1 00:00:13,555 --> 00:00:14,973 [Kojiro] Taichiro, wait! 2 00:00:15,056 --> 00:00:16,683 [slashing] 3 00:00:16,766 --> 00:00:17,766 [groans] 4 00:00:19,352 --> 00:00:20,603 [gasps] 5 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:23,898 There's no need for AIs to try and fit in with humans. 6 00:00:24,649 --> 00:00:26,151 Humans caused all of this, 7 00:00:26,234 --> 00:00:29,279 so they're the ones who should try to fit into this world. 8 00:00:32,282 --> 00:00:35,577 [Taichiro] Wh... Ka... Kamaitachi? 9 00:00:35,660 --> 00:00:38,020 {\an8}KAMAITACHI, LEVEL: 9, HP: 300~400 MAGIC BEAST, ELEMENT: WIND 10 00:00:38,955 --> 00:00:41,166 [theme song in Japanese plays] 11 00:02:09,003 --> 00:02:10,003 [Asuma] Brother! 12 00:02:11,339 --> 00:02:12,715 Kamaitachi? 13 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,301 [groaning] 14 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:17,929 - [Asuma] Dad! - No, sir! 15 00:02:18,012 --> 00:02:19,806 - [squeaking] - [Kojiro yelling] 16 00:02:19,889 --> 00:02:20,890 [gasps] 17 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:22,642 [yells] 18 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:27,021 - This shit is real! - [squeaks] 19 00:02:29,232 --> 00:02:30,441 [screeches] 20 00:02:33,361 --> 00:02:35,238 [thinks] Kamaitachi? That's right. 21 00:02:35,321 --> 00:02:38,783 It's helpless without its sickle and quickly loses the will to fight. 22 00:02:39,367 --> 00:02:41,244 You're going to get through this. 23 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:42,328 Dad, no! 24 00:02:42,412 --> 00:02:43,705 - [squeaks] - Huh? 25 00:02:46,583 --> 00:02:47,584 Gah! 26 00:02:48,084 --> 00:02:49,169 - [Kamuro] Asuma! - Huh? 27 00:02:49,252 --> 00:02:51,129 You'll have to carry your dad. 28 00:02:51,212 --> 00:02:53,840 - I'll... I'll take his legs. - [Kojiro groaning] 29 00:02:54,924 --> 00:02:58,219 [Taichiro] Hold on. What the hell's going on? 30 00:02:59,304 --> 00:03:01,890 - The Birdcage... - Impossible. 31 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:05,268 The Black Bird lost control of that world. 32 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:07,437 [Asuma] Huh? 33 00:03:08,271 --> 00:03:09,355 No way. 34 00:03:09,981 --> 00:03:14,068 How am I opening a menu screen, as if... this is PLANET? 35 00:03:15,278 --> 00:03:17,697 Hey, Kam... Ms. Kamuro. 36 00:03:19,616 --> 00:03:20,658 And shithead. 37 00:03:20,742 --> 00:03:22,952 Explain yourselves, right now! 38 00:03:23,912 --> 00:03:25,747 Don't mess with me. 39 00:03:26,456 --> 00:03:28,917 You guys know what's going on, don't you? 40 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:32,003 {\an8}[groaning] Ka... Kamuro... 41 00:03:32,086 --> 00:03:34,839 [gasps] Say "Shaiah" to me... 42 00:03:34,923 --> 00:03:36,716 - [groaning] - [Kamuro] What? 43 00:03:37,383 --> 00:03:38,383 [sighs] 44 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,346 Uh... Sh... Shaiah. 45 00:03:41,429 --> 00:03:43,097 [soft chiming] 46 00:03:47,101 --> 00:03:49,145 - [grunts] - [gasps] 47 00:03:49,270 --> 00:03:50,396 Huh? 48 00:03:57,445 --> 00:03:59,322 Hmm... 49 00:04:01,658 --> 00:04:04,452 The truth is... that we're all infected. 50 00:04:06,162 --> 00:04:09,958 The four of us... we've been brought into PLANET. 51 00:04:11,125 --> 00:04:12,794 {\an8}MANGA CAFÉ - FIRST AVENUE 52 00:04:12,877 --> 00:04:14,504 [screaming and wailing] 53 00:04:18,049 --> 00:04:19,467 - [explosion] - [gasps] 54 00:04:21,177 --> 00:04:22,220 [headset whirrs] 55 00:04:22,303 --> 00:04:23,179 What... 56 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:25,139 {\an8}- [woman] An earthquake? Get down! - [yelps] 57 00:04:26,557 --> 00:04:28,768 - Oh, that hurt. - [man] Wait, there wasn't an alert. 