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