E24 - The Shinjuku War

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[00:01] (Flashback) Emperor
    The Empire long dreamed of
    unifying this peninsula.
[00:05] (Flashback) Emperor
    Though we acted for future peace,
[00:07] (Flashback) Emperor
    we cannot deny that we bloodied our hands.
[00:11] (Flashback) Emperor
    So don't look like that, dear friend.
[00:15] (Flashback) Emperor
    You did not kill us of your own will.
[00:23] (Flashback) Saint
    Corpse God, or rather, Rizdilusia Redrazalf.
[00:29] (Flashback) Saint
    I finally outwitted the "Wandering Balcony."
[00:33] (Flashback) Saint
    The deadly poison masked a curse
    with which I bound your name.
[00:39] (Flashback) Saint
    Now, allow me to rewrite your destiny.
[00:55] (Flashback) Emperor
    Now, shall we start by hiding
    the conclusive proof?
[01:01] (Flashback) Emperor
    Testimony from a shade under a necromancer's
    control makes a poor defense.
[01:08] (Flashback) Emperor
    To think that we would end
    up shielding our own killer.
[01:11] (Flashback) Emperor
    This is what makes life so much fun!
[01:14] (Flashback) Emperor
    I suppose this makes us your accomplice!
[01:17] (Flashback) Emperor
    You killed us, your dear friend.
[01:20] (Flashback) Emperor
    We insist you atone with a long, long life.
[01:30] Emperor
    We never meant our words
    to bind you, of course...
[01:34] (Flashback) Emperor
    You're foolish as ever, dear friend.
[01:38] Emperor
    Would you really kill yourself
    for someone else's sake again?
[03:16] Civil
    "The world's foe"!
[03:18] Civil
    I love it!
[03:19] Civil
    Although I can't fathom why you
    feel so attached to this world.
[03:24] Civil
    And "return" your body?
[03:27] Civil
    Oh, I see!
[03:29] Civil
    As a necromancer, you're only possessing it!
[03:32] Polka
    Correct.
[03:35] Polka
    And I shall possess you next.
[03:39] Takumi
    Part of me
[03:41] Takumi
    resonated with his wish to live in peace.
[03:47] Takumi
    Seriously, how did things end up like this?
[03:50] Takumi
    Oh, crap!
[03:52] Takumi
    Why the hell did I end up feeling like this?!
[03:55] Takumi
    This isn't like me, damn it!
[04:03] Takumi
    Hey! Polka!
[04:05] Polka
    Huh?
[04:06] Takumi
    Stop looking down on us, asshole!
[04:09] Misaki
    Kurupon?
[04:11] Takumi
    What gives?! Who the hell asked you
    to start saying your goodbyes?!
[04:15] Takumi
    You "clash with this world"?!
[04:19] Takumi
    Sure, what you can do
    scares the pants off me!
[04:22] Takumi
    I figured I'd better steer clear of you!
[04:25] Takumi
    But so what?!
[04:26] Takumi
    You and me
[04:29] Takumi
    and Misaki
[04:30] Takumi
    and the real Polka already get along fine!
[04:34] Takumi
    And now you're just gonna up and leave?!
[04:37] Takumi
    You were the one who told me, remember?!
[04:40] (Flashback) Polka
    I've got no secrets worth
    more than a friend's life.
[04:45] Takumi
    So take your friends seriously!
[04:47] Takumi
    Plus, me and Misaki's job
[04:50] Takumi
    is helping mediate between
    you and this world!
[04:57] Kochou
    A blackout?!
[04:58] Takumi
    I hijacked the power and all
    the cameras in that area!
[05:02] Takumi
    You shouldn't show up on any
    public footage for a while.
[05:05] Takumi
    Don't force yourself to play villain or hero.
[05:10] Takumi
    Go all out your own way, Corpse God!
[05:15] Polka
    Takumi-kun...
[05:17] Civil
    Hmm?
[05:18] Civil
    I get it now. The kids in
    that building chain you down.
[05:24] Civil
    Then I'll start by—
[05:26] Polka
    You'll start by doing what?
[05:30] Civil
    You seem different again.
[05:33] Polka
    Oh, right.
[05:34] Polka
    I don't need to act villainous, do I?
[05:37] Polka
    I know what you have in mind.
[05:40] Polka
    So I'll say this again:
[05:43] Polka
    I'll stop you.