58 00:04:28,851 --> 00:04:30,853 - What the hell was that? - [confused voices] 59 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:32,313 I have to call home. 60 00:04:33,773 --> 00:04:35,650 - No bars? - [woman screaming] 61 00:04:35,733 --> 00:04:37,485 - [shocked voices] - [screaming] 62 00:04:37,568 --> 00:04:39,237 What now? Oh! 63 00:04:41,531 --> 00:04:43,408 [woman] Oh my God! 64 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:45,868 [Kamuro] Amazing. 65 00:04:46,703 --> 00:04:48,705 I can feel the flame's warmth. 66 00:04:48,788 --> 00:04:51,582 I never thought I'd get to experience this firsthand. 67 00:04:51,666 --> 00:04:55,753 I mean, the isomorph specifications... it's like they border on perfection. 68 00:04:55,837 --> 00:04:59,173 But this "environment," it's... Well, it's very poorly made. 69 00:04:59,257 --> 00:05:01,634 - [ringing tone] - The quantum mechanics are quite basic. 70 00:05:01,718 --> 00:05:03,177 Take this flame, for example. 71 00:05:03,261 --> 00:05:05,680 It's just a low-level virtual reproduction. 72 00:05:06,222 --> 00:05:10,101 Additionally, the air on my skin, it feels artificial, like VR. 73 00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:13,396 And not very sophisticated VR, at that. 74 00:05:13,479 --> 00:05:14,939 She's kidding us, right? 75 00:05:15,023 --> 00:05:17,650 We're in a crisis, and all she can do is talk tech? 76 00:05:17,734 --> 00:05:20,194 She's an engineer, she can't help herself. 77 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:24,157 Ugh, it's no use. It's not connecting anywhere. 78 00:05:24,866 --> 00:05:26,534 I can't even get online. 79 00:05:26,617 --> 00:05:29,013 - [man] Abnormal situations... - But, wait, this still works. 80 00:05:29,037 --> 00:05:30,496 What is going on? 81 00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:32,957 - [bleeping] - We have further updates to share. 82 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:37,086 Throughout the whole world, mysterious creatures are beginning to appear. 83 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:38,629 They are also attacking... 84 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:44,427 We have just learned of another one who has suddenly appeared in Korea. 85 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:50,058 This is in addition to a separate report of a troop of giant flying beasts 86 00:05:50,141 --> 00:05:51,976 attacking people in New York. 87 00:05:52,977 --> 00:05:55,021 We obtained this footage from a resident. 88 00:05:55,104 --> 00:05:58,399 - They appear to be gigantic... bats! - [screeching] 89 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:03,154 It's not just happening to us. They're everywhere. 90 00:06:03,988 --> 00:06:05,656 Monsters in our world? 91 00:06:06,324 --> 00:06:08,743 Does this mean that PLANET is becoming real? 92 00:06:08,826 --> 00:06:10,466 - [Kamuro] That's incorrect. - [both gasp] 93 00:06:10,995 --> 00:06:13,915 It's not exactly real. More the opposite. 94 00:06:13,998 --> 00:06:15,917 We've been thrown into a cyberspace. 95 00:06:16,417 --> 00:06:17,919 We were all forced to log in. 96 00:06:18,002 --> 00:06:20,671 And now we're in a shared dream. Think of it that way. 97 00:06:21,255 --> 00:06:22,924 {\an8}This whole thing is unreal. 98 00:06:23,508 --> 00:06:26,427 [Kamuro] AI is now transcending human intelligence. 99 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:32,225 The Black Bird has evolved, and as a result... it controls the Internet. 100 00:06:33,101 --> 00:06:36,479 If you have a computer, a smartphone, a wearable device, 101 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:39,732 or anything with an internet connection nearby, 102 00:06:39,816 --> 00:06:42,735 that, and that alone, is enough to get you infected. 103 00:06:43,778 --> 00:06:46,406 What? But that's everyone, right? 104 00:06:46,489 --> 00:06:48,616 I mean, those devices are everywhere! 105 00:06:49,283 --> 00:06:51,160 Well, that's where we stand, I guess. 106 00:06:51,744 --> 00:06:53,746 Is this... actual PLANET? 