# E19 - Zekken
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6WEMEX36/zekken)
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**[00:03] A**
Zekken appears on the small island
on floor 24, at 3:00, right?
**[00:07] Gi**
Yeah.
**[00:08] A**
So we can meet here at 2:30, right?
**[00:11] All**
Okay!
**[00:11] All**
Roger!
**[00:11] All**
Got it.
**[00:13] All**
I can't wait!
**[00:14] All**
Yeah!
**[00:15] All**
Maybe everyone will start talking
about the Berserk Healer again!
**[00:20] Y**
Daddy, you've got something on your face.
**[00:23] K**
Ah, seriously?
**[00:24] Y**
Your face is full of soot!
**[00:26] K**
What?
**[00:28] A**
Okay, see you tomorrow.
**[00:29] All**
See you tomorrow!
***SIGN*** Zekken
**[03:02] A**
Goodnight, Sada-san.
**[03:05] A**
Thanks for coming every day.
**[03:07] A**
Sorry to keep you here so late.
**[03:11] Gi**
Not at all, miss.
**[03:13] Gi**
This is my job.
**[03:16] A**
Are my mother and brother already back?
**[03:19] Gi**
Kouichirou-sama will be out late.
**[03:22] Gi**
Your mother is in the dining room.
**[03:25] A**
I see. Thanks.
**[03:28] A**
Sorry to keep you.
**[03:53] Ky**
You're late.
**[04:01] Ky**
Make sure you're at the table five minutes early.
**[04:05] A**
I'm sorry.
**[04:23] A**
Thanks for the food...
**[04:44] Ky**
Were you using that machine again?
**[04:47] A**
Yes, I'd promised to do my
homework with everyone.
**[04:51] Ky**
You need to move your own hands when
you do it, or you won't learn anything.
**[04:55] A**
Everyone lives far away.
**[04:58] A**
I can meet them easily there.
**[05:00] Ky**
If you're using that machine,
you're not really meeting them.
**[05:04] Ky**
And you should do your homework alone.
**[05:06] Ky**
If you do it with others,
you'll just end up playing around.
**[05:12] Ky**
Listen...
**[05:13] Ky**
You don't have time to play.
**[05:16] Ky**
You're two years behind the other children.
**[05:18] ---**
To make up for it, you have
to study two years harder.
**[05:22] A**
I am studying!
**[05:24] A**
I printed out my second-quarter report card,
and put it on your desk.
**[05:28] A**
I saw it.
**[05:30] A**
But a report card from a school
like that means nothing.
**[05:34] A**
A school like that...
**[05:37] Ky**
Listen, Asuna.
**[05:39] Ky**
For third quarter, I'm hiring you a tutor,
in addition to your schooling.
**[05:42] Ky**
Not an internet teacher, as is popular these days.
**[05:44] Ky**
I'll have them come to the house.
**[05:46] A**
W-Wait, this is so sudden...
**[05:49] Ky**
Look at this.
***SIGN*** Entry Exam Introduction
**[05:54] ---**
What is this Entry Exam Introduction for?
**[05:58] Ky**
For your third year, I managed
to convince a friend of mine
**[06:01] ---**
to let you take the entrance exam
for the high school he runs.
**[06:06] Ky**
A real school, not that makeshift
one they put together.
**[06:10] Ky**
It uses a credit system, so you'll be able
**[06:13] ---**
to graduate in the first half of the year.
**[06:16] Ky**
Then you can start college in September.
**[06:18] A**
W-Wait!
**[06:20] A**
You can't just decide that...
**[06:22] A**
I like my school!
**[06:25] A**
There are lots of good teachers.
**[06:26] A**
And I can study there!
**[06:29] A**
I don't need to go to another school!
**[06:34] Ky**
I did my research.
**[06:37] Ky**
The school you're attending is
barely worthy of the name.
**[06:41] Ky**
The curriculum is sloppy.
**[06:43] Ky**
The classes are easy.
**[06:45] Ky**
The teachers are a bunch of nobodies,
with no real experience.
**[06:50] A**
Y-You don't have to put it like that...
**[06:56] Ky**
They claim it takes care of the
students whose education
**[07:00] ---**
was delayed because of the accident,
**[07:01] Ky**
but they really want all the children
**[07:04] ---**
who spent two years killing each other
in one place, so they can monitor them.
**[07:09] Ky**
It's practically a prison.
**[07:14] A**
I'm one of those "children who spent
two years killing each other," Mom.
**[07:21] Ky**
All your friends are taking
entrance exams this year.
**[07:26] Ky**
Doesn't that bother you a little?
**[07:29] A**
It doesn't matter if it takes me
another year or two to get into college.
**[07:34] A**
And I don't necessarily have to attend college.
***SIGN*** Third Year Entry Exam Introduction
**[07:37] Ky**
You do!
