E21 - Vague

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[00:01] (Flashback) Ai
    Look, Mai! It's a half-moon!
[00:03] (Flashback) Mai
    You're right. It's split right in half.
[00:07] (Flashback) Ai
    The half-moon's basically like us.
[00:10] (Flashback) Mai
    Why's that?
[00:12] (Flashback) Ai
    Both sides are the same moon,
    but one side shines and the other's dark.
[00:19] (Flashback) Ai
    Aw, I wish I was as shiny as you, Mai.
[00:23] (Flashback) Mai
    I figured it was the other way around.
[00:27] (Flashback) Mai
    But if we're both a half-moon,
[00:31] (Flashback) Mai
    we'd be perfectly round like
    the full moon if we became one.
[00:39] Utsuro
    Thank you.
[00:41] Utsuro
    You've finally been sullied.
[00:44] Utsuro
    We now share the same appearance...
[00:46] Utsuro
    We share the same world and memories...
[00:50] Utsuro
    The vague boundary that was
    between us is now gone,
[00:56] Utsuro
    and we've become one.
[01:04] Shy
    Wh-What did you do to Ai-san?
[01:08] Fox Utsuro
    I guess I haven't properly
    introduced myself yet.
[01:12] Fox Utsuro
    My name's Utsuro. It's a pleasure.
[01:15] Fox Utsuro
    Ai-nee's become one with me.
[01:19] Fox Utsuro
    Ai-nee's filled my empty heart,
    and I've finally become a perfect circle.
[01:26] Fox Utsuro
    Hooray!
[01:28] Shy
    Huh?
[01:29] Fox Utsuro
    Aw, Ai-nee's sparkly heart just feels so comfy!
[01:34] Fox Utsuro
    Now that we've finally become one,
[01:36] Fox Utsuro
    it feels like the halves of our hearts
    have come perfectly together.
[01:40] Shy
    Ai-san's your older sister, isn't she?!
[01:42] Shy
    You don't feel anything by doing this?!
[01:44] Fox Utsuro
    Kon, kon. Oh, goodness.
[01:48] Fox Utsuro
    I absolutely hated and loved Ai-nee.
[01:53] Fox Utsuro
    The two of us are one.
[01:55] Fox Utsuro
    We are one and perfectly round.
[01:57] Fox Utsuro
    I'm overflowing with power.
[02:01] Fox Utsuro
    Twin Ninja Art: Twin Sal Trees.
[02:12] Spirit
    That's...
[02:15] Kufufu
    I have to go now.
[02:17] Spirit
    Wai—
[02:21] Kufufu
    Hopefully we won't see each other again.
[02:24] Kufufu
    The next time we meet,
[02:27] Kufufu
    it'll probably be...
[02:29] Kufufu
    in a tragedy.
SIGN    Episode 21:
    Vague
[04:06] Fox Utsuro
    Ooh, I did it! That definitely left a mark.
[04:12] Fox Utsuro
    Sorry to take you down, as well.
[04:17] Shy
    A-Ai-san had been searching
    this whole time...
[04:21] Shy
    for a way to save you, Mai-san.
[04:23] Fox Utsuro
    My name's Utsuro.
[04:25] Fox Utsuro
    I abandoned my heart, my family, my name...
[04:29] Fox Utsuro
    everything... and became hollow.
[04:33] Shy
    That's a lie. People's
    hearts don't become empty.
[04:38] Shy
    Even now, aren't you hiding your
    guilt somewhere within your heart?
[04:50] Fox Utsuro
    If only you could save
    this world by just talkin'...
[04:54] Fox Utsuro
    No one would ever have to die.
[05:02] Shrimpy
    Teru...
[05:09] Fox Utsuro
    If I can get outside, I'll use this power
[05:12] Fox Utsuro
    to make every last shinobi and
    hero completely disappear.
[05:20] Lady
    Shy!
[05:22] Lady
    What the heck happened?
[05:23] Lady
    Those guys ran off somewhere!
[05:23] Shy
    I can... barely breathe...
[05:28] Lady
    Hey! Come in already!
[05:28] Shy
    My body's not listening to me...
[05:32] Lady
    Hello? Shy? You can hear me, can't you?!
[05:32] Shy
    But I have to... stop... her...
[05:35] Lady
    Come in! Hello?!
[05:41] Shy
    I'm sorry... everyone...
