"Nothing to do again today, huh, Fox-kun" "Oh, Shoumei." "Where did you go after opening the store?" "I was just walking around the shopping street to unwind then miraculously found these in the second-hand bookstore." "What's that?" "First edition of "Ryuuzen Rites" " Catalogue of Japan Magic," all 20 volumes!" "And the price was only 80,000 yen." "80,000 yen!" "?" "A mysterious beautiful woman just sold it, seems I got there immediately after she left." "Well well, to encounter such a thing" "You use money pretty recklessly, huh" "Oh, Makihara-san." "Weird t-shirt too today." "What is it Hideyuki." "Town of Ouji interests you that much?" "It's about that phone call the other day." "Shuuichirou-san was hospitalized again." "It's about time you succeed the family name, how about that?" "I told you, didn't I" "Don't poke your nose in other's family" "But Yoshiaki" "I don't have anything to say to you anymore But Yoshiaki" "I don't have anything to say to you anymore" "Just go home" "Ho ho ho," "Fox-kun is the abandoned kid found in this Ouji Inari that is even called the Souja of Kantou, eh" "Apologize to my Mom!" "Shoumei, said wanted to talk to you no matter what" "Hideyuki, I don't have anything..." "The customer" "Welcome to Onmyouya." "I am the proprietor of this sto" "I've been looking for you, Shou" "Shou?" "So, a customer from Shoumei's host days?" "Uhm...you are Kimiko-san, correct?" "Yes, Hosokawa Kimiko." "You remember me." "Of course" "It's been a while, may I read your palm?" "You remember palm-reading me?" "I'm glad." "I'd like to ask you once again." "It's been a year." "Palm lines change, even if little by little." "What's that?" "You're saying I have more wrinkles?" "Hey Shou, can I find a marriage partner in 3 days?" "In three days?" "That would probably be difficult." "Huh..." "What's that!" "A year ago just before I turned 29, you fortold that I would be able to get married before turning 30." "Oh, did I?" "Yes." "But I'm still not married" "I'll be turning 30 in 3 days and it seems I still won't be able to get married." "That is..." "Even now, my destined partner still haven't appeared in front of me." "What do you say to this?" "!" "Take the responsibility and marry me, okay" "What!" "?" "What a mess" "You must be joking right?" "Your fortune-telling was a miss" "You failed at your job, so you should take the responsibility." "As a member of the society, that's a given." "No, that..." "Even if you call me a member of society," "This is what I am" "If you just don't want to marry me no matter what, find me a marriage partner by the next 3 days!" "Kimiko-san," "What is it?" "As always, your angry face is the most beautiful." "Please wait a little bit longer." "Look, I'm sure now the goddess of destiny must be feeling jealous of your beauty..." "I won't get fooled." "I understand." "However, since it is a very difficult consultation could you come here again tonight?" "Like in the past, how about you tell me more while we drink?" "Okay" "I'll come again" "That rattled me!" "What the hell" "If I'm made to take responsibility every time a divination misses" "I can't take it." "That person was kind of scary" "Anyway, we can't leave this as it is." "Those eyes are dangerous" "Alright, I got it." "I'll contribute too in finding marriage partner." "Oi, where are you going?" "I'll try asking everyone in the shopping street." "I got a bad feeling about this." "Please let it be my son that got chosen." "Here" "What has happened?" "Today everyone..." "You don't know, Tama-chan?" "Husband search, husband search!" "Husband search!" "?" "A customer of Onmyouya-san's wants to get married in 3 days, I heard." "So then everyone's hoping their son would get picked..." "Well, it'd be great if yours is chosen" "Here" "Shokichi!" "(small blessing, 3rd best you can get)" "Daikichi!" "(great blessing, the best one you can get)" "Right He looks good, see" "Yeah Which one?" "Kimiko-san, please wait." "We'll select the best person for you." "This one!" "This one!" "What's this all about?" "I'm sorry." "Fox-kun just went ahead on his own." "What are you saying?" "It's been the tradition if no one meddles in these things, things that should be arranged will not get settled!" "Yes, yes, marriage is all about luck and chance." "Giving up and breaking off are just as important" "Giving up and breaking off?" "Goro-chan..." "Alright, it's settled then." "Well then, let me announce the first recommendation of shopping street's single men general election." "Tatchan