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Well, I screwed up.
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Kojien
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I mean, nobody expects a Kojien
to fall out of the sky.
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Liquor
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Yakitori
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Episode 1
"At a Certain Location in Tokyo"
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I'm telling you, the theme makes no sense!
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Children's Literature Theory
Group Research
Planned Presentation Date: Third Tuesday in May
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Why would you insist on using muscles
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for a children's literature theory
group research theme?!
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Comments
I think we should go with muscles!
Fujimura
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Why not? The prof will be raving
over hearing a new perspective.
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"Raving" in a different way, maybe!
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Munch
Munch
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Aw, it's fine. Take point
in putting it together, would you?
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You're heading the seminar.
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Not because I wanted to.
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Getting all sulky and withdrawn at
the drop of a hat is a bad habit, y'know.
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Whack
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This is my fault?
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Come on, Magi.
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You know Fujimura won't take no for an answer.
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Aren't you his girlfriend?!
Talk some sense into him!
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Well, let us know when everything's ready.
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See ya, Yaeko.
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Yeah.
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Hey!
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He's just straight-up Gian.
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Not much we can do about it.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, girlfriend!!!
#Maldives #birthday #springbreak
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Just look at Fujimura-kun's
social media account.
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Spring break at a
resort as a couple
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Champagne
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Oozes "rich"
from every pore
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Local stylish famous lady he met
there (and instantly befriended)
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The mentality to go to the beach for his
girlfriend's birthday and post a swimsuit photo
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Don't even know
what this dish is called
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Die a Thousand Deaths
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He should die a thousand deaths!
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Can you beat these people?
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I don't even want to get involved.
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Not only that, but he just
posted this a moment ago!
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Working out with the Kojien while reading!
Try to have both muscles and book smarts!!
Try to get a girlfriend, too!!
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I've never understood anything less
in my entire college experience.
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Why would such an impossibly cheery
macho musclebrain be a literature major
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taking a children's literature seminar
in the Liberal Arts Department?
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I couldn't believe my eyes
when I first saw him, either.
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I was like, "Is there a fairy
in this seminar now?"
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He's a real rarity: a literary macho man who
can read Dazai Osamu and still be cheerful.
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How can a creature like that even exist?!
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And don't wave a Kojien around
as a workout! That's dangerous!
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Forget being no longer human!
He's peak humanity!
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He should be opening with "I've been
a winner all my life," damn it!
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You have the most eloquent inferiority
complex I've ever seen, Magi-kun.
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Drinks!
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Highball!
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I drank too much.
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Thud
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No way...
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Shinmura Izuru
Kojien
7th Edition
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Billie Eilish's... "Bad Guy"... music video...
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Oops, I think I dropped it.
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Can't see it in the dark. I'll look tomorrow.
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Jeez, what were you doing?
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Wait, is that...
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Hey, are you okay?!
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Uh... Hey, you two.
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Just pretend you never saw this and go home.
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No one would fault you for that
in this day and age.
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No way! We can't do that!
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Uh, an ambulance!
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Oh, right! Sorry, I'll call right now!
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No, really, it's...
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What? Ambulance?
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No! Don't call an ambulance!
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I'm broke! I can't afford surgery or medicine!
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I don't even have an insurance card!
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I'm fine! Based on my experience,
this kind of injury is nothing!
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The head just looks extra
dramatic when it bleeds!
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The medical expenses would end me!
No hospitals, please!
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Hey!
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Yae-chan, I think his injury
is making him say weird things.
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Yeah. I just called an ambulance.
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You did?!
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Okay, you can pay for it, then!
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You got yourselves into my mess,
so you gotta take care of me now!
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If you don't want that,
throw me into some alley,
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hide me from the ambulance, and get outta here!
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It'll be here soon. You shouldn't try to talk.
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You'll be all right, sir.
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Wow, not many nice kids like you these days.
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Well, shit. Now I have no choice.
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Wait, no! Where are you going?!
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Magi-kun!
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Don't follow me!
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This is just... you know...
SFX makeup! It was a setup!
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Like hell it is!
Not when I can smell the blood!
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Damn, he runs fast for a guy in sandals!
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Yae-chan, something's
definitely off about this guy.
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Can anyone run around like that
after losing so much blood?
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Yeah, and can someone
in that condition really be so articulate?
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He's gone.
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What now?
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Weird or not, if he actually dies...
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Yeah. He might really have been
confused because of his wound.
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I know! The police!
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Oh, yeah! I forgot!
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Um, what was the number for the police again?
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110! Dial 110! Calm down, Magi-kun!
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Okay, I get it. Let's talk.
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Just don't call the police, please!
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Drawer Street
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Come on in. Sorry it's such a mess.
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Mogura
Bath
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Adults
500 yen
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Children
300 yen
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And Other
Metal^Repairs
Negotiable
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Man...
