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E2 - The Daihasei Festival

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[00:03] ---
    Honestly,
[00:05] ---
    that's quite the favor you're asking.
[00:07] ---
    I am terribly sorry, Miss Konori.
[00:10] ---
    Using only what is here in the hospital
[00:12] ---
    is a little inadequate
    to perform my Judgment duties.
[00:16] ---
    Sheesh, your wounds aren't
    even completely healed yet.
[00:20] ---
    Wow, those look painful.
[00:21] ---
    C-Could you please not use
    your clairvoyance ability in here?!
[00:29] ---
    Still, I'm serious.
[00:31] ---
    Don't push yourself too hard.
    Miss Uiharu is worried about you.
[00:36] ---
    Uiharu...
[00:38] ---
    ...must feel somewhat
    responsible for me getting hurt.
[00:42] ---
    She was the one who helped
    steer me into this situation.
[00:46] ---
    That's true.
[00:48] ---
    Which is exactly why I must
    get better as soon as possible.
[00:53] ---
    To keep her from taking more
    upon herself than is necessary.
[00:59] ---
    It turns out you two are cut
    from the same cloth, huh?
[01:02] ---
    Huh?
[01:03] ---
    Mm-mm, nothing.
[01:08] ---
    We did it!
[01:09] ---
    Yeah!
[01:10] ---
    We made it.
[01:12] ---
    You've done well, everyone.
[01:15] ---
    Still,
[01:17] ---
    why do I have an awfully bad feeling about this?
[01:24] ---
    The Daihasei Festival is about to begin!
[01:27] ---
    "Daihasei Festival"
[01:28] ---
    Here in the main stadium,
    during one of the few times
[01:30] ---
    that Academy City opens
    its doors to the outside world,
[01:34] ---
    the parents of the students,
    as well as many others, have come to visit.
[01:38] ---
    Ms. Watanabe!
[01:41] ---
    Long time no see!
    Another year's festival is starting.
[01:47] ---
    Ms. Tsukuyomi,
[01:49] ---
    why are you dressed like that?
[01:52] ---
    I have cheerleading to do.
[01:55] ---
    I understand that you're all worked up, but...
[01:59] ---
    Ah, that's right, Shokuho is taking
    the athlete's pledge this year.
[02:05] ---
    Yes. The plan was to have Level 5s
    carry out demonstrations this year.
[02:12] ---
    However...
[02:15] ---
    --The athlete's pledge!
    --The athlete's pledge!
[02:17] ---
    We will...
[02:18] ---
    We will...
[02:20] ---
    ...adhere to the ideals of sportsmanship
[02:22] ---
    as we undertake this year's Daihasei Festival...
[02:24] ---
    ...use our youthful dreams
    and fervent wills as our strength...
[02:28] ---
    ...and forge undying bonds with... bonds with...
[02:32] ---
    Aw, what was it again?
[02:35] ---
    Whatever! Do something or other
    with undying bonds and overflowing guts...
[02:41] ---
    --demonstrating what we learn daily,
    --showing off our daily training and guts,
[02:44] ---
    --showing our gratitude to our families...
    --displaying our bravery and guts
[02:47] ---
    --by showing the growth we've made...
    --to those who are rotten to the core,
[02:49] ---
    and ensuring that this event
    creates fantastic gutsy memories,
[02:53] ---
    we pledge to overcome
    all obstacles and hardships,
[02:56] ---
    getting back on our feet every time we stumble,
[02:59] ---
    and surmounting everything we must with guts!
[03:04] ---
    What was that?
[03:06] ---
    Looks like that got botched, huh?
[03:08] ---
    Yes...
[03:10] ---
    Um, this concludes our opening ceremonies.
[03:15] ---
    He upstaged me.
[03:33] ---
    "A Certain Magical Railgun T"
[04:50] ---
    The Daihasei Festival.
    An event that spans seven days,
[04:53] ---
    that gets held in Academy City every year--
[04:56] ---
    kind of like a large-scale field day!
