3 - To the Ends of Agony

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[00:11] ---
    Who are you?
[00:16] ---
    Hey, for what reason were we born?
[00:20] ---
    Hey, for what reason did our lives cross?
[00:24] ---
    I'm scared because I don't know,
    so I take your hand
[00:29] ---
    Right now, I want you to
    firmly squeeze mine back
[00:42] ---
    I try to escape this harrowing reality
[00:46] ---
    Everything I hoped for in my life
    turned out to be an illusion
[00:53] ---
    A flood of emotions,
    struggles that lead me astray...
[00:57] ---
    I just want to cling onto them
    and move forward, forward!
[01:00] ---
    On these shattered hills,
    under a sky of rust,
[01:04] ---
    you and I are fraught with
    life like azure flowers
[01:09] ---
    We dream that we're bubbles,
    nestled together,
[01:13] ---
    and yet I'm not ready to wither yet!
[01:17] ---
    Hey, for what reason were we born?
[01:21] ---
    Hey, for what reason did our lives cross?
[01:25] ---
    I'm scared because I don't know,
    so I take your hand
[01:30] ---
    Right now, I want you to
    firmly squeeze mine back
[02:17] ---
    You're wrong. I'm...
[02:43] ---
    "To the Ends of Agony"
[03:10] ---
    What idiots.
[04:12] ---
    I'm leaving this place.
[04:14] ---
    What will you do?
[05:10] ---
    Yo.
[05:13] ---
    Don't see many like you around.
[05:16] ---
    It's not often you see a body that isn't
    showing signs of the Ruin by now.
[05:23] ---
    Don't get involved with me.
[05:25] ---
    You'll die.
[05:26] ---
    Oh? A greeting?
[05:29] ---
    You think you're the
    Angel of Death or something?
[05:35] ---
    Wait! Hold on!
[05:37] ---
    I'm just not used to being
    told that I'll die.
[05:41] ---
    That Angel of Death stuff just slipped out.
[05:43] ---
    I apologize if I've hurt your feelings.
[05:46] ---
    Let's focus on communicating more.
[05:48] ---
    I value social contact.
[05:52] ---
    Where are you going?
[05:53] ---
    You running an errand or something?
[05:57] ---
    Don't get involved with me!
[06:03] ---
    Fine.
[06:05] ---
    But I have one last thing to ask, okay?
[06:09] ---
    I heard there's a community
    of robots around here...
[06:13] ---
    who've accepted their fate.
[06:15] ---
    Might you know where that is?
[06:21] ---
    They're no longer with us.
[06:24] ---
    Huh? What was that?
[06:29] ---
    Don't waste time looking for them!
[07:08] ---
    Was that annoying you?
[07:10] ---
    I told you not to get involved with me.
[07:13] ---
    Too late. I already am.
[07:17] ---
    And besides,
[07:18] ---
    you intrigue me, buddy.
[07:20] ---
    Hey, don't give me that look!
[07:22] ---
    It's not like I'm gonna catch and eat you.
[07:26] ---
    What? Maybe I'm the one who's
    gonna be caught and eaten!
[07:30] ---
    You said I'd die if I
    got involved with you.
[07:34] ---
    Are you gonna kill me?
[07:36] ---
    And if I say yes?
[07:38] ---
    The way I see it, I've already been killed.
[07:46] ---
    Relax. I know what it's like to
    travel alongside an Angel of Death.
[07:54] ---
    Come on. Let's go.
[08:03] ---
    Hey! Hold on!
[08:05] ---
    You walk too fast!
[08:08] ---
    Can't you put yourself in
    my shoes for a minute?!
[08:16] ---
    Where do you need to get
    to in such a hurry?
[08:19] ---
    Let's rest a bit.
[08:21] ---
    There's not a single good spot
    in this wasteland of a world.
[08:29] ---
    There isn't, is there?
[08:35] ---
    Let's take our time.
[08:36] ---
    I'm sure you've got your reasons...
[08:42] ---
    but so do I.
[08:53] ---
    You want some?
[08:55] ---
    I don't know how it'd
    taste to a robot, though.
[08:59] ---
    A human?
[09:03] ---
    You've never met a human before?
[09:05] ---
    It's true, our numbers
    are down considerably,
[09:08] ---
    but we're not all that rare.
