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E16 - Sisterhood

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    Awesome! It's like a part of my body--
[00:27] ---
    like moving my own arms or legs--
[00:30] ---
    this sensation of bringing
    all of the air under my control!
[00:34] ---
    It looks like fighting a strong opponent
[00:36] ---
    really was a shortcut
    to leveling up, huh?!
[00:39] ---
    Right, third-string?!
[00:42] ---
    With all my gratitude,
    I'll leave no trace of you--
[00:46] ---
    Huh?
[00:49] ---
    What's happening?
[00:52] ---
    The plasma is diffusing.
[00:54] ---
    Just what is going on with this wind?
[00:57] ---
    Wind power manipulation? No...
[01:00] ---
    The windmills are turning the wrong way?
[01:03] ---
    Hold on. I've heard about this.
[01:05] ---
    It had something to do with
    dynamo motors turning on their own
[01:07] ---
    when hit with particular
    electromagnetic waves.
[01:11] ---
    It's them?!
[01:12] ---
    Damn it. But what's going on, here?
[01:15] ---
    Those windmills aren't just spinning blindly.
[01:19] ---
    They're being directed,
    to disrupt my formulas!
[01:24] ---
    The images she's seeing
    are going across the network?
[01:35] ---
    I'll crush you!
[01:39] ---
    I won't let you!
[02:01] ---
    sister's noise, I keep on looking
    (sorrow of your heart...)

[02:04] ---
    for where your lost heart is
    (I shoot it down...)

[02:08] ---
    Nobody can ruin the feelings
    we've built up together

[02:18] ---
    The oft-repeated truth is still distant
[02:24] ---
    while I am unable to sense your pain
[02:31] ---
    If the dreams you
    committed to me that day

[02:34] ---
    end up tearing me apart,
[02:38] ---
    don't ever let go of that hope
[02:41] ---
    more precious than anything else
[02:46] ---
    Though once closer to you than anyone else
    (sister's noise...)

[02:49] ---
    I cannot hear your voice
    (I find it out...)

[02:53] ---
    While the hands of time kept ticking away
[02:57] ---
    I was finally able to find you
[02:59] ---
    sister's noise, so I keep on looking
    (sorrow of your heart...)

[03:03] ---
    for where your lost heart is
    (I shoot it down...)

