I Want to Be Killed by a High School Girl (2022) - full transcript
What I want...
I...
What? Seriously, isn't that good?
So cool!
Aoi?
Hey, did you guys see him?!
Doesn't he look so cool?!
I'm so sure that was our
homeroom teacher!
What? If so, that's insane!
So insane!
That guy is Yamasen's
replacement, ain't he?
Don't you think he's going to
start messing with the girls too?
Yukio, you gotta do that!
What the Principal does.
Do it, do it.
"Well then! Mr. Yamaguchi has decided
to quit school for personal reasons."
Well then, I would like to say a few words
to prepare you for the start
of the new semester.
Everyone, now that we welcome the new year,
I wonder if you have set any new goals?
What do you want to become?
Are you alright, Aoi?
I see.
I need to attend the opening
ceremony, so just rest here.
Maho?
What is it?
Thank you.
I'll see you later.
Well, that's all from me.
I will now introduce some of the teachers
who will be teaching at our
school starting today.
Nice to meet you all.
I am Haruto Higashiyama.
I will be teaching Japanese History.
As a teacher, it is my great pleasure
to be assigned to Nitaka High School,
which is one of the best
preparatory schools in the area.
We are looking forward to
studying together with you
in this nature-filled school building.
As you all know, Nitaka City
is a very attractive area
where you can feel much closer to nature.
And this city is also a land of many
historically important sites,
including the Nitaka Ruins.
This town and Nitaka
High School is one of the
best places in Japan where you can
study while feeling close to history.
As a Japanese history teacher, this
place is a dream come true for me!
I will be taking over 2nd Year,
Class C starting today.
I think we will have a lot more involvement
with everyone in Class C, and of
course with the second year students.
Everyone, I am pleased to be
in your acquaintance.
Apart from that,
we have also received permission to establish a
new club activity called the Ruins Research Club.
I want to be killed.
I want to be killed.
I want to be killed.
I transferred to this school
in order to get killed.
I...
T O B E K I L L E D B Y A
H I G H S C H O O I G I R L
Translations by FURRITSUBS
Morning!
Morning, Higashi!
Hey, Higashi! Look!
I cut my fringes!
Oh, you did. Looking good!
You think?
I do.
Or did you only just notice?
What?
He didn't notice.
Say I look cute!
You look cute.
That big one's going to die today.
He looks healthy. Is he sick?
Not sure.
Then, let's bury it later.
Hey! Seems like you're both being
affectionate with each other again today!
Here, thanks for this.
What's this?
The notebook you let me borrow.
See you.
Yes. A little longer?
Aoi?
Here.
Thanks.
Alright, let's start the class.
Get back to your seats.
The first battle that occurred after
Tokimune refused to surrender
was the Battle of Bun'ei.
The Hakata Bay got attacked, but Yuan
forces temporarily withdraw due to storms.
In preparation for the next attack, the Shogunate
built a stone fortification called a stone wall.
Hey, about Aoi.
She usually keeps going to the infirmary, but
seems like she only attends History classes.
Could it be that she likes Higashi...
That's crazy!
What a formidable rival.
You guys, quiet down.
Got it.
These two battles are collectively
called the Mongol invasion.
Remember that.
Maho, you're not going to karaoke?
Sorry, I've got plans today.
Really? Well, see you.
Yeah, sorry.
No way she's coming.
Ready to go home?
Hey, Aoi. Do you wanna
join this with me?
RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS
This is a new club activity from this year to investigate the history and archaeological sites of the area and announce the research results in the activity once a week with
the goal of making a presentation at the school festival. If you like geography or history, or want to know more about the local area and archaeological sites, please join us.
It is a new club activity for this year. If you are interested,
please see Higashiyama. Adviser - Haruto Higashiyama
Aoi?
Hey, what's wrong?
Why do you want to join that?
What?
Oh, the club?
I'm interested in the ruins of this town.
Last year, I did research on the
Nitaka Tomb for my free research.
There are two theories as to when
the Nitaka burial mound was built.
One theory is that the characteristics
of the clay figurines excavated
from the moat place the date
in the 5th century.
The other is how a huge stone exposed on
the top of the mound shows characteristic
of the final stage of the Kofun period,
possible that it is a ceiling stone
of a side-mouth stone burial chamber,
placing the date in the 7th century.
That's amazing, Aoi!
You wrote it.
What? You remember it all?
I'm joining.
What?
I'm joining the club with you.
The characteristics of the earthenware
excavated from this burial mound
were similar to those excavated
from the northeast.
This pattern is exactly like that.
That created the possibility that
someone had traveled a very long way.
Well, there's a possibility that it
was bartered and distributed,
but the amount of artifacts excavated would
suggest that people moved into the area.
Hey, Aoi. Could you be...
Sorry, it's nothing.
You're wrong.
What?
How do you feel, Maho?
About Mr. Higashiyama.
I think he's a good teacher, and he's kind.
Hey, everybody's talking too loud.
This is the staff room, alright?
Teacher, what are you doing this Sunday?
That has nothing to do with
Japanese history at all.
Do you have a girlfriend?
I don't have one.
Get back to your classrooms.
Alright.
Get back, you guys.
Sorry about that, Mr. Ikushima.
You may be famous among them,
but you need to be a bit careful too.
I'm sure you're curious as to why the
teacher you followed after left the school.
Committed lewd acts with
a female student, yes?
You're too loud.
Well, since you're a man,
I'm sure you understand.
I don't really know why you
would look at your students that way.
Oh, really? Then I apologize.
Seriously.
I swear to all gods of heaven and
earth that I have never looked
at a female student as a sex object.
So, when they forced that
teacher Yamaguchi to retire,
it was not only for his own sake,
but it must also be brought with the
help of some sort of sense of justice.
A year ago, when I learned that she
had enrolled at Nitaka High School,
I applied for a transfer to Nitaka, but there
were no openings in the teaching staff.
However, after conducting a background
check on the social studies teacher,
I discovered that Yamaguchi was
dating a female student
and so I reported it anonymously
to the school board.
I was then assigned to fill that vacancy.
I was even lucky enough to
be her homeroom teacher.
Sometimes God pushes the back of
those who strive hard.
Then, Katsuie Shibata was born
in Owari Province in 1522.
I was born in Gunma in 1987.
What is your earliest memory?
Let's see...
Around my birth.
The umbilical cord was entwined
around my neck.
I was on the verge of life and death.
Do you have a memory of that?
Oh, no.
Just what my mother told me.
But when I learned about it,
it's like I have a memory of that time
in some corner of my head.
I remember it being a strange sensation.
Can you share some more specific memories?
My mother...
I remember how she left me
in front of a toy store.
It's because I'm a bit of a spoiled brat.
A concerned clerk let me in the store.
Just as he was getting me a glass of juice,
my mother came back.
How did you feel that time?
I thought she had really abandoned me.
My mother kinda lets things
take their own course.
She was someone who felt
cold to me at the time.
The only reason I was so picky was because
I wanted my mother pay attention to me.
I didn't want any toys.
What is it that you
want the most right now?
A thing? Like an object?
Doesn't have to be a thing.
Any desires you have.
Desire?
Back then, I still couldn't put
my desires into words.
No. I was afraid to put it into words.
I didn't understand the reality of it.
To be killed
I want to get killed.
Back in high school when I started
thinking about my career path,
whenever I see a pretty girl,
I began to get assaulted
by these feelings.
This girl...
"I want to be killed by this girl."
"This is what you call a pervert."
I was struggling with my own desires.
"Autassassinophilia."
Preference of getting excited by
the idea of being killed,
which is different from suicidal
thoughts or self-mutilation.
I was so interested in this psychology,
which was still largely unexplored,
that I decided to enter the
Graduate School of Psychology
and pursue a career as
a clinical psychologist.
I leave it to you.
Thank you.
By the time I'd become an intern
at a university hospital,
I'd realized that my desire to be killed
had a clear target as its counterpart.
I...
I want to be killed by a high-school girl.
The heck. It's you, Higashi!
You startled me.
Sorry. What are you writing?
No, don't look.
I won't.
You sure?
A script for the school
festival class drama.
It's customary for each 2nd Year
classes to do a class play.
Seems like it.
Were you left in charge because
you're in the theater club?
If left alone, no one would write it.
It's boring, choosing from
a collection of plays.
Also, I want to be the one to write it.
They won't let me write some for the
drama club because the director does it.
So I said.
I haven't come up with anything yet.
You like theater plays, Higashi?
I don't really hate
"The Glass Menagerie."
By Tennessee Williams?!
Sorry.
Also, "Emily's Lover."
You know about it?
It's a lesser-known play.
Your image overlapped with Emily's
and suddenly I remembered her.
What?
It's been made into a movie.
You should watch it.
Emily's...
I'll make sure to watch it.
The festival is on November 8.
No time to slack around, huh?
Yes, 8th of November.
That day, I...
will be killed by a high-school girl.
The Hakeue heritage sites in this area
are mainly from the Jomon period.
There's a popular theory that
the gorge is a cliff,
and that it was a settlement of people who were
chased away by a group of different cultures.
Over there. It was said someone
committed suicide over there 5 years ago.
Just like that.
A man and a woman held hands like
that, and then they jumped off.
Stop it, will you?
You really know about it, Kawahara.
Yeah, I prepped about it online.
I heard it's a popular suicide spot.
Seems like it.
Suicide is active, of one's own volition,
whereas my desire is passive.
But the "pushed off a cliff" type of thing
that can kill you with a single hit...
No.
The unknowing "drugged and killed to make
it look like a charcoal-burning suicide"
is just disgusting.
