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The Great Hinamizawa Disaster (Epilogue Ep.
13)
Note: This really
isn't a part of the TIPS, it is more like an information that scrolls before the
credits at the ending of Tatarigoroshi.
FULL CREDIT FOR TRANSLATION:
LostBlue
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Early
dawn June 22, 1983
XX Prefecture, Shishibone County, Hinamizawa village
– a wide spread disaster has occurred.
From one of the Hinamizawa
district’s water sources, Onigafuchi Swamp, has emitted volcanic gases (hydrogen
sulphide & carbon dioxide) that shrouded the entire village.
 Over
1,200 victims confirmed.
 Over 20 people reported
missing.
Approximately 600,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding
communities, making this an unprecedented catastrophe.
Later
investigations showed that directly under Onigafuchi Swamp, there was a magma
reservoir and hot springs;
Leading to the conclusion the erupted gases
causing this disaster originated from here.
In addition, immediately
after the disaster’s occurrence, one after another people claimed the disaster
as the “Curse” in accordance to Hinamizawa folklore stirring early confusion.
In Hinamizawa, when a curse is set, noxious gas said to erupt and wipe
out the village accordance to folklore;
Leading scholars to believe in
the past a similar gas eruption happened and has remained as folklore.
One particular fanatical weekly magazine reports, that this is a mere
extension to the bizarre deaths which has spanned the past several years in
Hinamizawa village, aggregating it as the “Oyashiro-sama Curse
Theory.”
Furthermore, the relatives of the Hinamizawa citizens who
escaped the disaster complained of failing physical health and were hospitalized
one after another following the disaster;
Among a portion of them, past
away from an unknown disease, further escalating the chaos.
On top of
that, few of the relatives self proclaimed they were possessed by
Oyashiro-sama’s Curse and committed suicide in such outrageous ways,
...there was no longer any way to stop the wide-spread shock over the
nation.
The delusion of poisonous gas seeping in the dead of night
silently, sparked fear across the entire Japanese nation;
Resulting
increasing complaints of sleeplessness, troubled breathing, headaches,
dizziness, etc.
Amongst them, few proclaimed they were possessed, and
committed to odd behaviors.
This is likely due to subjective influence
from radical information, however,
...later, this mental distress caused
by the Hinamizawa Catastrophe elevated to an epidemic dubbing this condition as
the Hinamizawa Syndrome...
Targeted by various rumors and speculations,
presently the Hinamizawa district has been restricted and even flight over the
area has been prohibited.
As the gases level dropped, and the restriction
was lifted, however, in the Fall of the same year once more a gas outbreak was
confirmed, and the surrounding area was again restricted.
Local stories
tell the rotting village still has the remains of civilization, as if in a coma
sleeping continuously...
In the end there was a lone survivor, a male
living at Hinamizawa XXXX block, Maebara Keiichi (1X).
At the time of
rescue, he had trouble breathing suffering from pulmonary edema due to the
gasses, however, from grave rescue efforts his life been saved.
Presently
he is hospitalized in the general hospital within the
prefecture.
Several reporters have tried pursing for an interview daily,
but all were refused.
......What did he see at Hinamizawa?
From
6/21 to 6/22, what happen in Hinamizawa?
Even to this day, he has
continued to keep his silence.


77楼2012-08-28 20:24
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    The Great Hinamizawa Disaster Casualties List (Epilogue Ep. 13)
    Note: This really isn't a part of the TIPS, it is more like an information that scrolls along with the credits at the ending of Tatarigoroshi. This list is formatted as closely as shown in the original game.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Tokitake Jirou (real name unknown)1983.06.19 Committed ѕui咪啪cide within the village? Investigation on hiatus.
    Takano Miyo1983.06.19 Strangled to death in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture. Corpse was later burned. Investigation on-going.
    Oishi Kuraudo1983.06.20 Went missing during an investigation. Investigation on-going.
    Kumatani Tatsuya1983.06.20 Went missing during an investigation. Investigation on-going.
    Irie Kyousuke1983.06.21 Committed ѕui咪啪cide in the clinic? Investigation on hiatus.
    Furude Rika1983.06.21 Murdered on the shrine c0mp0unds? Investigation on hiatus.
    The Great Hinamizawa Gas Disaster Casualties List
    Ryuuguu Reina1983.06.22 Deceased - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Sonozaki Mion1983.06.22 Deceased - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Sonozaki Oryou1983.06.22 Deceased - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Houjou Satoko1983.06.22 Missing - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Houjou Teppei1983.06.22Missing - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Maebara Ichirou1983.06.22 Deceased - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Maebara Aiko1983.06.22 Deceased - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Tomita Daiki1983.06.22 Deceased - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Okamura Suguru1983.06.22 Deceased - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Chie Rumiko1983.06.22 Deceased - Accident during evacuation of the Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Kimiyoshi Kiichirou1983.06.22 Deceased - Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Kameda Kouichi1983.06.22 Deceased - Accident during evacuation of the Great Hinamizawa Disaster
    Kasai Tatsuyoshi1983.08.11 Deceased - Passed away at local hospital
    Sonozaki Shion1983.08.27 Deceased - Committed ѕui咪啪cide at local hospital. Investigation closed.
    Maebara Keiichi 1983.08.29 Attempted ѕui咪啪cide at local hospital.
    Currently undergoing intensive medical treatment at the Prefectural Medical Facility and is recovering from severe PTSD from the disaster. Interview requests from all forms of media are prohibited.


