1 00:00:03,036 --> 00:00:05,061 Why? 2 00:00:09,909 --> 00:00:12,844 Why did this have to happen? 3 00:00:17,917 --> 00:00:22,047 I'm... I can no longer... 4 00:00:30,363 --> 00:00:39,135 (Wanting you to just be near, to feel your breath upon my ear) 5 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:48,171 (Wishing you would call my name, 'Cause only you can light the flame) 6 00:00:48,214 --> 00:00:54,983 Constantly searching, still can't find 7 00:00:57,557 --> 00:01:03,655 Ever illusive peace of mind 8 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:14,400 Sometimes it's near, but slips away 9 00:01:14,441 --> 00:01:21,040 And I'm faced with another day 10 00:01:22,248 --> 00:01:28,016 Of wanting you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 11 00:01:28,054 --> 00:01:32,616 ...to just be near ('Cause only you can light the flame) 12 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:36,789 Of wishing you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 13 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:41,267 ...would call my name, to feel your breath upon my ear 14 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:45,738 Of wanting you...wishing you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 15 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:53,645 Call my name, 'cause only you can light the flame 16 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:07,125 Um... Excuse me. Is it much further? 17 00:02:10,296 --> 00:02:12,355 Great. I just wanted some material... 18 00:02:12,398 --> 00:02:14,093 for "The 100 Stories," but now... 19 00:02:18,104 --> 00:02:20,436 That eye...again. 20 00:02:30,350 --> 00:02:31,977 He's still a retired owner. 21 00:02:32,018 --> 00:02:34,851 You're so mean! What if he hears you? 22 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:40,216 I don't care if he hears. 23 00:02:40,293 --> 00:02:43,262 Yeah! He's young, but he doesn't work! 24 00:02:43,296 --> 00:02:46,925 Really! I doubt he's going to turn out to be worth anything. 25 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,665 Worth something, huh? 26 00:02:52,772 --> 00:02:54,706 This is completely worthless! 27 00:02:58,845 --> 00:03:02,975 Wha...? Aw, come on! I worked really hard on that one! 28 00:03:06,653 --> 00:03:09,781 You're just not suited to thinking stuff up, are you? 29 00:03:10,456 --> 00:03:11,821 Come on... 30 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:15,726 Well, you've always got your "100 Stories" to fall back on, right? 31 00:03:15,762 --> 00:03:19,129 Well, about that... 32 00:03:19,165 --> 00:03:21,793 If you can finish that, I'll drop by again. 33 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:25,668 As long as you finish it while I'm still alive, that is! 34 00:03:38,251 --> 00:03:40,014 The sky looks creepy today. 35 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:48,694 You! 36 00:03:49,262 --> 00:03:50,786 I came because he said I'd find... 37 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:52,491 some good ghost stories to write about... 38 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:54,625 but I guess that's turning out to be a bust, too. 39 00:04:19,225 --> 00:04:22,388 Can't I get a little help here? 40 00:04:22,862 --> 00:04:25,592 It's said that just before a person dies... 41 00:04:25,632 --> 00:04:29,432 their life passes before their eyes. What did you see, Mr. Author? 42 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:33,906 B-But, I am still alive! Don't say such creepy things! 43 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:41,213 You helped me the first time we met. 44 00:04:43,149 --> 00:04:45,379 Why? 45 00:04:45,418 --> 00:04:48,444 Perhaps I did it on a whim. 46 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:54,459 Oh, so I'm only alive because of some whim of yours?! 47 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:58,794 Such amusing things you say. As I'd expect of a writer. 48 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:05,930 My life, huh? I saw nothing pass before my eyes. 49 00:05:06,472 --> 00:05:10,431 Because I've done nothing worth seeing. Nothing at all. 50 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:17,838 Why? WHY?! 51 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:21,843 If it ends like this, for what sake did I kill people? 