01x11 - Confession

[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...]

How's that, Doumeki!? You jerk!
How's that, you cold-eyed...

Always so squinty-eyed...

Delicious.

Too delicious.

Ah, it's so hot!

Howdy!

We've been expecting you.

--...you.
--...you.

Ohagi!
[Japanese-style sweet]

Hooray for ohagi!
Hooray for ohagi! Yay!

Isn't there something you're
supposed to say before that!?

Nice Obon gift, Watanuki!
[Buddhist festival]

One isn't woken up
at five in the morning

by a demand for
an ordinary Obon gift.

What's ordinary?
If no one had bothered you,

then the "not ordinary"
wouldn't be a problem.

Then, are you saying
you didn't bother me!?

Oh no, Watanuki's angry...

--Angry...
--Watanuki's angry...

Scary!

Take a look at this!

It's the first time I've made them,
so I'm not sure how they'll taste.

--Mmm... Delicious!
--Mmm... Delicious!

"Good Flavor"
--Mmm... Delicious!
--Mmm... Delicious!

--Mmm... Delicious!
--Mmm... Delicious!

That's my Watanuki...
You're good, you lady-k*ller.

I don't think my looks have
anything to do with it, though.

Here, green tea.
I've made it bitterer.

Hmm... But, you know, I was given
some potato shochu as an Obon gift.

You're gonna drink after all!?

Anko... Yummy, yummy!
[sweet red bean paste]

Eastern Japan is tsubuan
[chunky anko],

Western is koshian
[smooth, pureed anko], you know.

Either way is delicious.

In Spring, it's botamochi,
in Autumn, it's ohagi...

Even the name changes
for the seasons.

--Botamochi?
--Ohagi?

Well, recently they seem to be
calling it ohagi year-round.

Why do we eat ohagi during Obon
or the week of the equinox?

From long ago, they've believed
that the red color of the azuki

acts as a charm against disaster.

From then on, it's been tied to the
memorial services for our ancestors.

Hmm... So that's it...

--Wata, thanks a bunch!
--Huh?

Hey, wait! You ate it all already!?

We set yours aside for you, there.

--Huh?
--One for you...

Ah, that's okay.
I snacked while I was making them.

Oh? Then how about you share it
with the one you'd want to eat it?

It is the time for gift-giving.

The one I'd want to eat it?

That's it! It could be the perfect
excuse for me to go see Himawari-chan!

Giving a gift... Giving a gift...
Giving a gift to Himawari-chan!

I'm going!

So he says, but it won't go well.
So's life.

"Kunogi"

"Kunogi"
Hmm... That's strange.

"Kunogi"
Is Himawari-chan taking
a nap or something?

"Kunogi"
Or maybe she's in the bath...

Or maybe she's in the bath...

Probably the shower, huh...
It is hot today.

Ah! Maybe she's enthusiastically
putting together a jigsaw puzzle

and can't break away from it...

There's no way she'd be with
that Doumeki jerk, right?

Himawari-chan!

What's that?

Mi-chan, Ma-kun, come over this way!

I imagine...

Wow! What a delicious-looking ohagi!

You made this, Watanuki-kun?

You're so good!

May I eat it?

Of course, go ahead! Please!

Good.

Oh? Really?

Yeah.

The ohagi I put my love
and affection into!

It's been snatched away by Doumeki!

Spit it out! Spit it out now!

I don't know what you did,
but you were reported.

Jerk! Being completely childish
is only to heal my grief!

You're so over the top.

Shut it!

I can believe that
the red color of the azuki

works as a charm against disaster.

That's why I wanted Himawari-chan
to eat the last one!

Hey, you listening!?

--Kunogi won't be coming home
from Karuizawa until the 20th.
--Huh?

--This came this morning.
--Huh?

A postcard?

"Greetings in this
lingering summer heat."

It's Himawari-chan's handwriting!

You not get one at your place?

I did! Of course I did!

Oh.

I didn't... Why did only Doumeki
get a postcard from Himawari-chan!?

Year-round, getting letters
and stuff from girls...

Why!? Why does this
rude guy have one!?

A firefly?

When did she...

--What was that?
--Beats me.

