"This is a story from long, long ago... A man and a woman fell in love..."
-This... "And into an abyss did they fall..."
-...is the story of the strange experience that Ayukawa and I had... "And into an abyss did they fall..."
-...the time we went to my grandfather's house. "Oh, did they fall... "
Usually, I spend precious nights sitting beside you as you drive along.
Your cancellation call smelled of a lie. I hung up, pretending not to notice.
My manicure, now dried, is going to waste; its color will just decorate the night.
A-HA-HA... I'm the actress in the mirror.
Though I should say what I really feel, hesitation whispers in my ear.
'Cause I love you... I'm the actress in the mirror.
The more I put on an act, the further away I get from my true self.
You've broken my heart.
A-HA-HA... I'm the actress in the mirror.
I wish I could bring myself to cry, but I change what I say to fit my tough act.
'Cause I love you... I'm the actress in the mirror.
I've realized my tragic mistake, yet I cannot return.
You've broken my heart.
KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD
WHITE LOVERS
At a train station on a faraway day...
...snowflakes dance on the platform...
...and I race up there, out of breath.
The days when we couldn't be together changed the memory of you...
...into a happy one, like seeing your photograph.
Madoka! Come on, hurry up!
I just dance in the sweet memories The pain I suffered...
I just dance in the sweet memories...
Having a hot spring right in your own home is great, huh!
Hey, what're you staring at me like that for, Hikaru?
You look thinner when you're dressed, Madoka!
What?
You don't look at all like a junior high school student! What?
Now cut that out!
Gotcha!
Hikaru, why you...!
Hmm, I wonder where the shampoo is?
Oh, thank you!
Hey, hey!
If you wanted to get in the bath with me, you shoulda just said so, Darling!
What are you doing here, Kasuga?
Right now we're at my grandfather's house...
So how's our hot spring? Warms you right to the bone, doesn't it?
The water was really great! Look, my skin is all nice and smooth now!
Yeah, nice and smooth! Right, right!
Say, you know! Kurumi, Manami, you ought to take a bath, too!
We'll get in later, ourselves... okay?
Go on, get in, you two...
I think we're gonna use the bath last!
Eh...? Rats! "Gakun": The sound of great disappointment.
All right! Let's ski all day tomorrow!
But this resort has only one lift, so if it's crowded, it'll sure be a pain...
Lift? You don't need one of those.
Kyosuke, you can use your power to take everyone...
"Power?"
He's just kidding around!
Old folks... always trying to crack jokes with young people...
Wow, Darling! That's amazing!
And n... now it's Oniichan who's trying to be funny!
But for a ski resort as nice as this one...
...there really didn't seem to be that much of a crowd.
None of the locals go skiing there...
...especially young people.
W... Wait... Wh... What are you trying to say?
Before you go skiing on that mountain, there is one thing I must tell you.
Kyosuke!
Y... Yes?
Which one is your girlfriend?
Come on! C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, Grampa, please...!
What's that got to do with skiing?
W... Well, it happens to have a great deal to do with it.
If one of them is your girlfriend, you mustn't ski together.
We can't go skiing with the ones we love?
That's right.
Grampa, you don't mean...?
Kyosuke, I've told you the story before, right?
Yeah...
What is it, Kasuga?
Uh...
The legend of nakedness that has been handed down in this village.
"Nakedness?!"
Y... You mean nudity?!
Grampa! That's just an old superstition, right?
Well, if you value your lives...
...you should pay more heed to what your elders tell you.
Kasuga... what's this superstition?
Uh... well...
All right, everybody. Why don't we turn in for the night?
The beds have all been prepared.
H... Hey, w... what...
Here!
G... Grandma!
Oh, is this girl the one, then?
Th... That's not what I mean...!
Oh, then the three of you together?
You take after your Grampa!
Geez...! Don't joke around like that, Grandma!
Madoka! You're incredible!
Let's all go ski together!
Well, Oniichan's still kinda worried, though.
You know, about the nakedness legend, Madoka.
Oh, that? But that's just a superstition, right?
Yeah... at least, I think so...
