10 - The Pensive Doll
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[00:02] Mangetsu
What... is this?
[00:05] Mangetsu
What... What...
[00:07] Shingetsu
Mangetsu!
[00:09] Suishou
Do you understand now? That's the real you.
[00:13] Suishou
An empty doll that has absolutely nothing.
[00:20] Suishou
You were just... made.
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[02:02] Shingetsu
Mangetsu!
[02:05] Shingetsu
Mangetsu, get away!
[02:06] Suishou
Trying to protect her?
[02:08] Suishou
I suppose that makes sense.
[02:12] Suishou
You're the one who made her, after all.
[02:15] Shingetsu
Me?
[02:16] Suishou
Yes, you built her...
[02:21] Suishou
out of your loneliness, sadness, and despair.
[02:25] Suishou
Magiaconatus responded to your feelings...
[02:29] Suishou
To your desperate wish for a friend!
[02:45] Suishou
Doesn't that make you happy, Ernesta?
[02:47] Suishou
That's just how much Magiaconatus loves you.
[02:52] Mangetsu
Shingetsu-chan!
[02:54] Suishou
Don't you get it? All the feelings
you have toward Ernesta,
[02:59] Suishou
your wish to stay by her side,
[03:01] Suishou
and your determination to
fight along with her...
[03:04] Suishou
They're all fabricated.
[03:06] Suishou
You were made to be that way
from the very beginning.
[03:10] Suishou
Your ability to control that ARMANOX
[03:14] Suishou
and the release of your magical power
[03:16] Suishou
all happened because Magiaconatus
used its magic on you!
[03:20] Suishou
It's not your own power!
[03:22] Suishou
You're no more than a puppet!
[03:31] Mangetsu
She absorbed it...
[03:33] Suishou
Remember what I told you?
"I will be your mirror."
[03:40] Suishou
It won't work. What did I just tell you?
[03:43] Suishou
You're just a puppet that moves
the way Shingetsu wants you to.
[03:48] Suishou
A puppet that has nothing.
[03:50] Shingetsu
Mangetsu...
[03:52] Suishou
A completely empty doll!
[04:09] Shingetsu
Mangetsu...
[04:12] Mangetsu
Did you know... about me?
[04:16] Shingetsu
I'm sorry.
[04:23] Mangetsu
Shingetsu-chan! Over there!
[04:25] Shingetsu
Mangetsu...
[04:35] Kuon
Again?
[04:54] Kuon
I can hear...
[04:56] Kuon
Onee-chan's sound...
[04:58] Kuon
and what she's about to do.
[05:03] (Flashback) Shisui
Listen closely.
[05:05] (Flashback) Shisui
Feel what my fingers are doing.
[05:13] Kuon
I see it... I can see it!
[05:15] Kuon
Beyond that point...
[05:19] Suishou
No matter how fast you move...
[05:23] Kuon
...is the key to Onee-chan's plan!
[05:28] Kuon
Footsteps in the Silence!
[05:33] Suishou
Medusa!
[05:52] Kuon
I'm not done yet!
[05:58] Mangetsu
Kuon-chan!
[05:59] Kuon
Do it, please!
[06:08] Mangetsu
She's absorbing it all again?
[06:11] Shingetsu
She's trying to fill up on magic.
[06:14] Shingetsu
She's trying to avoid
releasing any magical power.
[06:17] Shingetsu
She's attacking enough to leave no openings,
[06:20] Shingetsu
but she just keeps absorbing all magic.
[06:23] Mangetsu
What happens when she's all filled up?
[06:25] Shingetsu
I doubt we'll escape unharmed.
[06:28] Suishou
This magic...
[06:30] Suishou
I just want to release it
once. I don't care where.
[06:35] Kuon
Onee-chan, why didn't you tell me?
[06:43] Kuon
If you had told me at the start, I...
[06:48] (Flashback) Kuon
You can't!
[06:50] (Flashback) Kuon
There are dozens of them, aren't there?
[06:52] (Flashback) Kuon
And you have to be the last
one left at the end, right?
[06:56] (Flashback) Shisui
That's why I have to.
[06:59] (Flashback) Shisui
To protect you.
[07:03] Kuon
I'm sorry.
[07:05] Kuon
After you did all that for me...
[07:08] Suishou
This is... Any more, and I'll...
[07:12] Suishou
How dare you?!
[07:16] Suishou
You're inside me, and you
think you can just—
[07:23] Kuon
Isn't my sister amazing?
[07:26] Kuon
She knew she couldn't win,
[07:28] Kuon
so she thought hard about how
she could make me a mage.
[07:32] Kuon
She surpassed and isolated time,
[07:35] Kuon
so that the two of us, together,
[07:38] Kuon
could have this one moment!
[07:49] Kuon
I'm not done!
[07:56] suishou
A magic circle?
[07:58] Kuon
This is the spell
[08:00] Kuon
my sister left behind for me.
[08:07] Kuon
Tenmu Ryuusei!
[08:10] Suishou
Medusa!
[08:18] Mangetsu
Kuon-chan!
