A young man will surely die soon!
That death will be the beginning of everything...
The world will turn to stone and start to tumble!
What should we do?!
Please tell us, Lady Roxane!
Prepare a large box and have it float on the surface of the water...
Then...
Send eleven hares running wild!
Zutto mae kara kimatteita youna
ずっと前から決まっていたような
It's like it was predestined
Tooi mukashi kara wakatteta youna
遠い昔からわかってたような
It's like I've known it since the distant past
Mienai sen no ue wo tadoru youni
見えない線の 上をたどるように
Like following atop invisible wires,
Michibikare deai kousasuru Saison
導かれ出逢い 交差する Saison
we're guided to our meeting where the seasons intersect
Senakaawase no hikari to kage no youni
背中合わせの 光と影のように
Like the co-existant light and shadow,
Tsuyoku hikareru Mystification
強く引かれる Mystification
Mystification is strongly drawn to us
Mimimoto de sasayaki yobu koe ni furimukeba
耳元で囁き呼ぶ声に振り向けば
When I turn to the voice whispering into my ear,
Kizukanu uchi hirakareteita tobira
気付かぬうち 開かれていたトビラ
the door had already been opened
Sukoshi no guuzen to hitsuzen wo tsunagu youni
少しの偶然と 必然をつなぐように
Like joining a little coincidence with inevitability
Ugokihajimeta futatsu no Histoire Ah
動き始めた二つの Histoire Ah
Two stories began
Zutto hatenaku tsuzuiteyuku
ずっと果てなく続いて行く
And they'll go on forevermore
Bordered by France, Switzerland and Italy
is the small European nation of Sauville.
The Kingdom of Sauville
And nestled at the base of the Alps
is the St. Marguerite Academy.
St. Marguerite Academy
It's a prestigious school with a reputation in the kingdom
Spring 1924
as the educational institute for the children of aristocracy.
I'm a student here.
My name is...
The Black Reaper!
Yes, the Black Reaper.
Look at those pitch black eyes that swallow up the darkness!
I'm sure he's black-hearted as well!
It's easy to walk here.
Kazuya
"Kazuya, how's life in a foreign country?
After the end of the Great War,
when your outstanding grades were recognized by our ally, Sauville,
and you were accepted there as an exchange student,
father and the rest of us were so proud of you.
Kazuya, become a full-fledged man as soon as you can, then return home to us.
Become a man for success in life... and for your country.
- From your eldest brother..."
I think you should read ghost stories!
At this academy... no, in this country, there are a lot of ghost stories, see?
I mean, even the political world has a Ministry of the Occult,
which just goes to show that we love our ghost stories!
And the Black Reaper is one of them, right, Ms. Cecil?
It's better known as The Reaper that Comes in the Spring.
"Black" is an prefixed honor that the kids have bestowed upon you, Kujō-kun.
An honor...?
If you've got a common topic to talk about, you can make lots of friends!
Make 100 friends and climb the Alps together, Kujō-kun!
Episode 1
The Black Reaper Discovers the Golden Fairy
A common topic...
Ghost stories?
What's this?
A ghost ship that appears on stormy nights.
The Queen Berry...
Leviathan, an alchemist who could produce gold from the intestines of dead men.
Both stories are pretty frightening...
A brilliant gray wolf that can speak human languages.
A talking wolf, huh?
Now there's a creature I wouldn't mind getting to know.
What's this?
Golden...
A... doll...?
So you finally made it.
You're late, Reaper That Comes in the Spring.
H-How do you know about me?
The future that rose from the silver jar was reflected in the magic mirror.
According to my prediction, it seems you'll visit here again.
Tomorrow, when you hear the noon bell ring...
W-Wait a second. Why...?
You were chosen...
As a single fragment with which to fill up my boredom...
A doll...
A doll told me my future!
It's like a weird dream.
A botanical garden over the library...
A strange girl who says strange things...
Oh, that's Victorique-san.
That's wonderful! You made a friend already!
She's a classmate of yours, Kujō-kun.
There's always one empty chair in the classroom, right?
Oh, this is perfect.
Kujō-kun, give these handouts to her, okay?
See you later!
Please wait a second!
When you hear... the noon bell ring...
You're finally here?
W-What are you doing...?
You got here later than I expected, so I was getting bored.
Are you a fortune-teller?
Why?
It seems like you knew I was going to come here...
The wellspring of wisdom told me so.
Wellspring of wisdom?
Since this spring, a black-haired student has been hanging around.
Seeing that unfamiliar, ill-omened figure
must have made people recall the academy's legend of The Reaper That Comes in the Spring.
Ill-omened figure?!
What's your name?
Kujō... Kazuya, but...
So, Kujō, being a deathly-serious, strait-laced, bright student,
you must have come here to investigate the source of the story.
You're pretty good, but I'm not completely satisfied...
I don't know what it is, but she seems different from yesterday...
Besides that...
Look, you rolled around so much, your necklace is on backwards.
Don't touch it!
This is... precious to me.