But it makes you worry a bit, huh...
I mean, couples in love that go together will surely have some mishap...
Right! And naked too!
They'll be discovered completely naked, so the legend goes...
That's right, Madoka. And it's also said that they'll both have died...
...with a look of absolute terror on their faces, as if they'd seen a ghost!
Cut that out, Hikaru...
Hey, scared you, huh?
You're really a sucker for these kinds of stories, you know.
Hey now, Hikaru...!
Well, whatever the case, better safe than sorry.
Madoka! Ski with me today! Hikaru should go with some other...
Hold it, Yuusaku! What do you think you're doing?
Darling... I'm afraid it looks like we'll have to be apart for a little while...
Madoka! Look after Darling for me!
H... Hikaru...!
Let's go, Yuusaku!
Hikaru...!
Now what? This means I can't go skiing with Kurumi or Manami, either!
Looks like there's no need to worry about that...
Look at him ski!
What a natural!
Kurumi! Manami!
Hey, wait for me!
Well, let's go ski, Ayukawa!
W... Wait, don't get too close to me!
What? Why not?
Huh?
Well, okay... let's go, then!
Hey, wait!
Th... That's right! I can't ski!
Damn it! Gotta use my power...
Wait up, Ayukawa!
Catch me if you can!
Damn! Hey you...!
Wait up, Ayukawa!
Kasuga! You're pretty good, aren't you?
I am if I use my power...
There! Caught up with you!
Y... You all right?
"Couples in love simply mustn't go to the ski area together."
Ayukawa...
An avalanche?!
Oh no!
We gotta hide!
There!
We're safe...
But now we're trapped in here.
I guess we really are...
What?
Nothing...
What's that?
They're just bats...
We can't easily dig through snow this thick...
Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!
And with Ayukawa here, I can't just use my power to get us out...
Kasuga, there's something strange about this cave...
Huh?
It's hot...
What?
"When they're found..."
"...it's said they died naked, even though it's the dead of winter..."
Ayukawa...
Kasuga, you get undressed, too...
A... Ayukawa!
"A... Ayukawa..."
"This is a story from long, long ago..."
"Hurry up. Take it off." "This is a story from long, long ago..."
"A man and a woman fell in love..."
"C'mon..." "A man and a woman fell in love..."
"If you won't take off your clothes, I'll take them off for you."
"Hey! Uh, hold it, Ayukawa!"
"Okay, okay. I'll take them off myself."
"Ayukawa..."
"It's okay, right?"
"Ayukawa..."
Wh... What are you doing, Ayukawa?!
What am I doing?! What are YOU doing?!
Ayukawa?
Huh? But you took off your clothes...
...and were pressuring me to do the same.
What are you saying, you pervert?!
Why would I have been doing anything like that?
You were probably just hallucinating, that's all, hallucinating!
Ha... Hallucinating?
The ghosts gave me a vision!
Kasuga...!
"A man and a woman fell in love... And into an abyss did they fall..."
It's true! They say that if a couple in love goes skiing together...
...they will surely meet with some mishap!
Right, right! So leave your girlfriend in our capable hands!
I'm sure you'd be better off skiing with some other girl anyway!
Th... This is terrible...! Umao!
Ushiko!
Who is it...? Who is it that dares to tear our relationship asunder?
Even... Even against ghosts, our love will win out!
That's going a little overboard, isn't it? What difference does love make if you're dead?
Right, right! That's why it'd be better for you to come with us! Right, babe? Huh?
Wha...?
Ushiko, wherefore art thou Ushiko?
Umao, wherefore art thou Umao?
"A man and a woman fell in love..."
"And into an abyss did they fall... Oh..."
So that song's an old story told in the village, huh?
Yeah. When I was a kid, Grandma used to sing it to me all the time, but...
...Grampa thinks that this song and the nakedness legend...
...might have something to do with each other.
Then that ghost would be... huh?
Ayukawa, you're really a sucker for these stories just like Hikaru said, huh?
C'mon, Kasuga, I'm all right. So what about the ghost?
Yeah. Well, the song goes on...
