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E1 - Missing Link of the Annihilator: Absolute Zero

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[00:15] ---
    So this is where you've been, Big Sis Mayu.
[00:19] ---
    Suzu-chan...
[00:21] ---
    Dad and the others are looking for you.
[00:23] ---
    They said they're about
    to kick off the operation.
[00:26] ---
    Big Sis Mayu?
[00:32] ---
    What if?
[00:34] ---
    What if back then...
[00:37] ---
    ...had I reached out this hand...
[00:40] ---
    ...would this future be any different?
[00:57] ---
    That day, if my Hikoboshi had come back
    to life, it might have changed everything.
[01:07] ---
    What if back then...
[01:09] ---
    ...had I reached out this hand...
[01:24] ---
    "Christmas Sale"
[01:40] ---
    You are passing down,
    sinking through your past...
[01:43] ---
    Deeper...
[01:45] ---
    As you go even deeper, you then see a light.
[01:49] ---
    What color is that light?
[01:51] ---
    Red...
[01:53] ---
    Within that light stands
    someone important to you.
[01:58] ---
    Is that person your family?
[02:01] ---
    No...
[02:02] ---
    Then a friend, or perhaps lover?
[02:05] ---
    We're not even friends...
[02:07] ---
    She and I are...
[02:18] ---
    Ah! Okarin!
[02:24] ---
    What gives? I said you
    didn't have to wait for me.
[02:30] ---
    How was it?
[02:32] ---
    Uh, well...
[02:33] ---
    Turns out hypnotherapy
    wasn't that big of a deal.
[02:37] ---
    He said I'll be fine.
[02:39] ---
    Really?
[02:40] ---
    Yeah, but I'll need to keep up
    the counseling for a while.
[02:44] ---
    You were right. I'm glad I gave it a shot.
[02:48] ---
    That's a relief.
[02:49] ---
    Lately, you seemed to be having it rough.
[02:52] ---
    Sorry to worry you.
[02:54] ---
    It's okay.
[02:55] ---
    Wanna go grab a bite?
[02:57] ---
    My treat.
[03:01] ---
    In that case, can we head over to Akiba?
[03:05] ---
    Ruka-kun and Faris-chan
    invited me out a bit ago.
[03:09] ---
    Akihabara, huh?
[03:12] ---
    That a no?
[03:16] ---
    No, let's go.
[03:20] ---
    Wonderful!
[03:21] ---
    I'll let those guys know we're coming.
[03:24] ---
    Faris-chan? Guess what?
[03:27] ---
    It's already December...
[03:32] ---
    It feels like that summer...
[03:34] ---
    ...was just days ago.
[03:49] ---
    Um, they said they'd be
    waiting here somewhere... Oh!
[03:54] ---
    Ruka-kun! Faris-chan!
[03:55] ---
    Too-too-roo!
[03:56] ---
    Hello, Mayuri-chan.
[03:58] ---
    Oh! It's Kyouma!
[04:01] ---
    It's been a while, Rukako, Faris.
[04:04] ---
    Okabe-san...
[04:06] ---
    Kyouma! I missed you, meow!
[04:09] ---
    Hey! Cut it out!
[04:11] ---
    What for, meow?
    Kyouma knows he likes it, meow!
[04:14] ---
    First off, quit with the calling me Kyouma.
[04:17] ---
    How come?
[04:18] ---
    That's from the Dark Past.
[04:21] ---
    Is that what you call the dark ages
    kept secret by a cult of medieval wizards?!
[04:25] ---
    Not even close.
[04:26] ---
    It's so good to see you again.
[04:28] ---
    I go to the lab from time to time,
    but never see you there.
[04:33] ---
    I've been busy with things.
[04:34] ---
    Don't tell me you're part
    of a secret organization!
[04:37] ---
    No, I'm swamped with college seminars.
[04:40] ---
    Meow?
[04:41] ---
    Plus, club and stuff.
[04:42] ---
    Meow meow?
[04:43] ---
    Okabe-san's in club?
[04:45] ---
    Researching UFOs and
    mythical creatures and stuff?
[04:48] ---
    No, the tennis club.
[04:51] ---
    What?!
