WEBVTT 00:00.280 --> 00:05.060 When I awoke from my sleep, 00:05.060 --> 00:10.100 I found myself alone, standing on an open page... 00:10.100 --> 00:13.450 No matter where I look, I can't see. 00:13.450 --> 00:18.530 There's no path, nor exit. 00:19.780 --> 00:24.110 That's when I heard the sound... 00:22.290 --> 00:24.540 THE PRICE OF STRING BEANS IS BONKERS. I BOUGHT SOME FOR MAKIO-CHAN, BUT I'M ABOUT TO GO BEAN BANKRUPT OVER HERE. 00:24.540 --> 00:29.300 The sound of your voice calling my name. 00:29.300 --> 00:38.280 So I walked, with these fumbling words of mine... 00:38.280 --> 00:42.260 It may not be in perfect rhythm—Oh. 00:43.190 --> 00:48.310 But when I hum this tune, I hope you listen. 00:48.310 --> 00:53.170 The soaring sound of the world softening itself... 00:49.360 --> 00:50.430 Asa. 00:51.780 --> 00:53.170 Asa! 00:53.680 --> 00:56.310 Sorry! Was I too loud? 00:56.310 --> 00:58.970 Can you do Justin Bieber? 00:58.970 --> 00:59.830 What?! 00:59.830 --> 01:01.180 I don't know how. 01:01.180 --> 01:03.510 Come on. Please? 01:05.040 --> 01:05.580 Ba— 01:06.750 --> 01:09.810 Okay, today I'm making chicken katsu and sesame... 01:09.810 --> 01:11.590 Wait, that's for tomorrow. 01:12.040 --> 01:13.660 Today's side will have tofu. 01:14.300 --> 01:16.100 Oh, and veggies. 01:16.100 --> 01:18.160 Sounds good. 01:18.160 --> 01:19.090 The ding went off. 01:20.120 --> 01:23.530 Makio-chan, why do you call the microwave the "ding"? 01:23.530 --> 01:24.850 Shush, you. 01:37.690 --> 01:38.480 Your phone. 01:38.770 --> 01:40.120 It's ringing. 01:40.120 --> 01:41.410 I know. 01:41.410 --> 01:43.660 So go answer it like a real adult. 01:43.660 --> 01:45.260 What a drag... 01:46.820 --> 01:49.010 Hello, Kodai speaking. 01:49.680 --> 01:50.850 Oh, yes. 01:51.760 --> 01:54.130 Yes, thank you for the other day. 01:58.100 --> 02:01.770 I've been healthier ever since you came. 02:02.240 --> 02:03.510 Yeah? 02:03.510 --> 02:04.560 Then hire me. 02:04.560 --> 02:06.020 Make your own living. 02:06.020 --> 02:08.400 What if I throw in cleaning? 02:08.400 --> 02:11.030 Things are fine the way they are. 02:12.460 --> 02:14.510 This is plenty. 02:21.470 --> 02:22.650 Can I sleep? 02:22.650 --> 02:24.540 Go ahead and take the bed. 02:25.040 --> 02:26.150 I'm fine here. 02:35.020 --> 02:36.940 You can keep the lights on. 02:37.490 --> 02:38.810 Mmhmm. 02:43.120 --> 02:44.940 The tapping of her keyboard. 02:45.740 --> 02:50.200 Sometimes it stops, followed by furious mashing. 02:51.990 --> 02:53.900 The rustling of paper. 02:55.150 --> 02:57.580 And deep sighs. 02:59.360 --> 03:01.070 The sight of curtains left open. 03:02.340 --> 03:05.050 And the bright nightlife peeking through. 03:07.000 --> 03:09.640 Buried between the mountains of books... 03:10.040 --> 03:11.630 I'm here alone. 03:12.820 --> 03:14.650 What was that for? 03:16.060 --> 03:17.890 Just snapping a beauty's profile. 03:19.280 --> 03:20.690 You idiot. 03:21.650 --> 03:23.300 Here I am, alone. 03:23.820 --> 03:28.660 Sleeping next to the throne of a queen from a strange land. 03:30.360 --> 03:32.400 These nights are my favorite. 