E1 - Episode 1

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[00:05] PRIEST
    It has been ten years since the great
    sage Alabaster gave his prophecy.
[00:10] PRIEST
    How we have waited for this day.
[00:23] (Flashback) SATOU
    Almost got it...
[00:27] (Flashback) SATOU
    Whoa!
[00:34] (Flashback) SATOU
    What is this?
[00:37] (Flashback) SATOU
    Are they aliens?
[00:41] (Flashback) SATOU
    It's a girl!
[00:45] (Flashback) HIME
    Boy...
[00:46] (Flashback) HIME
    What is your name?
[00:48] (Flashback) SATOU
    I... I'm Satou.
[00:51] (Flashback) HIME
    I see. What an odd name.
[00:54] (Flashback) HIME
    My name is, uh... Hime Nokana.
[00:59] (Flashback) SATOU
    Hime?
[01:01] (Flashback) HIME
    Satou, you cannot tell anyone
    what you saw here.
[01:06] (Flashback) HIME
    In fact, please forget all about it.
[01:10] (Flashback) HIME
    In exchange,
[01:13] (Flashback) HIME
    I will be your friend.
[01:20] SATOU
    Back then,
[01:23] SATOU
    young as I was,
[01:26] SATOU
    I felt that I had to protect
    this girl in front of me.
[01:31] SATOU
    And somehow,
[01:32] SATOU
    I knew that it would have to be
    for a long, long time.
SIGN    Ten Years Later
[03:19] HIME
    Good morning, Satou.
[03:23] SATOU
    Hime...
[03:24] SATOU
    Morning.
[03:26] HIME
    Breakfast's ready.
[03:31] SATOU
    Bit early for a feast, isn't it?
[03:33] HIME
    School's out after today,
    so I woke up early and excited.
[03:38] SATOU
    Hime—Himeno Nonaka and
    I have been friends since we were kids.
[03:44] SATOU
    It's been ten years since
    she moved in next door.
[03:49] SATOU
    Her parents don't seem to be around,
    and she lives with her grandpa.
[03:56] SATOU
    Y'know, you've changed a lot
    since we started high school.
[04:00] SATOU
    You used to keep a lower profile before.
[04:04] HIME
    Well, it only made me stick out even more,
    what with my blonde hair and all.
[04:10] HIME
    Besides, I'm "Hime," a princess!
[04:13] HIME
    I need to be strong!
[04:15] SATOU
    What's with that?
    You've been saying it for years.
[04:21] SATOU
    Wait, what?
[04:29] SATOU
    Hime?
[04:34] HIME
    Rice on your face.
[04:51] HIME
    Hey, Grandpa.
[04:54] SATOU
    Good morning, Hime's grandpa.
[04:56] ALABASTER
    Good morning, Satou.
[04:59] HIME
    We're heading out.
[05:01] ALABASTER
    Have a nice day.
[05:05] HIME
    Is your dad not coming home yet?
[05:08] SATOU
    Probably not until the end of summer break.
[05:10] HIME
    You sure have it rough.
[05:12] SATOU
    I'm used to it.
[05:18] (Flashback) HIME
    These rings?
[05:21] (Flashback) HIME
    I'll give one to the person I marry.
    They're really important to me.
[05:25] (Flashback) HIME
    Say, Satou...
[05:28] (Flashback) HIME
    When we grow up,
[05:31] (Flashback) HIME
    will you marry me?
[05:35] HIME
    What is it?
[05:37] HIME
    You can't have these.
[05:40] HIME
    They're really important to me.
[05:46] SATOU
    Oh, well. That's usually
    how childhood promises go.
[05:51] HIME
    Hurry up! We're gonna be late!
[05:53] SATOU
    C-Coming.
[05:56] GIRL 1
    How'd you do on the finals?
[05:58] GIRL 2
    Couldn't have gone worse.
[06:00] HIME
    Ta-da!
[06:02] GIRL 1
    Wow, Hime! You're so smart!
[06:05] HIME
    Heh, heh. A princess needs
    to be smart, as well.
[06:09] GIRL 1
    There it is.
[06:10] GIRL 2
    Again, of what country?
[06:13] TANAKA
    Summer break starts tomorrow,
    and I'm all alone!
[06:17] TANAKA
    You're so lucky, Satou.
[06:18] TANAKA
    Look at your chill aura.
[06:20] TANAKA
    Guys with girlfriends are different.
[06:23] TANAKA
    I mean Nonaka-san! Don't think I don't see you
    coming to school together every day!
[06:27] SATOU
    We're just neighbors, dude.
[06:30] TANAKA
    Listen, man. Don't get too
    comfortable with the status quo.
