# E48 - Despair vs. Hope
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**[00:06] nar**
* It appeared as though humanity*
* would be destroyed by the demons.*
**[00:15] Nar**
*But a single mage saved them all.*
**[00:26] Nar**
* He was called the Wizard King,*
* and he became a legend.*
**[00:35] Nar**
* Vetto realized his true powers,*
* and they were unbelievably immense.*
**[00:41] Nar**
* Asta used the last of his*
* strength and faced him.*
**[00:46] Asta**
Not giving up is my only weapon!
**[00:50] Asta**
And I'm never going to give
up until I fulfill my wish!
**[00:54] Asta**
No matter what!
**[00:57] Nar**
* His teammates were moved*
* by his words and actions!*
**[01:01] Vanessa**
You didn't give up, and that's why I'm here.
**[01:04] Finral**
My juniors are working hard.
**[01:06] Finral**
That means I have to
act like a proper senior.
**[01:10] Vanessa**
I swear that we won't let you die!
**[01:13] All**
Let's go!
**[01:23] Vetto**
* The power of the spatial magic and*
* your aura are gushing all over the place!*
**[01:31] Vetto**
*What?*
**[01:32] Vetto**
*The thread changed his trajectory...*
**[01:37] Asta**
I'm going to defeat you...
**[01:39] Asta**
with this weapon!
***SIGN*** Despair vs. Hope
**[03:17] Asta**
*That was actually effective!*
**[03:20] Vetto**
Now you've done it, human!
**[03:28] Asta**
Thanks!
**[03:29] Finral**
T-Talk about scary! If we were even a second
too late, we would've been done for!
**[03:34] Vanessa**
Good work, little boy! Keep it up!
**[03:37] Asta**
No, wait! I didn't even do anything!
**[03:39] Asta**
It's all thanks to you two!
**[03:41] Vanessa**
*Amazing... These two are this powerful?*
**[03:52] Vetto**
*As I thought, I cannot heal.*
**[03:55] Vetto**
* Did he sever the magic current*
* that enables self-healing?*
**[04:03] Vetto**
* The one weapon here that has a chance*
* of defeating me... that anti-magic sword.*
**[04:09] Vetto**
* If I only had to deal with that unskilled*
* brat, there would be no issue,*
**[04:13] Vetto**
* but those two are supporting him*
* and giving him mobility.*
**[04:18] Vetto**
* The spatial magic is troublesome,*
* but the real nuisance*
**[04:22] Vetto**
*is that woman's thread magic!*
**[04:27] Vetto**
*Her magic runs through this whole space,*
**[04:30] Vetto**
* interfering whenever and*
* wherever she wants.*
**[04:33] Vetto**
*It cannot attack or bind me personally,*
**[04:37] Vetto**
* I can barely see it, and it's too*
* thin for me to detect its magic.*
**[04:42] Vetto**
* That means I won't be able*
* to read that brat's moves!*
**[04:52] Vetto**
How amusing.
**[04:53] Vetto**
To think that three people
who are worthless alone
**[04:57] Vetto**
could fight me by banding together...
**[05:01] Vetto**
It makes me sick.
**[05:05] Vetto**
Don't think that you have hope just
because you've banded together, humans!
**[05:10] Finral**
He's coming!
**[05:11] Vanessa**
Let's go!
**[05:13] Asta**
Got it!
**[05:16] Vanessa**
Finral!
**[05:17] Finral**
Got it!
**[05:25] Asta**
Not yet, damn it!
**[05:31] Noelle**
He did it!
**[05:32] Finral**
No! That wound's too shallow!
**[05:33] Vanessa**
We won't be able to defeat him
just by scratching him like that!
**[05:38] Finral**
* This'll make things even*
* more dangerous, but...*
**[05:40] Vanessa**
*We need to let the kid get even closer!*
**[05:45] Asta**
I'm all for getting closer! Bring it on!
**[05:53] Gauche**
I'm not imagining it!
**[05:56] Gauche**
What the hell is this ridiculously
huge and creepy magical power?
**[06:01] Grey**
This is even more ridiculous than the
ridiculous magical power I felt earlier!
**[06:06] Grey**
We could say that it's now super ridiculous!
**[06:08] Gauche**
Shut up! Stop saying stupid crap!
**[06:11] Grey**
P-Please don't look at me!
**[06:13] Gauche**
More importantly, have your
powers recovered at all?
**[06:17] Grey**
U-Um, not at all yet.
