# E23 - Bonds
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYDQVQKD6/bonds)
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**[00:00] S**
But...
**[00:01] S**
If I'd known
**[00:03] S**
this would happen, I wish
you'd kept being a jerk.
**[00:07] S**
If you had,
**[00:09] S**
I wouldn't have realized I like you...
**[00:12] ---**
Or been sad to learn about Asuna-san...
**[00:16] S**
Or tried to fall in love with Kirito-kun instead!
**[00:26] K**
I'm sorry.
**[00:35] K**
Leave me alone...
***SIGN*** Bonds
**[02:23] K**
*Ever since that time,*
**[02:24] K**
* I never knew where I stood in*
* relation to the rest of my family.*
**[02:31] K**
*I wasn't truly a part of this family.*
**[02:36] K**
*I learned this when I was ten.*
**[02:47] K**
*"Who is she really?"*
**[02:50] K**
*"Can I honestly say I know her?"*
**[02:55] K**
* Maybe that strange feeling of not*
* fitting in was one of the things*
**[02:58] ---**
*that drove me to online gaming.*
**[03:02] K**
*An artificial world, where no one really*
**[03:05] K**
*knows anyone else.*
**[03:08] K**
*I immersed myself*
**[03:10] K**
*in that wonderful world...*
**[03:13] K**
*But my two years in SAO*
**[03:15] K**
*taught me something else.*
**[03:18] K**
* That there's no meaningful difference*
* between a real and a virtual world.*
**[03:23] K**
* It's pointless to ask anyone*
* who they really are.*
**[03:26] K**
*All you can do is accept and believe in them.*
**[03:31] K**
*Because whoever they are in your mind*
**[03:33] ---**
*is their true identity.*
**[03:37] K**
* When I returned to the real*
* world and saw Sugu's face,*
**[03:41] ---**
*I was really happy.*
**[03:44] K**
* I swore that I would try to*
* make up for the distance*
**[03:48] ---**
* that had grown between us*
* over the previous few years.*
**[03:56] K**
*But I...*
**[04:04] K**
*What can I do for Sugu?*
**[04:11] K**
Sugu?
**[04:12] K**
I'll wait for you in Arun,
on the north terrace.
**[04:27] S**
*I was so horrible to you.*
**[04:29] S**
*You're really strong, Brother.*
**[04:33] S**
*But I just can't be that strong...*
**[04:38] S**
*Back then, I told you to do your best,*
**[04:41] S**
*to not give up.*
**[04:44] S**
*But now, I can't stop crying.*
**[05:13] S**
*But what can I say?*
**[05:21] R**
Leafa-chan!
**[05:24] R**
I've been looking everywhere
for you, Leafa-chan.
**[05:28] S**
R-Recon?
**[05:30] S**
Didn't the Salamanders catch you?
**[05:32] S**
I poisoned them all and escaped.
**[05:35] S**
Poisoned them?
**[05:37] R**
And then, I followed you.
**[05:39] R**
Hey...
**[05:40] R**
Where's that Spriggan?
**[05:44] S**
Well...
**[05:47] S**
I said something really mean to him...
**[05:50] S**
Something I shouldn't have said.
**[05:53] S**
I'm an idiot.
**[05:58] S**
I'm sorry for saying weird stuff.
**[06:03] S**
I won't be seeing him anymore,
**[06:05] ---**
so let's go back to Sylvein.
**[06:09] R**
Leafa-chan...
**[06:12] R**
Leafa-chan!
**[06:15] R**
You can't cry, Leafa-chan!
**[06:17] S**
Wh-What?
**[06:19] R**
If you aren't smiling,
you aren't really Leafa-chan.
**[06:22] R**
I...
**[06:23] R**
I'll always stay with you!
**[06:25] R**
I'll never leave you alone,
here or in the real world!
**[06:28] S**
Wai—
**[06:29] R**
I-I...
**[06:30] R**
I like you, Leafa-chan... Suguha-chan!
**[06:35] ---**
Um...
**[06:37] S**
Wait! What are you doing?!
**[06:45] S**
A-Are you okay?
**[06:50] R**
It's strange...
**[06:51] R**
I was positive
**[06:53] R**
the only question left was if I'd
have the guts to ask you out...
**[06:57] S**
You really are a moron, aren't you?
**[07:05] S**
I could learn a thing or two
from you sometimes.
**[07:30] K**
Hey.
**[07:31] S**
Here I am.
**[07:33] K**
Sugu...
**[07:36] K**
Brother, let's have a duel.
**[07:40] K**
Let's finish what we started.
**[07:48] S**
This time, no handicaps.
**[08:02] K**
That's why he seemed so accomplished.
**[08:07] K**
Here I go!
**[09:11] K**
Why?
**[09:12] S**
Why?
**[09:17] K**
I wanted to apologize to you...
**[09:21] ---**
But I didn't know what to say.
**[09:25] K**
So I wanted to give you a free shot.
**[09:29] S**
You did?
**[09:33] K**
I'm sorry.
**[09:38] S**
I am, too.
**[09:41] K**
I haven't really returned
from that world yet.
**[09:47] K**
It hasn't ended.
**[09:48] K**
Until she wakes up,
**[09:52] K**
I'm not really back in reality.
**[09:54] K**
That's why
**[09:56] K**
I don't know how to think of you yet.
**[10:03] S**
I'll be waiting...
