April 6th
Is that...?
Yes, it's what you think it is.
Heart-Under-Blade's arms are inside.
I see.
Hmm?
Ah. I get what you want to say.
"I'm surprised that Guillotinecutter fellow actually held up his end of the bargain", right?
That's quite a grudge you got there.
Well, it's understandable.
In Guillotinecutter's defence, though,
unlike the other two, he does this out of a sense of duty.
Well, at any rate, now you've retrieved all of the limbs.
Congratulations, Araragi.
Whoa there, Araragi.
I'm congratulating you.
What's with the displeasure written all over your face?
However the means,
the completion of one's objectives should be a matter of pleasure.
But you, on the other hand, are emitting an aura one might find at a wake.
There's something I don't quite get,
Oshino.
Guillotinecutter,
not to mention
Dramaturgy and Episode,
together they
made away with Kiss-shot's arms and legs.
But going up against them was me,
a guy whose entire combat experience can be chalked up to tussling with his little sisters.
If you look at it objectively, my defeat was all but inevitable.
So how the hell
did it end up like this?
Were they just overly weak,
or was I...
just overwhelmingly powerful?
The answer's both.
From their point of view, you appeared insurmountably strong.
And from your point of view they were, of course, underwhelming pushovers.
Because after all,
the infamous, the one and only
Kiss-shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade
has but a single kin.
But that can't be the only reason—
That is the reason.
I'm trying to say that if that is the reason, it doesn't make any sense!
If you look at it under those assumptions,
it doesn't add up.
Flashback
If I achieved so much as her kin,
then she herself operating at full power,
Annihilation
even if they were working together,
Annihilation
should've been able to mop the floor with them.
Annihilation
But what if I were to tell you that at that time
Heart-Under-Blade wasn't operating at full power?
That changes things, does it not?
Well I was planning on giving it to you whether you probed me or not,
but I'm glad you did ask.
The conversation flows much more smoothly this way.
Araragi.
You're quite perceptive, every now and then.
This is the heart of Kiss-shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade.
She was not in possession of that heart
when she did battle with those vampire hunters.
Given that fact, it wasn't all that improbable that she lost her limbs.
She doesn't know,
does she?
Probably not.
She only thinks she lost her extremities.
I see.
So that's how it went.
I thought he was one sly bastard,
that Guillotinecutter.
But I never would have guessed he snatched out her heart as well.
Nah, that ain't it, Araragi.
The one who stole her heart
wasn't Guillotinecutter.
Then who did?
Me.
I took great care
in stealthily extracting her heart.
You're...
capable of such a feat?
Sure am.
So that means,
even if she got all her limbs back,
Kiss-shot couldn't regain
her full strength, right?
Yeah, that's right.
So you were
meant to have to take back her heart from me after all that.
You were to fight me as your fourth opponent.
And, in doing so, an equilibrium would have been struck.
You!?
Fight you?
Meant to, yes.
But I'm not inclined to anymore.
I mean, I've already given you back the heart.
I'm really sorry
about what happened to your Class Prez.
It's quite rare that an ordinary person would get involved
in a case to such an extent.
Normally, people run away from oddities.
That girl actually has a bit of a grasp on the real situation, doesn't she?
And with that,
all the parts that Kiss-shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade had lost
have been reclaimed.
That is to say, now you can become human again.
Let me congratulate you once again.
Feel free to rejoice.
Ah, that reminds me.
This is just out of curiosity,
but have you had any hunger pangs recently?
Uh, no.
I think I mentioned this before,
but ever since I became a vampire and acquired immortality,
I haven't had much of an appetite at all.
That may be,
but sooner or later I think you'll get hungry.
It has been two weeks, after all.
It must've been rough, eh?
Well then, Araragi.
After you're a human again,
do be careful as to avoid any rash decisions.
After a person makes contact with an oddity,
it's easier for them to encounter one again.
Be careful.
Oi, what are you on about?
You make it sound like you're leaving for good.
I am leaving.
My job's done.
