E6 - Mathematics Bare Knuckle

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[00:00] Vilma
    Ten rounds total.
[00:02] Vilma
    One-on-one bouts of mathematics and
    brawling held at the same time.
[00:08] Vilma
    The round ends when one side
    solves the math problems.
[00:12] Kizuna
    So unless you can finish the math
    problems, the fight goes on forever.
[00:17] Vilma
    It's the only way to get bloodthirsty
    adventurers to learn their arithmetic!
[00:22] Vilma
    Each problem set will be
    tougher than the last.
[00:25] Vilma
    And at the start of the next round,
[00:27] Vilma
    for each 10-point difference in your scores,
[00:30] Vilma
    you get one free hit at the enemy brawler.
[00:34] Curran
    That's a heavy responsibility.
[00:36] Vilma
    We'll use this to determine
    the mathematics players.
[00:42] Tiana
    Huh?
[00:43] Zem
    It's Curran.
[00:46] Curran
    N-N-N-N-N!
[00:48] Nick
    It's me, Nick.
[00:49] Nick
    Calm down.
[00:49] Curran
    I-I-I-I-I.
[00:50] Nick
    Yes, you can do it.
[00:52] Curran
    B-B-B-B-B!
[00:54] Nick
    You'll be fine.
[00:55] Nick
    Don't worry.
[00:56] Kizuna
    How can he tell what she's saying?
[00:58] Leon
    Hmph. I hope one screw-up
    doesn't get everyone killed.
[01:06] Curran
    U-U-U-U-U!
[01:07] Nick
    She's saying "Uuuh."
SIGN    Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't
    Believe in Humanity Will Save the World
SIGN    Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't
    Believe in Humanity Will Save the World
SIGN    "Mathematics Bare Knuckle"
SIGN    "Mathematics Bare Knuckle"
SIGN    "Mathematics Bare Knuckle"
SIGN    "Mathematics Bare Knuckle"
SIGN    "Mathematics Bare Knuckle"
SIGN    "Mathematics Bare Knuckle"
SIGN    "Mathematics Bare Knuckle"
SIGN    "Mathematics Bare Knuckle"
[02:46] Kizuna
    Well?
[02:47] Zem
    Hmm, I think she's got potential!
[02:51] Curran
    What was my score?
[02:53] Zem
    Curran, you worked hard, didn't you?
[02:56] Curran
    Yup. So what was my score?
[02:58] Zem
    If you did this good before you even
    started studying, I think there's hope.
[03:01] Curran
    What was my score?
[03:02] Nick
    Curran, let the poor guy off the hook.
[03:06] Curran
    It was no good?
[03:09] Zem
    That's not true.
SIGN    Curran
[03:15] Curran
    I can't do this.
[03:18] Zem
    Curran, the most important thing right now
[03:21] Zem
    is that we were able to see what
    you can do and what you can't.
[03:27] Zem
    So we just need to get you better
    at the things you understand,
[03:30] Zem
    and help you learn the things you don't.
[03:34] Curran
    Can I do that?
[03:36] Zem
    Of course.
[03:42] Kizuna
    You should just let me help.
[03:45] Zem
    Kizuna, you're too strong.
[03:49] Kizuna
    But I want to help the Survivors, too.
[03:54] Zem
    Of course, we want your help.
[03:58] Kizuna
    Okay...
[03:59] Zem
    Not as a sacred blade,
    but as a party member.
[04:04] Kizuna
    Leave it to me!
[04:08] Nick
    We spent the next week training
    and coming up with plans.
[04:14] Curran
    Zem's been hanging out
    with girls all day lately.
[04:19] Girls
    Oh, Zem, you pervert!
[04:22] Girls
    Eww!
[04:23] Melissa
    Why don't you stop wasting everybody's
    time and get to the point?
[04:28] Zem
    You knew, then?
[04:31] Melissa
    It's no fun to drink with
    someone who's so glum.
[04:34] Melissa
    You've been like that all the time lately.
[04:36] Zem
    All right, if you insist...
[04:39] Girl A
    I've heard more stories about that
    Claudine girl breaking men's hearts...
[04:43] Girl B
    Beg? The creepy guy, right?
[04:47] Girl C
    So Leon's not just strong,
    he's pretty smart.
[04:52] Girl D
    The Iron Tigers went too far!
[04:54] Melissa
    Oh, that new girl, Rose, was
    talking about some strange man.
[05:00] Zem
    So you know something about a strange man?
[05:03] Rose
    That's right.
[05:05] Zem
    Can you tell me more?
[05:09] Rose
    All right.