03:39.820 --> 03:46.620 JOURNAL WITH WITCH 05:05.240 --> 05:10.200 EPISODE 1 OVERFLOW 05:16.720 --> 05:18.960 It's another beautiful day nationwide. 05:19.260 --> 05:21.910 But do be mindful of the dry air. 05:22.690 --> 05:24.130 Now for the news. 05:24.710 --> 05:29.670 Last night, an accident occurred at the Otsuki Parking Area of the Chuo Expressway, 05:29.670 --> 05:32.750 where a truck struck a parked passenger car. 05:33.970 --> 05:39.690 According to the police, its occupants were Hajime Takumi and Minori Kodai. 05:39.690 --> 05:42.480 They were taken to the hospital but passed away. 05:42.890 --> 05:45.870 Their daughter was not in the vehicle at the time... 05:45.870 --> 05:46.810 Makio. 05:49.540 --> 05:51.620 Don't you have anything to say? 05:56.630 --> 06:00.800 I'm only saying this, as your big sister, because you're so hopeless. 06:02.760 --> 06:06.420 Caution: We have come to a sudden stop. Attention, please— 06:06.420 --> 06:08.490 Attention all passengers. 06:08.490 --> 06:13.580 We've received a request to make an emergency stop. 06:14.260 --> 06:17.260 Once we confirm it is safe to do so, we will resume operations. 06:18.200 --> 06:19.770 There you are, Makio. 06:20.180 --> 06:22.370 Sorry to wake you so early. 06:22.370 --> 06:23.650 Have you confirmed it? 06:23.650 --> 06:24.840 Confirmed what? 06:25.250 --> 06:27.170 You know, the bodies. 06:27.170 --> 06:29.140 I couldn't do something so scary. 06:29.490 --> 06:32.630 They told me they're doing an autopsy. 06:32.630 --> 06:34.900 We had no choice in the matter. 06:34.900 --> 06:39.230 They're making us wait in this dreary place. 06:40.460 --> 06:42.540 Makio-chan...? 06:43.800 --> 06:46.720 Yeah, that's right. This is your Aunt Makio, 06:46.720 --> 06:47.960 your mom's younger sister. 06:47.960 --> 06:52.040 I doubt you'd remember. You haven't seen each other in forever. 06:52.450 --> 06:55.350 Well then, I'm off to handle the paperwork. 06:56.370 --> 06:59.080 Can you take her in for a while? 06:59.080 --> 07:02.640 What? I'll get a hotel. I don't even own a futon. 07:02.640 --> 07:05.030 Have a heart for goodness's sake. 07:05.030 --> 07:06.730 We can't just leave her on her own. 07:06.730 --> 07:08.250 So I'm counting on you. 07:13.220 --> 07:15.330 I'm Makio. 07:18.010 --> 07:20.820 U-Um... 07:20.820 --> 07:23.840 Oh. I'm Asa Takumi. 07:23.840 --> 07:25.960 Asa. Right. 07:28.900 --> 07:30.510 We should get something to eat. 07:31.330 --> 07:33.600 Yeah, something to eat... 07:39.480 --> 07:40.850 Does that sound good? 07:42.060 --> 07:43.160 Yeah. 07:53.470 --> 07:54.500 Here. 07:59.330 --> 08:01.950 Thanks for the food... 08:17.260 --> 08:19.090 Let me know if you want more. 08:20.250 --> 08:22.200 Eat as much as you'd like. 08:22.200 --> 08:23.470 Yeah, okay. 08:25.310 --> 08:27.280 Want another drink? 08:27.280 --> 08:29.860 Uh, thank... you? 08:36.740 --> 08:38.470 We still have time. 08:39.500 --> 08:40.910 You can get some sleep. 08:48.250 --> 08:49.600 Are you sad? 09:07.920 --> 09:09.390 Not sure how you feel? 09:12.040 --> 09:13.750 That doesn't make you weird. 