E22 - The End of the Journey

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SIGN    Please answer me, Yuuki.
[00:30] Gi
    Asuna-san...
[00:33] A
    Siune!
[00:34] A
    What's Yuuki doing?
[00:37] A
    She hasn't logged in for three days!
[00:40] Gi
    Since then, we've been unable to reach her, either.
[00:45] Gi
    Asuna-san,
[00:46] Gi
    I believe Yuuki doesn't want to see you again.
[00:50] Gi
    For your sake, and no one else's.
[00:53] A
    Wh-Why?
[00:58] A
    No, I understood, actually.
[01:03] A
    You were all trying to keep
    your distance from me.
[01:08] A
    If I'm a bother to you, I'll leave you alone.
[01:13] A
    But if you say it's for my sake, I can't accept it!
[01:16] Gi
    A bother?
[01:19] Gi
    We're really happy to have met you.
[01:24] Gi
    It's thanks to you
[01:26] ---
    that we were able to have that last
    wonderful memory in this world.
[01:31] Gi
    I'm sure Yuuki feels the same way.
[01:34] Gi
    But... Please...
[01:37] Gi
    Just forget about us.
[01:42] A
    Is this really goodbye?
[01:45] A
    Even if the guild disbanded, I thought
    we could stay friends forever.
[01:50] A
    But was I the only one who thought that?
[01:56] Gi
    I'm sorry.
[01:59] A
    Wait!
SIGN    Journey's End
[04:03] L
    Asuna!
[04:06] L
    Good morning...
[04:07] Gi
    Good morning!
[04:09] A
    Morning.
[04:10] L
    We finally caught you!
[04:12] L
    Tell us about that message you sent!
[04:16] Gi
    I heard from Liz that you entered a guild?
[04:20] L
    Hey, hey, what's it like?
[04:22] A
    Well...
[04:25] A
    Ah, sorry...
SIGN    Kirigaya Kazuto
[04:31] K
    Yui, how's it look?
[04:33] K
    Can you see me?
[04:35] Y
    My vision's a little blurry, Daddy.
[04:39] K
    Maybe the autofocus isn't working right.
[04:42] K
    Wait a second.
[04:43] Y
    Okay, Daddy.
[04:55] K
    Hey.
[05:05] K
    Do you really want to see Zekken,
     no matter what?
[05:09] A
    Yeah.
[05:11] K
    They said it was better that you don't, right?
[05:13] K
    Even so?
[05:14] A
    Yeah.
[05:15] A
    Even so, I want to see Yuuki and talk
    to her again, no matter what.
[05:19] A
    I have to!
[05:21] K
    Okay.
[05:25] K
    If you go here, you may be able to see her.
[05:28] K
    It's just a possibility.
[05:30] A
    How do you know this?
[05:33] K
    It's the only place in Japan that's doing
    clinical trials for the Medicuboid.
SIGN    —hama Port, Northern General Hospital
[05:38] A
    The Medicuboid?
[05:51] A
    Um...
[05:53] Gi
    You're here to see someone?
[05:54] A
    Yes.
[05:55] A
    But I don't know her name.
[05:58] Gi
    I'm sorry?
[05:59] A
    I think it's a girl around fifteen.
[06:02] A
    Her name might be "Yuuki."
[06:05] Gi
    That isn't enough...
[06:06] A
    Um, I think they're using the
    Medicuboid you're testing here!
[06:12] Gi
    I'm sorry, but what's your name?
[06:15] A
    Ah, I'm Yuuki Asuna.
[06:19] Gi
    Sit on that bench, and wait for a minute.
[06:22] A
    O-Okay.
[06:30] Gu
    Hello, I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
[06:34] A
    N-Not at all.
[06:36] Gu
    So you're Yuuki Asuna-san, yes?
[06:39] A
    Yes.
[06:40] Gu
    My name is Kurahashi.
[06:42] Gu
    I'm Konno Yuuki-san's doctor.
[06:44] A
    Konno-san?
[06:48] Gu
    I'm amazed you found this place.
[06:51] Gu
    Yuuki-kun said that someone
[06:53] ---
    named Asuna-san might come to see her.
[06:58] A
    Yuuki did?
[06:59] Gu
    But she said she didn't tell you about the hospital.
[07:03] Gu
    So I told her there was no way
    you'd find this place, but...