[05:45] Civil
    Gems?
[05:46] Civil
    Is he replenishing mana?
[05:48] Civil
    But what is he doing with so many?!
[05:51] Polka
    For everyone—
[05:52] Polka
    No.
[05:54] Polka
    For a whim of mine: the peace of this city.
[06:10] Civil
    Where on earth did he
    get so many mana stones?
[06:14] Civil
    After all your talk, I guess you still used
[06:17] Civil
    the wealth that belongs to
    that body—to Polka Shinoyama!
[06:21] Polka
    This is money I earned,
[06:24] Polka
    plus support from my cherished friends.
[06:28] Polka
    That's right. For all my immaturity,
    people were willing to help me.
[06:33] Polka
    In this world
[06:35] Polka
    and in that one.
[06:37] (Flashback) Takumi
    Take your friends seriously!
[06:40] Polka
    I guess he's right.
[06:48] Civil
    Your "whim" is "the peace of this city"?
[06:52] Civil
    That's already over.
[06:54] Civil
    These are only some of the
    people my attacks just killed.
[06:59] Civil
    You can take out the security cameras,
    but you can't pretend this never happened.
[07:05] Civil
    Neither of us can!
[07:09] Polka
    You've got one thing wrong.
[07:12] Polka
    No one in this city has died yet today.
[07:17] Polka
    My preparations made sure of that.
[07:20] Civil
    Don't tell me...?!
[07:22] Polka
    This city currently contains
    almost no living humans.
[07:26] Polka
    It's already inside my Temple.
[07:29] Civil
    Everyone here is a shade?!
[07:32] Civil
    Then... he even placed wards
    to keep people out?!
[07:34] Polka
    So right now, I don't need to hold back.
[07:41] Takeru
    Hm?
[07:42] Takeru
    What's going on?
[07:43] Taipei
    Forgive me, sir.
[07:45] Taipei
    I haven't managed to get close yet.
[07:48] Taipei
    I'm taking sniper fire.
[07:49] Taipei
    They seem focused on delaying m—
[07:55] Clarissa
    This is all we can do.
[07:58] Clarissa
    We'll provide you this city: Shinjuku.
[08:02] Clarissa
    Now, do as you please.
[08:06] Civil
    You and the bat are no different.
[08:08] Civil
    Why don't you try to change this world?
[08:11] Civil
    You're neglecting the power you've gained.
[08:17] Civil
    In fact, you treat it with contempt!
[08:19] Polka
    I wouldn't say that.
[08:22] Polka
    Someone far, far more powerful
    and exceptional than me
[08:26] Polka
    still wished for peace.
[08:29] Polka
    An enemy necromancer controlled
    me and set me up as an assassin.
[08:36] Polka
    I'm a hopeless fool of a corpse.
[08:39] Polka
    But this mighty person still
    called me their dear friend.
[08:46] Civil
    Who could you possibly mean?
[08:49] Polka
    Didn't I tell you my cherished
    friends helped me out?
[08:53] Polka
    Thanks to their support, 
    I was able to ask for his aid.
[09:02] Emperor
    So, you've called on us at last.
[09:05] Polka
    I'm sorry. It took a long time,
[09:09] Polka
    but I found something I want
    to protect no matter what.
[09:13] Polka
    Would Your Imperial Majesty assist me?
[09:18] Polka
    No.
[09:19] Polka
    Would you lend me a hand,
[09:22] Polka
    dear friend?
[09:27] Civil
    "Imperial Majesty"?!
[09:29] Civil
    Don't tell me...
[09:30] Civil
    that's Flamrodia Byandylaz,
    former Emperor of Byady?!
[09:36] Civil
    Why?!
[09:37] Civil
    I read the Corpse God was an
    arch-traitor who killed his emperor!
[09:41] Civil
    So why is he here?!
[09:43] Civil
    Why do they have a contract?!
[09:46] Emperor
    What did we tell you?
[09:48] Emperor
    Whatever you become, we and our
    empire will always stand by you.
[09:55] Civil
    Necromancer!
[09:58] Civil
    Do you expect me to believe you
    took in the whole fallen empire?!
[10:03] Emperor
    Don't make light of the Corpse God,
     our imperial court sorcerer!
[10:14] Emperor
    Still, ambient magic truly is scarce.
[10:17] Emperor
    Refining mana will take some time.
[10:20] Palomy
    Then I'd better buy you that time!
