One day, when we were young, our father showed us a magic trick.
Thinking back, it was something really quite simple,
but the sense of wonder it evoked captivated me.
I began practicing magic tricks every day, from the moment I woke up in the morning until night fell.
It became my daily routine. Before I went to bed, I would pray:
"I wish to get better at magic tricks.
I wish to be capable of magical feats someday."
In those days, I...
wanted to become a magician.
All
qu
ar
tets
lead,
lead
to...?
Say
la
All
qu
ar
tets
lead,
lead
to...?
Say
la
ya
ma
ta
a
e
ta
ne
ko
n
ba
n
wa
Hey, we meet again. Good evening—
i
ya
ko
n
ni
chi
wa
da
kke
I mean, good afternoon
hi
ro
i
yo
u
de
se
ma
i
yo
u
de
It seems so wide and yet it's so narrow
ta
i
ku
tsu
wa
i
ra
na
i
mi
ta
i
da
ne
Looks like like there's no room for boredom
a
mo
n
da
i
wa
i
ze
n
a
tte
Oh, there was this problem once
a
ta
ma
i
ta
i
n
da
ke
re
do
It gave me a real headache,
su
ko
shi
zu
tsu
tte
i
ki
ka
se
te
But I told them, "Take things one step at a time"
ne
ga
i
go
to
ka
na
e
te
i
ki
ma
sho
u
ne
Let's make all our wishes come true, one by one
I
shall
re
mem
ber,
I
wa
nna
do
I
shall
re
mem
ber
hi
ro
i
a
tsu
me
ta
ko
u
ka
i
no
ka
ke
ra
ta
chi
wo
Fragments of regret that I picked up off the ground
yo
ru
ga
a
ke
ru
ma
e
ni
Before the break of dawn
ra
be
ru
wo
ha
tte
na
ra
be
te
tte
I'll stick on labels and line them up
ki
bo
u
ni
ka
e
ru
ju
n
bi
wo
ke
i
zo
ku
chuu
in preparation to turn them into hope.
After the cherry blossoms fall and scatter,
sa
ku
ra
ga
sa
i
te
chi
tta
so
no
a
to
de
na
ni
ga
shi
n
ji
tsu
na
no
ka
na
I wonder what will still be true
wa
ka
ru
ka
ra
fu
ture
me
lo
dy
so
u
i
ma
wa
ka
na
de
te
I'll play the future's melody because I know the answer
a
i
ga
se
ka
i
su
ku
u
da
na
n
te
bo
ku
wa
shi
n
ji
te
na
i
ke
do
ne
I don't believe that love can save the world
i
ma
me
no
ma
e
no
ki
mi
ga
a
shi
ta
wo
i
ki
re
ru
ku
ra
i
ni
wa
But to make sure you'll get through tomorrow and stay the same,
a
ri
e
na
i
fu
jo
u
ri
wa
fu
ki
to
ba
shi
te
yu
ke
I'll blow away all the ridiculous absurdities
with
ki
do
a
i
ra
ku
With our emotions
da
i
jo
u
bu
sa
do
ko
ma
de
mo
yu
ku
da
ro
u
It's all right. I'm sure we can go anywhere
all
qu
ar
tets
lead,
lead
to...?
Say
la
Hello, Juri-oneesama.
Lila?
Onee-sama?
It's been forever, Onee-sama.
You're Juri-san's little sister?
It's been over a decade,
but I see you're just as adorable as you were back then.
No, you're more than just cute.
You're stunningly beautiful.
I-I don't really get what's going on,
but she's the little sister you thought was dead, right?
Isn't that great, Juri-san?
Happy she's alive, right?
What's wrong, Juri-san?
Hey...
That's not nice, Onee-sama.
You're at a loss for words since it's been so long, aren't you?
All right. In that case, I'll put on a special magic show for you.
Whoa, that's amazing.
Wait, Lila! Don't tell me...
I knew you'd understand.
