1 - King of Eden (English Dub)
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[00:54] ---
Saki, thanks for believing in me.
[00:57] ---
I'll stay forever in that place I traveled with you.
[01:56] ---
Please, is that Grand Central Station?
[02:00] ---
Huh?
[02:03] ---
You wanna get off here? This ain’t the Sheraton.
[02:11] ---
That's the famous Grand Central Station, right?
[02:26] ---
All right, fifty-five bucks.
[02:29] ---
Huh? But I just asked if this
was Grand Central Station...
[02:36] ---
Huh?! Why is he getting out of the car?!
[02:49] ---
What?
[02:57] ---
Shit!
[03:00] ---
What the fuck is this?!
[03:02] ---
One, two, three, four, five, six...
[03:07] ---
Wh-What?!
[03:13] ---
Listen, missy, I don't know what you're thinking!
[03:16] ---
Why'd you bring this crap into my car?!
[03:37] ---
Wait!
[03:40] ---
No way... Why?!
[03:43] ---
It's a gun... Somebody call the police!
[03:47] ---
Oh my God...
[03:56] ---
What?
[03:58] ---
What?!
[04:06] ---
What? What? What?!
[04:08] ---
This is bad! This is really bad!
[04:22] ---
What was that?!
[04:39] ---
No way... What's with this?!
[04:44] ---
What should I do?
[04:45] ---
My passport and Takizawa's
cell phone are both in that cab!
[04:57] ---
Takizawa...
[05:01] ---
But this time, I swear I'll find you.
[07:40] ---
Saki!
[08:12] ---
Three days after the missiles
rained down all over Japan,
[08:17] ---
the police finished questioning me
[08:19] ---
and I went back to my
sister's house for the time being.
[08:41] ---
This is Juiz. You have one message.
[08:45] ---
Saki, thanks for believing in me.
[08:48] ---
I'll stay forever in that place I traveled with you.
[08:53] ---
Takizawa...
[09:02] ---
Until the uproar over the incident died down,
[09:05] ---
I basically hid out at home.
[09:09] ---
All I thought about then was what
might have happened to Takizawa.
[09:16] ---
But apparently Juiz had erased all
record that he'd ever been arrested,
[09:23] ---
and he abruptly disappeared from our world.
[09:38] ---
"Become king of this country"?
What does that mean?
[09:47] ---
Still, in the cell phone cameras of
the people on that roof if nowhere else,
[09:53] ---
he definitely existed.
[09:56] ---
As the savior who saved
Japan from the missiles...
[10:14] ---
Based on all the images
published online afterward,
[10:18] ---
the mass media reported that Takizawa
was key to the terror investigation,
[10:22] ---
and they searched everywhere for him.
[10:27] ---
Meanwhile, as the source
of the Takizawa footage,
[10:32] ---
the Eden site was flooded
with hits from all over the world,
[10:35] ---
and Eden of the East
became a sensation overnight.
[10:53] ---
Likewise, the image of
Takizawa intercepting the missiles
[10:56] ---
became a symbol of revolution,
[10:58] ---
combining with the logo of the
"Air King," which means "flying ace,"
[11:01] ---
to draw overwhelming support.
[11:05] ---
After the missiles, this country
reached a giant turning point.
[11:10] ---
Once again, there were
miraculously no casualties,
[11:13] ---
but the domestic situation still became unstable,
[11:16] ---
and stocks took a nosedive.
[11:18] ---
The entire administration resigned after
failing to stop another "Careless Monday."
[11:23] ---
Online, people likened it to
Prime Minister Eda's crazy outburst,
[11:27] ---
mockingly calling it "the Uncle Dissolution."
[11:31] ---
This all had a considerable
negative effect on the world economy,
[11:35] ---
but the U.S. still stayed out of it,
maintaining its noninvolvement policy.
[11:41] ---
Our global standing plummeted;
[11:44] ---
other nations satirized us as
"the country that attempted suicide."
[11:49] ---
The missiles never hit,
[11:52] ---
but the truth is, Japan took
more damage than if they had.
[11:59] ---
Still, for the youth who knew nothing
of Japan's economic boom or the bubble,
[12:03] ---
this was their first time
seeing the problems they faced
[12:07] ---
talked about all over the world.
[12:10] ---
So even though they were nervous,
[12:12] ---
the uncertainty about their nation's
future was actually refreshing in a way.
[12:17] ---
No one ever said it in so
many words, but after that day,
[12:21] ---
our vague sense of despair
changed to a sort of hopefulness.
[12:26] ---
--Hi, guys!
--And in these times of unprecedented crisis,
[12:27] ---
--Welcome to Eden of the East, Osugi!
--And in these times of unprecedented crisis,
[12:30] ---
--Well, look who's here! Long time no see!
--Eden of the East took the
plunge and went into business.
[12:35] ---
I ended up helping, too,
though I can't really do much.
[12:38] ---
Whoa, check out Osugi's business card!
[12:42] ---
"Sales Division 3," it says!
[12:45] ---
--"Three" doesn't mean "third-best," you know!
--Let me see.
[12:51] ---
You become an upstanding
working man too, okay, Kasuga?!
[12:55] ---
I'm already a more upstanding
worker than you are.
[13:46] ---
I'm really desperate.
[14:06] ---
Good night!
[14:07] ---
--It was about six months later
--Night!
[14:09] ---
that things started happening.
[14:13] ---
It was summertime.
[14:15] ---
Saki, you just added
Washington to your trip in May,
[14:19] ---
and now I hear you've
bought another ticket there.
[14:22] ---
Hirasawa, you knew?
[14:31] ---
Don't you feel like you can belong here?
[14:35] ---
That's... not it...
[14:39] ---
You're being a dolt!
[14:44] ---
Sis?
[14:46] ---
Hirasawa's worried about Takky too, you know.
[14:52] ---
He hasn't told you this, but he
had Underpants rig something
[14:56] ---
so that all the logs received on Takky's phone
[15:00] ---
get automatically forwarded to Eden's server.
[15:04] ---
The other Seleção are still playing the game,
[15:08] ---
and Japan will be in big trouble if
more missiles come or something, right?
[15:13] ---
Sis, it's too early to...
[15:16] ---
Isn't it about time you told her?
[15:19] ---
The real reason you got Eden
started was to save Takky.
[15:28] ---
We owe him big, after all.
[15:30] ---
So the way I figure it,
[15:32] ---
this time we NEETs have to save
Takizawa and change this country.
[15:39] ---
Hirasawa...
[15:41] ---
Not that we're actually NEETs anymore.
