Ep 9 - Kizuato (Scar)
Azusa commits suicide in her car and is almost frozen to death when the police discover her. Azusa's sister, Riri informs Master of this and he plans to visit her once the weather gets better.
Azusa wakes up to find herself in hospital. The nurse (Koizumi Kyoko) attending to her points out that Azusa didn't mean to kill herself at all since she cut herself at the wrong place. As she shows Azusa her scar when she commited suicide in the past, she mentions that dying will not leave anything behind and that nobody would pity her which gets Azusa thinking what she hoped to achieve when she cut her wrist.
Master wears the necklace which Azusa gave to him on Christmas when he visits her at the hospital. Azusa is so happy to see that and starts crying. Master suggests that Azusa contact her boyfriend i.e. Takuro about her being warded but she objects to it violently. At the same time, Mikako comes to visit Azusa and gets the wrong idea when she sees the necklace on Master. Actually, Azusa had bought 2 necklaces meant for herself and Takuro but she gave hers to Master in the end. Mikako passes a bangle to Azusa so that she can use it to cover her scar on her wrist.
Master goes to Kita no Tokei and asks Tomoko to tell Takuro about Azusa being hospitalized. At the same time, Azusa tries to call Takuro at the hospital but to no avail.
Domoto comes to visit Takuro at Kaikukama where he is hard at work to prepare for the pottery competition. Domoto mentions that it was Master who told him about Takuro's whereabouts. Takuro mentions that he plans to meet Master in the near future but not until he achieves something at the competition to show that he has changed for the better. After Domoto leaves, Tomoko comes to look for Takuro and mentions Azusa's suicide attempt which makes Takuro very surprised although he tries to conceal it.
Takuro's teacher, Rokusuke tells him to move the ornament at the entrance of Kaikukama to the gallery where he finds the mamori (tailsman) left by Master. As it was from Furano Shrine, Takuro thought that Azusa left it behind for him and called her out.
Azusa and Takuro arrange to meet at a restaurant in Furano where Takuro appeared, wearing the necklace from Azusa. Takuro explains why he had to stop seeing Azusa because he has to concentrate on the contest, not because he was angry with Azusa for bringing Master to Kaikakuma on Christmas Eve. Takuro chides Azusa for inflicting wounds on her body and shows her the tattoo on his arm. He mentions that he did that to remember Kishigami who had helped him when he was bullied but he regrets that this has brought unhappiness to his parents. Takuro thanks Azusa for the mamori but she claims ignorance to that.
At the same time, Master is talking to Megumi again about how Takuro's skin felt so flawless when he was born and laughs when he remembers how he used to exclaim that in the past... Takuro realizes that Master came to see him secretly and starts to cry...
A big progressive step in 2 areas...
1) Takuro and Azusa finally talk things over and she realizes how foolish she was to keep harping on non-important stuff
2) Takuro realizing that Master knows about his existence in Bie and how he still cares for his son. I guess this would be a big driving force for him to exceed in the contest
As the title of this episode indicates, I believe it is referring to two things i.e. Takuro's tattoo and Azusa's scars from slashing her wrists. Just as Master remembers fondly how Takuro's skin used to be flawless and very beautiful, imagine how he would have felt when seeing the tattoo on Takuro's arm. I think Takuro realized how Master felt then so that's why he chided Azusa for doing things to harm her body which had been given by her parents. Speaking from experience? Anyway, looking at things now, seems like the situation is looking up for Master and Takuro and hopefully they can meet up soon. I don't know if they will leave the reunion right to the last episode though...
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