E9 - Letter

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SIGN    Kamioni:
SIGN    Born from regrets that reside in the hair of the departed.
SIGN    An incredibly powerful amasogi that can manipulate its hair at will.
SIGN    Tsugumomo
[00:41] Character Signs
    Kiriha
[00:45] Character Signs
    Kagami Kazuya
[00:50] Character Signs
    Kokuyou
[00:50] Character Signs
    Kukuri
[00:53] Character Signs
    Chikaishi Chisato
[00:54] Character Signs
    Shiramine Shirou
[00:54] Character Signs
    Osanai Osamu
SIGN    Kettle
SIGN    Letter
SIGN    "Letter."
SIGN    Hakusan Shrine
[02:00] K3
    Water Pressure!
[02:03] K2
    Kazuya!
[02:03] K1
    Shield Weave!
[02:07] K2
    Good! Now reweave without
    giving her an opening!
[02:11] K1
    Huh? Uh, let's...
[02:14] K2
    Untangle it, already!
[02:15] ---
    Got it!
[02:16] K1
    Obi Strike!
[02:19] K3
    Too slow!
[02:24] K2
    That was pathetic, you dullard.
[02:26] K2
    You take too long to change patterns.
[02:28] K3
    He ain't gonna become a master overnight.
[02:31] K2
    Do not coddle him!
[02:32] K2
    A hundred basic weaving drills, now!
[02:42] O
    You seem rather exhausted, Kagami-kun.
[02:45] K1
    Kiriha-san is running me ragged
    every morning and night...
[02:49] C
    Well, don't you go falling asleep in class.
[02:52] K1
    No promises.
[02:56] PA
    Kagami Kazuya, Osanai Osamu,
    and Chikaishi Chisato of Class 2-2,
[03:02] PA
    please report to the student council office.
[03:05] O
    I wonder what it is?
[03:07] C
    If he's looking for us three,
    that must mean...
[03:10] K1
    ...nothing good, that's for sure.
SIGN    Student Council Office
[03:15] T
    Come right on—
[03:19] K1
    A-Are you okay?!
[03:26] T
    Pardon me. Took a bit of a spill.
[03:33] T
    Now, have a seat.
[03:34] K1
    Whoa, hang on! Don't try and brush that off!
[03:37] K2
    I can explain.
[03:39] K1
    You can, Kiriha-san?
[03:43] K2
    Tadataka's hair has fallen out
    due to malison atonement.
[03:49] K2
    Tadataka's desires created a pseudo-kamioni,
    which I destroyed.
[03:55] K2
    An amasogi goes peacefully if it fulfills
    its desire or is destroyed by its host,
[04:01] K2
    but when destroyed by another,
    causes malison atonement.
[04:05] T
    As such, I'm smooth as a baby, head to toe.
[04:08] C
    Y-You mean, if my amasogi
    had been destroyed...
[04:13] C
    Good morning!
[04:17] K2
    Don't jump to conclusions.
[04:19] K2
    The atonement depends on
    the nature of the amasogi.
[04:22] K2
    For the record, the more
    powerful the amasogi,
[04:25] K2
    the greater the atonement.
[04:26] O
    I see...
[04:28] T
    Apparently I won't be stuck
    this way, at least.
[04:32] T
    So I'm going to just be patient.
[04:35] T
    Now, let's get down to business.
[04:53] T
    And that's the gist of it.
[04:55] T
    When former Class 1-5 students are alone,
[04:58] T
    this girl appears to them,
    seemingly demanding something.
SIGN    Nago Eiko
[05:03] K1
    That's what you needed us for?
[05:05] K2
    How asinine.
[05:06] K2
    Simply warn the girl to stop lurking
    about and be done with it.
[05:10] T
    Well, there was something
    I forgot to mention...
[05:13] T
    That girl, Nago Eiko,
[05:17] T
    died two years ago.
[05:22] T
    And so, I would like you
    all to investigate this.
[05:26] K1
    Wh-Why us?