[15:46] ---
Hey! So the new Prime Minister's
collapsed already?!
[15:54] ---
You're kidding!
[15:56] ---
Didn't the name on Takky's passport
change from "Takizawa" to "Iinuma"?
[16:02] ---
Maybe Juiz is trying to
make him Prime Minister!
[16:10] ---
Look!
[16:12] ---
"Leak existence of illegitimate child"?
[16:14] ---
So that means Takky is linuma's son?
[16:18] ---
No, it means she's trying to
make him the new PM's successor!
[16:22] ---
Changing his passport was part of the setup.
[16:28] ---
This is crazy.
[16:29] ---
I thought Takizawa was being a
little too creative with his requests
[16:34] ---
when he erased his memories again,
said, "I'll be king of Japan," and left,
[16:38] ---
but Juiz has her own issues if she
interprets that as "make him PM"!
[16:43] ---
Yeah... But hold on a sec.
[16:46] ---
The passport was changed
right after he disappeared,
[16:52] ---
so does that mean Juiz
anticipated six months ago
[16:54] ---
that Seijiro linuma would be elected,
and that he'd collapse from overwork?
[17:01] ---
So Juiz's power really does reach
right to the heart of the government...
[17:05] ---
Never underestimate Saizo Ato, huh?
[17:09] ---
I knew saving Takizawa wouldn't
be easy, but this confirms it.
[17:19] ---
New York?
[17:21] ---
I never went to New York with Takizawa.
[17:24] ---
From his message about the
place where you two traveled,
[17:28] ---
it seems like D.C. is the only foreign possibility.
[17:33] ---
What if...
[17:35] ---
What is it? Do you have an idea?
[17:39] ---
Two days later, I'd taken off for New York.
[17:45] ---
I believed that "the place we traveled together"
[17:48] ---
was a message that only I would understand...
[17:53] ---
So why did things turn out this way?!
[18:17] ---
Hello?!
[18:19] ---
Saki? Why didn't you call sooner?!
[18:22] ---
You had us all worried!
[18:24] ---
Sorry. Lots of stuff happened...
[18:27] ---
Things took a sudden turn for
the worse during your flight.
[18:31] ---
Prime Minister linuma passed away,
and in response to Takizawa's log,
[18:35] ---
Number 6 and Number 11
have headed for New York.
[18:40] ---
What's more, Number 6 made
a request to rig your luggage.
[18:45] ---
Look in your bags first thing!
[18:46] ---
Then that was...
[18:50] ---
Are you saying something's already happened?!
[18:53] ---
There were handguns in my carryon.
[18:56] ---
Because of that, I lost my passport
and the Noblesse phone...
[19:00] ---
What?! Why didn't you check
the Noblesse phone right away?!
[19:05] ---
Sorry, I was thinking about something...
[19:08] ---
Honestly...
[19:11] ---
Well, I'm sorry to kick you while you're down,
[19:13] ---
but Seleção Number 2 sent copies of
Takizawa's passport to all the networks,
[19:20] ---
proclaiming him the illegitimate son.
[19:24] ---
Which means the whole town is talking
about how linuma's illegitimate son
[19:28] ---
is wanted for questioning
in the missile investigation.
[19:32] ---
It looks like the movement in Takizawa's log
[19:35] ---
has gotten the Seleção game
restarted in earnest.
[19:40] ---
In just twelve hours?
[19:44] ---
From Number 11's logs, I think
she's the one you met in Roppongi,
[19:49] ---
but Number 6 is unidentified.
[19:51] ---
He's asked Juiz for Takky's location
a bunch of times and been denied,
[19:55] ---
so I think he'll probably try
to make contact with you, Saki.
[19:58] ---
Actually, he might already be tailing you.
[20:01] ---
Huh?!
[20:05] ---
How did Number 6 know about Saki?
[20:09] ---
I think because the media was
following her around for a while.
[20:14] ---
And maybe because she took
the Noblesse phone overseas?
[20:19] ---
That makes sense...
[20:21] ---
Anyway, the fact that we don't know what
Number 6 wants just makes him creepier.
[20:27] ---
At any rate, you need to adapt
to unforeseen circumstances here
[20:30] ---
and evacuate to the
consulate general right now.
[20:33] ---
What?! But--
[20:34] ---
We've heard that linuma's supporters are
flying to New York to look for Takizawa.
[20:40] ---
I'm sorry, but you have
to give up on him for now.
[20:44] ---
No!
[20:46] ---
If I don't find him now,
[20:48] ---
he'll be pilloried by the press when
he doesn't even remember anything!
[20:53] ---
He's already shouldered
so many problems for us...
[20:59] ---
But we can't expose you to any more danger.
[21:03] ---
You can't even get a hotel room
without your passport, you know!
[21:06] ---
You go straight to the consulate.
[21:08] ---
If you can't get there on your own,
we'll dig up an escort for you.
[21:13] ---
Hirasawa...
[21:16] ---
There's one thing I really want to check.
[21:20] ---
If that message means
the place I think it means,
[21:24] ---
I might be able to find him
just ahead of the other Seleção.
[21:30] ---
So would you wait just a little bit longer?
[21:33] ---
But Saki...
[21:36] ---
The consulate general closes at four o'clock.
[21:41] ---
Please, Hirasawa.
[21:46] ---
Okay. But you be sure you get
to the consulate before four!
[21:51] ---
Got it?
[21:52] ---
Yeah. Thanks, Hirasawa.
[22:03] ---
Hey, watch it, lady!
[22:09] ---
Why isn't he here?
[22:11] ---
A hero is supposed to show up
when the heroine is in trouble!
[22:17] ---
We should have gone with her after all.
[22:21] ---
There's no point in regretting that now.
[22:23] ---
And I think Saki would've gone alone anyway.
[22:27] ---
Good point. Let's have faith that
her hard work will pay off, okay?
[22:32] ---
After all, it was Saki's secret plans
[22:35] ---
that brought them together in the first place!
[22:38] ---
True enough.
[22:48] ---
I got your voicemail! Saki is missing?!
[22:53] ---
--Kasuga!
--I-It wasn't me!
[22:56] ---
I did it.
[22:58] ---
I figure he'll just bitch about it
later if we don't tell him now.
[23:01] ---
What the hell is this about, Hirasawa?!
[23:05] ---
Why did this happen?!
[23:12] ---
A simple group of NEETs, turned into
"children of the times" overnight!
[23:18] ---
Am I a great producer or what?
[23:21] ---
It seems like a fun job.
[23:23] ---
So, how exactly do you make money off of it?
