# 12 - Promise
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Plastic Surgery
Yu Otosaka, 15 yr old male
attending doctor: Dr. Koike
**[00:31] ---**
It hurts...
**[00:33] ---**
Of course it hurts.
It's only been two days since the surgery.
**[00:37] ---**
Two days?
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That's right.
**[00:39] ---**
Why can't I move?
**[00:41] ---**
Like I know. Ask the doctor.
**[02:15] ---**
Episode 12: Promise
**[02:18] ---**
Yu, are you all right?
**[02:20] ---**
Medoki?
**[02:21] ---**
I'm glad.
**[02:22] ---**
Just like we planned,
we were able to prevent a collapse.
**[02:25] ---**
You don't call this an operation.
This is just dealing with it.
**[02:28] ---**
You just said dealing with it,
but after the shot you didn't do anything.
**[02:31] ---**
I'm not a doctor.
**[02:33] ---**
Um, what happened,
and how did I end up like this?
**[02:39] ---**
Tomori! Is Tomori all right?
**[02:42] ---**
She's fine. She's also here in this hospital.
**[02:45] ---**
Thanks to Kumagami.
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I see.
**[02:49] ---**
I'm glad.
**[02:51] ---**
And what about Kumagami?
**[02:56] ---**
It can't be...
**[03:00] ---**
It was all while you were busy saving
yourself with your own ability!
**[03:03] ---**
How much longer
are you going to complain?
**[03:05] ---**
In the first place, you were the one that said
we should bet on his ability to time-leap!
**[03:08] ---**
That can't be. Kumagami...
**[03:09] ---**
- Did you forget that?
- Now, now...
**[03:13] ---**
Those guys concluded
that they didn't need your ability of time-leap.
**[03:17] ---**
Even against the ability to collapse,
**[03:19] ---**
they tried to hold it back
using hostages as their shields.
**[03:22] ---**
This is the result of miscalculations
on both ends...
**[03:25] ---**
It's my fault.
**[03:26] ---**
Don't blame yourself.
**[03:30] ---**
Hey...
**[03:32] ---**
Are things like this
going to keep continuing from now on?
**[03:35] ---**
At the least, we had Maedomari
erase the memories of the culpits.
**[03:41] ---**
But, we don't know
when you are going to be targeted next.
**[03:45] ---**
All in all, I'm glad
you woke up safe and sound.
**[03:47] ---**
All of us were taking turns
keeping watch over you.
**[03:50] ---**
Um... It's time.
**[03:52] ---**
Right.
**[03:54] ---**
Wait. I still have something I want to ask.
**[03:56] ---**
What is it?
**[03:58] ---**
Why isn't my big brother here?
**[03:59] ---**
Hey! Let me punch him!
**[04:01] ---**
No, no, you need to calm down!
**[04:03] ---**
What does all this mean?
**[04:05] ---**
It means that for your big brother,
Kumagami was his best friend.
**[04:22] ---**
Yes, come in.
**[04:25] ---**
It's Ayu.
**[04:26] ---**
Oh, Ayumi! It's been a while!
**[04:29] ---**
Is it all right for you...?
**[04:31] ---**
Yeah, as long as I stay still.
**[04:33] ---**
But they said you won't be able to see
from your right eye ever again.
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Apparently the accident was so big,
it should have killed me.
**[04:40] ---**
I have to be thankful just being alive.
**[04:43] ---**
But...
**[04:44] ---**
With rehabilitation, they said I could live
a life that is almost the same as before.
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It would be nice if that's the case.
**[04:51] ---**
How is life at the facility?
**[04:53] ---**
Everyone is nice to me, so it is all right.
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But Big Brother Shun
seems to be very disillusioned,
**[05:00] ---**
so it makes me worried.
**[05:04] ---**
*Big Brother is...?*
**[05:06] ---**
*I have lost Ayumi
right in front of my eyes once before.*
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*For Big Brother, Kumagami was
someone similar in standing.*
**[05:14] ---**
*If I had died in this incident,
what would have happened to Ayumi?*
**[05:23] ---**
Yes, come in.
