E12 - Roaring Thunder Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:01] Narrator     Amid a deadly battle     between fiends and fire hunters, [00:04] Narrator     the spiders finally launch     their invasion of the capital. [00:10] Narrator     Akira heads to the palace to present     a petition on muku paper to the Lady Goddess. [00:16] Narrator     And... SIGN    The Fire Hunter SIGN    The Fire Hunter SIGN    The Fire Hunter SIGN    Roaring     Thunder SIGN    Roaring     Thunder [01:49] Hibari     Tell me, how will you fight     the spiders with this ugly machine? [01:56] Koushi     Have you already told your allies,     the other gods, about this place? [02:02] Hibari     No. My relatives don't care for me. [02:06] Koushi     And the spiders coming from underground? [02:09] Hibari     I don't care what you all     crawl around in the dirt for. [02:14] Hibari     Humans, spiders, and this city     mean nothing to me. [02:18] Hibari     I won't kill you unless you make     a play for the Flickering Flame. [02:24] Hibari     I detest blood. [02:27] Koushi     How can you say that? [02:29] Koushi     So many humans are hurt and bleeding. [02:32] Koushi     They're fighting covered in blood. [02:35] Koushi     But you want to just stay up on high     and never shed a drop of your own? [02:40] Hibari     I knew you would amuse me. [02:43] Hibari     I hope your machine does its job. [02:47] Hibari     But now, I must get back to     monitoring your foster father. [02:51] Hibari     I may turn my spies' blades on     his people if the situation calls for it, [02:57] Hibari     but don't blame me     if you lose your cozy home. [03:10] Voice 1     Is it true that fiends have gotten inside? [03:13] Voice 2     Why else would they     evacuate us to this place? [03:17] Voice 3     The alarm was ringing. [03:19] Voice 4     The grown-ups ran off without us. [03:21] Voice 5     But why can't we go home? [03:24] Voice 6     They'll send us back to work     as soon as they know it's safe. [03:26] Masumi     Hey, are you okay? [03:28] Masumi     You injured? What factory did you come from? [03:32] Boy Worker 1     She ain't a worker. [03:34] Boy Worker 1     She doesn't even have a uniform. [03:36] Masumi     Can it. You're not even     a team leader, so butt out. [03:42] Boy Worker 1     Keep it down. The chief'll yell at us again. [03:45] Boy Worker 2     Who is she? [03:47] Boy Worker 3     She's not a worker, right? [03:48] Boy Worker 4     Think she could be a kid from the slums? [03:51] Boy Worker 5     But she came with an evacuee group, right? [03:52] Masumi     Do you want to go outside? [03:55] Boy Worker 6     She must've gotten mixed in. [03:56] Masumi     What are you looking at? [03:58] Masumi     Let us through. [03:58] Boy Worker 5     I hear hunters headed to     the tunnel to wipe out the fiends. [04:01] Boy Worker 6     You mean the wards broke? [04:04] Boy Worker 7     The spiders'll break the gods' wards     and attack from the dark forest. [04:08] Boy Worker 6     The spiders? Are the gods     gonna fight the spiders, then? [04:12] Boy Worker 5     The fire hunters will fight them first. [04:15] Boy Worker 6     Won't the other adults do anything? [04:17] Boy Worker 6     How can we just wait here      twiddling our thumbs? [04:20] Supervisor 2     Pipe down, pipsqueaks.     Don't talk like you know any better. [04:24] Boy Worker 6     If we keep working in the factories,     pollution'll kill us anyway. [04:28] Boy Worker 5     I'd rather die fighting spiders! [04:30] Supervisor 2     Don't get smart with me! Any more     nonsense and you're on waste disposal! [04:35] Supervisor 2     Or would you rather service tunnels      till you can't stand straight? [04:35] Masumi     None of them have ever even     seen a fiend or a spider. [04:39] Masumi     The older kids are always     picking fights with the grown-ups. [04:43] Boy Worker 8     Hey. You can't just go outside. [04:47] Masumi     I think this girl is here by mistake.     