I did make quite a mess of it, though.
But what's transpired has transpired, what's done is done.
Ah.
Before I forget, Araragi.
About that two million you owe me,
and the extra three million for Class Prez,
let's call it even.
Don't glare at me like that,
I'm not pulling a fast one.
This just sets my mind at ease.
If a balance has been reached, I'm not gonna rock the boat.
So on that note,
give my regards to Class Prez.
What's his deal?
Kizumonogatari
The Cold-blooded
arsfugal™
Yahoo!
I'm back!
I'm back, baby!
Kiss-shot.
About Oshino,
he left in the afternoon.
And what about it?
I was just wondering.
Shouldn't you be angry about your heart?
I care not. Not at all.
I shall overlook it.
I mean, who gives a shit!
Uh, Kiss-shot.
I'm sorry to rain on your parade,
but if it's okay with you,
I'd rather become human again as soon as possible.
Ah.
'Tis understandable.
Fret not.
I shall return thy humanity.
However, dear servant,
before we get to that,
shall we have a chat?
Now then,
what shall we discuss?
You didn't have something you wanted to talk about?
I suppose the way I phrased it was not quite right.
I did not have any one thing I wanted to converse about,
but rather I merely wanted to hold a conversation; the subject matters not.
And is doing that something which is essential
in turning me back into a human?
Is it vital.
To me, at least.
Well,
you've lived for over 500 years.
I'm sure there's lots for you to talk about.
There is nothing exciting, really.
My life has been one of fighting to the death with people such as those three.
At a fundamental level, it has been quite a tedious 500 years.
Now then, what shall we discuss
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Now then, shall we discuss
I suppose...
if I must speak of something,
the only matter of importance is the tale of that man.
I previously spoke of you being the second kin I have produced.
So now
I shall speak of the first of my kindred.
Flashback
Yeah, you did mention that.
That I was your second after 400 years.
Was he kinda like me?
Why would you think that?
Uh... well... err...
The only similary between you two
is thine ethnicity.
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Ueda Hajime
That man was a warrior.
One which I could entrust my rear flank to.
A very skilled warrior.
I see.
But you said we shared ethnicity?
Indeed. He was Japanese.
During the period in which I was relishing my youth and travelling the globe,
I met that man when I came to this country.
It was at that time that I learned Japanese.
But it seems the language has changed rather extensively.
But if so,
couldn't you have called upon him this time as well?
Impossible.
He has long since perished.
And that, as well,
happened a very long time ago.
Do you recall?
I believe I mentioned that
when I venture into battle I wield a certain sword.
And that weapon
is a memento of his.
The Magic Blade:
Heartspan.
It may be a nameless item from an eastern land,
but apparently quite the myth surrounds it.
Do not move.
I just cut you.
Huh?
Is there any pain?
N-No.
That means my skills have not dulled.
You may move again.
It has healed.
What do you mean?
What healed?
I don't think it cut deep enough to require healing.
Where exactly did you slice?
I split thee in two.
Once again, I have cut a worthless object.
Who are you calling worthless!?
Worry not about thy clothes.
The sharpness of Heartspan's bladed edge is authentic.
So much so that if you but leave the threads alone they shall twine themselves back together.
Of course,
that is only if I am the one wielding the blade.
That man died
and left this as a memento mori.
For an immortal vampire to have died,
that means,
he was exterminated by a hunter?
Nay.
He was not the sort of man to be slain according to another's will.
Then how?
Suicide.
Tedium will kill a man.
Is what they say, is it not?
In most instances,
a vampire will grow tired of existence after about 200 years.
So if there was one odd thing about that man,
it was that he only lived a few years as a vampire
before he chose his own death.
Even though in that short time, nothing had really changed,
he perished before my very eyes.
I stared at him blazing under the sun,
as I was forced to watch his death.
Ever since
I did not produce more kin.
Until I met you, that is.
Weren't you ever bored?
I was bored witless
for the longest time.
However,
you did not allow me my malaise,
dear servant of mine.
