# E1 - Forbidden Weapon
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***SIGN*** Forbidden Weapon
**[00:05] Akira**
*All my life, I staunchly believed...*
**[00:11] Akira**
* that change doesn't happen*
* at the drop of a hat.*
**[00:18] Akira**
* Never did I imagine the entire world*
* turning on its head in an instant.*
**[00:23] Akira**
*Not in my wildest dreams.*
**[00:37] Akira**
*Did... I do this?*
**[02:41] G**
Yo, Natsume, give me your ID.
I'll invite you to the next mixer.
**[02:45] A**
Uh, I don't have a cellphone.
**[02:48] G**
Are you for real? You're missing out, man.
**[02:50] G**
Just get a load of these chicks!
**[02:53] G**
Can't believe how hot they are, can ya?
**[02:55] G**
Huh? Natsume?!
**[02:59] Shuichi**
And then?
**[03:00] A**
One-way trip to the infirmary.
**[03:04] A**
Fried rice good to go!
**[03:06] Sh**
Yeesh. I still can't get over
how much you hate technology.
**[03:11] Sh**
Your cooking makes up for it, though.
**[03:15] Sh**
Yum! This is great!
**[03:17] A**
It's nothing special compared
to those dolls you make.
**[03:21] Sh**
Androids, you mean.
**[03:23] Sh**
Look.
**[03:25] A**
Just looking at it makes my head spin.
**[03:29] A**
My heart's racing, too.
**[03:31] Sh**
Y'know, maybe you just get too excited
because you were born to love this stuff.
**[03:35] A**
Yeah, right.
**[03:37] Sh**
I think you should fight
through the fear and dive into it.
**[03:42] Sh**
You never know. It might change something.
**[03:44] A**
Sounds convincing, given how you transformed.
**[03:47] A**
You used to be more of a weakling than me.
**[03:49] A**
How'd you do it? What's the secret?
**[03:51] Sh**
Hard work!
**[03:52] A**
What?
**[03:54] Sh**
I went through hell after Mom and Dad passed.
**[03:58] Sh**
All thanks to my dear li'l bro here.
**[04:01] A**
I know, I know.
And I'm thankful for all you've done.
**[04:04] Sh**
Akira.
**[04:07] Sh**
You've just gotta put your best foot forward.
**[04:10] Sh**
If you want to change, that is.
**[04:18] Dri**
We are a go.
**[04:24] A**
*"Put my best foot forward," huh?*
**[04:28] A**
*Easier said than done.*
**[04:29] Hibari**
Let me go!
**[04:32] G1**
C'mon. It won't kill you.
**[04:34] G2**
Where do you live? We'll walk you.
**[04:36] Hi**
Stop!
**[04:37] G3**
Come on.
**[04:38] A**
* What do I do? I should help her out,*
* shouldn't I?*
**[04:41] A**
* No, there's three of them.*
* I don't stand a chance.*
**[04:46] A**
* But am I just gonna walk away?*
* Remember what your big bro just said?*
**[04:51] (Flashback) Sh**
Akira.
**[04:52] (Flashback) Sh**
You've just gotta put your best foot forward.
**[04:54] (Flashback) Sh**
If you want to change, that is.
**[04:57] A**
Oh, to hell with it!
**[04:59] A**
Here goes Akira!
**[05:05] A**
*And that's the last of my memories.*
**[05:12] Radio**
*Emergency alert.*
**[05:13] Radio**
* An agent's currently engaging*
* a group of smugglers.*
**[05:16] Radio**
*All units provide backup!*
**[05:20] Sm2**
Get that thing back!
**[05:20] Sm**
There!
**[05:21] Alma**
Minami.
**[05:22] Minami**
Alma!
**[05:35] Sm**
Shit!
**[05:45] Sm**
Hold it!
**[05:55] M**
Alma!
**[06:47] Sm**
Is she... an android?!
**[06:49] Sm**
Damn it!
**[06:59] M**
Come in, HQ! We've secured the trunk!
**[07:01] Radio**
* Listen up.*
* That's what we've been looking for.*
**[07:05] M**
It is?
**[07:06] Radio**
*Hold on to it until backup arrives.*
**[07:08] M**
Roger!
**[07:10] Sm**
Find 'em! They should be in here!
**[07:14] M**
The ship set sail?
**[07:16] Al**
Looks like it.
**[07:17] M**
Out of the frying pan, into the fire...
**[07:21] M**
Hey, this thing's supposed to be
some kind of crazy weapon, right?
**[07:25] Al**
Please don't get any funny ideas.
**[07:26] Al**
It's top-secret classified information.
**[07:29] M**
Yeah, well, that's not gonna keep me alive.
