I... Is this all for me?
For real?
Yep.
Though I'm a bit scared.
We need to talk, Fear.
Fair enough.
I shall listen.
First off, the line you'll need to memorize is...
"I'm in no way related to the movie director!"
Fea... Fear Kubrick?
Apparently, that's your new name.
As you can see, my dad sucks at giving them.
A last name...
You mean a family name?
Of my very own?
Yeah.
Just make sure to say your line right after you've introduced yourself.
And the reason you have a last name is...
"We hereby permit the student whose name is written above to be admitted into our school."
Right.
For some reason, you're going to the same school that Konoha and I go to.
That stupid old man.
Why would he arrange this?
Why'd he do it so fast, too?
Chapter 2
Do Something, to Something, to Somewhere
The superintendent went through a lot to get you that uniform.
We'll have to thank him.
Hey!
Hey, now.
Mind your manners.
Haruaki!
Don't you have anything to say?
I've been waiting all this time.
Like what?
Well, it is a uniform.
I mean...
It, uh, looks good on you!
In a cutesy, mascot kind of way!
You may even be cute, in some sort of way!
I don't really understand...
...but I look good in it, and it's cute?
Very well, then!
Hey!
Good morning, Haruaki—
Wait, Konoha!
This isn't what it looks like!
You gave her a uniform and made her ride you?
Ca... Calm down!
All she did was change so we could go to school!
Her stuff came in the mail!
Her stuff?
My dad arranged it so that she'd go to the same school as us.
Don't you remember, too?
Welcome to Taishuu High School.
I am the superintendent, Sekaibashi Gabriel.
I've arranged it so that you and Yachi-kun can be in the same class.
I'm sure it's best for all of us that way.
No need to thank me.
I'm only doing this from the kindness of my heart.
Hmm? What's wrong?
You... You're a pervert, aren't you?!
Hey, stop!
Ah, you're curious about this mask.
This happens whenever someone first meets me.
Look at him, Haruaki!
That... That guy's scary!
Do something!
C'mon, it's fine.
He may look weird, but he's a nice person.
This might be strange coming from me, but I'll have to agree.
I was born with a breathing disorder.
If I take this off,
then I'll be stuck in a hospital bed for the rest of my life.
Oh. I see.
I'm sorry I called you a pervert.
I'm pretty sure he told me that he had a scar on his face...
He told me that it was for religious reasons...
Hey!
Oh, did I?
Well, don't worry about that!
By the way...
I'm pretty sure this one's a hit.
Have a look.
Zenon-kun.
What do you think?
Is this one cursed?
Uh, this is...
...probably not cursed.
It looks like an old mask.
Another miss.
I'm still far from finding it, then.
It's a bit early, but leaving her at home alone isn't the best idea, either.
It may not the perfect plan, but it was well thought-out.
I guess.
It would've been better if you were in the same class, though.
Are you saying...?
You could've taken care of her that way.
Stop right there, Fear!
Hey, I'm a student now, right?
Ye... Yeah, you are.
Just like you two?
I'm just like you two now?
Just make sure you're polite.
No picking fights, got it?
All right!
We're buddies!
Okay, okay.
Let's get going, Haruaki-kun.
He... Hey! Stop!
I'll walk you to your classroom.
I'm, uh...
Fear Kubrick
I'm Fear Kubrick.
Nice to... meet you...?
She's so cute!
Um...
I'm in no way related to the movie director!
Did I say it right, Haruaki?
Damn it.
Explain yourself!
Aki— Er, Haruaki-kun!
How do you know her?
How?
Well, I live with him at the moment.
She li... li... lives with you?!
My dad!
She knows my dad!
He forced me to take care of her.
Oh?
I, Ueno Kirika, as student body president, must hear more about this.
Absurd.
Seriously, Prez?!
Please join the soccer club, Fear-san!
Please join us as our manager... No, as our goddess of victory!
Can it, fool!
Our princess shall become the art club's goddess of beauty!
Wh-What's with you people?!
I'll curse you!
That was crazy.
