A transient...
...and eternal dream.
That morning began with my meeting my best friend from middle school, Ike Hayato.
Too normal to be my last morning.
Morning!
Morning.
Sakai.
Morning, Ike.
Being with you doesn't make me feel like I'm at high school.
It lacks in freshness.
Don't make it my fault.
Are you free after school today?
I have a mock exam at a cram school.
You're getting ready for college already?
I've got to keep my parents happy, otherwise it affects my allowance.
Is there something?
Not really. I have time, so I was thinking about walking around the station and checking out CDs.
Huh?
Didn't we have this conversation before?
Ike, it's September now, right?
Yeah.
Oh well.
Yes, it's second semester.
That summer vacation where so much happened has passed as though it had never happened.
Sakai-kun.
Good morning.
Morning.
Yoshida-san looks stronger than she used to.
Yoshida-san.
Is it all right to ask you to help prepare for tomorrow's student council meeting after school today?
Of course.
It'd be hard on you to do it alone.
Thank you.
Ike declared war.
So tiring.
I hear Margery-san hasn't changed at all over at Satou's house.
Hey! You smell like booze!
Brush your teeth!
Hey!
Later.
And...
Wilhelmina!
I said you don't have to walk me to school!
I want to ascertain which school you go to ~de arimasu.
Tour.
There are things called athletic festivals and culture festivals for that.
Go home!
Then I would like you to be sure and let me know when those happen ~de arimasu.
Retreat.
Yuji!
Shana and I are in this city.
Make sure you take notes.
This will be on the test, okay?
Shana hasn't changed.
But I'm bothered by something.
That day, when I got ready to disappear with Shana...
Tenpa Jyousai.
I...
Yuji...
What did Shana say then?
Did she say she...
No, that couldn't possibly come from Shana.
'ey, Hirai!
What are you doing without your notebook or textbook?
I told you to do this problem, didn't I?
You...
In that fill-in-the-blank problem, a meaningless spot is left blank.
It's not a quiz game, so only leave places we can make a conjecture from the context blank.
The correct answer is: That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.
But you wouldn't have a chance of getting it right unless you'd have had the original sentence memorized.
And if you look at the paragraph, you're missing two more sentences.
Didn't this happen before?
You made them, Kazumi? They're so cute.
That's amazing, Yoshida-san.
It's delicious!
This is so different from what's sold in stores.
R-Really?
It's strange.
An event exactly like this happened before.
And back then, too.
It's here!
Fuzetsu?
Good afternoon, little girl.
It is a perfect time for our meeting.
The Hunter, Friagne?
What? Why?
Shana! What is-
You're that doll's Master?
Indeed. Friagne the Hunter.
That's my name.
This would be the first time meeting in person, is it not,
Flame of Heaven, Alastor?
Though I'm not happy about it.
First time meeting?
That can't be!
So that's who you made a contract with.
The Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter.
I wonder how good you are.
Do you want to try?
I see. You're not too bad.
Why is Friagne here? He's supposed to be dead.
But Shana seems...
Even Alastor, too.
They're talking as if...
It's the same.
It's the same as that day.
What's going on?
What was that?
Master, my apologies.
It's all right, Marian.
It hurt, didn't it?
I'll visit again, midget.
After all, this is my hunting ground.
Shana...
What's going on?
Why is Friagne alive?
He said "hunting ground", didn't he?
He must be the reason behind why there are so many Torches in this city.
If so, everything makes sense.
He's insane.
Shana, will you listen to me?
It's strange for Friagne to show up.
The past is repeating itself.
Can't you feel something?
We've got to fix the places that were broken.
The classes after that were all things we'd covered in the past.
Something is definitely wrong.
Sakai, are you not going home?
What's wrong?
Ike, what month is it now?
Huh? September, of course.
It's strange to see cherry blossoms in September, right?
I've got to keep my parents happy, otherwise it affects my allowance.
Is there something?
Bye.
Carmel-san.
Carmel-san!
What's the matter ~de arimasuka?
Has something happened to her?
I think.
But Shana isn't the only one.
The entire school's strange.
Like Tomogara that we'd killed already showing up.
What everyone does is all a repeat from the past.
Carmel-san, have you noticed anything?
I've come to pick her up ~de arimasu.
Time to leave school.
Wilhelmina!
I told you, you didn't have to come.
I'm on my way back from a grocery run ~de arimasu.
Sheesh.
Yuji, don't be late for training.
