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B L A C K
M O R E L I G H T !
B L A C K
this vampire story will end badly
it will end with everyone being unhappy
arsfugal™
Wound Story
Iron-blooded
Based off of Kizumonogatari by Nisio Isin
March 25th
Naoetsu Private High School Entrance
R E D
Umm...
I-I didn't see anything...
Naoetsu Private High School Entrance
B L A C K
Ehehe...
I don't know what to say here.
For something meant to hide what you don't want seen, skirts are pretty low-security.
Maybe I should wear shorts as a firewall after all, huh.
W-Who knows...
Well, I’ll be leaving now.
Hey, wait a sec!
B L A C K
I’ve finally caught up with you.
You walk pretty fast,
Araragi-kun.
Araragi-kun
Huh?
Why do you know my name?
Eh? Well, of course I would.
We go to the same school.
Written with the 'a' from the radical from 'possibility',
a
Two 'ra's from the first character in the phrase 'good kid',
ra
ra ra
And then the 'gi' from the second character in 'tree', giving us Araragi-kun.
gi
And your first name is the word for calendar, "koyomi", right?
Koyomi
So it's Araragi Koyomi-kun.
Araragi Koyomi
And you're Hanekawa.
Hanekawa Tsubasa.
Hanekawa Tsubasa
Wow!
B L A C K
Amazing! You know the name of someone like me!
At the final test of the first semester of the second year,
in all subjects, physical education and visual arts included,
you got wrong only one question in the forms.
That's Hanekawa Tsubasa.
Eh? Hey, come on, now!
Why do you know that much?
Could it be that you're...
stalking me?
Ahaha...
Or maybe I'm just too paranoid.
No, not really.
I heard it from my alien friend.
Huh?
Araragi-kun, you have friends?
Ask about the alien part first!!
B L A C K
Well, it's just...
You always leave the impression of a loner, living in solitude.
Well, like you said, I don't really have any friends.
And you are so famous that even people without friends know you.
Hey, quit it.
I don't really like these kinds of jokes.
Hey, Araragi-kun.
Do you believe in vampires?
What about vampires?
Well, recently I've been hearing rumors.
Like there's a vampire in the city,
so you shouldn't go out alone at night.
That's a bit vague, sounds like a baseless rumor.
They say it’s a blonde-haired, beautiful woman — a vampire whose cold eyes could chill your spine.
But you can’t tell if she’s a vampire just off that, can you?
What if she’s just an ordinary person who stands out because of the blonde hair?
But... I heard that her blonde hair illuminated by street lights is almost dazzling
and she doesn't cast shadow.
However, if it happens at night...
Doesn’t it seem too much like a hoax, with a setting like a street light?
Yes, even I think it's a silly rumor.
But, if there are vampires, I’d like to meet them.
Let’s see, maybe meet them is not the thing. It just would be nice if such superhuman beings existed.
By superhuman beings, you mean like god?
It doesn’t have to be a god, though.
Otherwise, nothing would really come out of it, right?
B L A C K
Oh, my bad, my bad.
Araragi-kun, unexpectedly you’re easy to talk with.
I got carried away, I feel like I told you something that makes no sense.
It is odd that you are easy to talk with, yet you don’t have friends.
Why don’t you make any?
To make friends... would lower my intensity as a human.
Eh?
I’m sorry, I don’t quite get what you mean.
Well, you see,
it’s kinda like this...
You see, if I had friends, I’d have to worry about them, right?
If my friends get hurt, even I would,
and if they were sad, then I too would be sad.
Putting it that way, these weak points build up.
And I'd grow even weaker as a person.
But, if your friends were to have fun, you'd have fun, and if they were happy, you'd be happy too.
Wouldn't the good points build up as well?
No, if my friends were having fun, I'd feel jealous, and if they were happy, I'd feel envious.
What a petty person you are.
Leave me alone.
Naoetsu Private High School Entrance
I'm...
Hmm?
I'm going to head to the library now.
Wanna come with me?
Why?
What are you gonna do at the library?
Obviously, I'm going to study, what else?
Obviously, you say...
Sorry, but even without homework to do on break, I'm not praiseworthy enough to study on my own.
But...
Naoetsu Private High School Entrance
You have exams next year, right?
Exams? What's that?
I doubt I'll even graduate.
I won't make it in time no matter what.
Hmm...
