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EYE OPENING

CHAPTER ONE: FIRST LOVE

{OP}

{Episode}

Welcome back, Shion-san.

I haven't been outside for a long time.

Is Sis well?

I believe she is.

Oh yeah.

She's no longer at home now and is at Granny's in Hinamizawa.

Yes, around the same time you entered school,

she moved to the main family's house.

Mion and I are identical twins.

We're like exact replicas, from anything to everything.

But I was confined in a school far away,

and Sis was raised as the heir to the Sonozaki family.

From the start, Shion has been

an abominable existence for the Sonozaki family.

Since it'd be trouble if there were two heirs to the main family,

as a family custom, if twins are born,

they are strangled before their first bath, but...

What a story.

If you return to Okinomiya, your relatives will recognize you.

The main family will definitely find out eventually.

Well then, things may get pretty bad.

Thanks for the meal!

Please tell me what you'll need later.

I'll do my best to get all the things that I can.

Thanks, but I'm planning to get a part-time job

to at least cover my living expenses.

But...

I've thought of some ways to prevent getting caught.

Sonozaki residence.

Kasai-san, good morning.

Did something happen? Huh?

Hello.

Can you tell who I am?

Th...That voice...

Did you sneak out of school?

How could I stay in that suffocating place any longer?

That's why you escaped? Nice!

My sister's voice was nostalgic after so long.

Yes, when we don't have to deal with Sonozaki family issues,

we're very close sisters.

...so I need some help.

It's okay. Then I'll call you later.

So, what is this plan of yours?

Uncle Yoshiro was nice to me, right?

I hope he'll let me work at one of his shops.

You'll be in public.

That's what Sis is for.

In other words, all you have to do is say I'm Mion while I'm working.

Okay, I got it. If that's the case, then leave it to me.

I bet it was real tough.

Being trapped in that place for two years, I mean.

I was against it.

I know.

But you can't stop the Sonozaki family head's stubborn decisions.

Well, I'll help let you work without worries, Shion-chan.

I'm counting on you.

By the way, did anything change during the past two years?

Nothing has changed very much.

What about Oyashiro-sama's curse? Did the culprit get caught?

The thing where the dam site manager was dismembered?

No, we haven't found a suspect.

For the following year's thing either.

Where the dam supporter and his wife died in an accidental fall?

Hojo or something...

And on Cotton Drifting night again.

"It must be the curse!"

That caused a lot of chaos, right?

Also, it actually happened again right after you left for school.

It happened... for a third straight year?

Yes, it did.

At Furude Shrine on festival night, the priest died all of a sudden.

I heard it was due to a strange disease with an unknown cause.

The same night, his wife threw herself into the swamp.

That's the third year...

Yeah, I think that a strange disease is a stretch, but his death is true.

I think it was likely acute heart failure or something common.

But it's odd that it all happened on Cotton Drifting night.

And for three years straight.

They're all people that'd probably be cursed by Oyashiro-sama.

Yeah...

Wasn't the priest also disliked?

By the people against the dam?

Yeah, he also stood up for the Hojo family.

The Hojo couple who accepted the dam plan

experienced serious torture as traitors of the village.

Everyone backstabbed them with cold eyes.

The only villager who didn't treat the couple as enemies was the priest.

For the three great families trying to unify the village against them,

having their own, a priest of the shrine signifying dam opposition, approve of the couple

was doubtlessly loathsome.

But now that I think about it,

I think the priest was quite mature for staying neutral.

If he were, I think he should've gone along and cooperated.

When a Hinamizawa role model, one of the three great families,

disrupts the peace himself, it's hard for me to call that mature.

It seems you've become the next heir before I knew it.

As expected of one studying to become the leader.

I've never studied that stuff.

I'm just trying to do what Granny would do.

You could do it too.

I don't want to do such things. It's your role to look after Granny.

Well, do your best and don't overwork yourself.

B...But, Shion...

Sis, I don't resent you or my birth.

There's nothing to feel sorry about.

Do your best, Mion! I'll also do my best as Shion.

Thank you, Shion.

Hello. Oh, they found out.

Granny's fuming with anger.

She said to drag you in front of her once you're found.

Oh, scary! Let me know if anything else happens.

If it gets really, really bad, I plan on leaving the village, too.

Shion, it's not fair that only you have to feel so constrained.

Thanks. I appreciate the sentiment.

Let me know when you want to go out.

I'll support you every time when you need to be Mion.

Honestly, I appreciate that the most.

It's best not to go out for a while, so I should go shopping before that.

Let's see... I bought that and that... Cool. The last thing I need...

Damn you!

Don't park here!

Now, what's next, what's next...

Hey you!

What the hell?

What did you do?

Hey, are you listening?

Sorry, it's impossible to understand what you're saying...

What the hell?

H...Hey!

Th...That's enough!

Why you little...!

Officer, over here!

You'll regret this!

Uh, um...

Are you all right, Mion?

Yes.

Thank goodness. You're okay.

That's how I met Satoshi-kun.

Oh, that's Satoshi.

From that description and head-patting habit, I'm sure it is.

Oh, so his name is Satoshi-kun...

But he's usually spacey.

His little sister is more reliable.

He has a sister?

Yup, named Satoko. She hasn't been well since a lot's happened...

Satoshi is the son of that Hojo family.

What?

