# E9 - The Organization Known as Border
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNQPKMQY/the-organization-known-as-border)
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*One day, a Gate from another dimension
opened in Mikado City and*
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*invaders called Neighbors appeared.*
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*Neighbor*
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*When people thought
their lives were at stake,*
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*Border
Border Defense Agency*
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*Border showed up and
drove off the Neighbors.*
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*Four years later,
a Border agent, Osamu Mikumo,*
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*meets a mysterious boy, Yuma Kuga,
who claims himself to be a Neighbor.*
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*Then, Miwa Squad appears in front of
Yuma and Osamu and assaults Yuma.*
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It's no surprise you lost,
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because his Trigger is a Black Trigger.
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*Jin attempts to report to
Border executives*
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*about the collision between
Yuma and Miwa Squad.*
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*But instead Jin is ordered to seize
the Black Trigger Yuma has.*
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*The Organization Known as Border*
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*Jin-san has the same
Black Trigger as Kuga's!*
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*Well, more than that...*
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*Jin-san will capture Kuga?*
**[01:27] ---**
Wow, this place is nice.
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You think so?
**[01:32] ---**
Yeah.
**[01:33] ---**
People rarely come here
and the location is just right.
**[01:39] ---**
I borrow this place as my hiding place
every now and then.
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I see. You have refined taste.
**[01:45] ---**
Here.
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Well, let's wait for Osamu.
**[01:58] ---**
Hamburgers sure taste good.
**[02:01] ---**
Yuma-kun...
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Are you really a Neighbor?
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Yep.
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But, I have nothing to do with
those Neighbors attacking the city.
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Right, that's what
I've heard from Osamu-kun.
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Do you believe that, Chika?
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Sure.
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Osamu-kun is a person who
can be trusted and...
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I'm not scared of you, Yuma-kun.
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I see.
**[02:32] ---**
Um...
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There is something I want to ask you.
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You've said that people who are abducted
by Neighbors are used in their war.
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They use the soldiers and Trion they've
gathered to fight battles in their world.
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So how are they used?
**[02:53] ---**
Hmm, that... depends on the country
that abducted them.
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Country?
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Yep. There's lots of countries
in the other world too and...
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each country is unique.
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Really?
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The Neighbors you see here
may look the same,
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but they could be from
different countries.
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I didn't know.
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The situation of the country
they were taken to,
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whether it's winning a war,
whether it's able to train its soldiers,
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or whether its commander is capable.
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It depends on all those factors
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but people with high Trion ability
are valuable there too,
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so in most cases, I think they're treated
well as an important asset in battle.
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Chika, you might get treated like a VIP!
**[03:45] ---**
Well then, is it possible that those
abducted are alive there?
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I think that's very possible.
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I see.
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That's good to know.
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What? Has someone you know
been snatched?
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No, it's not that.
I was just wondering.
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It's nothing.
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You make up the stupidest lies.
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What?
**[04:16] ---**
You just made me talk but you keep secrets.
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Oh well. I'll ask Osamu later.
**[04:22] ---**
No, sorry! Please don't!
**[04:27] ---**
Well, that's exactly what happened.
Neighbors took them.
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My close friend
from elementary school and
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my older brother.
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They were abducted because of me.
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They got involved because I
consulted with them.
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I see.
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That's why you said you didn't want to
ask for help, not even from Border.
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Yes... because it'll only cause trouble.
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I kinda understand how you feel.
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I got you and Osamu involved today too.
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Osamu's promotion might be in jeopardy
because he was with me.
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If so, I feel really bad.
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You shouldn't worry about that.
**[05:26] ---**
Osamu-kun probably doesn't care
about things like that.
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What?
**[05:31] ---**
"I acted on my own will."
**[05:33] ---**
"It's nothing for you to worry about."
That's probably what he'll say.
**[05:37] ---**
Yeah, it sounds like him.
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Osamu-kun was more worried about
you than himself then, too.
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He doesn't know how to balance
worrying for himself and others evenly.
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Right.
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Remember when Neighbors attacked
the school,
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he tried to save everyone else first.
