Vampire Kanagi MSS EN json script (TL by ichigobatake/osakaki)

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Kanagi: Bwahahaha! At last, it's come!
Kanagi: It's the time of the deceased, when the sun has set and the stars are dancing in the sky...
Kanagi: ...Yes, it's night!!
Kanagi: Now, I shall act to fulfill vampirekind's greatest desire...
Kanagi: And paint this town with death's colors!!
Kanagi: "Bloody Ruler"...
Momoko's Voice: Hold it right there!
Kanagi: Hm?!
Momoko: You’ve shown your face here yet again! Vampire, Ruler of the Dead!
Kanagi: Sister Momoko!! You again, knave?!
Karin: "Okay! Enough for now!"
Karin: You two were brilliant!
Karin: It's ten times cooler than I imagined!
Karin: You're a perfect fit for your roles!
Mitama: Compared to your first rehearsal, you've improved by an incredible degree since then.
Momoko: Ahaha, must be 'cuz the script is completely drilled into my head by now!
Kanagi: When I got invited to participate in rehearsals...
Kanagi: For a Halloween party stage play...
Kanagi: It took me aback for a moment, but...
Kanagi: I want to help make this a festive occasion for everybody much like you all, so I couldn't refuse.
Momoko: True, everybody is putting their all for this party.
Karin: I'm counting on you all!
Mitama: In that case, seeing as everybody is present right now...
Mitama: How about a run-through of the entire play?
Karin: That sounds good!
Momoko: Hm, I'm not too sure...
Kanagi: I support this idea.
Kanagi: Acting out the whole thing might let us see which parts are lacking.
Momoko: Well, if you say so... 'fraid I might drop the ball here or there, though...
Karin: Even if you mess up. don't sweat it!
Karin: Okay, as soon as you're ready...
Karin: From the beginning and until the final battle scene.
Karin: Let's start!
Momoko: This strength isn't mine alone!
Momoko: This is the determination of all the people you terrorized given form!!
Momoko: Eat this!!!
Kanagi: Guh...! This cannot be...
Kanagi: Arghhhhh!!!
Mitama: "And so, peace returned to the city."
Mitama: "Thank you, Sister Momoko!"
Mitama: "Long live Sister Momoko!"
Karin: "Okay, let's stop here!..."
Kanagi: Phew...
Momoko: Man, practicing the whole play at once is no joke. I'm pooped...
Kanagi: The final act is heavy on action so there is the need to manage stamina wisely, too...
Mitama: You've all done splendidly, so the hard work paid off, I say!
Kanagi: Thanks. Your words certainly help boost confidence.
Kanagi: How did we do, Artist?
Karin: Well...
Kanagi: Yes?
Karin: How should I put it... Something feels off...
Kanagi: Of course a trained eye like Artist's wouldn't let any flaws go unnoticed, huh.
Momoko: Improving our performance is, like, the whole point of practice. Go on and give it to us straight!
Karin: D-don't get me wrong, guys! You all were super awesome during the practice!
Karin: ...I think my own script is to be blamed here...

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Kanagi: Hm. To sum it up, you aren't satisfied with your own script?
Karin: That’s right...
Karin: I thought my script had turned out well when I finished it...
Karin: But now that I've watched the run-through, it no longer feels right...
Momoko: Well, checking if everything comes together nicely is what full rehearsals are meant for and all.
Mitama: Can you pinpoint the exact moment something felt amiss to you?
Karin: It was the last scene...
Karin: When the vampire, boiling with rage, fought the deciding battle with the sister...
Karin: That's when something started bothering me a little.
Karin: Whether it was the build up that led to that scene, or the lines themselves, I don't really know...
Kanagi: Why, isn't that the centerpiece of the story?
Karin: It is...
Momoko: So there's a problem with such an important scene...
Momoko: I'd really like to help you figure it out, but...
Kanagi: It's unfortunate, but we're complete amateurs when it comes to scenario writing.
Momoko: Yeah, wouldn't want to throw you off even more with some useless advice.
Momoko: I didn't feel particularly bothered at any point while practicing either.
Kanagi: Maybe it's something that only an artist would be able to notice...
Karin: Maybe...
Momoko: Either way, you can relax, Karin.
Momoko: If it's just a couple changes to the last scene, we can handle it no problem!
Kanagi: Indeed, we actors shall back you up with our acting however we can.
Kanagi: Feel free to contemplate the issue until the deadline.
Karin: You guys...! Yeah, I'm going to give it my all.
Kanagi: In conclusion, the best thing for us to do right now is to keep practicing.
Momoko: True.
Kanagi: Rewatching the play might give Artist a clue in regards to adjusting the script.
Momoko: Makes sense. Let's not delay it any further and resume our practice right away then!
