E1 - Starting at Rock Bottom After Reincarnation

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[00:01] Haruto
    Five years ago,
[00:02] Haruto
    in the fall of my third year of junior high,
    I stopped leaving my room after being bullied.
[00:05] Mob 1
    Let's check out that event sometime.
[00:07] Mob 2
    I'm down!
[00:08] Haruto
    I lost all hope in my future
    and lived life aimlessly.
[00:13] Haruto
    Then it happened.
[00:23] Goddess
    Congratulations!
[00:25] Goddess
    After careful consideration,
    you've been selected to be reincarnated!
[00:30] Haruto
    What? Reincarnated?
[00:32] Haruto
    No kidding?
[00:34] Haruto
    Guess I ended up dying in that room.
[00:37] Goddess
    This new world is one where magical
    faculty means everything.
[00:39] Goddess
    So, I'll be granting you overpowered
    skills to facilitate your new life!
[00:43] Goddess
    Try and enjoy things to the
    fullest your second time around!
[00:48] Haruto
    I see...
[00:49] Haruto
    In that case, there's only
    one thing I could ask for.
[00:52] Haruto
    A nice, quiet life!
[00:54] Haruto
    Binging anime and games all day long
    until you doze off without realizing it...
[01:00] Haruto
    Nothing beats that degenerate lifestyle!
[01:02] Haruto
    All right! Reincarnate me!
[01:09] Haruto
    I'll use those overpowered
    skills she mentioned
[01:11] Haruto
    to live a lazy life, fantasy world or not!
[01:22] Haruto
    I need to start all the
    way from infancy?!
[01:25] Handmaid
    Your Majesty!
[01:26] Handmaid
    A healthy baby boy!
[01:28] Jilq
    Oh! Bravo!
[01:30] Jilq
    Well, Gizelotte?
[01:32] Jilq
    A lovely prince who takes after both of us.
[01:35] Jilq
    He clearly bears the royal
    insignia on his left breast.
[01:38] Jilq
    There can be no doubt he's our child!
[01:41] Gizelotte
    Come, now. Why, of course he is!
[01:44] Haruto
    This babe and handsome
    old guy are my parents?
[01:47] Haruto
    Wait, royalty?
[01:49] Haruto
    I can probably stay shut-in
    if I'm eighth in line or so.
[01:52] Jilq
    Now then, on with the magical assessment!
[01:55] Royal Magician
    Right away.
[02:03] Jilq
    What's his maximum mana level?
[02:06] Jilq
    The child born to the Flash Princess, who
    defeated the Demon King, and myself!
[02:08] Jilq
    I'm sure he'll be at least level 40... no, 50!
[02:12] Royal Magician
    M-My word!
[02:15] Royal Magician
    It's level 2!
[02:17] Royal Magician
    What's more, he seems to possess no element,
[02:20] Royal Magician
    so he can only use barrier magic...
[02:22] Jilq
    How could this be?!
[02:24] Jilq
    A good-for-nothing like him,
    born to the Flash Princess and myself?
[02:27] Jilq
    It will cause outrage among my subjects!
[02:29] Gizelotte
    Indeed.
[02:31] Gizelotte
    If word of this gets out...
[02:33] Haruto
    This isn't gonna be good.
[02:35] Group
    I know!
[02:36] Group
    We'll say that Prince Reinhardt
    died during childbirth!
[02:41] Haruto
    Excuse me?!
[02:42] Haruto
    Am I going to die immediately
    after reincarnation?!
[02:45] Haruto
    I was surrounded by awful
    people in my previous life,
[02:47] Haruto
    but here, as well?!
[02:49] Royal Magician
    Your Majesty, isn't that a bit extreme?
[02:51] Jilq
    Silence, I say!
[02:52] Jilq
    One of you!
[02:53] Jilq
    Dispose of this child in a
    forest far away from here!
[02:56] Jilq
    That's an order from your king!
[03:00] Goddess
    Oh, no!
[03:02] Colleague Goddess
    Huh? What's up?
[03:04] Goddess
    That guy I just reincarnated!