[04:59] ---
    Unlike conventional athletic festivals,
[05:01] ---
    the Daihasei Festival has all
    of Academy City's students
[05:04] ---
    compete with their schools.
[05:06] ---
    The TV stations broadcast what's
    happening to the whole world!
[05:11] ---
    And the biggest difference
[05:13] ---
    is that all of the events
    have espers competing in them!
[05:18] ---
    And you know what?
[05:19] ---
    The result of all those
    espers' fierce competition
[05:21] ---
    is said to create a phenomenon
    that can't be seen anywhere else!
[05:26] ---
    You bean dat urban wegend aboud
    dat whadeber-ids-cawwed metal?
[05:30] ---
    Non, non! Shadow metal! Shadow metal!
[05:34] ---
    When dozens, even hundreds
    of esper abilities clash together,
[05:37] ---
    they say a new metal,
    one not found in nature, is created!
[05:42] ---
    The only chance of that happening
    is during the Daihasei Festival!
[05:46] ---
    What's more, it's so rare that it
    fetches an incredibly high price.
[05:51] ---
    --There's no choice but to look for it--
    --Saten!!
[05:57] ---
    Are you taking those rumors seriously again?!
[06:02] ---
    O-Oh, no. I was just kidding.
    Rumors are rumors. Even I know that.
[06:09] ---
    --One strawberry yakisoba, please.
    --Oh, no! You always say that,
    then get yourself into trouble!
[06:11] ---
    --Coming up.
    --Oh, no! You always say that,
    then get yourself into trouble!
[06:12] ---
    Being curious is fine, but please take
    a moment to consider the consequences!
[06:16] ---
    Ah!
[06:18] ---
    Misaka in her gym uniform, up on the monitor!
[06:20] ---
    Sissy?!
[06:23] ---
    In Lane 4 is this pair,
[06:25] ---
    from Tokiwadai Middle School,
    Misaka Mikoto and Kongo Mitsuko!
[06:30] ---
    "Block 7, Event 3"
    "Three-legged Race"
[06:30] ---
    And that is the lineup for the third
    event of Block 7, the three-legged race!
[06:35] ---
    Now to explain the rules.
[06:37] ---
    If the band around their ankles
    comes off, they are disqualified.
[06:40] ---
    Use of their abilities to directly
    harm other competitors is prohibited.
[06:44] ---
    Further, as a restriction
    on higher-level espers,
[06:47] ---
    Misaka is not permitted
    to use her electric shock ability.
[06:50] ---
    In other words, any non-electrical
    abilities are still okay, right?
[06:54] ---
    On your marks!
[06:57] ---
    So, is it fair to say that
    Tokiwadai is the favorite for this race?
[07:02] ---
    If they were simply
    throwing their abilities around
[07:03] ---
    until the others are knocked out, maybe,
[07:05] ---
    but within the framework of winning a race,
[07:08] ---
    depending on the tactics used,
    this could be quite eventful.
[07:11] ---
    Ha-ha-ha, thinking the others
    can do anything with their tricks?
[07:15] ---
    You do realize that we are Tokiwadai's
    Gods of Thunder when you say that, yes?
[07:21] ---
    We practiced a whole lot, too.
[07:23] ---
    And we fell down just as much.
    By the way, what's with that nickname?
[07:30] ---
    Incidentally, providing your play-by-play
    will be your usual pirate radio DJ, and...
[07:33] ---
    ...your belly-button-baring Katyusha.
[07:36] ---
    And here comes the starting gun!
[07:38] ---
    Get set!
[07:47] ---
    Wh-What is this?!
[07:50] ---
    See you later!
[07:51] ---
    Ah! Right from the start,
[07:53] ---
    the wrappings from the
    Airin Girls' High School contestants
[07:56] ---
    are clinging to the other like snakes!
[07:57] ---
    And now they are dashing off!
    What is happening?
[08:00] ---
    According to my data, she is a telekinesist.
[08:04] ---
    She can control anything she is in contact with.
[08:06] ---
    Her partner is an esper who can reduce
    anything she touches into raw materials.
