Now, you see…
same dream as every time.
This dream…
is a memory from your past.
What do you see?
The Heian Era.
The era when true darkness still exists.
People deeply believe that invisible beings live side by side with them.
Not in the distant woods or in the heart of the mountains.
The humans, the demons, the monsters…
live in the darkness of the same capital,
sometimes, even under the same roof,
held their breath next to each other. Such is this age.
4.5 km wide from east to west,
5.2 km from south to north,
and split in the middle by the 84 meter wide Suzaku Boulevard:
this is the old capital of Heian-kyo.
In its northern part is Daidairi, the outer palace,
center of all government functions, like the Kasumigaseki district of Tokyo today.
And at its center is the Dairi, the Emperor's private quarters.
In this era, the emperor is the supreme ruler,
followed by the upper aristocracy and government officials,
and individual policies are decided by divination.
People who perform this divination are called…
onmyoji.
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Onmyo Bureau
The Onmyo Bureau is the equivalent of today's departments,
and is the workplace of government officials called onmyoji.
It also functions as an educational institution,
where those who want to become onmyoji study .
Ученици
Their scientific supervisors are doctors.
Доктори
In this age, social status was everything, and for those not born aristocrats,
civil service is the only possible path to promotion.
But this path is narrow and difficult.
Many people fall away from it.
And some who do not want to give up remain students even in middle age.
Doctor of Astronomy
It would not be very convenient to use the language of more than 1000 years ago,
so let's switch to modern japanese.
Right Minister Lord Sugawara-no Michizane is exiled to Dazaifu,
where he died, filled with hatred for the upper aristocracy.
The calamities that befell the capital thereafter are attributed to his curse.
How is this curse subdued?
Sadafumi?
His rank was restored posthumously,
and last year he was deified under the name Tenman-daijizai-tenjin.
That's right.
To protect the capital from curses and disasters:
that's our job as onmyoji.
Are you listening?
That is, apricot and peach kernels can be used as medicines,
but if you get the method and dosage wrong,
they can also turn into poison.
Onmyo Doctor
Any questions?
What is the strongest poison in the world?
You take snakes and centipedes,
poisonous spiders, frogs, etc.,
a total of 100 poisonous bugs,
and you put them together, alive, in one pot.
So,
you force them to eat each other.
The last creature left alive
is the strongest poison in the world.
This is called kodoku.
Oh! More carefully.
If there was poison inside, you'd be dead!
Write me a report on the case. - Yes, sir.
The theory of the five elements begins at the Gate of Spring, that is, from the tree.
The tree grows, and with its help a flame is born.
Fire produces ashes, that is, earth.
Metal is born in the bowels of the earth.
Finally, as you know, drops appear on the surface of the cool metal,
that is, water is produced.
And she, for her part...
feeds, i.e. produces, the tree.
Water is both the end and the beginning of all living things.
It is the bridge between this world and the next, between the subconscious and the existing.
Calendar doctor
The water in our water clock emerges from deep within the earth
and does not know the slightest pollution.
Curse
Spell
Curses.
Or more oaths.
They are not something that acts directly on the physical world.
Head of the Onmyo Bureau
They affect consciousness first and foremost.
And that, in turn, affects the physical.
To Kanesh.
Yes?
Give me your hand.
We take this red-hot charcoal rod and…
But in reality,
this is not a charcoal rod.
To Kanesh.
Take a good look.
To Kanesh…
he was so sure it was a glowing charcoal stick,
that it affected his body.
This is called suggestion.
Or otherwise known as hypnosis.
Suggestion / hipnosis
Many cases are known,
when a man dies, bitten by a non-venomous snake, because he thought it poisonous.
Suggestion / hipnosis
A first class onmyoji is good at using this spell.
Spell
That's it for today.
I was convinced his hand was burned.
Yes, it even smelled burnt.
To rise to onmyoji, a student must first become a master.
Master
Above him are onmyoji,
after the doctors,
and at the head is the head of the onmyo bureau.
But…
the pinnacle of the profession that all onmyoji aspire to,
is the post of Onmyoji of the Imperial Household,
Onmyoji of the Imperial Household
that is, the emperor's personal onmyoji.
At this moment, this position is vacant.
And what about Seimei? Is he running away from class again?
He's the doctor's personal student, he does whatever he wants.
That's it, connections are important, not skills.
He was the son of a fox, so he could use magic?
Magic? Have you ever seen such a thing?
No, I'm not.
Right? Such a thing does not exist.
If it existed, we wouldn't be cleaning here.
We would clean with magic. Right?
