01x14 - Seal

[bunniefuu]

Did lips, painted with poison,
just come to my room?

It seems as if my mind and body
are melting with your kiss.

Hateful self, 19 years old
Hateful self, 19 years old

Your heart is so beautiful
it's almost nauseating.

Why would you kiss someone like me,
who can't do a thing?

Hmm?

Hateful days, 19 years old
Hateful face, 19 years old

L-L-L-Like a black swallowtail butterfly,

I want to fly on magnificent wings!

P-P-P-Please don't say it's ridiculous!

That kind of life is good...

It's good!
[L-L-L-Like a black
swallowtail butterfly...]

Wow! A department store of such
renown sure makes you nervous.

Wait, Yuko-san... Where are we going?

In a department store,

the foodstuffs are sold in the basement,
so we're going there.

That's right! To the basement floor!

What!?

People usually come to a department store
for kimono, jewelry, teapots and stuff...

Where did you get such information?

How ignorant!

We're going, Watanuki,

proceeding to the inevitable,
aiming for the limit!

Wonderful! Hotel-made gratin...

Sheets of Arashiyama tofu...

Gran Maison roast beef...

Ah, expensive!

But I can make gratin,
sheets of tofu, and roast beef.

You don't have to buy it here.

That is that, but this is this,
you know?

Right!

Once in a while, I yearn for a
different taste from your cooking.

What?

Am I not being oppressed?

Where would you be oppressed, I wonder...

I'm worked hard, always for free,
without thanks,

and in the end, I'm made light of.

Oh? Watanuki, you don't want to eat?

Huh?

I thought occasionally
I would give you something to eat

that you didn't prepare yourself.

Huh? Is that was this is?
I certainly...

I understand, Watanuki!
You were sulking, right?

Sulky, sulky!

The wife is jealous of the mistress?

This is the house of the mistress,
so to speak!

That is not it at all!

It's all right.

I give you many things, yes?

What do you mean?

I don't recall or have proof of
ever receiving anything.

I let you work, I let you clean,
I let you cook...

I know!

I'll let you make Chinese
with the high-class ingredients

from the department store today.

What is that!?

See, I've clearly given it to you.

"Giving" is different!

Is not.

Words, you see, are living things.

"Living things"?

Don't do that.

But, flounder is expensive...

If I were to mess up dinner...

But it looks so delicious.

Look! It even says it was flown in from
the Straits of Dover! Isn't that great!?

Let's have this.

This please!

Ah... Twins, right?

What should we buy next?

In case I mess it up,
we should buy some meat, too.

Something a lot cheaper.

Geez! Sis, you're always like that!

I don't know if you'd call it
prudence or what...

That's because I'm no good at cooking.

They certainly look alike!

Yuko-san, do you want
to eat fish, too?

Rather than Chinese?

That's no good... Being greedy
for what others have...

Who's being greedy?

But, you were just looking, weren't you?

I was just thinking those girls were going
to be having meat for dinner tonight.

What'll it be today?

Plain tomato chilled capellini?

Oh! Today, she's going out for shochu,
so I should clean the windows.

I get the feeling that
I'm brimming with joy

and willingness because she's
letting me do this.

She got me!

It's one of the twins
from the department store.

Has something happened?

I dropped my contact.

Around here?

Yes.

I'll help you look.

There's a better chance
with two instead of one.

--I'm sorry to bother you.
--Nah...

People help each other
in situations like this.

Thank you so much.

But...

I think we won't find it.

And so, because you didn't have time,
instead of plain tomato chilled capellini

we're having regular ol' soba.
[buckwheat noodles]

I'm sorry I didn't have time.

Well, soba with Japanese
liquor is quite tasty.

Soba... Tasty...

But, in the end, we couldn't
find it... The contact.

Of course not.

Well, it is small... And the time
being what it was...

It couldn't really be helped.

--That's not it.
--Huh!?

It's not that you couldn't find it.

It's that you weren't going to find it.

But that...

Before even searching, you'd been
bound from being able to find it.

