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t r a g e d y
h i s t o r y
A monochrome fade
B L A C K
M O R E L I G H T !
B L A C K
this vampire story will end badly
it will end with everyone being unhappy
Kizumonogatari
Tekketsu-hen
Based off of Kizumonogatari by Nisio Isin
March 25th
R E D
Umm...
I-I didn't see anything...
Naoetsu Road
B L A C K
Ehehe...
I don't know what to say here.
For something meant to hide what you don't want seen, skirts are pretty low-security.
Maybe I should wear spats as a firewall after all, huh.
W-Who knows...
Well, I’ll be leaving now.
Hey, wait just a sec!
B L A C K
I’ve finally caught up with you.
You walk pretty fast,
Araragi-kun.
Araragi-kun
Huh?
Why do you know my name?
Eh? Well, of course I would know you.
We go to the same school.
Written with the 'a' from 'kanou'.
TL Note: Kanou means Possibility
Kanou
Two 'ra's from the first character in "ii ko"
TL Note: Ii ko means Good Kid
ra
ra ra
And then the 'gi', the last character from "jumoku", Araragi-kun.
ra
And your first name is the word for calendar, "koyomi", right?
Koyomi
So it's Araragi Koyomi-kun.
Araragi Koyomi
And you're Hanekawa.
Hanekawa Tsubasa.
Hanekawa Tsubasa
Wow!
B L A C K
Amazing! You know the name of someone like me!
At the final test of the first semester of the second year,
in all subjects, physical education and visual arts included,
you got wrong only one question in the forms.
That's Hanekawa Tsubasa.
Eh? Hey, come on, now!
Why do you know that much?
Could it be that you're...
stalking me?
Ahaha...
Or maybe I'm just too paranoid.
No, not really.
I heard it from my alien friend.
Huh?
Araragi-kun, you have friends?
Ask about the alien part first!!
B L A C K
Well, it's just...
You always leave the impression of a loner, living in solitude.
Well, like you said, I don't really have any friends.
And you are so famous that even people without friends know you.
Hey, quit it.
I don't really like these kinds of jokes.
Hey, Araragi-kun.
Do you believe in vampires?
What about vampires?
Well, recently I've been hearing rumors.
Like there's a vampire in the city,
so you shouldn't go out alone at night.
That's a quite vague, sounds like a baseless rumor.
They say it’s a blonde-haired, beautiful woman — a vampire whose cold eyes could send chills down your spine.
But you can’t tell if she’s a vampire with just that, can you?
She could be an ordinary person who stands out because of the blonde hair?
But... I heard that her blonde hair illuminated by street lights is almost dazzling
and she does not cast shadow.
However, if it happens at night...
Doesn’t it seem too much like a hoax, with a setting like a street light?
Yes, even I think it's a silly rumor.
But, if there are vampires, I’d like to meet them.
Let’s see, maybe meet them is not the thing. It just would be nice if such superior beings existed.
By superior beings, you mean like a god?
It doesn’t necessarily have to be a god, though.
Otherwise, nothing would really come out of it, right?
B L A C K
Oh, my bad, my bad.
Araragi-kun, unexpectedly you’re easy to talk with.
I got carried away, I feel like I told you something that does not make much sense.
It is odd that you are easy to talk with, yet you don’t have friends.
Why don’t you make any?
To make friends...it would lower my intensity as a human.
Eh?
I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand what you mean.
Well, you see,
it’s kinda like this...
You see, if I had friends, I’d have to worry about them, right?
If my friends get hurt, I would as well,
and if they were sad, then I too would be sad.
Putting it that way, these weak points build up.
And I'd grow even weaker as a person.
But, if your friends were to have fun, you'd have fun, and if they were happy, you'd be happy too.
Wouldn't the good points build up as well?
No, if my friends were to have fun, I'd feel jealous, and if they were happy, I'd feel envious.
What a small minded person you are.
Just leave me alone.
Naoetsu Road
I'm...
Hmm?
I'm going to head to the library now.
Do you want to come with me?
Why?
What are you gonna do at the library?
Obviously, I'm going to study, what else?
Obviously, you say...
Sorry, but even without homework to do on break, I'm not praiseworthy enough to study on my own.
