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Eastern.Horizon
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00:00You got any guesses, Gold Star?
00:08I'd been too careless.
00:10Should have paid more attention to potential consequences like winding up on the battlefield.
00:15Of course, it happened shortly after I bought my papers.
00:18Even used my Showa Era funds to become a real citizen.
00:21I must have been too drunk on happiness to think straight.
00:24I was glad I had passed my physical exam for conscription.
00:26It felt nice to be accepted.
00:30Then the reality of shipping out hit me like a falling dictionary.
00:33And I realized I had a dilemma on my hands.
00:36I don't understand. Couldn't you refuse to go?
00:39That's not how conscription works.
00:41To start, their little physical exam is mandatory.
00:44Next, draft notices are sent out to the poor saps who pass the exam.
00:48Meaning they have no excuse.
00:50I was scrawny, but squeaked through.
00:52The flame had me healthy enough for second class.
00:56What? Don't know what that means?
00:57Well, you'll have to look it up later.
01:01Magi here knows what I'm talking about.
01:03In fact, you figured it out the very moment I said 1942.
01:06That was kind of impressive.
01:08By the way, 7.62x39mm is a very famous cartridge.
01:13Yeah, it's a rifle round.
01:15Did you see him in a movie?
01:17A cold dose of Kubrick, eh?
01:19Yesterday, you had an M1911 shirt.
01:21Like the gun?
01:23Seems you're into that kind of thing.
01:25Then you should know all about it.
01:27Uh, kinda.
01:28I play a lot of first-person shooters.
01:30You're a gamer?
01:31It's just a fun hobby.
01:33I don't actually know a whole lot.
01:34I'm sorry if I offended you somehow.
01:37Nah, don't even sweat it.
01:38I'm not trying to give you a hard time here.
01:40Anyway, I'm guessing you've heard of a Type 38 rifle?
01:43I used to wield one, but I don't know much about him.
01:46Americans had whatchamacallits.
01:48Winchesters or something like that?
01:49So yeah, fun fact.
01:51If they hit you, you're not gonna have a good time.
01:55Ugh.
01:55And it ain't no game to point in at someone and pull the trigger, either.
02:00Oh.
02:01Well, I'm done whining over here.
02:04Sorry.
02:05I'll admit they do look cool.
02:06When I first saw one with my own eyes, I was amazed.
02:10And who doesn't like games?
02:11I used to play them at the arcade.
02:13They're a handy means of escapism.
02:15I wish I had games around here sometimes.
02:17Bit hard for me to get good at them, though.
02:20Sadly, the Battlefield is a whole different story.
02:23Really, I like movies same as anyone does.
02:25But it hits different in reality.
02:28The smell, filth, bugs, piss and shit, hunger, itchiness, pain, cruel officers, grime-covered bodies, maggoty wounds.
02:37When you're told to face right, you face right no matter what.
02:40I still have nightmares about it.
02:42The absolute worst part of it all was that I could see the spirits of the fallen.
02:45An endless sea of both friend and foe.
02:49Not to sound too pathetic, but I was seriously traumatized by all of it.
02:53So, that's why I don't want to pony up for a residency card.
02:56Not that I can afford it.
02:58I'm aware I could get some half-decent work if I did, but even still, I used up all the flame I'd saved during that ordeal.
03:05Had to restart from square one.
03:06Hey, you can't say I wasn't honest from the start.
03:10You gotta know all the gritty details.
03:12Now that you can see the little suckers, be sure to let me know if you run into any spirits, yeah?
03:19Right now, I'm knee-deep in the middle of collecting flames again.
03:22And I could use all the help I can get.
03:24I worked my tail off to collect this much.
03:27It ain't going so well.
03:28Makes it hard to contact you when you don't have a cell phone.
03:31No prob.
03:32Either come here or you can call this number.
03:35It's the candy shop down the street.
03:37You tell them you have a message for me.
