E8 - Deadline of the Dream

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SIGN    Team Nowhere
[00:09] TV
    It was to be a collision to decide who
    would obtain the final ticket to Megalonia!
[00:14] TV
    But Shirato Mikio VS "Gearless" Joe
    ended in a way no one could've expected!
[00:19] TV
    As a result, tomorrow night's Megalonia
    Dome commemoration ceremony
[00:24] TV
    is expected to officially announce Mikio
    as the Final One in the tournament.
[00:29] TV
    At the moment, no one knows
    why Joe forfeited the match.
[00:33] TV
    Could—
[00:35] Fuji
    I'm real disappointed here, Mr. Nanbu.
[00:39] Fuji
    You were a step away from
    getting into Megalonia,
[00:42] Fuji
    and then you run away with
    your tail between your legs.
[00:45] Nanbu
    That's not right.
[00:46] Nanbu
    Shirato Mikio set us up!
[00:49] Fuji
    Well, that's your problem.
[00:52] Fuji
    You realize this isn't some kids'
    game we're playing here, right?
[00:58] Fuji
    All I want to know is if your
    little gamble is over now.
[01:05] Nanbu
    It's not.
[01:08] Nanbu
    This isn't over!
[02:55] Joe
    It's not over? What do you mean?
[02:59] Sachio
    You heard what he said, right, Pops?
[03:02] Sachio
    Those jerks at Shirato were never
    gonna let us into Megalonia.
[03:07] Joe
    It wouldn't be over...
[03:10] Joe
    if you hadn't stopped me!
[03:13] Joe
    Did you forget what we're trying to do?!
[03:18] Nanbu
    I'm thinking you're the one who forgot, Joe.
[03:22] Nanbu
    If you had slugged Mikio back there
    because you were hot under the collar,
[03:26] Nanbu
    that would've been exactly what they wanted.
[03:28] Nanbu
    Then we'd really be screwed.
[03:31] Nanbu
    He knew about your counterfeit ID,
[03:34] Nanbu
    along with the matches that we used to throw.
[03:37] Nanbu
    Think about it.
[03:38] Nanbu
    If Shirato wanted to get rid of us,
[03:40] Nanbu
    he could've just told the public what he knew.
[03:43] Nanbu
    It would've been easy.
[03:45] Nanbu
    But he didn't...
[03:47] Nanbu
    Instead, he went to the trouble
    of trying to scare us off.
[03:50] Nanbu
    All by himself, too.
[03:52] Nanbu
    You mean...
[03:54] Nanbu
    Shirato Mikio has a reason
    he wants to get rid of Joe,
[03:56] Nanbu
    one that he hasn't shared with anybody.
[04:00] Nanbu
    I get it! So if we can find out why...
[04:03] Nanbu
    Yeah.
[04:05] Nanbu
    It's not over yet!
[04:09] Nanbu
    There's hardly any time until the ceremony!
[04:12] Nanbu
    Please, Mr. Fujimaki!
[04:14] Nanbu
    If we can figure out what
    Shirato Mikio's up to,
[04:16] Nanbu
    then we can drag him back into the ring!
[04:21] Fuji
    So, you haven't given up, then?
[04:24] Sachio
    Hell no, we haven't!
[04:25] Sachio
    We promised each other that we're
    going all the way in Megalonia!
[04:36] Fuji
    This was about two weeks ago...
[04:39] Fuji
    Someone showed up in the underground,
    sniffing around for info about Joe.
[04:44] Fuji
    They looked into that ID,
[04:47] Fuji
    and naturally they saw signs
    that it had been tampered with.
[04:53] Nanbu
    Shit!
[04:54] Fuji
    But that's as far as it went.
[04:57] Fuji
    See, we're professionals when it
    comes to dealing with this sort of thing.
[05:01] Fuji
    Someone poking around in the database
    isn't gonna undermine our business.
[05:06] Fuji
    They'd have to examine
    the ID itself to know for sure.
[05:09] Nanbu
    You mean...
[05:11] Nanbu
    This stuff about him
    knowing about Joe's past...
[05:13] Fuji
    There's plenty of people in the underground
[05:16] Fuji
    mad about what the two of you have pulled off.
[05:18] Fuji
    I figure some lowlifes who saw
    a chance to make some quick cash
[05:21] Fuji
    started spouting a bunch of half-truths.
[05:25] Fuji
    Shirato Mikio doesn't have any evidence.
[05:29] Fuji
    You fell for his bluff, in other words.
