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Please...
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Please become... our Goddess of Wisdom.
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Oh, it must be time already.
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Okay, thanks.
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Hello. It's been a while.
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Uh... Who might you be?
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You don't remember what the person
who saved your life looked like?
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I'm pretty sure I haven't been through any
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life-threatening events in
the last decade or so...
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About two years ago, at this hospital...
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Whoa, there...
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Are you all right?
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Uh, thank you. I guess you saved...
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Oh, I'm so sorry!
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In that case, as the one
who saved your life,
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all I ask is that you remember me for life.
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Isn't that going a bit overboard?
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Actually... I guess it is
possible to die that way.
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Okay, I'll remember you.
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He reminds me of a goat.
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Goats are skinny, spacey,
and spend their whole lives
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obliviously munching on grass,
day in and day out.
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But you can feel a bizarre
sort of vitality in them.
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Yes, one must never underestimate a goat.
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It is an extremely agile creature
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that has no problems living in
highlands or even wastelands.
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And depending on the breed,
it may also have two powerful horns.
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They're almost like demon horns.
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Horns of undeniable sharpness...
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Is this...
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Is this what they mean by
"love at first sight"?!
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Oh, you're the girl from back then.
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That girl wasn't wearing a beret, though...
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Can you only tell girls apart by their hats?
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Sorry. I'm not very good at
remembering girls' faces.
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And if I remember them too well,
it makes Saki-san grumpy.
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In that case, please try
to remember it again.
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My name is Iwanaga Kotoko.
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That's written with the characters
for "rock" and "eternity,"
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then "koto," as in the musical
instrument, and "child."
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I'm now seventeen, and I'm quite lively.
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Got it. I won't forget this time.
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I'm sure... considering I heard
that you and Saki-san broke up.
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How did you know that?
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What are you doing, Kuro-kun?
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Saki-san.
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Uh, she sort of saved my life.
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So I saw.
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I'm sorry for the trouble he caused.
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And thank you.
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Why are you the one apologizing?
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Is she his older sister? Or another relative?
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Actually, she could be his younger sister...
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His name is Sakuragawa Kuro-kun.
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He's a second-year at Homei
University, and he's studying law.
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He comes here often to visit his
cousin, who's a long-term patient.
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Is this cousin of his a somewhat tall woman?
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Oh, that's not his cousin.
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Her name is Saki-san. She's a year
older than him and his girlfriend.
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They've been dating since
they were in high school.
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Kuro-kun even decided to go to the
same university she was attending.
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And then, two years after our first encounter...
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Apparently Kuro-kun and Saki-san are
getting married after they graduate.
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I heard they just met each
other's parents recently.
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They're going to get married any day now.
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He's alone today?
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Did Kuro-san and his girlfriend break up?
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What? No way.
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Come to think of it, he stopped talking
about his girlfriend around February.
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Actually... He hasn't
really talked to anyone.
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What is this hospital's policy on handling
personal information, anyway?
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They said they had no
obligation to protect
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a visitor's personal information.
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Is that how it works?
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It is rather shady.
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They never did tell me
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who your cousin is or why they're
in the hospital, though.
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You're better off not knowing.
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The reasons people are hospitalized
long-term aren't usually that amusing.
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So...
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In regard to you and Saki-san
breaking up right before spring...
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They really don't care
about my privacy, do they?
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Regardless, you're single now.
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Have you given any thought to starting
fresh by meeting someone new?
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Could you get to the point?
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Would you consider dating me
with marriage in mind?
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I've held this one-sided love for two years,
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just waiting for this moment!
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You're surprisingly direct,
despite how you look.
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And pretty persistent, too,
if you waited two years...
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You can always wait for fate.
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I don't think I can legally go out
with a middle schooler, though...
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I told you! I'm seventeen
and in high school!
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I plan on applying to your
university next year!
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Do you have the memory of a chicken?!
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Was it that funny?
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Nah, it just made me feel weirdly happy.
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A high school girl just asked me out.
I guess I'm not a total lost cause.
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I haven't felt this great in a while.
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So, did Saki-san dump you?
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It wasn't Saki-san's fault.
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There was no way around it.
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So... I don't think I can go out
with anyone new for a while.
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So what was it, exactly, that caused
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such a pathetic fall that ended in a break-up?
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At the end of last year,
Saki-san and I went on a trip to Kyoto.
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A trip together before marriage?!
You promiscuous heathens!
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What decade were you born in, anyway?
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So, late one night, when we were
walking along the Kamo River...
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Those things that are said
to show up on shorelines?
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Yup. A kappa.
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It wasn't a gataro, suiko, or hyosube?
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You sure know your stuff.
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Whatever it was, calling it
a kappa seemed to fit best.