[05:11] Rose
    Hmm...
[05:13] Rose
    Wavy, flaxen hair,
[05:15] Rose
    beautiful soft blue eyes...
[05:18] Rose
    long, light pink fingers,
[05:21] Rose
    a sexy voice like velvet...
[05:23] Rose
    He wears a cassock that stands
    out in a place like this...
[05:26] Zem
    Who are you talking about?
[05:29] Rose
    A strange man.
[05:31] Nick
    They're going to try some
    kind of trick tomorrow.
[05:35] Curran
    Yeah.
[05:36] Zem
    The way they acted, the way they lured
    us into this, they've done it before.
[05:42] Nick
    I've had Zem look into them.
[05:45] Curran
    So he wasn't just out getting drunk?
[05:47] Zem
    I had a lot to drink,
    and asked lots of questions.
[05:52] Rose
    He's cheating. I know it.
[05:55] Rose
    But I can't figure out how.
[05:58] Rose
    He's sharp, like he's got eyes
    on the back of his head.
[06:01] Rose
    And I can't figure it out!
[06:04] Zem
    What they do is share information
    so they can outsmart their enemy.
[06:09] Tiana
    They're probably using Thought Gems.
[06:12] Nick
    Those work like telepathy, right?
[06:15] Kizuna
    Not nearly as powerful, though.
[06:17] Curran
    What do I do?
[06:19] Nick
    Use all you've learned
    to solve the problems.
[06:23] Curran
    That's all?
[06:25] Tiana
    Until I give the signal.
[06:31] Claudine
    I was pretty happy as a kid.
[06:34] Claudine
    My parents worked at a carriage station,
[06:36] Claudine
    but started embezzling small
    amounts of money and got fired.
[06:43] Claudine
    They were about to sell
    me off when I ran away.
[06:48] Claudine
    But then I had to survive.
[06:53] Claudine
    I was pretty enough, which helped
    me do enough fraud to live.
[06:56] Claudine
    I was smart enough to do
    enough cons to get by.
[06:59] Claudine
    I met some decent enough guys
    to earn a decent enough living.
[07:03] Claudine
    And that's when I met Nick.
[07:06] (Flashback) Nick
    Happy Birthday!
[07:08] Claudine
    I thought that the more people I could
    steal from, the happier I'd be.
[07:13] Claudine
    I just...
[07:23] Claudine
    I'll get you yet, Nick!
[07:29] Vilma
    Okay, let the Mathematics Bare Knuckle begin!
[07:38] Curran
    I know these!
[07:39] Curran
    They're the type of problems I've studied!
[07:42] Claudine
    Don't look so happy.
[07:45] Claudine
    These are problems a kid could do.
[07:47] Curran
    Sh-Shut up.
[07:50] Curran
    I'll finish this up fast to help Nick!
[07:52] Crowd
    Get him, Nick!
[07:54] Crowd
    Kick Leon's ass!
[07:56] Nick
    This is a good opportunity for Curran.
[07:59] Nick
    She looks like she's bad at math.
[08:01] Nick
    They're not going to miss a chance
    to take advantage of that.
[08:07] Nick
    He's not taking the bait.
[08:09] Nick
    Which means...
[08:13] Nick
    He's not attacking.
[08:14] Nick
    So he's buying time?
[08:17] Nick
    This much was planned for...
[08:20] Leon
    He's figured out some part of it.
[08:23] Leon
    Good luck figuring out the rest!
[08:25] Leon
    You'll never reach it without real smarts.
[08:32] Zem
    Focus, Curran.
[08:34] Zem
    What's important now is
    getting the right answers!
[08:40] Curran
    I-I'm done!
[08:43] Clerk
    Curran finished first!
[08:45] Clerk
    We will now begin the judging.
[08:47] Clerk
    Take a moment's break!
SIGN    Claudine
SIGN    Curran
[08:50] Vilma
    Curran 86 points, Claudine 98 points!
[08:57] Zem
    Yeah, that's the problem with going fast.
[09:00] Zem
    You get in such a rush that you get sloppy
[09:03] Zem
    and end up losing points.
[09:06] Claudine
    You're better than I thought.
[09:09] Claudine
    Let's see how long you can last.
[09:11] Curran
    S-Sorry, Nick!
[09:14] Nick
    It's fine!
[09:15] Nick
    Nobody gets worried about
    a little pat from a kitty.
[09:19] Leon
    Penalty time already?
[09:22] Leon
    Here I go!
[09:24] Nick
    Come on, kitty.
[09:29] Leon
    Sorry, my hand slipped.
