4 - People who do not respect themselves will not be respected by others

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[00:15] Akira
    Poor Smeagol.
[00:19] Suzuna
    Lord of the Rings, right?
[00:22] Akira
    Smeagol was captivated by the ring's power,
[00:25] ---
    so he followed after Frodo and Sam,
[00:27] ---
    ultimately losing his life
    together with his precious ring.
[00:31] Suzuna
    Why does that make him pitiful?
[00:35] Akira
    Because he was isolated,
    paranoid of the entire world
[00:42] ---
    without respite or salvation.
SIGN    The Return of the King
[00:53] Kotaro
    Hm?
[00:55] Kotaro
    Suzuna?
[02:30] Shogo
    You saw it. Everything about this world.
[02:34] Ritsu
    Yeah. μ said she hadn't
    created past that point.
[02:39] Ritsu
    Which means...
[02:40] Aria
    Yes, yes!
[02:41] Aria
    As you've surmised,
    this world was created by μ.
[02:45] Aria
    I don't really remember how it started.
[02:48] Aria
    Before I knew it, the two of us were
    wandering the world of the internet.
SIGN    Don't wake me. Don't turn against me. Hate.
[02:53] Aria
    That world was constantly overflowing
[02:55] ---
    with the negative emotions of humanity.
SIGN    Close your eyes. Don't look at me. I'm pathetic. Fear.
[02:59] Aria
    Everyone was expelling their
    incredible suffering through song.
[03:03] Aria
    It was so sad that it made our hearts ache.
[03:09] Aria
    So we wanted everyone to be happy
SIGN    Fear. Don't stay with me. Get rid of your ideals. Screw your kindness.
[03:12] ---
    and created a world where they
    could forget all that pain.
SIGN    Don't wake me. Drown. Don't speak to me. Real me. Puppet. Isolation.
[03:21] Aria
    That was how Mobius began.
[03:23] Ritsu
    "Mobius"?
[03:24] Shogo
    It's the name of this world.
[03:26] Aria
    Many people suffering from
    trauma in the real world
[03:30] ---
    sought solace through μ's song.
[03:33] Aria
    Then μ sealed all their
    minds away here in Mobius.
[03:39] Ritsu
    At some point, I started feeling slight
    incongruities with this world.
[03:43] Ritsu
    Then they started to become real, and one
    day everything I saw was full of them.
[03:47] Ritsu
    By repeating an ideal high school
    life many times in this world,
[03:52] ---
    we were suddenly able to realize it.
[03:54] Shogo
    That's what the Musicians were after.
[03:57] Ritsu
    "Musicians"?
[03:58] Shogo
    They caused that incident
    to sift out those like you
[04:02] ---
    who started to sense incongruities.
[04:04] Aria
    Mobius is founded on the energy
[04:06] ---
    collected from the happy feelings
    of those who listen to μ's songs.
[04:10] Aria
    That's why it's problematic if
    those like you grow in number.
[04:15] Shogo
    So the Musicians are using Digiheads
    to attack people like us.
[04:20] Ritsu
    "Digiheads"?
[04:23] Ritsu
    Those people with the masks?
[04:25] Aria
    The Musicians use μ's
    power to cause the dark,
[04:28] ---
    insuppressible emotions within
    their hearts to explode,
[04:33] ---
    creating the Digiheads.
[04:35] Shogo
    Those fanatical believers in μ
[04:38] ---
    then target those like you
    who have noticed the truth,
[04:41] ---
    and they attempt to restore you
    to the state of unawareness.
[04:45] Ritsu
    You mean...
[04:47] Shogo
    Brainwashing.
[04:51] Ritsu
    My family and even my pet took on a
     strange appearance. What was that?
[04:56] Aria
    Those are just bits of data created by μ
    to make this world as real as possible.
[05:02] Aria
    Once someone notices, the same way you all have,
[05:04] Aria
    that someone also realizes they aren't alive.
[05:09] Ritsu
    So there are those who want
    to protect this world.
[05:12] Ritsu
    And to them, all of us are...
[05:18] Shogo
    With the help of Aria,
[05:21] ---
    I managed to activate this Catharsis Effect.
[05:24] Ritsu
    Catharsis... A release of repressed emotions.
[05:29] Aria
    A Catharsis Effect resembles the Digiheads'
    power, but it's completely different.
[05:33] Aria
    It's a weapon controlled by exposing
[05:36] ---
    negative emotions hidden within oneself.
[05:41] Ritsu
    Can I use that power, too?
[05:44] Aria
    Huh?
[05:45] Aria
    Hmm, you might not be ready yet.