Hmm? Hmm?

Oh! Ah...

Geez! A Doumeki fan...

Though I don't know what's so great
about this cold and callous jerk.

--Umm...
--Huh!?

--I'm leaving, so you can sit next to him.
--Huh?

Uh, umm...

Ah, it's okay, don't worry about it.

Then, the third wheel
will be going. See you.

Hmm?

P-Please wait. Ah! I'm sorry!

But I... Umm...

Huh? But I was thinking it'd be
better if I weren't around...

No, that's... That's not...
Umm... Well...

Ah... Need some grease to
get the wheel rolling, huh?

You might be right about that.

--Come... over... here!
--Umm...

Ah, sorry. He's not
really such a bad guy.

He's just a little unsociable,
insensible, impudent,

selfish, and unusually cold-hearted,
with a bad look to him.

It's all right!
Just pretend I'm not here.

Excuse me...

You were in the middle of talking
and everything, and I just butted in...

Aah... Come on and
say something to her.

You have absolutely
no common courtesy.

I was in such a hurry to give a gift
to the one so important to me...

--Gift?
--Hmm?

Yes, a gift. I forgot
to bring it with me.

But, there is one.

Right here.

Wow! What an incredibly
delicious-looking ohagi!

Doumeki!? Hey! Doumeki!?

What happened to him?

Huh? Ah...
Uh, u-umm... This...

I-I just... wanted to give... a gift...

Hold on!

She flew...

Girls don't usually fly, right?

That means she...

...isn't human.

That made a great sound.

My, my... She did a job,
taking his soul like that.

His soul? You mean...

If we leave him like this, he'll...

...stay like this.

Uh... Was this 'cuz I was there?

That girl...

Could be. She isn't something
one would so easily meet.

So, you're saying all this
really is my fault, huh?

What should I do to
return him to normal?

I could tell you, but it'll cost ya.

I'll add it on to your work-time.

It's... It's huge!

How wonderful, Mokona! Too cool!

Watanuki, get on this
bird and go after her.

Huh!? On this?

Quit your bitchin' and get on!

Geez! Yuko-san usually has
no common sense, but this!?

This takes the cake!

--Watanuki!
--Huh?

If you don't recover what that
girl stole from Doumeki-kun

before the day is over,

he'll continue to sleep forever.

Let's go.

I'll look after Doumeki-kun.

Mokona, take care of Watanuki.

Roger. You got it.

Wow! This is high!

We're really flying!

It's like I'm in a Hollywood movie!

Wata, don't lose focus!

We're supposed to be
looking for that girl!

I know.

Higher!

But I said we were high already!

The higher, the better for searching.

This is too high!

--Woo!
--You're certainly having a good time.

Still, you say we're supposed
to be searching for her,

but where could she be?

There! Mokona, that's her!

--Hmm?
--Over there, in the moon!

--Go after her!
--Hold on tight.

You! Please wait!

Ah... Please don't be afraid.
Umm... I'm not some suspicious...

You have no power of persuasion.

You guys are one of
the main causes of that!

She's getting away!

That's why you should
hurry up and go after her!

I said wait!

We're surrounded!

What are these guys!?

You! You made her cry!

--You made her cry!
--Made her cry!

--You're a bad guy!
--Bad guy!

--Bad guys...
--...must be punished!

Shiiing!

--Hey!
--Keep still!

--Accept your...
--...punishment!

Getting hit with something
like that would hurt, you fool!

What do you mean,
"something like that!?"

Reflection would be enough!

Did we shake 'em?

Ah! They're coming again!
Coming again!

Leave it to me!

Accept your punishment! Ya!

Dammit!

Awesome, Mokona! You're not bad.

Ohoho... Keep up the praises.

What'd you let go of the reins for,
you black dumpling!?

Now!

I can't get them back!

Accept your punishment!

Crap!

Wata!

--Are you all right?
--Yeah.

--What'd you save him for!?
--He's a bad guy!

--He made you cry!
--That's right!

Why!?

He's not a bad guy!

Hold it right there!

Look here!

--Umm...
--Y-Yes?

Thank you for that just now.

I'm sorry. I... I just wanted
to give this ohagi...

