E14 - The Promise

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[00:20] ---
    Sissy...
[00:21] ---
    You are not coming
    back again tonight, are you?
[00:25] ---
    And you said your business
    would be finished today, too.
[00:34] ---
    There really was something
    behind the look on her face...
[00:38] ---
    I cannot just let this go.
    If there is anything that I can do,
[00:43] ---
    then regardless of
    what Sissy might say...
[00:47] ---
    No--I made up my mind, did I not?
    That I would wait for her?
[00:59] ---
    Sissy...
[01:02] ---
    What is the matter with you?
[01:08] ---
    N-No, I cannot! If I wrap
    myself up in Sissy's scent,
[01:11] ---
    I will pass out before I know it!
[01:14] ---
    This is not right! I need to
    know right now what I should do!
[01:24] ---
    Y-Yes?!
[01:26] ---
    A visitor to the dorms?
    That is unusual.
[01:30] ---
    Yes?
[01:31] ---
    Uh, um...
[01:33] ---
    It's Kamijo. Is that you, Misaka?
[01:49] ---
    sister's noise, I keep on looking
    (sorrow of your heart...)
[01:52] ---
    for where your lost heart is
    (I shoot it down...)
[01:56] ---
    Nobody can ruin the feelings
    we've built up together
[02:06] ---
    The oft-repeated truth is still distant
[02:12] ---
    while I am unable to sense your pain
[02:19] ---
    If the dreams you
    committed to me that day
[02:22] ---
    end up tearing me apart,
[02:26] ---
    don't ever let go of that hope
[02:29] ---
    more precious than anything else
[02:34] ---
    Though once closer to you than anyone else
    (sister's noise...)
[02:37] ---
    I cannot hear your voice
    (I find it out...)
[02:41] ---
    While the hands of time kept ticking away
[02:45] ---
    I was finally able to find you
[02:47] ---
    sister's noise, so I keep on looking
    (sorrow of your heart...)
[02:51] ---
    for where your lost heart is
    (I shoot it down...)
[02:54] ---
    I promise to preserve the shared
    smiles we both felt
[03:00] ---
    Nobody can ruin them now
[03:08] ---
    Um, hello?
[03:10] ---
    Is this thing getting through?
[03:12] ---
    That face...
[03:14] ---
    Is he the troglodyte that was
    putting the moves on Sissy earlier?
[03:18] ---
    Are you telling me that he has
    been taken in by Sissy's beauty
[03:20] ---
    and has followed her back here?
[03:22] ---
    What a come-as-you-please
    hominid he must be,
[03:25] ---
    when Sissy is probably
    in such a terrible situation!
[03:28] ---
    I only let him slide by before
[03:31] ---
    so that Sissy could develop
    an immunity on her own,
[03:33] ---
    but ordinarily, I would get
    rid of him in the blink of an eye.
[03:37] ---
    Just a moment!
[03:39] ---
    There is the possibility that he
    might know something about Sissy!
[03:43] ---
    208... right?
[03:46] ---
    Yow! Cut that out!
[03:48] ---
    But even if I learn something,
    as long as I have resolved to wait...
[03:51] ---
    Stop acting up! Take it easy!
[03:52] ---
    Still...
[03:53] ---
    For Pete's sake...
[03:53] ---
    K-Kamijo, is it?
[03:56] ---
    Oh, whoops, I must have
    the wrong room number, all right.
[03:59] ---
    No, no, it is all right.
    You needed to see Sissy, right?
[04:03] ---
    I share the room with Sissy.
[04:07] ---
    I take it then that Misaka
    has not come home yet?
[04:09] ---
    Correct. However,
    I am expecting her at any time.
[04:13] ---
    If you need to see her,
[04:15] ---
    I recommend that you
    come in and wait for her.
[04:17] ---
    Oh, are you sure?
[04:19] ---
    I would not suggest missing her. Besides,
[04:22] ---
    when curfew hits,
    security will also be activated,
[04:25] ---
    so you will not be
    able to wait out there.
[04:29] ---
    Come in.
[04:30] ---
    It is not locked,
    so please, open it yourself.
[04:36] ---
    Um, er...
[04:39] ---
    Hurry up and come in,
    then close the door, please.
[04:42] ---
    R-Right.
