# E12 - A Fine Line Between Offense and Defense
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**[00:00] Mirai**
You said you weren't going to kill
anyone besides God candidates.
**[00:04] Metropoliman**
That naïve nature of
yours is so aggravating.
**[00:07] Metropoliman**
Lies don't mean shit when we're
trying to kill each other, idiot.
**[00:11] Metropoliman**
Red, you'll be her first guinea pig.
**[00:14] Metropoliman**
Land on top of that Ferris
wheel and stow your Wings.
**[00:18] Metropoliman**
It's not an idle threat. If you refuse to be
her guinea pig, we *will* release this virus.
**[00:24] Mirai/Id**
* So either the four of us die*
* or millions of people will?*
**[00:30] Mukaido**
Wait! I'll go first instea—
**[00:32] Metropoliman**
No. *You* wait.
**[00:36] Metropoliman**
Who do I least want to leave alive?
Who seems least likely to flee?
**[00:40] Metropoliman**
And who will receive the guinea pig's
Wings and Arrows after their death?
**[00:43] Metropoliman**
When you consider these three questions,
the order to infect you in sorts itself out.
**[00:47] Metropoliman**
It was a stupid of you to shoot each other
with Red Arrows right in front of me.
**[00:50] Metropoliman**
I'll be taking all of your Arrows and Wings.
**[02:44] Saki**
Kakehashi...
**[02:47] Mukaido/Id**
* If he uses a White Arrow first...*
* No, I could fly up and use my gun...*
**[02:51] Mukaido/Id**
* But even if that woman dies, the virus*
* will be released... What should I do?*
**[02:57] Saki**
No...
**[02:59] Saki**
Don't go!
**[03:00] Fuyuko**
Don't move!
**[03:02] Fuyuko**
Or I'll press the switch!
**[03:03] Fuyuko**
Hajime and the dying man,
throw away your weapons.
**[03:10] Mukaido/Id**
*I can't think of any way to stop them.*
**[03:11] Fuyuko**
Hurry it up!
**[03:19] Fuyuko**
Now, one step at a time.
**[03:39] Mirai/Id**
*They'll release the virus.*
**[03:41] Mirai/Id**
*P-People will die.*
**[03:44] Mirai/Id**
*What should I do?*
**[03:45] Saki**
No!
**[03:47] Saki**
Don't go! Please don't go!
**[03:50] Metropoliman**
His Red Arrow's too damn
effective. Shut her up!
**[03:52] Hajime**
C-Come on, Ms. Cat Ears.
**[03:54] Saki**
If you die, I'll...
**[03:56] Hajime**
I-It's foolish to sacrifice
your life for strangers,
**[04:01] Hajime**
even if it's for tens of thousands of them.
**[04:05] Hajime**
You should only risk your life
for the p-person you love. Right?
**[04:12] Saki**
We can't let tens of thousands die, either.
**[04:14] Hajime**
What? Uh, th-then, what should we do?
**[04:18] Saki**
I... I don't know.
**[04:20] Saki**
But no matter what,
I don't want R-Red... to die.
**[04:27] Mirai**
Thank you, but if I hadn't
shot you with a Red Arrow,
**[04:31] Mirai**
you'd understand that this
is the right thing to do.
**[04:34] Nasse**
If she hadn't been shot with a Red
Arrow, she wouldn't be this distraught.
**[04:39] Saki**
The Arrow has nothing to do with it. I...
**[04:43] Mirai**
It's not guaranteed that
she's going to kill me.
**[04:46] Saki/Id**
*Kakehashi...*
**[04:48] Mukaido/Id**
*Damn it. Don't stop thinking.*
**[04:51] Mukaido/Id**
*Think, think!*
**[04:53] Mirai/Id**
*I don't understand what Hajime meant.*
**[04:57] Mirai/Id**
*People can't be happy once they're dead.*
**[05:00] Mirai/Id**
*Should I prioritize my own life?*
**[05:04] Mirai/Id**
* No, if sacrificing my own life*
* will save countless others...*
**[05:10] Mirai/Id**
* No, I shouldn't be thinking*
* about that right now.*
**[05:15] Mirai/Id**
*I can't give up until the very last moment.*
**[05:17] Mirai/Id**
*I should focus on saving* all *lives...
