1 - Standing on the Edge of Despair

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[00:07] nar
    A new kind of disease has been
    spreading among young people.
[00:14] nar
    Following prolonged
    periods of Internet usage,
[00:17] ---
    sufferers develop a pathological
    dependence on the Internet.
[00:24] nar
    Experts have named this
    disease "Internet Addiction."
[00:29] nar
    In order to get these addicted
    youngsters back on the right track
[00:35] ---
    and reform them into independent,
    self-respecting adults,
[00:39] nar
    the Elite Reeducation Academy,
    a civilian educational facility, was created.
[00:47] nar
    It is a place to help young
    people to grow up right.
[00:57] chant
    When people are born,
    they are naturally good.
[01:02] chant
    Their natures are similar,
    though they differ based on custom.
[01:07] chant
    Without proper teaching,
    their good nature aberrates.
[01:11] chant
    A thoroughness in teaching is essential.
[01:15] chant
    Long ago, the mother of Mengzi sought
    an appropriate environment for her child.
[01:19] chant
    To provide insufficient education
    is to break the shuttle of the loom.
[01:22] chant
    Tou of the Swallow Hills
    did as he should.
[01:27] chant
    He taught five children,
    who made names for themselves.
[01:29] chant
    A father sins if he raises
    a child without education.
[01:31] chant
    An instructor is negligent
    if he teaches without rigor.
SIGN    Episode 1
    "Standing on the Edge of Despair"
[01:36] chant
    It is not good for a child
    to go without learning.
[01:41] chant
    If one does not learn when young,
    what can one accomplish in old age?
SIGN    18+ Only
    Please Present ID
[01:46] chant
    A jewel of natural beauty,
    without polish, is useless.
[01:50] chant
    A child of great promise,
    without education, is ignorant.
[01:54] chant
    All children born to their
    parents, while still young,
[01:59] chant
    must have proper teachers and
    friends and learn good manners.
SIGN    Study hard!
[02:03] chant
    Xiang, at nine years old,
    could warm his father's pillow.
[02:08] chant
    Fidelity to our parents is
    something we all should practice.
[02:13] chant
    Yung, at age four, could yield
    pears to his older brother.
[02:18] chant
    Obedience to our elders
    is the first thing we must learn.
[02:23] chant
    Fidelity to parents and respect
    for elders comes first.
[02:26] chant
    We then expand our vision,
    learn to count and to read.
[02:30] chant
    From one to ten, from ten to a hundred.
[02:33] chant
    From a hundred to a thousand,
    a thousand to ten thousand...
[02:42] boy
    Die, die, die!
[02:45] boy
    All of you die, God damn it!
[02:50] boy
    We're here!
[02:51] boy
    Let's go!
[02:52] boy
    You think they have
    open seats with this crowd?
[02:54] boy
    Let's check it out.
[02:54] boy
    Hey, three spots! Perfect!
[02:55] boy
    Great! Let's hurry!
[02:58] boy
    Hey, you guys! Cram a little further in!
[03:00] boy
    Yeah, got it!
[03:03] hibi
    Amazing!
[03:04] hibi
    Let's keep it up!
[03:06] ---
    Let's get going.
[03:07] ---
    One more round!
[03:08] hibi
    What's going on?
[03:23] mom
    Hibiki-chan.
[03:25] ---
    Hibiki-chan.
[03:27] mom
    Wake up. We're going to play a game.
[03:29] mom
    No need to go to school.
[03:32] mom
    Come on, wake up.
[03:34] mom
    Hibiki-chan.
[03:36] mom
    Hibiki-chan...
[03:57] hibi
    Where am I?
[04:01] dai
    Hey, he's awake.
[04:03] sei
    Who cares?
[04:04] sei
    How's the door coming?
[04:06] dai
    It seems to be locked from the outside.
[04:09] hibi
    I've time traveled into a game world!
[04:13] hibi
    A team of four and a locked room!
    That's gotta be it!
[04:18] hibi
    Hey... you're a soldier, right?
[04:21] hibi
    What are we fighting?
[04:22] hibi
    Zombies? Monsters?
[04:24] hibi
    I only just woke up, so please, tell me!
[04:27] sei
    What are you jabbering about, dumbass?
[04:29] sei
    You're the only one who was unconscious.
[04:30] sei
    If you don't know what's going on,
    shut up and sit down.
[04:32] sei
    I'm not in a real great mood right now.
[04:34] dai
    Quiet.
[04:38] dai
    Someone's...
[04:43] dai
    coming this way.
