E12 - Kafka Hibino

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[01:36] Iharu
    Sure you're not pushing yourself too hard?
SIGN    Episode 12 Kafka Hibino
[01:43] Iharu
    What are you thinking, anyway?
[01:47] Iharu
    You're not worried about the old dude?
[01:50] Iharu
    You went and agreed to go to another unit.
[01:54] Reno
    I want to get stronger.
[01:58] Iharu
    You can do that here, right?
[02:00] Iharu
    That's how we've done it so far!
[02:03] Reno
    Yeah.
[02:04] Reno
    I'm sure I could get stronger if I stayed, too.
[02:08] Reno
    But...
[02:09] Reno
    I want to get stronger as quickly as possible.
[02:14] Reno
    So that next time I can protect him,
    instead of him having to protect me.
[02:19] Iharu
    Next time? You really think
    the old dude's coming back?
[02:22] Reno
    I've decided to believe.
[02:25] Reno
    And when he comes back,
    I don't want to rue my own weakness.
[02:29] Iharu
    Well, me too...!
[02:31] Iharu
    Fine, damn it! I'll train too!
[02:33] Iharu
    You're the one guy I refuse to lose to!
[02:35] Nakanoshima
    What are you two arguing about?
[02:38] Reno
    Platoon leaders...
[02:40] Ikaruga
    Today's the day they decide
    what they're doing with Hibino.
[02:43] Ikaruga
    It's hard to stay focused,
    thinking about that.
[02:45] Nakanoshima
    Same for you guys, right?
[02:48] Minase
    It'll be fine!
[02:50] Minase
    We all wrote that letter asking
    for clemency together!
[02:53] Nakanoshima
    And Captain Ashiro was summoned to HQ, too.
[02:56] Reno
    The captain was?
[02:57] Minase
    Yes.
[02:58] Minase
    I'm sure they called her
    because they have good news.
[03:09] Mina
    Mina Ashiro, reporting as ordered.
[03:13] Staff
    Director General Shinomiya
    is currently examining Kaiju No. 8.
[03:17] Staff
    Please remain there until he's finished.
[03:19] Mina
    Roger.
[03:23] Staff
    You are only here as an observer.
[03:25] Staff
    A seat has not been prepared for you.
[03:39] Kikoru
    No! You're human, right?
[03:42] Kikoru
    Kafka Hibino!
[03:47] Isao
    He's fast.
[03:48] Isao
    But he's just an animal. He's not thinking
    about the opening he leaves after his attack.
[04:04] Isao
    An attack that destroys his own body,
    knowing he can regenerate?
[04:07] Isao
    If I try to use human common sense
    in this fight, I'm going to regret it.
[04:14] Kafka
    Stop it!
[04:19] Kikoru
    Daddy!
[04:22] Isao
    Without No. 2's shield,
    that would've killed me instantly.
[04:26] Isao
    Squadron-Style Combat Technique Number Two:
[04:30] Isao
    Force Blast!
[04:34] Itami
    That attack expands its striking range
    by using a sonic boom.
[04:37] Itami
    A method No. 2 put to good use.
[04:42] Isao
    The core's gone?
[04:48] Isao
    He used his body as a decoy
    and regenerated from his core?
[04:51] Kafka
    Fighting like this is too much!
[04:54] Kafka
    I'm not gonna survive this!
[05:01] Staff
    Impossible! That shelter's as strong
    as we could make it!
[05:03] Staff
    We just lost the second layer!
[05:05] Staff
    In theory, it should survive an
    attack from a Fortitude 10.0!
[05:08] Itami
    We can expect to take some damage.
[05:14] Itami
    After all,
[05:15] Itami
    we have two numbered Kaiju, No. 2 and
    No. 8, battling each other across time.
[05:22] Kikoru
    Incredible...
[05:23] Kikoru
    He's facing a numbered Kaiju all on his own!
[05:27] Itami
    It's strange, though.
[05:30] Itami
    If he was going to kill him,
     he should've done so
[05:33] Itami
    with his first attack
    while he was still in human form.
[05:37] Itami
    Instead, it looks like Isao
[05:39] Itami
    is deliberately pushing No. 8 to test him.
[05:43] Itami
    I can't imagine why.
