# Boogiepop and Others
Takeda Keiji was waiting for his girlfriend and junior in school, Miyashita Touka. But she doesn't show up at the time they agreed on and he can't get a hold of her. The sun starts to set and Takeda decides to give up and head home. But then, he sees a man unsteadily wandering around with tears in his eyes. Takeda and the other people around him quickly realize the man is not normal and decide to ignore him when a mysterious figure approaches the man. A mysterious figure wearing a cape and a bizarre hat. That figure happened to have the same face as Touka, the girlfriend who ditched Takeda...
# Season 1
# E1 - Boogiepop and Others 1
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYKE2MV3Y/boogiepop-and-others-1)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:55] Girl**
Hey. Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[01:57] Guy**
Jeez, you're late!
**[01:58] Girl**
Sorry.
**[01:59] Guy**
Actually, I just got here, too.
**[02:09] Voice**
* The customer you are trying to reach*
* is unable to answer right now.*
**[02:12] Voice**
*Please leave your message after the...*
**[02:16] Saotome**
Oh, hey. It's Takeda-senpai.
**[02:20] Saotome**
What are you up to?
**[02:22] Takeda**
I'm waiting for someone.
**[02:27] Saotome**
Remember, no dating allowed, Senpai.
**[02:31] Takeda**
Look who's talking.
**[02:34] Akiko**
I wonder if he got dumped.
**[02:38] Takeda**
Probably.
**[03:13] Boogiepop**
None of you feel anything
when you see someone crying?
**[03:18] Boogiepop**
Unbelievable.
**[03:21] Boogiepop**
So this is what you call a civilized society?
**[03:26] Takeda**
Miyashita?
**[03:53] Naoko**
Mornin', Keiji.
**[03:54] Naoko**
How was your date yesterday?
**[03:57] Naoko**
Huh?
**[03:59] Naoko**
Wow, you look down.
**[04:03] Naoko**
Got it
**[04:03] Naoko**
I'm here
Where are you?
Did something happen?
Are you okay?
I'm gonna head home
**[04:04] Naoko**
I mean, people just flake out sometimes.
**[04:09] Takeda**
I can't even get a hold of Miyashita, though.
**[04:11] Naoko**
W-Well, girls her age are going
through a lot, y'know?
**[04:18] Takeda**
Like showing up in town
wearing a really weird outfit?
**[04:21] Naoko**
Huh?
**[04:23] Takeda**
Never mind. It's nothing.
**[04:29] Kei**
Senpai!
**[04:30] Kei**
You're late.
**[04:33] Takeda**
Actually, I'd say Kamikishiro's
here earlier than usual.
**[04:37] Naoko**
I had something to take care of.
**[04:39] Kei**
Sure, that's fine, but you'd better hurry.
**[04:43] Naoko**
Yeah, yeah. Thanks, Kei.
**[04:48] Kei**
Senpai! Remember, we have
a committee meeting today!
**[04:57] Naoko**
I think she likes you, Keiji.
**[04:59] Takeda**
Nah.
**[05:01] Naoko**
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."
**[05:04] Takeda**
You're in a good mood. I take it things are
going well with that first-year, Tanaka?
**[05:10] Naoko**
But of course!
**[05:16] Girl A**
Miyashita-san isn't here today.
**[05:19] Takeda**
I see...
**[05:21] Teach**
Since the beginning of this school year,
**[05:24] Teach**
there have now been a total of four female
students who have run away from home.
**[05:29] Teach**
If you know of any students who might
know something, let us know immediately.
**[05:35] Teach**
I'm sure these girls have told
their friends where they're going.
**[05:39] Teach**
Also, that Kirima Nagi girl
didn't show up again today.
**[Messenger] [05:43] Teach**
Miyashita Touka
**[05:43] Teach**
I'm here
Where are you?
Did something happen?
Are you okay?
I'm gonna head home
**[05:43] Teach**
Sorry, I wasn't feeling
well yesterday
**[05:44] Teach**
Who knows what that delinquent
gets up to when we can't see her?
**[05:47] Teach**
I know none of you want
to be involved with her...
**[05:49] Boogiepop**
*There's no need to be rough.*
**(Flashback) [05:53] Boogiepop**
Look, he's shaking.
**(Flashback) [05:57] Cop A**
Who are you?
**(Flashback) [06:08] Cop B**
Hey! What did you just do?
**(Flashback) [06:12] Cop B**
H-Hey, wait!
**(Flashback) [06:14] Cop B**
Hold it!
**[06:20] Teach**
Next, regarding the use of
smartphones at school...
**[06:25] Teach**
It appears there are some
students sneaking around
**[06:28] Teach**
using those "social media"
things on their phones...
**[06:38] Kei**
Are you worried about Miyashita-san?
**[06:43] Takeda**
Well, yeah.
**[06:46] Takeda**
But girls her age are going
through a lot, right?
**[06:53] Kei**
You're pretty mature, Senpai.
**[06:58] Kei**
Your eyes are locked on
your future and dreams,
**[07:01] Kei**
and nothing else matters.
**[07:04] Takeda**
Not really. I'm just...
**[07:17] Takeda**
Miyashita?
**[07:19] Takeda**
Sorry. You go on ahead!
**[07:22] Kei**
Huh?
**[07:38] Takeda**
Miyashita...
**[07:44] Takeda**
Is that you?
**[07:48] Boogiepop**
You must be...
**[07:50] Boogiepop**
one of Miyashita Touka's friends.
**[07:54] Boogiepop**
Well, now I feel bad.
**[07:57] Boogiepop**
It seems like she ended up
ignoring you yesterday, too.
**[08:01] Takeda**
What's going on, Miyashita?
**[08:03] Takeda**
Are you messing with me?
**[08:07] Takeda**
Say something. Come on!
**[08:10] Boogiepop**
First of all, I'm not Miyashita Touka.
**[08:14] Boogiepop**
Right now, I'm Boogiepop.
**[08:17] Takeda**
Boogie... pop?
**[08:19] Boogiepop**
I guess the closest I can come to
describing it is "split personalities."
**[08:24] Boogiepop**
You understand that, right?
**[08:26] Takeda**
Split personalities?
**[08:29] Boogiepop**
None of you have realized
it yet, but this school...
**[08:36] Boogiepop**
No...
**[08:37] Boogiepop**
Humanity itself is in danger.
**[08:43] Boogiepop**
And that's why I've appeared.
***SIGN*** Your Mind and Others
The Malice in Your Heart
The Screams Within: Multiple Personality Disorder
Inside Your Mind
***SIGN*** Miyashita Touka
Incoming Call
**[09:13] Touka**
*I'm so sorry. You called me so many times...*
**[09:17] Takeda**
Yeah... How are you feeling?
**[09:21] Touka**
*I'm fine now.*
**[09:24] Takeda**
Say, Miyashita...
**[09:26] Takeda**
Did you go anywhere yesterday?
**[09:29] Touka**
*Nope. I was asleep at home all day.*
**[09:32] Takeda**
Huh?
**[09:33] Touka**
*I didn't have any plans, so...*
**[09:36] Takeda**
I-I see...
**[09:41] Boogiepop**
I told you. Miyashita Touka's memories
will be corrected to whatever's convenient.
**[09:49] Takeda**
Why?
**[09:51] Boogiepop**
Who knows? Maybe because she
doesn't want to feel any guilt?
**[09:57] Boogiepop**
She probably doesn't want you to hate her.
**[10:00] Takeda**
Hey, who or what are you?
**[10:03] Takeda**
How long have you possessed her?
**[10:06] Boogiepop**
That's a rude way of putting it.
**[10:08] Boogiepop**
It's not like I'm here because I want to be.
**[10:11] Takeda**
Then why are you here?
**[10:13] Boogiepop**
I am automatic.
**[10:17] Boogiepop**
When I detect adversity in my
surroundings, I pop up naturally.
**[10:22] Boogiepop**
That's why I'm called Boogiepop.
**[10:28] Boogiepop**
I rise to the surface like an eerie bubble.
**[10:32] Takeda**
What do you mean by "adversity"?
**[10:36] Boogiepop**
A monster resides within this school.
**[10:40] Boogiepop**
It's not doing much yet, but once it
makes its move, the world is finished.
**[10:47] Takeda**
Aren't you the monster here?
**[10:49] Boogiepop**
I know. That's why I won't be here for long.
**[10:56] Boogiepop**
Usually, I live quietly as Miyashita Touka,
**[11:01] Boogiepop**
talking to you about love and such.
**[11:04] Takeda**
Love? Come on...
**[11:13] Takeda**
"Multiple personalities are suppressed
possibilities that take on a life of their own.
***SIGN*** The Screams Within: Multiple Personality Disorder
**[11:20] Takeda**
No matter how pathological it may be,
**[11:22] Takeda**
or how destructive it may be to
themselves or those around them,
**[11:26] Takeda**
there is no good or evil
within the possibility itself."
**[11:38] Boogiepop**
A possibility that was suppressed, eh?
**[11:42] Boogiepop**
I see. But in my case, I'm not exactly
another possibility for Miyashita Touka.
**[11:50] Takeda**
Then what are you?
**[11:52] Boogiepop**
I'm this *world's* possibility.
**[11:56] Boogiepop**
I don't have autonomy.
**[11:59] Boogiepop**
Miyashita Touka may have hidden
desires—or rather, possibilities,
**[12:04] Boogiepop**
that may have given life to me.
**[12:07] Boogiepop**
But that has nothing to do
with me personally.
**[12:11] Boogiepop**
The reason I'm here is because there's
something I have to do... a mission.
**[12:18] Takeda**
I don't really get it,
**[12:20] Takeda**
but does this have to do with
the danger humanity is facing?
**[12:23] Boogiepop**
Yup.
**[12:24] Takeda**
Why does it have to be you?
**[12:28] Boogiepop**
Who knows? I'd like to
know myself, to be honest.
**[12:33] Boogiepop**
But... Could it be that you're trying to "fix" me?
**[12:39] Takeda**
No... Actually, I don't know.
**[12:42] Boogiepop**
You're a good person.
**[12:46] Boogiepop**
I think I can see why
Miyashita Touka likes you.
**[12:51] Takeda**
Huh?
**[12:55] Takeda**
Hey, Boogiepop...
**[12:58] Takeda**
What's this monster like?
**[13:03] Boogiepop**
You can't tell anyone else, no matter what.
**[13:06] Takeda**
Yeah, I won't.
**[13:09] Boogiepop**
It's a man-eater.
**[13:14] Boogiepop**
Well, my time has reached its end for now.
**[13:18] Boogiepop**
There isn't much point in
my being here after school.
**[13:23] Takeda**
Are you saying the monster's
hiding among the students?
**[13:29] Boogiepop**
Most likely.
**[13:40] Girl B**
Apparently Kiyoi from Class F
also saw Boogiepop.
**[13:43] Girl C**
Another girl?
**[13:44] Girl D**
Well, they only kill girls, right?
**[13:47] Girl B**
Yeah. When a girl's at
the height of her beauty,
**[13:51] Girl B**
they'll come kill her
before she can get ugly.
**[13:54] Girl B**
That's what Boogiepop is.
**[13:56] Girl C**
Wait, that means I'm in
a lot of danger right now.
**[13:58] Girl D**
Oh, please.
**[13:59] Girl B**
I wonder what they look like.
**[14:01] Girl C**
Aren't they supposed to be wearing
a black hat and a black cape?
**[14:04] Girl D**
What the heck? That sounds like a witch!
**[14:07] Girl B**
Hey, what do you think, Suema?
**[14:11] Suema**
Huh?
**[14:12] Girl B**
Maybe *she* really is Boogiepop.
**[14:16] Suema**
"She"?
**[14:17] Girl C**
Kirima Nagi.
**[14:19] Girl B**
Hey, you're an expert. What do you think?
**[14:21] Suema**
You know, I'm not actually
an expert on urban legends...
**[14:26] Girl C**
If you know one murderer,
you know 'em all, right?
**[14:29] Girl C**
That's all Boogiepop is.
**[14:31] Suema**
Well, it *is* pretty interesting...
***SIGN*** Where the Killer's Mind Changes
Kirima Seiichi
**[14:35] Girl B**
I know, right?
**[14:37] Kyouko**
Hey, Suema... What's a murderer like?
**[14:41] Kyouko**
Like, in real life.
**[14:44] Suema**
What are they like?
**[14:46] Suema**
I mean, there are all different kinds...
**[14:48] Kyouko**
Well, if we had one in our
class, who would it be?
**[14:54] Suema**
Well...
**[14:56] Suema**
They'd probably be weirdly obstinate,
live in their own little world,
**[15:00] Suema**
and seem a bit stubborn.
**[15:03] Girl B**
I knew it! Kirima Nagi!
**[15:05] Girl C**
I can see it.
**[15:06] Girl D**
Oh, c'mon. I'm telling you,
Boogiepop is a beautiful boy.
**[15:13] Kyouko**
Hey... Do you really think
Kirima Nagi is a murderer?
**[15:21] Suema**
You keep asking me questions
like that. Why? What's going on?
**[15:28] Kyouko**
She threatened someone I know.
**[15:31] Kyouko**
And ever since then,
they've been totally different.
**[15:35] Suema**
Threatened? You mean she mugged them?
**[15:38] Kyouko**
No... It's nothing like that.
**[15:45] Kyouko**
I think... I might get killed.
**[15:49] Suema**
What?!
**[15:51] Takeda**
Kamikishiro?
**[15:53] Takeda**
You're sure she wasn't just late?
**[15:55] Kei**
Yes. I heard the teachers talking earlier.
**[16:00] Kei**
They said that she hasn't been home, either.
**[16:03] Takeda**
That's...
**[16:05] Kei**
Have you heard anything, Senpai?
**[16:08] Takeda**
No, nothing.
**[16:11] Kei**
I see.
**[16:15] Kei**
I'm sorry to cut this short.
**[16:18] Kei**
If you'll excuse me.
**[16:21] Takeda**
S-Sure.
**[16:28] Girl E**
I'm sure she's the same.
She probably ran away, too.
**[16:31] Takeda**
Why, though?
**[16:33] Takeda**
I don't know about the others,
but why would she run away?
**[16:37] Girl F**
You're asking why?
**[16:38] Takeda**
I mean... She always got good grades.
**[16:42] Takeda**
She could get into her first-choice school, right?
**[16:45] Girl G**
What's this, Takeda? Did you like Kamikishiro?
**[16:48] Takeda**
That's not what this is about. But, I mean...
**[16:54] Girl E**
I guess you just wouldn't understand, Takeda.
**[16:57] Girl E**
I mean, I'm pretty sure I get it.
**[17:00] Girl F**
You're not even taking
entrance exams, Takeda.
**[17:03] Girl G**
I'm pretty sure she's just
trying to escape reality.
**[17:07] Girl E**
Honestly, I'd love to run away if I could...
**[17:11] Girl E**
But we're not irresponsible like Kamikishiro.
**(Flashback) [17:31] Boogiepop**
None of you feel anything
when you see someone crying?
**(Flashback) [17:37] Boogiepop**
Unbelievable.
**[17:54] Takeda**
*Hey, can I ask you something?*
**[17:58] Boogiepop**
*What is it?*
**[18:00] Takeda**
* The first time I saw you... What did*
* you say to that guy who was crying?*
**[18:05] Boogiepop**
*Nothing special, really.*
**[18:07] Boogiepop**
*I just told him what he needed to hear.*
**[18:10] Boogiepop**
* Everyone needs some help*
* when they're suffering.*
**[18:15] Takeda**
*They need help?*
**[18:17] Takeda**
*How can you tell when they do?*
**(Flashback) [18:20] Boogiepop**
He was crying. Doesn't that make it obvious?
**[18:31] Takeda**
It isn't. Not to normal people like us.
**[19:01] Boogiepop**
Hey.
**[19:06] Takeda**
This feels weird.
**[19:10] Takeda**
Is it really you?
**[19:12] Boogiepop**
Yeah.
**[19:14] Takeda**
Where's your usual costume?
**[19:16] Boogiepop**
It's not necessary anymore.
**[19:19] Takeda**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[19:22] Boogiepop**
The danger is gone.
**[19:24] Takeda**
Huh?
**[19:26] Boogiepop**
This is goodbye, Takeda-kun.
**[19:29] Takeda**
H-Hey, wait a sec.
**[19:32] Takeda**
That's really sudden...
**[19:34] Boogiepop**
It's out of my hands.
**[19:36] Boogiepop**
Once the danger is gone, I disappear.
**[19:38] Boogiepop**
That's all there is to my existence.
**[19:41] Takeda**
Danger?
**[19:43] Boogiepop**
Thank you, Takeda-kun.
**[19:46] Boogiepop**
The time I got to spend with you was fun.
**[19:50] Boogiepop**
Before I met you, all I ever did was fight.
**[19:54] Boogiepop**
You might be the first person
I can actually call a friend.
**[19:58] Takeda**
Weren't you going to defeat
the monster in this school?
**[20:02] Boogiepop**
Yes, but they've already been defeated.
**[20:05] Boogiepop**
I just wasn't the one who did it.
**[20:07] Takeda**
Don't lie to me!
**[20:09] Boogiepop**
It's not a lie.
**[20:10] Takeda**
It *is* a lie!
**[20:12] Takeda**
You're going to protect this
world from danger, right?
**[20:15] Takeda**
This world hasn't been saved at all!
**[20:27] Boogiepop**
Takeda-kun,
**[20:29] Boogiepop**
a world where you can't dream
or think about the future...
**[20:33] Boogiepop**
A world like that is wrong.
**[20:37] Boogiepop**
But sadly, I'm not the one
who can fight against that.
**[20:42] Boogiepop**
That's something you must face yourselves.
**[20:45] Boogiepop**
This world is filled with
mistakes, Takeda-kun.
**[20:53] Takeda**
Don't go... We're friends, aren't we?
**[20:58] Takeda**
Please don't go.
**[21:14] Touka**
You're late, Takeda-senpai!
**[21:19] Takeda**
Y-Yeah... Sorry.
**[21:23] Touka**
Huh, so you were talking to
your friend up on the roof?
**[21:27] Takeda**
Yeah. He's a bit weird.
**[21:35] Takeda**
Don't worry, it's fine.
**[21:37] Kei**
Oh, are you heading home, Senpai?
**[21:40] Takeda**
Yeah.
**[21:41] Kei**
Dating is prohibited at school...
but I'll let you off the hook this time.
**[21:51] Nagi**
So you're Miyashita Touka.
**[22:01] Nagi**
I'm Kirima Nagi. Nice to meet you.
# E2 - Boogiepop and Others 2
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6VD2Z1X6/boogiepop-and-others-2)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
***SIGN*** Where the Killer's Mind Changes
Kirima Seiichi
**[01:44] Kyouko**
Hey, Suema. Do you have any plans today?
**[01:47] Kyouko**
Maybe we can walk home together...
**[01:50] Suema**
Sure. I don't mind.
**[01:59] Kyouko**
Hey, can we take another way home?
**[02:03] Suema**
Why?
**[02:05] Kyouko**
Because...
**[02:07] Suema**
Someone's going to attack you and kill you?
**[02:10] Suema**
I know I'm not aware of all the details,
but you're probably overthinking things.
**[02:17] Suema**
Think about it, Kyouko.
It's not that easy to kill someone.
***SIGN*** Identification Card No. °°°°
This card proves that this individual is a student at this school.
Grade: Year 2
Name: Yurihara Minako
Date of Birth: °°°°/°°/°°
Shinyou Academy High School
**[02:40] Saotome**
I guess you really are a manticore.
**[02:51] Minako**
Manticore?
**[02:54] Saotome**
It means "man-eater" in ancient Greek.
**[03:08] Saotome**
I'll help you out, too.
**[03:11] Minako**
Why are you...
**[03:13] Saotome**
Because I like you.
**[03:16] Saotome**
We're going to recreate this
world with us at its center.
**[03:23] Suema**
Is your hand okay?
**[03:26] Suema**
So what happened with this
Kusatsu Akiko person?
**[03:29] Suema**
And what's this drug you mentioned?
**[03:32] Suema**
I can't help you if you just keep crying.
**[03:36] Kyouko**
Do you promise not to tell anyone?
**[03:39] Suema**
Sure.
**[03:40] Kyouko**
Kusatsu Akiko from 1-D was
my junior in middle school.
**[03:46] Suema**
You were in the same club?
**[03:48] Kyouko**
Yes, and Akiko...
**[03:50] Kyouko**
I think it started around midterms,
so it's been about three months now...
**[03:54] Kyouko**
She's been handing out this weird drug.
**[03:57] Kyouko**
She said it'd be fun,
**[03:59] Kyouko**
and would make our minds feel lighter,
so it'd be a breather from our exams.
**[04:03] Suema**
Oh... I see.
**[04:06] Kyouko**
Eventually, some of my friends
ended up running away from home.
**[04:11] Kyouko**
They all just disappear without
saying a word to anyone.
**[04:14] Kyouko**
And then Akiko disappeared, too.
**[04:18] Kyouko**
You think this is really weird, right?
**[04:20] Suema**
N-Not at all! Please, continue.
**[04:23] Suema**
Things like that do happen...
**[04:25] Kyouko**
I see...
**[04:27] Kyouko**
So everyone started wondering
if it was because of the drug.
**[04:32] Kyouko**
Kirima Nagi started showing up around us,
**[04:34] Kyouko**
just like she did with me earlier,
telling us to forget about that drug.
**[04:38] Kyouko**
I can't help but think Kirima Nagi got herself
suspended on purpose so she could do that.
**[04:45] Kyouko**
I'm sure Kirima Nagi got to
Akiko and the others and...
**[04:49] Kyouko**
Hey, Suema, are you listening?
**[04:51] Suema**
Huh? Oh, yeah...
**[04:53] Kyouko**
Promise me you won't tell anyone.
**[04:55] Kyouko**
I'll forget about this, too.
***SIGN*** Faculty Room
***SIGN*** Taniguchi
**[05:13] Suema**
This should be the address...
***SIGN*** Taniguchi
***SIGN*** Taniguchi
***SIGN*** Taniguchi
**[05:30] Masaki**
Hello, who is—
**[05:35] Masaki**
Ah, so you're one of Nagi's
friends. That's rare.
**[05:40] Masaki**
I'll call her. She should be down in a sec,
so please make yourself at home.
**[05:43] Suema**
I'm sorry... Who are you?
**[05:45] Nagi**
He's my little brother, though
we're not blood-related.
**[05:51] Nagi**
Let's talk upstairs, Suema-san.
**[05:55] Suema**
So that's why the nameplate said "Taniguchi."
**[05:57] Nagi**
Yeah, that's because of
my mom's current husband.
**[06:01] Nagi**
I'm still using my dad's last name.
**[06:04] Suema**
Your father?
**[06:06] Nagi**
Aren't you here because
you know who he is?
**[06:08] Nagi**
His name is Kirima Seiichi.
He's written a ton of books.
**[06:13] Suema**
What?! No way!
**[06:15] Nagi**
Why's that so unbelievable?
**[06:17] Suema**
You mean... the author, Kirima Seiichi?
**[06:20] Nagi**
Y-Yeah...
**[06:21] Suema**
*Where the Killer's Mind Changes*,
**[06:23] Suema**
*The Screams Within:
Multiple Personality Disorder*,
**[06:26] Suema**
*When a Man Kills Another*,
**[06:27] Suema**
*The Bored Demon*,
**[06:28] Suema**
and *VS Imaginator*!
**[06:30] Nagi**
That's definitely my dad.
**[06:33] Nagi**
He died when I was ten, though.
**[06:38] Suema**
So about yesterday,
Kirima-san, why did you...
**[06:42] Nagi**
Ah... Why, huh?
**[06:45] Suema**
Yes.
**[06:46] Suema**
Why did you save Kyouko?
**[06:51] Nagi**
I'm surprised you could tell
that I actually saved her.
**(Flashback) [06:57] Nagi**
Should I just break it off? It'd still take
you a while to regenerate, Manticore!
**(Flashback) [07:02] Suema**
Kirima-san?!
**(Flashback) [07:03] Kyouko**
Ow, ow, ow! Stop!
**(Flashback) [07:05] Nagi**
It's not just me. Echoes
is also looking for you!
**(Flashback) [07:08] Kyouko**
I won't do it again!
I won't use the drug again!
**(Flashback) [07:11] Nagi**
You've got some nerve saying that
when you killed Kusatsu Akiko!
**(Flashback) [07:15] Kyouko**
I don't know what you're talking about!
I just got the drugs from her!
**(Flashback) [07:19] Nagi**
Guess you're just a normal human.
**(Flashback) [07:22] Suema**
Kyouko! Wh-What the heck is wrong with you?!
**(Flashback) [07:26] Nagi**
I'm sure you prefer this over making
it a public matter, Kinoshita.
**[07:35] Suema**
Kyouko told me everything.
**[07:39] Suema**
You saved those girls from
that weird drug, didn't you?
**[07:43] Nagi**
Yeah, I dunno about that.
**[07:46] Suema**
Also, what are the "Manticore" and "Echoes"
that you mentioned to Kyouko?
**[07:50] Suema**
Do they have something to do
with the kids who ran away?
**[07:54] Nagi**
That has nothing to do with you.
**[07:59] Nagi**
I have a messiah complex.
**[08:03] Nagi**
A lot of stuff happened,
and I quit being normal.
**[08:09] Nagi**
Besides, someone's gotta do it.
**[08:13] Nagi**
It's not like you can count on the teachers.
**[08:16] Nagi**
Now... I'll walk with you a ways
before it gets dark, Suema-san.
**[08:29] Suema**
This is far enough. Thanks.
**[08:32] Nagi**
Yeah? Well, see you tomorrow at school.
**[08:37] Nagi**
Oh, my suspension's over tomorrow.
**[08:40] Suema**
I see...
**[08:42] Nagi**
Say, Suema-san...
**[08:45] Nagi**
You shouldn't let your past
hold you back for too long.
**[08:49] Nagi**
If you get too obsessed,
it'll end up a curse.
**[09:01] Minako**
Kirima Nagi's back.
**[09:05] Saotome**
Looks like it.
**[09:08] Saotome**
It's fine. I told you, the current
situation is in our favor.
**[09:14] Minako**
Like I thought, she really
does seems like your type.
***SIGN*** Tea Ceremony Club
***SIGN*** Tea Ceremony Club
***SIGN*** Tea Ceremony Club
**[10:03] Saotome**
Yurihara-san?
**[10:15] Manticore**
You saw...
**[10:16] Manticore**
Since you saw, I can't let you live...
**[10:27] Manticore**
You want to be killed?
**[10:31] Manticore**
Since you're a guy, you'd probably
work out better for me than that girl.
**[10:37] Manticore**
I think I'll copy you instead.
**[10:39] Saotome**
Copy?
**[10:41] Manticore**
That's right.
**[10:42] Manticore**
I'm going to take your place
and blend in with society
**[10:46] Manticore**
so that no one can find me.
**[10:49] Saotome**
So that's it!
**[10:51] Saotome**
If that's the case, I think you're
better off keeping me alive!
***SIGN*** Akiko
***SIGN*** Akiko Are you free this Sunday? Akiko If so, wanna go to a movie?
***SIGN*** (Interlude)
**[11:16] Akiko**
Yay!
**[11:27] Akiko**
Yay!
**[11:29] Akiko**
You should sing next, Saotome-kun.
**[11:31] Saotome**
Sure. Here's your drink.
**[11:34] Akiko**
Thanks!
**[12:01] Minako**
It's killing me that I can't
eat her right away.
**[12:04] Saotome**
You need to be patient for now.
**[12:17] Minako**
I've given you power.
**[12:20] Minako**
Use that power to offer me humans.
**[12:28] Minako**
* Listen well. You're going to willingly*
* bring about your own destruction.*
**[12:36] Akiko**
Huh? I...
**[12:39] Saotome**
You okay?
***SIGN*** Café Tristan
**[12:47] Minako**
The modification went well, right?
**[12:49] Saotome**
Yeah! Your powers are amazing.
**[12:52] Minako**
Now that girl's going to get the people
around her to inhale some drug
**[12:56] Minako**
that she doesn't even know how she's getting.
**[13:07] Minako**
A drug that she's subconsciously
synthesizing from her brain cells.
**[13:12] Saotome**
Yeah, no one's going to be surprised
if some loser who's started
**[13:16] Saotome**
doing drugs suddenly disappears.
**[13:19] Minako**
You're such a genius, Saotome-kun!
**[13:22] Lady**
Sorry about that.
**[13:23] Guy**
Sorry about that!
**[13:26] Saotome**
Are you afraid of the
people from the facility?
**[13:29] Minako**
Yes... Considering what
they're capable of doing...
**[13:34] Minako**
I'm sure they have a few
people looking for me.
**[13:37] Saotome**
Don't worry. If this slave plan works,
we'll have something to fight with.
**[13:43] Saotome**
Then you'll be able to counterattack.
**[13:46] Minako**
You mean we'll be able to erase
those guys who're trying to erase me
**[13:49] Minako**
because I'm a failed creation, right?
**[13:51] Saotome**
Of course!
**[13:52] Minako**
That's amazing!
**[13:54] Saotome**
You're not a failed creation. You're
going to be the ruler of the new world.
**[14:00] Minako**
Saotome-kun, you're my prince.
**[14:05] Minako**
Hey... Wanna make more slaves?
**[14:08] Saotome**
Yeah. Just a few more.
**[14:11] Saotome**
Eventually, we'll need
all the help we can get.
**[14:20] Minako**
Why? Why aren't you waking up?!
**[14:25] Saotome**
Don't worry. Just eat her to get rid of her.
**[14:47] Minako**
I'm sorry... I'll do better next time.
**[14:54] Saotome**
There's no need to hurry. We still
have plenty of opportunities.
**(Flashback) [15:00] Saotome**
Kusatsu Akiko?
**(Flashback) [15:02] Nagi**
Yeah. You two are in the
same class, aren't you?
**(Flashback) [15:07] Nagi**
Were you guys close?
**(Flashback) [15:08] Saotome**
Well...
**(Flashback) [15:11] Saotome**
We went on a date once... But it was just once.
**(Flashback) [15:15] Nagi**
Did anything about her seem weird?
**(Flashback) [15:18] Saotome**
No, not really...
**(Flashback) [15:21] Saotome**
Um, did something happen to Kusatsu?
**(Flashback) [15:24] Saotome**
If there's anything I can do to help...
**(Flashback) [15:27] Saotome**
Senpai, those are...
**(Flashback) [15:30] Nagi**
Yeah, don't worry. It's nothing.
**(Flashback) [15:38] Teach**
Kirima, what are these?
**[15:42] Minako**
Kirima Nagi... Why is she...
**[15:45] Saotome**
I don't know, but she
definitely knows something.
**[15:49] Minako**
Why, though?! We've been doing so well!
**[15:53] Saotome**
Yeah, you're exactly right.
**[15:55] Saotome**
That's why she hasn't tracked us down yet.
**[15:59] Saotome**
But we should stop doing
things on school grounds.
**[16:02] Saotome**
It'll be a pain if people get suspicious.
**[16:04] Minako**
We're not going to kill Kirima Nagi?
**[16:07] Saotome**
Yeah... Not until we find out
exactly how much she knows.
**[16:11] Minako**
Let's kill her!
**[16:13] Minako**
Don't worry! I won't leave any evidence!
**[16:15] Minako**
Besides, she's a weirdo,
so even if she disappears—
**[16:17] Saotome**
Don't you know? Her current
parents are extremely wealthy,
**[16:21] Saotome**
so if she goes missing, she won't be
written off as a runaway delinquent.
**[16:26] Minako**
Is that really the only reason?
**[16:28] Saotome**
Huh?
**[16:29] Minako**
Are you sure it's not because you like her?
**[16:34] Saotome**
Why would you think that?
**[16:36] Minako**
Am I wrong? I'm right, aren't I?
**[16:39] Naoko**
Echoes? Are you here?
**[16:51] Minako**
No... Not Echoes... He's... He's...
**[16:55] Saotome**
What's wrong? What's this Echoes thing?
**[16:59] Minako**
My original... He evolved too much...
**[17:05] Naoko**
Echoes...
**[17:14] Echoes**
I wonder which ones the humans are...
**(Flashback) [17:30] Boogiepop**
You're trying to find something, aren't you?
**(Flashback) [17:35] Boogiepop**
Then you should probably save your
crying for after you've found it.
**(Flashback) [17:57] Naoko**
Hey, you're hurt!
**(Flashback) [17:58] Naoko**
What happened?
**(Flashback) [18:04] Naoko**
What's your name? Where do you live?
**(Flashback) [18:09] Naoko**
Well, this isn't getting anywhere.
I guess I'll have to get the police—
**(Flashback) [18:16] Naoko**
I see. I guess you have
your reasons... Sorry.
**(Flashback) [18:23] Naoko**
Don't worry. One of
my friends is a weird one.
**(Flashback) [18:27] Naoko**
I'm sure she'll help us.
**(Flashback) [18:30] Naoko**
As long as you're not a bad guy.
**(Flashback) [18:33] Nagi**
What? You're sheltering some guy?
**(Flashback) [18:35] Naoko**
Shh! Not so loud!
**(Flashback) [18:38] Nagi**
Don't worry, there's no one here.
**(Flashback) [18:41] Nagi**
What about that first-year, Tanaka?
**(Flashback) [18:44] Naoko**
Oh, no. This isn't like that.
**(Flashback) [18:48] Naoko**
Hey, if I told you that he came
from space, would you believe me?
**(Flashback) [18:54] Nagi**
Well, I guess. Since you're
the one telling me.
**(Flashback) [18:58] Nagi**
So why'd he come here all
the way from outer space?
**(Flashback) [19:01] Naoko**
To test humanity. Apparently there's
a vast will like that in space.
**(Flashback) [19:07] Nagi**
This all sounds intense.
Not that I really get it.
**(Flashback) [19:11] Naoko**
Apparently he was supposed
to conduct his investigation
**(Flashback) [19:14] Naoko**
by blending into society as one of us,
**(Flashback) [19:16] Naoko**
but I guess he accidentally
evolved too much.
**(Flashback) [19:21] Naoko**
Then he got captured by the
government or some organization
**(Flashback) [19:24] Naoko**
that wanted to take
advantage of his powers...
**(Flashback) [19:26] Naoko**
They gave him the name Echoes
and even made a copy of him.
**(Flashback) [19:31] Nagi**
Echoes?
**(Flashback) [19:32] Naoko**
Yeah. He can only repeat what other
people say, so he's called Echoes.
**(Flashback) [19:38] Nagi**
For someone who's so evolved,
that's pretty unfortunate.
**(Flashback) [19:41] Naoko**
That's not true.
**(Flashback) [19:43] Naoko**
Because Echoes just came to Earth to find
out if humans are genuinely kind or not.
**(Flashback) [19:48] Naoko**
He doesn't need to say anything
just for someone to be kind to him.
**(Flashback) [19:54] Naoko**
But apparently his clone ended up
becoming a terrifying man-eater.
**(Flashback) [20:00] Naoko**
They killed everyone in
the lab and ran away.
**(Flashback) [20:04] Nagi**
So this Echoes feels responsible and
is trying to track down this clone?
**(Flashback) [20:09] Nagi**
How did you even get all
this information, anyway?
**(Flashback) [20:14] Nagi**
Echoes can't talk, right?
**(Flashback) [20:16] Naoko**
I just had this feeling.
**(Flashback) [20:18] Naoko**
It felt like our minds were linked.
**(Flashback) [20:22] Nagi**
So you want me to find this clone?
**(Flashback) [20:27] Nagi**
Okay, where's Echoes right now?
**(Flashback) [20:30] Naoko**
At school. I thought that might
actually be the safest spot.
**(Flashback) [20:34] Naoko**
Don't tell anyone, okay?
**(Flashback) [20:37] Nagi**
Well, then, I'll just have to get
myself suspended soon.
**(Flashback) [20:42] Naoko**
Thanks, Nagi.
**[20:56] Saotome**
Don't worry, Manticore.
Everything's still in our favor.
**[21:04] Saotome**
You disposed of Kamikishiro Naoko's corpse.
**[21:08] Saotome**
There shouldn't be any problems.
**[21:10] Saotome**
Everyone will just think she's another
girl who randomly disappeared.
**(Flashback) [21:18] Naoko**
Hey, Nagi, when Echoes
goes back home to space,
**(Flashback) [21:21] Naoko**
how do you think he'll present us
humans to the rest of the universe?
**(Flashback) [21:26] Naoko**
Do you think he'll say, "Don't worry.
They're wonderful creatures"?
**(Flashback) [21:31] Nagi**
As long as you're nice to him, yeah.
**(Flashback) [21:34] Nagi**
Otherwise, we're doomed.
**(Flashback) [21:37] Naoko**
I hope he does.
**[21:56] Nagi**
Naoko disappeared. I can't find her anywhere.
**[22:04] Nagi**
Damn it. Say something, Echoes.
# E3 - Boogiepop And Others 3
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRJ0J8Q5Y/boogiepop-and-others-3)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:35] Phone**
* The customer you are trying to reach*
* is unable to answer right now.*
***SIGN*** Kamikishiro Naoko
Calling...
**[01:43] Boogiepop**
Apparently the beauty in archery
**[01:46] Boogiepop**
shows itself when true form
and a peaceful heart become one.
**[01:59] Girl**
Kei, a first-year boy wants to talk to you.
**[02:05] Tanaka**
Senpai, you were on gate
duty this morning, right?
**[02:10] Kei**
Yes... I was.
**[02:14] Tanaka**
Did you happen to see Kamikishiro-san?
**[02:17] Kei**
Naoko-san?
**[02:18] Kei**
Come to think of it, I didn't see her today.
**[02:22] Tanaka**
I see...
**[02:23] Kei**
Maybe she's skipping again.
**[02:25] Tanaka**
That's not it!
**[02:30] Tanaka**
We might already be too late...
**[02:35] Teacher**
Kamikishiro?
***SIGN*** Faculty Room
**[02:37] Teacher B**
She's in line to get into her
first-choice school, isn't she?
**[02:40] Teacher C**
Yes, she didn't have any apparent problems.
**[02:45] Teacher C**
But I have heard that she hasn't
been home in a few days.
**[02:52] Kei**
Oh, Sensei. I'll leave these notebooks here.
**[02:58] Kei**
Apparently Naoko-san hasn't been home much.
**[03:02] Tanaka**
There's no one at her house right now.
**[03:05] Tanaka**
Her parents are going
through an ugly divorce.
**[03:07] Kei**
I see...
**[03:09] Tanaka**
Yeah.
**[03:11] Tanaka**
That makes me even more worried.
**[03:13] Saotome**
In that case,
**[03:14] Saotome**
you should ask Kirima Nagi.
**[03:17] Tanaka**
Masami? Why are you...
**[03:21] Saotome**
It might be something
I know a little about.
**[03:25] Tanaka**
So you know what's going on?
**[03:27] Saotome**
She's the one who might know something.
**[03:30] Saotome**
She's been good friends with
Kamikishiro-senpai since middle school.
**[03:34] Kei**
I saw Kirima-san today.
**[03:37] Saotome**
All right, then.
**[03:42] Kei**
Hey, wait!
**[03:45] Suema**
Kirima-san should be here somewhere.
**[03:49] Tanaka**
You mean she's here, but she
hasn't shown up for class?
**[03:53] Suema**
Yeah, I mean, that's not
exactly rare for her.
**[03:57] Saotome**
There's definitely something going on here.
**[04:14] Tanaka**
Hey, Masami...
**[04:17] Tanaka**
Why do you know so much about Kirima-senpai?
**[04:21] Saotome**
I got rejected by her once.
**[04:24] Tanaka**
Really?!
**[04:25] Saotome**
That was a long time ago, though.
**[04:29] Kei**
Kirima-san wasn't on the roof, either.
**[04:33] Kei**
Any luck on your end?
**[04:36] Kei**
I see...
**[04:38] Tanaka**
I'm sorry to cause you two so much trouble.
**[04:41] Kei**
It's fine. I'm just worried about Naoko-san.
**[04:45] Kei**
Speaking of, what's your relationship
with Naoko-san like, Tanaka-kun?
**[04:49] Tanaka**
Um...
**[04:51] Saotome**
He's...
**[04:53] Saotome**
apparently dating Kamikishiro-senpai.
**[04:55] Kei**
What?!
**[04:56] Tanaka**
Hey, Masami! That's supposed to be a secret!
**[04:59] Saotome**
President, is there anywhere else on campus
that might not draw much attention?
**[05:04] Kei**
Huh? Well...
**[05:07] Kei**
Maybe the gym's equipment closet...
**[05:11] Tanaka**
How's it look, Masami?
**[05:12] Saotome**
I don't see anyone.
**[05:15] Saotome**
No signs that anyone's been here, either.
**[05:18] Kei**
How strange...
**[05:20] Saotome**
I've been thinking...
**[05:22] Saotome**
Why don't we call Kirima
Nagi over the PA system?
**[05:26] Kei**
We'd get in trouble!
**[05:29] Kei**
Besides, there'll be a teacher on duty.
**[05:31] Tanaka**
That might be the only
option we have left, though...
**[05:34] Kei**
Well, I guess that's probably
also our fastest option...
**[05:38] Kei**
All right. I'll let the teacher yell at me.
**[05:42] Saotome**
You're the best, President!
**[05:49] Kei**
*Kirima Nagi-san of 2-D,*
**[05:51] Kei**
* please report to the*
* broadcast room immediately.*
**[05:54] Kei**
* We'd like to speak with you*
* regarding Kamikishiro Naoko-san.*
**[05:58] Kei**
* Kirima Nagi-san, we'd like to speak*
* with you about Kamikishiro Naoko-san.*
**[06:02] Kei**
* Please report to the*
* broadcast room immediately.*
**[06:11] Nagi**
Echoes, do you sense Manticore at all?
**[06:17] Nagi**
Why? Because this is a trap?
**[06:23] Nagi**
That's even more reason to go, then.
**[06:25] Nagi**
If we don't fall for it, she's gonna run.
**[06:28] Nagi**
Then we won't be able to chase her anymore.
**[06:39] Echoes**
*Which are they?*
**[06:42] Tanaka**
She's not coming.
**[06:45] Kei**
The teacher didn't show up, either.
**[06:47] Kei**
I wonder what happened.
**[06:50] Tanaka**
Maybe Kirima-san's not on
school grounds anymore.
**[06:53] Saotome**
No, she's definitely here. I'm sure of it.
**[06:57] Saotome**
Let's try another broadcast.
**[07:00] Tanaka**
The power's out?
**[07:01] Saotome**
Tch. Must be the breakers.
**[07:18] Saotome**
Kirima-san! What's the meaning of this?!
**[07:22] Nagi**
That's nothing you need to know.
**[07:25] Kei**
Kirima-san...
**[07:28] Nagi**
She's not one of them, Echoes?
**[07:33] Echoes**
She's not...
**[07:35] Kei**
Who's that?
**[07:36] Nagi**
It also doesn't seem like they've
been modified in any way.
**[07:39] Nagi**
Okay... Sorry about this.
**[07:42] Nagi**
You guys are clean.
**[07:44] Nagi**
You can go home now.
**[07:48] Kei**
Hey, I don't get what's going on here!
**[07:51] Kei**
Who is this guy?
**[07:52] Kei**
He doesn't go to our school, does he?!
**[07:55] Nagi**
Niitoki-san.
**[07:57] Nagi**
I can guess about the other two,
but what are *you* doing here?
**[08:01] Kei**
That's my line! What in
the world is going on?!
**[08:05] Tanaka**
Y-Yeah! We're just looking
for Kamikishiro-san!
**[08:12] Nagi**
I'm worried about Naoko, too.
**[08:14] Kei**
That's why I'm asking
you to explain what's—
**[08:21] Kei**
Th-Thanks...
**[08:24] Nagi**
I'd like you to keep quiet
about seeing us here.
**[08:27] Nagi**
For your own sakes, as well.
**[08:30] Kei**
What?!
**[08:30] Kei**
After you did all this to us? Yeah, right!
**[08:35] Tanaka**
Is Kamikishiro-san okay?
**[08:38] Kei**
I'm an acquaintance of Naoko-san's!
**[08:41] Kei**
If you know something, tell us!
**[08:43] Kei**
We can help, too!
**[08:45] Nagi**
No, you can't.
**[08:48] Kei**
Why not?!
**[08:50] Nagi**
This isn't normal.
**[08:53] Nagi**
Someone eccentric like me
has to take care of it.
**[09:00] Saotome**
So normal's not good enough again?
**(Flashback) [09:05] Nagi**
You're normal, right?
**(Flashback) [09:08] Nagi**
Getting involved with someone
like me will bring you trouble.
**(Flashback) [09:12] Nagi**
Sorry.
**[09:19] Nagi**
Shirou-kun, right?
**[09:21] Nagi**
You should probably just forget about Naoko.
**[09:24] Tanaka**
Why?!
**[09:27] Kei**
Hey, what's your problem, anyway?!
**[09:30] Kei**
I don't know what your deal is, but quit
acting like you're dealing with this all alone!
**[09:35] Saotome**
Chill out, Niitoki-san.
**[09:37] Kei**
But...
**[09:39] Saotome**
What can we do?
**[09:41] Saotome**
Kirima-san must have her own reasons.
**[09:45] Saotome**
Right, Kirima-san?
**[09:49] Saotome**
I understand.
**[09:52] Saotome**
Yes...