Living things, you see,
can be bound by various things.

Laws of nature, the flow of time,

the vessel known as the body,
the ego known as the mind...

Those are common chains
binding all living things.

Chains...

Yes. Those are the things
people can do nothing about.

But, you know, there is one chain
that people can use.

Chains, huh?

Yeah.

Wait! Why did I end up in line
for a hamburger with you!?

What's more, it was my treat!?

You were the one going
on and on to yourself,

about chains and ties and whatever.

Cut it out!

People are going to hear and think
I have weird hobbies.

Weird hobbies aside,
you are a weird guy.

Leave me alone!

Fine, just hurry and tell me about it.

That an order!?

People worry about those
that talk to themselves.

Welcome!

So, are those contact
twins really human?

Huh?

Isn't there a possibility they're
not human, like Zashikiwarashi?

Yuko-san didn't mention
anything like that.

They're easily attracted to you,
right, spirits and stuff?

Zashikiwarashi might not
have been a problem,

but can you be so sure
about any others?

Be that as it may,
it's no concern of yours.

--Is.
--Well,

you have rescued me however
many times over and all...

That's not it. If something
were to happen to you...

I wouldn't be able to eat lunch.

You're expecting me to keep making it!?

Shall I put this away?

Ah! Yesterday's...

Hmm?

That was too bad about your contact...

Oh! You were the one helping my sister
look for it yesterday, yeah?

I'm the younger one.

I'm sorry I mixed you up!

See? It's the other twin.

Oh.

Even our parents mix us up.

We're really the only ones that can tell.

Is this your friend?

Yeah...

Hello.

I'm so sorry.

My sister tells me you kept searching
even though it was so hot.

Even so, she didn't even
ask your name or anything.

That's just like my sister though,
always absent-minded.

Oh, no, no worries.

That's right!

There are two of us,
my sister and myself...

How do you feel about becoming friends?

So she says... Because she said...

Usually there's some discretion
or consideration or something!

Listen to me!

Waiting long?

Oh no, we just got here ourselves.

Thank goodness.

H-Hello...

Shall we go, then?

That was too bad...

About your contact.

Yeah...

It's a bit of a walk, is that okay?

Sure.

But it's absolutely delicious!
Keep your hopes up.

I'm sorry.

I realized I hadn't asked about you
after I was already on my way home.

Oh no, don't worry about that.

I'm always like that.

Whether you'd call it a lack of tact
or absent-mindedness...

That's not...

Because of that I'm always
such a burden on my sister.

You sure seem to get along well.

We're two lone sisters.
We're always doing things together.

I'm an only child so
I wouldn't really know, but...

...isn't it a wonder?

Always having someone next to you
with a face like your own?

Yes.

That's right. I quite like
Japanese sweeets.

--Dango is delicious, too.
[[sweet] dumplings made of rice flour]
--That's right!

Our tastes are similar,
don't you think?

But my younger sister
and I are completely...

...different.

There it is again, that feeling...

Watanuki-kun, Doumeki-kun,
you both said sweets are okay, right?

--Yes.
--Yes.

Do you go out to eat?

Oh, you mean when you're out
shopping and stuff...

It varies.

Varies?

You mean, like, with your girlfriend?

Like, on a date?

Nah, I don't have a girl...

But it's wonderful... Right?

Hmm?

Of course.

Thank you so much!

Here, too. We got to talk
about so much. It was fun.

Ah...

Huh?

Doumeki-kun, about that movie
we were talking about in the cafe...

If you're free, would you
like to see it with me?

How about the four of us go?

I can pick up discount
tickets before work.

Sound good?

Well, actually, I'm not so
comfortable in movie theaters.

Not comfortable? Why?

Well... That's...

Doumeki-kun, couldn't you
invite a friend?

The more the merrier!

I get the feeling Doumeki
isn't going to go...

But I'm concerned about those two...

--I'll go.
--Really?

Sure. Once in a while should be okay.

Good to hear!

Sounds fun.