[10:23] Rachabenia
    I shall shelter the city's
    towers with my mystic thread.
[10:27] Leuf
    I believe another area demands my attention.
[10:31] Polka
    Please take care of it.
[10:35] Civil
    Today really is a dream come true!
[10:42] Solitaire
    Even I must accept it!
[10:44] Solitaire
    That's otherworldly power!
[10:47] Solitaire
    And I haven't been able to shake
    a strange feeling for some time.
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
[10:52] Solitaire
    What do you think, Fire-Breathing Bug-kun?
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
[10:55] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    Danger. Must burn.
[10:58] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    Before anything happens,
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
[11:01] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    before tragedy strikes,
[11:03] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    we must burn it and this city.
[11:09] Suzuka
    Would you please wait a moment?
[11:14] Solitaire
    Young lady, how on earth...?
[11:16] Suzuka
    Shouldn't you watch and judge
    whether he brings this world harm?
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
[11:22] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    By what right, by what fate do you stop us?
[11:29] Suzuka
    It is my business, if that's what you mean.
[11:33] Suzuka
    You see, I was burned...
[11:38] Suzuka
    by a fake bug who desperately admired you.
[11:42] Suzuka
    And I owe him a debt.
[11:46] Solitaire
    Could the strange sensation I've been
    feeling have brought her into being?
[11:53] Solitaire
    Well, what do you say,
    Fire-Breathing Bug-kun?
[11:58] Iwanome
    Sure, you may have a right to revenge.
[12:03] Yatsu
    Boss!
[12:06] Iwanome
    Still, protecting this city's our job.
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
[12:10] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5
    And you include members of
    Sabaramond in this city?
[12:16] Iwanome
    I include the ordinary citizens
    you're possessing right now!
[12:20] Iwanome
    Even if you get your revenge,
    the blood on their hands won't disappear!
[12:26] Iwanome
    You're screwing up their lives by
    making them stand here as we speak!
[12:33] Iwanome
    I'll get your revenge a different way.
[12:36] Iwanome
    At least, I'll find every
    Sabaramond scumbag in Japan,
[12:40] Iwanome
    and crush 'em!
[12:42] Iwanome
    So let those innocent people go.
SIGN    Fire Safety
[12:46] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5
    You expect us to simply
    trust you and disappear?
[12:51] Iwanome
    I won't ask for that.
[12:52] Iwanome
    If watching your revenge play
    out means so much to you,
[12:57] Iwanome
    go ahead and copy your will onto me.
[13:05] Lulu
    Why would you go so far?
[13:09] Misaki
    Hmm... I wonder.
[13:10] Misaki
    Not to atone, and not
    to repay a debt, either.
[13:16] Misaki
    I can't put it into words, but I
    can just kind of tell, you know?
[13:21] Misaki
    I feel like giving up now would make
    who I've been since I met Polka a lie.
[13:28] Misaki
    So I'm gonna cut loose a little!
[13:37] Misaki
    You'll give back that shark plushie
    whether you like it or not!
[13:43] Lulu
    Could you be... a vampire?!
[13:47] Misaki
    What gave it away?
[13:49] Lulu
    What?!
[13:55] Lulu
    No!
[14:02] Arahabaki
    I'm getting nowhere!
[14:04] Arahabaki
    What the hell is your deal?!
[14:06] Arahabaki
    Are you that Lemmings guy, maybe?
[14:10] Arahabaki
    Well, then,
[14:11] Arahabaki
    I'm gonna step a little bit
    harder on the gas pedal.
[14:17] Arahabaki
    How is this brat not freaking
    out over this form?!
[14:21] Xiaoyu
    I hate to break it to you,
[14:22] Xiaoyu
    but I know someone just like you!
[14:25] Xiaoyu
    In movement, breathing, and even spirit!
[14:36] Xiaoyu
    I somehow managed to control—
[14:38] Xiaoyu
    An earthquake?!
[14:40] Polka
    This is...
[14:41] Polka
    Did the elemental take action?
[14:44] Polka
    But I'll have to let someone else handle it.
[14:46] Polka
    I have bigger problems.
[14:50] Rachabenia
    He's refining his circles, growing
    closer to mastery with every touch.
[14:57] Palomy
    Who does that amateur think he is?
[14:59] Polka
    He really must be a genius.
[15:03] Polka
    But even then, how can he endure a court
    sorcerer's spells and remain standing?