the greengrocer." "He's a really kind person." "Also a captain of the field baseball team." "OK, next one." "Alright" "There are really a lot of people who like taking care of things here" "I apologize" "It's fine" "Good evening" "Oh, Makihara-san" "Ah, right!" "Makihara-san would be great, wouldn't he!" "Kimiko-san, this is Shoumei's childhood friend, Makihara Hideyuki-san." "Makihara-san, this is Kimiko-san who really wants to get married." "Oh, hello, I'm Makihara." "Hey, Shoumei, how is Makihara-san's suitability to Kimiko-san?" "Well, as marriage partner goes not bad, I think." "What do you mean, Shou" "Introducing me to this potato-like man, I don't remember requesting you that." "Potato?" "No no, this type of face is rather fitting for marriage, you know." "Fit for marriage?" "What the hell." "What?" "I'm pushing for marriage strongly so any single man is fine, is that what you're saying?" "I am just asking you to take responsibility for fortune-telling that turned out wrong." "Kimiko-san, let me say this to you," "100% correct fortune-telling doesn't exist." "If you're telling me to take responsilibity, which I've never even thought of in my dreams, if you're seriously saying that," "I can't think of anything other than you are cursed." "What?" "Just how badly do you want to run away from this?" "If it comes to this, I will chase you forever!" "Just how badly do you want to run away from this?" "If it comes to this, I will chase you forever!" "Wanna eat?" "Nikujaga (traditional homemade dish)" "When your feelings are on the edge, eating warm food is the best, y'know." "I'm home..." "Eh, what?" "What happened?" "Actually, this lady here is saying she wants to get married, so we're introducing Makihara-san to her..." "Wait a minute!" "So that I'm not misunderstood, let me make this clear." "Potato?" "What about?" "Michiko-san, I like you." "Please go out with me!" "Shake hands!" "Wait!" "Even if you tell me that so suddenly..." "Are you seeing anybody else?" "Well..." "Don't tell me" "Just as I thought." "Is that so?" "Shou" "I've run out of dishes" "You take care of the rest" "Yes that's right." "I'm sorry, I just..." "Well, that's ok." "With this Kimiko-san should give up already, won't she?" "Alright, the tips of your fingers to the front" "To far right." "Front of face..." "Ugh..." "I wanna get married!" "Isn't it too early?" "But you know, if you're married you can do this and do that every night with the person you like all you want!" "Like a dream right?" "But married people are always saying that their lives ended when they got married." "If I could get married to Mitsui-san, I wouldn't even mind if my lifespan get shortened 30 years." "Hey, Onmyouya-san should know some love spells, wouldn't he?" "Oh yeah, Sawazaki, ask him for us!" "No way, something like that..." "In the first place, he's a fraud." "Don't tell me you just plan on doing it for yourself" "I couldn't possibly do that, right?" "Can't read this at all..." "Some code?" "Love attainment is in volume 6." "Why?" "Magic that middle and high school kids want is nothing but that." "We're going out, Fox-kun." "Eh, to where?" "Nearby park." "Heard they found a cursed straw dolll, so they wanted me to get rid of it." "Like, it's eerie..." "It's that, right?" "Something that contains a curse?" "Yes" "The so-called cursed straw doll." "A magic item that has been used since the ancient times, there's a sheet with the name or hair of the person you want to curse stuffed inside it, then you hit a nail on it." "Nowadays, straw doll is sold as a set in mail orders or such, but this is made keeping true to the ancient methods, looks like it's a handmade doll." "That would mean that the person doing this is serious, I suppose." "Scary" "Then, inside that, there's something of the person that someone wants to curse?" "It's sensei!" "Is "Tadano Michiko" really me?" "How could there be anyone else?" "The kanji for "Michiko" is pretty rare as well." "There's no doubt that the target is Sensei." "What's going to happen to me?" "It's better if you don't ask." "Going to die?" "What!" "?" "You can do something with that science that you're so good at, can't you?" "Impossible it's impossible" "There's no formulas or laws!" "Please do something..." "It's your specialty, isn't it." "Yeah?" "Don't only recognize someone's expertise when it's convenient" "Graaandpaaa" "Well, something like a curse, it should be okay if you just ignore it." "The problem is, there's someone who has a