You threw yourself headfirst into whatever needed to be done.
You are probably the first human in history
to willingly offer his neck to a vampire.
Not to mention you called me Kiss-short from the start.
Now then,
it is time.
Shall we return thy humanity?
Yeah.
Now that I think about it,
did your first kin
ever say he wanted to be human again?
The me of that time
could not possibly deliver him back unto humanity even if he so wished it.
This time I intend
to make amends for what I could not do.
So,
are you prepared?
Well,
I think I laughed a bit much.
I'm feeling a bit peckish.
Can we put something in our bellies first?
Very well.
It is true that since regaining my true form
I have been tinged with hunger.
Can you procure some of those mobile snacks?
"Mobile snacks"?
Well,
this is my last night as a vampire.
Might as well go out with a bang.
Is there anything in particular you want to eat?
I have no real preference.
Anything shall suffice.
Make fruitful of the night, dear servant of mine.
If only for a short while, you have been a fine servant.
Sate your spirits.
I shall be preparing on the second floor.
Got it.
So I guess
she really is going away somewhere.
Can't do anything about it.
S e p a r a t i o n
If there is a meeting,
there will surely be a farewell.
Even if to Kiss-shot
these two weeks have been full of nothing but bad memories,
looking back on it now,
to me,
it wasn't that bad a spring break.
It wasn't that bad at all.
Following our little chat on the roof,
we'll have ourselves a farewell party.
And then, finally, I'll properly say some words of parting
to Kiss-shot, in earnest.
I'm back!
Oh, dear servant.
That was quicker than expected.
However, I believe I made myself clear before:
It is only proper manners to leave a lady to herself when she eats.
Whilst I was awaiting thy return,
this one decided to pay us a visit.
And of course I could examine
the barrier and discover him easily with my full power.
And what is this?
Did you not bring along that mobile snack
with the glasses and the plait?
April 7th
I believed men of such raw faith to be rather unappetising.
However!
This is quite the delicacy!
I thought myself to not have preferences,
but whoever said that "hunger is the ultimate spice"
really knew what they were talking about!
No...
you can't eat...
a human being.
But,
dear servant,
if I do not eat, I shall perish.
For her entire existence
she has eaten.
She has continually sated her hunger.
Her first kin.
And the second.
During her 500 years,
she's only stopped at just drinking blood
for her two kindred.
Every other human being
has been, in that violent manner,
torn to shreds,
leaving neither meat nor bone,
and consumed as food.
For that is how she acquires nutrients
when she is not producing kin.
From now own, whenever Kiss-shot eats a human,
whenever she sates her appetite,
it will undoubtedly be
due to my actions.
If Hanekawa is eaten,
if my sisters are eaten,
if my parents are eaten,
that would be entirely
my fault.
It's my fault becaused I saved her.
My fault.
My fault!
I can't...
take it anymore.
I can't stand the thought of it.
It makes me sick.
But I, too,
am a vampire.
Ah, that reminds me.
have you had any
hunger pangs recently?
What do I do about this?
I have to die.
There's no other option.
Yes, that's right.
But,
I really want to speak to (eat) Hanekawa.
I deleted both her mobile number
and her email of my own accord.
In front of her very eyes.
In order to inflict lasting pain on her.
I purged everything.
I thought I told her
not to just mess
with my phone.
Your girl has been delivered.
What do I say about this?
I've been tricked into coming to the gymnasium storage room and now we're trapped!
If Araragi decides to play an indecent trick on me,
whatever will I do?
Flashlight:
on!
Ah!
We're sitting like this because you want to peek at my panties.
You are under a gross misunderstanding as to the kind of man I am.
For example, if before my very eyes,
a stark naked woman was standing there,
and she told me not to look at her,
I would be able to resist looking.
That's true for most people.
No, I mean, Hanekawa,
you just don't understand the extent
to which I am a gentlemen.
"Gentlemen" is a plural.
But, well,
if you are speaking the truth,
I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Looking forward...
to what?