    78楼2012-08-28 20:30
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      Maebara Keiichi's Interview (Epilogue Ep. 13)
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      Note: This really isn't a part of the TIPS, it is more like an information that was cut off from the anime at the very end of Tatarigoroshi------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Summer of 2003
      An elderly couple residing in Osaka Prefecture found a very old cassette tape as they were going through their son's belongings who died eight years ago. Their son (died at age of 47) was declared legally dead after they could not find his body when the fishing boat he was on capsized in 1995. In 2003, the elderly couple began to go through their son's belongings for storage after eight years of distraught. This was when they found the crucial cassette tape.
      The deceased worked for a tabloid press from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, and it is believed that this tape was recorded when he was a reporter during that time.
      The label on the tape reads "November 28, 1983 - Maebara Keiichi." It is believed to be a rare recorded interview with the sole survivor of the Great Hinamizawa Disaster that occurred in June of 1983. As the sole survivor of the Great Disaster, there was high interest at the time in obtaining information from him about what he saw and witnessed on that fateful night of June 21. Alas, there had been no word from his own words what he experienced...until this time.
      Hence, it is expected that this tape recording will become a highly valuable source.
      ...click
      Kei: "...It's kinda hard to explain when I know that this conversation is being recorded."Reporter: "Don't worry, don't worry. Okay, if I do this, you won't have to worry about looking at it recording now, right?"
      (The quality of the recording suddenly drops after this. Perhaps he put some kind of covering over the recorder?)
      Reporter: "Okay, let's begin. ...Let's start with this one. Keiichi-kun, where were you on the night of the Great Disaster?"Kei: "...right past the back of the shrine...you go straight...there's this bridge. Right before entering the mountains. ....I fell off of that and lost consciousness."Reporter: "Is that the night of the Great Disaster? More specifically, between the changing night hours from the 21st to the 22nd?"Kei: "...No. It was in the morning of Tuesday the 21st. And I regained consciousness around noon the next day...so, I guess I was out of it for about a day and a half."Reporter: "What were you doing there? I'm sure everyone would say the same but, that day was a weekday and that bridge was nowhere near your home or your school."Kei: "........................................"Reporter: "There are rumors that state that you knew about the Great Disaster beforehand, and you were making your way out of the village when you fell from the bridge."Kei: "You've gotta be kidding me. Please do not say such things anymore."Reporter: "I agree that it's nothing but baseless rumor. I'm sorry if I made you feel bad... Okay, next question. The bridge that you fell off of...on the map, that would make it....here right? It's the one on the back of the shrine, past through the forest path?"Kei: "....I think so. ....I never go there so I can't say for sure though."Reporter: "Hahahahaha. Well, it's a mystery then why you would go to such a place that you never went on a weekday morning."Kei: "........................................"Reporter: "And, this is the river that you had lost consciousness. However, do you know that this spot would be impossible for you?"Kei: "....'Impossible'.... ....Again, .....'Impossible'....again? Again.... Still...."
      


      79楼2012-08-28 20:49
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        (Maebara Keiichi mumbles "Impossible" over and over again for a while)
        Kei: "...Why do you say it's....impossible?"Reporter: "You know that the volcanic gas came from the lake overturn at Onigafuchi Marsh, right? Well, a certain scientist did a small scale simulation using a model, and he found an interesting thing."Kei: "........................................"Reporter: "The volcanic gas is much heavier than air, so it has properties similar to water in which it flows to lower and lower ground with regards to the surrounding terrain. The experiment was done to see how and where this gas engulfed the village in which certain amount of time. ....And the results of this experiment showed that the gas....well, it would've gone through right where you said you lost consciousness."Kei: ".....I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you are trying to get at."Reporter: "Basically, if you did indeed lost consciousness at this spot, it means you were subject to the deadly volcanic gas for the entire night. Therefore, the possibility of you losing consciousness at this location was ruled out."Kei: "........................................"Reporter: "I'll say it more bluntly. ...I think you might be lying. I think that during the Great Disaster, you hid yourself somewhere safe, and once the gas subsided, you went to the village to seek help from the SDF. ....How's that? Did I get it right?"
        (The reported makes some jabs jokingly towards Maebara Keiichi for a bit, but all that is replied is a deep sigh)
        Kei: ".....Well, even if that were true, ....I wouldn't be surprised."Reporter: "Not surprised? ...What do you mean by that?"
        It is noted that some skeptics doubt whether this recorded tape is really a genuine conversation done with Maebara Keiichi.
        Kei: "....You said it yourself, didn't you? That it's 'impossible.' ....Well, in Hinamizawa, the 'impossible' is possible. ...There, a person who shouldn't be there exists. A person that should be dead, is alive. ...It's nothing strange in that place. ....I didn't imagine that I myself would be the proof that a person that should've died is still alive.... Hahahahahaha. A~hahahaha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Reporter: "A-HAHAHAHAHAHA! HAhahaha..."
        (The reporter and Maebara Keiichi laughs together for a while.)
        In order to seek validity, this recording was presented to the relatives of the Maebara family. However the relatives was unable to give a definite answer in validating Maebara Keiichi's voice due to the low quality of the recording c0mp0unded by the long time that has passed since the Great Disaster.
        Reporter: "Okay Keiichi-kun, let me change the subject. What do you think about the stories that proclaim the Great Disaster being the fifth year's curse of the Hinamizawa Serial Murders?"Kei: "Oh, that can't be true because the fifth year's curse is myself."Reporter: "Huh? Ahahahaha! What do you mean by that?"Kei: "What do you mean..., I'm responding to your question."
        There are also doubts about the date November 28 on the label of the tape.
        Kei: "....I doubt you'll believe me but....that Great Disaster? Well, I caused it. ...I wished everyone in that village to die, and that's exactly what happened."Reporter: "Hahahaha... Well now, that's a pretty spectacular story there."Kei: "Spectacular? ....I guess that's an intersting way of saying it...."
        


