01x09 - Lost Again in First Shrine Visit

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The year's coming to an end...

SUMMER BREAD FESTIVAL

This is from the bread festival...

I bought this in Okinawa.

And this...

A lot of good things happened this year.

Everyone!

Today's the last day
of work for this year,

but I'm sure most of the work
has been wrapped up.

So tidy up your workstations,

and you can head home.

The president looked rather tired.

Yes, especially as a descendant
of the Nurarihyon.

She loves parties
like the parade of ghosts and demons,

so I thought she would want
to throw a big celebration party.

I heard she lost the excitement for that
around Christmas.

What happened
while we were at the ski resort?

Please pass me all the unwanted documents.

I'll put them through the shredder.

Could you take care of this for me?

Sure.

Thank you.

The drawing we drew
that night we worked overtime...

Are you going to throw that away too?

Of course not!

This is something
I'll pass down as a family heirloom!

You guys sure are close.

We managed to get off work early.

Yes.

Did you not bring your gloves?

I forgot. Cold...

So even
the descendant of a snow woman spirit

can have cold hands...

Aren't you cold, Fuyutsuki?

I'm warm.

They always say
people with cold hands have warm hearts.

But I don't know how to feel
about that since I'm the opposite...

No, no, no...

You're very kind, Fuyutsuki.

That's just superstition.

You're a very nice person.

Oh...

Then...

Let kind Fuyutsuki warm you up a little.

Just kidding.

Huh?

Look! They're holding hands!

They must like each other!

Yes, I'm sure they get along well.

Sorry.

No, not at all...

We held hands!

The end of the year

is the time to clean up the snow cave!

All right!

But before we do,
we need to make one first.

Oh, but you guys are wondering
what is "icicle makeup"?

It's...

As usual, I have no idea
what she's doing.

I suppose it's time to tidy up the house.

But there isn't much to do.

I clean the house regularly.

I'm off from work starting tomorrow.

I won't be seeing Fuyutsuki
until after the new year...

Himuro!

At least knock before you come in!

Help me out with my live stream.

Huh? With what?

I'm planning on hosting
a New Year's Eve live stream.

One of my activities includes
"melt away your desires

by melting snowmen".

So can you make me snowmen for the
number of desires, people may have?

I can't just do that all of a sudden!

Look.

Fuyutsuki is so cute...

-Cute!
-Cute!

I knew that photo would do the trick.

Don't make fun of your brother!

Oh, a message from Fuyutsuki?

Let's do the cleaning tomorrow...

Right, Nyamero?

WHY DON'T WE HAVE
AN ONLINE NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY?

Yay!

Cheers!

Our first online drinking party!

What are you guys drinking?

Oh! Down in one! Wild!

I'm drinking barley tea.

What? That's not fun...

Starting with tea
is a recent habit I picked up.

Hm? You look down, Himuro.

Sorry, I'm alone in my room.

I don't really know
how I should be feeling right now...

Just relax and take it easy.

Did you set your
background yourself, Saejima?

It's all white.

No, this is my room.

It's just a plain white wall.

Sounds like Saejima.

So you have
a traditional Japanese room, Komori?

Oh, I'm back in my parents' home.

Where is your hometown?

Oh, there she is!

Sorry, I took some time
adjusting the settings.

Hi.

Hi, everyone.

Seeing Fuyutsuki through the screen
is a new experience.

Let's have another toast.

Okay.

All right. Cheers!

-Cheers!
-We've worked hard this year!

Yay!

Fuyutsuki and Himuro
are drinking the same beverage.

You're right.

This has recently become my favorite.

Especially the tropical mango flavor.

I love that too!

Yes, yes. We know you guys are close.

What are you drinking, Saejima?

Roasted green tea.

You still haven't touched any alcohol?

By the way,

you have a cat, right, Fuyutsuki?

I want to see your cat.

Shall I bring it here?

Nyamero.

Sorry for the wait...

D-Did you guys see it?

