1 00:00:04,608 --> 00:00:06,119 We're a pair! 2 00:00:06,119 --> 00:00:08,349 Uh-huh! We'll always be a pair! 3 00:00:08,349 --> 00:00:15,512 "Cross my fingers, if you lie, I'll make you eat a thousand needles!" 4 00:00:35,472 --> 00:00:44,389 (Wanting you to just be near, to feel your breath upon my ear) 5 00:00:44,389 --> 00:00:53,429 (Wishing you would call my name, 'Cause only you can light the flame) 6 00:00:53,429 --> 00:01:00,590 Constantly searching, still can't find 7 00:01:02,866 --> 00:01:08,863 Ever illusive peace of mind 8 00:01:11,041 --> 00:01:19,656 Sometimes it's near, but slips away 9 00:01:19,656 --> 00:01:26,112 And I'm faced with another day 10 00:01:27,490 --> 00:01:32,939 Of wanting you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 11 00:01:32,939 --> 00:01:37,379 ...to just be near ('Cause only you can light the flame) 12 00:01:37,379 --> 00:01:41,976 Of wishing you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 13 00:01:41,976 --> 00:01:46,549 ...would call my name, to feel your breath upon my ear 14 00:01:46,549 --> 00:01:51,022 Of wanting you...wishing you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 15 00:01:51,022 --> 00:01:58,819 Call my name, 'cause only you can light the flame 16 00:02:08,231 --> 00:02:12,876 I'm searching for a woman. The sad woman that I love. 17 00:02:12,876 --> 00:02:17,602 My father's losing his mind. It's a monster's work. A hi-no-enma! 18 00:02:18,775 --> 00:02:20,903 A hi-no-enma, you say? 19 00:02:21,878 --> 00:02:23,859 A type of demon which flies to you. 20 00:02:23,859 --> 00:02:25,989 It takes the form of a woman and comes in order... 21 00:02:25,989 --> 00:02:28,959 to prevent the attainment of Buddhist enlightenment. 22 00:02:28,959 --> 00:02:31,629 It usually describes a creature which looks like an evil woman. 23 00:02:31,629 --> 00:02:33,969 It's said they take the form of a beautiful woman... 24 00:02:33,969 --> 00:02:37,222 visiting a man night after night to suck out his lifeblood until he dies. 25 00:02:43,566 --> 00:02:45,776 Get rid of a hi-no-enma? 26 00:02:45,776 --> 00:02:48,649 In other words, is it like this? 27 00:02:48,649 --> 00:02:51,019 Kyoemon, a cargo vessel wholesaler... 28 00:02:51,019 --> 00:02:54,489 is searching for his bride, who ran away on their wedding night. 29 00:02:54,489 --> 00:02:55,638 Right. 30 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,289 They say she was a pyromaniac... 31 00:02:59,289 --> 00:03:02,529 and left him so that she wouldn't cause him trouble. 32 00:03:02,529 --> 00:03:05,029 And he says it's all right for her to come back... 33 00:03:05,029 --> 00:03:07,266 because he's built a home she can set fire to? 34 00:03:07,266 --> 00:03:08,732 Not only that. 35 00:03:08,732 --> 00:03:11,239 If she can't be stopped... 36 00:03:11,239 --> 00:03:14,939 I wanted to let her be without any regard for others. 37 00:03:14,939 --> 00:03:19,698 If she can be cured, fine! If not, we can both die together! 38 00:03:20,603 --> 00:03:22,209 In that case, maybe we should... 39 00:03:22,209 --> 00:03:24,749 just hand her over immediately and let him do as he wants. 40 00:03:24,749 --> 00:03:30,119 H-Hold on! You know where this girl Shiragiku is? 41 00:03:30,119 --> 00:03:31,589 We know. 42 00:03:31,589 --> 00:03:34,029 Wh-What do you mean? 43 00:03:34,029 --> 00:03:36,529 Snakes travel on other snakes' paths. 44 00:03:36,529 --> 00:03:39,759 I know. First, go to see Reverend Ryojun. 45 00:03:39,759 --> 00:03:43,436 You'll probably find that degenerate priest wandering around... 