# CLASSROOM FOR HEROES
Rosewood Academy isn’t for your average student. This prestigious school specializes in training future heroes destined to protect humanity. Among them is Earnest Flaming, a young girl with unmatched skill who holds the highest record. But her reign at the top is challenged when she’s assigned to mentor a new and carefree student, Blade, whose power rivals her own!
# Season 1
# E1 - Earnest
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GVWU0WN40/earnest)
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**[00:07] Demon King**
If you fail to stop me, the world
will come to an end, Great Hero.
**[00:18] Blade**
So this is all I've got?
**[00:42] Blade**
Enough with the cheap moves.
**[00:44] Blade**
Let's settle things once and for all.
**[00:46] Blade**
You and me, going all out.
**[00:49] Demon King**
Very well.
**[00:50] Demon King**
I couldn't ask for more.
**[00:59] Blade**
Dragon Series, Fifth Sword.
**[01:00] Demon King**
Satanic power at full force.
**[01:06] Demon King**
Be reduced to ashes!
**[01:09] Blade**
Dragon Annihilator!
**[01:47] Blade**
It's finally over...
**[02:14] Student 1**
Good morning!
**[02:14] Student 2**
Oh, you're here.
**[02:16] Student K**
Good morning!
**[02:17] Student A**
Good morning!
**[02:18] Blade**
Oh! They're greeting each other!
**[02:20] Blade**
Is that what friends do?!
**[02:22] Student E**
Good morning!
**[02:22] Student B**
Morning. You're here early.
**[02:25] Blade**
I see! This is what normal people do!
**[02:30] Blade**
All right!
**[02:31] Blade**
Starting today, I'm going to make friends
and live life as an ordinary person!
***SIGN*** Episode 1
***SIGN*** Earnest
**[02:45] Blade**
Okay! Time to make some friends!
**[02:48] Blade**
Good morning!
**[02:49] Blade**
Good morning!
**[02:50] Blade**
Good morning!
**[02:51] Blade**
Good morning!
**[02:52] Blade**
Good morning! Good morning!
**[02:53] Yessica**
Pretty funny student we've got here.
**[02:56] Blade**
Good morning! Good morning!
**[02:56] Claire**
Do you think he's a new transfer?
**[02:59] Kassim**
Whoa, he's coming this way!
**[03:01] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[03:03] Claire**
Ah, yes.
**[03:04] Claire**
It's a pleasure to meet you.
**[03:06] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[03:07] Kassim**
You sure are a weirdo.
**[03:09] Kassim**
I'm Kassim.
**[03:10] Clay**
My name's Clay. Nice to meet you.
**[03:12] Yessica**
I'm Yessica.
**[03:13] Claire**
Oh, um... I'm Claire.
**[03:15] Blade**
I see!
**[03:17] Blade**
I'm here to make some friends!
**[03:19] Claire**
If you don't mind, would you
like to be friends with us?
**[03:22] Blade**
I did it!
**[03:23] Blade**
I've got four whole friends now!
**[03:25] Blade**
If this keeps up, I could make ten friends...
**[03:26] Blade**
No, hold that thought!
**[03:28] Blade**
Even 100 friends doesn't sound so far-fetched!
**[03:32] Claire**
If you want to make 100 friends,
you'll have to befriend the whole student body.
**[03:36] Earnest**
What are all of you up to?
**[03:38] Earnest**
Why are you making a commotion
in the middle of the hallway?
**[03:42] Yessica**
Oh, no!
**[03:42] Earnest**
You are all students at the
prestigious Rosewood Academy.
**[03:45] Kassim**
That's Earnest Flaming.
**[03:46] Earnest**
You should strive to always follow the
rules and behave in an orderly manner.
**[03:47] Kassim**
She's the top student in this school,
so everyone calls her the Empress.
**[03:51] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[03:55] Earnest**
Who are you?
**[03:56] Earnest**
I haven't seen you around here.
**[03:58] Claire**
U-Um, Lady Earnest...
**[04:00] Earnest**
No need for the title!
**[04:02] Claire**
Well, it seems Blade just
transferred into the school...
**[04:05] Earnest**
A new student?
**[04:07] Earnest**
This academy only admits those who aspire
to be heroes who protect this world!
**[04:13] Earnest**
There's no way they'd permit
such a late admission!
**[04:14] Blade**
I don't really care about being a hero.
**[04:16] Blade**
I'm just here to make some friends.
**[04:18] Earnest**
You don't really care?!
**[04:19] Earnest**
What halfhearted resolve you have!
**[04:25] Blade**
Oh, almost forgot!
**[04:26] Blade**
I need to go to the headmaster's office!
**[04:28] Earnest**
What?!
**[04:29] Blade**
Can you show me the way to
the headmaster's office?
**[04:32] Group**
Go!
**[04:35] Earnest**
Why'd it have to be me?
**[04:39] Earnest**
This is Earnest Flaming.
**[04:41] Earnest**
I'm here with a brat who lost his
way and was on the verge of tears.
**[04:45] King**
You may enter.
**[04:47] Earnest**
Pardon me.
**[04:56] Earnest**
Wh-What brings you here, Sir?!
**[04:59] Blade**
I'm here!
**[05:01] Earnest**
Y-You idiot!
**[05:03] Earnest**
Don't you have any idea
who you stand before?!
**[05:06] Blade**
Sure I do.
**[05:07] Earnest**
Please forgive his rudeness,
Your Majesty the King!
**[05:12] King**
I've heard all about you from the
previous headmaster, Miss Earnest.
**[05:16] King**
It seems you have quite the excellent record.
**[05:18] Earnest**
O-Oh, no. I have a long way to go...
**[05:20] Earnest**
Excuse me, "previous headmaster"?
**[05:23] King**
Indeed.
**[05:24] King**
As of today, I will be acting
as the new headmaster here.
**[05:28] Earnest**
Your Majesty is?!
**[05:29] Earnest**
Why, I hear Your Majesty is
quite the accomplished warrior!
**[05:32] Earnest**
To be instructed by Your Majesty himself!
**[05:35] Earnest**
I find myself lacking words to
express my joy at the sheer honor!
**[05:38] Earnest**
I could never have imagined I would get
a chance to speak with Your Majesty!
**[05:41] Earnest**
How can I put this?
**[05:43] Earnest**
Oh, I really am so truly struck with awe!
**[05:43] King**
That's enough.
**[05:45] Earnest**
Huh?
**[05:46] King**
You may take your leave.
**[05:48] King**
I must speak with him in private.
**[05:57] Earnest**
What's the deal with that boy?!
**[05:59] Earnest**
He's so friendly with His Majesty!
**[06:01] Earnest**
I don't get it!
**[06:01] Blade**
Hey! Thanks to you,
I've gotten on her bad side!
**[06:04] King**
What could be the reason?
**[06:05] Blade**
Don't give me that!
**[06:06] Blade**
And what are you doing here, anyway?!
**[06:09] King**
You see, Blade...
**[06:11] King**
I want you to regain your powers as a hero.
**[06:15] Blade**
I want to be an ordinary person!
**[06:17] Blade**
Normal as can be!
**[06:18] King**
The students here are really something.
**[06:21] King**
They should serve well
in your rehabilitation.
**[06:24] Blade**
You're not listening, old man.
**[06:25] King**
I plan on making sweeping changes
to the curriculum, as well.
**[06:29] King**
My predecessor had a bit of a lenient streak.
**[06:32] King**
We're trying to nurture heroes here.
**[06:35] King**
Great heroes like you—
**[06:37] Blade**
There's no need for that!
**[06:39] Blade**
The Demon King's gone now.
**[06:41] King**
I received reports of the Great Hero
and the Demon King trading blows,
**[06:45] King**
resulting in mutual annihilation
of their powers.
**[06:47] Blade**
That's right.
**[06:48] King**
But I have faith!
**[06:51] King**
The Great Hero's powers will be resurrected!
**[06:54] King**
And that's because you are the Great Hero!
**[06:59] Blade**
This old man's gone off the deep end.
**[07:13] Blade**
Hey!
**[07:13] Earnest**
Why are *you* here?
**[07:15] Earnest**
This is the advanced class!
**[07:17] Blade**
I took the exam for the lower classes,
but I was told to come here.
**[07:22] Earnest**
Did you bribe someone?!
**[07:24] Blade**
What?
**[07:25] Earnest**
Did you gain back-door
admission into this school?!
**[07:27] Earnest**
You must have cheated somehow to be
placed straight into the advanced class!
**[07:31] Earnest**
Besides, this isn't the kind of academy
that admits halfhearted people like you!
**[07:37] Blade**
Don't call me halfhearted!
**[07:38] Blade**
I'm dead serious.
**[07:40] Blade**
About making 100 friends here.
**[07:42] Earnest**
What?
**[07:43] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[07:44] Blade**
Let's be friends!
**[07:45] Scientist**
What?
**[07:46] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[07:47] Priestess**
Wh-What do you want?
**[07:48] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[07:50] Blade**
Let's be friends!
**[07:51] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[07:52] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[07:53] Blade**
Let's be friends!
**[07:53] Earnest**
Listen to me!
**[07:56] Blade**
I'm listening.
**[07:59] Earnest**
D-Don't pat my head!
**[08:05] Blade**
Whoa.
**[08:07] Sophie**
The instructor has asked
everyone to assemble.
**[08:10] Earnest**
I'll be right there.
**[08:11] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[08:14] Earnest**
He's asking for your name.
**[08:15] Sophie**
Is that a command?
**[08:17] Earnest**
She's always like this.
**[08:18] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[08:20] Earnest**
You need to listen when people are talking.
**[08:22] Sophie**
Sophie.
**[08:24] Blade**
I see!
**[08:26] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[08:27] Blade**
Nice to meet you!
**[08:29] Earnest**
Instructor!
**[08:31] Instructor**
Wh-What is it?
**[08:32] Earnest**
I'd like to test the
transfer student's ability.
**[08:36] Instructor**
Well, that wasn't in today's lesson plan...
**[08:40] Earnest**
You don't mind, right?
**[08:42] Instructor**
Go ahead...
**[08:49] Blade**
That's made of enchanted metal, right?
**[08:51] Earnest**
And what if it is?
**[08:53] Earnest**
Just so you know,
**[08:54] Earnest**
simply slicing through it is something
all the advanced students can do.
**[08:59] Earnest**
Your job is to prove yourself
to everyone here.
**[09:01] Earnest**
If you can't, I'll have you admit to your
illicit entry and leave the academy.
**[09:05] Earnest**
The advanced class is on
a whole different level.
**[09:08] Blade**
How many levels are we talking?
**[09:09] Earnest**
Huh? W-Well... two...
**[09:12] Earnest**
No, three!
**[09:13] Earnest**
It's three whole levels different!
**[09:16] Blade**
I see. Three levels, huh?
**[09:18] Blade**
Then, Second Sword should do.
**[09:24] Leonard**
Wait, the shape of his fighting spirit...
**[09:27] Leonard**
Dragon Series?!
**[09:28] Earnest**
Dragon Series? Wait!
**[09:38] Blade**
Dragon Eater!
**[09:56] Sophie**
Cough.
**[09:58] Blade**
Hmm... Meh.
**[10:06] Earnest**
Blade.
**[10:08] Earnest**
Who in the world... *are* you?
**[10:20] Blade**
I-I'm ordinary!
**[10:23] Blade**
Just your exceedingly average,
ordinary person!
**[10:27] Earnest**
Ordinary... Ordinary?!
**[10:38] Boy Student**
No, the best thing they
serve is their hamburger!
**[10:43] Blade**
Hey!
**[10:46] Earnest**
Seriously, what's your deal?
**[10:48] Blade**
Like I said, I'm just ordinary.
**[10:50] Girl Student 1**
And that's why she messed up!
**[10:52] Girl Student 2**
What, for real?
**[10:53] Blade**
Hey! There are seats here!
**[10:58] Blade**
Hey! Over here!
**[11:04] Blade**
What's gotten into them?
**[11:05] Earnest**
This table is basically reserved for me.
**[11:09] Blade**
Wait... are you being bullied?
**[11:12] Blade**
You can talk to me about it.
**[11:14] Earnest**
You're a real moron.
**[11:16] Earnest**
Everyone's scared of me.
**[11:20] Blade**
Scared of you? Why?
**[11:27] Blade**
Whoa, what *is* this?!
**[11:30] Blade**
I'm not sure what it is, but it's great!
**[11:33] Earnest**
Huh? It's just curry.
**[11:35] Earnest**
Tonkatsu curry.
**[11:36] Blade**
So it's called tonkatsu curry?!
**[11:38] Blade**
Tonkatsu curry is super amazing!
**[11:40] Blade**
The guy who invented it was a real genius!
**[11:42] Earnest**
I take back what I said about you.
**[11:45] Blade**
What was that again?
**[11:46] Earnest**
I mean when I accused you
of illicit entry here!
**[11:49] Blade**
Did you say that?
**[11:50] Earnest**
I sure did!
**[11:51] Earnest**
It's been bothering me,
and you don't even remember?!
**[11:56] Blade**
Since I don't remember,
you shouldn't let it bother you.
**[11:59] Earnest**
I admit you've got a bit of talent.
**[12:03] Earnest**
So, well...
**[12:06] Earnest**
I'm sorry.
**[12:08] Blade**
Did you say something?
**[12:10] Earnest**
I swear! You're so...
**[12:13] Blade**
You have my thanks.
**[12:15] Blade**
You've done so much to help me.
**[12:17] Earnest**
Wh-What's this all of a sudden?!
**[12:19] Blade**
I'm a new transfer, right?
**[12:21] Blade**
I thought I wouldn't be
able to make any friends.
**[12:23] Earnest**
Huh? Friends? Who?
**[12:28] Earnest**
Wait, m-me?!
**[12:30] Blade**
Yeah.
**[12:31] Blade**
Look, we're eating lunch together.
**[12:34] Blade**
That makes us pals!
**[12:36] Earnest**
W-Well, I don't mind being your friend...
**[12:41] Yessica**
That was easy.
**[12:42] Kassim**
The Empress is so quick to fall.
**[13:00] Earnest**
Seriously, what's with him?
**[13:02] Earnest**
Eating together makes you friends?
**[13:05] Earnest**
How absurd.
**[13:07] Earnest**
Friends, he said...
**[13:14] Earnest**
Yay!
**[13:15] Earnest**
My very first friend!
**[13:35] Asmodeus**
Surrender yourself to me.
**[13:49] Asmodeus**
Destroy! Slash! Burn!
**[13:52] Earnest**
Shut up!
**[13:54] Earnest**
I'm the next head of the Flaming family!
**[13:57] Earnest**
I won't give in to the likes of you!
**[14:13] Earnest**
Leonard, take this fight seriously!
**[14:15] Leonard**
Dear me.
**[14:16] Leonard**
We may be simulating a real fight,
**[14:18] Leonard**
but I'd rather not wield
my lance against a lady!
**[14:25] Blade**
Wow! So awesome!
**[14:27] Leonard**
Come! It's time for this show to begin!
**[14:41] Leonard**
How merciless.
**[14:43] Leonard**
It seems I've lost.
**[14:45] Leonard**
Earnest?
**[14:57] Magical Girl**
The Empress has been kind of scary lately.
**[15:01] Earnest**
Next!
**[15:10] Sophie**
If you continue this...
**[15:34] Sophie**
I admit defeat.
**[15:38] Earnest**
You're up next, Blade!
**[15:41] Blade**
Huh, me?
**[15:42] Earnest**
That Dragon Series of yours
is no big deal if I dodge it!
**[15:46] Blade**
I mean, I don't mind.
**[15:49] Blade**
But will you be all right in that condition?
**[15:52] Earnest**
Shut up!
**[15:53] Earnest**
I'll be fine.
**[15:56] Earnest**
Let's go!
**[16:01] Earnest**
Oh, no!
**[16:04] Blade**
Hey, Earnest!
**[16:14] Doctor**
There's nothing I can do.
**[16:15] Blade**
Don't say that!
**[16:17] Blade**
Make her better, like you did for me!
**[16:19] Doctor**
I can heal diseases and injuries,
even from the brink of death.
**[16:22] Doctor**
But spells and curses are
outside of my expertise.
**[16:27] Earnest**
Where am I?
**[16:30] Blade**
You passed out.
**[16:32] Blade**
Don't you remember?
**[16:33] Earnest**
I...
**[16:36] Earnest**
Don't tell me...
**[16:39] Blade**
Just calm down!
**[16:40] Earnest**
Did I... um... do something?
**[16:43] Earnest**
Something really awful?
**[16:46] Blade**
Really awful?
**[16:47] Blade**
No, you just suddenly fell unconscious.
**[16:49] Blade**
Oh, it was really awful carrying you here.
**[16:52] Earnest**
Y-You dummy!
**[16:53] Earnest**
I'm not that heavy!
**[16:56] Doctor**
You should rest a little longer.
**[16:58] Doctor**
That affliction of yours...
**[16:59] Earnest**
Stop it!
**[17:00] Earnest**
I feel better now.
**[17:02] Doctor**
No. Get back in bed.
**[17:03] Earnest**
Out of my way.
**[17:04] Doctor**
I'm not budging.
**[17:06] Blade**
It seems like Earnest feels okay,
so why not let her go?
**[17:10] Blade**
I'll keep an eye on her instead.
**[17:12] Doctor**
Fine.
**[17:13] Doctor**
That's a promise.
**[17:17] Student**
Seriously?
**[17:22] Earnest**
I can walk on my own.
**[17:24] Blade**
You can lean on me, you know.
**[17:27] Blade**
We're friends, after all.
**[17:29] Earnest**
Don't tell anyone what you
heard in the infirmary.
**[17:48] Blade**
Looks like I owe that old man now.
**[17:51] Blade**
Not that I mind.
**[18:09] Blade**
There we go.
**[18:11] Blade**
Rosewood Academy's data...
**[18:14] Blade**
So that demon sword's name is Asmodeus?
**[18:17] Blade**
Dunno why, but it gives me the creeps.
**[18:23] Blade**
Quiet down.
**[18:28] Blade**
I see now.
**[18:30] Earnest**
Why do you want to talk in private?
**[18:33] Earnest**
Are you trying to threaten me?
**[18:35] Blade**
Huh?
**[18:36] Blade**
Why would I threaten you?
**[18:38] Earnest**
Maybe you want my spot as top student.
**[18:40] Blade**
I couldn't care less about that.
**[18:42] Blade**
What's more important is you.
**[18:44] Blade**
I'm interested in you.
**[18:46] Earnest**
What?!
**[18:46] Earnest**
Wait, that's, well...
**[18:48] Earnest**
I said we could be friends,
but anything more is...
**[18:52] Blade**
I know the secret behind your sword.
**[18:58] Blade**
That sword has its own will,
**[19:01] Blade**
and grants its owner tremendous power.
**[19:03] Blade**
But you don't have full ownership of it.
**[19:09] Blade**
How did that happen?
**[19:11] Earnest**
When I was six years old,
**[19:13] Earnest**
I unknowingly laid my hands on a cursed
demon sword in the Flaming family's custody.
**[19:19] Earnest**
It tried to take over my body
**[19:22] Earnest**
and the demon sword's will flowed through me,
hungering for blood and carnage.
**[19:25] Earnest**
Ever since, I've been
holding back those urges.
**[19:29] Earnest**
As soon as I let my guard down,
I can hear it still, to this day.
**[19:33] Earnest**
The voice of Asmodeus,
begging me to let it slash and burn.
**[19:38] Blade**
But it hasn't taken over.
**[19:40] Earnest**
No.
**[19:41] Earnest**
Thanks to my stubbornness.
**[19:43] Blade**
There is a way.
**[19:44] Earnest**
I know that much.
**[19:46] Earnest**
I need the demon sword to
acknowledge me as its owner, right?
**[19:51] Earnest**
But I can't do that.
**[19:52] Earnest**
What if I fail?
**[19:54] Earnest**
Then a bloodthirsty demon would come to life!
**[19:56] Blade**
It'll be okay.
**[19:57] Earnest**
What?!
**[19:58] Earnest**
How can you say something so irresponsible?!
**[20:00] Earnest**
If the demon comes to life...
**[20:01] Blade**
Like I said, it'll be okay.
**[20:04] Earnest**
What?
**[20:05] Blade**
If that happens, I'll cut it down.
**[20:07] Earnest**
That's...
**[20:12] Blade**
Don't think I can do it?
**[20:15] Earnest**
I think you can.
**[20:17] Blade**
So what's the problem?
**[20:19] Earnest**
Nothing at all.
**[20:27] Earnest**
Demon Sword Asmodeus!
**[20:29] Earnest**
I am Earnest Flaming.
**[20:31] Earnest**
I beseech thee to form a pact with me!
**[20:37] Earnest**
Obey thy oath from days bygone,
**[20:39] Earnest**
and receive my being within thy own!
**[20:41] Earnest**
Try my strength.
**[20:43] Earnest**
See if thou can consume me!
**[20:47] Asmodeus**
So be it.
**[20:49] Blade**
I have faith in you, Earnest.
**[20:51] Earnest**
I have faith as well,
**[20:53] Earnest**
that you'll bring this all to an end,
no matter what happens.
**[21:05] Earnest**
So you must be Asmodeus.
**[21:07] Earnest**
I'll keep it brief.
**[21:09] Earnest**
Submit yourself to me.
**[21:11] Asmodeus**
I am fire!
**[21:13] Asmodeus**
I am power!
**[21:15] Asmodeus**
I am pure violence that
reigns over all destruction!
**[21:21] Earnest**
Looks like it means a fight, then.
**[21:24] Earnest**
Bring it on!
**[21:38] Earnest**
Destroy, destroy, destroy!
**[21:40] Earnest**
Kill, kill, kill!
**[21:42] Earnest**
Burn, burn, burn!
**[21:46] Earnest**
Oh, what fun!
**[21:48] Earnest**
I don't want to hold back!
**[21:50] Earnest**
Not when there's so much
to destroy around me!
**[21:53] Earnest**
My house, my family, my friends!
**[22:02] Earnest**
That's right.
**[22:03] Earnest**
I can fight now, thanks to him.
**[22:05] Earnest**
Even if I fail, I know he'll take it down.
**[22:09] Earnest**
Which is why I'll fight,
**[22:11] Earnest**
of my own will.
**[22:12] Earnest**
For the sake of my own pride!
**[22:16] Earnest**
My name...
**[22:19] Earnest**
My name is Earnest!
**[22:21] Earnest**
Earnest Flaming!
**[22:52] Earnest**
I made it back.
**[22:56] Blade**
Welcome back.
**[23:07] Claire**
What, really?
**[23:08] Yessica**
Yeah! And then Kassim was like...
**[23:10] Earnest**
Good morning.
**[23:23] Earnest**
Does it look weird on me?
**[23:26] Claire**
You look quite splendid!
**[23:28] Yessica**
Uh-huh!
# E2 - Sophie
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UXWKZV/sophie)
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**[00:18] Earnest**
Hey, Blade!
**[00:20] Earnest**
The least you could do is draw your sword!
**[00:22] Earnest**
Don't disrespect your opponents
by looking away during a fight!
**[00:28] Blade**
You look a little different.
**[00:32] Earnest**
D-Do I?
**[00:33] Earnest**
In what way?
**[00:42] Blade**
Oh!
**[00:43] Blade**
Ah!
**[00:45] Blade**
No idea!
**[00:50] Leonard**
Take notice when a lady
changes up her hairstyle!
**[00:52] Blade**
Huh? Oh, was that it?
**[00:55] Earnest**
It's not like I wanted you to notice...
**[00:59] Leonard**
Oh yeah, Blade.
**[01:01] Earnest**
If you've got time to horse around
with the likes of Leonard,
**[01:04] Earnest**
can you also keep an eye on that girl?
**[01:05] Leonard**
The likes of me?!
**[01:07] Blade**
That girl?
**[01:10] Blade**
Ah, you mean Sophie?
**[01:12] Leonard**
The likes of...?! How heartless!
**[01:15] Blade**
Why's she by herself?
**[01:16] Leonard**
Ignored!
**[01:17] Earnest**
That's how she always is.
**[01:19] Earnest**
Even though she obeys any
commands she's given.
**[01:22] Blade**
Is that so?
**[01:23] Earnest**
Yeah.
**[01:24] Earnest**
But I've never seen her take
any spontaneous action.
**[01:28] Earnest**
And yet, she voluntarily told you her name.
**[01:31] Earnest**
That's why I'm leaving her to you, Blade.
**[01:34] Blade**
Got it.
**[01:36] Earnest**
You need to build up more stamina!
**[01:38] Earnest**
Run ten kilometers every morning
for the rest of your life!
**[01:43] Leonard**
My whole life?
**[01:46] Blade**
Yo! I'm Blade!
**[01:48] Sophie**
I know.
**[01:50] Blade**
Earnest asked me to watch over your training!
**[01:54] Sophie**
Is that a command?
**[01:55] Blade**
Well, that's not what I meant.
**[01:58] Blade**
I guess it's true that she asked me...
**[02:05] Blade**
I'm here because I want to help you.
**[02:09] Sophie**
But... this is all I can use.
**[02:14] Blade**
Why barehanded?
**[02:15] Sophie**
This is all I was taught.
**[02:18] Blade**
In that case, I'll teach
you other ways to fight.
**[02:20] Sophie**
Is that a command?
**[02:22] Blade**
Nope.
**[02:24] Blade**
I want to lend you a hand as your friend!
**[02:27] Blade**
It's not a command,
so I won't force you into it.
**[02:31] Blade**
Are you against the idea?
**[02:36] Sophie**
No, I'm not.
**[02:40] Blade**
It's settled, then!
**[02:41] Blade**
Okay, first off...
**[02:43] Instructor**
All right, that's it for
today's practical training!
**[02:47] Earnest**
Huh?! Why?!
**[02:49] Blade**
We were just getting started!
**[02:50] Earnest**
It's because you took your sweet time!
**[02:52] Blade**
No way...
***SIGN*** Episode 2
***SIGN*** Sophie
**[04:39] Sophie**
I can't cut through it.
**[04:41] Blade**
Channel your fighting spirit into the sword.
**[04:43] Blade**
You have no problem channeling
it into your fists, right?
**[04:46] Blade**
Then think of the sword as
an extension of your body.
**[04:52] Blade**
Like this.
**[04:55] Sophie**
Understood.
**[05:06] Sophie**
I managed to cut them.
**[05:08] Blade**
You sure learn fast!
**[05:09] Blade**
If you can handle a sword like this,
I think you're set.
**[05:13] Blade**
Let's call it a day.
**[05:15] Sophie**
Can I beat her now?
**[05:17] Blade**
Eh?
**[05:19] Blade**
Who do you mean?
**[05:20] Sophie**
Earnest.
**[05:22] Blade**
Well...
**[05:23] Blade**
I don't know about that.
**[05:25] Blade**
Getting to her level won't be so easy...
**[05:28] Sophie**
I see.
**[05:31] Blade**
Huh?
**[05:36] Blade**
Huh?
**[05:38] Sophie**
This is stronger.
**[05:41] Blade**
Guess you're right.
**[05:43] Blade**
By the way, I can't move.
**[05:46] Sophie**
It wouldn't be a good mount position
if the opponent could move freely.
**[05:52] Blade**
Good point.
**[05:54] Sophie**
I want you to teach me
something else tomorrow.
**[05:58] Blade**
Yeah, sure thing!
**[06:01] King**
How's your school life going?
**[06:05] Blade**
I made some friends.
**[06:07] King**
I'm glad to hear that.
**[06:09] King**
You've been active as a hero
since you were three years old.
**[06:12] King**
Even I have someone I consider my best friend,
while you, on the other hand...
**[06:16] Blade**
Well, sorry!
**[06:18] King**
I really am so glad.
**[06:22] King**
So, who exactly is it you call your friend?
**[06:26] Blade**
There's more than one...
**[06:28] Blade**
But recently, I guess... Sophie.
**[06:30] King**
Oh...
**[06:32] King**
I should have known you'd
take an interest in her.
**[06:37] King**
She's a strong one, wouldn't you say?
**[06:39] Blade**
Yeah, she's strong.
**[06:42] King**
Even so, she's still incomplete.
**[06:45] Blade**
What?
**[06:46] King**
After all, the goal was for her
completed form to surpass you.
**[06:51] Blade**
What are you talking about?!
**[06:53] King**
You didn't befriend her because you knew?
**[06:57] King**
About the Artificial Great Hero Project?
**[07:00] Blade**
Artificial Great Hero?
**[07:03] King**
If you, the Great Hero, can exist,
**[07:06] King**
it should also be possible to
create a being just like you.
**[07:09] King**
That was the idea proposed
by a certain group.
**[07:12] King**
With ancient forbidden
knowledge that had been lost,
**[07:15] King**
they took a human who showed
aptitude as a template,
**[07:17] King**
and tried to artificially manifest
the Great Hero's powers.
**[07:22] King**
What's more, they duplicated
that original human
**[07:25] King**
in order to perform countless
experiments and adjustments.
**[07:29] Blade**
Hold on...
**[07:30] Blade**
Hold on just one minute!
**[07:31] Blade**
Duplicated?
**[07:32] Blade**
I thought we were talking about Sophie!
**[07:35] King**
Her real name is Sophitia Femto.
**[07:39] King**
Femto meaning "twelve."
**[07:41] King**
That is to say, she's the twelfth iteration
of the human named Sophitia.
**[07:47] King**
As an experimental subject, she was
treated for so long as simply an object.
**[07:53] Blade**
Hey, don't tell me that those experiments...
**[07:56] King**
No need for concern!
**[07:58] King**
I've completely put an
end to that organization.
**[08:03] King**
If it wasn't your doing,
you should have said so.
**[08:05] King**
When I took her in, I told
her that she was free now.
**[08:10] King**
She responded with...
**[08:12] (Flashback) Sophie**
Is that a command?
**[08:16] King**
I expect that hasn't changed.
**[08:24] Blade**
Sophie was robbed of a normal life
for the sake of creating a Great Hero.
**[08:32] Blade**
It's my fault.
**[08:34] Blade**
It's all because I exist.
**[08:37] Blade**
In that case...
**[08:38] Blade**
I'll make sure Sophie gets
her normal life back!
**[08:42] Blade**
But...
**[08:43] Blade**
What *is* normal, anyway?
**[08:47] Doctor**
Oh, what's wrong?
**[08:49] Doctor**
You're not scheduled for
your check-up just yet.
**[08:52] Doctor**
Did you want me to look you over?
**[08:54] Doctor**
In that case, take off your clothes.
**[08:56] Doctor**
Take them off right now.
**[08:57] Blade**
Please tell me!
**[08:58] Blade**
What does being normal mean?
**[09:00] Blade**
What kinds of things do
kids my age normally do?!
**[09:03] Doctor**
So you're finally interested
in exploring that subject.
**[09:06] Doctor**
I don't mind.
**[09:08] Doctor**
I'll teach you *everything* there is
to know about the vigor of youth—
**[09:12] Blade**
Got it!
**[09:13] Blade**
So it's youth!
**[09:16] Leonard**
What is it, Blade?
**[09:18] Blade**
Youth! What does youth mean?
**[09:20] Blade**
What does it involve?!
**[09:22] Leonard**
I'm not sure where this came from...
**[09:24] Leonard**
But when you think of youth,
it'd have to be...
**[09:26] Leonard**
Love, perhaps?
**[09:27] Blade**
Got it!
**[09:28] Blade**
So it's love!
**[09:29] Group**
Go!
**[09:29] Yessica**
Blade?
**[09:30] Claire**
What's the matter?
**[09:31] Blade**
Please tell me!
**[09:33] Blade**
What is love?
**[09:34] Blade**
What do you do when you're in love?!
**[09:35] Claire**
What? Love?!
**[09:37] Claire**
W-Well...
**[09:38] Yessica**
Go on! Out with it!
**[09:40] Claire**
Things like... going on dates together—
**[09:43] Blade**
Got it!
**[09:44] Blade**
So it's dates!
**[09:46] Earnest**
Why'd you suddenly come up to my room?
**[09:49] Blade**
Earnest!
**[09:50] Blade**
What's a date?
**[09:51] Blade**
What exactly do you do?!
**[09:52] Earnest**
A date?!
**[09:53] Earnest**
H-H-Hold on a moment, Blade!
**[09:55] Blade**
Please tell me!
**[09:56] Blade**
I'm begging you, Earnest!
**[09:58] Earnest**
Eh?!
**[09:59] Earnest**
That's, well...
**[10:01] Earnest**
Couples spend time alone talking,
walk around town, go shopping...
**[10:05] Earnest**
B-But we're not at that level yet...
**[10:09] Earnest**
I think it's still a little
too early for a date...
**[10:12] Blade**
Got it!
**[10:13] Earnest**
I'm off on a date!
**[10:15] Earnest**
Huh? Wait...
**[10:18] Earnest**
With who exactly?!
**[10:19] Earnest**
Step step step.
**[10:20] Blade**
Where's Sophie?!
**[10:22] Priestess**
Sophie's still inside—
**[10:24] Blade**
Thanks!
**[10:24] Priestess**
Huh?! Wait!
**[10:25] Blade**
Sophie!
**[10:26] Blade**
Sophie!
**[10:27] Blade**
Sophie!
**[10:29] Girl Student 1**
What?!
**[10:30] Girl Student 2**
Blade?!
**[10:32] Blade**
Sophie!
**[10:34] Blade**
Let's go on a date!
**[10:36] Sophie**
Is that a command?
**[10:38] Blade**
No, it's not.
**[10:39] Blade**
But it's very important!
**[10:44] Sophie**
I understand.
**[10:48] Sophie**
Yes, officer, this man right here.
**[10:55] Claire**
Blade barged into the girls' shower...
**[10:58] Claire**
A lot of girls have filed complaints.
**[11:00] Earnest**
What in the world's gotten into that idiot?
**[11:02] Earnest**
I'll have to sternly steer
him down the right path.
**[11:04] Yessica**
Red bean bun!
**[11:06] Earnest**
Huh?
**[11:07] Yessica**
Here, Claire.
**[11:08] Yessica**
Please take one too, Empress.
**[11:09] Claire**
Thank you.
**[11:10] Earnest**
Bread?
**[11:12] Earnest**
What is this? It's so sweet!
**[11:14] Yessica**
It *is* a red bean bun.
**[11:15] Yessica**
Have you never had one before?
**[11:17] Earnest**
O-O-Of course I have!
**[11:19] Earnest**
So sweet!
**[11:22] Claire**
So even the Empress makes faces like that.
**[11:26] Earnest**
H-Hey, you two...
**[11:27] Earnest**
Can you stop it with the whole Empress thing?
**[11:30] Yessica**
Lady Earnest, then?
**[11:31] Earnest**
Not that, either!
**[11:33] Earnest**
Just call me Earnest.
**[11:34] Claire**
O-Oh, no! We couldn't possibly!
**[11:37] Earnest**
Right now, we're comrades
united by our mission,
**[11:41] Earnest**
to watch Blade so he doesn't
try any funny business.
**[11:45] Earnest**
You could...
**[11:46] Earnest**
p-practically say that we're friends!
**[11:49] Yessica**
Yep.
**[11:50] Doctor**
You're right.
**[11:51] Yessica**
Ah, it's almost time.
**[11:54] Blade**
Oh, you're right on time.
**[11:56] Sophie**
Is that not normal?
**[11:58] Sophie**
I don't know anything about dates.
**[12:01] Blade**
That's fine.
**[12:02] Blade**
Leave everything to me!
**[12:04] Blade**
I did loads of studying for this!
**[12:07] Blade**
Okay, let's review our agenda for today.
**[12:10] Blade**
Assemble at 1000 hours.
**[12:11] Blade**
Salute and briefing at 1001 hours.
**[12:13] Blade**
Begin mobilizing at 1003 hours.
**[12:14] Blade**
Patrol town until 1030 hours.
**[12:15] Blade**
Afterwards, R&R at a parlor until 1100 hours.
**[12:17] Blade**
Lunch time starting at 1200 hours.
**[12:18] Blade**
Further agenda items to follow at lunch time!
**[12:20] Earnest**
Isn't that a little too precise?
**[12:22] Claire**
This sounds less like a date...
**[12:23] Yessica**
And more like a spec ops mission!
**[12:26] Sophie**
It's already 1004 hours.
**[12:27] Blade**
Oh, no! What do we do?!
**[12:29] Blade**
The agenda! The agenda!
**[12:32] Sophie**
We just need to begin mobilizing now.
**[12:35] Blade**
Ah, that's right!
