E4 - Plagiarist

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[00:06] Kirisaki
    I'll bet Akira's caught on by now.
[00:09] Kirisaki
    Yeah...
SIGN    <<Trueblade>>
    
    Your ability is
    "The ability to turn a stick into a sword
    that can cut through anything."
[00:10] Kirisaki
    My real ability is...
[00:12] Kirisaki
    The ability to turn a stick into a
    sword that can cut through anything*!
SIGN    Episode 4 "Plagiarist"
[01:47] Akira
    If Kirisaki's sword is a sword*
    that can cut through anything...
[01:51] Akira
    For someone with his kinetic
    vision and reflexes...
[01:54] Akira
    That ability's a perfect fit.
[01:57] Kirisaki
    Hey, girlie. You get it, don't ya?
[02:00] Kirisaki
    Ain't no way you can beat
    me with your ability.
[02:04] Kirisaki
    Why not forfeit already?
[02:07] Saeko
    If I forfeit now... there's no
    telling what Rin might do to me.
[02:17] Saeko
    I'm sorry...
[02:19] Saeko
    But I can't afford to lose!
[02:22] Kirisaki
    No forfeit, then?
[02:24] Akira
    Kirisaki! Finish this now!
[02:29] Saeko
    It's time to bet big...
[02:38] Kirisaki
    You sure you wanna go all-out like that?
[02:41] Kirisaki
    You gotta run out of
    those things sooner or—
[02:47] Akira
    She cut off his escape route?
[02:49] Kirisaki
    Tryin' to hold me in one spot, huh?
[02:53] Kirisaki
    But you know I can just cut
    through the things, right?
[02:56] Kirisaki
    Though... I'm not totally surrounded anyway.
[03:00] Saeko
    I'll give you my last one, too!
[03:07] Kirisaki
    Told you it wouldn't work on—
[03:11] Saeko
    Sorry... I had one more left over!
[03:14] Saeko
    I'm close enough to hit him before
    he can dodge or slice through it!
[03:28] Saeko
    He had a hidden knife?
[03:30] Kirisaki
    Nothin' hidden about it.
[03:36] Kirisaki
    My ability lets me turn
    a stick into a sword.
[03:41] Kirisaki
    Stands to reason that if I got two sticks...
[03:44] Kirisaki
    I can turn 'em both into swords.
[03:47] Saeko
    Two sticks?
[03:49] Saeko
    In that moment he was out of sight...
[03:57] Kirisaki
    I told you to forfeit already.
[04:00] Kirisaki
    I'm givin' you one more chance.
[04:03] Kirisaki
    Out with it.
[04:06] Saeko
    Thank you.
[04:10] Saeko
    The arrogance afforded you
    by your skill and confidence
[04:13] Saeko
    is what's given me this opportunity.
[04:20] Kirisaki
    A marble? How'd it get there?
[04:24] Saeko
    It bounced back this way!
[04:50] Mion Announcer
    Looks like someone's unconscious!
[04:53] Mion Announcer
    Saeko Zokumyoin wins!
[04:56] Saeko
    I did it!
[05:05] Akira
    Hey. How'd you lose that one?
[05:09] Akira
    I'm starting to think
    you're kind of an idiot.
[05:13] Mion Announcer
    The ring is cleared up, so we'll resume now!
[05:17] Mion Announcer
    Akira Shiroyanagi!
[05:18] Mion Announcer
    Kouji Kitajima!
[05:19] Mion Announcer
    Please enter the ring!
[05:22] Ringo
    Akira... Shiroyanagi?
[05:25] Ringo
    Could he be...
[05:26] Yuuri
    Hey, if you lose...
[05:29] Akira
    Yeah, they haven't told us what
    happens to the team that loses.
[05:33] Akira
    It would be fair to assume the worst.
[05:36] Akira
    Looks like someone's put me in a
    position where I can't afford to lose.
[05:40] Kumagiri
    Be careful.
[05:42] Akira
    I'll do my best.
[05:46] Akira
    Just kidding.
[05:48] Akira
    There's actually no reason
    to assume the worst.
[05:51] Akira
    If their goal is to get
    us to kill each other,
[05:55] Akira
    it would make no sense for
    them to kill the losers.
[05:58] Akira
    They're even willing to give us medical
    treatment to make sure we can keep fighting.
[06:02] Akira
    If we do receive punishment, at least
    it won't involve killing or disabling us.
[06:07] Akira
    Which means my priority here isn't victory.
[06:13] Mion Announcer
    Now, please begin!