Are you okay?
Don't let go, watch your steps.
Thank you so much.
Scared?
A bit.
This place...
There are documents that say it was a
passageway between this world and the next.
What?
Before Buddhism came to Japan,
how to deal with the spirits of the dead
in the afterlife was an important issue.
So it was thought that these places would
become "corridors" during the summer
and winter solstices, when time
was out of balance.
For them,
the spirits of the dead are the
ones they should communicate with.
Death wasn't always something to be feared.
An absolute requirement:
It must be the perfect crime.
There is no way the girl must pay for
her sins for the sake of my desires.
I'm afraid of death, too, so I want to
resist with all my might and then be killed.
In other words, I can only be killed by a
girl who is stronger than me.
I had to give up on my
unrealizable fantasy,
and I continued to suppress this
desire and pretended to be normal.
What is it that you
want the most right now?
A thing? Like an object?
Doesn't have to be a thing.
Any desires you have.
Desire?
You don't have anything?
What I want...
I...
That's okay now.
Now that's an example of
a monster counselor
by leading the counselor into a corner.
I'm sorry.
It is not the specifics that are important.
Exchange places now.
Yes.
I wonder.
When I looked at your face, I felt
like there was something behind it.
There's nothing in there.
Sorry I didn't answer you properly.
I would have wanted to know a bit more.
So noisy, huh?
Hey, wanna get out of here?
I never felt any desire to
be killed in her presence.
I was just an ordinary man indulging
in the pleasures of the flesh.
It's alright. I can control this desire.
So I thought.
Not until I met Catherine.
Asou.
Present.
Inoue.
Present.
And that girl, is in this classroom.
Kinoshita.
Present.
Kimijima.
Yes.
Kosugi.
Present.
Sasaki.
Present.
Sawaki.
Present.
November 8th.
I will be killed by her.
It's so hot! I'm getting burnt!
You can come in.
I have anemia, too.
I suddenly feel a bit dizzy.
How about you? How are you feeling?
I'm fine.
You think you'll make it for 3rd period?
It's Mr. Higashiyama, after all.
It's coming.
What?
A big one?
Minor.
What? Something's shaking.
What? I can't tell.
Wait.
Wait.
Alright!
Stop!
Good boy.
Catherine.
Catherine.
Catherine.
Catherine.
Catherine.
What do you think?
Really great.
We're going with this
for the school festival.
Really? I'm glad!
I watched the movie you
recommended that day right away,
so the moment I finished
watching it, I thought, "This is it."
I knew you'd like it.
There's a scene that might be a bit
too risky for high-school students to do,
so let's both redo that part.
You're playing the role of "Emily."
What?
Didn't I say so? Your image
overlapped with that of Emily's.
Hey.
I was wondering if you'd like to
give a sample performance of this?
That's kinda embarrassing.
Ready?
Alright, go.
Why...
Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
It has to be you.
Teacher, you call me by name when
it's just the two of us.
Don't want to?
Not really.
I don't hate it.
Bye.
See you.
Aika! What are you up to?
Nothing. What about you?
What were you doing?
What? A meeting with Higashi
for the class play though.
Oh, really?
What is this?
Do you like Higashi?
What? Aren't you an idiot?
Go, John!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Hurry and call the teacher!
Teacher! There's a dog in here!
Why is this here... Catherine?
No.
Catherine...
I knew you were alive.
Who's that? Someone else
aside from Catherine?
What was the purpose?
According to the police,
there's a good chance this incident
was done by an outsider.
You'll continue studying at home today,
but try to leave with a group
when you get home.
Of course, the school will work with
the police to strengthen security
on the way to and from school
and inside the school.
Wearing a bandage?
Kinda crazy, right?
What? No way, right?
Is it that kind of a thing?
That hurts!
A school with a dog murderer - Not sure, but if master it, you'll have a chance against a dog - Only for dogs
lol - Shame on you. Start over in the next life - Is the culprit a Nitaka Judo club member? What a psychopath!
- A school with a dog murderer - Apparently, it was rumored even in an online article - Fighting non-humans because you got too strong? lol You read too
much action manga - Aika Sawaki from Nitaka High School: Why did you kill the dog? Damn you. - Culprit confirmed? Source? - Want me to send it to you?
Is this true? That the culprit
isn't a perverted criminal?
Someone saw the guy dragging something across
the schoolyard in the middle of the night.
Seriously?
Then, are those bandages supposed to be
some kind of medal for fighting the dog?
Maybe she got too strong that
she wanted to fight non-humans.
I'm sure this is a false alarm.
What're they going to do?
She must be getting bullied
by her classmates.
Like bullies being exposed on
social media. That's scary!
Eyewitness accounts and lies!
Hey! Dog killer!
This is bad! I'm going to be killed!
Hey!
Damn it!
They're saying this is a school
with a dog killer.
This school is turning dangerous.
You saw it?
Come on!
If you've got something to say,
then say it straight to my face.
What? What's this about?
Woah, you're so scary!
We're going to get killed!
Oh, stop it, you guys!
I don't believe all those rumors, you know?
Acting innocent.
Aren't you the one who spread it around?
Come on, stop saying the weirdest stuff.
I know everything!
What? Isn't this violence? You're crazy!
Shut up!
Hey, stop it! Cut it out!
There seem to be some strange rumors
spreading about what happened here.
Do you have any evidence to support this?
Kinoshita.
Someone saw Aika in
the middle of the night.
I was practicing alone in the park
that night. The wrist is just a sprain.
You've got no proof and you
have the audacity to say so?
You've got proof though?
Stop messing around!
Stop it.
We have a witness.
Namikidai Park, right?
What?
Yes.
It's in my neighborhood.
I see Sawaki practicing
all the time over there.
I don't want to interrupt so I
didn't bother calling out to her.
I saw her that night too on my way
home from the convenience store.
Enough already.
You guys didn't seriously doubt Sawaki.
It's a joint illusion created in an
attempt to drown our insecurities.
With an understanding of the horror of how
the human mind can sometimes create demons,
I want you all to apologize
properly to Sawaki.
Got that?
Yes.
That hurts.
Good work.
Teacher.
This is really your neighborhood, I see.
No way I'd lie about that.
Well, I was home that night,
so I didn't see it anything.
Wouldn't that make it a lie?
I know, but I had to say it.
Thank you so much.
A secret between us.
Yes.
Peer pressure can be scary.
I wasn't sure how to deal with it,
but then you spoke up.
I should be the one thanking you.
It's alright now. Everyone has apologized.
You're so strong.
But, at hard times,
it'd make me feel a little better
if you rely on me sometimes.
Does it hurt?
You can't do that.
What if someone sees us around here?
Will it bother you?
Wouldn't it bother you?
It won't.
I've got all the
characters gathered around.
Catherine is alive.
Contingencies have arisen,
but there's still time.
It should be resolved by the decisive date.
November 8th.
I will be killed by Catherine.
Since the mysterious incident
before the summer vacation,
I know you are all anxious
about your daily lives.
In fact, many of our teachers
have had students come to them
with complaints of mental illness.
We have decided to have a counselor
come to our school starting this
semester to help these students.
I am pleased to meet everyone.
I am Fukagawa, a clinical psychologist.
"What is a school counselor?
That doesn't concern me at all."
Many people might think so.
Isn't she pretty?
She's so cute!
Satsuki?
Why is she...
What?
Haruto? Why are you here?
Wait. You know each other?
What? That's crazy!
Totally crazy.
Sorry. I'm sure you had it rough.
I really did!
I explained that we went
to college together,
so if they ask you about that
too, just go with that.
They were so persistent so I had to
say it, that you're my ex-boyfriend.
Really now?
What a bum.
Hiding something odd like this would
make people want to trail after it.
Well, yeah.
But I was so surprised.
I heard that someone was
coming here as a counselor,
but who would have thought it's you.
Same here!
You're a clinical psychologist now.
Congrats.
Thank you.
And you really became a teacher now.
I thought I was imagining things.
I still don't get it to this day.
You were still doing your
internship at the hospital,
and all of a sudden you said
you wanted to be a teacher.
Truth is, it was the kind of a job
I've always looked up to.
I'm still not convinced about how
you suddenly broke up with me.
I wonder why.
I'm sure it's because I was still so young.
Police investigations revealed
that the man was killed
by an 8-year-old girl who
was at the scene.
Investigators said the girl
was home alone...
I was watching that.
Look at me!
Things were going well between us.
Not until I met that child.
Miss, is it true that you used
to date Mr. Higashiyama?
Everyone keeps asking that,
but that's a long time ago.
Lasted for a short while.
Who do you mean by "everyone"?
I can't tell you that.
Wait. This is not a counseling session.
What's your concern?
Something to do with "love"?
I like someone.
And that person probably
likes me back too but...
What should I do so I can
confirm his feelings for me?
You'll need to ask the person
about that directly!
But that's scary. I want to
know without asking him.
You mean, look at it without touching it?
Like an X-ray?
I think that's a bit too difficult.
Because the heart is not an object.
Then, what is it?
That's it. The last question
we always run into.
Well then! What exactly is the heart?
I don't know, okay?
Right.
I still don't understand why
Haruto dumped me either.
He dumped you?
Let's keep this a secret.
Secret?
Might have cleared things up a
little. Thank you so much.
Let's keep it a secret between
us that we talked about it.
Got it.
Then, I'll see you next time!
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
Can I eat lunch with you guys?
It's the truth!
Really?
It is!
I have to say, you guys really
do get along well.
You're always together,
makes me envy you guys.
We've been friends since I moved to
this town during the fourth grade.