[08:44] Kuon
Onee-chan...
[08:49] Suishou
I won't... Not while I still have
all this magic accumulated...
[08:56] Suishou
I will always...
[09:15] Kuon
Looks like I've turned the tables on you.
[09:18] Suishou
How...
[09:21] Kuon
I told you. My sister guided everything,
so it would turn out this way.
[09:26] Kuon
We will become the Princeps...
[09:31] Kuon
My sister and I.
[09:40] Kuon
My sister knows everything.
[09:44] Kuon
You didn't eat her back then.
[09:48] Kuon
My sister ate you.
[09:59] Suishou
I see you're human, too.
[10:03] Suishou
So thoroughly shallow, crude, and ugly.
[10:09] Suishou
Sorry, but that didn't hurt.
[10:13] Suishou
I feel no pain at all.
[10:14] Suishou
I didn't feel a thing.
[10:22] Suishou
How nice for you.
[10:25] Suishou
I'll let you two sisters be as one.
[10:38] Kuon
Onee-chan...
[11:01] Mangetsu
Kuon-chan?
[11:04] Shingetsu
It's...
[11:06] Shingetsu
The battle is ending...
[11:22] Mangetsu
My hands just look normal here.
[11:25] Shingetsu
Mangetsu...
[11:27] Mangetsu
Why?
[11:30] Mangetsu
Why didn't you tell me?
[11:36] Nene
We weren't trying to hide it from you.
[11:39] Mangetsu
Nene-chan...
[11:41] Nene
I told her right before the battle started.
[11:44] Nene
I just didn't have time to tell you.
[11:48] Mangetsu
So I'm... a doll?
[11:55] Mangetsu
I'm not human?
[12:05] (Flashback) Nene
That's right. You're a doll
created by Magiaconatus.
[12:10] (Flashback) Nene
With the power of its magic,
[12:12] (Flashback) Nene
you existed just like any human who
had been born and raised in this town.
[12:18] (Flashback) Nene
The magic of Magiaconatus even
created memories and emotions
[12:23] (Flashback) Nene
to plant inside you.
[12:26] (Flashback) Mangetsu
That's why...
[12:33] Kibou
I'm going now.
[12:35] Kibou
Wow, it's really coming down.
[12:38] Mangetsu
Kibou...
[12:42] Kibou
Who are you?
[12:46] Kibou
Mom! Someone's here!
[12:55] Mangetsu
Mom...
[12:58] Mom
Is there someone you're here to see?
[13:11] Mangetsu
I'm sorry!
[14:08] Teacher
Now, who can solve this problem?
[14:10] Teacher
How many seconds has it been?
[14:12] Teacher
Hmm... It's been 18 seconds,
so number 18, Iwata, you're up.
[14:30] Teacher
Okay, next is Hakamada.
[14:34] Nene
Drink this. It'll calm you down.
[14:46] Mimi
That should stabilize you a bit.
[14:50] Mangetsu
Stabilize?
[14:51] Nene
With the magic interference gone,
[14:53] Nene
your existence has become unstable.
[14:56] Nene
You'll be fine now, for a while.
[14:59] Mimi
Although, only mages can control magic,
[15:02] Mimi
so it's only the most basic solution.
[15:05] Nene
I'll get right to the point.
[15:07] Nene
You're not human.
[15:09] Nene
If left alone, your very existence
would vanish for sure.
[15:14] Nene
To prevent that from
happening, you need magic.
[15:18] Mangetsu
Magic...
[15:21] Nene
For example, if the Princeps mage
were to use magic on you...
[15:27] Mangetsu
You mean...
[15:28] Mimi
Unfortunately, there's no way a doll is
qualified to become the Princeps mage.
[15:34] Mimi
The only ones left who have that right
[15:38] Mimi
are that Suishou girl and Shingetsu-chan.
[15:40] Mangetsu
Just them? Then Kuon-chan really is...
[15:46] Nene
Kuon? Who's that? Do you know?
[15:49] Nana
No, I don't.
[15:52] Mangetsu
Kuon-chan, too...
[15:55] Nene
I see.
[15:57] Nene
That means there are some people who
lose their lives during the battle.
[16:03] Mimi
And when that happens, powerful magic
interference occurs in the area,
[16:06] Mimi
and their existence is erased.
[16:09] Nana
So that must have happened to
lots of other girls in the past.
[16:13] Nana
It's just that no one remembers them.
[16:16] Mangetsu
Why would that happen?
[16:21] Mangetsu
Isn't GRANBELM a battle to
become the one true mage?
[16:25] Mangetsu
We all go in that space and fight
to become the mage, right?
[16:32] Nene
That's what we thought.
[16:35] Nene
But we were wrong.
[16:37] Nene
It's just what someone, or something,
is leading us to believe.
[16:42] Nene
It lets us experience the hope
that we can become a mage,
[16:44] Nene
gets us to participate in GRANBELM,
[16:47] Nene
and erases any inconvenient truths
through magic interference.
[16:50] Nene
It created a doll and forced
it to join the battle,
[16:54] Nene
and it's even taking the fighters' lives.
