# 15 - What Makes a Hero
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***SIGN*** Episode 15: What Makes a Hero
**[01:37] Fake Kouki**
Why does a guy like Hajime Nagumo,
who gives up on people so easily,
**[01:40] Fake Kouki**
get so much affection?
**[01:43] Fake Kouki**
It's almost like he's a hero or something.
**[01:47] Fake Kouki**
I'm supposed to be the real hero.
**[01:51] Kouki**
I... I don't think that!
Stop putting words in my mouth!
**[01:56] Fake Kouki**
There's no need to pretend. I'm you.
**[02:00] Fake Kouki**
I know this better than anyone else.
**[02:03] Kouki**
Shut up!
**[02:06] Fake Kouki**
You're so seriously disturbed.
**[02:09] Fake Kouki**
You're wasting your holy sword,
recently touched up by Nagumo.
**[02:16] Fake Kouki**
Or could it be that
you don't want to use it
**[02:20] Fake Kouki**
because you hate and envy Nagumo so much?
**[02:23] Kouki**
That's not related at all!
I don't hate Nagumo.
**[02:30] Fake Kouki**
There you go again,
facing away from reality.
**[02:34] Fake Kouki**
And because of that,
I've powered up... Again!
**[02:43] Fake Kouki**
I hate how strong Nagumo is.
**[02:46] Fake Kouki**
That strength should belong to me, right?
**[02:53] Fake Kouki**
In fact, I hate everything about Nagumo!
**[02:57] Kouki**
No.
**[02:58] Kouki**
It's true that Nagumo
can be selfish at times,
**[03:01] Kouki**
but he did save me many times.
**[03:04] Kouki**
Why would I hate someone like that?!
**[03:07] Fake Kouki**
What?
**[03:09] Fake Kouki**
Come on, even when he saved you,
you felt more jealousy than gratitude.
**[03:14] Fake Kouki**
You were jealous, thinking it should
be you who swoops in to save the day.
**[03:20] Kouki**
That's impossible! That's not right!
**[03:23] Fake Kouki**
Not right?
**[03:27] Fake Kouki**
Well, then why am I getting stronger?
**[03:41] Kouki**
R-Run wild, Celestial Flash!
**[03:44] Fake Kouki**
Gather, Heavensturm!
**[03:50] Kouki**
Block it, Divine Armor!
**[04:00] Fake Kouki**
You want to overwhelm him,
don't you? Nagumo, I mean.
**[04:03] Fake Kouki**
You want to make him kneel
and admit that you're better than him!
**[04:08] Fake Kouki**
Then you'll save the world,
take everyone home, and get endless praise.
**[04:12] Kouki**
Shut up!
**[04:16] Fake Kouki**
No, I won't.
**[04:22] Fake Kouki**
Straight for the throat, huh?
**[04:24] Fake Kouki**
I thought killing people was an evil deed.
**[04:27] Kouki**
You're not a person!
**[04:34] Fake Kouki**
What's this? You're so
full of murderous intent.
**[04:40] Fake Kouki**
You know what, hero?
**[04:43] Fake Kouki**
At this rate, you might lose another one.
**[04:46] Kouki**
W-What?
**[04:48] Fake Kouki**
Don't pretend you don't notice.
**[04:51] Fake Kouki**
If I've noticed it, then
that means you've noticed it as well.
**[04:56] Kouki**
That's enough. Shut up!
**[04:58] Fake Kouki**
Who is Shizuku looking at?
**[05:03] Fake Kouki**
Don't even want to think about it, huh?
**[05:05] Fake Kouki**
Not just Kaori, but Shizuku as well.
**[05:10] Kouki**
Die!
**[05:14] Fake Kouki**
Whoa, that wasn't very heroic of you.
**[05:19] Fake Kouki**
Besides, no matter how much you scream,
**[05:21] Fake Kouki**
that doesn't change the fact
that Shizuku's heart is drawn to Nagumo.
**[05:36] Fake Kouki**
Refusing to listen, huh?
**[05:39] Fake Kouki**
You're going to deny Shizuku's
feelings too, I guess.
**[05:43] Kouki**
That's impossible.
**[05:47] Kouki**
That can't ever be possible.
**[05:52] Fake Kouki**
It's really that painful
for you to admit, huh?
**[05:55] Fake Kouki**
The timing couldn't be better.
**[05:57] Kouki**
Are you gloating now?!
**[05:59] Fake Kouki**
Look, here comes reality.
**[06:02] Kouki**
What are you even talking about?!
**[06:11] Hajime**
Still taking your test, huh?
**[06:19] Kouki**
Nagumo... You...
**[06:33] Hajime**
So, what's this about, Amanogawa?
**[06:39] Kouki**
Why... What...
**[06:42] Hajime**
Huh? I can't hear you.