[04:57] hibi
    Are these the guys we're fighting?
[05:04] jin
    Is this all the garbage we got today?
[05:09] jin
    I suppose I'll introduce myself.
[05:15] jin
    This is a recycling facility for trash,
    Elite Reeducation Academy. Welcome.
[05:20] jin
    I am the headmistress, Jean.
[05:24] hibi
    What? Headmistress?
[05:33] man
    Forgive me, Instructor.
[05:34] ---
    I can't take any more.
[05:36] man
    Please, let me rest.
[05:39] man
    The rest of you... say something.
[05:43] man
    We've been running since morning.
[05:44] man
    I know you want to rest, too!
[05:51] inst
    Lock him up!
    Don't let him out for three days!
[05:54] inst
    The rest of you,
    ten laps around the field!
[05:55] inst
    Whoever's last gets an extra five laps!
[05:58] inst
    Get to it!
[05:59] inst
    Yes, sir!
[06:03] shin
    I can never get enough
    of those beautiful groans.
[06:07] shin
    Let's see.
[06:09] ---
    What kind of garbage
    do we have in today?
[06:13] sei
    Damn. What the hell...
[06:15] sei
    I know this is no school!
[06:17] sei
    It's a rehab facility for Internet addiction!
[06:19] sei
    I lead a guild of 100,000 people!
[06:21] sei
    Out of my way!
[06:22] sei
    You better believe
    I'll kill you if you don't!
[06:25] dai
    Yeah, get out of our way!
[06:27] ---
    And how dare you hit me, anyway!
[06:29] dai
    You bastards tricked me!
[06:37] sei
    What? Didn't you hear me?
[06:46] jin
    Try not to damage any faces.
[06:49] jin
    Their parents will
    be coming next month.
[06:51] shian
    Yes, ma'am.
[06:54] sign
    What's going on here?
    Did I not really travel through time?
    Are we not supposed to fight them?
[07:00] sign
    Did I not travel through time? 
    Is this reality?
[07:01] sign
    Reality?
[07:01] sign
    Reality? Reality? Reality? Reality? Reality?
[07:02] sign
    Reality?Reality?Reality?Reality?Reality?
[07:05] sei
    Stop it!
SIGN    This is reality.
[07:16] shian
    I am the school's head instructor, Shian.
[07:21] shian
    You three.
[07:23] ---
    Line up right now.
[07:25] hou
    Y-Yes sir.
[07:29] shian
    Now, I want you to remember this.
[07:31] shian
    At this school, you will obey only
[07:35] shian
    the headmistress and myself.
[07:38] shian
    Understood?
[07:39] all
    Yes, sir.
[07:41] shian
    I can't hear you!
[07:42] all
    Yes, sir!
[07:45] jin
    Finish things for me here,
    Head Instructor.
[07:49] shi
    I will now take roll.
[07:51] shi
    Daii!
[07:52] dai
    Present!
[07:52] shi
    Hou!
[07:53] hou
    Present!
[07:54] shi
    Sei!
[07:56] shi
    Sei!
[07:58] shi
    Oh, so he's the one I laid out?
[08:00] shi
    Last, Hibiki!
[08:02] hib
    P-Present!
[08:04] shi
    So that's you, eh?
[08:06] shi
    The abandoned garbage?
[08:09] hib
    What did you say?
[08:11] shin
    Hibiki, age 17.
[08:13] ---
    Severe Internet addiction.
[08:15] shin
    At his mother's request,
    he's to be quarantined until he turns 18.
[08:19] shi
    Visits prohibited. Outings prohibited.
[08:22] shi
    As your condition's severity inclines
    you to gross disobedience,
[08:24] ---
    you were rendered unconscious
    and forcibly enrolled.
[08:29] shin
    Literally treated like trash.
[08:37] shin
    Let's see...
[08:39] shin
    What's his record like?
[08:44] hibi
    You've got to be kidding.
[08:45] hibi
    Severe Internet addiction?
[08:47] hibi
    Quarantined here, for a year?
[08:49] hibi
    There's got to be a mistake.
[08:50] ---
    Let me call my mother!
[08:52] shi
    It was your mother's request
    that we bring you here!
[08:57] hibi
    Y-You're kidding...
[08:58] hibi
    My mother...
[09:01] shi
    By the way, brat.
[09:02] shi
    I saw you casting glances
    at the headmistress earlier.
[09:08] hibi
    I... I wasn't looking.
SIGN    This is reality.
SIGN    Reality.
SIGN    Reality.