**[12:39] Earnest**
W-Walking arm in arm? How indecent!
**[12:41] Yessica**
That's totally normal.
**[12:43] Yessica**
Calm down, Anna.
**[12:44] Earnest**
Anna?
**[12:45] Yessica**
It's a nickname, since we're friends.
**[12:48] Yessica**
Should I call you something else?
**[12:50] Earnest**
I'm fine with Anna!
**[12:53] Claire**
Ah!
**[12:55] Claire**
I lost sight of them.
**[12:57] Sophie**
Heave-ho.
**[13:10] Woman**
Look, look!
**[13:11] Man**
Oh, wow.
**[13:11] Woman**
They're eating it!
**[13:12] Sophie**
I want to try feeding them.
**[13:14] Blade**
Okay! Just you wait!
**[13:19] Blade**
Let's dump it in.
**[13:20] Blade**
There!
**[13:23] Claire**
Too much! There's too much!
**[13:26] Earnest**
What's with the date-like activities?!
**[13:29] Yessica**
They *are* on a date.
**[13:33] Claire**
There they go.
**[13:35] Sophie**
Heave-ho.
**[13:38] Sophie**
I just need to punch this?
**[13:39] Blade**
Okay, on the count of two.
**[13:41] Blade**
Are you ready?
**[13:42] Earnest**
I-I'll have you know...
**[13:44] Earnest**
I'm perfectly capable of this much!
**[13:46] Claire**
Th-That aside...
**[13:47] Claire**
W-We need to stop them!
**[13:48] Blade**
One, two!
**[13:52] Yessica**
Aw, man, they've done it now.
**[13:54] Claire**
We're so sorry! We're so sorry!
**[13:55] Earnest**
You can send the bill to Rosewood Academy...
**[13:57] Sophie**
Heave-ho.
**[13:58] Blade**
Our next mission is to finish this
Lovely Infinite Tropical Drink together!
**[14:04] Sophie**
I just need to drink this?
**[14:05] Blade**
Wait!
**[14:06] Blade**
It's only 1029 hours!
**[14:08] Blade**
We've still got one minute!
**[14:09] Sophie**
I'm thirsty.
**[14:11] Blade**
Well... that's fine, then.
**[14:15] Sophie**
It's hard to sip this.
**[14:17] Sophie**
Come a little closer.
**[14:18] Blade**
S-Sure.
**[14:22] Sophie**
What's wrong?
**[14:23] Blade**
Well, I'm not sure...
**[14:25] Blade**
But it feels...
**[14:27] Blade**
Feels...
**[14:28] Sophie**
I can't complete this mission by myself.
**[14:32] Sophie**
I need your help.
**[14:33] Blade**
I-I know.
**[14:35] Blade**
I know that!
**[14:37] Blade**
*Be still, my beating heart!*
**[14:42] Sophie**
Come a little closer.
**[14:43] Blade**
*My heart... My heart...*
**[14:45] Claire**
They haven't noticed us at all.
**[14:47] Yessica**
I think I've gotten sick of this.
**[14:49] Earnest**
How obscene! Dirty! Impure!
**[14:52] Earnest**
Filthy animals!
**[14:53] Earnest**
Their cheeks are touching!
**[14:54] Yessica**
Here, Anna.
**[14:55] Yessica**
You can have this.
**[14:57] Earnest**
Cheeks cheekily chafing...
**[15:00] Earnest**
So cool and sweet!
**[15:02] Earnest**
What is this yummy treat?!
**[15:04] Claire**
It's called a parfait.
**[15:05] Earnest**
Yum yum!
**[15:07] Yessica**
So are you done now?
**[15:09] Earnest**
With what?
**[15:10] Claire**
They've already left.
**[15:16] Sophie**
Heave-ho.
**[15:18] Sophie**
What's wrong?
**[15:19] Blade**
Well, it felt like we were being followed...
**[15:24] Blade**
Oh well.
**[15:25] Earnest**
Blade, you moron!
**[15:27] Blade**
Anyway, next on the agenda...
**[15:29] Blade**
Oh, no! Look at the time!
**[15:34] Sophie**
It's fine.
**[15:35] Sophie**
We can take a shortcut.
**[15:59] Sophie**
Is this our final target?
**[16:01] Blade**
I heard this is a legendary fountain.
**[16:05] Sophie**
I don't really understand.
**[16:06] Blade**
Me, neither.
**[16:11] Sophie**
I had fun today.
**[16:13] Blade**
Well...
**[16:17] Sophie**
Can I ask one thing?
**[16:20] Blade**
What is it?
**[16:23] Sophie**
Why are you going to all this trouble?
**[16:25] Blade**
Why, you ask...
**[16:28] Blade**
That's because...
**[16:29] Blade**
you're my friend.
**[16:35] Sophie**
You and I are friends?
**[16:38] Blade**
That's right!
**[16:39] Blade**
You bet we are!
**[16:41] Sophie**
I heard friends don't keep
secrets from each other.
**[16:48] Blade**
Well, I...
**[16:50] Sophie**
There's something I haven't told you.
**[16:54] Blade**
Huh?
**[16:56] Sophie**
If you and I are friends...
**[16:59] Sophie**
If you're willing to be my friend...
**[17:04] Sophie**
there's something I need to tell you.
**[17:07] Sophie**
I'm not an ordinary human.
**[17:11] Sophie**
An incomplete test subject,
created to be an artificial hero.
**[17:17] Sophie**
I was granted what are known as
Artificial Great Hero Powers.
**[17:23] Blade**
Artificial... Great Hero Powers?
**[17:26] Sophie**
Look.
**[17:33] Sophie**
Great Hero Powers can
alter the laws of physics.
**[17:37] Sophie**
However...
**[17:43] Sophie**
I have incomplete control of them.
**[17:48] Blade**
Gravity manipulation...
**[17:50] Sophie**
I magnified my body weight by 1,000
times... or that was my intent.
**[17:54] Sophie**
This is actually around 10,000 times.
**[17:56] Blade**
Sophie.
**[18:02] Sophie**
I can even stop time itself.
**[18:12] Sophie**
As I am now...
**[18:14] Sophie**
I can manifest Artificial Great
Hero Powers for just ten seconds.
**[18:19] Sophie**
Sophitia Femto.
**[18:22] Sophie**
The twelfth clone of a woman named Sophitia.
**[18:27] Sophie**
That is what I am.
**[18:28] Sophie**
The final model of the
Artificial Great Hero Project,
**[18:32] Sophie**
and its sole success, with caveats.
**[18:38] Blade**
In that case, I won't
keep any secrets, either.
**[18:41] Blade**
Please listen.
**[18:43] Sophie**
I'm listening.
**[18:45] Blade**
I'm...
**[18:47] Blade**
They call me...
**[18:50] Blade**
They call me... the Great Hero!
**[18:58] Blade**
No, they *used* to call me that.
**[19:01] Blade**
Those powers are gone now.
**[19:04] Sophie**
I see.
**[19:06] Blade**
Could it be that you realized?
**[19:08] Sophie**
No.
**[19:09] Sophie**
But something about you felt familiar.
**[19:14] Blade**
I'm really sorry.
**[19:17] Blade**
It's not something that an apology
and forgiveness can fix...
**[19:20] Blade**
Feel free to resent me.
**[19:23] Sophie**
Why would I do that?
**[19:25] Blade**
Because the reason you were born
with such accursed powers...
**[19:30] Sophie**
Accursed?
**[19:32] Blade**
That's right!
**[19:33] Blade**
This power is a curse!
**[19:35] Blade**
I never...
**[19:38] Blade**
The Great Hero wasn't
something I asked to be!
**[19:43] Blade**
But because they said I could save everyone,
**[19:47] Blade**
that's why there was no choice but to do it!
**[19:49] Blade**
With powers that manifested
at the age of three...
**[19:52] Blade**
Fighting monsters,
fighting them again and again...
**[19:56] Blade**
Lingering between life and
death countless times...
**[19:59] Blade**
And growing strong.
**[20:01] Blade**
Even so, not every single
person can be rescued.
**[20:05] Blade**
There are those who couldn't be saved!
**[20:07] Blade**
People get so angry when
you can't save someone!
**[20:10] Blade**
Why didn't you save them?
**[20:12] Blade**
Why?!
**[20:13] Blade**
Aren't you the Great Hero?!
**[20:17] Blade**
It's... It's...
**[20:25] Blade**
The Great Hero...
**[20:27] Blade**
What does it mean to be the Great Hero?
**[20:37] Sophie**
Blade.
**[20:40] Sophie**
Even if you didn't choose to be,
you were the Great Hero.
**[20:46] Sophie**
After being rescued by the king,
**[20:49] Sophie**
I left on a journey to find out who I was.
**[20:53] Sophie**
People saved by the Great Hero.
**[20:55] Sophie**
Entire towns.
**[20:57] Sophie**
I came across so many.
**[21:01] Sophie**
You should be proud of that.
**[21:04] Blade**
That's impossible.
**[21:06] Sophie**
I see.
**[21:08] Sophie**
It's fine if you can't.
**[21:10] Sophie**
However...
**[21:11] Sophie**
I take pride in the fact that I was
created to be an Artificial Great Hero.
**[21:17] Sophie**
What?
**[21:18] Sophie**
I want to become like you.
**[21:24] Blade**
That's... That's...
**[21:27] Blade**
No, I...
**[21:34] Blade**
won't let my past as the
Great Hero bother me!
**[21:38] Sophie**
Yes.
**[21:39] Sophie**
If that's what you decide, then that's fine.
**[21:46] Sophie**
Your identity as the Great Hero...
**[21:48] Sophie**
is the secret we share.
**[21:53] Blade**
Yeah, it's a promise.
**[21:56] Blade**
Just between the two of us.
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Cu Chulainn
# E3 - Cu Chulainn
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUKZNDM/cu-chulainn)
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**[00:00] Blade**
Yum!
**[00:02] Blade**
Tonkatsu curry is so good!
**[00:05] Earnest**
Hey, Blade. You've got food on your face.
**[00:09] Sophie**
I'll wipe it clean.
**[00:15] Earnest**
Ah!
**[00:16] Earnest**
What are you two doing?!
**[00:18] Blade**
*You* brought it up.
**[00:20] Yessica**
Heya.
**[00:22] Claire**
Anna, mind if we join you?
**[00:24] Earnest**
You're still calling me Anna?
**[00:26] Earnest**
Not that I mind.
**[00:27] Yessica**
Thanks, Anna.
**[00:31] Yessica**
Hey, Blade.
**[00:32] Yessica**
How do these outfits look on us?
**[00:34] Blade**
How, you ask?
**[00:36] Claire**
Oh, I suddenly feel so self-conscious.
**[00:39] Earnest**
That's right. Today's the day, isn't it?
**[00:42] Earnest**
Congratulations on moving up,
all four of you.
**[00:44] Blade**
Huh?
**[00:45] Blade**
You mean they're all in the advanced class?
**[00:47] Kassim**
Didn't even notice, huh?
**[00:49] Clay**
That's why we're allowed to dress freely now.
**[00:52] Yessica**
So how do we look?
**[00:53] Yessica**
Any thoughts?
**[00:54] Blade**
I bet you're freezing.
**[00:57] Leonard**
Why, how do you do, my fair ladies?
**[01:00] Leonard**
Oh! I'm utterly entranced by your beauty!
**[01:04] Claire**
Um...
**[01:06] Yessica**
Hey, Anna.
**[01:07] Yessica**
Who's this gorgeous fella here?
**[01:09] Leonard**
I'm quite flattered, really.
**[01:11] Leonard**
Unfortunately, I love all
women in equal measure.
**[01:15] Leonard**
I cannot let myself be bound to just one.
**[01:16] Earnest**
We get it, Leonard.
**[01:18] Earnest**
Anyway, Blade, have you heard?
**[01:21] Blade**
Hmm?
**[01:22] Earnest**
I hear His Majesty the King is having a
magical beast brought here to the school.
**[01:27] Kassim**
You mean we have to fight it for training?
**[01:30] Clay**
No way, that's way too extreme...
**[01:32] Blade**
Hmm...
**[01:34] Earnest**
"Hmm," you say?!
**[01:34] Earnest**
It's a magical beast!
**[01:35] Blade**
Well, I wouldn't put it past that old fart.
**[01:39] Earnest**
"Old fart"?! That's lèse-majesté!
**[01:41] Blade**
Whatever, he deserves it.
**[01:45] Student G**
An earthquake?!
**[01:48] Sophie**
Blade.
**[01:49] Earnest**
Wait, could it be...
**[01:52] Earnest**
Everyone!
**[01:55] Sophie**
We should have everyone take shelter.
**[01:58] Blade**
Sheesh.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** Cu Chulainn
**[03:38] Soldier**
Someone call for His Majesty!
**[03:40] Soldier**
He's the only one who can handle a dragon!
**[03:43] Crowd 1**
Be careful!
**[03:44] Crowd 2**
Take cover!
**[03:49] Blade**
This is the magical beast?
**[03:50] Earnest**
What?
**[03:51] Earnest**
A dragon?!
**[03:57] Earnest**
Wait!
**[04:04] Crowd 3**
Look out!
**[04:06] Crowd 4**
You there, get back!
**[04:08] Crowd 5**
Run for it!
**[04:18] Blade**
Sit!
**[04:23] Blade**
There.
**[04:24] Earnest**
Blade, did you just subdue a
dragon with your bare hands?
**[04:28] Blade**
Huh? This one's still young.
**[04:30] Blade**
You must have been scared,
being dragged all the way here.
**[04:33] Blade**
Or are you hungry?
**[04:36] Blade**
Here.
**[04:41] Blade**
Too spicy for you?
**[04:42] Student D**
No way... Without any weapons?
**[04:42] Student Q**
A dragon, with one blow?
**[04:44] Student E**
I can't believe it!
**[04:46] Blade**
No way, this is normal!
**[04:49] Blade**
It's normal, right?
**[04:55] Blade**
It's not like it's a Great Dragon,
or an Ancient Dragon!
**[04:59] Blade**
Anyone could take down this
little dragon with a single hit!
**[05:03] Blade**
Um, well...
**[05:07] Earnest**
Eh?!
**[05:08] Blade**
Huh?
**[05:09] Earnest**
B-Behind you!
**[05:11] Blade**
Behind me?
**[05:13] Cu**
Parent!
**[05:15] Blade**
Whoa, what?!
**[05:16] Cu**
So you're my parent!
**[05:19] Blade**
Parent?
**[05:20] Blade**
Wait, what are you going on about?
**[05:21] Cu**
I've finally found you, Parent!
**[05:23] Cu**
So play with me!
**[05:25] Blade**
I'll go and find your parents later.
**[05:28] Blade**
There.
**[05:29] Blade**
Anyway, where did that dragon run off to?
**[05:32] Earnest**
Th-Th-The dragon shrank
down into that little girl!
**[05:33] Cu**
Play with me!
**[05:35] Cu**
Parent, play with me!
**[05:36] Blade**
Huh? That's impossible!
**[05:38] Cu**
Play with me!
**[05:39] Blade**
Hey, be quiet for a second!
**[05:41] Cu**
Aye.
**[05:42] Cu**
If you insist, I am more
than willing to be quiet.
**[05:46] Blade**
Mm-hmm.
**[05:47] Blade**
So, where's the dragon?
**[05:49] Earnest**
Like I said, that girl...
**[05:51] Blade**
Surely you joke.
**[05:52] Sophie**
Blade. I saw it, too.
**[05:54] Sophie**
Her true form is a dragon.
**[05:56] Blade**
What?!
**[05:57] Blade**
She's a dragon, for real?
**[05:58] Earnest**
That's what I've been saying!
**[06:00] Earnest**
Why do you believe Sophie and not me?!
**[06:02] Cu**
Parent.
**[06:03] Cu**
I did as you said and stayed quiet.
**[06:06] Cu**
A whole ten seconds, just for you.
**[06:08] Cu**
Now play with me!
**[06:10] Blade**
Wait, why are you calling me your parent?!
**[06:13] Cu**
That punch earlier was something else!
**[06:16] Cu**
I'd expect nothing less from my parent!
**[06:18] Cu**
Parent!
**[06:20] Cu**
Play with me! Play with me!
**[06:22] Blade**
Wh-What now?
**[06:23] Cu**
Play with me!
**[06:24] Cu**
Play with me! Play with me! Play with me!
**[06:31] Cu**
The roots of my horns are sensitive!
**[06:34] Cu**
Don't be rough with them!
**[06:36] Blade**
Sure, got it.
**[06:38] Blade**
How'd I end up doing this?
**[06:41] Cu**
That tickles!
**[06:42] Blade**
Hey, don't run away, Cu!
**[06:45] Cu**
Parent!
**[06:47] Cu**
What does the name you gave me,
Cu Chulainn, mean?
**[06:51] Blade**
It's the name of a devoted knight, who was
really strong and always kept promises.
**[06:57] Cu**
Aye. I can keep a promise.
**[07:00] Cu**
A dragon upholds an oath
even if it costs them their life.
**[07:04] Earnest**
Blade?
**[07:05] Earnest**
Where are you, Blade?
**[07:08] Earnest**
Y-You moron!
**[07:09] Earnest**
If you were in the bath,
you should have said so!
**[07:11] Blade**
Hey, you didn't give me any time to respond!
**[07:14] Blade**
So, did you learn anything?
**[07:16] Earnest**
Oh, yeah.
**[07:18] Earnest**
Magical beasts, including dragons,
are creatures who seek out strength.
**[07:22] Earnest**
When one is vanquished, its flesh may perish,
**[07:24] Earnest**
but a fragment of its soul lingers
as an agglomerate of knowledge.
**[07:29] Earnest**
And when that soul becomes
incarnated as another entity,
**[07:33] Earnest**
it mimics the shape of the
stronger being that finished it off.
**[07:37] Earnest**
Perhaps it's an evolutionary
instinct to seek out strength.
**[07:40] Blade**
So you mean a dragon defeated by a
human can end up taking a human form?
**[07:44] Earnest**
But it's an extremely rare occurrence.
**[07:47] Earnest**
Not a lot of humans can take down
a high-level beast like a dragon.
**[07:51] Blade**
Huh? Y-Yeah, you're right!
**[07:53] Blade**
You think Cu was vanquished
by a human in her past life?
**[07:57] Earnest**
Cu? That's her name?
**[07:59] Earnest**
Did you give her that name, Blade?
**[08:01] Cu**
That's right!
**[08:02] Cu**
It's a name that pleases me greatly!
**[08:04] Earnest**
What?!
**[08:05] Blade**
What's wrong, Earnest?
**[08:07] Earnest**
You pervert!
**[08:10] Earnest**
Unbelievable!
**[08:11] Earnest**
Unbelievable!
**[08:13] Blade**
What was that for?
**[08:20] Cu**
Parent, I'm hungry!
**[08:22] Blade**
You can feed yourself, you know.
**[08:24] Blade**
Here.
**[08:29] Cu**
I'm perfectly capable of
feeding myself, of course.
**[08:32] Cu**
However, being fed by Parent makes
the food taste that much better!
**[08:39] Claire**
Um, do you mind if I also feed Cu?
**[08:42] Cu**
No!
**[08:44] Cu**
I won't be friends with weakling humans!
**[08:45] Yessica**
There, there.
**[08:46] Blade**
Hey! Look at how scared Claire is.
**[08:49] Cu**
You're my parent now,
so you should only pay attention to me!
**[08:54] Cu**
In the morning, you need to
give me good morning smooches,
**[08:57] Cu**
and for meals, you must let me
sit in your lap and feed me!
**[09:01] Blade**
Ah. Yeah, yeah.
**[09:02] Group**
You do that?!
**[09:04] Blade**
Do what?
**[09:05] Earnest**
Morning... smooches...
**[09:07] Blade**
I haven't done that.
**[09:09] Cu**
Besides, you spend all your time
staring at mature adult female bodies!
**[09:14] Cu**
I find that unacceptable!
**[09:16] Group**
What?!
**[09:16] Blade**
Hey, don't go wandering off by—
**[09:18] Earnest**
Wait, Blade!
**[09:19] Clay**
You were staring?
**[09:20] Blade**
At what, exactly?
**[09:21] Yessica**
Sounds like he's guilty.
**[09:23] Claire**
What an awful thing to do!
**[09:25] Clay**
He's guilty, all right...
**[09:26] Kassim**
Guilty!
**[09:26] Leonard**
Not gentlemanly at all.
**[09:28] Sophie**
I can only describe you as despicable.
**[09:30] Earnest**
Well, then...
**[09:31] Earnest**
By unanimous verdict,
we the jury find Blade guilty.
**[09:41] Priestess**
Um, Earnest...
**[09:44] Scientist**
Blade's looking at us
like he wants to join in.
**[09:47] Earnest**
And so what if he does?
**[09:49] Priestess**
Oh, no...
**[09:50] Scientist**
Never mind.
**[09:57] Blade**
Hey! Cu!
**[09:58] Blade**
Wanna join me?
**[10:06] Cu**
I don't need any training,
but if you insist, Parent,
**[10:11] Cu**
I'm more than willing to show off my power.
**[10:14] Blade**
Yeah, yeah.
**[10:14] Clay**
Hey, Blade.
**[10:16] Kassim**
We were told to group up with you.
**[10:18] Clay**
Show us the ropes for the advanced class.
**[10:20] Blade**
Oh, sure thing.
**[10:22] Yessica**
Hey, I was hoping to specialize
in espionage as a spy.
**[10:26] Yessica**
Who should I have teach me?
**[10:27] Blade**
Sophie would be the one with those skills.
**[10:29] Yessica**
Sophity!
**[10:32] Sophie**
...Ty?
**[10:33] Yessica**
Sophity!
**[10:34] Sophie**
What?
**[10:35] Clay**
Then I guess it'll be us four.
**[10:37] Blade**
Oh, almost forgot.
**[10:40] Blade**
Huh?
**[10:41] Blade**
Where did Cu run off to?
**[10:43] Claire**
Cu?
**[10:44] Blade**
Man, she never listens to me.
**[10:48] Cu**
Nothing beats morning smooches!
**[11:06] Student K**
That girl's back again.
**[11:08] Student B**
If you're interested, wanna join in?
**[11:10] Student B**
We'd be happy to have you.
**[11:13] Student N**
Won't you be friends with us?
**[11:20] Cu**
You're no match for me at all.
**[11:27] Blade**
What were you up to, Cu?
**[11:31] Cu**
Nothing.
**[11:33] Cu**
Never mind that, Parent.
**[11:34] Cu**
My stomach is empty!
**[11:36] Cu**
I'm starving!
**[11:38] Blade**
Okay, tonkatsu curry it is!
**[11:40] Cu**
You know me too well!
**[11:42] Cu**
But don't make it spicy!
**[11:45] Cu**
Also, I absolutely refuse to eat carrots!
**[12:05] Earnest**
Blade, are you in there?
**[12:09] Blade**
Dragons are tormented by their parents
immediately after they're born.
**[12:13] Blade**
The child, learning that something
stronger than it exists,
**[12:17] Blade**
imprints onto that thing as its parent.
**[12:19] Earnest**
So that's why?
**[12:21] Blade**
Maybe she's been alone since she was born.
**[12:25] Earnest**
You realize though, don't you?
**[12:29] Earnest**
You can't keep pretending to be her parent.
**[12:32] Blade**
I know that.
**[12:34] Blade**
But if I'm not there as her parent,
she'll end up truly alone in the world.
**[12:40] Blade**
You know how much it
hurts to be alone, right?
**[12:43] Earnest**
That's not fair!
**[12:44] Earnest**
How am I supposed to argue
anything after that?
**[12:48] Blade**
Sorry.
**[12:50] Earnest**
It's fine.
**[12:51] Earnest**
Now I know that you were serious when
you decided to take care of her.
**[12:56] Earnest**
That reassured you as well, right, Sophie?
**[12:59] Blade**
Sophie?!
**[13:04] Earnest**
Wait, you didn't realize she was there?
**[13:06] Earnest**
I ran into her on my way to your room.
**[13:09] Earnest**
She's just like me.
**[13:10] Earnest**
Looks like she was worried about you.
**[13:13] Blade**
Things are going well with Cu,
and there's nothing to worry about.
**[13:17] Sophie**
I see.
**[13:21] Earnest**
I'll be heading back, too.
**[13:23] Earnest**
I wouldn't want rumors to spread about
me sneaking off at night to see a boy.
**[13:34] Blade**
Huh?
**[13:43] Blade**
What's wrong, Cu?
**[13:51] Cu**
Looking at those calms me down.
**[13:53] Blade**
The moons, huh?
**[13:55] Cu**
The big one's the parent,
and the small one's the child.
**[13:59] Cu**
That's why they're always together.
**[14:01] Cu**
I would look up at them all the time
when I was alone in the wasteland.
**[14:05] Blade**
Hey, Cu...
**[14:06] Blade**
Deep down, don't you want to make friends?
**[14:09] Cu**
Parent, you're gravely mistaken.
**[14:12] Cu**
Dragons are far sturdier than humans,
both physically and mentally.
**[14:17] Cu**
We do not form flocks.
**[14:19] Cu**
We live alone, and we die alone.
**[14:21] Cu**
That's what it means to be a dragon.
**[14:24] Cu**
Therefore, I have no need for friends at all!
**[14:27] Cu**
Besides, the only one I need is you!
**[14:31] Blade**
You sure are strong, Cu.
**[14:32] Cu**
That hurts, Parent!
**[14:36] Cu**
I swear, you sure are hopeless.
**[14:44] King**
Do you realize exactly who I am?
**[14:51] King**
This isn't a day care center.
**[14:53] Blade**
Look, who else can I turn to?
**[14:55] Blade**
We're the only two people
who can look after Cu.
**[14:58] Blade**
So, where's Cu?
**[15:00] King**
Oh, do I have a story for you.
**[15:05] (Flashback) King**
You're so adorable!
**[15:06] (Flashback) King**
Cuddle, cuddle.
**[15:10] (Flashback) King**
Cuddle, cuddle.
**[15:11] (Flashback) King**
Ow, that smarts!
**[15:12] (Flashback) Cu**
Your beard is so prickly!
**[15:13] (Flashback) Cu**
Is that an attack?
**[15:14] (Flashback) Cu**
Are you attacking me?!
**[15:17] King**
She burst out of the room, just like that.
**[15:19] Blade**
You can't even babysit?!
**[15:21] Blade**
So useless!
**[15:22] King**
Oh!
**[15:23] King**
Being reprimanded isn't half-bad!
**[15:26] King**
Scold me harder!
**[15:27] Blade**
This guy's a goner.
**[15:31] Blade**
Sheesh...
**[15:33] Blade**
Where in the world did Cu go?
**[15:41] Cu**
Come now!
**[15:41] Cu**
You mustn't bully that dragon whelp!
**[15:43] Cu**
Why, the poor thing!
**[15:45] Cu**
Agh! You've got the wrong idea, Blade!
**[15:47] Cu**
I wasn't bullying her!
**[15:49] Cu**
Glower!
**[15:51] Cu**
You fool! That won't work!
**[15:53] Cu**
What?! My eyebeam attack!
**[15:56] Blade**
*Are those dolls supposed
to be me and Earnest?*
**[15:58] Cu**
Bullying is wrong! Always!
**[16:00] Cu**
Earnest, you're incorrigible!
**[16:02] Cu**
Oh, I'm so sorry!
**[16:05] Cu**
You fool! I won't accept your apology!
**[16:08] Blade**
*What awful slander.*
**[16:12] Cu**
Oh!
**[16:13] Cu**
Can you please be friends with my daughter?
**[16:16] Cu**
Roger. Totes can do.
**[16:18] Blade**
*Sophie?*
**[16:23] Cu**
Head pats for Cu!
**[16:25] Cu**
Not fair, Claire!
**[16:26] Cu**
I want to pat her head, too!
**[16:28] Blade**
*Claire and Yessica, huh?*
**[16:29] Cu**
Oh! I love all women in equal measure.
**[16:33] Blade**
*That's gotta be Leonard.*
**[16:35] Blade**
*That said, she sure is observant.*
**[16:44] Cu**
Hello, Altia.
**[16:46] Cu**
Good morning, Ilya.
**[16:48] Cu**
Makino, late again?
**[16:50] Cu**
Karima, good day to you.
**[16:52] Cu**
Marcia, Michael, Eddy.
**[16:54] Cu**
How have you all been?
**[16:56] Cu**
Curtis, Isabella, Marie, Alan.
**[16:59] Cu**
See you tomorrow.
**[17:00] Cu**
James, Sarah, Zuimos, Herrera, Olga, Irina!
**[17:01] Blade**
*I haven't heard these names before...*
**[17:04] Blade**
*Every student in the school?*
**[17:05] Blade**
*No way...*
**[17:06] Cu**
Oh!
**[17:08] Cu**
That makes 108 friends for my daughter!
**[17:22] Blade**
*I didn't even notice...*
**[17:30] Earnest**
Oh, did you find Cu?
**[17:42] Earnest**
Wh-What?!
**[17:49] Earnest**
You idiot! Stop that!
**[17:51] Earnest**
Hey! Cut it out, Blade!
**[17:56] Earnest**
Tell me exactly what happened.
**[18:03] Blade**
What Cu needs are friends.
**[18:06] Earnest**
Yes, I agree.
**[18:07] Blade**
But it's not possible because of her nature.
**[18:11] Blade**
Dragons can't acknowledge anyone
weaker than them as an equal.
**[18:15] Blade**
It's not in their nature.
**[18:18] Blade**
For her to recognize someone as her friend,
**[18:20] Blade**
they need to defeat her.
**[18:23] Blade**
It doesn't mean anything if I beat her.
**[18:26] Blade**
I can't be her friend.
**[18:28] Blade**
There's nothing I can do...
**[18:31] Earnest**
Nope. There's nothing you can do.
**[18:37] Earnest**
In that case, turn to someone else!
**[18:39] Earnest**
You can't fix it all by yourself!
**[18:42] Earnest**
If so, then depend on others.
**[18:44] Earnest**
I asked you for help not too long ago.
**[18:49] Earnest**
It's unfair!
**[18:50] Earnest**
I relied on you,
yet you won't do the same!
**[18:53] Earnest**
What intolerable arrogance!
**[18:54] Blade**
Well, um...
**[18:55] Earnest**
Just shut up and reach out for help!
**[18:58] Earnest**
From me!
**[18:59] Earnest**
From all of us!
**[19:11] Student B**
Wait, is that...
**[19:12] Student M**
The Empress?!
**[19:14] Student I**
The new kid's with her, too.
**[19:24] Blade**
I have a favor to ask all of you.
**[19:26] Blade**
You know Cu, don't you?
**[19:28] Blade**
I want you to fight Cu,
a dragon, and beat her!
**[19:32] Student B**
Easier said than done...
**[19:34] Student L**
We can't go up against a dragon.
**[19:38] Blade**
I'm begging you!
**[19:40] Blade**
Please become friends with my daughter!
**[19:44] Earnest**
I'm asking you as well.
**[19:46] Earnest**
Please, fight alongside me.
**[19:47] Student C**
Empress?!
**[19:48] Student L**
Oh no, Lady Earnest!
**[19:54] Sophie**
We're here to make the same request.
**[20:01] Blade**
Why?
**[20:02] Claire**
We're worried about Cu as well.
**[20:06] Yessica**
Please, everyone.
**[20:07] Yessica**
Do it for us.
**[20:08] Clay**
Please!
**[20:09] Kassim**
We're on our knees here!
**[20:14] Student B**
O-Okay, we'll do it!
**[20:16] Student L**
Please stop kneeling!
**[20:18] Group**
We'll do whatever you want!
**[20:43] King**
That's more like it!
**[20:44] King**
This is the kind of hands-on
training I wanted to see!
**[20:48] Siren**
But you know, Gil,
**[20:50] Siren**
will a dragon even acknowledge defeat
if it's taken down by such a large group?
**[20:53] King**
Why, sure.
**[20:54] King**
In the eyes of a dragon, humans are
creatures that work collectively.
**[20:59] King**
Do you consider bees cowardly
for fighting as a swarm?
**[21:04] Siren**
No.
**[21:05] King**
To a dragon, humans are the same.
**[21:08] King**
They wouldn't consider it playing dirty.
**[21:11] King**
That said, it's a shame I won't
be able to watch him fight.
**[21:18] Blade**
I won't mind if you accidentally
breathe fire on that old blowhard.
**[21:24] Blade**
Hey, Cu.
**[21:26] Blade**
I hear that when the humans captured you,
**[21:28] Blade**
they sprung a trap on you, so you
couldn't fight to your heart's content.
**[21:31] Blade**
It must have been frustrating.
**[21:33] Blade**
This time, it'll be fair and square.
**[21:36] Blade**
Go on and see just how
tough we humans can be.
**[21:38] Blade**
Show everyone what your strengths are!
**[21:54] Earnest**
Everyone!
**[21:55] Earnest**
Here we go!
**[21:56] Group**
Yes, ma'am!
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** The Rosewood Academy Training Exercise
# E4 - The Rosewood Academy Training Exercise
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU04XDP/the-rosewood-academy-training-exercise)
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**[00:19] Earnest**
What are you doing?!
**[00:21] Earnest**
Remember the formations from our training!
**[00:26] Group**
Empress!
**[00:28] Clay**
Clay Platoon, follow me!
**[00:30] Kassim**
Kassim Platoon, get on the other side!
**[00:45] Clay**
Open formation!
**[00:50] Kassim**
She's wide open!
**[00:51] Kassim**
Take aim!
**[00:53] Kassim**
Now!
**[00:53] Kassim**
Fire!
**[00:56] Blade**
Keep it up!
**[00:57] Blade**
It's working just like we did in training!
**[00:59] Clay**
Now!
**[01:04] King**
I see now.
**[01:06] Earnest**
Initiate long-range attacks once you're
sure Clay Platoon has fallen back!
**[01:14] Siren**
So they're constantly
targeting her blind spot.
**[01:16] King**
Yep.
**[01:18] King**
A fine strategy that puts their
collective nature to good use.
**[01:23] King**
But there's one problem.
**[01:34] King**
Ordinary attacks won't inflict any
damage on a dragon sheathed in scales.
**[01:41] King**
Well? What now?
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** The Rosewood Academy Training Exercise
**[03:27] Claire**
Please bring anyone who's injured this way!
**[03:29] Claire**
I'll tend to their wounds!
**[03:38] King**
It seems like you're waiting for something.
**[03:41] King**
However, this battle's going
to come to an end before that.
**[03:46] Yessica**
Don't let it hit you!
**[03:48] Blade**
Okay, now's your chance!
**[04:00] Earnest**
Asmodeus!
**[04:06] King**
That may have done some paltry damage,
**[04:10] King**
but it looks like your plan has failed.
**[04:12] Blade**
No, it's more than enough.
**[04:17] Blade**
Now she's lost awareness of her surroundings.
**[04:27] Siren**
A pitfall?
**[04:28] King**
I thought you were fighting fair and square.
**[04:31] Blade**
It'd be an unfair trap if it
had been set up beforehand,
**[04:34] Blade**
but that's not the case.
**[04:37] Blade**
He dug it out.
**[04:39] Blade**
After the battle had already begun.
**[04:42] King**
So you were stalling for time all along.
**[04:45] King**
That's not enough to beat her, though.
**[04:48] Blade**
I know that.
**[04:51] Blade**
Our real battle begins now.
**[04:58] Student**
Go!
**[05:00] Blade**
Forgive me, Cu.
**[05:04] Earnest**
Asmodeus!
**[05:06] Asmodeus**
As mighty as I may be...
**[05:08] Earnest**
Huh?
**[05:09] Asmodeus**
Using me repeatedly like this...
**[05:12] Earnest**
Don't be such a wimp!
**[05:18] Earnest**
Leonard, can you keep fighting?
**[05:20] Leonard**
Yes, my lord!
**[05:28] Earnest**
Leonard!
**[05:31] Leonard**
I've still got stamina to spare.
**[05:33] Leonard**
I haven't failed to run those ten kilometers
you asked of me every morning.
**[05:38] Earnest**
I said what now?
**[05:39] Leonard**
What?!
**[05:42] Clay**
She's about to take off!
**[05:45] Blade**
Earnest!
**[05:47] Asmodeus**
W-Wait!
**[05:48] Earnest**
I refuse!
**[05:53] Earnest**
Sophie!
**[05:55] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power:
Gravity Manipulation.
**[06:06] Blade**
Now, Earnest!
**[06:09] Earnest**
Sheesh, you're working us to the bone...
**[06:15] Earnest**
I command thee in the
name of Earnest Flaming!