[05:28] K2
    Who else? To my knowledge,
    ghosts don't exist.
[05:32] K2
    Which means this girl's presence
    is likely an amasogi at work.
[05:37] K2
    It makes sense that we would look into it.
[05:39] O
    We should start by asking around, then.
[05:42] K2
    Aye.
[05:46] Students
    She jumped in the evening, I heard.
[05:48] Students
    Also, there was no suicide note.
[05:52] Students
    She was quiet, and never really stood out.
[05:55] Students
    But a little bit before she died,
[05:57] Students
    she suddenly became more lively and cheerful.
[06:00] Students
    I wonder if that was what
    she was really like?
[06:03] Students
    She was in a fan club for this
    one boy named Nishina Yuuichi.
[06:08] Students
    And I also heard she had a little sister
    who was all smart and athletic.
[06:13] Students
    Again? How many times are
    people gonna drag this up?
[06:17] O
    Again?
[06:17] Student
    I think her name was Nanakai?
[06:19] Student
    Some first-year in the newspaper
    club who keeps digging into it.
[06:23] Student
    Can't people just let us forget about it?
[06:25] ---
    Hmm...
[06:27] O
    That covers what we were able to gather.
[06:30] C
    We could use more clues.
[06:33] T
    It'd be worth looking into
    the Nishina Yuuichi fan club.
[06:36] T
    That, and talking to Nanakai
    Nanako from the newspaper club.
[06:40] N
    Please wait, Kosakabe-san!
[06:43] N
    Please, I need to know what really happened!
[06:46] K4
    I quit the fan club already,
    so I have no idea!
[06:50] N
    Anything will do! Please, just talk to me!
[06:53] K4
    I said I don't know!
[06:56] K1
    Excuse me.
[07:00] K1
    Are you Nanakai-san from the newspaper club?
[07:04] N
    And who are you?
[07:08] N
    It's a ghost story, you know!
[07:11] N
    Our school—our plain ol' boring school—
    is suddenly haunted!
[07:16] N
    You'd have to be crazy to not get excited!
[07:19] N
    Don't you all agree?
[07:21] K1
    W-Well...
[07:23] O
    Were you speaking with someone
    from the Nishina Yuuichi fan club just now?
[07:27] N
    Yeah, I was hoping she'd have a lead...
[07:37] N
    Kosakabe-san, are you okay?
[07:40] K
    L-Look...
[07:49] K1
    Nago-san...?
[07:51] NN
    Where is it...?
[07:56] NN
    Where is the letter?
[07:58] K2
    Capture her, Kazuya!
[07:59] K1
    R-Right!
[08:00] K1
    Obi Binding!
[08:05] K2
    It's a kamioni?!
[08:07] K2
    Brace yourself, Kazuya!
[08:08] K1
    Shield Weave!
[08:12] K2
    Come on, stay focused!
[08:14] K1
    Right!
[08:15] K1
    Obi Strike!
[08:20] C
    She...
[08:21] T
    She ran away.
[08:27] K2
    Too slow!
[08:29] K2
    I've seen faster-moving glaciers!
[08:32] K1
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[08:34] N
    So, what exactly is this?!
[08:35] N
    Fighting with an obi?
    And the obi turns into a girl?!
[08:39] O
    I wonder what letter she meant.
SIGN    Nurse's Office
[08:45] K2
    This amasogi is a kamioni.
[08:47] K2
    A dangerous foe born from regrets that
    linger in the hair of the deceased.
[08:52] K1
    It's different from Tadata-san's, then?
[08:55] K2
    He was still alive, and the
    hair wasn't real, either.
[09:00] K2
    It was what you might call a pseudo-kamioni.
[09:04] C
    If it's an amasogi,
    it must have a host somewhere, right?
[09:08] K2
    Right.
[09:09] K2
    A living human whose wishes resonate
    with the deceased's regrets.
[09:13] K1
    And if we exorcise it by force,
[09:16] K1
    the host will suffer malison atonement?
