The present is what it is because of Ougi Oshino.
忍野扇がいてくれたから 今がある
Because that mysterious girl, as if an unknown was wrapped with unknowns,
あの謎めいた 正体不明を正体不明でくるんだような彼女が
was here in our town,
僕達の町にいてくれたからこそ
I, and all of us, were able to arrive where we are now.
僕は そして僕達は 今に辿り着けた
We have the present, and we have a future.
今があり 先がある
Someday the day will come when I can feel that way.
そんな風に思えるときが いつかきっと来るのだろう
That's just who I am.
僕はそういう奴で
And that's just who she is.
彼女はそういう者だ
Ougi Oshino.
忍野扇
She was a symbol of my adolescence -- that is how I remember her.
彼女は僕の青春の象徴だと 僕は彼女を思い出す
That smirking smile of hers.
にやにやとした彼女の笑顔
I'm sure that to her, my stupidity was something she found highly amusing.
彼女にとっては 僕の愚かしさが面白かったに違いないのだ
I find myself laughing as well.
僕自身 笑ってしまう
Koyomi Araragi
I burst into laughter.
大笑いしてしまう
So in the end, maybe this whole thing was just a comedy.
ならば結局 笑い話だったのかもしれない
2 3
My youth,
僕が過ごした青春は
The last year I spent as a high school student...
僕が過ごした高校生活最後の一年間は
It was painful, it was sad,
辛くもあり 悲しくもあり
it was bitter, it was ugly, and all in all, it was a hell of a year.
苦くもあり 醜くもあり どうしようもなくもあった一年間は
Thursday, March 15th
But even so, when I look back on this someday,
それでも いつか思い出すとき
when I tell someone, or everyone, about this...
誰かに話すとき 皆に伝えるとき
I know that maybe I should tell it with a smile, like it was a simple, happy story
語るときは 笑顔で語るべき 他愛のない自愛に満ちた
that makes everyone who hears it laugh.
笑い話だったのかもしれない
You "maybe" know? No, you know. I don't know anything, though.
しれない? いいえ 知っているはずですよ 私は何も知りませんが
I'm sure this is what Ougi-chan would say.
扇ちゃんなら きっとこう言う
You know, Araragi-senpai.
あなたが知っているんです 阿良々木先輩
That's right. I had known.
そう 僕は知っていた
Naoetsu High
I'm sure I knew exactly what Ougi Oshino was from the very beginning.
忍野扇の正体も 最初からきっと 知り尽くしていたのだ
Naoetsu High School
And it's hilarious.
笑えることに
Ougi Dark Part One
Shirohebi Park
Hey, hey! The pitcher is getting spooked!
へいへーい ピッチャービビってますよー
She was wearing a skirt, but crouching down and opening her legs like a catcher, so you could see her panties easily. She was really letting her guard down, but honestly, I didn't want to see them anyway.
A rock?
They're throwing rocks and batting with swords...
What kind of baseball is this?
No.
駄目
You're going to settle the score tonight, right?
ケリつけるんでしょ 今夜で
Well, yeah, but...
まあ そうだけど...
Now that Big Sister isn't here, I can't be of any help to you...
お姉ちゃんがいない今 僕は何の力にもなれないけれど
But at the least, I can watch you fight with my own eyes, Big Demo-ther.
鬼いちゃんの戦いを見届けるくらいのことはしてあげるよ
So... let's hurry up and join that circle.
だから さっさとあの輪に入ろう
Oh, if it isn't you, my master!
おお! お前様ではないか! 我があるじ様!
H-Hachikuji...
は 八九寺...
No, you did plenty of that back in hell. Haven't you had enough, Baragaki-san?
いや それはもう地獄で散々やったからいいじゃないですか バラガキさん
Well, that sounds really cool, but Hachikuji,
いや 格好いいけれども 八九寺
don't refer to me as if I was Toshizo Hijikata in his youth.
人を土方(ひじかた)歳三(としぞう)の少年時代みたいに言わないでもらおうか
My name is Araragi.
僕の名前は阿良々木だ
I'm sorry, I flubbed (kami-mashita).
失礼 噛みました
No, that was intentional.
違う わざとだ...
I fwubbed.
かみまみた
It's not intentional?
わざとじゃない!?
I crouched.
屈(かが)みました
You were indeed sitting catcher-style there, but...