"She was the village squire's daughter... He was a hunter's son..."
"In love, they eloped, and away they did run..."
The daughter of the village squire and the son of a hunter fell in love...
...but their parents were against this union, so they ran off together.
"Both their parents, burning with anger..."
"...gathered the village people..."
To escape pursuit, the two of them took refuge in a nearby cave.
"...to go and hunt them down..."
It was there that the two made a pact.
"When we die... we die together!"
"Despite the vows they exchanged, a sad fate awaited them..."
For you see, while they were running around inside the cave...
...the girl lost her footing and fell into a pit!
And so did the guy!
The guy barely managed to catch a handhold, and...
...there was molten lava at the bottom of the pit.
Only one of the guy's arms held onto the girl's hand!
But as things stood, they would both end up falling!
And gradually, the guy's hand began to cramp up...
...until finally...
...the girl was entombed in lava in the depths of the earth...
How awful...
Shattered by her death, the guy eventually killed himself.
But the girl thought that he had let go of her only to save himself.
Ever since then, whenever a couple comes to this mountain...
...the bitter ghost who believes she was betrayed by her lover...
...and thus burned to death in lava, appears before them...
...a... a... and then, the attacked couple is tu... turned...
...into a p... pair of naked corpses...!
Stop it, Kasuga! Let's get out of here, quick!
It's no good giving yourself the shakes when you're doing the talking! C'mon!
Th... Th... That's not it... There's something on my back...
What are you saying?! Now get up!
Ayukawa!
Kasuga!
Ayukawa...!
Corpses?
Z... Zombies...!
They're closing in!
Run!
Damn! Even though we're running, we still can't get away from them!
A dead end!
Okay, then! Now I HAVE to use my power!
No good! It doesn't affect them!
Kasuga!
Ayukawa!
Th... They're gone!
Could they have been just a dream...?
That's it. It was a dream.
What?
It's all right. There's no other explanation!
I mean... I mean there's no such thing as...
"A man and a woman fell in love..."
Who... Who's there?
"And into an abyss did they fall..."
What... What's going on?
Ayukawa!
Kasuga!
Ayukawa!
Let go of her hand...
"But a sad fate did the two of them await..."
The ghost! So the story in that song really is true!
Let go, Kasuga Kyosuke...
If you do, you can save yourself...
...yes... just like the boy who betrayed me!
Y... You're wrong! He didn't let go of your hand on purpose!
He just couldn't hold on any longer, so... so...
So what?
So...
I already know all that! It still changes nothing!
That boy did not fall with me!
I alone fell into the lava and burned to death!
That's all that matters to me!
Separate! Let go! And then fall into the abyss!
Kasuga, let go of my hand, please! Save yourself!
Don't be ridiculous! Ayukawa, you hold on tight, too!
My hand's cramping up!
You can't hold on for much longer...
So... let go... Let go!
I... I'll let go, all right...
So you've changed your mind after all...
But I'm not going to let go of Ayukawa's hand!
If I let go... If I let go...
What?
Ayukawa!
Kasuga!
Ayukawa! I...
Ayukawa!
Kasuga!
Thank you...
Thank you...!
Ayukawa!
Oh good... you're all right.
What about you?
Kasuga...
Ayukawa...
Hey, Kasuga?
Huh?
How long are you going to keep holding my hand?
"A man and a woman fell in love..."
Now you've done it! Come back here, you! "A man and a woman fell in love..."
And that... "A man and a woman fell in love..."
...was the strange experience that Ayukawa and I had... "And into an abyss did they fall..."
"Oh, did they fall..."
I just dance in the sweet memories... (Sweet memories)
At a train station on a faraway day...
...snowflakes dance on the platform, and I race up there, out of breath.
The days we had to be apart made the memory of you...
...a happy one, like seeing your photograph.
"I just dance in the sweet memories" The pain I suffered...
"I just dance in the sweet memories" ...has taught me how to love.
I just dance in the sweet memories...
(He's my one and only; you never can tell)
I just dance in the sweet memories... (Sweet memories)
I just dance in the sweet memories...