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00:00I screwed up. Though, to be fair, who would have expected a koji hen to fall out of the freaking sky?
00:30I'm going to go to nathanao.
01:00Oh
01:30I'm telling you it makes no sense!
01:46Why would you suggest muscles as the theme for a group presentation on children's literature?
01:51Why not? The professor will be raving about this fresh angle.
01:55Stark raving mad, maybe?
01:57This girl will work out fine. You can say point on putting it together since you're already heading to seminar.
02:03It's not like that was my choice or anything.
02:07Things might go your way if you got your head in the game instead of whining.
02:12You mean it's my own fault?
02:14Come on, Magi. You know Fujimura never takes no for an answer.
02:18You're his girlfriend, aren't you? Help me out here!
02:22Well, let us know when it's done.
02:25See you, Yarko. Bye!
02:27Hey!
02:28It's like dealing with the real-life Jion.
02:30Yeah, but not much we can do.
02:32You wouldn't believe what he posts on social media!
02:34He should die a thousand deaths!
02:47Hard to beat a boss-level narcissist.
02:49I don't want anything to do with those jerks.
02:51Also, take a look at what he just posted within the last few minutes!
02:55I've never been more confused by anything in my whole college career.
03:00Why would a ignorant muscle-brained macho man be a literature major taking a children's literature seminar in the liberal arts department?
03:07Yeah, I was pretty dumbstruck when he first showed up and actually wondered if he was some kind of magical creature or something.
03:13He's a rarity. A gym bro who can read Dazai Osumu and stay chipper.
03:19How is a being like that even possible?
03:21And it's dangerous to wave around a Kojiyan like it's a dumbbell!
03:25He seems like he's no longer human, but in truth he's the peak of mankind!
03:28Honestly, each of his social posts should say, mine has been a life of much gain!
03:32Damn it all!
03:33If it makes you feel better, Magi, you have the most eloquent inferiority complex in the whole world!
03:38More drinks!
03:39Two highballs!
03:44I drank too much.
03:52For real?
03:58Billy Eilish, bad guy video.
04:00Do you remember that one?
04:02I know I do.
04:03Oopsie, I must have dropped it.
04:05That's too dark.
04:06I'll look tomorrow.
04:07Geez, you've gotta be more careful.
04:09Wait, is that...?
04:10Hey mister, are you okay?
04:12Uh, hey, can you two do me a solid?
04:15Go home and pretend this never happened.
04:17In this age of total selfishness, no one will fault you for it.
04:20Even so, we're not gonna abandon you!
04:22Uh-huh!
04:23Oh, an ambulance!
04:24Oops, I was distracted.
04:26Sorry, I'll call right now.
04:28That's not necessary.
04:29Wait, you're calling an ambulance?
04:31No, stop it!
04:32I forbid you from making that call!
04:33I can't afford surgery or medicine!
04:37Are you kidding me?!
04:38I don't even have an insurance card, bro!
04:40I'll be fine.
04:41This sort of thing happens all the time and it looks way worse than it is.
04:44Come on, man!
04:45The medical expense would ruin me!
04:46Have you no mercy!
04:48I will curse you!
04:49Hey, Yai...
04:52This guy's clearly gone mad from the pain.
04:54Yeah, good thing I just called an ambulance.
04:56You what?!
04:57You're the one who called, so you're the one who's paying!
04:59You jumped head first into my mess, so now you're responsible!
05:02Unless that sounds appetizing, toss me into some alley!
05:04Hide me from the meat wagon and amscray!
05:07Help's on the way!
05:08So you need to save your strength!
05:10You're gonna make it through this, sir!
05:12What do you know?
05:13A decent human.
05:14Shit, out of options.
05:20Huh?
05:21You are literally bleeding out from your head, sir!
05:24Magi, wait!
05:25Don't follow me!
05:27By the way, this blood?
05:28It's just makeup!
05:29It was all a big prank!
05:30Like hell!
05:31I can actually smell the iron from here!
05:33Damn, he sure runs fast for an injured guy in sandals!
05:36Hey, Yai...
05:38Something's off.
05:39None of this adds up.
05:40He's probably lost a gallon of blood.
05:42But he's running around like everything's normal!
05:44It's really freaky!
05:46And I don't understand how someone in his condition could be able to communicate so clearly!
