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This is the last time.
Please don’t meddle in my affairs any more.
You and I are different.
I don’t want to go through life the way you do.
Senpai I’m not allowed to enjoy life with others the way you are.
Why not?
I... killed someone.
Kuriyama-san.
You may have it.
Are you trying to win me over by earning my gratitude?
You’re taking it the wrong way.
I’m not like Senpai!
“Moonlight Purple”
This is my first time here
but you’ve got quite the place!
An interrogation officer from the Spirit World Warriors’ Observation Department...
Right. I’m Miroku Fujima Izumi Nase-san.
What brings the Society here?
The Hollow Shadow.
It’s unusual for that class of youmu to appear
so I’ve come to observe it.
Dreams are a milestone to the underworld.
The deceptions in dreams
youmu are said to be the materialization of human animosity.
They come from people’s twisted hearts
hatred jealousy and malice.
As long as people exist youmu will continue to exist.
With our ability to see them we will continue to smite them.
Don’t you think that makes the Spirit World Warriors a detestable trade?
The Society has some rather interesting thoughts on the subject.
Meaning?
As the daughter of an ancient line of Spirit World Warriors
that has made its livelihood by exterminating youmu
I view them the way a farmer views rice or a fisherman views fish.
I do not care what exactly they are.
I see...
Is that a picture of a youmu?
It is sunken into a frozen barrier.
So it’s real.
Come to think of it weren’t frozen barriers your forte Izumi Nase?
May I ask you something?
What is it?
How do you personally perceive youmu?
Isn’t that a given?
They are merely monsters.
Kanbara-senpai!
Eating in the cafeteria today?
Uh yeah.
Say Ai-chan how do you eat
when you’re so broke that you can’t afford plain udon?
Good question...
I see! So this is where you went.
Senpai!
How may I help you?
Well I heard that you defeated a youmu.
That is none of your business.
Mitsuki left it with me
so I dropped by Ayaka-san’s and traded it in.
T-t-ten-thousand yen?!
That youmu was worth...?!
Ah my last shrimp...!
Take it.
I said I don’t need it!
Calm down! Your actions and words are contradicting each other.
Do you realize how many of these cup ramen I could buy with that?!
That’s why I said you can have it.
Are you crying?
I can’t accept it.
Your words sound way too empty!
I said that I didn’t need it but you just had to bring it...
That line won’t convince anyone.
Now moving right along. Why don’t you drop by our club today?
I’ve told you: Please don’t meddle in my affairs any more.
After all the times you used me as your practice dummy?
I’ll stop doing that.
First you insist on chasing after me and now you’re running away?
So that’s Mirai Kuriyama?
What are those hands?
They would be my hands which I have placed on your waist.
Got a problem?
Oh right! I never told you did I?
I’m a teacher here.
Did you hear about the Hollow Shadow?
Guess not since you just moved in!
It’s supposed to enter town this evening.
We aren’t allowed to approach it until it leaves.
Is that right?
You could cut loose and play for a good year if you managed to defeat it
but you’d need more lives than a cat!
Be extra careful to steer clear of it!
Hey! No running in the halls!
A clan that can control their blood at will huh?
Do you know anything about them?
Like... did something happen in her past?
Was there an accident?
Beats me.
Even if I did know I’m not obligated to tell you.
But I truly don’t know anything about this.
I see...
Did she tell you something?
If you don’t want to tell me you don’t have to.
No I’m just not sure if it’s something I should talk about.
But... I’m confident that she’s hiding something.
You sure she isn’t deceiving you?
Akkey you can’t turn a blind eye when you
see a *** damsel in distress.
Just a sec.
I won’t deny that but you need to edit the “***” part.
The most important factor bifocal
enthusiasts look for in a girl is that they wear GLASSES!
Akkey do you enjoy passionately declaring your fetish?
Shut up!
You have no right to criticize me when you’ve got
a fetish known as the “sister complex” Hiromi!
Isn’t my unwavering resolution grand?
As a bifocal-something-or-other
you could never comprehend the love I have for my sacred sister.
Don’t dismiss my love for glasses as “something-or-other.”
I’ve put glasses on that “sacred sister” of yours.
You’ve what?!
I had her put them on when we were alone in the clubroom.
Actually it might be more accurate to say she went nuts putting them on.
Mitsuki started to enjoy herself somewhere along the line.
She went nuts with them...?
How could you do that with my sister?!
Hey you two perverts.
Do you realize you’re behaving crudely in our clubroom?
Mitsuki you’ve finally awoken to the glories of glasses!
I just wanted to inflict damage on my perverted older brother.
How could you do that to the holy glasses?
Now then Pervy Bro!
I keep telling you to call me “Big Brother.”
Pervy Big Brother I would like you to hurry up and remove the cage.
Okay sure thing!
You admit that you’re a pervert?
And since you are kinda in the Literary Club
could you help us out a bit with the screening process?
I don’t mind picking stories out!
I’ll take any blood-related little sister series sister-in-law series
or anything that has a little sister in it.
If you want I could go through the ones that only feature little sisters.
