Okay, let's take a break.
Right.
Is that you, Maya-chan?
I knew it!
Do you remember me?
It's me, Ami's dad!
Kuroki's father?
And so, I knocked out the boards on the roof!
And then what?
There were hundreds of talismans stuck to the bottom of the roof!
Um, sir.
I'm going home.
I have a lot of work to do.
Why?
I'm almost at the good part.
The secret of the red face peeking into the room...
You don't want to hear it?
Good afternoon.
Hey, Maya-chan.
That was a great bath.
Hey, Ami.
I've got watermelon here.
Awesome!
Man, the best part of summer is eating watermelon on the porch.
Hey, about Maya-chan...
Is she doing all right?
Yeah.
I see.
Yeah, I thought something was up.
She's probably eating alone right now.
Okay, then!
Kuroki Ami
Hello?
Tomorrow?
Excuse us.
Welcome!
Wow!
My dad made them himself.
They might not look it, but they're delicious.
Eat up.
Your dad's working on a Sunday?
Sorry for the noise.
No, it's okay.
You haven't changed a bit.
Reminds me of childhood.
Hey, I know!
What was Maya like in elementary school?
What's this about?
When you go to a friend's house
for the first time in years, you have to talk about old times!
I've got something interesting here.
Read it, and you'll learn what kind of kid she was.
No!
Got it!
Wait, Ami!
Now, Kozue!
"What I want to be when I grow up."
Kumashiro Maya, Class 3-1.
When I grow up, I want to go to Loch Ness,
in England, and catch the Loch Ness monster!
Great, huh?
When she was a kid, she loved the occult!
I was just ignorant.
Even a kid who doesn't know any better eventually grows up.
I dunno.
You should see what she wrote when she was in fifth grade...
I'm going to have aliens take me to Zeta Reticuli?
Don't read anymore!
They're having a lot of fun.
I have to keep working hard, too.
I'm amazed you can eat so much.
Why does a place like this have pudding anyway?
And you always get the same thing.
I like this.
And I like pudding!
Hey!
Welcome, sensei.
Hey?
Y-You guys...
Here's your usual.
And a bonus.
Thanks so much.
Not at all.
You want it?
Yahoo!
You're still going at it.
You guys are close.
You're together on your day off.
We have a part-time job together.
Let's eat.
Next up is a mystery circle found in Matsushiro Nagano.
That's filthy!
Stop it!
Mystery circle?
As of last night, nothing unusual was seen,
which means that some party must have
created it between sundown and early morning today.
Prefectural police are investigating it as some kind of foul trick.
Look! It's a real mystery circle!
Why are you taking it seriously?
Even the news says it's fake.
Sorry. I've gotta go.
Maya.
Maya-san?
I'm heading out.
I'll come by again sometime.
You're leaving already?
Yes. Goodbye.
Hello?
Yeah, I saw it.
What do you think?
It's gotta be something!
Bye.
I'll see you there.
Get in, Maya-chan.
Sir!
We're all going to see the mystery circle.
Hurry up.
You getting in or not?
What's wrong, Maya?
What do you mean?
This mystery circle thing is totally occult stuff.
Is it okay for us to be riding in the bed of a pickup truck?
Now's not the time for that.
A mystery circle awaits us!
All right then! Floor it, Daddy!
I'm on it!
Look at the crowd!
Well?
No good.
It's too early to give up.
The UFO or alien that made it might be the Key.
You're right.
The circle appeared between last night and this morning.
If a UFO's going to appear, that's when it would.
Let's stake it out, starting tonight.
What?
No... I was thinking you're really helpful today.
No, that's not true...
Is something wrong?
It's nothing.
What are you doing around here?
That teacher asked us to show him the way.
All right.
There's still something I want you to do.
Hang around until I call you.
I'm tired.
No whining!
Get going!
Okay!
Then tonight... We can meet here, huh?
Yeah. As for the time...
How about 10:00?
You're going to dinner now, right?
Then you can eat watermelon!
And then fireworks!
You guys aren't gonna...
Of course, we're coming with you.
You can't really think we'd let you keep something this fun to yourself.
You need a parental guardian.
I guess we have no choice.
Let's eat!
Eat up!
I love meat.
Why am I here?
Tamaya!
Kaguya!
Aw, Dad, stop screwing around.
They all fell asleep.
I'll wake 'em up when it's time.
I didn't think Maya'd be that interested in the mystery circle.
It means she's still Maya-chan, even after all that's happened.
Hey, Dad.
Thanks.
For doing all this for Maya.
Aw, stop it.
Can it still take photos when it's this dark?
It's future technology. Believe in it.
Some future technology.
Oh, right.
It's got a light for times like this.
Um, which button was it?
See?
It's light!
A-A UFO!
You idiot!
You take a photo, too!
R-Right!
It's gone.
Over there!
How'd it get so far away?
Hurry!
We'll lose it!
Damn it.
You suck.
Why are you taking a picture of the sky?
When it shakes this much, I can't do it right!
See?
Slow down a bit.
Dad, right!
It's the middle of the night!
There aren't gonna be any other cars out here!
Right!
A-Ami-san's turned into an Ami-san that I don't know...
Go! Go!
Stop it!
It's fine.
My dad's the best driver in the country.
Floor it, Daddy!
Right.
No!
Go! Go!
Left there.
Right!
It's flying toward the academy.
Maybe this time, it's really Nostradamus's Key.
Father Pastures
Where are we?
What? It's just a cow.
You get too scared.
I'm from the city!
What is it this time?
What?
Is it dead?
This is...
What?
All the blood's been drained from its body.
Is that...
Cattle mutilation.
Is this an alien's doing, too?
The UFO!
Look! Something's coming out.
A grey...
A photo!
Wait a second!
That's no alien I've ever seen.
Just do it!
What's wrong?
I forgot to think about destroying it.
What are you doing?
This is...
JK?
Th-They found us out.
Wait a second...
Oh, crap!
Stop it!
A balloon...
That's not it.
What is he doing?
That screw-up.
Dad...
Kuroki's dad put you up to this?
And the mystery circle, too?
Yeah... He did.
Then it was all fake...
What is this?
Dad, were you tricking us?
Sorry. I didn't mean anything by it.
Then why do it?
I just wanted to see Maya-chan smiling and having fun.
Like she used to.
And then what happened?
And then...
An old lady, wearing nothing but snowshoes, came out from behind the telephone pole.
Like this!
I heard you hate the occult now.
Since your father died so suddenly,
and you started a new job as principal,
it's hard.
But the Maya-chan I knew couldn't change that easily.
I'm sure she's forcing herself.
But even so...
Do you think it's okay to do something like this?
As an adult, aren't you embarrassed?
We're serious about this!
We... We don't have time to be wasting on tricks-
Don't be mean to my father like that!
If you hate them, then spend the rest of your life hating them!
Ami.
The occult! My dad!
Ami!
What?
Apologize to Maya-chan.
Wait!
Wait, Ami-san!
I'm sorry.
You thought it was the Key.
A bit, yeah.
So did I.
I thought maybe we could change the future.
But...
All of it was just for me.
Why do I have to do the preview?
It's your turn.
You do it. You're the star, right?
No whining. Do it.
No.
I won't let anyone say mean things about my dad.
Calm down, you two. Have some of this.
What are you eating, Kozue?
Oh this? It's a-
Kozue!
Next time on Occult Academy:
Mamma AMI~ya!
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