01x07 - Ajisai

[bunniefuu]

Did lips, painted with poison, just come to my room?

It seems as if my mind and body are melting with your kiss.

Hateful self, years old Hateful self, years old

Your heart is so beautiful it's almost nauseating.

Why would you kiss someone like me, who can't do a thing?

Hmm?

Hateful days, years old Hateful face, years old

L-L-L-Like a black swallowtail butterfly,

I want to fly on magnificent wings!

P-P-P-Please don't say it's ridiculous!

That kind of life is good...

It's good! (L-L-L-Like a black swallowtail butterfly...)

I know they call it the rainy season, but it sure is raining a lot.

I can't hang the laundry out...

And she said she wanted the futon aired out...

Aah... It'd be good if it would hurry up and quit raining.

Youch!! Ow! Owowowow!

I'll curse you!

If it didn't rain, there wouldn't be rice or vegetables!

Uh... Huh?

Rejoice, Watanuki Kimihiro.

I'll give you a command.

What!?

--And? --Rain, rain, falling, falling...

--Rain even more... --If you don't have an umbrella, raise a leaf instead...

You looked like Nobita-kun, crying all the way here...

I was not crying!

So, what is she really?

She's amewarashi. [a rain sprite]

Huh?

A thing that governs the rain.

You mean, a demon?

Even higher up.

Hey, why must I sit on this reed mat?

To counter the moisture.

So...

What can my Watanuki do for you?

What does she mean by "my"?

There's something I'd like him to do.

And that's something that can't be done without my Watanuki?

That's right.

--Like I said, what do you mean by "my"!? --Fine.

She decided for me!?

But I'll need payment.

How much?

Naturally, something equivalent.

Fine. I'm an amewarashi.

If I find out you've shafted me,

you'll become a laughingstock in this world.

Shall I pay, then?

Then...

Take care of the rest!

You're passing this whole thing onto me!?

So, you've come crying to me, just like Nobita.

I'm not crying!!

Yuko-san told me to come to your place!

Geez! What's the son of this huge temple doing in this day and age!?

How many of my rooms could fit in this garden!?

Is the kitchen huge, too!?

What, do you have six gas burners!?

Boiling food, deep-frying food, cooking miso soup and soboro at the same time!? [soboro=meat or fish with soy sauce]

This is such an unusually fresh essence!

Who's this?

Says she's Amewarashi.

You're with a spirit?

Putting me in the same class as spirits!!

You'll both be cursed!

I'm not grouped with this guy!

That rather hurt.

Such extremely rude children...

With this one and this one, it just might work.

--Somehow I'm treated the same as him again!? --Pipe down.

So, you've come crying to me, just like Nobita-kun.

I'm not crying!

Don't say anything stupid to Himawari-chan!

But what's up, all of a sudden?

Uh... Well... Just... Umm...

We want something of yours.

Ah! Not so straight-forward!

Something of mine?

Yes.

This situation...

Anything's okay?

--Yeah. --This looks like some kind of confession of love.

No, Himawari-chan!

Will this do?

--This will work, right? --No way!

--To think there's such a nice air between that Doumeki jerk and Himawari-chan! --Idiot.

Watanuki-kun is always so full of energy.

Himawari-chan is nice to everybody, huh!

It's not just you, right!

If you're following that theory, then it's not just you, either.

You got it, right?

Yeah.

Why are you hiding?

So that I'm not exposed to that Himawari girl!

I'm surprised you can get along with that girl,

with that predisposition of yours!

Huh?

Well, whatever.

I have this and this and that and that in hand.

So, please...

What should we do?

I want you to help me.

I wanted to do something, but I couldn't.

I couldn't even come close.

Help me.

So she said, but...

I can only see weird things.

I can't really do anything special.

Then why not refuse?

If I did, Yuko-san would be frightening!

And besides, that amewarashi seemed really desperate.

Then you have to do it.

I know that!

But there are complications and hesitation and various other stuff.

This is the place.

Huh?

That's hydrangea, right...

A big one.

Hydrangea can get this big?

On top of that, this one is red.

We have light purple and slightly more pink versions at our temple,

but I've never seen one this red.

So... What should we do here?

What's the matter?

Well, I kind of felt a chill, but...

Maybe it was my imagination...

I don't know.

That sure seemed uppity!

--Huh? --Hmm?

Hmm?

You get caught?

Yeah. It's impossible to pull it off without ripping the flowers.

Oh! There are more red ones below.

--The rain won't stop. --...won't stop.

Well...

I wonder if they've figured it out...

Huh? Huh?

Where is this place?

What is this smell!?

What's wrong?

I can't go. But I must hurry.

Are you lost?

Do you know where your house is?

It isn't my house. The place I need to go...

Where, then?

I know it,

but I don't want to go alone.

Am I a coward?

It's only natural for you to be scared in such a dark place.

Big Brother,

if you came with me, I could probably make it.

Please, come with me!

I'm so glad you showed up.

I was lonely, calling out for so long for someone to come.

I had to stop calling out, they said it was useless...

But I was so lonely!

Who said it was useless?

They've always been here.

I came later, and I think I'm in the way.

But I didn't come here on my own.

Who's always been here?

You've met them, too.

Huh?

That way!

What's the matter?

I have a bad feeling...

...about going that way.

Huh?

Please, come with me, I don't want to go alone!

You say it's bad and I'm scared! I have to go that way!