[03:06] Goddess
    I gave him overpowered skills,
    but no one realizes it!
[03:09] Colleague Goddess
    What's that mean?
[03:09] Goddess
    Turns out the measuring devices in
    that world only go up to two digits!
[03:14] Goddess
    Also, I forgot to give him an element!
[03:17] Colleague Goddess
    Wait, what did you set his level to?
[03:21] Goddess
    1002!
[03:23] Colleague Goddess
    That's in a whole 'nother ballpark...
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SIGN    Starting at Rock Bottom After Reincarnation
[05:02] Haruto
    No can do!
[05:03] Haruto
    My baby strength is getting me nowhere!
[05:05] Haruto
    I'm in a real pickle!
[05:08] Haruto
    Didn't that guy say I can use barrier magic?
[05:11] Haruto
    Okay, let's give it a go!
[05:14] Haruto
    How do I visualize this?
[05:16] Haruto
    Spherical? Cubic?
[05:19] Haruto
    See-through?
[05:21] Haruto
    Oh! Let's go, baby!
[05:25] Haruto
    Hi-yah!
[05:26] Haruto
    Here we go!
[05:28] Haruto
    Who knew magic would be so easy?
[05:32] Haruto
    I can enlarge it, or give it a color.
[05:36] Haruto
    It feels like the only limit
    here is my imagination.
[05:40] Haruto
    Hm?
[05:40] Haruto
    Wait, can I use this on myself?
[05:46] Haruto
    Oh, it worked!
[05:49] Haruto
    This power's more useful than I thought.
[05:51] Haruto
    Doesn't seem like it uses
    up mana or anything.
[05:54] Haruto
    Now if I come across a wild animal...
[06:00] Haruto
    Whoa! That was fast!
[06:02] Haruto
    Defend!
[06:05] Haruto
    Hey, that's pretty sturdy!
[06:07] Haruto
    In that case, I'll create
    a bunch of small ones...
[06:11] Haruto
    and attack!
[06:15] Haruto
    It's not doing much damage.
[06:17] Haruto
    I need something bigger here!
[06:30] Haruto
    How do you like that?!
[06:32] Haruto
    Whoa, you can still get back on your feet?!
[06:35] Haruto
    You're telling me those
    trees weren't enough?!
[06:38] Haruto
    How about this?!
[06:44] Flay
    H-Hold it right there!
[06:46] Flay
    I surrender!
[06:48] Haruto
    Surrender? Who said that?
[06:51] Haruto
    Whatever, ignore her.
[06:52] Flay
    Whoa!
[06:54] Flay
    H-Hey!
[06:55] Flay
    I said I surrender!
[06:57] Haruto
    Oh, it was the doggy!
[07:06] Flay
    I was planning on eating you
    to replenish my mana...
[07:10] Flay
    Who knew you'd be so strong?
[07:12] Flay
    What in the world are you?
[07:17] Flay
    You can't speak?
[07:19] Flay
    But your behavior seemed grounded
    in logical reasoning, at least...
[07:23] Haruto
    Talking, huh?
[07:25] Haruto
    Things are a bit annoying like this.
[07:27] Haruto
    I've got it!
[07:28] Haruto
    How about a barrier that
    turns thought into sound?
[07:32] Haruto
    If I attach this to my throat...
[07:36] Haruto
    H-Hello there!
[07:38] Flay
    So you can speak!
[07:41] Flay
    Who are you?
[07:42] Flay
    You look like a newborn human baby to me.
[07:45] Haruto
    What was my name? Reinhardt?
[07:48] Haruto
    That's a mouthful.
[07:50] Haruto
    My name is Haruto!
[07:52] Haruto
    I was born in a faraway kingdom,
[07:54] Haruto
    but I was abandoned on account
    of my low mana level.
[07:57] Flay
    What are you saying?
[07:59] Flay
    I sense mana emanating from you
    that far exceeds human limits...
[08:02] Flay
    Wait! Are you the Demon King reincarnate?!
[08:06] Haruto
    I was actually a jobless
    shut-in in my past life...