After their parents died, they were taken in by their uncle's family,

but the aunt and Satoko haven't gotten along for a year or so.

Is she getting bullied?

Satoko is dead tired.

Just because they're relatives of the Hojo dam supporters,

I'm sure the aunt and uncle have also been treated badly.

And because the kids were pushed onto them,

they have hatred toward them and no love whatsoever.

Then does that mean Satoshi-kun is usually tired?

What? I'm not sure.

He's always spacey, so I don't really know.

But I'm sure he's standing up for his sister,

just like he stood up for me.

Hey, Sis, tell me more about Satoshi-kun.

Hi!

Snacks? I'm grateful!

No wonder you're the team manager.

Don't make me manager for your own convenience.

I thought not.

All right!

Don't worry!

Satoshi-kun is amazing.

Isn't he?

If only he could focus on baseball, he'd be batting .300.

He has a heart that's overly delicate.

If he doesn't work out and sweat

or get away from family matters for just a little bit to relax,

he might break down.

Satoshi-kun is the type that holds things in.

Lately, it seems like he's not feeling well again.

It seems the way the aunt treats Satoko-chan has been escalating,

so I think it's very tiring for him to stand up for his sister.

Actually, he's been saying lately that he wants to quit the team.

W...Why?

He says because it's tiring.

I think it's really because he wants to increase his time with Satoko-chan.

Standing up for his sister, as I thought.

Over here, over here!

Out!

And Satoshi-kun

didn't show up to the field after that day.

Mi-chan! Hi!

Let's go home together.

It's raining so hard.

Mi-chan, do you like Satoshi-kun?

Yeah... I do.

Then smile!

I'm sure your smile can give Satoshi-kun some energy.

I bet he'll come back to baseball practice once work's over.

Work? I wonder when he'll finish.

Probably when he saves money,

but I know he'll finish no later than Satoko-chan's birthday.

Satoko again?

Satoko makes Satoshi-kun sick.

Satoko takes away Satoshi-kun's freedom.

Mi-chan?

S-Satoko is too attached to Satoshi-kun.

If she were more reliable, then he wouldn't be pushed in a corner.

You say it so frankly.

Satoshi-kun might be feeling that way a little, too.

What?

This really is a secret. Keep it a secret, okay?

Yeah.

To tell the truth, yesterday Satoshi-kun said

it's tiring to be depended on as a brother, though that's sinful.

Satoshi-kun trusts you, huh?

It's not that he trusts me.

I think it's because I've experienced it.

Experienced it?

The footsteps follow you

and it stands over your pillow and looks down at you at night.

The experiences he's going through

all foreshadow Oyashiro-sama's curse.

Oyashiro-sama...

Someone is observing you from far away.

Someone is always following.

Someone is always looking at you from behind.

Eventually, the footsteps go out of sync, and you hear one extra.

And even when you're in bed with the lights off,

it still looks down from above your pillow.

It just silently waits there until you admit your sin.

No way! He's not sinful...

But though he's in Hinamizawa, he got Oyashiro-sama's curse.

There's only one reason.

It's because he wanted to leave and go somewhere far away.

I suppose Oyashiro-sama didn't forgive those feelings.

Sis, let me go to your school!

Good morning, Satoshi.

Um, h...how are you?

I'm fine.

Why?

Your work seems tough, so I thought you might be tired.

Is that all?

Later.

C...Coach said he wants you back at practice...

I already told him. I'm not going back.

I...I think it'll be good to work out and sweat for a day or so.

Not interested.

You're not going to eat, Mi-chan?

Satoshi!

L...Let's have lunch together.

I've told you many times

that I want to be alone, at least for lunch.

It's okay. I'll give you some.

Let's eat together.

Help me. Help me, Nii-nii!

Do you understand why you get treated like that?

Help me. Help me, Nii-nii!

Nii-nii...

Because you're like that!

If you want to cry, then cry!

But even though you cry, nothing will get solved!

Why do you cry? Because someone will help if you do?

You have no idea how much trouble you cause your savior!

Do you understand? Your sin?

You don't need to exist.

If you're suffering, then die.

Don't make Satoshi-kun suffer!

Suffer by yourself and die alone!

You need to die!

Nii-nii...

Don't think you can just cry!

Don't think you can just hold on to Satoshi-kun!

If only... If only you didn't exist!

Don't bully Satoko!

Satoko is a pitiful person! You can't bully her!

I...I'm teaching that spoiled Satoko a lesson!

If you're interfering, I'll crack your head first!

Mi-chan, stop!

Nii-nii...

What are you doing, Mion?

I...

What did Satoko do?

What did we do?

Why do we always have to be bullied?

The entire village accused my parents and really bullied them,

and now it's us?

That's what the Sonozaki family does, don't they?

Shion...

Could you think about what my position will be?

Sorry.

Sis, to be frank, Satoshi-kun

has a grudge against the Sonozaki family, right?

I think so.

Then why? Then why now?

If back then...

Yes, if he had only looked at me with rejection from the start,

then I wouldn't have thought to get close to Satoshi-kun.

So I wished

for Satoko and her aunt to go away at this year's Cotton Drifting Festival.

{ED}

{Preview}

NEXT EPISODE

What you lost sight of is the usual way home.

What you can't keep is the promise I made with you.

What you cannot erase is my memory.

When They Cry.

"Eye Opening Chapter Two: Responsibility."

Can you believe it?