[23:27] ---
I couldn't care less about
the money. More importantly...
[23:32] ---
It sounds like Public Security
has an eye on them.
[23:36] ---
Would you know anything
about that, Mr. Mononobe?
[23:39] ---
Nope, beats me.
[23:41] ---
Oh, really.
[23:43] ---
Anyway, it looks like you're still
playing your cards as craftily as ever.
[23:47] ---
Especially for someone
who won't join the game.
[23:50] ---
And why did you suddenly join in?
[23:54] ---
You were never interested before.
[23:58] ---
Number 9 inspired me.
[24:01] ---
Plus, if I don't get a move on,
the Supporter will erase me, right?
[24:06] ---
For the record, I'm not the Supporter.
[24:10] ---
If the Supporter really exists,
wouldn't you say he's Number 12?
[24:17] ---
Somehow I can't quite bring myself to trust you.
[24:20] ---
Aren't you manipulating Number 6?
[24:24] ---
I haven't done anything this time.
[24:27] ---
Making that man go after Number 9
wouldn't be of any benefit to me.
[24:34] ---
Well, it's not like I care at this point.
[24:38] ---
While you've been "massaging"
the law with your politician friends,
[24:43] ---
I've found a way to win the game.
[24:48] ---
How very interesting.
[24:50] ---
Does it have anything to do
with how you leaked the identity
[24:54] ---
of the Prime Minister's kid to the media?
[24:57] ---
That's my little secret.
[25:02] ---
Then I suppose we have
nothing else to talk about.
[25:17] ---
And next up is...
[26:05] ---
I remember Takizawa saying "Ground Zero"...
[26:15] ---
I wonder if I have to ride that thing?
[26:58] ---
S-Safe...
[27:07] ---
--Whatcha doing?
--I-I-I'm so sorry!
[27:28] ---
Is that your gun?
[27:32] ---
Okay, I get it! Someone made you carry it, right?
[27:36] ---
Sometimes bad guys make
tourists run guns for them.
[27:41] ---
Let me see it.
[27:52] ---
Run!
[28:15] ---
Okay! Nobody saw us.
[28:21] ---
See you around.
[28:24] ---
Takizawa, wait!
[28:32] ---
"Takizawa"? My name is linuma...
[28:38] ---
U-Um, Mr. Iinuma... The truth is,
I'm looking for someone.
[28:45] ---
Did you get separated?
[28:46] ---
Huh?! Er, yes, but I just found him...
[28:50] ---
But I lost all our things:
his precious cell phone, the luggage...
[28:56] ---
Oh, that really sucks. Do you
want me to help you look, then?
[29:01] ---
Where did you lose them?
[29:03] ---
I left them in a yellow cab.
[29:07] ---
I see. But if you just forgot them
in a cab, there might be hope.
[29:12] ---
Do you have a receipt?
[29:15] ---
Y-Yes.
[29:18] ---
We're in luck!
[29:26] ---
Now everybody's finally following the script...
[29:35] ---
Isn't it about time we called her?
[29:49] ---
There's still time, so hold your horses.
[29:52] ---
Yeah, but...
[29:55] ---
Hey, Kasuga, I'm gonna call it a day, all right?
[30:01] ---
But we just decided to do the
system administration in shifts!
[30:05] ---
It's the Bon Festival; everybody's on vacation.
[30:07] ---
Plus you guys are here, right?
So I figure maybe it's okay.
[30:10] ---
Wh-What are you saying?!
[30:12] ---
It's fine, Kasuga!
[30:14] ---
Have a good night, everybody. Get some rest.
[30:18] ---
--Good night!
--See you!
[30:21] ---
Kasuga's got it good, being treated like an exec
[30:24] ---
just because he happened to
go to Mr. Hirasawa's school...
[30:31] ---
Kasuga...
[30:36] ---
They're older than me, so I don't
mind that they don't call me "Mr."
[30:41] ---
But they come in late, they don't
want to work the night shift,
[30:44] ---
they want raises... they don't get
what it means to be working adults!
[30:51] ---
You're right, maybe they
only think of this as a paradise.
[30:56] ---
Okay, how about we send them back to college?
[30:59] ---
Huh?!
[31:02] ---
I'm sorry. I know you're the
one who suffers the most.
[31:07] ---
The old guys who take it for
granted they're the winners
[31:11] ---
should be our greatest enemies,
but now I understand how they feel...
[31:15] ---
That's because you've become a
full-fledged member of society, too!
[31:23] ---
What's with all the freakin' donuts?
[31:29] ---
If you lose your NEET spirit
the second you go into business,
[31:32] ---
you'll end up just like all those
"normal" lamebrains before you know it!
[31:37] ---
--Master Underpants!
--Hiya, Kasuga. How're you doin'?
[31:41] ---
Micchon!
[31:45] ---
What's this?
[31:47] ---
I powered up Eden's search engine for ya.
[31:50] ---
This sweet little piece of work can
pull up data we couldn't find before:
[31:56] ---
the pre- "Akira linuma" image
data that's gotta be lyin' around
[31:59] ---
on terminals in public facilities
and private businesses!
[32:07] ---
First we gotta find out Vintage Boy's past.
[32:10] ---
Once we do that, we can stop
everyone thinkin' he's the PM's kid!
[32:15] ---
Yes, Sir!
[32:39] ---
Um, did I interrupt your job?
[32:43] ---
I was on my way to a
coworker's wedding reception.
[32:48] ---
Coworker?
[32:52] ---
It's okay, you'll find your bags.
[32:55] ---
Huh?
[32:56] ---
You found the guy you
were looking for, didn't you?
[32:59] ---
That "Takizawa" guy.
[33:01] ---
Yeah...
[33:02] ---
So, is he an old boyfriend or something?
[33:04] ---
N-No!
[33:07] ---
He wasn't my boyfriend or anything...
[33:11] ---
Six months ago, he disappeared all of a sudden.
[33:14] ---
But I finally found out that he was in New York...
[33:17] ---
But he doesn't remember me at all.
[33:22] ---
Wow, that's harsh.
[33:24] ---
Yeah, tell me about it...
[33:52] ---
I found out who your driver was.
[34:07] ---
That's him!
[34:11] ---
Yikes, he looks scary.
[34:19] ---
Would you stay just like this for me?
[34:26] ---
Hi!
[34:29] ---
Do you know if anybody happened to
leave a cell phone in your cab today?
[34:35] ---
I don't know nothin' about that.
[34:40] ---
The thing is, I'm a cop. From Japan.
[34:46] ---
A cop?