[08:10] ---
    It appears that she broke
    down the track's pavement.
[08:13] ---
    That explains it. So the black
    on the wrappings is asphalt.
[08:16] ---
    It's sticky and starting to harden.
[08:19] ---
    It's not a bad move
    using it right out of the gate.
[08:22] ---
    How do you mean?
[08:23] ---
    With a few exceptions,
    most abilities have a limited range.
[08:27] ---
    Once they leave that range
    after first slowing the others down,
[08:30] ---
    they can leave the competition in the dust.
[08:32] ---
    That follows. Now,
[08:34] ---
    the other teams are starting
    to break their bonds.
[08:37] ---
    Damn it, my clothes are sticky and heavy now.
[08:39] ---
    It's a straight shot to
    the finish line for us now!
[08:47] ---
    Oh, there's been a development!
[08:50] ---
    What's this now?
[08:51] ---
    A-A hamster! But why?
[08:55] ---
    It's likely that Ninoude
    Affiliated Middle School
[08:57] ---
    set this up before the race.
[08:59] ---
    Those two are both rodent-specific telepaths.
[09:03] ---
    But won't it take more
    than that to slow them down?
[09:05] ---
    You sneaky little...!
[09:07] ---
    I believe the target is
    the band around their ankles.
[09:10] ---
    So that's it! The goal is to have
    the hamsters cut that, and disqualify them!
[09:15] ---
    Oh no you don't--
[09:17] ---
    Huh?!
[09:18] ---
    H-Hey, where are you--?
[09:23] ---
    Hmm, they chewed through
    their underwear straps by mistake.
[09:26] ---
    Hold it!
[09:27] ---
    They've slumped down unable to move!
    Good job, hamsters!
[09:31] ---
    Now, coming up from behind
    are Habatobi High and Tokiwadai.
[09:35] ---
    And here come the tiny assassins!
[09:38] ---
    Well, that seems about right.
[09:39] ---
    Hey! What are you doing
    to my cute little Kotaro?!
[09:43] ---
    Cram it! You don't like it,
    don't send them after us!
[09:47] ---
    What's this? Contestant Misaka is on her knees.
[09:50] ---
    Her EM field must be
    keeping the assassins at bay,
[09:54] ---
    and she appears to be in shock because of it.
[09:56] ---
    "100m dash contestant rendezvous point"
[09:58] ---
    Oh, my, the strength of
    everyone's youth is on display,
[10:02] ---
    and things are a confused mess.
[10:04] ---
    Well, if it were me, I would control the
    contestants and judges with Mental Out,
[10:10] ---
    and walk away as the winner
    without breaking a sweat.
[10:13] ---
    Oh, using it on those not
    in the race is against the rules.
[10:18] ---
    I'll take this.
[10:23] ---
    "#2 The Daihasei Festival"
[10:23] ---
    Huh?
[10:27] ---
    Okay, the third event of Block 7,
[10:29] ---
    the three-legged race,
    is entering the home stretch!
[10:31] ---
    Once they round this last corner,
    it's a straight shot to the finish line!
[10:36] ---
    The Habatobi High team,
    which has been pouring it on thus far,
[10:39] ---
    is now in the lead as they turn the last corner!
[10:45] ---
    Tokiwadai and Ninoude are close behind!
[10:48] ---
    This isn't over yet!
    I'm sure we can overtake them!
[10:52] ---
    S-Suits us just fine--
[10:54] ---
    Ah, what just happened?!
    Both teams have inexplicably slipped!
[10:58] ---
    Tokiwadai has stayed upright, thanks
    to Contestant Misaka's magnetism!
[11:02] ---
    Contestant Amime from Habatobi High's ability
[11:05] ---
    allows him to control the frictional
    coefficient of anything he touches.
[11:09] ---
    As we were rounding the corner,
    I touched the inside track!
[11:13] ---
    It only lasts a short time though,
    which can sometimes be a drag.
[11:15] ---
    Tokiwadai uses the
    centrifugal force to close the gap!
