1. Eiko told me.Copy !req
2. About your hand.Copy !req
3. It looks like hair, right?Copy !req
4. It's not, though. They're actually...Copy !req
5. his nerves.Copy !req
6. Something's off.Copy !req
7. This is someone's left hand.Copy !req
8. Keitaro's curse is on his right hand.Copy !req
9. Good eye, Yayoi-chan.
I'm not surprised you figured it out.Copy !req
10. You're right. It's not his hand.Copy !req
11. It's mine.Copy !req
12. I was hit by the curse in the summer of ninth grade.Copy !req
13. And Eiko got tangled up in it, to.Copy !req
14. If we kill the spirit behind the curse, it'll go away.Copy !req
15. Both of you will be free.Copy !req
16. I can...Copy !req
17. save Eiko?Copy !req
18. Can I have some time to think?Copy !req
19. Don't worry.Copy !req
20. If anyone thinks you're some creep trying to get to me,
I'll tell them you're my tutor.Copy !req
21. What?Copy !req
22. And that you're definitely not trying to kidnap me.Copy !req
23. That's not what I'm worried about!Copy !req
24. It's something a lot more serious.Copy !req
25. I want to help Eiko.Copy !req
26. She's the person who helped me stop hiding
in my room and get back to the real world.Copy !req
27. But taking Yayoi up on her offer
means turning my back on that world...Copy !req
28. and diving deeper into the occult.Copy !req
29. I can either keep trying to live a normal life,
far from the supernatural, or...Copy !req
30. I can purposely immerse myself in it to save Eiko.Copy !req
31. What do I choose?Copy !req
32. Okay, which one should I wear, Kei-kun?Copy !req
33. You'll look good in both!
We gotta go, we're gonna miss the train!Copy !req
34. Fine, then, we'll just drive!Copy !req
35. Wait, drive to school? I'm pretty sure campus
doesn't allow us to commute by car...Copy !req
36. Who cares?Copy !req
37. I'll take the toll road
so we get there in time! Just pick one!Copy !req
38. I've always wanted to make the drive to school instead!Copy !req
39. H-hope we don't get in trouble...Copy !req
40. Keitaro, you scaredy-cat.Copy !req
41. Yayoi-chan?Copy !req
42. 'Sup?Copy !req
43. What are you doing here? Don't you have school?Copy !req
44. We're still on spring break.
I'm gonna come tour campus with you.Copy !req
45. Look at you, getting a head start, Yayoi-chan!Copy !req
46. C-can we really just bring her with us?Copy !req
47. Today's just orientation and demo classes, anyway.
I don't see why not!Copy !req
48. I'm so excited!Copy !req
49. Huh?Copy !req
50. Yeah.Copy !req
51. Our lives as college students finally start today.Copy !req
52. Are you the esteemed Eiko Hozuki?Copy !req
53. Wait, what?Copy !req
54. I-it really is you!Copy !req
55. You must join our Informatics Team, we beseech you!Copy !req
56. I didn't know there were so many of your types around.
You know these guys?Copy !req
57. Not at all. Wait, you really think I'm like these guys?Copy !req
58. You were chosen to represent Japan
in the International Olympiad in Informatics!Copy !req
59. And you're already in fourth-year classes!
You have to pass an interview to get into those!Copy !req
60. What a brilliant mind you must possess!Copy !req
61. Wait, really?Copy !req
62. That's incredible!Copy !req
63. We have to connect!Copy !req
64. I didn't know Eiko was a big deal.Copy !req
65. Me neither. You couldn't tell from how she acts.Copy !req