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First Aid Kit
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Kids these days sure are nice.
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Old people are so much more
shameless. It really sucks.
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Y'know, the old fart who runs
the general store down the street...
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What are you talking about?
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We're worried about you here!
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Should you be that crude with it?
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Coffee or tea?
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Sorry, but I don't have booze. I don't drink.
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Uh, honestly, that's fine.
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How old are you guys, anyway?
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Should you be out this late?
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I'm 21.
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I'm 20.
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You're 21 and 20?!
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Wow, sorry. I thought the girl
was in, like, middle school.
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Oh, thanks...
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You just apologized for not having booze.
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Yeah, but you look pretty
damn young for 21, too.
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He's not just rude. He talks a lot, too.
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You think he's really okay?
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But man, 21, huh?
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You're young. I envy you.
Bet you're strong, too.
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How old are you?
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Just accept that I'm old compared to you guys.
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Considering the outfits... You students?
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Scratch
Scratch
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Won't your parents be worried?
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Oh, it's fine. I live alone.
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Me, too.
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Oh, then did you have some fun
plans together tonight?
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Sorry 'bout that.
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Man, you guys are too trusting.
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Scratch
Scratch
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When asked if your parents would be worried,
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all you need to say is,
"No, everything's fine."
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You shouldn't give a stranger
more information than necessary.
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Especially a girl.
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As her boyfriend, you gotta protect her.
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I'm not her boyfriend.
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Oh, damn, sorry.
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Would that be considered
sexual harassment these days?
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Sorry about that. I just
can't keep up with the times.
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Yae-chan, let's go home. I think he's fine.
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Hey, so your surname is Magi, right?
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Why do you call her "Yae-chan"?
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That kinda thing really interests me.
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In the same club? Or seminar?
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Seriously, let's go. He's gonna be
a huge pain in the ass.
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Leaving?
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Oh, then here. Take your phone back.
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Sorry I took it.
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Oh, right. I should give you my contact info.
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Um, and mine, too.
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I don't know what your deal is,
but you should really go to a hospital,
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so tell me yours.
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Oh, I don't have a cell phone.
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No Internet here, either. Or driver's license.
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Or any phone at all.
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What's your name?
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Mogura.
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Mogura?
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Like I said, it's Mogura.
Feel free to forget it.
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Scratch
Scratch
Scratch
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How does someone like you
work in this day and age?
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I mean, the sign said you ran a bathhouse
and did some kind of craftsman work...
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Scratch
Scratch
Scratch
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Smirk
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Well, that's a good question.
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Oh, I almost forgot.
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I feel bad not doing anything
to thank you after you've been so kind.
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If you ever get into any kind of trouble
you can't get out of, come see me.
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Though it's fine if you forget me, too, really.
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I got you in this pretty deep,
so I'm a little worried.
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Well, we'll be going, then.
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Mogura Bath
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I'm Magi, third-year in the Liberal Arts
Department of Yatsume University.
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If anything happens... any side effects
or anything... I'd hate that, so...
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You're the kinda guy who's too sincere
for his own good, aren't you?
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Careful getting home, both of you.
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Scratch Scratch Scratch
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And, uh... you know...
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You don't have to believe this, but...
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I was banished from
the afterlife, so I can't die.
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That's my deal.
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So if you ever get into any of that
kinda trouble, you can talk to me.
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And you can tell other people if you want.
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No one would believe you anyway.
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I don't have ID, a family register,
or a residency card.
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In other words, I don't exist.
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That means the police won't come
to question you, either.
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You genuinely don't need to worry about that.
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I'll wash off the blood on the street
and cover it with mud before morning.
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Anyway, thanks.
And oppekepe to you, youngsters.
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"Oppekepe"?
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"The oppekepe-bushi"...
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"A satirical song that was popular
in the Meiji era," this says.
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Yatsume University
First Campus
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That said, there are few such stories
in the Asian mythologies.
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This is most likely due to differences
in culture and religious perspectives.
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There's some kind of black smudge...
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We'll discuss that
in a bit more detail next time.
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Did my vision get worse?
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That's it for today.
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Magi-kun, got a sec?
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So, I got these...
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Uh, yeah... I got some, too... or I tried to.
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Even with my part-time job money,
this was all I could get.
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Medicine sure is expensive.
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Yeah, we should really go check on him, right?
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Yeah, I mean, he...
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Man's Body Found in Tokyo
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A man's body was discovered
in Tokyo last night.
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Police are investigating the possibilities
of both suicide and an accident.
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What would we do if he died
because we left him alone, huh?
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I don't want to take on
that kind of trauma in my twenties.
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Also, should we tell Fujimura-kun about this?
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Nah, I don't think it'd do any good.
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The guy kept the Kojien anyway,
and we don't have proof.
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I'm pretty sure it was Fujimura, though.