[03:06] ---
    I promise to preserve the shared
    smiles we both felt

[03:12] ---
    Nobody can ruin them now
[03:50] ---
    I can't understand it.
[03:52] ---
    Why is the third-string
    lying over there,
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    as well as yourself,
    defending the wind-up doll?
[03:59] ---
    That's an overproduced,
    factory reject of yourself.
[04:02] ---
    Out of everyone in the whole world,
[04:04] ---
    you should be the
    one most disgusted by it.
[04:08] ---
    You don't think it's fun to have something
[04:10] ---
    that has the same
    face as you get wrecked?
[04:12] ---
    But then, that's no reason for
    you to put your life on the line, huh?
[04:19] ---
    Can't stand to have someone
    else become a Level 6 before you?
[04:24] ---
    Or maybe,
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    it's some kind of atonement
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    for being the one who
    kicked off these experiments?
[04:34] ---
    I don't have any interest
    toward that "Mind of God" business,
[04:37] ---
    nor do I think I'm atoning for
    any sin by doing this.
[04:43] ---
    She's my sister.
[04:47] ---
    These girls...
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    ...are my sisters.
[04:52] ---
    That's the only reason.
[04:56] ---
    Sorry. I know how unfit
    I am now, after all this time, but...
[05:04] ---
    ...just this one time, would you
    let me stand here in that capacity?
[05:11] ---
    Yes.
[05:17] ---
    I'm not letting a single
    one of them die anymore!
[05:21] ---
    Huh?
[05:26] ---
    Man...
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    Of all the things you
    might have said just now...
[05:31] ---
    Playing at being sisters?
    What nonsense!
[05:34] ---
    You're not going
    to let me kill any of them?
[05:36] ---
    Don't push your luck, downgrade!
[05:39] ---
    You guys can't even slow me down!
[05:42] ---
    It's like how visual acuity
    can only be measured to 20/10.
[05:47] ---
    Level 5 is the highest
    rating there is in Academy City,
[05:51] ---
    so I have no choice but to be
    content with that level, that's all.
[05:56] ---
    I'm sick of you, so I'm
    gonna kill the whole lot of--
[06:27] ---
    Impossible.
[06:29] ---
    Doesn't he know how
    many I've killed up to now?
[06:35] ---
    I know so much about what it takes
    to destroy a person, I'm sick of it.
[06:40] ---
    There's no way he should
    be getting up after that.
[06:51] ---
    What am I doing?!
[07:00] ---
    He just doesn't know
    when he's had it, does he?
[07:03] ---
    Even with the wind taken from me,
[07:05] ---
    I can still finish him off
    with one touch of my finger.
[07:10] ---
    Well, this is intriguing.
[07:13] ---
    As intriguing... as all get-out!
[07:39] ---
    Clench your teeth, strongest guy...
[07:44] ---
    The weakest guy is about to ring out...
[07:49] ---
    Why...?
[07:51] ---
    Why can't I break this guy?
[07:55] ---
    Protecting... the wind-up dolls?
[07:58] ---
    I was one step away from
    absolute power!
[08:02] ---
    Why... am I...
[08:18] ---
    This power may just turn
    the world itself against me,
[08:24] ---
    and actually bring
    destruction upon everything.
[08:30] ---
    But then...
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    ...if you had an absolute power,
    past that of "mightiest,"
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    it just might bring about some changes.
[08:38] ---
    To that end, go along with the project,
[08:41] ---
    and carry out the experiments.
[08:45] ---
    Guinea pig... wind-up doll... clone...
[08:51] ---
    If power gives rise to conflict,
    I could just become an absolute being,
[08:57] ---
    enough so that nobody
    will even want to fight me.
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    Once that happens,
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    then someday, once again...
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    Once that happens, then no longer...
[09:19] ---
    ...no longer... will anyone...
[09:27] ---
    The Sisters are living as
    best as they can!
[09:30] ---
    These girls are my...
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    Really...
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    ...what am I doing?
[10:10] ---
    "#16 Sisterhood"
[10:31] ---
    Huh?
[10:33] ---
    A-Are you...?
[10:42] ---
    "Kamijo Toma"
[10:54] ---
    Excuse me for coming in... oh,
[10:57] ---
    he's asleep?
[11:05] ---
    To think that he really did defeat
    the first-ranked of Academy City.
[11:12] ---
    Just how crazy was that of you?
[11:22] ---
    Sorry, did I wake you? Oh,
[11:26] ---
    I brought you some get-well cookies.
[11:28] ---
    I picked out something expensive
    from the department store basement.
[11:31] ---
    so they ought to
    be passably good, I'll bet.
[11:34] ---
    Also, I thought I should probably
    say something... you know...
[11:40] ---
    ...to thank...
[11:40] ---
    When it comes to cookies...
[11:43] ---
    ...aren't homemade the best?
[11:45] ---
    Huh?
[11:48] ---
    Just what kind of personality
    do you expect from me?
[11:52] ---