**[09:54] Saotome**
We just can't be satisfied
with normal people...
**[09:58] Nagi**
What are you talking about?
**[10:01] Saotome**
I'm just thinking
**[10:02] Saotome**
about how I'm actually glad
you ended up rejecting me.
**[10:07] Saotome**
I mean, if I'd ended up with you,
**[10:11] Saotome**
I would've been her enemy if I'd met her.
**[10:16] Nagi**
Again, what do you mean by that?
**[10:19] Saotome**
I'm saying...
**[10:20] Saotome**
For me, you're the one
on the normal side now.
**[10:30] Saotome**
And now... you're our enemy.
**[10:37] Nagi**
Mantico—
**[11:01] Saotome**
After him!
**[11:02] Saotome**
You can actually defeat him now!
**[11:27] Saotome**
I was actually hoping to get killed myself...
**[11:31] Saotome**
But this was pretty
pleasurable in its own way.
**[11:46] Saotome**
Being the killer myself...
**[11:49] Saotome**
I think I could get used to it.
**[12:02] Echoes**
*Which are you?*
**[12:25] Minako**
You're not getting away!
**[12:46] Saotome**
Very nice, Niitoki-san.
**[12:49] Saotome**
I love your eyes.
**[12:51] Saotome**
I love powerful, strong-willed eyes like yours.
**[12:56] Kei**
Who are you people?
**[12:58] Kei**
Yurihara Minako...
**[13:01] Kei**
What was that thing?!
**[13:03] Saotome**
The real Yurihara is already dead.
**[13:05] Kei**
Huh?
**[13:07] Saotome**
She's Manticore now.
**[13:09] Kei**
Manticore?
**[13:11] Saotome**
A man-eater.
**[13:13] Kei**
Huh?
**[13:14] Kei**
Then... all of the people
who've disappeared recently...
**[13:19] Saotome**
Yeah, most of them.
**[13:21] Kei**
I see. That's why Kirima-san was searching
for you two this whole time...
**[13:28] Saotome**
She's a fool.
**[13:30] Saotome**
She was helping out Echoes,
**[13:33] Saotome**
but never figured her enemy might
have someone helping her as well.
**[13:47] Minako**
That's enough, Saotome-kun.
**[13:49] Minako**
I'll take it from here.
**[13:51] Saotome**
You sure?
**[14:00] Kei**
Are you all right?
**[14:05] Minako**
There's no point in asking him for help.
**[14:08] Minako**
He's going to die.
**[14:10] Saotome**
There was poison in that pen
**[14:12] Saotome**
to prevent him from using
his regenerative powers.
**[14:16] Saotome**
He sure wasn't much of a threat,
despite being your original.
**[14:21] Minako**
Yes. He's supposed to be stronger.
**[14:24] Saotome**
To be honest, Kirima Nagi
caused us more trouble.
**[14:29] Minako**
That's why I'll be taking her form, right?
**[14:31] Minako**
She's the perfect disguise.
**[14:35] Minako**
I'm sure you feel that way
as well, Saotome-kun.
**[14:42] Kei**
Wh-What are you talking about?
**[14:44] Minako**
Hm?
**[14:45] Minako**
I'm going to get rid of this
body and become Kirima Nagi.
**[14:49] Kei**
Huh?
**[14:50] Minako**
Don't worry. You won't
officially be dead to society.
**[14:55] Minako**
You'll be modified and
continue to live as a slave.
**[14:59] Kei**
A slave?
**[15:00] Minako**
Yes. You'll be a walking corpse.
**[15:04] Minako**
Your soul will be gone. You won't even feel
anything when you see the boy you love.
**[15:13] Kei**
You two are demons!
**[15:16] Echoes**
De... mons...
**[15:21] Echoes**
*I wonder which ones the humans are...*
**[15:25] Minako**
Demons? That's perfectly fine with me.
**[15:28] Minako**
I was never human to begin with,
**[15:30] Minako**
and Saotome-kun is nothing
like you foolish humans.
**[15:35] Kei**
Humans are foolish?
**[15:38] Kei**
He and I might die here,
**[15:41] Kei**
but there will be others who find
you unforgivable, just like me!
**[15:46] Kei**
No matter where you go,
someone will find you!
**[15:54] Echoes**
*Humans...*
**[16:04] Minako**
What are you planning?
**[16:05] Minako**
Still trying to do something?
**[16:13] Echoes**
I shall transform my body
into information
**[16:17] Echoes**
and transmit myself back to the source.
**[16:35] Kei**
What? What just happened?
**[16:38] Minako**
Echoes...
**[16:59] Minako**
I'll kill you...
**[17:01] Minako**
I'll kill every last one of you!
**[17:32] Boogiepop**
I had no problem severing your arm,
**[17:36] Boogiepop**
but I guess your head
won't be quite so simple.
**[17:40] Kei**
M-Miyashita-san?
**[17:43] Boogiepop**
Right now, I'm Boogiepop.
**[17:46] Boogiepop**
Manticore, was it?
**[17:48] Boogiepop**
You seem to be stronger than humans,
**[17:53] Boogiepop**
but I am free to use the dormant strength
that humans harbor subconsciously.
**[18:04] Boogiepop**
Now, Shirou-kun!
**(Flashback) [18:10] Boogiepop**
If you had the opportunity
to shoot through the truth,
**(Flashback) [18:15] Boogiepop**
do you think you have the resolve to do it?
**[18:35] Tanaka**
Are you all right?
**[18:37] Kei**
Y-Yeah... But...
**[18:40] Tanaka**
Do you know them?
**[18:42] Kei**
I... I do, but...
**[18:48] Boogiepop**
I'd like you to help me out just a bit more.
**[18:57] Kei**
Kirima-san!
**[18:58] Boogiepop**
Echoes shared some of his life with you...
**[19:02] Boogiepop**
Looks like you've escaped death again.
**[19:06] Boogiepop**
Manticore said that Echoes
was too weak, and this is why.
**[19:15] Boogiepop**
Hey there, Fire Witch.
**[19:17] Nagi**
You again...
**[19:19] Nagi**
If you were out, you
should've shown up sooner.
**[19:23] Boogiepop**
Come now, don't be like that.
**[19:28] Nagi**
Is it over?
**[19:29] Boogiepop**
Yes.
**[19:31] Boogiepop**
Due to the sacrifice that Echoes made
and the bravery those two showed.
**[19:40] Nagi**
I see...
**[19:44] Kei**
I'm guessing that in the end,
it'll be like nothing ever happened...
**[19:49] Nagi**
Yeah.
**[19:53] Kei**
So you think that Naoko-san...
**[19:58] Nagi**
Probably.
**[20:01] Tanaka**
Thank you very much.
**[20:04] Tanaka**
I'm not sure how to say it,
**[20:06] Tanaka**
but I think I'm supposed to thank
you in Kamikishiro-san's place.
**[20:15] Kei**
I wonder who they really were.
**[20:18] Nagi**
Who knows? Although, Naoko did
say that Echoes was an angel.
**[20:23] Kei**
An angel?
**[20:25] Nagi**
He was ordered by God in Heaven to go
down to Earth and pass final judgment on
**[20:30] Nagi**
whether humanity should be
allowed to live or be destroyed.
**[20:34] Nagi**
To judge whether humans were good or evil.
**[20:41] Nagi**
If that's true... It looks like
he let us off the hook this time.
**[20:47] Kei**
Then the one who saved the world was...
**[20:50] Nagi**
Yeah.
**[20:51] Nagi**
And we can't even thank her now...
**[20:59] Kei**
I wonder what Boogiepop thinks about this.
**[21:02] Nagi**
Who knows? Why not ask them yourself?
**[21:06] Nagi**
I doubt they remember anything, though.
**[21:21] Takeda**
Don't worry, it's fine.
**[21:22] Kei**
Oh, are you heading home, Senpai?
**[21:25] Takeda**
Yeah.
**[21:26] Kei**
Dating is prohibited at school...
but I'll let you off the hook this time.
**[21:37] Nagi**
So you're Miyashita Touka.
**[21:42] Nagi**
I'm Kirima Nagi. Nice to meet you.
**[21:49] Touka**
Nice to meet you!
**[22:00] Suiko**
* The end of the beginning is also*
* the beginning of the end, Boogiepop.*
# E4 - VS Imaginator 1
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6DKEZDWR/vs-imaginator-1)
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**(Flashback) [00:09] Suiko**
It's a shame, to be honest.
**(Flashback) [00:12] Suiko**
In the end, you're also stuck in the present.
**(Flashback) [00:17] Suiko**
It's truly a shame.
**(Flashback) [00:20] Suiko**
But no matter how long you wait,
I'm pretty sure nothing will begin.
**(Flashback) [00:28] Suiko**
Don't you think so?
**(Flashback) [00:31] Boogiepop**
Say whatever you'd like.
**(Flashback) [00:34] Boogiepop**
It appears that, unlike
myself, you haven't split.
**(Flashback) [00:39] Boogiepop**
I guess you're still automatic.
**(Flashback) [00:43] Boogiepop**
Either way, you're finished.
There's nothing left for you.
**(Flashback) [00:48] Suiko**
But nothing's even started yet.
**(Flashback) [00:51] Suiko**
I don't even have a name yet.
**(Flashback) [00:56] Boogiepop**
In that case, I'll give you one now.
**(Flashback) [00:59] Boogiepop**
Kirima Nagi's father called beings
like yourself "Imaginators."
**(Flashback) [01:07] Suiko**
"Love is like snow that falls in April.
**(Flashback) [01:10] Suiko**
Unexpected, yet not unforeseen," was it?
**(Flashback) [01:18] Suiko**
The end of the beginning is also
the beginning of the end, Boogiepop.
**(Flashback) [01:24] Suiko**
You may have stopped me here...
**(Flashback) [01:27] Suiko**
But that is just the beginning
of the next ending.
**(Flashback) [01:40] Suiko**
There's still plenty of time before
I actually hit the ground.
**(Flashback) [01:45] Suiko**
Will you be able to find me before then?
***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Karaoke
***SIGN*** Tonkatsu
***SIGN*** Fukadai Prep School
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[03:25] Sawako**
There are times when I suddenly
wake up in the middle of the night.
**[03:30] Sawako**
There's something sitting on my chest,
and it feels like it's staring into me.
**[03:36] Sawako**
But when I open my eyes...
**[03:39] Jin**
Ah... There's nothing there, correct?
**[03:42] Sawako**
I mean, I know it's probably
just a dream, but...
**[03:47] Jin**
Whatever this thing is...
Does it try to talk to you?
**[03:51] Sawako**
Yes! How did you know?
**[03:54] Jin**
Do you remember what it said?
**[03:57] Sawako**
No, I don't...
**[03:59] Jin**
So you can't remember.
**[04:03] Jin**
*She doesn't have any roots.*
**[04:05] Jin**
*Barely any leaves, either.*
**[04:07] Jin**
*Only the bud is large...*
**[04:10] Sawako**
I'm sorry for talking to you
about something so weird.
**[04:12] Jin**
*And it's almost breaking the stem.*
**[04:16] Sawako**
Um, Asukai-sensei?
**[04:18] Jin**
I probably shouldn't say this,
**[04:21] Jin**
but I don't think you should
be taking exams so seriously.
**[04:24] Sawako**
Huh?
**[04:25] Jin**
It's not like your problems will be
gone once you get into university.
**[04:29] Jin**
It doesn't exactly secure your future, either.
**[04:32] Jin**
I'm sure you probably realize that.
**[04:35] Jin**
I believe that dream is a sign
**[04:37] Jin**
your subconscious is sending you, saying
you should reconsider entering university.
**[04:45] Sawako**
Right...
**[04:46] Jin**
Wanting to get into college
isn't a bad thing at all.
**[04:50] Jin**
But you shouldn't stress
yourself out over it.
**[04:54] Sawako**
I think... I understand.
**[04:58] Jin**
*Looks like the bud has relaxed a little.*
**[05:02] Sawako**
Thank you very much.
**[05:04] Jin**
I know you're trying your best.
**[05:06] Jin**
You just need to learn to relax
and keep moving forward.
**[05:09] Sawako**
Right. I feel a lot better.
***SIGN*** Guidance Counselor's Office
**[05:11] Sawako**
I think you'd make a great therapist
or something like that, Sensei.
**[05:16] Jin**
What?
**[05:17] Sawako**
Oh, sorry. That was probably rude...
**[05:21] Jin**
I'll think about it. I mean, they call
us starving artists for a reason.
**[05:24] Sawako**
Oh, yeah... Sensei, what does the phrase
"Sometimes it snows in April" mean?
**[05:30] Jin**
Huh? What was that?
**[05:33] Sawako**
Well, that's the one thing
I remember from that dream.
**[05:37] Sawako**
But I'm sure it's not that important.
**[05:40] Sawako**
Goodbye!
**[05:44] Jin**
Sometimes it snows in April, huh?
**[05:50] Jin**
*Ever since I was born,*
**[05:52] Jin**
* I've had the power to see what*
* people are missing in their hearts.*
**[05:57] Jin**
* There was a book I read*
* as a kid with the line,*
**[06:00] Jin**
* "The reason this child was beautiful was*
* because he had a rose within his heart,"*
**[06:05] Jin**
*and that's precisely what I see.*
**[06:12] Jin**
*However, every plant I see is missing something.*
**[06:17] Jin**
*Just like that girl was lacking roots,*
**[06:19] Jin**
*everyone is always lacking something.*
**[06:22] Jin**
* There's nothing they can do*
* about what they're missing,*
**[06:26] Jin**
* so sometimes I try to*
* say something helpful.*
**[06:30] Jin**
* But in the end, all I know*
* is what they're missing.*
**[06:33] Girl A**
Hey, it's snowing.
**[06:35] Girl B**
You're right! It's so pretty!
**[06:38] Jin**
* And I can't see my own*
* plant within me...*
**[06:46] Jin**
Huh?!
**[06:48] Jin**
D-Don't!
**[06:56] Jin**
What's going on?
**[06:59] Suiko**
I'm sure it's no fun
**[07:02] Suiko**
being able to see what others cannot.
**[07:04] Jin**
What?!
**[07:08] Suiko**
I understand how you feel.
**[07:12] Suiko**
Because I used to be like that, too.
**[07:15] Jin**
Y-You, too?
**[07:16] Suiko**
Yes, because I can see people's deaths.
**[07:20] Jin**
Their deaths?
**[07:22] Suiko**
To be more precise,
**[07:24] Suiko**
I can see the energy that living
creatures generate right before
**[07:28] Suiko**
they burn themselves out.
**[07:31] Suiko**
I am a possibility in which
people can manipulate death.
**[07:35] Suiko**
My purpose is to recreate
the world in that way.
**[07:41] Suiko**
I am an enemy to the current world.
**[07:44] Suiko**
I bring cold to the world even in
the spring. I make it snow in April.
**[07:49] Jin**
Huh?!
**[07:51] Suiko**
Would you be willing to help me
with my work, Asukai-sensei?
**[07:56] Jin**
What are you talking about?
**[07:57] Jin**
Who are you?
**[08:00] Suiko**
My enemies call me "Imaginator."
**[08:06] Jin**
W-Wait!
**[08:14] Kotoe**
Welcome back!
**[08:16] Kotoe**
You haven't had dinner yet,
have you, Jin-niisan?
**[08:18] Jin**
Huh? Not yet.
**[08:20] Kotoe**
Oh, good. I made some stew,
so I'll bring some over later.
**[08:23] Jin**
Okay, thanks.
**[08:26] Kotoe**
You look exhausted today.
**[08:29] Jin**
Yeah, well... It's about to get pretty busy.
**[08:33] Kotoe**
Must be rough.
**[08:36] Jin**
You talk as if it's not your problem,
**[08:38] Jin**
but you'll be going through
the same thing next year.
**[08:41] Kotoe**
I'm not really sure yet...
**[08:44] Kotoe**
Maybe I'll go to your prep school.
**[08:47] Jin**
Since when were you interested
in going to art school?
**[08:50] Kotoe**
But you're also counseling kids, right?
**[08:52] Jin**
Yeah. But most of the kids who
come see me are pretty serious.
**[08:59] Kotoe**
Hey! Are you trying to say I'm not serious?
**[09:03] Kotoe**
I guess that *is* how I come off...
**[09:07] Jin**
I'm kidding. You shouldn't come
to me for counseling, to be honest.
**[09:12] Kotoe**
Huh?
**[09:13] Jin**
You should try to figure
out your own problems.
**[09:17] Jin**
Especially when it comes to exams...
I'm a teacher, so I can't really say much.
**[09:23] Jin**
There's actually very little I can do.
**[09:26] Kotoe**
You worry way too much about others.
**[09:30] Kotoe**
I think you can take it a little easier.
**[09:38] Jin**
* She's very thoughtful, kind,*
* and overall, a good girl.*
**[09:43] Jin**
*If only she had a bud...*
**[09:47] Jin**
Thanks. That makes me feel a lot better.
**[09:51] Kotoe**
Nothing is ever futile. Everything works out!
**[09:54] Kotoe**
There's always a way!
**[09:56] Jin**
I wish I could think like that...
**[09:59] Suiko**
However, that way...
**[10:02] Suiko**
can be slightly cruel, and could even
go against what the world sees as just.
**[10:06] Suiko**
That's the thing.
**[10:08] Jin**
Y-You're—
**[10:10] Jin**
That hallucination from earlier!
Were you actually a ghost?
**[10:12] Suiko**
I wouldn't say that's accurate.
**[10:15] Suiko**
I'd say I'm more a future that's
taken form in the present.
**[10:20] Suiko**
Or maybe a hypothetical
possibility given substance.
**[10:26] Suiko**
Asukai-sensei, don't you
want to do something?
**[10:31] Jin**
A-About what?
**[10:33] Suiko**
About what people are
missing in their hearts.
**[10:37] Suiko**
What do you think you're
missing, Asukai-sensei?
**[10:42] Jin**
Huh?
**[10:43] Suiko**
What you're missing... is a calling.
**[10:46] Suiko**
I'll give you just a tiny
glimpse into the future.
**[11:04] Suiko**
What'd you think?
**[11:05] Jin**
What was that?! What did you just show me?
**[11:08] Suiko**
That is your calling, Asukai-sensei.
**[11:11] Jin**
I'd never do anything like that!
**[11:14] Suiko**
And whether you do or
don't is solely up to you.
**[11:17] Suiko**
But you *can*... and that truth won't change.
**[11:22] Jin**
Don't be ridiculous! Who the hell are you?!
**[11:24] Jin**
Are you a demon? Is that why you're trying to...
**[11:26] Suiko**
Tempt you?
**[11:28] Suiko**
No. You have to be the one to decide.
**[11:31] Suiko**
Sometimes birds fall from the sky,
**[11:34] Suiko**
and sometimes it even snows
in April, Asukai-sensei.
**[11:39] Jin**
G-Get away from me!
**[11:41] Kotoe**
Wh-What?
**[11:45] Jin**
Sorry! Are you okay?
**[11:48] Kotoe**
Are *you* okay, Jin-niisan?
***SIGN*** Karaoke
***SIGN*** Tonkatsu
***SIGN*** Fukadai Prep School
**[11:52] Girl**
Are you listening?
**[11:54] Girl**
Sensei?
**[11:56] Jin**
Hm? O-Oh, yes.
**[11:59] Jin**
You keep having the same dream, right?
**[12:01] Girl**
Yes, where someone's talking to me.
**[12:05] Girl**
When I listen to them,
**[12:07] Girl**
I feel like exams and the rest of the
world just don't matter anymore...
**[12:12] Girl**
Is there something wrong with me?
**[12:18] Girl**
Sensei? Asukai-sensei?
**[12:20] Jin**
Huh? Oh...
**[12:22] Girl**
Is something wrong?
**[12:23] Jin**
No. Please continue.
**[12:26] Girl**
That dream was just too nice...
**[12:31] Girl**
And it... sort of scares me.
**[12:46] Jin**
What the hell am I doing?
**[12:51] Jin**
Imaginator...
**[12:56] Cop**
So this girl assaulted you,
**[13:00] Cop**
then she suddenly slit her
own throat... Is that right?
**[13:07] Jin**
Yes.
**(Flashback) [13:11] Shizuko**
H-Help me...
**(Flashback) [13:14] Jin**
Who is that?
**(Flashback) [13:16] Jin**
Hey, is something wrong?
**(Flashback) [13:18] Jin**
Wha... Are you all right?!
**(Flashback) [13:21] Jin**
What's wrong?
**(Flashback) [13:23] Shizuko**
Help... me.
**(Flashback) [13:25] Shizuko**
Don't you dare scream, Asukai-sensei.
**(Flashback) [13:28] Jin**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [13:29] Shizuko**
I guess you're still a softie.
**(Flashback) [13:32] Shizuko**
I figured you'd fall for this.
**(Flashback) [13:36] Jin**
You're... You're Imazaki-kun.
**(Flashback) [13:40] Shizuko**
You actually remember me.
**(Flashback) [13:43] Shizuko**
Now, give me your cash. All of it!
**(Flashback) [13:47] Jin**
Are you just going to buy more drugs with it?
**(Flashback) [13:49] Jin**
What in the world happened to you?
**(Flashback) [13:51] Shizuko**
That doesn't freakin' matter! Just hurry
up and give me all your money!
**[13:56] Cop**
So you knew the girl?
**[13:59] Jin**
Yes. Her name is Imazaki Shizuko.
**[14:02] Jin**
She was a student of mine,
and a very good one.
**[14:07] Cop**
Can you think of any reason why
she'd have a grudge against you?
**[14:11] Jin**
There might be.
**[14:13] Cop**
Although, from what we found out, this
apparently stemmed from family issues.
**[14:19] Jin**
It's probably because when she asked
for advice, I couldn't help her.
**(Flashback) [14:27] Shizuko**
Come on! Hurry up!
**(Flashback) [14:28] Shizuko**
If you don't want to die,
give me your money!
**(Flashback) [14:31] Jin**
If you're going to kill me, just do it.
**(Flashback) [14:32] Shizuko**
I'm serious, damn it!
**(Flashback) [14:34] Jin**
And so am I!
**(Flashback) [14:36] Jin**
But you fell right into using drugs...
What good could those possibly do?!
**(Flashback) [14:43] Shizuko**
What the hell?
**(Flashback) [14:45] Jin**
You can get high or whatever...
But there's nothing we can do!
**(Flashback) [14:53] Suiko**
Yup. Drugs.
**(Flashback) [14:55] Suiko**
Oh, but these aren't for her.
**(Flashback) [14:59] Jin**
You're...
**(Flashback) [15:00] Suiko**
Don't get the wrong idea. Everything
until now, she did of her own free will.
**(Flashback) [15:07] Suiko**
But it's not like she really wanted to do this.
**[15:12] Cop**
She was a dealer we'd been
after for a different case.
**[15:17] Jin**
So you knew about her?
**[15:20] Cop**
Yeah. We had our eyes on her to get
to a bigger target we were after.
**(Flashback) [15:25] Suiko**
Say, what do you think these
drugs are for, Asukai-sensei?
**(Flashback) [15:29] Jin**
She was probably forced to sell them.
**(Flashback) [15:31] Suiko**
Correct.
**(Flashback) [15:32] Suiko**
These are cheap batches
to get beginners hooked.
**(Flashback) [15:35] Suiko**
There are so many other ways
to make money quickly.
**(Flashback) [15:40] Suiko**
But the poor thing... Looking this
tattered, she couldn't even do that.
**(Flashback) [15:46] Suiko**
All she could do to make money
was obey someone else.
**(Flashback) [15:50] Suiko**
But she couldn't bring herself to do that.
**(Flashback) [15:54] Suiko**
It's such a sad story.
**(Flashback) [15:56] Suiko**
She didn't want to create
more people like herself,
**(Flashback) [16:00] Suiko**
but there was nothing she could do.
**(Flashback) [16:03] Suiko**
That's why she relied on you, because she
remembered you were nice to her before.
**[16:11] Jin**
So you knew, and yet...
**[16:13] Cop**
There's nothing we can do
**[16:15] Cop**
once they're that far gone.
**(Flashback) [16:20] Suiko**
But you see, Asukai-sensei...
**(Flashback) [16:22] Suiko**
Either way, this girl is finished.
**(Flashback) [16:25] Jin**
What?!
**(Flashback) [16:26] Suiko**
The drugs have destroyed her body.
**(Flashback) [16:28] Suiko**
Even if she hadn't run into you,
she wouldn't last the rest of the month.
**(Flashback) [16:32] Suiko**
She was going to helplessly die...
Pitiful, miserable, and sad.
**(Flashback) [16:40] Suiko**
But there might be something that you can do.
**[16:50] Cop**
I'm sure she had enough
reason to kill herself.
**[16:54] Jin**
Suicide?
**[16:57] Cop**
Yeah. You can go home shortly.
**[17:00] Cop**
Apparently, there's a witness.
**[17:02] Jin**
Suicide...
**(Flashback) [17:07] Shizuko**
Damn... it...
**(Flashback) [17:09] Shizuko**
Damn it...
**(Flashback) [17:11] Shizuko**
Damn it...
**(Flashback) [17:14] Shizuko**
Damn...
**[17:32] Cop**
Say, Asukai-san.
**[17:34] Asukai**
Yes?
**[17:35] Cop**
As you saw her dying...
Did you say something to her?
**[17:40] Asukai**
Why do you ask?
**[17:41] Cop**
Well, despite the way she died, she had
a very peaceful look upon her face.
**[17:48] Cop**
Like all the thorns in her heart
had been plucked away.
**[17:53] Cop**
That's how she looked.
**[17:56] Jin**
I see. I didn't say anything, though.
**[18:06] Jin**
*I guess I'm going to be busy from now on...*
**[18:12] Masaki**
Stop! She's got nothing to do with this!
**[18:15] Boy A**
Who the hell do you think you are?
**[18:17] Boy B**
Get the hell outta here!
**[18:19] Boy C**
We're here to have some fun with her.
**[18:22] Masaki**
S-Stop!
**[18:24] Jin**
Hey, you there.
**[18:27] Masaki**
Just to make sure I have the right idea...
**[18:31] Boy C**
Wh-Who the hell are you?
**[18:33] Jin**
Do you want to save that girl?
**[18:36] Masaki**
Y-Yes.
**[18:37] Jin**
I see. In that case, leave this to me, and run.
**[18:42] Masaki**
Yes, sir. Thank you very much!
**[18:45] Boy C**
H-Hey, wait!
**[18:47] Jin**
You're the ones who're going to wait.
**[18:49] Boy B**
What?
**[18:50] Boy C**
The hell's your problem, man?
**[18:52] Jin**
Well... It's not that I have
anything against you boys...
**[18:56] Jin**
But I will
**[18:58] Jin**
be using you as guinea pigs.
**[19:08] Boy C**
What... What the hell did you do to them?
**[19:11] Jin**
You wouldn't get it even if I told you.
**[19:13] Jin**
But I haven't hurt them.
**[19:16] Jin**
I've actually given them happiness.
**[19:19] Boy C**
Wh-What are you talking about?!
**[19:21] Boy C**
Who the hell are you?!
**[19:23] Jin**
Oh, yeah...
**[19:26] Jin**
Hey, what was that name again?
**[19:29] Suiko**
Imaginator.
**[19:31] Jin**
Yeah, let's go with that.
**(Flashback) [19:51] Mariko**
Wow, that's such a pretty melody.
**(Flashback) [19:57] Suiko**
If that sounded pretty,
**(Flashback) [19:59] Suiko**
it's just because you were predisposed
to like the song from the start.
**[20:05] Mariko**
* When she was still alive,*
* Suiko-san used to always say...*
**[20:09] Suiko**
* Komiya-san, nothing is*
* absolute in this world.*
**[20:15] Suiko**
*Sometimes birds fall from the sky,*
**[20:17] Suiko**
*and sometimes it even snows in April.*
**[20:21] Mariko**
Suiko-san.
**[20:23] Boogiepop**
Do you...
**[20:25] Boogiepop**
want to follow Minahoshi Suiko?
**[20:29] Boogiepop**
But even if you were to jump off that
ledge, you wouldn't be able to join her.
**[20:36] Mariko**
Are you... Boogiepop?
**[20:38] Boogiepop**
Ah... So you've heard of me.
**[20:42] Mariko**
What do you mean, I won't be able to join her?
**[20:46] Boogiepop**
Well, that's simple, really.
**[20:48] Boogiepop**
Unlike Minahoshi Suiko, you're willingly
trying to take your own life.
**[20:55] Boogiepop**
You know who I am, right? Then you
must know my mission, as well.
**[21:01] Mariko**
B-But that means...
**[21:05] Boogiepop**
Yes... I am a reaper.
**[21:08] Boogiepop**
I'm the one who killed Minahoshi Suiko.
**[21:11] Mariko**
B-But why?
**[21:13] Boogiepop**
Because she was an enemy to this world.
**[21:17] Boogiepop**
I guess I can put it another way...
**[21:20] Boogiepop**
Minahoshi Suiko has not yet
reached the next world.
**[21:26] Mariko**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[21:28] Boogiepop**
It means that I don't know
where she currently is, either.
**[21:34] Boogiepop**
Do you still feel like dying?
**[21:36] Mariko**
But... But...
**[21:38] Mariko**
I mean...
**[21:45] Boogiepop**
Sorry, but I have no
intention of killing you.
**[21:49] Boogiepop**
I'm afraid you're not even worth it.
**[21:58] Boogiepop**
I guess you're not here anymore...
**[22:02] Boogiepop**
But are you still going
to continue, Imaginator?
# E5 - VS Imaginator 2
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRVD7KQPR/vs-imaginator-2)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Café Tristan
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:32] Aya**
Hey.
**[01:33] Aya**
Why are you so concerned about me, Masaki?
**[01:36] Masaki**
I'm just trying to get closer to you.
**[01:42] Aya**
Do you want to do it?
**[01:43] Masaki**
I'm sorry, what?
**[01:44] Aya**
Do you want to do me?
**[01:47] Aya**
Like, have sex.
**[01:48] Masaki**
Wh-What the heck, Orihata?!
**[01:51] Aya**
It's fine. If you want to, just say so.
**[01:56] Masaki**
*Her name is Orihata Aya.*
**[01:59] Masaki**
*She's fifteen, just like me.*
**[02:01] Masaki**
*Apparently, we're boyfriend and girlfriend.*
**[02:06] Masaki**
* I say "apparently" because the way*
* we met is pretty complicated,*
**[02:11] Masaki**
* and there are a lot of*
* mysterious things about her.*
**(Flashback) [02:15] Aya**
That's a rather dumb thing to do.
**[02:20] Masaki**
* In the winter of my third year of middle school,*
* I returned to Japan from Phnom Penh,*
**[02:24] Masaki**
* where I was living with my parents,*
* in order to attend a Japanese high school.*
**(Flashback) [02:28] Teacher**
This is Taniguchi Masaki-kun.
**[02:31] Masaki**
* I just went to this middle school so*
* that I could officially graduate...*
**[02:36] Masaki**
*But likely because of that attitude,*
**[02:38] Masaki**
* I had a hard time fitting*
* in with everyone in class.*
***SIGN*** Exercises
**[02:43] Masaki**
*According to my big sister, Nagi...*
**(Flashback) [02:45] Nagi**
Sadly, that's how it is.
**(Flashback) [02:47] Nagi**
They're just a bunch of losers who are
afraid of people who do things differently.
**[02:52] Masaki**
* That's why I tried to play the good guy and*
* tried to avoid bringing attention to myself.*
**(Flashback) [02:58] Girl A**
Wow, it's so easy to understand now!
**(Flashback) [03:00] Girl B**
You're so smart! Guess I should
expect that from Mr. Study Abroad.
**[03:03] Masaki**
* But apparently, that didn't*
* sit well with some people.*
**(Flashback) [03:09] Boy A**
Hey, Mr. Study Abroad.
**(Flashback) [03:12] Boy B**
Don't you think you stand out too much?
**(Flashback) [03:14] Masaki**
You think so? I'll be more careful, then.
**(Flashback) [03:16] Boy C**
Be more careful?
**(Flashback) [03:18] Masaki**
Yeah. I'll try not to stand out as much.
**(Flashback) [03:21] Boy A**
Who the hell do you think you are?
Come with us for a sec.
**[03:28] Masaki**
* I'd been learning karate for self-defense,*
* so I knew how to fight,*
**[03:33] Masaki**
* but getting into trouble could affect*
* my odds of getting into high school.*
**[03:38] Masaki**
* Guess I'll let 'em hit me four or*
* five more times and it'll be over.*
**[03:41] Masaki**
*And then, right when I thought that...*
**(Flashback) [03:44] Aya**
That's a rather dumb thing to do.
**(Flashback) [03:47] Aya**
What's the point of this?
**(Flashback) [03:50] Aya**
What sort of failures does he display
that you'd do that to him?
**(Flashback) [03:56] Boy A**
Huh? Who the hell are you, a friend of his?
**(Flashback) [03:59] Aya**
I'm asking you why.
**(Flashback) [04:02] Boy A**
Because he's a womanizer.
**(Flashback) [04:07] Aya**
I see.
**(Flashback) [04:12] Aya**
So in other words,
**(Flashback) [04:13] Aya**
the reason behind your rage is your
own pent-up sexual frustrations.
**(Flashback) [04:18] Masaki**
Huh?!
**(Flashback) [04:20] Boy A**
What? What did you just say?
**(Flashback) [04:22] Aya**
In that case, take your
frustrations out on me.
**(Flashback) [04:28] Boy A**
Bring it on! I definitely won't say no to that.
**(Flashback) [04:33] Masaki**
H-Hey, wait!
**(Flashback) [04:35] Masaki**
Stop! She's got nothing to do with this!
**(Flashback) [04:37] Boy B**
Who the hell do you think you are?
**(Flashback) [04:40] Boy C**
Get the hell outta here!
**(Flashback) [04:42] Boy A**
We're here to have some fun with her.
**(Flashback) [04:44] Masaki**
S-Stop!
**(Flashback) [04:47] Jin**
Hey, you there.
**(Flashback) [04:50] Jin**
Just to make sure I have the right idea...
**(Flashback) [04:53] Boy A**
Wh-Who the hell are you?
**(Flashback) [04:56] Jin**
Do you want to save that girl?
**(Flashback) [04:59] Masaki**
Y-Yes.
**(Flashback) [05:00] Jin**
I see. In that case, leave
this to me, and run.
**(Flashback) [05:05] Masaki**
Yes, sir. Thank you very much!
**(Flashback) [05:08] Boy A**
H-Hey, wait!
**(Flashback) [05:10] Jin**
You're the ones who're going to wait.
**(Flashback) [05:16] Masaki**
Sit here and wait for a bit. Okay?
**(Flashback) [05:19] Aya**
Okay.
**(Flashback) [05:20] Masaki**
I promise I'll be right back!
**(Flashback) [05:29] Jin**
Ah, it's you.
**(Flashback) [05:30] Masaki**
D-Did everything go okay?
**(Flashback) [05:33] Jin**
Yeah. More importantly, how's the girl?
**(Flashback) [05:35] Masaki**
Oh, I had her wait by the station...
**(Flashback) [05:37] Jin**
You should hurry back to her.
**(Flashback) [05:39] Masaki**
R-Right...
**(Flashback) [05:42] Jin**
Contrary to her demeanor, I'm pretty
sure she's not as calm as she seems.
**(Flashback) [05:46] Masaki**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [05:48] Masaki**
Um... Thank you again!
**(Flashback) [05:53] Masaki**
You really surprised me earlier.
I need to thank you, though.
**(Flashback) [05:58] Aya**
Why?
**(Flashback) [05:59] Masaki**
Well, you saved me, didn't you?
**(Flashback) [06:03] Aya**
I thought you hated me, so...
**(Flashback) [06:06] Masaki**
Huh? Why would I hate you?
**(Flashback) [06:10] Aya**
I can't let other people hate me...
**(Flashback) [06:15] Masaki**
I don't hate you, though.
**(Flashback) [06:19] Aya**
But... you glared at me.
**(Flashback) [06:21] Masaki**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [06:22] Aya**
I thought you might be mad.
**(Flashback) [06:24] Masaki**
Er... No, that was just...
**(Flashback) [06:28] Masaki**
A-Anyway, I'll pay for your clothes.
**(Flashback) [06:31] Aya**
It's fine.
**(Flashback) [06:33] Masaki**
But...
**(Flashback) [06:34] Aya**
Really, it's okay. Thanks.
**(Flashback) [06:38] Aya**
I'm Orihata Aya.
**(Flashback) [06:40] Masaki**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [06:41] Aya**
What's your name?
**(Flashback) [06:43] Masaki**
I'm Taniguchi Masaki.
**(Flashback) [06:46] Aya**
Masaki...
**(Flashback) [06:48] Aya**
What a lovely name.
**[06:53] Masaki**
* Looking back on that now,*
* it might've been love at first sight.*
***SIGN*** Ticket
***SIGN*** Elementary & Middle School Students
**[07:00] Aya**
*Are you sure you want to go with me?*
**(Flashback) [07:01] Masaki**
Well, I want to thank you for the other day.
**(Flashback) [07:04] Masaki**
I mean, if you're busy, it's fine...
**[07:09] Aya**
*Thank you. I'll go.*
**(Flashback) [07:15] Masaki**
What should we do? Do you
want to try another day?
**(Flashback) [07:18] Aya**
Why?
**(Flashback) [07:19] Masaki**
Because it looks like
we'll be waiting a while.
**(Flashback) [07:22] Aya**
You don't want to wait?
**(Flashback) [07:24] Masaki**
Well, won't we get tired?
**(Flashback) [07:26] Aya**
Then I'll wait here.
You can go rest somewhere.
**(Flashback) [07:31] Masaki**
No, no. I'll line up for you, then.
**(Flashback) [07:34] Aya**
It's fine. I'm used to doing nothing.
**(Flashback) [07:37] Masaki**
But, I mean... I wanted to
do this to thank you...
**(Flashback) [07:41] Masaki**
I know! Wait here for a sec.
**(Flashback) [07:45] Lady**
Here's your cheeseburger and
hot dog. Thank you very much.
**(Flashback) [07:49] Masaki**
Thanks!
**(Flashback) [07:50] Anou**
Well, if it isn't the transfer student.
**(Flashback) [07:52] Anou**
What are you doing here?
**(Flashback) [07:54] Masaki**
Uh... You know.
**(Flashback) [07:57] Anou**
Probably making some girl
wait for you, huh?
**(Flashback) [08:00] Masaki**
Sorry, I'm in a hurry. Bye.
**(Flashback) [08:06] Masaki**
Are you sure this is okay?
**(Flashback) [08:08] Aya**
Yeah. I don't dislike any food.
**(Flashback) [08:10] Aya**
Because I don't have the
right to hate anything.
**(Flashback) [08:13] Masaki**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [08:14] Aya**
More importantly, I thought
you weren't going to come back.
**(Flashback) [08:17] Masaki**
Of course I was going to come back!
**(Flashback) [08:19] Masaki**
At this point, I'm in for the long haul!
**(Flashback) [08:27] Aya**
There, all clean.
**(Flashback) [08:33] Aya**
Are you having fun?
**(Flashback) [08:34] Masaki**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [08:36] Aya**
Are you sure you're not bored...
being with someone like me?
**(Flashback) [08:42] Masaki**
Of course not!
**(Flashback) [08:44] Aya**
Thank goodness. I was worried about that.
**(Flashback) [08:48] Masaki**
I could ask you the same thing.
Are you sure you're not—
**(Flashback) [08:53] Aya**
You feel so warm, Masaki.
**[08:57] Masaki**
*And so, I started going out with Orihata.*
**[09:03] Masaki**
*But are we actually going out?*
***SIGN*** You okay?
***SIGN*** Yes.
***SIGN*** What are you up to?
**[09:07] Masaki**
* She was shrouded in so much*
* mystery, it made me wonder.*
***SIGN*** What are you up to?
***SIGN*** Nothing. Did you need something?
**[09:10] Masaki**
*I was always the one to contact her.*
***SIGN*** Nothing. Did you need something?
***SIGN*** Just wondering if you were free this Saturday.
**[09:13] Masaki**
*It was always like this.*
***SIGN*** Just wondering if you were free this Saturday.
***SIGN*** I am. Where should we meet?
**[09:16] Masaki**
*I'd be restless, and she'd be perfectly calm.*
**[09:20] Masaki**
*That's why I'd invite her out even more.*
**(Flashback) [09:27] Aya**
Actually, I'm not sure.
**(Flashback) [09:30] Masaki**
You're not sure? You haven't decided
where you're going to school?
**(Flashback) [09:33] Aya**
I think I'm going to at least
take entrance exams,
**(Flashback) [09:35] Aya**
but I'm still not sure where to.
**(Flashback) [09:38] Masaki**
Are your parents strict, or what?
**(Flashback) [09:40] Aya**
I don't have any.
**(Flashback) [09:42] Masaki**
Huh? What do you mean?
**(Flashback) [09:44] Aya**
I don't have anything like that.
**(Flashback) [09:47] Masaki**
Then what about relatives?
**(Flashback) [09:50] Masaki**
Should I not have asked that?
**(Flashback) [09:53] Aya**
I'm sorry, Masaki.
**(Flashback) [09:56] Masaki**
Huh? For what?
**(Flashback) [09:57] Aya**
I'm sorry.
**(Flashback) [10:00] Aya**
I can't tell you.
**(Flashback) [10:02] Masaki**
Nah... It's fine.
**[10:05] Masaki**
* Even so, she would always*
* ask me in the end...*
**(Flashback) [10:10] Aya**
Can we see each other again?
**(Flashback) [10:11] Masaki**
Of course!
***SIGN*** Orihata Aya
Incoming Call
***SIGN*** Ignore Answer
**[10:19] Masaki**
*That was the first time she contacted me.*
**(Flashback) [10:21] Masaki**
Hey, it's rare for you to actually call me.
**[10:22] Masaki**
*It made me really happy.*
**(Flashback) [10:25] Masaki**
What's up?
**(Flashback) [10:26] Masaki**
Huh? You got into Shinyou Academy?!
**[10:29] Aya**
*Yeah. You were worried about that, so...*
**(Flashback) [10:32] Masaki**
I see. Congratulations!
**[10:34] Aya**
*I'm glad you're happy, Masaki.*
**(Flashback) [10:37] Masaki**
Hey, let's celebrate. Can you meet
me at the usual park in a bit?
**[10:42] Aya**
*Yeah, sure.*
**(Flashback) [10:43] Masaki**
See you soon!
**[10:45] Masaki**
*As I thought, this was love at first sight!*
**[10:51] Anou**
*It was love at first sight.*
**(Flashback) [10:58] Girl A**
Hey, isn't he hot?
**(Flashback) [11:00] Boy D**
Man, he seems annoying.
**(Flashback) [11:02] Anou**
Huh? Yeah, he does.
**[11:06] Anou**
* It was the first time*
* I'd ever felt like that,*
**[11:09] Anou**
*so I wasn't really sure what I was feeling.*
**(Flashback) [11:12] Boy A**
Man, doesn't he just piss you off?
**(Flashback) [11:15] Anou**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [11:15] Boy A**
I totally get it. You're always
glaring at him hardcore.
**(Flashback) [11:19] Anou**
R-Right. Yeah...
**(Flashback) [11:22] Girl A**
Could you teach me English sometime?
**(Flashback) [11:24] Girl B**
Me, too!
**(Flashback) [11:25] Masaki**
Oh, sorry!
**(Flashback) [11:27] Girl A**
Was that on purpose?
**(Flashback) [11:29] Girl B**
Anou's attitude really sucks.
**(Flashback) [11:31] Girl A**
Yeah, he's just jealous.
**(Flashback) [11:36] Boy A**
Sounds good. Let's do this.
**(Flashback) [11:38] Boy B**
Yeah, I really hate that guy.
**[11:41] Anou**
*I just wanted to be his friend.*
**[11:44] Anou**
* I just wanted to lessen*
* the distance between us.*
**(Flashback) [11:46] Masaki**
Stop! She's got nothing to do with this!
**(Flashback) [11:49] Boy B**
Who the hell do you think you are?
**(Flashback) [11:52] Jin**
You know...
**(Flashback) [11:54] Jin**
I don't really like how
you're going about this.
***SIGN*** Cold
**[12:18] Anou**
*I don't care if people don't like my methods.*
**[12:21] Anou**
* I don't have time to be picky*
* about how I do this.*
**(Flashback) [12:25] Masaki**
I know! Wait here for a sec.
**(Flashback) [12:31] Anou**
Well, if it isn't the transfer student.
**(Flashback) [12:34] Masaki**
Sorry, I'm in a hurry. Bye.
***SIGN*** Oh, that's probably Orihata.
She goes to our school.
***SIGN*** Really?
***SIGN*** Really?
***SIGN*** Yeah, I mean, everyone knows about her.
***SIGN*** Really?
***SIGN*** Yeah, I mean, everyone knows about her.
***SIGN*** What do you mean by that?
***SIGN*** What do you mean by that?
***SIGN*** She seems like a good girl, but apparently, she'll let anyone do her if they ask.
**[13:05] Anou**
*Why...*
**[13:08] Anou**
*Why does he like a girl like her?*
**[13:27] Anou**
What? That girl...
**[13:30] Anou**
She's saying something...
**[13:34] Anou**
Is she talking to someone?
**[13:36] Spooky E**
So it's you?
**[13:42] Spooky E**
The one who's been stalking her.