She says she's from the slums. [04:52] Masumi     Cowards. [04:55] Masumi     That scared them because the slums      are said to be full of infection. [05:00] Masumi     But my mom's got it way worse. [05:03] Masumi     She can't talk anymore because of     factory poisoning. She can only groan. [05:08] Masumi     And we'll all end up that way sooner or later. [05:13] Masumi     Just like my mom. [05:16] Touko     Are we somewhere in the factory district? [05:20] Masumi     No, we're in a communal kitchen     in the residential district. [05:24] Masumi     Nothing to eat here now, though. [05:29] Boy Worker 5     Hey! Look at that! [05:31] Boy Worker 6     Whoa. [05:32] Boy Worker 6     Are the gods doing something? [05:34] Boy Worker 7     They're here. The spiders really came! [05:38] Masumi     What are you so happy about? [05:41] Boy Worker 7     My folks told me about 'em. [05:44] Boy Worker 7     They say the gods leave     factory poisons around on purpose. [05:49] Boy Worker 7     When the spiders come, humans will     be able to use fire like in the olden days. [05:53] Boy Worker 7     We'll be stronger than the gods. [05:55] Boy Worker 6     Is that true? [05:58] Boy Worker 7     My old man says the bug venom kills you,     then makes it so you won't burn. [06:03] Boy Worker 5     The watch will arrest you     for talking like that. [06:06] Masumi     Don't be silly.     No one comes back from the dead. [06:10] Boy Worker 6     Shut up! I'd rather die from     bug venom than factory poisoning! [06:15] Supervisor 2     Give it a rest already! [06:18] Supervisor 2     A-A-Anyway, all of you, get inside. [06:24] Touko     I had no idea. [06:26] Touko     I didn't know anything     about what the capital is like. [06:32] Masumi     You mean you're not from the city? [07:22] Koushi     Kun, I can't operate this alone. [07:24] Koushi     I need your help. [07:28] Kun     Okay. [07:29] Koushi     But first, I have something to tell you. [07:34] Kun     I know. Everybody's gonna die, right? [07:38] Koushi     Right. [07:40] Kun     But you've gotta use this thing, right? [07:47] Koushi     Right. [08:18] Koushi     Kun, over here. [08:21] Koushi     Pull that long rod toward you      as hard as you can. [08:24] Kun     Right. [08:42] Okibi Maid A     I believe children from     the factories have gathered here? [08:45] Supervisor 1     Did the Okibis send you? [08:47] Okibi Maid A     Please enjoy this food together. [08:50] Supervisor 1     Meal time, you lot. [08:53] Masumi     Join in. Come on.     This is your chance to get food. [08:53] Kids     Food! [08:54] Kids     I'm starving! [09:17] Koushi     Kun, Kanata, over here. SIGN    Takiguchi Factory SIGN    I SIGN    II SIGN    III SIGN    Takiguchi Factory SIGN    I SIGN    II SIGN    III SIGN    I SIGN    II SIGN    III SIGN    Takiguchi Factory SIGN    I SIGN    II SIGN    III SIGN    I SIGN    II SIGN    III SIGN    I SIGN    II SIGN    III SIGN    I SIGN    I SIGN    I [09:37] Koushi     Kun, curl up and keep your head down. [09:59] Boy Worker 7     Look, lightning! [10:00] Kids     Lightning? [10:01] Boy Worker 5     Forked lightning! It struck     the edge of the factory district! [10:07] Kids     Hey! Quit crying! [10:08] Touko     Mr. Koushi... [10:10] Okibi Maid A     What? You know Koushi? [10:15] Okibi Maid A     Which factory is this girl from? [10:17] Supervisor 2     Actually, a fire hunter left her     with us during the evacuation. [10:31] Koushi     A volley from the first cannon! [10:47] Koushi     Hurry, Kun. Load the next— [10:52] On     What are you doing? [10:57] On     I don't believe it. You can make      lightning strike with this? [11:04] On     You're calling lightning... [11:07] On     and killing my comrades? [11:39] Koushi     Her arm! [11:44] Koushi     Kanata! [12:12] Roroku     That was a close one. [12:14] Koushi     