[34:48] ---
Do you recognize that girl, Sir?
[34:52] ---
She may not look it, but she's a skilled terrorist!
[34:57] ---
She's a terrorist?
[35:02] ---
Yes! I finally nabbed her,
[35:05] ---
but now I can't find the
bomb she planted in her cab.
[35:08] ---
You get me? B-O-M-B, bomb!
[35:12] ---
Bomb?
[35:14] ---
Apparently it's disguised as a cell phone.
[35:18] ---
I'll have a big problem on
my hands if I don't find it!
[35:21] ---
Are you sure you don't know anything?
[35:23] ---
Kaboom, you know?
[35:25] ---
Well, uh...
[35:29] ---
Maybe I've got the wrong place.
Well, I'll keep asking around.
[35:33] ---
Okay, good luck!
[35:35] ---
Hey, hey, hey, wait up, wait up, wait up!
[35:40] ---
Is this what you're lookin' for?
[35:48] ---
Oh, thank God we found it in time!
[35:52] ---
That was a close call...
[35:54] ---
Thanks for your cooperation, Sir!
[35:59] ---
I'm back!
[36:01] ---
He looked scary...
[36:03] ---
Nah, he was actually pretty nice.
[36:10] ---
Here you go. Oh, and I don't think
you should take a cab back home.
[36:17] ---
Just in case.
[36:19] ---
Wait!
[36:22] ---
Is there something else?
[36:24] ---
Um, remember how I told you I'd
found the person I was looking for?
[36:30] ---
I meant you!
[36:34] ---
What is that, some new
pickup line? Well, I'm floored...
[36:53] ---
This is...
[36:57] ---
I've been looking for you
for six months straight.
[37:12] ---
Wanna come home with me?
[37:14] ---
Huh?
[37:27] ---
Stressing out like that isn't going
to help anything, you know.
[37:31] ---
But it's almost time...
[37:37] ---
Hey, it's an email from Saki!
[37:40] ---
"I found Takizawa."
[37:44] ---
"Thanks to him, I got the passport
and cell phone back, too."
[37:50] ---
It's a tough call who came
to whose rescue here, huh?
[37:53] ---
How did she find him, though?
[37:55] ---
Love brought them together, obviously!
[38:02] ---
--What else?
-- "We're going to his apartment for now." That's all.
[38:07] ---
Oh, this is so exciting! Don't you think?!
[38:17] ---
Someone call Saki and tell
her to use good judgment!
[38:21] ---
No, Saki, you can't do that!
[38:25] ---
Drive out your evil thoughts, Osugi!
[38:28] ---
This is a life we can never have!
[38:30] ---
Kasuga, tumblin' in a sea of evil thoughts
[38:34] ---
is the default state of NEET youth!
[38:37] ---
As his junior, it's your duty to
somewhat-fondly watch over him.
[38:40] ---
Right, Micchon?
[38:42] ---
I don't think so.
[39:16] ---
Hello, this is Juiz.
[39:19] ---
Did you get her safely away this morning?
[39:21] ---
Yes, I distracted the police by
causing a minor car accident nearby.
[39:27] ---
I'd hoped to use a more elegant method, but...
[39:30] ---
Don't worry about it.
[39:31] ---
I know we can't do much outside
the system's effective range.
[39:35] ---
You're very kind. Is there
anything else you'd like?
[39:39] ---
Hmm, I think that'll do for now, thank you.
[39:43] ---
I see...
[39:46] ---
What is it?
[39:47] ---
It's just that we haven't
done the usual in a while...
[39:55] ---
That's true, I haven't cut off
a single johnny since then.
[39:59] ---
Have I... done something wrong?
[40:03] ---
Not at all. I just have other
business to attend to right now.
[40:08] ---
May I ask what?
[40:20] ---
Number 1 here, Daiju Mononobe,
[40:23] ---
is the four-eyed jerk with the
slicked-back hair who hit me.
[40:26] ---
After he quit his job as a bureaucrat,
[40:28] ---
he got an executive post at Ato & Company.
[40:31] ---
He tried to make himself the new
Mr. Outside, but he screwed up,
[40:35] ---
and we don't know what he's been doin' since.
[40:38] ---
And we don't know who Number 2 is.
[40:40] ---
He's made a lot of
"criminal prankster" -type requests,
[40:42] ---
but he's cleverly kept his identity hidden.
[40:45] ---
Number 6 is sneakin' around New York right now.
[40:47] ---
We don't know who he is either,
but judgin' from his logs,
[40:51] ---
he seems like a film producer or something.
[40:54] ---
It's highly likely that Seleção
Numbers 1, 2, and 6 here
[40:57] ---
are a threat to Vintage Boy.
[41:00] ---
I see Number 10, Ryo Yuki,
[41:02] ---
has moved from the
"danger" list to the "dropout" one.
[41:05] ---
Yeah, ever since the missile incident,
[41:07] ---
he's been makin' various
"Number 9 assassination" requests
[41:11] ---
and bein' denied every time,
[41:13] ---
but three days ago, his icon finally went dark.
[41:16] ---
That sounds like what happened with Number 4.
[41:19] ---
Yeah. I don't know yet
whether he's alive or dead,
[41:23] ---
but considerin' that he had
money left, just like Number 4,
[41:26] ---
maybe someone decided
he'd lost his value as a Seleção.
[41:31] ---
The bigger surprise is Number 5, Hajime Hiura.
[41:35] ---
This guy's got no money left,
but he's actually still alive!
[41:43] ---
When I went to see him, he wasn't
runnin' the hospital anymore.
[41:47] ---
And guess why? He'd lost
all his recent memories!
[41:52] ---
He didn't even really get
that he owned a big hospital.
[41:58] ---
He seemed pretty shocked
when I told him my story,
[42:01] ---
but he grasped things quicker
than I would've thought.
[42:05] ---
It was like when he found
out he'd built the hospital,
[42:08] ---
he finally accepted things.
[42:12] ---
I guess his beliefs give him
that positive attitude.
[42:17] ---
But why wasn't he killed by
the Supporter, do you think?
[42:21] ---
If he used up all of his money and
survived, does that mean he won?
[42:26] ---
But if someone wins, the other
Seleção get eliminated, right?
[42:32] ---
So isn't this weird?
[42:33] ---
Maybe when Mr. Outside said "eliminated,"
[42:37] ---
he meant he'd snuff out their
memories, not their actual lives?
[42:41] ---
But he also said that Seleção who
broke the rules would die, right?
[42:46] ---
True, but what if No. 12 is actually
both Mr. Outside and the Supporter?