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          For one, Maebara Keiichi was transferred to a medical facility after he was diagnosed with severe psychological disorder when he attempted to commit ѕui咪啪cide in August; two months after the Great Disaster.
          Kei: "I killed Takano-san, I also killed the Kantoku and Oishi-san as well. ....I had some kind of divine powers within me at that time. ....How can I say it....like a sound of footsteps?"Reporter: "Footsteps...? .....Hahahaha, what do you mean by that?"Kei: "What, you've never heard footsteps in your life before? ....Step Step. Tap Tap. Kukuku."
          Since the medical facility shut out the media requests, it is highly unlikely that such a tape could even exist with that was supposedly recorded after August of 1983.
          Kei: "It's pretty interesting when you stop and stand still. You should give it a try starting from today. ....And when you hear an extra footstep even if you stopped yourself...well....that's when you should start being careful. ....Fufufufu."Reporter: "A...Ahahahaha! Oh...Of course...Yes, I'll becareful. Haha, hahaha!"Kei: "......Did I say something....very funny right now?"
          However, this reporter was known for his aggressive reporting style at the time, so one cannot dismiss that he might've entered the facility's c0mp0unds illegally for a guerilla-tactic interview.
          Kei: "You....have been laughing smudgingly all this time. ...Just like the kantoku. Pretending to feel sorry for me, pretending to listening to what I am saying...when in fact you look at me with those eyes as if I'm kind of psycho or something."Reporter: "Haha, haha. ....No, of course not. Hahaha..."Kei: "No, ....I know. Your eyes is exactly the same the kantoku."
          Is this really Maebara Keiichi's own voice...? The validity of this recorded tape is yet to be unshrouded from its mystery.
          Kei: ".....I can't hear those footsteps since that day. ...Hence, I don't think I have such a horrific power like I did before... ....But, I'll wish for your death this one time. Death for you as a result for this unpleasant talk we've been having. ...Hmm, let's try on how you're supposed to die this time as well. ...Takano-san was burned to death so.....okay, you are water. You drown to your death in water. How's that?"
          This reporter did indeed die ten years later in July of 1995 by drowning from a boating accident just as Maebara Keiichi noted he would.
          Kei: "...If my power was at its peak, you would die by next morning. ...Now I wonder how many days it will take you to die with water? Fu, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. ....You becareful, you hear? You don't want to die from my curse do you? ....HAHAHAHAHA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-H
          (The tape suddenly stops in the midst of Maebara Keiichi's laughter)
          And as for Maebara Keiichi....
          He suddenly fell under a severe fever and passed away two days later on November 30, 1983.
          The night before he died, the nurse station received several eerie calls as reported:
          "...And yet another footstep..."


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            Phone call with Yukie (Ep. 14)
            Yukie: "...I see. It
            must be tough to get a sudden assignment like this.... Please be careful. Where
            are you going for the assignment? Are you already there?"
            Akasaka:
            ".............................."
            I'm heading out on an assignment, so the
            questions is "where to?"
            ...Not just for Yukie, it's a very natural and
            reasonable question for anyone to ask.
            If it's a cold place, then it'd be
            a good idea to prepare some warm clothings.
            Or, if it's a far place, then be
            careful on the way there.
            ......It's a perfectly normal question that
            links to those perfectly normal considerations.
            The fact that I can't even
            answer that perfectly normal question makes me a little sad.
            Yukie:
            "...I'm sorry. You're not allowed to say, right...? Please be
            careful."
            Akasaka: ".........Sorry, Yukie."
            Yukie: "...Since when did
            you become so quick to apologize to people? Back when you first got the job, you
            were so lively and fulfilled too. ...*giggle*."
            Yukie laughs out, as if she
            saw through something.
            At times like these, there are magical powers within
            Yukie that allows her to see through everything within me.
            Yukie:
            "...It's been a while since I've been admitted into the hospital too. Are you
            getting lonely yet...?"
            Akasaka: "D, don't tease me. I'm not at an age to be
            missing people all the time anymore...."
            Yukie: "...*giggle*, well then,
            what do we think about that? You're really a pampered child, after all....
            Without me around, you must be becoming more and more timid around people,
            right...? *giggle giggle*"
            Akasaka: "......Ahh, geez.... Right now, I can
            imagine little devil horns coming out of your head, you know... You're always
            like this- "
            Yukie: "...Don't try to shift the topic. Without my
            attention, you're feeling so so lonely~, I can hear your tail wagging across the
            phone receiver telling me that, you know? *giggle giggle*......"
            This
            side of Yukie is unimaginable from her usual ladylike demeanors, and she never
            shows it to anyone but me.
            Normally, I would poke her back to hide my
            embarassment, and forcibly end the conversation in some way, but that doesn't
            work over the phone.
            ......Of course, Yukie is smart. She's teasing me
            knowing that as well.
            Yukie: "...*giggle giggle*. I wonder when was it
            that I realized just how fun it is to make fun of you...."
            Akasaka: "Give me
            a break already.... ...Anyway, I'm glad to hear your energetic voice."
            Yukie:
            "...Really? ...Have you cheered up now?"
            I'm phoning Yukie, who's left
            alone in the hospital, so that she wouldn't feel lonely.
            ......That's
            just an excuse made for a shy guy like me. And it looks like Yukie figured that
            out a long time ago as well.
            Akasaka: "...............Yeah."
            Yukie:
            "Call me again sometime, ok...? If I can't come to the phone, then dad will talk
            to you. ...Well, if dad picks up, knowing you, even across the phone you'd
            probably be standing at full attention while talking him. *giggle giggle
            giggle*...."
            For a short while, Yukie continued to tease without giving
            me a chance to hang up.......


