# E4 - Plagiarist
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**[00:06] Kirisaki**
*I'll bet Akira's caught on by now.*
**[00:09] Kirisaki**
*Yeah...*
***SIGN*** <>
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*** <>
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*** <>
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.
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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!