E14 - What life do you choose?

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[00:08] ---
    Akechi-kun!
[00:09] ---
    A comment on the Phantom Thieves' arrest!
[00:11] ---
    Is it true you aided in the investigation?
[00:17] ---
    Driver, are you familiar with back streets?
[00:21] ---
    I'd like to lose this crowd.
[00:23] ---
    How about I circle the block
    over there a bit?
[00:26] ---
    After that, where to?
[00:27] ---
    Ohoribata, near Sakuradamon, please.
[00:33] ---
    The Phantom Thieves...
[00:36] ---
    A mysterious group that made waves nationwide
    after first appearing in the spring.
[00:40] ---
    Rather than possessions,
    they stole their targets' hearts.
[00:43] ---
    Their methods are unknown.
[00:44] ---
    For some reason, one after another,
    their targets have a change of heart
[00:48] ---
    and confess the crimes they've committed.
[00:51] ---
    However, the Phantom Thieves
    made a decisive mistake.
[00:55] ---
    You were caught red-handed,
[00:58] ---
    and are now receiving the third degree
    under the authority of the police.
[01:04] ---
    I'm only here to fulfill my role
    as public prosecutor.
[01:07] ---
    But now I'm past that, and I'm wrapped up
    in this Phantom Thieves case.
[01:12] ---
    It's become personal.
[01:14] ---
    I'm at the point where I believe you.
[01:18] ---
    I'm starting to believe that
    everything you've told me is true.
[01:22] ---
    The Phantom Thieves aren't just criminals,
[01:25] ---
    a social ill that should be despised.
[01:27] ---
    Ren Amamiya, that is what
    you would claim, isn't it?
[03:04] ---
    Net stalker?
[03:05] ---
    Yeah, I guess she goes to our school.
[03:09] ---
    Mishima is weighing in, too.
[03:10] ---
    There's a dangerous psycho blog.
[03:13] ---
    She goes on and on about killing.
    She's delusional that she has a boyfriend.
[03:17] ---
    Sounds pretty serious, right?
[03:18] ---
    I think the Phantom Thieves
    should pay a visit!
[03:21] ---
    Sheesh! Don't get in the way of romance!
[03:27] ---
    Here we go! Captain Kidd!
[03:33] ---
    How's that?!
[03:35] ---
    Dance, Carmen!
[03:39] ---
    B-Bastards!
[03:42] ---
    Kneel before me!
[03:44] ---
    Show them your might, Zorro!
[03:51] ---
    It's scary how good I am!
[03:56] ---
    It ends here.
[04:03] ---
    My love and my passion...
    I can't believe it was all wrong...
[04:07] ---
    Just tell him face to face,
    and don't write weird stuff in your blog.
[04:11] ---
    It'll take courage, though.
[04:13] ---
    I'm scared, but I'll do it.
[04:16] ---
    Wait for me, Ikesugi-kun!
[04:23] ---
    All right!
[04:24] ---
    That's the bud of a Treasure. So now...
[04:28] ---
    U-Um... I-I... That is, I...
[04:33] ---
    I'm not sure, but we should
    speak plainly to each other,
[04:37] ---
    if we're going to be friends.
[04:39] ---
    F-Friends!
[04:41] ---
    Change of heart: accomplished.
[04:48] ---
    One yakisoba bun left...
[04:50] ---
    We're sold out. Come back next week.
[04:52] ---
    Is that the new kid?
[04:54] ---
    I heard there was a lawsuit against him...
[04:59] ---
    Fancy seeing you here. Care to sit?
[05:02] ---
    Anyway, it sure is humid.
    Though I suppose it's to be expected in July.
[05:07] ---
    Final exams are almost here,
    so I hope everyone is studying.
[05:11] ---
    Even though we're Phantom Thieves,
    we can't forget about our grades.
[05:15] ---
    You do sound like a
    student council president, Makoto.
[05:18] ---
    Well, I'm already in the habit
    of chaining myself to the desk.
[05:23] ---
    I've been an honors student for years.
[05:26] ---
    And I believe I carried out my duties
    as president without issue, as well.
[05:31] ---
    I'm not being sarcastic.
    It's just been on my mind. But...
[05:37] ---
    The transfer student...
[05:38] ---
    Ryuji, the problem child...
[05:41] ---
    and Ann, who didn't fit in...
[05:44] ---
    were all awakened to the power of Personas.
[05:47] ---
    You made Kamoshida, who secretly controlled
    the school, undergo a change of heart,
[05:52] ---
    while I couldn't do a thing.
[05:54] ---
    All I did was gauge the reaction of adults
    and stand by doing nothing.
