WEBVTT 00:04.020 --> 00:05.900 Here we are. Please come in. 00:21.310 --> 00:22.400 Naotsugu. 00:22.400 --> 00:23.230 Mother?! 00:24.230 --> 00:25.770 Do we have a guest? 00:25.900 --> 00:28.480 Ah! Well, actually... 00:31.350 --> 00:34.560 I'm sorry. Please forgive the rudeness of my sudden visit. 00:35.150 --> 00:36.560 I am known as Jinya. 00:40.400 --> 00:41.940 It's a pleasure. 00:42.980 --> 00:46.400 Naotsugu, care to explain who this gentleman is? 00:46.730 --> 00:48.150 Um, he's... 00:48.150 --> 00:49.560 I hail from the village of Kadono. 00:49.900 --> 00:52.690 Kadono, you say? The one famous for its blacksmiths? 00:52.690 --> 00:56.350 That's right, Jinya-dono is a samurai I recently met who shares my passion for katana, 00:56.350 --> 00:58.600 and I invited him here for a night of drinking. 00:59.150 --> 01:00.560 Is that so? 01:00.730 --> 01:02.810 Let us be on our way, Jinya-dono. 01:03.230 --> 01:04.270 Pardon me. 01:10.690 --> 01:11.850 Jinya-sama. 01:16.230 --> 01:17.810 You have my thanks. 01:18.190 --> 01:21.850 May I ask what for? I'm not sure I've done anything worthy of appreciation. 01:22.310 --> 01:28.190 My son has been going through a rough patch of late, but he looks very chipper today. 01:28.650 --> 01:32.190 And as his mother, nothing makes me more happy. 03:08.850 --> 03:10.400 Your mother seems nice. 03:10.400 --> 03:12.650 Well, she's more embarrassing than anything. 03:18.020 --> 03:18.810 Here they are. 03:21.310 --> 03:23.020 Daffodils, for sure. 03:23.810 --> 03:26.520 Are they some kind of special flower? 03:26.850 --> 03:30.020 No. But these are even smaller than I expected. 03:31.730 --> 03:36.020 Miura-dono. Are you absolutely certain you found these flowers around springtime? 03:36.310 --> 03:37.560 Y-yes. 03:37.980 --> 03:41.560 That girl who Sadanaga-dono said he was going to meet before he disappeared... 03:41.690 --> 03:45.480 Right now, I heavily suspect that she is actually a demon. 03:45.600 --> 03:46.350 Huh? 03:46.690 --> 03:51.100 Sadanaga-dono was likely whisked away to a different plane of existence from our world. 03:51.400 --> 03:53.190 As evidenced by these daffodils. 03:53.440 --> 03:56.900 Are you saying those flowers came from this demon's lair? 03:58.150 --> 04:00.480 I need you to show me his room. 04:02.350 --> 04:04.650 Okay. Please, follow me. 04:10.770 --> 04:12.060 What's the matter? 04:12.350 --> 04:15.150 Nothing. Sorry, but would you go ahead without me? 04:15.150 --> 04:18.310 What? But then you won't know where to go. 04:18.730 --> 04:19.560 It's fine. 04:20.850 --> 04:21.980 All right. 04:30.560 --> 04:34.730 There's a chance that nothing will happen if I'm openly present. 04:41.850 --> 04:42.980 This fragrance... 04:43.810 --> 04:45.270 Daffodils? 04:46.150 --> 04:47.270 H-huh? 04:54.100 --> 04:58.940 One, eyes drawn to the other side. 05:05.600 --> 05:09.150 Father! Mother! 05:56.600 --> 05:58.400 Look! That girl! 05:58.400 --> 05:59.230 Oh my God... 05:59.520 --> 06:00.980 She ain't right. 06:20.600 --> 06:22.770 Oh, I remember now. 06:23.810 --> 06:27.480 I lost my father. I lost my mother. 06:28.230 --> 06:29.600 And I lost my home. 06:30.810 --> 06:33.940 All of my memories were ripped away from me by their very roots. 06:35.480 --> 06:38.480 But it gets worse. Because... 06:41.600 --> 06:45.150 I've even lost my own self. 06:46.190 --> 06:50.310 Now, I can never return to that garden again. 06:50.980 --> 06:53.400 The way back is gone forever. 07:33.810 --> 07:35.100 I want to go back. 07:35.400 --> 07:38.230 I want to go back. I want to go back. 07:38.600 --> 07:41.400 I want to go back. I want to go back. 07:45.810 --> 07:49.100 I want to go back... to how it used to be! 08:00.350 --> 08:02.940 My goodness. You have so much energy. 08:03.900 --> 08:05.810 Yes, sweetie, we're watching you. 08:06.560 --> 08:09.690 Mother... and Father... 