There aren’t any!
I love you?
That was clearly “Go to hell” ***!
Wait at 5:30
So this is the place.
Are we gonna be okay in a place like this?
I made sure to set up a cage.
Curry Flavored Animal Biscuits
Does this mean that it’d be really bad if someone overheard us?
Indeed.
I wanted to avoid eavesdroppers to the point that I had us
rendezvous in a place like this
even at the risk being alone with a pervert.
Wait! There’s only one person here that “pervert” could
be referring to right?
Well if the pervert did his best
in his own right to attack with all he’s got
the chances of me fulfilling his desires aren’t necessarily zero.
I-I’ll pass.
You lack any balls.
Wasn’t it your goal to confess your feelings for me
when you graduate Akihito?
When did that become my goal?!
Now cut to the chase already!
Mirai Kuriyama.
I suspect she’s after the Hollow Shadow.
Why?
Dunno. I simply asked a Spirit World Warrior who’s
an information specialist to sniff around.
Iori Ichinomiya.
You’ve heard of him haven’t you?
Yeah.
Didn’t you tell me that he can connect his
mind directly to the net to obtain information?
Right. And he found a rumor that sounds a bit like a ghost story.
Care to hear it?
Wow! What a pretty color!
Huh?
It won’t show up in the picture.
The Hollow Shadow’s influence
is merely making the sky appear purple.
It’s the same as how Spirit World Warriors are the only ones who can see youmu.
Then...
It has already entered this town.
A-Aya-chan...
The youmu are growing rather active I see.
Rest at ease. I just finished.
Misfortune always befalls any who get involved
with those who carry the cursed blood.
The Spirit World Warrior Inami took in the only
living descendant from that clan.
When she was subduing the Hollow Shadow
she lost the daughter whom she cared for more than anything.
I believe we can prevent it from hitting the center of town.
Oh?
If a Spirit World Warrior lets their guard down
even a little while near the Hollow Shadow it will possess them.
Seeing how you’re accustomed
to reading mysteries as a member of the Literary Club
you can put can connect the dots can’t you?
Senpai...
Why did you come here?
You’re going after the Hollow Shadow aren’t you?
You accidentally killed the Inami girl when the Hollow Shadow possessed her.
That’s what happened isn’t it?
You looked into it?
A little but most of it is speculation.
This is none of your business.
Please go home.
Kuriyama-san!
To think that’s a youmu...
Its actual body is only a portion of the central core.
You’re perceiving it this way due
to how its immense power warps the space around it.
Are you going?
You’re still here? Please hurry home.
What’ll you do after you go?
Senpai that doesn’t concern you.
Defeating the Hollow Shadow won’t change anything.
The dead won’t come back.
All that lies ahead is the risk that you could get killed Kuriyama-san.
I know that!
You should stay home and wait for it to pass over!
I know that...
Then why?!
The Inami family took me in despite my cursed blood.
They taught me how to suppress these powers
which were too powerful for me.
Their daughter was named Yui.
Wait!
Certainly. How may I help you?
I’ll take it up!
Even in the Inami house I was kept isolated.
Yui was the one who opened the door to the outside world for me.
One two three!
Mirai aren’t you starting high school next year?
Yep! I’m going to join the Archery Club!
Yeah? Good luck!
I’ll go root for you.
She was my friend.
I’ve got a really cool senpai!
But... I...!
I’m a murderer!
No you’re not!
I’m a murderer!
Back then fear gripped my heart.
“I might lose my own life.”
That thought clearly flashed across my mind.
You’re wrong!
Senpai what would you know?!
Senpai you said that you’re a half-youmu.
You said that you’re special just like me.
But you’re mistaken!
Senpai you have friends.
You’ve got Hiromi-senpai and Mitsuki-senpai...
You’ve even got youmu friends like Ayaka-san and Ai-chan!
You’re wrong.
How am I wrong?!
Ever since I was a baby I’ve been treated like a demon.
People are even afraid to touch me.
How could you possibly know how I feel?!
Please don’t act like you know what it’s like.
Kuriyama-san!
Wait!
Please don’t come with me.
It’s unpleasant.
We’re issuing an announcement that all Spirit World Warriors in the district
are prohibited from approaching the Hollow Shadow for their own safety.
We request that those able to set barriers or cages
Calling... Akihito
offer their assistance in guiding the Hollow Shadow out of town.
Is that a type of barrier?
Hardly! It’s nothing that impressive.
It’s coming.
If I use my blood even if it doesn’t have a physical body...
Who’s there?!
Sakura!
No! Get away from here!
Sakura at this rate the Hollow Shadow will--
The youmu are filled with malice...
Damn it!
Why... are you alive?
Atonement?
Sakura!
I won’t accept it.
This is...
My blood...
Senpai?
Give it a rest...!
You’re the one who doesn’t get it!
Did you think you could defeat the Hollow Shadow without a plan?
“Bitter Orange”
My plans got skewed!
First you come when no one asked you to and now you’re complaining?
Aw jeez! You’re really getting on my nerves!
That’s my line!