46 00:03:43,436 --> 00:03:46,199 in the red light district of the city of Sakai. 47 00:03:46,199 --> 00:03:49,869 But when it comes to being "worldly," Shiragiku probably has him beat. 48 00:03:49,869 --> 00:03:51,879 Is he a friend of yours?! 49 00:03:51,879 --> 00:03:53,062 Sort of. 50 00:03:55,505 --> 00:03:59,382 Like us, he's an inhabitant of the underworld. 51 00:03:59,382 --> 00:04:03,359 However, he's a bit more depraved than average and hard to deal with. 52 00:04:03,359 --> 00:04:04,859 That bad, huh? 53 00:04:04,859 --> 00:04:07,892 Even Ogin would run from him without getting dressed first. 54 00:04:07,892 --> 00:04:09,559 What was that?! 55 00:04:09,559 --> 00:04:10,918 Then we have to tell him! 56 00:04:12,055 --> 00:04:13,866 I'll go tell Mr. Kyoemon! 57 00:04:13,866 --> 00:04:15,369 Hold it! 58 00:04:15,369 --> 00:04:17,239 Why?! 59 00:04:17,239 --> 00:04:21,369 I think you've gotten the wrong idea, Author. 60 00:04:21,369 --> 00:04:25,109 Our job isn't to save people. 61 00:04:25,109 --> 00:04:29,409 We trick people. Sometimes we take their lives! 62 00:04:29,409 --> 00:04:34,119 Dredging human souls is, by its nature, a life-threatening job. 63 00:04:34,119 --> 00:04:38,356 Oh, dear. If you're risking lives, do it yourself, Trickster. 64 00:04:38,356 --> 00:04:40,626 Stay out of this, Puppeteer! 65 00:04:40,626 --> 00:04:42,642 I was wrong about you people! 66 00:04:44,387 --> 00:04:47,996 Oh, well. Still, this is for the best. 67 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:49,769 We'll miss him. 68 00:04:49,769 --> 00:04:50,866 YOU'LL miss him! 69 00:04:50,866 --> 00:04:53,606 Huh? Don't be ridiculous! 70 00:04:53,606 --> 00:04:54,869 Anyway... 71 00:04:54,869 --> 00:04:58,858 Shiragiku. This is going to be tough. 72 00:05:04,941 --> 00:05:06,500 All right, then! 73 00:05:08,511 --> 00:05:11,389 In that case, I'll just have to get there... 74 00:05:11,389 --> 00:05:13,349 before Mataichi and the others and find Shiragiku myself! 75 00:05:14,584 --> 00:05:18,759 Don't worry, I'll come back to Kitabayashi soon. 76 00:05:18,759 --> 00:05:22,486 I just need to settle something from my past. 77 00:05:30,433 --> 00:05:31,560 Got it! 78 00:05:34,003 --> 00:05:35,164 Excuse me! 79 00:05:40,810 --> 00:05:42,472 Thank you. 80 00:05:47,984 --> 00:05:50,476 She was really pretty. 81 00:06:05,068 --> 00:06:06,969 I don't like these places. 82 00:06:08,705 --> 00:06:10,516 He's here. 83 00:06:10,516 --> 00:06:12,819 Hey, big boy! Come in! 84 00:06:12,819 --> 00:06:14,789 Yes, yes! Come in! 85 00:06:14,789 --> 00:06:16,519 You can have the two of us for anything you want! 86 00:06:16,519 --> 00:06:19,209 N- No, thanks! I'm not here for that! 87 00:06:21,084 --> 00:06:22,759 Watch where you're goin'! 88 00:06:22,759 --> 00:06:24,299 S-Sorry! 89 00:06:24,299 --> 00:06:28,129 From Edo, huh?! You insult me and I'll crack your head open! 90 00:06:28,129 --> 00:06:30,319 Something wrong, guys? 91 00:06:31,794 --> 00:06:33,336 Oh, it's a priest. 92 00:06:33,336 --> 00:06:34,506 What are you doin' here? 93 00:06:34,506 --> 00:06:37,626 You fools! Don't you know the decree of this red-light district? 94 00:06:39,435 --> 00:06:40,646 Look! A babe! 95 00:06:40,646 --> 00:06:43,299 This way! 96 00:06:44,307 --> 00:06:45,749 - Hold it! - Hey! 97 00:06:45,749 --> 00:06:47,437 Wh-What the...?! 98 00:06:50,513 --> 00:06:52,319 Damn it, where'd they go?! 99 00:06:52,319 --> 00:06:53,816 Hey! 100 00:06:54,484 --> 00:06:57,462 Th-Thanks so much. 101 00:06:57,462 --> 00:07:01,029 You gotta stay alert around here, though I get the feeling... 