16 - For the Strength to Believe

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    Are you all right?
[00:25] ---
    Shall we rest for a bit?
[00:28] ---
    It's fine. I'll be all right.
[00:41] ---
    Wh-What is this place?
[00:53] ---
    Hey, for what reason were we born?
[00:57] ---
    Hey, for what reason did our lives cross?
[01:01] ---
    I'm scared because I don't know,
    so I take your hand
[01:06] ---
    Right now, I want you to
    firmly squeeze mine back
[01:19] ---
    I try to escape this harrowing reality
[01:23] ---
    Everything I hoped for in my life
    turned out to be an illusion
[01:30] ---
    A flood of emotions,
    struggles that lead me astray...
[01:34] ---
    I just want to cling onto them
    and move forward, forward!
[01:37] ---
    On these shattered hills,
    under a sky of rust,
[01:41] ---
    you and I are fraught with
    life like azure flowers
[01:46] ---
    We dream that we're bubbles,
    nestled together,
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    and yet I'm not ready to wither yet!
[01:54] ---
    Hey, for what reason were we born?
[01:58] ---
    Hey, for what reason did our lives cross?
[02:02] ---
    I'm scared because I don't know,
    so I take your hand
[02:07] ---
    Right now, I want you to
    firmly squeeze mine back
[02:42] ---
    Ohji!
[02:43] ---
    There's a weird little creepy-crawler here!
[02:46] ---
    A little creepy-crawler?
[02:49] ---
    Oh, that's probably a bug.
[02:53] ---
    A bug? This is what a bug looks like?
[02:56] ---
    Oh, it flew away!
[02:59] ---
    See you later, Mister Bug!
[03:05] ---
    What is all this?
[03:08] ---
    What's it doing here?
[03:14] ---
    Are you surprised?
[03:16] ---
    Surprised isn't the word.
[03:20] ---
    More importantly, Ringo,
    what's with that get-up?
[03:23] ---
    You look like a ghost.
[03:27] ---
    Hey, Casshern, check this out.
[03:29] ---
    Look at how Ringo looks.
[03:31] ---
    Ringo!
[03:47] ---
    "For the Strength to Believe"
[03:48] ---
    Lord Dio!
[03:49] ---
    Long live Lord Dio!
[03:51] ---
    The world exists for you, Lord Dio!
[03:52] ---
    The world exists for you, Lord Dio!
[03:54] ---
    Lord Dio!
[03:57] ---
    Why don't you even wave to them?
[04:01] ---
    They're just a mob, following my orders,
[04:05] ---
    so they can try and save
    their own hides from the Ruin.
[04:09] ---
    I want to be at the level where all
    living things bow in awe before me.
[04:16] ---
    Aren't you there already?
[04:20] ---
    No, Casshern is!
[04:23] ---
    Until I...
[04:25] ---
    Until I defeat him, I...
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    I can't be the true boss.
[04:32] ---
    Why is this eating at you so much, Dio?
[04:36] ---
    Relax.
[04:38] ---
    You haven't lost entirely yet.
[04:47] ---
    Lord Dio! We have an emergency!
[04:51] ---
    This is one of the robots
    who left the castle
[04:53] ---
    two days ago in search of Lady Luna.
[04:56] ---
    Where are the others?
[04:58] ---
    He says they were destroyed
    by two unknown robots.
[05:04] ---
    Who were they?
[05:06] ---
    I don't know...
[05:08] ---
    But they told me they know where Luna is...
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    Dio, you need to defeat those two robots
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    and demonstrate that your
    strength is absolute.
[05:23] ---
    There's no meaning in
    fighting anyone but Casshern.
[05:31] ---
    Rather than defeating Casshern,
[05:34] ---
    getting Luna may be the quickest solution.
[05:42] ---
    I know!
[05:43] ---
    I've got something great
    to give you, Miss Lyuze.
[05:47] ---
    Look. Ohji polished up a
    piece of glass I broke.
[05:52] ---
    Isn't it pretty?
[05:55] ---
    But isn't that something
    you hold dear, Ringo?
[05:58] ---
    It's fine. I like the flowers better!
[06:03] ---
    Ohji told me himself.
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    When you look through the glass
    and everything looks all sparkly,
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    you're looking into another world!
[06:10] ---
    A world of shimmering
    emerald, with no Ruin!
[06:19] ---
    Another world...
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    Ringo... Thank you.
[06:44] ---
    Ohji,
[06:46] ---
    I spotted blood coming from Ringo's arm.
[06:49] ---
    How is that possible?
[06:51] ---
    Is Ringo human?
[06:55] ---
    Please leave us alone.
[06:58] ---
    I want to protect both Lyuze and Ringo.
[07:02] ---
    I want to seek Luna out,
[07:04] ---
    and if nothing else, I want to
    free those two from the Ruin.
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    Why do you feel that way?
[07:12] ---
    I can't express it well with words,
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    but I've come to feel like
    those two are special to me.
[07:21] ---
    I see.
[07:24] ---
    Special to you, huh?
[07:34] ---
    Even though I was just
    following Braiking Boss's orders,
[07:38] ---
    I had indirectly unleashed
    the Ruin upon the world.
[07:43] ---
    I fell deeper and deeper into
    despair, left the Boss's side,
[07:48] ---
    and began to wander the globe.
[08:21] ---
    Is there any hope for salvation
    in this godforsaken world?
[08:27] ---
    However, all I could see
    were meaningless battles
[08:32] ---
    fought by robots who had given up
    on life in the eyes of the Ruin.
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    Foolish robots who massacred
    humans weaker than themselves,
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    as if it were a game.
[08:49] ---
    It was hell on earth.
[08:53] ---
    I lost my will to live and
    my last shreds of hope.
