# 1 - Whisper, Chant, Prayer, Awaken
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**[00:12] ---**
Gotcha!
**[00:28] ---**
What the heck are you doing, Haruhiro?
**[00:30] ---**
Get 'em and stab! Stick 'em!
**[00:32] ---**
It's not that easy! It's not like you're--
**[00:39] ---**
S-Sorry!
**[00:41] ---**
We'll hit allies with arrows
if this turns into a melee!
**[00:42] ---**
Stick with your close range weapons!
**[00:45] ---**
S-Sorry!
**[01:02] ---**
Ma-Marque, Em--
**[01:08] ---**
Parc.
**[01:13] ---**
Are you okay? Can you stand?
**[01:16] ---**
I-I'm sorry...
**[01:19] ---**
I'll heal you, just in case.
**[01:21] ---**
O light, return to Lumiaris'
divine protection. Cure!
**[01:27] ---**
S-Sorry!
**[01:28] ---**
This is a battle of life or death!
**[01:33] ---**
Everybody! Both us and the goblins
are fighting a real battle for our lives!
**[01:41] ---**
It doesn't get more serious than this!
No living thing wants to die!
**[01:47] ---**
We're all out of breath, even though
we haven't exerted ourselves much.
**[01:51] ---**
What's going on?!
**[01:55] ---**
Aren't goblins
the weakest monsters in Grimgar?
**[02:00] ---**
Yeah, they're supposed to be...
**[02:03] ---**
I don't want to admit it...
**[02:07] ---**
but the goblins might be stronger than us.
**[02:23] ---**
*Awaken.*
**[02:31] ---**
*Awaken.*
**[02:39] ---**
*Awaken.*
**[03:03] ---**
How long are you gonna sleep,
Haruhiro? The sun's high.
**[03:07] ---**
It's the morning.
Aren't you forgetting something?
**[03:10] ---**
The morning. Cock-a-doodle-doo.
**[03:15] ---**
Hm? What's with the sleepy eyes?
**[03:18] ---**
I was born with eyes like this.
It doesn't mean I'm sleepy.
**[03:21] ---**
I've told you before!
**[03:23] ---**
Liar. I bet you're still sleepy.
**[03:25] ---**
Hey, you awake?
**[03:27] ---**
Once you both get dressed,
will you come to the courtyard?
**[03:32] ---**
It's time for breakfast.
**[03:33] ---**
Oh no, I was on breakfast duty...
**[03:37] ---**
Don't worry, I switched with you.
**[03:40] ---**
You seemed pretty tired
from yesterday's fight.
**[03:44] ---**
Sorry about that, Manato.
**[03:50] ---**
You don't seem that sorry, Haruhiro.
**[03:53] ---**
Aren't you on duty, too? You should go.
**[03:56] ---**
Well, when I woke up,
Moguzo had traded with me.
**[04:00] ---**
What? I can't believe you can still harp on me.
**[04:03] ---**
It's obvious. If you don't get up,
I won't get my morning grub.
**[04:09] ---**
It's starting to smell mighty good.
**[04:13] ---**
Thanks. I enjoy cooking.
**[04:16] ---**
I rather enjoy taste-testing, too!
**[04:19] ---**
Yume, Moguzo. I gathered these
on our way back yesterday.
**[04:24] ---**
Will these work as additional ingredients?
**[04:25] ---**
I-I can...
**[04:28] ---**
Okay Shihoru, I'll leave it to you.
**[04:42] ---**
Is it a little under-salted?
**[04:44] ---**
I think it's yummy.
**[04:46] ---**
Salt's also pretty pricey...
**[04:48] ---**
Let's try to be frugal
until we're able to earn money.
**[04:52] ---**
I mean, we haven't even
defeated one monster.
**[04:57] ---**
Oh, yeah...
**[04:58] ---**
Haruhiro and Ranta, are you both okay?
**[05:01] ---**
My Light Magic can heal wounds,
but it won't replenish lost blood.
**[05:07] ---**
No problems here. I'm fit as a fiddle.
**[05:09] ---**
I get a little dizzy, but I'm okay.
**[05:14] ---**
Great. Why don't we
try the forest today again?
