Haibane > 02. Town and Wall --- Toga --- Haibane-Renmei

[Rakka]
  • Ow, ow, ow, ow! Oh...
  • Mmm...
  • There.

  • Feeling this pain must mean they really are a part of my body, I guess.
[Kids]
  • Reki, play with us!
[Reki]
  • How many times have I told you kids not to come into this room with your muddy shoes on.
[Dai]
  • Reki, why aren't you coming to class with us?
[Reki]
  • I told you before I won't be there because I have to take care of the new girl.
  • Oh, you have a scrape on your arm.
  • Did you fight?
[Dai]
  • Uh-uh. I just fell down.
[Reki]
  • Are you dressed?
  • Does it fit?
[Rakka]
  • Ah, yes.
  • I think it's okay.
[Reki]
  • Glad to hear that.
  • Otherwise, you wouldn't even be able to get you to go outside.
  • Let's go out onto the balcony.
  • It's such a nice day.
  • Hey, Rakka, why don't you sit out here and let your wings dry in the sun for a while.
  • They're still a little damp.
[Rakka]
  • I don't know this town at all.
  • Even though I can't remember where I used to live before,
  • I can somehow tell in my heart that I've never been to this town.
[Hana]
  • Hi there.
  • Are you the new person from that big cocoon?
[Rakka]
  • Mm-hm.
[Hana]
  • Hey, can you do this?
  • Watch?
[Rakka]
  • Well, I...
  • Huh? What's wrong?
  • Okay, one, two...
  • Ow, ow, ow!
[Reki]
  • Hana, don't teach her that silly stuff!
  • You're gonna hurt your wings if you use them too much.
  • You should be careful.
  • You still have scabs.
  • Oh!
  • You see?
[Rakka]
  • Oh, I'm sorry, they do that on their own when I try to move my arms.
  • Ah!
[Reki]
  • Ah, I see.
  • Don't worry, you'll soon get used to it.
[Rakka]
  • Okay.
[Dai]
  • Hey, she's got a halo holder. It's a halo holder.
[Rakka]
  • Huh? Holder?
[Shorta]
  • Can I take a look at your back?
[Rakka]
  • Yeah, sure.
[Dai]
  • Wow, that must hurt!
[Shorta]
  • So, did you cry?
[Dai]
  • I didn't cry!
[Shorta]
  • That's a lie!
[Dai]
  • How do you know it's a lie?!
[Shorta]
  • Because it is!
[Reki]
  • Hey, guys, cut it out!
[Hana]
  • Hey! I'll practice with you.
  • Hold your hands out in front of you.
[Rakka]
  • Like this?
[Hana]
  • Follow me.
  • In-out, In-out, In-out, In-out, In-out, In-out.
[Reki]
  • Oh, boy.
[Kuu]
  • Reki!
  • Good morning!
[Hikari]
  • We picked up some breakfast!
[Reki]
  • Hm, thank you.
[Hikari]
  • You look well, Rakka.
  • I'm so glad.
[Nemu]
  • Yeah, me too.
  • How's the fever?
[Rakka]
  • Well, it was all gone when I woke up this morning.
[Reki]
  • Honestly, what makes everybody think my room is their hang-out?
[Nemu]
  • Well, it's comfortable here for some reason.
[Reki]
  • You always come in without asking as if it was your own room, and that's why the kids are doing the same.
[Hikari]
  • The truth is Reki just moved herself into the guestroom.
[Reki]
  • Excuse me!
  • It was my room from the very beginning!
  • Honestly, I shouldn't have picked up such a big table.
[Nemu]
  • Which room are you going to move into?
[Reki]
  • The end room on the floor above.
[Nemu]
  • But there's a vacant room right next door.
[Reki]
  • I've been using the room upstairs as my studio, and I have a feeling I won't be sleeping quietly on this floor.
[Nemu]
  • But you're the noisiest person whenever you get out of bed.