[04:54] ---
    'Cuz my associate professor
    at college advises the club.
[04:58] ---
    So now you're doing tennis.
[05:00] ---
    Look out Wimbledon, here he comes.
[05:02] ---
    So, practice is why you've been so busy?
[05:05] ---
    N-No, it's not exactly that intensive.
[05:08] ---
    Then what else are you doing, meow?
[05:10] ---
    If you must know, g-group dates and stuff.
[05:13] ---
    Group...
[05:14] ---
    ...dates?!
[05:15] ---
    What?!
[05:16] ---
    Okabe-san is going on group dates?!
[05:18] ---
    How could you?! That hurts! That's pathetic!
[05:21] ---
    You disgust me, mister! Disgust me!
[05:23] ---
    What's gotten into you?
[05:25] ---
    Don't be so mean, guys.
[05:27] ---
    I'm a normal college student, you know.
[05:29] ---
    You're lewd! So lewd!
[05:31] ---
    Explain yourself, Kyouma!
[05:32] ---
    How could you, Okabe-san?
[05:34] ---
    --Erm...
    --A message from Yuki!
[05:36] ---
    Something happen?
[05:38] ---
    No...
[05:39] ---
    She said if I'm around Akiba, she
    wants to meet up and show me something.
[05:44] ---
    At the lab.
[05:58] ---
    It's fine.
[05:59] ---
    Let's go.
[06:00] ---
    "Television CRT Workshop"
[06:01] ---
    Grr...
[06:04] ---
    This calls for war!
[06:05] ---
    Commence trolling!
[06:08] ---
    "Normals Must Die-P"
    wasn't our comrade after all!
[06:11] ---
    You've been married to "Parthenon," you fake!
[06:14] ---
    Dad...
[06:15] ---
    Whoa! @channel and Twipo
    are already filled with flaming!
[06:20] ---
    I'm late to the show! How could I miss this?!
[06:25] ---
    Listen to me, or else.
[06:29] ---
    S-Suzuha! Stop it or daddy will get angry.
[06:33] ---
    I'm already plenty angry with you.
[06:35] ---
    Right, sorry...
[06:37] ---
    For crying out loud...
[06:39] ---
    All you ever do around here is nap,
    play games, and browse the net all day.
[06:43] ---
    But researching time machines
    takes it all out of me.
[06:46] ---
    Plus, we've got one already,
    but you won't let me touch it.
[06:50] ---
    Because it's one you invented in the future.
[06:53] ---
    If you saw it now, it's possible
    that might cause a time paradox.
[06:58] ---
    Since it's guaranteed that I make it, who cares?
[07:01] ---
    Means I can procrastinate now!
[07:03] ---
    I'm telling you, it's time
    you worked on it seriously.
[07:07] ---
    Mom always gets mad at you in
    the future for saying stuff like that.
[07:11] ---
    I'd welcome her wrath if
    you know what I mean. Huff huff...
[07:15] ---
    Dad!
[07:16] ---
    Please forget I said that.
[07:18] ---
    There's something you always said in the future.
[07:21] ---
    That this world line was
    the worst one imaginable...
[07:23] ---
    ...but having me was the
    best thing that ever happened.
[07:27] ---
    I came here to convince Uncle Okarin so
    that we could somehow change that future.
[07:34] ---
    And yet, ever since that day,
    he hasn't come back here once.
[07:42] ---
    Someone's here.
[07:45] ---
    Huh? Could it be Okarin?
[07:48] ---
    No, I hear boots.
[07:50] ---
    It's Mom.
[07:51] ---
    Eh?!
[07:53] ---
    Suzuha, hide!
[07:54] ---
    Okey-dokey!
[08:03] ---
    Come on in.
[08:07] ---
    Hello!
[08:11] ---
    A-Amane-shi? What brings you here?
[08:16] ---
    Hmm? Mayuri isn't around?
[08:18] ---
    Mayushii? Not yet...
[08:21] ---
    I think I got here a bit early.
[08:23] ---
    She said she would meet up with me here.
[08:26] ---
    Yeah?
[08:27] ---
    Mind if I wait inside?
[08:29] ---
    S-Sure...
[08:30] ---
    Thank you.
