E9 - A Dead Flower Shall Never Bloom

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[00:10] Announcer
    It's the match to decide who will be
    the Final One to compete in Megalonia!
[00:12] Announcer
    We're partway through the second round.
[01:03] Nanbu
    Don't just stand there!
    Use your feet to move around him!
[01:08] Ann
    Shirato has been steadily making
    progress throughout the fight
[01:11] Ann
    with "Gearless" Joe on the defensive!
[01:13] Ann
    He's not putting on a good
    showing so far today.
[01:21] Mikio
    Let me guess...
    "It wasn't supposed to be like this."
[01:25] Ref
    He's down!
[01:27] Count
    One...
[01:30] Count
    Two...
[01:34] Count
    Three...
[01:37] Count
    Four...
[01:38] Sachio
    Pops!
[01:40] Count
    Five...
[01:40] Nanbu
    Yeah. It's reading him,
    even though he's not using Gear.
[01:43] Count
    Six...
[01:44] Nanbu
    No doubt about it...
[01:45] Nanbu
    His Gear's different than it was before!
[01:47] Count
    Seven...
[01:50] Count
    Eight...
[01:53] Count
    Nine...
[03:41] Shirato
    A new model, one without
    the previous weaknesses...
[03:51] Shirato
    One designed to fight Yuri.
[04:06] Nanbu
    There you go. He doesn't know that pattern yet.
[04:10] Nanbu
    That thing might be able to read you,
[04:12] Nanbu
    but if it doesn't have
    any data to work with...
[04:15] Mikio
    Ace is a fast learner.
[04:25] Ref
    He's down!
[04:30] Mikio
    Did you seriously think you stood a chance?
[04:32] Mikio
    You people and your
    pathetic little bag of tricks...
[04:35] Joe
    What?!
[04:43] Ref
    That's a slip!
[04:44] Crowd
    Get it together, Joe!
[04:45] Crowd
    This isn't some brawl between thugs!
[04:48] Mikio
    Damned stray.
[04:51] ANN
    And the second round is now complete!
[04:53] ANN
    Joe is really looking rough out there.
[04:56] Sachio
    Joe!
[04:59] Shirato
    The conclusion here is foregone.
[05:02] Yuri
    It's not over yet.
[05:06] Yuri
    You wanted to see who was the genuine article.
[05:10] Yuri
    Isn't that why you had them meet in the ring?
[05:22] Joe
    I feel better now.
[05:25] Sachio
    It's reading your every move.
[05:27] Sachio
    It can use the patterns it learns, too.
[05:32] Sachio
    The longer the match goes on,
    the stronger his Gear gets!
[05:32] Mikio
    Make sure the data capture is working fully.
[05:38] Nanbu
    If those combinations aren't gonna work...
[05:41] Nanbu
    We're out of options.
[05:43] Joe
    Pops, you're the one who said it.
    Gear doesn't decide who wins a fight.
[05:48] Joe
    Remember?
[05:53] Nanbu
    Sachio, cool the other side off, too.
[06:00] Mikio
    What's synchronization at?
[06:02] Crew
    Rising steadily.
[06:03] Crew
    It looks like it'll hit peak
    performance in the next round,
[06:07] Crew
    so you can—
[06:07] Mikio
    I didn't ask for estimates!
[06:08] Mikio
    Tell me the numbers.
[06:10] Crew
    Uh, yes, sir.
[06:11] Crew
    It's currently at 73%.
[06:14] Mikio
    How long are you going to take?
[06:19] Mikio
    Third-rate idiots.
[06:21] Shirato
    He really hasn't changed.
[06:23] Yuri
    Synchronization with
    the artificial intelligence
[06:26] Yuri
    is a burden, physically and mentally.
[06:29] Yuri
    I'd think the cost is higher than ever,
    with this new model of Ace.
[06:34] Shirato
    That's a limitation of his Gear.
[06:36] Shirato
    A Gear that no human can
    make use of has no future.
[06:41] Shirato
    Being unable to see that is why
    he can't be entrusted with Shirato.
[06:46] Mikio
    I'm going to prove it here in the ring...
[06:49] Mikio
    Who was really most fit
    to inherit the Shirato business.
[07:06] (Flashback) Mikio
    Raise automatic control to 50%.
[07:08] Comp
    Synchronization at 38%... 49%... 55%.