    Oh, it's not like that.
[11:53] ---
    I'd venture that someone
    as ham-handed as you
[11:54] ---
    would fumble to make crummy,
    misshapen cookies.
[11:57] ---
    Mmm, you see what I mean?
[12:02] ---
    Like I said, what do
    you expect from me?!
[12:05] ---
    J-Just a minute!
    This is a hospital! I'm injured, here!
[12:08] ---
    You idiot! It's full of
    sensitive equipment in here!
[12:15] ---
    Good grief...
[12:20] ---
    Last night,
[12:22] ---
    little sister Misaka came by here.
[12:25] ---
    She said the experiments
    had been suspended.
[12:29] ---
    Mm-hmm...
[12:31] ---
    But still... because of me...
[12:35] ---
    ...so many...
[12:42] ---
    If you hadn't offered your DNA map,
[12:45] ---
    none of the Sisters
    would ever have been born.
[12:49] ---
    That experiment
    was wrong in a lot of ways,
[12:52] ---
    but I sure do think that
    you can at least take pride
[12:55] ---
    in the fact that
    the Sisters were born.
[13:01] ---
    If they hadn't been born,
[13:03] ---
    they could never have
    been happy or sad, after all.
[13:10] ---
    Besides, they all...
[13:13] ---
    ...wouldn't want to see you
    moping around all by yourself.
[13:25] ---
    How are your injuries doing?
[13:28] ---
    Compared to that boy,
    this is nothing serious.
[13:32] ---
    That's good.
[13:33] ---
    I'm pushing now! Here!
[13:36] ---
    Yay!
[13:39] ---
    Lives created by a machine...
[13:45] ---
    Right after they are born,
    they are a blank slate.
[13:49] ---
    As such, if it is imprinted
    onto them that they are lab animals,
[13:53] ---
    they come to accept that
    that's all that they are worth.
[13:59] ---
    However, if they look
    at the world around them,
[14:02] ---
    like she did, as a single person,
    then those girls are sure to...
[14:10] ---
    So, listen...
[14:13] ---
    ...you probably don't want to see my face,
    and can't forgive what I did,
[14:18] ---
    but I think that there are a
    lot of obstacles ahead of you
[14:21] ---
    in trying to gain an
    understanding of the world.
[14:23] ---
    So... um...
[14:27] ---
    If there's anything I can do... to...
[14:31] ---
    ...help?
[14:33] ---
    "This is called 'stand-n-swing',"
[14:35] ---
    says Misaka, putting
    into practice the knowledge
[14:38] ---
    she gained from Testament,
    and becoming one with the wind.
[14:40] ---
    Wow!
[14:41] ---
    Amazing!
[14:47] ---
    "Whoo, any more than that
[14:49] ---
    and I'm afraid it might aggravate
    my injuries, so that's all for me,"
[14:52] ---
    says Misaka, wiping away her sweat.
[14:55] ---
    Oh? Is something the matter?
[14:57] ---
    Mm-mm... Sorry, just leave
    me alone a moment.
[15:00] ---
    Sissy, do it again!
[15:02] ---
    Huh? No, that's enough.
[15:05] ---
    "That's not right.
[15:07] ---
    Being an older sister
    means you have an obligation
[15:10] ---
    to indulge your younger sister."
[15:11] ---
    Huh?
[15:12] ---
    ...says Misaka, pushing the
    brainwashing so it starts young.
[15:16] ---
    Hey!
[15:24] ---
    This is what is called a kitten.
[15:26] ---
    I know!
[15:28] ---
    Say, are you two ladies sisters?
    You look the same!
[15:33] ---
    You're twins, right?
[15:35] ---
    Which is the older one,
    and which is the younger one?
[15:37] ---
    Huh?
[15:38] ---
    The thing is...
[15:40] ---
    Ah! Wait, I want to guess!
[15:42] ---
    Let's see... um...
[15:49] ---
    You're the one who said you wanted to!
[15:52] ---
    You!
[15:53] ---
    You're the younger sister, right?
    You've got a Gekota, after all!
[15:58] ---
    I've got a stuffed animal, too!
[16:00] ---
    Huh?!
[16:00] ---
    "Mmph!"
[16:02] ---
    ...says Misaka, trying to
    imitate breaking into laughter.
[16:06] ---
    It is true that she has juvenile
    tastes inappropriate to her age...
[16:10] ---
    ...is unmannerly...
    hot-tempered... and belligerent...
[16:15] ---
    ...and for all that, she is a contrarian,
[16:17] ---
    who won't admit it
    when she likes something...
[16:21] ---
    ...but my problem-child older
    sister did risk her life for Misaka.
[16:41] ---
    It is strange.
[16:42] ---
    Misaka was supposed to be
    dead after last night's experiment.
[16:47] ---
    It was supposed to be a matter of course,
[16:49] ---
    played out over and over,
    more than 10,000 times before.
[16:53] ---
    And yet, right now, at this moment,
[16:56] ---
    she continues to be active.
[17:00] ---
    The Misakas were
    created in order to be killed.
[17:05] ---
    That alone was our raison d'être,
    the reason why we were born.
[17:11] ---
    However, Sissy, thanks to you
    and that boy, that has been lost.
[17:18] ---
    We have been downsized.
[17:19] ---
    Huh?
[17:19] ---
    We are unemployed.
    Turned adrift into the world.
[17:26] ---
    So...
[17:28] ---
    "Please remain together with
    Misaka from now on in her search,
[17:32] ---
    as she tries to discover
    the meaning of living,"
[17:37] ---
    says Misaka,
    asking a world of indulgence.
[17:43] ---
    Mm-hmm, if you'll have me.
[17:54] ---
    Sissy, do it again!
[17:56] ---
    Okay, okay.
[18:03] ---
    So that's it.
[18:05] ---
    That's the reason for all of it?
[18:07] ---
