6 - Magic Stones

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[00:06] Mangetsu
    Again...
[00:09] Shingetsu
    It was probably her thoughts and memories
    flowing into you through magical power.
[00:15] Mangetsu
    Through magical power?
[00:17] Shingetsu
    As I told you before,
[00:19] Shingetsu
    all the magical power in the
    world is gathered in that space.
[00:23] Shingetsu
    The concentration of
    magic is extremely dense.
[00:27] Shingetsu
    That magic responds to our wills,
[00:30] Shingetsu
    creating the ARMANOX.
[00:32] Shingetsu
    And through the ARMANOX, we use techniques
[00:36] Shingetsu
    to control that magical power and fight.
[00:40] Mangetsu
    So you're saying we all use this energy
    that's like one big magic source
[00:44] Mangetsu
    to fight each other?
[00:47] Shingetsu
    That's a fair assessment.
[00:50] Shingetsu
    You could also say we're all connected
    to Magiaconatus through magic.
[00:55] Mangetsu
    So why are we fighting, then?
[00:58] Mangetsu
    I mean, there's this enormous power,
    and each of us can use it, right?
[01:05] Mangetsu
    Do we really need to fight, in that case?
[01:07] Shingetsu
    That's what Magiaconatus wants.
[01:10] Shingetsu
    It desires the one and only
    mage capable of obtaining it,
[01:14] Shingetsu
    or so they say.
[01:21] Mangetsu
    Nene-chan?
[01:23] Nene
    What are you so surprised about?
[01:25] Nene
    Did you think I was dead?
SIGN    GRANBELM
SIGN    The Two Princeps
[02:58] Nene
    I knew I'd be butting in,
[03:00] Nene
    but I wanted to know more about
    the mages that defeated me.
[03:04] Mangetsu
    Oh...
[03:06] Nene
    What mage family are you
    from? What's your surname?
[03:09] Mangetsu
    Kohinata...
[03:12] Nene
    Kohinata? Never heard of them.
[03:15] Nene
    Are they Scandinavian? East Asian?
[03:18] Nene
    Wait, are they independent?
[03:21] Nene
    Will you get over your surprise already?!
[03:23] Nene
    The only thing you lose by being defeated
    in GRANBELM is the right to battle!
[03:27] Nene
    You didn't even know that?
[03:29] Mangetsu
    It's not that... This is...
[03:32] Shingetsu
    ...the high school building.
[03:34] Girl
    What's going on?
[03:39] Nene
    Wh-What are you staring at?!
[03:40] Mimi
    Stop!
[03:42] Nana
    Hi there!
[03:43] Nana
    Thanks for taking care of Nene-nee!
[03:46] Mimi
    It's the middle school that takes
    care of Nene-nee, not here.
[03:50] Mangetsu
    Nene... nee?
[03:53] Nene
    Anyway, I can't believe you
    don't know your own lineage.
[03:56] Mimi
    And yet you can still wield
    so much magical power.
[03:59] Nana
    I guess there's still a lot we don't know
[04:02] Nana
    about both GRANBELM and Magiaconatus.
[04:04] Mimi
    In fact, we've been told that this aspect of
    Nene-nee is due to the influence of magic.
[04:10] Nene
    Get your hand off me!
[04:11] Nana
    I guess magic spells will always be
    a challenging research subject...
[04:15] Kibou
    Nene-chan!
[04:17] Mangetsu
    There you are! Over here, Kibou!
[04:20] Nene
    You're...
[04:23] Nene
    These are my younger sisters, Mimi and Nana.
[04:26] Kibou
    Huh?
[04:27] Nana
    What a cutie! Who is this?
[04:29] Nene
    Well, in a word, she's...
    my best friend, I suppose.
[04:37] Nene
    Anyway, if there's anything you
    don't understand, just ask.
[04:41] Nene
    I'll help you.
[04:42] Mangetsu
    Huh? You will?
[04:44] Shingetsu
    But, why?
[04:46] Nene
    I want to see the moment
    the one and only true mage,
[04:50] Nene
    the Witch, is born.
[04:56] Shingetsu
    The Witch...
