23 - Friends (Hyoka Kazakiri)

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    The mysterious transfer student,\nKazakiri Hyoka, was not human.\n
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    She was a physical manifestation,\nproduced by AIM diffusion fields.\n
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    Still, so what if she is?\n
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    She is our friend.\n
[00:49] ---
    Don't cry, monster.\n
[00:52] ---
    Your crying merely disgusts me!\n
[01:19] ---
    Looks like I've kept you waiting.\n
[01:21] ---
    It's all right now.\n
[01:39] ---
    "A Certain Magical Index"\n
[02:57] ---
    "#23 Friends (Kazakiri Hyoka)"\n
[03:02] ---
    Geez, how embarrassing.\n
[03:06] ---
    Don't go crying over every\nlittle insignificant thing like this.\n
[03:25] ---
    Ellis!\n
[03:48] ---
    Rejoice, monster!\nThe world has not forsaken you.\n
[03:52] ---
    There will always be at least\none fool like him around, after all.\n
[03:56] ---
    Not just one.\n
[04:08] ---
    But why?\n
[04:10] ---
    Don't be absurd.\nWe don't need a reason, do we?\n
[04:14] ---
    I just told them one thing.\n
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    "I want you to help my friend."\n
[04:21] ---
    I'm about to show you something.\n
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    That there is still redemption\n
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    in this world in which you live!\n
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    And I will also let you know...\n
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    ...that your place here will not\nbe destroyed as easily as this!\n
[04:37] ---
    Ellis! Kill them! Every last one of them!\n
[04:42] ---
    Configuration B! The safety\nof the civilians has top priority!\n
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    Fire!\n
[05:05] ---
    Michael!\n
[05:06] ---
    Raphael!\n
[05:07] ---
    Gabriel! Uriel!\n
[05:10] ---
    The symbols of the four quarters of Heaven!\n
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    Righteous power in the right direction!\n
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    Rightly arranged, rightly guide!\n
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    It can't be...!\n
[05:27] ---
    Everything has been going as anticipated so far.\n
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    Not that I like having poor expectations.\n
[05:36] ---
    Young man, are you sure about this?\n
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    No one is going to\nblame you if you lose your nerve.\n
[05:41] ---
    You saw the power of my right hand, right?\n
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    It is true that I have to do this, though.\n
[05:47] ---
    Wait! Please, wait a second.\nWhat do you mean, "do this"?\n
[05:53] ---
    Isn't that obvious?\n
[05:54] ---
    I'm going to go stop that monster!\n
[05:59] ---
    That's a tall order. \n
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    Miss Tsukuyomi really does\nhave herself a fine student after all.\n
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    Preparation!\n
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    Count 5!\n
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    Count 3!\n
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    You can't! There's no way you'll survive this!\n
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    I couldn't stand that! I...\n
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    Don't do it, Kazakiri.\n
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    My right hand will cancel\nout any irregular power there is,\n
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    whether it's good or evil.\n
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    I'm sure you'd be no exception.\n
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    Count 1!\n
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    Even though we can't touch each other,\n
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    it doesn't change the\nfact that we're friends, right?\n
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    I swear, I'll come back.\n
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    Got it? I swear it.\n
[06:51] ---
    You'll come... back...?\n
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    Yeah. We'll get Index again,\n
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    and the three of us will go\nsomeplace to have some fun.\n
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    Count 0!\n
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    Ellis!\n
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    Fire!\n
[07:43] ---
    Now then...\n
[07:45] ---
    Huh?\n
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    What is this? Now you\ncan't run away, either, can you?\n
[07:51] ---
    I have no need to run away.\n
[07:54] ---
    I have no need to run away!\n
[07:57] ---
    You lie down and shut up!\n
[08:06] ---
    Now for this thing...\n
[08:11] ---
    You're gonna make a second one?!\n
[08:13] ---
    I can't sustain two of them at once. However...\n
[08:19] ---
    ...if I use that one just right, I can do this!
