Kyoukai no Kanata Movie 1: I'll Be Here - Kako-hen (Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Past)

Yes, hello?

My name is Nase Izumi.

Nase? The Nase?

Yes.

I'm calling with some news for you.

Kuriyama Mirai-san?

Pleased to meet you.

I'm Nase Izumi.

This is Kuriyama Mirai.

A spirit hunter and legitimate successor of the cursed bloodline.

Do you mean the clan that is shunned by most spirit hunters?

Yes.

Kuriyama-san.

She can use her own blood as a weapon.

Not only can it be hardened, it can also be used as a lethal poison that erodes bodily tissue.

Will that be enough?

It's hard to say.

But I believe she stands a very good chance.

Isn't the target said to be immortal?

Yes.

Immortal?

In truth, he's just terrifyingly quick to recover,

but he's known to the spirit hunters around here as the "immortal half-shade."

The immortal half-shade?

Let me show you.

Unlike shadelings, he's half human and half shade—a preposterous and dangerous being.

My research showed me that his shade half resembles the shade beyond the horizon.

My younger brother attempted to kill this fellow but had the tables turned on him.

He nearly died from his injuries.

You're the only one I can count on.

Please.

This is the shade from beyond the horizon?

Sorry for dragging you along to that stifling meeting back there.

It may be because of this area's long history, but we have certain customs.

Bonsai?

Yes.

Um, that aside...

What?

Where's this shade from beyond the horizon?

Rest assured.

He's under constant supervision.

I'll have to kill him sooner or later, right?

Then I'd prefer it to be sooner.

Can you?

How should I know?!

You had no idea either—

That's not it.

I'm asking you if you're mentally prepared for this.

The half-shade's name is Kanbara Akihito.

Suicide.

Defined in the dictionary as "the act of taking one's own life,"

it's something I will probably never even think about doing.

Not because I think it's unethical,

but for a more fundamental reason.

However, let's save that for later.

Right now, she's about to die.

At least, it seemed like that to me.

At this point the story can proceed in one of two ways.

Either the protagonist plays an active role in the events that unfold,

or he takes a passive role as the story moves on without him.

By all accounts, I'd fall into the latter category,

but for some reason, I chose the former option at this time.

H-Hey!

I won't repeat everything I said, but...

"...at any rate, someone who looks as good in glasses as you

simply must not die!"

That was my heartfelt plea to her.

I finished by screaming out everything I felt at that moment.

"Basically, I love glasses!"

How unpleasant.

You—

You picked a fight with the wrong person.

Hey, uh...

Think you could at least do something about this sword?

Please?

And that's how I met Kuriyama Mirai.

If our story had ended after a meeting like that,

I don't think any story in this world would be worth telling.

Beyond the Boundary

Did she give up?

Where did you even come from?!

Take this!

Hey, we can't go around destroying buckets!

Jeez!

I think it's about time we put an end to this.

What is this, a horror movie?

E-Everything's dark!

What'd you do to me?!

It's just a bucket.

Are you hungry?

What's the big deal?

It's not like you lose anything!

Of course I do!

You keep chipping away at what's left of my heart!

I told you I still feel pain, didn't I?!

Do you have any idea how much it hurts?

Doing whatever you please to us immortals is just discrimination!

People are going to hear you, you know.

It's fine.

I already made sure no one else was around.

Thanks for waiting.

Here are your extra burrito, mole poblano, and chili con carne combos.

Enjoy yourselves.

You ordered even more food?!

You're being unpleasant.

I'm the one who's finding this unpleasant!

Not only do you practice on me,

you even have the nerve to mooch off me for dinner!

Mooch?

I thought we had a deal.

I'd refrain from challenging you to any more fights tonight, and in exchange,

you'd treat me to dinner.

So that means you're going to attack me again tomorrow, I take it?

Why wouldn't I?

Kuriyama-san!

Are you alright?

I'm fine.

Just a little anemic.

I was using my blood, after all.

Let's take this to Ayaka-san tomorrow.

I'll come pick you up in the morning.

You shouldn't get too close to me.

I've unleashed powers I normally keep in check.

Immortal or not, you don't want to touch my blood right now.

We still have to do something about that bleeding.

Give me your hand.

I'll do it myself.

Come on.

Kuriyama-san, you haven't joined a club yet, have you?

I don't have time for that.

I can't interest you in the Literature Club?

Why do you ask?

Because I'd love for a beauty with glasses to join.

How unpleasant.

Well, it's the club I'm in,

and we only have two real members right now.

Oh, and the other one's a spirit hunter too,

so I'm sure it'd work in your favor professionally as well.

I'll have to pass.

Huh? Why?

I don't want to associate with other people...

I guess his immortality really can't be dealt with using normal methods.

Yes.

You should observe him for a while.

Attacking him haphazardly won't get you anywhere.

But...

In time, his shade half is sure to surface again, as it did against Hiro'omi.

Use that opportunity.

Okay.

Also...

Let me offer you a warning.

You'd be better off keeping your distance from Akihito-kun.

Oh, right.

Kuriyama-san.

Y-Yes?

Remember what we talked about yesterday? How about it?

I want to invite her to come visit the Literature Club. Is that okay?

She says she hasn't joined any clubs,

and there aren't many other spirit hunters at our school.

Besides, she only just got here—

I thought I refused already.

I'm scared.

I'm terrified of taking lives.

Then why don't you quit being a spirit hunter?

If I could...

If I could, I would've done so a long time ago!

I tried to quit!

I tried to quit being a spirit hunter,

quit killing dreamshades,

and live a normal life!

But this cursed blood flowing through my veins is anything but normal.

This power of mine...

The same goes for me.

Why would you say that?

Why...

You're an investigator from the Spirit Hunter Association's Observation Bureau?

That's right.

I'm Fujima Miroku. Nice to meet you, Nase Izumi-san.

So, what is your business here?

The Hollow Shadow.

Dreamshades this powerful don't show up too often,

so I'm here to observe it.

Dreams mark the way to the underworld.

And we call the darkness that lies within them "dreamshades," masses of human resentment

brought to life by the twisted human heart and all of its hatred, envy, and aggression.

Dreamshades will continue to exist as long as humans do.

So long as we can see them, we will continue to kill them.

Doesn't that make you feel like spirit hunting thrives on the misery of others?

I see you have some interesting views on the subject.

How so?

Having descended from a long line of spirit hunters that have been fighting shades since antiquity,

I see shades the same way a farmer sees rice,

or a fisherman sees fish.

It doesn't matter what they are.

I see.

May I ask you something?

Go ahead.

What are dreamshades to you?

That goes without saying, doesn't it?

Monsters, nothing more.