On not letting anyone die.*
**[05:22] Fuyuoko**
That's a good boy. Just another two meters.
**[05:26] Muakido/Id**
*If she dies, it'll release the virus.*
**[05:28] Mukaido/Id**
* We can't kill her. We can't let*
* her press the switch, either.*
**[05:31] Mukaido/Id**
*What can we do to prevent that?*
**[05:33] Hajime/Id**
* He's going to be killed.*
* I should flee with Ms. Cat Ears.*
**[05:37] Fuyuko**
Just one more meter.
**[05:39] Saki/Id**
*Kakehashi... Kakehashi...*
**[05:44] Fuyuko**
Stop.
**[05:48] Metropoliman**
Don't get scared and fly off now.
**[05:53] Saki**
No!
**[06:00] Mukaido/Id**
*Kakehashi!*
**[06:02] Fuyuko/Id**
*Oh, how I want to watch him melt!*
**[06:12] Fuyuko/Id**
*If he fights back, I'll press the switch.*
**[06:15] Mukaido/Id**
*This isn't good! Everyone, run—*
**[06:16] Metropoliman**
Press it!
**[06:30] Muakido**
He used a White Arrow on the virus?
**[06:35] Revel**
The contents changed color.
**[06:36] Nasse**
It's dead, huh?
**[06:37] Baret**
That's right.
**[06:38] Baret**
Since it is made from cells harvested from
humans, it can most certainly perish..
**[06:43] Baret**
And because the Arrow passed through
the container, the virus never got out.
**[06:48] Mukaido/Id**
* He used his White Arrow against the virus.*
* I'm impressed he came up with that.*
**[06:53] Mukaido/Id**
* Kakehashi, your determination to live—*
* No, your determination not to let anyone die*
**[07:01] Mukaido/Id**
*hardly makes you unsuited to fighting.*
**[07:05] Saki/Id**
*Kakehashi...*
**[07:08] Mukaido**
The virus is dead! Finish her!
**[07:10] Mirai/Id**
*Finish her? With a White Arrow?*
**[07:15] Mukaido**
You can't miss while you've
got a hold of her arm!
**[07:18] Mukaido**
Listen, you guys. We have to trust Red to do it.
**[07:23] Saki/Id**
*Kakehashi has to kill her? But...*
**[07:27] Mukaido/Id**
*I'm sorry.*
**[07:28] Mukaido/Id**
* I said I wouldn't get you to fire a White Arrow,*
* but you're the only one who can right now.*
**[07:33] Mukaido**
Whatever you do, don't let go of her!
**[07:35] Mukaido**
She's definitely hiding more
of that virus somewhere!
**[07:39] Mukaido**
So... So we have to kill her here and now!
**[07:47] Kanade**
Fuyuko, do you have more?
**[07:50] Fuyuko**
Of course.
**[07:53] Kanade/Id**
*This is going swimmingly.*
**[07:55] Kanade**
By the way, Fuyuko, you're a researcher
for a pharmaceutical company, right?
**[08:00] Fuyuko**
Yeah. I conduct research during work
hours and lead a totally ordinary life.
**[08:04] Fuyuko**
If I didn't work with drugs and viruses,
**[08:07] Fuyuko**
maybe I'd even seek out conventional
happiness. Like, get married or whatever.
**[08:12] Mirai/Id**
*Happiness...*
**[08:15] Mukaido**
Damn it.
**[08:17] Mukaido**
Don't be fooled! She's a terrorist!
**[08:21] Mukaido**
We have to stop her here and now!