Way too crazy.
What's the matter?
It's too natural.
Why are you two so accepting of it?
It's like I worried over nothing.
Worry?
What are you talking about?
You worry too much, Akki!
Fear-chan's so cute!
Ah, I can't believe we're in the same class!
Get off!
Do you like Kirika-chan more than me?
Absurd.
You will join us as a judge, Fear-kun.
I know my fried egg's will win this battle.
Today, I will attain certain victory!
A battle?
For some reason,
we bring something to school every day and have a battle of taste.
Having to deal with Fear-kun's transfer and whatnot,
I'm pretty sure you didn't have enough time.
I see my victory in that very trace of panic!
Why are you always so confident?
Digging in!
Go ahead and eat up.
Kirika-chan...
The bacon inside yours really brings out the flavor.
Haruaki, what's inside of yours?
Avocado.
What?!
What a combo!
Okay.
What do the judges say?
Three to one!
The winner is Yachi Haruaki!
Crap.
I shouldn't have neglected innovativeness just for the taste!
I don't think you have to take it so seriously, Prez.
No amount of skill can defeat constant effort!
I will win next time!
Go for it, Kirika!
You're so cute!
Cheer me on, too!
So cute!
Bitching!
I don't need this crap!
Do they think I'm some weak puss?!
Calm down...
It feels like someone's looking at me.
This is the initial contact by a supporting Auxiliary.
How nice.
Were you the one looking at me?
Correct.
I have been supporting you ever since you entered this country.
Auxiliaries do not show themselves.
Of course.
Auxiliaries can't fight.
I have one more question.
Do you have anything to do with this extra object?
Un... Unknown.
I don't understand what you're saying.
This bitching thing with that Indulgence Disc.
Guess you don't know.
No problem.
Random Auxiliary without a face or a name...
Let's begin.
Roger.
Beginning operation.
Do Something, to Something, to Somewhere
Absurd.
Classes are pretty fun!
Especially that math teacher.
Himura, was it?
I told him how stupid division of fractions is.
Why must you flip it over and multiply?
Oh.
Well, isn't that great?
Indeed.
Why do you two seem so depressed?
Today's a day to celebrate!
Yes, yes.
Celebration, of course.
What's with the lack of enthusiasm?!
I'll curse you! Dummy!
Hey, Haruaki.
I like this place.
Really?
It's just another slightly rural town.
Not this sight.
I'm talking about school.
There's always something going on.
There are so many people,
and yet they all seem to be having fun.
I've never seen such a place.
Same goes for the market place.
Lots of people; lots of energy.
I just want to go around and chat with them.
What's that?
It's shining.
Oh, that's the ocean.
The ocean...
But the ocean I saw on TV was darker and looked colder.
Well, if a typhoon comes, it'll get like that.
Let's take a small detour.
Didn't you have oceans back where you came from?
Where I came from...
It's fine if you don't want to tell—
Haruaki.
Do you want to know?
I will ask.
Do you want to know about me?
Where I came from, what I did, and what I am?
Do you want to know?
Allow me to answer.
Who... are you?
No need to be so formal.
I am a member of an organization called the Knights of Gathering.
My name is Peavy Barroy.
Also known as the Balancing Toy.
That one lay asleep for several hundred years, hidden in an old castle.
That's why she eluded our detection.
U-Uh...
I don't understand—
You don't?
Allow me to explain.
We, the Knights, and Yachi Honatsu, are opposed in a stance.
With my dad?
What do you mean by a stance?
We, the Knights, do not approve of the existence of cursed tools, or Waas.
We cannot allow Waas to exist in this world.
Therefore, I will destroy the first of them all,
Fear-in-Cube!
Marquis de Sade said so!
They use emotions as a means to justify their cruelty.
You had me going, too...
Going by the cruelty I'm about to give you!
Strange.
That's not what you should be.
I mean, you are a—
Stop!
Don't say it!
Stop?
Is it possible you haven't told them yet?
Allow me to do so, then.
You've murdered people.