**[05:20] ---**
We were against two goblins yesterday.
That might be too hard for us right now.
**[05:25] ---**
Let's try going for a loner.
**[05:28] ---**
That'll take too long. If we keep running,
it'll take forever to accumulate my first Vices.
**[05:36] ---**
Renji and his group
are moving ahead without hiccups, too.
**[05:40] ---**
It's better than overdoing it and
getting hurt like yesterday. This isn't a game.
**[05:45] ---**
A game?
**[05:47] ---**
Manato, what's a "game"?
**[05:54] ---**
I... don't know. But I just used that word, huh.
**[05:58] ---**
It felt like the right thing at the time, but...
**[06:01] ---**
"Game..."
**[06:05] ---**
Things like this happen to us sometimes.
**[06:08] ---**
We impulsively use words that seem familiar,
but we don't know the meaning of them.
**[06:15] ---**
It makes us uneasy, like when something
gets a little stuck in your throat
**[06:20] ---**
and you can't get it out.
**[06:23] ---**
When I first came to the world of Grimgar...
**[06:26] ---**
Well, I don't actually know
where I came from either.
**[06:31] ---**
Anyway, I'll tell you about my oldest memory.
**[06:36] ---**
It was actually only from a couple of days ago.
**[06:43] ---**
*Awaken*.
**[06:48] ---**
I can't remember anything from before this.
**[06:53] ---**
I didn't know why I was here,
how long I'd be here for,
**[06:58] ---**
or how long I'd been here already.
**[07:02] ---**
Is anybody there?
**[07:04] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[07:05] ---**
Yes, I'm here.
**[07:06] ---**
Yeah.
**[07:07] ---**
I thought there were others.
**[07:08] ---**
How many of us are there?
**[07:09] ---**
Let's count.
**[07:10] ---**
Where are we, anyway?
**[07:11] ---**
Man, no one here knows?
**[07:13] ---**
What's up with this?
**[07:15] ---**
What the heck is this?
**[07:33] ---**
That over there... you think it's a town?
**[07:35] ---**
It looks almost like a castle
rather than a town.
**[07:40] ---**
I don't see any familiar faces.
**[07:43] ---**
Did you just say something?
**[07:47] ---**
Oh, nothing.
**[07:49] ---**
Familiar or not, I can't remember anybody...
**[07:56] ---**
Not my friends, family, anybody.
**[08:01] ---**
Where... is this place?
**[08:05] ---**
Excuse me, does anybody know where we are?
**[08:14] ---**
Hm, I know! We can ask them.
**[08:20] ---**
Look, we can ask those guys
wearing all that armor stuff.
**[08:28] ---**
Welcome to Grimgar.
This is the town of Ortana.
**[08:33] ---**
I'd like to give you
a warm welcome, my kittens.
**[08:36] ---**
The name's Brittany.
I'm chief and host of the Red Moon office
**[08:41] ---**
of the Volunteer Soldier Squad
for Ortana's Borderland Brigade.
**[08:47] ---**
You can call me Chief.
Or Bri, but only if you say it affectionately.
**[08:51] ---**
Got it?
**[08:52] ---**
Give us answers.
**[08:54] ---**
What the heck are the Borderland Brigade
and the Volunteer Soldier Squad?
**[08:57] ---**
Why am I here?
**[08:59] ---**
Demanding are you? I don't mind ones like you.
**[09:03] ---**
It's Renji. And I don't like
pervy guys like you--
**[09:10] ---**
Renji, let me tell you something.
**[09:13] ---**
No one has called me "perverted"
and lived long.
**[09:18] ---**
You wanna find out for yourself?
**[09:19] ---**
Well, try and get me if you can, Pervy Chief.
**[09:24] ---**
In time. And then I'll get you good.
**[09:29] ---**
You won't be able to forget me after that.
**[09:32] ---**
Ten silver coins.
**[09:35] ---**
There are ten silvers in here per person.
**[09:38] ---**
I'll give a bag to those who join
the Volunteer Soldier Squad.
**[09:41] ---**
You should be able to
live off of it for the time being.
**[09:43] ---**
Oh yeah, money...
