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
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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.
[21:29] ---
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,
SIGN Versus! The Romantic Quiz Board Game
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Chapter 7: "Versus! The Romantic Quiz Board Game."
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