E2 - 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.
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