[09:18] K2
    Aye. It must have some
    kind of goal it's after.
[09:23] K2
    And if it's revenge,
    we'll need to prevent it.
[09:27] K2
    You heard all that, didn't you, Kosakabe?
[09:30] ---
    Tell us anything and everything you know.
[09:37] K4
    Okay...
[09:40] K4
    It was shortly after we entered this school.
[09:42] K4
    There was this boy in our class
    who was really cute.
[09:45] K4
    Us girls who were in to him
    would fawn over him together.
[09:49] K4
    That was the Nishina Yuuichi Fan Club.
[09:52] K4
    We got along well on the understanding
    that we'd share him.
[09:56] K4
    But then, Nishina-kun took
    an interest in Nago-san...
[10:01] K4
    After that, things got awkward.
[10:04] K4
    It was too much for me, so I left the group.
[10:07] K4
    I can't say for sure, but I think
    Nago-san might have been bullied.
[10:13] K4
    Muratsuki-san was the leader.
[10:16] K4
    Actually, I think she was the first
    one to discover the body, too.
SIGN    Kosakabe Yuu, Muratsuki Sakumi, ... Tarako, ... Kanako
[10:27] T
    Muratsuki and the others are
    important witnesses in this case.
[10:31] C
    There's a good chance the
    amasogi will visit them, too.
[10:35] K1
    Nanakai-san said she'd look into that, too.
[10:42] T
    Come in.
[10:43] Secretary
    Excuse me.
[10:44] Secretary
    President, I have the
    details you asked about.
[10:48] T
    Thank you! What did you find?
[10:50] Secretary
    It looks like Nago-san's sister is
    actually enrolled here.
[10:55] T
    That's odd.
[10:57] T
    I have the student roster memorized,
    and there's no other Nago in it.
[11:01] Secretary
    That's the thing.
[11:03] Secretary
    After her parents divorced,
    her family name changed.
[11:06] Secretary
    Now she goes by...
[11:14] K2
    Hurry, Kazuya! Weave it like I told you!
[11:17] K1
    Uh... Obi Wheels?
[11:22] Girl
    Gah!
[11:42] N
    Tsu-gu-mo-mo!
[11:47] NN
    Tsugumomo.
[11:51] M
    St-Stay away!
[11:57] NN
    Where is the letter?
[12:00] M
    I-I don't know!
[12:02] M
    I know nothing about any suicide note!
[12:04] K1
    Hold it right there!
[12:12] K1
    I'm glad we made it.
[12:14] K1
    I know you're somewhere around here!
[12:16] K1
    Come on out...
[12:18] K1
    Nanakai Nanako-san!
[12:20] K1
    No...
[12:22] K1
    Nago Nanako-san!
[12:24] N
    I guess you figured it out.
[12:29] K1
    Why are you doing this?
[12:30] N
    I just wanted to know why
    my sister took her own life.
[12:42] N
    So when, as if responding to my wish,
    that lock of my sister's hair took her form,
[12:47] N
    I thought I could use it
    to find out the truth.
[12:52] K2
    Strange...
[12:54] K2
    Kamioni are born when the deceased's
    regrets resonate with the host's desires.
[12:59] K2
    But it's not like her sister wished
    to know why she killed herself.
[13:02] K1
    So what's that mean?
[13:03] K2
    Something else is going on here.
[13:05] K2
    Some other link between the younger's
    wishes and the elder's regrets.
[13:10] K2
    What's this letter, then?
[13:12] N
    It's the only thing this mindless version
    of my sister has said on her own.
[13:18] N
    Muratsuki-san...
[13:20] N
    If you knew the letter was a suicide note,
    surely you know more.
[13:25] N
    Like where it is.
[13:26] K1
    Note?
[13:29] M
    They should've just gotten together!
[13:33] M
    They both liked each other...
[13:36] M
    But, not wanting to betray us,
    Nago-san started to avoid Nishina-kun
[13:42] M
    So we started harassing her
    to make her leave the club.
