Benio!
You should try this.
To my knowledge, it's the only spell-disabling talisman.
By the miraculous spirits
of the honorable and wise Mimusubi no Okami gods...
The Cataclysm King still struggles in vain?
I can't let you go.
It's rude to interrupt a young couple.
I don't plan on going.
You don't actually think he can break open that cocoon, do you?
It might be pretty difficult...
to break open, anyway.
Revival Restoration
Benio... I'm counting on you!
By this link of affection, let all that impede me be defied...
This is a considerable wave of spell power.
Benio-kun gave Rokuro-kun one of her hair ornaments.
Most people would consider it a going-away gift to the boy she loved.
But Rokuro-kun had a hunch...
It had to mean something!
And he was willing to bet it all on that single possibility.
I see...
You're saying that, to create a crack in the cocoon,
she connected the two hair ornaments with a thread of spell power.
That's right.
Even if you can't break something open,
if there's a small hole in the first place,
it's possible to force that hole open further.
When Benio-kun saw you sleeping inside the cocoon,
she realized she would end up in a similar state
and channeled her spell power into the hair ornament.
Arima-sama made a gamble
on the bond between those two.
He was trying to handle it himself,
with a ritual that would've cost him his life.
But he took the spell power he'd gathered for that,
and gave it all to the imp!
Arima...
It's connected!
Benio!
Cataclysm King...
I told you, I'm not letting you go anywhere.
Stop this.
I can't even sense any spell power from you.
I appreciate the concern.
Megha shaniye svaha!
Ridiculous...
Megha shaniye svaha.
Om!
It's over.
Kamui the Basara...
Why did you save the Head Exorcist?
Save him?
Don't be stupid.
He's here to fight you.
All he cares about is fighting powerful foes.
You want to fight me?
That's part of it, but there's more to it.
What?
I don't really get it, either...
Thank you...
For starters, I don't appreciate you trying to take her.
You're making no sense.
Oh, this is just too much fun...
I won't let this end!
Benio!
Benio! Wake up!
Benio!
Rokuro...
You idiot!
What the hell were you doing?!
How could you do something so crazy?!
If I hadn't come to save you, you would have...
You would have...
You're the idiot!
You're the crazy one!
I could say all of that right back to you!
You stupid, stupid idiot!
What?!
I mean, how could you give this to Kinako without any kind of explanation?!
Try and be clearer!
What kind of Twin Star are you if you can't understand without needing to be told?!
That's no excuse!
You understood anyway, so what's the problem?!
I was scared!
What if I'd been wrong?!
If you were, then that's all the good you are!
Are you stupid?!
How could you try and test me with something this important?!
I wasn't testing you!
Then what was it?!
I'm not going to say, idiot!
What?!
You don't understand at all!
How I felt...
How alone I felt when I woke up and you weren't there!
It was cruel of you to run off on your own because of how you felt about being a Kegare.
I wanted to worry about it with you.
And when you became the Cataclysm King, I was so—
Wh-What?
You were—
It was my first!
I wanted it to be more romantic!
Sorry...
But... I knew.
I believed you'd understand and come.
Thanks.
Rokuro...
No matter what happens, as far as I'm concerned,
you're still you.
Nothing and nobody else.
Sorry for making you worry so much.
Will you lend me your strength again?
Of course!
Head Exorcist?!
Kamui?!
This has been so much fun, I forgot about counting to ten...
How about this?
Be quiet for a moment.
Kamui!
You two have fun now...
Guess I've got more to look forward to.
Give me a break!
I'm impressed you didn't flee.
That's worthy of praise.
Of course not!
All I've been thinking about is how to stop you!
Stop me?
With what power?
It's impossible.
We won't know that until we try!
Resonance!
Rokuro!
Please be quiet.
Stop it!
Benio!
You're still capable of such power...
Unfortunately, soon, only pristine things will be left in the world.
Your insignificant memories are destined to vanish.
What's that supposed to mean?!
No measure of struggle will help you now.
Just watch from there.
What's about to happen?
The nectar of kindness is about to gently cover the world.
Nectar of kindness?
The yin energy has been drained from humanity.
Now the nectar of kindness will cover them,
trapping only the yang energy within,
and all people will live with only a yang nature.
Flower petals?
Once all the petals fall,
nectar of kindness will spring forth and spread across the entire world.
At this point, no one can stop it from happening.
But...
I thought nothing was supposed to happen until you joined with me?!
No.
You've served your purpose already.
I am one with the Ame-no-mihashira.