You're inseparable!
Not gonna say anything?
You've always been together?!
You're so funny.
Right, Aoi?
She is.
Then you should come to me for
proper counseling next time.
It looks like fun. What kind of
conversations do you have with people?
Mostly love affairs.
Maybe because I'm old.
Like about Mr. Higashiyama?
Are you a fan of him too?
No, I'm just...
What are you saying?
You're wonderful yourself, too!
That's not true.
You are wonderful.
See?
Okay?
Yes.
So? What do you think of Higashi, Aoi?
Oh, so we've got those who
don't like him too. You hate him?
I don't know.
Aoi?
The one thing that all the girls who
like Haruto have in common
is that they all believe that they are
the only one who is special to him.
I don't think this is solely due to
adolescent self-consciousness.
It's like he's deliberately
instilling those feelings
and manipulating these girl's hearts.
But, Maho Sasaki is different from them.
She believes that for some reason,
she doesn't deserve to like people.
And perhaps Haruto is aware of this too.
Maho Sasaki.
Ayaka Suzuki.
Ayaka Suzuki.
Maho Sasaki.
Finally...
Maho Sasaki.
Then, Maho Sasaki will play the
role of "Catherine."
You good with that, Sasaki?
What? Well...
I also thought you're a
good fit for this role.
Alright.
Alright, next. The role of Sarah, Emily's
bad friend who will deceive her.
This is going to be difficult but
rewarding. Do we have any candidates?
If not, we'll vote again.
Me.
Oh, that's great.
Then, Sawaki will be "Sarah."
Alright. Next up, the boys.
James who is both Emily
and Catherine's lover.
Any candidates?
I'll do it!
Well, let's see...
What should we do?
What?
Can you not laugh about it, Satsuki?
Sorry. So, how'd it go?
No one wouldn't give it up so we
had to play rock, scissors.
And I lost.
I said don't laugh over it! They
thought I was aiming for Kyoko!
But Yukio, you're for Maho, right?
Of course. There's a scene
where they hold hands.
You know? I studied hard to get into
the same high school as Maho.
That's amazing of you.
But the one Maho likes is Higashi, right?
I would know because I've
always been looking at her.
Right.
How sad.
Hey, Satsuki. What do
you think should I do?
I think you're fine the way you are now.
Just always exist near her.
You don't realize it yourself, but she
needs you to be direct with her.
Seriously?
Don't come near me!
Just being around you makes me feel like
I have bugs crawling all over me!
Catherine, what the hell are you saying?
I must... for Emily's sake...
Alright, looking great!
Very great!
Next up.
Catherine's funeral scene.
Everyone's here except Maho.
Alright.
Catherine drank the poison.
It's the mischief of fate.
Come on!
Kawahara, can you add more feelings
in it?! That's your only dialogue!
As if you didn't just learn about it,
like the words were just born
out from you at this very moment!
Wait, and you're fine with Aoi's?
Aoi's good.
What?!
Sarah, you lied to me, didn't you?
That's right! But it's not my
fault that Catherine died!
You did it yourself!
You murderer!
Catherine...
Why did you have to die?
Catherine!
Maho? Are you alright?
You lied to me, didn't you?
That's right! But it's not my
fault that Catherine died!
Hey, why are you here?
Nothing special. I have an appointment
for counseling after I finish this.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
Appointment? I didn't see
any form from you at all.
You said I have to stay near her.
I see.
It's coming.
A huge one.
An earthquake is coming, Miss!
Aoi's prophecy comes true!
You guys, are you alright?!
Are you okay?
Maho! Are you hurt anywhere?
You alright, Aoi?
Are you okay?
Hey.
Maho?
She isn't Maho. She's "Kaori".
Kaori?
Could it be...
Nice to meet you, Kaori.
You're not startled?
I am. Right now, is Maho...?
She's deep inside.
I see.
Hey, Kaori.
Can I talk to you for a moment?
No.
"Maho" is coming back.
Hey, wait. Kaori!
Don't tell Maho about
what just happened now.
Hey, are you all okay?
Hey, Sasaki?
She's fine. Don't move her.
Sasaki?
You. What are you planning?
I...
I'm relieved. You passed out from
the shock of the earthquake.
Is that so?
You scared the crap out of me.
We'll need to borrow those
exhibits for the festival, right?
I'll be fine here.
Go check it out.
Let's go.
As I thought, that girl...
How're things over there?
All good. I'm so glad I
didn't unpack before!
Alright, let's clean it all up now.
How are you feeling now, Sasaki?
I'm fine now.
Do you often pass out?
I'm a little anemic.
Your necktie's crooked.
It's alright.
That was
Kaori.
Gotta be careful.
We need to be cautious now.
Shocking situation...! Strange strangulation case, suspect
is unexpectedly an 8 year old girl with a strong will?
Bizarre incident: Birth
of a Superhuman Girl
Back then, Haruto was unusually
obsessed with a particular case.
It's done.
Stop that.
What?
Who's that kid?
Well...
A girl who is currently undergoing psychiatric
evaluation at the training center.
So studious.
Let's eat.
How did the strangler/superhuman girl come about!? Interview
with a former detective, states she's a possible murder suspect
At the time, this mysterious
and bizarre case
was making the headlines on both
magazines and weekly newspapers.
November 8, 2012.
A woman living in a public housing
complex in Hachioji
returned home from a part-time job
to find a stranger strangled to death
with a cord in her living room.
The deceased was an unemployed man who
lived in the same public housing complex.
Her only daughter who was eight years
old, was found cowering in the bathroom.
The little girl lost her memories
of that incident.
But as the police proceeded
with their investigation,
one absurd fact after
another came to light.
The girl's hands had marks on them
from pulling hard on the cord,
and her thin arms had clear marks
of the victim's hand,
which shows that he seemed
to have resisted desperately.
A number of circumstantial
evidences suggested
that the girl committed the crime.
But how could an eight-year-old girl
strangle a man of his stature?
The investigators were
baffled by the situation,
which was hard to believe at first glance.
Numerous pieces of evidence
that came to light later
determined that the man had entered
the home for the purpose
of playing a prank and was murdered
by a girl who resisted his attempts.
I...
I have to say goodbye to you now.
I have to grow up.
I'm sorry, Kaori.
I've been waiting for you.
All this time.
For you to grow up into a high-school girl.
The first time I met you,
I gasped at the beauty of it all.
The fact that such a small girl like you
could take on such a large man
like that guy, it drove me crazy.
Now, let's go down the white
staircase, one step at a time.
Go down slowly.
Retrograde Hypnosis Results:
It turns out you have more
than one personality.
Please open the door gently.
Maho?
No.
You're not Maho?
I'm not Maho. I'm Kaori.
Kaori. How old are you, Kaori?
How about you?
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Does "Maho" know about you, Kaori?
I don't think she knows.
We immediately identified "Kaori",
16 years old, with a strong personality.
She was a personality you created
to defend yourself against your father's
abuse when you were still a child.
"Kaori" is the name you gave to
a doll you used to play with.
Even after you mother divorced your
father and the abuse stopped,
"Kaori" still continued
to foster inside you.
Well then, Kaori.
Was it you who did it?
You're wrong!
That guy was too strong.
Even I couldn't do much about it.
It was someone more animal-like
and ferocious than I am.
A girl named "Catherine" did it.
That day, someone called out "Catherine."
Over and over again.
Catherine?
A foreigner?
This child. If what Kaori says is true,
at the time of the incident,
someone called out Catherine's name,
which instantly created a new
persona named "Catherine",
and was the one who protected her.
The TV in the room was turned on
loudly at the time of the crime.
It is assumed this was done to
drown out the girl's screams.
Estimated time of death: 3:00 PM.
Estimated time of death...
Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
I was sure of it.
If it's you, as long as it's Catherine,
she'll be able to kill me.
However,
your doctor decided that you had
to take your time and slowly
come to terms with your other personality,
and so you were discharged.
You left me right there.
I quit my residency, went into
teaching, and broke up with Satsuki.
I want to be killed by Catherine now
that she's a high school girl.
On the day that the incident happened.
That is, the day Catherine
was born: November 8.
The coincidence of this day being on a cultural
festival is not a coincidence, but fate.
16 years old is still too young.
18 years old is already an adult.
The last season to be a young
girl is when you're 17 years old,
and is the most glorious time
to be a high school girl.
When I saw you again, still, I felt uneasy.
I wonder if Catherine is still
alive inside you?
In order to confirm that, I...
Catherine is alive.
Kimijima.
Here.
Kosugi.
Here.
Maho Sasaki.
Here.
A little while longer, Catherine.
So, what do you mean?
Hey, can you tell me about it?
That day,
Maho came home late because the
teacher asked her to organize the exhibits.
What? Aoi?
You waited for me?
Even when I said you
can go home ahead?
Sorry.
It's fine. Thank you.
I want to talk to you about that time in the past when
you killed someone. Come to the back of the library.
Kaori?
Don't follow me.
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
That wasn't Maho nor Kaori.
Kaori?
Catherine...
She saved me.
Okay.
It said it wants to die
in its owner's place.
And so you carried the dog
over to Haruto's desk?
What do you mean?
It was Haruto's dog?
That Haruto assaulted Maho?
That's what the dog said?
What for?
I don't know.
I smell a kind of death I've never
smelled before from that teacher.
Also, he's trying to do
something to Maho.
But, I can't really express it well.
Because Maho likes him.
The reason why you only attend
his classes and joined his club...
Was so you can protect Maho?
Everyone kept saying that my
drawings looked creepy.
