E23 - Firecat

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    Shinra, tell me everything Dr. Giovanni
    said to you in the Nether.
[00:09] ---
    Yes, sir.
[00:13] ---
    An Adolla Link...
[00:15] ---
    ...is a phenomenon that supposedly
    only happens among those
[00:17] ---
    who have an Adolla Burst,
    or who have been in contact with Adolla.
[00:20] ---
    Shinra-kun has connected via
    an Adolla Link to Dr. Giovanni,
[00:24] ---
    as well as...
[00:26] ---
    ...Lieutenant Konro, of the 7th.
[00:31] ---
    Then this man Konro is questionable.
[00:34] ---
    No, there's no way!
[00:36] ---
    Discussing Lieutenant Konro here
    will get us nowhere.
[00:39] ---
    I'm going to go over to the 7th
    and meet with the lieutenant.
[00:42] ---
    If I can find out the reason why
    I Linked with the lieutenant,
[00:45] ---
    we might be one step closer to the Evangelist.
[00:48] ---
    I'm off to see Lieutenant Konro!
[00:53] ---
    Step right up! Buy one now,
    and I'll throw in another one for free!
[01:05] ---
    Asakusa is nice and bustling.
[01:08] ---
    Are you sure we should be dropping in
    without an appointment?
[01:11] ---
    The people at the 7th can't stand
    to sweat the small stuff.
[01:15] ---
    Actually,
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    why are you even coming along, Captain Hibana?
[01:18] ---
    Konro could have ties to the Evangelist.
[01:22] ---
    You're too nice to others,
    and get fooled easily.
[01:25] ---
    I'm telling you, as far as
    Lieutenant Konro goes, he's on the level.
[01:30] ---
    Oh, the fella from the 8th.
    What brings you here today?
[01:34] ---
    There's something I need to
    talk to Lieutenant Konro about.
[01:37] ---
    Well, he's not here.
[01:38] ---
    He went to a storage shed
    just outside of town on his own.
[01:42] ---
    Okay, I'll go check there for him.
    Thank you very much.
[01:46] ---
    By the way,
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    you hound dog, bringing such
    a hottie along with you!
[01:51] ---
    Is she your girlfriend?
[01:52] ---
    Girlfriend?
[01:53] ---
    No, she's not! This is the captain of the 5th!
[01:56] ---
    Captain?
[01:57] ---
    Girlfriend...
[01:59] ---
    She really doesn't look like she'd object.
[02:06] ---
    The lieutenant is going off on his own
    to a storage shed with no one else around...
[02:10] ---
    This is getting more and more suspicious.
[02:13] ---
    He must be running some errand.
[02:15] ---
    This is a proto-nationalist
    we're dealing with, too.
[02:18] ---
    There's no telling what he might be up to.
[02:20] ---
    Hold on.
[02:23] ---
    A White-Clad?!
[02:24] ---
    There, you see?!
[02:28] ---
    You've been following me for days now, huh?
[02:31] ---
    Ho, you knew, and still came here alone?
[02:34] ---
    You, a warrior who can't fight
    due to your tephrosis!
[02:41] ---
    If we're doing this, then let's do it already.
[04:14] ---
    "Episode 23:
    Firecat"
[04:20] ---
    Lieutenant Konro...!
[04:22] ---
    He's getting attacked!
    We have to hurry and save him!
[04:24] ---
    Don't be too hasty! This is our chance
    to catch him in the act!
[04:27] ---
    Whoa!
[04:29] ---
    Lieutenant Konro has tephrosis!
[04:36] ---
    Lieutenant of the 7th, you are dead!
[04:55] ---
    Lieutenant Konro!
[04:57] ---
    Shinra?
[05:01] ---
    So what you're saying is,
[05:03] ---
    you and I shared one of
    these "Adolla Link" things?
[05:06] ---
    Yes.
[05:08] ---
    Do you have any idea why? Have you ever
    seen a hellish, alternate world?
[05:18] ---
    I sure have.
[05:19] ---
    Two years ago, during the Great Fire of Asakusa.
[05:23] ---
    The one where that demon appeared in Asakusa?
[05:25] ---
    Yeah. This is when I
    came down with my tephrosis.
[05:46] ---
    This Infernal was unlike any other.
