It's impossible to resist causality.
This is the correction of chaos.
It seems that you weren't meant to be there after all.
You will be sent back to the start.
What are you saying?
You will experience the same events over again.
But don't forget that they'll be slightly different.
Takuya, remember this.
Causality rules everything in this world.
To discover its secrets is to explore history.
What does that mean?
Hey, answer me!
Dad! Dad!
Mt. Sankaku?
I'm restarting from here?
It's gonna be awful if I've got to keep doing this.
"Episode 7: The Cause of the Curse"
Hello?
This is your wake-up call!
Your superhero in your hour of need, Masakatsu Yuki, is here!
How do you have that kind of energy this early?
You seem like you're starting your morning off on the wrong foot.
It's summer break tomorrow! Summer break!
Summer break? Tomorrow?
Could you not sleep, boss?
I bet you slept too much in class.
Actually, I saw a monster that stalks the earth each night.
The one from the curse?
Sometimes I think, you know,
that old legends and folk tales are real.
What's got you so excited?
Somewhere there might be an entrance that takes you to a world of mystery,
that only opens once every a few hundred years!
Hold it.
Who are you getting this from?
You can tell?
It was in a book by Dr. Kodai Somebody-or-Other,
and it's fascinating!
Boss?
Hey, boss!
You will experience the same events over again.
But don't forget that they'll be slightly different.
So it seems.
Oh, Sensei, you're so silly!
Oh, Takuya-kun!
Oh? Didn't you two see each just other last night?
I had something to do and couldn't make it.
I was reduced to waiting in my home.
Lately I'm staying indoors at night.
I'm scared of the curse, you see.
Oh, Sensei, you're so silly!
I don't want to be the third victim.
The teacher's not here.
Th-This is...
Excuse me!
You've finally revealed your true nature!
True nature?
You've gone from ordinary pervert to mega-pervert!
Calm down, Mio.
I'm the most straight-laced, buttoned-down man in the world.
Don't tell me that when you're holding a pair of panties!
Anywhere, where's Eriko-sensei?
Don't ask me.
So why are her clothes on the bed?
I don't know.
Maybe she shed her cocoon and flew off?
She's not a butterfly!
And put her panties down!
Or here, give them to me.
Bye!
Arima-kun!
Takuya.
We need to talk.
Don't you think something's changed with Ryuzoji-sensei, lately?
Changed how?
Well, for example, he used to criticize smoking.
But now he's started getting into cigars.
People go from non-smokers to smokers all the time.
First, his mom came to me.
"Please marry my son?"
Don't joke about this.
Sorry.
She said he'd changed.
And then I started to notice too.
He was different.
There's been something bugging me about Ryuzoji, too.
Have you seen him talking with some odd people lately?
I have.
I know about a self-proclaimed journalist named Kaori Asakura, and...
There's another.
He's hired a detective.
Mitsuki-san?
You okay?
Yeah.
Just a migraine.
I talked to Ryuzoji this morning.
And something felt off.
You too?
When he talked about the curse.
I don't want to be the third victim.
Third?
That's right.
The news has only reported on one victim.
Yeah, that is strange.
It didn't feel like he misspoke.
I'm taking my dad's research materials to Ryuzoji's house today.
I'll check on him.
Thanks.
There wasn't anybody else I could talk to about this, so it's a huge help.
Tell me if you see anything that feels wrong.
We're done!
Once you turn in your handout, you can go home.
Yes!
You're going to Ryuzoji-sensei's house, boss?
Yeah.
I'm taking my dad's stuff over there.
You're so brave.
Isn't that mansion kind of scary?
You think so?
I want to go too.
He promised earlier to let me see his tapestry.
I'm going to take some stuff.
And he's all I need to help carry it.
I'm going too?!
But it's awkward for me to go alone.
This would be a good time.
Well, I don't mind you coming.
Want to come too, Kanna-chan?
I'm going home.
You're not curious about Ryuzoji-sensei's house?
It's the place everybody's talking about because of the curse.
Ryuzoji-san smells different.
He smells different than everyone else.
Hatano-san's kind of tough to talk to.
She is a little strange.
And hot.
She seems to be avoiding people deliberately.
She is hot, though.
She is hot...
Boys are so weak to girls like her.
This place sure is eerie...
Is there something I can do for you?
I brought the documents I was asked to bring.
My name is Arima.
I'm sorry?
Um... I called earlier...
Is that right?
When you get old, you get so forgetful.
Come inside.
It's a little cold today, isn't it?
Hey, walk normally!
There might be some kind of wild cat here!
Or alien.
Boss, over there!
What?
It's just an old rotting storehouse.
The mansion was originally built 400 years ago, and then remodeled.
It seems like it's in bad shape, though.
It's strange...
As if that storehouse has gone back in time...
Now, did you come to see my son?
Yes, that's right.
He's changed, you know.
He's not my son anymore.
Have you ever heard the saying,
"The swallows and sparrows know not the thoughts of geese and swans."
Think well about what it might mean.
What are you talking about, mother?
Forgive me!
I didn't mean any harm.
Please... forgive me!
Welcome to the center of the curse.
Sorry for scaring you.
My mother has Alzheimer's. She doesn't recognize her son anymore.
I see.