[09:11] ---
    What?
[09:13] ---
    Nothing.
[09:15] ---
    Well, looks like you've
    taken an interest in me now.
[09:24] ---
    All right.
[09:31] ---
    Being human is a pain in the ass.
[09:34] ---
    We've got to eat to survive.
[09:36] ---
    And when we eat, we have to shit.
[09:38] ---
    Plus, we die from merely
    not drinking water.
[09:43] ---
    We can't walk endlessly without
    getting tired, unlike you robots.
[09:47] ---
    And swapping bodies isn't an option.
[09:56] ---
    We're a pretty inefficient
    form of life, really.
[10:00] ---
    Still, you robots are being caused
    all sorts of trouble by the Ruin, too.
[10:08] ---
    The Ruin...
[10:11] ---
    You need companions on a journey,
    and the world needs compassion.
[10:14] ---
    We may have just met, but let's
    help each other out, John Doe.
[10:21] ---
    I'm Casshern.
[10:23] ---
    I'm Akoz.
[10:26] ---
    Casshern?
[10:28] ---
    Casshern...
[10:32] ---
    Nice to meet you, Casshern.
[10:35] ---
    Yeah...
[11:18] ---
    I bet you're curious about what I'm doing.
[11:20] ---
    What is that?
[11:22] ---
    I told you that humans
    are inefficient, remember?
[11:25] ---
    We have to kill to survive.
[11:30] ---
    He's gonna die.
[11:33] ---
    He?
[11:43] ---
    Damn it!
[11:47] ---
    Akoz.
[11:49] ---
    I'm starving.
[11:51] ---
    Are you going to eat that lizard?
[12:00] ---
    There was a time where I
    wouldn't even stop to look at it,
[12:02] ---
    but I'm in need of protein for my body.
[12:05] ---
    You'll die if you don't eat.
[12:07] ---
    Damn right!
[12:09] ---
    So I just have to catch it?
[12:27] ---
    Well done.
[12:33] ---
    I pity you guys.
[12:35] ---
    You robots have no need to eat,
    drink, or even hold a woman.
[12:44] ---
    Weren't you just complaining
    about how inefficient humans are?
[12:50] ---
    Humans always contradict themselves.
[12:53] ---
    We just sit back and enjoy the
    times when logic need not apply.
[13:01] ---
    And that's enough.
[13:19] ---
    Live, Friender.
[13:45] ---
    Do you get lost in thought for fun?
[13:49] ---
    What's done is done, man.
[13:51] ---
    Moping about it all day
    won't accomplish a damn thing.
[13:56] ---
    I have sinned.
[13:58] ---
    So have I, man.
[14:02] ---
    So what?
[14:03] ---
    We all make mistakes.
[14:07] ---
    You think lamenting it
    will make that sin go away?
[14:15] ---
    I think it's a good thing.
[14:17] ---
    There are no laws nor
    courts left in the world.
[14:20] ---
    There ain't no one here
    that's gonna judge you.
[14:26] ---
    What's the point of worrying about it?
[14:30] ---
    I don't understand it.
[14:31] ---
    My very existence spreads destruction
    and misfortune all around me.
[14:36] ---
    Beings keep dying just because I exist.
[14:41] ---
    What am I?
[14:46] ---
    How the hell would I know?
[14:48] ---
    I just eat, shit and sleep.
[14:57] ---
    What do you think of 'em?
[14:59] ---
    About the mountains?
[15:01] ---
    Yup, the mountains.
[15:03] ---
    They're just plain,
    run-of-the-mill mountains.
[15:06] ---
    Long, long ago there were some
    people who found their purpose in life
[15:09] ---
    by joyously risking their lives
    climbing mountains like these.
[15:17] ---
    Why did you feel you
    wanted to meet them, Akoz?
[15:23] ---
    I wanted to see their faces.
[15:28] ---
    I wanted to see the face of
    someone who has accepted death.
[15:36] ---
    I've been running away my entire life.
[15:39] ---
    I've caused so many
    headaches for so many people,
[15:43] ---
    so I've been running away from
    the grudges and hate I've stirred up,
[15:45] ---
    and also from the
    responsibilities I've been skirting.
