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5 - Welcome to the Jungle

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[00:24] ---
    "Namsac"
[00:31] ---
    "Episode 5"
[00:39] ---
    Amazing.
[00:45] ---
    Hey, pay attention.
[00:46] ---
    Watch where you're goin'.
[00:47] ---
    Oh, I'm sorry.
[00:51] ---
    C'mere.
[00:52] ---
    U-Um, um...!
[00:54] ---
    Somebody!
[00:57] ---
    I-I'm sorry for bumping into you.
    But that was beyond my control.
[01:00] ---
    L-Let's be calm about--
[01:03] ---
    Shut up! If you cause trouble for someone,
    the thing to do is pay up.
[01:08] ---
    M-Money? Well... I don't have much on me.
[01:11] ---
    Then I'll take that camera. And the watch.
[01:14] ---
    N-Not the camera! I need it for my job!
[01:16] ---
    As if I care!
[01:19] ---
    C-Come on! Please!
[01:21] ---
    Leave him alone, Dao.
[01:24] ---
    What're you doing to the tourist?
[01:26] ---
    Nami, huh?
[01:28] ---
    This city's reputation will get worse and worse.
[01:31] ---
    So what if it does?! Get lost!
[01:34] ---
    You just don't listen to reason.
[01:37] ---
    Hey, seriously?
[01:38] ---
    I won't kill you. I'll let you off
    with some holes in your limbs.
[01:43] ---
    You're gonna stick up for
    this stranger and shoot me?!
[01:46] ---
    That's not all. I'll tell the
    Mama-san at Molina about this.
[01:50] ---
    You don't want to get banned
    from that joint, do you?
[01:55] ---
    There, that's more like it.
[01:57] ---
    You better be ready later!
[01:59] ---
    You mean the match? Bring it on!
[02:05] ---
    That worked out somehow.
[02:06] ---
    Th-Thank you.
[02:08] ---
    But that...
[02:10] ---
    Oh, this gun?
[02:12] ---
    It's broken.
[02:15] ---
    What's the big idea?!
[02:16] ---
    Did I scare you?
[02:17] ---
    Of course you did! I mean,
    I'm grateful you helped me...
[02:26] ---
    And for that, you owe me $5,000.
[02:31] ---
    --Pay up.
    --Huh?!
[02:35] ---
    That's cheap, right?
[02:37] ---
    That guy Dao back there
    is famous for his brutality!
[02:41] ---
    If you had tried anything,
    you could have wound up dead.
[02:44] ---
    Is that so?
[02:45] ---
    Be grateful for my kindness!
[02:47] ---
    Then while you're being kind,
    I'd like you to leave me alone.
[02:51] ---
    I can't do that. I felt like
    I was in danger, too! And so--
[02:54] ---
    And so, $5,000?
[02:56] ---
    In this city, you could live in luxury
    for a year with that amount.
[02:59] ---
    Of course I don't have that much money.
[03:01] ---
    Then let me have this camera.
[03:03] ---
    Get real! I need this for my job.
[03:05] ---
    For your job? So what is your job, anyway?
[03:11] ---
    I'm a struggling photographer.
[03:13] ---
    A photographer!
[03:14] ---
    Wh-What gives?
[03:15] ---
    Then you must be here to cover that, too.
[03:51] ---
    The winner! Bloody Queen!
[03:59] ---
    Dear me, that's violent.
[04:01] ---
    But it packs a real punch, huh?
[04:03] ---
    I guess.
[04:04] ---
    We take ASes that were
    decommissioned after conflicts ended,
[04:07] ---
    and people bet on them
    in pro wrestling matches.
[04:09] ---
    It's become big business in this city.
[04:11] ---
    Those robots... ASes, you said?
[04:14] ---
    I'm surprised the police allow it.
    Aren't those military weapons?
[04:18] ---
    It all comes down to money in this town.
[04:20] ---
    Makes sense. Looks like
    business is booming, too.
[04:24] ---
    See? If you get the scoop on this,
    you're guaranteed a Peanut Prize!
[04:29] ---
    So come on, $5,000.
[04:32] ---
    I told you, no way.
    Also, it's called a Pulitzer Prize.
[04:35] ---
    It's the only place like this in the world!
[04:37] ---
    There are so many different ASes here.
[04:39] ---
    Savages, Bushnells,
    and Mistrals, and also Cyclones!
[04:43] ---
    Y-You really know this stuff.
