ano toki umareta no
あのとき生まれたの
I'll softly give you my thoughts
watashi no omoi sotto ageru
私の想いそっとあげる
That were born at that moment
shinjite ite
信じていて
Please believe in them
deatta hi kara
出逢った日から
Since the day when we met
hajimete no kimochi megutteru
初めての気持ち巡ってる
For the first time, I have these feelings, and they go around
honto no egao hoshii nante
ホントの笑顔ほしいなんて
I want your true smile
anata ga oshiete kureta sorao
あなたが教えてくれた空を
I embrace the sky
dakishimete yume o miru
抱きしめて夢をみる
That you told me about and dream
tooi keredo・・・
遠いけれど・・・
It's faraway, but...
atatakai hikari no kakera
あたたかい光のかけら
The fragments of warm light
kizutsuita hane ni inochi o kureta no
傷ついた羽根に命をくれたの
Gave life to my wounded wings
fureta toki umareta
触れたとき生まれた
Born at the moment when we touched
tsuyoi watashi no soba ni
強い私のそばに
Next to me, who is strong
mamoraretai watashi ga nemutte ita no
守られたいわたしが眠っていたの
The me who wants to be protected was asleep
sou unmei kaerareru ne
そう運命変えられるね
That's right, destiny can be changed
futari no koi mezamesasete・・・
ふたりの恋目覚めさせて・・・
Let our love awaken...
Houzuki-sempai.
Yes?
Did you get any mail or anything from Shinkurou?
Why?
Hello?
Okay, I got it.
I'll buy it on my way home.
Yeah, bye.
Who was it?
My dad.
Really?
What is it?
Nothing.
Does Shinkurou even know where the Inner Sanctuary is?
Twelfth Episode 「I Am」
This is good...
We have to cross that mountain to get to the Inner Sanctuary.
No, I won't be going over there.
Lin, Benika has probably left the premises already.
Why do you think so?
These footprints head towards the outside,
and they're the same as the trespasser's.
She probably just took her subordinate outside.
No way.
This is an expensive car too!
Don't touch it with your filthy hands.
Who are you?
You... Are you Benika's subordinate?
I just hate women who don't realize that they've been dumped.
You're... Murasaki's father?
I'm the head of this household.
I came to see Murasaki.
You mean to take her away, don't you?
If she wishes to go outside, then I will take her.
What she wishes for is not of importance,
she cannot leave this hou-
I know!
That's why I came.
Free her!
I have no intention of talking to a man like you.
Leave.
If you resist, then you will die here.
I won't die.
You will.
If we had ever felt like it, you see.
You're all abnormal!
So what?
Do you think we've been doing this and not ever had anyone criticize us before?
Don't you question it?
There's no point in taking away everything these women have and then thinking you have to protect them!
We are the Kuhouins.
Don't force the general society's views upon us.
No matter the household or place,
you shouldn't be taking away everything from someone!
What a child.
Just what is Benika thinking, taking this child with her?
Even if I'm a child, I'm more correct than you are!
You only think that because you don't understand anything nor can you do anything about it.
No.
You believe what you're thinking now is correct.
You believe that there is nothing other than what you're angry at, but that's all a misunderstanding.
That's not it!
I can see it.
I can see that what awaits you is the same fate as the person who said the same things you are.
People can live where there is no light.
But you have neither the courage nor the mind to abandon it yourself.
Murasaki abandoned the light.
She abandoned it for our sake.
You cannot understand her determination for the Kuhouin will,
nor can you even understand her thoughts.
Souju-san also did that, and she died for it, didn't she?
She was a weak willed woman.
She was strong!
That's why she was killed by you!
Killed?
You say I killed her?
Murasaki said she didn't want to become like her mother!
She...
She said she didn't want to become like Souju?
Did she really say that?
That's right.
Stay away!
Shinkurou!
Yes!
You bastards!
Let's go!
Hey!
Someone! Is no one there?!
So you could still move.
You know, there's something I want to try.
What is it?
A technique.
I've already seen it.
I haven't used it yet.
Really?
Come on up.
I'll show it to you.
How hopeless.
This choice of yours is foolish.
Even if it's reckless, I believe it's correct.
