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E20 - The Black Blood Resonance Battle! – A Small Soul's Grand Struggle against Fear?

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    A sound "soul"
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    dwells within a sound mind
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    and a sound body.
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    He's all yours.
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    Be careful. Don't do anything reckless.
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    Yeah.
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    If you get in trouble, call for me!
    I'll come to help your sorry butt!
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    Okay, I get it. Just go already.
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    Let's do it, Maka!
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    Yeah!
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    Tsubaki! We're going after Kid's group!
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    Right!
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    I won't let you...
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    Speed☆Star!
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    Above?!
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    So long, Demon Sword!
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    That's fine. It's easier to
    interact with people from behind.
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    Die, okay?
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    No, you don't!
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    Y-You're in my way!
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    Keep him off guard!
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    His hardened blood
    protects against cutting attacks,
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    so it's best to focus on
    impact strikes instead!
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    Our goal is to stop him here!
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    A left rush after a Scythe Catch!
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    He's so hard! It's like I'm punching lead!
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    Crona! Forget the brat that ran off!
    Focus on the girl in front of you!
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    Have a nice flight, you dumbass!
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    This is insane... I'm
    suddenly all beat up...
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    I don't know how I'm supposed
    to interact with a wily girl like that.
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    Kill her.
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    Yeah.
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    For argument's sake, let's
    assume that your first attack went well.
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    But you just picked a
    fight with the Demon Sword.
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    Do you have any chance of winning?
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    Or should I say, you
    definitely have a chance, right?
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    Nope, not really.
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    You're so smart, yet you're so stupid!
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    This is great! You're definitely
    the coolest partner ever!
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    Well, you'll manage somehow.
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    Yeah, I'll manage somehow.
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    Don't be stupid!
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    You ain't gonna "manage" anything!
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    Have you forgotten that
    time Crona cut you up?!
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    It's so damn annoying!
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    Eating the soul of a small fry
    like you amounts to nothing at all!
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    That star kid a minute
    ago looked way tastier!
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    You unappealing, useless little brat!
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    I'm gonna harass you!
    That's the only choice there is!
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    Hurray!
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    Huh?!
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    You finally see me.
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    When we last fought, you
    only thought of me as food.
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    This time, you see me as a person.
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    Hence, "Hurray!"
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    As for your meister...
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    You're always scared and nervous! Face me!
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    Leave me alone.
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    For someone so weak, you
    don't understand...
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    You'll get cut up again.
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    Why do you even bother
    clashing with me head-on?
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    S-Stop. I can't look directly at
    people like you with big, strong eyes.
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    It's true that I'm weaker than you.
    But I don't sense I'm going to lose.
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    After all, your soul isn't
    stronger than mine!
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    Prattle all you want! No one
    will hear your howls as a loser!
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    What's the matter? Are
    you a little ticked off?
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    I'm Maka, a scythe meister.
    What's your name?
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    Demon Swordsman Crona.
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    I challenge you, Crona!
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    Oh? That's a good look in your eyes.
[04:06] ---
    Maka... So that's the name
    of the person in front of me...
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    If the lamps of linked souls
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    point to your heart,
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    do you hear the echoes now,
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    stronger than words?
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    We barely ever look each other in the eye,
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    yet our very fates are becoming entwined
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    Our destinations overlap completely,
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    so run with me through the slippery night
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    Though the glare that
    comes from being too tenacious

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    may carry over into bad dreams
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    If the lamps of linked souls
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    point to your heart,
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    do you hear the echoes now,
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    stronger than words?
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    The reasons why we ever met don't matter
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    We are drawn together
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    The more we are hurt
    in the moments we touch,

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    the clearer things become
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    Stein! What is this?!
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    Maka is fighting the Demon
    Sword, against my instructions.
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    What?!
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    It looks like your adorable
    little daughter has chosen to die.
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    My daughter isn't that weak.
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    Blind parental love...
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    "The Black Blood Resonance Battle! A Small
    Soul's Grand Struggle Against Fear?"