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              Guest Greeting Speech Script (Ep. 14)
              Chairman XX-san, and everyone of the XX assembly, I would like use this opportunity to congratuate you all on the 25th anniversary of of the XX assembly.
              The past twenty-five years can be said to have been the entire history of XX prefecture's developments.
              The quiet scenary of whole fields of croplands, through the long-wished opening of the Shinkansen station, as well as highway services, has also been reborn into modern cities filled with young vitality.
              The economy and the industries are growing by accepting new and improved ideas one by one.
              And through the love for their native land that's unique to the residents of XX prefecture, which places great value on our old and wonderful traditions, our towns have grown to become some of the most wonderful cities in Japan that maintains a perfect balance between tradition and culture, and economy and industry.
              And, we can say that the history of XX prefecture's developments has also been the history of the XX assembly's development.
              We are required to have executing abilities that's literally as sharp as an arrow, in order for us to constantly enforce our public promises and policies once they have been revealed.
              I believe that everyone here in the XX assembly, which treats this arrow as it's organization symbol, are all arrows possessing this arrow-like execution ability, and uses it to pierce through all obstacles for the sake of perpetual happiness of the XX prefecture residents.
              However, everyone here are not just simply arrows.
              While possessing the integrity and candidness of an arrow, all of you have eyes that's always looking into the future, and never stops researching and exploring for new methods that adapts to the changing times.
              A released arrow can only fly towards a pre-determined target.
              However, everyone here are not just arrows.
              Even after released from the bow, all of you continues to search for newer, more effective methods and policies, as well as possessing a flexible stance that allows for immediate changes in the arrow's trajectory. You are magic arrows.
              The times are constantly advancing.
              Sometimes, it's possible for the times to move on before a policy can be executed.
              (Beyond this are parts that were not in the original script. It is believed to be the minister's ad lib)
              For example, even regarding to the Hinamizawa Village Electricity Basic Project that has been causing various problems in the recent years within the prefecture, we cannot carry through with the plan simply because we were told to, instead, we must possess the flexibility to always respond to and reflect the constantly changing desires of the next era, the native community, as well as the residents.
              The protest movements surrounding the Hinamizawa Dam is also a conscious opinion of the XX prefecture residents. If we don't lend our ears to their pleads simply because the policy has already been determined, then it may very well cast a bad shadow over the democratic government of the postwar Japan.
              (Beyond this are the same as the original script)
              I will also be thorough with policies that has been determined, for the sake of
              perpetual happiness for the citizens of Japan, as well as the residents of the
              XX prefecture.
              At the same time, I'm also constantly reminded that I must learn to have the flexibility that everyone here at the XX assembly possesses, who are capable finding new methods while gazing into the future.
              It has become a long speech, but with that, I would like to celebrate the 25th
              anniversary of the XX assembly.
              Chairman XX-san, as well as everyone of the XX assembly. Congratulations to you all today.
              From the guest greeting speech of the Minister of Construction at the 25th anniversary
              celebration ceremony of the XX prefecture congress and congress member seminar,
              XX assembly.


              83楼2012-08-28 20:53
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                Gears and Fires and The Taste of Honey (Ep. 14)
                Daily lives in the world are run by people's connections with each other.
                However, that does not mean everyone is connected to each other.
                Everyone knows that even if some nameless person crys or laughs on the other side of the planet, it will not effect them in any way.
                However, if it happened within a very limited small community such as a neighborhood, then it's not an impossibility either.
                It's possible that a single significant act within a small community can have a large effect on the entire population afterwards.
                If the scale of the act increases to an extremely large size, then ......Well, it's possible that some nameless person's heroic speech on the other side of the planet might affect my life in some way.
                But that doesn't mean everything is like that.
                Like I said in the beginning, fundamentally speaking, the connections between people are not as obvious as the society would have you believe.
                Whether the family across the street is having hamburger meat or croquette as their dinner side-dish doesn't affect me in any way.
                When I put on my shoes, whether I start with my right foot first or left foot first doesn't affect anyone in any way.
                ......Most people can probably understand everything up to this point.
                However, truly practically realistically speaking, the connections between people is actually something that's much more black and white.
                It is not an issue of distance like "it doesn't matter because it's on the other side of the Earth" or "it affects me because it's near me" or anything.
                For example, let's say that the actions of a certain person A affect me.
                That doesn't mean a certain person B's actions would affect me as well.
                Same goes for the reverse. Just because my actions affect A does not mean that they will affect B as well.
                Let's put it more bluntly.
                If we were to describe people's connections or fates as gears, then there will be people who are engaged with my gear, as well as people who aren't. That's what I mean.
                Some people will probably object to this, calling it a fallacy.
                For those people, I'll refer them to the gears within a clock.
                The gears within a clock are mostly only engaged with one or two other gears beside themselves.
                However, if one gear spins, it moves the gear beside it, and through their connections with each other, it will have moved all the gears in the end.
                .........It certainly makes sense, and it also has enough power to persuade most people.
                Now then, why does it have persuasive power?
                ...The answer is simple.
                Because something as abstract as "connections between people" cannot be explained except as a concept.
                Because it is impossible to physically explain just exactly which gear connects with which in what way, and how they link and relate to each other, so we can only shroud it in smoke by using such logics.
                Now then, for those people who liked that explanation, let me object to it by referring to the clock again.
                


