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[Sasumata] The Black Bird's power
is diminishing.
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{\an8}- Huh?
- [Sasumata] I don't know what happened.
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But it would appear someone has found
a way to successfully attack it.
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[Leon] Someone?
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[Sasumata] Yeah. That's kind of scary...
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Uh...
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- Leon?
- [Leon gasps]
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Don't worry, it'll be fine, Sasumata.
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This place is always going to be
a free land.
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It'll never cease to exist.
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I won't let that happen.
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[theme song in Japanese plays]
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[screams] Taichiro!
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[Kamuro] Asuma has regained consciousness.
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[gasps]
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[sobbing]
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[emotional music plays]
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[Taichiro sobs]
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[Asuma] Big Brother.
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[Taichiro] Asuma!
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I... I thought I was gonna lose you!
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No more of this collapsing on me, 'kay!?
I was worried sick, damn it!
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I had a dream just now.
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And I completely believed...
I'd never see you again.
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It was so real... I was totally convinced.
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Quit jabbering you moron.
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I'm here. I'm right here.
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Anyway, Asuma, how are you doing?
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Do you have any pain anywhere?
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{\an8}No, but... I can't seem to feel
anything at all below my neck at all.
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Huh?
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[Kamuro] It's just temporary paralysis.
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The connection between your body and your
brain will take some time to stabilize.
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But this time, we can rely on
standard medical treatment.
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[Asuma] I recognize you.
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[Taichiro] She's the shithead's co-worker.
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Yeah?
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{\an8}I wasn't the one who saved your life.
It was her.
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What are you talking about?
It was clearly you.
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- I watched you save me with my own eyes.
- [chuckles]
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So there's a different world,
where the AIs live?
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[Kamuro] It's a space that was created
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in order to make the AIs who power the
Black Bird believe that they're humans.
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So I'm going to create
an AI version of you.
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An AI with your memories, personality,
and everything else copied exactly.
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Without even knowing he's an AI, the
other you will save Asuma... and then die.
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[Taichiro] Wait, he'll die?
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But can't he just live there?
You said other AIs do.
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The suicide rate is 99 percent.
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[shudders]
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Almost every time, when an AI realizes
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that it, and its environment,
are both fake...
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it chooses death.
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[sound of traffic]
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- You all right?
- Yeah. I'm good.
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- [Kamuro] Impressive.
- Huh?
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Considering you were almost
brain-dead a little while ago.
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Really? Was my condition that serious?
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Oh, yes.
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[Asuma] What was that building
we just left?
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[Kamuro] Oh, it's just an office.
I'm the manager there.
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Your father was the manager
before I was.
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He argued with the higher-ups
and got himself dismissed.
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You didn't know that?
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I heard he was transferred
to some subsidiary.
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[Taichiro] Uh, what?
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[Kamuro] PLANET,
the Black Bird, the Birdcage...
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Your father was in charge of development
for all of those projects.
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Kojiro Arima. A man of incredible genius.
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He believes that the only way to weaken
the Black Bird
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is by deleting the AIs that power it.
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Your father figured that out,
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and he's devoted himself completely
to hunting down all the AIs.
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It isn't an easy task.
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[yawns]
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{\an8}ASUMA: DAD, I WAS HOSPITALIZED
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[gasps]
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[Kamuro] But he's determined
to destroy them all,
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and he's taken it upon himself to do so.
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But why?
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[Kamuro] You were on the verge
of brain-dead.
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Surely you can appreciate
how dangerous the Black Bird is.
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- Mmph.
- [Taichiro] Huh?
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I'm sure you're aware Gleam Corporation
has made a huge investment
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into the research and development of AI.
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I'll give you a simple example.
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Cars can now steer themselves
without the aid of a driver.
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But the company longs to create
something more complex.
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And thus, we have the Black Bird,
a malevolent cyber spirit.
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- [Asuma] So, Dad...
- [Taichiro] That shithead!
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He went to all that trouble to create it,
just to destroy it?
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I bet he knew it was dangerous
right from the start!
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[Kamuro] Mmph.
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Developing and perfecting AI
was always Kojiro Arima's ultimate...
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- [Taichiro] His dream, right?
- [Kamuro] Mmm.
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[Taichiro] "Dreams" and "ideals" were
always that shithead's favorite words.
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{\an8}I get that he's good.
He's obviously talented.
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{\an8}And I like programming too.
After all, he taught me how to do it.
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{\an8}That's why I know how he operates.
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To call him a perfectionist
would be putting it mildly.
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And not just for himself.