**[07:31] M**
It's time to sink or swim!
**[07:44] A**
*Huh?*
**[07:47] A**
*I... I can't feel my body.*
**[07:50] A**
*Where am I? I can't see a thing.*
**[07:52] Al**
*Device connected. Come in, EX-ARM.*
**[07:56] A**
*Whoa, what was that?*
**[08:00] A**
*What the hell?!*
**[08:02] M**
It talked!
**[08:03] A**
You talked to me first!
**[08:05] A**
Wait, who even are you?
**[08:08] M**
You first. Who are *you*?
**[08:11] A**
Me? I'm...
**[08:15] A**
Me?!
**[08:17] A**
My name's Natsume Akira!
**[08:20] Al**
Minami, these aren't an AI's brain waves.
**[08:24] Al**
This is an actual human brain.
**[08:26] M**
Huh? That can't be!
**[08:28] A**
Hey, what are you talking about?
**[08:30] M**
I mean, you don't look human at all.
**[08:34] M**
See?
**[08:35] A**
Huh?
**[08:36] A**
Wait, this contraption is me?!
**[08:41] Al**
To be more precise, it's a human brain
encased in a titanium shell.
**[08:45] A**
You've gotta be kidding me!
**[08:47] A**
Why can I see myself, then?
**[08:50] M**
Oh, quit yapping.
**[08:52] M**
Alma's sharing her visual data right now.
**[08:55] A**
Huh?
**[08:58] M**
I'm Uezono Minami. Nice to meetcha.
**[09:00] A**
Sharing... visual data?
**[09:02] A**
How is that possible?
**[09:05] M**
Well, Alma is an android.
**[09:08] A**
An android?!
**[09:11] Al**
Yes.
**[09:12] Al**
An Alma-series prototype co-developed by the MPD
and Iriya Heavy Industries in 2028.
**[09:21] A**
Hold up. Timeout.
**[09:23] A**
What do you mean, 2028?
**[09:26] A**
Isn't it 2014 right now?
**[09:28] M**
What? It's 2030!
**[09:31] A**
2... 2030?!
**[09:34] Al**
It would appear you spent
the last 16 years in a coma.
**[09:42] A**
*Yeah, nope. None of this makes any sense.*
**[09:46] A**
*Is this real life?*
**[09:49] A**
*It's gotta be a dream of some sort, right?*
**[09:54] Satou**
Uezono and Alma stole the thing
and ran onto their ship.
**[09:58] Kimura**
Great. More work to do for us.
**[10:01] Wanibuchi**
Want us to help, then?
**[10:04] Kim**
Wanibuchi, Miyabe...
**[10:06] Sat**
We're not working with Public Safety.
**[10:08] Wani**
Orders from the top, unfortunately.
**[10:11] Miy**
The briefing's about to begin.
**[10:16] Chikase**
Given that, we can assume that
what the smugglers were dealing at the harbor...
**[10:22] Chikase**
was an EX-ARM.
**[10:25] Chikase**
A weapon series with no info.
Not who developed it, nor how it was distributed.
**[10:31] Cop**
Found 'em!
**[10:32] C**
Its capabilities far exceed
what technology in 2030 can produce.
**[10:38] Cop**
This is the police!
**[10:41] C**
Be it the escalating mafia wars of recent times,
or several other violent crimes,
**[10:46] C**
EX-ARM's shadow looms large over all of them.
**[10:50] C**
Should you ever run into anyone
with one of them,
**[10:53] C**
run away immediately.
**[10:55] Cop**
Fire!
**[10:58] C**
Because normal weapons don't stand a chance
against them.
**[11:04] C**
That's how terrifying the EX-ARM are.
**[11:09] M**
Hey, EX-ARM.
**[11:11] A**
Again, I'm...
**[11:13] M**
You're a crazy weapon, right?
**[11:15] M**
Hurry up and show us what you can do, EX-ARM.
**[11:19] A**
Again, my name's Natsume Akira!
**[11:21] A**
I'm a person, not a weapon!
**[11:25] M**
Think we can use him, Alma?
**[11:27] Al**
No. It's a real human brain.
**[11:30] Al**
I don't believe it has a way
of getting us out of this situation.
**[11:34] M**
What? But it was our last resort.
**[11:38] A**
Hold up.
**[11:39] A**
Use me? "Last resort"? What's all this about?
**[11:43] A**
What the hell are *you* supposed to be?
**[11:44] M**
What? Isn't it obvious?
**[11:47] M**
We're the police.
**[11:48] A**
P-Police?!
**[11:50] M**
Yep. We're aboard the ship of a group
of smugglers after you and us.
