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00:00Wow, I'm so happy to hear you.
00:10If you're a problem, please raise your voice.
01:46You got to do everything you can to nip this in the bod, bud.
01:52Shut your stupid mouth, old man.
01:55Depending on the situation, you may have to resort to illegal measures.
01:58If you want, I can help.
02:00As far as society knows, I don't even exist, which naturally can be pretty useful sometimes.
02:04Please stop talking.
02:06You're probably wondering why I brought this up in the first place, but it's only natural to be curious about what happened to my friend.
02:13Of course it is.
02:14And since you're back home for the festival anyway, now might be the perfect time to pay him a little visit.
02:19I gotta know, how did you even recognize the guy when you saw him again?
02:23He had the doll.
02:25I made it for him back when we were in high school.
02:28It's a super obscure game character, so there wasn't any official merch for it.
02:32Mori was also a big fan of the game, so I made it for him as a little gift.
02:36Well, we're not gonna figure it out tonight, and I'm pretty exhausted after that whole merfolk thing.
02:41It's bedtime.
02:42Let's hit the hay.
02:44Though, I'm still disappointed I didn't get to see it.
02:46I know, let's have a girls' PJ party.
02:48Yeah.
02:49Oh, but first, I left you some sleeping tools.
02:52Come again?
02:53Something to use if a centipede falls from the ceiling.
02:56A what now?
02:57Don't touch him with your bare hands.
02:59Good night, and sleep tight.
03:01Seriously?
03:02Centipedes are edible, with some chili sauce.
03:06Huh?
03:07Come and partake in our girl chat, Yaiko.
03:09And just what are we gabbin' about?
03:12We're obviously discussing affairs of the heart.
03:15I'm wildly in love with my man.
03:17Yeah, I mean, that's kind of how that whole thing is supposed to work, isn't it?
03:22Ooh, I've got a fun question for you gals.
03:24Are you a sadist or a masochist?
03:27What kind of question is that?
03:29Honestly...
03:30I'm a huge masochist!
03:31Not only is that TMI, it also feels like an indirect burn on my professor.
03:44Sea spirits who've lost their individuality, crying out like infants.
03:48The island's festival, those in power, my friend who grew up here, my friend's great-grandfather, and my friend's utterly transformed classmate.
03:59I was invited here by a female.
04:01I rode on the back of her motorbike.
04:03I met her family, and now I'm staying at their house.
04:05I can hear my future self screaming at me.
04:10You have any freaking idea how lucky you are right now?
04:13True.
04:13And yet, for reasons I don't understand, I'm fixated on the middle-aged man who followed us on his bike.
04:21Who's the real monster?
04:22The merfolk or him?
04:24I fell asleep with that thought stuck in my head.
04:27Oh, it's the Mori kid.
04:39Him again? He's been like that a few years.
04:42That must be tough for his poor parents.
04:45I don't know about that.
04:46His parents are a bit complicated themselves.
04:53Oh, hey, Dad.
04:55How's Mori?
04:56He's okay. At least that's what I heard.
04:59Phew, what a relief.
05:01Things went south after you left for Tokyo.
05:03Seems he started having frequent panic attacks.
05:06But he's doing a lot better these days.
05:08I didn't know.
05:13I've got to go visit someone.
05:16But I wonder if it's weird to show up unannounced.
05:19I'm going to do it anyway!
05:20Oh, dear. I hope you'll excuse me.
05:27Are you hurt?
05:28Take my hand.
05:29Welcome to our home, sir.
05:31What an honor. Please come in.
05:33No, I won't be staying long.
05:35It's been brought to my attention that you have a few guests staying with you, Kirihara.
05:39I came by to say hello and to apologize.
05:44I must sincerely apologize for the disturbance caused by one of our islanders.
05:49It pains me to say it, but the Mori family's son is mentally unstable.
05:53It's none of your concern, but all of us here are deeply worried about the boy's well-being.
05:57I regret that he sullied your visit.
06:00We cherish the young people of our island, so perhaps we worry and fuss over him more than we should.
06:06I don't believe we've met.
06:08My name is Koitaro Samijima.
06:11Yeah.
06:12And with me is my granddaughter, Yui.
06:14It's nice to see you again, Kirihara.
