"Doumeki." "What is it?" "The time for that arrogant, insolent, and audacious attitude is finally over!" "{Lol so like Lelouch}" "Today, right now, at this point in time." "When you were small, you were frail, weren't you?" "What?" "And also... a girl!" "I wore kimono." "I was told by grandfather of a teaching where in order for a frail boy to grow up strong, he must dress like a girl when he is a small child." "My grandfather said it was something close to an incantation." "Do you want to wear a kimono?" "Who the hell would?" "You wore girls' clothes when you were little, Doumeki-kun?" "Only a kimono." "I was an idiot to expect him to have an easy, sensitive spot." "Do you have any pictures?" "That's right; there must still be pictures at Doumeki's place." "I do." "I knew it!" "But you can't see them." "What the hell?" "!" "I wore them until I was nine, but all the pictures from that time are sealed in the temple." "It's a sort of ritual." "Is that another thing your grandfather did?" "Yeah." "He sounds pretty amazing!" "Why didn't I try harder to take the photo back then during the dream?" "But for you to have met Doumeki-kun's grandfather in a dream, how strange!" "Did you see it?" "If I remember correctly, when grandfather was my age, he looked just like I do." "It's the other way around!" "{Doumeki looked like him}" "And your grandfather?" "He passed away when I was in my fifth year of elementary school." "Himawari-chan." "What is it?" "Ah, I made some dessert today as well." "It's strawberry mousse." "I love strawberry mousse!" "{Strawberry mousse cake I guess?" "}" "I'm glad." "If I was going to buy Himawari-chan's dream, it would have been nicer if it had been a happier one." "Even if you had known it was a nightmare, you still would have bought it, right?" "Well, if it's Himawari-chan's, even if it was a nightmare, I'd still..." "Why?" "Watanuki." "Yes?" "Which part of Himawari-chan do you like?" "Which?" "Well, she's cute, and kind, and..." "All of her!" "Really?" "Is that really true?" "Is something wrong?" "No, nothing!" "How's it taste?" "Really tasty!" "I'm glad." "Give me another." "I'm always telling you, you eat too much!" "Oh yeah!" "Did you see the TV program that was on at nine yesterday?" "What kind of program?" ""An authentic paranormal experience, a world you might not know of."" "I didn't see it." "I didn't either." "What was it about?" "It was a story about an abandoned hotel where a girl's ghost was said to appear." "And the program was basically about exorcising the ghost." "But the surprising thing was that the one doing the exorcising was a small girl who was still around elementary school-age." "Ah, I think I saw something like that when I was at Yuuko-san's." "They say she'll do it again." "This time, it seems to be a ghost that's haunting a cherry blossom tree." "Himawari-chan, you're fine with all that ghostly and otherworldly stuff?" "Yeah, I love it!" "Ah, r—really?" "But I bet people who can really see and feel those things have it tough." "Himawari-chan." "Don't continue chewing and making sounds when people are being moved by the moment!" "Chew." "God!" "That asshole Doumeki, he doesn't have any sense of etiquette or delicacy!" "What a guy!" "But he was eating like he really enjoyed it, wasn't he?" "He eats too much!" "What a big tree!" "So there were cherry blossoms blooming in a place like this." "You..." "Don't get any closer!" "Don't get any closer to her!" "Um, I mean..." "You saw her on TV, right?" "Then you must know." "Her power dissipates when people touch her." "TV?" "Don't play dumb." "Mother." "U—Um..." "Mother." "Goodness, I can't let my guard down for a moment." "Even though I've specifically instructed that I don't want ignorant people near her, since they said it was here this time, I had to go along with it." "Mother." "A—Ah, what is it?" "What's wrong?" "Th—That's right, we should be heading back home." "It's not like you don't understand anything, right?" "{About ghost stuff}{see them too.}" "Watanuki-kun, are you okay?" "Yeah." "That girl..." "Do you know her?" "She's the spiritual cleanser girl that was on TV." "A spiritual cleanser, huh?" "She was a girl, still a child." "And so, that girl said it to you, didn't she?" "She said that it's not like you don't understand anything." "Yes." "And what did you think of her, Watanuki?" "I don't know if she can exorcise ghosts, but I felt that she was similar to me." "Similar, huh?" "That girl's power is genuine." "Your fate has now been linked to that girl's." "What happens from now on, Watanuki, depends on you yourself." "Himawari-chan can't come today because she's helping the teacher." "It's such a shame that my fun bentou-time is with you." "And you're already eating!" "What is it?" "Yesterday, I saw a girl standing underneath a cherry blossom tree." "With this eye." "No way..." "You can see the things that I can with this eye?" "It seems so." "No!" "My privacy!" "{No more spanking the Monkey wata.} {I thought the exact same thing lol}" "Shut up." "What kind of rules does this eye follow?" "{TC..." "I can't think of a way to put this nicely in English.