This feels so much better.
Are you okay to be up and about?
Yeah.
I think I'll be all right now that I've rested for a night back home.
I figured it'd be something like that.
You're already practicing?
I need to regain what I've lost.
I see...
So, you know...
I think you can see the ocean from the mountaintop today.
Want to take a look?
This is a nice place.
I'm glad I can show you the ocean from here while you're still around.
While I'm still around?
Didn't Sagara change his mind?
You can transfer back to your old school now.
Isn't that what you want?
No. I can't go back now.
Huh?
I was never that attached to it.
I think what happened gives us a bit of insight into Yukimasa's well-guarded thoughts.
Suzuhara, can you remember the Himegami now?
Um...
Yeah.
It doesn't feel like something I did myself, though.
It feels like I just stood on the sidelines and heard the words of another.
Isn't that for the better?
Many people are entirely oblivious to having been possessed, I believe.
Possessed?
That's what it's called when a spirit seizes control of you.
Yukimasa knows her well.
She is what he has been seeking all this time.
So the one he seeks to protect is not me but her, then?
We should consider her a separate entity.
So, because I'm not the Himegami herself,
can't we just say that I'm not up to it and live in peace?
That's nothing to laugh about.
No, you're right.
Don't worry.
I'll transfer to Tokyo soon.
Tokyo?
Yeah.
Yukimasa's been trying to get me into Houjou Academy for a long time.
There might be something important for us mountain monks there.
Houjou Academy...
Dad recommended the same school to me.
I've given up on trying to get out of Yukimasa's circle.
I want to make the power of the mountain monks mine.
Why did I want to go to Sototsugawa High School so badly that I would defy my father?
There she is.
Izumiko, are you feeling okay?
Yeah.
Hey, look.
We need to talk.
You see, it's about Wamiya.
Wamiya?
He doesn't really stand out, so we all kind of forgot about him.
But that isn't very cool, you know?
Here.
Give him this souvenir for us.
You're the one who asked where he was on the trip, after all.
Don't worry, nobody's going to get between you two.
That's not what I...
C'mon, work up some courage and give it to him!
You think it's a shame he couldn't come with us, right?
Yeah...
Wa-Wa-Wamiya.
This is from the girls.
For me?
Can I really have it?
I want you to have it.
It's too bad you couldn't come with us on the field trip, right?
Yeah.
Are you glad you went?
I had a hard time too, but...
It had its moments as well.
You shouldn't have gone.
Huh?
You shouldn't have gone to such an impure place.
You're like a completely different person now.
I am?
You won't leave this place, will you?
You're not thinking about moving to Tokyo, right?
Why are you asking that?
Suzuhara, didn't you tell me you hated Sagara the last time we talked?
I did, but...
You changed your mind.
If he was the one who changed you, then I will have to remove him.
What's this all of a sudden?
We've put up with your bullshit for long enough.
We're fed up with your attitude.
And here I've been trying to lay low.
I'm gonna kick your sorry ass outta this school!
Wamiya says so too!
Wamiya? Who?
Shut up!
All right! You guys started it!
So this Wamiya put you up to this?
Where is he?
You...
Get lost.
You're an eyesore.
I hate people like you.
Purify their senses and hearts, leave none tainted.
Are you alright, Miyuki?
Miyuki?
Don't worry about it.
It was just as you said, Izumiko.
Don't tell me it was Wamiya...
Who is this Wamiya?
He's just Wamiya.
Wamiya Satoru from our class.
Never heard of him.
How can you say that?
When they check attendance, they read Watanabe Ayumi's name,
then mine last because I transferred in, and that's it.
There is no student named Wamiya.
That can't be...
Izumiko,
why did you think something bad was going to happen to Miyuki?
Wamiya wasn't acting like his usual self.
He said he'd remove... Miyuki.
Why?
I once told him that I hated you.
Are you kidding me?
You were really mean to me, you know!
Excuse me, but I need to step on the gas.
That thing coming after us
is definitely not human.
What's wrong, Suzuhara?
You can't see it, Miyuki?
I can't. Something just feels off.
Nonomura?
I can see spirits gathering.
It might be a god.
Definitely not an ordinary classmate.
He even has the power to control the other students.
Then what is he?
If he is a god, don't forget about the curses they can inflict.
Humans have no way of knowing what may incur their wrath.
You changed your mind.
He's not just mad at you,
but at me too.
He's mad at you because of me.
Care to explain?
Because we went to Tokyo.
What?
I can't shake him off, but I'll make sure we reach the shrine.
We may be able to face him under the protection conferred by its sacred ground.
Suzuhara, are you alive?
Are you hurt? How are you feeling?
It hurts, but nothing too bad.
I'm glad you two are unhurt.
Please get out of the car carefully.
The gasoline might be leaking.
Nonomura...
You're bleeding!
I'm fine.
But it'll take a while until I can get out.
But...
We must always be prepared.
Everyone near the Himegami must be aware that their lives are in danger.
Even you.
Could Wamiya be a crow god?
That's a fascinating idea.
You're... Wamiya?
So you can finally see me?
How do I look to you?
Like a normal middle schooler.
I am a normal middle schooler.
It's true.
As long as Suzuhara so wishes, at least.
I thought I'd known you since elementary school.
I've been with you all along.
Throughout elementary school, and even before that.