**[06:18] Earnest**
O sword! Demonstrate thy power!
**[06:21] Asmodeus**
No more... Pwease!
**[06:24] Earnest**
Shut your trap!
**[06:31] King**
Who knew we had such a
capable student at our school?
**[06:34] Blade**
It's not just her powers.
**[06:37] Blade**
Even in the advanced class, there aren't
many who can hone their fighting spirit.
**[06:41] Blade**
But...
**[06:42] Boy Student C**
Even us students in the lower classes...
**[06:45] Girl Student A**
Can serve as conduits...
**[06:47] Girl Student B**
To gather power from everyone!
**[06:49] Girl Student C**
We also...
**[06:50] Group**
Want to be friends with Cu!
**[06:55] Claire**
Please, Anna!
**[06:56] Leonard**
Grant strength to my lord!
**[06:58] Clay**
Earnest!
**[06:59] Kassim**
It's in your hands, Empress!
**[07:01] Yessica**
Get her good, Anna!
**[07:02] Sophie**
I leave the rest to you.
**[07:12] Earnest**
Go forth!
**[07:15] Blade**
Get a good look, Cu.
**[07:17] Blade**
This is what humans can do.
**[07:45] Blade**
Cu.
**[07:47] Cu**
I ended up losing.
**[07:50] Blade**
You sure did.
**[07:51] Cu**
I disappointed you, Parent.
**[07:54] Cu**
Weak children get abandoned, right?
**[07:57] Blade**
I wouldn't do that.
**[08:00] Blade**
Besides, you're wrong about one thing.
**[08:03] Blade**
It's not that you were weak.
**[08:07] Blade**
Humans were just stronger.
**[08:11] Blade**
Well? Will you admit it now?
**[08:14] Cu**
Aye.
**[08:15] Blade**
Does that mean you can be friends with them?
**[08:22] Cu**
I-I suppose I must, if you insist.
**[08:26] Cu**
I don't mind becoming friends with—
**[08:27] Blade**
Hey!
**[08:28] Blade**
You know that's not it!
**[08:32] Cu**
U-Um...
**[08:34] Cu**
P-Please... be...
**[08:38] Cu**
Be friends with me!
**[08:46] Group**
Of course!
**[08:54] Yessica**
Let's get along, Cu!
**[08:55] Claire**
So cute!
**[08:58] Soldier**
Hey, be careful!
**[09:03] Siren**
I see you're in high spirits, Gil.
**[09:06] Siren**
What are you scheming this time?
**[09:08] King**
I'm happy to see my students grow.
**[09:11] King**
Since they can harness their fighting
spirit and spiritual energy now,
**[09:15] King**
I've arranged a training method
that's even more hands-on.
**[09:19] Siren**
By which you mean that device?
**[09:21] King**
Indeed.
**[09:22] King**
It's called virtual reality, made using a
once-lost branch of magic called science.
**[09:30] King**
I eagerly await its completion!
**[09:41] Claire**
Cu, Cu.
**[09:43] Claire**
Okay, open wide.
**[09:45] Cu**
I-I can feed myself!
**[09:48] Yessica**
In that case, are you
going to sit by yourself?
**[09:53] Claire**
Here, open wide!
**[09:56] Cu**
Just this once.
**[10:00] Claire**
So cute!
**[10:03] Claire**
Now, c'mere!
**[10:04] Claire**
Sit here!
**[10:05] Claire**
Right here!
**[10:06] Cu**
You sure are demanding!
**[10:11] Claire**
So cute! So adorable!
**[10:13] Claire**
Cuddle, cuddle!
**[10:15] Cu**
Claire, stop it!
**[10:18] Blade**
Hey, Earnest...
**[10:21] Blade**
Is there something different about you?
**[10:23] Earnest**
Huh?
**[10:25] Group**
Hey!
**[10:26] Clay**
Blade!
**[10:27] Kassim**
C'mon, man!
**[10:30] Yessica**
You can't say that, Blade!
**[10:32] Sophie**
You truly are despicable.
**[10:35] Claire**
Um... You really haven't changed.
**[10:39] Blade**
No, you have!
**[10:40] Blade**
You've totally changed!
**[10:42] Leonard**
Pay him no mind, my lord.
**[10:45] Leonard**
Your rotund self is just as lovely!
**[10:47] Earnest**
Don't say it!
**[10:49] Blade**
Oh, yeah!
**[10:50] Blade**
It was your weight!
**[10:51] Blade**
You got fat!
**[10:53] Blade**
I *thought* you'd gotten bigger!
**[10:56] Earnest**
I-I get it!
**[10:58] Earnest**
Do you really need to rub it in?!
**[11:00] Earnest**
Blade, you moron!
**[11:05] Sophie**
Guilty.
**[11:07] Blade**
Eh?
**[11:08] Blade**
I was in the wrong?
**[11:10] Yessica**
I wouldn't be surprised
if you two were through!
**[11:13] Blade**
Through?
**[11:18] Cu**
There, there, Parent.
**[11:22] Yessica**
Blade's really taking it hard.
**[11:24] Claire**
Well, it's been three days since
Anna locked herself in her room.
**[11:30] Blade**
Who knew that being "through"
meant I couldn't see her anymore?
**[11:34] Sophie**
That's not it.
**[11:35] Blade**
Huh?
**[11:36] Blade**
So what does "through" mean?
**[11:39] Yessica**
It's like, "We can't be friends anymore!
We're through being friends!"
**[11:44] Blade**
What?!
**[11:45] Blade**
No! I don't want that at all!
**[11:48] Blade**
I wanna stay friends with Earnest!
**[11:51] Blade**
Will she forgive me if I apologize?
**[11:54] Blade**
I'll go and say sorry to her!
**[11:55] Claire**
Wait!
**[11:57] Claire**
Blade, you don't know why
Anna's mad at you, right?
**[12:02] Claire**
You're only going to make her angrier!
**[12:06] Yessica**
Yep.
**[12:07] Yessica**
That's why we'll tag along as well.
**[12:10] Claire**
Yeah. I'm worried about how Anna's doing.
**[12:13] Claire**
And because we're friends, of course.
**[12:15] Cu**
Yeah!
**[12:18] Blade**
Thank you!
**[12:23] Yessica**
Are you free?
**[12:25] Yessica**
Blade's here to apologize
for what he said.
**[12:32] Yessica**
Anna, I'm opening the door.
**[12:46] Yessica**
Anna...
**[12:47] Yessica**
Are you crying?
**[12:49] Claire**
Is everything okay?
**[12:51] Claire**
Can we come in?
**[12:56] Cu**
Looks tasty!
**[12:59] Cu**
Let me have some, too!
**[13:01] Cu**
You've got so much!
**[13:01] Yessica**
Hey, what?!
**[13:03] Cu**
You can spare some of it!
**[13:03] Yessica**
Cu, you can see like this?!
**[13:05] Cu**
Give it to me!
**[13:05] Claire**
Someone turn on the lights!
**[13:08] Earnest**
D-Don't look!
**[13:10] Earnest**
Please, don't look at me!
**[13:14] Earnest**
These desserts are so tasty!
**[13:16] Earnest**
These desserts...
**[13:17] Blade**
So that's the culprit.
**[13:19] Earnest**
Ever since our fight against Cu...
**[13:22] Earnest**
I started feeling hungry all the time...
**[13:25] Earnest**
Besides...
**[13:27] Earnest**
I never realized before that all
of this delicious food existed!
**[13:32] Blade**
Hey, Earnest...
**[13:33] Blade**
Let me ask you one thing.
**[13:35] Blade**
Are you and I through as friends?
**[13:38] Earnest**
N-No way!
**[13:39] Earnest**
I didn't... want you to see me like this.
**[13:43] Earnest**
So I couldn't bear to talk with you...
**[13:46] Blade**
I see!
**[13:48] Blade**
So we aren't through, then!
**[13:50] Blade**
What a relief.
**[13:51] Blade**
Well, I'm leaving.
**[13:52] Yessica**
Hold it right there!
**[13:53] Claire**
You can't be serious, Blade!
**[13:55] Yessica**
If you leave now, Anna's
gonna end up a lost cause!
**[13:58] Claire**
Something nice!
**[14:00] Claire**
You need to say something nice, or else!
**[14:03] Blade**
Something nice?
**[14:07] Blade**
Enjoying those desserts?
**[14:09] Blade**
Good for you.
**[14:11] Yessica**
Blade!
**[14:12] Claire**
You're twisting the knife!
**[14:14] Blade**
Huh?!
**[14:15] Blade**
What should I say, then?
**[14:17] Yessica**
Leonard, show him how it's done!
**[14:19] Leonard**
Yes!
**[14:21] Leonard**
My lord, I remain tirelessly devoted to you.
**[14:25] Leonard**
No matter how overweight you may be.
**[14:28] Earnest**
Who are you calling overweight?!
**[14:31] Blade**
Earnest.
**[14:34] Blade**
This isn't something you
can deal with alone, is it?
**[14:38] Blade**
If not, then turn to us.
**[14:40] Blade**
All of us will help you out!
**[14:42] Blade**
What you need is training!
**[14:44] Blade**
We're friends, aren't we?
**[14:54] Yessica**
Okay! I'll do it!
**[14:57] Blade**
Hey, stop eating!
**[15:08] Blade**
Should we go a little slower?
**[15:11] Earnest**
If it doesn't hurt...
**[15:14] Earnest**
I won't be burning calories!
**[15:18] Earnest**
Step, step, step.
**[15:19] Blade**
19!
**[15:19] Cu**
You're doing great!
**[15:20] Blade**
20!
**[15:20] Cu**
I'm here to cheer you on as your friend!
**[15:22] Blade**
21!
**[15:24] Earnest**
Step, step, step.
**[15:24] Blade**
Okay! Keep it up, Earnest!
**[15:26] Blade**
There! Push harder!
**[15:27] Blade**
Okay, good!
**[15:29] Earnest**
Step, step, step.
**[15:36] Claire**
I had the kitchen prepare a
special meal, just for you.
**[15:39] Earnest**
Huh? That's all?
**[15:41] Claire**
Yes.
**[15:43] Yessica**
You need to cut your calorie intake as well.
**[15:46] Earnest**
I'm so hungry...
**[15:52] Cu**
The water feels so good!
**[16:07] Earnest**
It's so hot!
**[16:23] Earnest**
How come it hasn't gone down?!
**[16:26] Yessica**
Yikes, that ain't good.
**[16:28] Claire**
This won't do.
**[16:29] Sophie**
It almost feels like it's gone up.
**[16:32] Earnest**
What's going on?!
***SIGN*** THUD
**[16:35] Blade**
Hey!
**[16:38] Blade**
How's it look?
**[16:38] Earnest**
Hey! Don't peek!
**[16:45] Clay**
You're a real hero.
**[16:47] Blade**
N-No!
**[16:48] Blade**
Not at all!
**[16:49] Blade**
I'm definitely not a hero!
**[16:51] Blade**
I'm just an ordinary guy!
**[16:53] Group**
What?
**[16:55] Yessica**
You know, Anna, you should have
put on some muscle from training.
**[16:59] Yessica**
I'm sure you'll slim down in no time.
**[17:00] Earnest**
You think?
**[17:02] Claire**
Yeah.
**[17:03] Claire**
If only there were an easier way
to raise your metabolic rate.
**[17:11] Earnest**
I wanted to try something a
little more drastic today.
**[17:14] Blade**
Something drastic?
**[17:17] Earnest**
Yeah.
**[17:20] Earnest**
This is Testing Ground No. 2, and it's
protected by a powerful magic barrier,
**[17:24] Earnest**
so there shouldn't be any casualties,
even if this goes wrong.
**[17:28] Earnest**
Um...
**[17:29] Earnest**
If I can pull this off and lose weight...
**[17:33] Earnest**
can you praise me for it?
**[17:35] Blade**
Huh? Sure.
**[17:43] Earnest**
I'm counting on you if
anything happens, Blade.
**[17:45] Blade**
S-Sure.
**[17:48] Earnest**
I command thee in the
name of Earnest Flaming!
**[17:52] Earnest**
O sword! Consume my flesh!
**[17:54] Earnest**
Use it as thy power!
**[18:09] Blade**
That's...
**[18:21] Cu**
This is where you two were!
**[18:23] Yessica**
Wait, what *is* that thing?!
**[18:26] Sophie**
Is that Earnest?
**[18:28] Claire**
What? Anna?!
**[18:29] Blade**
Stay calm. Have faith in her.
**[18:32] Claire**
Still!
**[18:41] Earnest**
Looks like it worked.
**[18:43] Earnest**
But man, that was scorching hot.
**[18:45] Earnest**
I thought I was gonna die.
**[18:47] Asmodeus**
Verily.
**[18:48] Asmodeus**
Thy flesh hath now perished.
**[18:52] Yessica**
Huh? What's that voice?
**[18:54] Blade**
Asmodeus, probably.
**[18:56] Asmodeus**
Hold thy head high with pride.
**[18:58] Asmodeus**
'Tis not since thy first ancestor
that one hath attained this form.
**[19:04] Cu**
What happened to Earnest's body?
**[19:07] Asmodeus**
Succumbed flesh doth become
flame by mine hand.
**[19:12] Asmodeus**
An undying body,
wholly immune to attacks physical!
**[19:18] Asmodeus**
Come!
**[19:19] Asmodeus**
Where is thy nemesis, worthy of this form?
**[19:23] Asmodeus**
Show me thy foe to set ablaze!
**[19:26] Earnest**
My foe to set ablaze...
**[19:28] Earnest**
That would be my body fat!
**[19:30] Asmodeus**
Pardon?
**[19:32] Earnest**
Because I did this all for my diet!
**[19:35] Asmodeus**
Diet?
**[19:37] Earnest**
I'm burning so much energy!
**[19:39] Earnest**
It must use up a ton many calories!
**[19:42] Asmodeus**
I-Indeed.
**[19:44] Asmodeus**
The drawback to this demon form lies
with the enormous energy it consumes.
**[19:48] Asmodeus**
Maintaining this form requires
one million calories every hour...
**[19:52] Earnest**
One million!
**[19:55] Earnest**
Who's got time to slowly
jog off those pounds?!
**[19:58] Earnest**
Just burn it all away in a flash!
**[20:01] Earnest**
Yes! Yes!
**[20:05] Blade**
Hey, are you all right?
**[20:08] Earnest**
I think I'm at my limit...
***SIGN*** Grooooowl
**[20:13] Earnest**
I'm so hungry now...
**[20:15] Blade**
What?!
**[20:19] Earnest**
I'm... hungry!
**[20:23] Yessica**
She's gone into some kind of beast mode?!
**[20:26] Sophie**
She grew a tail.
**[20:28] Claire**
Anna! Don't abandon your humanity!
**[20:32] Earnest**
Claire...
**[20:34] Claire**
Thank goodness!
**[20:34] Claire**
She said my name!
**[20:36] Earnest**
Claire...
**[20:37] Earnest**
Looks tasty!
**[20:45] Blade**
Dragon Series, Third Sword.
**[20:49] Blade**
Dragon Banish!
**[20:51] Blade**
Wind pressure-only version.
**[21:20] Earnest**
Blade, I...
**[21:24] Blade**
You did great.
**[21:36] Earnest**
Don't look!
**[21:38] Earnest**
Don't look at me!
**[21:40] Blade**
So you're eating again.
**[21:43] Earnest**
I-It's fine, y'see!
**[21:45] Earnest**
If I turn into a flame demon,
I can lose it again in no time! Y'see?!
**[21:49] Claire**
Y'see?
**[21:50] Yessica**
That's an excuse for losers.
**[21:52] Earnest**
I said it's fine!
**[21:53] Earnest**
It's fine, okay?!
**[21:55] Earnest**
It's fine!
**[21:58] Cu**
That's right!
**[21:59] Cu**
Dieting is the best!
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** The Demon King's Daughter
# E5 - The Demon King's Daughter
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUNG30K/the-demon-kings-daughter)
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**[00:01] Doctor**
You seem to be making good progress.
**[00:03] Doctor**
I think you're at around 30% now.
**[00:06] Blade**
Does that mean I can use my powers again?
**[00:08] Doctor**
Not at all.
**[00:10] Doctor**
It means that you'll die if you use 30%
of what used to be your full power.
**[00:14] Blade**
What?!
**[00:17] Claire**
Blade.
**[00:19] Blade**
Oh, what's up?
**[00:23] Claire**
This is Maria.
**[00:25] Claire**
She's my friend, and...
**[00:26] Blade**
Oh, I remember her!
**[00:28] Blade**
She was in the magic unit when we fought Cu.
**[00:31] Maria**
Oh, yes...
**[00:32] Blade**
She tripped all the time during training...
**[00:34] Blade**
and in the actual fight, I think she hurled
a fireball in the wrong direction...
**[00:38] Claire**
Hey! Blade!
**[00:39] Blade**
What do you call people like her, again?
**[00:43] Blade**
That's right!
**[00:44] Blade**
A klutz, that was it!
**[00:47] Blade**
Ah, sorry.
**[00:48] Maria**
It's fine...
**[00:50] Maria**
It's true that I'm clumsy.
**[00:52] Claire**
Um, it seems she has a favor to ask of you.
**[00:56] Blade**
Me?
**[00:57] Maria**
Y-Yes.
**[00:59] Maria**
Blade...
**[01:00] Maria**
Can you please...
**[01:02] Maria**
kill me?
**[01:05] Maria**
Oh, no!
**[01:07] Maria**
I meant that I want you to kill me
when I lose control of myself.
***SIGN*** Episode 5
**[01:11] Earnest**
What do you mean by that?
***SIGN*** The Demon King's
Daughter
**[01:12] Maria**
Um, the truth is... I'm not human.
**[01:17] Group**
What?
**[01:18] Blade**
Yeah, you're a night demon, right?
**[01:20] Maria**
You can tell?
**[01:21] Blade**
Well, I had a hunch.
**[01:23] Maria**
There's something else
that exists inside me.
**[01:27] Maria**
A magical beast with fearsome powers.
**[01:31] Maria**
Just once before, when I was
having a very hard time...
**[01:36] Maria**
Ah!
**[01:37] Maria**
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[01:39] Maria**
This is what happens when
I can't control my strength!
**[01:42] Claire**
It's okay, Maria.
**[01:44] Claire**
Take a deep breath.
**[01:45] Maria**
Until now, I was able to
somehow keep it in check.
**[01:48] Maria**
But ever since then, I haven't
been able to fully hold it back.
**[01:52] Blade**
You mean when we fought Cu?
**[01:54] Blade**
Touching fighting spirit, which flowed
through your magic energy conduits,
**[01:57] Blade**
made you lose control of your powers.
**[01:59] Earnest**
You mean, unless we do something, that beast
is going to come out and wreak havoc?
**[02:03] Maria**
Yes.
**[02:04] Maria**
But I have nowhere else to go if
I get kicked out of the academy.
**[02:08] Claire**
Maria was originally at
Rosewood Junior School, like I was.
**[02:13] Claire**
She's worked hard for so
long to enter this academy.
**[02:17] Maria**
My mother and father are gone.
**[02:19] Maria**
I don't have a home to go back to.
**[02:22] Maria**
That's why I need to do
something about these powers!
**[02:26] Blade**
Sure.
**[02:27] Blade**
I know what it's like,
since my parents are gone, too.
**[02:30] Blade**
I'll help you out.
**[02:31] Sophie**
Me, too.
**[02:32] Sophie**
I never knew my mother or father.
**[02:33] Yessica**
I'll help you as well.
**[02:35] Group**
Us, too!
**[02:36] Leonard**
And I as well, naturally.
**[02:37] Cu**
I'm friends with Maria now!
**[02:39] Cu**
It's only natural to help out a friend!
**[02:42] Earnest**
H-Hey!
**[02:43] Earnest**
I want to help out, too!
**[02:47] Maria**
Thank you so much, everyone!
**[02:52] Sophie**
A magic barrier?
**[02:53] Earnest**
Whoa, how much power is this?!
**[02:55] Blade**
Oh, I asked Claire and Yessica to adjust it,
**[02:58] Blade**
so it should be cranked up to max power.
**[03:00] Group**
Yay!
**[03:01] Earnest**
You didn't ask for permission, did you?
**[03:03] Blade**
All right, looks like we're all set.
**[03:06] Blade**
You've been holding back
your powers this whole time,
**[03:08] Blade**
so I thought you could try
releasing them just this once.
**[03:11] Maria**
No!
**[03:12] Maria**
I mustn't!
**[03:13] Blade**
That's why we prepared all this.
**[03:15] Blade**
Earnest is living proof that it can work.
**[03:17] Earnest**
Well, I suppose.
**[03:19] Maria**
I can't ever do that!
**[03:20] Maria**
I must not unleash these powers!
**[03:23] Maria**
I need to keep them locked up
for the rest of my life...
**[03:27] Earnest**
Maria.
**[03:29] Earnest**
Why don't we try following
Blade's suggestion?
**[03:31] Earnest**
It saved me once before.
**[03:35] Earnest**
It *is* kind of a stupid method, though.
**[03:38] Blade**
Don't call it stupid!
**[03:39] Earnest**
What part of it isn't stupid, dummy?!
**[03:41] Blade**
Shut up, dummy!
**[03:46] Maria**
I understand.
**[03:47] Maria**
I'll put my faith in Blade
and the rest of you.
**[03:51] Maria**
I leave it to you if the worst comes to pass.
**[03:54] Blade**
Yeah. We've got this.
**[03:55] Maria**
Okay, here I go.
**[04:01] Maria**
Each of these limits my power by half.
**[04:05] Maria**
Another one.
**[04:07] Sophie**
Now it's four times the power.
**[04:08] Maria**
And another.
**[04:10] Sophie**
Eight times.
**[04:11] Earnest**
Sixteen times?!
**[04:14] Maria**
And finally...
**[04:16] Maria**
This is the most powerful sealing item,
**[04:19] Maria**
restricting my power to one-tenth.
**[04:22] Blade**
Which means...
**[04:23] Sophie**
One hundred and sixty times.
**[04:25] Earnest**
Wait, Maria!
**[04:26] Maria**
Huh?
**[04:32] Maria**
She's...
**[04:33] Maria**
She's about to come out!
**[04:34] Maria**
Oh, no! I can't hold her back!
**[04:37] Blade**
Don't hold back!
**[04:38] Blade**
We'll take care of her!
**[04:40] Blade**
Believe in your friends!
**[05:00] Earnest**
Blade, that's...
**[05:08] Blade**
The Demon King...
**[05:17] Mao**
Bow before me!
**[05:18] Mao**
Fear me! Worship me!
**[05:21] Mao**
Rejoice in the birth of the Demon King
with cries of lament and rancor!
**[05:26] Sophie**
That's the Demon King?
**[05:28] Blade**
No.
**[05:29] Blade**
But the satanic crest on her forehead...
**[05:31] Earnest**
Consume my flesh, Asmodeus!
**[05:43] Leonard**
My lord!
**[05:44] Leonard**
How dare you!
**[05:50] Mao**
Is that all?
**[05:57] Mao**
Hm?
**[06:01] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power:
Ultimate Gravity.
**[06:08] Mao**
Oh, I can't move after that.
**[06:11] Sophie**
I leave the rest to you...
**[06:13] Mao**
Well, then, are you ready?
**[06:24] Mao**
So hot.
**[06:28] Mao**
Here.
**[06:29] Mao**
You can have it back.
**[06:42] Mao**
Are you the last one left?
**[06:44] Mao**
Okay.
**[06:45] Mao**
Once I'm out of here,
I'll lay waste to the royal capital.
**[06:53] Mao**
What's the meaning of this?
**[06:55] Mao**
Don't tell me you're trying
to take the Demon King alive?
**[06:58] Blade**
Found me out?
**[07:01] Mao**
You're a funny one.
**[07:03] Mao**
Fight me seriously.
**[07:05] Mao**
Or I'll kill you.
**[07:08] Mao**
I'm here to kill you.
**[07:10] Mao**
If you don't intend to kill me,
I'll make sure you die.
**[07:15] Blade**
Don't give out on me, body!
**[07:17] Mao**
Hm?
**[07:25] Mao**
Is that all you've got?
**[07:26] Mao**
If so, now it's my turn.
**[07:28] Mao**
Don't die in one shot now.
**[07:30] Blade**
Hey, wait!
**[07:32] Mao**
Sun Ray.
**[07:44] Mao**
Oh? You're still alive?
**[07:47] Earnest**
Blade.
**[07:48] Blade**
Earnest! Don't push yourself!
**[07:50] Earnest**
Take this...
**[07:58] Blade**
Asmodeus.
**[08:00] Asmodeus**
This goes very much against my will,
**[08:02] Asmodeus**
but it is what my master desires.
**[08:04] Asmodeus**
I shall consider this a limited contract.
**[08:06] Mao**
Oh? Now that's a fine weapon.
**[08:09] Mao**
It looks like I can expect
a somewhat amusing fight.
**[08:12] Blade**
Sorry. I don't fight to amuse anyone.
**[08:16] Blade**
I'll be ending this with one blow.
**[08:18] Mao**
You think you can take down
the Demon King in one blow?
**[08:20] Mao**
Interesting!
**[08:22] Mao**
Show me, then!
**[08:31] Asmodeus**
S-Stop that!
**[08:32] Asmodeus**
I'm not sure if even I can
fully handle such power!
**[08:34] Blade**
Quit your grumbling.
**[08:36] Blade**
You're Earnest's sword,
so bear it with sheer willpower.
**[08:39] Blade**
Here I go!
**[08:40] Blade**
Holy Demon Blade!
**[08:42] Mao**
Come forth!
**[08:50] Mao**
Pretty impressive.
**[08:56] Mao**
Th-This can't be!
**[08:58] Mao**
I'm being overpowered?!
**[09:00] Mao**
You!
**[09:01] Mao**
What the hell *are* you?!
**[09:04] Blade**
Just your ordinary fellow.
**[09:06] Blade**
At least, I am now!
**[09:29] Blade**
I'm just glad no one ended up dying...
**[09:34] Blade**
Huh?
**[09:45] Blade**
I'm...
**[09:50] Doctor**
You idiot!
**[09:53] Doctor**
You big, fat idiot!
**[09:54] Doctor**
You don't have to be so reckless anymore!
**[09:57] Doctor**
Why do you always make me worry so much?!
**[09:59] Blade**
Um...
**[10:00] Doctor**
You were dead, you know!
**[10:03] Doctor**
If I hadn't gotten to you in time,
you would have been a goner!
**[10:07] Doctor**
Last time, you promised you
wouldn't make me cry again!
**[10:10] Doctor**
You liar!
**[10:14] Blade**
Sorry.
**[10:15] Blade**
I'll be careful from now on.
**[10:18] Blade**
And the others?
**[10:19] Doctor**
They'll be fine.
**[10:20] Doctor**
Claire is treating them as we speak.
**[10:23] Blade**
I see.
**[10:25] Blade**
And what about her?
**[10:27] Doctor**
She's alive.
**[10:31] Maria**
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[10:32] Mao**
Pretty impressive.
**[10:35] Girl Student A**
Good morning!
**[10:36] Boy Student A**
Good morning!
**[10:37] Group**
Good morning!
**[10:38] Group**
G-Good morning!
**[10:41] Mao**
Good morning.
**[10:43] Blade**
Hey, good morning.
**[10:44] Mao**
Good morning, Great Hero—
**[10:48] Mao**
So I was right.
**[10:50] Mao**
Now I have something to use against you.
**[10:53] Blade**
Stop it, Maria. Seriously.
**[10:55] Mao**
Maria is a different personality.
**[10:58] Blade**
Then who are you?
**[10:59] Mao**
I don't... have a name.
**[11:03] Mao**
No one's ever given me one.
**[11:05] Girl Student D**
De-mao!
**[11:06] Girl Student E**
Good morning, De-mao!
**[11:08] Mao**
Good morning.
**[11:10] Blade**
De-mao?
**[11:12] King**
It's true.
**[11:14] King**
I am the one who welcomed
Maria into this school.
**[11:18] King**
I'm aware of her identity.
**[11:21] King**
Maria's mother was human.
**[11:24] King**
Unfortunately, she's passed away.
**[11:27] Blade**
And her father?
**[11:28] King**
His fate is unknown.
**[11:30] King**
However, we know who he is.
**[11:35] King**
Her father was once known
as the Demon King.
**[11:39] King**
In other words, she's the
Demon King's daughter.
**[11:51] Claire**
She really has gotten used to life here.
**[11:53] Kassim**
But she's dangerous, right?
**[11:56] Kassim**
Is it okay to leave her alone like this?
**[11:57] Earnest**
Well...
**[11:59] Earnest**
His Majesty decided to let her go free,
**[12:01] Earnest**
saying, "I'll take full responsibility!"
**[12:07] Mao**
Right now, with my powers curbed,
I'm just an ordinary young girl.
**[12:10] Mao**
If you tell me to attend school, I'll do so,
**[12:13] Mao**
and if you tell me to wear this
frilly garb, I will oblige.
**[12:16] Yessica**
You say that, but don't you really
just want to wear cute clothes?
**[12:20] Clay**
Stop that, Yessica!
**[12:21] Kassim**
Don't make her angry!
**[12:23] Mao**
Hm.
**[12:24] Mao**
If I'm honest, it *does* set my heart aflutter.
**[12:28] Mao**
This frilly garb is quite something.
**[12:36] Earnest**
Mao!
**[12:37] Earnest**
Let those girls go back to
their classrooms already!
**[12:40] Mao**
I didn't ask them to come here.
**[12:42] Blade**
Hey, why are you calling her Mao?
**[12:44] Earnest**
Think of it like a nickname.
**[12:47] Earnest**
Everyone calls her De-mao,
but Mao is shorter.
**[12:50] Mao**
I see.
**[12:51] Mao**
Yes. I am almighty, and generous as well.
**[12:54] Mao**
I will allow this young girl to call me Mao.
**[12:56] Cu**
Dragons are the almighty ones!
**[12:58] Mao**
What'd you say, whelp?
**[13:00] Mao**
Do you want a rematch?
**[13:02] Cu**
Parent!
**[13:06] Earnest**
That's enough.
**[13:07] Earnest**
Break time is over.
**[13:08] Mao**
Great— I mean, Blade.
**[13:11] Mao**
I'd happily welcome a
rematch with you any day.
**[13:15] Mao**
Now then, let us be off.
**[13:19] Claire**
Um...
**[13:20] Claire**
Mao and Maria are distinct
personalities, right?
**[13:23] Sophie**
Yes.
**[13:24] Claire**
Then how come Maria hasn't
shown herself ever since then?
**[13:28] Earnest**
That's a good point.
**[13:30] Claire**
I'm scared.
**[13:31] Claire**
Scared that I'll never be
able to see Maria again.
**[13:48] Mao**
Good morning, Great Hero Blade.
**[13:51] Blade**
That's not right!
**[13:52] Mao**
I see.
**[13:54] Mao**
I suppose I should say, "Good evening."
**[13:56] Blade**
Well, what do you want?
**[13:58] Mao**
Yes. I'm here to invite you.
**[14:01] Mao**
I heard about it from a fellow classmate.
**[14:03] Mao**
She called it a da...
**[14:05] Mao**
Yes, a date!
**[14:06] Blade**
Huh?
**[14:07] Blade**
Listen up!
**[14:08] Blade**
A date begins at 1000 hours...
**[14:11] Blade**
H-Hey!
**[14:13] Mao**
Look, Great Hero.
**[14:14] Mao**
The moons are beautiful tonight.
**[14:16] Blade**
Seriously, stop calling me that!
**[14:19] Blade**
Besides, the moons are always out at night!
**[14:22] Mao**
Maria spent all her time
staring at the ground.
**[14:27] Blade**
Oh, yeah. How old are you, anyway?
**[14:30] Blade**
You don't seem to know a whole lot.
**[14:33] Mao**
I began to gain self-awareness
around five years ago.
**[14:38] Blade**
Huh? You're five years old?
**[14:39] Mao**
Age is no matter to a magical beast.
**[14:42] Mao**
As a lady, however, I don't appreciate
being treated as a child.
**[14:46] Blade**
You're a lady now?
**[14:49] Mao**
Can't you see for yourself?
**[14:54] Mao**
And here I am, so attached to you.
**[14:57] Blade**
Is that right?
**[14:58] Mao**
The reason I've stayed at this school
is because of you, Great Hero.
**[15:03] Blade**
You looked like you were enjoying
life here at the academy.
**[15:06] Mao**
Yes, there's that, too.
**[15:09] Mao**
I do enjoy that frilly garb.
**[15:11] Mao**
However, a magical beast
seeks out strength by nature.
**[15:14] Mao**
Everything else can be
discarded when it sees fit.
**[15:17] Mao**
And yet, I'm attached to you,
for reasons I don't fully understand.
**[15:21] Mao**
Even though you've grown weaker
since our previous fight.
**[15:26] Blade**
I was told that I'll die if I use
15% of my power next time.
**[15:31] Mao**
As you are, you're not a
foe worth even killing.
**[15:34] Mao**
But I've made up my mind.
**[15:37] Mao**
I won't leave this place
until I've killed you.
**[15:40] Blade**
Man, that's brutal.
**[15:43] Mao**
It's not good to be unaware
of your own feelings.
**[15:46] Mao**
I've thought about it,
and came up with a hypothesis.
**[15:51] Mao**
That is...
**[15:53] Mao**
Perhaps I've become attracted to you.
**[16:00] Blade**
What?!
**[16:01] Mao**
It's just a hypothesis,
**[16:02] Mao**
which is why I want to test it out.
**[16:08] Mao**
Won't you be my mate?
**[16:10] Blade**
I don't really know what that'd involve...
**[16:15] Mao**
Neither do I.
**[16:17] Mao**
You *do* realize I'm five.
**[16:18] Blade**
Wouldn't it be easier to
head over to a testing ground,
**[16:20] Blade**
and fight until we're both satisfied?
**[16:24] Mao**
You're in no shape to fight.
**[16:27] Mao**
What's more, I can't take
this off of my own volition.
**[16:32] Mao**
Maria's consciousness
within me resists it.
**[16:36] Mao**
She's so weak, yet she defies me...
**[16:40] Mao**
At the very least, I suppose she
*did* bring me into this world.
**[16:43] Blade**
What happened to Maria?
**[16:45] Mao**
Are Claire and the others worried?
**[16:47] Mao**
She's hiding away in the
deepest recesses of the mind.
**[16:53] Mao**
Despite appearances, there are dark
shadows stewing within Maria's heart.
**[16:58] Mao**
She was scorned and feared by humans...
**[17:02] Mao**
She rued her misfortune, forced to
live in hiding with only our mother.
**[17:08] Mao**
Our mother believed in our father.
**[17:10] Mao**
However, Maria could not have faith in him.
**[17:15] Mao**
Eventually, our mother died,
and Maria's mind was flooded with doubt.
**[17:20] Mao**
Could it be that our father
had not loved our mother?
**[17:23] Mao**
Why had he abandoned the human realm?
**[17:26] Mao**
Could it be that our father was
the cause of all of her suffering?
**[17:31] Mao**
I was born in order to escape
that unbearable pain in her mind.
**[17:38] Blade**
I see...
**[17:39] Mao**
So perhaps Maria might never return.
**[17:43] Mao**
It would be easier that way.
**[17:46] Mao**
I've told you all this because you're
closer to our kind than to humanity.
**[17:50] Mao**
One more thing I like about you.
**[17:53] Blade**
That's all in the past now.
***SIGN*** A few days later
**[17:58] Eliza**
From my research, I just can't see how
that pendant could be a sealing item!
**[18:04] Group**
What?
**[18:04] Blade**
Um... who is this?
**[18:06] Claire**
She's Maria's friend...
**[18:07] Eliza**
Eliza!
**[18:09] Earnest**
Are you sure it's not a sealing item?
**[18:11] Eliza**
I'm absolutely certain!
**[18:13] Eliza**
If I'm wrong, I swear to disembowel myself!
**[18:17] Earnest**
You don't have to go that far!
**[18:19] Mao**
You say that, but I'm definitely
being restricted by this item.
**[18:24] Blade**
What kind of item is it?
**[18:26] Eliza**
Right.
**[18:27] Eliza**
I haven't been able to fully analyze it,
**[18:30] Eliza**
but I believe that it's some
sort of recording device.
**[18:33] Sophie**
Recording?
**[18:34] Eliza**
You could consider it a type of message cube.
**[18:36] Eliza**
This is just conjecture,
**[18:38] Eliza**
but it may contain a message from
the person who gave you that pendant.
