16 - Bungo Stray Dogs

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[00:01] [SONG] Sign
    People live to save themselves
[00:09] Oda
    Good night, Kosuke.
[00:15] Oda
    Good night, Katsumi.
[00:20] Oda
    Good night, Yu.
[00:26] Oda
    Good night, Shinji.
[00:31] Oda
    Good night, Sakura.
[00:36] Oda
    Rest in peace.
[00:42] Oda
    I'll be off.
[00:48] Ango
    Thank you for coming here today.
[00:52] Ango
    Again, this is an unofficial meeting.
[00:55] Ou
    Thank you for inviting me here today.
[00:58] Ou
    How does it feel to be
    back in your main job?
[01:01] Tane
    Please don't torture our junior staff,
[01:05] Tane
    Port Mafia's boss-man.
[01:08] Ou
    My Elise-chan wants ice cream.
[01:12] Ou
    Are there any ice cream shops that
    government workers would recommend,
[01:15] Ou
    Chief Taneda?
[01:17] Tane
    That is a heartwarming topic.
[01:20] Tane
    I need to bring back gifts
    for our officials, as well.
[01:25] Tane
    I bet they would be more than happy
[01:27] Tane
    to see your head on a platter.
[01:31] Ango
    If we may, let us proceed
    right to the agenda.
[01:35] Ango
    The Gifted Special Operations
    Division has two
[01:37] Ango
    requests for Ougai-dono of the Port Mafia.
[01:39] Ango
    First, the Port Mafia will divest themselves
[01:42] Ango
    of any interest in myself, Sakaguchi Ango,
[01:43] Ango
    and will not harm my person.
[01:45] Ango
    Second, the Port Mafia will dispose of Mimic,
[01:48] Ango
    the gifted criminal organization
[01:49] Ango
    that has illegally entered Japan.
[01:52] Ou
    I have no qualms with the first request.
[01:55] Ou
    But I hesitate to agree to the second.
[01:59] Ou
    After all, they are a terrifying bunch...
[02:03] Ou
    Well, it'd depend on the conditions.
[02:36] D
    Odasaku.
[02:39] D
    I know what you're thinking.
[02:42] D
    But don't do it.
[02:43] D
    Even if you do it...
[02:45] Oda
    Even if I do it, it won't
    bring the kids back.
[02:49] D
    They still have numbers.
[02:52] D
    And they are at...
[02:54] Oda
    I know where they are.
[02:57] Oda
    I got an invitation, see.
[02:59] D
    Listen to me.
[03:01] D
    The Boss just attended a secret meeting.
[03:05] D
    It was with the Gifted Special Ops Division.
[03:07] D
    There's something more than this going on.
[03:10] Oda
    There's nothing more going on, Dazai.
[03:14] Oda
    It's all over for me.
[03:16] D
    Odasaku.
[03:17] D
    Forgive me for putting it this
    way, but please hear me out.
[03:22] D
    You need to rely on something.
[03:24] D
    It can be anything.
[03:25] D
    You should wait and see what
    happens next, whatever that is!
[03:28] D
    It will happen.
[03:32] D
    Hey, Odasaku.
[03:34] D
    Do you know why I joined the Port Mafia?
[03:39] D
    I was hoping there'd be
    something in it for me.
[03:42] D
    If you place yourself somewhere
    close to raw emotions,
[03:46] D
    where you're exposed to violence
    and death, instinct and desire,
[03:49] D
    you can brush against man's true nature.
[03:53] D
    I thought that way I could...
[03:56] D
    I could find a reason to live somehow.
[04:01] Oda
    I wanted to become a writer.
[04:05] Oda
    I thought I'd lose my right
    to do that if I killed again.
[04:10] Oda
    That's why I stopped killing.
[04:13] D
    Odasaku.
[04:14] Oda
    But all that's come to a close.
[04:16] D
    Don't go!
[04:17] D
    Odasaku!
[04:23] Oda
    I only want one thing.
[04:28] D
    Odasaku!
[04:49] Rampo
    Ow...
[04:51] Rampo
    Hey!
[04:52] Rampo
    What do you think you're doing?
[04:53] Rampo
    You should look where you're going!
[04:56] Rampo
    You almost ruined the famous detective
    tools the president gave me.
[04:59] Oda
    Detective?
[05:01] Rampo
    Not just any detective!
[05:02] Rampo
    I'm a great detective!
[05:04] Rampo
    Soon, my name will be known in every
     household throughout Japan.