[42:53] ---
It'd take serious time and effort
to keep tabs on the other Seleção,
[42:56] ---
make 'em play by the rules,
and distribute the penalties by himself.
[43:01] ---
Juiz helped him, right?
[43:03] ---
I didn't find any trace of that in the logs.
[43:06] ---
He's the one who organized the game,
[43:08] ---
so he could be outside the rules, right?
[43:11] ---
Then why would he leave a
record of transportin' Juiz?
[43:15] ---
My take is, old Saizo Ato is nuts,
[43:19] ---
but he's been runnin' a pretty
consistent game so far.
[43:24] ---
So maybe he just made up the "Supporter" rule
[43:28] ---
to force everybody into
playin' his life-or-death game?
[43:34] ---
So the others mistaking
Takizawa for the Supporter
[43:37] ---
is just a case in point?
[43:39] ---
It's a wishful-thinkin' scenario, I'll admit.
[43:42] ---
Well, it'd be good news for Takky.
He's been using up his balance.
[43:47] ---
We can't theorize ahead of the facts.
[43:49] ---
She's right. Let's not look
through rose-colored glasses here.
[43:54] ---
Yeah...
[44:15] ---
Huh, so I'm Number 9 in this "Seleção" group,
[44:19] ---
and I'm wanted for questioning
in that big Japanese missile case.
[44:24] ---
It's like The Man Who Stole the Sun!
[44:28] ---
But it's all true, I swear!
[44:31] ---
It's okay. It's not like I don't believe you.
[44:34] ---
Huh?
[44:38] ---
This is my place.
[44:43] ---
But isn't this...?
[44:48] ---
Hey, Air King!
[44:50] ---
Hi!
[44:53] ---
Yeah.
[44:59] ---
People call you "Air King"?
[45:01] ---
Yup. People I've never even met
walk up to me on the street.
[45:05] ---
That's why I figured I couldn't
dismiss your story out of hand.
[45:10] ---
Plus, I do remember that
I don't have my memories.
[45:14] ---
Damn, I guess I'm not just a
lookalike-- I'm the real thing.
[45:21] ---
They're in room 801 of the Gramercy, got it?
[45:25] ---
Make them take a shower,
using any means necessary.
[45:28] ---
Then do just like I told you--
[45:29] ---
Excuse me, but I don't understand
the point of your request at all.
[45:34] ---
Look, the great movies throughout the ages
[45:38] ---
have always had couples on the run
taking showers wherever they end up!
[45:43] ---
It's the classic pattern!
[45:46] ---
Be that as it may,
[45:47] ---
not even the Seleção system
can control the human will.
[45:52] ---
You're now outside the
effective range in any case,
[45:55] ---
so these things are not so simple.
[45:57] ---
Now hold on a second! I know for a fact
[46:00] ---
that you're supplying Number 9 with
cash from a bank account you made!
[46:04] ---
That's totally breaking the rules.
So bend them a little for me, too!
[46:09] ---
That is a part of Number 9's
request to become king,
[46:14] ---
and thus is not against the rules.
[46:17] ---
Fine, I get it. Make me a king too, then!
[46:21] ---
I'm afraid the process of becoming
king is different for each Seleção.
[46:25] ---
Please wait while I confirm whether
it is possible to make you king at all.
[46:32] ---
Hey, what's with that attitude?!
[46:34] ---
So you don't want me to?
[46:36] ---
Fricking hell! Just shut up
and do what I told you to before!
[46:40] ---
Accepted.
[46:42] ---
However, I pray you shall be a savior
who watches his mouth a little better.
[46:49] ---
Dammit, she's getting cheekier every day...
[47:01] ---
Are you paying for this room, Mr. Iinuma?
[47:07] ---
No... Oh, you can just call me
"Takizawa" if you want.
[47:12] ---
Okay. So, what's happened since
you noticed your memory loss?
[47:17] ---
The police up and released me all of a sudden,
[47:20] ---
and they gave me cards and a
passport in Akira linuma's name,
[47:23] ---
and these.
[47:26] ---
Then I got a phone call
[47:27] ---
saying to come to the theater
where I first saw Dumbo.
[47:31] ---
After that, I found the theater by myself,
[47:34] ---
and I've been waiting here for my mom to come.
[47:36] ---
Your mom?
[47:38] ---
People usually watch Dumbo
with their moms, right?
[47:41] ---
So I figured that call must've been from Mom.
[47:45] ---
But you said I haven't seen
my mom since I was five, right?
[47:53] ---
So I guess that "concierge"
got this room for me, then?
[47:57] ---
But I don't remember
anything like that in your log.
[48:01] ---
Really?
[48:09] ---
"It's too dangerous to come back to Japan now.
[48:12] ---
Both of you hide out in the U.S. until the
dust settles. We'll back you up from here.
[48:18] ---
Wait for us to call."
[48:20] ---
What do they mean?
[48:21] ---
If your king request keeps moving forward,
[48:24] ---
you'll end up going back not just
as the illegitimate son of the PM,
[48:29] ---
but as the prime suspect
in the missile terrorism, too.
[48:31] ---
Hey, do you think maybe
I could cancel that order?
[48:35] ---
Let's try asking.
[48:37] ---
Huh?
[48:40] ---
Hello, this is Juiz!
[48:41] ---
--Hello?
--It's been so long!
[48:44] ---
I haven't heard from you
[48:46] ---
since I called the police station
while I was having you released!
[48:48] ---
Oh, that was you! I totally
thought you were my mom.
[48:54] ---
Since you're contacting me,
I take it everything is going well?
[48:58] ---
What a relief!
[49:00] ---
I guess. Um, about that...
[49:03] ---
I don't suppose I could cancel
that request to become king?
[49:08] ---
What?
[49:09] ---
But I thought you'd make a splendid king...
[49:13] ---
I'm a wee bit disappointed.
[49:16] ---
Was it that big a deal?
[49:18] ---
It is technically possible to cancel,
[49:21] ---
but if you do so, all matters
will be left as they are right now.
[49:25] ---
Is that all right?
[49:27] ---
Oh, I see. Well, that's no good...
[49:32] ---
I still think you should do it.
[49:38] ---
--Let me think it over.
--Huh?
[49:40] ---
Understood. Noblesse oblige.
[49:43] ---
I pray you shall continue to be a
splendid prince-- or rather, a savior.
[49:49] ---
Why?
[49:51] ---
Eh, I thought maybe I might as
well go the distance at this point.
[49:56] ---
"Maybe"...?
[50:07] ---
I suppose it's only natural
that Mrs. Iinuma feels this way...