grudge against Michiko." "That's right." "Who would do something like this..." "Maybe an ex-boyfriend?" "Huh?" "Someone who cannot forget me?" "Try facing your past head on." "Does someone like that exist actually?" "Absolutely can't think of anybody" "By the way, you just turned down Makihara-san yesterday, right" "That potato huh..." "No, Hideyuki isn't the type of guy who would do something that involves getting his hands dirty like this." "Plus, he's too clumsy, couldn't possibly have made a straw doll." "Oh then, Kimiko-san!" "That woman from yesterday?" "Yeah" "Since, she thinks Sensei is Shoumei's girlfriend, so maybe she set out to curse a love rival" "No way..." "Yeah, that must be it" "Also, that person is somewhat scary." "True." "Looked like deeply jealous..." "What do I do?" "That's not something you can decide single-handedly like that" "If you don't see someone's face, you can't understand someone's feelings." "That is true." "This case, let's try asking directly." "Oh, that's right." "I didn't submit that." "No, I'm sorry, for asking impossible things all the time." "I'm sorry, here." "Thank you very much." "Then, let me recommend this to you with these numbers." "I'll be looking forward to working with you." "Same here, I'll be looking forward to working with you on this venture." "So you wear that kind of clothes too." "If I came in kariginu I'd be reported right." "(kariginu: the type of that white attire he usually wears)" "Okay then, thank you very much." "We as well." "Thank you very much." "Shimizu-san?" "Long time no see" "Has it been 3 years?" "Uhm..." "I'm Suzuki, who worked with you on the year-end project." "You remember right?" "We did this together once." "Oh, uh, yes." "How is it going, your work?" "I heard you're heading up these days." "Fortunately, it's going well." "Oh, I see" "That's the most important thing." "Well, thank you very much." "Someone you know?" "No, not at all." "Eh?" "Then why were you talking so excitedly?" "A member of the society is a mysterious being, if they are called by their name first, even if they don't know the other person, they have a habit of pretending that they do know." "Even if they can't place the face and the name, the conversation would go on." "That's because that's the manners of a member of society." "So, what did you talk about?" "Just trivial small talk" "Did you ask for his number?" "No, I didn't" "No way..." "Mami-san?" "Long time no see!" "Eh, hello..." "Oh, you don't remember me?" "Was it last month?" "That drinking party..." "It's Suzuki, Suzuki Jirou!" "Good evening, Kimiko-san." "Shou" "Do you have time?" "Yes" "Cheers!" "Good work!" "Girls' night out, eh" "If it's all girls, the conversation is more fun and lively" "You know this?" "What?" "Cursed straw doll?" "Yes" "It was found in a park near my house." "Could it be you?" "What!" "?" "There's a paper with my name written on it inside this." "Wait a minute." "I don't know anything about this." "Creepy." "More importantly, Shou, you got it right?" "If you don't find a marriage partner for me before the day after tomorrow, you will take responsibility." "I understand." "However, if I find Kimiko-san's marriage partner by then," "I will charge you a reasonable reward." "I got it." "I promise that." "Please cut it out." "What the hell, "find me a marriage partner before the day after tomorrow"" "What do you think of your own life?" "What the heck, all of a sudden" "Studying, or deepening your relationship with friends through girls' night out, there are other more important things, aren't there?" "How annoying." "What's wrong with being serious about marriage?" "If you want to get married that much, rather than being jealous of me, doing this kind of thing, isn't it better for you to find another, better partner?" "I'm jealous of you?" "Don't make me laugh" "In the first place, does Shou even like you I wonder" "Huh?" "It's suspicious" "You, your hair, makeup, clothes, and nails," "I can't think of those as an appearance of meeting a boyfriend." "We're at the point where we're not concerned with such things." "I can't believe that." "There's no way Shou would like a woman like this." "A woman like this?" "You like a woman like this, right?" "Trying too hard..." "Alright." "If you're really lovers," "I will bow out gracefully." "So show me some proof." "Huh, proof?" "So then," "Michiko-sensei is going to have a date with Onmyouya-san tomorrow, I heard..." "Eh?" "Can't be right?" "Those 2" "But, maybe through this