Original subtitles

We touched.

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

Actually, touching could be part of the concept.

Rather than move yourself,

let your partner move you, and focus on that.

Delivery for Mr. Kondo.

What?

Your spine looks freaky.

Huh?

Like you never fully evolved.

What the hell?

TOUCHING THE SKIN OF EERINESS

Chihiro. Let's go.

Chihiro.

I told you to cut that out.

You saw that?

I heard it.

Lying down, I can hear.

Hear what?

Your legs.

They're dirty.

Hey.

Get in the car.

Hurry up.

Quick.

Oh, man.

That brat.

Freeze!

Hear me?

Hey, I said freeze.

You brat. Get over here!

Chihiro. Get back here.

Hey.

Chihiro.

You saw that?

See what?

You dodged my hand.

Huh?

Your scar's gone.

Since Chihiro came, it's always the same.

What is?

The way you brothers act around each other.

After the funeral, you tried to pat Chihiro's head.

So he ran off,

and you chased each other around.

We did?

Yeah. How about the Polypterus?

Polypterus. You don't remember?

Poly-what?

Roll over.

Why?

It's gone.

What is?

The bump you told Chihiro about.

You told him to feel how it was hard like a Polypterus.

I had to be lying.

What's a Poly-sterus anyway?

Polypterus. It's a lizard-like fish.

Chihiro asked the same question.

And he touched it.

You two never change.

Huh.

You told Chihiro that he should have a bump too since you're brothers.

You went to touch it.

And he let you.

My kind of lie.

He touched it, and believed you.

I touched it and believed you, too.

You've got a bump too.

No, I don't.

Feel.

Not my head.

How many?

45 times.

You?

9 times.

Only 9?

You breathe once every 20 seconds?

"Archaic Fish Number 7."

"Polypterus Endlicheri."

"Like many archaic fish,

its body is covered in thick, diamond-shaped scales."

"It can grow up to 60 cm."

What happened?

Don't touch.

Seriously?

You want space from me?

Who else?

Okay then, how's this?

That's too close?

Okay. I got it.

- We're over. - How's this?

Is this far enough?

Just tell me how much space you need.

What's this?

Polypterus.

Cool, huh?

It's creepy.

Finally. I kept getting Coelacanths.

This is lame.

I have a bump on my head that feels like its scales.

This sucks.

Right here. Touch it.

Whatever.

Come on, look for it.

Get a real ball.

Did a girl do that?

A fish.

Yeah, right.

A meat-eating biter.

The one you pulled out of the river.

Poly-something?

Polypterus.

Polypterus Endlicheri.

You still keep it, Hajime?

It mostly stays still at the bottom of the tank.

But it'll try to bite you.

It loves gnarled hands like these.

Nice excuse.

It's lived a long time.

Three years.

Good memory.

It was the day after you brought Chihiro.

It sticks out.

Right, three years since the funeral.

We were doing a "flash flood".

Were we?

Took me by surprise.

You went stumbling up and grabbed it.

Thought he became a fish.

So you remember.

Want to be in charge of the next "flash flood"?

But nobody messes with the river anymore.

If we don't do it, the newbies won't learn.

Question is...

who we make the victim.

It's a joke.

Pretend you're pulling something.

Naoya, don't be afraid to move freely even if you can't see it.

Don't stay within your body.

You showed a good amount of control.

Remember the pole.

And... its length changes.

As it expands and contracts,

feel the invisible poles start to grow in number.

The way they expand and contract is quite subtle.

Your arms are what's moving.

Feel the invisible poles multiply.

Constrain yourself,

and wait for the energy from your partner.

But don't stay still.

Chihiro.

New email.

It's our teacher.

He says to ask each other...

about what we're scared to touch.

Interview each other about what you're afraid to touch.

Scared to touch...

You think...

images in your head count?

I'm a huge scaredy-cat.

For example,

ghost stories I've heard from people and on TV freak me out.

But it's my imagination. I've never seen one.