[06:35] SUZUKI
    Right? When you finally get off your ass
    and make a move, it might be too late.
[06:39] TANAKA
    If I had a girl that cute around,
    I'd already be with her.
SIGN    Hime
SIGN     Summer Festival
     Let's go to the summer
     festival after school.
     Meet in front of the
    shrine at 6:30.
[06:42] SUZUKI
    I dunno, she's a little too flashy for me.
[06:44] SATOU
    Why a text?
[06:45] TANAKA
    Then what is your type?
[06:47] SUZUKI
    I'm more into the quiet, refined girls.
[06:51] SATOU
    Uh, maybe...
[06:54] SATOU
    I can get my hopes up?
[07:00] SATOU
    Hime!
[07:03] SATOU
    Whoa, a yukata?
[07:05] HIME
    What's this?
[07:07] HIME
    Did I take your breath away?
[07:08] SATOU
    K-Kinda, I guess?
[07:12] HIME
    I-It's good that you're so honest!
[07:15] HIME
    Okay, let's go.
[07:17] SATOU
    Yeah.
SIGN    Cotton Candy
SIGN    Buttered Potatoes
SIGN    Okonomiyaki
[07:20] HIME
    Wow, this is great!
SIGN    Takoyaki
[07:23] HIME
    Festivals are so exciting!
[07:27] HIME
    Hey, Satou, do you remember?
[07:30] HIME
    We came to this festival when
    we were little and got lost.
[07:35] HIME
    You said, "This way, we won't
    get separated from each other,"
[07:38] HIME
    and held my hand the whole time.
[07:41] HIME
    You were my hero back then.
[07:44] SATOU
    You mean I'm not now?
[07:47] HIME
    Who can say?
[07:51] HIME
    Anyway, let's get something to eat.
[08:01] HIME
    So cute!
[08:02] SATOU
    Y-You think?
[08:08] SATOU
    This is how we've always been.
[08:12] HIME
    Satou, get that for me!
[08:16] SATOU
    I'll play.
[08:17] STALLGUY
    That'll be 500 yen.
[08:21] SATOU
    I used to think that I was
    fine with the status quo
[08:24] SATOU
    if it was between that
    and ruining our friendship.
[08:27] SATOU
    But now...
[08:45] SATOU
    I can do this.
[08:47] SATOU
    The mood's perfect. I think I can do this!
[08:51] SATOU
    Hey, Hime, I'm in lo—
[08:57] HIME
    Beautiful.
[09:03] HIME
    I'm so glad
[09:05] HIME
    I got to see this with you.
[09:09] SATOU
    Me, too.
[09:18] HIME
    Hey, Satou...
[09:21] HIME
    There's something I haven't been
    able to tell you for a while now.
[09:26] SATOU
    Wait, what?
[09:29] SATOU
    Could it be...
[09:31] SATOU
    Could it be?!
[09:34] HIME
    I...
[09:35] SATOU
    Me, too! I'm in...
[09:38] HIME
    I'm going to be moving.
[09:46] SATOU
    Huh?
[09:49] SATOU
    When?
[09:52] HIME
    Tomorrow.
[09:55] HIME
    We're going back to Grandpa's homeland.
[09:58] HIME
    It's very far away.
[10:00] SATOU
    No way!
[10:05] HIME
    Thanks for tonight, Satou.
[10:07] SATOU
    Hime...
[10:08] SATOU
    I...
[10:09] HIME
    I'm glad I got to see the fireworks with you.
[10:13] HIME
    And the festival...
[10:15] HIME
    And this plushie!
[10:18] SATOU
    Is there no changing this?
[10:21] HIME
    Honestly...
[10:23] HIME
    I made some amazing memories to take with me.
[10:28] HIME
    Goodbye!
[10:29] SATOU
    Hime!
[10:32] SATOU
    Hime...
[10:37] SATOU
    She said it was far away,
[10:40] SATOU
    but where is she going?
[10:43] SATOU
    Looking back, I thought I knew her,
    but I actually don't know anything about her.
[10:49] SATOU
    Even the day I met her.
[10:52] SATOU
    I feel like...
[11:03] SATOU
    That's right.
[11:05] SATOU
    I feel like something really
    strange happened that day!
[11:15] SATOU
    Hime!
[11:19] SATOU
    Please don't go!
[11:22] HIME
    So you remember.
[11:25] HIME
    Then you must understand.
[11:28] HIME
    I'm not "moving."
[11:30] HIME
    I'm going home to a different world.
[11:35] HIME
    You see, I'm getting married.
[11:40] HIME
    I'm a princess, after all. It is what it is.
[11:44] SATOU
    W-Wait!