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    Cease fire!\n
[08:59] ---
    Damn, she got away, did she?\n
[09:05] ---
    What's going on here?\n
[09:07] ---
    Her target was right in front of her,\nbut she ran away that easily.\n
[09:12] ---
    You're overlooking something.\nRemember...\n
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    English Puritan Church?\n
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    Why would someone in the\nsame organization as Index do this?\n
[09:21] ---
    To start a war. I want this to be a flashpoint.\n
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    That's why I want many people to know\n
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    that I'm one of the\nEnglish Puritan Church's pawns!\n
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    What was that brat's name again?\n
[09:35] ---
    Well, it's not as though that\nbrat has to be the one that I kill.\n
[09:39] ---
    I have no problem with killing you, either!\n
[09:43] ---
    Index?!\n
[09:51] ---
    Sure is hot, huh?\n
[09:53] ---
    Yeah.\n
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    And hey, what's with those clothes of yours?\n
[09:58] ---
    You're wearing that in this awful heat?\n
[10:01] ---
    It's never really bothered me. \n
[10:03] ---
    The breeze that blows\nthrough it now is nice, though.\n
[10:08] ---
    Oh, safety pins are all that\nare holding it together, aren't they?\n
[10:13] ---
    How did this outfit\nend up getting so wrecked?\n
[10:22] ---
    It dredges up a number of old scars,\n
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    so I'd appreciate it if you didn't mention it.\n
[10:29] ---
    I've gotta say, this is taking a while.\n
[10:33] ---
    It sort of seemed like the\nsorcerer was going after Hyoka,\n
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    and the forms being used\nhad an air of the London style.\n
[10:40] ---
    I sure hope nothing has happened.\n
[10:45] ---
    Is Hyoka that other girl who was with you?\n
[10:48] ---
    Mm-hmm. Oh, and this time, \n
[10:51] ---
    Toma wasn't the one who drew her into this.\n
[10:53] ---
    I'm the one who met her first.\n
[10:56] ---
    This time, eh? Oho...
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    Ooh, I'm getting worried, I'm getting worried.\n
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    I'm worried about there being a\ngirl left behind down there,\n
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    but I'm also worried about\nToma being all alone with a girl\n
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    --in such a dimly-lit place.\n
[11:10] ---
    --Not that it matters to me,\n--in such a dimly-lit place.\n
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    but aren't you worried about his safety, too?\n
[11:15] ---
    Hmm? About Toma? I'm not worried.\n
[11:18] ---
    Toma will come back home\nsafely, no matter what happens.\n
[11:24] ---
    What does she mean, come back home?\n
[11:27] ---
    Don't tell me he and this girl are...?\n
[11:30] ---
    Ah! Hey, Sphinx!\n
[11:34] ---
    It's okay. I'll stay here. \n
[11:38] ---
    You go ahead and catch your cat, then come back.\n
[11:41] ---
    I tend to rub cats the wrong way,\n
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    so me chasing him wouldn't do any good.\n
[11:45] ---
    Sorry. I appreciate you doing this!\n
[11:48] ---
    Sphinx! Hey, wait up!\n
[12:06] ---
    Why haven't the doors to the\nunderground mall been released?!\n
[12:10] ---
    The mall's administration is under\na different jurisdiction than ours.\n
[12:13] ---
    It's going to take a little bit\nmore time to get them unlocked.\n
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    Damn it!\n
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    U-Um...\n
[12:29] ---
    Thank you for what you did back there.\n
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    Yeah. Never mind me, though,\nare you all right, physically?\n
[12:36] ---
    Y-Yes. I think I'm most likely okay.\n
[12:41] ---
    That stone creature isn't\ncoming after us anymore, right?\n
[12:45] ---
    That grimy, Gothic Lolita\nchick wasn't running away.\n
[12:49] ---
    She's started going after her next target.\n
[12:53] ---
    Her objective isn't to kill you or me, Kazakiri;\n
[12:56] ---
    anyone will do, as long as\nthe specific conditions are met.\n
[12:59] ---
    Anyone?\n
[13:01] ---
    Yeah. And one of those targets is Index.\n
[13:07] ---
    Oh, no! But if that's the case,\n
[13:09] ---
    we could ask those people to protect her.\n
[13:12] ---
    Index is not a resident of the city.\n
[13:15] ---
    If Antiskill finds her, she might be arrested.\n
[13:18] ---
    We can't be too quick\nabout asking them for protection.\n
[13:22] ---
    I guess if I'm going,\nit'll have to be through here.\n
[13:26] ---
    Damn.\n
[13:27] ---
    If they would just open the confinement doors,\n
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    I could easily get ahead of her!\n
[13:33] ---
    Why do I have to be behind the curve like this?!\n
[13:37] ---
    How will I get down?\n
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    W-Wait.\n
[14:02] ---
    Are you really going by yourself?\n
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    Index is in danger.\n
[14:07] ---
    It's... okay. You don't have to go.\nThere's a way to save her.\n
[14:16] ---
    What do you mean?\n
[14:17] ---
    To face a monster,\nyou should send a monster.\n
[14:24] ---
    I don't think that I'll be\nable to beat that stone monster,\n
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    but I can at least act as a decoy.\n
[14:32] ---
    While I'm getting pounded on,\nshe will be able to get away.\n
[14:36] ---
    I'm a monster, though,\nso that's about all I can do.\n
[14:41] ---
    Are you still carrying on about that?\n
[14:46] ---
    You're not any kind of monster!\n
[14:48] ---
    Did you think I'd be pleased\nfor you to do that for me?!\n
[14:51] ---
    But, it's for the best.\n
[14:54] ---
    I'm okay with being a monster.\n
[14:57] ---
    It's because I'm a monster that I didn't die,\n
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    even after all the pounding\nthat stone creature gave me.\n
