Recently, society has been uneasy due to some frightening news. Hasn't it?
An elementary school girl had been kidnapped by someone and her life was snatched away. This type of incident has happened in many places.
I usually believe that everyone's personal time is important, so I don't like to say this but...
Please, as much as possible, make sure that going to and from school you are not alone.
Rion-chan!
Please, I hope that everyone will support each other.
Excuse me, pardon me. Coming through.
Did you say something again?
I haven't seen anything yet.
"Yet"?
But, I feel as if something came just now...
Stop it. Don't say such ominous things.
I will take her to the nurses.
I understand.
She's really light, um.
Rion-chan are you alright?
Are you alright? You collapsed from anemia.
Anemia?
They say that you do ballet.
Are you eating properly?
Overdoing a diet can be poison to your health.
Sensei, please. You absolutely can't tell my mother about this!
Why?
Because she'll be worried.
Of course she will. But I bet your mother...
My mother has it rough!
If she has to think about anything else but my meals then my mother will collapse!
Please! Don't say anything to my mother!
I will just make my mother suffer!
I'm begging you please, sensei don't say anything!
I get it, I understand so...
Just rest for a little bit more.
Ayami-sensei already gave me permission.
What's this?
With this pillow, it's possible to pull out a dream card.
It can convert a dream into a moving picture.
If you stay here then you'll be at peace.
You can rest at ease.
Akumu-chan! Episode 6 ~Child Dream~
Subtitles in English by LuffyNoTomo and special thanks ( -o _ o- ) for raws and to Furransu for the use of their Japanese subs~!!
Arabesque.
Pay attention to your back feet.
There isn't much time before the recital.
All that's left in order to deepen your confidence is to just believe in the habitual endeavor.
Keep your physical condition management steady, whether it's at home or school please pass the time by not losing focus.
Yes.
Well then that's it for today.
Thank you very much.
Rion-chan your amazing! I can't even keep up.
That's not true, right. Miku-chan is always composed.
That's not true, I have been doing this for two years longer and I've been completely overtaken by you.
You don't really think that.
I really do!
Liar!
It's true. Stop, stop.
It's all thanks to you, Miku-chan.
Someone with a social status like me shouldn't be learning ballet. But because I became friends with you, I'm now able to dance.
Saying something like social status is strange. We do ballet, we go to the same school and we're in the same class.
Ah, mama.
Good work.
Rion-chan, would you like a ride too?
I'm alright. My mother will come pick me up.
Well then, stay well. Bye.
Bye.
Bye-bye.
Well, shall we go?
Mom.
Welcome back.
Today, I was able to turn!
That's wonderful!
Let's go home.
Bye-bye.
Rion!
I'm sorry that I'm late!
Mother, it's alright. I could go home alone.
No way! There's also that dreadful incident going on right now, it's even more dangerous.
I could also go home with Miku-chan...
Are you saying you prefer a car?
It's nothing like that but...
This is no good!
Stop depending on Miku-chan already!
Because of the divorce we don't have any money but Rion, you have talent.
If it's for you, then no matter what I do, I'm not ashamed.
Rion, you're a daughter that I can boast about.
Dream?
What's wrong?
If you fall asleep there, you'll catch a cold.
You're called a Dream Beast, right?
You can call me whatever you like.
Dream Beast, you know Ayami-sensei but do you know my mother?
Mother?
I have never meet my mother.
As soon as I was born, she passed away.
What was my mother like?
Even if you know something like that, you can never meet your mother again.
You have Ayami-sensei now, right.
It seems that Ayami-sensei doesn't want to be with me.
Why?
Ayami-sensei is very bothered just because I exist.
It seems like I'm an annoyance.
Everything's alright.
Ayami-sensei, understands you the most.
I won't let you see a bad dream tonight, okay.
Okay. I wish you'd always do that.
Sorry, that's impossible.
That's why you have Ayami-sensei.
Dream!
Wait!
It appears that he's finally within a radius of 10km.
Is it that criminal?
It's the young girl serial kidnapper. From here, the crime scene is 10km apart from the riverbank.
Which means, the criminal is moving from place to place. I wonder if his job is something that allows him to travel to various places?
Finally, a real psychopath has appeared, right.
No...I didn't mean to say it like that.
I can't even imagine what else you meant besides that.
Now that I think about it...
Huh?
Ah, no, it's nothing.
When you say something like "now that I think about it", just go on and say it.
Ah! Somehow you're using 5-7-5 syllables. (as in a haiku)
Nope. Anyways, my daughter is also in elementary school. I'm a bit worried.
Where does your daughter attend school?
Mine goes to private school.
Is that so.
Which reminds me, the guy you are dating Ayami-sensei. Didn't you say he has a Lolita complex?
Ah, she did.
