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E15 - Skill Out

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    Would you assail me,
[00:40] ---
    knowing that I am Kongo Mitsuko
    of Tokiwadai Middle School?
[00:44] ---
    "Assault" you?
[00:46] ---
    Leave it to a little darling
[00:47] ---
    to use different words
    than the rest of us. Right?
[00:52] ---
    It sounds like your
    grasp of Japanese is slim.
[00:56] ---
    In that case, I will take you on.
[01:02] ---
    What's the matter? Got a headache?
[01:05] ---
    What is this...?
[01:13] ---
    Who the hell are you?!
[01:16] ---
    Hey, now, picking
    on girls is something...
[01:21] ---
    ...we can't have, can we?
[01:24] ---
    Who's there...?
[01:31] ---
    This would appear to put a stop
    to the recent outbreak of esper hunts
[01:35] ---
    being conducted by Skill Out, would it not?
[01:36] ---
    Are you all right?
[01:37] ---
    Y-Yes...
[01:39] ---
    Who would have thought that
    they would go after Kongo Mitsuko?
[01:42] ---
    It does not matter
    how many of them ganged up,
[01:46] ---
    Level 0 stray dogs are
    no match for a Level 4 esper,
[01:49] ---
    as they are now painfully aware--
[01:51] ---
    It didn't happen like that.
[01:54] ---
    According to what she said,
[01:56] ---
    she was unable to use
    her ability, for some reason.
[01:59] ---
    That's when an unidentified
    person appeared, and...
[02:03] ---
    Tamezo?
[02:05] ---
    Miss Konori?
[02:07] ---
    Oh, sorry. Let's see...
    Is Miss Uiharu's questioning going well?
[02:12] ---
    Yes.
[02:14] ---
    After that, I passed out,
[02:17] ---
    And when you came to again,
    they were all down on the ground?
[02:20] ---
    Yes.
[02:21] ---
    If there is anything that you remember...
[02:24] ---
    Yes, well...
[02:25] ---
    I do not know what they are called,
[02:28] ---
    but those leather articles
[02:30] ---
    that those gentlemen who ride
    on their motorcycles often wear...
[02:33] ---
    A leather jacket?
[02:35] ---
    Yes, that's it!
[02:37] ---
    A black leather jacket.
    Also, the gentleman who was carrying it
[02:42] ---
    had what looked like a large
    black spider tattoo on his back.
[02:46] ---
    Miss Konori, is something the matter?
    You somehow seem...
[02:51] ---
    Mm-mm, it's nothing.
[02:54] ---
    So did this man with the leather
    jacket and black spider tattoo
[02:58] ---
    beat all of them up?
[03:16] ---
    Resonating wishes now awaken
[03:20] ---
    for the sake of a future I can't concede
[03:23] ---
    Beyond surpassing
    our destined encounter

[03:27] ---
    my feelings will still shine
[03:33] ---
    Entrusting my dreams
    to a future elsewhere

[03:39] ---
    I kept searching for
    the real meaning of strength

[03:46] ---
    I learned the meaning
    of accepting pain as it is

[03:53] ---
    from you, always running toward tomorrow
[03:59] ---
    The background rushes on now around me
[04:03] ---
    beyond the world I draw in
[04:06] ---
    I feel the signal pouring
    in with my whole body

[04:10] ---
    and now release everything I have
[04:13] ---
    Just truth in my heart
[04:14] ---
    I will never waver
[04:17] ---
    because I have indelible dreams
[04:20] ---
    And without averting my eyes
    from the truth being revealed

[04:24] ---
    I'll reach the next stage to realize all
[04:27] ---
    believing in our certain bond
[04:35] ---
    Big Spider?
[04:37] ---
    That's the name of the organization
[04:39] ---
    that has been carrying
    out a string of esper hunts?
[04:42] ---
    Big Spider is a fairly
    well-known organization,
[04:45] ---
    even within Skill Out.
[04:47] ---
    They had their own sense of pride
    once, and knew where the line was.
[04:52] ---
    But lately, they've become
    just a band of outlaws.
[04:56] ---
    When you say "pride" among Skill Out,
[04:59] ---
    you mean a cynical mob,
    sulking at the rest of the world.
[05:02] ---
    Yes, but even so,
[05:04] ---
    there's dissatisfaction, indignation,
[05:08] ---
    and a still-inescapable admiration
    of espers smoldering within them.
[05:11] ---
    Miss Konori,
    you know a lot about them, huh?
[05:14] ---
    O-Oh, I suppose.
[05:16] ---
    That's Miss Konori for you!
[05:20] ---
    Miss Kongo was attacked?!