No...

Fuyutsuki feeling embarrassed for wearing
her school track pants is so cute!

Himuro, is that a virtual background?
Or are those effects real?

I'm making it snow.

-Drinking at home is the best!
-I was careless...

Don't mind.

I'm actually in my underwear right now.

You should be more mindful
of what you say.

Sorry, we're late.

Sorry for the wait.

You two joined at the same time!

I couldn't figure out
how to set my background,

so I asked Otonashi to help me out.

What is that background?

Oh, it's a piece I drew
when I was an artist.

The title of the work is
"The Shining desire that seethes out".

Isn't it perfect for New Year's Eve?

Otonashi set a custom background too.

My room's a little messy...

What a coincidence!

My room's a complete mess right now too!

Both of you haven't started
the year-end cleaning yet?

Well, I started a little too early.

I did it in early December.

But by the time New Year's Eve came,
my room was all messy again...

What a surprise!

I can't seem to keep up
no matter how much I clean.

Want to see my room?

It sounds like you want us to.

Let's see...

To return to the default background...

Never mind that. Let's have a toast first.

Ready...

-Cheers!
-Cheers!

Otonashi's choice of drink is beer.

Yes! Craft beer!

I love the taste of this stuff.

What are you drinking, Saejima?

Fishwort tea.

Still not drinking?

Well, I suppose I should get started...

Vodka!

Finally got it!

I think that's a different level of messy...

Actually, I just moved into a new place.

During the Halloween party,

I realized how inconveniently far
my apartment was.

So you found somewhere closer?

Only five minutes by foot.

So close!

That's a lot of stuff you have there.

These are all my artworks!

It took a lot of time to pack all of them.

Do you guys want to check them out?

This one is "Starting over
from the frustrations of youth."

And this is
"Practice for the day after tomorrow."

And...

This.

Oh, sorry, this is mirror rice cake.

I think I'm drunk...

Huh? Done with alcohol, Komori?

I have something to do after this,
so only my first drink had alcohol in it.

Something to do at this hour
on New Year's Eve?

Oh, why don't we all make our first visit
to the shrine for the year tomorrow?

Sounds good.

I think I'll wear a kimono.

New Year's shrine visit with Fuyutsuki!

And she's going to wear a kimono!

Himuro!

I can't tell if that's the setting
or if it's you, but the blizzard's back.

It's me!

It's decided, then.

We'll visit the shrine
on New Year's Day in kimonos!

Are you okay with the plan, Otonashi?

Bring it on!

I won't be able to join.
I have some family matters to attend to.

Oh? Is that so?

I think I'll call it a night too.

Have a good year.

Have a good year.

-Happy New Year, everyone!
-Happy New Year, everyone!

Komori said she was back with her parents.

Guess it can't be helped.

Where do her parents live?

We forgot to ask.

More importantly,
which shrine are we visiting tomorrow?

A shrine where we can pray
for blessings would be nice.

What would you want to wish for, Otonashi?

Work? Health?

-Love?
-Work!

As expected of Otonashi! But hold on.

Why not consider
asking for love for the next year?

What about that Inari Shrine
on the avenue?

That shouldn't be too far from everyone.

It's settled, then.

Meet up at the shrine
at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow.

Roger.

I'm going off, then.

Eh? Me too.

I'll hang up now too.

-Have a good year.
-Have a good year.

Have a good year.

Oh, that was the last of it.

Same here. I should've bought more.

But we'll be meeting up tomorrow.

I think we should stop here for the night.

You're right.

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year.

I'll hang up now too.

Okay. See you tomorrow.

To another...

good year.

Everyone's late.

Even Fuyutsuki. Did something happen?

I guess I'll draw one...

BAD LUCK

Bad luck...

No... no way!

One more time.

Great disaster!

A... Again!

Enormous disaster!

THE PERSON YOU'RE WAITING FOR
WILL NOT COME

YOUR WISH WILL BE UNFULFILLED

WHAT YOU'VE LOST WILL NEVER RETURN

Oh, it was a dream...

