# E10 - 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?