Art by Kyosai Kawanabe
A wavering wraith of karmic retribution Art by Kyosai Kawanabe
A wavering wraith of karmic retribution
on a wandering path of wretched fate.
Thoroughly despised and fractured,
a set of two mirrors facing one another.
Coming forth from the darkness where time intersects,
your grievance shall be avenged.
Hell Girl Two Mirrors Tell me what time it is right now
Hell Girl Two Mirrors Say it's a dream, hold me
The city in ruins looks familiar
Inside that photographic collection I flipped through with you
Why am I alone all alone?
Right away, right away, I realize it's a dream
I run through the rubble, I kick something
Searching for the exit that will wake me from the dream
I have to hurry, I have to hurry
I can hear your voice from somewhere
You can only see eternity in the flow of time
Tell me what time it is right now
Say it's a dream, hold me
My heart's on the verge of becoming still, make it stir again
Please
You're next to me
Probably having a different dream
I don't need the sun
Right now, I miss your smile
It's so late...
Hey.
What's wrong? You all right?
Hey...
Help me.
Please help me.
Please, I'm hurting here...
Oh, is that right?
I don't know what happened, but you poor thing.
All right, how about coming to my place for a drink?
Really?
Oh, I'd really like that!
Comfort me through my pain!
Please! What's wrong?!
Hey!
M-Monster!
Oh, he's gone...
Who're you?
You're lost, aren't you?
What would you know?
Come with me.
What?
Come.
What do you think you're about?
What in the world are you...?
Paper Balloon Wafting
The woman was the one who fell for him.
The man gambled away every last bit of the woman's fortune and bolted.
But she found him.
It's a typical love-hate story.
Is it over?
I don't care about the money.
If you'd just come back to me, Makoto...
I know you've found someone else.
If you know that...
But...
A child, huh?
Oh, she's totally untying the thread then.
I'll bet.
It's always the woman who ends up suffering.
There's one there.
Huh?
What's there, Miss?
That's...
That medicine you gave me the other day worked wonders.
Oh, thank you. I'm glad to hear it.
Welcome home, young master.
Where's Tsuyu?
Sir...
Tsuyu, I'm back.
Welcome home, young master.
That darn overseer...
After I insisted that he give you a sunny room,
because this room is cold.
Oh, no, I told him I was fine here.
What?
I am satisfied with just being given a place here.
I would not ask for any luxuries.
Tsuyu...
The paper balloons you make are popular among the children.
Thanks to these, we're selling double the medicine.
Just hearing that makes it worth making them.
Oh, that's right.
What is it?
I have a gift for you.
A gift?
I thought it would surely look good on you.
Young master...
Yes, it looks very good on you.
Young master, you make me so happy.
The other women will get jealous, so enjoy it in secret, all right?
I will.
I would never do anything that might cause you trouble.
Bear with it for a while longer.
I have made up my mind, Tsuyu.
I will abandon my place as the second-in-line.
I am taking you and leaving this place!
I will be sure to plan things out well,
so be patient until then.
We can start over together from the beginning!
Y-Young master...
Oh, this is like a dream!
I am dreaming right now, aren't I?
Tsuyu.
Master Shinzaburo!
No one has come after us, Master Shinzaburo.
Yes, so it seems, Tsuyu.
Not only did you get me that hairpin, but this kimono as well...
It is fine, do not let that worry you.
Young master.
Oh, there you are. I was starting to think you were not coming.
Please take us.
Now, Tsuyu, get in.
What? Oh, no, I am fine. I can still walk.
No, I could not let you do that. Come, get in.
But...
It is all right.
Thank you very much.
Yoshiasa
Um, what is this place?
Oh, young master, you took an awfully long time.
Oh, a lot of things happened, so...
Is this the girl?
Y-Yes...
Is she a virgin?
Yes...
I'll know right away even if you lie to me.
She isn't, is she?
You've got a lot of nerve, don't you?
Bringing your mistress to secure your loan.
N-Never mind that. What do you think?
Well, I wouldn't normally take her unless she was a virgin,
but she's a beauty, so with some polishing, I'm sure she'll work out.
Then...
There, that's your contract.
I appreciate it.
If you're going to thank someone, thank her.
Sorry, Tsuyu.
Can't even muster any tears, right?
In the end, that's what men are like.
And in the days to come, you'll be learning just how true that is.
You should just forget about a guy like that. Seriously.
I mean, you're preggers, right?
A friend, huh?
They can be helpful when you hit a rough patch.
True.
Oh, Sister Tsuyu, enough with your jokes!
Oh, but that story was true.
Done.
What is it, Kiyo?
You're so lucky.
What?
Who did you get that hand mirror from?
Oh, I got this from Tetsan.
I'm sure it was cheap.
I've never received anything like that.
What?
I do all I can for them, too, you know.
But no one's given me so much as a comb.
Kiyo...
No matter what I do, I'm no match for you.
What are you saying?
Even making paper balloons...
See? I can't make them like you.
It's no surprise that you can't.
Because for a long time there, all I did was make paper balloons.
It's okay, you don't have to console me.
I'll be fine.
I'm stupid, so I forget the unpleasant stuff in no time.
Kiyo...
What? Run away?
Yeah, I asked Tetsan and made the preparations.
Once the guests turn in, come to the back.
Are you coming, too?
I'm fine.
You escape alone.
No. I won't go unless it's with you.
Kiyo! You don't belong in a place like this.