    Yeah, it is.
[18:08] ---
    Miss Misaka, huh? Yeah...
[18:11] ---
    She said there are a lot
    of prying eyes in the dorm kitchen,
[18:15] ---
    and could she come borrow my oven.
    It was a full-blown big deal.
[18:19] ---
    So that's why she went to all of this?
[18:22] ---
    It's a little bit surprising, huh?
[18:23] ---
    I know, right?
[18:24] ---
    But then, I'm glad Misaka
    seems to have cheered up.
[18:28] ---
    Yes, indeed. But who exactly
    could she be making this present for?
[18:33] ---
    She never did say, no matter
    how many times I asked her.
[18:36] ---
    Oh, yeah?
[18:38] ---
    Yeah.
[18:40] ---
    For crying out loud...
[18:42] ---
    Miss Saten sure was enjoying herself.
[18:45] ---
    It's not as though I made
    these because I wanted to, after all.
[18:48] ---
    It's just a thank-you. A thank-you!
[18:51] ---
    But then, this *is
    *him we're talking about.
[18:55] ---
    "I was fighting for my own sake.
[18:57] ---
    I've done nothing that deserves any thanks."
[19:00] ---
    I'll bet that's what he says.
[19:03] ---
    Am I just being corny?
[19:07] ---
    No, no, no! But then,
    if that's his reasoning,
[19:09] ---
    it's still my prerogative
    to follow through.
[19:15] ---
    But wait! If he asks me to
    make something homemade,
[19:17] ---
    then doesn't accept it,
    he's gonna pay--
[19:19] ---
    What's he gonna pay for?
[19:24] ---
    What are you doing out here?!
[19:26] ---
    Huh?
[19:27] ---
    You're still supposed
    to be in the hospital, right?
[19:30] ---
    Oh... hospital costs
    are no small potatoes,
[19:33] ---
    and I've got a hungry roommate
[19:35] ---
    that gets more violent with
    each passing day.
[19:38] ---
    For that matter,
[19:39] ---
    what are you doing way out here?
[19:43] ---
    W-Well, I...
[19:46] ---
    By any chance, were you coming
    to visit me again? Heh, yeah, right.
[19:50] ---
    I-I-I was not!
[19:53] ---
    You know, you don't
    have to deny it that hard.
[19:56] ---
    You idiot!
[19:58] ---
    Uh, no, I wasn't coming
    to check on you, or anything...
[20:02] ---
    ...that is... lately...
[20:05] ---
    ...you've helped me out an awful lot, so...
[20:08] ---
    ...so... I... offer my...
[20:15] ---
    ...my gra-- grat-- at-- at--
[20:20] ---
    Ant?
[20:23] ---
    Oh, you're in the middle of
    some independent research?
[20:26] ---
    It is the end of summer
    vacation, I guess.
[20:28] ---
    No! And what am I, a grade-schooler?
[20:31] ---
    Sorry to interrupt you.
    See you around, Zapper.
[20:44] ---
    Misaka Mikoto!
[20:46] ---
    Huh?
[20:47] ---
    My name!
[20:49] ---
    It's not "Zapper," it's "Misaka Mikoto."
    You always call me that.
[20:53] ---
    Would you just learn it, already?
[20:56] ---
    Then again, maybe that's
    too much to ask of you.
[21:02] ---
    See you later, Misaka.
[21:17] ---
    Bad news! Siss--
[21:20] ---
    What is the matter with you, Sissy?!
[21:22] ---
    Wah!
[21:22] ---
    Are you not feeling quite well?!
    Are you hurt somewhere?!
[21:25] ---
    Or perhaps you ate something
    that did not agree with you?!
[21:28] ---
    W-What are you talking about?
    A-And what's the bad news?
[21:33] ---
    Oh, that. The head resident
    seems to have learned
[21:36] ---
    about your streak of staying
    out nights without permission.
[21:39] ---
    She says you better have a
    satisfactory explanation.
[21:43] ---
    That's bad, huh?
    I need some excuse... wait....
[21:46] ---
    Ah, you came all the way out
    here just to tell me that? Thanks.
[21:51] ---
    But how did you know I was here?
[21:53] ---
    Huh? A-As they say, "like knows like."
[21:55] ---
    Wherever Sissy is,
    there will be Kuroko, as well.
[21:58] ---
    But more importantly,
    are you sure nothing is amiss?
[22:01] ---
    If anything were
    to happen to you, Sissy,
[22:03] ---
    then I will not sit still--
[22:05] ---
    For Pete's sake.
[22:07] ---
    If you keep talking funny,
    I'll leave you here.
[22:11] ---
    Well, Sissy, you were...
[22:13] ---
    ...making a face that
    I have never seen before...
[22:29] ---
    While looking up
    into an unfamiliar sky,

[22:35] ---
    always, always walking with you
[22:41] ---
    I was searching for
    the future I thought I saw,

[22:47] ---
    so unlike the one up until a day ago
[22:53] ---
    When you touched my heart,
    convinced by my blurred vision,

[23:01] ---
    that I was wandering
[23:05] ---
    everything started changing
[23:09] ---
    After counting clouds until I grew
    bored of it, they drifted far away again

[23:16] ---
    I went after them, and found
    my dreams for tomorrow

[23:21] ---
    Assured that it's now or never,
    your feelings get through to me

[23:27] ---
    and someday, I'm sure,
    I'll offer mine, too

[23:33] ---
    Like the clouds, gently, gently,
[23:39] ---
    moving forever, forever forward
[23:47] ---
    "Next episode preview"
[23:48] ---
    I'm so glad Miss Misaka is feeling better.
[23:48] ---
    "#17 Study Group"
[23:50] ---
    Still, I wonder who those cookies were for.
[23:52] ---
    EXPOSED!
[23:53] ---
    Miss Shirai?
[23:54] ---
    At the study group, we'll come
    out of our shells, BODY AND SOUL!