[05:49] Kikoru
    Is Daddy giving Kafka Hibino
    a chance to survive?!
[05:59] Aoi
    I came to the Defense Force to save lives.
[06:04] Aoi
    Instead, Kafka Hibino saved mine.
[06:08] Haruichi
    But he...
[06:11] Aoi
    Your standard for judging someone shouldn't
    be their background, or what they say.
[06:16] Aoi
    The way I see it, people ought
     to be judged by their actions.
[06:24] Haruichi
    Yeah, you're right.
SIGN    Dad
[06:33] Haruichi
    The only fact that matters
    is what you do, huh?
[06:51] Itami
    No!
[06:55] Itami
    No. 8's fortitude is starting
    to surpass Isao's estimations.
[07:02] Kafka
    Crap! I have to stop this thing!
[07:47] Kafka
    Damn it all!
[07:48] Kafka
    Stop!
[08:03] Kafka
    I'm going to end up killing him!
[08:15] Kafka
    Hell no!
[08:17] Kafka
    I'm not killing Kikoru's dad
    right in front of her!
[08:28] Kikoru
    ...if I find out that you're a Kaiju
    that's going to harm mankind, I'll kill you.
[08:37] Kikoru
    I'll...
[08:41] Kikoru
    I'll... have to...
[08:47] Kikoru
    But I still want to believe in him!
[08:50] Kikoru
    Don't give in to some Kaiju,
     Kafka, you idiot!
[08:57] Kafka
    I... I...!
[09:09] Kafka
    I...
SIGN    Application Result
SIGN    Mr. Kafka Hibino
SIGN    We regret to inform you that you have not passed
     the first round of the recently concluded
     Anti-Kaiju Defense Force selection tests.
[09:11] Kafka
    This is how it always goes for me.
[09:15] Kafka
    I always screw up at
    the most important moment.
[09:29] Kafka
    Damn it...
[09:39] Isao
    I had hope, but I suppose all is lost.
[10:18] Mina
    I'll always...
[10:20] Mina
    I'll always be waiting.
[10:52] Kafka
    I...
[10:54] Kafka
    I... I'm not Kaiju No. 8.
[10:59] Kafka
    I'm Kafka Hibino.
[11:27] Isao
    Put your weapon away,
[11:30] Isao
    Narumi.
[11:41] Narumi
    You kept refusing to signal for backup.
SIGN    Defense Force First Division Captain
    Gen Narumi
[11:45] Narumi
    I thought you were trying to kill yourself.
[11:48] Isao
    Don't be stupid.
[11:49] Isao
    I'll admit he was more than
    I expected, though.
[11:53] Isao
    Medics, take No. 8 in immediately.
[11:57] Isao
    Its core may be damaged.
[12:01] Narumi
    So, what will you do with him?
[12:11] Itami
    Director General Shinomiya
    has finished his examination.
[12:15] Itami
    Lastly, we want to hear what you think
    as his commanding officer,
[12:20] Itami
    Captain Mina Ashiro.
[12:22] Mina
    Of course.
[12:24] Itami
    You've seen Kafka Hibino up close
    since the day he joined.
[12:28] Itami
    Our reports say you know him
    from before that, as well.
[12:33] Mina
    Yes.
[12:34] Mina
    But from the trials to now,
    I haven't given him any special treatment.
[12:39] Itami
    Our records show that she failed
    Kafka Hibino during the exam.
[12:43] Itami
    It was Vice-Captain Hoshina's suggestion
    that he be selected as a backup.
[12:50] Nogizaka
    To be clear, we've almost
    entirely reached our conclusion.
[12:54] Nogizaka
    We simply need your report for the papework.
[12:59] Technical Director
    Which means your testimony will have
    no influence on Kaiju No. 8's fate.
[13:04] Technical Director
    We don't want you to feel responsible
    for what happens here.
[13:10] Mina
    Understood.
[13:12] Itami
    Speak.
[13:14] Mina
    I'll leave it to the specialists to decide
    whether Kafka Hibino is a human or a Kaiju.
[13:20] Mina
    Instead, I'll tell you what I know of him
     as a Defense Force officer.
