E19 - Inhumanity

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[00:01] Dr. Franxx
    Of all the heavy-handed measures to take...
[00:03] Sage E
    We wanted to eliminate all irregularities
    before this important operation.
[00:09] Sage E
    That is all.
[00:11] Dr. Franxx
    If you keep doing this,
[00:13] Dr. Franxx
    there's no guarantee that the
    children will remain obedient.
[00:17] Sage C
    Don't worry.
[00:18] Sage C
    We haven't done anything to any
    Squad 13 members but those two.
[00:22] Dr. Franxx
    But why?
[00:24] Vice Chairman
    Since they're all together,
[00:26] Vice Chairman
    we decided to rid the parasites of
    all unneeded emotions and memories.
[00:33] Dr. Franxx
    Why wasn't I consulted?
[00:35] Chief
    Werner, please just behave for now.
[00:38] Chief
    You wished to see this plan come
    to fruition too, you know.
[00:44] Dr. Franxx
    They don't hesitate to use forceful
    means to achieve their ends.
[00:48] Dr. Franxx
    But I'm no different.
SIGN    2025 A.D.
[02:27] (Flashback) Guard
    Mr. Werner...
[02:28] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Don't just walk in here!
[02:30] (Flashback) Guard
    The chancellor asked me to get you.
[02:35] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    APE?
[02:36] (Flashback) Chief
    Surely you've heard of them.
SIGN    Werner Frank
[02:40] Werner Frank
    What does that upstart group want with me?
[02:43] (Flashback) Chief
    They say they want to hire you.
[02:46] (Flashback) Chief
    They're very impressed by your research.
[02:49] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    My research? Which part?
[02:53] (Flashback) Chief
    Ask them for details when you're there.
[02:56] (Flashback) Chief
    I accepted their offer.
[02:58] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    You accepted?
[02:59] (Flashback) Chief
    That's right.
[03:00] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Without asking me?
[03:02] (Flashback) Chief
    You show no signs of ceasing your illegal
    experiments, chief among them cloning.
[03:08] (Flashback) Chief
    The community is up in arms against you.
[03:10] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    You call them illegal,
[03:12] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    but the law only ever cracks
    down after I'm done.
[03:15] (Flashback) Chief
    There's no presumptive law because nobody
    expected a heathen like you to show up.
[03:22] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Well, I am an atheist.
[03:24] (Flashback) Chief
    This is a matter of ethics.
[03:26] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    You can't deny that I'm producing results.
[03:29] (Flashback) Chief
    Sure. I admit that you're vastly talented.
[03:33] (Flashback) Chief
    But I find you terrifying.
[03:36] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Me? Terrifying?
[03:40] Werner Frank
    APE, a group of scientists with no
    known origins or nationalities.
[03:46] Werner Frank
    A mysterious organization that operated
    with the Lamarck Club at its core.
[03:49] Werner Frank
    They introduced revolutionary
    mining technology,
[03:51] Werner Frank
    dug up magma energy from underground
    reserves far deeper than man had ever ventured,
[03:55] Werner Frank
    and created a new energy source that
    was both all-encompassing and low-cost.
[04:01] Werner Frank
    With this energy revolution,
[04:03] Werner Frank
    humanity drastically sped up its progress
    toward the apex of material civilization.
[04:07] Werner Frank
    At the same time, APE gained huge influence
    in international politics and the economy.
[04:24] (Flashback) Karina
    Pardon me for being presumptuous,
    but you're Werner Frank, aren't you?
[04:29] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    That's right.
[04:30] (Flashback) Karina
    I knew it! It's an honor to meet you!
[04:33] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Is it?
[04:34] (Flashback) Karina
    It is! I've read all the
    papers you've published!
[04:40] Karina
    Oh, I haven't introduced myself.
SIGN    Karina Milsa
[04:43] Karina
    I'm Karina Milsa.
[04:49] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    "Karina Milsa"?
[04:51] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    The Karina Milsa of regenerative
    telomere medicine fame?
[04:54] (Flashback) Karina
    That's me!
[04:59] (Flashback) Vice Chairman
    Do you have a problem with the contract?
[05:03] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    No.
[05:04] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    I was just surprised by
    the amount of funding.
[05:07] (Flashback) Chief
    It's simply a fair valuation of your talents.
[05:10] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    But to be honest, what you expect from me
[05:14] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    is somewhat outside my field of expertise.
[05:18] (Flashback) Vice Chairman
    With your abilities, you should be
    able to contribute more than enough.
[05:22] (Flashback) Vice Chairman
    Immortality...