03:39I go all the time to use their internet without having to pay a single yen.
03:42You're a walking nuisance.
03:45Judging by the goofy look on your face is my explanation more than achieved my goal.
03:50I'll level with you.
03:51Getting you to pity me was part of my scummy ulterior motive all along.
03:55But more importantly,
03:56Having someone to confide in is far more essential than you could ever imagine.
04:03It's been ages since I talked about that stuff, but you guys made it easy.
04:07And you're polite, too.
04:08Can't believe you didn't even pry about what I'm being punished for.
04:12Means a lot.
04:13You should know I won't be mad if I never hear from you again.
04:16I'm gonna go eat that liver.
04:17Thanks.
04:18How much of that do you think was true?
04:21Maybe the guy's part of a wacky religion and he's some kind of fanatic?
04:25I'm not so sure.
04:27I finally remembered something.
04:29My family's from the country and we have these pictures of my great-grandfather in an old storeroom there.
04:34That's where I saw him.
04:36When I first saw Mogura, I thought they looked similar.
04:39You don't see black and white photos often, so it left an impression.
04:43My great-grandpa was infamous for his tall tales.
04:46Like how he swam back home across the sea or even how he used to drink jet fuel when he ran out of liquor.
04:51I know I shouldn't laugh, but that's crazy.
04:53One of his stories was about a time he was badly injured but then somehow recovered overnight.
04:59That miracle happened right around the time that photo was taken.
05:04I take his stories with a grain of salt, but if that one's true, I would never have been born if not for Mogura.
05:10When he said he could see spirits on the battlefield, I've got to admit I assumed he was collecting more flame than he was using, even if being in the army meant he had to be more cautious.
05:21But I suppose it's possible that Mogura actually used up more flame helping others than he did helping himself survive.
05:29I was afraid to ask about his punishment, but he doesn't seem like a bad person.
05:35Is thinking about it that way naive of me?
05:37Well, it is possible.
05:39In this day and age, we'd be considered stupid for trying to help someone so suspicious.
05:44But it's the right thing to do.
05:52Enough!
05:54I've never witnessed anything that sickly sweet in my entire existence!
05:57How dare you flirt right in front of my house just watching it makes me angry!
06:01Haven't you damn kids ever heard of decency?
06:03You really came out here to yell at us about being too sweet?
06:06Keep my warning! Guys who don't experience sweet loving in their youth will never know that joy!
06:11Are you sure you were ever anything resembling young?
06:14My love life has been a series of overly attached psychos who can't get enough once they've had a taste!
06:19Ah, slow your roll, man! No one wants to hear your grim, dark dating stories!
06:23Damn it all! I wish a kind and tastefully pervy gal who likes to talk but not too much would fall right into my lap!
06:29I'm practically drowning in jealousy!
06:31What exactly do you mean by tastefully pervy?
06:34So if you know anyone who fits the bill, hook me up!
06:36Damn it, call me about that too!
06:40On second thought, let's keep our distance.
06:43You do realize you've jinxed us by saying that?
06:51I wonder if that was the candy shop he mentioned.
06:54Yai's great-grandfather?
06:56Was it really that long ago?
07:00Throw this away for me.
07:02It would be my pleasure, sir!
07:04Treated like a damn leper for working at a hundred yen shop.
07:08What's the matter, boss?
07:09That guy's a shoplifter!
07:11He bought one thing and stole five others!
07:13Let's get him!
07:17Now, Maggie!
07:18Don't hold back!
07:19Blind the guy!
07:20Sounds extreme!
07:21Slow down, sir!
07:22You still have a few items we need you to pay for!
07:24Come to think of it, I wonder if spirits ever shoplift.
07:27Hey!
07:28Chasing down a thief?
07:29Huh?
07:29I've got you covered!
07:31Oh, yeah!
07:32Ahahahah!
07:38Whoops.
07:39Told ya.