[09:33] Nick
    So this is what you've
    got up your sleeve...
[09:35] Nick
    no, no, it's not.
[09:38] Nick
    Don't you worry about it.
[09:41] Nick
    What happens when you have to brawl
    and do math at the same time?
[09:44] Nick
    You might think the math is
    there to preserve your stamina.
[09:47] Nick
    You could try to save your brawler's strength
[09:51] Nick
    by ending the math part fast,
    like Curran tried to do.
[09:54] Nick
    The math might seem less
    important than the fighting,
[09:56] Nick
    until you realize that you can use
    it to go on the offensive, too!
[10:01] Clerk
    Round 2, start!
[10:04] Nick
    Abusing the penalties
    might not feel very nice,
[10:08] Nick
    but it's a standard way to fight.
[10:10] Nick
    Nothing's as effective as an attack
    your opponent can't block.
[10:14] Nick
    Especially, if your math player is good,
    you can use it to get aggressive.
[10:21] Nick
    Theoretically, if you could answer
    every question instantly,
[10:25] Nick
    you could inflict massive penalty
    hits no matter how smart they were,
[10:28] Nick
    since they wouldn't get to
    answer a single question.
[10:32] Nick
    It's not the brawlers who determine
    the outcome of the game.
[10:36] Nick
    Hence the attempts to buy time.
[10:39] Nick
    And that's where they'll try to cheat.
[10:43] Nick
    And so will we!
SIGN    Claudine
SIGN    Curran
[10:48] Vilma
    Claudine 98, Curran 79!
[10:52] Claudine
    What a shame. I almost got him two hits.
[10:59] Nick
    Curran!
[11:01] Nick
    Wipe that look off your face.
[11:04] Nick
    You're not the one getting hit.
[11:06] Curran
    I know that!
[11:08] Curran
    But... but...
[11:11] Nick
    Don't worry about me.
    Focus on the problems.
[11:14] Curran
    But it's my fault you're being hit!
[11:17] Curran
    Because I'm stupid!
[11:20] Nick
    I'll tell you the truth...
[11:22] Nick
    A week ago I couldn't even
    imagine it would go like this.
[11:25] Nick
    I was ready to take dozens of hits.
[11:28] Nick
    But just count them.
[11:30] Nick
    How many times have I been hit?
[11:32] Curran
    T-Two.
[11:35] Nick
    Yeah. You started off getting
    80 percent of the questions wrong,
[11:38] Nick
    and now you're a full-fledged
    Mathematics Bare Knuckle player!
[11:42] Nick
    You're giving it your best! I can tell!
[11:45] Nick
    So don't call yourself stupid!
[11:49] Curran
    But I might start getting more wrong.
[11:53] Nick
    It's fine.
[11:55] Nick
    That's fine.
[11:56] Nick
    If you get one wrong, just use what you
    learned to get it right next time.
[11:59] Curran
    Nick...
[12:00] Nick
    Curran, you're amazing!
[12:06] Claudine
    What are you so excited about?
    This is simple arithmetic.
[12:10] Curran
    I'm excited because I can do something
    now that I couldn't before!
[12:16] Vilma
    I'll pretend I didn't hear all that.
[12:19] Vilma
    Any more talking and I'll treat
    this as illegal stalling.
[12:23] Clerk
    Round 3! Start!
[12:26] Claudine
    Like I said, you're just some
    Dragonian bumpkin who
[12:28] Claudine
    won't be able to solve
    these problems for long!
[12:35] Curran
    I was happy to be able to do
    math I couldn't do before.
[12:38] Curran
    But I couldn't let myself show
    it because Nick was getting hit.
[12:41] Curran
    But Nick was happy for my progress!
[12:44] Curran
    So I won't hesitate anymore!
[12:49] Tiana
    If you want to run a con, you do it fast.
[12:52] Tiana
    Most people would do it
    right after the start,
[12:56] Tiana
    and get things over and done with
    before they had a chance to slip up.
[12:59] Tiana
    But there's a reason they didn't.
[13:02] Zem
    Early in the game, you'd lose time repeating
    the questions and answers to each other.
[13:07] Zem
    Which means...
[13:08] Kizuna
    They're trying to buy time and
    let the problems get harder.
[13:13] Kizuna
    When Curran stops being able
    to blaze through the questions,
[13:16] Kizuna
    they'll use the Thought Gems
    to give Claudine a boost.
[13:21] Nick
    I'm getting tired.
[13:24] Nick
    If I want to use my speed to go on the
    offensive, this is my last chance, but...