**[10:05] S**
I'll be waiting for you to
come home for real.
**[10:10] S**
So I'll help you, too!
**[10:22] R**
Um...
**[10:24] R**
Wh-What's going on?
**[10:27] S**
We're raiding the World Tree...
**[10:29] S**
Him, you, and me.
The three of us.
**[10:34] R**
A-All right...
**[10:36] R**
Wait...
**[10:37] R**
What?!
**[10:38] K**
Yui, are you here?
**[10:43] Y**
What is it, Daddy?
**[10:45] K**
Did you learn anything from our
fight with the guardians?
**[10:48] Y**
Their individual stats aren't very high.
**[10:52] Y**
But there are too many.
**[10:53] Y**
I have to assume that completion of this
quest was never meant to be possible.
**[10:58] K**
So together, they all add up
to a single, unbeatable boss?
**[11:02] Y**
However, with your skill stats,
**[11:06] Y**
it may be possible for you to
break through with speed.
**[11:11] K**
Everyone,
**[11:12] K**
I'm sorry to ask, but could you help
me with my problem again?
**[11:18] K**
Somehow,
**[11:19] K**
I feel like there isn't much time left.
**[11:24] S**
I'll do whatever I can.
**[11:27] S**
And so will he.
**[11:30] S**
Well, Leafa-chan and I are always together.
**[11:34] S**
Don't be stupid!
**[11:35] R**
I'm sorry...
**[11:38] S**
Let's do our best.
**[11:55] K**
Thanks, you two.
**[11:58] K**
I'll draw the guardians away.
**[12:00] K**
If you can heal me from the rear,
you shouldn't be in danger.
**[12:12] K**
Let's go.
**[12:55] R**
Wow...
**[12:56] S**
But there are too many!
**[13:21] K**
There's no end to them...
**[13:32] S**
Recon!
**[13:33] S**
Right!
**[13:42] R**
Wh-Why are they targeting us?
**[13:45] S**
They're probably using a different targeting
algorithm from the monsters outside.
**[13:50] S**
Dividing our roles this way is futile.
**[13:57] R**
Wait!
**[13:59] S**
Recon?
**[14:01] R**
Leafa-chan, I don't really understand all this,
**[14:04] ---**
but this is important, right?
**[14:09] S**
It is.
**[14:10] S**
I don't think it's just a game.
**[14:13] S**
Not right now.
**[14:17] R**
Then, I'll help!
**[14:22] ---**
R-Recon...
**[14:38] S**
Y-You idiot!
**[14:41] S**
Oh, no...
**[14:51] S**
Recon, that's enough...
**[14:53] S**
Get outside!
**[15:06] S**
That's dark magic...
**[15:28] S**
Self-destruct magic?
**[15:30] S**
The death-penalty for that is really harsh...
**[15:34] S**
You're such a fool!
**[15:58] S**
No...
**[16:06] S**
No...
**[16:07] S**
This is impossible...
**[16:10] S**
This is just...
**[16:35] K**
The Sylphs?
**[16:36] S**
But why?
**[16:43] K**
Flying dragons?
**[16:45] K**
The Cait Sith dragoons?
**[16:51] Sa**
Sorry we're late.
**[16:54] ThatCuteElfChick**
Sorry!
**[16:55] ThatCuteElfChick**
It took some time to ready our gear.
**[17:00] S**
Sakuya! Alicia!
**[17:06] TCEC**
Dragoons, ready breath attack!
**[17:10] Sa**
Sylphs, prepare additional offensives!
**[17:15] TCEC**
Fire breath...
**[17:17] TCEC**
Go!
**[17:26] Sa**
Fenrir storm...
**[17:28] Sa**
Fire!
**[17:36] S**
Thank you!
**[17:38] S**
Thank you both so much!
**[17:40] Sa**
No need to thank us.
**[17:41] Sa**
We owe that Spriggan quite a lot.
**[17:44] TCEC**
And we only had money for
the raid because of him.
**[17:55] Sa**
All forces, charge!
**[18:08] Sa**
Don't be afraid!
**[18:09] Sa**
Keep going!
**[18:30] K**
Sugu...
**[18:36] K**
Watch my back!
**[18:37] S**
Leave it to me.
**[18:51] Sa**
Follow them!
**[19:12] Sa**
Brother!
**[19:34] Sa**
Go...
**[19:36] Sa**
Go, Brother.
**[19:39] Sa**
Go!
**[20:00] Sa**
Everyone, fall back!
**[20:01] Sa**
We're withdrawing!
**[20:08] S**
*Fly...*
**[20:10] ---**
*Fly forever.*
**[20:13] S**
*Keep flying through the sky...*
**[20:18] S**
*To the center of the world.*
**[20:28] K**
Damn it...
**[20:30] K**
What do I do with this?
**[20:39] K**
Yui!
**[20:40] Y**
Yes, Daddy?
**[20:45] Y**
Daddy, this door isn't
locked by a quest flag.
**[20:50] Y**
It's locked by the system administrators.
**[20:54] K**
What do you mean?
**[20:55] S**
Players were never intended
to be able to open this door!
**[21:20] K**
No, wait...
**[21:22] K**
Wasn't that...
**[21:25] K**
Yui, use this.
**[21:39] K**
Transcribing code.
**[21:54] K**
It's going to teleport us.
**[21:55] K**
Daddy, your hand!
***SIGN*** Next Time: Gilded Hero