106 - The Story of Will the Reaper

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    Everyone is here, I trust?
[00:21] ---
    My name is William T. Spears.
[00:24] ---
    I'm one of the designated educators
    for you, this year's new recruits.
[00:29] ---
    I will be instructing you
    throughout your training period.
[00:34] ---
    Feel free to come ask me questions
    about anything you find unclear.
[00:38] ---
    My shift ends at 6:00pm.
[00:41] ---
    I'll respond to questions asked before 5:30.
[00:44] ---
    Now, to begin with--
[00:49] ---
    Grell Sutcliff, aren't
    you an instructor as well?
[00:53] ---
    Oh, honey, I'm not into children.
[00:57] ---
    But I came right over
    when I heard you were here!
[01:01] ---
    I'm so happy! It's been ever so
    long since we were together, Will.
[01:06] ---
    I can't imagine what the
    Personnel Department was thinking.
[01:09] ---
    Ah, you're just as standoffish
    as ever. It's so fetching.
[01:13] ---
    Now, to begin with, I'll give
    tours of the Association's facilities.
[01:30] ---
    We grim reapers screen those To-Die persons
[01:35] ---
    appearing on the soul collection
    list distributed by the higher-ups.
[01:37] ---
    Using our death scythes, we
    check each individual's memories--
[01:39] ---
    their Cinematic Records.
[01:43] ---
    A human's Cinematic Record
    contains all records on him: his entire life.
[01:48] ---
    Based on it, we determine
    whether that person deserves death,
[01:52] ---
    and collect his soul.
[01:53] ---
    Are there really any humans
    who don't deserve death?
[01:58] ---
    Humans capable of being
    beneficial to the world...
[02:01] ---
    Humans whose presence
    causes the world great change
[02:06] ---
    may sometimes be removed
    from the list and escape death.
[02:11] ---
    However, such cases are incredibly unlikely.
[02:14] ---
    We are merely performing due
    diligence to prevent the worst.
[02:20] ---
    Simply following orders from
    on high, without attachment...
[02:25] ---
    without incident...
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    This is our administrative department.
[02:32] ---
    They oversee the To-Die
    list and the souls collected.
[02:38] ---
    Here's Personnel, in charge of
    all Association personnel issues.
[02:42] ---
    Here's General Affairs, in charge of
    equipment, death scythes, and such.
[02:48] ---
    I got us a table at that French restaurant.
[02:50] ---
    Soul collection? Oh, that'll
    be over in no time!
[02:55] ---
    Here's Collections.
    They actually collect the souls on-site.
[02:59] ---
    And finally...
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    Spectacles.
[03:10] ---
    Right.
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    Bottom.
[03:13] ---
    Top.
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    This department is equipped to
    handle all your glasses needs.
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    Lower left.
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    It's the very backbone of the
    Grim Reaper Staffing Association.
[03:31] ---
    Oh, no matter how many times
    I see this, my heart still quivers!
[03:34] ---
    Who is that?
[03:36] ---
    The department head, Lawrence Anderson.
[03:40] ---
    He's generally known as "Pops."
[03:42] ---
    This is the legendary man who
    makes all the reapers' glasses...?
[03:46] ---
    So we'll be able to wear
    his glasses now, too!
[03:49] ---
    I'd like a new pair as soon as possible.
[03:51] ---
    The new-recruit spectacles are so dull.
[03:57] ---
    You lads have a long, long way to go
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    before you're ready to wear Pops's glasses.
[04:02] ---
    Only those who have passed the final
    exam are permitted to wear his glasses.
[04:07] ---
    In other words, they are a sort of proof
    that you've become a full-fledged reaper.
[04:12] ---
    Sir, what is this "final exam"?
[04:15] ---
    At the end of your training period,
    you'll form groups of two
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    and screen and collect a soul.
[04:23] ---
    That is your final exam.
[04:25] ---
    Screen a soul...
[04:26] ---
    What, immediately?
[04:28] ---
    I'm worried...
[04:30] ---
    By the look of it, this year's
    recruits are going to be useless.
[04:33] ---
    If so, we'll simply send them away.
[04:35] ---
    Quite as standoffish as ever.
[04:39] ---
    You're just the same now as you were then.