The moment I anticipated defiance,
I took your yang energy while you were in the cocoon.
Wait!
Then you mean it's really...
I regret that it has come to this, as well.
But humanity has done nothing but follow the same road
I saw them traveling a thousand years ago.
Even after a millennium, they are unable to cease fighting,
with hatred and sorrow born to their souls, releasing yin energy.
The human heart is simply profane, I suppose.
Yin energy gives rise to a destructive tendency,
and humans give in to its influence, hating each other,
giving rise to even more yin energy.
There is no choice but to break a such a foul cycle.
And by my hand, a world full of true love will be born.
Enough!
You're doing something insane, and you call it love?!
That's just your one-sided view of things!
That is why I waited a thousand years.
I ensured that unless the yin energy reached a certain threshold, the Cataclysm King...
Which is to say, you, would never have awakened.
I had faith in humanity...
But that faith has been definitively betrayed.
Your standing here is proof of the evil in mankind.
You don't get to decide that!
Benio?
I absolutely refuse all of this!
Rokuro!
Right!
You have both depleted your spell power.
There is nothing you can do.
You must realize that.
Rokuro!
Yeah!
Resonance!
It's futile.
Such spell power can do nothing.
It's okay!
The two of us can do it for sure!
Right! Because we're together now!
That's right! This has to be the reason we've pushed each other this far!
From that moment...
All of this time!
At first, you were exasperating.
Unreliable, with no sense of direction,
and not willing to fight in spite of being an exorcist.
You really ticked me off back then.
I thought I never wanted to see you again.
But when you fought, you were amazing.
And you helped me realize many things.
You always pulled me along
and made me want to surpass you someday.
Though we always fought as we lived together, you were always honest.
I really admired that.
We lost together a lot, and we cried together a lot...
But you never gave up.
You had the strength to keep going.
Before I knew it, two years had passed,
and it was natural for us to be together.
That was when we met Sae, and things got even better...
But then we suddenly lost her...
I'll never forget those tears.
We swore to protect what Sae had sacrificed her life for.
But there were people who sought to take away the priceless gift she gave us.
I hurt the people of the town,
and I even hurt you,
by using a power I should've never given in to.
And I became something I never wanted to be.
I wanted to bring you back!
I didn't want to give up!
That's why I came this far!
Back then, I was the most pessimistic...
But after I almost lost what mattered most to me,
I'm now here with the most conviction I've ever felt!
As am I!
Which is why...
We will protect this world, even if it costs us our lives!
Resonance!
Where is this spell power coming from?
Are they converting their lives into spell power?
Stop this futility.
No matter how strong your spell power becomes, there is nothing you can do.
The two of you are among the chosen.
Your lives will go on without any need for this.
We don't want to live in some world that's been given to us!
We want to live in a world that we create ourselves!
According to you,
everything we've experienced and felt was all bad!
But that's not true!
We may have hated people, and tried to hurt them....
It was painful, and sometimes we ended up hurt...
But without that,
I would never care for Rokuro as much as I do!
And I'd never cherish Benio the way I do now!
Which is why...
We don't mind risking our lives!
Enmado Rokuro, Adashino Benio...
Everything you've just said is simply from the perspective of humanity's convenience.
I will admit that "love" can be born after overcoming a great deal of yin...
However, it is by no means harmless.
To care about someone because you wish to be cared about is selfish love.
Which is why when you feel you are not loved,
negative feelings are born, leading you to hurt more, and to hurt others more.
That is why there will be no end to Kegare.
The world I am trying to create will have no Kegare.
A world of people whose hearts are filled with pure love, where no one is hurt...
No greater world could exist.
Are Kegare...
Are Kegare really that bad?!
What are you saying?
I'm a Kegare, too!
But you said I'm one of the chosen ones!
So what's wrong with there being Kegare?!
Right! There were Kegare among those we've met with kindness in their hearts!
Even among the Basara,
there were those who could be emotionally moved, and many who cared about others!
There're some who think about the nature of their existence, too!
Talking about yang and yin, and humans and Kegare, is missing the point!
Everyone has their worries!
We worry, but we still try to move forward!
And then?
The issue is the irrefutable fact that, after a thousand years, nothing has changed.
At this rate, yin will spread into the real world,
and both Magano and the real world will become dominated by Kegare.
I'm afraid...
it has to end.
Next Episode
Well, it's time for the final preview.
We've shared many famous quotes, but...
Nothing this time! Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing!
Those two can give one last quote next time.
Twin Stars Twins
Quotes from those two, huh?
L-o-v-e. L-L-L-L— Love.