08:17.310 --> 08:21.690 They grow farther away over time, nostalgic for the olden days. 08:36.850 --> 08:38.690 Wh-what happened...? 08:38.980 --> 08:39.770 Miura-dono. 08:41.310 --> 08:42.650 Jinya-dono?! 08:42.650 --> 08:46.940 It seems that we've wandered into whatever place was connected to your brother's room. 08:46.940 --> 08:48.440 R-right... 08:48.940 --> 08:50.100 But what is this place? 08:50.440 --> 08:54.400 That massive fire. The young girl who became a demon. 08:54.940 --> 08:57.980 And the old house she lived in that shouldn't exist anymore. 08:58.690 --> 08:59.480 Did you see all that? 08:59.690 --> 09:00.980 Y-yes, I did! 09:01.520 --> 09:04.150 That wasn't just a mere daydream, I guess. 09:08.730 --> 09:13.440 Two, the homeland suddenly a long way off. 09:17.230 --> 09:18.400 My brother! 09:28.020 --> 09:31.190 So, what should I make for lunch today? 09:31.690 --> 09:34.400 I like to think I've gotten a bit better at this cooking thing. 09:34.730 --> 09:38.060 You should give up and just leave already. 09:38.400 --> 09:40.980 Okay, sounds like I need to whip up my signature soba! 09:40.980 --> 09:42.060 Listen to me! 09:42.770 --> 09:46.650 You have a family and a home to return to, don't you? 09:47.730 --> 09:50.600 You can't let this silly show of pity cause you to lose it all. 09:50.940 --> 09:52.400 But then... 09:52.600 --> 09:54.310 This is the garden of happiness. 09:54.730 --> 09:58.100 Being here allows me to see my mother and my father. 09:58.980 --> 09:59.810 So, please. 10:00.770 --> 10:02.400 You don't have to stay. 10:04.230 --> 10:06.350 You've got the wrong idea. 10:07.400 --> 10:10.440 Listen to me. Homes aren't what make people. 10:10.520 --> 10:12.690 It's the people who make the home. 10:13.440 --> 10:16.980 So, any place that doesn't bring us happiness is not a home. 10:17.270 --> 10:18.150 How would you know? 10:18.350 --> 10:21.690 You've been here all by yourself for over a century, right? 10:22.100 --> 10:24.650 Deep down, you must have already figured this out. 10:25.230 --> 10:26.440 Whatever... 10:27.350 --> 10:30.850 I'll gladly agree to leave this place, but only if you come with me. 10:31.400 --> 10:32.520 That's impossible. 10:32.900 --> 10:36.400 This garden is the only place where I can belong now. 10:36.980 --> 10:38.940 Then what if we live together? 10:39.440 --> 10:40.600 Yeah, that works! 10:40.900 --> 10:43.310 C'mon, would you like to be my daughter? 10:43.600 --> 10:46.810 I'll quit being a samurai and we can live a carefree life on the outside. 10:48.350 --> 10:50.400 I can't escape from this place. 10:50.850 --> 10:53.730 And frankly, I can't think of you as my father. 10:54.060 --> 10:56.100 Darn, so that's a no? 10:56.480 --> 10:57.480 Ah, well. 10:57.730 --> 11:00.270 I'll just bide my sweet time until you change your mind. 11:04.270 --> 11:06.770 Just so you know, I'm dead serious about this. 11:07.190 --> 11:10.310 Should the day ever come that you think of me as your father, 11:10.600 --> 11:13.900 I want you to promise that we'll leave here together, okay? 11:14.940 --> 11:16.690 That day will never come! 11:19.150 --> 11:22.770 Well, ain't that a shame? Guess I'm sticking around here forever then. 11:26.190 --> 11:29.230 Huh? Where did my brother go?! 11:31.440 --> 11:34.310 There is no one here anymore. 11:36.810 --> 11:39.520 There is no longer anything here at all. 11:44.850 --> 11:47.310 I would like to have my brother back. 11:47.600 --> 11:48.850 Please! 11:53.900 --> 11:54.730 That's not possible. 11:55.440 --> 11:56.900 Why would you say that?! 11:57.100 --> 11:59.440 You saw him, too! My brother was here! 11:59.940 --> 12:01.810 He was certainly here at one point in time. 12:02.060 --> 12:03.900 What are you trying to say? 12:04.230 --> 12:06.600 Flowers bloom in different seasons. 12:06.770 --> 12:07.600 Why does that matter? 12:08.150 --> 12:13.690 Those small daffodils that you showed me are known to bloom early, during the winter. 