確かにキャッチャースタイルだったけれど!
It's good to see you too, Ononoki-san. Thank you for your help earlier.
斧乃木さんもお久しぶりです その節はお世話になりました
Yup. I feel happy about your return.
うむ きみの帰還を嬉しく思うよ
There was a matter that I should have checked up on.
What's wrong, Hachikuji?
どうした八九寺
No, what's wrong with your brain?
あなたの脳こそどうしましたか
Why did you so suddenly attempt to clutch my growing breasts?
なぜおもむろに わたしの成長過程の乳房をわしづかみにしようと試みたのですか
Well, I was wondering what kind of condition you were in right now.
いや 今のお前って どういうコンディションなんだろうと思って
She's a phantom, just like she was when you first met her here in this park.
今の彼女のコンディションは きみがこの公園で初めて会ったときと同様の 幽霊状態だよ
She's a ghost.
ゴーストだ
I'm sorry, Hachikuji. I wasn't thinking when I brought you here.
ごめん 八九寺 考えなしに連れて来ちゃったけれど
Come to think of it, I've made your labors piling stones for the past six months all for naught.
思えば僕は お前が半年間 石を積んでいた労働を無にしちゃったんだよな
It's fine, Araragi-san. Don't worry about it.
いいんですよ 阿良々木さん お気になさらないでください
I've already settled things with Gaen-san concerning that.
その辺については 既に臥煙さんと話がついていますので
Settled things?
話がついている?
Well, we can discuss all that in the briefing. Let's get started.
まあまあ そういう話も含めて ブリーフィングを開始しようじゃないか
For the moment, Koyomin, can you give orders to your now-mature, beautiful slave girl,
さしあたってこよみん 成長したきみの美女奴隷に命令して
and have her stop bullying my junior colleague shikigami?
私の後輩の式神をいじめるのを止めさせてもらっていいだろうか
There, there, there!
オレ! オレ! オレ!
She seems to be doing what Ononoki-chan feared.
斧乃木ちゃんが恐れていた
Getting revenge for all of the insults she received back in the summer.
夏に浴びた数々の暴言の仕返しの最中らしい
Shinobu Oshino The complete form of the legendary vampire who flew in from overseas.
Mayoi Hachikuji A ghost that returned from hell.
Yotsugi Ononoki A shikigami corpse doll whose master has ran away.
Izuko Gaen The leader of a group of specialists who defeat apparitions.
And me, Koyomi Araragi, once human, previously vampire, and currently human.
Stop it, Hachikuji. Don't look at me like that.
All right. It's time for your big sister
さて これからおねーさんが
to tell you about the plan she spent the last few days working on.
昨日今日で頑張って立てた計画をきみ達に開示する
Koyomin, did you bring it as I asked?
こよみん 言ったものは持ってきてくれたかな?
I did bring it.
持ってはきました
But this belonged to you in the first place, Gaen-san, so I wanted to return it to you.
ですけれど 元々 "あれ" は臥煙さんの持ち物だったから 返すために持ってきたのであって
Mm, indeed. It has been preserved well.
うん 確かに いい保存状態だね
It looks like you took very good care of it.
大事にしてくれていたみたいじゃあないか
Ougi Oshino.
忍野扇
That is the enemy who we are going to face right now.
それが私達が 今から向かい合う "敵" だ
The opponent we must fight, the target we must eliminate, and the focus of our hatred.
戦うべき相手だ 退治すべき対象で 憎むべき対象だ
Isn't that right, Koyomin?
そうだよね? こよみん
Naturally, this is the most important point.
もっとも ここが重要なポイントだけれども
The name "Ougi Oshino" was merely used as a convenience. Don't forget that.
忍野扇という名前は あくまでも便宜(べんぎ)上のものであることを忘れてはならない
The true nature of Ougi Oshino is unknown.
忍野扇の本質は 正体不明にこそあるからね
The loss of her true identity is the only identity she has.
正体を失うことこそが 彼女の持つ唯一の彼女らしさなのだから
First, let's go over it step-by-step.
まずは順を追っていこうか
We don't have time, and I'll only explain once, so listen up.
時間もないし 一度しか説明しないから よく聞いてね
Notes
There's one thing I want to confirm.
ひとつ 確認しておきたいんですけれど
Are you sure that Ougi-chan will be on the move sometime tonight?