07:40I don't have a license.
07:41Gotta avoid any qualifications that require identification, you understand?
07:45But trains are expensive.
07:46So instead, I taught myself to ride a bike up to 70 kilometers an hour!
07:50An accomplished idiot!
07:52How is he so careless given his situation?
07:55You should be a Kadeen racer.
07:57Oh, guess that requires state credentials.
07:59So anyway, how's it been going?
08:02Have you seen anything unusual?
08:04What do you mean by that?
08:05I don't know.
08:06Your first photo of a spirit or something similar?
08:09No worries if it hasn't happened yet.
08:11Does that mean I'm likely to experience things like that moving forward, or what?
08:15Boggy!
08:16Did you catch him?
08:17I don't need the fuzz after me, so try and make something up.
08:20And if you have any expired food, I'll take it off your hands.
08:23See ya!
08:23Huh.
08:24Maybe he's weirdly fast because of his living conditions.
08:27He could at least oil his bike, though.
08:30Who was that?
08:31Um, a bystander?
08:33I see.
08:34Now let's give this guy a beating before the cops show up!
08:37That's kind of messed up.
08:38Well, so is an inventory lost directly affecting my sweet yearly bonus?
08:42I don't give a crap about a shoplifter's human rights!
08:45If you want security cameras, you have to pay for them yourself!
08:47Screw you, headquarters!
08:49And screw you, Kanida from General Affairs!
08:51Then we should complain to HR, right?
08:53I'm sure Kanida's under pressure, too, you know?
08:56I'm gonna involve the cops in as many incidents as possible!
08:59Then I'll crush headquarters like a bug in court!
09:01That's easily the best idea I got going!
09:04Or maybe I go for broke and kill a shoplifter!
09:06Even if you get caught, you can return to society after a few years!
09:09Let's murder him, Magi!
09:13Maybe our judicial system is outdated.
09:16Boss Sukekyo, you should get some rest.
09:19No, Magi!
09:20Full-time employees don't ever get to rest!
09:23What a silly proposition!
09:24Hold on.
09:25Did you say, Boss Sukekyo?
09:28Fess up.
09:28What is that?
09:29A secret employee nickname for me?
09:31Oh, um, sorry?
09:33But, you know, I meant it affectionately.
09:35Yet somehow, Boss Sukekyo sounds like the least likable character ever.
09:41There we go.
09:43The next shoplifter I see gets a one-way ticket to the bottom of a river!
09:47With him and Fujimura, the living might be scarier than spirits.
09:52And that's what happened.
09:53But when I saw Mogura, I realized maybe my job wasn't the worst.
09:58I feel bad for Sukekyo.
10:00The cafe where I work is very peaceful.
10:02I've been there for three years.
10:04Whoa, that's a long time.
10:06It's such a lovely environment.
10:07And we recently got a new employee.
10:09A teenager.
10:10Only 15.
10:11Huh.
10:12High school freshman?
10:14Good for them.
10:14I'm Shio Inukai, and I really love eating.
10:17Never mind.
10:18I'm worried about your onboarding process.
10:21But the staff knows that this place are to die for.
10:23Great.
10:23Ask Kirihara if you have any questions.
10:25I'm Yaiko Kirihara.
10:27I'm a college student.
10:28Call me Yaiko.
10:29And I'm called Shio Inukai.
10:31Food-loving high school freshman.
10:33Huh.
10:34Unless you're more specific, folks will think you like every kind of food on earth.
10:38Wait.
10:38You're saying it's possible for food not to taste good?
10:40Ugh.
10:41Forget it.
10:42Is it okay if I ask what year of college you're in?
10:44Third year.
10:45I know I don't look like it, do I?
10:47Here, your new uniform.
10:49It's for front of house staff.
10:51I work here in the kitchen.
10:52Cool.
10:53This is my very first job, so I'm pretty nervous.
