Angel Beats!>08.Dancer In The Dark

Angel Beats!>08.Dancer in the Dark

Kanade:
Is everyone playing at night?
Then,
I'll have to punish you.

Otonashi:
What's going on, Kanade?

Ooyama:
I don't understand what's going on?!
I thought that Angel was harmless now?!

Otonashi:
No, that's not Kanade.
Kanade would never have attacked us
if we weren't ready to fight back.

Noda:
Damn it!
What'll we do?!

Otonashi:
All right you guys, we need a form a half-circle around her now!

Noda:
Why are you giving the orders?!

Otonashi:
Bombard her with so much she can't distort space!

Noda:
Let go of me!

Hinata:
Roger!

Otonashi:
Get away from her Yuri!

Fire!

Oh, crap!

Otonashi:
Will Kanade be all right?
Wasn't that injury serious?

Yuri:
She's the same as us.
She'll recover from a fatal injury soon enough.

Hinata:
Why was there two of her?
Has this world gone completely bonkers?

Yuri:
There's a reason for it.

Fujimaki:
Such as?

Yuri:
Don't you guys remember when we infiltrated Angel's domain?
Her computer had software for creating new skills.
There were several abilities listed that she's never used before.
Amongst those skills was one called Harmonics, which has been activated.

Otonashi:
Harmonics?
What type of ability is it?

Yuri:
Didn't you see the screen?
It was a skill that let her replicate herself.
It's her clone.

Otonashi:
A clone?!

Takamatsu:
Wait a minute. Are you saying that Angel made that skill with her software?

Fujimaki:
But it didn't look like it was an exact copy of her to me.

Hinata:
Unlike this one, she liked to fight.
Why's that?

Otonashi:
Kanade only uses her powers to defend herself.
That goes for her sword too.
It's for deflecting bullets.

Naoi:
I swear, you're a group of imbeciles.
Of course, you're the exception, Otonashi.

Yui:
We're basically a group of morons.

Naoi:
Allow me to explain one possibility.
What if that copy was suddenly created
when she felt a strong and agressive desire to fight?

Yuri:
Like back then?

Hinata:
Makes sense.
So, the copy is simply obeying orders
the original made back then.

Otonashi:
But Kanade, she is not filled with a strong desire to fight.

Yuri:
Not that I care, but you're really defending her, aren't you?

Otonashi:
Well, I feel sorry for her...

Yuri:
Fine, whatever.

Ooyama:
So? What was the problem at hand?

Noda:
How do we fight against Angel's copy?

Naoi:
Are you stupid?
It's how we vanquish her.

Naoi:
What was that?!

Noda:
What are you doing?!
Let go of me!

Matushita:
But if she consciously made her,
then couldn't she make her disappear?
We just need to wait for her to wake up.

Hinata:
Wait, would she be in this condition if that were possible?

Yuri:
She probably subconsciously made the clone appear.
That's why she couldn't make it disappear.
She had to fight it, even if it meant getting hurt.

Fujimaki:
Hey, hey, just a second!
You mean it can't disappear?
We're stuck with that in our world now?

Yuri:
Oh, she may be ignoring us for now, but that status will change tomorrow.
If we don't act like model students,
we'll have another bloody battle exactly like the one we experienced yesterday.

Ooyama:
Even though she's not the Student Body President?

Yuri:
Doesn't matter.
She's fully inherited the will to reform us.
Plus she likes to fight.
This is not looking good at all...

Hinata:
We don't have enough time to fight back.

Yuri:
Just give me a little time.

Otonashi:
Exactly how do you want us to buy you time?

Yuri:
Go to class and pretend like you're taking it seriously.
No matter what, don't listen to the teachers.
You'll be obliterated if you take class too seriously.
Do something else,
but don't let the clone catch on.
Pull through the day.
I pray everyone will still be here when we meet up again.

