"All the memories I have about this village have Toru in them." "You're trying to hunt us." "Their deaths are terrible but people's deaths are not terrible?" "!" "Shiki..." "That's good." "That sounds very nice." "I like it!" "There's no doubt that Mr. Kirishiki is alive." ""Thursday, October 6, Butsumetsu"" "Mr. Ishida, the Public Health Officer, went missing, and the others resigned and moved." "The death reports continue to grow at an accelerated rate." "And many people are moving out without even taking time to report it." "If this keeps up, I'm afraid the village may become deserted." "Hello." "Good morning." "Those two temps were hired to fill the vacancies." "Hello." "Those two temps were hired to fill the vacancies." "For some reason, they come in only at night." "A flower that cut itself off from the morning light begs for the rain that doesn't come and falls into an endless sleep" "I hear a soft voice that's calling out for someone is this dark paradise a lie or a dream?" "What I'll lose is my body and my sense of self" "If I offer them up as payment, what will I gain in return?" "Life is so fragile and fleeting that I can steal it away with my tears" "Do you bemoan the death that comes for us all as a thing to be "feared"?" "The calendula that sings of the curtain's fall quietly blossoms into full bloom" "Whether it's hatred or sadness, it pulls it in by its root" "The calendula that sings of life's end soaks up the loneliness" "It begs for the rain that doesn't come and falls into an endless sleep" ""Evening, Same Day"" "Natsuno!" "We were worried because we couldn't reach you yesterday." "We were relieved when you called us." "Did something happen?" "No..." "What about you guys?" "As for me, there definitely was!" "Today, I finally..." "Everyone, listen!" "About the matter of many of the villagers dying..." "Are you talking about that okiagari stuff?" "What?" "Yeah." "That creepy old hag from Mizuguchi marched into Kanemasa." ""The Kanemasa people are okiagari!" "Be gone!"" "But she went home after being told off by the family at Kanemasa, right?" "She was the one cast away!" "I couldn't say anything anymore..." "Yuuki..." "I wonder if the Kanemasa people aren't okiagari after all." "You guys, leave the village." "Escape from this village right away." "What do you mean?" "Yuuki...!" "Natsuno..." "That's not what I think it is, right?" "They may be planning to turn this place into an okiagari village." "We no longer know how many people really died since summer." "Those who moved out are probably dead, too." "And then, those who died rise up." "Sotoba Village was shut off from the outside world from the start." "Outsiders wouldn't notice it even if the villagers are all replaced by okiagari." "That's why they chose this village." "You guys are no exception." "I was attacked, which means that you guys could also be attacked even today." "So, run." "No..." "I don't want to!" "Me, neither!" "You probably don't have time to hesitate anymore." "What about you, Natsuno?" "There are still things I need to do." "I'll help you!" "I'll do whatever I can do!" "You can't." "It's too dangerous for you." "Even if we run, it's not like things would improve." "It's better than staying here." "But I don't want to!" "We can't just leave you here when you're in this condition." "We won't run!" "You'll regret it." "I'd rather regret staying here than regret running." "Okay." "But don't ever come near me again." "Yuuki..." "The next time I see you, I may not be my own self anymore." "Got it?" "It was the day before yesterday that Toru came." "h' he had come yesterday too," "I probably couldn't have moved around like this." "I never thought that anemia would be this tough." "I wonder why he didn't show up." "Out of a sense of guilt...?" "It's strange..." "When I saw Toru in his coffin after his death, he looked like something different." "But this thing in front of me right now..." "This thing that's hesitant to attack me..." "is just like the Toru I remember." "I'm right here." "So... this kind of stuff works, huh?" "What's the matter?" "Are you afraid of something like this?" "How do you feel when you see this?" "Or were you afraid of it even before you died?" "Natsuno..." "I told you not to call me by my first name!" "Can't we coexist?" "!" "Do you really have to attack people no matter what?" "!" "It's not possible!" "If you guys explain the reason in a proper manner, there should be some people who'd share their