扇ちゃんが今夜中に動くっていうのは 確信があるんですか?
She will. I'm not simply "sure." That's just the reality of it.
動くね それは確信があるというよりは ただの事実だ
She only has tonight. If she doesn't act tonight, that would imply that it's not actually her.
今夜しかない ここで動かないなら むしろ彼女じゃないと言える
And thus, there is no threat at all.
脅威は消滅するともね
Well, for this case, I did toss out the question, but I was pretty convinced, too.
あ この件に関しては 僕にも確信があった
Because she said so herself.
だって 本人がそう言っていたのだから
Araragi-senpai, could you be on my side?
阿良々木先輩 私の味方をしてくれませんか?
Please, help me.
私を助けてください
We'll start by talking about the relationship
じゃあまずは この公園と 北白蛇神社の関係からでも 語るとするかな
between this park and North Shirahebi Shrine.
From the source that leads up to the current tragedy.
今の悲劇に到る濫觴(らんしょう)から
From the tragedy 400 years ago that fell upon Shirohebi Shrine,
北白蛇神社の前身 沱白神社を襲った
the previous incarnation of North Shirahebi Shrine.
四百年前の悲劇から
Now, what exactly happened 400 years ago?
四百年前 と言えば 何があっただろう?
Right. The legendary vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade visited Japan.
そう 伝説の吸血鬼 キスショット・アセロラオリオン・ハートアンダーブレードの訪日だ
その時の着地によって
Now, when she landed,
そこにあった 日本という国の 一地方に溜まっていた水を
all the water that had built up in a lake in that particular area of Japan
湖を散らした
was dispersed.
She scattered it.
蹴散らした
That lake was no ordinary lake.
その湖が ただの湖ではなかった
It was a sacred lake that was the focus of worship for the whole region.
その地方の信仰を一身に集めていた 神聖なる湖だった
But this blasphemous deed of hers proved to be to the region's benefit.
しかしこの杯盤狼藉は 地域に恩恵も与えたのだよ
Because the water from the lake that flew up from the impact of landing...
着弾の衝撃で舞い上がった 湖の水は
...fell back down onto the area,
そのまま 当時 旱魃(かんばつ)状態にあった現地に降る 恵みの雨となったのだから
which was suffering from a drought at the time, as blessed rain.
As a result, the Western apparition
結果 西洋の怪異である吸血鬼
Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, a vampire, took over the local religion.
キスショット・アセロラオリオン・ハートアンダーブレードは 現地の信仰を乗っ取ることになった
You could say that she defeated the previous god and took over its position.
言うなら神を蹴散らし 神の立場を乗っ取った
With no more lake, and no more god to worship, they had to find a new god.
信仰すべき湖を失い 神を失った彼らは 新たなる神を見つけなくてはならなかった
No, they had to create a new god.
否 新たなる神を作らなくてはならなかった
That is why they relocated the shrine.
そのために 神社を移築した
The locals, who'd lost both their faith and much of their numbers,
どうやら 信仰も人口も失った現地の皆さんは
decided to try and survive by merging with a local folk religion.
近場の土着信仰と合流することで 生き延びる道を探ったようだね
And this wasn't necessarily a bad decision.
それは まるっきり的外れだったというわけでもない
There was a tie between these two that enabled the grafting.
接ぎ木をするための鎹(かすがい)はあったんだ
A tie, an axis... A cord that connected the mountain and the lake.
鎹... 軸 山と湖を繋ぐ紐はあった
Though I guess I should call it a rope (nawa), and not a cord.
それは紐ではなく 縄と言うべきかな
A kuchinawa—in other words, a snake.
クチナワ つまりは蛇だ
The god that was worshiped at the lake
湖で信仰されていた神の その神体の具体的な姿は水蛇でね
took the physical form of a water snake.
And the object of worship for the small indigenous faith
そして山間部での小さな土着信仰における神体の姿は 山蛇だった
in the mountains was shaped like a mountain snake.
A water snake and a mountain snake.
水蛇と山蛇
A snake connection.
蛇繋がり
But this grafting proved to be just a bit too forced.
だった やっぱり無理があったんだよ 理に適(かな)わない接ぎ木には
It might have appeared successful,
一見成立していても やはり歪(いびつ)な感は否めない
but there was still this sense that something was off.
