I'm so lucky to have such an adorable daughter!
Just do what I tell you, and you'll be fine,
———.
I'm so glad. As your mom, I've waited a long time for this day.
H-Hinagiku... isn't... ———.
I'll hunt down everyone who tried to protect you
and kill them all.
No.
Mother...
Stop... that.
I can't take any more.
You can still... keep going.
No, I can't.
Are you going... to die?
Yup. I want to die now.
All right...
Let's go. I'll send you home.
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
Why?
Why did they abandon her?!
No flower blooms forever,
my dear Winter, but forever I will follow after you,
Her voice come out so smoothly when she's singing a love song.
as does the moon.
You must be tired after manifesting so many days in a row.
Please, make yourself comfortable!
You sit, too... Sakura.
We only have one chair.
Then,
Hinagiku will sit... on your lap.
Snow.
Isn't it... pretty?
Do you think... Lord Rosei is well?
Who cares about him?
He doesn't deserve your concern.
Don't... say that.
She... the old "me"...
she liked him, so even now... Hinagiku can't help wondering.
You mean it's not under your control?
Hinagiku... wonders.
The c-current Hinagiku feels like... she's squatting in someone else's home.
It's your own home.
But it isn't... really.
Reimei 10
You're ending the search?!
But it's only been three months.
And Lady Hinagiku is still alive.
Are you going to leave her to die?!
Look for Lady Hinagiku! Please!
Don't abandon her!
Open the gate!
Please!
Sakura!
Mr. Kangetsu...
Reimei 15
What?
They're going to end large-scale search operations.
We couldn't overturn the decision.
Traitors.
It's not true, is it, Mr. Kangetsu?
You said...
Sakura...
You'd save
Lady Hinagiku and me!
The Village.
Rosei.
Itecho.
Why...? Why...
does everyone...
everyone abandon her?!
Another harsh winter forecast
Tickets
Reimei 18
What do you want now?
If you're not going to look for Lady Hinagiku,
don't bother calling me here!
She's returned.
Agent Hinagiku has returned.
She was found six months ago.
However...
Lady Hinagiku!
She's come back!
She's come home!
The girl who saved me!
The girl I care most about in all the world!
Lady Hinagiku!
Lady Hinagiku...
It's me! Sakura Himedaka!
Saku... ra?
It's your Sakura!
L-Lady... Lady Hinagiku...
Lady Hinagiku...
I'm so, so sorry I couldn't protect you!
All this time, I've... I've been...
Sakura...
Are you really... Sakura?
Lady Hinagiku!
What happened to... your hair?
You had such... pretty black hair.
I've missed you so much!
I've been looking for you all this time!
You were... looking?
Every single day!
Oh. So, you've been looking... for Hinagiku.
Sorry.
My most sincere apologies. I swore to serve you, yet I failed to protect you.
No, not... that.
You see, Hinagiku...
is already... dead.
U-Umm...
What do you mean, dead?
The original Hinagiku... died.
Hinagiku now is... a different person.
Different how?
The old Hinagiku couldn't... endure anymore, and she went away.
Hinagiku now isn't... the Hinagiku you were looking for.
She's a... replacement.
The way you talk has changed, but you're still—
Hinagiku... isn't.
Hinagiku keeps telling everyone... she's someone else.
Sorry, Sakura. You can... go now.
Lady Hinagiku?
Everyone was waiting... for her to die... weren't they?
So, Hinagiku will... give them their wish.
The Hinagiku now will... die soon enough. So, leave... her alone.
You can go home... now.
Thanks.
Be happy... Sakura.
Forget Lady Hinagiku and live my life?
Do as she says, leave her like this, and be happy?
Stop it.
Shut up!
I don't need a life like that.
I don't need anything except the right to stay at her side!
No, Lady Hinagiku,
there's only one place I can call home.
Whatever happens, I am your servant.
I will find my way to you.
Please forgive my long absence.
Sakura Himedaka has come to join you with all haste!
Episode 6: A Place to Call Home
We have a report from Todo's team.
Lady Hinagiku finished manifesting spring for the day without incident.
And...
I got this by pressuring the higher-ups.
Lady Hinagiku escaped the insurgents and returned two years ago,
but the Village of Spring and the FSA hid that fact
until she successfully manifested spring this year.
According to this,
by her return, she'd had a mental collapse and developed a different personality.
They tracked down Sakura and brought her back to aid in Lady Hinagiku's recovery.
She may not be the same person she was back then,
but I still...
Reimei 18
Lady Hinagiku.
You'll collapse if you don't eat something.
It's... fine. Hinagiku will collapse... and die.
You will not.
Come on. At least one bite.
Lady Hinagiku,
I realize I'm repeating myself,
but you're endangering your life by refusing to manifest your season like this.
Spring will not come to Yamato unless you manifest it.