[05:51] ---
    Almost like a mirror image of myself.
[06:01] ---
    Are you trying to replace me?!
[06:07] ---
    Sorry, but you can't do that.
[06:17] ---
    Crimson Moon!
[06:22] ---
    I'll see you in hell!
[06:37] ---
    If that was some other world,
    then it would mean I had an Adolla Link.
[06:42] ---
    You say the demon felt like your
    mirror reflection? Like a doppelganger?
[06:47] ---
    What's a doppelganger?
[06:50] ---
    It's like a double of a person.
[06:53] ---
    There's sort of an urban legend that says
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    there's someone who looks exactly like you,
    somewhere in the world.
[07:00] ---
    It's nothing more than a ghost story, of course,
[07:04] ---
    but apparently, if you run into your
    doppelganger, it's either kill or be killed.
[07:07] ---
    Yikes!
[07:08] ---
    It did in fact seem like he came to kill me.
[07:11] ---
    And since you killed him instead,
    that makes you one hard-as-nails man.
[07:15] ---
    That's our Lieutenant Konro, all right.
[07:18] ---
    Don't be ridiculous.
[07:24] ---
    I think I'm going to check into
    doppelgangers a bit more.
[07:27] ---
    As a sophisticated lady, you're pretty smart.
[07:30] ---
    But why would they come after me?
[07:33] ---
    Could it have something to do with
    the fact that you've seen Adolla?
[07:38] ---
    Or your scar...
[07:40] ---
    It seems like those who see Adolla
    tend to get some kind of disfigurement.
[07:45] ---
    So that goes for the others, too...
[07:48] ---
    Still, why would they?
[07:50] ---
    Could it be inconvenient for them
[07:52] ---
    for there to be others who have seen Adolla?
[07:58] ---
    What? Konro, you got attacked?
[08:01] ---
    He was lurking around for so long,
[08:03] ---
    I figured he wouldn't
    show himself until I was alone.
[08:06] ---
    It was amazing! He defeated him in one blow,
    without even using his abilities--
[08:11] ---
    What did you do that
    out of the blue for, you idiot?!
[08:14] ---
    You avoided that.
[08:16] ---
    You did teach me how to detect
    the breath of life, Captain Shinmon.
[08:20] ---
    Which means that you can now fight decently.
[08:23] ---
    Still, the White-Clad are starting to
    become more forceful, too.
[08:27] ---
    They have some people that
    my Rapid and Corna won't work against.
[08:31] ---
    Captain Shinmon, how would you
    fight against someone like that?
[08:37] ---
    You might be able to pull it off now...
[08:42] ---
    I would use the Hysterical Strength
    of the Fight or Flight Response.
[08:45] ---
    Hysterical Strength?
[08:47] ---
    When you're on the verge of a crisis,
[08:48] ---
    and you overcome your limits
    to release all of your latent strength,
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    it's called Hysterical Strength.
[08:55] ---
    H-How is it done?!
[08:57] ---
    Hell if I know. You figure it out.
[09:00] ---
    Waka, you can't say that when
    you're the one who brought it up.
[09:07] ---
    Go round up the youngsters from your company.
[09:10] ---
    I don't want to have to
    teach this over and over.
[09:12] ---
    Lucky you! Waka is agreeing to
    give you his personal instruction again!
[09:16] ---
    Thank you very much, sir!
[09:19] ---
    I promise you, I'll get even stronger!
[09:29] ---
    The Knight-samurai deigns
    to return to Asakusa once more.
[09:33] ---
    You sure you don't want to be
    the Samurai-knight?
[09:35] ---
    This way means you're a samurai.
[09:38] ---
    Let's cut the nonsense! Forward, men!
[09:42] ---
    Pardon the intrusion.
[09:44] ---
    You're early. Is showing up
    ahead of time the imperial way?
[09:48] ---
    It's you and top-knot head again, then?
[09:50] ---
    Actually, there's one more with us today.
[09:56] ---
    I'm Kotatsu Tamaki!
[09:57] ---
    Please train me, as well!
[10:25] ---
    You're here? You're too early.
[10:28] ---
    We're looking forward again
    to whatever you can teach us.
[10:32] ---
    Hm? What's this? There's one more of you.
[10:37] ---
    I'm well aware that I'm not at the level
    where I'm ready to receive your training.