Embarrassed them,
forced them to scream,
longed for their hate,
and simply killed them.
Tens, hundreds, even thousands.
You've killed both the innocent and the guilty.
Men,
women,
children,
the elderly,
commoners,
royalty,
slaves,
professors,
farmers,
priests,
prostitutes.
All of them!
Indiscriminately. Just like a god!
You brought death upon them all equally.
Stop...
I... I didn't...
I didn't do it because I wanted to.
I was used.
I didn't want to!
Ain't that a bitching excuse.
Makes me want to vomit.
Shut up.
Shut up!
Shut the hell up!
No dice.
Wouldn't it be better if I told them exactly what you are?
Stop!
Fear-in-Cube.
Created during the Inquisition,
you are but a mere tool used for torture and execution.
Shut up!
Fear!
Your words pissed me off, so I attacked you.
Don't think of it any other way.
Kids these days can get ticked off quite easily.
Would you look at that?
Looks like there's another useless, disgusting piece of trash here.
Fair enough.
You're quite calm.
Calm enough to not cry or scream unless something terrible happened.
It makes me want to embarrass you all the more.
What was the term?
Tsundere?
As if I'd know!
Yo... You fool!
This has nothing to do with you!
I know.
Just leave me alone.
The more I watch you, the more I'm reminded of myself.
It's weird!
Are you okay?
Yes.
I'm sorry.
Whoa there, young man.
Bad move.
I don't normally kill humans, but if you interfere, I won't hesitate.
I can't just sit and watch, though.
She came all this way for my help.
And besides, you've pissed me off a bit, too.
So I kinda feel like putting you in your place.
It's not really my style, though.
I knew it, Haruaki-kun.
Will you help?
You might not like it.
That is me, as well.
So I shall simply become myself.
Just stay as you are, Haruaki-kun.
Why won't you unsheathe the blade?
I don't like bloodshed.
Don't you worry.
It'll still hurt like hell.
I need to write a report after I destroy you.
So may I ask for your name?
Miss Cumbersome-Piece-of-Trash?
My name is Muramasa Konoha.
Do not call me by my last name, however.
Haruaki-kun!
I'll try it.
But that's...
Garbage and the boy protecting the garbage,
please break into little bits and pieces!
Infinite observations lead to a single result.
I use the power of the opponent's attack,
hitting the weakest point over her weapon, to destroy it.
Sword-kill Counter!
What did you just do to me?!
Bitching!
How bitching!
What is that...?
What do you mean?
I'm wearing steel, so every attack I make hurts me, too.
Wouldn't you say it's logical?
That's not a cursed tool?
Who the hell would ever touch such a dirty object?!
I love pain about as much as I hate Waas.
Konoha?
Konoha!
Are you okay?!
Get a hold of yourself!
It isn't your fault she's bleeding!
Blood...
I have to do it.
Yes.
I will do it.
What are you planning to do now?
I'll hear your screams of terror.
How exciting!
yawarakana tsukiakari ga terasu utakata no yukigane
The soft moonlight lights up the fleeting snow
kachikanda chiisana te wo awase sukitooru machi ni hohoemu
Holding my small, blistered hands together, I smile at the lucent town
sayagu toki wo subete tsutsumikonde tada somaru yoru ni tokihanate
It wraps around the rustling leaves of time, and releases it all into the dyed night
furisozoku shiroi hanabira kokoro wo sotto hodoiteku
The white blossoms showering down slowly undo the knots of my soul
te no hira de toketa setsuna wo miseru
I watch the moment as it melts in my palm
ao no nai sora no kanata ni yuku saki no hikari utsushite
At the far end of the blueless sky, they reflect the light of where we've yet to go
madoi mo tomoseba ii
Why not light up my doubts as well?
musunda hana yo
O knotted flower
ima ni todoke to
Please come back today
Chapter 2
"The Antimony of Their Temperatures"
Chapter Three.
"The Antimony of Their Temperatures."
Watch it or I'll curse you!
If you don't tune in next time, I'll curse you!
Artist Aboshi Mako