It's exactly what you're thinking.
The only trick you'd do with a box like that is...
Huh? What, this?
Something like this has happened to me before.
Stop, Lila!
Fantastic! I love that expression, Onee-sama.
I knew you'd catch on quickly.
The makings of a wonderful magic show are...
90% surprise, 9% humor,
and just a drop of...
fear.
Attention, citizens!
We have reason to believe that a youkai hunter is somewhere in town!
Please stay indoors until further notice!
Say, Kotoha-chan, why don't we announce it back at the office instead of doing this?
Good call!
Let's head back. I'm hungry anyway.
Oh, I have a call. Someone's calling me.
It's Akina-san.
What? I already gave you a report, didn't I?
Huh?
You can't get a hold of Hime or Juri-san?
Maybe the two of them are just at Hime's place.
Why not try calling Touka?
I'm hanging up now. Bye-bye.
Now then...
What's wrong, Ao?
Oh, it's Akina-san!
Yes, hello? Good evening!
Huh? Hime-chan?
She's not back yet.
Maybe she's with my brother.
Not that I'm concerned about him in the slightest, though!
Oh, we got into a bit of an argument.
Yeah... Sure...
I'll let them know to give you a call when they're back.
Okay, goodbye then.
Man, it's always about Hime-chan!
I wonder what she's up to though.
Maybe I should give her a call too.
Huh? What's... that?
Zakuro-chan!
Oh, it's Rin.
I came to find you since you were taking so long!
I thought you got lost.
I did get lost, but now I'm escorting her to Juri-san's place.
I'm a bodyguard.
Did something happen?
Mumble, mumble...
Oh, I see.
So there might be a youaki hunter around, huh?
It must be difficult for Akina-san and the others
to act when it's unclear who's being targeted.
Youkai hunters are half-youkai that've been struck before, right?
That sounds right, yeah.
Oh, right...
Sorry, Zakuro-chan.
Oh, don't worry about me.
It's no problem.
Say, sorry to press the subject,
but what'd it feel like to get struck?
I don't recall it too clearly, but...
Houhouran
When I close my eyes like this, it seems like it happened only a few years ago—
Houhouran
It did happen a few years ago.
Houhouran
I was thinking that I'd love to be together with Rin forever and ever.
I guess that's when it happened.
It seemed to have responded to my wish.
As if it sought to torment me in the process...
As if it had malicious intents...
Something fell from the sky...
with a loud crash.
It was something like...
a shooting star, I guess.
Houhouran
Since then, I—
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Wh-What's...
that?
Now, it's time for Victor Lila Frankenstein's
lovely magic show to begin!
Stop, Lila! Please, I'm begging you!
I'm afraid I can't, Onee-sama.
Besides, it'll be fun and calm your nerves.
Maybe it'll get you to be honest and say you're happy to see me.
Or are you ready to be honest with me now?
I see how it is.
I guess you need a bit more time.
We've stalled this long enough.
Let's raise the curtain on this show.
No tricks, no gimmicks.
No! You've got it all wrong!
It's falling!
I'll admit that scared me a little.
Wrong? Got what wrong?
So? Did you want to see me after all?
Happy to see me?
What am I getting wrong?
Oh, are you wondering how I'm alive by any chance?
I'm sure someone as bright and studious as you would know.
Back then, all you did was study from dusk till dawn without paying me any mind, after all.
So this girl's my replacement, is she?
She has quite the backbone.
Thank you for the compliment.
That bespectacled fox's description was spot-on.
Bespectacled fox?
Juri-san!
I don't know what's going on between you two,
but this couldn't possibly be a magic trick.
She must be working with Enjin too.
You're aware, aren't you?
All the people that he's gathered are...
I wouldn't say I'm working with him.
It's more like I'm making good use of him.
Stop.
Lila, just stop.
When I was a child, I wanted to become a doctor.
I wanted to become one so badly, I grew blind to everything else.