12:14.400 --> 12:16.690 But Sadanaga-dono disappeared at the beginning of spring. 12:17.400 --> 12:19.100 And right now, it's fall. 12:19.730 --> 12:24.190 Then where exactly did Sadanaga-dono get ahold of those daffodils? 12:25.150 --> 12:26.600 Well, I'm not sure... 12:27.400 --> 12:30.400 The lair of this demon exists outside of our world. 12:30.850 --> 12:33.940 So I had suspected that daffodils were always in boom here. 12:34.350 --> 12:35.770 But I was wrong. 12:36.520 --> 12:42.270 These winter daphnes are the harbinger of spring. It's fall in our world, yet spring flowers are in bloom here. 12:43.100 --> 12:44.600 Which means, in this plane... 12:44.810 --> 12:47.850 The passage of time moves much faster than in the real world. 12:48.190 --> 12:50.190 Time moves faster? 12:51.440 --> 12:53.480 I have the power of "Dreamer." 12:54.100 --> 12:56.810 It allowed me to create this garden of happiness from my past, 12:57.270 --> 13:00.190 which is like a miniature world that replays memories. 13:01.350 --> 13:02.020 But... 13:02.310 --> 13:04.940 My goodness. You have so much energy. 13:04.940 --> 13:06.900 Yes, sweetie, we're watching you. 13:06.900 --> 13:09.940 She's gotten so good at playing with her ball, hasn't she? 13:11.690 --> 13:13.520 That's all it does. 13:13.940 --> 13:16.730 I cannot trap anyone in this little world of mine. 13:17.400 --> 13:21.270 My power is really nothing but a glorified nostalgia trip. 13:22.520 --> 13:25.520 Then where is my brother? Is he already...? 13:26.100 --> 13:28.650 There is no one here anymore. 13:29.350 --> 13:32.350 No, it can't be... 13:33.440 --> 13:36.440 Goodbye. And I'm sorry. 13:37.310 --> 13:40.270 I know that I stole your brother away from you. 13:41.060 --> 13:43.100 But I must thank you. 13:43.770 --> 13:45.980 Because Hyoma brought me salvation. 13:46.650 --> 13:49.020 You'll return from whence you came after you wake up. 13:49.520 --> 13:51.020 So don't worry. 13:51.900 --> 13:54.650 Young lady. What are you going to do now? 13:55.100 --> 13:59.190 I spent all my time just gazing at what I've lost. 13:59.980 --> 14:06.310 But that man spent his life trying to create a special place for me. 14:07.900 --> 14:09.940 And so now, I will... 14:14.100 --> 14:15.230 I see. 14:16.850 --> 14:20.850 You're going to keep the promise that you made with Sadanaga-dono, yes? 14:36.980 --> 14:38.650 I guess we're back now. 14:39.850 --> 14:44.810 I really wish I understood why my brother decided to stay in that demon's world. 14:52.940 --> 14:56.600 The bygone garden of happiness, eh? 15:02.440 --> 15:05.900 Early this morning, I searched through the historical records that are kept in the castle. 15:06.850 --> 15:09.730 The Great Fire of Meireki occurred two centuries ago. 15:10.310 --> 15:15.060 I believe that was the awful fire which stole everything from that poor girl. 15:16.520 --> 15:21.770 This is just a theory of mine, but the land that the Miura estate currently stands on is... 15:22.480 --> 15:25.400 ...where that girl's family used to live. 15:25.730 --> 15:27.190 You think so, too? 15:27.650 --> 15:33.310 It would explain why the miniature world she created and our home ended up being connected. 15:35.060 --> 15:39.230 A bond that goes beyond time. Perhaps that's a more poetic way to think about all this... 15:42.810 --> 15:44.850 Please accept my apologies, Miura-dono. 15:45.520 --> 15:48.480 I was of no real help to you in the end. 15:49.100 --> 15:50.600 No apologies needed! 15:50.980 --> 15:52.730 I'm actually very thankful to you. 15:55.230 --> 15:59.480 For better or for worse, my brother was the type of man who strongly stood by his beliefs. 16:00.150 --> 16:03.520 Although I'm not sure what caused him to cast his own family aside, 16:04.310 --> 16:07.690 I know that he was true to his heart until the very end. 16:08.400 --> 16:09.810 That's all it comes down to. 16:10.270 --> 16:12.400 Ah! It's getting late. 16:12.900 --> 16:15.310 I'm sorry, but I must go to fulfill my duties. 