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                  To begin with, it is a mistake to think of this world as a single clock.
                  There's more than one clock.
                  In this world, there are lots of clocks, each pointing to their own time.
                  Think about it, to think of this world as having only one clock is an incredibly ignorant thing in itself.
                  If you think about that way, then while I explain people's connections by using the gear example, it would also explain how there are gears from other clocks that have absolutely no relationship to my gear, right?
                  The neighbor A and B.
                  Since A is a gear in the same clock as me, I should probably pay more attention to him.
                  Since B is a gear in a different clock from me, his existence doesn't really matter to me.
                  A
                  clear-cut distinction, just like that.
                  You want to call that a fallacy?
                  Then, for an easier understanding, let's use a daily life example that's easier for us to relate to than the clock.
                  You have probably heard of the expression "the fire on the other side of the river",
                  right?
                  For example, if your neighbor is having a fire, you would obviously help with firefighting effort, right? It'd be troublesome if the fire spreads to your house, after all.
                  But what if that fire is over at the town across the river from you?
                  Would you go through the trouble of getting up to go help? You won't, right? No matter what, there's no way it would spread to your house, after all.
                  What I mean is, even for fires, there are houses that can spread their fires to your own house, and then there are completely irrelevant houses that won't spread their fires to you.
                  With an example as concrete as this, you can probably understand the gear example about the gears that relate to you and the gears that don't, even if only a little bit, right?
                  ......What I'm saying is that there are lots of things like these in the world, even without the rivers.
                  It's not an issue of distance like "neighbor" or "the other side of the river" or anything, understand?


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                    Chick in the Trunk (Ep. 14)
                    The car stopped.
                    However, that's the only thing that I knew. That's because I was blindfolded and
                    put into the trunk.
                    Oh, how powerless a person when his vision has been
                    restrained. ...I would've never known about this before I experienced it first
                    hand. I realized that resistance was futile. I began to feel dizzy from the
                    trapped air in the trunk. ...All that was left was for my consciousness to go
                    dim as this torture ran its course.
                    When the car's engine stopped, my
                    consciousness clinged on to the illusion that I was going to be set free. In
                    reality of course, the situation at hand has not changed. Hence, I immediately
                    awoke from that illusion.
                    I hear the voice of the man that kidnapped me
                    and another older man that I hear for the first time. I concentrate to listen in
                    on their conversation...
                    Man: "....Good afternoon. The chick is in the
                    trunk. He's a bit worn out for resisting, but I've never hurt him per your
                    orders."
                    Older man: "....Oh oh, sorry fer all the 'uble."
                    [flash of
                    white light]
                    Fresh and cool air suddenly engulfs me as they open the
                    trunk. All this time, I wanted out. But once the trunk is opened, now I felt
                    sudden unease on what's about to happen next. ..I even wished to have the trunk
                    shut again to shield me from these men.
                    Someone suddenly placed its hand
                    on my head. Since I was blindfolded, I didn't know whether the hand touching my
                    head was about to pat me or as a precursor to chopping my head off. I tightened
                    my body as I prepared for the worst...
                    Older man (in distinct local
                    dialect): "Look at him...all scared and shaken. Don't you worry son, You
                    just stay here for a bit until things cool down..."'
                    The older man said
                    it in a sympathetic way as he patted my head.
                    Older man: "I'm sorry for
                    all of this... But your grandpa is a very kind person. I'm sure he'll do
                    everything to save you."
                    Since I lived in a metro area where regular
                    Japanese is spoken, this old man's regional dialect was very distinctive.
                    However, I wasn't able to decipher what he just said. I finally realized that
                    how he said "yer 'andpa" meant "your grandpa" as I repeated that phrase over and
                    over again in my head...
                    Then, the hand that was patting my head touched
                    my blindfold.
                    Man: "...I disagree with taking off the blindfold sir...
                    Things will get complicated if he gets to identify us later on."
                    Older man:
                    "Hm...okay. But at least get off his gag for sakes...Look at him, he can't
                    breathe with that on him."
                    Man: "...It'll be difficult if he uses his voice
                    to call for help... Please let us handle this..."
                    Older man: "...What's wrong
                    with you!! ...The main house said not to lay nor hurt this child, ya hear? You
                    keep that in your hearts, okay...!?"
                    Man: "Yes sir. We won't lay a finger on
                    him. ...If he remains cooperative."
                    The man's hand began to tap my head.
                    His hand was much different from the older man's - thick and strong.
                    Stay put and we won't lay a finger. But if you start shit...well, you
                    know what's gonna happen right?
                    ...it's as if this man was sending such
                    messages directly into me as he tapped my head.