SIGN    <<Sophist>>
    
    Mr. Akira Shiroyanagi
    
    Your ability is
    "whatever the other person thinks your ability is."
[06:16] Akira
    What does the phrase "the
    other person" indicate?
SIGN    The Other Person
[06:19] Akira
    Who of the eight people here can
    be considered "the other person"?
[06:24] Akira
    Can it apply to those on the enemy team,
    other than my opponent?
[06:27] Akira
    Kirisaki, my ally?
[06:29] Akira
    Yuuri? Kumagiri?
[06:32] Akira
    If he's the only available "other person,"
[06:35] Akira
    when, precisely, is that status assigned?
[06:37] Akira
    Who, and in what exact moment,
    fulfills the condition of my ability?
[06:41] Akira
    Time to experiment.
[06:48] Akira
    First off...
[06:53] Akira
    Experiment phase one over.
[06:56] Akira
    It didn't activate, as expected.
[06:58] Akira
    I'm lucky that he didn't
    have a fast-attack ability.
[07:02] Akira
    Time to move on to phase two, then.
[07:08] Kitajima
    He moved!
[07:09] Kitajima
    But... not toward me?
[07:12] Akira
    Kirisaki...
[07:14] Akira
    You still don't get it.
[07:17] Akira
    You've almost died twice after
    underestimating your opponent.
[07:20] Akira
    You're an incorrigible fool
    who endangered our team.
[07:23] Akira
    At a time when I'm the only one
    capable of using an ability,
[07:25] Akira
    did you really think I'd let you live?
[07:31] Akira
    It activated!
[07:32] Yuuri
    Wait!
[07:41] Kitajima
    What the...
[07:48] Kirisaki
    Damn you!
[07:51] Akira
    I wasn't serious, of course.
[07:53] Akira
    But let that be a lesson to you.
[07:56] Kirisaki
    You... You actually frickin' shot at me!
[07:59] Akira
    Please. It was a joke!
[08:01] Kirisaki
    It wasn't goddamn funny!
[08:03] Kitajima
    He shot at his own teammate? Why?
[08:06] Akira
    Sorry, Kirisaki.
[08:07] Akira
    You've helped to clarify
    my ability's nature.
[08:11] Akira
    Good. Now it's time to
    enter the final stage.
[08:14] Kitajima
    This kid's a monster!
[08:17] Kitajima
    He's got the cannon ability?
[08:20] Kitajima
    I've been left behind all my life.
[08:23] Kitajima
    Always the sad side character.
[08:25] Kitajima
    Never a protagonist.
    I feared I never would be...
[08:30] (Flashback) Kitajima
    I want to be reborn.
[08:36] Kitajima
    It's coming... the cannon!
[08:39] Kitajima
    I have to dodge it!
[08:43] Akira
    They should all think the
    cannon's my ability now.
[08:47] Akira
    I'll try them in order.
[08:49] Akira
    Nothing?
[08:50] Akira
    But what about now?
[08:55] Akira
    I see.
[08:56] Akira
    So it activates under these conditions only.
[08:59] Akira
    Experiment complete.
[09:00] Akira
    Now to clip him non-lethally.
[09:07] Akira
    The blast disappeared?
[09:10] Kitajima
    Damn it! I showed my ability!
[09:23] Kitajima
    I'm dead!
[09:27] Kitajima
    It's over.
[09:28] Kitajima
    I'll always be a side character,
    always left behind!
[09:31] Both
    Keep fighting!
[09:33] Saeko
    Keep fighting!
[09:34] Ringo
    You can still do this!
[09:36] Kitajima
    They're cheering... for me?
[09:40] Kitajima
    I've never had a girl cheer
    for me in my entire life.
[09:44] Kitajima
    What is this I'm feeling?
[09:46] Rin
    Don't be silly.
[09:48] Rin
    I'll show you how you encourage a man.
[09:50] Rin
    Kitajima dear!
[09:52] Rin
    If you win, these girls will do
[09:54] Rin
    absolutely
[09:55] Rin
    anything you ask!
[09:57] Saeko
    Hey, don't tell him that!
[10:06] Kitajima
    You mean it?!
[10:11] Kitajima
    I've been reborn!
[10:12] Kitajima
    I'm leaving behind my pathetic beginnings...
[10:15] Kitajima
    to become a protagonist!
[10:24] Kitajima
    A shoe?
[10:26] Akira
    Hands up high, and hold them there.
[10:29] Akira
    Make a move to lower them, and I shoot.
[10:32] Akira
    At this range, I'll definitely hit first.
[10:36] Akira
    When the blast disappeared, the cannon
     on my hand disappeared, too.
