8 - A Hymn of Hope

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    Die, Luna!
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    Hey, for what reason were we born?
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    Hey, for what reason did our lives cross?
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    I'm scared because I don't know,
    so I take your hand
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    Right now, I want you to
    firmly squeeze mine back
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    I try to escape this harrowing reality
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    Everything I hoped for in my life
    turned out to be an illusion
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    A flood of emotions,
    struggles that lead me astray...
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    I just want to cling onto them
    and move forward, forward!
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    On these shattered hills,
    under a sky of rust,
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    you and I are fraught with
    life like azure flowers
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    We dream that we're bubbles,
    nestled together,
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    and yet I'm not ready to wither yet!
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    Hey, for what reason were we born?
[01:19] ---
    Hey, for what reason did our lives cross?
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    I'm scared because I don't know,
    so I take your hand
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    Right now, I want you to
    firmly squeeze mine back
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    This way. Please hurry.
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    "A Hymn of Hope"
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    Stand down.
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    Why do you come after us?
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    Why?
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    To live.
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    From now on, you'll be part
    of us, living on among us.
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    Be thankful.
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    And...
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    Amidst the Ruin, hope cannot survive!
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    Protecting hope is our duty.
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    Come!
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    Be destroyed!
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    You're the only one left.
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    Now there will be no hope left.
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    What?
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    Stop!
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    Stop it...
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    Janice!
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    This is...
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    Yeah. Casshern did it, I bet.
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    I don't know why, though.
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    Casshern...
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    It was a pretty song, wasn't it?
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    Why?
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    Why did you sing?
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    And you?
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    Why do you kill them?
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    I have to.
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    Do you kill them...
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    to gain life for yourself?
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    I was born to sing.
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    That is why I sing.
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    Were you born to kill?
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    Perhaps I tease too much.
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    Thank you for saving me.
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    You're very mysterious.
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    You have such power,
    and yet you seem uncertain of it.
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    Is there a meaning to this power?
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    Everything in this world has meaning.
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    It's up to each person to find it.
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    If they can, they can go
    forward without hesitation.
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    I sing to live.
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    I'm sure you'll find the
    reason you fight someday.
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    I've journeyed a long time
    to reach a certain place.
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    A certain place?
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    For many years, I've
    searched for this place.
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    Does it still exist?
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    I don't know.
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    The Ruin spread across the
    world faster than I expected.
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    Nevertheless, I believe.
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    For everyone needs hope.
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    You are mysterious.
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    As are you.
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    What will you do now?
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    May I travel with you?
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    Janice.
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    The voice that makes people
    forget the terror that is the Ruin.
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    The Songstress Janice.
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    The man who spreads destruction and fear,
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    and the woman who makes men
    forget the Ruin, if only for a moment.
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    Like a sword and a shield.
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    It's not your fault. Why
    are you so troubled?
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    It's the Ruin's fault.
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    Is that really true?
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    I...
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    What are you so afraid of?
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    I'm afraid?
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    Am I wrong?
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    I don't know.
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    I don't know!
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    Were their deaths, and the
    birth of this Ruin, all my...
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    It's okay.
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    It's not your fault.
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    Die!
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    Are you okay?
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    This is...
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    Then you're...
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    Casshern?
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    I see. That's why he's so strong.
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    Then you're Janice?
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    Why do you know of her?
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    Everybody around here knows
    that you're reaching Versa soon.
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    Much prey has gathered there,
    seeking hope, I'm told.
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    They will be our prey.
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    Take good care of yourself.
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    They'll be after you first,
    because of those accursed songs.
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    You...
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    Take me...
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    Please.
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    There are those that await me.
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    So, please!
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    That's that song we heard, right?
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    Yeah, it is.
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    What's Casshern doing now, I wonder?
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    Suffering, in his own way.
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    Huh?
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    He fights on as he suffers.
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    Shall we go, too?
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    Yeah.
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    Versa...
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    The place I've sought for so long.
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    The Versa Music Hall.
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    Many years ago, I heard
    the song of a certain person.
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    My heart shook.
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    The song was ephemeral, yet so powerful.
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    At that moment, the song possessed me.
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    And I decided that someday
    I would sing my song here.
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    Ever since then, I've kept singing.
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    I sang, praying my song
    would reach the people's hearts.
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    It's ironic, isn't it?
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    The more the Ruin spread across the world,
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    the more my song began to reach them.
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    And now the Ruin has begun to affect me.
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    I've sung my songs wishing that
    they would reach many people.
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    But...
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    Today, I sing so that my
    song will reach your heart.
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    I'm so glad she's safe.
    It was worth the wait.
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    Ohji! Hurry, hurry!
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    Ohji!
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    Let's stop asking ourselves
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    why the tears keep flowing
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    As soon as the sky is filled
    with blue at daybreak,
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    let's go ahead and row towards tomorrow
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    You can't get by on kindness alone,
    so you hurt someone
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    You can't get by naked to the world,
    so you hold someone
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    Nobody knows the reason why
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    Why do we experience love if it hurts so?
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    Nobody knows the place to go
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    We seek each other so fervently,
    because nothing goes on forever
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    There's a forgotten girl,
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    ever carrying within
    herself a single emotion.
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    Next time: "The Flower That
    Blooms in the Valley of Ruin."
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