But...
Naoetsu Road
You have exams next year, right?
Exams? What's that?
I doubt I'll get to graduate.
I won't make it in time no matter what I do now.
Hmm...
Araragi-kun.
Do you have a cellphone?
Of course I have at least a cellphone.
Could I borrow it?
Thanks, you can have it back now.
Naoetsu Road
I put my email and number in there.
Hanekawa Tsubasa
Too bad!
You've just made a friend.
What's with her...?
Naoetsu Road
B L A C K
Thinking back
B L A C K
Thinking back
B L A C K
Hanekawa Tsubasa
Ye.
Ye shall aid me.
Can ye not hear me?
I am telling thee to aid me, am I not?
O-Oi.
Are you okay?
I-I'll get an ambulance righ-
Aaaaaaaaaaahhh!
An ambulance?
I have no need of such a thing.
Instead...
Give me thy blood.
R E D
Do you believe in vampires?
They say it’s a blonde-haired, beautiful woman — a vampire whose cold eyes could send chills down your spine.
My name is Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade.
The Iron-blooded, Hot-blooded, yet Cold-blooded Vampire.
I shall consume thy blood and have it become my own flesh.
So, give me thy blood.
Aren't vampires... supposed to be immortal?
I've lost too much blood. I cannot regenerate, nor shape-shift, anymore. At this rate, I will die.
B L A C K
A worthless human such as yourself,
should consider becoming my flesh an honor.
B-Blood? Wouldn't a transfusion work?
Ho-How much blood do you need?
For the time being, with thy share I can endure this emergency...
I see, my share...
What is the matter?! Blood. Give thy blood to me. Quickly, I say.
Why are thou dozing off, thou dolt!
It's alright, I can still get out of this.
Where doth thee think thou are going?
I should be able to run away!
I just need to run away .
it's simple ,
I just need to ignore this .
Hey!
Ye jest...
Ye... won't aid me?
No waaay!
No waaay No waay No waaay!!! I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna die! Please, help me!
Please, help me!
I don't wanna!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
I'm sorry... I'm sorry....
It's all my fault.
Even so, she's still a monster.
A vampire...
There's no reason for me to save her...
Right?
I know that already!
...know that already... already....
B L A C K
R E D
Don't give up, stupid!
C-Can I really?
I've made up my mind, bastard.
Damn it, damn it, damn it!
Why...
How did things end up like this...
In my next life, I'll be a better person. I'll be reborn as someone who isn't selfish.
I'll be reborn as someone like that.
That's why...
I'll help you... so go ahead and drink my blood.
Drink it all, Don't leave a drop.
Wring me dry.
Thank you...
Was it just a dream?
In awe
B L A C K
Hey!
Wake up.
5 more minutes...
5 minutes
Come on, wake up!
I'll wake up when I feel like it...
When I feel like it
How long are you going to sleep?
4.6 billion years
Give me about 4.6 billion years...
Another earth will arise!
March 28th
It's been 3 days since then?
B L A C K
You fool!
B L A C K
Seriously...
What kind of idiot would suddenly walk right under the sun?
A normal vampire would have evaporated in an instant.
Don't let there be another time where you go out there while the sun still shines.
With immortal powers, you'll burn, regenerate, burn, regenerate in an eternal loop.
That is what it means to be an immortal vampire.
A... Vampire?
Then... that means you're...
Thinking back
B L A C K
Indeed.
It is I, Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade.
Thou may call me Heart-Under-Blade.
Hmm.
I’ve only created two subordinates within four hundred years...
Given your regeneration powers, you have turned out pretty good.
S-Subordinate?
Subordinate
Aye! That is thee!
Now that I think about it,
I still have not heard thy name.
Well, whatever.
The name thou had up till now, It no longer hold much meaning for the current you.
Anyways, servant.
Welcome, to the world of the night.
B L A C K
Where... are we?
R E D
I believe... thee would call this a 'cram school', or something along those lines.
It closed down a few years ago, so now it's just an abandoned building.
As you can see, it's quite convenient for us, right?
Then, Kiss-Shot, here's next question...
Wait! Didn't I tell thee to call me Heart-Under-Blade?!