05:50Lost him.
05:54What now?
05:55He's super unsettling.
05:56But we can't leave him to die.
05:58Agreed.
05:59He may have been in a state of hysteria from the head trauma.
06:01We should call the police!
06:03Yeah, I guess that is an option.
06:05So, uh, can you tell me what that number is again?
06:07Dial 110 and try to stay calm.
06:16Yeah, stay calm and we can talk it out.
06:18But please don't call the fuzz!
06:33Excuse the mess.
06:34Come on in.
06:35Never would've guessed.
06:43Kids are alright.
06:45Selfless, even.
06:47Old people, though, they suck and are all a thousand times more callous.
06:51Like the old fart who runs the general store down the street.
06:54Your head's bleeding!
06:56We're trying to keep you alive!
07:02At least be more gentle.
07:05Coffee?
07:06Or tea?
07:07Sorry I don't have booze.
07:09I never touch the stuff.
07:10I definitely don't need alcohol.
07:12How old are you two anyway?
07:15Aren't you past curfew or something?
07:17I'm 21.
07:18I'm 20.
07:19You're both full-fledged adults?
07:21Yeesh, my bad.
07:22I thought at most the girl was getting close to graduating from middle school.
07:26Um, thanks?
07:27And yet, you wished you had booze to offer us.
07:30It's not just her.
07:31You're also looking pretty damn young for being 21 years old.
07:35He's not only Ru, and he also can't keep his mouth shut.
07:38Do you really think his head's okay?
07:4021?
07:41Hoo boy!
07:42Still young.
07:43I envy that.
07:44Bet you're strong, too.
07:45And how old are you?
07:46I'm older than dirt compared to you two.
07:49Judging by your outfits, I'm guessing your students?
07:52Aren't your parents worried about you?
07:54Nah.
07:55It's fine.
07:56I live alone.
07:57So do I.
07:58I see.
07:59You must have had some fun plans in the works for tonight.
08:01Oh well.
08:02My bad.
08:03Man, you guys are way too trusting.
08:06Huh?
08:07Use your head.
08:09Like when I asked if your parents would be worried.
08:11You could have just said,
08:12Nope, it's fine.
08:13You should never give a stranger any personal information unless it's absolutely necessary.
08:18That goes double for the girlie.
08:20As her boyfriend, you gotta protect her.
08:22She and I aren't dating.
08:24Damn, wrong again.
08:25It's not considered sexual harassment nowadays.
08:28Or is it?
08:29I sure hope not.
08:30It gets harder and harder to keep up with the times.
08:32He's clearly got his injury under control, Yae.
08:35So let's get out of here.
08:36Tell me something.
08:37Her surname is Magi, right?
08:39But you call her Yae, her given name.
08:41That kind of thing intrigues me to no end.
08:43Clubmates?
08:44Classmates?
08:45I'm being dead serious.
08:46Let's go before he becomes a huge pain in the ass!
08:49Leaving?
08:50Oh, almost forgot.
08:52Here's your phone.
08:53Sorry, I swiped it.
08:55That reminds me.
08:57I should give you my contact info.
08:59Oh, me too.
09:03I don't know what your deal is, but you really do need medical attention.
09:06What's your number?
09:08I don't have one of those cell phone things.
09:10And I also don't have internet, a driver's license, or a regular phone.
09:15Tell me you have a name.
09:17It's Mogura.
09:18Mogura?
09:19That's what I said, isn't it?
09:21Ah, just forget it.
09:22How can you live like this and make money in this day and age?
09:25Let me think.
09:26Didn't your sign say something about running a bathhouse and some kind of metal work?
09:40Good question, college kid.
09:44I almost forgot it.
09:46It'd be pretty lousy of me not to thank you properly after you've been so kind.
09:50Here's your gift.
09:51Come to see me if you ever find yourself in real trouble.
09:54Of course, you could always choose to forget me.
09:57You're knee deep in this thing now, so I'm a little worried.
10:01Well, we'll get out of your hair.
10:05So listen, I'm a third year Lib Arts major at Yatsume Yu.
10:09If you develop any side effects, don't feel like you have to suffer alone.
10:12You hardly even know me.
10:14You're way too virtuous for your own good.
10:16Now be careful getting home, you hear?
