19 - Chapter Nineteen: Stars Divided
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Dad...
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Ryuko?!
[00:46] ---
Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again set forth
[00:51] ---
on our paths, even though they never cross
[00:56] ---
It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway
[01:01] ---
in order to obtain it
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I was lost in the void
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between truth and lies
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I was betrayed by a kind smile
[01:23] ---
that never doubted our pictured future
[01:31] ---
Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again race along
[01:36] ---
our paths, even though they never cross
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It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway
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in order to get it back
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The reason I always chased
after you without forgetting
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can't be expressed with words,
[01:56] ---
because it's invisible to the eye
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feel my soul believe my heart
[02:01] ---
Even now, the future from back then
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is shining inside our hearts
[02:16] ---
Huh? You saw Ryuko?
[02:18] ---
Yeah.
[02:19] ---
You sure you weren't half-dreaming again?
[02:22] ---
I'm sure of it! That was definitely Ryuko!
[02:25] ---
How would Ryuko know where we are?!
[02:29] ---
It's not possible!
[02:31] ---
I know you can't wait to see him,
[02:33] ---
but there's no way we'd run
into him by coincidence out here.
[02:37] ---
Sheesh! You're such a dumb brother!
[02:40] ---
I'm sure Ryuko is waiting
for us at Tong You Temple.
[02:45] ---
Rinmei...
[02:47] ---
Three of the five Divine
Warriors are already here.
[02:50] ---
I'm sure we'll meet Ryuko
and the other one soon enough.
[02:54] ---
Yeah! That's the karma of the stars!
[02:57] ---
It's decided then! He dreamt
up the Ryuko he saw!
[03:02] ---
I dreamt him up?
[03:05] ---
"Chapter Nineteen: Stars Divided"
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Boss! There's smoke over there!
[03:20] ---
Smoke?
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Don't tell me a village is being attacked?!
[03:28] ---
No, there aren't any villages there.
[03:31] ---
Then what is that smoke?
[03:34] ---
Taito. What would you do?
[03:37] ---
I promised Emperor Taiga I would
fix this empire from the outside,
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so I can't ignore people who might need help!
[03:44] ---
Good choice!
[03:46] ---
Land on the shore!
[03:56] ---
I guess it wasn't an attack.
[03:59] ---
Man! All this for nothing!
[04:01] ---
What's wrong with nothing being wrong?
[04:04] ---
Exactly.
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Still, what are they doing?
[04:08] ---
No, what are you doing?!
[04:17] ---
W-We're not up to anything!
[04:19] ---
That's what especially
suspicious people tend to say.
[04:23] ---
I fully agree!
[04:29] ---
Sorry 'bout that!
Especially after you were worried about us!
[04:34] ---
It's no problem! At least
everything was straightened out!
[04:36] ---
If you say so.
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I had no idea there was a mine out here.
[04:42] ---
Yeah, we discovered the
vein of ore only recently.
[04:45] ---
Say, what kind of ore is it?
[04:49] ---
Oh. That.
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G-Gold?!
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Incredible, isn't it?
[05:01] ---
Yes! Yes!
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Koyo. Don't get any funny ideas.
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Don't worry! You know I
only steal from bad people!
[05:12] ---
But isn't the empire in direct charge
of all gold mining operations?
[05:16] ---
Come to think of it, I don't
see any imperial officials here...
[05:20] ---
Yeah. We submitted a report,
but officials are so slow to act.
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We're forced to protect this place
ourselves until a security force arrives.
[05:29] ---
I see. So that's why you're so
hyper-responsive to outsiders.
[05:33] ---
Exactly!
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There's so much activity here!
[05:40] ---
Yeah. After all, it's to be an
urgent tribute to His Majesty.
[05:44] ---
The emperor?
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Why is it urgent?
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Oh, you haven't heard?
His Majesty is marrying Lady Taki.
[05:53] ---
He's...
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...getting married?!
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Your Majesty.
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You can unsheathe it as pompously
as you want-- it's still a fake.
[06:44] ---
The real one is right here!
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Isn't that just hilarious, Emperor Taiga?
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The Xian Jia Lan Wu is the symbol
of the ruler of the Xian Empire;
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its scabbard is the symbol
of his wife, the empress.
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Taki.
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I give myself to Your Majesty for life.
[07:07] ---
Him, married?! I-I can't believe it!
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Marriage, huh?! I wish I could get married!
[07:16] ---
You can marry me right now, if you want!
[07:18] ---
I hope I can find someone nice someday!