And so it is.
Sadafumi! Copy copies of these by the end of the day.
By the end of the day?
Will any student object to me?
You're still a student too, Yasuye.
What?
But…
we have classes today…
And what do you think will happen if you study?
How old are you and are you still a student?
Even if by some miracle you become a master,
you will die before you can become an official onmyoji.
There will be more use for you in the world if you work as a simple servant.
Did you see it?
The face of the man who killed your parents?
Not.
You should have been able to see it, right?
You can't remember it because…
my heart prevents me from seeing it.
Yes.
You must put aside your hate and your fear,
and look only at reality.
Then,
one day
you should be able to see it.
Is the son of the fox here?
Yes, he is now with Reverend Cancho.
Here it comes.
Are you the fox son of the onmyo desk?
If you're the son of a fox, you can use magic, right?
You can kill someone, for example, right?
Can you or not?
Can't you?
If you would like to know if I can…
should I check?
On one of you.
N-no, no, that's not what we meant!
So why not check with something other than a person?
That sounds fun!
There's a frog over there. Can you kill her with magic?
A frog is not a person, it doesn't matter if you kill it.
What bloodlust, and in a temple.
What is the problem? This is just for fun.
Is that so?
Well, if you think so.
If I use magic,
with just one leaf like that...
i can kill
Oh my horror what was that!!
And this frog had listened to Master Kancho's sutras every day.
For one thing, she might have regained consciousness and come to avenge her death...
to one of you.
Who is that person?
Abe-no Seimei, a student at the Onmyo Bureau.
Abe no Seimei...
What an honor for us, Lord Hiromasa is here!
If you had called us, we would have come instead of you coming to our poor office.
No, sometimes it's good to walk.
Are you here today for fortune telling?
Or for ritual purification?
No. I didn't come to you today.
I'm coming to see Seimei.
Seimei?
My student?
Are you here again?
You are always here.
what do you want
You have a visitor.
From?
Lord Hiromasa, Palace Overseer, from the Center Ministry.
And as such, he is our superior.
He now bears the name Minamoto, but was born as the first grandson of the previous emperor.
The first and unsurpassed specialist in court music.
He is even allowed to appear in casual clothes before the emperor.
Be careful, very careful, not to offend him somehow.
Whatever he wants, deny him.
It is not the business of a simple student to talk to one like him.
As much as you are a doctor, I don't think you have the right to tell me who to talk to.
But anyway,
I have no intention of stealing your precious customer.
So take it easy.
Lord Abe no Seimei?
I have come today with a request.
I decline the request.
Goodbye.
Wait!
Rude one!
Rude?
Who is the rude one here? Isn't he the one who pulls people's hakama?
Dressed up with a flower on his hat and acting like he's above everyone. I hate those types.
And I don't like such ill-mannered types like you either!
Ideally means.
Go ask some official onmyoji, not the students.
Why do you refuse?
I don't care.
You're here because of weird noises in the house or something, right?
People think that monsters are responsible for the sounds,
but it is actually the settling of the wood.
They are heard on days with large changes in temperature. That is why they are common in winter.
90% of an onmyoji's job is stuff like this. That's why I don't care.
And what happened to the frog then?
A frog?
Killed a frog in Master Kancho's temple.
Ah.
Is that it?
That was…
spell.
Spell?
Or spell, from "curse."
So you used magic?
Not.
It's not what you imagine.
What is it then?
For example, this.
Hold on, mouse.
What are so many mice doing here!?
Look better.
Look more closely.
Uh?
That's it.
It works especially well in rooms where incense with hallucinogenic properties is burning.
And in that temple burned like that.
But I was sure it was a mouse...
People are guided by words.
If I use magic,
with only one such leaf...
I can kill.
Words are reinforced by other perceptions.
But the essence of the oath is in the person.
That is,
in the one that falls below it.
What does that mean?
Do you know the difference between reality and truth?
Reality is things as they happened.
Truth is the conclusion you draw based on your own perception.
In other words, it changes according to what each individual thinks and sees...
and here's your spell.
There are as many truths as there are people on earth.
You mean…
that everything is suggestion?
Of course. And the dumber you are, the easier you fall under it.
"Stupid!?"
Are you… calling me dumb?
Am I wrong?
What the…
Well, goodbye.
But what about Princess Yoshiko?
She's in trouble, not me.
And Princess Yoshiko is not dumb like me!
The former High Priestess of Ise Temple?
That's right.
She served deities.
Sure.
Sure. This is already fun.
Good! Let's go.
Huh?