[13:45] M
    I'm sorry...
[13:47] M
    We couldn't put aside our jealousy
    and encourage their relationship.
[13:51] N
    Then my sister killed herself because
    she couldn't take the bullying?
[13:54] M
    That can't be it!
[13:57] M
    The day she died, she...
[13:59] M
    She really let us have it.
    Everything she'd been bottling up inside.
[14:04] M
    She seemed so different.
[14:07] M
    Then she left, saying she was going to
    tell Nishina-kun how she felt.
[14:12] M
    When I saw her headed towards
    the roof after school...
[14:17] M
    I hesitated, but decided
    to go after her and apologize...
[14:23] M
    All that was left were
    her shoes and a letter...
[14:26] M
    A suicide note!
[14:29] N
    Why did you hide it?
[14:30] M
    Why wouldn't I?!
[14:32] M
    Just think about it!
[14:34] M
    What if she'd named names
    and blamed us for her suicide in it?
[14:39] M
    I was so scared...
[14:40] M
    I couldn't bring myself to
    read it, or get rid of it...
[14:44] K1
    Then you still have it?
[14:46] M
    Yes...
[14:47] M
    I'm sorry.
[14:48] M
    I'll bring it right away.
[14:55] N
    "Nanako-chan, by the time you read this,
    I will probably already be gone."
[15:02] NN
    I'm a filthy person.
[15:05] NN
    I may seem quiet, but there were dark
    sentiments swirling around inside of me.
[15:11] NN
    I couldn't ask out the boy I liked.
[15:14] NN
    I couldn't stand up for myself to bullies.
[15:16] NN
    I didn't have the courage to speak
    my feelings, or to act on them.
[15:22] NN
    I was finally starting to get
    fed up with myself...
[15:26] NN
    when the growth appeared.
[15:29] NN
    It got bigger and uglier
    with each passing day
[15:32] NN
    until it resembled a human face.
[15:37] NN
    Unable to turn to anyone,
    I was terrified and suffering.
[15:42] NN
    But then...
[15:43] (Flashback) Student
    You didn't prepare these documents?
[15:45] (Flashback) NN
    I'm sorry...
[15:46] (Flashback) Student
    What do you expect us to do now?!
[15:48] (Flashback) NN
    I'm sor—
[15:48] (Flashback) NN
    Cry me a river, hypocrite!
[15:51] (Flashback) NN
    Sure, give yourself the easy jobs!
[15:53] (Flashback) NN
    Then dump a team's work on me!
[15:55] Eiko
    The growth would say the things
    that I felt deep inside.
[15:55] (Flashback) (Student
    R-Right...
[16:00] Eiko
    After that, my life began to change.
[16:03] Eiko
    I started speaking frankly and
    stopped caring what others thought.
[16:08] Eiko
    The growth said that it would go
    away once my wish was fulfilled.
[16:13] Eiko
    And I thought my wish
    could only be one thing...
[16:17] Eiko
    To tell him how I felt.
[16:21] Eiko
    He said he'd go out with me.
    I felt like I could fly!
[16:26] Eiko
    But... the growth said my
    wish wasn't granted yet.
[16:31] Eiko
    That it had to prevent someone
    from stealing Nishina-kun from me.
[16:36] Eiko
    Someone who was cuter than me,
    more cheerful, smarter, and more athletic—
[16:42] N
    "My little sister"?
[16:46] N/NN
    "The growth says that Nanako-chan
    can't be allowed to live."
[16:50] N/NN
    It says that Nanako-chan will
    steal everything from me...
[16:55] N/NN
    That Nanako-chan is a hindrance.
[16:58] N/NN
    Deep down, that's how I felt
    about you, Nanako-chan.
[17:03] N/NN
    I'm so sorry. I don't think I can
    hold the growth back anymore.
[17:09] N/NN
    But...
[17:10] N/NN
    you're my little sister,
    who means so much to me.
[17:13] N/NN
    And nothing can change
    the fact that I love you.
