# E13 - The Hero, Kusakabe Tarou
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***SIGN*** Late April
**[00:04] Kir**
You two are warriors chosen to save Earth.
**[00:08] Lance**
Please lend us your power.
**[00:10] Lance**
We have to defeat the evil mage
plotting to destroy Earth.
**[00:13] Hanako**
Sounds like the setting of an old anime.
**[00:16] Tarou**
All right! Leave it to us!
**[00:18] Lance**
As a reward for your Knight's Pact,
we can grant you each one wish.
**[00:23] Tarou**
Hmm... Money, maybe?
**[00:27] Tarou**
No, cooking talent? No...
**[00:30] Hanako**
Take out the mage!
**[00:32] Tarou**
Is that an option?!
**[00:33] Kir**
It's not.
**[00:34] Lance**
If we could, we would!
***SIGN*** Episode 13: The Hero, Kusakabe Tarou
**[00:37] Tarou**
What about making spring break last forever?
**[00:40] Lance**
Impossible.
**[00:40] Tarou**
There's a lot you can't do, huh?
**[00:42] Lance**
By the way, that Hanako
girl is odd, isn't she?
**[00:47] Tarou**
What makes you think that?
**[00:49] Lance**
The way her smile doesn't
feel like a real smile.
**[00:53] Tarou**
You're observant.
**[00:55] Tarou**
Her emotions are subdued.
**[00:58] Tarou**
She doesn't cry, doesn't get mad,
doesn't get scared.
**[01:01] Tarou**
So even her smile is subdued.
**[01:04] Tarou**
She wasn't always like that.
**[01:06] Lance**
I see. That explains Kir.
**[01:09] Tarou**
Huh?
**[01:10] Lance**
Kir's partners are always fearless.
**[01:14] Lance**
He's cold, scary, and I hate him.
**[01:19] Tarou**
What about your partners?
**[01:22] Lance**
They're cowards.
**[01:23] Tarou**
What?!
**[01:25] Lance**
Shouting back like that
proves you're narrow-minded!
**[01:31] Tarou**
Einstein? Jobs?
**[01:34] Lance**
I can't bring back the dead.
**[01:35] Lance**
Though injuries and illness I can heal.
**[01:37] Tarou**
You just keep telling me
you can't do things.
**[01:40] Lance**
Because you're making absurd requests.
**[01:42] Tarou**
A wish, huh?
**[01:47] Announcer**
* That concludes our report*
* on those enjoying the flower viewing.*
**[01:49] Hanako**
Thanks.
**[01:51] Tarou**
Yeah.
**[01:52] Announcer**
* The sight of so many*
* enjoying the flower viewing*
**[01:52] Lance**
Why are you eating here?
**[01:54] Hanako**
My parents are on a trip.
**[01:54] Announcer**
* as they savor the falling of the late-blooming*
* cherry blossoms was impressive.*
**[01:57] Tarou**
My parents both work, so they get home late.
**[01:59] Lance**
What a romantic setup.
**[01:59] Announcer**
* The time for flower viewing*
* will be coming to an end soon.*
**[02:01] Tarou**
Huh?! That's not how it is!
**[02:03] Announcer**
* Why not try going to see*
* the flowers this weekend?*
**[02:03] Hanako**
We're more like siblings.
**[02:07] Annoucer**
*Now, our next story.*
**[02:09] Annoucer**
* The criminal wanted*
* for serial theft and murder*
**[02:12] Annoucer**
*leapt from a building and killed himself.*
**[02:14] Hanako**
Oh, so it was true.
**[02:15] Announcer**
* The wanted serial murderer*
* was discovered dead*
**[02:16] Kir**
Of course it was.
**[02:17] Tarou**
What was?
**[02:18] Hanako**
I did that.
**[02:21] Announcer**
*yesterday morning in Tokyo city.*
**[02:21] Tarou**
You did what?