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I feel like Osamu-kun is always worried
about someone other than himself.
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That's true.
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There's no reason to worry about me
in the first place.
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But, aren't Border agents
coming after you, Yuma-kun?
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No matter how many Border agents come,
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if Replica and I fight with our all,
there's no one we will lose to.
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Wait. I can think of one.
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Jin-san.
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*As the future comes*
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*bokura ni sono mirai ga*
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*Drawing ever nearer*
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*tatoeba chikazuita nara*
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*We gather light and let it shine*
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*hikari wo atsumete terashi*
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*And the Gate of our heart opens*
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*kokoro no Gate wo hiraiteku*
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*Always ready to fight
for the sake of another*
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*kitto dareka no tame datte
kanji nagara itsudatte tatakatteru*
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*Our scars will make us stronger*
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*kizu no kazu dake tsuyoku nareru yo*
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*Live and give each day
a different color*
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*yatto ikite imi wo motte
sono hibi ni sorezore no iro motte*
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*And let's paint a rainbow*
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*mata niji wo egakou*
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*Stay on the brink and scream
Let's hope for the next future*
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*girigiri ni Stay shite sakebe
tsugi no mirai kitai shitai*
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*Stay on the brink and fly again
Let's go grab that smile*
**[07:25] ---**
*girigiri ni Fly again
ikuzo tsukame Smile Smile Smile*
**[07:33] ---**
*To protect that special something,
I am willing to abandon everything*
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*bokura niwa mamorumono ga aru kara
sono tame niwa nani wo sutetemo iisa*
**[07:39] ---**
*The sun sails from east to west*
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*higashi kara nishi e noboru taiyo ga*
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*Just to shine on you today*
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*kyou mo kimi wo terasu kara*
**[08:07] ---**
That man with sunglasses
on his forehead?
**[08:09] ---**
Yep. Jin-san is probably
really strong.
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I don't know if I can win unless I try.
**[08:17] ---**
What if he becomes your pursuer?
**[08:20] ---**
The meeting is over.
**[08:22] ---**
Carry out the mission immediately.
**[08:25] ---**
No, that'll never happen.
**[08:28] ---**
I can't do that.
**[08:31] ---**
What?
**[08:33] ---**
What do you mean, Jin-kun?
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You can't follow the order from
the Chief Commander?
**[08:38] ---**
I'm an agent from the Tamakoma Branch.
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Commander Kido has no authority
to give direct orders.
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If you want to use me,
please go through Branch Director Rindo.
**[08:50] ---**
*I see. It's the Border's
chain of command.*
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*In other words...*
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*HQ Commander*
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*In order to avoid
a duplication of orders,*
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*Branch Directors,
HQ Directors, Dept. Directors*
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*only the direct boss can
give his subordinates orders.*
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*Agents Directly Reporting to HQ,
Branch Agents, HQ Agents, Dept. Personnel*
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*He used the system to his advantage.*
**[09:08] ---**
Stop talking gibberish.
In the end, it's all the same thing.
**[09:13] ---**
Director Rindo.
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Order him.
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Good grief.
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This is an order from your Branch Director.
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Jin, go get the Black Trigger.
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Yes, sir.
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*He accepted so easily.*
**[09:29] ---**
*Why?*
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But...
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I'll leave it up to you on how to do it.
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Roger, Boss!
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Power elite Jin will carry out the mission
under the Branch Director's order.
**[09:46] ---**
*Commander Kido told him to capture Kuga
even if he has to kill him.*
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*But under Branch Director Rindo' order,*
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*he doesn't have to kill him.*
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Rindo...
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Please don't worry, Kido-san.
**[10:00] ---**
As you know,
my agents are competent.
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Shall we go now, Four-Eyes?
**[10:06] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[10:07] ---**
*I knew he was different from the others!*
**[10:11] ---**
There is no way we can leave it
to those Tamakoma's.
**[10:14] ---**
Shinoda-kun,
dispatch squads from HQ too!
**[10:17] ---**
It was Commander Kido's decision.
Let's leave it to Jin.
**[10:21] ---**
Yes, but...
**[10:23] ---**
Mikumo-kun, can I have a word?
