E13 - What Was Normal Again?

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SIGN    Episode 12 What Was Normal Again?
[00:12] Reimi
    Yoka-chan!
[00:13] Nadeshiko
    What?
[00:14] Reimi
    Over there!
[00:14] Reimi
    Yoka-chan's on that train!
[00:17] Nadeshiko
    Shizuru-chan!
[00:18] Nadeshiko
    He's taking Yoka-chan away!
[00:36] Kuroki
    Looks like Pontaro wants to keep Yoka-chan
    within arm's reach by any means.
[00:41] Nadeshiko
    Is she the key to 7G?
[00:43] Akira
    I see! That's why...
[00:44] Shizuru
    We need to get Yoka back!
[00:48] Shizuru
    It'd be one thing if she chose to go with him,
[00:51] Shizuru
    but if he took her against her will,
    then that's no good!
[00:54] Group
    Yeah.
[01:00] Leader
    Don't let them escape!
[01:01] Leader
    Or else we're all egg custard!
[01:04] Reimi
    Oh, Makoto-sensei.
[01:06] Reimi
    Heya!
[01:07] Makoto
    Pontaro got away?
[01:10] Zenjiro
    What about the button?!
[01:11] Reimi
    It was hidden away in a fishy place,
    but pushing it didn't do anything.
[01:15] Zenjiro
    No! If you're going after him,
    take it with you!
[01:17] Nadeshiko
    Yoka-chan's more important right now!
[01:19] Reimi
    It'd be a pain to go back for it.
[01:20] Zenjiro
    What's your goal here?
[01:22] Reimi
    Bringing Yoka-chan back?
[01:24] Akira
    Yeah!
[01:24] Nadeshiko
    And turning the world back to normal?
[01:27] Akira
    That's a part of it too, I guess.
[01:28] Zenjiro
    Pontaro's not as smart as he thinks he is.
[01:31] Zenjiro
    His actions are simple.
[01:33] Zenjiro
    He hid the button because it's important.
[01:34] Zenjiro
    End of story.
[01:35] Makoto
    What's more,
[01:36] Makoto
    he was forced to run away without
    that all-important button.
[01:41] Yoka
    Ugh, why am I...
[01:43] Pontaro
    Princess!
[01:44] Pontaro
    Princess, Princess!
[01:45] Pontaro
    There's no need to worry!
[01:47] Pontaro
    You're in safe hands with me.
[01:49] Yoka
    Worry? About what?
[01:53] Pontaro
    You know, those scoundrels!
[01:55] Yoka
    Scoundrels...
[01:56] Pontaro
    Yes, yes!
[01:56] Pontaro
    They posed a threat to your safety!
[01:59] Pontaro
    But please rest assured.
[02:01] Pontaro
    I, Pontaro, will wholeheartedly
    exert my utmost efforts!
[02:04] Pontaro
    Now then, I'm off to assess the situation!
[02:07] Pontaro
    Please feel free to carry on
    as normal, Princess!
[02:10] Yoka
    As normal...
[02:12] Yoka
    What was normal again?
[02:14] Yoka
    Sleeping, waking up, eating, studying...
[02:18] Yoka
    And then... there was someone...
[02:23] Yoka
    What was that?!
[02:25] Yoka
    Pochi!
[02:26] Yoka
    Come here! Are you gone?
[02:28] Kuroki
    So that button was significant, too?
[02:31] Reimi
    Significant...
[02:32] Reimi
    Is it some kind of special button?
[02:34] Akira
    Other than just activating 7G...
[02:37] Shizuru
    Maybe we need both Yoka and the button?
[02:41] Akira
    I see, they form a set!
[02:43] Reimi
    What's that mean?
[02:43] Kuroki
    It's probably related to why they
    call her the Witch of Ikebukuro.
[02:48] Nadeshiko
    In other words, Yoka-chan
    pressed the button,
[02:50] Nadeshiko
    the button gave Yoka-chan her powers,
[02:53] Nadeshiko
    and then it changed the world?
[02:54] Reimi
    Oh, you're so smart!
[02:56] Akira
    That must be it.
[02:57] Zenjiro
    That's right!
[02:58] Zenjiro
    It needs to be the same person
    who pushes the butto—
[03:02] Makoto
    Nakatomi Yoka pressed the button,
[03:04] Makoto
    so you need to have her press it again.