Maho said "It's beautiful."
My school bag that they hid away.
She would search for it with me
until the sun went down.
They would run away from me, saying they might
catch my disease while chanting "Mime, mime."
But Maho would hold hands with me.
She would teach me the most
beautiful songs.
She said I was her friend.
Maho is an angel.
The words I write here
will never reach you.
We are pleased to inform all visitors:
Today at 1:00 PM in the gymnasium,
each sophomore class will
present their class play.
We hope you will come and see it.
Teacher, look!
Woah! It suits you!
Right? I sewed it myself.
That's amazing!
Of course, that's not true.
The heck!
Hey, if you're gonna keep playing around,
might as well match your lines with me.
Yeah, coming.
Good luck.
Yeah.
I need to talk to you.
Come with me.
Yeah, I have something to tell you too.
Thanks.
What'd you want to say?
No, you go first.
We gotta be quick.
All their efforts will have been for
nothing if we arrive late.
You have "Autassassinophilia," right?
Why do you think?
9 years ago.
When you started acting strange,
I suspected you were having an affair.
I copied the content of that
flash drive to my computer.
It was filled with materials of a girl
who had multiple personality
connected to that Hachioji case.
But, there was a text in a hidden
folder that caught my attention.
Inside it were text written by a man
who had a desire to be killed
I will be killed by
Catherine 9 years later.
By a high school girl named "Catherine".
To think you had such fantasies.
I thought, maybe you're a pedophile.
I have tried to forget you.
But just like this, we got reunited.
I wonder which fate brought us
together, yours or mine.
I realized it too late.
Those weren't fantasies.
You...
You're trying to get
Maho Sasaki to kill you.
You're remarkable.
It's your turn.
Nah, you already told me everything
I wanted to tell you.
My unfinished story that you read
was then rewritten many times
before I finally completed it.
You chose this school as the setting
and turned the students into
characters in your own story.
You're one of the important
parts of this too.
I know you're asking for help,
deep down inside you.
Someone who loves you might
be able to stop your desires.
I'm sure you wish for that
somewhere inside you.
Either that or...
But, I already knew that those girls
couldn't play that role.
A young girl's love is fleeting.
I need to go now.
You can't. Don't stand up.
The curtain can't come up without me.
I won't let you go.
I will cure what ails you.
Well, hurry up, then.
First, regressive hypnosis?
We can't do it immediately.
It'll need time to work.
Then I'll do it.
Just relax.
Imagine a white staircase in front of you.
Stop fucking around.
Keep going. Just hear me out.
Everything that's going to happen
is inside this.
In case my plan fails,
if there is anything that could bring
Maho Sasaki under suspicion,
make everything in that drive
public, and save her.
Got that?
Teacher! Where did you go off?
We thought you'd never make it.
A very important errand I had to do.
Alright, it's showtime!
Let's all hang tight!
Yes!
We are pleased to announce that 2nd Year, Class
2 will perform their play any moment now.
The performance is by English
playwright Miranda Brant:
"Emily's Lover."
Please enjoy it to the very end.
What?
What?
What's wrong?
It won't open.
What?
Calm down, you guys.
It's probably an electrical malfunction.
I'll take care of it. Just announce that
they'll have to wait a little longer.
Alright.
A quick announcement to all our viewers.
We are currently experiencing a
trouble with the stage curtain.
Please hold for a while.
Aika, help me out.
What?
Alright.
I can't get the winch to turn.
Let's open it manually for now.
Okay.
Ready, go!
Ready, go!
It's moving!
Get the song ready.
Got that.
Thank you for waiting!
The show will begin now.
Thanks, Aika.
No problem.
Gotta get down for your appearance.
Yes.
Thank you, thank you!
You all did great, everyone!
You did well again today, Catherine!
Thank you, Sarah!
All thanks to you.
Catherine, thank you for everything.
I feel the fatigue recede.
I'm happy when everyone is smiling.
You are the best instrumentalist
in this town, Catherine!
Do you mean, the best in this country?
Oh, stop it, will you!
What's your name?
Me? I'm Catherine.
Catherine?
It was a very great performance.
Teacher, did it work out?
Yeah. I hooked up the fuse.
It's all good now.
Once they electrically wind up
the now loose cord
during the curtain call,
the rest will follow through as usual.
No... Haruto... You can't...
Satsuki?
Yukio? Why are you here?
Aoi said you're in danger.
Where's Maho?
Up on stage.
I fell in love with you!
You cannot! You are Emily's lover!
Catherine, we are both destined
to be together!
From the first time I
saw you in the castle,
I knew there's no turning back now.
Teacher...
Do you like... Sasaki?
No.
I...
I must... for Emily's sake...
Teacher?
I...
Catherine has now completed
her long ministry
here on earth and has gone to heaven.
Sorry.
Not at all.
Kaori. I guess Maho won't return
for some time, right?
You... What do you want to do?
Let's talk upstairs.
You wouldn't want them to see
you the way you are now.
I called you here because
I don't want Maho to know about
what's going to happen.
I don't want to cause troubles for her.
Soon you will turn into Catherine,
and you will strangle me with this cord.
When the play is over,
the cord will get hoisted up
and as a result, this will be treated as
a pathetic accident of a teacher
just trying to fix a
malfunctioning curtain.
All the students who love me
will become the witnesses.
If it all comes out,
Satsuki already knows the truth.
I doubt Maho will be
charged with any crime.
After Catherine kills me,
Kaori will come back up.
Once she leaves this place,
Maho will return.
Just like what happened that time.
Kaori.
Your principle of action,
your raison d'etre,
is to not give Maho any
psychological shock, right?
November 8.
Nine years ago,
the day Catherine was born.
This is the last and best stage
of my life that I have created!
Why do you want to do it that badly?
I just...
By Catherine...
I just want to be killed
by a high-school girl!
But it's not my fault that Catherine died!
You did it yourself!
You murderer!
Stop it, Sarah!
Catherine! Why did you have to die?
Catherine! Why?
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine!
This is...
My...
All that I ever wanted...
The words I write here
will never reach you.
Still, as your teacher, I would
like to say one last thing to you.
Man must not take the life
God has given them for granted.
In other words, do not die in vain.
As to how you live your life,
and how you want it to end,
I want you to remember that
it is yourselves who can decide that.
How you die the way you want
determines the value of your life.
One has to live for that purpose.
If we believe that the cause of death
of all human beings is "birth",
then death is the proof of life,
the completion of that human being.
I hope you all live the rest of
your lives to the fullest
so that you too can die a happy death.
Because that is the fate of
those who have been given life.
I just enjoyed every day
I could spend with everyone.
I'm sorry.
My lady, we all had fun too.
Maho?
Maho.
Maho!
Maho!
Maho.
Maho!
Run, Maho!
Over there!
Maho?
Maho?
Let me go. Stay out of my way!
Stay still, you maniac!
I'm not a maniac!
I just want to be killed!
I won't let you do that to Maho!
If you want it so bad, then I'll do it!
You're not good enough.
You're no good!
It has to be a high school girl!
I knew it, you're just a pervert!
Maho!
Her personalities are in conflict.
We're in danger of having Catherine
and Kaori out at the same time!
Maho?
Maho? Where's Maho?!
Where's Maho?
If Kaori and Catherine continue to merge,
the frail Maho will not be
able to come back!
Disappear! Can you two just disappear?
You already have me, Maho.
I will protect you, Maho!
More than Kaori and Catherine could!
More than that teacher could.
I love you so much, and more!
Hey...!
If you don't even love Maho more
than I could, then disappear!
Everyone, just vanish!
Get lost!
Aoi?
Catherine!
Catherine!
That hurt!
You bastard, hold up!
Catherine!
Catherine!
You need to disappear too!
Get out of my sight!
Catherine, I love you!
Teacher!
Move, make way!
Excuse me.
Feeling better?
Yes.
Is everything all right?
I'm a teacher
and I was brought in here after an
accident during a school event.
You remember?
Not really.
It's just what I heard from you.
Right.
Who are you?
Do you already know me from way back?
I wonder.
Please do your best in
regaining your memories.
I want you to look at this today.
I was born in Gunma in 1987.
Is this... me?
I look young here.
The umbilical cord was entwined
around my neck.
Remember.
I will bring you back to life
as you were before, I swear.
That is
my redemption for not being aware
of your anguish.
What are we talking about in here?
You'll know. Just keep watching.
Now...
What exactly is the heart?
It was Nobutada Oda and Nobukatsu Oda
in their central region vassals.
It wasn't Nobuo. It's Nobukatsu Oda.
Nagayoshi Mori, Kawajiri Hidetaka.
This Kawajiri Hidetaka
is a very brilliant man,
and would have been very famous
by now if not for the Honnoji Incident.
Even historians say he's
forgotten warlord.
Hey! You need to pay attention.
You're taking the test next year.
Sawaki, I heard you liked Higashiyama?
Oh, you wanna get beat up again?
Yeah!
Wait for me!
Kyoko?
A thing? Like an object?
Doesn't have to be a thing.
Any desires you have.
Desire?
What I want...
I...
I...
Good afternoon.
Everyone's so cold-hearted.
They were only thrilled to come
visit him at the start.
Hey.
Maho really knows nothing, huh?
Only Kaori and Catherine knows.
Listen.
You know, I'm going to confess my
feelings to Maho. You think it'll go well?
No one would know the answer to that.
The heck.
We're still doing well at the Ruins
Research Club even without you.
There are only three of us, though.
I'm going home now.
What?
Okay.
I liked you, Teacher.
What?
Well...
Please visit again.
Sure.
I see.