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    Hey, Maka! Why are you
    giving the enemy the will to fight?!
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    Okay?
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    Here goes.
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    Here it comes, Maka!
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    Bloody Slicer!
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    His solidified blood turned to liquid!
[06:35] ---
    Bloody Needle!
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    This guy really means trouble!
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    Ragnarok...
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    Shut up!
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    Scream Resonance...
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    Why?!
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    Why are you collecting innocent
    souls and heading for the Kishin?!
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    Because I'm scared.
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    I can learn how to interact
    with things if I get strong.
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    Lady Medusa will abandon
    me if I don't become a Kishin.
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    I'll stay afraid of everything
    if I don't get stronger.
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    Screech α!
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    Bring it on!
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    Even if I'm weak or afraid,
    I'll take whatever you got!
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    Crona!
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    May I ask you something?
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    Where did you abduct
    the Demon Sword child from?
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    You tried to use the Demon Sword
    to create a Kishin, didn't you?
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    Which begs the question, why
    are you trying to revive this Kishin?
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    You've been disappointed
    by the Demon Sword,
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    which gives no indication
    of ever being a Kishin.
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    Which is why you're taking the great risk
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    of using black blood to wake a Kishin.
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    You don't need the child,
    so what will you do with him?
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    Your experiment has failed. It'll
    be the biggest news story of the year.
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    What is it? Did I say something funny?
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    You really are a cheeky boy.
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    It may look like a failure to you,
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    but all of my research
    pertains to black blood.
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    And one other thing... You have it wrong.
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    I didn't "abduct" that child from anywhere.
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    Crona is my own child.
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    Whew...
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    You shouldn't have gotten back up...
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    Why are you so insistent on
    fighting me? You're so weak...
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    Quit it. I don't know how
    to interact with you.
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    He used a cut again!
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    Cutting attacks are bad against this guy!
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    The more cuts he gets,
    the worse off we are!
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    But there is one thing we can do!
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    Yeah, that's true.
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    Let's do it, Maka!
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    Soul Resonance!
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    Hey! Crona!
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    Scream Resonance.
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    Let's up the resonance rate!
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    This resonance energy!
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    So, it's begun...
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    Witch Hunter!
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    Screech γ.
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    Hey, Stein! What's going on?!
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    The black blood has started to activate...
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    Figure-6 Hunter!
[10:10] ---
    Letter-U Hunter!
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    Oh, is that all you have?
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    Really?
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    He deflected the Witch
    Hunter with brute force alone?!
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    How can someone so scrawny be so strong?!
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    In this case, his physical
    shape doesn't matter.
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    Ragnarok, the black blood
    flowing in his body,
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    is linking with Crona's movements
    to support his muscular power!
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    Now it's my turn.
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    Screech γ!
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    Waah! Stop! Stop! Waah!
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    Stop! No! No! No! No, no!
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    Don't make me cut your weapon now!
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    Soul!
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    Shut up! You stay out of this!
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    But at this rate, you'll be...!
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    Maka! Forget about that crap!
    Just stay on guard!
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    Soul. You're talking crap,
    too. Just give in already.
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    I'll make you stronger.
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    You all right, Soul?
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    Yeah.
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    What could it be? I almost have it...
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    It definitely felt like I wouldn't
    lose to the Demon Sword.

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    It almost feels like I can grasp
    something in Crona's wavelength...