Come on, let's go.
It was that cat.
It seems every night he only plays.
Strings break, but I replace them.
Since when has this been going on?
If a string breaks tonight, they will all break.
Lord Seimei,
Are you a clairvoyant?
Clairvoyant?
A person who can see demons, spirits, and other things that other people cannot.
And do you see them?
Sometimes…
I think I see them.
When the strings broke,
i think i saw a dragon
Dragon?
Will something bad happen?
Dates, chestnuts and sweets. Welcome.
If you'll excuse me.
What do you think of Lady Yoshiko?
Worried about another man getting close to your sweetheart?
Huh!?
What are you talking about!?
What? So you haven't even touched her hand yet?
There is no such thing. You're messing around! I wouldn't even dare...
Our social status is different! I have no right to touch her.
Your status?
What a bore.
Why do you drink sake?
You're here on business!
It doesn't matter if I've been drinking or not.
What is meant to be will be, and what is not, will not be.
What excuses.
An apology?
They are not excuses. Such is the reality.
Don't you like sake?
It's quite tasty.
No. I won't drink.
Under no circumstances will I drink!
Lord Hiromasa…
He got quite drunk, huh?
Nope!
I have nothing.
It started.
Don't touch it.
Strings don't play alone.
How so?
Don't you feel it?
You?
The vibrations.
Uh…
Ah, is something wobbly?
Ah, or I think it's because of the sake.
The koto strings sync up with something.
Are they syncing?
Do you see something?
Hiromasa.
Bring me some container with a lid.
With a lid? How big? - Whatever.
Immediately.
Lord Hiromasa!
Lord Seimei is working on it!
Lady Yoshiko, you hide!
Lady Yoshiko!
Stay away!
The dragon!
Lady Yoshiko!
Hiromasa! Run!
Lady Yoshiko!
What was that!?
Put Lady Yoshiko in danger…
All resolved, big deal.
It's big!
So? How did it feel to hold your beloved in your arms for the first time?
I was…
very soft and…
and it smelled good…
Leave this now!
Better tell me what you're going to do with the bottle?
Did you catch something in it?
Do you want to see?
Yes.
Where is Lord Hiromasa?
He's already gone.
And Seimei? What happened?
He said you should n't hear any more sounds.
Is that so…?
What happened to you there?
You suddenly passed out.
Didn't he tell you?
It was true.
A golden dragon appeared.
And Seimei caught him.
It's empty.
So you don't see it?
What a shame.
What do you mean?
Well, whatever.
Gospodarke!
Master Yasuie!
Gospodarke!
Horror! Terrible news!!
Yasuie!
Mistress! Hold on!
Killed by a curse?
This was found in his home.
Nonsense.
There is no such thing.
It was suicide.
Suicide?
How so?
He was very worried about his grades.
Ha!
He had nothing to worry about with his grades.
Master of the Onmyo Bureau
he must not be killed
from the curse.
If such a thing gets out,
our whole reputation will collapse.
Then, we will report this to the higher ups.
To the high-ranking - good.
But we ourselves must know who cursed and killed one of our masters and why.
By the way… who are we going to pick to fill the Masters position?
I nominate Abe-no Seimei.
Seimei?
That laziness?
But his abilities are second to none.
You praise your protégé too fervently.
No matter how much your beloved student is.
Are you claiming that someone has greater abilities than Seimei?
Then…
how about the following?
We have gathered you here for a special reason.
I think you all have heard by now, but still.
this morning,
Master Yasuye passed away.
What was the cause of his death?
Officially - suicide.
But in reality he was killed by someone.
This doll with a curse on it was found in Yasuye's home.
So…
if the killer's motive was…
to take his place as Master…
then you all have a motive.
What do you say?
Is one of you the killer?
Who is the next master?
We have decided that the examination for the position of Master will be…
to reveal who killed Yasuye and why.
Whoever reveals the killer will be the next master.
How conveniently he died!
The fact that he was killed by a curse is the strictest secret.
Is it clear?
where are you going
I don't care about the masters place so…
Why?
What will being a master give me?
The onmyo doctor, Lord Tadayuki, recommended you as a master. Did you know?
Because he's his personal student? This is unfair favoritism!
Calm down. I said I didn't care.
Doesn't it bother you that you're betraying his trust?
It doesn't bother me.
Is that so?
Then we will remove you from the list of candidates for the position.
But an exam is an exam.
While you are a student here, you have to sit your exams.
Do you command me? - That's right.
The deadline is in five days, in the Hour of the Horse.
Silence!
This is the first step to becoming a state onmyoji.