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Anyway, let's go.
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It was past the main street and the shopping
district, then further down, right?
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Yeah.
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Oh, flowers... would probably
just make things worse.
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Is there anything else he might need?
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Well, they don't sell
blood transfusion packs, so...
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Ushino Meats
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Thanks for stopping by.
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Liver
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Nothing beats liver
for anemia!
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You think he needs liver?
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I feel like we've been
more panicked than he was.
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Well, I hope he likes liver.
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If he doesn't want it, I'll live off of it
for the rest of the month.
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It should be around here...
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Did we take a wrong turn?
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No, this is right.
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I remember seeing this trash collection sign.
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See?
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Trash Collection
Mon. / Wed. / Fri.
Put out trash by 8:00 AM on collection days
Put out the correct trash on the correct day
If you see anyone take items from the collection site, report it
Oversized trash and recyclable trash from businesses will be collected by request
Oversized Trash Collection Center
Remember!!
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The collection days had been changed,
and someone wrote on it.
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Yeah, I did see that.
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Do they use manhole covers with this
design in any of the 23 special wards?
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I feel like I remember this, too.
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But the street stops here.
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This feels like those mysterious
spirit encounters you see online.
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Don't say stuff like that!
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Tremble
Tremble
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That kinda thing scares the shit out of me!
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I'm sorry! Magi-kun's about to cry! I'm sorry!
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Listen.
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If I had to choose at gunpoint between
a haunted house and a free fall,
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the free fall would just barely win out.
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But either one might make me throw up!
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Really? I'll remember that.
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But what makes me wanna puke
more than anything is the kind of person
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who'd force me into that choice!
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You mean Fujimura-kun?!
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And I never want to see a ghost in my life!
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Your face is the scariest thing here right now!
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I can't even stand the word "spirit"!
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I wish you'd just say "monster"!
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I think monsters would be
a lot more likely to attack you...
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There, there, there.
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Look at you two youngsters flirting.
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So did something happen?
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Or did you come to try out my bathhouse?
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It's 500 yen for adults.
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Drawer Street
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It was 300 yen before,
but prices just kept going up.
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Sorry.
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What's up? Let's go if you're going.
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Drawer Street
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Drawer Street
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Huh?
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Was I not the one you were looking for?
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That's fine, too.
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No, um...
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We came to bring you these.
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What?!
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Man, you really are the sincere type.
They're for me?
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Yes.
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Wow, thanks. You sure?
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This, too.
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Thanks.
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Hey, this is liver!
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Woo-hoo! Nutrients incoming!
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Oh, good. The liver made him
a lot happier than I expected.
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Anyway, is the wound on your head okay?
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Oh, it's fine. But look at this.
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I bought a helmet. Second-hand, though.
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Now I can keep my head safe.
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But what about you two?
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Did you see something, or something?
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See something?
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So you really can see them now.
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Uh, hang on!
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I had my suspicions after all
the weird stuff you said and did,
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but is that actually a spirit I'm seeing?!
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It's incredibly not-scary!
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Which is good, but...
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I was expecting the kind of cool, dramatic
figure you see in JUMP manga and stuff!
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You tried to make it sound cool, but...
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Youngster, reality always goes
in directions you wouldn't expect.
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This is your first spirit encounter!
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Mogura Momoyuki.
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"Mogura" means "hundred darknesses,"
and "Momoyuki" means "peach wood bow."
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Mogura Momoyuki
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'Fraid I don't know whether it's
a lucky name or an unlucky one,
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but at this point,
I guess we're already acquainted.
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Here's my proper introduction.
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I'm a hermit, a rare kind
of person in this world.
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I'm sorry you had to make my acquaintance.
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Peach wood bow?
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Long ago, bows made from peach wood
were said to ward off misfortune,
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so they're also used
to vanquish evil spirits...
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I think, at least.
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Oh, you knew, huh?
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That's a liberal arts kid for ya.
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But writing "Mogura" as "hundred darknesses"?
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In terms of Japanese mythology...
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It's like the opposite of Amaterasu Omikami.
That's super ominous.
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Just so you know, I don't have any cool
powers like exorcism or whatever.
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I just took a little fire from him.
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That dude's not an evil spirit or anything.
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He was probably just gazing fondly
at the little lady here or something.
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Uh, that's kinda gross...
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Yeah, I guess it is, but...
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Please explain what's going on here.
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All right. You're pretty quick
to make decisions.
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Magi-chan, Yae-chan,
come to my place for a bit.
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I'm about to tell you a really long,
crazy-sounding story.
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For now, just accept that.
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Also, the ending is basically,
"If you ever see any ghosts, let me know."
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When you think of ghosts, you probably
picture something like this, right?
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Well... yeah.
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What do you think this is?
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A ghost light?
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Right.
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We also call it demon fire.