09:15.430 --> 09:19.450 You can be sad if the time ever comes. 09:21.220 --> 09:24.450 What about you, Makio-chan? Are you sad? 09:26.670 --> 09:31.010 Unfortunately, I don't feel sad at all. 09:31.540 --> 09:33.380 I hated my sister. 09:34.310 --> 09:36.890 I feel sorry for your sake. 09:36.890 --> 09:38.500 I'm sad in that respect. 09:43.050 --> 09:44.290 A journal... 09:45.880 --> 09:48.890 It might help to start keeping a journal. 09:49.870 --> 09:53.820 About the things people say to you... 09:54.180 --> 09:57.510 Or the things that they don't. 09:58.500 --> 10:03.200 About whatever you feel or don't feel. 10:04.290 --> 10:06.520 You can keep it all in your journal. 10:07.050 --> 10:09.030 Even if you never open it again, 10:10.350 --> 10:14.260 one day, it'll be your guiding light. 10:15.240 --> 10:19.740 The only journal I'd ever kept was one to track the growth of morning glories. 10:19.740 --> 10:21.100 When I told her so, she replied: 10:21.590 --> 10:24.410 "An observation diary of morning glories?" 10:24.410 --> 10:30.160 "That has to be much more fun later in life, as an adult." 10:31.650 --> 10:33.100 A journal... 10:33.760 --> 10:38.350 Yesterday, Dad and Mom were in the car when... 10:51.980 --> 10:54.940 JOURNAL WITH WITCH 10:55.380 --> 10:58.710 But she's not even Minori-chan's real daughter, right? 10:58.710 --> 11:01.710 About the things people say to me... 10:58.710 --> 11:01.710 No, I think they're blood relatives. 11:01.710 --> 11:03.610 You think? 11:03.610 --> 11:06.820 Well, that's what I heard. 11:04.390 --> 11:07.730 Or what they don't say. 11:08.060 --> 11:11.610 So no one from his side is even here? 11:10.490 --> 11:14.770 I understood exactly what she meant. 11:11.610 --> 11:13.980 Not a soul. No family or relatives. 11:13.980 --> 11:16.240 But I'm only living off my pension. 11:15.110 --> 11:17.890 Kyoko-san, you of all people can't say that. 11:17.890 --> 11:20.940 Really, I do feel bad, but... 11:20.940 --> 11:24.110 Did you hear about the dry air advisory from Houston to tuna? 11:24.110 --> 11:26.800 Sure did. It's that oven system. 11:25.930 --> 11:29.290 My special talent: hear only gibberish and not what they're saying... 11:29.290 --> 11:30.420 Activate. 11:30.420 --> 11:32.620 Is that a hula hoop from Shimanto? 11:32.620 --> 11:33.990 Or a straw rope? 11:36.340 --> 11:40.270 Except I can't journal like this. 11:42.590 --> 11:43.590 Asa? 11:43.590 --> 11:44.640 Asa. 11:44.930 --> 11:46.040 Water... 11:46.700 --> 11:47.720 Asa! 12:33.850 --> 12:34.920 Morning. 12:37.760 --> 12:39.830 We... should eat. 12:40.350 --> 12:41.740 Yeah, we should eat. 12:43.440 --> 12:44.950 Why say it twice? 12:45.630 --> 12:47.050 Let me help. 12:47.520 --> 12:48.940 Yeah, all right. 12:51.550 --> 12:53.330 Um... 12:53.520 --> 12:54.570 Do these need washing? 12:54.570 --> 12:56.120 Oh, yeah. 12:56.120 --> 12:57.080 Okay. 12:58.250 --> 13:00.360 Two slices, two... 13:07.050 --> 13:08.790 Um, is there anything else? 13:09.700 --> 13:11.490 Er, let's see... 13:11.490 --> 13:14.060 The cabbage in the fridge needs to be chopped. 