And being "off," being unbalanced, in that way, created a type of air pocket.
その歪さは アンバランスさは 一種のエアスポットを生んだ
An air pocket that gathered bad things.
"よくないもの" を集める エアスポットを
The site of the eradicated lake is here, Shirohebi Park...
跡形もなくなった湖が昔あった跡地がこの浪白公園であって
...and the mountain shrine where the faith had been transferred is North Shirahebi Shrine, you see.
信仰が移築された先の山の神社というのが 北白蛇神社だったというわけなんだよ
North Shirahebi Shrine
By the way,
ちなみに
Shirohebi Shrine, now "North Shirahebi Shrine," managed to survive in a much diminished state,
細々と しかも先細りしながら継続していた沱白神社改め北白蛇神社は
until finally collapsing 15 years ago.
約十五年前に滅んだ
He—the first minion of Shinobu-san— his ashes came back to his homeland,
忍さんの第一の眷属である "彼" が 彼" の "灰" が里帰りを遂げ
and as a result, he ate the "bad things" that had gathered within the shrine grounds,
結果神社の境内に集まっていた "よくないもの" を 神様ごと喰ってしまったからね
and the god itself.
Because of all that had gone on, after the case of that minion had been resolved...
そういった経緯があったからこそ 眷属の彼の件が片付いたあと
I had planned to enshrine Shinobu-san as the new deity of North Shirahebi Shrine.
私は忍さんを 北白蛇神社の新たなる神として 据えようと思っていたんだよね
If you had explained everything with that reasoning from the beginning...
That's what I was going to say,
but even if she had taken the time to explain it,
I doubt I ever would've thought about using that talisman on Shinobu.
Koyomin, why don't we take a little break and make it clear where we both stand?
こよみん ここで一旦休憩を挟んで お互いの意見をはっきり表明してみないかい?
Where we both stand?
表明? お互いの意見を?
What we want, if you prefer to put it that way.
目的と言ってもいいけれどね 目的意識と言っても
Or what, exactly, we think we're doing here.
私達は決して協定を結んでいるわけではない
We don't have any kind of alliance here.
私としては きみの起こすミラクルに期待して こよみんをプランに組み入れたものの
I brought you here expecting one of the miracles you pull off.
But I can't deny that it might just bring forth another disaster.
それが更なる災厄を引き起こす危険性も否定できない
For example, when I put you in charge of Shinobu-san,
忍さん 当時は忍ちゃんをどうするか こよみんに委ねてみたら
or Shinobu-chan, as she was known back then,
I never thought that the end result would be an unrelated middle school girl
まさか無関係の女子中学生が神様に祀り上げられるなんて 結末に辿り着いちゃったみたいにね
being enshrined as a god.
Yeah, you've kinda got me there.
それを言われるとぐうの音も出ません
In other words, since she couldn't trust me, she wanted to know what I was after...
What was inside my heart.
I'll tell you, then. My objective is...
じゃあ言いますけれど... 僕の目的は
For now, I'd like to do something about Hachikuji and Shinobu.
とりあえず... 八九寺と忍のことを なんとかしたいと思っています
Especially Hachikuji, as she might be swallowed up by the darkness at this rate.
特に八九寺は このままだと "くらやみ" に呑まれかねない
Well, remember that I said I had a plan for Hachikuji-chan.
まあ 八九寺ちゃんのことについては 私に腹案があると言っただろう
So, next I'd like to hear your worries about Shinobu-san.
だから次は忍さんについての心配を聞こうかな
You want to do something about Shinobu-san? Koyomin, specifically what do you mean by that?
忍さんのことをなんとかしたいというのは こよみん 具体的にはどういう意味だい?
So like, she's like this now...
だから... 今 こうして こうなって...
And of course, I'm concerned about how Oshino and Kagenui-san's whereabouts are unknown.
忍野や影縫さんの所在が知れないことも もちろん 気にかかっていて
Of course, I think it would be good for the town I live in to be peaceful.
そりゃあ 僕だって 自分の住む町が平和であればいいとは思いますが
But I'm not capable of really thinking about things in that way.
ただ それを目的に据えられるほどの一人物では 僕はありませんよ
At most, I can think about the safety of the people around me.
僕に考えられるのは 精々 身近な知り合いの進退くらいのものです
And that's what makes this dangerous for me.
