Umi Ep. 18: The Truth about Worldly Desires
Umi has been undergoing spiritual training under Hanamaru to shed herself of her worldly desires. You all go to pick her up, but it seems she is not finished training.
Hanamaru
Welcome to the temple, zura!
Rin
Hanamaru! Is Umi's spiritual training over?
Player
We came to get her, but… I don't suppose we can see her, can we?
Hanamaru
Sorry. Umi says that she'll come out when her spiritual training is over.
Nozomi
I see. Oh well, let's come back again later.
[Fade in/out.]
Hanamaru
Umi? I went and passed on your message to the others, zura.
Umi
Thank you. I feel bad for sending the three of them away after they came all the way to see me.
Hanamaru
Is it really okay to leave things like this?
Umi
I cannot bear to face them until I have stronger willpower.
Hanamaru
Training to focus your mind and rid yourself of worldly desires is great and all, but isn't it important to listen to your dear friends as well?
Hanamaru
They were looking for you because they've been so worried about you.
Umi
…
[Fade in/out.]
Umi
They must have all gone back home to Tokyo by now.
[Fade in/out.]
Player
Umi!
Umi
G-Girls! What are you doing here?!
Nozomi
We've got you now, Umi!
Umi
L-Let me go! I'm still undergoing my spiritual training!
Rin
It's not nice to just suddenly leave for training without telling us.
Player
I'm sure you had your reasons for staying quiet, Umi, but I wish you had explained things a little more.
Umi
S-Sorry…
Umi
I understand. I'll explain everything that led to me going on training, okay?
[Fade in/out.]
Nozomi
I see. So you realized that a desire was growing inside you—that you wanted to be more popular. And that really shocked you.
Umi
Yes. I simply couldn't bear for such an evil feeling to be present within me.
Rin
So how do you feel after your training? Do you think your worldly desire might go away?
Umi
That…I do not know. What should I do to completely rid myself of it?
Nozomi
Is it really necessary to rid yourself of it, though?
Umi
Wh-What do you mean?
Nozomi
Wasn't it thanks to the worldly desires you mentioned that you were able to write such a wonderful love song?
Umi
*Gasp*
Umi
I never even considered that there might be a point to the desires I held.
Umi
What do you think?
Player
Well…
| Option 1: “It's not good to keep your feelings bottled up.” |
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| Player I feel like it's not good for you to keep your feelings bottled up, Umi. Umi You're right. This training showed me just how difficult it is to repress my own feelings. |
| Option 2: “Don't we all have our own worldly desires?” |
| Player I think everybody has desires like wanting to be popular or be better at studying. Don't we all have our own worldly desires? Umi So I'm not the only one. Could that be true? |
Umi
Thank you for coming all the way here for me, everyone.
Umi
But please, allow me a little more time to think.
Player
Umi…
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