E23 - At the End of Thought

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[00:00] ---
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    for Mature Audiences only.
[00:09] Revel
    Nasse, you...
[00:11] Mirai
    What are you doing?!
    If I run, Saki-chan will...
[00:13] Nasse
    You aren't running.
[00:16] Nasse
    If you die, it really will be all over.
[00:19] Nasse
    I can't go along with that,
    even if you're okay with it.
[00:22] Nasse
    Choosing to die is the same
     as committing suicide.
[00:25] Nasse
    You said it yourself: it's the most
     miserable way a person can die—
[00:33] Mirai
    Nasse?
[00:36] Yoneda
    It appears Muni was right. Now...
[00:42] Mirai
    Huh?
[00:46] Mirai
    Nasse!
[00:48] Hoshi
    Kakehashi!
[00:50] Hoshi
    You okay?
[00:51] Mirai
    Nasse is...
[00:57] Nasse
    Mirai, I'm sorry.
[00:59] Nasse
    I've been demoted to second-rank.
[02:35] Sign
    The God Candidates'
    Final Showdown
[02:35] Sign
    From the New National Stadium
[02:35] Sign Blue Left
    God Candidate News
[02:35] Sign
    What Answer will Professor Gaku Yoneda Give?!
[02:36] Yazeli
    Second-rank?
[02:37] Revel
    Well, of course.
[02:38] Revel
    That's the price for intervening when your
    God candidate's about to fail to become God.
[02:44] Nasse
    Because I've been demoted to second-rank,
    I can only give you a Red Arrow or Wings.
[02:53] Nasse
    Please choose which you'd like to keep.
[02:57] Mirai
    Wings or a Red Arrow?
[03:00] Hoshi
    If you give up your Wings,
    you won't be able to evade his Arrows.
[03:03] Hoshi
    You should give up your Red Arrow.
[03:05] Mirai
    If I do that, you and Ms. Yumiki will
    immediately lose your Wings and Arrows.
[03:09] Hoshi
    You should be more
    concerned about yourself!
[03:11] Hoshi
    You're a God candidate, you know!
[03:13] Mirai
    I don't need to fly anymore.
[03:16] Mirai
    Nasse, I'd like to keep my Red Arrow.
[03:20] Nasse
    Then, I shall take your
    White Arrow and Wings rings.
[03:36] Nasse
    Sorry. Apparently you'll
    die if I save you again.
[03:42] Yoneda/Id
    Things are proceeding
    largely according to plan.
[03:46] Yoneda/Id
    Not only has Red lost the
    White Arrow he needs to kill me,
[03:50] Yoneda/Id
    he can't even fly by himself now.
[03:53] Yoneda
    Nakaumi, have you killed Yellow?
[03:56] Nakaumi
    No, not yet.
[03:58] Yoneda
    Good.
[04:01] Yoneda
    Hoshi, release Red.
[04:04] Yoneda
    If you don't, I really
    will kill Yellow this time.
[04:09] Woman 20S
    What's going on?
[04:09] All
    Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!
[04:10] Man 40S
    Red's as good as dead.
[04:12] Man 20S
    If he runs, Yellow will die.
[04:13] Man 20S
    He's gotta come down.
[04:15] Mirai
    Mr. Hoshi, please put me down.
[04:17] Hoshi
    I can't. Yoneda will kill
    you the moment I do.
[04:22] Hoshi
    I can't let you die.
[04:24] Mirai
    Then, set me down someplace
    and go somewhere else.
[04:27] Hoshi
    Kakehashi...
[04:28] Sign
    The God Candidates'
    Final Showdown
[04:28] Sign
    From the New National Stadium
[04:28] Sign Blue Left
    God Candidate News
[04:28] Sign
    What Answer will Professor Gaku Yoneda Give?!
[04:29] Nakaumi/Id
    If Red flees, I'll shoot
    Yellow with my White Arrow.
[04:33] Nakaumi/Id
    No, the professor is sure to kill Red.
    Either the professor or I could do it.
[04:38] Nakaumi/Id
    I don't need to think. I just need to
    follow the professor's instructions.
[04:43] Nakaumi/Id
    All the God candidates will die.