Roroku! [12:15] Roroku     She dislocated her elbows and shoulders     to stretch her already long arms. [12:20] Roroku     Her range was hard to gauge. [12:21] Koushi     So you're all right, then. [12:24] Roroku     You think anyone's all right      given current circumstances? [12:29] Koushi     Your arm... [12:32] Roroku     It started to ignite,     so I cut it off with my sickle. [12:35] Roroku     Those who escaped went to guard the first      cannon at Takiguchi's like we'd planned. [12:42] Roroku     This thing wasn't firing,     so they sent me to check it out. [12:47] Roroku     Where's the crew? [12:49] Koushi     The gods chased them off.     They were gone by the time I got here. [12:54] Roroku     So you launched that shot on your own? [12:58] Koushi     No, I got this boy and Kanata to help me. [13:04] Roroku     Now that's rich. [13:06] Roroku     They've got a gaggle of grown men     kicking up a fuss over there, [13:11] Roroku     but a four-eyed kid, a pipsqueak,     and a dog made this monster howl. [13:17] Koushi     What's going on outside? [13:21] Roroku     Spiders leaped out of     the underground tunnels all over. [13:25] Roroku     They must've been spinning their web     under the capital for a long time. [13:29] Roroku     Fire killed the gods who thought     they could get the drop on them. [13:35] Roroku     Most of the fire hunters burned, too. [13:38] Roroku     What about Akira and the girl? [13:40] Koushi     Akira set out for the divine palace. [13:43] Koushi     We asked a group of evacuating workers      to take Touko into town. [13:55] Kun     On won't fight anymore. [13:58] Koushi     You know this spider? [14:00] Kun     We were together in the forest. [14:02] Kun     On had a short temper     and wouldn't play with me much. [14:06] Roroku     Hey... [14:08] On     I wouldn't want humans any other way. [14:12] Roroku     You're a tough one.     A human would be dead by now. [14:17] Roroku     Must be the spiders' divine blood. [14:23] On     As I speak, our fellows open the gates     of the home from which we were driven. [14:29] On     Go to them, Kun. [14:32] Kun     The bug that makes you     not burn doesn't work on me. [14:36] On     No matter. Go and watch      as the world regains fire, [14:45] On     and as the spiders burn away the gods,     the head clan from which we split, [14:50] On     and the home of our birth. [14:53] Koushi     "The home of your birth"? [14:56] Koushi     The spiders used to be part of the Fire Clan. SIGN    Fire SIGN    Water SIGN    Wind SIGN    Earth SIGN    Wood [14:59] Koushi     Is that why you're so fixated on fire? SIGN    Fire [15:03] On     Ancient flame was once     the very power we commanded. [15:09] On     Now the head clan stands over all, [15:12] On     yet they cannot even approach the flame     that is their power, let alone wield it. [15:19] On     Does it not frustrate you? More than anyone,     humans should reclaim fire. [15:25] On     Return to the era when you     boasted of controlling its might. [15:29] Koushi     Why... Why do you care so much     about what humans do? [15:33] Roroku     Stop. Don't bother arguing. [15:36] On     We attack the capital     where the divine clans squat [15:40] On     to achieve our great ambition     of giving humanity fire. [15:45] Koushi     After you killed so many     of those very humans? [15:48] Koushi     You act just like the     people of the old world. [15:54] Koushi     Ancient humans once destroyed the world     with fire to get what they wanted. [16:03] On     Didn't you kill your fair share     using the fallbeasts' power? [16:10] On     Like the humans of the old world. [16:14] On     No matter how the world changes,     the human race never will. [16:20] On     That is humanity's true nature. [16:26] On     Humans use fire to make things     and fight each other. [16:31] On     Then they rise again from      the ashes of destruction. [16:35] On     