[05:34] Nanbu
    Son of a bitch!
[05:36] Nanbu
    He actually managed to scam me, Nanbu Gansaku!
[05:41] Fuji
    I'll provide the info you need,
    but this is your last chance.
[05:46] Fuji
    You screw up again,
[05:48] Fuji
    and that boy there's gonna
    be paying for it, too.
[05:52] Sachio
    I'm not some boy!
[05:53] Sachio
    I'm Sachio with Team Nowhere!
[05:56] Sachio
    And if this intel is just some bullshit,
    then there's gonna be hell to pay!
[06:00] Nanbu
    Wh-Whoa there...
[06:06] Fuji
    I've got the perfect lead.
[06:08] Fuji
    His name's Mizuhara Koichi.
[06:11] Fuji
    He was a freelance engineer,
[06:13] Fuji
    and he did Gear development for
    Shirato until about two years ago...
[06:21] Fuji
    But they apparently found out he was stealing
    and selling parts for cash on the side,
[06:26] Fuji
    meaning he's now washed up
    and frequents the underground fights.
[06:28] Fuji
    He fell so hard, he's one of our regulars.
[06:32] Fuji
    With a little bit of incentive,
    you might get some good info.
[06:42] Ko1
    Wh-What is this?
[06:44] Ko1
    Dragging me to this place, out of the blue...
[07:08] Ko1
    Look, I don't have anything you'd want to know.
[07:12] Fuji
    That's for us to decide.
    Just tell us everything you know.
[07:16] Fuji
    Your reward will depend on what you provide.
[07:18] Ko1
    Wh-What do you wanna know?
[07:21] Nanbu
    Everything you know about Shirato.
[07:24] Ko1
    Sh-Shirato?!
[07:27] Nanbu
    Yeah. Why don't you humor us?
[07:33] Director
    Then there are no objections to Shirato
    Mikio being selected as the Final One?
SIGN    None.
[07:41] Director
    Then, it's unanimous.
[07:45] Shirato
    Very well.
[07:46] Shirato
    Tonight at the ceremony,
    we'll announce his entry.
[08:10] Mikio
    Looks like I'll finally be fighting you, Yuri.
[08:14] Yuri
    Aren't you forgetting something?
[08:16] Mikio
    You mean Burroughs?
[08:18] Mikio
    With a champion like you, even the
    king of beasts fails to compare.
[08:23] Yuri
    That's all you have to say about that animal?
[08:25] Mikio
    I know a thing or two about handling animals.
[08:29] Mikio
    Do you know the real difference
    between men and animals?
[08:32] Mikio
    Animals lack self-awareness.
[08:35] Mikio
    That's why I'll be teaching him...
[08:38] Mikio
    That the human he's facing isn't
    someone he can overcome.
[08:42] Mikio
    Much like I did with the coward
    who ran from the ring.
[08:46] Yuri
    I wouldn't underestimate them, Mikio.
[08:49] Yuri
    If an animal does sink its
    teeth into you, it won't let go.
[08:51] Yuri
    Especially when it comes to stray dogs...
[08:58] Mikio
    And which are you, Yuri?
SIGN    Absolutely No Press Allowed!! -Big Joe Fan Club
[09:04] Joe
    That took a while.
[09:10] Joe
    So, how'd it go, Sachio?
[09:14] Sachio
    Well, we know everything now.
[09:17] Sachio
    About what Mikio is after, and why he did it.
[09:23] (Flashback) Ko1
    Shirato hired us to work
    on next-gen Gear development.
[09:29] (Flashback) Ko1
    That being said, we were
    more like lab assistants,
[09:33] (Flashback) Ko1
    and all the serious development was
    handled by internal Shirato people.
[09:36] (Flashback) Ko1
    They'd make a prototype,
    and then improve on it...
[09:39] (Flashback) Ko1
    For a few months, they repeated that process.
[09:42] (Flashback) Ko1
    But one day, the project was ended.
[09:46] (Flashback) Nanbu
    What happened?
[09:48] (Flashback) Ko1
    Well, it wasn't necessary anymore.
[09:51] (Flashback) Ko1
    The next-gen Gear they wanted was completed.
[09:54] (Flashback) Nanbu
    And that's Yuri's integrated model?
[09:57] (Flashback) Ko1
    Yeah, in the end, at least.
[10:01] (Flashback) Ko1
    See, there was actually another
    candidate for the next-gen model.
[10:04] (Flashback) Ko1
    It's supposed to be the ultimate
    evolution of mounted models.