[04:44] ---
    I apologize. This room
    is primarily for sleeping in,
[04:48] ---
    so it does not offer much in
    the way of entertaining guests.
[04:52] ---
    If you are going to wait for Sissy,
[04:54] ---
    please sit on the adjoining bed.
[04:56] ---
    Er, no, I couldn't do that.
    Not without the person's permission.
[05:00] ---
    You need not worry.
[05:02] ---
    That is my bed.
[05:04] ---
    Huh? What are you doing,
    sprawling out on someone else's bed?
[05:09] ---
    What are you, a deviant?
[05:10] ---
    I won't have you calling me a deviant.
[05:13] ---
    People have things that
    they won't tell anyone else,
[05:15] ---
    but in their minds,
    they find to be perfectly okay.
[05:20] ---
    Like how you will put your
    mouth on the girl you like's flute,
[05:23] ---
    or steal her bicycle seat.
[05:25] ---
    No I don't!
[05:26] ---
    Shh!
[05:27] ---
    Best that you not
    raise your voice too loudly.
[05:30] ---
    It will spell big trouble if
    anyone outside hears you.
[05:33] ---
    Okay, okay.
[05:37] ---
    Come to think of it,
[05:38] ---
    since you always call her "Sissy,"
[05:39] ---
    I figured she was
    your upperclassman,
[05:42] ---
    but if you're sharing a room,
    you must be classmates.
[05:44] ---
    No, I really am
    Sissy's underclassman.
[05:48] ---
    I just sort of had the
    previous roommate leave.
[05:52] ---
    And it was absolutely lawful.
[05:55] ---
    Yikes.
[05:55] ---
    So then? What business
    with Sissy has brought you here?
[06:03] ---
    Just a moment!
[06:05] ---
    On second thought, you need not tell me.
[06:08] ---
    Even after you tell me, I have
    already resolved not to pursue it.
[06:12] ---
    Uh-huh...
[06:17] ---
    Th-This is bad! It sounds like a patrol!
[06:21] ---
    If the head resident
    finds out you are here,
[06:23] ---
    things will take an ugly turn!
[06:25] ---
    Head resident?
[06:26] ---
    A dangerous, intrusive person that
    checks our rooms unannounced!
[06:30] ---
    Forgive me, but I will
    have to force you to leave.
[06:35] ---
    Huh? Why does my power not work on you?
[06:39] ---
    Well, you see...
[06:41] ---
    Oh, what a bother!
    Please hide under the bed here!
[06:44] ---
    I can't! There's not enough room!
[06:46] ---
    Then do it anyway!
[06:52] ---
    I thought I heard some sounds.
[06:54] ---
    I know. I heard them, too.
    Could it be next door?
[06:58] ---
    Is Misaka asleep?
[06:59] ---
    Yes, she is. She said she has
    not been sleeping overnight recently,
[07:03] ---
    and has gone to sleep already,
[07:05] ---
    so I would certainly like
    for things to be quiet, as well.
[07:09] ---
    I shall come and offer my
    complaint, as well.
[07:19] ---
    The pathological analysis lab...
[07:21] ---
    The 7th Pharmaceutical Research Center...
[07:24] ---
    "Radio Noise"...
    "How to Shift Accelerator to Level 6"...
[07:30] ---
    Level 6? What's that?
[07:34] ---
    Not in there, either.
[07:36] ---
    That is odd, huh?
    Perhaps the next floor up?
[07:41] ---
    I do not have time for this.
[07:44] ---
    Out of Academy City's seven Level 5s,
[07:48] ---
    only Accelerator is
    capable of reaching Level 6.
[07:52] ---
    As a result of using
    Tree Diagram calculations,
[07:55] ---
    128 different types of
    battlefields will be prepared,
[07:58] ---
    and by killing Railgun 128 times,
[08:01] ---
    Level 6 can be attained...
[08:04] ---
    Railgun? That's Zapper, right?
[08:07] ---
    Naturally, 128 Railguns
    cannot be prepared.
[08:12] ---
    As such, mass production
    Sisters were developed.
[08:15] ---
    Accelerator, upon killing
    20,000 Sisters, will thereby achieve...
[08:21] ---
    Level 6...?
[08:23] ---
    "...the Sisters," answers Misaka.