**[11:55] A**
*S-Smugglers?!*
**[11:57] A**
*Forget it. I'm done.*
**[11:59] M**
Looks like he really is just some rando.
**[12:02] A**
Don't call me a "rando"!
**[12:03] Al**
Minami!
**[12:04] Throughhand**
Found you.
**[12:11] M**
What the? Did he just slip through the wall?!
**[12:13] A**
How?
**[12:21] T**
It's futile.
**[12:23] T**
Physical attacks can't harm me.
**[12:27] M**
Wait, that number...
**[12:33] T**
Indeed.
**[12:35] T**
EX-ARM Number 08.
**[12:38] T**
The Throughhand.
**[12:41] T**
Wow, you managed to boot that thing?
**[12:45] T**
If you hand it over,
I don't mind letting you two go.
**[12:49] M**
No way, pal!
**[12:51] T**
Why not? It's just a brain.
**[12:54] M**
He looks wack,
**[12:56] M**
but he's a real, live human being!
**[12:58] M**
So we'll protect him!
**[13:02] A**
You...
**[13:04] T**
Hmph. In that case...
***SIGN*** Illustration by Komi Shinya
**[13:11] A**
How am I supposed to believe any of this?
**[13:13] A**
This wacky contraption is me?
**[13:16] A**
What the hell happened?
**[13:18] A**
*And* you're telling me it's 2030 now,
and we're on a smuggling group's ship?!
**[13:22] A**
Pull my nonexistent leg!
**[13:23] M**
Oh, shut your mouth! Keep it down!
**[13:25] A**
'Scuse me? My mouth's all I've got!
**[13:28] Sm**
Freeze!
**[13:29] A**
Whoa, what are you doing?!
**[13:31] Al**
Don't worry. Titanium is tough.
**[13:35] T**
Caught you.
**[13:40] M**
Take him and run!
**[13:41] Al**
Got it.
**[13:42] A**
Hey, wait!
**[13:43] T**
That's one smart android.
**[13:45] M**
Not so fast!
**[13:47] T**
I guess I'll cook you up first.
**[13:51] Sm**
Find 'em!
**[13:53] Al**
They won't find us up here.
**[13:55] A**
Hey, we need to go help her.
**[13:58] Al**
That's the plan, yes.
**[14:00] Al**
I connected you
to the ship's network cabling.
**[14:02] Al**
You should be able to see now.
**[14:04] A**
See what?
**[14:05] Al**
CC footage and stuff?
**[14:07] A**
Uh, I don't see a thing.
**[14:08] Al**
But you accessed my visual data
easily earlier.
**[14:12] Al**
Hmm... If there's no
overarching command system,
**[14:15] Al**
maybe you'll be able to, if you try to see.
**[14:18] Al**
Later.
**[14:19] A**
Oh, come on!
What are you asking me to do?!
**[14:26] T**
Did you know?
**[14:27] T**
Organs are still a hot product
for us smugglers.
**[14:32] T**
I'll slice and dice you up real nice.
**[14:41] M**
Alma! I told you to run!
**[14:44] M**
You're disobeying orders here!
**[14:45] Al**
You're one to talk.
**[14:48] A**
Let me see! Come on!
**[14:50] A**
Shit, I can't see a thing! Damn it all!
**[14:54] A**
I've been left all alone
in this crazy situation.
**[14:58] A**
Am I gonna be completely useless yet again?!
**[15:03] (Flashback) Sh**
Akira.
**[15:04] (Flashback) Sh**
You've just gotta put your best foot forward.
**[15:06] (Flashback) Sh**
If you want to change, that is.
**[15:09] A**
*Bro...*
**[15:11] A**
*Wait, what's happening?*
**[15:16] A**
*I can see CC footage now.*
**[15:19] A**
*It's not just vision.*
**[15:21] A**
*All my senses are coming back...*
**[15:23] A**
*to the body I couldn't feel until now.*
**[15:25] A**
Huh? I can move my body now!
**[15:29] A**
I'm filling up with power!
**[15:32] A**
I don't have a foot to put forward anymore,
**[15:35] A**
but that also means I can't run away.
**[15:38] A**
Which means...
**[15:40] A**
My only option is to do this!
**[16:04] T**
All the power and speed in the world
mean nothing if you can't touch me.
**[16:06] M**
Alma!
**[16:08] T**
Game over.
**[16:15] Sm**
The ship's network is being
bombarded with traffic!
**[16:18] Sm**
We can't control it!
**[16:19] Sm**
What? Why are the sprinklers...
**[16:21] Sm**
Shit! The hatch's been locked!
**[16:26] A**
It feels like this entire ship
has become my body.