102 00:07:01,029 --> 00:07:03,899 you're not the type who normally comes to places like this. 103 00:07:03,899 --> 00:07:05,452 So, what brings you here? 104 00:07:06,629 --> 00:07:10,009 I came to find a priest named Ryojun. 105 00:07:10,009 --> 00:07:12,509 Huh? That'd be me, then. 106 00:07:12,509 --> 00:07:14,246 Huh? You?! 107 00:07:14,246 --> 00:07:15,979 Yeah. So, what can I do for you? 108 00:07:15,979 --> 00:07:19,482 Well, it's about a girl named Shiragiku. 109 00:07:19,482 --> 00:07:21,489 Shiragiku?! 110 00:07:21,489 --> 00:07:23,309 Let's talk somewhere else. 111 00:07:27,617 --> 00:07:28,949 Oh, boy. 112 00:07:31,988 --> 00:07:32,999 Two? 113 00:07:32,999 --> 00:07:35,651 I can't take much more rain! 114 00:07:38,695 --> 00:07:41,109 What, serving someone ahead of us? 115 00:07:41,109 --> 00:07:43,725 No prob, no prob! The rain's a bother for everyone. 116 00:07:47,036 --> 00:07:51,249 Don't stay in the corner. Come over to the fire and warm up. 117 00:07:51,249 --> 00:07:53,949 I may have a young man with me, but still... 118 00:07:53,949 --> 00:07:56,049 So, is this about Tatsuta? 119 00:07:56,049 --> 00:07:58,819 Uh, no, what I want to ask about is-- 120 00:07:58,819 --> 00:08:02,426 Oh, yes. Shiragiku, right? Shiragiku... 121 00:08:02,426 --> 00:08:07,129 Well, I know about her, but she's sort of one half of a pair. 122 00:08:07,129 --> 00:08:08,632 A pair? 123 00:08:08,632 --> 00:08:11,736 Well, this was a long time ago... 124 00:08:11,736 --> 00:08:16,096 but they were real beauties, as pretty as flowers. 125 00:08:18,501 --> 00:08:21,209 At the time, the merchant class girls would be instructed... 126 00:08:21,209 --> 00:08:23,776 in dancing and playing the samisen from a young age. 127 00:08:23,776 --> 00:08:28,086 Oh, yes. They say Shiragiku was the daughter of a nobleman. 128 00:08:28,086 --> 00:08:30,319 She was a quiet, gentle girl. 129 00:08:30,319 --> 00:08:34,059 She didn't have an aggressive bone in her body. 130 00:08:34,059 --> 00:08:37,053 Whatever she did, she'd do it well. 131 00:08:37,820 --> 00:08:41,366 She was always hanging around with her friend Tatsuta... 132 00:08:41,366 --> 00:08:43,499 whose family owned a lumber yard. 133 00:08:43,499 --> 00:08:47,530 Yeah. Tatsuta was a nice girl. 134 00:08:47,530 --> 00:08:50,624 Shiragiku was always holding her hand. 135 00:08:52,035 --> 00:08:56,979 Anywhere you go, Tatsuta, I go. We'll always be a pair. 136 00:08:56,979 --> 00:08:58,749 Uh-huh! A pair! 137 00:08:58,749 --> 00:09:00,249 A pair forever! 138 00:09:00,249 --> 00:09:03,252 A pair. But despite what they said... 139 00:09:03,252 --> 00:09:05,386 Shiragiku was always the better one. 140 00:09:05,386 --> 00:09:08,059 That's what she was like. 141 00:09:08,059 --> 00:09:13,259 One day, they even got matching yukatas. 142 00:09:13,259 --> 00:09:14,929 We're a pair! 143 00:09:14,929 --> 00:09:16,721 Uh-huh! We'll always be a pair! 144 00:09:17,794 --> 00:09:20,302 It really is a pretty yukata. 145 00:09:20,302 --> 00:09:23,163 It really suits you, Shiragiku. 146 00:09:24,033 --> 00:09:27,076 Poor Tatsuta. 147 00:09:27,076 --> 00:09:29,279 Shiragiku was the only one who got complimented. 148 00:09:29,279 --> 00:09:32,679 Huh? I wanted to tell you about Shiragiku... 149 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,049 but I ended up talking about Tatsuta. 