Araragi-kun.
Do you have a cellphone?
Of course I have at least a cellphone.
Can I borrow it?
Thanks, you can have it back.
Naoetsu Private High School Entrance
I put my email and number in there.
basa
Too bad!
You made a friend.
What's with her...?
Naoetsu Private High School Entrance
B L A C K
Thinking back
B L A C K
Thinking back
B L A C K
Hanekawa Tsubasa
Ye.
Ye shall aid me.
Can ye not hear me?
I am telling thee to aid me, am I not?
O-Oi.
Are you okay?
I-I'll get an ambulance righ-
Aaaaaaaaaaahhh!
An ambulance?
I have no need of such a thing.
Instead...
Give me thy blood.
R E D
Do you believe in vampires?
They say it’s a blonde-haired, beautiful woman — a vampire whose cold eyes could chill your spine.
My name is Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade.
The Iron-blooded, Hot-blooded, yet Cold-blooded vampire.
I shall consume thy blood and have it become my own flesh.
So, give me thy blood.
Isn't a vampire... supposed to be immortal?
I've lost too much blood. I cannot regenerate, nor shape-shift, anymore. At this rate, I will die.
B L A C K
A worthless human such as yourself,
should consider being my flesh an honor.
F-Flesh? Couldn't you do a transfusion?
Ho-How much do you need?
For the time being, with thy share I can endure this emergency...
I see, my share...
What is the matter?! Blood. Give me thy blood. Quickly, I say.
Why are thou dozing off, thou dolt!
It's alright, I can still get out of this.
Where doth thee think thou are going?
I should be able to run away!
I just need to run away.
it's simple,
I just need to ignore this.
Hey!
Ye jest...
Ye... won't aid me?
No waaay!
No waaay No waay No waaay!!!
I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die!
Please, help me!
I don't wanna!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
It's all my fault.
Even so, she's still a monster.
A vampire...
There's no reason for me to save her...
Right?
I know that already!
...know that already... already...
B L A C K
R E D
Don't give up, stupid!
A-Are you sure?
Of course I'm not, bastard.
Damn it, damn it, damn it!
Why...
How did things end up like this...
I swear I'll do better in my next life, I'll be smart, and everything bad that happens will be everyone else's fault.
I'll be reborn as someone like that.
That's why...
I'll help you... drink my blood.
Have it all. Don't leave a drop.
Wring me dry.
Thank you...
Was it a dream?
Surprise
B L A C K
Hey!
Wake up.
5 more minutes...
5 minutes
Come on, wake up!
I'll wake up when I feel like it...
When I feel like it
How long are you going to sleep?
4.6 billion years
Give me about 4.6 billion years...
Another earth will arise!
March 28th
It's been 3 days since that?
B L A C K
You fool!
B L A C K
Seriously...
What kind of idiot would suddenly walk right under the sun?
A normal vampire would evaporate in an instant.
Don't let there be another time where you go out when the sun is there.
Having immortal powers, you'll burn, regenerate, burn, regenerate in an eternal loop.
Well, that is what it means to be an immortal vampire.
A... vampire?
Then... that means you're...
Thinking back
B L A C K
Yup.
It is I, Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade.
You may call me Heart-Under-Blade.
Hmm.
I’ve only created two subordinates in four hundred years...
Looking at your regeneration powers, you turned out pretty good.
S-Subordinate?
Subordinate
Aye! That is thee!
Now that I think about it,
I still haven't heard thy name.
Well, whatever.
The name you had up till now, doesn't hold much meaning to the you now.
Anyways, servant.
Welcome, to the world of the night.
B L A C K
Where... are we?
R E D
I believe... they call this a 'cram school', or something along those lines.
It closed down a few years ago, so now it's just an abandoned building.
As you can see, it's quite convenient for us, right?
Then, Kiss-shot, here's next question...
Wait! Didn't I tell you to call me Heartunderblade?!
That's so long, though.
Kiss-shot is shorter...
Or can I not call you that?
Well, no...
Well, fine, if you want to call me that, then you can call me that...
I have no reason to say no.
And so, what's your next question?
Well...
I turned... into a vampire, right?
Of course.
There's no point in explaining that.
Thou art my subordinate and my servant. Be honored.
Servant...
Then...
Why do you have such a child-like body?
When I met you, you were more... adult-like...
Well sorry I look like a child!