**[09:45] ---**
I don't have my cell phone either.
**[09:48] ---**
Cell phone? Wait, what's a "cell phone?"
**[09:52] ---**
Look here. This is proof that you're a trainee,
priced at twenty silver coins.
**[09:56] ---**
For twenty more, you can buy an official badge
that comes with its own benefits.
**[10:03] ---**
We have to buy them?
**[10:05] ---**
Either way, if you're not
strong enough, you'll die.
**[10:09] ---**
Die? I didn't realize
this conversation was so serious.
**[10:14] ---**
What, exactly, do we need to do?
**[10:16] ---**
My dear Renji, you disappoint me.
**[10:20] ---**
You'll defeat enemies by gathering information
with your own wits and discernment.
**[10:24] ---**
That's the way of a Volunteer Soldier.
**[10:27] ---**
So basically, we need to find out things
and think for ourselves for everything.
**[10:32] ---**
Exactly.
**[10:33] ---**
I adore fast learners.
**[10:37] ---**
After you defeat a monster,
take all the spoils and sell them.
**[10:40] ---**
These are basics.
**[10:42] ---**
Don't think that there are
other types of menial labor to do.
**[10:46] ---**
It's a different story if you want to
become a little pet of mine.
**[10:49] ---**
Living has its own challenges.
**[10:53] ---**
I'll give you just one piece of advice.
Don't quit.
**[10:58] ---**
Yes, when you die, you die. But if you give up,
you're definitely going to die.
**[11:02] ---**
That, I am sure of.
**[11:07] ---**
Congratulations. Starting today,
you are all Volunteer Soldier trainees.
**[11:13] ---**
"Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash"
"Whisper, Chant, Prayer, Awaken"
**[11:31] ---**
In the borderlands of this world called Grimgar,
**[11:34] ---**
there are many other races and monsters
that are hostile towards humans.
**[11:39] ---**
The Borderland Brigade's mission
is to clear them out and suppress them.
**[11:44] ---**
But in reality, the regular army
has their hands full with maintaining Ortana
**[11:48] ---**
and the forts on the front line.
**[11:52] ---**
So that's why Volunteer Soldiers
like us are needed.
**[11:56] ---**
Well, we're still trainees, though.
**[12:01] ---**
Renji and his party have already bought
official Borderland Brigade badges from Bri.
**[12:07] ---**
It seems you can trade monster items
like horns and claws for a high price.
**[12:13] ---**
Twenty silvers still seem pretty expensive.
**[12:19] ---**
Meat! I want some meat!
**[12:22] ---**
Some hearty stuff that I can sink my teeth into!
**[12:23] ---**
They cost four coppers.
Be patient until we can actually earn our living.
**[12:27] ---**
You just wait.
I'm gonna eat everything in sight!
**[12:31] ---**
I'll clean out the stands, bones and all!
**[12:38] ---**
I don't think you should eat the bones...
**[12:40] ---**
Or the stand.
**[12:42] ---**
Don't sweat the small stuff.
You'll only tire yourself out.
**[12:46] ---**
Now that I think about it,
I'm getting more tired just talking to you.
**[12:50] ---**
You're so weak. It makes you so useless.
**[12:54] ---**
No good. No good for anything!
**[12:56] ---**
And you're strong, Ranta?
**[12:58] ---**
He doesn't look it.
**[13:01] ---**
I'm strong. Even when I was a babe,
I was famous for my hidden strength!
**[13:07] ---**
If you were famous for it,
there was nothing hidden about it.
**[13:14] ---**
That day, Renji chose some of the
stronger people and set out from Bri's office.
**[13:21] ---**
The rest of us formed a party,
**[13:24] ---**
but truthfully, I think there's
a difference in our strength.
**[13:28] ---**
We spent eight silvers to join a guild,
so we each have two silvers left.
**[13:32] ---**
One silver equals one hundred coppers,
**[13:34] ---**
so even if we use the minimum for living
expenses, we'll only last about two weeks.
**[13:40] ---**
If we don't want to camp out,
let's spend carefully for the time being.
**[13:45] ---**
In order to work in this world,
you need to join a guild.