[05:23] ---
    Now, now, Sissy, take it easy.
[05:26] ---
    Ganging up and attacking girls
    is the lowest thing men can do!
[05:30] ---
    Misaka, you sure do seem worked up over this.
[05:34] ---
    No, I guess I just can't stand
    people who don't do what they can,
[05:38] ---
    and just try to escape from reality.
[05:42] ---
    It sounds like you're talking about me.
[05:45] ---
    Huh? Saten, you're not like that.
[05:48] ---
    That is right.
[05:49] ---
    When everyone crosses against
    a red light, that is Skill Out.
[05:53] ---
    It is significantly different
    than the guts it takes
[05:55] ---
    when you, Saten, cross all alone...
[05:57] ---
    Miss Shirai, I'm not
    sure you're helping at all, here.
[06:01] ---
    But Skill Out are all a bunch
    of Level 0 runaways, right?
[06:05] ---
    Why would they be conducting esper hunts?
[06:07] ---
    It is a numbers game.
    No matter how brilliant an esper may be,
[06:11] ---
    it is still difficult for them
    to face a large crowd of people.
[06:15] ---
    Besides, we have information
    that this Big Spider organization
[06:18] ---
    has obtained illegal weapons
    through black-market channels.
[06:24] ---
    I'm beginning to wish they'd
    tangle with me even more now.
[06:28] ---
    Sissy...
[06:29] ---
    If you want someone to tangle
    with you, I would love to, any time!
[06:33] ---
    I don't mean like that!
[06:36] ---
    So, all of those Skill Out
    people who attacked Miss Kongo
[06:41] ---
    ended up being caught, right?
[06:42] ---
    Word is that some mystery person
    beat them all up in one shot.
[06:45] ---
    Oh yeah? A champion of justice
    who was just passing by?
[06:48] ---
    That is absurd!
[06:49] ---
    It is outrageous that someone
    other than Antiskill or Judgment
[06:52] ---
    would exercise force like this!
[06:55] ---
    They are a full-fledged criminal!
[07:04] ---
    It couldn't be...
[07:06] ---
    ...you, Senpai, could it?
[07:10] ---
    Mr. Kurozuma...
[07:10] ---
    Huh?
[07:12] ---
    The thing is...
[07:13] ---
    the guy that took out
    Tamezo and the others is...
[07:19] ---
    Don't you tell tall tales!
[07:21] ---
    I know what I heard!
[07:27] ---
    Yeah. He's dead.
    There's no way he could still be alive.
[07:34] ---
    Hey, you guys!
[07:36] ---
    Say my name!
[07:38] ---
    Kurozuma Wataru!
[07:39] ---
    That's right. I'm Kurozuma.
    I'm the head of Big Spider!
[07:44] ---
    You guys haven't forgotten, have you?
[07:47] ---
    The look--that taunting
    look that the espers give us?
[07:52] ---
    That's why we're
    gonna knock them on their asses!
[07:55] ---
    Show them the terror of a
    Skill Out that means business!
[07:58] ---
    Yes, boss!
[08:01] ---
    Big Spider again?
[08:03] ---
    This is the third time this week alone.
[08:06] ---
    They are starting to kick into high gear.
[08:08] ---
    We'll have to give them a good walloping.
[08:10] ---
    Sissy... Sissy, your "walloping"
    causes too much damage.
[08:16] ---
    It looks like it was two
    years ago that Big Spider
[08:19] ---
    first started expanding their influence.
[08:22] ---
    It was right at that same time
    when they started taking up weapons,
[08:24] ---
    and carried out repeated criminal acts.
[08:27] ---
    That makes sense. So they took
    up arms, and started letting loose.
[08:31] ---
    But how would they get those
    things in from outside Academy City?
[08:36] ---
    The distribution of
    goods is strictly enforced,
[08:39] ---
    and illegal items are
    naturally excluded, aren't they?
[08:43] ---
    They do say that snakes
    follow the way of serpents.
[08:46] ---
    There could be others who are
    setting up routes for these guys.
[08:50] ---
    You are saying they have backing?
[08:52] ---
    --Mm-hmm.
[08:53] ---
    --I get you.
    --Mm-hmm.
[08:54] ---
    It is worth looking into.
[08:56] ---
    Um...
[08:58] ---
    I've also discovered one other
    thing--the leader of Big Spider.
[09:02] ---
    His name is Kurozuma Wataru.
    He seems like a rather vicious man.
[09:07] ---
    He appears to be someone with
    no qualms about betraying his friends.
[09:10] ---
    He's said to be the kind of
    man who would shoot you in the back
[09:13] ---
    if you talk about leaving his group.