So... so precious...
What the...?!
I've never seen such a creative hairstyle!
Grevil?
You know him?
Aaah, what beautiful weather we're having today.
And we also have a boy who looks like a black-furred baby squirrel.
Maybe I'll try reciting a long poem to this baby squirrel.
Last night, at a mansion in a certain village, an old fortune-teller by the name of Roxane, was murdered.
Where's that coming from?
The fortune-teller lived in her mansion with an Indian manservant and an Arabian maid.
Her granddaughter came for a visit that very same night.
Why was the manservant Indian and the maid Arabian?
The fortune-teller had a penchant for exotic servants and could speak Hindi and Arabic at a conversational level.
Oh, it seems the maid can only speak Arabic.
Um, is he a detective or something along those lines?
This is Inspector Grevil de Blois.
He's the owner of the oddest hair in all of Sauville.
Just before the murder, the fortune-teller was in her bedroom relaxing.
The manservant was in the garden just below her window, returning the loose hares to their breeding pen.
Hares?
The fortune-teller raised many hares.
Apparently, she would let hunting dogs gnaw them to death from time to time.
But let's get back on topic, you innocent baby squirrel, you!
Um... are you using me to talk to her?
That night, gunfire rang out, startling everyone, who subsequently gathered in the hallway outside her room.
Her door was locked.
The maid called out something, but there was no answer.
The manservant planned to break the door down, but the granddaughter wouldn't let him.
"If my grandmother is dead, this mansion becomes mine,
so don't destroy anything," was the contemptible reason she gave.
However, the maid didn't understand a word that the granddaughter said,
so she grabbed a pistol for self-defense from the adjacent room, and...
And on the other side of the now-opened door was...
The fortune-teller, shot through her left eye...
The bedroom window was locked from the inside and a weapon was nowhere to be found.
So tell me, Baby Squirrel!
How do you think it happened?!
Why are you asking me?!
Oh, that?
The fragments of chaos are all lined up.
I'll reconstruct them for you here.
Hm.
It really is a beautiful day!
Reconstruct them?
I'll take fragments from the chaos of this world...
And I will reconstruct them into truth using the wellspring of wisdom within me.
You're talking about solving the crime?
Hmph. Well, I already know who the murderer is, too.
The manservant under the window is the most suspicious—
The murderer is the maid, Grevil.
What are you talking about, boy?! Explain yourself—
Why are you asking me?!
The fortune-teller was the only one who could understand Arabic.
The maid knocked on the door and yelled in Arabic.
There was no answer, so she grabbed a pistol from the next room, then shot the door lock. Correct?
What did the maid yell out before that?
Perhaps...
"Milady, someone is after your life. You heard the gunshot just before, didn't you?
Move away from the window and come near the door."
In other words, the maid knew that the fortune-teller was still alive.
She called out to the fortune-teller in Arabic, tricking her,
telling her it was safe in front of the door,
then shot the lock...
and the fortune-teller in tandem.
Most likely, the reason the fortune-teller was shot through her left eye...
was because she tried peeking through the keyhole.
Hold it!
Then where and when was the first gunshot... Baby Squirrel?!
Inspector, my name isn't "Baby Squirrel," it's Kujō Kazuya!
I'm sure the first shot came from the room next door.
The purpose was to frighten the fortune-teller and bring the people in the mansion together.
If you investigate, I bet you'll find a fresh bullet hole in that room.
I see...
Well, it's time for me to return to the police station.
This walk has put me in a fine mood...
What about the criminal's motive?
And she's no doubt hiding whatever she shot with the first bullet.
What?!
There he goes...
That was over in a moment.
Now I'm bored again...
So... who are you?
That inspector relies on you... I think...
But he seems uneasy about something...
If you want to know about me...
If I want to know about you...?
Dance.
Why dance, of all things?!
You're serious...
All right.
What do you call that kind of dancing?
A Bon Festival dance.
I danced for her three times yesterday...
But in the end, she told me nothing about herself.
Victorique's an awful person...
Kujō-kun, are you eating?
W-What's wrong?
"Another great achievement for Inspector de Blois!"
"He brilliantly solved the homicide of the fortune-teller, Roxane"?!
What the hell is this?!
Excuse me?
It says you received an appreciative kiss and a luxury yacht from the granddaughter!
Oh, that...
I didn't coax her into a kiss, she forced it on me...
I don't care about the kiss!
It's the luxury yacht and gratitude from the aristocrats!
In the first place, the one who should be on the receiving end isn't you, but Vic—
All right, all right!
I lose out to your passion...
You're both invited to join me on this weekend's maiden voyage.
Naturally.
Is she natural?
Victorique doesn't get special permission to go outside without my influence.
Permission to go outside?
Forget I said anything...
This weekend, then.
So you made plans with Grevil?
Of course! I wasn't gonna let him get away with the injustice of stealing the credit!
For now, we have the upper hand...
Kujō.
Are you going to have fun spending your precious weekend with Grevil?
Not at all.
