Now is the time... to bring things to an end.
Red Data Book A book on endangered wild animals. It was first published in 1966 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Species considered under greatest threat have been printed in the Red List.
Kimi no koe ga I'll head toward the light
What is a Red Data Girl (RDG)? A girl in danger of extinction. The term comes from a book on endangered wild animals called the Red Data Book (RDB). The RDG is an entity with such rare and unique powers that everyone wants her for themselves.
Yobi au sono hikari e That responds to the call of your voice
Usuginu koshi ni ima sekai wo mitsumete iru I'm currently looking at the world through a thin veil of silk
Tobenai kago no naka hane wo chijimete I fold my wings in a cage with no room to fly
Kaze wataru mori e to saki tsugu hana-tachi no If I gently shake my wings in mimicry of the breath
Kokyuu wo mane shite hane wo sotto yuraseba That the wind passing through the forest inherited from the flowers,
Hora, kimi no koe ga See? Your voice
Kataku tojita mama uzukumaru kono ashimoto wo terasu yo Lightens the ground that I have been crouching over like a statue
Kizamareta mirai ga tooku mienai basho de mo Even if my preordained future is somewhere far beyond where I can see,
Osore wo nugi sutete kimi no moto e I'll shed my fears and race to you
Fure awanakute mo tsutawaru tashika na omoi ga We don't have to touch to share these solid feelings
Nan do de mo mukau tsuyosa ni naru They will continue to give us strength
Kawatte iku tame ni The strength to change
"Inn & Pilgrim Lodging: Shinzui"
Father!
What is going on? Why would Masumi take him away?
I don't know why...
I can't tell where Manatsu is...
Calm down. That can't be true.
I can't! Manatsu won't even look at me.
Sagara-kun and you, too, Suzuhara-san.
May I have a word with you?
Mayura has told me that you're both able to see Masumi.
Do you know what exactly Masumi has done here?
No...
Could you summon Masumi the way those two do?
I doubt that anyone in the world
is capable of replicating what those two do.
It seems less like a spell and more like an innate gift.
I am personally unable to see Masumi.
It appears that a unique form of atavism has emerged in my children.
No one from our current generation is able to offer them guidance.
Their mother hates it when she hears them speak of "Masumi."
It would seem that through virtue of having given birth to them,
she can sense something ominous in the name.
"Inn & Pilgrim Lodging: Shinzui"
Well, I'm going to turn in for the night, okay?
I'm worried... Souda-kun seems like the type that could easily get spirited away.
Spirited away...
I'm sorry. This must be putting you out...
Not at all...
Manatsu-kun said that you were tough and ought to live a long life,
almost as if that didn't hold true for himself.
He said that...
You see, Manatsu has the same type of heart that suddenly took Masumi.
Our current medicine can't do anything to help him.
That's why... Mother doesn't want to remember Masumi.
I know that Manatsu is much closer to Masumi than he is to me.
But I never thought the day would come
when Manatsu would choose to leave me and join Masumi.
I think that Manatsu-kun is trying too hard to do what's best for you.
He's reading a bit too deeply into things.
If he wants what's best for me,
then he has to live a long life and stay here, with me!
The whole reason why I want to be the top student at school
is to help Manatsu live a full life!
That's why I've been working for so very, very, very long!
Why doesn't he get it?
Sagara-kun!
I need your advice.
Earlier you said that no one could replicate what those two can do, right?
What of it?
What about the Hime-gami?
Why are you bringing up the Hime-gami?
Don't you think the Hime-gami might know how to summon Masumi-kun?
How could you say that?!
I can't talk to the Hime-gami or ask her any questions.
But you can!
Stop right there!
Where are you taking this crazy train of thought?
If Manatsu-kun winds up staying on the other side...
Are you referring to the other plane Masumi made?
I used to think that I was a nuisance who had dragged you into a world
that you would otherwise have had nothing to do with.
But the way you can associate with Masumi-kun as if it were nothing
is starting to make me think otherwise.
If I turn into the Hime-gami, Sagara-kun, could you talk to her?
Wait! Can you even do that?
I don't know, not until I try.
Don't make it sound so easy!
The Hime-gami is dangerous.
She's so dangerous I can't even imagine what'll happen if she does show up!
I'm scared of the Hime-gami, too!
I don't want to become her ever again.
But we have to do everything we can...
...otherwise we really will lose Manatsu-kun!
Are you sure? Really?