[11:19] ---
    Sure enough, it wasn't that easy.
[11:22] ---
    But still...!
[11:24] ---
    Oh! Contestant Amime has used his ability
[11:27] ---
    allowing them to speed up by skating!
[11:29] ---
    I can collect the moisture form the air,
    break it down, and ignite it!
[11:34] ---
    Harnessing the blast creates a rocket boost!
[11:36] ---
    We just have to make a break
    for the finish line! This is in the bag!
[11:42] ---
    Ow, that's hot!
[11:45] ---
    Uh-oh! Habatobi High has
    gone off course and out of bounds!
[11:52] ---
    Oh, no!
[11:56] ---
    What's this?! A gym mat has flown
    through the air, catching the pair!
[12:03] ---
    This dramatic rescue was
    of course performed by this team!
[12:07] ---
    Contestant Misaka pulled up
    the gym mat with her magnetism,
[12:10] ---
    and Contestant Kongo launched it
    toward them with her Aero Hand!
[12:14] ---
    One false step would have spelled a disaster,
[12:17] ---
    but that was an outstanding combination!
[12:21] ---
    Damn. If we hadn't screwed
    that up, we would have won.
[12:26] ---
    What is this?
[12:27] ---
    Huh?
[12:29] ---
    Iron filings?
[12:30] ---
    Back from when we were
    wrapped up in those bandages.
[12:33] ---
    I mixed iron into the
    asphalt before it hardened.
[12:37] ---
    I was planning to stop you
[12:39] ---
    if it looked like you were
    crossing the finish line first.
[12:41] ---
    But you saved me the trouble.
[12:43] ---
    Forgive me.
[12:46] ---
    She doesn't miss a trick.
[12:48] ---
    Is that something someone from
    such a prestigious school would do?
[12:50] ---
    Turns out we wouldn't
    have won no matter what we did.
[12:54] ---
    And now...
[12:56] ---
    The Tokiwadai team crosses the finish line!
[13:00] ---
    Such is the way things ended up,
[13:03] ---
    but if all the other schools
    had teamed up against Tokiwadai...
[13:07] ---
    Oh, amazing!
[13:09] ---
    Leabe id do dose dwo.
[13:11] ---
    If it were not for my injuries,
    I would be the one standing next to her!
[13:16] ---
    Ah! Kongo Mitsuko!
    I cannot see Sissy if you stand there!
[13:21] ---
    Damn it, how do I talk on this?
[13:24] ---
    Must be the latest model. I wish
    they hadn't given me this crazy phone.
[13:28] ---
    I can use a regular cell phone...
[13:32] ---
    If you pull that out on the side,
    the screen appears,
[13:36] ---
    and you can call them back
    from your call history.
[13:39] ---
    Oh, you're right. That was extremely helpful...
[13:44] ---
    Is something the matter?
[13:46] ---
    Oh, er, no...
[13:49] ---
    Mish Shaden, we're weabing!
[13:52] ---
    Oh, mm-hmm, okay!
[14:00] ---
    I-Is something wrong?
[14:02] ---
    Have we met somewhere before?
[14:06] ---
    No...
[14:07] ---
    ...you must be imagining it.
[14:11] ---
    Ha-ha-ha, I guess so!
[14:13] ---
    Mish Shaden!
[14:15] ---
    Mm-hmm, coming!
[14:26] ---
    Is something the matter?
    Have you run into any trouble?
[14:29] ---
    No, I was just unreachable for a bit.
[14:32] ---
    You've safely managed
    to get into Academy City, then?
[14:35] ---
    Yeah.
[14:36] ---
    This is your first mission for MEMBER.
[14:40] ---
    You need to fulfill your duty,
    my Aztecan young lady.
[14:44] ---
    I know.
[14:45] ---
    Oh! Nagatenjouki Academy
    breaks ahead of the pack
[14:50] ---
    and is first across the finish line!
[14:52] ---
    They have not lost an event yet!
[14:53] ---
    The Daihasei Festival...
[14:55] ---
    Misaka does not go to any school
    and is not allowed to participate.