[10:08] (Flashback) Ko1
    That's the version that was
    loaded with artificial intelligence.
[10:12] (Flashback) Ko1
    But it wasn't long before its
    development was canceled,
[10:15] (Flashback) Ko1
    and the integrated model
    was officially chosen.
[10:18] (Flashback) Ko1
    The story was that there were too many
    defects in the manufacturing process,
[10:22] (Flashback) Ko1
    but the thing is, the integrated
    model was put together
[10:26] (Flashback) Ko1
    by the president's specially selected team...
[10:29] (Flashback) Ko1
    So a lot of people figured it was a
    race to see who could finish first,
[10:32] (Flashback) Ko1
    or a power struggle inside the company..
[10:34] (Flashback) Nanbu
    And Shirato Mikio is the guy who
    developed the AI-equipped model, right?
[10:39] (Flashback) Ko1
    Yeah.
[10:40] (Flashback) Numa
    There's a rumor I heard.
[10:42] (Flashback) Numa
    The owner doesn't want Shirato
    Mikio getting into Megalonia.
[10:47] (Flashback) Mikio
    I won't let anyone get in my way.
[10:50] (Flashback) Mikio
    Not some stray dog... or that woman.
[10:54] (Flashback) Nanbu
    I get it.
[10:56] (Flashback) Nanbu
    So Shirato's not a united front...
[11:01] Sachio
    The artificial intelligence program
    he personally created, Ace.
[11:05] Sachio
    Shirato Mikio wants to get into Megalonia
[11:08] Sachio
    and beat Yuri to prove something.
[11:12] Sachio
    That his Gear is the superior one...
[11:16] Sachio
    He'll do whatever it takes.
[11:18] Joe
    But it can't be just that.
[11:22] Joe
    There's gotta be more to why
    he didn't want us to fight...
[11:26] (Flashback) Ko1
    Shirato Mikio's Gear?
[11:28] (Flashback) Ko1
    Gimme a break, man...
[11:30] (Flashback) Ko1
    I've told you everything I know.
[11:33] (Flashback) Ko1
    What more do you wanna know?
[11:37] (Flashback) Nanbu
    The ceremony is tonight!
[11:39] (Flashback) Nanbu
    There's no time!
[11:41] (Flashback) Nanbu
    If we can drag him down
    and force him into the ring,
[11:45] (Flashback) Nanbu
    I know Joe can win!
[11:47] (Flashback) Ko1
    I dunno about that.
[11:50] (Flashback) Ko1
    L-Look, all I'm trying to say...
[11:52] (Flashback) Ko1
    is his AI doesn't have any weaknesses!
[11:55] (Flashback) Ko1
    You guys know about it, right?
[11:58] (Flashback) Ko1
    The sensors detect movement
    in the opponent's Gear,
[12:01] (Flashback) Ko1
    and automatically picks
    perfect counter-measures!
[12:05] (Flashback) Ko1
    How could anyone beat such a monstrosity?
[12:11] (Flashback) Nanbu
    What'd you just say?
[12:18] (Flashback) Nanbu
    What'd you just say?
[12:19] (Flashback) Ko1
    Look, I'm sorry.
[12:21] (Flashback) Ko1
    I'm sure you guys can take him...
[12:24] (Flashback) Nanbu
    Not that! You said the
    sensors were monitoring...
[12:27] (Flashback) Ko1
    Th-The Gear.
[12:28] (Flashback) Ko1
    The sensors pick up even the faintest
    electrical signals from his opponent's Gear.
[12:34] (Flashback) Nanbu
    That'd mean...
[12:36] (Flashback) Nanbu
    The sensors are only
    detecting the other guy's Gear.
[12:40] (Flashback) Nanbu
    In other words...
[12:41] Sachio
    Mikio's Ace can't predict
    a fighter without Gear.
[12:45] Sachio
    He was afraid of you, Joe.
[12:48] Sachio
    He didn't want a fight with Gearless Joe!
[12:52] Sachio
    I would've never guessed,
    but now... we can do this!
[12:57] Sachio
    Pops said that the ceremony
    was gonna be called off tonight.
[13:01] Sachio
    We can go to the top!
[13:11] Fuji
    So, what'll you do now?
[13:14] Nanbu
    We're not the only ones who
    want to take Shirato Mikio down.
[13:18] Nanbu
    The enemy of an enemy is a friend, y'know?
[13:21] Fuji
    Mr. Nanbu.
[13:23] Fuji
    People can't change their true nature.