**[06:21] Gauche**
I used all my powers against
that steel ball lardbutt.
**[06:23] Gauche**
I can't shoot even a single Reflect Ray now.
**[06:27] Gauche**
At this point...
**[06:28] Gauche**
Hey, domehead! You're going
to have to go ahead, and...
**[06:31] Charmy**
Munchy, munchy, munchy...
**[06:34] Gauche**
Are you seriously still
eating at a time like this?
**[06:36] Charmy**
La!
**[06:37] Charmy**
My spell from earlier to
summon the Sleeping Sheep
***SIGN*** One Hit
**[06:40] Charmy**
eats up my magic, so I'm left starving.
***SIGN*** Two Hit
***SIGN*** Mega Hit
**[06:43] Charmy**
We can't fight on such empty stomachs!
**[06:46] Charmy**
We all need to eat and recover
as much magic as possible!
**[06:51] Gauche**
Well, I guess you have a point.
**[06:53] Gauche**
We should also eat and recover some magic.
**[06:57] Grey**
O-Okay!
**[06:58] Asta**
Take that!
**[07:12] Lady**
The Magic Knights haven't lost yet!
**[07:14] Guy**
You can do it!
**[07:14] Guy**
They're up against a crazy monster,
but they still might have a chance!
**[07:18] Gifso**
That's it! Keep it up!
**[07:22] Gifso**
Offense is the best defense!
**[07:24] Gifso**
Don't give him time to counterattack!
**[07:28] Gifso**
How dare you leave my son and
grandchildren in so much pain?!
**[07:33] Gifso**
Please get revenge! Beat him to a pulp!
**[07:35] Yami**
*Not bad...*
**[07:38] Yami**
* Those guys never work together,*
* but now, by working together,*
**[07:43] Yami**
*they've surpassed their limits.*
**[07:45] Yami**
*However...*
**[07:51] Yami**
* It happened again. He held his*
* ground against their attack.*
**[07:55] Yami**
*Could that bastard be...*
**[08:00] Vanessa**
*I can't let my guard down even for a second.*
**[08:04] Finral**
* How long am I supposed to keep*
* up with this tense situation?*
**[08:10] Asta**
Barely missed!
**[08:12] Finral**
*Get a grip! This is no time for whining!*
**[08:15] Finral**
*Asta is holding his own against that monster!*
**[08:19] Finral**
*Compared to that, this pressure's nothing!*
**[08:22] Vanessa**
Finral! Do you still have some magic left?
**[08:24] Finral**
I-It's going down at an enormous rate,
but I'm still managing!
**[08:29] Finral**
* I mean, I spent all this time*
* running away and not fighting,*
**[08:32] Finral**
*so it works out in the end.*
**[08:34] Vanessa**
So it doesn't mean that our movements
have gotten any slower...
**[08:38] Finral**
Huh?
**[08:39] Vanessa**
This isn't good.
**[08:40] Vanessa**
His timing is starting to match our attacks!
**[08:43] Vetto**
*I guess it's about time...*
**[08:58] Noelle**
Asta!
**[09:00] Asta**
This is nothing.
**[09:02] Asta**
One of his attacks just happened to graze me!
**[09:05] Asta**
Let's do it again!
**[09:07] Yami**
*Hold it, kid!*
**[09:08] Asta**
Captain Yami?!
**[09:10] Yami**
*You should be the first one to know that*
**[09:12] Yami**
* he didn't just happen to graze you,*
* since you're the one fighting him up close.*
**[09:18] Yami**
That bastard was purposely
not attacking as much
**[09:22] Yami**
and defending instead to better
understand all of your habits.
**[09:26] Gifso**
Wh-What?
**[09:28] Yami**
If you barge in unprepared...
**[09:31] Yami**
He's definitely going to get you next time.
**[09:42] Yami**
*If you barge in unprepared...*
**[09:44] Yami**
*He's definitely going to get you next time.*
**[09:49] Noelle**
N-No...
**[09:52] Vetto**
As expected from the Black Swordsman.
**[09:54] Vetto**
That's why I'm saving you for my main dish.
**[09:58] Vetto**
But what difference does
knowing that fact make?
**[10:02] Vetto**
This situation is still filled with despair.
**[10:06] Vetto**
Insects, this next attack will be your last!
**[10:11] Asta**
You don't get to decide that,
you hairy gorilla!
**[10:14] Asta**
You, too, Captain!
We won't know until we try!