[05:52] Purity
    Shy.
[05:58] Shy
    Huh? Where am I?
[06:02] Purity
    Take that blade, Shy.
[06:07] Shy
    Who are you?
[06:09] Purity
    If you give up right now, Ai,
    the people of this city,
[06:15] Purity
    and Mai will be lost to the darkness forever.
[06:22] Purity
    Mai was too kind to live as a shinobi,
    but too talented to live in peace.
[06:30] Purity
    She had no choice but to kill her own heart.
[06:34] Purity
    That poor child.
[06:36] Purity
    Since you understand people's hearts... No.
[06:41] Purity
    Only you can save her and the world.
[06:47] Shy
    But I... I can't reach her...
[06:51] Shy
    by myself.
[06:53] Purity
    But you are not alone.
[06:56] Purity
    We are with you.
[07:00] Purity
    My name is Purity.
[07:02] Purity
    The answer will fill your heart.
[07:06] Purity
    Now, take me in your hand...
[07:11] Purity
    Hero.
[07:18] Fox Utsuro
    What?
[07:20] Purity
    The way to fight...
[07:23] Purity and Shy
    ...is within our hearts!
[07:26] Spirit
    That's...
[07:28] Spirit
    Teru-chan's flames.
[07:33] Fox Utsuro
    How bizarre.
[07:35] Fox Utsuro
    Is this Purity's power?
[07:37] Purity
    Feel the heart of the blade
    and connect it with your own.
[07:43] Purity
    Then give your body to the blade.
[07:46] Shy
    I can feel its heart.
[08:02] Shy
    M-My body's moving on its own!
[08:04] Purity
    Right now, your body and this blade are one.
[08:07] Purity
    Your bracelet is tying us together.
[08:11] Shy
    My Heart-shift bracelet?
[08:13] Purity
    The more your heart moves your
    body and the blade together,
[08:17] Purity
    the stronger our bond will become.
[08:21] Shy
    Move together...
[08:31] Shy
    From my heart to my body...
[08:33] Shy
    and then my body to the blade...
[08:36] Fox Utsuro
    Secret Twin Blade: Misty Blade Dance!
[08:39] Shy
    From the blade to my heart...
[08:41] Shy
    Make my heart... spin!
[08:48] Fox Utsuro
    Did ya disappear without a trace?
[08:53] Fox Utsuro
    The wind...
[08:56] Shy
    Your suffering and conflicts are
    coming through to me on this wind.
[09:02] Shy
    That's exactly why I have to...
[09:06] Shy
    defeat you!
[09:09] Fox Utsuro
    Nihil... are you trembling
    with excitement, too?
[09:14] Fox Utsuro
    All right, Little Miss Hero.
[09:16] Fox Utsuro
    We're done playin' games now.
[09:23] Shy
    Is this... a river?
[09:27] Fox Utsuro
    This is the vague boundary
    between life and death.
[09:32] Fox Utsuro
    The perfect place to have
    a battle of life and death.
[09:36] Fox Utsuro
    There's nowhere to run.
[09:39] Fox Utsuro
    This is a battle for our lives!
[09:56] Shy
    My flames!
[10:03] Fox Utsuro
    Must be hard to play
    with your usual fireworks.
[10:06] Fox Utsuro
    Kon, kon.
[10:09] Purity
    Shy. Look at the river.
[10:13] Purity
    Rivers waver just like hearts do.
[10:17] Purity
    Nature will bare its fangs at
    those it recognizes as its enemy,
[10:21] Purity
    and will become the ultimate ally
    to those it recognizes as its friend.
[10:25] Purity
    Become the friend of the universe.
[10:28] Shy
    The friend of the universe?
[10:31] (Flashback) Ai
    ...and then want to help it on its way.
[10:34] (Flashback) Ai
    Thank it, believe in it, and let it guide you.
[10:38] Shy
    That's right. That's what Ai-san said.
[10:43] Shy
    Thanks.
[10:44] Shy
    I'll try to believe in it.
[10:46] Fox Utsuro
    What? You're just chargin'
    at me without thinkin'?
[10:50] Shy
    Hidden Sword Technique: Reverse Style!
[10:54] Shy
    Amidst the Enemy's Flowers!
SIGN    Amidst the Enemy's Flowers
[10:59] Shy
    Hidden Sword Technique: Flower Brazier!