[13:26] Fuji
    You can leave the underground,
    make new friends,
[13:29] Fuji
    but you'll still be a scorpion.
[13:31] Fuji
    You realize that there's a limit
    to how far you can go, right?
[13:41] Shirato
    I don't think so.
[13:44] Nanbu
    What?!
[13:45] Nanbu
    D-Did you not listen to me?!
[13:49] Shirato
    I did.
[13:50] Shirato
    I thought you might be here to explain
    why you abandoned the fight...
[13:53] Shirato
    But making an appeal for a rematch?
[13:55] Nanbu
    D-Don't you get it?!
[13:58] Nanbu
    Joe is this guy's weakness!
[14:00] Nanbu
    If you make this match happen,
    we'll be taking your enemy out for you!
[14:04] Shirato
    I've heard enough from the
    people who ran from the ring.
[14:09] Nanbu
    Hang on! That was because of Mikio's trap!
[14:12] Nanbu
    We didn't have any choice back there!
[14:15] Nanbu
    That whole match was a setup!
[14:18] Nanbu
    The same goes for you!
[14:19] Nanbu
    You were using Joe and Suger to
    keep him from getting into Megalonia!
[14:23] Nanbu
    You dragged us into this feud of yours!
[14:27] Shirato
    Let's say that your accusations
    about my brother are true...
[14:31] Shirato
    Why simply accede to his demands?
[14:36] Shirato
    If there's a reason that you refuse to explain,
[14:39] Shirato
    I can hardly trust you about anything.
[14:43] Shirato
    And did you honestly think I would
    place my hopes on a gearless boxer?
[14:48] Shirato
    I have Yuri. Please leave.
[15:03] Sachio
    It'll be fine! I'm sure Pops can take care of—
[15:06] Joe
    He wasn't afraid.
[15:10] Joe
    Back then, Mikio thought
    I wasn't worth fighting...
[15:13] Joe
    I was never even in the picture for him.
[15:16] Joe
    That's the kind of look he gave me.
[15:20] Joe
    I've seen it before.
[15:23] Joe
    I'm just saying it's not gonna be easy.
[15:29] Shirato
    If you'll excuse me, I have
    a ceremony to prepare for.
[15:34] Nanbu
    I get it.
[15:36] Nanbu
    And I already knew what you thought of us...
[15:41] Nanbu
    I was prepared for this kind of response.
[15:44] Nanbu
    But I'm telling you, we've come
    too far to back down now!
[15:51] Nanbu
    He brought up things in our past
    that we can't let see the light of day.
[15:55] Nanbu
    That's what Mikio threatened us with.
    He wanted us to act like we'd lost.
[15:59] Nanbu
    This is the proof.
[16:02] Nanbu
    You can believe it or not,
[16:04] Nanbu
    but that match was set up by Mikio
    from start to finish...
[16:08] Nanbu
    It was a genuine, 100% fixed fight!
[16:11] Nanbu
    And if you don't wanna set up the rematch,
    then I can go public with that fact.
[16:15] Nanbu
    If word gets out that the Final
    One was chosen thanks to cheating,
[16:18] Nanbu
    it's gonna be way worse
    than just some bad press.
[16:23] Nanbu
    If we're going down,
    I'll drag all of you with us!
[16:25] Nanbu
    That means Megalonia and you!
[16:27] Shirato
    And you expect me to trust you after this?
[16:29] Nanbu
    Not me. You just need to trust Joe.
[16:33] Nanbu
    The fights he's won have all been real!
[16:36] Nanbu
    He's the genuine article, and that's a fact!
[16:40] Nanbu
    All I'm asking for is a single chance!
[16:42] Nanbu
    A chance to show everybody
    that Joe is the real deal!
[16:47] (Flashback) Yuri
    To survive in the ring,
    you have to be the genuine article.
[16:52] Nanbu
    This is our last chance!
[16:54] Nanbu
    Cancel the ceremony!
[16:56] Nanbu
    And make this rematch
    between Joe and Mikio happen!
[17:00] Shirato
    I understand.
[17:02] Shirato
    I understand that I can never accept
    how the two of you operate, that is.
[17:09] Shirato
    The ceremony will continue, as scheduled.
[17:11] Shirato
    In the meantime, you'll have to stay in here.
[17:14] Nanbu
    Say what? Hey! Wait—
[17:38] MC
    After four years, the Megalonia
    Dome is finally complete,
[17:43] MC
    with a seating capacity of 100,000!
