This is Yuto, son of the Amakawa Family.
Someday he will be very important, so make sure you get along.
This boy is my future partner.
There's nothing special about this weak spirited boy.
Something is lacking.
He is only kind.
I can't hold my breath, it's not good to quarrel.
Bounce Bounce Bounce, It's a quarrel, right?
My heart lightly scatters all around.
That way, this way, which way?
You forgot, didn't you?
That important thing.
Stretch Stretch Stretch Bounce Bounce Stretch
Crawling around and deceiving is something I can't do.
I can't be dishonest.
I'm sorry for lying. Don't get mad, alright?
Act like you always do.
Show me what a cool guy you are.
Only...
Let's raise our love together.
Enduring round after round,
tomorrow, you'll wake up to a vigorous chime.
Oh~ but I'll return
With a sparkling visit
See! You smiled!
The truth is, I like you.
I have always loved you.
The Cat's Feelings and the Witch's Melancholy
I researched Kuesu Jinguji.
You're quite good at that.
Computers and Ayakashi? I don't see those going together.
This.
She's the new demon slayer Yuto was talking about?
She looks more like a witch than a demon slayer to me.
The Jinguji Family is a demon slayer clan that became powerful through its study of Western magic.
I see.
Oh, no.
Another demon slayer?
She's quite skilled and vicious.
You're easy prey for her.
Yuto!
Protect this innocent little teacup.
Get away from him, you demon teacup!
Get away!
What does Yuto have to do with this girl?
My family's been connected to the Jinguji Family for quite some time.
Well, um... she and I are...
Y-you're engaged?
Zoo Dictionary
Fiancée
Fiancée: a person you've promised to marry.
W-what do you mean?
I-I just remembered this recently.
It's a decision my grandfather made behind my back.
I can't breathe.
Forget that old promise.
Exactly.
However, that vicious woman would never accept that.
Please drink this.
Magic tea! What effect does it have?
It will erase memories.
Fabulous!
It will erase all your memories since the day you were born.
Hey! What good is erasing all his memories?
Don't you have tea that will erase select memories?
I don't have anything like that!
In any case, it's empty.
W-welcome.
How do you do, Yuto Amakawa?
There she is!
It seems I don't have to introduce myself.
Closed due to provisional circumstances
What well-brewed tea.
Th-thank you.
Excuse me...
Jinguji?
"Jinguji" sounds so formal.
As your childhood friend, please call me "Kuesu".
Childhood friend?
Why don't we get down to business?
It's about the future of the Amakawa and Jinguji Families we discussed the other day.
There's more to the promise to join our families.
Until you change your mentality, I can't go along with that.
Why is that?
We demon slayers are the chosen ones.
As humans with exceptional powers, it is our responsibility to eradicate the Ayakashi.
Associating with that poorly behaved cat and Ayakashi masquerading as human is absurd.
Don't be ridiculous. Who do you think you are?
Rinko...
You showed up out of the blue and have been saying whatever you want.
Eradicate the Ayakashi? The chosen ones?
That's all just arrogance!
What gives you the right?
You're just a powerless commoner in need of protection.
What does a person unfamiliar with life-or-death battles...
...simply enjoying her painfully ordinary life...
...understand about being a demon slayer?
Yuto Amakawa, you belong with me.
Your recent outburst of power must have made you understand.
You must reconsider your grandfather's words.
My grandfather's words?
Yes.
I can't imagine Gen-ji expected you to become such a selfish woman.
I can't let the young master turn into your slave.
Himari.
I don't know how you've lived up until now...
...but the young master is his own person. Leave him out of your plans.
It seems you're trying to claim a connection to him.
However, I am his fiancée and a demon slayer like him.
We understand each other better than anyone else.
"Understand each other."
Then why do you force yourself on the young master?
You were the one kissing him all three times.
H-Himari...
Sh-she kissed you?
The young master kissed me.
You kissed her, too?
A-an Ayakashi? Is it true?
Th-that was, uh...
Th-this is nothing in the face of the promise we made that day.
What promise?
It seems this will take quite some time.
I'll be back.
Even if you do not remember it, we've been connected since we were children.
Farewell.
Kuesu...
We will become one.
The Amakawa's Light Ferry and the Jinguji's Black Magic.
If these two were to join hands...
Yes. I understand, mother.
I will be united with Yuto Amakawa no matter the cost.
Yes, for the Jinguji Family.
I've been waiting for you.
These weaklings have come out to play...
...without realizing I was the one who called them.
This will be a perfect change of pace.
Great as always, Rinko.
Yuto Amakawa, you belong with me.
Why is Kuesu so set on being with me?
This is nothing in the face of the promise we made that day.
What promise was she talking about?
Amakawa!
Master!
Are you all right, master?
Are you all right?
You seem out of it today, master.
Is it because of that girl?
To be frank, I am not in a position to stop you from going along with Kuesu Jinguji.
R-really?
I am your bodyguard. I cannot tell you how to live.
It's your responsibility as an Ayakashi in service of the Amakawa Family.
Fool. That's only in the case I disregard my personal interests.
You're right. You wouldn't be yourself otherwise.
But I've got to do something.
Killing all the Ayakashi.
Whether it's good or evil, there's something wrong with Kuesu's thinking.
Master...
