Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole (出禁のモグラ)

Episode 6 "Brothers and Sisters"

It's dangerous to dwell on your emotions in isolation.

It makes them fester.

That's one of the ways an evil spirit is created.

She inhabited a small world, interacting and speaking with no one—

in this case, shackled by her family.

Evil spirits are people whose emotions were allowed to fester!

Hey, wait! You can't go in there!

I'll talk to her!

Thanks, little brother!

I don't know which room they're in.

Idiot!

This hospital is huge. Where are they?

Also, there are a ton of spirits.

Vwip

Could it be?

Is this coward performing a threat display in the direction of "something scary"?

Wow, he's like Kitaro's yokai antenna!

Even cowards are useful sometimes.

He's like Bubbles from the Michael Jackson Mega Drive game.

I played it a ton when they had it at the candy shop.

I have no idea what you're trying to say!

Time to die, old man!

Shrieeek

Shrieeek

Who the hell are you?

If you do that, you'll be sent to Hell!

I've seen lots of spirits like you!

Did you know?

Unlike in this world, trials in the afterlife are fiercely impartial and harsh!

So what?!

I'm gonna teach him a lesson for treating us like nothing!

Magi, I bet you think it'd be quickest to have one of the Nekozuku cats eat this spirit.

Well, so do I.

I try to think that way.

But I find that hard to swallow, especially after hearing what happened!

Plus, there's something the Nekozuku family can't do!

And that's this!

Why?

He's getting better.

Damn!

Damn, damn, damn!

What did you do?!

Listen, miss.

This guy's probably not as mentally strong as you think.

He's probably emotionally destroyed right now.

He'll have to live another decade-plus after experiencing that.

That's hell. It's enough.

Will that save Miya?

No!

Whether he lives or dies, it won't save her!

He may be the one who started it,

but now there are all kinds of things feeding into it!

There's nothing you or I can do about your sister.

I'm sorry about that!

I just want to give you one less reason to go to Hell.

That's all I can do!

I can't interfere between you sisters or your family.

Besides, I just met your little sister.

But I won't let someone who's trying to save a person become a bad guy!

I won't stand for it,

even though it's one of the world's unsolvable problems!

In that moment, I understood why he's never gathered enough flames.

At the same time, I wondered what he was projecting.

Sis?

It looks just like her.

Miya.

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I got in so much trouble.

That nurse was cute, though.

Thank you, little brother panda— I mean, Ume-chan.

I hope they're okay.

Oh, Mogura-san's not a bad guy or anything.

It's okay. I know.

Despite how he seems, my brother's a good judge of character.

He wouldn't bring over anyone really bad.

My brother's surprisingly bad at managing his relationships.

He tends to get dragged into things.

I know what you mean.

I'm good at relationships, so I know when to stick my nose into people's business.

That's why I don't mind talking to girls. If anything, I enjoy it.

People often say my brother's awkward while I'm not, but it's not like that.

You've grown so much.

Unlike me, he gets involved in situations that don't benefit or hurt him,

so it seems like he makes a lot of mistakes.

He's actually just stupid.

There's a part of me that envies him, but I also get annoyed watching him.

Your brother's got a lot more baggage about you than you do about him.

I know.

Oh, don't tell my brother I said that.

By the way, that Mogura guy's clothes are pretty ratty.

Is he okay?

Uh, yeah.

I saw someone like him a long time ago.

Ume!

Umeboshi!

Hey!

What'd my little brother do?

Your brother always plays with girls, even though he's a boy.

Explain to me exactly what's wrong with that.

If you can't, then you're just being bullies!

Now that I think about it, he was always a pedant who spoke before his brain caught up.

Yeah, I can picture that.

He'd always end up crying, though.

I can picture that too.

Animal Candies

You're awesome!

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I present you with the First Order of Merit.

Here you go.

I made those.

Tell me how great they are.

Uh, they're very good.

Thank you.

Look at me, kids!

There are adults like me out there.

Who cares about decency? Just smile.

Let the devil take those lame kids.

Hang in there, but don't strain yourselves.

That guy's clothes were ratty, too.

I suddenly remembered him.

Now that I think about it, it was sketchy to accept candy from a stranger.

Oh, sorry. There's no point to that story.

I think the point is it's a good thing you had your brother.

Is that you, Sister? It is, isn't it?

Miya? You can see me?

It is you. You really are beautiful.

I wish I were beautiful, too.

How can I be beautiful like you?

You can't.

You don't need to be beautiful anyway.

That's just lip service, though.

That's right.

Also, I hate to say it, but I can't bring back the dead.

You should head to the afterlife on your own before someone comes looking for you.

Act like you just got lost or something.

Your uncle can't cause any harm for now, so hurry.

Harm?

Oh, I get it.

You spooked our uncle to give him an earful, right?

That's why he's making that face.

Thanks.

That was laughably cruel.

Yeah.

It was.

By the way, Uncle, should you be up?

Should I go get the doctor?

What? The doctor's coming?

What?

Uh, you know,

hang in there, but don't strain yourselves!

This is bad! We should go!

Don't go too crazy over your family either!

Seriously, who are you?

What? Bro, you're leaving?

What? Ume-chan?

Who was that guy?

Huh?

Sis?

Miya, I want to apologize.

What?

Apologize for what?

I can't remember.

I just know I want to apologize.

What's the point if you don't know what for?

Uncle, I said a lot of things to the boy I like.

It's different when you say it out loud, huh?

He might not like me anymore.

What's this doll doing here, anyway?

You know, this doll...

You're Mom's older brother, right?

Could you convince her to put this doll to rest?

She has to someday.

She can't stay that way forever.

Senpai, are you heading home this way, too?

Oh, right. What's your astrological sign?

Leo.

This week's advice for Leo is...

"Watch out for interpersonal issues!"

Is that a horoscope?

I don't like horoscopes.

But they're fun.

To be precise, I don't like people who get too invested in horoscopes.

It's just for fun.

And invested?

Are there people who take this seriously?

Are there actually people who base all their important decisions on horoscopes?

People in my family ask their muscles first.

Pump that iron!

There are.

What does asking your muscles mean, anyway?

That sounds way more unusual.

Uh-oh. Leos have the worst luck this week.

I don't like horoscopes because they make people say that stuff.

You'll be okay as long as you wear something black.

Then I've got it handled. Nabeshima's black.

Sounds like you take horoscopes pretty seriously.

Horoscopes are scarier when they're right.

Later.

Oh, okay.