[04:46] Temari
    All you can do is pray
    Mr. Hoshi puts Red down, huh?
[04:50] Saki
    That's not true. I don't want Red to die...
[04:56] Saki
    even if it means my own death.
[04:58] Temari
    Seriously, just how deeply in love
    are you two lovebirds? I'm jealous.
[05:02] Saki
    But... I don't want to die, either.
[05:05] Saki
    I want to live and find happiness.
[05:07] Saki
    Kakehashi feels the same way.
    He wants to live and find happiness, too.
[05:12] Saki
    After all, I learned that from him.
[05:16] Saki
    His own desire to live
    must be strong as well.
[05:19] Nakaumi
    Shut up!
[05:21] Nakaumi
    Don't talk about that right now.
[05:23] Yumiki
    Nakaumi, you can't take a life.
[05:27] Temari
    What are you talking about?
    He's already taken plenty of lives.
[05:30] Yumiki
    Those people all wanted to die.
[05:32] Yumiki
    He hasn't killed anyone who wants to live.
[05:35] Temari
    The professor shot him with a Red Arrow.
[05:38] Temari
    If he's told to kill someone, he'll do it.
[05:40] Saki
    He won't.
[05:41] Temari
    What?
[05:42] Saki
    Even if you use a Red Arrow on someone and
    tell them to die, they still have to want to.
[05:47] Saki
    Since Nakaumi gives more consideration
     to the lives of others than to his own,
[05:52] Saki
    killing someone who wants to live
    would be even more significant to him.
[05:56] Yumiki
    Nakaumi's a kind boy.
[05:59] Yumiki
    He wanted to help people
     who were suffering.
[06:02] Yumiki
    He chose to use his Red Arrow on people
    who sought death and show them the way.
[06:07] Nakaumi
    Shut up! If you don't stop
    talking, I'll kill all of you!
[06:10] Saki
    In that case...
[06:12] Saki
    Kill me, even though I don't want to die.
[06:15] Saki
    Kill me and tell the professor
     that you've killed me.
[06:19] Saki
    Then, Kakehashi won't have to die.
[06:22] Revel
    Saki!
[06:28] Nakaumi
    Fine.
[06:32] Nakaumi
    I'm going to kill you.
[06:44] Nasse
    Mirai, think about this.
[06:46] Nasse
    Even if Saki dies, you'll get over it.
[06:51] Mirai
    Don't make me say it again.
[06:52] Mirai
    I can't allow Saki to die
    because I said I'd become God.
[06:56] Mirai
    There's no way I can find
    happiness if I get Saki killed.
[07:00] Nasse
    No way at all?
[07:02] Mirai
    Absolutely none.
[07:03] Nasse
    So is dying here what'd make
     you happiest right now?
[07:09] Mirai
    No, I'd still be unhappy. But Saki
    dying would make me even unhappier.
[07:14] Mirai
    Since I can't think of a way out of this,
    it's the better of my two current options.
[07:19] Nasse
    Unhappy?
[07:22] Nasse
    I'm sorry.
[07:24] Nasse
    I came here to make you happy,
    but it looks like I failed.
[07:30] Mirai
    It's all right. I got to experience happiness
     lots of times because you saved my life.
[07:39] Yoneda
    How long are you going to keep nattering?
     Do you need me to start a countdown?
[07:45] Mirai
    Mr. Hoshi, do you understand now?
[07:48] Hoshi
    Yes, I do.
[07:55] Sign
    The God Candidates'
    Final Showdown
[07:55] Sign
    From the New National Stadium
[07:55] Sign
    What Answer will Professor Gaku Yoneda Give?!
[07:55] Sign Blue Left
    God
    Candidate
    News
[07:55] Sign White Bottom
    Is this the final showdown between the 5 God candidates?
[07:58] Sign
    The God Candidates'
    Final Showdown
[07:58] Sign
    From the New National Stadium
[07:58] Sign
    What Answer will Professor Gaku Yoneda Give?!
[07:58] Sign Blue Left
    God
    Candidate
    News
[07:58] Sign White Bottom
    Is this the final showdown between the 5 God candidates?
[08:15] Yoneda
    Well, then.
[08:22] Yoneda
    This is goodbye.