Yuri:
Jeez! I know she splits into two.
Can't you tell me how to make one of them vanish?
Angel Player?
It's a software manual.

Damn, why are these things always written so badly.
I don't have time for this kinda crap!

Let's see...
Oh, it just jumped.
This must be the distance.
This isn't helpful...

What's this?
I did it! This is it!
She was originally supposed to disappear shortly after the command was issued.
So, how do I initiate this?

I don't get it...
Maybe I should just break the damn computer!
Stupid, that won't make the clone disappear.
Oh, God!
I'll rewrite the program so that it makes sense!
Time to go bye-bye!
The time limit is ten seconds.
How's that?!

Ten seconds is a long time when you're waiting.
Why couldn't I set it to something quicker?

Great! That should take care of that!

What's this?
There's more?
Howling?
I wonder if the clone made it?
Maybe I should delete it.
No, not after I've been so careful.
I need to make as few alterations as possible.

All set!
The next time she uses Harmonics, the Absorb skill will initiate and she'll reabsorb her clone.
Mission completed, good job, Yuri!

Yuri:
We screwed up.

Ooyama:
Maybe she went out somewhere?

Otonashi:
No, she wouldn't do that.
Kanade made a promise!
She swore that she would stay with us.

Yuri:
She promised that?

Otonashi:
Y..Yeah...

Naoi:
Going by the mess, I'd say she was kidnapped.
You wench, what did you do?

Yuri:
Wench?
I rewrote her program.
The next time she attemps to access that skill,
an additional ability will activate.
and then the clone should go right back inside of her.

Takamatsu:
You were able to do that?

Yuri:
I admit it was borrowed knowledge,
but the enemy moved faster than I had anticipated.
We can't do anything without her.

Matushita:
What should we do?

Yuri:
We'll have to find her.

Takamatsu:
We have to hunt for her while hiding from that evil Angel?

Fujimaki:
It was killer just pretending to take classes.

Hinata:
How long would our diversion work?

Yui:
Huh? Diversion? You mean me?

Hinata:
Why do you think you joined Gldemo in the first place?

Yui:
Because I admired Iwasawa...

Hinata:
Gldemo is only meant for diversions!

Yui:
No, no, no!
I can't distract someone scary like her no way!

Hinata:
Do it!

Yui:
Who do you think you are anyway?!

Hinata:
I'm your senior!
Don't take things out on me!

Yui:
You're my senior?! So sorry then!
I might wet myself during the performance,
but I'll do my best!

Yuri:
I appreciate your resolve, but that's not necessary.
Let's see what we can do first.
Tell everyone to gather information on any Angel sightings.

TK:
Hey, yo! Check this out!
It's a moonwalk!
Head spin!

Yuri:
Going by the information we quickly gathered,
it's highly probable that she's been locked somewhere within the Guild.
She'll be on the bottom floor.

Otonashi:
In that place we blew up?

Yuri:
Right.
The traps are still activated.
It's the most dangerous area and the farthest away from us.

Hinata:
So, we're parachuting again?

Fujimaki:
Last time nearly everyone got killed.

Noda:
Chickening out?

Fujimaki:
You were the first to die last time.

Yui:
I'll keep singing for everyone even when I'm wetting myself.
I'll show you what I've got!

Yuri:
She'd break through your diversion and kill you in an instant.
There won't be any diversions this time.
We're going to do this fair-and-square.

Matushita:
While fighting Angel?

Yuri:
Right!
Listen up!
The plan is to descend to the Guild's bottom floor and recover the good, original Angel.
Operation: Commence!

Hinata:
The traps are just as we left them. We're lucky!

Yui:
Urn, I think I'm going to wet myself if we run into Angel down here.

Hinata:
I don't care.

Yui:
Please do care, please!

Hinata:
I don't care.

Yui:
Everything is… waaaa!

Yuri:
She's already shown herself...
Fire!

Hinata:
She's fast!

Yuri:
We still have our handguns!

