Red Scene
Master,
I have something important to discuss with you.
Well?
Do you have a moment to talk?
It can't be later?
Can't it wait until I'm done studying?
It's actually a rather serious situation,
one requiring drastic action.
What is it?
Very well...
I'll listen.
Master,
according to secret information I've acquired,
Mister Donuts is having
100-Yen Donut Sale
a sale where any donut costs 100 yen!
If we don't leave immediately, they'll sell out...
Fine, fine.
I'll go to buy you some before dinner,
so I can get out of the house.
You like golden chocolate, right?
No.
Take me there.
I want to choose for myself!
It's really sunny out.
Will you be okay?
I'll just get a nasty sunburn.
I'm not really a normal vampire anymore.
I won't even need sunscreen,
just a hat should suffice.
No, I'll let you know when we're at the store.
Until then, stay in my shadow.
You'd prefer to minimize your time in the sun, right?
Yes. The sun is my enemy.
It'll only take thirty minutes or so.
Be sure you stay awake.
See you soon, then.
Bye.
Episode 10: Tsukihi Phoenix, Part 3
Onii-chan?
Heading out again?
Yeah... I am.
Onii-chan, will Karen-chan be home late again today?
I dunno.
I see.
Well, when she's really into something,
she stops paying attention to her surroundings.
Why? Did you have something to discuss with her?
Aren't you done with your Fire Sisters stuff?
Yeah, it's really nothing...
But you know, well,
I haven't been spending much time with her lately.
I'm sure you've already figured this out,
but I'm not as into justice as she is.
I like justice, and I love justice,
but I don't really have any clear image of it inside me.
You know how Karen-chan says,
"My blood of justice won't forgive you!" and stuff like that?
And "My blood of justice burns"? Like that?
She does.
But I've never felt that way before.
She has it within her, and I don't.
The justice I have faith in
is her brand and yours.
If she wasn't so sure about it,
I wouldn't believe in something as vague as justice.
In that sense, you're right.
My justice is fake.
The reason I talk about it is because
I'm too easily influenced by the people around me.
If Karen-chan does what she does for other people,
I do it because of them.
We two have always been different in that way.
So, Onii-chan...
Lately, I've begun thinking it's time to put the Fire Sisters to bed.
Sounds good to me.
Actually, I think you two have gotten along too well up to this point.
I know it isn't anything that can be helped...
Once she reaches high school,
will she bully me like you do?
Don't talk about me like that!
I consider myself a helpful, and reliable, older brother.
Helpful?
You mean like brushing our teeth, while touching our breasts?
Okay, I've decided.
Once Karen-chan returns,
we'll discuss the future of the Fire Sisters!
What? So you might split up?
It is possible...
We have creative differences!
If she wants to go at it alone, I won't stop her.
I shall swallow my tears, watching her go!
Come to our farewell party, okay?
I'll invite lots of middle-school girls and stuff.
Fine... I'll make the time to go.
So, my helpful brother,
weren't you going to leave?
Oh, that's right...
Watch the house, okay?
I'll be home soon.
Need me to pick up anything?
Nope. See you.
See me...
And get back to your room.
I can't open the door with you here, dressed like that
Stop wandering around partially clothed, is what I'm saying.
Don't dress like that.
Hey, Tsukihi-chan...
I'm gonna take that off.
Wh-What?
Stop it, Onii-chan...
What are you doing?
No!
Black Scene
I knew it.
What? What? What?
What's going on?
Why is my brother stripping off my clothes,
grabbing my hands, and pushing me down?
Um, Tsukihi-chan...
Didn't you have a scar here?
The scar that should have been there is gone.
The doctors were certain that
the scar would never, ever fade, but...
Wait. There aren't any scars on your body...
Scars heal. I'm a human being!
Yeah, I guess so.
And just get off me, Onii-chan.
If you wanted to see if the scar was there,
you didn't have to grab my hands and get on top of me.
That's... That's true.
Why did you grab my breast, before getting off me?
Just because.
It was right in front of me, so I wondered how it would feel.
That's the only reason?!
Yeah, see...
Squish squish squish squish.
Don't touch me with your feet!
It isn't making any fun sound effects like that!
Jeez, Onii-chan, you're touching your little sisters' body way too much!
Um, if someone only heard that line,
they'd get some really strange ideas about me.
Jeez...
Jeez, jeez, jeez!
Why is it that sisters have pure relationships with their boyfriends,
but are still required to have a physical relationship with their brother?