**[07:38] Ky**
You have talent.
**[07:40] Ky**
You do know all your father and
I have done to nurture it, right?
**[07:47] A**
It's up to an individual to decide
how they'll live, isn't it?
**[07:50] A**
Right now, I don't have the answer,
**[07:52] A**
but I think I'm about to find
what I really want to do!
**[07:55] A**
I want to keep going to this school
for another year, so I can find it!
**[08:01] Ky**
No matter how many years you're there,
it won't give you any more options.
**[08:05] Ky**
Listen, Asuna.
**[08:06] Ky**
Your mother doesn't want you
to lead a miserable life.
**[08:11] Ky**
I want you to have a career you can be proud of,
no matter to whom you're speaking.
**[08:15] A**
My career?
**[08:17] A**
Then who was that man you made me
meet over New Year's, in Kyoto?
**[08:21] A**
He was talking like I was
already engaged to him.
**[08:26] A**
You're the one who's limiting my options!
**[08:34] Ky**
Marriage is part of your career.
**[08:37] Ky**
If you marry someone poor, you'll regret it.
**[08:41] Ky**
You won't be able to do whatever
it is that's so important to you.
**[08:45] Ky**
But with Yuuya-kun, you won't have to worry.
**[08:49] Ky**
A countryside bank, run by a single family,
**[08:51] Ky**
is much more stable than a
mega-bank with many factions.
**[08:59] A**
You didn't feel bad for any of it, did you?
**[09:02] A**
The man who caused so much misery for so many,
who caused that whole incident,
**[09:06] A**
and who almost bankrupted RCT was
Sugou Nobuyuki, the man you chose.
**[09:11] Ky**
Stop it!
**[09:13] Ky**
I don't want to hear about him.
**[09:16] Ky**
It was your father who liked him
and wanted you to marry him.
**[09:21] Ky**
He's never had a good eye for people.
**[09:24] Ky**
It's okay... Yuuya-kun is a little introverted,
**[09:28] Ky**
but that means you don't have to worry.
**[09:31] A**
Anyway, I have no intention of marrying him!
**[09:35] A**
I'll pick my own partner!
**[09:37] Ky**
That's fine.
**[09:38] Ky**
Anyone, as long as they're worthy of you.
**[09:42] Ky**
Just so we're clear, that does not
**[09:44] ---**
include a child like that, from that facility!
**[09:50] A**
You didn't... You investigated him?
**[09:53] Ky**
Please understand.
**[09:54] Ky**
Your father and I want you to be happy.
**[09:58] Ky**
You're capable of starting any
number of promising careers.
**[10:08] A**
Let me think about the transfer for a while.
**[10:11] Ky**
You have until the middle of next week.
**[10:14] Ky**
Fill it out, print three copies,
**[10:16] ---**
and put them on the desk in my study.
**[10:22] A**
Mom...
**[10:24] Ky**
What?
**[10:26] A**
You're ashamed of my dead grandma
and grandpa, aren't you?
**[10:30] A**
You're angry you weren't born into a rich,
important family, aren't you?
**[10:36] Ky**
Asuna, come here!
**[10:38] Ky**
Asuna!
**[10:55] Ky**
Kirito-kun...
**[10:58] Flashback**
What are you planning to do with your future?
**[11:03] Flashback**
I think I'm going to go
from a player to a creator.
**[11:07] Flashback**
A creator?
**[11:09] Flashback**
What kind of game will you make?
**[11:09] Flashback**
Not a game... A man-machine interface to replace
**[11:13] Flashback**
our current full-dive technology.
**[11:15] Flashback**
I've been frequenting a lot
of tech forums, to study.
**[11:18] Flashback**
But they're all in English, so it's pretty rough.
**[11:23] A**
* I want to stay by Kirito-kun's side,*
* and chase after the same dream.*
**[11:28] A**
*But...*
**[11:30] Flashback**
You're strong, Asuna.
**[11:32] Flashback**
Much stronger than I am.
**[11:34] A**
*I'm not strong!*
**[11:37] A**
*I was only able to be a warrior in that world.*
**[11:43] A**
* Lightning Flash Asuna of the*
* Knights of the Blood Oath is gone...*
**[11:49] A**
*The real me is powerless...*
**[12:08] K**
Hey.
**[12:09] A**
It's rare for you to be here first, Kirito-kun.
**[12:12] K**
It happens sometimes.
**[12:41] A**
Hey, do you remember the first time
you came to my room in Selmburg?
**[12:47] K**
I don't mean to brag, but my memory is terrible.
**[12:52] K**
But I do remember that.
**[12:55] A**
Really?
**[12:56] K**
Of course.
**[12:58] K**
I got that really rare ingredient item,
**[13:01] K**
and you made me a stew.
**[13:05] K**
That meat was so good...
**[13:07] K**
Sometimes, I still remember it.
