Original Subs by Genjo Subs
No one could have predicted that the well's water level would decrease.
It'll be enough for now, but we should start thinking about filtering water from the waterworks.
The water from the waterworks doesn't taste so bad.
I'm sorry.
I should have made a decision earlier...
Did the water level of the well go down?
Good morning, Tarou.
Yeah, it seems so.
Why is the water...
I guess it's because of the changes to the top of Kameiwa Mountain.
Because that plant was built...
The flow of the underground water veins may have changed.
I'm good for nothing...
Water is one of the most important components for a brewery.
Kei.
Yeah?
Could you come over here for a moment?
I was ordered here by the press officer of this region,
so I'm now covering this city. My name is Suzuki.
He will come here from time to time to interview you.
My name is Yakushi. I'm working as the master brewer here.
A master brewer is the director-general of a brewery, correct?
I'm sorry. I didn't expect you to be so young.
I still lack experience somewhat,
but I've been learning as an assistant to my grandfather, the previous master brewer.
The previous master has health problems,
and because he saw her potential, he gave her very strict lessons.
I see.
Oh, no...
Tarou, you'll be late.
Oh, yeah. I'm off.
So, is that kid going to be the master brewer someday?
It'll be his decision.
Here.
Yo.
I heard that the upperclassmen beat you up.
That was nothing.
You should stop interfering.
I don't want to interfere, you know. {don't touch}
When I was a freshman, I was in the photography club for a bit.
There was an upperclassman who would smoke in the darkroom.
And you told on him?
No... But he thinks I did...
The causes are always such trivial things.
You have the personality of a victim.
Nakajima, were you bullied at your school in Tokyo?
Hey, you there!
Come over here.
Why are they taking Masayuki?
Makoto!
Upperclassmen, you're still picking on underclassmen?
What's with him grinning all the time? I don't like this guy.
Haven't you had enough already?
If you contribute some funds to us, we'll forgive you.
Weapon select.
Are you mocking us?!
Makoto!
It's Ogami.
He's a mad dog. You don't want to get near him.
Well, now they won't pick on us for a while.
That'd be good, but...
Masayuki, you couldn't use the weapons from that game?
Yeah, it's impossible in the real world after all.
What are you talking about?
Nothing, just a game.
Actually, that was a lie. We were talking about when we left our bodies.
L-Left your bodies?
Tarou.
That thing from the pachinko parlor can't come back, can it?
Are you talking about ghosts?
I guess it can't. {He's answering Tarou, which is kind of confusing, but it's fine as is}
Then I shouldn't be afraid of anything.
But...
When I turned into that thing, I started to hate him.
I have told you before that fear and hatred are generated in the same part of the brain, haven't I?
The amygdala.
Correct. It's certain that you have recovered from your fear,
but this does not mean that the events of eleven years ago will disappear.
I know there's no point in hating a criminal who has already died...
But...
Oh, this has become a habit of mine...
By tapping on certain parts of the throat or the forehead, you can recover from a phobia.
Is it different from EMDR?
It's called TFT, Thought Field Therapy.
Editor's note: TFT (Thought Field Therapy) treats mental or physical problems through tapping meridian points on the body.
It's an acupuncture technique called Keiraku, derived from an Asian treatment.
Editor's note: Keiraku is a supposed circulatory system that links keiketsu, or the parts of the body receptive to acupuncture treatment.
Roger J. Callahan, an American who is doing research on this, has an interesting idea about it.
Editor's note: Roger J. Callahan actually created the TFT treatment, beginning his work in the 1980's.
He claims that true psychological fear isn't generated by the amygdala, but rather by a field of thought energy.
Although they differ from case to case, the results of TFT treatment become apparent very quickly.
Callahan believes that it is very unlikely that the cause lies inside the brain.
Thought energy is invisible to the naked eye.
If a regular person were to consider psychological fear, it would only manifest as an abstract thought.
It's possible that in your case, it is manifesting at the place where your trauma occurred.
Rupert Sheldrake, a British scientist, says that,
Editor's note: Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance states that a morphic unit (person) is naturally attuned to a certain morphic field (set of thoughts).
just as none of the TV programs which are sent from the television station exist inside of a TV set,
memories do not exist inside of the brain.
Wow...
This theory is in opposition to my own beliefs, but I wanted to inform you that these ideas also exist.
Is there anything you're afraid of, Professor Hirata?
Why did you wait for me?
Well, there's no real reason, but if I got home early, all I'd do is play games.
Michio's face was so funny when he heard that we left our bodies.
Although that's a natural reaction, I guess.
I don't think we should tell too many people about that.
Maybe.