Do your best.
Seimei.
Do you really have no desire to become an onmyoji?
Don't you want to try to become the emperor's personal onmyoji?
For that, you must first become a master.
You…
you sheltered me when I was orphaned and raised me. I thank you for that.
And for food, and a roof over my head, and my education.
Without you, I would have been dead a long time ago.
I kept my promise and entered the onmyo desk.
But…
To incite fear of "demons" that don't even exist for a living?
Do suspicious fortune-telling and rituals that only reinforce people's fear?
To call black white and sell illusions?
I have absolutely no interest in the profession of so-called onmyoji.
As long as I'm alive
one day i will find the man who killed my parents.
That's all I want.
Don't worry.
I will take the exam.
I was ordered anyway.
And I'll be the first to find the killer.
Wait a minute!
See what Nobusada's divination revealed! - Who was it, Nobusada?
To her!
I got it from the civil ministry!
What is Yasuye's birthday!?
Look this way, there it is!
Let's guess at the Twelve Heavenly Generals! Genbu is first. North Star is in the center.
How exactly did Lord Yasuie die?
This is none of your business! Come on! Go away, get out!
Cush, cush, cush, cush, people like you have no business here!
But...! - Cush!
Cush! Go away!
My name is Sadafumi, a student.
What's up?
I want to see the handwriting of all the students.
I, uh. Such a…
How do you feel after that incident?
Okay.
Thanks to Seimei, the sounds stopped.
But…
Has something happened?
Lord Hiromasa?
do you remember
For Ise.
How I wanted to go home so much that I cried.
Yes.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
It must have been terribly lonely for you,
to serve the deities, alone, away from your parents.
Then…
You were by my side, Lord Hiromasa,
and it gave me so much strength.
I never imagined
that even after returning to the capital,
You will teach me the koto again.
But…
But?
Somehow… I still feel…
lonely.
It's like…
I'm missing something.
I feel an unfillable void in me.
Lady Yoshiko.
I… would do anything, anything, for you.
Oh?
Lady Yoshiko…
You and I are first cousins, despite the age difference.
But unlike you, I am no longer part of the imperial family.
I am a simple civil servant.
Lord Hiromasa…
But… if by some incredible stroke of luck…
as impossible as that is,
if you me o…
Lord Seimei!
Э? Seimei?
Hiromasa! I was told you were here.
I need your help.
M-my?
Onmyo students again?
I already told you to have fun!
Why are you following me?
Who do you think they let you go for?
They let me go. I don't need you anymore.
Would a "thank you" do you any good?
This way, gentlemen.
Did he fall from such a height?
Lord Hiromasa!
How kind of you to come all the way here for my Yasuie!
Ah! Uh, no problem.
My Yasuie…he would never kill himself!
Was it suicide?
All his life, nothing has tormented him!
An accident, then?
I can't believe it…
Why would you go to the well in the middle of the night?
He's gone, and not at all peacefully.
He threw the lid aside.
He tried to get water to drink.
And then he was pushed into the well.
What? - How?
Look. There are traces of another person.
What!?
Did he kill Yasuie!?
So there was someone who hated Yasuye.
Can you think of someone?
He really was such a good kid!
You wouldn't incur anyone's hatred! He wasn't that kind of boy!
Then…
who was it!?
Who killed him?
Lord Hiromasa, please find him!
Find out who killed my Yasuie!
Uh? What?
Shall I find it?
Please!
Seimei?
I want to pray for Lord Yasuie's soul.
Where are his remains?
Weren't you going to pray!?
Hey, I'm starting now, don't you see?
Why do you do such a thing?
What thing?
You're an onmyoji, aren't you supposed to guess or something?
Find the killer with fortune telling.
And divination is a type of spell.
It's just a statistic in itself, but the outcome depends on the recipient.
People see and hear only what they want.
Okay, but do you have to desecrate graves!?
You will incur a curse!
What onmyoji would he give to be cursed?
Yes, but you're still a student, aren't you? A simple student.
Those who were cursed by Sugawara-no Michizane's entire family should not call.
What did you say!?
Well, his curse is a spell too.
Types with a very guilty conscience just suggest it to themselves.
Not that I expect your people to understand.
Why are you just making everyone out to be idiots!
Why not call an idiot an idiot?
I only see reality, not what you want me to see.
You will never have friends with this attitude!
Even the idea of ​​"friends" is also a spell.
People just imagine it.
I will never need them.
Poison.
Apparently not a curse.
What?
So… he was killed twice?
First with poison,
and then into the well?