[03:06] Makoto
    I suspect that's the only way to turn both
    the world and Nakatomi Yoka back to normal.
[03:18] Reimi
    Impressive.
[03:34] Reimi
    There's two paths!
[03:35] Reimi
    Um, which way do we go again?
[03:37] Shizuru
    Um, um...
[03:39] Shizuru
    What?
[03:40] Shizuru
    You know the way, Pochi-san?
[03:42] Reimi
    Way to go, Pochi-san!
[03:50] Pontaro
    She's been acting up a lot lately.
[03:53] Pontaro
    I need her to be a good
    little puppet, or else...
[04:08] Pontaro
    Damn it!
[04:09] Pontaro
    They sure are stubborn!
[04:11] Pontaro
    It's me. Where are you?!
[04:12] Pontaro
    Get your butts over here!
[04:14] Shizuru
    Yoka...
[04:15] Nadeshiko
    Shizuru-chan, this isn't good!
[04:59] Shizuru
    Yoka!
[05:01] Group
    Yoka-chan!
[05:03] Shizuru
    Yoka!
[05:04] Akira
    It's no good! She can't hear us!
[05:09] Pontaro
    You pesky brats!
[05:11] Pontaro
    I won't let you have the princess!
[05:20] Reimi
    Huh? What?
[05:56] Shizuru
    My mind is set!
[05:57] Reimi
    What?
[05:57] Shizuru
    I'm getting on that train!
[05:59] Reimi
    No way!
[05:59] Akira
    B-B-But how, exactly?!
[06:01] Reimi
    I'll join you!
[06:02] Akira
    What?
[06:02] Nadeshiko
    Me too, then.
[06:03] Akira
    What?!
[06:05] Kuroki
    Um...
[06:10] Pontaro
    Damn it!
[06:11] Pontaro
    If by some chance it all goes back to normal,
    I'll be the one held accountable for 7G!
[06:15] Pontaro
    No way in hell I'm letting that happen!
[06:18] Pontaro
    Took you long enough!
[06:19] Chaos
    You destroyed my kingdom!
[06:21] Boss
    You'll pay the price!
[06:27] Nadeshiko
    Out of the way!
[06:30] Boss
    I'll turn you into skeletons!
[06:33] Reimi
    Get lost!
[06:37] Pontaro
    Absolutely useless!
[07:02] Reimi
    Watch it!
[07:03] Reimi
    You could kill someone with that!
[07:04] Pontaro
    You moron!
[07:05] Pontaro
    I want all of you dead!
[07:06] Reimi
    What?
[07:07] Reimi
    You're going to kill us?
[07:08] Pontaro
    That's right.
[07:09] Pontaro
    You're nothing but bad news for the princess.
    Ikebukuro and the princess need each other!
[07:13] Pontaro
    There's no Ikebukuro without the princess!
    And there's no princess without Ikebukuro!
[07:17] Pontaro
    Damn you!
[07:26] Pontaro
    It's you...
[07:27] Pontaro
    Okay!
[07:28] Pontaro
    Beat the living daylights out of them!
[07:32] Pochi
    One question.
[07:34] Pochi
    What did you mean by
    "there's no princess without Ikebukuro"?
[07:38] Pochi
    Explain.
[07:39] Pontaro
    At the core of 7G energy is Ikebukuro,
[07:42] Pontaro
    with the princess as the core
    that generates it.
[07:45] Pontaro
    The two of them depend on each other.
[07:47] Pontaro
    The princess keeps Ikebukuro alive,
    and Ikebukuro keeps her alive.
[07:50] Akira
    What?
[07:50] Reimi
    Huh? What? Huh?
[07:51] Nadeshiko
    Shh!
[07:52] Pochi
    While eating away at Yoka-sama's life?
[07:54] Reimi
    Eating away?!
[07:55] Nadeshiko
    What do you mean?
[07:56] Pontaro
    Everyone dies eventually.
[07:57] Pontaro
    What's wrong with the noble task
    of preserving Ikebukuro?!
[08:01] Pochi
    And is that what Yoka-sama wants?
[08:03] Pontaro
    I think you've got the wrong idea.