**[13:46] Aya**
I have no right to fall in love.
I have no right to fall in love.
**[13:52] Aya**
I have... no right to fall in love with him.
**[13:58] Spooky E**
You're going to forget
all unnecessary things.
**[14:12] Spooky E**
Anou Shinjirou,
**[14:14] Spooky E**
from now on, you'll no longer care about
everything you were obsessing over.
**[14:19] Anou**
I will not care.
**[14:20] Spooky E**
You will also no longer
have personal desires.
**[14:25] Anou**
I will not have them.
**[14:26] Spooky E**
You are now a terminal.
**[14:29] Anou**
I am... a terminal.
**[14:33] Spooky E**
You will enter Shinyou Academy
and await instructions.
**[14:39] Anou**
I will await instructions.
**[14:41] Spooky E**
Good. You're now a servant
of the Towa Organization.
**[14:46] Mom**
You're changing cram schools?
**[14:48] Anou**
Yeah.
**[14:51] Anou**
My grades are falling...
**[14:54] Anou**
And I can't get into the school
I want with that cram school.
**[14:57] Mom**
The school you want to
get into? Where's that?
**[15:01] Anou**
Shinyou Academy.
**[15:04] Anou**
* I will enter Shinyou Academy*
* and await instructions.*
**[15:09] Girl B**
Anou-kun seems like a
completely different person.
**[15:11] Girl A**
I know, right? He might
not be so bad after all.
**[15:14] Anou**
* I will enter Shinyou Academy*
* and await instructions.*
**[15:18] Teacher**
Yeah, you should have no problems
getting in with these scores.
**[15:22] Teacher**
I guess even you can do it
when you really concentrate
**[15:24] Teacher**
and stop getting needlessly distracted.
**[15:26] Anou**
Yes, I believe so, as well.
**[15:28] Teacher**
H-Hey, what's wrong?
**[15:31] Anou**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[15:33] Teacher**
You're... crying.
**[15:35] Anou**
Huh?
**[15:37] Anou**
What? I wonder why.
***SIGN*** To Anou Shinjirou-kun,
Sorry to give you this letter out of the blue.
I know it's a very important time
and you're probably too busy,
but I wanted to tell you this.
I think I'm in love with you. Is that weird?
I don't even know my own feelings...
**[15:46] Anou**
*Urgent message for Spooky E.*
**[15:49] Anou**
* Emergence of Emotional*
* Circuit Response Case F.*
**[15:53] Anou**
*Disturbance level A.*
**[15:56] Spooky E**
Give me further details.
**[16:01] Spooky E**
So this girl has a thing for you?
**[16:05] Spooky E**
All right, I'll take care of the rest.
**[16:08] Spooky E**
Delete any memories you
have concerning the letter.
**[16:12] Anou**
*Understood.*
**[16:14] Anou**
* I have deleted any memories*
* I had... concerning the letter.*
**[16:18] Spooky E**
All right. Now go back to normal mode.
**[16:27] Anou**
* I will enter Shinyou Academy*
* and await instructions.*
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April Asukai Jin
**[16:50] Jin**
The thing you're probably
experiencing is emotion.
**[16:55] Anou**
Huh?
**[16:56] Jin**
You were moved by that painting.
**[16:59] Jin**
But you haven't experienced anything
like that before, so you can't react.
**[17:05] Jin**
You're Anou Shinjirou-kun, right?
**[17:08] Anou**
Yes, I am.
**[17:10] Jin**
I'm Asukai Jin. I'm in charge
of the fine arts course here.
**[17:15] Jin**
I've had my eye on you, Anou-kun.
**[17:19] Anou**
Why?
**[17:21] Jin**
Because you can't be saved.
**[17:25] Anou**
What do you mean by that?
**[17:28] Jin**
The one who messed with your heart
is from the Towa Organization, right?
**[17:33] Spooky E**
* You're now a servant of*
* the Towa Organization.*
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April Asukai Jin
**[17:45] Jin**
How pitiful...
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April Asukai Jin
**[17:47] Jin**
I don't know the true nature of your
suffering, but I promise you...
**[17:53] Jin**
Your pain will be buried when
the snow falls in April.
**[17:58] Jin**
When the whiteness falls on all of mankind.
***SIGN*** Middle School English Vocabulary
**[18:04] Anou**
*I will enter Shinyou Academy...*
**[18:07] Anou**
*I will... enter...*
**[18:19] Anou**
What's this?
**[18:37] Anou**
Are you the one who gave me the letter?
**[18:40] Anou**
Um... I'm not sure what to say.
**[18:43] Anou**
Why give me something like that?
**[18:48] Anou**
I thought it might be some kind of prank.
**[18:51] Anou**
But seriously, how'd you
get it into my bag?
**[18:54] Girl**
What? What did you just say?
**[18:57] Anou**
Huh?
**[18:58] Girl**
You found the letter in your
bag and not your shoe locker?
**[19:02] Anou**
Wh-What are you talking about? What if I did?
**[19:05] Girl**
Look out!
**[19:08] Anou**
Wh-What the heck?!
**[19:11] Spooky E**
When did you escape my control?
**[19:14] Anou**
Huh?
**[19:14] Spooky E**
The only reason you should be here
is because I ordered you to be here.
**[19:19] Anou**
Wh-What?
**[19:21] Spooky E**
You should've deleted all the
memories regarding the letter.
**[19:24] Spooky E**
And yet you found the letter.
**[19:27] Spooky E**
Whatever.
**[19:29] Spooky E**
I guess we're just going
to have to do this again.
**[19:45] Boogiepop**
You seem a lot weaker than the
man-eater I faced the other day.
**[19:49] Spooky E**
You must be the thing that
was disguised as that girl.
**[19:52] Spooky E**
Who the hell are you?!
**[19:55] Boogiepop**
I'm pretty sure you already know who I am,
**[19:59] Boogiepop**
Mr. Synthetic Human from
the Towa Organization.
**[20:02] Spooky E**
Don't tell me you're...
**[20:05] Boogiepop**
I'm currently trying to find the
Imaginator that's reemerged,
**[20:09] Boogiepop**
so normally, I couldn't care less about you...
**[20:15] Boogiepop**
But since one of your victims
is right in front of me,
**[20:18] Boogiepop**
I can hardly ignore what's going on.
**[20:26] Boogiepop**
I apologize for not giving you top
priority, but I will have to destroy you.
**[20:30] Spooky E**
Damn it... Just go ahead and try it!
**[20:48] Boogiepop**
He got away, but you should be fine now.
**[20:53] Boogiepop**
Because if he ever tries to contact
you again, I'll show up, as well.
**[20:58] Boogiepop**
Also, I'm rather curious as
to how you escaped his control,
**[21:03] Boogiepop**
but I'm sure they didn't
leave any clues behind.
**[21:10] Boogiepop**
This is the real letter.
**[21:12] Anou**
The real one?
**[21:14] Boogiepop**
They're asking you out on a date.
**[21:17] Boogiepop**
The meeting place is here, but the
date is the day after tomorrow.
**[21:21] Boogiepop**
Make sure you don't get that wrong.
***SIGN*** To Anou Shinjirou-kun,
Sorry to give you this letter out of the blue.
I know it's a very important time
and you're probably too busy,
but I wanted to tell you this.
I think I'm in love with you. Is that weird?
I don't even know my own feelings...
I know I softened the sentiment with a silly
phrase like "I think," but that's how I feel.
**[21:27] Anou**
You're right... What's going on here?
**[21:33] Anou**
* In spring of that year,*
* I got into Shinyou Academy.*
**[21:40] Masaki**
* Hey, let's celebrate. Can you meet*
* me at the usual park in a bit?*
**[21:44] Aya**
Yeah, sure.
**[21:45] Masaki**
*See you soon!*
**[21:47] Aya**
Yeah. See you.
**[22:05] Spooky E**
What are you doing here, Camille?
# E6 - VS Imaginator 3
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRP5Q98QR/vs-imaginator-3)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:31] Spooky**
So what you're telling me is...
**[01:33] Spooky**
You're not currently pursuing your
objective, so you have nothing to report?
**[01:39] Spooky**
You're just meeting with a guy.
**[01:42] Spooky**
Well, aren't you special, Camille?
**[01:46] Spooky**
So, are you having sex with him?
**[01:48] Aya**
No, not yet.
**[01:50] Spooky**
Hurry up and let him do you!
**[01:52] Aya**
Yes, sir.
**[01:53] Spooky**
Well, there's really no
need to rush that mission,
**[01:56] Spooky**
but how's the other one going?
**[01:58] Spooky**
Have you gotten any clues?
**[02:00] Aya**
No... Not yet...
**[02:03] Spooky**
You sure you understand
your situation, failure?
**[02:06] Spooky**
There are countless others to replace you.
**[02:08] Spooky**
If you can't prove useful to the Towa
Organization, and more importantly to *me*,
**[02:12] Spooky**
we can eliminate you immediately.
**[02:14] Aya**
I-I know... Spooky E...
**[02:19] Spooky**
Hurry up and find them, then.
They should be somewhere nearby.
**[02:24] Spooky**
For some reason, young girls
keep talking about them.
**[02:28] Spooky**
They must know something.
**[02:29] Spooky**
It's your job to find out.
Do you understand?!
**[02:33] Aya**
I... understand...
**[02:36] Masaki**
Hey, what the hell?!
**[02:37] Masaki**
Let go of Orihata!
**[02:39] Aya**
N-No!
**[02:45] Spooky**
Not bad, pretty boy.
**[02:47] Aya**
Please don't. Please don't hurt Masaki!
**[02:50] Spooky**
Shut up. Does this kid do
martial arts or something?
**[02:54] Spooky**
Or is he an MPLS?
**[02:57] Aya**
Masaki isn't an enemy to
the Towa Organization!
**[02:59] Aya**
He's just a normal human!
**[03:01] Spooky**
I see. If he was actually an MPLS,
I was going to be on my guard...
**[03:05] Spooky**
But if he's just a normie, I'll let
him see my Spooky Electric powers.
**[03:11] Masaki**
Wh-What's with this guy?!
**[03:13] Aya**
Masaki, run!
**[03:22] Masaki**
How's that? That should teach you a—
**[03:24] Spooky**
Too bad. That might work on a human,
but it's useless against me.
**[03:43] Masaki**
Ori... hata?
**[03:45] Aya**
Yes, it's me.
**[03:47] Aya**
How are you feeling?
**[03:49] Masaki**
Huh?
**[03:51] Masaki**
What?
**[03:53] Masaki**
Why was I asleep here?
**[03:56] Aya**
You must've gotten heat stroke or something.
**[03:59] Masaki**
Really? I don't remember anything, though.
**[04:02] Aya**
I'm sorry. This is my fault.
**[04:05] Aya**
I...
**[04:06] Masaki**
That's not true!
**[04:09] Masaki**
More importantly, we're supposed
to be celebrating today.
**[04:12] Masaki**
Is there anything you want me to do?
**[04:14] Aya**
Something I want you to do?
**[04:17] Masaki**
Yeah! I'll do anything, so ask away!
**[04:22] Spooky**
* It's your job to find out.*
* Do you understand?!*
**[04:26] Aya**
In that case... Will you do me a favor?
**[04:29] Masaki**
Yeah, sure. What is it?
**[04:32] Aya**
You're pretty friendly with
the girls in this area, right?
**[04:35] Masaki**
Huh? I, uh...
**[04:38] Aya**
Have any of them ever mentioned anything
about a mysterious reaper to you?
**[04:44] Masaki**
A reaper?
**[04:46] Aya**
Yes. All the girls would've
heard their name before.
**[04:52] Aya**
"Boogiepop."
***SIGN*** Karaoke
***SIGN*** Tonkatsu
***SIGN*** Fukadai Prep School
**[04:55] Suema**
That's how you solve it. Get it now?
**[04:59] Touka**
So when x is an imaginary number,
then the range of y is... I have no idea!
**[05:05] Touka**
I don't get it, Suema!
**[05:07] Suema**
Come on, you just have to try harder.
**[05:13] Suema**
What a strange painting.
**[05:14] Touka**
Hm? Yeah...
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April
**[05:17] Touka**
It's a weird painting.
**[05:19] Suema**
Yeah, it's actually a bit
disturbing. To me, at least.
**[05:23] Touka**
So you don't like it?
**[05:25] Suema**
It's not that... I feel as though whoever
painted this doesn't like people like me.
**[05:32] Suema**
Does that make me weird?
**[05:33] Touka**
I think it's fine. I'm not surprised
to hear that from you.
**[05:37] Kotoe**
Um... Are you Suema Kazuko-san?
**[05:41] Suema**
Yes... Who are you?
**[05:44] Kotoe**
I'm Kinukawa Kotoe. I've
been wanting to meet you.
**[05:48] Suema**
Huh?
**[05:48] Kotoe**
Kinoshita-san told me about you.
**[05:50] Suema**
Kinoshita? You mean Kyouko?
**[05:53] Kotoe**
Yeah! She told me that
you were super reliable.
**[05:58] Suema**
Uh... Well...
**[06:00] Kotoe**
Please, help Jin-niisan!
**[06:04] Suema**
*Just like snow falling in April,*
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April
Asukai Jin
**[06:08] Suema**
*this request seemed to come out of nowhere.*
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April
Asukai Jin
**[06:13] Suema**
Wh-Who? H-Huh?
**[06:16] Touka (Boogie)**
Have a seat, Kinukawa-san.
**[06:19] Kotoe**
Thanks...
**[06:20] Touka**
You came here to ask her something?
**[06:22] Kotoe**
Y-Yes... Sorry about this.
**[06:26] Touka**
All right. I'll get out of the way.
**[06:30] Suema**
T-Touka, wait!
**[06:32] Touka**
Kinukawa-san is asking you for help.
**[06:36] Touka**
Why not hear her out?
**[06:39] Touka**
See you later.
**[06:42] Suema**
All right, fine.
**[06:44] Suema**
I guess I can't ignore you if
you're a friend of Kyouko's.
**[06:50] Suema**
Asukai Jin? You mean
the artist who painted this?
**[06:53] Kotoe**
Yeah. He's an instructor here, and my cousin.
**[06:57] Kotoe**
Our parents aren't that close, though.
**[07:01] Suema**
So, what's wrong with him?
**[07:03] Kotoe**
Well, you're an expert on... when
people suddenly act all weird...
**[07:11] Kotoe**
Stuff like that.
**[07:12] Suema**
"Stuff like that," huh?
**[07:17] Suema**
Okay, so what's wrong with
your cousin, Jin-niisan?
**[07:20] Kotoe**
How do I put this... It's like
nothing bothers him anymore.
**[07:24] Suema**
Nothing bothers him?
**[07:25] Kotoe**
Yeah. Deep down, he's a really nice
person, so he was always troubled.
**[07:30] Kotoe**
I'm not sure if I should
mention this or not,
**[07:34] Kotoe**
but his dad was his only close family,
and he died in a really weird way.
**[07:38] Suema**
How did he die?
**[07:39] Kotoe**
Well...
**[07:41] Suema**
You don't have to tell me. Is there
anything else concerning you?
**[07:44] Kotoe**
Other than that, he's been spending
nights away from home lately.
**[07:47] Suema**
He's gone at night?
**[07:48] Kotoe**
Yeah... When I ask him why, all he says
is that he's staying at a friend's place.
**[07:54] Suema**
That's not exactly unusual for a young guy...
**[07:57] Kotoe**
I thought so, too!
**[07:59] Kotoe**
But one time, I found some dark stains
**[08:01] Kotoe**
on his clothes when he came
home in the morning...
**[08:03] Suema**
Stains?
**[08:04] Kotoe**
Yeah, like blood...
**[08:07] Kotoe**
Jin-niisan didn't have
a scratch on him, though.
**[08:10] Kotoe**
I want to talk to the police, but
that'd probably make things worse...
**[08:15] Kotoe**
Suema-san?
**[08:17] Suema**
Right. I'm listening.
**[08:19] Suema**
* Because of my past, I've been*
* yearning for something.*
**[08:25] Kotoe**
I don't know what to do anymore...
**[08:28] Suema**
U-Um, Kinukawa-san...
**[08:31] Suema**
Could you let me handle this?
**[08:37] Suema**
*I've longed to take on the darkness myself.*
**[08:44] Suema**
* So a normal guy wandered around all night*
* and came home with blood on his clothes?*
**[08:51] Suema**
*He sounds like some kind of vampire.*
**[08:57] Suema**
*I need to find some kind of clue...*
**[09:07] Suema**
Huh?
**[09:09] Suema**
*Isn't this... the girl who committed suicide?*
**[09:13] Suema**
*Minahoshi Suiko?*
**[09:14] Suema**
*Why did Asukai Jin draw a picture of her?*
**[09:21] Misaki**
But Asukai-sensei, we really are
friends. We don't hate each other.
**[09:28] Misaki**
Right, Yuriko?
**[09:29] Yuriko**
Y-Yeah.
**[09:32] Jin**
I'm not saying it's just
you two specifically.
**[09:36] Jin**
Most humans hold some kind
of grudge against others,
**[09:39] Jin**
and you two are no exception.
**[09:42] Misaki**
But... I mean...
**[09:44] Jin**
What's the matter?
**[09:45] Misaki**
Um... Are we really going to do this?
**[09:48] Jin**
Everyone else has.
**[09:50] Jin**
Do you not want to? I won't force you.
**[09:54] Yuriko**
No, let's do it.
**[09:56] Misaki**
Y-Yuriko...
**[09:57] Yuriko**
Let's let him do this. I don't wanna
end up just some normal examinee.
**[10:03] Jin**
What will it be? This is all up to you.
**[10:06] Misaki**
Could you order me to do it? Then I...
**[10:10] Jin**
No. The Imaginator can't force anyone.
**[10:14] Suema**
*The Imaginator?*
**[10:16] Jin**
You can influence events,
or you can be swept along by them.
**[10:20] Jin**
It's one or the other.
**[10:22] Yuriko**
Can it just be me, then, Sensei?
**[10:25] Jin**
You'd need another partner
besides Kitahara-kun, then.
**[10:28] Yuriko**
I'll find someone!
**[10:30] Misaki**
Okay, fine... I'll do it.
Please do this, Sensei.
**[10:34] Jin**
Very good.
**[10:35] Jin**
I'll respect your decision.
**[10:39] Suema**
*What? What's going on?*
**[11:07] Suema**
* Whatever I just witnessed was*
* beyond my comprehension.*
**[11:13] Suema**
*But as the three of them left the room,*
**[11:16] Suema**
* I definitely heard what*
* the two girls whispered...*
**[11:22] Misaki**
Sensei, we're not afraid of anything anymore.
**[11:26] Yuriko**
Yes. I feel like we can change the world
for you at this very moment, Sensei.
**[11:35] Touka**
What do you want to do, Suema?
***SIGN*** Shinyou Academy High School Division
Orientation
**[11:38] Suema**
Oh, yeah... I guess it
*is* right after vacation.
**[11:42] Touka**
I'm sure it's a bunch of students
getting fitted for uniforms,
**[11:46] Touka**
plus orientation and stuff.
**[11:48] Touka**
Definitely not the time to be
asking around about a girl
**[11:50] Touka**
who committed suicide, huh?
**[11:52] Touka**
Wanna try again another time?
I don't mind either way.
**[11:57] Touka**
Yikes...
**[11:59] Suema**
What's the matter?
**[12:00] Touka**
The disciplinary committee president's here.
**[12:02] Suema**
Huh? What's this about Niitoki-san?
**[12:04] Touka**
Er... Some stuff happened...
**[12:07] Suema**
Stuff?
**[12:09] Touka**
Sorry. I'm gonna head home.
**[12:11] Suema**
H-Hey!
**[12:14] Suema**
Jeez...
**[12:16] Kei**
Good morning, Suema-san.
**[12:18] Suema**
Oh, good morning.
***SIGN*** Shinyou Academy High School Division
Orientation
**[12:19] Kei**
What brings you here today?
**[12:21] Suema**
Uh... Well, you know...
**[12:24] Suema**
What are you doing here, Niitoki-san?
**[12:26] Kei**
Hey, was that Miyashita-san with you?
**[12:29] Suema**
Huh? Y-Yes...
**[12:31] Kei**
She was avoiding me, wasn't she?
**[12:35] Suema**
Do you guys not get along?
**[12:37] Kei**
Oh, no. It's nothing like that.
**[12:39] Kei**
Just, you know... Stuff happened.
**[12:42] Suema**
Could this be about a boy?
**[12:45] Kei**
You're as intuitive as ever.
**[12:48] Kei**
Yes. Her boyfriend rejected me.
**[12:51] Suema**
Oh, the designer guy?
**[12:53] Kei**
Yup. That's him.
**[12:55] Kei**
I've completely given up, though.
**[12:57] Suema**
Then Touka's got no reason to worry...
**[13:01] Kei**
If that's the only reason.
**[13:02] Suema**
Is there something else?
**[13:04] Kei**
I happen to know who she really is.
**[13:07] Suema**
Huh?!
**[13:08] Kei**
Oh?
**[13:09] Kei**
You're new students, right?
**[13:12] Kei**
Orientation's about to
start. You should hurry.
**[13:14] Girlfriend**
Let's go, Anou-kun.
**[13:15] Anou**
B-But I, uh...
**[13:19] Anou**
I can't help but wonder...
What am I doing here?
**[13:24] Kei**
What do you mean? You're going to be late...
**[13:27] Anou**
It's just... In exchange for coming here,
**[13:30] Anou**
I feel like... I lost something
really important to me...
**[13:37] Anou**
I can't shake that feeling.
**[13:39] Kei**
Hey, is he okay?
**[13:41] Girlfriend**
Anou-kun's been through a lot this past year.
**[13:45] Anou**
I'm pretty sure I haven't, like,
**[13:47] Anou**
lost anything, but...
**[13:49] Anou**
It feels like it was something
really important...
**[13:53] Kei**
What?! What's wrong?!
**[13:56] Girlfriend**
Pull yourself together, Anou-kun!
**[13:57] Anou**
Huh? What?
**[13:59] Anou**
Why am I crying?
**[14:01] Kei**
I'll escort him to the nurse's office.
Could you come with us, too?
**[14:06] Girlfriend**
Oh, sure.
**[14:07] Kei**
So, sorry about this, Suema-san.
I'll talk to you later.
**[14:10] Suema**
S-Sure. I have something I need to do, too...
***SIGN*** Shinyou Academy High School Division
Orientation
**[14:15] Suema**
*Adolescence is filled with emotions.*
**[14:18] Suema**
*It's very fragile... and very precarious.*
**[14:24] Suema**
* I mean, I've read plenty of*
* books on abnormal psychology,*
**[14:30] Suema**
* but I have absolutely no idea*
* what goes through the minds*
**[14:33] Suema**
*of people who commit suicide.*
**[14:37] Suema**
*What happened in Minahoshi Suiko's case?*
**[14:45] Suema**
*Did she really mean to kill herself, or...*
**[14:59] Suema**
Um...
**[15:04] Aya**
What is it?
**[15:06] Suema**
Er... I'm going to sound stupid
if I've got the wrong idea,
**[15:11] Suema**
but if you're going to jump,
I really don't think you should.
**[15:14] Suema**
Someone already jumped from there before...
**[15:16] Suema**
I mean, I know it's not as simple
as saying if you stay alive,
**[15:20] Suema**
good things will eventually happen.
**[15:24] Suema**
But you know... I mean...
**[15:27] Suema**
Even if you die, the thing you
hate isn't going to go away.
**[15:33] Suema**
So... how do I put this?
**[15:36] Suema**
Dying is useless. That I can say for sure.
**[15:40] Aya**
It's... useless?
**[15:42] Suema**
Yes.
**[15:43] Aya**
But I... want to die.
**[15:48] Suema**
Are you being serious?
**[15:50] Suema**
I see. You can't now, though.
**[15:54] Suema**
Because I found you.
**[15:56] Aya**
I'm sorry... Suema-san.
**[15:59] Suema**
Huh? You know who I am?
**[16:03] Aya**
Yes. Someone I know goes here,
and they told me about you.
**[16:08] Suema**
I see. Well, I can only imagine
what they told you about me.
**[16:12] Aya**
I'm sorry.
**[16:14] Suema**
It's nothing to apologize about.
**[16:17] Aya**
Um... Suema-senpai.
**[16:19] Suema**
Yes?
**[16:21] Aya**
What do you think about Boogiepop?
**[16:24] Suema**
Huh? What do I think about them?
**[16:26] Masaki**
Boogiepop?
**[16:29] Masaki**
I've never heard of them. What is that?
**[16:31] Aya**
They're called a reaper.
**[16:33] Masaki**
A reaper...
**[16:36] Aya**
Yes. Boogiepop kills someone when
they're at the height of their beauty,
**[16:41] Aya**
before they can become
ugly. That's who they are.
**[16:45] Masaki**
Huh? So what about them?
**[16:49] Suema**
Sorry, I hope I don't offend you, but
I'm not really fond of those rumors...
**[16:55] Aya**
You don't believe them?
**[16:57] Suema**
No. I'm more interested in
criminal psychology and reality.
**[17:03] Suema**
So rumors like that aren't my cup of tea.
**[17:05] Aya**
I see.
**[17:07] Suema**
But... How do I put this?
**[17:10] Suema**
Imagery like reapers and stuff
like that is pretty common.
**[17:15] Suema**
It's typical adolescent imagery.
**[17:18] Suema**
Everyone's anxious about something,
**[17:19] Suema**
so sometimes they feel like they want
everything around them to be destroyed.
**[17:24] Aya**
Masaki, why don't you try becoming Boogiepop?
**[17:27] Masaki**
Huh? Me?
**[17:29] Aya**
Yes. I'm sure you can do it.
**[17:32] Masaki**
Huh?
**[17:33] Suema**
Adults say irresponsible things like,
**[17:35] Suema**
those periods of anxiety are just
a phase and we'll all just get over it,
**[17:39] Suema**
but it's never that easy, of course.
**[17:43] Suema**
That's why Boogiepop exists.
**[17:45] Aya**
Huh?
**[17:46] Suema**
I think that's why they exist. To protect
an unstable heart and to keep it like that.
**[17:53] Aya**
Do you think they actually protect?
**[17:55] Suema**
Yeah, I think that's how it is.
**[18:01] Masaki**
Wait a sec... You want me to become a reaper?
**[18:05] Aya**
Don't worry. The reaper
thing is just a rumor.
**[18:09] Aya**
On the contrary, I actually heard
they help people more than anything.
**[18:13] Masaki**
Help people? What do you want me to do?
**[18:17] Aya**
Anything.
**[18:18] Masaki**
Anything?
**[18:19] Aya**
You're strong, Masaki.
**[18:22] Aya**
I'm sure you can become Boogiepop.
**[18:27] Aya**
But... I'm pretty sure they won't protect me.
**[18:34] Aya**
Senpai, can I talk to you about something?
**[18:37] Suema**
Sure.
**[18:38] Aya**
I think... this boy likes me.
**[18:42] Aya**
But I...
**[18:45] Aya**
I'm no good. I can't do something like that.
**[18:49] Suema**
Ah...
**[18:50] Aya**
I feel bad.
**[18:52] Aya**
I'd love to do anything for him if
I could, but there's nothing I can do.
**[18:59] Aya**
Instead, I'm causing all
sorts of trouble for him.
**[19:05] Aya**
I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me.
**[19:08] Aya**
I'm in no place to ask you
to do something like that.
**[19:13] Aya**
I'm sorry, Masaki.
**[19:14] Aya**
I'm really sorry for asking you
to do something so ridiculous.
**[19:19] Masaki**
Will it be fun for you if I become
this Boogie-what's-it?
**[19:24] Aya**
Huh?
**[19:25] Masaki**
In that case, sure, I'll do it!
**[19:27] Masaki**
I still don't really understand,
but if it's something I can do...
**[19:31] Aya**
Really?
**[19:32] Masaki**
Yeah! We're friends, aren't we?
**[19:36] Aya**
I'm sorry, Masaki.
**[19:39] Aya**
What should I do?
**[19:41] Aya**
If this goes on, he's going to hate me.
**[19:44] Suema**
Is that why you want to die?
**[19:46] Aya**
I'm not supposed to let anyone hate me.
**[19:48] Aya**
That's the only reason
I'm allowed to be alive.
**[19:52] Suema**
Well, that's impossible.
**[19:53] Aya**
Huh?
**[19:54] Suema**
It's impossible to live without
someone hating you.
**[19:59] Suema**
Because being alive means that you have
to come into contact with other people.
**[20:02] Suema**
No matter how hard you try, you'll
eventually end up hurting someone.
**[20:06] Aya**
B-But...
**[20:08] Suema**
I'm sure someone's already come
to hate you. I'm certain of it.
**[20:13] Aya**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[20:15] Suema**
That's just the way things are.
**[20:17] Suema**
Going through life believing that no one
could possibly hate you is detestable.
**[20:23] Suema**
There's an author named Kirima Seiichi,
and in one of his books, he said,
**[20:29] Suema**
"There is definitely something out there.
**[20:31] Suema**
Something that makes people believe that
they have to know their place in life."
**[20:36] Suema**
"If there is anything that
gives value to human life,
**[20:40] Suema**
it is the struggle with that something.
**[20:44] Suema**
In the battle with the Imaginator that does
your thinking for you, 'Versus Imaginator'...
**[20:52] Suema**
That's the starting line upon
which all humans must stand."
**[20:57] Suema**
Basically, humans are all bound by the chains
of common sense far more than we realize,
**[21:03] Suema**
and that makes us suffer.
**[21:06] Aya**
Chains?
**[21:07] Suema**
If we're being bound, we have to break free.
**[21:11] Suema**
That's what that means.
**[21:14] Suema**
I'm sure you have some kind
of rules you have to abide by.
**[21:19] Aya**
Yes...
**[21:20] Suema**
This might sound harsh,
**[21:22] Suema**
but I think you're missing the
concept of that struggle.
**[21:26] Suema**
You have to have that.
**[21:29] Aya**
Right...
**[21:30] Suema**
You can die after you fight.
**[21:33] Aya**
You're right.
**[21:36] Aya**
I'm not sure if I can do it, but...
**[21:40] Aya**
I'll give it a try.
**[21:46] Aya**
Thank you very much.
**[21:47] Suema**
Sure. Good luck with everything, Orihata-san.
**[21:50] Aya**
Thank you.
**[21:52] Aya**
Oh, Senpai...
**[21:54] Suema**
Yes?
**[21:55] Aya**
If the one I have to fight is Boogiepop...
**[22:00] Aya**
Should I still fight?
**[22:02] Suema**
Fight, no matter what.
**[22:05] Aya**
Okay.
# E7 - VS Imaginator 4
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYXJD8726/vs-imaginator-4)
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***SIGN*** Our sincerest apologies
We apologize for any inconvenience
caused by this construction.
**[00:04] Dealer A**
You're alone?
**[00:05] Guy**
So, how much do you want?
**[00:08] Aya**
All of it.
**[00:09] Aya**
I want everything you have.
**[00:12] Dealer B**
Huh?
**[00:13] Dealer A**
Can you afford that?
**[00:14] Aya**
No.
**[00:15] Dealer A**
What?!
**[00:16] Aya**
I don't have any money...
**[00:18] Aya**
But I'm telling you to give me
all of the drugs that you have.
**[00:23] Dealer A**
Who the hell do you think you are?!
**[00:28] Dealer C**
Hey!
**[00:30] Dealer A**
Why, you—
**[00:31] Dealer A**
You think you can get away?!
**[00:39] Masaki**
Uh...
**[00:41] Masaki**
I would suggest you reconsider.
**[00:43] Dealer B**
Who the hell are you?!
**[00:45] Masaki**
My name is Boogiepop...
That's just how it is.
**[00:58] Aya**
Great job, Masaki.
**[01:03] Masaki**
This outfit is so stuffy.
**[01:06] Aya**
But that's how they're dressed,
according to the rumors.
**[01:09] Masaki**
It's rough trying to fight
in this outfit, honestly.
**[01:15] Aya**
You're a hero, Masaki.
**[01:23] Aya**
Thanks to you,
**[01:25] Aya**
we saved at least a hundred people from
ever coming in contact with these drugs.
**[01:29] Aya**
It's quite noble.
**[01:30] Masaki**
Noble, huh?
**[01:33] Aya**
Oh... Your hand.
**[01:36] Masaki**
Huh? My hand?
**[01:38] Masaki**
It's not a big deal.
**[01:41] Aya**
I'm sorry.
**[01:44] Aya**
It's all my fault.
***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
**[03:17] Masaki**
* Before I knew it, about two weeks*
* had passed since we started*
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[03:21] Masaki**
*this charade of me acting as Boogiepop.*
**[03:28] Masaki**
School's going to start soon.
What should we do?
**[03:35] Masaki**
I mean, we can't keep doing this forever...
**[03:37] Masaki**
Right?
**(Flashback) [03:40] Masaki**
Y-You're asking me to wear that?
**(Flashback) [03:42] Aya**
You'll wear it when you appear.
**(Flashback) [03:49] Masaki**
Does this work?
**(Flashback) [03:51] Masaki**
You think I went too hard on this groper?
**(Flashback) [03:53] Aya**
You really are amazing, Masaki.
**(Flashback) [03:56] Masaki**
I don't really like using you as bait, though.
**[03:59] Masaki**
* I still have no idea why*
* she wants me to do this.*
**[04:03] Masaki**
I'm actually relieved that today was a dud.
**[04:05] Masaki**
It'd be scary if we got attacked all the time.
**[04:10] Masaki**
What should we do? Should we keep doing this?
**[04:15] Aya**
Masaki.
**[04:16] Masaki**
What's up?
**[04:18] Aya**
Isn't there anything you
want me to do for you?
**[04:22] Masaki**
I'll do anything you say. I'll do
anything you want, Masaki.
**[04:29] Aya**
I know that's not enough... But...
**[04:33] Aya**
I'll do everything you desire.
**[04:39] Masaki**
In that case... Why don't we continue
this Boogiepop thing a little longer?
**[04:45] Aya**
Are you sure?
**[04:46] Masaki**
Yeah. I'm actually starting
to have some fun with it, too.
**[04:55] Aya**
You're such an idiot, Masaki.
**[04:57] Masaki**
Yeah...
**[05:05] Masaki**
Well, see you later.
**[05:06] Aya**
Hey, Masaki. Do you—
**[05:15] Masaki**
Did you say something?
**[05:17] Aya**
No, it's nothing.
**[05:19] Masaki**
Well, goodnight.
**[05:22] Aya**
Goodnight.
**[05:30] Aya**
Hello, this is Orihata.
**[05:32] Spooky**
*Camille?*
**[05:34] Aya**
Yes.
**[05:35] Spooky**
*The bastard hasn't fallen for the trap yet?*
**[05:38] Aya**
Not as of yet.
**[05:40] Spooky**
* Guess they're not gonna fall for something*
* as dumb as having a fake waltzing around.*
**[05:45] Spooky**
*Whatever.*
**[05:46] Spooky**
* We're going to have Taniguchi*
* Masaki do something else for us.*
**[05:50] Spooky**
*Cut ties with him for now.*
**[05:52] Spooky**
* If it comes down to it, I'm thinking*
* about sterilizing this whole area.*
**[05:57] Spooky**
*I'll send you further instructions later.*
**[05:59] Spooky**
*That's all.*
**[06:11] Sasahara**
*Hello, this is Sasahara.*
**[06:13] Spooky**
I put the drugs in a coin locker.
**[06:16] Spooky**
Add them to the drinks you serve
at the fast food place you work at.
**[06:20] Sasahara**
*Understood. Carrying out command.*
**[06:28] Spooky**
What?
**[06:29] Terminal B**
*Periodic report.*
**[06:30] Spooky**
Yeah?
**[06:31] Terminal B**
*70% of the spiked cream has been sold.*
**[06:35] Terminal B**
* However, there are no visible changes*
* to the customers who have purchased it.*
**[06:38] Spooky**
All right. Begin stage two on the customers
who purchased the spiked cream,
**[06:42] Spooky**
regardless of the results.
**[06:44] Terminal B**
*Understood.*
**[06:47] Terminal C**
*Urgent report.*
**[06:49] Spooky**
Did you find something out?!
**[06:50] Terminal C**
* Apparently, they appear near the*
* expressway overpass sometimes.*
**[06:53] Spooky**
That's the fake that I have walking around!
**[06:56] Spooky**
Anything else?
**[06:57] Terminal C**
* There's a rumor that a shadowy figure like*
* them was spotted on the roof of Twin City.*
**[07:01] Spooky**
I know that already! Look into this
stuff before calling me, damn it!
**[07:07] Spooky**
Curse you, Boogiepop...
**[07:10] Spooky**
If it comes down to it, I'll level this
whole place just to get rid of you!
**[07:14] Spooky**
* I can't seem to stop thinking*
* about what they said, though.*
**(Flashback) [07:19] Boogiepop**
I'm currently trying to find the
Imaginator that's reemerged...
**[07:24] Spooky**
* If I can figure out who the hell this*
* Imaginator is, I might be able to...*
***SIGN*** No Trespassing
**[07:41] Kotoe**
* When I get really depressed, I always*
* come here, to my secret place.*
**(Flashback) [07:47] Kazuko**
Listen.
**(Flashback) [07:48] Kazuko**
Try not to go near him until
I figure out what's going on.
**[08:00] Kotoe**
*I first met Jin-niisan when I was five.*
**(Flashback) [08:05] Father**
You finally have the nerve to show
your face, and this is what you do?
**(Flashback) [08:09] Father**
Stop it, Nii-san.
**(Flashback) [08:11] Father**
It was your decision to leave the
family. I have no money to lend you.
**(Flashback) [08:15] Jin**
Uncle's right, Father.
**(Flashback) [08:17] Jin**
There's no way he'd let you
borrow money so carelessly.
**(Flashback) [08:20] Jin**
Let's go home.
**(Flashback) [08:22] Jin's Father**
Yeah, you're right...
**[08:24] Kotoe**
* He was my first love, but I had*
* no idea what to say to him.*
**[08:30] Kotoe**
*I thought I'd never see him again.*
**[08:35] Kotoe**
*But then, when I was nine,*
**[08:37] Kotoe**
* we would end up meeting again in*
* a way I couldn't have imagined.*
**(Flashback) [08:40] Father**
You don't need any money?
**(Flashback) [08:42] Jin's Father**
Yeah, I'm sorry about back then.
**(Flashback) [08:44] Jin's Father**
I don't need money anymore, though.
**(Flashback) [08:47] Father**
Then what do you want?
**(Flashback) [08:49] Jin's Father**
Koji, do you have any interest in paintings?
**(Flashback) [08:53] Father**
Paintings?
**(Flashback) [08:53] Jin's Father**
Absolute masterpieces.
**(Flashback) [08:55] Jin's Father**
My current line of work deals with them.
**(Flashback) [08:59] Father**
You're selling paintings?
But that line of work
**(Flashback) [09:02] Father**
requires you to have a really careful
eye or you'll mess up someday.
**(Flashback) [09:05] Jin's Father**
I have nothing to worry about.
I'm letting him handle all of that.
**(Flashback) [09:10] Father**
You're leaving it to Jin?
**(Flashback) [09:11] Jin's Father**
He's a genius. He's already gotten
countless awards for his art.
**(Flashback) [09:15] Father**
I see... Are you planning on becoming
an artist in the future, Jin?
**(Flashback) [09:20] Jin**
It's my dream.
**[09:27] Kotoe**
*Then, that night...*
**(Flashback) [09:49] Kotoe**
What were you doing?
**(Flashback) [09:51] Jin**
Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
**(Flashback) [09:55] Jin**
I was just hoping it would snow.
**(Flashback) [09:58] Kotoe**
Snow?
**(Flashback) [09:59] Jin**
Yeah... I could've sworn
it looked like it might.
**(Flashback) [10:03] Kotoe**
Do you like snow?
**(Flashback) [10:05] Jin**
Yeah. I know it seems a bit childish, but...
**[10:10] Kotoe**
*Shortly afterward, my uncle passed away,*
**[10:13] Kotoe**
*and Jin-niisan was all alone.*
**[10:19] Kotoe**
*The cause of his death is still unclear.*
**[10:21] Kotoe**
* There were no signs of poisoning, so the*
* cause of death was left undetermined.*
**(Flashback) [10:26] Lady**
He's such a good boy.
They should just adopt him.
**(Flashback) [10:29] Lady B**
But he declined the offer, didn't he?
**[10:33] Kotoe**
* But I was somewhat relieved that*
* we could continue as cousins,*
**[10:37] Kotoe**
*rather than as brother and sister.*
**[10:43] Kotoe**
*And yet...*
**[10:48] Kotoe**
Jin-niisan...
**[10:50] Spooky**
Ah, so that's the name of your man?
***SIGN*** Identification Card No. °°°°
This card proves that this individual is a student at this school.
Grade: Year 2
Name: Kinukawa Kotoe
Date of Birth: °°°°/°°/°°
Shinyou Academy High School
**[10:56] Spooky**
Her name's Kinukawa Kotoe, and
she's seventeen years old...
**[11:01] Spooky**
Kinukawa?
***SIGN*** The Ladder Ferris Wheel Bathrooms & Rest Areas
***SIGN*** Kinukawa Enterprises
**[11:06] Spooky**
So that's why she has the master key.
**[11:13] Spooky**
Perfect. I'll use this to find out
more about this Imaginator.
**[11:28] Kotoe**
There's something I want to ask you.
**[11:30] Bartender**
Huh?
**[11:31] Kotoe**
Have you ever heard of the Imaginator?
**[11:39] Big guy**
Hey, where did you hear that name?
**[11:41] Big guy**
Where the hell is that bastard?
**[11:43] Kotoe**
Ah, so it's one person?
**[11:45] Big guy**
I'm asking the questions here!
**[11:47] Big guy**
Listen up. I know guys who got all screwed up
**[11:50] Big guy**
thanks to that Imaginator bastard!
**[11:53] Kotoe**
Screwed up? Could you elaborate
a bit more on that?
**[11:58] Kotoe**
I'll definitely pay you for the intel.
**[12:01] Big guy**
Who the hell are you?
**[12:03] Kotoe**
Well, I'm definitely not
a friend of the Imaginator.
**[12:11] Big guy**
I haven't seen 'em personally.
**[12:14] Big guy**
I just know a guy who happened to
coincidentally see this freak in action.
**[12:18] Kotoe**
You're making it sound like they saw
some supernatural phenomenon.
**[12:22] Big guy**
Well, he did.
**[12:23] Big guy**
He doesn't know how, but he said this freak
managed to send a bunch of guys flying.
**[12:31] Kotoe**
Flying?
**[12:32] Big guy**
Yeah. But he didn't punch or kick 'em.
**[12:36] Big guy**
And the ones who got sent flying...
**[12:41] Big guy**
turned on the others.
**[12:44] Kotoe**
You make it sound like
they're some kind of monster.
**[12:46] Big guy**
Yeah... I don't know what's going on, either.
**[12:50] Kotoe**
What happened to the guys
who got sent flying?
**[12:53] Big guy**
What happened to 'em?
**[12:55] Kotoe**
You mentioned they were all messed up.
**[12:57] Big guy**
Right.
**[12:58] Big guy**
I happened to run into a guy named
Tsuyoshi just once after that.
**[13:01] Big guy**
We were never close,
but when I called out to him...
**[13:08] Big guy**
The bastard looked over at me and smiled.
**[13:12] Kotoe**
And what's so weird about that?
**[13:14] Big guy**
He's just not the type to do that.
**[13:16] Big guy**
I didn't know about the Imaginator back then.
**[13:20] Big guy**
It was just like he was
a totally different person.
**[13:24] Kotoe**
I see...
**[13:25] Kotoe**
So what I've gathered is that the
Imaginator does something to these people
**[13:30] Kotoe**
and draws them to their side.
**[13:33] Big guy**
Something like that.
**[13:35] Kotoe**
So what did their voice sound like?
**[13:37] Big guy**
Voice?
**[13:38] Kotoe**
Your friend heard them announce themselves.
**[13:40] Kotoe**
That's how you found out their name, right?
**[13:42] Big guy**
Yeah, he said it sounded really clear.
**[13:45] Big guy**
They apparently sounded all high and mighty.
**[13:47] Kotoe**
He didn't see their face, though?
**[13:49] Big guy**
Nope.
**[13:50] Big guy**
Come to think of it...
**[13:51] Kotoe**
What?
**[13:52] Big guy**
He did mention something about the color
white... like, he saw a figure in white.
**[14:00] Big guy**
What's your problem? Did that ring a bell?
**[14:02] Kotoe**
Damn it! I can't access it!
**[14:05] Big guy**
Hey...
**[14:06] Kotoe**
Never mind. It's nothing.
**[14:09] Big guy**
Hey, who the hell are you?
**[14:12] Big guy**
What are you gonna do with all this info?
**[14:14] Kotoe**
You don't want to get
revenge for your friends?
**[14:18] Big guy**
And how am I supposed to do that?
**[14:24] Kotoe**
Use this cash to gather up some people.
**[14:26] Kotoe**
Then we're going to hunt the Imaginator down.
**[14:30] Big guy**
H-How the hell'd you get all this money?
**[14:33] Kotoe**
This is nothing... At least, to me.
**[14:40] Nagi**
Hey, Masaki.
**[14:43] Masaki**
What's up?
**[14:44] Nagi**
You've been going out a lot lately.
**[14:47] Masaki**
You think so?