**[13:50] ---**
Manato found this out for us, too.
**[13:54] ---**
As a party, we discussed
and decided what roles to take
**[13:57] ---**
and sought out to join our respective guilds.
**[14:03] ---**
You say you want to join my Thief Guild?
**[14:07] ---**
Yes... that's what I came to do.
**[14:11] ---**
Um...
**[14:14] ---**
Huh...?
**[14:24] ---**
Now this is rare. You're choosing
to be a Thief as your first job
**[14:27] ---**
even though you're just
a Volunteer Soldier trainee?
**[14:30] ---**
Did you decide all by yourself?
**[14:32] ---**
I-I talked with my party leader, Manato.
**[14:38] ---**
Oh?
**[14:40] ---**
A-And I thought that someone like me
could only make himself useful as a Thief--
**[14:45] ---**
Ow! You're hurting me!
**[14:47] ---**
Everyone realizes the value
of having a Thief in your party
**[14:50] ---**
once you're an experienced Volunteer Soldier.
**[14:53] ---**
The first part of your training
takes seven days.
**[14:56] ---**
You'll go one-on-one with me.
You should feel honored.
**[15:07] ---**
If you're reluctant,
I can let someone else train you.
**[15:12] ---**
N-No, please! I insist!
**[15:16] ---**
Just to let you know, I'm strict.
**[15:19] ---**
I'll punish you if you can't keep up.
**[15:22] ---**
Please go easy on me.
**[15:24] ---**
U-Um, should I call you "Teacher"?
**[15:28] ---**
Oh, you'll call me "Teacher"?
That has a nice ring to it.
**[15:33] ---**
Uh, er, I--
**[15:35] ---**
Thieves get nicknames, you see.
**[15:38] ---**
After you complete your training,
I'll give you a nice little nickname.
**[15:43] ---**
O-Okay.
**[15:44] ---**
I'm Barbara. It seems like
we'll have a fun week.
**[15:51] ---**
Teacher Barbara was always beautiful and sexy,
**[15:55] ---**
but she was more sadistic
than a sadist and was merciless.
**[15:58] ---**
Despite that,
she gave me a nickname at the end.
**[16:03] ---**
So my nickname is "Old Cat"?
**[16:06] ---**
It's because you always have
the sleepy eyes of an elderly cat.
**[16:10] ---**
I was born like this...
**[16:14] ---**
And so, I became a Thief. Moguzo became
a Warrior. Ranta, a Dark Knight.
**[16:21] ---**
Yume, a Hunter. Shihoru, a Mage.
And Manato became a Priest.
**[16:29] ---**
I'm not used to these clothes yet...
**[16:32] ---**
Frankly, I feel embarrassed wearing them.
**[16:37] ---**
Are you okay, Yume?
**[16:38] ---**
Yeah, it just went down wrong.
**[16:41] ---**
Y-You should eat a little more slowly.
**[16:49] ---**
I don't know why,
but I always rush when I eat.
**[16:54] ---**
Master would always tell me,
"Yume, it's bad if you don't eat slowly."
**[17:01] ---**
Was it not worded like that?
Maybe it was, "Eat slowly."
**[17:07] ---**
Can you use a bow and arrow properly
with a personality like this?
**[17:11] ---**
You seem super unfit to be a Hunter.
**[17:14] ---**
Master did say that archery
might be too tough for me.
**[17:20] ---**
I was a bad shot,
no matter how much I trained.
**[17:23] ---**
Yeah, it was dangerous yesterday!
**[17:26] ---**
Well, sorry. I might have been thinking
it'd be okay to hit you.
**[17:30] ---**
What'd you say?!
**[17:32] ---**
I was the one you almost hit, though.
**[17:35] ---**
Unforgivable.
Especially since you're flat-chested.
**[17:38] ---**
Flat-chested?
**[17:39] ---**
I only forgive people like Shihoru
who try to disguise their large boobs.
**[17:45] ---**
What?!
**[17:54] ---**
S-Sorry!
**[17:57] ---**
Th-That's okay.
**[18:00] ---**
You can't fool me even if you hide them.
**[18:04] ---**
I can usually tell
even if they're spread or flattened!
