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Yeah, that's right.

I'm the one who killed him.

Soran-kun, stop!

Jo San, Jo Yon.

There's no need for secrets anymore.

Let's tell him everything.

Soran-kun,

would you be willing to listen to what I have to say?

I'll tell you everything

about Amu and me.

Who the hell is Amu?

It's Houhou.

Looking back, we've known each other for quite a while,

but I'm still not used to calling you "Houhou."

For quite a while? You mean like twelve years?

No... I first met Amu long before that.

It was in 1944.

1944?

More than seventy years ago?

Summer 1944

This area's gotten pretty dangerous.

Every day we find more corpses of people who aren't from around here.

I guess that's because of the war.

Hey, miss. What's wrong?

Well, I'll be damned. You can't talk?

Did something happen in town, miss?

I don't know what happened,

but don't you think she has a pretty face?

Hey! What are you gonna do?

Isn't it obvious? I'm—

Hey! What do you think you're doing?!

You brute! Get him, honey!

Wait! I didn't do anything!

And don't ever come back!

Those fools.

Are you all right, miss? Are you hurt?

Here we are.

This is my house.

Oh, this is my son, Pup.

Jo Shou, Age 9

His real name is Jo Shou, but he's so small for a boy of nine.

She doesn't seem to talk at all.

I wonder if she understands what we're saying.

Yeah, I'm not sure.

She seems to be from a rich family, though.

Maybe someone dumped her in the mountains because she's sick.

Don't say something so terrible!

Go into town and ask if anyone's looking for her.

B-But...

What are we going to do if we can't find her relatives?

If that happens, I'll take care of her.

We can't leave her out here alone when it's so dangerous.

Yeah, that's true... All right. I'll do as you say.

Dad went into town, but he couldn't find anything out.

So we all started living together.

At first, people in the village were wary,

but since a lot of people were escaping the war,

everyone just got used to it.

Because she never replied to people when they talked to her,

everyone started calling her "Amu."

Amu, this is a dog.

A pup?

"Pup" is what we call my boy, but this is a dog.

Dog...

H-Hey! That's not food! Let him go!

But Amu learned things very quickly,

Come on, now! Really!

so she learned to speak competently within a few months.

Mom thought it wasn't that she couldn't speak originally,

but rather that something happened, causing her to forget how to speak.

Fuu Houhou

How do you read this?

It's read "Fuu Houhou."

I'm Fuu Houhou.

I'm pretty sure that this is my name.

Fuu Houhou...

From then on, my mom became even more determined,

and started teaching Amu how to read and write.

Hmm... I think it's like this.

No, you're wrong!

Ow!

For goodness' sake, you need to take after Amu!

I'm not smart like Amu, Mom!

Not to mention, Amu just forgot, didn't she?

That doesn't excuse how bad you are.

Ow!

By the way, Amu, have you remembered anything since?

Your memories of the past.

Anything other than your name, like where you lived, or your family,

or what you were doing?

Amu?

Ow... Ow... Ow...

Amu, what's wrong?

Pup, go get the doctor.

Got it.

Mom, I brought him. Where's Amu? Is she okay?

That was the first time I ever encountered ki.

It was like the air was different just around Amu.

Mom, what is this?

I'm not sure...

Goshinchouten.

This girl can use ki?

Wh-What's ki?

It's like a psychic power that people called outsiders have.

You two, don't speak of this to anyone.

Amu's past might be more complicated than we thought.

Hey, Amu. What happened earlier today?

I'm not sure.

When I tried to remember something,

my head felt like it might crack open.

But doing whatever you did helped, right?

Yeah.

Isn't that ki training?

Did someone teach that to you?

I'm not sure.

I think I've known how to do it for a long time.

A long time?

You spin what you have in you around in circles.

When I did that, my head stopped hurting, and I felt calmer.

Wow, that's amazing!

Yup. You have it, too, Pup.

I do?

Yup.

I feel it.

It's definitely inside you.

A-Amu?

Pup, try sitting like me for a sec.

Hey, Amu... I don't feel anything.

That's strange. I can feel it.

Try it for a bit longer.

Oh, that's why.

You're thinking about too many things.

You need to calm your mind.

You say that, but you can't tell what I'm thinking.

I can.

I can't tell exactly what you're thinking,

but I can tell that your ki isn't in order.

Ki is like water,

so when you think about unnecessary things, it doesn't come together well.

Calm your feelings, and concentrate.

And then your ki will finally come together as one.

Bring it together, and calm yourself.

Repeat that, and lastly, concentrate on the area around your belly button.

Your hand is so warm, Amu.

It's really calming.

Quiet. Concentrate.

There it is! It's just like you said, Amu!

It was there! I could feel it, too!

I did it! Amu, I did it!

That was the first time I learned to use my ki.

I'm just like you, Amu!

After that, I started training my ki along with Amu.

But I kept the ki a secret from everyone in the village,

including my mom and dad.

It was our own secret.

The smooth shoulder pole, ah, gayahariya...

is carrying rice to Longzhou.

Older brothers and older sisters are heading to Longzhou.

Gayahariya.

What was that? It was beautiful.

The shoulder pole song.

Song? What's that?

To think that you'd call something beautiful...

Did you like it?

All right. I'll teach it to you, so just repeat after me.

The smooth shoulder pole, ah, gayahariya...

The smooth shoulder pole, ah, gayahariya...

Yes, that's right. Now, let's continue.

Is carrying rice to Longzhou.

