Ken'ichi Suzumura: Mikiya Kokutou
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Shiki Ryogi : In short, multiple personality.
[Showing a paper where the names Shiki and SHIKI written in Japanese, which despite sounding the same way, are spelled differently]
Shiki Ryogi : I am SHIKI, and the girl you know is Shiki. but we are not two different people, Shiki Ryogi is always one person. the only difference between us is our priorities.
Mikiya Kokutou : Priorities?
Shiki Ryogi : I just wanted to talk to you, Kokutou, is all, is something that Shiki did not want to do, so I'm doing that for her.
[to Mikiya]
Shiki Ryogi : Got it?
Mikiya Kokutou : Mmm... kind of. But why are you telling me this?
Shiki Ryogi : I just could not keep hiding you for long.
[Takes a sip of juice]
Shiki Ryogi : Basically, I'm the rebellious impulse of Shiki. Be a rebel is what I do. But until now, there was no one I wanted to direct this impulse.
[Mikiya observes her surprised]
Shiki Ryogi : But don't worry. She and I may be different, but I'm still Shiki. I'm not gonna turn in a crazy one suddenly. But lately, we are not in harmony.
Mikiya Kokutou : Hmm?
Shiki Ryogi : Well, Shiki controls her body no matter how hard I try, Now I know you just because Shiki agreed to. Well, probably she repents that later. Shiki never would say it's OK to go or hang out with you, right?
Mikiya Kokutou : You're right.
Shiki Ryogi : I like how do You think about that, but Shiki don't. And this is what I mean by not being in harmony.
[She gets up from her chair]
Shiki Ryogi : Well, that's all for today.
[Puts on her jacket and leaves a few coins on the bar]
Shiki Ryogi : See you.
[Turning away from Mikiya]
Shiki Ryogi : Hey, I like you, so we'll meet again.
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[while he is walking through the bamboo forest]
Mikiya Kokutou : [Voice Over] When I was a child, I was afraid of ghosts. Shadows of bamboo trees looked like monsters, and frightened me. But now I fear to "Humans". I fear that someone is hiding behind the bamboo trees. When we realized that ghosts are simply unknown strangers? I could not pull out of my head the terrible premonition I had... Now that I think, Shiki said something about it.
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[last lines]
Mikiya Kokutou : [June 1998] Well, I'm leaving. I'll be back in two hours.
Touko Aozaki : Buy me something, Will ya?
[Mikiya leaves the Touko's office]
Mikiya Kokutou : [Voice Over] I'm going to visit the hospital every Saturday afternoon. I don't know what kind of pain afflicted her or what she was thinking about.
[He buys a bouquet of flowers in a tent]
Mikiya Kokutou : I don't know why she tried to kill me. But that slight smile that showed me in the last minute was more than enough. I remember Shiki standing in the glow of the Sunset after school. In the fiery sunset, shiki asked me What side of her do I believed so much. I will repeat what I said then: "I have no basis whatsoever, but probably still believe in you." "I like you, so, I want to keep believing in you."...
[while he is going to the hospital]
Mikiya Kokutou : She has not killed anyone. I'm sure. Because Shiki knows the suffering of murder. You are both victim and the aggressor, so You know how sad it is. That's why I believe in you. Shiki, who can't be hurt, and SHIKI, who knows only suffering. You were always so fragile, always close to get hurt.
[He goes across the corridors of the hospital]
Mikiya Kokutou : You were never able to speak from your heart, so full of sadness.
[Mikiya arrives to her room where he sees to Shiki lying in a coma state]
Mikiya Kokutou : April 1995, I've known her.
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Mikiya Kokutou : [Smiling] You look so distant as usual, Shiki
Shiki Ryogi : The weather is nice right now, but I guess it will begin to cool soon.
Mikiya Kokutou : Are you going to keep using that even in the winter?
Shiki Ryogi : Probably, but will be fine, because I put something else on top.
Mikiya Kokutou : [Smiling] Then there is something you can use over a kimono?
[Mikiya gets up from the chair]
Shiki Ryogi : Sure
Mikiya Kokutou : [as he leaves the classroom] Hey, What about a leather jacket?
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Gakuto : Come on, tell me. Don't leave me disappointed.
Mikiya Kokutou : It is a misunderstanding, Shiki is just a friend, nothing more.
Gakuto : [Pushy] Shiki, huh? It is impossible for her to let a simple classmate like you address her in a so informal way.
Mikiya Kokutou : She asked me to. She does not like being called by his surname, or being called "Miss Shiki"
Gakuto : [Shocked] Really?
Mikiya Kokutou : She looked at me horribly one day when I called her "Miss Ryogi".
Gakuto : Wow, how scary.
Mikiya Kokutou : Now do you understand?
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Gakuto : Hey, but why Ryogi? No matter how you look, she seems of your type!
Mikiya Kokutou : Shiki is not scary
Gakuto : So... What happened with "She is nothing more than a friend"? She is a scary woman. If you can't realize it, that means you're in love.
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[Mikiya looks at his watch, then yawns of boredom]
Shiki Ryogi : What's Up, Kokutou! Did you wait too long?
[Mikiya sees Shiki getting in to the mall using an orange kimono instead of her usual blue kimono, with a red leather jacket on top]
Shiki Ryogi : I'm sorry, I took time to get rid of Akitaka.
[Mikiya does not respond]
Shiki Ryogi : What? Are you upset because I was only an hour late? You're very impatient, Dude!
Mikiya Kokutou : [Shocked] Um... You are Shiki, right?
Shiki Ryogi : Well, yeah.