[10:41] Akira
    The shoe didn't disappear, though.
[10:43] Akira
    This proved to me that your ability...
[10:46] Akira
    It's the ability to nullify
    other abilities.
[10:49] Akira
    But only while you have a hand
    touching the ground, right?
[10:54] Kitajima
    I... I forfeit.
[10:58] Mion Announcer
    The winner, Akira Shiroyanagi!
[11:04] Akira
    That was a fruitful experiment.
[11:10] Akira
    I started by using my ability on the people
    who thought my ability was the cannon,
[11:15] Akira
    but the cannon didn't appear.
[11:19] Akira
    It doesn't work if I unilaterally declare
    someone else "the other person."
[11:23] Akira
    Next, I declared I was
    going to shoot Kirisaki,
[11:25] Akira
    which established a mutual
    engagement between us.
[11:28] Akira
    The cannon activated then.
[11:30] Akira
    Once the enemy team
    had seen my ability,
[11:32] Akira
    I tried to use it, treating each of
    them as "the other person" in turn.
[11:36] Akira
    They're all my enemies,
[11:38] Akira
    but the cannon only activated against
    the person I was facing in the ring.
[11:42] Akira
    This tells me there's a condition for who my
    ability will consider "the other person."
SIGN    <<Sophist>>
    
    Mr. Akira Shiroyanagi
    
    Your ability is
    "whatever the other person thinks your ability is."
[11:48] Akira
    That it's crucial that there be an
    acknowledgment of mutual engagement
SIGN    The other person
    about to shoot me
SIGN    The other person
    in the ring with me
[11:52] Akira
    between myself and my target.
[11:54] Akira
    His team members outside the
    ring might see me as an enemy,
[11:58] Akira
    but they don't consider
    themselves engaged with me.
[12:00] Akira
    That's why it didn't activate.
[12:02] Kirisaki
    Hey! Akira!
[12:04] Kirisaki
    What was all that crap about?!
[12:06] Akira
    Oh, right. This.
[12:07] Akira
    It was for your own good!
[12:12] Akira
    I didn't even hit you. No big deal.
[12:14] Kirisaki
    It's a big freakin' deal!
[12:15] Yuuri
    That cannon ability is pretty darn powerful.
[12:18] Kumagiri
    Yeah.
[12:19] Kumagiri
    The other man's ability seemed
    rather poor by comparison.
[12:23] Akira
    I wouldn't say that.
[12:25] Akira
    In the hands of an experienced
    fighter like you, Kumagiri,
[12:30] Akira
    the ability would nullify my cannon,
[12:31] Akira
    and I wouldn't have stood a chance.
[12:33] Kumagiri
    I see.
[12:35] Akira
    An ability's usefulness comes
    down to who uses it, and how.
[12:41] Mion Announcer
    Match five will now begin!
[12:44] Yuuri
    Guess I'm up, huh?
[12:47] Yuuri
    Why do I seem to get stuck
    fighting all the weirdos?
[12:52] Ouji
    I've been waiting for this moment, Yuuri!
[12:57] Mion Announcer
    Yuuri Amagake!
[12:58] Mion Announcer
    Ouji Hoshino!
[12:59] Mion Announcer
    Please enter the ring!
[13:02] Ouji
    I was drowning in despair,
    thinking we'd never meet again...
[13:09] Ouji
    But I see now that not even
    death can tear us apart!
[13:20] Yuuri
    That stupid piece of...
[13:23] Akira
    Yuuri?
[13:24] Kirisaki
    You know that guy or somethin'?
[13:27] Yuuri
    You freaking lived through that, too?!
[13:29] Akira
    Calm down, Yuuri!
[13:31] Yuuri
    Get your hands off me!
[13:32] Yuuri
    It's his fault I'm here!
[13:34] Yuuri
    I'm gonna beat the crap out of him!
[13:36] Ouji
    Destiny has placed us together!
[13:40] Ouji
    We'd better make it official with a wedding!
[13:44] Yuuri
    Last warning, you guys...
[13:47] Yuuri
    Hands off!
[13:52] Yuuri
    Come on up.
[13:53] Yuuri
    I'm gonna finish this.
[13:55] Ouji
    I'll go anywhere at all.
[13:57] Ouji
    Anywhere you ask!
[14:01] Mion Announcer
    Now, please begin!
[14:04] Kumagiri
    I have my doubts about this.
[14:06] Kumagiri
    Do you think Yuuri's ability
    gives her a chance?
[14:10] Kumagiri
    Even if it does quintuple
    her physical abilities,
[14:12] Kumagiri
    she still has the untrained
    arms of a teenage girl.
