2 - Summon the Hero

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[00:02] (Flashback) Sougetsu
    So, for our first day,
[00:05] (Flashback) Sougetsu
    you'll participate in something
    akin to a fight to the death.
[00:09] Takeru
    I won't let anyone beat me...
[00:10] Takeru
    I'll defeat all of you
[00:13] Takeru
    and show the world just
    how awesome swordplay is!
[00:18] (Flashback) Takeru
    User of the Kusanagi double-edged art,
    Kusanagi Takeru!
[00:22] (Flashback) Takeru
    Ready or not, here I come!
[00:28] (Flashback) Ouka
    I win.
[00:30] Takeru
    That was how I met Ohtori Ouka.
SIGN    Episode 2: "Summon the Hero"
[02:07] Student 1
    Did you hear about the new member
     of the Small Fry Platoon?
[02:11] Student 1
    They say she's a former witch hunter.
[02:13] Student 2
    Why'd she join the Small Fry Platoon,
    of all places...
[02:20] (Flashback) Takeru
    I won't pretend to understand
    what you've gone through.
[02:23] (Flashback) Takeru
    But I also won't give up
    trying to become your comrade.
[02:28] Takeru
    I went and said something so dramatic.
[02:30] Takeru
    And even worse...
[02:32] Takeru
    I said it to Ohtori Ouka.
[02:34] Sougetsu
    It seems you're still having trouble
    getting along with your teammates.
[02:37] Sougetsu
    Well, don't despair.
[02:40] Sougetsu
    They may not be operating
     very well as a team,
[02:43] Sougetsu
    but as individuals,
     they each possess immense talent.
[02:45] Ouka
    Feel free to overestimate them, if you wish.
[02:48] Ouka
    But I'm not interested.
[02:49] Sougetsu
    Hmph. How very like you.
[02:52] Sougetsu
    But one member of that platoon
     is a Relic Eater candidate.
[02:58] Ouka
    In that group?! Impossible!
[03:01] Sougetsu
    We do not choose the candidates ourselves.
[03:04] Sougetsu
    The Relic Eaters choose their own partners.
[03:07] Sougetsu
    Didn't you go down that road yourself?
[03:10] Ouka
    Well, I refuse to accept it.
[03:11] Sougetsu
    Oh, bother...
[03:13] Sougetsu
    Teenagers can be so difficult to handle.
[03:17] Sougetsu
    Oh, Lapis. How long have you been here?
[03:21] Sougetsu
    I hope you can form a contract soon.
[03:27] Mari
    You stink, Haunted.
[03:29] Haunted
    You sure took your sweet time.
[03:32] Haunted
    Did you get that magical item fragment?
[03:34] Mari
    This fragment was hardly worth getting.
[03:37] Haunted
    That's not true.
[03:40] Haunted
    After all, I'm a necromancer,
[03:42] Haunted
    an alchemist,
[03:44] Haunted
    and a summoner.
[03:47] Haunted
    Doesn't an einherjar need
    a weapon in order to fight?
[03:51] Mari
    How many people did you kill this time?
[03:55] Haunted
    About fifty, I estimate.
[03:57] Haunted
    Don't worry.
[03:59] Haunted
    Half of them were criminals.
[04:02] Mari
    I'd kill you here and now
     if I could get away with it.
[04:06] Haunted
    As promised, I won't involve ordinary folk.
[04:10] Haunted
    In Valhalla, our sole enemy is the Inquisition.
[04:14] Haunted
    We will be victorious.
[04:16] Haunted
    And we will abolish the discrimination
    and prejudice witches face.
[04:20] Mari
    You'd better keep that promise.
[04:22] Haunted
    Well, then, may the valkyries be with you...
[04:26] Haunted
    Nikaido Mari-san,
     daughter of the great witch.
SIGN    Caramel
[04:31] Usagi
    Take a look, Kusanagi!
[04:33] Usagi
    An impressive 100% accuracy!
[04:35] Usagi
    This is what I'm capable of!
[04:37] Usagi
    The other day,
[04:39] Usagi
    I was just a teensy-weensy bit
     more nervous than I thought
[04:42] Usagi
    and shot slightly off target.
[04:45] Usagi
    But I promise that in the next mission,
    I'll show off my true strength!
[04:48] Ikaruga
    Shooting into the wrong building is
    "slightly off target," eh?
[04:52] Usagi
    Just you watch, Ohtori Ouka!
[04:54] Usagi
    I won't let you run your mouth anymore!
[04:56] Ouka
    You won't let me do what?