**[05:26] ---**
It has been a while!
**[05:27] ---**
Takajo... It really does feel like
it's been quite a while.
**[05:31] ---**
You look like you're in a lot more pain
than I had imagined!
**[05:35] ---**
What a sight, huh?
**[05:36] ---**
For Otosaka in such a condition,
I have brought this in for you.
**[05:41] ---**
What is this?
**[05:43] ---**
It's a lunch box with a keep-warm function.
And the contents are!
**[05:53] ---**
This scent. It can't be!
**[05:56] ---**
That's right! This is a memory we share,
the beef tongue curry!
**[06:01] ---**
To think I would be reunited
with it here of all places!
**[06:03] ---**
I shall feed it to you!
**[06:04] ---**
Please do!
**[06:05] ---**
Say aah!
**[06:11] ---**
So tasty!
**[06:13] ---**
This reminds me of the days back in school.
**[06:14] ---**
Indeed! This truly is the taste
of our adolescence!
**[06:18] ---**
Another bite, please!
**[06:19] ---**
There still is plenty left,
so eat up until you are bored of it!
**[06:30] ---**
Hey, how is Tomori doing?
**[06:32] ---**
Her injuries are a lot less severe than you,
so she will be discharged soon.
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That's good.
**[06:39] ---**
It looks like you've had
all sorts of hardships.
**[06:41] ---**
Well, yeah.
**[06:44] ---**
Please hurry back to the student
council together with Tomori.
**[06:48] ---**
The current student council where I'm alone
with Yusarin is wonderful, but still.
**[06:55] ---**
Yes, come in.
**[06:57] ---**
I came to visit—
**[07:00] ---**
It's you, Kurobane. Yo.
**[07:03] ---**
Um, I made this for you...
**[07:06] ---**
Let's see, can it be some cream stew?
**[07:09] ---**
This is amazing. You're correct!
**[07:13] ---**
Yusarin's handmade cream stew is cherished
in the Kurobane house as a source of energy!
**[07:20] ---**
It works well for illness and injuries, too!
**[07:23] ---**
*So that's why she brought me
handmade cream stew that day.*
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Thanks.
**[07:29] ---**
Yup! Now, say aah.
**[07:38] ---**
How is it?
**[07:40] ---**
It's tasty! I feel like
I got a bit more energy now.
**[07:44] ---**
I'm so glad!
**[07:46] ---**
*I can never show Takajo a scene like this...*
**[07:52] ---**
Misa, you there?
**[07:58] ---**
What do you want from a dead person?
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Hey, where do people go once they die?
**[08:04] ---**
Who knows? I'm still here.
**[08:07] ---**
My existence is like a balloon
that Yusa is holding.
**[08:11] ---**
When Yusa's ability is gone,
the balloon will easily fly off somewhere.
**[08:17] ---**
I see.
**[08:19] ---**
Then, shouldn't you go visit
the people you care about while you can?
**[08:23] ---**
What's this all of a sudden?
**[08:25] ---**
I experienced something
that put me near death.
**[08:29] ---**
You can be gone at any point in time.
**[08:32] ---**
You should go visit them while you still can.
**[08:34] ---**
That's understandable
as I have already died once, but...
**[08:41] ---**
Come to think, I used to eat that a lot.
**[08:44] ---**
It used to be our mom's best dish,
but Yusa copied her and made it often.
**[08:50] ---**
*That's just like my family.*
**[08:52] ---**
Unlike Yusa, I made my parents unhappy.
**[08:55] ---**
Though, you could say dying
was the worst way to be a bad daughter...
**[08:59] ---**
Then, go see your parents
before that ability is gone.
**[09:05] ---**
I'll take that suggestion into consideration.
**[09:09] ---**
Was I asleep again?