[07:15] (Flashback) Mikio
    Higher!
[07:17] Comp
    79%... 85%... 98%.
[07:21] (Flashback) Mikio
    Give me more!
[07:24] Comp
    Output is maximized.
[07:28] Comp
    Synchronization dropping..
[07:30] Comp
    60%. 54%. 32%. No longer stable.
[08:07] (Flashback) Mikio
    We're working our way back up from 60.
[08:16] ANN
    It's the third round, but not a
    thing has changed in the ring.
[08:24] Santa
    What's so damn funny?!
[08:26] Santa
    You're not fighting in there! Don't laugh!
[08:29] Bonjiri
    Joe! Show these guys they're wrong about you!
SIGN    Go! Big Joe!
[08:32] Bonjiri
    Get him! Get him, Big Joe!
[08:37] Mikio
    Do you understand, now?
[08:39] Mikio
    All you are is a fraud who's
    bluffed his way this far.
[08:52] Joe
    Is that all?
[08:54] Joe
    You wanna be the real deal
    with punches like these?
[09:09] ANN
    A devastating uppercut!
[09:10] ANN
    Joe is knocked out of the ring!
[09:12] Oicho
    Big Joe...
[09:17] Mikio
    You don't have the right to
    talk about who's the real deal,
[09:21] Mikio
    Junk Dog the fraud.
[09:24] Sachio
    Joe!
[09:26] Nanbu
    Don't touch him!
[09:28] Nanbu
    If his corner helps him up,
    he loses by disqualification.
[09:32] Joe
    Don't worry, Sachio.
[09:36] Nanbu
    Joe.
[09:39] Nanbu
    You're right, kid. It's not the
    Gear that decides who wins.
[09:45] Nanbu
    It's the fighter.
[09:47] Nanbu
    Show him that with that big shot of yours.
[10:01] Mikio
    What exactly are you?
[10:32] (Flashback) Mikio
    Why?
[10:33] (Flashback) Mikio
    Why abandon Ace and choose
    that disgusting, freak Gear?
[10:39] (Flashback) Mikio
    Are you more loyal to Yukiko?
[10:42] (Flashback) Yuri
    I did it to win. That's all.
[10:45] (Flashback) Mikio
    In that case...
[10:46] (Flashback) Mikio
    Why don't we prove which is
    the better Gear, right now?!
[10:53] (Flashback) Yuri
    Only winners have the right to fight me.
[10:58] (Flashback) Mikio
    You think you're the only one with real skill?
[11:00] (Flashback) Mikio
    You're just a wild animal
    that's cozied up to Shirato!
[11:04] (Flashback) Yuri
    What exactly do you want to prove?
[11:07] (Flashback) Mikio
    What?
[11:13] (Flashback) Yuri
    It's not about Gear.
[11:15] (Flashback) Yuri
    Real Megalo Boxers have
    control over their own fists
[11:18] (Flashback) Yuri
    when they choose to stand in the ring.
[11:25] (Flashback) Yuri
    Are you the one who put your guard up?
[11:28] (Flashback) Yuri
    Or was it Ace?
[11:33] (Flashback) Mikio
    Ace...
[11:43] Mikio
    Ace...
[11:47] Mikio
    is me!
[11:51] Mikio
    I'll never accept that you're the real deal!
[11:56] Crew
    What the...?
[11:58] Crew
    Synchronization's at 90%!
[12:00] Crew
    And rising!
[12:02] Mikio
    More! Give me more!
[12:10] Mikio
    You little—
[12:13] Joe
    It's Joe.
[12:15] Joe
    My name is Joe!
[12:21] Nanbu
    Joe!
[12:22] Nanbu
    You hear me, Joe?!
[12:24] Sachio
    Joe!
[12:25] Nanbu
    You dirty piece of crap!
[12:46] Ref
    Due to persistent holding by Joe,
    and wrestling by Shirato,
[12:50] Ref
    a foul is issued to both fighters.
[12:53] Ref
    The next foul will result in disqualification.
[12:53] Kids
    Screw you! What were you looking at?!
[12:56] Sachio
    Pops! He's gonna kill Joe!
[13:10] Mikio
    What is this?
[13:13] Nanbu
    What're you doing, Joe?!
[13:15] Nanbu
    Get your guard up! Block, you gotta block!
