E6 - Mediator

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[00:00] Shirasagi
    Fire, and you might learn
    what you want to know.
[00:15] Shirasagi
    Well? Did I pass?
[00:19] Akira
    I'm sorry.
[00:20] Akira
    It was the best I could
    think of on the spot.
[00:23] Akira
    I'll definitely be staying, Leader.
[00:28] Yuuri
    What was that all about?!
[00:31] Shirasagi
    I suspect he just wanted to know
[00:34] Shirasagi
    if we stood a chance against
    Team Red under my leadership.
[00:38] Shirasagi
    My ability can even block a cannon.
[00:41] Shirasagi
    That's why I urged him to try it.
[00:46] Akira
    Yeah, right...
[00:47] Akira
    You didn't even believe I had the cannon.
[00:50] Akira
    Our leader's a crafty man.
[00:53] Shirasagi
    Come in.
[00:55] Momoko
    So sorry to disturb you, Yuuto...
[00:58] Shirasagi
    What is it, Momoko?
[01:00] Momoko
    This latest influx appears rather large.
[01:02] Momoko
    The people just keep pouring in.
[01:04] Shirasagi
    A whole band of new recruits...
[01:07] Shirasagi
    They could break us out of our stalemate.
[01:09] Katsuya
    But we won't have enough rooms.
[01:12] Momoko
    Yes indeed.
[01:13] Akira
    You can put Yuuri and me in
    the same room if you want.
SIGN    Flowers and Candy
SIGN    Flowerbed Alice
SIGN    Episode 6 "Mediator"
[02:52] Yuuri
    There was a romance series I used
    to read at a friend's house.
[02:59] Yuuri
    I really wanted to be in a story like that.
[03:02] Yuuri
    I'd read it, my heart pounding, wondering,
    "Could the same thing happen to me some day?"
[03:11] Yuuri
    I'm staying here with Akira?
[03:20] Yuuri
    Isn't this...
SIGN    Ominous
[03:24] Akira
    What's wrong, Yuuri?
[03:25] Yuuri
    I d-didn't find anything!
[03:35] Yuuri
    Wait, I haven't had a bath!
[03:38] Yuuri
    No, forget that!
[03:39] Yuuri
    This freaking thing in my pocket...
[03:40] Akira
    Thanks a lot.
[03:42] Akira
    I'm sorry to make you share a room with me.
[03:45] Akira
    But I really wanted to be alone with you.
[03:48] Akira
    There's something I really need to tell you.
[03:53] Yuuri
    Wh-What do I do? What do I say?
[03:55] Yuuri
    And how do I even feel about him?!
[03:58] Akira
    What I've written here
    is very important to me.
[04:01] Akira
    Would you please read it?
[04:03] Yuuri
    Here? Now?
[04:06] Akira
    Yes.
SIGN    My real ability is telepathy
[04:14] Yuuri
    Huh?
[04:16] Yuuri
    Wh-What the heck are you—
[04:19] Akira
    Don't say anything. Just trust me.
[04:21] Akira
    Believe that you and I can be of one mind.
[04:26] Yuuri
    This isn't about romance at all!
[04:29] Yuuri
    Why did I have to get ahead of myself?!
[04:31] Yuuri
    You're so stupid!
[04:33] Yuuri
    Stupid, stupid, stupid!
[04:35] Akira
    Yuuri!
[04:36] Akira
    Yuuri...
[04:37] Akira
    Close your eyes, focus, and imagine.
[04:40] Akira
    Imagine that my feelings will reach you.
[04:43] Yuuri
    Reach me? Yeah right!
[04:45] Yuuri
    What the heck is Akira even thinking?
[04:49] Yuuri
    But if two people really could be
    of one mind, like telepathy...
[04:56] Yuuri
    If you really could read someone's
    most hidden feelings...
[05:02] Yuuri
    I want to believe.
[05:05] Akira
    Yuuri. Yuuri...
[05:08] Akira
    If you can hear me, give me a sign.
[05:12] Akira
    You heard me, Yuuri!
[05:14] Yuuri
    What's going on? My head...
[05:16] Akira
    Okay, now try me.
[05:18] Akira
    Try to speak into my mind.
[05:20] Akira
    Believe that your words will reach me!
[05:24] Yuuri
    Really?
[05:28] Yuuri
    Akira? Akira?
[05:30] Akira
    You did it!
[05:31] Akira