[08:27] ---
    10030, August 20th, 02:23;
[08:32] ---
    10031, August 21st...
[08:37] ---
    And the one who died today is
    serial number 10031...
[08:43] ---
    10032, August 21st, 20:30...
[08:50] ---
    Good grief...
[08:55] ---
    That big monkey!
[08:57] ---
    This is not a jungle!
[09:02] ---
    And it turns out, I did not
    get to ask him anything.
[09:10] ---
    She... knew about this project...
[09:13] ---
    Why are you...!?
[09:16] ---
    She knows about the
    existence of her own clones...
[09:18] ---
    I sure do hate those airships, you know?
[09:21] ---
    Huh? Why's that?
[09:23] ---
    Because the machine sets the policy,
[09:26] ---
    and the humans follow it.
[09:28] ---
    The experiments...
[09:30] ---
    This whole project...!
[09:40] ---
    There isn't any wind, and yet...
[09:43] ---
    Electromagnetic waves!
[09:51] ---
    Why...?
[09:57] ---
    Why did it turn out like this?
[10:00] ---
    There's only one way left to keep
    there from being any more victims.
[10:06] ---
    But if even that doesn't stop it...
[10:12] ---
    ...then...
[10:20] ---
    Help...
[10:23] ---
    Help me...
[10:34] ---
    A cat?
[10:43] ---
    What are you doing?
[10:53] ---
    What's this, out of the blue?
[10:55] ---
    It's up to me what I do
    and where I do it, right?
[10:57] ---
    You don't have any business asking me,
[10:59] ---
    when you're out for some night life.
[11:01] ---
    Cut it out.
[11:03] ---
    Cut what out? I'm way past--
[11:05] ---
    "Shifting 'Accelerator' to the Absolute Ability
    by Using Mass-produced Esper 'Sisters'"
[11:06] ---
    I read about your sister, the other
    Sisters, and the experiments.
[11:12] ---
    Let's both cut right to the chase.
[11:15] ---
    That's...
[11:16] ---
    You...
[11:18] ---
    I've been found out? By him?
[11:24] ---
    Aww, just who are you, anyway?
    You just met my clone yesterday,
[11:30] ---
    and already,
    you've arrived where you are.
[11:32] ---
    You could be a detective.
[11:34] ---
    A busybody like you isn't
    going to approve of this plan, huh?
[11:38] ---
    But if you're holding that,
[11:40] ---
    it means that you went into
    my room without my say-so, right?
[11:43] ---
    The way you see it,
    I'm a participant in the experiment,
[11:47] ---
    who volunteered her DNA.
[11:49] ---
    So you're here to condemn me, is that it?
[11:52] ---
    On top of that,
    you went through my stuffed bear.
[11:56] ---
    You're going to die for that.
[11:57] ---
    Oh, well.
[11:58] ---
    The facts might be off, but if you
    look at the outcome, it's the same.
[12:03] ---
    In which case, it's that much
    easier to be blamed by someone.
[12:08] ---
    So, in the end, you think
    what I've done is inexcusable, huh?
[12:18] ---
    What are you talking about?
[12:21] ---
    I was concerned, of course.
[12:30] ---
    I'd rather there was someone
    who says so, even if it's not true.
[12:38] ---
    I'm telling the truth.
[12:43] ---
    I said I'm telling the truth!
[12:59] ---
    "#14 The Promise"
[13:06] ---
    As for the others,
[13:08] ---
    they call themselves
    laboratory animals,
[13:10] ---
    while keeping a straight face.
[13:14] ---
    Like rats or guinea pigs--
[13:16] ---
    they have their bodies messed
    around with for research's sake,
[13:19] ---
    and when they're done with them,
    into the incinerator they go.
[13:23] ---
    Those girls, you know,
[13:24] ---
    they understand precisely what
    it means for them to be lab animals.
[13:28] ---
    And while they know,
[13:30] ---
    they still refer to themselves as such.
[13:33] ---
    This is a situation
    that I brought about myself.
[13:35] ---
    So I have to be the
    one to help them out of this.
[13:43] ---
    Where do you think you're going?
[13:45] ---
    There's another
    experiment being held tonight.
[13:48] ---
    Before that happens, I'm going
    to go have it out with Accelerator,
[13:51] ---
    using whatever means I can.