[Reki]
  • I don't believe I'm hearing that from someone who never even wants to wake up.
[Kana]
  • Yeah, Nemu's snoozes are really hard-core.
[Kuu]
  • She was even sleeping during in her cocoon dream.
  • Right, Nemu?
[Nemu]
  • Oh, come on, can't we just drop the subject.
[Rakka]
  • Oh, that's right.
  • You're all named according to the first dream that you had in the cocoon.
[Kana]
  • Yep.
  • We don't know who started it, but that's the custom.
  • Too bad that Young Feathers don't have any respect for it at all, though.
[Hana]
  • I like flowers, so I want to be a florist.
  • That's why I'm Hana.
[Dai]
  • I wanna be a carpenter!
[Rakka]
  • A dream for the future.
[Shorta]
  • Shortcake!
[Dai]
  • That's just your favorite food, Shorta.
[Shorta]
  • No, it's not.
  • I really did dream about it.
[Reki]
  • You two, I told you to stop fighting.
[Rakka]
  • What about Reki?
  • What's it mean?
[Reki]
  • Huh? I, um...
[Dai]
  • Reki means little stones!
[Rakka]
  • What?
[Reki]
  • Well, um, it's Reki as in gareki, meaning pebbles.
  • I remember a moonlit night, and I was walking all alone down a pebble-laden path, walking.
[Hikari]
  • Come to think of it, you like to walk, don't you, Reki?
[Nemu]
  • Yeah, and switching rooms, too.
[Kana]
  • Give me a break.
  • You made me move.
[Kuu]
  • Hey, everybody!
  • Let's go for a walk?
  • How about it?
  • Rakka, let's all go to town. Think you can walk?
[Rakka]
  • Mmm.
[Kuu]
  • It's okay, isn't it?
[Reki]
  • Only if Rakka wants to.
[Hikari]
  • Aren't you coming with us, Reki?
[Reki]
  • No, I have to finish moving the rest of my stuff.
  • And bring these three back to the other Young Feathers.
[Hikari]
  • Well, see you later.
[Reki]
  • Rakka.
[Rakka]
  • Mm?
[Reki]
  • You should try to take it easy, you're still recuperating.
[Rakka]
  • Uh, yeah.
[Reki]
  • Well now.
[Kuu]
  • Ooh, yeah!
[Kana]
  • All right!
[Kuu]
  • Let's go!
[Nemu]
  • They say it was some sort of dormitory building for a school.
  • But everyone started leaving it over time.
  • It was completely deserted at some point.
  • And that's when it became a nest for the Haibane.
[Hikari]
  • We call it Old Home.
  • It's a nice place.
  • Although it's kinda scary at night without a lamp, since half of it has no electricity.
[Kana]
  • And now, the only residents left in Old Home are us, the kids we call Young Feathers, and the old lady who works there as a housemother.
  • Say, you can pick any room you like.
[Rakka]
  • Sure.
[Kuu]
  • You're gonna be hanging around with us a lot anyway right?
[Kana]
  • Watch out!
[Rakka]
  • Not everybody has wings like we do.
[Hikari]
  • Of course not.
  • To be precise, the humans are letting us Haibane live in their town.
[Kana]
  • That's right.
  • And it's supposed to be the Haibane's obligation to only use things that humans no longer need.
[Rakka]
  • Really?
[Kuu]
  • I know.
  • Hey everybody, Rakka needs some clothes.
  • Let's go shopping.
[Kana]
  • That sounds pretty good, but you mean that thrift shop, don't you?
[Rakka]
  • Thrift shop?
[Hikari]
  • It's a rule that the Haibane can only wear used clothes.
  • But that's the reason why we've all become very good at sewing.
  • So we can make wing slits.
[Nemu]
  • Wing covers too, so when it gets cold.
[Rakka]
  • Wing covers?
  • Mmm? Mm...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Welcome.
  • Eh?
  • Oh, it's just some of you Haibane.