**[08:23] Mukaido**
I'm begging you. Don't
hesitate. Fire a White Arrow.
**[08:27] Mirai/Id**
*If I don't kill her, people will die.*
**[08:30] Mirai/Id**
*But I... What should I do?*
**[08:35] Mirai Mom**
Everyone is born with the
goal of finding happiness,
**[08:38] Mirai Mom**
and everyone lives with the aim of
attaining even greater happiness.
**[08:46] Mirai Dad**
Mirai, what do you think the
worst thing a person can do is?
**[08:51] Young Mirai**
Murder or something?
**[08:54] Mirai/Id**
*Killing people is always wrong.*
**[08:57] Mirai/Id**
* But if the happiness of tens of*
* thousands will be taken away*
**[09:00] Mirai/Id**
* if I don't kill this person*
* in front of me, then...*
**[09:04] Mirai/Id**
*Everyone's happiness...*
**[09:06] Mirai/Id**
*Mr. Mukaido's happiness...*
**[09:09] Mirai/Id**
*Even this woman seeks happiness.*
**[09:13] Mirai/Id**
*What about my happiness?*
**[09:15] Hajime**
What is Red doing?
**[09:17] Saki**
He's fighting with himself.
**[09:20] Hajime**
Fighting with himself?
**[09:24] Fuyuko**
After everything that guy who shot you with
a Red Arrow said, why haven't you moved yet?
**[09:29] Mirai**
Why haven't you?
**[09:31] Fuyuko**
I'm waiting for a signal from the boss.
**[09:35] Mirai/Id**
*Is there some other reason?*
**[09:36] Mukaido**
Damn it. I can't... last much longer...
**[09:43] Saki**
Mr. Mukaido!
**[09:45] Kanade**
Is he dead?
**[09:59] Kanade**
Anyone with Wings can easily
dodge that. You said so yourself.
**[10:06] Mukaido**
As long as I'm aiming it at you,
you'll be forced to pay attention to me.
**[10:09] Mukaido**
That alone will have some effect.
**[10:12] Kanade**
You sure about that?
**[10:15] Mukaido/Id**
*Did I fool him?*
**[10:17] Mukaido/Id**
* I don't even have the*
* strength to pull the trigger.*
**[10:20] Mukaido/Id**
*Kakehashi...*
**[10:21] Mukaido**
Please! Finish her off!
**[10:23] Mukaido**
Let me watch her and Metropoliman die!
**[10:29] Kanade/Id**
*Now you've said it, Mukaido.*
**[10:32] Kanade/Id**
* Red's increasingly stuck*
* in place. He can't move.*
**[10:36] Kanade/Id**
* He hasn't worked up the*
* resolve to kill Kohinata.*
**[10:39] Kanade/Id**
*Or rather, he never will.*
**[10:45] Nasse**
Metropoliman's readied his White Arrow!
**[10:47] Revel**
What's he planning from that distance?
**[10:49] Baret**
No, look. He's combined it with his Red Arrow.
**[10:51] Baret**
That will allow him to reach Red.
**[10:55] Mukaido/Id**
*Why isn't he firing it right away?*
**[10:56] Kanade/Id**
*So what will you do now?*
**[11:02] Fuyuko**
What's this? You feel like killing me now?
**[11:04] Mirai**
I'm doing this to deflect his shot.
**[11:07] Mukaido**
Just shoot her!
**[11:08] Kanade**
Shut up!
**[11:10] Kanade**
By the way, are you familiar
with the law of inertia?
**[11:15] Mukaido**
Shoot her!
**[11:16] Kanade**
As long as you're holding onto her,
**[11:17] Kanade**
even if one of you tries to fly away,
it'll still be one against one.
**[11:23] Kanade**
It doesn't matter if you don't get it.
**[11:27] Fuyuko/Id**
*The signal!*
**[11:37] Mukaido**
Crap!
