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8 At a hidden border in a mountain recess, isolated from the human village.
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10 Over at the Hakurei Shrine, the cherry blossoms bloomed as always in springtime.
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12 In the end however, the flowers throughout Gensokyo still continued to bloom.
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16 Reimu "Ugh... It's no use, no matter how much I sweep and sweep.
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18 It's nice to have cherry blossoms blooming and all,
but it'd be nicer if they didn't drop their petals..."
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21 Reimu "Not to mention, it feels like the sides of my shoulders have gotten lighter somehow.
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23 I wonder if they've been possessed by something...
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25 Nah it can't be, I'm a shrine maiden."
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27 Reimu "It's no use. I'm done cleaning.
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29 I think I'll start a one-man flower viewing party."
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33 Shiki "Hey!
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35 Don't slack off on your own job too.
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37 It looks like you can't say anything about Komachi anymore."
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39 Komachi "You said you wouldn't slack off this much."
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42 Reimu "What are you talking about? I can't even take a break,
just because all these flowers happen to be blooming?
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45 And on top of that, what about your own job?
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47 The flowers haven't even returned to normal yet."
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50 Shiki "The cherry blossoms are blooming. We're taking a break.
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52 Also, the number of phantoms coming from the outside world have dropped off.
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54 After this, we'll ferry the accumulated phantoms little by little, like usual.
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56 That is, if Komachi doesn't slack off."
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58 Komachi "Like I told you, the workload was too much to handle!
I was trying to keep to my own pace."
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61 Shiki "Oh look, it's Komachi. What are you doing here?
Are you loafing around or something?" (Literally "selling oil" (油を売っている))
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63 Komachi "...But Lady Shiki said we're taking a break..."
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66 Reimu "And why do you think all these phantoms suddenly increased in the first place?
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68 Not to mention, these aren't just ordinary souls, right?"
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71 Komachi "These phantoms are...
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73 Souls that haven't even realized that they're dead yet.
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75 They're nameless ghosts that held onto their attachment to life even after death.
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77 It seems that something big might have happened in the outside world."
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80 Reimu "Yes.
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82 I don't know what happened in the outside world, but if there are this many souls...
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84 I'm certain that a large number of humans, if not all, have unexpectedly died.
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86 Like from a large earthquake, or a large volcanic eruption, or a large tsunami..."
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89 Shiki "Or from a war. (The cycle lasts 60 years and this game was released a bit after the 60th anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, so she's probably referencing the previous cycle.)
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91 In any case, things have calmed down, so as the phantoms decrease as time passes on,
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93 the flowers will return to normal."
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97 Reimu "Now if only the cherry blossoms wouldn't drop as many petals..."
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100 Shiki "By the way, are you planning on doing a few good deeds?"
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103 Reimu "Hmm? Oh. You said I wouldn't even be able to go to hell, so maybe at least once."
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106 Shiki "Yes, it's very important to have constant dedication."
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109 Reimu "Such as showing restraint when eating sweets,
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111 Or try to stop wasting used tea leaves as much as possible,
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113 Or if a rice cracker gets damp, be sure to toast it first before you eat it."
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116 Komachi "Yeah, a shrine maiden's good deeds are something along the lines of that."
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118 Shiki "Well, I suppose that's fine.
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120 But first, you should start by acknowledging the sins of your actions.
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122 A living creature is in sin for as long as he lives.
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124 After that, the way you faced your sins in life becomes crucial."
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126 Komachi "If you forget what you've been taught once you die...
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128 You'll end up bothering Lady Shiki to where she'll smack you
into the Sanzu River, so be sure to stay as you are now."
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131 Shiki "Oh look, it's Komachi. Whatever happened to your job?
Aren't the cherry blossoms still in full bloom?"
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135 Reimu "Yes, when are things going to get back to normal?"
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138 Komachi "Gimmie a break..."
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141 The grim reaper of the Sanzu River and the Yama were unable
to return Gensokyo's flowers back to normal. In the end,
the flowers of Gensokyo continued to bloom.
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144 However, the shrine maiden was no longer impatient.
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146 Ultimately, the abnormal flowers will decrease as the phantoms cross the Sanzu River.
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148 The sunflowers bloomed by humans with cheerful personalities,
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150 The red spider lilies bloomed by humans with sad personalities,
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152 And the violet cherry blossoms bloomed by those who committed acts of sin...
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154 ...will all surely return to normal before summer arrives.
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156 If the outside world returns to normal, the amount of nameless phantoms will naturally decrease.
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158 The afterlife of fantasy, seen by the outsider humans, was becoming the regular life. (Or more literally, Higan becoming Shigan.)
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160 Congratulations! Ending No.1
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