[15:02] ---
    Time to go back to the hospital.
[15:05] ---
    Misaka!
[15:08] ---
    We saw you in the three-legged race!
[15:10] ---
    As impressive as always.
[15:13] ---
    I'm glad we won, but we got awfully dirty, too.
[15:16] ---
    We saw before that, too.
    Misaka, you're pretty fast, huh?
[15:20] ---
    It was so cool how you passed
    those boys in the same year at school.
[15:24] ---
    Oh, you really think so?
    Ever since I was little, I've been pretty--
[15:27] ---
    Mikoto has been fast ever
    since she was in kindergarten.
[15:32] ---
    Oh, Mama!
[15:33] ---
    Yoo-hoo!
[15:34] ---
    What's up? I thought we were meeting up later--
[15:36] ---
    --Mama?!
    --Mama?!
[15:38] ---
    Ah... "Mama" is what I used to call
    her as a child, and it just slipped out.
[15:43] ---
    It's not like I'm not independent of her--
[15:44] ---
    "Mama," as in her mother?!
    Not her older sister, but her mother?!
[15:49] ---
    You like you're only around 20!
[15:51] ---
    Oh, that's what you meant.
[15:52] ---
    Ah, are you two Mikoto's friends?
    What a kind thing for you to say.
[15:57] ---
    Ah, but no w that I'm looking,
    I can see parts of Misaka here and there.
[16:03] ---
    Bustline excepted.
[16:04] ---
    Okay, Miss Saten,
    let's have a nice long chat later.
[16:08] ---
    Just the two of us.
[16:09] ---
    Ah-ha-ha, I'm kidding! I'm kidding, okay?
[16:13] ---
    Sheesh.
[16:14] ---
    Oh, come to think of it, where's Kuroko?
[16:16] ---
    Miss Shirai went out on Judgment patrol.
[16:19] ---
    If you need her for something, I can call her.
[16:22] ---
    Oh, no, that's okay. I was just
    thinking that if I asked Kuroko,
[16:25] ---
    she could teleport me back to Tokiwadai
    and I could change out of this.
[16:30] ---
    Yes, I can see why you would want to change.
[16:34] ---
    But as late as it is...
[16:36] ---
    I don't think I can make it
    back in time for the next race.
[16:40] ---
    What if you asked someone
    to fill in for you in the meantime?
[16:44] ---
    Yeah, maybe.
[16:45] ---
    I do have my showdown
    with that idiot coming up, though.
[16:48] ---
    I don't know if letting someone else--
[16:49] ---
    Which "that idiot" is that? Mama is curious!
[16:52] ---
    --Huh? D-D-Don't make too much of it. H-H-He...
[16:56] ---
    --Oh, you mean that guy?
    --Huh? D-D-Don't make too much of it. H-H-He...
[16:58] ---
    Huh? What's this, now?
[17:00] ---
    Oh, he's someone who
    Misaka apparently owes a lot to.
[17:04] ---
    Ho-ho, tell me more, tell me more.
[17:06] ---
    Ah, I was watching the
    scavenger hunt coverage earlier,
[17:10] ---
    and Miss Misaka was with a spiky-haired boy.
[17:12] ---
    Spiky-haired? Ah, that boy!
[17:15] ---
    You know who he is?
[17:16] ---
    I happened to see them this morning.
[17:19] ---
    She was talking to a high-school-aged boy,
[17:21] ---
    and said that if he beat her, she
    would do anything he said, or something.
[17:24] ---
    --Th-There are three of them against me now...?
    --Oh? You don't say!
[17:26] ---
    --Th-There are three of them against me now...?
    --Anything he says?!
[17:34] ---
    My...
[17:36] ---
    You might say this is gruesome.
    What incredible force!
[17:47] ---
    Miss Awatsuki...
[17:48] ---
    Yes?
[17:49] ---
    Have you ever been in a fight before?
[17:51] ---
    Huh?!