[13:28] Crowd
    Stop running around!
[13:30] Crowd
    Coward!
[13:32] Leon
    Let the crowd say what they want.
[13:34] Leon
    But buying time is part of our secret plan.
[13:37] Leon
    I'll last as long as my strength holds out!
[13:47] Tiana
    That's strange...
[13:48] Tiana
    I'm not seeing any traces of magic use.
[13:52] Tiana
    Were we wrong?
[13:54] Tiana
    Or is there some other plan?
[13:58] Zem
    The math's about to go beyond
    what Curran learned.
[14:01] Zem
    In the next round, she'll...
[14:10] Tiana
    Looks like I'll need to make more smoke.
[14:27] Tiana
    Vilma.
[14:30] Vilma
    What?
[14:32] Tiana
    This is just wasting everybody's time.
[14:35] Tiana
    Why don't we do all the
    remaining problems at once?
[14:37] Tiana
    Our leader's tough enough to take it.
[14:39] Crowds
    Sounds like fun!
[14:40] Crowds
    Do it!
[14:43] Vilma
    You understand that means he'll take all
    the penalty punches at once, right?
[14:48] Nick
    Sounds good to me!
[14:49] Nick
    I was going to say it if nobody else did.
[14:52] Curran
    Nick...
[14:54] Leon
    Is that woman stupid?
[14:57] Leon
    He might be strong, but only for a human.
[15:01] Leon
    With the damage he's taken,
    does she think he can survive?
[15:07] Leon
    If he's lucky, it'll put him in a coma.
    If he's not, he's a dead man.
[15:12] Leon
    Are they trying to stop us from buying time?
[15:14] Leon
    But it's too late!
[15:15] Leon
    Our plan's already complete!
[15:17] Leon
    Your struggles will only
    make it easier for us!
[15:22] Tiana
    I'll drive that alley cat from its hole!
[15:26] Vilma
    Now begin!
[15:30] Tiana
    Come on out, alley cat!
[15:33] Claudine
    I've solved all the problems so far on my own,
[15:35] Claudine
    but I can't let there be any
    chance of me losing this.
[15:40] Crowd
    She's fast!
[15:41] Crowd
    Nice, Dragonian!
[15:45] Claudine
    She's bluffing.
[15:47] Claudine
    I've seen the scores she's gotten.
    She doesn't really know any of this stuff.
[15:51] Claudine
    She's trying to pressure me by
    writing wrong answers quickly.
[15:55] Claudine
    But this is my chance.
[15:57] Claudine
    I'll speed up and get through this.
[16:00] Claudine
    Beg, your turn.
[16:02] Beg
    I've been waiting for this!
[16:04] Claudine
    We'll do these fast.
[16:06] Claudine
    First, 78+594/3.
[16:11] Claudine
    We've made a ton of money
    with these Thought Gems,
[16:15] Claudine
    but it's too dangerous.
[16:17] Claudine
    This'll be the last time.
[16:19] Claudine
    And then I'll leave the Iron Tigers...
[16:22] Claudine
    Yeah. And then maybe I'll live a quiet,
    normal life in some small town.
[16:27] Beg
    You ready?
[16:29] Claudine
    Go.
[16:30] Beg
    First is 2, 7, 6.
[16:33] Beg
    Second is 3, 6, 8.
[16:36] Beg
    The third is...
[16:52] Nick
    So, I don't see the other member
    of the Iron Tigers anywhere.
[16:56] Nick
    He's not sick or anything, right?
[16:58] Leon
    Oh, yeah. The guy said he had better
    stuff to do than show up for this fight.
[17:04] Leon
    Wait, that girl made a big fuss
    about changing the rules.
[17:08] Leon
    Where'd she go?
[17:10] Leon
    Did they figure part of it out?
[17:12] Leon
    No, it's impossible.
[17:14] Leon
    Even if they did, it shouldn't matter.
[17:17] Leon
    It shouldn't get them where they need to go.
[17:20] Leon
    Why do I have this awful feeling...
[17:25] Leon
    Don't tell me...
[17:27] Leon
    This whole thing's a trap?
[17:28] Leon
    Wait, Claudine!
[17:30] Claudine
    Shut up and don't talk to me!
[17:33] Vilma
    What are you talking about?
[17:37] Leon
    It's too dangerous, Claudine!
[17:39] Leon
    You're good enough at math to outwit
    that Dragonian on your own, right?
[17:44] Claudine
    Give me the whole thing starting
    from the second problem again.
[17:46] Claudine
    No, not that one. The one after 32.6!