52 00:05:25,858 --> 00:05:27,348 KARATACHl NO lZOU - BANDlT 53 00:05:28,628 --> 00:05:30,323 Boss! 54 00:05:30,863 --> 00:05:33,832 This place used to be full of foxes. 55 00:05:33,866 --> 00:05:34,400 At that temple up ahead, they still tell the legend of Hakuzosu. 56 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,028 GRAVE OF THE FOREST FOXES At that temple up ahead, they still tell the legend of Hakuzosu. 57 00:05:37,136 --> 00:05:40,435 Hakuzosu? That's strange. 58 00:05:40,473 --> 00:05:44,102 Isn't that tale native to the State of Kai area? 59 00:05:44,677 --> 00:05:47,544 Heh, I'm impressed. 60 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:50,947 Would you mind telling me the story? 61 00:05:51,517 --> 00:05:54,350 Right. The story goes that there was... 62 00:05:54,387 --> 00:05:58,448 an old enchanted fox who lived on Mt. Yume in the State of Kai. 63 00:05:59,225 --> 00:06:02,490 The fox had many children... 64 00:06:02,528 --> 00:06:08,467 but all but one were trapped and killed by a hunter. 65 00:06:08,801 --> 00:06:13,363 The hunter had an uncle, an old priest known as "Hakuzosu." 66 00:06:14,173 --> 00:06:17,768 The old fox transformed herself into him and warned that... 67 00:06:17,810 --> 00:06:20,404 "The gates of Paradise will be closed..." 68 00:06:20,446 --> 00:06:22,505 "to those who continue to kill." 69 00:06:22,548 --> 00:06:25,949 Then she gave him some gold and asked him to stop hunting the foxes. 70 00:06:25,985 --> 00:06:27,919 But once the gold was spent... 71 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:31,219 he returned to Hakuzosu to demand more. 72 00:06:31,958 --> 00:06:34,290 The old fox, having predicted this... 73 00:06:34,327 --> 00:06:37,023 killed the priest, transformed into Hakuzosu again... 74 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:40,191 and then remained at the temple. 75 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:44,726 One day, 50 years later, Hakuzosu went to observe a deer hunt... 76 00:06:44,837 --> 00:06:49,706 was scented by the hunting dogs, and eaten by them. 77 00:06:50,109 --> 00:06:54,705 I see. But the Hakuzosu in the temple here isn't dead yet. 78 00:06:54,747 --> 00:06:57,443 Hakuzosu? She's alive? 79 00:06:57,483 --> 00:07:02,216 And the hunter here, Yasaku, never gave up hunting foxes... 80 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:06,214 and seems to have ended up killing people, as well. 81 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:09,520 Wait, please! 82 00:07:09,662 --> 00:07:11,653 What are you saying? 83 00:07:11,697 --> 00:07:14,723 You aren't going to find this Yasaku guy to...?! 84 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:19,101 The traps I set are, in the end, for the purpose of capturing specters. 85 00:07:19,338 --> 00:07:21,067 Specters? 86 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:24,634 You're saying Master Enkai and Kichibe were specters?! 87 00:07:24,677 --> 00:07:28,135 They carried an inhuman darkness within them. 88 00:07:28,881 --> 00:07:30,781 And that's why you killed them? 89 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:35,151 However, this time we face a slightly more powerful target. 90 00:07:35,188 --> 00:07:37,156 The darkness within Yasaku. 91 00:07:37,190 --> 00:07:39,886 The problem is that he's not aware of his sin. 92 00:07:42,428 --> 00:07:45,625 Kill them! Kill them all! 93 00:07:49,035 --> 00:07:52,630 I'm sorry, but my boss ordered me to. 94 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:56,938 If I disobey, he'll kill me. So... 95 00:08:01,547 --> 00:08:05,244 Without a sense of guilt, he ended up enjoying killing. 96 00:08:05,284 --> 00:08:10,347 Yes. To the point of killing his fiancee Towa. 97 00:08:10,756 --> 00:08:15,887 But what you people do... What you people do is just murder. 98 00:08:15,928 --> 00:08:20,024 I didn't think you'd understand. 99 00:08:21,234 --> 00:08:24,397 W-Wait... You wouldn't kill ME, too?! 100 00:08:25,571 --> 00:08:28,369 Only if you tell anyone about us. 101 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:37,047 Is that the reason you brought me out here? 102 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:39,244 Please do as I ask. 103 00:08:39,285 --> 00:08:41,276 I'm going home! 104 00:08:42,555 --> 00:08:44,921 What are you planning? 105 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,158 I'd think it was obvious. 