**[11:37] Saki/Id**
*Kakehashi!*
**[11:40] Fuyuko/Id**
*Melt.*
**[11:44] Kanade/Id**
*From the moment he grabbed her wrist,*
**[11:46] Kanade/Id**
* it became a standoff between*
* her syringes and his White Arrow.*
**[11:50] Kanade/Id**
* But he can't shoot her with an Arrow,*
* nor can he let go of her arm.*
**[11:55] Kanade/Id**
* Which means, when*
* Kohinata fires her syringes,*
**[11:58] Kanade/Id**
* he'll be forced to use his*
* free hand to block them.*
**[12:01] Kanade/Id**
*She has three syringes.*
**[12:03] Kanade/Id**
* He can't possibly block them*
* all with just his right hand,*
**[12:07] Kanade/Id**
* but if I distract him and limit his hand's*
* movements, it becomes all the more certain.*
**[12:11] Mirai/Id**
*The Arrow will strike first.*
**[12:15] Saki**
No!
**[12:18] Hajime/Id**
*Ms. Cat Ears!*
**[12:20] Saki**
I won't let you die!
**[12:23] Mirai/Id**
*Saki!*
**[12:27] Sign**
Carrying up to a person's maximum carrying capacity
**[12:27] Sign**
Carrying up to a person's maximum carrying capacity
**[12:27] Sign**
does not impact on their flying speed,
**[12:27] Sign**
does not impact on their flying speed,
**[12:27] Sign**
but only one human can be carried at a time.
**[12:27] Sign**
but only one human can be carried at a time.
**[12:28] Sign**
Carrying up to a person's maximum carrying capacity
**[12:28] Sign**
Carrying up to a person's maximum carrying capacity
**[12:28] Sign**
does not impact on their flying speed,
**[12:28] Sign**
does not impact on their flying speed,
**[12:28] Sign**
but only one human can be carried at a time.
**[12:28] Sign**
but only one human can be carried at a time.
**[12:32] Mirai/Id**
*The White Arrow!*
**[12:37] Kanade/Id**
*The Arrow I shot at you is only meant for you.*
**[12:41] Mirai/Id**
*It's coming towards me.*
**[12:45] Mirai/Id**
*It's no use. I can't block them in time.*
**[12:46] Mirai/Id**
* I can carry just Saki.*
* If I let go of Kohinata's hand...*
**[12:50] Mirai/Id**
*"Let go"?*
**[12:53] Mirai/Id**
*She's going to die!*
**[13:03] Mirai/Id**
*Hajime!*
**[13:09] Hajime/Id**
*One more. I can do it.*
**[13:46] Fuyuko**
Wow, he's turning to goop!
**[13:50] Fuyuko**
Huh?
**[13:52] Fuyuko**
What... the...
**[13:56] Fuyuko**
You can't be serious...
**[14:03] Hajime**
M-Ms. Cat Ears... A-Are you all right?
**[14:10] Hajime**
I'm glad... I was able to be useful.
**[14:15] Hajime**
I saved Ms. Cat Ears.
**[14:18] Hajime**
U-Up until now, I lived in
poverty. I was hideous.
**[14:23] Hajime**
But... But...
**[14:25] Hajime**
I'm glad I met you, Ms. Cat Ears.
**[14:29] Hajime**
In this moment...
**[14:33] Hajime**
I am happy.
**[14:35] Saki**
You were... protecting me...
**[14:39] Hajime**
I'm glad I was born.
**[14:57] Saki**
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
***SIGN*** Take these, Ms. Yellow.
***SIGN*** And don't forget this.
**[15:30] Kanade**
Well, that was amusing.
**[15:32] Kanade**
Look at this parade of Red Arrowed idiots
sacrificing themselves to protect others.
**[15:37] Kanade**
I'm particularly grateful Hajime died.
***SIGN*** I suppose Hajime Sokotani can take solace in dying in a manner that made him happiest.
**[15:46] Kanade**
We should be thanking Red.
