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It is said that life's
encounters are governed by fate.

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Tangled up in the threads of fate...

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...are the ill-fated blossoms,
pitiful and frail.

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Lost in anger, sorrow, and tears...

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Beyond the veil of midnight,

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the retribution that you are
helpless to reap shall be yours.

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A butterfly, hanging upside down,
that will head towards the light sometime

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The reflection in the mirror
as we cut our hair

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Footsteps echoing
in the hallway during class

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The sound of rain follows us ceaselessly

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Purely what we feel is blinding
and can take the shape of a sweet flower

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Or the shape of a poisonous fruit

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Rain again today

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I want to link that day to now, sky-to-sky

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In this craziness, uncertainty

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Will we be able to leave a trace
of each of our emotions somewhere?

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In this craziness, you gave me life

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To what bounds can we
safeguard one emotion?

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In this craziness, uncertainty

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Will we be able to leave a trace
of each of our selves somewhere?

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In this craziness, you gave me life

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To what bounds can we
safeguard each of our selves?

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"Ryoko Takamura"

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"Mayumi Hashimoto"

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"Misato Tamura"

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"Regular Coffeehouse"

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"Regular Coffeehouse"

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Tsugumi...

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Hey, Tsugumi?

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Could it be you saw something?

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Yeah.

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Where? What place did you see?

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A bookstore. They had old books.

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Must be a used bookstore.

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What was the name of the store?

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Then, what kind of bookstore was it?
What kind of books did they have?

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What kind of books?

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Like did they have manga?
Or novels? Or foreign books?

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I won't know if you won't say anything.

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Even just the title of a book...

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Why can't you tell me?

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Let me guess. Did they have
adult magazines or something?

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Bull's-eye, huh?

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I see, so it's a bookstore
with lots of pervy books...

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Hajime, you jerk!

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"Free Time Hanseido Bookstore"

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"Newly Remodeled"

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"Newly Remodeled"
The place Tsugumi saw

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"Newly Remodeled"
was an old antiquarian bookstore
that sells nothing but risque books.

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was an old antiquarian bookstore
that sells nothing but risque books.

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"Planned For Development
Ohkuchi Bookstore"

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"Used Books"

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"Used Books"
Next door is an old cafe.

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Next door is an old cafe.

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The owner is a middle-aged man who
has a parakeet and looks like a toad.

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Where the heck is this store?

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What's that girl up to?

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I wonder what the Miss plans to do.

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Who knows?

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It doesn't matter.

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If it ever comes down to it,
we'll take care of that man.

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You know that, right?

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Yeah.

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"Regular Coffeehouse"

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"Regular Coffeehouse"

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"Egurodo
We buy used books."

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"Egurodo
We buy used books."
I see.

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I see.

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He looks like a toad, all right.

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Now, what to do?

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Guess I'll just go for broke.

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Hell Link.

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You know it, don't you?

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We deal in most magazines of this
sort up to around the Showa year 40,
(Showa year 40 is 1965.)

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but I don't recall any called "Hell Link."

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Around when was it published?

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W-Well, if you don't have it, that's fine.

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Titles composed of 4 characters
are pretty common in every era.

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What does the cover look like?

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Like is it realistic? Or psychedelic?

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Clothed or unclothed?

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Uh, I'm probably remembering it wrong.
Forget I asked.

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Is this man unrelated to Hell Link?

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My gut instinct tells me otherwise.

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And what's up with that bird?

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It's suspicious! Too suspicious!

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The man or the bird?
Which is the boss of which?

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No, that's not the issue! Get a grip!

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Why was Ai here? Think!

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There was a girl that
came by before noon, right?

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Oh, do you know her?

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No, I just saw her come in here
and it made me wonder.

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What was she doing in here?

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She reads without buying.
The book over on that shelf.

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We used to see them once
in a while in the old days.

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Girls, who look like model students.

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They probably came out of sheer curiosity.

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But that was the first time
we'd seen a pretty girl like her.

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Th-This is...

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"Purgatory Girl"
Th-This is...

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"Purgatory Girl"
"Purgatory Girl"?

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"'Have you heard of something called
Purgatory Link?'

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An old friend of mine
brought it up one day.

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I could not suppress my murderous rage,

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and I finally tossed the letter addressed
to Purgatory Link into the mailbox.

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Instantly, I felt a presence behind me.