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I just know that it wasn't
a human or an animal.
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But it was definitely some kind
of moving, breathing life form.
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The moment we realized that,
it became something so terrifying
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that it felt like all the rules of
our world were about to crack.
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But kappas aren't bad.
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These days, they're very trendy creatures that
can recommend good sushi or shrimp chips.
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Well, the one I saw then seemed
like it'd drag you into the river
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and suck out all of your bodily fluids.
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The next day, they actually found
a body in the river near there.
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It was ruled an accident,
but what caused it is still unclear.
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Saki-san is pretty brave,
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and she doesn't believe in yokai or ghosts.
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But she saw that thing and got so scared
that she just clung to me, shaking.
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And what happened after that?
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Without a second look at Saki-san,
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the coward just whimpered in fear
and ran off like a scared rabbit.
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Well, it was a kappa.
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After that, she said she never
knew I was that kind of person,
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and things got awkward.
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She was already planning to
move away for her new job,
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so she took that opportunity to break up.
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And who could blame her?
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I don't care if you believe me or not.
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If you don't believe me,
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then I'm just a crazy college
kid who blames a kappa
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for the fact that he got dumped.
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Or...
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Maybe I'm a college kid who went crazy
from the shock of getting dumped.
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Regardless, I'm not worthy
to be your boyfriend.
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My bus will be here soon.
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We aren't done talking yet.
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Please clarify the subject
of your statement.
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Who, exactly, left Saki-san
there and ran off?
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It wasn't you that ran off.
It was the kappa, wasn't it?
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The kappa saw you next to Saki-san,
got scared, and ran away.
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What an awful experience for that kappa,
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just randomly running into you
in the middle of the night.
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It has my sympathy.
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Saki-san saw that terrifying yokai run away
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after seeing you, wondered who you
really were, and got creeped out.
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That's when she said she never
knew you were that kind of person.
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Isn't that right?
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You're making one key mistake.
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Kappas don't exist to begin with.
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Even though you just said they did?
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That was a lie.
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As if I'm gonna tell another girl
the truth about my break-up.
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I'm only slightly acquainted with kappas,
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but I'm quite knowledgeable
about creatures similar to it.
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This town, and even this hospital,
has yokai, ayakashi, spectres,
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and demons lurking everywhere.
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In the shadows of the
azaleas in this garden,
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and from atop the dogwoods,
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they are quietly observing us.
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Most of them mean no harm,
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but they do exist everywhere.
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They see you and whisper to me...
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"He's something different.
He's... He's terrifying."
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Who are you?
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Why are you so sure these things exist?
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When I was eleven,
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I happened to be kidnapped for
two weeks by these creatures.
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Deep in the mountains where they took me,
they implored me, the girl they kidnapped...
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"Please become our Goddess of Wisdom."
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Goddess of Wisdom?
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Most of these creatures were of low intellect,
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so they were looking for
someone who could help them,
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quell their fighting,
and make peace among them.
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Please, please, we beseech you.
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So I replied...
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Yes, I shall.
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My Lady!
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Ever since then, whenever they have
problems or conflicts with one another,
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they come from all over the country to ask
me to mediate or come up with solutions.
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That's hard to believe.
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Indeed, it is.
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In that case, why don't you go find a
newspaper from around July six years ago?
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You should be able to
find an article about
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a fifth-grade girl named Iwanaga Kotoko
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who disappeared from this town
and then, two weeks later,
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was found napping on a park bench.
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The little girl's left leg was severed,
and her right eye had been gouged out.
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Unsurprisingly, the culprit behind
this incident was never caught.
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Looks like it's time.
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We'll continue this another day.
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The doors are closing. Please be careful.
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We are now departing.
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One Eye, One Leg
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My Lady! Are you hurt?!
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Are you all right?!
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I was so frightened that vile
creature would try to eat you!
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There's no need to worry.
He didn't even lay a finger on me.
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What could you possibly see in that
smelly, terrifying monstrosity?!
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I'm sure it's hard for
all of you to imagine,
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but to me, Kuro-san is quite the looker.
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Erm, is there a possibility that
your left eye was taken, too?
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Would you like to be forcibly exorcised?
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Oh, no! I still have so many
Harlequin novels to read!
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LOVE That Makes You
Tremble with Excitement
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I couldn't possibly move
on to the afterlife yet!
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Those are probably the last words
I ever expected to hear from you.
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But that creature I mentioned
before is still at the library,
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so I haven't been able to go there.
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Please rid of that thing as soon as possible.
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About that...
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I might be able to take care of it tomorrow.
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As long as Kuro-san helps me out,
it shouldn't be too difficult.
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In Japan's greatest literary work, the Kojiki,
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there is a mention of a god named Kuebiko.