[05:03] (Flashback) Anna
    I'll show you that I'm
    qualified to be the Witch!
[05:15] (Flashback) Clare
    Onee-sama...
[05:18] (Flashback) Anna
    Please...
[05:23] (Flashback) Anna
    Give me power!
[05:28] (Flashback) Clare
    Wow...
[05:37] (Flashback) Anna
    I did it...
[05:39] (Flashback) Anna
    Ernesta... I did it!
[05:43] (Flashback) Shingetsu
    Yes.
[05:44] (Flashback) Anna
    My mother and grandmother couldn't even
    perform that technique, and I did it!
[05:48] (Flashback) Anna
    I did it!
[05:50] (Flashback) Shingetsu
    That's great.
[05:55] (Flashback) Anna
    I can become the one and
    only true mage, can't I?
[05:58] (Flashback) Anna
    I can be... the Witch!
[06:02] (Flashback) Shingetsu
    Yes... I'm sure you can.
[06:07] Suishou
    The puppet show begins on a moonlit night...
[06:15] Suishou
    A puppet show in which
    only one puppet is real...
[06:23] Clare
    What's that song?
[06:24] Suishou
    It's an old nursery rhyme.
[06:27] Clare
    I've never heard it before.
[06:28] Clare
    How does it end?
[06:31] Suishou
    The last remaining puppet puts
    its hands together and prays
[06:36] Suishou
    that the puppet show might last forever.
[06:39] Suishou
    The puppet show has begun.
    It's begun again in the next town.
[06:46] Clare
    Oh...
[06:50] Clare
    Suishou!
[06:51] Suishou
    What's the matter?
[06:53] Clare
    Look!
[06:57] Suishou
    So there really is a darkness approaching.
[07:00] Clare
    Darkness?
[07:02] Suishou
    Yes...
[07:04] Suishou
    This household's guardian spirit
    is saying danger is on the way.
[07:11] Mom
    What are you doing?
[07:12] Anna
    If you would listen to me,
    I wouldn't have done it!
[07:18] Mom
    I'm listening, but I believe
    that discussion is long over.
[07:22] Anna
    I wasn't given a satisfactory explanation!
[07:25] Sasha
    At the family meeting—
[07:26] Anna
    Who gave you permission to speak?! Be quiet!
[07:29] Mom
    Anna!
[07:35] ---
    As you are aware,
[07:38] Mom
    the larger a magic stone grows,
    the more difficult it is to use.
[07:42] Mom
    Magiaconatus is a space surrounded
    by extremely dense magical power.
[07:48] Mom
    If the user isn't skilled enough...
[07:51] Mom
    The magical power within
    the stone will go berserk.
[07:55] Anna
    Are you saying I'm unskilled—
[07:56] Mom
    I am not. I'm saying...
[07:59] Anna
    What?
[08:01] Anna
    I participated in GRANBELM with the
    smallest magic stone in this family,
[08:06] Anna
    and I made it as far as the final five!
[08:08] Anna
    I believe I'm more than qualified to use
    the Fugo magic stone instead of this one!
[08:14] Mom
    But Ernesta is still in
    the battle, is she not?
[08:18] Anna
    Why must you bring up Ernesta now?
[08:22] Mom
    Ernesta has progressed to this point with the
     tiny shard of magic stone you gave her long ago.
[08:28] Mom
    Even with the magic stone you
    have, you couldn't defeat her.
[08:33] Mom
    Even if you used the Fugo magic stone,
[08:36] Mom
    you could not defeat Ernesta.
[08:39] Mom
    She is favored by magical power.
[08:42] Mom
    You could say she has received
    the blessing of the gods.
[08:46] Mom
    To deny that would mean
    defying the gods themselves.
[08:53] Anna
    You're wrong...
[08:55] Anna
    You're wrong! You're wrong! You're wrong!
[08:57] Anna
    You're wrong!
[08:58] Mom
    Anna!
[09:00] Anna
    Even as such a young child,
[09:02] Anna
    I succeeded in using the technique
    you and Grandmother couldn't perform!