Oh, he's doesn't have a Lolita complex but he's a figure, right?
Nope, the meanings are entirely different.
Oh, is that so.
Are you sure everything is okay?
Are you still dating him, after all the trouble he caused?
I don't know...
Well then, let's begin.
It's surprisingly blurry, isn't it.
This is...
This isn't Kotou, Yuiko's dream card. Right.
This is her classmate's dream card.
Classmate's?
She's learning ballet, it seems like she's pushing herself in preparation for an upcoming important performance.
Ah! That's her! It's her dream.
Rion!
What are you doing!
You practiced so hard too!
Why!? Rion!
Why..!
Rion...
I see.
This is an honest and simple dream.
Receiving a dream before a crucial moment is something you see a lot.
And many of them are failures.
The reason for seeing them are due to pressure and anxiety.
Because of that they become the dream itself.
But is this because of the pressure from the performance?
Is it possible to think that it's anxiety coming from the mother's pressure?
That's enough.
We aren't your free of charge consultants.
All we asked you to do was pull out Kotou, Yuiko's dream card!
You too, are asking me to do that for free.
Do you want money?
I didn't say that.
If you want to motivate my spirit of inquiry and draw me in as a colleague.
Then you can appease me with doing just a little extra, I don't think retribution will strike.
It's as Kotoha-sensei says.
Senpai.
If you're that greedy, then it can't be helped that you would only want prophetic dreams.
Besides. Don't you think that Kotoha-sensei worries are related to Kotou, Yuiko?
What do you mean by that?
It's uncertain whether or not that Kotou, Yuiko and that classmate's unconsciousness are connected.
It's that moment, where the answer to what concerns you may appear within a dream.
Kotou, Yuiko's dream card has that much value to it.
Shimizu, Rion is being ruled by her mother?
The possibility of it is high.
Ever since that morning assembly when she collapsed from anemia, during the breaks she comes here to rest a lot.
Because of that, I was able to listen to her story.
So, does that mean she's taking abuse from her mother?
We may be able to save her if it was visible violence but rule over one's heart is something one bares their whole life.
Rule over one's heart? Did Shimizu, Rion say something like that?
She won't say something like that. It's scary because she has no self-awareness.
Until you can talk about it yourself, it's painful.
Because that's how I was.
You?
To my mother, I had to be a daughter that she could boast about.
Good grades, appearance and attitude.
When I was young and someone praised me in front of my mother, at that time she would smile and laugh back.
But when we returned home, she would suddenly get angry.
Telling me that, "the only reason why you're so cute, get good grades and have a good personality is because I raised you to be that way!"
Is this your way of bragging?
Ha. That's incorrect.
That's how she would force her hard work on me.
"Even though you're working so hard, no one will understand. The only one who will understand is you."
For my entire life, I will be obligated to repay that person. That's my existence.
Above all. Anything that makes my mother sad, is a sin.
I don't like this! Mother!
Mother, don't go!
Mother!
Are you listening?
Huh?
Ah, I see, um.
So, that's why you hated me, right.
What?
Seeing that I always smile. You thought there was more than meets the eye, right?
I didn't hate you.
In fact, I like you. You're unlike my mother.
There are plenty of lonely people but...to love it or be jealous?
There are different ways those kind people are twisted.
So, either way. You're saying I'm twisted?
I have never meet such a twisted person who lives so straightforward.
Every child who comes to the nurses is like that.
I was also like that.
I was more at ease with the school nurse, rather than being with my mother.
So, that's your reason for being a nurse, right.
What is your reason for being a teacher?
It's because I want my life to be steady and halfhearted.
However, it's about to be destroyed by one student.
Kotou, Yuiko.
Ah, I'll be late.
You appeared.
Is it perhaps about Shimizu, Rion?
Also, one more person appeared in my dream.
One more person? Are they in our class?
Ug, you really have good timing or should I say bad...
I'm sorry.
Well, it's alright. At any rate, let's go to class.
Ah, her face changed.
That's Satou, Miku.
They are learning ballet together, right.
Huh?
It's alright, it's just a dream.
Why is there a kappa in "Swan Lake"? (Kappa is a mythical water-dwelling creature)
This dream is based on "Swan Lake"?
I can't think of anything else it could be, right?
Yeah.
"Swan Lake"?
It's a famous story in ballet. You saw a dream about it.
What's it about?
The heroine, a princess is transformed into a swan by a demon.
The prince who fell in love with the swan, in order to transform her back into a human, had to pledge eternal love.
But yet again, with the demon's power. A black swan who looks exactly like the princess appears and get's in the way.
"Black Swan", huh.
That movie was really like a nightmare, wasn't it.
You also watch movies?
However, why is the prince Shiki?
How do I know!
When it comes to a prince, there's no other casting to think of, right?
Is that true?
Even if you ask me...