[08:08] Haruto
    but I don't want her knowing I'm a loser...
[08:13] Haruto
    Why, yes. I am the Demon King.
[08:17] Flay
    So that was indeed your true identity!
[08:19] Haruto
    She believed it so easily.
[08:20] Flay
    It's little wonder you're so strong.
[08:24] Flay
    I admit defeat. Now, kill me!
[08:27] Haruto
    That seems a bit excessive...
[08:29] Haruto
    I'm fine as long as you don't
    attack me from here on out.
[08:33] Flay
    What generosity!
[08:35] Flay
    I applaud you, Demon King!
[08:37] Flay
    Then I swear upon my name as a proud
    Flame Fenrir to keep that promise!
[08:43] Haruto
    What are you, a samurai?!
[08:44] Haruto
    Is that so? Glad to hear it.
[08:46] Haruto
    All right, Flay. Goodbye!
[08:51] Flay
    What a turn of events!
[08:53] Flay
    I just happened to be walking this way,
[08:55] Flay
    and yet I've been met with such fortune!
[08:58] Flay
    Please wait, Lord Haruto!
[09:00] Haruto
    Lord?
[09:01] Flay
    You've spared my life, and have
    even bestowed upon me a new name.
[09:05] Flay
    Our pact is hereby formed.
[09:08] Flay
    My master.
[09:10] Flay
    I swear to wholly devote myself to you.
[09:13] Haruto
    When I called you "Flay",
    I was just shortening it...
[09:17] Flay
    Such a splendid-sounding name.
[09:19] Haruto
    She's not listening!
[09:20] Haruto
    I didn't mean to enter
    into a pact with you...
[09:24] Haruto
    Huh?
[09:28] Flay
    My master!
[09:29] Flay
    What's the matter?!
[09:31] Haruto
    A problem that can't be solved
    with magic has come up...
[09:35] Haruto
    Let...
[09:36] Flay
    Let?!
[09:38] Haruto
    Let me... suck on some boobies.
[09:41] Flay
    Boobies...
[09:43] Flay
    Do you mean breast milk?
[09:44] Haruto
    I guess I'm asking for too much.
[09:47] Flay
    I'll do something about it.
[09:49] Haruto
    Really?!
[09:50] Flay
    I shall do what I must for my master!
[10:07] Flay
    I've successfully changed
    shape into a human.
[10:12] Flay
    Is something the matter?
[10:13] Haruto
    Put on some clothes!
[10:15] Flay
    M-My apologies!
[10:17] Flay
    For making you behold such a lowly sight...
[10:19] Haruto
    No, that's not what I...
[10:21] Haruto
    There!
[10:30] Haruto
    Wait, that's even sexier!
[10:32] Flay
    The breast milk, then?
[10:34] Haruto
    Yes, please.
[10:39] Haruto
    Why are you stripping?!
[10:40] Flay
    A mother can only start producing
    breast milk after mating.
[10:45] Flay
    Now then, fill me with your seed!
[10:48] Flay
    Go on!
[10:49] Haruto
    She's a total ditz, isn't she?
[10:52] Flay
    My deepest apologies.
[10:55] Flay
    I got your hopes up with
    my thoughtless remarks.
[10:58] Haruto
    Well, it's entirely understandable.
[11:01] Haruto
    Flay?
[11:03] Flay
    Someone's approaching.
[11:04] Haruto
    What?
[11:05] Flay
    Shall I kill them?
[11:06] Haruto
    No, let's start with communication.
[11:08] Haruto
    Ask them what they're after.
[11:15] Haruto
    You should be able to hear me using this.
[11:18] Flay
    Understood.
[11:24] Flay
    What business have you here?
[11:26] Gold
    I'm here for that baby.
[11:28] Flay
    I refuse!
[11:29] Haruto
    Seriously?!
[11:31] Gold
    What right do you have to refuse me?
[11:34] Flay
    Hmph. I suppose I'll tell you.
[11:36] Flay
    He became my master not long ago!
[11:39] Flay
    In other words, he belongs to me!