[07:08] Gu
    When the front desk called me, I was surprised.
[07:12] A
    Um... Did Yuuki-san tell you about me?
[07:17] Gu
    Sure.
[07:18] Gu
    All she does is talk about you.
[07:21] Gu
    But whenever she was done talking
    about you, she would cry.
[07:28] Gu
    She never complains about her own situation.
[07:32] Gu
    She said she wanted to see you, but she couldn't.
[07:38] A
    After we said goodbye in the virtual world,
[07:41] ---
    Yuuki-san and her friends
    told me the same thing.
[07:45] A
    Why? Why can't I see her?
[07:55] Gu
    I suppose I should begin by telling
    you about the Medicuboid.
[07:59] A
    Okay.
[08:01] Gu
    The Medicuboid is something
[08:03] ---
    that's currently being developed
    by the national government.
[08:05] Gu
    It's the code name for the world's
    first medical full-dive system.
[08:09] A
    Medical full-dive system?
[08:11] Gu
    That's right.
[08:13] Gu
    For people with vision or hearing problems,
[08:17] ---
    that machine is truly a blessing.
[08:20] Gu
    Because the Amusphere transmits sound
    and images directly to the brain.
[08:26] Gu
    It isn't only signal transmission, either.
[08:29] Gu
    The Amusphere also has sensation-cancelers.
[08:33] Gu
    By sending an electromagnetic pulse here,
[08:35] Gu
    it can temporarily paralyze the nerves.
[08:39] Gu
    In other words, it functions just
    like general anesthesia.
[08:42] A
    But isn't that impossible?
[08:45] A
    The sensory levels you can
    interact with via Amusphere
[08:48] ---
    are limited to very low levels.
[08:51] Gu
    That's right!
[08:52] Gu
    That's exactly right.
[08:54] Gu
    The Amusphere... No, even the NerveGear
[08:57] ---
    can't cancel the pain from
    surgery or serious illnesses.
[08:59] Gu
    So the Medicuboid enhances the
    electromagnetic pulse's output,
[09:03] Gu
    and by fitting it on a specialized bed,
     we can cover everything
[09:06] ---
    from the brain to the entire spinal column.
[09:08] Gu
    If this is put into use, it will
    change medicine forever.
[09:12] Gu
    And with the Medicuboid's specs,
[09:15] ---
    you could combine it with a camera to allow
[09:18] ---
    AR-image processing in real time.
[09:21] A
    That sounds like a true dream machine.
[09:27] Gu
    Yes.
[09:28] Gu
    It truly is a dream machine.
[09:32] Gu
    But it doesn't treat the underlying illness.
[09:37] Gu
    The place where it's hoped it will have
[09:40] ---
    the most impact is terminal care.
[09:43] A
    Terminal care?
[09:45] Gu
    Treatment for terminal illnesses.
[09:49] A
    Terminal...
[09:53] Gu
    Yuuki-kun told me that if you wanted it,
    I was to tell you everything about her.
[10:00] Gu
    But you may wish later that I hadn't.
[10:11] A
    No.
[10:14] A
    Continue.
[10:15] A
    Please.
[10:16] A
    That's why I came here!
[10:23] Gu
    Yuuki-kun was born in May 2011.
[10:28] Gu
    It was a difficult birth, and her
    mother was given a C-section.
[10:31] Gu
    At the time, she was given blood.
[10:35] Gu
    But unfortunately, that blood
    was infected with a virus.
[10:40] Gu
    The virus was detected in September,
[10:43] Gu
    during a post-transfusion test her mother took.
[10:47] Gu
    But at that point, her entire family had already...
SIGN    Special Measurement Devices Lab 1
[11:00] Gu
    This is it.
[11:05] Gu
    The room beyond this glass is an
    air-controlled clean room,
[11:09] ---
    so you can't go in.
[11:11] Gu
    Please understand.
[11:23] A
    Yuuki...
[11:26] A
    Doctor, what is she ill with?
[11:29] Gu
    Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
[11:33] Gu
    AIDS.
[11:35] Gu
    AIDS isn't as terrifying an illness as people think.
[11:41] Gu
    With early detection, you can delay
[11:43] ---
    the onset of symptoms for a long time.
[11:48] Gu
    But the virus she was infected with
    was a drug-resistant variant.
