03x12 - Wish Upon Your Bow

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Okay!

Let's set off!

The night of the second day
of Harvest Festival.

After obtaining the Seed of Beginning,

Iruma searches for an underground cave
to rendezvous with Lead.

I'm so glad Thoth told us how to get out.

His trial took up quite a bit of time too.

Chapter One.

"Heart-racing Traffic Accident of Love!"

Oh, no! I'm late!

I want to become stronger.

And I will protect your liveliness,

and also, even this planet too!

Let's get out quickly
and meet up with Lead again.

How do I tell him about Nafra?

I mean… He is my rival, right?

But he did help out with getting the Seed.

So we will divide the points by three?

Or…

Or I could split half-half with Lead,

then share my half with Nafra?

Let's put it off
until we meet up with him.

And so, it was put on hold.

The Abnormal Class students
have been forced to take on training.

If everyone didn't manage
to get to Dalet Rank before year two,

they will have to leave
their King's Classroom,

Royal One, that they fought so hard for.

And so, Iruma and the g*ng
take on the Rank Advancement Tests.

The first of which
is the Harvest Festival.

-"Desires in the Bow!"
-"Desires in the Bow!"

Come to think of it,

I totally don't notice
Nafra's smell anymore.

Maybe I got used to it?

Maybe I just adapted myself
to my surroundings.

The Harvest Festival
sure reminds me of the past.

Back then…

Though I was alive, my life was hellish.

Ever since I came to the Netherworld,

it has been one strange
and unfamiliar thing after another.

There were a lot of bad situations.

At first, everyone was scary.

So back then,
I really thought I would get eaten.

I thought of the teachers
and students as devils.

But in the end,
they were actually really nice people.

Oh, no.

They are all nice demons.

I managed to make friends,

slept soundly,

ate to my fill,

and enjoyed my school life.

I might be human,

but I'm doing my best
in this Netherworld, on my own will.

That is why…

I feel so excited by all this,

and my heart can't stop racing!

Let's go!

What?

I'm okay.

That is why…

I…

In this Netherworld, I will…

Iruma!

Found you!

What?

Been well?

Both Papa and Mama are doing super well!

Wait. Why? Actually, how?

"How?" you ask?

We walked.

No!

I mean, this is the--

It's the Netherworld.

It's actually possible if it's these two!

To come here!

-Iruma!
-Iruma!

-Hey! Devil-may-care!
-Hey! Devil-may-care!

-Devil-may-care! Hey!
-Devil-may-care! Hey!

Papa and Mama lost all our money again!

So we are in the middle of raising funds!

Sounds fun, doesn't it? Right, Iruma?

"Right?" you ask?

That is not it.

I need to say it now!

"Damn you!" for selling me.
I need to scold them!

Next, how about we try
to earn money in the desert?

I'm sick of the north pole anyway.

That sounds good!

We can look
for rich fortunes in the pyramids!

-We will get rich quickly!
-They are not listening at all!

Scorpions are edible, right?

-It's these two, after all.
-Maybe we can make money by selling those!

-Sounds good!
-If so, it will be the same as always.

Well, that is how it is, so…

Let's go home, Iruma.

That is kind of…

What's up? Usually, you will be…

Okay!

And you will come along.

Iruma is a good boy
who listens to us, right?

That is right.

Both Mama and Papa
love that kind of Iruma.

Exactly.

Come with us, Iruma.

It will be so much fun!

Yes, it will! Come with us, Iruma!

Okay?

Come on.

Okay, Iruma?

Pretty please?

He fell off, huh?

That ability to spawn illusions
of the target's trauma,

as expected, Oroba!

A splendid way to turn things around!

I, Ocho, am so impressed!

It was a coincidence he fell.

I cast a particularly strong illusion.

Even if he's unhurt,

Iruma will be suffering under the effects
of his trauma for the whole festival.

As expected of Orobas!

What's up with this one?

It stinks! What the hell?

It stinks!

Wait, Orobas! Deal with this one too!

My main targets
are just the Abnormal Class.

I don't care about the others.

Exactly like you say, Orobas!

Let's go.

Okay!



This place is…

I think I met Mama and Papa.

I fell…

My leg…

It's injured.

What to do?

I need to get back up quickly.

Azu? Clara?

What? Why?

Don't tell me, you two fell too--

Stay away, human.

What?

Your magic spells and power are all lies.

You're a phony.

That is…

Liar. I hate you.

Don't ever approach us again.

Traitor.

Wait…

Wait. You're wrong.

You're wrong!

How are we wrong?

Ameri…

To think you lied all along.

I have misjudged you.

It's only natural.

It's impossible for humans
and demons to coexist.

You don't belong in the Netherworld.

Iruma!

Lord Iruma.

Grandpa! Mr. Opera!

It's okay. Don't worry.

Come here.

Grandpa… I…

I will…

make sure to return you
to your parents once they come.

-Iruma!
-Iruma!

-Iruma!
-Iruma!

Come, time for you to go home quickly…

to where you belong, Lord Iruma.

Iruma.

Come, Iruma. Come home with us.

There is no way.

There is no way…

they would ever say things like that.

Those were just illusions.