those 2 would really start dating." "No way." "Hey...got the hotpot ready, here" "It takes me back..." "My first date" "Went together with Dad to Ueno Zoo, right...?" "Yokohama" "That was the previous guy, eh....hahaha" "These are your only non-work clothes?" "Yeah" "What should I do..." "I don't have anything else to wear?" "Hmm?" "What's this?" "Why are there so many women clothes?" "Hmm?" "Oh, must be your mom's" "But you said you threw away all of mom's stuff, didn't you" "Could it be the clothes of that girlfriend of yours called Mitsuki's?" "Well well..." "Don't say stupid things" "Suspicious..." "But this is nice, eh" "Lend me this, kay" "Uh... that's...you..." "Whatever you want." "Hurray!" "This could be so cute" "Wait...this one look more adult..." "So?" "Huh?" "Why Arakawa amusement park?" "Because Grandpa took me here once." "Don't tell me, your first time doing this?" "N...no way." "I have been to many, you know" "What do you wanna do?" "She's looking" "Uh, okay..." "Aaahn..." "No one does "aaahn" at this age, plus you can't do it." "I'm sorry." "You don't need to force yourself." "Just a natural conversation." "Natural conversation..." "Whatever is fine." "For example, a memory, or your future dreams" "Then, you know, maybe the story how you became a teacher" "Right..." "I'm a substitute teacher now but, until half a year ago I was doing research in grad school." "I always loved things like experiments since I was a kid, my dream was to be a professor." "But one time, a professor invited me to dinner..." "Professor, thank you for the treat." "Okay, let's go to another place" "Oh, but I have to catch the last train" "Oh...it's alright, it's alright." "Okay?" "No, uhm, hey..." "You're so rigid" "Just research isn't gonna cut it." "You know that right?" "You gotta care about this kind of socializing too" "Okay?" "Huh?" "Please stop!" "Then, calling it "budget cuts" I was kicked out of the lab..." "That's way too heavy" "Eh?" "If anybody listen to that story on the first date, they will definitely pull back." "What the heck!" "I was talking so seriously, that attitude!" "Hey, she's looking" "Damn...then what should I do?" "How about riding the roller coaster?" "Aha" "I learned that in school too." "Huh?" "The chances for romance burgeoning increases between a man and a woman who shared fear and tension." "Implementing the so called "suspension bridge theory" eh" "But I'm not going to like, fall for you" "You know, relationships that start under intense circumstances, they never last." "There's a theory like that?" "Sandra Bullock said that in "Speed"" "Huh, movie?" "Yeah, come on let's go" "Hey, stop it!" "So it was stupid of me to go along with a shitty lie" "But..." "With this, if you don't find a marriage partner within today" "I'm having you take the responsibility, Shou" "Understood, Kimiko-san" "Well then, would you allow me to see your palm lines just one more time?" "Palm lines?" "Yes" "Let me give you your last love fortune" "Just 8 more hours, eh." "Could I get married in that time?" "Ho ho ho" "Well well" "I found out an interesting thing, Kimiko-san" "What?" "My lines have changed, so my marriage is still ahead, you mean to trick me?" "That's not going to fly" "Kimiko-san don't you have a boyfriend now?" "Huh?" "Moreover from the waves of the fate line and marriage line, most likely you have received a proposal from him?" "Wait, is that true?" "I see, this thick economic fortune line." "Looks like you grew up in an extremely wealthy family, right" "The daughter of the president of that company?" "And then according to indications of this sun line, the fiancé is a man working in the same company, an elite employee who's a candidate for an executive." "His name is Sugawara-san, am I right?" "Even that..." ""Palm reading", what a fraud" "Truth is you investigated me, huh" "Actually, since when you came to this store for the first time" "I had thought it was weird." "That time, there was a faint mark that you had been wearing a ring on your left ring finger." "Most likely, in order to hide that you have a special significant other you probably took it off right before entering the store." "In spite of having that kind of person, you approached me regarding marriage." "That raised a question mark." "So then, I asked the people of that office." "By the way, how is Hosokawa Kimiko-san doing?" "I worked with her on a different job before." "Hosokawa-san is doing fine" "As expected of the president's daughter, you're the focus of