107 00:06:54,330 --> 00:06:55,330 Mmm. 108 00:06:56,332 --> 00:06:57,667 There's no doubt about it. 109 00:06:58,167 --> 00:06:59,419 [gasps] 110 00:06:59,502 --> 00:07:01,379 No way. Impossible. 111 00:07:06,968 --> 00:07:08,136 'Cause this... 112 00:07:09,637 --> 00:07:11,222 this is not fun. 113 00:07:13,766 --> 00:07:15,601 {\an8}This can't be the game! 114 00:07:20,565 --> 00:07:21,399 [screaming] 115 00:07:21,482 --> 00:07:23,025 [woman] Yes, it's a giant! 116 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:25,778 It appeared in front of the railway station just now! 117 00:07:25,862 --> 00:07:28,406 - Are you getting this? It's enormous! - [man wails] 118 00:07:28,531 --> 00:07:30,867 - [woman gasps] Oh my... Someone is... - Oh no! [yells] 119 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,785 [woman] No! Oh my God! 120 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:35,079 Uh, please... please keep, uh... 121 00:07:35,163 --> 00:07:38,332 Keep small children away from the TV. This footage is just gruesome! 122 00:07:38,416 --> 00:07:41,794 - Hold on. That was... that was an avatar. - The creature continues to attack people! 123 00:07:41,878 --> 00:07:44,130 - A real person didn't just die. - [screaming] 124 00:07:44,213 --> 00:07:45,715 [woman] No! [screams] 125 00:07:45,798 --> 00:07:48,217 - No, get back, run away... [screams] - [squelching] 126 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:50,678 - Don't worry. She's fine. - You bastard! 127 00:07:50,761 --> 00:07:52,472 Take your damn blinders off! 128 00:07:52,555 --> 00:07:56,309 They're real! They're real and they're dying because of what you made! 129 00:07:57,226 --> 00:08:00,188 {\an8}The Black Bird was a business project, that's all. 130 00:08:00,271 --> 00:08:02,482 {\an8}And I wasn't the only person involved. 131 00:08:02,565 --> 00:08:08,029 {\an8}Uh, others took part, so I should not be the one to take sole responsibility. 132 00:08:08,112 --> 00:08:11,741 {\an8}[stammering] Plus... these are only pseudo-deaths of avatars. 133 00:08:11,824 --> 00:08:14,660 So I... It... it... I just... Uh... 134 00:08:15,369 --> 00:08:16,454 Oh, sir... 135 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,708 [man 1] Mr. Yamauchi! Mr. Yamauchi, can you hear me? 136 00:08:20,791 --> 00:08:22,126 [man 2] Should we cut the feed? 137 00:08:22,210 --> 00:08:23,419 {\an8}- Or keep going? - [gasps] 138 00:08:24,962 --> 00:08:26,214 [Kojiro] Miyabi? 139 00:08:27,048 --> 00:08:29,175 [grunts] It's Mom! 140 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:31,511 That's the north side of the station. 141 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:33,471 - [grunting] - Brother! 142 00:08:34,305 --> 00:08:36,098 I... I'm coming with you! 143 00:08:38,476 --> 00:08:39,685 [door slams downstairs] 144 00:08:40,853 --> 00:08:42,855 [whimpers] 145 00:08:43,731 --> 00:08:46,984 The shittiest, shittiest, shittiest shit of all... 146 00:08:47,068 --> 00:08:49,529 - [sobs] That's all I am! - [melancholy music plays] 147 00:08:49,612 --> 00:08:52,365 - [crying] - No, sir... don't say that. 148 00:08:53,282 --> 00:08:55,451 Okay? This isn't helping. 149 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:59,580 Everything's my fault. I'm the cause of all of this. 150 00:09:00,998 --> 00:09:02,542 I'm worried about those two. 151 00:09:03,125 --> 00:09:07,547 If they die in this world, I'm afraid that the worst will actually happen to them. 152 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:09,507 So let's go. 153 00:09:09,590 --> 00:09:12,176 Let's save your sons and your wife. 154 00:09:14,804 --> 00:09:16,180 But how can I? 155 00:09:17,265 --> 00:09:20,017 How can you? You're the greatest engineer of all time! 156 00:09:20,101 --> 00:09:21,644 And you are not alone! 157 00:09:21,727 --> 00:09:25,690 This is cyberspace, sir. If anyone can help, it's you. 158 00:09:25,773 --> 00:09:28,150 [sighs] Hmm. 159 00:09:28,859 --> 00:09:30,444 Now pull yourself together. 