No, I didn't mean it like that.
Adult-like
Afterwards...
Her limbs were cut off
Thy blood, I sucked it all.
But it wasn't enough...
That is why I've taken the appropriate form.
'Tis better than dying.
With that said, while I kept the minimal degree of immortality, my vampire powers became limited.
So inconvenient.
Thinking back
R E D
My limbs are like this, only the shape regrew.
Well, my stomach is empty.
But for the time being, it's no problem.
However, the master-servant relationship needs to be clear, servant!
Even though I'm like this, I'm a vampire that has lived for over 500 years.
Since you turned into a vampire just recently, you should never speak with a peer-like speech.
O-Okay...
Huh, what a ambiguous answer...
Do you really understand?
Umm, yeah, I understand.
Then as a sign of obedience to me, rub my head!
That's enough.
B L A C K
Why... did you turn me into a vampire?
Hmm?
When you sucked my blood, I was prepared to die.
It's nothing special.
After your blood is sucked by a vampire, you in turn, become a vampire.
That's all there is to it.
I see...
Well, turning ye into a vampire was the right thing to do.
To thee, it was something ye had to do.
With thy blood, my body was able to recover.
But I am far from my full power.
So from now on, thou must taketh action.
Me? What action?
Can I...
Can I turn back into a human?
That's what I thought. I knew you'd think of that.
Then, what can I do? I—
B L A C K
You can...
I'll tell you.
I swear it on my name.
Kisshot then told me the names of the 3 who took her limbs
Those three people specialize in exorcising vampires.
So, they slew you?
What kind of idiot talk is that? I haven't been slayed yet.
But, having my limbs stolen hurts.
And I've nearly none of my regenerative power left.
So in my condition, I cannot fight.
That's why...
Ye shall contend with the three and simply return my limbs.
"Simply"? I can't do something like that.
If ye wisheth to returneth to being human, thee must restore me to my full power.
Basically, back to my complete form.
For that, my limbs are needed.
But I'm no good with things like fighting.
Won't I get exorcised?
Idiot, thy weakness only applied when thou wast still human.
Thou right now art my subordinate.
Though thou art weak, in my current state thou couldst easily overpower me.
So basically, even though you're a vampire, you're weak?
Not at all!
Hmm, even if the presently weakened you isn’t as strong as me...
You're stronger than me at full power and yet those three were able to take away limbs from your complete form?
In that case...
I was ambushed by those three people.
I underestimated them.
Basically,
as long as ye fight them one on one, thou should be able to take them on.
Honestly, it'll be easy.
B L A C K
R E D
W-What should I do...
Cut off
What, what are you people saying?!
Cut off
I'm human, you know!
A-Are you guys, gonna kill a human?!
Kill a
human
Change the outcome
You guys are really energetic,
did something good happen?
B L A C K
Huh?
Thank you... you saved me.
No need to thank me. I saw you were alone, so I helped,
Araragi-kun.
Don't look at me like that...
No need to be so alert around me.
You are really energetic,
did something good happen?
Well, in any case, lets go home, Araragi-kun.
Go home?
To the cram school ruin.
Huh?
Wait a minute. H-How do you know about that?!
Huh? Of course I know.
It was me who introduced the place to that child.
Well, as they say, "If you have honor, you have bravery."
That child, Heart-Under-Blade, was dragging your body,
so I told her about the place.
What...
What are you?
I'm just an old man who passed by, that's all.
Just relax,
I'm not a vampire exorcising specialist.
My specialty is much broader.
People have me do a wide variety of things.
Well, I'll introduce myself later.
B L A C K
You're back!
The guy back there... I think I've seen him before...
That's mean...
You don't even remember me?
Well?
How'd it go?
Oh well.
Those three... they're still working together?
Anyways...
You said you couldn't defeat those three people even at full power.
In that case,
how can I face those three by myself?
Like I said, just fight them one by one!
That's impossible, they cooperate.
You said it was okay to just dillydally here,
but even here, sooner or later they'll fin-
There's no need to worry about that.
While you guys were sleeping I had set up a force-field here.
Force-field? You mean like a barrier?
You can call it that.
What's... your goal?
Why would you help,
Kissshot and me?
I get that you're not an enemy,
but are you an ally?
Don't say mean things like that, jeez.
I'm here... to achieve a balance.
You can... call it my job.
An intermediary between here and there.