06:17Hey, Yui. Guess it's been since graduation.
06:21I also understand that an esteemed professor from Tokyo is one of the guests your family is currently entertaining.
06:26Oh, uh...
06:27I've been told you're well-versed in folklore and have developed an interest in our little island.
06:34I thank you for that.
06:35Yes, of course.
06:37The Kirihara family has been a great help to ours since even before my mother's generation.
06:42For that reason, we consider their guests to be our guests as well.
06:46Ah, Mr. Samijima boy.
06:48It would be my honor to escort your visitors around the island.
06:51Are you interested?
06:53Go ahead. I'll catch up with you guys after visiting Mori.
06:55I would advise against that.
06:57You don't want to bother them, right?
06:59Instead, you should come along with us.
07:06It's nice to see you today, sir.
07:08Have a wonderful day.
07:10Yui wasn't joking about this dude being important.
07:12Seems a little manipulative.
07:14Game recognize game, huh?
07:16Hey, you're Kirihara's friend, aren't you?
07:18I saw you hit that bullseye dead on.
07:25That was so impressive.
07:28But to my eye, you look a little mature for a college chum.
07:32Did you perhaps work for a while before starting college?
07:35Uh, I kinda...
07:37Mogura here is an alumnus.
07:39Uh...
07:40Anyway, your professor is so cool.
07:43Are there a lot of people like him in the city?
07:46So handsome!
07:47Not really. He's special.
07:49I now present to you our merfolk shrine.
07:55Its official name is the Samajima Shrine, and it was constructed by my ancestors.
08:01It's not complicated, but check out this pamphlet!
08:03I see.
08:10So there's meaning behind that gesture at the festival.
08:13These days, it's just an imitation.
08:15I realize it may seem silly, but it's important to us.
08:19And it's a way to teach people about the sea.
08:29Here's our best product.
08:31Have a look!
08:32It looks totally yummy!
08:33This is one of our specialties.
08:36It's made from cod with a dash of shark.
08:38Like Jaws?
08:40I don't know what you're referring to, but this is mostly blue shark.
08:43Oh, if I'm not mistaken, Jaws is the title of a movie film.
08:47However, we do get the occasional great white and tiger shark around these waters.
08:51There are even records of it from the Edo period.
08:54So in that way, there's a deeper meaning behind us trying to instill fear of the sea with the festival.
08:59Jaws is thirsty!
09:00That's not really Jaws.
09:02I do hope you'll find this useful for your report.
09:05Ah, yes, of course, thanks.
09:07You know about that?
09:08How embarrassing.
09:10I'm sorry.
09:10No, I'm the one who's sorry.
09:13It's a small island and word has a way of spreading rather quickly.
09:16Those are special guests of the president.
09:21He's a professor from Tokyo.
09:23Huh?
09:24That's the Kirihara's family daughter who's friends with that weird Mori kid.
09:28Huh, but her family's lived on the island forever.
09:31The Mori family still isn't quite ready to attend the festival.
09:34Don't be too harsh now.
09:35We can't expect perfection from newbies.
09:37The Mori family.
09:41Those folks are fairly new to the island, eh?
09:44Oh, sorry.
09:46Just forget I said anything.
09:48But how did you know?
09:49Well, it's not a mystery.
09:52I couldn't help but overhear some of the rumors floating around the place.
09:55Ah.
09:57Seems there's a firm hierarchy for how people are treated.
10:00I'm guessing it's related to how long someone's lived out here?
10:03Yeah, but it's more about how well they understand the place.
10:06The Mori family has lived here for six years.
10:09In comparison, our ancestors were here by the end of the shogunate.
10:12There was a little unpleasantness.
10:14Pretty soon after they arrived, they got the family off on the wrong foot.
10:18I was already working at the company when the Mori father was hired.
10:21After he was on the payroll for about a year,
10:24he pointed out a little mistake directly to the president.
10:28I suppose you find that confusing.
10:30And I can't say you're wrong.
10:31But sometimes things can't be neatly defined as right or wrong.
10:35The rest of us islanders have learned that it's better to quietly turn a blind eye
10:39to a fair amount of the family's misconduct.
10:42Is there bad behavior?
10:43Of course.