Well, when the new school term starts,
I'll be able to see lots and lots
of your gentle side, won't I?
So that's why...
you can't...
die...
You're not allowed
to die.
If you're thinking about things like that,
it just proves that you're running away from your feelings.
You...
you're amazing.
You're...
incredible.
When I'm here with you
I finally realise what an insignificant human I am.
If I hadn't met you,
I would have probably died a lot earlier.
That's why I'm trying to say...
you just can't go and die!
Listen to what
I have to say.
Everything's...
my fault.
My reckless actions
have led to this miserable result.
You know, I...
when I yielded my blood to Kiss-shot,
I never would have ever fathomed
that any of this would happen.
It's my fault that...
a person died.
It isn't your fault, Araragi.
And besides,
from Heart-Under-Blade's point of view,
that would've been a very mundane occurance.
It's the same to her as
eating cows and pigs
is to us, right?
Yeah.
So Kiss-shot isn't at fault.
The one at fault here is me.
It's all my fault.
No one else did anything wrong.
Besides,
I never
thought, even once, that
Dramaturgy,
Episode,
and Guillotinecutter—
that those three were on the side of human justice.
I became an enemy of humanity.
So is that why
you've given up on
becoming human again?
Have you forsaken your humanity?
Didn't you say that you really...
wanted to become human...
to come back to reality!?
Now that there's a victim,
granting my own desires
would be far too selfish of me.
If you want to talk about selfishness,
aren't you being far more selfish
acting the way you are now?
I mean,
you want to throw everything you've done into the wind
and just run away from it all!
You're just running away,
in body and soul!
You're wrong.
I don't want to run away.
I want to take responsibility.
Extinguishing this immortal body with my own hands
is the least I can do to atone for my sins.
If you try to erase sin with sin,
you'll only add to your sins.
Suicide is, after all,
a sin.
Hanekawa...
Hanekawa.
Hm?
As I am now, I'm not a human being.
I'm a vampire.
So...
I'm not like you.
I'm a weak person.
So if I don't die now, I'm sure, given time,
I'll give into the temptation to feed.
Hanekawa...
sooner or later I'll only be able to view you as something to be eaten.
So then eat me.
Wha—
What are you saying?
If I can't die for a person,
then I wouldn't call that person my friend.
I told you that you'd be disillusioned by how I really am.
What in the world....
are you?
Hmm?
I believe that I'm your friend.
No ordinary person...
would go that far for a friend.
I asked you this before,
but how are you able to go so far for someone you just recently met?
If you're that devoted to just anyone, you wouldn't have nearly enough lives to give.
But you're not just anyone.
I can do this because it's you, Araragi.
Besides, if it's just to save one little Araragi,
putting a single body on the line is more than enough!
So that's why...
you can't die.
Don't die.
There's no one who can stop
Kiss-shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade,
when she's at her full strength.
I'm responsible for her recovery,
and she'll continuing eating people without batting an eyelash.
It was impossible for Guillotinecutter,
so Dramaturgy or Episode wouldn't put up any sort of fight.
The only one with a slight chance, Oshino,
will never do anything that upsets the balance.
To him,
everything relating to Kiss-shot has already been settled.
There's no one who can put a stop to that vampire.
Even you?
Wouldn't you be able to stop her?
In fact,
you're the only left who can stop her.
Aren't you, her only kin,
conversely, the only one who can put a stop to her?
On your marks...
get set...
I will... go up against Kiss-shot.
Your expression's changed.
It'll be fine.
I will definitely exterminate her.
Well then, I'll have to help you out, of course.
If there's anything I can do, don't hesitate to ask.
I say that but, I can't think of any lewder acts you could ask of me more than what I've already done.
Hanekawa.
What is it?
Would you allow me to touch your breasts?
Your bre—
I heard you.
Um... and why exactly is that necessary?
It is extremely necessary.
You haven't seen it yet.
Kiss-shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade's fully powered
form, that is.
Well, no.