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The rule in life is that even if
there is someone out there for you,
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there are many obstacles
on the path to marriage.
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Oh, really?!
[07:27] ---
Laila...
[07:29] ---
So that's why Koyo still isn't married.
[07:32] ---
Married to who?
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This is what we're always talking about.
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This is why men...
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...are so hopeless!
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Taito. What've you been mumbling about?
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If he has a kid, then
I'll already be uncle...
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Me, an uncle... That's insane...!
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If they have a child, the future
of the Xian Empire will be ensured.
[07:59] ---
Shokaku. As their personal physician,
you bear much responsibility.
[08:05] ---
I understand that.
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However, I would say the same is true
for you, the head of the guardsmen.
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Word gets to you fast.
[08:13] ---
Congratulations on your promotion.
[08:16] ---
Having the protection of a great hero
such as yourself is very reassuring.
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It was a nice arrangement Lord Keiro made,
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placing you by Lady Taki's side.
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You knew about that?!
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I'll have to be careful around you.
[08:42] ---
Congratulations, Your Majesties.
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But it means nothing if we
are the only ones happy.
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I would like your assistance in
helping the entire empire prosper.
[08:59] ---
Of course.
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I wondered what kind of security
they'd have all the way out here...
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This is one hell of a treasure pile!
[09:10] ---
Looks like this is our lucky day!
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Listen up!
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As of now, all of the gold here
belongs to the Xuan Lang Platoon!
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Those gold nuggets were so pretty!
It was like looking at the night sky!
[09:29] ---
Isn't that--?
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Please, wait! This gold is important!
It's for His Majesty!
[09:35] ---
Even if you are the Xuan Lang Platoon,
you can't just barge in and--
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You fool! The empire belongs
to General Keiro now!
[09:45] ---
Who did that?!
[09:46] ---
The empire belongs to Keiro?!
That's a load of crap!
[09:51] ---
Who the hell are you?!
[09:52] ---
Are you defying the Xuan Lang Platoon?!
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So what if we are?!
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Don't act tough! You're
just a bunch of small fries
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who have to misuse power
to get anything done!
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Don't talk to 'em! Just cut 'em down!
[10:17] ---
Taito! Get 'em!
[10:19] ---
Yeah!
[10:24] ---
Get the hell outta here!
[10:36] ---
Oh no!
[10:55] ---
That's the Luo Chuan Staff...
[10:58] ---
Which means...!
[11:02] ---
Ryuko!
[11:03] ---
Ryuko!
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It's been a while, Taito.
[11:08] ---
Ryuko! So it is you!
[11:18] ---
There are still more Xuan Lang bastards?!
[11:21] ---
Ryuko! We can talk later!
Let's take care of them first!
[11:30] ---
Ryuko?!
[11:32] ---
That symbol...!
[11:37] ---
Take those men away!
[11:38] ---
Yes, sir!
[11:39] ---
Any imprudent action on our part
only harms General Keiro's cause!
[11:44] ---
Always keep that in mind!
[11:46] ---
Yes, sir!
[11:48] ---
The sudden increase of soldiers has
lowered the unit's level of discipline.
[11:53] ---
My apologies.
[11:54] ---
Ryuko... Don't tell me you're...!
[11:59] ---
I am now Ryuko, of the Xuan Lang Platoon.
[12:12] ---
Ryuko...
[12:15] ---
Why?
[12:17] ---
What's going on, Ryuko?!
This doesn't make any sense!
[12:20] ---
General Keiro is fighting to bring new order
[12:23] ---
and eternal peace to the Xian Empire.
[12:27] ---
It only makes sense that I
have sided with General Keiro.
[12:35] ---
You say he, Keiro, is going to
bring order and peace to the empire?!
[12:40] ---
Yes. General Keiro told me himself.
[12:45] ---
You seriously believe what he says?!
[12:47] ---
Yes.
[12:48] ---
What's happened to you, Ryuko?
[12:50] ---
All of General Keiro's actions
are founded on that just cause!
[12:55] ---
He has crisscrossed the empire
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to personally crush rebellions
and bring peace to the land!
[13:01] ---
As you know, I have made Taki my empress.
[13:06] ---
Taki is now my wife; Keiro my father.
[13:10] ---
I ask that you give them
your faithfulness as well.
[13:14] ---
Yes, Your Majesty!
[13:15] ---
Keiro.
[13:17] ---
Your Majesty.
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You have done so much for me.
[13:20] ---
From now on, things shall be easier for you.
[13:23] ---
Are you saying you no
longer need my services?