[05:50] Shogo
    As long as they continue to resort
    to any means to protect Mobius,
[05:54] ---
    I'll continue fighting them.
[05:57] Shogo
    Because I want to escape from this world.
[06:00] Aria
    Ritsu!
[06:01] Aria
    Please! Help us save μ!
[06:05] Aria
    μ's desire to make everyone happy is too strong.
[06:09] Aria
    She believes they'll be much happier here
    in Mobius than in their harsh daily lives.
[06:14] Aria
    She genuinely believes that!
[06:16] Aria
    The stronger μ's power grows,
[06:19] ---
    the less I'll be able to do, and
    the smaller my form will grow.
[06:25] Aria
    My memory data is already fuzzy.
[06:28] Aria
    I can't stop μ on my own.
[06:31] Aria
    So please, Ritsu!
[06:33] Aria
    Help us!
[06:35] Ritsu
    How exactly?
[06:38] Aria
    We'll figure that out together, okay?!
[06:40] Ritsu
    Huh?! You mean you have no plan?!
[06:43] Shogo
    We're not completely without ideas.
[06:45] [Messenger] Screen
    Let's blow the horn on
    this world full of static!
    
    Recruiting Band Members!!
    
    Band Name: Guns & Bouquets
[06:46] Shogo
    They've grown more active since that
    incident at the entrance ceremony.
[06:50] Shogo
    I hope we can reach as many as possible.
[06:51] [Messenger] Screen
    About my time at SweetP's Tea Party
    
    I thought SweetP's Tea Party would be
    dreamy-cute, but it was crazy grotesque.
    
    What, what? Details!
[06:53] Naruko
    Oh, the Crescent Moon Tea Party Report
    is trending well, getting attention.
[06:58] Mifue
    She really uploaded it.
[06:59] Naruko
    Hmm, "Spirited Away? My Friend
    Went Missing" is a flop.
[07:07] Mifue
    Hey, is that tweet...
[07:10] Naruko
    Ohh, it's a shocking fact, isn't it?
[07:13] ---
    The fighter was more than just a fighter!
[07:15] Naruko
    It would be a regrettable shame
    not to upload this huge scoop!
[07:19] Mifue
    I don't mean that.
[07:21] Mifue
    I'm sure that...
[07:24] Mifue
    It means they might help us.
[07:29] Naruko
    Then, let's go!
[07:30] Mifue
    Huh?
[07:31] Naruko
    It sounds interesting, right?
[07:42] Suzuna
    Jules Verne, Michael Ende,
    Diana Wynne Jones...
SIGN    Momo
SIGN    From the Earth to the Moon
SIGN    Cart and Cwidder
[07:48] Akira
    They looked like ones you'd like.
[07:50] Suzuna
    Thanks.
[08:03] Suzuna
    About what we were discussing earlier...
[08:05] Suzuna
    I don't think Smeagol's life is that tragic.
[08:09] Suzuna
    He manages to obtain the ring
    he loved more than anything,
[08:12] ---
    and he's happy when he loses his life.
[08:16] Suzuna
    That's plenty, isn't it?
[08:22] Akira
    How many people actually
    understand their true desires?
[08:27] Suzuna
    Smeagol was honest with himself.
[08:32] Akira
    That's what you think?
[08:33] Suzuna
    His whole life was about obtaining
    and keeping his precious.
[08:39] Akira
    That's so pitiful.
[08:42] Akira
    I can't imagine his soul found salvation.
[08:47] Suzuna
    But...
[08:49] Suzuna
    That was why he had to rely on the ring.
[08:52] Akira
    The ring was never going to save him.
[08:55] Akira
    The only thing that would have freed him
    from his incredible isolation was...
[08:59] Suzuna
    Are you saying he chased after the ring
[09:02] ---
    because he wanted Frodo and
    Sam to pay attention to him?
[09:05] Akira
    That's one interpretation.
[09:07] Suzuna
    That's impossible.
[09:09] Suzuna
    It was futile. There's no way
    they would've joined him.
[09:19] Akira
    Even so, people often
    dream of the unachievable.
[09:24] Aria
    H-Hey...
[09:24] Mifue
    She's so small.
[09:25] Naruko
    What a huge scoop!
[09:27] Naruko
    Fairies are real!
[09:28] Naruko
    I bet this'll get comments!
[09:30] Mifue
    Naruko-sempai, this girl feels like
    strawberry daifuku when I touch her.
[09:34] Naruko
    Hmm, hmm, so fairies feel
    like daifuku to the touch.
[09:40] Aria
    Ahh, no!
[09:41] Aria
    If you hold me any tighter, strawberries
    will come out! Strawberries!
