Asumu
Please sit in a well-lit room, at a comfortable distance, when watching.
My name is Kiriya Kyousuke.
Nice to meet you.
Hey, you okay?
Hibiki.
Hibiki!
I'm feeling strong today.
That's...
My child is still in there!
Let me go!
I can't, ma'am! Please calm down!
My child is still in there!
Save him! Please!
Kiriya!
Dad.
Hey!
Hibiki!
Thank you, boy.
Hibiki!
Alright, let's pursue.
Right.
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Volume Thirty­One
Surpassing Father
Hey... why haven't you said anything?
If I ask you questions, will you answer them?
Hey.
Can you not tell anyone what you just saw?
It's not really a big secret or anything...
It's not quite a secret...
It just seems like you shouldn't tell too many people.
I get it.
More importantly, I want to apologize to you.
Huh?
For saying you're a boring guy.
Seems that I was mistaken.
It looks like we have a long friendship ahead of us.
Ibuki.
It appears that we've lost track of it.
It was a Kasha.
But it's strange...
Yes, there's no sign at all of a Douji or Hime.
Anyway, we'll keep chasing the Makamou.
Hibiki, please help out at Tachibana's.
Hey!
Why am I being left out?
I heard about the branch chief and Hinaka.
They're sick and bedridden.
It's rough, isn't it?
Yeah.
It is rough.
School grounds are restricted to staff and students only. -Principal
I wanted to get something for Katsuo and Kiko.
It should be something interesting...
Interesting? Like what?
You'll think of something.
I'm going back to the classroom.
Okay, bye.
Bye.
Mochida.
Ah, Kiriya.
Can I have a moment? I want to ask you something.
You're close to Adachi, right?
Um... yeah...
I want to be friends with him too.
So I want to know more about him.
Will you tell me?
Especially about his friends.
For example...
Do you know this one?
A person named Hibiki?
I'm home.
Welcome home.
You're late. Your friend's here.
Friend?
Nice, nice.
I like handsome boys like that.
Hey.
Sorry I just came over.
Kiriya!
Seems like you don't have any secrets.
The people who fought that monster yesterday...
I thought you were one of them,
but it looks like I was wrong.
You're not that close to that Hibiki person.
Right?
That's not true.
Then do you fight together?
No, but...
Right?
You do things half-assed.
How can you say that?
By the way, you said you don't have a father,
but he's not dead, right?
Do you see him?
I don't.
Why?
My father died when I was a child.
It frustrates me.
Now I can never surpass my father.
Why don't you see your father?
Why?
Well... because...
Men become strong by surpassing their fathers.
Aren't you just running away?
Someone like that can't be close to Hibiki.
So his name is Kiriya Kyousuke?
In five more years, he'll be as handsome as Hibiki.
Why aren't you eating?
Does it taste bad?
Oh, no.
Of course not, of course not.
Can I ask you something?
It's about Dad though.
What is it, all of a sudden?
Why did you get divorced?
Wow, straight to the point, huh?
No, it's just that... you said you'd tell me when I grew up.
But if you don't want to, it's fine.
No.
It's not that I don't want to.
Let me see...
Maybe it's that we both worked too hard.
Let me get the fish.
Why would working hard cause a divorce?
We worked so hard that we lost sight of what was around us.
He and I both had things we wanted to do.
And so...
I guess we both lost sight of each other.
Oh... I don't really get it.
See, you don't understand.
So, Asumu, you're still a child.
Eat up and grow.
You have to eat well.
Alright.
Can I go see him?
Ah... sorry. I was joking.
So basically, your friend said you were afraid of seeing your father?
Yes.
But... it's not that I'm afraid...
I'm just considering my mother's feelings.
I see.
But...
I can understand what your friend meant.
Boy.
You're using your mother's feelings as a shield to avoid seeing your father.
Something like that.
Well, that's just my intuition.
That might be true.
I don't really know, though.
Boy.
Why not just go for it?
If you see things with your own eyes,
you might find a new answer.
If thinking confuses you, then you just have to act.
Okay.
Looks like the new Makamou is going well.
And soon they'll be complete.
Welcome!
Alright.
You're the first customer today.
Here, sit down.
Is there someone named Hibiki here?
I heard I could meet him if I came here.
Hibiki?
Hibiki is...
Umm... umm... oh!
Me!
You are?
So, how can I help you?