**[10:26] ---**
Y... yes.
**[10:28] ---**
Did your Neighbor friend ever tell you
his purpose as to why
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he came over here?
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His purpose...?
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Correct.
**[10:38] ---**
If you know what the other person desires,
you can negotiate with them,
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even if they're an inhabitant
of another world.
**[10:46] ---**
Negotiate? No time to drag
our feet against Neighbors.
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I tend to think how to use them
rather than get rid of them.
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I'm greedy by nature.
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His purpose...
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That reminds me,
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he said his father's acquaintance
is in Border.
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He came to see that person.
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I think that's what he said.
**[11:09] ---**
An acquaintance in Border?
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Do you know who?
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No. I didn't get a name.
**[11:15] ---**
His story is
too vague to call it useful.
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Perhaps you made up the story?
**[11:22] ---**
What's his father's name?
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Or, even your friend's name
itself is fine.
**[11:29] ---**
I don't know his father's name.
But his name is...
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Yuma Kuga.
**[11:40] ---**
Kuga!
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Kuga?
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Kuga...
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Did he say Kuga?
**[11:49] ---**
*What is this? As soon as
they heard "Kuga"...*
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*What if... Are they the friends
of Kuga's father?*
***SIGN*** *Yuichi Jin
Age: 19
Birthday: April 9
Height: 179 cm
Blood type: O
Zodiac sign: Falco
Likes: Fried rice crackers,
girls' butts, pulling strings*
***SIGN*** *Yuma Kuga
Age: 15 (junior high)
Birthday: Unknown
Height: 141cm
Blood type: Unknown
Zodiac sign: Unknown
Likes: Japanese food*
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By the way, why did you come
to this world, Yuma-kun?
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Because my father died.
**[12:23] ---**
S... sorry...!
**[12:25] ---**
It's okay, it's no big deal.
**[12:28] ---**
Since I was little, my father and I
traveled to different countries.
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When I was 11 or so, he died.
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"If I die, go to Japan."
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"Someone I know should be working
for an organization called Border."
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He often said this and so
that's why I came to Japan.
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He said Border could be the bridge
that connects this world and Neighbors.
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But now that I'm here, I see Neighbors
attacking people in this world big-time.
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and Border hates
the very sight of Neighbors.
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It's so different from
what my father told me.
**[13:12] ---**
Really...
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What was your father like?
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He was unique.
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Unique?
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For example,
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there are three lessons
he taught me when I was six.
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Three lessons?
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Yep.
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Lesson one:
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"Protect yourself by yourself."
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"Parents can't protect you forever."
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"Work out or think hard and figure out
a way to take care of things by yourself."
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"Don't get close to things
you can't take care of."
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"Use your imagination to avoid danger."
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Lesson two:
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"There's more than one answer."
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"Things can be resolved in many ways."
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"On the contrary
there's no answer in some cases."
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"Don't get hung up with one way."
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And finally, lesson three:
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"Don't think your parents
are always right."
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Your father sure was unique.
**[14:18] ---**
Right?
**[14:19] ---**
Well, since that's what he was like,
**[14:22] ---**
when this world was different from
what he said, I wasn't so surprised.
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The question is...
**[14:29] ---**
whether the person he knew is
still in Border or not.
**[14:34] ---**
Is his father's name...
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Kuga? Yugo Kuga?
**[14:45] ---**
*Commander Kido, Director Shinoda,
and Branch Director Rindo...*
**[14:50] ---**
*These three are
Kuga's father's acquaintances.*
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*On the other hand, Kinuta-san and
Netsuki-san don't seem to know him.*
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Kuga? Who is this Kuga?
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Please give an explanation to us, too.
**[15:09] ---**
Yugo Kuga...
**[15:11] ---**
Yugo-san worked for Border even before
we went public four and a half years ago.
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In other words, he was one of
the founders of the original Border.
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He's one of the earliest
Border members.
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He was a *senpai* to Rindo and I,
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and a colleague to Kido-san.
**[15:32] ---**
*Kuga's father was one of
the founders of Border?*
**[15:36] ---**
*But...*
**[15:38] ---**
No, my father's acquaintance
was a Border agent.