[09:17] shi
    She's very beautiful.
[09:18] ---
    You really want to tell me you weren't looking?
[09:20] shi
    You're insulting the
    headmistress, is that it?
[09:22] shi
    Let me ask you once more.
    You looked, didn't you?!
SIGN    Reality.
[09:29] hibi
    Y-Yes...
[09:31] hibi
    I-I looked.
[09:36] shian
    You're too young to be so deviant!
[09:39] shian
    Watching adult videos on the Internet
    has filled your head with perversion!
[09:43] shian
    And how dare you lie to me,
    you piece of shit trash!
[09:46] shian
    I'm going to punish you! Severely!
[09:50] shian
    Get it into your head
    just how stupid you are!
[09:54] shian
    Reflect on what you've done.
SIGN    Reality.
[09:59] hibi
    No matter how I answer...
    I'm going to get hit.
[10:04] hibi
    That instructor is a monster.
[10:06] shian
    Let's get you initiated.
[10:08] ---
    Follow me.
[10:11] shian
    Come on, hurry up!
SIGN    Run away.
SIGN    Elite Reeducation Academy
[10:22] man
    Don't shrink away!
[10:25] man
    Stand straight!
[10:27] shi
    Now, get changed!
[10:29] shi
    I don't want to see you in fancy clothes
    when you can't even study right!
[10:31] shi
    We're going to knock those
    stupid ideas right out of you!
[10:34] man
    Stop standing there and get changed!
[10:36] hibi
    Y-Yes sir.
[10:38] hib
    This place is terrifying.
SIGN    Run away.
SIGN    Run away.
[10:42] shian
    You will be in room 420.
[10:45] shian
    You'll be awake with beds made by 7:00 AM
[10:47] shian
    and be back in the dorms by 9:00 PM.
[10:49] shian
    The superintendent will
    explain the other rules.
[10:53] shian
    What's wrong?
[10:55] sei
    Instructor... I can't walk any more.
[10:59] man
    Get up! You want
    another beating, do you?
[11:02] man
    Even if you can't stand,
    you can still walk!
[11:05] man
    You brat!
[11:11] shi
    Let's go.
SIGN    Run away.
[11:13] sign
    Run away Run away Run away Run away
[11:16] hibi
    I need to run away...
[11:17] hibi
    If I stay here, I'll be killed!
[11:22] hibi
    But where am I going to go?
[11:26] (Flashback) mom
    Hibiki-chan, dinner's ready.
[11:29] (Flashback) hib
    I'm busy!
[11:31] (Flashback) mom
    If you don't eat it soon, it'll get cold.
[11:33] (Flashback) hib
    Are you deaf? I said I'm busy!
[11:36] (Flashback) mom
    What time will you be back?
SIGN    Internet Café
[11:37] (Flashback) hib
    I won't be back tonight.
[11:39] (Flashback) hib
    Shut up! Just leave me alone!
[12:04] hib
    I have...
[12:11] hib
    nowhere to go...
[12:19] wu
    Heya.
[12:21] wu
    What with it being lunchtime and all,
    why don't we have a little chat?
[12:25] jun
    Forget him. Let's go.
[12:27] wu
    Drat.
[12:30] wu
    Instructor, is this the new blood?
[12:32] man
    Yeah.
[12:33] man
    Since you're the discipline officer,
    I hope you'll show them the ropes.
[12:36] wu
    Got it. Leave the three of them to me.
[12:39] man
    Three?
[12:40] man
    Hey, we're missing one!
[12:43] shion
    That snot-nosed brat.
[12:46] shion
    Find him!
[12:47] shion
    You newcomers get to see what
    happens to runaways!
[12:53] shion
    Find him! Split up and search!
[12:58] hibi
    What do I do?
[13:00] hibi
    I can't bear this kind of treatment...
[13:02] hibi
    I want to die.
[13:04] hibi
    If I die...
[13:11] shin
    Hey, hey. Gonna plunge
    to your death, huh?
[13:14] shin
    That's perfect.
[13:15] hibi
    Who's there?
[13:18] shin
    You want to jump, right?
[13:20] shin
    Mind if I push you?
[13:22] hibi
    What do you care if I die?
[13:25] hibi
    Just leave me alone!
[13:28] shin
    I'm supposed to sit back and watch
    while a classmate jumps to his death?
[13:35] shin
    You should really take aim, though.
[13:37] ---
    If you landed on someone...
[13:39] shin
    Well, then things might
    get pretty interesting.
[13:44] hibi
    What...