Oh...
What was his name?
Your boyfriend.
Rosokuzawa-kun?
You haven't split up yet?
Sorry, but I'm in love.
Karen-chan's boyfriend, Mizudori-kun,
hasn't been getting along with her as well lately.
But I think they're all right, too.
Okay, I'm leaving now.
Don't bother coming home!
There's no home for you!
No, I'm coming back...
Inside your heart!
Flocky chou?
What is this? Is such a thing possible?
To combine the pon de ring and the French cruller...
Incredible!
Old-fashioned!
Just looking at it reveals how delicious it must be.
I can tell! I don't even have to eat it.
I will, though!
And the mere name "tofu donut" entices me...
And look at these muffins, lined up like jewels...
Why was the existence of these muffins hidden from me?
Curse them! Unforgivable.
However, and there's no need to even say this,
the best part is having all the wonderful
donuts I've consumed so far,
including the golden chocolate, laid out before me, in such numbers!
Incredible!
Master, can I eat them all?
Black Scene
Of course not!
Then what?!
I will be forced to select a few for my meal,
from the dozens upon dozens set out here?
I'll bring you once a month or something.
So you can wait.
Hmm,
I suppose you can pick three to start.
Oh, my master...
Don't be so foolish.
If you're thinking about the future,
then why not consider this an investment
for getting on my good side?
What happens if I get on your good side?
Oh, fine... Yeah, yeah.
Let's do this...
Let's each choose five.
Ten total.
And we can share.
But no muffins and no pies.
They aren't part of the 100-yen sale.
Very well.
I accept.
So, Shinobu...
I wanted to ask you something.
On my way to Kanbaru's place, and when I was coming back,
those two girls who asked me for directions...
The older, with the Kyoto accent, and the younger of the "posed look."
What did you think of them?
I suppose I could tell you about the posed look one.
What do you mean?
She wasn't human.
She was a supernatural creature.
She took on human form,
but like me, she isn't the age she appears.
And Ononoki Yotsugi is, of course, an alias.
Ononoki Yotsugi
I was wondering about her first name, Yotsugi.
Kagenui Yodzuru
Her first name sounds just like that Kagenui girl.
She's probably using the name to bind her!
Just like I'm bound by that brat in the Hawaiian shirt.
Oshino Meme
Oshino Shinobu
Basically, Ononoki Yotsugi is Kagenui Yodzuru's familiar.
Familiar?
That's what you'd call it in your culture.
A shikigami, perhaps?
So, of the two,
Kagenui is one of those specialists...
I'm not going to share information about a respectable person.
I don't really want you to use me as a tool.
You won't be able to get me to talk
just by buying me donuts.
I'm not that cheap a woman.
I'm not your servant or your shikigami.
If you really insist on knowing,
why not ask the man sitting in the seat over there?
Kaiki-san,
after all that grandstanding when you left,
why are you here, eating donuts?
Some minor business.
Just unpleasant, minor business.
Araragi, it's nothing for you to concern yourself over.
I'll be gone shortly.
I'd prefer if you left now.
Don't be in such a hurry.
I didn't ever want to see you again, either.
Because of you, I lost a lot of money.
You do know Kagenui Yodzuru and Ononoki Yotsugi, right?
You want to know about them? I'll tell you.
Pay up.
Fine...
How much do I need to pay, for you to tell me?
Let me see.
That will do.
Araragi.
I'll allow you to pay with this meager change, as a gift
to honor your relationship with Senjougahara.
Tell me...
Kagenui Yodzuru and Ononoki Yotsugi!
They are specialists...
Ghost busters like me.
Of course, while I'm a fake, they're real.
I'm a con man, and they are onmyouji.
Onmyouji?
Naturally, I said "they."
But to be precise, Kagenui is the onmyouji,
and Ononoki is her shikigami.
You know them?
Why would you think so?
Well, the way you talked.
Just the way you spoke implied it.
I merely know their names.
Kagenui is rather famous in the business.
Kagenui Yodzuru and Ononoki Yotsugi,
modern-day onmyouji.
Hey, Araragi,
they're specialists, but they specialize in a very limited field.
That two-person cell specializes
in immortal creatures.
An onmyouji specializing in immortal monsters?
Jeez...
Then they're probably after you and me.
You think we're their targets?
But perhaps we are not, my master.
I've eaten many immortal creatures.
I kill the immortal, too.