[11:53] Gu
    Yuuki-kun's mother despaired
    for her children's future,
[11:57] Gu
    and was prepared to kill herself at one point.
[12:03] Gu
    But she decided to continue
    to fight the illness instead.
[12:08] A
    To keep fighting...
[12:11] Gu
    Yes. Soon after birth, Yuuki-kun
    was given multi-drug therapy.
[12:17] Gu
    It's hard for a young child to take lots of drugs
[12:20] ---
    at regular intervals.
[12:23] Gu
    There are side effects, as well.
[12:25] Gu
    And she also suffered due to prejudice, I'm told.
[12:29] Gu
    But Yuuki-kun and her family
    believed she'd get better,
[12:33] ---
    and she did her best.
[12:36] Gu
    But in fourth grade, her immune
    system suddenly collapsed.
[12:41] Gu
    In other words, the AIDS symptoms began,
    and she was hospitalized here.
[12:49] Gu
    Still, she was always smiling.
[12:54] A
    Doctor,
[12:56] ---
    why did she decide to use the Medicuboid?
[12:59] Gu
    Just as the public was panicking
    about the NerveGear incident,
[13:04] Gu
    the first Medicuboid prototype was completed.
[13:08] Gu
    But even if we'd wanted to do trials,
[13:10] Gu
    no one knew what the long-term effects
    of electromagnetic pulses,
[13:13] ---
    several times stronger than those
    of the NerveGear, would be.
[13:18] Gu
    They couldn't find a patient who
    was willing to take the risk.
[13:24] Gu
    When I heard about it,
[13:26] Gu
    I made Yuuki-kun and her parents a proposal.
[13:29] Gu
    If she agreed to try the device,
[13:31] ---
    I could have her put in a clean room
[13:34] ---
    that would greatly reduce her risk of infection.
[13:39] Gu
    Sometimes, I still don't know if it was for the best.
[13:46] Gu
    Both Yuuki-kun and her parents spent
    a lot of time worrying about it.
[13:51] Gu
    But her longing for the unknown of a virtual world
[13:55] ---
    was probably the deciding factor.
[13:57] Gu
    She agreed to be a test subject,
[14:00] Gu
    and entered this room.
[14:02] Gu
    Ever since then, she's lived in the Medicuboid.
[14:06] A
    You mean...
[14:08] Gu
    I mean exactly that.
[14:10] Gu
    She almost never returns to the real world.
[14:14] Gu
    Right now, she's using
[14:16] ---
    the Medicuboid's sensation-canceler
    to alleviate the pain.
[14:20] A
    In other words, she's diving
    twenty-four hours a day?
[14:24] A
    And she's been doing that...
[14:26] Gu
    For three years.
[14:28] A
    A year longer than we did?
[14:31] K
    A product of the full-dive environment.
[14:34] K
    That's what it felt like.
[14:53] A
    Thank you.
[14:56] A
    For letting me see Yuuki.
[15:00] A
    Yuuki's safe in here, right?
[15:04] Gu
    Even in a clean room,
[15:06] Gu
    we can't remove the bacteria
    and viruses from her body.
[15:10] A
    Then...
[15:12] Gu
    Yuuki-kun's condition is terminal.
[15:15] Gu
    You can probably understand
    why she tried to disappear.
[15:22] A
    No...
[15:24] A
    That can't...
[15:25] Z
    Asuna, I...
[15:31] Z
    Leave it to me, Sis!
[15:34] A
    Um, doctor... Does Yuuki have a sister?
[15:40] Z
    Yes, that's right.
[15:41] Z
    She was a twin.
[15:45] Z
    Her sister's name was Aiko-san.
[15:48] Z
    Yuuki-kun was a bright and cheerful child,
[15:50] ---
    and she would always smile and watch her.
[15:55] Z
    Come to think of it,
[15:56] ---
    she might have been a bit like you, somehow.
[15:59] A
    Might have been?
[16:01] Gu
    Two years ago, her parents passed away.
[16:04] Gu
    And her sister one year ago.
[16:13] A
    Yuuki...
[16:16] A
    Yuuki...
[16:24] Z
    Don't cry, Asuna!
[16:31] A
    Yuuki! Yuuki!
[16:33] A
    Are you there?
[16:34] Z
    Yeah.
[16:35] Z
    It's through a lens, but I can see you, Asuna.