Lila, you're...
You're—
I remember.
Back when you wanted to become a doctor,
I, too, had something I wanted to become.
It was my one and only goal.
I wanted to become a real magician but lacked the means.
A strike?
I prayed to a star.
And the star, responding to my wish, fell from the sky...
and my body received it, in its entirety.
So you really are... a half-youkai.
Oh, that sounds so crass.
I'd prefer...
"Magician." Think you could call me that instead?
Kotoha!
That gave me a heart attack!
What the heck's going on?!
Be careful! Ao, you stay back!
Huh? Oh, a youkai hunter?!
You okay, Juri-san?!
And Hime?
What are you doing, messing around at a time like this?
Do you really think I want to be stuck like this?!
Good grief.
Kotoha-chan, it's coming again!
Are you all right?!
Yes, I met up with them.
Akina-san, you take care as well.
Zakuro!
Oh? My, my...
I suppose I should say, "Long time no see."
Huh? Um...
Where have we...
We met just once when all the youkai hunters gathered.
Have you forgotten?
Unfortunately...
I see.
In that case...
Why don't I drag you back over to this side?
Kotoha, Zakuro, keep the blades from reaching the town!
Easier said than done.
Zakuro, I'll leave half to you!
I'll do my best.
I'll knock them out of the sky!
That's the spirit!
Install!
And next up... Shortcut:
Tray!
I can't handle much more!
I-I'm... going to counterattack!
Stop! Please! She's my little...
She's my little sister. Please!
Little sister?
You mean...
I see.
So you still think of me as your sister, huh?
Yet you wouldn't even say you're happy to see me.
Honestly...
Honestly, I have to say...
Calling you indecisive would be an understatement.
What's...
The walls...
Kotoha-chan!
Flying's against the rules.
Kotoha-chan!
For starters, let's restrain her!
Okay!
My, how boorish.
Give the two of us some alone time, will you?
F-Flying's against the rules!
Onee-sama, we're finally alone.
That's what you think.
It's no good!
We can't catch up!
Keep it up!
That looks like a nice ride!
Let me on!
There's only room for one!
I have to say, that witch is really strong.
Well, that's a youkai hunter for you.
Half-youkai?
Say, Zakuro—
Oh?
This is...
the witch's broom?
Kotoha-chan, you're drooling.
Oh, Akina-san's calling.
Just a second, Kotoha-chan.
You know, Akina-san, I don't seem to recall seeing you around at all.
Forget that, Ao...
Huh?
If a youkai hunter is in town, that means he should be here too!
So...
Got it.
I'll call you back in one minute.
Kotoha-chan!
Hand me a cough drop. A sweet one.
Coming right up.
Now then...
Satellite?
I see you're not taking the offensive.
What're you planning?
I just don't have any reason to fight you.
Besides, there's something I want to get straightened out first.
And that is?
Might you be confused about what I'm after?
Isn't it obvious?
I'm going to have Onee-sama become a magician like me.
That way, the two of us will match.
A magician?!
You want to turn Juri-san into a half-youkai?! That's—
That's enough out of you.
Have I made myself clear?
H-Hime-chan!
I don't understand!
What a dull child.
Even after all I—
That's not it!
The one I don't...
The one I don't understand is...
you, Juri-san!
Hime-chan...
It's finally down to the two of us.
Now, it's about time we—
D-Did we get her?
Sure did.
But Department Chief, why are you going so far for her?
You wouldn't have to go to such lengths for me.
Now's not the time!
Oh, something's going on.
Are you one of the elders?
Hey, Shidare-san! That's taking it too...
Oh, don't worry about it.
It's only a stun gun.
Lila...
Considering how strong half-youkai are, she should be fine.
But isn't it strange for her to be in so much pain?
Huh? What?
Weird. That shouldn't...
What's going on, Shiina-kun?
Confirm the output—
This is a normal reaction.
She's a human, after all.
She's not a half-youkai?