[13:57] ---
    Can you beat him?
[14:00] ---
    It says here that Tree Diagram's
    calculations predict
[14:04] ---
    that you will be dead in
    185 moves. Are you really...
[14:08] ---
    ...going there with
    the intention of winning?
[14:11] ---
    You're right. Unfortunately,
    no matter what I do,
[14:15] ---
    I'm no match for him.
[14:17] ---
    But what if I wasn't
    even worth that much?
[14:22] ---
    Like, say,
[14:24] ---
    if I were to lose after the first move,
[14:26] ---
    then the prediction
    that I'd lose in 185 moves
[14:28] ---
    would end up being overturned.
[14:31] ---
    What if the researchers who
    see that start to doubt the project?
[14:35] ---
    What if they reconsider the simulations?
[14:38] ---
    Then even I would still be
    useful for something, wouldn't I?
[14:42] ---
    You... mean to die, do you?
[14:48] ---
    And just because you're dead,
    you think that will stop the project?
[14:52] ---
    Yeah.
[14:53] ---
    To the researchers, Tree Diagram's
    projections are absolute.
[14:57] ---
    But if, after one move,
    I'm crawling on the ground,
[15:01] ---
    unable to do anything
    but turn tail and run away,
[15:04] ---
    I'm sure the researchers will think,
[15:06] ---
    there's some mistake in
    what Tree Diagram has predicted.
[15:11] ---
    But once they redo their calculations,
[15:13] ---
    your death will have been for nothing!
[15:14] ---
    Not so. Tree Diagram was shot
    down three weeks ago by somebody.
[15:21] ---
    That's why they can't recompute it.
[15:24] ---
    You even know that?
[15:26] ---
    Okay, now you understand, right? Let me by.
[15:29] ---
    No way.
[15:30] ---
    You heading off to try to wipe
    the floor with Accelerator aside,
[15:34] ---
    there's no way I can let someone
    who's trying to kill herself go.
[15:39] ---
    So then, what?
[15:41] ---
    Are you telling me
    there's some other way?
[15:44] ---
    You can't even do anything,
[15:46] ---
    so drop the high-sounding
    talk and idealism.
[15:48] ---
    It disgusts me.
[15:51] ---
    Even so, I won't have it.
[15:55] ---
    This isn't getting us anywhere, huh?
[15:58] ---
    Don't tell me you think
    that just because they're clones,
[16:01] ---
    it's okay for them to die, do you?!
[16:04] ---
    If you're going to stand in my way,
[16:05] ---
    I'll shoot right through you.
    If you don't want that, step aside!
[16:12] ---
    I see, so you want to
    settle this by force, do you?
[16:16] ---
    Sure, I've never been able
    to beat you before,
[16:19] ---
    and I'm still not even sure
    what kind of power you've got,
[16:23] ---
    but I can't afford to
    be beaten by you this time!
[16:26] ---
    So you'd better fight
    like you mean it! Otherwise,
[16:29] ---
    you will die!
[16:37] ---
    What do you think you're doing?
[16:38] ---
    I... won't fight you.
[16:41] ---
    Huh?
[16:42] ---
    I won't fight you.
[16:44] ---
    Huh? Are you really that dense?
[16:48] ---
    Do you think that by doing that,
    I'm not going to do anything?
[16:51] ---
    I don't have any other route
    besides this one!
[16:53] ---
    Passive or not, if you get in my way,
    I'll shoot through you!
[16:57] ---
    Even so,
[16:59] ---
    I won't fight you.
[17:01] ---
    D-Don't screw with me!
[17:03] ---
    If you mean to fight me,
    then clench your fists!
[17:06] ---
    If you don't mean to fight me,
    then stop standing in my way!
[17:08] ---
    But don't you trample on my
    wishes so half-heartedly!
[17:16] ---
    I'm telling you...
[17:19] ---
    ...to fight!
[17:25] ---
    No way.
[17:27] ---
    There's no way my attacks should
    be able to land on him.
[17:31] ---
    It didn't feel like it was
    negated, like it usually is.
[17:33] ---
    It felt like it went through his body...
[17:45] ---
    Do you get it now?
[17:47] ---
    I really will hurt you.
[17:56] ---
    Why...?
[17:57] ---
    I already told you.