[05:59] ---
    An honors student who just does as she's told
    is useless when it matters.
[06:04] ---
    But anyway, I've got another favor to ask.
[06:12] ---
    Last time you took me
    to an arcade in Shibuya, right?
[06:16] ---
    I learned a lot then and want
    to expand my horizons even more.
[06:19] ---
    Is this your first time here?
[06:21] ---
    Yes. Seeing is believing.
[06:23] ---
    I'd like to have a look around,
[06:25] ---
    but would you follow me
    from a distance, Ren?
[06:29] ---
    I want it to feel real.
[06:32] ---
    That feeling of what it's like for a teenage girl
    to get lost by herself in the red-light district.
[06:37] ---
    Gotcha.
[06:41] ---
    Girl, you're cute!
[06:43] ---
    Are you in high school?
    Maybe an office worker?
[06:45] ---
    Excuse me?
[06:46] ---
    I can set you up
    with a nice, high-paying job.
[06:49] ---
    You can wear all the cute dresses you want.
[06:51] ---
    What kind of work would it be?
[06:53] ---
    The number one job girls want these days,
    'cause it's a clean environment,
[06:57] ---
    easy tasks, and they can make
    a ton of money on the first day!
[07:00] ---
    Come on, come on, come on!
    Come on, let's go!
[07:01] ---
    Hey!
[07:03] ---
    I mean, a ton of money...
[07:03] ---
    Let's run. Follow me!
[07:04] ---
    Huh? H-Hey!
    W-W-Wait a second!
[07:05] ---
    R-Right!
[07:11] ---
    That guy was so persistent...
[07:13] ---
    If you hadn't been there to rescue me, I...
[07:17] ---
    You're a pushover, huh?
[07:18] ---
    I didn't mean to be,
    but he kept going on and on, I just...
[07:29] ---
    A Shujin uniform?
[07:31] ---
    She's the same year as me.
    I've seen her before.
[07:34] ---
    "The After School Salon"?
[07:38] ---
    Hey.
[07:39] ---
    Eiko Takao, right? Please, have a seat.
[07:42] ---
    STUDENT COUNCIL
[07:43] ---
    After School Salon?
[07:45] ---
    It's just a normal café.
[07:47] ---
    I wear my uniform and
    serve customers, that's all.
[07:49] ---
    But with that glitzy sign...
[07:52] ---
    Are you gonna rat on me?
[07:53] ---
    Actually, doesn't that mean
    you two were there together?
[07:57] ---
    What does that mean?
[07:59] ---
    You're a real badass, Miss Prez!
[08:02] ---
    Hey, that's Buchimaru-kun, isn't it?
[08:05] ---
    You know it?
[08:06] ---
    I had tons of Buchi stuff when I was a kid.
[08:10] ---
    What a blast from the past!
    But that's so beat up!
[08:12] ---
    W-Well, it was given to me
    when I was still in elementary school...
[08:16] ---
    You've had it for so long!
[08:18] ---
    But it's hilarious that the student council
    president has an adorable pencil case!
[08:22] ---
    I always thought you were
    kinda like a robot.
[08:24] ---
    I thought you were totally
    unapproachable 'til now!
[08:28] ---
    I'll send you pics of
    my Buchimaru-kun collection,
[08:31] ---
    so let's exchange IDs!
[08:34] ---
    That was like a storm...
[08:36] ---
    She thought I was a robot...
[08:38] ---
    Totally unapproachable...
[08:40] ---
    I suppose everyone
    feels that way about me.
[08:44] ---
    But, surprisingly, you two
    found common ground.
[08:47] ---
    Yeah, true.
[08:49] ---
    My dad bought this for me a long time ago...
[08:51] ---
    I've been using it because
    I can't bring myself to get rid of it.
[08:54] ---
    Thank you. It was a huge help
    having you with me.
[08:59] ---
    Hey. I felt like seeing "Sayuri."
[09:02] ---
    Take your time.
[09:03] ---
    Eh? Not what you ordered?
[09:06] ---
    Something cuter?
[09:08] ---
    All right, then.
    Hold on, I'll be right over.
[09:12] ---
    Close up the shop.
[09:14] ---
    If you're both hungry, help yourself to curry.
[09:24] ---
    I've been thinking,
    ever since the last competition.
[09:27] ---
    About him...
[09:29] ---
    The authority on traditional Japanese art,
[09:31] ---
    honest man and renowned painter,
    Ichiryusai Madarame,
[09:36] ---
    But just under the surface,
    he was a vulgarian awash in dirty money.