106 00:08:55,635 --> 00:08:58,627 Unless... Kyogokutei ordered it? 107 00:09:05,144 --> 00:09:07,977 Nice weather we've been having lately, isn't it? 108 00:09:08,014 --> 00:09:09,447 Indeed, it is. 109 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:15,186 By the way, what about that young author? 110 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:17,781 The one called Momosuke, you mean? 111 00:09:17,823 --> 00:09:20,986 Yes, yes. Ol' Momo. Dear Momosuke. 112 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:25,964 A writer could expose your activities to the world at large. 113 00:09:25,998 --> 00:09:28,057 And that could be trouble! 114 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:31,695 You'd better shut him up as soon as you can! 115 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:33,796 Yes, that'd be for the best! 116 00:09:33,839 --> 00:09:36,467 Do it at once! Do it, and perhaps... 117 00:09:36,509 --> 00:09:39,706 you'll even prove to be of some use to the Master! 118 00:09:39,745 --> 00:09:41,610 To the Master! 119 00:09:41,647 --> 00:09:44,172 Th-Thanks, but anything but that! 120 00:09:44,216 --> 00:09:49,017 I'm sorry to always give you such difficult orders. 121 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,917 Trouble, huh? 122 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:54,552 Nothing new. 123 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:57,688 Then should we really be letting him go home?! 124 00:09:57,730 --> 00:10:00,699 What of it? Even if we let him do it... 125 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:03,201 Oh, I get it, now. 126 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:08,836 Why'd this have to happen?! 127 00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:12,935 Oh... My legs are so stiff! 128 00:10:13,245 --> 00:10:16,737 At this rate I'll never finish "The 100 Stories!" 129 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,187 A hunter. 130 00:10:25,324 --> 00:10:29,055 Excuse me. Are you...Yasaku? 131 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,569 This man... Is it Yasaku? 132 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:41,233 You shouldn't go beyond this point. 133 00:10:41,273 --> 00:10:44,037 Have we met somewhere before? 134 00:10:44,510 --> 00:10:47,070 Um, well... 135 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:50,549 There are people up ahead who want to kill you. 136 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:55,712 Excuse me, but... Is it true you've killed people? 137 00:10:57,156 --> 00:10:59,090 Wha...?! What are you...?! 138 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:01,958 That you even killed your fiancee? 139 00:11:01,994 --> 00:11:03,621 How do you...?! 140 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:05,096 Is it true? 141 00:11:05,131 --> 00:11:07,827 How does this guy know?! 142 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:11,926 What's wrong? 143 00:11:13,739 --> 00:11:16,003 Yasaku, not that way! 144 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:30,913 It won't come off! Why won't it come off?! 145 00:11:34,927 --> 00:11:37,293 Oh, my. Excuse me. 146 00:11:37,329 --> 00:11:39,024 Th-That's all right. 147 00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:45,203 Anything wrong? 148 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:51,533 Such manly hands. 149 00:11:51,577 --> 00:11:53,545 Th-There's blood on them. 150 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:56,275 Where? 151 00:11:57,249 --> 00:11:59,080 How...? 152 00:11:59,118 --> 00:12:01,586 Maybe you just imagined it. 153 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:03,053 Imagined it? 154 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:05,216 But I'm quite real. 155 00:12:07,359 --> 00:12:11,056 I wouldn't expect to find such a pretty girl here in the mountains. 156 00:12:11,363 --> 00:12:13,388 Oh, you sweet man. 157 00:12:13,499 --> 00:12:15,831 How do you know I'm not a racoon dog or a fox? 158 00:12:17,603 --> 00:12:20,572 There are no foxes left around here. 159 00:12:21,540 --> 00:12:22,905 Why not? 160 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:25,137 I killed them all. 161 00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:27,907 Are you a hunter? Ah... 162 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:30,177 You're stronger than you look, then. 163 00:12:30,216 --> 00:12:33,276 I like men like you. 164 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,047 I'm coming with you... 165 00:12:37,089 --> 00:12:40,354 so why don't we run away together? 