[09:49] Ritsu
    What's this "Let's blow the horn on
    this world full of static!" about?
[09:55] Shogo
    I'm glad you deciphered this
    difficult secret message.
[09:57] Naruko
    No, no, no.
[09:58] Naruko
    The visuals matched your own perfectly.
SIGN    Guns & Bouquets
[10:01] Naruko
    And this isn't a secret message.
[10:03] Naruko
    Plus the style's damn old.
[10:05] Mifue
    This is the only place I could
    think of that might have a horn.
[10:10] Naruko
    And when you talk about music, you think DTM.
[10:12] Aria
    Of course! You all loved μ's music
    back in the real world, after all.
[10:18] Mifue
    We all liked μ's music.
[10:21] Mifue
    Then does that mean the Musicians are
     fans of μ from the real world, too?
[10:26] Aria
    Yes. Just like you,
[10:29] ---
    they're people who carried deep darkness
    within their hearts back in the real world.
[10:35] Ritsu
    The real world?
[10:37] Shogo
    What's wrong?
[10:40] Kotaro
    Is the guy with a gun and flowers here?
[10:42] Aria
    Another one's here.
[10:43] Kotaro
    I can't reach my friend
    who went to the library!
[10:46] Kotaro
    Help me!
[10:48] Shogo
    What's this all of a sudden?
    Start from the beginning—
[10:50] Naruko
    You talking about this?
SIGN    Probably just ran away from home.
    
    She's probably just being ostracized.
    
    Oh, thanks for the reply.
[10:54] Kotaro
    Spirited Away in the Library?
[10:56] Kotaro
    Th-This is bad!
SIGN    People who do not respect themselves will not be respected by others.
[11:25] (Flashback) Girl
    Hey, hey, is that choir-club
     girl alone again?
[11:28] (Flashback) Girl
    They call that having a toilet lunch.
[11:30] (Flashback) Girl
    So lonely!
SIGN    The Loreli
[11:48] Akira
    What are you listening to?
[11:50] Suzuna
    Oh...
[11:53] ---
    Want to listen?
[12:10] Akira
    This is nice.
[12:12] Suzuna
    It's "The Lorelei."
[12:14] Akira
    Heine's poems?
[12:16] Suzuna
    Yes.
[12:17] Akira
    Seducing me with song? How troublesome.
[12:21] Suzuna
    "I know not if there is a reason,
    why I am so sad at heart."
[12:26] Suzuna
    Even though he knows it's dangerous,
[12:28] ---
    the boatman cannot help but be
    charmed by the singing voice.
[12:32] Suzuna
    I didn't really understand back when
    I would sing it in choir, but...
[12:37] Akira
    I'd love to hear.
[12:40] Akira
    I'm sure you have a wonderful singing voice.
[12:43] Suzuna
    N-N-N-No way!
[12:45] Akira
    Why not?
[12:50] Suzuna
    Because...
[12:52] Suzuna
    I can't sing out loud in front
    of others right now.
[12:56] Shogo
    So that girl's in here?
[12:59] Kotaro
    She should be.
[13:01] Kotaro
    Damn it. If only I hadn't
    left Suzuna alone back then!
[13:04] Aria
    Talking about those regrets
    won't get you anywhere!
[13:07] Aria
    How can you save your friend like that?!
[13:10] Kotaro
    Shut up!
[13:11] Kotaro
    Be quiet, virtuadoll!
[13:13] Kotaro
    You're probably on μ's side anyway!
[13:15] Aria
    What? I'm saying this
    out of kindness for you!
[13:18] Kotaro
    As if I'm going to believe
    a pipsqueak like you!
[13:20] Aria
    You might be big, but your heart sure isn't!
[13:23] Aria
    You cowardly pipsqueak!
[13:26] Kotaro
    I'm not a pipsqueak!
[13:29] Ritsu
    His biases are strong, huh?
[13:32] Ritsu
    His confirmation bias might
    be stronger than most others.
[13:34] Ritsu
    It gives him a tendency to be
    hasty and charge in headfirst.
[13:38] Kotaro
    Enough chitchat!
[13:39] Kotaro
    Wait for me, Suzuna!
[13:42] Shogo
    The "charging in headfirst" seems accurate.
[13:45] Akira
    I think Lorelei and Smeagol
    have things in common.
[13:49] Akira
    In growing too accustomed to isolation,
[13:51] ---
    they forget how to interact with others.
[13:54] Suzuna
    But sometimes it's just easier that way.
[14:01] Kotaro
    Damn it!
[14:02] Kotaro
    She's not picking up!
[14:03] Aria
    Maybe she's just annoyed with
    you for being such a nuisance.