[14:15] Kumagiri
    Even quintupled, her punching power
    is unlikely to prove a threat.
[14:20] Akira
    I don't think you have to worry.
[14:28] Yuuri
    Stand right there, stalker asshole.
[14:32] Ouji
    Come to me, Yuuri!
[14:34] Ouji
    Your anger, your attacks,
[14:36] Ouji
    your love for me that you won't admit,
     even to yourself...
[14:40] Ouji
    I'll absorb them all...
[14:42] Ouji
    with my ability to make
    my body as hard as iron!
[14:47] Yuuri
    Oh, yeah?
[14:48] Yuuri
    Sounds a lot like my first match, then.
[14:51] Yuuri
    I can beat the shit out
    of you without shame.
[14:55] Ouji
    She's fast!
[15:11] Mion Announcer
    The winner, Yuuri Amagake!
[15:15] Akira
    If it was just her punching power quintupled,
    it might be trivial indeed.
[15:19] Akira
    But you saw her jump in the
    waiting room, didn't you?
[15:23] Akira
    She has the ability to quintuple
    all her physical abilities.
[15:28] Akira
    A punch channels all the
    muscles in the body.
[15:31] Akira
    Her running speed, her muscles' extension,
     her physical strength...
[15:35] Akira
    If all of them are quintupled
    simultaneously...
[15:37] Akira
    The result is amplified far
    more than five times.
[15:41] Akira
    If that's what she can do to
    a body as hard as steel...
[15:45] Akira
    That ability of hers...
    it might be unstoppable.
[15:49] Mion
    The end!
[15:51] Mion
    Well done, all!
[15:53] Mion
    The beautiful magician, Mion, returns!
[15:57] Mion
    That's the end of the second program!
[15:59] Mion
    We'll be moving on to
    the third program soon!
[16:02] Mion
    But first...
[16:04] Mion
    I have a few things to say to all of you.
[16:06] Mion
    That's right! It's about the
    losing team's punishment!
[16:10] Mion
    You know you're getting penalized
    for losing this time, right?
[16:13] Mion
    Will we kill you all for sheer uselessness?
[16:16] Mion
    Or did we have a clever little
    someone who's convinced himself
[16:20] Mion
    we were all paper tigers
    who'd never go as far
[16:24] Mion
    as killing anyone?
[16:27] Akira
    What?
[16:28] Mion
    Of course, you really must suffer!
[16:32] Yuuri
    What are they doing?
[16:33] Mion
    We'll be moving you all to a new room,
    where the losing team will be penalized!
[16:39] Mion
    Just wait and see!
[16:44] Akira
    Are they going to torture
    them while we watch?
[16:45] Akira
    Or even execute them in front of our eyes?
[16:48] Akira
    Damn. I underestimated how
    vicious she could be.
[17:09] Mion
    Welcome, winners!
[17:11] Mion
    You'll be taking a teeny little break,
[17:13] Mion
    while the losing team, for their punishment,
[17:16] Mion
    will be forced to serve you while
    wearing humiliating outfits!
[17:22] Mion
    Don't forget to really show
    off how good the food is!
[17:28] Mion
    What's wrong?
[17:29] Mion
    Something on my face?
[17:32] Mion
    Not quite what you expected, was it?
[17:35] Akira
    She's utterly...
[17:37] Mion
    Those guys will sit in
    a corner and get water.
[17:44] Yuuri
    How can you guys eat at a time like this?
[17:46] Yuuri
    I can't even scrape together an appetite.
[17:48] Kumagiri
    Neither can I.
[17:50] Akira
    Well, who knows when we'll
    get another chance to eat?
[17:53] Rin
    I'm so glad the punishment
    was this silly little thing!
[17:56] Rin
    You're Akira, aren't you?
[17:59] Rin
    You surprised me, how you attacked
    your own teammate during the match...
[18:03] Rin
    I'd love to learn more about you.
[18:07] Akira
    The feeling's not mutual.
[18:08] Akira
    I don't care about you, or your ability.
[18:12] Akira
    Yuuri, can you hand me that plate?
[18:14] Rin
    What a pity!
[18:16] Akira
    That woman is dangerous.
[18:18] Akira
    I don't want to have
    anything to do with her.
[18:19] Yuuriri
    Here... ow.
[18:22] Akira
    What's wrong?
[18:22] Yuuri
    My wrist's been hurting for a while now.
[18:25] Yuuri
    I guess because of how
    I slammed it into him.
[18:28] Akira
    Let me see.
[18:30] Yuuri
    What the heck? Don't touch it.
