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Oddities.
Inhuman creatures that crawl in the dark.
creatures squirming in the dark
creatures not human
beyond our understanding
Monsters beyond human understanding.
Saying that I was simply unlucky,
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would be horribly irresponsible,
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and maybe I should just honestly admit it was my fault.
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It happened during my spring break.
During spring break between his second and third year of high school,
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Araragi Koyomi was attacked by one such oddity.
Araragi Koyomi
A vampire attacked me.
A monster beautiful enough to make one's blood curl.
A beautiful monster
At the climax of a story where scars were shared,
one that spanned two nightmarish weeks,
I had no friends. Not a single one.
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I do not mean that I was bullied.
Senjougahara was reading in the corner of the classroom,
with an expression as if it was perfectly natural.
She was building a wall around me.
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Koyomi gained superhuman abilities via the fangs of a beautiful blonde vampire.
As if it was perfectly natural to be there
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As if it was perfectly natural not to be here
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Thus begins the story of oddities begetting oddities,
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Snail
Monkey
Snake
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Vampire
of the girls they encountered, and of Koyomi.
Begin
Based on a work by Nisio Isin
The story of Araragi Koyomi and the girls who encountered oddities.
Story
Episode 2
Hitagi Crab Two
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I don't weigh anything.
Senjougahara Hitagi
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I thought I could help you out.
I'd be extremely happy if we could continue to stay on good terms.
Episode 3
Mayoi Snail One
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Please don't talk to me. I hate you.
Hachikuji Mayoi
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Snail
I can't go to where my mother is.
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Suruga Monkey One
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Hey, Araragi.
Kanbaru Suruga
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How you been?
Oddity
They were called the Valhalla Duo.
Valhalla Duo
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Hate! Hate! Hate!
Hate
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Hate
Sorry I made you wait this long.
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Nadeko Snake Two
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Koyomi.
Watch me, please.
Sengoku Nadeko
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Snake Curse
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Sure thing. Leave it to me.
I'm not leaving until the stress my master is under disappurrs.
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Tsubasa Cat Three
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Headache
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Cat Curse
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I don't know everything.
I don't know anything.
I know... nothing
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Hanekawa Tsubasa.
A brilliant mind.
Top-notch grades.
Flawless conduct.
A paragon of virtue.
A girl who possesses otherworldly wings.
Golden Week, huh?
What about Golden Week?
Nothing. Go ahead.
This is a prequel to Bakemonogatari.
Flashbacks follow
The tale of a girl who was bewitched by a cat, and the memories she lost.
Of the nine-day period that glitters like gold,
and the events that unfolded then.
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Let's recall the events of that ominous Golden Week that I spent flirting with Hanekawa Tsubasa to my heart's content. They are bitter memories, they are sour memories, but somewhere deep down there's sweetness to be found. Let's recall the events of those nine golden days, events that I want to forget if possible, and even if not, I want to undo them. Timewise, it was during the two weeks of my spring break between my second and third years in high school, during the month I experienced hell itself; it was such a time. She was bewitched by a cat. A cat. A felid, a carnivore, a mammal. Ever since, I can't stand cats. I'm afraid of cats. Yes, just as I'm afraid of Hanekawa Tsubasa. Now please let me tell you about a dream I saw last night.
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29th April, Saturday, morning
What the hell did you go back to sleep for?
Die.
Araragi
Tsukihi! What on earth are you doing?!
You trying to kill me?!
A brother who'd fall asleep after that is better off dead.
Karen and I woke you up, yet you go back to sleep. It's unfathomable.
You should just drop dead.
You should just drop dead!
What's with this drastic change in personality?!
I don't stand out much compared to the others,
so I wanted to try out being a sadist.
That was more of a lunatic than a sadist!
Golden Week starts today, huh?
There's not a single good thing about it.
You're being quite pessimistic on the very first day, aren't you?
Not even nine hours have passed since Golden Week began, y'know.
Oh, right.
Let's have a discussion about love, Tsukihi.
Love?
Inside the darkness
my love softly blossomed
like a flower for the first time
I'm sure you don't realize it
You held out your hand to me
and although I found no strength to take it
I want you to hold it out to me
for just a while longer
That is my ray of light in the darkness
I don't want to know the future
of my love just yet
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So what kind of love did you want to talk about?
You're in middle school and have a boyfriend already,
and your friends likely ask you, a veteran, for advice on various love-related issues,
so this is something I can only ask you about.
There's a girl in my class who I'm interested in.