I know. But if giving it means
taking that person's soul,

it will defeat the purpose.

Huh?

"Huh?" Well, I mean, even if
you wanted to give it to Doumeki,

you shouldn't make him faint.

Ah... No. The one I
wanted to give this to...

...is you.

Huh?

Huh!?

An Obon present...

Huh?

It's not "huh," Watanuki Kimihiro!

Huh!?

Geez! I knew you'd get it wrong.

Ah! Amewarashi!

--Dunce!
--Huh?

What is so good about him?

--Huh? What?
--You got it all wrong!

Wrong?

An Obon gift is something you give

to those people you're
normally indebted to.

It's a custom of the human
world for demanding gratitude.

Giving a present to the person
you like is a different thing.

H-Huh!?

Oh, no!

Whether you'd call it
thoughtlessness, or...

I suppose you're both the same.

Huh? What? What was that?

I'm sorry for misunderstanding...

If you're an acquaintance of
Amewarashi's, then you are...

Zashikiwarashi!
[a protective household sprite]

Huh!? Zashikiwarashi!?

It's quite rare for her to come
to a place so full of humans.

She's weak against ill will
and maliciousness.

That's why she's always taking
refuge in the mountain recesses

where spirit energy is strong.

Along with the Karasutengu...

Oh? So those guys are karasutengu?
[crow-billed goblins]

--Yes.
--Hold it right there! You!

Ah... Mokona! You can leave them be!

Roger!

Well, I have business to attend to...
Shall we be going home?

Huh? Ah... Yeah.

Come on, staying here
too long is bad for you.

See you, Watanuki Kimihiro.

Yeah.

Welcome back. How'd it go?

--Bye-bye!
--Well, these air biker g*ng-looking
karasutengu showed up

riding snowboards and pulling strange
fan-blades out of their backs.

Even Amewarashi showed up.

And then she gave me this.

Aah! How pure!

So she wanted you, her beloved
Watanuki, to eat the ohagi!

--Yeah...
--You lady-k*ller!

Getting an ohagi from the
adorable Zashikiwarashi-chan...

Way to go!

Naw... Shucks. Heh heh... You got me.

You handsome man!

But isn't this the ohagi
I originally made!?

That's right.
That ohagi was made by you,

who holds the power to see spirits.

Then it had been taken in by Doumeki,
who can exorcise those spirits.

With Zashikiwarashi's
affection confined within,

it is now one special Obon gift.

Huh? That seems like quite a hassle.

All right, let's hurry up
and return it to Doumeki.

That's right! In the end,
I don't get to eat this after all.

Place it above his stomach.

But she gave it to me...

Hi!

Uh, hi.

Not quite a "thanks for
saving me" reaction.

My head hurts.

--You've got a lump!
--Huh?

You know, just now, Watanuki was
given an ohagi from a cute girl!

Ohagi?

And you went and ate it!

I don't get it.

--You want the details?
--Yeah.

--The truth is...
--Ah...

--And then so and so...
--Oh?

--And then such and such...
--Hmm...

--And it was all...
--Wow.

"Greetings in this
lingering summer heat.

It seems the hot days
are going to continue.

Let's both take care not to
suffer from the summer's heat.

Keep at it with your
part-time job! Kunogi."

It came from Himawari-chan!

But...

Why was it addressed
to both me and Yuko-san!?

I'm out of ice and water...

I'll do my best.

This feeling is welling up
for the first time.

The transparent ring connects,
yes, our eyes meet, baby, it's you.

Unto the coloring of the sky,
reincarnation is beginning.

The lamp of my heart is lit,
the door of insight is opening.

More than glossing things over,
I'd rather have your real intentions.

Reserve is the password,
someday we'll solve it.

This feeling is welling up
for the first time.

Pulling my arm, facing each other,
don't be afraid, call a name...

Even I will certainly be reborn.

Falling, crying, feeling,
everything for a reason.

I have a premonition.

Fun... Excitement...

There's an indication.

A chill... Ominous...

The scent of light blazing down.

The memory of a trembling scene.

A hot, blue summer visit.

Next time, Holic, "Summer Shade."

It'd be nice to have your
wish granted, huh?