**[09:11] ---**
No, it's fine.
**[09:13] ---**
I have a question. What do your parents do?
**[09:17] ---**
Oh, yes, they make soba noodles
deep in the mountains in Nagano and serve them.
**[09:21] ---**
I see. Then, I suggest you go
visit them sometime soon.
**[09:25] ---**
Huh?
**[09:26] ---**
No, you don't have any time left!
You should go immediately!
**[09:29] ---**
S-Sure! I'll talk it out with my manager!
**[09:39] ---**
*This indeed requires a
bit of getting used to.*
**[09:42] ---**
South 503
Nao Tomori
**[09:50] ---**
*Fairly Close to Last Supper,
"Fair Supper" for short!*
**[09:54] ---**
*This is a show where celebrities introduce viewers
to their favorite gourmet food.*
**[09:56] ---**
She had a show like this
that she made regular appearances in?
**[09:58] ---**
*Which wouldn't be their last supper,
but a supper fairly close to it!*
**[10:02] ---**
*Today, surprisingly enough,
I'll be introducing the Fair Supper for me, Yusarin!*
**[10:08] ---**
*The restaurant is over there!*
**[10:09] ---**
*Actually, this is a soba restaurant
that Yusarin's parents run.*
**[10:12] ---**
*She used her work
to go see her parents, huh... Pretty good.*
**[10:14] ---**
*This is the first time Yusarin has seen her folks
in a while, and she seems very happy about it.*
**[10:20] ---**
*This is the hand-made soba
and wild greens tempura set meal!*
**[10:24] ---**
*First, I'll have some of the soba!*
**[10:27] ---**
*Dunking it into the dipping sauce
with lots of condiments!*
**[10:34] ---**
*So tasty!*
**[10:37] ---**
*Next up, I'll have some mugwort tempura!*
**[10:43] ---**
*This is tasty too!*
**[10:45] ---**
*With such a lack of vocabulary, I'm surprised
you managed to become a food show host.*
**[10:50] ---**
*But, to be honest, it tastes very ordinary.*
**[10:54] ---**
*So ordinary that you can buy something similar
to eat at a convenience store.*
**[10:58] ---**
Misa?
**[10:59] ---**
What are you suddenly saying?
**[11:02] ---**
However, the love of my parents.
**[11:04] ---**
That is the secret ingredient
to make this an exquisite meal.
**[11:11] ---**
That is why it is this tasty.
It is very delicious.
**[11:21] ---**
Thank you for this meal.
**[11:25] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[11:26] ---**
You just reminded me
of Misa just now.
**[11:28] ---**
*Yeah, she was a delinquent with a bad mouth.*
**[11:33] ---**
*But she truly was a good girl.*
**[11:35] ---**
That was a good way of repaying your parents.
**[11:42] ---**
Yes, come in.
**[11:44] ---**
Good morning!
**[11:46] ---**
Yeah. Morning.
**[11:49] ---**
Ta-dah!
**[11:51] ---**
Happy birthday!
**[11:52] ---**
16 years congrats <3
**[11:55] ---**
Today is your 16th birthday, Big Brother Yu!
**[12:00] ---**
Was it?
**[12:01] ---**
Ayu here would never forget!
**[12:04] ---**
So, I used all of my skills
for the first time in a while!
**[12:08] ---**
Congrats
**[12:10] ---**
Good things will come <3
**[12:13] ---**
Um... So will you eat it?
**[12:16] ---**
Yeah! Of course!
**[12:19] ---**
Then, please open your mouth.
**[12:21] ---**
I can eat it by myself.
**[12:23] ---**
I can't allow someone rehabilitating
to overexert themself.
**[12:35] ---**
*It's sweet, but it's tasty.*
**[12:37] ---**
Here.
**[12:39] ---**
*It's the same flavor.*
**[12:43] ---**
*Maybe this is because of that secret ingredient
that Misa was talking about.*
**[12:47] ---**
How is it?
