01x08 - Truth

[bunniefuu]

Sh-Shiki! What are you doing here?

Stop this! Stop this foolishness!

Foolishness? This is endearing,

compared to the horrific business

you've been carrying on!

"Inugami-san"

compared to the horrific business

you've been carrying on!

You misunderstand! I did everything

in my power to support you and your mom!

Kumi-san even said she--

You keep Mom's name

out of your mouth, you rat b*stard!

Unless you wanna die an ugly death, shut up!

I'll help if it's too hard for you.

"Episode 8: Truth"

I'll help if it's too hard for you.

"Episode 8: Truth"

If you wish to k*ll him in one blow,

you could smash the back of his neck.

I-Inugami-san, are you okay with this?

You're crazy if you approve of

children k*lling people!

I don't approve of k*lling.

I'm resigned to it, unlike you.

If you k*ll, you could be k*lled;

if you could be k*lled, you k*ll.

That's all there is to it.

You don't mean that

You guys are horrible!

Leaving me behind like that

Your phones have been busy

this whole time, and it's dark!

I was worried what to do if a bear

or something came at me, heard rustling,

shrieked out loud, and wet myself three times!

I'm completely soaked all over! I've had it!

This sucks! I hate it!

Sorry.

I'm sorry.

A-All right! Our bad! Just calm down

a minute. Right now

Akira, get down!

It's still moving!

Akira!

Huh?

Venom?

Inugami-san! Akira!

Are these Kemono who live in the woods?

No, not exactly. These are

your siblings.

Your brothers and sisters,

born during the course of our experiments,

Shiki.

Smart, aren't they?

They didn't end up being the golden webbing,

but they possess intelligence, and can speak.

They learned the words that Kumi would use,

even though they don't appear

to understand their meaning.

Shiki

--Shiki

--Shiki

--Shiki

--Love you

I love you

--Shiki, I love you

--Love you, Shiki

--Shiki

--I adore you

--My sweet little boy

--Live

Mommy is all right

--I'm fine

--Don't worry

--Love you

--Be happy

Live

Mom

Mom

I love you

--I love you

--I love you

I love you

I love you

Shiki, I adore you.

I love you.

Mom!

Oh dear, he snapped. He may be

an adversary, but that was a worthy fight.

What should we do, Kabane-kun?

Shiki-kun seems to have lost his will to fight.

Should we handle this by ourselves?

Hmm? Huh? Kabane-kun,

are you angry, by any chance?

Nobimaru

Yes, what is it?

Shut up.

Shiki, it seems like the situation

has changed somewhat.

So I'm going to ask you again--

Is there anything I can do?

Help me

Shiki!

Wah!

All right.

B-Bring it on, then, you creepy Kemono!

It's not like I won't fight you, okay?!

It would help if you took a step forward

when saying something so assertive.

I can't produce my g*n.

Akira, would you freeze my arm for me?

Huh? Why?

Because I'm poisoned,

and I can't stop the bleeding.

Gah! That is super purple!

I'm sorry, I didn't even notice!

Whoa, ow, ow, ow!

Wah! Hold on, hold on! Not yet!

We're still on standby over here!

No.

Take it easy. Don't attack those people.

She's friends with them?

That's fantastic news.

Who are you, young lady?

Come with me. You want to heal your arm, right?

It would spell a lot of trouble if he sees me.

He?

Shiki!

Love you!

How can you do that?! These creatures

are Shiki's brothers and sisters!

How can you k*ll them?!

I won't k*ll them if they leave me alone.

You're the only one I need to deal with.

What do you intend to do with me?

k*ll you.

Then this is unavoidable.

Shigi!

Whoa!

I'm completely surrounded!

Kabane-kun, please help me, too!

Nobimaru, you'll do fine. Hang in there.

Huh? Kabane-kun, you aren't

snubbing me, are you?

Shiki

There are more of them

than I thought. Hold on to that.

I don't want to lose it,

like what happened at the police station.

How do you do stuff I'm so sure

is impossible like that?

I can do it. Throw me.