[04:45] ---
    Well, yeah! I'm the owner of
    one of the competing teams.
[04:50] ---
    I have a first-rate AS and a team.
[05:00] ---
    Good for you.
[05:01] ---
    What's with that reaction?
    I bet you don't believe me!
[05:04] ---
    You bet right. There's no way
    a girl who tries to get money
[05:08] ---
    out of a guy like me on a street
    corner has a robot like that.
[05:11] ---
    I do so have one! I need money for parts!
[05:15] ---
    Also, two hours.
[05:16] ---
    Huh?
[05:17] ---
    Come with me!
[05:26] ---
    Well? High-quality, huh!
[05:29] ---
    This... is high-quality?
[05:33] ---
    Shit!
[05:33] ---
    Riley! What're you doing?!
[05:36] ---
    I can't help it!
    I'm a heavy machinery mechanic!
[05:39] ---
    Oil pressure is oil pressure, right?
    Figure something out.
[05:42] ---
    Wonderful...
[05:43] ---
    It's awful.
[05:45] ---
    Sure, it's broken here and there,
[05:47] ---
    but it'll be fine once we buy some parts.
[05:49] ---
    That just leaves money!
[05:51] ---
    Hey, Nami!
[05:52] ---
    What, Asch?
[05:54] ---
    Sure enough, we need
    two #50 muscle packages
[05:56] ---
    and an intervertebral disk damper.
    How's the money situation?
[06:00] ---
    It's all right.
[06:01] ---
    Um... Come to think of it,
    what's your name?
[06:03] ---
    Lemon.
[06:04] ---
    Mr. Lemon here is going to cover it.
[06:07] ---
    Hey!
[06:07] ---
    Cool. Well the sooner the better.
[06:09] ---
    Don't say that! It's not as if I agreed...
[06:12] ---
    Just make it a loan! Please!
[06:15] ---
    If we win tonight's match,
    I can pay you back $5,000 in no time!
[06:19] ---
    With this heap? Impossible.
[06:21] ---
    S-Sure, the mech's not perfect,
    but the operator's top-notch!
[06:26] ---
    --Oh?
    --His name is Rick.
[06:28] ---
    They call him the Jungle Warbird.
[06:30] ---
    He's a former US Marine Corps ace--
[06:32] ---
    a big-time veteran who's crushed
    more than ten opponents!
[06:36] ---
    --I have my doubts.
    --You'll see once you meet him.
[06:38] ---
    Wait, where is Rick?
[06:40] ---
    Got me. Not too long ago,
    he was getting himself dead drunk.
[06:46] ---
    Nami, there's trouble!
[06:47] ---
    Kaew, what's wrong?
[06:52] ---
    It's Rick...
[07:02] ---
    Rick was a horrible guy in lots of ways,
[07:05] ---
    but he didn't deserve to be murdered.
[07:10] ---
    Where are you going?
[07:11] ---
    We've got a match.
[07:13] ---
    But wasn't he your operator?
[07:15] ---
    That's right. I'll do it instead.
[07:18] ---
    Do you have any experience?
[07:19] ---
    I can move it around, at least.
[07:21] ---
    Hey, Nami!
[07:24] ---
    I heard Rick got stabbed to death.
[07:28] ---
    Rough town, this! Scary, scary.
[07:32] ---
    Dao!
[07:33] ---
    I told you, you better be ready.
[07:37] ---
    I never could stand that American.
[07:40] ---
    Always braggin' his head off.
[07:43] ---
    You low-life creep!
[07:45] ---
    Well, wasn't it his everyday
    behavior that's to blame?
[07:52] ---
    Hey. Don't tell me you're going up against...
[07:55] ---
    That's right. Dao's team.
    They have a pretty good mech, too.
[07:59] ---
    Let it go. That guy's not right!
    I bet you'll get killed, too!
[08:02] ---
    I can't do that!
[08:08] ---
    We've got to win and
    make some money. We have to win!
[08:12] ---
    Otherwise...
[08:15] ---
    Hey!
[08:16] ---
    Sorry to bother you, Mr. Lemon.
    I don't need the $5,000 anymore.
[08:21] ---
    Hold on now. You must be getting desperate.
[08:23] ---
    --Maybe.
    --This is crazy.
[08:25] ---
    I'm fully aware of that.
[08:29] ---
    Well?
[08:31] ---
    Lovely...
[08:33] ---
    We're boxed in...
