01x20 - Compensate

[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, 19 years old
Hateful self, 19 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, 19 years old
Hateful face, 19 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...]

It's done.

It's finished!

Whoopee!

Yay! Yay!

I just heated up the chocolate!

Hey, you! Don't snitch food!

Just wait a little longer,
you black dumpling!

At this rate, I can never finish it.

Tiptoe... Tiptoe... There!

Jeez... why do I have to make
a chocolate cake, anyway?

Because tomorrow is February 14th!
It's Valentine's Day!

There's no Valentine's Day
without chocolate, right?

Yeah, I know that, but normally girls
are the ones who make chocolates.

What's "normally?"

Does that mean "just like
the majority of them?"

What does it really mean?

As long as I don't trouble anyone,

I don't see anything wrong with being
what everyone calls "not normal."

I know I've said this
many times before,

but, yes, it's okay as long
as you don't trouble anyone!

It was already late at night when you
asked me to make one out of the blue!

Not to mention you asked
for le fondant au chocolat!

I ran to the store to get
ingredients in this cold weather.

You don't think you have
troubled me in any way?

Don't you laugh it off!

--Watanuki is mad!
--Watanuki is mad!

But I guess it's all right.

It's okay for a guy to give a girl
a chocolate instead on Valentine's Day.

If that's the case, I'll give
this to Himawari-chan tomorrow.

Excuse me.

I wonder if it's a customer.

Coming!

Uh, how can we help you?

They told me that if I came here,
you could do something about it!

Huh? What?

Please!

W-Well...

You can grant my wish, right?

N-No! I mean, we could,
but not exactly...

Please! I'll pay you however
much I can afford!

But, like I said...

That's the wrong one.

I'm the owner of
the wish-granting shop.

Um, I've heard about you from...

It doesn't matter who
told you about me.

You came into this shop.

In other words, you needed this shop.

Then you could do something
about it, correct?

In exchange for a payment, of course.

I've heard about that.
What can I give you as a payment?

Before we decide on that,

will you tell me what
exactly you want me to do?

What's that?

This?

It's been no good.
I've been to temples and shrines.

I even went to see a person
who's supposed to be a psychic,

but it was still no good.

I wonder if it's something dangerous...

Understood. I'll keep it.

However, it is you who must decide
what to do with it at the end.

It's good!

After all, you're
a great cook, Watanuki.

Thanks.

What is it?
You seem quite uncomfortable.

Well, that's because
it looks kind of dangerous.

Guess you're right.
It is rare, that's for sure.

For you to call is rare...
Exactly how dangerous is it?

Are you supposed to open that?

Isn't the string some kind
of seal or something?

No, it's not. This is just a string.

The woman must've wrapped it with it
just to make herself feel better.

Huh? What?

This?

Yup. That.

But it's a very ordinary-looking photo.

You think so?

Huh? Because I don't
see anything strange...

You say so, but you seemed
pretty terrified of it. Right?

Right!

But when it was in the envelope,

I felt chills running up
and down my spine!

Is it possible that the envelope
is the one with the problem?

What do you think?

There's nothing wrong.

Right?

So that means...

"Private Cross Academy"

So, it's the photo?

Supposedly, but I'm telling you,
it's really an ordinary photo.

You just see a woman with
her back towards you.

Strange, huh?

Yeah, but if there's nothing to it,
I guess it's all right.

Is the photo at Yuko-san's shop?

Yeah. She put it in the frame
in the living room.

I just hope that nothing will happen.

Hey, you!

Don't drink my coffee!

You sure are carrying a lot of things.

Are they all
Valentine's Day chocolates?

Supposedly.

No wonder. You're very popular, anyway.

Damn it! You're just Doumeki!

What are you doing?

Watanuki-kun made
le fondant au chocolat for me.

The chocolate inside
is nice and warm!

What the hell do you
think you're doing?

Yeah, the chocolate
inside sure is warm.

Spit it out! Spit it out right now!

That's Valentine's Day...

Do you make stuff that people
aren't supposed to eat?

Of course they're supposed to!
No, I mean, they're not!

Wait, it does taste good,
but today is...

You two really get along so well!

It was special Valentine's Day...
It was special le fondant au chocolat...

I can't believe that
damn Doumeki ate it...

This is the worst! This is ill-omened!

First of all, why does a dude like
Doumeki get chocolates anyway?

That brazen-faced jerk!

But it's okay! As long as I get
a chocolate from Himawari-chan!

She got it all ready just for me!
Thank you, Himawari-chan!

But I don't know what to think of the fact
that she also gave one to Doumeki!