You're not that much different in age than Ayumi-kun,
so I'm sure it's not something you worry about.
Yes, I guess.
This place is huge.
Maybe it just looks that way 'cause there's no furniture...
I got rid of anything that wasn't related to my research.
Right now, I don't even have a bed.
How do you sleep?
On the floor.
That sounds painful.
A soft bed makes me feel like I'm floating.
It's hard to relax.
This is the tapestry.
Wow.
It's huge.
Is this from 400 years ago too?
Probably.
It's been here for many, many years.
But it might be something from overseas that was brought here 400 years ago, right?
Maybe it's even older.
You're just like your father.
Kodai Arima said the same thing.
These people are burning, right?
It's like they're suffering from the heat.
Is it symbolic of something?
Like there's a hidden meaning.
I see!
It's like some weird church from Europe.
Yeah, it does feel religious.
So this light is God punishing mankind, or something?
What sin did they commit, you think?
Thank you for those very interesting opinions.
I'll take them into consideration.
Ryuzoji-sensei, may I make a sketch of this tapestry?
Certainly.
You seem to like it.
Yes. It's wonderful.
Actually, I didn't like this tapestry.
Yeah.
Looking at it's enough to make you lose your appetite for mortal fun.
But after Kodai showed interest in it, I changed my mind.
My dad was interested in it?
I was well aware of the strength of Kodai's intuition.
I'd like to talk in private with Takuya-kun.
Is that all right?
Yes, I'll stay here and make my sketch.
I'll be here too.
Come to my room, then.
I always wanted to have a chance to talk to you like this.
Me too.
You remind me a lot of the Kodai Arima I remember.
I have a question.
Go ahead.
What was my father researching with you?
I'm going to have to go back a long way to explain that.
Kodai and I were classmates in college.
Even then, we shared a common goal:
to discover the hidden elements of history,
the things they didn't put in the textbooks.
Much later, Kodai was banished from respectable academic society.
"The 400-Year Cycle Hypothesis"
But I was extremely impressed by his 400-Year Cycle theory.
I invited him to come research at my university.
Kodai focused on Sakaimachi as a place
to research both 400-Year Cycle theory and the Takanoamahara people.
And then he met a physicist, Yurika Imagawa, who was investigating the fact
that the magnetic and gravitational fields of Sakaimachi
were different than other places.
We engaged in heated debate.
Professor Imagawa pursued a unified theory, based on quantum mechanics.
And I chose humans themselves for my research theme.
And your father, Kodai Arima, chose immortality for his research theme.
Immortality?
Is that surprising?
I didn't think he was that crazy...
By the way, what do you think the dawn of the universe was like?
Or the dawn of this world, if you prefer.
What's this about?
I'm curious as to your opinion.
One scientist says that the universe has always existed.
That doesn't seem realistic to me.
"Eternity" isn't real.
Another theory is the big bang.
Oh, the one that says a small high-density nucleus exploded,
and became the universe.
What do you think of that theory?
Well, it's better than "eternity."
Then before the big bang, what existed around the "small nucleus" you speak of?
I don't know.
Our job as researchers is to theorize about inexplicable events,
and then prove those theories.
Let's return to the subject at hand.
When we were working together, Professor Imagawa's research notes
spoke of a woman who lived in reclusion near Ken-no-Misaki.
She was blind, with shining gold hair and pure white skin.
Her name was Keitia, later changed to Keiko.
She was your mother.
The boss said it was symbolic...
If you look closely and listen carefully,
you should be able to discover a message from people in the distant past.
Through his research, Kodai became close to Keiko-san.
And then you were born.
I barely remember my mother.
It was hard to believe she was blind.
She helped with Kodai's research.
And took care of you when you were sick.
Sick?
You seemed to get fevers all the time when you were young.
I guess sending you after Kodai is one option...
Hey, this is an entrance, right?
Yeah, now that you mention it...
It reminds me of something.
Of what?
We've gone off topic.
Takuya Arima,
may I ask you a question?
If it's something I can tell you...
Did Kodai give you something?
No idea.
He just up and died on me.
Then did he leave you anything?
What do you mean?
For example,
something similar to a time machine.
Well?
No.
This is weird...
I'm feeling dizzy...
I believe that Kodai found the truth hidden here in Sakaimachi.
What's wrong?
You're sweating.
No, um...
What is this?
Ryuzoji's doing something...
You should have a device Kodai gave you.
Now give me what you have!
Do it now!
He was able to resist the Niarb?
Is this because of the factor?
Sensei?
Boss?
Arima-kun?
It's time for you all to go home.
Thank you for having us.
Come back any time.
I'll say it again. I'm really sorry about Kodai.
Knowing him, he may still be alive somewhere.
In a totally different place, perhaps.
Those are the same eyes.
Kodai would sometimes look at me with just those eyes.
Looking at that tapestry for so long made my blood run cold.
Me too.
What did you talk to Ryuzoji-sensei about, boss?
Immortality.
He's still young, though.
Right?
Did you consider the words I spoke to you before?
The thing about swallows and sparrows?
Oh, you haven't yet?
Have you not noticed the thing that exists within this mansion?
I can hear it...
The breath of 400 years...
"Episode 8: The Swallows and Sparrows Know Not"
Episode 8: "The Swallows and Sparrows Know Not."