But Michio's a nice guy, so it'll be fine. He's told me a lot of things about this town.
Are you still worried about why you turned into a beast?
I'm not really worried, but...
Man, it would be so nice if someone could teach us about all this Kakuriyo stuff.
Maybe we could go to the Kameiwa shrine.
What are you scared of? Is it something to do with that priest?
No, it's not that.
You're right, maybe he knows something.
Excuse me!
I hope you guys don't think that I'm some kind of esper just because I'm a Shinto priest.
I'm not Ogami's grandma or anything.
Maybe we shouldn't have come here.
Before I inherited this shrine, I was an assistant professor of tribal culture at Tokyo University.
Therefore, I have a great understanding of culture.
However, you mentioned something about leaving your bodies?
I don't really know much about OBEs and stuff like that.
Um, what is Kakuriyo? Is it like Heaven or Hell?
In our circle, we define it as an afterlife, but it's the counterpart to our world, Utsushiyo.
It's like a world of opportunity waiting for us. A place that's a mystery to humans.
Well, no... It's more like a general term for the world we can't really comprehend.
For example, Kameiwa Mountain was, to people a long time ago, a Kakuriyo:
a world of gods, where people would not dare approach.
But nowadays... Since Bio-whatever built its plant there, there's no more mystery in the mountain.
Oh yeah. The water level of our well has decreased.
I guess it's because that plant was built.
For real?
Well, that's possible, but humans are creatures only capable of producing civilization by destroying nature.
Ah, like global warming, right?
It's true that we can't live without burning fossil fuels.
Wait a bit.
The global climate is indeed changing.
However, any correlation between the burning of fossil fuels and the increase of carbon dioxide hasn't been scientifically proven.
Really?
The ones who started all this talk about carbon dioxide are the same ones who were pro-nuclear power.
Nuclear power...
Nuclear doesn't give off any carbon dioxide, am I right?
It does give off something else, though.
So, you're saying that humans should be allowed to go on destroying nature? I'm not sure about that.
Yeah, everything depends on this balance.
What we think of as "natural" isn't forests or wilderness, but actually places controlled by humans.
Tokyo was just a thicket before people settled there.
In such a place, not much evolution occurred.
However, when humans started developing agriculture and throwing away organic trash,
the development of animals and insects was stimulated.
Ah, um... I...
Sorry to bother you again...
Oh? What are you getting so embarrassed about, Tarou?
That's not good! She's in elementary school!
No, it's not like that.
Don't be shy.
It's fine. You can come in.
You can't enter the main brewery, but it's okay for you to enter this room.
Wow...
The yeast is multiplying quickly.
You can't see them,
but when you think about the small organisms being born in there, you can feel their power.
If you imagine it that way, it's a bit disgusting...
How do you imagine things?
There are always new lives being born in Utsushiyo.
If more are born, then more will eventually die.
Perhaps you won't inherit this brewery, Tarou-kun.
Why not?
I just thought you might not.
...is causing more damage than ever recorded, and many nations are discussing a solution.
The reports of abnormal climate continue.
The fires which have broken out on the west coast of America don't seem to be letting up, and...
Watching the moon and secretly drinking sake...
One, two, three, four...
One, two, three, four.
Oh, it's you.
Ah, you brought that for me?
Uh, well... {sign! D;}
I heard you were wandering throughout the mountains of Japan.
That's right, but I'm originally from a port in Chiba.
Oh, so you're just an unemployed person.
You're rude. I'd prefer if you called me a wayfarer.
Sit down by the fire. This night air is poison.
Someone should have told me I could do this earlier.
Told me that Kakuriyo was like this.
Did father do this too?
I'm not the only one on this mountain.
Who else is here?
One guy like me, and one guy who's not.
He must be someone who's noticed that in this mountain,
or this town, or this region, something big is going to happen.
What's going to happen?
No clue, but if you're a Shinto priest, could you tell me the stories passed down in this region?
Well, there isn't much that's special about this region...
There's just a mountain like anywhere in Japan, and...
Huh, isn't that Tarou?
What's up with him, transforming again?
I thought he was afraid of it.
Hey, Ei, since they've purified you at the shrine, that curse on you is gone, right?
O-Of course! They even cut my hair!
Are you kidding me? Jeez...
Can he see me?
Yo!
What's wrong, Ei?
There's nothing there, right?
T-There's nothing there...
Ei?
Yo!
I didn't do anything.
If, for example, a region contained a river and lands rich in nutrients,
this region would afford good conditions for people to live.
The concept of affordance says that an individual, by using his intuition, can find something that he wishes to acquire,
Editor's note: James C. Gibson created this term in 1977.
but what kind of affordance is offered by the current world?