[08:35] ---
    Is Rick here?
[08:39] ---
    What?
[08:41] ---
    Rick.
[08:42] ---
    He's an old acquaintance.
[08:46] ---
    He died. Just now.
[08:48] ---
    He got stabbed from behind.
[08:51] ---
    I see. I would always get on
    his case about watching his back.
[08:56] ---
    That's too bad.
[08:57] ---
    Um, who are you?
[08:59] ---
    A war buddy of his. We fought
    together about three years ago.
[09:04] ---
    I came because I heard
    he'd become a competitor here.
[09:06] ---
    Too bad for you. Like I said,
    he's dead. Now take a hike.
[09:10] ---
    I hope to be a competitor, too.
[09:12] ---
    Huh?
[09:13] ---
    I want to be a competitor in this arena.
[09:15] ---
    I feel bad for Rick,
    but the timing works out well.
[09:18] ---
    Would you be willing to hire me?
[09:20] ---
    You? You can operate an AS?
[09:24] ---
    A little.
[09:25] ---
    "A little."
[09:27] ---
    Idiots like you are a dime a dozen.
[09:30] ---
    This here is specialized
    military equipment.
[09:33] ---
    It's not something some
    ordinary guy can handle.
[09:36] ---
    You got that? If so, then get lost.
[09:39] ---
    Are you listening?!
[09:41] ---
    Hey, don't touch that!
[09:43] ---
    I'm telling you to stop!
[09:45] ---
    You're going to enter this mech in a match?
[09:47] ---
    Yeah, so what?
[09:49] ---
    It's just that it won't be easy.
[09:51] ---
    Rick would have had trouble,
    with his skills.
[09:53] ---
    Okay, Mister Expert,
    what do you know about this mech?
[09:57] ---
    This mech?
[09:59] ---
    This is an early RK-91.
[10:03] ---
    It doesn't use a gas turbine,
[10:05] ---
    so it's inferior both in terms of
    weight and output to the 92,
[10:07] ---
    which subsequently
    became the standard.
[10:09] ---
    But that only applies to
    the extreme limits of combat mobility.
[10:13] ---
    The torque control has some quirks,
[10:15] ---
    but an operator's skill
    can compensate for those.
[10:19] ---
    In this mech's case,
    the problem is the cooling system.
[10:22] ---
    From what I can see,
    you're using the genuine model.
[10:26] ---
    Don't bother.
[10:27] ---
    It's often said easy-to-obtain
    exported cooler units
[10:29] ---
    aren't very compatible,
    but there's no problem using one
[10:31] ---
    for just ten minutes,
    and it's far less expensive.
[10:34] ---
    It'd be better to instead spend
    that money on new muscle packages.
[10:38] ---
    Don't talk like a know-it-all.
    This mech is precious to us!
[10:43] ---
    Of course. You've worked hard to maintain it.
[10:46] ---
    It's the first model I ever used.
[10:49] ---
    I'm surprised to find one
    that's still functional.
[10:54] ---
    That's BS. You're probably some
    amateur who memorized all that.
[10:58] ---
    I'm not an amateur. I'm a specialist.
[11:03] ---
    Hey, Nami. What do we do?
[11:06] ---
    We're out of time.
    Maybe we should just let him try it.
[11:18] ---
    Why not?! There's no better option!
[11:21] ---
    If you want to do it, do it!
[11:24] ---
    Fair enough.
[11:25] ---
    What do we do about money, though?
[11:27] ---
    Without parts, this thing
    can't even stand up.
[11:30] ---
    Oh, about that. I can arrange up to $3,000.
[11:34] ---
    That's my card's credit limit.
[11:38] ---
    I'm kind of interested now.
[11:40] ---
    Thanks, mister!
[11:44] ---
    I figured maybe a longshot bet
    like this could be fun.
[11:48] ---
    No, the odds are good.
[11:50] ---
    R-Really?
[11:52] ---
    By the way, what's your name?
[11:54] ---
    It's Sousuke Sagara.
[11:58] ---
    I've come to this city in search of something.
[12:05] ---
    We bought them!
[12:06] ---
    Good! Bring 'em over!
[12:18] ---
    I'm done here.
[12:22] ---
    That's an unusual operator suit.
    Can you really win?
[12:25] ---
    I intend to.
[12:27] ---
    Your opponent's strong.
[12:29] ---
    Not to mention brutal and cruel.