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He demanded the same
from everyone around him.
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Even from his own family.
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He expected perfect sons,
and a perfect daughter,
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and a perfect mother to raise them.
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But not for our benefit.
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It was just so we could serve as a small
part of Kojiro Arima's perfect life.
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There was nothing more
suffocating than being his son.
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See? [sighs]
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[melancholy music playing]
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I do.
Plus, that explains why you love Shiro.
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[Taichiro] Huh?
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Anything we ever wanted to do
always required Father's approval.
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Some manga we wanted,
or even just to... hang out with friends.
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But Shiro is Father's polar opposite.
He's supportive and patient.
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He says things like
"Do whatever you really want to do!"
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I feel like he's the father
you always wished you had.
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It's really... not like that...
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[thinks] I guess I'll have
to level with these boys.
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They've been involved in this
right from the start, in all of it.
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- Your father, he's a-
- He's a shitty world ambassador.
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Nothing can change that.
For that and for the Black Bird...
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I'll never forgive him
for the rest of my life.
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[sighs]
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[Kamuro] All right,
we're almost at your house.
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[Kojiro] Open up!
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- Hurry up and open this door!
- [banging]
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[man] What do you think you're doing?
Go away or I'll have you arrested.
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I'm here to see a patient, Asuma Arima.
He was brought to this hospital.
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- I'm his father.
- Uhhh...
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Let me in.
I need to see my son right away.
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I was unconscious when he was admitted.
I woke up to this message.
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Open up!
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[sighs] Ah, hold on just a minute.
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There's no time! Open the door!
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Hey, you! Hurry up! Let me in.
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[guard] Yes, that's him.
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Okay, I'll tell him. Thank you.
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Good news, sir. Asuma Arima
was released early this afternoon.
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If you'd like, you can give the doctor
who treated him a call tomorrow and...
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[Kojiro] Are you sure?
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Thank you!
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[Asuma] Ms. Kamuro, would you like
to come in for some tea?
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No. I will leave you be.
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[Asuma] All right, then.
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[sighs]
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I'm gonna head inside.
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[door opens]
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Tell me? What's the bastard up to?
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Probably still at work, huh?
Even with Asuma's life in danger.
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He's resting back at my place.
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[Taichiro] Huh?
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[Kamuro] He's been using
a special headgear to stay logged in,
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but it's mentally exhausting,
so he's been asleep for a while.
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I, um...
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Are you two, uh...
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[chuckles] Tell him I think
he should just keep sleeping.
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- Wait, Taichiro.
- Hmm?
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If you could try
to not see him as your father,
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but as another human being just like you...
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If you could do that,
your hatred might become something else.
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[scoffs]
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He had another kid.
But you probably knew that.
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[Kamuro] Hmm.
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- Our sister, Aya.
- [eerie music plays]
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She was younger than me.
She and Asuma were twins.
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- That's her name? I didn't know...
- Aya was nothing like Asuma.
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She was slow to learn things
at home and at school.
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Slow at everything.
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She always just smiled and apologized.
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"I'm sorry."
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She could never do anything
to make him happy.
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[Kamuro] Mmm.
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Do you remember those
communication notebooks?
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The things we kept in school for writing
down schedules and notices to our parents?
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I always half-assed it,
but Aya wrote down everything.
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Then... one day, she forgot
the notebook at school.
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Mmm.
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[Kojiro] Go back and get it.
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[Taichiro] It was nighttime.
Well past ten o'clock.
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But the street was well lit,
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and the school was
less than a five-minute walk away.
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Mom even called a security guard and
asked him to meet Aya at the school gate.
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So that was that.
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Dad made Aya go alone.
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It kept getting later and later,
but she didn't come home.
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[sighs]
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It looks like you know
what happened to her.
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The Moto-Akatsuka cardboard box incident.
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"Just like any traffic accident,
it was unpredictable,
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so it can't be said
that I was conclusively at fault."
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He said that at her funeral.
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And you're asking me
not to see him as my father?
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Believe me, I don't.
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- [Kojiro] Taichi? Kamuro?
- [Kamuro] Hmm?
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[gasps]
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[woman 1] Word is, President Leon is
going to show up at this board meeting.
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That's a surprise.
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[man 1] Probably wants
to discuss the Pirates.
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[man 2] Since they went away,
there's been a big uptick in demand
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for shipbuilding and marine-related items.
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[man 3] We can't let this chance
slip away.
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Don't you ever talk about
anything besides business?
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I get that Granada is about trade.
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But don't we have other serious concerns
as a guild?
