E14 - The End of the World

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[00:24] H
    Everyone, attack!
SIGN    The End of the World
[02:41] Kl
    How many did we lose?
[02:49] K
    Fourteen died.
[02:52] E
    No way.
[02:56] Kl
    We still have twenty-five floors.
[02:59] E
    Will we really be able to reach the top?
[03:28] A
    Kirito-kun?
[03:42] A
    Kirito-kun, what are you...
[03:53] A
    "Immortal Object"?
[03:55] A
    Wh-What's going on, Commander?
[03:58] K
    The game ensures that his HP will never
[04:03] ---
    fall into the yellow zone.
[04:07] K
    Something has always bothered me,
[04:09] ---
    ever since I arrived here.
[04:13] K
    "Where does he hide while he watches us
[04:15] ---
    and adjusts the world?"
[04:20] K
    But I'd forgotten a simple
    piece of psychology.
[04:24] K
    Something any kid knows.
[04:26] K
    There's nothing as boring
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    as watching someone else play an RPG.
[04:33] K
    Isn't that right, Kayaba Akihiko?
[04:39] H
    Would you be so kind as to tell
    me how you figured it out?
[04:43] K
    The first time I felt something was
    wrong was during the duel.
[04:48] K
    In that last instant, you were far too fast.
[04:53] H
    I suspected as much.
[04:54] H
    That was an unfortunate mistake.
[04:58] H
    You overpowered me to the point
[05:00] ---
    that I needed to engage the
    system's over-assist mode.
[05:08] H
    Yes, I am Kayaba Akihiko.
[05:11] H
    And if I may add,
[05:13] ---
    I am the game's final boss, who would
    have awaited you at the top floor.
[05:21] K
    That's pretty bad.
[05:23] K
    The strongest player betrays us
    to become the last boss?
[05:27] H
    Not a bad storyline, is it?
[05:30] H
    I always thought that you would be the
    one to stand before me at the end.
[05:35] H
    Dual-wielding is the skill given to the player
[05:38] ---
    with the fastest reaction time,
    who will then act out
[05:41] ---
    the part of the Hero that
    challenges the Demon King.
[05:46] H
    But your power exceeded my expectations.
[05:50] H
    Well, these unexpected events
[05:53] ---
    are part of the fun of an MMORPG.
[05:58] Guy
    Our loyalty... Our hope...
[06:01] Guy
    How dare you... How dare you?
[06:03] Guy
    How dare you?!
[06:11] K
    Paralysis?
[06:15] A
    Kirito-kun...
[06:23] K
    What are you going to do?
[06:25] K
    Kill us all, and cover it up?
[06:28] H
    Of course not.
[06:29] H
    I wouldn't do anything so unfair.
[06:32] H
    Very well, then...
[06:34] H
    I shall await you on the top floor,
[06:37] H
    within the Ruby Palace.
[06:40] H
    I've put a lot of time into developing
    the Knights of the Blood Oath
[06:43] ---
    and the other front line players,
[06:45] ---
    so it's a shame I have to
    leave them partway.
[06:48] H
    However, I'm sure that with your power,
    you'll reach me eventually.
[06:52] H
    But first...
[06:55] H
    Kirito-kun, I must reward you
    for deducing my identity.
[07:01] H
    I shall give you a chance.
[07:02] K
    A chance?
[07:03] H
    The chance to fight me one-on-one.
[07:07] H
    Naturally, I'll deactivate my immortal status.
[07:11] H
    Defeat me, and you beat the game.
[07:13] ---
    And all the players will be able to log out.
[07:17] H
    How about it?
[07:19] A
    No, Kirito-kun!
[07:21] A
    For now... For now, we should fall back.
[07:53] K
    Don't insult me.
[07:56] K
    That's fine.
[07:57] K
    Let's finish this.
[07:59] A
    Kirito-kun!
[08:00] K
    I'm sorry.
[08:01] K
    But I can't run away here.
[08:05] A
    You aren't going to die here, right?
[08:08] K
    No, I'm going to win.
[08:11] K
    I'm going to win and end this game.
[08:13] A
    All right.
[08:15] A
    I believe in you, Kirito-kun.
[08:28] E
    Kirito, don't!
[08:29] Kl
    Kirito!
[08:33] K
    Egil...
[08:35] ---
    Thanks for helping to support
    the swordsman class.
[08:40] K
    I know you spent nearly all
    the money you made
[08:44] ---
    helping the players during
    the middle zones to level.
[08:50] K
    Klein...
[08:52] K
    I really am sorry
[08:56] ---
    for leaving you behind that day.
[08:58] Kl
    D-Damn it, Kirito!
[09:01] Kl
    Don't apologize...
[09:02] Kl
    Don't you dare apologize to me now!
[09:05] Kl
    I won't forgive you...
[09:07] Kl
    I won't forgive until you buy me
    a meal on the other side!
[09:12] K
    Got it.
[09:14] K
    See you on the other side.
[09:23] K
    I'm sorry, but I have a request.
[09:26] H
    What is it?
[09:27] K
    I don't plan on losing.
[09:30] K
    But if I die here,
[09:32] K
    I want you to make sure that Asuna can't
    kill herself, just for a little while.