I got it! You're the boy's friend!
I don't know whether or not I can be friends with Adachi yet.
More importantly, Hibiki.
Please have a contest with me!
A contest? Doing what?
Anything! I want to surpass you!
Ah... hold on. As you can see, I'm really busy.
So if you're not going to order, please go home and study.
Then...
I'd like mitarashi dumplings.
Mitarashi dumplings, right?
Alright.
The Kataokas aren't home.
Oh, thank you.
Umm... do you know them well?
Hmm... we are neighbors, after all.
They're all nice people.
The husband is even building a doghouse for my Beth.
Well... he's still working on it, though...
He's a busy man, you see.
Even though it's Sunday, he went to the office this morning.
Hey, hey, hey.
This...
Won't you try it?
It's a limited-time item.
They're called crimson millet dumplings.
I asked for mitarashi dumplings.
Not millet dumplings.
Don't say that. These are tasty too.
Won't you try them?
No!
Hibiki!
Oh! Welcome! It's been a while!
I came for millet dumplings!
Millet dumplings?!
I've been waiting for you two, Yuuko-rin, Miho-rin. Sit down, sit down.
Ah! Millet dumplings, right?
I have something good then.
Here, check it out!
This is a limited-time item.
They're called crimson millet dumplings.
They look so delicious!
Aren't they pretty?
And they're really tasty!
It appears that Kataoka just left to go to the site.
Really?
Which site?
I'm sorry, but who would you be?
It's fine.
Okay.
Kataoka also went to the site?
Yeah. If we don't hurry, we'll get yelled at.
That man sure is scary when he's mad.
He doesn't even need to go to the site, since he's the department head.
But... having drinks with him after work sure is great.
Please wait a moment.
Shouldn't you do this?
Thanks!
- See you again. - Thank you for the food!
How did you do that? Teach me!
Hibiki!
What are you doing asking a guest?
Pull yourself together!
I can help, if you'd like?
Umm... who are you?
Ibuki, there's a hit.
Where?
It seems to be surprisingly close by.
Akira!
Right!
He collapsed?
Yeah.
He was just taken to the hospital.
That guy really pushes himself too hard.
He's the kind of person that would even do manual labor at a site.
Which hospital?
The New Shiraoka Hospital right nearby.
What a waste.
This isn't manual labor, after all.
You really are clumsy.
New Shiraoka Hospital
Excuse me. Can I please have Mr. Kataoka's account?
Okay.
Please wait a moment.
Okay.
Sir.
Kataoka is currently heading to a restaurant in a taxi.
I'm glad it wasn't anything serious.
To ignore the doctor's advice and rush out because he promised to eat with his family...
He really is immortal.
He cares that much about his family.
Umm...
Do you know where that restaurant is?
Boss, Hinaka...
Please get well soon.
So even an Oni can be moved to tears.
Hinaka.
That means something different.
Sorry.
Excuse me.
Hibiki!
Akira just called. They found the Kasha.
I'm off.
Thank you for your patience.
Hibiki, wait!
I'm off.
Excuse me!
What about the shop?
Dad, isn't it tasty?
It's delicious.
Oh. You're the one from before.
Umm... I have a favor to ask.
Can you let me make the doghouse?
Huh?
Here I go.
Scorching Deep Crimson Style!
Scorching
Deep Crimson
Scorching
Deep Crimson
Alright.
I feel refreshed.
Yo. I'll give you a ride.
No charge.
Well, did you see him?
I didn't.
Really?
I didn't see him...
but I met him.
I see.
Hey, Mom.
Is it okay for me to like Dad?
Of course!
He was the man I fell in love with, after all.
So...
Shall we go eat something tasty today? Eating out!
Okay.
Hibiki, eh?
Someday, you will be mine.
Definitely.
Surpassing Father
It is as if you are wholly transparent
As if everything is passing through you
Is that not how it feels?
Boy! If you are going to journey...
Then you must have clear skies in your heart!
Hit the beat! Keep your beat!
Seek out the places that move your heart!
Hit the beat! Keep your beat!
Find what no one else can do!
That is your resonance!
You should search for yourself.
It's Armed Saber.
Of all the weapons I've created, this is the greatest.
That sword's aura is so strong...
it causes you to lose the ability to transform.
Volume Thirty­Two
Song
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Volume Thirty-Two: Bursting with Song.