Karin: Please start from the fight scene in the middle act.
Kanagi: That would mean we need to start from the...
Kanagi: "Bwahahaha... I've been waiting for you, Sister!"
Kanagi: Line in the script, correct?
Karin: Yup!
Karin: "Start!"
Kanagi: Ahahahaha... Hahahaha...
Kanagi: Ahahahahahaha!!!!
Kanagi: I've been waiting for far, far too long!!
Kanagi: Sister!! My mortal enemy!
Karin: "Stop, stop, stooop!"
Karin: Um... Well... Your delivery is too exaggerated all of a sudden...
Karin: W-what's going on...?
Kanagi: Oh? The dialogue made you feel like something was out of place, so...
Kanagi: I thought that changing my acting might make it feel right...
Karin: You did it for my sake, then!
Karin: Thank you!
Karin: Your acting has been 100% on point so far, really...
Karin: But that felt a little OOC to me just now...
Kanagi: I see. So that was unnecessary...
Kanagi: By the way, Artist... What did you mean when you said it was "OOC"?
Karin: It's, uh, how should I explain it...
Mitama: It's an acronym for "out of character..." Meaning you weren't quite acting in the way the character would...I believe?
Karin: That's more or less what I meant.
Karin: Aha!
Mitama: Did you figure something out?
Karin: That must be it!
Karin: I've been misinterpreting the vampire's personality all along!
Kanagi: So it's your misunderstanding, then...?

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Momoko: So you didn't understand the vampire correctly, then...
Momoko: But how is it possible for the author to misunderstand their own character's personality?
Karin: To be exact, I didn't write this character from scratch...
Karin: She's based on an already existing character...
Karin: This vampire originally appears in "Magical Kirin".
Mitama: "Magical Kirin"...
Mitama: Unless my memory is betraying me, that is the name of your favorite shoujo manga, yes?
Kanagi: Handling another author's characters must be a complicated matter.
Mitama: Basically, this play is a story you created...
Mitama: But you took that character from another work?
Kanagi: Many of my masters at work also like those so called "derivative works."
Karin: Yup, exactly.
Karin: "If it were up to the vampire from "Kirin," how would she react in this or that scene..."
Karin: That's been my thinking process for writing her lines.
Momoko: And that's why the dialogue didn't sit right with you in parts, then.
Momoko: Since you wouldn't stop worrying whether your writing was true to the source material.
Karin: This vampire is evil by nature, but also kind of enigmatic and has fun at the same time...
Karin: I was unsure if those traits could be preserved in the stage play...
Karin: But Nagitan proved my worries unfounded.
Karin: Her take on the vampire matched the vision I had perfectly!
Karin: You really understand "Magical Kirin," Nagitan!
Karin: So you don't need to go out of your way to change your acting!
Kanagi: I see.
Kanagi: Certainly, it looks like my laugh back then was overdoing it.
Kanagi: But as to whether I understand Magical Kirin, though...
Kanagi: Let's see... I'm not that far into the manga yet...
Kanagi: At least, I'm pretty sure I've yet to get to any chapters with a vampire in it.
Karin: That's catastrophical! I'll lend my volumes to you, so get on reading it! Right! Away!
Kanagi: Doing that would help me understand the character I'm playing even better, yes?
Karin: No, that isn't why!
Karin: You simply cannot call your life complete until you’ve read that part!
Momoko: Oh, you're just fangirling...

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Kanagi: (Not long after, I took the whole set of "Kirin" volumes that featured the vampire home with me...)
Kanagi: (And read it all.)
Kanagi: (Sure enough, the manga story differed from that of the stage play.)
Kanagi: (Let's go over the contents once more to sort them out.)
Kanagi: The vampire arc starts with Phantom Thief Kirin arriving in a certain town.
Kanagi: On the outskirts of that town stood a castle inhabited by a vampire.
Kanagi: The vampires and the townsfolk waged a long-running feud that smouldered on for many, many years... Or so the manga tells us.
Kanagi: Our heroine, Kirin, hears word of a certain treasure from the townsfolk. While originally theirs, it was taken by the vampire long ago. That treasure seems to be the main subject of the story.
Kanagi: The phantom thief confronts the vampire, wins an epic standoff, and returns the treasure back to the town.
Kanagi: But this tale doesn't end there.
Kanagi: The vampire's powers weaken drastically after she loses the treasure.
Kanagi: The last chapter reveals that the townsfolk take advantage of the vampire's weakened state to advance on the castle and strike her down.
Kanagi: The townsfolk end up vanquishing the vampire without Kirin's assistance, and peace comes back to the town once more.
Kanagi: And they all lived happily ever after... The end.