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                      Satisfactory (Ep. 14)
                      The sound of the car approaches near, slowly brakes, and shuts off its engine to a complete stop. The relaxing man inside suddenly jumps up, crawls near the window and cautiously peeks through the window...
                      ...It's his partner's car. But he doesn't leave his guard down.
                      The footsteps began to approach the door, and he knocks with the pre-arranged code, knock, kno-kno-knock.
                      Man A: "...I'm back. It's me, open it"Man B: "Good to see you again. Wait a sec."
                      The man unlocks it and open the door. Another man holding a two large plastic bags filled with goods from the local supermarket stands in front of the door. "Sevens Mart" is written on the side of the bag filled with bakeries and pints of milk. He dumps them onto the mattress on the floor.
                      Man A: "I've also bought some Cup Noodles, so can you get me some hot water? ...So how's the kid doing?"Man B: "Oh, he's been sleeping. It's good for us cuz we don't have to do anything. The only time he starts scruffling is when he needs to take a shit."Man A: "Don't let him shit in his pants, ya hear? The smell of it may cause us a trouble later on."Man B: "....yeah yeah."Man A: "And remember to check the gag every so often. We can't let it go too loose, but we can't put it on too tightly either. All this will lead us to nothing if we end up suffocating him." Man B: "Yeah, yeah I get it.... Hey, where's that can of butane I asked for? We don't have any more butane for the portable gas range."Man A: "What!? You didn't say so, you idiot!"Man B: "I didn't? Aw man, didn't you notice it that we're all out...? Fu咪啪сk, fu咪啪сk!!"
                      The man tries in vain by turn the knob on the portrable range to see if there's any juice left to get it going.
                      ...The other man who brought the supplies sighs in despair.
                      The other man decides to put his mind aside of this matter and walks over to the back of the room. ...The child that was kidnapped was laying on the floor mattress.
                      Man A: ".....Hey kid. ....Feelin' okay?"
                      Of course, the man didn't expect to have the kid hear what he was saying. That's because the kid was earplugged on both of his ears, and secured tightly with duct tape along with the blindfold. His mouth was covered with a ѕ咪啪imple gag made out of thin towels. ...The kid's jaw was covered with his own drool as he couldn't get his jaw shut from the gag. Furthermore, his hand were tied on his back tightly with a leaher belt.
                      Man A: "Good, everything going satisfactory. Don't you worry, we won't take your life or anything. ...If your grandpa refused to budge, we would've had to cut off on of your ears, but it seems we don't have to do that anymore... If it's on the orders of the main household, we have to do it... ...I can't even imagine what kind of cruel things they might've ordered. ...Since the main house is saying not to lay a single scratch to you, then it must mean all's going to satisfaction..."
                      Man B: "The minister backs down from the dam project. The Hinamizawa Dam Project will be put on indefinite hiatus. ...I wonder when we'll be able to let this kid go. ...I wanna have a nice relaxing smoke already."
                      Man A: "The main house is looking for the right timing. I don't know when, but it seems it's gonna be soon..."
                      Man B: "You hear that kid? Seems咪啪 1ike you're gonna be released soon. Hehehe..."
                      No one knows whether the mens' voices have reached the child's ears. ...The only way the child was able to protect his mind from this cruel reality was to force himself to go to sleep...
                      Man A: "In either case, what about the gas, man!! I can't eat ramen without it!! If you knew that we're all out of gas, why didn't you say so!!"


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                        In Love With The Rain Clouds (Ep. 14)
                        The weather forecast
                        predicted that there won't be any rain at all this week.
                        It's not that I
                        dislike sunny days.
                        However, if the dull sunny weather continues on for days
                        after days, then anyone would begin to long for the rain clouds.
                        If the same
                        monotonous sunny sky continues for a whole week, a whole month, a whole year,
                        then anyone would begin to long for the rain clouds.
                        The weather experts
                        would line up various past data and analyze them carefully before announcing
                        their predictions, so the forecasts don't usually miss their marks. I know
                        that.
                        ......But, that's exactly why I look up at the sunny sky, waiting
                        for that one day where the weather forecast just might miss it's
                        mark.
                        Does that make me a rebel?
                        Even as I wait and wait,
                        sometimes the boredom of a fine sunny sky with no rain clouds feels suffocating
                        to me.
                        If people could actually suffocate to death by something like this.
                        ...Then the population on Earth probably wouldn't have grown this
                        large.
                        Which means, ...I must be the only person who can suffocate by
                        something like this.
                        That's why.
                        ......I become overjoyed at the
                        sudden evening showers in summer evenings that couldn't be predicted even in the
                        weather forecasts.
                        How can I explain it, so that you can understand my
                        feelings as well?
                        For example, let's say tonight's dinner is going to be
                        curry rice.
                        But when I got called to the dinner table, it was actually a dish
                        of fried eggplant and green pepper.
                        It was just something that mom
                        decided to change on a whim.
                        But I'm really glad for that whim. It's true
                        that I don't really like eggplants or green pepper, but still, I'm
                        glad.
                        I'm glad to see the collapse of the preestablished arrangement that
                        said "tonight's dinner is going to be curry rice".
                        If we were to repeat this
                        night for a hundred times, decidedly, there's going to be that curry rice that
                        I'll have to eat a hundred times.
                        ...And that curry rice has become fried
                        eggplant and green pepper tonight. There's no reason why I won't enjoy this
                        random happening.
                        I don't like preestablished arrangements.
                        I hate
                        predetermined schedules.
                        I don't have love for boredom.
                        No matter how
                        minor it may be, I always end up hoping for the occurance of something that's
                        different from all the other days.
                        It's been decided that it's going to
                        be sunny for a whole week, starting today.
                        That's what the weather forecast
                        determined, and the god of weather is probably thinking the same
                        too.
                        But, nobody can say with confidence that, ...by some random chance,
                        ...rain clouds won't come even for just one of those days.
                        ......The fact
                        that there are always elements left in this world which nobody can be certain
                        about, saves living things like me from suffocating.
                        Tomorrow is probably
                        going to be a pretty hot and sunny day too.
                        But, only I know that a
                        preestablished arrangement like that can be changed every once in a while... by
                        a very slight chance that's probably barely 1%.
                        Placing hope in that 1%
                        of something, I would hang the teruteru bouzu (weather doll) upside down on the
                        edge of the house eaves on sunny days.
                        In the end, I'm living my life through
                        hoping for such unexpectedness in all things in the world.
                        Why am I
                        hoping for them? ...The thought popped into my head.
                        Why am I waiting for
                        the rain clouds?
                        ...That's simple. Because I'm tired of sunny
                        skies.
                        Then, why is it that I'm waiting for the rain
                        clouds?
                        ...That's simple. Because the tomorrow that's been determined to
                        be sunny is boring.
                        So, why is it that I'm waiting for the rain
                        clouds?
                        In the end, it doesn't matter whether it'll be sunny or rainy
                        tomorrow.
                        In the end, even if it rained, it would only be able to
                        temporarily moisten the boredom that has made my heart barren.
                        That's
                        why, rather than watching television dramas where the plot has already been
                        determined,
                        ...I prefer looking up in the sky instead.