It's already noon, Himuro.

Aren't you going to the shrine today?

You'll be late if you don't hurry up.

Oh, right. I almost overslept...

But what's with
that first dream of the year?

Over here, Himuro!

-Happy New Year!
-Happy New Year!

Happy new year.

Happy new year.

Seeing everyone in kimono is new.

You don't usually
get to wear one, after all.

I had a weird dream this morning,
so I was feeling a little blue.

But after seeing Otonashi in a kimono,
I'm back to life!

So those were Katori's fireworks...

What kind of dream was it?

I went to a modern art exhibition.

But for some reason...

Speaking of dreams, I had a bad one too...

Huh? Wait...

Where's Fuyutsuki?

She isn't here yet.

We came too early.

I'm sure she'll be here in a bit.

What's wrong?

Well...

I dreamt that no one showed up,
and I kept getting bad fortunes...

Ah, that does sound unlucky.

Don't mind.

The first dream usually refers to the one
you have on the night of the second day

and not the one on the first.

There are different interpretations,
but this is the most common saying.

Oh...

Fuyutsuki!

Happy New Year.

-Happy New Year.
-Happy New Year.

Happy New Year.

Happy New...

Oh, I already said that.

I have been blessed with such
a glorious sight on the first day!

She looks like a kimono goddess!

Looks like Himuro's
already having a great year.

This place is crowded.

I wonder if we can
even get to the main shrine.

Takoyaki!

Katori! Wait!

We got separated...

This happened to us in Nekomiland too.

Yes.

But as long as I'm with Fuyutsuki,

I don't mind getting lost
anytime, any day, anywhere!

Let's continue walking to the main shrine.

Maybe we'll run
into the others along our way.

R... Right.

What's the matter?

I didn't get any octopus in that one.

Oh, but this one
has two pieces of octopus!

You rebound fast...

Would you like one, too, Otonashi?

Here. Open up.

It's good.

Isn't it?

Why don't you have one, too, Saejima?

Huh? He's gone...

FORTUNES

Fuyutsuki is so beautiful...

I should pray for us to visit the shrine
together again next year.

It's getting more and more crowded.
We might get pulled along.

You... You're right.

Fuyutsuki!

That was close...

Are you all right, Fuyu...

Um... I'm sorry about that...

No, don't worry about it...

Wow!

Um... We might get split up at this rate,

so please let me hold your hand...

Thank you.

A blizzard?

-Oh, found them.
-That's convenient.

Hey!

Himuro!

Thank goodness.
We were looking for you guys everywhere.

Huh? Are you two okay?

You guys look red.

Do... Do we?

Not at all.

Huh?

Komori?

Everyone's here!

What's with that get-up,

Komori?

I'm helping with the family business.

This shrine
is my parents' home, after all.

Your parents' home?

So this is the family matter
she mentioned she had to attend to.

I see.

I'll be handing out
sweet sake over there later.

So be sure to drop by.

Okay.

Himuro and Fuyutsuki

seem a little closer than usual...

How envious...

I'm always helping others.

I want that for myself too...

Komori.

Sa... Saejima?

How long have you been there?

Um...

Here...

Would you like this?

A protection charm.

You said you couldn't make it...

But I didn't expect...

that this shrine
would be your family business...

If you don't need it,
I'll keep this to myself...

I want it!

Oh...

Ah, no...

It's just that the charms
from our shrine are really effective...

Thank you.

You're welcome.

We finally made it.

Himuro.

I heard you should pledge your resolution

to the gods on your first visit
to the shrine in the new year.

I hope...

I can come again with Fuyutsuki.

AVERAGE LUCK

Thank goodness.

Your birthday is next month, Fuyutsuki?

Yes, I was born in February.

Fuyutsuki's birthday...

Eh?

OVERALL FORTUNE

GREAT CHAOS, LIKE A STORM

A... A storm?