Shut it off then, Shiina-kun!
I only just realized.
Lila...
Onee-sama...
I... I just wanted...
to surprise you.
I just wanted to hear you say that you're happy to see me alive.
But... why won't you say so?
Lila, I...
I...
They're falling!
Lila, that's not it. That's not it.
I...
We made it!
Juri-san, I'm back!
I'm back to straighten things out.
Everything that happened this time... Every little bit is all your fault!
Hey, Hime...
It's fine, Kotoha-chan.
I know.
I know it all too well.
Lila was just doing her best, trying to make me happy.
But I rebuffed her and kept pushing her away.
So... before I can tell her I'm happy to see her alive, I have to apologize for everything.
But... there are so many things I have to apologize for.
We'd be old and withered before I finish.
That's why... that's why...
That's not good enough!
If you're happy, give thanks.
If you did something wrong, apologize.
That's what the adults of this town have taught me,
and you're no exception to those rules!
That's why... That's why you have to apologize!
You're right.
You really are.
I'm sorry.
I really am, for everything I've done in the past!
I just... wanted to help you relax from your studies.
Just having you watch made me happy.
It made me even happier when you enjoyed it, too.
If you didn't, it meant that I wasn't good enough.
So I don't hate you in the slightest.
I love you with all my heart, after all.
I'm glad to see you alive.
I'm so glad. I missed you!
The tricks you showed me when we were little were wonderful!
I've longed to hear those words for so many years.
But you know...
It's too late.
I already made...
a contract.
Enjin!
It disappeared?
Oh? So you made it in time.
What a dramatic entrance.
Trying to prove that the hero always arrives in the nick of time, aren't you...
Hiizumi Akina?
he
llo
he
llo
i
to
shi
i
hi
to
ke
i
no
ha
ri
wo
sa
ka
sa
ma
ni
Hello, hello, my beloved. Let's make the clock tick backwards
yu
me
ni
na
i
te
kyo
u
mo
ma
ta
bo
ku
wa
i
ki
ru
Crying in my dreams, I live again today
o
sha
be
ri
ga
su
ki
ku
no
wa
ki
ra
i
You love to talk, hate to listen
ta
be
ru
ko
to
ga
su
ki
tsu
ku
ru
no
wa
ki
ra
i
You love to eat, hate to cook
so
n
na
wa
ga
ma
ga
tsu
u
ji
ru
no
wa
Did you know that I'm the only one in the whole wide world
se
ka
i
de
bo
ku
da
ke
to
shi
tte
i
ta
ka
i
who would put up with that?
ko
no
na
mi
da
wa
da
re
no
mo
no
da
Whose are these tears cried for?
bo
ku
no
ta
me
ka
ki
mi
no
ta
me
ka
Are the tears for me? Or are they for you?
ka
ra
ka
ra
ni
na
tte
so
re
ka
ra
ma
ta
da
re
ka
to
i
ta
i
to
o
mo
e
ru
no
We still want to see each other even after the tears dried up.
he
llo
he
llo
i
to
shi
i
hi
to
ki
no
u
ma
de
no
yu
me
no
ko
to
Hello, hello, my beloved. About the dream that ended today
ma
ho
u
ga
to
ke
ta
ko
no
se
ka
i
de
bo
ku
wa
ki
mi
wo
sa
ga
shi
ta
yo
I searched for you in a world that'd lost its magic
he
llo
he
llo
i
to
shi
i
hi
to
ki
mi
no
ko
e
wo
ki
ka
se
te
yo
Hello, hello, my beloved. Let me hear the sound of your voice
yu
me
no
na
ka
he
mo
u
i
chi
do
tsu
re
te
yu
ku
yo
I'll take you to the world of dreams once more
Get down from there, scumbag!
Between your power and mine...
Let's make it clear whose is superior,
right here, right now.
See you later.
Last episode: Song of Flowers
Last episode Song of Flowers
This is goodbye.