**[18:41] Mao**
Going by Maria's memories,
this was a keepsake from our mother.
**[18:46] Eliza**
Let me warn you beforehand.
**[18:48] Eliza**
I believe that recording could
serve to bring Maria back.
**[18:53] Eliza**
That would mean...
**[18:55] Mao**
I see.
**[18:56] Mao**
It could end up destroying me,
the Demon King.
**[19:00] Mao**
How fascinating.
**[19:03] Eliza**
Would we be okay if we play it?
**[19:09] Mao**
Yes, go ahead.
**[19:12] Eliza**
In that case, let us begin.
**[19:19] Claire**
Perhaps we could have become friends, too.
**[19:22] Claire**
If it didn't mean losing Maria...
**[19:24] Mao**
Rest assured.
**[19:26] Mao**
It seems that one of us
is destined to disappear.
**[19:29] Mao**
I'm sure whoever remains will
be friends with you all.
**[19:33] Eliza**
I'm ready now.
**[19:35] Eliza**
Please open the pendant.
**[19:37] Mao**
Yes.
**[19:53] Blade**
The Demon King.
**[19:55] Sophie**
So this is the Demon King?
**[19:57] Yessica**
Huh, he's pretty hot!
**[20:04] Demon King**
*My beloved Emilia.*
**[20:06] Earnest**
Emilia?
**[20:07] Mao**
Our mother's name.
**[20:09] Demon King**
* Find it in your heart to forgive*
* me for leaving you behind...*
**[20:13] Demon King**
*No, resent me.*
**[20:15] Demon King**
*There is a foe whom I must face in combat.*
**[20:19] Demon King**
* I do not wish to take you*
* down this bloodied path.*
**[20:23] Demon King**
*You may think it self-serving of me...*
**[20:25] Demon King**
*but there is a reason I cannot.*
**[20:28] Demon King**
*You may not have realized it yet,*
**[20:31] Demon King**
*but your body houses a brand-new life.*
**[20:35] Demon King**
* To think that I, a magical beast,*
* could sire a child with a human.*
**[20:39] Demon King**
* Be it a boy or a girl,*
* I've chosen names.*
**[20:43] Demon King**
*Ortous if it is male.*
**[20:45] Demon King**
*If it is female, Maria.*
**[20:48] Demon King**
* Once that child can understand language,*
* tell them this:*
**[20:52] Demon King**
*Their father is dead.*
**[21:00] Mao**
How long are you going to hide in here for?
**[21:04] Mao**
It's no fun beating someone
as useless as you.
**[21:08] Maria**
I'm...
**[21:14] Demon King**
*Emilia. My child yet unseen.*
**[21:17] Demon King**
* I swear upon my satanic crest that*
* I will continue loving you both.*
**[21:25] Demon King**
*Forevermore, though my body may perish.*
**[21:31] Blade**
Mao, you're...
**[21:33] Mao**
Yes.
**[21:34] Mao**
I can barely control my body now.
**[21:38] Mao**
It seems that the strength of our wills
plays a role in this battle, too.
**[21:42] Mao**
As we speak, the two of us are fighting
to see which one gets to survive.
**[21:51] Mao**
It looks like I'm about to
be annihilated by Maria.
**[21:54] Blade**
H-Hey...
**[21:56] Mao**
It's almost time.
**[21:58] Mao**
Go on, call her name.
**[22:05] Mao**
I don't mind.
**[22:09] Group**
Maria!
**[22:41] Kassim**
Blade!
**[22:43] Clay**
Don't you lose to her!
**[22:44] Claire**
Maria! You can do it!
**[22:45] Student**
Maria! Show us the usual!
**[22:48] Maria**
Um... do you mind?
**[22:50] Blade**
It's fine.
**[22:51] Maria**
Okay...
**[22:57] Mao**
Come, Blade!
**[22:58] Mao**
Your life ends here!
**[23:01] Blade**
Let's go!
**[23:08] Claire**
Mao didn't disappear, which means...
**[23:11] Eliza**
It must be because Maria
wants to coexist with her.
**[23:15] Eliza**
This is the future she wanted.
**[23:18] Blade**
Surrender already!
**[23:20] Mao**
The Demon King would never...
**[23:23] Earnest**
Mao!
**[23:24] Earnest**
Show Blade who's boss!
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** The General and the Sacred Bird
# E6 - The General and the Sacred Bird
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UV2Q1N/the-general-and-the-sacred-bird)
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**[00:01] Blade**
Hey, I'm totally stuffed now!
**[00:05] Blade**
What *was* that, anyway?
***SIGN*** Jiggle...
**[00:06] Blade**
That practically bucket-sized
dish we just had?
**[00:09] Cu**
It's bucket pudding!
**[00:12] Cu**
Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
**[00:14] Cu**
Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
**[00:14] Earnest**
You've still got room
for more, right, Sophie?
**[00:16] Sophie**
I do, naturally.
**[00:18] Blade**
What do you mean, naturally?
**[00:22] Cu**
What's this?
**[00:24] Blade**
Oh, the cargo is stuck in here.
**[00:26] Earnest**
Excuse me...
**[00:27] Earnest**
Whose wagon is this?
**[00:29] Earnest**
If you can't pass through,
you should take the main road.
**[00:32] Dione**
Oh, I'm terribly sorry!
**[00:35] Earnest**
You're a centaur!
**[00:37] Dione**
Indeed I am.
**[00:38] Dione**
My name is...
**[00:39] Blade**
Huh? Is that you, Dione?
**[00:41] Dione**
Oh! Great—
**[00:46] Blade**
The fact that I was the
Great Hero is a secret!
**[00:49] Blade**
Got it?!
**[00:51] Earnest**
Do you two know each other?
**[00:53] Blade**
Huh?
**[00:53] Blade**
Well, maybe we do, or maybe we don't...
**[00:56] Cu**
Which is it?
**[00:59] Dione**
Great— I mean, Blade and I go way back!
**[01:03] Dione**
Back when Blade was the Great— wait, no!
**[01:06] Blade**
More importantly!
**[01:07] Blade**
What are you gonna do about this cargo?
**[01:09] Earnest**
Oh, that's right.
**[01:11] Earnest**
If you'd like, we'd be happy to help out.
**[01:13] Sophie**
Yes.
**[01:14] Cu**
Leave it to me!
**[01:16] Cu**
We dragons are powerful!
**[01:18] Dione**
I would appreciate your help.
**[01:21] Dione**
Are you all members of Blade's party?
**[01:24] Blade**
No! They're my friends.
**[01:27] Dione**
I see.
**[01:29] Blade**
So? Where are we hauling this?
**[01:32] Dione**
Oh, yes. That'd be...
**[01:34] King**
Oh! Took you long enough!
**[01:37] Blade**
It was the old fart's cargo?
**[01:39] Earnest**
That's lèse-majesté, Blade.
**[01:41] Dione**
Your Majesty.
**[01:42] Dione**
I've brought it here, as per your command.
**[01:44] King**
Good going!
**[01:46] King**
On that note, I have your
next assignment ready.
**[01:50] Dione**
Yes!
**[01:51] Dione**
As you wish!
**[01:52] King**
Okay!
**[01:53] King**
Starting today, you will be teaching at
Rosewood Academy as an instructor.
**[01:57] Group**
What?!
**[01:59] Earnest**
That came out of nowhere!
**[02:01] King**
Blade is well aware of her abilities.
**[02:04] King**
She should be more than qualified
to act as your instructor.
**[02:07] Blade**
Well, yeah...
**[02:08] King**
Well, then, best of luck to you!
**[02:11] Dione**
Yes!
**[02:12] Dione**
I look forward to teaching you!
**[02:14] Dione**
Great— wait, no!
**[02:15] Dione**
Blade!
**[02:17] Blade**
Is this really gonna work?
**[02:21] Cu**
Hm...
**[02:30] [SONG] Sign**
I look in your eyes, and I'm met with
**[02:34] [SONG] Sign**
A brand-new me and dream
**[02:48] [SONG] Sign**
Bravery? Naturally?
**[02:51] [SONG] Sign**
Polar opposites within the heart
**[02:54] [SONG] Sign**
But, you know, wanting to have both
**[02:56] [SONG] Sign**
That's the saga of human nature
**[02:59] [SONG] Sign**
Oh no, don't mind me
**[03:01] [SONG] Sign**
Go ahead, and so on, you know the rest
**[03:04] [SONG] Sign**
A little more? Wait, even harder?!
**[03:07] [SONG] Sign**
Going overboard much?
**[03:10] [SONG] Sign**
Those selfish emotions deep down
**[03:12] [SONG] Sign**
Bringing them to light is
what friendship's about
**[03:14] [SONG] Sign**
Spending adolescence duking it out with pals
**[03:17] [SONG] Sign**
I don't wanna lose
**[03:21] [SONG] Sign**
We're off to the cutting edge moment
**[03:24] [SONG] Sign**
Fight with best friends, and leave no regrets
**[03:28] [SONG] Sign**
You should laugh, since
you look best with a smile
**[03:33] [SONG] Sign**
On the ropes?! No matter
what we face, et cetera
**[03:38] [SONG] Sign**
Just sit back and enjoy it
**[03:41] [SONG] Sign**
Whatever may come, I'll
be here to protect you
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** The General and the Sacred Bird
**[04:02] Clay**
What's going on here?
**[04:03] Kassim**
Wait, who's that?
**[04:06] Sophie**
Is that God Iron?
**[04:08] Blade**
Sure is.
**[04:09] Blade**
Back in the day, we used boulders instead.
**[04:29] Sophie**
I thought God Iron was indestructible.
**[04:33] Blade**
Oh, is that what's normal?
**[04:36] Earnest**
It's not just destroyed, it's melting...
**[04:38] Kassim**
Wow...
**[04:51] Dione**
I'm finally feeling all warmed up!
**[04:54] Dione**
Okay, let's begin class!
**[04:58] Blade**
Introduce yourself first!
**[05:00] Dione**
You're right!
**[05:02] Dione**
I am Dione!
**[05:04] Dione**
Dione, the Demon Lance!
**[05:06] Dione**
If any of you feel confident enough,
take up your sword and face me!
**[05:10] Blade**
Wait, you're not here to fight a duel!
**[05:12] Earnest**
Dione, the Demon Lance?
**[05:15] Earnest**
What?!
**[05:16] Earnest**
Are you General Dione,
commander of the top cavalry corps?!
**[05:19] Group**
General?!
**[05:21] Clay**
A bonafide hero!
**[05:23] Maria**
Someone so accomplished is
going to be our teacher?
**[05:27] Dione**
Oh, no!
**[05:28] Dione**
Before the Great Hero, I'm not...
**[05:30] Dione**
Ah!
**[05:30] Blade**
Hey!
**[05:32] Earnest**
So, Miss Dione, you've had the privilege
of seeing the Great Hero fight in person!
**[05:37] Dione**
W-W-Well, that's all in the past...
**[05:40] Earnest**
But then how does someone
like you know Blade?
**[05:46] Claire**
Do you think Miss Dione is
acquaintances with Blade?
**[05:49] Yessica**
Hm...
**[05:51] Yessica**
Consider me interested.
**[05:54] Cu**
Parent, that tickles!
**[05:58] Blade**
Stop squirming already!
**[06:01] Blade**
No weird noises!
**[06:07] Dione**
I always just bathe in cold water,
but this is pretty good, too!
**[06:11] Yessica**
How's everything feel, Sis?
**[06:13] Claire**
Let's get that sweat wiped off.
**[06:15] Dione**
I'm in heaven!
**[06:17] Yessica**
Have you known Blade for a long time, Sis?
**[06:22] Dione**
I-I-I only met Blade the other day!
**[06:26] Earnest**
Back then, you said you two went way back.
**[06:29] Dione**
Th-That's, well...
**[06:31] Yessica**
Hey, Sis.
**[06:32] Yessica**
I'd love to hear you talk about
what Blade was like in the past.
**[06:36] Maria**
I'd be interested in that, too!
**[06:40] Yessica**
Please tell us, Sis!
**[06:43] Dione**
That's the spot!
**[06:44] Dione**
Keep going, right there!
**[06:48] Cu**
It feels good!
**[06:48] Yessica**
If you want it here...
**[06:52] Blade**
Hey!
**[06:53] Dione**
I-If it isn't the Great— I mean, Blade!
**[06:57] Yessica**
We were so close, too.
**[06:59] Earnest**
Hey, Blade!
**[07:01] Earnest**
Why are you in here like it's nothing?!
**[07:03] Blade**
Well, who else is going to wash Cu's hair?
**[07:06] Yessica**
Calm down, Anna.
**[07:08] Yessica**
Blade is mentally similar to
a five-year-old, you know.
**[07:11] Yessica**
There!
**[07:13] Blade**
Huh?
**[07:14] Yessica**
See?
**[07:15] Earnest**
Don't give me that!
**[07:16] Earnest**
What are you doing, Yessica?!
**[07:19] Dione**
Five years old, you say...
**[07:21] Dione**
That's about how old Blade
was when I first met him.
**[07:25] Blade**
Hey, Dione!
**[07:27] Mao**
Oh?
**[07:28] Mao**
When he was as old as I am now?
**[07:31] Mao**
I'd love to hear all about it.
**[07:36] Dione**
When I first met Blade...
**[07:39] Dione**
he was so ferocious,
I thought he was a wild animal.
**[07:44] Earnest**
Huh...
**[07:46] Dione**
He could barely speak, and it
seems he thought I was a horse,
**[07:52] Dione**
so he sunk his teeth into my bottom.
***SIGN*** Aghhhh
**[07:56] Dione**
I was still inexperienced back then,
**[07:58] Dione**
and I really was one step
away from becoming dinner.
**[08:01] Yessica**
Man, that's just like Blade.
**[08:04] Dione**
A few years after that,
after training my mind and body,
**[08:08] Dione**
I became worthy of joining forces
with the Great Hero himself!
**[08:11] Earnest**
So the rumors that you fought with
the Great Hero are true, General?
**[08:16] Dione**
You betcha!
**[08:18] Sophie**
Relax.
**[08:19] Sophie**
No one can tell she's talking about you.
**[08:21] Blade**
Huh?
**[08:22] Dione**
I've even let the Great Hero ride on my back!
**[08:27] Earnest**
Whoa!
**[08:28] Dione**
However, he did not let me join him
for the fight against the Demon King.
**[08:34] Dione**
I wasn't able to act as
his steed to the very end.
**[08:39] Dione**
In self-reproach, I took it
as a sign of my own weakness,
**[08:44] Dione**
and now I strive to train myself further.
**[08:47] Earnest**
I think that's remarkable.
**[08:51] Blade**
Are you sure no one noticed?
**[08:53] Sophie**
Yes.
**[08:54] Sophie**
Everyone thinks the Great Hero is much older.
**[08:57] Blade**
Ah! Makes sense.
**[08:59] Sophie**
So it's our little secret.
**[09:02] Blade**
Well, you see...
**[09:06] Blade**
I was found out.
**[09:13] Blade**
Several days later!
**[09:15] Earnest**
What should we bring back as a gift for Sis?
**[09:18] Blade**
Cabbage, maybe?
**[09:19] Blade**
She eats them whole, you know.
**[09:24] Earnest**
Hey, Blade.
**[09:25] Earnest**
So, really, what is your
relationship with her?
**[09:28] Blade**
Well, you see...
**[09:31] Earnest**
What?!
**[09:34] Earnest**
A simurgh?!
**[09:36] Blade**
What's a simurgh, again?
**[09:38] Earnest**
It's one of the four
Continental Sacred Birds!
**[09:40] Blade**
Oh, so it's like a thunderbird, or a phoenix.
**[09:44] Earnest**
But what's a simurgh doing
here in the royal capital?
**[09:48] Blade**
Well, I'm sure it won't attack us,
as long as we don't provoke it.
**[09:53] Earnest**
That's true.
**[09:54] Earnest**
There are no records of
them attacking humans.
**[09:59] Blade**
Earnest!
**[10:01] Earnest**
Huh?
**[10:08] Earnest**
Oh, no! We need to stop it!
**[10:12] Blade**
Keep your fighting spirit in check!
**[10:14] Earnest**
Okay! Okay!
**[10:22] Earnest**
Two of them...
**[10:22] Man**
Are you okay?!
**[10:23] Earnest**
Are those two simurghs mates?
**[10:25] Earnest**
And why?
**[10:27] Earnest**
I thought they didn't attack people.
**[10:29] Blade**
It almost looked like...
**[10:31] Blade**
they were after that wagon, not people.
**[10:33] Earnest**
The wagon?
**[10:34] Earnest**
Could it be that...
**[10:36] Blade**
I bet that jerk's got
something to do with this.
***SIGN*** That jerk
***SIGN*** That
jerk
***SIGN*** That
jerk
**[10:52] Dione**
A warm bath is really something else!
**[10:56] Earnest**
Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
**[11:00] Earnest**
Your Majesty!
**[11:01] Earnest**
We need to talk!
**[11:03] King**
What's the matter?
**[11:05] King**
You seem upset.
**[11:06] Earnest**
Exactly what have you been hiding from us?!
**[11:10] Blade**
So that doesn't count as lèse-majesté?
**[11:12] Earnest**
The town was under attack!
**[11:14] Earnest**
Please explain what's going on here!
**[11:18] King**
What makes you so sure it has to do with me?
**[11:20] Blade**
The simurgh attacked a freight wagon.
**[11:24] King**
I see.
**[11:25] Blade**
Dione also happened to be
pulling a freight wagon.
**[11:28] King**
That's true.
**[11:29] Earnest**
Your Majesty!
**[11:30] Earnest**
Just what was in that freight wagon?!
**[11:33] King**
Oh, that?
**[11:34] King**
It was...
***SIGN*** Egg
**[11:36] King**
An egg.
**[11:40] Earnest**
You stole a simurgh egg?!
**[11:43] King**
Don't make such accusatory statements.
**[11:46] King**
I was just borrowing it for a bit.
**[11:48] Earnest**
Yeah, and the parents are
absolutely furious as a result!
**[11:52] Siren**
Gil.
**[11:53] Siren**
Don't you think you should
thoroughly explain the situation?
**[11:56] King**
Yeah, guess so.
**[11:59] Earnest**
The situation?
**[12:00] King**
Yes.
**[12:01] King**
There are two conditions required
for a simurgh egg to hatch.
**[12:06] King**
The first is keeping at the same height
as the 10,000-year-old sacred tree.
**[12:12] King**
The second is to bathe in the light of the
setting sun at the moment of hatching.
**[12:18] King**
However, it seems those parents
are new to making nests.
**[12:21] King**
They picked a poor location for a nest,
and the egg wouldn't have hatched if left alone.
**[12:26] Earnest**
So you were trying to help them?
**[12:30] King**
That's the pretext, anyway.
**[12:32] King**
Actually, I was thinking it would be
good practical training for all of you.
**[12:34] Earnest**
A-Are you an idiot?
**[12:36] Earnest**
Are you an idiot?!
**[12:38] Blade**
Good, tell it like it is!
**[12:39] King**
That said!
**[12:41] King**
It's true that, at this rate,
the egg will not hatch.
**[12:44] King**
If you want to be a hero...
no, what lies beyond...
**[12:48] King**
Go and save that simurgh!
**[12:50] Earnest**
When is it supposed to hatch?!
**[12:52] King**
Tomorrow!
**[12:53] Group**
What?!
**[12:57] Blade**
The next day!
**[12:59] Earnest**
Attention!
**[13:03] Earnest**
Listen up for this briefing
from your commander!
**[13:09] Blade**
Today, we face simurghs in combat!
**[13:13] Blade**
Our goal in this fight is not to win!
**[13:15] Blade**
It is to buy us time until sunset,
and to hide this egg from its parents!
**[13:22] Blade**
The parents are in a state of frenzy.
**[13:24] Blade**
If they spot the egg, they might
destroy it in their fervor!
**[13:28] Blade**
We'll keep the egg concealed
until the very last minute,
**[13:31] Blade**
then lift it up via elevator
to the top of the tower!
**[13:35] Blade**
By doing so, the egg will successfully hatch!
**[13:38] Blade**
We'll make sure it hatches!
**[13:40] Blade**
Have no fear!
**[13:41] Blade**
Have faith in what we've
accomplished up to this point!
**[13:44] Blade**
Have faith in yourself!
**[13:46] Claire**
U-Um...
**[13:47] Claire**
What do we do if...
**[13:50] Maria**
...we can't have faith in ourselves?
**[13:52] Blade**
It's okay if you can't
have faith in yourselves.
**[13:57] Blade**
I have faith in you.
**[14:00] Group**
Y-Yes!
**[14:02] Earnest**
Everyone! Here we go!
**[14:16] Leonard**
Are the citizens safe?
**[14:23] Clay**
We've evacuated everyone in this district!
**[14:25] Leonard**
That's a relief.
**[14:35] Yessica**
Look at you go, handsome!
**[14:45] Yessica**
Leonard!
**[14:47] Clay**
Yessica!
**[14:54] Yessica**
Clay!
**[14:57] Yessica**
Take that!
**[15:00] Yessica**
Shoot!
**[15:02] Yessica**
Figures that wouldn't work!
**[15:04] Blade**
Okay, now's our chance!
**[15:13] Eliza**
These wires are made of God Iron.
**[15:15] Eliza**
Normally, it'd be impossible to sever them!
**[15:17] Eliza**
Normally...
**[15:19] Eliza**
Eh?
**[15:20] Eliza**
Ehh?!
**[15:22] Eliza**
Ehhh?!
**[15:23] Eliza**
It's pulling up entire buildings?!
**[15:26] Eliza**
That's absurd!
**[15:29] Blade**
But that bought us some time.
**[15:32] Blade**
Keep it up!
**[15:34] Kassim**
Claire, take care of him!
**[15:36] Claire**
Yes!
**[15:43] Cu**
Have a taste of this!
**[15:49] Cu**
How's that?
**[15:50] Cu**
Give up?!
**[15:54] Cu**
It's pretty fearsome...
**[15:57] Blade**
Maria! Undo your braids!
**[15:59] Maria**
Y-Y-Yes!
**[16:04] Mao**
You would use the Demon King?
**[16:06] Mao**
Very well! Use me how you see fit!
**[16:08] Mao**
Satan Levin!
**[16:15] Mao**
So it won't pierce through a sacred bird?
**[16:18] Earnest**
You're not getting away!
**[16:20] Earnest**
Flame of Asmodeus!
**[16:27] Earnest**
All outta gas...
**[16:33] Earnest**
Bucket pudding!
***SIGN*** Jiggle...
**[16:39] Earnest**
Back in action!
**[16:43] Blade**
We did it!
**[16:45] Blade**
Is everyone okay?
**[16:46] Earnest**
Yes, we're fine.
**[16:48] Earnest**
All that's left is...
**[16:49] Group**
What?!
**[16:51] Blade**
Don't tell me... it stopped?
**[16:53] Sophie**
It sure did stop.
**[16:54] Earnest**
Yep, it stopped.
**[16:56] Kassim**
Oh, no! It noticed the egg!
**[16:59] Sophie**
Blade, you get the egg.
**[17:01] Blade**
Wait, but...
**[17:02] Clay**
That's right, Blade!
**[17:03] Clay**
We'll handle things here!
**[17:04] Clay**
You go on!
**[17:07] (Flashback) Hero**
Great Hero Blade!
**[17:08] (Flashback) Hero**
We'll handle them!
**[17:09] (Flashback) Hero**
You go on ahead!
**[17:13] Earnest**
Blade!
**[17:14] Earnest**
Remember what you said.
**[17:17] Earnest**
Have faith in us!
**[17:23] Blade**
You're right.
**[17:33] Blade**
**This is terrifying!**
**[17:34] Blade**
**It's harder than I thought to
only use 15% of my strength!**
**[17:38] Dione**
Great Hero!
**[17:40] Dione**
Come, get on my back!
**[17:43] Blade**
What? I thought you weren't
going to help out!
**[17:45] Dione**
Nope!
**[17:46] Dione**
His Majesty gave strict
orders not to lend a hand.
**[17:49] Dione**
However...
**[17:51] Dione**
I'm just letting you ride on my back.
**[17:54] Dione**
No hands involved!
**[18:01] Blade**
I was told just now to let them
handle it, and go on ahead.
**[18:07] Blade**
It reminded me of back then,
in a lot of ways.
**[18:10] Dione**
You're not alone anymore,
are you, Great Hero?
**[18:15] Blade**
No, I'm not.
**[18:16] Blade**
It was just me when I fought the Demon King.
**[18:20] Blade**
But now, I have lots of friends!
**[18:25] Blade**
And of course, you're one of them, Dione!
**[18:29] Dione**
Yes!
**[18:32] Claire**
We need to carry this?
**[18:37] Blade**
No way!
**[18:38] Blade**
Ain't happening!
**[18:40] Dione**
Hm, let me think...
**[18:42] Dione**
Great Hero!
**[18:43] Dione**
Hold onto it nice and tight, just like that!
**[18:48] Blade**
Dione, what are you doing?!
**[18:49] Dione**
I'm just giving you a push!
**[18:52] Dione**
Here we go, Great Hero!
**[18:55] Blade**
H-Hey! Dione!
**[19:01] Blade**
We made it!
**[19:03] Dione**
Good work.
**[19:05] King**
Welcome to the finish line!
**[19:07] King**
I knew you'd be able to do it!
**[19:09] King**
After all, you are the Great Hero!
**[19:12] Blade**
I'm not a hero anymore!
**[19:14] Blade**
I only made it thanks to everyone's help.
**[19:18] Blade**
Hey, wait!
**[19:19] Blade**
It's the other simurgh!
**[19:21] King**
Yep.
**[19:22] King**
Looks like it's my time to shine now.
**[19:24] Blade**
What?
**[19:25] King**
I, Gilgamesh Soulmaker,
declare here in my name!
**[19:28] King**
A life owed shall be repaid by new life!
**[19:32] King**
I'll be paying you back, right here!
**[19:35] Siren**
A simurgh once saved Gil's life.
**[19:40] Blade**
Huh?
**[19:40] King**
Come, simurgh.
**[19:41] Siren**
It's been playing on his
mind this whole time.
**[19:42] King**
Accept my gratitude and take
this new life into your talons!
**[19:44] Siren**
But thanks to you,
he can finally repay his debt.
**[19:48] Siren**
Thank you, Blade.
**[19:52] Blade**
Seriously?!
**[19:52] King**
Ow!
**[19:54] Blade**
You should have just told us from the start!
**[19:54] King**
That hurts!
**[19:56] Blade**
Sheesh, you just can't be honest!
**[19:57] King**
Stop that! Ow!
**[20:00] Blade**
Wait, does it look angrier now?
**[20:03] Siren**
It seems that way.
**[20:12] Blade**
Watch out!
**[20:17] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[20:19] Sophie**
Five seconds remaining.
**[20:20] Blade**
That's more than enough!
**[20:22] Blade**
Dragon Eater!
**[20:37] Blade**
I can't move a finger...
**[20:41] Blade**
So heavy...
**[20:43] Sophie**
I'm lighter than Earnest, at least.
**[20:50] Dione**
Blade! The egg!
**[20:59] Dione**
Oh dear!
**[21:02] Blade**
It was twins!
**[21:04] Blade**
No wonder it was so heavy.
**[21:07] Blade**
Huh?
**[21:09] Blade**
Why are they staring at me?
**[21:11] Sophie**
They're imprinting.
**[21:15] Sophie**
They see Blade as their parent.
**[21:17] Earnest**
Ah! You've got more children now!
**[21:20] Earnest**
What are you gonna do about this?!
**[21:22] Cu**
Call me your big sister!
**[21:24] Earnest**
Wait, why are you getting
touchy with Sophie?!
**[21:27] Blade**
Now then, what to do...
**[21:30] Blade**
Several days later!
**[21:33] Earnest**
H-Hey now!
**[21:34] Earnest**
Please, do as I say!
**[21:36] Earnest**
Okay? Okay?!
**[21:38] Blade**
Let it fly however it wants!
**[21:40] Earnest**
I-I know that!
**[21:42] Earnest**
I know...
**[21:50] Cu**
Parent!
**[21:55] Blade**
Man, looks like I've made even more friends!
**[22:18] [SONG] Sign**
The sunny disposition that
brings a smile to your face
**[22:23] [SONG] Sign**
As well as the heroic sense of justice
**[22:29] [SONG] Sign**
They may be a part of me,
but that's not all there is
**[22:34] [SONG] Sign**
That image of me
**[22:37] [SONG] Sign**
Has taken on a life of its own
**[22:40] [SONG] Sign**
Hey, wait up
**[22:42] [SONG] Sign**
Won't you be friends with me?
**[22:45] [SONG] Sign**
Let's shake hands, another self of mine
**[22:50] [SONG] Sign**
The wounds we cannot bear alone
**[22:53] [SONG] Sign**
The dangers that we keep hidden
**[22:55] [SONG] Sign**
We're all hiding them within
**[22:58] [SONG] Sign**
Standing ready to strike
**[23:01] [SONG] Sign**
The shadow lurking beneath the light
**[23:04] [SONG] Sign**
The muffled sounds coming from my lips
**[23:08] [SONG] Sign**
They make me feel that I am alive
**[23:13] [SONG] Sign**
It's a sign
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** The Springtime of Life at Rosewood Academy
# E7 - The Springtime of Life at Rosewood Academy
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UVQ98N/the-springtime-of-life-at-rosewood-academy)
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**[00:41] Sophie**
Blade.
**[00:45] Sophie**
So here you are.
**[00:47] Blade**
Sophie.
**[00:49] Sophie**
I've always wanted to go
all out in a fight against you.
**[00:54] Sophie**
Can I win if I don't hold back?
**[00:58] Blade**
Why don't we find out?
**[01:01] Sophie**
Okay, then.
**[01:03] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[01:06] Sophie**
Stop the flow of time.
**[01:13] Sophie**
Ten seconds.
**[01:18] Sophie**
How?
**[01:19] Blade**
You can attack me a hundred times, but if each
does zero damage, that still makes zero.
**[01:29] Blade**
Adamantine Body.
**[01:31] Blade**
A technique that momentarily
increases the toughness of your body.
**[01:34] Blade**
Since you stopped time,
it was active all along.
**[01:37] Sophie**
I see.
**[01:57] Blade**
I'm an ordinary citizen now,
so I thought I'd be done with all of this.
**[02:11] [SONG] Sign**
I look in your eyes, and I'm met with
**[02:15] [SONG] Sign**
A brand-new me and dream
**[02:29] [SONG] Sign**
Bravery? Naturally?
**[02:32] [SONG] Sign**
Polar opposites within the heart
**[02:35] [SONG] Sign**
But, you know, wanting to have both
**[02:37] [SONG] Sign**
That's the saga of human nature
**[02:40] [SONG] Sign**
Oh no, don't mind me
**[02:42] [SONG] Sign**
Go ahead, and so on, you know the rest
**[02:45] [SONG] Sign**
A little more? Wait, even harder?!
**[02:48] [SONG] Sign**
Going overboard much?
**[02:51] [SONG] Sign**
Those selfish emotions deep down
**[02:53] [SONG] Sign**
Bringing them to light is
what friendship's about
**[02:55] [SONG] Sign**
Spending adolescence duking it out with pals
**[02:58] [SONG] Sign**
I don't wanna lose
**[03:02] [SONG] Sign**
We're off to the cutting edge moment
**[03:05] [SONG] Sign**
Fight with best friends, and leave no regrets
**[03:09] [SONG] Sign**
You should laugh, since
you look best with a smile
**[03:14] [SONG] Sign**
On the ropes?! No matter
what we face, et cetera
**[03:19] [SONG] Sign**
Just sit back and enjoy it
**[03:22] [SONG] Sign**
Whatever may come, I'll
be here to protect you
***SIGN*** Episode 7
***SIGN*** The Springtime of Life
at Rosewood Academy
**[03:42] Blade**
Hey, old man!
**[03:44] Blade**
I don't know what kind of
magic or trickery this is,
**[03:46] Blade**
but can't we call it quits already?!
**[03:49] King**
I believe I explained it all at the start.
**[03:52] King**
This is no trickery.
**[03:54] King**
This technology known as virtual reality
**[03:57] King**
was made using a lost branch
of magic known as science.
**[04:00] King**
Also, and I mentioned this as well,
**[04:03] King**
there's no need to use a blunted sword
**[04:08] King**
or to stop yourself at the
last second as you do in reality.
**[04:10] King**
That is to say, it's practical
training like you've never seen it!
**[04:12] Cu**
Dragons are the strongest!
**[04:15] Mao**
A dragon whelp like you dares to face me?
**[04:19] King**
Train as hard as you can in this practicum,
until there is only one left standing.
**[04:25] King**
It's a fight to the death!
**[04:28] Blade**
What a sick joke.
**[04:30] Blade**
That's fine and all, but can
you make it easier to distinguish?
**[04:33] Blade**
I can't tell the difference!
**[04:35] King**
Distinguish between what?
**[04:37] Blade**
It's way too realistic!
**[04:39] Blade**
The way it is now, even after we go back,
**[04:41] Blade**
there's bound to be someone who thinks
they're still in virtua-whatsit,
**[04:43] Blade**
and slaughters their friends!
**[04:47] King**
That would not do.
**[04:49] King**
Well, how about this, then?
**[04:58] King**
Okay, keep on fighting hard from here on out!
**[05:02] King**
The last one standing gets the right to use
virtual reality however they want as a reward!
**[05:13] Blade**
Guess I have no choice
but to end this quickly.
**[05:17] Leonard**
My lord dearest!
**[05:19] Leonard**
The honor of facing you in combat is mine—
**[05:22] Leonard**
Ow!
**[05:34] Leonard**
Even as you tear me to pieces...
**[05:37] Leonard**
how beautiful you are!
**[05:51] Earnest**
Where are you, Blade?
**[05:53] Earnest**
Hi-yah!
**[06:03] Claire**
Yessica!
**[06:07] Kassim**
Give it up already.
**[06:10] Kassim**
Ever since our days in the lower classes,
**[06:13] Kassim**
you've never beaten us in a fight.
**[06:15] Claire**
That may be so, but you
never know until you try!
**[06:19] Yessica**
Yep. The winner is whoever's stronger now!
**[06:23] Yessica**
So, Clay...
**[06:25] Yessica**
Why do you refuse to lose to us?
**[06:28] Group**
Huh?! Well, that's...
**[06:35] Kassim**
Shoot—
**[06:36] Kassim**
Ono!
**[06:37] Clay**
Kassim!
**[06:39] Clay**
Uchida!
**[06:42] Claire**
Huh? W-We won?
**[06:44] Claire**
We really won?
**[06:47] Group**
Yay!
**[06:55] Earnest**
I've been looking for you, Blade.
**[06:58] Earnest**
I never knew that killing
people was this much fun!
**[07:04] Earnest**
I've been so stupid,
holding back all this time!
**[07:10] Blade**
I guess I *did* promise
**[07:13] Blade**
that if you ever went berserk, I would...
**[07:16] Blade**
cut you down!
**[07:21] Earnest**
Keheheh!
**[07:26] Blade**
Endless Flash!
**[07:39] Blade**
I'm Blade!
**[07:40] Sophie**
We know.
**[07:45] King**
It looks like you were the
last one standing after all.
**[07:48] Cu**
Well done, Parent!
**[07:50] Yessica**
I couldn't even tell what
he did there at the end.
**[07:54] Claire**
Yeah.
**[07:54] Claire**
It was so sudden,
I didn't even feel any pain.
**[07:59] Earnest**
I can't believe it!
**[08:01] Earnest**
To think I behaved like that...
**[08:03] Blade**
Oh yeah, you were laughing like, "Keheheh!"
**[08:05] Earnest**
Shut up!
**[08:06] Earnest**
Be quiet,
**[08:07] Earnest**
you superorganism!
**[08:09] Blade**
No, I'm as ordinary as can be!
**[08:13] King**
Wallowing in misery is yet
another part of youth!
**[08:15] King**
Youth is a splendid thing, indeed!
**[08:19] King**
This is all thanks to my brilliant idea!
**[08:22] Earnest**
Your Majesty.
**[08:24] Earnest**
Do you know how much trouble
we've faced thanks to your brilliant idea?
**[08:35] King**
Oh? Going to have fun with it already?
**[08:38] King**
It's your right as the victor!
**[08:40] King**
Enjoy it to the fullest!
**[08:43] King**
Oh? Is that data of ferocious demons?
**[08:46] Blade**
Yep.
**[08:46] King**
Scattered all throughout the level?