[05:07] Rampo
    I am the best detective the world
    has ever known, Edogawa Rampo.
[05:10] ---
    Sorry I asked.
[05:11] Rampo
    Hey, wait!
[05:13] Rampo
    Once you see my ability,
[05:14] Rampo
    you will not be so rude to me!
[05:17] Rampo
    If you doubt me, I'll show you.
[05:20] Rampo
    Let's see...
[05:27] Rampo
    I'm not trying to be mean here,
[05:30] Rampo
    but you should not go
    to where you're headed.
[05:33] Rampo
    You should reconsider.
[05:37] Rampo
    If you go,
[05:39] Rampo
    you'll die.
[05:42] Oda
    Yeah.
[05:45] Oda
    I know.
[07:17] Oda
    Do you want me to finish it?
[07:20] F
    Yeah...
[07:21] F
    Please.
[07:23] Oda
    Any last words?
[07:26] F
    Thank you...
[07:27] F
    for fighting us...
[07:30] F
    Our leader... is up ahead...
[07:33] F
    Please save him, too...
[07:35] F
    from this hell..
[07:38] Oda
    Yeah.
[07:39] Oda
    I know.
[07:49] Ou
    Oh? Dazai-kun.
[07:51] Ou
    How rare of you to come visit.
[07:55] D
    Boss.
[07:56] D
    I'd like to request permission to organize
    a gifted squad to save Odasaku.
[08:01] Ou
    Very well.
[08:02] Ou
    Permission granted.
[08:04] Ou
    But first, why?
[08:07] D
    Odasaku is currently doing reconnaissance
[08:10] D
    in force by himself at Mimic headquarters.
[08:13] D
    If we do nothing, he will die, and we
    will lose a valuable gifted agent.
[08:18] Ou
    I understand your reasoning.
[08:21] Ou
    But I doubt Oda-kun wants
    to be saved by anyone.
[08:27] Ou
    What do you think about that?
[08:31] Ou
    Dazai-kun, the leader of an organization
    is at the pinnacle of that organization
[08:36] Ou
    and, at the same time, he is its slave.
[08:38] Ou
    The leader must be more than willing
[08:40] Ou
    to commit any atrocity in order to
    ensure the organization's survival.
[08:44] D
    That envelope...
[08:48] D
    I see. I get it now.
[08:53] Ou
    Where are you going?
[08:55] D
    To Odasaku.
[09:09] Gide
    "It remains only a single seed."
[09:11] Gide
    "Unless a kernel of wheat falls
    to the ground and dies,"
[09:14] Gide
    "it remains only a single seed."
[09:17] Gide
    "But if it dies..."
[09:19] Oda
    "But if it dies, it produces many seeds."
[09:22] G
    John 12:24.
[09:27] G
    You're more well-read than
    you look, Sakunosuke.
[09:31] G
    I apologize for the children.
[09:35] G
    But it seems to have been worth it.
[09:38] G
    Your eyes are the same as mine now.
[09:41] G
    Like my subordinates and I,
[09:43] G
    you look like someone who has left
    the stairway of continued existence.
[09:46] G
    Welcome, Sakunosuke, to our world!
[10:06] G
    We don't seem to make any progress
    by just reading our own futures.
[10:09] Oda
    It seems not.
[10:24] Oda
    Then we just have to duel without
    using our predictive abilities.
[10:28] G
    Indeed.
[10:29] G
    You're right, Sakunosuke.
[10:32] G
    You are the best.
[10:36] Ou
    We have not ended the debate, Dazai-kun.
[10:40] D
    I've been thinking a long time
[10:43] D
    about the Port Mafia, Mimic, and
    the black special ops group...
[10:47] D
    or, rather, in this case, the Gifted
    Special Operations Division...
[10:51] D
    and who's the one controlling the
    conflict between the three groups.
[10:57] D
    This bold and intricate design
    was your handiwork, Boss.
[11:03] D
    That black envelope
    contains that much value.
[11:07] D
    No matter how powerful the
    Port Mafia may become,
[11:12] D
    we exist in constant fear
[11:13] D
    of displeasing the Gifted Special
    Operations Division and being oppressed.
[11:20] D
    That is why, as the price
    for crushing Mimic,
[11:24] D
    you negotiated for the
    issuance of this permit.
[11:28] D
    This permit, which allows us to
    operate a gifted organization...
[11:31] [SONG] Sign 1134
    Gifted
    Business
     Permit
[11:33] D
    the Gifted Business Permit.
[12:01] G
    You're perfect, Sakunosuke.