I...
I...
I...
What? Seriously, isn't that good?
So cool!
Aoi?
Hey, did you guys see him?!
Doesn't he look so cool?!
I'm so sure that was our
homeroom teacher!
What? If so, that's insane!
So insane!
That guy is Yamasen's
replacement, ain't he?
Don't you think he's going to
start messing with the girls too?
Yukio, you gotta do that!
What the Principal does.
Do it, do it.
"Well then! Mr. Yamaguchi has decided
to quit school for personal reasons."
Well then, I would like to say a few words
to prepare you for the start
of the new semester.
Everyone, now that we welcome the new year,
I wonder if you have set any new goals?
What do you want to become?
Are you alright, Aoi?
I see.
I need to attend the opening
ceremony, so just rest here.
Maho?
What is it?
Thank you.
I'll see you later.
Well, that's all from me.
I will now introduce some of the teachers
who will be teaching at our
school starting today.
Nice to meet you all.
I am Haruto Higashiyama.
I will be teaching Japanese History.
As a teacher, it is my great pleasure
to be assigned to Nitaka High School,
which is one of the best
preparatory schools in the area.
We are looking forward to
studying together with you
in this nature-filled school building.
As you all know, Nitaka City
is a very attractive area
where you can feel much closer to nature.
And this city is also a land of many
historically important sites,
including the Nitaka Ruins.
This town and Nitaka
High School is one of the
best places in Japan where you can
study while feeling close to history.
As a Japanese history teacher, this
place is a dream come true for me!
I will be taking over 2nd Year,
Class C starting today.
I think we will have a lot more involvement
with everyone in Class C, and of
course with the second year students.
Everyone, I am pleased to be
in your acquaintance.
Apart from that,
we have also received permission to establish a
new club activity called the Ruins Research Club.
I want to be killed.
I want to be killed.
I want to be killed.
I transferred to this school
in order to get killed.
I...
T O B E K I L L E D B Y A
H I G H S C H O O I G I R L
Translations by FURRITSUBS
Morning!
Morning, Higashi!
Hey, Higashi! Look!
I cut my fringes!
Oh, you did. Looking good!
You think?
I do.
Or did you only just notice?
What?
He didn't notice.
Say I look cute!
You look cute.
That big one's going to die today.
He looks healthy. Is he sick?
Not sure.
Then, let's bury it later.
Hey! Seems like you're both being
affectionate with each other again today!
Here, thanks for this.
What's this?
The notebook you let me borrow.
See you.
Yes. A little longer?
Aoi?
Here.
Thanks.
Alright, let's start the class.
Get back to your seats.
The first battle that occurred after
Tokimune refused to surrender
was the Battle of Bun'ei.
The Hakata Bay got attacked, but Yuan
forces temporarily withdraw due to storms.
In preparation for the next attack, the Shogunate
built a stone fortification called a stone wall.
Hey, about Aoi.
She usually keeps going to the infirmary, but
seems like she only attends History classes.
Could it be that she likes Higashi...
That's crazy!
What a formidable rival.
You guys, quiet down.
Got it.
These two battles are collectively
called the Mongol invasion.
Remember that.
Maho, you're not going to karaoke?
Sorry, I've got plans today.
Really? Well, see you.
Yeah, sorry.
No way she's coming.
Ready to go home?
Hey, Aoi. Do you wanna
join this with me?
RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS
This is a new club activity from this year to investigate the history and archaeological sites of the area and announce the research results in the activity once a week with
the goal of making a presentation at the school festival. If you like geography or history, or want to know more about the local area and archaeological sites, please join us.
It is a new club activity for this year. If you are interested,
please see Higashiyama. Adviser - Haruto Higashiyama
Aoi?
Hey, what's wrong?
Why do you want to join that?
What?
Oh, the club?
I'm interested in the ruins of this town.
Last year, I did research on the
Nitaka Tomb for my free research.
There are two theories as to when
the Nitaka burial mound was built.
One theory is that the characteristics
of the clay figurines excavated
from the moat place the date
in the 5th century.
The other is how a huge stone exposed on
the top of the mound shows characteristic
of the final stage of the Kofun period,
possible that it is a ceiling stone
of a side-mouth stone burial chamber,
placing the date in the 7th century.
That's amazing, Aoi!
You wrote it.
What? You remember it all?
I'm joining.
What?
I'm joining the club with you.
The characteristics of the earthenware
excavated from this burial mound
were similar to those excavated
from the northeast.
This pattern is exactly like that.
That created the possibility that
someone had traveled a very long way.
Well, there's a possibility that it
was bartered and distributed,
but the amount of artifacts excavated would
suggest that people moved into the area.
Hey, Aoi. Could you be...
Sorry, it's nothing.
You're wrong.
What?
How do you feel, Maho?
About Mr. Higashiyama.
I think he's a good teacher, and he's kind.
Hey, everybody's talking too loud.
This is the staff room, alright?
Teacher, what are you doing this Sunday?
That has nothing to do with
Japanese history at all.
Do you have a girlfriend?
I don't have one.
Get back to your classrooms.
Alright.
Get back, you guys.
Sorry about that, Mr. Ikushima.
You may be famous among them,
but you need to be a bit careful too.
I'm sure you're curious as to why the
teacher you followed after left the school.
Committed lewd acts with
a female student, yes?
You're too loud.
Well, since you're a man,
I'm sure you understand.
I don't really know why you
would look at your students that way.
Oh, really? Then I apologize.
Seriously.
I swear to all gods of heaven and
earth that I have never looked
at a female student as a sex object.
So, when they forced that
teacher Yamaguchi to retire,
it was not only for his own sake,
but it must also be brought with the
help of some sort of sense of justice.
A year ago, when I learned that she
had enrolled at Nitaka High School,
I applied for a transfer to Nitaka, but there
were no openings in the teaching staff.
However, after conducting a background
check on the social studies teacher,
I discovered that Yamaguchi was
dating a female student
and so I reported it anonymously
to the school board.
I was then assigned to fill that vacancy.
I was even lucky enough to
be her homeroom teacher.
Sometimes God pushes the back of
those who strive hard.
Then, Katsuie Shibata was born
in Owari Province in 1522.
I was born in Gunma in 1987.
What is your earliest memory?
Let's see...
Around my birth.
The umbilical cord was entwined
around my neck.
I was on the verge of life and death.
Do you have a memory of that?
Oh, no.
Just what my mother told me.
But when I learned about it,
it's like I have a memory of that time
in some corner of my head.
I remember it being a strange sensation.
Can you share some more specific memories?
My mother...
I remember how she left me
in front of a toy store.
It's because I'm a bit of a spoiled brat.
A concerned clerk let me in the store.
Just as he was getting me a glass of juice,
my mother came back.
How did you feel that time?
I thought she had really abandoned me.
My mother kinda lets things
take their own course.
She was someone who felt
cold to me at the time.
The only reason I was so picky was because
I wanted my mother pay attention to me.
I didn't want any toys.
What is it that you
want the most right now?
A thing? Like an object?
Doesn't have to be a thing.
Any desires you have.
Desire?
Back then, I still couldn't put
my desires into words.
No. I was afraid to put it into words.
I didn't understand the reality of it.
To be killed
I want to get killed.
Back in high school when I started
thinking about my career path,
whenever I see a pretty girl,
I began to get assaulted
by these feelings.
This girl...
"I want to be killed by this girl."
"This is what you call a pervert."
I was struggling with my own desires.
"Autassassinophilia."
Preference of getting excited by
the idea of being killed,
which is different from suicidal
thoughts or self-mutilation.
I was so interested in this psychology,
which was still largely unexplored,
that I decided to enter the
Graduate School of Psychology
and pursue a career as
a clinical psychologist.
I leave it to you.
Thank you.
By the time I'd become an intern
at a university hospital,
I'd realized that my desire to be killed
had a clear target as its counterpart.
I...
I want to be killed by a high-school girl.
The heck. It's you, Higashi!
You startled me.
Sorry. What are you writing?
No, don't look.
I won't.
You sure?
A script for the school
festival class drama.
It's customary for each 2nd Year
classes to do a class play.
Seems like it.
Were you left in charge because
you're in the theater club?
If left alone, no one would write it.
It's boring, choosing from
a collection of plays.
Also, I want to be the one to write it.
They won't let me write some for the
drama club because the director does it.
So I said.
I haven't come up with anything yet.
You like theater plays, Higashi?
I don't really hate
"The Glass Menagerie."
By Tennessee Williams?!
Sorry.
Also, "Emily's Lover."
You know about it?
It's a lesser-known play.
Your image overlapped with Emily's
and suddenly I remembered her.
What?
It's been made into a movie.
You should watch it.
Emily's...
I'll make sure to watch it.
The festival is on November 8.
No time to slack around, huh?
Yes, 8th of November.
That day, I...
will be killed by a high-school girl.
The Hakeue heritage sites in this area
are mainly from the Jomon period.
There's a popular theory that
the gorge is a cliff,
and that it was a settlement of people who were
chased away by a group of different cultures.
Over there. It was said someone
committed suicide over there 5 years ago.
Just like that.
A man and a woman held hands like
that, and then they jumped off.
Stop it, will you?
You really know about it, Kawahara.
Yeah, I prepped about it online.
I heard it's a popular suicide spot.
Seems like it.
Suicide is active, of one's own volition,
whereas my desire is passive.
But the "pushed off a cliff" type of thing
that can kill you with a single hit...
No.
The unknowing "drugged and killed to make
it look like a charcoal-burning suicide"
is just disgusting.
Are you okay?
