Niiya! The piano made a sound as if by magic!
So it possessed the piano after all!
I step on the cat, the cat,
and when I do it gets crushed and dies.
Niiya! The ghost is enraged!
Stand back, Okonogi!
Okay!
Onmyou-yeahsomething!
Begone, evil spirit!
Oh, no! He got me good!
Bang! I die.
You can come back now, Okonogi.
Y-You did it, Niiya.
And that takes care of the music room mystery.
Yep. Now it won't make ghostly sounds at night.
What? I can't play the piano anymore?
It was a nice way to kill some time.
Fine.
In return, you'll have to spend every night with me starting tomorrow.
Niiya, here.
Wipe off your sweat with this.
Thanks.
You're always so amazing, Niiya!
I respect you so much!
Um... Niiya.
What is it?
Well, um...
If you don't mind...
Could you teach me some ghostbusting techniques?
Private lessons.
There's so much more I want to know about you.
The ghost is still here!
watashi yo moete
Burn, I tell myself
watashi yo moete
Burn, I tell myself
moete
Burn
moete
Burn
dakishimete miru no wa tsumi janai deshou
It's not a sin to try and hug me, is it?
dakishimete miru no wa tsumi janai deshou
It's not a sin to try and hug me, is it?
hi de yami wo harae
Burn away the darkness
hi de yami wo harae
Burn away the darkness
choir jail
nageitemo yume wa utawanai
Crying won't move you closer to your dreams
nageitemo yume wa utawanai
Crying won't move you closer to your dreams
koko de sakenda yo
This is the spot where I screamed
koko de sakenda yo
This is the spot where I screamed
kotae wa dare ga motteru no
"Who has the answer?"
kotae wa dare ga motteru no
"Who has the answer?"
utsumuita mama ja kizukanai
I won't find out by being negative
utsumuita mama ja kizukanai
I won't find out by being negative
kimi no hitomi no naka mirai wo sagasu
I'll look for the future in your eyes
kimi no hitomi no naka mirai wo sagasu
I'll look for the future in your eyes
moshimo kiseki ga ima mo sasu nara
If this moment is in itself a miracle
moshimo kiseki ga ima mo sasu nara
If this moment is in itself a miracle
nijimu namida nugutte mae wo muite arukou
I have to wipe my tears away and keep moving on
nijimu namida nugutte mae wo muite arukou
I have to wipe my tears away and keep moving on
watashi wo akete
Open me up
watashi wo akete
Open me up
konna kurushisa de nanimo mienai
This pain inside me is blinding me
konna kurushisa de nanimo mienai
This pain inside me is blinding me
watashi yo moete
Burn, I tell myself
watashi yo moete
Burn, I tell myself
moete kanata e
Burn and fly away
moete kanata e
Burn and fly away
jounetsu wa tsumi janai deshou
Passion isn't a sin, is it?
jounetsu wa tsumi janai deshou
Passion isn't a sin, is it?
hi de yami wo harae
Burn away the darkness
hi de yami wo harae
Burn away the darkness
choir jail
Oblivion Maiden
Mystery 7
Seikyou Academy
We never change.
We only repeat.
Another iteration has occurred.
What are you?
You know, don't you?
Why don't you learn some more?!
She really is...
Good morning, Teiichi.
Good morning, Yuuko...
A track suit?
Yep!
You have PE first period, right?
I do, but...
Why is she here with us?
Pass to me, Teiichi!
Okay!
Oh crap!
Why did I pass to her?
I did it!
I scored!
What's wrong with him?
I guess his body couldn't take it.
You know, considering the epic throw.
It's so cramped here.
It is, isn't it?
This part is wrong, Teiichi.
Thanks.
Isn't my memory great?
More like you've listened to this stuff a hundred times.
You can't remember your past, right?
I don't mind.
I live in the present.
But you aren't alive. You're a ghost.
Don't you remember anything?
About your past, I mean.
Nothing at all!
We should get on with our investigations.
This bit is wrong, Teiichi.
You're right.
This'll be on the test, Teiichi!
Thanks.
Yuuko.
Yes, Teiichi?
Um... if you get too close...
Do I smell of sweat?
No, no.
Then what is it?
It just occurred to me that we've been together all the time lately.
You don't like it?
I do, but...
Do we need a reason to be together?
I wasn't saying that...
Hmm... Let's see...