[Pushy]
Shiki Ryogi : Do I look like something else? Anyway, we're wasting time here.
[Takes Mikiya's hand and takes him by force]
Shiki Ryogi : You choose where we go, Come on!
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Shiki Ryogi : [as SHIKI] Kokutou, have you ever wanted to kill someone?
Mikiya Kokutou : Until now... no.
Shiki Ryogi : I see, but is the only emotion I have. I'm responsible for the Shiki's repressed thoughts, so I've always killed my will. I have always been killing the darkness that is inside my being. I killed myself over and over again. I told you that people can only express the emotions they have, right?
[Mikiya nods]
Shiki Ryogi : You see, the only emotion I have experienced... is murder... So Kokutou...
[Approaching Mikiya]
Shiki Ryogi : ... the definition that Shiki has of murder is...
[Leaning towards Mikiya]
Shiki Ryogi : ... killing me. She tries to kill all that get me afloat. Shiki wants to kill all who attempt to raise her cover, in order to stay protected
[Shiki leaves, leaving Mikiya pretty confused]
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Mikiya Kokutou : You look a little annoyed, Shiki.
Shiki Ryogi : [Angry] A LITTLE? I don't understand, but I get annoyed when you're around. I don't understand why do you get involved with me, and why your attitude has not changed after all I said.
Mikiya Kokutou : I don't know why. It's fun to be with you, but I don't know why it's fun. Well, it may be optimistic if we talk about what happened yesterday.
Shiki Ryogi : Kokutou, Do you understand that I'm a freak?
Mikiya Kokutou : Yes, you're definitely not normal.
Shiki Ryogi : Right? Then you should accept that fact. I'm not someone you can relate in a normal way.
Mikiya Kokutou : It doesn't matter if you are normal or not.
Shiki Ryogi : But I can't be like you.
[Shiki raises her left arm, showing that carries the arm bandaged under the sleeve]
Mikiya Kokutou : Shiki, that wound...
Shiki Ryogi : [Getting up fron the ground, while She's hiding the bandage] I did it during the last murder.
Mikiya Kokutou : [as if the Shiki's words were a joke] Oh, come on...
Shiki Ryogi : If the SHIKI's words don't make you react, I'll tell you by myself. If we keep this up...
[Towards Mikiya]
Shiki Ryogi : ...Probably I end up killing you.
[Mikiya sees Shiki walking away]
Mikiya Kokutou : [Voice-Over] Gakuto was right. I should have realized that before... I'm mad about her.
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Mikiya Kokutou : Is about the serial killings?
Daisuke Akimi : Yes. Three days ago, they found the sixth victim.
Mikiya Kokutou : [Quite Surprised] But...
Daisuke Akimi : The information is being controlled. They decided it was not productive to increase the public concern.
Mikiya Kokutou : You said something about going to my school. What happened with that?
Daisuke Akimi : What? The last time you did not you sounded interested, but now it seems that you are very interested.
Mikiya Kokutou : Come on, just tell me.
Daisuke Akimi : Well. We found a bit of skin that was in the nails of the victim. I assume that the victim strongly resisted.
Mikiya Kokutou : Does it mean that the murderer is wounded?
Daisuke Akimi : Yes, laboratory equipment assumes that the murderer has a large cut around his or her elbow.
[Mikiya remembers have seeing to Shiki with a similar wound]
Daisuke Akimi : [Excited] We are doing blood tests, so we should soon have him or her cornered.
[Mikiya is in shock]
Daisuke Akimi : What happen, Mikiya? You look pale.
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Mikiya Kokutou : [Voice Over] I had a premonition. A picture of her standing in front of a corpse...
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Shiki Ryogi : Kokutou, you... In the night of February 3, you...
Mikiya Kokutou : [Interrupting her] Don't talk about it, nothing happened.
Shiki Ryogi : [Angrily] What do you mean nothing happened, Kokutou? Tell me, Why did not you tell nothing to the police?
Mikiya Kokutou : Because I didn't see it. Coincidentally you were there, that was all I saw. So I decided to believe in you.
[Evasive]
Mikiya Kokutou : Is painful indeed, so I'm giving my best. I think I can hear your reasons when I'm more sure of myself. Let's don't talk about it right now.
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Mikiya Kokutou : Never thought you'd come talk to me. Are you going to stop ignoring me?
Shiki Ryogi : If I called you is because I can't keep doing that. You said I'm not a murderer.
[Rising from her chair]
Shiki Ryogi : Too bad. I'm a murderer, You saw the crime scene. So why are you ignoring that?
Mikiya Kokutou : I'm not ignoring nothing because you did nothing.
Shiki Ryogi : Despite the fact that I'm telling you?
Mikiya Kokutou : You can't do that. I'm sure of that.
Shiki Ryogi : [Walking towards a window] What you mean you're sure? What part of me do you understand?
[Looking at Mikiya]
Shiki Ryogi : What side of me do you believe so much?
Mikiya Kokutou : I have no basis whatsoever, but I probably still believe in you... You see, I like you, so, I want to keep believing in you.
Shiki Ryogi : [Elusive] You're a fool.
Mikiya Kokutou : Yes, people told me that many times.
Shiki Ryogi : [while she leaves the classroom] Hey, Kokutou... Will you come... tonight?
[Mikiya is surprised]
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Shiki Ryogi : [as SHIKI, on top of Mikiya while is turning her knife on his neck] Kokutou... say something... KOKUTOU!
Mikiya Kokutou : I... I don't want to die
Shiki Ryogi : I want to kill you...
[Cut to black, the sound of a passing car is heard]