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I turned around to find a beautiful,
yet sweet looking girl.

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Standing there was Purgatory Girl."

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Beautiful, yet sweet looking, huh?

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If you access Hell Link,

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they say Hell Girl will
get revenge for you.

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This story is the same.

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Send a letter to Purgatory Link
and Purgatory Girl

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will get revenge for you.

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"Publication Date Showa 25 (1950)
Published by Shinnosuke Miyaji
Publisher Heiwado Publishing"
will get revenge for you.

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"Publication Date Showa 25 (1950)
Published by Shinnosuke Miyaji
Publisher Heiwado Publishing"
The problem is that

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"Publication Date Showa 25 (1950)
Published by Shinnosuke Miyaji
Publisher Heiwado Publishing"
this story was written over 50 years ago.

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"Contact Info
Kouhokuchou Aza Hanauchidai
Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo
Printer Bisho Printing"
this story was written over 50 years ago.

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this story was written over 50 years ago.

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Is this similarity a coincidence?

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"Art and Text by
Goto Hell"

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"Egurodo
We buy used books."

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"Egurodo
We buy used books."
Goto Hell...

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"Egurodo
We buy used books."
Go-to-hell! Go-to-hell!

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Go-to-hell! Go-to-hell!

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About this author...

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Purgatory Link...

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"
Purgatory Link...

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"
Oh, so what you were looking for earlier
wasn't a magazine, but this...

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Oh, so what you were looking for earlier
wasn't a magazine, but this...

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--That's ri...
--That's right. What else has he written?

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That's right.

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"
With magazines like this,

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"
authors commonly used
multiple pen names

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"
or made up pen names for one-time use.

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"
Goto Hell... So he did
both the art and text.

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Goto Hell... So he did
both the art and text.

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This illustration looks just like
the work of the artist Fukumoto,

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but the rest are completely different.

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Hold on. It's possible that
multiple people worked on it, too.

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Oh, this is "Flesh and
Cherry Blossoms," right?

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The chief editor's still alive.

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His name's Miyabe.

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I apologize for the late hour.

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I called earlier. My name is Shibata.

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Father? He's here.

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Pardon me.

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I'm Shibata.

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This is about "Flesh and
Cherry Blossoms," correct?

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Please have a seat.

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Oh, yes, sir.

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Goto Hell...

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"Purgatory Girl"
Goto Hell...

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"Purgatory Girl"
Yes. He wrote a story
called "Purgatory Link."

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Yes. He wrote a story
called "Purgatory Link."

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This is a story that Fukumoto wrote.

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Fukumoto?

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An artist who used to draw covers
and illustrations for us back then.

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This is probably the only time
he also wrote the story.

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The owner of Egurodo told me

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that one of the illustrations
looks like Fukumoto's work,

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but that the others were different.

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I believe he changed his style on purpose.

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Here it is.

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"Purgatory Girl"

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What is this photo?

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Oh, that.

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We once took all the writers
to Atami on vacation.

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The one on the far left is Fukumoto.

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This man in the cape?

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That's right. And the one
next to him is Ohkouchi.

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He was our main writer back then.

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He worked as a pair with Fukumoto.

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They were apparently good friends
outside of work, too.

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It was right after this
that Ohkouchi passed away.

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Ohkouchi passed away so suddenly,

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we were in a real furor
about how to fill in for him.

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That's when Fukumoto suddenly
showed up with that story.

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The subject matter wasn't
entirely satisfactory,

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but we didn't have time,

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so we printed it with an eye
towards just filling the pages.

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It was poorly received.

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After all, neither the story
nor the art fit in with our style.

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In particular, Purgatory Girl
was far too neat and clean.

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This was?

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Originally, a different illustration
was supposed to go there.

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"
Originally, a different illustration
was supposed to go there.

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"
I replaced it with another piece
that Fukumoto had drawn before.

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I replaced it with another piece
that Fukumoto had drawn before.

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The illustration itself was extremely good.

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It just didn't fit the magazine.

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It might be his greatest masterpiece.

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This is the original Purgatory Girl.

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Hell Girl...

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Ai...

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The protagonist in
"Purgatory Link" is an illustrator.

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He has a beautiful wife.

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One day, popular author, O,
has his way with the wife

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and in her distress, she commits suicide.

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The protagonist comes to feel
a murderous rage towards O.

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And then...

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Fukumoto's wife was an
incredibly beautiful woman.