Punctuality.
What's going on?
Everyone other than me is...
I hear it again.
What is this sound?
I can't remember.
But to be able to do something this strange, it has to be a Guze no Tomogara.
Could it be an unrestricted spell?
Unrestricted spell?
Maybe Margery-san will know!
Satou's house was in Hagino-chou, wasn't it?
I've actually never been there.
Calm down.
I'm the only one that realizes what's going on.
The only one that can do anything is me.
But...
Can I do something alone?
Shana and Carmel-san, the Flame Haze, have all gone strange.
A Tomogara that's capable of doing this has to be strong.
If it really is such a great Tomogara, then how was it capable of doing this without anyone noticing?
Even if this is due to an unrestricted spell, we should at least sense its presence right before it's used.
Shana couldn't possibly not notice.
Yes, Shana would notice.
This is impossible.
Think in reverse.
The only one who understands what's going on isn't me,
but if the one actually in this kind of situation is...
...only me, then...
Yu-chan, I made some coffee, so would you like to come down?
Mom.
Is it the usual coffee?
Yes, it is.
It's good, right?
I've never asked this before, but where do you buy that coffee from?
Dad said he might be able to come home soon.
Shana!
Here, Onii-sama. It's the Nietono no Shana you've wanted.
Yay.
I should be able to go, if what I'm thinking is true.
Why Friagne came when he's supposed to be dead.
Why the same thing is repeating.
And why I couldn't go to Satou's house.
The answers to those are...
If what I'm thinking is true, then it should work.
Stop!
Stop this already!
Do anything you want, my dear Onii-sama.
I give you permission.
Okay.
Right, Shana can't say anything,
since I don't know what Shana would say to me in this kind of situation.
Yuji, I...
Only things I know of happen here.
I can't go to places I don't know,
And no one can answer anything I don't know.
Because this is a world I created.
A transient and eternal dream.
This is my dream!
Yuji! What are you doing?
Shana!
Don't space out in the middle of a fight!
Sorry. How long was I out for?
What? You closed your eyes for only a few seconds.
Were you asleep?
Idiot! You big idiot, Yuji!
Yes. This is the Shana I know.
Are you still asleep?
No matter how weak the Tomogara is, don't let your guard down.
She is carrying a Hougu, after all.
Weak Tomogara?
Welcome back from your transient dream.
I'm surprised you stepped before me with such weak strength.
Yes, but I have something I really want to achieve.
It is the life of a Tomogara to live as he or she wants and desires to, right?
Your wish won't come true.
It's my first time I've seen a Tomogara with such a small existence.
If it hadn't shown itself, we wouldn't have noticed.
But it had a strange power.
Strange?
Like putting you to sleep?
Well, ah...
Huh? I think there was something, but...
What was it?
You really are half-asleep.
Sharpen your mind, Sakai Yuji.
Do not forget that you have the Hougu, Reiji Maigo, in you.
We never know when Bal Masqué will start to take action again.
Yeah.
Yuji, let's go to school.
Yeah.
Hey, Shana.
What?
I've always wanted to ask, but back when we fought in Seirei-den...
What did you say in the end?
I-I don't remember clearly!
Since you did well, I think-
I did hear up to "Yuji", but...
No!
I said something like "I have more respect for you".
What?
That's it?
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
Don't ask worthless things.
So it's worthless.
Yes! It's so worthless that I don't remember.
Fine.
Yeah, she's right.
It's impossible.
Good morning.
Yoshida-san.
Morning.
Good morning, Ike-kun.
Morning.
I love you, Sakai-kun.
About Yoshida-san.
During second term, I might start taking action.
So this is round two?
I'm serious.
So am I.
I won't lose.
My head hurts...
Do something, Marcosius.
See what I told you?
I feel sick.
I said to keep the alcohol light, my bottomless keg, Margery Daw.
I won't take care of you.
Shut up, Marcosius.
Margery-san.
I'll leave the water here.
I'll buy medicine on the way back from school.
Come back fast, do you hear?
Yes, yes. I'm off.
Nice weather, eh?
Yeah.
Nice weather.
The dream I should have woken up from starts again.
Not only me, but Shana and Yoshida get pulled in, as well.
Shana and I look for a way out of the nightmare.
Who is manipulating the dream?
And behind the scene, Bel-Peol, Sydonay, and Hecate start to move.
The Bal Masqué starts a new plot.
Next time on Shakugan no Shana Second.
Beginning of Everything.