I like you. That's why.
Is that good enough?
What is this?
Something feels wrong.
Lunchtime!
All right!
Let's go to the roof!
W-Wait, Yuuko!
I'll feed you bits of your lunch, just the two of us!
Niiya.
Would you like to have lunch with me?
Er... Okay.
Is something wrong?
Well... Um...
I'm just a little tense.
That's only natural, I guess.
It's the first time we've had lunch together.
I'm... kind of happy...
I guess?
R-Really?
Huh?
You finished your lunch already?
I was kind of hungry today.
Here.
N-No toppings.
It's broth-flavored.
D-Don't hold back.
Say, "ah"!
I'm sorry.
I'm so clumsy.
I'll be back after washing the chopsticks.
Yuuko...
I'm sorry.
Something feels wrong, after all.
I'm not sure how to describe it.
She's not her normal self, yet too much like herself at the same time.
Well, whatever.
I also have something I want to talk to you about.
I had forgotten just how terrifying ghost stories can be.
When I learned of the legend of the Red Woman
and saw human madness, rage, and hatred,
fear took me and I saw the shadow again.
Shadow Yuuko.
Shadow Yuuko?
Her form is almost like envy, hatred, wrath and grief itself.
Envy...
Hatred...
Wrath...
And grief...
All those things are unrelated to the carefree Yuuko we know, whose head is like an eternal bed of flowers.
Aren't you going a bit far?
Are you saying I'm wrong?
You could at least call —her innocent or cheerfu—
Niiya!
Haven't you realized?
Kanoe Yuuko never gets angry.
It's really unnatural.
Have you ever seen her get really angry with or hate someone?
She doesn't really get angry. It's more like she pouts a lot.
She just did so today, when Okonogi shared her lunch with me.
I'd venture to say that was jealousy.
She doesn't actually feel anger or hatred towards Okonogi.
She's had outbursts towards me too,
but it's only when I'm getting along with you.
Th-Though, it's not like we actually get along anyway!
Which is it?
When Yuuko gets emotional,
it's because of you.
At other times, she's emotionless.
Like she's just not interested.
You should at least have an inkling of that.
Yuuko feels no hate, rage, or grief, to the point that it's unnatural.
She's like a clown.
Well, since she's already dead, maybe earthly emotions just aren't a part of her.
Where you're concerned, though, her emotions go haywire.
That's...
Teiichi—
Ugly, isn't it?
Remember me.
What will come out of pretending not to see me?
I've been thinking.
I've been thinking about what the connection between the shadow and Yuuko might be.
We don't know for sure if this is connected to Yuuko, though.
The incident with the Red Woman during the festival.
Yuuko! You know her, right?
I said I don't know anything!
I'll
Go back to the old building
Just leave this world already!
Go die
Don't come to school!
Do you remember what Kirishima Yuuko was like there?
ki
ll
th
em
I'll
kill
them
Kirishima?
Kirishima projected all her negative emotions onto Yuuko.
What do you say to the idea that Yuuko does the same and pushes everything to another aspect of herself?
Another aspect of Yuuko?
It's nothing but a hypothesis.
Have you ever heard of dissociative identity disorder?
Yes.
A single individual possesses several personalities.
Individuals afflicted with dissociative identity disorder
split their personality when it experiences stress to protect themselves from it.
So she... Are you serious?
She forces a different personality to bear all the things she hates in order to protect herself.
If Yuuko really did sever her missing memories and feelings of her own will,
then there is no way to retrieve her memories as it all stands.
You had a feeling it would be like that, right?
I...
The memories... of my past.
I don't want to be forgotten.
If Yuuko really did sever her memories and her feelings...
No, I don't want to remember.
Have you really forgotten?
If her severed memories and emotions manifested ...themselves as a separate entity with a will of its own...
No...
Stop.
How long will you pretend not to see me?
...then the shadow... is an aspect of Yuuko.
It's her own shadow!
Stop it!
Yuuko!
Finally, you've found me.
Now you get it, right?
Yes.
I, too, am Yuuko.
I'm your past.
Your heart.
Your shadow.
No...
I am you.
No.
I'm not...
Not ugly like me?
No, you are not.
Not tarnished like me?
No, you are not.
You're very beautiful.
What are you...?
We, who are equally broken,
will continue to warp everything around us until we bring our wishes to fruition.