[08:26] Mirai/Id
    I'll deflect his White Arrow with
    my Red, then shoot him with it.
[08:29] Mirai/Id
    No, that won't work.
    I don't have Wings anymore.
[08:33] Mirai/Id
    No matter what I try,
    if I fail to pull it off, Saki dies.
[08:38] Mirai/Id
    Saki...
[08:45] Man 20S
    He vanished...
[08:46] Man 40S
    Did he flee?
[08:52] Mirai/Id
    Saki!
[08:54] Sign
    Angels must not use
[08:54] Sign
    Angels must not use
[08:54] Sign
    their own Arrows or Wings
[08:54] Sign
    their own Arrows or Wings
[08:54] Sign
    to directly affect God candidates.
[08:54] Sign
    to directly affect God candidates.
[08:55] Sign
    Angels must not use
[08:55] Sign
    Angels must not use
[08:55] Sign
    their own Arrows or Wings
[08:55] Sign
    their own Arrows or Wings
[08:55] Sign
    to directly affect God candidates.
[08:55] Sign
    to directly affect God candidates.
[08:59] Mirai
    Saki!
[09:01] Saki
    Kakehashi.
[09:04] Yoneda
    Yellow?
[09:09] Hoshi
    Yumiki? Nakaumi?
[09:15] Sign
    The God Candidates'
    Final Showdown
[09:15] Sign
    From the New National Stadium
[09:15] Sign
    What Answer will Professor Gaku Yoneda Give?!
[09:15] Sign Blue Left
    God
    Candidate
    News
[09:15] Sign White Bottom
    Is this the final showdown between the 5 God candidates?
[09:16] Male Announcer
    The God candidates who
    left earlier have returned!
[09:24] Yoneda
    What's the meaning of this?
[09:27] Yumiki
    Even though you shot him with a Red Arrow,
    Nakaumi can't kill people who want to live.
[09:33] Hoshi
    Yoneda, you've gone to extreme
    lengths to avoid interacting with people.
[09:38] Hoshi
    You seem to lack the ability to
     understand how others feel.
[09:42] Nakaumi
    Professor, I'm sorry.
[09:45] Nakaumi
    I may be capable of a mutual kill
    to prevent the birth of a creature,
[09:48] Nakaumi
    but no matter how hard I try,
    I can't kill the other God candidates.
[09:52] Saki
    Mutual kill?
[09:54] Mirai
    They intended to kill
     all the God candidates...
[09:57] Mirai
    and end it by killing each other.
    Then, no God would be born.
[10:04] Yoneda
    I expected this. I've prepared
    a plan for this exact scenario.
[10:10] Yoneda
    Nakaumi, I'll be taking back
    that White Arrow I gave you.
[10:17] Yoneda
    What's the matter?
[10:20] Temari/Id
    Die.
[10:23] Mirai
    Professor!
[10:28] Temari
    What the...
[10:29] Temari
    Nasse, what are you doing?!
[10:31] Temari
    If the professor dies, we win!
[10:33] Woman 20S
    Huh? Did the professor almost die just then?
[10:37] Man 20S
    He did vanish for a second
     then reappear off to the side.
[10:43] Nasse
    But Mirai, you don't want the
    professor to die either, do you?
[10:47] Mirai
    Nasse...
[10:49] Revel
    Didn't you say Mirai would die if you touched
     a God candidate to save them, Nasse?
[11:05] Nasse
    Mirai, I seem to have been
    restored to special-rank.
[11:09] Ogaro
    I see. The difference this time is it wasn't
    Nasse's own God candidate who was saved.
[11:14] Yazeli
    Which means Nasse got promoted
     instead of demoted further.
[11:18] Yazeli
    Honestly. Everything Nasse
    does is unprecedented.
[11:22] Nasse
    Here, Mirai. Your Wings and White Arrow.
[11:26] Mirai
    No. I don't need them anymore.
[11:29] Yoneda
    I... would've died just now if
    that angel hadn't saved me.
[11:35] Male Announce
    The professor said, "I would've died
    just now if that angel hadn't saved me."
[11:39] Male Announce
    What does it mean?
[11:40] Man 20S
    So he really did almost die.
[11:42] Woman Teens A
    By a White Arrow?
