E9 - This is No Laughing Matter

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[00:09] Boy A
    The ground's shaking a ton!
[00:10] Girl A
    This seems too strong to be an earthquake.
[00:12] Chataro
    Hey, look.
[00:14] Chataro
    That doesn't look good.
[00:15] Chataro
    The Fourth Island...
[00:24] Clerk A
    This is...
[00:25] Momoko
    It's the same thing that
    happened ten years ago.
[00:27] Clerk A
    This is terrible. We need
    to evacuate the island.
[00:30] Momoko
    I'll help you.
[00:33] Inou
    Please calm down, everyone.
[00:37] Inou
    This is Inou, your mayor.
[00:39] Inou
    Stop what you're doing and listen to me.
[00:41] Inou
    A large earthquake just occurred.
[00:44] Inou
    Local officials are getting in
    touch with areas around the island
[00:47] Inou
    and confirming the situation.
[00:49] Inou
    We ask that everyone remain calm,
[00:52] Inou
    follow instructions, and slowly
    head to the middle of the plaza.
[01:01] Clerk B
    Sir, will you be heading
    to the office right away?
[01:03] Inou
    Yes. You're in charge here.
[01:05] Inou
    Don't forget to check the
    area around the generators.
[01:08] Clerk B
    Yes, sir!
[01:09] Inou
    Momoko-san, be careful.
[01:12] Momoko
    I'm on the disaster
    prevention committee, too.
[01:14] Momoko
    I'll start by sending the
    people here back home.
[01:19] Inou
    I'm counting on you.
[01:21] Inou
    Tell the islanders to go home
    and prepare to evacuate.
[01:44] Yukito
    Jingi-san, look!
[01:46] Yukito
    A-Are we going to be okay?
[01:48] Yukito
    I've never seen anything
    on that scale before!
[01:51] Jingi
    We'll be fine.
[01:53] Yukito
    Wh-Why are you laughing?
[01:56] Jingi
    Oh, right. This is no laughing matter.
[02:05] Yukito
    Jingi-san?
[02:07] Jingi
    Hey, Yukito. How do you
    feel about this island?
[02:10] Yukito
    What? Where did that come from?
[02:13] Jingi
    Do you like it? Hate it?
[02:15] Yukito
    This isn't the time for that conversation.
[02:17] Jingi
    Just say whatever comes to
    mind first. Which is it?
[02:21] Yukito
    I guess I like it, then.
[02:23] Yukito
    It's a nice place, and I have friends here.
[02:27] Jingi
    I see.
[02:28] Yukito
    What's wrong with you?
    You're acting weird, Jingi-san.
[02:31] Yukito
    In any case, let's meet up with the others.
[02:35] Jingi
    I like this island, too.
[02:38] Yukito
    What?
[02:40] Yukito
    J-Jingi-san.
[02:42] Yukito
    Jingi-san!
SIGN    Episode 9: This is No Laughing Matter
[02:59] Broadcast
    This is an announcement from Ayaka
    Island Second Island Broadcasting.
[03:03] Broadcast
    We are still experiencing aftershocks
    from the eruption on the Fourth Island
[03:07] Broadcast
    that began around 8 P.M. last night,
    and the situation is unpredictable.
[03:11] Broadcast
    Residents are to follow instructions
    and calmly gather at evacuation sites.
[03:50] Kurama
    I see.
[03:53] Kurama
    Yukito-kun...
[03:59] Yukito
    Again.
[04:00] Yukito
    What's happening?
[04:08] Momoko
    Are you okay?
[04:10] Yukito
    Momoko-san.
[04:12] Momoko
    That was a big one.
[04:14] Yukito
    Yeah. I just lost my footing a little.
[04:17] Momoko
    Watch your step.
[04:19] Momoko
    Take this.
[04:20] Momoko
    It's your go bag.
[04:23] Momoko
    Get on the boat with the group from 1-chome.
[04:26] Yukito
    But what about you?
[04:29] Momoko
    I'm on the ward's disaster
    prevention committee.
[04:32] Momoko
    I'll leave once the rest of the
    townsfolk have been sent off.
[04:35] Momoko
    Besides, Jingi-chan might come back.
[04:40] Momoko
    Where could he have
     gone at a time like this?
