# E17 - Boys, Be Weak
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Mm-hmm, mm-hmm!
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I get it! I understand!
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Thank goodness you're so dumb!
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Why, you giant serpent!
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"Episode 17:
Boys, Be Weak"
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I will protect you. Go, fire-rat!
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Here I go! Shinrider Kick!
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Damn, that is so hard!
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Stay away from me!
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The radioactive decay isn't stopping.
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Radioactive concentration is still climbing!
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This is getting really bad, Shinra!
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Take it easy, Nataku-*kun*!
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Don't expect anything more out of me!
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Don't expect any more!
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Another 100! Tak-*kun*, you're so good.
You always work so hard.
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Tak-*kun*, you're going to be
a fine doctor, just like your father.
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I know you can do it.
I can't wait to see your future.
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No, Mom. You always expect so much.
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I mean, that one time I got a bad grade...
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"Science"
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Augh, what am I going to tell your father?
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You aren't keeping a close
enough watch over Nataku!
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I'm sorry, Mom.
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I promise, I'll try harder next time. So...
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You're kidding. Nataku is a third generation?
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You're going to take him in
at a Haijima facility?
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Tak-*kun*, I know you can come home soon.
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There's no way that the flame's power
can get the best of you.
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Isn't that right? You can do it, right?
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Yes, I can.
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You can do it, right?
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Yes, I can.
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All right, let's start the experiment.
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We're looking forward to
some good results today.
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You can do it, right?
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Yes.
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I can do it, I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it...
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--I can do it, I can do it, I can do it,
--You can do it, you can do it, you can do it...
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"I can do it"
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--I can do it, I can do it...
--You can do it, you can do it!
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You have a test with your Uncle Reaper today.
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You might wind up dead,
but you can do this, right?
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Yes, I can.
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I will. Leave it to me. I know I...
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...can do it!
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I have to. I have to become smarter.
I have to become stronger.
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Nataku-*kun*...
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What was that? What did you do?
What was that sensation?
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Nataku-*kun*, take it easy!
You have to listen to me!
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Stop it! Stop looking inside me!
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Don't let yourself be carried away
by the flames' power!
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It's all right! You're a strong boy, so--
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Yeah, that's right! That's why I can do this!
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I know I can do this! I can do it!
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The radioactive concentration just spiked!
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We're in danger! Hurry up and get to shelter!
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Hey, man, are you serious?
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That's an absurd amount of energy.
I'm not even kidding.
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Huh?
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I can foresee what's going to happen.
If that heat ray gets a direct hit,
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it will form a crater about
500 kilometers across.
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There's nowhere to run
from something like that!
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Sister, stay behind here.
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Yes, sir.
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No-- No, that won't do any good.
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It doesn't matter where we run anymore!
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Hurry up and take shelter!
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Where are we supposed to
take shelter from *that*?
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I can do it! I've got this!
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I'm going to do this!
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Stop!
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I can do it! I can do this! I have the power!
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I can blow this whole city away!
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I can do anything!
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You dumbass!
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There's nothing I can do!
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I am a protector!
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Charon!
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Haumea, and Inca, and Shinra, and Nataku...
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...cannot be lost!
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Is he...?
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Reflective force of Charon the Reflector!
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This is fun, all right!
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Whoa...
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Maybe I overdid it a little...
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Still, Pillars and their protectors
are all about teamwork, right?
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Hang in there cleaning up my mess, Charon.
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"How to Raise Good Children"
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Haumea, I'm begging you,
do as I tell you for once.
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Shut up, shut up, shut the hell up.
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And Charon, I can see everything
that goes on inside your head.
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Stop thinking about me all the time!
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Ow!
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Damn... My life is flashing...
Imagine, thinking about Haumea right now...
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What an earnest protector I am.
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Which is exactly why...!
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I will protect the Pillars or die trying!
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Are you kidding me...?
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The moon...
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Oh no...
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I can't move another muscle.
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You have to stop the Sixth Pillar.
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That was close.
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That was very close.
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I was this close to having all the weak people
in town blown away at once.
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You nearly took them from me.
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I'll have to request some extra
compensation from the company.
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I can do it, Kurono-*san*! I have to do it!
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Kurono!
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He cut through the flaming one?
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It may not be demon-level,
but that armor is still pretty hard!
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He's strong!
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My arm!
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Don't get any stronger.
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You've disappointed me,
Nataku. You're hopeless.
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Please don't say that!
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I can do this!