Don't let go, watch your steps.
Thank you so much.
Scared?
A bit.
This place...
There are documents that say it was a
passageway between this world and the next.
What?
Before Buddhism came to Japan,
how to deal with the spirits of the dead
in the afterlife was an important issue.
So it was thought that these places would
become "corridors" during the summer
and winter solstices, when time
was out of balance.
For them,
the spirits of the dead are the
ones they should communicate with.
Death wasn't always something to be feared.
An absolute requirement:
It must be the perfect crime.
There is no way the girl must pay for
her sins for the sake of my desires.
I'm afraid of death, too, so I want to
resist with all my might and then be killed.
In other words, I can only be killed by a
girl who is stronger than me.
I had to give up on my
unrealizable fantasy,
and I continued to suppress this
desire and pretended to be normal.
What is it that you
want the most right now?
A thing? Like an object?
Doesn't have to be a thing.
Any desires you have.
Desire?
You don't have anything?
What I want...
I...
That's okay now.
Now that's an example of
a monster counselor
by leading the counselor into a corner.
I'm sorry.
It is not the specifics that are important.
Exchange places now.
Yes.
I wonder.
When I looked at your face, I felt
like there was something behind it.
There's nothing in there.
Sorry I didn't answer you properly.
I would have wanted to know a bit more.
So noisy, huh?
Hey, wanna get out of here?
I never felt any desire to
be killed in her presence.
I was just an ordinary man indulging
in the pleasures of the flesh.
It's alright. I can control this desire.
So I thought.
Not until I met Catherine.
Asou.
Present.
Inoue.
Present.
And that girl, is in this classroom.
Kinoshita.
Present.
Kimijima.
Yes.
Kosugi.
Present.
Sasaki.
Present.
Sawaki.
Present.
November 8th.
I will be killed by her.
It's so hot! I'm getting burnt!
You can come in.
I have anemia, too.
I suddenly feel a bit dizzy.
How about you? How are you feeling?
I'm fine.
You think you'll make it for 3rd period?
It's Mr. Higashiyama, after all.
It's coming.
What?
A big one?
Minor.
What? Something's shaking.
What? I can't tell.
Wait.
Wait.
Alright!
Stop!
Good boy.
Catherine.
Catherine.
Catherine.
Catherine.
Catherine.
What do you think?
Really great.
We're going with this
for the school festival.
Really? I'm glad!
I watched the movie you
recommended that day right away,
so the moment I finished
watching it, I thought, "This is it."
I knew you'd like it.
There's a scene that might be a bit
too risky for high-school students to do,
so let's both redo that part.
You're playing the role of "Emily."
What?
Didn't I say so? Your image
overlapped with that of Emily's.
Hey.
I was wondering if you'd like to
give a sample performance of this?
That's kinda embarrassing.
Ready?
Alright, go.
Why...
Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
It has to be you.
Teacher, you call me by name when
it's just the two of us.
Don't want to?
Not really.
I don't hate it.
Bye.
See you.
Aika! What are you up to?
Nothing. What about you?
What were you doing?
What? A meeting with Higashi
for the class play though.
Oh, really?
What is this?
Do you like Higashi?
What? Aren't you an idiot?
Go, John!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Hurry and call the teacher!
Teacher! There's a dog in here!
Why is this here... Catherine?
No.
Catherine...
I knew you were alive.
Who's that? Someone else
aside from Catherine?
What was the purpose?
According to the police,
there's a good chance this incident
was done by an outsider.
You'll continue studying at home today,
but try to leave with a group
when you get home.
Of course, the school will work with
the police to strengthen security
on the way to and from school
and inside the school.
Wearing a bandage?
Kinda crazy, right?
What? No way, right?
Is it that kind of a thing?
That hurts!
A school with a dog murderer - Not sure, but if master it, you'll have a chance against a dog - Only for dogs
lol - Shame on you. Start over in the next life - Is the culprit a Nitaka Judo club member? What a psychopath!
- A school with a dog murderer - Apparently, it was rumored even in an online article - Fighting non-humans because you got too strong? lol You read too
much action manga - Aika Sawaki from Nitaka High School: Why did you kill the dog? Damn you. - Culprit confirmed? Source? - Want me to send it to you?
Is this true? That the culprit
isn't a perverted criminal?
Someone saw the guy dragging something across
the schoolyard in the middle of the night.
Seriously?
Then, are those bandages supposed to be
some kind of medal for fighting the dog?
Maybe she got too strong that
she wanted to fight non-humans.
I'm sure this is a false alarm.
What're they going to do?
She must be getting bullied
by her classmates.
Like bullies being exposed on
social media. That's scary!
Eyewitness accounts and lies!
Hey! Dog killer!
This is bad! I'm going to be killed!
Hey!
Damn it!
They're saying this is a school
with a dog killer.
This school is turning dangerous.
You saw it?
Come on!
If you've got something to say,
then say it straight to my face.
What? What's this about?
Woah, you're so scary!
We're going to get killed!
Oh, stop it, you guys!
I don't believe all those rumors, you know?
Acting innocent.
Aren't you the one who spread it around?
Come on, stop saying the weirdest stuff.
I know everything!
What? Isn't this violence? You're crazy!
Shut up!
Hey, stop it! Cut it out!
There seem to be some strange rumors
spreading about what happened here.
Do you have any evidence to support this?
Kinoshita.
Someone saw Aika in
the middle of the night.
I was practicing alone in the park
that night. The wrist is just a sprain.
You've got no proof and you
have the audacity to say so?
You've got proof though?
Stop messing around!
Stop it.
We have a witness.
Namikidai Park, right?
What?
Yes.
It's in my neighborhood.
I see Sawaki practicing
all the time over there.
I don't want to interrupt so I
didn't bother calling out to her.
I saw her that night too on my way
home from the convenience store.
Enough already.
You guys didn't seriously doubt Sawaki.
It's a joint illusion created in an
attempt to drown our insecurities.
With an understanding of the horror of how
the human mind can sometimes create demons,
I want you all to apologize
properly to Sawaki.
Got that?
Yes.
That hurts.
Good work.
Teacher.
This is really your neighborhood, I see.
No way I'd lie about that.
Well, I was home that night,
so I didn't see it anything.
Wouldn't that make it a lie?
I know, but I had to say it.
Thank you so much.
A secret between us.
Yes.
Peer pressure can be scary.
I wasn't sure how to deal with it,
but then you spoke up.
I should be the one thanking you.
It's alright now. Everyone has apologized.
You're so strong.
But, at hard times,
it'd make me feel a little better
if you rely on me sometimes.
Does it hurt?
You can't do that.
What if someone sees us around here?
Will it bother you?
Wouldn't it bother you?
It won't.
I've got all the
characters gathered around.
Catherine is alive.
Contingencies have arisen,
but there's still time.
It should be resolved by the decisive date.
November 8th.
I will be killed by Catherine.
Since the mysterious incident
before the summer vacation,
I know you are all anxious
about your daily lives.
In fact, many of our teachers
have had students come to them
with complaints of mental illness.
We have decided to have a counselor
come to our school starting this
semester to help these students.
I am pleased to meet everyone.
I am Fukagawa, a clinical psychologist.
"What is a school counselor?
That doesn't concern me at all."
Many people might think so.
Isn't she pretty?
She's so cute!
Satsuki?
Why is she...
What?
Haruto? Why are you here?
Wait. You know each other?
What? That's crazy!
Totally crazy.
Sorry. I'm sure you had it rough.
I really did!
I explained that we went
to college together,
so if they ask you about that
too, just go with that.
They were so persistent so I had to
say it, that you're my ex-boyfriend.
Really now?
What a bum.
Hiding something odd like this would
make people want to trail after it.
Well, yeah.
But I was so surprised.
I heard that someone was
coming here as a counselor,
but who would have thought it's you.
Same here!
You're a clinical psychologist now.
Congrats.
Thank you.
And you really became a teacher now.
I thought I was imagining things.
I still don't get it to this day.
You were still doing your
internship at the hospital,
and all of a sudden you said
you wanted to be a teacher.
Truth is, it was the kind of a job
I've always looked up to.
I'm still not convinced about how
you suddenly broke up with me.
I wonder why.
I'm sure it's because I was still so young.
Police investigations revealed
that the man was killed
by an 8-year-old girl who
was at the scene.
Investigators said the girl
was home alone...
I was watching that.
Look at me!
Things were going well between us.
Not until I met that child.
Miss, is it true that you used
to date Mr. Higashiyama?
Everyone keeps asking that,
but that's a long time ago.
Lasted for a short while.
Who do you mean by "everyone"?
I can't tell you that.
Wait. This is not a counseling session.
What's your concern?
Something to do with "love"?
I like someone.
And that person probably
likes me back too but...
What should I do so I can
confirm his feelings for me?
You'll need to ask the person
about that directly!
But that's scary. I want to
know without asking him.
You mean, look at it without touching it?
Like an X-ray?
I think that's a bit too difficult.
Because the heart is not an object.
Then, what is it?
That's it. The last question
we always run into.
Well then! What exactly is the heart?
I don't know, okay?
Right.
I still don't understand why
Haruto dumped me either.
He dumped you?
Let's keep this a secret.
Secret?
Might have cleared things up a
little. Thank you so much.
Let's keep it a secret between
us that we talked about it.
Got it.
Then, I'll see you next time!
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
Can I eat lunch with you guys?
It's the truth!
Really?
It is!
I have to say, you guys really
do get along well.
You're always together,
makes me envy you guys.
We've been friends since I moved to
this town during the fourth grade.
You're inseparable!
Not gonna say anything?