10:44But honestly, how many successful businesses can claim to be perfectly spotless?
10:49As long as it's not an actual crime,
10:51operating this way keeps things running smoothly.
10:53After spending some time with the president,
10:55you can probably guess why he was essential to making the island prosperous.
10:59Outsiders think we're naive yokels and are always trying to swindle us.
11:04You wouldn't believe the nonsense those tricksters tried to pawn off on us.
11:07Truth is, it's hard to tell what's legit.
11:10The president's family took it upon themselves to protect us
11:13and made sure all those bad seeds got the boot.
11:15That's why everyone who lives here tends to shun anyone who even remotely gets on that family's bad side.
11:22Though, if I'm being completely honest, can't say I'm proud of that.
11:25I was thrilled to bits when Yaiko said she wanted to go to college
11:29because intelligence is a powerful tool.
11:31And so, Professor, I hope you and everyone else will do all you can to help Yaiko learn.
11:36I'm so glad you came and that I got to meet you.
11:39As a senior, I know I should do more to protect Mori and the rest of his family.
11:43Let us handle the island, Yaiko. You just keep on learning.
11:47Ah, and don't forget that even the most competent bosses will have some kind of flaws.
11:52There ain't nobody on this whole planet who was born perfect.
11:55No kidding.
11:56Not even someone like Nekozuku who became a young professor.
12:00Yet he totally sucks at housework and would probably blow up the rice cooker if it weren't for his wife!
12:04Is that true?
12:07He needs me.
12:09I'm home!
12:10I showed our special guests around.
12:13Thank you for doing that. I'm sure you did an adequate job.
12:16Yes, I worked hard and tried my very best to please you.
12:20My mama!
12:22So, how is the Mori-san doing? I don't want him to die just because of me.
12:27You're such a kind-hearted boy. Don't worry your little head.
12:31You just do whatever your mama says and you'll never have a care in the world.
12:35Now tell me all about our visitors.
12:37There wasn't really anything special about them, if you ask me.
12:40Nothing special at all?
12:42Huh?
12:43You eat great work today.
12:48Whoa, this is a really old map.
12:50Cool.
12:51People have been living on this here island at least as far back as the Keicho era.
12:55Our home is here, and President Samijima's home is over there.
12:59I'm guessing you saw the huge mansion when you came in?
13:01Yeah, it was enormous!
13:03They are definitely important landowners.
13:05Seems the old-timers are stationed in the middle of the island.
13:09Uh, fascinating.
13:10Good observation.
13:11I suppose that's probably because that's the safest part of it, so people settled there first.
13:15Oh?
13:16Hold on a minute.
13:18Where are you going?
13:19Just going for a walk.
13:20I'm hungry.
13:21Oh no!
13:21Did you not get enough breakfast?
13:23I'm sorry.
13:24No big deal.
13:25I just get hungrier than most because of Nabashima.
13:28Because of what, now?
13:29Eh, don't worry about it.
13:31Well, can we get you anything?
13:32I can just grab something from a food stall.
13:34Food?
13:35I'm going with you!
13:37I hope you have a wonderful time on your little date, Keo!
13:41If you keep dropping truth bombs like that, you're gonna upset the kid.
13:45I'm unfazed.
13:46Her being there helps with optics.
13:47Yeah, when you go alone, people judge and say stuff like,
13:50that freaky girl is eating her body weight and stall food.
13:53That only happens to you.
13:55I trust you're doing well, dear grandmother?
13:57Yes, quite well.
13:58I love your outfit today, or should I say you're a man stealing with above perfect success rates,
14:03skin-tight, devilish costume.
14:05That's my girl!
14:07I prefer to call it my starry-eyed, innocent princess battle suit.
14:10But I thought you called it something like blouse a real innocent girl would never wear
14:14because it's too small and doesn't contain her glorious assets.
14:18Silence.
14:18And fool who just opened his mouth?
14:20Listen carefully.
14:21It's my starry-eyed, innocent princess battle suit.
14:24And don't forget to put a cute star between princess and battle suit.
14:28You'll be punished for your transgression.
14:30As well as for doubting my innocence.
14:32I'm sorry.
14:33This outfit fooled the 40-something guy who quit the company the other day.