150 00:09:35,049 --> 00:09:37,789 Well, they always were a pair. 151 00:09:37,789 --> 00:09:40,322 You got the impression the sun gave Shiragiku... 152 00:09:40,322 --> 00:09:44,426 extra sunlight to make her shine. 153 00:09:44,426 --> 00:09:45,829 Light, huh? 154 00:09:45,829 --> 00:09:48,896 When she was 14, Shiragiku was apprenticed... 155 00:09:48,896 --> 00:09:51,036 to a feudal lord to the west. 156 00:09:51,036 --> 00:09:54,269 It's all right! We'll write to each other. 157 00:09:54,269 --> 00:09:56,939 It'll be okay if we're apart. 158 00:09:56,939 --> 00:09:59,309 We'll always be a pair. 159 00:09:59,309 --> 00:10:00,546 Right. We're a pair. 160 00:10:00,546 --> 00:10:03,716 But she soon returned. 161 00:10:03,716 --> 00:10:04,816 Why? 162 00:10:04,816 --> 00:10:09,689 Shiragiku was blamed for setting a fire in their house. 163 00:10:09,689 --> 00:10:14,514 But the real reason was probably jealousy over Shiragiku's beauty. 164 00:10:15,184 --> 00:10:17,559 I get to be with you again, Tatsuta. 165 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,523 That's good enough for me. 166 00:10:24,093 --> 00:10:27,291 And then another fire started. 167 00:10:29,866 --> 00:10:31,342 You all right? 168 00:10:31,342 --> 00:10:33,779 Wow! That surprised me! 169 00:10:33,779 --> 00:10:36,376 That time, Shiragiku's house burned down. 170 00:10:36,376 --> 00:10:40,649 Her family was killed and arson was again suspected. 171 00:10:40,649 --> 00:10:43,786 Rumors started that Shiragiku was a woman who could summon fire... 172 00:10:43,786 --> 00:10:48,159 and she was soon driven from the town and forced into prostitution. 173 00:10:48,159 --> 00:10:53,529 Despite this, the sun still seemed to pour upon her. 174 00:10:53,529 --> 00:10:57,699 Before long, she was a headlining prostitute with many admirers. 175 00:10:57,699 --> 00:11:00,094 The light was always, always upon her. 176 00:11:08,838 --> 00:11:13,742 Ah, she went out. The rain must have stopped. 177 00:11:14,477 --> 00:11:18,119 Eventually, a man appeared to redeem Shiragiku. 178 00:11:18,119 --> 00:11:20,726 A man named Seihachi from a local lumber yard. 179 00:11:20,726 --> 00:11:25,459 Just when it seemed Shiragiku was finally going to find happiness... 180 00:11:25,459 --> 00:11:27,869 Seihachi was offered an arranged marriage. 181 00:11:27,869 --> 00:11:30,839 And the woman he was to marry was Tatsuta. 182 00:11:30,839 --> 00:11:34,569 Her family probably wanted her to marry him... 183 00:11:34,569 --> 00:11:38,295 in order to merge the two lumber yard-owning families. 184 00:11:39,135 --> 00:11:43,349 Shiragiku cut off her little finger and sent it to Seihachi. 185 00:11:43,349 --> 00:11:44,516 She sent her little finger?! 186 00:11:44,516 --> 00:11:48,989 Yes, to prove the promise she made wasn't child's play. 187 00:11:48,989 --> 00:11:52,389 It's a sad custom of the red light districts... 188 00:11:52,389 --> 00:11:55,429 to show how seriously one loves another. 189 00:11:55,429 --> 00:12:00,529 Now nobody knows which of them Seihachi truly had feelings for. 190 00:12:00,529 --> 00:12:01,899 You're saying... 191 00:12:01,899 --> 00:12:05,099 Because he died on his wedding night. 192 00:12:05,099 --> 00:12:06,236 You don't mean... 193 00:12:06,236 --> 00:12:09,806 Yes, in a fire. Started right in the middle of the wedding. 194 00:12:09,806 --> 00:12:12,976 A giant fire that spread all the way into Osaka. 195 00:12:12,976 --> 00:12:18,839 Seihachi and his bride Tatsuta were burned to ashes! 