**[14:48] Nagi**
And you've been coming home
late. What've you been up to?
**[14:51] Masaki**
It's not a big deal.
**[14:57] Nagi**
What are these calluses?
**[14:59] Masaki**
I've just been practicing karate.
**[15:01] Masaki**
I'd been out of practice
since I got to Japan.
**[15:03] Nagi**
Didn't Sakakibara-sensei tell you that
you'd get clobbered if you got too cocky?
**[15:09] Masaki**
I know. I promise I'm not being cocky.
**[15:12] Masaki**
There's just some stuff I'm thinking about.
**[15:17] Nagi**
I hope you actually understand...
***SIGN*** Café Tristan
**[15:23] Kotoe**
Oh? So that's your boyfriend?
**[15:25] Kotoe**
He's pretty hot.
**[15:35] Aya**
Masaki, I...
**[15:37] Masaki**
Is she a friend of yours?
**[15:39] Aya**
She's... my senpai at school.
**[15:42] Kotoe**
The name's Kinukawa Kotoe. Nice to meet you.
**[15:48] Masaki**
Likewise.
**[15:49] Kotoe**
Wow, you must be used to
girls if you didn't even
**[15:52] Kotoe**
hesitate to take another girl's hand.
**[15:54] Masaki**
Seriously, who are you?
**[15:56] Kotoe**
I'm Orihata-san's friend, just like you...
**[16:01] Kotoe**
Right, Boogiepop-san?
**[16:05] Aya**
Kinukawa-san knows about us...
**[16:08] Kotoe**
Yes, and I'd love to help out.
**[16:12] Masaki**
And why do you want to help?
**[16:13] Kotoe**
Do I really need a reason
to do the right thing?
**[16:16] Kotoe**
You should totally keep
at it, Taniguchi-kun.
**[16:19] Kotoe**
She came to talk to me about it.
**[16:21] Kotoe**
You actually don't want to
do it anymore, do you?
**[16:34] Masaki**
Orihata, come with me for a sec.
**[16:36] Kotoe**
Oh, don't mind me. I won't get in your way.
**[16:40] Masaki**
I'll pay your tab. Please take your time.
**[16:48] Aya**
Masaki, I...
**[16:51] Masaki**
What did she do to you?
**[16:53] Aya**
Nothing...
**[16:55] Masaki**
Who the hell does she think she is?
**[16:57] Masaki**
Does she have something on you?
**[16:59] Aya**
It's nothing like that. Really.
**[17:02] Masaki**
Then what the hell is going on?
**[17:04] Masaki**
She definitely didn't seem like a friend.
**[17:08] Masaki**
If you're in some kind of trouble, I can—
**[17:09] Aya**
She saw the outfit.
**[17:11] Masaki**
Outfit?
**[17:12] Aya**
Yes. She's the daughter of the landlord
in my apartment building, so...
**[17:19] Masaki**
Kinukawa? Like Kinukawa Enterprises?
**[17:22] Aya**
Yes.
**[17:23] Masaki**
But why would she...
**[17:25] Aya**
Well...
**(Flashback) [17:31] Kotoe**
It's convenient that you just happened to
be living in Kinukawa Kotoe's territory.
**(Flashback) [17:35] Kotoe**
I'm going to make this my base
for hunting down this Imaginator.
**(Flashback) [17:40] Aya**
Imaginator?
**(Flashback) [17:42] Kotoe**
I've got plenty of people
ready to hunt them down.
**(Flashback) [17:45] Kotoe**
You're going to take care of those men.
**(Flashback) [17:47] Aya**
B-But then, Masaki will...
**(Flashback) [17:50] Kotoe**
I told you. We're done with that brat.
**(Flashback) [17:56] Kotoe**
What?
**(Flashback) [17:58] Kotoe**
Don't tell me you still don't
want that brat to hate you.
**(Flashback) [18:03] Aya**
But the Towa Organization told me that
I shouldn't let anyone hate me...
**(Flashback) [18:07] Aya**
So...
**(Flashback) [18:08] Kotoe**
What?!
**(Flashback) [18:09] Kotoe**
You think you've got any right
to get picky about men *now*?
**(Flashback) [18:14] Kotoe**
Just so you know, I'm not some terminal.
**(Flashback) [18:17] Kotoe**
I'm a copy.
**(Flashback) [18:19] Kotoe**
How many guys have you taken
since you left the facility?
**(Flashback) [18:24] Aya**
I...
**(Flashback) [18:25] Kotoe**
All because they wanted
to see if synthetic humans
**(Flashback) [18:28] Kotoe**
could crossbreed with normal ones...
**(Flashback) [18:30] Kotoe**
But you didn't get knocked up even once.
**(Flashback) [18:32] Aya**
Right...
**(Flashback) [18:33] Kotoe**
I've actually succeeded, and I don't
even have anything down there!
**(Flashback) [18:37] Kotoe**
So why the hell does a failure
like you get to have all the fun?!
**(Flashback) [18:41] Kotoe**
God damn it!
**(Flashback) [18:43] Kotoe**
Listen carefully, Camille.
**(Flashback) [18:45] Kotoe**
Before we cut that brat loose,
see if you can crossbreed with him.
**(Flashback) [18:48] Aya**
Then Masaki will be freed
from all of this, right?
**(Flashback) [18:52] Kotoe**
Huh? Yeah, sure.
**[18:55] Aya**
*Thank goodness.*
**[18:57] Aya**
*Masaki won't have to be Boogiepop anymore.*
**[19:03] Aya**
*Masaki... I must save Masaki.*
**[19:08] Aya**
I'm sorry. I...
**[19:10] Masaki**
You can't tell me?
**[19:12] Aya**
It's all my fault.
**[19:15] Aya**
Let's stop this Boogiepop thing for a while.
**[19:18] Masaki**
Okay.
**[19:18] Aya**
Yes.
**[19:19] Masaki**
This doesn't concern you anymore.
I'll keep doing it on my own.
**[19:22] Aya**
Huh?
**[19:23] Aya**
What do you mean, Masaki?
**[19:25] Masaki**
As I said... I'm going to
keep going on my own.
**[19:30] Aya**
But why? You didn't want
to do it in the first place.
**[19:33] Masaki**
In that case... You didn't want
to do it either, did you?
**[19:40] Masaki**
You should've just been honest about it!
**[19:43] Aya**
I...
**[19:45] Masaki**
I didn't want to keep putting you
in danger as the bait, either.
**[19:48] Masaki**
But I thought this was
what you wanted, so I...
**[19:53] Aya**
Why... Why are you...
**[20:01] Masaki**
I'm going. Bye.
**[20:14] Aya**
Masaki!
**[20:14] Spooky**
Wait.
**[20:16] Aya**
Please, let me go!
**[20:17] Spooky**
Excellent work, Camille.
**[20:20] Spooky**
Change of orders.
**[20:22] Spooky**
Apparently, he's going to continue
being Boogiepop on his own.
**[20:26] Spooky**
You said you wanted it to stop,
**[20:28] Spooky**
so I came to convince you to reconsider...
**[20:29] Spooky**
I dunno what's going on,
but apparently he's a moron.
**[20:32] Aya**
What do you mean?
**[20:33] Spooky**
Sooner or later, they're going to find
Boogiepop's corpse in some alley.
**[20:40] Aya**
So by "cutting him loose"...
**[20:41] Spooky**
Yeah. Then everyone will find out
that the true identity behind
**[20:45] Spooky**
the legendary Boogiepop is just
some pathetic, heartbroken idiot!
**[20:49] Aya**
No! You can't!
**[20:55] Aya**
I'll report back to the Towa
Organization regarding Boogiepop...
**[20:59] Spooky**
Do you actually think you still
work for the Towa Organization?
**[21:05] Spooky**
The Towa Organization... Axis has
already abandoned you!
**[21:12] Spooky**
Listen up. You're nothing
but a tool for me, Spooky E!
**[21:19] Aya**
M-Masaki...
**[21:23] Masaki**
*I'm such an idiot!*
**(Flashback) [21:26] Jin**
Contrary to her demeanor, I'm pretty
sure she's not as calm as she seems.
**[21:31] Masaki**
* I never thought too deeply about why*
* Orihata would want to do any of this.*
**(Flashback) [21:37] Masaki**
Are your parents strict, or what?
**(Flashback) [21:39] Aya**
I don't have any.
**[21:41] Masaki**
*There had to be more to this...*
**[21:43] Masaki**
* But I was having so much fun,*
* I didn't even think about it.*
***SIGN*** Walk your bicycle through
**[21:51] Masaki**
* So until I figure that out,*
* I'm going to continue this.*
**[22:00] Masaki**
* Sorry, Nagi-neesan. I won't be*
* able to come home for a while.*
# E8 - VS Imaginator 5
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G60XZK9WR/vs-imaginator-5)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
**[01:30] Jin**
* "It appears that all of my hopes won't*
* come true until further into the future.*
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:36] Jin**
* No matter how much you dream,*
* it's not the dreamer who will achieve it,*
**[01:40] Jin**
*but the next generation.*
**[01:41] Jin**
* And for them, it's not a dream.*
* It's established fact.*
**[01:47] Jin**
* It's that kind of sacrifice*
* that propels people forward."*
***SIGN*** The Victor's Principle
The Victim's Future
Kirima Seiichi
**[01:53] Jin**
Sacrifice, huh?
**[01:54] Misaki**
Yes. It appears she's had unexcused
absences four days in a row now.
**[01:58] Suema**
How did you do on the test?
**[01:58] Misaki**
I also heard a strange rumor.
**[02:00] Touka**
I'm not sure.
**[02:02] Touka**
I was able to do the part
you taught me, though!
**[02:02] Misaki**
Yes. This is concerning Kinukawa-san.
**[02:07] Suema**
That girl... She was one of the...
**[02:11] Touka**
What's the matter, Suema?
**[02:13] Suema**
Oh, it's nothing.
**[02:17] Touka**
You're being weird.
**[02:19] Boogiepop**
If something's on your mind,
you should discuss it with your friends.
**[02:25] Boogiepop**
That's what friends are for, right?
**[02:28] Touka**
Well, whatever.
**[02:32] Suema**
* Lately, there have been nothing*
* but terrible rumors about her.*
***SIGN*** Kinukawa's rep sucks lately
***SIGN*** Apparently she's bragging about being rich
***SIGN*** I guess people have seen her around with thuggish-looking guys, too
**[02:38] Suema**
*I can't help but think that this incident*
**[02:43] Suema**
*isn't a typical case of teenage rebellion.*
***SIGN*** I guess people have seen her around with thuggish-looking guys, too
***SIGN*** Sorry for introducing you to someone like that, Suema
**[02:46] Suema**
* Of course, this has to do with*
* me actually talking to her...*
**[02:51] Suema**
* But I can't help feeling like*
* something just isn't adding up.*
**[02:55] Suema**
Are you Asukai Jin-san?
**[02:58] Jin**
I am. Are you a student here?
**[03:01] Suema**
I'd like to talk to you for
a moment. Is that okay?
**[03:05] Jin**
Sure. You need advice on your future?
**[03:07] Suema**
No. I'd like to speak to you
as Kinukawa Kotoe's friend.
**[03:14] Suema**
Have you heard about Kinukawa-san
changing all of a sudden?
**[03:18] Jin**
Yeah, I actually just found out about that.
**[03:23] Suema**
And what do you make of it?
**[03:24] Jin**
What do you mean?
**[03:25] Suema**
Kinukawa-san had feelings for you.
**[03:29] Jin**
Yeah... I had a hunch about that.
**[03:32] Suema**
But I'm fairly certain that the current
Kinukawa-san doesn't care about you at all.
**[03:38] Jin**
That's honestly better, for her sake.
**[03:41] Suema**
Are you sure you don't know?
**[03:43] Jin**
Know what?
**[03:45] Suema**
The reason she changed.
**[03:49] Jin**
What makes you think I do?
**[03:51] Suema**
It's just a hunch.
**[03:53] Suema**
Kinukawa-san was very worried about you.
**[03:56] Jin**
Worried? What do you mean?
**[03:59] Suema**
I can't tell you that. I promised
her I wouldn't tell anyone.
**[04:02] Suema**
But now that I've met you, I can sort of
understand why she felt the way she did.
**[04:07] Suema**
It's true that she's changed, but it
seems she wasn't the only one.
**[04:13] Jin**
That might be true.
**[04:15] Jin**
I won't be able to return her feelings.
**[04:20] Suema**
That's just it.
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April
**[04:21] Suema**
In the past, I don't think you would've
had time to worry about that.
**[04:27] Suema**
I believe that's why Kinukawa-san
wanted to help you.
**[04:33] Suema**
It's a very lonely painting, isn't it?
**[04:36] Suema**
It must be a representation of
yourself... before you changed.
**[04:39] Jin**
What do you know about ar—
**[04:46] Jin**
You seem rather intelligent.
**[04:50] Suema**
Huh?
**[04:51] Jin**
So this whole thing must
not make sense to you.
**[04:54] Suema**
That's not—
**[04:56] Jin**
You said you were friends with Kotoe-chan,
but I can't see you two actually getting along.
**[05:01] Jin**
You just want to feel satisfied.
**[05:04] Jin**
Am I wrong?
**[05:06] Suema**
That... That may be true.
**[05:10] Suema**
But...
**[05:11] Jin**
What is it?
**[05:11] Suema**
I want to save her.
**[05:13] Suema**
It's *because* we're not close
that I want to help her.
**[05:18] Jin**
I see.
**[05:19] Suema**
And in order to do that, I figured
I should learn more about you first.
**[05:24] Jin**
About me, huh?
**[05:26] Jin**
Do you want to know what I'm doing?
**[05:30] Jin**
I'm trying to change the world.
**[05:34] Jin**
I want to fill in whatever's
missing inside people's hearts.
**[05:38] Jin**
That's my goal.
**[05:39] Jin**
And to do so, I'm planting flower
seeds within people's hearts.
**[05:46] Jin**
The problem was the balance of that seed.
**[05:49] Jin**
Without a complete shape, and unable
to grant any single desire...
**[05:55] Jin**
And yet, a balanced seed that
included all the factors.
**[06:01] Jin**
Fortunately, I managed to find
a girl with that balanced seed.
**[06:07] Jin**
Now I just need to find that
girl, extract her seed,
**[06:11] Jin**
and spread it all over the world.
**[06:13] Jin**
Eventually, the seed will take root,
and before everyone realizes it,
**[06:16] Jin**
whatever was missing in
their hearts will be filled.
**[06:20] Jin**
I need that girl to become
a sacrifice for that.
**[06:24] Jin**
You also have something
missing in your heart.
**[06:26] Jin**
I'm sure you realize that.
**[06:29] Jin**
What if I told you...
**[06:33] Jin**
I'd fill that void for you?
**[06:35] Suema**
I-I've—
**[06:37] Suema**
I've already had someone else save me!
**[06:40] Jin**
Oh? And who's that?
**[06:42] Suema**
B-Boogiepop!
**[06:44] Jin**
Ah, the superhero I keep hearing about.
**[06:47] Suema**
Th-They're not anything that simple.
**[06:50] Suema**
Well, you're the one talking
about changing the world...
***SIGN*** Snow Falling in April
Asukai Jin
**[06:54] Jin**
I was referring to my painting.
**[06:57] Jin**
Every artist wants to change
the world with their art.
**[07:00] Suema**
But you just said something
about sacrificing a girl...
**[07:06] Jin**
Well, people who model for paintings
need to stand still for about eight hours.
**[07:10] Jin**
The girl I was talking about...
happens to be a model.
**[07:13] Jin**
Kotoe-chan might be jealous of her.
**[07:16] Jin**
So I'll see Kotoe-chan and clear up
any misunderstandings she may have.
**[07:22] Suema**
I... see.
**[07:26] Suema**
All right.
**[07:28] Suema**
If you'll excuse me.
**[07:36] Suiko**
I wonder how that girl knew...
**[07:40] Suiko**
She wasn't exactly special, but...
**[07:45] Jin**
She's right, though.
**[07:48] Jin**
It looks like I'll need to take
care of this matter first.
**[07:52] Jin**
I can't avoid conflict with him any longer.
***SIGN*** Internet & Comics
***SIGN*** Internet & Manga Café
**[07:54] Jin**
I'll take care of Spooky E myself.
***SIGN*** Internet& Manga Café
**[08:01] Kotoe**
That's him. I'm sure of it.
**[08:03] Kotoe**
So this is where he was staying...
**[08:07] Kotoe**
Wow, he's still taking this
Boogiepop gig pretty seriously.
**[08:23] Masaki**
* There are two tracking me...*
* No, there's a total of six.*
***SIGN*** Ramen
**[08:29] Masaki**
*What does that woman want with me, though?*
**[08:32] Masaki**
* I'd bet everything that*
* she knows something.*
**[08:51] Lackey A**
He must be hiding somewhere around here.
**[08:52] Lackey B**
Let's split up and find him.
**[08:55] Kotoe**
Hold it. I have an idea.
**[08:59] Kotoe**
Say, Taniguchi Masaki-kun...
**[09:02] Kotoe**
You're continuing to parade around
as Boogiepop for *her* sake, right?
**[09:06] Kotoe**
But you shouldn't feel obligated
to owe her anything.
**[09:10] Kotoe**
I'm very aware of what she was
forced to do and with whom.
**[09:16] Kotoe**
Hey, did you know? People called her
"Public Toilet" behind her back.
**[09:20] Kotoe**
To be honest, I feel sorry for you.
You fell for her goody-two-shoes façade.
**[09:33] Lackey A**
You bastard!
**[09:53] Kotoe**
Not bad, Taniguchi Masaki.
**[09:56] Masaki**
I'm not Taniguchi Masaki.
**[10:00] Masaki**
I'm Boogiepop.
**[10:02] Kotoe**
If I told Axis that, they'd
probably think you're the real deal.
**[10:06] Masaki**
How about you do some explaining?
What was Orihata forced to do?
**[10:11] Kotoe**
What? There are things you're
better off not knowing.
**[10:14] Masaki**
Were you the one forcing her to do them?
**[10:16] Kotoe**
What if I was?
**[10:19] Masaki**
Why are you following me? Where's Orihata?!
**[10:23] Kotoe**
Who knows?
**[10:26] Masaki**
Answer me.
**[10:29] Kotoe**
As for the reason I'm following you,
**[10:31] Kotoe**
I was planning on killing you and making
a spectacle of Boogiepop's corpse.
**[10:37] Kotoe**
Have you ever thought about why you
were taking on that stupid façade
**[10:41] Kotoe**
in the first place?
**[10:42] Masaki**
What do you mean?
**[10:45] Kotoe**
Go ahead and kill me.
**[10:47] Kotoe**
I was gonna make a spectacle of your corpse,
**[10:49] Kotoe**
but making you a murderer's
not a bad idea, either.
**[10:52] Masaki**
Don't tempt me!
**[10:59] Nagi**
I was wondering what you
were up to, you dumbass.
**[11:02] Nagi**
Jeez... How the hell am I ever
supposed to face your parents again
**[11:05] Nagi**
if I let you become a murderer?
**[11:07] Masaki**
N-Nagi-neesan...
**[11:10] Nagi**
What's with that getup, anyway?
**[11:13] Nagi**
Who talked you into it?
**[11:21] Masaki**
Sorry, Nagi-neesan!
**[11:24] Nagi**
Hey!
**[11:26] Nagi**
Tch. That dumbass...
**[11:28] Kotoe**
Who the hell are you?
**[11:30] Nagi**
Don't even think about moving,
you fake Kinukawa Kotoe.
**[11:35] Nagi**
I wondered what had gotten
into Kinukawa Kotoe lately,
**[11:39] Nagi**
but this wasn't quite what I expected.
**[11:41] Nagi**
There isn't a single student at Shinyou
Academy who doesn't know about me.
**[11:46] Kotoe**
Who the hell are you?
**[11:48] Nagi**
I'll be asking the questions here.
Who's pulling your strings?
**[11:52] Nagi**
Answer me.
**[12:07] Nagi**
Oh, fine. I'll take care of all of you first.
**[12:29] Nagi**
I'm pretty sure I know who's responsible,
so this should take care of it...
**[12:51] Kotoe**
What did she—
**[12:56] Lackey A**
What the hell am I doing here?
**[12:58] Lackey A**
That's right, that bitch—
**[13:08] Kotoe**
Who the hell are you?
**[13:11] Kotoe**
L-Let go of me!
**[13:16] Kotoe**
What... are you...
**[13:20] Jin**
Kotoe-chan, I've known about how
you felt for quite a while now.
**[13:25] Jin**
I knew you had feelings for me.
**[13:29] Jin**
I knew it was a mixture of yearning and pity.
**[13:34] Kotoe**
Who... are you?
**[13:37] Jin**
There's nothing you've
found yourself engrossed in,
**[13:40] Jin**
and that made you sad.
**[13:43] Jin**
That's why you liked me.
**[13:46] Jin**
You incorrectly believed that
I possessed that same sadness.
**[13:51] Jin**
Yes... Unlike your sadness,
mine is just despair.
**[14:00] Jin**
I cannot feel sadness.
**[14:10] Jin**
That's why I couldn't return your feelings.
**[14:19] Kotoe**
Help... Help me...
**[14:23] Kotoe**
Help me... Jin-niisan...
**[14:26] ---**
Help...
**[14:28] Jin**
Yes... I've wanted to for a very long time...
**[14:31] Jin**
But I can't.
**[14:33] Jin**
Even now, I'm not sure how to help you.
**[14:38] Kotoe**
Jin-niisan...
**[14:47] Jin**
That's why the least I can do
**[14:49] Jin**
is create a world where no one
has to feel like you ever again.
**[14:53] Jin**
I'm going to go retrieve that seed.
**[15:01] Spooky**
I-Impossible...
***SIGN*** Calling...
***SIGN*** Mute | Keypad | Speaker Add Caller | Contacts
**[15:03] Spooky**
What the hell happened to these guys?
**[15:05] Spooky**
Damn it! None of them are answering!
**[15:08] Spooky**
You damned useless terminals!
**[15:09] Spooky**
What the hell's going on?!
**[15:14] Spooky**
Damn it... Guess I'm just
gonna have to use these...
**[15:19] Jin**
So is that the disinfectant I heard about?
**[15:25] Jin**
We finally meet, Spooky Electric-kun.
**[15:30] Spooky**
Who the hell are you?!
**[15:33] Jin**
I heard that you were looking
for me. Was I wrong?
**[15:37] Spooky**
D-Don't tell me...
**[15:39] Jin**
Yes. You people have been
calling me "Imaginator."
**[15:43] Spooky**
What did you do? Why isn't
my brainwashing...
**[15:46] Jin**
You and I are on completely different levels.
**[15:49] Jin**
The Towa Organization, was it?
The syndicate you belong to...
**[15:53] Jin**
Maybe "system" is a better word.
**[15:55] Jin**
Something is changing.
**[15:57] Jin**
You people are observing that change.
**[16:00] Jin**
Am I wrong?
**[16:02] Jin**
You've been spreading drugs among
people to see how they'll affect them.
**[16:08] Jin**
Right?
**[16:11] Spooky**
Do you know what'll happen to
you for knowing that much?
**[16:17] Spooky**
Don't think you can survive after making
an enemy of the Towa Organization!
**[16:20] Spooky**
It won't matter what you do
to me. You'll be finished!
**[16:24] Jin**
An enemy, huh?
**[16:25] Spooky**
What's so funny?
**[16:27] Jin**
Speaking of enemies... did you know?
**[16:30] Spooky**
Know what?
**[16:31] Jin**
There were a number of
people who died from
**[16:33] Jin**
the experiments you were conducting.
**[16:36] Jin**
They had allergic reactions to
the drugs or ended up in shock.
**[16:41] Spooky**
So what? That's not a big deal.
**[16:45] Jin**
Correct. It's not a big deal.
**[16:48] Jin**
You can just compare it to a car
accident and call them unlucky.
**[16:53] Jin**
He was definitely unlucky.
He never had any luck.
**[17:00] Spooky**
What are you talking about? What
the hell are you babbling about?!
**[17:05] Jin**
History.
**[17:06] Spooky**
What?
**[17:07] Jin**
Do you know the smartest thing you can
do when confronted with an enemy?
**[17:12] Jin**
History's proven this.
**[17:15] Jin**
You make your enemy into your ally.
**[17:18] Jin**
That's the smartest and
most effective method.
**[17:23] Jin**
Enemy... No, I'd consider you my sworn enemy.
**[17:28] Spooky**
What?
**[17:29] Jin**
You and I have similar powers.
This actually works out perfectly for me.
**[17:35] Jin**
Meaning if I'm doing something similar,
**[17:38] Jin**
the Towa Organization will just
think that you're doing it.
**[17:43] Spooky**
Y-You bastard! Don't tell me you're—
**[17:45] Jin**
Precisely. I'll use you as a cover and
take over the Towa Organization.
**[17:51] Jin**
Then eventually, I'll spread the Imaginator
throughout the Towa Organization.
**[17:55] Jin**
At least, that's my plan.
**[17:57] Spooky**
L-Like that's even—
**[18:00] Jin**
It *is* possible.
**[18:01] Jin**
And it is necessary.
**[18:02] Jin**
In order for my plan to come
true all over the world,
**[18:06] Jin**
I absolutely need backing
from a vast organization.
**[18:09] Spooky**
Plan?
**[18:11] Jin**
To put it simply, I plan to
standardize humanity's psyche.
**[18:17] Jin**
That'll put an end to all the sad disconnections
and misunderstandings in the world.
**[18:22] Spooky**
You're... You're completely insane!
**[18:32] Jin**
What's the matter?
**[18:34] Spooky**
M-My body... My body won't...
**[18:37] Jin**
It's not your body. It's your mind.
**[18:40] Spooky**
Wh-What did you do to me?
**[18:43] Jin**
I stripped away all the
thorns from your flower.
**[18:46] Jin**
That's all.
**[18:49] Jin**
It means that I've removed
your capacity for aggression.
**[18:54] Spooky**
Th-That's impossible...
**[18:56] Jin**
I told you. I'm on a completely
different level than you.
**[19:02] Jin**
Listen up. Your power,
**[19:04] Jin**
the one that allows you to control a
person's brain using electrical shock...
**[19:07] Jin**
It lacks the concept of a soul.
**[19:11] Jin**
You don't know anything about the principal
force that drives human beings.
**[19:15] Jin**
You just jam some information
down into their minds.
**[19:22] Jin**
That's not enough to really change any person.
**[19:27] Jin**
First, you have to find out
what's missing in their hearts,
**[19:29] Jin**
and how you're going to fill that void.
**[19:32] Jin**
That's the most important thing.
**[19:35] Jin**
Like grafting.
**[19:39] Jin**
I can do the same for you as
soon as we find you a partner.
**[19:44] Jin**
In return, I'll be taking
some of your powerful stem.
**[19:48] Jin**
It'll cut down your strong
mental fortitude a bit,
**[19:51] Jin**
but with the overwhelming joy
you'll feel, it won't matter.
**[19:55] Spooky**
I don't understand.
**[19:57] Jin**
You won't right now.
**[19:59] Jin**
But everyone's happy.
They've all become my allies.
**[20:05] Spooky**
No, what I don't understand is why doing
something like this gives you so much joy.
**[20:12] Spooky**
Not that it matters anymore.
**[20:15] Spooky**
I've wanted to try this for quite some time,
**[20:18] Spooky**
but my hatred was too strong, so I couldn't.
**[20:22] Spooky**
It might be because these thorns
you mentioned are gone now.
**[20:28] Spooky**
Imaginator... Boogiepop is after you.
**[20:52] Aya**
I need to... I need to
get out of here somehow.
**[20:59] Aya**
Wh-Who's there?
**[21:05] Aya**
Wh-What are you doing here?
**[21:08] Jin**
Hello. I guess you do remember me.
**[21:11] Aya**
P-Please, could you help me?
**[21:15] Jin**
Unfortunately, I cannot.
**[21:17] Aya**
Huh?
**[21:18] Jin**
I need you to become a sacrifice.
**[21:20] Aya**
Wh-What are you talking about?
**[21:23] Jin**
There isn't much time.
**[21:25] Jin**
I didn't plan on Spooky E dying.
**[21:29] Aya**
He's dead?
**[21:31] Jin**
I'm sure someone else from the Towa
Organization will come to this city soon.
**[21:34] Jin**
Before that happens, I need to
make it snow, at least here.
**[21:38] Aya**
Then he's—
***SIGN*** Taniguchi Masaki
***SIGN*** Taniguchi Masaki
Incoming Call...
**[21:49] Masaki**
*Orihata? Is that you, Orihata?!*
**[21:52] Aya**
Masaki...
**[21:54] Masaki**
*Hello? Hello?*
**[21:57] Masaki**
*You're there, aren't you, Orihata?!*
**[22:00] Masaki**
*Orihata... Orihata!*
**[22:03] Masaki**
*Please, answer me!*
**[22:05] Masaki**
*Orihata! Orihata!*
# E9 - VS Imaginator 6
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYZJ1EWMR/vs-imaginator-6)
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***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**(Flashback) [00:01] Masaki**
N-Nagi-neesan...
**(Flashback) [00:03] Nagi**
What's with that getup, anyway?
**(Flashback) [00:06] Nagi**
Who talked you into it?
**(Flashback) [00:09] Masaki**
Sorry, Nagi-neesan!
**(Flashback) [00:13] Nagi**
Hey!
**[00:14] Aya**
*You're strong, Masaki.*
**[00:17] Masaki**
*No... I'm not strong at all!*
**[00:20] Masaki**
* I can't even tell what's*
* right or wrong on my own!*
**[00:25] Masaki**
* That's why I have to live according*
* to other people's reactions!*
**(Flashback) [00:29] Aya**
I'm sure you can become Boogiepop.
**[00:32] Masaki**
*And... I actually felt like I could...*
**[00:36] Masaki**
*As long as I was with you.*
**[00:53] Masaki**
What are these?
**[00:58] Kotoe**
* People called her "Public Toilet"*
* behind her back.*
***SIGN*** From: Kirima Nagi
To: Taniguchi Masaki
Subject:
Apparently, Kinukawa Kotoe was brainwashed.
**[01:08] Kotoe**
* Have you ever thought about why you*
* were taking on that stupid façade*
**[01:12] Kotoe**
*in the first place?*
**(Flashback) [01:14] Aya**
Hey, Masaki. Do you—
**[01:18] Masaki**
*What the hell was I even looking at?!*
**[01:20] Phone**
*The number you are trying to reach...*
**[01:22] Masaki**
Damn it!
**[01:26] Masaki**
*What am I trying to see?*
***SIGN*** Café Tristan
**[01:30] Masaki**
*Please answer, Orihata!*
**[01:36] Masaki**
Orihata! It's you, isn't it?
**[01:38] Masaki**
*It's me! Taniguchi Masaki!*
**[01:41] Aya**
Yes, I know.
**[01:45] Masaki**
Are you all right, Orihata?
**[01:46] Aya**
*Yes. Why do you ask?*
**[01:49] Masaki**
I talked with that Kinukawa girl.
**[01:52] Aya**
*I see.*
**[01:53] Masaki**
She said someone brainwashed her.
**[01:57] Aya**
*That's correct. So please, don't hate her.*
**[02:00] Masaki**
Are you in any danger?
**[02:03] Aya**
*No, I'm fine.*
**[02:05] Masaki**
Is someone else there?
**[02:08] Masaki**
Orihata, I want to help you.
**[02:11] Masaki**
I want to save you!
**[02:14] Masaki**
I don't care about the fact
that you were using me!
**[02:14] Masaki**
* I don't care about the fact*
* that you were using me!*
**[02:18] Masaki**
*I really enjoyed the time I spent with you.*
**[02:20] Masaki**
*That alone is—*
**[02:22] Aya**
Masaki, that's enough.
**[02:24] Masaki**
*Huh?*
**[02:25] Aya**
*Please, just forget about me.*
**[02:27] Aya**
*You'll be better off with a normal girl.*
**[02:30] Masaki**
That's not what I'm talking about! I—
**[02:32] Aya**
*You found out, right? What I've been doing.*
**[02:36] Aya**
* It's all true. You never would have believed*
* I'd done all those things, would you?*
**[02:43] Masaki**
That's—
**[02:45] Aya**
*Sorry. That's the kind of person I am.*
**[02:49] Aya**
I was deceiving and betraying
you this whole time.
**[02:52] Masaki**
*But...*
**[02:53] Aya**
You need to wake up.
**[02:55] Aya**
*You're such an idiot, Masaki.*
**[02:58] Masaki**
But... I love you!
**[03:05] Masaki**
*Orihata, where are you right now?*
**[03:11] Aya**
I-It doesn't matter to you!
**[03:14] Aya**
Just leave me alone.
**[03:16] Masaki**
*Orihata...*
**[03:19] Aya**
Goodbye, Masaki.
**[03:24] Masaki**
*Is someone there?*
**[03:27] Masaki**
*You're listening, aren't you?*
**[Messenger] [03:27] Phone**
Taniguchi Masaki
In call...
**[03:29] Masaki**
* I don't know who's listening,*
* but whoever you are...*
**[03:33] Masaki**
*I don't care who you are.*
**[03:35] Masaki**
* But if you do anything to Orihata,*
* I'll make sure you regret it!*
**[03:39] Masaki**
*Hey, are you lis—*
**[03:50] Jin**
Were you happy that you
got to hear his voice?
**[03:54] Aya**
Yes...
**[03:55] Jin**
I see. Then I guess your life
wasn't a complete waste.
**[04:01] Jin**
You're better off than me, at least.
**[04:06] Suema**
How are you feeling?
**[04:07] Kotoe**
I'm okay.
**[04:09] Suema**
I see... That's good.
**[04:13] Kotoe**
Everything that happened
must've surprised you.
**[04:16] Suema**
Well, a little bit.
**[04:19] Suema**
The other day surprised me more, though.
**[04:22] Kotoe**
The other day?
**[04:23] Suema**
I mean hearing about how your
reputation had suddenly changed.
**[04:27] Kotoe**
They must be saying all
sorts of things about me.
**[04:30] Suema**
I'm sure everyone's opinions will change
once they hear about what happened.
**[04:35] Suema**
Rumors are always like that.
**[04:39] Kotoe**
Thanks... Did you come to cheer me up?
**[04:42] Suema**
No. I wanted to ask you
something personally.
**[04:46] Kotoe**
About what?
**[04:47] Suema**
Who was the one controlling you?
**[04:52] Kotoe**
How'd you know?
**[04:53] Suema**
Because people can't change that easily.
**[04:59] Suema**
Do you have any idea?
**[05:02] Kotoe**
I'm not sure... But remember when
you told me not to see Jin-niisan?
**[05:07] Kotoe**
I remembered that because
it was such a shock...
**[05:10] Suema**
Sorry! That was just—
**[05:12] Kotoe**
No, that's not what I'm saying.
**[05:15] Kotoe**
There's a place I go
whenever I get depressed.
**[05:20] Kotoe**
I remember going when that happened,
so it might've happened after that...
**[05:24] Suema**
Where is that place?
***SIGN*** No Trespassing
**[05:26] Kotoe**
An amusement park that was never
completed, called Paisley Park.
**[05:30] Kotoe**
Have you heard of it?
**[05:31] Suema**
Yes, I know it.
**[05:32] Kotoe**
There's a tower there called
The Ladder. That was where...
**[05:38] Kotoe**
It's hazy, but I remember...
**[05:41] Kotoe**
Jin-niisan told me goodbye.
**[05:46] Kotoe**
And that my feelings for him
were just admiration.
**[05:50] Kotoe**
I already knew that, though.
**[05:53] Kotoe**
I'm such a little kid... It's ridiculous.
**[05:57] Suema**
Kinukawa-san, do you still
have feelings for him?
**[06:02] Kotoe**
I'm not sure.
**[06:03] Kotoe**
I don't know, but... But...
**[06:08] Kotoe**
But... I want to see him again.
**[06:13] Kotoe**
I want him to tease me and
bicker with me like we used to.
**[06:24] Touka**
How'd it go?
**[06:27] Suema**
I'm sorry, Touka,
**[06:30] Suema**
but could you go home by yourself?
**[06:33] Touka**
Is something wrong?
**[06:34] Suema**
I think I have to go.
**[06:37] Touka**
Go? Go where?
**[06:40] Suema**
To Paisley Park.
**[06:42] Suema**
I promised her that I would
do something about this!
**[06:45] Touka**
W-Wait, Suema!
**[06:53] Masaki**
* Sorry, Nee-san. I promise*
* I'll return your motorcycle.*
**[07:03] Suiko**
Just a little more...
**[07:06] Suiko**
Just a little bit more...
**[07:08] Suiko**
Just a little more, and I'll
be able to get through.
**[07:29] Aya**
Are you going to kill me here?
**[07:31] Jin**
No, not yet.
**[07:32] Jin**
I should have some time
before the Towa Organization
**[07:35] Jin**
finds out about Spooky E's death.
**[07:38] Aya**
I see.
**[07:39] Jin**
And I'm not technically going to kill you.
**[07:42] Jin**
I will be tearing out your heart, though.
**[07:47] Jin**
Then you will longer be yourself,
or anything worth calling human.
**[07:52] Aya**
In that case, I'm already...
**[07:56] Aya**
No, it's nothing...
**[08:00] Jin**
We'll begin late at night when
most people will have settled in.
**[08:03] Jin**
I'd rather not cause a panic.
**[08:06] Jin**
The seed I'll create from
your heart will probably
**[08:09] Jin**
only be enough to influence
the people of this city,
**[08:13] Jin**
but that's more than enough.
**[08:15] Aya**
Huh?
**[08:17] Jin**
A new seed should be born within
the people your seed takes root in.
**[08:23] Aya**
How much will this affect everyone?
**[08:26] Jin**
Not much, really.
**[08:28] Jin**
They probably won't even notice.
**[08:31] Jin**
They'll just notice one day that
they aren't feeling pain anymore.
**[08:34] Jin**
That's all.
**[08:37] Aya**
I see. In that case...
**[08:41] Jin**
What's the matter?
**[08:43] Guy**
*There's someone heading over here.*
**[08:44] Jin**
Who is it?
**[08:47] Guy**
It's the boy. The boy who was
masquerading as Boogiepop.
**[08:52] Jin**
*I see. Deal with him, just as we discussed.*
**[08:56] Guy**
Understood.
**[09:06] Masaki**
Orihata!
**[09:09] Masaki**
Orihata!
**[09:18] Masaki**
Wh-What the...
**[09:35] Masaki**
So that's what's going on.
**[09:46] Clown**
There's nothing to fear, Boogiepop-kun.
**[09:50] Clown**
There's nothing to be frightened of.
**[09:52] Clown**
You'll understand soon enough.
**[09:55] Clown**
There's nothing to fear.
**[09:56] Clown**
There's nothing to be frightened of.
**[09:58] Clown**
You'll understand soon enough.
**[10:00] Clown**
There's nothing to be frightened of.
**[10:01] Masaki**
Damn it! Let go of me!
**[10:04] Clown**
Don't worry. Once you awaken,
you'll be one of us.
**[10:12] Masaki**
S-Stop it!
**[10:20] Clown**
Wh-Who are you?
**[10:23] Boogiepop**
You should already know
**[10:25] Boogiepop**
who I am.
**[10:39] Suema**
There's definitely something going on.
**[10:43] Boogiepop**
I had no real intention of showing up,
**[10:46] Boogiepop**
but if this wasn't taken care of quickly,
**[10:48] Boogiepop**
a certain little busybody would've
gotten herself mixed up in this.
**[10:55] Boogiepop**
Three, two, one...
**[11:01] Suema**
Isn't this Wagner's...
**[11:04] Jin**
"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"?
**[11:07] Jin**
The electricity in the park
should be shut off.
**[11:10] Jin**
What's going on?
**[11:15] Masaki**
*It was almost like magic.*
**[11:20] Masaki**
*But they aren't a wizard.*
**[11:23] Masaki**
*They're a reaper.*
**[11:26] Boogiepop**
Hey, there.
**[11:28] Boogiepop**
We finally meet.
**[11:30] Masaki**
This is who I was pretending to be?
**[11:34] Boogiepop**
Well, you'd been brainwashed.
**[11:38] Masaki**
Brainwashed? What are you talking about?
**[11:40] Boogiepop**
Just what it sounds like.
**[11:44] Boogiepop**
There should have been at least one moment
**[11:46] Boogiepop**
during your time with Orihata Aya
when your memories became vague.
**[11:51] Boogiepop**
That's when Spooky E paralyzed your fear.
**[11:57] Masaki**
But that's—
**[12:02] Boogiepop**
Looks like that rings a bell.
**[12:05] Masaki**
But then... I...
**[12:08] Masaki**
If I was brainwashed, then...
then my feelings for Orihata...
**[12:14] Masaki**
I was just being controlled,
and my feelings were lies?
**[12:18] Boogiepop**
You thought everything you've done up to
this point was due to your own free will?
**[12:24] Boogiepop**
Have you ever done *anything* that you were
completely sure was of your own free will?
**[12:32] Boogiepop**
Adapting yourself to society
is essentially being
**[12:35] Boogiepop**
brainwashed to meet societal expectations.
**[12:42] Boogiepop**
And you don't even know by whom.
**[12:45] Boogiepop**
Now the problem is, within your psyche—
**[12:49] Boogiepop**
which has no freedom—what
do you value the most?
**[12:53] Masaki**
I... I...
**[12:56] Boogiepop**
What do you desire, while you are so
tightly bound to this world?
**[13:03] Masaki**
I...
**[13:08] Aya**
The music stopped. What was that all about?
**[13:11] Jin**
Music is highly effective in
stirring people's emotions.
**[13:16] Jin**
It rattles them and robs them
of their rational judgment.
**[13:21] Jin**
*But to think that boy is...*
**[13:24] Aya**
What's wrong?
**[13:25] Jin**
It seems we have no more time to waste.
**[13:28] Jin**
I'm going to have to deal
with you right away.
**[13:31] Aya**
I see. Then please, get it over with.
**[13:34] Jin**
I will.
**[13:37] Jin**
Who's there?!
**[13:40] Aya**
I-It can't be...
**[13:42] Boogiepop**
There's no need to be surprised, Camille-kun.
**[13:46] Boogiepop**
Haven't you been searching
for me this entire time?
**[13:50] Jin**
Wh-What? Who are you?
**[13:53] Boogiepop**
You should already know
**[13:56] Boogiepop**
who I am.
**[14:03] Boogiepop**
You're being rather violent just because
you can't see a flower within me,
**[14:08] Boogiepop**
Imaginator.
**[14:09] Jin**
You know that much?
**[14:11] Boogiepop**
You're not going to forgive me, then?
**[14:16] Boogiepop**
Well, whatever. Why don't you go ahead
and do whatever you were going to do?
**[14:21] Jin**
What?
**[14:23] Boogiepop**
I'm telling you to go ahead
and do whatever you want.
**[14:28] Boogiepop**
If you can, that is.
**[14:35] Jin**
Wh-What? What's going on?!
**[14:39] Aya**
I thought this might happen.
**[14:43] Aya**
You wanted to use me to do
something to humans, right?
**[14:47] Jin**
So what if I did?!
**[14:49] Aya**
I knew it. I figured this
wouldn't go well, then.
**[14:55] Aya**
Because...
**[14:59] Aya**
I'm not human!
**[15:03] Boogiepop**
I see.
**[15:05] Boogiepop**
Regardless, it appears
that you had already lost.
**[15:09] Jin**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[15:11] Boogiepop**
The moment you met this girl,
**[15:14] Boogiepop**
your defeat had already been ensured.
**[15:19] Boogiepop**
I'm not sure how you met, or what kind
of ironic twist of fate it was, though.
**[15:25] Jin**
B-But...
**[15:26] Boogiepop**
This is what happens when all you
care about is the future, Imaginator.
**[15:33] Boogiepop**
You believe yourself to be the only
option, so your feet get swept out
**[15:38] Boogiepop**
from under you as soon as another
unexpected possibility shows up.
**[15:44] Jin**
Damn it...
**[15:55] Boogiepop**
It's not going to work, Imaginator.
**[15:57] Boogiepop**
He can never break through.
**[16:00] Boogiepop**
You're just going to keep falling.
**[16:05] Boogiepop**
There are no possibilities left for you.
**[16:08] Boogiepop**
Even if it were to snow in April,
**[16:13] Boogiepop**
it would never accumulate, melting
away because of the spring's warmth.
**[16:51] Aya**
Did he die? Did you kill him?
**[16:57] Boogiepop**
Well, he may suffer from
whiplash for a while.
**[17:03] Aya**
Why did you save him?
**[17:05] Boogiepop**
Because he wasn't worth killing.
**[17:09] Boogiepop**
Now that the Imaginator is gone,
he's no enemy of mine.
**[17:14] Aya**
So if someone was truly your
enemy, you wouldn't hold back.
**[17:19] Boogiepop**
Correct.
**[17:29] Boogiepop**
As for those... I guess I can leave them.
**[17:32] Boogiepop**
I'm sure the Towa Organization will come
and deal with them if we leave them be.
**[17:36] Aya**
B-But why?
**[17:37] Aya**
Why are you helping me?
I'm supposed to be your enemy.
**[17:42] Boogiepop**
And why would you be my enemy?
**[17:44] Aya**
Because the Towa Organization is—
**[17:46] Boogiepop**
The Towa Organization itself is not my enemy.
**[17:50] Boogiepop**
Though I am unsure of what
you all think about me.