An introduction...
you said you'd give one later.
3
2
Oshino Meme.
Oshino Meme
A free man of no residence.
Well, just think of me as an authority on monster folklore.
Though, unlike those three, I'm not great with monster exorcising.
What do you mean "Not great"?
To put it simply...
I just don't like it.
But aren't you a specialist?
I am a specialist, in balancing things.
What I do, is negotiations.
Essentially, I'm the middle-man.
A middle-man? An intermediary between here and there?
Where is "here"? Where is "there"?
Lines Sound
"Here" is probably humans, and "there" is probably monsters.
In that case right now which
side am I on
Monsters? Nice.
I prefer to call them "apparitions".
Apparition
And that girl over there, is known as the apparition killer.
She can drain apparitions of their energy.
Which is quite rare for a vampire.
Well, that's why, she's very famous.
B L A C K
Listening to the conversion you guys just had, it seems like this matter is particularly serious.
I couldn't have imagined that something this troublesome would happen.
It is not troublesome at all. The job's very simple.
To a vampire that can live for a long time, it may be simple.
B L A C K
But for us humans it is very difficult, right, Araragi-kun?
B L A C K
Moreover, I'm interested in you, Heartunderblade.
It's interesting that you're willing to turn Araragi-kun, you're subordinate, back into a human.
B L A C K
From this perspective, I can stay on the middle-ground.
Middle-ground?
You mean between us and the others?
Who else?
W-Will you help us?
I'm not helping you. I'm only lending you my strength.
But right now, at the moment, the balance is off.
It just seems like bullying.
Ahh, but of course, this is a job, so it can't be free of charge.
Let's see...
How's 2 million yen?
2 million?!
I won't press about when to pay.
But I don't lend my strength for free. Without this, there won't be balance.
But...
Can I hear your plan?
B L A C K
You say you're a negotiator but it isn't that easy.
There's no way to persuade those three.
All I can do is bow and ask them nicely.
In good faith, too.
And if asking nicely doesn't work, we'll have to think of something else, but if it does, the game is on.
Game, you say?
First of all, we'll need to split them up. It shouldn't be a problem if we do it one-on-one.
Even you can't read their moves, I’ll need to find a way to do that.
But, boy, how do ye plan to deal with those three?
The details are a trade secret, but I'll ready the battlefield.
And then Araragi-kun will then handle retrieving your limbs.
If you regain your limbs, you also regain your full power, which means you can return Araragi-kun to human.
Hey, servant!
I cannot provide any human currency. I'm not even certain how much two million yen is.
I'll leave the money to you.
Don't worry. This boy's skills are real.
No matter what you may think, this I can assure you.
I don't have money like that around,
but if you won't press it on me,
I'll bear the debt.
Well, it's decided.
Thanks for your patronage,
as they say.
Based off of Kizumonogatari by Nisio Isin
Only sound
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.
Kisshot Acerolaorion Heartunderblade
Iron-blooded
Vampire for a vampire.
Hot-blooded
Yet Cold-blooded
Red frame
ire
Only sound
Dramaturgy
Let us begin then.
A giant of over 2 meters. A dual wielder, he held rippled, huge swords in both his hands. Such swords are commonly referred to as flamberge. He was a goliath, a man of massive muscles. He wore a headband to comb up his unruly hair. He is the vampire slayer that took Kiss-shot's right arm. (omitted) It was March 31st, the last day of March.
er vampire
Only sound
Episode
You're kidding, right?
He wore a white cloak and had cunning eyes. He lifted a gargantuan cross three times his size and more than three times his weight to his shoulder with one hand.
He is a vampire hunter. He hunts vampires for the prize on their heads. That makes him a bounty hunter. And furthermore—
Half vampire
Only sound
Guillotinecutter
So unpleasant.
A priest, with hair like a hedgehog. He seemed peaceful.
A Human.
who denies the existence of oddities.
who erases the existence of oddities.
Araragi-kun!
Hanekawa Tsubasa
Don't worry about me!
He's a nice guy, but that's not all.
He's strong.
Of course I'd worry about you!
Araragi Koyomi
5
That was the first time
If I can't see you ever again,
4
I felt like I finally met Hanekawa for real.
there's no point in being a human again at all!
3
No mistakes. Straight, eye to eye.
2
Araragi-kun,
Feel relief
1
Give up being human.
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