Didn't you first begin to see me when you cut your bangs?
I've lived on this mountain since time immemorial.
I drifted aimlessly and without form until I was finally given shape by your wish.
My... wish?
You wanted friends, did you not?
Someone who truly understood you.
You can't deny it.
That's how you created me.
And I won't let you say you don't need me anymore.
Miyuki!
My staff is in the trunk.
Use that.
But I...
Make no mistake. He has power.
Enough to destroy us all!
Do you think you can exorcise me?
This is my sanctuary.
Miyuki, take the staff!
My training hasn't covered that yet!
That doesn't matter now!
Accept what's happening in front of your eyes!
I have!
That's why I know I can't do it.
We'll go to Sototsugawa High together as well.
Everyone will be really nice to you from now on.
And what if I change my mind? What then?
You don't have that option.
If you intend to abandon me,
it would be child's play to raze this land with a lightning strike.
Aren't you losing sight of your own goals?
What would you gain from killing Suzuhara here?
The price of power must be paid.
Suzuhara,
you have to go along with him.
You want me to do what he says?
Do we have any other choice?
If you don't, he'll kill us all!
He's a god of this mountain!
How can you say that, Miyuki?
That's not like you at all!
Who do you think you are?
You're the one who should apologize!
If you were really created by my wishes,
then do what I say!
Don't ever threaten me like this again!
And what if I don't obey?
Then I'll hate you.
And if that happens, I won't be able to return to this mountain.
Are you okay with that?
Does it matter whether you hate me or not?
Either way, you'll still leave the mountain, won't you?
That doesn't mean they're the same thing.
Think about it!
Hey, Suzuhara!
I'm fine.
I'm just relieved.
Wamiya must have been a familiar.
A familiar?
A familiar of the Himegami.
A lesser god who serves a greater god.
Until Izumiko grew conscious of that,
he was a strong god with great, rampant powers.
Izumiko must have forced him to submit to her at the very last moment.
Well done.
So I made and erased Wamiya?
You don't need to feel bad about it.
He didn't disappear.
He's just waiting for a new chance to get involved with you.
Since when have you wanted to go to Houjou Academy?
I didn't realize it until Wamiya told me either.
Wamiya realized it before I did.
So Nonomura and I had to put our lives on the line because you changed your mind?
I was there too, you know! Can't we just call it even?
Besides, I was the one who managed to stop him in the end.
The Himegami, huh?
I didn't think it'd be this much trouble.
I'll get stronger. Strong enough to remain close to the Himegami and survive.
So you decided to become a mountain monk?
There'll be lots of people like that at Houjou.
I'm sure it'll be the best place for you too, Suzuhara.
I'll transfer there first and tell you how it is.
Okay. I'm counting on you.
Could the two of you spare a moment while you're still here?
Long enough for me to bid you farewell, at least.
F-Farewell?
I came to ask you to release Wamiya Satoru.
If you have no further use for him, that is.
Release? What do you mean?
You danced so well by yourself on that mountain.
The same dance could release him as well.
A dance?
You did that without even realizing?
But dancing was just what I did as a workout!
If he says that's what happened, it must be true.
Your dance bound the god of the mountain.
That's right.
Suzuhara, dance for me!
Suzuhara, those clothes...
I could do it in my tracksuit too,
but it's easier to dance with the wide sleeves.
Are you fine with me watching as well?
It doesn't matter whether I show it to one person or two.
Actually, I think I wanted someone to understand me as I am here.
That's why Wamiya came.
I'm scared of letting people see me because I'm scared of getting hurt.
I'm embarrassed of letting people see me because I'm denying what I am.
I want to change from the weak girl known as Suzuhara Izumiko into something else.
Idly I pull the string
on my holy bow.
If you will not come, then do not.
If you will come,
then do so.
Why will you not decide?
And she says she can't do anything...
Now that she's dancing in front of you,
I really have lost.
You still had hope?
That's such a sore way to die.
Death doesn't apply to me.
Episode 3
The First Familiar
Somebody calls me
From somewhere they call me
From far away that gentle sound drifts near and pulls my heart away
Tell me something, my sad, beautiful flower,
right before me here
Do the feelings I don't understand yet
make their own music?
I dreamed of freedom
and yet keep hesitating about it
With a tiny voice
I prayed that I could
laugh together with everyone
Here we are at Houjou Academy!
Isn't that nice?
It's a lot closer to nature than I thought.
Of course! As a father, I'd only recommend the best schools for you.
You understand that now, right?
Ah, it's been so long!
Half a year... Or maybe even more?
Long time no see.
Father sends his regrets that he couldn't come to see you today.
Are you still scared of everything in Tokyo?
Not at all.
This time I was all right.
Glad to hear it.
It's the start of a new semester here,
but you mustn't tell anyone about your powers or who you really are.
I wasn't going to, but why do you say so?
You got in without taking exams, right?
There aren't many people who get an exemption from those.
Then why was I allowed to?
Why do you think?
Houjou Academy isn't just an ordinary school.
There's something here that Daisei and Yukimasa support.
Um...
You're Suzuhara?
My name's Souda Mayura.
So cute!
You're so cute, Izumiko!
I'm so lucky I got such a cute girl for my roommate!
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Episode 4
The First Roommate
Episode 4
The First Roommate