[04:43] Momoko
    He's such an Ayakastic boy.
[04:46] Yukito
    I'll stay on the island, too.
[04:49] Yukito
    I'm worried about Jingi-san.
[04:51] Momoko
    I see. In that case, would you lend me hand?
SIGN    Disaster Prevention Department
[04:58] Staff A
    Yes, we're currently getting
    confirmation on that.
[04:58] Staff A
    That's in the disaster prevention manual.
[05:00] Staff B
    We're talking to the fire department,
    but they're all fully occupied.
[05:01] Staff C
    It's hard to say without
    seeing it in person.
[05:04] Staff C
    Could you do what you
    can for the time being?
[05:05] Staff D
    I see. I understand.
[05:06] Staff D
    I'll make sure the next ward is notified.
[05:07] Staff B
    To the Old Town?
[05:09] Staff B
    That mountain road is closed.
[05:10] Staff C
    Could you get this to the mayor?
[05:11] Inou
    Share the list of residents
    receiving home medical care
[05:14] Inou
    and elderly living at home with all offices.
[05:17] Male Staff
    Understood.
[05:17] Female Staff
    Yes, sir.
[05:17] Staff A
    Sir, we received a report
    from the Second Island.
[05:20] Inou
    What's it say?
[05:21] Staff A
    They've confirmed it's safe, so they'll
    begin evacuating people off the island.
[05:26] Inou
    I see. Thank you.
[05:28] Inou
    Could you see to those lists, then?
[05:31] Male Staff
    Yes, sir.
[05:32] Inou
    Could you check on private
    vessels and the harbor?
[05:35] Female Staff
    Understood.
[05:37] Momoko
    Stay calm, everyone. Wait your turn.
[05:42] Yukito
    Momoko-san, I've confirmed everyone
    from 1-chome is present.
[05:46] Momoko
    Then they're ready to depart.
[05:48] Momoko
    Thanks for the help, Yukito-kun.
[05:50] Yukito
    You're welcome. Is there
    anything else I can do?
[05:53] Momoko
    Could you keep an eye on
    the elderly as they board?
[06:00] Old Woman
    Yanagi-sensei, please protect the island.
[06:05] Momoko
    It's all right, everyone!
    Please begin boarding slowly.
SIGN    Grave of Yanagi Makoto
[06:24] Staff B
    Are you all right, sir?
[06:26] Inou
    Yeah. How are things on the Second Island?
[06:30] Staff B
    They're evacuating without issue.
[06:33] Inou
    Good. The problem is the First Island.
[06:37] Staff B
    The Ayaka Ferry and Southern Marine
    Transportation are going as fast as they can,
[06:41] Staff B
    but they're having some trouble
    evacuating the tourists.
[06:44] Inou
    I'm sorry, but ask them to hurry.
[06:47] Inou
    According to Aka-kun,
[06:48] Inou
    the entire island's Ley Energy has
    taken on a strong fiery energy.
[06:53] Staff B
    If any Ara-Mitama were to appear
    during the evacuation...
[06:57] Inou
    Ayaka Security would be our only hope.
[07:10] Ibuki
    Damn it.
[07:14] Ibuki
    Is that you, Ibara?
[07:15] Ibara
    Boss, your body...
[07:18] Ibara
    I'm fine. Just one more
    battle should be enough.
[07:24] Ibuki
    What's wrong? Go to Makita.
[07:28] Ibuki
    We need all the help we can get today.
[07:30] Ibara
    One more? What are you
    going to fight against?
[07:35] Ibuki
    I'll say it again. Go to Makita.
[07:38] Ibuki
    Ara-Mitama could show up at any moment.
[07:43] Ibara
    I'll go with you!
[07:45] Ibuki
    That's not necessary.
[07:49] (Flashback) Ibuki
    Master, I'll go with you!
[07:53] Ibuki
    I never thought I'd understand how he felt.
[07:58] Ibara
    What?
[07:59] Ibuki
    Ibara, I'm sorry, but I have
    to fight this battle alone.
[08:04] Ibuki
    You'd only get in my way.
[08:10] Yukito
    Momoko-san, everyone from
    3-chome has boarded!
[08:14] Momoko
    Got it. Have them depart!