**[10:19] Yami**
* I know, damn it! Because I'm a*
* bazillion times stronger than you!*
**[10:23] Asta**
Then stop watching and come help us!
**[10:27] Yami**
*Really? You're going to say that?*
**[10:29] Yami**
*The thing that's bugging me the most?!*
**[10:32] Yami**
When I'm barely able to keep my blood
from boiling in this dumbass situation...
**[10:41] Yami**
*Hey, kid! You need to calm down, too.*
**[10:45] Yami**
*I didn't say you couldn't attack him.*
**[10:48] Yami**
* I'm just saying you can't keep doing*
* the same thing. He's going to kill you...*
**[10:52] Yami**
*Unless you guys change!*
**[10:55] Yami**
*Finral!*
**[10:56] Yami**
*Vanessa!*
**[10:58] Yami**
*Kid!*
**[10:59] Asta**
Yes, sir!
**[11:00] Yami**
*You know exactly what to do*
**[11:02] Yami**
in situations like this!
**[11:04] Asta**
Right here, right now...
**[11:05] All**
We're going to surpass
our limits even more!
**[11:09] Vanessa**
We're surpassing our limits
and speeding things up!
**[11:13] Asta**
Got it!
**[11:15] Finral**
Asta!
**[11:24] Noelle**
*A draw?*
**[11:29] Asta**
Not yet!
**[11:31] Asta**
Let's keep on surpassing our limits!
**[11:33] Finral**
Got it!
**[11:33] Vanessa**
Of course!
**[11:39] Asta**
Take that!
**[11:41] Vanessa**
* Little boy... when I see you fighting*
* with your little body and no magic,*
**[11:47] Vanessa**
* it gives me a courage*
* that's frankly unlike me.*
**[11:50] Vanessa**
* I had forgotten. I didn't*
* want to remember...*
**[11:53] Vanessa**
* how weak I was back in*
* the Forest of Witches.*
**[11:59] (Flashback) Vanessa**
Hey, did you know that beyond
this forest is a huge city,
**[12:05] (Flashback) Vanessa**
and a lot of people who live
there aren't even witches?
**[12:07] (Flashback) Bird doll**
Vanessa, you've told me
that hundreds of times.
**[12:13] (Flashback) Bird doll**
All the other witches are out playing,
aren't they? Getting boyfriends and stuff.
**[12:18] (Flashback) Bird doll**
Why don't you also escape
from this cage and go out?
**[12:22] (Flashback) Vanessa**
What? I-I could never do that!
**[12:25] (Flashback) Vanessa**
I can't defy the Queen of Witches.
**[12:31] (Flashback) Bird doll**
C-Come on, cheer up.
**[12:34] (Flashback) Bird doll**
Do you want me to talk to the
Queen of Witches for you?
**[12:38] (Flashback) Vanessa**
That's impossible! You're all
dolls I created with my magic.
**[12:42] (Flashback) Vanessa**
If I can't do it, there's no
way you could do it.
**[12:47] (Flashback) Bird doll**
You're right. Besides, this whole
conversation is just you talking to yourself.
**[12:53] (Flashback) Bird doll**
Hopefully you'll be able to make
some real friends someday.
**[12:58] (Flashback) Vanessa**
That's impossible... How could I?
**[13:01] (Flashback) Vanessa**
I'm always going to be stuck here.
**[13:04] (Flashback) Vanessa**
I'll never be free.
**[13:10] Vanessa**
*That was my fate.*
**[13:14] Vanessa**
*I thought I didn't have a choice.*
**[13:16] Vanessa**
*But...*
**[13:24] Vanessa**
* One day I realized that this*
* wasn't fate. I just lacked courage.*
**[13:35] Vanessa**
* I wasn't wrong for choosing to leave the*
* Forest of Witches and become a Black Bull.*
**[13:42] Vanessa**
* Only you have the power to*
* move the threads of fate!*
**[13:47] Vanessa**
Little boy, I'll pull! Just trust me and go!
**[13:51] Asta**
I'm counting on you, ma'am!
**[13:57] Vetto**
Curse you insects!
**[14:01] Finral**
*Come on, you two! You're going way too fast!*
**[14:06] Finral**
* I swear... this is the problem*
* with hot-blooded people!*
**[14:09] Finral**
*I've always been the guy with no motivation!*
**[14:12] (Flashback) Finral's Father**
Finral...
**[14:16] (Flashback) Finral's father**
What is that fragile and
stunted spatial magic?