[50:21] ---
Number 6's requests are as strange as ever.
[50:31] ---
I wonder if Number 9 realizes?
[50:39] ---
We don't have to eat cup ramen!
[50:42] ---
You guys forget the whole NEET spirit
the second I take my eyes off you.
[50:47] ---
Says the man who could only
live for two years as a shut-in
[50:52] ---
because his parents gave him an allowance!
[50:54] ---
That's what true NEET-ism is all about, duh.
[51:01] ---
Pretty soon it won't be so easy
to make it as a NEET anymore
[51:03] ---
just because your parents are well-off.
[51:07] ---
It sounds like that change in the
tax laws is close to going through.
[51:13] ---
You mean the one that's supposed
to make the death tax 100%?
[51:17] ---
We're gettin' hit with the fallout
[51:18] ---
of the country's value goin'
down after the missile incident.
[51:21] ---
But can such a crazy bill really pass easily?
[51:25] ---
It's only the young people
who aren't taking it seriously.
[51:29] ---
Lots of people are fooled,
[51:31] ---
since at first glance it seems like
they're getting rid of vested rights,
[51:34] ---
but the older generation's already
started spending their savings.
[51:37] ---
Indeed. My old man's doing his best
to make sure he doesn't leave me any.
[51:44] ---
Its supporters are saying
[51:46] ---
it'll increase consumption and
speed the economy's recovery,
[51:49] ---
but ultimately they just want
to put the screws on the NEETs.
[51:53] ---
Kazuomi's dad is playing right into their hands.
[51:57] ---
Isn't that just going to burden
the taxpayers in the end, anyway?!
[52:01] ---
I'm telling you, they've got no love!
[52:08] ---
Hey, Kasuga, your phone never hung up.
[52:11] ---
Huh? That doesn't make sense.
[52:13] ---
I'm ending the call.
[52:20] ---
Number 6 made a move!
[52:31] ---
Aw, man!
[52:36] ---
Ow, hot! Why did this thing turn itself on?
[52:47] ---
Hello?
[52:49] ---
Number 9?
[52:52] ---
Who are you?
[52:54] ---
You really don't remember me, then.
[52:56] ---
Huh?
[52:57] ---
More importantly, are you
in the shower right now?
[53:00] ---
Huh?! Where did that come from?
[53:03] ---
Just tell me.
[53:06] ---
No... not at the moment...
[53:10] ---
Then check your cell phone right now.
[53:17] ---
Who was that?
[53:19] ---
Beats me.
[53:31] ---
Rock on...
[53:32] ---
It's the subdued explosions that
actually seem the most real, huh?
[53:36] ---
This is right up there with Spielberg's Munich!
[53:48] ---
What are they doing there?!
[53:51] ---
What the hell are you doing?!
[53:53] ---
I told you, the great movies throughout--
[53:55] ---
Not one great film has ever ended
[53:57] ---
with a shot of the leads getting
blown up in the bathroom.
[54:01] ---
That was my original touch.
[54:04] ---
Fine, I'll forgive you this
one time. Just tail them.
[54:08] ---
Not accepted. You are outside
of the effective range,
[54:11] ---
so I cannot pursue them in a timely manner.
[54:15] ---
Why, you...
[54:24] ---
Yeah, we're both fine.
[54:27] ---
I don't really get what happened, but
someone warned him about the bomb.
[54:31] ---
What? Who?
[54:33] ---
I don't know...
[54:37] ---
Anyway, we'll think up a way
to wire you money by tomorrow.
[54:41] ---
Use it to get out of New York.
[54:43] ---
Okay.
[54:45] ---
First things first: do you have
someplace to hide today?
[54:48] ---
We'll try going where Takizawa works for now.
[54:51] ---
He says he has a key.
[55:21] ---
This is the theater where I first saw Dumbo.
[55:25] ---
I'm impressed you made it
here on just that one clue!
[55:29] ---
Yeah, well...
[55:31] ---
Take this. Sometimes they turn
the AC up too high in here.
[55:35] ---
What about you?
[55:36] ---
We're in trouble if someone finds us,
so I'll keep watch in the lobby.
[55:39] ---
Holler if you need anything.
[55:41] ---
Wait.
[55:46] ---
Are you going to leave again?
[55:58] ---
Why do you think I was in Brooklyn today?
[56:04] ---
I've got no memories, yet I
have this weird "movie recall."
[56:09] ---
You said so too, right?
[56:11] ---
That's probably why I
managed to find this place.
[56:13] ---
But there was just one movie I couldn't
remember no matter how hard I tried.
[56:18] ---
A couple is temporarily separated, see.
[56:21] ---
But they'd photographed themselves
right in the middle of 9/11
[56:24] ---
with Ground Zero in the background.
[56:26] ---
The picture becomes the clue
that brings them back together.
[56:32] ---
I wanted so bad to remember
the title of that movie,
[56:34] ---
I went to Ground Zero every day.
[56:37] ---
But it turns out that wasn't
a scene in a movie, after all.
[57:09] ---
Wow, you're actually hacking
into people's local networks.
[57:13] ---
Won't you get in trouble for peeping
into business and school records?
[57:17] ---
It's a little late to be sayin' that!
[57:20] ---
We gotta go at this all-out,
[57:22] ---
and find everything down
to his graduation photos!
[57:24] ---
I found something!
[57:33] ---
Now I know why we couldn't find anything!
[57:36] ---
That damn Juiz!
[57:38] ---
Whenever she sees pre- "Akira linuma"
data on the net about him,
[57:41] ---
she changes it to Akira linuma!
[57:44] ---
Micchon! What's in Number 9's detail log?
[57:48] ---
Nothing like that...
[57:53] ---
It's gone?!
[57:54] ---
So while she erases Akira Takizawa's history,
[57:57] ---
she also erases the names in his detail log?
[58:00] ---
What, so data's been disappearing
without us knowing it all this time?!
[58:05] ---
Eh, chill out. I planned for this kind of thing.
[58:09] ---
I set things up so the phone
activity's transferred to my PC too,
[58:12] ---
and it gets instantly saved there!
[58:15] ---
And that's why we call you the master!
[58:17] ---
Stop it, you'll make me blush.
[58:24] ---
What?! A protection system
with attack capabilities?!
[58:28] ---
Have you ever seen anything like this, Micchon?!
[58:30] ---
Nuh-uh...
[58:31] ---
Micchon, try scrolling
back down Takky's detail log.
[58:36] ---
Look here.
[58:38] ---
"Hack into Eden of the East and
use the image search system"...