I'm truly glad that Mayura-san is my roommate.
She helped me fit in at school and with the Executive Committee.
I've been searching for a way to show my gratitude.
In the end, I think this is the only way I can repay her.
All right.
Huh? We didn't switch.
Do we need something else to summon her?
Maybe I'm in a bad spot.
She isn't a cell phone.
I felt something... just now...
Chapter 8 My First Wish
That's strange...
Suzuhara-san, did you come to keep your promise?
Masumi-kun? Why are you wearing that?
After seeing the Prez in hers, I thought it'd be fun!
Where is Manatsu-kun?
Farther in.
Farther where?
Togakushi has a bunch of different layers.
This isn't right! You shouldn't make Mayura-san cry.
Send Manatsu-kun back right now!
I didn't make her cry...
Mayura-san is really sad.
If we part now, she'll only be a little sad.
If Manatsu and I postpone when we go, it'll only make her grief and despair worse.
Is that what Manatsu-kun thinks?
I'm of a like mind.
After being Masumi for so long, I don't want to vanish any more.
But Mayura wouldn't hesitate to choose Manatsu over me, you know?
In that case, it'd be best if we became one before it came down to that.
Masumi-kun, are you about to disappear?
Nothing will change for as long as I remain in Togakushi.
But I never expected humans to change so quickly.
Let me talk to Manatsu-kun.
I don't think you can. He's buried in a cave.
In that case, take me to the cave.
The night is deep around there. Are you certain?
I'm sure! It was night last time we met and it's nighttime right now!
It looks like you're the type of person
who grows stronger when alone in tight spots like this.
In that case, do you remember how I asked if you would go out with me?
I do, but right now, Manatsu-kun comes first.
All right. This way.
Suzuhara-san, if you were told that between you and Manatsu,
only one of the two of you could make it back, who would you choose?
Neither of us.
Manatsu-kun and I both have people waiting for us on the other side.
This is the cave.
You'll have to open the cave, huh?
Manatsu-kun, are you in there? Come out!
What is this doing here?!
How did Manatsu-kun get past this huge boulder?
This is called "spirited behind a boulder." It happens.
It never would have happened if Manatsu wasn't perfectly willing.
He entered that cave of his own free will.
The cave...
I would like each and every one of you to realize
that just as in the myth of Ame no Uzume no Mikoto,
dance has the power to purify.
Dancing may be the only thing I can do...
Masumi-kun, I want a fan.
I had a feeling you would ask for one.
Manatsu-kun, you shouldn't join this world.
What would make us the happiest would be for you to come back.
Come out, Manatsu-kun!
♪ Heaven and Earth ♪
♪ Assemble with such perfection ♪
Manatsu-kun,
- Mayura-san, your parents and everyone, we're all worried about you! - ♪ I doubt their lifeline ♪
- ♪ Will ever sever... ♪
- Don't open the cave! - ♪ Will ever sever... ♪
Masumi's on the other side! Don't open the cave!
Huh? What do you mean?
But wasn't Masumi-kun the one out here?
Yeah. I think I finally get it.
I never should have considered me and Masumi to be one and the same.
He wants to break the boulder and enter the outside world.
But hasn't Masumi-kun already found his way out?
Masumi is only a small part of a greater being.
If his entire body gets outside, he won't be Masumi anymore.
Thank you, Suzuhara-san, for coming.
Huh?
Mayura-san...
Sorry.
I'm going to let you hear it later and I might hit you.
But I don't know how much energy you have left, so I'll settle with this for now.
How did you get here? You didn't have Masumi with you.
Sagara brought me.
What?! How was Sagara-kun able to do that?!
Explanations can wait for later!
Look behind you.
It's like a snake's...
Snap out of it!
Don't you know how to close the entrance?
Not a clue! All I know is how to dance.
How about you two?
We only know how to summon him...
You've gotta be kidding me...
We're in a serious pinch!
Just run for it!
The real Masumi lives on the other side of that cave!
Once he's fully out, he could easily devour us!
A staff?
Don't stop! Keep running!
He's going to devour me!
Jama gedou, mouryou gejin, dokujuu dokuryuu, doku chuushirui.
Mon shakujou jou!
Saibuku dokugai!
Um, Sagara-kun, did you sprout wings?
You must be imagining things.
But I can see them.
They aren't real.
How come you can do that?
The best I can hope to do is protect you.
There is no way I can force that back into the cave!
So it would seem.
This task is too great for you.