196 00:12:20,509 --> 00:12:22,149 Shiragiku did it? 197 00:12:22,149 --> 00:12:25,989 Who knows? But it's probably more comforting to think... 198 00:12:25,989 --> 00:12:29,089 that she set a fire out of anger and jealousy... 199 00:12:29,089 --> 00:12:32,626 because her childhood friend took the man she loved. 200 00:12:32,626 --> 00:12:36,132 The idea she came to celebrate the wedding of her beloved friend... 201 00:12:36,132 --> 00:12:39,236 and the man she loved so much is just too sad to bear. 202 00:12:39,236 --> 00:12:40,890 Don't you agree? 203 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:46,439 I don't know what happened to her after that. 204 00:12:46,439 --> 00:12:48,279 I heard she returned to prostitution... 205 00:12:48,279 --> 00:12:50,479 and got involved in some shady dealings. 206 00:12:50,479 --> 00:12:55,116 Perhaps Shiragiku really became a hi-no-enma. 207 00:12:55,116 --> 00:12:57,219 Where is she now? 208 00:12:57,219 --> 00:12:58,589 I'm fairly sure she's in Nagoya. 209 00:12:58,589 --> 00:12:59,686 What?! 210 00:12:59,686 --> 00:13:02,446 She wrote me about her wedding there. 211 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,599 I guess it's back to Nagoya for me. How about you, Ryojun? 212 00:13:07,599 --> 00:13:09,499 I think I'll sit this out. 213 00:13:09,499 --> 00:13:14,964 She specifically told me about it because she didn't want me to come. 214 00:13:25,908 --> 00:13:27,079 Ryojun! 215 00:13:27,079 --> 00:13:30,477 After all, I decided to go there, too. 216 00:13:36,953 --> 00:13:41,823 Something's bugging me. But what? 217 00:13:44,527 --> 00:13:47,861 Her little finger! Shiragiku cut off her little finger! 218 00:13:52,535 --> 00:13:55,972 Tatsuta was a nice girl. 219 00:14:00,276 --> 00:14:05,214 My beloved, the wedding is prepared and I await you. 220 00:14:06,682 --> 00:14:10,084 He loves me? Loves me...Shiragiku? 221 00:14:12,922 --> 00:14:18,054 They shouldn't have come... those who know of my past. 222 00:14:22,398 --> 00:14:25,109 Will Shiragiku really come? 223 00:14:25,109 --> 00:14:29,176 That depends upon how much you believe she will. 224 00:14:29,176 --> 00:14:33,316 He built that just to burn it? Extravagant, isn't it? 225 00:14:33,316 --> 00:14:36,519 There are all sorts of people in this world. 226 00:14:36,519 --> 00:14:38,844 We'll be done by the time Mr. Author arrives. 227 00:14:46,222 --> 00:14:49,569 A fire?! That's right. Ryojun? 228 00:14:49,569 --> 00:14:53,859 Huh?! That's cruel! He ran off without me! 229 00:14:57,666 --> 00:15:00,101 Ryojun! Ryojun! 230 00:15:05,674 --> 00:15:07,438 That woman! 231 00:15:09,145 --> 00:15:12,559 What's she doing here? 232 00:15:12,559 --> 00:15:17,126 Why is she smiling? Watching us...in the fire... 233 00:15:17,126 --> 00:15:20,282 Can it be? Is that Shiragiku?! 234 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:33,335 Author! Hang on a moment! 235 00:15:35,704 --> 00:15:37,730 Little hags?! 236 00:15:38,941 --> 00:15:41,952 Can't let you interfere! 237 00:15:41,952 --> 00:15:43,878 You can't! You can't! 238 00:15:47,450 --> 00:15:50,852 If Shiragiku reaches Kaneshiroya before I do... 239 00:15:53,489 --> 00:15:55,999 I believe in you, Mataichi! 240 00:15:55,999 --> 00:15:58,799 You will save Mr. Kyoemon, won't you? 241 00:15:58,799 --> 00:16:01,798 You won't just let him die, will you? 242 00:16:09,338 --> 00:16:11,749 I've been waiting for you, Shiragiku! 