Tetsan will take care of everything else,
so you just run.
I don't want to.
Kiyo!
I don't want to! Why did you go and do something so unnecessary?
I'm staying here!
Shh, don't raise your voice!
You always make decisions without asking me!
I've got a head on my shoulders, too!
I'll decide things about me for myself!
Kiyo...
If you want to run away, then you do it!
Shut your mouth and do as your big sister says!
I'm begging you! Please, Kiyo!
Kiyo!
Sister...
All right, Kiyo?
Kiyo...
You love him that much?
What's so great about him?
Because he saw me for who I am.
What?
Because he cherished me.
You only think that because he tricked you and he was playing you.
You really are so honest to a fault.
No...
No, it's not like that.
Yoko?
Makoto isn't like that!
I know he's not!
Hey, what are you two ordering?
You there, Tetsan?
Is that you, Otsuyu?
Where's Kiyo?
She should be coming soon.
I see.
I appreciate this, Tetsan.
Oh, don't mention it.
Sister...
Kiyo!
You dummy! Put out the lantern!
Oh, really. A lantern? When you're running away?
Now you've gone and done it, Tsuyu.
And he looks to be a ruffian.
Kiyo, what in the world is this?
Don't tell me you...
He bought me this kimono.
It's far better quality than yours, Sister Tsuyu.
That's why...
That's why I told you I didn't want to leave.
It's your fault!
K-Kiyo...
Watch out, Tsuyu! Run!
Tetsan!
Tetsan...
Tetsan!
I'm sorry!
I'm so sorry!
How pitiful.
Lights...
How wretched.
So you were deceived, too.
Doesn't it make you so bitter? So sad?
Indeed, it does. Even dead, I won't be able to find peace like this.
Even dead...
...won't find peace...
Yes, we won't find peace...
Oh, there it is!
The Ubume spirit!
Hot!
Cool it down!
Blow on it yourself.
It's still hot!
Cool down! Cool down!
Oh, it's alive!
Kikuri, I don't care what you do. Just go play somewhere else.
Stop right there! Hey! Kikuri, I don't care what you do. Just go play somewhere else.
Hey! Kikuri, I don't care what you do. Just go play somewhere else.
Hey!
It's over already! Don't make me keep repeating myself!
It's okay if you don't love me.
I just want you to understand.
All this time, I've done everything you wanted me to do.
Is it the money, after all?
You want me to give you back the money?
No!
This is your child, you know.
So? It's got nothing to do with me, right?
If you want it, have it and raise it yourself.
Makoto!
You're a pain in the neck!
You're stalking me! And you're bothering me!
Get lost! Don't come around to my place again!
I understand.
Your grievance has been heard.
Makoto...
There you go. Thanks for waiting.
Huh? A ramen place?
What's this?
Wh-What the hell's this?!
That's a cute baby.
I'm drowning!
Drowning? Why?
You won't drown. This feels good.
Yeah, being in amniotic fluid is heavenly.
O pitiful shadow lost in the darkness...
Demeaning and bringing harm to others...
A damned soul, wallowing in sin...
Care to give death a try?
Wh-Where am I?
Wh-What is this?!
I consign this grievance to Hell...
That hurts! I consign this grievance to Hell...
Oh, that hurts! I consign this grievance to Hell...
What is this?! I consign this grievance to Hell...
Makoto's... Makoto's gone!
With Makoto gone, there's no point in having the baby...
Don't!
Stop this, Ubume spirit.
Kiyo.
You're Kiyo, right?
It's me. Have you forgotten who I am?
Sister... Tsuyu?
Is that really you?
Kiyo, what happened to you?
Why are you this...
Kiyo...
I became pregnant.
With his child.
What?
But...
N-No!
Please, don't abandon me!
Your child is in my belly!
For mercy's sake! Please, darling!
Poor thing. It must have been so hard.
Poor thing? Hard?
What would you know? What would you know about me?!
This bitterness... This sorrow...
There's no way someone like you could understand.
Not someone like you...
Kiyo...
So bitter and so sad...
That's why you find these pitiful women,
possess them and make them throw themselves to their deaths...
What will that accomplish?
You're just reliving your own pain over and over again.
Stop this now.
I don't have any hard feelings against you anymore.
And I'm sure Tetsan also...
It's because I'm stupid.
Kiyo...
I'm glad I got to see you.
Kiyo!
Kiyo, you really are so stupid...
What was I...
It's okay.
It's okay, all right?
Miss.
It's over.
Sorry for not going.
Let me see that.
Sure thing.
Miss?
I'm in no position to say this,
but someday, if you ever feel like it,
would you mind taking that girl Kiyo on?
I've been saved many times over already, so...
Shall we go home?
Yoko Kisugi
Your grievance shall be avenged.
Yoko Kisugi
No empty dreams, no eternal lament
The luster of the moon
Illuminates my soul
The dance of the fiery flowers guide my way
The entangling songs of errors
Bring me heartache
Placing my hand in the endless river, let it wash away
The words that tormented me, dyeing them indigo
We meet again, Takuma.
Are you still being bullied?
It's gotten even worse now.
So I can't trust anyone anymore.
Then, will you summon Hell Girl?
No, I'm okay.
Because I met her. Because I met Seri.
I'm fine now.
Oh.
Boring!
But Seri is...
Next time, "Longing".
Hell Girl Two Mirrors Longing Next time, "Longing".
Hell Girl Two Mirrors Longing