**[17:55] Boogiepop**
Same goes for Asukai Jin.
**[17:57] Boogiepop**
His powers were never a concern of mine.
**[18:02] Boogiepop**
Besides, he gravely misunderstood
his own powers.
**[18:08] Aya**
What do you mean?
**[18:10] Boogiepop**
You appear to believe that Asukai Jin
couldn't harm you because you aren't human,
**[18:17] Boogiepop**
but sadly, that doesn't matter.
**[18:20] Aya**
B-But...
**[18:21] Boogiepop**
Apparently, he could see people's hearts,
**[18:25] Boogiepop**
but people's hearts grow through
communication with others.
**[18:31] Boogiepop**
An unparalleled psyche
that could solve everything
**[18:37] Boogiepop**
simply doesn't exist.
**[18:39] Boogiepop**
No matter how much he
tampered with someone's heart,
**[18:43] Boogiepop**
the results would only be temporary.
**[18:47] Boogiepop**
Even if he had ripped out your heart,
**[18:51] Boogiepop**
you would've quickly recovered.
**[18:55] Boogiepop**
Because you have something protecting
you deep within your heart.
**[19:04] Masaki**
Damn it... Wait for me, Orihata...
**[19:10] Suiko**
It appears that Asukai-sensei was
**[19:13] Suiko**
too obsessed with what was
missing in people's hearts.
**[19:16] Suiko**
Whatever was missing merely presented
the opportunity to make something new,
**[19:22] Suiko**
but didn't provide enough
strength to break through.
**[19:25] Suiko**
You're quite impressive.
**[19:29] Suiko**
This is as far as I go.
There's no future for me...
**[19:33] Suiko**
But I know that someday, someone
will be able to break through.
**[19:46] Suiko**
I'm reminded whenever I see
someone strong like you.
**[19:58] Boogiepop**
That's the reason why Asukai
Jin couldn't harm you.
**[20:04] Boogiepop**
He only asked me to help out.
**[20:07] Boogiepop**
Oh, yes. If you have nowhere to go,
**[20:10] Boogiepop**
you should go talk to
someone close to that boy.
**[20:15] Boogiepop**
She's a rather strange one called the Fire
Witch, but I'm sure she'll help you out.
**[20:28] Suema**
What is this?
**[20:31] Suema**
What in the world is going on?
**[20:40] Suema**
Hey, are you okay?
**[20:43] Suema**
Y-You're Masaki-kun!
**[20:45] Masaki**
S-Suema-san.
**[20:48] Masaki**
Perfect timing...
**[20:49] Suema**
Hey, what's going on?
What in the world happened?
**[20:53] Masaki**
Suema-san...
**[20:55] Masaki**
There should be a girl
somewhere around here.
**[20:58] Masaki**
Could you help her for me?
**[21:00] Suema**
Huh? A girl?
**[21:02] Masaki**
Please...
**[21:03] Suema**
Wh-Who is it, Masaki-kun?
Who are you talking about?
**[21:07] Boogiepop**
That girl is atop a tall
tower called The Ladder.
**[21:12] Suema**
N-Now who is it?!
**[21:15] Boogiepop**
It doesn't really matter who I am.
**[21:17] Boogiepop**
If you could bring that girl down to
see him, I'd greatly appreciate it.
**[21:24] Boogiepop**
The Asukai Jin you're looking
for is also up there.
**[21:29] Suema**
Who are you?
**[21:31] Suema**
Who in the world are you?
**[21:35] Suema**
Answer me!
**[21:39] Guy**
Ow...
**[21:41] Suema**
* Once again, another incident*
* had passed right by me.*
**[21:59] Suema**
* But in the end, whoever that voice*
* belonged to happened to say...*
**[22:04] Boogiepop**
*You should already know*
**[22:06] Boogiepop**
*who I am.*
# E10 - Boogiepop at Dawn 1
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY79DXE1R/boogiepop-at-dawn-1)
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**[00:29] Boogiepop**
Hey, there.
**[00:31] Boogiepop**
I apologize if my whistling
was bothering you.
**[00:34] Echoes**
Oh, no. I was just wondering what
you were doing in a place like this.
**[00:40] Boogiepop**
I'd like to ask you the same thing.
**[00:43] Boogiepop**
What are *you* doing in a place like this?
**[00:46] Boogiepop**
Who might you be?
**[00:51] Echoes**
My name is Echoes.
**[00:53] Boogiepop**
Ah, so you're Echoes.
**[00:56] Echoes**
You know me?
**[01:00] Boogiepop**
You're Kamikishiro Naoko-san's
friend, are you not?
**[01:03] Boogiepop**
And you came from somewhere
not of this world.
**[01:09] Echoes**
Who are you?
**[01:14] Boogiepop**
My name is Boogiepop.
**[01:18] Echoes**
That's a rather strange name.
**[01:21] Boogiepop**
I could say the same about yours, no?
**[01:23] Boogiepop**
But your name is far more poetic.
**[01:28] Echoes**
I didn't exactly receive this
name in the best way, though.
**[01:33] Echoes**
And your name... How did you get your name?
**[01:41] Boogiepop**
That's a pretty long story.
**[01:45] Boogiepop**
I suppose I need to start by
telling you about the scarecrow.
**[01:50] Echoes**
Huh?
**[01:54] Boogiepop**
A scarecrow. A straw man used
to keep the crows away.
***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** For Rent
***SIGN*** Seeking tenants
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[03:33] Landlord**
Oh?
**[03:35] Landlord**
Actually coming to the office today?
**[03:37] Kuroda**
Yes, though I'm waiting
for a job to come in.
**[03:41] Kuroda**
I'm not sure how I'm going
to deal with this recession.
**[03:44] Landlord**
Wow, I guess even detectives
have to worry about the economy.
**[03:50] Pigeon**
'Scuse me...
**[03:51] Landlord**
Oh? Looks like you have a customer.
**[03:54] Pigeon**
My pet pigeon seems to have flown off.
**[03:59] Pigeon**
Do you think you can find it for me?
***SIGN*** Kuroda Detective Agency
**[04:10] Kuroda**
So, what did you want, Pigeon?
**[04:13] Pigeon**
I have a mission for you.
**[04:14] Pigeon**
They want you to check up on
Teratsuki Kyouichirou again.
**[04:18] Kuroda**
That again?
**[04:19] Pigeon**
The Towa Organization raised Teratsuki
Kyouichirou's observation level to A.
**[04:24] Kuroda**
Meaning eliminate him at any
sign of suspicious activity?
**[04:27] Kuroda**
That's not very pleasant.
**[04:30] Pigeon**
Well, that's the fate of a synthetic human.
**[04:33] Pigeon**
I mean, it goes for us, too.
**[04:38] Pigeon**
I look forward to this every time I come here.
**[04:41] Pigeon**
You're basically a pro at this.
**[04:43] Kuroda**
Detectives are picky about their coffee.
**[04:47] Pigeon**
True.
**[04:51] Pigeon**
You can set aside your
primary mission for now.
**[04:55] Pigeon**
Not that you've found any
MPLS around here anyway.
**[04:59] Kuroda**
I'm not sure if I like finding
enemies among us, either.
**[05:05] Pigeon**
You mean Teratsuki?
**[05:07] Kuroda**
Yeah. Why's he being treated like a traitor?
**[05:11] Kuroda**
It's his job to make it easier for the
Towa Organization to do their work.
**[05:17] Pigeon**
What? You're defending him?
**[05:20] Pigeon**
I mean, I guess that's fine.
**[05:22] Pigeon**
But you're still not getting out
of this job, no matter what.
**[05:26] Kuroda**
I know.
**[05:28] Kuroda**
I won't let sympathy get
in the way of my work.
**[05:31] Pigeon**
You're better off that way.
**[05:34] Kuroda**
You have to be alive to
enjoy that aroma, huh?
**[05:38] Pigeon**
Precisely.
**[05:40] Pigeon**
We aren't human, so we can't live
without the Towa Organization.
**[05:44] Pigeon**
We've got no choice but
to do what we have to do.
**[05:48] Kuroda**
* "Scarecrow." That's my real name as one of*
* the Towa Organization's synthetic humans.*
***SIGN*** For Rent
**[05:57] Kuroda**
*My primary mission is to track down any MPLS.*
**[06:01] Kuroda**
* It's pretty distant from the missions*
* I get to find random people.*
***SIGN*** For Rent
**[06:07] Kuroda**
* What I'm looking for are people who possess*
* possibilities that do not exist yet.*
**[06:12] Kuroda**
* Possibilities that no one—especially*
* the ones in question—are aware of.*
**[06:18] Kuroda**
* In that respect, this job*
* is probably much easier.*
***SIGN*** A long interview with "The Monster",
Teratsuki Kyouichirou
We break down the rise of MCE!!!
***SIGN*** They flew in just for this!
A famous psychic from the US reveals
the true suspect in an unsolved case!
***SIGN*** Weekly Asuki
***SIGN*** The latest and exclusive
information obtained by *Asuki*
***SIGN*** We break down the rise of MCE!!!
***SIGN*** They flew in just for this!!
A famous psychic from the US reveals
the true suspect in an unsolved case!
***SIGN*** Weekly Asuki
***SIGN*** The latest and exclusive
information obtained by *Asuki*
***SIGN*** A long interview with "The Monster," Teratsuki Kyouichirou
**[06:24] Guy**
A credit inquiry on MCE?
**[06:27] Guy**
Yeah, that's not happening.
**[06:29] Guy**
You can poke around all you want,
but you're not gonna find anything.
**[06:32] Guy**
Causes for concern?
**[06:35] Guy**
I can't think of a single one!
**[06:37] Guy**
It's definitely good at its work,
**[06:40] Guy**
though I hear it's just one guy.
**[06:44] Kuroda**
*Currently, Teratsuki's company, MCE,*
**[06:47] Kuroda**
* is a very influential*
* company within this country.*
**[06:51] Kuroda**
I guess being too successful
can be a problem, too.
**[06:57] Kuroda**
* I happened to find an article about*
* a donation to a certain hospital.*
**[07:02] Kuroda**
* Considering he was a philanthropist,*
* this was nothing out of the ordinary.*
**[07:05] Kuroda**
* But something about this*
* hospital caught my eye.*
**[07:11] Kuroda**
* The giant system known*
* as the Towa Organization*
**[07:14] Kuroda**
* continues to observe and conduct*
* experiments all around the world.*
**[07:19] Kuroda**
* It wants to track down whatever it was*
* that gave humans their intelligence,*
**[07:23] Kuroda**
*and it wants to detect whatever is next.*
**[07:27] Kuroda**
* Most of its research*
* centers around evolution.*
**[07:31] Kuroda**
*But it doesn't know what exactly comes next.*
**[07:36] Kuroda**
* That's why it's trying to*
* preserve what makes us human.*
**[07:41] Kuroda**
*It's basically a struggle for survival.*
**[07:44] Kuroda**
* To ensure that humans prevail in*
* the inevitable evolutionary war.*
**[07:49] Kuroda**
* If Teratsuki truly betrayed*
* the Towa Organization...*
***SIGN*** Garden
**[08:03] Kuroda**
Does this Teratsuki guy just like
constructing odd-shaped buildings?
**[08:09] Nagi**
You seem pretty passionate.
**[08:15] Kuroda**
This place is pretty impressive.
**[08:18] Nagi**
So, was whomever you came
to meet just not here?
**[08:24] Kuroda**
Something like that.
**[08:26] Nagi**
You're lying.
**[08:27] Nagi**
You wanted to snoop around
inside, didn't you?
**[08:30] Kuroda**
What gives you that idea?
**[08:33] Nagi**
If you were visiting someone, you wouldn't
bother going through every single floor.
**[08:37] Nagi**
Going up and down floors,
holding that bouquet...
**[08:40] Nagi**
I could see you from here.
***SIGN*** Kuroda Detective Agency
**[08:46] Nagi**
I see. So you're Kuroda-san.
**[08:49] Kuroda**
And what's your name, Little Miss Detective?
**[08:53] Nagi**
I'm Nagi. Kirima Nagi.
**[08:58] Kuroda**
Nagi-chan, huh? That's a rather unusual name.
**[09:01] Nagi**
My dad's such a weirdo.
**[09:05] Nagi**
"Always remain calm,
no matter the situation!"
**[09:08] Nagi**
That's the "calm" that "Nagi" comes from.
**[09:10] Kuroda**
I see.
**[09:12] Nagi**
Say, Kuroda-san... Your investigation
doesn't have anything to do with me, does it?
**[09:19] Kuroda**
Do I look bored enough to
actually go along with that joke?
**[09:25] Nagi**
You sure do! Anyone would think that
when you're just wandering around here.
**[09:32] Kuroda**
So what sort of condition do you have?
**[09:35] Kuroda**
You don't exactly look sick...
**[09:39] Nagi**
To be honest, it's a pain in the ass...
**[09:42] Nagi**
They're not sure what's causing it.
**[09:45] Nagi**
My body just starts hurting out of nowhere.
**[09:48] Kuroda**
It starts hurting? Like how?
**[09:53] Nagi**
So much that I can't put it into words.
**[09:59] Nagi**
Well, I can't really explain it, but
the doctors say it's just growing pains.
**[10:07] Kuroda**
Growing pains?
**[10:11] Nagi**
Hey, don't look so grim.
**[10:15] Kuroda**
S-Sorry.
**[10:18] Makiko**
Kirima-san!
**[10:20] Makiko**
You need to return to your room soon.
**[10:23] Nagi**
That's Dr. Kisugi.
**[10:25] Nagi**
I've gotta go.
**[10:27] Nagi**
See ya, Mr. Detective.
**[10:29] Kuroda**
Hey, wait!
**[10:33] Kuroda**
You can have these.
**[10:38] Nagi**
Thanks!
**[10:41] Nagi**
Say, Mr. Detective...
**[10:44] Nagi**
You should investigate me sometime.
**[10:47] Nagi**
You'll probably find something interesting.
**[10:50] Kuroda**
Yeah? Guess I have something
to look forward to.
**[10:54] Makiko**
What were you doing?
You know you're not well.
***SIGN*** Periodic report regarding my mission
**[11:02] Kuroda**
*Periodic report regarding my mission.*
**[11:06] Kuroda**
* First, regarding the investigation*
* of Teratsuki Kyouichirou,*
**[11:10] Kuroda**
* I could not confirm any acts of disloyalty*
* against the Towa Organization.*
**[11:14] Kuroda**
*The only thing that caught my eye*
**[11:16] Kuroda**
* were his investments in*
* a certain medical facility,*
**[11:19] Kuroda**
* but this provided no proof that he would*
* pose harm to the Towa Organization,*
**[11:22] Kuroda**
* so I've concluded that*
* this was of no concern.*
**[11:25] Kuroda**
* Next, regarding my primary mission*
* to track down any MPLS...*
***SIGN*** ...to track down any MPLS
**(Flashback) [11:32] Nagi**
Well, I can't really explain it, but
the doctors say it's just growing pains.
**[11:43] Naoko**
Coming! Who is it?
**[11:50] Kuroda**
I'm a detective that Kirima-san summoned.
**[11:54] Nagi**
Naoko, I know him.
**[11:58] Nagi**
Did you find something out, Mr. Detective?
**[12:01] Kuroda**
Indeed. To think the unfortunate
little girl happened to a billionaire.
**[12:07] Naoko**
A detective? What?
**[12:09] Naoko**
You investigated Nagi?
**[12:13] Kuroda**
She was the one who told me to.
**[12:16] Kuroda**
Kirima Nagi.
**[12:17] Kuroda**
The only daughter of the writer who suddenly
died four years ago, Kirima Seiichi,
**[12:22] Kuroda**
who happened to inherit the
rights to all of his works.
**[12:25] Kuroda**
Naturally, inheriting those rights
came with never-ending troubles.
**[12:31] Nagi**
Wow... I'm surprised you found all this out.
**[12:35] Kuroda**
I thought you might actually be faking
your illness so you could hide.
**[12:39] Kuroda**
Unfortunately, that doesn't
seem to be the case.
**[12:42] Nagi**
Why's that unfortunate?
**[12:44] Kuroda**
Wouldn't you prefer not to be sick?
**[12:47] Naoko**
Yeah! You need to hurry up and get better.
**[12:50] Naoko**
I don't wanna end up being another
grade ahead of you in school.
**[12:58] Naoko**
Well, I'm gonna head home.
**[13:01] Kuroda**
I guess I should head out, too.
**[13:03] Nagi**
Could you stay a little
longer, Mr. Detective?
**[13:08] Nagi**
So... Why'd you do it?
**[13:12] Kuroda**
What's this about?
**[13:13] Nagi**
Don't play dumb with me!
**[13:15] Nagi**
You found out my agent was embezzling money
from me and got him fired, didn't you?
**[13:19] Kuroda**
Well... I asked him a few questions...
**[13:23] Nagi**
Were you trying to win me over?
**[13:27] Kuroda**
What good would that do?
**[13:36] Nagi**
I don't understand.
**[13:38] Kuroda**
Understand what?
**[13:40] Nagi**
Even if I were to be cured one day,
what kind of person should I become?
**[13:46] Nagi**
Nothing sounds right.
**[13:50] Kuroda**
I'm not sure if it ever
sounds right to anyone.
**[13:54] Nagi**
What about you?
**[13:55] Kuroda**
I dunno... Detective work
is a dirty business.
**[14:01] Nagi**
I see.
**[14:03] Nagi**
Hey... Did you ever want to be
anything other than a detective?
**[14:09] Kuroda**
Let's see...
**[14:11] Kuroda**
Maybe a superhero.
**[14:13] Kuroda**
A superhero who gets to solve crimes
without dealing with any other kind of crap.
**[14:18] Kuroda**
I guess I'd like to be something like that.
**[14:22] Nagi**
Then you should! I'm sure you could do it!
**[14:24] Nagi**
I'll even sponsor you!
**[14:28] Kuroda**
Come on, now. You shouldn't say
things like that so carelessly.
**[14:31] Kuroda**
Someone will take advantage of you.
**[14:33] Nagi**
I wouldn't mind if it was you, Kuroda-san.
**[14:36] Kuroda**
Uh... I...
**[14:41] Kuroda**
Are you having an episode?
I-I'll call a doctor—
**[14:47] Nagi**
Seriously... Think about it.
**[14:50] Nagi**
I mean it!
**[14:56] Kuroda**
*As I thought, this girl...*
**[14:58] Guy**
Kirima-san, please calm down.
**[15:03] Kuroda**
*...is evolving.*
**[15:12] Naoko**
*Are you on Nagi's side, Mr. Detective?*
**(Flashback) [15:16] Kuroda**
I guess I don't consider
myself her friend or foe.
**(Flashback) [15:18] Naoko**
In that case, be her friend.
**(Flashback) [15:22] Naoko**
Please.
***SIGN*** ...to track down any MPLS
**[15:36] Mo**
Hello, this is Sasaki.
***SIGN*** Caution!! Slow down
**[15:38] Guy**
*D3 in progress. Mo Murder, accept this order.*
**[15:42] Guy**
*The target's name is Scarecrow.*
**[15:44] Guy**
* Kill on sight for committing*
* traitorous actions.*
**[15:48] Guy**
* The target has destroyed facility*
* RS20TTU and is currently on the run.*
**[15:53] Guy**
*Severe casualties. Motive unknown.*
**[15:58] Mo**
He destroyed RS20TTU?
**[16:02] Mo**
Was he after some kind of drug?
**[16:12] Makiko**
Oh?
**[16:17] Makiko**
That's strange.
**[16:21] Makiko**
I-Is someone there?
**[16:28] Makiko**
Wh-What's going on?
**[16:44] Mo**
*Damn! I was careless.*
***SIGN*** Kirima Nagi
**(Flashback) [16:56] Makiko**
I-Is someone there?
**[17:22] Mo**
* But what in the world was Kirima Seiichi's*
* daughter doing in a place like that?*
**[17:33] Kuroda**
* That drug was able to accelerate*
* the evolution of any human.*
**[17:40] Kuroda**
*But that girl had already started to evolve.*
**[17:43] Kuroda**
* That drug should offset*
* that possibility within her.*
**[17:51] Kuroda**
*And so what if it does?*
**[17:55] Kuroda**
A crematorium?
**[17:58] Kuroda**
Well, isn't that fitting...
**[18:00] Touka**
What are you doing?
**[18:03] Kuroda**
Nothing, really.
**[18:06] Touka**
But aren't you dying?
**[18:10] Kuroda**
I guess I am.
**[18:13] Touka**
Aren't you scared?
**[18:15] Kuroda**
Well... yeah.
**[18:17] Touka**
Then...
**[18:19] Touka**
Then why are you so calm?
**[18:25] Kuroda**
What are you?
**[18:28] Kuroda**
A reaper?
**[18:30] Touka**
A reaper, huh?
**[18:33] Kuroda**
Well, if you're a reaper,
I might as well tell you.
**[18:37] Kuroda**
I'm really pissed off right now...
**[18:41] Kuroda**
at how lame I am.
**[18:44] Boogiepop**
You mean the way you're dressed?
**[18:48] Kuroda**
I'm wearing this because I'm a scarecrow.
**[18:51] Kuroda**
I like black things, just like crows do.
**[18:55] Boogiepop**
Then why are you so mad?
**[19:00] Kuroda**
I tried to save a girl...
**[19:04] Kuroda**
With a drug that I risked my life to obtain.
**[19:08] Boogiepop**
Did she not make it?
**[19:11] Kuroda**
I'm not sure, to be honest.
**[19:13] Kuroda**
But if it did work, she should be able to
go back to being a normal human being.
**[19:18] Boogiepop**
That's a good thing, then.
**[19:21] Kuroda**
But you see... in my final moments,
**[19:26] Kuroda**
I'm having some regrets.
**[19:30] Kuroda**
I feel like I've done something
incredibly stupid.
**[19:33] Kuroda**
This is far from being a superhero.
**[19:39] Kuroda**
Even though she said I could become one...
**[19:44] Kuroda**
I need to be judged and
punished for what I've done.
**[19:50] Kuroda**
But I'll die any minute now...
stuck in this half-assed situation...
**[19:56] Boogiepop**
Would you like me to judge you?
**[20:00] Boogiepop**
I wonder if you'll be able to
become a superhero if I judge you.
**[20:05] Boogiepop**
Would you be able to cast your
regret aside and return again?
**[20:12] Boogiepop**
Return to the moment when your
heart was at its most beautiful?
**[20:20] Kuroda**
What... are you?
**[20:24] Boogiepop**
You called me a reaper, didn't you?
**[20:28] Kuroda**
Actually, you're probably just a delusion.
**[20:32] Kuroda**
You're like a bubble that will pop
and disappear at any moment...
**[20:36] Kuroda**
A fragile hope that appears as you die...
**[20:40] Kuroda**
You're pretty creepy, though.
**[20:43] Boogiepop**
So I'm some kind of creepy bubble?
**[20:47] Kuroda**
It's pretty funny, isn't it?
**[20:50] Kuroda**
To think that the last thing I see
is something strange like you...
**[20:56] Boogiepop**
You...
**[21:00] Boogiepop**
You haven't answered yet.
**[21:03] Boogiepop**
Will you be able to return?
**[21:13] Kuroda**
* Through their endless research,*
* the Towa Organization*
**[21:17] Kuroda**
* was able to create countless*
* synthetic humans.*
**[21:20] Kuroda**
* But the basis of the research*
* remained top secret.*
**[21:26] Kuroda**
* Therefore, there will be more*
* people who will suspect*
**[21:32] Kuroda**
* that the source was something*
* that had out-evolved mankind.*
**[21:38] Kuroda**
*But I have my apprehensions.*
**[21:43] Mo**
There it is.
**[21:45] Kuroda**
*If that source was not from the future,*
**[21:50] Kuroda**
* and just happened to be an*
* individual, freak mutation,*
**[21:53] Kuroda**
* wouldn't that make what we're*
* doing a ridiculous farce?*
**[22:01] Mo**
But I wonder...
**[22:04] Mo**
How was he able to die with
that expression on his face?
# E11 - Boogiepop at Dawn 2
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY0XZ5N96/boogiepop-at-dawn-2)
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**[00:09] Makiko**
I'll kill you... I'll kill you...
I'll kill you... I'll kill you...
**[00:14] Makiko**
I'll kill you... I'll kill you...
I'll kill you... I'll kill you...
***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
**[01:54] Makiko**
I see.
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:55] Makiko**
So you can't shake the feeling that everyone
is saying horrible things about you.
**[02:00] Makiko**
Do you feel like someone's following you?
**[02:03] Guy**
Do you think I'm lying?
**[02:06] Makiko**
No, I haven't determined anything yet.
**[02:10] Guy**
Doctor, will you hear me out?
**[02:12] Makiko**
Of course.
**[02:14] Guy**
I've come to realize that there is
a terrifying evil living in our world.
**[02:20] Guy**
Because they know that
I'm aware of their existence,
**[02:24] Guy**
they've been spreading horrible things
to those around me so I look like a liar.
**[02:30] Guy**
It's a terrible thing.
**[02:33] Makiko**
And how did you come to this realization?
**[02:36] Guy**
Well, I mean, he tells me
that he's going to harass me
**[02:39] Guy**
all the time through the TV and radio.
**[02:43] Makiko**
I see.
**[02:44] Makiko**
That must be quite the ordeal.
**[02:46] Guy**
It really is.
**[02:54] Makiko**
Long time no see.
**[02:56] Nagi**
Oh, Dr. Kisugi.
**[03:02] Makiko**
You seem like you're doing better.
**[03:04] Nagi**
And you haven't changed, Doctor.
**[03:06] Makiko**
Thank you.
**[03:09] Makiko**
But, truly...
**[03:10] Makiko**
I'm going to be frank. I still have
no idea how you were cured.
**[03:17] Nagi**
You still think it was all in my head, right?
**[03:21] Makiko**
I do, if I'm being perfectly honest.
**[03:24] Nagi**
I'm actually starting to think the same now.
**[03:29] Makiko**
Do you have any idea what may have cured it?
**[03:30] Nagi**
Oh, well, I met someone.
**[03:34] Nagi**
After that, I felt like a weight
had been lifted off my shoulders.
**[03:38] Nagi**
I'm wondering if that's
what actually cured me.
**[03:45] Makiko**
I-I see. So what are they like?
**[03:48] Makiko**
Is it a guy?
**[03:49] Nagi**
He was weird. I never saw
him again after that, though.
**[03:54] Nagi**
I've been looking for him, but I don't
think I'm going to find him.
**[03:58] Nagi**
It's just a hunch, but...
**[04:00] Makiko**
Maybe it was love.
**[04:03] Makiko**
Am I wrong?
**[04:05] Nagi**
Who knows? I'm not really sure myself.
**[04:08] Nagi**
I wonder what my dad would say about this.
**[04:11] Makiko**
He'd probably tell you that
first love bears no fruit.
**[04:13] Makiko**
You should forget about him.
**[04:16] Nagi**
Yeah... You're probably right, but...
**[04:21] Nagi**
Hey, Dr. Kisugi... Why did you
decide to become a psychiatrist?
**[04:25] Makiko**
Huh?
**[04:27] Nagi**
I have no idea what I want
to do with my future.
**[04:31] Nagi**
Why'd you choose this career?
**[04:34] Makiko**
Well... Maybe it's because I'm a coward.
**[04:39] Nagi**
What do you mean by that?
**[04:41] Makiko**
Analysis of the mind involves
deconstructing indescribable fear.
**[04:49] Makiko**
I've been a huge coward
ever since I was a child,
**[04:53] Makiko**
so I always wondered why I felt
like that. Why does fear exist?
**[04:59] Makiko**
After pursuing that for years,
I eventually ended up here.
**[05:05] Nagi**
Then, if—
**[05:07] Announcer**
*Kirima Nagi-san, please come to window three.*
**[05:12] Announcer**
*Kirima Nagi-san, please come to window three.*
**[05:12] Nagi**
Damn, they're calling me.
**[05:14] Nagi**
Well, see ya, Doc.
**[05:16] Makiko**
Right. See you later, Nagi-chan.
**[05:22] Makiko**
*As I figured, she hasn't realized a thing.*
**[05:37] Makiko**
*Everything began at that moment.*
**[05:41] Makiko**
* Right after that, Kirima Nagi,*
* who had an incurable illness,*
**[05:44] Makiko**
*made a miraculous recovery.*
**[05:49] Makiko**
*Since then, in my experiments,*
**[05:51] Makiko**
* the rats gained regenerative abilities*
* that basically made them invincible.*
**(Flashback) [06:02] Makiko**
I knew it. This can only be called evolution.
**(Flashback) [06:07] Makiko**
I wonder what would happen if I injected
this into one of my patients...
**(Flashback) [06:13] Makiko**
Yeah, right. That'd never be possible.
**[06:18] Makiko**
*But on the other hand...*
**[06:43] Guy**
* We have breaking news regarding*
* the current string of murders.*
***SIGN*** High school girl (16) found dead under suspicious
circumstances at Hinoki Secondary Park
***SIGN*** A man jogging through the park discovered the body of a high school girl (16) from the city
**[06:45] Guy**
*The body of a teenage girl, who is believed*
**[06:48] Guy**
* to be another victim,*
* was discovered last night.*
**[06:51] Guy**
* Due to the excessive damage to the body,*
* such as the mandible being pried open,*
**[06:55] Guy**
* the police are investigating this as a part*
* of the same serial murders where corpses*
**[06:59] Guy**
* have been left in random*
* locations since three months ago.*
***SIGN*** Breaking News: A new victim in the string of grisly murders
Another high school girl has fallen victim
**[07:02] MC**
*This is now the fifth victim.*
**[07:05] MC**
* Just like the previous victims,*
* her mandible was pried open,*
**[07:08] MC**
*and her brain was sucked out.*
**[07:11] Guy A**
* Yes, the killer may hold some*
* extreme superstitions*
**[07:14] Guy A**
*when it comes to the brain.*
**[07:16] MC**
*Could you explain further?*
**[07:17] Guy A**
* They're taking apart the*
* skull with extreme care.*
**[07:21] Guy A**
* It could be that they're attempting*
* some ritual, or even a curse.*
**[07:27] Intern**
What is it?
**[07:28] Makiko**
Oh, nothing. I just thought
he looked good on TV.
**[07:33] Intern**
I bet they love him for TV spots
because he's attractive.
**[07:36] Intern**
What do you think about
this case, Dr. Kisugi?
**[07:41] Makiko**
Specialists shouldn't involve
themselves in such extreme cases.
**[07:46] Makiko**
That's what the director would say.
***SIGN*** Breaking News: A new victim in the string of grisly murders
Another high school girl has fallen victim
**[07:50] Intern**
Superstitions involving the human brain...
**[07:54] Intern**
But if they're able to take apart a skull,
they must be extremely knowledgeable.
**[07:59] Intern**
Maybe it is some maniac.
**[08:02] Intern**
Maybe it's the autopsy itself they're after...
**[08:04] Intern**
Like, they get pleasure from
just taking apart the skull.
**[08:08] Intern**
What do you think?
**[08:10] Makiko**
No idea.
**[08:11] Intern**
But if the killer turns out to
be someone in the medical field,
**[08:14] Intern**
it'll cause a huge problem.
**[08:18] Makiko**
It'll be like jumping into a snake's nest.
**[08:21] Intern**
Wh-What?
**[08:25] Intern**
You mean "a hornet nest," don't you?
**[08:28] Makiko**
Was that how that saying went?
**[08:29] Intern**
Y-Yes. I'm pretty sure it is.
**[08:32] Makiko**
You must not like snakes.
**[08:34] Intern**
N-No, that's not it.
**[08:38] Makiko**
Do you have some trauma involving snakes?
**[08:39] Intern**
N-No. It's just that they're creepy...
**[08:44] Makiko**
According to some theories, snakes
are a metaphor for male genitalia.
**[08:49] Makiko**
Was that Freud?
**[08:50] Intern**
A-Again, that's not it! It's not like I...
**[08:55] Makiko**
Are you all right? You look a bit pale.
**[08:58] Intern**
I-I'm fine.
**[09:01] Intern**
I think I might be a little tired...
**[09:10] Makiko**
*This sweetness isn't worth it.*
**[09:13] Makiko**
* It just won't taste right,*
* no matter how much I scare him.*
**[09:16] Makiko**
*I guess men just lack depth.*
**(Flashback) [09:20] Girl A**
Someone... Someone, please save me!
**(Flashback) [09:22] Girl B**
Save me!
**(Flashback) [09:23] Girl C**
This must be a dream! It has to be!
**[09:26] Makiko**
Well, I can't blame you for being tired.
**[09:29] Makiko**
A lot's been happening recently... like that
veteran nurse suddenly getting fired.
**[09:34] Intern**
You mean the stuff with the director?
**[09:36] Intern**
Yeah, he seems to be a bit crazy lately.
Things have been really chaotic.
**[09:40] Makiko**
Maybe someone has something on him...
**[09:45] Makiko**
*This isn't enough.*
**[09:47] Makiko**
Not enough, not enough,
not enough, not enough,
**[09:51] Makiko**
not enough, not enough, not enough,
not enough, not enough...
**[10:01] Makiko**
Shinokita-san, how are you feeling tonight?
**[10:06] Makiko**
Did someone come to visit you?
**[10:09] Makiko**
Oh, just as I thought...
**[10:11] Makiko**
No one's come to see you at all.
**[10:14] Makiko**
Apparently that kind nurse who
was taking care of you quit.
**[10:24] Makiko**
Are you lonely, Shinokita-san?
**[10:27] Makiko**
You worked yourself to
the bone for your family,
**[10:30] Makiko**
but your wife divorced you,
and your company demoted you.
**[10:33] Makiko**
On top of that, all those years of drinking
wrecked your internal organs.
**[10:37] Makiko**
Your company approved your sick leave for
now, but I wonder how long that'll last.
**[10:43] Makiko**
How are you going to pay your hospital
bills once your disability runs out?
**[10:50] Makiko**
You might've been cured
if I'd given you that drug...
**[10:55] Makiko**
Look at me!
**[10:56] Makiko**
I've taken it a bit too far lately,
**[10:59] Makiko**
so for now, I have to settle
for messing with you.
**[11:02] Makiko**
Yes, more! Fear me more,
from the bottom of your heart!
**[11:11] Makiko**
Well? Amazing, isn't it?
**[11:13] Makiko**
I can even do this!
**[11:16] Makiko**
It's all thanks to that drug.
**[11:21] Makiko**
I'm just kidding. It's a magic trick.
**[11:23] Makiko**
A simple little magic trick.
**[11:39] Makiko**
Oh, dear... Again?
**[11:42] Makiko**
Watch yourself, Shinokita-san.
**[11:45] Makiko**
If you go crazy, you'll end up in my ward.
**[11:49] Makiko**
When that happens, I'm going to
have even more fun with you.
**[11:58] Makiko**
Not enough. This isn't enough.
**[12:01] Makiko**
I need more, more, more, more, more, more,
more, more, more, more, more, more, more!
**[12:02] Girl**
*Help me...*
**[12:03] Girl**
*Help me... Please...*
**[12:06] Girl**
*Please...*
**[12:10] Makiko**
* Something much more powerfully destructive.*
* I need that kind of absolute fear!*
**[12:20] Makiko**
* As I thought, women's fear*
* tastes better than men's.*
**[12:23] Makiko**
*And the stronger-willed they are, the better.*
**[12:26] Girl**
But...
**[12:27] Suema**
But you're both partially
to blame, aren't you?
**[12:31] Girl**
He's a college student, though...
**[12:33] Suema**
That doesn't matter.
**[12:35] Suema**
Let's go talk to him in person.
**[12:37] Makiko**
* And, yes... The younger they are,*
* the more fearless they are.*
**[12:46] Makiko**
*If I could have her...*
**[12:47] Suema**
It'll be fine.
***SIGN*** A new victim in the serial murders where corpses are left in random places
**[12:55] Caster**
*Next, we have breaking news
regarding the recent serial murders.*
**[12:58] Mom**
My, how scary. I can't believe
they're just targeting girls...
**[12:59] Caster**
*The DNA from the victim's body that was
found the other day at Hinoki Secondary Park*
**[13:01] Mom**
You need to be careful, too, Makiko-san.
**[13:04] Caster**
*has matched that of a teenager
girl who had gone missing nearby.*
**[13:05] Makiko**
I know.
**[13:07] Makiko**
*But it would seem...*
***SIGN*** High School Girl's Body Found in Park
***SIGN*** Very Rare and Macabre Incidents
**[13:09] Makiko**
*I left a very elaborate clue.*
**[13:12] Makiko**
* At this rate, they're*
* definitely going to catch me.*
**[13:16] Makiko**
* I need to find someone to frame*
* before killing that other girl.*
**[13:22] Makiko**
* Otherwise, I'll eventually catch the*
* eye of whoever produced this drug.*
**[13:27] Makiko**
* But the fact that they were able to*
* hide their creation of something*
**[13:31] Makiko**
* like this means that they're*
* a huge organization.*
**[13:34] Makiko**
* Right now, I could probably*
* take advantage of them...*
**[13:38] Makiko**
*As long as I can find their weakness.*
**[13:43] Makiko**
Oh? Are you frightened of me?
**[13:47] Makiko**
*Yes... Individuals gather together.*
**[13:50] Makiko**
* They become a single community, which*
* will eventually end up with a weakness.*
**[13:55] Makiko**
* And that still applies even at*
* the level of a whole country.*
**[14:02] Makiko**
I wonder what a whole nation
writhing in fear would taste like...
**[14:10] Makiko**
Well? Have there been any changes?
**[14:13] Guy**
You've been kind to me, so I just
wanted to let you know...
**[14:17] Guy**
The world is going to end soon.
**[14:20] Makiko**
Oh, dear. That's awful.
**[14:22] Guy**
Yes, it really is awful.
**[14:25] Guy**
Remember that terrifying
evil I mentioned before?
**[14:28] Guy**
They're finally putting
their plan into action.
**[14:31] Makiko**
I see. That is a problem.
**[14:34] Makiko**
Can't we ask them to stop?
**[14:36] Guy**
We cannot.
**[14:38] Makiko**
Then what should we do?
**[14:39] Guy**
There's nothing we can do.
**[14:41] Guy**
All we can do is give up and be wiped out,
**[14:45] Guy**
while writhing in fear.
**[14:48] Makiko**
Are you frightened?
**[14:53] Guy**
It should be very scary.
**[14:56] Makiko**
That sounds rough.
**[14:58] Guy**
It really is.
**[15:01] Makiko**
Next, please.
***SIGN*** Miyashita Touka
***SIGN*** Chart | Input Calendar | Memo | Test Results
**[15:04] Makiko**
Split personalities?
**[15:06] Mom**
Yes. There's a very strange man's
personality in my daughter's mind.
**[15:11] Makiko**
But Miyashita-san, dissociative identity
disorder can't be diagnosed so easily—
**[15:16] Mom**
But it's true!
**[15:18] Mom**
I was almost killed by the strange
man dwelling inside her!
**[15:23] Touka**
Mom...
**[15:24] Mom**
You be quiet!
**[15:26] Makiko**
I'm not sure what happened, but may
I talk to your daughter in private?
**[15:34] Touka**
She's been like that for a while.
**[15:37] Makiko**
Is that because you have DID?
**[15:40] Touka**
Apparently...
**[15:42] Touka**
I don't really understand it, though...
**[15:45] Makiko**
So you aren't aware of this yourself.
**[15:47] Touka**
Right...
**[15:48] Makiko**
By the way, do you get along
well with your mom and dad?
**[15:52] Touka**
N-No... I...
**[15:55] Makiko**
I don't think that's the only reason,
**[15:58] Makiko**
but problems like that can
lead to behavior like this.
**[16:04] Makiko**
Well, I guess there isn't much I can say.
**[16:08] Makiko**
Why don't we test this out?
**[16:11] Touka**
What do you mean?
**[16:12] Makiko**
Try acting out this supposed
other personality.
**[16:18] Touka**
What?
**[16:19] Makiko**
Your mother said it was a strange man.
**[16:22] Makiko**
Try imagining yourself as someone like that.
**[16:25] Touka**
I-I'm not sure how...
**[16:28] Makiko**
It's a form of hypnotherapy.
**[16:31] Makiko**
If you truly have DID,
**[16:34] Makiko**
the other personality may
emerge while you're acting.
**[16:37] Touka**
I-Is that how it works?
**[16:39] Makiko**
Go on, talk like a man.
**[16:43] Touka**
O-Okay... I mean... Y-You got it.
**[16:47] Makiko**
Yes, exactly like that.
Relax and keep trying.
**[16:51] Touka**
Okay...
**[16:52] Makiko**
So, what kind of man are you?
**[16:56] Touka**
Um...
**[16:58] Makiko**
She said you were strange,
so you must be quite the oddball.
**[17:03] Touka**
A man or a woman... You can think
of me as whichever you prefer.
**[17:07] Makiko**
Oh, so your gender is
ambiguous? That's different.
**[17:12] Makiko**
So, why exactly are you inside Touka-chan?
**[17:16] Boogiepop**
I'm actually not sure yet.
**[17:19] Makiko**
You're not?
**[17:21] Boogiepop**
I feel bad for burdening the Miyashita family,
**[17:25] Boogiepop**
but there isn't much I can do about that.
**[17:29] Boogiepop**
But I do know my mission.
**[17:33] Makiko**
Oh? So you have something you have to do?
**[17:35] Boogiepop**
I have to avert the threats to this world.
**[17:40] Makiko**
Threats to this world?
**[17:42] Boogiepop**
An enemy to this world has appeared near me.
**[17:45] Boogiepop**
If nothing is done,
the world will be destroyed.
**[17:48] Makiko**
That's quite the scale you're working on.
**[17:51] Boogiepop**
I wouldn't say that.
**[17:53] Boogiepop**
Threats to the world can be found anywhere.
**[17:58] Makiko**
Really? Then I guess they aren't that scary.
**[18:02] Boogiepop**
Of course they aren't... to you.
**[18:07] Makiko**
What do you mean by that?
**[18:10] Boogiepop**
Because you are an enemy to the world.
**[18:19] Makiko**
*Her weakness... is gone?*
**[18:23] Makiko**
An enemy, you say?
**[18:26] Boogiepop**
Yes, an enemy.
**[18:30] Boogiepop**
But it's not just you.
**[18:33] Boogiepop**
Every human has the potential to
become an enemy of this world.
**[18:41] Boogiepop**
Humans are like fuses. They can
go off at the slightest provocation.
**[18:48] Boogiepop**
They can shake the world's foundation without
a second thought for the consequences.
**[18:54] Boogiepop**
I suppose I could be described as a
natural predator to someone like that.
**[19:00] Makiko**
You said all humans, but I believe
most people are normal.
**[19:04] Boogiepop**
It's *because* they're normal
that they turn out like that.
**[19:08] Makiko**
What do you mean?
**[19:10] Boogiepop**
Say you were to encounter
something truly unique.
**[19:14] Boogiepop**
If you have a strong sense of self,
you can deal with it calmly.
**[19:19] Boogiepop**
But if you're too normal, you'll be
swallowed up by the waves and swept away.
**[19:26] Boogiepop**
It's that kind of rampage
that's the most dangerous.
**[19:30] Makiko**
Is that a form of normalcy bias?
**[19:34] Boogiepop**
Who knows?
**[19:35] Boogiepop**
It's just that those who are content
with being normal have no resistance.
**[19:41] Boogiepop**
And the world isn't as stable
as they'd like to think it is.
**[19:49] Boogiepop**
Disaster could strike at any time.
**[19:51] Boogiepop**
Yes, people who wish to knock down those
walls have no shortage of chances.
**[20:01] Boogiepop**
This is a lovely song. It's very beautiful.
**[20:04] Makiko**
Yes. There's nothing wasted.
**[20:08] Makiko**
And it contains no trace of fear.
**[20:11] Boogiepop**
What do you mean?
**[20:13] Makiko**
There's too much fear in this world.
**[20:16] Makiko**
Enough to frustrate me.
**[20:18] Makiko**
How wonderful it would be if all the fear
were to disappear from this world.
**[20:22] Boogiepop**
I see... So that's your tendency.
**[20:26] Makiko**
Does that still make me
an enemy to this world?
**[20:30] Boogiepop**
Everything has multiple sides.
**[20:33] Boogiepop**
And of course, they all have
different interpretations.
**[20:38] Boogiepop**
For example, if everything died,
then there would be no more fear.
**[20:44] Makiko**
I see.
**[20:46] Makiko**
Then what would you do if you
ever came across this enemy?
**[20:51] Boogiepop**
I would kill them.
**[20:53] Makiko**
That's a terrifying thing to say.
**[20:55] Boogiepop**
What choice do I have?
Apparently, that's what I am.
**[20:59] Makiko**
So you would show no mercy?
**[21:02] Boogiepop**
Correct. And those who become my
enemies wouldn't want that from me.
**[21:09] Makiko**
Like a proper duel, then?
**[21:13] Boogiepop**
Don't you agree?
**[21:16] Makiko**
* What if... I happened to*
* kill this girl here and now?*
**[21:22] Makiko**
* If I just killed everyone in*
* the hospital as I desired...*
**[21:27] Mom**
H-How'd it go?
**[21:29] Makiko**
It's hard to say right now.
**[21:32] Makiko**
I'll need to reevaluate the situation
once things have calmed down.
**[21:36] Mom**
I see...