10:58It was like gazing upon the Swiss Alps with my own two eyes.
11:02And she's not even 20 years old yet.
11:07We went from questionable onboarding to a punchline I can't comment on.
11:10You don't have anything to say about my recent mountaineering adventure seminar leader, Magi?
11:17Give me your thoughts in one page or less.
11:21Come on, Magi.
11:22It's totally fine.
11:23You can tell me what you really think.
11:25All of our customers were staring at her nonstop, too.
11:28What's so great about the Alps anyway?
11:31Aren't the Kanto planes equally charming in their own way?
11:34Right?
11:36Right?
11:36Guess Yae is even more spineless than I am sometimes.
11:39Having someone to confide in is far more essential than you could ever imagine.
11:46At the end of the day, I'm starting to realize I have it pretty good right now.
11:52It's you.
11:53Oh yeah, we threw a welcome party.
11:56I don't know what that's like because no one's ever thrown me one.
11:59Check it out.
12:00She just sent me a picture from the party.
12:02Huh?
12:03This place really exists?
12:11Honestly, if it weren't for this street, I could have comfortably brushed this off as a drunken delusion.
12:17I'm gonna go ahead and blame him for everything scary and make him fix it.
12:27Is that supposed to be a song?
12:30It sounds like he's humming Get Wild!
12:32But he doesn't know any of the lyrics at all!
12:34Why is he butchering it so loudly?
12:37I already regret this.
12:38He's even scarier than spirits and the living combined!
12:42Why should I stop?
12:43I like crooning.
12:44Music's good for ya.
12:46Learn a song and you can enjoy it even after you're dead.
12:49That's why music festivals are loaded with spirits.
12:52It's a real treasured part of our culture, don't you know?
12:54You had to go and do it, didn't you?
12:56Festivals are officially ruined for me.
12:58If I hear a song I even remotely like at a music cafe, I ask them to play it again and again until I've learned it.
13:04So you're a pain in the ass?
13:08Then I use the internet at the candy shop to track down the ol' audio file.
13:12I feel like I'm getting a masterclass on mooching from the world's authority.
13:16Then I find a way to record it on a cassette tape.
13:19Cassette!
13:20I don't have a choice in the matter.
13:22Not like I can get a phone contract.
13:24And both CDs and LPs are too rich for my blood.
13:27You can listen to tapes without Wi-Fi, which makes it an amazing technology.
13:31I tell ya, cassettes are the height of luxury.
13:33Back in the Edo period, you had to go to a live event to even hear music.
13:37How impossibly old are you anyway?
13:39I'm not doing this!
13:40What are you talking about?
13:41We didn't come here to chat music, you know!
13:44Oh, where's this coming from?
13:46You blabber way too much about weird and pointless crap!
13:49You think so, huh?
13:50As you get older, you spend more and more time on idle chatter.
13:53Get on with it.
13:55If you're not here for company, you saw a ghost.
13:57Or you came for my sage advice.
14:00Or maybe you spotted a rogue spirit in a photograph and it freaked you out.
14:05Hmm.
14:06Tech-fueled paranormal activity.
14:08It's common these days.
14:09Glitching TVs, camera mishaps, weird voices on the phone.
14:13The usual.
14:13That's enough occult crap.
14:16I still don't understand the logic.
14:18But if you're the reason we can see them, you have to do something.
14:22Well, if it's any consolation, I reckon I can at least make it less scary for ya.
14:28This right here is what I see when I look at that spirit photo of yours.
14:32Is this what you guys see?
14:33Ugh.
14:34Don't forget, spirits are just humans who kick the bucket.
14:38Being creepy doesn't automatically mean they're hostile.
14:41What the?
14:42They look like they're having fun!
14:44Well, yeah.
14:44That's what humans do.
14:46They're hazy.
14:47At least it looks that way to me.
14:49I just see those haunting eyes in lots of black shapes.
14:52Hmm.
