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. SCARY STORIESCopy !req
97. Y-you want to take that one?Copy !req
98. O-of course not!Copy !req
99. You won't catch me dead in that class.Copy !req
100. I know...Copy !req
101. I didn't think she'd get that upset!Copy !req
102. Ever since Eiko was little, she's loved scary stories.Copy !req
103. She doesn't bring it up much in front of me now, though.Copy !req
104. She must still feel the same about them now...Copy !req
105. I really don't want to have to go to that class, but...Copy !req
106. URBAN LEGENDSCopy !req
107. SCARY STORIESCopy !req
108. I-I'll go to the demo...Copy !req
109. Great!Copy !req
110. I'm good at all sorts of sciences, so there's something
so exciting about unexplainable happenings!Copy !req
111. I get it.Copy !req
112. I don't.Copy !req
113. Is it the same excitement you get
from hearing a fun story about something?Copy !req
114. MONDAY 3RD PERIODCopy !req
115. URBAN LEGENDSCopy !req
116. Welcome, horror enthusiasts.Copy !req
117. In my class, you'll be introduced
to terrifying mysteries and experience true fear.Copy !req
118. Stay seated, if you dare.Copy !req
119. I'm experiencing true fear already!Copy !req
120. Today, we have this VHS tape.
A video, as you kids would say.Copy !req
121. Recorded on it is an art major's graduation project.Copy !req
122. His topic? Suicide.Copy !req
123. Overwhelmed by the stress
to complete his graduation project,Copy !req
124. the student fell into a state of psychosis and decided
to film his self-immolation, then turned it into his advisor.Copy !req
125. "Well, how'd he do that
when he was dead?" I hear you wondering.Copy !req
126. But there's something more sinister than that:Copy !req
127. Whoever watches this video will suddenly find
that they have become the artist,Copy !req
128. and die within flame of their own making...