On top of that, it'll be embarrassing walking with the guy who possesses that absurd pompadour...
How did this happen again?
As for me, I know you have questions, but... I see...
Then I'll be able to leave this prison...
I'm going to prepare for the trip.
Now? I mean, it's not the weekend for days yet.
I know you must be excited, but...
Ah, wait!
If you ride that without permission...
This elevator is for school personnel and me.
You can huff and puff down the long staircase, wearily lifting those out-of-shape thighs.
Victorique!!
So...
Why do you need all this luggage for an overnight cruise?!
My brain has meticulously calculated this as being the absolute minimum baggage necessary for the trip.
You're really bringing all this stuff?
Of course, Kujō, you'll be the one who carries it.
Wha...?!
Hey! What right do you have to go through someone else's—
A compass?
The yacht's already got one.
You don't need a life jacket either, and just one change of clothes will do...
What's the set of utensils for?!
Are there snacks in here?
A chair?
Are you a refugee?!
If I say it's necessary, it's necessary!
How much longer are you going to pout?
There was nothing needed...
You'd think she'd never ridden a locomotive before.
Right now, she looks like a doll again...
What are you doing?
Um... in Japan, we do that as kind of a game.
What's that?
An ice cream stand.
And that?
A newspaper stand...
Well, we'd better get going.
Come on, get in.
Was that magic?
Or is he your servant?
Tell me, Victorique.
How many times have you been outside?
Hmph!
Ahoy there, matey!
Um, that outfit...
It's perfect, isn't it?
The theme is "man of the sea."
Oh, yes. About that murder...
Remember the first shot fired from the next room?
What got shot was a mirror.
A mirror?
I see. A magic mirror, eh?
And the prime suspect, the Arabian maid...
Hmph.
...is a beauty.
Ahem, regarding the motive, the maid babbled something that was somewhat nonsensical.
She said this is "The box's revenge"...
Box's revenge?
Inspector!
Inspector, awful news!
The Arabian maid escaped!
Are you serious?!
Excuse me, Kujō-kun, I've got to go!
You can board the yacht, but don't take it out!
That's so boring—
Patience!
Adieu!
I don't believe it... We came all this way.
Right, Victorique?
Victorique?
Hey, Victorique!
Oh, there you are.
You know, this yacht belonged to the fortune-teller.
Yeah.
This looks like an invitation, addressed to Roxane.
Read it.
Sure, but...
Um, dinner on a moored luxury liner on the nearby coast...
Miniature Garden Box Evening...
The main dish is hare?!
The fortune-teller raised hares.
Then we have the name, "Miniature Garden Box Evening"
and what the maid said, "The box's revenge"...
Loneliness
Both are boxes... Hmm...
Fighting back again
Seems to be like it never ends
What should we do?
What do you want to do?
Give us hope through the love of peaceful shine on me
Shall we check it out?
Spoken like a true Reaper!
Tsuyoku furiyamanu ame ni egao wasureta mama
強く降り止まぬ雨に 笑顔忘れたまま
While I stood in the heavy, never-ending rain, I forgot how to smile...
Tsuyoku furiyamanu ame ni egao wasureta mama
強く降り止まぬ雨に 笑顔忘れたまま
While I stood in the heavy, never-ending rain, I forgot how to smile...
Kurushimi surechigau sekai
苦しみ すれ違う世界
and suffered in this world that doesn't understand me
Kurushimi surechigau sekai
苦しみ すれ違う世界
and suffered in this world that doesn't understand me
Arasoi to itsuwari no naka de
争いと偽りの中で
And if, from the strife and lies,
Arasoi to itsuwari no naka de
争いと偽りの中で
And if, from the strife and lies,
Kokoro karasu no nara
心 枯らすのなら
my heart, turns to stone—
Kokoro karasu no nara
心 枯らすのなら
my heart, turns to stone—
Arekuruu nami ni ukabu hana no you ni
荒れ狂う波に 浮かぶ花のように
Like a flower floating on the raging waves,
Arekuruu nami ni ukabu hana no you ni
荒れ狂う波に 浮かぶ花のように
Like a flower floating on the raging waves,
Lead the way Arashi wo norikoete
嵐を乗り越えて
I will rise above the storm and lead the way
Lead the way Arashi wo norikoete
嵐を乗り越えて
I will rise above the storm and lead the way
Kareyuku daichi wo fumishimeru you ni
枯れ行く大地を 踏みしめるように
So that I can step firmly on the withering earth...
Kareyuku daichi wo fumishimeru you ni
枯れ行く大地を 踏みしめるように
So that I can step firmly on the withering earth...
Go ahead Massugu ayumidaseru
まっすぐ歩みだせru
I'll be able to start walking straight
Go ahead Massugu ayumidaseru
まっすぐ歩みだせる
I'll be able to start walking straight
Through the course of events, we slip aboard a suspicious luxury liner and...
Huh?
Why isn't there any dinner for me ?!
Even the fat on high-grade meat is delicious!
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