それが私にとっては危険だと言っている
But we can deal with that.
が それなら折り合いもつけられる
At least, this time around.
少なくとも 今回はね
By that, you mean..
と 言うのは?
You're worried about the people close to you, but not yourself.
きみが気にしているのは 身近な人々と言えど 結局は他人のことばかりだということだ
Since your own safety isn't a concern, we can come to an agreement.
きみが自分の身をまったく案じていない以上 今回は私と折り合える
What about you, Shinobu-san?
忍さんは?
What is your objective?
きみの目的は?
Shinobu-san, what are you thinking about right now? What do you want to do?
忍さん きみは今 何を考えている? 何をどうしたいと思う?
I merely obey my master's orders.
儂は ご主人様に従うまでじゃ
If my master says he will assist you, that's what I will do as well.
我があるじ様がうぬに協力するというのならそうするまでじゃし
And if my master decides to oppose you, that's what I will do as well.
我があるじ様がうぬと対立するというのならそうするまでじゃ
Specialist, if I could speak for myself, my desire is, if at all possible...
専門家 言わせてもらえるならば 儂の希望としては できることなら
...to be returned to the form of a young girl.
幼女に戻して欲しいもんなんじゃがの
Now that our stances are all clear,
では 全員のスタンスが出そろったところで
I'll explain what, exactly, we're about to do.
これからの具体的な動きの説明に入ろう
I will explain the minimum requirements for fulfilling Koyomin's objectives, my objectives,
こよみんの目的と私の目的 それに忍さんの目的と八九寺ちゃんの目的を
Shinobu-san's objectives, and Hachikuji-chan's objectives simultaneously.
同時に果たすための最低条件の説明だ
Minimum Requirements
There are two minimum requirements.
最低条件は二つ
One is to enshrine a new deity in North Shirahebi Shrine,
ひとつは北白蛇神社に新たなる神を据えること
and the other is the extermination of Ougi Oshino.
そしてもうひとつは 忍野扇の退治だ
Extermination
Gaen-san...
臥煙さん
If you're talking about turning Shinobu into a god—
忍を神に据えようって話だったら
That's what I had been planning on.
そのつもりだったんだけれどね
But since Koyomin brought Hachikuji-chan back from hell, the situation has changed.
しかし こよみんが地獄から八九寺ちゃんを連れてきたことで 状況が変わった
In a way, a surrogate god that is even more fitting than Shinobu-san...
ある意味では忍さん以上に相応しい神の代理が
No, the successor to a god has appeared.
否 神の跡継ぎが 現れたのだから
The successor to a god?
神の... 跡継ぎ?
It's Hachikuji-chan.
八九寺ちゃんだよ
N-No, that's even worse! I mean, Hachikuji is—
い いや! そ そんなの もっと駄目でしょう! だって八九寺は
Hachikuji is?
八九寺は?
Well, I suppose she's qualified.
まあ 資格はあるのかもしれんがの
At the point where she returned from hell,
地獄から復活してくるという時点で
that lost girl undoubtedly performed a miracle.
その迷子娘は 文句なくひとつの奇跡を果たしておるわけじゃし
But if that's the case, the condition is also met by me, or even by Ononoki-chan—
しかしそれなら そんな条件は僕だって あるいは斧乃木ちゃんだって満たしているわけで
It's not the same. It's different.
同じじゃないよ 違うよ
You all returned, but in different ways.
復活したと言っても条件が違う
違いは ここで神様にならなければ
The difference is that if she doesn't turn into a god right here,
八九寺ちゃんは "くらやみ" に呑まれるということだ
Hachikuji-chan will be swallowed up by the darkness.
In other words, there are three choices.
つまり三択だよ
One, she goes back to hell again.
① もう一度地獄に帰る
Two, she gets swallowed up into the "darkness."
② "くらやみ" に呑まれる
Three, she becomes a god.
③ 神様になる だ
By becoming enshrined at North Shirahebi Shrine,
北白蛇神社に祀り上げられることで
Mayoi Hachikuji will be granted an existence in this material world.
八九寺真宵は 現世への存在を許されることになる
She gains citizenship.
She gains proof of residence —so the story goes.
So for Hachikuji-chan, it's basically nothing but good things.
だから八九寺ちゃんにとっては 基本的にはいいこと尽くめではある
Of course, I'd have to have her work a bit.
