"Honestly!" "Requesting me without having visited the shop even once?" "Some customers have no grasp of protocol!" "My apologies for the delay." "I am Yumeyakko from Suigetsuro." "Pardon me, Sir?" "Dancer in the Darkness" "If you listen closely, you should be able to hear" "A faint voice that's calling you" "Yes, deep within this deep, wide forest" "Someone is crying out, force open the night!" "Let's go to the other side of the veil" "To save the Secret World" "Close your eyes and fly off" "To a world that cannot be seen" "Ancient... (Woo)" "Eternal... (Woo)" "Secret World, Secret World" "How do you get the ball out?" "[Ramune]" "Huh?" "It's impossible!" "Kantaro, I didn't know you used to live in Ryogoku." "It just so happens that our latest client is my childhood friend too." "I've wanted to walk through this town and see the sights with Haruka and everyone at least once." "I'm stuck." "So, well, who is this childhood friend of yours?" "[Nekoya]" "Kantaro!" "It's been so long!" "You're just the same as when you were little, aren't you?" "Well, I am a kid after all." "Oh, and who is this?" "My, what an attractive man!" "I am Yumeyakko." "If you happen to be in the red light district, please do stop by." "Well, THAT'S different." "[Nekoya]" "A masked man?" "He creeped me out the moment I met him." "And the second time, you were called out to his mansion?" "He's already paid a lot of money up front." "And it is my job after all." "There's not much I can do about it." "When you go to his mansion, do you just serve him sake or something?" "No, as a matter of fact..." "All you do is dance?" "Yes, and he doesn't say a word." "He just sits and stares at me." "See?" "That's strange, isn't it?" "What kind of person is this?" "Imagine my surprise when I learned that he's the famous doll maker, Shinzaburo Aoyagi!" "You mean THE Aoyagi?" "Is he really that famous?" "Some go so far as to say the dolls he makes are alive." "They're all but priceless." "So then he's totally rich?" "!" "Now listen here..." "But here's what I'm really getting at..." "When I'm with him, I can feel someone's eyes on me." "Well, that would be Mr. Aoyagi, right?" "No, the gaze I feel is filled with hate..." "No, with murderous intent." "I was told that Mr. Aoyagi and I would be alone in the mansion, but..." "Please, come with me to the mansion!" "I'm begging you!" "What do you think, Haruka?" "Get my finger out." "I wonder where everyone went?" "What do you think?" "Muu..." "Beautiful..." "Your hands are truly works of art." "Your legs too, or rather, EVERYTHING about you is beautiful." "And you shall become even more beautiful... once I have all of that girl Yumeyakko!" "You sure it's all right to just come barging in like this?" "It's no problem." "I always do this." "This sure is an amazing mansion, don't you think?" "Why did you two have to come along?" "There's no telling what we may run into." "I came because he's rich!" "And because I heard there's a whole bunch of dolls here!" "Hey!" "No running!" "It's incredible..." "Now this is what I call a doll house." "Apparently, these dolls were brought in from all over the world to serve as references for his own doll making." "In that respect, he's quite thorough." "He said he constantly wears that mask so as not to allow his own expression to be reflected in any of his dolls." "I guess it's no surprise that a first-rate doll maker would have a different way of thinking." "More like bad taste, don't you think?" "Come over here, quick!" "It's awesome!" "He said never to go over there!" "Oh dear, this is my first time in here too." "He has dolls that are this big too?" "It looks so much like a real person it's creepy." "That kimono is the same as yours, Miss Yumeyakko." "Kindly refrain from touching that!" "Mister Aoyagi!" "Ah, you' re as beautiful as ever, Miss Yumeyakko." "I see you've worn the kimono I asked you to." "Then that kimono is..." "And who might I ask are these four?" "This is Kantaro Ichinomiya, who will be my chaperon starting today, and some of his friends." "I'm troubled you would take such liberties with our arrangement." "If you do not allow them to accompany me, I shall leave." "Nor will I ever return here again." "Which shall it be?" "I suppose I have no choice." "However!" "I will not permit them to disturb me or my family!" "Mister Aoyagi, are you not living alone here?" "It is just me and the girls." "The girls?" "Yae, I'm sorry for raising my voice like that." "I no doubt startled you." "You look as beautiful as always, Kikyo." "You've given each doll its own name?" "To give something a name is to prove that it is alive." "These girls and I have pledged our fates to each other." "We shall soon begin." "Miss Yumeyakko, I would ask that you not be late." "Hey, where's Haruka?" "He left." "He said he didn't like being bossed around." "Yumeyakko?" "What's going on?" "You may resume your dance just as soon as this is cleaned up." "Please