attention inside the office, huh" "I was able to hear many stories." "So that's how you found out about me" "I could also imagine the reason Kimiko-san approached me with marriage." "In the beginning, you and Sugawara-san began dating due to your president father's introduction and you were partly forced to, right" "However this Sugawara-san was quite the nice guy." "Initially, to rebel against your father, you were avoiding Sugawara-san" "But you ended up really liking him, unawares." "Then recently he proposed, right" "Then, just..." "Marrying him should be the right thing to do." "But you came into my store." "In other words, you developed doubts, didn't you?" ""Could it be he actually doesn't want me but only my father's influence?"" "You thought that, didn't you?" "Then, you got desperate and came to me and said this ridiculous thing like "Take responsibility for your wrong fortune telling"" "Am I wrong!" "?" "But that crazy desperate action, is not entirely your fault." "What do you mean?" "However, whether I should tell you this fact, or refrain from it..." "What is it?" "Say it clearly" "Understood" "Well then for Kimiko-san's sake let me be blunt." "That love of yours is so appalingly cursed!" "Earlier I took a look at your palm and confirmed it." "That Sugawara fella only wants your father's influence," "He doesn't give a shit about you." "That's..." "Hey, that's over the line" "That's why, I'll take the responsibility." "Kimiko-san, please marry me." "Huh?" "But..." "For real?" "What's wrong?" "This is what you wished for, isn't it?" "But I..." "Don't tell me you're not saying something absurd like "Because I love Sugawara-san" are you?" "You'd better give it up" "Marrying without even a fragment of love, you're just going to regret it." "But, you can't know that" "Yes!" "I'm sure that Sugawara-san loves Kimiko-san." "No, there's no doubt." "He has no love" "In his eyes are wealth and the president's post only." "Don't keep spouting off whatever you want" "What do you know about us?" "Just by looking at palm lines a little don't make it sound like it's all the outlook we've got!" "Alright" "If you want to believe in him that much, how about asking him this to test him?" ""I will cut off my parent-child relationship with my father and quit the company"" ""Even so would you marry me?"" "At that moment, he should be distancing himself from you." "Do you have that courage in you?" "You do such cruel things, huh" "Cruel?" "You believe in Sugawara-san's love don't you?" "So just wait and it'll be the happy ending right?" "What would you do if the engagement is called off!" "?" "I'll marry her." "After all she is a company president's daughter." "Huh?" "A seat at the company would be great, expanding Onmyouya chain stores is possible too getting divorced and receiving alimony would be great too." "Something this sweet don't come by often" "You!" "Shush" "Sorry I'm late" "Nah, I was the one who called you out suddenly" "Right, next time I get days off wanna go to Kamakura?" "Yeah" "Let's take our bikes, try pottery..." "Sugawara-san looks like a really good person, doesn't he" "It'll be alright" "I'm sure he'll say, "Your dad has nothing to do with this"" "Definitely" "Ah, sorry, I gotta go back to the office soon" "Yeah" "I'll text you okay" "Bye" "Uhm" "Yeah?" "That thing from the other day" "Yeah" "You have an answer?" "This is how I am but," "I'll be in your favor" "Yeah!" "Thank you let's be happy forever" "I'm glad" "In the end I was scared and couldn't say it" "Even if Shou didn't tell me all that, I got it" "To him, there's nothing worthy about me other than being dad's daughter." "Like an idiot right" "Even so I want to marry him" "Really makes you laugh huh" "Kimiko-san, you really love Sugawara-san, don't you" "Even going so far as to clinging onto the title of president's daughter" "You wanted to protect your relationship with him" "That in itself is pure romantic feelings, I think" "Then, to tell you the truth" "I asked Sugawara-san's colleagues about his true feelings." "Huh?" "Seems Sugawara-san said this when he was drunk" "To put it bluntly" "I began dating her because there was no escaping it since she's the president's daughter." "You know right?" "How could I possibly have refused?" "Well y'know" "But she she's really genuine, y'know" "So then I thought not seeing her properly would be rude." "Then, gradually, it became serious, should I say" "So you know, it has nothing to do with the president" "I'm thinking of