[16:38] Z
    Wow.
[16:39] Z
    You really do look just the
    same as on the other side.
[16:42] Z
    Thanks for coming.
[16:44] A
    Yuuki, I...
[16:47] A
    I...
[16:48] Z
    Doctor, please let her use the room next door.
[16:53] Gu
    That's fine.
[16:55] Gu
    The Amusphere I always use to talk
     to her is in the next room.
[16:59] A
    Right!
[17:01] Z
    ALO is on the apps start up list.
[17:04] Z
    When you log in, go to the first place we met.
[17:19] A
    One more time...
[17:21] A
    I want to see you, just one more time!
[17:25] A
    I want to see you, and talk
    to you for real this time!
[17:43] A
    Yuuki!
[17:49] A
    Yuuki!
[18:04] A
    Yuuki...
[18:08] Z
    I don't know why...
[18:09] Z
    But I had a feeling you'd
    find me in the real world.
[18:15] Z
    But since I hadn't told you anything,
[18:18] ---
    I knew it was impossible.
[18:20] Z
    But you came.
[18:23] Z
    It's pretty rare for my feelings to come true.
[18:27] Z
    I was happy... Really.
[18:47] Z
    You smell just like my sister when she held me.
[18:51] Z
    You smell like the sun.
[18:53] A
    Aiko-san?
[18:55] A
    Your sister played VRMMOs, too?
[18:57] Z
    Yeah.
[18:59] Z
    She was the first leader of the Sleeping Knights.
[19:03] Z
    She was way stronger than me.
[19:08] Z
    She met Siune and the others in a virtual
    hospice called Selene Garden.
[19:13] Z
    At first, there were nine of us.
[19:16] Z
    But my sister, Clovis, and Merida...
[19:19] Z
    Three of them are gone now.
[19:23] Z
    So we decided that when it was
    the next person's time,
[19:28] Z
    we'd disband the guild.
[19:31] Z
    Asuna, I'm sorry I couldn't tell you the truth.
[19:35] Z
    The reason the Sleeping Knights
    are disbanding in the spring
[19:39] ---
    isn't because we'll be too busy to play the game.
[19:42] Z
    It's because two of our members
    have been told they have,
[19:46] ---
    at most, three months to live.
[19:52] Z
    So we wanted to have one last memory
    from this wonderful world.
[19:59] Z
    We wanted to leave proof that we
    were here on that huge monument.
[20:05] Z
    We wanted to have an incredible adventure
    to brag about to my sister and the rest.
[20:11] Z
    But it wasn't going well.
[20:14] Z
    We decided to find one person
    who could help us.
[20:19] Z
    But we caused you trouble,
[20:21] Z
    and I'm sure this is unpleasant for you.
[20:24] Z
    I'm sorry.
[20:25] Z
    I'm sorry, Asuna.
[20:26] Z
    There's still time for you to forget us.
[20:32] A
    I can't do that.
[20:35] A
    I'm really happy I met you all,
[20:39] A
    and I was able to help you.
[20:41] A
    I still wish I could be part
    of the Sleeping Knights.
[20:45] Z
    Yeah.
[20:46] Z
    I'm really happy I was able to come
    to this world and meet you...
[20:52] Z
    What you just said is enough.
    It's enough for me.
[20:57] Z
    I'm satisfied with everything.
[21:01] A
    There are still...
[21:02] ---
    There are still a lot of things
    you haven't done, right?
[21:04] A
    I'm sure there are all kinds of places
    in ALfheim you haven't visited yet.
[21:08] A
    And if you include the other
    virtual worlds, it's infinite.
[21:13] A
    So don't tell me you're satisfied.
[21:18] Z
    Over the past three years,
[21:19] ---
    we had a lot of different adventures,
    in a lot of different worlds.
[21:23] Z
    I want the last page to be the
    adventure I had with you.
[21:28] A
    But there are things you want to do,
[21:31] ---
    places you want to see, right?
[21:37] Z
    That's right.
[21:39] Z
    I want to go to school.
[21:41] A
    S-School?
[21:43] Z
    I'm sorry, I know it's impossible!
[21:46] Z
    I'm really glad you feel that way.
[21:49] Z
    But I really am satisfied.
[21:58] A
    You might be able to go...
[22:01] A
    You might be able to go to school!
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