Not.
The poison may have been to lure him to the well. Some poisons make him thirsty.
To the well?
But why?
Some ritual, perhaps?
Say... is the story of the flying plum tree true?
The flying plum tree?
The tree in front of Shishinden in the palace that flew to be with Lord Michizane in Kyushu.
Ah! The stories about Lord Michizane are not of good luck.
What if it throws lightning on our roof too?
Loved it so much, didn't it?
That plum tree.
If it was human, it would be a woman, right?
To fly to be with the one you love.
What's up? Has someone appeared in your heart?
You're not very sensible, are you?
Like anyone else I know.
Is there no way?
We only have two days left!
I will never give up!
There was a big commotion in front of his house!
Really?
There's no way idiots like them could have discovered anything.
what are you doing
Seiryo-den, the home of the emperor
Wonderful!
What a beauty!
How well played!
Hiromasa.
Yes?
Do you know Abe-no Seimei?
Yes?
He is a student in the onmyo office.
I heard that he had banished an entire dragon that was harassing Princess Yoshiko.
You were with him then, weren't you?
Yes.
Is it true that he is the son of a fox?
It might be true.
There can't be such an ill-mannered person like him.
Ill-mannered?
Yes.
Onmyo Bureau Chief, what do you think?
It's not a fox. It's human.
Except…
as a child his parents were killed in front of his eyes
and now he has character issues. That's all.
He is just another student.
It is not worth wasting your valuable time and attention on it.
But… why is the onmyo bureau keeping such a person?
How scary! - Really!
I hear he used to see demons and spirits
and turning them into his shikigami and sending them to kill those he didn't like!
Oh, well then,
the death of that master in the onmyo bureau
must be Seimei's work too!
For sure! - Oh, yes!
Such a cold person would kill someone in the blink of an eye, wouldn't he!
He must have killed him! - Well yes!
And do you remember the curse over the shonagon? - And that should be his job!
Oh, how scary!
Nothing like that!
Seimei is not that kind of person.
He's just a bit weird, and doesn't understand people's feelings,
and may not be very emotional,
but he would not do such terrible things!
And it's not cold.
He just desperately wants to keep a cool head and see only reality.
Was it so?
Hiromasa, you also lost your father as a child and you understand Seimei's feelings, right?
I apologize for raising my voice.
This was indeed unusual for Lord Hiromasa.
Right? - Yes!
I'm sorry.
But anyway, Hiromasa.
I want you to deliver a letter.
A love letter?
That's right.
Do you bestow me with this honor?
I think you are more suitable than anyone else.
Oh!
Thank you for your trust.
I will definitely pass it on.
Yes.
But to whom?
To Princess Yoshiko.
Huh?
Seimei.
How old are you?
I don't want your birthday to curse you. Don't get goosebumps like that.
27.
I am 45.
My family is not noble.
Do you know? The population of this country is 6 million.
Of these, 12,506 are civil servants.
There are 30 ranks from Senior First to Junior Lower Ninth.
The real aristocracy, from the fifth rank upwards, comprised only 150 people.
In other words, these 150 people rule this country.
Even the head of the onmyo bureau, who has the highest post here,
is Junior Fifth Rank, and the upper aristocracy considers him a lowly plebeian.
He makes his living by preying on high aristocrats like your Minamoto-no Hiromasa.
This is the job of an onmyoji.
And what remains for us disciples so far below it?
They don't consider us human at all.
But I still want to try.
To surpass the head of our desk.
To become the emperor's onmyoji?
That's right.
Do you know how much a person earns from the common people?
I want to become a civil servant because of my mother who stayed in the countryside.
But therefore, first I must become a master, I must become a man.
I never got married, I have no children.
And I'm 45.
I don't have much time left.
And what do I have to do with this?
I studied the handwriting of all students here.
Here's your handwriting.
It's the same as the wooden doll with the curse.
You are Yasuye's killer.
From?
That was it.
This incense will help you relax.
Thanks to.
Lord Hiromasa is here to see you.
Lord Hiromasa?
Did he kill the master?
I'm not.
I have no reason to kill him.
He was saying how he didn't want to become a master. But that was just to hide his motive!
You actually want to take his place, don't you?
If that's the motive, all of you here have it.
He's playing smart again!
What were you doing in the archive?
I was looking for information on poisons.
Poisons?
Yes, because someone poisoned Yasuye.
Had he poisoned him?
Why do you think so?
Because I found her in Yasuye's corpse.
Kegare!! What an abomination!
You know because you killed him.
His handwriting on it is the proof.