[09:07] ---
    I fell into the throes of despair,
[09:10] ---
    and desired nothing more than to die.
[09:15] ---
    Live.
[09:17] ---
    Go on living.
[09:48] ---
    I heard "Live" and "Go on living"
    within that baby's cries.
[10:21] ---
    I found her in human-like clothes
    inside of a fallen robot.
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    Her cries defied the Ruin.
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    A baby living in a world
    unaffected by the Ruin...
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    It was truly a miracle.
[10:57] ---
    She had survived in that living hell.
[11:08] ---
    Ringo is special to me as well.
[11:30] ---
    You're saying that two robots did this?
[11:38] ---
    I figured you'd come here.
[11:41] ---
    Long time no see, Lord Dio, Lady Leda.
[11:46] ---
    Let's head back.
[11:48] ---
    We'd be best off not getting
    involved with them.
[11:52] ---
    That's cruel to say, Lady Leda.
[11:56] ---
    What rude people.
[11:58] ---
    Who are they?
[12:01] ---
    Back before we were born,
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    they were the two robots considered
    the strongest in the Empire.
[12:07] ---
    Vulcan and Mars.
[12:10] ---
    Even being such outdated models?
[12:22] ---
    It seems you lied about
    knowing where Luna is.
[12:28] ---
    Let's go.
[12:29] ---
    We said all that just to lure you two out.
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    Dio, if it wasn't for you and your ilk,
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    we could have fallen to Ruin,
    still proudly carrying the title
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    of the strongest in the Empire.
[12:44] ---
    Is that why you came to kill me?
[12:48] ---
    We also figured we'd claim your
    new Robot Army while we're at it.
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    Fighting you two holds no meaning for me.
[13:46] ---
    Stop!
[13:48] ---
    I will serve you.
[13:51] ---
    Just spare his life!
[13:57] ---
    We can't say no if it's
    Lady Leda doing the begging.
[14:02] ---
    I take it you'll lead us
    to your castle, then?
[15:07] ---
    Braiking Boss...
[15:09] ---
    Stop doing this.
[15:12] ---
    With the Ruin claiming
    our kind left and right,
[15:15] ---
    there's no point in robots
    killing other robots.
[15:20] ---
    Besides, as you are now, you stand
    no chance of defeating those two.
[15:25] ---
    Why?! Tell me, Braiking Boss!
[15:29] ---
    We have the same specs,
    and the same skills...
[15:33] ---
    Why is Casshern so much stronger than me?!
[15:40] ---
    Casshern is a killing machine.
[15:44] ---
    He was the strongest in the Robot Army.
[15:47] ---
    He was devoid of emotion.
[15:51] ---
    And now, that same Casshern
    wears his heart on his sleeve,
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    almost as if he were human.
[16:00] ---
    In a world spiraling
    towards Ruin, for the first time,
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    he's coming to understand what he must do.
[16:07] ---
    He struggles as he tries
    to protect someone.
[16:11] ---
    For the first time, he's learning
    the terror of helplessness.
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    Almost as if he were human.
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    Those two robots are the same.
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    They came to beat the fear into you.
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    The fear of hopelessly being
    unable to escape the Ruin.
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    Both your fate and Casshern's
    were decided on that day.
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    What day?
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    The day he killed Luna.
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    Whether he wanted it or not, he has
    to shoulder the weight of destiny.
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    He's responsible for turning this
    world into a desolate wasteland.
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    He's different from you, whose mind
    is solely fixated on killing him.
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    You can't even protect those around you.
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    As it stands now, you stand no
    chance of defeating Casshern.
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    Don't utter his name in my presence.
[18:29] ---
    Dio!
[18:30] ---
    I knew you'd come to save me.
[19:25] ---
    In the Valley of Ruin,
    there's a stone that leads to Luna,
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    to the north of the lake.
[19:31] ---
    Save me, please.
[19:36] ---
    You aren't going to finish him off?
[19:38] ---
    He knows he cannot defeat me without Mars.
[19:44] ---
    I'll leave the rest to the Ruin.
[19:59] ---
    Braiking Boss!
[20:01] ---
    It would seem that Mars was defeated.
[20:05] ---
    Why?
[20:07] ---
    Why did you make Dio and the others?
[20:10] ---
    Why did you abandon us?!
[20:13] ---
    Braiking Boss!
[20:18] ---
    Yes, come at me!
[20:40] ---
    It must have been tough for you.
[20:44] ---
    You'll rest easy now.
[20:59] ---
    Ohji, come here!
[21:07] ---
    A stone that can heal.
[21:11] ---
    It's Luna! Luna was here!
[21:14] ---
    There's a breeze coming from inside.
[21:18] ---
    Oh, yeah?
[21:20] ---
    Oh, there are stairs.
[21:43] ---
    I wish these peaceful days could continue.
[21:59] ---
    I'll never see you again
[22:05] ---
    I've already said my goodbyes
[22:11] ---
    But I'm sure I'll look back sometimes
[22:18] ---
    I'm still struggling someplace
[22:23] ---
    And your voice will always echo about me,
[22:29] ---
    guiding me and calming my doubts
[22:35] ---
    Will I always travel
    alone, from here on out?
[22:42] ---
    Oh Lord, do you hear my prayers?
[22:49] ---
    I want to be happy
[22:52] ---
    I want to be unhappy
[22:55] ---
    I don't want to feel alone
[22:58] ---
    I want to feel isolated
[23:02] ---
    I want to stay the way I am
[23:05] ---
    I don't want to be the way I am
[23:08] ---
    For the living contradiction that I am...
[23:20] ---
    Please forgive me
[23:30] ---
    An unerasable past
[23:32] ---
    comes back to life, along
    with detestable memories.
[23:37] ---
    Next time: "The Glass Cradle."
[23:40] ---