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Well enough to beat you!
I can at least do that much!
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You can do it, right, Tak-*kun*?
You're my pride and joy, after all.
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Yeah! I'll do it!
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Oh, no...
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It's all right, Mom! Don't worry!
I can handle it! I can...!
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You can do it!
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I can...
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You can do it!
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--I can handle it...
--You can do it! You can do it! You can do it!
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--I can...
--You can do it!
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I have to do it!
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I have to do it...
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...or Mom will...!
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I'm gonna do it!
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Wait, Kurono!
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Let me go, Kurono-*san*! This isn't
all I've got! I know I can do better!
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Be stronger! I have to
produce results, right?!
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Well I'm going to! I'm going to!
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No.
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Why not?! You're expecting me to
use my Adolla Burst thingie, right?!
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Please, I know I can do it! I can do more!
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You've done enough.
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How come?!
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Don't get any stronger than this.
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Why...
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...are you telling me that?
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I like to bully the weak.
You're still a child, right?
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So don't go getting any stronger.
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Are you saying you can't
expect anything from me?
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"I want to do such and such."
"I want to be such and such."
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"I want to become such and such."
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It's out of those thoughts
that little boys become stronger.
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What's the big rush?
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Right now, you have to hold on to
the weakness you have--
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the kind that makes me want to bully you.
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It is a very precious and fleeting thing.
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So I want you to still stay weak.
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Nobody has ever told me
anything like that before.
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My mom and dad had
unreasonable expectations of me.
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Always telling me, "You can do it, Nataku."
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But when I couldn't do something,
they expressed terrible regrets.
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I was terrified of that.
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The madman inside me
spurs me on, ignoring how I feel.
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You are still a child.
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Is it... okay for me to be weak?
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Yeah. Weak enough for me to want to bully.
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Thank you very much.
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Radioactive concentration is dropping.
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Kurono stopped him.
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While 99% of people would look at this
and say it's a weird relationship,
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for the remaining 1%,
it's the best-case scenario.
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I guess that makes him
the Sixth Pillar's protector.
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I'm exhausted. Let's leave
the Sixth Pillar in Haijima's care,
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and pull out of here for now.
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You can stay right here
right now. I can see...
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...what your future holds in store.
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They retreated?
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The battle at Haijima,
between the 8th, Haijima,
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and the White-Clad, had come to an end.
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It had left 32 people dead.
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Publicly, it was reported as
an accident that had happened
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while performing an Adolla Burst experiment.
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It caused a huge crater on the moon,
but for the people of earth,
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who had experienced the catastrophic
damage of the Great Cataclysm,
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it did not cause much of a buzz.
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The children are still in the custody
of the Haijima laboratory.
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The 8th recommended that Haijima
cease all extreme experiments
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that had Adolla Bursts as their objective.
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But it was Kurono who had stopped Nataku.
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I couldn't do anything
but stand there and watch.
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Kurono is completely messed up,
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but he seems to be a good partner for
maintaining Nataku's mental balance.
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Our investigation was to try to find a link
between Haijima and the Evangelist,
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but after seeing this attack,
that connection has to be pretty thin.
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And so, today, myself, Licht-*san*,
and the captain have been called to Haijima
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to speak about this incident.
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Come in.
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President Haijima,
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thank you for seeing us today.
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In regards to this recent incident...
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...you all have really done it.
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You cannot survive in this nation
with Haijima as your foe.
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Is that a threat, sir?
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I have no intention of wasting
either of our precious time with that.
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How about we form a united front
to counter the Evangelist?
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If you would be willing to work with Haijima,
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I would be willing to reconsider
the order to kill Licht.
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How would Nataku be treated?
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You're the person who has
the Adolla Burst, are you?
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If you will cooperate with our research,
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we will change the sort of experiments
we do in the children's facilities.
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I do not think that is a bad deal at all.
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--I will even drop the charges
against you and Licht.
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--This is a fight that you started, isn't it?
--I will even drop the charges
against you and Licht.
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Don't get so emotional.
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The future of the empire rests on
the matters we are now discussing.
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I'm sure you must know
what kind of unit the 8th is.
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We are a company that
does internal investigations
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into matters concerning
the Special Fire Force.
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We suspect that Haijima is
connected to the Evangelist,
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and that you are hiding
something about Amaterasu.
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There were non-humans involved in
the beginning of the Holy Sol Temple.
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If these people were aligned
with the Evangelist,
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then it would not be surprising if Haijima
was connected to the Evangelist as well.