[05:24] (Flashback) Vice Chairman
    Magma energy can even make that a reality.
[05:28] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Magma energy?
[05:31] Werner Frank
    It was more than just an ideal energy source.
[05:34] Werner Frank
    They said magma energy could even
    put immortality within our reach.
[05:37] Werner Frank
    Who would ever believe such a tall tale?
[05:40] Werner Frank
    But any scientist who said it didn't
    pique their curiosity would be lying.
SIGN    2030 A.D.
[05:52] (Flashback) Researcher A
    We're not seeing any indicators of aging.
[05:55] (Flashback) Karina
    Right.
[05:56] (Flashback) Researcher A
    We did it!
[05:57] Sage A
    So the research was a success?
[05:59] (Flashback) Karina
    I believe that's a safe assumption.
[06:02] (Flashback) Karina
    We couldn't have done it
    without Dr. Frank's help.
[06:06] (Flashback) Karina
    You don't seem very happy about this.
[06:09] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Don't I?
[06:11] (Flashback) Karina
    Is something bothering you?
[06:13] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    I'm only guessing,
[06:14] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    but mankind might lose its reproductive
    functions in exchange for its immortality.
[06:19] (Flashback) Karina
    We don't have any evidence indicating that.
[06:22] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    No matter how we improve
    ourselves with science,
[06:24] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    we can't make up for the inherent
    frailty of our bodies and minds.
[06:28] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    More than anything,
    it strips us of all beauty.
[06:32] (Flashback) Karina
    Are you saying it would be wrong
    for mankind to attain immortality?
[06:37] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    I wouldn't go that far.
[06:38] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    I've always wanted to know our pinnacle,
    our limit, as an organism.
[06:45] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    I might still find that answer in our
    evolutionary process post-immortality.
[06:50] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    But will we be able to call
    what we become "human"?
[06:54] (Flashback) Karina
    Do you mean we'd be gods?
[06:58] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    I'm an atheist, you see.
[07:02] Werner Frank
    Not long after that, it did indeed become
    clear that the immortality procedure
[07:06] Werner Frank
    led to the loss of reproductive functions.
[07:10] Werner Frank
    But many people still made the
    choice to become immortal.
[07:14] Werner Frank
    Around that time, mankind recovered
    from its rut thanks to magma energy
[07:20] Werner Frank
    and quickly approached the
    apex of material civilization.
[07:23] Werner Frank
    But the only ones to benefit from it were
    the rich, with access to immortality.
[07:28] Werner Frank
    The class divide continued to grow ever wider.
[07:31] Werner Frank
    Some years later, to combat the population
    explosion resulting from immortality,
[07:35] Werner Frank
    a law was passed in East Asia
    to heavily tax childbirth.
[07:40] Werner Frank
    It was the first step toward mankind
    abandoning its procreative instincts.
[07:44] Werner Frank
    At the same time,
[07:45] Werner Frank
    rapid desertification was observed in
    the southern parts of North America.
[07:50] Werner Frank
    Some identified the mining
    of magma energy as the cause,
[07:55] Werner Frank
    but naturally, they were ignored.
[07:57] Futoshi (214)
    This is really important!
[08:00] Futoshi (214)
    I feel bad for you, but you're
    not changing my mind!
[08:09] Mitsuru (326)
    What were you talking about?
[08:11] Kokoro (556)
    Oh, you saw that?
[08:13] Mitsuru (326)
    Sorry. I didn't mean to.
[08:18] Kokoro (556)
    Futoshi doesn't want to
    be my partner anymore.
[08:22] Kokoro (556)
    He says he'll team up with Ikuno,
    and he wants me to team up with you.
[08:27] Mitsuru (326)
    But why?
[08:29] Kokoro (556)
    It's too sudden, right?
[08:32] Mitsuru (326)
    They keep telling us about all this
    stuff that happened between us,
[08:37] Mitsuru (326)
    but we don't remember any of it.
[08:40] Mitsuru (326)
    And even if they are telling the truth,
[08:42] Mitsuru (326)
    I don't believe I'll ever
    develop those feelings for you.
[08:49] Kokoro (556)
    Yeah.
[08:51] Kokoro (556)
    It's probably the same for me.
SIGN    2036 A.D.
[08:55] Werner Frank
    At this point, humanity's immortality
    rate already exceeded 70 percent.
[08:59] Werner Frank
    And the rest were scheduled to complete
    their procedures within two years.
[09:04] Werner Frank
    But I...
[09:07] (Flashback) Karina
    You still can't bring yourself
    to undergo the procedure?
[09:10] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    I don't like having my body messed with.