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                          Barley tea, black tea, and stone grinder (Ep. 14)
                          Dr. Irie: "Your blood pressure is getting much better. I'm
                          amazed at your vitality, especially a person at such an age as yours. Oryou-san,
                          I wouldn't be surprised if you lived past hundred or even two."
                          The young
                          doctor smiled as he removed the sphygmomanometer from the elderly ladies'
                          arms.
                          Oryou: "Dr. Irie is such a good doctor... Old people like us who
                          live past beyond their age need to go away so as not to bother the younger
                          generation... Hohohoho..."
                          The elderly woman puts on a smile and laughs
                          smoothly.
                          Then he turns her head towards the fusuma
                          and bellows, "Is Shinko-san or Taeko-san here? Go bring Dr. Irie some cold
                          barley tea!"
                          The halls echoes with light footsteps. When the fusuma
                          opened there was a young girl there. ...It seems that she was the grandchild of
                          the elderly woman.
                          Mion: "Shinko-san has already left for the day. ...Do
                          you need anything?"
                          Oryou: "Mion, could you get some cold barley tea for Dr.
                          Irie?"
                          Mion: "Okay. How about some for you, grandma? Some black tea? Want me
                          to put lotsa cream and sugar?"
                          Oryou: "Just bring me the sugar pot and the
                          cream; I'll put them in myself."
                          Mion: "Okie-dokie."
                          The girl named
                          Mion turned back to the hallway after listening to her grandma's request.
                          Oryou: "Remember to bring the doctor's barley tea in the glassware for
                          the guest!! Oh and bring the zabuton cushion too! Don't forget to wipe off the
                          condensation on the glass too, ya hear!?"
                          Mion: "Yeah, yeah, I know.
                          Sheesh."
                          Mion's frank voice is heard across the hall. That's just her
                          attitude, nothing new. The elderly woman chuckled.
                          Oryou: "Sigh, when
                          will she learn. Oh well, I guess that how they are nowadays."
                          Dr. Irie:
                          "Oryou-san, Oryou-san. There there, keep your calm. Mion-chan is doing her best
                          as a teenager."
                          Oryou: "That mother of her's too was just like her!"
                          Dr.
                          Irie: "Ahahahaha. Then does that mean her mother's own mother would be the same
                          too then?"
                          The elderly woman guffawed with that remark. She seems to be
                          enjoying this conversation.
                          Oryou: "Dr. Irie, I'm sorry. Can you open
                          the shoji? I want to let the cool wind in."
                          The soothing
                          sounds of cicadas was seeping in through the gaps of the shoji. Dr. Irie stood
                          up to open the shoji. The cool wind began to let the humidity of the room
                          out.
                          Dr. Irie: "It's been getting very hot lately...but it seems it's
                          still cool during dawn and dusk hours. Last night was even a bit cold for
                          me."
                          Oryou: "Mm-hmm. There's another good thing about Hinamizawa - it's dawn
                          and dusk hours."
                          Dr. Irie smiled back, and sat himself on the cusion next
                          to the elderly woman once again. The two calmly just sat there listening to the
                          cries of the cicadas...
                          Oryou: "...Although I may not live to a hundred,
                          it's not my time to die just yet. ...My coffin will not close until this dam
                          