Kanagi: (A happy ending...)
Kanagi: (Yes, an unmistakable happy ending...)
Kanagi: (And yet, why does it make me feel so...)
Kanagi's Brother: Wow, you're reading manga for girls, Sis? That's not something you see everyday.
Kanagi: I *am* a girl too, you know.
Kanagi's Brother: It's drawn so cutely, too. Is it interesting?
Kanagi's Brother: Let me read it for a sec...
Kanagi: Hold it!
Kanagi's Brother: Huh?
Kanagi: Ah... Well, the thing is...
Kanagi: The person I got this manga from loves it to death.
Kanagi: She lent it to me after strongly insisting I read it.
Kanagi: I'm not going to take the blame if someone other than me damages it...
Kanagi's Brother: I see. Makes sense, I guess.
Kanagi: (No...! This isn’t really why I can’t lend it to him...!)
Kanagi: (In actuality, I don't want my brother to read this vampire arc...!)
Kanagi: (He would only feel empty upon finishing it...)
Kanagi: (Yes, emptiness was the only thing that filled my heart after I was done with this arc.)
Kanagi: (Was it because I perform as the vampire in the play...?)
Kanagi: (Or, perhaps...?)
Kanagi: ...What do I make of this outcome...
Kanagi: It appears the Day of the Dead has taken a liking to throwing me one riddle after another...
Kanagi: Quite the deceptive fellow, that vampire...

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<The day of the Halloween party>
Kanagi: The party is finally about to start...
Mitama: Yes, at last.
Kanagi: Togame... Are you in good health? No injuries or anything?
Momoko: Yeah, I'm feeling great. No pain or anything.
Kanagi: Well, that's a load off my mind.
Kanagi: After that whole mess at rehearsal the other day...
Kanagi: I won't try to earn forgiveness with this, but...
Kanagi: I'll put my best efforts to make our guests hospitable, as one of the hosts for this party.
Mitama: While you shouldn't let that incident get you down too much, Kanagi...
Mitama: I'm a little excited at the prospect of watching you serve everyone!
Kanagi: It might tank the fearsome reputation of the vampire, but...
Kanagi: I'm going to combine it with the "maid" aspect that I've become familiar with...
Kanagi: And attempt to create a new combination, the "vampire maid."
Mitama: I can only hope nothing goes wrong~
Kanagi: By the way...
Karin: ...
Momoko: H-how's it going...? Nevermind, that face makes it obvious...
Karin: I'm really sorry, guys...
Karin: I spent so much time trying to fix the last scene...
Karin: But I haven't come up with anything good yet...
Kanagi: I see...
Karin: B-but that doesn't mean I'm calling off our stage play!
Karin: People are waiting for it, and...
Karin: Making the best of the time you've got is the way of a pro!
Karin: Only an amateur would give up halfway just because they couldn't fix some minor issue in time!
Kanagi: ...Well spoken, Artist!
Mitama: Showing your work to an audience despite not being personally happy with it...
Mitama: I think anyone would say that's a very brave thing to do.
Karin: And I'm very confident in your acting ability!
Karin: Even if a few lines feel a little off to me, I'm totally sure people will enjoy the play!
Momoko: Karin...
Momoko: Okay, we got you covered! We'll definitely knock the cover off the ball!
Kanagi: ...
Kanagi: (We need to put on as good a play as we can, even if there might be flaws...)
Kanagi: (But first things first.)
Kanagi: (Right now, I must focus on serving our party guests...!)

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Emiri: Omigosh! There's, like, so much sweet stuff in here!
Sasara: Yeah? But we're at Coordinator's place right now, so, you know...
Mitama: *Giggle*
Mitama: My own cooking is randomly mixed in with other food~
Asuka: And so commences the Russian Roulette nobody signed up for...!
Kanagi: Our guests seem to be having a pleasant time.
Kanagi: Making sure they're satisfied keeps me that much more busy, but it's a good feeling still.
Konomi's Voice: Nagitaaan!
Kanagi: Hm?
Kanagi: Oh, it's you, Haruna.
Konomi: Why are you dressed in this outfit, if I might ask?
Kanagi: Well, it's for a play I'll be performing in soon.
Kanagi: May as well have it on for the party too...
Kanagi: Since there won't be many opportunities to show it off later.
Konomi: Oh, you must be talking about the play Kako will also be acting in.
Kako: I...I only play a supporting role and don't have many lines myself, though...
Nanaka: *Giggle* Please do your best on the stage.
Meiyui: Is it horror? Need a person to play the jiangshi part?
Kanagi: A jiangshi would be out of place in a play with a Western setting, I'm afraid.
Kanagi: The play itself is about a confrontation between a vampire and a sister.
