[Anno] Fuko enters into Andy's memories using
the Artifact Soul Caliber.
She awakens in 19th century United States.
There, Fuko meets Andy and his friends from this era
and passes the initiation test to join their crew,
but a plot from local outlaws has Andy's friends murdered.
Fuko decides to travel together with Andy who
is now all alone.
And on their long journey,
Fuko witnesses firsthand
the many times Andy experiences
the deaths of those who become closest to him.
One night Andy asks Fuko what she thinks it means to die.
Andy explains that he believes one dies when
the brain stops thinking, but Fuko responds that you only
truly die when nobody remembers you anymore.
That answer gives Andy a new interpretation
of what death means.
Suddenly Fuko's body becomes translucent
as if her time is up.
She floats away to traverse
once again through his memories.
When Fuko comes to,
she finds herself in a new time:
April 15th, 1865, Washington, D.C.
[giggles]
Victor, do you believe in reincarnation?
What?
[Young Juiz] It's when your soul lives for a long time
and you get reborn in a new body when you die.
I don't believe in it.
I don't even believe in souls to begin with.
People are alive 'cause of the blood pumping
to their brains.
Oh, come on! Just believe!
Why not?
It's a whole lot better that way.
[Victor] Why's that?
Why, you ask?
Because, then I would get to see you again after I die.
Don't you fret.
Even if I do die one day
and wind up in a new body,
I swear I'll never forget you.
[church bell ringing]
Yeah, I'm not gonna surrender to anyone.
Right, Juiz?
[church bell ringing]
APRIL 15TH
WASHINGTON D.C.
[♪ Shiyui's "Love Call" playing]
♪ Up, up, up, up ♪
♪ Down, down, down, down, down ♪
♪ Up, up, up, up ♪
♪ Down, down, down, down, down ♪
♪ Up, up, up, up, ♪
♪ Down, down, down, down, down ♪
♪ Up, up, up, up ♪
♪ Down, down, down, down, down ♪
♪ Bad ♪
[♪ Shiyui singing in Japanese]
♪ One, two ♪
[♪ singing in Japanese]
♪
♪ Good ♪
[♪ singing in Japanese]
♪
♪ Up and down ♪
[♪ singing in Japanese]
♪
♪ Repeat the ♪
[♪ singing in Japanese]
♪
♪ Lucky ♪
[♪ singing in Japanese]
♪
♪ Happy ♪
[♪ singing in Japanese]
♪
-♪ Repeat the ♪ - [♪ singing in Japanese]
♪ Love call ♪
♪ Up, up, up, up ♪
♪ Down, down, down, down, down ♪
♪ Up, up, up, up ♪
♪ Down, down, down, down ♪
Where am I?
[Victor] It's April 15th, 1865.
This is Washington D.C.
Victor, you're...
From here on, these are my memories.
Get lost.
[Fuko Izumo] These may belong to you,
but they're Andy's memories, too.
I need to find out exactly what happened here!
I have to know why Andy was born.
- There's no need. - [gasps]
I'm going to kill you now, you see.
And when I do, you'll warp to the next chapter
of my memories.
And wherever you warp to,
I'll find you and kill you there all over again.
[gasps]
This book of memories has events logged all
the way until December of 2020.
[gasps]
I'm going to keep on killing you
until I drive you to the final chapter.
Then I'll crush and erase your soul while it's in the book.
[gasps]
What good does it do you to kill me?
I'll make sure you never think about peeking
into my memories again.
This'll be your first and last time.
More than that...
Killing you will directly result in his psyche weakening.
I'll use that opportunity to assume control.
And I will return to being myself.
[grunts]
You've got a strong spirit.
But there are things I must do as well.
You should curse your unluck for ever meeting him.
- Now, goodbye. - [splurting]
[church bell ringing]
Now, run. Run to the very end.
[church bell ringing]
[poofing]
[gasping]
SHINJUKU STATION
[gasps]
Shinjuku...
SHIKASHIMAYA
[gasps]
AUGUST 1, 2020
- [traffic signal beeps] - [gasps]
[traffic signal beeping]
[Fuko] If what Victor said is true,
then this is my last chance!
I can't die yet.
I can't afford to die!
I still haven't given you anything in return!
Andy!
[Victor] This is too much trouble.
I'll kill all of you at once.
Deadline!
[screams]
[bones crunching]
[booming]
[blood splattering]
There. Unluck is dead.
[Victor] Missing today's encounter
means she'll never be able
to meet him.