166 00:12:40,726 --> 00:12:43,058 You're a kind man. 167 00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:44,995 You said with the foxes you catch in this forest... 168 00:12:45,030 --> 00:12:48,591 we could live together, just the two of us! 169 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:51,296 Towa! 170 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:54,101 I know everything. 171 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:57,268 Even how you were used by lzou the Bandit. 172 00:12:58,677 --> 00:13:00,542 It doesn't matter. 173 00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:02,774 So run away with me! 174 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:05,283 We could live happily in some backwater somewhere. 175 00:13:05,317 --> 00:13:10,414 But...the boss told me... 176 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:11,718 What? 177 00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:15,989 Anybody who knows about us has to be killed! 178 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:25,533 Wh-Why? 179 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:35,238 I'm sorry, but it's not me. It's the boss. The boss! 180 00:13:35,281 --> 00:13:39,945 It's all right. Your pain will be gone soon. 181 00:13:42,454 --> 00:13:44,183 Y-Yasaku! 182 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:54,061 Yasaku! 183 00:13:58,037 --> 00:13:59,004 - Are you all right? 184 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:00,835 - Are you all right? - Wh-What was...? 185 00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:03,899 Let's go. We shouldn't stay here! 186 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:08,442 I used to hunt foxes in these woods. 187 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,074 It was your job, right? 188 00:14:11,116 --> 00:14:13,607 Not just that. I was too weak to resist... 189 00:14:13,652 --> 00:14:16,553 the bandit chief here, so I killed people, too. 190 00:14:16,589 --> 00:14:19,922 If you disobeyed him, you would have been killed. 191 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:22,291 You did it to survive. 192 00:14:22,328 --> 00:14:24,421 Nobody can blame you for what you did! 193 00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:26,863 Thank you. 194 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:33,170 Where are you going? 195 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:36,402 I wanted to have a little more fun. 196 00:14:36,442 --> 00:14:38,876 Ah, well. You're too much. 197 00:14:38,911 --> 00:14:42,779 Still, that writer came back sooner than I expected. 198 00:14:42,815 --> 00:14:44,749 But he's not very bright. 199 00:14:44,783 --> 00:14:47,445 He should have just gone back to Edo. 200 00:14:47,486 --> 00:14:49,351 Not necessarily. 201 00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:50,548 Oh? 202 00:14:50,589 --> 00:14:53,149 Kyogokutei's in Edo. 203 00:14:53,192 --> 00:14:55,660 I see. The second he gets back there... 204 00:14:55,694 --> 00:14:58,356 Exactly. 205 00:15:05,971 --> 00:15:07,370 Reverend Fugen? 206 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:10,375 It's me, Yasaku. I'm back. 207 00:15:12,544 --> 00:15:13,841 Dogs? 208 00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:17,373 Looks like nobody's home. 209 00:15:19,285 --> 00:15:20,377 What is it? 210 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:24,082 There's no monk here. 211 00:15:24,790 --> 00:15:26,121 Ten years ago... 212 00:15:26,158 --> 00:15:31,357 Reverend Fugen came to tell me to stop hunting the foxes, and I killed him. 213 00:15:32,831 --> 00:15:36,927 My boss lzou the Bandit used it to blackmail me. 214 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:40,962 Later, the boss took the place of that Reverend Fugen... 215 00:15:41,006 --> 00:15:44,237 and turned this temple into a bandit hideout. 216 00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:47,245 But... But after the boss was decapitated... 217 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:51,443 I don't have to kill any more. I don't... 218 00:15:51,483 --> 00:15:54,350 You make fine excuses for yourself... 