, this place
    is a paradise for tsukumogami.
[12:35] (Flashback) Tanmen
    I imagine the two of you have become
    fed up with humans as well, yes?
[12:38] (Flashback) Tanmen
    You're welcome to remain here, as one of us.
[12:44] (Flashback) Akito
    Thank you, sir.
[12:47] Akito
    After we arrived in Mayoiga, it wasn't
    long before we began to fit in.
[12:54] (Flashback) Mimane
    This sucks!
[12:55] Akito
    Mimane, the mirror, was always
    looking for things to amuse her.
[12:59] (Flashback) Mimane
    Huh? And then? Eh?
[12:59] Akito
    When we first arrived, she would buffet us
    with questions from morning to night.
[13:02] (Flashback) Mimane
    What? But why?
[13:03] Akito
    Even Arumi and I grew tired of it.
[13:03] (Flashback) Mimane
    Hey, hey, hey, hey!
[13:06] Akito
    Yasuki the bow was the exact opposite,
[13:09] Akito
    speaking only when necessary.
[13:12] (Flashback) Yasuki
    I apologize for before.
[13:16] (Flashback) Yasuki
    Mimane starts to sulk about wanting to leave
    the village whenever newcomers appear.
[13:21] (Flashback) Akito
    That's why you were shooting at us?
[13:25] Akito
    He made a terrible first impression,
    but it seems he's really just overprotective.
[13:36] (Flashback) Chikage
    Not bad at all!
[13:38] Akito
    Chikage, the spear, is said to be
    the fiercest warrior in Mayoiga.
[13:42] Akito
    Old Bowl trusts her implicitly, and she
    would often organize the other tsukumogami.
[13:42] (Flashback) Chikage
    Up for another round?
[13:44] (Flashback) Akito
    Yes, please.
[13:47] Akito
    With no domineering or greedy
    humans to be found,
[13:51] Akito
    Mayoiga really was a
    paradise for tsukumogami.
[13:55] Akito
    But it had its mysteries, as well.
[14:00] (Flashback) Akito
    A bath like this, inside a house?
[14:04] Akito
    What was the power that
    kept the village going?
[14:07] Akito
    Why did Old Bowl let us in after telling
    us there was a limit to the population?
[14:13] Akito
    And why were they hiding from the gods?
[14:16] Akito
    Even Mimane wouldn't offer any answers.
[14:21] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Fitting in well, son?
[14:25] (Flashback) Akito
    Yes.
[14:26] (Flashback) Tanmen
    That's good to hear.
[14:29] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Out of curiosity, have you known
    that Arumi girl for a while?
[14:34] (Flashback) Akito
    Yes, we're like siblings. We've known each
    other for as long as we can remember.
[14:39] (Flashback) Tanmen
    I see.
[14:41] (Flashback) Tanmen
    A very nice ass on that one.
[14:48] Akito
    A great deal of time then passed.
[14:52] Akito
    We had started to consider the
    village our second birthplace.
[14:58] Akito
    But one day...
[15:00] (Flashback) Villager
    Everyone, come quickly!
[15:02] (Flashback) Villager
    It's Danjurou and Kirihime...
[15:05] (Flashback) Akito
    They've reverted to their original forms?
[15:08] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Lost their spiritual power.
[15:11] (Flashback) Akito
    I thought that couldn't happen here?
[15:14] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Arumi, Akito... I need to
    speak with the two of you.
[15:21] (Flashback) Akito
    Where are we?
[15:23] (Flashback) Tanmen
    The center of Mayoiga.
[15:24] (Flashback) Tanmen
    A hallway that leads to the cornerstone
    everything was built on.
[15:28] (Flashback) Tanmen
    This is the tsukumogami
    of the lost village...
[15:34] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Miurahi-sama.
[15:37] (Flashback) Arumi
    He's mummified?
[15:40] (Flashback) Akito
    How did he end up like this?
[15:44] (Flashback) Tanmen
    It began over a thousand years ago...
[15:48] (Flashback) Tanmen
    There was a volcanic eruption,
    and a resulting catastrophe.
[15:50] (Flashback) Tanmen
    As the people began to starve and suffer,
[15:53] (Flashback) Tanmen
    the tsukumogami that served
    them suffered from abuse...