[08:05] Pontaro
    You're nothing more than a bodyguard.
[08:07] Pochi
    The one I serve is Yoka-sama.
[08:10] Pochi
    I'm not your bodyguard.
[08:12] Pontaro
    What was that?!
[08:13] Pochi
    Is it not 7G that is the cause
    of Yoka-sama's suffering?
[08:16] Pontaro
    And what if it is?!
[08:17] Pochi
    If we stop 7G, will her suffering end?
[08:20] Akira
    I see now.
[08:21] Akira
    7G created Yoka-chan the Witch Queen,
[08:23] Akira
    and Yoka-chan created the world of 7G.
[08:26] Shizuru
    The button!
[08:26] Reimi
    I get it.
[08:27] Nadeshiko
    If she presses it...
[08:34] Pontaro
    You stupid crow!
[08:37] Shizuru
    Why are you...
[08:38] Pochi
    Yoka-sama is in your hands.
[08:42] Shizuru
    He's not our enemy?
[08:45] Shizuru
    When it comes to Yoka, you're on our side.
[08:47] Shizuru
    Is that right?
[08:49] Pochi
    Yeah.
[09:02] Pochi
    Yoka-sama.
[09:04] Yoka
    Pochi.
[09:04] Pochi
    Please have some tea.
[09:06] Yoka
    Thanks.
[09:19] Akira
    Will they be okay?
[09:21] Reimi
    I think so.
[09:22] Nadeshiko
    I'm sure Yoka-chan will understand.
[09:24] Reimi
    If she doesn't, I'm sure once
    she sees this NeriAli book...
SIGN    Alice in Nerima Land
    Official Fanbook
[09:28] Akira
    Maybe if she reads a little ShibuTatsu...
[09:31] Akira
    Nadeko-chan, that's...
[09:33] Nadeshiko
    Oh, it's sweet myrtle.
[09:34] Reimi
    It's got nothing to do
    with Yoka-chan, right?
[09:36] Nadeshiko
    You're right.
[09:37] Nadeshiko
    Why'd I bring it?
[09:40] Nadeshiko
    Oh, yeah.
[09:41] Nadeshiko
    Yoka-chan said the flowers
    remind her of stars.
[09:44] Group
    What?
[09:45] Reimi
    When?
[09:46] Nadeshiko
    Ages ago, in the school garden.
[09:48] Akira
    Huh...
[09:49] Reimi
    Yoka-chan was already thinking
    about the stars back then?
[09:53] Shizuru
    Yoka, recognize me?
[09:55] Shizuru
    It's me, Shizuru.
[09:57] Yoka
    Shizuru...
[09:59] Shizuru
    Did you forget?
[10:00] Shizuru
    You don't remember me?
[10:02] Shizuru
    You know...
[10:03] Shizuru
    I'm not here to ask for your forgiveness.
[10:06] Shizuru
    At worst...
[10:07] Shizuru
    Maybe "at worst" isn't right.
[10:09] Shizuru
    But you don't have to forgive me.
[10:10] Shizuru
    I just wanted to apologize for hurting you!
[10:14] Shizuru
    Sorry!
[10:15] Nadeshiko
    Shizuru-chan's never been good with words.
[10:18] Akira
    I feel embarrassed just listening!
[10:20] Shizuru
    That wasn't how I really felt!
[10:22] Shizuru
    Well, no, I did feel that way a little.
[10:24] Shizuru
    You know how stupid I am, right?
[10:26] Shizuru
    So it felt like you were
    so much better than me.
[10:29] Shizuru
    And the better you were,
    the more worthless I felt.
[10:33] Shizuru
    That's why I was so nasty to you.
[10:35] Shizuru
    But by doing that...
[10:37] Shizuru
    I was only lowering myself more.
[10:40] Shizuru
    I get that now!
[10:54] Reimi
    Shizuru-chan!
[10:55] Shizuru
    It's totally fine.
[10:56] Shizuru
    Yoka's right to be mad at me.
[10:58] Nadeshiko
    Yoka-chan!
[11:04] Nadeshiko
    Stop it, Yoka-chan!
[11:05] Akira
    Hey, why would you hit Shizuru-chan?
[11:08] Reimi
    I don't get it, Yoka-chan!