10:22You won't believe this, but I'll let you in on something.
10:25You see, I was banished from the afterlife, so I can't die.
10:31That's my deal.
10:32Basically, if you ever get into that kind of trouble, you should come and talk to me.
10:37You can try telling other people, but no one will believe you.
10:41I don't have an ID, a family register, or a residency card.
10:45In other words, on paper, I don't exist.
10:48That means the police won't ever come knocking with uncomfortable questions.
10:52You genuinely don't have to worry about that.
10:55I'll wash off the blood on the street and cover it with mud before dawn.
10:59Thanks to the both of you.
11:01And one last thing, Opekepe.
11:05Opekepe?
11:07The Opekepe Bushi.
11:09Seems it's a satirical song from the Meiji era.
11:13Hmm.
11:14What's truly fascinating is that there are few such stories to be found within the Asian mythologies.
11:23This is most likely due to the differences in our cultural...
11:26What's with the weird black smudge?
11:30We'll discuss this concept in a bit more detail next...
11:32Maybe I need stronger lenses?
11:34Class is now dismissed.
11:36Magi.
11:37Hm?
11:38You got a sec?
11:39I might have gone overboard.
11:41You too?
11:42Yeah, I guess I'm not any better, huh?
11:44Seriously.
11:45Guys got me so stressed I'm using my part-time stash.
11:48This was all I could afford right now.
11:50Hey, anything helps.
11:51And I'm sure he'd appreciate it, right?
11:53Sure, assuming he hasn't dropped dead.
11:55Tokyo police are investigating both suicide and an accident following the gruesome discovery of a man's body in the middle of the street last night.
12:03That would mean that he died after we left him all by himself.
12:06I don't want to take on that kind of trauma in my twenties.
12:10Maybe we should tell Fujimura?
12:12Eh, let's not get Musclehead more involved.
12:15The guy kept the book so we can't prove it's his.
12:17You and I may know it, but it's not like he's gonna help out anyway.
12:21We should head over there.
12:23It's past Main Street in the shopping district and then further down, isn't it?
12:31Flowers?
12:32Bad idea, it's not his funeral.
12:34Anything else we should pick up?
12:36Not unless you see any blood transfusion packs.
12:39Huh?
12:40Thanks for stopping by.
12:44You think this works for blood loss too?
12:46Man, is it weird that we're more worried about him than he is about himself?
12:50I know, but I hope that he likes liver.
12:53He'd better eat every last bite of it or I'm gonna be living off it for the rest of the month.
12:58Come on dude, I know you're around here.
13:08You sure we didn't make a wrong turn?
13:11Hmm...
13:13Positive this is the right place.
13:15I know because I remember this sign from earlier.
13:17See?
13:18Different collection days and the writing here.
13:21It's the same one.
13:22Yeah, you're right!
13:24And check out this manhole!
13:25I haven't seen one look like this in any of the other wards.
13:28I'm pretty sure I recognize it.
13:31Weird, why does the street end here?
13:33Wanna know what I think?
13:35This feels like one of those ghost hunter encounters you see online, doesn't it?
13:40Don't even joke about that, Yaeiko!
13:42That kind of thing scares the shit out of me, okay?!
13:45Wait, did I say something wrong?
13:47Don't cry!
13:48Fun fact, Yae, gun to my head.
13:50If I had to choose between getting trapped in a haunted house and a free-fall ride,
13:53I'm gonna choose to free-fall in a heartbeat!
13:55And honestly, I'd be puking my guts out either way!
13:58Thanks for sharing, now I know.
14:00What kind of meathead bullies a guy into such a humiliating decision?!
14:04The whole thing makes me sick to my stomach!
14:06You mean Tsuchimura?!
14:08Friend, I never, ever want to see a ghost in my life!
14:11Okay, fine, I get it! Just stop making that face!
14:14Is it from now on Fisei monster or something? I can't stand the S-word!
14:19If you're talking about spirits, don't you think monsters are more violent?
14:22It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
14:24Look at you two youngsters flirting up a storm.
14:27It's all what's new in the neighborhood.
14:29You kids here to check out my bathhouse or what?
14:32500 yen apiece.
14:34It was 300 before, but price is going up all over. Sorry.
14:39What's up? We going in or what?