You've always been together?!
You're so funny.
Right, Aoi?
She is.
Then you should come to me for
proper counseling next time.
It looks like fun. What kind of
conversations do you have with people?
Mostly love affairs.
Maybe because I'm old.
Like about Mr. Higashiyama?
Are you a fan of him too?
No, I'm just...
What are you saying?
You're wonderful yourself, too!
That's not true.
You are wonderful.
See?
Okay?
Yes.
So? What do you think of Higashi, Aoi?
Oh, so we've got those who
don't like him too. You hate him?
I don't know.
Aoi?
The one thing that all the girls who
like Haruto have in common
is that they all believe that they are
the only one who is special to him.
I don't think this is solely due to
adolescent self-consciousness.
It's like he's deliberately
instilling those feelings
and manipulating these girl's hearts.
But, Maho Sasaki is different from them.
She believes that for some reason,
she doesn't deserve to like people.
And perhaps Haruto is aware of this too.
Maho Sasaki.
Ayaka Suzuki.
Ayaka Suzuki.
Maho Sasaki.
Finally...
Maho Sasaki.
Then, Maho Sasaki will play the
role of "Catherine."
You good with that, Sasaki?
What? Well...
I also thought you're a
good fit for this role.
Alright.
Alright, next. The role of Sarah, Emily's
bad friend who will deceive her.
This is going to be difficult but
rewarding. Do we have any candidates?
If not, we'll vote again.
Me.
Oh, that's great.
Then, Sawaki will be "Sarah."
Alright. Next up, the boys.
James who is both Emily
and Catherine's lover.
Any candidates?
I'll do it!
Well, let's see...
What should we do?
What?
Can you not laugh about it, Satsuki?
Sorry. So, how'd it go?
No one wouldn't give it up so we
had to play rock, scissors.
And I lost.
I said don't laugh over it! They
thought I was aiming for Kyoko!
But Yukio, you're for Maho, right?
Of course. There's a scene
where they hold hands.
You know? I studied hard to get into
the same high school as Maho.
That's amazing of you.
But the one Maho likes is Higashi, right?
I would know because I've
always been looking at her.
Right.
How sad.
Hey, Satsuki. What do
you think should I do?
I think you're fine the way you are now.
Just always exist near her.
You don't realize it yourself, but she
needs you to be direct with her.
Seriously?
Don't come near me!
Just being around you makes me feel like
I have bugs crawling all over me!
Catherine, what the hell are you saying?
I must... for Emily's sake...
Alright, looking great!
Very great!
Next up.
Catherine's funeral scene.
Everyone's here except Maho.
Alright.
Catherine drank the poison.
It's the mischief of fate.
Come on!
Kawahara, can you add more feelings
in it?! That's your only dialogue!
As if you didn't just learn about it,
like the words were just born
out from you at this very moment!
Wait, and you're fine with Aoi's?
Aoi's good.
What?!
Sarah, you lied to me, didn't you?
That's right! But it's not my
fault that Catherine died!
You did it yourself!
You murderer!
Catherine...
Why did you have to die?
Catherine!
Maho? Are you alright?
You lied to me, didn't you?
That's right! But it's not my
fault that Catherine died!
Hey, why are you here?
Nothing special. I have an appointment
for counseling after I finish this.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
Appointment? I didn't see
any form from you at all.
You said I have to stay near her.
I see.
It's coming.
A huge one.
An earthquake is coming, Miss!
Aoi's prophecy comes true!
You guys, are you alright?!
Are you okay?
Maho! Are you hurt anywhere?
You alright, Aoi?
Are you okay?
Hey.
Maho?
She isn't Maho. She's "Kaori".
Kaori?
Could it be...
Nice to meet you, Kaori.
You're not startled?
I am. Right now, is Maho...?
She's deep inside.
I see.
Hey, Kaori.
Can I talk to you for a moment?
No.
"Maho" is coming back.
Hey, wait. Kaori!
Don't tell Maho about
what just happened now.
Hey, are you all okay?
Hey, Sasaki?
She's fine. Don't move her.
Sasaki?
You. What are you planning?
I...
I'm relieved. You passed out from
the shock of the earthquake.
Is that so?
You scared the crap out of me.
We'll need to borrow those
exhibits for the festival, right?
I'll be fine here.
Go check it out.
Let's go.
As I thought, that girl...
How're things over there?
All good. I'm so glad I
didn't unpack before!
Alright, let's clean it all up now.
How are you feeling now, Sasaki?
I'm fine now.
Do you often pass out?
I'm a little anemic.
Your necktie's crooked.
It's alright.
That was
Kaori.
Gotta be careful.
We need to be cautious now.
Shocking situation...! Strange strangulation case, suspect
is unexpectedly an 8 year old girl with a strong will?
Bizarre incident: Birth
of a Superhuman Girl
Back then, Haruto was unusually
obsessed with a particular case.
It's done.
Stop that.
What?
Who's that kid?
Well...
A girl who is currently undergoing psychiatric
evaluation at the training center.
So studious.
Let's eat.
How did the strangler/superhuman girl come about!? Interview
with a former detective, states she's a possible murder suspect
At the time, this mysterious
and bizarre case
was making the headlines on both
magazines and weekly newspapers.
November 8, 2012.
A woman living in a public housing
complex in Hachioji
returned home from a part-time job
to find a stranger strangled to death
with a cord in her living room.
The deceased was an unemployed man who
lived in the same public housing complex.
Her only daughter who was eight years
old, was found cowering in the bathroom.
The little girl lost her memories
of that incident.
But as the police proceeded
with their investigation,
one absurd fact after
another came to light.
The girl's hands had marks on them
from pulling hard on the cord,
and her thin arms had clear marks
of the victim's hand,
which shows that he seemed
to have resisted desperately.
A number of circumstantial
evidences suggested
that the girl committed the crime.
But how could an eight-year-old girl
strangle a man of his stature?
The investigators were
baffled by the situation,
which was hard to believe at first glance.
Numerous pieces of evidence
that came to light later
determined that the man had entered
the home for the purpose
of playing a prank and was murdered
by a girl who resisted his attempts.
I...
I have to say goodbye to you now.
I have to grow up.
I'm sorry, Kaori.
I've been waiting for you.
All this time.
For you to grow up into a high-school girl.
The first time I met you,
I gasped at the beauty of it all.
The fact that such a small girl like you
could take on such a large man
like that guy, it drove me crazy.
Now, let's go down the white
staircase, one step at a time.
Go down slowly.
Retrograde Hypnosis Results:
It turns out you have more
than one personality.
Please open the door gently.
Maho?
No.
You're not Maho?
I'm not Maho. I'm Kaori.
Kaori. How old are you, Kaori?
How about you?
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Does "Maho" know about you, Kaori?
I don't think she knows.
We immediately identified "Kaori",
16 years old, with a strong personality.
She was a personality you created
to defend yourself against your father's
abuse when you were still a child.
"Kaori" is the name you gave to
a doll you used to play with.
Even after you mother divorced your
father and the abuse stopped,
"Kaori" still continued
to foster inside you.
Well then, Kaori.
Was it you who did it?
You're wrong!
That guy was too strong.
Even I couldn't do much about it.
It was someone more animal-like
and ferocious than I am.
A girl named "Catherine" did it.
That day, someone called out "Catherine."
Over and over again.
Catherine?
A foreigner?
This child. If what Kaori says is true,
at the time of the incident,
someone called out Catherine's name,
which instantly created a new
persona named "Catherine",
and was the one who protected her.
The TV in the room was turned on
loudly at the time of the crime.
It is assumed this was done to
drown out the girl's screams.
Estimated time of death: 3:00 PM.
Estimated time of death...
Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
I was sure of it.
If it's you, as long as it's Catherine,
she'll be able to kill me.
However,
your doctor decided that you had
to take your time and slowly
come to terms with your other personality,
and so you were discharged.
You left me right there.
I quit my residency, went into
teaching, and broke up with Satsuki.
I want to be killed by Catherine now
that she's a high school girl.
On the day that the incident happened.
That is, the day Catherine
was born: November 8.
The coincidence of this day being on a cultural
festival is not a coincidence, but fate.
16 years old is still too young.
18 years old is already an adult.
The last season to be a young
girl is when you're 17 years old,
and is the most glorious time
to be a high school girl.
When I saw you again, still, I felt uneasy.
I wonder if Catherine is still
alive inside you?
In order to confirm that, I...
Catherine is alive.
Kimijima.
Here.
Kosugi.
Here.
Maho Sasaki.
Here.
A little while longer, Catherine.
So, what do you mean?
Hey, can you tell me about it?
That day,
Maho came home late because the
teacher asked her to organize the exhibits.
What? Aoi?
You waited for me?
Even when I said you
can go home ahead?
Sorry.
It's fine. Thank you.
I want to talk to you about that time in the past when
you killed someone. Come to the back of the library.
Kaori?
Don't follow me.
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
That wasn't Maho nor Kaori.
Kaori?
Catherine...
She saved me.
Okay.
It said it wants to die
in its owner's place.
And so you carried the dog
over to Haruto's desk?
What do you mean?
It was Haruto's dog?
That Haruto assaulted Maho?
That's what the dog said?
What for?
I don't know.
I smell a kind of death I've never
smelled before from that teacher.
Also, he's trying to do
something to Maho.
But, I can't really express it well.
Because Maho likes him.
The reason why you only attend
his classes and joined his club...
Was so you can protect Maho?
Everyone kept saying that my
drawings looked creepy.
Maho said "It's beautiful."
My school bag that they hid away.