But I've seen her 12 and 17 year old forms so
I can kind of imagine what her 27 year old form is like.
It is most likely beyond that.
She has a bust beyond your wildest imagination.
Bust?
I am deathly afraid that I'll be distracted by her voluptuous bosom and be defeated because of it.
Those breasts of hers will probably be swaying madly during the fight.
So in order to counteract that, I need to build up a tolerance to a woman's breasts.
That's a far more trivial reason than I was expecting.
Doesn't the flow of logic make a bit of sense?
Very well!
What? Really?!
Just...
wait a bit.
Araragi.
Yes?
If you're going to fondle them, do it properly.
Properly?
You should fondle them for at least sixty seconds.
Sixty seconds!?
Do not hold back!
You know what, Hanekawa...
could I get you to face the other way?
Looking you in the eyes during...
would be a bit rough.
Raise your arms in the air.
What is this, radio calisthenics?
You won't be mad later?
It's okay. I won't get mad.
You mean it?
I mean it.
Well then, you know...
in the unlikely event that this goes to court...
"Araragi, would you be so kind as to fondle my bra-less breasts".
"I beg of you". Could you say that for me?
A-Araragi!
Would you be so kind as to fondle my bra-less breasts...
I... I beg of you.
No. Saying it in such a soft voice won't do at all.
It's almost as if I'm forcing you
to say it against your will.
You have to speak up and tell me exactly where and what you want.
You have to say it of your own volition.
A-Araragi!
Please be so kind as to fondle my bra-less breasts!
I beg of you!
"It would be the greatest honour to have my breasts fondled by you, Araragi."
It would be...
the greatest honour...
to have my breasts fondled by you, Araragi.
Let's see...
"I nurtured these lascivious breasts for the sole purpose of getting them fondled by you, Araragi."
I nurtured these lascivious breasts...
for the sole purpose of getting them fondled by you, Araragi.
Is that so? It sure doesn't look that way.
You're quite raunchy, aren't you?
Yes, I'm very perverted.
I'm sorry!
There's no need to apologise, really.
No matter how lewd you are, Hanekawa,
it's not as if you're causing anyone any problems.
That's true...
and so?
How exactly are the breasts of our diligent, yet indecent, class president lewd?
Their size and softness...
there exists no other pair of breasts as conceitedly lewd as these!
So that's it. I understand now.
My entire life was for the purpose of this moment.
The person known as Araragi Koyomi was born into this world
just to experience this day!
What was I doing? I can't just fondle my friend's breasts!
This isn't right! We can't do this!
Chicken.
Chicken. Chicken. Chicken. Chicken. Chicken. Chicken. Chicken.
I'm a chicken! I'm a disappointment! I'm sorry!
I was swayed by your unwavering kindess!
However! My eyes have been opened by your actions!
Do you think you'll get off that easily?
Do you understand how much resolve it took
to be sitting here as I am now?
N-no.
A worthless person such as myself could not even begin to grasp it.
B-but how resolved were you, by the way?
Would you be so kind as to let me ask that?
To be frank, I was ready for it to go past mere breast fondling.
I thought "Ahh, this is how it's gonna go."
"My first time is gonna be on top of a mat in the gymnasium storage room."
Were you perhaps jumping the gun just a little?
Well, I thought it could happen.
IT COULD'VE!?
Frustration
And yet, you put me through
a very embarassing situation
and didn't even lay a finger on me!
Araragi, am I really that unattractive?
How does a shoulder massage sound instead?
Shoulder?
Yes, your shoulders.
I want to massage your shoulders.
That concludes my service. Thank you very much.
Are you done?
Yes. See what happens next on the web.
As if I'll get fondled on the web!
Then how about, we pick this up in the new semester?
You're right.
If you forced a girl through all this, there's no way that you're planning on losing now, right?
Yo.
I didn't think you'd be coming to me.
I shall say this once.
Servant of mine, whilst the sun was shining between us, I managed to grasp the intent behind your feelings.
I understand why you grew so irate.
I understand the reason.