[11:44] Woman Teens B
    Was it Red?
[11:44] Man 20S
    No.
[11:46] Man 20S
    It was Yuri.
[11:48] Yoneda/Id
    An angel saved my life for a second time.
[11:53] Yoneda
    Nakaumi, why did you betray me?
[11:56] Nakaumi
    I haven't. I still think you're right.
[12:01] Temari
    That's right. I kinda tricked him
    into giving me his White Arrow.
[12:17] Saki
    Nakaumi.
[12:20] Nakaumi
    I can't kill you.
[12:22] Saki
    Thank you.
[12:24] Temari
    Hurry up and free me, too.
[12:25] Sign
    The God Candidates'
    Final Showdown
[12:25] Sign
    From the New National Stadium
[12:25] Sign Blue Left
    God Candidate News
[12:25] Sign
    What Answer will Professor Gaku Yoneda Give?!
[12:27] Temari
    All right! That was close.
[12:29] Yumiki
    We should go, too.
[12:31] Temari
    Hold on. Before we go...
[12:33] Temari
    I don't trust you. I'll hold
     onto your White Arrow.
[12:36] Temari
    We're both God candidates,
    so you can give it to me.
[12:40] Nakaumi
    I think you're right, Professor.
[12:43] Nakaumi
    But that's just a thought. An idea.
[12:47] Nakaumi
    People's lives are their own.
[12:50] Nakaumi
    They're free to decide how
    much they want to value it.
[12:53] Nakaumi
    I decided it was wrong to end the
     life of someone who wants to live
[12:57] Nakaumi
    just because of someone else's thinking.
[13:00] Yoneda
    Ever since I identified
    myself as a God candidate...
[13:04] Yoneda
    No, ever since I gained media
    exposure, I've been prepared to die.
[13:09] Temari
    Why would you be prepared to die
    just 'cause people saw your face?
[13:12] Temari
    I can't get any followers even though I'm
    always promoting myself on social media.
[13:16] Temari
    Oh, was losing female fans the issue?
[13:19] Nakaumi
    The professor just wants to
    conduct his research undisturbed.
[13:22] Temari
    Are you saying that's a problem
    unique to "genius" scholars?
[13:25] Nakaumi
    Yes, it is.
[13:27] Yoneda
    There's no such thing as a genius.
[13:29] Yoneda
    I'm a fool.
[13:33] Yoneda
    What you call "genius" is actually a person's
     achievements, not the person themselves.
[13:41] Yoneda
    It is foolish to assume someone
     is capable of something
[13:44] Yoneda
    while criticizing them for
    not making the attempt.
[13:48] Temari
    I know what you mean!
[13:49] Temari
    People who ask why you don't do something
    when you could if you tried piss me off!
[13:52] Temari
    It's up to the individual
    if they want to or not.
[13:54] Yoneda
    That's a valid interpretation. Remember this:
[13:59] Yoneda
    That which is truly omnipotent
    and truly evil doesn't show itself.
[14:04] Temari
    Yeah, it's hard to agree with you when you
     use arrogant phrases like "remember this."
[14:11] Yoneda
    Indeed. This manner of speaking I adopted
    due to being made professor emeritus
[14:16] Yoneda
    is a foolish trait of mine.
[14:18] Yoneda
    It's all bluster.
[14:20] Nakaumi
    Professor, there's no way
    you're a foolish person.
[14:23] Nakaumi
    You achieved stuff. That makes you a genius.
[14:26] Man 30S
    He's won the Nobel Prizes for
    Literature and Physics, after all.
[14:30] Man 40S
    And his Yoneda cell research
    will win him the medicine one.
[14:32] Man 50S
    They say he's sold over a
    billion copies of his books.
[14:35] Man 20S
    He's a genius.
[14:37] All
    Yeah, a genius.
[14:38] All
    A genius! A genius! A genius!
[14:44] Yoneda
    Nay. All of you are right.
[14:48] Yoneda
    Because I avoided interacting with others,
    I don't understand how people feel.
[14:54] Yoneda
    I have no friends. No love.
[14:55] Yoneda
    I've substituted it all with papers on
    psychology and just pretend to understand.
[15:00] Yoneda
    I'm a fool and a coward.