[15:50] ---
    There was a time where I
    blamed myself, just like you.
[15:53] ---
    But, I stopped doing that after some time.
[16:02] ---
    Akoz.
[16:04] ---
    I'm fine.
[16:09] ---
    The Ruin has wiped away a culture
    that thought it was immortal.
[16:14] ---
    The bastards who relied on
    law and order died out long ago.
[16:19] ---
    Those with power were driven
    away by those with greater power.
[16:25] ---
    Me, I just keep running and running...
[16:29] ---
    Where the hell am I going to end up?
[16:33] ---
    Where have I run to?
[16:35] ---
    And for what purpose? To live?
[16:37] ---
    To live for what?!
[16:39] ---
    To run away?!
[16:40] ---
    What the hell does that make me?!
[16:44] ---
    No one can answer that question.
[16:56] ---
    But you know, Casshern,
[16:58] ---
    there's one thing that
    even I was able to figure out.
[17:03] ---
    Running away all the time drags on you.
[17:30] ---
    Friender,
[17:32] ---
    I've come to settle matters between us.
[17:46] ---
    I've been mulling it
    over this whole time...
[17:50] ---
    but I still don't understand!
[17:54] ---
    What's the right thing for me to do?!
[17:58] ---
    Casshern!
[17:59] ---
    Stay back, Akoz!
[18:01] ---
    What the hell is that dog anyway?!
[18:14] ---
    It's fine.
[18:16] ---
    This is the conclusion I chose for myself.
[18:23] ---
    Casshern...
[18:25] ---
    You...
[18:32] ---
    You get tired from running
    all the time, you know?
[18:37] ---
    That's why I...
[18:39] ---
    have to decided to...
[18:41] ---
    leave it to you, Friender.
[18:44] ---
    Casshern!
[18:53] ---
    Friender?
[18:55] ---
    You...
[19:09] ---
    So your name's Friender, huh?
[19:12] ---
    How's that?
[19:14] ---
    You're a good guy, I can tell. Smart pup.
[19:21] ---
    Let's go, Akoz, Friender.
[19:34] ---
    Akoz?
[19:36] ---
    Casshern, this is as far as I go.
[19:40] ---
    I'm gonna go look for that
    community of robots I mentioned.
[19:44] ---
    Akoz, they...
[19:47] ---
    I know. Don't say a word.
[19:54] ---
    Casshern!
[19:57] ---
    You're no Angel of Death.
[19:59] ---
    I mean, look at me, I'm
    still alive and kicking.
[20:03] ---
    See you!
[20:13] ---
    Let's go, Friender.
[20:41] ---
    I should have figured as much.
[20:45] ---
    I've been knocking on
    Death's door the whole time.
[20:49] ---
    It's strange, though.
[20:51] ---
    I spent my entire life running away,
[20:53] ---
    and in the very end, I
    meddle in your affairs.
[20:58] ---
    Casshern,
[21:00] ---
    maybe this is what I truly wanted.
[21:03] ---
    Maybe I just wanted to tell someone.
[21:08] ---
    I was looking for my final resting ground.
[21:11] ---
    Sure, I've committed my fair share of sins,
[21:14] ---
    but I lacked the courage to die by myself.
[21:19] ---
    Funny, isn't it?
[21:21] ---
    You need courage to die.
[21:25] ---
    Fear not, Casshern.
[21:29] ---
    The world is full of things
    you can't possibly understand.
[22:04] ---
    Let's stop asking ourselves
[22:11] ---
    why the tears keep flowing
[22:17] ---
    As soon as the sky is filled
    with blue at daybreak,
[22:24] ---
    let's go ahead and row towards tomorrow
[22:30] ---
    You can't get by on kindness alone,
    so you hurt someone
[22:37] ---
    You can't get by naked to the world,
    so you hold someone
[22:43] ---
    Nobody knows the reason why
[22:45] ---
    Why do we experience love if it hurts so?
[22:56] ---
    Nobody knows the place to go
[22:58] ---
    We seek each other so fervently,
    because nothing goes on forever
[23:30] ---
    There's a girl who takes
    pleasure in fighting,
[23:34] ---
    in order to let others know how she feels.
[23:37] ---
    Next time: "The Angel of Ruin."
[23:40] ---