[09:13] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    If I'm forced to, I would much prefer
    to replace it with a mechanical one.
[09:17] (Flashback) Karina
    Don't you think it's about time you stopped
    to think about your life and future?
[09:22] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Stop it. You know that's not my style.
[09:26] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    What about you? Aren't you
    going to go under the knife?
[09:28] (Flashback) Karina
    No.
[09:30] (Flashback) Karina
    I want to have a child, actually.
[09:32] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Oh?
[09:34] (Flashback) Karina
    Is that surprising?
[09:35] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    I just didn't think you had a partner.
[09:39] (Flashback) Karina
    He's pretty dense, so he
    hasn't noticed my feelings.
[09:43] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    If you're in love with someone,
    shouldn't you ask him out to dinner instead?
[09:48] (Flashback) Karina
    I did.
[09:50] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Oh, so you did what you could.
[09:53] (Flashback) Karina
    Don't you think you're being a bit too dense?
[10:04] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    It's me?
[10:11] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    You have terrible taste.
[10:16] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    But I guess I don't really mind.
[10:21] Werner Frank
    By that time, desertification had become
    a serious issue across the globe,
[10:25] Werner Frank
    and APE presented to nations its plantation
    project, which would be humanity's ark.
[10:30] Werner Frank
    It essentially became the
    leader of the whole world.
SIGN    2037 A.D.
SIGN    Offshore Magma Energy Mine
[10:36] Werner Frank
    That year, it appeared in front of mankind.
[10:44] Werner Frank
    Crying like a newborn baby,
[10:48] Werner Frank
    it destroyed the mining facility
    and proceeded to make landfall,
[10:53] Werner Frank
    only stopping after several
    nuclear missiles hit it.
[10:58] Werner Frank
    As a result, the eastern half of the Australian
    continent became an exclusion zone.
[11:04] Werner Frank
    Soon, the beings designated
    klaxosaurs, for "screaming reptiles,"
[11:10] Werner Frank
    started showing up periodically everywhere.
[11:13] Werner Frank
    It became clear that they were
    attracted to magma energy mines, too.
[11:20] Werner Frank
    The plantations turned into mobile
    anti-klaxosaur fortresses,
[11:25] Werner Frank
    cities were abandoned,
[11:27] Werner Frank
    and mankind disappeared from the surface.
[11:33] (Flashback) Karina
    Where are you going?
[11:34] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    It seems they've secured a decently
    preserved klaxosaur corpse in Alaska.
[11:39] (Flashback) Karina
    But we're supposed to submit our
    marriage registration next week.
[11:43] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    If I'm not back by then,
[11:45] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    go ahead and submit it.
[11:51] Werner Frank
    I was enthralled.
[11:54] Werner Frank
    The body's composition could be
    called both mechanical and organic,
[11:57] Werner Frank
    and it struck me as extremely beautiful.
[12:01] Werner Frank
    Eventually, I noticed that it contained the
    same XX chromosomes seen in female humans.
[12:08] Werner Frank
    I didn't know what that indicated,
[12:11] Werner Frank
    but I had a bad feeling about it.
[12:14] Werner Frank
    My research was recognized,
[12:16] Werner Frank
    and I was appointed lead developer
    of an anti-klaxosaur weapon.
[12:20] Werner Frank
    That robot was called a FRANXX.
SIGN    2042 A.D.
SIGN    Startup Trial for the Anti-Klaxosaur FRANXX Prototype
SIGN    Number Thirteen
[12:30] Werner Frank
    After FRANXX development finally
    reached the prototype stage,
[12:34] Werner Frank
    it hit a prolonged roadblock
    where it wouldn't start up.
[12:36] Werner Frank
    After rigorous testing
    under various conditions,
[12:39] Werner Frank
    it was discovered that the pilot needed
    to still possess reproductive functions.
[12:46] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    You didn't have to volunteer
    to pilot yourself.
[12:48] (Flashback) Karina
    You have a valuable test
    subject right under your nose.
[12:51] (Flashback) Karina
    It'd be a waste not to use her.
[12:54] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Sorry, and thanks.
[12:56] (Flashback) Karina
    Don't look at me like that.
[12:58] (Flashback) Karina
    See you later, then.
[13:17] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    Is this a curse?
[13:23] Werner Frank
    The tests continued,
[13:26] Werner Frank
    and many lives were sacrificed.
[13:29] Werner Frank
    The pilots were put under extreme stress.
[13:32] Werner Frank
    By injecting them with yellow blood cells
    that acted as a conduit to the FRANXX
[13:37] Werner Frank
    and having them ride in male-female pairs,
[13:39] Werner Frank
    that stress was found to be alleviated.