**[21:38] Makiko**
*Yes. Now is not the time.*
**[21:41] Makiko**
Touka-chan.
**[21:43] Makiko**
You shouldn't dwell on this too much, either.
**[21:47] Touka**
Yes, ma'am.
**[21:49] Makiko**
See you later.
**[21:50] Touka**
Okay.
**[21:51] Touka**
Thank you very much.
**[22:00] Makiko**
When I die, I'd like to be sent
off with a song like this.
**[22:05] Makiko**
Nothing depressing like a requiem.
# E12 - Boogiepop at Dawn 3
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRXJDGX3Y/boogiepop-at-dawn-3)
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**[00:05] Suiko**
Mister?
**[00:08] Seiichi**
What is it?
**[00:10] Suiko**
You're going to die soon.
***SIGN*** Kiri
**[00:22] Seiichi**
I know.
***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
***SIGN*** Kirima Seiichi
**[02:00] Kyou**
*"Greetings. This is my first time writing you.*
**[02:04] Kyou**
*I am a big fan of your books.*
**[02:09] Kyou**
* I'm writing you today because I wanted*
* to inform you of something.*
***SIGN*** Kirima Seiichi
**[02:14] Kyou**
*I will soon be dead.*
**[02:16] Kyou**
*I'm going to be murdered.*
**[02:20] Kyou**
* I've had a bizarre ability*
* ever since I was born.*
**[02:25] Kyou**
* It was not an ability that*
* would be accepted in our world,*
**[02:28] Kyou**
* and if people found out about it, I would*
* no longer be able to live a peaceful life.*
***SIGN*** Solitude and Conviction
**[02:32] Kyou**
*That's what this power entailed.*
**[02:35] Kyou**
*But then, I discovered your books."*
***SIGN*** Solitude can be your greatest gift
**[02:39] Seiichi**
*"Solitude can be your greatest gift.*
**[02:43] Seiichi**
*The more alone you are,*
**[02:46] Seiichi**
* the greater your ability to connect*
* with a large number of people."*
**[02:51] Kyou**
* "After that, I thought about*
* gradually showing the world*
**[02:54] Kyou**
* the ability that I had*
* kept hidden for so long.*
**[02:58] Kyou**
* But it appears that the world is going*
* to dispose of me as an outsider.*
**[03:05] Kyou**
* I've started to notice strange*
* people gathering around me.*
**[03:08] Kyou**
* I'm sure they're assassins*
* sent by my observer.*
**[03:12] Kyou**
*I figured this would happen,*
**[03:14] Kyou**
* but I had become an enemy*
* of modern society.*
***SIGN*** I had become an enemy of modern society.
**[03:19] Kyou**
* That's why I wanted to thank*
* you while I still can."*
**(Flashback) [03:23] Seiichi**
An enemy to modern society?
**(Flashback) [03:30] Seiichi**
Gen, are you free right now?
**[03:33] Gen**
* Sure. What's up? Are you*
* researching something again?*
**(Flashback) [03:38] Gen**
Actually... This is sort of special.
**(Flashback) [03:45] Gen**
Seiichi, I'll start by saying
that he is actually dead.
***SIGN*** Kirima Seiichi
**(Flashback) [03:51] Gen**
He died a month ago. The day
after the stamp on this letter.
**(Flashback) [03:56] Seiichi**
The next day?
**(Flashback) [03:57] Gen**
Yeah, and on top of that, he was missing
three days prior to sending out this letter.
**(Flashback) [04:02] Seiichi**
Missing? So he really was up to something?
**(Flashback) [04:07] Gen**
About that...
**(Flashback) [04:09] Seiichi**
What is it?
**(Flashback) [04:10] Gen**
Well, it might not actually be anything...
***SIGN*** Kirima Seiichi
**(Flashback) [04:15] Seiichi**
What is it already?
**(Flashback) [04:17] Gen**
He ended up raising the grades
of those around him.
**(Flashback) [04:21] Gen**
But it's not like he was
tutoring them, either.
**(Flashback) [04:26] Gen**
They mentioned that he gave
them a word or two of advice,
**(Flashback) [04:29] Gen**
or he patted them on the head,
**(Flashback) [04:31] Gen**
and that's all.
**(Flashback) [04:33] Gen**
And not just at school.
**(Flashback) [04:34] Gen**
A guy in a band said he was suddenly
able to write extremely unique songs...
**(Flashback) [04:39] Gen**
There are a lot of stories along those lines.
**(Flashback) [04:42] Seiichi**
So in other words... Like, if it were me,
I'd be able to write better novels?
**(Flashback) [04:48] Gen**
Exactly.
**(Flashback) [04:50] Gen**
Apparently he had the ability
to... How do I put this?
**(Flashback) [04:54] Gen**
The ability to break through
whatever was holding them back.
**(Flashback) [04:58] Seiichi**
That's unbelievable... It's like
he was able to cause miracles, then.
**(Flashback) [05:04] Gen**
I wouldn't say "like"...
**(Flashback) [05:06] Gen**
This is just a hunch... but I think
this kid was the real deal.
**(Flashback) [05:09] Seiichi**
How did he die?
**(Flashback) [05:11] Gen**
Apparently, he slipped down
some stairs and hit his head.
**(Flashback) [05:15] Gen**
But there were no witnesses.
**(Flashback) [05:16] Seiichi**
So after being missing for three days,
he fell down some stairs and died...
**(Flashback) [05:21] Seiichi**
That's what you're saying?
**(Flashback) [05:22] Gen**
You'd think that'd cause a huge fuss, right?
***SIGN*** For Sale
**(Flashback) [05:24] Gen**
But it didn't, not in the least.
***SIGN*** For Sale
Feel free to contact us with any questions
Hakubi Realtors
**(Flashback) [05:27] Gen**
His family quickly moved away soon
after and disappeared into thin air.
**(Flashback) [05:32] Seiichi**
So there aren't any clues?
**(Flashback) [05:34] Gen**
Yeah, that's the problem.
**(Flashback) [05:36] Gen**
Look, Seiichi, this is bad news.
**(Flashback) [05:40] Gen**
If you get mixed up in all of this,
who knows what could happen?
**[05:47] Seiichi**
* A boy who could perform miracles*
* was an enemy to modern society?*
***SIGN*** ...the ability that I had kept hidden...
**[05:51] Seiichi**
* Showing the world the ability*
* that he had kept hidden...*
***SIGN*** You gave me strength. I have the courage to take a step forward now.
***SIGN*** ...I'd been holding back all this time...
***SIGN*** ...because of your books...
**(Flashback) [06:06] Seiichi**
What's going on?
**(Flashback) [06:10] Nagi**
Is something wrong, Dad?
**(Flashback) [06:12] Seiichi**
N-No, everything's fine...
**(Flashback) [06:17] Seiichi**
What?
**(Flashback) [06:18] Nagi**
Like I said, Mom wants to see you.
**(Flashback) [06:21] Seiichi**
But why?
**(Flashback) [06:22] Nagi**
Who knows?
**(Flashback) [06:24] Nagi**
She's getting remarried, so she wanted
to see you before that, she said.
**(Flashback) [06:27] Seiichi**
B-But...
**(Flashback) [06:29] Nagi**
If you don't want to see her,
I'll just tell her that.
**(Flashback) [06:33] Seiichi**
A-All right. Tell her I'll see her.
**(Flashback) [06:38] Seiichi**
What's the matter?
**(Flashback) [06:40] Nagi**
Nothing.
**(Flashback) [06:41] Seiichi**
What? Now I'm curious.
**(Flashback) [06:44] Nagi**
The guy Mom's marrying is super rich.
**(Flashback) [06:48] Seiichi**
And?
**(Flashback) [06:50] Nagi**
And apparently it wouldn't be a huge deal
to add another kid or two to the family.
**(Flashback) [06:56] Seiichi**
So, how do you feel about that?
**(Flashback) [07:01] Nagi**
Oh, come on. Don't look
like you're about to cry.
**(Flashback) [07:04] Nagi**
I'll stay with you.
**(Flashback) [07:06] Seiichi**
Hey... Were you just teasing me?
**(Flashback) [07:08] Nagi**
Yeah. Big time.
**(Flashback) [07:13] Seiichi**
Man... You're way more responsible than I am.
**(Flashback) [07:18] Seiichi**
Thinking back to when I was in grade
school, I wasn't like you at all.
**(Flashback) [07:21] Nagi**
Well, duh. Of course we kids who are born
after your generation are gonna be smarter.
**(Flashback) [07:28] Seiichi**
Is that how it works?
**(Flashback) [07:29] Nagi**
It's called evolution. We evolved.
**(Flashback) [07:32] Seiichi**
Evolution, huh? Well, aren't
you all high and mighty?
**[07:35] Seiichi**
Then again, I guess they say,
"The Child is father of the Man"...
***SIGN*** Middle School Boy Falls to his Death Middle School Student Dies
***SIGN*** Missing...
***SIGN*** Missing High School Girl Dies in Accident
***SIGN*** High School Boy Found Dead...
***SIGN*** Kirima Seiichi
**(Flashback) [07:47] Seiichi**
Evolution...
***SIGN*** Middle School Student Dies
***SIGN*** Missing Boy's Body Discovered
***SIGN*** Missing High School Girl Dies in Accident
***SIGN*** High School Boy Found Dead...
**(Flashback) [07:48] Seiichi**
So that's what he meant by
"enemy of modern society"...
**[07:52] Gen**
*How do I put this?*
**[07:53] Gen**
* The ability to break through*
* whatever was holding them back.*
***SIGN*** Kirima Seiichi
***SIGN*** Missing Boy's Body Discovered
**[07:59] Seiichi**
* Modern society is fighting to keep*
* the future from happening.*
**[08:04] Seiichi**
*This is a race for survival.*
**[08:07] Seiichi**
* It's probably only a matter of time*
* before this observer tracks me down.*
**[08:14] Suiko**
You're going to die soon.
***SIGN*** Kiri
**[08:17] Seiichi**
I know.
**[08:19] Suiko**
You know, and you're fine with that?
**[08:22] Seiichi**
There are some things you just can't control.
**[08:25] Suiko**
What were you looking at?
**[08:27] Seiichi**
Birds.
**[08:28] Suiko**
Birds?
**[08:30] Seiichi**
Do you know why birds fly in the sky?
**[08:34] Suiko**
Because they have wings, right?
**[08:37] Seiichi**
Because there aren't many
other things that fly.
**[08:41] Seiichi**
There's nothing else that can fly
through the skies as freely as birds.
**[08:44] Seiichi**
That's why they fly.
**[08:46] Suiko**
What do you mean?
**[08:48] Seiichi**
If you have nothing competing
with you, you can keep surviving.
**[08:51] Seiichi**
That's how the birds survived for centuries.
**[08:56] Suiko**
But even birds fall out of the sky sometimes.
**[09:00] Seiichi**
And sometimes it snows in April.
**[09:04] Seiichi**
Danger and the unexpected affect
all living creatures equally.
**[09:09] Seiichi**
What's important is how
you live through them.
**[09:13] Suiko**
Humans, too?
**[09:16] Seiichi**
Humans, and things beyond humans, too.
**[09:20] Seiichi**
There are those who are just a little bit
different from the humans before them...
**[09:24] Seiichi**
And they have to face the same struggle, too.
**[09:27] Seiichi**
Though everyone deals with
that struggle differently.
**[09:30] Suiko**
Are you someone important, mister?
**[09:32] Seiichi**
Indeed, I am. I'm a humble writer,
but I happen to be a huge deal.
**[09:38] Seiichi**
I'm public enemy number one.
**[09:41] Suiko**
Enemy?
**[09:43] Seiichi**
People who are too new to this world
and are forced to become the enemy
**[09:48] Seiichi**
seem to be really moved
after reading my books.
**[09:52] Seiichi**
You could call me their leader.
**[09:56] Seiichi**
Then again, all I can do is
give them a bit of a push.
**[10:03] Seiichi**
I don't believe in the power
of words that much.
**[10:07] Seiichi**
I can't command or stop them.
**[10:14] Suiko**
But you're going to die.
**[10:18] Seiichi**
Apparently.
**[10:20] Suiko**
So things won't work out.
They'll end unfinished.
**[10:26] Seiichi**
And who gets to decide if
that's a failure or not?
**[10:29] Seiichi**
You can see people's deaths, can't you?
**[10:32] Suiko**
Yes.
**[10:33] Seiichi**
Do you think that bizarre talent is a curse?
**[10:37] Suiko**
I'm not sure.
**[10:39] Seiichi**
Yeah. No one truly understands that.
**[10:43] Seiichi**
If you were about to start something
and weren't able to finish it,
**[10:49] Seiichi**
no one gets to decide if
that's a failure or not.
**[10:53] Seiichi**
Even if it only looks like a bad thing,
**[10:56] Seiichi**
your will to try to do something,
or even just your earnest feelings...
**[11:00] Seiichi**
Things like that will always be
left behind within others.
**[11:05] Seiichi**
Someone after you might do what
you were trying to do even better.
**[11:10] Suiko**
Who?
**[11:11] Seiichi**
It might be someone who was your enemy or
someone who just happened to pass you by.
**[11:18] Seiichi**
No one knows, really.
**[11:20] Seiichi**
And then that gets transferred
to the next generation,
**[11:23] Seiichi**
and someone might eventually
make it to the center of the earth.
**[11:29] Suiko**
What about you, mister?
**[11:32] Suiko**
Do you believe someone
will continue after you?
**[11:36] Seiichi**
Who knows?
**[11:38] Seiichi**
Honestly, I just wanted
someone to read my novels.
**[11:44] Suiko**
What's your name, mister?
**[11:47] Seiichi**
Kirima Seiichi.
**[11:49] Seiichi**
And yours?
**[11:51] Suiko**
Minahoshi Suiko.
**[12:08] Nagi**
I'm home.
**[12:12] Seiichi**
Don't.
**[12:14] Seiichi**
If you kill my daughter, too,
this is going to become a huge deal...
**[12:19] Seiichi**
Is that what you want?
**[12:23] Mo**
Did you know that you
were going to be killed?
**[12:29] Nagi**
I ended up leaving school early today—
**[12:38] Nagi**
Dad!
**[12:43] Seiichi**
Nagi...
**[12:44] Seiichi**
What do you think "normal" is?
**[12:56] Mo**
Normal... huh?
**[12:59] Pigeon**
Did you say something?
**[13:00] Mo**
No.
**[13:03] Mo**
I was just thinking how cruel this was.
**[13:05] Pigeon**
This should be normal for you.
**[13:08] Pigeon**
I mean, you're a murderer yourself.
**(Flashback) [13:15] Kyou**
There's a bug inside you.
**(Flashback) [13:18] Kyou**
That bug will gradually grow bigger...
**(Flashback) [13:22] Kyou**
As it eats everything
that you try to forget.
**(Flashback) [13:27] Kyou**
That bug will eventually decide your fate.
**[13:33] Kyou**
*And that will be the reason you die.*
**[13:38] Pigeon**
So, you got any ideas, since
you're both murderers?
**[13:43] Mo**
No, none.
**[13:44] Pigeon**
I see. Well, this is your mission this time.
**[13:48] Pigeon**
Find out why the killer is killing people
this way and if need be, dispose of them.
**[13:54] Mo**
Understood.
**[13:55] Mo**
I'll be on my way, then.
**[13:56] Pigeon**
Where are you going to begin your search?
**[13:58] Mo**
First, I'll go to the crime scenes.
**[14:01] Mo**
I'll find out exactly how they were killed
and the murderer's possible motive.
**[14:04] Pigeon**
The police have already done all that.
**[14:07] Mo**
There must be a connection that
the police haven't caught on to yet.
**[14:11] Mo**
It's clear that this killer has a motive.
**[14:15] Pigeon**
I guess it takes one to know one.
**[14:17] Pigeon**
Gross.
**[14:19] Mo**
Pigeon-san, was it?
**[14:21] Mo**
You may want to reconsider wearing
your heart so visibly on your sleeve.
**[14:27] Pigeon**
You're the last person I want to
hear that from, you murderer.
**[14:41] Mo**
* There are too many eyes here, and someone*
* would immediately hear any screams.*
**[14:47] Mo**
*Meaning the killer had the ability*
**[14:50] Mo**
* to finish off their victims quickly,*
* before they could even let out a sound.*
**[14:55] Mo**
*But the actual killing is too sloppy.*
**[14:58] Mo**
No caution or calculation at all.
**[15:04] Mo**
I'm sure it was sheer luck
that they weren't found,
**[15:07] Mo**
but this is basically...
**[15:08] Nagi**
Some carnivore hunting its prey?
**[15:12] Mo**
Y-You're...
**[15:16] Nagi**
Why are you investigating this area, mister?
**[15:20] Nagi**
You a newspaper reporter?
**[15:21] Mo**
I'm not investigating...
**[15:24] Nagi**
If you're not investigating,
then what the hell are you doing?
**[15:28] Nagi**
Staring at the area like a hawk...
**[15:32] Nagi**
Checking how visible this spot is
from the buildings nearby...
**[15:36] Mo**
Were you watching me all this time?
**[15:37] Nagi**
Is that so bad?
**[15:39] Mo**
If I am indeed investigating something,
what does that have to do with you?
**[15:43] Nagi**
Don't get so pissy. I was just curious.
**[15:47] Mo**
I've seen your face before.
**[15:50] Mo**
In a tabloid, I believe, stating
you're the only daughter of
**[15:53] Mo**
a popular author who was killed.
**[15:54] Nagi**
Oh?
***SIGN*** Daiichi Foods
Sales Department
**[15:58] Mo**
I was indeed investigating.
**[16:00] Mo**
I'm not sure why, but I felt like I could
understand what happened in this incident.
**[16:05] Nagi**
A normal salaryman like yourself?
**[16:07] Mo**
I find it creepy myself,
**[16:10] Mo**
but I feel like I have something in
common with the suspect in this case.
**[16:16] Mo**
Why are you interested in this case?
**[16:18] Nagi**
Because I'm bored.
**[16:19] Mo**
You're bored?
**[16:21] Nagi**
Say, Sasaki-san.
**[16:23] Nagi**
Wanna investigate this case together?
**[16:26] Mo**
Huh?
**[16:26] Nagi**
I have money, and you understand
how the killer feels.
**[16:31] Mo**
I think we'd make a perfect pair.
**[16:35] Makiko**
I knew that the system was
already on the move...
**[16:39] Makiko**
But what are you trying to do, Nagi-chan?
**[16:43] Makiko**
Do you want me to taste you?
**[16:47] Makiko**
You *do* look like you'd taste wonderful.
**[16:53] Mo**
This place is completely different from
the last. It looks ideal for a murder.
**[16:57] Nagi**
What the hell?
**[16:59] Mo**
What is it?
**[17:01] Nagi**
Hey, Sasaki-san, you can imagine
what the killer was thinking, right?
**[17:05] Nagi**
Do you feel anything?
**[17:07] Mo**
I can't say it's that easy...
**[17:10] Nagi**
Why would they do the same thing here
**[17:12] Nagi**
and at the spot earlier where
everyone could see them?
**[17:15] Mo**
I believe it's because it didn't matter
to them if anyone saw them or not.
**[17:20] Nagi**
So they didn't care if they caught
someone's eye, you mean.
**[17:25] Nagi**
What would you do in this case?
**[17:27] Nagi**
If you had the motive of
sucking out someone's brain...
**[17:31] Nagi**
Could you actually do it without
worrying about being seen?
**[17:36] Mo**
If it were me, I'd do it
after hiding the corpse.
**[17:40] Mo**
I'd be scared if someone saw me.
**[17:42] Nagi**
Scared, huh?
**[17:44] Nagi**
Does that mean the killer wasn't scared?
**[17:48] Mo**
You seem to lack that as well, Kirima-san.
**[17:51] Nagi**
Are you telling me I'm insensitive?
**[17:53] Mo**
I'm saying that you're fearless.
**[17:56] Nagi**
Fearless, huh?
**[17:59] Nagi**
Being scared of something? Fearing something?
**[18:03] Mo**
Looks like this won't work.
**[18:05] Mo**
We can't get by.
**[18:07] Nagi**
Have you ever hit on a girl, Sasaki-san?
**[18:09] Mo**
Huh?
**[18:10] Nagi**
Have you ever hit on a girl?
You know, picking up women.
**[18:12] Mo**
No... I haven't.
**[18:15] Nagi**
Then I guess this is going
to be your first time.
**[18:20] Mo**
Um... Hey.
**[18:22] Rika**
Y-Yes?
**[18:23] Mo**
Well, it's just... I thought you
might have known the victim...
**[18:30] Mo**
Oh, uh... I promise I'm not
anyone suspicious...
**[18:37] Nagi**
We're investigating this case.
**[18:40] Nagi**
Can we ask you some questions?
**[18:45] Rika**
Insurance investigators?
**[18:47] Mo**
I know it's hard to believe,
but she's actually 26.
**[18:51] Nagi**
Say, Rika-san, why did you try to run away?
**[18:53] Mo**
Well, I'm sure there are paparazzi
**[18:55] Mo**
looking for anyone who knew the victim.
**[18:57] Rika**
What were you two investigating?
**[19:00] Mo**
O-Oh, well, you see...
**[19:02] Mo**
We're trying to determine if
the victim was killed at random,
**[19:05] Mo**
or if someone had a deep-seated grudge...
**[19:07] Rika**
Grudge?! Shizue was—
**[19:11] Nagi**
What was Shizue-san like?
**[19:14] Nagi**
So no one would hold a grudge against her?
**[19:16] Rika**
No.
**[19:17] Rika**
She never did anything
to make anyone hate her.
**[19:20] Rika**
That's the truth.
**[19:22] Mo**
So she was a cheerful person?
**[19:24] Rika**
Yes. She was cheerful and
really strong deep down.
**[19:27] Nagi**
Strong deep down?
**[19:29] Rika**
She was very forward with her feelings...
**[19:31] Rika**
and determined, plus very outgoing.
**[19:34] Rika**
She'd never think twice about
walking alone in the dark.
**[19:38] Rika**
That's why this happened to her...
**[19:41] Mo**
She sounds a lot like you, Kirima-san.
**[19:43] Nagi**
Even I have things I'm afraid of.
**[19:46] Nagi**
But Shizue-san didn't, right?
**[19:48] Rika**
R-Right... It could just be that
I'm a pretty big coward myself...
**[19:54] Nagi**
I see.
**[19:56] Rika**
I've always been a coward,
ever since I was little.
**[20:03] Nagi**
Why does fear even exist?
**[20:06] Rika**
Huh?
**[20:08] Mo**
What's the matter?
**[20:09] Rika**
The person I met earlier
said something similar.
**[20:11] ---**
What do you mean?
**(Flashback) [20:15] Makiko**
It must've been terrifying.
**(Flashback) [20:20] Makiko**
Why does fear even exist?
**(Flashback) [20:23] Makiko**
If only fear didn't exist, she'd probably
still be alive and smiling today.
**[20:29] Rika**
She was really creepy... So when
you two called me over, I was...
**[20:36] Nagi**
I see... Got it.
**[20:39] Mo**
Is something wrong?
**[20:40] Nagi**
Sorry. I'll leave some money for the tab.
**[20:45] Mo**
Please wait!
**[20:47] Mo**
What's gotten into you?
**[20:49] Nagi**
You're no longer a suspect, Sasaki-san.
**[20:52] Mo**
Huh?
**[20:52] Nagi**
Sorry. I was suspicious of you, as well.
**[20:56] Nagi**
But now that's been settled.
**[20:58] Nagi**
So this is goodbye.
**[21:00] Mo**
Why do you no longer suspect me?
**[21:03] Mo**
I—
**[21:04] Nagi**
What you felt is just an impulse, Sasaki-san.
**[21:06] Nagi**
The bug inside you was
just squirming around a bit.
**[21:10] Nagi**
You're actually a kind person.
**[21:13] Nagi**
You'd never kill anyone on your own accord.
**[21:17] Mo**
We've only just met. What makes you say that?
**[21:20] Nagi**
Just a hunch.
**[21:21] Nagi**
When I told you to go talk to Rika-san
earlier, you were honestly flustered.
**[21:27] Nagi**
There was no lie there.
**[21:30] Nagi**
That's enough, isn't it?
**[21:32] Nagi**
See ya.
**[21:36] Mo**
Do you... Do you know who the killer is?
**[21:43] Makiko**
I gave you a hint... Now all
I have to do is wait.
**[21:47] Makiko**
You'll come, won't you, Nagi-chan?
**[21:50] Makiko**
With your extraordinary sense
of justice, I'm sure you will.
**[21:54] Makiko**
And prove to me...
**[21:58] Makiko**
that you have strength like a flame
**[22:02] Makiko**
that can burn through everything...
# E13 - Boogiepop at Dawn 4
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G61XPWMV6/boogiepop-at-dawn-4)
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**[00:21] Mo**
*Is she actually going to try to fight?*
**[00:29] Mo**
*As I thought. Her bag is filled with weapons.*
**[00:36] Mo**
Whatever you'll be facing
is probably not human.
**(Flashback) [00:40] Kyou**
There's a bug inside you.
**(Flashback) [00:43] Nagi**
The bug inside you was
just squirming around a bit.
**[00:56] Mo**
Damn it!
**[00:58] Seiichi**
*Humans do not possess a single, focused will.*
**[01:03] Seiichi**
* They just have countless bugs buzzing around*
* in all directions inside their hearts.*
**[01:09] Seiichi**
* It's fine when all these bugs are*
* headed toward the same meal as one,*
**[01:13] Seiichi**
*but when they split apart...*
***SIGN*** Criminal Psychology
***SIGN*** When a Man Kills Another
**[01:16] Seiichi**
* People take actions that can only*
* be described as incoherent.*
***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[02:58] Guy**
Oh...
**[02:59] Guy**
Nagi-chan. What brings you here?
**[03:01] Guy**
Visiting hours are over for the day.
**[03:04] Nagi**
Oh, well... I came to see Dr. Kisugi.
**[03:08] Nagi**
Could you call her for me?
**[03:10] Guy**
Yeah, sure.
**[03:14] Guy**
Hello, Dr. Kisugi?
**[03:17] Guy**
Nagi-chan is here and says
she'd like to see you.
**[03:26] Guy**
All right, yes. I understand.
**[03:29] Guy**
Thank you.
**[03:31] Guy**
Nagi-chan, you can go on in.
**[03:33] Nagi**
'Kay. Thanks.
***SIGN*** Psychiatric Ward
**[03:58] Mo**
So that's Dr. Kisugi?
**[04:26] Mo**
What did she need in the psychiatric ward?
**[05:02] Mo**
A tranquilizer gun?
**[05:13] Mo**
So you were the killer?
**[05:16] Pigeon**
I always knew you were a murderer.
**(Flashback) [05:21] Nagi**
You're actually a kind person.
**[05:25] Mo**
Call me whatever you want.
**[05:28] Pigeon**
This is revenge for Scarecrow!
**[05:38] Makiko**
It's a pleasure to meet you, Mo Murder-san.
**[05:41] Makiko**
This is also goodbye.
**[05:44] Nagi**
Hey, I was told Dr. Kisugi
just went home...
**[05:58] Nagi**
S-Sasaki-san!
**[06:02] Makiko**
Hi, there. Sorry to keep
you waiting, Nagi-chan.
**[06:11] Makiko**
Are you trying to run away?
**[06:13] Makiko**
That's not what the look
on your face indicated.
**[06:22] Kuroda**
* A scarecrow and a pigeon?*
* Not the best couple.*
**[06:25] Pigeon**
*It's* crows *that don't like
scarecrows, not pigeons.*
**(Flashback) [06:35] Makiko**
I understand how you feel very well...
**(Flashback) [06:40] Makiko**
Pigeon-san the synthetic human.
**(Flashback) [06:46] Makiko**
Your organization's called
the Towa Organization, right?
**(Flashback) [06:49] Makiko**
I've heard all about you.
**(Flashback) [06:52] Makiko**
I heard that you were after my head.
My little minions told me so.
**(Flashback) [06:57] Makiko**
But I'd like to offer you a chance.
**(Flashback) [07:02] Makiko**
Attaining revenge and following
your love to the grave
**(Flashback) [07:05] Makiko**
is a very sweet and beautiful
thing, don't you think?
**(Flashback) [07:10] Makiko**
Don't you...
**(Flashback) [07:11] Makiko**
want to be human?
**(Flashback) [07:15] Makiko**
Someone once said that humans were
born for love and revolution.
**[07:28] Pigeon**
Scarecrow... You came for me...
**[07:36] Pigeon**
Do you think... I'll be able to go to Heaven?
**[07:40] Boogiepop**
No.
**[07:42] Boogiepop**
You'll be going to Hell.
**[07:47] Pigeon**
You're right... Just like you.
**[07:59] Makiko**
Nagi-chan.
**[08:04] Makiko**
Where are you going?
**[08:27] Makiko**
It's no use trying to go to the police.
**[08:30] Makiko**
Do you really think
anyone would believe this?
**[08:38] Makiko**
I knew it! You only left the hospital
because you didn't want to involve others!
**[08:44] Makiko**
That's wonderful, Nagi-chan!
**[08:50] Nagi**
*As I figured, she's messing around with me.*
**[08:54] Nagi**
*What should I do?*
**[08:56] Nagi**
*I guess I just have to do this.*
**[09:03] Makiko**
Not bad, Nagi-chan!
**[09:05] Makiko**
So you're trying to protect the
future of mankind all by yourself.
**[09:09] Makiko**
But...
**[09:28] Makiko**
This is terrific, Nagi-chan!
**[09:30] Makiko**
Keep up this pathetic squirming, please.
**[09:40] Makiko**
* She definitely has an*
* unyielding fighting spirit...*
**[09:43] Makiko**
* But does she really think*
* that she can get away?*
**[09:59] Makiko**
That little—
**[10:00] Makiko**
Playtime's over!
**[10:08] Makiko**
Fear me, damn it.
**[10:12] Makiko**
I'm telling you to fear me!
**[10:14] Makiko**
Scream! Pathetically beg for your life!
**[10:17] Makiko**
Panic, would you?!
**[10:20] Nagi**
I knew it. I figured that's
what all this was about.
**[10:25] Nagi**
The fact that the crime scenes
lacked any sort of consistency
**[10:28] Nagi**
bugged the hell out of me.
**[10:30] Nagi**
Despite repeatedly committing
these perverse murders,
**[10:33] Nagi**
the killer lacked any caution.
**(Flashback) [10:37] Mo**
If it were me, I'd do it
after hiding the corpse.
**(Flashback) [10:40] Mo**
I'd be scared if someone saw me.
**[10:42] Nagi**
That's just it. It wasn't the killer
who wasn't worried about being seen.
**(Flashback) [10:46] Rika**
She'd never think twice about
walking alone in the dark.
**[10:50] Nagi**
Those who fearlessly charged into places
where no one else was around were the victims,
**[10:54] Nagi**
and exactly the type of person
the killer was looking for.
**(Flashback) [10:58] Makiko**
I've been a huge coward
ever since I was a child,
**(Flashback) [11:01] Makiko**
so I always wondered why I felt
like that. Why does fear exist?
**[11:07] Nagi**
What the killer wanted was
the strength to be fearless.
**[11:12] Nagi**
That's your motive, isn't it, Dr. Kisugi?
**[11:17] Nagi**
Then Sasaki-san and I showed up.
**[11:20] Nagi**
Anyone who'd bother sticking their noses
into your murders was ideal prey.
**[11:28] Makiko**
Impressive, Nagi-chan.
But sadly, you fall short.
**[11:33] Makiko**
Oh, I guess I failed to mention
**[11:36] Makiko**
something about that Sasaki Masanori person.
**[11:40] Makiko**
He's not human.
**[11:43] Makiko**
He's basically like me.
**[11:47] Makiko**
His real name is Mo Murder.
**[11:49] Makiko**
He works for a certain system.
**[11:52] Nagi**
System?
**[11:53] Makiko**
And the order he received from
this system was to investigate me
**[11:59] Makiko**
and kill me if necessary.
**[12:01] Makiko**
Do you understand now?
**[12:02] Nagi**
What are you talking about?
**[12:04] Makiko**
To put it simply, that man
was actually an assassin.
**[12:09] Makiko**
I heard he's actually killed dozens of people.
**[12:14] Makiko**
I guess you really can't judge
people by their appearances.
**[12:16] Makiko**
Then again, he's not human to begin with.
**[12:19] Makiko**
Do you think I'm lying?
But sadly, it's all true.
**[12:25] Makiko**
It just means that you were
being used by the system.
**[12:29] Makiko**
And by me, who was taking advantage
of this whole situation.
**[12:33] Makiko**
Thanks to you getting all nosy,
I was able to take him down.
**[12:39] Makiko**
Thank you very much for your help.
**[12:42] Makiko**
I'm going to have Sasaki Masanori-san
take the fall as the killer for me.
**[12:48] Nagi**
Is that why you killed him?
**[12:52] Makiko**
*I knew it.*
**[12:53] Makiko**
* Her weakness is having someone*
* she loves die before her.*
**[12:58] Makiko**
Correct. I even set up all
kinds of evidence in his house
**[13:03] Makiko**
while you two were out looking for me.
**[13:07] Makiko**
But I guess at this point, another
murder or two won't do any harm.
**[13:20] Makiko**
My sweet little girl... You see yourself
as some kind of superhero, don't you?
**[13:25] Makiko**
But the truth is, that man was just using you!
**[13:29] Makiko**
Do you get it?
**[13:35] Makiko**
Listen to me. The thing you're
trying to protect is just a fantasy.
**[13:44] Makiko**
Wonderful! Wonderful, Nagi-chan!
**[13:49] Makiko**
Perfect! That's perfect! Fear me!
**[13:53] Makiko**
There's no human who is truly fearless!
**[13:55] Makiko**
There is only one absolute in this world...
**[13:58] Makiko**
And that's *fear*!
**[14:03] Nagi**
It's not that I'm fearless...
**[14:05] Makiko**
Huh? What was that?
**[14:09] Nagi**
It's just that I was worried.
**[14:13] Makiko**
Worried? Worried about what?
**[14:16] Nagi**
That I finally got this far...
but it'd somehow fail in the end...
**[14:22] Makiko**
Fail? What will fail?
**[14:36] Nagi**
This attack!
**[14:49] Nagi**
This is an insulated suit.
It's just what a superhero needs.
**[15:10] Nagi**
Hold it!
**[15:11] Boogiepop**
Well, this is quite the surprise.
**[15:15] Boogiepop**
I didn't expect you to escape
this danger on your own.
**[15:20] Boogiepop**
It took me a while to catch up with you,
but everything seems to have turned out okay.
**[15:24] Nagi**
Wh-Who are you?!
**[15:26] Boogiepop**
Leave the rest to me.
**[15:46] ---**
*I'm scared...*
**[15:47] Boogiepop**
Your quickly-evolved body lost its
balance due to the electrical shock,
**[15:54] Boogiepop**
and it's screaming.
**[16:01] Makiko**
*So like a proper duel?*
**[16:05] Makiko**
*They're here...*
**[16:09] Makiko**
*It's them... I have to fight them.*
**[16:14] Makiko**
I'm ready for you!
**[16:16] Makiko**
Come at me whenever you'd like!
**[16:18] Boogiepop**
Well, all right, then...
**[16:24] Boogiepop**
Fear Ghoul.
**[16:27] Makiko**
The one who consumes fear...
That must be my name...
**(Flashback) [16:37] Kyou**
I told you...
**[16:40] Nagi**
Sasaki-san! Hey!
**[16:42] Nagi**
Get it together! Sasaki-san!
**[16:48] Mo**
Thank goodness... You're alive...
**[16:51] Nagi**
Do you have any final words?
**[16:55] Mo**
I guess the bug isn't so bad...
**[17:04] Nagi**
The bug?
**[17:05] Nagi**
What do you think he meant by that?
**[17:07] Boogiepop**
Who knows? But he says it's not
so bad, so that's all that matters.
**[17:14] Nagi**
But...
**[17:15] Boogiepop**
Just leave him be.
**[17:16] Boogiepop**
I'm sure someone will
come to take care of him.
**[17:21] Boogiepop**
There's a powerful force behind all of this.
**[17:26] Boogiepop**
We're better off letting them handle it.
**[17:31] Nagi**
So Sasaki-san's going to end up the killer?
**[17:34] Boogiepop**
That's a better option than the world
finding out that the killer was a doctor.
**[17:38] Boogiepop**
The patients she treated would be
looked upon with suspicion, too.
**[17:45] Boogiepop**
I'm sure this Sasaki-san will
be happy to take the blame.
**[17:50] Boogiepop**
Anything for you.
**[17:55] Nagi**
What are you, anyway?
**[17:57] Nagi**
Why did you defeat Dr. Kisugi?
**[18:00] Boogiepop**
You're the one who defeated her.
**[18:03] Nagi**
I don't know.
**[18:05] Nagi**
I feel like I really messed up this case.
**[18:10] Nagi**
Nothing went the way I'd planned.
**[18:14] Nagi**
What went wrong?
**[18:17] Boogiepop**
Must be the bug.
**[18:20] Boogiepop**
The world is not always
moving in one direction.
**[18:24] Boogiepop**
Just like a swarm of bugs,
it moves in all directions.
**[18:33] Boogiepop**
Sometimes, they move in one unified motion,
**[18:37] Boogiepop**
and other times, like this incident,
it all falls apart and results in nothing.
**[18:43] Boogiepop**
That's all.
**[18:45] Nagi**
Then... what should I do from now on?
**[18:53] Nagi**
How can I stop this from happening again?
**[18:57] Boogiepop**
Do you plan on trying again?
**[19:08] Nagi**
You got a problem with that?
**[19:11] Boogiepop**
No.
**[19:13] Boogiepop**
But in that case, we'll probably keep
running into each other in the future.
**[19:23] Nagi**
Say, what do they call you, anyway?
**[19:26] Boogiepop**
Are you asking for my name?
**[19:29] Nagi**
What else would I be asking for?
**[19:31] Boogiepop**
Well, let's see...
**[19:37] Boogiepop**
Boogiepop... I think that's
what I'll call myself.
**[19:44] Nagi**
That's a weird name.
**[19:46] Boogiepop**
I could say the same
about yours, Kirima Nagi.
**[19:57] Boogiepop**
And that's how it happened.
**[19:59] Echoes**
I see. I guess nothing is ever simple.
**[20:05] Echoes**
Everything is complicated.
**[20:08] Boogiepop**
Indeed. If Kuroda Shinpei hadn't tried
to save Kirima Nagi in the first place,
**[20:14] Boogiepop**
you and Manticore would've
never happened upon our world.
**[20:19] Echoes**
How ironic.
**[20:24] Boogiepop**
This world is about to come to an end.
**[20:27] Boogiepop**
I'm glad we met, Echoes-kun.
**[20:31] Echoes**
As am I.
**[20:37] Echoes**
I don't know what quirk of fate it was,
**[20:42] Echoes**
but the reason that Kirima
Nagi still continues to fight
**[20:46] Echoes**
is apparently because she is carrying on
the feelings of those she encounters.
**[20:51] Echoes**
I am also thankful for what fate has done.
**[20:57] Boogiepop**
What are you going to do now?
**[21:01] Echoes**
Watch over the world from far away...
No matter what fate has in store for me.
**[21:08] Echoes**
In her place.
**[21:12] Boogiepop**
I see.
**[21:15] Echoes**
What about you, Boogiepop?
What are you going to do now?
**[21:21] Boogiepop**
First, I'm going to ponder how to get
back from this distorted world.
**[21:27] Echoes**
Where did you come from?
**[21:30] Boogiepop**
Who knows? I actually have no
idea how and when I show up...
**[21:36] Boogiepop**
Until I go back.
**[21:38] Echoes**
Once you return to your world,
do you plan to continue fighting?
**[21:43] Boogiepop**
Well...
**[21:53] Boogiepop**
Now, then...
# E14 - Overdrive: The King of Distortion 1
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY3K5Q8MY/overdrive-the-king-of-distortion-1)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
***SIGN*** Miyashita Touka
Incoming Call
***SIGN*** Architecture
***SIGN*** Special
The Moon Temple
Now Open
***SIGN*** Living with Your Space Long Interview with 16 Japanese Architects
***SIGN*** "The Monster" Teratsuki Kyouichirou's Tower of Babylon Complete Analysis of Its Unveiling Event
**[01:47] Keiji**
Hello? What's up, Miyashita?
**[02:10] Shinozaki**
Thank you for coming today.
**[02:13] Shinozaki**
We are aware that it's terribly crowded,
**[02:16] Shinozaki**
but please wait patiently
to enter the building.
**[02:19] Makoto**
Mom, I need to go pee.
**[02:21] ---**
Huh? You need to...
**[02:23] Shizuka**
Why didn't you tell me earlier?
**[02:25] Makoto**
Because I didn't need to earlier.
**[02:27] Shizuka**
But we're already in line...
**[02:30] Makoto**
I can go by myself. It's fine.
**[02:32] Makoto**
I'll be right back.
**[02:34] Shizuka**
Do you know where the bathrooms are?
**[02:35] Makoto**
I'll be fine! I saw them on the way here.
**[02:38] Shizuka**
Make sure you hurry back!
**[02:54] Makoto**
It's so weird.
**[02:55] Makoto**
Some monster should just show
up and destroy that thing.
**[03:01] Makoto**
Ugh... Then I could just go
home and play video games.
**[03:05] Teratsuki**
Goodness, were you dragged
here against your will?
**[03:11] Makoto**
Who are you, old man?
**[03:13] Teratsuki**
"Old man" is a bit harsh. I'm still young.
**[03:18] Makoto**
But you're older than me, right?
**[03:22] Teratsuki**
Well, I'm sure I look older to you.
**[03:25] Teratsuki**
But to tell you the truth... I was just born.
**[03:31] Makoto**
What are you, stupid?
**[03:33] Makoto**
No way that's true.
**[03:36] Teratsuki**
But there are no absolute truths
in this world, little boy.
**[03:44] Teratsuki**
Everything is distorted and twisted somehow.
**[03:58] Habara**
The line's already this long?
**[04:00] Habara**
The place ain't even opening for over an hour!
**[04:03] Habara**
Damn... Guess I gotta wait.
**[04:08] Shirou**
Huh? Is that you, Habara-san?
**[04:12] Shirou**
You're Habara Kentarou-san, right?
**[04:14] Habara**
Oh, hey, Shirou!
**[04:16] Habara**
It's been a while!
Has it been since middle school?
**[04:19] Shirou**
I think so. How's school going for you?
**[04:22] Shirou**
You went to a pretty
competitive school, didn't you?
**[04:25] Habara**
Well, I'm getting by.
**[04:28] Habara**
I ran into some trouble,
but it all worked out.
**[04:31] Habara**
So, what's up? Did you come here by yourself?
**[04:34] Habara**
You're not on a date or whatever?
**[04:36] Shirou**
No... This was a date.
**[04:39] Habara**
Huh?
**[04:40] Shirou**
The girl who was supposed to come
with me can't go anywhere anymore.
**[04:44] Shirou**
So I came here alone...
**[04:46] Habara**
You mean... she died?
**[04:50] Shirou**
I'm not exactly sure... But probably.
**[04:55] Shirou**
We passed by this building together
while they were still building it.
**[04:59] Shirou**
She mentioned that she
wanted to visit it someday.
**[05:03] Shirou**
I suddenly remembered that last night,
**[05:07] Shirou**
so I decided to come... and treat it like a date.
**[05:10] Habara**
I see.
**[05:12] Shirou**
What about you, Habara-san?
**[05:14] Habara**
Oh, I came here by myself.
I was just a little curious.
**[05:18] Shirou**
Then would you mind hanging out with me?
**[05:21] Habara**
Huh? But didn't you say...
**[05:24] Shirou**
She liked being with big groups of people,
**[05:27] Shirou**
and you're pretty knowledgeable with
this high-tech stuff, aren't you?
**[05:32] Habara**
High-tech? I'm not sure if "high-tech"
is the right way to describe this thing.
**[05:38] Shirou**
That Teratsuki guy who died recently
was the one who had this built, right?
**[05:42] Habara**
Yeah.
**[05:43] Habara**
Well, calling this
Teratsuki Kyouichirou's folly
**[05:46] Habara**
might be the best way to describe it.
**[05:51] Habara**
He was an entrepreneur who amassed
an enormous fortune all on his own,
**[05:55] Habara**
and helped advance various
fields through his contributions.
**[05:59] Habara**
This is the Tower of Babylon that "the Monster"
Teratsuki Kyouichirou left behind:
**[06:03] Habara**
the Moon Temple.
**[06:05] Habara**
Teratsuki made it big with the accessory
company he founded at the age of 24.
***SIGN*** Teratsuki Kyouichirou
***SIGN*** All | Images | Videos | Maps | More
***SIGN*** MCE | Moon Communication Enterprises
***SIGN*** Top News
The Moon Temple that
the Monster"
Teratsuki Kyouichirou Constructed Opens to the Public
**[06:11] Habara**
After that, he dabbled in every industry
and became the owner and president of MCE.
**[06:18] Habara**
But then he suddenly died at the age of 56.
***SIGN*** President and CEO Profile
***SIGN*** President and CEO Teratsuki Kyouichirou
***SIGN*** Profile
**[06:21] Habara**
Teratsuki left behind MCE, a private
company that he ran all on his own,
**[06:26] Habara**
so there was no successor.
**[06:28] Habara**
Parts of it remained,
but others were disbanded.