**[08:49] Blade**
Yep.
**[08:49] King**
Booby-trapped floors?
**[08:50] Blade**
Yep.
**[08:52] King**
Hold on.
**[08:53] King**
Don't you think these settings are
a little too extreme, even for you?
**[08:57] Blade**
It's fine.
**[09:00] King**
Huh?
**[09:05] Blade**
Can you make him keep on
respawning, even if he dies?
**[09:08] Siren**
Yes, I can.
**[09:11] Siren**
How long should I continue his punishment?
**[09:13] Blade**
Until nightfall, then.
**[09:15] Siren**
Certainly.
**[09:17] Blade**
I'm starving! Let's go get lunch!
**[09:38] Blade**
Mmm! Delicious!
**[09:40] Blade**
Tonkatsu curry is so good!
**[09:42] Blade**
What the heck? It never stops!
**[09:44] Yessica**
Hey, you two.
**[09:46] Yessica**
When are you gonna get over it?
**[09:48] Claire**
That's right.
**[09:49] Earnest**
Did something happen?
**[09:51] Blade**
Those four had a tag match,
and the girls won.
**[09:57] Earnest**
What led to the girls winning?
**[09:59] Blade**
Claire's gotten *way* better.
**[10:02] Claire**
Th-That's not true!
**[10:04] Blade**
As well as Yessica's do-or-die attack.
**[10:06] Yessica**
A woman's gotta be daring!
**[10:08] Earnest**
What led to the boys losing, then?
**[10:10] Blade**
Probably their complacency
about their skills.
**[10:14] Blade**
They got conceited and
neglected their training.
**[10:18] Earnest**
Not mincing your words, huh?
**[10:23] Blade**
It's for their own good.
**[10:29] King**
My back! My back! My back!
**[10:34] Blade**
When did the king get around to
building something like this?
**[10:38] Dione**
Oh! I've been waiting for you, Great—
**[10:41] Dione**
I mean, Blade!
**[10:43] Blade**
So, what in the world
is this "thermae" thing?
**[10:45] Sophie**
It says—
**[10:46] Eliza**
Allow me to explain!
**[10:49] Group**
Who are you?
**[10:50] Eliza**
I'm Eliza!
**[10:51] Dione**
Well, in any case,
you'll know when you go inside!
**[10:56] Dione**
Welcome to Thermae Rosewood!
**[11:03] Blade**
So these are thermae!
**[11:06] Blade**
A nice, big bath isn't bad, either!
**[11:08] Cu**
This is fun!
**[11:10] Cu**
Sophie, let's swim!
**[11:12] Sophie**
Is that a command?
**[11:15] Dione**
Three hero-level warriors were
summoned here to dig these baths.
**[11:20] Blade**
I can't believe that old fogey.
**[11:22] Cu**
Ya-ha!
**[11:24] Sophie**
Ya-ha.
**[11:27] Blade**
You're not Mao today?
**[11:29] Maria**
If I switched with Mao,
she would take off the swimsuit.
**[11:33] Blade**
What's wrong with that?
**[11:35] Maria**
What?!
**[11:36] Yessica**
Not all the guys here are
five-year-olds, you know.
**[11:48] Blade**
Oh, yeah.
**[11:49] Blade**
Where's Earnest?
**[11:51] Yessica**
Ah, I bet she didn't come.
**[11:53] Yessica**
She seemed against it.
**[11:54] Earnest**
I-I'm right here!
**[11:57] Earnest**
Mixed bathing?
**[11:58] Earnest**
H-How indecent!
**[12:00] Earnest**
How shameless!
**[12:04] King**
Looks like you're all enjoying the thermae!
**[12:07] Earnest**
Your Majesty?!
**[12:08] Earnest**
Please cover yourself!
**[12:10] King**
What are you saying?
**[12:11] King**
Thermae are meant to be entered in the nude!
**[12:14] Earnest**
We need swimsuits, since it's mixed bathing!
**[12:19] Siren**
Gil.
**[12:19] King**
I guess I have to accept that.
**[12:21] King**
I can accept swimsuits...
**[12:24] King**
However!
**[12:25] King**
Don't wear a towel in the bath!
**[12:27] Earnest**
What?!
**[12:28] King**
It's a part of our kingdom's constitution!
**[12:31] King**
Thou shalt not wear towels in the bath!
**[12:34] Earnest**
Since when?!
**[12:35] Earnest**
Are you an idiot?!
**[12:36] King**
Since three seconds ago!
**[12:39] Siren**
Gil. There's nothing of the
sort in our constitution...
**[12:42] King**
I want to see naked girls!
**[12:45] King**
I'd do anything to see them naked!
**[12:47] King**
But if that's not possible...
**[12:49] King**
I at least want to see them in swimsuits!
**[12:51] King**
Don't you all agree?
**[12:54] Group**
We do!
**[12:57] King**
That's the spirit!
**[12:58] Earnest**
Hey!
**[12:59] Earnest**
You guys!
**[13:00] Yessica**
C'mon, Anna, can't you just take it off?
**[13:03] Yessica**
Besides, hasn't the value of seeing
you naked plummeted already?
**[13:07] Earnest**
Plummeted?!
**[13:09] Yessica**
I mean, during the simurgh incident,
you were running around town buck naked!
**[13:14] Earnest**
That was because I was fighting!
**[13:16] Yessica**
I have no clue why you're still embarrassed.
**[13:19] Claire**
I wouldn't want to take off my swimsuit,
**[13:21] Claire**
but what's wrong with taking off the towel?
**[13:24] Claire**
Everyone else already has.
**[13:26] Leonard**
My lord!
**[13:26] Mob B**
Yeah, yeah!
**[13:28] Mob B**
Claire's totally right!
**[13:28] Mob E**
Why does the Empress get special treatment?!
**[13:30] Group**
Take it off! Take it off!
**[13:31] Earnest**
Wait...
**[13:32] Earnest**
I'm not taking it off!
**[13:32] Group**
Strip her! Strip her!
**[13:35] King**
Take it off!
**[13:36] King**
Just take it all off!
**[13:37] King**
Lay bare your youthful, nude form!
**[13:39] King**
If you won't take it off,
I'll amend the constitution!
**[13:41] King**
From now on, wearing any clothes
in this kingdom will be—
**[13:47] King**
Hello! Splash!
**[13:49] Siren**
Everyone, I'm terribly sorry about this.
**[13:56] Earnest**
Sheesh! I just have to take it off, right?
**[13:58] Earnest**
I can take this towel off just fine!
**[14:04] Earnest**
Don't stare at me too much.
**[14:07] Blade**
Sure, I won't look.
**[14:09] Claire**
U-Um...
**[14:11] Claire**
Do you have a minute?
**[14:14] Claire**
What happened earlier today...
**[14:16] Claire**
Y-You shouldn't worry about it so much.
**[14:19] Claire**
That was just a fluke.
**[14:21] Claire**
I'm sure of it, I think...
**[14:23] Clay**
No. We were just thinking about it again now.
**[14:26] Kassim**
It was all because of our lack of skills...
**[14:29] Claire**
No way!
**[14:31] Claire**
You two really are way stronger than us!
**[14:35] Earnest**
Hey, Blade...
**[14:36] Blade**
What?
**[14:37] Earnest**
You know how people talk about
"rubbing salt in the wound"?
**[14:41] Blade**
Yeah.
**[14:42] Earnest**
I think I now truly understand what it means.
**[14:46] Blade**
Me, too.
**[14:47] Claire**
Um, so...
**[14:50] Claire**
I'm sorry for winning!
**[14:56] Yessica**
You made them cry.
**[14:57] Maria**
She sure did.
**[14:59] Sophie**
Yes, she did.
**[15:00] Cu**
Clay and Kassim are hopeless!
**[15:03] Earnest**
Aw, man.
**[15:07] Blade**
Hey, cheer up already!
**[15:09] Blade**
All you did was lose once!
**[15:11] Clay**
You wouldn't understand.
**[15:14] Kassim**
You've never lost to a girl!
**[15:15] Kassim**
More like, you don't lose to anyone.
**[15:18] Kassim**
Being a superorganism and all.
**[15:19] Blade**
I don't let it get to me when I lose.
**[15:24] Clay**
Well, I can't stand it!
**[15:26] Clay**
I wouldn't mind if it was anyone else.
**[15:28] Clay**
But I don't want to lose against Yessica!
**[15:31] Blade**
Yessica? Why her?
**[15:32] Clay**
Isn't it obvious?!
**[15:34] Clay**
I... l-like Yessica!
**[15:43] Blade**
I like Yessica, too.
**[15:45] Clay**
What?!
**[15:46] Kassim**
I thought you liked Earnest, or Sophie!
**[15:48] Blade**
I like them, too!
**[15:50] Blade**
As well as Cu and Maria.
**[15:52] Blade**
I like you and everyone else, too.
**[15:54] Group**
Eh?!
**[15:55] Clay**
Oh, I see. That kind of *like*.
**[15:57] Kassim**
That's not what we're talking about here.
**[16:00] Blade**
How's it different?
**[16:01] Kassim**
See here!
**[16:02] Kassim**
I'm sure you've figured
it out, but I like Claire!
**[16:07] Kassim**
Claire... she's so great.
**[16:10] Kassim**
She comes off as just your typical girl...
**[16:14] Kassim**
but she can be ruthless sometimes,
which is good in its own way!
**[16:18] Blade**
I see. I don't get it.
**[16:19] Clay**
Yessica, too!
**[16:20] Clay**
She seems so free and uninhibited,
**[16:23] Clay**
and I bet she's got tons of experience.
**[16:25] Blade**
I see. I *really* don't get it.
**[16:27] Clay**
But despite all that,
she's really kind and caring!
**[16:31] Kassim**
Claire as well!
**[16:32] Blade**
I *do* get that part.
**[16:35] Cu**
So that's what was troubling you?
**[16:38] Cu**
The answer is simple!
**[16:40] Cu**
You two just need to get stronger!
**[16:43] Group**
Huh?
**[16:44] Cu**
Listen up!
**[16:45] Cu**
Females are attracted to strong males!
**[16:47] Cu**
Get stronger, and they'll be all over you!
**[16:49] Cu**
Head over heels for you!
**[16:51] Blade**
Cu, be a little more serious here—
**[16:53] Kassim**
Sh-She's right!
**[16:55] Clay**
Yeah!
**[16:56] Clay**
But how are we supposed to get stronger?
**[16:59] Cu**
That's simple as well!
**[17:01] Cu**
You just need special training from Parent!
**[17:04] Group**
Ah! That's right!
**[17:11] Earnest**
Mmm, so tasty!
**[17:13] Yessica**
This cake is good, right?
**[17:15] Yessica**
And chock-full of calories!
**[17:16] Earnest**
Oh, no!
**[17:18] Earnest**
No, no, no!
**[17:19] Claire**
Um, Anna...
**[17:20] Claire**
We're having a girls'
night tonight because...
**[17:20] Earnest**
Look, it's so delicious!
**[17:22] Maria**
Is it about Clay and Kassim?
**[17:22] Earnest**
I can't imagine life without sweets anymore!
**[17:26] Yessica**
It's really been a pain.
**[17:28] Yessica**
They've been running away from us ever since.
**[17:31] Earnest**
I don't think it's a big deal
to lose to someone once.
**[17:34] Yessica**
Seriously, getting bummed
out from just that...
**[17:37] Yessica**
Why are boys so fragile?
**[17:40] Claire**
Oh, what if we lost to them on purpose?
**[17:43] Sophie**
You really shouldn't do that.
**[17:45] Earnest**
They won't be able to recover from that.
**[17:47] Claire**
Huh? That's no good?
**[17:49] Claire**
What should we do, then?
**[17:50] Cu**
The answer is simple!
**[17:53] Cu**
Males are attracted to strong females!
**[17:56] Cu**
Get stronger, and they'll be all over you!
**[17:58] Cu**
Head over heels for you!
**[18:01] Yessica**
Wait, we're not trying
to make them fall for us.
**[18:05] Claire**
That's right. We don't see them that way.
**[18:08] Earnest**
Huh? You don't?
**[18:10] Claire**
Hey, Yessica...
**[18:11] Claire**
Why don't we skip practice,
and let those two get stronger than us?
**[18:16] Earnest**
No! Absolutely not!
**[18:19] Earnest**
Hey, are you two really okay
with things as they are?
**[18:23] Yessica**
Well, no, but...
**[18:25] Claire**
Mm-hmm...
**[18:26] Earnest**
How about this, then?
**[18:30] Blade**
1,141! 1,142! 1,143!
**[18:36] Blade**
These are the lightest we have!
**[18:40] Blade**
Work those core muscles!
**[18:43] Blade**
That's amazing.
**[19:00] Clay**
It's finally time.
**[19:01] Blade**
Well, no matter the outcome,
**[19:03] Blade**
I can at least confirm that
you haven't neglected your training!
**[19:08] Kassim**
If we win this battle...
**[19:11] Clay**
Yeah!
**[19:12] Clay**
We'll confess to them!
**[19:14] Kassim**
Confess!
**[19:31] Earnest**
No hard feelings, no matter who wins.
**[19:34] Blade**
Are you ready?
**[19:39] Blade**
Okay!
**[19:42] Blade**
Begin!
**[19:42] Yessica**
Claire! Here we go!
**[19:44] Claire**
Yeah!
**[19:46] Kassim**
Coming at us?
**[19:47] Clay**
No, you don't!
**[19:56] Kassim**
Take this!
**[20:04] Earnest**
Blade, did you teach them how
to use their fighting spirit?
**[20:08] Blade**
I just made them realize they've been
subconsciously using fighting spirit all along.
**[20:12] Blade**
Also...
**[20:15] Blade**
Kassim is using wind spiritual energy.
**[20:17] Earnest**
Hmm...
**[20:19] Clay**
My chance!
**[20:22] Kassim**
Fire spiritual energy?!
**[20:24] Blade**
Did you teach her that?
**[20:26] Earnest**
Just the fire part.
**[20:30] Kassim**
Guh!
**[20:31] Kassim**
Fighting spirit?!
**[20:32] Claire**
There!
**[20:36] Kassim**
So it ends here...
**[20:38] Yessica**
Next, it's...
**[20:42] Clay**
Huh?
**[20:43] Yessica**
My turn!
**[20:52] Yessica**
I'm sorry.
**[21:04] Kassim**
Well, dang.
**[21:06] Clay**
You got us good.
**[21:08] Kassim**
Thanks for not going easy on us.
**[21:11] Claire**
Yeah.
**[21:13] Clay**
We're going to get even stronger.
**[21:16] Yessica**
You go do that.
**[21:17] Yessica**
Fighting's not even our specialty, you know.
**[21:22] Cassim**
Hey...
**[21:23] Cassim**
Did Sophie and Maria teach you how to
use ice and lightning spiritual energy?
**[21:28] Yessica**
You got it.
**[21:28] Claire**
The other girls helped us out as well.
**[21:31] Clay**
Seriously?
**[21:32] Clay**
That's not fair, all of you ganging up on us.
**[21:35] Earnest**
Don't give me that!
**[21:38] Earnest**
How can you call it unfair,
being taught by the superorganism?!
**[21:42] Blade**
Why's she angry?
**[21:43] Earnest**
And there's something
I need to say to you two!
**[21:46] Group**
Huh?
**[21:48] Earnest**
Is it wrong to fall in love with someone
unless you're stronger than them?
**[21:50] Earnest**
Or confess to them?!
**[21:51] Earnest**
You've gotta be kidding!
**[21:53] Earnest**
That's just asking for way too much!
**[22:18] [SONG] Sign**
The sunny disposition that
brings a smile to your face
**[22:23] [SONG] Sign**
As well as the heroic sense of justice
**[22:29] [SONG] Sign**
They may be a part of me,
but that's not all there is
**[22:34] [SONG] Sign**
That image of me
**[22:37] [SONG] Sign**
Has taken on a life of its own
**[22:40] [SONG] Sign**
Hey, wait up
**[22:42] [SONG] Sign**
Won't you be friends with me?
**[22:45] [SONG] Sign**
Let's shake hands, another self of mine
**[22:50] [SONG] Sign**
The wounds we cannot bear alone
**[22:53] [SONG] Sign**
The dangers that we keep hidden
**[22:55] [SONG] Sign**
We're all hiding them within
**[22:58] [SONG] Sign**
Standing ready to strike
**[23:01] [SONG] Sign**
The shadow lurking beneath the light
**[23:04] [SONG] Sign**
The muffled sounds coming from my lips
**[23:08] [SONG] Sign**
They make me feel that I am alive
**[23:13] [SONG] Sign**
It's a sign
***SIGN*** Next Time
**[23:35] Sign**
Less Than Human
# E8 - Less Than Human
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUGVNQE/less-than-human)
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**[00:00] Claire**
So, so, so cute!
**[00:03] Yessica**
Where did it come from?
**[00:05] Maria**
It sure is cute.
**[00:07] Earnest**
What are you all up to?
**[00:10] Yessica**
Anna, look at this thing.
**[00:12] Claire**
So cute!
**[00:13] Earnest**
What is it?
**[00:14] Claire**
Nice and smooth.
**[00:14] Earnest**
How long has it been here?
**[00:16] Sophie**
For about a week or so.
**[00:19] Yessica**
Huh, I had no idea.
**[00:21] Yessica**
Is it waiting here for someone?
**[00:26] Earnest**
Is this... Blade?
***SIGN*** Episode 8
**[00:32] Sign**
Less Than Human
**[00:39] Cu**
I'm bored!
**[00:42] Blade**
That's dangerous, Cu!
**[00:45] Cu**
What *was* that anyway, Parent?
**[00:49] Blade**
You remember how they said
I'll die if I use 15% of my strength?
**[00:54] Blade**
So I figured I'd hone my fighting spirit
on a regular basis, and keep a stockpile.
**[00:58] Earnest**
Hey, Blade...
**[01:00] Earnest**
It looks like this thing's
been looking for you.
**[01:05] Blade**
Instant Dragon Eater!
**[01:13] Blade**
Oh, I did it!
**[01:15] Blade**
Looks like I can fire off five more of these!
**[01:17] Earnest**
Blade!
**[01:18] Earnest**
Why'd you suddenly send that thing flying?!
**[01:21] Claire**
My smooth friend...
**[01:22] Blade**
Look, you have to destroy them!
**[01:24] Earnest**
Why would you do that?!
**[01:26] Earnest**
The poor thing!
**[01:28] Earnest**
It's been looking for you!
**[01:30] Blade**
Don't you know what it is?
**[01:31] Blade**
That thing's a Guardian!
**[01:32] Sophie**
A Guardian?
**[01:34] Cu**
What's that?
**[01:36] Claire**
Um, um...
**[01:37] Claire**
Should I try and fix it up?
**[01:39] Blade**
Just leave it.
**[01:40] Blade**
That thing can handle being
wrecked over and over.
**[01:43] Blade**
Ugh, this sucks, though.
**[01:45] Blade**
Did it come up aboveground looking for me?
**[01:57] Maria**
Is she an acquaintance of Blade's?
**[02:03] Iona**
Will this body do?
**[02:06] Blade**
Eh?
**[02:07] Iona**
I have analyzed the human male psyche,
**[02:10] Iona**
and designed an appearance to
arouse your protective instincts.
**[02:14] Blade**
Hold on, who *are* you?
**[02:16] Claire**
Hey, Blade...
**[02:18] Claire**
Do you think she's the one from yesterday?
**[02:24] Blade**
Dragon Eater!
**[02:30] Blade**
Dragon Eater! Dragon Eater! Dragon Eater!
**[02:33] Maria**
Blade?!
**[02:34] Claire**
W-Wait!
**[02:35] Earnest**
That's too much!
**[02:36] Earnest**
You're going overboard!
**[02:37] Blade**
Dragon Eater!
**[02:45] Blade**
Phew, that was a close one!
**[02:47] Earnest**
You lousy superorganism!
**[02:49] Earnest**
What are you doing?!
**[02:51] Earnest**
You're up against a girl!
**[02:52] Earnest**
Don't you feel sorry for her?!
**[02:53] Blade**
Why am *I* the bad guy here?
**[02:55] Blade**
Besides, I'm sure that in no time...
**[03:00] Blade**
See? She's back!
**[03:02] Earnest**
Yeah.
**[03:03] Blade**
Okay, let's do this.
**[03:04] Earnest**
Hold on a second!
**[03:05] Earnest**
Besides, I don't think she's dangerous.
**[03:07] Earnest**
Are you sure she doesn't
just want to be friends?
**[03:09] Blade**
There's no way!
**[03:11] Blade**
Guardians are bad news!
**[03:13] Blade**
If they go berserk, then even worse news!
**[03:16] Iona**
I have received a command to eradicate you.
**[03:20] Iona**
Currently, I am in
observation mode to gather data.
**[03:23] Blade**
See, told you!
**[03:24] Claire**
Hey, hey...
**[03:25] Claire**
Want to take classes with us?
**[03:26] Iona**
You are not an eradication target.
**[03:29] Iona**
However, stand in my way,
and I will eliminate you.
**[03:31] Iona**
Furthermore, I am not programmed
to perform collaborative tasks.
**[03:35] Claire**
In that case, you can learn how
to do that with everyone here!
**[03:38] Claire**
Well, Iona?
**[03:40] Iona**
Iona?
**[03:42] Claire**
That says Iona in ancient writing,
doesn't it?
**[03:45] Iona**
This is not read as Iona, but 1-0-N-A.
**[03:48] Iona**
It is my identification and model number,
and therefore, not my name.
**[03:52] Claire**
I see!
**[03:53] Claire**
But if you don't have a name,
I can call you Iona, right?
**[03:58] Yessica**
It's just like Claire to come on so strongly.
**[04:02] Claire**
And if you really want to defeat Blade...
**[04:06] Claire**
We can all come up with a plan together!
**[04:08] Blade**
Wait, why?!
**[04:11] Claire**
How does that sound?
**[04:16] Eliza**
Let us begin discussing
methods to eradicate Blade!
**[04:20] Claire**
Hey, Iona...
**[04:21] Claire**
Why Blade, anyway?
**[04:24] Iona**
That is because...
**[04:25] Iona**
he forcefully infiltrated my intimate zone,
**[04:29] Iona**
desecrating my chassis repeatedly each time.
**[04:33] Claire**
That's awful, Blade.
**[04:35] Blade**
Hold it right there!
**[04:37] Blade**
All I did was trespass on
the area she was guarding!
**[04:39] Blade**
What's more, I had the master key, didn't I?
**[04:42] Blade**
I borrowed it from the king.
**[04:43] Iona**
That is insufficient.
**[04:45] Iona**
I also require biometric authentication
and a master code genetic signature.
**[04:49] Earnest**
What's this about?
**[04:51] Blade**
The Royal Library of Banned Books
is underground near here.
**[04:55] Blade**
I had to drop in a bit to
look up things about Asmodeus.
**[04:58] Earnest**
What?!
**[04:59] Earnest**
So you mean it's because you were helping me?
**[05:02] Iona**
There were 13 more instances
of trespassing prior to that.
**[05:05] Earnest**
It wasn't my fault at all.
**[05:07] Iona**
I was destroyed 28 times in total...
**[05:09] Earnest**
Blade, that's way too many times!
**[05:11] Iona**
With my body being divided
into 577,526 fragments...
**[05:16] Earnest**
Blade, that's way too many pieces!
**[05:18] Iona**
And reprimanded by Mother, my supervisor,
for 500,037,000 milliseconds...
**[05:23] Earnest**
Your boss lectures you for way too long!
**[05:25] Blade**
She attacked me first, so I had
no choice but to fight back.
**[05:30] Yessica**
Blade, you're so merciless!
**[05:32] Claire**
Blade, that's way too mean!
**[05:34] Mao**
Your heinous behavior sickens
even the Demon King.
**[05:40] Blade**
I'm leaving!
**[05:41] Earnest**
We made him sulk.
**[05:50] Sophie**
Blade.
**[05:51] Blade**
Everyone's so mean!
**[05:53] Blade**
I only broke into the library because
of my duties as the Great Hero!
**[05:57] Sophie**
Yes. I know.
**[05:59] Blade**
Besides, those things keep their
souls in a separate location,
**[06:03] Blade**
so it's not like they die when
you destroy their bodies.
**[06:05] Sophie**
If they did die upon destruction,
what would you do?
**[06:10] Blade**
Well, I mean... I'd have to think about it.
**[06:13] Blade**
I'm not the Great Hero now, anyway.
**[06:16] Eliza**
Feast your eyes on this!
**[06:18] Eliza**
I believe this is the
reason why Iona can't win!
**[06:22] Yessica**
You mean Blade is relentless because
she doesn't die, even when destroyed?
**[06:27] Earnest**
Oh, totally.
**[06:28] Earnest**
I could see that.
**[06:29] Earnest**
Blade can be so weirdly cold,
and downright scary at times.
**[06:35] Earnest**
He even told me he'd cut me down!
**[06:37] Mao**
Bragging, are we?
**[06:38] Mao**
I've got my share of stories, too.
**[06:40] Earnest**
N-No, I'm not!
**[06:41] Iona**
Never mind that.
Let's be a little more constructive.
**[06:44] Earnest**
Never mind that?!
**[06:45] Eliza**
I think we should focus on ways
to prevent your defeat for now.
**[06:50] Iona**
This is the result of my thought process.
**[06:53] Claire**
Why did you decide to look like a girl?
**[06:55] Iona**
Upon observation, I determined
that he treats women more gently.
**[07:00] Earnest**
So you figured he'd go easy on you this way?
**[07:07] Group**
That's adorable!
**[07:10] Earnest**
I want to adopt her!
**[07:11] Claire**
So cute!
**[07:12] Eliza**
Iona.
**[07:13] Eliza**
I've come up with a strategy.
**[07:15] Eliza**
I call it...
**[07:16] Eliza**
the Stand Alone Complex!
**[07:19] Eliza**
Let me give a simple explanation.
**[07:21] Eliza**
We directly install Iona's soul
within the Core Unit in her heart,
**[07:26] Eliza**
placing it in a state
capable of being destroyed.
**[07:28] Earnest**
Huh? But if you do that...
**[07:30] Eliza**
Yes. Iona will cease to
become indestructible.
**[07:34] Eliza**
Would Blade take her down knowing that?
**[07:44] Cu**
You can do it, Parent!
**[07:45] Earnest**
Get him! Beat him to a bloody pulp!
**[07:47] Claire**
Iona! Good luck!
**[07:49] Crowd**
Go, go! Do your best!
**[07:54] Blade**
Okay, let's get on with ti!
**[07:56] Iona**
Blade.
**[07:57] Iona**
Let me tell you this first.
**[07:59] Iona**
Right now, I am in Stand Alone mode.
**[08:01] Blade**
What? Stand Alone?
**[08:04] Iona**
Presently, my connection to Mother
has been physically severed.
**[08:08] Iona**
That is to say, I am operating
fully independently,
**[08:11] Iona**
and cannot be repaired if I am destroyed.
**[08:13] Blade**
Huh? Hold on...
**[08:15] Blade**
Since your soul is in a different location...
**[08:19] Iona**
My weak point is currently right here.
**[08:22] Earnest**
Hey, there's no reason
to make him cop a feel!
**[08:24] Iona**
Ten centimeters deep inside
lies my heart and soul.
**[08:30] Iona**
If it sustains severe damage,
**[08:32] Iona**
I as an individual unit will
forever cease to exist.
**[08:36] Iona**
Do you comprehend?
**[08:39] Iona**
Now, then...
**[08:42] Blade**
Hey!
**[08:52] Blade**
Ow!
**[08:58] Iona**
What is the matter?
**[09:00] Blade**
Why, you!
**[09:01] Blade**
Dragon...
**[09:05] Blade**
Damn it!
**[09:18] Blade**
Wind pressure alone isn't gonna cut it, huh?
**[09:20] Blade**
If so...
**[09:42] Earnest**
The superorganism is grunting and groaning!
**[09:46] Mao**
She's not half bad.
**[09:48] Eliza**
It really looks like Blade
can't lay a finger on her!
**[09:53] Blade**
That smarts!
**[09:54] Blade**
I'm gonna have a bump now!
**[09:56] Blade**
Go a little easy, won't you?
**[09:58] Iona**
Blade, you are the one who will go easy.
**[10:01] Iona**
I already know it is not in your nature to
employ violence against an innocent girl.
**[10:07] Iona**
You were defeated because your
attacks are too powerful.
**[10:10] Blade**
That's not all.
**[10:12] Blade**
You also didn't give me any chance
to use my less powerful moves.
**[10:17] Iona**
Now then, please surrender.
**[10:19] Iona**
Or would you like to grunt
and groan some more?
**[10:22] Blade**
I give, I give!
**[10:24] Blade**
I admit defeat.
**[10:28] Yessica**
She beat Blade!
**[10:30] Cu**
How frustrating!
**[10:31] Claire**
That's amazing, Iona!
**[10:36] Blade**
Ow...
**[10:41] Blade**
Iona.
**[10:52] Iona**
V for victory.
**[11:00] Blade**
You're not gonna eat it?!
**[11:01] Blade**
Or wait, can you even eat?
**[11:03] Iona**
I am equipped to break down and
absorb organic matter as energy.
**[11:08] Iona**
However...
**[11:09] Earnest**
You're not feeling hungry?
**[11:11] Eliza**
I believe she's lost motivation
after defeating Blade, her target,
**[11:15] Eliza**
resulting in burnout syndrome.
**[11:18] Yessica**
But doesn't that only apply to humans?
**[11:22] Iona**
If I am met with a matter that
I cannot resolve on my own,
**[11:26] Iona**
would it be best to discuss it with others?
**[11:28] Claire**
If you've got problems, tell us about them!
**[11:30] Claire**
We're all your friends.
**[11:33] Iona**
In times like these, I would always
turn to Mother for guidance.
**[11:37] Cu**
Who is this Mother?
**[11:39] Eliza**
She means the Mother Computer.
**[11:41] Eliza**
The one who supervises Iona.
**[11:43] Iona**
Whenever I complete a given command,
**[11:46] Iona**
I report it to Mother and
am assigned my next mission.
**[11:49] Iona**
However, even though I have
restored the connection,
**[11:53] Iona**
Mother continues to refuse it.
**[11:56] Iona**
For abandoning my duties, unilaterally
blocking the connection, and other reasons,
**[12:00] Iona**
it seems that I have been declared a
defective unit and my terminal login expunged.
**[12:04] Earnest**
So you mean... you got fired?
**[12:06] Blade**
What are these other reasons?
**[12:08] Iona**
Transmitting around 15 terabytes' worth
of written abuse aimed at Mother.
**[12:12] Blade**
There's your reason.
**[12:14] Iona**
I am feeling terribly insecure,
now that I am without a supervisor.
**[12:18] Iona**
Peek. Stare.
**[12:19] Iona**
Blade.
**[12:21] Iona**
Can I call you Master?
**[12:23] Blade**
No way!
**[12:24] Blade**
You're asking me to take the
place of your supervisor, right?
**[12:27] Iona**
That is unfortunate.
**[12:29] Iona**
If I do not have you become my master,
the counter will keep ticking.
**[12:33] Blade**
Counter?
**[12:34] Iona**
Yes.
**[12:35] Iona**
To prevent them turning berserker
without a chain of command,
**[12:38] Iona**
all Guardians have a
self-destruct program installed.
**[12:42] Group**
What?!
**[12:47] Eliza**
It looks like it decrements every second,
**[12:49] Eliza**
which means we have a
little over 84 hours left.
**[12:52] Iona**
Do not fear.
**[12:54] Iona**
My intent is to self-destruct in a
location with no one else around.
**[12:57] Earnest**
That's not the issue here!
**[12:59] Blade**
Ah, I get it already.
**[13:00] Blade**
That counter should stop if I become
your master or whatever, right?
**[13:04] Iona**
Yes, most likely.
**[13:06] Blade**
I'll do it then.
**[13:08] Blade**
I'll be your master.
**[13:10] Iona**
Thank you very much, Master.
**[13:18] Iona**
Here you go, Master.
**[13:21] Cu**
Tonkatsu curry!
**[13:23] Blade**
By the way, what's with the getup?
**[13:24] Cu**
It's so spicy!
**[13:25] Iona**
It is an ancient attire for servants.
**[13:29] Iona**
If you command me to stop wearing it, I will.
**[13:31] Blade**
No, you don't have to stop.
**[13:34] Iona**
I have received your command.
**[13:35] Iona**
I will cease to stop wearing it.
**[13:37] Iona**
What is your next command?
**[13:39] Blade**
It's nice having you take care of me,
**[13:42] Blade**
but it feels like I've lost my freedom.
**[13:44] Cu**
She provides us with food and snacks!
**[13:47] Cu**
That's a good thing!
**[13:49] Sophie**
No, it's not.
**[13:50] Blade**
Sophie?
**[13:52] Blade**
What's wrong?
**[13:53] Blade**
If you've got something to say,
then you should say it.
**[13:55] Sophie**
Is that a command?
**[13:57] Blade**
Huh? Yeah, sure.
**[13:59] Iona**
That is not fair, Master.
**[14:00] Iona**
You will not command me,
yet you do so for Miss Sophie.
**[14:04] Blade**
You be quiet.
**[14:05] Iona**
Oh, is that a command?
**[14:10] Sophie**
I don't like this.
**[14:10] Cu**
Get off him!
**[14:11] Blade**
What don't you like?
**[14:13] Sophie**
She's stealing my character traits!
**[14:15] Blade**
Huh?
**[14:16] Sophie**
She's stealing my character traits.
**[14:18] Sophie**
For one, my expressionless face.
**[14:20] Iona**
I am not expressionless.
**[14:22] Iona**
I have 800 different facial
expressions installed.
**[14:25] Sophie**
Also, how I wait for commands.
**[14:27] Iona**
That is inevitable.
**[14:29] Iona**
I am simply following my
instincts as an android.
**[14:31] Group**
Stare...
**[14:33] Sophie**
You don't ever give me commands.
**[14:35] Sophie**
Yet here you are, ordering Iona around.
**[14:38] Sophie**
This isn't fair.
**[14:39] Iona**
In that case, let us see which of
us is more deserving of Master.
**[14:44] Blade**
Eh? Eh?!
**[14:45] Cu**
I've heard of this!
**[14:47] Cu**
This is what they call a scene of carnage!
**[14:50] Cu**
Let there be blood!
**[14:52] Blade**
I'm begging you,
please don't cause any trouble.
**[14:55] Group**
Is that a command?
**[14:57] Blade**
Y-Yeah.
**[15:04] Sophie**
Meow.
**[15:06] Blade**
No, don't give me that.
**[15:08] Blade**
What are you doing?
**[15:09] Sophie**
Establishing my character.
**[15:10] Sophie**
Do you think I can beat Iona now?
**[15:12] Iona**
I see.
**[15:13] Iona**
It seems we both had the same idea.
**[15:15] Iona**
Let us have a staring contest instead.
**[15:18] Sophie**
Just what I wanted.
**[15:20] Blade**
I don't care anymore.
**[15:26] Earnest**
An unarmed showdown?
**[15:28] Claire**
They couldn't settle the staring contest
even after a whole day had passed.
**[15:33] Iona**
It seems I will have to resort to this.
**[15:36] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[15:40] Blade**
This is supposed to be unarmed combat!
**[15:42] Blade**
Both of you are disqualified.
**[15:46] Iona**
Master. Which of us is more skilled?
**[15:51] Sophie**
Pick the one that feels nicer.
**[15:54] Blade**
I can't tell the difference.
**[15:58] Blade**
Huh?
**[15:59] Blade**
You're going to watch me as I'm fast asleep?
**[16:02] Blade**
What kind of showdown is this, even?
**[16:04] Iona**
The one to serve Master must be
someone who always puts you at ease.
**[16:10] Sophie**
Go on, Blade.
**[16:11] Sophie**
Sleep like a baby.
**[16:14] Blade**
Okay, I'm turning the lights off.
**[16:23] Iona**
Feel free to go to sleep if
you are tired, Miss Sophie.
**[16:26] Sophie**
I've undergone sleep training.
**[16:29] Sophie**
I can keep going for up to seven days.
**[16:31] Iona**
I do not require sleep in the first place.
**[16:37] Iona**
It seems we will not decide
a victor today, either.
**[16:40] Sophie**
Agreed.
**[16:43] Iona**
Lately, I feel as though I would be
okay if we never settled this matter.
**[16:49] Iona**
I have always been alone.
**[16:52] Iona**
Always alone, for such a long time.
**[16:56] Iona**
He was the only one who would come visit me.