[11:14] Yoka
    No... What's going on?
[11:16] Shizuru
    Yoka?
[11:17] Shizuru
    Do... Do you remember now?
[11:22] Yoka
    "Like, you gotta know
    you've got no chance, right?"
[11:25] Yoka
    "You're just embarrassing yourself
    with such high hopes."
[11:28] Yoka
    "I don't care about you anymore, Yoka!"
[11:32] Reimi
    Hey, stop that, Yoka-chan!
[11:34] Akira
    That's scary!
[11:35] Yoka
    Why?
[11:37] Yoka
    You said it.
[11:38] Shizuru
    I did.
[11:40] Shizuru
    I said that because I didn't
    want you to go away!
[11:45] Shizuru
    Now... Now I get it!
[11:47] Shizuru
    I know! I really do!
[11:48] Shizuru
    It was awful to put you down
    and say you couldn't do it!
[11:51] Shizuru
    But back then, I didn't want you to leave,
[11:53] Shizuru
    even if it meant hurting or mocking you!
[11:56] Yoka
    Is that why you came here
    to drag me back to Agano?
[12:00] Shizuru
    No!
[12:01] Shizuru
    I wanted to say sorry for what I said.
[12:03] Shizuru
    Also, I wanted to tell you
    that I believe in your dreams.
[12:06] Shizuru
    That I support you and
    I'll be cheering you on!
[12:09] Yoka
    How vain, making it all about yourself.
[12:12] Reimi
    Hey!
[12:13] Akira
    Yoka-chan!
[12:13] Nadeshiko
    That's uncalled-for!
[12:14] Nadeshiko
    Yoka-chan, you're wrong about that.
[12:16] Nadeshiko
    I agree Shizuru-chan said some mean things.
[12:19] Nadeshiko
    But she wouldn't have spent two years
    looking for you every day out of vanity!
[12:23] Reimi
    Or come out to Ikebukuro!
[12:24] Akira
    Yeah, it wasn't easy getting here!
[12:26] Yoka
    I never asked, and I'm not responsible.
[12:28] Nadeshiko
    That's right, you didn't ask us to!
[12:30] Nadeshiko
    But if you continue to cut us off,
    nothing will change!
[12:33] Yoka
    Nothing will change...
[12:34] Shizuru
    I used to think it'd be fine
    if nothing ever changed.
[12:38] Shizuru
    If I could stay in Agano forever,
    with you and the others.
[12:42] Shizuru
    That's why, at first,
    I just wanted to have you come back.
[12:45] Shizuru
    But now I know that wouldn't be any fun.
[12:48] Shizuru
    It's boring when you know the future
    and what it holds.
[12:51] Shizuru
    The more mysteries and uncertainty,
    the more fun it is!
[12:54] Shizuru
    You see, we ran into a lot of
    trouble from Agano to Ikebukuro!
[12:59] Shizuru
    But it was so much fun!
[13:01] Shizuru
    I never would've realized
    if I'd stayed in Agano.
[13:03] Reimi
    But, well, now the world
    has stopped changing.
[13:06] Nadeshiko
    It's all come to a standstill.
[13:08] Akira
    It's worse than that!
[13:09] Akira
    They say it's going to shrink.
[13:10] Shizuru
    I want to change and bring about change!
[13:13] Shizuru
    Deep down, don't you want—
[13:16] Nadeshiko
    Yoka-chan!
[13:16] Reimi
    Stop it!
[13:18] Yoka
    Don't decide for me how I feel!
[13:27] Reimi
    Shizuru-chan!
[13:31] Nadeshiko
    Yoka-chan.
[13:33] Nadeshiko
    Is your life fun now?
[13:41] Yoka
    No, it's not...
[13:49] Yoka
    It's not fun.
SIGN    Nakatomi Yoka
[14:17] Shizuru
    A lot happened back in Agano.
[14:20] Shizuru
    Including sad things, painful things,
    and awful things.
[14:23] Shizuru
    But it was those ups and
    downs that made it fun.
[14:27] Nadeshiko
    Yoka-chan, you have a dream, don't you?
[14:29] Nadeshiko
    As things stand, nothing will change,
[14:31] Nadeshiko
    but if the world goes back to normal,
    your dream might come true.
[14:34] Nadeshiko
    You can work to make it come true.
