01x07 - Episode 7

[bunniefuu]

[Takao] We had

no other choice but to do this.

No other choice,

but to do this.

THE DAY BEFORE THE YAGIBUSHI FESTIVAL

[insect chirping]

[sighs]

Think... Think...

Think of something...

THINGS WE COULD DO BY TOMORROW

Think of something
that will make Nakamura laugh again...

TOMORROW! WHAT COULD WE DO?

WHAT'S A TRUE PERVERT?
WHAT WILL MAKE NAKAMURA HAPPY?

[doorbell rings]

[panting]

Nakamura!

Nanako

turned herself in to the police.

What?

[Ai] It's your fault.

Taking her gym clothes,

vandalizing the classroom,
stealing underwear... it was all you!

- No...
- What's that?

I know everything!
About your fort on the riverbank and all!

[breath trembling]

I'm gonna tell everybody!

- You deserve to go to hell!
- [grunts]

Well, well.

Hello there, Takao.

Just who we wanted to see.

[Kobayashi] That fire on the riverbank...

You were there, weren't you?

[Takao] Yes.

- What about it?
- Why were you there?

Do you know anything?

[Takao] No.

I happened to see it
on my way back from the bookstore.

Then...

Do you know anything about this notebook?

No, I don't.

[Kobayashi] I see.

The thing is...

Your name and Sawa Nakamura's name
appear in this notebook.

You say that...

But do you even have proof
that I wrote it?

- Come on, Takao.
- I said I don't know anything!

What's with you?

Sorry about that.

If you remember anything,
let us know anytime.

[exhales]

All right, thank you. We'll be going now.

[breath trembling]

[♪ Tense music playing]

[breathing shakily]

[breathing heavily]

[♪ Music stops]

[♪ Opening theme music playing]

THE FLOWERS OF EVIL

Apparently, it was all Nakamura's plan.

[laughs] Right, that makes sense.

EPISODE 7

Kasuga was working
under Nakamura's direction. [Chuckles]

- It's only a rumor, though.
- Sure.

I wonder if she has something on him?

So, Nakamura was behind those thefts?

And, she even forced him
to put the gym clothes on.

- No, seriously?
- Really?

Nakamura's got a weird fetish!

Some people say Nakamura was the arsonist.

Yeah, Nanako wouldn't do that.

- I know, right? She's deranged!
- I can't even.

- [girl 2] Yeah, it's disgusting.
- [girl 1] Why would she do that?

- [girl 2] I can't even imagine why.
- [girl 1] She gives me the creeps!

PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE

[principal] Let me get straight
to the point.

The gym clothes,

the classroom,

and, well... the girls' underwear...

Did you do all of that?

Why would you do something like that?

Why?

That's...

I can't articulate why.

Takao,

you need to explain yourself
and exactly what you did.

sh*t bug.

What?

This town,

myself,

we're all sh*t bugs. That's why.

'Cause we're all empty pieces of sh*t.

Still,

I wanted to do something about it.

I wanted to find something precious
I could call my own.

So, I had no other choice but to do this.

Well, he's only a child, after all.

[Shimoyama] It was Nakamura, wasn't it?

Nakamura made you do it, didn't she?

What?

Why do you jump to conclusions like that?

That's what Nakamura can't stand!

Why don't you get it?

Takao! I'm sorry, sir.

[knocking at door]

Come in.

It's Nakamura.

Why don't we ask her directly?

[Kazuyuki] I'm sorry.

She resisted and got out of control...

I couldn't get Sawa to come.

[Kazuyuki sighs]

I knew she'd cause trouble someday.

She's very difficult...

Just like her mother.

[chuckles nervously]

[♪ Somber music playing]

[Tetsuo] Takao,

we're going to move
during this summer break.

What?

Why?

In a town like this,

rumors go around fast.

The Nakamuras are moving, too.

We can't live in this town anymore.

I don't want to move.

I still have something
I have to do in this town.

[Tetsuo] It's already been decided.

That'll be what's best for you, too.

Why...

Why do you only care
about what people think?

You're the one who made me read
The Flowers of Evil.

You taught me about the real things
dumb people don't understand!

Hey, Dad.

Why did you marry mom?

Did you settle for her?

Then you're the sh*t bug, Dad!

[Shizue] That is enough!

Imagine how we're feeling for a change!

What in the world...

What are you trying to do?!

[crying] Help me, please...

[Tetsuo] Think about what you've done.

You're grounded as of today.

[indistinct conversation]

[sighs]

DIE - A CRIMINAL LIVES HERE
PERVERTED b*tch - ARSONIST

GET OUT, MONSTER
CURSE YOU

[indistinct voices chattering]

[Takao] What did I...

What did I do all that for?

Saeki...

- Nakamura...
- [screaming]

Myself...

I couldn't give life to any of us.

I...

couldn't live in this town.

What

should I have done?

[crying]

[metal clattering]

[Takao] Nakamura...

Nakamura!

[glass shatters]

[panting]

[gasps]

Hey, you two stop right there!

- [Tetsuo groans]
- [Shizue exclaims]

- Are you all right?
- [groans, pants]

Nakamura... [panting]

Nakamura!

[insects trilling]

Get off.

[door creaking]

Take your clothes off, Kasuga.

What?

Why?

[baseball bat clangs]

Hurry up.

[breath trembling]

Everything.

[Takao] What?

[heavy breathing]

You're still hiding your true self.

I said I'd peel back all your layers,
remember?

[groaning]

Stand up straight.

[shallow breathing]

Take off all your layers.

We're running out of time.

Come on, Kasuga!

[groaning]

I told you to stand straight.

[whimpering]

Sorry...

I'm sorry...

Why are you apologizing?

Nakamura,

the other side is...

It's inside of you.

I want to save you.

I'll do anything to save you!

[grunts]

Don't be ridiculous!

[breath trembling]

[Sawa] It was always...

Always...

Screaming.

Inside me...

The perverted thing down there...

It had been screaming
in words I couldn't understand.

[baseball bat clattering]

That voice

echoed back from you, Kasuga.

And I could finally hear it.

"Get me out of here."

[crying] "How can I get out?"

"Where's the other side?"

But, I finally realized.

[♪ Somber music playing]

There is no "other side."

There's no "this side," either.
No sh*t bugs, no perverts.

There's

nothing left...

Because, no matter where I go,

I can't get away from myself.

[sobbing]

This is my last order to you.

Use this bat

and smash my brains out.

Beat them into mush,
so there's nothing left.

That'll be the end of our contract.

[♪ Music fades]

[breath trembling]

[whimpering]

[screams]

[baseball bat clatters]

[crying]

- [sniffles]
- Tomorrow...

Why don't we throw it all away?

Let's throw away our lives from here on...

All of it.

Are you coming with me?

Yeah.

[sniffles]

What was she like at home?

[Kobayashi] What was Nanako like, usually?

Right.

Nanako is a very good girl.

She's always dedicated herself
to anything she did.

She'd tell me everything.

Do you really think so, though?

Perhaps you were only playing
the model student mom wanted you to be.

You were holding yourself in, right?

No, I wasn't.

That boy, Kasuga...

You know...

I met him.

What does he mean to you?

Nothing, really...

He's just a classmate.

Nothing noteworthy

a plain, straight-laced...

It's beautiful.

So slimy and messy...

Like sh*t-filled sewer waste.
It's beautiful.

You're right. It is.

GAUZE MASKS

[Kazuyuki] My sincerest apologies!

My daughter did the unthinkable!

Please stop.
It's really not that big of a deal.

I'm...

I'm a failure of a mother.

It's my fault that Takao is...

[sobs]

[sniffles]

We need to find those two
or who knows what they'll do...

THE ANNUAL HIKARI CITY YAGIBUSHI FESTIVAL
LIVE BROADCASTING

[reporter] Hello, ladies and gentlemen!

We're coming to you live from
the Yagibushi Festival once again!

[all laughing]

There are so many people here already,
and the place is filled with excitement.

[indistinct chatter]

[♪ Suspenseful music playing]

The summer festival?

What?

It was marked in the calendar
in Sawa's room.

FESTIVAL

She's never cared
about the festival before...

Ma'am!

[indistinct chatter]

[men singing]

HIKARI YAGIBUSHI

[food sizzling]

KEROSENE

[g*n fires]

[Yamada] No way! That should've gone down!

- That's not right.
- [Kojima] It's karma.

- [Ai] Yamada...
- [Yamada] Huh?

Have you seen Kasuga?

What? He's here?

No clue.

[woman screaming]

[indistinct chatter]

Excuse me! Sorry!

[man 1] Run, get away! Hurry!

- [man 2] It's not safe! Please get back!
- [man 3] Get away from the bandstand!

[reporter] We have an emergency!

Suspicious individuals with knives
are on the festival platform!

It appears nobody has been injured.
I repeat!

Suspicious individuals with knives
are on the festival platform!

People are panic-stricken!

The two have taken their masks off!

It's a boy and a girl!

[both] To the sh*t bugs!

To all the sh*t bugs of this town!

TO BE CONTINUED

[♪ closing theme music playing]

ON THE NEXT EPISODE

[narrator] Kasuga and Nakamura
take their biggest stage

as sh*t bugs surround them.

Next, on episode eight,

will the young two be able
to reach the other side?