[08:32] ---
    Um, is little sister out in town today?
[08:35] ---
    Huh? Little sister? Whose?
[08:38] ---
    Whose? Yours...
[08:40] ---
    Mine? All my little sisters
    exist only in 2D form--
[08:44] ---
    Ah! Y-You must mean Suzuha!
[08:47] ---
    Who else would I mean?
[08:49] ---
    Uh, well... Nobody?
[08:55] ---
    Too-too-roo!
[08:58] ---
    Mayuri-chan!
[08:59] ---
    Too-too-roo, Yuki-san!
[09:01] ---
    Meow meow!
[09:02] ---
    Faris-san and Ruka-san came too!
[09:04] ---
    Faris-tan!
[09:07] ---
    Huh? Ah...
[09:11] ---
    This place hasn't changed a bit.
[09:17] ---
    Okarin!
[09:22] ---
    Can I come in?
[09:26] ---
    "New strain of encephalitis"
    "No cases have yet to be reported in Japan."
[09:27] ---
    ...hallucinations and memory problems,
[09:29] ---
    prompting the Ministry of
    Health to urge caution when traveling.
[09:30] ---
    I-It's your own lab, so you don't have to ask.
[09:34] ---
    I suppose so.
[09:34] ---
    Continuing with the news...
[09:35] ---
    Oh! Your clothes are so cute, Yuki!
[09:35] ---
    Earlier, Russia experienced
    a magnitude 6 earthquake.
[09:39] ---
    I wanted to show you
    'cuz I knew you would say that.
[09:42] ---
    Let Faris see it too!
[09:44] ---
    We've got Dk Pepper to drink if you--
[09:46] ---
    Wait, Okarin! Where are you going?
[09:49] ---
    Where? Just to the toilet...
[09:51] ---
    Uh...
[10:19] ---
    --Okarin?!
    --Okabe-san!
[10:25] ---
    Suzu-san...
[10:28] ---
    H-Hi there.
[10:30] ---
    "Missing Link of the Annihilator
    -Absolute Zero-"
[10:38] ---
    Ta-da!
[10:41] ---
    Very cute!
[10:42] ---
    Me like, meow!
[10:43] ---
    A feast for the eyes! I'll have seconds!
[10:47] ---
    Hmm? Where's Okarin?
[10:49] ---
    He went with Suzuha-san to the roof.
[10:52] ---
    They wanted to talk about something.
[10:55] ---
    I see...
[11:02] ---
    You didn't have to pretend
    like this in the first place.
[11:06] ---
    Saying you're Daru's little sister
    only made yourself more suspicious.
[11:10] ---
    Yeah, but I didn't think Mom
    would wanna get to know me so much.
[11:15] ---
    Yuki-san and Daru first met at...
[11:17] ---
    Summer ComiMa.
[11:19] ---
    She was a cosplay friend of Big Sis Mayu,
    but in time, she started coming here.
[11:24] ---
    Owowow...
[11:26] ---
    Eh?
[11:33] ---
    Which is how we met.
[11:35] ---
    Eh?
[11:37] ---
    But you're the one she gives birth to.
    Her future daughter.
[11:41] ---
    Maybe she feels something.
[11:47] ---
    Dad said he'll explain
    everything to her sooner or later.
[11:53] ---
    But man, Daru and that girl...
[11:58] ---
    The fact that I'm here means
    that future hasn't changed.
[12:11] ---
    Such peace...
[12:15] ---
    By the time I'd grown up, you'd only
    see scenes like these in photos and videos.
[12:23] ---
    World War III...
[12:25] ---
    Yeah.
[12:26] ---
    Because Dad and the others
    were building a time machine,
[12:29] ---
    we were seen as a rebel organization.
[12:31] ---
    But Daru, Yuki, and you somehow escaped?
[12:35] ---
    No...
[12:36] ---
    My mom tried to protect me from a military
    drone and was mowed down by machine guns.
[12:45] ---
    I saw her get ripped
    to shreds right before my eyes.
[12:49] ---
    I was practically bathed in her blood.
[12:55] ---
    Uncle Okarin...
[12:58] ---
    All that lies ahead in this world line is hell.