**[16:31] A**
Where are those two? I need to find them.
**[16:34] A**
There!
**[16:36] Al**
Is it you?
**[16:38] A**
You're okay?
**[16:40] Al**
No. My mobility chip seems
to have been damaged.
**[16:45] Al**
So I have a favor to ask.
**[16:47] Al**
Access my AI and take control of my body.
**[16:52] Al**
We shared my vision smoothly earlier.
**[16:55] Al**
I'm sure you can do this, too.
**[16:57] A**
But... I've always had a thing against tech.
**[17:00] A**
Always felt like the machines
would suck me in.
**[17:04] M**
Stop it, you freak!
**[17:06] T**
Settle down or I'll kill you.
**[17:13] Al**
Hurry up and get inside me!
**[17:20] Al**
Come on!
**[17:25] A**
*Looks like it worked.*
**[17:28] Al**
*Now stand up.*
**[17:32] A**
*Just like with the ship. I can do this.*
**[17:38] A**
Don't push your luck, you freak!
**[17:43] M**
Alma...?
**[17:44] T**
You can still move? I'll break you for good.
**[17:57] A**
Damn, I can't control myself.
**[18:02] Al**
*Don't overthink it.*
**[18:03] Al**
*You took over my body extremely naturally.*
**[18:06] Al**
*You probably already have the protocols.*
**[18:09] A**
*I know.*
**[18:11] A**
*I've just gotta picture what I wanna do.*
**[18:14] A**
*Picture it.*
**[18:16] A**
* Picture myself as the hero*
* in a kung-fu movie!*
**[18:39] M**
What's with you? You seem different, Alma.
**[18:42] A**
Nah, it's your boy here.
**[18:44] M**
Huh?
**[18:46] T**
You're not getting away!
**[18:56] M**
Yes!
**[18:58] T**
Wait, is the other side of this wall...
**[19:02] A**
Exactly. It's the sea.
**[19:05] A**
It was noticeable while fighting you.
**[19:07] A**
You blocked kicks from behind.
**[19:10] A**
You took the body hit from the side.
**[19:13] A**
Your little EX-ARM
**[19:15] A**
only affects the area in front of you.
**[19:18] A**
You can't slip through backward.
**[19:20] A**
You can escape through that wall
if you want, but then you'll just sink.
**[19:27] M**
Wow, you're pretty smart.
**[19:30] A**
Actually, Alma told me all this.
**[19:33] M**
What the heck?
I'm taking back the compliment.
**[19:35] A**
Come on! Be thankful
I fixed this mess for you!
**[19:40] T**
"Fixed," you say?
**[19:42] T**
You people don't understand a thing.
**[19:46] T**
You know that EX-ARM has taken over
underworlds everywhere, right?
**[19:51] T**
Then you should know
that it's already too late.
**[19:54] T**
Mankind can't let go of powers
it has obtained.
**[19:58] T**
And EX-ARM is the ultimate power.
It makes its wielders superior.
**[20:03] T**
The strong will take from the weak,
and the weak will die.
**[20:06] T**
Nobody can break that cycle now.
**[20:12] M**
You're wrong!
**[20:15] M**
The strong must use their powers
to protect the weak!
**[20:38] M**
Well, that's case closed.
**[20:41] A**
Thank god.
**[20:42] M**
Chief Shiga?!
**[20:44] Sh**
Good job on this operation.
**[20:46] Sh**
So this is Number 00...
**[20:50] Sh**
Uezono Minami, Alma.
**[20:53] Sh**
Normally, you would be disciplined
for disobeying orders,
**[20:57] Sh**
but I'll let it slide,
in light of your capture of EX-ARM 08.
**[21:04] A**
Wait. I'm, uh... not Alma.
**[21:08] A**
I know it probably doesn't make any sense.
**[21:10] Cop**
Don't move. On your knees.
**[21:14] A**
Please. This thing isn't who I am.
**[21:18] A**
I'm human! Help me!
**[21:23] Sh**
It's been ten years since that terrible tragedy,
but you're still...
**[21:30] Sh**
an enemy of mankind.
**[21:43] A**
*Is that... me?*
**[21:48] A**
*I'm...*
**[21:51] A**
*an enemy of all mankind?*
**[23:25] A**
Oh, come on!
**[23:26] A**
Why'd I become a brain in a machine?
I hate technology!
**[23:29] A**
And I'm a weapon now?
**[23:31] A**
What? The Counter EX-ARM Squad?
**[23:34] A**
Next time, on *EX-ARM:*
"Battle 002 - Day of Judgment."
***SIGN*** Day of Judgment
**[23:36] A**
Wait, I've gotta solve a case?!