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Specifically, it's something the dead produce
that guides them to the afterlife.
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Like how you decorate
with lantern plants during Obon.
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Those are named for the lanterns
said to be carried by the dead.
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Ghosts' souls contain that same fire,
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and it makes them able
to proceed to the afterlife naturally.
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It varies from ghost to ghost, though,
so some lose their way.
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Welcome
Committee
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And demon fire is a by-product
of said fire that leaks out of souls.
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Remember when I told you
I was banished from the afterlife?
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Hey, cut it out.
Don't start thinking I need counseling.
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Just hear me out.
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The Sun stripped me of my right
to carry this fire in my own soul.
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So if I turned into a ghost,
I'm guaranteed to get lost.
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In other words, I can't go to the afterlife.
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I can store the fire by-product
made by ghosts in this lantern.
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The plan is to get a bunch of it
so it'll guide me to the afterlife.
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Squawk
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Hey, listen! I only need you
to remember the gist of it!
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Squawk
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But that also means this is my flame of life.
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You saw me using it in a different way before.
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Well, shit. Now I have no choice.
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So you did use some kind of illegal substance!
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No wonder you didn't want us
to call the police!
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If we're being blunt, yes,
but watch how you phrase that!
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You might say I was charging my life force.
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Kinda like an energy drink or e-money, I guess.
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Charging...
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Oh! So, like, healing your wound?
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Nice, liberal arts kid. You catch on fast.
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This is what I love about literature nerds.
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To go even further, if I drink a lot, I can
maintain a state that keeps my body alive.
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In other words, I can age in reverse.
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You really are just like a hermit.
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Yeah. The only part of it that sucks
is that I didn't ask for it.
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Get it? I can't go to the afterlife,
but I still live normally.
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That means I do get hurt, sick,
and hungry, and I age.
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I can only stay alive if I regularly
fix up my body with this fire.
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And above all, I can't survive
in this world without money.
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And to get that, I have to work.
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Living normally costs money.
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With some self-restraint, I can
save up a bit, but it harms my health.
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Going to the hospital costs money.
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Using the fire is free,
but I'm left with less each time.
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I have to keep this thing stocked with fire
while keeping up that kind of life.
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Whenever I happen to see a spirit,
like before, I mooch a little.
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This is literally
what it means to be tied down.
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It's a well-thought-out punishment.
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Punishment?
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It's punishment?
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That's right.
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Drawer Street
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Drawer
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They even gave it a clever name like "Drawer."
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This place is basically a prison.
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A drawer in which they stuff people
who can't go to the afterlife.
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Hang on!
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There was no street there when we
first came along, but then it appeared!
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It was there.
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You just weren't looking.
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Humans only see what they want to see.
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The things you're looking for
only turn up after you've looked all over.
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That's just how blind humans are.
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Missing a street or two happens all the time.
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Same with spirits.
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You just became aware of things
you didn't notice before after meeting me.
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Any questions so far?
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I have a lot,
but it's all just so outlandish...
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But weird things are happening,
so assuming it's true...
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Stuff like "How old are you"?
and "Did you see Perry's ships arrive?"
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and "What's the scariest thing
you've seen so far?"
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My head's just a mess right now.
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Scariest thing, huh?
Never been asked that before.
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Let's see...
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It'd have to be the time when
consumption tax was implemented.
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I get it, but come on. There's gotta be more.
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No, it's a huge problem!
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Every day, I have a meeting in my head
about whether to ditch my breakfast eggs!
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And experience tells me it's gonna
reach 10% someday! It gives me chills!
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That's how it was with the land tax, too!
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Also, the time I picked up a broken TV,
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and days after I fixed it and turned it on,
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I was asked if I was paying my license fees.
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It's insane. What the hell is with those guys?
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Who are they? The KGB?
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Dude, that is the one comparison
you should not make. Ever.
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Hey, I paid it, though! I like Stretch Man!
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You're actually a good guy, aren't you?!
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Anyway, that's the story.
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Scratch Scratch
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You need money to do anything.
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I need fire, I need money,
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and I need to live a healthy
life if I want to move on.
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I save up, but I never have more.
You know how that feels, right?
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It's tough to balance saving and spending.
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I'd love to conserve resources
by never doing anything.
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That's the kind of mental state I'm stuck in.
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I do everything half-assed.
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There's too much I have to do,
and too much I can't do.
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Oh, yeah. You did say you don't
even have a residency card.
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Isn't there a way for you to get one?
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There is.
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I mean, it's just data. Anyone can falsify it.
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So long as there are people who need it,
there'll be people who do it for a living.
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There was a time when I made
fake IDs and family registers, too.
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But in 1942, I got careless.
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And that's why it eventually came to me.
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Can you guess what came to me?
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In 1942?
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Draft Notice
Mogura Momoyuki
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Episode 2
"Spirit = Human"