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    It's because I'm a monster that\nI can stand up to that stone creature.\n
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    I will protect those who\nare dear to me with my power.\n
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    That's why I'm... glad to be a monster.\n
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    Kazaki--\n
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    Kazakiri!!\n
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    You see? I'm okay.\n
[16:34] ---
    "Kazakiri... Hyoka..."\n
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    There's no weight here, nor any air currents.\n
[16:43] ---
    It is made by the AIM diffusion\nfields emitted by the espers.\n
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    An ephemeral city--\n
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    an unseen place that exists in the same location...\n
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    ...as Academy City.\n
[17:00] ---
    I was afraid of this ephemeral city...\n
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    where I would provide a role\nfor someone just by looking at them;\n
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    ...where I would turn a person's\nlife upside-down with just a thought.\n
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    My role was to be a mainspring.\n
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    My part in this gigantic\nwind-up machine called society\n
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    was to be the mainspring\nthat breathed life into it.\n
[17:28] ---
    I couldn't go outside.\n
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    While I could see the\nthings and people outside,\n
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    I was unable to touch them, or talk to them.\n
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    But then, at that moment, for the first time...\n
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    ...I went into the outside world.\n
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    Excuse me...\n
[17:56] ---
    You have to push the button.\n
[17:59] ---
    Today, for the first time, I spoke.\n
[18:02] ---
    For the first time, I put on gym clothes.\n
[18:04] ---
    For the first time, a boy saw me undressed.\n
[18:07] ---
    For the first time, I went into a game center...\n
[18:09] ---
    ...where I was seen undressed again.\n
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    Today, for the first time, I made friends.\n
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    Now that I realize the monster that I am,\n
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    she may not be my friend anymore.\n
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    But even so... I...\n
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    I...\n
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    Hey, Sphinx!\n
[18:44] ---
    If you don't stop being difficult,\nI really will have to punish you.\n
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    Come on, back to the waiting spot.\nDo you understand?\n
[19:07] ---
    Are footsteps causing this shaking?\n
[19:36] ---
    The basic theory is from Kabbalah.\n
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    Primary application is\ndefense and elimination of hostiles;\n
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    first derived in the 16th century,\nit has wide application.\n
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    English Puritan formula\ncombined with the original;\n
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    linguistic derivation\nchanged from Hebrew to English.\n
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    Judging by formulaic construct, \n
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    not self-controlled,\nbut rather remote controlled.\n
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    In which case...\n
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    \nTTTR!\n
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    "Turn to the right"\nTTTR!\n
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    \nCFA.\n
[20:09] ---
    "Change for above"\nCFA.\n
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    \nPIOBTLL.\n
[20:12] ---
    "Put in order back the left leg"\nPIOBTLL.\n
[20:20] ---
    I'm not able to use magic,\nbut I am able to disrupt the spell.\n
[20:26] ---
    "Spell Intercept."\n
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    By using these imposition chants\nto cut off the caster's control...\n
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    \nCR, BBF, TTNATWITOD\n
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    "Change right; bind both feet;\nCR, BBF, TTNATWITOD\n
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    turn the neck and waist in the opposite direction"\nCR, BBF, TTNATWITOD\n
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    Manipulating him isn't enough.\n
[20:50] ---
    I'll backtrack his self-repair operations,\n
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    which cycle through about every three seconds.\n
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    If I can use it against him...\n
[21:07] ---
    There!\n
[21:21] ---
    This just might work.\n
[21:32] ---
    CR...\n
[21:47] ---
    \nMBFPADCOG!\n
[21:47] ---
    "Make both feet parallel and destroy center of gravity"\nMBFPADCOG!\n
[21:56] ---
    This isn't good. He switched\nfrom remote control to self-control!\n
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    I can't intercept anymore!\n
[22:12] ---
    Toma...\n
[23:55] ---
    "Preview"\n
[23:55] ---
    "Preview"\nAs feelings become crossed, a new flashpoint is created.\n
[23:58] ---
    \nAs feelings become crossed, a new flashpoint is created.\n
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    No matter what happens\nnow, we will always be...\n
[24:03] ---
    Next time, "Imaginary Number\nSchool District - Five-Element Agency."\n
[24:06] ---
    When science and magic cross\npaths, the story begins.\n