01x08 - The Fox's Child

[bunniefuu]

[boy 1 panting]

[boy 2] Get back here!

-[boy 3] I'll head him off!
-[boy 1 gasping]

-[boy 3 grunts]
-[boy 2 laughs]

[boy 3] Quit running, dirty fox-boy!

-[boy 2] Just give up!
-[gasps]

[boy 3 laughs]

[groans]

[gasps]

[giggles]

Hmph!

[whimpers]

A fox-boy like you must have a tail.

Let's hold him down and see if he does.

[gasps]

[boy 4] Hmm!

-[boy 3 chuckles]
-[boy 1 whimpers]

-Yah!
-[yelps]

Now, let's see that tail!

-[man] Enough!
-[gasps]

-Uh-oh!
-Master!

[sobbing]

How long will you wallow like this,
Seimei?

That's it. Good.

You are an exceptional child.

If that means your path will be lonely...

so be it.

[grunts]

[rock music plays]

ONMYOJI

EPISODE EIGHT:
THE FOX'S CHILD

-[gasping]
-We're almost there, Seimei.

[yelps]

[both panting]

[Hiromasa] Mitsumushi! Mitsuyo!

[creaking]

Ah!

Uh... why is he here?

[Seimei breathing unsteadily]

Uh, is Seimei going to be all right?

What exactly happened to him?

A demon released a strange insect
from its hand, and then...

it flew into his mouth.

A sekisanko, eh?

Is that what it was? Really?

It looked a lot different
than Princess Tsuyuko's sekisanko.

[Hiromasa panting]

-Milady!
-[gasps]

-[Seimei shivering]
-[Yasunori] Hmm.

My foolish junior disciple...

[gasps]

Ugh.

Don't interfere.

[magical chiming]

[gasping]

[Yasunori] Evil and misfortune...
become one in this vessel...

[suspenseful music playing]

[Seimei shivering]

Evil and misfortune...
become one in this vessel...

-[bang]
-Hmm?

[both panting]

I will now perform the ritual to transmit
your sekisanko into Seimei's body.

The two will then fight
against each other.

Are you sure that will save his life?

I do not know,
but we have no other options.

Are you willing to try this?

[Hiromasa and Tsuyuko] Uh...

I am, if there's a chance
it will help Lord Seimei.

Where did the two girls go?

As a result of Seimei's weakening state,
they have returned to the wisteria tree.

[both grunt]

[Yasunori] I would like you
to read this out loud, Princess.

Please be careful
to not make any mistakes.

[Tsuyoko] On Mayura Kirandhi Sowaka.

On Mayura Kirandhi Sowaka.

On Mayura Kirandhi Sowaka.

[magical chiming]

[gasping]

[Tsuyuko] What's next?

[Yasunori] Now, we can only wait.

[Hiromasa] And if Kuromaru loses?

[Yasunori] Then Seimei will die.

-Huh?
-[Tsuyuko] What?

Sekisankos are tools
used for k*lling those whom you abhor.

Pitting them one against the other
may only delay the inevitable.

Best not to get your hopes up.

[breathing unsteadily]

This is my fault.

Please don't die!

Stay with us!

-[magical chime]
-I... [gasps]

[boy 2] Dirty fox-boy!

[man] You are an exceptional child.

[boy 3] Don't touch me!

[boy 4] I ask this as a friend!

[somber music playing]

Meet my newest disciple. This is Seimei.

Yasunori, I want you to look after him.

I will, sir.

[gasps]

What is the matter?

Oh!

I saw him as a little boy.

And there was a man who took him in.

The man you saw would have
been my father, Tadayuki Kamo.

It is likely you saw what you did
because you touched Seimei.

A dream of a time now gone.

You mean that was his past?

[Yasunori] You may not want to see more.
It is not... pleasant.

[Seimei grunting]

[groans]

[music fades]

[boy 2] Serves you right!

[boy 3] Why don't you go back to the
mountains where you came from, fox-boy?

[laughter]

[running footsteps depart]

[whimpers]

[carriage wheels rattling]

[gasps]

[eerie music plays]

[unearthly whistling sounds]

Lord Tadayuki! A bunch of strange
creatures are heading this way!

Don't be so dramatic.
There's nothing out there!

There is! Really!

[boy 3] Shut up! It's too dark to see!

Stop the cart.
Get yourselves under it and stay still.

Whatever you do, do not make a sound.

[disciples panting]

Gods of the Seas,
banish chaos and expel evil.

Kyu Kyu Nyo Ritsuryo!

[magical whooshing]

[low, menacing sighing]

[whimpering]

The Eastern Sea is Amei.

The West, Shukuryo.

The South, Kyojo.

The North, Gukyo.

[whimpering]

-[gasps]
-[clicking]

[thudding footsteps]

[boy 3 gasps]

Get your hands off me!

[shudders and gasps]

-[rumbling]
-[growls]

[boy 3 gasps]

-[growls]
-[screams]

[boys screaming]

Let go!

-No! Let me go!
-[growling]

No!

[screams]

-[crunch]
-[boy 3 screams]

[demon screeches]

-[boy 2 panting]
-Mm-mmm!

[screams]

-[demon screeches]
-[yelps]

[boy 2 wails]

[squelching and crunching]

[whimpers]

[sobs]

[wind gusting]

[gentle, melancholy music plays]

-[bird cawing]
-[man 1] Did you hear?

He was the only child who survived.

[man 2] Perhaps he was responsible,
considering his pedigree.

True. it just takes one look
at that unnatural hair color

to see he's not human.

It's all so unfair!
You never did anything to deserve this!

[gasping]

That I cannot do.

Please take your leave.

But I...

-[sighs]
-No need to worry.

I won't breathe a word about it to anyone.