[08:19] Momoko
    Oh, Haruaki-kun.
[08:20] Kurama
    Hello, Momoko-san.
[08:23] Momoko
    What's the matter?
[08:25] Kurama
    Oh, you know.
[08:26] Kurama
    Could I borrow Yukito-kun
    for a little while?
[08:30] Momoko
    What?
[08:38] Yukito
    Kurama-san, what did you want to talk about?
[08:42] Kurama
    This place will do.
[08:46] Kurama
    Yukito-kun, I know there's
    a lot going on right now,
[08:49] Kurama
    but what I'm about to tell
    you is very important.
[08:54] Kurama
    It's about your birth.
[08:57] Yukito
    What?
[09:06] Yako
    Master, should we leave?
[09:09] Kurama
    No, you should hear this, too.
[09:12] Kurama
    The disaster currently afflicting Ayaka Island
    is caused by the fire dragon who lives here.
[09:20] Kurama
    Its power is running out of control
    because the power of its rival,
[09:24] Kurama
    the water dragon, vanished.
[09:27] Kurama
    You already know that, don't you?
[09:31] Yukito
    Yes. Jingi-san told me.
[09:34] Kurama
    Nothing is more important than
    the harmony of Ley Energy.
[09:38] Kurama
    Yanagi's students have been
    tasked with using our power
[09:43] Kurama
    to help the people of this island
    and restore the balance of water.
[09:46] Kurama
    Fifteen years ago, the water dragon's
    power diminished significantly.
[09:51] Kurama
    It was my master and your father Yanagi
    Makoto who handled the situation.
[10:01] Kurama
    I didn't know this at the time,
[10:04] Kurama
    but he was attempting to restore the water
    dragon's power using a certain ritual.
[10:10] Kurama
    He severed the weakened water
    dragon from the Ley Energy,
[10:13] Kurama
    and granted it a new form
    so it could be nurtured.
[10:18] Kurama
    He temporarily transformed the massive
    current of that life into a much smaller one.
[10:27] Kurama
    By doing so, the water dragon
    could regain its former strength
[10:31] Kurama
    and return to the Ley Energy once more.
[10:34] Yukito
    You mean...
[10:37] Kurama
    Yes. That's you, Yukito-kun.
[10:41] Kurama
    At the very least, I believe you are.
[10:47] Kurama
    Your mysterious strength, your talent,
    and your affinity for water energy
[10:51] Kurama
    became apparent once you
    came to this island.
[10:55] Kurama
    It all makes sense if you're the
    embodiment of the water dragon.
[11:01] Kurama
    Will you allow me to confirm my suspicions?
[11:05] Yukito
    What? Uh, sure.
[11:07] Kurama
    Will you place your hand against mine?
[11:10] Yukito
    Okay.
[11:31] Kurama
    A deep current within a single
    life. Then it must be true.
[11:37] Kurama
    Yanagi Makoto withdrew the water
    dragon from within the Ley Energy
[11:40] Kurama
    and raised its embodiment as his own son.
[11:43] Kurama
    That's you, Yukito.
[11:45] Kurama
    But you're no more than a mere whelpling.
[11:50] Kurama
    You are simultaneously the embodiment of
    tremendous power and a 15-year-old boy.
[11:56] Kurama
    For you to reclaim your true form and
    bring harmony to this island once again,
[12:02] Kurama
    will it require years of training
    as a human being, or a new ritual?
[12:09] Kurama
    There's no time to unravel the
    mysteries my master left behind.
[12:16] Kurama
    Yukito-kun, all I can do right now is request
[12:20] Kurama
    what any eldest student of the Yanagi
    school would of the youngest.
[12:27] Kurama
    Grow up healthy and strong, continue
    your training, and someday,
[12:32] Kurama
    I hope you'll become the true version
    of yourself you're meant to be.
[12:37] (Flashback) Makoto
    You may be able to face it now.
[12:41] (Flashback) Makoto
    The truth inside you.
[12:45] Kurama
    Can you stand?
[12:47] Yukito
    Thank you.
[12:51] Kurama
    And now we part ways, Yukito-kun.
[12:54] Kurama
    As do we, Yako and Chataro.
[12:56] Kurama
    Evacuate to the main island with Momoko-san.