[17:50] Claudine
    Damn it! Just give me
    the answer to that one!
[17:56] Claudine
    I thought he'd be ruined
    forever after I dumped him.
[17:59] Claudine
    But now he's back as an adventurer.
[18:02] Claudine
    What is he?
[18:03] Claudine
    What's that guy's deal?!
[18:06] Claudine
    This time, I'll get him hurt.
[18:08] Beg
    Um, I'm redoing the problem after 32.6...
[18:14] Beg
    So, um, wait...
[18:15] Kizuna
    I can't bear to watch this anymore!
[18:18] Kizuna
    That's the one Claudine wants!
[18:20] Beg
    Oh, right! Thanks!
[18:22] Beg
    Huh?
[18:38] Nick
    Here's why you're an idiot: you let
    Vilma hear you propose the duel!
[18:44] Nick
    The guild's using this battle
    for their own purposes.
[18:47] Nick
    We've got the alley cat by the tail!
[18:53] Claudine
    He's taking too long!
[18:54] Claudine
    What the hell is Beg doing?
[18:56] Claudine
    Are you done yet?
[18:57] Claudine
    Answer me!
[18:59] Claudine
    You're taking too damn long!
[19:04] Claudine
    You're taking too long!
[19:14] Tiana
    Sorry, did we keep you waiting?
[19:21] Beg
    Sorry, I messed up.
[19:25] Claudine
    Idiot.
[19:26] Tiana
    So here's your tail.
[19:31] Vilma
    That's a Thought Gem. I'm sure of it.
[19:36] Vilma
    You've got one, too, don't you, Claudine?
[19:40] Tiana
    I got a little worried when I
    couldn't pick up any magic.
[19:43] Tiana
    Sheesh... You waited too
    long to try and cheat.
[19:46] Crowd
    What?
[19:47] Crowd
    They were cheating?
[19:50] Vilma
    Too bad.
[19:52] Vilma
    I was hoping you might continue
    a fair fight until the end.
[19:57] Vilma
    You screwed up, big time.
[20:03] Leon
    When?
[20:05] Leon
    When did you figure it out?
[20:07] Curran
    We knew from the start
    that you were bad people!
[20:11] Leon
    Curran, that's not what he meant.
[20:13] Claudine
    When?
[20:19] Claudine
    I wasn't a bad person to start with!
[20:25] Claudine
    I wasn't a bad person to start with, either!
[20:29] Leon
    That's enough, Claudine.
[20:31] Claudine
    I wasn't...
[20:33] Leon
    We're finished.
[20:35] Claudine
    I wanted to believe, too...
[20:38] Claudine
    I wanted to believe!
[20:42] Curran
    Nobody's a bad person to start with.
[20:45] Curran
    Maybe you went off the right path somewhere,
[20:47] Curran
    but I don't have the right
    to say that to you.
[20:49] Curran
    'Cause sometimes maybe it's wrong,
    but you feel like you don't have a choice.
[20:54] Tiana
    But if you realize you made a mistake,
    you can go back and fix it.
[21:00] Tiana
    You can't start over, but you
    can correct your mistakes.
[21:05] Tiana
    That's what I've been telling myself lately.
SIGN    ELUSIVE AND STRANGE!
    A mysterious creature appears!
[21:14] Kizuna
    A mysterious, elusive creature
    appears in the Labyrinth City.
[21:17] Kizuna
    Seems neat!
[21:19] Nick
    You can't waste time on every
    weird thing out there.
[21:22] Kizuna
    Oh? Are you scared?
[21:24] Nick
    No, I don't mean the creature,
    I mean the article.
[21:28] Nick
    Don't believe that garbage.
[21:32] Kizuna
    You're so boring.
[21:33] Zem
    Nick's more of a realist than I thought.
[21:38] Curran
    Hey, Nick.
[21:39] Curran
    If I didn't need to get the right answers,
    was there any reason for me to study?
[21:44] Nick
    It's not that simple.
[21:46] Nick
    We were only able to win in
    the end because you showed
[21:49] Nick
    what you could do at the start.
[21:51] Nick
    You did a good job, Curran.
[21:54] Curran
    Y-Yeah?
[21:57] Tiana
    And I think what you've learned
    will help in your daily life, too.
[22:01] Kizuna
    W-Will it?
[22:04] Kizuna
    You might be able to tell at a glance who's
    got the best deal on the extra-large size!
[22:09] Curran
    Oh, that's handy!
SIGN    Next time:
    "Gambling Lesson"
[23:36] Leon
    Next time: "Gambling Lesson".