13:14.060 --> 13:15.210 Okay. 13:15.210 --> 13:16.790 Like three or four leaves. 13:17.230 --> 13:18.270 Okay... 13:48.090 --> 13:49.320 Have a seat. 13:49.320 --> 13:50.230 Okay. 14:08.300 --> 14:10.090 Thank you for the food. 14:20.270 --> 14:24.180 Wait, is that why you eat the sausages separate? 14:24.510 --> 14:26.610 You could have told me. 14:27.070 --> 14:28.180 Sorry. 14:29.080 --> 14:31.670 Hey, are you actually like... 14:31.670 --> 14:33.000 super shy? 14:35.070 --> 14:37.850 No! Actually, yes. 14:38.540 --> 14:45.350 L-Listen, everything I said yesterday was complete caprice... 14:47.190 --> 14:49.070 Huh?! Then you mean— 14:49.070 --> 14:52.190 No, that came out wrong. All wrong. 14:52.620 --> 14:55.540 It's true that I couldn't let things stand. 14:55.540 --> 14:58.730 But I was completely overlooking the fact that I'm not 14:58.730 --> 15:03.200 the kind of person who can share their space with another human being. 15:03.200 --> 15:04.360 What?! 15:04.360 --> 15:06.300 This is on me, I know. 15:06.300 --> 15:10.320 But could you not go "What?!" like that? 15:10.320 --> 15:11.530 It's hurtful. 15:11.530 --> 15:12.210 Huh? 15:12.210 --> 15:13.420 Huh? 15:13.420 --> 15:16.970 I mean, I'm just surprised adults get hurt feelings too. 15:16.970 --> 15:18.450 I'm sorry. 15:19.160 --> 15:22.950 I doubt my sister ever showed flaws like that. 15:23.420 --> 15:26.600 Makio-chan, why did you hate her? 15:26.940 --> 15:28.350 My mom, I mean. 15:32.370 --> 15:35.360 Don't go asking people to speak ill of others. 15:35.810 --> 15:38.760 I only told you because it didn't seem fair otherwise. 15:39.600 --> 15:41.060 What a weird person... 15:46.070 --> 15:47.280 A journal? 15:48.210 --> 15:50.120 You're really going to keep one? 15:50.120 --> 15:52.470 You said it'd help. 15:52.470 --> 15:53.860 Oh, right. 15:53.860 --> 15:56.630 Then go ahead and rip out the used pages. 15:57.200 --> 15:58.260 Thanks. 15:58.930 --> 16:00.280 Really weird. 16:05.920 --> 16:09.780 I started living with someone weird today. 16:10.200 --> 16:11.410 And that's because... 16:56.230 --> 16:57.440 A desert. 16:59.450 --> 17:03.050 Dry sand for as far as you can see. 17:06.070 --> 17:07.490 There's nothing here. 17:08.870 --> 17:09.950 This place is... 17:10.330 --> 17:11.470 empty. 17:17.140 --> 17:19.400 Oh, dinner? 17:20.720 --> 17:22.700 If you're getting groceries, I'll come. 17:23.450 --> 17:25.010 When keeping a journal... 17:26.280 --> 17:29.240 You don't have to write anything you don't want to. 17:29.910 --> 17:32.500 Write only what you want in that moment. 17:33.100 --> 17:35.610 It doesn't have to be true either. 17:36.550 --> 17:38.830 Even though it's a journal? 17:39.240 --> 17:40.770 Even though it's a journal. 17:41.350 --> 17:43.740 No one can scold you for it. 17:44.170 --> 17:47.170 Leave out anything that's too hard to write about. 17:48.980 --> 17:53.560 I tried... I tried to write something, but... 17:55.450 --> 17:58.610 No Dad. No Mom. 17:59.080 --> 18:01.210 They're both gone. 18:04.210 --> 18:05.230 It's like... 18:05.600 --> 18:09.260 I'm out in the open. In empty space. 