Alright, let's take a little break.
Okay.
Are you Maya-chan, by any chance?
It is you!
Don't you recognize me?
I'm Ami's dad!
Kuroki's father?
Then, I peeled the boards off the ceiling like this in one go!
And guess what happened?
Hundreds of talismans were pasted underneath the boards!
Umm...
Sir?
I have to go back now.
I have a lot of work piled up.
Really? I was just getting to the good part.
The identity of the bright red face that was peeking into the room.
Don't you want to hear about it?
Please excuse me.
H-Hey, Maya-chan!
That was relaxing!
Oh, Ami.
I got some watermelon.
No way!
Summer is all about eating watermelon on the porch.
Hey, about Maya-chan...
Is she doing okay?
Yeah.
So that's what happened?
It felt like something was off.
She's probably eating alone right now, huh?
Alright!
I've made up my mind!
INCOMING VOICE CALL
Hello?
Tomorrow?
Please excuse us!
Oh, welcome!
Incredible!
Daddy made them.
They taste better than they look!
C'mon, let's chow down!
Your dad works even on Sundays?
Sorry about the noise outside.
Don't worry about it.
Things haven't changed much, have they?
How nostalgic...
Oh yeah!
What was Maya-san like back in elementary school?
Why bring that up all of a sudden?
When you visit an old friend's house after such a long time,
you have to talk about the olden days!
I have something good for you.
You'll know exactly the kind of girl she was just from reading this essay.
S-Stop that!
Catch!
Goal!
Hey, Ami!
Now's the chance, Kozue!
"My Dream of the Future"
Kumashiro Maya, 3rd Grade, Section 2.
"It is my dream to go to a country called England and catch Nessie the Loch Ness monster"?!
It's too awesome, right?
Maya loved the occult when she was young!
Because I didn't know any better.
A little kid lacking sense and judgment has to grow up sometime.
Really?
This anthology from 5th grade is amazing too.
"I'm going to get aliens to take me to Zeta Reticuli"?!
Stop reading that!
Hey Kozue, in this one, Maya...
They sure are having fun.
I'm going to do my best, too!
It's amazing how you can eat that much.
Rather, why does a restaurant like this even have pudding?
You always get the same thing too.
Because I like this dish.
And I like pudding!
Hi!
Welcome, Sensei!
Go Yuri!
You two...
Here's the usual.
On the house!
Thanks, as always.
No problem!
Want it?
Yahoo!
You're insatiable.
You two are really close.
You even hang out together on holidays.
We have the same part-time job.
Thanks for the food!
Coming up is a mystery circle that was discovered in the Matsushiro district of Nagano.
A mystery circle appears!!
Is it a message from aliens?!
That's disgusting, you ass!
Stop! Oh please stop!
Mystery circle?
There have been no signs of unusual activity since last night.
This could only mean that someone made it
sometime between last night and early this morning.
The prefecture police are investigating the possibility of this being a malicious prank.
Check it out! It's a real-life mystery circle!
Why are you taking this so seriously?
Even the news report said it's a prank.
Sorry.
I just remembered something.
Maya...
Maya-san?
I have to go.
Let's do this again sometime.
You're leaving already?
Yes.
Thanks for the hospitality.
Hello?
Yeah, I saw it.
What do you think?
Do you have to ask? Of course something's up.
Bye.
We'll talk about the rest at the site.
Get in, Maya-chan!
Sir?!
We're all going to go see the mystery circle!
Stop dilly-dallying.
You gonna get in or not?
What's wrong, Maya?
What?
A mystery circle is utterly occult.
Never mind that. Is it really okay for us to be riding in the back of a truck?
This isn't the time for that!
The mystery circle awaits us.
In that case,
full speed ahead, Daddy!
You got it! Leave it to me!
There's a ton of people!
How does it look?
Still not the one.
It's too early to give up.
The UFO or alien that made that could be the Key.
Oh, good point.
The circle was made between last night and early this morning.
If the UFO appears again, it will probably be around that time.
Let's stake it out, starting tonight.
What?
Well, I just thought that you're unexpectedly cooperative today.
No... Not really...
Did something happen?
It's nothing.