Not me!
Hand me that staff.
Local deity, you who have suffered long with none able to summon you!
It is not yet time for your awakening.
Great Nine-Headed Dragon,
eventually the day will come when you are released from all that binds you...
For now, return to your slumber.
This is as it should be.
The Great Nine-Headed Dragon left one head before returning to the cave.
You may refer to the dream seen by that head as "Masumi,"
assuming you can still summon him.
Lady Hime-gami!
Lady Hime-gami, can we continue to remain separate like this?
Instead of turning into you, may I see you like this while staying me?
You still know nothing.
Take that question to your mother.
But my mother...
Mom, what are you doing here?!
Yukariko-san?
That wasn't too bright, you two.
What were you thinking, meddling with a powerful being as you are now?
Going by what the Hime-gami said, does that mean that she is with you?
You got it. That's why we aren't supposed to see each other all that often.
Although I won't be able to detain the Hime-gami for too much longer.
Mom, were you okay with turning into the Hime-gami?
Is it wrong of me to want to be a normal girl?
Honestly, it'd be weird if you weren't at least a little hesitant.
Neither of you realize just how unstable you are.
Henceforth you must face the difficult question of how to change yourselves.
It is a deadly question that everyone with spiritual powers must confront.
I settled things here for you this time.
Your real trial has been put off for a while.
I can't... I'm not strong enough...
That's right. I'm strong, Izumiko.
So I'll protect you for as long as I'm around.
But I can't do that forever.
Stay here and wait for your two friends.
Yukariko-san is something else, isn't she?
That's why she just doesn't feel like "Mom."
She sure was pretty...
You know, you should speak your mind more openly.
Everything always comes out of the blue with you.
You're the one who's abrupt!
You tend to keep far more secrets and bottle up what you think!
That's because...
Shinkou! Suzuhara-san!
Thank God you made it back!
Are you okay?
I'm fine. I didn't get hurt.
Before we realized it,
we were standing in front of the komainu at the rear shrine.
I'm starving! I haven't eaten a bite in two days.
There is a soba noodle stand by the torii if you can make it.
In that case... I'll hang in there!
"Nagano's Specialty Sweets"
Izumiko-chan, I swear I'll never forget what you did for Manatsu!
Dareka ga watashi wo yobu no Is someone calling for me?
Dokoka de watashi wo yobu Someone is beckoning from somewhere
Tooku kara chikazuiteru He's approaching from the distance
Yasashii hibiki kokoro ugoki dashite The gentle sound of his voice moves my heart
Hitotsu oshiete Tell me one thing
Kono setsunai yokan no mae de Are the feelings I was still unaware of
Mada shirazu ni ita omoi ga Before this sad premonition
Hirogari kaketeru no? On the verge of spreading?
Yume mite ita jiyuu ni In the freedom of my dreams,
Tomadoigachi no mama I act somewhat abashed
Chiisa na koe de negau As I wish in a tiny voice,
Minna to issho ni warai aitai ne "I want to laugh and smile with everyone"
Miyuki-kun and I returned to Tamakura Shrine for the second half of summer vacation.
Miyuki-kun suddenly asked me to summon Wamiya-kun with a dance.
I figured it wouldn't work.
You did?
He's sulking because you acted all buddy-like with Masumi.
Huh? What do you mean?
I thought that Wamiya had vanished, too.
But then a talking crow flew into my dorm room one day.
He said that he lacked the power to take on a human form in Tokyo,
but that voice belonged to Wamiya.
Is that why you got repelled by the Student Body President's dance at the inn?
And why it looked like you had wings at the cave?
He said that if we want to follow after you, we have to combine our powers.
Come to think of it, how did you feel
when Souda said that you had entered the school as my partner?
Do you think of me as your partner?
To be honest with you,
in some ways, I think of you as a partner, and in others, I don't.
After all, I always get the feeling that you're with me despite yourself.
I'll admit that I was of two minds.
Seeing Souda and Takayanagi,
I thought it might be best if I simply went on to college.
But then Wamiya showed up, and I began to doubt myself again.
May I ask something?
Why did Satoru Wamiya resemble Ichijou Takayanagi?
Huh? Why do you ask?
I was just wondering why he had to resemble that jerk.
I'm not really sure why...
Bluntly put...
Guys who resemble Takayanagi turn you on, right?
What?!
Sagara-san, when you say, "you," do you mean me, or do you mean...
Chapter 9 My First Debut