[09:07] Anna
    If I could use the Fugo
    magic stone, I know I could...
[09:14] Clare
    Onee-sama...
[09:16] Suishou
    Well, then...
[09:19] Mangetsu
    Nene-chan told me it was a big house,
    but this is bigger than I expected.
[09:24] Shingetsu
    The Tsuchimikados are one of
    Japan's most famous mage families.
[09:33] Shingetsu
    Um...
[09:35] Kuon
    Why...
[09:42] Mangetsu
    We didn't know you had a cold.
    Sorry for showing up unannounced.
[09:45] Kuon
    It's all right.
[09:46] Kuon
    It's common for mages who use
    powerful magic to become unwell...
[09:53] Kuon
    So, what brings you here?
[09:55] Shingetsu
    We thought we should come and thank you
[09:58] Shingetsu
    for your help in that last battle.
[10:00] Mangetsu
    We couldn't have won without your help.
[10:04] Kuon
    Is this necessary?
[10:05] Mangetsu
    Huh?
[10:07] Kuon
    We'll be fighting against
    each other next time.
[10:12] Shingetsu
    That is true.
[10:15] Shingetsu
    Mangetsu, let's go.
[10:17] Mangetsu
    Okay, but...
[10:19] Mangetsu
    I just made all this...
[10:23] Mangetsu
    Like it? Since you have a cold, I made
    my special ginger sauce for dipping!
[10:27] Kuon
    It's okay.
[10:28] Mangetsu
    I figured...
[10:30] Shingetsu
    I had no idea you lived by yourself.
[10:34] Kuon
    I'm not by myself. My older sister is here.
[10:38] Kuon
    She can't even eat meals
    with me now, though...
[10:42] Shingetsu
    I see.
[10:44] Mangetsu
    Why not? Is she sick?
[10:48] Kuon
    She's cursed.
[10:53] Kuon
    I have to become a mage
    so I can undo her curse.
[11:01] Mangetsu
    I guess everyone has their own reasons
    why they can't afford to lose.
[11:07] Shingetsu
    What's the matter?
[11:09] Mangetsu
    I feel bad, kinda.
[11:12] Mangetsu
    I'm the only one who doesn't really have
    a strong wish or reason or anything,
[11:16] Mangetsu
    but I jumped in while the battle
    was ongoing and ended up winning...
[11:21] Shingetsu
    I tried to stop you.
[11:24] Mangetsu
    Yeah... I know.
[11:26] Shingetsu
    Do you regret all this?
[11:31] Mangetsu
    It's strange, you know?
[11:32] Mangetsu
    Going to that other space
    and controlling WHITE LILY,
[11:36] Mangetsu
    fighting and attacking the way
    I envision it in my mind...
[11:40] Mangetsu
    The better I get, the happier I feel.
[11:44] Mangetsu
    It's like, "Wow, I can do this!"
[11:47] Mangetsu
    I'm doing something other people can't do!
[11:50] Mangetsu
    And it's just so thrilling...
[11:52] Mangetsu
    Even now, I'm counting down the days
    in my head until the next battle.
[11:59] Shingetsu
    Long ago, when Magiaconatus was
    discovered and GRANBELM began,
[12:05] Shingetsu
    it was said that many mages asked
[12:08] Shingetsu
    why this battle had begun...
[12:11] Shingetsu
    and why Magiaconatus sought just one mage.
[12:17] Mangetsu
    And why is it?
[12:19] Shingetsu
    I don't know.
[12:21] Shingetsu
    But there are some mages who say this:
[12:25] Shingetsu
    "We mages control these dolls in
    order to obtain magical power,
[12:30] Shingetsu
    but it may be..."
[12:33] Anna
    So cold...
[12:40] Shingetsu
    "...that we are the ones being controlled."
[12:48] Suishou
    Master!
[12:50] Anna
    What?
[12:52] Suishou
    Sorry, but I'm not gonna
    be your disciple anymore.
[12:57] Suishou
    I thought you had incredible
    strength, but I was so wrong!
[13:01] Suishou
    Ernesta's way stronger than you are.
[13:05] Anna
    Why are you speaking in that tone?