14:52How they look changes with who's looking.
14:55I've requested less occult and got more.
14:58You're still complaining about that?
15:00It's come to this.
15:02I'll have to open your eyes to a perspective that even an occult-hating gent like you can't deny.
15:06Imagine for a shining moment that you'll become a spirit.
15:09You can stare at any girl's ass all the live long day.
15:12Pretty old man.
15:14Nah.
15:15You know I'm not wrong.
15:16It doesn't matter that you're an ass man, okay?
15:19It's a fairly big crowd, though.
15:21A bit unusual.
15:23Are they there for the store?
15:25Or is it something to do with the girl?
15:27Did you happen to notice anything weird while you were working together?
15:30Nope.
15:31Not a thing.
15:32Not surprised.
15:33You have to look to see.
15:35Are there rules that let you change their appearance?
15:37Because I'd like them to be less scary.
15:40It's not that there aren't.
15:41It's more about your condition and the spirits.
15:44You'll get used to it.
15:45It'll be a real aha moment.
15:48Not having clearly defined rules makes me sick.
15:51You think some fancy rules can help you make sense of another person, do ya?
15:54That's sheer arrogance.
15:56Ugh.
15:57Sorry.
15:58Thing is, I won't know for sure unless I see him.
16:01Is it possible to get me inside this place?
16:03You could just come in like a normal customer.
16:04Your treat, by the way.
16:10He systematically ordered the most expensive items on the menu.
16:13You're a fried oyster, sir.
16:15Extra butter.
16:16Thanks a million.
16:17So that's her.
16:18I don't see anything unusual.
16:20Look closer.
16:21What are those?
16:27Hopeless.
16:28I'll try drawing them again.
16:30It's the chick.
16:31Looks like she's easily possessed.
16:33They're ghostly degenerates?
16:35It's not the cafe.
16:36They're here for her.
16:37Big win.
16:38No, it isn't.
16:39Poor girl.
16:40You can't swing this positively.
16:41If it had been the cafe, we would have had to confront the spirits right here.
16:45Does that sound like a smart idea to you?
16:47I can't afford to be arrested.
16:50Well, I possibly could have played it off as a contemporary dance.
16:53Possibly.
16:55You see all the customers staring at her?
16:58I mean, yeah.
16:59She's cheerful and charming.
17:01That's not it.
17:02People unconsciously look in the direction of a presence.
17:05They're powerless with all those spirits crowding her.
17:07All of our customers were staring at her non-stop, too.
17:14Last call, gentlemen.
17:15Right.
17:16Can I get the seasonal fruit souffle?
17:18Er, souffle?
17:19The one that seems like a pancake.
17:21But expensive.
17:22More?
17:23You're running up the pill.
17:24If you think I'm paying for your gluttony, you've got another thing coming.
17:29Thanks for waiting for us.
17:31Are these the people that you wanted to introduce me to?
17:33Yep.
17:34Nice to meet ya.
17:35I'm Shio Inukai.
17:36Looks like someone's energetic.
17:37Now, which one of you guys is Yai's boyfriend?
17:41Uh, neither.
17:42So, miss.
17:43Would it be alright if I asked you some completely normal questions?
17:46Okay.
17:47First up, do you ever hear weird sounds even though there's nothing there?
17:50Only all the time.
17:52In fact, I always have.
17:53Do you have an insatiable appetite?
17:55You have no idea.
17:57I'm a 10 servings of noodles girl ever since forever.
18:00Yeah, that settles it.
18:01Seems she's always been prone to possession.
18:04Got any bright ideas for breaking the news to her?
18:06Crazy how quick she's accepted this reality.
18:09Wait, what?
18:10Did you say possession?
18:11Are you the real, real ghostbusters?
18:15Oh, man.
18:16Do you know how to use the force, too?
18:18Uh, well, that's fine.
18:20She can learn all my secrets or whatever.
18:23I don't see any ghosties.