**[12:48] ---**
Tasty!
**[12:49] ---**
All right!
**[12:50] ---**
Now, next!
**[12:51] ---**
Yeah, tasty!
**[12:52] ---**
Now, next, next!
**[12:53] ---**
*To be able to only give an impression like this.
I'm not one to criticize others.*
**[12:53] ---**
Tasty, tasty!
**[13:04] ---**
Grats on getting all better.
**[13:06] ---**
Though I'm not fully well yet.
**[13:08] ---**
There is a favor I want to ask you.
**[13:16] ---**
Big Brother, I hear you've been
here for all this time.
**[13:21] ---**
Please say something.
**[13:24] ---**
This hospital is all right.
You won't have to deal with the police here.
**[13:28] ---**
More than that—
**[13:30] ---**
*He's just like how I was back then.*
**[13:34] ---**
The terrorists are all acting up overseas,
**[13:37] ---**
and Japan will become involved
in their activities soon.
**[13:40] ---**
Kumagami is no longer here, either.
**[13:43] ---**
What will happen to us from now on?
**[13:58] ---**
It's been a while.
**[14:01] ---**
Tomori?
**[14:02] ---**
What? Why are you so surprised?
**[14:04] ---**
W-Well... It was rather sudden.
**[14:07] ---**
I was able to be discharged
from the hospital a bit earlier,
**[14:10] ---**
so I thought I'd have a chat with you.
**[14:13] ---**
Did you hear anything from your big brother?
**[14:16] ---**
He said that Japan will soon be involved
in the activities of overseas terrorists.
**[14:19] ---**
I see...
**[14:22] ---**
Big Brother has all his life knocked out of him.
He seems like a different person...
**[14:26] ---**
Dangerous people may keep showing up
in the future, coming after me.
**[14:30] ---**
I don't want to lose anyone,
or make anyone miserable ever again...
**[14:35] ---**
If there is something I could do with my powers,
I'd like to do. But I don't know how.
**[14:41] ---**
Tomori... What should I do?
**[14:51] ---**
There is one way.
**[14:54] ---**
What is it? Tell me!
**[14:57] ---**
Your big brother's research facility
has already ceated a vaccine
**[14:59] ---**
to prevent creation of ability-wielders
the next time the comet swings by, right?
**[15:05] ---**
Yeah.
**[15:06] ---**
Then, everything will end if you loot
every ability that exists in this world today.
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As well as the abilities
that will be sprouting from now on.
**[15:15] ---**
Of course, this has risks as well.
**[15:17] ---**
What will happen to you after gaining thousands,
even tens of thousands, of special abilities.
**[15:22] ---**
What will happen?
**[15:23] ---**
You might turn into a monster that can
potentially annihilate the entire human race.
**[15:28] ---**
And even then, will you be able to
stay sane and hold yourself back?
**[15:33] ---**
Bluntly put, it would be a feat of strength.
**[15:35] ---**
But, it is something that only you can do.
**[15:38] ---**
That is the only method that I can think of
that can save all of the ability-wielders.
**[15:46] ---**
To be honest, I wasn't planning
on having this talk with you.
**[15:50] ---**
However, you came back from the future
in order to save Ayumi,
**[15:55] ---**
and you came to rescue me and Kumagami.
**[15:58] ---**
I had thought you were merely
a fiend of cheating on tests,
**[16:01] ---**
but who you are now is
someone I can believe in.
**[16:04] ---**
Your opinion of me has
changed so drastically.
**[16:06] ---**
Well, this is way too reckless for it to be
one of my tactics. Please forget I said that.
**[16:14] ---**
Then, I will leave you with that
for today. Please take care.
**[16:20] ---**
Hold on.
**[16:24] ---**
I'll try it.
**[16:25] ---**
No, no, it's pretty reckless.
**[16:26] ---**
I'm serious. I owe you one.
**[16:30] ---**
And if you're saying that this
is the only way, then I'll do this.