I think that I did not give due consideration to your position as a former human.
So just this once,
I will ask this of you:
return to my side.
Live alongside me.
My life was saved by you.
You are an eccentric fellow, but that is exactly why I feel I can live alongside you.
Do you have no wish to exist with me for all of eternity?
I do not.
You ate someone.
That's reason enough for me.
If that is your understanding,
then why did you save me?
Why did you not leave me to die?
I didn't understand a single damn thing.
No, that's not right.
I actually did understand from the start.
But I averted my eyes to that fact.
Because I thought I wanted to die for your sake.
So what I'm saying,
is that I pardoned your consumption of people.
But I never even imagined that people would die because of it.
My feelings may have been beautiful in their concept,
but they were not righteous.
I thought you would say as such.
I wanted to hear you say that.
Now I can extinguish all hesitation.
Dear servant,
I had an inclination from the very beginning.
I thought that you were perhaps that sort of person.
Hypocrisy
Your kindness was
only directed towards me whilst I was weak.
That's right. I understood.
H Y P O C R I T E !
Now that I have regained my full power,
I think that
you have no interest in me any longer.
Hypocrisy
You did not save me because I was me.
You would have saved anyone, had they shown weakness.
Hypocrisy
H Y P O C R I T E !
W a a h
Come now, draw closer, servant of mine.
If you kill me with your own hands,
you can reclaim your beloved humanity.
Kiss-shot,
there's something
I would like to ask you.
Really?
Go ahead.
As a parting gift for the underworld,
I shall answer anything you ask.
Ask away.
To you,
what is a human?
A meal.
I wanted to hear you say that.
Please die, my master!
Thou art to perish, servant of mine!
Excellent! This is the very essence of a fight to the death between vampiric bretheren!
More! Do it more, servant!
By the way, I will tell you something nice, servant.
It is unfortunate that these will be my parting words to you.
What?
The truth is, I too was once human.
A former human.
That is to say, the very same as you and Dramaturgy.
Weren't you a pure blood?
I have forgotten most of my time as a human, however,
apparently I was from quite a good pedigree.
Well, to a vampire of over 300 years,
purity and kindred no longer hold much meaning.
And so what of it!?
Nothing. I had just forgotten, is all.
I remembered something when I was with you last night.
I think you should know.
When I first ate human flesh, I recall that I hesitated.
If that's the case—
Even for you,
the sense of guilt would disappear for each human you consumed.
Kiss-shot,
I am a human being.
Is that so? I am a vampire.
It's finally time for the final Japanese athletes to take their places.
They have withstood many tribulations on their path to glory.
And now, the youth of Japan step up, full of pride.
Looking back, Tokyo was to have held the 1940 Olympics Games.
But the rising conflict shattered many dreams.
Hold it right there!
Five years prior, the atheletes for the competition were decided in Tokyo.
And then over the next five years, all their efforts have lead up to this moment...
Araragi, something isn't right!
Hanekawa, hurry up and go hide!
No, you don't get it. Something's been off for a while!
I think we've been overlooking something very important this entire time.
You're a nuisance!
Don't you dare say anything unnecessary, you mobile snack.
Heart-Under-Blade,
could it be that you—
You damnable human!
Don't butt in!
What is the matter, dear servant?
I still have about half of my blood left.
Having had so much of my blood drained, I can no longer move.
However, if you do not put an end to me soon, I shall soon rejuvenate.
How exactly were you planning on making me human again?
Does such a thing really matter to you as you are now?
Heart-Under-Blade,
did you intend for Araragi to kill you from the very start?
In order to for him to become human again?
Do not jest, mobile snack.
What are you basing that on?
Then how exactly were you planning on making him human again?
Please tell us that.
You already know.
I had no intention of returning this servant of mine to humanity at all.
I merely fed him falsehoods so that he would retrieve my extremities.
You're lying.
The reason you got him to reclaim all your parts was because, if you were not complete,
his killing of you wouldn't return his humanity.
There was no meaning behind his killing of you unless you were fully complete.