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That isn't what I mean.
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You are our father. Taki and I would be
delighted to have you stay by our side.
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I am grateful for your
thoughtfulness, Your Majesty.
[13:49] ---
Lady Choka.
[13:52] ---
I take it this means you
still don't trust me?
[13:58] ---
Of course I don't.
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Even if you people are Divine Warriors
who bear the karma of the stars...
[14:04] ---
No, it's precisely because of
that that you cannot be trusted!
[14:07] ---
That is true.
[14:08] ---
But do you honestly think I, of all people,
can do harm to Lord Keiro?
[14:12] ---
Couldn't it be that Lord
Keiro placed me by his side
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because he understood that as well?
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You love Lord Keiro, don't you?
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The karma of the stars
makes us Divine Warriors
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playing pieces of the Dubhe and nothing more.
[14:30] ---
You are the only one Lord Keiro
considers a true friend, Lady Choka.
[14:36] ---
What?
[14:41] ---
Please forgive my unsightliness.
[14:44] ---
You're ill?
[14:45] ---
I haven't very much time left.
[14:50] ---
I intend to devote the short
remainder of this life to my karma.
[14:55] ---
Very well. We can't afford to lose
someone as skilled as you anyway.
[15:00] ---
Then...?
[15:01] ---
But if you show even the slightest
sign of betraying what you have said...
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My loyalty to the empire is entirely genuine.
[15:11] ---
The same should be true of Ryuko as well.
[15:16] ---
Never did I think the Mizar
would leave us for Keiro...
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It was simply the karma
of the Divine Warriors
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that Ryuko joined the Xuan Lang Platoon.
[15:27] ---
He was fully prepared to turn friend into foe
[15:29] ---
to prevent the Two Celestial
Deities from clashing.
[15:34] ---
Keiro is the emperor's father-in-law now?!
[15:37] ---
And that's why you want us to stop fighting?!
[15:39] ---
Yes!
[15:40] ---
To oppose General Keiro,
His Majesty's new father,
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is to make an enemy of
the entire Xian Empire!
[15:47] ---
Just give it up, Taito.
[15:50] ---
So, you've decided to suck up to Keiro now?
[15:55] ---
That sounds like something a
lowly water bandit would say.
[15:57] ---
Oh? I'm wrong?
[15:59] ---
You are.
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General Keiro is absolutely vital to
bringing new life to the Xian Empire!
[16:09] ---
A clash with the Alkaid will
place the empire's salvation at risk!
[16:14] ---
Is that all you have to say?
[16:17] ---
It's true that the empire needs a rebirth.
[16:21] ---
But...!
[16:23] ---
The one to bring it about is not
[16:25] ---
someone like Keiro who
approves of mass-murder!
[16:31] ---
Then who else will save the empire?!
[16:34] ---
Emperor Taiga, obviously!
[16:36] ---
He swore to me he would
change the land we live in!
[16:41] ---
Unfortunately, His Majesty
isn't capable of that!
[16:43] ---
He said he would, even
if it cost him his life!
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Don't just assume he can't commit to that!
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It's easy to say things!
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But the fact remains that the
empire hasn't improved one bit
[16:55] ---
under His Majesty's rule!
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Things will change!
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Both the emperor and the empire!
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I decided to help him to make that happen!
[17:04] ---
People and countries are
not that easily changed!
[17:09] ---
Only a powerful leader
can bring about change!
[17:13] ---
And you're saying that's Keiro?!
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That's right! At the very
least, it isn't His Majesty!
[17:18] ---
Ryuko!
[17:21] ---
Taito!
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Why do you not understand
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that the great power of
General Keiro, the Dubhe,
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is what's needed bring peace to the empire?!
[17:34] ---
What point is there to a peace
obtained by filthy power?!
[17:37] ---
A peace without power is
like a house of cards!
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It is all for the just
cause of eternal peace!
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"Just cause" this, "just cause" that!
[17:46] ---
Is that why you set Lian Tong Temple on fire
[17:48] ---
and killed innocent people, Ryuko?!
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I would argue that your power
is pure violence without cause!
[17:58] ---
You're wrong! I use my
power to protect everyone!
[18:01] ---
That's the just cause that my dad
gave his life for and entrusted to us...
[18:06] ---
What?! Senior Soei is...?!
[18:09] ---
...when you guys killed him!
[18:22] ---
It's true! Father is...
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I see.
[18:26] ---
So Senior Soei has become a cornerstone
of General Keiro's new empire...
[18:32] ---
Cornerstone?!