[13:03] ---
    The conflict over time machines makes
    country fight country and many people die.
[13:08] ---
    It's a world of nothing but horror and despair.
[13:11] ---
    The lives of 5.7 billion people
    are on the line here.
[13:14] ---
    This future...
[13:17] ---
    I'm begging you...
[13:18] ---
    "I failed. I failed. I failed."
[13:19] ---
    Uncle Okarin...
[13:22] ---
    I can't...
[13:23] ---
    Uncle!
[13:24] ---
    I've drifted through so many
    world lines, I've lost count...
[13:29] ---
    No matter the world line, I've witnessed
    time machines toy with everyone's fate.
[13:33] ---
    I've even seen you meet your doom.
[13:37] ---
    And over and over, it never ends.
[13:40] ---
    Believe me, I learned the
    limits of what someone can do.
[13:44] ---
    No matter what I try, I'm powerless.
[13:48] ---
    But you have changed world lines before.
[13:52] ---
    You said it yourself.
[13:54] ---
    Uncle...
[13:55] ---
    In that case--
[13:56] ---
    It's no use!
[13:57] ---
    You can't just change
    the past to switch world lines!
[14:00] ---
    It breaks the rules which govern our universe!
[14:03] ---
    Humans like us can't just
    tamper with the province of God!
[14:07] ---
    The moment we start meddling,
    we get punished!
[14:09] ---
    It's terrible! Enough that you
    want to clamp shut your eyes!
[14:13] ---
    Is that your answer?
[14:21] ---
    There's still time.
[14:25] ---
    I want you to reconsider.
[14:27] ---
    I...
[14:30] ---
    ...have not given up.
[14:34] ---
    In the end, I guess Suzu-san didn't come back.
[14:37] ---
    Yeah...
[14:38] ---
    The two of you didn't fight, did you?
[14:41] ---
    That's not what happened.
[14:43] ---
    I see.
[14:45] ---
    Whew! It's getting pretty nippy, isn't it?
[14:54] ---
    The lab was so lively for a change, it was fun.
[14:59] ---
    Yeah?
[15:00] ---
    Yup!
[15:01] ---
    Somehow, going to the lab lately
    has left me feeling really lonely.
[15:08] ---
    Isn't Daru there?
[15:10] ---
    Yeah...
[15:11] ---
    But before, Mayushii used to wait
    at the lab all by herself for you.
[15:17] ---
    That's why I shouldn't feel lonely at all.
[15:20] ---
    I don't know why, but I feel
    so lonely it makes me want to cry.
[15:27] ---
    It's like, it used to be a lot more fun.
[15:32] ---
    It's an illusion.
[15:33] ---
    Eh?
[15:34] ---
    An illusion.
[15:36] ---
    The only people that ever came
    to the lab were you, me, and Daru.
[15:43] ---
    Yeah, you're right.
[15:53] ---
    What's wrong?
[15:54] ---
    "1 New Message - Professor Izaki"
[15:56] ---
    Nothing.
[15:56] ---
    "Regarding tomorrow's seminar:
    We're all going out for some drinks.
    If you're free, would you care to join us?"
[15:57] ---
    People from Viktor Chondria University
    are giving a seminar in Akiba tomorrow.
[16:02] ---
    I was hoping to talk with their professor,
    but I guess they're all out drinking.
[16:07] ---
    I see!
[16:09] ---
    You're like a full-fledged normal now.
[16:12] ---
    Mayushii will be fine by herself.
[16:15] ---
    Okay.
[16:16] ---
    Sorry to ditch you.
[16:36] ---
    Cheers!
[16:43] ---
    "2010/12/10 FRI - 11 SAT
    UPX Theater"
[16:45] ---
    Artificial Intelligence Revolution...
[16:48] ---
    Viktor Chondria University.
[16:50] ---
    Professor Alexis Leskinen.
[16:54] ---
    "Akihabara Techno Forum 2010 Lecture Programme"
    "Artificial Intelligence Revolution"
[16:57] ---
    "Viktor Chondria Brain Science
    Institute Chief Researcher"
[16:59] ---
    That's... the college she went to.
[17:06] ---
    I think... I'm dying.