**[16:59] Sophie**
I was all alone as well.
**[17:02] Sophie**
All alone in my cage in that dark lab.
**[17:06] Sophie**
I was nobody.
**[17:08] Sophie**
The single link I had was
my worth as his replica.
**[17:14] Sophie**
I was able to stay linked with the
world because he was there for me.
**[17:18] Sophie**
That's how I felt.
**[17:20] Iona**
I also felt the same way.
**[17:24] Iona**
It seems that you have become
someone special to me as well.
**[17:29] Iona**
What should I do about this?
**[17:31] Sophie**
I'm not sure.
**[17:32] Sophie**
But this feeling when I compete against you...
**[17:37] Sophie**
Am I having fun?
**[17:39] Iona**
I do not know the answer to that question.
**[17:41] Iona**
Miss Sophie.
**[17:43] Iona**
As a human, you are better equipped to...
**[17:44] Sophie**
Sophie.
**[17:45] Iona**
Pardon?
**[17:47] Sophie**
Just call me Sophie.
**[17:49] Sophie**
No title needed.
**[17:53] Iona**
Understood, Sophie.
**[18:02] Iona**
Good morning, Sophie.
**[18:05] Sophie**
Good morning, Iona.
**[18:07] Earnest**
Looks like you two are good friends now.
**[18:10] Earnest**
Well? Are you having fun at school?
**[18:13] Iona**
Yes. Very much so.
**[18:16] Blade**
Iona. Show me the counter.
**[18:19] Iona**
Is that a command?
**[18:21] Blade**
That's right. Show me.
**[18:29] Earnest**
It's gone down!
**[18:30] Earnest**
But why?
**[18:31] Blade**
So it didn't work...
**[18:33] Iona**
I would not say that
there has been no effect.
**[18:36] Iona**
The progression of the counter has
slowed down to one-tenth the speed.
**[18:40] Eliza**
Let me take a look.
**[18:41] Eliza**
I was afraid that a human as your master
wouldn't work, not even when it's a superorganism.
**[18:47] Eliza**
Looks like there's about 20 hours left.
**[18:51] Blade**
What do you want to do?
**[18:54] Iona**
I would...
**[19:01] Iona**
If possible, until the last moment,
**[19:04] Iona**
I would like to be with you
all for as long as possible.
**[19:08] Sophie**
Iona...
**[19:10] Iona**
After that, I will go by myself.
**[19:12] Iona**
I do not wish to cause
injury to anyone around me.
**[19:18] Yessica**
Let's get the "Send Iona Off
with a Smile" party underway!
**[19:28] Iona**
Is it all right for me to remain here?
**[19:32] Sophie**
Yeah.
**[19:33] Sophie**
Everyone is trying to
make your wish come true.
**[19:38] Sophie**
So, Iona...
**[19:39] Sophie**
You should also enjoy this
time as much as you can.
**[19:43] Sophie**
I don't mean that as a command,
but as your friend.
**[19:46] Iona**
Yes.
**[20:03] Yessica**
Anna.
**[20:05] Earnest**
Did you find that idiot?
**[20:06] Yessica**
We've looked all over the campus,
but he's nowhere to be found.
**[20:11] Earnest**
Where has that Blade gone
off to at a time like this?
**[20:23] Sophie**
Iona!
**[20:27] Iona**
Thank you very much for today.
**[20:30] Iona**
I am destined to expire soon.
**[20:32] Iona**
What meaning is there in appending a
meager amount of data to my memory?
**[20:38] Iona**
At first, I could not understand it.
**[20:40] Iona**
However, after spending time with you all,
**[20:43] Iona**
in the moment before destruction,
I see myself for the first time
**[20:48] Iona**
and feel as though I understand you humans.
**[20:52] Iona**
Sophie.
**[20:53] Iona**
I was less than human, but thanks to you,
I was able to become human.
**[21:01] Iona**
Please give Master my regards.
**[21:04] Iona**
Claire.
**[21:05] Iona**
I still remember the warmth of your hands.
**[21:08] Iona**
Yessica.
**[21:09] Iona**
I would have liked to have
more girl talk with you.
**[21:12] Iona**
Mao.
**[21:13] Iona**
I leave it to you to eradicate Master.
**[21:16] Iona**
Cu.
**[21:17] Iona**
It is fine to be mischievous,
so please grow to be fine and mighty.
**[21:23] Iona**
Finally, Earnest...
**[21:27] Iona**
The truth is that I am scared.
**[21:31] Iona**
I do not want to go away.
**[21:37] Iona**
Help me.
**[21:40] Earnest**
I'm sorry, Iona!
**[21:41] Sophie**
I'm so sorry.
**[21:42] Iona**
Do not forget me!
**[21:43] Iona**
Please, do not forget me!
**[21:46] Claire**
I won't forget you!
**[21:47] Yessica**
I won't, either!
**[21:48] Earnest**
I won't forget!
**[21:49] Sophie**
I won't forget you. I swear.
**[21:53] Iona**
Thank you.
**[21:54] Iona**
Farewell.
**[22:03] Earnest**
Huh?
**[22:05] Sophie**
She's not detonating.
**[22:06] Eliza**
What's going on here?
**[22:08] Eliza**
It should already be time.
**[22:14] Blade**
Oh, this is where it leads?
**[22:17] Blade**
Huh? Where's the party?
**[22:19] Blade**
Wait, is there no food left for me?
**[22:23] Earnest**
Blade!
**[22:24] Earnest**
Where have you been this whole time,
skipping the party like that?!
**[22:28] Blade**
Ah, I went to go see Mother.
**[22:30] Earnest**
What?
**[22:31] Iona**
Why?
**[22:32] Blade**
Well, you were gonna explode
because Mother fired you, right?
**[22:37] Blade**
That's why...
**[22:38] Blade**
I went to go persuade her.
**[22:40] Blade**
With a bit of brute force, as well.
**[22:45] Iona**
The connection with Mother has been restored.
**[22:48] Earnest**
Does that mean...
**[22:49] Iona**
Currently, the self-destruct program...
**[22:53] Iona**
has met none of its parameters to activate.
**[22:58] Iona**
Sophie, I...
**[23:00] Sophie**
Yes.
**[23:01] Sophie**
What you want most right now.
**[23:04] Sophie**
You should go and do it.
**[23:09] Earnest**
If that was the case—
**[23:10] Iona**
Master!
**[23:11] Iona**
Master! Master!
**[23:14] Iona**
Master!
**[23:15] Iona**
Master!
**[23:16] Mao**
Well? Not going to stop her?
**[23:18] Earnest**
Just for today...
**[23:19] Iona**
Master!
**[23:22] Blade**
Can't breathe...
**[23:24] Iona**
Master!
**[23:25] Earnest**
I changed my mind after all!
**[23:27] Earnest**
Get off!
**[23:28] Earnest**
Get off him!
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** The Superorganism Suppression Committee
# E9 - The Superorganism Suppression Committee
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZXK14/the-superorganism-suppression-committee)
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***SIGN*** Rosewood Academy
**[00:02] Earnest**
The battle royale: a special
program at Rosewood Academy.
***SIGN*** Testing Ground No. 2
**[00:05] Sophie**
A valuable exercise where each student uses
the fruits of their training to compete.
**[00:10] Maria**
Or at least it was supposed to be...
**[00:13] Cu**
Parent's gone and won all by himself!
**[00:17] Leonard**
Have no fear! I'm still here!
**[00:19] Leonard**
With my drill lance's Absolute Defense!
**[00:23] Blade**
Ah, that move is a real pain in the neck.
**[00:27] Clay**
Do your best, Leonard!
**[00:28] Kassim**
You're the last one standing!
**[00:30] Kassim**
Avenge us!
**[00:32] Yessica**
Would it hurt to lose every
once in a while, Blade?
**[00:34] Group**
Take the loss! Take the loss!
**[00:35] Blade**
Why am *I* the bad guy here?
**[00:37] Iona**
That is because almost everyone
here was defeated by you, Master.
**[00:41] Blade**
Ah, well, I guess that makes sense.
**[00:43] Maria**
Leonard!
**[00:45] Maria**
Please give it all you've got!
**[00:47] Leonard**
Even if we may both fall here...
**[00:49] Leonard**
I swear to bring victory upon your name,
my lord, Earnest Flaming!
**[00:54] Claire**
Leonard! You can do it!
**[00:57] Claire**
C'mon! Anna, cheer him on!
**[00:59] Earnest**
Huh? Leonard hasn't been knocked out yet?
**[01:02] Earnest**
Why's *he* of all people still standing?
**[01:05] Yessica**
Blade's the kind who leaves
his carrots for last.
**[01:09] Earnest**
Oh, he puts off the things he hates?
**[01:13] Maria**
Leonard! Get back on your feet!
**[01:15] Earnest**
Cut it out with that skeleton!
**[01:18] Leonard**
Here I go!
**[01:23] Clay**
Knew it.
**[01:25] Kassim**
We're talking about Leonard here.
**[01:29] Leonard**
Say what you will, but I still have my lord!
**[01:33] Earnest**
I can finally eat now!
**[01:39] Blade**
Hey, let's go grab some food.
**[01:41] Leonard**
Thank you.
**[01:43] Leonard**
I really don't stand a chance against you.
**[02:00] [SONG] Sign**
I look in your eyes, and I'm met with
**[02:04] [SONG] Sign**
A brand-new me and dream
**[02:18] [SONG] Sign**
Bravery? Naturally?
**[02:21] [SONG] Sign**
Polar opposites within the heart
**[02:24] [SONG] Sign**
But, you know, wanting to have both
**[02:26] [SONG] Sign**
That's the saga of human nature
**[02:29] [SONG] Sign**
Oh no, don't mind me
**[02:31] [SONG] Sign**
Go ahead, and so on, you know the rest
**[02:34] [SONG] Sign**
A little more? Wait, even harder?!
**[02:37] [SONG] Sign**
Going overboard much?
**[02:40] [SONG] Sign**
Those selfish emotions deep down
**[02:42] [SONG] Sign**
Bringing them to light is
what friendship's about
**[02:44] [SONG] Sign**
Spending adolescence duking it out with pals
**[02:47] [SONG] Sign**
I don't wanna lose
**[02:51] [SONG] Sign**
We're off to the cutting edge moment
**[02:54] [SONG] Sign**
Fight with best friends, and leave no regrets
**[02:58] [SONG] Sign**
You should laugh, since
you look best with a smile
**[03:03] [SONG] Sign**
On the ropes?! No matter
what we face, et cetera
**[03:08] [SONG] Sign**
Just sit back and enjoy it
**[03:11] [SONG] Sign**
Whatever may come, I'll
be here to protect you
***SIGN*** Episode 9
***SIGN*** The Superorganism Suppression Committee
***SIGN*** Rosewood Academy Residence Hall
***SIGN*** Maria's Room, Bath
**[03:40] Mao**
Hm... You of all people...
**[03:43] Maria**
Mao.
**[03:44] Mao**
Oh, I was just a bit surprised.
***SIGN*** Leonard's Room
**[03:55] Leonard**
*Well... I had already realized it.*
**[03:58] Leonard**
*Blade really is so strong.*
**[04:01] Leonard**
*There will always be someone better.*
**[04:03] Leonard**
*I know that's only obvious.*
**[04:07] Leonard**
*If I can defeat Blade,
I'm sure that the Empress...*
**[04:16] Leonard**
*Can I defeat him?*
**[04:18] Leonard**
That's right! I should begin
by repairing my weapon!
***SIGN*** Rosewood Academy
***SIGN*** Courtyard
**[04:30] Maria**
Are you okay with this?
**[04:32] Maria**
Is something the matter, Maria?
**[04:33] Maria**
You want to defeat Blade, but you can't.
**[04:37] Maria**
You lost to him, but you're
calmly laughing it off.
**[04:40] Maria**
Are you okay just staying like this?
**[04:43] Leonard**
You wouldn't understand.
**[04:44] Maria**
I can't say I do.
**[04:46] Maria**
I don't want to be behind Blade.
**[04:49] Maria**
What I want is to stand by his side.
**[04:53] Maria**
It's frustrating to lose to him,
**[04:55] Maria**
though I've never actually faced him.
**[04:58] Maria**
But I swear that one day, I'll stand at his side
because of my own ability.
**[05:03] Leonard**
Could it be that you...
**[05:05] Maria**
Ah, no! I-I didn't mean it in that way!
**[05:08] Maria**
It's like Mao always says!
**[05:11] Maria**
I shall be the one to kill you!
**[05:13] Maria**
It's like that!
**[05:14] Maria**
A declaration of rivalry!
**[05:20] Leonard**
Do you want to kill Blade?
**[05:22] Maria**
Huh?!
**[05:22] Maria**
N-No, I don't want to do that at all!
**[05:25] Maria**
I'm sure Mao doesn't really
want to kill him, either!
**[05:28] Maria**
Huh? That part is true?
**[05:29] Maria**
Seriously?!
**[05:31] Leonard**
I've come to my senses.
**[05:33] Leonard**
You said all that to try and
light a fire under me.
**[05:37] Maria**
When I saw you trying to put
yourself down compared to Blade...
**[05:42] Maria**
I couldn't bear to see you cast aside
your desire to rival him, and defeat him.
**[05:48] Maria**
I'm sorry!
**[05:49] Maria**
I was being selfish.
**[05:52] Leonard**
Please, raise your head.
**[05:53] Leonard**
I should be the one thanking you.
**[05:56] Leonard**
I must defeat him at any cost.
**[06:03] Leonard**
Or else my lord will not
see fit to look my way.
**[06:08] Maria**
I'm rooting for you!
**[06:11] Leonard**
I'll be rooting for you, as well.
**[06:12] Maria**
Yes!
**[06:12] Eliza**
Hold it right there for just one moment!
**[06:15] Eliza**
Rooting this, rooting that.
**[06:17] Eliza**
Give me a break.
**[06:18] Eliza**
So it amounts to nothing more than idealism?
**[06:20] Eliza**
How laughable.
**[06:21] Eliza**
Utterly preposterous.
**[06:24] Eliza**
Pretend to be friends all you want!
**[06:26] Eliza**
Live up your youth all you want!
**[06:27] Eliza**
Heck, be as idealistic as you want!
**[06:29] Eliza**
However!
**[06:30] Eliza**
Do you think you can beat that
superorganism like that?!
**[06:35] Leonard**
Huh? W-Well, um...
**[06:37] Mao**
Hm?
**[06:38] Eliza**
I don't mean to criticize you.
**[06:40] Eliza**
But if you seriously want
to take that thing down,
**[06:43] Eliza**
I can lend a hand.
**[06:47] Eliza**
Yes, with a realistic plan
instead of idealism!
**[06:50] Eliza**
Using this gray matter of mine!
**[06:54] Leonard**
Thanks, um...
**[06:57] Mao**
Who are you?
**[06:59] Eliza**
Eliza!
**[07:03] Leonard**
Heaven and earth alike shall not
tolerate this transcended being!
***SIGN*** First Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
***SIGN*** Chairman: Leonard
**[07:10] Leonard**
I thank you all for gathering
here on this day.
***SIGN*** Empress: Earnest
**[07:14] Earnest**
Hey, why are you the chairman?
***SIGN*** Gray Matter: Eliza
**[07:17] Eliza**
More like, Empress, why are you here?
***SIGN*** Demon King's Daughter: Maria
**[07:20] Maria**
Because this meeting
is about defeating Blade!
**[07:22] Earnest**
I want to beat him to a bloody pulp!
***SIGN*** Guardian: Iona
**[07:24] Iona**
Eradication is my specialty.
**[07:26] Kassim**
Whatever, let's just get it over with!
***SIGN*** Assassin: Kassim
***SIGN*** Swordsman: Clay
**[07:27] Clay**
Yeah!
**[07:30] Leonard**
Though we share not the day of our births,
we swear here an oath of fellowship,
**[07:35] Leonard**
to challenge the transcended
one who defies logic—
**[07:36] Earnest**
What the heck does that mean?
**[07:40] Maria**
Leonard!
**[07:41] Maria**
Guts! You've got to show some guts!
**[07:43] Leonard**
Guts!
**[07:45] Leonard**
In other words!
**[07:46] Leonard**
All of us may have different motives,
but we all want to beat the superorganism!
***SIGN*** Artificial Hero: Sophitia Femto
***SIGN*** Baby Dragon: Cu Chulainn
**[07:51] Sophie**
I'm fine as long as Blade is happy.
**[07:54] Cu**
Parent!
**[07:57] Leonard**
D-Does anyone here have
a specific plan in mind?
***SIGN*** Healer: Claire
***SIGN*** Spy: Yessica
**[08:01] Yessica**
Here!
**[08:02] Yessica**
Attack him in his sleep!
**[08:03] Claire**
Poison him?
**[08:04] Earnest**
What? That's cowardly.
**[08:06] Eliza**
No, there's nothing cowardly about it.
**[08:08] Eliza**
In fact, wouldn't you say that being a
superorganism is about as cowardly as it gets?
**[08:13] Group**
Mm-hmm.
**[08:15] Cu**
Mm-hmm!
***SIGN*** Illustrative Footage from Superorganism Simulator
**[08:16] Eliza**
We feeble humans are trying
to take on a superorganism!
**[08:20] Eliza**
It's only natural that we use whatever
methods are available to us!
**[08:23] Earnest**
I want to fight him fair and square.
**[08:26] Earnest**
I mean, Blade only ever uses a sword.
**[08:30] Earnest**
Why don't we challenge him with weapons
he'd be weak against, like lances or bows?
**[08:34] Claire**
How's that different from attacking
him in his sleep or poisoning him?
**[08:39] Leonard**
Um, look...
**[08:41] Leonard**
What my lord is saying is that, well...
**[08:43] Leonard**
We should each face him with
whatever methods we see fit.
**[08:48] Leonard**
That's what she means, yep.
**[08:49] Earnest**
Y-Yeah, that's right!
**[08:51] Earnest**
That's what I meant to say!
**[08:54] Sophie**
Really?
**[08:55] Earnest**
Really!
**[08:56] Leonard**
Ladies and gentlemen!
**[08:58] Leonard**
Let us declare here our vow to defeat Blade,
and achieve victory without fail!
**[09:05] Leonard**
All in the name of suppressing
the superorganism in battle!
***SIGN*** Rosewood Academy, Testing Ground No. 2
***SIGN*** Super Drill Lance Mk. II
**[09:13] Earnest**
Let's fight fair and square!
**[09:15] Earnest**
Prepare yourself, Blade!
**[09:18] Earnest**
Here I go!
***SIGN*** Second Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
**[09:23] Earnest**
Thanks for letting me use your lance.
**[09:24] Leonard**
I'd just fixed this thing!
**[09:26] Yessica**
I'm up next!
***SIGN*** Rosewood Academy Residence Hall, Late at Night
**[09:28] Yessica**
There's no point fighting
him when he's awake.
***SIGN*** Blade's Bedroom
**[09:32] Yessica**
Okay, he's fast asleep!
**[09:34] Yessica**
Good, good...
**[09:38] Yessica**
Huh? Iona?
**[09:39] Yessica**
H-Hey, hey! Wait, wait, wait! Wait!
***SIGN*** Third Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
**[09:48] Yessica**
Hey, I thought we were on the same side.
**[09:50] Iona**
That was an automatic function.
**[09:52] Yessica**
It's no good when he's asleep, either?
**[09:54] Leonard**
Then I'll take him on next!
***SIGN*** Full Armor Drill Lance Perfect Pack Repair
**[09:57] Leonard**
With my renovated lance!
**[10:00] Leonard**
Blade!
**[10:01] Leonard**
Today is the day that I surpass you!
**[10:02] Blade**
I really think you should just give up.
**[10:05] Leonard**
Enough talk!
**[10:06] Leonard**
Now face me in a fair fight!
**[10:13] Blade**
Yeesh...
***SIGN*** Fourth Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
**[10:17] Leonard**
Duct tape ain't gonna cut it, huh?!
**[10:18] Maria**
Mao and I will avenge the chairman!
***SIGN*** Rosewood Academy Cafeteria
**[10:24] Maria**
You're wide... open!
**[10:27] Mao**
Have you forgotten that
I am the one who will kill—
**[10:31] Mao**
In the middle of my introduction...
**[10:33] Mao**
How cowardly...
***SIGN*** Fifth Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
**[10:35] Maria**
Mao, you talk too much.
***SIGN*** Testing Ground No. 2, Once Again
**[10:38] Sophie**
These are my only weapons.
***SIGN*** Sixth Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
**[10:45] Sophie**
I'm fine as long as Blade is happy.
***SIGN*** Rosewood Academy Cafeteria
**[10:48] Claire**
Hi-yah!
***SIGN*** Seventh Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
**[10:54] Claire**
I knew it...
**[10:55] Kassim**
If we're together...
***SIGN*** Testing Ground No. 2
**[10:57] Clay**
We have nothing to fear!
**[11:01] Group**
Ah!
**[11:02] Group**
Look, over there, a naked lady!
**[11:06] Blade**
So what if there's a naked lady?
***SIGN*** Eighth Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
**[11:10] Kassim**
Naked...
**[11:11] Clay**
Lady...
***SIGN*** Rosewood Academy Cafeteria
**[11:13] Cu**
Prepare yourself, Parent!
**[11:16] Cu**
It's too spicy!
**[11:18] Blade**
It's good, you know?
**[11:19] Maria**
Eek! I've tripped!
***SIGN*** Operation Klutzy Dumbbell Accident
**[11:21] Maria**
Whoopsie-daisy!
**[11:23] Maria**
It didn't work.
**[11:24] Blade**
Are you okay?
**[11:25] Yessica**
Go!
***SIGN*** Rock-Paper-Scissors
**[11:26] Earnest**
Here we go!
**[11:28] Earnest**
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
**[11:29] Earnest**
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
**[11:31] Earnest**
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
**[11:33] Earnest**
Shoot!
**[11:34] Earnest**
Shoot!
**[11:34] Earnest**
Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!
**[11:35] Earnest**
Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot!
***SIGN*** Rosewood Academy Infirmary
**[11:38] Doctor**
Looks like tenosynovitis.
**[11:39] Earnest**
His wrists are way too strong!
**[11:42] Doctor**
You just suck at rock-paper-scissors.
**[11:44] Earnest**
So hot!
***SIGN*** Endurance Contest
**[11:47] Earnest**
-Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!
**[11:48] Blade**
-Don't overdo it.
***SIGN*** Endurance Contest 2
**[11:49] Earnest**
-No way, no way, no way, no way!
**[11:51] Blade**
-Why'd you even try it?
**[11:53] Leonard**
My lord!
***SIGN*** Endurance Contest 3
**[11:55] Earnest**
That lousy superorganism!
***SIGN*** Eleventh Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
**[11:58] Yessica**
-Anna...
**[11:58] Earnest**
-That stupid moron!
**[11:59] Claire**
-Let's calm down.
**[12:01] Earnest**
I know. Let's draw lots next.
**[12:04] Earnest**
We'll fill it with only losing lots,
and then Blade can...
**[12:08] Leonard**
Everyone, what was our original goal again?
**[12:13] Yessica**
I forgot!
**[12:14] Claire**
Um...
**[12:14] Iona**
Searching...
**[12:16] Earnest**
I want to defeat him!
**[12:17] Earnest**
Beat him to a bloody pulp!
**[12:19] Earnest**
And then make him say,
"Earnest, you're so strong!"
**[12:22] Earnest**
Argh!
**[12:23] Leonard**
That's right.
**[12:24] Leonard**
However, my lord...
**[12:26] Leonard**
In the search to be recognized,
rather than victory,
**[12:31] Leonard**
could it be that the very process
is what truly gives it meaning?
**[12:34] Maria**
Leonard...
**[12:35] Yessica**
Wow, I never thought you'd talk back to Anna!
**[12:38] Earnest**
None of that matters if you don't win!
**[12:40] Earnest**
We need to beat him at least once!
**[12:41] Earnest**
I don't care what it is, as long as we win!
**[12:43] Earnest**
I just want to make him say uncle!
**[12:45] Earnest**
Argh!
**[12:46] Leonard**
"Say uncle"?
**[12:48] Iona**
Say uncle.
**[12:49] Iona**
In ancient language,
it means "to admit defeat."
**[12:52] Iona**
In that case, it is possible.
**[12:54] (Flashback) Blade**
I give, I give!
**[12:56] (Flashback) Blade**
I admit defeat.
**[12:57] Maria**
You're right! He said he gave up!
**[12:59] Earnest**
You're right!
**[13:00] Leonard**
You're right!
**[13:03] Eliza**
The core of that strategy was that
we used Iona's life as a hostage.
**[13:08] Iona**
Yes.
**[13:09] Iona**
This means that if we take
hostages this time as well,
**[13:11] Iona**
it should be possible to defeat Master.
**[13:16] Maria**
Leonard? What's wrong?
**[13:19] Leonard**
Well... taking hostages...
**[13:21] Earnest**
We can defeat Blade!
**[13:22] Earnest**
I'll drink swamp water
if that's what it takes!
**[13:24] Earnest**
Got it?!
**[13:26] Leonard**
What unbridled passion!
**[13:28] Leonard**
I understand, my lord.
**[13:30] Leonard**
If that is your wish, I will spare no effort.
**[13:32] Earnest**
Let's do it, everyone!
**[13:38] Leonard**
My drill is burning up as it spins!
**[13:40] Group**
Huh...
***SIGN*** Superorganism Suppression Committee, Operation Hostage
**[13:45] Doctor**
As you can see,
**[13:46] Doctor**
the medical approach here is fundamentally
different from that of healing magic.
**[13:51] Doctor**
Knowing how to heal the
human body can come in handy.
**[13:54] Doctor**
If you know how to heal it,
you also know how to injure it.
**[13:59] Cu**
I know that!
**[14:01] Blade**
Hey, Leonard and the others aren't here.
**[14:04] Earnest**
What?
**[14:04] Earnest**
Th-That's not true!
**[14:06] Yessica**
Oh, you know!
**[14:07] Yessica**
Those three had to go run an errand, I think!
**[14:10] Blade**
What kind of errand?
**[14:11] Claire**
You don't need to worry about that, Blade.
**[14:14] Claire**
Nope.
**[14:16] Kassim**
Look here!
**[14:18] Kassim**
This place is under *our* control now!
**[14:20] Clay**
Now!
**[14:21] Leonard**
Now!
**[14:22] Blade**
What is that?
**[14:23] Earnest**
Ah! Those are...
**[14:25] Earnest**
Terrorists!
**[14:27] Kassim**
We're terrorists!
**[14:28] Clay**
Terrorists!
**[14:29] Leonard**
Terrorists!
**[14:31] Blade**
Terrorists?
**[14:32] Sophie**
It refers to people who use violence
to achieve their political goals.
**[14:37] Blade**
Political?
**[14:38] Cu**
Political!
**[14:40] Blade**
I don't get it.
**[14:41] Earnest**
It means they're rowdy and rude!
**[14:43] Blade**
I see.
**[14:44] Cu**
I see!
**[14:45] Doctor**
Who *are* you people?!
**[14:47] Kassim**
Just shut up and do as we say!
**[14:49] Clay**
Sorry, there's a reason for all this,
so please play along!
**[14:52] Doctor**
What?
**[14:53] Leonard**
If this doesn't concern you, get out!
**[14:56] Kassim**
Get out!
**[14:58] Clay**
Get out!
**[14:59] Earnest**
You need to stay in here!
**[15:01] Blade**
Why? What's going on?
**[15:03] Earnest**
Can't you tell?!
**[15:04] Earnest**
They've taken our teacher hostage!
**[15:06] Blade**
Hostage?
**[15:07] Cu**
Hostage!
**[15:09] Kassim**
She's our hostage!
**[15:10] Clay**
Hostage!
**[15:11] Doctor**
Oh, no! Help me, Blade!
**[15:15] Doctor**
Blade!
**[15:17] Doctor**
Blade!
**[15:19] Doctor**
Blade!
**[15:20] Group**
*Huh? No fair.*
**[15:22] Earnest**
You, there!
**[15:23] Earnest**
If you're going to take a hostage,
it should be me!
**[15:24] Yessica**
No, me!
**[15:25] Claire**
Me, too! Me, too!
**[15:26] Kassim**
H-Hey.
**[15:28] Clay**
Why did you come over here?!
**[15:29] Maria**
No fair, I want in, too!
**[15:31] Iona**
As a high-spec machine, I am
best suited to be held hostage.
**[15:34] Iona**
My performance—
**[15:35] Eliza**
If we're talking high-spec,
it should be a genius like me!
**[15:39] Sophie**
I'm fine as long as Blade is happy.
**[15:41] Earnest**
Hey! You can't all come over here!
**[15:43] Maria**
You're the one who came over first!
**[15:45] Earnest**
Boo! Boo!
**[15:46] Claire**
I want Blade to save me, too!
**[15:49] Iona**
As a beloved, high-spec character, I am...
**[15:51] Eliza**
I was the one who proposed the idea!
**[15:53] Sophie**
I'm fine as long as Blade is happy.
**[15:55] Doctor**
Must be nice to be young.
**[15:57] Earnest**
Sophie!
**[15:57] Earnest**
If you're fine with it,
then you get out of here!
**[15:59] Sophie**
I'm fine. I'm fine.
**[16:00] Maria**
It's not fair!
**[16:02] Yessica**
What the heck are we doing?
**[16:03] Eliza**
We might have a chance with this!
**[16:04] Claire**
Don't think about it too hard.
**[16:05] Iona**
Master, please give me a command.
**[16:07] Doctor**
You can all live up your youth without me.
**[16:09] Clay**
Ah, sure.
**[16:11] Earnest**
Oh, I've been taken hostage!
**[16:14] Earnest**
H-Help me!
**[16:15] Blade**
Hey, Cu.
**[16:16] Cu**
What is it, Parent?
**[16:18] Blade**
What do you think the word "hostage" means?
**[16:20] Cu**
Non-perishable food?
**[16:22] Blade**
Non-perishable food, huh?
**[16:24] Earnest**
Eek, help me!
**[16:24] Blade**
Those terrorists came here to accomplish
their political goals with violence, right?
**[16:27] Earnest**
Blade! Blade! Help me!
**[16:31] Cu**
Political!
**[16:31] Earnest**
Hurry!
**[16:33] Earnest**
I'm so scared!
**[16:33] Blade**
And they took the girls hostage,
to keep them as non-perishable food.
**[16:34] Earnest**
Huh? Blade?
**[16:36] Earnest**
Huh? What are you doing?
**[16:37] Earnest**
Blade, hurry!
**[16:37] Cu**
Exactly!
**[16:39] Cu**
You're so smart, Parent!
**[16:41] Blade**
I see.
**[16:42] Blade**
I don't get it at all.
**[16:44] Cu**
Don't get it at all!
**[16:45] Earnest**
You nincompoop!
**[16:47] Earnest**
Blockhead!
**[16:48] Earnest**
Big fat dumb idiot!
**[16:49] Earnest**
Superorganism!
**[16:50] Earnest**
Your precious Earnest is in trouble!
**[16:52] Earnest**
Take things a little more seriously!
**[16:54] Claire**
We're in trouble, too!
**[16:56] Maria**
Just look at us!
**[16:57] Iona**
My hands and feet and tentacles are tied.
**[16:58] Sophie**
Blade, are you happy?
**[16:59] Eliza**
I came up with this idea!
**[17:01] Yessica**
This is so funny!
**[17:02] Claire**
Let's be serious here!
**[17:04] Group**
Eek! Help us!
**[17:08] Blade**
Terrorists. Political. Violence.
**[17:13] Blade**
Hostages. Non-perishable food.
**[17:16] Blade**
I still don't get it.
**[17:17] Cu**
Don't get it!
**[17:18] Earnest**
Stop it with the non-perishable food!
**[17:20] Claire**
Are you okay with us being eaten?!
**[17:22] Iona**
I am a good source of iron.
**[17:24] Group**
Eek! Help us!
**[17:26] Clay**
H-Hurry up and surrender!
**[17:28] Blade**
Hey, can I ask you something?
**[17:30] Clay**
Wh-What?
**[17:31] Blade**
What have you been doing this whole time?
**[17:33] Blade**
Clay. Kassim. Leonard.
**[17:35] Group**
Wham bam boom!
**[17:37] Kassim**
You knew it was us?!
**[17:38] Clay**
Since when?
**[17:39] Blade**
Hm, from the start?
**[17:41] Leonard**
H-How?!
**[17:43] Blade**
I mean, you can tell from the way
you walk and stuff, can't you?
**[17:46] Group**
Ah...
**[17:47] Kassim**
Damn it! Take a hint,
you lousy superorganism!
**[17:50] Clay**
Damn it! This was so embarrassing!
**[17:52] Leonard**
So this is where it ends, huh?!
**[17:54] Blade**
See, told you.
**[17:56] Group**
Damn it!
**[17:57] Blade**
So? What were you planning to
do by taking the girls hostage?
**[18:01] Clay**
We're still going?
**[18:03] Kassim**
Use them as non-perishable food, of course!
**[18:06] Earnest**
Really?!
**[18:07] Blade**
Won't you reconsider it?
**[18:08] Blade**
You shouldn't be eating your friends.
**[18:10] Claire**
Wait, is Operation Hostage working?
**[18:14] Kassim**
In that case...
**[18:16] Kassim**
These boobs...
**[18:17] Kassim**
and these boobs...
**[18:18] Kassim**
belong to me!
**[18:20] Earnest**
You should know when to stop!
**[18:27] Clay**
W-Well, Blade?
**[18:29] Clay**
Give up? Do you give up?!
**[18:31] Blade**
Why?
**[18:33] Clay**
Not giving up, huh?
**[18:36] Leonard**
We know that you're weak against hostages.
**[18:40] Leonard**
When you fought Iona,
you couldn't lay a finger on her.
**[18:42] Leonard**
Come now, admit your defeat!
**[18:43] Cu**
Admit your defeat!
**[18:45] Blade**
That was true back then,
but it won't work this time.
**[18:50] Leonard**
Putting up a bold front.
**[18:51] Leonard**
What can you possibly do here?
**[18:53] Leonard**
My lord!
**[18:55] Leonard**
If I may.
**[18:56] Earnest**
Please do.
**[18:59] Earnest**
Ah! Help me!
**[19:01] Earnest**
He's going to kill me!
**[19:04] Leonard**
If I can't have you to myself,
then I'll be the one to...
**[19:08] Claire**
Leonard...
**[19:09] Claire**
His eyes are dead serious.
**[19:12] Clay**
Give up? Give up yet?!
**[19:14] Cu**
Give up yet?
**[19:15] Kassim**
Blade, what will you do?!
**[19:17] Cu**
What will you do?
**[19:18] Group**
What will you do?!
**[19:23] Blade**
I'll do this.
**[19:29] Earnest**
Huh?
**[19:30] Kassim**
Eh?
**[19:33] Blade**
There, disarmed.
**[19:34] Leonard**
Wh-What did you do?!
**[19:37] Blade**
I sliced up just your weapons
and armor with my slashes.
***SIGN*** Penetrating Force Demonstration Video
**[19:40] Blade**
It's an application of penetrating force.
**[19:42] Leonard**
M-My word!
**[19:44] Maria**
Th-That's completely absurd!
**[19:46] Earnest**
This damn superorganism!
**[19:49] Earnest**
Now that it's come to this...
**[19:52] Blade**
Now what?
**[19:59] Earnest**
We'll all attack him at once!
**[20:02] Blade**
Oh? Hm? Oh?!
**[20:07] Blade**
So what was all this, anyway?
**[20:10] Maria**
Pretending to be terrorists.
**[20:13] Blade**
I get it now!
**[20:14] Blade**
So this was all make-believe!
**[20:16] Blade**
This is my first time playing
a make-believe game!
**[20:20] Blade**
Oh, did I do it right?
**[20:22] Blade**
I don't know all the rules!
**[20:23] Claire**
You did just fine.
**[20:25] Yessica**
Man, that's hilarious.
**[20:27] Maria**
I think I broke something.
**[20:28] Kassim**
I broke some bones.
**[20:29] Clay**
Me, too.
**[20:30] Iona**
Master, you are wonderful
when you show no mercy.
**[20:32] Eliza**
Looks like we didn't stand a chance.
**[20:34] Cu**
That's Parent for you!
**[20:36] Sophie**
I'm fine as long as Blade is happy.
**[20:39] Leonard**
I hate this, but...
**[20:42] Blade**
Terrorists, will you
show up tomorrow as well?
**[20:45] Group**
No more!
**[20:53] Earnest**
I won't ever give up!