**[02:24] Announcer**
* Investigation of the scene has led*
* authorities to rule this an act of suicide.*
**[02:25] Hanako**
I saw the story on daytime TV,
and thought he was an awful person,
**[02:28] Hanako**
so I killed him with my wish.
**[02:30] Announcer**
* Police confirmed a note*
* listing the murderer's motives,*
**[02:31] Tarou**
For real?
**[02:32] Lance**
Hey, Kir Sonne!
**[02:32] Announcer**
* how he escaped police,*
* and why he committed suicide.*
**[02:35] Lance**
Did you properly explain it to Hanako?
**[02:38] Kir**
Explain what?
**[02:39] Lance**
That if you wish for the death of another,
**[02:41] Lance**
the karma it brings increases
the chance of your own death!
**[02:44] Kir**
I forgot.
**[02:46] Kir**
However, that's no reason
to refuse a Knight's wish.
**[02:48] Lance**
You damn bastard!
**[02:50] Kir**
Death is a constant
companion in this battle.
**[02:53] Lance**
Screw you!
**[02:54] Hanako**
Come on, don't fight.
**[02:57] Hanako**
It's all right, Lance.
**[02:58] Hanako**
I'll be careful.
**[03:01] Hanako**
Besides, if it does happen...
**[03:04] Hanako**
Well, I'm reaping what I've sown.
**[03:12] Lance**
I see, that's your plan...
**[03:14] Tarou**
Can you do it?
**[03:15] Lance**
Yeah, I can.
**[03:17] Lance**
It's possible to heal her the moment
she receives lethal damage.
**[03:24] Lance**
However, there's one condition.
**[03:26] Tarou**
Condition?
**[03:27] Lance**
She has to remain conscious
when she receives the damage.
**[03:33] Lance**
I can't save her if it's instant death.
**[03:36] Tarou**
You did mention that you
can't bring back the dead.
**[03:39] Lance**
It's a great idea, but there's
a risk it won't activate.
**[03:44] Lance**
So it's not a perfect trick.
**[03:48] Tarou**
That's fine.
**[03:50] Tarou**
I won't think of anything better.
**[03:52] Tarou**
At the very least I can protect her
with my body once!
**[03:57] Tarou**
N-No matter how scary our enemy is,
**[04:00] Tarou**
I c-can do it for her sake!
**[04:04] Tarou**
I don't understand what she's thinking,
even though we've always been together.
**[04:10] Tarou**
We've been together forever,
**[04:12] Tarou**
and that's why I love her!
**[04:15] Tarou**
Manly, right, Lance Lumiere?
**[04:19] Lance**
That's manly, Kusakabe Tarou!
**[04:36] OP Lyrics**
* When I looked up,*
* that sky was full of wonders.*
**[04:41] OP Lyrics**
*The despair I bottled up tormented me,*
**[04:46] OP Lyrics**
* and I wanted the courage*
* to break my chains of isolation.*
**[04:50] OP Lyrics**
*(You are my light)*
**[04:52] OP Lyrics**
* I was searching for your*
* brilliant light in my hazy dreams*
**[04:57] OP Lyrics**
*to kick away the limits placed on myself.*
**[05:01] OP Lyrics**
* Now with your courage,*
* let’s soar into the sky.*
**[05:06] OP Lyrics**
*Let's CRUSH the fear!*
**[05:09] OP Lyrics**
* I swear to you, at the ends*
* of this chaotic world,*
**[05:14] OP Lyrics**
*that even if you fall, I'll*
**[05:17] OP Lyrics**
*Be the HERO!*
**[05:19] OP Lyrics**
* I'll be waiting at the future*
* we're moving toward,*
**[05:24] OP Lyrics**
* with a “YES, MY LORD!”*
* for your constant radiance,*
**[05:28] OP Lyrics**
*clutching the stars raining down upon us.*
**[05:32] OP Lyrics**
* I'll love you until we reach*
* that future you want to destroy.*
**[06:00] Hanako**
It's strange, isn't it?