**[14:20] (Flashback) Finral's father**
We of the House of Vaude are a family
of attack spatial magic users that
**[14:24] (Flashback) Finral's father**
have been Magic Knights for generations.
**[14:27] (Flashback) Finral's father**
You can't fight with magic like that.
**[14:31] (Flashback) Finral**
But I don't want to be violent or
have people be violent toward me.
**[14:37] (Flashback) Finral's father**
You weakling!
**[14:45] (Flashback) Woman**
Goodness! Look at how much
you managed to shave off!
**[14:49] (Flashback) Woman**
You're so amazing, Langris! A genius!
**[14:53] (Flashback) Finral's father**
We'll just have someone
rebuild what he destroyed.
**[14:56] (Flashback) Woman**
You don't have to worry
about a thing, Langris.
**[15:00] (Flashback) Finral's father**
Honestly... Aren't you ashamed to
be outdone by your younger brother?
**[15:12] (Flashback) Finral's father**
To think that the difference in
your abilities was this great.
**[15:17] (Flashback) Woman**
Langris is now the vice
captain of the Golden Dawn.
**[15:22] (Flashback) Finral's father**
And yet you're...
**[15:24] (Flashback) Langris**
...the pack mule for the
weakest squad, the Black Bulls.
**[15:29] (Flashback) Finral's father**
We're appointing Langris as the
next head of the House of Vaude.
**[15:34] (Flashback) Finral's father**
I doubt you have any objections.
**[15:37] (Flashback) Finral**
Of course I don't. I was just thinking that'd
be too much for me to handle myself.
**[15:41] (Flashback) Finral**
Langris, take care of our family for me.
**[15:44] (Flashback) Langris**
I don't take orders from you, Finral.
**[15:48] (Flashback) Langris**
You bring shame upon the Vaude family!
**[15:51] (Flashback) Finral**
You've got a point... but I'm
pretty popular with the ladies.
**[15:57] Finral**
* I ran away from my parents,*
* my brother, my home, and reality.*
**[16:02] (Flashback) Finral**
Hey there, cuties!
**[16:06] (Flashback) Finral**
Let's go have some tea. There's a
fancy café just around the corner.
**[16:11] (Flashback) Finral**
You girls are so cute,
**[16:13] (Flashback) Finral**
you're going to make me say things
even sweeter than those sweets there.
**[16:19] Finral**
* In the midst of that, Asta, I met you,*
* a kid with absolutely no magic.*
**[16:25] Finral**
*It's not that you didn't have enough...*
**[16:26] Finral**
* You had nothing, but you faced yourself,*
* kept fighting, and never gave up.*
**[16:35] Finral**
* It's true that how I am now,*
* I'll never beat my brother.*
**[16:39] Finral**
*But...*
**[16:41] (Flashback) Finral**
Say, Yami.
**[16:43] (Flashback) Finral**
Why did you let me join your squad?
I can barely even fight.
**[16:48] (Flashback) Yami**
So you can take me everywhere.
**[16:50] (Flashback) Finral**
Huh?
**[16:52] (Flashback) Finral**
Oh, right... It's not like I can
defeat any enemies with my magic.
**[17:04] (Flashback) Yami**
You've probably got your own
way of fighting, right?
**[17:07] (Flashback) Finral**
Huh?
**[17:10] (Flashback) Yami**
I'm saying that battling doesn't
just mean defeating enemies.
**[17:15] Finral**
*My own way of fighting...*
**[17:19] Finral**
*I'm not going to become the strongest.*
**[17:24] Finral**
* But I'll make the Black Bulls*
* the strongest squad!*
**[17:28] Finral**
*I had abandoned my own fight.*
**[17:31] Finral**
* When I did, there were words*
* I couldn't say anymore.*
**[17:34] Finral**
*But now, I can say them!*
**[17:36] Finral**
Asta! Believe in me!
**[17:39] Finral**
Trust me and jump in!
**[17:42] Asta**
Sorry, but I already believe
in you 100 percent!
**[17:51] Vetto**
Not bad for insects!
**[17:53] Vetto**
But you must be nearing your limits.
**[17:56] Vetto**
If even one of you makes the
smallest mistake, you'll die instantly!
**[18:01] Vetto**
How long can you hold up under
such extreme conditions?
**[18:06] Asta**
Shut up, beast guy!
Until we beat you, of course!