[14:07] Kotaro
    Huh?!
[14:08] Kotaro
    What the hell did you say?!
[14:10] Ritsu
    There's a chance she's not picking up
    her phone because she's in a library.
[14:13] Ritsu
    Let's start by calming down.
[14:14] Kotaro
    Suzuna!
[14:15] Kotaro
    Suzuna, where are you?!
[14:16] Shogo
    He's honest to his desires, at least.
[14:19] Aria
    That's about all there is to him.
[14:19] Kotaro
    Suzuna?!
[14:21] Kotaro
    Suzuna!
SIGN    Good-bye to Moscow Hoodlums
[14:24] Akira
    It's true that isolation can feel comforting.
[14:27] Akira
    You can get lost in your own world
    without facing harm from others.
[14:32] Suzuna
    That means living a life
    befitting oneself, right?
[14:37] Kotaro
    Answer me! Suzuna!
[14:39] Aria
    Be quiet in the library!
[14:41] Kotaro
    Like I care!
[14:43] Ritsu
    He's causing such a commotion,
     yet it's as though...
[14:48] Suzuna
    Otherwise you desire more
    than what's fitting.
[14:51] Suzuna
    Dreaming is just pointless by itself.
[14:53] Suzuna
    It only gets you hurt even worse.
[14:55] Akira
    But what if you find someone
    who understands you?
[14:59] Kotaro
    No!
[15:01] Kotaro
    No!
[15:02] Kotaro
    Suzuna!
[15:04] Akira
    Suzuna.
[15:06] Akira
    You understand it, too, don't you?
[15:08] Kotaro
    No!
[15:09] Kotaro
    Where are you, Suzuna?!
[15:16] Kotaro
    I'll...
[15:18] Kotaro
    I'll save you!
[15:22] Kotaro
    Everyone, lend me your help!
[15:27] Aria
    You...
[15:29] Aria
    Oh, well.
[15:31] Aria
    Now, let's go!
[15:33] Kotaro
    Y-Yeah!
[15:34] Shogo
    How much have you searched?
[15:36] Kotaro
    I went around all the rooms on the
    second floor. Not the third...
[15:41] Akira
    Smeagol and Lorelei shared
    those same feelings.
[15:46] Akira
    I can understand those feelings, too.
[15:48] Akira
    I'm sure you're able to as well, Suzuna.
[15:53] Suzuna
    I wanted them to pay attention to me.
[15:58] Akira
    Who?
[16:02] Akira
    Tell me, Suzuna.
[16:05] Kotaro
    Suzuna!
[16:08] Kotaro
    I finally found you!
[16:10] Suzuna
    Sempai?
[16:12] Suzuna
    What are you doing here?
[16:14] Suzuna
    Oh, Komori-kun, umm, this is Kotaro-sempai.
[16:19] Suzuna
    That's right. He's my upperclassman
    at Kishimai High School.
[16:23] Suzuna
    Yes, I know.
[16:26] Suzuna
    Please hold on a moment. I'll be quick.
[16:28] Kotaro
    Hey.
[16:30] Kotaro
    What are you talking to?
[16:32] Suzuna
    Huh?
[16:34] Suzuna
    What am I...
[16:46] Ritsu
    A doll?
[16:47] Ritsu
    This one, too?
[16:48] Ritsu
    This one as well?!
[16:50] Ritsu
    All the dolls here are those
    who were spirited away.
[16:56] Ritsu
    Is that Minezawa from my class?
[17:02] Suzuna
    No way. It can't be.
[17:06] Suzuna
    Komori-kun?
[17:08] Shogo
    We still don't know what's here.
[17:09] Kotaro
    Suzuna, we're leaving.
[17:11] Suzuna
    Why? How is this happening?
[17:13] Kotaro
    Come on, can you walk?
[17:14] Suzuna
    Komori-kun, we...
[17:16] Kotaro
    Oh, well.
[17:20] Kotaro
    What? You!
[17:32] Ritsu
    That's...
[17:33] Ritsu
    A Musician?
[17:35] Kotaro
    I knew it!
[17:36] Kotaro
    Even you would betray me, too?
[17:43] Doll
    Kagura Suzuna!
[17:44] Song
    Don't speak to me.
[17:47] Doll
    I understand!
[17:47] Song
    I sealed my mouth shut.
[17:48] Doll
    That being alone can mean happiness.
[17:50] Song
    Don't smile at me.
[17:51] Doll
    Yet still, I...
[17:53] Shogo
    Even his real body is a doll?
[17:53] Song
    I've hidden my face.
[17:55] Aria
    I can't believe he purposefully
    chose that body in Mobius.