Anyone can forge a handwriting.
Who do you claim tampered with it?
For example…
you, Sadafumi.
From?
Didn't you kill him?
To rise up. You don't have much time left, do you?
You killed him, and you want to blame it on me.
I investigated the case and found the killer.
Make me a master.
Lock him up somewhere while we investigate.
Take him away.
Come on.
Seimei!
Princess Yoshiko has been kidnapped!
Murday.
Pick it up. - Okay.
Don't let him escape!
Seimei!
Hiromasa!
Run forward!
After him!
Whoever catches him will be a master!
Close the gates!
Catch Seimei!
Hiromasa!
After him!
I will be a master!
So he really was the son of a fox!
After him.
What happened?
But our koto lesson isn't until tomorrow?
Lady Yoshiko…
Today…
I have a letter for you.
A letter?
From you, Lord Hiromasa?
The Emperor…
is already married to Lady Yasuko, who recently gave birth to a princess,
and Lady Nobuko who only died last year!
May you, Lady Yoshiko,
to live with him in the palace.
Why?
Why did you bring me this letter?
It was a personal request from the emperor.
From…
I can't refuse!
Once I read it,
and I can't refuse either, don't you understand!
Why…
Why does everyone always decide everything for me?
And when I was ten years old and I was sent alone to Ise,
I didn't want to go!
I wanted to be with my mother!
And because I went to Ise,
I couldn't even be there for her when she died!
Why did you bring me this letter, Hiromasa?
I wanted…
I wanted a letter from you, Hiromasa!
Why!?
I'm sorry.
From…
I just…
I hate you Hiromasa! I hate you!
I can't anymore.
I want out of here!!
Hiroma…
Lady Yoshiko!
What should I have done?
Let us find Lady Yoshiko first.
Seimei?
Where did he go!?
Did we miss it? Damn it.
Not yet. This way.
Lady Yoshiko.
Lady Yoshiko!
Didn't we pass by here a while ago?
Hiromasa.
With this dance I curse you,
be all absorbed in the subconscious,
follow your passions and kill each other.
Why are we walking around here?
We're looking for Seimei, don't you remember?
And why are we even looking for Seimei?
Because Sadafumi is looking for it.
Sadafumi, huh?
And is it so?
Which one?
Is he even telling the truth?
Also...
even if we catch Seimei,
won't that mean victory for Sadafumi?
Now that you said it, it is.
Wouldn't Sadafumi be better off gone?
Yes…
I was just… starting to think the same thing.
Hiromasa?
Hiromasa!
The place from my dream…
Let hatred become a weapon.
You thought you were going to play me?
I played you.
What?
Such a nasty guy like you
can never stand on top of the onmyoji.
What do you think you are when you don't have any talent?
Take your words back.
And you are the same!
It's mine.
The master's seat is mine!
The emperor's personal onmyoji… it'll be me!
Everything will be mine.
The whole world will be mine!
I won't give it to anyone!
May the fire of hatred burn you all
Father…
Mom…
That's right.
I killed your parents.
Don't close your eyes!
Didn't you just want to see reality!?
Seimei?
What happened?
Did you think of something sad?
Why did you whistle?
Why?
I play my flute all the time.
When I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm afraid.
That's how my heart calms down.
And I stop caring about all sorts of little things.
And then, all is well with my world.
Your flute saved me.
Thank you.
Huh?
You said "thank you"!?
He said it!
Tell me again!
The second time will no longer be with feeling.
No, there is no such thing!
I will be happy as many times as you thank me!
I want you to do it often. Often!
More importantly, Hiromasa, is that even if we look for Lady Yoshiko, we will not find her.
Why?
Even... the more we look for it, the more it won't be there.
I thought this was a real place
but it isn't.
What does that mean?
We are in the subconscious.
This place is…
the world of the unconscious, deep in the human subconscious.
Brother?
What you harbor in your heart appears here, amplified and magnified.
If you give in to your passions,
this world will swallow you up and you will never come back.
How did we even get here?
We fell into a curse.
Kind of like hypnosis.
When?
Most likely, then…
Lady Yoshiko!
From…
I don't understand anything anymore.
That is…
Where is Lady Yoshiko? How can we save her?
In the depths of their consciousness, all people are connected.
That's why you and I are here now.
We need some thread to lead us to her consciousness.
Thread?
Your flute.
It's playing. Some tune you played with Lady Yoshiko.
Lady Yoshiko?
Lady Yoshiko.
Hiromasa…
Yes?
Why did you bring me that letter, Hiromasa?
