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KAEI YEAR 6

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Nothing pleasant to talk about lately, eh?

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The way I hear it, foreign ships along the coast
have been getting aggressive with us,

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but the Emperor won't do diddly squat.

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Kake-soba, order up!

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Okay!

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H-here is your order.

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Nice! You're getting the hang of it, Ofuu!

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Worse yet, there's word of a serial killer in the streets.

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It's really got me stressed out for my daughter's safety.

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I wish the Emperor would just
get his act together already.

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You should watch what you say.

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Fair point. Don't wanna see my shop crash and burn
just 10 days after we opened for business.

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But ya know, I got this place dirt cheap
from the previous owner with all the trappings included.

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No surprise there.

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I must say, you've got strange taste, pal.

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Our shop is practically a ghost town,
and yet you've kept coming for five days straight.

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Dad! You're going to scare away our only customer!

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Oh, don't have a cow. We're just making small talk.

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So, give it to me straight. How's our soba?

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Not bad by any means. But it's plain.

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You're a real straight shooter, ain'tcha?

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Well, I'm more of a chef that makes soba
out of passion than talent.

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Yet you set up shop anyways.

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Was there a reason for it?

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Sorta. It's complicated.

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Everybody's got baggage. I bet the past
hasn't exactly been kind to you, either, huh?

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That's for sure.

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That'll be 16 mon. Thank ya kindly.

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Say, pal. You seem to have
a decent amount of cash for a ronin.

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I work for it.

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Doing what, pray tell?

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Slaying demons.

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Ain't that something!

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Ya gonna visit Atlantis next?

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Speaking of demons,
remember that slasher I mentioned?

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Rumor is the b****** might not even use a sword,

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since all the victims have been found
with their bodies horribly mangled.

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And what's more, the number of corpses doesn't add up.

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There are more people who've gone missing lately
than the number of bodies discovered.

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So they were either attacked or whisked away,

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which has everybody convinced
that demons are to blame.

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Where does this slasher appear?

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Let's see. Around the Edobashi area, as I recall.

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Serial killers and demons. It's all so terrifying!

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Indeed.

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Be careful out there, okay, Jinya-kun?

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The streets are dangerous at night.

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I'm a little too old to be getting lectures
about going out at night.

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Well, putting on that tough guy act
just goes to prove you're still a kid.

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Here I was hoping it'd make an appearance tonight.

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Alas. Things don't always turn out how we wish.

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N-noooo!

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Just men?

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Then who did I hear screaming?

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An interesting power you have there... demon!

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I suppose it's fortunate there were no survivors.

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Now I don't have to hide this.

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All right, slasher. Let's try this again.

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Please wait!

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My name is Jinya. Give me yours before I cut you down.

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I am Mosuke, sir.

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Your name will live on in my memory.

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Now say your prayers.

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Wait! I have no intention of fighting you!

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That's funny, because I got the opposite impression.

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It's because I thought you were the serial killer.

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Rumors have been spreading
that it's the work of a demon.

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So, I tracked a demonic scent
and then came across you.

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I had every reason to assume that's who you were, okay?

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But then I heard you called ME the slasher.

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Which just didn't make any sense. You see?

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And that's why you revealed yourself.

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But what is a demon doing hunting down serial killers?

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Well...

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How about we find somewhere else to talk, first?

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So nobody sees us.

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As demons grow older, some choose to pass as human
and spend their time living among society.

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Demons don't lie, but they do hide the truth.

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That's true for you as well, yes?

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Here. It's just cheap booze,
but I promise it's not poisoned.

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Poison wouldn't be enough to kill me, anyways.

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Thank you.

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Let's start over.

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My name is Mosuke. I'm a simple villager
who lives in this cheap, back alley house.

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But in reality, you're a demon with the special ability

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My power is called "invisibility."

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It may come as a surprise, but I'm one of the so-called

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Yet you are weak.

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Well, we're considered superior mostly due to our
awakened ability rather than our physical strength.

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So yeah, even among superior demons, there are some
who can be weaker and slower than the ordinary ones.

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As much as I hate to admit it, I'm one of those.

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Let's be clear here.

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You mean to say that you're not
the serial killer. Is that right?

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Yes, that's right.

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And neither are you, correct?

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Very well. I'll believe you.

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I appreciate that.

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So, when you assumed I was the slasher, why did you
go straight to attacking me without saying a word?

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Because of a grudge.

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Have you heard about the disappearances?

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I've been told the number of victims don't match
with the number of people who have gone missing.

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Which seems to be true, seeing as how I heard
a woman scream earlier, but found no sign of her body.

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Right. The only victims
the slasher kills on the spot are men.

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Because it always abducts the female ones.

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How can you be sure?

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Because it took... my wife.

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Her name was Hatsu.

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And she was a kind-hearted human.

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She was okay with our relationship,
even though I was a demon.

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But then, she vanished without a trace

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her body was found near the Kanda river.

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The officer I spoke to said that...
her body indicated she had been horribly raped.

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Hatsu was charming and got along with everyone.

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She even loved... a demon like me.

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I know she never did anything
to deserve such an awful death.

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It's just cruel!

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Jinya-san. I need you to understand that I don't live
as a human because I'm fond of them or anything.

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But I honestly loved my wife.

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And so...

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I have nothing but hatred for the goddamn monster
that took her life in such a sickening way!

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I want to avenge her with my own hands.

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That's why I would like you to step away
and leave this to me.

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Not happening.

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Why?! What stake do you have?

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Slaying demons is what I do.

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And that's your only goal?

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All right.

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Then how about we split up and tackle it together?