I might have feelings for a girl who ended up in the same class as me.
Oh, wow!
Is it that surprising?
Of course it is!
Surprising? More like earth-shattering, if you ask me!
My brother, who used to make ridiculous declarations like,
"The more friends you have, the weaker you are as a person" is in love now?!
This is more shocking to me than a talking dog!
Don't get ahead of yourself.
I only said that I might, perhaps, be interested in her. It's not set in stone.
That's why I'm here, unwillingly asking you for advice.
Let's say there's a member of the opposite sex.
How do you figure out if you're in love with them?
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Er, what?
Could you repeat that?
You didn't catch that?
Pay attention this time.
How does one figure out if they're in love with a member of the opposite sex?
Basically, at what point do the normal feelings you have for someone turn into affection?
Hate Neutral Love
Playing the straight man is usually your role, but in this case...
You're saying you don't know if you're in love?
What are you, a girl?!
Kneel!
Kneel
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I want a proper explanation for all this, stupid brother of mine.
Er... I can't really go into specifics, but—
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Let's call the subject Miss H, for the time being.
Miss H? Awfully specific, aren't we?
Ever since we ended up in the same class at the beginning of the month,
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she's all I've been thinking about.
And it's not just thinking, either.
During class, whenever I take my eyes off the blackboard,
I always find myself looking in her direction.
And it's not just in school, either.
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I look for her on my way to school and back, too.
Even when I go shopping to, let's say, to the bookstore,
Yaharu Bookstore
A bookstore the grade of the Diet's library
Cafe Books Parking
Law Qualifications, Jobs
Finance Accounting
Employment exams
there's a part of me that hopes we'll run into each other
Nutritious recipes How to cook for someone ill
1000 Recipes
and western-style sweets
Japanese Literature
Floor guide for the 1st floor
since this is such a small town.
Kobe
Chugoku
Shikoku
Kyushu
Okinawa
Reading the book I bought at that bookstore makes me think,
"Oh, I bet she'd like this part," and so on.
Then His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness said to the old man: "If this be thy daughter, wilt thou offer her to me?" He replied, saying: "With reverence, but I know not thy august name." Then be replied, saying: I am elder brother to the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity. So I hath now descended from Heaven." Then the deities Foot-Stroking-Elder and Hand-Stroking-Elder said: "If that be so, with reverence will we offer her to thee." So His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, at once taking and changing, the young girl into a multitudinous and close-toothed comb which he stuck into his august hair-bunch, said to the deities Foot-Stroking-Elder and Hand-Stroking-Elder: "Do you distil some eightfold refined liquor? Also make a fence round about, in that fence make eight gates, at each gate tie together eight platforms, on each platform put a liquor-vat, and into each vat pour the eightfold refined liquor, and wait." So as they waited after having thus prepared everything in accordance with his bidding the eight-forked serpent came truly as the old man had said, and immediately dipped a head into each vat, and drank the liquor. Thereupon it was intoxicated with drinking, and all the heads lay down and slept. Then His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness drew the ten-grasp saber that was augustly girded on him, and cut the serpent in pieces, so that the River Hi flowed on changed into a river of blood. So when he cut the middle tail, the edge of his august sword broke. Then, thinking it strange, he thrust into and split the flesh with the point of his august sword and looked, and there was a great sword within. So he took this great sword, and, thinking it a strange thing, he respectfully informed the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity. This was the Herb-Quelling Great Sword. So thereupon His Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness sought in the land of Idzumo for a place where he might build a palace. Then he arrived at a place called Suga, and said: "On coming to this place my august he
I'd think about buying a porn magazine,
but then immediately put it back on the shelf,
because I'd be afraid she'd come to hate me if I bought it.
You don't have to be so frank about it.
That's way too much personal information.
More like, do you really think I want to hear about you hesitating to buy porn?
Actually, Bro...
What?
That's love, isn't it?
You never know.
I've never even fallen in love with someone in the first place.
Never?!
Reference
Not once.
Reference
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I figured I'd use your case as a reference.
Your boyfriend... Rousokuzawa, was it?
I'm surprised you remember.
Just his name, though.
When, at what stage, did you conclude you were in love with him?
That's what I really wanted to ask you about.
Well, I did,
somehow.
Somehow?
Yup. Ambiguously. Vaguely.
Is that okay?
It is. It is what it is.
Okay, then let's leave the timing part aside for now and focus on the reason.
Rosokuzawa
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Why did you fall in love with Rousokuzawa?
One reason or another.