Because…
Because the emperor... - You lie!
Bring it because you hate me!
Always, always, always, always…
everyone does exactly that!
Nobody cares about my feelings!
Everyone decides everything for me!
Everyone, always, ignores me!
Is that much...
do you hate me that much
That's why you brought it to me, right?
Not…
just the opposite, it's the exact opposite!
i loved you so much
that I couldn't say anything.
You're lying.
I'm not lying.
Then why didn't you kidnap me, why didn't you run away with me!
Why didn't you tell me how you felt, why didn't you lose the letter!
Lady Yoshiko…
from…
I can't do anything.
All I need to be happy is to play my flute.
I'm good at nothing but music.
I don't know if I have any future.
I might lose my rank and live in some ruin.
I don't care about that at all!
Lady Yoshiko.
If it wasn't about the emperor, I might…
if I had gathered even just a little more courage, I might…
maybe I would really run away somewhere far away with you.
But…
I'm actually sure
that the emperor is a worthy choice for you.
I would have been happier with you, not the emperor!
Lady Yoshiko.
So far,
how long did you spend with the emperor?
The future may hold happiness you don't know yet.
And…
you will not lose what has made you happy so far.
When I play my flute, I am happy even when I am alone.
Don't you feel the same way?
Remember.
When you play the koto, you…
aren't you happy even if you are alone?
And also...
my love for you…
it will never change.
Regardless
who are you with
i will love you
Lady Yoshiko…
From…
always…
I was lonely.
I thought mom and dad abandoned me
and always…
I thought I was all alone.
But…
when i came here
I realized something.
From…
never
I was not alone.
Thank you.
Hiromasa.
Now I'm really…
a lot
happy.
Lady Yoshiko.
Lady Yoshiko!
Hiromasa!
Something is coming.
Hiromasa, run.
What is this!? What are we going to do!?
Quiet! I'm considering it now! We must escape from this world!
Seimei, do something!
If this is the subconscious world, you can influence consciousness! Act!
That's right. You're right.
Uh?
The water element defeats the fire element. We need lots and lots of water. Let's go!
Run!
Seimei!
Hiromasa!
My hands.
My hands…
My hands!
This is the end!
This is the end! With these hands… with these hands I can't play anymore!
Hiromasa, listen to me!
You won't die.
I won't let you die.
I don't care!
If I can't play, I'd rather be dead!
Hiromasa!
Trust me.
I swear.
I swear you will play again.
I can't trust you when you don't trust anyone.
I believe in your flute.
I believe in your music.
If I believe you…
will i be able to play again
Yes.
do you swear
I swear.
Therefore, believe in me.
Okay.
I believe you.
I won't forgive you.
I will wipe you off the face of the earth.
It's all mine! Mine!
It's all mine!
Мое!
It's all mine!
Come, water dragon, sleeping beneath the capital!
It's all mine!
The son of Abe-no Masuki,
Abe-no Seimei commands you.
Find the source of this spell…
and smash it!
What…!?
Impossible!
Such a thing does not exist in the world of reality!
Lord Hiromasa.
We're back in our own world.
Lord Hiromasa.
Where is Seimei!?
If we are here, then he is alive and well.
So we saved ourselves.
Yes.
Lady Yoshiko…
Excuse my behavior.
Lord Hiromasa.
The two of us
always
we will be connected in an invisible place.
I realized this while I was in that strange, mysterious place.
Lord Hiromasa.
I made a decision.
I am going to be with the emperor.
Lady Yoshiko.
Congratulations.
I finally regained my lost memories.
It was you, wasn't it?
You killed my parents.
And not only that.
Uses Doctor of Astronomy Korekuni
to cast a spell over the students.
Chief of the Onmyo Bureau.
Why?
Do you think I'll tell you?
I think.
People love to talk about themselves.
Whether it's for your wins or your losses.
Then I would tell you the same thing that Sadafumi already told you.
Sadafumi was 45. I am 70.
That's the only difference.
It will soon be two years since you took the throne.
Isn't it time to choose who will be your personal onmyoji?
If no one else has caught your attention,
I think the head of the onmyo desk is appropriate.
Chief of the Onmyo Bureau.
Yes?
If you condescend to consider me suitable…
I will devote myself fully
in body and spirit,
in service to Your Respected Majesty.
Do you know an Abe-no Seimei?
He had subdued an entire dragon in Yoshiko's home.
And the doctor of astronomy, Korekuni, you were an accomplice, weren't you?
It was very easy to win him over.
You want me to be…
the next onmyo bureau chief?
It helped me so much.