**[06:02] Tarou**
Hmm? What is?
**[06:05] Hanako**
We bathed together all the time
when we were little,
**[06:16] Hanako**
so why do I now slap you
when you catch me changing?
**[06:20] Tarou**
Why are you changing with
your curtains wide open?!
**[06:23] Hanako**
Oops.
**[06:24] Tarou**
Don't "oops" me!
**[06:25] Lance**
Good grief. This classic rom-com couple.
**[06:29] Tarou**
Don't call us a rom-com!
**[06:32] Kir**
I believe such surprise events
are good no matter what era.
**[06:35] Lance**
I won't say the classics are bad,
but you have to make progress.
**[06:38] Tarou**
You two are annoying.
**[06:40] Hanako**
Tarou-kun, hurry up a bit.
**[06:43] Hanako**
We're going to be late.
**[06:51] Mikazuki**
The snacks you make are the best.
**[06:55] Yuuhi**
They go well with the booze.
**[06:56] Tarou**
Hearing praise like that
makes it worth cooking.
**[07:00] Tarou**
Hanako's so used to my cooking
she doesn't say anything anymore.
**[07:04] Tarou**
Would a word or two really hurt?
**[07:07] Yuuhi**
Sounds like the problem
of a long-married couple.
**[07:10] Lance**
Hey, listen to this. Just this morning—
**[07:15] Lance**
And there you have it, a surprise
event first thing in the morning.
**[07:19] Mikazuki**
Outrageous.
**[07:21] Yuuhi**
Outrageous.
**[07:22] Tarou**
Give me a break.
**[07:24] Neu**
What do you mean outrageous?
**[07:27] Neu**
You're not one to talk, Yuuhi.
**[07:29] Tarou**
Huh? Really?
**[07:30] Mikazuki**
Brutus.
**[07:32] Yuuhi**
She did see me fully nude.
**[07:35] Tarou**
You were the one caught naked?
**[07:36] Mikazuki**
How nice.
**[07:38] Lance**
Is it really nice?
**[07:39] Samidare**
Oh, you're all together again.
**[07:41] Mikazuki**
Oh, Princess.
**[07:42] Samidare**
I came by to return a book.
**[07:44] Yuuhi**
Huh? You borrowed one from me?
**[07:47] Samidare**
I helped myself to one when I slept
at your place the other day.
**[07:52] Both**
You slept here?!
**[07:54] Mikazuki**
Y-You slept over?!
**[07:56] Tarou**
You two are already that close?!
**[07:58] Yuuhi**
Huh? No, it's not—
**[07:59] Samidare**
Oh, i-it's not like that.
**[08:01] Samidare**
Yuu-kun slept at my place during that time.
**[08:05] Tarou**
You shocked me.
**[08:06] Mikazuki**
Still, why did you guys do that?
**[08:09] Yuuhi**
Well, a lot was going on.
**[08:11] Tarou**
That aside, it's getting hot in here.
**[08:14] Yuuhi**
Shall I turn on the AC?
**[08:16] Samidare**
Why don't we go up?
**[08:20] Three**
Up?
**[08:22] Samidare**
Ahh, nice breeze.
**[08:24] Mikazuki**
This is great for sobering up.
**[08:26] Tarou**
Wow, so high!
**[08:28] Mikazuki**
Being up on a roof sure
makes you feel young, huh?
**[08:32] Yuuhi**
Don't say it, it's embarrassing.
**[08:34] Samidare**
Y-Young...
**[08:35] Mikazuki**
Whoa, we're all acting young!
**[08:38] Tarou**
This kind of thing is nice!
**[08:40] Yuuhi**
You say that because
you're young, Kusakabe-kun.
**[08:43] Mikazuki**
A man who carries his childhood
girlfriend on his bike everyday
**[08:46] Mikazuki**
sure is different from the rest of us.