[17:54] ---
    We've been taught all this time
    that the enemy is within us,
[17:59] ---
    and that we are not training ourselves
[18:02] ---
    to prove that we are better than others.
[18:05] ---
    But looking at the other schools' students,
[18:07] ---
    I wonder if our competitive psyches
    are not somewhat lacking.
[18:12] ---
    It's true, we may not be able
    to duplicate that kind of
[18:17] ---
    force and power in the pursuit of victory.
[18:19] ---
    I know that it isn't right to
    hurt others or look down on them.
[18:25] ---
    However, I do wonder if we
    shouldn't learn the skills we need
[18:29] ---
    in order to fight competitively.
[18:31] ---
    I've never even gotten angry,
    let alone gotten into a fight.
[18:35] ---
    So that's why you asked me about that earlier.
[18:38] ---
    In that case, I was thinking the same--
[18:39] ---
    I have it!
[18:40] ---
    Miss Awatsuki, would you
    mind trying to get angry with me?
[18:44] ---
    Huh?!
[18:47] ---
    U-Um...
[18:49] ---
    H-H--
[18:52] ---
    Hey, you!
[18:55] ---
    --Down with Tokiwadai Middle School!
    --Down with Tokiwadai Middle School!
[18:57] ---
    Elite school my eye! They're all girls,
    and middle-schoolers, at that!
[19:01] ---
    We can't let ourselves be outdone by them!
[19:03] ---
    --Yeah!
    --Yeah!
[19:05] ---
    Oh, goodness.
[19:07] ---
    It is nice that you have so much spirit.
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    However, we are one
    of the five fingers competing
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    for Daihasei supremacy.
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    We are not going to roll over
    and be beaten that easily.
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    You'll be telling your grandchildren how
    fearsome Tokiwadai Middle School is.
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    Oh, wow, Miss Kongo!
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    Such grand poise in the face of
    those gentlemen! How impressive!
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    Time for us to cheer, as well! Tokiwadai, yeah!
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    --Y-Yeah...
    --Y-Yeah...
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    I cannot hear you! One more time!
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    --Yeah!
    --Yeah!
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    One more!
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    --Yeah!
    --Yeah!
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    Oh dear, what are we going to do?
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    Is something the matter?
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    Well, the contest is about to start,
    but I don't see Miss Misaka anywhere.
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    Oh...
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    "Once again, Misaka is
    here to watch the games.
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    N-Not that she is depressed about
    being unable to compete, you understand,"
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    says Misaka, offering a tsundere rationale.
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    Well, she cannot deny that there
    is some feeling of alienation.
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    Ah, Miss Misaka!
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    Huh?
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    Oh? Why aren't you wearing your gym uniform?
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    Now that you mention it,
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    your gym uniform got pretty dirty
    in that three-legged race earlier.
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    Oh, and you have nothing else
    to change into, right?
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    In that case, you may borrow mine.
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    Oh, man!
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    I thought that if I used my ability,
    I could dash there and back in time,
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    but this is pushing it!
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    Sorry I'm late--
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    It's not too small, is it?
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    Nothing that will obstruct any movement.
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    In fact, it is extra roomy across the chest.
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    I will hold on to your cat for you.
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    Huh?
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    Is something the matter?
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    No, I just thought I saw someone over there...
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    Wh-What is she doing?!
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    How is the matter coming along?
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    Everything is in place.
    There will be no problem at all.
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    We will render her powerless,
    just like you want.
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    Baba, we're getting started.
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    Yeah, sorry. I'm on my way.
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    Well, well, he sure sounds sure of things.
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    I guess I should expect as much
    from someone from MEMBER,
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    the dark side outfit under the
    direct thumb of the governing board.
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    Let's see what he's actually capable of.
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    "Next episode preview"
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    "Oh dear. Misaka has
    been mistaken for Big Sister,
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    "Next episode preview"
    "#3 Balloon Hunter"
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    and ends up having to compete in the games,
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    but she must do her best for the others,"
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    enthuses Misaka, in the style
    of a morning anime show preview.
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    Mm-hmm, well, at least
    you sounded determined.
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