**[16:32] ---**
Your motive is a bit weak.
**[16:34] ---**
But, something like what happened
may happen again.
**[16:39] ---**
This time, I want to be the one
that saves you. That's why.
**[16:43] ---**
Why?
**[16:45] ---**
Because I love you.
**[16:47] ---**
What's that? A romance or something?
**[16:50] ---**
That's right, romance.
**[16:52] ---**
You say that with such a straight face.
**[16:54] ---**
I don't think there was ever a time
for you to think favorably of me.
**[16:58] ---**
I've said this before in a different world,
**[17:00] ---**
I threw myself into despair
and kept falling into an abyss.
**[17:03] ---**
You were there next to me,
watching over me the whole time.
**[17:05] ---**
This is just a guess, but wasn't that
my way of taking responsibility?
**[17:11] ---**
But that still saved me.
**[17:15] ---**
So, how do you trip up from there
for it to evolve into romance?
**[17:19] ---**
I cannot comprehend at all.
**[17:20] ---**
Like you need reasoning to fall in love!
**[17:22] ---**
What? You're the one that
used it as a reason!
**[17:28] ---**
See, our compatibility
is absolutely the worst.
**[17:31] ---**
But I still love you.
**[17:33] ---**
My, what a strange one.
**[17:35] ---**
Say whatever you like.
**[17:40] ---**
I'll say it. "I'll be waiting."
**[17:44] ---**
For what?
**[17:45] ---**
For when I'll see you once again,
after you save every single ability-wielder.
**[17:49] ---**
And then, we can become lovers.
**[17:54] ---**
Aren't you overestimating
my abilities just a bit?
**[17:56] ---**
That is precisely why.
**[17:58] ---**
If you really pull this off, I am sure to
unconditionally find Yu Otosaka dear to me.
**[18:05] ---**
That sounds really good.
**[18:06] ---**
Has that increased your motivation?
**[18:08] ---**
Yeah. Rather suddenly.
**[18:10] ---**
Then promise me that you'll come back.
We shall meet again. For sure.
**[18:18] ---**
Yeah. I'll make sure to come back.
**[18:21] ---**
If you lie, cut off the tip
of a finger! Pinky promise!
**[18:27] ---**
That's a scary promise.
**[18:29] ---**
I felt it was better than swallowing
a thousand needles.
**[18:31] ---**
Definitely.
**[18:32] ---**
Yep.
**[18:34] ---**
Then, start with me.
**[18:36] ---**
You're going to loot every
single ability, right?
**[18:39] ---**
I see. What I'm about to do...
**[18:43] ---**
This is exactly what it entails.
**[18:44] ---**
Yes. Go ahead.
**[18:46] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[18:47] ---**
There's no need to apologize.
This will return me to a proper human.
**[19:06] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[19:10] ---**
Big Brother, I want you to listen
to what I have to say.
**[19:13] ---**
I will go plunder the ability of every wielder
all over the world, and save them.
**[19:17] ---**
That's impossible. Don't bother.
**[19:20] ---**
But, I'm the strongest
of all ability-wielders, right?
**[19:23] ---**
I don't want to put Kumagami's life to waste!
**[19:25] ---**
You can say the same thing for me!
**[19:28] ---**
Dammit! Dammit!
**[19:31] ---**
How he saved me so much by being at my side!
**[19:34] ---**
But I didn't even get
to say thanks to him in the end!
**[19:38] ---**
That's why I'm going to go.
**[19:41] ---**
So that people important to me
will no longer suffer misfortune.
**[19:45] ---**
That feeling is the same for you
after losing Kumagami, right Big Brother?
**[19:50] ---**
Are you serious about this?
**[19:52] ---**
Of course. I've already
taken Tomori's ability.
**[19:56] ---**
Taken?
**[19:58] ---**
It has already begun. I'm not turning back.
**[20:02] ---**
South 404
Plastic Surgery
Yu Otosaka
**[20:02] ---**
That's some determination.