Or so the story goes.Copy !req
129. CAN I LEAVE? CAN I LEAVE? CAN I LEAVE?Copy !req
130. Shall we see if the story's true?Copy !req
131. Wait, did it just...?Copy !req
132. It's someone else.Copy !req
133. Kei-kun?Copy !req
134. H-how? I checked the video before class,
and that wasn't on it!Copy !req
135. I need to go check with a colleague! Stay here!Copy !req
136. This class is sus as hell.Copy !req
137. Yeah, let's get outta here.Copy !req
138. I put our nails inside these plushies.Copy !req
139. It's probably protecting you right now.Copy !req
140. We need to kill the spirit or get rid of the curse
before it burns through my plushies...Copy !req
141. or Keitaro's gonna die a fiery death.Copy !req
142. Y.. Yayoi-chan?Copy !req
143. What are you doing?Copy !req
144. Caught it.Copy !req
145. H-how'd you do that?Copy !req
146. I used salt to force it out of the tape
and caught it with a doll it can possess.Copy !req
147. It has to be pretty powerful if it can burn my plushies.Copy !req
148. We can't kill it now, so we'll have to stop the curse.Copy !req
149. What're you doing there?Copy !req
150. The curse makes it so whoever watches the video
becomes the victim dying in it.Copy !req
151. 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
152. I think.Copy !req
153. You think...?Copy !req
154. So... that solves that, then?Copy !req
155. That easily?Copy !req
156. O-oh, wow. Guess I didn't need
to be that scared after all.Copy !req
157. Kei-kun!Copy !req
158. I-it's not over... It's still here!Copy !req
159. MONDAY 3RD PERIODCopy !req
160. URBAN LEGENDSCopy !req
161. The spirit probably feels threatened
by the setup in the box,Copy !req
162. and it couldn't hurt you,
so it went after your clothes instead.Copy !req
163. We'll need more to stop it.Copy !req
164. Eiko, I need a favor.Copy !req
165. Huh?Copy !req
166. I've got something in my room that'll do it.
Drive me home.Copy !req
167. You want to get in a car?Copy !req
168. If it lights stuff on fire,
and the gas tank explodes, then you'll die!Copy !req
169. Keitaro.Copy !req
170. Keeping it here on campus is too dangerous.Copy !req
171. And if we don't drive, we have to carry it
through town, or on public transit.Copy !req
172. We need to pick the option that will get us there
the fastest, with minimal risk to human casualties.Copy !req
173. If we bring that thing home,
you can save Kei-kun from its curse?Copy !req
174. Without a doubt.Copy !req
175. Okay, then let me drive her back-Copy !req
176. No!Copy !req
177. I'll take care of it myself.Copy !req
178. I don't want anyone else I love to get hurt. Not again.Copy !req
179. Kei-kun...Copy !req
180. The professor said he watched it before,
but didn't get cursed.Copy !req
181. That means not everyone who watches it gets cursed.Copy !req
182. I can't guarantee this setup will work
to transfer the curse.Copy !req
183. Keitaro?Copy !req
184. Eiko?Copy !req
185. Hey, Kei-kun. We've known each other forever, right?Copy !req
186. I've noticed something you always do for me,
ever since we were kids.Copy !req
187. Eiko.Copy !req
188. Don't go near that pole, okay?Copy !req
189. Huh?Copy !req
190. Just after you warned me about it,
a horrible accident happened right there.Copy !req
191. I'm glad you're okay.Copy !req
192. In my world there was me and my good grades,
the popular kids in school, grown-ups,Copy !req
193. and standing apart from them all was you
and the mysterious power you possessed.Copy !req
194. And you used your spiritual sensitivity to protect me
without asking anything in return.Copy !req
195. Then there's what happened to my hand.Copy !req
196. You keep blaming yourself for "hurting" me,
but that's not what happened.Copy !req
197. I made you come with me on that test of courage,Copy !req
198. and you protected me from something scary,
which cursed you.Copy !req
199. Sure, it ended up cursing me, too, but if you
hadn't protected me, I might not be here right now.Copy !req
200. I want to pay you back
for all the times you've protected me.Copy !req
201. You've always been there for me.
I want to be there for you, too.Copy !req
202. She said as much back then, too.
Those words pulled me from the abyss.Copy !req
203. She's cared about me this whole time.
How the hell did I not see it?Copy !req
204. Eiko, Yayoi-chan...Copy !req
205. Would you please help me?Copy !req
206. It's not fair, Keitaro.Copy !req
207. I wanna get cursed by spirits, too!Copy !req
208. We were having a moment here!Copy !req
209. A-ahem!Copy !req
210. I-it sounds like we're all in agreement now, yeah?Copy !req
211. Yup.Copy !req
212. Okay, then.Copy !req
213. I've got a plan.Copy !req
214. WHAT KIND OF PLAN IS THIS?Copy !req
215. A plan where you can put the only
burnable part of you out the window!Copy !req
216. Fun!Copy !req
217. I'M NOT HAVING FUN!Copy !req