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                            thing gets taken care of."
                            Dr. Irie: "...It's very hard to overturn something
                            that was decided by the government..."
                            Oryou: "In any age, what the
                            government decides to do is just like turning a stone grinder. And a very heavy
                            one at that too."
                            Dr. Irie: "...A stone grinder?"
                            Oryou: "You don't know
                            what a stone grinder is?"
                            "Oh no, of course I know what it is," reassured
                            Dr. Irie. He knows that Oryou dislikes it when her conversation gets impeded
                            like this.
                            Oryou: "The government's stone grinder can grind
                            anything...it's quite impressive, really. But, it's so heavy that it needs lots
                            of people to get it moving. And when it does, it moves very slowly. That's the
                            kind of stone grinder they have."
                            Irie kept his mouth shut as he listened
                            to what she was saying.
                            Just then, Mion brought over the tray with the
                            teas. She realized that Oryou was speaking in a good mood, so she silently
                            crouched and handed over the barley and black teas.
                            Oryou: "...and since
                            it's so heavy, it's hard to stop it's momentum. ...The first shove to get it
                            going is very heavy. Everyone doesn't want to do that first shove once again, so
                            they don't rest and continue to keep it rolling."
                            Mion: "That's like
                            friction. Grandma, you say it with great real-world logic!"
                            Oryou: "So, if
                            that stone grinder stops for some reason, that means they would need a lot of
                            support once again to get it moving again."
                            Dr. Irie: "....Yes. It'll take
                            tremendous energy to restart a project that was once put on hiatus."
                            Oryou:
                            "It's the kind of stone grinder that's very difficult to stop though. ...But if
                            it does, it'll never turn again."
                            Dr. Irie: "If only there was a good way to
                            stop that stone grinder..."
                            When Irie whispered that, the elderly woman
                            and Mion paused suddenly in silence...
                            Irie realized immediately that he
                            has made the wrong remark, and desperately tried to find a comment to recuperate
                            himself. But he was dumbfounded in silence when he realized the cold smiles on
                            the two's facial expressions.
                            Dr. Irie: "................."
                            The two:
                            ".........."
                            The air around him seemed to drop several degrees. Irie
                            couldn't think straightfoward. He became afraid that their cold smiles was aimed
                            at his remark hwe has just uttered.
                            Dr. Irie: "................"
                            The
                            two: "......................."
                            Dr. Irie: ".............haha,
                            hahahahaha,"
                            The silence didn't last that long. Irie caved in from the
                            silent pressure, and chose to laugh his way out to loosen the atmosphere. The
                            laughter passed on to the elderly woman and Mion, and the room began to fill
                            with the three's laughter.
                            ...The cicadas were the only ones that were
                            not laughing, as they incessantly continues to cry their usual sounds...


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                              Obstructed Investigation (Ep. 14)
                              Kataoka: "...Yeah. I
                              met him at the restaurant in Ginza yesterday. Yeah, that issue was discussed
                              there."
                              Elite Investigator A: "They're overstepping their authority. They
                              are getting too involved in our Public Safety Commission. This might set a bad
                              precedent for us to seeking opportunities."
                              Kataoka: "Minister Inukai is
                              highly unimpressed with the how the PSC is moving along. I'm sure that the issue
                              will be brought up by the vice-minister on Monday's Metropolitan Assembly.
                              ....Dang man."
                              EI A: "We'll have to set a rebuttal by having a our Chief
                              discuss this matter with the vice-minister. That's the responsibility of the
                              person who gets paid more."
                              Kataoka: "If that's so, then the Chief will
                              ask us to provide us with evidence on the Minister's threat."
                              EI A:
                              "Yeah, that man sometimes loses track on which side he's supposed to be on.
                              You're supposed to be on our side!"
                              Kataoka: "I'm sure that's just the
                              pressure coming from the Minister as well. We have to hope the investigation
                              goes along while I sweat and toil inside the vice-minister's room. ...That is if
                              I don't sweat everything I have and turn into pulp, of course. ...So, how's the
                              investigation going along?"
                              EI A: "All the areas that we've suspected
                              turned up nothing, so basically we have no idea."
                              Kataoka: "I head that
                              if we look at the recent statements made by the Minister, we see increasing
                              references to the Hinamizawa Dam Project. What about that?"
                              EI A:
                              "....hmmmm.... It's not like it stands out or anything...it's just this weird
                              sense tied with it. But then, since that speech was done at the XX Prefectural
                              Meeting, it can be said that he brought that up as a local pork-barrel issue."
                              Kataoka: "This was the one that is being protested highly by the local
                              group, right? The Onigafuchi Defense League. Wasn't Akasaka-kun investigating on
                              them?"
                              EI A: "In my opinion, I don't think they are capable to carryout
                              such a case like this. However, since all the leads that we followed so far
                              turned up emptyhanded, we can't scratch this one off as a possibility. I've
                              received a small report from Akasaka-kun stating that it has been inconclusive
                              at this time."
                              Kataoka: "...Then there might be some value in putting our
                              investigation there isn't it? We have nothing as of now, and if that group is
                              the only one that's suspicious, we've gotta do what we've gotta do."
                              EI
                              A: "Well, that's not the only group that we need to investigate. Ahahaha! If
                              we're to start suspecting groups on the level of Onigafuchi, then there's just
                              too many of them. We don't have the time or the manpower no matter how much
                              overtime we get paid."
                              Kataoka: "Get in touch with Akasaka-kun to see if
                              he can go a bit more in-depth. ...I'm starting to get suspicious myself on that
                              Defense League."
                              EI A: "He said he was able to get into close contact
                              with the villagers. He seems to have also made connections with the local police
                              department."
                              Kataoka: "Keep the contact with Akasaka-kun confidential.
                              And if you think there might be something suspicious going on from the reports
                              he gives, don't hesitate to call in more backup."
                              EI A: "You got
                              it."
                              EI B: "...um, excuse me Manager Kataoka~! It's a call from the
                              Chief. Would you like me to transfer it over there?"
                              Kataoka: "No, no
                              that's fine! I'll go over there. ....Hello! This is Kataoka speaking..."


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