26 - Final Chapter: The End of the Tale

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    Wh-What is that, Master Sonnei?
[00:23] ---
    So it has finally begun...
[00:25] ---
    The confrontation between
    the Two Celestial Deities,
[00:28] ---
    the Alkaid and Dubhe...
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    Taito...
[01:01] ---
    I'll never say good-bye
    to our prime forever
[01:10] ---
    And I feel like dumb,
    I don't know why
[01:19] ---
    I'll never say good-bye
    'cos I can't forget her
[01:28] ---
    But I feel like dumb,
    I don't know why
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    Try to scream
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    Shattered dreams are
    made of stone and desperation
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    Broken hearts blown in a
    freezing wind during winterlong
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    Unspoken words floating on
    freezing wind during winterlong
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    During winterlong
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    "Chapter Twenty-Six:
    The End of the Tale"
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    Y-You've surpassed mankind?
[02:31] ---
    K-Keiro...! You've given up being human?!
[02:35] ---
    A trifling task on the path
    to attaining my desire.
[02:39] ---
    The hell with you!
[02:41] ---
    Do you know how many people have shed tears
[02:43] ---
    because of your selfish desires?!
[02:45] ---
    Inner-channel Energy Manipulation!
[02:58] ---
    Taito!
[03:09] ---
    Things truly are different
    with the body of a god.
[03:12] ---
    Your full-force punches feel
    like gentle spring breezes to me.
[03:17] ---
    Cut the crap!
[03:33] ---
    Damn you, mustached bastard...
[03:35] ---
    What is this? He's nothing
    like he was before...
[03:39] ---
    You still do not understand?
[03:42] ---
    We are now on separate levels of existence.
[03:45] ---
    He gained power by ceasing to be human...?
[03:48] ---
    That's exactly right, young lady.
[03:50] ---
    That voice! Shimei!
[03:52] ---
    What are you looking at? I'm right here.
[04:02] ---
    Surprised?
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    As you can see, I'm now a part of the boss.
[04:09] ---
    A human absorbing a monster
    leaves me at a loss for words,
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    but it turns out he's much
    more of a monster than I was.
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    He's truly a god born by Dubhe...
    He's the Dubhe God!
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    Alkaid, I'm going to sit
    back and watch from the inside
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    and see how much of a
    struggle you can put up.
[04:31] ---
    He absorbed Shimei...?!
[04:34] ---
    The Shimei...?
[04:35] ---
    Now, Alkaid. Allow me to give
    you limitless despair and fear.
[04:42] ---
    Do not worry. I will take
    my time killing you.
[04:57] ---
    Isn't there anything I can do?!
[05:01] ---
    Is there any way to repay
    my brother and the others?!
[05:04] ---
    Please be patient, Your Majesty.
[05:06] ---
    Your role will be to rule over a new era.
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    Only Taito can change the
    fate of this land now.
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    Taito! Taito!
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    D-Damn...!
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    You're disgraceful, Alkaid.
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    You're an embarrassment
    to the Two Celestial Deities.
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    Come to think of it, my desires
    might not have grown this strong
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    had I not met you that
    day at Lian Tong Temple.
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    In other words, this, too,
    is the karma of the stars!
[05:54] ---
    The end the heavens wish for!
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    Taito!
[06:05] ---
    Taito!
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    Just pathetic, Alkaid! This, after
    all the trouble you gave us before?!
[06:17] ---
    That's it! I've had enough of this!
[06:21] ---
    Taito?!
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    Stop...
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    You're supposed to protect Laila, remember?
[06:27] ---
    He's mine...!
[06:31] ---
    Taito...
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    Laila.
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    Yes?
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    I'm sorry if I can't keep my promise...
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    Huh?!
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    How unsightly!
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    Groveling on the ground
    like that really suits you best!
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    Your attacks will always
    have the same result.
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    Shimei! Prepare to die!
[07:37] ---
    Foolishness.
[07:38] ---
    My body has no weaknesses, not even
    parts in the shape of Shimei's face!
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    Hosei!
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    Hosei...
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    Hosei!
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    Please, everyone!
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    Return the ship to Luo Chang!
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    I know there is nothing I can do.
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    But I wish to be by my
    brother's side as much as I can!
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    B-But, Your Majesty...
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    I beg you, Tokaku! Ryusho!
[08:26] ---
    If Your Majesty is that insistent,
    we have no choice but to comply.
[08:31] ---
    We can't afford to go back.
[08:33] ---
    Enki... Why not?!
[08:35] ---
    We have been ordered to take
    you to a safe location.
[08:41] ---
    We cannot disobey those orders,
    even if Your Majesty disagrees.