}{Note from DS :" "I guess this is fine..." "Probably as good as it will get.}" "Who was that?" "The girl from that paranormal program Himawari-chan was talking about." "But it's not like you can always see through this eye, right?" "Right." "But you didn't see when I met your grandfather in my dream, right?" "Dreams aren't things you see with your eyes, are they?" "Ah, I see." "But what about that small spirit I saw on the way home from school last week?" "Didn't see it." "Then I don't get it." "What was it like when you saw that spirit?" "Well, it was really small, and all it did was pass by me." "It wasn't something to get surprised over." "If so, then the other condition might be you." "Perhaps when your emotions fluctuate greatly, I might be able to see as well." "If you stand out here like this, you'll catch a cold." "So, we meet again." "That makes it sound like you knew we were going to meet again." "No, it's not that." "I just wished I could see you again." "Me?" "Yeah." "Why?" "Because you're similar." "You thought so too, right?" "When we met." "Yeah." "You understand, right?" "Yeah." "That that woman... is someone from a long, long time ago." "So the ghost haunting a cherry blossom tree that they were talking about on TV was..." "It was this person, I think." "But it's not like she's trying to threaten anyone." "She just loves this tree and wants to stay here." "So it seems." "But if she's a nuisance, she says she'll go away." "Because it's just too pitiful for the cherry blossom tree to be filmed on TV and to have lots of people brought here." "But if that woman goes away, this cherry blossom tree will wither." "This cherry blossom tree is at the end of its life, and it is only blooming because that person is there." "If I hadn't come here, then this woman could always stay here, and that tree could always bloom." "I always thought like that as well." "And now?" "So that it won't just end like that..." "I've begun to think about whether there's anything I can do." "Do you still have time?" "For what?" "Let's do what we can." "It's a temple, right?" "An annoying guy lives here, but it's called a holy place, after all. {It's called a holy place after all}" "She said she liked it." "I'm glad." "The cherry blossom tree might wither, but that person has found a new place." "Yeah." "I'm going back home, before my mother returns." "I'm sorry for dragging you around in the rain." "No." "Here." "I'm already wet, and it's not that cold today." "I'm already wet as well, and when you return it, I'll be able to see you again." "Thank you." "Your name." "Will you let me know your name?" "So that I can call you properly by it." "Tsuyuri Kohane." "Kohane-chan?" "What characters?" "May seventh, Tsuyuri. {do this the same way we did for Watanuki in S1 Ep1}" "I'm Watanuki Kimihiro." "April first, Watanuki." "Even our names are similar." "What are the characters for Kohane-chan?" "Small feather." "That's a pretty name." "Is it okay for me to call you Kohane-chan?" "Kohane-chan?" "Ah, I guess you wouldn't like someone you've just met adding a -chan suffix to your name." "It's been a while since anyone's addressed me like that." "No..." "It's been a while since anyone's called me by my name." "See you, Kohane-chan." "See you." "There's a saying that fools don't catch colds, but..." "Idiots probably do." "Who's the idiot?" "Idiot." "Drink this." "What is it?" "Ginger tea. {TC:" "Shouga yu?" "生姜湯 }" "Grandfather made it often on cold days." "That's right..." "That tree..." "The woman wearing the kimono, right?" "I'll read sutras for her later." "Can you do that?" "Just in form, but yes." "But you saw again, huh?" "I can see now too." "It's because you're still fluctuating, aren't you?" "Doumeki, what are you normally called by those close to you?" "What name?" "Shizuka." "When they were around, my parents called me Kimihiro." "But Kohane-chan said that it had been a while since anyone called her by that name." "Her mother is there with her, but still, it had been a while..." "Where did you go, on a rainy day like this?" "What if you were to catch a cold!" "I told you that tomorrow is the TV shooting!" "What if they had to cancel it?" "I went to that cherry blossom tree." "By cherry blossom tree, you mean the recording site?" "In that case, we should have gone together." "We're not together." "Mother is not with me." "She's just here." "Wait!" "What's that umbrella?" "Yes..." "Ah, tomorrow's filming?" "Of course, it's fine." ""Can she really exorcise it?"" "What do you mean by that?" "In order to maintain her power, I don't let her touch or eat anything impure!" "The girl's food is the same as that of monks in a temple!" "And, as for the money..." "This is not what we had talked about?" "!" "Watanuki" "Kimihiro." "Spring is ending, and what great weather!" "Even so, even so, why?" "Tenhou!" "Chi'itsudorahachi!" ""Those Chosen by Luck, and Those Who Aren't."" "I'm not cut out for Mahjong at all!" "The cherry blossoms are great, aren't they?" "Next time on holic Kei:" "Konohana."