[13:43] Werner Frank
    After losing its reproductive functions,
[13:45] Werner Frank
    mankind ironically found
    a need for new children.
[13:50] Werner Frank
    As parasites, pilots of the FRANXX,
[13:53] Werner Frank
    they were called "children,"
[13:56] Werner Frank
    and they were made to refer
    to the rest of us as adults.
[14:00] Goro (056)
    Those two didn't just have
    their memories erased.
[14:04] Goro (056)
    They were also implanted
    with elaborate, fake memories.
[14:07] Ichigo (015)
    Are their real memories lost forever?
[14:10] Futoshi (214)
    This is messed up.
[14:12] Futoshi (214)
    Was what they did so bad that they
    deserved to have their memories erased?
[14:16] Zorome (666)
    I'm sure Papa has his reasons.
[14:20] Miku (390)
    Zorome, are you serious?
[14:21] Ikuno (196)
    They destroyed everything about the
    wedding we worked so hard for!
[14:25] Zorome (666)
    Yeah, sure, but we've only
    ever had Papa our whole lives.
[14:29] Miku (390)
    This isn't like you! I thought
    you were better than that!
[14:32] Ichigo (015)
    Oh, Hiro. How's Zero Two?
[14:35] Hiro (016)
    She's fine. She just needs
    to get some final tune-ups.
[14:42] Hiro (016)
    I'm thinking of directly asking Papa
    to return Mitsuru and Kokoro to normal.
[14:48] Hiro (016)
    Let's tell him how we feel.
[14:53] Werner Frank
    In the initial usage phase of the FRANXX,
[14:55] Werner Frank
    entire squads would die off,
    taking the klaxosaurs down with them.
[15:00] Werner Frank
    But we pushed on and succeeded in developing
    weapons that worked on klaxosaurs.
[15:04] Werner Frank
    After massive sacrifices, we started
    formulating an effective way to kill them.
[15:10] Werner Frank
    The Garden was founded as a
    facility to nurture the children.
[15:14] Werner Frank
    And the plantations were fitted with a
    quarantine zone for parasites, Mistilteinn.
SIGN    Parasite Quarantine Zone: Mistilteinn
[15:21] Werner Frank
    It was because parasites needed emotions,
[15:24] Werner Frank
    and we'd found that antiquated environments
    were best suited to raising them.
[15:28] Werner Frank
    Their health is monitored in extreme detail,
[15:32] Werner Frank
    and everything is controlled to
    keep them in the best possible shape.
[15:37] Werner Frank
    Eventually, the humans holed up inside
    the plantations, the "adults,"
[15:42] Werner Frank
    forgot about the existence of klaxosaurs,
[15:44] Werner Frank
    and under the influence of magma energy
    and their immortality treatments,
[15:47] Werner Frank
    they obtained a life of eternal tedium.
[15:52] Werner Frank
    I was looking for somewhere I belonged,
    a resting place for my heart.
[15:57] Werner Frank
    By this time, my interest in the
    future of mankind had faded,
[16:01] Werner Frank
    and I engrossed myself in research,
    seeking a more perfected lifeform.
[16:06] Werner Frank
    That's when a strange rumor
    started making the rounds.
[16:09] Werner Frank
    A rumor that said the klaxosaurs
    had a leader, a queen bee of sorts.
[16:14] Werner Frank
    I don't know how, but APE discovered
    where that leader was hiding.
[16:19] (Flashback) Chief
    You may go along, but on one condition.
[16:23] Werner Frank
    One condition?
[16:25] (Flashback) Chief
    Should you encounter the klaxosaur queen,
[16:27] (Flashback) Chief
    bring back something, anything that
    could serve as a DNA sample.
[16:32] Werner Frank
    Shockingly,
[16:34] Werner Frank
    we found waiting for us the remains
    of an unknown, ancient civilization.
[16:42] (Flashback) 001
    What are you doing here?
[16:44] (Flashback) Soldier A
    Who's there?
[16:46] (Flashback) 001
    Ignorant beings, why are you here?
[16:49] (Flashback) 001
    Why do you kill our brethren?
[16:52] (Flashback) Soldier A
    What's this voice? Where is it coming from?
[16:55] (Flashback) Werner Frank
    You're wrong. It's transmitting
    directly into our brains.
[16:58] (Flashback) Soldier B
    Klaxosaurs detected!
[16:59] (Flashback) Soldier A
    What? From which direction?
[17:01] (Flashback) Soldier B
    From all directions!
[17:02] (Flashback) Soldier A
    All directions?