[11:41] Haruto
    Wait, I don't remember agreeing to that.
[11:45] Gold
    That child belongs to a relative of mine.
[11:48] Gold
    Circumstances led to his abandonment,
    so I've come to save him.
[11:51] Flay
    Save him?
[11:52] Flay
    Why come back for something you abandoned?
[11:55] Flay
    You humans are truly beyond comprehension.
[11:58] Gold
    We have a concept called compassion.
[12:00] Gold
    What's more, I figured that
    baby must be famished.
[12:05] Gold
    This is breast milk.
[12:07] Gold
    Will you feed him with it?
[12:09] Haruto
    That's it!
[12:09] Flay
    Flay! Take it!
[12:11] Flay
    You fiend! How rotten of you!
[12:13] Flay
    Did you plan this, knowing
    I can't make breast milk?!
[12:16] Haruto
    She's ignoring me!
[12:19] Haruto
    Flay! Hurry up and accept it!
[12:21] Haruto
    I'm dying of hunger here!
[12:23] Gold
    Your breast milk is no business of mine,
[12:26] Gold
    but it looks like you're not fit
    to be raising a human child.
[12:30] Flay
    How can you say that with such confidence?!
[12:33] Flay
    And why do you even care
    so much about this child?!
[12:37] Gold
    It's a bit of a personal story.
[12:40] Gold
    My wife was pregnant once.
[12:42] Gold
    Our child never ended up
    seeing the light of day.
[12:47] Gold
    That baby there was abandoned for
    its lack of potential,
[12:50] Gold
    but none of that matters to me.
[12:52] Gold
    Every child that enters this world should
    have the chance to savor life.
[12:58] Gold
    That's all there is to it.
[13:01] Flay
    Wh-What a tragic tale!
[13:05] Gold
    Taking a human child as your master,
    suddenly bursting into tears...
[13:09] Gold
    You're one bizarre demon.
[13:13] Gold
    How about we make a deal?
[13:15] Gold
    If you insist on taking him as your master,
[13:17] Gold
    I can take you in as a personal attendant.
[13:20] Gold
    How's that sound?
[13:23] Flay
    I'll do as you say,
    considering your circumstances.
[13:26] Flay
    I'll watch over him by his side.
[13:29] Gold
    Very well. It's a deal.
[13:38] Gold
    Tear up that garb of his,
    and swaddle him in this instead.
[13:43] Flay
    Oh? A bit of subterfuge?
[13:46] Gold
    Let us be off.
[13:49] Haruto
    Flay, can you get me that breast milk?
[13:52] Flay
    The only breast milk you'll
    be drinking is mine!
[13:55] Haruto
    You're kidding, right?
SIGN    Am I Actually the Strongest?
[14:04] Haruto
    Father. Mother. Char.
[14:06] Haruto
    Good morning, everyone.
[14:08] Gold
    Good morning, Haruto.
[14:10] Haruto
    Nine years have passed.
[14:11] Haruto
    Under the care of Margrave Gold,
    I managed to live on.
[14:16] Haruto
    My original plan was to leave as
    soon as I'd been weaned off milk,
[14:20] Haruto
    but I was met with such kindness and comfort
    that I just couldn't help but stay.
[14:23] Natalia
    Say good morning to your brother.
[14:24] Haruto
    If I have one problem in my life...
[14:30] Haruto
    Being hated by a cute little girl!
[14:33] Haruto
    You're making your brother so sad!
[14:35] Flay
    The two of you are as sullen as ever, I see.
[14:38] Flay
    Can't you do any better
    to cheer up Lord Haruto?!
[14:40] Flay
    Here.
[14:41] Flay
    The head chef put everything
    he had into making this.
[14:43] Flay
    Eat up.
[14:46] Flay
    Here, young lady.
[14:47] Flay
    Make sure you finish it all.
[14:49] Charlotte
    Flay! Good morning!
SIGN    Looks like you're doing
    just fine, young lady!
[14:54] Haruto
    She's super fond of Flay...
[14:56] Haruto
    Why her?!