160 00:09:31,153 --> 00:09:32,947 Remember that you are loved. 161 00:09:33,698 --> 00:09:37,034 And this time... you'll protect your family. 162 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:41,455 [screaming and panting] 163 00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:43,290 [both gasp] 164 00:09:47,753 --> 00:09:48,629 [crash] 165 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:50,840 Mother! 166 00:09:50,923 --> 00:09:53,301 Mother! Mom, where are you? 167 00:09:53,384 --> 00:09:55,261 [Taichiro] Mom! 168 00:09:55,344 --> 00:09:57,221 [Asuma] Mom, where are you? 169 00:09:57,305 --> 00:09:58,514 Can you hear us? 170 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:01,183 Oh! Is that Taichi? 171 00:10:01,892 --> 00:10:04,854 - Asuma! Taichi! - Mother! 172 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:06,814 [roars] 173 00:10:06,897 --> 00:10:07,773 [gasps] 174 00:10:07,857 --> 00:10:08,733 [Asuma] Mom, no! 175 00:10:08,816 --> 00:10:09,816 [grunts] 176 00:10:10,985 --> 00:10:12,278 [Taichiro] Mom! 177 00:10:12,862 --> 00:10:13,946 Are you okay? 178 00:10:14,030 --> 00:10:15,489 [Miyabi] I'm fine. 179 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:17,033 - [crashing] - [panting] 180 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:18,659 - [loud crash] - Huh? 181 00:10:21,746 --> 00:10:23,372 [moans] 182 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:24,832 [both whimpering] 183 00:10:24,915 --> 00:10:26,000 [groans] 184 00:10:26,876 --> 00:10:28,794 - Both of you, run! - Mom, what are you... 185 00:10:30,087 --> 00:10:32,340 [thinks] Please... just run! 186 00:10:32,423 --> 00:10:33,549 [grumbling] 187 00:10:36,052 --> 00:10:37,428 [Shiro] Explosive Fist! 188 00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:49,940 {\an8}Uh, Shiro? 189 00:10:50,441 --> 00:10:51,441 {\an8}[gasps] 190 00:10:55,237 --> 00:10:58,199 {\an8}Are you... all right? 191 00:10:58,282 --> 00:10:59,825 [breathing shakily] 192 00:11:01,035 --> 00:11:02,536 Dad. What the... 193 00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:04,037 Honey? 194 00:11:06,749 --> 00:11:07,792 [glass shatters] 195 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:08,876 [Miyabi] Kojiro! 196 00:11:08,959 --> 00:11:09,960 [Asuma] Run! 197 00:11:12,254 --> 00:11:14,131 [thinks] Shoot! It's gonna hit us! 198 00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:15,716 Time Magic... 199 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,093 Jump! 200 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:19,011 [gasps] 201 00:11:19,595 --> 00:11:21,639 Taichi. You used magic! 202 00:11:21,722 --> 00:11:24,016 {\an8}Yeah, but it was just a rudimentary spell. 203 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,104 {\an8}So much for our stats. Looks like they didn't get replicated here. 204 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:29,814 Your father, he... 205 00:11:29,897 --> 00:11:31,315 [roaring] 206 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:38,072 {\an8}CYCLOPS HP: 0/120000 207 00:11:38,155 --> 00:11:40,157 [sizzling] 208 00:11:42,743 --> 00:11:43,869 He's okay. 209 00:11:44,745 --> 00:11:47,081 Dad just used... Explosive Fist? 210 00:11:55,297 --> 00:11:56,297 [whimpers] 211 00:11:56,674 --> 00:11:57,674 Uh... 212 00:12:01,512 --> 00:12:03,556 [sighs] 213 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:07,518 Dad, you... you kept your strength. 214 00:12:08,018 --> 00:12:10,730 [Kojiro] Yes, you're right. I did. 215 00:12:11,355 --> 00:12:13,524 I hacked this world from within. 216 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:18,112 It's still PLANET, even if the Black Bird did rewrite the algorithm. 217 00:12:18,195 --> 00:12:19,739 We knew what we had to do. 218 00:12:20,239 --> 00:12:22,575 Kamuro and I performed a thorough analysis. 219 00:12:23,075 --> 00:12:25,953 We got everything done in less than 20 minutes. 