[15:04] Yoneda
    I shouldn't have gotten
    involved with you after all.
[15:08] Yoneda
    Or rather, the way I went
    about it was all wrong.
[15:11] Yoneda
    It would be more appropriate to call
    the false angels before me "demons."
[15:16] Yoneda
    I continued living because
     Muni egged me on by saying
[15:21] Yoneda
    I could expose the workings of this God
     selection process and find the truth.
[15:25] Yoneda
    I became a God candidate and couldn't
    resist getting involved after seeing you.
[15:31] Yoneda
    But because of that, I got the chance to
    say that now is the time for humankind
[15:35] Yoneda
    to make it clear there is no
     God. It needed to be said.
[15:40] Yoneda
    That alone satisfies me.
[15:43] Yoneda
    Do as you see fit.
[15:47] Nakaumi
    Professor...
[15:49] Mirai
    It's possible that people can only
    find happiness through others.
[15:54] Mirai
    Not by comparing themselves to others.
[15:57] Mirai
    You say you did this for yourself,
    but ultimately, you did it for humanity.
[16:01] Mirai
    I have Saki.
[16:03] Mirai
    I have something I'd give my life to
    protect. Someone I want to protect.
[16:08] Mirai
    That's happiness.
[16:14] Yoneda
    Indeed. I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused.
[16:19] Yoneda
    Even if happiness can only
    be achieved through others,
[16:22] Yoneda
    we must never cause trouble for them.
[16:25] Yoneda
    Therefore, I must kill myself.
[16:29] Yoneda
    I'm going to die now.
[16:31] Yoneda
    And you can become the creature, Red.
[16:34] Man 30S
    Die?
[16:34] Sign
    The God Candidates'
    Final Showdown
[16:34] Sign
    From the New National Stadium
[16:34] Sign
    What Answer will Professor Gaku Yoneda Give?!
[16:34] Sign Blue Left
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    Candidate
    News
[16:34] Sign White Bottom
    Is this the final showdown between the 5 God candidates?
[16:35] Woman 20S
    Professor Yoneda's going to die?
[16:36] Man 40S
    Why?
[16:38] Man 20S
    He can't!
[16:39] Man 20S
    He can't be serious.
[16:39] Woman 40S
    Professor...
[16:41] Nakaumi
    Professor, why are you
    in such a hurry to die?
[16:46] Yoneda
    I was willing to do anything to prove
     my theory that there is no God.
[16:52] Yoneda
    I clung to the idea of
    not birthing a "creature."
[16:55] Yoneda
    I tried to reach the truth by causing
    the death of all the God candidates.
[17:00] Yoneda
    I was obsessed with death.
[17:04] Yoneda
    I was a fool. My life was
    saved twice by angels.
[17:10] Nakaumi
    In that case, I'll become the creature and
    do everything I can to tell you the truth!
[17:19] Temari
    Nakaumi becoming God was what we
    originally agreed on after talking it over.
[17:24] Temari
    I'm okay with it.
[17:26] Yumiki
    But the professor shot
    Nakaumi with a Red Arrow.
[17:31] Saki
    I thought a person shot with a Red Arrow
    couldn't be forced to agree to become God.
[17:35] Ogaro
    While Professor Yoneda maintains his
    stance that no God should be birthed,
[17:39] Ogaro
    Shuji Nakaumi can still volunteer
    himself to become God and agree to it.
[17:44] Ogaro
    In this situation, the Arrow is irrelevant.
[17:47] Nasse
    All right, Ogaro! Your partner
    Nakaumi's going to become God.
[17:51] Yazeli
    But God cannot communicate
     anything to humans.
[17:55] Yazeli
    Once the selection process is over,
    we won't be able to come here, either.
[17:59] Muni
    Some things can be conveyed
    without direct communication.
[18:06] Muni
    Mm. You have the capacity to eventually
     find out the truth about everything.
[18:13] Yoneda/Id
    I refuse to believe that was a lie.
[18:17] Yoneda/Id
    So does that mean this is...
[18:20] Yoneda
    Nakaumi, are you sure you're okay with this?
[18:25] Nakaumi
    Yes.
[18:30] Nakaumi
    Then, I will become God.