    Yuuri, we're connected!
[05:33] Yuuri
    What the—
[05:34] Akira
    From here on out,
    let's only talk in our minds.
[05:37] Akira
    Please!
[05:39] Akira
    This is my real ability.
[05:41] Akira
    But I don't want you to say it aloud.
[05:44] Akira
    The room might be monitored.
[05:47] Yuuri
    M-Monitored?
[05:49] Yuuri
    Who would be doing that?
[05:50] Akira
    Our leader, of course.
[05:52] Yuuri
    So you don't trust him?
[05:54] Akira
    No, I expect that because I do trust him.
[05:57] Akira
    He's someone worth counting on.
[05:59] Akira
    Keeping this place safe means that
    he has to question everything.
[06:02] Akira
    He'll be keeping a close watch on
    us until he knows he can trust us.
[06:06] Akira
    On top of that, you and
    I have strong abilities.
[06:09] Akira
    It's only natural that they'd monitor us.
[06:12] Akira
    We've agreed to work together.
[06:15] Akira
    And I'll explain about my power later, too.
[06:18] Akira
    In the meantime, feel free
    to ask me anything you want.
[06:20] Akira
    In exchange, I want to learn more about you.
[06:27] Akira
    I see...
[06:28] Akira
    So you also have to get back
    to help this Riria girl?
[06:32] Yuuri
    Yeah.
[06:33] Yuuri
    I think we've been declared
    dead on the outside,
[06:37] Yuuri
    which is probably really painful for her.
[06:40] Yuuri
    And Mom...
[06:43] Yuuri
    What will your parents think, Akira?
[06:45] Akira
    Not sure.
[06:46] Akira
    I only have my father,
[06:48] Akira
    but I doubt my disappearance
    will bother him much.
[06:51] Yuuri
    That can't be true!
[06:53] Yuuri
    I'm sure they'll be happy
    to see us come home.
[06:55] Yuuri
    Your dad... and my mom.
[06:59] Akira
    It's fine.
[07:00] Akira
    My objective isn't to return home,
    but to beat the game.
[07:03] Akira
    Then I can have a rematch
    with that Mion woman.
[07:07] Akira
    I'll make her regret giving
    me this ability then.
[07:12] Akira
    Let's shake, Yuuri.
[07:14] Yuuri
    How come?
[07:17] Akira
    You've assured me that
    I really can trust you.
[07:21] Akira
    I promise that you will make it home.
[07:27] Akira
    I want you to trust me, too.
[07:29] Akira
    Will you keep my ability a secret?
[07:32] Yuuri
    I will.
[07:39] Akira
    My real ability is neither
    the cannon nor telepathy.
[07:45] Akira
    It's whatever the other person thinks it is.
[07:49] Yuuri
    What in the world?
[07:57] Mion
    Hey-ho!
[07:58] Mion
    Watch closely, good kids!
    And bad ones, too.
[08:01] Mion
    Your sweet li'l Mion has
    a quest for you all!
[08:05] Mion
    This here's what we call
    an ultra big chance!
[08:07] Mion
    It's a massive kill quest:
    "The Hunt is On! Goo-Goo Ghouls!"
[08:13] Mion
    The game begins tomorrow at 9:00 AM.
[08:15] Mion
    The location is the ruins in Block D.
[08:17] Mion
    Better get to sleep early to prepare!
[08:20] Mion
    See you then!
[08:24] Yuuri
    A quest?
[08:25] Yuuri
    Is this what our leader was talking about?
[08:34] Kuroiwa
    We'll dispose of the slaves tomorrow.
[08:36] Oogami
    Yeah, they're so annoying.
[08:40] Kuroiwa
    A huge influx of people,
    a large-scale quest...
[08:43] Kuroiwa
    What is Mion thinking?
[08:49] Shirasagi
    This is one of Mion's quests.
[08:52] Shirasagi
    We can expect to earn a greater
    amount of points than usual.
[08:56] Shirasagi
    I want everyone with appropriate
    abilities to participate.
[08:59] Shirasagi
    I've organized you into
    teams based on your roles.
[09:02] Shirasagi
    I want you all to listen to
    your leaders and avoid risk.