[13:18] Mikio
    What the hell are you?!
[13:32] Nanbu
    What's going on here?
[13:34] ANN
    An odd turn of events!
[13:36] ANN
    "Gearless" Joe has dropped his guard,
    but Shirato isn't going in for the kill!
[13:40] Crowd
    Just beat him already!
[13:42] Crowd
    How long are you gonna screw around?!
[13:45] ANN
    And that's it for the third round!
[13:49] ANN
    What do you think of this turn of events?
[13:51] Color
    Let's see... Shirato seems to
    have the clear advantage, but...
[14:04] Mikio
    Just who are you?
[14:12] Shirato
    Why didn't he finish it?
[14:14] Yuri
    He was stopped.
[14:16] Yuri
    By another part of himself.
[14:19] Nanbu
    Sit down already. You need to rest
    as much as you can for the next round.
[14:22] Joe
    I'm not getting up if I sit down.
[14:25] Joe
    More importantly, Sachio...
[14:28] Joe
    His Gear can learn attack patterns,
    even if I've only used them once, right?
[14:33] Sachio
    Yeah. So nothing will work a second time.
[14:36] Nanbu
    What're you getting at?
[14:38] Joe
    You saw, didn't you?
[14:42] Joe
    He was going for a straight, but pulled back.
[14:45] Sachio
    I get it!
[14:46] Sachio
    The Gear changed its plan, because it
    thought you were up to something!
[14:51] Sachio
    That's why he didn't go after you!
[14:53] Nanbu
    Then the reason you dropped your guard...
[14:55] Joe
    I was bluffing.
[14:58] Nanbu
    Well, that's a hell of a thing
    to do at a time like this.
[15:02] Nanbu
    So now you're counting on when he sees
    through that, and comes in to finish you?
[15:07] Nanbu
    You're gonna hit him with a counter.
[15:09] Joe
    Yeah.
[15:10] Joe
    I'll put him down with one shot.
[15:16] Mikio
    If I had disabled automatic
    control, I could've beat him.
[15:20] Mikio
    Did Ace make the wrong decision?
[15:23] Mikio
    Am I doubting myself?
[15:26] Crew
    Synchronization is at 80% and steady.
[15:29] Crew
    The numbers have stabilized,
    but "Gearless" Joe is on his last legs.
[15:33] Crew
    You should be fine even if
    you disable Ace's automatic—
[15:36] Mikio
    What the hell do you people know?
[15:39] Mikio
    Ace's decisions are mine!
[15:42] Mikio
    Do you have a problem with that?!
[15:44] Crew
    N-No, sir.
[15:46] Mikio
    It doesn't matter what he's planning to do.
[15:49] Mikio
    It ends here.
[15:53] ANN
    "Gearless" Joe seems to be
    helpless against the ultimate Gear!
[15:57] ANN
    He still hasn't brought his guard up!
[15:59] ANN
    Is he too exhausted to go on?
[16:01] ANN
    Will this be the round that decides it all?
[16:04] (Flashback) Joe
    I can't see a damn thing
    out of this eye anymore.
[16:08] (Flashback) Joe
    You make the call on what
    he'll use for his last shot.
[16:14] (Flashback) Nanbu
    You're betting on me? You must
    really be desperate.
[16:20] (Flashback) Joe
    Still, I feel like betting on you.
[16:24] Nanbu
    Right or left...
[16:28] Nanbu
    We've been through this before.
[16:30] Nanbu
    Back then...
[16:32] Nanbu
    We were betting on him,
    injuries and all, and his lack of Gear.
[16:35] Nanbu
    If Mikio's got the ultimate Gear...
[16:39] Nanbu
    Then we've got the ultimate Gearless.
[16:45] Nanbu
    His finishing blow is gonna be...
[16:51] Nanbu
    The same as before: a right straight!
[16:54] Nanbu
    Intercept with a left!
[16:58] Mikio
    Is this what Ace wants?
[17:03] Mikio
    Or is it me?!
[17:14] Nanbu
    He saw it coming!
[17:16] Yuri
    Too late.
[17:37] Ref
    He's down!
[17:45] Yagunuma
    Yes!
[17:50] Count
    Five... Six...
[17:52] Count
    Seven... Eight... Nine...
[17:55] Count
    Ten.
[17:57] Ref
    With a K.O. 2:16 into the fourth round,
[18:01] Ref
    the winner is "Gearless" Joe!