That's so long, though.
Kiss-Shot is shorter...
Or can I not call you that?
Well, no...
Well, fine, if thou wants to call me that, then you may call me that...
I have no reason to say no.
And so, what's your next question?
Well...
I've turned... into a Vampire, right?
Indeed you have.
It is meaningless explaining that further.
Thou art my subordinate and my servant. Be honored.
Servant...
Then...
Why do you have such a child-like body?
When I met you, you were more... adult-like...
Well sorry I look like a child!
No, I didn't mean it like that.
Adult-like
Afterwards ...
Her limbs were cut off
Thy blood, I've sucked it all.
It wasn't enough however...
Which is why I've taken the appropriate form.
'Tis better than dying.
Having said that, I have kept the minimal degree of immortality, the majority of vampire powers became limited.
So inconvenient.
Thinking back
R E D
My limbs have become like this, regrew only in shape.
They're hollow, no meat in them.
But for the time being, it's not a problem.
However, the master-servant relationship needs to be established, servant!
Regardless of this state, I am still a vampire that has lived for over 500-years.
Under normal circumstances, a newborn vampire such as thee wouldst ne'er be allowed to speak to me as equals.
O-Okay...
Huh, what a ambiguous answer...
Do you really understand?
Umm, yeah, I understand.
Then, prove thy obedience by patting my head.!
That's enough.
B L A C K
Why... did you turn me into a vampire?
Hmm?
When you sucked my blood, I was prepared to die.
It's nothing special.
After your blood is sucked by a vampire, you in turn, become a vampire..
That's all there is to it.
I see...
Well, turning ye into a vampire was the right thing to do.
To thee, it was something ye had to do.
With thy blood, my body was able to recover.
But I am far from my full power.
As such, thou must act on my behalf hereafter..
Me? What action?
Can I...
Can I turn back into a human?
Just as I thought. I knew you'd ask that.
Then, what can I do? I—
B L A C K
You can...
I can guarantee it,
upon my good name.
Kiss-Shot then told me the names of the 3 who took her limbs
Those three people specialize in exorcising vampires.
So, they slew you?
What kind of idiot talk is that? I haven't been slayed yet.
But, having my limbs stolen hurts.
And I've nearly have none of my regenerative power left.
So in my condition, I cannot fight.
That's why...
Ye shall contend with the three and simply return my limbs.
"Simply"? I can't do something like that.
If ye wisheth to returneth to being human, thee must restore me to my full power.
Basically, back to my complete form.
For that, my limbs are needed.
But I'm no good with things like fighting.
Won't I get exorcised?
Idiot, thy weakness only applied when thou wast still human.
Thou right now art my subordinate.
Though thou art weak, in my current state thou couldst easily beat me.
So basically, even though you're a vampire, you're weak?
Not at all!
Hmm, even if the presently weakened you isn’t as strong as me...
You're stronger than me at full power and yet those three men were able to take away limbs from the you in complete form?
In that cas-
I was ambushed by those three people.
I underestimated them.
Basically,
as long as ye fight them one on one, thou should be able to take them on.
Honestly, it'll be an easy job.
B L A C K
R E D
W-What should I do...
Time's up
What, what are you people saying?!
Time's up
I'm human, you know!
A-Are you guys, gonna kill a human?!
Kill a
human
Change the outcome
You guys are quite energetic,
did something good happen?
B L A C K
Huh?
Thank you... you saved me.
No need to thank me. I saw you were alone, so I helped,
Araragi-kun.
Don't stare at me like that...
No need to be so alert around me.
You are really energetic,
did something good happen?
Well, in any case, lets go home, Araragi-kun.
Go home?
To the cram school ruin.
Huh?
Wait a minute. H-How do you know about that?!
Huh? Of course I'd know.
It was me who introduced the place to that child.
Well, as they say, "If you have honor, you have bravery."
That child, Heart-Under-Blade, was dragging your body looking like she was in a rough spot.
so I told her about the place.
What...
What are you?
I'm just an old man who passed by, that's all.
Just relax,
I'm not a vampire exorcising specialist.
My specialty is much broader than that.
People have me do a wide variety of things.
Well, I'll introduce myself later.