[11:46] HIME
    So this really is it.
[11:49] HIME
    Goodbye, Satou.
[11:51] HIME
    It's been fun.
[11:56] SATOU
    Hime!
[12:00] SATOU
    What did I come here for?
[12:03] SATOU
    To see Hime off?
[12:06] SATOU
    Hell no!
[12:08] SATOU
    In that case...
[12:10] SATOU
    No point wasting time thinking about it!
[12:24] PRIEST
    Princess of Nokanatika,
[12:26] PRIEST
    Krystal Novaty Nokanatika.
[12:29] PRIEST
    Second prince of Gisaras,
    Marmarugias Gisaras.
[12:32] RETAINER 1
    Who is that?
[12:33] RETAINER 2
    Did he follow the princess?
[12:33] PRIEST
    These rings will now bind you.
[12:36] SATOU
    Where am I?
[12:37] PRIEST
    With a sacred kiss...
[12:39] PRIEST
    Who's there?
[12:40] SATOU
    Hime!
[12:44] HIME
    Satou...
[12:47] MARS
    Princess Krystal?
[12:48] MARS
    Who is he?
[12:53] MARS
    Stand back!
[12:55] SATOU
    What?
[12:56] ELF
    Eek!
[12:57] RETAINER 2
    A monster from the Abyss!
[13:01] ALABASTER
    I knew it. They're after the princess's life.
[13:04] ALABASTER
    We were right to hide her in the other world!
[13:08] ALABASTER
    Hup!
[13:10] SATOU
    Hime's grandpa?!
[13:11] ALABASTER
    Satou-kun? What are you doing here?!
[13:17] ALABASTER
    It appears we really do
    need the Ring of Light...
[13:21] ALABASTER
    Krystal! Give the Ring of Light to the prince!
[13:26] HIME
    Satou!
[13:28] SATOU
    This is seriously bad news.
[13:34] HIME
    Satou!
[13:52] ALABASTER
    What have you done?!
[13:55] MARS
    So that's how it is, Princess Krystal.
[13:58] MARS
    You there! Use this!
[14:01] SATOU
    Whoa, a real sword!
[14:04] SATOU
    That's cool and all,
    but what do I do with it?!
[14:08] HIME
    Behind you, Satou!
[14:16] SATOU
    I don't get it,
[14:18] SATOU
    but I just gotta do this, right?!
[14:26] SATOU
    Huh?
[14:37] HIME
    Good morning, Satou.
[14:41] SATOU
    Where are we?
[14:43] HIME
    The royal couple's bedroom.
[14:44] SATOU
    Couple?!
[14:46] HIME
    I mean, you remember, right?
[14:49] HIME
    We shared a kiss and all.
[14:56] SATOU
    W-We did!
[14:59] SATOU
    So Hime really does love me?
[15:03] HIME
    I was supposed to marry that prince.
[15:09] HIME
    But I don't really know him.
[15:12] HIME
    And I didn't wanna marry some stranger.
[15:14] HIME
    So when I saw a familiar face,
    I just went for it.
[15:18] SATOU
    You just what?!
[15:20] HIME
    And, well...
[15:22] HIME
    Sorry! I chose you to be our hero!
[15:27] MAID 1
    He's the Ring King!
[15:29] MAID 2
    They say he came from another world.
[15:31] MAID 1
    He's amazing!
[15:33] MAID 1
    He sliced that monster in half
    with that sword of light!
[15:37] RETAINER 1
    That wedding was meant to build a bridge
    between the Kingdom of Light and the Empire.
[15:43] RETAINER 2
    If the Emperor learns of this,
    he will be furious.
[15:48] MARS
    The maiden of the Rings of Light chooses
     the Ring King who will save the world.
[15:53] MARS
    He and I merely followed the tradition.
[15:59] MARS
    My father's will and the
    Empire's plans have no bearing.
[16:03] RETAINER 2
    This failure of a second prince
    thinks he knows it all.
[16:06] ALABASTER
    Are you finished?
[16:09] ALABASTER
    We granted you this audience
    because you all wished to see him.
[16:15] ALABASTER
    But there are many others
    waiting for their king.
[16:19] RETAINER 2
    Tch.
[16:21] ALABASTER
    Now, come this way.
[16:29] ALABASTER
    I present to you the defeater of the Abyss,
    bringer of light to Arnulus: your Ring King!
[16:36] ALABASTER
    Hey, Satou-kun, say something.
[16:39] SATOU
    What?!
[16:41] CITIZENS
    Ring King! Ring King!
[16:44] ALABASTER
    They have eagerly awaited
    the return of the Ring King.
[16:47] ALABASTER
    You are their greatest hope.