16:17.600 --> 16:19.190 Um, Miura-sama? 16:19.850 --> 16:22.810 Your brother is a very wonderful person. 16:22.850 --> 16:23.440 Huh? 16:24.350 --> 16:30.520 Even if nobody remembers him, it doesn't change the fact he risked everything to save a girl who needed help. 16:38.230 --> 16:40.980 Yes. I'm extremely proud of him! 16:48.770 --> 16:52.190 Jinya-kun. Thank you so much for helping. 16:52.520 --> 16:54.730 Yeah, you have my thanks, too. 16:56.690 --> 16:58.310 What's with the long face? 16:58.730 --> 17:01.980 There are still a few issues bothering me about this case. 17:02.190 --> 17:03.150 Oh yeah? 17:03.440 --> 17:07.150 The demon girl referred to Miura-dono's brother as "Hyoma." 17:07.940 --> 17:11.980 However, the only name I've heard him called is "Sadanaga Miura." 17:12.440 --> 17:13.770 It's strange they're different. 17:14.020 --> 17:17.560 Um, hey, pal? That's just his real name. 17:17.560 --> 17:19.850 Or rather, I'm pretty sure it was. 17:20.350 --> 17:24.600 Except, as far as I know, only the lord they serve should know a samurai's real name. 17:26.940 --> 17:31.480 Actually, it's not uncommon for their family members to know it, too. 17:31.730 --> 17:38.020 The fact that girl called him "Hyoma," is just proof that he had embraced her as family. 17:38.560 --> 17:40.980 Which reminds me of something you said before. 17:41.440 --> 17:45.770 You mentioned Miura-dono was often scolded by his mother for his obsession with swords. 17:46.270 --> 17:48.480 Huh? Oh, right. 17:48.480 --> 17:52.400 There was a specific quote you used. Could you repeat it for me? 17:52.650 --> 17:54.850 Well, uh... 17:55.400 --> 17:59.480 I've even heard that his mom chews him out, like "enough is enough, Arimori"! 17:59.770 --> 18:05.230 Shucks! That was just something I happened to overhear his mother say once. 18:05.440 --> 18:08.810 I met her, too. She was a kind and upright person. 18:09.440 --> 18:14.850 She was even respectful to a lowly ronin like me, and made sure to watch how she spoke in front of strangers, 18:15.020 --> 18:17.810 always referring to her son as "Naotsugu." 18:19.440 --> 18:23.060 So... where exactly did you hear "Arimori"? 18:23.810 --> 18:27.690 His real name that only his lord or family would know of? 18:28.100 --> 18:30.020 Gosh, ya know... 18:30.850 --> 18:34.730 The demon girl said that Sadanaga-dono was "not here anymore." 18:35.270 --> 18:37.980 Demons don't lie, but they do disguise the truth. 18:38.850 --> 18:41.060 Here's what I think happened: 18:42.480 --> 18:48.440 After Sadanaga-dono stumbled into that world, he and the demon girl spent well over 20 years living there. 18:49.060 --> 18:51.480 Until he eventually decided to leave. 18:52.560 --> 18:59.600 The end result? He had grown significantly older despite only a month of time passing in the real world. 19:00.350 --> 19:05.230 Which meant that Sadanaga-dono could not simply return to the Miura household as an old man. 19:05.900 --> 19:09.480 So, he went into the city and found a good deal on an old house. 19:10.100 --> 19:12.400 Then opened his own soba shop in Edo. 19:13.230 --> 19:15.980 Feel free to correct me if I've gotten anything wrong. 19:16.560 --> 19:20.100 Well, time moved faster in the demon girl's world, right? 19:20.230 --> 19:24.100 Wouldn't it make more sense for Sadanaga-sama to have simply died from old age? 19:24.230 --> 19:25.400 He can't be dead. 19:25.400 --> 19:27.730 But how do you know that for sure? 19:27.850 --> 19:29.770 Because that girl had a smile on her face. 19:32.150 --> 19:34.480 There is no way Sadanaga-dono died. 19:35.150 --> 19:38.020 That girl was smiling because she had a new dad. 19:39.100 --> 19:41.770 Isn't that right, Sadanaga Miura-dono? 19:43.900 --> 19:45.730 That ain't fair. 19:46.060 --> 19:47.560 How long ago did you figure it out? 19:47.810 --> 19:49.730 The instant everything wrapped up. 19:49.730 --> 19:52.230 Although, there were a number of tip-offs along the way. 19:52.730 --> 19:55.230 Not just the family names, but also this. 19:56.350 --> 19:59.560 I thought it was strange for a soba shop owner to have samurai paraphernalia. 