243 00:16:11,749 --> 00:16:13,743 Go on, burn anything you like! 244 00:16:17,346 --> 00:16:20,056 What's wrong? Come to me. 245 00:16:20,056 --> 00:16:24,562 I cannot. I, Shiragiku, have... 246 00:16:24,562 --> 00:16:28,024 I have given my finger to the man I truly love. 247 00:16:29,425 --> 00:16:31,519 The bride has arrived! 248 00:16:37,833 --> 00:16:39,267 She has both little fingers! 249 00:16:43,372 --> 00:16:45,679 Wait! Wait a second! 250 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:48,405 That's not Shiragiku! 251 00:16:49,111 --> 00:16:53,489 It's all right, Shiragiku. It doesn't matter who else you love. 252 00:16:53,489 --> 00:16:55,883 Go on. Burn to your heart's content. 253 00:17:01,390 --> 00:17:03,399 Shiragiku? 254 00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:04,599 Shiragiku... 255 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:06,069 Master Kyoemon! 256 00:17:06,069 --> 00:17:10,939 Shiragiku, how I have waited for you! How I have longed for you! 257 00:17:10,939 --> 00:17:13,879 Your eyes, your hair... 258 00:17:13,879 --> 00:17:16,395 A day hasn't gone by that I haven't thought about them! 259 00:17:17,473 --> 00:17:18,497 Master Kyoemon! 260 00:17:19,909 --> 00:17:22,208 I'm the real one. Isn't that right? 261 00:17:23,012 --> 00:17:24,742 SHIRAGIKU! 262 00:17:29,118 --> 00:17:30,850 Shiragiku! 263 00:17:30,850 --> 00:17:33,329 I thought I killed you that time! 264 00:17:33,329 --> 00:17:37,769 That time... Yes, it's just like that last time. 265 00:17:37,769 --> 00:17:39,728 Yes, only this time it's reversed. 266 00:17:41,130 --> 00:17:44,532 I came to celebrate your wedding. 267 00:17:45,801 --> 00:17:50,262 I pray for your eternal happiness. 268 00:18:02,384 --> 00:18:05,218 Why was I the only one left out? Only I? 269 00:18:08,023 --> 00:18:11,469 Even you wouldn't look... 270 00:18:11,469 --> 00:18:13,985 at me! 271 00:18:17,066 --> 00:18:19,968 Just as we promised. We're a pair. 272 00:18:29,478 --> 00:18:32,859 A pair. And this time, we will truly be a pair... 273 00:18:32,859 --> 00:18:35,126 upon which the sun will not shine! 274 00:18:35,126 --> 00:18:37,059 That's why you killed me... 275 00:18:37,059 --> 00:18:40,529 and the people I loved? 276 00:18:40,529 --> 00:18:43,166 The sun shone on you all the time. 277 00:18:43,166 --> 00:18:46,299 As long as you lived, it'd do no good for me. 278 00:18:46,299 --> 00:18:50,129 No one would ever look at me. I'd always live in your shadow. 279 00:18:55,704 --> 00:18:58,640 Mataichi?! Then you must be... 280 00:19:01,210 --> 00:19:03,873 You are a fool! 281 00:19:04,613 --> 00:19:06,856 Kyoemon would have been happy with you... 282 00:19:06,856 --> 00:19:10,526 even as a sinful woman who was using Shiragiku's name! 283 00:19:10,526 --> 00:19:13,716 Happy with you as yourself. And yet, you... 284 00:19:15,190 --> 00:19:16,886 Shiragiku. 285 00:19:17,293 --> 00:19:20,092 Shiragiku... 286 00:19:26,635 --> 00:19:28,149 With this hand... 287 00:19:28,149 --> 00:19:31,436 Could I be happy if I took this hand? 288 00:19:32,107 --> 00:19:33,905 Would the sun shine on me? 289 00:19:39,515 --> 00:19:45,819 No. This man, too. The one he really wants is... 290 00:19:47,690 --> 00:19:50,091 SHIRAGIKU! 291 00:19:55,364 --> 00:19:57,424 To the next world, we commit Thee! 292 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,296 MATAICHI! 293 00:20:02,504 --> 00:20:04,449 This isn't Shiragiku! 294 00:20:04,449 --> 00:20:05,441 Oh, Mr. Author! 