[04:41] ---
    "Then"?
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    You know. Our first time together...
[04:46] ---
    Yes, what could be
    rightly called our first night!
[04:51] ---
    I only wish I could forget it.
[04:53] ---
    Oh, my body will never forget.
    Just the thought of it makes me...
[05:00] ---
    I mean, you thrust into me
    from above and from below
[05:00] ---
    For goodness's sake.
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    and face to face and from behind!
[05:04] ---
    Oh, I thought my body would just give out!
[05:12] ---
    I will now give you the details of
    the practical portion of your exam.
[05:16] ---
    Grell Sutcliff, you have
    a triple-A in practical skills,
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    a B in written exams, and a C in
    ethics, giving you an A average.
[05:25] ---
    William T. Spears, you have
    straight Bs in practical skills,
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    written exams, and ethics,
    giving you a B average.
[05:33] ---
    And
[05:34] ---
    just why should triple-A me
    have to pair with this straight-B cretin?!
[05:39] ---
    Objections to the Association's
    rulings are not permitted!
[05:42] ---
    Grell Sutcliff, I believe you're
    only a triple-A in practical skills?
[05:47] ---
    I rather think a triple-A
    in practical skills is enough.
[05:52] ---
    Actually, would you like to test my skills?
[05:57] ---
    Don't be stupid.
[05:58] ---
    Do you understand what will happen
    the next time you cause problems?!
[06:02] ---
    Forget it. I need a real man
    who'll milk me for all I've got.
[06:10] ---
    The human in question is
    scheduled to die in one month.
[06:14] ---
    You'll spend that month
    examining whether he deserves death.
[06:18] ---
    Naturally, you're free to give your
    conclusion before your time runs out.
[06:22] ---
    Here is the data on your target.
    I pray for your success.
[06:26] ---
    Just don't get in my way.
[06:29] ---
    Understood. I look forward to
    working with you, Grell Sutcliff.
[06:43] ---
    The living world is always so filthy.
[06:50] ---
    I've found him. That's our man.
[06:53] ---
    Thomas Wallis. Born in Bristol in 1775.
[06:57] ---
    He aspires to be a novelist.
[07:00] ---
    A novelist? How typical.
    Poor, talentless, can't get a date...
[07:07] ---
    Right then, he's cleared for death!
[07:11] ---
    Let's investigate this for the full month.
[07:14] ---
    Are you going against me?
[07:19] ---
    Fabulous.
[07:32] ---
    Well, what will you do now?
[07:36] ---
    We have a month for our test.
[07:38] ---
    This is our first screening. I think
    we should continue to observe him,
[07:41] ---
    to be sure we don't make a mistake.
[07:46] ---
    What a dull man you are.
[07:48] ---
    Do as you like. And I'll do as I like, too.
[07:52] ---
    So, when is the collection
    scheduled for, again?
[07:55] ---
    4:00pm on December 16, 1799.
[08:06] ---
    Observation log of William T. Spears.
[08:10] ---
    Target Thomas Wallis is an earnest young man.
[08:14] ---
    He spends each day working at the printer's,
[08:17] ---
    and each night at the
    boardinghouse writing his novels.
[08:21] ---
    He submits them to publishers...
[08:29] ---
    ...but with no sign of success.
[08:33] ---
    He works, writes novels,
    and submits the manuscripts.
[08:37] ---
    That is his entire life.
[08:50] ---
    You there!
[08:56] ---
    Why that attire...?
[08:58] ---
    What does it matter?
    Now, are you ready to stamp the file yet?
[09:02] ---
    It's only been three days.
[09:04] ---
    Whatever. I'm sick of the living world.
[09:08] ---
    And there aren't any
    handsome men here, either.
[09:10] ---
    So hurry up and decide.
[09:12] ---
    Very well.
[09:18] ---
    How do you do?
    My name is William T. Spears.
[09:23] ---
    Er, hello...
[09:25] ---
    What?!
[09:30] ---
    Your prose is a tad roundabout.
[09:33] ---
    The publisher told me that, too.
[09:37] ---
    What the devil are you playing at?
[09:40] ---
    You told me to hurry up and decide.