Akira: Vampires are neat.
Akira: A cool vampire costume is what I'd go with if I had to choose one for myself!
Nanaka: Oh my, is that so?
Akira: Huh?!
Nanaka: And here I was so certain that you had a soft spot for frilly, charming outfits, Akira...
Akira: Ahaha, no way!
Akira: Yeah, absolutely, definitely no way!
Kanagi: Now then, I have food to take to other guests and other business to attend to.
Kanagi: Please let me excuse myself for the time being.
Konomi: Okay! Please take care.
Kanagi: Would you like me to refill your drinks?
Leila: Hey! It's Kanagi!
Mito: In a vampire outfit!
Seika: Yes, please, if you would.
Kanagi: Understood.
Leila: ...
Kanagi: Hm? Is something wrong?
Leila: Well, having a vampire serve you food at a party is sort of...
Mito: Bizarre!
Kanagi: Vampires are generally depicted as masters of either castles or mansions, yes.
Kanagi: That's why a vampire in the position of a servant might...
Kanagi: Feel out of place for you and your friends, Ibuki.
Kanagi: Rest assured, though: my current identity is not that of an ordinary vampire...
Kanagi: Today, I'm serving guests as a "maid vampire"!
Seika: Ooh~
Leila: How is that different from your usual maid Nagitan persona, I wonder~?
Mito: Let's take a picture together then, maid vampire! An instant one!
Kanagi: My apologies.
Kanagi: Cameras can't capture vampires, so it isn't possible to take one.
Seika: So the only difference is that her service has gotten worse...?
Mito: A-all right, let's ask for an omurice, then.
Leila: The most classic dish when it comes to maids, of course...
Kanagi: I assume you'd like me to add a ketchup drawing, then. Piece of cake.
Seika: What would a vampire draw?
Mito: A cute little bat, maybe?
Kanagi: Your drawing is complete...!
Mito: W-what is this supposed to be...?
Kanagi: What you'd expect a vampire to draw using ketchup...
Kanagi: Blood.
Leila: Eep?!
Seika: This maid vampire is quite a character.
Leila: Maybe too much of a character compared to the normal idea people have of cruel vampires.
Kanagi: ...?!
Kanagi: ...
Kanagi: (The idea of...what vampires are supposed to be like...?)
Kanagi: (In other words, a preconceived notion...)

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Touka's Voice: Hey, miss vampire maid~
Kanagi: Hm?
Touka: Our table is all out of sweets~
Ui: Ehehe~ Trick or treat!
Kanagi: Very well. I'll get on it right away.
Kanagi: I'm curious to learn what tricks you might have in store, Ui...
Kanagi: But I shall ignore your proposition for now.
Nemu: So this is the military-style maid there's been so much fuss about.
Touka: If that's the concept, it seems a bit chaotic, doesn't it?
Kanagi: Thank you for the wait.
Ui: That took no time at all!
Kanagi: I simply borrowed sweets from other tables, that's all.
Kanagi: Go on and choose whichever delicacies suit your fancy, now.
Ui: ...
Kanagi: Hm, is there something else you want? You're staring at me so intently...
Ui: Ah, not really...
Ui: Now that I got to see it up close, it’s incredible...
Ui: So much that it shocked me for a second...
Kanagi: Are you referring to my outfit...?
Kanagi: That Yakumo really might've put too much enthusiasm into designing it.
Kanagi: Accounting for the need to stand out on stage even when viewed from afar may have backfired.
Nemu: This outfit looks very realistic and skillfully crafted. I must admit as much.
Kanagi: But if it stands in the way of enjoying the party...
Kanagi: That settles it. Let me go get myself changed this instant...
Ui: Hey, hold on, please! It's fine.
Ui: Your outfit shocked me for a second, sure...
Ui: But I don't feel intimidated at all because I know that it's you under the costume, Kanagi.
Kanagi: What you're saying is...
Kanagi: You already recognize me and can keep your composure because of that.
Ui: Yep!
Ui: It'd be a different story if I ran into some stranger wearing this costume on the street.
Ui: That might have actually scared me.
Ui: There's no reason to be afraid of you, because we're friends.
Touka: Nothing wrong with this outfit, really~
Nemu: A person's inner nature is what truly invokes fear in us.
Nemu: Conversely, no matter how much a person's outward appearance might clash with their kind personality...
Nemu: So long as you are aware of their true character, you won't be taken by terror.
Ui: Maybe a real vampire wouldn't be scary to talk to either, if we ever met one!
Kanagi: ...Hrmm. I see your point. I shall stay dressed like this, then.
Touka: Ui is such a baby, all things considered~
Ui: Huh?
Touka: Regardless of how nice or evil any vampire might be...