[58:43] ---
Underpants, Juiz is using the
Eden System to her own advantage
[58:47] ---
because you beefed up the search engine!
[58:49] ---
What?! That bitch!
[58:51] ---
At this rate, Akira linuma will
supplant Akira Takizawa completely.
[59:22] ---
This is called a "rovin' bug."
[59:24] ---
It's a way to remotely control cell phones
[59:26] ---
and listen to the surroundin' conversation.
[59:30] ---
I hear FBI types use 'em all the time.
[59:33] ---
Is a Seleção behind this?
[59:36] ---
No idea.
[59:38] ---
Well, Micchon? Anything left?
[59:41] ---
Yeah! Number 1's log says,
[59:43] ---
"Ask the MPD's Public Security division
[59:45] ---
to secretly investigate Eden of the East."
[59:47] ---
What?!
[59:50] ---
Just what does he want with Eden?
[1:00:13] ---
Takizawa?!
[1:00:21] ---
What's wrong?
[1:00:26] ---
Did you think I'd left?
[1:00:39] ---
You had this poster hanging
up in your theater, too.
[1:00:44] ---
I guess this is the formative imagery
for my memories about movies.
[1:00:51] ---
So, what now?
[1:00:53] ---
I think it'll still be a bit before the
money comes in from your friends.
[1:00:57] ---
I have enough cash for the Chinatown bus, but...
[1:01:01] ---
Want to take a little stroll
around New York, then?
[1:01:05] ---
But...
[1:01:06] ---
I get the feeling I lived in
this neighborhood as a kid.
[1:01:11] ---
And I'm curious about that room...
[1:01:13] ---
I want to find proof.
[1:01:17] ---
Before my past disappears.
[1:01:22] ---
Come to think of it, back then you
said there was no "gold ring," right?
[1:01:27] ---
Maybe that was...
[1:01:35] ---
This is Juiz.
[1:01:37] ---
Yo, no-obli.
[1:01:39] ---
I'm about to start something
interesting. Wanna hear about it?
[1:01:41] ---
By all means!
[1:01:43] ---
"The son of that hawkish PM
is the missile terrorist."
[1:01:47] ---
That's enough to cause a big stir, right?
[1:01:50] ---
But that alone can't save this country.
[1:01:54] ---
To save Japan, we just gotta
make victims of all its citizens
[1:01:57] ---
and give the whole nation an
excuse to bitch at other countries.
[1:02:03] ---
You get me, Juiz?
[1:02:04] ---
Yes, I get you, 2G.
[1:02:07] ---
These days, the victim has
all the power, am I right?
[1:02:10] ---
We live in an age where all you
gotta do is spill coffee in your lap
[1:02:13] ---
and you can sue for damages.
[1:02:15] ---
So we'll buy us a victim ticket and
get on that last train to popularity.
[1:02:20] ---
It'd be a shame to waste the NEETs' sit-in.
[1:02:23] ---
Let's have a nice, painless destruction.
[1:02:25] ---
Magnificent, 2G. I'm getting chills!
[1:02:28] ---
I know, right? The PM's son will
return to Japan in an Air King t-shirt.
[1:02:34] ---
The rest of Asia will totally blow a gasket
[1:02:36] ---
because they'll be afraid
of us turning militaristic.
[1:02:40] ---
Then if he's shot by a foreigner
right after he gets home,
[1:02:44] ---
it'll be a done deal.
[1:02:46] ---
Yes, 2G. I pray you'll always
be a cutting-edge savior.
[1:02:52] ---
By the way, how shall we
get him to wear the t-shirt?
[1:03:18] ---
I think that must be the
"gold ring" you were talking about!
[1:03:24] ---
I did a bunch of research afterward,
[1:03:28] ---
and found out that Japanese
merry-go-rounds don't have them.
[1:03:34] ---
Apparently, most of the U.S.
ones don't anymore, either,
[1:03:38] ---
but they did up until the late 80s.
[1:03:47] ---
If you grab that ring, you can
ride the merry-go-round again.
[1:04:00] ---
I get it...
[1:04:02] ---
So if I was here as a kid,
I'd probably know about that.
[1:04:12] ---
You couldn't get it?
[1:04:25] ---
Aw, it's over already?
[1:04:28] ---
You take another spin.
I'll watch you from over there.
[1:04:32] ---
When did you...?!
[1:04:44] ---
Come to think of it,
[1:04:46] ---
she had me doing nothing but watching
movies all by myself back then...
[1:04:51] ---
So I was really happy when she took me
to the park instead of the movie theater.
[1:04:55] ---
I reached for that ring with everything I had,
[1:04:58] ---
so that I'd never have to
get off the merry-go-round.
[1:05:01] ---
Then when I caught it, I shouted,
"I did it, Mom!" and waved to her...
[1:05:13] ---
Yeah, I remember my mom
was watching me from here.
[1:05:19] ---
But she hated movies, so the only one
she watched with me was Dumbo.
[1:05:28] ---
Takizawa, you're going to get wet!
[1:05:31] ---
It's okay, I want to keep watching you from here.
[1:05:40] ---
Target sighted. He's in front of the carousel.
[1:05:52] ---
I finally found you! Damn you,
getting friendly all by yourselves...
[1:06:08] ---
Is this...?
[1:06:14] ---
I remembered stuff from my life
in New York, thanks to you.
[1:06:19] ---
What?
[1:06:44] ---
Hurry up and get in!
[1:07:07] ---
Are you the one who called me yesterday, too?
[1:07:10] ---
Yes. Prime Minister linuma's
wife sent me to fetch you
[1:07:14] ---
in the utmost secrecy.
[1:07:16] ---
Huh?
[1:07:18] ---
The Seleção aren't the only ones
displeased about your "king" request.
[1:07:23] ---
Both her husband's good name
and her own pride have been sullied,
[1:07:28] ---
and she hates you passionately for that.
[1:07:31] ---
Then why take Takizawa to her?
[1:07:34] ---
Mrs. Iinuma wishes to ask
your intentions in person.
[1:07:41] ---
And I'd like to see what sort of king you make.
[1:07:58] ---
What now? I erased the new search engine, but...
[1:08:05] ---
Let's shut the Eden of the East system down.
[1:08:08] ---
That should buy us a little time.
[1:08:10] ---
Huh?!
[1:08:12] ---
How much longer will that get us?
[1:08:20] ---
We should have about 48 hours.
[1:08:24] ---
I guess this proves how brilliant our system is.