[09:42] ---
    So you do this? Are you a fool?!
[09:45] ---
    None of the notes on our test
    forbid us from contact with our target.
[09:51] ---
    Wait, why are you two carrying sickles?
[09:55] ---
    This is a death scythe.
[09:57] ---
    Hey!
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    Death scythe?
[10:00] ---
    Like the Grim Reaper carries in the legends?
[10:04] ---
    Yes. We are grim reapers.
[10:08] ---
    Pardon?
[10:09] ---
    I'm afraid you will be passing away soon.
[10:13] ---
    Therefore, we're investigating
    whether you truly ought to die or--
[10:18] ---
    I should have killed you from the first.
[10:21] ---
    None of the notes forbid
    us from identifying ourselves.
[10:25] ---
    Any simpleton would know better!
[10:27] ---
    Oh! Are you actors, by any chance?
[10:32] ---
    And this is a new form of avant-garde
    theater with audience participation?
[10:36] ---
    Shut your mouth and stay out of this, kid!
[10:39] ---
    You're so pretty, it makes perfect sense!
[10:42] ---
    That red hair and pearly skin...
    I've never seen a man so beautiful!
[10:49] ---
    London really is the big city, isn't it?
[10:50] ---
    Oh, yes!
[10:53] ---
    All the world's a stage, and I am a player!
[10:56] ---
    Between man and woman,
    love is a kind of warfare!
[10:59] ---
    No, love is man and man
    in a tragic dream play!
[11:09] ---
    For goodness's sake! Thanks to you,
    I wasn't able to investigate.
[11:13] ---
    It was your fault for
    starting something stupid!
[11:17] ---
    Still...
[11:21] ---
    He was a rather promising youth, wasn't he?
[11:28] ---
    Grim reapers, eh?
[11:34] ---
    The Story of Will the Reaper
[11:39] ---
    The Story of Will the Reaper
[11:48] ---
    The title of the new novel he started...
[11:56] ---
    ...was The Story of Will the Reaper.
[12:00] ---
    It was about a new reaper named
    Will observing various people's lives.
[12:06] ---
    He dispassionately gazed at dying
    souls, souls neither good nor evil.
[12:12] ---
    And then Will fell in
    love with a human maiden.
[12:16] ---
    One destined for death, no less.
[12:19] ---
    She returned Will's love.
[12:22] ---
    An uncertain Will was caught between
    reaper law and the dictates of love.
[12:25] ---
    However, he chose love.
[12:28] ---
    He broke reaper law and tried to save her.
[12:32] ---
    Will's fast friend lent them his aid...
[12:35] ---
    "The redheaded and
    fair-of-heart reaper Grell."
[12:40] ---
    He's a perceptive boy, I'll give him that.
[12:43] ---
    This novel was approved for publication.
[12:46] ---
    His deadline was 4:00pm on December 16th.
[12:52] ---
    But December 16th is...
[12:54] ---
    Yes, the scheduled date of his death.
[13:01] ---
    Will and Grell's efforts
    were in vain; the maiden died.
[13:05] ---
    Will told the god ruling that
    world that he would disappear;
[13:10] ---
    that he would give his soul
    in exchange for the maiden's.
[13:14] ---
    And so it was agreed
    that her life will be spared.
[13:18] ---
    But there was one condition:
[13:21] ---
    All her memories of Will would be erased.
[13:24] ---
    That was fine with him.
    Even if all memory of him was lost,
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    deep within her soul, proof
    of their love was sure to remain.
[13:31] ---
    No one could ever erase that.
[13:34] ---
    Will disappeared, and she came back to life.
[13:39] ---
    She fell in love and bore
    a child in the ordinary way.
[13:43] ---
    And she named that child Will.
[13:50] ---
    A pretty good story.
[13:51] ---
    Rather, this is a masterpiece.
    It will go down in history as a classic.
[14:00] ---
    This boy will die at 4:00 today...
[14:10] ---
    The soul of a talented writer, eh?
[14:13] ---
    I wonder if we should let him live.
    I could contact the Association--
[14:17] ---
    No need.
[14:20] ---
    We'll collect his soul.
[14:25] ---
    What, did you forget?
[14:28] ---
    Souls beneficial to the
    world are excluded from the list.