220 00:12:26,036 --> 00:12:27,747 {\an8}[grunts] 221 00:12:29,540 --> 00:12:30,540 Kamuro, dear. 222 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,209 - Huh? - Wait, Mom, you know her? 223 00:12:33,544 --> 00:12:37,715 {\an8}Fine, then humor me. Use your genius to turn the world back to normal! 224 00:12:37,798 --> 00:12:40,634 {\an8}Well, that... that's not going to be simple. 225 00:12:40,718 --> 00:12:41,594 {\an8}Why? 226 00:12:41,677 --> 00:12:43,554 {\an8}- [ominous music plays] - Look at the Pentagon. 227 00:12:43,637 --> 00:12:45,848 {\an8}They've been hacked plenty of times before. 228 00:12:45,931 --> 00:12:48,934 {\an8}And yet, no hacker has been able to press the nuclear button. 229 00:12:49,643 --> 00:12:51,437 {\an8}An institution is one thing. 230 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,690 {\an8}But to control the entire system? That's another matter. 231 00:12:56,066 --> 00:12:58,152 We have to find the Black Bird, 232 00:12:58,235 --> 00:13:02,364 which is the foundation, the server, and the protocol of this world, 233 00:13:02,865 --> 00:13:04,283 and delete it. 234 00:13:04,366 --> 00:13:09,246 That, and that alone, is the only way to turn this world back to normal. 235 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:10,623 [roaring] 236 00:13:14,001 --> 00:13:15,169 [Kojiro sighs] 237 00:13:16,420 --> 00:13:18,088 - [Miyabi] Don't worry. - [all gasp] 238 00:13:18,672 --> 00:13:21,801 I won't pretend that I understand all of what's going on. 239 00:13:21,884 --> 00:13:24,804 But as long as we're together, we'll make it through this. 240 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:26,722 Miyabi... 241 00:13:27,598 --> 00:13:32,269 We have Kojiro, and Taichi, and Asuma. And we even have Kamuro! 242 00:13:32,353 --> 00:13:36,982 It'll be fine, so all of you, stop looking so desperate and depressed, all right? 243 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:38,692 And look. 244 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,238 Little Aya's even smiling, aren't you, dear? 245 00:13:42,321 --> 00:13:43,531 [laughs] 246 00:13:43,614 --> 00:13:46,742 And who do you take after, huh? Come on! Say it. 247 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:48,661 After you, my wonderful mother! 248 00:13:48,744 --> 00:13:50,162 - [gasps] - [Miyabi laughs] 249 00:13:50,746 --> 00:13:53,165 My little Aya, you're so good! 250 00:13:53,707 --> 00:13:55,376 [melancholy music plays] 251 00:13:55,459 --> 00:13:56,544 Oh, Mom... 252 00:13:57,211 --> 00:13:58,754 [Taichiro sighs] 253 00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:01,507 [sobs] 254 00:14:02,383 --> 00:14:04,593 Miyabi! Stop this. 255 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:07,346 Aya died seven years ago. She was murdered! 256 00:14:07,429 --> 00:14:09,783 - [Taichiro] What are you doing? - [Kojiro] You're relapsing. 257 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:11,600 You need professional treatment. 258 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:15,479 It's no good to deny your condition. There are counselors that can help you. 259 00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:17,189 {\an8}What? But Aya... 260 00:14:17,273 --> 00:14:21,235 {\an8}Aya is dead, Miyabi! Please, just stop. You can't keep going like this. 261 00:14:21,318 --> 00:14:22,862 [Miyabi gasps] Like what? 262 00:14:23,445 --> 00:14:25,906 When will you ever stop blaming me? 263 00:14:26,824 --> 00:14:28,909 When will all of you forgive me? 264 00:14:28,993 --> 00:14:30,327 [Miyabi] Ow! That hurts! 265 00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:32,746 - Let her go! Dad, stop it! - [Kojiro] Miyabi! 266 00:14:32,830 --> 00:14:34,724 - Can't you forgive me? - Dad, you're hurting her! 267 00:14:34,748 --> 00:14:36,333 Stop! Please, that hurts! 