219 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,513 B-Boss?! 220 00:15:57,556 --> 00:16:00,889 You killed people under my orders? 221 00:16:00,926 --> 00:16:04,760 You've loved to kill since you were a child! 222 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:06,196 Isn't that true?! 223 00:16:07,599 --> 00:16:10,193 You're a weak man. 224 00:16:10,235 --> 00:16:12,703 That's why you kill defenseless insects and animals. 225 00:16:12,738 --> 00:16:15,172 Just to make yourself feel strong! 226 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:19,835 You love the feeling of taking lives so much, you can't stand it! 227 00:16:19,878 --> 00:16:21,641 No... 228 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:25,172 You kill because you enjoy killing. 229 00:16:25,217 --> 00:16:27,242 That's why you keep on doing it! 230 00:16:27,286 --> 00:16:28,275 No! 231 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,845 You could have run away with Towa... 232 00:16:30,889 --> 00:16:33,881 but you chose the path of murderer! 233 00:16:33,926 --> 00:16:35,794 - And then blamed me for it! 234 00:16:35,794 --> 00:16:36,488 - And then blamed me for it! - No! 235 00:16:36,528 --> 00:16:41,397 You're a murderer! A sick man who enjoys killing people! 236 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:44,663 Something's weird. Something's wrong here. 237 00:16:44,703 --> 00:16:48,537 This lzou person... How would Yasaku's old boss... 238 00:16:48,574 --> 00:16:50,906 know what he was like as a child?! 239 00:16:51,343 --> 00:16:54,176 But the Hakuzosu in the temple here isn't dead yet. 240 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,279 Of course! Hakuzosu! 241 00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:02,116 This isn't your boss lzou! It's a fox! 242 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:04,315 Come on! Hurry! 243 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:06,987 Wait! 244 00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:10,018 If it really is Hakuzosu, he should be vulnerable to dogs! 245 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:30,775 The fox must have been behind the whole thing. 246 00:17:30,816 --> 00:17:36,118 Huh? You mean, all this time, I've been tricked by a fox?! 247 00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:41,485 Come on. We have to get away from here, fast! 248 00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:47,262 For crying out loud... 249 00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:54,072 I didn't hear Mr. Author was gonna come, Mata. 250 00:18:03,582 --> 00:18:05,914 Don't look around! 251 00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:10,121 Take me with you. 252 00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:12,282 Help us. 253 00:18:14,993 --> 00:18:16,483 Don't look! 254 00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:40,411 Yasaku? 255 00:18:41,353 --> 00:18:43,412 Yasaku, help me! 256 00:18:44,056 --> 00:18:46,149 It's all over. For you, too. 257 00:18:47,893 --> 00:18:50,487 This saves me the trouble of killing you. 258 00:18:50,529 --> 00:18:54,761 I can't let you go when you know the truth about me. 259 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,358 You can't mean that. 260 00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:59,427 Let me tell you a good story, as a parting gift to the next world. 261 00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:02,065 Everything that Hakuzosu said was true. 262 00:19:02,107 --> 00:19:04,837 I kill people because I like to. 263 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:06,707 Nothing gets me off more than... 264 00:19:06,745 --> 00:19:08,906 watching a person's face as they die! 265 00:19:08,947 --> 00:19:11,381 You really are a stupid man! 266 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:20,285 L-Let me go! 267 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:24,792 Help me, please! 268 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:32,535 If I let go, he can... But... 269 00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:35,267 Save me, and I'll spend the rest of my life... 270 00:19:35,307 --> 00:19:36,774 making up for my sins! Please! 271 00:19:36,808 --> 00:19:41,268 This man is desperate to live. More than I am... 272 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:44,515 I won't lie ever again! I won't kill ever again! 