**[18:13] Finral**
* Asta just told me that he*
* believes in me 100 percent.*
**[18:16] Finral**
* I knew that! Otherwise, he could never*
* fight using this ridiculous method!*
**[18:22] Vanessa**
*Honestly, how can you trust a drunk woman*
**[18:26] Vanessa**
*and a superficial wimp with your life?*
**[18:29] Vanessa**
*If you believe in us so earnestly...*
**[18:32] Both**
*...we can never betray that trust!*
**[18:36] Vetto**
I see. That's some
magnificent concentration.
**[18:40] Vetto**
But how about your magic powers?
**[18:43] Vetto**
They'll probably reach their limits soon.
**[18:46] Vetto**
The amount of magic we have...
**[18:48] Vetto**
That's the difference between
myself and you insects!
**[18:54] Finral**
*H-He sure knows how to hit where it hurts.*
**[18:57] Finral**
*My spatial holes are becoming smaller.*
**[19:00] Vanessa**
*My threads are screaming.*
**[19:04] Vanessa**
* I'm almost out of magic, and the*
* threads are about to break.*
**[19:07] Asta**
*So what?!*
**[19:11] Asta**
*I'm going to believe in them both and win!*
**[19:17] Gauche**
It's not just them.
**[19:20] ---**
Guess we got here in time.
**[19:22] Charmy**
La!
**[19:27] Asta**
Gauche! Charmy!
**[19:31] Asta**
And...
**[19:32] Gauche**
Grey. It sounds like some terrible joke,
but apparently, this is her true form.
**[19:37] All**
What?!
**[19:39] Grey**
P-Please don't look at me!
**[19:42] Gauche**
We can talk later.
**[19:44] Gauche**
Take this! This is all the
magic I have right now!
**[19:49] Gauche**
Mirror Magic: Reflect Refrain!
**[19:55] Vetto**
What's the matter, insects?
**[19:57] Vetto**
You think you'll actually hit me
just by attacking more?
**[20:00] Gauche**
Nah, I accomplished what I wanted.
**[20:02] Gauche**
Domehead!
**[20:03] Charmy**
Cotton Creation Magic:
**[20:08] Charmy**
Sleeping Sheep's...
**[20:10] Charmy**
One Hit!
***SIGN*** One Hit
**[20:12] Charmy**
Two Hit!
***SIGN*** Two Hit
**[20:14] Charmy**
Mega Hit!
***SIGN*** Mega Hit!!
**[20:17] Vetto**
You're trying to make
some kind of smokescreen?
**[20:20] Vetto**
Annoying little brats!
**[20:26] Vetto**
What?
**[20:32] Noelle**
Wh-What's going on?
**[20:34] Grey**
I-It's my transformation magic!
**[20:38] Grey**
I don't have much magic left, so some
may not look exactly like him...
**[20:41] Gauche**
Bring it on!
**[20:43] Gauche**
Domehead! Keep hitting
until you run out of magic!
**[20:47] Charmy**
Lai-lai, sir!
**[20:50] Vetto**
You pesky insects! Despair already!
**[20:57] Asta**
Despair?
**[20:59] Asta**
We don't have time for that!
***SIGN*** Petit Clover
**[22:36] All**
Petit Clover!
***SIGN*** Trinity
**[22:41] All**
Trinity.
**[22:44] Vanessa**
Listen carefully. I'm going to use
my thread to change your direction!
**[22:48] Finral**
Then, I'll use my spatial magic
to move you somewhere else!
**[22:52] Finral**
But if we miss even once, you'll be finished!
**[22:56] Vanessa**
Are you ready?
**[22:57] Asta**
Yeah! All we can do is charge!
**[23:00] Asta**
Here we go, Gordon!
**[23:05] All**
Green light!
**[23:08] Asta**
I believe in you two!
**[23:11] Both**
We can never betray that trust!
***SIGN*** Green light... Red light.
**[23:17] Asta**
What?!
**[23:21] Asta**
I can't tell when Gordon's done saying,
"Green light, red light," at all.
**[23:28] Finral**
*I'm so sorry, Asta.*
**[23:30] Vanessa**
*He's just too strong.*
***SIGN*** This is so much fun. You're it next, Asta.
***SIGN*** I'll make sure I get to you.
**[23:39] Gordon**
Oh, no. I sense that my
friends are in trouble.
**[23:42] Gordon**
I want to help you all. Please stay safe.
**[23:44] Gordon**
I hope my feelings reach you all.
**[23:47] gordon**
*Black Clover*, Page 49: "Beyond Limits."
***SIGN*** Page 49
Beyond Limits
**[23:50] Gordon**
My magic is becoming friends with anyone.