[10:41] ---
    But I want to be someone other than
    the weak person I am now.
[10:45] ---
    Would you allow me to at least observe?
[10:48] ---
    You want to get stronger?
[10:50] ---
    Yes, sir!
[10:51] ---
    And why is that?
[10:53] ---
    Because I'm so gutless right now
    that I'm a burden on the other crewmen.
[10:58] ---
    If I were stronger, there are lives
    that might have been spared.
[11:03] ---
    Is that a sob story?
[11:06] ---
    No, sir! It's remorse and resolve!
[11:10] ---
    I see. But merely observing is
    likely to bore you out of your mind.
[11:16] ---
    Hey!
[11:19] ---
    --What is it, Waka?
    --What is it, Waka?
[11:20] ---
    Go have some fun with that lady.
[11:22] ---
    --Who, that airhead?
    --Who, that airhead?
[11:29] ---
    What do you want to play, trampy lady?
[11:31] ---
    And it better be fun,
    or you'll pay, shameless lady.
[11:34] ---
    Huh? Huh? Kusakabe?
[11:37] ---
    Looking after those two is a handful.
[11:40] ---
    Tamaki, I'm going to see how strong you are
[11:42] ---
    by the way you play with Hikage and Hinata.
[11:45] ---
    Oh, okay.
[11:49] ---
    Kon-san, aren't you going to
    watch the rookies from the 8th?
[11:53] ---
    I'll do that once I finish sweeping up in here.
[11:55] ---
    Oh, I'll do that. You go ahead and watch.
[11:58] ---
    It's my duty today. I don't mind.
[12:06] ---
    Waka says you gotta keep away
    from both of us for one minute.
[12:10] ---
    We're gonna play tag.
[12:12] ---
    --Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
    --Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
[12:13] ---
    --All right, already.
    --Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
    --Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
[12:14] ---
    Okay, I'll start running.
[12:17] ---
    Though I don't want to
    run so fast it makes them cry.
[12:21] ---
    I'll just go nice and easy on them.
[12:23] ---
    Uh-oh, run!
[12:25] ---
    --Are you mocking us?!
    --Are you mocking us?!
[12:27] ---
    Th-That hurt!
[12:28] ---
    --Run like you mean it, or we'll kill you!
    --Run like you mean it, or we'll kill you!
[12:30] ---
    Damn it, all right, then.
[12:33] ---
    Girls shouldn't use
    potty language like "damn it"!
[12:35] ---
    And if you talk down to us,
    we'll dump you right in the Sumida River!
[12:39] ---
    You want me to run like I mean it, then?
    Well, don't cry if you can't keep up!
[12:44] ---
    For heaven's sake, what is this?
    I didn't come to Asakusa to play games.
[12:50] ---
    I want to catch up with Shinra and Arthur,
    even just a little bit.
[12:58] ---
    Didn't we tell you not to hold back, you sow?
[13:01] ---
    Do you honestly not want to
    get any stronger, you piece of crap?
[13:04] ---
    We're being nice enough to play with you.
    Don't go getting the wrong idea.
[13:09] ---
    Are these girls that good?
[13:15] ---
    Guess we better get started, too.
[13:17] ---
    Please do, sir!
[13:22] ---
    Wow, haven't seen this in a while.
[13:24] ---
    What are you doing, sir?!
[13:27] ---
    Not since it was Beni's turn.
[13:35] ---
    It's been a long time since
    we've taken in a sight like this.
[13:39] ---
    Another peaceful day in Asakusa.
[13:42] ---
    Ow! That's too hot! Ow! Ow!
[13:47] ---
    --It's peaceful, all right.
    --My clothes are burning!
    My butt is sticking out!
[13:54] ---
    --Eight seconds! Nowhere near a minute!
    --Eight seconds! Nowhere near a minute!
[13:57] ---
    Yeah, I know!
[13:59] ---
    But just watch this!
[14:05] ---
    I mean business now! Go on and catch me
    if you can, you little brats!
[14:10] ---
    Hina, looks like she's finally gotten motivated.
[14:12] ---
    We should get going, too, Hika.
[14:16] ---
    Coming through!
[14:20] ---
    Woo-hoo!
[14:22] ---
    Don't blame me if your kimonos get burned!