[14:36] Nadeshiko
    The possibility is there.
[14:38] Yoka
    The possibility...
[14:39] Shizuru
    Yoka.
[14:40] Shizuru
    Let's set the world in motion again.
[14:45] Yoka
    But...
[14:47] Yoka
    It'll be rough if I don't make it.
[14:51] Shizuru
    It'll hurt if you fail.
[14:53] Shizuru
    But I'll be cheering you on, Yoka!
[14:56] Shizuru
    Yeah.
[14:57] Shizuru
    I'll cheer as hard as I can!
    I'll tell you to do your best!
[15:00] Shizuru
    It's way better to try and have regrets
    than not do anything at all.
[15:04] Shizuru
    So I'll cheer you on!
[15:11] Shizuru
    That's Sirius!
[15:12] Reimi
    Sirius?
[15:13] Yoka
    The promise star...
[15:19] (Flashback) Shizuru
    Let's promise on that big,
    twinkling promise star.
[15:23] (Flashback) Yoka
    Promise star?
[15:24] (Flashback) Shizuru
    I just made up that name.
[15:26] (Flashback) Yoka
    I think its name is Sirius.
[15:29] (Flashback) Shizuru
    Let's make that our name, then.
[15:31] (Flashback) Yoka
    Okay.
[15:40] Yoka
    I don't deserve to be cheered on.
[15:43] Shizuru
    Why not?
[15:44] Yoka
    I made fun of you.
[15:46] Yoka
    For talking big but never
    amounting to anything.
[15:50] Yoka
    And you never would.
[15:51] Yoka
    You could wither away
    and rot for all I cared.
[15:56] Yoka
    I laughed at you.
[15:57] Yoka
    Cursed you out.
[15:59] Shizuru
    That's no curse.
[16:03] Shizuru
    It's what I want.
[16:04] Yoka
    What?
[16:05] Shizuru
    I mean, whether I stay in Agano forever or end up leaving for somewhere else,
[16:09] Shizuru
    I'm happy you were thinking
    about me regardless.
[16:13] Yoka
    Shizuru-chan, you really are so stupid...
[16:18] Reimi
    Hey, Yoka-chan.
[16:20] Reimi
    Wouldn't you rather be with the rest of us
    instead of being all alone here?
[16:23] Akira
    That's right.
[16:24] Akira
    It'd definitely be more fun that way!
[16:25] Nadeshiko
    You can think about the future
    when the time comes.
[16:31] Shizuru
    Yoka.
[16:51] Yoka
    I...
[16:53] Shizuru
    It'll be fine.
[17:02] Pontaro
    Oh, no, you don't!
[17:07] Nadeshiko
    Yoka-chan!
[17:08] Shizuru
    Yoka!
[17:14] Shizuru
    I've got you!
[17:17] Swan Hermit
    That scared me!
[17:20] Swan Hermit
    My word!
[17:21] Swan Hermit
    Now, that's a surprise!
[17:22] Swan Hermit
    If it isn't the Witch Queen!
[17:23] Shizuru
    Her name's Yoka. Nakatomi Yoka.
[17:28] Swan Hermit
    I see now!
[17:32] Yoka
    If the world goes back to normal...
[17:34] Shizuru
    Even if it doesn't...
[17:36] Reimi
    We'll think about it then!
[17:37] Akira
    Optimism!
[17:39] Nadeshiko
    Isn't that enough?
[17:59] Pochi
    Yoka-sama...
[18:22] Kuroki
    You guys...
[18:26] Shizuru
    This is, um...
[18:28] Akira
    Hey!
[18:29] Reimi
    Was Ikebukuro like this before?
[18:30] Akira
    Yeah, that!
[18:30] Nadeshiko
    I feel like it was, but also not really...
[18:33] Shizuru
    It's the old Yoka, at least.
[18:34] Yoka
    What?
[18:35] Reimi
    Yeah, yeah.
[18:36] Yoka
    Really?
[18:37] Akira
    Yeah, you're 100% back to the Yoka we know.
[18:40] Nadeshiko
    Yep.
[18:41] Yoka
    It feels a little different from before.
[18:44] Swan Hermit
    That's correct.