[09:40] ---
    I had no family, but Madarame took me in
    and raised me as if I were a son.
[09:45] ---
    But even that was so he
    could use me as a slave.
[09:50] ---
    I realized that after meeting the group,
    obtaining the power of Persona,
[09:54] ---
    and imposing a change of heart.
[09:56] ---
    I thought everything would be resolved
    after that, but I was wrong.
[10:01] ---
    Whether I like it or not,
    Madarame was my family.
[10:04] ---
    I can't cut him out of my life so easily.
[10:14] ---
    Even now, I can't believe it...
[10:16] ---
    Is Makoto really a member
    of the Phantom Thieves?
[10:20] ---
    I dunno. What do you think?
[10:23] ---
    If it is true, then what did I see
    when I looked at her?
[10:28] ---
    I got my sense of justice from my father,
[10:31] ---
    but I don't want to compare her with that.
[10:36] ---
    Sticking to your own sense of justice
[10:38] ---
    and ignoring others
    will only lead to self destruction.
[10:41] ---
    She's still a child,
    so she doesn't understand.
[10:49] ---
    Actually, my mock exam rank dropped.
[10:51] ---
    Due to Thieves work?
[10:53] ---
    No, I've been studying as much as ever.
[10:57] ---
    But I've been questioning the point of
    getting good grades to fulfill the expectations
[11:01] ---
    of my teacher and sister.
[11:06] ---
    I tried talking to Eiko...
[11:08] ---
    Eiko?
[11:09] ---
    The girl from the other day.
[11:10] ---
    We've been texting each other since then.
[11:12] ---
    She told me to just call her Eiko.
[11:18] ---
    Eiko asked me the benefit from
    going to a top university,
[11:22] ---
    but I couldn't come up with a good answer.
[11:25] ---
    Before, I had a vague goal
    of majoring in law, like my sister...
[11:29] ---
    ...but that was ultimately just to
    satisfy what others expected of me.
[11:33] ---
    What do I want to do?
[11:36] ---
    What do I want to be in the future?
[11:39] ---
    When Eiko asked me what kind of
    hand cream I used, I sent her a picture.
[11:44] ---
    She replied, saying it's the same brand
    they use in the nurse's office.
[11:51] ---
    It's kind of retro.
[11:52] ---
    Yeah, my father used to use it all the time,
[11:55] ---
    so I've been using it since I was a kid.
[11:59] ---
    Did I ever tell you he was a police officer?
[12:03] ---
    This is the first I've heard.
[12:04] ---
    He detested the corruption in our society,
    and worked tirelessly to bring it to justice.
[12:09] ---
    And then...
[12:11] ---
    I hope Eiko is okay,
    working at a place like that.
[12:14] ---
    NEWCOMER
[12:17] ---
    Are you Ichiko?
[12:19] ---
    Yep, that's me.
[12:21] ---
    It's a pleasure to meet you.
[12:22] ---
    Give me all the deets.
    About Shujin Academy.
[12:27] ---
    Lala, the usual!
[12:28] ---
    Tap water, right?
[12:30] ---
    Amamiya, I'll get you for this!
[12:34] ---
    I hate to say it, but at this rate,
    the near future looks to be bleak.
[12:40] ---
    But I can recommend something
    to avoid such misery.
[12:46] ---
    No way I'm gonna be miserable!
[12:48] ---
    That's right! The princess and I
    are seriously soulmates.
[12:51] ---
    No problems for us!
[12:53] ---
    But what I'm saying is...
[12:57] ---
    A text from Makoto!
[12:59] ---
    Makoto? Who's that?
[13:01] ---
    We exchanged ID's recently.
[13:03] ---
    She's my school's Student Council president.
[13:07] ---
    Huh...
[13:09] ---
    You think I'm going out with her?
[13:12] ---
    Come on, gimme a break.
[13:15] ---
    That's terrible!
    You said you loved me!
[13:16] ---
    Foreign high schoolers are way ahead of us.
[13:17] ---
    I know I said that, but it's not like
    you're the only one for me.
[13:21] ---
    Mishima?
[13:22] ---
    What did you do to me?!
[13:23] ---
    That Ohya person is the epitome
    of a roaring drunkard!
[13:26] ---
    What's your relationship to her?!
    How do you know a lush like that?!
[13:31] ---
    I see. So Mishima's finally been
    contacted by that reporter.
[13:36] ---
    In order to get info
    on our third target, Kaneshiro,
[13:40] ---
    we reached out to that reporter.
[13:43] ---
    She gave us information in exchange for
    an introduction to a Shujin Academy student.