[14:57] Charlotte
    Hey, hey.
[14:58] Charlotte
    Will you play with me again today?
[15:00] Flay
    No can do.
[15:01] Flay
    I've been entrusted with the important
    task of looking after Lord Haruto.
[15:04] Haruto
    Flay. Please play with her.
[15:07] Flay
    If I must.
[15:09] Charlotte
    Hooray!
[15:13] Charlotte
    Hey, wait for me!
[15:16] Flay
    You're too slow, young lady!
[15:20] Natalia
    Haruto, don't let it bother you.
[15:22] Haruto
    Mom.
[15:24] Haruto
    It really doesn't bother me.
[15:27] Natalia
    Doesn't look that way to me.
[15:29] Natalia
    I think the reason Charlotte
    is shy around you
[15:33] Natalia
    is because she doesn't know how
    to act around a boy her age.
[15:37] Haruto
    You think?
[15:38] Natalia
    I'm sure of it!
[15:41] Natalia
    I mean, look at how well she gets
    along with a girl like Flay!
[15:45] Haruto
    Could it be?!
[15:46] Haruto
    Has Char figured out that I'm really
    an old man who's almost thirty?!
[15:52] Charlotte
    You smell like a reclusive old man.
[15:55] Haruto
    That makes sense.
[15:57] Haruto
    Little girls don't want
    to hang out with old men.
[16:00] Natalia
    Come now, no need for dramatics.
[16:02] Natalia
    I have an idea!
[16:04] Natalia
    Why not do something special for Char?
[16:07] Natalia
    If you show Char what a
    reliable brother you are,
[16:10] Natalia
    I'm sure she'll have a change of heart!
[16:12] Haruto
    Huh?
[16:13] Haruto
    I suck at social situations.
[16:15] Haruto
    That's asking for way too much out of me.
[16:17] Natalia
    And you know, you're the heir
    to this fine estate of ours.
[16:21] Natalia
    Instead of holing up in
    your room all the time,
[16:23] Natalia
    why don't you join her outside
    every once in a while?
[16:26] Natalia
    As your mother, I'll do everything
    I can to help you two get along!
[16:31] Haruto
    Yeah... Thanks.
[16:36] Haruto
    I really should leave the nest soon.
[16:39] Haruto
    But if I leave, then Flay would come along.
[16:42] Haruto
    I'm sure that'll only end up
    making Char hate me more.
[16:45] Haruto
    That said, if I tried
    to leave Flay behind...
[16:48] Flay
    If I can't be by my master's side,
[16:51] Flay
    I have nothing more to live for!
[16:53] Haruto
    She'd totally say that.
[16:56] Haruto
    If I stay here, though, I bet they'll
    make me do this and that...
[17:00] Haruto
    What's your take on this?
[17:03] Haruto
    These past nine years, to prepare
    for when I'd have to leave,
[17:06] Haruto
    I've studied as much about barrier magic
    as I could, to create this robot copy...
[17:17] Haruto
    But I still can't get it to talk or move.
[17:21] Haruto
    Hold on.
[17:23] Haruto
    If I want to leave without
    making anyone sad...
[17:27] Haruto
    I need to make a Flay
    doll as well, don't I?!
[17:32] Haruto
    Who is it?
[17:33] Gold
    Haruto, come with me for a moment.
[17:36] Haruto
    That can't be good!
[17:39] Gold
    Starting today, I'll be teaching
    you how to use a sword.
[17:42] Haruto
    See? I knew it!
[17:43] Gold
    Don't look so grumpy about it.
[17:46] Gold
    You have an exceedingly low mana level.
[17:49] Gold
    Which is why we need to have
    you develop other skills.
[17:53] Gold
    Or have you found some other
    field that interests you?
[17:56] Haruto
    Well, that'd have to be shutting mysel—
[17:59] Haruto
    Um...
[18:00] Haruto
    Studying ancient magic?
[18:03] Gold
    Well, I'll be.
[18:05] Gold
    So you see potential in the lost
    magic of the mythical era?