[13:46] hibi
    What are you talking about?
    This is insane!
[13:49] hibi
    You're crazy!
    Everyone at this school is crazy!
[13:52] shin
    Calm down, now.
[13:56] hibi
    What are you doing?
[13:57] hibi
    Stay back!
[13:58] ---
    If you come any closer,
    I really will jump!
[14:04] shin
    If you want to jump, do it.
[14:07] shin
    What's taking you so long?
[14:10] shin
    Look down.
[14:12] shin
    You should jump when
    the instructor walks by.
[14:14] shin
    Really take aim.
[14:16] shin
    He's the one who beat
    you up before, right?
[14:18] shin
    If you're going to jump
    to your death either way,
[14:20] shin
    it would be a shame
    not to take him out with you.
[14:22] shin
    Am I right?
[14:23] hibi
    Stop it!
[14:24] ---
    You're crazy! What are you doing?
[14:26] shin
    What do you think?
    I'm assisting your suicide.
[14:29] shin
    A 17-year-old boy risks
    his life to fight the authorities,
[14:32] shin
    teaches the world about the
    school's shady illegal activities,
[14:35] shin
    and sets the entire student
    population of 1,000 free.
[14:39] shin
    Do it, and you can be a hero.
[14:49] sign
    Die Die Die Die Die Die Die
[14:49] hibi
    I won't!
SIGN    Die
[14:51] hibi
    I've decided not to jump!
[14:56] shin
    When trash like you dies,
[14:58] ---
    it's just a waste.
[15:01] shin
    Sell your life to me.
[15:04] shin
    I'll give your life meaning.
[15:06] shin
    How about it?
[15:10] hibi
    Give my life meaning?
[15:11] hibi
    What meaning can I possibly find
    in this place, besides suffering?
[15:16] shin
    If you die, everything just ends.
[15:19] shin
    But if you live...
[15:23] shin
    Come with me.
[15:26] shin
    I'm going to make you...
[15:32] shin
    A real man!
[15:37] hib
    Make me... a real man?
[15:40] shin
    No need to be suspicious.
[15:42] ---
    It's what you want.
SIGN    What is he talking about? Make me a real man? What does "real" mean?
SIGN    He's not talking about... that, is he?
SIGN    No, no, no, no, no way! He's crazy! I can't trust anything he says!
SIGN    No, no, no, I won't be fooled! Why has everything gotten so weird? I was just trying to kill myself!
SIGN    But...
[15:47] hib
    Th-That's not true...
[15:49] ---
    I don't really want to be a man...
[15:51] shin
    Oh, really?
[15:53] shin
    Then, go jump.
[15:55] hib
    Now that I've thought about it,
[15:57] ---
    I think if I end my life here,
    it might feel... sort of incomplete?
[16:02] hib
    And I didn't realize until
    you said it. I'm sorry.
[16:08] hib
    That you were a girl...
[16:10] hib
    I mean, like, your chest's kind of small.
[16:13] ---
    You're a little underdeveloped, I guess.
[16:15] hib
    I'm not obsessed with breasts,
[16:17] ---
    so I don't know a lot about it,
    but you might want to wear a bra...
[16:24] hibi
    If you're a man, you should
    have said so sooner!
[16:27] hibi
    With all that talk about
    making me a man...
[16:30] hibi
    Hey, wait! Stay back!
[16:32] hibi
    I'm not into dudes!
[16:33] ---
    No way will I let a guy pop my cherry!
[16:42] shin
    Say one more dumbass thing,
    and I'll show you true pain!
[16:46] shin
    You won't have to jump off
    a building to die!
[16:50] man
    He wasn't in the dorm.
[16:51] man
    If we don't find him, we're the ones who'll
    get a beating from the head instructor.
[16:55] man
    You try the cafeteria.
[16:57] ---
    We'll try the second school building.
[16:58] all
    Right!
[17:03] shin
    Use these.
[17:05] hib
    Binoculars? How did you get these?
[17:07] shin
    Do as I tell you.
[17:09] shin
    Use them to look at the field over there.
[17:12] shin
    It's lunch recess right now, after all.
[17:14] shin
    Choose any girl you like from that field.
[17:18] shin
    I'll make your wish come true.
[17:20] hib
    What? You're kidding, right?
[17:23] shin
    Just choose.
[17:25] shin
    Girls in the prime flower of youth.
[17:29] shin
    Black hair. Smooth skin.
[17:32] shin
    Their beauty can't be hidden,
    no matter how lame the uniform.