[13:47] ---
    Kaneshiro was the boss of
    a crime syndicate based in Shibuya.
[13:51] ---
    We discovered his Palace,
    and even gained Makoto as a comrade!
[13:56] ---
    The Phantom Thieves gained more notoriety.
    Luck was really on our side.
[14:02] ---
    Speak of the devil!
[14:04] ---
    A message from Makoto.
[14:05] ---
    A favor?
[14:08] ---
    Does it look kind of stylish?
[14:11] ---
    Are you going somewhere?
[14:13] ---
    No...
[14:13] ---
    I think it looks fine, but...
[14:15] ---
    Whoa, pricey!
[14:18] ---
    Time to go to work.
[14:20] ---
    Sorry.
[14:21] ---
    Not at all. Thanks.
[14:23] ---
    This was nothing.
[14:27] ---
    Maybe I'll look for a part-time job.
[14:28] ---
    Shaggy man! What a mop top!
[14:31] ---
    Aw, man! That fuzzball is hilarious!
[14:33] ---
    Enough, Tsukasa!
    That's being rude to Makoto.
[14:37] ---
    This is supposed to be a double date!
[14:38] ---
    Sorry. Apparently Eiko is
    convinced you're my boyfriend.
[14:43] ---
    Makoto, it seems like you're
    a serious Student Council prez.
[14:46] ---
    That's awesome.
    I wanna "joy" the Student Council, too!
[14:50] ---
    "Joy?"
[14:51] ---
    Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom.
[14:54] ---
    Um, you're seriously
    going steady with her, right?
[14:58] ---
    Is that anti-host bias,
    thinking we're all playboys?
[15:01] ---
    We're totally seriously, head-over-heels
    in pure love with each other.
[15:06] ---
    Caring about your friends, huh?
[15:07] ---
    Well, a friend of my girlfriend
    is a friend of mine.
[15:10] ---
    How 'bout sharing your ID?
[15:13] ---
    That's a little...
[15:14] ---
    How about mine?
[15:15] ---
    Nobody asked you, four-eyed mop-head.
[15:17] ---
    Anyway, Princess already
    gave me your number.
[15:22] ---
    Princess? You're talking about her?
[15:24] ---
    Yeah, you got it.
[15:26] ---
    She's important to me, y'know?
[15:28] ---
    That's why she's like a princess.
[15:29] ---
    "I love you! You're my number one!"
[15:33] ---
    See you!
[15:35] ---
    Will those two be all right?
[15:40] ---
    So the Meiji literary master,
    Ogai Mori, studied in Germany...
[15:43] ---
    Are you free after school?
[15:46] ---
    I'm worried Eiko may be getting played
    by her host boyfriend.
[15:52] ---
    I've heard of lying hosts who trick women
    into debt, then force them to sell their bodies.
[15:57] ---
    It does sound like a TV drama.
[15:59] ---
    I hate to face up to that,
    but those things really do exist.
[16:04] ---
    Why do you have such strong suspicions?
[16:07] ---
    Can I tell you what happened to my father?
[16:15] ---
    That really happened?
[16:19] ---
    My dad died in an accident.
[16:22] ---
    It was during an investigation into
    a criminal group that preyed on young girls.
[16:27] ---
    Our mother passed away many years back,
[16:30] ---
    so my sister was forced to take on
    responsibilities, hardships and everything.
[16:35] ---
    Is that why she talked down on your father?
[16:38] ---
    In the end, she said death
    was the same as surrender...
[16:41] ---
    But I still look up to him.
[16:46] ---
    He would often say, "the most important part
    of your life is how you choose to live it."
[16:53] ---
    Help me. I want to figure out how
    I want to live my life.
[17:03] ---
    Eiko wanted to talk to me during lunch.
[17:07] ---
    She was obviously acting strange.
[17:09] ---
    Okay?!
[17:10] ---
    Lend me money! I swear I'll pay you back!
[17:14] ---
    Tsukasa dropped an expensive bottle of sake
    at work, so the club's making him pay for it.
[17:18] ---
    I promised I'd go with him today.
[17:22] ---
    I'm positive it was a lie!
[17:24] ---
    I have to catch that man in the act
    and wake Eiko up!
[17:30] ---
    You'll loan me the cash?!
[17:32] ---
    Your boyfriend is infamous for tricking girls
    into debt and forcing them to sell their bodies.
[17:38] ---
    It's possible he's connected to a gang, too.
[17:41] ---
    Don't give me that crap!
[17:43] ---
    Anyway, like I told you at school,
[17:45] ---
    I have to go with Tsukasa to that club!
[17:48] ---
    Yo! Have you been waiting long?