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Not every discussion has
to be about profit and loss.
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My guess is the President wants to talk
about the future and safety of the game.
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I agree, and he has good reason to.
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Even without the Pirates,
there are too many violent players.
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The future of PLANET may depend
entirely on what we decide to do next.
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Hmm?
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[all] President!
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- [Sasumata] Hee-hee!
- Greetings.
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Granada's Friday Meeting is in order.
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[chuckles]
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For a change, this time around,
I don't wanna talk about the Pirates.
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I won't be getting into the subject
of the game's safety, either.
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What I want to talk about now
is that boring real world.
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Well, that and the fact
that Sasumata here is an AI.
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- [all gasp]
- What?
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- An AI?
- What?
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That's what our meeting today
is going to be about.
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[birdsong]
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I get it. You can't talk?
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That's okay. I'll teach you how to speak.
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In return, you can be my friend.
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When we first met, we both had nothing.
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Only each other.
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A child and an AI.
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[gasping]
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{\an8}Seriously?
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Sasumata, is this true?
Are you really artificial intelligence?
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That seems impossible to me.
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[grunts]
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I realize this must be shocking.
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- [woman 1] So what?
- Huh?
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If it's true and Sasumata is a robot,
then so what?
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What's that got to do with the Granada
Company? How does it affect us?
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How does it have any impact on the game
or on what we're trying to do?
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Well! We are gettin' right to the point,
aren't we? Impressive!
241
00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:39,628
I'm relieved
you're so quick to understand.
242
00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:42,339
I'm not saying I believe you just yet.
243
00:14:42,423 --> 00:14:46,468
[Leon] Sasumata isn't the only one.
There are other AIs out there.
244
00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:48,596
Some of them you probably know.
245
00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:52,141
George of the Cyber Knights, and
Jutaro the Fortune Teller, for instance.
246
00:14:52,224 --> 00:14:54,101
As well as Pico of the Pirates.
247
00:14:54,184 --> 00:14:55,936
- [all gasping]
- Pico, really?
248
00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:59,398
Aside from Pico, I count all of them
among my good friends.
249
00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:03,861
But Sasumata is the only one of the AIs
who is aware of what they really are.
250
00:15:05,195 --> 00:15:08,407
Tell me... you all like Sasumata, right?
251
00:15:08,991 --> 00:15:11,702
Of course we do.
As you know, I'm a night owl,
252
00:15:11,785 --> 00:15:14,622
and I always see Sasumata
logged in at that time.
253
00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:16,707
The two of us often stay up talking.
254
00:15:17,207 --> 00:15:18,375
Same goes for me.
255
00:15:18,459 --> 00:15:22,212
We've all benefited.
Sasumata's been vital for us.
256
00:15:22,296 --> 00:15:25,049
Our marketing economy model
was their idea.
257
00:15:25,132 --> 00:15:27,509
Development of our BBS and macros...
258
00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:30,012
a way for us to work
with the Pirates in trade...
259
00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:32,097
Sasumata came up with all these things.
260
00:15:32,181 --> 00:15:34,433
- [laughing] Oh, stop!
- [woman 3] That's true!
261
00:15:34,516 --> 00:15:37,144
- But that's not all! Sasumata's nice.
- Mmm.
262
00:15:37,227 --> 00:15:39,188
[all murmur in agreement]
263
00:15:40,439 --> 00:15:41,815
[Leon whimpers]
264
00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:44,777
It's kind of tragic, really,
265
00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:47,738
but Sasumata was
the first friend I ever made.
266
00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:52,242
And even though they're smarter than
all of us, and caring and kind-hearted...
267
00:15:52,910 --> 00:15:55,704
Sasumata is still learning
about who they are.
268
00:16:01,669 --> 00:16:02,669
[all gasp]
269
00:16:03,837 --> 00:16:06,465
How can anyone see them
as any less than human?
270
00:16:07,049 --> 00:16:09,301
I simply refuse to accept that!
271
00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:15,933
Yet the truth is, Sasumata is
going to be hunted down by Shiro!
272
00:16:16,016 --> 00:16:18,268
Shiro Akabane? Why would he do that?
273
00:16:18,352 --> 00:16:21,063
- This is too much information to take in!
- You serious?
274
00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:22,773
[Sasumata] It's all right, Leon.
275
00:16:22,856 --> 00:16:24,525
{\an8}[sighing]
276
00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:28,570
{\an8}I'll make you... into a human!
277
00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:33,409
You want to redefine AIs as human,
is that what you're telling us?