Why are you guys loitering here?
That teacher asked us to show him the way here.
Well, anyhow...
I have a job for you two.
I'll contact you later, so just kill some time around here until then.
Oh come on, I'm tired...
Quit yer bellyaching!
Get going!
Yes 'sir!
See you tonight.
Can we meet here?
Yeah.
The time...
How about ten o'clock?
We're going home for dinner now, right?
After that we'll have watermelon!
And light fireworks!
You two...
Aren't...
We're coming too, of course!
It's no fair if only you two get to have all the fun.
A guardian will accompany you.
I guess we don't have a choice.
Let's eat!
Eat up!
I love meat.
Hot!
Why am I here too?
Tamaya!
Kagiya!
Daddy, stop messing around!
Everyone fell asleep.
So? I'll wake 'em up when it's time.
Yeah.
Still,
I can't believe Maya reacted to the mystery circle like that.
It just means that even after all that's happened, Maya-chan's still the little girl we knew.
Yeah.
Hey, daddy...
Thanks.
For being so kind to Maya.
Stop it.
Can this still take good pictures even when it's so dark?
Have a some faith in the future's technology!
So much for future technology.
Right.
It's supposed to have a light for times like this...
Err... which button was it...
See?
It lit up.
It appeared!
Idiot!
You take pictures of it too!
O-Oh yeah.
It vanished.
Look over there!
It got that far in an instant!
Hurry!
We're gonna lose sight of it!
Shit.
You're useless.
What are you gonna do with pictures of the sky?
It's impossible with all this shaking!
You see?
Sir, could you slow down a bit?
Daddy, turn right!
Got it!
Floor it! Floor it!
There's no way any other cars are out this late anyway.
Got it!
A-A-Ami-san has
turned into a completely different person!
Go! Go!
No! Stop!
It's alright! Dad is the best driver in Japan.
Floor it, daddy!
Go! Go!
Turn left there!
Got it!
It's headed towards the academy.
Could it really be Nostradamus' Key this time?
Where are we?
What? It's just a cow?
You scare too easily.
I'm from the city!
What is it this time?
What the-
Is it dead?
This is...
What?
It looks like all the blood's been drained from it.
Then could it be...
Cattle mutilation.
Is this the work of an alien, too?
It appeared!
Look!
Something came out!
A grey?!
Take a picture!
Hold on a sec!
That's different from the aliens I've seen!
Whatever, just hurry!
Well?
I forgot to think about destoying it.
What's wrong with you?
This guy is...
JK?!
Th-They found out.
Wait.
Shit.
Quit it!
Paper... mache...?
It's not that one...
What the hell is he doing?
Those clumsy...
Daddy?
Kuroki's dad asked you to do this?
The mystery circle too?
Well...
Yes.
Then it was all a prank.
What?
You tricked us, dad?
Sorry.
I didn't have any ill intentions.
Then why'd you do it?
You know, I...
just wanted to see Maya-chan's smiling face.
Just like old times.
And then what happened?!
And then...
From behind the telephone pole, an old woman appeared, wearing only sandals...
Like this!
I heard that you hate the occult now.
I understand that your father died suddenly,
and that your new job as principal is tough.
But I thought that there's no way Maya-chan would change so easily.
I'm sure she's just forcing herself.
Daddy... Even so-
Do you really think it's ok to do something like this?
As an adult, aren't you ashamed of yourself?
We're serious about this!
W-We don't have time for such childish-
Don't just trample my dad's feelings!
If you hate it that much...
go ahead and hate it for the rest of your life!
Ami!
The occult!
And your father!
Ami!
What?!
Apologize to Maya-chan.
H-Hey! Wait for me!
Ami-san!
I'm sorry.
You thought it was the Key, right?
Yeah, I kind of did.
Me too.
I thought we might be able to change the future.
But...
For someone like me...
Why do I have to do the preview?
Because it's your turn.
Do it yourself. You're the main character, right?
Stop whining and do-
No way.
I'll never forgive anyone who insults daddy.
Now, now you two. Let's eat this and make up, shall we?
What are you eating?
This stuff? It's-
Kozue!
Next time on Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin...
The subtitle is broken!