Yumeji Page #2

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into poetry and paintings.

I'm a married woman.

You know that.

- What about this pistol?

- It was my husband's.

A 50 year old chap in a top hat?

Prepare yourself.

Prepare to live with me.

That's how it is?

Sure. I came prepared.

You were testing me.

Want to scream?

Not again!

I don't like being tested.

I won't test you.

How poetry has declined!

What's so funny?

This is the first time I'm laughing here.

Let me tell you a frightening story.

I had a dream about your husband.

He shot me, right in the forehead.

He's already dead!

Yes. He's dead.

Thank heavens for that!

I'm glad.

When the moon is full

Behind a pampas bush

I saw a grassy mound of Venus

Hikono. .. Hikono. ..

I can't go now.

Father's watching me closely.

I'll take my chance

and join you tomorrow.

I'll stake my life.

I want to die in your arms.

When the moon is full

Make love, or go to hell

The fiends will grind you

and eat you alive

It's him! It's him!

Beat it!

Demon Matsu, the killer,

made fools of us again today.

Our best men...

...have been hunting for him

in the mountains,

but he knows that place

like the back of his hand.

Some newspapers said

he's a hero.

Because he's resisting

the authorities alone?

Ha! He's just crazy

and desperate for that woman.

Was she that pretty?

Mr Wakiya had a crush on her.

That's where the trouble started.

Wakiya?

Didn't you know?

The owner of that mansion?

You really didn't know?

That's why Mrs Wakiya

searches the lake

for his body every day.

Some say

long ago, a samurai refugee

was hiding in the house.

But he was discovered

and decapitated.

The people in the house

were held responsible

and executed, too.

So the occupants serve food

to their spirits every day.

His name is Matsukichi,

but since the incident,

we've been calling him Devil Matsu.

Was what he did so demonic?

He pulled a cart for living.

She ran a small restaurant.

Had a child.

Which one?

The woman.

Matsukichi loved her

and took care of her.

Then one day Mr Wakiya

dropped in at the restaurant.

And he laid eyes her.

He liked what he saw.

Then what?

Did she fall for his money

and abandon her old love?

Before that, Matsu found them

in bed, making love.

Straight to the good part!

He took them to the ranch

holding a scythe to their necks.

- No one saw them?

- It was midnight.

Isn't this room beautiful?

That's a Kaga curtain.

You've given it the works.

Yes. We spend time and labour

on better living here.

That fish, for example.

It's pickled and dried.

It's hard work.

It takes a lot of time.

As if labour turned

to a soft, warm breeze.

I feel like I'm in the place

I've always longed to be in.

When they reached

the slaughterhouse...

In the ranch?

He yelled at him,

"Go to hell!"

Do you know about the large pipe

used to wash the blood away?

Yes, I do.

He dumped him in it.

Alive?

The women was cut as she escaped

before she died.

How frightening.

You need to be careful!

Couldn't he get out of the pipe?

It sent him down

to the depths of the lake.

His chances were slim,

according to the police.

But if he could swim underwater...

Just maybe.

He couldn't have survived this.

I couldn't have.

You can stop now. I'm satisfied.

His body will appear someday.

But what if he's alive?

If there's even the slightest chance!

Why are you so bothered

about the search?

- Because...

- Because you lay with me?

Do you regret it?

No, but he might shoot me.

I'm scared.

I don't want to die.

What are you talking about?

It was all a dream.

The woman in the tree,

facing away from you.

Let me tell you all about it.

A duel?

He insulted me

using the picture of myself.

I am Yumeji Takehisa,

the famous artist!

Fall in love with me, you women!

I'm Yumeji.

What a joke.

I shot first but missed.

No.

Not now. Later. Someday.

When you're at the peak

of your popularity.

Then I'll shoot you.

You said it was a joke.

Filthy coward!

That's why I want to know

if he's alive.

I'm relieved.

I thought he'd kill me

for my love for you.

Stay with me.

Why did I come here?

Stay with me.

You and me here,

Wakiya after you...

And the killer after him.

What hell is this?!

It is indeed.

When I die, I'll die with you.

I'm leaving.

So it was all a lie?

I'm leaving!

Mr Matsukichi!

I thought you'd come.

The food and wine are for you.

Eat and drink.

Tell me.

Who are you waiting for?

Mr Wakiya?

He's still alive, right?

You failed to kill him,

so you're waiting for him here?

I hope he comes.

I really hope so.

And who are you?

Me?

The same as you.

Didn't you see us?

In Wakiya's house?

Didn't you?

I just imagined it?

I always felt like

someone was watching me.

But I guess it wasn't you.

Welcome back.

I searched my storeroom.

I found this cup.

It'll be beautiful

when filled with wine.

My grandfather was surely

going to paint on this.

It's got holes around the edges.

Is it silk?

A young lady is waiting for you.

Oh, it's you.

Sorry I'm not Hikono!

How did you know I was here?

It was easy. She sent me.

She told me how to find this inn.

She sent you?

She vomited blood.

Again? And then what?

She sent this for you.

She spends all day in bed.

She's being watched closely

and can't take your call.

She'll be hospitalised,

if she gets worse.

She looks thin, weary,

pale, even transparent.

Her eyes were shining like stars.

She's so beautiful,

so will surely die soon.

Idiot! Don't tempt fate.

She said not to reply.

Yes, so it says.

"I'm coming, for sure.

"So please wait."

In her condition?

- Please bring me wine.

- Yes.

- That, too.

- Yes.

You ran out on Sei-u?

I fell out of love with him.

Why?

He's totally crazy.

He made me pose practically naked

and tied down for hours.

What did you expect?

That's the kind of work he does.

You must be joking!

He was close to killing me.

Even models have

something called human rights.

I was so upset I stole all

of the pictures I could find.

If you've left him,

what are you going to do?

I thought you'd like

to use me as a model.

How about it?

How long did you work for him?

Since I was 16... so four years.

16?

So what?

No.

Your body is just right

for his pictures.

I can't re-model you so easily.

Am I not your type?

When the moon is full

Behind a pampas bush

I saw a grassy mound of Venus

Your turn next. I'll torture you.

I like the rain.

I feel like I've been

somewhere like this with you before.

It's possible.

Like a new landscape

that somehow looks familiar.

We saw a wedding.

Did you imagine it?

No, it's more than that.

It really happened.

Somewhere...

It doesn't have to be Kanazawa.

It could be any place.

It must have happened somewhere.

It could have been any woman, too.

It doesn't have to have been you.

As you wish.

There's a call

from a lady called Oyo.

I'm not going to take it.

That spoiled the mood!

Will you talk to her, ma'am?

Sure.

It was raining like this

when I came here as a bride.

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