[14:32] ---
    "Beneficial"? Him?
[14:35] ---
    You said yourself that
    his novel is a masterpiece!
[14:39] ---
    And you say that might be
    grounds to let him live, Grell Sutcliff?
[14:48] ---
    Yes. What of it?
[14:51] ---
    For goodness's sake...
[14:53] ---
    Have you got a problem with that?
[14:55] ---
    No, no problem. However...
[15:01] ---
    You are mistaken.
[15:03] ---
    "Mistaken"? Me?
[15:06] ---
    Me?!
[15:08] ---
    You've got some nerve.
[15:19] ---
    You...
[15:20] ---
    Injuring my partner would affect my grade.
[15:24] ---
    You're saying you held back last time?
[15:27] ---
    A straight-Bs man like you
    could never take down triple-A me!
[15:31] ---
    I believe you're only a
    triple-A in practical skills, correct?
[15:35] ---
    What's more, the requirement
    for admission to the Association
[15:37] ---
    was "B average or above."
[15:43] ---
    Don't mock me!
[15:48] ---
    What? What is this?
[15:51] ---
    I'm...
[15:54] ---
    I'm on the receiving end?!
[15:56] ---
    From above, and from below,
[16:00] ---
    and face to face...
[16:04] ---
    ...and from behind!
[16:07] ---
    What is this? What is this feeling?
[16:09] ---
    This...
[16:11] ---
    This must be...!
[16:18] ---
    True, he may become a famous author
    whose name will go down in history.
[16:24] ---
    Nevertheless...
[16:28] ---
    The world will be no
    different with or without him.
[16:37] ---
    It's time. We must be off.
[16:44] ---
    Released...
[17:05] ---
    What happened?
[17:06] ---
    'Parently a carriage hit him.
[17:07] ---
    Happens all the time.
[17:14] ---
    I will now begin collection.
[17:29] ---
    I say! What are you doing?!
[17:34] ---
    Huh?
[17:55] ---
    My glasses! I can't finish
    my work like this...
[18:00] ---
    Blast!
[18:11] ---
    Thomas's... Thomas Wallis's memories are...
[18:16] ---
    flowing into me...!
[18:21] ---
    Thomas... Thomas...
[18:23] ---
    Thomas!
[18:29] ---
    I can't believe you'd light my fire
    and then just go play with him.
[18:42] ---
    Take care with your glasses.
[18:47] ---
    Keep your hands off my man, you homewrecker!
[18:51] ---
    I'm not your man.
[18:58] ---
    Give up quietly!
[19:00] ---
    Now I know why they make
    new recruits pair up on assignments.
[19:05] ---
    Tying me up, eh? But it
    won't do you any good.
[19:09] ---
    You don't do it for me at all!
[19:17] ---
    This is the struggle of the dying...
    This is the weight of a life...
[19:24] ---
    Shall we bring him off now, Will?
[19:37] ---
    Darling, this is our first collaboration!
[19:40] ---
    I told you, I'm not yours.
[20:13] ---
    Looks like there are other teams at work.
[20:21] ---
    Standoffish men are just too fetching.
[20:31] ---
    Congratulations.
[20:37] ---
    You're officially full-fledged grim reapers.
[20:40] ---
    Now, go get yourselves some spectacles.
[20:54] ---
    Beautiful grim reaper Grell...
[20:59] ---
    ...takes his first deathly breath!☆
[21:02] ---
    Only those who know the
    weight of life are given reaper glasses.
[21:08] ---
    Glasses of life.
[21:15] ---
    Honestly, being saved by you is
    the only blot on my life's record.
[21:22] ---
    Hmm? Did you say something?
[21:24] ---
    The final exam sounds hard.
[21:26] ---
    Watching a human die sounds rough, somehow.
[21:29] ---
    It's merely a job.
[21:32] ---
    There is no place for
    unnecessary emotions in a job.
[21:34] ---
    We need only carry out our duties.
[21:38] ---
    Simply following orders from
    on high, without attachment...
[21:42] ---
    without incident...
[21:44] ---
    He really is fetching.
[21:46] ---
    Oh, one more thing...
[21:55] ---
    Take care with your glasses.