218. Why do I have this on my arm?
Wouldn't it be better if I was totally naked?Copy !req
219. If you were, then it might try
to light the car or something else on fire.Copy !req
220. The curse should transfer over
after it's watched the full video.Copy !req
221. So if we can make the spirit watch the full video
while it's trapped in there, we win.Copy !req
222. It's gonna try to fight back, though.Copy !req
223. It's not doing anything now, but as soon
as we start driving, I'm gonna press play.Copy !req
224. Then it'll probably light some fires trying to get free.Copy !req
225. So you want me to put the fire out
by putting my arm out the car window?Copy !req
226. Will that really work?Copy !req
227. It will. You just need to hang in there
until the video plays through to the end.Copy !req
228. And Eiko needs to keep driving fast enough
to put out the fire with the rushing outside air.Copy !req
229. Brace yourself, Keitaro.Copy !req
230. Ugh, yeah, whatever!Copy !req
231. Let's ghoooo...Copy !req
232. ooost!Copy !req
233. Pressing play.Copy !req
234. Here it comes!Copy !req
235. Eiko, gun it!Copy !req
236. You got it!Copy !req
237. Faster, Eiko!Copy !req
238. Okay!Copy !req
239. It turned the light red to try to kill us...Copy !req
240. That must be its last resort. It's gotta be close.Copy !req
241. Don't stop! Speed up!Copy !req
242. Th-that was close...Copy !req
243. D-did we do it?Copy !req
244. Thank... Thank God...Copy !req
245. Welcome to my room.Copy !req
246. Have fun, you guys.Copy !req
247. Sorry, Kei-kun. If I hadn't invited you
to that creepy class...Copy !req
248. Hey, it was my fault you had to help with that scary stuff,
and come to the hospital, too.Copy !req
249. Thank you, seriously. For everything.Copy !req
250. You're so sweet, Kei-kun.Copy !req
251. Oh, when you were seeing the doctor,Copy !req
252. Yayoi-chan called and said she found out
where the cursed video came from.Copy !req
253. She did? Who'd she talk to.Copy !req
254. The carcass of the spirit from the video.Copy !req
255. Y.. Yayoi-chan...Copy !req
256. Someone forced them to kill themselves
and recorded the whole thing.Copy !req
257. They were being bullied.Copy !req
258. I mean, it's way worse than bullying. They murdered him.Copy !req
259. They picked on him to help "blow off stress,"
and the bullying just kept escalating,Copy !req
260. to the point where they were
even messing with his family.Copy !req
261. Then the story got so twisted that they blamed
the horrified victim for the curse...Copy !req
262. The curse started with the victimized art student,Copy !req
263. who sought out his bully and killed them
to sate his venegeance and finally rest.Copy !req
264. But the bully killed by the curse was furious,
and lingered behind to keep it going.Copy !req
265. The first victim started the curse
under desperate circumstances.Copy !req
266. This spirit, though, shouldn't be shown any mercy.Copy !req
267. She said not to worry, that she "taught it a lesson."
Wonder what that means...Copy !req
268. People really "bully" each other like that?Copy !req
269. Making friends is a lot harder than it sounds...Copy !req
270. Do I really have what it takes
to avoid something like that and make real friends?Copy !req
271. Can I stay friends with Eiko
and graduate with her smiling by my side?Copy !req
272. I'm just really glad you're okay, Kei-kun.Copy !req
273. I can't wait to see what kind of fun
we're gonna have in college together!Copy !req
274. At the very least, I can make sure I keep caring for her
as much as I always have.Copy !req
275. Yeah, same here.Copy !req
276. I'm home!Copy !req
277. For a second, I was really scared
he wasn't gonna make it.Copy !req
278. I'm sorry.Copy !req
279. I never, ever want you to get hurt, but...Copy !req
280. but I can't help how much I love spooky stuff.Copy !req
281. And now...Copy !req
282. I don't want anyone else I love to get hurt. Not again.Copy !req
283. The closer I get to the darkness,
the harder you try to protect me from it.Copy !req
284. Then I get to have the two things I love:
spooky stuff AND you. I just can't stop.Copy !req
285. Not when I can feel how much you love me.Copy !req
286. Kei-kun...Copy !req
287. I'm so addicted to you.Copy !req
288. We made it through today, so I get to be with you
tomorrow, and the day after that, and forever and ever!Copy !req
289. Let's go catch some scary spirits
and get them to kill some really bad ones.Copy !req
290. Together.Copy !req
291. Either I lift the curse, or choose not to...Copy !req
292. Which one would be better for Eiko?Copy !req
293. Keitaro once shut himself in his room,
isolating himself from all others.Copy !req
294. Now, he hopes to find companionship again,Copy !req
295. but when he gets the courage to socialize, will he find
what he's looking for, or something more sinister?Copy !req