[18:33] Akira
    Just hold still and don't move.
[18:37] Akira
    There.
[18:38] Akira
    Sorry it's just a handkerchief,
    but it should do for now.
[18:41] Akira
    Hold it as still as you can.
[18:43] Yuuri
    Thanks.
[18:45] Yuuri
    That's a pretty cute hanky, huh?
[18:48] Akira
    Shut up.
[18:49] Kirisaki
    Hey, you.
[18:51] Kirisaki
    Get me some more tea.
[18:53] Ringo
    R-Right...
[18:55] Akira
    You're acting awfully high-and-mighty.
[18:57] Kirisaki
    I'm a winner. I earned it.
[19:00] Akira
    But you didn't win.
[19:04] Yuuri
    Hey, he's got a point!
[19:07] Akira
    Perhaps you should be a bunny, too.
[19:14] Rin
    I could ask if they have a spare!
[19:17] Kirisaki
    D-Don't you dare, damn it!
[19:19] Akira
    See? You don't have to let
    that fool bother you.
[19:23] Ringo
    Thanks.
[19:25] Ringo
    Akira Shiroyanagi. I'm sure he's...
[19:29] Akira
    This must be so hard, though...
[19:31] Akira
    For a middle schooler like you.
[19:34] Ringo
    Not at all.
[19:36] Ringo
    I'm a third-year in high school!
[19:38] Ringo
    Excuse me for being short
    and underdeveloped!
[19:44] Mion
    Now, it's time to begin the third program!
[19:48] Mion
    Each team will take a
    different path from here!
[19:58] Mion
    Oh, that's right.
[19:59] Mion
    Bunny dress-up time was
    just a little bit of fun.
[20:02] Mion
    The losing team's penalty
    is still coming up.
[20:06] Mion
    See you then, okay?
[20:14] Black
    Each of you will choose a path,
     follow it to the end,
[20:17] Black
    and follow the instructions
    you receive there.
[20:20] Akira
    Does that mean...
[20:21] Yuuri
    ...the team's breaking up?
[20:23] Kumagiri
    Perhaps.
[20:25] Kirisaki
    Maybe we'll be enemies
    the next time we meet.
[20:28] Akira
    That would be an easy win
    for me, against you.
[20:30] Kirisaki
    You!
[20:31] Kirisaki
    I'll get you for that!
[20:33] Kumagiri
    I don't mind if we meet again as enemies.
[20:37] Kumagiri
    It just means we'll all
    have survived that long.
[20:40] Kumagiri
    Stay alive, all of you.
[20:45] Kirisaki
    Well... later, guys.
[20:48] Kumagiri
    I'm going too.
[20:52] Yuuri
    Eeny, meeny, miny...
[20:54] Akira
    Yuuri, that handkerchief means a lot to me.
[20:59] Akira
    I've had it since I was a kid.
[21:02] Yuuri
    For real?
[21:04] Yuuri
    If it's that important, you can take it!
[21:06] Akira
    What I mean is...
[21:07] Akira
    Make sure you bring it back to me.
[21:11] Akira
    Promise you will.
[21:13] Yuuri
    F-Fine.
[21:15] Yuuri
    I'll get it back.
[21:17] Yuuri
    You stay safe, too.
[21:19] Yuuri
    Promise!
[21:26] Akira
    There's a seed planted, I hope.
SIGN    <<Plagiarist>>
    
    Miss Ringo Tatara
    
    Your ability is "the ability to copy
    the other person's ability at one-tenth values."
SIGN    Mion and Yang's
     Next Episode Preview
[23:10] Yang
    Mion and Yang's Next Episode Preview!
SIGN    munch munch
[23:12] Yang
    Did you enjoy the fourth episode
    of Battle Game in 5 Seconds?
[23:15] Mion
    This is real good!
[23:17] Yang
    Miss Mion! We're on!
SIGN    munch munch
[23:19] Yang
    What are you eating back there?
[23:20] Mion
    I'm not eatin'! I'm doin' the important
    preview on an empty stomach!
SIGN    slurp slurp
[23:24] Yang
    You're eating, aren't you?
[23:25] Yang
    You're eating noodles or something!
[23:27] Mion
    Am not! Just hang on!
SIGN    munch munch
[23:29] Mion
    Ding!
[23:30] Yang
    What are you doing? What was that "ding"?!
[23:32] Yang
    We're running out of time!
[23:34] Mion
    See you for Battle Game
    in 5 Seconds, episode 5!
[23:36] Yang
    You are eating, aren't you?!
[23:38] Mion
    Hot, hot, hot!