[14:24] ---
    Wishful thinking! Five seconds!
[14:28] ---
    Five seconds? That's less than last time.
[14:30] ---
    This is her meaning business?
    Don't make me laugh.
[14:33] ---
    I'm just getting started. Let's go again!
[14:36] ---
    Isn't a minute too long for her?
[14:38] ---
    Might as well make it 30 seconds.
[14:41] ---
    I'll show them.
[14:43] ---
    I'm a Fire Soldier.
[14:46] ---
    How is school going, Tamaki? Are you
    going to get your sister certification?
[14:51] ---
    We're not a clerical family,
    so there are a lot of tests,
[14:54] ---
    but the teacher says I'm doing fine.
[14:56] ---
    Don't get in over your head, now.
[14:59] ---
    It's just that because...
[15:01] ---
    ...Mama and Papa told me...
[15:03] ---
    Tamaki-san, good morning!
[15:05] ---
    Good morning.
[15:07] ---
    Ah, your badge!
[15:09] ---
    Yeah! I'm a sister now!
[15:11] ---
    I still have the written test and the interview
    before I'm certified as a sister.
[15:16] ---
    Yeah, but you're smart,
    so you'll do fine. Hang in there.
[15:20] ---
    --The Great Sol is watching your efforts.
[15:21] ---
    --And just because everyone else was doing it...
    --The Great Sol is watching your efforts.
[15:25] ---
    Nya!
[15:27] ---
    Tamaki-san!
[15:29] ---
    ...but I kept tripping up for no reason.
[15:31] ---
    Are you all right? Easy, now...
[15:34] ---
    Is something wrong?
[15:37] ---
    There's fire coming from your bottom!
[15:40] ---
    Just because I started making flames...
[15:46] ---
    Damn! How long was that?
[15:48] ---
    Twelve seconds.
[15:49] ---
    One of your better times.
[15:50] ---
    Again!
[15:53] ---
    That's amazing, isn't it?
    If you're a third generation,
[15:55] ---
    does that mean you're
    going to be a Fire Soldier?
[15:57] ---
    A Fire Soldier sister? Now that's cool!
[16:00] ---
    If you do enlist, it will be at the 1st, right?
[16:02] ---
    The 1st, huh?
[16:05] ---
    Look there!
[16:06] ---
    Wow!
[16:08] ---
    It's Lieutenant Rekka Hoshimiya!
[16:11] ---
    He's so cool, isn't he?
[16:13] ---
    Young girl students! Don't just watch
    from over there, come here!
[16:17] ---
    The 1st is fervently waiting for
    fresh faces like you to enlist!
[16:22] ---
    Huh? What do we do?
[16:23] ---
    He spotted us!
[16:24] ---
    L-Let's get out of here!
[16:25] ---
    I looked up to Lieutenant Rekka,
    the same way everyone else did.
[16:31] ---
    Just because... everyone else said so.
[16:38] ---
    Papa! Mama! I want to
    become a sister and join the 1st!
[16:45] ---
    I became a Fire Soldier just because.
[16:48] ---
    I will stand by and see your end through!
[16:52] ---
    You're going to die in my place, Tamaki!
[16:57] ---
    Please, Kusakabe...
[16:59] ---
    Defeat Lieutenant Rekka.
[17:02] ---
    Leave him to me. That's why I'm here.
[17:06] ---
    I'll show them!
[17:11] ---
    Too bad!
[17:11] ---
    That was 18 seconds!
[17:14] ---
    I want to change!
[17:15] ---
    Hika...
[17:16] ---
    Hina...
[17:17] ---
    But I've just been carried along
    by everyone else so far.
[17:21] ---
    I know it's not going to be
    that easy for me to change.
[17:24] ---
    And everyone else is trying so hard...
[17:28] ---
    So then, so will I!
[17:31] ---
    I'm going to try harder, too!
[17:38] ---
    Thirty seconds left.
[17:40] ---
    We're gonna go all-out now, too.
[17:42] ---
    I swear I'm going to keep away from you.
[17:46] ---
    --Nya!
    --Ow!
[17:49] ---
    S-Sorry!
[17:50] ---
    No, I should apologize.
    My Lecher Lure strikes again.
[17:59] ---
    You know that boy you pounced on
    earlier, right? He's my boyfriend.