- A preconception? - Right.

Just a preconception, but...

I've never touched one.

I've felt their presence though. It's freaky.

What's another example...

Lemme think.

What's scary?

The scariest thing to you.

Something that freaks you out.

For example.

Let's take people.

Everyone...

...has a vulnerable spot.

I can see what it is.

It's...

It's interesting.

And so...

when I discovered that,

it was scary.

Yeah.

So, like...

For me,

seeing someone's vulnerable spot is scary.

But I want to touch it.

How does it feel to touch it?

Is that scary?

Once I touch it, it's not scary.

I get it.

It stops being scary.

Right.

But until I touch it, it is.

Yeah.

It changes.

It's more like...

It makes sense to me.

Like...

I can accept it.

Once I touch it, I'm okay.

Really?

Once you touch it...

Azusa.

Hello?

Yes. I'll be right there.

You're moving on the inside, but you don't let it show.

Your breath grazes each other's skin.

Chihiro.

Do you get what our teacher said?

What he said?

"Don't move on your own."

"Let your partner move you."

I kind of get it.

Somewhat.

I don't.

No?

None of it.

Naoya.

You think we're both fish.

You're wrong.

You're the fish,

and I'm the water.

So you're saying that I can't swim without you?

No.

Actually...

You're water,

and I might be the fish.

Huh?

In the end,

we both might be water.

I don't get it.

Neither do I, really.

I wanna see Azusa.

Be close to her.

Touch her.

Creepy.

Poly-terus.

No, Polypterus.

Stop pretending.

I remember now. I found it in the river.

A fish with amazing colors.

An African fish.

Must be an abandoned pet.

We used to get scolded by Grandma for peeing in the river.

Now anything goes.

Why do people dump everything in the river?

They think it'll all disappear.

But you guys scoop it all out.

Not all.

It's way too deep.

But you even found a Polypterus.

Some stuff stays trapped down there.

Stuff we can't reach.

What happens when it builds up?

Not sure.

Careful.

But I think about it.

About what?

Someday everything down there will surge up.

Everything down there?

It'd all overflow.

It would flood for miles.

A flood that big?

That'd never happen.

Hopefully not.

Are you okay?

I found this.

Nice one.

So close!

Togo, catch.

Let's go.

I'm back.

Oh, hey there.

Sorry. I let myself in to get the laundry.

Do you mind?

It's fine.

No problem.

I work tonight, so if you're hungry...

It's fine, I'm leaving too.

Dance practice?

I'll eat out.

Take your key.

Where's Togo?

Working all night.

That's weird.

What is?

A graveyard shift at the river.

Might be because of the rain.

Dunno.

Take an umbrella just in case.

Okay.

Can I go to your recital?

You'll get bored.

Yeah?

I like your dancing though.

Satomi.

Yeah?

If I move out on my own,

will you guys get married?

Going with a new teacher?

No.

I like my teacher.

I'm not thinking of moving.

You can stay if you like.

Your umbrella.

If I'm here, your motel visits will add up.

Mind your own business.

Say something.

I'm watching.

I'm leaving.

You dropped something.

Is this Polypterus Endlicheri?

You know it?

A friend has one.

It was abandoned in the river.

Why did you choose this?

Not telling.

Why not?

You tell me.

Huh?

Why you left Naoya.

Stay out of it.

You hurt him.

If you don't tell him, he'll keep stalking you.

Take your own advice.

Good morning.

I'm here.

Morning.

Hey.

Found these.

Where's the boy?

We got his testimony and let him go.

You what?

He's her boyfriend.

He was in a rush. We know where he is.

Tell me. I need to ask him something.

All right.

Ma'am

I murdered Azusa.

This morning.

By the riverbed.

Chihiro: Shota Sometani

Togo: Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Naoya: Hoshi Ishida

Produced by Gou Kitahara, Hideyuki Okamoto, Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Screenplay by Tomoyuki Takahashi

Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

English subtitles by Jessi Nuss (Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy)