01x22 - The Kagemori Brothers and the Kuroya Siblings

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That was a Daemon.

It certainly was.

Stop the car.

I'm going to take a look.
- Yes, sir.

Good evening, ma'am.

That's one fine companion
you've got there.

You can see them?

Horned skull, black feathers.

That's one handsome Daemon.

What's their name?

Finally…

You're the first person
I've met who understands!

I don't just understand. I'm like you.

We are Kin'u-gyokuto.

This one's name is Yozakura.

I don't see their other half.

Their name is Asagiri.

They're hiding. They don't like the night.

So, what were you doing here at this hour?

I was thinking about jumping to my death.

Nobody needs me.

The moment you jump, I'll catch you.

You mustn't die.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Excuse me.

We just met. I shouldn't be saying this.

It's all right.

It must be fate
that I happened to pass by.

If you don't mind, I'll listen.

I'm Kagemori Gonzo.

I'm Shingo Iori.

What did you mean when you
said nobody needs you?

Since I was a child, I've never
been able to do anything right.

I failed to get into the school
my parents wanted me to attend.

I'm slow and stupid when
it comes to everything.

I couldn't live up to their expectations.

Even my older brother mocks me.

They treated me like I never
existed to begin with.

I realized this world doesn't need me.

I tried to die once before.

I met these two when I went into
the mountains looking for a place to die.

I found Kin'u-gyokuto's relic.

It didn't have a head or hands,
but it looked beautiful to me.

I don't know much about gods or Buddhas,

but I thought this person
could take me to heaven.

When I slit my wrist…

They appeared.

Yes.

They're both very kind and listened
to me talk about my troubles.

But when my family heard
me talking to them,

they thought I'd lost my mind.

I explained what Daemons are,

but they said
I was talking to empty space.

That I was hallucinating. Hearing things.

That I was sick.

So I revealed their forms to them.

Then they started calling them
devils and evil spirits.

They said I'd been possessed
by monsters and shunned me even more.

Only my brother seemed
interested for some reason.

He can't be trusted!

Even if he knows about us, he'd just work
us to death like sl*ves for his own ends!

He'd only take advantage of you, Iori.

You must cut ties with the Shingos!

There's no place for people like
me in this world, is there?

Iori-san, would you like
to come to my place?

What?

The Kagemoris are a pretty big clan.

We're expanding our business
and looking for employees.

But… I'm a total stranger…

We have plenty of other workers
who come from situations like yours,

and many of them are Daemon Wielders.

Anyone can live with us
without reservations.

And anyone with Daemons
is especially welcome.

Brother, is your shoulder okay?

Probably. I can move my arm.

Weren't you shot with a r*fle?

You need to get that treated properly!

If you go to a regular doctor
with a g*nsh*t wound,

they'll ask all kinds of probing
questions and call the police.

What?!

And you don't have an insurance card,
so treatment would cost extra.

That's bad!

I'd be causing even more
trouble for Hana-san!

OUT OF POCKET

So, anyway…

Let's go to the Kagemori manor!

Why?

Sakurazawa-sensei's
at the Kagemori infirmary.

She's not an ordinary doctor,
so it's okay.

What? That doctor
who takes people's blood?

And a doctor who isn't ordinary
doesn't sound very safe.

I don't even

Ow, ow, ow!
- trust the Kagemoris in general.

I'm not going with you.

That's not nice, Brother!

Are you sure you can trust them?

It's fine.

Yes, they're different
from most people down here,

but normal people don't
last long in this world.

Like I told you,
it was the master and Jin-san

who saved me from my
Higashi Village pursuers.

Jin, huh?

Even when I held a machete to his neck,

he admitted he was responsible
for the attack on Higashi Village.

Exactly. He's earnest
in the weirdest ways.

Out of the three brothers,

he lets himself be the bad guy
to protect the Kagemori clan.

He stays detached and avoids empathizing
with foes or subordinates.

It's like he suppresses
his emotions for work.

What about the other two brothers?

Hagure-sensei teaches me skills
so I can live a normal life in the future.

He teaches me to draw manga.
They're like modern woodblock prints.

He lets me help him with his work.

That way, I can earn money for expenses

inside the barrier without
risking going outside.

That's nice.

As for Asuma-san…

His smile looks really fake.

He's the least trustworthy of all.

Did Asuma-san ask if you wanted to die?

Yeah.

Asuma-san thinks if people
are going to keep trying to k*ll you,

you might as well die once and
acquire power so you can protect yourself.

Additionally, you should receive
support under the management

of a powerful group like the Kagemoris.

He says unsettling things,
but he doesn't lie to us.

What shall we do with this girl?

Return her to Higashi Village?

Well, she's seen and heard
a bunch of stuff down here.

If she went back, we'd have to
make sure she doesn't say—

You'd stick her in a cell?

Is there no way for her to be free?

The current children of Higashi Village
don't know the twins' secret.

They don't know Asa-chan
and Yuru gain power by dying.

Villagers are only let in on the secret

once they're grown
and accepted as full adults.

Azami doesn't know anything yet.

So they share the secret.

And knowing it makes you
a full-grown member of the village.

They're creating unity
by making people feel special.

What happens to anyone who learns
about the secret and questions it?

Anyone who opposes the village's ways
is sent down the mountain to "work."

They survive by doing whatever leftover
work they can get from village associates.

Wait a minute.

The reason people who left the village
to work almost never came back…

Is because they'd reveal the village's
secret to Yuru if they did.

Some guys come down here to actually work…

but the Kagemori clan
ends up k*lling them.

We're both guilty.
Our people have been k*lled by you, too.

Especially by the Taderas. Many times.

Hey, welcome back.
- Thanks.

We're all done here. Thanks.

Master, I'd like to take my brother
to the mansion to get his wound treated.

I never said I'd go!

Sorry, Asa. I've got to deal
with Akio when I get back.

I don't want Yuru-kun to have to see that.

Oh, right. Akio-san…

Akio? Is that the bald guy
who wanted me dead?

We caught the traitor
at the mansion earlier.

It was Akio after all.

So Jin was right.

But my uncle never mentioned
any kind of connection to Akio.

The night Yuru-kun came to the mansion,

it was my uncle who told me
both twins would be there.

He said Ivan had tipped him off,

and that he was sending some
mercs he scraped together,

so I should betray the clan
and help capture the twins.

I ignored his message
and pretended I was asleep.

You left him on read?

Which means Akio was connected to Ivan?

Ivan.

He knows about our parents.

That means Akio might know
something, too, right?

Master.

We should return to the
mansion immediately

and extract information
from Akio and Mountain God.

WORK IN PROGRESS

My studio!

My computer! My data! My drafts!

Sorry, Sensei-chan.

We had a bit of a battle.

I know we broke a lot,
but your coffee maker survived.

Want some?

I hope all the coffee you drink turns
into ink for the rest of your life!

What about my data?

It's safe. Good.

Even if you lost it, you could use Black
and White to draw it again in a snap.

You don't get it.

The imperfections of drawing
by hand are what make it good.

Is that right?

Isn't it prettier when everything
looks nice and sharp?

People's hearts are the same.

It's one of the things I pay attention
to when creating characters for my work.

Imperfections make people more human.

Jin-san! Jin-san, please!

Can't you save Akio?

No. The master would
never forgive a traitor.

Akio will die.

We've been together since we were kids.

We're not blood-related,
but we're brothers.

He'd never listen to me.

But you're his son. You could—
- Haruo.

Keeping high-risk elements around
puts your lives in danger.

We can't let Akio live.

DOCTOR

I can't fix a severed arm.

I stopped the bleeding,

but if you want to save it,
you should take him to a hospital.

I can't believe my own
brother was the traitor.

This sucks.

There could be other
traitors in the mansion.

Everyone already turned over
their information to Fuyuki's Blacklist.

Since our suspicion of you deepened,

we checked everyone working
at the mansion with Blacklist.

Akio, you were the only one left.

Sakurazawa-sensei,
did they check you, too?

Yeah. I've got nothing to hide.

Why did you betray us?

You know the master has no mercy
for enemies and traitors.

Once he's back, he'll extract
your information and k*ll you.

Not even your siblings can protect you.

Were you unhappy working
for the Kagemoris?

I don't love the criminal work
we do here either.

In fact, I wish I could quit.

But I don't hate my associates
enough to sell them out!

Why, Akio?

You know what my body's like.

I was born without
the ability to feel pain.

As a kid, it made me unstoppable.

I had no physical limits,
so I ultimately won every fight.

Just as I couldn't feel my own pain,
I didn't understand the pain of others.

I'm grateful to the Kagemoris for raising
and hiring someone as dangerous as me.

If I'd gone out into the world,
this country would've ex*cuted me by now.

It was easy to live with the Kagemoris
because everyone here is crazy.

All the Daemons are weird,
so I never got bored.

I even found family with other orphans.

That was fun, I guess.

But there was still something missing.

That something builds up
on the soles of my shoes day by day.

At some point, I started looking
online for people like me.

I found a community of people
who also didn't feel pain.

Among them, I found someone
who might be one of my parents.

I felt an emotion I'd never felt before.

Did you contact them?

Did they put ideas into your head?

Akio, your parents abandoned you!

What's the point of seeing them now?

What would you even do?

They could be trying to use you!

Natsuki-nee, I have a request.

Let Mountain God go.

What? We're not doing that.

Fuyuki's extracting their information.

Please. Mountain God will be broken.

They'll die.

Broken? By whom?

You don't have a contract anymore.

Nobody at this mansion would harm them.

What are you talking about, Akio?

There they are!

Good. Mountain God is intact.

Sorry, but we're handing you over
to Fuyuki for interrogation.

Gotcha.

They're…

That hurts, Heave-h*.

Are you two okay?

I see. That's good.

Ow…

It's busted. I can't walk.

Yamakaze is broken.

Tanikaze is gone!

We're heading to the location.

Something exploded by the main gate.

Did anything happen over there?

Not for now.

We'll keep waiting in the infirmary.

Was it a Daemon attack?

We don't know yet.

This mansion is inconvenient
at times like these.

There are so many Daemons, we can't
tell right away when outsiders enter.

Tanikaze?

What's their relic doing here?

Guys, get down!

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

They protected their master.

"Daemons and humans are alike.
Neither of us can live alone."

Being betrayed by someone
close to you hurts.