[17:45] MC
    This is the world's largest Megalo Box arena!
[17:49] MC
    And one week from now, at long last,
[17:52] MC
    the event of the century, to determine
    who stands at the top of Megalo Boxing...
[17:55] MC
    Megalonia will be begin!
[18:08] Nanbu
    Damn it all!
[18:14] Santa
    What the hell, Sachio?
    Isn't it supposed to be canceled?
[18:17] Santa
    It's almost started!
[18:19] Sachio
    What're you doing, Pops?!
[18:24] Sachio
    Pops!
[18:25] Nanbu
    Sachio... sorry...
[18:27] Nanbu
    Joe... Sachio...
[18:30] Sachio
    What's going on?
[18:31] Sachio
    Hey... Pops? ...can't hear...
[18:35] Nanbu
    We're screwed! I messed up!
[18:38] Sachio
    You did?
[18:40] Oicho
    Sachio! Big Joe just—
[18:45] Sachio
    Joe...?
[18:50] MC
    And tonight, the final
    entrant into Megalonia...
[18:53] MC
    The Final One will be announced!
[18:56] MC
    Yuri!
[18:58] MC
    Pepe Iglesias!
[19:00] MC
    Glen Burroughs!
[19:02] MC
    And joining them...
[19:09] MC
    With Team Shirato, Shirato Mikio!
[19:15] MC
    With his prodigious intellect
    and exceptional athleticism,
[19:19] MC
    it's easy to say that the heavens
    have blessed this fighter!
[19:22] MC
    The fighting engineer, Shirato Mikio!
[19:25] MC
    With Ace, the AI-equipped
    Gear of his own creation,
[19:29] MC
    he will now be within striking distance
    of the top spot in Megalo Boxing!
[19:48] Guards
    S-Stop!
[19:54] Oicho
    What the...?!
[19:55] Santa
    What's going on?
[19:58] Sachio
    Pops... Pops!
[20:01] Sachio
    It's Joe!
SIGN    Connected
[20:02] Sachio
    Pops!
[20:05] Nanbu
    Sachio!
[20:07] Joe
    Not yet!
[20:09] Nanbu
    Joe?!
[20:10] Joe
    This isn't over yet!
[20:13] Joe
    Me and him...
[20:15] Joe
    Let us settle this in the ring, please!
[20:17] Mikio
    But it is over. What are you
    talking about, you coward?
[20:22] Mikio
    I already told you, "Gearless" Joe.
[20:25] Mikio
    This isn't a place for stray dogs.
[20:28] Mikio
    You have to be the genuine article
    to stand in the ring of Megalonia.
[20:32] Shirato
    Genuine...
[20:34] Mikio
    Take him away.
[20:37] Joe
    You really want this?!
[20:39] Joe
    Is he your idea of the real deal?!
[20:43] Shirato
    A moment, please.
[20:47] Shirato
    I'm sure we're all surprised.
[20:50] Shirato
    But this kind of bold surprise is very much
    what we've come to expect from Joe.
[20:56] Shirato
    Regarding the results of last night's match,
[20:58] Shirato
    I'm fully aware that there has been
    a lot of speculation as to the cause...
[21:02] Shirato
    However, whatever the truth is,
    one thing is certain:
[21:08] Shirato
    It's just as Shirato said.
[21:10] Shirato
    The only people fit to fight in the ring
    at Megalonia are the genuine articles,
[21:14] Shirato
    fighters that everyone approves of.
[21:17] Shirato
    Not boxers who have won by default.
[21:28] Joe
    That's what I like to hear.
[21:34] Shirato
    This doesn't mean I trust you.
[21:37] Joe
    Fine by me.
[21:41] Shirato
    I finally understand why I was
    chosen as Grandfather's successor.
[21:46] Shirato
    It's because I make the rules.
[21:49] Shirato
    This is your last chance, Brother.
[21:55] Mikio
    This feels like the first time you've
    ever shown your true colors...
[22:00] Mikio
    And from here on out,
[22:01] Mikio
    I'll be putting everything
    I have into destroying you.
[22:07] Shirato
    I would like to announce that
    the Final One for Megalonia
[22:09] Shirato
    will be the winner of the rematch
    between Shirato Mikio and Gearless Joe!
[22:20] Kids
    Yes! He did it, Pops!
[22:23] Nanbu
    Yeah. He did.
[22:27] Nanbu
    He pulled it off!
SIGN    Round 8
    "Deadline of the Dream"
    No one else tells you when it's time to give up on your dream.