278
00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:38,414
No, just the opposite.
I'll redefine the definition of a human.
279
00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:40,374
I'll transform the world into a place
280
00:16:40,457 --> 00:16:44,670
where Sasumata and I can breathe
the same air and share the same reality.
281
00:16:44,753 --> 00:16:46,463
[wind rustling leaves]
282
00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:49,258
[gasps]
283
00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:51,218
[foreboding music plays]
284
00:16:52,469 --> 00:16:53,469
[yelps]
285
00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:55,264
What the hell are those things?
286
00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:57,224
[all gasping]
287
00:16:57,307 --> 00:16:59,643
[wailing and screaming]
288
00:17:00,269 --> 00:17:03,772
[Sasumata] I'm sorry, you guys.
I really am so sorry.
289
00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:05,774
- [squelching]
- Get off me! Let go!!
290
00:17:06,817 --> 00:17:08,444
[screaming] What is this thing?
291
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:11,989
[Leon] This is the Black Bird.
It's been accumulating power,
292
00:17:12,072 --> 00:17:14,408
waiting for the moment
it could leave its nest,
293
00:17:14,491 --> 00:17:18,370
but now its energy has been stolen,
and we've been forced to make a sacrifice.
294
00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:21,415
You, the people of Granada,
are the only ones we can ask.
295
00:17:22,249 --> 00:17:24,752
- [wailing]
- Give your power to the Black Bird.
296
00:17:24,835 --> 00:17:27,463
And then what? What happens to us?
297
00:17:27,546 --> 00:17:32,051
{\an8}You become the Bird's flesh,
and live forever after, here in PLANET.
298
00:17:32,134 --> 00:17:34,136
- [gasps]
- [screaming and crying]
299
00:17:34,845 --> 00:17:36,472
[scream trails off]
300
00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:39,475
That's what I've always desired.
301
00:17:42,019 --> 00:17:44,021
[screaming continues]
302
00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:46,899
[screaming stops]
303
00:17:48,942 --> 00:17:51,820
[May grunts] All right, here we go...
304
00:17:52,863 --> 00:17:55,407
Oh, wow. This is hard to do alone.
305
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:59,119
I'm tired.
I hope the others all log in soon.
306
00:17:59,203 --> 00:18:01,830
Huh? Feathers?
307
00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,916
[wind gusting]
308
00:18:06,293 --> 00:18:07,711
[boy] Hey, what are those?
309
00:18:07,795 --> 00:18:10,672
- [girl] Crow's feathers?
- [man] Don't touch them, just go.
310
00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:13,801
- [boy] But why are there so many of them?
- [girl] This is crazy.
311
00:18:15,010 --> 00:18:19,098
I'm back.
I had some things I had to take care of.
312
00:18:19,807 --> 00:18:22,309
Coming to my house?
You're never to do that.
313
00:18:23,018 --> 00:18:27,022
I'm very sorry, sir. But there was
a player infected by the Black Bird,
314
00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:28,857
and I came here to attend to them.
315
00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:33,320
Shut up! Stop babbling about
Gleam's business in front of an outsider!
316
00:18:33,403 --> 00:18:35,280
- [Taichiro] I'm not an outsider.
- Hmm?
317
00:18:35,864 --> 00:18:38,200
- And it's Asuma who was infected.
- Huh?
318
00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:42,162
- [Kamuro] But he's made a full recovery...
- Asuma! Asuma!
319
00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:45,124
- [gasping]
- Father?
320
00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:49,211
Asuma! Thank heavens! Are you...
Are you sure you're really okay?
321
00:18:49,294 --> 00:18:51,922
You look fine, but the thought
you could recover
322
00:18:52,005 --> 00:18:53,882
after getting infected by that thing...
323
00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,592
I mean, it makes no sense!
324
00:18:55,676 --> 00:18:56,927
The kids are involved.
325
00:18:57,636 --> 00:18:58,720
{\an8}Huh?
326
00:18:59,346 --> 00:19:00,389
{\an8}Oh...
327
00:19:01,431 --> 00:19:04,309
Asuma, come with me to my office.
328
00:19:04,393 --> 00:19:07,521
- Huh? What for?
- I'd like to do a procedure.
329
00:19:07,604 --> 00:19:09,690
Wait. What are you planning to do to him?
330
00:19:09,773 --> 00:19:11,775
I need to run a brain analysis.
331
00:19:11,859 --> 00:19:12,734
{\an8}Huh?
332
00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:15,946
I have to take a look at the numbers.
Kamuro, you drive.