19:59.900 --> 20:04.100 But that's because it's something you were actually given back when you were still Sadanaga Miura, right? 20:04.600 --> 20:05.980 That's right. 20:06.480 --> 20:12.560 Arimori was really bothered by how crass I looked whenever I would scratch my itchy hair in public. 20:12.980 --> 20:14.600 So he gifted me that grooming stick. 20:15.350 --> 20:16.600 You're not going to tell him? 20:17.100 --> 20:18.770 He would be happy to learn you're alive. 20:21.400 --> 20:23.020 My family or that girl... 20:23.520 --> 20:26.270 I stuck with the one that I wanted to protect the most. 20:26.730 --> 20:32.900 From that point on, I lost my identify as a Miura, and have no right to call myself his brother anymore. 20:33.400 --> 20:34.230 But... 20:34.730 --> 20:36.560 Besides, he's not a kid. 20:36.980 --> 20:39.560 I know he'll be fine without me around. 20:40.560 --> 20:43.600 Ah, consider that kogai my gift to you. 20:43.900 --> 20:46.150 I don't need it anymore. 20:48.810 --> 20:50.020 Stubborn, aren't you? 20:50.600 --> 20:51.940 Sorry about that. 20:52.600 --> 20:55.850 Anyhoo, he couldn't understand my reasoning, eh? 20:56.020 --> 20:58.100 What's your take on it, by the way? 20:58.480 --> 21:01.900 Do you know why I decided to become that girl's father? 21:04.730 --> 21:07.150 There was no reason in the first place, was there? 21:09.350 --> 21:12.440 You got me! It's an open and shut story. 21:13.270 --> 21:17.600 I just really hated to see that girl suffering all alone. 21:18.020 --> 21:19.900 So I decided to stay with her. 21:20.560 --> 21:25.900 And once a man settles on a course of action, he sticks to it regardless of who understands him or not, right? 21:26.850 --> 21:32.270 Besides, we all have our own unique way of thinking, so it doesn't even matter if we try to explain it. 21:32.650 --> 21:34.440 Yeah, that's true. 21:35.020 --> 21:39.230 Our personal reasons are meant for us alone, not for other people to make sense of. 21:39.690 --> 21:45.350 I knew you'd understand. You've got the wisdom of old age... my demonic pal. 21:47.690 --> 21:50.730 You realize I've spent more than 20 years living with one, right? 21:50.730 --> 21:53.400 I'm sharp enough to know what vibes they give off. 22:01.770 --> 22:05.020 So tell me, how is that girl doing these days? 22:05.230 --> 22:08.100 Huh? She's right here, ain't she? 22:13.020 --> 22:16.600 Well, that explains why we had no trouble getting into her world. 22:17.020 --> 22:20.600 Yeah, remember what I said? You're still just a kid. 22:21.190 --> 22:26.440 I suppose that I must look like a kid to you, considering you've lived for almost 200 years. 22:26.940 --> 22:32.400 So, what now? You always talk about how slaying demons is your job... 22:38.730 --> 22:40.810 I could go for some kake-soba. 22:41.730 --> 22:44.770 Okay! Dad, one order of kake-soba! 22:44.850 --> 22:45.770 Comin' up! 22:54.230 --> 22:55.810 What's so funny? 22:56.480 --> 22:59.810 I'm laughing because I'm too happy not to, silly! 23:00.100 --> 23:04.060 See? I knew it. There's more to your life than just your purpose. 23:05.400 --> 23:07.230 Kake-soba, order up! 23:07.350 --> 23:08.690 Coming! 23:12.730 --> 23:16.270 Time continues to pass us by mercilessly. 23:16.980 --> 23:21.270 Until even the things that we hold the most dear slip right out of our fingers. 23:21.980 --> 23:25.060 And everything that we lose remains lost. 23:25.850 --> 23:29.400 There is no way for us to get them back. However... 23:30.400 --> 23:33.100 Thanks for waiting. Here is your order of kake-soba. 23:33.440 --> 23:35.600 I made a real masterpiece this time!