[09:06] Shirasagi
    Akira and Yuuri, you said you wanted
    to be together on missions.
[09:11] Shirasagi
    For your first go-round, I'd like you
    to serve as a two-man flying column.
[09:16] Shirasagi
    Your abilities will be best
    used traveling light.
[09:18] Both
    Yes, sir!
[09:21] Kirisaki
    You stayin' in?
[09:23] Iori
    Those who want to go have gone.
[09:25] Iori
    You want in on it, too?
[09:27] Kirisaki
    Nah. That ain't what I'm after anyway.
[09:31] Makuri
    But didn't you say you were
    almost out of points, Leader?
[09:35] Iori
    Oh... right.
[09:39] Iori
    I really did not wanna go out today...
[09:49] Yuuri
    Hey, about last night...
[09:51] Yuuri
    That weird ability of yours...
[09:53] Yuuri
    You can use any ability
    I think you can use, right?
[09:58] Akira
    Yes.
[09:58] Akira
    You haven't forgotten our
    agreement from last night?
[10:01] Yuuri
    I hope I can do it, but...
[10:04] Akira
    I'm counting on you, Yuuri.
[10:07] Akira
    When I heard that you could use the
    interface to look up information,
[10:10] Akira
    the first thing I tried was
    information about abilities.
SIGN    Information
[10:14] Akira
    But I couldn't get any information
    about abilities at all.
SIGN    Akira Shiroyanagi
SIGN    Age 16
[10:18] Akira
    Which means that the ability ranking
    system that Katsuya brought up
[10:22] Akira
    is something the players have
    come up with themselves.
[10:25] Akira
    The trouble would come if someone
    already knows that my ability exists.
[10:31] Akira
    I need to act before someone gets my number,
[10:34] Akira
    and I was going to have to do
    it sooner or later anyway.
[10:38] Akira
    Yuuri is the ideal "other person"
    under my ability's parameters...
[10:42] Akira
    Even though telling her is basically
    putting my life in her hands.
[10:50] Akira
    I had no idea...
[10:52] Akira
    how much harder it is to trust someone else
[10:55] Akira
    than to get them to trust you!
[11:01] Shirasagi
    We've arrived.
[11:02] Shirasagi
    These are the Block D ruins.
[11:05] Yuuri
    Akira! Look!
[11:08] Mion
    Welcome, all!
[11:11] Mion
    This is the Mion Presents
    Goo-Goo Ghouls party venue!
[11:17] Mion
    Enjoy it to death, you guys!
[11:27] Akira
    Aren't those...
[11:30] Mion
    The quest ends when either all the
    ghouls or all the people are dead!
[11:34] Mion
    Each ghoul kill earns you thirty points!
[11:38] Mion
    And don't forget!
    While participating in the quest,
[11:41] Mion
    it's forbidden to attack
    other quest participants!
[11:44] Mion
    Goo-Goo Ghouls... start!
[11:51] Mob
    What are those things?!
[11:53] Shirasagi
    Stay strong!
[11:54] Shirasagi
    All team tanks!
SIGN    Tank
[11:56] Shirasagi
    Move forward and ring up!
[12:09] Shirasagi
    Binders!
[12:10] Shirasagi
    Hold down the enemies the tanks lured in!
SIGN    Binder
[12:12] Asuka
    Then slayers!
SIGN    Slayer
SIGN    Slayer
[12:16] Asuka
    While the tanks and binders keep the enemy
    distracted, the slayers do their work!
[12:21] Tattooed Man
    They might be big and tough,
    but they move simplistically.
[12:24] Tattooed Man
    They're nothing to be afraid of.
[12:37] Akira
    In other words, with both weapons
    and intelligence, we'll beat them every time.
[12:44] Joushima
    Okay! Let's roll!
[12:49] Akira
    It's okay, Yuuri.
[12:50] Akira
    With your quintuple movement,
    you can run circles around them.
[12:53] Akira
    Let's execute the agreement
    we made last night!
[12:55] Yuuri
    Got it!
[13:01] Eiji
    Purge, finish it off!
SIGN    Eiji Ueno
    