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We'll each search for the serial killer and share
whatever information we come across.

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But I hope you're willing to let me put an end to him.

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Mosuke.

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Is revenge really what you're after?

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You doubt me?

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No.

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But regardless of whether the killer is human or demon,
you must bear the burden of taking a life.

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I just want to know if you're ready for that.

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Jinya-san. Demons never lie.

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Not even to themselves.

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All right. We work together.

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Another day of nothing.

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We can't catch a break can we?

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That's just how it goes.

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All we can do is keep our nose
to the grindstone, I guess.

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Yeah.

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I'm curious, why do you hunt your own brethren?

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Money, for one.

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There is no shortage of humans who hate demons

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So I make it a point to take a tidy sum
from those people in exchange for slaying demons.

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Does that upset you?

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No.

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I don't get the impression you're the type
who just kills without good reason.

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Besides, I can't exactly complain
when I'm sitting here enjoying the booze you bought

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with that money, now can I?

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Ah, good stuff!

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You said that was one reason, what's the other?

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To amass power.

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I've made it my mission in life to stop a certain demon.

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Stop? Not to kill it?

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I was originally human.

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But the experience of watching a demon kill
the woman I love ultimately turned me into one.

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So, slaying demons that threaten humans
feels natural to me.

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Yet you plan on letting that demon live?

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I won't decide what to do until we actually cross paths.

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In either case, I need power.

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Sounds complicated.

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I'm just spineless.

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So, Mosuke. What will you do after avenging your wife?

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Nothing, really.

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To be frank, the only reason that I decided
to live as a human is because I hate violence.

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I don't want to get hunted by humans,
nor do I want to fight against my own kind.

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All I want is to live out an uneventful life.

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I just wish it could've been with my wife...

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So, once I get my revenge, I'll simply go back
to living incognito like I always have.

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And tending to my wife's grave.

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A little earlier, you said I wasn't the type
to do something without good reason.

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But you shouldn't think so highly of me.

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The truth is... I'm consumed
by mindless hatred for my own sister.

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One order of kake-soba, Dad.

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Have you found the slasher, Jinya-kun?

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I don't recall ever saying I was looking for him.

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You pretty much did, though.
Since you told us that your job was slaying demons.

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It's fair to assume that pursuing rumors like the slasher
is part of what you do, right?

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Well, it hasn't been going well.

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That's too bad.

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Rough going for you, too, eh, pal?

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Making a living is a real pain in the ass!

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You said it.

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A lovely waitress like this should have a line out the door.

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I guess everybody in Edo is too pressed for time.

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Shucks...

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Well now! Sounds like you think
my Ofuu is a real looker, eh, pal?

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I imagine eight out of every ten people
would say the same.

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Now that's what I like to hear.

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You've got excellent taste!

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Dad! What's the big idea?!

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Oh, c'mon. You've never had
a real relationship in your whole life.

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W-well, that's true, but...

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You shouldn't put Jinya-kun on the spot!

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Jeez, I was just trying to get the ball rolling for you.

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Don't worry. I definitely plan
on leaving the nest someday.

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But until then, I want a little more time
to just be your daughter.

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Hm. All right.

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Sorry, Jinya-kun. My dad never knows when to shut up.

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That's okay, I don't mind.

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Your father is a good man.

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Yes, he's my pride and joy.

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Um, pardon me if I'm getting too personal here, but...
was your father not like that, Jinya-kun?

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My apologies. I shouldn't have asked.

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I have a little sister, you see.

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Oh, do you really?

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Her name is Suzune.

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My father never treated her well. He would always
beat on her while saying she didn't belong in our family.

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So I took Suzune and we ran away from home.

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But that was a long time ago.

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Do you hate your father?

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To be honest, I understand why he felt that way.

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Except...

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Except what?

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Things don't always turn out how we wish.

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Any luck on your end?

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Another fruitless search.

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There haven't been any sightings of the slasher recently.

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And we can't just search blindly without a lead...

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You're right.

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Whoa.

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What is it?

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Look over there.

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Someone you know?

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She's the daughter of a soba shop I frequent.

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It's not good for a lady like her to be out alone.

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Pardon me, Mosuke.

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Sure.

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Oh my, Jinya-kun?

235
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The moon is beautiful tonight.
Are you out here by yourself?

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No, with a friend actual-

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I'll just be on my way.

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Please, feel free to escort the young lady home.

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We don't want her falling victim to the serial killer.

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Um, is something the matter?

241
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Nothing. May I ask what you're doing out so late, Ofuu?

242
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I was enjoying the cherry blossoms.

243
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But these are willows, aren't they?

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Not exactly.

245
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Look.

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This is called a "snow willow."

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The layers of blooming flowers make it droop down,

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almost like snow on the branches
of a willow tree in winter, right?

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That's how it got its name.

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But it's not actually a willow.
It's in the same family as cherry blossoms.

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Really now?

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I don't see the resemblance.

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Cherry blossoms that imitate willows,
yet aren't willows despite how they appear.

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In the end, it can't be either of them.

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What a pitiful plant.

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But it's pretty, isn't it?

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It may not be a willow,
nor resemble the cherry blossoms,

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but this plant gives bloom
to adorable flowers nonetheless.

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I can't claim to understand how the snow willow feels,

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but I don't believe it sees itself
as something so empty and sad.

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I mean, why would it bother
blooming each year otherwise?

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So it doesn't need your pity.

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Because no matter how we label it,
whenever the spring comes,

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it will always bloom beautiful flowers.

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A flower's way of life, eh?

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Let's go. Your father must be worried.

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Please and thank you.