Yuuko!
Wait, Yuuko!
Yuuko.
No.
That wasn't me.
But Kirie said you pushed —the memories of your past—
No.
No! No!
Yuuko...
The courtyard with ..the Rock of Curses...
Yuuko?
I think presumptions are like this rock.
Because of them, you see things like that shadow, things that never existed.
That thing isn't me.
Isn't this rock a bit strange?
It was dark the last time so I couldn't really tell,
but the names here are carved in an orderly fashion.
Only half is legible now, since other names have been carved on top.
Don't you think that's strange?
Something's written there.
1953.
A plague spread.
Students died...
Is this a memorial stone?!
There was an epidemic sixty years ago.
They're using something meant to ..console the dead to curse others...
Kanoe...
Yuuko?!
Does this mean your death is connected to the plague?
So I died from the plague?
No, your body is under the old building.
It wouldn't have ended up there if you had died from the plague.
Then...
"I buried you, Yuuko."
"I buried you beneath a pillar."
It's part of "hide the demon".
I thought it meant the demon buries you when he finds you,
but maybe it's the other way round.
A stone that tells of an epidemic sixty years ago.
Rock of Curses
The Red Woman, looking for sacrifices.
A game where girls are spirited away.
And a corpse hidden in the basement.
The ghost stories of this school are all related to you in some twisted way.
In order to calm the accursed plague sixty years ago, you were sacrificed alive.
That must be it.
I was sacrificed alive.
Yuuko...
Well...
I think one thing is different, though.
I have no lingering regrets and feel no malice.
So...
I'm sure I volunteered to be the sacrifice!
I'm sure I did!
I guess so.
That would be more like you, wouldn't it?
This is your past.
That was kind of a disappointing revelation in the end.
So much for that!
Are you just going to forget?
You pushed all your regrets, all your malice, and all your hatred away to stay beautiful yourself.
Yes.
You are beautiful only because you forced it all on me.
I am the ugly memories and feelings that you couldn't bear yourself!
What exactly do you want me to do, then?!
Maybe I was a coward, but it's not like I can do anything about that now.
Remember.
Otherwise, you will repeat what you did.
I can't remember.
I don't want to remember.
Will you push it all onto me again?
Will you forget it all again?
No.
No! No!
You've fallen in love for the first time.
In doing so, you've once again given birth to a feeling that's ugly to behold.
Jealousy.
Will you take all your jealousy and make me bear it?
No... I'd never...
I don't mind.
I'll accept it.
Along with the memories!
Niiya!
Are you okay?
Kirie!
Good morning, Teiichi!
Good morning.
Is something wrong, Yuuko?
No, nothing's wrong.
Well, next period is Modern Japanese.
I think I'm going to fall asleep.
I'm
scared
I'm scared.
I'm going back to the classroom, Yuuko.
I'm scared.
I'm
scared
I'm
scared
I'm
scared
I'm
scared
I'm
scared
When you look at me...
I'm
scared
I'm
scared
I'm
scared
I'm
scared
Your eyes reflect me like mirrors.
Who...?
Who
Who...?
Who
Who are you?
Who
I don't want to remember my feelings.
I'm
scared
I'm
scared
I'm
scared
I don't want to remember my past.
What's the matter, Yuuko?
hitorikiri no sabishisa
The sadness of being alone
hitotoki no hohoemi
A fleeting smile
anata ga kureru mono wa
Everything that you've given me
minna itoshii
Is beloved to me
sugu soko ni ite mo
However close it may be
furerarenai mono
It's something I cannot touch
kokoro wa tsuki no you ni
Like the moon in the night sky
katachi wo kaeteku yo
The shape of my heart continues to change
kanawanai yakusoku mo
There are promises that cannot be kept
kawakanai namida mo
There are tears that will never dry
anata ga kureta mono wa
Everything that you gave me
dakishimete odoru
I'll embrace them as I dance
Yuuko!
Oh, hey.
Can you really see me?
Do you know who I am?
What are you talking about, Yuuko?!
It's me!
Have we met before?
Yuuko...
I'm sorry.
I think I might have forgotten you.
It's raining.
Who are you?
Who... are you?
The rain washes away recollections,
and oblivion seeps into the soul.
Drowning in peace,
her love remains unfulfilled.
Mystery 8 Recollection Maiden
Mystery 8: Recollection Maiden.