Acting half-heartedly strong will be your undoing.
Shinkurou!
That's...!
These aren't just moves that Benika-san taught me.
What nonsense.
It's the Houzuki-ryuu!
I wasn't just observing Kurenai Shinkurou!
Murasaki!
That person is my brother, Shinkurou.
So?
So...!
It's okay now!
You don't have to force yourself to say things to save me anymore!
Do you really want to stay here?
Don't you want to go outside?
I...
You trash! Don't deceive Murasaki!
No! I'm asking her what she wants to do!
I will respect her choice.
Shinkurou...
If you want to leave this place,
I will protect you.
I promised you, after all.
Murasaki!
I...
I want to leave the Inner Sanctuary!
I can't believe cars could move so well in the garden.
What a stench.
Benika!
As usual, such a scary face.
Do you know why I'm in a bad mood?
Because it's forbidden to park in the Inner Sanctuary?
Come here, Murasaki.
Nothing good will come from following that woman.
How rude.
We'll be taking her with us.
I want her to live freely outside.
Could you shut up for a bit?
This is a family problem.
I don't know where or what you've heard,
but in worlds that you don't know of, imprisonment is also a form of preservation.
Even though so many women have gone through terrible experiences?
That's right.
It means that one cannot have everything go their way.
Hey, let's have her decide.
Women of the Inner Sanctuary do not have that liberty!
Then, no!
I will leave the Inner Sanctuary.
Murasaki!
I cannot see any happiness here,
and I hate not being able to go outside!
What would you do after going outside?
I want to fall in love.
Just like how mother fell in love with you,
I want to fall in love and be with that person!
Who taught her all this?
You can live as a woman born to the Kuhouins!
Then what about mother?
What about Souju?
You are my child. A Kuhouin child!
My mother, Souju, loved you and that's why she gave birth to me.
What selfish words.
Please forget about the Inner Sanctuary.
Please.
What do you think will happen, then?
I do not wish to stay in a place that ignores someone when they speak of their sadness.
You're forsaking the Kuhouins?
No, I will not desert the Kuhouins.
I want to leave the Inner Sanctuary.
Then...
I'm not forcing myself to say this.
This is what it means to fight, right?
If I follow you now, then I will be running away.
What do you mean?
I've seen many Kuhouins smile.
I have no intention of denying that.
But if they are crooked smiles,
I will not accept them.
The Inner Sanctuary continues to exist because we Kuhouins do.
It is our family's custom!
My mother did not give birth to me simply because she was a Kuhouin woman!
Are you saying that Souju was not happy in the Inner Sanctuary?
She simply forgot that she was a woman of the Inner Sanctuary and lusted for things.
She was often sad because she had these desires.
So are you saying that it is okay to have nothing?
That is the duty of a woman of the Inner Sanctuary.
That includes you, Murasaki.
I do not want to be in a place that crushes my will.
I want to choose my partner with my own eyes.
And in order to do that, I must learn many things and to train my eyes.
Renjou-sama!
Accept Murasaki!
Shut up, you brat.
Let me go!
Someone!
Someone! Do something!
Ryuuji-san!
Don't move!
I will leave Murasaki here.
In exchange, let her out of the Inner Sanctuary as she wishes!
Do you think I can do that?
You're the head of the family, aren't you?!
What about the Inner Sanctuary, then?
That's up to you.
Murasaki will fight the Kuhouin traditions.
Whether Murasaki ends up like Souju or not is up to her.
Like Souju...
If she comes to love Ryuuji, then that is also fine.
If not, then give up for her.
Souju...
Dear...
Why are you letting them say what they want?
It isn't just Kuhouin women that are obedient to this household!
Souju-san gave up on you and died.
Father!
Even though she loved you, she died!
Father!
This is Souju's wish too!
Souju's... wish...
Grant it.
Please.
Shut up, woman!
Benika-sama?
I won't let someone like you destroy the Kuhouins!
You don't realize the sorrow that you'll cause.
I won't make the same mistakes as my father!
It's not a mistake!
It could become an opportunity.
Ryuuji-san!
Stop!
A horn...
The Houzuki's horn!
It's because of you!
It's because people like you exist that everyone cries!