[12:33] ---
    That's good work.
[12:36] ---
    All right, I'll be back.
[12:54] ---
    W-Will he be okay?
[12:56] ---
    Who knows? But maybe
    he'll be unexpectedly good.
[12:59] ---
    Based on what?
[13:01] ---
    His build. You see it a lot with AS pilots.
[13:05] ---
    And the skin on his elbows
    and wrists seemed thick.
[13:07] ---
    His knowledge was, well, pro-level.
[13:12] ---
    He might really be an ace.
[13:23] ---
    I figured out the quirk.
[13:25] ---
    Oh, sure. Do your best.
[13:33] ---
    Next bout, category: Bare Hands.
[13:36] ---
    Ogre! Operator, Quang Van Dao!
[13:41] ---
    Versus!
[13:42] ---
    Crossbow! Operator, Sohsky Seagull!
[13:48] ---
    Crossbow? That heap?
[13:50] ---
    That's right. Cool, isn't it?
[13:54] ---
    It's a good name.
    But it's certainly no Arbalest.
[13:58] ---
    Arba... lest?
[14:00] ---
    That's a siege engine crossbow.
[14:02] ---
    Huh...
[14:07] ---
    Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
[14:14] ---
    You've got guts, pal!
    I don't know who you are in there,
[14:18] ---
    but it's too late to beg for your life!
[14:27] ---
    Fight!
[14:31] ---
    Drop dead!
[14:56] ---
    The winner, Crossbow!
[15:03] ---
    Wh-What happened?
[15:05] ---
    Dao passed out.
[15:08] ---
    When an AS rotates that much,
[15:10] ---
    not even its shock absorption system
    can protect the operator.
[15:14] ---
    You could say it's like
    being in a nasty car accident.
[15:18] ---
    Ah-ha...
[15:18] ---
    But a regular operator could
    never do that. In other words, he's...
[15:25] ---
    He's good. Outrageously good.
[15:31] ---
    Anyway, this means we won?
[15:33] ---
    Yeah.
[15:34] ---
    That's right! It's unbelievable!
[15:37] ---
    We won!
[15:42] ---
    That was something else, I tell you!
[15:45] ---
    I knew he'd do it.
[15:47] ---
    You were saying he had no chance.
[15:54] ---
    If nothing else, thanks. You bailed us out.
[15:58] ---
    No problem. But more importantly...
[16:00] ---
    Wh-What?
[16:02] ---
    Can I keep working for you?
[16:05] ---
    If I can secure money for
    a hotel and three meals a day,
[16:07] ---
    I'm willing to strike a deal.
[16:12] ---
    Of course. By all means.
[16:19] ---
    Man, that was thrilling!
[16:21] ---
    What a relief it was!
[16:22] ---
    Hey, chief! You get any good photos?
[16:25] ---
    I was so engrossed in the match, I forgot.
[16:30] ---
    Hey, I'll have another beer!
[16:32] ---
    Enjoying yourself?
[16:33] ---
    Affirmative.
[16:35] ---
    Me, too!
[16:36] ---
    --Two more beers!
    --Everyone's cutting loose.
[16:38] ---
    Looks like they've forgotten all about Rick.
[16:41] ---
    That's better than being depressed.
[16:43] ---
    I guess.
[16:44] ---
    On that note, where did
    you learn to operate an AS?
[16:48] ---
    With a Savage I stole from the enemy
    in the Helmajistan civil war.
[16:52] ---
    That was six or seven years ago.
[16:54] ---
    You mean you were a guerrilla?
[16:56] ---
    And you're about the same age as me.
[16:59] ---
    Weren't you a child back then?
[17:04] ---
    Sorry. That was too nosy.
[17:07] ---
    No. Can I ask you something, too?
[17:10] ---
    What?
[17:11] ---
    Where did you get that Savage?
    It's an old mech,
[17:15] ---
    but it's not something
    a private citizen can buy.
[17:17] ---
    I found it. On the outskirts of my old village.
[17:21] ---
    You know how this country
    was at war until three years ago?
[17:24] ---
    Yeah.
[17:25] ---
    My village burned down,
    and my family got split up.
[17:28] ---
    Everybody died.
[17:30] ---
    The Savage belonged to
    the ones who attacked the village.
[17:33] ---
    It ran out of fuel and they abandoned it.
[17:35] ---
    I had it hidden in the mountains,
    thinking I'd sell it off someday.