18:25Are you there?
18:26Be good, evil spirits.
18:27She's so adaptable.
18:30Fair sex tends to have an easier time accepting this sort of thing.
18:34Guys tend to demand an explanation, stubbornly deny it, or instantly become hardcore paranormal enthusiasts.
18:40Hey, you.
18:41Missy.
18:41You want to stop being possessed?
18:43Obviously.
18:44But I'm not sure what to do.
18:45Let's try asking the spirits to leave nicely first, don't you think?
18:49Listen up, hellbound lechers!
18:52Stop chasing this girl's ass around!
18:54Get out!
18:55Bro, what's your problem?
18:57We were just looking!
18:59I thought you said you were going to ask them nicely!
19:01Yeah.
19:02Since this was important to you, I wanted to lead with politeness.
19:05But most spirits are brazen since they know people can't see them.
19:08In the end, you always wind up having to drive them off more like that.
19:12What about all that ethical crap you spewed about spirits just being dead humans?
19:16You've heard it.
19:17Don't date, focus on your studies.
19:20You guys nod and agree, but it doesn't ever stop you from dating now, does it?
19:24Ah, to be young.
19:25It's basically the same kind of thing.
19:27You're so infuriating!
19:29You gotta pay lip service, you know?
19:31Will you look at that?
19:32It's rare that I can collect this much in one fell swoop!
19:35I still remember what you said about looking at girls' bottoms.
19:38We're just getting started.
19:39We've only dealt with the spirits who will leave when you tell them to.
19:44The real fight begins now.
19:49No eye contact, and try not to give away that you're afraid.
19:52This one's completely self-interested.
19:55He hasn't even noticed something happen to the other ghosts.
19:58But this'll turn into a royal pain if he realizes we've noticed him.
20:01Huh?
20:02I was hoping she wasn't possessed by one of those.
20:06But there he is.
20:07Good grief.
20:08We could leave him alone, since Shio doesn't seem to be bothered by him.
20:12But sometimes spirits like him switch to stalking nice girls like Yai.
20:17So he's an evil spirit?
20:22Nah, just your standard lonely, needy creep.
20:25It's like I said, spirits are human.
20:27I can't take this.
20:28But yeah, he's a stalker.
20:30Now that I've gotten a better look at him, he seems less supernaturally scary and more pathetically creepy.
20:36Do you think politely asking a stalker to leave will work?
20:40No.
20:41Right?
20:42Living humans can go to the police.
20:45Sadly, they're not equipped to handle dead people.
20:47So we're gonna need to find a proper exorcist.
20:50Someone who won't just make him leave, but can actually force him to pass on.
20:53Does that mean you can't exorcise spirits, Mogura?
20:56Afraid not, but I know someone who can.
20:59It's hard to find a real one.
21:01And they're stupid expensive.
21:03But luckily for us, I've got the right connections.
21:06This person's even rougher and grumpier than I am.
21:09So you gotta watch how you...
21:11Hey mister, can you see me?
21:14I heard you talking.
21:16You were saying mean things behind my back, right?
21:19You're roasting me?
21:20In front of the pretty girl?
21:21You must hate me.
21:23You do, don't you?
21:24Oh crap.
21:25The spirit realized we can see him!
21:28Run!
21:31That stalker's about to get real needy!
21:35Hurry up and defeat the spirit that's possessing me!
21:37You're simple-minded idiots are always asking me to defeat spirits for you.
21:43Why don't you equip a ghost-slaying holy sword?
21:47Join a ghost-hunting squad, come up with cool ability names,
21:50then finally defeat the ghost with your killer combos,
21:52but still die and become a ghost yourself in the process.
21:56After that, I'll exorcise you.
21:58I'm so nervous.
22:08Oh my God.
22:09Oh my God.
22:18Oh my God.
22:21Oh my God.
22:22Oh my God.
22:24Oh my God.
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