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
SIGN    Next Time
[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*,
SIGN    Even If My Goodbye Doesn't Reach You
[24:18] Na
    "Even If My Goodbye Doesn't Reach You."*
[24:22] Na
    And then, the moon rises...
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