**[20:56] Leonard**
My lord!
**[21:00] Leonard**
Ladies and gentlemen!
***SIGN*** 334th Superorganism Suppression Committee Session
**[21:01] Leonard**
Let us begin our 334th session!
**[21:04] Eliza**
We're still doing this?
**[21:05] Leonard**
Of course!
**[21:07] Leonard**
We are the Superorganism
Suppression Committee!
**[21:09] Leonard**
Until we achieve our long-held dream,
we will never give up!
**[21:13] Earnest**
Exactly!
**[21:15] Earnest**
I see you in a new light, Leonard.
**[21:17] Leonard**
If it's for my lord...
**[21:19] Yessica**
He sure has it rough.
**[21:21] Claire**
Does Anna not realize
Leonard's feelings for her?
**[21:24] Maria**
Leonard, hang in there!
**[21:26] Eliza**
Um, can't we give it up?
**[21:29] Earnest**
No! This is our calling!
**[21:32] Leonard**
Indeed!
**[21:33] Leonard**
For man, as man alone,
to surpass the superorganism!
**[21:37] Leonard**
Let's work hard together.
**[21:38] Earnest**
I'll make him say it for sure!
**[21:40] Earnest**
"Earnest, you're amazing!"
**[21:41] Earnest**
Prepare yourself, Blade!
**[21:42] Leonard**
Together...
**[21:43] Earnest**
I'll do all I can to make Blade cry!
**[21:46] Earnest**
And say, "Earnest, I give up! Boo-hoo!"
**[21:50] Leonard**
Boo-hoo...
**[21:51] Eliza**
The chairman looks like he's
going to burst into tears.
**[21:53] Yessica**
Boo-hoo...
**[21:55] Claire**
I feel so sorry for him.
**[21:56] Earnest**
Say uncle already, Blade!
**[21:59] Leonard**
Uncle!
**[21:59] Earnest**
Why are *you* saying it?!
**[22:01] Leonard**
Uncle!
**[22:18] [SONG] Sign**
The sunny disposition that
brings a smile to your face
**[22:23] [SONG] Sign**
As well as the heroic sense of justice
**[22:29] [SONG] Sign**
They may be a part of me,
but that's not all there is
**[22:34] [SONG] Sign**
That image of me
**[22:37] [SONG] Sign**
Has taken on a life of its own
**[22:40] [SONG] Sign**
Hey, wait up
**[22:42] [SONG] Sign**
Won't you be friends with me?
**[22:45] [SONG] Sign**
Let's shake hands, another self of mine
**[22:50] [SONG] Sign**
The wounds we cannot bear alone
**[22:53] [SONG] Sign**
The dangers that we keep hidden
**[22:55] [SONG] Sign**
We're all hiding them within
**[22:58] [SONG] Sign**
Standing ready to strike
**[23:01] [SONG] Sign**
The shadow lurking beneath the light
**[23:03] [SONG] Sign**
The muffled sounds coming from my lips
**[23:08] [SONG] Sign**
They make me feel that I am alive
**[23:13] [SONG] Sign**
It's a sign
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** I'm Looking for Something Tastier than Me
# E10 - I'm Looking for Something Tastier than Me
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8EVQG/im-looking-for-something-tastier-than-me)
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**[00:00] Lunch Lady**
Here, thanks for waiting.
**[00:02] Blade**
Thanks!
**[00:03] Girl Student A**
Happy birthday!
**[00:06] Girl Student B**
Oh, thank you!
**[00:08] Boy Student A**
This is from us!
**[00:08] Blade**
Hey, what are they doing?
**[00:11] Earnest**
It's a birthday celebration.
**[00:13] Blade**
Huh, how festive.
**[00:16] Blade**
So, what's a birthday?
**[00:17] Earnest**
Huh?
**[00:20] Earnest**
The problem is that Blade doesn't
know when his own birthday is.
**[00:24] Claire**
That means we can't celebrate it.
**[00:27] Dione**
Truth be told, we don't
know his exact age, either.
**[00:31] Dione**
He could already stand and walk
by the time they found him.
**[00:34] Dione**
We assumed he was one year old,
which would make him 17 now.
**[00:38] Maria**
Oh, in that case,
**[00:39] Maria**
do you know the day that they found him?
**[00:43] Dione**
I believe the Great— Wait, no!
**[00:46] Dione**
Blade told me about it was once.
**[00:49] Dione**
It's coming up in about a month.
**[00:51] Sophie**
I heard that when they found him,
he was holding a sword.
**[00:55] Earnest**
Ah, so that's why he's named Blade.
**[00:57] Claire**
Does that mean he'd be Lance
if it had been a lance?
**[01:01] Yessica**
Club if it was a club?
**[01:04] Yessica**
Man, that's hilarious!
**[01:06] Earnest**
Now all we need is something
Blade would like.
**[01:09] Claire**
What would he want?
**[01:11] Earnest**
How about tonkatsu curry?
**[01:13] Yessica**
I'm pretty sure that won't do.
**[01:15] Earnest**
I-I know that!
**[01:16] Earnest**
I just can't think of anything else.
**[01:19] King**
I see!
**[01:22] King**
Tonkatsu curry as a present!
**[01:25] King**
Nothing wrong with some tasty food!
**[01:27] King**
Everyone loves it! I do, too!
**[01:31] Yessica**
Um, Your Majesty...
**[01:32] Yessica**
He can get tonkatsu curry in the cafeteria.
**[01:35] King**
What if it wasn't normal, then?
**[01:37] King**
Yes!
**[01:37] King**
You just need to prepare a special,
royal tonkatsu curry for him!
**[01:42] Earnest**
Huh?
**[01:47] King**
Now, behold!
**[01:51] King**
This is the Royal Pantry,
the pride of our kingdom!
**[01:55] Earnest**
Hey, what's going on?!
**[01:57] King**
You'll be getting some
hands-on training in here.
**[02:01] King**
Go on and eat your fill of delicious foods!
**[02:05] Group**
What?!
**[02:13] [SONG] Sign**
I look in your eyes, and I'm met with
**[02:17] [SONG] Sign**
A brand-new me and dream
**[02:31] [SONG] Sign**
Bravery? Naturally?
**[02:34] [SONG] Sign**
Polar opposites within the heart
**[02:37] [SONG] Sign**
But, you know, wanting to have both
**[02:39] [SONG] Sign**
That's the saga of human nature
**[02:42] [SONG] Sign**
Oh no, don't mind me
**[02:44] [SONG] Sign**
Go ahead, and so on, you know the rest
**[02:47] [SONG] Sign**
A little more? Wait, even harder?!
**[02:50] [SONG] Sign**
Going overboard much?
**[02:53] [SONG] Sign**
Those selfish emotions deep down
**[02:55] [SONG] Sign**
Bringing them to light is what friendship's about
**[02:57] [SONG] Sign**
Spending adolescence duking it out with pals
**[03:00] [SONG] Sign**
I don't wanna lose
**[03:04] [SONG] Sign**
We're off to the cutting edge moment
**[03:07] [SONG] Sign**
Fight with best friends, and leave no regrets
**[03:11] [SONG] Sign**
You should laugh, since you look best with a smile
**[03:16] [SONG] Sign**
On the ropes?! No matter what we face, et cetera
**[03:21] [SONG] Sign**
Just sit back and enjoy it
**[03:24] [SONG] Sign**
Whatever may come, I'll be here to protect you
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** I'm Looking for
Something
Tastier than Me
**[03:41] Blade**
What are you gonna make us do this time?
**[03:44] Claire**
Um, we're underneath the castle, aren't we?
**[03:48] Maria**
Could this be some sort of ancient,
grand magic that collapses space on itself?
**[03:56] King**
Those doors will not open until the
required condition has been met!
**[04:01] Siren**
The condition to open the doors...
**[04:03] Siren**
is to consume a combined total
of 11.3 billion calories.
**[04:08] Clay**
100 million calories per person?!
**[04:10] Blade**
So we have to survive out here until then?
**[04:13] Cu**
Sniff, sniff...
**[04:14] Cu**
I smell lots of tasty things!
**[04:16] Dione**
Exactly!
**[04:18] Dione**
There are ingredients preserved here
that date back to the age of the gods.
**[04:22] King**
We say preserved, but all the plants and
animals here are uncontrollably violent,
**[04:27] King**
so in reality, they've been
allowed to run rampant.
**[04:30] King**
Thin out their numbers a bit, won't you?
**[04:34] Blade**
Hey, that's a job for a group
of hero-level warriors!
**[04:40] Blade**
Are you really gonna make us students do it?
**[04:42] Blade**
Right, Earnest?
**[04:44] Earnest**
Okay!
**[04:44] Earnest**
Here we go, everyone!
**[04:47] Clay**
First, we need to establish a campsite!
**[04:49] Cassim**
Yep.
**[04:51] Cu**
Parent!
**[04:53] Cu**
I can hardly wait!
**[04:55] Blade**
Huh?
**[05:00] Yessica**
Hey! Over here!
**[05:04] Yessica**
This way! Right here!
**[05:07] Leonard**
Magnificent!
**[05:08] Leonard**
Now, get it in the pit trap...
**[05:10] Claire**
Leonard!
**[05:17] Claire**
Hey, why me?!
**[05:20] Yessica**
Ah, I guess it thinks Claire looks tastier.
**[05:24] Leonard**
Watch out! Mademois—
**[05:26] Maria**
Leonard!
**[05:29] Mao**
Fighting weaklings is no fun, but...
**[05:32] Blade**
What happened?!
**[05:33] Blade**
Hey! Are you alright?!
**[05:36] Mao**
Well, if I must.
**[05:37] Mao**
Satan Levin.
**[05:42] Yessica**
Yes! Now we have food!
**[05:44] Blade**
Oh, it's already over?
**[05:48] Clay**
Open the gates!
**[05:51] Student**
There!
**[05:52] Student**
Okay, all good?
**[06:04] Eliza**
If we build more lookout towers here,
**[06:06] Eliza**
we'll be equipped to
confront outside invaders!
**[06:19] Earnest**
What about the repairs to the southern wall?
**[06:20] Yessica**
Yeah, we just finished.
**[06:23] Earnest**
I understand.
**[06:24] Earnest**
Everyone!
**[06:25] Earnest**
It's almost time for dinner,
so work hard until then!
**[06:34] Blade**
Maybe the king came up with
a good exercise this time.
**[06:42] Earnest**
Don't stare too much.
**[06:45] Blade**
Okay, I won't look.
**[06:53] Earnest**
You're really not looking?
**[06:55] Blade**
You're the one who told me not to.
**[07:01] Earnest**
Hey.
**[07:01] Earnest**
What were you like as a child?
**[07:05] Earnest**
Well, you know...
**[07:06] Earnest**
Like, do you remember any celebrations?
**[07:08] Blade**
Huh?
**[07:10] Blade**
I basically spent 24 hours a day fighting.
**[07:12] Earnest**
Eh?
**[07:13] Earnest**
Were you training to become
stronger or something?
**[07:16] Blade**
Nope, just fighting for my life.
**[07:19] Blade**
You'll die if you're weaker
than whoever attacks you.
**[07:22] Blade**
So getting stronger was just a fact of life.
**[07:24] Blade**
Become stronger or die.
**[07:26] Blade**
I was faced with that decision every day.
**[07:29] Earnest**
What are you saying?
**[07:30] Blade**
What?
**[07:31] Blade**
You asked what I was like as a kid.
**[07:38] Earnest**
Hey, Blade, I...
**[07:47] Yessica**
Wait, Claire!
**[07:48] Claire**
Don't go any further than that!
**[07:50] Earnest**
Huh? You two...
**[07:52] Earnest**
Y-Y-You...
**[07:53] Earnest**
You were watching?!
**[08:02] Cassim**
We sure did get used to living here.
**[08:06] Leonard**
I wonder how many calories we've consumed.
**[08:08] Iona**
Including today's share, we have
reached 47% of our calorie target.
**[08:14] Iona**
According to my high-spec
powers of calculation,
**[08:17] Iona**
we will most certainly meet our
target by the designated date.
**[08:23] King**
Very impressive!
**[08:25] King**
It seems your survival
exercise is going well.
**[08:27] Boy Student B**
Survival?
**[08:28] Girl Student B**
Has the king forgotten the original goal?
**[08:30] King**
Ah...
**[08:33] King**
As you've worked to survive,
you've all grown so much,
**[08:36] King**
and it seems the original task
might be a little too easy for you.
**[08:39] King**
And so!
**[08:42] King**
I've prepared a special challenge!
**[08:44] King**
I want you all to gather the
ingredients listed here!
**[08:58] Blade**
How are these different from the
ingredients we've faced so far?
**[09:01] King**
Will you accept the challenge?
**[09:09] Earnest**
Okay, let's go get that reward!
**[09:15] Blade**
That's...
**[09:19] Blade**
Cabbage!
**[09:20] Earnest**
Yep, cabbage.
**[09:21] Sophie**
Cabbage.
**[09:22] Cu**
I don't like veggies!
**[09:31] Maria**
That's an Emperor Cabbage!
**[09:33] Earnest**
Emperor?
**[09:34] Maria**
The cabbage cultivar originally
stored in the Royal Pantry
**[09:37] Maria**
went feral in these hostile conditions,
**[09:39] Maria**
and underwent adaptive evolution!
**[09:44] Earnest**
I'll burn it to a crisp!
**[09:46] Sophie**
You can't.
**[09:47] Sophie**
We need it to be raw.
**[09:49] Earnest**
Ah, that's right.
**[09:51] Earnest**
Everyone!
**[09:52] Earnest**
Let's reinforce our defenses
and charge in all at once!
**[09:54] Blade**
Why raw?
**[09:56] Blade**
Whoa!
**[09:57] Leonard**
Understood, my lord.
**[09:58] Kassim**
Sure, let's do it!
**[10:02] Blade**
Everyone's really fired up for some reason.
**[10:05] Earnest**
We've captured the Emperor Cabbage!
**[10:15] Maria**
There's no mistaking it.
**[10:16] Maria**
That's Boxing Corn.
**[10:18] Blade**
I get the corn part...
**[10:20] Blade**
But what's boxing?
**[10:22] Sophie**
An ancient contest where you
fight with only your fists.
**[10:28] Blade**
Hey! You wanna go?
**[10:30] Sophie**
No, Blade.
**[10:31] Blade**
Eh?
**[10:32] Sophie**
If you don't follow the procedure for
defeating it, it won't taste good.
**[10:36] Sophie**
You can only use your fists.
**[10:37] Blade**
You're kidding me!
**[10:38] Maria**
Um...
**[10:39] Maria**
You can capture it if the
match goes to a decision,
**[10:42] Maria**
and you let it burn out to pure white ash.
**[10:44] Claire**
What does decision refer to here?
**[10:46] Blade**
So I can't knock it out?!
**[10:49] Blade**
Wait!
**[10:50] Blade**
If it's a fist fight, shouldn't
Sophie or Iona fight instead?
**[10:52] Sophie**
No substitutions allowed.
**[10:54] Sophie**
The bell has already rung.
**[10:55] Blade**
H-Hey! Still—
**[11:00] Blade**
In that case, here I come!
**[11:10] Earnest**
We've managed to capture the Boxing Corn.
**[11:13] Earnest**
Good work, Blade.
**[11:15] Earnest**
Wait, you too?!
**[11:16] Group**
Go!
**[11:20] Group**
Go!
**[11:22] Leonard**
What's going on here?
**[11:25] Earnest**
The spice is so strong,
it's leaching out into the air.
**[11:29] Iona**
What a sorry sight you all are.
**[11:31] Iona**
You will not be able to
become top-class like that.
**[11:34] Leonard**
No, just look at you.
**[11:35] Iona**
These are not tears.
**[11:39] Iona**
This is cleaning solution for my eyeballs!
**[11:44] Group**
Go!
**[11:45] Cu**
Sniff, sniff...
**[11:46] Cu**
Those sunflowers are giving
off a tasty smell, too!
**[11:58] Maria**
Um...
**[11:59] Maria**
Those are Sunflowers.
**[12:01] Maria**
They can—
**[12:09] Eliza**
This isn't good!
**[12:10] Eliza**
It looks like they have the ability to
store sunlight and then discharge it!
**[12:13] Mao**
Interesting.
**[12:15] Mao**
I'll show these lowly Sunflowers
what happens when they oppose me!
**[12:21] Cu**
We dragons won't lose, either!
**[12:24] Eliza**
I'll just cheer you on, yep.
**[12:28] Blade**
It's a carrot.
**[12:29] Claire**
Yes, a carrot.
**[12:30] Yessica**
Is it going to bite or spit fire at us?
**[12:33] Iona**
No signs of movement.
**[12:35] Blade**
Guess I'll try pulling it out.
**[12:38] Blade**
Hup!
**[12:39] Earnest**
Ah! H-Hold it right there!
**[12:40] Blade**
Huh?
**[12:44] Blade**
What? A psychological attack?!
**[12:46] Earnest**
There's some very tiny writing at the bottom.
**[12:49] Earnest**
A Greater Mandora will
shriek when it's uprooted.
**[12:52] Yessica**
Hey!
**[12:53] Yessica**
It says here that its
scream is a lethal curse!
**[12:56] Claire**
Good thing we noticed before it was too late.
**[12:58] Kassim**
What do we do about this?
**[13:01] Blade**
Iona?
**[13:02] Iona**
I am not human, so curses meant for
living organisms have no effect.
**[13:08] Iona**
Hup.
**[13:21] Earnest**
Is it over?
**[13:22] Iona**
It should be safe now.
**[13:29] Blade**
That reminds me... I don't really like carrots.
**[13:33] Earnest**
Huh? Really?
**[13:34] Blade**
Well, I don't mind eating
them when they're in a dish.
**[13:37] Earnest**
I-I see...
**[13:45] King**
Yes!
**[13:46] King**
You're all doing splendidly!
**[13:48] King**
What remarkable progress!
**[13:50] King**
Thanks to you, the ecosystem of the
Royal Pantry has undergone a drastic change!
**[13:55] Siren**
The population will be about one-tenth
what it was for the next few years.
**[14:00] Earnest**
Huh?
**[14:00] Earnest**
Is that a good thing?
**[14:02] Earnest**
Won't they go extinct?
**[14:04] King**
They wouldn't give us so much trouble
if we could make them go extinct.
**[14:07] King**
They're just like the weeds in your garden.
**[14:12] King**
Don't sweat the small stuff!
**[14:14] King**
Yes!
**[14:15] King**
Tomorrow, you face the final ingredient!
**[14:18] King**
The moment of truth!
**[14:22] Cu**
Look at this big tree!
**[14:25] Iona**
We are at the base of the main trunk.
**[14:27] Iona**
The energy leaked from the engine is
most highly concentrated in this area.
**[14:32] Eliza**
In other words, it's the
spot richest in nutrients.
**[14:35] Eliza**
It makes sense that the creature
known as the king of the pantry
**[14:38] Eliza**
would choose to occupy this location.
**[14:43] Earnest**
Here it comes, everyone!
**[14:49] Earnest**
So this is the king!
**[14:51] Sophie**
The list simply says it's the Beast King.
**[14:54] Sophie**
Also that it's strong and tasty.
**[14:57] Yessica**
That's way too vague!
**[15:01] King**
What's the point of youth
without hazards and adversity?
**[15:05] King**
It's only after you've overcome those
that triumph and glory await!
**[15:09] Dione**
Blade!
**[15:10] Dione**
You can do it!
**[15:15] Blade**
Okay! Everyone!
**[15:19] Blade**
Eh?
**[15:28] Group**
What?!
**[15:29] Siren**
That's a Behemoth.
**[15:31] King**
Oh?
**[15:32] King**
I had planned for beef to be the main dish,
but Behemoth meat is a fine choice, too.
**[15:37] King**
Go on, hunt it down!
**[15:38] King**
It defeated the old king, so there's
no problem calling it the Beast King!
**[15:43] King**
Behemoth meat is far tastier
than beef, you know!
**[15:52] Blade**
Hey, now, that's outrageous!
**[15:54] Earnest**
Hmm, does a Behemoth really taste that good?
**[15:58] Blade**
Eh?
**[15:58] Earnest**
What a relief.
**[16:00] Earnest**
We were about to make something
so disappointing the main dish!
**[16:04] Earnest**
Don't you all agree?
**[16:06] Blade**
Huh? Why?!
**[16:09] King**
How reassuring!
**[16:10] King**
How very reassuring!
**[16:12] Earnest**
O sword! Consume my flesh!
**[16:14] Earnest**
Use it as thy power!
**[16:18] Earnest**
Everyone! Here we go!
**[16:24] Blade**
Alright!
**[16:36] Yessica**
Claire, over here as well!
**[16:38] Claire**
Yeah, leave them to me!
**[16:44] Earnest**
Now!
**[16:56] Earnest**
Did we get it?
**[17:01] Earnest**
It had no effect?!
**[17:05] Earnest**
Oh, no!
**[17:07] Leonard**
God Technique! Absolute Defense!
**[17:16] Earnest**
Blade!
**[17:17] Blade**
There's only one technique
that can take it down.
**[17:21] Mao**
I see.
**[17:22] Mao**
But how?
**[17:23] Mao**
It's not a technique you can use
with only 15% of your power available.
**[17:28] Blade**
Yeah, it requires at least 30%.
**[17:31] Blade**
Which is why I need your assistance, Mao.
**[17:35] Blade**
Please take some of my spiritual energy!
**[17:39] Mao**
Interesting.
**[17:40] Mao**
You wish to use me as a vessel?
**[17:43] Mao**
Incredible.
**[17:44] Mao**
However, this way is faster.
**[17:53] Mao**
I'm about to overflow.
**[17:55] Mao**
You've filled me to the brim.
**[17:56] Blade**
R-Right...
**[17:57] Earnest**
How long are you gonna keep us waiting?!
**[17:59] Blade**
R-Right!
**[18:00] Blade**
Now, if I hone my fighting spirit...
**[18:02] Earnest**
Everyone! It's almost time!
**[18:05] Sophie**
You can count on us.
**[18:06] Sophie**
10 seconds, Iona.
**[18:08] Iona**
Yes.
**[18:09] Iona**
Interconnect link complete.
**[18:12] Iona**
Transmitting power.
**[18:13] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power:
Gravity Manipulation.
**[18:20] Iona**
Target confirmed.
**[18:22] Iona**
Firing Positronium Cannon.
**[18:34] Earnest**
We can't fully immobilize it!
**[18:35] Clay**
We'll stop that thing!
**[18:43] Blade**
Here we go, Demon King.
**[18:44] Mao**
Very well, Great Hero.
**[18:51] Blade**
Stand back, everyone!
**[18:54] Group**
If good be in my path, strike down all good.
**[18:57] Group**
If evil be in my path, strike down all evil.
**[19:06] Group**
Holy Demon Blade!
**[19:19] Mao**
This was the technique you defeated me with.
**[19:23] Blade**
I can't use it...
by myself anymore, though...
**[19:27] Blade**
It's thanks to... you taking half...
**[19:31] Mao**
What, Great Hero?
**[19:32] Mao**
Are you going to die?
**[19:35] Blade**
No, I'm not.
**[19:36] Blade**
I'm just tired.
**[19:38] Blade**
Also...
**[19:39] Mao**
Also?
**[19:40] Blade**
I'm so hungry!
**[19:45] Mao**
Just you wait, then.
**[19:48] Blade**
For what...
**[19:59] Doctor**
It's gone up by 3%.
**[20:02] Blade**
What?
**[20:02] Doctor**
You can use up to 18% of your strength now.
**[20:06] Blade**
Why hasn't it gone down?
**[20:08] Doctor**
Eating properly, getting moderate exercise...
**[20:11] Doctor**
Also, taking some time to
recuperate probably helped.
**[20:13] Blade**
I wonder if it was the open-air baths...
**[20:16] Doctor**
By the way, have you eaten lunch?
**[20:18] Blade**
Ah! That's right, I haven't yet!
**[20:20] Blade**
I'm off to go eat!
**[20:29] Group**
Happy birthday, Blade!
**[20:34] Earnest**
Today is your birthday.
**[20:36] Blade**
Huh? It is?
**[20:38] Earnest**
For people who don't know
when they were born,
**[20:40] Earnest**
they usually celebrate their birthday
on the day they were fostered.
**[20:43] Blade**
Huh? What?
**[20:45] Cu**
You were taken in on this day, 17 years ago!
**[20:49] Iona**
Master.
**[20:50] Iona**
Humans should celebrate their
birth and annihilation.
**[20:54] Blade**
You're all going to celebrate it?
**[20:56] Blade**
For me?
**[20:57] Earnest**
Now you're the same age as me.
**[20:59] Blade**
You were older than me?!
**[21:01] Earnest**
That's right!
**[21:02] Earnest**
So show some respect!
**[21:05] Yessica**
Blade really never had anyone
celebrate his birthday.
**[21:09] Blade**
No, I haven't.
**[21:10] Blade**
Um, what's this?
**[21:12] Claire**
We were all brainstorming.
**[21:14] Claire**
To figure out what to get
you for your birthday.
**[21:18] Claire**
And Anna suggested this.
**[21:20] Earnest**
I thought you might like it.
**[21:25] Blade**
Tonkatsu curry!
**[21:26] Earnest**
Let me point out that everything
is from the Royal Pantry!
**[21:29] Earnest**
Made with the ultimate gourmet ingredients,
**[21:31] Earnest**
it's a one-of-a-kind, special tonkatsu curry!
**[21:35] Earnest**
We got help from His Majesty as well.
**[21:39] King**
Why, it was all quite amusing!
**[21:41] Blade**
So you all did this for me...
**[21:45] King**
Well? Not going to eat it?
**[21:48] Blade**
Well, I'm just not used
to this kind of thing...
**[21:59] King**
What's wrong?
**[22:01] King**
What reason is there to hold back?
**[22:03] Blade**
Someone told me a long time ago.
**[22:07] Blade**
That boys should never cry.
**[22:09] King**
You fool!
**[22:10] King**
Manly tears are meant for
an occasion like this!
**[22:14] King**
In the name of the king, Gilgamesh Soulmaker,
**[22:18] King**
I hereby retract any past statements
that men shouldn't cry!
**[22:18] Sign**
*The sunny disposition that brings a smile to your face*
**[22:22] King**
Go ahead and cry!
**[22:23] Sign**
*As well as the heroic sense of justice*
**[22:29] Sign**
*They may be a part of me, but that's not all there is*
**[22:29] Blade**
*Thank you, everyone!*
**[22:33] Blade**
*This tastes really good!*
**[22:34] Sign**
*That image of me*
**[22:37] Sign**
*Has taken on a life of its own*
**[22:39] Blade**
*Here, for the first time...*
**[22:40] Sign**
*Hey, wait up*
**[22:42] Sign**
*Won't you be friends with me?*
**[22:43] Blade**
*I feel like I've truly
been born into this world!*
**[22:45] Sign**
*Let's shake hands, another self of mine*
**[22:50] [SONG] Sign**
The wounds we cannot bear alone
**[22:53] [SONG] Sign**
The dangers that we keep hidden
**[22:56] [SONG] Sign**
We're all hiding them within
**[22:58] [SONG] Sign**
Standing ready to strike
**[23:01] [SONG] Sign**
The shadow lurking beneath the light
**[23:04] [SONG] Sign**
The muffled sounds coming from my lips
**[23:08] [SONG] Sign**
They make me feel that I am alive
**[23:13] [SONG] Sign**
It's a sign
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** The Sophie Series (Part 1)
# E11 - The Sophie Series (Part 1)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U24WZ3/the-sophie-series-part-1)
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**[00:00] Clay**
Dragon...
**[00:02] Clay**
Smash!
**[00:08] Kassim**
Whoa, awesome!
**[00:10] Clay**
I-I did it!
**[00:12] Blade**
You just have to store up spirit, hone it,
give it a "hiyah," and then go "bang!"
**[00:17] Kassim**
Man, I'm surprised you pulled
it off based on that, Clay.
**[00:21] Clay**
Sophie!
**[00:22] Clay**
Do you want to learn how to use it, too?
**[00:25] Kassim**
No need to be shy!
**[00:29] Clay**
Yeah.
**[00:30] Clay**
You just store up spirit, hone it, give
it a "gyuwawah," and then go "boom!"
**[00:33] Kassim**
Huh?
**[00:33] Kassim**
That's not what he said.
**[00:35] Clay**
Wait, really?
**[00:40] Une**
Dragon Smash.
**[00:51] Kassim**
What's going on?!
**[00:53] Blade**
Well, this is what Dragon Smash
is supposed to look like.
**[00:56] Kassim**
Seriously?!
**[00:57] Kassim**
Clay's was so wimpy!
**[01:00] Clay**
You're really amazing, Sophie.
**[01:02] Clay**
It took me so many days to get it.
**[01:04] Sophie**
Everyone, get away from her.
**[01:05] Group**
What?!
**[01:12] Sophie**
Blade.
**[01:13] Sophie**
This is my battle to fight.
**[01:16] Sophie**
I'll protect you.
**[01:20] Group**
Th-There are two Sophies?!
**[01:23] Earnest**
Wh-What's the meaning of this?!
**[01:25] Maria**
A duplication technique?
**[01:28] Une**
Dragon Smash.
**[01:36] Earnest**
What *was* that?
**[01:37] Blade**
Beats me.
**[01:49] [SONG] Sign**
I look in your eyes, and I'm met with
**[01:53] [SONG] Sign**
A brand-new me and dream
**[02:07] [SONG] Sign**
Bravery? Naturally?
**[02:10] [SONG] Sign**
Polar opposites within the heart
**[02:13] [SONG] Sign**
But, you know, wanting to have both
**[02:15] [SONG] Sign**
That's the saga of human nature
**[02:18] [SONG] Sign**
Oh no, don't mind me
**[02:20] [SONG] Sign**
Go ahead, and so on, you know the rest
**[02:23] [SONG] Sign**
A little more? Wait, even harder?!
**[02:26] [SONG] Sign**
Going overboard much?
**[02:29] [SONG] Sign**
Those selfish emotions deep down
**[02:31] [SONG] Sign**
Bringing them to light is
what friendship's about
**[02:33] [SONG] Sign**
Spending adolescence duking it out with pals
**[02:36] [SONG] Sign**
I don't wanna lose
**[02:40] [SONG] Sign**
We're off to the cutting edge moment
**[02:43] [SONG] Sign**
Fight with best friends, and leave no regrets
**[02:47] [SONG] Sign**
You should laugh, since
you look best with a smile
**[02:52] [SONG] Sign**
On the ropes?! No matter
what we face, et cetera
**[02:57] [SONG] Sign**
Just sit back and enjoy it
**[03:00] [SONG] Sign**
Whatever may come, I'll
be here to protect you
***SIGN*** Episode 11
**[03:13] [SONG] Sign**
The Sophie Series (Part 1)
**[03:28] Une**
I'm back.
**[03:31] Trois**
Une must have failed her mission.
**[03:34] Deux**
Yo, you can't be serious!
**[03:36] Deux**
What a pain! Let's just go in guns blazing,
and kill everyone in sight!
**[03:40] Deux**
C'mon, it's killing time!
**[03:44] Quatre**
Une.
**[03:45] Quatre**
Did you find anyone cute worth killing?
**[03:48] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy!
**[03:50] Une**
This was an undercover scouting mission,
in order to assess the situation.
**[03:54] Une**
In that regard, it was a success.
**[03:57] Trois**
You really did fail the mission.
**[03:59] Trois**
Your lack of proof just confirms it...
**[04:02] Trois**
Une can't do anything.
**[04:03] Trois**
So useless...
**[04:05] Une**
Cinq.
**[04:06] Une**
You have permission to destroy.
**[04:09] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy!
**[04:12] Cinq**
Time to destroy Trois!
**[04:17] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy!
**[04:18] Trois**
It hurts!
**[04:18] Quatre**
So, what was the outcome?
**[04:21] Une**
I had them teach me.
**[04:23] Deux**
Huh?
**[04:24] Deux**
Be a little clearer.
**[04:26] Une**
It's hard to explain with just words.
**[04:28] Quatre**
In that case...
**[04:33] Quatre**
Transmitting empirical data through
mucosal contact is certainly useful.
**[04:40] Une**
Deux.
**[04:40] Deux**
Huh?
**[04:42] Trois**
It hurts!
**[04:43] Cinq**
Destroy!
**[04:44] Trois**
I said it hurts, jackass!
**[04:48] Quatre**
Come here, Trois.
**[04:50] Une**
You too, Cinq.
**[05:00] Deux**
Huh? What was your goal here?
**[05:02] Une**
Like I said, I had them teach me.
**[05:04] Une**
Dragon Smash.
**[05:07] Group**
Dragon Smash!
**[05:12] Quatre**
You know this isn't our goal.
**[05:15] Deux**
Totally not!
**[05:16] Trois**
What we were commanded to do...
**[05:18] Cinq**
Assassination! Assassination!
**[05:22] Une**
Yes. You're absolutely right.
**[05:40] Blade**
What are you about to show us?
**[05:41] Eliza**
Just be quiet and watch!
**[05:43] Yessica**
Here I go!
**[05:53] Yessica**
Eliza, this is incredible!
**[05:55] Eliza**
It's still a prototype,
but it looks like it worked!
**[05:59] Blade**
So, which part of that was impressive?
**[06:01] Blade**
All it did was fire off some
stored-up spirit over and over.
**[06:04] Eliza**
I don't need the opinion of a superorganism
**[06:06] Eliza**
who can hone and store his spirit
all by himself!
**[06:08] Eliza**
That's hard for us regular human beings!
**[06:11] Blade**
It's hard, huh?
**[06:12] Eliza**
However!
**[06:13] Eliza**
By honing spirit and charging
it up into these cartridges,
**[06:16] Eliza**
now anyone can activate it at
any time that they see fit!
**[06:19] Blade**
I get it now.
**[06:25] Earnest**
Blade.
**[06:25] Blade**
Oh, she's here.
**[06:33] Blade**
What do *you* want to learn?
**[06:39] Quatre**
How to make babies?
**[06:42] Claire**
Eh?
**[06:43] Earnest**
You know that's not happening!
**[06:46] Quatre**
Then...
**[06:47] Quatre**
How I can kill you!
**[06:50] Blade**
I'm fine with that.
**[06:51] Earnest**
You are?
**[06:53] Quatre**
Time to die, then!
**[06:55] Blade**
Sure. Come at me!
**[07:06] Quatre**
I can't kill you!
**[07:07] Quatre**
Do a better job teaching me!
**[07:08] Blade**
What?!
**[07:10] Blade**
But if I actually teach you,
I'll end up dead!
**[07:13] Quatre**
Then...
**[07:16] Quatre**
Kill me instead.
**[07:18] Earnest**
Hey, Sophie!
**[07:22] Claire**
What?!
**[07:23] Earnest**
Th-That's...
**[07:26] Earnest**
S-Sophie?!
**[07:28] Blade**
Ah, Sophie.
**[07:29] Quatre**
Just when we were getting to the good part.
**[07:32] Sophie**
I'm the one you're up against.
**[07:36] Quatre**
Well, bye now.
**[07:40] Blade**
How many does that make?
**[07:42] Earnest**
First, the one with a sword.
**[07:44] Earnest**
After that, a club, then a spear...
**[07:47] Earnest**
So this is the fourth?
**[07:53] Blade**
Here, open wide.
**[07:54] Blade**
Ahh!
**[07:57] Earnest**
Hey, what do you think is
the deal with those girls?
**[08:00] Clay**
I'm not sure, but they're good learners.
**[08:03] Earnest**
Yeah, they're really passionate.
**[08:06] Yessica**
I wouldn't call it passion...
**[08:08] Earnest**
Do you think they're Sophie's sisters?
**[08:10] Earnest**
They should all just enroll in the academy.
**[08:13] Yessica**
Hold on, Anna.
**[08:14] Yessica**
Let's think this through a bit.
**[08:16] Yessica**
Don't you find it at least a little weird?
**[08:18] Earnest**
Huh?
**[08:19] Claire**
You've become a lot like Blade lately.
**[08:22] Maria**
In your lack of common sense, that is.
**[08:25] Earnest**
Ahem.
**[08:26] Earnest**
Do you have anything to say about the
unusual situation we find ourselves in?
**[08:31] Kassim**
She's gone into Empress mode.
***SIGN*** Um...
***SIGN*** Do you mind if I say something?
**[08:36] Earnest**
Go ahead.
***SIGN*** Well...
***SIGN*** From an outside perspective, it seems clear to me...
***SIGN*** that those girls are seriously trying to kill Blade!
**[08:45] Earnest**
I do the same thing when
I attack him during lessons.
