Hoozuki no Reitetsu 2nd Season

This is Maki-Miki's...

"Everywhere Report"!

Today we're in the Mundane World!

To make sure no one finds out we're demons, we're reporting today in Mundane World clothing!

And this is the business district!

Let's get right to it!

And see if we can interview one of the office warriors that fights for mundane Japan!

Thank you for your service!

Where do you work, sir?

In Hell.

Jigoku wa... Jigoku wa... Jigoku wa... Hell is... Hell is... Hell is...

We're here to get you!

When did this happen?

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Daiseikyou! Packed with customers!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Sore mita koto ka! There, you see that?

Hansei da! Yes, I'm sorry!

A! Sumi kara sumi made ban ban ban ban Ah! From corner to corner, bam, bam, bam, bam,

Tanoshii na This is so much fun!

A!! Nantsutte! Ah! Just kidding!

Shinde Enma ni okorareru You die and Enma yells at you.

Kitto hidoi ga tameni naru I know it's harsh, but it's for your own good.

Anata gotoki ga kodawaru na You have no right to be choosy.

Sora o miagerya hikarigoke! Look up at the sky and see glowing moss!

Shindara kitto Dying must be

Taihen da Really tough!

Sore wa anata! Shidai desu! That depends on you! Taihen da Really tough!

Taihen da Really tough!

Chimimouryou tte zettai kakenai! There’s no way I could write 魑魅魍魎!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Daiseikyou! Bursting with excitement!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Chou atsui! Super hot!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Chou samui! Super cold!

Jigo jigo jigo jigo Jigoku wa Hella, hella, hella, hella, Hell is

Sore mita koto ka! There, you see that?

Hansei da! Yes, I'm sorry!

A! Sumi kara sumi made ban ban ban ban Ah! From corner to corner, bam, bam, bam, bam,

Tanoshii na This is so much fun!

A!! Nantsutte! Ah! Just kidding!

Kagachi's Coolheadedness

M-Mr. Hozuki?

You look just like him.

I AM him.

I've taken a drug to make me look human.

It also causes drowsiness, so I may look a little meaner than usual.

"A little"?

What's with the sinus medicine-like side effects?

So, um, what are you doing in a place like this?

Oh! I know! You're a land shark!

No, you do not know.

What?

Then maybe the more obvious hit man?

Or, it's a stretch, but the only other thing I can think of is a bill collector.

What exactly is Mr. Hozuki in your eyes, Maki?

I've been working as a temporary office employee for the last ten days.

Ten whole days?

Most of the deceased have spent time working in an office.

So I periodically make sure to experience it myself.

The morning commute, a full train, everything a job entails.

There are many things about companies that you won't understand unless you've worked in one.

And your hair is like that because...?

I watched the morning news,

and determined that the refreshing news anchor look would be most appropriate.

But maybe...

Note: A nod to Hitoshi Kusano, a newscaster who hosted the show "Discovering the World's Mysteries," since 1986. I should have gone with a style more indicative of a man

Note: A nod to Hitoshi Kusano, a newscaster who hosted the show "Discovering the World's Mysteries," since 1986.

who's been discovering the world's mysteries for 31 years.

No, I think that style is fine.

He still seems like he's already sent a few people to sleep with the fishes.

I don't think he really belongs in business.

Blending into the Mundane World is surprisingly difficult. There are minor social norms one has to master.

Such as what suitcase goes best with one's suit, and the most natural hairstyles.

Especially in mundane world offices, the smallest discrepancy would stand out like a sore thumb.

Big differences in sensibility aren't as off-putting as the small mistakes in normalcy.

That's what makes it difficult.

I'm sure what you're saying is important, but your sinister face is the most off-putting of all!

I'm changing tapes.

Oh, okay!

You were recording that?

Yes, we'd like to use this interview on our show.

I'm very sorry, I can't allow that.

What? But it was a great interview! Just let us use it!

I understand, but I still can't...

Oh, if it's an interesting story you want,

the company I just worked with had someone who will really surprise you.

She definitely is surprising.

She's... not alive, is she?

And of the ghosts types you would not want to encounter, she's gotta be in the top 3.

What is she doing in such a nice office building's lobby?

When the body is wearing Western style clothes, then so is the spirit.

So it can be difficult to tell sometimes.

Yahoooo!

But she is definitely a ghost. Yahoooo!