[09:16] ---
    In other words,
    the man is a real low-life.
[09:20] ---
    Oh, and speaking of backs,
[09:22] ---
    he supposedly has a
    tattoo of a spider on his back.
[09:26] ---
    A spider?
[09:27] ---
    Huh? Didn't the man who
    rescued Miss Kongo also have one?
[09:31] ---
    That man is Kurozuma Wataru?
    How can that be?
[09:35] ---
    What if it turns out
    he wasn't rescuing her,
[09:37] ---
    and this is just a simple falling out?
[09:39] ---
    He is the sort who would
    shoot you in the back, right?
[09:42] ---
    Indeed. That is a possibility, huh?
[09:45] ---
    Um, his base of operations
    is an area of School District 10,
[09:50] ---
    known as "Strange."
[09:53] ---
    Are we going?
[09:54] ---
    It is outside of our jurisdiction,
[09:56] ---
    but since we are investigating
    a case that happened in District 7,
[09:58] ---
    we could make it stick.
[10:00] ---
    Miss Konori?
[10:02] ---
    I'm sorry, but I absolutely must
    get these reports compiled today.
[10:06] ---
    Huh?
[10:07] ---
    Well, let's go.
[10:09] ---
    Let's go? Sissy...!
[10:10] ---
    We're pinch-hitting for Miss Konori. Come on!
[10:12] ---
    H-Hold on, Sissy! Oh, my, how demanding!
[10:18] ---
    Miss Shirai...
[10:20] ---
    ...sure seems happy.
[10:26] ---
    This is Big Spider's home,
    also known as "Strange."
[10:33] ---
    Wow.
[10:35] ---
    Neat...
[10:36] ---
    ...is not how I would describe it.
[10:38] ---
    They say that fish
    do not live in clear waters,
[10:43] ---
    but I have to admit...
[10:44] ---
    Well, this may be a
    fitting place for any group
[10:48] ---
    who would do what Skill Out does.
[10:56] ---
    Skill Out may be who they are,
[10:58] ---
    but to claim complete control,
    and leave a place like this as it is,
[11:02] ---
    Academy City is who they are.
[11:04] ---
    The mood feels like we are
    becoming more and more welcome.
[11:08] ---
    That's because you're wearing that thing.
[11:10] ---
    Wha--?! Th-That is because
    you were in such a rush, Sissy!
[11:13] ---
    I was planning to wear a disguise, and...
[11:16] ---
    Ladies, what are you up to?
[11:18] ---
    Hey, there, they're Judgment.
[11:21] ---
    --There, you see?
    --I'm so scared! Are you gonna catch us?
[11:22] ---
    --Sissy...
    --I'm so scared! Are you gonna catch us?
[11:23] ---
    What could they be squabbling about?
[11:26] ---
    It's too late to turn back now.
[11:27] ---
    Hold up.
[11:31] ---
    Messing with girls like this is something...
[11:39] ---
    ...we can't have, can we?
[11:42] ---
    Huh?
[11:43] ---
    #15 Skill Out
[11:43] ---
    Milk?
[11:47] ---
    Huh? Who are you?
[11:51] ---
    Hold on a second.
[11:52] ---
    Huh? Wait...
[11:54] ---
    Don't go trying to play
    the hero in front of those girls.
[11:58] ---
    Now, now...
[11:59] ---
    Just turn around and get lost, right now.
[12:05] ---
    U-Um, w-will this be acceptable?
[12:09] ---
    Yeah, thanks for going to the trouble.
[12:12] ---
    Yeah, w-well, we have to be going now.
[12:14] ---
    Yeah, take care of yourselves.
[12:21] ---
    When it comes to milk,
    it's gotta be Musasino.
[12:24] ---
    I don't remember ever asking for your help.
[12:28] ---
    Sorry about that.
[12:29] ---
    I knew a girl a long time ago whose
    bust was about the size of yours.
[12:33] ---
    I couldn't just walk away.
[12:36] ---
    A gentleman just made
    a remark about our breasts...
[12:39] ---
    ...and surprisingly,
    it didn't sound offensive.
[12:41] ---
    Ah, hold on a minute!
[12:44] ---
    Sissy!
[12:53] ---
    Huh? Mii, are you home already?
[12:56] ---
    This is unusual, you being home this early.
[12:59] ---
    What about your Judgment work?
[13:01] ---
    I'm doing it, to be sure. What about you?
[13:03] ---
    You could stop by the branch once in a while.
[13:06] ---
    Being on campus is enough on its own.
[13:08] ---
    I'm too busy with matters of love and youth.
[13:10] ---
    Geez, you're always like this.
[13:13] ---
    Hey, did something happen?