You were
planning on dying.
And what exactly do you hope to gain by saying all this?
Do you really believe my kin can kill me now that he has heard all of that?
W-Why...
why would you do any of that...
I was already looking for a place to die.
I thought it would be nice to die.
Or at least I did.
However, at the last moment, I became afraid of death.
After 500 years of existence, I was terrified of suddenly disappearing.
The thought of no longer existing scared me, frightened me to no end.
It was the first time in my life that a stranger lent me aid.
From neither human nor vampire
had I ever received assistance.
And so, as I was extracting your kind blood, I began to question my actions.
So please,
allow me to die for your sake.
I could not die for his sake.
I could not bring myself to die for him.
I could not bequeath his humanity unto him.
So please...
What is this? Art thou crying?
You sure are a crybaby.
How pathetic for a servant of mine.
No, these aren't tears.
This is... this is just...
Blood. My blood is just flowing.
Blood flows within you as well, doesn't it?
Good grief. You really took some unwarranted action, mobile snack.
I was planning on letting my guard down at an inauspicious juncture and forfeiting my life...
But this is fine.
For you have no other option other than to kill me, after all.
For if you cannot kill me, every day from tomorrow henceforth I shall feast on 1000 humans.
And, knowing that, now your only choice is to kill me.
To prove that was no idle threat, if I seize that mobile snack at the outset,
you shall witness my determination.
You should be accountable for those you save.
That is what they call a "sense of responsibility", is it not?
Kiss-shot!
You are the second to call me by that name.
But you shall be the last.
Now, you are to kill me,
dear servant.
Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. DO IT!
DO IT
Damn it all!
Oshino! Oshino Meme!
I know you're watching this from somewhere!
So stop dicking around and show yourself!
I finally understand everything you were trying to tell me!
I'm not looking for any explanations anymore, so get out here already!
I know exactly what position I'm in!
So show yourself, Oshino Meme!
You don't have to yell that loudly; I can hear you.
What a coincidence, meeting you in a place like this, Araragi!
Oshino!
This is the feistiest I've ever seen somebody.
Did something good happen?
I have a job for you.
Do something about this.
Do something? That's rather vague.
I'll pay you.
It's not an issue of finances.
Then what is the problem?
It's your own personal problem.
Don't try and force it.
Heya, Class Prez.
This is our first meeting, right?
It's nice to meet you. I'm Hanekawa.
Don't get in the way, brat.
Wasn't that the deal?
I have no recollection of making a deal with you,
Heart-Under-Blade.
I merely wished to accumulate all the information I could acquire.
In order to restore Araragi's humanity,
your choice of self-sacrifice
suited my needs perfectly, is all.
So, what're you gonna do?
You've got a job request for a specialist like me, don't you?
For the fee, let's see...
let's set it at the five million we called even before.
Now, what's the request?
I want you to tell me a way for everyone to be satisfied.
A way I can put an end to this without anyone being dissatisfied.
There's no way that's possible.
Are you an idiot?
However, there is a way for everyone to be dissatisfied.
That is to say, there may be a method for divvying up
the unhappiness between multiple parties.
No one single person's wishes would be fulfilled, but if you're fine with that I'll tell you the way.
Specifically you would have to... how do I put this...
Suck the life out of Heart-Under-Blade until the very last moment, Araragi.
She would lose almost all her vampiric skills and characteristics.
On the brink of death she would become something that is even less Heart-Under-Blade than her prior forms.
She would be a husk, with no shadow, no form, and not even a name left to her.
We'd have her assume an existence of a pseudo-vampire mimicking a human.
No matter how much she hungered, she would be unable to eat any humans.
A pitiful existence such as that.
And, as for you, Araragi, you wouldn't become human either.
However, you would be very close to human.
Araragi, you would be a pseudo-human mimicking a vampire.
Strictly speaking, you couldn't be classified as human, but you would be far away from vampirism.
You would assume that sort of half-baked existence.
It'd suit you well.