[08:50] ---
    I've always lived as a figurehead emperor.
[08:54] ---
    Should I flee again as everyone says,
    nothing about me will have changed.
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    Meaning that someone someday will
    have their way with this land again!
[09:10] ---
    I can't fight by my brother's side.
    Nor can I be of any use.
[09:15] ---
    Even so, I ask for your
    understanding of my selfish request!
[09:27] ---
    Turn the Dou Ya around!
    We're returning to Luo Chang!
[09:30] ---
    Full speed ahead!
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    Thank you, Lady Enki. I will
    apologize to Sir Koyo personally.
[09:39] ---
    Please do.
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    There's only one left, but
    it's not going down easily...!
[10:16] ---
    Poor girl, being changed into that
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    just because you worked
    for Keiro and Choka...
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    Come. I'll put you out of your misery.
[11:03] ---
    Rinmei!
[11:07] ---
    Ryuko!
[11:13] ---
    What power...!
[11:14] ---
    This is the strength of her feelings!
[11:18] ---
    Help each other! Protect each other!
[11:21] ---
    I will still crush your weak,
    insignificant feelings!
[11:27] ---
    I gave my all to Lord Keiro!
    My feelings are true!
[11:31] ---
    You're wrong! It's not for anyone to say
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    what feelings are real and
    what feelings are insignificant!
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    Ryuko!
[11:51] ---
    What would you two know?!
[11:54] ---
    I will show you my feelings.
[11:57] ---
    I will show you everything I
    gave to Lord Keiro for eternity!
[12:07] ---
    What is that?
[12:08] ---
    Her all. The culmination of
    everything she's ever believed in.
[12:19] ---
    Rinmei. I... want to save her.
[12:24] ---
    Will you help me?
[12:26] ---
    Don't be silly. Of course I will.
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    Die!
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    What can you possibly do with that arm?!
[12:44] ---
    Rinmei!
[13:01] ---
    Rinmei.
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    Had the gears of fate turned
    slightly differently,
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    I'm sure that she'd also have...
[13:26] ---
    Let's go. Taito is waiting.
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    Stand, Alkaid!
[13:44] ---
    I'll keep knocking you down
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    for as long as your mind
    continues to struggle.
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    Hey, Alkaid. Things don't look so good.
[13:53] ---
    Maybe you should just give
    up and end your misery?
[14:08] ---
    Why am I trying to stand up...
    even after everything that's happened?
[14:15] ---
    Hosei's been done in...
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    And Ryuko, Rinmei, and Koyo...
    We didn't stand a chance
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    against monsters like this after all...
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    Yeah... I've done well.
[14:32] ---
    There's no reason to push myself too far.
[14:34] ---
    I'm sure everyone would say
    the same thing to me...
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    Out of strength, are you?
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    Feel it, Alkaid! The taste of defeat!
    The taste of despair!
[14:53] ---
    I guess this is it...
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    For all the big talk I gave,
    I'm actually pathetic...
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    For my grand desire, the death
    and destruction of everything!
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    Taito!
[15:17] ---
    G-Guys!
[15:20] ---
    Made it in time...
[15:21] ---
    I don't think this will
    atone for what I've done, but...
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    Ryuko! Koyo!
[15:32] ---
    You still interfere with me?
[15:34] ---
    R-Rinmei!
[15:36] ---
    Don't be reckless! Get back!
[15:38] ---
    It's all right, Taito. I
    can't possibly beat Keiro.
[15:43] ---
    But I can try to give you
    a little time to recuperate.
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    Wh-Why...?
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    Because you're our only hope.
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    We have faith that as long as
    you're here, we can beat Keiro...
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    That you can make this land a place
    where everyone can live with a smile...
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    We'll do whatever it takes
    to keep those hopes alive!
[16:06] ---
    That's why!
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    You're pests to the very end, small fries!
[16:18] ---
    Wh-What...?!
[16:20] ---
    Taito...!
[16:24] ---
    Impossible! The Alkaid had
    that much strength left?!
[16:29] ---
    Sorry, Rinmei. I was ready
    to give up just a moment ago.
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    I was certain there was no way
    of beating Keiro as he is now.
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    But now I realize I was
    acting kinda spoiled there.
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    I have to beat him, no
    matter how strong he is.
[16:55] ---
    Laila. Give me one of your hits.
[17:00] ---
    Right!
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    Get your act together, you dumb brother!
[17:09] ---
    Oww!
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    Thanks, Laila!
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    Why? Why?!
[17:17] ---
    Why do the heavens only
    give power to the Alkaid?!
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    Being the Alkaid's got
    nothing to do with this!