At least we know the demon is Shimizu, Rion's mother, um.
What's up with the kappa? Does something like that show up?
Of course it doesn't! A Japanese kappa in a Russian ballet.
That's the greatest mystery.
A new ending in "Swan Lake"?
In the world of ballet, I believe that there two endings for "Swan Lake" and either one can be performed.
There's a happy ending where the swan is saved and...
There's a tragedy where she dies.
Hey.
Um?
Perhaps, you don't know Shimizu, Rion from my class, right?
Yep, I don't know her.
Of course not.
Is there something the matter with her?
Not really...
Like maybe she appeared in Kotou, Yuiko's dream?
How did you know that?
When you started to talk about it, that's what I thought.
Ah...that's true.
So...
What kind of dream was it?
Can I confirm one thing?
What?
You really don't have a Lolita complex, right?
I don't.
Really?
I don't.
Ta-da!
Wow!
It's my present to you!
It was really expensive, but I worked hard and bought it.
For the performance, I want you to wear this in the match.
Yep!
This is a result of my blood, sweat, and tears.
If you wear this, then you will definitely be able to dance well.
Yep.
Now, go try it on.
If it doesn't fit right then I can fix it, okay.
Wow, pretty!
Amazing!
Yeah, it looks really good.
Um, um. Let's go with this one.
Okay! Thank you very much.
Well then, next is Satou, Miku-san.
Yes.
What? Huh?
It's the same right?
Oh, my. It's completely redundant, uh.
What shall we do.
However, since both of your parents prepared it for you...
You can both wear the same thing, right?
Yes.
Yes...
Everything is alright.
Because you're wearing the same outfit, conversely the difference between real ability will distinctly become clear.
If Miku-chan can wear it, then you too can wear an expensive outfit and dance.
Please be grateful to me.
In the real performance, you're going to be the one who shines the most.
Yeah.
Could you please lighten this area up a bit?
Yes, I understand. Kawabata, could you center it here? (his name means riverbank)
Ayami-sensei, I'm so happy!
For what?
I think that I get to see a ballet with you.
This is also just a part of work, right.
I bet it will be boring, huh.
Ah, Ayami-sensei. Yuiko-chan too.
You came as well?
Well, yeah.
Well, is anything the matter? Yuiko-chan is also here.
She seems to like ballet.
Yes.
This isn't "Swan Lake", right.
No matter how you think about it, that would be too difficult, right.
But, it's amazing.
Sensei!
What was that chime!? Who in the world made it?
I have no idea. Maybe it was some sort of breakdown or an accident.
Please let her try again! Give Rion one more chance!
I'm sorry but there's barely enough time.
How much do I need to pay you, in order to let her try again?
This is not a matter of money.
Everything's fine. Rion-chan danced plenty.
No, um...
Sensei, can I have a moment?
Yes. Well then bye. Okay.
No way...
What's she mean, "it's not a matter of money". It is too!
That girl's family got in our way!
Born in 1534. The military came from the Warring States period until the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
The Muromachi shogunate period was overthrown and the Warring States period...(blah blah Japanese History that I don't know).
What was the meaning of that nightmare?
If she's the white swan...
Does this means that she became the black swan?
What? What in the world is this feeling.
I'm afraid.
What's the matter Rion-chan?
Sensei. I feel sick, can I rest in here a bit again?
Of course, come on it.
It's uncertain whether or not that Kotou, Yuiko and that classmate's unconsciousness are connected.
It's that moment, where the answer to what concerns you may appear within a dream.
Kotou, Yuiko's dream card has that much value to it.
Is Shizumi-san alright?
She's alright. Hey, Kotou-san.
Could you come to the nurses office after school?
I have something to tell you.
I understand.
What did you want to speak with me about?
Before that, I shall give you some medicine that makes you relax, okay.
Open up.
Hey, is there really a white swan in this riverbank?
It is.
I saw it.
It's caught in a trap and can't get out.
Let's save it.
Where is it?
Here it is.
Your dream is to dance as the white swan, right?
Who made that chime?
What?
Did you do it?
Why would I?
It wasn't me. I would never do something like that!
Liar! Your mother or father did it!
I wouldn't do that!
If you give them money. You can hire anyone, right?
If you have money, then you can do anything. Right!
Answer me!
I like(love) Rion-chan!
I would never do that!
Shut up!
Get in that.
I don't want to!
Get in!
I can't swim! Help me!
Then answer me, who did it?
A person is born with injustice. However, we have the right to get mad at it.
I don't know! I didn't do it!
Then why not fly?
You're a white swan, right?
After all, I'm just the black swan!
Rion-chan, save me! Help!
Help! Help!
Ahh!
Miku-chan!
Miku-chan!!
Miku-chan!!!
What's wrong?
Sensei, do you believe that there's a kappa in that river?