[05:01] Takeru
    O-Ohtori,
[05:02] Takeru
    let's all go eat lunch together, okay?
[05:05] Ouka
    Is that an order? I thought I told you
    that I don't accept you as my captain.
[05:09] Takeru
    That's not how I meant it...
[05:10] Ouka
    The chairman told me that
[05:11] Ouka
    you're only trying to become an inquisitor
     because you want the paycheck.
[05:15] Takeru
    W-Well...
[05:17] Ouka
    Don't think you can punish evil
    with a selfish motive like that.
[05:20] Ouka
    Have some shame, you petty plebeian!
[05:22] Ouka
    Not only are you unqualified to be captain,
    you're also unqualified to be an inquisitor!
[05:26] Ikaruga
    What makes you think
    you have the right to say that?
[05:29] Ikaruga
    I mean, didn't you come to this academy because you were stripped of your rank of inquisitor?
[05:34] Ikaruga
    I know what the other inquisitors call you...
[05:40] Ikaruga
    "Calamity."
[05:42] Ikaruga
    A plague who kills criminals
     without being ordered to
[05:45] Ikaruga
    and leaves bloodstains in her wake.
[05:49] Usagi
    Whoa! Is that true?
[05:51] Ouka
    I don't intend to deny your accusations.
[06:02] Haunted
    It's so calm.
[06:04] Haunted
    A sight you would never see
     back when I was alive.
[06:08] Haunted
    I suppose this is the sort of scene
    the word "peace" tries to describe!
[06:12] Haunted
    However,
[06:13] Haunted
    this place contains nothing
    that is necessary to humans!
[06:17] Haunted
    For example...
[06:19] Haunted
    There is no love!
[06:21] Haunted
    There is no hope!
[06:22] Haunted
    There is no lust!
[06:23] Haunted
    There is no despair! There is no screaming!
[06:25] Haunted
    There is no thrilling, bone-tingling insanity!
[06:29] Haunted
    Children of peace, please show me...
[06:32] Haunted
    The destruction of this era of peace!
[06:34] Haunted
    And the end of tranquility!
[06:44] Ouka
    You followed me?
[06:45] Takeru
    Well, uh...
[06:48] Takeru
    Are those your family's graves?
[06:53] Ouka
    My parents and my little sister lie here.
[06:57] Takeru
    You said they were...
[06:59] Ouka
    Yeah, that's right.
[07:02] Takeru
    What happened?
[07:05] Takeru
    Could you tell me?
[07:11] Ouka
    It happened nine years ago...
[07:15] [SONG] Text
    You did well...
SIGN    But...
SIGN    You're out of time...
[07:22] [SONG] Text
    I'm scared, Onee-chan.
[07:26] [SONG] Text
    Ah... Ahhh...
SIGN    Smile.
[07:38] Ouka
    Remember what I said?
[07:40] Ouka
    I swore to devote my entire life
     to the extermination of witches.
[07:45] Ouka
    That's what I live for.
[07:48] Ouka
    So when I'm faced with vicious criminals,
[07:50] Ouka
    the blood rushes to my head.
[07:52] Ouka
    I lose myself and pull the trigger,
    calling it an execution or whatever.
[07:57] Ouka
    The nickname "Calamity"
    suits me perfectly.
[08:00] Takeru
    You're wrong...
[08:01] Ouka
    In what way am I wrong?
[08:04] Ouka
    You said it, didn't you?
[08:06] Ouka
    That you wouldn't give up
    trying to be my comrade.
[08:09] Ouka
    I abandoned my humanity
    to defeat my enemies.
[08:13] Ouka
    Could you do that?
[08:17] Ouka
    I consider you guys obstacles to my revenge.
[08:20] Ouka
    With that in mind, can you still say that
     we'll be able to become comrades?
[08:24] Takeru
    Well, I...
[08:26] Takeru
    Say, Ohtori...
[08:29] Takeru
    What's that?!
[08:30] Ouka
    A terrorist attack?
[08:31] Haunted
    Do your best,
[08:33] Haunted
    most famous hero in the world!
[08:36] Haunted
    Your target lies at Anti-Magic Academy!
[08:38] Haunted
    The restricted zone where witches
    who have sinned are in captivity!
[08:42] Haunted
    Your mission is to rescue
    the Valhalla dignitaries held there!
[08:48] Ouka
    Ghouls! A necromancer's doing?!
[08:54] Spriggan
    Send backup.
[08:55] Ouka
    What's the situation?
[08:56] Spriggan
    You're a Test Platoon student?
[08:58] Spriggan
    We, the Knights of Spriggan,
     will evacuate the civilians.