[16:50] ALABASTER
    Don't let them down.
[16:55] SATOU
    I...
[16:58] SATOU
    I...
[17:00] SATOU
    I am Satou, the Ring King!
[17:04] SATOU
    I came from my world to save yours!
[17:08] SATOU
    I am your hero!
[17:14] SATOU
    I...
[17:15] SATOU
    I think I let things go to my head!
[17:23] SATOU
    Hime?!
[17:25] HIME
    Listen, Satou!
[17:27] SATOU
    Wh-Wh-Why are you here?!
[17:29] HIME
    I didn't have a choice!
    We're technically newlyweds!
[17:33] HIME
    Don't look at me!
[17:40] HIME
    I'm sorry, Satou.
[17:42] HIME
    I knew what would happen
    once I gave you that ring...
[17:47] SATOU
    Where's this coming from?
[17:49] HIME
    This has nothing to do with you,
[17:52] HIME
    but I dragged you into it.
[17:56] SATOU
    I'll be fine.
[17:58] SATOU
    We are on summer break and all.
[18:01] SATOU
    And besides...
[18:02] SATOU
    I'm the Ring King, the husband chosen
    by the Maiden of Light herself.
[18:07] SATOU
    Right?
[18:10] HIME
    Yeah, but...
[18:12] SATOU
    Also, you have to be here, right?
[18:16] HIME
    Yeah, this is my world.
[18:19] HIME
    But you're different.
[18:21] SATOU
    Then I'll stay here, too.
[18:24] SATOU
    That monster yesterday came
    after you and the ring, right?
[18:29] SATOU
    If this is something only I can do,
    then I'll stay by your side.
[18:37] (Flashback) GIRL 1
    Her hair's so weird.
[18:38] (Flashback) BOY 1
    She's a bad girl!
[18:40] (Flashback) GIRL 2
    We should stay away from her.
[18:45] (Flashback) HIME
    Satou.
[18:48] HIME
    Yeah.
[18:51] HIME
    You've always been my hero.
[18:54] SATOU
    Hm?
[18:55] HIME
    It's nothing.
[18:57] HIME
    Thanks!
[19:04] HIME
    Hey!
[19:05] SATOU
    S-S-Sorry!
[19:07] HIME
    Just so you know,
[19:09] HIME
    royal weddings are usually just for show!
[19:12] HIME
    And I only picked you on impulse!
[19:16] HIME
    You really don't need to take it seriously!
[19:21] SATOU
    Sure. But you know...
[19:24] SATOU
    Impulse or not, it made me happy.
[19:27] SATOU
    I'm glad you picked me.
[19:35] HIME
    Gosh, you really like me, huh?
[19:41] SATOU
    Yeah.
[19:43] HIME
    As a friend, right?
[19:46] SATOU
    Of course, you're very dear to me...
[19:51] SATOU
    A dear friend.
[19:56] HIME
    Oh.
[20:01] SATOU
    Wh-What's going on?
[20:12] ABYSSAL KNIGHT
    Ring King.
[20:20] SOLDIER 2
    The Ring King is here!
[20:25] SOLDIER 2
    This way.
[20:28] SOLDIER 2
    Oh, did we interrupt something?
[20:30] HIME
    Not yet!
[20:32] SATOU
    "Yet"?!
[20:33] SOLDIER 2
    Ring King, several monsters
    from the Abyss are attacking.
[20:38] SOLDIER 2
    The one from the other day
    may have been a scout.
[20:42] SOLDIER 2
    Please help us.
[20:44] SATOU
    Who, me?
[20:50] HIME
    No way! Satou doesn't know how to fight!
[20:53] ALABASTER
    We still need him to.
[20:57] ALABASTER
    So long as he wears that ring, that is.
[21:01] ALABASTER
    Okay?
[21:02] HIME
    No...
[21:07] SATOU
    Yeah, I've got you.
[21:13] SOLDIER 2
    Take this.
[21:16] ALABASTER
    The Ring of Light repels evil.
[21:20] ALABASTER
    It grants you strength and bestows the light
    of purification upon whatever you hold.
[21:26] ALABASTER
    In other words, it creates weapons
    that are perfect for defeating the Abyss.
[21:32] SATOU
    I don't know much about this world.
[21:35] SATOU
    But I can tell how much it means to you.
[21:40] SATOU
    And that's reason enough
    to do everything I can!
[21:52] ALABASTER
    Go forth, Ring King Satou!
[21:55] ALABASTER
    Defeat the evil beings, and save this world!
[22:00] HIME
    Go get 'em, honey.
[22:04] SATOU
    Thanks.
[22:07] SATOU
    I'll be right back!