Hold on. I'll call now and get tickets.

You gotta strike while
the iron is hot, right?

Well, it'll be all right.

--Of course.
--Huh?

It's the same as always.

Umm...

Tea leading to a movie date...

It's not a date.

What? Tension's somewhat low, huh...

Those twins, they're human, right?

Did you see something not human?

No, not like that.

They're human.

Should I tell you to relax?

Nah. But...

The younger sister seems to really
have an interest in Doumeki.

I don't know if you'd say it's
a little difficult or what...

You're the third wheel, huh?

The third wheel... Third wheel...

And so you're sulking again?

I am not sulking!

Sulking... Sulking...

There's something that concerns me.

You mean, why doesn't she like you?

That is not it!

Don't be jealous.

I am not jealous.

Please listen to me!

Fine. I'll listen to you. However...

That's a "wave".

Wave?

A wave... The rise and fall
on water's surface.

The undulation and oscillation of
sound waves, electro-magnetic waves, etc...

A thing that rises and falls, undulates.

And one more...

A thing indisputable by
oneself is also called a wave.

Oh, you went to that shop!?

Isn't it delicious!?

Well done, Watanuk-kun.

I just happened to be in the area.

Yeah. I love that place!

Himawari-chan is too cute!

You okay?

Dizzy?

Should I take the printouts?

I'm better than the best,
positively fine!

Umm, if you'd like,
next time we could go...

Who did Himawari-chan have cake with?

Don't tell me...

Hmm... Several of the girls from our class.

Did I say that aloud?

Hmm? Aloud?

Ah, nevermind...

So, next time, shall we go toge...

Rather, a soba place would be better.

Did the teacher have something
for you to do, too, Doumeki-kun?

Yeah.

Why does Doumeki appear
at such crucial times?

After lessons today,
let's meet up in the classroom.

We'll leave from there.

Fine.

Going somewhere?

--No!
--A movie.

The two of you?

No, the four of us.

Oh?

I think they said they were
college students or something...

The one in front of
the Sakashita bus stop.

Ah, that woman's college?

Ah... It's no... Himawari-chan...

I hope it's an interesting movie!

Himawari-chan wasn't a bit worried...

No, Himawari-chan is a good girl!
She was just putting others before herself.

She was really wishing us to have a
good time from the bottom of her heart.

Still, that means it wasn't a problem
to her who I was meeting with...

No, that's... She wasn't worried about
Doumeki either, so there is that...

I'm such a small human being!

Aah... Of course you can see
them during the scary parts.

If not, I would go to
movie theaters a lot more.

That's why I've tried to avoid
them as much as possible.

But, this guy's here,
so that might not be the case.

I'm not feeling bad or anything...

Scared?

Why would I be!?

But I certainly am irritated!

I'm sorry.

Not at all.

It's scarier than I thought it would be.
You're a lifesaver for coming along.

Like I can relax.

Hmm?

I wonder if regular people can sense
Doumeki's ability to ward off spirits.

Are you okay?

It's scary, huh?

No.

I can't be depended upon, I guess...

Perhaps the older sister is
more interested in Doumeki...

But if that's the case, why hasn't
she tried to talk to him more?

Is she putting her sister's
wants in front of her own?

I want to hurry...

...and get out of here.

Light pink corrupted
midsummer's eve dreams

Yearning for the mayfly
that flies away

The dream bonfire burns out

The vestiges of life,
glistening in the waves

The face of someone
you're crazy about is swaying

As though walking on air,
as though in a blur,

dancing with you in a dream

Light pink corrupted
midsummer's eve dreams

Yearning for the mayfly
that flies away

Thinking of you, dreaming a dream,
in a dream, in a dream

Overflowing delight,
everlastingly, everlastingly

Light pink corrupted...

Seeking, setting free, giving up...

Floundering, broken, backtracking...

The heart is always
going around in circles.

I think it's good this way.

I hope this way is good.

Hold it! You can't do that!

Mokona!

Next time, Holic, "Release"