No.

You can't take him with you.

No way! He's coming with me!

Please, take that girl with you.

But you just said to not go with her.

Let's go, Big Brother!

No.

Not that way.

I've been a burden the whole time I've been underneath you, right?

You want me to leave, right?

Underneath?

It's not like I came here on my own!

It's not like I wanted to be here!

Please...

Don't let her take you that way.

If you go that way, you won't be able to return.

You'll never be able to return to the bright place.

I don't want to be alone here anymore!

That same smell is coming from this girl.

Once we're there, you'll understand.

There are many there. But it's somehow lonely there.

There are many, but it's still lonely!

That's it. This girl is...

I think it's best if we don't go that way.

Then where should I go?

Uh...

Let's go up.

I don't want to go up.

How come?

Because... I'm dirty.

I'm different from before.

Everyone will say I'm gross.

No, they won't.

Liar! I know they will.

I never will.

Here we go.

You're not gross.

Being alone for so long must've been awful.

Oh...

Doumeki?

Hey, why is it so dark?

Why, you!

Nevermind. I'm tired.

Huh? What the heck are you so tired for!?

Well, you'd be tired too,

if you'd been standing in the rain for nearly ten hours.

Ten hours!?

By the way, Yuko-san, why are you here?

Good work!

Huh?

Underneath the hydrangea,

this huge dark shadow thing covered over me.

I had no idea that much time passed.

It seemed like only ten minutes...

In reality, it's one in the morning now.

Where was that place the girl was in, do you think?

The border between this shore and the other.

The interval between life and death.

Then, that strange smell was coming from where dead people were?

Yes.

But though we call it the world of the dead, there really are many.

The one that girl was trying to go to is the gathering place for the dead

who entrapped, inflicted harm on, or otherwise caused the death of others.

Why would she try to go there?

She tried to take you with her, didn't she?

To the world of the dead, because she was lonely...

In other words,

she tried k*lling you, didn't she?

That's...

Even if she wasn't aware of it, she was.

The sins committed by the dead

weigh the same as those of the living.

That's why the hydrangea tried it's best to stop you.

What you heard in that pitch-black place

was the voice of the hydrangea.

That was the hydrangea restraining us?

It wanted to save that girl?

So, thank Doumeki-kun properly.

Why?

You lamebrain!

Remember clearly...

You were close to dying on that other shore,

yet, why were you able to come home?

Water droplets started falling from above,

I looked up and saw a ribbon...

The one holding that was Doumeki-kun.

I came by to see if something like this had happened.

From the time you disappeared to the time I arrived,

Doumeki-kun had been digging below the hydrangea in the rain,

his umbrella tossed aside, the whole time.

He had thought maybe you'd been buried.

It's not like he's physically below the hydrangea,

so you won't find him by digging.

What should I do?

Hold the ribbon.

If Watanuki is holding the other ribbon,

he might become aware of it.

Until then, can you wait for him here?

You mean, ten hours?

His injury from that incident with Angel-san

seems to be aggravated by the cold.

Though he won't say anything.

I just heard from the police.

Seems her clothes were consistent with those of a girl missing since last year.

Oh? We'll leave the details of the incident to the police, then.

Though her appearance may have changed,

if she's returned to those she loves and a proper memorial is held,

she should be able to go to the true other shore.

Thank goodness.

Here, my grandfather used to use this.

Mm. This is enough...

In exchange for having told you about the ribbon.

"Nudge, nudge..."

Thank him...

Come on already.

What is it?

Ah... Than...

Ah... Tha... Tha-th-tha-th... Ah!

I thought if I came by, you'd be completely wiped out,

but you are a hopelessly energetic kid, huh.

Uh!

Thanks for your help.

Not at all! I was happy to.

I was able to find that girl in time.

--Huh? --Well, after all, you didn't want something bad happening to her...

Why would I need to save a human?

Hmm?

The one I wanted to help was the hydrangea.

That hydrangea is a spirit flower.

Family to those who govern the rain.

Now, it is a rare, precious, pure thing.

The same as that child.

That it was turning red from the blood of a corpse was worrisome.

The filth of a corpse is deadly poison to a spirit flower.

Then the girl...

I don't care about her.

But...

Humans don't help us,

why should we have to help them?

I'll bring payment another day.

Sure.

Why does she think this guy's so good?

Hey, wait!

Yuko-san, what was that about?

Cheers!

Wait, who was that about, just then?

Is it something unpleasant? Something terrible?

--This beer is delicious! --The edamame is great, too!

Please, tell me, Yuko-san!!

He really is like Nobita!

--Right? --Hey, Nobita!

This feeling is welling up for the first time.

The transparent ring connects, yes, our eyes meet, baby, it's you.

Unto the coloring of the sky, reincarnation is beginning.

The lamp of my heart is lit, the door of insight is opening.

More than glossing things over, I'd rather have your real intentions.

Reserve is the password, someday we'll solve it.

This feeling is welling up for the first time.

Pulling my arm, facing each other, don't be afraid, call a name...

Even I will certainly be reborn.

Falling, crying, feeling, everything for a reason.

A wanting heart, a feeling of desire...

The consequences of an oath, double-dealing...

If you close your eyes; it's as you desire.

If you avert your eyes; it's to your heart's content.

Conception of retribution, karma comes around,

and there is yet another broken spirit.

Next time, Holic, "Contract".

Shall I grant your wish?