[17:58] Suzuna
    Komori-kun, listen, I...
[17:59] Song
    Let's perform a song of salvation, shall we?
[18:01] Kotaro
    Idiot! He's dangerous, Suzuna!
[18:03] Doll
    You normies...
[18:05] Song
    It's the perfect song
    for the blind like you.
[18:06] Doll
    You couldn't even make it this
    far without forming a pack.
[18:09] Doll
    I won't forgive you!
[18:10] Song
    The phrase is constantly repeating,
[18:10] Song
    I won't forgive you!
[18:11] Song
    I'll never forgive you!
[18:13] ---
    Look out!
[18:16] Song
    as if it's trying to make you stop thinking.
[18:20] Doll
    Trash like you who form huge groups and
    gang up on others will face my punishment.
[18:21] Song
    I'm buried in isolation,
    protecting this world.
[18:26] Doll
    I'll turn you into a doll so you
    can never disgrace me again!
[18:27] Song
    I won't let anyone touch
    this precious place.
[18:30] Aria
    Kotaro!
[18:33] Ritsu
    Are you that afraid of being hurt?
[18:33] Song
    Don't look! Don't look at me!
[18:38] Ritsu
    You've taken that form and isolated
    yourself here in the library,
[18:38] Song
    I'm not here. I'm not here.
    Don't look me in the eye!
[18:42] ---
    because you're afraid of
    interacting with others, right?
[18:45] Ritsu
    But you couldn't beat the loneliness.
[18:47] Ritsu
    So you turned everyone into
    dolls to keep by your side,
[18:51] ---
    and approached that girl as a doll.
[18:54] Song
    I don't need your kindness.
[18:54] Ritsu
    To avoid wounding your own heart.
[18:57] Song
    It'll just make me more pathetic.
[18:58] Doll
    Be quiet!
[18:59] Song
    There is no justice—
[19:00] Suzuna
    Hold on!
[19:03] Doll
    What...
[19:05] Doll
    What are you doing?
[19:11] Song
    I know not if there is a reason,
[19:18] Song
    why I am so sad at heart.
[19:25] Song
    A legend of bygone ages
[19:33] Song
    haunts me and will not depart.
[19:40] Song
    The air is cool under nightfall.
[19:41] Suzuna
    You were always alone.
[19:47] Song
    The calm Rhine courses its way.
[19:48] Suzuna
    Even in this world, that didn't change.
[19:52] Suzuna
    So you gave up.
[19:54] Song
    The peak of the mountain is sparkling
[19:55] Suzuna
    But...
[19:58] ---
    You also told me, Komori-kun,
[20:00] Suzuna
    that Smeagol wanted Frodo and
    Sam to pay attention to him.
[20:02] Song
    With evening's final ray.
[20:05] Suzuna
    I understand.
[20:08] Suzuna
    We're very similar, so I
    understand it painfully well.
[20:12] Suzuna
    You were always hurting.
[20:15] Suzuna
    You wanted to escape your isolation.
[20:17] Suzuna
    You wanted someone to pay attention to you!
[20:19] Suzuna
    Anyone!
[20:20] Suzuna
    And I want to get to know
    you better, Komori-kun!
[20:26] Suzuna
    So...
[20:28] Suzuna
    So, will you eat lunch together with me?
[20:40] Akira
    You can sing out loud after all.
[20:44] Kotaro
    Huh?
[20:57] Suzuna
    Komori-kun...
[20:59] Doll
    My name is Shounen Doll.
[21:03] Doll
    The one who will guide you
    all down the right path.
[21:13] Suzuna
    I'm sorry for making you worry.
[21:17] Kotaro
    It's fine. I'm glad you're safe.
[21:19] Aria
    Welcome, Suzuna. We're glad to have you!
[21:22] Suzuna
    I'm glad to be with you.
[21:24] Aria
    Now, now, relax.
[21:26] Aria
    If there's anything you don't
    understand, just ask, okay?
[21:34] μ
    Hmm?
[21:35] μ
    Why do they all dislike this world?
[21:39] Mirei
    Perhaps it's lacking in charm.
[21:42] Mirei
    I'll teach you.
[21:45] Mirei
    I'll show you who the most noble
    and charming one in this world is!
SIGN    Everyone gets hurt.
SIGN    Everyone gets hurt. But those who don't realize they're hurting can't be healed.
[23:29] ---
    But those who don't realize
    they're hurting can't be healed.
SIGN    Gah!
SIGN    He stole my Caligula aphorism!
SIGN    Listen... I prefer your Caligula aphorisms.
SIGN    Guki-chan...