**[08:47] Tarou**
She's not my girlfriend yet!
**[08:49] Samidare**
"Yet," meaning one day?
**[08:51] Mikazuki**
Hurry up and confess to her.
**[08:53] Tarou**
Please stop that.
**[09:01] Tarou**
Hanako, let's go up to the roof sometime!
**[09:05] Tarou**
Using our Holding Fields!
**[09:06] Hanako**
No thanks. Sounds like a pain.
**[09:08] Tarou**
What do you mean, sounds like a pain?
**[09:11] Tarou**
We're young!
**[09:12] Tarou**
It's fun!
**[09:14] Hanako**
I'm enjoying being young well enough.
**[09:28] Lance**
Oh, you were just pondering whether
you should stay childhood friends
**[09:30] Lance**
or confess and change
your situation, right?!
**[09:34] Lance**
You young bastard!
**[09:35] Tarou**
Shut up!
**[09:39] Yuuhi**
Think of it as taking
a big step instead of flying.
**[09:43] Tarou**
Ow. I-I'll try one more time.
**[09:46] Tarou**
If I can do this,
**[09:47] Tarou**
then I can stop Hanako when
she does something reckless.
**[09:51] Tarou**
Ow.
**[09:59] Tarou**
I want to climb up on the roof again.
**[10:05] Lance**
A golem?!
**[10:07] Animus**
Now...
**[10:09] Animus**
I wonder if everyone will be surprised.
**[10:20] Yuuhi**
A Knight?!
**[10:22] Yukimachi**
What are those little ones?
**[10:31] Yuuhi**
Hm?
**[10:34] Tarou**
Huh?
**[10:35] Hanako**
Nagumo-san and Shimaki-san are gone?
**[10:37] Yayoi**
Subaru-chan and Yuki-chan, too!
**[10:39] Yuuhi**
They've...
**[10:41] Yuuhi**
split us up!
**[10:43] Yukimachi**
Hey!
**[10:44] Nagumo**
Where are you taking us?!
**[10:46] Tarou**
They took away all our main attackers!
**[11:02] Nagumo**
What on earth are these?!
**[11:04] Shimaki**
Maybe part of the ninth one? Or...
**[11:08] Subaru**
They're small targets
and there's lots of them.
**[11:10] Nagumo**
We're at a disadvantage
with those of us here!
**[11:13] Nagumo**
We have to do something
to break through them!
**[11:25] Yuuhi**
That golem has perfect offense
and defense, plus it's strong!
**[11:28] Hanako**
I'll go around and draw its attention.
**[11:30] Tarou**
Hey, wait, you idiot!
**[11:31] Hanako**
Then what should we do?
**[11:39] Tarou**
I'll do it.
**[11:40] Tarou**
My Raging God will draw attention easier!
**[11:45] Samidare**
Huh?!
**[11:47] Yuuhi**
Princess!
**[11:55] Tarou**
Holding Field! Raging—
**[12:03] Tarou**
*Hey, where the hell are you looking?!*
**[12:32] Tarou**
I love you.
**[12:34] Hanako**
I know.
**[12:46] Tarou**
Raging God.
**[12:51] Yuuhi**
Kusakabe-kun! Sorano-san!
**[13:05] Lance**
Kir.
**[13:07] Lance**
I absolutely hate you.
**[13:10] Lance**
I don't want to see your face again.
**[13:12] Lance**
So.
**[13:13] Kir**
Lance.
**[13:14] Lance**
Don't you dare die.
**[13:32] Hanako**
Kir?
**[13:34] Hanako**
What's this?
**[13:36] Hanako**
Why am I...?
**[13:38] Kir**
There's no mistake.
**[13:39] Kir**
It's thanks to Kusakabe Tarou and Lance.
**[13:42] Kir**
He used the wish from his Knight's Pact
to heal you from a lethal wound.