[18:00] ---
    I'm not going to fight you.
[18:03] ---
    But why?!
[18:04] ---
    You know how wrong these crazy
    experiments are, right?
[18:07] ---
    I'm trying to put a stop to
    them, you know!
[18:09] ---
    Why are you stopping me?!
[18:11] ---
    Yeah, they're wrong.
[18:13] ---
    For anyone to have to be hurt
    for something like this...
[18:17] ---
    Well then--
[18:17] ---
    But,
[18:18] ---
    the way you're going about it,
[18:20] ---
    there's no saving you.
[18:24] ---
    Which is why...
[18:26] ---
    ...I'm not moving.
[18:35] ---
    What are you saying?
[18:37] ---
    I don't have any right to
    have anyone tell me that. Not now.
[18:42] ---
    Supposing there is some happy world,
[18:45] ---
    that everyone wants,
    and where everyone is smiling,
[18:47] ---
    I wouldn't have any place in it!
[18:50] ---
    Do you think that your remaining sisters
[18:54] ---
    would be grateful to you if you do this?
[18:57] ---
    You must have realized it, right?
[18:59] ---
    That nobody can be saved
    by doing things this way.
[19:07] ---
    You shut up.
[19:09] ---
    If I die,
[19:11] ---
    then they will feel a little relieved.
[19:15] ---
    There's no other way
    now except for me to die.
[19:21] ---
    If my one life can spare 10,000,
    that's a wonderful thing, right?
[19:26] ---
    That's good enough, isn't it?
[19:30] ---
    So... move...
[19:34] ---
    I'm not moving.
[20:26] ---
    You really are dense.
[20:30] ---
    You've got nothing to do with this, do you?
[20:33] ---
    If you'd just closed your eyes,
    and pretended not to know anything,
[20:37] ---
    you could go back to the same
    life you've been living up to now.
[20:41] ---
    Why would you run yourself so ragged?
[20:44] ---
    Your heart may have even stopped,
    if only for a short time.
[20:53] ---
    How can you smile like that?
[20:58] ---
    Because I thought,
    "I'm glad I'm on her side."
[21:03] ---
    So...
[21:06] ---
    ...don't cry.
[21:17] ---
    I've got the way that
    we can stop the experiment.
[21:22] ---
    The experiment is being
    simulated based on the presupposition
[21:25] ---
    that Accelerator
    is the strongest man.
[21:28] ---
    So, what if he's actually incredibly weak?
[21:33] ---
    For instance, if he were to lose to a Level 0,
[21:36] ---
    the weakest in Academy City,
[21:38] ---
    that assumption would be
    turned upside-down, wouldn't it?
[21:42] ---
    Hold on...
[21:43] ---
    You're not saying...
[21:45] ---
    I...
[21:46] ---
    ...will fight him.
[21:48] ---
    That's impossible! He's on
    a whole different level than I am!
[21:52] ---
    He's the kind of monster
    who would think nothing of it
[21:54] ---
    if the world's armies
    were to be turned on him.
[21:56] ---
    This time, you really will be...
[21:57] ---
    Mama isn't here to
    solve every little problem.
[22:01] ---
    Please!
[22:02] ---
    I can't drag anyone else into my own sin
[22:04] ---
    of allowing 10,000 people to die!
[22:06] ---
    And it's not like praying
    to God will work any miracles.
[22:10] ---
    I have to bring an end
    to this all by myself! So please--
[22:14] ---
    Okay then, work with me.
[22:17] ---
    Having everyone come back smiling,
[22:20] ---
    without having lost anything,
    is my dream.
[22:23] ---
    So work with me,
    so that it can come true.
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    And if I cry,
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    it's not like there are any
    heroes that will come dashing--
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    Just sit tight.
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    I'll make sure to bring
    your sister back with me.
[22:40] ---
    That's a promise.
[22:55] ---
    The experiment starts...
[22:57] ---
    ...at 8:30!
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    Here, kitty.
[23:06] ---
    Here, kitty.
[23:47] ---
    "Next episode preview"
[23:48] ---
    I don't think there's any chance of beating him.
[23:48] ---
    "#15 Kamijo Toma"
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    If they--If she has to die
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    for the sake of their insane project,
[23:54] ---
    then first, I'll put that
    ridiculous fantasy to death!