66. Say "logarithm"!Copy !req
67. Logarithm~Copy !req
68. Extroverts are crazy!Copy !req
69. What's he doing with that little girl?
Meanwhile, everyone thinks I'm some sort of creep.Copy !req
70. No respect for the highest scorer
on the entrance exam, huh?Copy !req
71. I-I'm gonna break out of my shell
and be a normal member of society!Copy !req
72. And it's thanks to her...Copy !req
73. Eiko is always there for me,
even though she was hit by the same curse.Copy !req
74. I thought she'd push me away for getting her hurt,Copy !req
75. but she told me not to worry about it
and stayed by my side anyway,Copy !req
76. while I just sat there and wallowed in my guilt.Copy !req
77. But maybe she really didn't have any hard feelings
about what happened.Copy !req
78. Maybe I'm a terrible person for assuming she did...Copy !req
79. Kei-kun!Copy !req
80. I got some flyers for some easy-peasy classes.
Let's go register for classes together!Copy !req
81. What about your new friends?Copy !req
82. It's fine! I got their numbers,
so we're gonna hang out later.Copy !req
83. Bye!Copy !req
84. And I'm not going to join their team.Copy !req
85. Really? You sure?Copy !req
86. I'm majoring in folklore now.Copy !req
87. Besides, I'd much rather have fun
taking classes with you, Kei-kun!Copy !req
88. Th-thanks...Copy !req
89. Don't mention it!Copy !req
90. College life sure seems fun.Copy !req
91. What does "register" mean?Copy !req
92. It means signing up for classes.Copy !req
93. In college, we get to pick which ones we take.Copy !req
94. Cool.Copy !req
95. See any interesting classes we could take?Copy !req
96. Y-you want to take that one?Copy !req
97. O-of course not!Copy !req
98. You won't catch me dead in that class.Copy !req
99. I know...Copy !req
100. I didn't think she'd get that upset!Copy !req
101. Ever since Eiko was little, she's loved scary stories.Copy !req
102. She doesn't bring it up much in front of me now, though.Copy !req
103. She must still feel the same about them now...Copy !req
104. I really don't want to have to go to that class, but...Copy !req
105. I-I'll go to the demo...Copy !req
106. Great!Copy !req
107. I'm good at all sorts of sciences, so there's something
so exciting about unexplainable happenings!Copy !req
108. I get it.Copy !req
109. I don't.Copy !req
110. Is it the same excitement you get
from hearing a fun story about something?Copy !req
111. MONDAY 3RD PERIODCopy !req
112. Welcome, horror enthusiasts.Copy !req
113. In my class, you'll be introduced
to terrifying mysteries and experience true fear.Copy !req
114. Stay seated, if you dare.Copy !req
115. I'm experiencing true fear already!Copy !req
116. Today, we have this VHS tape.
A video, as you kids would say.Copy !req
117. Recorded on it is an art major's graduation project.Copy !req
118. His topic? Suicide.Copy !req
119. Overwhelmed by the stress
to complete his graduation project,Copy !req
120. the student fell into a state of psychosis and decided
to film his self-immolation, then turned it into his advisor.Copy !req
121. "Well, how'd he do that
when he was dead?" I hear you wondering.Copy !req
122. But there's something more sinister than that:Copy !req
123. Whoever watches this video will suddenly find
that they have become the artist,Copy !req
124. and die within flame of their own making...