She would search for it with me
until the sun went down.
They would run away from me, saying they might
catch my disease while chanting "Mime, mime."
But Maho would hold hands with me.
She would teach me the most
beautiful songs.
She said I was her friend.
Maho is an angel.
The words I write here
will never reach you.
We are pleased to inform all visitors:
Today at 1:00 PM in the gymnasium,
each sophomore class will
present their class play.
We hope you will come and see it.
Teacher, look!
Woah! It suits you!
Right? I sewed it myself.
That's amazing!
Of course, that's not true.
The heck!
Hey, if you're gonna keep playing around,
might as well match your lines with me.
Yeah, coming.
Good luck.
Yeah.
I need to talk to you.
Come with me.
Yeah, I have something to tell you too.
Thanks.
What'd you want to say?
No, you go first.
We gotta be quick.
All their efforts will have been for
nothing if we arrive late.
You have "Autassassinophilia," right?
Why do you think?
9 years ago.
When you started acting strange,
I suspected you were having an affair.
I copied the content of that
flash drive to my computer.
It was filled with materials of a girl
who had multiple personality
connected to that Hachioji case.
But, there was a text in a hidden
folder that caught my attention.
Inside it were text written by a man
who had a desire to be killed
I will be killed by
Catherine 9 years later.
By a high school girl named "Catherine".
To think you had such fantasies.
I thought, maybe you're a pedophile.
I have tried to forget you.
But just like this, we got reunited.
I wonder which fate brought us
together, yours or mine.
I realized it too late.
Those weren't fantasies.
You...
You're trying to get
Maho Sasaki to kill you.
You're remarkable.
It's your turn.
Nah, you already told me everything
I wanted to tell you.
My unfinished story that you read
was then rewritten many times
before I finally completed it.
You chose this school as the setting
and turned the students into
characters in your own story.
You're one of the important
parts of this too.
I know you're asking for help,
deep down inside you.
Someone who loves you might
be able to stop your desires.
I'm sure you wish for that
somewhere inside you.
Either that or...
But, I already knew that those girls
couldn't play that role.
A young girl's love is fleeting.
I need to go now.
You can't. Don't stand up.
The curtain can't come up without me.
I won't let you go.
I will cure what ails you.
Well, hurry up, then.
First, regressive hypnosis?
We can't do it immediately.
It'll need time to work.
Then I'll do it.
Just relax.
Imagine a white staircase in front of you.
Stop fucking around.
Keep going. Just hear me out.
Everything that's going to happen
is inside this.
In case my plan fails,
if there is anything that could bring
Maho Sasaki under suspicion,
make everything in that drive
public, and save her.
Got that?
Teacher! Where did you go off?
We thought you'd never make it.
A very important errand I had to do.
Alright, it's showtime!
Let's all hang tight!
Yes!
We are pleased to announce that 2nd Year, Class
2 will perform their play any moment now.
The performance is by English
playwright Miranda Brant:
"Emily's Lover."
Please enjoy it to the very end.
What?
What?
What's wrong?
It won't open.
What?
Calm down, you guys.
It's probably an electrical malfunction.
I'll take care of it. Just announce that
they'll have to wait a little longer.
Alright.
A quick announcement to all our viewers.
We are currently experiencing a
trouble with the stage curtain.
Please hold for a while.
Aika, help me out.
What?
Alright.
I can't get the winch to turn.
Let's open it manually for now.
Okay.
Ready, go!
Ready, go!
It's moving!
Get the song ready.
Got that.
Thank you for waiting!
The show will begin now.
Thanks, Aika.
No problem.
Gotta get down for your appearance.
Yes.
Thank you, thank you!
You all did great, everyone!
You did well again today, Catherine!
Thank you, Sarah!
All thanks to you.
Catherine, thank you for everything.
I feel the fatigue recede.
I'm happy when everyone is smiling.
You are the best instrumentalist
in this town, Catherine!
Do you mean, the best in this country?
Oh, stop it, will you!
What's your name?
Me? I'm Catherine.
Catherine?
It was a very great performance.
Teacher, did it work out?
Yeah. I hooked up the fuse.
It's all good now.
Once they electrically wind up
the now loose cord
during the curtain call,
the rest will follow through as usual.
No... Haruto... You can't...
Satsuki?
Yukio? Why are you here?
Aoi said you're in danger.
Where's Maho?
Up on stage.
I fell in love with you!
You cannot! You are Emily's lover!
Catherine, we are both destined
to be together!
From the first time I
saw you in the castle,
I knew there's no turning back now.
Teacher...
Do you like... Sasaki?
No.
I...
I must... for Emily's sake...
Teacher?
I...
Catherine has now completed
her long ministry
here on earth and has gone to heaven.
Sorry.
Not at all.
Kaori. I guess Maho won't return
for some time, right?
You... What do you want to do?
Let's talk upstairs.
You wouldn't want them to see
you the way you are now.
I called you here because
I don't want Maho to know about
what's going to happen.
I don't want to cause troubles for her.
Soon you will turn into Catherine,
and you will strangle me with this cord.
When the play is over,
the cord will get hoisted up
and as a result, this will be treated as
a pathetic accident of a teacher
just trying to fix a
malfunctioning curtain.
All the students who love me
will become the witnesses.
If it all comes out,
Satsuki already knows the truth.
I doubt Maho will be
charged with any crime.
After Catherine kills me,
Kaori will come back up.
Once she leaves this place,
Maho will return.
Just like what happened that time.
Kaori.
Your principle of action,
your raison d'etre,
is to not give Maho any
psychological shock, right?
November 8.
Nine years ago,
the day Catherine was born.
This is the last and best stage
of my life that I have created!
Why do you want to do it that badly?
I just...
By Catherine...
I just want to be killed
by a high-school girl!
But it's not my fault that Catherine died!
You did it yourself!
You murderer!
Stop it, Sarah!
Catherine! Why did you have to die?
Catherine! Why?
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine! Catherine!
Catherine!
Catherine!
This is...
My...
All that I ever wanted...
The words I write here
will never reach you.
Still, as your teacher, I would
like to say one last thing to you.
Man must not take the life
God has given them for granted.
In other words, do not die in vain.
As to how you live your life,
and how you want it to end,
I want you to remember that
it is yourselves who can decide that.
How you die the way you want
determines the value of your life.
One has to live for that purpose.
If we believe that the cause of death
of all human beings is "birth",
then death is the proof of life,
the completion of that human being.
I hope you all live the rest of
your lives to the fullest
so that you too can die a happy death.
Because that is the fate of
those who have been given life.
I just enjoyed every day
I could spend with everyone.
I'm sorry.
My lady, we all had fun too.
Maho?
Maho.
Maho!
Maho!
Maho.
Maho!
Run, Maho!
Over there!
Maho?
Maho?
Let me go. Stay out of my way!
Stay still, you maniac!
I'm not a maniac!
I just want to be killed!
I won't let you do that to Maho!
If you want it so bad, then I'll do it!
You're not good enough.
You're no good!
It has to be a high school girl!
I knew it, you're just a pervert!
Maho!
Her personalities are in conflict.
We're in danger of having Catherine
and Kaori out at the same time!
Maho?
Maho? Where's Maho?!
Where's Maho?
If Kaori and Catherine continue to merge,
the frail Maho will not be
able to come back!
Disappear! Can you two just disappear?
You already have me, Maho.
I will protect you, Maho!
More than Kaori and Catherine could!
More than that teacher could.
I love you so much, and more!
Hey...!
If you don't even love Maho more
than I could, then disappear!
Everyone, just vanish!
Get lost!
Aoi?
Catherine!
Catherine!
That hurt!
You bastard, hold up!
Catherine!
Catherine!
You need to disappear too!
Get out of my sight!
Catherine, I love you!
Teacher!
Move, make way!
Excuse me.
Feeling better?
Yes.
Is everything all right?
I'm a teacher
and I was brought in here after an
accident during a school event.
You remember?
Not really.
It's just what I heard from you.
Right.
Who are you?
Do you already know me from way back?
I wonder.
Please do your best in
regaining your memories.
I want you to look at this today.
I was born in Gunma in 1987.
Is this... me?
I look young here.
The umbilical cord was entwined
around my neck.
Remember.
I will bring you back to life
as you were before, I swear.
That is
my redemption for not being aware
of your anguish.
What are we talking about in here?
You'll know. Just keep watching.
Now...
What exactly is the heart?
It was Nobutada Oda and Nobukatsu Oda
in their central region vassals.
It wasn't Nobuo. It's Nobukatsu Oda.
Nagayoshi Mori, Kawajiri Hidetaka.
This Kawajiri Hidetaka
is a very brilliant man,
and would have been very famous
by now if not for the Honnoji Incident.
Even historians say he's
forgotten warlord.
Hey! You need to pay attention.
You're taking the test next year.
Sawaki, I heard you liked Higashiyama?
Oh, you wanna get beat up again?
Yeah!
Wait for me!
Kyoko?
A thing? Like an object?
Doesn't have to be a thing.
Any desires you have.
Desire?
What I want...
I...
I...
Good afternoon.
Everyone's so cold-hearted.
They were only thrilled to come
visit him at the start.
Hey.
Maho really knows nothing, huh?
Only Kaori and Catherine knows.
Listen.
You know, I'm going to confess my
feelings to Maho. You think it'll go well?
No one would know the answer to that.
The heck.
We're still doing well at the Ruins
Research Club even without you.
There are only three of us, though.
I'm going home now.
What?
Okay.
I liked you, Teacher.
What?
Well...
Please visit again.
Sure.
I see.
I...
I...