[17:18] N
    No...
[17:20] N
    Then the reason my sister jumped...
[17:22] N
    was to protect me?
[17:26] N
    Onee-chan! I was the one
    who should have died!
[17:32] K2
    "I should have died."
[17:35] K2
    Then the reason the amasogi
    was looking for the letter...
[17:38] K2
    was to make the younger sister feel that way?
[17:42] ---
    Don't tell me—
[17:45] NN
    Nanako-chan...
[17:47] K2
    Kazuya!
[17:51] K1
    Shield Weave!
[17:55] K1
    Obi Strike!
[18:01] K2
    It's just a projection! Don't worry!
[18:03] K2
    Ready another one!
[18:05] K1
    Right!
[18:08] K1
    Shield Wea—
[18:15] K2
    Kazuya! Are you all right?!
[18:17] K1
    What is this...?
[18:19] K2
    Don't you see?
[18:20] K2
    The amasogi has even recreated
    the elder sister's growth.
[18:24] K2
    The growth wants to achieve the
    goal it failed at two years ago.
[18:30] K2
    And just as it had hoped,
[18:32] K2
    the younger sister's wish for death has
    boosted the kamioni's power to its limit!
[18:43] K2
    Run, Kazuya! You won't
    survive fighting this one!
[18:51] K2
    Kazuya!
[18:52] K1
    I can't run. I can't leave Nanako-san behind.
[18:56] K1
    This only happened because
    malison is drawn to me.
[19:00] K1
    So it's my responsibility to resolve it!
[19:04] K1
    Sledgehammer Weave!
[19:08] K2
    Kazuya, wait!
[19:21] K2
    Shield Weave, two layers!
[19:23] K1
    Double-Woven!
[19:28] K2
    You want to die that badly, fool?!
[19:30] K2
    I suppose I have to humor you, then!
[19:32] K1
    Kiriha-san!
[19:33] K2
    That hair armor will be tough!
[19:35] K2
    Do exactly as I say to breach it!
[19:38] K1
    But... if we destroy it,
    the malison atonement...
[19:41] K2
    This is not a foe to show mercy on!
[19:43] K2
    For now, prioritize keeping Nanako alive!
[19:50] K2
    Kazuya, your weakness is that you take
    too long to weave your next form!
[19:54] K2
    It's time to overcome that handicap!
[19:56] K1
    Right!
[19:58] K1
    Obi Strike!
[20:00] K2
    You need to strike faster!
[20:02] K2
    Too slow! More!
[20:08] K2
    Now!
[20:11] K1
    Spiral Weave!
[20:25] NN
    Nanako-chan...
[20:39] N
    Onee-chan...
[20:45] K2
    Listen, Nanako. Don't misinterpret
    what you just learned.
[20:49] K2
    It's true that the growth was born
    from your sister's darker feelings.
[20:55] K2
    But your sister was willing to
    end her life to restrain it.
[21:00] K2
    She won out over it!
[21:03] K2
    Her love for you was far stronger
    than any fleeting wavering she felt.
[21:09] K2
    So don't wish for your own death anymore,
[21:13] K2
    lest your sister's sacrifice
    have been in vain.
[21:17] K2
    Understand?
[21:19] N
    Yes...
[21:24] K2
    Now then, Kazuya...
[21:26] K2
    Your obi technique today... was not bad.
[21:31] K2
    You have my praise.
[21:33] K1
    Really?
[21:33] K2
    However!
[21:35] K2
    I told you to run, and you defied me!
[21:38] K2
    You fool!
[21:41] K2
    You dare defy your master?!
[21:43] K1
    I-I'm sorry!
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[23:20] K1
    As I struggle to cope with the
    atonement caused by the amasogi,
[23:23] K1
    I'm left knocked out by a malison cleanser
    girl who appears out of nowhere!
[23:27] K1
    She seems to want... a duel?!
[23:30] ---
    Next time on Tsugumomo,
    Chapter 10: "Nude in the Futon."
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[23:32] ---
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