blood!" "If we wait a little, the amount of blood will go back to normal, so..." "There's no reason to kill them, right?" "!" "You can't understand!" "If we could solve things like that, we wouldn't attack people from the start!" "Everyone is reluctant to do it at first." "Some fear the sin of killing people." "Others fear being punished for killing people." "But once they realize that they won't be punished even if they kill people, they get used to the sin right away..." "The sin that they think of people as their food..." "People don't eat a live pig by slicing off its flesh little by little!" "Aren't I right?" "If crosses work, this should work, too, shouldn't it?" "D-Don't do it..." "Natsuno..." "You play dirty!" "Act more like a vampire!" "Don't be just like your old self before you died!" "Natsuno..." "If you get hungry, you can suck my blood." "Let's think of a good solution together!" "Until then, if you have to kill others, then suck my blood instead!" "And then, let's go somewhere Tatsumi and the others can't find us." "It's impossible..." "we can't escape from Tatsumi!" "So suck my blood, Toru!" "Toru!" "It is in our nature as shiki to hunt people." "We're hostile to people." "We can't help it because we'll die if we don't attack people." "Shiki, huh?" "How nice it'd be if we didn't have to attack people." "We didn't become creatures like this because we wanted to." "Toru..." "But... we get really hungry." "It's a very, very empty hunger." "No one can bear it... so they come to the point that they think nothing of killing people." ""Friday, October 7, Taian"" "All the residents here died this summer." "Everyone has long forgotten about this place." "Since Mr. Tatsumi destroyed the road to this area using dynamite, it's become even more isolated." "This is so depressing." "I'm being driven even further into the boondocks." "To think that I'm stuck in a vampire village deep in the mountains..." "We're called shiki..." "I heard..." "No one can bear it..." "Say, have you given up on attacking Natsuno Yuuki?" "I don't care anymore." "By the way, you're open right now, right?" "Yeah." "You want me to attack someone?" "Your friend Kaori Tanaka..." "Attack Kaori?" "!" "Her father." "Kaori's dad...?" "It seems that Kaori has gotten close to Natsuno Yuuki lately." "Kaori and Yuuki?" "!" "They share secrets and are standing up to us hand-in-hand." "If attacking a member of your friend's family bothers you," "I'll ask someone else." "I'll do it!" "I will do it." "Natsuno, shouldn't you go see a doctor?" "I said I'm fine." "Since many things have happened..." "I'm just exhausted." "If you say so..." "Azusa..." "Yeah?" "Well... there's a rumor that some new kind of infectious disease... is going around in the village." "And?" "It might be possible that Natsuno is..." "You know..." "Think about it carefully." "A new kind of infectious disease is rare even globally." "And yet, in such a vast world, it's happening in this village in Japan?" "Do you believe such an unscientific idea?" "Well..." "Ozaki said so, so..." "He's only a doctor in a rural village." "It's not an announcement by a research institute in a big city." "Yeah..." "Never mind." "But what if it's really true..." "Oh?" "If I remember right, you're from the atelier?" "Hello." "You were in front of our house the other day, weren't you?" "Well..." "I feel bad about what happened to you." "I never thought that I'd be treated like a corpse." "You moved here from a big city, too, right?" "Then you'd understand how I feel, would you not?" "Yeah..." "They say that an epidemic might be the reason for many people dying lately." "To be honest, I think that's doubtful." "What do you mean?" "A new kind of infectious disease..." "That's something we hear about only in movies, right?" "Don't you think it's almost like a delusion?" "Or maybe I should say that it's almost like the superstitions in a rural area." "Don't tell me you take such a story seriously." "N-No..." "Well, that's good." "Just as you'd expect of someone from a big city." "I'm relieved to know that someone like you lives in this village." "Well then..." "Hello!" "Kids again..." "Hello!" "May I help you?" "Uhm..." "ls Natsuno home?" "Who are you?" "We're the Tanakas." "We're his friends." "I've never heard of you." "U-Uhm, Natsuno seemed sick yesterday, so we came to see him." "He said that he'd skip school today, so he hasn't even gotten out of bed yet." "So maybe some other time." "Dad..." "Let