give me a moment." "After what just happened?" "What are you thinking?" "!" "Wouldn't it be better just to get out of here, and fast?" "Leave?" "But why?" "Mister Aoyagi, don't you understand?" "!" "Mister Aoyagi..." "Do not interfere!" "I..." "I must burn Yumeyakko's dance into my mind!" "Well, if I can't leave, I suppose all I can do is ready myself and dance." "Yumeyakko..." "I am a pro after all." "I think I can handle something like dancing." "I'm counting on you, Kantaro." "Where did that come from?" "Thanks for rescuing me earlier." "You were really cool, Kantaro." "Nothing like the little boy who used to cry when he was teased." "Yae..." "Ah, my dear Yae..." "Being with you like this, it's almost as if you were really..." "Soon, Yae, very soon." "Once I can duplicate Miss Yumeyakko's beautiful dance, you will be complete." "Just wait, Yae." "People used to tease him?" "Looking at him now, I never would have imagined it." "The Kantaro you know has gained the wisdom necessary to be able to live on his own." "Say, are you that demon-eating goblin Kantaro used to talk about?" "Just kidding!" "Something like that couldn't really exist!" "So Kantaro has always been interested in those sorts of things?" "Yes, and since he was a little different from other children, he couldn't make any friends." "He was always picked on, and had a very lonely childhood." "But he'd say that he wanted to be able to protect someone, that he wanted to become stronger." "He always admired that demon-eating goblin, who was said to be the strongest of them all." "So when I saw how attached he is to you, it made me wonder if maybe that demon-eating goblin had finally appeared before him?" "Take good care of him, Haruka." "Hey, what happened to the doll that was here earlier?" "There was a doll here, wasn't there?" "The one that was called Yae?" "Have you found the enemy?" "Not yet." "Haruka, the Yae doll is gone." "What?" "You saw it?" "!" "Why didn't you say anything?" "I thought it might have been Yumeyakko." "Besides, you hadn't asked anyone about it, had you?" "Yae?" "That's right." "Where is she?" "No, it couldn't be..." "Yoko, you and the girls stay here!" "Yae, why?" "What is the meaning of this?" "Yae was my greatest masterpiece." "She was to be my eternal companion." "I wanted to make her into the most beautiful, most magnificent woman." "That's why when I saw Miss Yumeyakko's dance, who is said to be the best geisha in Ryogoku," "I tried to give it all to Yae." "But now..." "Why?" "Miss Yumeyakko!" "It came from the stage!" "Where's Yumeyakko?" "Some monster doll took her down this hole." "Let's go, Haruka!" "I don't believe it!" "Why would Yae do this?" "!" ""When a woman is betrayed by the man she loves, her jealousy can turn her into a demon."" "Haven't you ever heard that?" "Betrayed?" "When you were watching Yumeyakko dance, it wasn't as a doll maker." "But it was all for Yae!" "And what about giving her the face of another woman?" "You longed for someone else." "And no one was more aware of that than Yae." "That's..." "Yae!" "How dreadful..." "How shameful..." "Even should things be mended, ever shall the jealousy in my heart remain." "And for whom?" "For that woman?" "Shall I relieve myself of... this resentment?" "!" "A demon!" "Wait!" "Kantaro!" "No, don't!" "Stop, Haruka!" "You'll hit Yumeyakko!" "Rin..." "Pyo..." "Toh..." "Sha..." "Kai..." "Jin..." "Retsu..." "Zai..." "Zen!" "Om Abokya Beiroshano" "Makabodara Mani Handoma" "Jimbara Harabaritakya" "Hum!" "Did it." "Lord Shinzaburo..." "Mister Aoyagi!" "We've got to get out of here quickly!" "Yae..." "Lord Shinzaburo, I shall perform a dance for you." "Yae..." "Mister Aoyagi!" "Kantaro!" "What are you doing?" "Hurry!" "But Mister Aoyagi..." "If he loves that doll he made so much, then this is his heart's desire." "Let him be with her." "That's enough, Yae!" "Yae!" "Enough!" "That's enough, Yae!" "I will dance... for you, Lord Shinzaburo." "I'm sorry, Yae." "Lord Shinzaburo..." "Yae..." "My dearest Yae..." "Hey, what happened to Mister Aoyagi and Yae?" "They're together." "That is their fate after all." "In the town at night" "I found myself calling out to you" "Though we're far apart" "I won't fall prey to loneliness" "When we feel there's someone on our side" "We all change" "Becoming stronger, stronger, stronger" "The unseen power invites hope" "The unseen power is the courage you gave me" "Now, then!" "What is the next oddity that will appear?" "A trolley has suddenly shown up in the town of Shinga, a ghost trolley, with no one else on board!" "Kantaro and the gang head out to stop this ghostly streetcar and put an end to its reckless behavior." "Meanwhile, Suzu encounters a strange little girl." "A haunted trolley and a mysterious girl..." "When Kantaro and the others realize these two share a connection, a brief but heartrending tragedy unfolds before them." "Next time on Tactics, "The Ghost Trolley Departs at 9:07 PM""