Wait for me, Juiz. And this time I swear...
[grunts]
Ten Twist!
You fool.
This mere bullet can't--
[grunts]
Vortex Bullet!
Yeah, sick. Wicked sick!
[whimpers]
[wails] Andy!
- [crying] - Wow, look.
- Someone turned into a crybaby. - I can't help it!
Sorry for clinging to you like this!
I mean, my unluck! It'll get you!
- [crying] - All you gotta do
is not let go. So just cling tight, yeah?
Yeah.
Now...
So that's him.
That's the Victor guy you told
me about in the past.
- My main personality, huh? - Mm-hmm.
Well, good to meet ya!
So why are you targeting Fuko?
[Victor] Because that girl is trying to sneak
peeks into my past.
She seems rather eager to die.
But this works in my favor.
I have business on the outside.
Because, you see, there's someone I need
to kill once I get out.
That girl isn't a resident of the book.
So killing her a few more times will extinguish her soul.
Since the you on the outside is so dependent on her,
I can use that to assume control.
In short, killing her is my ticket to the outside.
[Andy] Look, I don't know what my outside self thinks of this girl
but I do know that my current self
has changed thanks to her.
My hopes for the future, what I think about death...
And that's the reason I'm here...
I'm deliverin' her to the future me in the real world.
You see, this girl's someone I need,
and I'll defend her to my death!
I see.
Then do your worst.
[bones cracking]
- Hang on tight. - [Fuko] Got it!
[Victor] Deadvulcan!
[snickering]
[whirring]
Repair Glide!
Not half bad, dead weight.
He's accelerating his movement
by repairing his coiled-up legs.
It's dramatically smoother than his repair-based movement
in the past.
[both grunting]
[chuckles]
Deadblade!
[grunting]
Oh? You've mastered solidifying your blood, too?
[grunts]
[snickers]
[shouting]
[clanging]
[grunts]
[Victor] He's boosting his speed
by spraying blood from his joints.
Meeting that girl has improved him much, I see.
However, they all lack proficiency.
Your blade isn't sharp enough, dense enough,
- or powerful enough! - [gasps]
Deadline!
- [screams] - [grunts]
That was a total waste of time.
[snickers]
[Andy] Deadroad!
[Victor] You've gone far learning these tricks in
a mere 140 years' time.
However, if that's the extent of what you can get out
of both arms, this is all but over.
[snickers] Fuko!
Yeah?
[Andy] Let go of me, pronto!
What? No way!
If I let go, the unluck will--
[Andy grunting]
Don't worry about it.
Ya gotta trust me!
[grunts]
I've changed all thanks to you.
Believe me.
You're the one who helped me shatter
my narrow-minded views of what life
and death really means!
So you just get on outta here and relay the message
to my future self!
[whooshing]
I've got more than enough unluck charged up.
Just leave the rest to me.
- I've got something I wanna try-- - [grunts]
Huh?
[snickers]
Let's get this show on the road. Unluck Bullet!
UNDEAD UNLUCK
Go get 'em, Andy!
Yeah!
[grunts]
[Victor] Unluck's special touch.
A large stroke of unluck is coming soon.
What a bother.
I should just blow him away.
Here it comes.
Unluck Bullet!
What kind of stunt is this?
You're going to throw the entire match
to shoot off fingers instead?
[grunts]
No matter. They're just fingers.
They don't even pierce me.
First Index.
- [booming] - [grunts]
A gas explosion.
A stroke of unluck?
Why is it befalling me?
I loaded my soul into my fingers!
- [grunts] - [clanging]
- [grunts] - [Victor] Loaded his soul?
So the unluck is residing in his fingers?
- [grunts] - Impossible!
[grunts]
A stroke of unluck should only
affect his main body.
Second Middle.
[Fuko screams]
It got Andy, too! [gasps]
You see, I would always start repairin' myself from
the head first 'cause I figured without a brain rattlin' around
in your noggin, your body can't live anyway.
Plus I always believed if you can't think anymore,
it means you're as good as dead.
A worthless preconception.
Yeah!
That's why I changed.
[Victor] He repaired from his torso?
Here comes Three Twist.
[clangs]
When I met Fuko and journeyed with her,
I learned to stop lettin' crummy logic dictate my life.
Instead I learned that I could live however I damn well please
in this world.
[grunts]
[Andy] Unluck dwells in the soul.
[snarls]
And souls are what give people life!
That's the world I believe in!
And that's how I'll live!