[17:51] ---
    I came a little later like you said, but...
[17:54] ---
    Huh? Your friends are here, too?
[17:57] ---
    They were talking trash about you, Tsukasa!
[17:59] ---
    They said you're scamming me!
[18:01] ---
    What the hell is that?
    I would never lie to you, Princess.
[18:05] ---
    Look me in the eyes.
[18:06] ---
    It's always "Princess" with you.
    Why don't you call her by her real name?
[18:12] ---
    Or are there too many princesses
    in your life to remember?
[18:15] ---
    Tsukasa?
[18:16] ---
    Oh, come on! You're Makoto, right?
[18:19] ---
    You just texted me!
[18:22] ---
    I knew it.
[18:24] ---
    I'm the one who texted you.
[18:26] ---
    I said that I would be
    five minutes late to our meeting.
[18:29] ---
    I even added tons of emojis at the end,
    just like Eiko would've.
[18:33] ---
    Every girl you get money from
    is your "Princess".
[18:36] ---
    You can't even remember names anymore.
[18:38] ---
    Don't you see, Eiko?
[18:40] ---
    This is who your "boyfriend" really is!
[18:43] ---
    Don't stick your nose in my business.
[18:46] ---
    What do you know?!
[18:48] ---
    I'm sick of hearing you talk!
[18:54] ---
    Wake up!
[18:56] ---
    You already know the truth,
    you just don't want to believe it!
[18:59] ---
    Stop lying to yourself!
[19:04] ---
    But Tsukasa is all I have...
[19:07] ---
    No one else will look at me.
[19:10] ---
    Whoever I go out with, wherever I work...
[19:13] ---
    My parents, my classmates...
[19:16] ---
    Nobody cares about me!
[19:19] ---
    A council president who lives up to everyone's
    expectations could never know how I feel!
[19:24] ---
    Don't butt in with your honor student crap!
[19:27] ---
    This has nothing to do
    with being an honor student.
[19:29] ---
    But I can't just abandon a friend!
[19:33] ---
    After all, Eiko, you sent me this, remember?
[19:41] ---
    What the hell are you doin', bitch?
[19:44] ---
    You're gonna get hurt.
[19:45] ---
    I got serious muscle backing me up.
[19:51] ---
    What the hell?!
[19:52] ---
    Your fight's with me.
[19:54] ---
    Wh-What's with you?
[19:56] ---
    I ain't wastin' my time on you!
[20:01] ---
    Gather round!
    I found curious posts on the Phan-site!
[20:04] ---
    Multiple women have suddenly posted
    complaints about the same host.
[20:09] ---
    Is that unforgivable or what?
[20:11] ---
    Yes, I agree to that.
[20:15] ---
    We're all in agreement. Then it's settled.
[20:21] ---
    Money-money-money!
[20:22] ---
    I got a pure love-killing Champagne call!
[20:31] ---
    Go, Goemon!
[20:40] ---
    Not beautiful...
[20:43] ---
    Come, Johanna!
[20:51] ---
    Male scum get punished with fists!
[20:54] ---
    Suzaku!
[21:01] ---
    You're not even in our league!
[21:06] ---
    Have you heard back from her?
[21:08] ---
    Yeah. She apologized.
[21:11] ---
    Come to my house next time.
[21:13] ---
    I'll show you my
    Buchimaru-kun collection up close!
[21:17] ---
    ...she said.
[21:20] ---
    You're the first person
    I've talked to about my father.
[21:24] ---
    Thanks to that, I think I've finally decided
    on how I'll live my life.
[21:29] ---
    I'm going to become a police officer.
[21:31] ---
    I want to help the weak,
    like my father did.
[21:36] ---
    But right now,
    I'm a member of the Phantom Thieves,
[21:39] ---
    and I can't very well capture myself, right?
[23:18] ---
    Makoto isn't an ignorant child anymore.
[23:24] ---
    Let's move on to the next case.
[23:26] ---
    We have no pictures. Even their
    names and identities are unknown.
[23:29] ---
    Even your "Nav" thing you've mentioned
    wouldn't have worked in this case.
[23:33] ---
    On top of that, with this fourth case,
    unlike the others,
[23:36] ---
    your target got the jump on you
[23:38] ---
    and made a declaration of war
    against the Phantom Thieves.
[23:42] ---
    Then we'll celebrate
    by shooting off fireworks!
[23:45] ---
    We have to study for finals first, right?
[23:48] ---
    Don't you dare fail any of them!
[23:53] ---
    Who is this?
[23:55] ---
    How did you escape that predicament?
[23:58] ---
    Answer me!