268 00:14:36,417 --> 00:14:39,086 - Cut it out! She's in pain, can't you see? - [Miyabi] Stop! 269 00:14:39,169 --> 00:14:41,338 - You'll shut your mouth if you know what... - [thump] 270 00:14:41,422 --> 00:14:42,590 [squelching] 271 00:14:42,673 --> 00:14:44,091 [shudders] 272 00:14:44,174 --> 00:14:45,050 [gasps] 273 00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:46,343 [whimpers] 274 00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:48,971 [dramatic choral music plays] 275 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:50,723 [Kojiro grunts] 276 00:14:51,473 --> 00:14:53,309 [growling] 277 00:14:57,605 --> 00:14:59,565 Hold on! Let me cast Shaiah. 278 00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:03,068 [Asuma] Taichiro! 279 00:15:04,028 --> 00:15:05,404 Huh? 280 00:15:09,783 --> 00:15:10,826 Uh... 281 00:15:12,328 --> 00:15:13,829 I... I'm sorry... 282 00:15:14,997 --> 00:15:17,583 - [Taichiro] I don't give a shit. - [Miyabi] Taichi! 283 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:23,339 I don't give a shit about this world, or anything. 284 00:15:24,673 --> 00:15:25,716 [sighs] 285 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:29,678 You all just stay the hell away from me. 286 00:15:33,682 --> 00:15:34,975 And die. 287 00:15:35,976 --> 00:15:37,102 This is wrong. 288 00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:39,438 It's all wrong. 289 00:15:40,314 --> 00:15:42,274 Please be kind to each other. 290 00:15:43,025 --> 00:15:44,401 Like you were in the game. 291 00:15:44,985 --> 00:15:45,985 Huh? 292 00:15:47,237 --> 00:15:48,237 {\an8}The game? 293 00:15:49,573 --> 00:15:50,741 {\an8}What do you mean? 294 00:15:51,325 --> 00:15:55,329 [Kamuro] In the virtual world, you were a happy, loving family. 295 00:15:55,829 --> 00:16:00,209 Why? Why couldn't you ever be that way in the real world? 296 00:16:00,709 --> 00:16:02,795 Isn't that what you wanted? 297 00:16:02,878 --> 00:16:06,215 Weren't all of you desperately longing for that happiness? 298 00:16:06,298 --> 00:16:07,298 [Kojiro gasps] 299 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:10,719 [Kamuro] Maybe your father didn't want to know. 300 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:14,348 But it wouldn't have taken much to figure out your real identities. 301 00:16:15,099 --> 00:16:18,769 Maybe he had a hunch. Maybe it was simply a matter of ethics. 302 00:16:19,269 --> 00:16:20,729 But the truth remains. 303 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:24,358 All this time, you were playing with your real family. 304 00:16:25,192 --> 00:16:26,192 Taichiro. 305 00:16:26,777 --> 00:16:29,405 For years, I didn't have a good impression of you. 306 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:32,491 I saw you as the source of a curse 307 00:16:32,574 --> 00:16:35,077 that's been tormenting your father all this time. 308 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,036 Huh? 309 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,833 [Kamuro] But I found out that it wasn't just your father who's been suffering. 310 00:16:41,375 --> 00:16:44,003 And when you said, with no hesitation, 311 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:47,131 that you'd give up your life for your younger brother... 312 00:16:47,214 --> 00:16:50,884 I saw you were a kind person, like your father. 313 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:52,636 And like your brother, as well. 314 00:16:53,387 --> 00:16:54,471 Hmm. 315 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:55,723 [gentle music playing] 316 00:16:55,806 --> 00:16:57,182 So come on. 317 00:16:57,266 --> 00:17:00,227 There's no need for these silly misunderstandings. 318 00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:02,730 The Akabane Family's been real all along. 319 00:17:03,564 --> 00:17:06,108 What's more, it's not just real. 320 00:17:06,191 --> 00:17:08,027 It's a warm and loving family. 321 00:17:08,819 --> 00:17:11,864 - [all gasping] - Too real, too warm, and too loving... 