**[15:42] ---**
He had nothing to do with them.
**[15:44] ---**
*He was just saying gibberish!*
**[15:46] ---**
*Or maybe he just didn't know.*
**[15:49] ---**
Mikumo-kun.
**[15:51] ---**
Where is Yugo-san,
your friend's father, now?
**[15:55] ---**
Did he tell you?
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Kuga's father...
**[16:04] ---**
I was told that he passed away.
**[16:13] ---**
I see...
**[16:15] ---**
If that's the case, there's no need
to send out any more squads.
**[16:20] ---**
There's no reason to fight
with Yugo-san's son.
**[16:23] ---**
We haven't confirmed
if he's really Kuga's son.
**[16:27] ---**
He could be just using Kuga's name.
**[16:29] ---**
We can investigate and
confirm that later.
**[16:33] ---**
Jin and Mikumo-kun,
**[16:34] ---**
You're our go-between.
I'm counting on you.
**[16:36] ---**
Yes sir!
**[16:37] ---**
That's what we plan to do, Shinoda-san.
**[16:40] ---**
Well then, you're dismissed.
**[16:42] ---**
Report back if there's any development.
**[16:56] ---**
Is it going to be okay as it is,
Commander Kido?
**[16:59] ---**
I don't really know about Kuga, but...
**[17:02] ---**
Yes. If Tamakoma Branch joins hands
with the Black Trigger,
**[17:07] ---**
the balance in Border will be...
**[17:09] ---**
I know.
**[17:12] ---**
Whether he's Kuga's son
or not is a separate issue.
**[17:16] ---**
We must seize the Black Trigger.
**[17:23] ---**
If Kuga's father is acquainted with the
higher-ups, Kuga will be fine, right?
**[17:29] ---**
Hmm... I'm not so sure.
**[17:32] ---**
What? But HQ Director Shinoda said...
**[17:37] ---**
Yeah, I know...
**[17:40] ---**
You may have noticed,
**[17:43] ---**
but Border is now largely
split into three factions.
**[17:48] ---**
Factions?
**[17:49] ---**
Yep.
**[17:51] ---**
Many who hold grudges against Neighbors
**[17:54] ---**
and committed to never forgiving Neighbors
are in Kido-san's party.
**[17:59] ---**
Those who don't hate Neighbors,
but want to fight to protect the city,
**[18:03] ---**
and believes the city's safety is top
priority joined Shinoda-san's party.
**[18:07] ---**
And...
**[18:09] ---**
people like us who believe, "there are
good Neighbors, so let's be friends!"
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are in the Tamakoma Branch.
**[18:17] ---**
So, what Kido-san's party think and
what we think are completely opposite.
**[18:21] ---**
That's why we don't get along so well.
**[18:24] ---**
Jin...?
**[18:26] ---**
I knew he was in on this.
**[18:29] ---**
Those Tamakoma Branch traitors!
**[18:32] ---**
I see.
**[18:33] ---**
Well, Kido-san's party
is the biggest in Border.
**[18:37] ---**
So whenever we did something, they'd let
it go with ease as if they were the kings.
**[18:42] ---**
If Yuma joins us, the balance
of power will be thrown off.
**[18:48] ---**
All that with just Kuga?!
**[18:51] ---**
That's what Black Triggers are.
**[18:56] ---**
Well, Kido-san's party will
want to avoid it at all costs,
**[19:00] ---**
so they'll probably do everything
to steal the Black Trigger from us.
**[19:04] ---**
The question is how to capture it.
**[19:07] ---**
We got to seize it
before Tamakoma does.
**[19:12] ---**
We have to mobilize
all the official agents.
**[19:14] ---**
Um... I'm not sure about that.
**[19:18] ---**
He was strong enough to
defeat the Miwa Squad.
**[19:22] ---**
Even with a large group,
will B-Ranks stand a chance?
**[19:27] ---**
Well...
**[19:28] ---**
But we've got to do something!
**[19:32] ---**
If we mobilize large groups,
it'll be too obvious.
**[19:36] ---**
I think the risk will be high.
