Tomoyo...
You showed it to me!
Episode 12 Usual Days
What? What happened?
You stopped time and transported us all out of the club room, didn't you?
Thanks to Andou's directions.
After we fought Kudou-san last time,
I went through daily simulations of what to do
if we ever faced an opponent with the same power.
I'd like to ask why you did something so stupid...
But this time, your extraordinary chuunibyou saved us.
It's raining.
Let's relocate for the moment.
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You know, given our situation, aren't we taking this a bit lightly?
But she isn't likely to find us here from the outside.
We can't help it.
First, we should calm down,
and then sort through and get a grasp on what's happening.
R-Right...
I don't know why Kudou-san decided to attack us,
but right now, I think it's best that we stick together and avoid splitting up.
Kudou-san was serious, wasn't she?
She was genuinely trying to...
But I wonder if that was really Kudou-san.
What do you mean?
I know she looked like Kudou-san,
but it felt as though she were a different person.
Then that Kudou was a fake?
Her appearance and power were both Kudou-san's,
but her personality seemed different.
Wouldn't this kind of pattern mean someone is manipulating or possessing Kudou-san?
You mean another power-user is involved?
Shall we find out?
Find out?
How?
Ask her directly.
Huh?
Is this Kudou-san?
Andou Jurai?
First, let me confirm one thing.
Is Kudou-san safe?
I'm Kudou, aren't I?
I'm referring to the real Kudou-san.
No comment.
Who are you?
Why did you attack us?
No comment.
I understand.
Then I guess we won't get anywhere over the phone.
Would you like to meet in person to talk?
Meet us one hour from now
in the literature club room.
Very well.
Are they idiots, calling me out to see them?
Well, none of them know anything about the Fairy War, after all.
They probably don't get what's going on yet.
What kind of people are they,
possessing powers without knowing anything about the war?
Who knows? I'm not sure of the details, either.
Oh, well...
It saves us the effort of looking for them,
and this time, I'll put all of them down.
You meant that promise you made, right?
Of course I did.
Their powers are immense.
They're on the level of cheating, even compared to those in the war.
If you defeat Team Andou by yourself,
no one will complain about your officially joining our side,
even though you're a remnant of F.
That's cheap logic,
but I guess I have no choice but to trust you.
Trust me!
I'll keep an eye on your real body, Hagiura-san.
Wait... Or do you think I'll do something strange to you while you're out?
Come on, I'm kidding!
I'm going.
I'm not interested in grannies, you know.
What are you thinking?
Going to see her?
Are you an idiot?!
What do you intend to do?
It looks like it's a possession power.
Andou!
I have a strategy.
Huh?
A strategy?
Sayumi-san,
please let me use that, one more time.
"That"? You mean...
No! Absolutely not!
That's too dangerous!
You even promised you wouldn't use it again!
But there's no other way.
We can't fight Kudou-san's power using ordinary means.
I know this might be reckless,
but as far as I can tell, it's the best way.
Do you have any better ideas?
I can't think of anyone else here
who can fight her with their powers.
All right.
I'll help you, Andou.
Where are your friends?
They aren't coming.
It's only me.
Can we talk this out first?
To begin with, we have no intention of fighting anyone.
In fact, as people facing the same challenges,
we could even help each other...
Stop spewing nonsense.
This is a war.
War?
Why don't you call your friends right away?
If you don't, my next blow really will crush you.
You know something, don't you?
Well, I probably know more than you do...
Though there's no need for you to know,
since you'll all be falling here.
Call your friends.
It's better to die with friends than alone, right?
You know I can't call them.
I don't know why you haven't killed me yet, but the fact that you haven't
suggests that killing only me won't do you any good.
I already told the others to hide themselves
if they can't get in touch with me again.
So if you kill me, you'll lose your only lead
and won't be able to fulfill your objective.
If I don't call them, my chances of survival are higher, aren't they?
Hmm, you think so?
Takanashi Sayumi, was it?
The girl with the healing powers.
I'll send her this picture.
Do you think she could abandon you?
She could!
I told Sayumi-san not to come, no matter what happens.
Well, let's find out.
You're a fool, too.
If you'd only listened to me instead of being stubborn,
you wouldn't have to suffer so much.
I'd be a fool to let myself get killed easily.
You guys really don't know anything, do you?
If you die in this war, you actually... Huh?