Or so the story goes.Copy !req
125. CAN I LEAVE? CAN I LEAVE? CAN I LEAVE?Copy !req
126. Shall we see if the story's true?Copy !req
127. Wait, did it just...?Copy !req
128. It's someone else.Copy !req
129. Kei-kun?Copy !req
130. H-how? I checked the video before class,
and that wasn't on it!Copy !req
131. I need to go check with a colleague! Stay here!Copy !req
132. This class is sus as hell.Copy !req
133. Yeah, let's get outta here.Copy !req
134. I put our nails inside these plushies.Copy !req
135. It's probably protecting you right now.Copy !req
136. We need to kill the spirit or get rid of the curse
before it burns through my plushies...Copy !req
137. or Keitaro's gonna die a fiery death.Copy !req
138. Y.. Yayoi-chan?Copy !req
139. What are you doing?Copy !req
140. Caught it.Copy !req
141. H-how'd you do that?Copy !req
142. I used salt to force it out of the tape
and caught it with a doll it can possess.Copy !req
143. It has to be pretty powerful if it can burn my plushies.Copy !req
144. We can't kill it now, so we'll have to stop the curse.Copy !req
145. What're you doing there?Copy !req
146. The curse makes it so whoever watches the video
becomes the victim dying in it.Copy !req
147. So, if we force the spirit itself to watch the video, it'll be
forced to dispel the curse before it becomes the victim.Copy !req
148. I think.Copy !req
149. You think...?Copy !req
150. So... that solves that, then?Copy !req
151. That easily?Copy !req
152. O-oh, wow. Guess I didn't need
to be that scared after all.Copy !req
153. Kei-kun!Copy !req
154. I-it's not over... It's still here!Copy !req
155. MONDAY 3RD PERIODCopy !req
156. The spirit probably feels threatened
by the setup in the box,Copy !req
157. and it couldn't hurt you,
so it went after your clothes instead.Copy !req
158. We'll need more to stop it.Copy !req
159. Eiko, I need a favor.Copy !req
160. Huh?Copy !req
161. I've got something in my room that'll do it.
Drive me home.Copy !req
162. You want to get in a car?Copy !req
163. If it lights stuff on fire,
and the gas tank explodes, then you'll die!Copy !req
164. Keitaro.Copy !req
165. Keeping it here on campus is too dangerous.Copy !req
166. And if we don't drive, we have to carry it
through town, or on public transit.Copy !req
167. We need to pick the option that will get us there
the fastest, with minimal risk to human casualties.Copy !req
168. If we bring that thing home,
you can save Kei-kun from its curse?Copy !req
169. Without a doubt.Copy !req
170. Okay, then let me drive her back-Copy !req
171. No!Copy !req
172. I'll take care of it myself.Copy !req
173. I don't want anyone else I love to get hurt. Not again.Copy !req
174. Kei-kun...Copy !req
175. The professor said he watched it before,
but didn't get cursed.Copy !req
176. That means not everyone who watches it gets cursed.Copy !req
177. I can't guarantee this setup will work
to transfer the curse.Copy !req
178. Keitaro?Copy !req
179. Eiko?Copy !req
180. Hey, Kei-kun. We've known each other forever, right?Copy !req
181. I've noticed something you always do for me,
ever since we were kids.Copy !req
182. Eiko.Copy !req
183. Don't go near that pole, okay?Copy !req
184. Huh?Copy !req
185. Just after you warned me about it,
a horrible accident happened right there.Copy !req
186. I'm glad you're okay.Copy !req
187. In my world there was me and my good grades,
the popular kids in school, grown-ups,Copy !req
188. and standing apart from them all was you
and the mysterious power you possessed.Copy !req
189. And you used your spiritual sensitivity to protect me
without asking anything in return.Copy !req
190. Then there's what happened to my hand.Copy !req
191. You keep blaming yourself for "hurting" me,
but that's not what happened.Copy !req
192. I made you come with me on that test of courage,Copy !req
193. and you protected me from something scary,
which cursed you.Copy !req
194. Sure, it ended up cursing me, too, but if you
hadn't protected me, I might not be here right now.Copy !req
195. I want to pay you back
for all the times you've protected me.Copy !req
196. You've always been there for me.
I want to be there for you, too.Copy !req
197. She said as much back then, too.
Those words pulled me from the abyss.Copy !req
198. She's cared about me this whole time.
How the hell did I not see it?Copy !req
199. Eiko, Yayoi-chan...Copy !req
200. Would you please help me?Copy !req
201. It's not fair, Keitaro.Copy !req
202. I wanna get cursed by spirits, too!Copy !req
203. We were having a moment here!Copy !req
204. A-ahem!Copy !req
205. I-it sounds like we're all in agreement now, yeah?Copy !req
206. Yup.Copy !req
207. Okay, then.Copy !req
208. I've got a plan.Copy !req
209. WHAT KIND OF PLAN IS THIS?Copy !req
210. A plan where you can put the only
burnable part of you out the window!Copy !req
211. Fun!Copy !req
212. I'M NOT HAVING FUN!Copy !req
