Kasuga-kun, you're slowing down.
I'm getting a little tired.
Hey,
what do you think is on the other side?
Huh?
I've always thought...
maybe there's nothing on the other side.
Maybe that's where the world ends, and everything beyond
is just an inky black mess that goes on forever and ever...
So murky, you could die in it.
I think I understand what you mean.
There's nothing in this town...
Nothing, nowhere, no one...
Just rusted metal, pachinko parlors, and weeds.
If I stay here, there's no hope for me.
I must escape...
Escape somewhere far away.
I've always wanted to go on a journey.
Huh? Journey?
What are you talking about?
I'm not interested in that, you scrap of shit!
Huh?
You just keep pedaling.
On and on,
forever...
Nanako, you aren't hungry?
Hmm?
Not really.
Oh, right!
Sorry to interrupt dinner,
but may I make a phone call?
Y-Yeah...
Hello, Nakamura residence.
Ah, hello.
I'm in Sawa-san's class.
My name is Saeki.
Um, is Sawa-san home?
Oh, I'm sorry...
She isn't home yet.
Where could she have wandered off to...
Saeki-san, was it?
Are you a friend of Sawa's?
So she was able to make a friend.
Um, sorry to bother you!
I understand! Thank you!
Eh, okay...
What's wrong? Are you okay?
I need to go to the stationery store.
I ran out of notebooks.
I'll be right back.
Flowers of Evil
Episode 10 of 13
We're barely moving, Kasuga-kun.
Because...!
Pathetic...
You really are useless scrap.
Hey!
I've been doing all the pedaling!
It's starting to rain...
Over there...
Let's take cover over there!
The town looks so small from here.
I wonder if Dad has found out by now.
Help me to understand what's going through your mind!
I'll be waiting...
I'll be waiting!
Got any money on you, Kasuga-kun?
No.
You're so worthless.
But it isn't my fault...
I made a break for it!
What?
It's nothing.
I'm already bored.
Let's go back.
Huh?
No way!
Just kidding.
I'm itching to see what's on the other side.
Once the rain stops, let's get going.
Nope, no idea.
Why are you out so late?
Um, excuse me!
Sorry, we're closed for the day.
Have you seen a middle school boy around?
Huh?
I mean...
Have you seen a boy and girl?
Yeah, they passed by an hour ago, on a bike.
No one ever goes through here on a bicycle, so I remember them.
Really?
Which way?
Which way did they go?!
That way, but that road leads over the mountain.
I wonder why.
Hmm?
Among those lights are other people
who will live their lives as usual tomorrow.
So why are we out here?
That's obvious.
Because we're sickos.
Oh...
Then I guess I don't mind being a sicko.
For some reason, I feel really good right now.
Kasuga-kun...
It's not fair...
Running away...
It's not fair!
Thank you, Nakamura-san...
For bringing me out here.
The rain isn't letting up.
Oh, well.
Let's get some sleep.
Come on, Kasuga-kun...
We have a long way to go.
Yeah.
It's like that's
the sound of those shit-faces in town drowning in the sea.
Nakamura-san...
Saeki-san...
Kasuga-kun,
I'm sorry.
I pushed too hard, didn't I?
I'm sorry...
I'm sorry.
Saeki-san...
Why?
This book...
I'm sorry it got wet.
I've read it so many times.
But it's still too hard for me to understand.
I don't understand why you like this book...
Tell me...
What do you like about this book?
What's going on...
What's going on in your heart?
Please tell me...
Don't run away.
We're supposed to be going out.
So why do you turn to Nakamura-san?
The other side.
I'm going to the other side.
Kasuga-kun's tagging along.
The other side?
What other side?
Kasuga-kun...
It isn't...
It isn't like that.
I...
Are you in love with Nakamura-san?
Eh?
I-I'm not!
Do you really want to know what's going on inside Kasuga-kun?
Then I'll tell you.
Nakamura-san?
Ever since he stole your gym uniform,
I've been watching him.
Know what he was wearing under his clothes when he asked you o—
Nakamura-san...
Take them off!
Take off your clothes!
Stop it!
When Kasuga-kun went on that stupid date with you and asked you to go steady,
he was rock-hard, wearing that damn gym uniform of yours
that he had sniffed and rubbed all over himself!
See it? Look...
All this time, Kasuga-kun's worn your uniform in his heart.
It's on his real self, under all those layers he hides beneath.
Look at him all exposed...
This is why he's a real pervert.
No matter what he's done...
If Kasuga-kun did it because he cared about me,
it makes me happy.
I don't think he's a pervert.
But...
Tell me these things!
I would accept you!
If there are things only she knows about you,
tell me everything!
Let's go back together...
Saeki-san,
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry...
Forget it, Kasuga-kun.
This is no fun.
Nakamura-san...
Spend the rest of your life rotting in this town like the shit-face you are.
Kasuga-kun?
N-Nakamura-san!
Kasuga-kun!
What?
Nakamura-san...
Why?
Why are you chasing after Nakamura-san?
Why?!
Am I...
Am I not good enough?
You really do care more about Nakamura-san...
N-No...
My body just moved on its own.
It isn't what you think...
Stupid.
This is so stupid.
What's...
What's so stupid?
You have...
You have no idea what I've been going through, Nakamura-san!
Don't laugh...
Don't laugh at me!
I was really happy...
Kasuga-kun
transformed me from a pebble into a jewel.
Saeki-san...
But now...
Why...
Why am I...
Kasuga-kun...
Kasuga-kun!
Make up your mind.
Are you coming?
Or are you going back?
Stop tearing my soul apart.
I am...
I am an empty person.
I read Flowers of Evil.
Shibusawa Tatsuhiko,
Breton,
Hagiwara Sakutarou,
and Bataille...
I read them all.
But what does it matter?
I thought I was different.
I thought I was different from all those other losers.
But was I?
I don't actually understand Baudelaire or Flowers of Evil.
I was just impressed with myself for reading it...
I was trying not to see
who I really was.
Didn't want to think I wasn't special.
I am
an empty person.
Saeki-san...
I've had a crush on you for such a long time.
I thought of you as my muse, my angel.
I wanted you to stay an angel...
I didn't want to know your human side.
I'm scared!
I can't be normal...
I can't have a normal relationship!
But I'm not worthy of being called a pervert!
I can't be the person Nakamura-san wants me to be, either...
I can't expose myself.
There's nothing for me to expose...
I'm a shit-face!
I'm the biggest shit-face in the world!
I can't choose...
I can't do it!
I don't have the right to choose!
Fine.
I've had enough.
Are you Saeki Nanako-san?
Your parents requested a search for you.
We found her.
Yes, she's fine.
All three of you, get in the car.
You can tell us everything at the station.
Hey, wait!
Stop!
Hey!
Let me go!
Let me go, shit-face!
There's nowhere for me to go.
Don't just stand there! Say something!
Shut your damned mouth.
Thank you for everything.
Liar.
Let's break up.
I trusted you...
Nakamura-san!
Why don't I rotoscope you, too?! Oshimi Shuuzou