[15:56] (Flashback) Tanmen
    and many lost their power as a result.
[16:00] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Miurahi-sama regretted this deeply,
    and appealed to the god of this region.
[16:05] (Flashback) Tanmen
    He wished to create a place where
    tsukumogami on the verge of
[16:10] (Flashback) Tanmen
    passing away could rest, if only temporarily.
[16:14] (Flashback) Tanmen
    But his wish fell upon deaf ears.
[16:18] (Flashback) Tanmen
    The god whose duty was to look after
    that area shirked their responsibility.
[16:23] (Flashback) Tanmen
    And as he saw his fellows fall one by one,
[16:26] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Miurahi-sama gathered a chosen
    group of tsukumogami...
[16:34] (Flashback) Tanmen
    and slew the region's god.
[16:36] (Flashback) Akito
    That's why you all fear the gods...
[16:40] (Flashback) Akito
    But why kill one?
[16:42] (Flashback) Tanmen
    For a shard.
[16:43] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Gods who are entrusted with a region to
    oversee carry a shard within themselves.
[16:49] (Flashback) Tanmen
    A fragment of the pillar, Ame-no-Mihashira.
[16:51] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Crystallized malison, capable of dictating
    the nature of existence itself.
[16:57] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Miurahi-sama embedded the
    shard within himself,
[17:01] (Flashback) Tanmen
    obtaining the very power of a god.
[17:03] (Flashback) Tanmen
    But the power was immense,
[17:06] (Flashback) Tanmen
    with even the slightest wavering thought
    growing into a maelstrom, given form.
[17:11] (Flashback) Tanmen
    So Miurahi-sama decided to
    sever his own consciousness,
[17:14] (Flashback) Tanmen
    meditating on the sole purpose of
[17:16] (Flashback) Tanmen
    maintaining Mayoiga,
    until he was mummified.
[17:18] (Flashback) Tanmen
    But that shard is on the verge
    of losing its strength...
[17:23] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Seeing this inevitability,
    Miurahi-sama had us seek out tsukumogami
[17:28] (Flashback) Tanmen
    who have grown tired of the ways of men.
[17:30] (Flashback) Akito
    You mean...
[17:31] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Correct.
[17:32] (Flashback) Tanmen
    In order to obtain another shard,
    we must once again slay a god.
[17:39] Akito
    I see. That definitely isn't the kind of
    thing you tell someone on their first day here.
[17:44] Akito
    Killing a god isn't a simple task.
[17:47] Akito
    Even if it succeeds, it means becoming
    the target of a divine vendetta.
[17:52] Akito
    Now that we know the truth, if we
    refuse, we'll probably be killed.
[17:55] Akito
    Could the two of us escape?
[17:58] Akito
    But that would mean more
    hardship for Arumi...
[18:03] Akito
    I don't want to lose anyone else.
[18:07] Akito
    Never again.
[18:13] (Flashback) Arumi
    I feel the same way, brother.
[18:25] Akito
    As the limit of the shard's power
    drew near, our planning commenced
[18:29] Akito
    with the selection of the god
    who would be the best target.
[18:33] (Flashback) Tanmen
    The god we killed before, Iwanagahime,
[18:36] (Flashback) Tanmen
    had grown weak after using
    her power to cope with a famine.
[18:41] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Regardless, facing her with 108 powerful
    tsukumogami still resulted in a battle
[18:46] (Flashback) Tanmen
    that lasted seven days and nights,
    with over a hundred casualties.
[18:51] (Flashback) Tanmen
    As such, the gods still seek to punish us.
[18:54] (Flashback) Tanmen
    Which means we cannot afford to make
    any moves that will get us noticed.
[18:59] (Flashback) Akito
    Arumi.
[19:00] (Flashback) Arumi
    Right.
[19:09] (Flashback) Arumi
    My power, High Foresight,
[19:11] (Flashback) Arumi
    should be able to show us the path
    that leads to the future we desire.
[19:17] Akito
    Arumi's predictions can
    only be used once a month.
[19:20] Akito
    So, once a month, we had her take a look.
[19:24] Akito
    Every time, the crystal ball
    showed nothing but
[19:27] Akito
    the villagers of Mayoiga,
    with nothing out of the ordinary.
[19:29] Akito
    Which meant that staying the current
    course would be for the best.