[11:03] Fox Utsuro
    That's Ai-nee's technique.
[11:07] Fox Utsuro
    She disappeared.
[11:11] Fox Utsuro
    There you are.
[11:13] Fox Utsuro
    Just her blade?
[11:22] Shy
    I got a hit in!
[11:24] Purity
    Well done.
[11:27] Fox Utsuro
    When a blade and a heart become one to this
    extent, they're able to change this much?
[11:34] Fox Utsuro
    In that case, I...
[11:44] Fox Utsuro
    just need to dance with Nihil, as well.
[12:01] Shy
    It's so powerful.
[12:03] Fox
    That wasn't a technique or anything.
[12:07] Fox
    That was just a swing.
[12:12] Shy
    You're incredibly strong, yes.
[12:14] Shy
    But you won't be able to hit me like that!
[12:18] Fox Utsuro
    Then how about this?
[12:25] Fox Utsuro
    Yamata no Orochi!
[12:36] Shy
    The city!
[12:37] Fox Utsuro
    My goodness, you're an awful person.
[12:40] Fox Utsuro
    That's what happens when you dodge my attack.
[12:50] Shy
    Hidden Sword Technique:
    Cherry Blossom Blitz!
[12:55] Fox Utsuro
    Looks like you're gettin' weaker.
[13:02] Shy
    I... I still can't win!
[13:05] Purity
    Shy, you have more than
    enough power within you.
[13:09] Purity
    But you haven't realized the power of the
    thing that connects you to the blade...
[13:13] Purity
    Your bracelet.
[13:16] Purity
    Remember, Shy.
[13:18] Purity
    Your wish is not just to win.
[13:22] Shy
    My wish?
[13:25] Shy
    I want to save everyone.
[13:27] Shy
    And that includes Utsuro...
[13:29] Shy
    No, that includes Mai-san!
[13:32] Shy
    The power of the Heart-shift bracelet...
[13:34] Shy
    A power I don't know...
    that I haven't realized...
[13:40] Shy
    I thought the Heart-shift bracelet was something
    that gave a physical form to your heart...
[13:46] Shy
    But if that's true, then why do
    I understand foreign languages?
[13:51] Shy
    The Heart-shift bracelet is a tool
    to connect me with the world.
[13:55] Shy
    If that's the case, there might be a way
    to connect my heart with the world!
[14:02] Purity
    That's right, Shy.
[14:05] Purity
    And eventually, that becomes...
[14:07] Purity
    the state of complete selflessness.
[14:27] Shy
    Where am I?
[14:32] Purity
    Shy.
SIGN    Utsuro Karakuri
    Real Name:
    Nationality: Japanese
    Likes:
[14:44] Mai
    Ai-nee! Wait for me!
[14:47] Ai
    Nope! Not gonna wait!
[14:50] Shy
    Ai-san? But... small?
[14:53] Shy
    What's going on?
[14:55] Purity
    This is inside Utsuro's... rather, Mai's memory.
[14:56] Mai
    Wait, wait!
[15:01] Purity
    Which means that these two cannot see you.
[15:06] Shy
    I sort of feel like a ghost.
[15:11] Ai
    You think this bird's gonna be okay?
[15:14] Ai
    It seems pretty weak...
[15:17] Mai
    I'm gonna save it, no matter what.
[15:24] Purity
    Mai truly loved life.
[15:33] Purity
    No matter how small, she loved
    them and treated them with care.
[15:40] Mai
    Uh-huh. So is your mom doin' better now?
[15:45] Mai
    I see. That's great.
[15:48] Ai
    Come on, now! Pick up the pace!
[15:51] Tokimaru
    Yes, miss!
[15:52] Mai
    A-Ai-nee, what in the world are ya doin'?
[15:55] Ai
    This is Tokimaru! He's my student
    who came from the next village over.
[16:00] Ai
    Only I can use him!
[16:01] Tokimaru
    Oh, no. If you ever need anything,
    Mai-sama, please tell me.
[16:05] Ai
    Hey! Don't go betrayin' me!
[16:08] Mai
    Then why don't we have some tea together?
[16:11] Tokimaru
    As you wish.
[16:12] Ai
    Wha—
[16:13] Ai
    What the heck?!
[16:16] Mai
    I see. So yer name's Tokimaru-san.
[16:20] Mai
    That's a lovely name.