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But one day, she took her own life.

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It wasn't clear why she committed suicide.

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And Fukumoto never talked about it.

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It was right after that,
that Ohkouchi passed away.

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The cause of his death
was never clear, either.

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It's similar.

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Huh?

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The wife commits suicide
and the friend dies...

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In terms of the storyline,
it's exactly the same.

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Oh, that's true.

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He must have thought of the story
because of their deaths.

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Where is Mr. Fukumoto now?

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I haven't the slightest.
Not even if he's alive or dead.

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After that, the industry fell into decline
due to regulations and such.

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I heard rumors that Fukumoto
became a movie billboard artist, but...

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If you're all right
with a 50-year-old address...

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"Minowabashi"

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"Umezawa Hall of Photography"

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"Umezawa Hall of Photography"
50 years...

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"Umezawa Hall of Photography"
The town must look
completely different by now.

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"Miwanobashi Shopping Arcade"
The town must look
completely different by now.

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"Miwanobashi Shopping Arcade"

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Could Fukumoto still be living there?

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Things couldn't have
possibly changed more.

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The town was gone.

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"Do Not Enter"
The town was gone.

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"Do Not Enter"
There were some
private homes here and there,

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but it could no longer be called a town.

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An old apartment building
that must have been elegant once.

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It's practically deserted now.

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He's here!

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Mr. Fukumoto? Mr. Fukumoto?

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Mr. Fukumoto! Mr. Fukumoto!

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You're home, aren't you?!

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There's no doubt that he's in there.

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What can I do?

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00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:52,115
Mr. Fukumoto, there's something
I'd like to talk to you about.

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"Yamanashi
Mandarin Oranges"

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"Yamanashi
Mandarin Oranges"
Mr. Fukumoto,

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"Yamanashi
Mandarin Oranges"
I'd like you to tell me about this girl.

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It's your work, Purgatory Girl.

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00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:12,840
But I've met her in real life.

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Her name is Ai Enma.
She is known as Hell Girl.

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"Yamanashi
Mandarin Oranges"

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Come on in.

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Y-Yes, sir.

250
00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:33,933
I have no time left.

251
00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:37,670
I don't want to be bothered
by unnecessary things.

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No time?

253
00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:44,143
My body is beginning to
fail me in various ways.

254
00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:47,680
I could drop dead today
and it wouldn't be surprising.

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00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,917
Then I will get straight to the point.

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00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:55,478
You've met Hell Girl, haven't you?

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"

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"Flesh and Cherry Blossoms"
What's written in here is something
you actually experienced, isn't it?

259
00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:12,471
Wh-What is this nonsense?

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00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:16,041
I want to know just who she is.

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And why she does this.

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00:16:19,411 --> 00:16:22,548
There's a homepage called Hell Link.

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00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:26,618
There are rumors that if you write
in there, your grievance will be avenged

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and young people are accessing that site.

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00:16:29,855 --> 00:16:31,957
There are even people
who have really gone missing!

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00:16:31,957 --> 00:16:34,858
I would like to stop this somehow!

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00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:41,858
In my time, it was in the
newspaper's missing persons column.

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I heard about it from Ohkouchi.

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00:16:47,373 --> 00:16:51,510
He asked, "Have you heard
the rumors about Hell Link?"

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The rumor went that if you
wrote a letter to Hell Link,

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your grievance would be avenged for you.

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The contact address was written

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in a blank space in the
newspaper's missing persons column.

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But only those with a
strong grievance could see it.

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At the time, I thought it
was of no concern to me.

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But...

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For the first time in my life,
I seriously considered...

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When I thought that...

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"Your grievance shall be avenged."

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00:17:42,961 --> 00:17:46,226
It all happened just
as it's written there.

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"She told him, 'However,
once you have your retribution,

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you will have to pay
the price for it as well.

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00:18:02,147 --> 00:18:04,450
Curses come home to roost.

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00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:08,387
After you die, your soul
will also go to Hell."'

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00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:09,922
That's right.

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00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:12,257
And this is the price for it.

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00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:14,953
The seal that marks me
as being bound for Hell.

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00:18:19,631 --> 00:18:25,204
When I entered into that covenant,
I thought that was a long way off.

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00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:30,209
Thinking back now, my life has
been a battle against this seal.