Touka: There's no reason to be afraid of them in the first place.
Nemu: Why is that?
Touka: Come on~ Vampires have as many weaknesses as there are stars in the sky, don’t they~?
Nemu: That's true, now that you mention it.
Ui: Yeah, vampires have plenty of easily exploitable weaknesses.
Touka: Exactly!
Touka: Let me say it again.
Touka: There's nothing scary about creatures as critically vulnerable as vampires!
Kanagi: ...
Kanagi: BOO!!!!
Touka: ...?!
Touka: W-what was that?
Kanagi: I just decided to get a little angry on behalf of the vampires whose pride is being injured.
Touka: Geeezzz~!!
Kanagi: M-my apologies. Making you upset wasn't my intention...
Kanagi: ―Kanagi― And this is the proof. Do forgive me.
Touka: ―Touka― Huh, what is this supposed to be...?
Kanagi: ―Kanagi― This is my expression of love given to Satomi to cancel out the distress I caused.
Touka: ―Touka― Hmm, you know, this makes me feel more disgust than anything...
Ui: ―Ui― Touka, please! K-Kanagi looks very cute in this pose, if you ask me.
Nemu: ―Nemu― I second that sentiment.
Nemu: ―Nemu― If anything, we might have just witnessed an especially rare sight.
Touka: ―Touka― ...!

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Kanagi: Well then, I have other things to attend to, so if you'll excuse me.
Ui: Sure!
Kanagi: Hm...
Kanagi: (What is this, though...)
Kanagi: (That round of jesting exchanges with the gremlin trio earlier...)
Kanagi: (None of it was meant to be serious, and yet...)
Kanagi: (It brought out a familiar sense of inner discomfort...)
Kanagi: ...?!
Kanagi: I-I get it now...!
Momoko: It's almost time for the stage play.
Karin: Yeah...
Mitama: Let's get moving to the stage hall then, shall we?
Kanagi: Artist! Togame!
Momoko: Whoa there! What's the emergency, Kanagi?
Kanagi: It might be finally in my grasp! The proper way to handle that vampire's characterization!
Karin: Wha?!
Mitama: Do you mean it?!
Kanagi: You bet!
Karin: If you're able to make the vampire true to her original character...
Karin: It will definitely improve the last scene!
Karin: The characterization you have in mind... Please tell me all about it.
Kanagi: But of course.
Kanagi: First, vampires...
Leila: Maybe too much of a character compared to the normal idea people have of cruel vampires.
Kanagi: Have a reputation for being scary, as per those words.
Kanagi: And I used to think that vampires must be scary, too, because that idea is so prevailingly common.
Momoko: "Used to"?
Kanagi: The brat trio did some nitpicking before...
Touka: There's nothing scary about creatures as critically vulnerable as vampires!
Kanagi: Vampires don't pose enough of a threat to be feared due to their many weaknesses, they said.
Mitama: I haven't considered it before, but now that I think about it, that's true.
Karin: But why do we tend to assume that vampires are scary, then?
Kanagi: The blame lies with the vicious cycle of ideas... preconceived notions, wouldn't you agree?
Ui: Maybe a real vampire wouldn't be scary to talk to either, if we ever met one!
Kanagi: The idea that vampires are "scary" continuously perpetuates itself, amplifying itself further.
Kanagi: It's a vicious cycle.
Kanagi: Humans gave up on trying to understand them, and, consequently, became even more afraid.
Kanagi: And thus created the vampires as we know them today...
Kanagi: That may be what the vampire arc in "Kirin" was aiming for, too.
Karin: The manga didn't show us the vampire's point of view at all, if I recall right.
Kanagi: Because by learning about how a character thinks and feels...
Karin: The reader loses their fear of them...?
Kanagi: Yes, that's what I’m getting at.
Momoko: That being said, um...what's the right way to portray the vampire, then?
Kanagi: Let me confirm something first.
Kanagi: How did the end of the vampire arc in "Kirin" make you feel, Artist?
Karin: Um, it felt like a happy ending with the peace restored to town, I guess...
Kanagi: Hm, I see...
Kanagi: As for me, it left me feeling with nothing but void in my chest...
Karin: Huh...?
Kanagi: That confirms it.
Kanagi: That confirms it. Taking into account the previously discussed factors...
Kanagi: The vampire's proper characterization... Their "true identity" is apparent to me now.
Kanagi: The vampire's proper characterization is...
Kanagi: ...You already recognize me and can therefore keep your composure.
Ui: Yep!
Kanagi: Good! Things somehow got resolved in time for the stage play...!

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Ui: I can't wait to see Kanagi perform on stage along with everyone!
Touka: At any rate...I'm impressed they were able to prepare an entire assembly hall to perform in.