[13:26] Mina
    During the Sagamihara Neutralization Operation,
[13:31] Mina
    Officer Kafka Hibino contributed to his unit
    by discovering the Yoju's reproductive organs.
[13:36] Mina
    He's continued to be a hard worker who's
    saved the lives of his comrades many times.
[13:42] Mina
    Especially notable was the battle with No. 10,
[13:45] Mina
    where he saved the Third Division from
    being wiped out by destroying the Yoju bomb.
[13:50] Officers
    And so what?
[13:52] Officers
    That was only possible
    because he used his Kaiju power.
[13:55] Officers
    The fact that a rookie officer was
    capable of all that is proof he's a Kaiju!
[14:01] Mina
    Yes, that's correct.
[14:05] Mina
    His unleashed combat power
    at the time he joined was 0%.
[14:08] Mina
    He only passed the exam as a backup.
[14:13] Mina
    He'd failed the Defense Force exam
    twelve times straight prior to that.
[14:17] Mina
    Age-wise, he's also
    the oldest of any of our recruits.
[14:21] Officers
    So he must've used his Kaiju power to cheat!
[14:25] Mina
    But he didn't give up.
[14:30] Mina
    No matter how many times he failed,
[14:32] Mina
    even though his combat power was zero...
[14:34] Mina
    Even though his body had
    turned into a Kaiju...
[14:38] Mina
    He never stopped trying to save people.
[14:42] Mina
    Out of all the people I know, Kafka Hibino
[14:45] Mina
    hates giving up,
     cares for others more than anyone,
[14:49] Mina
    and...
[14:53] Mina
    Miiko!
[15:32] Mina
    And he has more humanity than anyone.
[15:36] Mina
    What is the deciding factor as to whether
    Kafka Hibino should be trusted as an officer?
[15:42] Mina
    I believe it's his heart.
[15:49] Officers
    We're not asking your personal opinion!
[15:51] Officers
    Stop trying to cover for your subordinate.
[15:53] Officers
    We can't trust something as vague
    and ill-defined as his "heart"!
[15:57] Isao
    Thank you, Captain Ashiro.
[16:01] Isao
    Return to your post.
[16:16] Officers
    We've heard what his commanding officer felt.
[16:18] Officers
    Nobody will accuse us
    of a hasty decision now.
[16:22] Officers
    We're ready to dispose of him now.
[16:24] Officers
    Your decision, Director General.
[16:28] Isao
    No. 8 will...
[16:39] Kafka
    I hated myself for not
    being able to do anything.
[16:44] Kafka
    I told myself I'd make the Kaiju pay
    for making her cry like that.
[16:51] Kafka
    So I'd decided that if I was gonna
    become a Kaiju in both body and mind,
[16:57] Kafka
    I'd rather die as a human.
[17:08] Kafka
    I'm... alive?
[17:11] Isao
    You're awake?
[17:14] Kafka
    D-Director General Shinomiya!
[17:16] Isao
    Calm down.
[17:18] Isao
    I'm not here to hurt you.
[17:20] Kafka
    I'm so glad...
[17:24] Kafka
    If anything happened to you,
[17:28] Kafka
    I could never face Kikoru.
[17:36] Kafka
    If I'm still alive, does that
    mean you accept that I'm human?
[17:40] Kafka
    That I'm a member of the Defense Force?
[17:44] Isao
    If what was inside your chest
    was the frail heart of a human,
[17:51] Isao
    you would've died back there.
[17:55] Isao
    I'll tell you what the council decided.
[17:59] Isao
    You're a Kaiju.
[18:04] Isao
    But we'll decide later if you're a threat.
[18:08] Isao
    At the moment, most people
    are opposed to letting you live.
[18:14] Isao
    Kaiju No. 8 will fight for us.
    He will not be converted into weaponry.
[18:21] Officers
    I object!
[18:21] Officers
    We can't use a living Kaiju in combat!
[18:24] Officers
    It's dangerous!
[18:25] Officers
    There's no precedent!
[18:26] Kafka
    I'm not Kaiju No. 8.
[18:30] Kafka
    I'm Kafka Hibino.
[18:34] Isao
    I've decided that he can be controlled.
[18:38] Isao
    It's a fact that he's been doing missions
    with the Third Division for months.