That's how it should be. [16:37] On     That's the kind of creatures humans are. [16:41] On     So reclaim fire. [16:47] Touko     Where are we going? [16:49] Okibi Maid A     We'll escort you to the Okibi estate. [16:51] Okibi Maid A     You must have seen Koushi in the factories. [16:54] Okibi Maid A     He's alive, isn't he? [16:56] Touko     He left me with some people     and went to a factory, I think. [17:02] Voice 1     The spiders have come. [17:04] Voice 1     The spiders brought real fire to save us. [17:07] Voice 2     Purifying flame, not filthy fiendfire. [17:12] Driver     Move! And be quick about it! [17:16] Driver     Make way! Clear the road! [17:16] Voice 3     The spiders will save us, even after we die. [17:20] Voice 5     They'll free us from the torment     of the factories and the pain of life! [17:27] Okibi Maid A     Who's that with the cane? [17:30] Okibi Maid B     That's Ms. Ibushi.     She runs the cultivation plant. [17:35] Ibushi     You ought to stop this. Don't go. [17:39] Ibushi     It wasn't just the gods. [17:42] Ibushi     They swell up out of the dark places. [17:45] Yuoshichi     Someone escort Ms. Ibushi home to her estate. [18:03] Yuoshichi     Spineless coward. [18:11] Kira     Touko? [18:13] Okibi Maid A     Miss Kira. [18:15] Kira     What's wrong? What brings you here? [18:18] Okibi Maid A     She said she was in the     factory district with Koushi. [18:21] Okibi Maid A     We bumped into her at a communal kitchen. [18:25] Kira     Touko, let's go to my room. [18:29] Kira     Bring her clean clothes     and something hot to eat. [18:31] Hibana     Wait right there. [18:36] Hibana     Kira. [18:38] Kira     Yes, Mother. [18:43] Hibana     You mustn't decide these things on your own. [18:48] Kira     Forgive me, Mother. [18:54] Hibana     What are you waiting for?     Fetch this girl a change of clothes. [18:57] Kira     Okay. [18:59] Hibana     Listen closely. [19:01] Hibana     That boy was invited into      our home for this moment. [19:07] Hibana     Your father predicted this would happen     and kept an assistant on hand. [19:14] Hibana     The boy certainly made     himself at home here, [19:19] Hibana     but he must have realized that much himself. [19:24] Hibana     So, Kira... [19:27] Hibana     Stop having vulgar feelings     for your father's lackey. [19:33] Kira     What? [19:45] Kira     Koushi and Hinako and even Kanata     must be in the factory district right now. [19:52] Kira     I had no idea. [19:55] Kira     How... How long has this been going on? [20:00] Kira     I have to go. [20:01] Kira     I have to go to where they are. [20:05] Hibana     Kira! Wait! [20:08] Kira     I... [20:09] Okibi Maid A     Miss Kira! [20:11] Touko     Miss Kira! [20:41] Kouhachi     I must insist that the     young lady accompany me. [20:47] Kouhachi     So that the Flickering Flame     may become our new Lady Goddess, [20:52] Kouhachi     we must choose a human child     as a temporary vessel. [20:58] Kouhachi     A bright, healthy girl like     Miss Kira should do nicely. [21:09] Hibana     Kouhachi. So you were a mole? [21:12] Hibana     You pretended to be human and      snuck into our home, you monster. [21:17] Hibana     Give me back my daughter! [21:20] Takimi     The Okibis have been chosen. [21:23] Takimi     Chosen by the gods to keep     the human world from ending. [21:28] Hibana     You, too, Takimi? [21:32] Takimi     Little Hinako proved most suitable. [21:36] Takimi     She's a new breed of human     that doesn't need fire. [21:41] Hibana     My daughter... [21:43] Hibana     Give Kira back to me! [21:47] Takimi     Unfortunately, this is no time for scruples. [21:52] Takimi     Please understand. [21:54] Takimi     We do this for future generations. [21:58] Hibana     Kira! [22:12] Flickering Flame     I'll take you to where the dogs are. SIGN    Next Episode SIGN    Next Episode SIGN    The Great Tree SIGN    The Great Tree