proposing" "I thought it would be better for you to confirm it yourself, so I fooled you." "Then..." "Don't worry" "Sugawara-san's feelings is real" "Seems somehow the crooked love curse is broken" "For as long as I can remember," "I've always been seen as "president's daughter"" "I've always hated it." "Men who approached me," "I felt they all approached me with that in mind." "But that time, Shou told me this" "You're someone with a very beautiful heart" "Yeah?" "That was the first time that I got praised by someone who doesn't know my origins" "Of course, you were a host" "I got that it was lip service." "But... it made me happy" "Then when I got doubts about marrying him" "I remembered Shou" "I'm sorry for saying ridiculous things" "Not at all" "Whatever the reason, getting proposed by a woman like Kimiko-san was an honor." "But you know," "I thought it would be okay if I were to really marry you." "I thought it would be okay too." "Kimiko-san is rich after all" "Saying all the irresponsible things again" "Congratulations on your marriage" "I wish you happiness for many years to come" "Thank you" "Mountainfuls of romance today, I've had enough" "It's great isn't it, it all smoothed out." "Yeah, but to be honest I couldn't accept that." "Intending to marry without knowing his true feelings." "Well, this time Onmyouya-san has confirmed it so all's good." "No" "I know nothing about Sugawara-san's true feelings." "So you were lying?" "Yeap" "Why did you do such a thing!" "That was a decision that affects her life!" "Even before that she had already made up her mind." "If so, thinking that that decision is the correct one should be fine" "Well, maybe" "In the first place, a man and a woman 5 minutes after saying "I love you to death"" "can easily say "I hate you so much I wanna kill you"" "There's no truth or lies in romantic feelings." "Stupid" "I cannot understand people who get engrossed in something that has no correct answer and so ambiguous." "Is that so?" "For me, I thought Kimiko-san who was troubled, doing crazy things looked cool" "Well, because facing someone head on properly requires courage, eh?" "In the first place, women who say "I don't meet anybody"" "if they had time to do girls' night out should do the opposite" "Rather than always spending time with people they feel so easy with." "Girls' night out is of course fun" "Seriously facing someone is troublesome, painful, and scary, so they escape." "But they surely will regret it someday." "Sensei too, how about seriously trying out love with the intention of getting majorly hurt?" "Uhm... what you said doesn't ring any bell" "Cuz, I have never been invited to a girls night out." "Michiko, anyways, wanna eat?" "It'll warm you up" "Thanks" "On the nail of the right pinky finger, write the name of the opposite sex, paint it vermillion, if you face that finger towards the intended partner, your feelings will come true." "Alright" "With this, Mitsui-san..." "Hey hey, what happens with that straw doll?" "Who knows" "Now that you mention it, who was the culprit I wonder" "Well...relying on old magic is stupid, eh" "Right!" "?" "Why?" "When I asked Onmyouya-san he taught me with 500 yen." "Me too" "Like I thought something bad is attaching itself to you" "Shou" "Straw doll is magic that is associated with risks, you know" "Huh, what about?" "That straw doll with the distinctive knots was made in accordance with the method in Ryuuzen Rites Japan Magic." "In all likelihood, it was made by referencing the old books I bought in the second-hand bookstore." "In other words, I was thinking the culprit is the person who sold those books." "Then, in the straw doll heading of that book," "There was a sheet of Omikuji from Ouji Inari sandwiched there in place of a bookmark." "But, saying it's me just because of that..." "It could be any of the visitors." "No" "The Omikuji bookmark had no crease." "Crease?" "The Omikuji here, Tamaki-san folds it in half before giving it to the visitors, right?" "So, the only person who can get her hand on an Omikuji with no crease is only you." "That's what I thought." "What's this?" "When you fail at a curse, it's said that a frightening counter-curse would occur." "That's a talisman to prevent that." "Please be cautious." "I'm sorry!" "I wrongly thought that Michiko-sensei was Shou's real girlfriend, and I..." "But I won't sneak around from now on" "I'm going to see you eye to eye." "Before that, how about this once in a while?" "Girls' night out with Michiko-sensei"