[09:00] Spriggan
    Head back to the academy at once!
[09:02] Ouka
    It's not just a necromancer and
    his ghouls you're up against.
[09:05] Ouka
    They couldn't have caused an
     explosion like that by themselves.
[09:09] Ouka
    What in the world is happening?
[09:11] Spriggan
    Not sure.
[09:12] Spriggan
    But according to my men on the scene,
[09:15] Spriggan
    an einherjar has appeared.
[09:23] Takeru
    Stupid Ohtori...
[09:24] Takeru
    Why'd she have to run off by herself?
[09:31] Lapis
    Still alive.
[09:34] Takeru
    Huh?
[09:35] Ikaruga
    Kusanagi!
[09:36] Takeru
    Suginami?
[09:37] Ikaruga
    Listen to this.
[09:39] Sougetsu
    Attention all students.
[09:41] Sougetsu
    We at the Inquisition are on
     the brink of an unprecedented crisis.
[09:45] Sougetsu
    The target, who appeared in the city,
[09:47] Sougetsu
    s a hero who was summoned
    from ancient times.
[09:50] Sougetsu
    Namely, an "einherjar."
[09:53] Sougetsu
    We suspect he is headed for
    the Academy's restricted zone.
[09:57] Sougetsu
    It's only a matter of time
    before he reaches us.
[10:00] Sougetsu
    However, we don't have the manpower
     to fight him off right now.
[10:03] Sougetsu
    Therefore, please lend us your strength.
[10:07] Sougetsu
    Please fight alongside us!
[10:09] Sougetsu
    Please take a stand, so we may bring
    judgment down upon the loathsome witches!
[10:13] Sougetsu
    Let's go together!
[10:14] Sougetsu
    It's time for a witch-hunt!
[10:16] Sougetsu
    Proper judgment for the heretics!
[10:20] Sougetsu
    Now, then...
[10:21] Sougetsu
    I wonder if those two will form a contract.
[10:25] Takeru
    This is insane...
[10:26] Ikaruga
    You're the captain.
[10:28] Ikaruga
    We can run, or we can fight.
[10:30] Ikaruga
    We'll go with whatever you choose.
[10:33] Takeru
    I think running is the better choice.
[10:36] Takeru
    There's no way we could
    accomplish anything in this fight.
[10:39] Takeru
    We can't even manage to confiscate
     F-rank magical items.
[10:43] Ikaruga
    But you're going to fight anyway.
    Am I right?
[10:47] Takeru
    Ohtori is on her way back
     to the academy.
[10:49] Takeru
    Her heart is filled with nothing
    but hatred for witches.
[10:52] Takeru
    That hatred is everything to her.
[10:55] Takeru
    As far as I'm concerned,
    Ohtori is a member of the 35th Platoon.
[10:59] Takeru
    But she can't be stopped by normal means.
[11:02] Takeru
    That's why, in order to stop her...
[11:06] Takeru
    I'd like to first go hunt an einherjar.
[11:11] Ouka
    What happened?!
[11:14] Ouka
    Are you okay?!
[11:16] Student
    Run away!
[11:18] Student
    Students like us don't stand
     a chance against that thing!
[11:28] Ouka
    A barrier?
[11:47] Ouka
    I can't... die yet...
[11:50] Ouka
    I couldn't possibly accept my death coming
    at the hands of a puny threat like this!
[11:54] Ouka
    Never in a million years!
[11:56] Ouka
    I wish I didn't have to use this, but...
[11:59] Ouka
    Desiring with supreme ardor!
[12:02] Ouka
    Bring down the hammer against witches!
[12:05] Ouka
    It's an emergency.
    Lend me your strength, Vlad.
SIGN    O h t o r i
SIGN    Ouka
[12:19] Ouka
    It's an emergency.
    Lend me your strength, Vlad.
[12:22] Vlad
    Naturally.
[12:23] Vlad
    I have appeared at your call.
[12:26] Vlad
    And what is thy bidding,
    provisional contractor?
[12:29] Ouka
    Just shut up and listen to me.
[12:32] Vlad
    Provisional means provisional.
[12:34] Vlad
    I hesitate to grant all thy desires.
[12:36] Ouka
    Then heal my leg, Vlad.
[12:38] Vlad
    Granted.
[12:46] Ouka
    Unlock the triggers!
[12:47] Vlad
    To the first or second stage?
[12:49] Ouka
    First, of course.
[12:51] Ouka
    The second means I have to accept you, right?
[12:54] Ouka
    I refuse.
[12:55] Vlad
    What astounding stubbornness.