333
00:19:16,029 --> 00:19:18,157
Asuma! Just go inside!
334
00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,617
I'm not gonna let you
mess around in his head!
335
00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:22,995
- You bald-headed jerk!
- What the hell?
336
00:19:23,078 --> 00:19:24,496
You better watch your mouth!
337
00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:26,874
- And get your eyes checked! I'm not bald!
- [yells]
338
00:19:26,957 --> 00:19:27,957
[gasps]
339
00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:31,128
[Taichiro] I know you created
the Black Bird!
340
00:19:31,211 --> 00:19:33,380
Asuma could've died because of it!
341
00:19:33,463 --> 00:19:37,009
Once again,
your ideas nearly got someone killed!
342
00:19:37,092 --> 00:19:40,387
[grunts] Are you talking about Aya?
343
00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:44,725
It's been years since that happened.
Just get over it already!
344
00:19:44,808 --> 00:19:45,934
[gasps]
345
00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:47,603
[growls]
346
00:19:51,565 --> 00:19:53,150
[thump]
347
00:19:54,151 --> 00:19:55,444
[Asuma panting]
348
00:19:57,905 --> 00:19:59,031
I'm sorry.
349
00:19:59,781 --> 00:20:01,366
I didn't hit you out of anger.
350
00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,453
I just didn't want it to be Taichi
who hit you.
351
00:20:04,953 --> 00:20:06,413
- Listen...
- [sighs]
352
00:20:06,496 --> 00:20:09,917
You have to stop pretending
what happened doesn't still affect us.
353
00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:12,085
You're only making things worse.
354
00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:15,088
- Go and die.
- Huh?
355
00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:17,507
[Taichiro] Just get the hell
out of our lives.
356
00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:20,636
- Taichi!
- Why can't you be the one to leave?
357
00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:23,263
[scoffs] You know what? Fine.
358
00:20:23,931 --> 00:20:26,266
I've reached the same place Mom did.
359
00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:29,478
I can't bear staying in this house
another day.
360
00:20:30,187 --> 00:20:31,897
- See ya later, Asuma!
- [gasps]
361
00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:35,359
[Kojiro] Wait! You're leaving
in the middle of the night? Taichiro!
362
00:20:35,442 --> 00:20:38,946
Can't we at least talk about this?
Stop! Do you even have a place to go?
363
00:20:39,029 --> 00:20:40,906
Don't follow me, you shithead!
364
00:20:40,989 --> 00:20:43,742
[groans] Okay! I get that you're leaving!
365
00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:47,037
But take my phone!
So then we can at least stay in touch!
366
00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:48,622
Stop for a second!
367
00:20:48,705 --> 00:20:51,333
Aren't you going to need money?
Let me give you some!
368
00:20:51,416 --> 00:20:55,420
You have to stop running, Dad!
Stop it! You just had back surgery!
369
00:20:57,547 --> 00:20:58,966
[thinks] Go to hell!
370
00:20:59,841 --> 00:21:01,218
I wish you were dead!
371
00:21:01,802 --> 00:21:03,136
[Kojiro] Taichiro, wait!
372
00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:04,596
- [slicing]
- [yells]
373
00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:06,807
[both gasp]
374
00:21:08,058 --> 00:21:09,268
[gasps]
375
00:21:09,351 --> 00:21:10,727
[groans]
376
00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:13,272
[blade rings softly]
377
00:21:15,899 --> 00:21:17,109
Huh? [breathing shakily]
378
00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:22,531
{\an8}DATA: KAMAITACHI
LEVEL: 9
379
00:21:22,614 --> 00:21:24,616
- [dramatic rock music plays]
- [groaning]
380
00:21:34,835 --> 00:21:36,211
[man] Huh? Feathers?
381
00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:44,761
[crossing beeping]
382
00:21:46,346 --> 00:21:48,015
[squelching]
383
00:21:49,182 --> 00:21:50,309
[man] What?
384
00:21:54,938 --> 00:21:56,732
- [crunch]
- [woman whimpering]
385
00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:08,702
[static whirring]
386
00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:15,250
[boy] Your hand... it's surprisingly warm.
387
00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:20,464
There's no need for AIs
to try and fit in with humans.
388
00:22:20,964 --> 00:22:22,591
Humans caused all of this,
389
00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:25,594
so they're the ones
who should try to fit into this world.
390
00:22:26,595 --> 00:22:28,889
[Sasumata] I think you're right... Leon.
391
00:22:43,153 --> 00:22:45,155
[theme song in Japanese plays]