[09:38] H
    Very well.
[09:39] A
    Kirito-kun, no!
[09:42] A
    You can't...
[09:43] A
    You can't do that!
[09:53] A
    Kirito-kun!
[09:56] K
    This isn't a duel...
[09:58] K
    We're fighting to kill.
[10:01] K
    That's right.
[10:02] K
    I'm going to kill him!
[10:15] K
    He was the one who designed
    the dual-wielding skill.
[10:18] K
    He'll be able to block all of the
    pre-programmed combos.
[10:22] K
    I have to defeat him with my own power,
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    without using the sword skills!
[10:28] K
    Faster!
[10:29] K
    I have to go faster!
[11:02] K
    I'm sorry, Asuna...
[11:04] K
    You, at least, need to live.
[11:17] H
    Farewell, Kirito-kun.
[11:44] K
    No, Asuna...
[11:47] K
    This can't...
[11:48] K
    This can't be...
[11:55] A
    I'm sorry.
[11:58] A
    Goodbye.
[12:20] H
    That was a surprise.
[12:22] H
    I don't believe I programmed a way to
    neutralize paralysis on your own.
[12:27] H
    I guess these things happen sometimes.
[13:20] K
    It's over now...
[13:27] A
    I believe in you, Kirito-kun.
[13:45] K
    Not yet...
[13:54] K
    Not yet!
[14:19] K
    Is this good enough?
[14:56] System
    As of 14:55, November 7,
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    the game has been cleared.
[15:03] System
    The game has been cleared.
[15:21] K
    Where am I?
SIGN    Initiating Final Phase
[15:34] A
    Kirito-kun?
[15:51] K
    Sorry.
[15:52] K
    I died, too.
[15:55] A
    Dummy...
[16:12] K
    Where are we?
[16:29] H
    Quite a view.
[16:40] K
    Kayaba Akihiko...
[16:42] H
    The SAO mainframe, within
    the fifth-level basement
[16:46] ---
    at my corporate headquarters, is deleting all
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    data on its storage devices.
[16:53] H
    In ten minutes or so,
[16:55] ---
    everything in this world will vanish.
[16:59] A
    What about the people down there?
[17:03] H
    You needn't worry about them.
[17:05] H
    Just a moment ago,
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    the remaining 6,147 players were logged out.
[17:13] K
    What about the ones who died?
[17:15] K
    What about the 4,000 who died?
[17:19] H
    Their minds will never return.
[17:21] H
    In every world, once you die, you're gone.
[17:28] K
    Why...
[17:29] ---
    Why did you do this?
[17:32] H
    Why, huh?
[17:35] H
    I forgot a long time ago.
[17:38] H
    I wonder why...
[17:40] H
    When I began developing the full-dive environment system...
[17:44] H
    No, long before that,
[17:46] H
    I dreamed of nothing
[17:48] ---
    but creating that castle,
    a world that surpassed all our laws
[17:52] ---
    and all our restrictions.
[17:56] H
    And now I have seen
[17:58] ---
    someone surpass even my own world's laws...
[18:05] H
    How old must I have been,
[18:07] ---
    when I was obsessed with the
    fantasy of a steel castle
[18:09] ---
    that floated in the sky?
[18:12] H
    I wanted to leave the ground,
[18:15] H
    to fly to that castle.
[18:17] H
    For a long, long time,
    that was my only desire...
[18:25] H
    You know, Kirito-kun,
[18:27] ---
    I still believe
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    that in some other world,
    that castle truly exists.
[18:36] K
    Yeah, I hope it does.
[18:46] A
    I forgot to say this.
[18:48] A
    Congratulations on winning the game,
[18:50] A
    Kirito-kun, Asuna-kun.
[18:55] A
    Now then, I must be going.
[19:18] K
    This is goodbye...
[19:20] A
    No...
[19:22] A
    No, it isn't.
[19:24] A
    We're going to disappear as one.
[19:27] A
    So we'll be together forever.
[19:30] A
    Before we do, tell me your name.
[19:33] A
    Your real name.
[19:38] K
    Kirigaya. Kirigaya Kazuto.
[19:41] K
    I think I turned sixteen last month.
[19:43] A
    Kirigaya Kazuto-kun...
[19:47] A
    You're younger than I am?
[19:50] A
    My name is Yuuki Asuna.
[19:53] ---
    I'm seventeen.
[19:55] K
    Yuuki Asuna...
[19:57] K
    Yuuki Asuna.
[20:06] K
    I'm sorry.
[20:08] K
    I'm so sorry.
[20:09] K
    I promised I'd send you back
    to the other world...
[20:14] K
    But I... I...
[20:21] A
    It's okay.
[20:23] A
    It's okay.
[20:25] A
    I'm happy I was able to
    meet you, Kazuto-kun...
[20:29] ---
    To live with you.
[20:31] A
    It's the happiest I've ever been in my life.
[20:34] A
    Thank you.
[20:36] A
    I love you.
[20:57] A
    I love...
[20:59] A
    I love you.
[22:04] A
    Asuna...
[22:14] A
    Asuna...
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