14:37He left his sweet wife of 15 years and begged for my hand in marriage.
14:42Like hell, I'd agree.
14:43Naturally, I said I felt just awful for his poor wife and tearfully yet gracefully stepped
14:48aside.
14:48I'm not only beautiful, but delicate too.
14:51He was too useless anyway.
14:53And destined to be driven off the island.
14:57Such a talented great-granddaughter.
15:00I'm truly lucky.
15:01Did she just say divorce?
15:03Hey, Mama, tell me.
15:05Are you sure it was the right call for me to get divorced?
15:08I'd thought Manami was a good woman who cared a lot about me.
15:11It had to be done.
15:12How many times do I have to tell you that woman wasn't worthy of you, Koitoro?
15:17Though I'm glad you at least got a healthy child out of it.
15:20Though it didn't work out, it was worth it because now you have an adorable granddaughter.
15:24But I don't have enough energy to find myself a new wife.
15:28You're only 58 years old, my boy.
15:30You're in the prime of your life.
15:32Next time you should marry a young lady instead of an old hag.
15:36You're right.
15:36You're always right.
15:38Only this time I want a wife who can recreate your cooking, Mama.
15:41There must be someone out there who can do it.
15:44We'll find her, darling.
15:45Of course I'll have to teach her my ways.
15:47She'd be lucky to have you teach her how to cook.
15:50Why would anybody in their right mind want to wear this ridiculously tight and thin sleeveless blouse
15:55when it's freaking cool outside, you idiot?
15:57It doesn't seem to my armpits and hurts.
15:59I bet they're all red now.
16:01Oh, hey, Mama.
16:02The Kirihara family's oldest daughter is young and petite.
16:05I bet she would do as she's told.
16:07I'm afraid I'll have to veto that.
16:10She may look pretty, but girls like her are often stubborn.
16:13And don't forget that she attends college.
16:15You wouldn't believe how much educated women like to talk back.
16:18It's important that you marry a nice, quiet girl instead.
16:22That tall, dark, and handsome man with the smoldering eyes is Kirihara's college professor.
16:27But his stupid, clingy wife got in my way.
16:29I bet I could land the tallest one if I pushed a teensy bit harder.
16:33He's just my type, but barely responded to any of my advances.
16:36You're utterly adorable, but still so naive.
16:39That man had the eyes of someone who's been through a lot in his life.
16:42You should go after a man who's positively ignorant, like the one with the glasses.
16:47Oh, but he's so weird and ugly.
16:50You'll get burned if you underestimate the professor.
16:53Tread lightly.
16:53I've crossed paths with many outsiders in my day.
16:58And those who are blind to our power always lose.
17:00So they're of no concern to our family.
17:03It's the ones who are immune to our manipulations that you should truly be frightened of.
17:07We must always stay one step ahead of the shrewd businessmen who are intent on ripping us off.
17:13Yui, you have so much talent.
17:15I'm counting on you to learn so you can leave this island someday.
17:18You don't have to worry.
17:20Trapping the Mori's son was child's play.
17:22That's only because I carefully trained all the islanders to be easily manipulated.
17:27Outsiders are quite different.
17:29Hate to say it, but the merfolk legend is woefully lackluster.
17:32Our ancestors should have painted the merfolk as more villainous and given the story a more concrete moral.
17:38Simple stories are best for instilling a sense of good and evil in people, but I'll fix it eventually.
17:43In any case, I expect you to be all smiles with our guests.
17:46My instincts tell me that we must be wary of those people.
17:49Everything we do is for the purpose of preserving the peace of our family.
17:53Trust me on this.
17:54Brainy people who offer up their opinions are the true enemies of peace.
17:58That's why I tried my very best to get the Mori family to leave the island, but they simply refuse to comply.
18:04It's because the Kirihara family just won't forget about them.
18:07Why can't they go with the flow and do what we ask of them like everyone else on the island?
18:11That father of theirs is to blame.
18:13He's a tiny little guy who seems happy-go-lucky, but he's actually surprisingly sharp.
18:18I agree.
18:19We've been carefully framing the Mori son as someone who's persistently making fake suicide attempts.
18:24But the Kirihara father may have grown suspicious that it's a ruse.