Is carrying rice to Longzhou.

Looking back, those were the best times of my life.

Older brothers and older sisters are heading to Longzhou.

I wished those happy times with everyone would go on forever.

Gayahariya.

Spring 1949

Auntie came by earlier today.

She wants Amu to marry into her family.

Amu?

Of course, I declined.

But we can't keep her at our place forever, either.

Still, I'm against having her marry to my aunt's family.

True...

But I wonder who Amu really is.

It's been five years since she came here,

but she doesn't look like she's aged at all.

It doesn't matter who Amu really is!

Don't let her get married!

Pup...

Well, the best thing would be if we could find

Amu's relatives and reunite her with them.

True... Once we're done with the harvest,

maybe we should go look for her family again.

I-If you don't find them, then she can just be a part of our family...

Then I'll make Amu my daughter.

Which would make her your older sister.

Mom!

I don't mind adopting her, but Amu, well... doesn't seem very human.

I wonder if she'll see us as her family.

What are you talking about?

Amu.

Do you like us?

What do you think about Pup?

Amu?

What does "like" mean?

That's enough, Amu. Don't worry about it.

Now look, dear.

You asked such a weird question that Amu doesn't know what to do.

You're right.

Sorry, Amu.

Like... Like...

What's "like"?

That's enough, Amu.

Just go to sleep.

Amu? Is it your head again?

Amu, it's okay.

Even if you don't understand, everyone here likes you.

We're family. We won't let you go anywhere.

We all love you very much.

The smooth shoulder pole, ah, gayahariya...

is carrying rice to Longzhou.

Older brothers and older sisters are heading to Longzhou.

Gayahariya.

We told you to hurry up!

What? This is all you've got?

What a crummy little village. I know you've got more!

Huh? What's that?

Give it here.

Stop! That's the lunch I'm taking to Amu!

Shut up!

Do you wanna die right now, brat?

Pup, just do as they say.

The smooth shoulder pole, ah, gayahariya...

is carrying rice to Longzhou.

Hey, girl. Come here.

Amu, hurry up and come over here.

Whoa, there, girlie. You get to come over here.

Why don't you have some fun with us?

Amu!

Please wait!

Sir, please! We'll give you anything else.

What the hell?

So, please! Spare her—

Get lost!

Sir, please! Spare her!

Please... Please spare her...

Shut the hell up, you bastard!

Dear!

Dad!

You bastard!

Pup!

Pup!

Stay out of this, brat.

How could you? Why?

Come on, let's go.

Pup! Pup!

God, why is this happening?

Give me back my husband, damn it!

Give me back my husband!

Hey!

Auntie.

Watching you just now made it hurt right here.

I don't want you to cry, Auntie.

Pup and Uncle are hurt, and I'm hurting, too.

I want to see you smile, Auntie. I want to hear you sing.

This is what "like" means, right?

I like you, Auntie.

I like Uncle and Pup, too.

Amu, I envy you.

Because you don't understand anything.

Auntie, please don't cry. It hurts my chest.

I want you to smile, Auntie.

What will make you happy?

What will make me happy?

My husband is dead. You ask what will make me happy?

Yeah.

Then kill those bandits!

Kill every last one of them!

Make them pay for killing my husband!

That'll make me happy!

Hah! Kill us?

This lady's a lively little—

Okay.

So all I have to do is kill all of them, right?

Y-You stupid little girl!

Are you a martial artist?

That's one.

Bro!

Damn it, how dare you?!

P-Pup...

No, don't look!

My mother seemed to think I was shaking with fear

because I saw such a bloody, gruesome sight, but she was wrong.

The sight I saw after stepping into the world of the outsiders...

That was far more terrifying.

Sh-She's a monster!

She's not human!

The way she killed them...

She's a monster...

I knew something was wrong with her.

Yeah, she hasn't aged in all these years.

Yeah, she can't be human.

She's going to kill us, too.

Get out, monster!

Yeah, get out!

Get out! Get out! Get out! Get out!

Amu! Amu!

Amu, please don't go!

Yeah. You can't leave!

But everyone told me to leave the village.

I'm sorry, Amu. This is all my fault.

You won't be able to stay in the village anymore,

but I'll find your family, no matter what.

My family? Do they really exist?

Of course they do!

I'm sure you come from a rich family!

If they didn't care so much about you,

they never would have named you "Houhou," meaning treasure.

Believe in me.

I'll find your true family, whatever it takes.

Okay.

Amu, we'll come for you later, so wait in the mountains for a while.

Okay. Got it.

And promise me one more thing.

Don't kill anyone else like you did today, Amu.

Okay. I won't kill anyone.

Don't do what you did earlier ever again.

But earlier,

you told me you wanted me to kill them.

J-Just wait here for a while,

until Pup and I come for you.

Let go! Why, Mom?! Aren't we going to get Amu?

Let me go!

We have to go to Amu! Mom, are you listening?!

We're not going to Amu.

We're going to Grandma's.

Why? You promised you'd find Amu's family for her!

She's terrifying.

It's just like he said.

She doesn't have any human emotions.

I can't trust her anymore.

I'm sorry. Please forgive me.

I would not be reunited with Amu again

until 1993.

Episode 11 "1944"

Jo Shou reflects on his past as well as Houhou's.

Soran learns the promise made between

his grandfather and Houhou, and he makes a decision.

Next time on Hitorinoshita - The Outcast,

Next Time Episode 12 "To the Future"

"To the Future."