I really just did.
Somehow
Somehow, for one reason or another, I just did.
Somehow
I wondered if I loved him, if I felt I did, and if I realized I did.
Something like that.
How vague could you possibly get?
The same goes for the reasons as well.
You could make up loads of excuses like how he's so cool, he's nice, tall, rich, or whatever.
You can come up with reasons like that,
but they're all just lies.
Lies you say to try to justify your feelings.
Pretense, in other words. In the end, they're just excuses.
You begin by concluding that you're in love, then climb the ladder to reach that conclusion.
A ladder?
Maybe a rocket would be more fitting given the situation.
Yeah, it's like building a rocket.
I think you're pretty much in love if you always want to be with someone.
I see.
Then I, Araragi Koyomi, might just have finally fallen in love at the ripe old age of eighteen.
Why stop at "might have"? Believe that you have.
Believe that you have!
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You have!
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I have...
I have......
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You fell in love! It's decided!
You mean it?!
Yes. No uncertainty about it!
I hereby declare that you're in love with Miss H.
Well, if that's your decision, there's not much I can do about it. Yep.
All right! I no longer have any doubts!
You have my gratitude. Thank you, Tsukihi.
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No, no, no. It was a big deal, but then it wasn't, really.
Well, I said quite a lot, but if you take anything away from this...
Know that falling in love with someone is as ordinary as a dog barking,
so it's not worth worrying about so much.
I see. Ordinary, eh?
Yup. Completely normal.
It's normal to be interested in a girl in your class.
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Normal!
Normal
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Paying more attention to her than the blackboard during a class is normal too.
Normal!
Normal
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As is looking for her on the way to school and back,
wondering if you'll run into her,
and letting your imagination run wild when purchasing a book!
Normal!
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The same goes for wanting to fondle her breasts, too!
Nope.
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Nope
What on earth are you talking about, Tsukihi?
You mean little old me?
Time for you to kneel, too.
Okay. Got it.
Kneel
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What I'm saying is,
Miss H has breasts appealing enough to make one want to cop a feel,
or fondle them.
What I'm saying is, Miss H has a chest attractive enough to
That's where we're at right now.
I'm sorry, but could you please stop using such lewd terminology?
Hmm?
Okay, then how about touch gently?
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Well okay, that's not lewd and even sounds kind of cute, but—
Anyway, the long and short of it is
that I keep wanting to gently touch Miss H's breasts.
This is what you call love, right?
Nope.
Nope
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But think about it this way.
You wouldn't want to touch the breasts of a girl you don't love, would you?
That's why I believe these feelings of mine are definitely what you'd call love.
A boy wanting to touch a girl's breasts is natural, so you shouldn't overthink it.
Sheesh.
Sheesh, sheesh.
What?
I figured we'd try it out.
Here, cop a feel.
Without a word. Without any expression. Without thinking, I touched her without any further ado.
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Okay.
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It hurts, dammit!
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I said it hurts! Let go! Let go this very instant!
Ah, geez.
You went too far fondling your sister's breasts like that!
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Ah, geez. You went too far fondling your sister's breasts there!
What were you even expecting?
Ah, geez. You went too far fondling your sister's breasts there!
Where did you think this was gonna go
Ah, geez. You went too far fondling your sister's breasts there!
when you stuck your breasts out at me?
Ah, geez. You went too far fondling your sister's breasts there!
It was both a joke and test of sorts.
In my head,
I foresaw us engaging back and forth, with you
trying to prove your theory right by saying you had no interest in breasts like these,
and me pointing out that it's only because they're your sister's.
Would've made for a great scene, but you blew it.
So what now?
What do you mean?
What conclusion do we derive from that test or whatever it was?
Er...
Aren't you just sexually frustrated?
What?!
Come to think of it,
didn't say that you couldn't buy porn magazines, you couldn't buy porn magazines,
and that you couldn't buy porn magazines earlier?
I didn't say it thrice.
That completely backfired on you.
You mistook your libido for feelings of love,
and now you're caught in an inflationary spiral of sexual frustration.
Holy crap. An inflationary spiral?
You're saying that a James Bond-like phenomenon is now occurring inside my head?
Yup. That's why you end up indiscriminately touching even your sister's chest.
I did end up touching it, huh?
That touch panel-like chest of yours.
Aren't touch panels flat surfaces?!
I see. I'm sexually frustrated, huh?
But yeah, that's quite a convincing argument, now that I think about it.
Actually, I get the feeling that's exactly what's going on here.