[17:40] ---
    But there's something I want to do.
    I don't have money, though.
[17:43] ---
    I tried dancing downstairs at
    a few places around here, but no dice.
[17:48] ---
    And so, we have the arena.
[17:51] ---
    You can earn that much there?
[17:52] ---
    We're talking huge sums.
    If you advance to Class A and keep winning,
[17:57] ---
    you can live as luxuriously as you want.
[17:59] ---
    Well, not that I have
    any interest in a luxury condo.
[18:02] ---
    Then what will you do with your earnings?
[18:06] ---
    I want to rebuild the village.
[18:08] ---
    With the money I make here,
    I'll restore the ruined fields
[18:11] ---
    and fix the roads and bridges.
    I'll also restart the school.
[18:16] ---
    School?
[18:17] ---
    Right. A small school building
    where I used to attend.
[18:21] ---
    The teacher wound up dead,
    but it was a good school.
[18:25] ---
    School, huh...
[18:30] ---
    You two!
[18:32] ---
    What're you making those sour faces for?!
    Get over here and drink!
[18:36] ---
    Wow, you've totally blended in now.
[18:39] ---
    Well, yeah! I'm, you know, the sponsor!
    The most important guy!
[18:44] ---
    That's patronizing!
[18:45] ---
    Anyway, let's live it up!
[18:49] ---
    Good work today. You guys get home safe.
[18:51] ---
    Yep!
[18:59] ---
    Is your hotel that way?
[19:01] ---
    --Yeah.
    --Here's where we part, then.
[19:03] ---
    Ten AM tomorrow,
    in front of the hangar. Okay?
[19:06] ---
    Understood.
[19:07] ---
    Okay, good night.
[19:32] ---
    It's dangerous to walk down
    the street alone at night!
[19:34] ---
    Dao!
[19:35] ---
    You really took care of me today.
    I'm here to thank you!
[19:39] ---
    Right?!
[19:41] ---
    Th-The loser gets his revenge, huh?
    You're rotten to the core.
[19:46] ---
    Now hear this!
    Every time you use a crude word,
[19:50] ---
    I'll hit you! Be careful.
[19:52] ---
    You piece of shit!
[19:55] ---
    You don't understand the rules!
    Well, I'm gonna pound them into you.
[20:00] ---
    Stop it...!
[20:01] ---
    Speaking of which, that little brat you hired?
[20:04] ---
    I took care of him, too.
[20:05] ---
    You mean Sousuke? You monster!
[20:10] ---
    I told you, crude words aren't allowed.
[20:14] ---
    Didn't I?!
[20:16] ---
    He's Sousuke, huh?
[20:17] ---
    Right now, he's probably dead-- kissin' the
    ground in some neighborhood back alley.
[20:21] ---
    Such a pity!
[20:24] ---
    You're talking about me?
[20:27] ---
    Dao, was it? Your henchman
    is asleep, kissing the ground.
[20:33] ---
    Let her go. I'd rather avoid trouble.
[20:38] ---
    Ah, hell.
[20:40] ---
    Die!
[20:50] ---
    Don't move! Respiratory tract,
    nerves, carotid artery.
[20:52] ---
    I missed them all with the stab!
[20:54] ---
    But if my hand moves just a little...
[21:00] ---
    Never lay a finger on her again. Swear it!
[21:03] ---
    I... I-I swear!
[21:07] ---
    And you guys?
[21:08] ---
    Y-Yeah, we swear.
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    You win!
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    Let Dao go.
[21:15] ---
    Go.
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    I'm sorry.
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    Wh-Why apologize?
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    It might have been best
    if I'd killed him after all.
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    He's probably not the sort
    to back off, even after that.
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    I-I'm not so sure.
    He really was scared, wasn't he?
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    I hope so. But more importantly...
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    What?
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    What do we do now?
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    They probably know where
    we're both staying. It's dangerous.
[21:48] ---
    We'd be better off in some high-class hotel
    that caters to foreigners.
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    I know just the place!
[22:02] ---
    My head's pounding...
[22:05] ---
    I drank too much...
[22:17] ---
    What's going on?
[22:19] ---
    Did I... With an underage...?
[22:21] ---
    Wait, huh?
[22:26] ---
    I can't eat another bite...
[22:30] ---
    What kind of sleep-talking is that?!
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    "Episode 6
    Rotten Repose"
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    Next time: "Rotten Repose."
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