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It cannot walk because it only has one leg,
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but it is a god of wisdom with
much knowledge of the world.
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It also mentions that, at times,
beings with only one eye
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were also regarded as gods
or something similar.
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The kinds of gods that have
either one leg or one eye
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can be found in stories
throughout the world.
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The surface is rough, but it's been
melted and hardened by some kind of acid.
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We won't have to take
any further measures.
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Her right eye has been gouged out,
but there's no pus or inflammation.
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It's basically healed.
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What in the world happened
to this little girl?
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So where were you these last
two weeks, Kotoko-chan?
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Were you with someone?
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If there's anything you remember,
would you mind telling me?
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Does that mean the reason
my left leg and right eye
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were taken was to make me a god?
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That's not a bad trade.
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Yes, I don't really remember.
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Criminal Investigation Begins
in Missing Girl Case
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Fifth Grader Iwanaga Kotoko-chan
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Hello there. Did you finish
doing your research?
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Apparently, it's true that a little
girl named Iwanaga Kotoko
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was involved in some kind
of incident six years ago.
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But that's all I found.
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There's no proof that you've become
a god for these monsters and yokai.
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Indeed. That could all just
be a fantasy in my head.
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If that's the case, then I'm just a girl
who went crazy after being kidnapped
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by some lunatic who messed with my body.
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Whether you believe me or not is your choice.
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But I may be the only one in this
world who can truly understand you.
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So you're saying those who ended
up with either one eye or one leg
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sometimes become a sacrifice to the gods?
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Yes. A sacrifice to connect
the people with the gods,
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or in some cases, a priestess who
can hear the voices of the gods.
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My Lady!
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Well, if it isn't a bake-danuki.
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The library's barrier has been broken!
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That's going to cause all kinds
of trouble! Please hel—
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My Lady, how many times did we ask
you to stay away from this creature?!
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Kuro-san, you shouldn't scare them like that.
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I didn't even do anything...
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But it certainly isn't good that
the barrier was destroyed.
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We must hurry.
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Come with us, Kuro-san.
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Huh?
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Let's get rid of any doubts you may
have by engaging in an actual battle.
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Oh, I don't doubt anything after seeing
monsters asking you for help.
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I believe you. Bye.
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Oh, don't be like that.
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The yokai in the library
is quite violent and evil.
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There might be an article in
tomorrow's paper about
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a girl with one eye and one leg
who was brutally murdered!
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A tragic end for the girl who
confessed her love for you,
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even if you have no interest in her...
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If it came to that, you wouldn't be able
to escape your guilt, would you?
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I thank you for your help,
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but I'm not sure if I agree
with how you're carrying me.
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Isn't it the norm to carry me like
a princess in these situations?
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I'll admit, I have no idea what the norm
would be in this kind of situation.
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Um, are you all—
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My Lady!
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Calm down, Kuro-san. This is just
the ghost of a fallen warrior
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My Lady! I'm utterly powerless against
the sheer violence of that thing!
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That's quite enough.
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The human world and the world of the
ayakashi must maintain their balance.
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I cannot allow those who disregard the—
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Nice job running your big mouth,
but what do we do now?
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This is unexpected.
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What?!
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I should have been able
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to contain a yokai like that after
it took one look at you, but...
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It's in such a panic that it can't
see what's going on around it.
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So you only wanted me for my body?
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I was serious when I asked you out.
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It hurt me deeply to go after your
body like this on our first date.
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Do you have some kind of plan?
Any talismans or sutras you can use?
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If it won't listen to me,
we'll just have to use force.
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Force?
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Ah, yes... I definitely prefer
being held this way.
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I feel even closer to you now.
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Now really isn't the time for that...
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You have a point.
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Let's flee for now.
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Kuro-san, what are you doing?
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We can do all the naughty
things you want later...
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That's not it. I can't have you
doing anything reckless again.
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Kuro-san, run—
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Two years ago, and again now...
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You have that same
unfazed look on your face.
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How can you be so indifferent
when you're in danger?!
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I don't appreciate hearing that
from someone as reckless as you.
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I thought you'd already figured it out.
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Huh?
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I guess my flesh really is poison to them.
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Kuro-san... Who are you, really?
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The ones asking for your
wisdom won't tell you?
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Everyone avoids talking about
things that terrify them.
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You're right.
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If I were to use your words...
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When I was eleven, I ate two
different kinds of yokai flesh...
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As much as I could eat.
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To Be Continued
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Preview
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The Guardian Serpent of Tsukuna Swamp
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asks me for help concerning a problem
that's been keeping them up at night.
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A murderer apparently disposed
of a body in their swamp
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but there's something about
it that's bothering them.
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Next time, "What the
Guardian Serpent Heard."