Ui: Karin's grandma is letting them borrow this place.
Ui: I heard she got the reservation for it from a children organization’s meeting.
Touka: That explains the unfamiliar kids in the crowd.
Nemu: It's just as they say, "your network is your net worth".
*Beeeep*
Ui: Ah, looks like it's starting!
Kanagi: Bwahahaha! At last, it's come!
Kanagi: It's the time of the deceased, when the sun has set and the stars are dancing in the sky...
Kanagi: ...Yes, it's night!!
Kanagi: Now, I shall act to fulfill vampirekind's greatest desire...
Kanagi: And paint this town with death's colors!!
Kanagi: "Bloody Ruler"...
Momoko's Voice: Hold it right there!
Kanagi: Hm?!
Momoko: You’ve shown your face here yet again! Vampire, Ruler of the Dead!
Kanagi: Sister Momoko!! You again, knave?!
Momoko: Obviously I'd be here.
Momoko: Forcing the people of this town to live in fear is unforgivable.
Kanagi: Stop it with your entitled blabber, human!
Kanagi: Tonight, for sure.
Momoko: Today, for sure.
Kanagi: This impudent mouth...
Momoko: This heinous soul...
Kanagi: Will be silenced!
Momoko: Shall be purified!
Mitama: "Once upon a time, in a certain town, there was a prideful vampire who threw the town into terror and a sister who desperately strove to make the town peaceful again."
Mitama: "The two of them, as fated rivals..."
Kanagi: Let's see if you can handle this!!
Momoko: I won't give in!!
Mitama: "On clear nights."
Momoko: NOW!!
Kanagi: Ugh...!
Mitama: "On rainy nights."
Kanagi: I swear on the pride I hold as a vampire... I'll force you to retreat!
Momoko: This is far from over!
Mitama: "On sultry summer nights."
Kanagi: Take this! Rock-Solid Snow Orb!
Momoko: Such underhanded tactics! Stuffing a rock inside of a snowball...!
Mitama: "On snowy winter nights."
Mitama: "Each and every day, they struggled for their lives against each other."
Mitama: "And yet..."
Kanagi: Uoohhhh!
Momoko: Hiyahhhhh!
Kanagi & Momoko: Urghhh!
Kanagi & Momoko: ...
Mitama: "Their powers matched each other's so evenly that their fights would always end in a draw."
Mitama: "This struggle couldn't continue forever, however."
Mitama: "And then suddenly, the day that decided things arrived."

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Natsuki: Milady vampire~
Natsuki: It looks as though those town vermin are scheming something!
Kanagi: Leave them be.
Kanagi: Concerning myself with such trifling matters would bring downfall to my name.
Natsuki: Got it!
Kanagi: Whatever strategy those lowly humans might employ, I care not.
Kanagi: For there is but one duty for me to carry out...
Kanagi: Well then, the sun should go down any time now...
Kako: Milady vampire, if I may...?
Kanagi: What is it?
Kako: I'd like to advise against heading to town today...
Kako: I have this...odd premonition that something bad will happen if you do...
Kanagi: Your hunches often end up being right on the money, I must admit...
Kanagi: But I won't back down!
Kanagi: I'll never retreat until I've fulfilled the will of my ancestors!
Kanagi: Bwahahaha!
Kanagi: Ha ha, today at last, you will...
Momoko: Tah!!
Kanagi: Gwah!
Kanagi: What?! Where do you think you're going?!!
Kanagi: Haah... Haah... I've caught up to you now...!
Momoko: Tah!!
Kanagi: Gwah!!
Kanagi: What...! You mean to run away again...?!
Kanagi: You've got things you must protect in that direction, bastard!
Kanagi: It's the town you're fleeing to!
Kanagi: Haah... Haah... I've caught up to you...
Kanagi: The town is within a stone's throw away now... There's nowhere left for you to run...
*Tremble*...
Kanagi: What?!
Kanagi: M-my body...it refuses to move...
Momoko: ...
Kanagi's Voice: T-this smell must be...
Kanagi's Voice: G-garlic...? And such huge concentrations of it...
Momoko: This town holds a huge garlic harvest festival once every four years, and it's tomorrow.
Momoko: Preparations for it are in progress as we speak.
Kanagi: You lured me into a trap with your movements...
Kanagi: Bwahahahaha! I've been underestimating you!
Kanagi: In my eyes, you were just a weak-minded churchgoer who would never dare risk the town's safety...
Kanagi: I couldn't have foreseen you pulling such tricks before now.
Kanagi: ...I admit my loss.
Kanagi: Finish me off.
Momoko: ...No, I will not murder you.
Kanagi: What...
Momoko: The Lord our God pardons all sins.