**[08:49] Kassim**
Me, too!
**[08:50] Leonard**
If anything, I'd finish him off.
**[08:52] Mao**
Don't forget that I'm the
one who will kill him.
***SIGN*** What?! Um, sorry!
***SIGN*** Sorry, sorry, sorry!
**[08:59] Blade**
Lay off her already.
Can't you see that she's scared?
**[09:02] Earnest**
Am I being scolded by Blade?!
***SIGN*** BA-DUMP
***SIGN*** Um, I didn't mean it in the way that you all do.
***SIGN*** Pretending to be Sophie to get close to him...
***SIGN*** Attacking him with clear murderous intent...
***SIGN*** That has to be...
**[09:13] Earnest**
Um, give me a second here.
**[09:16] Earnest**
The most probable conclusion we can
arrive at from all of these facts is...
**[09:24] Earnest**
that Blade is being targeted by assassins!
**[09:28] Earnest**
Sophie!
**[09:30] Earnest**
What's wrong?
**[09:32] Sophie**
I just found out that none of you
realized that they were assassins.
**[09:37] Earnest**
Wait! D-Don't worry!
**[09:39] Earnest**
We knew all along! We really did!
**[09:41] Blade**
I had it figured out from the start.
**[09:43] Earnest**
Act a little scared about it, then!
**[09:45] Cu**
Is someone after your life, Parent?
**[09:48] Sophie**
It's fine.
**[09:50] Sophie**
I'll protect Blade.
**[10:01] Cinq**
You all failed!
**[10:03] Cinq**
It's me next!
**[10:04] Cinq**
I'll destroy! Destroy!
**[10:05] Cinq**
Can I destroy him?
**[10:06] Deux**
Shut your trap.
**[10:07] Deux**
You're giving me a headache.
**[10:09] Trois**
I haven't failed yet.
**[10:12] Trois**
That must be it.
**[10:13] Trois**
The lack of proof just confirms it.
**[10:16] Quatre**
The Great Hero couldn't kill me.
**[10:19] Quatre**
That means I can kill him next time, right?
**[10:23] Cinq**
Destroy, destroy!
**[10:24] Une**
Be quiet.
**[10:24] Cinq**
Destroy everything!
**[10:26] Une**
Wasting unnecessary energy
will only shorten your lifespan.
**[10:31] Researcher**
Une.
**[10:34] Researcher**
Deux. Trois.
**[10:36] Researcher**
Quatre.
**[10:39] Researcher**
Cinq.
**[10:42] Researcher**
It's up to you to show everyone
**[10:45] Researcher**
that an Artificial Great Hero can
surpass even the Great Hero himself.
**[10:49] Researcher**
Kill the Great Hero Blade,
and prove the validity of our research.
**[10:56] Une**
We understand.
**[10:58] Une**
That is the sole reason that
we were brought to life.
**[11:06] Group**
We're the strongest!
**[11:27] Iona**
Is that you, Sophie?
**[11:29] Sophie**
Yes.
**[11:30] Iona**
Please deactivate your stealth.
**[11:31] Iona**
It makes it difficult to
detect you with my sensors.
**[11:34] Sophie**
I don't want to wake Blade up.
**[11:37] Iona**
Are you worried about Master?
**[11:39] Iona**
There is no need to worry.
**[11:40] Iona**
I am always by his side.
**[11:44] Iona**
Would you like to sleep next to him as well?
**[11:47] Iona**
Now is your chance to do so
as much as you like.
**[11:49] Sophie**
No, thanks.
**[11:51] Iona**
Please leave it to me.
**[11:53] Iona**
I will protect Master with my life.
**[11:55] Sophie**
I'll do what I can to protect Blade, too.
**[11:59] Sophie**
Even if it means death.
**[12:09] Sophie**
Give up.
**[12:10] Sophie**
You can't kill Blade.
**[12:12] Sophie**
We won't let you.
**[12:14] Une**
No, we will.
**[12:16] Une**
That is what we were commanded to do,
and the only purpose of our lives.
**[12:21] Sophie**
The Artificial Great Hero Project was
abandoned, with me as the final subject.
**[12:25] Sophie**
The modifications you received did
not follow the proper procedure.
**[12:29] Sophie**
That must have had a considerable
impact on your bodies.
**[12:32] Une**
I know that.
**[12:34] Une**
We have very short lifespan,
**[12:36] Une**
unlike you.
**[12:38] Sophie**
Instead of using the limited time
left to you to obey commands,
**[12:42] Sophie**
can't you live as humans,
and spend it in the light of day?
**[12:45] Une**
Our orders are absolute.
**[12:47] Une**
If you want to stop us...
**[12:49] Une**
There's only one way.
**[12:53] Une**
Deep down, I'm sure you've realized it, too.
**[13:14] Une**
We'll be waiting.
**[13:17] Une**
In our world, where the
light of day does not reach.
**[13:32] Blade**
Sophie is pint-sized today!
**[13:35] Cinq**
Cinq!
**[13:36] Blade**
Hm?
**[13:36] Cinq**
My name is Cinq!
**[13:38] Cinq**
Not Sophie!
**[13:39] Maria**
So they have their own names.
**[13:41] Eliza**
I believe that Cinq is an ancient lost word
**[13:45] Eliza**
that signifies the number five.
**[13:47] Blade**
Are there only five of you?
**[13:50] Claire**
Is it okay for you to tell us that?
**[13:52] Cinq**
It wasn't!
**[13:53] Yessica**
Well, I don't think she could have
pretended to be Sophie if she tried.
**[13:58] Cinq**
Forget I said that!
**[13:59] Cinq**
Or else I'll destroy you!
**[14:00] Blade**
Okay, okay!
**[14:01] Blade**
I forgot it!
**[14:02] Cinq**
Good, good.
**[14:03] Cinq**
But I'm still gonna destroy you!
**[14:11] Earnest**
Hey, Blade!
**[14:12] Earnest**
Stick to the plan!
**[14:14] Blade**
I know I should!
**[14:18] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
**[14:23] Eliza**
Not even a superorganism
can withstand that...
**[14:28] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
**[14:33] Earnest**
Blade.
**[14:34] Earnest**
C'mon, wake up.
**[14:35] Earnest**
How long are you going to stay dead?
**[14:38] Cu**
He finally woke up!
**[14:39] Iona**
Master won every exercise
that took place in virtual reality.
**[14:43] Iona**
He is unaccustomed to dying.
**[14:45] Blade**
Where's Cinq?!
**[14:47] Earnest**
She left already.
**[14:48] Earnest**
In an extremely good mood, at that.
**[14:50] Eliza**
I don't think she realized she had
been led into virtual reality.
**[14:54] Eliza**
So, if she's convinced that she
killed Mr. Superorganism,
**[14:57] Eliza**
our plan is a success!
**[14:59] Earnest**
I just hope she doesn't find out.
**[15:00] Blade**
I know, right?
**[15:01] Blade**
If she does...
**[15:04] Cinq**
You tricked me!
**[15:06] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
**[15:09] Cinq**
Lemme destroy you!
**[15:09] Blade**
I knew that's how she'd react!
**[15:11] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
**[15:13] Blade**
Whoa, she's pissed!
**[15:14] Iona**
Academy Building No. 2 is at 30% damage.
**[15:17] Iona**
Any more damage carries the risk of collapse,
**[15:20] Iona**
so I propose that we relocate to Building
No. 3, which has been fully evacuated.
**[15:23] Blade**
Well, tell *her* that!
**[15:25] Blade**
I'm sure she wouldn't listen!
**[15:30] Deux**
I can kill him, right?!
**[15:32] Deux**
Right?!
**[15:37] Deux**
I'm here to kill you, so stop running!
**[15:39] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
**[15:41] Iona**
I will proceed to steer them.
**[15:42] Iona**
Leave it to me.
**[15:47] Iona**
Yo momma's got a big ol' outie!
**[15:51] Blade**
What's that mean?
**[15:52] Iona**
It is a phrase used to taunt
others in a lost ancient language.
**[15:55] Iona**
Unfortunately, its meaning has
been deleted from my records.
**[16:00] Blade**
It worked!
**[16:04] Earnest**
Here they come!
**[16:05] Earnest**
It's up to all of you!
***SIGN*** Understood!
**[16:08] Karen**
But, Altia...
**[16:09] Miriam**
Are we really strong enough to defeat them?
**[16:12] Levia**
We messed up during our last exam...
**[16:14] Simone**
Can we really do it?
***SIGN*** Well...
**[16:18] Earnest**
You'll be fine.
**[16:19] Earnest**
It's okay if you don't want to kill anyone.
**[16:21] Earnest**
They're on the same level as Sophie.
**[16:23] Earnest**
Launch your spells at them,
and don't hold back!
**[16:25] Group**
Yes!
**[16:27] Blade**
You've got this!
**[16:33] Earnest**
Fire!
**[16:52] Earnest**
Blade, you can also use magic?
**[16:54] Blade**
Hm? A little.
**[16:56] Iona**
Now is your chance to take them alive.
**[16:59] Earnest**
What? That wasn't enough?!
**[17:05] Group**
Artificial Great Hero Power!
**[17:07] Blade**
You'd better stand back.
**[17:08] Earnest**
Eh?
**[17:12] Iona**
Master.
**[17:13] Iona**
That is a black hole.
**[17:15] Iona**
I propose that we withdraw immediately.
**[17:17] Iona**
Otherwise...
**[17:26] Blade**
Hold out for ten seconds!
**[17:34] Deux**
You think it's over? No way.
**[17:38] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
**[17:40] Iona**
Once a black hole has formed,
it will not die out by itself.
**[17:44] Blade**
What?!
**[17:45] Blade**
Okay, what now?
**[17:50] Karen**
Altia!
**[18:00] Blade**
Sophie!
**[18:04] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[18:06] Sophie**
Ten. Nine. Eight.
**[18:09] Sophie**
Seven. Six.
**[18:11] Sophie**
Five. Four.
**[18:14] Sophie**
Three... Two...
**[18:17] Sophie**
One...
**[18:28] Blade**
You did well, Sophie.
**[18:32] Earnest**
Blade...
**[19:11] Blade**
Oh, you're awake?
**[19:16] Blade**
You're supposed to cut
them like rabbits, right?
**[19:19] Blade**
Did I get it right?
**[19:21] Sophie**
You're right about the rabbits.
**[19:23] Sophie**
But wrong about how you cut them.
**[19:25] Blade**
Huh? I'm not supposed to use this?
**[19:31] Sophie**
Any casualities?
**[19:32] Blade**
Ah, no one died.
**[19:34] Blade**
A few people were injured,
**[19:36] Blade**
but it's okay, since Claire
healed them in time.
**[19:38] Blade**
And I just got a few scrapes.
**[19:41] Sophie**
I see.
**[19:42] Sophie**
Sorry for causing so much trouble.
**[19:44] Blade**
We're all fine with it, so no worries.
**[19:49] Blade**
Can you tell me about them?
**[19:54] Sophie**
Those girls... are me.
**[19:57] Sophie**
Specimens created with the same cloning
technology, with further modifications...
**[20:03] Sophie**
and successfully manifested
Artificial Great Hero powers
**[20:06] Sophie**
after receiving implants
of the rare metal Heronium.
**[20:09] Sophie**
They've been given numbers,
so I feel like that must be the case.
**[20:13] Blade**
You mean the Artificial Great Hero Project?
**[20:17] Sophie**
I was rescued by the king,
**[20:20] Sophie**
but those girls didn't
have anyone to help them.
**[20:25] Sophie**
I met you at this academy,
and made friends with everyone.
**[20:30] Sophie**
You were my salvation.
**[20:32] Blade**
You're the one who saved me.
**[20:35] Blade**
You've suffered so much, all because
of the Great Hero's powers.
**[20:38] Blade**
And yet you forgave me, the Great Hero.
**[20:42] Sophie**
I already told you.
**[20:43] Sophie**
I take pride in these powers of mine.
**[20:45] Sophie**
I never once resented you.
**[20:48] Blade**
I want to be friends with them, too.
**[20:53] Blade**
Earnest suggested that all five of
them should enroll in this school.
**[20:56] Sophie**
That can't happen.
**[20:57] Blade**
Huh?
**[20:59] Sophie**
The Artificial Great Heroes were born to
defeat the Great Hero... that is, you.
**[21:04] Sophie**
Their sole purpose in life is to surpass you.
**[21:08] Sophie**
I was rescued before any
neural modifications,
**[21:12] Sophie**
so I wasn't programmed as such...
**[21:14] Sophie**
but those girls can't disobey their orders.
**[21:17] Sophie**
And besides...
**[22:18] [SONG] Sign**
The sunny disposition that
brings a smile to your face
**[22:23] [SONG] Sign**
As well as the heroic sense of justice
**[22:29] [SONG] Sign**
They may be a part of me,
but that's not all there is
**[22:34] [SONG] Sign**
That image of me
**[22:37] [SONG] Sign**
Has taken on a life of its own
**[22:40] [SONG] Sign**
Hey, wait up
**[22:42] [SONG] Sign**
Won't you be friends with me?
**[22:45] [SONG] Sign**
Let's shake hands, another self of mine
**[22:50] [SONG] Sign**
The wounds we cannot bear alone
**[22:53] [SONG] Sign**
The dangers that we keep hidden
**[22:55] [SONG] Sign**
We're all hiding them within
**[22:58] [SONG] Sign**
Standing ready to strike
**[23:01] [SONG] Sign**
The shadow lurking beneath the light
**[23:03] [SONG] Sign**
The muffled sounds coming from my lips
**[23:08] [SONG] Sign**
They make me feel that I am alive
**[23:13] [SONG] Sign**
It's a sign
***SIGN*** Next Time
**[23:35] [SONG] Sign**
The Sophie Series (Part 2)
# E12 - The Sophie Series (Part 2)
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUNDGJ1/the-sophie-series-part-2)
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**[00:02] King**
I received this notice that she is
withdrawing from the academy.
**[00:08] Earnest**
Why didn't you stop her?!
**[00:10] King**
Enrolled students hold the right to
receive instruction to become a hero.
**[00:16] King**
They are also at full liberty
to relinquish that right.
**[00:20] King**
It is not my duty to stop those
who choose to leave the academy.
**[00:25] Earnest**
How can you be so heartless?!
**[00:27] King**
Every child must one day
leave their parents' nest.
**[00:31] King**
I do consider myself an adult, you see.
**[00:33] King**
I wouldn't be so uncouth as to stop her.
**[00:36] Earnest**
Your Majesty!
**[00:37] Earnest**
I'm not done here yet! Also...
**[00:38] Blade**
Calm down a bit.
**[00:40] Blade**
Take a good look at him.
**[00:41] Earnest**
Huh?
**[00:45] Earnest**
Your Majesty.
**[00:47] Earnest**
We'll make sure we bring Sophie back.
**[00:50] King**
Oh?
**[00:51] King**
And do you know where she's headed?
**[00:54] Blade**
She'll be looking for her five sisters.
**[00:57] Yessica**
According to my investigation,
**[00:59] Yessica**
it looks like they go between
a number of different bases.
**[01:02] Yessica**
Should we start looking
at the most likely ones?
**[01:05] Blade**
Okay!
**[01:05] Blade**
Let's get going, then.
**[01:06] King**
Not so fast!
**[01:08] King**
Have you thought about
why she went by herself?
**[01:14] Earnest**
Well...
**[01:16] King**
Sophie didn't want any of
you to sully your hands.
**[01:20] Earnest**
What?
**[01:21] King**
The only way to stop those five...
**[01:26] King**
is to kill them.
**[01:27] Earnest**
That can't be!
**[01:28] Earnest**
There must be some other
way to convince them...
**[01:31] King**
Those girls will stop at nothing.
**[01:34] King**
Sophie went alone precisely
because she realized that.
**[01:40] King**
The world is more than what
we see in the light of day,
**[01:43] King**
and she knows that she existed
in the shadows to begin with.
**[01:49] King**
That's why she wants to put an
end to this with her own hands.
**[01:54] King**
So her friends will not dirty theirs.
**[01:58] King**
You all need to think long and
hard about this until dawn.
***SIGN*** Episode 12
**[02:04] [SONG] Sign**
The Sophie Series (Part 2)
**[02:11] Cu**
Parent!
**[02:13] Iona**
Master, you are going to
search for Sophie?
**[02:16] Blade**
Yeah.
**[02:17] Cu**
I'll go, too!
**[02:19] Cu**
Sophie is my friend!
**[02:21] Iona**
I shall be by your side,
wherever you go, Master.
**[02:24] Blade**
Just the three of us, huh?
**[02:26] Mao**
Hm? I'm going, too.
**[02:32] Blade**
Did Maria agree to this as well?
**[02:33] Mao**
That crybaby said that she
can't abandon a friend.
**[02:38] Blade**
I see.
**[02:39] Blade**
So that makes five of us.
**[02:41] Mao**
Shall we get going, Great Hero?
**[02:43] Blade**
I'm not the Great Hero anymore.
**[02:58] Earnest**
Blade, you're late!
**[03:00] Yessica**
See, didn't I tell you?
**[03:01] Yessica**
I figured Blade was just waiting
around the dorm entrance.
**[03:06] Clay**
What, Blade?
**[03:07] Clay**
Couldn't make up your mind?
**[03:09] Leonard**
How sluggish for a superorganism.
**[03:11] Kassim**
It only took me five minutes to decide!
**[03:15] Blade**
My bad for being so late!
**[03:18] Blade**
Okay, let's go!
**[03:38] Earnest**
Sophie!
**[03:41] Earnest**
Eliza, I found her.
**[03:43] Eliza**
*That's a relief.*
**[03:44] Eliza**
*I'll send everyone your way.*
**[03:47] Earnest**
Please!
**[03:47] Earnest**
Stop running away!
**[03:51] Earnest**
Please, let's talk about this.
**[03:54] Sophie**
I have a request as well.
**[03:56] Sophie**
Please let me be.
**[03:58] Earnest**
Sophie.
**[03:59] Earnest**
We all understand how you feel,
and what you're trying to do.
**[04:07] Earnest**
So there's no need to worry...
**[04:09] Sophie**
You've got it wrong.
**[04:10] Earnest**
What?
**[04:12] Sophie**
There's something I haven't told you.
**[04:20] Sophie**
I am a human who was created for
the Artificial Great Hero Project.
**[04:27] Earnest**
Artificial... Great Hero?
**[04:29] Sophie**
During the war, research was conducted
to try and artificially produce a human
**[04:33] Sophie**
with powers equal or greater
to the Great Hero's.
**[04:37] Sophie**
I was the twelfth test subject.
**[04:40] Sophie**
Everyone who took part in the
research was supposedly arrested,
**[04:45] Sophie**
but I hear that some samples and
research data have been stolen.
**[04:48] Eliza**
Those five girls are the samples in question.
**[04:51] Sophie**
Someone continued the research,
incubating them and giving them commands.
**[04:56] Sophie**
The reason they exist...
**[04:58] Sophie**
is to surpass the Great Hero.
**[05:00] Kassim**
The Great Hero...
**[05:02] Clay**
You mean the one and only?
**[05:04] Earnest**
But if that's the case,
why are they after Blade's life?
**[05:08] Sophie**
Well...
**[05:09] Earnest**
Oh, I get it!
**[05:11] Earnest**
They want to test their capabilities
on this superorganism!
**[05:14] Leonard**
If they can't even defeat a superorganism,
**[05:17] Leonard**
they stand no chance against
the Great Hero himself.
**[05:19] Leonard**
That must be it.
**[05:21] Sophie**
U-Um...
**[05:23] Blade**
Yeah, sure, that's gotta be it.
**[05:25] Mao**
They can be quite dense, huh?
**[05:28] Sophie**
I've caused you all so much
trouble by getting you involved.
**[05:33] Claire**
That's not true...
**[05:34] Sophie**
My past has finally caught up with me.
**[05:39] Sophie**
I wondered all along whether it was okay
to have so much fun... to be so happy.
**[05:45] Sophie**
Was it okay for a human impostor like me
to live happily as a real person?
**[05:51] Sophie**
That's why I'm going back
to where I used to be.
**[05:56] Sophie**
I'll protect all of you.
**[05:59] Sophie**
Even if it costs me my life.
**[06:03] Sophie**
It may not have been for long,
but being able to walk out in the sun...
**[06:08] Sophie**
made me happy.
**[06:11] Sophie**
Ow.
**[06:13] Sophie**
Ow... that hurts.
**[06:16] Earnest**
How ridiculous.
**[06:17] Earnest**
If walking in the sun makes you happy,
then keep doing it.
**[06:23] Earnest**
I mean, I also used to...
**[06:25] Earnest**
have eyes like *this*,
**[06:26] Earnest**
and I never looked like I was
happy or having fun, right?
**[06:29] Blade**
That's true.
**[06:30] Earnest**
Huh?!
**[06:32] Earnest**
But look, thanks to Blade,
I was able to change.
**[06:36] Yessica**
You turned into a bit too
much of a lost cause, though.
**[06:42] Earnest**
Besides, if killing them is the
only solution, then we'll also...
**[06:50] Blade**
No, we won't do that.
**[06:52] Earnest**
What?
**[06:53] Earnest**
But His Majesty said...
**[06:55] Blade**
I know what the king said,
but killing them isn't the answer.
**[07:00] Sophie**
It's impossible.
**[07:02] Sophie**
Thanks to their neural programming,
their creator's orders are absolute.
**[07:07] Maria**
Is there nothing we can do?
**[07:10] Sophie**
Even if there were...
**[07:12] Sophie**
Because of all the harsh
modifications they've undergone,
**[07:14] Sophie**
they don't have much longer to live.
**[07:17] Claire**
How awful...
**[07:18] Earnest**
You have a plan, right?
**[07:20] Blade**
Nope, not at all.
**[07:21] Earnest**
What?!
**[07:23] Blade**
Still, I want to do something.
**[07:25] Blade**
I want to save Sophie's sisters.
**[07:27] Sophie**
Sisters...
**[07:30] Blade**
Which is why I want all of you to help.
**[07:39] Earnest**
Sophie, are you okay with that?
**[07:44] Blade**
Sophie.
**[07:45] Blade**
Give your life to me.
**[07:48] Earnest**
What?!
**[07:49] Sophie**
Okay.
**[07:49] Earnest**
That was fast! Are you sure?!
**[07:51] Earnest**
I mean... that's... He just....
**[07:52] Blade**
What are you getting
worked up about, Earnest?
**[07:54] Earnest**
I-I get it!
**[07:55] Earnest**
You want to be friends
with those girls, right?
**[07:58] Earnest**
Okay, let's do it.
**[08:02] Blade**
So, do you have any good ideas?
**[08:05] Eliza**
You're leaving it all to me?!
**[08:07] Eliza**
Well, sure, I don't mind.
**[08:09] Eliza**
I've come up with a plan.
**[08:19] Une**
Let me know when you can't move anymore.
**[08:21] Une**
I'll dispose of you.
**[08:23] Deux**
Huh?!
**[08:24] Deux**
You know I'm still good to go!
**[08:25] Deux**
I'll crush you!
**[08:27] Cinq**
I still wanna destroy more!
**[08:29] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy!
**[08:32] Researcher**
Yes, very good.
**[08:37] Researcher**
The only reason you exist is
to transcend the Great Hero.
**[08:42] Researcher**
Kill the Great Hero.
**[08:44] Researcher**
Kill, kill, kill.
**[08:50] Quatre**
Une.
**[08:51] Quatre**
I found this outside.
**[08:53] Trois**
A letter of challenge.
**[08:55] Trois**
It must be a trap.
**[09:04] Une**
We'll put an end to this.
**[09:17] Earnest**
Do you really think they'll
answer that challenge?
**[09:21] Sophie**
It's fine.
**[09:22] Sophie**
I know I would go for sure.
**[09:24] Claire**
I-I see...
**[09:26] Cu**
Sniff, sniff...
**[09:27] Cu**
I smell the same scent as Sophie!
**[09:31] Iona**
They have arrived.
**[09:34] Blade**
I've been waiting.
**[09:37] Une**
We'll kill you.
**[09:39] Une**
That is what we exist to do.
**[09:41] Blade**
I see.
**[09:42] Blade**
I was hoping I could be
friends with all of you.
**[09:46] Eliza**
*You understand the plan, right?*
**[09:48] Eliza**
*You will be the only one fighting.*
**[09:51] Eliza**
* If we attack as a group,*
* they're sure to run away.*
**[09:54] Eliza**
*However, with only one target,*
**[09:57] Eliza**
* they should continue to fight,*
* even knowing that it's a trap.*
**[10:03] Sophie**
Blade...
**[10:04] Earnest**
I know the plan,
but not being able to help...
**[10:12] Eliza**
*Listen up!*
**[10:13] Eliza**
* The goal is not to defeat them,*
* but to deplete their energy.*
**[10:13] Deux**
C'mon, die!
**[10:15] Blade**
Adamantine Body!
**[10:17] Eliza**
*Please endure all of their attacks.*
**[10:19] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy!
**[10:27] Blade**
Easy for you to say!
**[10:29] Eliza**
*I know the superorganism can pull it off!*
**[10:31] Eliza**
If you manage to deplete their energy...
**[10:33] Dione**
Be on constant lookout,
and don't break the blockade!
**[10:37] Siren**
There must be someone
giving orders to the five of them.
**[10:40] Siren**
Make sure you capture them.
**[10:43] King**
Now *this* is a realistic exercise!
**[10:46] King**
No, it's the real deal!
**[10:48] Eliza**
We'll arrest the person who created them.
**[10:50] Eliza**
Then, we'll make them tell us the
parameters to reprogram and save them!
**[10:54] Eliza**
*So... please don't die!*
**[10:59] Deux**
Hi-yah!
**[11:02] Quatre**
Hey, teach me again.
**[11:05] Quatre**
How to kill you!
**[11:07] Blade**
Oh, no!
**[11:13] Earnest**
Blade!
**[11:15] Sophie**
Have faith in Blade.
**[11:17] Earnest**
I know!
**[11:18] Earnest**
I know that...
**[11:19] Earnest**
But still!
**[11:30] Leonard**
He can still use moves like that?
**[11:33] Earnest**
Not being able to do anything...
**[11:35] Earnest**
Other than sit and watch...
**[11:37] Claire**
Anna.
**[11:38] Yessica**
There's still something
we can do, isn't there?
**[11:46] Deux**
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[11:51] Deux**
Deadly Earth Crash!
**[11:56] Blade**
What?! The ground...
**[11:57] Deux**
Be crushed by the planet, and die!
**[12:02] Deux**
Three! Two! One!
**[12:12] Quatre**
I'll send you to heaven.
**[12:13] Quatre**
Artificial Great Hero Power!
**[12:19] Blade**
Are they all real?
**[12:23] Yessica**
Blade!
**[12:24] Yessica**
Take this!
**[12:31] Clay**
Blade!
**[12:34] Blade**
Dragon Smash!
**[12:39] Quatre**
Too bad.
**[12:40] Quatre**
This is the end.
**[12:43] Trois**
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[12:46] Trois**
I'll wipe you out, jackass!
**[12:49] Leonard**
Blade!
**[12:54] Leonard**
This is the Super God Technique,
Absolutely Unbreakable Barrier.
**[12:57] Yessica**
Ugh, *that* sure is a name.
**[13:00] Trois**
So this is it...
**[13:05] Blade**
Ah...
**[13:06] Earnest**
No way!
**[13:11] Blade**
Earnest, hand that over!
**[13:13] Earnest**
Huh? But your sword...
**[13:14] Blade**
Believe in me!
**[13:16] Earnest**
Okay!
**[13:19] Cinq**
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
**[13:23] Earnest**
Ah!
**[13:23] Sophie**
I've got this.
**[13:25] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[13:30] Sophie**
Blade.
**[13:31] Sophie**
Take control of this power.
**[13:34] Sophie**
It should be easier for the
real Great Hero, right?
**[13:38] Blade**
Are you sure?
**[13:39] Blade**
It'll be pretty painful.
**[13:41] Sophie**
My life belongs to you.
**[13:44] Sophie**
Use it all you want.
**[13:49] Cinq**
Artificial Great Hero Power!
**[13:50] Blade**
Great Hero Power!
**[14:02] Blade**
You did well, Sophie.
**[14:05] Sophie**
Blade...
**[14:06] Sophie**
Take this.
**[14:18] Blade**
Um, what was that move called again?
**[14:21] Blade**
Well, whatever works, I guess.
**[14:23] Blade**
Earnest Monster Beam!
**[14:26] Earnest**
Hey! Don't give it a weird name!
**[15:04] Blade**
What's wrong?
**[15:05] Blade**
Not gonna finish me off?
**[15:08] Une**
My time is up.
**[15:10] Blade**
Time?
**[15:12] Blade**
What does that mean?
**[15:14] Blade**
Huh?
**[15:18] Blade**
H-Hey!
**[15:19] Blade**
By time, you don't mean...
**[15:23] Blade**
Snap out of it!
**[15:24] Blade**
Hey!
**[15:25] Une**
Our lifespan... measured in days...
**[15:30] Une**
is fourteen days.
**[15:33] Une**
Until... sunset today.
**[15:39] Une**
How beautiful...
**[15:41] Blade**
Eliza!
**[15:42] Blade**
You heard her, right?!
**[15:44] Blade**
There's no time left!
**[15:45] Blade**
We're out of time!
**[15:48] Eliza**
I just finished looking over
the research data from
**[15:52] Eliza**
the modification facility
where they were born.
**[15:55] Eliza**
What atrocious workmanship.
**[15:57] Eliza**
I'd say they were lucky to
last fourteen whole days...
**[16:02] Claire**
Blade...
**[16:03] Claire**
It's not working!
**[16:05] Claire**
I can't heal them!
**[16:07] Eliza**
The powers of the Great Hero and
Demon King defy the laws of physics.
**[16:11] Eliza**
They disrupt the laws of cause and effect.
**[16:13] Eliza**
Claire's powers work by decreasing entropy.
**[16:17] Eliza**
They won't work when
causality has been severed.
**[16:19] Blade**
Isn't there some way to save them?!
**[16:22] Blade**
That's right!
**[16:24] Blade**
There's the person who made
Une and the others, right?!
**[16:26] Blade**
If we ask them...
**[16:27] Eliza**
It's no use.
**[16:30] Eliza**
We did find their creator.
**[16:32] Eliza**
However...
**[16:34] Eliza**
He's dead!
**[16:37] Eliza**
And not within the last fourteen days!
**[16:39] Eliza**
Long before that...
**[16:40] Eliza**
By the time they were born,
he was already dead!
**[16:44] Eliza**
The truth is... that there
never were any commands...
**[16:48] Blade**
Can't you do something with
that science of yours?
**[16:52] Eliza**
I could do research.
**[16:54] Eliza**
With my intellect, I might be able
to find a way to reprogram them.
**[16:59] Eliza**
But there's not enough time.
**[17:03] Eliza**
*Science has its limits as well.*
**[17:06] Eliza**
* It can't solve everything*
* in the snap of your fingers!*
**[17:12] Eliza**
*Damn it all!*
**[17:13] Eliza**
*If only I was more of a genius!*
**[17:17] Sophie**
Blade.
**[17:19] Sophie**
Bring all of them... my sisters, here.
**[17:25] Sophie**
Une.
**[17:26] Sophie**
Wake up.
**[17:29] Sophie**
You still haven't used your
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[17:36] Sophie**
You will all die,
**[17:38] Sophie**
but there's a way for you to keep living.
**[17:44] Une**
I failed to carry out my orders.
**[17:46] Une**
What point is there in living?
**[17:50] Blade**
You can surpass me.
**[17:51] Blade**
Keep on living, and try to surpass me.
**[17:55] Blade**
If you can, that is.
**[17:58] Deux**
Hmm, that sounds pretty fun.
**[18:01] Trois**
There's no way...
**[18:03] Trois**
But the chances aren't zero.
**[18:07] Quatre**
I might win if it was a different activity.
**[18:11] Cinq**
Destroy, destroy...
**[18:14] Sophie**
Une.
**[18:18] Une**
I understand.
**[18:20] Une**
Artificial Great Hero Power.
**[18:24] Sophie**
Blade.
**[18:26] Sophie**
Take control of her power.
**[18:29] Sophie**
So that their souls...
their minds... enter me.
**[18:34] Blade**
Okay.
**[18:35] Blade**
Leave it to me.
**[19:15] Blade**
Um... are you Une?
**[19:19] Une**
That's right.
**[19:20] Blade**
What's wrong?
**[19:21] Une**
I just came to see if
you were feeling better.
**[19:24] Une**
When you are, I'll be the one to kill you.
**[19:27] Une**
Don't forget it.
**[19:28] Blade**
Yeah.
**[19:30] Blade**
That's what you all say.
**[19:32] Blade**
What about the others?
**[19:34] Une**
They say they want to talk to you.
**[19:37] Une**
But before that...
**[19:42] Blade**
Sophie?
**[19:43] Sophie**
Yes.
**[19:44] Sophie**
It looks like my sisters let me take control.
**[19:47] Blade**
Sounds like you have it rough.
**[19:49] Blade**
Is everything okay?
**[19:51] Sophie**
Well...
**[19:52] Sophie**
It feels like having six children.
**[19:56] Blade**
Six?
**[19:57] Blade**
Isn't that one too many?
**[20:04] [SONG] Sign**
The sunny disposition that
brings a smile to your face
**[20:09] [SONG] Sign**
As well as the heroic sense of justice
**[20:14] [SONG] Sign**
They may be a part of me,
but that's not all there is
**[20:20] [SONG] Sign**
That image of me
**[20:22] [SONG] Sign**
Has taken on a life of its own
**[20:25] [SONG] Sign**
Hey, wait up
**[20:28] [SONG] Sign**
Won't you be friends with me?
**[20:30] [SONG] Sign**
Let's shake hands, another self of mine
**[20:35] [SONG] Sign**
The wounds we cannot bear alone
**[20:38] [SONG] Sign**
The dangers that we keep hidden
**[20:41] [SONG] Sign**
We're all hiding them within
**[20:43] [SONG] Sign**
Standing ready to strike
**[20:46] [SONG] Sign**
The shadow lurking beneath the light
**[20:49] [SONG] Sign**
The muffled sounds coming from my lips
**[20:53] [SONG] Sign**
They make me feel that I am alive
**[20:59] [SONG] Sign**
It's a sign
**[21:25] Yessica**
Ah, it's hopeless!
**[21:28] Cu**
It's *my* turn!
**[21:34] King**
Now this is a *true* realistic exercise!
**[21:38] Siren**
Gil.
**[21:39] Siren**
About the magical beast brought here today...
**[21:42] Siren**
I received word that there's been a mix-up.
**[21:46] Dione**
It seems they delivered a different
beast than the one you ordered.
**[21:49] Dione**
I thought it was a little too powerful.
**[21:53] Doctor**
Looks like I'm going to be busy.
**[21:57] King**
Knock 'em dead!
***SIGN*** Final Ep!! Good Work!!
**[22:03] Cu**
Blargh...
**[22:05] Earnest**
Hi-yah-yah-yah!
**[22:09] Earnest**
Hi-yah-yah-yah...
**[22:12] Earnest**
Hey, Asmodeus!
**[22:14] Earnest**
You can do better than that!
**[22:16] Asmodeus**
No more...
**[22:18] Asmodeus**
I'm really done for...
**[22:19] Leonard**
My lord!
**[22:21] Leonard**
Let us fight in tandem!
**[22:22] Leonard**
Why me?!
**[22:28] Sophie**
Please, everyone.
**[22:32] Une**
I've got this.
**[22:33] Une**
Dragon Smash!
**[22:34] Deux**
Hi-yah!
**[22:37] Trois**
Like this.
**[22:38] Cinq**
Destroy!
**[22:38] Sophie**
Artificial Great Hero Power!
**[22:43] Leonard**
How many does that make?
**[22:45] Kassim**
I'll land the final blow—
**[22:49] Mao**
Bow before me!
**[22:51] Iona**
According to my high-spec calculations...
**[22:55] Iona**
No effect.
**[23:00] Siren**
It really doesn't look good.
**[23:09] King**
Oh, there's no need to worry.
**[23:21] King**
After all, he's the Great Hero!
**[23:25] Blade**
Hmm?
**[23:26] Blade**
What's wrong, everyone?
**[23:30] Blade**
Mmm! This tonkatsu curry's so good!
**[23:32] Earnest**
You lousy...
**[23:34] Group**
Superorganism!