**[06:44] Hajime**
Anyway, you shouldn't be
fighting us. Your enemy is...
**[06:48] Kouki**
"Us"?
**[06:50] Kouki**
Who gave you the right
to separate me from the rest of you?
**[06:54] Kouki**
Shizuku doesn't belong to you.
Are you trying to mess with me?
**[06:57] Hajime**
Stop spouting nonsense
and finish this test already.
**[07:00] Hajime**
Your enemy is over there.
**[07:02] Kouki**
Yeah, I'll finish it.
**[07:04] Kouki**
You don't get to order me around like that.
**[07:07] Kouki**
I'll end it all right here!
**[07:10] Hajime**
Yikes, I guess you gave in. You idiot.
**[07:14] Kouki**
Shut up!
**[07:15] Kouki**
Everything goes back
to normal once you're gone.
**[07:18] Kouki**
Get out of my sight already!
**[07:22] Hajime**
Whoopsy.
**[07:24] Hajime**
Calm down, Amanogawa.
Do you want Yaegashi to die?
**[07:28] Kouki**
You coward! Release Shizuku!
**[07:32] Shizuku**
Hmm? What is it?
**[07:35] Hajime**
How are you able to stay
asleep in this situation?
**[07:38] Hajime**
Wake up now, or I'll use you
as a human cannonball.
**[07:45] Kouki**
Celestial Flash!
**[07:49] Hajime**
You're seriously asleep? How audacious.
**[07:53] Shizuku**
I'm not audacious. It's just
that your back is so nice to—
**[07:58] Hajime**
Well, I don't care how you feel.
**[08:02] Hajime**
Please do something about that guy.
**[08:07] Shizuku**
Wait, what's going on? Why is... What?
**[08:15] Hajime**
I think he gave in.
**[08:17] Hajime**
Seems like he sees me
as the root of all evil.
**[08:21] Shizuku**
No...
**[08:25] Shizuku**
Kouki, no!
**[08:26] Shizuku**
Don't give in to your other self!
**[08:29] Shizuku**
Snap out of it and overcome yourself!
**[08:32] Kouki**
Don't worry. I'll save you, Shizuku.
**[08:36] Shizuku**
Kouki, what are you talking about?
**[08:39] Kouki**
Nagumo brainwashed you, right?
**[08:42] Kouki**
Don't worry, it should go
away once I defeat Nagumo.
**[08:48] Kouki**
Nagumo...
**[08:49] Kouki**
Even as a former classmate,
**[08:51] Kouki**
I can't let you go unpunished
for hurting my childhood friend.
**[08:57] Kouki**
I'll take you down and release Kaori and
all the other girls from your brainwashing!
**[09:03] Kouki**
Then, they will accompany me
as I save the world!
**[09:07] Shizuku**
Snap out of it, Kouki!
Don't let it trick you!
**[09:11] Kouki**
Shizuku...
**[09:13] Shizuku**
Listen, Kouki...
**[09:15] Shizuku**
Facing your dark side is really painful.
**[09:20] Shizuku**
But you have to accept it
and overcome it to truly move forward.
**[09:25] Shizuku**
If you want to save lots of people,
you can't cling to convenient stories.
**[09:31] Shizuku**
You are your own enemy right now.
**[09:34] Shizuku**
That smirking guy over there... Wake up!
**[09:40] Kouki**
Thank you, Shizuku.
**[09:42] Kouki**
You're always thinking
about what's best for me.
**[09:47] Shizuku**
Kouki...
**[09:49] Kouki**
I really appreciate it.
**[09:51] Kouki**
Even while brainwashed,
you're concerned for me.
**[09:56] Shizuku**
Kouki?
**[09:58] Kouki**
Don't worry.
**[10:00] Kouki**
I'll take down that monster
with my face on it,
**[10:03] Kouki**
and I'll save you from Nagumo.
**[10:05] Kouki**
You no longer have to accompany
a guy you don't even like!
**[10:10] Shizuku**
Kouki...
**[10:23] Shizuku**
Kouki, stop!
**[10:29] Shizuku**
Wait, I'll stop him.
**[10:31] Hajime**
Yaegashi, to your right.
**[10:37] Fake Kouki**
I'll handle Shizuku for you.
**[10:40] Fake Kouki**
You can concentrate on your hated enemy.
**[10:46] Shizuku**
Y-You! Get away from me!
**[10:49] Fake Kouki**
He can only see Hajime Nagumo right now.
**[10:52] Fake Kouki**
The test is in Hajime Nagumo's
hands now. Please stay out of it.
**[10:57] Shizuku**
Why should I listen to you?!
**[11:00] Hajime**
Are you just going to let your precious
childhood friend get assaulted like that?
**[11:05] Kouki**
That thing is me. It won't kill her.