もちろん 仕事はしてもらわなくちゃあならないけれども
But if she at least maintains the air pocket,
しかしエアスポットの管理さえしてくれれば
that will be good enough as a preventative measure.
それだけで十分に予防策にはなる
There you have it.
だそうです
B-But, it's a shrine that deifies a snake, right?
だ... だけど 蛇を祀る神社ですよね?
If you enshrined a snail apparition like Hachikuji, wouldn't that cause a distortion?
蝸牛の怪異である八九寺をそこに祀るとなると また歪みが生じることになるんじゃあ
そこが こよみんが考えなしだったというのが
And that is the miracle that makes it impossible
信じられないくらいのミラクルなんだよね
to believe that you did this without thinking, Koyomin.
Without that miracle, I never would've thought about enshrining Hachikuji-chan as a god.
それがなければ 私も八九寺ちゃんを神に据えようとは思わなかったかもしれない
A snail is a superior version of a snake.
蝸牛 は 蛇の上位互換だ
Huh?
No, "superior version" is perhaps stretching things a little too much.
いや 上位互換という表現は我田引水が行き過ぎて 言い過ぎかな
But Koyomin, you've at least heard of a three-way deadlock?
だけどこよみん 三竦(すく)みくらいは聞いたことがあるだろう?
A snake, a frog, and a slug...
蛇と 蛙と 蛞蝓(なめくじ)が
Slug? Haven't I heard about that somewhere?
蛞蝓?どこかで聞いたよな
Oh, right.
ああ そうだ
The Slug Tofu.
蛞蝓豆腐
The fake apparition that Kaiki used on Sengoku...
貝木が 千石に施していた偽物の怪異...
Right. An apparition effective against snakes... a slug.
そう 蛇に有効な怪異 蛞蝓
And, a slug and a snail are related species.
そして 蛞蝓と蝸牛は近縁種だ
Slug Snail
Then, it's not that a snail has nothing to do with a snake.
ならば蝸牛は蛇と関連がないどころか
A snail can freeze a snake in place.
蝸牛は蛇を 抑え込める
She won't run wild like Sengoku.
千石のように暴走することなく
She won't be swallowed by the snake like Sengoku.
千石のように蛇に呑まれることなく
Instead, she can swallow the snake.
逆に 蛇を呑み込める
In other words, I'm Mayoi Slug (Namekuji).
ナメクジ真宵というわけですね
Hachikuji, are you really all right with that?
八九寺 お前は本当にそれでいいのか?
Yes, I'm fine with it. A god! That gets me all hyped up!
ええ いいですよ 神様 アガるじゃないですか
Hyped up?
アガるって...
Excuse me, I god-ed (kami-mashita)!
失礼 神ましたというわけですね
God-ed
Putting it that way makes it sound like a gag, so stop it.
そんな風に言うとギャグみたいになるからやめて
This is really important! Don't try to make a joke about it!
ギャグで引き取ろうとしないで こんな重大なことを
It's way more than just two ranks up! A tremendous promotion!
二階級特進どころではない 大出世ですよ
No, you probably don't understand...
いや わかってないってお前 たぶん...
I have a proper understanding.
わかってますよ ちゃんと
Is that so? Do you properly understand the responsibilities and meaning,
そうなのか...? 神様になるという行為の責任や意味
the weight and duties of the act of becoming a god?
重みや役割を ちゃんとわかっているのか?
No, I don't understand any of those things. Not at all!
いえ そういうのは 全っ然わかってないんですけれど
You don't understand?!
わかってないのかよ!
However...
ただし...
I do know that if I do this,
そうなれば
I'll continue to be able to play merrily with you from now on, Araragi-san.
これからも阿良々木さんと楽しく遊べることだけはわかりますよ
Well, that fulfills one of the conditions.
まあ これで条件のひとつは満たされたということさ
If Hachikuji-chan swallows this talisman,
八九寺ちゃんがこのお札を呑み込めば
it's the birth of a new god at North Shirahebi Shrine.
北白蛇神社に新たなる神様の誕生というわけだ
If Koyomin wants Hachikuji-chan to be swallowed up into the darkness,
こよみんが八九寺ちゃんを "くらやみ" に呑ませたいと言うのならば
well, I'll leave that to your discretion.
まあそこはこよみんの判断に任せるけれどね
For me, it's a matter of the means.