[18:04] ---
    "Lecher Lure" my eye!
    You did it on purpose, didn't you?
[18:07] ---
    You flirty little warthog!
[18:09] ---
    I'm sorry. But I really didn't do it on purpose.
[18:15] ---
    Go over and sit in the corner, you troublemaker!
[18:22] ---
    Still wearing twin tails in middle school, too.
[18:25] ---
    For a warthog, you sure are a flirt!
    Hurry and get over there!
[18:30] ---
    Are twin tails supposed to be flirty?
[18:34] ---
    I like them--they're like floppy animal ears.
[18:41] ---
    Must be nice to be a cat.
    They don't get lechered.
[18:46] ---
    I wish I could be...
[18:50] ---
    ...as quick as...
[18:53] ---
    ...a cat!
[19:12] ---
    Forty seconds! Not good, Hikage!
    If she keeps this up, she'll get away from us!
[19:16] ---
    We're not gonna let her!
[19:19] ---
    They're catching up!
[19:22] ---
    And as nimble as a cat!
[19:26] ---
    Damn, 45 seconds!
[19:38] ---
    What are you sitting in the corner for?
    Come on over here.
[19:42] ---
    If I sit over there, my Lecher Lure
    will bother you, right?
[19:53] ---
    I'll sit in the corner. You go sit over there.
[19:56] ---
    It's okay. I'm used to it.
[19:58] ---
    I'm more used to sitting in the corner.
    Give the "Devil" his due.
[20:03] ---
    "Slap"
[20:08] ---
    --Put me down!
    --How does this happen?!
[20:11] ---
    Look, I'll sit in the corner, okay?!
[20:14] ---
    It's true, that is awkward as hell,
[20:16] ---
    but it doesn't mean you have to
    consign yourself to the corner.
[20:20] ---
    I mean, look at that idiot.
[20:22] ---
    He's as low as they come, but he always
    sits in the birthday boy's seat.
[20:26] ---
    Have a little self-respect, yourself.
[20:35] ---
    I'm done slinking off into the corner!
[20:38] ---
    Why did you come to a stop? Are you giving up?
[20:42] ---
    For these last ten seconds,
    I'm not running away!
[20:49] ---
    I'm steamrolling through!
[20:50] ---
    Now she's coming after us.
[20:52] ---
    She might have actually gotten away, too!
[20:54] ---
    --Unite!
    --Unite!
[20:58] ---
    --Mother Fox!
    --Mother Fox!
[21:02] ---
    I'm gonna tear right through you!
[21:06] ---
    "Nekomata Fireball"
[21:06] ---
    Nekomata Fireball!
[21:15] ---
    --Damn that woman! We're not done yet!
    --Damn that woman! We're not done yet!
[21:18] ---
    That's 60 seconds. I don't know why,
[21:21] ---
    but there was some reason why
    you were suppressing your own power.
[21:25] ---
    Captain Shinmon!
[21:29] ---
    But you've peeled that layer away, haven't you?
[21:34] ---
    Thank you very much!
[21:35] ---
    Nobody asked you to peel that much away.
[21:37] ---
    S-Sorry, sir!
[21:39] ---
    --Floozy!
    --Floozy!
[21:41] ---
    Is a simple game of tag enough to
    really change me that much?
[21:46] ---
    Anyone who can't take
    a simple game this seriously
[21:49] ---
    doesn't stand a chance when
    it comes to playing for keeps.
[21:52] ---
    Now, for the first time,
    you've stood in the ring.
[21:56] ---
    Keep it up.
[22:01] ---
    Thank you very much, sir!
[22:04] ---
    What exactly are you doing
    to yourself over there?
[22:08] ---
    Oh my...
[22:18] ---
    Captain Shinmon! Where did you go?!
[22:21] ---
    You can't tell us you've forgotten about us!
[22:24] ---
    "To be continued"
[23:56] ---
    "Fire Force, Season 2"
[23:58] ---
    The strain of death is making me smile.
[23:58] ---
    "Next time"
[24:02] ---
    Next time on Fire Force, Season 2,
    episode 24, "Signs of Upheaval."
[24:07] ---
    "Episode 24:
    Signs of Upheaval"
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    Return to the great flame of fire. Látom.
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