And so my body can keep getting destroyed
but just name the spot
and I'll come straight back from it!
Huh?
[groans]
'Cause in the end it's all just a matter
of how we perceive the rules.
So long as we believe in our perceptions,
our abilities'll develop as much as we want!
[squelching]
And you've embodied that idea for me.
So really, I should thank you, God of War Victhor.
[squelches]
Now we Negators can get even stronger.
Third Ring.
[engine roaring]
[rumbling]
Andy, look!
Yeah. Fourth Pinky.
What do we do?
He'll just come back again and again.
Yeah, you got a point.
- [gasps] - Huh?
[Fuko] Andy, that's what they used to catch you!
[clangs]
Huh. So that's what you meant, Juiz.
- [grunts] - [bone crunches]
[Victor] You're right. These two just might be...
[clangs]
I sure wouldn't be able to escape from that.
But that guy's an exception to the rule.
He'll bust out in due time.
I see.
Andy?
I want to speak to him.
To Mr. Victor.
Why's that?
Well, because I came here to learn more about you.
And Victor is a part of you, isn't he?
A part I wanna learn.
Instead of sneaking peeks into his past,
it might be better to chat with him about it.
All right, then.
You heard the lady, Victor.
Get out here. I know you can.
[shouts]
[screams]
[grunts] [glass shatters]
Aren't you used to seein' that by now?
- Cut it out, would ya? - No, I'm not used to it!
Whatever happened to modesty?
- So, um-- - What do you want?
You and Ms. Juiz.
What's your relationship with her?
[Andy] Who's Juiz?
Never heard of her.
[Fuko] I saw it.
It was fragmented and not very clear,
but still I saw you and Ms. Juiz working together side by side.
You were creating the Union.
That reeks of Apocalypse.
He shouldn't have shown you that.
[Fuko] If those memories are true then why are you trying
to interfere with our plans?
I mean, weren't you a member of the Roundtable yourself?
You and Juiz are one and the same, you know.
Me and Juiz?
The same in what way?
What? No!
You're both heedless of any danger.
And you're willing to bet everything
for those you cherish.
That same soul is what you have.
As I look at the two of you,
you remind me of our past selves.
At first everything went well.
Step by step we overcame the quests
and got closer to clearing it all.
But I soon realized we couldn't win.
No matter how many hundreds, thousands,
even millions of years passed.
God's life was still out of our grasp.
We should've backed down.
For as long as we continued,
we'd only be dancing in the palm of God's hand.
But still she wouldn't give up.
She figured by employing the best options one by one,
that someday she would reach God.
So she boarded the Ark and looped over and over again.
She's a fool.
She isn't immortal.
She should die and save herself the trouble.
And so that's why I decided that I must kill her.
Why would you do that?.
The woman I love continues to suffer.
What kind of man wants to see that?
Mr. Victor.
[Victor] She won't give up until she dies.
Just like you right now.
But I've changed my mind.
That last stroke of Unluck you both unleashed...
It showed the signs of evolution.
Knowing that no unluck would mortally wound me...
Instead you ended up summoning a capture tool.
That same unluck would have only dealt physical damage before.
But it transformed into unluck personalized for the target.
You've spent plenty of time journeying
with my counterpart.
No doubt that yielded you
a much better understanding of your mark.
- [grunts] - [chuckles]
Which means if you research and learn more about God,
then your unluck will be able to reach them, too.
[grunts]
Consciously control your unluck.
Think of what unluck--what death would be to my counterpart
the whole time through.
[Fuko] But wait a second!
What about 1865?
What happened?
That memory is no longer of use to you now
that you've grown stronger.
Now you must keep marching forward.
But if you must know,
you ought to ask Juiz.
[gasps]
Um, before you go,
tell me how to get out of this memory!
[Victor] Just kiss my counterpart there.
And I don't mean just a peck on the cheek.
Wait, what?
Oh--
[exhales]
Hey, don't cry.
Just never forget, right, Fuko?
Y--Yeah, but...
[gasps]
I'm gonna be one with
the me on the outside, okay?
And I'll be even more handsome and everything I need to woo ya!
You better be ready!
Mm, I can't wait!
[rumbling]
Later!
[giggles]
[sniffles]
[thuds]
[Andy] See ya in the here and now.
TO BE CONTINUED
[♪ OKAMOTO'S' "Kono Ai ni Kanau mon wa Nai" playing]
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[♪ Sho Okamoto singing in Japanese]
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