How can I get her to change?
You cannot change her.
She's set in her ways...
...so long as you don't change yours.
I guess you're right.
Why did grandpa make Kuesu my fiancée?
I have an idea.
The masculine Amakawa Family and the feminine Jinguji Family.
Maintaining power by joining the two is by no means a bad plan.
Both families would die out without an heir.
An heir?
Yuto Amakawa, please...
Please be gentle with me.
Master.
You haven't been deluded by her charms, have you?
No, uh...
You seem rather suspicious. You're too weak to women.
Th-that's not true!
What are you averting your eyes for? Look at me.
Amakawa!
Yuto, how long were you planning on skipping class to flirt with Noihara?
I'm sorry. I'll be right there.
Master.
I'll head home to come up with a countermeasure against Kuesu.
A countermeasure?
Come straight home after school.
Sure.
I won't get anywhere talking to her.
I'll give it to her straight the next time I see her.
"I'm sorry, but I don't want anything to do with you any more."
Want some?
No thanks.
I see.
I'm surprised you came to walk me home.
The cat asked me to do it.
I see.
That's not the face of a bodyguard.
Yuto Amakawa isn't here, is he?
Neither of us will hold back this way.
I suppose you're right.
Let me ask one thing.
Do you really love the young master?
What are you trying to say, cat?
The young master and I were always together in Noihara.
That may have been the case before I showed up.
There is no need for a cat in our relationship.
I knew the young master's cat allergy was your doing.
Perhaps it was. I seem to have forgotten.
Now that I think about it, you and I never got along.
You're right.
Are you the Jinguji girl?
Why are you trying to get close to the young master?
I've heard about you.
You're the beast the Amakawa Family mercifully allows to live.
Let me make one thing clear.
Stay away from him.
You don't even know what you're doing to yourself.
Come and get me, demon slayer.
I should have slain you then and there.
Your rigid mind can't be good for the young master.
I can't leave him in the care of such a foolish woman.
I don't need your approval!
You damn cat!
As expected from a cat. If nothing else, you're quick.
The act of killing Ayakashi gives you more pleasure...
...than the satisfaction of upholding your justice.
You're an abomination.
Unfortunately, I know that.
I am not bound by rules.
I will break free of the tracks laid to find undiscovered freedom.
Awesome, aren't I?
Typical blather of amateur adventurers.
However, what if someone were not allowed to function within those rules?
That is the Junguji Family.
They went as far as to call us a burden on the demon slayer clans.
I did whatever it took to prove them wrong.
I was scorned as a heretic.
That is the fate of a family fused with Western magic...
...a line of witches transcending the rules!
I cannot help but be superhuman. What's wrong with enjoying my powers?
You think your rules matter to someone who has lived so close to death?
Pathetic.
What did you say?
Your heart is paralyzed.
The passing of seasons.
The subtlety of emotion.
Humankind's effortless sensitivity to minor changes is amazing.
Seeing that in the young master makes me wish I were a real human.
A superhuman is nothing more than a being with paralyzed senses.
How can you hold the young master with such a frigid heart?
What are you talking about?
I knew you wouldn't understand.
Get out of my way, cat!
If I can get to her first...
You stupid little cat.
If you aren't always anticipating your opponent's next move, you'll die!
This thing's a lot less accurate than I thought.
I've got to collect myself.
I'll burn you to a crisp!
Burn in the fires of purgatory.
Sorry, Yasutsuna.
The sword Gen-ji bestowed upon me...
Even a grazing blow is serious.
Precast magic bullets.
These bullets are enchanted with my magic.
Western magic and projectiles? It seems the Jinguji Family really will do anything.
I'll make the rules.
W-what is this?
Looks like it's starting to kick in. Show your true colors, Ayakashi.
Fight me as the beast you are.
Kill.
Kill? Who's killing who?
Kill.
Wait.
Kill.
I...
Kill.
I need to kill.
Kill.
Kill!
She's gone.
Yes... you're a man-eating demon cat.
This is your true form. An Ayakashi that harms humans.
You cannot be allowed by his side.
Kill, kill, kill!
I just want you to stay the way you are.
I don't want you to become tainted by bloodshed.
Master...
C-cat...
I'm shaking?
What's taking Himari so long?
Where did she go?
I don't know.
Shizuku, did she tell you anything?
The cat went to settle things with the Jinguji girl.
I'll head home to come up with a countermeasure against Kuesu.
She must have meant she'd go fight her.
Why didn't she tell me she was going to do that?
Probably because you didn't ask.
H-Himari!
Beam my beam! Let my light...
Beam my beam! ...shine with your light.
Let's go repaint history.
Your best possible match will support you!
By joining together,
we can surely pass over that fence.
Good morning!
What kind of dream did you have last night?
Let's join all the happiness and sadness together...
...and lose ourselves in these feelings.
If you're drawn to me again this morning,
It'll remind me of my reason for living.
Beam my beam! Your power...
Beam my beam! ...is my strength.
It's an infinite, neverending puzzle.
If you embrace me day by day,
our love will go on forever.
You find me dazzling, right?
Let's make some more memories together.
We're in trouble Rinko. The introductions of all these new characters have left us with little face time.
What?
The only thing to do is provide fan service during the preview!
You're right. But wait...
...the preview's almost over!