[18:09] Gold
    I thought you were holed up
    in your room doing nothing,
[18:12] Gold
    but you were giving it
    thought in your own way.
[18:14] Haruto
    Well, I should get back to my research...
[18:16] Gold
    Not so fast.
[18:17] Gold
    You might yet have talent with a sword.
[18:20] Gold
    You never know unless you try.
[18:23] Haruto
    Guess I can't weasel my way out of it...
[18:26] Gold
    Come! I'm ready when you are!
[18:28] Haruto
    Dad is a seasoned warrior,
    known as the Earth-Shattering Warhammer.
[18:32] Haruto
    There's no way I can land a hit on him!
[18:35] Haruto
    I really don't want to get hurt,
[18:37] Haruto
    so I'll use a barrier to make up
    for my poor physical ability.
[18:43] Haruto
    Hah!
[18:44] Haruto
    Whoa!
[18:47] Haruto
    I forgot to put a barrier
    up around the sword!
[18:50] Gold
    What was that just now?
[18:53] Haruto
    Huh?
[18:54] Gold
    I'll stop in the nick of time...
[18:56] Gold
    but try and dodge it anyway.
[19:08] Haruto
    That was close!
[19:09] Haruto
    Stop in the nick of time?
    That was a full-on swing!
[19:14] Gold
    That should have been impossible to
    dodge for anyone under level 30.
[19:20] Haruto
    Are you sure?
[19:22] Haruto
    To tell the truth, I also felt
    something was off about that.
[19:28] Haruto
    There was a time when I got my hopes up,
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[19:30] Haruto
    and thought my mana level
    might be in the hundreds...
[19:35] Haruto
    They say that level 77 was the
    highest in all of humanity,
[19:39] Haruto
    so there's no way it'd
    be in the thousands...
[19:42] Haruto
    I have a mana level of 2.
[19:44] Haruto
    And I've confirmed that
    I possess no element.
[19:46] Haruto
    I concluded that my lack of an element
    lets me use magic extremely efficiently.
[19:52] Haruto
    Is that a part of the overpowered
    skills that the Goddess gave me?
[19:58] Gold
    An innate awakening?
[20:00] Gold
    Which means...
[20:02] Gold
    Never mind that.
[20:03] Gold
    You move like a complete amateur.
[20:06] Gold
    Now then, let's continue training,
    and turn you into an elite swordsman.
[20:10] Haruto
    What?!
[20:20] Natalia
    You sure seem busy lately.
[20:23] Gold
    I started teaching Haruto
    how to use a sword today.
[20:28] Natalia
    Oh, how did it go?
[20:31] Gold
    He might be...
[20:33] Gold
    a returned demon.
[20:36] Natalia
    H-How could you say that, dear?!
[20:39] Gold
    Shh.
[20:40] Gold
    Secret royal family records tell
    of a man who had lain with demons.
[20:46] Gold
    Rare as it may be, there are those
    born exhibiting demonic traits.
[20:50] Natalia
    That may be, but Haruto doesn't
    have horns or a tail!
[20:54] Gold
    That's true.
[20:56] Gold
    However, it's said the royal insignia holds
    strange powers we still don't understand.
[21:01] Gold
    The secret to why the demon Flay shows such
    deference to Haruto may lie there, as well.
[21:07] Natalia
    Haruto is a normal boy!
[21:09] Natalia
    Nothing more than that!
[21:14] Gold
    Don't you worry.
[21:15] Gold
    That's what I think, too.
[21:17] Gold
    So no matter what happens,
    we'll make sure our son lives a happy life.
[21:22] Natalia
    Yes, you're right.
[21:28] Charlotte
    There's no way Haruto is a demon.
[21:33] Charlotte
    But... Haruto...
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[23:09] Charlotte
    My name is Charlotte!
[23:11] Charlotte
    Flay is always nice and plays with me,
[23:13] Charlotte
    but I don't know how to act around Haruto.
[23:17] Charlotte
    Will we ever get along?
[23:18] Charlotte
    Next episode: "Char Hates Me".
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[23:20] Charlotte
    I don't hate you...