Momoko: If you repent with a sincere heart...
Momoko: Our merciful hearts shall accept you.
Kanagi: What... What...!
<Backstage>
Karin: ...Any time now...
Karin: (The prideful vampire is supposed to reveal her trump card, "GC"...)
Karin: (She will activate "Garlic Canceller"...)
Karin: (Draining a large amount of her power, yet she will continue to battle to the very end...)
Karin: (Because the sister showing her mercy...)
Karin: (Was an unbelievable affront to her vampire pride.)
Karin: (But I...failed to capture the vampire's character in full.)
Karin: (And didn't make her sound mad enough while writing...)
Karin: (But Nagitan, she...)

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Kanagi: That confirms it. Taking into account the previously discussed factors...
Kanagi: The vampire's proper characterization... Their "true identity" is apparent to me now.
Kanagi: The vampire's proper characterization is...
Karin: That true form is...?
Kanagi: It's "the people of Daito", me included.
Mitama: ...?!
Kanagi: Obviously, I don't intend to make a baseless claim...
Kanagi: That "Kirin"'s author used Daito as reference for their manga.
Kanagi: However, when I take into account the truth I learned when Kyubey granted my wish...
Kanagi: And the emotions and circumstances we have experienced...
Kanagi: This vampire and Daito have quite a number of common points between them.
Kanagi: (And this kind of situation isn't uncommon all around the country either...)
Kanagi: (That just may be why the author decided to write such a story.)
Karin: If I remember correctly, in the end...
Karin: Kirin didn't help out the townsfolk...
Karin: I just thought it was because she was making sure the townsfolk could fight on their own, but...
Karin: Kirin must have actually hated the idea of ambushing the vampire.
Karin: And the story had never shown the vampire attacking the town either...
Momoko: She hasn't harmed anyone, and yet...
Momoko: People feared her based on their unfair idea of her and then exterminated her...
Mitama: She really is...just like us...
Karin: I-I'm really sorry...!
Karin: I went and wrote this play...without even realizing what the original story was about...
Karin: ...But, precisely because of that... For the final scene...
Karin: The vampire's furious speech has to be spoken in your own words, Nagitan!
Karin: Nobody can do it better than you!
Kanagi: What...!
Mitama: Yes, I think that would be appropriate.
Kanagi: ...
Karin: (This is it, Nagitan... Let it all out!)
Karin: (Let your feelings be heard...!)
Kanagi: You aim to...offer me mercy... Is that how it's going to be...
Kanagi: Repentance... Bwahahahaha... Don't think you can get careless just yet...
Kanagi: We've crossed swords for far too many generations now...!
Momoko: Yes, you're right...
Kanagi: You want to end our conflict without resolving the reason behind it, then...
Kanagi: Thus extending your hand to your enemy, the prideful vampire before you!
Kanagi: Implying we should forget everything and leave the sins of our ancestors behind!!
Momoko: Yes, that's exactly it. After all...
Momoko: Isn't it all water under the bridge now?
Kanagi: ...?!
Kanagi: Ahhahahaha!!!
Kanagi: Since it's all in the past, you think if I just apologize, it's going to be forgive and forget?!
Kanagi: You're so full of yourself, you damn hypocrite!!
Momoko: The townsfolk must see me in the same light as you do.
Momoko: I simply think there's no point to this conflict.
Kanagi: Has victory clouded your mind with arrogance?! My pride cannot allow this...
Momoko: I am exceedingly well aware of how prideful you are.
Kanagi: ...
Kanagi: ...I could've been long dead by now, but you're still letting me live.
Kanagi: ...Should I believe you, then?...
Momoko: Yes. I'm not trying to deceive you. Repent and you shall be forgiven.
Kanagi: ...Don't regret sparing me.
Momoko: What?! You’re back on your feet?!
Kanagi: I activated "Garlic Canceller" just now.
Kanagi: It temporarily neutralizes garlic at the price of putting my body under enormous strain...
Kanagi: I can only use this trump card once in my lifetime.
Momoko: Guh...! Impossible...!
Kanagi: ...I am a vampire full of pride.
Kanagi: That's why I will tell you this, and only this, out of my own volition:
Kanagi: Listen carefully to my confession.
Momoko: ...?!

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Kanagi: ...Express how I... No, how all of Daito feels through my performance...?
Karin: Yes!
Kanagi: ...In that case, let me run something by you first...
Kanagi: About my speech here. Does it have to be filled with anger?
Karin: Huh?!
Kanagi: The climax might not be as exciting this way, but...
Karin: (We did adjust the general plotline together with Togame-senpai and others...)
Karin: (But most of the lines will have to be improvised...!)
Karin: (It's all up to you now, guys...!)