Mmm. [sighs shakily]

[Seimei] What a request!

k*lling your brother
for being a hindrance?

-[Tadayuki] Silence.
-[gasps]

Everyone has their own darkness
within them.

You must always be aware of that fact.

Yes, sir.

To survive, an onmyoji must
stay vigilant at all times.

-Understand, Seimei?
-Yes. Understood.

[people sobbing]

[melancholy music continues]

[birdsong]

[man 3] I heard they found
traces of a curse.

[man 4] Does that mean
someone k*lled him with one?

-[man 5] Who would do that?
-[man 3] I wonder.

Lord Seimei. How fare you?

-[Seimei] Lord Masanaga.
-[music fades]

Losing your master must be a heavy blow.

It is. I was never able to repay him
for all he did for me.

I've no doubt, Lord Seimei, that
in his eyes, you were his pride and joy.

[Seimei] Hardly.

[Masanaga] Some things
are only apparent to an outsider.

To me, you and Lord Tadayuki
seemed like father and son.

I received word from the doctor the other
day.

My father's time is nearing its end.

[Seimei] I am sorry.

Lord Masanaga, is there anything I can do
to ease your burden?

[grunting and gasping]

-Is this true?
-[Masanaga] Mmm.

[Seimei] You're trying to k*ll your
own father with a deadly curse?

I am, and I know it is unforgivable of me.

But what other choice did I have?

[wheezing]

[Masanaga] My father's debauchery

caused both my mother and myself
years of torment.

If we continue to let him run the family,
it will only result in our ruin.

I heard that if I used a curse,

no one would be able
to trace the one who k*lled him.

But just as I feared,
my attempt wasn't good enough.

Lord Seimei, please strengthen
the power of the curse for me!

[sobbing]

I ask this of you as a friend.

Please help me!

I beg you!

That I cannot do.

[Masanaga whimpers]

[father continues wheezing]

[Masanaga] I understand.

It's heinous.

My apologies for trying
to drag you into this.

[moaning]

You won't... tell, will you?

[Seimei] I won't breathe a word to anyone.

[Masanaga sobs]

[insects chirping]

[dramatic music plays]

[moans and gasps]

Huh?

-[Seimei] Behind you.
-[gasps]

[growls]

-[magical chiming]
-[groans]

Who hired you for this?

[music fades]

[soft rainfall]

[thunder crashes]

[groans]

-[thud]
-[gasps]

[whimpering]

[thunder crashes]

[Seimei] Yes, I still live. Surprised?

[shakily] You brought all that
on yourself!

You were the one who refused to do
as I asked, even though I'm your friend!

Hmph.

I don't recall having any friends.

[whimpers]

[Seimei] I said I wouldn't
breathe a word, did I not?

Yes, you did. Of course you did...

But I was scared-! [sobbing]

Forgive me!

Your father's m*rder by your own hand
is of no concern to me.

Then you forgive me?

Not quite.

Should you ever appear before me again,

I may give you a fatal dose
of your own medicine.

[whimpers]

[yelps]

[gentle music playing]

[laughs]

Look at me now.
The master would give me an earful.

[Tadayuki] You are an exceptional child.

If that means your path will be lonely...

so be it.

[birdsong]

[music fades]

[wind blowing softly]

[water rushing gently]

MITSUYO

Life force of the wisteria...

MITSUMUSHI

I command you transform
with the name I give each paper doll.

Kyu Kyu Nyo Ritsuryo.

[magical chiming]

[chuckles]

-[rainfall]
-[breathing shallowly]

[Hiromasa] I knew it.

Seimei, you have been lonely, haven't you?

[Hiromasa] I was told
I'd be cursed if our eyes ever met.

Yet here I am, right as rain!

Memories of me?

Nothing specific. But when there's
someone on your doorstep in need of help,

wouldn't anyone do what they could?

So what I'm hearing
is that you are lonely, then.

You are callous! You don't know
the human soul! You're horrid!

How could... I say that?

I said a lot of things out of anger.
But I was ignorant.

Please forgive me.

[poignant music playing]

[Hiromasa] Seimei! Is that you?

So it is!

Hmph.

What luck, running into you here!

[sobs] Seimei...

[unsteadily] Ah! Uh...

[drunkenly] Next time I visit, I'll bring
something that you'll really love!

Hah! [scoffs]

Don't be so pushy, you two.
I'll get home just fine.

Seimei later, see ya!

That big oaf.

-[gasps]
-Lord Seimei!

[grunting]

Please, Seimei! Don't die, fight it!

[Hiromasa] Lord Yasunori!
Is there nothing you can do?

[Tsuyuko] Anything at all!

I have done everything in my power.

All we can do now is pray to the gods.

That's it?

[groaning]

[both gasp]

[Tsuyuko] Where are you going?

[music fades]

[panting]

Hiromasa?
Wait, where are you rushing off to?

Lord Atsumi! Have you seen Lady Doman?

Seimei is dying, and she is the only
person I know who can save him!

-[Lady Doman] You're in luck. Here I am.
-[gasps]

Please, Lady Doman.

I am begging you.

You have to help Seimei.

Save him. Please save him!

A deity named Taizan Fukun is
the one in charge of human lifespans.

Your only hope is to pray to him
to have Seimei's life extended.

But help from him carries a hefty toll.

Still wish to proceed?

[grunts]

[plays poignant tune]

[Yasunori] Hmm.

I don't understand.

How is it you are still alive, Seimei?

[footsteps approaching]

Is he any better?

His condition is the same.

I see.

[shivering]

[somber music playing]

I have to step out,
but only for a short while.

Please watch him until I return.

[Tsuyuko] Of course.

-[music fades]
-[grunts]

[gentle ballad plays]

[music fades]