**[19:38] ---**
Then what else can we do?
**[19:40] ---**
Well, if you say it like that...
**[19:43] ---**
Karasawa-kun.
**[19:45] ---**
What's your opinion?
**[19:48] ---**
Managing the squads is not my field, so...
**[19:51] ---**
That's fine. Let me hear it.
**[19:55] ---**
Well...
**[19:57] ---**
Maybe we don't have to do anything now.
**[19:59] ---**
What?
**[20:01] ---**
It'll be fine to let Tamakoma Branch
take care of the Black Trigger for now.
**[20:06] ---**
It's rather convenient that
we'll be able to locate it.
**[20:09] ---**
I would come up with a deal
with Tamakoma first.
**[20:13] ---**
But if you're aiming to steal it,
**[20:16] ---**
you should just wait now
for better conditions.
**[20:20] ---**
My theory is to avoid fighting when
there's only a slim chance at winning.
**[20:24] ---**
"Wait for better conditions?"
**[20:26] ---**
How could it get better
when we do nothing?
**[20:30] ---**
I see.
**[20:33] ---**
In a couple of days, our top teams
will come home from their expedition.
**[20:45] ---**
That's good.
**[20:46] ---**
Let's wait for the teams
and let them join the Miwa Squad.
**[20:51] ---**
The four teams will seize
the Black Trigger together.
**[20:58] ---**
Oh, there they are.
**[20:59] ---**
Osamu and Jin-san.
**[21:01] ---**
Did the higher-ups scold you, Osamu?
**[21:04] ---**
No. Well, yeah, but
punishment is on hold for now.
**[21:09] ---**
Oh that's good. What a relief.
**[21:12] ---**
It's not really a relief.
**[21:16] ---**
There's a chance Border will come
after you for your Trigger.
**[21:22] ---**
What should we do now, Jin-san?
**[21:27] ---**
Well, let's see...
**[21:31] ---**
I thought about it in many ways.
**[21:33] ---**
But in a case like this,
a simple plan is the best.
**[21:38] ---**
A simple...
**[21:40] ---**
Plan?
**[21:42] ---**
Right.
**[21:43] ---**
Yuma, why don't you...
**[21:46] ---**
join Border?
**[21:48] ---**
What?
**[21:51] ---**
Me...?
**[21:54] ---**
*After this, we'll explain about Border!*
**[21:57] ---**
*WORLD TRIGGER Fun Facts*
**[21:59] ---**
A-hem!
**[22:00] ---**
Four-Eyes!
**[22:02] ---**
So did you understand that Border
is largely split into three factions?
**[22:06] ---**
Yes.
**[22:07] ---**
Kido-san's party won't forgive Neighbors.
**[22:10] ---**
Shinoda-san's party has no hatred
toward Neighbors,
**[22:13] ---**
but they fight to protect the city and their
principle is prioritizing the city's peace.
**[22:16] ---**
Tamakoma Branch believes
**[22:18] ---**
there are good Neighbors too,
so we should be friends.
**[22:20] ---**
That's correct!
**[22:21] ---**
And, the people around me are
also largely split into three factions.
**[22:27] ---**
Really?
**[22:29] ---**
People who I think is nice,
but will never get close to me.
**[22:33] ---**
People who have nothing against men,
but not interested in me either.
**[22:37] ---**
And people who are nice to me because
I'm nice to them, but nothing more...
**[22:42] ---**
Um, those are your own words,
so will you stop getting depressed?
**[22:46] ---**
Also that's not three factions,
but just one, isn't it?
**[22:50] ---**
Four-Eyes...
**[22:51] ---**
You don't have to get depressed, either.
**[22:53] ---**
*See you!*
**[22:55] ---**
*Branch Director Rindo starts
to talk about Yugo Kuga.*
**[22:59] ---**
*The secret of Black Triggers*
**[23:01] ---**
*and the reason Yuma came
to Mikado City is finally revealed.*
**[23:05] ---**
*Next time on WORLD TRIGGER:
Tamakoma Branch*
**[23:08] ---**
*Trigger on!*
**[23:09] ---**