[16:56] Mangetsu
Who is?
[16:58] Nene
Most likely...
[17:00] Nene
Magiaconatus.
[17:06] Suishou
Magiaconatus is searching
for the Princeps mage.
[17:10] Suishou
It seeks the one among the many candidates
[17:12] Suishou
whose heart is suited to the role.
[17:16] Shingetsu
Then why does it take their
lives and erase their existence?
[17:22] Suishou
It's all part of the test.
[17:28] Suishou
You don't get it?
[17:29] Suishou
Magic is a power too great for humans.
[17:33] Suishou
The chosen must have the heart
and strength to match it.
[17:37] Suishou
They can't be people who'll just use it to
fulfill their wishes or destroy things.
[17:44] Shingetsu
Stop it...
[17:45] Suishou
What's more, unlike when the
world was abundant in mages,
[17:50] Suishou
there can be only one Princeps mage.
[17:53] Suishou
That one is basically regarded as a god.
[17:55] Suishou
So, you could say this is a test of godhood.
[17:58] Suishou
Knowing that lives are taken
and existences are erased,
[18:01] Suishou
plus that your dearest
friend is actually a doll,
[18:04] Suishou
can you still strive to be that mage?
[18:11] Suishou
I'm going to tell you something.
[18:13] Suishou
You are loved by magic.
[18:16] Suishou
Magiaconatus has high hopes for you.
[18:33] Suishou
That's why you were blessed with
magic and power from birth,
[18:36] Suishou
and have been able to
demonstrate your talents.
[18:41] Suishou
You were being tested to see
whether you were fit to use them.
[18:46] Suishou
Surely this all rings a bell, doesn't it?
[18:49] Shingetsu
It can't be...
[18:51] Suishou
You don't even know
[18:52] Suishou
why you have no parents,
[18:55] Suishou
why the friend you made at the home that
took you in went mad with envy against you,
[19:00] Suishou
or why the one true friend
you found was a doll?
[19:05] Shingetsu
Impossible...
[19:06] Suishou
Oh, it's possible. Who do you
think you're dealing with?
[19:10] Suishou
It's a being comprised of all
the magical power in the world.
[19:13] Suishou
Even when sealed by humans, it can
do anything it sets out to do.
[19:18] Suishou
You are the Princeps mage candidate
most loved by Magiaconatus.
[19:23] Suishou
It expects you to win GRANBELM, overcome
all trials, and become that mage.
[19:31] Shingetsu
Me?
[19:33] Suishou
But...
[19:37] Suishou
I don't believe that. You...
[19:41] Suishou
No, the so-called human fit
to be a mage does not exist.
[19:45] Suishou
I will prove that by winning GRANBELM.
[19:58] Nana
Are you sure?
[20:00] Mangetsu
Yeah. I want some time to
think about things alone.
[20:05] Mangetsu
Thank you.
[20:06] Mimi
We have a spare room. You're
welcome to use it anytime.
[20:10] Nene
No one gave you permission to do that.
[20:12] Mimi
That means she's okay with it.
[20:14] Mangetsu
Okay. Bye.
[20:17] Nene
Make sure you talk this over.
[20:19] Mangetsu
Huh?
[20:21] Nene
With Shingetsu, I mean.
[20:22] Nene
We can't do everything for you, you know.
[20:26] Nene
I'm sure Shingetsu is thinking
about how she can help you.
[20:33] Mangetsu
Okay.
[20:41] Mangetsu
What should I say?
[20:44] Mangetsu
If Shingetsu-chan becomes the Princeps mage,
[20:49] Mangetsu
she can use her magic to save me,
[20:51] Mangetsu
to make sure I don't disappear.
[20:55] Mangetsu
But that would mean...
[20:57] (Flashback) Shingetsu
I want to truly erase all magic and mages
from this world once and for all.
[21:01] Mangetsu
...that magic wouldn't truly go away.
[21:07] Mangetsu
If I just disappeared now,
[21:10] Mangetsu
maybe Shingetsu-chan's
wish would come true...
[21:14] Mangetsu
But...
[21:21] Mangetsu
No!
[21:24] Mangetsu
No! No!
[21:25] Mangetsu
No!
[21:37] Mangetsu
I'm so scared.
[21:39] Mangetsu
Even though I'm not even alive...
I'm not even alive...
[21:43] Mangetsu
I'm not even alive!
[21:46] Mangetsu
It hurts...
[21:55] Mangetsu
I'm not even alive...
[21:58] Mangetsu
Why does it hurt?
[22:17] Mangetsu
Are you...
[22:24] [SONG] Text
To Be Continued
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[23:58] Na
As Mangetsu wanders in darkness
after learning what she truly is,
[24:03] Na
Shisui, who has lost her
sister, appears before her.
[24:06] Na
Coincidence and inevitability,
hope and despair...
[24:09] Na
In this world of interwoven feelings,
[24:12] Na
Mangetsu makes a decision
and runs toward the others.
[24:16] Na
Next time on GRANBELM*,
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[24:18] Na
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