Tsukihi: "It was good, wasn't it?" Koyomi: "It wasn't bad."
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I get it now. So that's what was happening to me.
Yeah. That was a close one, wasn't it?
You nearly mistook finding someone's breasts appealing for falling in love with someone you don't even like.
Oh man.
This is what all of them mean when they say, "D-Don't get the wrong idea, okay?" Right?
Looking at it from Miss H's point of view in this case, that'd be a very serious request.
Either way, now that we've reached a conclusion, we'd better come up with some countermeasures.
That's right.
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This could end up becoming a disaster if we neglect it.
I guess I was lucky I realized the truth after a single touch
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We must protect Miss H from my demonic hands.
That's right.
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I suppose I could settle for clearing my head by fondling you or Karen whenever I feel like it.
That's not something that can be put into practice!
What, aren't you Fire Sisters the warriors of justice?
You should gladly sacrifice yourselves for me, then.
I get the feeling that sacrificing you is the only way to administer justice in this case.
There's no way I'm letting you fondle my breasts for such a dumb reason.
What do we do, then?
Well, I suppose you don't have a choice...
Go buy a porn magazine.
That's the conclusion?
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I mean, you hesitated to buy them this past month because you've been worried Miss H would judge you for it.
And considering it's you we're talking about here,
you probably threw away the prized collection you built up over time just to cleanse your body and mind, right?
How did you know that?!
That's just increasing your pent up frustration.
So you should just solve that problem by purchasing a new porn magazine.
Now that we've come to an agreement, go strike while the iron's hot!
The bookstore should be opening right about now too, so go buy some.
I'm home!
Welcome back.
What, is it raining?
And I was just about to go out, too.
No, it isn't raining.
It's weather appropriate for the first day of Golden Week, clear blue skies.
Why are you so drenched, then?
Oh, this is just sweat.
That's all sweat?
Are you serious?
Well, you see, I don't go jogging too often, so I'm not accustomed to pacing myself.
Apparently, I got it completely wrong this time.
I didn't expect 42.195 kilometers to be all that far.
Did you just run a full marathon?!
I went jogging today to commemorate the start of Golden Week, so I imagined myself as an Olympic torchbearer.
Olympic torchbearers don't run 42.195 kilometers!
Man, I'm beat.
Thirsty as hell too. I need some water!
Guess I'll take a shower now.
Hey, Karen.
What is it?
I want you to enlighten me on something.
Do you finally feel inclined to take up the way of karate?
No, I don't want you to teach me your secret technique.
How do you figure out if you're in love, if you love someone?
Huh? It's love advice you're looking for?
If looking at their face makes you want to have their babies,
you're in love with them. It's that simple.
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Yo, Araragi!
You doin' all right?
Yo! I'm doing all right, yes.
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Er,
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you see, Ararag—
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What's a high schooler like you thinking, flipping skirts at this age?
You know, Hanekawa...
Don't worry, I know.
Here.
You're kind, Araragi.
You're kind, and you're a nice guy.
That's what I like about you.
Let's take a walk.
You have younger sisters, don't you?
Yeah,
but it wouldn't make a difference if I didn't.
It wouldn't make a difference?
Having said that, they're my family, so it's not like we're on bad terms.
But they really are causing me tons of trouble.
Although, I guess there have been times when I've been the instigator.
So you're sailing in the same boat?
Well, isn't that nice. It's almost like a family.
Family?
Right. A familie.
Did I ever tell you I was an only child?
No, I don't think you did.
You see, Araragi...
I don't have what you'd call a family.
Easy there, Hanekawa.
You might not have siblings sure, but aren't you going a bit too far by saying you don't have a family?
You probably have a dad, a mom, grandparents—
I don't.
I don't have a dad, a mom, or anyone else for that matter.
Basically, my biological mother's husband's second wife is my current mother,
and her second husband's my current father.
So they're not your biological parents?
Right. The dad and mom I'm living with right now aren't related to me by blood at all. They're complete strangers.
No kindred of mine, if you will.
"They're not related to me by blood, so they're no kindred of mine"?
Sounds like the kind of thing that'd make a vampire laugh, doesn't it?
Not at all.
I used to think it was possible to become a family even if you weren't blood-related.
I used to think I had to try my best to get along well with them.
But things just didn't go my way.
Things don't go my way, and they're much too tedious.
That bruise on your face...
Who did that to you?
Why? Why would you, Araragi, ask me that question?
That's...
That's probably because I'm your friend.