[12:57] Vlad
    Very well. Let us begin...
[13:00] Vlad
    the witch-hunt.
[13:05] Vlad
    The enemy has summoned a high-ranking spirit
    and bound it to his Dragoon.
[13:08] Vlad
    That's Arthur Pendragon.
     The magical item is Excalibur.
[13:12] Vlad
    You'd best proceed with caution.
[13:14] Ouka
    Pierce him!
[13:22] Ouka
    Good.
[13:29] Vlad
    At this rate, he cannot be defeated.
[13:31] Vlad
    Excalibur's scabbard is
     healing him automatically.
[13:35] Vlad
    The scabbard must be destroyed,
    or we're going nowhere.
[13:39] Ouka
    We'll use hallmark magic
     to create an opening.
[13:42] Vlad
    Oh? So thou art finally accepting me?
[13:44] Ouka
    No. I'm not.
[13:47] Ouka
    I'm telling you to take from me.
[13:49] Vlad
    Instead of making a contract,
    you wish to give more blood.
[13:53] Vlad
    Very well. I accept your offering!
[14:05] Ouka
    Tepes Rain!
[14:16] Ouka
    It's working!
[14:17] Ouka
    If I keep showering him in these stakes...
[14:19] Vlad
    Forgive me. My master has commanded
    me to stop the witch-hunt.
[14:26] Ouka
    That guy, huh...
[14:28] Ouka
    What's he playing at?
[14:42] Takeru
    Ohtori!
[14:46] Takeru
    Are you okay?!
[14:47] Ouka
    Run for it! This is impossible for you!
[14:49] Takeru
    You never know until you try.
[14:52] Takeru
    So watch me.
[14:53] Ouka
    Kusanagi!
[14:55] Takeru
    Hey, there.
[14:56] Takeru
    Looks like you took great care
    of my platoon member.
[15:00] Takeru
    I haven't felt this way in a long time.
[15:03] Takeru
    You're gonna have hell to pay.
[15:05] Takeru
    User of the Kusanagi double-edged art,
    Kusanagi Takeru!
[15:09] Takeru
    As of this moment,
     I consider this a war zone!
[15:13] Takeru
    Ready or not, here I come!
[15:18] Ouka
    So it was him...
[15:27] Takeru
    So hard...
[15:28] Takeru
    But if it can be scratched,
[15:30] Takeru
    it can be cut!
[15:38] Ikaruga
    Kusanagi!
[15:39] Takeru
    Suginami! Figure anything out?
[15:41] Ikaruga
    Judging from its magical capacity,
     the enemy's magical item is definitely Excalibur,
[15:46] Ikaruga
    but its vessel appears to
     be a present day railgun.
[15:49] Ikaruga
    As it's the same type as
    the ones used in trial runs,
[15:52] Ikaruga
    it probably needs to
     cool off between shots.
[15:55] Takeru
    So my best opening to close in on him
    is right after he shoots.
[16:00] Takeru
    If it's close-quarters combat,
[16:02] Takeru
    I won't lose!
[16:07] Takeru
    Usagi!
[16:15] Takeru
    Okay!
[16:19] Ikaruga
    Retreat! He's going to use hallmark magic!
[16:22] Takeru
    Damn it!
[16:37] Ikaruga
    I can't see through all the smoke!
[16:39] Ikaruga
    Where are you?
[16:40] Usagi
    Kusanagi! Please answer me!
[16:44] Takeru
    Damn it... I should have known...
[16:47] Takeru
    this wouldn't work...
[16:49] Takeru
    This is the worst way to die...
[16:53] Takeru
    And my life was just getting started, too...
[16:58] Lapis
    Congratulations.
[17:01] Lapis
    Kusanagi Takeru-san.
[17:04] Lapis
    You have been chosen
    as the second contractor.
[17:08] Lapis
    I will now ask you some questions,
[17:11] Lapis
    so that we can form our contract.
[17:13] Takeru
    Where am I?
[17:15] Lapis
    Please call me "Lapis."
[17:20] Lapis
    Question 1:
[17:22] Lapis
    Is it your will to become an inquisitor?
[17:25] Takeru
    Y-Yes...
[17:26] Lapis
    Question 2:
[17:28] Lapis
    Are you prepared to annihilate witches?
[17:31] Takeru
    Yes. I will annihilate evil witches.
[17:33] Lapis
    Question 3:
[17:35] Lapis
    Can you abandon what is precious to you
[17:37] Lapis
    in order to achieve your goals?
[17:39] Takeru
    Hell, no!