18:09.940 --> 18:13.330 Like I got hurled out into the desert. 18:13.770 --> 18:15.700 It gives me the chills. 18:15.700 --> 18:16.770 Asa. 18:17.300 --> 18:18.920 I want water. 18:19.420 --> 18:20.320 Asa. 18:20.790 --> 18:22.800 If only I could have... 18:24.210 --> 18:25.890 A basin full of water... 18:26.530 --> 18:27.520 Asa! 18:28.480 --> 18:30.520 Why is she yelling like that? 18:41.050 --> 18:45.280 Oh, you must be so sad. Poor thing. 18:45.280 --> 18:48.980 D-Do you know the kanji for "basin"? 18:58.460 --> 19:02.660 I deeply despised your mother. 19:04.350 --> 19:08.710 I'm sick to find that my hatred for her still persists even after her passing. 19:09.760 --> 19:11.610 So I'm sorry to say, 19:11.610 --> 19:17.340 but I feel nothing more for you than I would any child I might pass out on the street. 19:18.560 --> 19:21.200 Regardless, a girl like you... 19:21.200 --> 19:23.240 A fifteen-year-old child... 19:23.240 --> 19:25.890 shouldn't be exposed to this wretchedness. 19:26.980 --> 19:31.220 You're deserving of much more beautiful things in life. 19:32.660 --> 19:35.210 You can sleep over there. 19:35.950 --> 19:38.230 My place is never clean. 19:38.570 --> 19:40.700 And I'm usually in a bad mood. 19:41.230 --> 19:43.900 I can't even guarantee that I'll love you. 19:44.490 --> 19:46.390 But I promise you this. 19:46.390 --> 19:48.510 I will never trample on your feelings. 19:49.000 --> 19:51.280 On that day, this woman... 19:51.280 --> 19:54.750 If you can accept that, come stay with me tomorrow, the next day, 19:55.260 --> 19:57.300 and every day after that! 19:57.840 --> 19:59.500 I won't let these people pass you around! 20:00.320 --> 20:03.500 With eyes like a wolf astray from its pack... 20:04.040 --> 20:08.330 She saved me from a life of loneliness. 20:08.810 --> 20:10.010 And to answer your question, 20:10.010 --> 20:15.110 the kanji for basin is written as "water" inside "mortar" with "plate" underneath. 20:14.270 --> 20:16.020 BASIN (TARAI) 20:16.290 --> 20:18.830 She even knew the kanji for basin. 20:25.290 --> 20:27.000 Goodness, Makio-san... 20:27.510 --> 20:28.680 I'm coming. 20:30.040 --> 20:32.530 I'm coming to stay with you! 20:33.860 --> 20:37.950 Let's go. This dried-up sushi isn't worth eating. 20:38.300 --> 20:40.730 We're getting real sushi. 20:51.320 --> 20:52.760 There's no one here. 20:53.970 --> 20:55.910 There's nothing to be found... 21:01.180 --> 21:05.090 within this vast desert I'm in. 21:06.700 --> 21:10.830 Do adults find themselves here too? 21:14.290 --> 21:18.840 Will I be able to find my way out? 21:30.580 --> 21:31.850 Nothing. 21:32.900 --> 21:34.670 I'm all by myself. 21:35.270 --> 21:36.370 Just me. 21:37.060 --> 21:38.320 I'm... 21:38.320 --> 21:39.400 I get it. 21:43.410 --> 21:45.210 This is what they call... 21:45.670 --> 21:46.770 loneliness. 21:49.570 --> 21:50.890 Loneliness? 21:55.010 --> 21:57.790 I found myself cast into an unfamiliar desert. 21:58.720 --> 22:03.220 There, I witnessed the queen of a strange land 22:03.940 --> 22:08.320 sitting upon her throne in complete solitude.