It must be.

It definitely is…

an illusion!

I know that, but…

my body won't move.

It's not because my leg hurts.

I always…

get by, even when alone.

It's normal for me to be left behind.

And I never really had a hard time.

Falling into despair is useless.

It won't fill my stomach, after all.

So it's not a good thing.

But now,

I made so many precious friends.

I found a warm,
wonderful place where I belong.

But, just maybe,

if everyone leaves me behind,

I will be alone again.

All this while…

All this while, there is something
I have always stopped myself from saying.

I don't want to say it.

I shouldn't say it.

But…

But…

I'm so lonely.

Please, no.

Don't leave me.

But still…

You're a total frigging idiot, huh?

Have you forgotten what I taught you?

Master?

Have you forgotten what I taught you?

That is right.

That is exactly right.

"Never back down."

I am…

an archer!

This fear…

I will sh**t through it!

EXTREMELY SWEET

Lame!

It went "splash" like water! It splashed!

I think I shot it
like how you taught me, though.

Yeah, you aren't wrong.

Firstly, root your feet.

Secondly, take your stance.

Thirdly, release!

-That's it!
-That's it!

But you know,

you aren't conveying
your orders to this bad boy.

Magic spells are all about
visualizing "Do this!" and stuff.

Your desires should infuse the feathers
and give birth to your bow, but…

That is the hero I want to be!

What you wished for back then,
was it to "sh**t the enemy"?

No.

That bow has thinned out a lot
since the last time I saw it, huh?

What you need is to heighten your focus,

visualize your ideal bow,
your partner, and tell it to sh**t.

So then, what kind of situation
will force you to heighten your focus?

When it's quiet?

It's the opposite.

When it's crazy dangerous!

A life-and-death situation.

That is how you get your focus
sharpened like crazy!

That is why…

Make yourself "misunderstand."

That this here is no can,
but actually a lion-shaped Magic Beast.

It isn't for real

but think of it like
you will die if you get touched.

Die?

Your arena is the forest!

And go!

Never back down!

Have you forgotten what I taught you?

Focus!

You think you can take down this guy
with that kind of shot?

Convey it more! Visualize you piercing it!

Yes, ma'am!

Don't get careless! You just died!

This is so hard!

My head is all messed up!

Remember my survival days!

I must not take my eyes off the enemy.

Root my feet.

Take my stance.

sh**t!

Imagine it simply and realistically!

The sound of your arrow hitting meat.

The beast's howl, the smell!

-And convey your desire!
-Convey your desire!

Pierce it!

EXTREMELY SWEET

Looks like you did it.

Nice. That was a good one.

Now then,

we can start the next one.

What?

Another 99 times.

Do your imagining in hellish battles.

Ninety-nine times?

You think you can partner up
with your bow by just conveying it once?

A total of 100 times!

You giving up?

No.

I have been dragged into hellish battles
by my parents way more times than that!

No, wait. That is your parents
being plain weird.

What?

Go through it…

Together with this bow and arrow,

imagine the hellish battles.

Hey!

I told you never back down, didn't I?

One hundred hits…

No, even more than that.

Aim properly.

Aim properly.

Aim properly!

More…

Focus, no matter the situation!

Yes, ma'am!

Come on!

More…

How many did we do?

I don't know.

Usually, they would just
get sick of it early

and give up already… or something.

If you still can't win
after doing all this stuff with me,

you will be my gofer forever, got it?

What? Wait!

I'm expecting great things, yeah?

Idiot disciple.

Listen up, Iruma.

Taking a stance with your bow,

also meant you're steeling your heart.

-I'm not afraid of my parents.
-Iruma…

I'm not afraid of this monster!

What I'm afraid of is…

What I'm so afraid of,
that my body is buckling, is…

Being…

Being separated from everyone!

Remember… Master's words!

Visualize sweeping away my fears!

Convey my desire into my bow!

You're a liar!

Why are you still here?

Go home.

I will protect the place where I belong!

Pierce through it, Iruma Suzuki!

I will live on in this Netherworld.

The bow's recoil…

No, wait.

It's just all the tension that is lifted.

Was that beast the monster I saw just now?

I see.

So it was an illusion.

I saw my parents up there too. I see.

Okay.

The Harvest Festival is still ongoing.

I need to go back

to where everyone is.

So, actually,

this is a chance to prove that humans
can stand side-by-side with demons too.

Since I'm here,
I should act more like a demon.

Exactly because I'm human,

in this festival
where the strongest demon is decided,

I'm definitely going to win!

I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO WIN

INTERVAL

Just as Iruma got used to Nafra's scent…

We are getting to the surface soon!

That was close!

Thank you!

Slowly…

Slowly.

Yeah, Nafra too!

We got through that!

Let's go!

Iruma started to sort of
understand what he was saying.

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

He pierced through his nightmare!

Hurray, hurray!

The Seed of Beginning!

Meet up with everyone! Be careful!

Aim for victory! Harvest Festival!

It's not over yet!

The real fight begins now!

You fell once!

So! Climb back up again!

Next time on
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun,

"My Own Magic Spell."

Do your best, do your best!

Fight! Fight!