私としては手段の問題だ
Oh, right.
あ... そうだ
Gaen-san.
臥煙さん
What is it, Koyomin?
なんだい こよみん
Um... About the "darkness"...
その... "くらやみ" の件なんですけれど
Perhaps we've suffered a terrible misunderstanding.
ひょっとしたら僕達は とんでもない勘違いをしていたのかもしれません
Ougi Oshino may not be the darkness.
忍野扇は "くらやみ" ではない のかもしれません
I know that.
知ってる
Seriously? She wasn't? You're kidding!
マジで? 違ったの? うっそー
I totally thought that was the case,
てっきりそうだと思い込んで
and I put tons of foreshadowing of that nature all over the place!
僕 あちこちにそういう伏線を張りまくっちゃったよ
If so, I really wish she hadn't done that.
Please don't deliberately add foreshadowing.
She had a troublesome character trait, or rather, she was a troublesome character.
Why did you think that in the first place?
そもそも どうしてそう思ったんだい?
That Ougi Oshino was the "darkness."
忍野扇が "くらやみ" だって
Well, because...
いや だって...
Oh, that was a bad way to ask.
ああ 訊きかたがまずかったね
What I want to ask is, at what point did you, Koyomin, get that idea?
私が訊きたいのは どの段階でこよみんがそんな発想に至ったかということなんだ
There was no specific point.
いつってことはないです
As I watched and listened to her, I naturally started thinking that way...
彼女の言動を見聞きしていたら 自然 そんな風に...
In reality, she was seeking Hachikuji, and the cases concerning Sengoku and Tadatsuru.
実際あの子 八九寺を探してたりしましたし 千石の件だって 正弦の件だって
No, in the end, it was just a sense I had.
いや 結局のところ僕は むしろ感覚的に そう思ったのだ
I mean, she felt so shady and dark... Like darkness itself.
だって 彼女の黒々しい雰囲気は "くらやみ" そのものだったじゃないか
A shadow that appreciates the rules.
ルールを重んじる 暗黒
A pitch black that reveres balance.
バランスを奉る 漆黒
In the beginning, she herself probably thought that way, too.
彼女自身 最初は自分のことをそう思っていたんじゃないのかな
It's certain that even now, she imposes tasks of that sort on herself.
今だって そういう任を 彼女が自分に課していることは確かだ
Ougi Oshino is not the "darkness," but she does the same thing.
忍野扇は "くらやみ" でこそないが しかし "くらやみ" と同じことをしている
She plays the same role.
同じ役割を負っている
The same role as the "darkness"...
"くらやみ" と同じ役割...
Let me clear things up just in case—
念のために整理しておくと
If we leave Hachikuji-chan in her current condition,
八九寺ちゃんをこの状態のままで放置しておくと
the "darkness" we were worried might reappear in this town
またぞろこの町に生じるかもしれないと さっきまで心配していた "くらやみ" は
will be the true "darkness".
掛け値なく本当の "くらやみ" だ
On the other hand, if we set up and enshrine Hachikuji-chan as the god of North Shirahebi Shrine,
対して 仮に八九寺ちゃんを北白蛇神社の神様に仕立て上げ
it's possible that Hachikuji-chan will be attacked
祀り上げたところで やっぱり八九寺ちゃんを襲うかもしれないのが
by Ougi Oshino, who performs the same role as the "darkness."
"くらやみ" と同じ役割を負う 忍野扇なんだ
After we enshrine... attacked?
祀り上げたところで... 襲う?
Well, that's why I said there were two minimum requirements, didn't I?
いや だから最低条件はふたつあると言っただろう
Merely enshrining Hachikuji-chan as a god is not enough.
八九寺ちゃんを神に祀り上げるだけじゃあ 足りないんだ
If we don't exterminate Ougi Oshino, the story doesn't come to a conclusion.
忍野扇を退治しないと 話はまったくまとまらない
Exterminate, exterminate... You keep repeating that.
退治 退治って... そう繰り返しますけれど
But can you stop that?
それ やめてもらっていいですか
When you say exterminate, it's as if Ougi-chan was an apparition.
退治なんていう言いかたをしたら まるで扇ちゃんが 怪異みたいじゃないですか
That's right.
そうだよ
She is an ordinary...
彼女は普通の...
...monster.
化物だ