[18:08] Kids
    He won! He won!
[18:08] ANN
    Unbelievable!
[18:10] ANN
    "Gearless" Joe makes an epic comeback!
[18:13] ANN
    A single blow thrown from the badly hurt Joe
[18:16] ANN
    was enough to sink Shirato into the canvass!
[18:19] ANN
    We have witnessed a miracle!
[18:20] ANN
    The man from the bottom of the ranking
    has risen all the way to become the Final One!
[18:24] Crowd
    Joe! Joe! Joe!
[18:25] ANN
    The last competitor in Megalonia
[18:27] ANN
    is going to be "Gearless" Joe!
[18:30] Crowd
    Joe! Joe! Joe!
[18:36] Nanbu
    Hey.
[18:38] Nanbu
    That's your name they're chanting.
[18:42] Mikio
    How?
[18:49] Mikio
    How'd you know what my
    last punch was going to be?
[18:53] Joe
    It's not like I thought about it.
[18:55] Joe
    My body just reacted.
[18:59] Joe
    Yours did the same, didn't it?
[19:10] Mikio
    You win.
[19:17] Shirato
    What would've happened if I had
    declined the position of successor?
[19:22] Yuri
    That's a conceited line of thought.
[19:24] Yuri
    He chose to follow his own path,
    in spite of the isolation it brought him.
[19:29] Yuri
    He fought to the very end, did it his way,
[19:33] Yuri
    and proved his worth.
[19:36] Yuri
    Are you having regrets?
[19:38] Yuri
    About arranging this match?
[19:41] Shirato
    There's only one ultimate Gear.
    You'll be the one to prove that.
[19:46] Shirato
    No matter who else enters the ring
    at Megalonia, that won't change.
[19:53] Joe
    Hey, champion.
[19:59] Joe
    Here I am, as promised, in your ring.
[20:07] Yuri
    I don't brawl with stray dogs...
[20:10] Yuri
    You know that, don't you, Joe?
[20:21] Yuri
    A wild animal that won't let go
    once it sinks its teeth into you.
[20:40] Mikio
    And the loser leaves with nothing, huh?
[20:51] Party
    I was really touched by today's fight, man!
[20:53] Party
    I thought today was going to
    just be the same shit, different day.
[20:56] Party
    But you guys... you're our pride!
[20:59] Nanbu
    You said that already.
[21:01] Party
    Come on, how about marrying my daughter?
[21:04] Nanbu
    Marry? Me?
[21:06] Party
    I'm talking about Joe, of course!
[21:09] Party
    Granted, the bun's still in the oven...
    Guess she's shy, am I right?
[21:12] Nanbu
    She's not even born yet, man.
[21:16] Nanbu
    Damn.
[21:17] Nanbu
    Everybody wants to get in on
    the party while the getting's good...
[21:19] Oicho
    You're eating too much, Bonjiri!
[21:21] Nanbu
    Hey, Sachio!
[21:23] Nanbu
    That goes for you guys, too.
    The party isn't gonna last forever!
[21:25] Sachio
    Aw, pipe down!
[21:26] Sachio
    I remember how you guessed
    wrong about that last punch.
[21:30] Sachio
    I wouldn't gamble again if I were you!
[21:33] Kids
    Yeah, tell him!
[21:36] Party
    Whatever! Let's toast to getting into Megalonia!
[21:40] Joe
    Damn... are they gonna let me sleep or not?
[21:44] Joe
    Ow!
[21:48] Joe
    Damn, that hurts...
[21:51] Sachio
    You running now, Pops?!
[21:53] Nanbu
    Just taking a piss.
[22:07] Nanbu
    Sorry about that.
[22:08] Nanbu
    I haven't told Joe and the boy yet...
[22:11] Nanbu
    Can I ask you to leave for today, Mr. Fujimaki?
[22:19] Fuji
    You aren't the only one...
[22:21] Fuji
    Scorpions who wanna close
    their eyes to their true nature,
[22:23] Fuji
    poisoned by the venom of dreams.
[22:32] Fuji
    Sorry, Mr. Nanbu,
[22:35] Fuji
    but the ride stops here.
SIGN    Round 9
    "A Dead Flower Shall Never Bloom"
    This flower's buds smell rotten, its seeds returning to the earth.