[15:08] Polka
    As a resident of this world,
    he shouldn't even be a sorcerer.
[15:13] Polka
    This feeling... I've sensed
    it since I met him.
[15:18] Polka
    It almost feels like...
[15:20] Polka
    I'm facing Arius-san.
[15:24] Xiaoyu
    I don't want to risk my life
    for anyone but His Lordship.
[15:27] Xiaoyu
    But if he wishes it,
[15:29] Xiaoyu
    I'll work for the Shinoyamas.
[15:32] Xiaoyu
    So keep your head in the clouds like always.
[15:37] Xiaoyu
    Stay oblivious to my ugly jealousy
[15:40] Xiaoyu
    and go on living at His Lordship's
    side with that dopey grin.
[15:44] Misaki
    Trying to get Polka-kun back?
[15:46] Misaki
    Nope! Seems more like you're attacking me!
[15:50] Misaki
    So Polka-kun will be safer
    if I get him away from—
[15:54] Xiaoyu
    Sakimiya-san!
[15:56] Misaki
    Xiaoyu-kun!
[15:57] Misaki
    Take the real Polka-kun!
[16:03] Xiaoyu
    Sakimiya-san!
[16:12] Xiaoyu
    Huh?
[16:15] Xiaoyu
    Wow!
[16:16] Xiaoyu
    It was only her body before.
[16:19] Xiaoyu
    Can she seriously do things
    on that level now?!
[16:27] Xiaoyu
    I got saved?
[16:30] Xiaoyu
    Does that mean... someone's
    interfering in this fight?!
[16:33] Misaki
    Huh? We're falling?
[16:38] Leuf
    No wonder the elemental acts so wary.
[16:42] Leuf
    I never dreamed that monster
    had come to this world.
[16:46] Lulu
    Wh-Who are you?
[16:52] Leuf
    Dear me.
[16:54] Leuf
    Has even Elemental Speech perished
    in the century since I was killed?
[16:59] Leuf
    How depressing.
[17:02] Leuf
    Still, I'm glad I entrusted
    my soul to the Corpse God.
[17:08] Leuf
    I'd never have seen
    my descendant's face otherwise.
[17:14] Majiri
    I can't believe that boy
    found a dragon's arm.
[17:18] Majiri
    I wouldn't have sliced his
    prosthetic off if I'd known.
[17:22] Bao
    Looks like the danger has passed.
[17:25] Bao
    Thank you for explaining the danger
    approaching my brother after our fight.
[17:31] Bao
    So I'll keep our pact.
[17:34] Bao
    We have a truce
[17:35] Bao
    until Xiaoyu chooses his path.
[17:41] Civil
    I don't believe it.
    You stopped the elemental?
[17:49] Civil
    And here I was getting the hang of things.
[17:51] Emperor
    If you came this far on your own,
     we're impressed.
[17:55] Civil
    But losing to you like this
    wouldn't sit right with me.
[17:59] Civil
    I'll go out doing everything in my power!
[18:02] Rachabenia
    That's...!
[18:04] Polka
    He's not just like Arius-san.
[18:07] Polka
    He's using Arius-san's magic circle!
[18:11] Palomy
    Not good! He'll blow the city
    sky high if we don't stop him!
[18:15] Polka
    You haven't lost.
[18:17] Polka
    In terms of raw power, you far exceed me.
[18:22] Polka
    I merely borrowed—no, wielded power.
[18:26] Polka
    I used everyone like tools.
[18:29] Emperor
    As you should.
[18:31] Emperor
    We and the rest are long dead,
     relics of the past.
[18:35] Emperor
    Use us till we break, and forge ahead.
[18:39] Emperor
    After all, you live in the here and now.
[18:44] Polka
    I already died in the other world.
[18:47] Polka
    The me here... is just a corpse.
[18:50] Emperor
    Living isn't about whether your body is dead.
[18:53] Emperor
    It's about whether you face forward.
     Right, Corpse God?
[18:57] Emperor
    No,
[18:59] Emperor
    Riz!
[19:01] Emperor
    In this world, follow your own will,
[19:04] Emperor
    and this time protect
     everything you want to!
[19:07] Polka
    Unlike me, you only ever looked far forward.
[19:12] Polka
    Back then, I didn't understand how you
    could keep your gaze fixed straight ahead.