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The cornerstone of a nation
is the people who live in it!
[18:41] ---
And in the center, working hard
for everyone, is Emperor Taiga...
[18:47] ---
...my twin brother!
[18:49] ---
Huh?!
[18:50] ---
L-Laila! What does he mean,
Emperor Taiga his brother?!
[18:56] ---
I-I'm not really sure, either...
[19:00] ---
His Majesty... is your...?
[19:03] ---
Even if the heavens try to
destroy this land, I will protect you!
[19:07] ---
I won't let misfortune
befall even one person!
[19:11] ---
It's really true?
[19:16] ---
Are you sure about this?
[19:17] ---
The Mizar will surely try to prevent
the Celestial Deities from clashing.
[19:22] ---
If that is the karma of the
Divine Warriors, so be it.
[19:26] ---
You're pretty sure of yourself.
[19:28] ---
Don't blame me if you
come to regret it later.
[19:32] ---
There will be nothing to regret.
[19:35] ---
Taito. Join with General Keiro.
[19:38] ---
What?!
[19:39] ---
You've drawn the Xian Jia Lan Wu.
The heavens have recognized you.
[19:44] ---
If you take Emperor Taiga's place as ruler
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and work together with General Keiro,
you can bring change!
[19:50] ---
Ryuko...
[19:51] ---
Yes! After all, we seek the same thing!
Peace in the Xian Empire!
[19:57] ---
If you'll agree not to fight General Keiro,
I'll serve as your go-between!
[20:04] ---
General Keiro's first care
is for peace in the empire!
[20:08] ---
I'm sure he'll agree to it!
[20:10] ---
So...
[20:11] ---
Don't patronize me!
[20:13] ---
What we seek is different
from what Keiro does!
[20:17] ---
I see.
[20:18] ---
Then, as per the karma
of the Divine Warriors,
[20:22] ---
I must prevent the Alkaid
and Dubhe from clashing.
[20:26] ---
Even if it means slaying a friend
with my own two hands!
[20:34] ---
You stay out of this!
[20:35] ---
Ryuko! Do you understand what you're saying?!
[20:40] ---
It is our karma as Divine Warriors
[20:42] ---
to prevent the Celestial
Deities from clashing!
[20:44] ---
First it was a just cause, and now karma?!
[20:46] ---
What?!
[20:48] ---
It appears you can't stand on your
own without something to cling to.
[20:54] ---
Ryuko. Why do you push yourself
so hard into a corner?
[20:59] ---
Into a corner? I haven't
pushed myself into a corner at all!
[21:03] ---
Then why do you look so heartbroken?
[21:09] ---
It's of no concern to you.
[21:13] ---
Taito. Think it over.
[21:19] ---
I'll be waiting for your favorable reply.
[21:25] ---
Why...? After we finally
managed to see him again...
[21:31] ---
Rinmei...
[21:34] ---
No matter how much one extols
a cause or the karma of the stars,
[21:39] ---
a lost soul is still all alone.
[21:42] ---
Just as he is now.
[21:44] ---
He's an idiot!
[21:46] ---
It's way too soon for that kid
to be breaking girl's hearts.
[21:51] ---
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
[21:56] ---
Damn it!
[22:07] ---
When the birds that forgot
their song even lost the ability to fly
[22:17] ---
the sun through the trees
shed its light and cried loudly
[22:27] ---
What will the morning sun
be telling us by shining again?
[22:33] ---
Now, then...
[22:38] ---
I'll clap my hands,
so that it will reach you
[22:44] ---
I'll clap my hands,
it's still not quite enough
[22:49] ---
I'll clap my hands,
with feelings of love welling up
[22:55] ---
I'll clap my hands,
even if time comes to an end
[23:00] ---
My feelings for you that I never
got to say I will now speak out!
[23:05] ---
Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!
[23:13] ---
I'll clap my hands
[23:33] ---
The Dubhe's machinations
eat away at the Xian Empire.
[23:37] ---
The empire's gonna belong to
Keiro if we don't do something!
[23:40] ---
Damn! We're already one step behind!
[23:42] ---
The heavens have knelt before my supremacy!
[23:47] ---
Take the Xian Jia Lan Wu and rule the world!
[23:51] ---
Now listen to me! I...!
[23:54] ---
Lightning tears through the
dark clouds, signaling...
[23:58] ---
On Hero Tales,
"Chapter Twenty: The Turmoil Begins."
[24:12] ---
If you want one that badly,
I'll give you one!
[24:12] ---
"See you next time!"
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