Kanade:
Guard Skill: Distortion.

Yuri:
Everyone, fire!
Looks like this one big one.

Noda:
What?!

Ooyama:
What's going on?!

Hinata:
Is that the original?

Otonashi:
No, she's another clone!

Matushita:
Why's there another one?

Takamatsu:
Does this mean the enemy's been multiplying?

Fujimaki:
Not that it matters, but he was first to go again.

Yuri:
Shit! Fire!

Hinata:
What about the one behind us?

Yuri:
We don't have time to worry about her!
Just worry about the enemy in front of us.

Kanade:
You look busy.

Matushita:
Yurippe, we're running low on bullets!

Yuri:
We don't stand a chance...
Block the entrance!
Everyone follow me! C'mon, Let's go!

Otonashi:
Yuri?!

Yuri:
You've got ten seconds!
We're leaving if you don't make it in time.
Ten!
Nine!
Eight!
Seven!
Six!
Five!
Four!
Three!
Two!
One!

Hinata:
Now there are two rampaging Angels...
This is worse than our last Operation Parachute.

Otonashi:
Why were there two of her?

Yuri:
The clones can use Hand Sonic and Distortion.
That means they can use Harmonics too.

Naoi:
You are truly imbeciles, you know that.
Except you, Otonashi! You are smart!
Allow me to list off the problems for you.

Yuri:
Please do.

Naoi:
There are two problems in fact.
First of all, how many clones did the copy make?
And if the clones can make more clones, then there's no end to them.

Hinata:
So, let me get this straight, what you are telling us is that there might be ten or twenty clones not just two of them

Otonashi:
Hold on, I thought Yuri added an additional ability.
Aren't the clones supposed to return to the original?
Can't we just wait for them to vanish?

Naoi:
And that would the second problem.
What if they made all these clones before that ability was added?
What if that was the real issue?

Hinata:
Wait, that means...

Naoi:
Even you low-lives are starting to understand.
Of course, I'm not talking about you, you're a proud noble.
See?
What if they knew all along that we would come here and made a bunch of clones to ambush us in the Guild?

Hinata:
That would be...

TK:
...a trap.

Naoi:
That's correct, a trap.
There's already two clones behind us.
They aren't vanishing, so we don't stand a chance.
I imagine there is more waiting for us.

Matushita:
So, you're telling me we're trapped in here.

Fujimaki:
We can't replenish supplies either.
Looks like this is all just a matter of time!

Hinata:
Why are they doing this to us anyway?

Yuri:
I image her ultimate goal is pure submission.
That is her mission, after all.

Fujimaki:
She wants us let her obliterate us?!

Hinata:
It's the perfect plan to wipe us out all at once.

Yuri:
Let's go.

Hinata:
Look out, there's another one.

Fujimaki:
It's the third one...

Matushita:
It's a waste of your bullets.

Otonashi:
Hey, what are you doing?!

Everyone:
Matushita the 5th!

Matushita:
Go! Go, get out of here while I'm still conscious!

Hinata:
Wait, you make it sound like you're about to die or something men!

Yuri:
Hurry up! Take this opportunity to run for it!

Hinata:
Yeah!

Fujimaki:
Hang in there Matushita the 5th!

Matushita:
The rest is up to you, guys...

Yuri:
We won't let Matsushita's sacrifice be in vain.
Thanks to him, we learned that the best method is to keep moving.
Angel's small, so pinning her down is the best strategy.
No matter how strong Angel is, Judo locks should work on her.
Looks like the day we use the Judo Matsushita taught us has finally come.

Takamatsu:
Then, we shall sacrifice just one person per clone.
Is that not correct?

Otonashi:
What do you mean "just"?

Yuri:
Looks like we'll be able to save everyone if we can save the original Angel.
Let's hurry.

Otonashi:
It's the fourth one!

TK:
It's my turn dudes.
Good bye and good luck.

Everyone:
TK!