Hello!

--It's Watanuki!
--It's Watanuki!

Where's Yuko-san?

Mistress is taking a bath!

"Draft"

With alcohol?

Yup!

It's beer today!

Which means she'll drink
about 6 cans in the bath,

so that means I can subtract


You take charge!

But I'm in a good mood today, so I don't
mind giving her a little slack...

Nothing's wrong with it, right?

There's really nothing wrong with it.

For some reason,
it looks a little different...

It m-m-m-moved...

So it moved.

Yuko-san!

It couldn't stop it even though
I put it in the frame as a seal, huh?

Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-What's
up with the photo?

Is the photo showing a spirit?

Don't you have to
purify it or something?

Why don't you burn it?

Burning a photo showing a spirit
wouldn't change a thing.

Then what are you going to do?

It's up to the person
concerned to decide.

Huh?

It's a... normal photo...

It's scary because it moves,

but besides that, she's just
smiling and looking normal...

Excuse me.

That voice.

She's here. The person concerned.

As you can see,
even the seal couldn't stop it.

The person in the photo must be trying

to show you something
very desperately.

Have you decided yet?

I... I...

What do you want to do?

I...

What?

Don't look!

Why is this person so terrified?
It's a happy-looking photo...

And if it's not supposed to be seen,
she could've ripped it or burnt it...

Now that I think about it,

Yuko-san did say burning it
wouldn't change a thing...

If that's the case, she could've
just hid it somewhere...

You wanted to hide a photo like that,
but you were too scared to do it?

That's because it is your past, right?

A photo reflects the past. It reflects
it just as it was, unlike a painting,

which often mixed with the painter's
subject and his emotions...

And at times, it even reflects
what you don't wish to see...

No... That was an accident...

Even the police said she lost
her footing from the cliff...

I see. If so...

Why are you crying?

And what do you want to do?

I want... I want it to...

Go away from this world!

A payment is required to do that.

I would do anything!

You should never say you
would do anything so lightly.

There's nothing in the world that can
bother me as much as this photo does!

Very well.

She was always like that...

She'd only steal what was mine...

She knew I liked him,

but she still gave him
a chocolate on Valentine's Day...

At the end, she stole from me again...

She pretended that she needed me,

but she really just used me when
it was convenient for her...

Always... Always...

Now the photo is gone. You shall
never see the photograph again.

As long as you don't do something.

Wh-What should I not do?

As long as you don't
appear on something.

What?

The media that can
be seen repeatedly,

such as photos, videos, projected
images and many other things.

If you appear on anything, she will
most likely show you the same thing.

Appearing on a photo is one thing.

But if you ever let
yourself appear on TV,

every viewer will witness the same
thing you witnessed earlier.

No way!

You said you would
do anything, remember?

You made that decision.

I wonder if the woman really
pushed the person...

Judging from how she panicked

and what she was mumbling to herself
after seeing that chocolate,

I suppose she did.

Then shouldn't we report
that to the police?

The photo is already gone.

What explanation would
we give to the police?

So why did you make
the photo disappear?

Because that's what
she asked me to do.

But she may have m*rder*d someone!

That's right. If you k*ll someone,

you must carry a burden that's
equivalent to what you did.

Do you think it's possible
not to let yourself appear

on anything for your entire life?

What?

You never know, you might be
captured in someone's photo.

They could be out there
filming for a TV show...

Stores with no security
cameras are very rare...

You see video cameras
hooked up to display monitors

at the electronic stores.

Do you think it's really
possible not to ever

let yourself appear on any
of them for your entire life?

But there is a way, though.

It may be possible,

if you don't see anyone and don't
go outside for your entire life.

Remember what I said?

k*lling someone would cost you big.

It's so big, it crushes you.

Light pink corrupted
midsummer's eve dreams

Yearning for the mayfly
that flies away

The dream bonfire burns out

The vestiges of life,
glistening in the waves

The face of someone you're
crazy about is swaying

As though walking on air,
as though in a blur,

dancing with you in a dream

Light pink corrupted
midsummer's eve dreams

Yearning for the mayfly
that flies away

Thinking of you, dreaming a dream,
in a dream, in a dream

Overflowing delight,
everlastingly, everlastingly

Light pink corrupted...


for a thousand years.

Warning... Epigram...
Words considered to be unlucky.

It's okay to ignore them as nonsense.

It's okay to disregard them
as trivialities as well.

A thousand retributions will come

to those who underestimate
nonhumans.

Next time, Holic, "Nail Clipper"

Shall I grant your wish?