The people who occasionally glance at her, they have the proverbial "sixth sense."

The people who occasionally glance at her, they have the proverbial "sixth sense." Ooh, you're a hottie! Stop! Wait! Look at me!

When you stop to watch, it can surprise you which people can see her. How are you? Are you breathing?

Because the people who can really see ghosts

don't go around telling everybody that they see dead people.

Just because most people can't see her, she thinks she can just dance around in public?

When I graduate kindergarten!

When I get in to the first grade!

Just because no one can hear her, she thinks it's okay to make a total fool of herself! When I get in to the first grade!

Just because no one can hear her, she thinks it's okay to make a total fool of herself! Will I make a hundred friends, maybe even more?

Will I make a hundred friends, maybe even more?

Not entirely an inappropriate choice of song. Will I make a hundred friends, maybe even more?

So what do you with dead people like that?

As a general rule, they are reported to the Welcoming Committee.

We are the Death-Bringer Tri-Stars!

Soul Snatcher!

Energy Stealer!

Spirit Binder!

WELCOMING COMMITTEE SPIRIT BINDER SOUL SNATCHER ENERGY STEALER

Our condolences!

WELCOMING COMMITTEE SPIRIT BINDER

SOUL SNATCHER ENERGY STEALER

The Welcoming Committee...

I do make it a point to capture a deceased when I find one myself.

But if they look like they're going to be trouble, I merely report them.

You can always find a fair amount of them in office buildings.

It's easy to hide in them.

But this building has an oddly large number.

Mr. Hozuki.

Yes?

There's a man over there that's been glaring at us for a while.

Oh, he may think you two are suspicious, because you aren't dressed like company workers.

Let's take this somewhere else.

Hey!

Wait, young man!

You can see her, too, can't you!

Hm?

You're Mr. Kagachi, right? The temp that just finished working here today.

Yes, sir.

Is that your alias, Mr. Hozuki?

Kagachi is an old name for Hozuki.

I am the CEO here.

Please excuse my ignorance.

Oh, no, I don't care about that.

Between you and me, a few days ago, I've awakened to my sixth sense.

And that ghost has been giving me a hell of a time.

It really IS surprising who has a sixth sense!

But did it have to be him? Couldn't it be someone from a family of exorcists?

Anyway.

She'll come scare me at any and every opportunity.

Hello!

JOIN US, NEWCOMERS!! Happy Employees

She turns my wanted ads into spirit photography.

I can't use this.

That would be rather problematic.

As of a few days ago,

suddenly I could see that ghost, and I realized, it's her!

I wouldn't mind going on to start a second life-phase as an exorcist.

Why did he, of all people, get a sixth sense?

No one wants a story about a middle-aged dude fighting ghosts.

That being the case,

I was hoping to discuss the matter with someone else who had a sixth sense.

Hmm, what do you think I should do?

What you're saying is you want her gone, correct?

In that case, I've already called someone to pick her up.

They should be coming soon, and you'll have nothing to worry about.

What?!

Don't tell me you're a temp by day and an exorcist by night?!

You watch too much anime, dude...

Personally, I'm more interested in seeing HIS trial after he dies.

Is something wrong?

When someone is so oddly lacking in spite, there are rare occasions when they are hiding a very dark side.

Mmm... hm?

When he goes to trial, we can find out how she ended up the way she did,

and what exactly her grudge is.

You don't mean this old man...

How did you know?

Now, I couldn't say for sure, but I suspect she's not the only one in this company.

It's extraordinary.

The number of dead people here.

Damn you, CEO...

Look at all of them! Damn you, CEO...

Look at all of them!

That dirty old man!

They're all crammed up there like mushrooms! That dirty old man!

They're all crammed up there like mushrooms!

They're all crammed up there like mushrooms! CEO!

Urk! I was so distracted by the headless woman, I didn't notice them!

That dirty old man!

We're gonna be in your wanted ad and destroy your company! That dirty old man!

We're gonna be in your wanted ad and destroy your company!

Damn you...

Was it involuntary manslaughter?

Overwork?

Or something more sinister?

The occasional company like this one is what makes the Mundane World so terrifying.

What're you lookin at?!

Well, I won't do anything to a living person. What're you lookin at?!

Well, I won't do anything to a living person.

Why are they doing that here?

But you had better be careful. Why are they doing that here?

But you had better be careful.

What do you mean?

What do you mean? That CEO's damn idiot son!