[16:26] Purity
    Ever since Tokimaru arrived,
[16:28] Purity
    Mai's days seemed to be filled
    with calm and happiness.
[16:35] Purity
    But...
[16:42] Purity
    Mai's skills as a shinobi were recognized,
[16:45] Purity
    and she was undertaking secret missions.
[16:50] Purity
    Shy. You're a hero,
[16:53] Purity
    but would you consider it a sin to kill one
    villain in order to save a hundred lives?
[17:00] Purity
    Most people probably would not.
[17:05] Purity
    But Mai was different.
[17:08] Purity
    For the sake of justice,
    she killed her true kindness.
[17:13] Purity
    And in exchange, she put on a cruel mask
    and created a heart that felt nothing.
[17:20] Purity
    That is the current Mai.
[17:23] Purity
    She became the persona known as Utsuro.
[17:26] Purity
    Mai's heart couldn't handle
    her missions anymore,
[17:30] Purity
    so she hid her guilt behind her mask...
[17:34] Purity
    not knowing that this would
    slowly eat away at her heart.
[17:41] Purity
    And then...
[17:47] Purity
    That bear was Mai's friend.
[17:51] Purity
    They were able to share a very
    short but peaceful time together.
[17:56] Purity
    The mother bear and cub were hungry and
    wandered down to where the humans were...
[18:02] Purity
    and apparently attacked a home.
[18:06] Purity
    Mai went to protect the people of the village.
[18:09] Purity
    Without realizing it,
    she put on the mask of Utsuro
[18:12] Purity
    and ended up slaying the bear family.
[18:15] Purity
    Mai's heart was already on the edge...
[18:18] Purity
    but after that, she couldn't tell
    what was right or wrong anymore.
SIGN    Shinobi
[18:36] Tokimaru
    Mai-sama!
[18:45] Purity
    And so...
[18:48] Purity
    Mai became Utsuro.
[19:00] Mai
    N-No... I can't stay here...
[19:04] Mai
    I need to go... where there's no one else...
[19:09] Mai
    Into the darkness... where I'll feel nothing...
[19:13] Mai
    Somewhere no one... can find me...
[19:16] Mai
    Not even myself...
[19:19] Shy
    Mai-san... was battling with this all alone?
[19:28] Shy
    Where am I?
[19:30] Mai
    This is deep within my—
    within Mai Tennoji's heart.
[19:39] Shy
    Mai-san... and... Ai-san!
[19:43] Mai
    Ai-nee is currently asleep.
[19:46] Mai
    But if she continues to sleep here,
[19:50] Mai
    Ai-nee's sense of self
    will dissolve within me...
[19:53] Mai
    and disappear.
[19:56] Shy
    No!
[19:57] Mai
    So, Miss Hero...
[20:00] Mai
    Please take Ai-nee outta this place.
[20:03] Shy
    Huh?
[20:05] Mai
    In truth, I never wanted
    anything like this to happen.
[20:10] Mai
    I just...
[20:11] Mai
    wanted to stay a pure child
    and live my life laughin'.
[20:16] Mai
    I've wanted someone to kill me
    since I'd been sullied with blood.
[20:23] Shy
    Those chains...
[20:26] Mai
    This is my punishment,
    because I was so foolish.
[20:31] Mai
    My punishment is to sit here
    and suffer for eternity
[20:34] Mai
    in this darkness where no one else will come.
[20:38] Mai
    But even so...
[20:41] Mai
    I guess my sin just won't disappear.
[20:45] Mai
    I'm the one who brought her here...
[20:48] Mai
    And yet I can't help but feel happy
    that I get to see Ai-nee again.
[20:55] Mai
    And that's exactly why...
    Please, help Ai-nee...
[21:01] Shy
    Very well. But what about you?
[21:07] Shy
    What's that?
[21:09] Purity
    We're out of time.
[21:11] Purity
    The connection between your
    hearts will soon be broken.
[21:14] Shy
    But what about Mai-san?
[21:16] Purity
    She is the master of this heart.
[21:19] Purity
    She cannot leave it.
[21:21] Mai
    I know it's a selfish wish.
[21:24] Mai
    But please...
[21:27] Mai
    Before I destroy them all...
[21:29] Mai
    Please save Ai-nee, the world's
    heart... and the future.
[21:39] Shy
    I will.
[21:57] Utsuro
    Impossible...
[22:00] Shy
    I'll save them... no matter what!