[17:40] Lapis
    Now I will ask my final question:
[17:42] Lapis
    Can you abandon your own humanity
[17:45] Lapis
    to defeat the enemy?
[17:48] (Flashback) Ouka
    I abandoned my humanity
    to defeat the enemy.
[17:53] Takeru
    Yes, I can!
[17:56] Lapis
    The contract is thus formed.
[17:58] Lapis
    Please pull the trigger.
[18:05] Lapis
    Approval acquired from host Kusanagi Takeru.
[18:08] Lapis
    Executing program. Commencing integration.
[18:12] Lapis
    Repairing damaged areas.
[18:14] Lapis
    Time required to complete process: 0.5 seconds.
[18:17] Lapis
    Repair, compatibility... no problems.
[18:20] Lapis
    Precision: 100%
[18:22] Lapis
    Transformation to witch hunter is complete.
[18:25] Lapis
    Awaken, my host.
[18:28] Lapis
    It is time for the witch-hunt.
[18:30] Lapis/Takeru
    Desiring with supreme ardor!
[18:32] Lapis/Takeru
    Bring down the hammer against witches!
[18:39] Takeru
    What? What happened to me?
[18:42] Lapis
    Ba-ba-ba-bum! Congratulations.
[18:46] Lapis
    I am from the Relic Eater series,
[18:50] Lapis
    which can only be used by inquisitors.
[18:53] Lapis
    You have been chosen as my owner.
[18:56] Takeru
    Huh?
[18:57] Lapis
    My host, I know this is sudden,
    but the enemy is coming.
[19:00] Lapis
    Please fight.
[19:03] Lapis
    There is no need to dodge his attack.
    Please slash it instead.
[19:10] Takeru
    Wow! That's awesome...
[19:11] Lapis
    No matter what happens,
    I cannot be broken.
[19:14] Takeru
    So I can keep going?
[19:16] Lapis
    Of course, my host.
[19:18] Takeru
    Lapis.
[19:19] Lapis
    Yes?
[19:19] Takeru
    Happy to work with you!
[19:24] Ikaruga
    Kusanagi? Is that you?
[19:26] Takeru
    Yeah! Sorry, but I'll explain later!
[19:28] Usagi
    Please don't worry us so!
[19:31] Takeru
    I'm sorry, but you can leave the rest to me!
[19:33] Ouka
    A Relic Eater...
[19:35] Ouka
    So it was him?
[19:48] Lapis
    Hallmark magic is coming at us.
[19:51] Lapis
    We will also use hallmark magic.
[19:53] Lapis
    My host, stand firm with the trigger pulled.
[19:58] Lapis
    Who killed Cock Robin?
[20:00] Lapis
    With my lance and sword,
[20:02] Lapis
    I killed Cock Robin.
[20:11] Lapis
    I will absorb the magic that touches the blade
[20:13] Lapis
    and use it to damage the enemy
     with our next attack.
[20:17] Lapis
    The rest is up to your skills, my host.
[20:19] Takeru
    Cutting down evildoers with
     swordplay of the highest caliber...
[20:23] Takeru
    With an unbreakable sword
    and an unbreakable body,
[20:26] Takeru
    Kusanagi is unbeatable!
[20:28] Lapis
    Reversing enchantment. Releasing material.
[20:31] Takeru
    Kusanagi double-edged art:
[20:35] Takeru
    Yamata-no-Orochi!
[20:45] Haunted
    Wow.
[20:46] Haunted
    Not bad, Inquisitors.
[20:49] Haunted
    Back to the drawing board for me.
[20:56] Takeru
    I won't condemn your quest for revenge.
[21:00] Takeru
    And I won't give you the cliché line about
     nothing good coming from revenge.
[21:05] Takeru
    But in return,
[21:09] Takeru
    let me carry half your burden.
[21:12] Takeru
    Don't tough it out alone anymore.
[21:17] Takeru
    I may not be the most reliable guy around,
    but you can rely on me, anytime.
[21:21] Ouka
    Am I really allowed to?
[21:26] Takeru
    Even if no one else allows it, I will.
[21:29] Ouka
    But...
[21:31] Takeru
    It's all right.
[21:33] Takeru
    We're comrades, right?
[21:37] Ouka
    Damn, you're stubborn.
[21:40] Takeru
    Yeah.
[21:42] Takeru
    So don't hold back...
[21:50] Ouka
    I guess this isn't so bad.
[23:28] Inquisitor
    This is the Inquisition.
[23:30] Inquisitor
    You're under arrest
    on suspicion of murder.
SIGN    A Witch Joins