[1:08:40] ---
Hirasawa, at this point,
the Eden of the East system
[1:08:43] ---
is essential public infrastructure,
[1:08:46] ---
not just something for the 20,000
idle intelligentsia living in Toyosu!
[1:08:50] ---
We have no choice. Micchon!
[1:08:53] ---
I switched over to wireless LAN.
[1:09:01] ---
Farewell, Eden of the East.
[1:09:13] ---
Hirasawa...
[1:09:15] ---
Kasuga, I'm sure you'll get a flood
of complaints about the downtime,
[1:09:18] ---
but it's just a temporary measure.
Don't let it get to you.
[1:09:22] ---
But Hirasawa poured his blood and
sweat and snot into Eden of the East!
[1:09:28] ---
You could've left the "snot" part out!
[1:09:31] ---
Kazuomi, we can't support Saki and
Takky this way. What should we do?
[1:09:37] ---
I have a proposal!
[1:09:39] ---
Given that we're under police surveillance here,
[1:09:41] ---
why not relocate our headquarters entirely?
[1:09:46] ---
Relocate it where?
[1:09:47] ---
Sir, I secured our college club
room for just such an occasion!
[1:09:52] ---
And the old Eden system is still there, after all!
[1:09:56] ---
That settles it. It's the perfect
place to help Vintage Boy from.
[1:10:03] ---
So it would seem.
[1:10:06] ---
We've got an email from Saki.
[1:10:08] ---
"We're heading for the airport.
[1:10:11] ---
Sorry for the sudden notice,
but Takizawa is coming back to Japan."
[1:10:15] ---
What the heck?!
[1:10:25] ---
I'm afraid this is as far as you come.
[1:10:38] ---
Hey, what does this mean?
[1:10:41] ---
Number 1 is launching a missile...
[1:10:46] ---
Juiz? Tell me what's going on at
the place in Number 1's detail log.
[1:11:30] ---
Juiz, launch the other two missiles for me.
[1:11:35] ---
Accepted. Noblesse oblige.
[1:11:38] ---
I pray you shall be an unbeatable
"raze and rebuild" savior.
[1:12:03] ---
My number's gone dark, too!
[1:12:07] ---
Hey, Juiz? Juiz!
[1:12:14] ---
Did Mr. Mononobe find Juiz
and destroy her with that missile?
[1:12:22] ---
But my request has already been
half accepted too, Mr. Mononobe.
[1:12:27] ---
Your ideal isn't the way this nation wants to be.
[1:12:40] ---
Yuki! Weren't you eliminated by the Supporter?!
[1:12:45] ---
I "eliminated" myself by
breaking my Noblesse phone,
[1:12:50] ---
so I could get my revenge.
[1:13:15] ---
Juiz, there's something urgent
I'd like you to do for me.
[1:13:19] ---
What might that be?
[1:13:23] ---
Could you move the third trailer
in the convoy to the front?
[1:13:26] ---
Yes, of course!
[1:13:28] ---
Then please do.
[1:13:30] ---
Accepted! Noblesse oblige.
[1:13:33] ---
I pray you shall still be my
splendid savior tomorrow.
[1:13:53] ---
Hurry, Juiz...
[1:14:15] ---
Juiz, you were far and away the
most brilliant assistant I ever had.
[1:14:23] ---
Number 9! I can't be your
guardian angel anymore.
[1:14:30] ---
Number 1 is wrapping up the game.
[1:14:33] ---
But I've placed my bet on you.
[1:14:38] ---
Keep your promise, won't you?
[1:14:41] ---
Promise?
[1:14:43] ---
I pray you shall be a king who
likes to lend a helping hand.
[1:14:48] ---
--Go.
--Huh?
[1:14:50] ---
Go do something to help him!
[1:15:01] ---
Kuroha...
[1:15:08] ---
Saki, I'm going home to Japan.
[1:15:11] ---
What?
[1:15:34] ---
Ato is such trouble.
[1:15:36] ---
If the public finds out about it,
[1:15:38] ---
the political fuss will be the least of our worries.
[1:15:42] ---
That's one reason we need to
sacrifice Mr. Iinuma's son, Sir.
[1:15:47] ---
Well, you're the man who
stopped the sixty missiles.
[1:15:51] ---
I'm confident you'll bring the
situation under control nicely.
[1:15:55] ---
For the 65 years since the war,
[1:15:57] ---
we've let other countries
do our decision-making.
[1:15:59] ---
I swear to break us free from
this culture of dependence.
[1:16:03] ---
You have an outstanding
ability to gather information
[1:16:05] ---
and intimate knowledge
of the bureaucratic machine.
[1:16:09] ---
I can see the old Home Ministry
rising to power again before my eyes.
[1:16:12] ---
I'll even say "Uncle" again if need be.
[1:16:46] ---
Break through the writhing darkness
[1:16:56] ---
And strike the stagnation within it
[1:17:07] ---
Calculations, conservatism, arbitrary rules
[1:17:12] ---
Warped facts, expectations-- delete it all
[1:17:16] ---
Track down what's nipping
our proper future in the bud
[1:17:26] ---
I'll take your hand and set
out for a bright tomorrow
[1:17:33] ---
Bringing the shadows along, too
[1:17:36] ---
Because I'm sure even the cold, dark rain
[1:17:43] ---
Means salvation to someone
[1:17:47] ---
If we bring parallel lines
together, they'll form a circle
[1:17:54] ---
Change it all to light
[1:17:57] ---
In this world audibly veering off course
[1:18:07] ---
The swarm of SOS calls drains me
[1:18:19] ---
Reality and the future
are too close to see in focus
[1:18:24] ---
We can still reach out our
hands in search of the answer
[1:18:29] ---
I listen closely among the
buds of our proper future
[1:18:39] ---
And wait, praying to the
yet-unseen world for light
[1:18:46] ---
While privately feeling a little unease
[1:18:49] ---
I'm sure even if one day I get tired
and want to just wipe out everything
[1:18:59] ---
Your voice will call me back from the edge
[1:19:47] ---
There, take a good look:
[1:19:52] ---
A little change in the wind
blows all the clouds away
[1:19:58] ---
I may falter, but I can make my
way to where the arrows point
[1:20:04] ---
To the tomorrow they point out
[1:20:08] ---
I'm sure that beyond this
twisted world lies a tiny light
[1:20:18] ---
Even if it's not a paradise
where all dreams come true
[1:20:24] ---
You're here
[1:20:28] ---
The wind is gently nudging me forward
(The self I was before today
is nudging me forward)
[1:20:38] ---
Yes, if you've joined up
the ends of the parallel lines
[1:20:46] ---
They'll form a circle of light
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