You'll leave no way to call spring but to kill you and let a new Agent emerge.
I wouldn't be surprised if some people were actually considering it.
Hinagiku has been saying... she'll die for them.
You don't care about Hinagiku... You care about her.
So, when Hinagiku dies...
you don't need... to act sad.
Lady Hinagiku, it's Sakura.
Excuse me.
Lady Hinagiku!
Saku... ra...
Stop...!
It will... hurt!
Back when I first met you, Lady Hinagiku,
I got caught sneaking into your house, and they dragged me away from you.
You shut yourself in your room then and said,
"I won't do my duty until you bring me Sakura Himedaka."
The Village officials were at their wits' end.
Forgive me. I wasn't thinking.
You don't remember any of that, do you?
Hinagiku... knows.
Her memories are...
still here,
inside... Hinagiku.
Sorry... Sakura.
Sorry.
You don't have to keep... guarding a Hinagiku who... isn't her.
Sorry Hinagiku can't... give her back to you.
No.
My Lady Hinagiku has come home.
She's still doing her best to live,
as you.
I want to be with you.
I'll say it as many times as I must.
You're all I need.
Even if you refuse to accept yourself, I can tell.
You are Lady Hinagiku Kayo.
Okay, then...
is it all right if Hinagiku... cares for Lord Rosei?
Isn't it... strange?
Hinagiku is a... different person, but it seems like...
her feelings for Lord Rosei... aren't dead.
So, you see... Hinagiku wants to...
help her see him.
Why?
Why did you abandon her?!
It's Winter's fault that you were abducted.
No, it was the insurgents who... did something wrong.
But... Winter abandoned you.
We have no allies we can trust.
That's not... true.
Yes, it is!
Sakura, does making Lord Rosei... and Itecho into bad guys...
make things easier?
Rosei! Itecho!
Hinagiku... understands.
But you know, you're just... making up bad guys.
Deep down, you know... don't you?
The two of them tried... to protect you and Hinagiku.
Making someone the bad guy... makes it worse.
You won't... stop hurting that way.
"If you..."
Hinagiku likes you, even if... you can't change,
"...give up your hatred..."
but she doesn't... want you to suffer.
"...it will weaken you."
I've spent years searching for you.
"If you weaken, you can't become a blade."
Spring abandoned you,
Winter abandoned you, but I kept looking.
Searching for a missing girl
"If you can't become a blade, you can't protect her."
I needed anger.
I needed hatred!
"You can't protect the girl you love most, the girl you serve."
You wouldn't know, Lady Hinagiku, but some people can't live without hatred.
If I can't protect you, we'll both end up dead.
Lady Hinagiku.
Yes?
I will endeavor to do as you say.
So,
would you say that you love me one more time?
I want the strength to try harder.
How long must we wait for spring?!
Reimei 19
We've no more use for you!
A year has passed, and the Agent still won't function.
That's quite enough. Your role is over.
We were just getting started.
I finally got her to trust me.
I thought I could repay her kindness.
What does anyone but me know about her?
Lady Hinagiku is still herself, no matter how broken she is.
She's my goddess!
Lady Hinagiku... just let me be with you.
The scent of spring?
Lady Hinagiku!
I'm here!
Your Sakura is right here!
Sakura...!
Stay with Hinagiku. Please. Hinagiku will... do anything.
Please keep me with you. I'll do anything.
I haven't managed to do anything for you yet.
This world is... scary.
But Hinagiku will... live anyway.
Hinagiku still... has to live.
Your Sakura will protect you.
I promise I won't let anything scary get to you!
Hinagiku will say it... as much as you want.
I know it's silly and shallow.
Hinagiku... loves you.
I don't want the girl I serve to give her affection to someone I hate,
and I ask her to give it to me.
She loves... you.
But I still want it. I want your love.
I want you to look only at me.
She loves your kindness... and your short temper.
You're the only hope I have in life.
She loves you... a whole lot.
Every time you give me your love,
I feel like something inside me is being forgiven.
You'll be... fine. Okay, Sakura...?
Lady Hinagiku, I love you, too.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
If only I could like you in a more normal way.
I want to spend my life hearing that, closer to you than anyone else.
But this is the only way I can function.
Okay. Hinagiku will... keep telling you.
Hinagiku... loves you.
Don't... forget. She loves you.
I won't. I love you, too.
So, just for now, I need my hatred and dependence. I can't let them go.
I'll keep you safe as long as I live.
Okay.
Sakura, Hinagiku... loves you.
She loves you... lots and lots.
What we share isn't romance,
but it's more intense than romance, purer than platonic love.
It's a little broken, but it's a healthy feeling.
Translation: William Varteresian
Timing: Krzysztof Kunc Editing and Typesetting: Ashley Barboza
Quality Check: Elisabeth Crist Translation Check: Michelle Tymon
Episode 07: Dusk