"That is spreading in the village?" "When there is the intent to kill, there is always a reason." "I killed again." "Maybe because I felt that you'd understand..." "Just before they become convinced of their victory, huh?" "What would you prefer I do?" "I made a decision." "So..." "What about you?" "What will you do?" "Asa no hikari o tebanashita hana" "Sosogarenai ame o motome samenai nemuri ni tsuku" "Dare ka o sotto yobu koe" "Yami no rakuen wa uso ka yume ka" "Ushinau no wa karada to jibun to iu kokoro" "Sono taika o sashidashi nani o erareru no darou" "Kono namida de ubaeru hodo ni inochi wa morokute hakanakute" "Subete ni otozureru owari o "kyoufu" to nageku no ka" "Shuuen o utau kinsenka shizuka ni saki hokoru" "Nikushimi mo kanashimi mo sono ne de taguri yosete" "Shuuen o utau kinsenka sabishisa o uruosu" "Sosogarenai ame o motomete samenai nemuri ni tsuku" ""Thursday, October 27, Senshou"" "What... should I do?" "Who's there?" "Are you lost?" "Or..." "Please go, Junior Monk!" "Please don't come near me." "Please... don't look at me." "Don't tell me..." "You're Mr. Mutou's..." "Don't say any more!" "Could you show yourself to me?" "No..." "I can't possibly face you." "I killed Natsuno... my best friend." "I didn't want to kill him." "But they said that if I didn't attack Natsuno, they'd attack my family." "You were forced into it." "But I'm the one who actually attacked him... when he suggested that we should run away together." "No...!" "Those are all excuses!" "Even now..." "I'm on my way back from attacking someone!" "I didn't want to kill." "But I get hungry." "When I thought that unless I eat something, I'd die," "I just couldn't restrain myself..." "so I went to kill on my own." "When I get hungry, I feel like, "What's the big deal with killing people?" "I even killed Natsuno!"" "Even when I thought I didn't want to kill...!" "You are..." "Please go, Junior Monk!" "And please forget about me..." "Or I will..." "I will have to..." "People may call what you did a sin." "But who could blame you for wanting to live?" ""Death is a terrible thing for anyone." "...a terrible thing." ""Death is a terrible thing for anyone." "The young, the old, good people, bad people... it's the same to everyone." "Death treats everyone equally." "There's no such thing as an especially terrible death." "There's no such thing as an especially terrible death." "Junior Monk!" "What's the matter?" "I was told that Tsurumi passed away!" "Mr. Tsurumi did?" "!" "His wife just called." "She said the fact is that he had some liver problem." "He did..." "Well then, I'll go visit his house right away." "Well..." "Listen." "People are really busy at the temple so don't tell them that I'm hospitalized at the mutual-aid hospital." "Also, if I die, have the funeral home take care of my funeral." "He was treating us like strangers." "I wish he'd let us help send him off..." "Yes..." "Mr. Tsurumi did?" "!" "Madam Miwako!" ""Mom?" "!" "What's the matter, Mom?" "!" "Shinmei is..." "I'll go check around the area!" "No, hold on, please!" "My father is in poor health." "It's hard to think that he could go far." "Please contact the police." "Y-Yes sir." ""Please excuse me for writing you abruptly before we become acquainted." "I'm sending you a letter because I want to invite you to my house." "Please do not visit my wife's room or my son's room." "Please come to my room." "You can come anytime you like." "I'll be waiting for you."" "This is..." ""Shinmei Muroi"" ""Mr. Seishirou Kirishiki "" "It's just a letter of greeting." "This is an invitation letter..." "Seishin..." "Did you find something?" "No, nothing." ""Saturday, October 29, Senpu"" "Say, I heard yesterday that Junko from the Yasumori main family passed away." "What?" "But she didn't come to our clinic, did she?" "No..." "I see..." "Don't worry." "This situation won't last forever." "The Junior Doctor is working hard, too, so..." "Okay?" ""Kanami Yano, Owner of Roadside Restaurant Chigusa"" "When did she start showing these symptoms?" "Doctor..." "Uhm, I heard a rumor..." "Could she have fallen victim to an epidemic?" "No, that's not the case." "What?" "it's not an epidemic?" "Then..." "Doctor..." "Will my mother..." "How many more...?" "How many more victims will we have?" "How long do I have to wait?" "Doctor..." "What's the matter?" "You said Tae didn't fall victim to an epidemic." "What does that mean?" "Well..." "What does it mean?" "I didn't... mean anything in particular by it." "Doctor..." "Is it possible that Tae was..." "PUT}?" "Rfisuko?" "No, nothing." "If you'll excuse me." "My father probably had already sensed what the Kirishikis are." "He confirmed then that okiagari were responsible for this whole thing and..." "If I remember correctly, you were a friend of Miss Megumi Shimizu..." "That's right." "My name is Kaori Tanaka." "Uhm..." "I came here to make a request to you, Junior Monk." "To me?" "What is it?" "Could you give me a posthumous name?" "What