Friend...
Wouldn't a friend usually ask questions in these kinds of situations?
I'm not really sure, though.
Hmm, yeah. You're right. You're probably right.
Do you promise not to tell anyone?
Well, oka—
When I say anyone, I mean anyone.
Not your sisters, nor anyone else in your family.
Will you keep it a secret from everyone?
I... promise.
My dad hit me this morning.
You got hit? That's—
Just put yourself in his shoes for a second, Araragi.
You're forty years old,
and you have to put up with an ignorant seventeen year old talking to you like she knows everything.
Don't you think it's inevitable that you'd get a little mad and maybe snap?
Why does it sound like she's trying to justify what happened?
She's sticking up for someone who's not her real parent—
A parent who'd hit his daughter.
She's my friend, but with the way she's acting right now, I find her...
as her friend
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revolting.
"It was inevitable that he'd hit you"? What the hell are you talking about?!
Should you really be saying that? Isn't that what you should find most unforgiv—
Isn't it okay, just this once?
You promised, didn't you, Araragi?
You promised, didn't you, Araragi?!
You promised not to tell anyone, didn't you?
But that's not a promise I can keep—
Please, Araragi!
Don't tell anyone about this.
Hanekawa...
But I...
Please don't tell anyone.
If you keep this a secret, I'll do anything you want!
What? For real?! You'll do anything?!
Fuck yeah!
A-Araragi?
Oh man, what should I do?
H—
What should I have her do? What should I have her do?!
H—
What'd be the best thing I could have her do?
Hu—
No!
Hu—
Wait, hold on! Don't panic!
Hu—
Don't get too worked up! This is the time to be calm and collected!
Hu—
Go about it in a dignified manner!
Hu—
I have to utilize this unprecedented opportunity to the fullest.
H-Huh?
Is that how you react?
Is this supposed to be that kind of scene?
Isn't it one where you're touched by my sincerity and reluctantly swear eternal silence?
Sincerity? The heck is that? I have no idea!
Ms Tsubasa will do whatever you demand of her, Araragi.
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Anything, eh?
Who's that Ms. Tsubasa?
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But now that it's come to this, I really don't know what I should pick.
I was considering asking her to pretend to be a teacher, and I accidentally said it.
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Shit! My indecisiveness is starting to piss me off.
Come on! It's at times like these where making a prompt decision makes you a man among men.
No, it'd make you the worst kind of man.
Hey, Araragi. Do you remember that serious and heavy topic we were discussing just a minute ago?
I don't.
You don't, huh?
Araragi? Who's that supposed to be?
So you even forgot your own name.
She'll do anything, eh?
But really, what on earth should I have her do?
This is an extremely difficult decision to make, simply because there are way too many options to pick from!
Actually wait, this is more like a short essay!
What I need right now is composition skills!
Hold on!
Come to think of it, Hanekawa hasn't placed any restrictions on the number of wishes she'll grant me.
So her words, depending on how you take them, might just mean she's willing to forever do as I say!
Just one!
I'll do whatever you want me to, but only once.
Damn, I let her add that clause.
I'm starting to get a headache here, seriously.
For the time being, Hanekawa, let's head to a more secluded place.
All right, fine. I understand.
Not like I have anywhere else to be.
I took Hanekawa to a nearby thicket.
What's with you, Araragi?
You're really beating around the bush here.
Or maybe it's because you can't think of anything?
Or maybe, perhaps, what you want to do is stare a hole through me like you are right now?
What do they call it... ogling?
Hanekawa.
What?
That's not what I want to do.
I...
What I want to do is lick a hole through
the bruise that's under that bandage!
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As I still have lingering side-effects from when I was a vampire,
my blood and saliva have healing abilities.
As a scaredy-cat who didn't have the balls to lick Hanekawa's face,
I instead pricked my fingertip with a safety pin and applied my blood on her bruise.
It was a perfectly wholesome act.
Thank you.
Put that bandage back on, just in case.
People might find it weird that your bruise healed that quickly.
Do you think my parents would find it suspicious?
They wouldn't.
They're not the kind of people who would.
I could chop my hair off, but I don't think they'd notice that I did.
They probably don't even remember my face.
Oh, hey.
That was quick!
Don't just ignore me like that.
At least open your mouth and tell your cute little sister that you're home.
Are you done shopping?
Shopping?
No, shopping...
was a lie.
Screw dealing with my pent up frustration. I've only ended up getting more depressed.
These feelings, thoughts, and desires...
only continue to bury me.