[13:00] Yukito
    What?
[13:01] Yako
    Where will you go?
[13:04] Kurama
    To the Fourth Island, to
    do what my master did.
[13:07] Chataro
    Then I'll go with you!
[13:08] Yako
    I'll join you, as well!
[13:11] Kurama
    That sentiment is more than enough.
[13:13] Kurama
    Jingi will look after the three of you.
[13:17] Kurama
    He has his problems, but try not to fight.
[13:21] Kurama
    We're all family studying the same style.
[13:33] Yukito
    I'm the water dragon.
[13:38] Yako
    Its embodiment, right?
[13:41] Chataro
    Well, we already knew you weren't normal.
[13:44] Chataro
    Uh, but not in a bad way!
     I meant you're amazing.
[13:50] Yako
    Should we get going, Yukito-kun?
[13:52] Chataro
    Yeah, let's head back to Momoko-san.
[13:56] Yukito
    Okay.
[14:02] Yako
    What's the matter?
[14:03] Yukito
    Is it really okay for us to run away?
[14:06] Yako
    What?
[14:07] Yukito
    The Ara-Mitama, Ley Mastery...
[14:09] Yukito
    I've encountered so many strange
    things since coming to the island.
[14:13] Yukito
    I don't really get it, but it feels
    right to me. I feel like I'm home.
[14:21] Yukito
    I feel like I found someplace I belong
    for the first time in my life.
[14:25] Yukito
    Honestly, even after what Kurama-san said,
    I still don't understand exactly who I am.
[14:31] Yukito
    But since coming to this island, I laughed,
    got upset, and joked around without restraint.
[14:38] Yukito
    I felt like I could express my emotions.
[14:42] Yukito
    Even though I'm the water dragon,
    you're still interacting with me normally.
[14:49] Yukito
    I thought I'd have to be alone forever,
[14:52] Yukito
    but the people of this island
    gave me someplace I belonged.
[14:57] Yukito
    I want to protect the people and
    places that are important to me.
[15:00] Yukito
    It's not the memories or will of the
    water dragon that make me feel that way.
[15:04] Yukito
    It's how I feel, as Yanagi Yukito!
[15:09] Yukito
    Is running really all I can do
    when the island's in trouble?
[15:16] Chataro
    I understand how you feel,
    but we'd just be a hindrance.
[15:21] Chataro
    What we need to do right now
    is stay out of the way.
[15:25] Chataro
    Just leave it up to our master.
    There's nothing to worry about.
[15:28] Chataro
    Right, Yako?
[15:30] Chataro
    Hey, say something.
[15:32] Yukito
    Is something wrong?
[15:34] Yako
    Yes. Our master just said
    he'd do what his master did.
[15:39] Chataro
    Oh.
[15:41] Yukito
    What? Didn't my dad...
[15:45] (Flashback) Old Man A
    We all survived that major eruption
    because of Yanagi-sensei.
[15:50] (Flashback) Grandma A
    The island owes your father a great deal.
[15:54] (Flashback) Grandma A
    He's a living god.
[15:56] Yako
    Yes. Just as his master sacrificed
    himself to stop the eruption...
[16:01] Yukito
    This time Kurama-san will do the same?!
[16:04] Chataro
    We can't let that happen!
    We've gotta stop him!
[16:06] Yako
    We can't!
[16:08] Yako
    The great Yanagi Makoto had to give
    his own life to stop that dragon.
[16:17] Yako
    Our master will have to do
    the same to protect the island.
[16:21] Yako
    What can we possibly do about that?!
[16:24] Yako
    We'd just be getting in his way!
[16:29] Chataro
    Damn it. There's nothing we can do!
[16:32] Chataro
    Yukito, I'm going to do
    as my master asked.
[16:35] Chataro
    Let's get out of here!
[16:37] Yukito
    B-But...
[16:38] Yako
    This is hard for all of us.
[16:40] Chataro
    There's no time to think about it.
[16:42] Chataro
    Majority rules, Yukito!
[16:44] Ibara
    If we're taking a vote, then it's 2-3.
[16:47] Yako
    Ichijou Ibara.
[16:49] Chataro
    Th-Three? Who else is there?