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    But at this rate, it's no use.
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    Damn...
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    Are you afraid?
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    You remind me of it.
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    You're just like that little one
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    that I still don't know
    how to interact with.
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    Now, defeat it, Crona.
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    I-I can't! I don't know
    how to interact with it...
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    An unreasonable child like you
    deserves to disappear from my sight.
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    This is your punishment.
    You'll stay in this room for many days.
[12:47] ---
    No! It's pitch dark in here!
    I can't see anything!
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    And if you leave us two
    in here all alone...!
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    I don't know how to
    interact with pitch darkness...
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    Damn it, Crona!
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    Ragnarok!
[13:12] ---
    I got locked in too just because
    you can't pull yourself together!
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    That hurts! Quit it!
[13:19] ---
    Quit twisting my nose! It hurts!
    It's hot! You're hurting my nose!
[13:25] ---
    It's too dark to see, but
    I know I have a nosebleed now!
[13:27] ---
    It's your fault! Take this!
    And this! And this!
[13:30] ---
    I'm sorry... Wahh! Stop!
[13:33] ---
    No more! Stop, I said!
[13:43] ---
    You can come out now.
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    He's so mean! Ragnarok keeps beating me up!
[13:57] ---
    It hurts! I don't like it! Make him stop!
[14:03] ---
    Come. We're continuing where we left off.
[14:06] ---
    Defeat that child.
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    I can't...
[14:13] ---
    I can't interact that way...
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    Vector Plate.
[14:29] ---
    You can stay out of my
    sight for a little while longer.
[14:36] ---
    Damn it, Crona!
[14:39] ---
    --Take this! And this!
[14:40] ---
    --Ouch! No! Stop!
[14:51] ---
    How many times has it been now?
[14:53] ---
    This is getting you nowhere.
[14:54] ---
    How many times must you
    repeat this until you're satisfied?
[15:05] ---
    Look...
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    My blood is black...
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    Bye-bye, little one.
[15:47] ---
    Soul! Hey, Soul!
[15:53] ---
    Maka...
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    You're going to be killed
    if you don't do something.
[15:57] ---
    Leave it to me. Dispose
    of reason. I'll make you stronger.
[16:03] ---
    No! Give me power! But...
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    my reason isn't going anywhere!
[16:10] ---
    What?
[16:11] ---
    You can't beat the Demon
    Sword's madness like that!
[16:15] ---
    Leave it to me!
[16:16] ---
    You're gravely mistaken if
    you think you can get stronger
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    by using reason to maintain discipline!
[16:21] ---
    I've never heard of anyone
    having it that easy before!
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    Understanding fear and standing up to it.
[16:27] ---
    Maintaining complete discipline.
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    This is great power in its own right!
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    Besides, this isn't just about me.
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    If we resonate any more,
    Maka will be affected too!
[16:40] ---
    Don't be stupid, you damn brat!
    Don't turn all dreary on me!
[16:44] ---
    What happened to that teen
    spirit you were nearly bursting with?!
[16:47] ---
    Just let loose and go crazy!
    What's life without a little madness?!
[16:54] ---
    Shut up! You mean as much to me as my poop!
[16:58] ---
    Quit talking to me all the time!
    Poop doesn't talk to people!
[17:03] ---
    So just shut up and take the lead!
    I'll decide if I come along or not!
[17:12] ---
    How exactly do I shut up and take the lead?
[17:15] ---
    Why not just point or
    something, you poop freak?
[17:21] ---
    Okay, okay. Let's cool
    down for a minute here.
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    Both you and I want to progress forward.
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    We won't get anywhere
    if we keep talking like this.