He forged your handwriting on the wooden doll with the curse.
And then…
we prepared the ground by planting suggestions in the minds of the students.
Kaneshige was so confident that it was a glowing charcoal rod,
that it affected his body.
This is called suggestion. Or also known as hypnosis.
In this way, suggestions can be planted on whole groups of people.
Why did he involve Princess Yoshiko?
Unlike the other students, my suggestions don't work for you, do they?
Instead of them,
I used the power that Princess Yoshiko possesses.
This is lotus leaf incense.
It will certainly help Lady Yoshiko.
Because I thought she would be a good catalyst,
which will take you even deeper into the subconscious.
According to the result of the divination,
The outcome will be most favorable if you entrust the letter to Lord Hiromasa.
I knew you would follow her and try to find her.
Хиромаса!
In other words, she was the bait sinking deeper and deeper.
You turned the students at the onmyo desk into kodoku ingredients.
That's right, Seimei.
That's exactly what I did.
I locked them in the pot of the subconscious,
I made them fight each other
knowing that you will probably be the last survivor.
I wanted to appropriate your power like this.
Every year
I make fortunes for every single member of the onmyo bureau.
To eliminate anyone who gets in my way.
And did he kill my parents because of the result of the divination?
Didn't you just want to see reality!?
That's right.
Your father was a really talented onmyoji.
And stood in my way.
What do you say?
My divination skills are second to none, aren't they?
If they were so unsurpassed, you would have foreseen this end as well.
Yes.
You will be my undoing.
And in the end,
you will become the emperor's personal onmyoji.
But this is just a guess!
If I believed such things, I would be the same as those fools.
I can change the final result as much as I want!
I haven't lost yet.
I still have a chance.
I still have a chance to become the emperor's personal onmyoji.
And he is…
now!
Do you remember her?
This is the doll you buried with my parents.
No, it isn't.
She must have rotted away a long time ago!
I brought her from the world of consciousness.
Turning consciousness into matter is the heart of magic.
She doesn't exist.
People can't do that!
They can.
At least I can.
But it's a secret from everyone.
I invoke the late Right Minister, Tenman-daijizai-tenjin Sugawara-no Michizane.
Impossible!
Lord Michizane!
As head of the onmyo bureau, I give you the highest possible honor.
Is not a vengeful spirit most worthy of thee?
This is impossible! It can't be real!
The son of Abe-no Masuki,
Abe-no Seimei commands you.
Give to the head of the onmyo desk
the most deserved punishment.
So you are…
a real wizard!?
Yes.
Unlike all of you.
What a beautiful moon.
Yes.
Seimei?
What?
And I still didn't quite understand.
What exactly happened there?
Where do you mean?
Well, that... Were we really in the world of consciousness?
Yes.
So… all this happened only in our minds.
In the real world , none of this happened ?
That's right.
Neither the dragon nor the battle?
All this happened in our hearts.
This world remains peace itself.
I can't believe it.
To me everything that happened in the world of consciousness was real,
and that we are here now is real.
Are you saying that to you reality and truth are the same thing?
Well yes. And for you?
But isn't this a normal thing?
It's normal, I guess.
If you die in your heart, you die in reality.
The students who died in the world of consciousness were also dead in ours.
And I didn't die because...
I believed in you!
You saved me!
Not true, Hiromasa. You saved yourself.
Did I do that?
Reality and truth, the subjective and the objective:
when i'm with you i suddenly don't care about all that.
After all, we have nothing but the moment we are experiencing now.
That's right! Now we drink sake.
That's all I got.
And…
you and me
we are connected in an invisible place.
Hiromasa.
You are such a good person.
Who do you think is best for my personal onmyoji?
Now that they have lost their head of office and their doctorate in astronomy,
next in order of seniority is the Doctor of Onmyo.
I think Kamo-no Tadayuki is the most suitable.
Is that so?
What do you say, Tadayuki?
Will you be my onmyoji?
What's up?
Just…
he just recently became a master but…
I would like to
to recommend Abe-no Seimei.
Seimei?
Is that so?
Seimei, huh?
I understand…
so the fiery dragon is envy incarnate,
and the water - on the underground lake under the capital.
However, what then was Lady Yoshiko's golden dragon?
Do you want to know?
I want
He was…
the embodiment of her love for you.
What?
Her feelings were also what made the strings of the koto break.
That was the whole point.
Was that it?
Hiromasa.
Will you play a little whistle?
Why suddenly?
I thought there was nothing wrong with wanting to hear you sometimes.
Translation: mizunoiro