**[15:49] Kanade**
Hajime died because he couldn't
make the decision to kill Kohinata.
**[15:56] Mirai/Id**
* If I'd killed Kohinata,*
* Hajime wouldn't have...*
**[16:02] Kanade**
He died protecting Yellow.
**[16:05] Kanade**
You basically killed him.
**[16:07] Kanade**
*You're* the one who killed Hajime!
**[16:11] Mukaido**
Y-You're wrong.
**[16:14] Mukaido**
None of us wanted to kill each other.
**[16:16] Mukaido**
Metropoliman, you're the only one who wants
that. You're the only one killing people.
**[16:23] Mukaido**
Red and Yellow, you
shouldn't blame yourselves.
**[16:27] Mirai**
You're... You're wrong.
**[16:31] Mirai**
You're wrong. It's not about who's to blame.
**[16:35] Mirai**
He died in a manner that made him
happiest? You're wrong about that, too.
**[16:39] Mirai**
I'm sad Hajime died.
**[16:43] Mirai**
No. It doesn't matter who it is.
I'm sad when people die.
**[16:51] Mirai**
We have to live.
**[16:53] Mirai**
That's why it's wrong to take a life!
**[16:59] Kanade**
Just how much of a creep are you?
***SIGN*** Hm? This looks interesting.
***SIGN*** Perhaps I'll stay and watch until this is settled.
**[17:08] Revel**
You just do what you like, don't you?
***SIGN*** It's not like I'm on a timer.
**[17:15] Saki**
I'm sad, too.
**[17:17] Mirai**
Yeah.
**[17:19] Mirai**
Kohinata and Hajime
were your allies, but you...
**[17:24] Kanade**
They weren't my allies.
Two idiots died here, that's all.
**[17:30] Kanade**
I'm particularly relieved Hajime
died. I don't like guys like him.
**[17:35] Kanade**
Trash who can only lead shitty lives,
no matter how hard they struggle.
**[17:40] Kanade**
Just like *those* things.
Filthy, lowly, unsightly.
**[17:44] Kanade**
Those creatures that crawl around in filth.
**[17:47] Kanade**
Cockroaches.
**[17:50] Kanade**
They're the same, aren't they?
Anyone'd want to kill them.
**[17:54] Kanade**
Don't tell me you're the kind of guy
who doesn't even kill cockroaches.
**[18:00] Mirai**
I don't kill indiscriminately.
**[18:04] Kanade**
A soldier who can't even kill
insects on the battlefield.
**[18:07] Kanade**
You must cause trouble
for everyone around you.
**[18:09] Mirai**
You've got it backwards.
**[18:10] Kanade**
Backwards?
**[18:12] Mukaido**
Red, we're wasting time.
**[18:15] Mukaido**
He won't change, no matter what you say.
**[18:19] Mukaido**
He's a...
**[18:24] Mirai**
Mr. Mukaido!
**[18:33] Mirai**
I'm getting you to a hospital.
**[18:34] Mukaido**
Take me back.
**[18:37] Mukaido**
Let me... watch him die first.
**[18:50] Mirai**
Take care of Green. He can't fly on his own.
**[18:57] Mukaido**
Metropoliman, you said you'd
fight last since you're a coward.
**[19:04] Mukaido**
Our next opponent is the boy behind you.
**[19:07] Mukaido**
You're going to make Red, who can't even kill
insects, fight an unarmed boy to the death.
**[19:12] Mukaido**
Sounds like something you'd come up with.
**[19:15] Kanade**
That's a rather harsh way of putting it.
**[19:18] Susumu**
He's right.
**[19:20] Susumu**
He's the kind of person who'd smile gleefully
while making a child like me fight that guy.
**[19:26] Susumu**
Whether I win or lose, he'll just watch
me die like he did with those two.
**[19:33] Susumu**
I won't fight!
**[19:34] Susumu**
I don't wanna! I don't wanna die!