Kappa?
Rion-chan, what's wrong!?
Sensei!
What shall I do!
I will make my mother sad again...
What shall I do!
It's alright! Please tell me what happened.
I will protect you! I will definitely protect you!
Miku-chan has...Miku-chan has...
What happened to Miku-chan?
Mutoi-sensei, just now we got a phone call from the police.
From your class. It appears that Satou, Miku's parents requested a police search.
Requested a police search?
Yes.
For a moment, Miku-san returned home. Then she left the house and while she went out, it seems that she went missing.
I hope that she doesn't get involved in a strange incident.
I feel as if we had this conversation just the other day...
Deja vu?
I don't think that's it.
Sensei!
Oh, Kotou-san.
What have you been doing here all this time?
I feel asleep in the nurses.
What? Where's Kotoha-sensei?
She took Shimizu-san home.
Took her home?
Sensei! Help me!
Did you see another one?
As to be expected from Kotou, Yuiko's dream card. The memory image is different.
Is this kappa man the criminal?
I bet he is.
Trim that face. (As in print it out)
Can this image be considered proof?
It's just a kappa, right?
Whether or not it's proof. Let's believe in Kotou, Yuiko's power.
Do you have any idea about her whereabouts?
No. I ordinarily just see her here.
Just in case...
Do you remember seeing a man that looks like this?
A kappa?
Sorry about that. It came from the young girl serial kidnapping investigation headquarters.
It's like laughable information, I know.
I feel like I have seen him before...
Kawabata, could you center it here?
Ah.
You're Kawabata, Makio, right?
Could you show me inside?
Wait!
Hey, wait!
Are you alright?
Please stand back.
Please stand back!
Back!
It's dangerous, stand back!
Mama, papa!
Miku!
I was scared.
You're not hurt? Are you okay?
Who are you?
I'm her homeroom teacher.
A teacher, uh.
Yes.
Was the criminal an acquaintance?
No. It seems that the criminal was at the ballet performance and had his eyes solely on Miku-chan.
After he confined her. He immediately went to work.
I'm really glad we found her so quickly.
Is that so.
Um, was the man who made that chime during the performance also the criminal?
Chime?
Ah, he said something like that happened.
He said something like, "I will punish the imitation".
Imitation...
The black swan, uh.
Well then, bye.
Ayami-sensei. It's good that it was the happy ending, right.
Although, I didn't do anything.
So, why is Kotou-san here?
Kotou-san was worried that she even came to the house.
You did?
Um...
The one who told the school was Rion-chan.
I just wanted to tell you that.
Rion-chan did?
Is that so...
Thank you.
I will introduce you to Ayami-chan, okay.
This is our dog, Yumenosuke.
Namiko.
Bring this to Ayami-chan.
Okay!
Ayami-chan. Mama said that next time we can go together to the beach!
[You're the black swan! You did it! Remember your sin!]
I'm...
A murderer.
What is it?
I can't get a hold of Shiki-kun.
Has he come here?
He hasn't.
You look pale, can't you sleep?
I haven't slept either.
Ah, wait a second...
What do you want at this hour?
Haven't you seen what's on the T.V.?
T.V.?
We, due to our long time research. We are able to successfully convert dreams into images.
In other words. While a person sleeps, we are able to let that person or a third party see that dream.
Is something similar to science fiction really possible scientifically?
Of course. This isn't some tool that Doraemon would use.
While you dream, according to the intracranial blood flow measurement via vision and hearing. The activity of a nerve is recorded.
We call this data a "dream card".
We can study it by using this computer called "Tapirus", it can change a dream into an moving picture.
That's a shocking fact, isn't it.
There is one more very interesting fact here.
This is one part of someone's dream.
Does anyone remember this kappa looking man?
He was just arrested moments ago. He is the criminal in the young girl serial kidnapping.
It's Kawabata!
The truth is, this dream image is the clue that was used to arrest the criminal.
Are you saying, that perhaps, the future was predicted?
Yes. It's a prophetic dream.
In this world, it's confirmed that people who can see prophetic dreams exist.
In this subject, we have a long way to go and we are only part way in research.
But in order to start work on it, I decided to pursue this in college.
So, the prince saved the white swan, huh.
You're wrong.
His ambition as a scientist has finally sprouted.
Preview: So. Our relationship goes up to here, um.
I never heard anything about that.
This is not good. I can't have Akumu-chan read my unconsciousness.
Are you suffering because I'm around?
From now on, I'll be you're strength.
[If you answer the quiz you will get a "dream journal"]
How about pulling his dream card?
Shabu-shabu...
I don't understand the difference.
You've already kissed, right. (Or can kiss?)
There are many things better off not knowing, right?
No! I'm staying here!
This means that she picked Shiki over you!
I also have my limits!