[13:19] ---
    Not really.
[13:23] ---
    Okay.
[13:24] ---
    Well, since you're home early for once,
[13:27] ---
    Mii, it's your turn to fix dinner tonight.
[13:29] ---
    Huh? Hang on, Aomi!
[13:36] ---
    Nice, isn't it?
[13:38] ---
    It's kind of a secret spot.
    It's suffocating down below,
[13:44] ---
    but the breeze up here feels good.
[13:47] ---
    The view of Strange from up here
[13:49] ---
    is no different than it was two years ago.
[13:51] ---
    Two years ago?
[13:53] ---
    Well, a lot can happen.
[13:54] ---
    I have to wonder, though,
[13:56] ---
    why do the Skill Out
    people all gather to this area?
[14:00] ---
    You two wouldn't understand.
[14:04] ---
    It's not like I don't
    understand, you know?
[14:06] ---
    Understand what?
[14:07] ---
    The way Skill Out feels.
[14:11] ---
    You try and try again,
    but your level never rises.
[14:14] ---
    There comes a time when you lose hope.
[14:17] ---
    It's like, you feel like
    just chucking everything.
[14:23] ---
    We really have gone
    and chucked everything.
[14:27] ---
    We've left behind Academy City,
[14:29] ---
    where everything
    is judged on your ability.
[14:33] ---
    Miss Saten...
[14:35] ---
    Huh? No, no!
    I'm not chucking anything anymore.
[14:41] ---
    Mm-hmm, I'll never chuck it again.
[14:45] ---
    For us, abilities are the
    blue sky that we can never reach.
[14:49] ---
    Like we're looking up at it
    from the narrow alleys of this city.
[14:52] ---
    Y'know?
[14:54] ---
    But Skill Out is still Skill Out, right?
[14:57] ---
    They're never up to any
    good when they act as a group.
[15:01] ---
    That's pretty harsh.
[15:03] ---
    By the way, what are you two here for?
[15:06] ---
    Oh, right!
[15:07] ---
    We're looking for an
    organization called Big Spider.
[15:11] ---
    I'd advise against dropping
    that name too much around here.
[15:16] ---
    Then, do you recognize
    the name Kurozuma Wataru?
[15:19] ---
    No, I don't.
[15:21] ---
    Well, have a safe return trip.
[15:27] ---
    Sissy, what is the matter?
[15:29] ---
    There's just... something
    about him that bothers me.
[15:33] ---
    M-My, my! Sissy, for you
    to be interested in a gentleman
[15:37] ---
    is something that I... that I...
[15:39] ---
    Ow...
[15:40] ---
    He said he had come back
    here after two years away, right?
[15:44] ---
    So what about it?
[15:46] ---
    It was two years ago that Big Spider
    also started expanding its influence.
[15:51] ---
    Doesn't that raise any flags?
[15:52] ---
    Now that you mention it...
[15:54] ---
    Let's go try somewhere else.
    We might be able to learn something.
[15:58] ---
    Oh, Sissy! Please wait for me!
[16:02] ---
    What are you guys doing?!
[16:04] ---
    There have now been over a dozen guys
[16:07] ---
    from esper hunting parties taken out!
[16:09] ---
    And without any leads!
[16:11] ---
    W-We are looking for anything...
[16:13] ---
    You're looking?
[16:15] ---
    Don't just look, find something!
[16:18] ---
    Do you know why you can't find anything?
[16:21] ---
    It's because they're dissing us!
[16:24] ---
    Listen up, men!
    Don't let yourselves be dissed!
[16:26] ---
    Hunt down espers,
[16:28] ---
    and show those guys just
    how much power Big Spider has!
[16:33] ---
    Do that, and nobody is
    gonna go against us no more!
[16:37] ---
    Yeah!
[16:43] ---
    He's alive?
[16:46] ---
    No, that can't be right.
[16:49] ---
    But...
[16:50] ---
    ...if he is alive...
[16:58] ---
    If he is alive...
[17:01] ---
    W-What?!
[17:03] ---
    A-Are you guys Skill Out?!
[17:05] ---
    You're messing with
    the wrong guy! I'm a Level--
[17:17] ---
    Well? Unless the rest
    of you want to end up like him--
[17:25] ---
    Now you've done it!
[17:28] ---
    Where's all that spunk
    you had a minute ago? Eh?
[17:31] ---
    Go ahead and use your ability.
[17:33] ---
    That is, if you can concentrate enough
    to calculate while being beaten!
[17:38] ---
    Survival of the fittest
    is the rule in Academy City.
[17:41] ---
    Right now, you guys are the prey.
[17:44] ---
    Then...