them in." "Thank you." "Why'd you come?" "How could we leave you be?" "!" "Look at this." "I don't know if these work against okiagari... but I think they do." "So we'll put lots of them up in your room." "I don't intend to die, either." "I'll definitely leave this village." "I've always felt that way." "In order to live in a big city again, I've been studying for college exams as well." "That's right!" "Let's leave, Natsuno!" "Let's wait for the right chance!" "We should be able to find an opening at some point!" "Wha..." "What the hell is this?" "Natsuno..." "You did it again?" "No..." "It must be those kids." "Do they really think that Natsuno will get better with these things?" "The tendency to be superstitious, which is often seen in rural areas..." "Okiagari..." "Epidemic..." "Curse...!" "I've had enough!" "Hello!" "Yes'?" "Uhm... we came to check up on Natsuno again." "Please come in." "Th-Thank you." "Natsuno's mom seems kinda gloomy." "Hey!" "Natsuno!" "How're you feeling?" "What?" "!" "Natsuno!" "It's gotten worse!" "This is similar to Megumi's case." "Don't say things like that!" "But..." "Could you leave?" "Please come in." "I'll give these back to you." "I don't want you to bring in strange things!" "Well..." "Uhm..." "P-Please let us nurse him!" "Could you let us stay with him overnight tonight?" "We won't cause you any trouble." "Please!" "P-Please!" "We're his family." "We're nursing him." "Stop saying senseless things and just go home!" "No..." "Not even in a million years!" "Akira..." "I'm not going home!" "Don't fight with him." "But...!" "If we can't be inside the house, then, we can watch from outside." "Outside?" "In the middle of the night?" "Do you feel scared?" "Okay." "We won't ask you anymore." "But remember this." "We're the only ones who know how to save Natsuno." "If you don't do anything, he'll be killed." "Killed?" "It's okiagari!" "Akira!" "And yet, all you do is get in our way!" "Let's go!" "It's as if you're trying to kill him!" "Now!" "We'll save Natsuno for sure!" "Goodbye!" "Okiagari..." "I guess it can't be helped..." "They're superstitious rural kids." "I acted like a child, too." "We'll be armed!" "We're gonna arm ourselves and put up an all-out fight!" "I'll go bring a spike rod." "L-I'll bring a skillet." "Wait!" "What?" "I'm sorry about earlier." "What?" "Since you were so serious about this matter, I gave a little thought, too... thinking that you two might be right." "Everything makes sense if the Kanemasa people are okiagari." "Then you believe us?" "!" "Yeah." "So I think I'll stand watch by Natsuno's side all night tonight." "Really?" "!" "I promise." "It's a father's duty to protect his family." "So, leave Natsuno to me." "I'll protect him from the okiagari for sure." "Okay." "He's your son, so you protect him." "We'll leave these with you." "We think that okiagari are weak against sacred things like these." "That's reassuring." "If something happens, please call Yoshikazu Tanaka's house." "He's listed in the phone book." "Okay." "Thanks." "Let's go, Kaori." "In any case, why in the heck does everyone work only at night?" "PUT}?" "Oh, hi, Megumi." "Are you going somewhere this late at night?" "Good evening, Mr. Tanaka!" "I'm going to buy something to drink." "It's dark, so watch your step, okay?" "Okay!" "Hm...?" "What's this...?" "Something is odd." "That's right." "She died!" "You be careful, too, Mr. Tanaka." "Aren't you cold?" "No..." "I like this better." "Somehow I'm having difficulty breathing, so..." "Natsuno, if you're not doing well, why don't I take you to a big hospital tomorrow?" "It might be something psychological." "They'll probably give you medicine or something." "I can take your White Horse, too." "Don't get carried away." "Well then, I'll come check on you from time to time." "Okay." "Under cover of darkness, you hold your breath" "Clad in darkness, you smile softly" "It's just your imagination, I'm sure no one knows you" "Only the moon is gazing at you" "Ahh, wandering in the endless night" "Ahh, just dreaming about you" "Ahh, wandering in the endless night" "Ahh, just dreaming about you" "Ahh... if we want to save the village, we should not question whether the means is right or wrong." "The village does not have that kind of time anymore." "In order to save the village, we must eradicate shiki, otherwise the calamity won't stop." "And yet, I'm dwelling on whether the means is right or wrong." "I don't even understand why I am like this."