is this about?" "My mother died." "My father died before that." "My little brother isn't coming back anymore." "I'm sure I'm next." "So I need my own posthumous name." "I have to be prepared so that I can die any time." "Is that impossible?" "No..." "There're people who receive posthumous names before they die." "Then, please give me one!" "I don't know why, but Megumi is angry!" "So I know I'll be next for sure!" "Megumi is...?" "Yes." "I've already dug my grave, but I have to put my posthumous name on the post... and I don't know how to come up with a posthumous name, so..." "So..." "No one knows when they will die." "Neither you nor I may be able to live that long." "Yes..." "But no life is worth so little as to give up on it, to think "I don't care when I die."" "Yes..." "I should be the last person to say something like this." "Are you okay with the village dying out?" "!" "I cannot just allow this contamination to keep growing." "Sunako..." "To my eyes, you look very alone." "I should be the..." "You're indeed a romantic." "Doctor, you have a phone call... from the mistress at the temple." "Oh, okay." "Thanks for waiting." "Oh, Toshio." "Uhm, is Seishin at your place?" "Seishin?" "No, he isn't." "What's the matter?" "Well..." "Seishin's missing?" "No, I haven't heard from him." "No problem." "Well, then..." "Seishin..." "Is that... the answer you came to?" "Boy, I'm so exhausted." "I see no one on the street this late at night." "I'm the one who was surprised." "I panicked, too, that time." "Oh..." "Good evening!" "Oh, good evening!" "Those young men sure are cheerful..." "Who are they again?" "Hello." "Kunihiro residence." "Ritsuko!" "Help!" "Kiyomi?" "I'm being held hostage by someone at my home!" "What?" "!" "Held hostage?" "!" "Kiyomi?" "!" "Kiyomi?" "!" "That's the Hirosawa family's son whose funeral I organized..." "No!" "Hello." "Ozaki Clinic." "Doctor, this is Ritsuko!" "Oh, what's the matter?" "Kiyomi called me and said, "Help!" I'm going to her house!" "Wha...!" "Wait, Ritsuko!" "Please!" "Come with me!" "Taro!" "I want to rescue Kiyomi!" "H-Hey!" "S-Someone!" "Help!" "Someone!" "Someone!" "Geez, what's the fuss?" "H-Help!" "Th-Those guys are..." "Oh, if it isn't Takatoshi!" "Huh?" "!" "Oh, hi, ma'am!" "So you've started living in the village?" "Yes." "It sure is more comfortable living here than in the mountains." "You too?" "Yeah." "Fortunately, my husband rose up, too." "That was lucky." "Well then..." "Be careful when you go out at night in the future!" "Okay!" "So... they're all okiagari..." ""Takasago Moving Company"" "Kiyomi..." "Taro..." "Ritsuko!" "Ritsuko, admit yourself to the clinic." "I don't want to." "I'm going home." "I'm going to quit the clinic, too." "Please leave me alone." ""Recovery Room"" "As promised, I came to visit you, Junior Doctor." "I don't remember making a promise, though." "I see you were thinking scary things." "Are you giving up your practice as a doctor?" "To think that I'm helping my wife have an affair..." "It was Seishirou." "He's skilled, isn't he?" "Seems like it." "But why is he staying with you guys when he's human?" "Oh, are you curious?" "No..." "That was just a question." "He's staying with us of his own free will, just like Mr. Muroi." "Shocked?" "He came to visit Sunako this evening." "You've been betrayed by your best friend, haven't you?" "Unforgivable?" "No..." "I had a feeling that might be the case." "A stupid choice, as expected from him." "You're stubborn, aren't you?" "A decision expected from Seishin." "Stop it." "What?" "Are you begging for your life now?" "Yeah." "You're right." "I don't want to die yet." "I want to see the village die out." "Just how many people have died since this past summer?" "And what did everyone in the village do about it?" "They kept saying that it was strange, but all they did was wait for someone to come up with the answer." "And I came up with an answer." "But they jabbered on about the baptism of modern rationalism and dismissed it easily." "I've had enough." "I can't deal with people who don't think on their own." "And?" "I want to see through what will become of those who accept only what is convenient for them." "You are interesting." "I like men who keep me from getting bored." "So, I..." ""Sunday, October 30, Butsumetsu"" "Destroy all the data." "Revise the patients' charts as instructed." "Obey us unconditionally." "Yami ni magirete iki o korosu" "Yami o matotte futto hohoemu" "Ki no sei sa omae nado dare mo shiruhazu nai" "Tsuki dake ga mitsumete iru" "Aa owari no nai yoru samayou" "Aa anata no yume tada yume mite" "Aa owari no nai yoru samayou" "Aa anata no yume tada yumemite" "Aa..." "The ones who are afraid of punishment get used to it quickly." "So long as they're not punished, they go ahead and do it." "It takes longer for those whose concern isn't punishment." "However, it just takes them a little bit longer." "They'll soon learn to stop sympathizing thinking, "This is my food.""