Kabane!

Smash it up! Everything that he did!

Everything!

Shigi!

What is this place?

It's so pretty.

Dip the wound into that spring.

It should neutralize the venom.

You might try drinking it, too.

Sounds too good to be true.

It's all cleared up! But how?

The water in this spring seems to

have a detoxifying effect.

Kemono who were sick

recovered after drinking this water,

so I thought it might work on venom, too.

I think it's about time we introduced ourselves.

There isn't time. Please, I need

your help without any questions.

Don't let them k*ll Tademaru Akio!

There's something I absolutely

have to ask him first!

I-Impossible

Wow

There were over a hundred of them

Huh? Nothing else is attacking.

We may have finished off all of them.

What will it be, Shiki? There's no one else

to defend him anymore.

You can k*ll him easily.

If you want me to do it, I will.

No, I'm all right now.

I'm sorry for leaving all of this up to you.

No, I'm glad I could help.

That's just like you. I should have

been the one to do all of this.

But I made you get your hands so dirty.

I'm sorry.

I promise, I'll pay you back for it.

Okay. I'll look forward to it.

Here, your clothes.

You know, when I heard Mom's words

coming out of these things,

I realized something.

Even if I k*ll Uncle,

it won't bring my family back.

Something that should have been super-obvious.

Once I did, that was it.

The desire to k*ll Uncle

was pushed out by my desire to see Mom

once again, and it broke my heart.

So right now, all I feel is empty.

Huh? So then, Shiki-kun,

you aren't going to k*ll

Tademaru?

Well, I

Wait!

Aya! What are you doing here?!

I told you to stay out of the woods!

Oh, be quiet. You're not getting out of this,

so at least let me do as I like!

What are you doing with them?!

You have to hurry and get out of here!

--Why is he so frantic?

--Hurry!

He's way more worked up

than when he was about to be k*lled.

You're a disgrace. This is game over for you.

But before you die, tell me one thing--

Where did you hide the cocoon that I made?

So what you're saying is, until I tell you that,

my game isn't over, is it?

As long as I have the cocoon,

you cannot leave me.

If I die, you'll never find the cocoon

as long as you live.

So what are you going to do about that, Aya?

Cocoon?

Excuse me. What's the big idea,

popping up out of nowhere?

Let's hurry and finish him off.

No!

Absolutely not!

Yes. Attagirl, Aya.

Go ahead and persuade them.

Tell them to please not k*ll me, for your sake.

Who's that?

I don't know. Perhaps she's Tademaru's daughter.

Daughter? No, she couldn't be. Uncle wouldn't

You know what? I wouldn't

even care if I was dead.

Huh? Where's this coming from?

Have you had too much to drink?

If I died, my name and accomplishments

would go down in history.

What's important isn't how long you live,

it's how much you leave behind.

I'm gonna leave something!

That's right.

The most important thing to Uncle

is leaving something behind--

his research findings.

That's why when he was

about to be k*lled, he just acted sad.

That's because he had already

left something behind--

his research, which was more

important to him than his life.

Which means!

Is it possible you're

I still can't tell you what I am.

--What?

--What are you doing, Aya?!

If I tell you, I'm sure you'll reject me.

After all, to you,

I must be something abhorrent.

Yes

Maybe once I get

the cocoon back, I can tell you.

In that case, your request is

to track down that cocoon, right?

You're asking us for our help, aren't you?

I know introductions are a bit late,

but we are detectives.

I am indebted to you. I would be

delighted to help you out.

But I have no leads

That's not a problem.

I've been checking out everything

about Tademaru-sensei for a long time.

Since a year before he tried

releasing his golden webbing.

Yeah, it's me.

Inugami?

What do you want?

I'm in the middle of a very difficult

mission with my pals right now.

Sorry, but you'll have to call someone else.

Mihai-san

Never mind about your game.

How did you know?

Who wouldn't know?!

Anyhow, I need you to check something

in the Tademaru Akio database.

Is there any sign of him

hiding anything suspicious?

