01x12 - Its Place

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Ron.

I must now part ways with you.

I'm going back.

Back to where I used to be.

No!

Now that we've finally... become friends...

you can't...

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

Some kids in my class
are goin' to the pool in August.

So I need a pool ring!

Oh, that sounds fun.

EPISODE TWELVE: ITS PLACE

What about the pool ring
we bought at Yamahisa?

Nope. The part you blow air into stinks!

I want a new one!

Yoshiki, did ya finish
that research you were doin'?

Not yet.

I'll need those books a little longer.

Sure. You can keep 'em as long as ya want.

KIBOGAYAMA HIGH SCHOOL

You're here early!

- Too excited for summer, huh?
- What're ya doin' to him?

- Huh, big guy?
- Such a moron...

How's your arm doin'?

SUMMER BREAK STARTS TOMORROW

It's healin' up pretty good.
Still can't go to baseball, though.

Can't even play over summer break?
Sucks for you.

On top of that,
Ah-chan's been all depressed lately.

Mornin', y'all.

Let's get start--

Does my face really look like that?

C'mon, who drew this?

Wait, Hikaru still ain't here?

Nah.

Hikaru's gonna be t*rd.

Good morning, everybody.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

Well,

today concludes
the first semester of 2020...

In the meantime, summer break is upon us.

Please enjoy yourselves.

Now, let's sing the school anthem.

Rising above blue peaks

Stands the towering Mount Tenban

You little sneak. Skippin' the assembly?

They won't get mad.
I'll tell 'em I was poopin'.

Hey there.

Oh, it's you.

I came to discuss something with you.

What?

It's about Nonuki-sama.

You see,

this whole time...

it never even existed!

It's a fictitious god
this village made up.

What?!

That ridiculous Indo ritual
was utterly pointless from the start.

What're ya talkin' about...

There's an underlying cause
behind all this.

But I intend to do something about it.

And if I succeed,
the villagers can avoid being wiped out.

Ah, gotta love that breeze.

Summer break starts tomorrow, huh?

Ya doin' that homework?

I'll have it done in the first week.

Yu-chan always waits till the last day
and bawls her eyes out while doin' it.

I'm gonna get it done too.

Schoolwork is fun, ya know?

So, after all...

you ain't Hikaru, are ya?

I saw you the other day.

Ya weren't the usual Hikaru.

Even your voice...

Ya did it again, Asako.

You really shouldn't say that stuff
out loud to me, ya know.

That's just dumb.

Yeah.

Ya gonna tell?

I ain't tellin' nobody.

The fact that you ain't the real Hikaru...
It scares me. It's weird.

And it's weird
how Yoshiki acts like nothin's wrong.

I can't do that.

It's all just so weird...

But I still can't bring myself
to hate the new Hikaru at all.

Even though I messed up your ear?

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.

Sorry 'bout that.

I promised Yoshiki
that I wouldn't hurt you anymore.

And that I wouldn't k*ll anybody.

You really ain't human, are ya?

So, is the real Hikaru
still alive somewhere?

Nope.

This body's nothin' but a corpse.

I see.

Well, I kinda figured...

Oh... Right.

Everyone should've mourned for Hikaru
like this.

But since I'm here, they ain't even sad.

That's what Hikaru asked for, but still.

If I hadn't come in the first place...

Yoshiki would've grieved with the others.

And maybe...

he wouldn't be suffering like he is now.

That way, everybody could've
moved on with their lives...

INDO FAMILY

...to focus on college and stuff.

Maybe they'd be better off.

I feel kinda bad for doin' all this.

I'm sorry.

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

C'mon already!

Wait up!

Careful over there!

What a cutie.

You should get married
and have some healthy babies too, Kaoru.

Kaoru's a girl too, eh?

She still ain't goin' to school?

That's right.

Well, ain't no use forcin' her to go.
She is a girl, after all.

Ya got a girlfriend, Yoshiki?

Better cut those bangs
or the girls won't want ya!

That's...

Hikaru? What're ya doin' here?

'Sup?

Wanna go somewhere right now?

Sorry 'bout the other day.

How many times now
have ya tried to k*ll me?

It doesn't faze me anymore.

Let's not worry 'bout all that.

I stabbed you too, right? We're even now.

He's acting tough.

Ya really saved my butt
by invitin' me out today.

From your relatives?

Another minute in there,
and I woulda suffocated to death.

I know what it's like
obsessin' over a place to belong.

I wanna believe I have a home too.

Somewhere that ain't here.

Yeah.

- Finally got a laugh.
- What the hell?

I'll go with this.

Huh? I thought Kaoru wanted a pool ring?

You're really pickin' that one?

Yeah, it's perfect.
She said she wanted the cutest one.

It's so awkward to carry around.

Squeeze out the air and fold it up.

Nah, I'd feel kinda bad
for the giant salamander.

Already attached to it, huh?

I'm glad Kaoru made friends
to go to the pool with.

Yeah.

So you...

Yeah?

Ya don't remember anything
about bein' Nonuki-sama?

I should still have the memories.

I just forgot 'em somehow.

But they've been comin' back lately,
little by little.

Especially that part
about granting requests.

I feel like I really could make
any wish come true.

That's some big talk.