However, if settled like that, Heart-Under-Blade, unable to procure nutrients, would starve to death.
The only source of nourishment left to Heart-Under-Blade,
in her diminished state, would be the blood flowing in your neck, Araragi.
You would have to support Heart-Under-Blade for the rest of your life,
and Heart-Under-Blade would be tied to you for the rest of her life.
So, that means, us humans would—
That's right. The humans would abandon their extermination
of these vampires.
However, a certain risk would remain.
Heart-Under-Blade and Araragi could possibly return to vampirism
and start eating humans. That would be an ever-present risk, one which could not be ignored.
Stop spouting such nonsense, you brat!
I do not wish to live on in such a pitiful condition!
I will die! Let me die for his sake!
Kill me! Hurry up and put an end to me!
I do not wish to live any longer!
Like I said, you'd be dealing with some dissatisfaction.
Your desires would not come to fruition.
And besides, the one who gets to decide is Araragi.
Servant!
Dear servant... servant of mine...
Dear servant...
Even so, I want you to live.
I... I beg of you.
Please! Please be so kind as to kill me.
Please kill me and regain your humanity.
Think of it as saving me once again.
I'm sorry, Kiss-shot.
I can't save you.
August 8th
Your wounds...
Huh?
They left scars.
So about how vampiric is your body now that it's all done?
It seems I heal a bit quicker now.
When I brush my teeth, I don't think my gums can even bleed.
That's boring.
That's the sum of it.
If I take a positive outlook, I did manage to restore my humanity.
However, in exchange for that, there are after-effects.
After-effects, eh?
Well, if I consider myself as a human now,
out here walking under the sun as I am,
how I view the world has changed considerably.
That's very positive.
Heya. You're quite late, Araragi. We were getting impatient.
I really am...
I'm really sorry.
If you ever feel like killing me, you can do so whenever you like.
I don't think that's a very righteous outcome, though.
You can probably call this human egotism.
What you remember of a vampire eating someone,
if I had to make a comparison, is like the disillusionment of watching a cute cat devour a live mouse.
And here you are, having chosen to keep your own little vampire like a pet.
You've dulled its fangs, pulled out its claws,
crushed its throat and neutered it,
right?
You, who was once treated as a pet, are getting back at your former master by treating her as one.
When you think about it like that, it's not a very moving tale, is it?
But still, I'll be here to help if the need arises.
If you ever grow tired of your current state, come let me know at any time.
There's no way I'll grow tired of it.
I'm doing it because it pleases me, after all.
Then why don't you just do as you please?
We, who hurt each other so terribly, will sit here licking each other's wounds.
We damaged goods will each seek the other out in comfort.
If you are to die tomorrow, I'm fine with my life ending then as well.
But if you want to live for me for one more day, I'll go on living with you today as well.
And thus begins a tale of kindred bound by their scars.
Soaked in red and written in black,
a story of blood.
One of which I'll never speak.
Our very own, precious as it is, story of scars.
And I have no intention
of reciting it to anyone.
A star, and you
Étoile, et toi
And you, and me
Et toi, et moi
The world is beautiful
Le monde est beau
And you are my world
Vous êtes le monde
A star, and you
Étoile, et toi
And you, and me
Et toi, et moi
All that I see
Tout ce que je vois
And all that I feel
Tout ce que je ressens
You are my universe
Tu es mon univers
I want to hear you call my name
Je veux vous entendre appeler mon nom
I want to feel your presence in my arms
Je peux te sentir dans mes bras
And for this love to last for eternity
Et c'est l'amour qui va durer pour toujours
A star, and you
Étoile, et toi
And you, and me
Et toi, et moi
You are my universe
Tu es mon univers
I want to hear you call my name
Je veux vous entendre appeler mon nom
I want to feel your presence in my arms
Je peux te sentir dans mes bras
Yes, this love will last for eternity
Oui c'est l'amour qui va durer pour toujours
A star, and you
Étoile, et toi
And you, and me
Et toi, et moi
You are my universe
Tu es mon univers