213. Why do I have this on my arm?
Wouldn't it be better if I was totally naked?Copy !req
214. If you were, then it might try
to light the car or something else on fire.Copy !req
215. The curse should transfer over
after it's watched the full video.Copy !req
216. So if we can make the spirit watch the full video
while it's trapped in there, we win.Copy !req
217. It's gonna try to fight back, though.Copy !req
218. It's not doing anything now, but as soon
as we start driving, I'm gonna press play.Copy !req
219. Then it'll probably light some fires trying to get free.Copy !req
220. So you want me to put the fire out
by putting my arm out the car window?Copy !req
221. Will that really work?Copy !req
222. It will. You just need to hang in there
until the video plays through to the end.Copy !req
223. And Eiko needs to keep driving fast enough
to put out the fire with the rushing outside air.Copy !req
224. Brace yourself, Keitaro.Copy !req
225. Ugh, yeah, whatever!Copy !req
226. Let's ghoooo...Copy !req
227. ooost!Copy !req
228. Pressing play.Copy !req
229. Here it comes!Copy !req
230. Eiko, gun it!Copy !req
231. You got it!Copy !req
232. Faster, Eiko!Copy !req
233. Okay!Copy !req
234. It turned the light red to try to kill us...Copy !req
235. That must be its last resort. It's gotta be close.Copy !req
236. Don't stop! Speed up!Copy !req
237. Th-that was close...Copy !req
238. D-did we do it?Copy !req
239. Thank... Thank God...Copy !req
240. Welcome to my room.Copy !req
241. Have fun, you guys.Copy !req
242. Sorry, Kei-kun. If I hadn't invited you
to that creepy class...Copy !req
243. Hey, it was my fault you had to help with that scary stuff,
and come to the hospital, too.Copy !req
244. Thank you, seriously. For everything.Copy !req
245. You're so sweet, Kei-kun.Copy !req
246. Oh, when you were seeing the doctor,Copy !req
247. Yayoi-chan called and said she found out
where the cursed video came from.Copy !req
248. She did? Who'd she talk to.Copy !req
249. The carcass of the spirit from the video.Copy !req
250. Y.. Yayoi-chan...Copy !req
251. Someone forced them to kill themselves
and recorded the whole thing.Copy !req
252. They were being bullied.Copy !req
253. I mean, it's way worse than bullying. They murdered him.Copy !req
254. They picked on him to help "blow off stress,"
and the bullying just kept escalating,Copy !req
255. to the point where they were
even messing with his family.Copy !req
256. Then the story got so twisted that they blamed
the horrified victim for the curse...Copy !req
257. The curse started with the victimized art student,Copy !req
258. who sought out his bully and killed them
to sate his venegeance and finally rest.Copy !req
259. But the bully killed by the curse was furious,
and lingered behind to keep it going.Copy !req
260. The first victim started the curse
under desperate circumstances.Copy !req
261. This spirit, though, shouldn't be shown any mercy.Copy !req
262. She said not to worry, that she "taught it a lesson."
Wonder what that means...Copy !req
263. People really "bully" each other like that?Copy !req
264. Making friends is a lot harder than it sounds...Copy !req
265. Do I really have what it takes
to avoid something like that and make real friends?Copy !req
266. Can I stay friends with Eiko
and graduate with her smiling by my side?Copy !req
267. I'm just really glad you're okay, Kei-kun.Copy !req
268. I can't wait to see what kind of fun
we're gonna have in college together!Copy !req
269. At the very least, I can make sure I keep caring for her
as much as I always have.Copy !req
270. Yeah, same here.Copy !req
271. I'm home!Copy !req
272. For a second, I was really scared
he wasn't gonna make it.Copy !req
273. I'm sorry.Copy !req
274. I never, ever want you to get hurt, but...Copy !req
275. but I can't help how much I love spooky stuff.Copy !req
276. And now...Copy !req
277. I don't want anyone else I love to get hurt. Not again.Copy !req
278. The closer I get to the darkness,
the harder you try to protect me from it.Copy !req
279. Then I get to have the two things I love:
spooky stuff AND you. I just can't stop.Copy !req
280. Not when I can feel how much you love me.Copy !req
281. Kei-kun...Copy !req
282. I'm so addicted to you.Copy !req
283. We made it through today, so I get to be with you
tomorrow, and the day after that, and forever and ever!Copy !req
284. Let's go catch some scary spirits
and get them to kill some really bad ones.Copy !req
285. Together.Copy !req
286. Either I lift the curse, or choose not to...Copy !req
287. Which one would be better for Eiko?Copy !req
288. Keitaro once shut himself in his room,
isolating himself from all others.Copy !req
289. Now, he hopes to find companionship again,Copy !req
290. but when he gets the courage to socialize, will he find
what he's looking for, or something more sinister?Copy !req