14:48The look on your faces say I'm not your guy. My mistake then.
14:52Hey, uh, here you go.
14:54You looked pretty beat up last night.
14:55Wha?
14:56Wait a sec, you got these for me? A stranger?
14:59Yeah.
15:00Sweet deal, but you didn't have to.
15:02Food.
15:03I appreciate it.
15:04Holy smokes!
15:05Liver!
15:06Oh yes!
15:07All hail this nutritious meal!
15:09Oh nice!
15:10The liver made him a lot happier than I expected.
15:12Is it okay for you to be walking around with your head banged up?
15:15The ol' noggin's feeling fine. Look what I snapped up.
15:18See? Got myself a nice helmet to wear. Second hand, but spick and span.
15:22So is anything new with you kids? You see something or someone?
15:26What do you mean by that?
15:34Guess that answers that now, doesn't it?
15:36Don't you give me that!
15:38Your whole vibe is super sus and I was going to say something about it sooner,
15:41but is that creepy looking dude actually a spirit?
15:44That's plain sad man!
15:46Better than scary.
15:47But come on!
15:48Where's the hardcore looking big bad you see in anime and jump manga and stuff like that?
15:53You talk them up and all we get is this guy?!
15:57What young'uns these days really fail to understand is that life is always stranger than fiction!
16:02Watch and learn kiddos! This is your first spiritual encounter!
16:11The name's Mogura Momoyuki.
16:13That's Hundred Darknesses and Peachwood Bow if you're curious.
16:16Afraid I'm not sure whether it's a blessed name or a cursed one.
16:20But I reckon you should know what to call me.
16:25And occupation wise?
16:27I'm a hermit, a rare breed these days.
16:29It's a pleasure and my condolences.
16:31You said it's Momoyuki?
16:33Back in the day, bows made from peach wood were used to ward off misfortune or vaquish enemies.
16:39Evil spirits mostly. Am I wrong?
16:41Hmm.
16:42And the gold star goes to the liberal arts major.
16:44Ugh!
16:45Writing Mogura as Hundred Darknesses.
16:48In terms of Japanese legend, it's like the opposite of Amaterasu Omikami in a bad way.
16:53Just so you know, I don't have any cool powers like exorcism or whatever.
17:07I simply borrowed a little bitty fire from him.
17:10That fella wasn't an evil spirit or anything.
17:13If I had to guess, he was probably gazing fondly at the little lady from afar.
17:17Excuse you? That's gross.
17:19You're dang right about that one, miss.
17:23Look man, you gotta tell us what's going on.
17:25You know, I do admire your resolve, so what the heck. Reckon you two can visit my abode?
17:32What I'm about to tell you will sound too out there to be true, but it is.
17:36In the ending goes something like, if you ever see or run into or even hear rumors about any ghosts, let me know.
17:46When you think of ghosts, you probably picture something like this, right?
17:49Well, yeah.
17:50And what do you call this?
17:52Is that a ghost light?
17:54Yep.
17:55Here's where it gets weird.
17:56This stuff is demon fire.
17:58Something the dead whip up to help guide them to the afterlife.
18:01Those lantern plants you use for decorations on Oban?
18:04Same idea as the lights carried by the dead.
18:07Ghost souls contain the same fire, and it allows them to proceed to the next world naturally.
18:11It varies from ghost to ghost, and some do veer off course.
18:15Think of demon fire as the residue flame leaking out of souls.
18:18Last night I told you two, I was banished from the afterlife.
18:23Knock it off, will ya?
18:24That wasn't an invitation for you to start staring like I need therapy.
18:28Hear me out.
18:30The reason why I can talk to you right here and now is because the sun stripped me of my right to carry this fire in my soul.
18:36So, if I turn into a ghost, I'm pretty much screwed.
18:39I'm stranded here, without a way to the afterlife.
18:42I use this lantern to store the residual fire left over by ghosts.
18:49The plan is to harvest a whole bunch of it so it'll guide me to the other side.
18:57Stay with me, you only need to get the gist of it.
19:00Huh?
19:01This tiny little flame you see in here is my soul.
19:04You saw me using it a different way last night.
19:06Shit, out of options.
19:10That's why you didn't want us to call the cops.
19:12You were taking a shot from that thing, you junkie!