Really? Any wish?

Yeah, try me.

Nah, I'm good.

Even though we know about Nonuki-sama now,

we still don't know how to solve
our main problem, the impurities.

Gotta do somethin'.

The villages and the town...

And what was that sketch all about?

It's just one question after another.

No, hang on...

Look, Yoshiki.

He's dancin'!

- He's gotten used to ya?
- Mince, Mince, Mince!

I guess not.

He only likes me
when I got squeeze treats.

Didn't know he could hit so hard.

Ya know what?

Sittin' here ponderin' this forever
won't get us anywhere.

Wanna go to the ocean right now?

I wanna see it at least once.

This... This is insane.

It's huge!

The ocean is awesome!

Oh crap, my shoes!

All right, I'm goin' in!

Yikes, it's cold!

This is amazing!

Your pants are gonna be soaked, ya know.

What happened?

Just now, I...

We kept our promise
to see the ocean together, huh?

I wonder what Asako, Maki, and Yuki
are doin' right now.

Dunno.

Think they were mad at us
for skippin' that choir concert?

It might've been fun
singin' with everybody.

And those lyrics.

"Toward the future,
this pounding in my heart now."

It hits ya in the feels.

Think so?

About a sound

You're gonna sing?

Keep livin' that life

Those ain't the words.

And definitely

Keep talkin' how ya talk

Even if that flower from the past
Fails to reignite

Toward the future

This pounding in my heart

Now...

Just before dying, Hikaru made a wish.

"I don't want to make anyone sad."

"I don't want Yoshiki to be alone."

I granted his request.
That's why I'm here.

Hikaru's wish?

Sorry, but I probably
can't see it through to the end.

I think I'm gonna return to the mountain.

I keep attackin' ya lately.

I think that's my true colors comin' out.

I keep wanting to fill up
the empty parts of me,

so I crave souls.

Humans wouldn't understand.

I think I've been like this
the whole time.

I've k*lled a whole lotta people,
and I might start killin' 'em again.

But I don't wanna k*ll you, Yoshiki.

Hang on...

If I climb back up that mountain,

things would be peaceful
at least for the rest of your life.

Huh? No! Ya can't do that!

What'd we do all that research for?!

The monster goes away,
you accept Hikaru's death.

You move on with your normal human life
and live happily ever after--

You wanna stay here, don't ya?!

Freakin' idiot!
What about that "half" ya gave me?!

You're immortal, ain't ya?!
Can you ditch that body whenever ya want?!

Well...

I don't know.

See? We don't even know how it all works!

I can't go along
with a reckless plan like that!

But it's the only plan we got, right?

Dunno if it's the right plan, but--

Who cares?!
Ya don't have to do what's right!

Can't ya...

just not care about that stuff?

Hikaru's favorite food was watermelon,

but mine's ice cream.

And I prefer Papicco over Gachi Gachi-kun.

I'm probably a cat guy.

I like movies too.

Not a single movie I saw was boring to me.

Hikaru hated schoolwork, but I love it.

Well, not that I'm any good at it.

Stop.

- And ya know what else?
- Stop, please...

It was really fun
spendin' time with you, Yoshiki.

To you, I might've been
just a replacement for Hikaru.

But despite what I am,
you gave me so much.

I...

I love you, Yoshiki.

Maybe not in a romantic
or friendly kinda way, though.

I reckon it's different
from any human emotion altogether.

But still,

that's truly how I feel.

Not as Hikaru,
but as the monster I really am.

No.

Ya don't gotta be normal.

Who's the monster here?

Can hardly breathe...

It's me.

I've always hidden my true self.

That's why I want him to be saved.

'Cause bein' with you
saves me just the same.

This whole time, I was just bein' selfish.

Hikaru's sake? The village's sake?
I've just been passin' the buck.

I'm desperate.

At the end of the day,
I'm doin' all this for myself.

Yoshiki.

Thanks for everything.

No!

You ain't no replacement!

You're just givin' up!

Sayin' I should move on?!
It's too late for that!

Ain't nothin' wrong with Hikaru's choice.

Don't ya know how hard
I've busted my butt for you?!

'Cause he's an actual monster.
Not like me...

Ya think I'm okay with this?

I don't wanna leave either!

The monster will go away.
We'll live happily ever after.

What was all of this for, then?!

I don't want that.

That's what I'm sayin'! You can stop now!

I'm goin' to the mountain!

Quit sayin' that selfish crap!

Ya gotta get rid of me,
get rid of this monster!

That's what's best for you, ain't it?!

I'm a monster too!

Ya don't gotta be normal.

Even if I am just bein' selfish...

I'm always hidin' my true self
so nobody finds out what I really am!

Hikaru...

I don't care if you're a k*ller.

I'm with you.

Hikaru!

It's you and me!

You ain't some replacement for Hikaru.

I just don't want you to disappear on me.

I'm a shitty, selfish as*h*le.

That's how ya really feel, huh?

Okay.

Oh, man.

Took ya long enough.

Now what am I supposed to do?

So, are you gonna...

The giant salamander!
It's floatin' away over there!

Ya gotta take that home,
or else Kaoru's gonna cry.

I don't need it.
Let it float far, far away.

You're even more of a brat than I am.