[18:46] Swan Hermit
    Even if a river appears
    to flow in the same way,
[18:48] Swan Hermit
    the water itself is different.
[18:50] Swan Hermit
    The same goes for towns,
    people, and the world.
[18:52] Swan Hermit
    They appear the same, but they're not.
[18:54] Swan Hermit
    They change over time.
[18:55] Reimi
    Thanks for the tidy summary.
[18:59] Swan Hermit
    The world can't go back to the way it was.
[19:01] Swan Hermit
    It continues to change.
[19:02] Swan Hermit
    Now, then!
[19:05] Swan Hermit
    Time to see what the world has become!
[19:08] Swan Hermit
    Until we meet again!
[19:16] Kuroki
    Huh? What?
[19:18] Reimi
    Gratitude or admiration...
[19:20] Reimi
    It's one or the other. Or both.
[19:22] Kuroki
    But they've all gone back to being human...
[19:24] Nadeshiko
    Don't think of it as going back.
[19:25] Nadeshiko
    The ex-human zombies
    turned into brand-new humans!
[19:29] Akira
    Makes sense.
[19:30] Kuroki
    Am I still your queen?
[19:35] Shizuru
    Yeah, that's where you belong.
[19:37] Kuroki
    Kurokin!
[19:38] Kuroki
    What about you girls?
[19:43] Group
    Agano!
[19:49] Reimi
    Our destination's set!
[19:51] Reimi
    All aboard the Apogee!
[20:00] Yoka
    The Apogee?
[20:02] Akira
    Shizuru-chan named it.
[20:04] Yoka
    Why...
[20:07] Akira
    I wonder how Agano's doing.
[20:09] Reimi
    More like, what's it like now?
[20:18] Akira
    Huh, what?
[20:19] Akira
    What's that sound?
[20:20] Reimi
    What was it again?
[20:21] Nadeshiko
    Oh, I know!
SIGN    Incoming Call
[20:23] Makoto
    It worked!
[20:25] Makoto
    It must be since you stopped 7G.
[20:27] Makoto
    Over here?
[20:28] Makoto
    Yeah.
[20:29] Makoto
    It's a mix of good things,
    not-so-good things,
[20:31] Makoto
    and things where it's hard to say
    either way, all at once.
[20:34] Makoto
    I can't say that it's all disappeared.
[20:36] Makoto
    There are still a few... or rather,
    a lot of residual effects.
[20:39] Makoto
    Zenjiro.
[20:40] Makoto
    Document everyone's changes.
[20:41] Zenjiro
    Goodness me.
[20:42] Zenjiro
    The great Makoto-sensei sure is demanding—
[20:47] Makoto
    Hmm.
[20:48] Makoto
    Today's anti-choo-choo mode lasted
    39 seconds longer than yesterday.
[20:52] Makoto
    Well, that's how it is here.
[20:53] Makoto
    Be careful on your way back.
[20:55] Makoto
    You might just have a harder time
    on the return trip.
[21:02] Akira
    Look!
[21:03] Akira
    What's that?
[21:03] Akira
    I see something!
[21:04] Nadeshiko
    Another train line?
[21:06] Reimi
    Huh?
[21:07] Reimi
    Could it be the Seibu Shinjuku line?
[21:08] Akira
    So it came back?
[21:10] Shizuru
    We came back, too.
[21:12] Shizuru
    Is "came back" really the right phrase?
[21:15] Shizuru
    What if it's a brand-new Shinjuku line
    we don't know about?
[21:17] Akira
    We might have jumped to
    an alternate reality, too.
[21:21] Reimi
    Can we really make it back to Agano?
[21:23] Nadeshiko
    Right?
[21:23] Yoka
    Hey, Shizuru-chan.
[21:25] Yoka
    Why did you name it the Apogee?
[21:28] Shizuru
    Huh?
[21:30] Shizuru
    Ah!
[21:31] Nadeshiko
    Good question.
[21:32] Nadeshiko
    I wouldn't have expected it
    out of Shizuru-chan.
[21:35] Nadeshiko
    It's a technical term, too.
[21:36] Akira
    Yeah, why?
[21:37] Reimi
    Why, why?
[21:44] Shizuru
    The moon is farthest away
    from Earth at its apogee.
[21:48] Shizuru
    So it can only get closer from there.