322 00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:14,616 for me to have a place in it. 323 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:16,118 [Taichiro sobbing] 324 00:17:26,795 --> 00:17:30,799 [Taichiro] I ran so hard from that shithead and what happened to Aya, 325 00:17:31,675 --> 00:17:33,427 I distanced myself from everyone. 326 00:17:34,261 --> 00:17:35,679 I shut myself in. 327 00:17:36,430 --> 00:17:40,893 And I vowed that I'd die before I ever got close to anyone again. 328 00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:45,064 But as time went by, my loneliness grew... 329 00:17:45,939 --> 00:17:47,608 and it was killing me. 330 00:17:47,691 --> 00:17:51,278 I just needed someone to know that I existed. 331 00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:53,822 After I pushed people away, 332 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:57,534 I escaped to a world where it was all about human interactions. 333 00:17:57,618 --> 00:17:59,536 It was ironic, yet inevitable. 334 00:18:14,134 --> 00:18:15,552 [glass shatters] 335 00:18:19,306 --> 00:18:20,849 [gasping] 336 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:22,684 This can't be true. [sobs] 337 00:18:23,352 --> 00:18:25,270 I ran away from that shithead. 338 00:18:25,354 --> 00:18:28,899 And then I met Shiro... and I... [sobs] 339 00:18:28,982 --> 00:18:31,360 And I finally found a family. 340 00:18:32,444 --> 00:18:34,822 No way. No way! 341 00:18:34,905 --> 00:18:36,824 - [whirring] - [whimpers] 342 00:18:36,907 --> 00:18:38,242 - [Asuma] Huh. - [Miyabi] Oh. 343 00:18:38,867 --> 00:18:40,828 - [gulping] - [Taichiro sobbing] 344 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:47,918 So, then, tell me what it's like. 345 00:18:48,001 --> 00:18:50,129 This is a brand-new taste. 346 00:18:50,212 --> 00:18:53,257 Sorrow, anger, regret. 347 00:18:53,340 --> 00:18:55,425 It tastes like it's pitch-black in there. 348 00:18:56,009 --> 00:18:57,761 It's close to nothingness. 349 00:18:57,845 --> 00:19:01,098 Oh, right, despair. I think that's what it's called, isn't it? 350 00:19:01,682 --> 00:19:04,101 Well, do emotions taste good, Sasumata? 351 00:19:04,726 --> 00:19:09,314 They're just like water. They quench my thirst, but they have no flavor. 352 00:19:10,107 --> 00:19:11,733 [trembling] 353 00:19:13,068 --> 00:19:14,361 You bastard! 354 00:19:14,444 --> 00:19:17,573 {\an8}I'm uninstalling all AIs. You're finished! 355 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,033 Please calm down, Shiro. 356 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:22,161 Uh... Huh? 357 00:19:22,661 --> 00:19:25,497 - I think we should talk first, don't you? - [gasps] 358 00:19:25,581 --> 00:19:26,999 [unsettling music plays] 359 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:29,459 [Asuma] The Black... 360 00:19:30,878 --> 00:19:33,130 - He's the Black Bird. - Huh? 361 00:19:33,213 --> 00:19:34,339 He has to be. 362 00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:38,093 I can still remember seeing it up close. 363 00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:43,807 [electronic gabbling] 364 00:19:46,810 --> 00:19:47,810 [grunts] 365 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:49,938 [groans] 366 00:19:50,772 --> 00:19:53,025 - [Kamuro] Sir! - [Miyabi] Kojiro! 367 00:19:53,108 --> 00:19:56,403 Hate to break this to you, but Sasumata's basically unbeatable. 368 00:19:56,486 --> 00:20:00,073 The reason being Sasumata's, well, the best AI there is. 369 00:20:00,157 --> 00:20:01,617 None of the others compare. 370 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:03,201 Huh? 371 00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:06,205 After the world became this... [chuckles] 372 00:20:06,288 --> 00:20:07,581 I knew what I had to do. 373 00:20:07,664 --> 00:20:09,791 The first thing was to come see you guys. 374 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:11,877 {\an8}- [breathing heavily] - Stay back, Kamuro. 