***SIGN*** Moon Temple Guide | Access | Events | Shop | Contact
**[06:31] Habara**
The Moon Temple that Teratsuki built
on a whim was supposed to act
**[06:34] Habara**
as a central network that
would connect information
**[06:37] Habara**
from all around the world,
**[06:40] Habara**
but no one knows exactly why it was built.
**[06:44] Shirou**
So they basically built something that
they don't know what to do with?
**[06:51] Habara**
Yeah, though I imagine
Teratsuki had some ideas for it.
**[06:55] Habara**
That said, this thing is definitely impressive.
**[06:58] Habara**
They needed some extra funds to help
resolve the mess Teratsuki left behind,
**[07:02] Habara**
so they delayed demolition for a month
**[07:04] Habara**
and opened it up to the public
as some kind of exhibition.
**[07:07] Shirou**
Wow... I had no idea.
**[07:11] Shirou**
But a central network? Is there any point
to something like that in this day and age?
**[07:17] Habara**
Yeah... Despite how long it took to build,
**[07:21] Habara**
I'm sure Teratsuki was
able to foresee all that.
**[07:27] Habara**
Uh-oh... Looks like it might rain.
**[07:33] Keiji**
Oh, right... That thing was opening today.
**[07:37] Keiji**
Look at all those people...
**[07:41] Keiji**
I guess I wouldn't mind seeing
it if Miyashita wants to go.
**[07:46] Touka**
* We can, right? I know you*
* might be busy, but...*
**(Flashback) [07:49] Keiji**
Well...
**[07:50] Touka**
* All I've been doing lately is studying,*
* so I've been kinda lonely.*
**(Flashback) [07:54] Keiji**
Yeah... true.
**(Flashback) [07:57] Keiji**
I've been pretty lonely myself,
so why don't we go out?
**[08:00] Touka**
*Really?!*
**(Flashback) [08:02] Keiji**
Yeah, sure.
**(Flashback) [08:04] Keiji**
So where do you want to meet up?
**[08:06] Touka**
*How about the place we first met?*
**(Flashback) [08:09] Keiji**
Yeah, sure.
**[08:12] Keiji**
Well, this isn't good.
**[08:16] Lady**
Aw, it's raining?
**[08:18] Guy**
Guess the weather report was wrong again.
**[08:20] Shinozaki**
We're going to try to get people inside
faster due to the bad weather.
**[08:24] Shinozaki**
Please wait for the people in front
of you to move, and don't push.
**[08:31] Keiji**
*The Moon Temple.*
**[08:34] Keiji**
* It's constructed to look like two*
* structures pulling at each other,*
**[08:37] Keiji**
*so the whole building is twisted.*
**[08:40] Keiji**
* Everything inside is on a slope,*
* so there aren't any actual floors inside.*
**[08:46] Keiji**
* It's pretty interesting from*
* an architectural perspective,*
**[08:49] Keiji**
* but I wonder if Miyashita*
* would have any interest in it.*
***SIGN*** Morning! I'm excited for today!
***SIGN*** Morning.
***SIGN*** I shouldn't be late today!
**[08:54] Keiji**
I don't mind if she's a little late...
**[08:57] Keiji**
As long as it's not like that one time.
**[09:01] Keiji**
I wouldn't mind seeing them again, though.
**[09:04] Distortion**
Do you want to see me that badly?
**[09:08] Distortion**
But you can see me at any time.
**[09:13] Distortion**
Hello there, Takeda-kun.
**[09:17] Distortion**
It's rather simple to see me.
**[09:20] Distortion**
I appear whenever there is
a threat to this world...
**[09:25] Distortion**
So all you need to do is create
a threat to this world.
**[09:30] Distortion**
Well, what will you do, Takeda-kun?
**[09:35] Keiji**
Who are you? They don't smile like that!
**[09:41] Keiji**
You're not Boogiepop. You're a fake!
**[09:46] Distortion**
I am the King of Distortion. I was
born to turn this world into gold.
***SIGN*** American Hot Dog
**[10:05] Kei**
Ugh! Wasn't it supposed to be sunny today?
**[10:09] Kei**
I just wanted to turn in my
prep school application.
**[10:12] Kei**
Guess I'm just gonna have to wait it out.
**[10:27] Kei**
*What the heck am I doing?*
**[10:29] Kei**
*I'm such an idiot!*
**[10:36] Kei**
Huh?
**[10:41] Kei**
It can't be...
**[10:42] Kei**
Boogiepop?
**[10:47] Kei**
*What are they doing here?*
**[10:54] Kei**
Hey... Wait!
**[10:57] Kei**
Coming through! I work here!
**[11:02] Sakiko**
Was that Niitoki Kei?
**[11:05] Sakiko**
She works here? What the heck?
**[11:08] Takeshi**
Hey, Sakiko,
**[11:10] Takeshi**
did you see that person who ran past?
**[11:12] Sakiko**
What?
**[11:14] Takeshi**
They looked like they were
in some weird cosplay.
**[11:16] Sakiko**
Did they? I didn't see anything.
**[11:19] Takeshi**
There so was!
**[11:20] Takeshi**
They went by super fast,
so I didn't get a good look...
**[11:23] Takeshi**
But they had on a black cape and
some hat that resembled a... pipe?
**[11:27] Sakiko**
We're not talking about Boogiepop here.
**[11:29] Takeshi**
Huh? What's that?
**[11:31] Sakiko**
Nothing.
**[11:33] Guy**
The next line can head on in.
**[11:35] Takeshi**
Ah! We finally get to go in.
**[11:39] Sakiko**
I almost feel like we shouldn't.
**[11:42] Takeshi**
Huh? What are you talking about?
**[12:12] Takeshi**
Sakiko.
**[12:14] Takeshi**
The elevator's this way.
**[12:17] Sakiko**
Let's walk up. We might
as well since we're here.
**[12:20] Takeshi**
No way! It looks the same
no matter where you are in here!
**[12:24] Sakiko**
Well, we won't know unless we look.
**[12:26] Takeshi**
"I made it all the way to the top!
Yay!" What are you, a little kid?
**[12:32] Sakiko**
Suit yourself, then. I'll go up alone.
**[12:36] Takeshi**
H-Hey, wait!
**[12:38] Takeshi**
Did I do something to piss you off?
**[12:41] Sakiko**
No.
**[12:42] Takeshi**
Why are you so mad, then?!
**[12:45] Sakiko**
Look, I didn't come here because
I was interested in you.
**[12:49] Sakiko**
Got it?
**[12:53] Takeshi**
Whatever!
**[12:54] Takeshi**
I'll be waiting at the top.
**[12:57] Habara**
Wow, are you guys fighting?
**[12:59] Shirou**
Habara-san! You don't
need to say it like that!
**[13:02] Sakiko**
Can I help you?
**[13:05] Habara**
Oh, my bad. It's just, his situation looked
similar to mine, so it just came out...
**[13:17] Sakiko**
*It's so mysterious.*
**[13:19] Sakiko**
* I wonder what the person who*
* made this building was li—*
**[13:26] Sakiko**
*Boogiepop?*
**[13:28] Sakiko**
* It's said that they're a young man*
* who would kill people when they*
**[13:33] Sakiko**
* were at their most beautiful,*
* before they could grow uglier.*
**[13:38] Sakiko**
Wait!
**[13:41] Sakiko**
Wait! Boogiepop!
**[13:44] Habara**
Hey, isn't that the girl from earlier?
**[13:46] Shirou**
Boogiepop?
**[13:48] Habara**
What the heck is that?
**[13:51] Habara**
You know what it is?
**[13:53] Shirou**
Uh, no... Sorry, it's nothing.
**[13:59] Habara**
What the hell is that?!
**[14:01] Sakiko**
What's going on?!
**[14:03] Shinozaki**
HQ, please, come in!
**[14:05] Shinozaki**
Can you hear me?
**[14:07] Shinozaki**
HQ, please come—
**[14:10] Shinozaki**
What's going on?
**[14:26] Guy**
Doesn't something seem weird?
**[14:27] Girl**
We haven't moved at all for a while.
**[14:29] Boy**
I wanna go home.
**[14:31] Lady**
Why'd the shutters go down?
**[14:33] Guy B**
Maybe they reached capacity?
**[14:35] Lady B**
What? That sucks.
**[14:39] Guy A**
The emergency system activated?
**[14:41] Guy B**
Yes. Something caused an error in the system,
and it caused the shutters to come down.
**[14:46] Guy A**
How are the people inside?
**[14:48] Guy B**
I'll check right now.
**[14:56] Kei**
What is this place?
**[14:58] Kei**
It's so creepy.
**[15:02] Kei**
Where the heck did you go, Boogiepop?
**[15:13] Kei**
Where's it coming from?
**[15:23] Kei**
What's going on?
**[15:26] Kei**
Why's the song the only
thing I can hear clearly?
**[15:31] Kei**
Wh-What is this?
**[15:34] Kei**
What's... going on?!
**[15:37] Masami**
Niitoki-senpai, what are you hiding?
**[15:41] Kei**
What?! Who are you?!
**[15:44] Kei**
Please stop!
**[15:45] Masami**
Are you just going to hide
that forever, President?
**[16:12] Shinozaki**
What in the world is going on?
**[16:15] Shinozaki**
I was working my security gig...
**[16:19] Noriko**
Now, calm down, Shinozaki-kun.
**[16:22] Shinozaki**
Noriko? What are you doing here?
**[16:25] Shinozaki**
Wait, what?! What the heck was I just doing?
**[16:29] Noriko**
That's what I want to know.
**[16:30] Shinozaki**
Huh?
**[16:31] Noriko**
Have you done anything worth talking about?
**[16:36] Noriko**
You know... these last three years.
**[16:44] Masami**
I see.
**[16:47] Masami**
So this is where you end up.
**[16:50] Masami**
It was at this place and at this moment
**[16:52] Masami**
that you hid something.
**[16:55] Kei**
S-Saotome-kun? N-No...
**[16:58] Kei**
Y-You can't be...
**[17:00] Kei**
You died!
**[17:06] Masami**
Correct. I am not Saotome Masami.
**[17:10] Kei**
What do you mean?
**[17:12] Masami**
I am the King of Distortion.
**[17:14] Kei**
Distortion?
**[17:16] Masami**
I rule over the distortion
within the hearts of men.
**[17:20] Masami**
I am everywhere,
**[17:23] Masami**
and I am nowhere.
**[17:28] Shinozaki**
You're... the King of Distortion?
**[17:30] Noriko**
Yup. I'm here to help you remember
something that's lingering in your heart.
**[17:36] Noriko**
And the reason I've taken on this form
**[17:39] Noriko**
is because you desired it.
**[17:43] Masami**
There's still something
lingering in your heart.
**[17:46] Masami**
And in order to do something about that,
you had to see Saotome Masami once more.
**[17:53] Kei**
What are you talking about?
**[17:54] Masami**
You should already know what it is.
**[18:01] Guy B**
*This is HQ, come in.*
**[18:04] Shinozaki**
Shinozaki here.
**[18:06] Guy B**
*How's everyone doing inside?*
**[18:08] Shinozaki**
Everything seems to be fine.
**[18:11] Shinozaki**
Everyone's staying calm.
**[18:12] Guy B**
* Roger. We're looking into*
* what caused the problem.*
**[18:16] Guy B**
*Please stand by.*
**[18:17] Shinozaki**
Roger that.
**[18:20] Noriko**
So, what were we talking
about, Shinozaki-kun?
**[18:27] Noriko**
Three years ago,
**[18:28] Noriko**
didn't you invite me to this place
because you wanted to tell me something?
**[18:32] Noriko**
Or did we just randomly end
up walking home together?
**[18:38] Noriko**
This time, I'll wait as long as you need...
**[18:41] Noriko**
until you can tell me what you need to say.
**[18:48] Kei**
So you're saying that I'm
here with you right now
**[18:51] Kei**
because that's what *I* wanted?
**[18:53] Masami**
Yes.
**[18:54] Kei**
But why is it just you? What
happened to your girlfriend?
**[19:00] Kei**
I'm talking about Manticore!
You two were together!
**[19:05] Masami**
Yes. If you so desired, I would
have appeared as both of them.
**[19:11] Kei**
Just so we're clear,
**[19:12] Kei**
I've never once thought I wanted
to be alone with Saotome-kun.
**[19:18] Masami**
Yes, I imagine that's the case.
**[19:20] Masami**
But I'm not here to fulfill your wishes.
**[19:24] Masami**
What matters right now is whatever
is lingering in your heart.
**[19:27] Masami**
I'm here to give you a chance
to do something about it.
**[19:32] Kei**
What are you even talking about?
What are you trying to achieve
**[19:36] Kei**
by showing me this dream?
**[19:38] Masami**
I'm not trying to do anything.
**[19:40] Masami**
You're the one who's going
to do something, President.
**[19:44] Kei**
Don't call me that.
**[19:47] Kei**
It's not like I wanted to be—
**[19:48] Masami**
"But someone has to do it"?
**[19:53] Masami**
It sure looks good on your
college applications, though.
**[19:57] Masami**
I'm sure that's part of the reason why.
**[20:00] Kei**
That's not—
**[20:02] Masami**
Everyone thinks that.
**[20:04] Masami**
"Niitoki Kei is a disgusting,
brown-nosing shrimp
**[20:06] Masami**
who always has to act
like a goody two-shoes."
**[20:10] Kei**
You're the last person
I want to hear that from!
**[20:13] Masami**
Then who do you want to hear it from?
**[20:17] Masami**
What about Takeda Keiji?
**[20:20] Masami**
Takeda Keiji knew that
you had feelings for him.
**[20:25] Masami**
And what if, despite that,
**[20:28] Masami**
the reason he never responded to you was
because that was how he felt about you?
**[20:32] Kei**
S-Senpai's not like that...
**[20:36] Masami**
He broke your heart. You have
no reason to defend him.
**[20:43] Masami**
I'm sure...
**[20:44] Masami**
that's how you feel deep inside, isn't it?
**[20:48] Masami**
You should be more honest with
yourself, don't you think?
**[20:57] Masami**
Now, tell me...
**[21:01] Masami**
What would you like to do?
**[21:05] Kei**
I...
**[21:07] Boogiepop**
That's enough.
**[21:14] Kei**
Boogiepop!
**[21:16] Boogiepop**
It's you again, Niitoki Kei?
**[21:19] Masami**
Oh? I had a feeling you'd come.
**[21:22] Boogiepop**
You know who I am?
**[21:25] Masami**
I do.
**[21:26] Masami**
And that's exactly why I'm not
going to let you get in my way.
**[21:31] Masami**
I won't allow anyone to stop my experiment
to turn everything into gold.
**[21:38] Boogiepop**
Tell me your name.
**[21:43] Masami**
I am the King of Distortion.
**[21:49] Kei**
Huh? Where are we?!
**[21:51] Kei**
What's going on?
**[21:54] Boogiepop**
He called himself the King of Distortion.
**[21:58] Boogiepop**
This probably won't be simple.
**[22:03] Boogiepop**
I might not be able to protect you this time.
# E15 - Overdrive: The King of Distortion 2
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDKG1GDY/overdrive-the-king-of-distortion-2)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:34] Shizuka**
Come to think of it... You actually listen
to rock music, even though you're rich.
**[01:40] Shizuka**
I never got to listen to it.
**[01:44] Teratsuki**
I see. So you're the sheltered type.
**[01:48] Shizuka**
Yeah. Honestly, I hate it.
**[01:52] Shizuka**
My dad's not even that rich.
**[01:53] Shizuka**
He just owns a small business, but he
still treats me like a rich daughter.
**[01:59] Shizuka**
Actually, I'm more like some fancy
French doll than a daughter.
**[02:02] Shizuka**
As for my mother...
**[02:05] Shizuka**
This feels weird, King of Distortion.
**[02:09] Shizuka**
That's your name, right?
**[02:13] Teratsuki**
You can call me whatever you'd like.
**[02:15] Shizuka**
Right.
**[02:17] Shizuka**
Well, my mother—along with
my father, and myself, too—
**[02:24] Shizuka**
We all hated it when I became a mother.
**[02:27] Shizuka**
When I got pregnant with
Makoto, I was only twenty.
**[02:31] Shizuka**
I didn't know whose kid he was,
but out of all the relationships I'd had,
**[02:37] Shizuka**
you're the only one
I wanted to be his father.
**[02:43] Teratsuki**
I see. So, how much do you want?
**[02:47] Shizuka**
Th-That's not why I brought this up!
**[02:48] Teratsuki**
I'll give you as much as you'd like,
**[02:50] Teratsuki**
but I refuse to acknowledge
the child as my own or marry you.
**[02:55] Teratsuki**
I don't have citizenship, so city hall
wouldn't accept it, anyway.
**[03:01] Teratsuki**
I don't know whose kid it is,
but it also doesn't really matter.
**[03:06] Shizuka**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[03:08] Teratsuki**
I can't have children.
**[03:12] Shizuka**
I'll tell the media about this!
Your reputation will be ruined!
**[03:17] Teratsuki**
Let me just warn you...
I really wouldn't do that.
**[03:21] Teratsuki**
That would put your life in danger.
**[03:23] Shizuka**
As if I'd fall for a bluff like that.
**[03:25] Teratsuki**
If only I were bluffing...
**[03:28] Teratsuki**
So, going back to the subject of money...
**[03:31] Teratsuki**
This is your chance. I really encourage
you to take as much as you can from me.
**[03:35] Teratsuki**
You can never have enough money
when it comes to raising a child.
**[03:41] Teratsuki**
You're not going to say you
don't need any money, are you?
**[03:45] Shizuka**
You're not going to tell me not to have it?
**[03:48] Teratsuki**
Is that what you want to hear?
**[03:51] Teratsuki**
If you don't want to
have it, I won't stop you,
**[03:54] Teratsuki**
but I personally think that'd be a waste.
**[03:58] Shizuka**
Even though I don't even
know who the father is?
**[04:00] Teratsuki**
Then just marry anyone you want.
**[04:04] Teratsuki**
That won't change my mind
about giving you money.
**[04:07] Teratsuki**
I'd act now if I were you, though.
**[04:09] Teratsuki**
In a few years... maybe six?
I'll probably be disposed of.
**[04:15] Shizuka**
Huh?
**[04:16] Teratsuki**
Then I won't be able to pay you.
**[04:18] Teratsuki**
Of course, I don't intend
to go without a fight.
**[04:23] Teratsuki**
I plan to leave one last parting gift.
**[04:29] Shizuka**
* He had such a serious expression*
* that I couldn't say anything.*
**[04:35] Shizuka**
* After that, I took Teratsuki's*
* money and gave birth to Makoto.*
**[04:42] Shizuka**
* I thought the best way to get him back*
* was to raise Makoto to be a great person.*
**[04:49] Shizuka**
*But then Teratsuki died.*
**[04:53] Shizuka**
*Not in the six years that he predicted,*
**[04:56] Shizuka**
*but in eight.*
**[04:59] Shizuka**
* And now, Teratsuki is sitting*
* next to me, just like before.*
**[05:06] Teratsuki**
You don't like your mother?
**[05:07] Shizuka**
That's not it. She doesn't like *me*.
**[05:11] Teratsuki**
That's not very nice.
**[05:15] Shizuka**
After I started raising my
son, I started to realize
**[05:17] Shizuka**
that there were things my
mother never did for me.
**[05:23] Teratsuki**
But you're giving your child the proper
love and care that he deserves.
**[05:29] Teratsuki**
That's great.
**[05:33] Shizuka**
Hey, what's your deal?
What are you trying to do?
**[05:38] Shizuka**
I mean... This is all your doing, right?
**[05:42] Shizuka**
You planned all of this,
didn't you, Kyouichirou-san?
**[05:45] Teratsuki**
I'm not so sure about that.
**[05:47] Shizuka**
Well, who else is there?
**[05:49] Teratsuki**
Besides, when did I ever say that
I was actually Teratsuki Kyouichirou?
**[05:54] Shizuka**
Huh?
**[05:55] Teratsuki**
You only came to this world
because you wanted to.
**[05:59] Teratsuki**
Who I am has nothing to do with you.
**[06:04] Shizuka**
Then you really don't
care what happens to me?
**[06:09] Shizuka**
Just like my mother...
**[06:13] Shizuka**
I was in love with you.
**[06:16] Shizuka**
It's true. I really, really loved you.
**[06:20] Shizuka**
I couldn't say it back then, but...
**[06:23] Teratsuki**
Is it just that you couldn't say it?
**[06:25] Teratsuki**
Maybe that's what you thought you felt
now that you're looking back on it.
**[06:29] Shizuka**
Why does that matter?
**[06:31] Shizuka**
I just want to throw everything out.
**[06:36] Shizuka**
I was such a fool, all this time...
**[06:42] Shizuka**
Wait a second! Is this really in the past?
**[06:46] Shizuka**
Where's Makoto? What happened to him?
**[06:49] Shizuka**
Does this mean he's not going to be born?
**[06:52] Teratsuki**
Who knows? I'm not sure.
**[06:55] Teratsuki**
You might actually get your wish.
**[07:00] Shizuka**
What do you mean by that?
**[07:03] Shizuka**
You can't mean...
**[07:05] Shizuka**
that I could possibly make
Makoto your real son?
**[07:10] Teratsuki**
Who knows? I'm not sure.
**[07:18] Sakiko**
* I feel like it's been a while since*
* I started looking for Boogiepop.*
**[07:28] Hinako**
Sakiko! I see that you give up
as easily as ever. Here.
**[07:34] Sakiko**
Well, what am I supposed to do?
**[07:37] Sakiko**
I'm not as smart as you, Hina-chan.
**[07:48] Sakiko**
Huh?
**[07:49] Hinako**
What is it?
**[07:50] Sakiko**
It's just... Is this where we were?
**[07:54] Hinako**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[07:56] Sakiko**
Well, I mean...
**[07:58] Hinako**
What are you talking about?
**[08:00] Sakiko**
Never mind, it's nothing.
**[08:03] Sakiko**
I'm just tired and a little out of it.
**[08:05] Hinako**
You never change, Sakiko.
**[08:08] Sakiko**
Neither do you, Hina-chan.
But you're so pretty now.
**[08:13] Hinako**
Really? Well, thank you.
**[08:17] Sakiko**
* The Hina-chan I knew was a*
* really lively eleven-year-old girl.*
**[08:21] Sakiko**
*She was popular and always cheerful.*
**[08:25] Hinako**
But you're really pretty now, too, Sakiko.
**[08:28] Hinako**
I bet you're really popular.
**[08:30] Sakiko**
I'm not.
**[08:32] Sakiko**
All the guys interested in me are losers.
**[08:35] Sakiko**
Even the guy I was with today
couldn't figure anything out.
**[08:40] Hinako**
I think he just wanted to have fun with you.
**[08:44] Sakiko**
He just doesn't know when to stop, though.
**[08:46] Hinako**
Oh, come on. You feel something for him, right?
**[08:50] Sakiko**
No way!
**[08:52] Sakiko**
I'm sure you'll understand once
you start dating, Hina-cha—
**[08:57] Hinako**
Well, I've never been on a date, so...
**[09:01] Sakiko**
Hey, Hina-chan... When did that happen?
**[09:04] Hinako**
What?
**[09:06] Sakiko**
You know... That thing...
**[09:08] Sakiko**
Right before summer break started...
**[09:11] Sakiko**
I said something awful to you, and...
**(Flashback) [09:14] Sakiko**
Guys will never like a stupid
beanpole like you!
**(Flashback) [09:18] Sakiko**
You're just gonna die like that!
**[09:26] Sakiko**
After that... I wanted to
apologize to you so badly, but...
**[09:33] Sakiko**
Once summer vacation was over...
Once I saw you at school...
**[09:37] Sakiko**
I was going to apologize...
**[09:39] Sakiko**
But you...
**[09:42] Hinako**
I died along with my
family in a car accident.
**[09:46] Hinako**
It was a tragic accident.
**[09:49] Sakiko**
I was jealous of you, Hina-chan.
**[09:53] Sakiko**
There were rumors saying that the boy
**[09:55] Sakiko**
I happened to like back
then had feelings for you.
**[09:58] Sakiko**
So I...
**[09:59] Hinako**
Maybe she didn't care so much.
**[10:02] Sakiko**
But I've wanted to apologize this whole time!
**[10:06] Sakiko**
I'm so sorry! I'm sure you'll be
beautiful when you grow up, Hina-chan!
**[10:12] Sakiko**
I really think that!
**[10:14] Sakiko**
So I...
**[10:16] Sakiko**
I wanted to say I'm sorry...
**[10:22] Hinako**
That's what's been bothering you?
**[10:25] Sakiko**
Yeah...
**[10:27] Sakiko**
*That's not Hinako-chan...*
**[10:30] Sakiko**
I know there's no point
in me telling you this...
**[10:35] Sakiko**
But I'm an awful person
who has no right to live,
**[10:39] Sakiko**
so... so I...
**[10:43] Sakiko**
I wanted Boogiepop to kill me!
**[10:48] Hinako**
Boogiepop...
**[10:49] Sakiko**
They were right here! I saw them!
**[10:52] Hinako**
Yes, I know.
**[10:55] Sakiko**
You do?
**[10:56] Hinako**
But I wonder if Boogiepop
will actually kill you.
**[11:01] Hinako**
Do you think they'll save
you from your suffering?
**[11:06] Sakiko**
Well... Will you kill me, then, Hina-chan?
**[11:12] Sakiko**
Hey, who are you?
**[11:16] Hinako**
You were suffering.
**[11:18] Hinako**
This whole time, you've been suffering
so much that you couldn't even realize it.
**[11:24] Hinako**
It's impossible to get rid of that pain now,
**[11:27] Hinako**
because it consumes your whole heart.
**[11:32] Hinako**
That's why you must take
**[11:34] Hinako**
the pain you want to erase from your heart,
**[11:39] Hinako**
and turn it into gold instead.
**[11:43] Sakiko**
Gold?
**[11:44] Hinako**
Yes.
**[11:46] Hinako**
All that glitters.
**[11:53] Ken**
*Back then,*
**[11:54] Ken**
* I was using a hacking tool I happened upon*
* to look into investment companies,*
**[12:00] Ken**
* to steal their client data and*
* sell it onto the black market.*
**[12:07] Ken**
Come on... Come on!
**[12:10] Ken**
Yes!
**[12:13] Ken**
Don't blame me. Blame the person who
made this incredibly convenient tool.
**[12:21] Ken**
* I always chose companies*
* that operated in a gray area,*
**[12:25] Ken**
*so it'd be hard to track me down...*
**[12:28] Ken**
*Or so I thought.*
**[12:30] Ken**
Wh-What the hell is this?!
**[12:32] Ken**
Shit!
***SIGN*** Device Not Ejected Properly Eject this device before disconnecting or turning it off.
**[12:40] Ken**
*I had a bad feeling about this.*
**[12:44] Ken**
*And sadly, I was right.*
**[12:53] Ken**
*Was that a trap?*
**[12:55] Cop**
Are you a high school student?
**[12:58] Ken**
Yes, I am.
**[13:00] Cop**
Do you have your student ID card?
**[13:02] Ken**
Uh, sure, I do... Is something wrong?
**[13:07] Cop**
Well, that's a great school.
***SIGN*** Identification Card
This card proves that this individual is a student at this school.
Name: Habara Kentarou
Date of Birth: °°°°/°°/°°
**[13:11] Cop**
Do you come around here often?
This isn't a route to this school.
**[13:15] Ken**
Well, I guess I come this way sometimes.
**[13:18] Ken**
Is there a problem?
**[13:20] Cop**
Could I take a look in your bag?
**[13:22] Ken**
Um... There's nothing
really important in there.
**[13:26] Cop**
I'd still prefer to make sure.
**[13:29] Ken**
I-I see...
**[13:31] Nagi**
Kentarou.
**[13:35] Nagi**
Did something happen?
**[13:38] Nagi**
I'm gonna go on ahead.
**[13:41] Cop**
Is that your girlfriend?
**[13:43] Ken**
Uh, yes... We were just meeting up.
**[13:46] Cop**
Well, there are some unsavory characters
around here, so don't wander around too much.
***SIGN*** Café Tristan
**[13:54] Ken**
Who the hell are you?
**[13:56] Nagi**
What's *my* deal? You're the
problem here, Habara Kentarou.
**[14:00] Ken**
How do you know about me?
**[14:02] Nagi**
You should give up on that business of yours.
**[14:05] Nagi**
You haven't run into too
many problems so far,
**[14:08] Nagi**
but things are about to change.
**[14:11] Nagi**
This world isn't as kind as you think.
**[14:16] Ken**
Don't tell me that warning was...
**[14:18] Nagi**
Well, thanks to you, I was able to crush
one investment scam group's network.
**[14:25] Ken**
Hey, what the hell do you mean by that?
**[14:28] Nagi**
Nothing, really.
**[14:29] Ken**
Are you the one who made that hacking tool?
**[14:33] Nagi**
Of course I'm not. I'm sure
someone like the NSA made it.
**[14:38] Ken**
Which means someone altered
it and spread it onto a site.
**[14:42] Nagi**
I never thought I'd meet anyone
who could actually use it, though.
**[14:48] Ken**
I see. So I've been dancing in the
palm of your hand this whole time.
**[14:53] Nagi**
I don't feel bad about it.
You did a half-assed job, anyway.
**[14:57] Ken**
No, that's not what I meant.
**[15:00] Ken**
Why didn't you just tell
me in the first place?
**[15:03] Ken**
If you'd just explained
everything to begin with,
**[15:06] Ken**
I would've been happy to help you out.
**[15:08] Ken**
Why didn't you just ask me?
**[15:11] Ken**
Well? Kirima Nagi-san from Shinyou Academy.
**[15:18] Nagi**
How do you know my name?
**[15:20] Ken**
Guess you're not too careful yourself.
**[15:22] Ken**
There's nothing weird about some
guys trying to find out more about
**[15:26] Ken**
someone as hot as you.
**[15:29] Ken**
* This was my memorable*
* first meeting with Nagi.*
**[15:35] Ken**
* And apparently, what's going on*
* right now is its continuation.*
**[15:40] Nagi**
So what you're saying is that
this is love at first sight?
**[15:45] Ken**
Pretty much... Though I never
would've been able to say that.
**[15:51] Nagi**
Why not?
**[15:53] Ken**
Huh? How the hell am I supposed to tell her?
**[15:55] Ken**
She's a superhero.
**[15:58] Ken**
She's got no time for someone like me.
**[16:00] Nagi**
Well, aren't you admirable.
**[16:03] Ken**
No matter how you look at
this, this is an illusion.
**[16:06] Ken**
I'm still inside the Moon Temple.
**[16:09] Nagi**
Oh? Is that what you think?
**[16:11] Ken**
I don't know how this trick works, but don't
think you can trap me in here forever.
**[16:17] Ken**
I'm gonna get the hell outta here for sure.
**[16:19] Nagi**
That's rather noble of you, Kentarou.
**[16:22] Ken**
Only because you're looking
at me with that face.
**[16:25] Ken**
Listen up, King of Distortion.
**[16:26] Ken**
Everything here is something
I've seen before.
**[16:30] Ken**
Which means this is my memory,
**[16:34] Ken**
and this is just going on in my head.
**[16:36] Ken**
It's basically a dream.
**[16:39] Nagi**
I see. Well done.
**[16:43] Nagi**
But haven't you ever considered
**[16:47] Nagi**
that this world we live in is a nightmare?
**[16:53] Nagi**
What's the easiest way to escape a nightmare?
**[16:58] Ken**
What does that mean?
**[17:00] Nagi**
It's extremely simple.
**[17:03] Nagi**
A trifle, really.
**[17:07] Ken**
Wh-What was that?!
**[17:09] Saotome**
I just told you, didn't I?
**[17:12] Saotome**
It's extremely simple.
**[17:15] Ken**
Who the hell are you?!
**[17:16] Saotome**
You sure I'm not part of your memory?
**[17:19] Ken**
I asked you who you are!
**[17:22] Saotome**
Saotome Masami. Just like you, I had
unrequited feelings for Kirima Nagi.
**[17:29] Saotome**
Now... Will you be able to
make it out of this nightmare?
**[17:35] Ken**
Damn it!
**[17:45] Ken**
Don't tell me...
**[18:01] Ken**
No way! This has to be a dream!
**[18:27] Ken**
Hey! What the hell are you doing there, kid?
**[18:30] Ken**
Let's get out of here!
**[18:31] Mako**
Who are you, mister?
**[18:33] Ken**
Don't call me that! I'm still in high school!
**[18:36] Ken**
Shit! Here it comes.
**[18:42] Mako**
Hey... Are you able to see Zooragi?
**[18:46] Ken**
Zooragi? Are you talking about that monster?
**[18:50] Mako**
Yeah.
**[18:52] Ken**
Hey, aren't you...
**(Flashback) [18:57] Mako**
My balloon!
**(Flashback) [18:59] Shizu**
That's what you get for not
holding it properly. Jeez.
**(Flashback) [19:04] Mako**
Man...
**[19:07] Ken**
I see. So that's what's going on here.
**[19:12] Mako**
What are you doing? Weren't
we getting out of here?
**[19:15] Ken**
Yeah, you're right.
**[19:19] Ken**
* This pretty much solidifies the fact that*
* this is all taking place in my memories.*
**[19:25] Ken**
* Apparently that Saotome guy*
* showed up just like this kid,*
**[19:29] Ken**
*because I must've seen them somewhere.*
**[19:31] Ken**
*In that case, to get out of here...*
**[19:34] Ken**
*To wake up from this nightmare...*
**[19:44] Mako**
Are we gonna be okay going back in there?
**[19:49] Ken**
Yeah, don't worry.
**[19:51] Ken**
Leave this to me.
**[19:54] Ken**
Hey.
**[19:55] Mako**
I'm... exhausted.
**[19:59] Ken**
All right... Fine.
**[20:01] Ken**
You wait here.
**[20:03] Ken**
Got it?
**[20:15] Ken**
Just as I thought.
**[20:17] Ken**
You dumbass! Hurry and wake the hell up!
**[20:26] Ken**
Hey, Shirou! Wake up!
**[20:35] Shirou**
Habara-san... What was I...
**[20:38] Ken**
It's not just you. Everyone here's
in the same boat, including me.
**[20:42] Shirou**
Th-This is... What in the world is going on?
**[20:58] Ken**
I'm not really sure myself,
**[21:00] Ken**
but apparently everyone fell asleep
at some point, and they're dreaming.
**[21:04] Shirou**
Dreaming?
**[21:05] Ken**
You had one too, right?
**[21:09] Shirou**
Come to think of it...
**[21:12] Shirou**
I was meeting with her...
**[21:14] Ken**
Did this girl happen to call
herself the King of Distortion?
**[21:19] Shirou**
Yes, she did.
**[21:21] Ken**
I knew it.
**[21:23] Shirou**
You met them, too?
**[21:25] Ken**
Yup.
**[21:26] Ken**
That bastard... What's he trying to do?
**[21:31] Shirou**
Habara-san, do you have any idea
who the King of Distortion is?
**[21:36] Ken**
Who the hell else could it be?
**[21:39] Ken**
It's the one who built this
damn thing to begin with.
**[21:42] Shirou**
Teratsuki Kyouichirou?
**[21:44] Ken**
But isn't he dead?
**[21:47] Ken**
That's the problem here.
**[21:49] Ken**
Maybe he didn't die and he's
hiding somewhere around here,
**[21:53] Ken**
or he managed to set something up
here to function even after he died.
**[21:59] Ken**
Either way, he really thought this out...
**[22:03] Ken**
We're all dancing in the palm of his hand.
# E16 - Overdrive: The King of Distortion 3
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6EX4EDQR/overdrive-the-king-of-distortion-3)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:39] Kei**
Wh-What is this?
**[01:42] Kei**
What's going on?
**[01:43] Boogiepop**
I do not know.
**[01:45] Kei**
But you reappeared because you sensed
another threat to this world, right?
**[01:49] Boogiepop**
Yes, that is correct, but I don't
know exactly what this threat is.
**[01:56] Boogiepop**
I appear automatically, after all.
**[01:59] Kei**
Even in this situation?
**[02:02] Kei**
Just find this King of Distortion
and take him out already!
**[02:06] Boogiepop**
If it were actually that simple,
I wouldn't need to appear.
**[02:11] Boogiepop**
Besides, I'm not entirely
sure if he's my enemy yet.
**[02:16] Kei**
What's that mean?
**[02:17] Boogiepop**
It seems the being that calls
itself the King of Distortion
**[02:21] Boogiepop**
is trying to draw some kind
of reaction out of people.
**[02:26] Boogiepop**
What I mean is, that
alone isn't destructive.
**[02:31] Boogiepop**
It's not like last time.
**[02:33] Kei**
Last time? You mean with Manticore?
**[02:37] Boogiepop**
It appears the real threat
hasn't appeared yet this time.
**[02:51] Boogiepop**
Hunger affects your nerves.
**[02:54] Boogiepop**
You should eat something.
**[02:56] Kei**
Could this be...
**[03:01] Boogiepop**
Yes, I believe Miyashita Touka made it
to eat it together with Takeda Keiji.
**[03:08] Kei**
I-I don't want this!
**[03:11] Boogiepop**
It's still food, regardless.
**[03:13] Kei**
I feel bad for Miyashita-san, though.
**[03:16] Boogiepop**
It's fine. I'm sure she'll deal with it.
**[03:20] Kei**
Really?
**(Flashback) [03:23] Suema**
Split personalities?
**(Flashback) [03:25] Kei**
Yeah... Like someone's
personality suddenly changing.
**(Flashback) [03:30] Suema**
Niitoki-san, first off, most cases of
dissociative identity disorder are fake.
**(Flashback) [03:38] Kei**
Huh?
**(Flashback) [03:38] Suema**
They're just acting. At least,
I think most of them are, anyway.
**(Flashback) [03:43] Kei**
But... Th-There are all kinds of cases...
**(Flashback) [03:48] Suema**
Yes, there are, but there's no way to
prove that they're completely true.
**(Flashback) [03:53] Suema**
Dissociative identity disorder
is nothing more than a theory.
**(Flashback) [03:59] Suema**
Niitoki-san, even you have some
kind of secret, don't you?
**(Flashback) [04:03] Suema**
And when you're trying to hide it,
aren't you just acting?
**(Flashback) [04:06] Suema**
You probably seem rather different
from yourself at times, too.
**(Flashback) [04:11] Suema**
But if someone said that was
actually another identity,
**(Flashback) [04:14] Suema**
isn't that a bit too much?
**(Flashback) [04:16] Kei**
W-Well, yeah...
**(Flashback) [04:19] Suema**
The human heart has many more sides
than people are willing to admit.
**(Flashback) [04:25] Kei**
B-But isn't it possible that someone
might not even realize
**(Flashback) [04:28] Kei**
that they have another identity?
**(Flashback) [04:31] Suema**
True, but...
**(Flashback) [04:33] Suema**
How are you supposed to prove that?
**(Flashback) [04:37] Kei**
Huh? Um...
**(Flashback) [04:39] Suema**
There's a part of dissociative identity
disorder that's *probatio diabolica*.
**(Flashback) [04:44] Suema**
They might be lying, but to prove that...
**(Flashback) [04:49] Kei**
It might be difficult?
**(Flashback) [04:51] Suema**
I believe that multiple personalities
come from someone's desires.
**(Flashback) [04:56] Suema**
At times, it's a way for someone
to deny that they've done something
**(Flashback) [05:00] Suema**
and blame someone else who's
supposedly inside of them.
**(Flashback) [05:04] Kei**
I see...
**(Flashback) [05:06] Suema**
Those feelings, which everyone
has, are what affirm
**(Flashback) [05:11] Suema**
the existence of dissociative
identity disorder.
**(Flashback) [05:13] Suema**
That's what I believe.
**[05:17] Kei**
Feelings that everyone has, huh?
**[05:24] Kei**
This is good.
**[05:32] Kei**
You're good at that.
**[05:35] Boogiepop**
You're the second person to tell me that.
**[05:38] Kei**
Who was the first?
**[05:40] Boogiepop**
Takeda-kun.
**[05:42] Kei**
Senpai knows about you, too?
**[05:45] Boogiepop**
Yes.
**[05:46] Kei**
I wonder what he thinks about all this...
**[05:48] Kei**
Your existence is quite a burden, you know?
**[05:51] Boogiepop**
Well, he's a good person.
**[05:55] Kei**
Why does Miyashita-san like Senpai?
**[05:59] Boogiepop**
Who knows? I'm not certain myself, but
I'd suspect it's for the same reason you do.
**[06:07] Boogiepop**
Why did *you* end up liking Takeda-kun?
**[06:14] Kei**
Probably because he's nice.
**[06:17] Kei**
I wonder if it's the same for Miyashita-san.
**[06:20] Boogiepop**
Again, I'm not sure.
**[06:23] Kei**
What about you, then? What do
you think about Takeda-senpai?
**[06:28] Boogiepop**
I don't have my own sense of self.
What I'm thinking matters to no one.
**[06:37] Kei**
That's not fair.
**[06:40] Boogiepop**
I'm grateful for Takeda-kun.
**[06:43] Boogiepop**
He's the only one who ever
called me their friend.
**[06:48] Boogiepop**
Yes...
**[06:50] Boogiepop**
In that sense, you could even
say that I'm a bit jealous.
**[06:56] Kei**
Jealous?
**[06:58] Boogiepop**
Jealous of Miyashita Touka, just like you.
**[07:04] Kei**
Wh-What? What's going on?
**[07:08] Kei**
Hey, wait!
**[07:29] Kei**
Wh—
**[07:30] Kei**
Why are you here again?
**[07:32] Saotome**
Looks like they're gone.
**[07:35] Saotome**
Now, let's continue our conversation.
**[07:42] Guy**
What do you mean, there's no
blueprint data remaining?
**[07:45] Guy B**
What can we do? The president deleted them.
**[07:49] Keiji**
Is Miyashita in there?
**[07:52] Guy**
Could this be a time-delayed device?
**[07:55] Guy B**
A time-delayed device?
What are you talking about?
**[07:58] Guy**
Like, maybe the president planned
for this to happen before he died.
**[08:02] Keiji**
If she is in there, could
it actually be Boogiepop?
**[08:12] Sakiko**
Say, Hinako...
**[08:15] Sakiko**
Will you forgive me?
**[08:17] Hinako**
I'm not the one who decides that.
**[08:20] Sakiko**
Yeah... This is an illusion, after all.
**[08:23] Sakiko**
The truth is that you're already dead,
and you probably hate me, but...
**[08:28] King**
But what?
**[08:30] Sakiko**
You're the guy from earlier...
**[08:33] King**
I appeared this way because
he was in your memories.
**[08:36] King**
That's probably what he'd say, anyway.
**[08:39] Sakiko**
Then are you the King of Distortion?
**[08:41] King**
Who knows? That doesn't really matter.
**[08:44] King**
What matters is, even if you ask
Hinako-kun for forgiveness,
**[08:48] King**
you'll never get an answer.
**[08:52] Hinako**
Hey, did you ever think about me
from time to time before this?
**[08:58] Sakiko**
Huh?
**[08:59] Hinako**
You probably completely
forgot about me until today.
**[09:03] Sakiko**
I'm sorry.
**[09:05] Hinako**
No... The fact that you had forgotten
shows how great your guilt was.
**[09:10] Hinako**
It was what was tying you down.
**[09:13] Hinako**
But at this rate, Hinako's existence
will only continue to harm you.
**[09:19] Hinako**
Even though it should be fun,
just like we're having now.
**[09:27] Sakiko**
Is that what you mean by gold?
**[09:29] Hinako**
No... It's everything that you think glitters.
**[09:37] Sakiko**
What's that noise?
**[09:38] Hinako**
You don't need to worry about Zooragi.
**[09:42] Sakiko**
Zooragi?
**[09:43] Hinako**
Yes.
**[09:45] Sakiko**
You don't need to worry about it.
**[09:48] Shirou**
An illusion?
**[09:50] Habara**
Yeah. They probably filled
the place with psychotropic gas.
**[09:57] Habara**
I mean, the guy made a completely
closed-off building.
**[10:01] Habara**
There's a good chance that Teratsuki
Kyouichirou is behind all of this.
**[10:05] Shirou**
But even if that's true,
what was he trying to do?
**[10:09] Habara**
Right. Also, why did he make this
place like one giant staircase?
**[10:13] Habara**
There are tons of questions.
**[10:17] Habara**
I can't get through...
**[10:19] Shirou**
This does seem like some demon
lord's tower from a video game.
**[10:23] Habara**
That's not even funny...
**[10:25] Shirou**
Oh, Habara-san! There's a hatch over here.
**[10:32] Habara**
Looks like someone went through before us.
**[10:35] Habara**
It might lead to the control room.
**[10:37] Habara**
Let's go.
**[10:41] Shirou**
What is this? Talk about horrible taste...
**[10:48] Habara**
There's nothing here. Looks like
it's just some storage space.
**[10:51] Habara**
I guess that means the control
room might be on the top floor.
**[10:54] Habara**
This fells more and more
like a game, huh, Shirou?
**[10:58] Habara**
What are you looking for?
Think we can get outside?
**[11:01] Shirou**
No...
**[11:02] Shirou**
I just thought there might be
signs that they might be here.
**[11:06] Habara**
They?
**[11:08] Shirou**
It's nothing.