[17:39] shin
    I bet you've only ever
    interacted with computers
[17:42] shin
    and never even held
    a girl's hand, am I right?
[17:45] shin
    If you do what I tell you,
[17:48] shin
    you can pick as many of those
    beautiful flowers as you can hold.
[17:50] hib
    F-Fine. I'll do what you say.
[17:53] hib
    But you'd better keep your promise!
[17:56] hib
    I never knew there were
    so many girls at this school.
[18:01] hib
    Are they all Internet addicts?
[18:05] hib
    That girl... can it be...
[18:11] hib
    Shiori?
[18:15] hib
    But... what's she doing here?
[18:17] shin
    Let me see. Which one?
[18:20] shin
    Hey, nice taste.
[18:22] ---
    You know her?
[18:23] hibi
    Yeah...
[18:24] hibi
    We went to middle school together.
[18:28] hibi
    She has Internet addiction?
[18:31] hibi
    That can't be true!
    She was an honor student!
[18:33] shin
    She's the one, then.
[18:36] hib
    N-No way! She'll never say yes.
[18:39] hib
    If she'd even just look at me...
    that would be enough.
[18:44] shin
    You are pathetic.
[18:46] shin
    Your personal goddess
    will soon be yours.
[18:50] shin
    You asked for it, you got it.
[18:52] hib
    But it's not possible!
[18:54] hib
    What are you going to do?
[18:56] shin
    Hibiki.
[18:59] hib
    How do you know my name?
[19:00] shin
    Never mind about that.
[19:03] shin
    As of this moment, your life
    and your body belong to me.
[19:08] shin
    Don't forget that.
[19:10] shin
    And I, your master,
[19:14] ---
    am Shin.
[19:15] shin
    Remember it.
[19:17] shian
    Idiots!
[19:19] shian
    Some newbie brat gave you the slip?
[19:21] man
    We're sorry.
[19:23] ---
    We didn't realize he'd still
    have the strength to run.
[19:25] shian
    Shut up! Don't let him get away.
[19:27] shian
    Search! And find him fast!
[19:30] shin
    Don't get so mad.
[19:32] ---
    It's bad for your blood pressure.
[19:34] shin
    Head Instructor Shian.
[19:37] shin
    He said he was looking
    for the bathroom and got lost.
[19:41] shin
    I could tell at a glance that
    he was one of the new kids.
[19:44] shin
    See? I brought him back.
[19:46] man
    You damned newcomer!
[19:48] shian
    Shut up.
[19:54] shian
    He was looking for the
    bathroom and got lost, you say?
[19:57] shin
    Yeah.
[19:58] shin
    You really think such indisputable trash
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    would actually have the courage to run away?
[20:06] shian
    You know what happens
    to students who run away.
[20:10] shian
    If you're covering for him,
    you'll be treated as complicit.
[20:13] hibi
    This is bad. It's all over!
[20:16] hibi
    I've been so stupid.
    Why did I ever trust him?
[20:19] shin
    Listen to me, now.
[20:21] shin
    The new blood here
    has become my dog.
[20:30] shian
    Fine.
[20:32] shian
    Shin, you look after him.
[20:35] shian
    Get him accustomed to the school's
    environment and rules quickly.
[20:42] shian
    And let me offer
    you one word of warning.
[20:45] shian
    There's a hard limit.
[20:46] shian
    If you choose this trash,
    don't regret it later.
[20:50] shin
    It's none of your business what I do.
[20:55] shian
    Let's go!
[21:06] hibi
    He talked his way past the instructors.
[21:09] hibi
    Incredible. He wasn't lying!
[21:12] hibi
    Does that mean he wasn't lying
    about Shiori, either?
[21:23] man
    Incredible. That bastard's
    gonna pay for this.
[21:26] man
    He got off with just being
    chewed out by the head instructor?
[21:28] man
    If he really had run away,
    we'd be in deep trouble.
[21:30] man
    Huh? Where did the head instructor go?
[21:32] man
    To the headmistress's office.
    To make a report, I reckon.
[21:42] jin
    So, you're here.
[21:44] shion
    Forgive me. We had a bit of trouble.
[21:48] hyou
    There's a student here who can give
    even you trouble, Head Instructor?
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    Yeah! I found it!
[23:28] sign
    Give back my phone!
[23:29] sign
    I know you've been hiding it.
[23:31] sign
    I can't survive without my phone!
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    Cell phones are forbidden on campus.
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    You know what'll happen
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    Stop it.
[23:38] sign
    You damned pig.