It's just about ready.
What?
It's just about ready to awaken to stage two.
Are you trying to threaten me?
I know that your power is completely useless!
You know nothing!
Huh?
When the main character's power starts off completely useless...
M-Main character?
...it awakens into the strongest power of all.
That's the orthodox pattern, you know!
Huh?
The gates of Hell are now opening.
Inferno Gate:
Hell's Founding Gates
Maximum!
Full Release
It's here!
Ah! It's hot?!
Take this!
However...
Now your awakened power belongs to me!
My hand! My hand!
That's right! A dark flame whose scalding heart burns even its user.
That is Dark and Dark of the End!
I never heard about this.
What kind of useless power is this?
It's even more useless than before!
And why can't I put it out?
It's impossible!
Not even the wielder can snuff those flames!
I've attempted it before.
There is nothing you can do to extinguish those flames!
I'll show you now.
Dark And Dark of the End!
Whoa!
Ju-kun?
Andou!
Andou-kun, hurry up and stop it!
I-I can't...
I can't stop it!
Hatoko,
freeze Andou's hand!
All right!
It's not working!
No way! Why not?
Andou!
Chifuyu-san, do you know what a guillotine is?
Yes, I do.
Chifuyu-san, add a gate, too.
Ready, Andou-kun?
Andou-kun,
you must never use this power again.
Okay.
Yes...
Once these forbidden flames begin to burn,
they will burn for eternity.
Just as you see!
Don't be ridiculous!
Who needs a power like that?!
Why can't I put it out?
I told you that it can't be put out.
D-Do something about this!
You'll die, as well!
Undo your possession.
If you return to your original body,
you'll be spared, right?
No!
I can't defeat you all without her power!
Then you'll burn to death here?
Huh? A-Andou?
Tomoyo!
It's okay!
Trust me.
Andou?
Kudou-san,
return Chifuyu-chan's power to her!
Huh?
Hurry!
Okay!
What's with him?!
That's completely preposterous!
Now, now...
The fearsomeness of a beginner?
Beginner's luck won't happen twice.
Next time, I'll end it for sure!
Well, the situation's changed...
Huh?
You're...
Watch it.
I'm Kiryuu Heldkaiser Luci First.
Huh?
I think your fooling around went a bit too far this time.
But it was a much better show than the last...
Right?
Listen.
Never lay a hand on Virgin Child again.
Yes, yes.
It's best to save the fun for last, right?
I see.
Then that unfamiliar woman who visited me
must have taken possession of my body.
So it would seem.
Still, if I slept for two days because of that,
I suppose I have a long way to go as a power-user.
I'm sorry.
We used a fairly forceful measure.
You saved me.
I'm nothing but grateful.
Thank you, really.
If you want to thank anyone, thank Andou-kun.
He's the one who worked the hardest.
I-I see.
But why did Andou go so far to save me?
Why would he risk such danger?
Andou-kun considers all of us with powers,
including you, his friends.
And Andou-kun could never abandon a friend.
Sometimes, I think that sentiment of his has grown too strong.
In those times, it feels as though
there's another Andou-kun I don't know inside him.
The plan Andou-kun devised was positively reckless.
Yet I couldn't even object to his plan.
I thought Andou-kun could pull it off.
It might have resulted in something that could have never been undone.
I can't say it was a very logical judgment.
However, if the same decision were forced upon us again,
I think I would still support Andou-kun's plan.
I understand.
I guess even the perfectionist, Takanashi-san,
has a surprisingly foolish side, too.
I guess so.
Well, I have no right to talk about someone else.
Since we both fell in love with someone so troublesome.
You said it.
Even though that book is a light novel,
it's basically slice-of-life.
So I think it's pretty interesting, even if it's read as a normal romance.
At the very least, it should be easier to read than the ones Andou chooses.
Yeah, it sounded interesting just from reading the summary.
I'm excited to read it. Thanks.
Sorry for dragging you along to shop with me.
No, ask as much as you'd like.
Sometimes, it's nice to go with someone,
and I've only gone with Andou before...
Ah...
But I've still only gone with Andou once.
I think I saw you both that day.
Huh?
You two seem really natural together.
It just looks right.
R-Really?
I don't think that's true...
It feels like we fight all the time.
You get along so well, you can fight.
I think I probably panicked when I saw you two like that.