B L A C K
You're back!
The guy back there... I think I've seen him before...
That's mean...
You don't even remember me?
Well?
How'd it go?
Oh well.
Those three... they're still working together?
Anyways...
You said you couldn't defeat those three people even at full power.
In that case,
how can I face those three by myself?
Like I said, fight them one by one!
That's impossible, they cooperate.
You said it was okay to just hideout here,
but even here, sooner or later they'll fin-
There's no need to worry about that.
While you guys were sleeping I had set up a barrier here.
Barrier? You mean like a force-field?
You can call it that.
What's... your goal?
Why would you help,
Kiss-Shot and me?
I get that you're not an enemy,
but are you an ally?
Don't say mean things like that, jeez.
I'm here... to achieve a balance.
You can... call it my job.
An intermediary between here and there.
An introduction...
you said you'd give one later.
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Oshino Meme.
Oshino Meme
A free man of no residence.
Well, just think of me as an authority on "Youkai".
Though, unlike those three, I'm not great with exorcising.
By "Not great" you mean?
To put it simply...
I just don't like it.
But aren't you a specialist?
I am a specialist, in balancing things.
That's what I do, negotiate.
Essentially, I'm the middle-man.
A middle-man? An intermediary between here and there?
Where is "here"? Where is "there"?
Lines Sound
"Here" is probably humans, and "there" is probably monsters.
In that case right now which
side am I on
Monsters? Nice.
I prefer to call them "Oddities".
Apparition
And that girl over there, is known as the oddity killer.
She can drain apparitions of their energy.
Which is quite rare for a vampire.
Well, that's why, she's very famous.
B L A C K
Listening to the conversion you guys just had, it seems like this matter is particularly serious.
I couldn't have imagined that something this troublesome would happen.
It is not troublesome at all. The job's very simple.
To a vampire that can live for a long time, it may be simple.
B L A C K
But for us humans it is very difficult, right, Araragi-kun?
B L A C K
Moreover, I'm interested in you, Heart-Under-Blade.
It's interesting that you're willing to turn Araragi-kun, your subordinate, back into a human. This has gathered my interest as you have.
B L A C K
From this perspective, I can stay on the middle-ground.
Middle-ground?
You mean between us and the others?
Who else?
W-Will you help us?
I will not help you. I will simply lend you my strength.
But right now, at the moment, things are unbalanced.
It just seems like unfairness.
Ahh, but of course, this is a job, so it can't be free of charge.
Let's see...
How does 2 million yen sound?
2 million?!
I won't press about when to pay.
But I don't lend my strength for free. Without this, balance can't be reached.
But...
Can I hear your plan?
B L A C K
You say you're a negotiator but it isn't that easy.
There's no way to persuade those three.
All I can do is bow and ask them nicely.
In a good way too...
And if asking nicely doesn't work, we'll have to think of something else, but if it does, the game is on.
A game, you say?
First of all, we'll need to split them up. It shouldn't be a problem if we do it one-on-one.
Even you can't read their moves, I’ll need to find a way to do that.
But, brat, how do ye plan to deal with those three?
The details are a trade secret, but I'll ready the battlefield.
And then Araragi-kun will then handle retrieving your limbs.
If he can safely return your arms and legs, you can return to your completed form then, Araragi will be free to return to humanity.
Hey, servant!
I cannot provide any human currency. I'm not even certain how much two million yen is.
Money matters will be left to you.
Don't worry. This brat's skills are the real deal.
Regardless of what thou may think, Of this I can assure you.
I don't have money like that around,
but if you won't press it on me,
I'll bear the debt.
Well, it's decided.
Thanks for your patronage,
as they say.
Based off of Kizumonogatari by Nisio Isin
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Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade
Iron-blooded
Hot-blooded
Yet Cold-blooded
Red frame
Iron
pi
Vam re
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Dramaturgy
Subordinate of a vampire
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Episode
Half vampire
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Guillotinecutter
A man with style, who visited hedgehogs everyday.
And easily was the calmest man out there.
A Human.
The apparition who denies being one and is
A Human.
Hanekawa Tsubasa
Araragi Koyomi
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Three
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Feel relief
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Nekketsu-hen
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