    Team D Leader
    
    "The ability to make your body
     as hard as iron: <<Ironwall>>"
[13:05] Katsuya
    It's coming!
[13:06] Katsuya
    Ya sure this is what ya want?
[13:08] Mari
    Yes.
[13:09] Mari
    Curse doll...
[13:18] Mari
    See?
[13:19] Katsuya
    Scary!
SIGN    Tooru Joushima
    
    Team C Leader
    
    "The ability to teleport:
     <<Worldwalker>>"
[13:26] Akira
    Yuuri! You see Team C's leader's ability?
[13:29] Yuuri
    Yes!
[13:30] Yuuri
    Is that teleportation?
[13:39] Akira
    Just as I thought!
[13:42] Yuuri
    Agreement?
[13:43] Akira
    Yeah.
[13:44] Akira
    First, I want you to keep thinking
    that my ability is telepathy.
[13:49] Yuuri
    But then how will you
    fight with your cannon?
[13:52] Akira
    It's covered.
[13:53] Akira
    Everyone else still thinks
    my ability is the cannon.
[13:57] Akira
    So when I want to use the cannon,
    I'll just switch to someone else.
[14:02] Akira
    Whatever the other person
    thinks my ability is...
[14:06] Akira
    "The other person" can be anyone who
    sees themselves as engaged with me.
[14:13] Akira
    "The other person about to shoot me."
[14:15] Akira
    "The other person I'm about to fight."
[14:17] Akira
    The question is whether anybody but Yuuri
    will be engaged with me out there.
[14:23] Akira
    The leader is a cautious person.
[14:25] Akira
    If the people with rare abilities like ours
    want to fight, he'll make full use of us,
[14:31] Akira
    but he'll task trusted allies to watch
    over us to make sure we're not lost.
[14:37] Akira
    They'll always be thinking of me as
    "the other person I'm watching out for"!
[14:42] Akira
    This will work.
[14:44] Akira
    I can switch between abilities by having
    engagements with multiple people.
[14:48] Akira
    With Yuuri's help, I can move
    my ability to the next stage!
[14:52] Mion
    Akira's really going at it.
[14:55] Mion
    But I wonder how long he can keep it up...
[15:19] Akira
    Is that Team Red?
[15:22] Yuuki
    Hey, it's the cannon kid
    we've heard so much about!
[15:24] Yuuki
    Just like Mr. Masa said!
[15:26] Kuroiwa
    Lower your voice before I kill you.
[15:28] Yuuki
    Yeah, right! Sorry!
[15:29] Yuuki
    Uh, sorry...
[15:31] Oogami
    But sending out a new recruit like that...
[15:33] Oogami
    Are the Greens getting desperate?
[15:35] Kuroiwa
    They prioritize point acquisition,
    even if it means we see their abilities.
[15:40] Kuroiwa
    But knowing Shirasagi, I would expect...
[15:45] Shirasagi
    I wasn't expecting Kuroiwa to show.
[15:47] Shirasagi
    I don't want him watching us!
[15:49] Akira
    We should hide our abilities.
[15:51] Akira
    Yuuri! Try to limit—
[15:54] Yuuri
    Huh?
[15:55] Akira
    So much for that!
[15:57] Mion
    I set up this whole event,
    and you won't even take part,
[16:00] Mion
    Ichi-Kuro Brothers?
[16:02] Oogami
    Our brain's decision, not mine.
[16:04] Mion
    Boo!
[16:05] Kuroiwa
    Don't pester us, Mion.
[16:07] Kuroiwa
    You said you'd stay out.
[16:09] Mion
    Oh, is someone running away?
[16:12] Mion
    And they were doing so well.
[16:13] Mion
    Is it because they saw you?
[16:15] Kuroiwa
    I knew it.
[16:17] Kuroiwa
    Shirasagi...
[16:18] Kuroiwa
    There's something he doesn't want me to see.
[16:21] Oogami
    We won't let them get away.
[16:23] Oogami
    That's why we brought all these slaves here.
[16:26] Slave
    Please don't do this!
[16:27] Kuroiwa
    "Don't do this"?
[16:29] Kuroiwa
    You all owe me a debt, remember?
[16:32] Kuroiwa
    It's time you repaid it.
[16:39] Shirasagi
    If we leave the ruins now,
[16:41] Shirasagi
    the ghouls' targets will shift to Team Red.
[16:43] Shirasagi
    And then—
[16:51] Eiji
    What are they doing?
[16:52] Shirasagi
    Something's not right.
[16:54] Shirasagi
    Can it be...
[16:55] Shirasagi
    They're being forced to charge in?
[16:57] Shirasagi
    To slow us down?!
[16:59] Kuroiwa
    You said quest participants are forbidden
    from attacking each other.
[17:03] Kuroiwa
    But this doesn't violate
    the rules, does it, Mion?
[17:06] Mion
    Nah! I'll give you this one!
[17:09] Kuroiwa
    Since I ordered them to attack the
    ghouls rather than Team Green.
SIGN    <<Loanshark>>
    
