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Production: Akita Shoten Toei Video
Original Work: Ikeda Etsuko & Ashibe Yuuho (Akita Shoten Publishing - Princess Comics)
I am rotting.
As I live, my body festers by the day.
I am rotting away.
I am...
Deimos!
I desire a body.
A beautiful human body to take my place.
Deimos!
So that I may be reborn, beautiful once again...
I desire a human body.
Deimos!
Deimos!
- BlueFixer Subs Presents - Bride Of Deimos: The Orchid Suite
Minako, could you make a big deal of this in the school newspaper for me?
We always have so much trouble finding new members for the gardening club!
I know! I know!
Come on now, relax a little. Relax.
Yeah. Yeah. Just like that. Here goes.
Okay. I took it perfectly.
But what a surprise.
To think you could raise an orchid that would win a prize at an event like this.
I never realised you were such a master botanist, Hisamatsu.
["Blue Lady" by Ohba Touko] ['87 Grand Prix Prize Winner]
Wow! How beautiful!
Just what you would expect from the Grand Prix.
This orchid, the "Blue Lady", is known as the snow goddess in China.
Wow!
The snow goddess?
It's so brilliant, cold and beautiful...
That's such a perfect name for it.
At this place, the Grand Prix is always taken by a lady named Ohba Tohko.
This one is a product any orchid enthusiast would want to challenge but...
No one else can make them bloom this beautifully.
To raise beautiful flowers there are various secrets in the method and fertilizer.
Orchid cultivators are secretive about such things.
Oh... Is that how it is?
Just once, I'd like to see Ohba Tohko's greenhouse.
So you can steal her orchid growing secrets?
That's not it!
She absolutely never shows up at the exhibitions or award ceremonies!
Aren't you interested in what sort of woman she is?
Erm... I'm certain her address was...
Oh? You've already looked up her address? That's rather proactive of you.
But, you know, it'll be a real disappointment for you if she's a wrinkly old woman.
Hey now, don't go crushing my dreams.
What? Hisamatsu's not at school today either?
It's been three days now!
They say he hasn't been home at all.
Really?
Hey, they say his folks have filed a missing persons report.
Hey, could it be that you were the last person to see him, Minako?
I was?
D-Deimos!
Minako, today you will be coming back with me.
Why? Why do you follow me like this?
Because you are my bride.
Your bride?!
I came to this world in search of a beautiful human girl.
And finally, I found her.
That girl, Ifu Minako, was you.
I will carry your body back to the underworld.
My body?
No...
You are my bride. That is your destiny.
Don't joke around! Who would marry a devil?!
Don't treat me like an idiot!
- Wait, Minako! You mustn't go there! - It's none of your business!
I warn you only for your own benefit.
If you go near that house, bad things are certain to happen to you.
I know this.
What's this? They're rusted shut.
[Ohba]
No!
U-U-Uhm... I'm sorry for barging in all of a sudden.
My name is Ifu Minako.
Would this happen to be Ohba Tohko's place?
Tohko is my elder sister. Is something the matter?
A friend of mine should have come to visit her.
A friend?
It would have been about three days ago.
Never mind three days, there has not been a single visitor to this house in years.
But...
Is that lady over there Tohko?
Your friend never came here.
Now, go home.
Now, hurry!
That's...!
Hisamatsu's notebook!
Get out! Don't ever come back!
Kaname!
Kaname!
I want to go for a walk around the garden.
Is something the matter?
Won't you push me, Kaname?
We will have to be more cautious from now on.
Oh? His notebook?
I'm absolutely certain! So...!
But, you see, with the exception of children, even with a missing persons report filed...
We aren't able to start a public investigation until there's an incident, for appearances sake.
Oh, all right! All right!
Let's go take a look.
Kaname! Kaname!
It sure is impressive.
These excellent orchids are handed down from generation to generation in the Ohba family.
Oh?
What is it?
Could you show these two around the mansion?
Even though I told her never to come back...
You find that notebook?
No, but I'm certain it was here back then.
You could have mistaken it with something else.
Hmm? What are you doing with that spider?
I am moving it to a place where it will be able to catch its prey more easily.
It hunts the insects that interfere in the orchid's cross-fertilization for us.
I see.
Hmm?
Hey, you've got a pretty big incinerator here.
We use it to produce straw ashes for fertilizer.
Hmm? What's this?
We use these composting pots to mix straw ashes and oil cake with other fertilizers.
Any orchid enthusiast's eyes would light up seeing these.
This is the secret fertilizer mixture that the Ohba family has taken great pains to prepare.
You raise beautiful orchids.
You live an elegant life surrounded by the scent of flowers everyday.
It's a real difference from us savages who jump about from *** to ***.
Are you alright?
Those not used to this place are sometimes overcome by the scent of the flowers.
It's delicious.
I see.
I really must apologize for suspecting you like that.
Not at all. Would you like another cup of coffee?
I would.
Inspector.
There is a call for you from the police.
- What? For me? - Yes.
Hmm, that's strange. I don't recall telling anyone where we were going.
I wonder who it is.
Hello?! Hello?!
The time is now 3:27 and 40 seconds.
Hrm... What's going on here?