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    My friends believe in me
    and risked their lives for me!
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    That alone is more than enough!
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    Ryuko... Rinmei...
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    Koyo...
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    Hosei...
[17:37] ---
    Laila...
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    Grandpa Son... The monks...
    The Qing Long Platoon...
[17:42] ---
    Lien... The kids...
[17:45] ---
    Ryusho... Tokaku... The Wo Jin Squad...
[17:49] ---
    My brother Emperor Taiga and Taki...
[17:52] ---
    All the nice people of this land...
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    And Koei, Shokaku, and Dad...
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    They all believe in me.
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    They tell me that it's too soon to give up!
[18:06] ---
    If I don't do this, I'm not a man!
[18:09] ---
    Nonsense, Alkaid!
[18:11] ---
    People's feelings are powerless
    before the karma of the stars!
[18:15] ---
    You lowly beings can't change anything,
    no matter how hard you try!
[18:20] ---
    You're a really slow learner.
[18:23] ---
    Even now, you talk about
    the karma of the stars?
[18:25] ---
    Then why do you fight?!
[18:28] ---
    Because you piss me off!
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    I will end it! I will put
    an end to everything!
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    Now you will die, Alkaid!
[18:50] ---
    Don't call me that name!
[18:53] ---
    My name is Taito!
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    Taito...
[19:03] ---
    Taito...
[19:20] ---
    Taito!
[19:34] ---
    Th-That's...
[19:35] ---
    The Xian Jia Lan Wu...!
[19:50] ---
    Oh! The Xian Jia Lan Wu!
[19:54] ---
    We're counting on you.
[19:55] ---
    Make a world where everyone
    can live with a smile.
[19:58] ---
    Brother?!
[20:00] ---
    What is it?
[20:02] ---
    Oh, it's nothing...
[20:07] ---
    Brother...
[20:27] ---
    Boss. Tell me today what
    you were about to say before.
[20:33] ---
    If you manage to avenge
    my brother, you'll do what?
[20:37] ---
    Huh?! Oh, I, uhh...!
[20:55] ---
    His Majesty has grown very strong.
[20:58] ---
    Ironically, Keiro's existence
    brought the people together
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    and helped His Majesty grow.
[21:05] ---
    It was his one and only achievement.
[21:14] ---
    Ryuko. I'm sending a letter
    to Lian Tong Temple.
[21:17] ---
    Do you have anything to say?
[21:19] ---
    No, not really.
[21:21] ---
    Just say that I'll visit
    again once I've grown my hair.
[21:26] ---
    You're going to grow it back?
    But this suits you so well.
[21:28] ---
    Really...?
[21:36] ---
    She says the capital is
    in much nicer shape now.
[21:38] ---
    Really? Emperor Taiga must
    be working really hard too.
[21:42] ---
    It sounds like it.
[21:45] ---
    For some reason, it almost
    feels like none of it was real...
[21:49] ---
    Yeah.
[21:50] ---
    Hosei.
[21:52] ---
    Even after what Taito said, I think
    the karma of the stars is real after all.
[21:58] ---
    Huh?
[21:59] ---
    I mean, just look!
[22:01] ---
    There's a lot more than
    just the Big Dipper stars.
[22:04] ---
    I think that every one of these shining
    stars is in charge of a person's fate.
[22:10] ---
    You might be right.
[22:12] ---
    The Alkaid, Dubhe, and the
    rest of us aren't special.
[22:16] ---
    It's up to everyone whether or
    not they're a prisoner of karma.
[22:22] ---
    So, which star is yours, Laila?!
[22:24] ---
    Isn't it obvious? That one!
[22:28] ---
    That's a big one you claimed!
[22:30] ---
    So? I called it first!
[22:32] ---
    That is perfect for you, Laila.
[22:40] ---
    Your face is as big and round
    as the moon, after all!
[22:44] ---
    Don't give me that, you dumb brother!
[22:47] ---
    You're in no position to
    make fun of other people's faces!
[22:50] ---
    Yeah, Laila's right!
[22:52] ---
    Listen, you two! I'm a real stud!
[22:55] ---
    You can't make fun of me!
    You can't make fun of me!
[22:58] ---
    The Alkaid lives, and the Dubhe has died.
[23:02] ---
    It would seem the whims
    of the heavens are over.
[23:07] ---
    As the wheels of fate continue to turn,
[23:10] ---
    I am certain the time will come again
[23:12] ---
    when both an Alkaid and Dubhe
    are born in the same era.
[23:16] ---
    When that happens, it is possible
    that the just one will prevail again
[23:21] ---
    regardless of the karma of the stars,
    just as Taito says.