**[11:08] Hajime**
Didn't you just say it was a monster?
**[11:11] Kouki**
It's a fake me that
copied my emotions, right?
**[11:15] Kouki**
Then even if it's a monster,
it would never kill Shizuku.
**[11:19] Hajime**
You're not making any sense.
**[11:21] Kouki**
Ready yourself!
**[11:22] Kouki**
I won't let you have your way anymore!
**[11:25] Kouki**
You will release Shizuku,
Kaori, Yue, and the others!
**[11:32] Kouki**
What...
**[11:34] Hajime**
There is no bigger waste of time
than calling a true idiot an idiot, but...
**[11:39] Hajime**
I have to say this.
**[11:43] Hajime**
Who gave you the right to talk
about my woman that way?
**[12:06] Shizuku**
Nagumo-kun!
**[12:09] Shizuku**
Please, don't! I'll convince Kouki!
**[12:17] Fake Kouki**
Let's take Shizuku out of
the picture for a moment.
**[12:27] Fake Kouki**
Come on, me. It's time to be a hero.
**[12:31] Fake Kouki**
Let's rescue those damsels
in distress, shall we?
**[12:36] Kouki**
I won't take orders from you!
I'm only going to use you just this once!
**[12:41] Kouki**
Don't forget that you're next
after I take down Nagumo!
**[12:58] Kouki**
It's no use.
**[13:08] Hajime**
Did you fuse or something?
**[13:10] Kouki**
I don't like it, but I'll use
whatever I can to take you down.
**[13:16] Kouki**
Of course, I will be killing it
after I'm done with you.
**[13:19] Hajime**
Idiot.
**[13:20] Hajime**
You just succumbed to its seduction.
**[13:23] Kouki**
Chirp away as you like.
**[13:25] Kouki**
No matter what you say,
you have no chance to beat me now.
**[13:29] Kouki**
Not with all of this power
swelling up inside me!
**[13:32] Hajime**
Why is it so hard to realize that this is
exactly how you got yourself into this mess?
**[13:37] Kouki**
Enough talk!
**[13:39] Kouki**
Ready yourself, Nagumo!
**[13:41] Kouki**
Limit Break - Overload!
**[13:54] Kouki**
Don't you—
**[14:10] Kouki**
Are you going easy on me?
**[14:13] Kouki**
Toying with me?!
**[14:16] Hajime**
Killing you would make Yaegashi and Kaori
and the others sad, wouldn't it?
**[14:22] Hajime**
It's easier to keep you alive
than to kill you and deal with them later.
**[14:26] Kouki**
Enough!
**[14:27] Kouki**
You won't stay so calm after this!
**[14:33] Kouki**
You...
**[14:34] Kouki**
I won't allow someone like you
to smart mouth me like that!
**[14:38] Kouki**
I'll save this world!
**[14:40] Kouki**
I'm the hero, the most
righteous person in this world!
**[14:44] Kouki**
Not you!
**[14:46] Kouki**
No way, there's no way it's you!
**[14:49] Hajime**
You're like a kid throwing a tantrum.
**[14:52] Kouki**
If only... If only you went away.
**[15:06] Kouki**
You murderer!
**[15:08] Kouki**
You abandon people so easily!
You're the worst!
**[15:13] Kouki**
Nobody needs you anymore!
**[15:24] Hajime**
Yue, seems you guys are safe too.
**[15:27] Yue**
Yep, all good.
**[15:29] Yue**
Anyway, what's up with that idiot?
**[15:32] Hajime**
In a nutshell, he lost to his fake
and made up a total fantasy story.
**[15:38] Hajime**
He's blaming everything on me now.
**[15:41] Hajime**
Plus, he absorbed his fake
to boost his power.
**[15:46] Tio**
What a hopeless fool.
**[15:48] Hajime**
If he can get a hold of himself,
he'll probably pass the test, but...
**[15:53] Hajime**
Doesn't seem possible.
**[15:54] Hajime**
Not even Yaegashi could convince him,
and ended up like that.
**[15:58] Hajime**
Kaori, she should be fine,
but could you take a look just in case?
**[16:02] Kaori**
O-Of course! On it!
**[16:12] Kouki**
Everyone, you're here. Just wait a moment.
**[16:17] Kouki**
I'll take this guy out and release you all.
**[16:22] Ryutarou**
What are you talking about, Kouki?!
What's gotten into you?!
**[16:25] Ryutarou**
Wake up already!
**[16:26] Suzu**
Kouki-kun! Please snap out of it!
**[16:28] Suzu**
It's not Nagumo-kun you
have to defeat, it's yourself!
**[16:34] Kouki**
Unbelievable.
**[16:35] Kouki**
You've already brainwashed
Ryutarou and Suzu.