    Mr. Masaya Kuroiwa
    
    Your ability is
    "the ability to
    forcibly collect
     debts you're owed."
[17:14] Kuroiwa
    What now, Shirasagi?
[17:16] Kuroiwa
    Will you run off and abandon them? Or...
[17:23] Yuuri
    That girl!
[17:24] Akira
    From the second—
[17:29] Ringo
    Akira!
[17:30] Akira
    Leader!
[17:31] Katsuya
    Sir?
[17:32] Shirasagi
    We have no choice!
[17:33] Shirasagi
    Save them!
[17:36] Oogami
    They're in the palm of our hand.
[17:37] Oogami
    Like insects.
[17:39] Kuroiwa
    Reminds you of old times, eh, Ichi?
[17:42] Oogami
    Yeah. Some things don't change,
    no matter where you are.
[17:45] Oogami
    What's your plan now, Mion?
[17:47] Oogami
    I'm sure you've got more up your sleeve.
[17:49] Mion
    I was really hoping you'd participate, too.
[17:52] Mion
    But this is more interesting,
    so I'll allow it.
[18:08] Mion
    Ta-dah!
[18:10] Mion
    Check out that surprise reveal!
[18:11] Mion
    It's Meown, the combined ghoul!
[18:14] Mion
    How many will survive while
    also rescuing the slaves?
[18:20] Mion
    Time to start the main event!
[18:25] Kuroiwa
    Get going.
[18:30] Eiji
    Ironwall!
[18:42] Yuuri
    Akira!
[18:46] Akira
    Leader!
[18:48] Kuroiwa
    Oh?
[18:49] Kuroiwa
    Now this is getting interesting.
[18:52] Shirasagi
    Akira, can you move?
[18:54] Akira
    I think so.
[18:55] Shirasagi
    I'll distract this thing.
[18:57] Shirasagi
    When you see an opening, go save Eiji.
[19:00] Shirasagi
    Katsuya!
[19:01] Shirasagi
    Bring the others together
    and get them out of here!
[19:03] Shirasagi
    I'll be fine!
[19:05] Shirasagi
    The trouble is...
[19:07] Kuroiwa
    Now show me, Shirasagi...
    all that your ability encompasses.
[19:13] Shirasagi
    Go, Akira!
[19:18] Shirasagi
    I said, you're facing me now!
[19:25] Shirasagi
    Forced negotiation!
SIGN    <<Mediator>>
    
    Mr. Yuuto Shirasagi
    
    Your ability is "the ability to conduct
    peaceful negotiations with the other party."
[19:34] Shirasagi
    I can't afford to make
    the same mistake twice.
[19:39] Shirasagi
    I used to think that my job upholding
    the law was the most important thing...
[19:43] Shirasagi
    Until that day.
[19:46] Shirasagi
    What would you think if
    you saw me now, Ritsuko?
[19:52] Shirasagi
    Using it will compromise our
    ability to dismantle Team Red...
[19:58] Shirasagi
    But I cannot sacrifice the things
    that matter to me again!
[20:08] Shirasagi
    Negotiation breakdown!
[20:33] Yuuri
    H-He did it!
[20:34] Yuuri
    He took out that monster all by himself!
[20:37] Shirasagi
    When I end negotiations,
[20:40] Shirasagi
    I can turn the damage the attacker
    dealt back on them to end things.
[20:45] Shirasagi
    He'll know my ability's secret now.
[20:48] Joushima
    He could do that, too?
[20:50] Asuka
    I had no idea!
[20:52] Oogami
    He had an ace in the hole like that, eh?
[20:55] Oogami
    The sly old dog.
[20:56] Kuroiwa
    It was worth watching for that.
[20:58] Mion
    Excuse me! It's not over yet!
[21:01] Katsuya
    Sir!
[21:02] Asuka
    We need to get you treated!
[21:04] Shirasagi
    I told them to retreat.
[21:07] Shirasagi
    Honestly...
[21:21] Mion
    Such a pity!
[21:22] Mion
    Our little boss battle isn't over yet.
[21:26] Mion
    You do love games, don't you?
SIGN    <<Mediator>>
    
    Your ability is "the ability to conduct
    peaceful negotiations with the other party.
SIGN    Mion and Yang's
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[23:10] Both
    Mion and Yang's Next Episode Preview!
[23:13] Yang
    But I don't think I can do a preview
    with Mion acting like that.
[23:15] Mion
    It could be a horror-themed summer night
    episode with ghosts swarming all around!
[23:19] Yang
    Is that why you're wearing that?
[23:20] Mion
    You're mocking me!
[23:22] Mion
    But have you ever thought about it?
[23:23] Mion
    What if this preview...
[23:25] Mion
    were a cursed preview?!
[23:27] Mion
    Anyone who sees this preview will need to
    show it to another person within a week, or else!
[23:31] Yang
    Or else what?!
[23:33] Mion
    Ghost Mion...
[23:34] Mion
    will be sad.
[23:35] Yang
    S-See you all next time!
[23:37] Mion
    Watch it, everyone!
[23:38] Mion
    Or I'll be sad!