18:27The old fox also encouraged his daughter to leave for college.
18:30That family's deep roots will be hard to pull, but we have various methods at our disposal.
18:35Just like always, we can count on the other islanders to believe anything we tell them.
18:39We can lie to our heart's content.
18:51I knew that merfolk was larger than usual.
18:54It's clearly collected a ton of resentment here.
18:57This island can deal with its own problems.
18:59That said, Yaiko's friend being so severely bullied doesn't sit well with me.
19:03If he dies from it, he'll join the mournful ranks of the merfolk.
19:08I want no part of it.
19:09But if I end up telling Mogura about it, he'll probably just drag me into it anyway.
19:14We're not visiting the food stalls, are we?
19:18Believe me, Sato, what happened next was an even more difficult hurdle to cross.
19:22Huh? Wow.
19:24Second breakfast acquired!
19:25I hope you had fun on your little outing.
19:28He bought me yakisoba and it was totally awesome!
19:31Whoa! Freebies!
19:32I blew all my hard-earned cash at the shooting range,
19:35so why don't you be a pal and buy me something tasty?
19:37What did you find out?
19:39Spill the beans.
19:43Long story short...
19:45The island's royal family was built on maintaining its power by any means necessary.
19:53They make the islanders dependent on them and rob them of their individuality.
19:57That whole family excels at getting in someone's head and controlling them.
20:01They publicly hold a supernatural ritual that instills a sense of unity.
20:06Then they sprinkle on an us-versus-them story to really get the unity juices flowing.
20:10It's hella genius.
20:11They drive anyone they deem useless or impudent to desperation, then vote them off the island.
20:17They couldn't care less if those people die.
20:20Watch your back around the boss lady, the walking Oedipus complex, and that feisty red flag on legs.
20:25How did I not know this place was so sus?
20:28Something about the way she was leaning in and staring at me set off my landmine detector.
20:33Hey, you're Kirihara's friend, aren't you?
20:35It sucks being right all the time.
20:37You're like a flame, and landmines are the moth.
20:40I do remember you saying something about dealing with overly attached psychos.
20:44I knew it.
20:45I've always had a strange feeling there was something off about Yui.
20:48No matter how you slice it, that whole family is a bunch of wackos.
20:52It's crystal clear they don't value the lives of others.
20:55And Yai's old friend is one of their victims.
20:58I'd bet good money this place has churned out a crap ton of victims over the years,
21:04making the merfolk bigger and bigger, a massive tower of suffering.
21:08I thought there were surprisingly few spirits around here,
21:10and the few we saw were shamelessly staring at us when we arrived at the harbor.
21:15Most spirits here probably get swallowed up by the merfolk.
21:18You follow?
21:19Yai's home island has always attracted lots of spirits,
21:22and those who wind up here are formed into a single blob.
21:25The old giant glob of ghosts is a staple in ghost stories.
21:30Those things have a knack for attracting spirits filled with strong negative emotions.
21:34It's a big ball of regret that's desperate for companionship,
21:37so it absorbs every spirit it comes across.
21:40And when that doesn't fill the void, it eventually starts going after the living as well.
21:45Anyone in a weak state is susceptible.
21:47That's what leads to the emergence of haunted places where lots of accidents happen,
21:53and other creepy spots that have a death toll.
21:56We may know what's going on, but there's an important question to answer.
21:59What did the royal family do to drive Mori to the point of desperation?
22:04What did the royal family do to drive Mori to the point of desperation?
22:34Dizzonと幻の狭間で未だ打ち潮の風に囚われ
22:37解き放たれぬ祈りと魂
22:39容易くは言葉に落とせぬ話
22:41飛んで待っていこうぜ
22:50誤像ロップ随まで
22:52全部酔わせてちまったもんね
22:55その先へ張っていこうぜ
22:57世界内と意味だって
22:59目を逸らさずに痛い
23:02それだけ
23:03気張っていこうぜ
23:04一切が最新まで
23:06I'm not going to die all of you, but I'm not going to die.
23:12I want to take a step away from my head.
23:14I want to take a step away from my head.
23:18I'm not going to die.
23:21I'm not going to die.
23:26I'm not going to die.
23:28I'm going to fly away with this city.
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