**[16:38] Kouki**
How rotten are you?!
You will pay for your sins!
**[16:43] Hajime**
Your idiocy feels like a huge sin too.
**[16:50] Hajime**
I'm not going to wait for you every time!
**[16:53] Kouki**
Damn it, you cheater!
**[16:59] Shizuku**
Wait, Nagumo-kun!
**[17:01] Ryutarou**
Nagumo! Please stop!
**[17:02] Suzu**
Nagumo-kun!
**[17:24] Ryutarou**
What's going on?
**[17:27] Kouki**
The power... It's gone.
**[17:29] Kouki**
No... I haven't gotten anything back yet.
**[17:48] Kouki**
Please, Nagumo... I was supposed to get it.
**[17:53] Kouki**
I want it all back. Please die for me.
**[18:00] Hajime**
Go and restart your life.
**[18:04] Hajime**
Idiot.
**[18:09] Yue**
Hajime!
**[18:10] Hajime**
Yep, this is your Hajime-san.
**[18:13] Hajime**
What's wrong, Yue? Was the test hard?
**[18:16] Hajime**
Looks like everyone survived.
**[18:20] Hajime**
Well, let's go.
**[18:21] Kaori**
Wait! Wait! I have to heal Kouki-kun!
**[18:30] Kaori**
You said he absorbed the fake, right?
**[18:33] Kaori**
That's probably why his soul
is seriously damaged too.
**[18:40] Kaori**
I'll have to spend some time to heal him.
**[18:43] Hajime**
Please don't heal him completely.
**[18:46] Hajime**
It should be enough
to just let him survive, right?
**[18:48] Hajime**
At the very least, make sure
he doesn't regain consciousness.
**[18:51] Kaori**
Huh?
**[18:52] Kaori**
Oh... Yeah, that might be better, I guess.
**[18:57] Ryutarou**
Nagumo... I realize Kouki caused
trouble, but... You know...
**[19:04] Suzu**
Nagumo-kun...
**[19:06] Hajime**
Come on.
**[19:07] Hajime**
Think about how much of a hassle he'd be
after you completely healed him.
**[19:11] Suzu**
Hassle?
**[19:12] Hajime**
Listen. Amanogawa couldn't pass the test.
**[19:17] Hajime**
He turned away from himself,
and decided to take it out on me.
**[19:21] Hajime**
That won't change even after he wakes up.
**[19:23] Ryutarou**
I guess we should be happy that he's alive.
**[19:27] Shizuku**
Ryutarou, can you carry Kouki
when I'm done healing him?
**[19:31] Ryutarou**
Yeah.
**[19:33] Ryutarou**
So, only Kouki failed.
**[19:37] Ryutarou**
He's not going to like that.
**[19:39] Suzu**
Probably... But it's all right!
**[19:42] Suzu**
He can try again
as long as he's alive, right?
**[19:46] Ryutarou**
Yeah!
**[20:00] Shizuku**
Thank you so much
for everything, Nagumo-kun.
**[20:04] Shizuku**
This is to show my thanks.
**[20:05] Hajime**
Yaegashi?
**[20:06] Shizuku**
A-Also, um... This is proof
that what I said back there wasn't a joke.
**[20:16] Shizuku**
Yue, Shea, Tio... Kaori.
**[20:21] Shizuku**
I realized a lot of things during this test.
**[20:25] Shizuku**
My own bad habits, and the feelings I have...
**[20:28] Kaori**
Shizuku-chan.
**[20:30] Shizuku**
He has Yue and the others,
and more than anything,
**[20:33] Shizuku**
it's so terrible because I know he's
the one my best friend loves.
**[20:38] Shizuku**
But...
**[20:39] Kaori**
It's not terrible, don't worry.
**[20:43] Kaori**
It's about your heart. You can't control it.
**[20:48] Kaori**
Moreover, instead of prioritizing
someone else like you always do,
**[20:53] Kaori**
you're now trying to be selfish,
and I'm so glad you're doing that.
**[20:58] Shizuku**
Kaori...
**[21:02] Tio**
Right.
**[21:03] Shizuku**
I'm in love with Nagumo-kun.
**[21:06] Shizuku**
Therefore, I'll do what's best for me.
**[21:11] Hajime**
Let's go.
**[21:39] Hajime**
Looks like we didn't
get separated this time.
**[21:43] Yue**
Yes. And that.
**[21:45] Tio**
Hmm, seems like we're finally here.
**[21:48] Shea**
It's pretty.
**[21:51] Shea**
Is that a palace?
**[21:54] Hajime**
There's no doubt.
**[21:56] Hajime**
This is the end of the ice cave,
the hideout of Vandre Schnee.
***SIGN*** Episode 16: The Key to the World
**[23:34] Hajime**
Next episode, The Key to the World.