Momoko: You'll repent...of your own will...? Even while knowing you're able to move right now...?
Kanagi: My pride is already in tatters, to be frank.
Kanagi: The decision to give up avenging my ancestors didn't come lightly...
Momoko: Then, why...
Kanagi: Because, even though my clan and the townsfolk have been opposing each other for so long...
Kanagi: ...I was never able to find a clear reason why.
Momoko: ...!
Kanagi: My clan would only pass down the past grudges and bitterness they bore, not explanations.
Kanagi: But with time, I understood this: the more oppression from town our kind would face...
Kanagi: The more we would retaliate in turn.
Kanagi: "Stop blaming us for our ancestors' faults!" ― I'd always buried those words in my heart.
Momoko: ...
Kanagi: Eventually, it was no longer revenge that truly motivated me to fight you lot.
Kanagi: The anger born from being made to put up with oppression for no particular reason took over.
Momoko: ...So that's how you felt...
Momoko: And I was about to force a confession out of you in these circumstances...
Kanagi: My pride is wounded. My heart is seething with rage.
Kanagi: Nevertheless...
Kanagi: I want to be forgiven.
Momoko: ...And thus you're seeking a compromise.
Kanagi: I know you and I both are sick of this conflict.
Kanagi: My heart had already given up on receiving forgiveness.
Kanagi: "I don't know how to apologize. Destroying my enemy is the only way to break this cycle."
Kanagi: ...That's what I convinced myself of.
Kanagi: And if you're just going to tell me that "it's all in the past"...
Kanagi: Then not reciprocating your actions would just be yet another disgrace to my name.
Kanagi: Let me say it once more...
Kanagi: I am remorseful for what I have done to this point. Please forgive me.
Kanagi: ...Is that enough repentance?
Momoko: Yes, your confession is accepted!
Momoko: Now, let me do the same...
Kanagi: Why are you repenting too...?
Momoko: I am speaking on behalf of the townspeople.
Momoko: We unfairly oppressed you based on the past quarrels of our ancestors...
Momoko: Even though you didn't do anything to deserve it.
Momoko: I hope you can find it in yourself to forgive us.
Kanagi: ...Apology accepted.
Momoko: Thank you.
Kanagi: Haha, this feels kind of weird... It's like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
Momoko: I feel the same.
Momoko: I'm sure you can start things over with the townsfolk too, if that's what you wish for.
Kanagi: Is that so... I would like to hope you're right.
Momoko: That aside, let me tell you something I've noticed about you!
Momoko: The town might see you vampires as the incarnation of fear itself, but, hear me out!
Momoko: After all the time I spent duking it out with you, I came to realize this...
Momoko: You guys just have a bit of a rough personality, but you aren't bad by nature!
Kanagi: What are you...
Momoko: Their impression of you is wrong― that's the whole issue!
Momoko: They all cling to their irrational fears.
Momoko: Your "terrifying vampire" reputation precedes you.
Momoko: As such, I'm gonna do all that's in my power to help make others see you in a better light!
Kanagi: ... I am indebted to you...
Kanagi: Let's hold onto these feelings and start tomorrow... Little by little...
Momoko: The garlic harvest festival is still happening tomorrow.
Kanagi: ...Let's postpone those plans to the day after tomorrow, then...
Mitama: "Thus the sister and the vampire joined hands in friendship, bidding farewell to their long conflict."
Mitama: "And they all lived happily ever after."
Konomi: The play was a lot of fun~
Himika: For some reason... I feel really thankful to everybody for putting it together!
Mitama: Everybody did a great job~ I simply loved it~
Karin: The play was a success! It's all thanks to you, Nagitan!
Kanagi: I'm happy to hear that.
Karin: ...And once more, I'm really sorry.
Karin: For not being considerate enough while writing the script for the play...
Kanagi: What matters is that the play was a success.
Kanagi: Moreover, it left me feeling refreshed from the bottom of my soul.
Kanagi: Take pride in your work. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
Karin: T-thank you a bunch...!
Momoko: I'm feeling refreshed, too...
Momoko: I mean, I got so into it that some of my own feelings might have slipped in there...
Karin: Ah. Your acting was awesome, though!
Mitama: A moment if you would, Kanagi?
Kanagi: Hm? Is something up?
Mitama: That resolution to the story... Is that how you honestly feel?
Kanagi: ...Who can tell? Not me.
Mitama: Who, indeed...
Kanagi: If I had to say, this was a desirable, highly idealized outcome...
Kanagi: If somebody suddenly asked me to let go of everything that happened and call it even for real...
Kanagi: Would I be able to muster the same words in response?
Kanagi: I really...don't know the answer to that...
Kanagi: A lot happened, but this Halloween was a fun one.