[17:45] ---
    ...you guys are ready
    to face being prey, too, right?
[17:49] ---
    Judgment!
[17:51] ---
    What do you want?!
[17:53] ---
    You keep your noses out of this, kids--
[17:59] ---
    Why is it like this?
[18:02] ---
    I left the victim with the nearby branch.
[18:05] ---
    Good work.
[18:07] ---
    Geez, after all that searching around
    Strange, and not finding anything,
[18:11] ---
    to catch these guys while just
    walking the street like normal...
[18:14] ---
    Well, all is well that ends well.
[18:17] ---
    Hmph, I guess so. Well...
[18:23] ---
    What is this?
[18:27] ---
    Judgment!
[18:29] ---
    What do they want?
[18:30] ---
    You shouldn't be messing around here, kids.
[18:32] ---
    Huh? Judgment?
[18:36] ---
    What the hell do you want?
[18:37] ---
    Kurozuma Wataru, right?
[18:40] ---
    As ringleader in the acts of violence
    against espers, you are under arrest.
[18:47] ---
    Arrest, huh?
[18:49] ---
    Sorry, but I don't have
    time to play house with you.
[18:52] ---
    Get lost.
[18:53] ---
    What a rude thing to say.
[18:55] ---
    I'm trying to tell you nicely,
[18:57] ---
    but if you don't get that, we can
    make you understand the hard way.
[19:01] ---
    Sissy...
[19:03] ---
    I can handle the likes
    of these guys all on my own.
[19:07] ---
    You can decide that
[19:08] ---
    after you see what we're capable of!
[19:13] ---
    What is that sound?!
[19:15] ---
    It feels like it is reverberating
    directly inside my head!
[19:19] ---
    What's wrong?
[19:22] ---
    I can't jump!
[19:23] ---
    What's wrong, little lady?
    I thought you could take us alone!
[19:28] ---
    Kuroko!
[19:33] ---
    That can't be! My aim
    and power are both entirely...
[19:36] ---
    ...heh, beyond your control?
[19:38] ---
    Naturally, you wouldn't know this,
[19:41] ---
    but this is a "Capacity Down" system.
[19:44] ---
    I don't know much about it,
    but the gist of it is,
[19:46] ---
    the sound jumbles up the
    arithmetic capacity of the brain.
[19:50] ---
    But, for those of us in Skill Out,
    all we hear is a high-pitched sound.
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    How on earth did they get this...?
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    Hmph, if you'll say
    "Please forgive us, Mr. Kurozuma,"
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    I'll think about doing so.
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    Oh? Did you just say you were Kurozuma?
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    I-It's him!
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    Yeah! That's the man!
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    Mr. Kurozuma, that's the man!
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    He's the one that interfered with us!
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    Mr. Kurozuma...
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    What is going on?
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    --Mr. Kurozuma, what's
    the matter? Mr. Kurozuma!
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    --Let's see...
    --Mr. Kurozuma, what's the matter? Mr. Kurozuma!
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    There!
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    The sound!
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    It's gone!
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    You okay?
[20:36] ---
    And you?
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    Y-Yeah...
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    Um...
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    Would you hold this for me?
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    Hebitani, long time no see.
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    I-It can't be... You're supposed to be dead!
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    After everything that happened,
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    there's no way you should be alive!
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    Okay, fine, I'm a ghost.
[20:55] ---
    Ghost?
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    If you're a ghost, then why
    don't you go back to your grave?!
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    Go on, let him have it!
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    He's just one man!
    We all have weapons, too!
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    Hebitani, you've changed.
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    Die!
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    Give it up.
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    With your aim, the most
    you could hit is one of your own!
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    Please, wait for us!
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    Well?
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    Feel a little better now?
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    I still don't feel up to
    full power, but more or less.
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    That man wasn't Kurozuma?
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    Long ago, his name was Hebitani.
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    Apparently, he goes by Kurozuma now.
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    So, the real Kurozuma is you, right?
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    I suppose I've been called that.
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    --When it comes to milk...
    --...it's gotta be Musasino.
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    Miss Konori!
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    It's been a long time, Mii.
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    Is the destiny my
    finger has drawn a bead on

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    one of despair, or one of hope?
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    Just give me the courage not to yield
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    to the sorrows I pick up
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    among the fluctuations
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    I believe strength is there
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    to protect what is important
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    Saving our future together,
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    let's open the door to tomorrow and take off
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    Shooting through to the ends
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    of a certain world with real force
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    Release your light!
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    Say, Miss Konori, what's going on?
    Why are you so upset?
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    #16 Academy City
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    My, Sissy, you are so jejune.
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    Next week's story will be more mature, too.
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