It felt like Ju-kun was going to go away and leave me behind.
No way!
I really think you're special to Andou.
Yeah.
I love Ju-kun.
And I probably want Ju-kun to love me, too.
But I think I might also want things
to stay the same just as much, if not more.
All outcomes are predetermined, huh?
Huh?
It's something someone once told me long ago.
The outcome is already there,
and after the fact, people seek a process they can accept to explain it.
That's the truth behind this world.
At the time, I had no idea what he meant,
but now I think I understand it a bit.
I couldn't answer your question before, Hatoko.
But I can now.
I love Andou.
Yeah, I knew.
Yeah.
Tomoyo-chan, you know about special readings, right?
Huh?
The example Ju-kun taught me as the easiest one to understand
was to write "friend" and read it as "rival."
Yeah.
In the end,
I couldn't even understand that basic example very well.
But now I think I understand it a bit.
Yeah.
I won't lose, Tomoyo-chan.
Yeah. I won't lose, either.
Huh?
Chifuyu-chan, there's still plenty of time before we agreed to meet.
It's fine since I'm here early, too,
but you'd get sunburned if you'd waited there the whole time.
I'm surprisingly tough.
I'd be fine.
Besides...
Besides?
You came.
Okay.
But from now on, at least wait in the shade, okay?
Hey, Chifuyu-chan...
What?
Frankly, I'm a bit conflicted.
If you stay with us,
scary things might happen to you again.
But I can't just leave you alone, either.
I want you to stay with us as much as possible.
What do you think?
I'll stay with you.
That's my duty.
Huh?
Because I'm going to protect you.
Thank you, Chifuyu-chan!
But promise me one thing.
What?
Even if you're trying to protect someone,
you must never use your power to hurt others.
Even if it's to protect someone?
Yes.
Okay.
If you say so, then I won't.
It's my belief that powers aren't meant to hurt people.
Nor are they meant to make others happy.
Then what?
Purgatorial hellfire dancing in the abyss,
distorting black flame in turbid crimson darkness,
the light that leads to madness, screams, and destruction,
admonishing sin with sin:
gouge your dark fragment in my body,
and bare your fangs against arrogant providence!
Dark and Dark!
Superpowers are the coolest thing ever!
And cool is all they need to be.
Yeah!
What are you doing, Andou?
Jeez, quit doing stupid things in the middle of town like this.
You're embarrassing me, too.
What are you saying?
You and I are both on the same side!
D-Don't be stupid!
I'm completely different!
Be honest with yourself, Tomoyo.
Let yourself out more.
You're letting too much out!
Exactly!
Because there's no shame at all in displaying myself before the world.
We might have special powers that normal students don't,
No, have some shame! Seriously!
but everyone has something that's a bit different from others, right?
But we still worry, get angry,
and laugh like normal,
and spend similar yet slightly different days together.
Where will we be five or ten years from now?
No one knows.
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All we know right now,
all we can see right now,
is what's right in front of us.
That's why we'll always live our "right now" to the fullest!
Those are our
usual days.
A mysterious fortune has befallen us
hashiridashita misuteriasu foochun
Don't laugh, I can really feel my arm being overtaken
warawanaide ittemita ma ga sashita
We're trapped just on the verge of change
kawarisou de kawaranai no wa
Why is that?
naze darou ne
My powers have awakened, but my feelings remain in slumber
mezameshi chikara mezamenu omoi
Be still, my other self!
katte ni abareruna!
Everyone wants to try it at least once
dare demo hontou wa suki kamo ne
Putting on a show and acting cool
oogesa de kakko yoku
Try time and again until you get it
naritai naritai narikireru
and your heart will shine
kokoro tte suteki
It's everyone's dream
shounen shoujo no doriimu
For some reason, our super lives
genjitsu wa nantonaku suupaa na
have become overlapped with reality
watashitachi no nichijou no oobaa rappu
Just wait, and you will find
matte itsu no manika
that life is a lot more fun than before
sore sae mo tanoshindeiru yo
Somewhere within these exciting secrets
dakara tokimeita himitsu no naka de
why do I suddenly have the urge to hold you?
fureaitakunatta nee doushiyou?
I wish to shower you with kind words
yasashii kotoba kakete agetai
And yet, it's way too late
sonna koto ima sara de aa
But I'll still try, I love you
muri kana ai rabu yuu