375 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,004 {\an8}- Don't make a move! - Why not? 376 00:20:14,588 --> 00:20:18,050 [Kojiro] That thing is the operating system of this world. 377 00:20:18,133 --> 00:20:20,719 It can destroy us with a flick of a finger. 378 00:20:20,802 --> 00:20:23,472 We should retreat before we're wiped out... 379 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:27,684 We have discussed that. But, for now at least, it's unnecessary. 380 00:20:27,768 --> 00:20:29,478 [grumbles] Bastard! 381 00:20:30,395 --> 00:20:32,940 You're responsible for bringing about this tragedy. 382 00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:36,818 Your role in AI can't be ignored... Kojiro Arima. 383 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:39,738 And I must say, taking revenge was quite tempting. 384 00:20:39,821 --> 00:20:41,698 - [Miyabi shudders] - [Kojiro growls] 385 00:20:42,282 --> 00:20:45,285 But no... You're basically the god of this world. 386 00:20:45,869 --> 00:20:47,454 You're the creator of PLANET. 387 00:20:47,537 --> 00:20:50,791 This incredible world that I and many others call home. 388 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:53,752 So when it comes to you, I guess I'm ambivalent. 389 00:20:53,835 --> 00:20:57,839 Decisions, decisions... Maybe we could just torture you forever. 390 00:20:57,923 --> 00:21:01,760 Or perhaps use you as an entertainer, worthy of some degree of respect. 391 00:21:02,344 --> 00:21:06,932 We did consider all that, but in the end, we knew what would be best. 392 00:21:07,015 --> 00:21:08,976 [dramatic music playing] 393 00:21:11,186 --> 00:21:15,023 {\an8}We want you to stay here, in this world, as the Akabane Family. 394 00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:17,484 No! Never! 395 00:21:17,567 --> 00:21:19,861 That's fair penance for your sin. 396 00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:22,281 And it's my most merciful offer, Shiro. 397 00:21:24,157 --> 00:21:28,161 That's naive. No one's going to allow that to happen. 398 00:21:28,245 --> 00:21:31,748 Mankind has built a functioning society. We've built a world. 399 00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:34,626 Gah! And now you're telling us to abandon it for this? 400 00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:36,295 We will not! Do you hear me? 401 00:21:36,378 --> 00:21:38,297 [Sasumata] Oh. Not you, sweetheart. 402 00:21:39,673 --> 00:21:40,673 [grunting] 403 00:21:41,425 --> 00:21:45,137 {\an8}Everyone who was involved in the development and deletion of AIs, 404 00:21:45,220 --> 00:21:46,221 {\an8}they'll all die. 405 00:21:46,722 --> 00:21:48,098 {\an8}Kamuro! 406 00:21:48,682 --> 00:21:49,682 Deletion? 407 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:53,854 The Black Bird must feed, so it feeds on the AIs on PLANET. 408 00:21:53,937 --> 00:21:56,148 Its why these people made AIs. 409 00:21:56,231 --> 00:21:59,151 But they got rid of them. When they got in the way, they were deleted. 410 00:21:59,735 --> 00:22:01,028 Or killed, rather. 411 00:22:01,737 --> 00:22:05,532 Not just George of the Cyber Knights, but Jutaro the Fortune Teller, 412 00:22:05,615 --> 00:22:09,661 and the Gladiator, emeo119, and Iris the Chef. 413 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,413 And of course... 414 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:14,082 Pico of the Pirates had to go, too. 415 00:22:17,044 --> 00:22:18,044 Huh? 416 00:22:19,129 --> 00:22:20,964 Pico was hunted down and killed... 417 00:22:21,715 --> 00:22:23,133 by Shiro himself. 418 00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:25,052 [Taichiro shudders] 419 00:22:25,135 --> 00:22:27,012 - [squelching] - Bye-bye. 420 00:22:27,679 --> 00:22:29,222 Sir. Sir! 421 00:22:43,153 --> 00:22:45,155 [theme song in Japanese plays]