[13:10] Suishou
    This is how I normally speak.
[13:24] Suishou
    You should just disappear already, loser.
[13:28] Suishou
    You're a weakling with no magical power.
[13:41] Mangetsu
    That girl...
[13:44] Clare
    Shingetsu!
[13:47] Clare
    Please, come back to us!
[13:50] Shingetsu
    Clare...
[13:51] Clare
    Onee-sama is in trouble!
[13:54] Clare
    She hasn't come out of the
    basement in five days!
[13:58] Clare
    Please! I'll go with you to talk to her!
[14:02] Clare
    I'll make sure you can patch things up!
[14:07] Clare
    Shingetsu!
[14:21] Mangetsu
    You did talk to her, after all.
[14:25] Mangetsu
    And being honest with her didn't
    work, right, Shingetsu-chan?
[14:31] Mangetsu
    Hey, you know...
[14:36] Mangetsu
    Sorry for inviting myself over like this.
[14:39] Shingestu
    It's all right.
[14:40] Mangetsu
    If you want to be left alone,
    just tell me, and I'll go.
[14:47] Mangetsu
    I kind of understand how you feel,
[14:51] Mangetsu
    but this sort of thing
    is really all I can do.
[14:54] Mangetsu
    This is just like when we
    went to see Kuon-chan, huh?
[14:58] Shingetsu
    Mangetsu...
[15:00] Mangetsu
    You know, for a long time, all
    my dreams have been pure white.
[15:06] Mangetsu
    There's nothing in them.
[15:07] Mangetsu
    I can't tell if I'm falling or
     floating, or anything else...
[15:12] Mangetsu
    But all the nothingness makes me feel
    anxious and scared... So scared.
[15:19] Mangetsu
    When I wake up in the morning,
[15:22] Mangetsu
    I see there's nothing in my dreams, either.
[15:25] Shingetsu
    That's not true.
[15:30] Shingetsu
    You have a heart.
[15:33] Shingestu
    A heart that can care for others.
[15:42] Mangetsu
    Do you like yourself, Shingetsu-chan?
[15:46] Shingetsu
    No, I don't.
[15:48] Shingetsu
    But lately, I've started to think that
    very few people really like themselves.
[15:54] Mangetsu
    Really?
[15:55] Shingetsu
    Yeah.
[15:57] Shingetsu
    I think everyone has an ideal version
    of themselves within their hearts,
[16:03] Shingetsu
    but most of the time, their real
    selves can't catch up to it.
[16:07] Mangetsu
    Yeah, maybe...
[16:09] Shingetsu
    Perhaps that's why we grow up
[16:12] Shingetsu
    and try to look ahead to the future.
[16:16] Mangetsu
    I wonder if we'll ever catch up...
[16:19] Shingetsu
    I doubt it.
[16:21] Shingetsu
    I think we'll spend our
    lives chasing that ideal.
[16:26] Mangetsu
    Being alive isn't easy...
[16:31] Shingetsu
    Is that so bad, though?
[16:34] Shingetsu
    From the universe's perspective,
[16:36] Shingetsu
    the few decades we spend living
    here might as well be seconds.
[16:40] Shingetsu
    And what's a few seconds of suffering?
[16:43] Mangetsu
    I see...
[16:44] Mangetsu
    You're so smart, Shingetsu-chan.
[16:52] Shingetsu
    A long time ago, Anna cooked for me, too.
[16:56] Shingetsu
    I had a cold, and she wanted to
    make something German for me,
[17:01] Shingetsu
    so she made mashed potatoes.
[17:06] Shingetsu
    Mangetsu, would you mind accompanying me?
[17:16] Anna
    Of course...
[17:18] Anna
    There's barely any magic here. How could
    I possibly strengthen the magic stone?
[17:25] Mangetsu
    Are you sure?
[17:26] Shingetsu
    Let's go.
[17:30] Mom
    Come in.
[17:33] Mom
    Ernesta!
[17:35] Shingetsu
    Please forgive this sudden intrusion, ma'am.
[17:39] Mom
    Are you back to stay?