**[13:48] Kir**
Why did he bother shielding you
when he knew you'd be saved?
**[13:55] Kir**
He died for nothing.
**[14:00] Both**
Unstoppable Spear!
**[14:03] Shimaki**
Mittwoch!
**[14:04] Nagumo**
Drill Kick!
**[14:18] Nagumo**
There're too many of them.
**[14:28] Mikazuki**
Sorry to keep you waiting!
**[14:29] Mikazuki**
Your hero has arrived!
**[14:31] Mikazuki**
You all were in a pinch just now, right?
**[14:34] Mikazuki**
Right, right?! Ow!
**[14:36] Nagumo**
Why would you jump in
when we're surrounded?!
**[14:38] Mikazuki**
Don't be so mad.
**[14:40] Subaru**
Shinonome-san...
**[14:43] Mikazuki**
You all have done well.
**[14:46] Mikazuki**
Now leave the rest
**[14:47] Mikazuki**
to me!
**[14:51] Nagumo**
What are you planning?
**[14:52] Mikazuki**
You guys gather up into
one spot and take cover.
**[15:01] Nagumo**
He turned his Holding Field into spears?!
**[15:03] Shimaki**
That's the Halberd Amamiya-kun used!
**[15:06] Mikazuki**
Aniki, this was your idea, wasn't it?
**[15:10] Mikazuki**
And it passed through Yuu-kun
**[15:12] Mikazuki**
to me!
**[15:15] Mikazuki**
Aerial Domain - Halberd Army!
**[15:21] Shimaki**
A wide-area attack?
**[15:23] Nagumo**
He altered the shape of that
many Holding Fields at once?
**[15:27] Nagumo**
He's crazy.
**[15:34] Yukimachi**
Ah, they ran away!
**[15:40] Nagumo**
All right! Let's hurry back!
**[15:43] Subaru**
Shinonome-san?!
**[15:45] Mikazuki**
That technique is crazy exhausting.
**[15:49] Shimaki**
Mittwoch, carry him for us.
**[15:54] Nagumo**
Let's go!
**[16:25] Nagumo**
Everyone, disperse.
**[16:28] Nagumo**
I'll handle the rest from here.
**[16:30] Subaru**
That's...
**[16:37] Mikazuki**
What the hell...
**[16:41] Mikazuki**
Goddammit!
**[16:54] Yukimachi**
Here.
**[16:56] Subaru**
Thank you.
**[17:16] Loki**
Why do you keep drawing the same picture?
**[17:20] Taiyou**
I thought I could get it out of my mind
and get rid of it by doing this.
**[17:25] Loki**
You need not be afraid.
**[17:27] Loki**
You won't end up like that.
**[17:39] Kuh**
Hyou-kun, you haven't shown
any signs of grief for a while.
**[17:43] Kuh**
Are you not sad?
**[17:46] Shimaki**
I am sad. Very much so.
**[17:49] Kuh**
Nagumo-san didn't cry either.
**[17:52] Kuh**
There wasn't any show of emotion as he
called the police and took care of things.
**[17:57] Kuh**
You two are both strong.
**[18:01] Shimaki**
Kuh, there's no such thing
as a strong person.
**[18:07] Hiwatari**
I get a call from you out of the blue,
**[18:10] Hiwatari**
and it's to find out you're
the first on the scene
**[18:12] Hiwatari**
to discover a corpse in the mountains?
**[18:14] Nagumo**
Sorry.
**[18:16] Hiwatari**
The deceased had your
number in his cell phone,
**[18:19] Hiwatari**
but the higher-ups ordered that covered up.
**[18:22] Nagumo**
Higher-ups?
**[18:23] Nagumo**
What do you mean?
**[18:26] Hiwatari**
I have a message for you from them.
**[18:29] Hiwatari**
"I'll take care of the small details
so you can fight more easily.