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Amaterasu was built by
the Holy Sol Temple and Haijima.
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Then doesn't Haijima have
a connection to the Evangelist?
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Did you know that there was
someone inside Amaterasu?
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Yes, of course.
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Amaterasu operates off of a person
that possesses an Adolla Burst.
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But so what if it does?
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We cannot shut down Amaterasu.
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The entire Tokyo Empire is built upon
the sacrifice of one person.
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If we shut down Amaterasu,
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what will become of the people
who live in this country?
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If the energy that supports their lives
were to suddenly disappear,
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chaos would be inevitable.
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We were also under attack from them.
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Believe me, there is no connection
between Haijima and the Evangelist.
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What about Dr. Giovanni,
the former captain of the 3rd,
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for which Haijima is the parent company,
being connected to the Evangelist?
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The matter with the 3rd is indefensible,
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but 70% of the empire's population
works for Haijima.
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It is quite impossible to
keep tabs on all of them.
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The Evangelist trying to
monopolize the Adolla Bursts
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is becoming a nuisance for Haijima.
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If you have enough spare time
to investigate us, defeat them.
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For what reason is Haijima
seeking an Adolla Burst?
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To fuel a second Amaterasu.
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What do you take people for?! A person
with an Adolla Burst is still a person!
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And that one person can
save 15 million others.
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Without Amaterasu, the empire would collapse.
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You possess an Adolla Burst, right?
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If your life could save 15 million others,
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then it would be a small price to pay, yes?
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As a Fire Soldier, you
aren't going to tell me
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that your life is more precious
than saving others, are you?
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I would lay down my life!
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As a Fire Soldier, if I could
give my life to save all the others...
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No, Shinra.
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Fire Soldiers' lives are not cheap.
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Fire Soldiers save the lives
of many people by being alive.
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You may save even more than
15 million lives if you are!
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That's why I'm going to build a power generator
better than Amaterasu
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that doesn't require
anyone to be sacrificed to it!
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Hold it, you!
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--Don't you worry, Shinra! There's no way
I'm going to let you be sacrificed!
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--Vulcan...
--Don't you worry, Shinra! There's no way
I'm going to let you be sacrificed!
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--A member of the Joseph family
that built Amaterasu.
--The hell?! You want some? --Why, you!
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--What?
--Get your hands off of me!
--G-Get over here!
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--It's all right. Let him in.
--Get your hands off of me!
--G-Get over here!
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Let me go!
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You the president of Haijima?
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You said you could make a generator
better than Amaterasu
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that doesn't require a sacrifice?
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Yeah. My dream is to
bring the world back to life.
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We're going to need something
more than Amaterasu to do that.
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No matter what happens,
we are not sacrificing Shinra.
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I promise you, we will keep Shinra safe.
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Captain... Vulcan...
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Charon did say that
the Pillars had their protectors.
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Everyone at the 8th is protecting me.
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So you say. If you can make that happen,
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then it would be a dream
come true for us, as well.
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Haijima will back you. The 8th, as well.
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But then, are you sure you can do it?
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--Of course he can!
--Of course I can!
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There is one condition, though.
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We are to be entitled according to
the proportion of our investment.
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If you supply me with the goods I require,
I don't need any rights to it.
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Not if it brings the world back around.
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Then it's settled.
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Haijima's bottom-line
goal is to make a profit.
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But they don't have any connection
to the Evangelist.
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So now we're in a coalition with Haijima.
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What has happened to Nataku Son?
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Nothing new. He is taking part in
Adolla Burst experiments today, as usual.
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More of those cruel experiments?!
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We are keeping a careful
watch over him. Rest easy.
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You've gotten so you can control
your flame pretty well, huh?
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No, I'm still apprehensive
without my fireproof cloak.
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It's all right. You can do this.
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--I can do this.
--You can do this.
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Okay, it's time to play with
your Uncle Reaper again today.
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Right.
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Don't be so tense.
Just stay nice and weak. Please.
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Right!
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"To be continued"
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"*Fire Force*, Season 2"
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"Next time"
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The Holy Sol Temple.
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It is salvation for those who
live in fear of the flame terror.
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However, Great Sol,
is it right for me to believe in You?
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Will you pray with me?
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Next time on *Fire Force*, Season 2,
episode 18, "The Holy Woman's Anguish."
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"Episode 18:
The Holy Woman's Anguish"
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Return to the great flame of fire. *Látom*.
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