Hinata:
Hey, what gives?
It's like we're in the climax of a boy's comic book!

Yuri:
Oh knock it off! We need to keep moving!

Takamatsu:
The time to show off my prowess has come!

Everyone:
Takamatsu!

Fujimaki:
I can't chicken out now.

Everyone:
Fujimaki!

Shiina:
This is so stupid...
This is just so stupid!

Everyone:
Shiina!

Naoi:
It's time you realized you are a clown.
Lookie...
There in the darkness is a lonely little girl.

Ooyama:
Oh, no! You're right!
I've got to make her laugh.

Hinata:
Ooyama!

Otonashi:
You're horrible, you know that?

Naoi:
Otonashi, you've got it wrong!
Please hear me out!
It was a figure of speech!
I'll go next!

Hinata:
Hey, someone say something.

Yui:
Nah, I don't even know his name.

Yuri:
Let's go.

Yuri:
How many are there?

Hinata:
Hey, I don't know, I quit counting.

Otonashi:
I'll go this time.

Hinata:
Wait, it's my turn.
We need to survive until the end. And of all of us you need to live.

Otonashi:
Why?

Hinata:
Because she's waiting for you.
I just know it Otonashi.
So, you need to keep going, okay?
And if...

Yui:
Get going if you're gonna do it!
Wait, my dear senior...

Otonashi:
You know, I can't tell if you like him or hate him.

Yuri:
We're finally here.
This is the Guild's remains.
We can jump straight down to the bottom floor.
Otonashi, Yui, I want you to go search for the original Angel and then have her use the Harmonics application.

Otonashi:
I think I should fight her.

Yuri:
Remember what Hinata said?
She's waiting just for you.

Yui:
Then, I'll fight! Commander!

Yuri:
You're too weak to be of any use.

Yui:
Make me of some use, please!

Yuri:
Well, here I go!

Yui:
No, I'm super duper strong!

Yuri:
I hope this will be our last battle.

Otonashi:
Me too.

Yui:
Hey, wait wait! Wait for me!

Yuri:
Huh? Where's Yui?

Otonashi:
I thought I heard a short scream.

Yuri:
She fell prey to Angel, the poor dear.
But we'll save her soon enough.
It's down to just the two of us again.

Otonashi:
Sure is.
It's just like last time.

Yuri:
Think it will be the last time?

Otonashi:
I hope so.

Yuri:
C'mon, quit spacing out and start searching for the original Angel!

Otonashi:
O..Okay!

Yuri:
Figures.
Damn it, she's tough!
Plug your ears!

Kanade:
Guard Skill: Howling.

Otonashi:
What's she doing?!
MY ears!

Kanade:
Why aren't you passed out?

Yuri:
What was that?
I'm sorry, I plugged my ears so I can't hear you.
C'mon, give it a rest.
If you like, I can slit your throat with my spare knife, no trouble at all.

Otonashi:
Found her!
Kanade!
Kanade!
Are you okay?

Kanade:
I'm all right.

Otonashi:
Everyone in Battlefront risked their lives to come rescue you.

Kanade:
Oh...

Otonashi:
Oh, yeah that's right, Kanade...
I'm sorry, but I need you to use one of your abilities.
Use Harmonics.
You'll save everyone if you use it.

Kanade:
I see, very well.

Otonashi:
Will you be okay if you use it?

Kanade:
Yeah, I can handle it once.
Guard Skill: Harmonics.

I see that you have altered the program.

Otonashi:
Yeah, you're going back inside her where you came from.

Kanade:
All of those "cruel" versions of me will do so?

Otonashi:
What do you mean by that?

Kanade:
Even us clones have a will of our own.
It won't vanish, but merge together with hers.
All the clones of me that attacked you will go back inside of her.
Do you think that she'll be okay after absorbing all those personalities at once?

It's time.

Otonashi:
No, wait!

Please be okay!

Kanade!