[19:18] Polka
    But now, I think I have a vague idea.
[19:23] Polka
    This time, I'll drag you into my business.
[19:28] Emperor
    Make way.
[19:31] Civil
    What a beautiful magic circle.
[19:36] Civil
    I feel like I did back then,
    when I first saw a spellbook.
[19:47] Civil
    So, this is the end.
[19:49] Civil
    Still, I had fun.
[19:57] Iwanome
    If watching your revenge play
    out means so much to you,
[20:01] Iwanome
    go ahead and copy your will onto me.
[20:04] Yatsu
    Iwa-san!
[20:05] Iwanome
    Don't offer to take my place, any of you.
[20:08] Iwanome
    I made this decision on my—
[20:13] Arase
    Excuse me.
[20:14] Iwanome
    Huh?
[20:16] Yatsu
    Whoa.
[20:18] Arase
    I kept my promise.
[20:19] Arase
    You were got worked up again,
    so I stopped you with my fists.
[20:23] Iwanome
    Y-You could hold back.
[20:25] Arase
    I did.
[20:26] Arase
    I know you, Iwa-san.
[20:28] Arase
    You were thinking of
    Hosorogi-san, weren't you?
[20:31] Arase
    Please don't forget.
[20:34] Arase
    As far as we're concerned,
     you're part of the city we protect, too.
[20:39] Iwanome
    Sorry.
[20:41] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5
    We respect your resolve.
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
[20:46] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5
    We will wait and see
[20:50] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5
    whether that boy is a bug.
[20:54] Iwanome
    "That boy"?
[20:56] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5
    Whether we disappear
     for good depends on you.
[21:03] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 5
    Huh?
[21:04] Fire-Breathing Bugs
    Where am I?
[21:04] Fire-Breathing Bugs
    Huh?
[21:05] Fire-Breathing Bugs
    What?
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
[21:06] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    What am I doing here?
[21:09] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    Huh?! Solitaire?!
[21:10] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    No way! Can I have your autograph?!
[21:12] Solitaire
    Indeed you may!
[21:14] Solitaire
    I'm actually something
    of a celebrity, you know!
[21:16] Solitaire
    Would you like one, too, ghostly young la—
[21:20] Solitaire
    Oh?
[21:26] Arahabaki
    Am I dreaming?
[21:28] Arahabaki
    Come to think of it, those shitheads at
    the lab did say the heart they gave me
[21:35] Arahabaki
    was the core of a magic tiger with two heads.
[21:40] Arahabaki
    That tickles.
[21:43] Civil
    I'm alive?
[21:45] Polka
    You suffered serious wounds,
    but they didn't kill you outright.
[21:50] Polka
    I patched you up with corpses,
    but living flesh should grow back in time.
[21:56] Civil
    Why did you save me?
[21:58] Civil
    You're a necromancer.
[22:00] Civil
    You should have just
    killed and controlled me.
[22:04] Polka
    You overpaid. I just gave
    you your change in magic.
[22:09] Civil
    I gave you that...
[22:11] Polka
    Besides...
[22:11] Lulu
    Civil-sama!
[22:13] Polka
    I couldn't see or hear anything
    during that thunderous crash,
[22:19] Polka
    but at that moment,
[22:21] Polka
    I didn't want to make a child sad.
[22:25] Polka
    I don't like taking things from children.
[22:29] Civil
    You may regret it.
[22:32] Polka
    Maybe.
[22:33] Polka
    But when I do,
[22:35] Polka
    I'll use all my power to protect
    everyone from the start.
[22:40] Civil
    All right.
[22:42] Civil
    I'll give up on returning
    to our world for now.
[22:46] Civil
    I've learned this world
    is worth living in, too.
[22:51] Misaki
    Polka-kun!
[22:53] Lulu
    Civil-sama!
[22:56] Polka
    On that, we agree.
SIGN    Surveillance Report
SIGN    Call Ended
[23:15] [SONG] Text; phone
    Sniping occurred on rooftop
    Target: Polka Shinoyama
    No visible injuries
[23:16] Clarissa
    The people who want Polka Shinoyama dead
[23:18] Clarissa
    seem to have linked up with intermediaries
    in Ikebukuro and Roppongi.
[23:24] Clarissa
    Never forget, Corpse God-kun.
    And you, too, Polka-kun.
[23:29] Clarissa
    Many more walls stand between
    you and the peace you seek.