**[13:10] A**
You only remember food, don't you?
**[13:20] A**
It's almost time...
**[13:21] A**
We have to go.
**[13:23] K**
Asuna, if you're going to fight...
**[13:27] K**
U-Um...
**[13:29] K**
No...
**[13:30] K**
Zekken's strong.
**[13:32] A**
Liz and the others told me all
about how strong they are.
**[13:36] A**
But I still can't believe you lost...
**[13:41] A**
By the way, Leafa-chan said you were saying
something to them during the duel.
**[13:45] A**
What were you talking about?
**[13:47] K**
Um, something was bothering me.
**[13:50] A**
What?
**[13:54] K**
I asked...
**[13:56] K**
"You're totally living in this world, aren't you?"
**[14:00] K**
Zekken answered with a wordless smile
**[14:02] K**
and a charge skill at incredible speed.
**[14:05] K**
That speed was beyond the limits.
**[14:09] A**
"Totally living in this world"?
**[14:11] A**
Do you mean they're a really heavy user?
**[14:15] K**
No.
**[14:16] K**
I wasn't referring to a single VRMMO.
**[14:20] K**
I felt like Zekken was a product of
the full-dive environment itself.
**[14:25] A**
What does that mean?
**[14:28] K**
I don't want to give you any preconceived notions.
**[14:31] K**
I want you to feel the rest for yourself.
**[14:39] L**
This is what will happen if you take
your eyes off them for a second.
**[14:45] L**
Sorry to bother you when you're busy,
**[14:47] L**
but it's nearly time!
**[14:49] All**
It's about time!
**[14:52] A**
I-I know!
**[15:12] Gu**
I give up! I surrender!
**[15:14] Gu**
Resign!
**[15:17] Gu**
Wow!
**[15:18] Gu**
That's sixty-seven wins!
**[15:20] Gu**
Can't anyone stop her?
**[15:41] Z**
V!
**[15:48] A**
Hey, Liz...
**[15:50] ---**
What?
**[15:51] A**
Zekken's a girl!
**[15:53] L**
Huh? Didn't I tell you?
**[15:55] Z**
You didn't!
**[15:58] A**
Wait...
**[15:59] A**
Is the reason you lost...
**[16:03] A**
Stare.
**[16:05] K**
N-No... I didn't go easy on
her because she's a girl.
**[16:10] K**
I'm serious.
**[16:11] K**
Really.
**[16:12] K**
At least halfway.
**[16:15] A**
I don't know!
**[16:18] Z**
Anyone want to go next?
**[16:22] L**
Get going.
**[16:24] A**
I need to go psyche myself up again.
**[16:26] L**
After the first hit, you'll be all psyched up.
**[16:30] L**
Now, get going.
**[16:38] Z**
Miss, wanna fight?
**[16:40] A**
U-Um...
**[16:42] A**
Okay, let's.
**[16:44] Z**
Okay!
**[16:54] A**
Um, can we use the standard rules?
**[16:57] Z**
Sure.
**[16:58] Z**
Use all the magic and items you want.
**[17:02] Z**
I'll just use this, though.
**[17:07] Z**
Oh, right.
**[17:08] Z**
What do you prefer? Ground or aerial fights?
**[17:12] A**
Is either okay?
**[17:16] A**
Ground fights, then.
**[17:18] Z**
Okay.
**[17:19] Z**
Jumping is okay, but no using your wings.
***SIGN*** Do you accept the duel? Opponent Type
**[17:28] A**
"Yuuki"?
***SIGN*** HP To Zero Mode
**[18:16] A**
*She's strong.*
**[18:18] A**
* But if I give up after one hit,*
* I'm a failure as a warrior.*
**[18:23] A**
*I was only able to be a warrior in that world.*
**[19:41] A**
*I can do this!*
**[19:52] A**
*She can see Quadruple Pain?*
**[20:03] A**
*I...*
**[20:05] ---**
*won't let it end like this!*
**[20:22] A**
*This is Zekken's eleven-hit combo?*
**[20:25] A**
*Her Original Sword Skill...*
**[20:28] A**
*Losing to a skill like this*
**[20:31] A**
*wouldn't bother me at all!*
**[20:58] Z**
That was great.
**[21:00] Z**
I pick you, miss!
**[21:04] A**
U-Um, what about the duel?
**[21:07] Z**
Fighting this much is enough for me.
**[21:10] Z**
Do you want to go all the way?
**[21:16] Z**
I was looking for someone
who seemed just right.
**[21:19] Z**
And I finally found them!
**[21:38] Y**
Mommy?
**[21:40] L**
Hey, Asuna!
**[21:42] All**
Asuna-san!
**[21:49] A**
Um...
**[21:54] Y**
Please... Help us!
**[21:59] A**
Help you?
***SIGN*** Next Time The Sleeping Knights