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    Right?
[17:34] ---
    Yeah.
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    Actually, there's someone I invited over.
[17:39] ---
    Come on in!
[17:42] ---
    Huh? How are you...?
[17:48] ---
    Now, now. Let's decide things
    in an agreeable, democratic way.
[17:57] ---
    Maka!
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    I heard most of what's going on.
[18:02] ---
    How are you here?! This is
    like a meeting inside my brain!
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    Your souls are resonating right now.
[18:11] ---
    So it's only natural for your
    minds to be connected, too.
[18:14] ---
    Hey, demon!
[18:15] ---
    Don't tell me she's some
    image of Maka you created yourself!
[18:19] ---
    Hey!
[18:20] ---
    Geez, you're a cautious guy.
[18:23] ---
    You're the only one
    who's running the show here.
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    I can't do anything to that extent.
[18:30] ---
    Maka Chop!
[18:34] ---
    Yeah, it's Maka...
[18:37] ---
    Now, then. Let's put on some nice music.
[18:43] ---
    You lead. I don't know how to do this.
[18:47] ---
    That's fine. Just do whatever.
[18:49] ---
    Five, six, seven, eight.
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    Why did you come here?
[19:01] ---
    Did you hear the demon's voice, too?
[19:04] ---
    I'm not sure.
[19:06] ---
    But, now that I think about
    it, I might've heard it faintly
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    back when I fought the
    werewolf with the Magic Eye.
[19:14] ---
    Yes, I had entered you, too.
[19:19] ---
    But I was removed shortly
    after. I'm not sure how, though.
[19:27] ---
    In that case, you shouldn't be here!
[19:29] ---
    You managed to get rid of the demon!
[19:32] ---
    Next time you might not be so lucky!
[19:34] ---
    Say. When our wavelengths
    are so closely matched like this,
[19:38] ---
    you can tell what I'm thinking, can't you?
[19:43] ---
    Are you...?
[19:46] ---
    Yeah.
[19:48] ---
    Are you seriously thinking
    of using the black blood
[19:51] ---
    to get the same madness Crona has?!
[19:54] ---
    I knew you'd be mad.
[19:57] ---
    I felt it when I used the
    Witch Hunter on him...
[20:00] ---
    I feel like I can grasp something
[20:03] ---
    if I gain power equal
    to the Demon Sword's...
[20:06] ---
    I might be able to sense something
    about Crona, and his wavelength...
[20:12] ---
    It's too dangerous to do
    something like that so haphazardly!
[20:16] ---
    You might never be sane again, you know.
[20:20] ---
    Yeah.
[20:22] ---
    Sorry, but I'm certain about this.
[20:26] ---
    There's no certainty
    that you can return to normal.
[20:28] ---
    But it's worth trying, right?
[20:40] ---
    All right, fine. Do whatever you want.
[20:45] ---
    No matter how far away you fly off,
[20:48] ---
    as your weapon, I will pull you back!
[20:50] ---
    Oww!
[20:52] ---
    Sorry...
[20:54] ---
    You should really lead, okay?
[20:56] ---
    Yeah, I'll do that...
[20:59] ---
    Now that's more like it!
[21:26] ---
    He totally went flying!
[21:35] ---
    I'm being pulled in by the madness, too!
[21:37] ---
    Maka... I swear I won't let go of you!
[21:42] ---
    Fool. I'm the one who's leading now.
[21:57] ---
    It's beginning. If we knock
[22:01] ---
    on the doors that connect you and me,
[22:05] ---
    what kind of future will be waiting for us?
[22:14] ---
    What grown-ups seek
[22:18] ---
    is a perfect style,
[22:21] ---
    where everything comes together someday,
[22:25] ---
    as though it were a bunch of gears
[22:31] ---
    God, if you're there, listen to me
[22:35] ---
    You have to watch these days pass by,
[22:40] ---
    with moments like these that will never,
[22:45] ---
    ever repeat themselves
[22:48] ---
    Which is why there are so many boys & girls
[22:52] ---
    who want to be children
[22:55] ---
    just a little while longer
[22:58] ---
    out there in the world,
    hiding out of sight and dreaming

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    in this story
[23:18] ---
    Where... am I?
[23:20] ---
    Figure it out for yourself.
[23:22] ---
    It's dark... I can't see anything...
[23:24] ---
    Isn't that just because it's night?
[23:26] ---
    Oh.
[23:27] ---
    I got it! This is Crona's...
[23:28] ---
    Ahh! Stop! We don't want
    to give away any spoilers now!

[23:32] ---
    Huh?
[23:32] ---
    You know, about how you turn into a kid!
[23:34] ---
    You coulda told me sooner, you know!
[23:36] ---
    Next time on Soul Eater, episode 21:
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"May My Soul Reach You...
    A Dry Heart Inside Unbearable Isolation?"

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    Your soul is mine, mister!