**[11:11] Shirou**
I guess we're out of options. We'll just
have to go back the way we came
**[11:14] Shirou**
and try to find another exit.
**[11:24] Shirou**
Huh?
**[11:25] Habara**
Hey, what's wrong?
**[11:28] Shirou**
There's no one... here.
**[11:36] Habara**
What the hell's going on?
**[11:42] Habara**
That roar... I'm pretty sure
I've heard it somewhere before...
**[11:44] Guy**
H-Help me...
**[11:50] Habara**
Wh-What the hell is all this?!
**[11:53] Habara**
What are these things?
**[11:55] Habara**
Hey, Shirou!
***SIGN*** Kirima Nagi
**[12:03] Habara**
Is that you, Nagi?
**[12:05] Masaki**
* As I figured, you tried*
* asking my sister for help.*
**[12:10] Habara**
Masaki?
**[12:12] Habara**
Where's Nagi? Is Nagi there?
**[12:16] Masaki**
*You're acting pretty lame, Kentarou-san.*
**[12:20] Habara**
Who the hell are you?
**[12:22] Masaki**
*I'm sure you already know the answer.*
**[12:25] Masaki**
*I can't have you asking for help right now.*
**[12:30] Masaki**
*My experiment isn't over yet.*
**[12:37] Mob**
There's an earthquake happening
just around the Moon Temple!
**[12:38] Mob**
Hello? Hello?!
**[12:40] Mob**
I can't get a signal!
**[12:40] Keiji**
An earthquake? But that means it's really...
**[12:42] Mob**
Maybe there's some interference...
**[12:52] Mob**
We're sinking!
**[12:53] Mob**
The ground below us is caving in!
**[12:56] Mob**
Over here, too!
**[12:59] Keiji**
* Is this the trap that Teratsuki*
* Kyouichirou left behind?*
**[13:04] Keiji**
*Or... could it be...*
**[13:08] Mob**
Hey, don't tell me...
**[13:09] Mob**
Is the building actually going to collapse?!
**[13:12] Keiji**
*Is this it?*
**[13:13] Keiji**
*Is this the threat to the world, Boogiepop?*
**[13:17] Keiji**
*Miyashita!*
**(Flashback) [13:25] Teacher**
What's that, Makoto-kun?
**(Flashback) [13:28] Makoto**
My dad.
**(Flashback) [13:29] Teacher**
Your dad? But that's...
**(Flashback) [13:32] Makoto**
This is the dad that appears in my dreams.
**(Flashback) [13:37] Teacher**
I-I see... Does he have a name?
**(Flashback) [13:41] Makoto**
Zooragi.
**(Flashback) [13:41] Teacher**
Zo...
**(Flashback) [13:44] Teacher**
Wh-What an interesting name!
***SIGN*** Our Dads
***SIGN*** Hashizaka Makoto
**[13:53] Makoto**
Hey, is this gonna
take much longer, mister?!
**[13:56] Makoto**
Where'd you go?!
**[14:15] Makoto**
H-Help me... Someone help me!
**[14:19] Boogiepop**
Hey, there. Is something the matter?
**[14:23] Makoto**
Z-Zooragi is...
**[14:25] Boogiepop**
Zooragi? What's that?
**[14:28] Makoto**
It's a monster! It's right in front of us!
**[14:32] Boogiepop**
I'm afraid I can't see it, sadly.
**[14:35] Makoto**
Wh-What are you talking about?! It's gonna
eat us if we don't get out of here!
**[14:42] Boogiepop**
A monster, eh?
**[14:44] Boogiepop**
So that must be your King of Distortion.
**[14:47] Boogiepop**
And it's quite destructive at that.
**[14:52] Boogiepop**
Looks like I'll have my hands full again.
**[14:57] Makoto**
Huh?
**[14:58] Boogiepop**
Can I ask you something?
**[15:00] Boogiepop**
Could it be that this monster was
the one who squished everyone here?
**[15:07] Makoto**
Y-Yeah...
**[15:10] Boogiepop**
I see. So that's why everyone
just keeps asking for help.
**[15:16] Boogiepop**
Good grief. This is going
to be a huge ordeal.
**[15:20] Boogiepop**
I can safely say that even I've never
fought a monster before.
**[15:27] Kei**
I'm finally starting to understand.
**[15:29] Saotome**
Understand what, Niitoki-san?
**[15:32] Kei**
Who you really are, King of Distortion.
**[15:35] Saotome**
Oh? And what's that supposed to mean?
**[15:38] Kei**
At first, I thought I was dragged
into this illusion that you created.
**[15:43] Kei**
But if that were the case, it'd be
impossible for Boogiepop to come save me.
**[15:49] Kei**
Which means this isn't some kind of
illusion you created, but it's within me.
**[15:54] Saotome**
Within you, eh?
**[15:56] Kei**
To be more specific, you're
my alternate personality.
**[16:01] Saotome**
Oh?
**[16:02] Kei**
Suema-san told me that humans have
more sides to them than they know.
**[16:09] Kei**
And that's what you are.
**[16:11] Kei**
You're usually within me.
Someone trapped within a box.
**[16:16] Kei**
And you're an invader that's
borrowed their form.
**[16:19] Kei**
That's the true identity
of the King of Distortion.
**[16:23] Kei**
The continuous shaking
that's been going on...
**[16:26] Kei**
That's been going on since
before I returned here.
**[16:30] Kei**
Which means you're not creating it.
**[16:33] Kei**
It's being created by someone
else who's been possessed.
**[16:36] Kei**
It's the result of their
latent powers going berserk.
**[16:43] Kei**
And now, that's also scaring you.
**[16:47] Kei**
Am I wrong?
**[16:50] Saotome**
Apparently, that thing's called Zooragi.
**[16:53] Saotome**
It's gotten too big and is almost
completely independent from its creator.
**[16:58] Kei**
Zooragi...
**[16:59] Saotome**
It's not attacking anything
really intentionally...
**[17:03] Saotome**
But if it got serious, it could
flatten this building in an instant.
**[17:08] Kei**
Then hurry up and stop all of this!
**[17:10] Kei**
If you stop, all of this will disappear!
**[17:14] Saotome**
But will that make the Saotome Masami-kun
that's in your heart disappear, President?
**[17:21] Kei**
Th-That doesn't matter!
**[17:23] Saotome**
It's true I'm within you.
**[17:26] Saotome**
That's why I know everything you know.
**[17:30] Saotome**
Didn't Suema Kazuko say this, as well?
**[17:33] Saotome**
Split personalities are
a product of one's desires.
**[17:37] Saotome**
If I am truly a split personality, then
you have to find what desire created me.
**[17:44] Saotome**
No matter how bitter that may be,
**[17:47] Saotome**
and how much you'd like to avoid it.
**[17:50] Saotome**
Until that pain turns into your gold.
**[18:05] Boogiepop**
I see. It looks like our wavelengths
are finally matching.
**[18:10] Boogiepop**
I'm almost able to see it now.
**[18:13] Makoto**
What are you going to do?
**[18:14] Boogiepop**
Well, it definitely looks like it wants to play,
**[18:17] Boogiepop**
so I'm just going to have to accept.
**[18:20] Makoto**
Y-You're going to fight that thing?!
**[18:22] Boogiepop**
Well, there isn't any other way.
**[18:31] Boogiepop**
Looks like I missed.
It's much faster than I expected.
**[18:35] Makoto**
What did you do?
**[18:36] Boogiepop**
I messed up.
**[18:47] Boogiepop**
Perhaps I shouldn't have wounded it.
**[18:51] Boogiepop**
Then again, it's not like I can
cut through its giant body.
**[18:55] Makoto**
Where are we going, mister?
**[18:57] Boogiepop**
The name's Boogiepop.
**[18:59] Makoto**
Boogiepop?
**[19:02] Boogiepop**
We're going up. There really
isn't any other way we can go.
**[19:06] Makoto**
Up?! But then—
**[19:08] Boogiepop**
It might just corner us.
**[19:32] Makoto**
Wh-What's that?!
**[19:34] Boogiepop**
I think it's finished with
being troublesome,
**[19:36] Boogiepop**
and is now just trying to
destroy the whole building.
**[19:39] Boogiepop**
It's rather intelligent.
**[19:41] Makoto**
R-Really?!
**[19:57] Boogiepop**
Do you have any experience?
**[19:59] Makoto**
Huh?
**[20:00] Boogiepop**
Do you have any experience?
**[20:02] Makoto**
I-In what?
**[20:05] Boogiepop**
Bungee jumping!
**[20:32] Makoto**
Y-You actually won...
**[20:36] Boogiepop**
There's nothing you can't do in this world
**[20:38] Boogiepop**
when you have a bit of
intelligence and courage.
**[20:48] Boogiepop**
You finally believed in me.
**[20:50] Boogiepop**
For a moment, I didn't know what I'd do.
**[20:54] Boogiepop**
There you have it, Zooragi-kun.
**[20:57] Boogiepop**
Looks like your exit has
been blocked this time.
**[21:02] Boogiepop**
Even if you were to crush this thing,
you wouldn't be able to leave.
**[21:19] Boogiepop**
Someday, there'll be someone else
to acknowledge your existence.
**[21:25] Boogiepop**
Until then...
**[21:34] Boogiepop**
Good grief.
**[21:37] Makoto**
You're so awesome, Boogiepop...
**[21:40] Boogiepop**
Why, thank you.
**[21:46] Boogiepop**
Is this from when we jumped off?
**[21:48] Boogiepop**
I wonder if Takeda-kun will be angry that
I accidentally wounded this body.
**[21:59] Boogiepop**
Apparently a small portion of Zooragi's
power crossed the boundary.
**[22:06] Boogiepop**
This building's not going
to last much longer.
# E17 - Overdrive: The King of Distortion 4
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYDKXQW16/overdrive-the-king-of-distortion-4)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
**[01:31] Shirou**
Habara-san. Habara-san!
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:35] Shirou**
Are you all right, Habara-san?
**[01:38] Ken**
Y-Yeah, I'm fine...
**[01:42] Shirou**
Seems like the earthquake's stopped.
**[01:44] Ken**
What happened to me?
**[01:47] Shirou**
You started shouting out of
nowhere, and then collapsed.
**[01:52] Ken**
I see...
**[01:57] Shirou**
Is something wrong?
**[01:59] Ken**
No...
**[02:01] Shirou**
Well, anyway, Habara-san...
**[02:03] Shirou**
I found another entrance.
**[02:09] Shirou**
It's right below here.
**[02:15] Ken**
Hey, wake up!
**[02:18] Shirou**
Isn't she the girl from earlier?
The one you laughed at.
**[02:29] Ken**
Hey, you awake?
**[02:31] Sakiko**
Who are you guys?
**[02:35] Ken**
I'm Habara Kentarou. This is Tanaka Shirou.
**[02:39] Sakiko**
Michimoto Sakiko...
**[02:42] Ken**
Did you meet the King of
Distortion too, Michimoto-san?
**[02:45] Sakiko**
The King of Distortion...
**[02:48] Sakiko**
Were you the ones who woke me up?
**[02:51] Ken**
Hey, what did he seem like?
**[02:53] Ken**
Did you happen to see his
true identity or get any hints?
**[02:57] Sakiko**
Why are you asking me that?
**[03:00] Ken**
We're gonna defeat him! And to
do that, we need some clues.
**[03:05] Sakiko**
Defeat him?
**[03:06] Sakiko**
What did the King of Distortion say to you?
**[03:10] Ken**
Probably something similar
to what he said to you.
**[03:20] Sakiko**
And yet...
**[03:22] Shirou**
Habara-san, this hatch opens. It's not locked.
**[03:26] Ken**
Great.
**[03:28] Ken**
Well, you don't have to believe us,
but just wait here for a bit.
**[03:39] Ken**
How's it look inside?
**[03:41] Shirou**
It doesn't look like anything
is here, just like earlier.
**[03:45] Ken**
Let's head back.
**[03:47] Shirou**
Yes.
**[03:50] Sakiko**
I won't let you interfere.
**[03:52] Sakiko**
No matter your reason,
**[03:54] Sakiko**
I won't let you stop the King of Distortion!
**[03:56] Ken**
Hold on!
**[03:58] Sakiko**
I'm... I'm going back over there!
**[04:05] Ken**
Damn it. It's not opening.
**[04:08] Ken**
What the hell is her deal?
**[04:28] Guy**
Hey, you.
**[04:29] Guy**
You should step back.
It's dangerous over there.
**[04:32] Guy**
Hey, what is that?
**[04:43] Keiji**
Wh-What the...
**[04:45] Teratsuki**
* Ladies and gentlemen... Were you*
* able to figure everything out?*
**[04:49] Teratsuki**
*No... If you're hearing this music,*
**[04:53] Teratsuki**
*it means you still haven't reached me yet.*
**[04:58] Teratsuki**
* I don't know how many are currently*
* inside the Moon Temple,*
**[05:04] Teratsuki**
*but to those who are outside...*
**[05:07] Teratsuki**
*There is no way inside the Moon Temple.*
**[05:10] Teratsuki**
*Don't try anything futile.*
**[05:16] Ken**
That's Teratsuki Kyouichirou's voice.
**[05:18] Ken**
I knew it. He must be the King of Distortion.
**[05:22] Teratsuki**
*Next, to those who are inside...*
**[05:24] Teratsuki**
* I imagine that you might be concerned*
* about the noise before the music.*
**[05:30] Teratsuki**
* That was the noise of the air*
* ducts in this building locking.*
**[05:35] Teratsuki**
* Yes, this means that your oxygen*
* supply has been cut off.*
**[05:41] Teratsuki**
*I don't know how much time you have,*
**[05:44] Teratsuki**
* but if you don't do something soon,*
* you're going to die of asphyxiation.*
**[05:48] Ken**
What?!
**[05:49] Teratsuki**
*Now, then... I wish you all luck.*
**[05:53] Teratsuki**
*Do your best.*
**[05:55] Ken**
Shit! You can't be serious!
**[05:57] Ken**
Is he trying to kill us all?
**[06:00] Shirou**
Please calm down, Habara-san.
**[06:02] Shirou**
It's not as simple as he made it sound.
**[06:05] Ken**
But—
**[06:06] Shirou**
Just because he shut off the air ducts
**[06:08] Shirou**
doesn't mean he can completely
shut off the air supply in here.
**[06:12] Shirou**
This is just a bluff.
**[06:13] Ken**
And what's he doing that for?
**[06:17] Shirou**
Think about what someone who panicked
in this situation would do.
**[06:23] Ken**
They'd run.
**[06:25] Ken**
But the exits are...
**[06:27] Shirou**
Yes, they're blocked off.
**[06:30] Ken**
Which means... up above!
**[06:33] Shirou**
Yes.
**[06:34] Shirou**
Those who want to survive
will naturally head up.
**[06:38] Shirou**
He's probably doing this
to lead people to him.
**[06:43] Ken**
This is seriously like some game.
**[06:46] Ken**
I guess the first thing we
gotta do is get out of here.
**[06:50] Shirou**
Yes. Let's go.
**[06:54] Ken**
I guess she had pretty good taste, though.
**[06:57] Shirou**
What do you mean?
**[06:58] Ken**
That girl who was in love with you.
**[07:01] Ken**
She had good taste.
**[07:05] Shirou**
Oh... You think so?
**[07:11] Kei**
What's going on?
**[07:13] Kei**
Is your end goal to kill everyone
in this building? Is that all?
**[07:20] Saotome**
Who knows? What do you think?
**[07:23] Kei**
I don't know! That's why I'm asking you!
**[07:26] Saotome**
It's not like you to worry,
**[07:30] ---**
Miss President.
**[07:34] Saotome**
This is how it should be.
You were brave back then, too.
**[07:39] Saotome**
You were there, Saotome Masami was there...
**[07:44] Saotome**
Now, if only Tanaka Shirou were
here, it'd be just like back then.
**[07:50] Kei**
What are you getting at?
**[07:52] Saotome**
Kirima Nagi might come save you again.
**[07:57] Kei**
I'm not counting on it.
**[08:05] Saotome**
Is something the matter, President?
**[08:08] Kei**
I get it now, Saotome-kun.
**[08:12] Saotome**
What do you mean?
**[08:14] Kei**
What I left with you.
**[08:18] Kei**
The reason why the King of Distortion
appeared as Saotome Masami before me.
**[08:25] Kei**
I know why now.
**[08:33] Keiji**
Miyashita...
**[08:37] Touka**
You called?
**[08:40] Keiji**
M-Miyashita?
**[08:43] Keiji**
Wh-What are you doing here?
**[08:46] Touka**
Senpai, how much time are
you going to waste out here?
**[08:50] Touka**
Aren't you going to go inside?
**[08:53] Keiji**
Y-You're... the King of Distortion?
**[08:58] Touka**
If you want to go in, follow me.
**[09:01] Keiji**
H-Hey!
**[09:05] Keiji**
What the hell is going on?
**[09:17] Touka**
This is a dream world,
with just the two of us.
**[09:22] Touka**
Everyone else's realities are
being shifted just a bit.
**[09:28] Keiji**
Shifted?
**[09:34] Keiji**
Hey, what are you doing?
**[09:40] Keiji**
What the hell?
**[09:41] Touka**
It's just a staff entrance.
**[09:45] Touka**
Say, Senpai.
**[09:47] Touka**
Come and get me.
**[09:50] Keiji**
W-Wait!
**[09:59] Shirou**
Habara-san.
**[10:00] Ken**
Here?
**[10:01] Shirou**
Yes. The sound is different
just in this one spot.
**[10:05] Ken**
Which must mean there's a hatch
somewhere used for inspections...
**[10:10] Shirou**
Let's hurry.
**[10:11] Ken**
Yeah.
**[10:21] Sakiko**
I can't go back...
**[10:23] Sakiko**
Can't I go back there anymore, Hinako?
**[10:31] Sakiko**
Everything should just fall apart.
**[10:51] Sakiko**
Boogiepop...
**[10:59] Sakiko**
You... saved me?
**[11:02] Boogiepop**
I'm not sure.
**[11:04] Sakiko**
U-Um... You're, uh...
**[11:10] Boogiepop**
Precisely. My name is Boogiepop.
**[11:14] Boogiepop**
You seem to already know that.
**[11:17] Sakiko**
Are you the real Boogiepop?
**[11:19] Boogiepop**
Who knows? Is there anything
that's really real in this world?
**[11:26] Sakiko**
That's not what I'm saying...
**[11:29] Sakiko**
What I'm saying is...
Do you actually... um...
**[11:33] Boogiepop**
Do I actually kill people?
**[11:35] Boogiepop**
Yes, I do. Isn't that why all
of you call me a reaper?
**[11:44] Sakiko**
Why do you kill people?
**[11:46] Boogiepop**
Because that's my job.
**[11:49] Boogiepop**
The ones I kill tend to be
enemies of this world.
**[11:54] Sakiko**
How do you choose those people?
**[11:57] Boogiepop**
I don't actually get to choose.
**[12:01] Boogiepop**
Much of the time,
**[12:02] Boogiepop**
the ones who are to be killed
automatically appear in front of me.
**[12:07] Sakiko**
Does that mean they appear in front
of you, asking you to kill them?
**[12:13] Sakiko**
I think I get that.
**[12:16] Boogiepop**
I'm not so sure.
**[12:18] Boogiepop**
No human actually *wants* to be killed.
**[12:23] Sakiko**
That's not true!
**[12:24] Sakiko**
There have to be people who are sick
of living and truly want to be killed!
**[12:30] Boogiepop**
That just means they have a choice.
**[12:34] Boogiepop**
If they live any longer, then what
they've lived for all along will die.
**[12:40] Sakiko**
What do you mean?
**[12:42] Boogiepop**
In order to have the right
to ask to be killed,
**[12:46] Boogiepop**
you have to actually live first.
**[12:52] Boogiepop**
Do you really...
**[12:54] Boogiepop**
have that right?
**[12:57] Sakiko**
But I'm really awful! I'm a really
terrible, horrible human being!
**[13:03] Boogiepop**
Does being bad make it okay to kill you?
**[13:05] Sakiko**
Of course it does!
**[13:07] Sakiko**
The world would be a little better
off with fewer bad people!
**[13:11] Boogiepop**
So a world where only good people live?
**[13:16] Sakiko**
Yes... Not someone like me...
**[13:20] Sakiko**
But where someone like Hina-chan
is living peacefully...
**[13:23] Sakiko**
She was...
**[13:26] Sakiko**
She was a much, much better
person than I was...
**[13:29] Sakiko**
And yet, I'm still here...
**[13:34] Boogiepop**
Was your King of Distortion nice to you?
**[13:39] Sakiko**
Yes... She said I had to change
all this pain into gold...
**[13:47] Boogiepop**
What does that mean?
**[13:50] Sakiko**
I-I don't really understand, either...
**[13:54] Sakiko**
But I thought I had to do it.
**[13:57] Sakiko**
I'd do anything to live
with Hina-chan there...
**[14:04] Boogiepop**
She is a part of you.
**[14:10] Boogiepop**
If she was kind, that's
actually your own kindness.
**[14:18] Boogiepop**
Apparently the King of Distortion
is like me and doesn't have a body.
**[14:24] Boogiepop**
The distortion within your heart
took form and came outside.
**[14:30] Boogiepop**
Which means that you've been distorting
your own kindness this whole time.
**[14:39] Boogiepop**
That's in no way an easy thing.
**[14:42] Boogiepop**
I'm sure that distortion has been
causing you pain for a very long time.
**[14:48] Boogiepop**
But at the same time,
the amount of pain you felt
**[14:52] Boogiepop**
just shows how kind you actually are.
**[15:01] Boogiepop**
She appeared to show you that.
**[15:10] Boogiepop**
I believe that you've already achieved it.
**[15:17] Boogiepop**
If your feelings aren't already gold,
**[15:22] Boogiepop**
then I'm pretty sure nothing
in this world actually glitters.
**[15:30] Boogiepop**
Good grief...
**[15:38] Boogiepop**
It appears that this isn't
going to end easily.
**[15:46] Shirou**
Was he controlling the
Moon Temple from here?
**[15:50] Ken**
Nah. If that were the case, there'd be no
reason to make this huge-ass building.
**[15:56] Shirou**
Which means...
**[16:24] Ken**
Anyway, I'm gonna see if I can
undo the locks on this building.
**[16:36] Teratsuki**
*Hello. Great job making it this far.*
**[16:40] Teratsuki**
* You... Or a few of you... I don't know*
* if there's only one of you or many,*
**[16:46] Teratsuki**
* but I wanted to congratulate*
* you on making it to this point.*
**[16:50] Ken**
Teratsuki Kyouichirou...
**[16:53] Teratsuki**
As you may have figured out,
this Moon Temple was built
**[16:56] Teratsuki**
simply just to lure you here right now.
**[17:04] Teratsuki**
Ah, yes. I should probably
explain a few things.
**[17:08] Teratsuki**
Have you ever thought that there was
something like a flow to this world?
**[17:17] Teratsuki**
Such as fate or a trend.
**[17:21] Teratsuki**
Have you ever thought about
what that might actually be?
**[17:25] Teratsuki**
That's a question that humans have
considered since their creation.
**[17:33] Teratsuki**
And that continues, even now.
**[17:37] Teratsuki**
Evolution is an idea born from that.
**[17:43] Teratsuki**
With evolution, there's somewhat
of a directionality or a flow.
**[17:52] Teratsuki**
So it's only natural to think...
**[17:56] Teratsuki**
Is that flow still flowing even now?
**[18:01] Teratsuki**
If that's the case, is there any
way to know what lies ahead,
**[18:05] Teratsuki**
or at least know the way to get there?
**[18:09] Teratsuki**
But that's God's territory.
**[18:13] Teratsuki**
At the same time, there's no point
in time that some person with power
**[18:18] Teratsuki**
didn't try to enter that territory
in the history of humanity.
**[18:21] Teratsuki**
*But currently, there are no obvious
people with authority or rulers.*
**[18:24] Ken**
What the hell is he talking about?
**[18:29] Teratsuki**
*All that exists is a system.*
**[18:33] Teratsuki**
This system happens to be
called the Towa Organization,
**[18:37] Teratsuki**
and is where I'm employed. They are
also responsible for my creation.
**[18:42] Teratsuki**
Yes, I am a synthetic human
created by the Towa Organization
**[18:47] Teratsuki**
to manipulate the economy however
the Towa Organization wanted it to move.
**[18:52] Teratsuki**
*But my role is about to come to an end.*
**[18:56] Teratsuki**
I became a little too powerful, so
they will probably dispose of me soon.
**[19:04] Teratsuki**
That's why I thought I'd play with
the Towa Organization a little bit.
**[19:09] Teratsuki**
That's why I built this Moon Temple.
**[19:14] Teratsuki**
I am sure that after my death, the Moon
Temple will become some kind of spectacle.
**[19:20] Teratsuki**
Perhaps you are one of the
people who came to see it.
**[19:24] Teratsuki**
Or maybe you're one of the event staff.
**[19:27] Teratsuki**
Regardless, I'm sure you
never dreamed that you'd
**[19:31] Teratsuki**
get caught up in something like this.
**[19:33] Teratsuki**
But you are here, and you
were meant to come here.
**[19:39] Teratsuki**
You were trapped within this building
and put to sleep with sleeping gas.
**[19:45] Teratsuki**
But what's important is
the fact that you awakened
**[19:49] Teratsuki**
and came all the way here.
**[19:54] Teratsuki**
There are those in this world who can
understand things that should not be understood,
**[19:58] Teratsuki**
those who go to places they
should not be able to go.
**[20:02] Teratsuki**
Those are the ones the Towa
Organization is wary of.
**[20:08] Teratsuki**
You understand now, don't you?
**[20:10] Teratsuki**
* You are someone who can become an*
* enemy to the Towa Organization.*
**[20:15] Teratsuki**
That's what I wanted to tell you.
**[20:18] Teratsuki**
That's the sole reason that
I built this Moon Temple,
**[20:22] Teratsuki**
using every last bit of Teratsuki
Kyouichirou's remaining fortune.
**[20:27] Teratsuki**
Just to tell you to be careful.
**[20:33] Teratsuki**
To undo the current lockdown
upon the Moon Temple...
**[20:41] Teratsuki**
Stairway to Heaven.
**[20:45] Teratsuki**
*I'll just leave it at that.*
**[20:47] Teratsuki**
*If you type that in, everything will unlock.*
**[20:52] Teratsuki**
* At the same time, all these*
* records will be erased.*
**[20:57] Teratsuki**
*Listen carefully. You are a possibility.*
**[21:01] Teratsuki**
* I cannot even begin to fathom*
* to what extent that may be,*
**[21:03] Teratsuki**
* and I'm sure you don't*
* know yourself at this time.*
**[21:11] Teratsuki**
So, what's important is what
you do with that possibility
**[21:17] Teratsuki**
and how much you grow.
**[21:21] Teratsuki**
I wish you the best.
**[21:27] Teratsuki**
Ah, it's you, Eugene.
**[21:30] Teratsuki**
I'm sure you'll have no
problem making me disappear.
**[21:39] Ken**
What... the hell is this?
**[21:42] Shirou**
I see.
**[21:44] Shirou**
That's what's going on.
**[21:46] Ken**
Uh, what are you talking about, Shirou?
**[21:49] Ken**
This is so messed up.
**[21:51] Shirou**
What do you mean?
**[21:52] Ken**
What? That didn't explain anything!
**[21:56] Ken**
The only things that made sense are that
we're trapped in here and were put to sleep.
**[22:02] Ken**
Why... Why didn't he mention anything
about the King of Distortion?
# E18 - Overdrive: The King of Distortion 5
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYDKXQW16/overdrive-the-king-of-distortion-4)
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***SIGN*** Boogiepop and Others
**[01:31] Shirou**
Habara-san. Habara-san!
***SIGN*** Dengeki Bunko
**[01:35] Shirou**
Are you all right, Habara-san?
**[01:38] Ken**
Y-Yeah, I'm fine...
**[01:42] Shirou**
Seems like the earthquake's stopped.
**[01:44] Ken**
What happened to me?
**[01:47] Shirou**
You started shouting out of
nowhere, and then collapsed.
**[01:52] Ken**
I see...
**[01:57] Shirou**
Is something wrong?
**[01:59] Ken**
No...
**[02:01] Shirou**
Well, anyway, Habara-san...
**[02:03] Shirou**
I found another entrance.
**[02:09] Shirou**
It's right below here.
**[02:15] Ken**
Hey, wake up!
**[02:18] Shirou**
Isn't she the girl from earlier?
The one you laughed at.
**[02:29] Ken**
Hey, you awake?
**[02:31] Sakiko**
Who are you guys?
**[02:35] Ken**
I'm Habara Kentarou. This is Tanaka Shirou.
**[02:39] Sakiko**
Michimoto Sakiko...
**[02:42] Ken**
Did you meet the King of
Distortion too, Michimoto-san?
**[02:45] Sakiko**
The King of Distortion...
**[02:48] Sakiko**
Were you the ones who woke me up?
**[02:51] Ken**
Hey, what did he seem like?
**[02:53] Ken**
Did you happen to see his
true identity or get any hints?
**[02:57] Sakiko**
Why are you asking me that?
**[03:00] Ken**
We're gonna defeat him! And to
do that, we need some clues.
**[03:05] Sakiko**
Defeat him?
**[03:06] Sakiko**
What did the King of Distortion say to you?
**[03:10] Ken**
Probably something similar
to what he said to you.
**[03:20] Sakiko**
And yet...
**[03:22] Shirou**
Habara-san, this hatch opens. It's not locked.
**[03:26] Ken**
Great.
**[03:28] Ken**
Well, you don't have to believe us,
but just wait here for a bit.
**[03:39] Ken**
How's it look inside?
**[03:41] Shirou**
It doesn't look like anything
is here, just like earlier.
**[03:45] Ken**
Let's head back.
**[03:47] Shirou**
Yes.
**[03:50] Sakiko**
I won't let you interfere.
**[03:52] Sakiko**
No matter your reason,
**[03:54] Sakiko**
I won't let you stop the King of Distortion!
**[03:56] Ken**
Hold on!
**[03:58] Sakiko**
I'm... I'm going back over there!
**[04:05] Ken**
Damn it. It's not opening.
**[04:08] Ken**
What the hell is her deal?
**[04:28] Guy**
Hey, you.
**[04:29] Guy**
You should step back.
It's dangerous over there.
**[04:32] Guy**
Hey, what is that?
**[04:43] Keiji**
Wh-What the...
**[04:45] Teratsuki**
* Ladies and gentlemen... Were you*
* able to figure everything out?*
**[04:49] Teratsuki**
*No... If you're hearing this music,*
**[04:53] Teratsuki**
*it means you still haven't reached me yet.*
**[04:58] Teratsuki**
* I don't know how many are currently*
* inside the Moon Temple,*
**[05:04] Teratsuki**
*but to those who are outside...*
**[05:07] Teratsuki**
*There is no way inside the Moon Temple.*
**[05:10] Teratsuki**
*Don't try anything futile.*
**[05:16] Ken**
That's Teratsuki Kyouichirou's voice.
**[05:18] Ken**
I knew it. He must be the King of Distortion.
**[05:22] Teratsuki**
*Next, to those who are inside...*
**[05:24] Teratsuki**
* I imagine that you might be concerned*
* about the noise before the music.*
**[05:30] Teratsuki**
* That was the noise of the air*
* ducts in this building locking.*
**[05:35] Teratsuki**
* Yes, this means that your oxygen*
* supply has been cut off.*
**[05:41] Teratsuki**
*I don't know how much time you have,*
**[05:44] Teratsuki**
* but if you don't do something soon,*
* you're going to die of asphyxiation.*
**[05:48] Ken**
What?!
**[05:49] Teratsuki**
*Now, then... I wish you all luck.*
**[05:53] Teratsuki**
*Do your best.*
**[05:55] Ken**
Shit! You can't be serious!
**[05:57] Ken**
Is he trying to kill us all?
**[06:00] Shirou**
Please calm down, Habara-san.
**[06:02] Shirou**
It's not as simple as he made it sound.
**[06:05] Ken**
But—
**[06:06] Shirou**
Just because he shut off the air ducts
**[06:08] Shirou**
doesn't mean he can completely
shut off the air supply in here.
**[06:12] Shirou**
This is just a bluff.
**[06:13] Ken**
And what's he doing that for?
**[06:17] Shirou**
Think about what someone who panicked
in this situation would do.
**[06:23] Ken**
They'd run.
**[06:25] Ken**
But the exits are...
**[06:27] Shirou**
Yes, they're blocked off.
**[06:30] Ken**
Which means... up above!
**[06:33] Shirou**
Yes.
**[06:34] Shirou**
Those who want to survive
will naturally head up.
**[06:38] Shirou**
He's probably doing this
to lead people to him.
**[06:43] Ken**
This is seriously like some game.
**[06:46] Ken**
I guess the first thing we
gotta do is get out of here.
**[06:50] Shirou**
Yes. Let's go.
**[06:54] Ken**
I guess she had pretty good taste, though.
**[06:57] Shirou**
What do you mean?
**[06:58] Ken**
That girl who was in love with you.
**[07:01] Ken**
She had good taste.
**[07:05] Shirou**
Oh... You think so?
**[07:11] Kei**
What's going on?
**[07:13] Kei**
Is your end goal to kill everyone
in this building? Is that all?
**[07:20] Saotome**
Who knows? What do you think?
**[07:23] Kei**
I don't know! That's why I'm asking you!
**[07:26] Saotome**
It's not like you to worry,
**[07:30] ---**
Miss President.
**[07:34] Saotome**
This is how it should be.
You were brave back then, too.
**[07:39] Saotome**
You were there, Saotome Masami was there...
**[07:44] Saotome**
Now, if only Tanaka Shirou were
here, it'd be just like back then.
**[07:50] Kei**
What are you getting at?
**[07:52] Saotome**
Kirima Nagi might come save you again.
**[07:57] Kei**
I'm not counting on it.
**[08:05] Saotome**
Is something the matter, President?
**[08:08] Kei**
I get it now, Saotome-kun.
**[08:12] Saotome**
What do you mean?
**[08:14] Kei**
What I left with you.
**[08:18] Kei**
The reason why the King of Distortion
appeared as Saotome Masami before me.
**[08:25] Kei**
I know why now.
**[08:33] Keiji**
Miyashita...
**[08:37] Touka**
You called?
**[08:40] Keiji**
M-Miyashita?
**[08:43] Keiji**
Wh-What are you doing here?
**[08:46] Touka**
Senpai, how much time are
you going to waste out here?
**[08:50] Touka**
Aren't you going to go inside?
**[08:53] Keiji**
Y-You're... the King of Distortion?
**[08:58] Touka**
If you want to go in, follow me.
**[09:01] Keiji**
H-Hey!
**[09:05] Keiji**
What the hell is going on?
**[09:17] Touka**
This is a dream world,
with just the two of us.
**[09:22] Touka**
Everyone else's realities are
being shifted just a bit.
**[09:28] Keiji**
Shifted?
**[09:34] Keiji**
Hey, what are you doing?
**[09:40] Keiji**
What the hell?
**[09:41] Touka**
It's just a staff entrance.
**[09:45] Touka**
Say, Senpai.
**[09:47] Touka**
Come and get me.
**[09:50] Keiji**
W-Wait!
**[09:59] Shirou**
Habara-san.
**[10:00] Ken**
Here?
**[10:01] Shirou**
Yes. The sound is different
just in this one spot.
**[10:05] Ken**
Which must mean there's a hatch
somewhere used for inspections...
**[10:10] Shirou**
Let's hurry.
**[10:11] Ken**
Yeah.
**[10:21] Sakiko**
I can't go back...
**[10:23] Sakiko**
Can't I go back there anymore, Hinako?
**[10:31] Sakiko**
Everything should just fall apart.
**[10:51] Sakiko**
Boogiepop...
**[10:59] Sakiko**
You... saved me?
**[11:02] Boogiepop**
I'm not sure.
**[11:04] Sakiko**
U-Um... You're, uh...
**[11:10] Boogiepop**
Precisely. My name is Boogiepop.
**[11:14] Boogiepop**
You seem to already know that.
**[11:17] Sakiko**
Are you the real Boogiepop?
**[11:19] Boogiepop**
Who knows? Is there anything
that's really real in this world?
**[11:26] Sakiko**
That's not what I'm saying...
**[11:29] Sakiko**
What I'm saying is...
Do you actually... um...
**[11:33] Boogiepop**
Do I actually kill people?
**[11:35] Boogiepop**
Yes, I do. Isn't that why all
of you call me a reaper?
**[11:44] Sakiko**
Why do you kill people?
**[11:46] Boogiepop**
Because that's my job.
**[11:49] Boogiepop**
The ones I kill tend to be
enemies of this world.
**[11:54] Sakiko**
How do you choose those people?
**[11:57] Boogiepop**
I don't actually get to choose.
**[12:01] Boogiepop**
Much of the time,
**[12:02] Boogiepop**
the ones who are to be killed
automatically appear in front of me.
**[12:07] Sakiko**
Does that mean they appear in front
of you, asking you to kill them?
**[12:13] Sakiko**
I think I get that.
**[12:16] Boogiepop**
I'm not so sure.
**[12:18] Boogiepop**
No human actually *wants* to be killed.
**[12:23] Sakiko**
That's not true!
**[12:24] Sakiko**
There have to be people who are sick
of living and truly want to be killed!
**[12:30] Boogiepop**
That just means they have a choice.
**[12:34] Boogiepop**
If they live any longer, then what
they've lived for all along will die.
**[12:40] Sakiko**
What do you mean?
**[12:42] Boogiepop**
In order to have the right
to ask to be killed,
**[12:46] Boogiepop**
you have to actually live first.
**[12:52] Boogiepop**
Do you really...
**[12:54] Boogiepop**
have that right?
**[12:57] Sakiko**
But I'm really awful! I'm a really
terrible, horrible human being!
**[13:03] Boogiepop**
Does being bad make it okay to kill you?
**[13:05] Sakiko**
Of course it does!
**[13:07] Sakiko**
The world would be a little better
off with fewer bad people!
**[13:11] Boogiepop**
So a world where only good people live?
**[13:16] Sakiko**
Yes... Not someone like me...
**[13:20] Sakiko**
But where someone like Hina-chan
is living peacefully...
**[13:23] Sakiko**
She was...
**[13:26] Sakiko**
She was a much, much better
person than I was...
**[13:29] Sakiko**
And yet, I'm still here...
**[13:34] Boogiepop**
Was your King of Distortion nice to you?
**[13:39] Sakiko**
Yes... She said I had to change
all this pain into gold...
**[13:47] Boogiepop**
What does that mean?
**[13:50] Sakiko**
I-I don't really understand, either...
**[13:54] Sakiko**
But I thought I had to do it.
**[13:57] Sakiko**
I'd do anything to live
with Hina-chan there...
**[14:04] Boogiepop**
She is a part of you.
**[14:10] Boogiepop**
If she was kind, that's
actually your own kindness.
**[14:18] Boogiepop**
Apparently the King of Distortion
is like me and doesn't have a body.
**[14:24] Boogiepop**
The distortion within your heart
took form and came outside.
**[14:30] Boogiepop**
Which means that you've been distorting
your own kindness this whole time.
**[14:39] Boogiepop**
That's in no way an easy thing.
**[14:42] Boogiepop**
I'm sure that distortion has been
causing you pain for a very long time.
**[14:48] Boogiepop**
But at the same time,
the amount of pain you felt
**[14:52] Boogiepop**
just shows how kind you actually are.
**[15:01] Boogiepop**
She appeared to show you that.
**[15:10] Boogiepop**
I believe that you've already achieved it.
**[15:17] Boogiepop**
If your feelings aren't already gold,
**[15:22] Boogiepop**
then I'm pretty sure nothing
in this world actually glitters.
**[15:30] Boogiepop**
Good grief...
**[15:38] Boogiepop**
It appears that this isn't
going to end easily.
**[15:46] Shirou**
Was he controlling the
Moon Temple from here?
**[15:50] Ken**
Nah. If that were the case, there'd be no
reason to make this huge-ass building.
**[15:56] Shirou**
Which means...
**[16:24] Ken**
Anyway, I'm gonna see if I can
undo the locks on this building.
**[16:36] Teratsuki**
*Hello. Great job making it this far.*
**[16:40] Teratsuki**
* You... Or a few of you... I don't know*
* if there's only one of you or many,*
**[16:46] Teratsuki**
* but I wanted to congratulate*
* you on making it to this point.*
**[16:50] Ken**
Teratsuki Kyouichirou...
**[16:53] Teratsuki**
As you may have figured out,
this Moon Temple was built
**[16:56] Teratsuki**
simply just to lure you here right now.
**[17:04] Teratsuki**
Ah, yes. I should probably
explain a few things.
**[17:08] Teratsuki**
Have you ever thought that there was
something like a flow to this world?
**[17:17] Teratsuki**
Such as fate or a trend.
**[17:21] Teratsuki**
Have you ever thought about
what that might actually be?
**[17:25] Teratsuki**
That's a question that humans have
considered since their creation.
**[17:33] Teratsuki**
And that continues, even now.
**[17:37] Teratsuki**
Evolution is an idea born from that.
**[17:43] Teratsuki**
With evolution, there's somewhat
of a directionality or a flow.
**[17:52] Teratsuki**
So it's only natural to think...
**[17:56] Teratsuki**
Is that flow still flowing even now?
**[18:01] Teratsuki**
If that's the case, is there any
way to know what lies ahead,
**[18:05] Teratsuki**
or at least know the way to get there?
**[18:09] Teratsuki**
But that's God's territory.
**[18:13] Teratsuki**
At the same time, there's no point
in time that some person with power
**[18:18] Teratsuki**
didn't try to enter that territory
in the history of humanity.
**[18:21] Teratsuki**
*But currently, there are no obvious
people with authority or rulers.*
**[18:24] Ken**
What the hell is he talking about?
**[18:29] Teratsuki**
*All that exists is a system.*
**[18:33] Teratsuki**
This system happens to be
called the Towa Organization,
**[18:37] Teratsuki**
and is where I'm employed. They are
also responsible for my creation.
**[18:42] Teratsuki**
Yes, I am a synthetic human
created by the Towa Organization
**[18:47] Teratsuki**
to manipulate the economy however
the Towa Organization wanted it to move.
**[18:52] Teratsuki**
*But my role is about to come to an end.*
**[18:56] Teratsuki**
I became a little too powerful, so
they will probably dispose of me soon.
**[19:04] Teratsuki**
That's why I thought I'd play with
the Towa Organization a little bit.
**[19:09] Teratsuki**
That's why I built this Moon Temple.
**[19:14] Teratsuki**
I am sure that after my death, the Moon
Temple will become some kind of spectacle.
**[19:20] Teratsuki**
Perhaps you are one of the
people who came to see it.
**[19:24] Teratsuki**
Or maybe you're one of the event staff.
**[19:27] Teratsuki**
Regardless, I'm sure you
never dreamed that you'd
**[19:31] Teratsuki**
get caught up in something like this.
**[19:33] Teratsuki**
But you are here, and you
were meant to come here.
**[19:39] Teratsuki**
You were trapped within this building
and put to sleep with sleeping gas.
**[19:45] Teratsuki**
But what's important is
the fact that you awakened
**[19:49] Teratsuki**
and came all the way here.
**[19:54] Teratsuki**
There are those in this world who can
understand things that should not be understood,
**[19:58] Teratsuki**
those who go to places they
should not be able to go.
**[20:02] Teratsuki**
Those are the ones the Towa
Organization is wary of.
**[20:08] Teratsuki**
You understand now, don't you?
**[20:10] Teratsuki**
* You are someone who can become an*
* enemy to the Towa Organization.*
**[20:15] Teratsuki**
That's what I wanted to tell you.
**[20:18] Teratsuki**
That's the sole reason that
I built this Moon Temple,
**[20:22] Teratsuki**
using every last bit of Teratsuki
Kyouichirou's remaining fortune.
**[20:27] Teratsuki**
Just to tell you to be careful.
**[20:33] Teratsuki**
To undo the current lockdown
upon the Moon Temple...
**[20:41] Teratsuki**
Stairway to Heaven.
**[20:45] Teratsuki**
*I'll just leave it at that.*
**[20:47] Teratsuki**
*If you type that in, everything will unlock.*
**[20:52] Teratsuki**
* At the same time, all these*
* records will be erased.*
**[20:57] Teratsuki**
*Listen carefully. You are a possibility.*
**[21:01] Teratsuki**
* I cannot even begin to fathom*
* to what extent that may be,*
**[21:03] Teratsuki**
* and I'm sure you don't*
* know yourself at this time.*
**[21:11] Teratsuki**
So, what's important is what
you do with that possibility
**[21:17] Teratsuki**
and how much you grow.
**[21:21] Teratsuki**
I wish you the best.
**[21:27] Teratsuki**
Ah, it's you, Eugene.
**[21:30] Teratsuki**
I'm sure you'll have no
problem making me disappear.
**[21:39] Ken**
What... the hell is this?
**[21:42] Shirou**
I see.
**[21:44] Shirou**
That's what's going on.
**[21:46] Ken**
Uh, what are you talking about, Shirou?
**[21:49] Ken**
This is so messed up.
**[21:51] Shirou**
What do you mean?
**[21:52] Ken**
What? That didn't explain anything!
**[21:56] Ken**
The only things that made sense are that
we're trapped in here and were put to sleep.
**[22:02] Ken**
Why... Why didn't he mention anything
about the King of Distortion?