[12:04] Oda
    Today, I'm with you all the way.
[12:22] Oda
    What?
[12:26] Oda
    Is this what Ango was talking about?
[12:28] Oda
    The singularity of the ability?!
[12:33] G
    This is the world I've sought.
[12:36] Oda
    Why did you want it?
[12:38] G
    Why did you stop killing?
[12:42] Oda
    I wanted to become a writer.
[12:45] Oda
    A man told me that's what I should do.
[12:49] Oda
    He gave me a book.
[12:52] Oda
    It was the last volume of a novel I've
    been seeking for a very long time.
[13:00] Oda
    Before I read it, he told me
    that it's a terrible book.
[13:04] G
    And how was it?
[13:08] Oda
    It was a wonderful book.
[13:09] Oda
    
[13:15] D
    You are the one who helped them
    enter the country illegally.
[13:21] D
    You invited the enemy
    organization to Yokohama
[13:23] D
    to incite the Gifted Special Operations
    Division into finally taking action.
[13:28] Ou
    Yes.
[13:30] Ou
    Thanks to that, we now have
    the Gifted Business Permit.
[13:34] Ou
    The government has, for all practical
    purposes, ratified our illegal activities.
[13:38] Ou
    The troublesome aggressors will be taken
    care of by Oda-kun with his life.
[13:44] Ou
    This is a glorious victory for us.
[13:46] Ou
    And yet... Why are you so angry?
[13:51] D
    You're the one who let Mimic know about
    the orphans under Odasaku's care.
[13:58] D
    You did it so you could counter
    Mimic's leader with Odasaku,
[14:03] D
    the only gifted agent
    who could be his match.
[14:08] Ou
    Dazai-kun.
[14:12] Ou
    You need to stay here.
[14:15] Ou
    Or is there a logical reason
    why you should go to him?
[14:24] D
    There are two things I
    wish to say to you, Boss.
[14:28] D
    First, you will not shoot me.
[14:32] D
    Nor will you have your
    subordinates shoot me.
[14:36] Ou
    What makes you think that?
[14:38] D
    Because you have nothing to gain from it.
[14:41] Ou
    I believe you also have nothing to
    gain by defying me and going to him.
[14:47] D
    As for the second thing, Boss.
[14:51] D
    There may be nothing to gain by my actions,
[14:55] D
    but there is one reason why I will still go.
[15:01] D
    It's because he is a friend.
[15:22] Oda
    The last book in the series was wonderful,
[15:26] Oda
    but there was one flaw.
[15:29] Oda
    Several pages had been cut out
    and removed toward the end.
[15:32] (Flashback) Beard
    Then you write it.
[15:35] Oda
    Right before the removed
    section, there was this line:
[15:39] Oda
    "People live to save themselves."
[15:41] Oda
    "You will understand that at the
    moment of your own death."
SIGN    People live to save themselves. You will understand
     that at the moment of your own death.
[15:51] Oda
    Now, I think that the man who gave me the
    book knew I was a hired killer.
[15:59] Oda
    He knew, and spoke to me so
    that I would stop killing.
[16:05] Oda
    He told me his name when we first met.
[16:10] Oda
    I'd forgotten that name
    for a very long time,
[16:12] Oda
    but I finally remembered
    what it was recently.
[16:16] (Flashback) BoyO
    Who are you?
[16:18] (Flashback) Beard
    Me?
[16:20] (Flashback) Beard
    My name is Natsume Souseki.
[16:23] Oda
    That's right.
[16:24] Oda
    He had the same name as
    the author of the story.
[16:32] G
    I was a hero.
[16:35] G
    I fought believing it was my god-given
    destiny to protect my homeland.
[16:41] G
    In the last great war,
[16:43] G
    my squad of forty defeated six hundred
    enemies who were holed up in a fortress.
[16:49] G
    But that was a setup by
    our allied headquarters.
[16:54] G
    At the time, our country was
    already entering peace talks.
[16:58] G
    We were used to commit an unjust
    act for the military staff,
[17:01] G
    by seizing an enemy transportation
    network after peace was achieved.
[17:06] G
    Of course, our actions
    were deemed a war crime.
[17:11] G
    Our comrades in arms became our enemies
    now that we were labeled rebels.
[17:19] G
    Some in my unit took their own lives.
[17:24] G
    But there were those who survived.
[17:30] G
    We lost our homeland and our honor.
[17:35] G
    We became ghosts wandering a wasteland
    in search of enemies to fight.