I'm scared! I'm running away!
**[19:37] Kanade**
Hey.
**[19:38] Susumu**
He's gonna kill me!
**[19:40] Susumu**
Mommy!
**[19:43] Kanade**
You can't be serious!
**[19:53] Kanade**
They're all useless.
**[19:55] Kanade**
An ugly, plastic, bottom-rung dweller
and a military-obsessed meathead.
**[20:00] Kanade**
An insane junkie and a cowardly brat.
**[20:04] Kanade**
An infirm old man who can't fly and a
she-cat helper with no redeeming qualities.
**[20:10] Kanade**
Looks like I'll be fighting the
wannabe saint one-on-one.
**[20:14] Mirai**
Let's fight.
**[20:17] Nasse**
It's finally happening.
**[20:19] Kanade**
Don't get ahead of yourself.
**[20:20] Kanade**
You can't use your White Arrow.
You can't even kill a cockroach.
**[20:25] Mirai**
Like I said, you've got it backwards.
**[20:29] Mirai**
You seem to think you're a dignified
person and exceptional to boot.
**[20:34] Mirai**
But cockroaches don't kill people.
**[20:38] Mirai**
You're lower than a cockroach.
**[20:42] Kanade**
You're saying you can kill me
because I'm lower than a cockroach?
**[20:45] Kanade**
That's the reason you'll kill me?
**[20:47] Mirai**
No. I won't kill you.
**[20:51] Kanade**
I don't get you at all.
**[20:54] Mirai**
I've been thinking about the best way to do it.
**[20:58] Mirai**
I'll shoot you with a Red Arrow.
**[21:00] Mirai**
Then I'll blindfold you, put you in prison,
**[21:03] Mirai**
reveal everything to the public, and
let the justice system deal with you.
**[21:07] Mirai**
I feel sorry for you, but it's the only way.
**[21:10] Kanade**
That's the best you could come up with?
**[21:14] Kanade**
Are you going to explain
the angels' existence to everyone?
**[21:17] Kanade**
How we control people with Red
Arrows and kill them with white ones?
**[21:21] Kanade**
The law can't possibly punish
such fantastical phenomena!
**[21:27] Kanade**
Why don't you get it?
**[21:29] Kanade**
Using a White Arrow is
simpler and more certain!
**[21:32] Kanade**
Just kill me with a White Arrow!
**[21:34] Mirai**
I won't kill you.
**[21:37] Mirai**
I'm doing this for my own happiness.
**[21:40] Mirai**
If any decent person killed someone,
**[21:42] Mirai**
their guilty conscience would
torment them until the day they die.
**[21:47] Mirai**
They'd lose the ability to find happiness.
**[21:51] Mirai**
I won't allow my happiness
to be taken from me
**[21:54] Mirai**
because I killed someone
lower than a cockroach.
**[21:58] Nasse**
Lower than a cockroach!
**[22:00] Mirai**
I also realize that, as long as you're alive,
**[22:02] Mirai**
you're a threat to my happiness
and the happiness of humanity.
**[22:07] Mirai**
I considered sacrificing my own life for
the sake of tens of thousands of others.
**[22:12] Mirai**
But I don't want to sully
my own hands by killing you.
**[22:17] Mirai**
For the sake of my own happiness,
**[22:21] Mirai**
I'll shoot you with a Red Arrow.
**[22:27] Kanade**
Fine.
**[22:29] Kanade**
Your red against my white.
**[22:31] Kanade**
We'll fight until one of us shoots the other.
**[22:37] Kanade**
Guys like you who rely on emotion and
intensity to fight are the first to die.
**[22:42] Kanade**
It's the prudent and well-prepared
who survive right to the end.
**[22:46] Kanade**
Do you remember what I told you?
**[22:49] Kanade**
Like I promised...
**[22:51] Kanade**
Once I've killed you,
I'll be taking that suit, too.