**[18:07] ---**
What kind of skill is that?
**[18:09] ---**
It's not a skill...
This is a gift from above. An ability!
**[18:13] ---**
It's just because... I'm fat.
**[18:17] ---**
You don't seem fat to me.
**[18:20] ---**
M-My clothes just hide it...
**[18:23] ---**
I see. Shihoru, are you the
type of girl that other girls don't like?
**[18:28] ---**
The type of girl other girls hate the most
**[18:31] ---**
are the ones who
call themselves 'fat' when they're not.
**[18:34] ---**
It seems like guys and girls
alike hate you, though.
**[18:37] ---**
Not just guys and girls.
The world! I'm world-class!
**[18:41] ---**
And you're okay with that?
**[18:43] ---**
Don't act like a saint. You were
looking at Shihoru's chest earlier, too.
**[18:49] ---**
I saw you.
**[18:50] ---**
I saw you clearly, with my mind's eye.
**[18:53] ---**
That just means you didn't see anything.
**[18:57] ---**
Really, I don't... I really am fat.
**[19:06] ---**
I didn't--wait, it's not something to cry over.
**[19:11] ---**
I'm not crying!
**[19:12] ---**
You are! I definitely see tears dripping down.
**[19:17] ---**
Don't you worry, Shihoru.
**[19:19] ---**
What are you aiming at me for?
**[19:21] ---**
I don't think I'll miss this shot.
**[19:23] ---**
Well, yeah! You're freakin' close!
**[19:25] ---**
You know Shihoru, you look skinny,
**[19:30] ---**
but you're actually pretty soft.
**[19:34] ---**
--Please don't touch me... it's embarrassing.
**[19:35] ---**
--You smell good, too.
**[19:38] ---**
Yeah, you smell so good.
**[19:40] ---**
Smell?
**[19:44] ---**
This is great to watch, you hear? Keep going!
**[19:49] ---**
Sorry to break up the fun,
but we should get going.
**[19:52] ---**
It won't be safe after sundown.
And it gets pitch-black.
**[19:58] ---**
Dangerous monsters will be out, too.
**[20:01] ---**
What's taking you guys so long?
**[20:03] ---**
That was fast!
**[20:04] ---**
You change gears just like that, huh.
**[20:07] ---**
Of course. I'm a man who makes
precise choices about time, places, and people.
**[20:12] ---**
People call me Master of Choices.
**[20:15] ---**
I'm gonna be King of the Choices!
**[20:39] ---**
One, two, three, four of them!
**[20:46] ---**
Yeah...
**[20:48] ---**
Yume, you'll give us away!
**[20:50] ---**
But, the Gobs are eating
yummier food than mine!
**[21:03] ---**
Day thirteen in Grimgar.
**[21:06] ---**
We didn't earn any money today either.
**[21:08] ---**
Our wallets are a little--no, *very* empty.
**[21:14] ---**
I'm hungry.
**[21:23] ---**
After today, tomorrow will come again.
**[21:27] ---**
Maybe I've been taking that for granted.
**[21:32] ---**
But now...
**[21:36] ---**
It's not easy, huh...
**[21:39] ---**
Hm?
**[21:40] ---**
Oh, nothing.
**[21:57] ---**
*Repeating a yesterday filled with scrapes,*
**[22:04] ---**
*We clear the path to a hopeful tomorrow.*
**[22:21] ---**
*I wonder what remains*
**[22:24] ---**
*in both these tiny hands?*
**[22:27] ---**
*The voice I raised upwards
scattered into the air.*
**[22:33] ---**
*The reality I've gained is hazy,*
**[22:37] ---**
*and even if I can't see ahead of me,*
**[22:40] ---**
*I can keep moving forward on this long road*
**[22:43] ---**
*if I'm with you.*
**[22:47] ---**
*Connecting a bond covered in dust,*
**[22:53] ---**
*We join back to back in the past and future.*
**[23:00] ---**
*Repeating an answer full of mistakes,*
**[23:06] ---**
*I will reach out my hands
to seek the light, again and again.*
**[23:25] ---**
"Long Day of the Trainee Volunteer Soldier"