**[20:04] ---**
But, how are you going
to search for ability-wielders?
**[20:08] ---**
Someone close to the syndicate's leader
must have an ability similar to Kumagami's.
**[20:13] ---**
Otherwise, they can't possibly gather that many
ability-wielders in such a short time.
**[20:18] ---**
Yu, Fly overseas. Leave Japan to us.
**[20:22] ---**
We lost Kumagami, but we are still a big syndicate
that unifies the ability-wielders.
**[20:27] ---**
We'll hold them down
until their abilities are gone.
**[20:30] ---**
If we can't at least do that much,
we can't possibly look him in the eye again.
**[20:34] ---**
Yu, you were 16 right now, right?
**[20:38] ---**
You don't have much time left.
**[20:39] ---**
I'm counting on you to do this
before you lose your ability.
**[20:42] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:47] ---**
Otosaka.
**[20:49] ---**
Huh? What's wrong?
**[20:51] ---**
I heard the story from Tomori.
**[20:53] ---**
Take our powers, too.
It might be of help to you, even by a little bit.
**[20:58] ---**
Take my little sister's too.
**[21:00] ---**
That means... In other
words, you no longer...
**[21:02] ---**
Yeah, that's what it means.
This is a pretty sensible spot for me to fade out.
**[21:09] ---**
Come on, what are we to do
if you're going to hesitate?
**[21:12] ---**
That's right, Otosaka. Come on, go ahead.
**[21:18] ---**
All right. I'll take the
abilities from you three.
**[21:20] ---**
Okay.
**[21:22] ---**
See ya.
**[21:26] ---**
Right.
**[21:30] ---**
Um, did something happen..?
**[21:33] ---**
Yusa... Actually, I have a letter
your big sister entrusted us with.
**[21:40] ---**
To Yusa
**[21:40] ---**
Dear Yusa, it's been fun.
**[21:43] ---**
It was fun hanging out with
those guys from the student council.
**[21:47] ---**
I felt that I wanted to be with you forever.
**[21:50] ---**
But, the one thing that
was hard for me, Yusa...
**[21:54] ---**
*...was the fact that I wanted to be together
with you all the time,*
**[21:56] ---**
*but we ended up
missing each other at all times.*
**[21:58] ---**
*I love you more than anything.*
**[22:01] ---**
*And now, a dead person will act
like a dead person, and bid farewell now.*
**[22:06] ---**
From Misa
**[22:09] ---**
My big sister was always together
with all of you, wasn't she.
**[22:14] ---**
Yeah. We had a lot of fun, too.
**[22:17] ---**
Indeed.
**[22:17] ---**
To Yusa
**[22:19] ---**
If that's the case... I'm glad.
**[22:22] ---**
Otosaka, please make sure to come back.
**[22:25] ---**
Yeah.
**[22:26] ---**
After all, we're friends
who spent high school life together,
**[22:29] ---**
despite all of us suffering
from a common illness.
**[22:35] ---**
Right.
**[22:36] ---**
Yup!
**[22:52] ---**
I've been waiting for you.
Please take this with you.
**[22:56] ---**
This is about all I can do now.
**[22:59] ---**
What is it?
**[23:05] ---**
If you speak looking at that,
you can probably get by, even if minimally.
**[23:09] ---**
You made this in one night?
**[23:11] ---**
I know what your
standardized test scores are like.
**[23:15] ---**
Yeah, after all,
I'm just a fiend of cheating on tests.
**[23:18] ---**
Then, in return.
I want you to hold onto this for me.
**[23:23] ---**
All right, understood.
I will hold onto this for a while.
**[23:31] ---**
*I feel uneasy. Everything is so uncertain.*
**[23:34] ---**
*But, I have to do this.
Because I am the only one that can do this...*
**[23:39] ---**
Well, I'll be on my way now.
**[23:41] ---**
Yes. Please take care during your trip.