[17:42] Oda
    Are you sure you couldn't
    change your way of life?
[17:47] G
    I swore to my men that
    I would die a soldier.
[17:51] G
    I cannot become anything else.
[17:56] G
    No... perhaps I could have.
[18:00] G
    I may have been able to reshape my way of life
[18:03] G
    and become someone who wasn't a soldier.
[18:06] G
    Just like how you stopped killing.
[18:11] Oda
    I have one regret.
[18:14] Oda
    I did not say farewell to my friend.
[18:18] Oda
    To the man who was my only friend
    in this world I live in.
[18:23] Oda
    He seemed to have tired of the world
[18:25] Oda
    and was waiting for death.
[18:28] G
    Was he in search of death like me?
[18:34] Oda
    No.
[18:35] Oda
    I think it's different.
[18:49] G
    Sakunosuke.
[18:52] G
    Even your last shot was perfect.
[19:07] D
    Odasaku!
[19:16] D
    You're an idiot, Odasaku.
[19:19] D
    You're a complete idiot...
[19:20] Oda
    Yeah...
[19:24] D
    Why did you go along with what he wanted?
[19:26] Oda
    Dazai...
[19:28] Oda
    There's something I want to say to you.
[19:32] D
    No!
[19:33] D
    Don't!
[19:34] D
    You might still make it!
[19:36] D
    No, you will make it!
[19:37] D
    So don't talk like—
[19:39] Oda
    Listen.
[19:42] Oda
    You told me that you might
    find a reason to live
[19:47] Oda
    if you lived in a world of
    violence and bloodshed.
[19:50] D
    Yeah, I did.
[19:51] D
    But who cares what I said now?
[19:53] Oda
    You won't find it.
[19:56] Oda
    You must know that already.
[19:59] Oda
    Whether you're on the side who kills people
[20:01] Oda
    or the side who saves people,
[20:03] Oda
    nothing beyond what you
    would expect will appear.
[20:09] Oda
    Nothing in this world can fill
    that lonely hole you have.
[20:14] Oda
    You will wander the darkness for eternity.
[20:23] D
    Odasaku...
[20:25] D
    What should I do?
[20:29] Oda
    Be on the side that saves people.
[20:33] Oda
    If both sides are the same,
[20:35] Oda
    become a good man.
[20:37] Oda
    Save the weak, and protect the orphans.
[20:41] Oda
    Neither good nor evil means
    much to you, I know...
[20:45] Oda
    but that'd make you at
    least a little bit better.
[20:51] D
    How do you know that for sure?
[20:53] Oda
    Of course I know.
[20:55] Oda
    I know better than anyone.
[20:57] Oda
    Because... I am your friend.
[21:07] D
    I see.
[21:09] D
    I'll do that.
[21:11] Oda
    People exist to save themselves, huh...
[21:18] Oda
    How true...
SIGN    Two Weeks Later
[22:05] Dazai
    I didn't think a heavyweight in
    the Ministry of Internal Affairs
[22:07] Dazai
    would be drinking alone
    in a cheap bar like this.
[22:09] Dazai
    How lonesome, Chief Taneda.
[22:13] Tane
    You are...
[22:14] D
    Now, now, now...
[22:16] Tane
    I heard rumors that you had
    gone underground for a while.
[22:22] D
    I'm looking for a new job.
[22:25] D
    Do you know of any good positions?
[22:27] Tane
    Do you wish to join the Gifted Special
    Operations Division? If so...
[22:30] D
    I regretfully decline the offer.
[22:33] D
    I don't do too well in a workplace
    that has a lot of regulations.
[22:36] Tane
    Then what are you looking for?
[22:39] D
    Somewhere I can help people.
[22:48] Tane
    I have a lot of questions for you, but...
[22:50] Tane
    Your history is too sordid.
[22:53] Tane
    You'll have to go underground for at
    least two years to get a blank slate.
[22:57] Tane
    But I suppose I may have a lead...
[23:04] D
    Let's hear it.
[23:09] Tane
    There is an armed organization
    of gifted individuals.
[23:12] Tane
    They take on cases that are in a legal gray
    zone and are untouchable by civil workers.
[23:18] Tane
    The company president is a man of integrity.
[23:21] Tane
    You may find him in alignment
    with what you wish.
[23:27] D
    Can I do work that saves people?
SIGN    Episode 16: Bungo Stray Dogs
SIGN    And the story resumes,
    four years later
SIGN    Next Time: Episode 17:
    Three Companies Conflict