Free Murasaki!
She's crying!
She always cries!
A household which allows that should just disappear!
And yet a man like you exists?
You attached that thing to your body,
that thing from a family of killers!
I won't kill!
I'm different from you!
Shinkurou!
What is that?
Why do you have that?
I changed my body at the Houzuki's.
I wished for it, and had a weapon put into my body.
I had to do it.
I had to do this in order to become stronger by myself.
Is that so?
But I was wrong.
Everyone was supporting me.
I only thought that I was alone.
Do you regret it?
I do.
That's why I swore that I would never use it.
But it still comes out.
It can't be helped.
I'm still weak.
You're like me then.
I must change too.
Change?
That's right.
I'm just like you.
I will fight the Kuhouin customs here.
Fight...
Well, I thought you were walking much further ahead of me.
But you're the same as me.
I thought I couldn't catch up with you,
but it looks like I can still make it.
Shinkurou.
Why do you fight so much for Murasaki?
For my sake,
and because I can't leave this poor child alone!
Poor...
Free Murasaki!
People who steal her freedom, I will...!
Murasaki said she will fight here.
Murasaki.
You will fight me from now on, right?
Yes.
Then fight.
Shinkurou.
Come here when Murasaki loses.
I will face you then.
Of course, I don't know whether she will be worth saving or not after she loses.
Dear...
Even without this place, the Kuhouins will not collapse.
Is that fine with you?!
I am the head of the Kuhouins.
I will protect this household.
I will protect you all.
There is nothing to worry about.
I will look after the Kuhouins too.
I have no intention to reject the Kuhouins right now.
I will grow older as a Kuhouin woman.
However, I will not live my life as one does in the Inner Sanctuary.
I will search for my own way to live.
Just like mother,
I will fall in love.
Does your arm hurt?
It's okay.
Shinkurou.
You should not step on the threshold.
Is that so?
Ah, that's right.
This is from Yamie-san.
It's a fox.
And this is from Tamaki-san.
It's wet, so I'll send you another one next time.
If I had known in the beginning what was lying in wait for me,
I wouldn't have set off.
It may just be my optimism in believing that I can do it, or simply curiosity,
but I'm looking forward to seeing new things.
I don't know if it will be encounters with people or my new will.
But that's exactly why I cannot stay behind you.
I won't pretend.
I want to face it head on, and not just in heart.
And if the person I love is beside me then, I'm sure that I'll be happy.
Because I can love.
You'll learn many things.
You'll begin to learn.
This is farewell, Shinkurou.
You don't say farewell at times like this.
You say, "See you again."
I see.
See you again, Shinkurou.
See you again.
Wouldn't you normally call for an ambulance?
We cannot let this become a public matter.
That man has never been kind.
How did Souju come to like him?
Maybe because she didn't know the outside?
Plus, he looked pretty cool.
That's your type?
He's not bad.
So someone like that is your type.
Shut up.
That's why you're so cold to me.
Yamie-san!
Y-Yamie-san!
Show me yours.
No way.
It's so cold that I could die.
I'm on my way back to Samidare now.
I don't have any souvenirs.
What? Tell him to go buy some shochu!
No way.
What did you see outside, Murasaki?
Many things.
A cramped room, a smelly futon,
noisy and strange people,
a small sky in a crowded city.
Was it fun there?
Very much so.
Were there any inconveniences?
There were.
The bath was far, and there was only one room.
I had to share the toilet with everyone too.
I got scolded at for doing things I thought were natural.
My meals were simple and always tasted the same.
But, I laughed a lot.
I see.
Did mother ever laugh before you?
She cried a lot,
but there were also times when she laughed.
Please tell me stories of when she laughed, father.
She smiled the most when she was holding you when you were young.
Just like the quiet blossoming violets by the bridge in the garden,
she held onto your small body.
So that no one would step on you like the violets,
she held on to you
preciously.
I am Kuhouin Murasaki.
I had forgotten to ask Kurenai Shinkurou-sama one thing.
Shinkurou?
Do you love me?
I was dreaming.
A dream where we walked together again.
It was a narrow path,
but it was a happy, and peaceful, hilly road where the violets were blossoming.