[17:10] ---
    I don't want to die...
[17:55] ---
    Hey, you.
[17:59] ---
    I'm talking to you.
[18:03] ---
    Which way is the staff room?
[18:09] ---
    Huh?
[18:11] ---
    Uh, this is a college seminar conference...
[18:15] ---
    Of course I know that!
[18:17] ---
    It's the same thing, over and over...
[18:18] ---
    Over and over?
[18:19] ---
    You're the fourth person
    to tell me that since coming here.
[18:23] ---
    Viktor Chondria University...
[18:26] ---
    Brain Science Institute.
[18:28] ---
    Oh, I get it. You found this and--
[18:31] ---
    Fourth time to hear that too!
[18:34] ---
    Viktor Chondria University has...
[18:38] ---
    ...middle schoolers?
[18:39] ---
    If you're gonna be dumb, do it elsewhere.
[18:41] ---
    There's no university
    that takes middle schoolers.
[18:44] ---
    21 years old?
[18:46] ---
    In other words, I'm a full-grown woman!
[18:49] ---
    Not in middle school, not elementary
    school, and not preschool either!
[18:53] ---
    Got a problem?
[18:54] ---
    But... Never mind.
[18:58] ---
    I was in the wrong.
[19:00] ---
    I'm sorry.
[19:02] ---
    Hmph. Whatever.
[19:04] ---
    The same thing happens
    no matter what country I go to.
[19:07] ---
    Big surprise.
[19:08] ---
    Did you say something?
[19:09] ---
    N-No, nothing.
[19:13] ---
    Uh, it's not that way.
[19:15] ---
    Staff room? Go out that way
    and it's the door at the end of the hall.
[19:23] ---
    Thanks.
[19:27] ---
    21 years old, huh?
[19:29] ---
    If Daru saw her, he'd shout,
    "Legal loli for the win!"
[19:36] ---
    Kiryu Moeka?!
[19:41] ---
    Why?!
[19:43] ---
    Why is Moeka here?!
[19:45] ---
    No... Not again!
[19:48] ---
    Calm down! This is a beta world line!
[19:51] ---
    It's not like that other world line!
[19:55] ---
    It's not...
[19:57] ---
    "Artificial Intelligence Revolution"
    "An Analysis of Neural Pulse Signals in Relation
    to Memories Stored in the Temporal Lobe"
[20:05] ---
    Is that... the girl from earlier?
[20:14] ---
    Hi, everyone.
[20:17] ---
    Thank you for attending my seminar today.
[20:21] ---
    I am Alexis Leskinen from Viktor Chondria
    University's Brain Science Institute.
[20:27] ---
    I'm his interpreter and assistant, Hiyajo Maho.
[20:35] ---
    Our topic for today is the Artificial
    Intelligence Revolution, however...
[20:39] ---
    Before we get into that, there's
    a paper I would like to introduce.
[20:43] ---
    "An Analysis of Neural Pulse Signals in Relation
    to Memories Stored in the Temporal Lobe"
[20:46] ---
    This paper was published by
    a female researcher at our lab.
[20:51] ---
    Our memories are stored in the cerebral cortex.
    More specifically, within the temporal lobe.
[20:57] ---
    Memories are retrieved
    similarly to flash memory.
[21:01] ---
    The brain operates by sending
    electrical signals between neurons.
[21:07] ---
    Ultimately, it is the pattern of these electrical
    signals which create and reinforce memories.
[21:17] ---
    I regret to say the woman who proposed
    this theory passed away at the age of 17.
[21:23] ---
    But using her theory as a foundation,
    we were able to construct a special system.
[21:28] ---
    That is, a system which
    preserves human memory as data.
[21:36] ---
    Unlike previous programs,
    which fall short of possessing identity,
[21:40] ---
    we've developed an AI with
    data drawn from human memories.
[21:44] ---
    It has feelings and memories, just like a human.
[21:47] ---
    An artificial intelligence with a heart.
[21:50] ---
    The genius of Makise Kurisu and
    her theory enabled us to build this system.
[21:55] ---
    Without further ado, we would
    like to demonstrate said AI.
[22:02] ---
    Amadeus.
[22:03] ---