[17:43] Shingetsu
    I've come to tell Anna the truth.
[17:48] Shingetsu
    I appreciate your kindness, but
    if this goes on, Anna will—
[17:52] Anna
    Ernesta!
[18:03] Anna
    Die!
[18:07] Mom
    How could you...
[18:10] Anna
    Why?!
[18:11] Anna
    How could you ignore everything
    I said, and allow this...
[18:14] Anna
    this demon to...
[18:15] Mom
    Stop it!
[18:22] Shingetsu
    Even if it means hurting Anna,
[18:24] Shingetsu
    things cannot remain this way.
[18:31] Shingetsu
    Your mother didn't want to force
    you to bear the misfortune
[18:36] Shingetsu
    of living as this family's mage.
[18:39] Shingetsu
    She chose to adopt me out of love for you.
[18:44] Anna
    What? The "misfortune" of living as a mage?
[18:49] Anna
    Why is that misfortune?
[18:50] Anna
    For one who lacks power,
    it is great misfortune.
[18:53] Anna
    Mother...
[18:55] Mom
    If you were to bear the burden of
    this family with the power you have,
[18:58] Mom
    you would regret it.
[19:00] Mom
    You would constantly feel powerless
    and inferior as a mage.
[19:06] Mom
    That is all you can do.
[19:12] Anna
    Why won't you believe in me?!
[19:14] Anna
    Didn't I tell you before?!
[19:16] Anna
    I successfully performed that technique!
[19:20] Anna
    In a world that has lost
    nearly all of its magic,
[19:23] Anna
    I succeeded, just like this!
[19:31] Mangetsu
    Wow...
[19:32] Anna
    Well? Can you still claim I have no power?
[19:37] Anna
    That I'm unqualified?
[19:39] Mom
    You still haven't realized?
[19:44] Mom
    Why do you think you were successful
[19:47] Mom
    at a technique that no one
    can ever perform alone?
[20:06] Shingetsu
    I shouldn't have done it.
[20:09] Shingetsu
    I truly am sorry.
[20:13] Shingetsu
    My deception took your hand,
[20:17] Shingetsu
    giving you power as you
    performed the technique.
[20:24] Mom
    Ernesta loves you.
[20:29] Mom
    She wanted to please you, to see
    you happy. That's all it was.
[20:36] Mom
    You were not born under a star
     that would bless you as a mage.
[20:41] Mom
    No matter how you wish for it,
[20:43] Mom
    you don't have the power to use
    the techniques Ernesta does,
[20:47] Mom
    nor will you ever be
    favored by magic as she is.
[20:52] Mom
    But that's all.
[20:55] Mom
    There are countless other stars,
    and countless other good fortunes.
[20:59] Mom
    My wish is that you would dedicate
    yourself to making your own star shine.
[21:19] Shingetsu
    Seeing your feelings toward mages
    and your determination to be one
[21:23] Shingetsu
    taught me what it means to be a mage.
[21:27] Shingetsu
    I never would have been
    born as a mage without you.
[21:33] Shingetsu
    I will carry on your wishes as I strive
     to become the Princeps mage.
[21:39] Shingetsu
    While I do, please protect this family...
[21:44] Shingetsu
    by being something other than a mage.
[22:04] Anna
    Ernesta...
[22:12] Anna
    Please do your best.
[22:14] Anna
    I know you'll achieve your goal.
[22:22] Shingetsu
    I will.
[22:24] [SONG] Text
    To Be Continued
SIGN    Next Time
[23:58] Na
    It is because she loved her
    that her heart aches.
[24:02] Na
    It is because she loved her
    that her obsession grows.
[24:05] Na
    She wants to make Ernesta struggle.
[24:08] Na
    She wants to make Ernesta notice
    her so badly that it disgusts her.
[24:11] Na
    She has wagered everything on
    a way of life known as "stalking."
[24:17] Na
    Next time on GRANBELM*,
[24:19] Na
    "Miss Ressentiment."
SIGN    Miss Ressentiment
[24:22] Na
    What is the meaning of*
    "pure and innocent hatred"?
SIGN    Look forward to the next episode!