  • Hey, looks like you've got a new face there.
[Hikari]
  • Oh, she's a newborn.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Yeah? Ahh. That's why.
[Rakka]
  • Uh? Ah...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • All right, then why don't you pick out something you like from that clothing section over there.
[Rakka]
  • Is it okay?
[Kana]
  • Hey, what about us?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • For you guys... These.
[Kana]
  • Ugh!
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Don't "ugh" me.
  • This is a box full of absolute steals. They'e just unsorted, non-washed.
[Kana]
  • You should at least wash them.
[Kuu]
  • Yuck!
[Nemu]
  • They're disgusting
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Hey, you can only have one piece each, all right?
[Kana]
  • Yeah, we get it.
[Nemu]
  • What a cheapskate.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Now, you're gonna tell me that being a Haibane isn't easy, right?
  • Although you seem not to have a care in the world.
[Kana]
  • 'Cause it isn't easy.
[Kuu]
  • Rakka, have you decided?
[Rakka]
  • Ah, uh, well, um, yes, this one.
  • What's that?
[Kana]
  • This?
  • It's the Haibane notebook of the Haibane Renmei.
  • We use it in place of money.
[Hikari]
  • Oh, that's right. You don't have a notebook yet.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Well, in that case, you can sign here.
  • Oh, and leave a feather.
[Rakka]
  • Ah!
[Nemu]
  • Sorry, did I hurt you?
[Rakka]
  • I'm okay.
  • Thank you.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Hmm?
  • Oh, all right.
  • Our extra special service!
[Kana]
  • Rakka!
[Rakka]
  • Yeah.
[Hikari]
  • We got some tea!
[Nemu]
  • Coming!
[Rakka]
  • Oh, one thing, what's that Haibane Renmei you spoke of?
[Nemu]
  • It means Charcoal Feather Federation.
  • The group which guarantees our living.
  • Soon, you should be receiving a notebook from them just like ours.
[Kana]
  • The Haibane are not allowed to receive any money from their employment.
  • So you jot down in the notebook what you earned from your work, and you use it when you buy things.
  • I work at the Clock Tower just over there.
  • You should come and see it sometime.
[Hikari]
  • I work at a bakery and Nemu works in the Library.
  • You need to find work once you get used to the town, too.
[Rakka]
  • Oh.
[Kuu]
  • Hey, look over there.
[Kana]
  • They're holding market at the Great Gate Square.
  • The Toga must be here.
[Rakka]
  • Toga?
[Nemu]
  • See, those people there bringing in the carts are the Toga.
[Rakka]
  • Look at those walls.
[Kana]
  • This town is surrounded by walls on all sides.
  • Both the Haibane and the townspeople are forbidden to leave it.
  • That's the way it's been since I've been here.
  • The only exception is the Toga.
  • They come from outside to trade with the town.
  • And those standing next to them are the Gate Keepers.
  • And the Communicator from the Haibane Renmei.
[Rakka]
  • Communicator?
[Kana]
  • The residents of the town aren't allowed to speak with or touch the Toga.
  • Likewise, the Toga would never come near us, and they are forbidden to use their voices while they're in town.
  • The only person who can "speak" with the Toga during their visits is the Haibane Renmei Communicator.
[Hikari]
  • They communicate with each other by making shapes with their hands just like this.
  • But I'm just making it up.
  • It's a language that only they can understand.
[Nemu]
  • In short, the Haibane Renmei serves as an intermediary for the trade between the Toga and the town.
  • Part of the profit pays for things such as the utilities for Old Home and helps support for the Young Feathers.
[Kuu]
  • Oh, I didn't know about that.
  • Thank you very mu-!
[Kana]
  • Idiot!
[Kuu]
  • Mmph!
[Nemu]
  • Let's go.
  • We'll get into trouble, if we stay close to the wall too long.
[Kana]
  • Ah! A crow!
  • You dirty little scavenger!