[17:04] (Flashback) Soldier A
    Prepare for combat! Form a circle!
[17:07] (Flashback) 001
    Your species is so needlessly belligerent.
[17:16] (Flashback) Soldier B
    One enemy, approaching at speed!
[17:30] (Flashback) 001
    Don't kill that one. Bring it to me.
[17:54] Werner Frank
    I was exhilarated.
[17:56] Werner Frank
    She was without a doubt the most beautiful
    thing I'd ever seen in my life.
[18:01] (Flashback) 001
    Hold out your hand.
[18:14] (Flashback) 001
    I smell my brethren on you.
[18:18] (Flashback) 001
    It seems your sins are far too grave
    to be punished with mere death.
[18:40] Werner Frank
    Even as she bit off my arm,
    I remained entranced by klaxosaurs
[18:44] Werner Frank
    and remained in love with
    the klaxosaur princess.
[18:47] Werner Frank
    I might really have already
    lost all of my humanity.
[18:52] (Flashback) 001
    Begone! And tell your kind not to
    lay a hand on my brethren anymore!
[19:05] Dr. Franxx
    What is it?
[19:06] Hiro (016)
    We have a request.
[19:10] Hiro (016)
    Return Mitsuru—
[19:12] Hiro (016)
    Return Code 326 and Code 556's
    memories to normal.
[19:16] Chief
    That's impossible.
[19:19] Chief
    We didn't seal off their memories.
    We removed the unnecessary information.
[19:24] Chief
    There's no way to bring them back.
[19:26] Miku (390)
    No...
[19:31] Vice Chairman
    What you're currently doing is
    a severe breach of protocol.
[19:34] Vice Chairman
    Ordinarily, you would be punished,
[19:37] Vice Chairman
    but given your accomplishments, we'll let
    you off with a mere mention on your record.
[19:42] Vice Chairman
    Return to your waiting quarters at once.
[19:45] Ichigo (015)
    Please wait...
[19:46] Futoshi (214)
    Apologize! Apologize, damn it!
[19:48] Ikuno (196)
    Futoshi?!
[19:49] Futoshi (214)
    How can you act so carefree after
    erasing someone's precious memories?!
[19:52] Goro (056)
    Stop it! Don't get emotional!
[19:54] Futoshi (214)
    Don't try to sweep this under the rug!
[19:56] Futoshi (214)
    Look at least a little sorry
    for what you've done!
[19:59] Futoshi (214)
    Would it kill you to utter
    one damn apology?!
[20:01] Zorome (666)
    Um, can you tell us one thing?
[20:05] Chief
    What is it?
[20:06] Zorome (666)
    Please tell us...
[20:09] Zorome (666)
    How many more klaxosaurs do we have
    to kill before we can become adults?
[20:27] Zorome (666)
    What are we living for, then?
[20:32] Zorome (666)
    Do we really only exist
    to pilot FRANXX and die?
[20:36] Zorome (666)
    At least tell us that much, Papa!
[20:39] Miku (390)
    Zorome...
[20:42] Hiro (016)
    You guys took away Zero Two's
    and my precious memories
[20:46] Hiro (016)
    and did the same to Mitsuru and Kokoro.
[20:48] Hiro (016)
    We can't see you as our Papa anymore.
[20:52] Hiro (016)
    Once this battle is over, set us free!
[20:59] Chief
    Very well.
[21:00] Chief
    As long as you fulfill your duties
    in the next mission, that is.
[21:05] Chief
    We're done here.
[21:17] Dr. Franxx
    You rise up against fate?
[21:19] Dr. Franxx
    Then show me
[21:22] Dr. Franxx
    whether you kids can become
    real humans or not.
[21:27] Hiro (016)
    We'll decide our fate ourselves.
[21:31] Hiro (016)
    I saw you in Zero Two's memories.
[21:34] Hiro (016)
    I will never forgive you for what you did.
[21:45] Zero Two (002)
    Darling, you pervert.
[21:51] Hiro (016)
    Hey, Zero Two. We've made our decision.
[21:55] Zero Two (002)
    Right.
[21:58] Hiro (016)
    Let's go, Zero Two.
[22:01] Dr. Franxx
    Fate is cruel more often than not.
[22:04] Dr. Franxx
    But at times, it can be quite
    powerless in the face of desire.
[22:08] Dr. Franxx
    Zero Two, you would probably
    hate me if you knew.
[22:27] Werner Frank
    Soon...
[22:29] Werner Frank
    Soon, my dream will come true.
[22:33] Werner Frank
    Show me your perfected form,
[22:36] Werner Frank
    and how beautiful it can be!
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