Tademaru Akio? Hmph, I don't

have to check anything. I remember.

His home apartment, his credit union,

his brother and sister-in-law's house,

the mountains of Kinshigo--

These are the only four places

he regularly checks on.

The mountains of Kinshigo?

That's right. There's a spring

in a distinctive patch of skunk cabbage.

Those were Mom's favorite flowers

H-Hey!

Aya, stop! Don't go!

Stop!

In the water! The reason why that

spring water had detoxifying effects

is because parts of the cocoon

were dissolved into it!

Why didn't I realize it sooner?!

L-Let me go!

No, you're just a kid. You'll drown.

I'll go instead.

Huh?!

Are you okay? Are you hurt?

Why is there a Kemono in here?

Must have been a bodyguard.

He's awfully thorough.

Did you find the cocoon?

Was that your doing?

Is Mom

still alive?!

Mm-hmm

I'm sorry I've kept this a secret all this time.

My name is Tademaru Aya.

I am the golden webbing.

Shiki!

That woman wouldn't be?

Kumi!

Huh?

Then Shiki's mother isn't dead?

Indeed not.

If you think about it, Tademaru has

no reason to k*ll Shiki-kun's mother.

She's the mother of his precious golden webbing.

Of course. I needed Kumi

to keep Aya close at hand.

She was also insurance, just in case

anything ever happened to Aya.

Look closely. She's not only uninjured,

she hasn't even aged.

Such is the power of the golden webbing.

Once Aya's silk was established,

Kumi could continue to function as a base.

Mass production was just over the horizon--

I'm tired of listening to you talk!

Don't ever treat us

as things again, you scumbag!

Inugami-san, I want to

move Mom to someplace safe.

Yeah, I know just the place.

Let's carry her to the car.

Okay.

Are you sure about this, Shiki?

Huh?

You could give him a good slug and

it wouldn't be fatal. Your uncle is still

I have no intention of letting him off.

I'm eliminating everything

he was trying to leave behind,

and if he tries to start anything else,

I'll shut him down fast.

Plus, he's already got Inari-san

keeping an eye on him.

I doubt there's anything he could do.

I used to live with him, so I would know.

Having to go on living like this,

unrecognized by anyone,

and unable to leave anything behind,

is a fate worse than dying to him.

Shiki

Oh. Okay, then. I'll help.

This is nothing. I can handle it.

But you're shaking.

Kabane-kun,

we should let Shiki take care of this.

Why?

Because that's the way it is.

That's the way it is?

Hey, short-stuff, you're coming, too.

Huh? But

You're coming, and that's final. No arguments.

But I

Shut it.

U-Um, just a minute!

Come on, we're going.

Huh?

What is it, Kabane-kun?

Nobimaru must have slipped away.

Oh, you're right. I wonder if he went

back to work or something.

All right, you guys, get in.

We're going back to Tokyo.

Okay!

All right.

I'm not giving up. There are still

a ton of Kemono out there.

I just picked the wrong one

this time, that's all.

Absolutely right.

Not just the wrong one, the worst one.

I only let you live out of

goodwill in the first place,

but please don't go getting the wrong idea.

Once you've crossed a kitsune,

your fate is already sealed.

That was only a brief detour.

Did you enjoy yourself?

I'm glad for you, Shiki.

Your mother is still alive.

Oh, mm-hmm.

I guess so.

What's this place?

A clinic run by someone I know.

If her physical injuries are healed

but she still won't wake up,

there must be some reason for it.

We're going to have to consult a specialist.

"Clinic"

"Closed today"

Clinics sure are eerie at night, huh?

"Closed today"

Kabane-kun, can I hold your hand?

"Closed today"

Fine with me.

Good evening. Are you open?

We're closed.

Huh?!

There's someone there!

"Closed today"

There's someone there!

"Closed today"

Come back during business hours.

"Closed today"

I have an urgent case.

I have an urgent case.

What sort of case?

A Kemono case.

Oh, it's you, Inugami.

It's been a long time,

Ohana-basan.

"Next time"

"Episode 9: Family"