273 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:46,245 You swear? 274 00:19:46,285 --> 00:19:48,947 I won't! I won't kill another soul! 275 00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:07,629 I'm saved. That guy was a fool! 276 00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:11,939 His foolishness saved you, you know. 277 00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:17,340 Step off the path of righteousness... 278 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:20,351 and you become trapped in the depths of sin. 279 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:22,717 Evil and ambition scatter in the darkness... 280 00:20:22,754 --> 00:20:25,723 Ieaving behind dubious rumors to fly in public. 281 00:20:25,757 --> 00:20:27,224 Wh-Who are you? 282 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:32,720 You're friends of that idiot? Well, spare me your sermon! 283 00:20:33,765 --> 00:20:35,562 I'm not scared of anything at this point! 284 00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:38,229 I've killed too many animals. Too many PEOPLE! 285 00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:51,215 I won't let you die easily! 286 00:20:55,754 --> 00:20:59,349 The lives you stole, the length of their lives... 287 00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:01,291 I shall make you pay for! 288 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:14,370 Why did it turn into this? 289 00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:17,337 I'm going to die. 290 00:21:18,577 --> 00:21:21,478 Just as I thought, nothing's flashing before my eyes. 291 00:21:21,513 --> 00:21:26,041 I guess my life really isn't worth remembering. 292 00:21:27,819 --> 00:21:30,549 Am I dead now? 293 00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:35,686 Maybe Yasaku wasn 't the only victim of this trap. 294 00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:39,128 I was caught in it, too. 295 00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:42,065 Still, this feeling of peace... 296 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:44,500 I've never felt anything like it before. 297 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:50,267 You're nothing but a big softy! 298 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,805 How do you expect to live... 299 00:21:53,845 --> 00:21:56,211 by going against Kyogokutei's orders? 300 00:21:56,248 --> 00:22:00,207 Why don't you head back, Ogin? Just you. 301 00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:03,179 It's none of your business where I go! 302 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:21,498 Wind chimes whisper soft and sweet 303 00:22:22,841 --> 00:22:28,939 Though there's not a hint of a breeze 304 00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:35,683 Moonlight dancing on the garden walk 305 00:22:35,721 --> 00:22:42,354 As it gently drifts through the trees 306 00:22:43,762 --> 00:22:49,667 Romance takes flight on this perfect night 307 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:56,402 While all of the world lays sleeping 308 00:22:57,209 --> 00:23:06,675 Find us here as we feel the moment of love 309 00:23:08,019 --> 00:23:11,182 Draw near 310 00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:18,453 Dream, sleep, with your hand in mine 311 00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:24,458 Underneath a blanket of stars 312 00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:31,872 Song birds singing in a distant glade 313 00:23:31,910 --> 00:23:40,784 As we share the warmth of the dawn 314 00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:50,955 Evil and ambition scatter in the darkness... 315 00:23:50,996 --> 00:23:54,295 Ieaving behind dubious rumors to fly in public. 316 00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:57,299 In many cases, a woman is like a flower. 317 00:23:57,335 --> 00:23:59,667 Captivating and fragrant. 318 00:23:59,704 --> 00:24:02,104 But what of a woman's karma? 319 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,834 What blossoms in Oyoshi's heart? 320 00:24:04,876 --> 00:24:09,074 Next time, on Natsuhiko Kyogoku's "Requiem From the Darkness:" 321 00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:11,511 Mai Kubi (The Dancing Head) 322 00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:14,348 To the next world, we commit Thee!