[19:34] Akito
    But more villagers lost their
    strength as time passed...
[19:38] (Flashback) Villagers
    Hey, woman! Are these predictions any good?!
[19:43] (Flashback) Villagers
    It's been thirty years now,
    with nothing to show for it!
[19:46] (Flashback) Arumi
    If the results are the same,
    that means we're doing the right thing.
[19:46] Akito
    Some of the tsukumogami demanded
    that we take immediate action.
[19:49] (Flashback) Arumi
    It's not time to act yet...
[19:50] (Flashback) Villagers
    Don't be a fool!
[19:52] Akito
    But not long after that, there was a
    change in the crystal ball's vision...
[19:57] (Flashback) Tanmen
    What is that?
[19:59] Akito
    A black shape was revealed
    within the crystal ball.
[20:02] Akito
    And just as we had seen, we found it
    in a forest among the mountains.
[20:09] (Flashback) Akito
    It'd be dangerous to approach.
[20:11] (Flashback) Chikage
    True enough, but someone's
    decided to scout ahead.
[20:14] (Flashback) Mimane
    Wow, what is this thing?!
[20:16] (Flashback) Yasuki
    Mimane!
[20:22] Akito
    The black shape seemed to attack anyone
    who approached, almost defensively.
[20:27] Akito
    We attacked from every direction,
    and were able to capture it.
[20:30] (Flashback) Mimane
    Blood Mirror!
[20:32] (Flashback) Mimane
    Gotcha!
[20:37] (Flashback) Tanmen
    And this is the lead that
    the fortune led us to?
[20:55] Akito
    The black obi tsukumogami who appeared
    before us said her name was Azami.
[21:01] Akito
    She didn't share much else about herself...
[21:05] Akito
    But the fortune turned out to be true.
[21:08] Akito
    She knew which regional god was at their
    weakest, and how to weaken them further.
[21:13] Akito
    She had the exact information
    our village needed.
[21:19] Akito
    So, with Azami's guidance,
    we headed toward that region.
[21:24] Akito
    That was where we encountered
    another Azami, who was waiting.
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    She gave us three conditions for her help.
[21:33] ---
    We had to give rise to
[21:34] ---
    supernatural aberrations that would
    drain the regional god's strength,
[21:37] ---
    continue doing so until Azami said to stop...
[21:41] ---
    and stay away from the malison exorcists.
[21:45] ---
    We agreed to her conditions,
    and have been acting as she requested.
[21:49] (Flashback) Akito
    We can't afford to lose Azami's help yet.
[21:53] (Flashback) Akito
    Keep that in mind.
[21:56] (Flashback) Mimane
    Fine.
[22:17] Kiriha
    Hey! Sorry for the wait.
[22:20] Kazuya
    It's okay.
[22:21] Kazuya
    But that new game hasn't been installed yet.
[22:24] Kiriha
    Say what?!
[22:26] Kiriha
    Why in the—
[24:00] (Flashback) Arumi
    I can't believe Mayoiga
    even has a hot spring.
[24:04] (Flashback) Mimane
    Impressive, huh?
[24:15] (Flashback) Mimane
    Hey, hey! What exactly is
    your relationship with Akito?
[24:20] (Flashback) Arumi
    We're sworn siblings who were
    born in the same storehouse.
[24:24] (Flashback) Mimane
    Sworn siblings? What is that?
    So you're not lovers?
[24:28] (Flashback) Arumi
    Lovers?! He and I would never...
[24:31] (Flashback) Mimane
    Huh? But why not?
[24:35] (Flashback) Mimane
    These are huge!
[24:37] (Flashback) Mimane
    And he never does this?
[24:39] (Flashback) Arumi
    He does not!
[24:40] (Flashback) Mimane
    Why not? They're so big!
[24:42] (Flashback) Arumi
    I don't know!
[24:43] (Flashback) Mimane
    Hey, you're different here, too!
    Let me see, come on!
[24:47] (Flashback) Arumi
    Wha... S-Stop!
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[24:51] Kazuya
    A fighting game amasogi has
    appeared at the arcade?!
[24:54] Kazuya
    And an even more terrifying
    threat awaits us at school!
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    Next time on Tsugu Tsugumomo,
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    Chapter 7: "Versus! The Romantic Quiz Board Game."
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