    Is everyone okay with that?
[18:36] Temari
    Yup.
[18:37] Saki
    Yes.
[18:38] Mirai
    I agree.
[18:39] Yoneda
    Indeed.
[18:42] Male Announcer
    A decision has been reached. Th-The new
    God will be 13-year-old Shuji Nakaumi.
[18:45] Sign
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    Final Showdown
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[18:45] Sign
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[18:45] Sign
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[18:45] Sign White Bottom
    Breaking News: Shuji Nakaumi (13) Chosen
[18:47] Sign
    The God Candidates'
    Final Showdown
[18:47] Sign
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[18:47] Sign Blue Left
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    Candidate
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[18:47] Sign
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[18:47] Sign
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[18:47] Sign White Bottom
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[18:48] Man 20S
    Seriously?
[18:49] Man 40S
    A middle school kid as God?
[18:51] Man 20S
    That's not right.
[18:52] Woman 40S
    Professor Yoneda!
[18:52] Sign
    The God Candidates'
    Final Showdown
[18:52] Sign
    From the New National Stadium
[18:52] Sign Blue Left
    God
    Candidate
    News
[18:52] Sign
    Breaking
    News
[18:52] Sign
    God Candidate Chosen
[18:52] Sign White Bottom
    Breaking News: Shuji Nakaumi (13) Chosen
[18:53] Woman Teens
    This sucks.
[19:13] Akai
    The sky is... What...
[19:27] Saki
    Our Wings disappeared.
[19:28] Temari
    Seriously? Our Arrows, too.
[19:31] Saki
    Mr. Hoshi and Ms. Yumiki aren't moving.
[19:34] Nakaumi
    Aside from the God candidates,
[19:36] Nakaumi
    I've erased the selection process
     from everyone's memories.
[19:44] Temari
    Whoa, he really did become God.
[19:46] Yoneda
    He's a creature.
[19:48] Nakaumi
    Before I fully become God, I want to
    ask all you God candidates a question.
[19:53] Nakaumi
    Does anyone want to keep their
    memories of the selection process
[19:56] Nakaumi
    and of being a God candidate?
[20:01] Temari
    Professor, you'll ensure I can
     lead a life of luxury, right?
[20:05] Yoneda
    I never go back on my word. Indeed I will.
[20:09] Temari
    In that case, I don't need to
    remember this awful experience.
[20:14] Yoneda
    Naturally, I will retain my memories
    and await your answer, Nakaumi.
[20:19] Yoneda
    Besides, if I don't keep these memories,
[20:21] Yoneda
    I won't understand why
    I'm supporting Yuri Temari.
[20:25] Temari
    Then, you'd better hold onto
    those memories. Yes indeedy!
[20:28] Yoneda
    Indeed.
[20:31] Mirai
    I don't want to forget what I experienced
    and learned during the selection process.
[20:36] Mirai
    I also want to hold onto the hopes
    and dreams of the dead God candidates
[20:41] Mirai
    and everyone else who died.
[20:44] Saki
    I'll keep my memories, too.
[20:46] Nakaumi
    Very well. That's all I wanted to ask.
[20:51] Nakaumi
    Goodbye.
[21:23] Yumiki
    Masaya.
[21:24] Hoshi
    Manami?
[21:27] Temari
    Huh?
[21:27] Hoshi
    Yoneda?
[21:28] Yoneda
    Indeed.
[21:29] Temari
    What's happening? Where am I?
[21:31] Temari
    October 10th? I'm still alive?
[21:35] Temari
    Uh, what was I doing?
[21:38] Yoneda
    You are the first assistant in the
     professor emeritus's laboratory
[21:42] Yoneda
    in the Department of Biological Sciences
[21:43] Yoneda
    in Tokyo University's Science
    and Engineering department.
[21:47] Tmeari
    What? I recognize you
    from somewhere, though.
[21:50] Temari
    So wait, I'm a STEM girl
     at Tokyo University, huh?
[21:54] Temari
    Not bad.
[22:02] Mirai
    Let's go home.
[22:03] Saki
    Yeah.
[22:27] Nakaumi
    So this is Heaven?
[22:31] Nakaumi
    The creature has infested my body...