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"Choice Movie Premieres
All Production Companies"

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00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:33,112
"Choice Movie Premieres
All Production Companies"
In an attempt to forget about the seal,

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00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:33,979
In an attempt to forget about the seal,

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00:18:33,979 --> 00:18:37,416
there was a period where
I devoted myself to my work.

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00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:41,920
I also tried seeking
salvation through religion.

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00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:46,792
In utter despair, I even
became absorbed in gambling.

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00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:49,761
Then, thinking to at least
make myself useful to my fellow man,

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00:18:49,761 --> 00:18:52,355
I threw myself into volunteer work.

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00:18:56,768 --> 00:19:01,974
But no matter what I did,
nothing lifted my spirits.

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This seal proclaims my fate.

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That when I die, I will go
to Hell to suffer for eternity.

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00:19:15,754 --> 00:19:19,281
I'll show you my final piece of work.

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00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:38,343
Ai Enma...

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00:19:38,343 --> 00:19:44,249
When I go to Hell,
I may get to see her again.

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00:19:44,249 --> 00:19:46,718
That is the one thing I look forward to.

305
00:19:46,718 --> 00:19:48,320
Look forward to?!

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00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:53,392
She ruined your life!

307
00:19:53,392 --> 00:19:55,961
You're wrong about that.

308
00:19:55,961 --> 00:19:59,831
The one who ruined my life is Ohkouchi.

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00:19:59,831 --> 00:20:01,066
But!

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00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:05,837
Back then, Ohkouchi carried
a handgun for his own protection.

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00:20:05,837 --> 00:20:10,742
If I had tried to avenge my wife myself,

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00:20:10,742 --> 00:20:13,912
he might have turned the tables on me.

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00:20:13,912 --> 00:20:17,783
I am even grateful to her.

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00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:21,987
Just what in the world is Hell Girl?!

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00:20:21,987 --> 00:20:23,922
A being that is not human.

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00:20:23,922 --> 00:20:28,894
No, perhaps she was once human.

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00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:31,830
There are texts from as early
as the middle of the Edo period

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that have accounts of Hell Girl.

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00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:37,803
The Edo period...

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00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:40,405
No, likely, it goes
back further than that.

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00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:43,208
Probably the
Azuchi-Momoyama period or so...

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00:20:43,208 --> 00:20:45,199
The Warring States period...

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00:20:47,512 --> 00:20:51,450
Why did you decide to
write "Purgatory Link"?

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00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:56,888
Perhaps that was not my will, but hers.

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00:20:56,888 --> 00:21:01,560
At any rate, I had to tell someone.

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00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,324
Someone? Is that...

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00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,996
Yes. You.

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00:21:53,912 --> 00:21:58,212
You would cry for me?

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00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:09,154
Mr. Fukumoto?

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00:22:23,575 --> 00:22:26,009
At last, we meet again.

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00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:31,450
You haven't changed.

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00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:34,044
You're as beautiful as ever.

333
00:22:39,925 --> 00:22:44,555
Will I see Ohkouchi in Hell?

334
00:22:49,801 --> 00:22:51,703
Hell is...

335
00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:54,001
...a pretty vast place, too.

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00:23:13,091 --> 00:23:19,798
Always a dead end

337
00:23:19,798 --> 00:23:26,471
There is no escape

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00:23:26,471 --> 00:23:34,579
I place my sorrow upon a bird in the sky

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00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:38,845
And I'll let it fly

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00:23:43,455 --> 00:23:47,259
This place is ephemeral

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00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:58,236
An eternity that binds me

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00:23:58,236 --> 00:24:05,243
Coming or going

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00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:16,814
All that passes by are dreams

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00:24:30,669 --> 00:24:32,571
Your name?

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00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:34,239
Saki Kirino.

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00:24:34,239 --> 00:24:38,176
You say that your father
did nothing wrong?

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00:24:38,176 --> 00:24:40,111
The one in the wrong is that man!

348
00:24:40,111 --> 00:24:43,048
All Father tried to do
was to reveal his crime!

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00:24:43,048 --> 00:24:44,483
And yet...

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00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:46,184
Poor Father!

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00:24:46,184 --> 00:24:48,286
Your wish?

352
00:24:48,286 --> 00:24:51,790
Banish him to Hell for me!

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00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:55,494
Your grievance has been heard.

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00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:55,660
Your grievance has been heard.

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00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:59,357
Next time, "Beyond the Dead End."