**[18:34] Hiwatari**
A game has to be fair, after all."
**[18:37] Nagumo**
A game...
**[18:39] Nagumo**
*So Animus did something?*
**[18:42] Hiwatari**
What's the meaning of all this?
**[18:45] Nagumo**
I'm sorry.
**[18:47] Hiwatari**
A person is dead now!
**[18:49] Hiwatari**
What was your connection to
Kusakabe Tarou in the first place?!
**[18:55] Nagumo**
He was a comrade in arms.
**[19:04] Mikazuki**
Ah, I'm beat.
**[19:06] Mikazuki**
Ah, I'm hungry.
**[19:08] Mikazuki**
Ah, I want a drink.
**[19:11] Mikazuki**
Ah...
**[19:14] Mikazuki**
I want a drink with that guy's snacks.
**[19:43] Butcher Husband**
Hey, Hanako-chan.
**[19:45] Butcher Wife**
Oh, welcome home.
**[19:47] Butcher Wife**
You're going to school already?
**[19:48] Hanako**
Huh? Oh...
**[19:51] Butcher Wife**
It's all right.
**[19:52] Butcher Wife**
You don't have to force yourself to smile.
**[19:55] Butcher Wife**
Take your time to deal with it.
**[20:02] Butcher Husband**
Damn it.
**[20:04] Butcher Husband**
Why'd a good kid like Tarou have to die?
**[20:08] Butcher Wife**
Don't cry now.
**[20:10] Butcher Wife**
Hanako-chan's the one
who wants to cry the most.
**[20:22] Neu**
Tarou must have used the wish
from his Knight's Pact
**[20:25] Neu**
to instantly heal Hanako
if she suffered a fatal wound.
**[20:31] Neu**
Yet he still leapt in to protect her anyway.
**[20:36] Neu**
Even though he knew Hanako
wouldn't die from a single attack.
**[20:41] Neu**
He couldn't not protect her.
**[20:45] Neu**
Kusakabe Tarou...
**[20:46] Neu**
He was a true hero.
**[20:52] Yuuhi**
A hero...
**[20:54] Yuuhi**
An image of someone strong...
**[20:57] Yuuhi**
The strength to protect others...
**[21:00] Yuuhi**
Neu,
**[21:02] Yuuhi**
I really want... to be stronger right now.
**[21:08] Anima**
You want power?
**[21:14] Yuuhi**
Anima?
**[21:16] Anima**
I can't grant you strength of heart.
**[21:20] Anima**
However, I can grant you power.
**[21:23] Anima**
Do you want it?
**[21:25] Yuuhi**
You'll give me power?
**[21:29] Anima**
That depends on you.
**[21:30] Anima**
If you want it, then take my hand.
**[21:45] Yuuhi**
Princess? Hakudou-san?
**[21:48] Samidare**
Welcome, Yuu-kun.
**[21:51] Yayoi**
Amamiya-kun?
**[21:53] Anima**
Amamiya Yuuhi, Hakudou Yayoi.
**[21:56] Anima**
You two decide.
**[21:58] Anima**
Decide which of you will become Invincible.
**[22:02] Yuuhi**
*She's been crying...*
**[22:05] Yayoi**
Of course we'll be fighting to decide it.
**[22:09] Yayoi**
We're both seeking power here.
**[22:13] Yayoi**
I want power.
**[22:15] Yayoi**
The power...
**[22:17] Yayoi**
to protect people and this planet!
**[22:22] Neu**
Fighting to decide it? But Yuuhi's...
**[22:26] Yayoi**
I know you're strong, Amamiya-kun,
**[22:29] Yayoi**
but you don't need to hold back.
**[22:31] Yayoi**
I'm fairly confident I can beat
any human opponent.
**[22:38] Yuuhi**
All right. Let's do it.
**[22:41] Yuuhi**
I want power, too.
***SIGN*** Next Episode:
The Knight, Sorano Hanako