19:15Not exactly untrue, but I still don't care for the comparison.
19:18I prefer to think of it as getting a recharge.
19:22It's a boost, kinda like an energy drink or e-money.
19:25Recharge?
19:26Wait, your head!
19:28Is that why it's healed?
19:30And another gold star.
19:31Nice work, kid.
19:32You lit nerds are as sharp as a knife.
19:34That's why I like y'all.
19:36Huh?
19:37To take a step further, I can stay kicking for ages,
19:39so long as I keep on drinking for my lantern.
19:42In other words, I'm kinda immortal.
19:44So that hermit stuff wasn't a joke?
19:46Joke?
19:47Kid, I wish it was a joke, because I didn't ask for this life at all.
19:52Get it?
19:53I've got one foot still in the land of the living.
19:56It's a hassle being immortal when you still age,
19:58you're still hungry, and you still get sick all the time.
20:01I can only stay alive if I regularly fix up my body with this fire.
20:06Life's okay until you realize you can't survive without money,
20:09and damn near everybody's gotta work for it.
20:12Living costs money,
20:13and saving money to live off a little more can cost me my health.
20:17Sick?
20:18Hurt?
20:19Hospital costs money.
20:20Using the flame is free, but I'm left with less each time.
20:23I have to keep this thing stocked with fire while keeping up that kind of life.
20:28Mooching some off a spirit in the wild is how I survive a little longer.
20:33This is what it's like to be tied down.
20:35A well thought out punishment.
20:37Punishment?
20:38Meaning what?
20:41What I said.
20:42Clever name, calling it The Drawer.
20:47This alley is absolutely my prison.
20:50A prison to toss in folks barred from the afterlife, like me.
20:56Outside!
20:57We looked!
20:58But the alley didn't show up until you showed up too!
21:00It was there.
21:01You weren't looking close enough.
21:03People only see what they want to see.
21:05The things you're looking for only turn up after you've peeped all over.
21:10That's just how blind humans are.
21:13Overlooking a street or two happens more times than you think.
21:16Suppose it's like that with spirits.
21:18You notice something you didn't notice before meeting me because you weren't looking for it.
21:22Any questions so far, kid?
21:25I don't even know where to begin.
21:27None of this sounds real, you know?
21:29But the more I think about it, everything just clicks in a weird way.
21:32There's so much I want to ask, like what century you were born in.
21:36Perry's expedition, or even your scariest encounter.
21:39Honestly, I'm a little freaked out right now.
21:42Scariest encounter, huh?
21:43That's a pretty good one I haven't heard before.
21:46If I had to choose.
21:47Mode a gun to the head.
21:49The consumption tax ranks high up there.
21:52Look man, I'm a struggling student, but come on.
21:55You come on!
21:56Every day, I get one step closer to cutting out eggs from my diet!
22:00Just you wait!
22:01They're gonna keep creeping it up until one morning you wake up and it's 10%!
22:05That's how it was with the land tax, kids!
22:07Trust me!
22:08And if that ain't scary enough, one time I fixed up a broken TV only for some fella to hound me over a licensing fee.
22:14Who does he think he is?
22:16Shaking folks down?
22:17Who's the boss?
22:18The KGB?
22:20Dude, not okay.
22:21That's the one comparison you should never make, ever.
22:24Look, I'll do anything to not miss Stretchman!
22:26Of course I paid!
22:27So deep down you're not so shady.
22:30Anyway, story time's over.
22:32Every little thing's about money these days.
22:35And the only way for me to survive long enough to move on to the afterlife is by collecting fire and collecting coin.
22:41Saving but still living hand to mouth. Sound familiar?
22:44It's tough to balance saving and spending.
22:47I'd love to conserve energy by never lifting a finger, but that lifestyle's no better in the long run.
22:53Being forced to live half-assed is a curse.
22:56There's too much I have to do and yet too much I can't do in life.
22:59Yesterday, didn't you say you don't even have a residency card? Isn't there a workaround?
23:04There's always one. All that stuff is just data. And anybody can falsify data. So long as there's a demand, there'll always be folks who do it for a living, plain and simple.
23:16There was a time when I made fake IDs and family registers too. But in 1942, I got careless. And that's why it eventually came back to bite me. You got any guesses, Gold Star?
23:28What got to you in 1942?
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