  • Look at those pitch-black wings flying away!
[Hikari]
  • You don't know if that's the one who's been scavenging our trash.
[Kana]
  • I hate crows! Rakka!
[Rakka]
  • I can see the wall over there.
[Nemu]
  • Yes, you can.
  • This town is surrounded by walls.
[Rakka]
  • So what's beyond the walls?
[Nemu]
  • Nobody knows.
  • I've read every last one of the library books, and there was nothing about it.
[Kana]
  • Maybe you thought you were reading, but really just snoozing.
[Nemu]
  • You wanna read them yourself instead?
[Kana]
  • Ah! I'm suddenly attacked by drowsiness!
[Rakka]
  • Beyond those walls, I wonder if the town I used to live in is somewhere over there.
[Kuu]
  • Hmm?
  • Look, Rakka's got her name tag.
[Nemu]
  • The Haibane-Renmei were already here.
  • Look at This.
[Rakka]
  • To the newborn Rakka, you are hereby accepted as a Haibane.
  • You are expected to be at the Temple tomorrow morning.
  • The Haibane-Renmei.
[Hikari]
  • Oh, I have to go there tomorrow to return the halo mold.
  • Why don't we go together?
[Rakka]
  • Okay.
  • But...how did they even know what my name was?
[Kana]
  • Ha ha ha, I'll tell you why.
  • Because the Haibane-Renmei is the organization that uses frightening magic!
[Hikari]
  • Knock it off, Kana!
[Rakka]
  • Um, Really?
[Nemu]
  • You wrote your name down when we went clothes shopping.
[Rakka]
  • Oh yeah.
[Kana]
  • All right, mob, Rakka's so quiet I was just trying to cheer her up.
[Hikari]
  • Oh, come on!
[Nemu]
  • You're exactly like Reki used to be, acting just like her.
[Kana]
  • Oh, rats.
[Nemu]
  • Kana's just trying to make you feel welcomed in her own way.
[Rakka]
  • Mm.
[Kuu]
  • Oh, look, the lights are off in the guestroom.
[Nemu]
  • I wonder if Reki's finished moving out.
[Hikari]
  • So should we all say good-night right here?
[Nemu]
  • Hikari and I live over there in the east tower.
[Rakka]
  • Bye.
[Kana]
  • Well, see you tomorrow.
[Rakka]
  • Okay, see you.
[Kuu]
  • Bye!
[Hikari]
  • Rakka, I'll come to get you tomorrow
[Rakka]
  • Mm-hm, until tomorrow.
[Rakka]
  • I wonder if Reki's in her room.
  • Oh!
[Reki]
  • Oh, Rakka, so, how was it going to town?
[Rakka]
  • I had a lot of fun being there.
  • I also got this today.
[Reki]
  • Oh, really?
  • Did you eat?
[Rakka]
  • We all ate at a cafe on the way back.
[Reki]
  • Oh, I see.
[Rakka]
  • Oh, I'm sorry. Were you waiting for me?
[Reki]
  • Hmm?
  • Oh, don't worry about it.
  • I don't feel much like eating after inhaling all that dust from cleaning the rooms.
[Rakka]
  • I'll make you some tea.
[Reki]
  • Oh, thank you.

  • Rakka!
  • It's okay.
  • Just rest.
  • Sorry, I should've known.
[Rakka]
  • It's strange.
  • Until a minute ago, I was just...
[Reki]
  • Too much emotional strain.
  • Are you all right?
  • Can you walk?
[Rakka]
  • Yes.
[Reki]
  • Try lying on your side for a while.
  • It takes some getting used to.
[Rakka]
  • Is it staying?
[Reki]
  • Mm-hmm.
[Rakka]
  • You haven't slept?
  • Reki, I'm fine so please go to bed.
[Reki]
  • I will when you're asleep.
[Rakka]
  • I already am.
[Reki]
  • Good night, Rakka.
[Rakka]
  • Good night, Reki.