295 00:20:10,479 --> 00:20:12,989 Thanks, Mata! 296 00:20:12,989 --> 00:20:15,156 Thanks to you, I know now. 297 00:20:15,156 --> 00:20:18,162 Who really wants me. 298 00:20:18,162 --> 00:20:21,385 And who I really am paired with. 299 00:20:23,392 --> 00:20:25,699 For me, the Shiragiku I am now... 300 00:20:25,699 --> 00:20:28,163 I shall shine on in the shadows! 301 00:20:39,641 --> 00:20:44,786 Shiragiku really was a hi-no-enma monster. 302 00:20:44,786 --> 00:20:48,326 The Buddha heart within you, Kyoemon... 303 00:20:48,326 --> 00:20:53,762 allowed the fire monster to be consumed in its own flames. 304 00:20:53,762 --> 00:20:59,319 Take a moment to pray for her. For Shiragiku's unfortunate soul. 305 00:21:00,462 --> 00:21:04,739 Shiragiku, it didn't matter to me who you were. 306 00:21:04,739 --> 00:21:09,899 Even if you were a monster who burned people to death. 307 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,452 You really should have stayed out of this! 308 00:21:14,452 --> 00:21:16,789 But she had both her little fingers! 309 00:21:16,789 --> 00:21:20,119 After the fire in Osaka, Tatsuta took the place of Shiragiku... 310 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,256 the girl she both hated and admired. 311 00:21:22,256 --> 00:21:25,326 And under her name, she committed evil. 312 00:21:25,326 --> 00:21:29,129 Before she knew it, the fires she set to ruin Shiragiku's name... 313 00:21:29,129 --> 00:21:33,699 became a source of pleasure for her. 314 00:21:33,699 --> 00:21:37,257 We blew an excellent chance to finally defeat her. 315 00:21:38,834 --> 00:21:43,431 And Mr. Author has no idea how hard we worked to keep him out of this. 316 00:21:44,573 --> 00:21:48,374 I have a good idea where she's retreated to. 317 00:21:49,378 --> 00:21:50,752 But the question before that... 318 00:21:50,752 --> 00:21:53,989 Yes. Kyogokutei's behind this. 319 00:21:53,989 --> 00:21:56,952 Looks like things have gotten complicated. 320 00:21:57,886 --> 00:21:59,445 Mr. Author! 321 00:22:01,690 --> 00:22:04,421 It may be time for us to part ways. 322 00:22:05,961 --> 00:22:10,194 Mataichi! Ogin! Nagamimi! 323 00:22:14,603 --> 00:22:20,201 Wind chimes whisper soft and sweet 324 00:22:22,077 --> 00:22:28,142 Though there's not a hint of a breeze 325 00:22:29,151 --> 00:22:34,929 Moonlight dancing on the garden walk 326 00:22:34,929 --> 00:22:41,522 As it gently drifts through the trees 327 00:22:42,998 --> 00:22:48,909 Romance takes flight on this perfect night 328 00:22:48,909 --> 00:22:55,571 While all of the world lays sleeping 329 00:22:56,411 --> 00:23:05,878 Find us here as we feel the moment of love 330 00:23:07,222 --> 00:23:10,386 Draw near 331 00:23:10,692 --> 00:23:17,706 Dream, sleep, with your hand in mine 332 00:23:17,706 --> 00:23:23,639 Underneath a blanket of stars 333 00:23:25,841 --> 00:23:31,119 Song birds singing in a distant glade 334 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:38,986 As we share the warmth of the dawn 335 00:23:46,428 --> 00:23:48,809 Evil and ambition scatter in the darkness... 336 00:23:48,809 --> 00:23:52,733 leaving behind dubious rumors to fly in public. 337 00:23:53,135 --> 00:23:55,676 A curse from a time long past. 338 00:23:55,676 --> 00:23:58,579 The cursed cannon, etched into a man's back. 339 00:23:58,579 --> 00:24:01,749 Now comes the time to reset the cycle of karma. 340 00:24:01,749 --> 00:24:05,159 The sinking of the proof of his dead son's life. 341 00:24:05,159 --> 00:24:09,959 Next time, on Natsuhiko Kyogoku's "Requiem From the Darkness:" 342 00:24:09,959 --> 00:24:11,729 Marine Spirits. 343 00:24:11,729 --> 00:24:14,518 To the next world, we commit Thee!