Are you awake?
I... I carelessly fell asleep.
You were only dozing for about five minutes.
See? Your coffee still hasn't cooled yet.
How embarrassing! Doing that at a house I'm visiting for the first time.
You must have been tired from searching for your departed friend.
There is nothing to worry about.
Umm... Where's the inspector?
He said that something urgent had come up.
He left as soon as he was done on the phone.
You said that your name was Minako, right?
Here. Take this as a parting gift.
Ah, a Blue Lady.
You're giving me such a precious flower?
Thank you, Kaname.
Ah, that butterfly!
Listen!
Forget all about me and my sister.
Forget everything by the time this flower wilts!
And you must never approach this house again!
Now, go home!
Why did you allow that girl to escape?
If she were to uncover our secret...
It will be fine. She will never realise a thing. I'm sure of it.
You are going awfully far to cover for her, Kaname.
- Are you attracted to that girl? - Attracted to her?
Surely you jest.
You wouldn't want for me to love anything but our orchids, would you Sister?
That is fine then.
Do not forget to put the fresh ashes into the composting pots.
[Edonoshima Rail Line] [Gokurakuji Station]
Forget everything by the time these flowers wilt, huh...
Deimos!
Though the flowers may wither, their scent remains.
The strong scent of suspicion.
A spider unceasingly spins its web.
Not resting for a moment even as you sleep.
Was it for thirty minutes, or was it an hour?
No, perhaps it was even longer.
What happened in the mansion during that time?
I was tricked!
I believe... I warned you for your own good.
I told you not to go near that house.
They say one can not know the heat of the fire until one gets burned.
There is simply no helping her.
Inspector Imamura's police notebook!
I knew it...
I knew it was something like this.
Hisamatsu met the same fate here as the inspector did, didn't he?!
No, you kill all of the people who come to this mansion...!
Why did you come back?!
Why?
Why are you doing something so horrifying?
You put sleeping pills in my coffee to knock me out.
Then you replaced my coffee so it would still be hot.
You wanted me to think I had only been asleep for a little while.
You erased the time you spent murdering the inspector and disposing of the body.
So, you did return after all.
The trick Kaname thought up to save you went to waste.
Tell her, Kaname.
Tell her why we so love the orchids and why we must raise them.
It must have been when I was twelve years old.
Okay, so now we put in the bells, like this.
When somebody falls into our pit trap it will make the bells ring, right?
Won't it be interesting, Mari?
We'll clap and laugh at the poor guy who gets caught in it.
Yeah! I wonder who will fall in.
Either the fat cook or Masao the gardener.
This fence is by the back exit so only the servants come through here.
Someone fell in!
It's my big sister! What is Tohko doing there?!
Tohko!
Masao!
It was past the promised time so I got worried and came to check on you.
My leg was caught in a pit trap.
These bells made a lot of noise. I'm worried that Daddy may have heard!
If the master finds us it's all over! Let's get out of here quickly!
Masao!
Daddy, how could you do something so awful?
Tohko! Did you plan to disgrace the great name of the Ohba family by eloping with a servant?!
Daddy, you're a tyrant. I only wanted to live happily with the man I love...
Get away from him!
I must dispose of this unsightly garbage before the other servants notice.
Look well.
This is what happens to any man who selfishly tries to take you for himself.
Masao!
I... I can't walk.
My leg, it's...
My sister's lover was reduced to ashes.
He was put into the composting pots and became fertilizer for the orchids.
That year, the Blue Lady which had never never once bloomed before... flowered beautifully.
From that day, my sister has lived confined to a wheelchair.
And then... Not long after that, Father died.
For a long time, we were able to avoid the gaze of society.
We lived in obscurity, raising orchids.
Kaname!
Mari, when did you get back from London?
My father was transferred at work so I was finally able to come back to Japan.
You've become quite beautiful.
I'm happy to hear you say that Kaname!
I came here without telling anyone.
After all, there was a piece of news I just had to tell you!
Does it have something to do with us as well?
It does, Tohko!
My parents want Kaname and I to get married!
You and Kaname?!
I don't mind at all!
I've known I want to be Kaname's bride since I was a little girl.
Hey, how do you feel about it Kaname?
How do I feel about it? It's hard for me to say so suddenly...
Oh, these are the bells that Kaname and I once put into a pit trap.
Mari!
I had completely forgotten. Who fell into that pit trap anyways?
M-Mari!
I hope you understand now what it feels like to see your lover reduced to ashes, Kaname.
Who would have though that those beautiful orchids were the fruit of such horrific murders.
Sister, you mustn't!
Kaname!
Kaname!
I will not forgive you.
If only you had never broken into our garden Kaname would never have ended up like this!
W-What are you doing...? K-Kaname...?
Let us end this, Sister...
Our game of hatred...
K-Kaname...!
We must... go to bear the burden our our sins.
Now, Sister... Come with me.
- Sister! - Kaname!
How long are you going to sleep there?
Deimos!
Why don't you see to that brother and sister's burial?
A magnificent funeral.
Kaname!
Oh Orchids, that which is born from ashes should return to ashes.
Minako, someday I shall take you as well.
I will carry you in my arms, back to the underworld.