[16:53] Ibara
    I'm count as two,
[16:55] Ibara
    because I'm stronger than you.
[16:58] Chataro
    What kind of logic is that?
[17:00] Chataro
    This is none of your business, anyway—
[17:01] Ibara
    It is.
[17:03] Ibara
    I'm a Ley Master.
[17:05] Ibara
    Maybe I'd get in the way.
    Maybe it's not what my boss wants.
[17:10] Ibara
    But I'm still a Ley Master. Besides...
[17:15] Ibara
    I'm Yanagi Yukito's friend.
[17:19] Yukito
    What?
[17:22] Chataro
    We're his friends, too! Right?
[17:26] Yako
    What should we do, Yukito-kun?
[17:29] Yukito
    I...
[17:56] Kurama
    Dragon god's prayer.
[17:59] Kurama
    After much discussion,
[18:02] Kurama
    the gods concluded the emperor should
    create and rule over a peaceful land,
[18:07] Kurama
    and the emperor accepted their request.
[18:10] Kurama
    The raging gods across across
    the land were asked to submit,
[18:15] Kurama
    and those who did not were driven out.
[18:18] Kurama
    Those who expressed their discontent,
    as well as the rocks, trees, and grasses,
[18:21] Kurama
    ceased their complaining and fell silent.
[18:24] Kurama
    And so, the emperor left his throne
    in the Plane of High Heaven,
[18:30] Kurama
    parted the clouds, and descended
    to rule over Japan.
[18:36] Kurama
    He established a capital to serve
[18:39] Kurama
    as the center of this land, and
    constructed a splendid palace
[18:42] Kurama
    from which he ruled peacefully with the
    blessings of the gods of the imperial ancestor.
[18:46] Kurama
    I knew you'd come, Aka.
[18:50] Ibuki
    Did you send your students away?
[18:52] Kurama
    I don't need your help.
    Stand back and watch.
[18:57] Ibuki
    I could tell you the same thing.
    I'll defeat that thing by myself.
[19:05] Ibuki
    This is where our master died.
[19:09] Kurama
    Yeah.
[19:10] (Flashback) Both
    Master!
[19:14] (Flashback) Both
    Master!
[19:15] Kurama
    I don't want those boys to go
    through the same experience.
[19:18] Kurama
    I want you to carry my body back. Got it?
[19:23] Ibuki
    That's not your decision to
    make. You'll be carrying mine.
[19:27] Kurama
    Why can't you listen to me
    for once, at the very end—
[19:37] Ibuki
    It's here.
[19:50] Ibuki
    Arbiter's Executioner.
[19:53] Ibuki
    Bold is the warrior, wrathful is the
    fighter. Victory is achieved through pride.
[19:59] Ibuki
    Such is the height of wickedness.
[20:02] Kurama
    Aka!
[20:03] Kurama
    Stop!
[20:11] Kurama
    That idiot.
[20:19] Kurama
    I said I'd do it myself. Get out of here.
[20:24] Kurama
    Dulling edges and softening the light,
    assimilating into the secular world.
[20:33] Kurama
    I'll strike it directly, then.
[20:45] Kurama
    What are you doing?
[20:47] Ibuki
    Saving you. Can't I get a thank you?
[20:50] Kurama
    You want me to thank you?
    I could've dodged that!
[20:54] Ibuki
    I'm not so sure.
[20:57] Ibuki
    It's coming!
[21:00] Ibuki
    Haruaki!
[21:01] Kurama
    I know.
[21:03] Ibuki
    We'll end it...
[21:04] Kurama
    Here.
[21:15] Kurama
    Aka, behind you!
[21:17] Kurama
    Aka!
[21:21] Kurama
    Are you all right?
[21:30] Kurama
    It's already become an Ara-Mitama.
[21:46] Kurama
    Yukito-kun?
[21:49] Ibuki
    You guys!
[21:50] Kurama
    But, why—
[21:51] Ibara
    Boss!
[21:52] Yako
    Master!
[21:53] Chataro
    W-We're here to help!
[21:56] Kurama
    Stop this foolishness!
[21:58] Yukito
    We won't!
[21:59] Yukito
    We're students of the Yanagi school, too!
SIGN    Episode 10
SIGN    "I'll Go With You"