[18:43] Isao
    It's not clear if a weapon made from him
    would be able to produce that much power.
[18:48] Isao
    With as many Daikaiju as we're seeing,
[18:51] Isao
    we need to use our forces
    in the most optimal way possible.
[18:54] Nogizaka
    But there's no precedent for this.
[18:56] Isao
    Precedent?
[18:58] Isao
    Precedents are meaningless
    in the face of this country's defense.
[19:04] Isao
    Surely none of you have forgotten the series
    of disasters involving No. 6 ten years ago.
[19:11] Isao
    Over two hundred officers
     and three captains lost their lives.
[19:16] Itami
    Including your wife.
[19:18] Isao
    If a swarm of Kaiju emerges with numbers
    that far exceed our estimates,
[19:22] Isao
    this nation could easily be destroyed.
[19:25] Isao
    But if we can utilize his incredible power,
    we might stand a sliver of a chance.
[19:34] Nogizaka
    Even so,
[19:36] Nogizaka
    we stand opposed.
[19:39] Isao
    Kafka Hibino.
[19:42] Kafka
    He said my name?
[19:44] Isao
    Prove your worth if you want to survive.
[19:50] Kafka
    So they're just leaving me alive
    so I can be used as a weapon?
[19:56] Kafka
    I still think of myself
    as a Defense Force officer.
[20:01] Kafka
    I'll make you accept me as one too!
SIGN    Mina Ashiro
SIGN    Kafka Hibino:
    Disposal Deferred
[20:41] Kikoru
    But... I can't be entirely happy.
[20:46] Kikoru
    Now I need to get stronger...
[20:50] Kikoru
    Or I won't be able to stop him if I need to.
[20:54] Haruichi
    Is this...
[20:56] Haruichi
    Did the SDF do this?
[20:59] Aoi
    No, they didn't.
[21:01] Haruichi
    Then this is...
[21:08] Haruichi
    A victory Kafka Hibino won for himself!
[21:18] Reno
    H—
[21:19] Iharu
    Hooray!
[21:21] Iharu
    You did it, Old Dude!
[21:22] Iharu
    God was watching out for you, I guess!
[21:27] Minase
    I'm so glad, Hibino-san!
[21:29] Nakanoshima
    It's gonna get noisy around here again.
[21:31] Iharu
    Hey, Reno, it says the old dude's saved!
[21:34] Reno
    I knew.
[21:36] Reno
    I told you, right?
    I was sure he was coming back.
[21:41] Reno
    When you get back, I'll be way
    stronger than I am now, Senpai!
[21:46] Konomi
    I'm glad it worked out for Hibino-san.
[21:48] Hoshina
    The hard part's just beginning, though.
[21:52] Hoshina
    If people outside the Force
     knew we had a Kaiju...
[21:56] Konomi
    Well, it's a secret, right?
[21:59] Hoshina
    They'll find out someday.
[22:01] Hoshina
    I'm sure the brass knows that too.
[22:03] Konomi
    Then...
[22:05] Hoshina
    Kafka Hibino needs to prove he's useful
    enough that nobody can refuse his help.
[22:11] Hoshina
    Things are gonna get
    even harder from now on.
[22:22] Isao
    Hey, we're not done talking.
[22:25] Isao
    Wake up.
[22:27] Kafka
    Wait for me, Mina...
[22:41] Toku-san
    Huh? You lost?
[22:43] Mitsuike
    Game duration of seven minutes? That's fast!
[22:46] Mizoguchi
    Nothing I could do!
[22:48] Mizoguchi
    This "Number 9" guy
    started playing last week,
[22:51] Mizoguchi
    and all of a sudden he's top of the pile!
[22:57] No.9
    That should do it.
[22:59] No.9
    I've figured out mankind's
    intellectual level.
[23:03] No.9
    On an individual basis, it's nothing special.
[23:07] No.9
    So their weapon is the ability to accumulate
    knowledge across generations, then.
[23:13] No.9
    What about on your end?
[23:15] No.9
    I've more or less figured out
    the layout of the base.
[23:20] No.9
    Now we can move our plan to the next phase.
[23:24] No.9
    Yes, goodbye.
[23:31] No.9
    Time to bring the Kaiju power that fell
    into human hands back to our side.