Timed Light 1
Timed Light
And the supernatural isn't immortal.
Timed Light 3
It isn't even alive.
Yeah...
Well, I guess if you're not living, you can't die.
So I guess anything supernatural is immortal.
But strict definitions aside,
when you say that they might not be after us, Shinobu,
does that mean there are vampires in this city besides us?
It doesn't have to be vampires.
It wouldn't be strange.
No.
I suppose it would.
Come to think of it,
even just among those I know,
many people have supernatural creatures inside them.
Like Kanbaru Suruga, with a monkey in her left hand.
Or Hanekawa Tsubasa, with a cat inside her mind.
So it wouldn't be particularly odd if there were others
housing creatures that I don't know about.
Kagenui-san and Ononoki-chan.
If they're setting up base in the same abandoned building as Oshino,
Homeless
they're likely in the same business. I should deal with them quickly.
Black Scene
You...
Hi.
First, I should thank you.
I followed the directions you gave me,
and it led me to the Eikou Cram School.
And you told Yotsugi, as well.
Um, I'm sorry...
I'd like to make something clear.
You came to this city to exterminate us, right?
You've come to kill her, an immortal creature not of this world,
along with me, her servant, yes?
Both of you asking me for directions was no coincidence.
You were investigating me.
Devil boy,
you seem to be under a misapprehension.
Matters pertaining to the iron-blooded, cold-blooded, hot-blooded
killer of monsters and lord of the night,
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade,
have already been resolved.
And our industry hardly has the free time
to squander resources on a normal human
with a few lingering aftereffects.
Of course, that's thanks to Oshino-kun's habitual interference and meddling.
Oshino-kun?
Did she just say Oshino-kun?
Yellow Scene
Hey, master. Focus.
You have other things to think about now.
That's right. That's right...
If they aren't here for Oshino Shinobu and Araragi Koyomi,
then why have Kagenui-san and Ononoki-chan come?
Shut up! Shut up, shut up, shut up!
How long will you stand there, pressing the doorbell?
Can't you tell I'm pretending not to be here?!
Unlimited Rulebook.
I said, with a posed look.
Black Scene
Calm down, devil boy.
Don't get so worked up.
Oshino-kun would probably say something like,
"You're looking lively. Did something good happen?"
Shut up!
You...
You bastards...
You killed my sister...
My sister Tsukihi-chan...
I'll make you pay!
What, that was your sister?
I see.
Right, your name is Araragi, too.
I thought it was just a coincidence.
I understand.
Our information had some gaps.
Then that must have been a shock for you.
Sorry, sorry.
You think an apology will help?
Observe.
Devil boy,
you appear to have a thing for immortal creatures.
Your sister is possessed by an immortal bird.
That was never truly your sister.
It is human, yet not human.
What you see there is the rare firebird,
the evil phoenix.
I said, with a posed look.
Enough.
I will not allow any more of this.
You can't wish
to attract more attention than you already have, correct?
We don't care.
We're not clever enough to be concerned with time or place...
And how will you stop us?
What can you do?
Vampire...
Former vampire.
Without your skills, you're no threat to me.
Possibly!
But whether that's true for you, is it true for the girl?
I doubt she's strong enough
to withstand my energy drain.
And if I drain her dry,
I think I could handle you...
A bluff!
I'm not going to interfere with you.
But I shall request that you withdraw for now.
You could do that for me, couldn't you?
Time isn't an important factor for you.
Fine, then.
As you say, we'll leave now.
Let's go.
Despite what I said,
we have no interest in killing
a sister in front of her brother.
Naturally.
She isn't your real sister.
Not my real sister...
A fake sister?
I'm sure the devil boy
needs time to get this straight in his head.
We'll give you time, out of respect for the legendary vampire.
We'll pretend to fall for your bluff,
so prepare yourself in any way you like.
We'll return tomorrow.
Be sure everything has been handled by then.
Running won't help.
To be clear, neither of us is as easy to deal with as Oshino-kun.
We won't let any prey escape.
And if you try to stop us,
we'll ignore the ruling that decided you were harmless,
and we'll eliminate you, too.
Goodbye.
Why...
Why are you after Tsukihi-chan?
There's no reason for you to...
There is.
She's a supernatural creature...
A monstrous fake that snuck into a human family,
pretended to be human,
and deceived humans!
We call that evil.
We're the good guys...
So we cannot ignore a con like that.
We can't allow it.