The pain of being shunned,
the pain of being made to look foolish,
the pain of wandering without a home to return to...
More painful than my clothes being ripped to shreds,
more painful than my heart being torn asunder, was you!
It was always you.
I'm sorry,
Mato.
Yu?
I wanted to save you from within Black Rock Shooter,
but that's beyond my ability.
Yu?
It's unbearable to think of killing you with my own hands.
What are you saying, Yu?!
Thank you, my dear friend.
Yu?
Yu!
What happened, Yu?
Yu?
Answer me, Yu!
I am the embodiment of Yu's thoughts.
If I disappear, her pain should disappear, too.
Once her pain is gone, she won't be able to stay here.
Don't... S-Stop!
I don't want to go back to reality!
No!
Oh no.
You can't, please don't do it!
I won't let you!
Yu is my friend!
Where am I?
It's pitch black.
There's no light,
a crumbling road...
This is Black Rock Shooter's world.
Yes,
this is your world.
Y-You!
How does it feel to be hurt,
Black Rock Shooter?
BlackWRock Shooter
Episode 8
Crossing Through Worlds
Strength, how could you?
Why would you do that?!
If you disappear, I...
I have to go back there.
I don't want to.
Why? I'll be all alone.
I don't have anywhere to go back to!
Alone?
It was Mato
who saved Yu.
I forced all my pains,
troubles and doubts onto you.
That's fine.
It's just how we are.
No, I don't want to hurt anyone.
Not Yu, Yomi, or even you.
The truth is, I just want to hurt myself.
You want to hurt yourself?
I do! I want to hurt myself!
Because if I don't, I won't get to see all the worlds out there.
I want to see them.
I don't want to look away.
Orange, like a smile,
the pink shade of feverish cheeks,
blue tears,
a hazy purple,
the red shades of rage...
Even the color of pain...
I want to see them all with my own eyes.
I don't want to be healed before I know I'm even hurt!
I want to be hurt.
Then, I will hurt you.
Red...
Your wounds don't heal as easily as ours.
Why don't you use it?
No way! I won't. Definitely not!
That's not fair.
You would rather
take on all the pain yourself without hurting anyone?
That's not fair.
The pain of hurting someone...
You can't get hurt without also hurting others.
I've only done this much and you can't even move.
It's no good.
I can't do it.
I can't bring myself to hurt someone.
I can't.
I...
can't move.
The little bird passed away.
Even so...
...passed away.
The memory of that color...
...passed away.
The color is...
A blue sky!
That's it.
I'll fly to see all the colors.
And to fly, I will...
That's right.
Kohacchi?
Ow...
Why did I forget?
Because Kagari could manage on her own,
I forgot how to be friends with people.
It was hard.
I've been hurting.
Always hurting.
But that's because
I like Mato.
I wanted to share my pain and troubles with somebody.
Mato...
What's that?
We have no feelings,
but we all have something important to us.
Strength!
Everyone is...
We should go too.
Those kids who are so very important to us
are in tears.
It hurts.
Our significant,
significant wounds.
I like Yomi after all.
We should be together.
It's fine if I get hurt.
We should be together!
Yomi...
Black Rock Shooter.
I will hurt you.
I'll keep hurting you, over and over,
even though I'm your other half!
Yu!
Say my real name...
Yu.
Strength.
Strength!
No! You can't die!
I can't live there!
I won't make it in the real world!
The real world is just too scary!
It'll be okay.
Yu, it'll be okay.
Saya is there,
Mato's there too.
I'm sure you'll make tons of friends.
Hey, look over there, Yu.
Our worlds have become one.
And if worlds can become one,
our hearts can do it, too.
But...
I just... I can't do it!
No one would ever
be my friend!
I'm the embodiment of your thoughts.
I fought for you without any feelings of my own.
But it's more than that.
None of us have real feelings.
We can only act impulsively.
But that's why we could never fight for the sake of someone we hate.
We love you all so much.
We want to protect you.
We never want to see you cry.
We love all of you.
That's why we fought for you in the first place.
"We love you all so much..."
I love you too much to lie to you, Yu.
The real world is wonderful!
You have to trust me.
Strength...
Strength!
Mato.
Thank you, Mato.
You taught me so much.
You made that world beautiful for me.
Strength!
You taught me about what it was like to walk home with my dear friend,
that even though life is short, it's still precious.
You taught me how sweet popsicles were.
You taught me how vivid the sunset can be when you're with a friend.
Mato,
we'll always be friends, won't we?
Of course we will!
Don't be silly, Yu!
Strength!
Yu!
Black Rock Shooter...
We love all of you, too.
Mato!
Yomi?
Thank God!
Hey! I have so many things to tell you...
I wanted to apologize, and—
Mato?
I'm sorry I hurt you!
You can hurt me, too!
Can we hurt together for a little while?
Please?
Mato, you're not a little girl...
There are so many colors in the world.
Brilliant colors,
warm colors,
sparkling colors.
Whoa! Amazing! You woke up on your own for once.
Oh, can it!
Now! Eat up and finish getting ready!
But Hiro started—
Vile colors,
lonely colors,
depressing colors.
Have a great day!
We will!
You want to be somebody else,
but there's no way that could happen
It's not always a great place.
If you feel sorry for yourself
a different side of you hidden deep inside
will tell you what to do
Some things are just the way they are.
Still though,
this world is beautiful!
Everybody has troubles, everybody struggles
My friends are here,
We complain
and we can all laugh and have fun together.
and grumble
There are so many things happening, all in different colors.
and pass the days doing that
We're used to being hurt, but we know
Still,
you can't survive on feelings of kindness alone
we'll take them all in.
But one day, we'll want to be who we truly are
Take them all in,
and become wonderful people.
and walk down that path as always
We'll all grow up,
in this world.
How much longer do I have to shout?
How much longer do I have to cry?
Stop now, I can't run anymore
The world I dreamed of one day closes to me
On this dark and cracked road, without the faintest light
I felt like I saw the rays of hope
emanating from my past
Why?
Black Rock Shooter, what fond memories
I recall my times of happiness
Black Rock Shooter, but I can't act
I wish upon the stars soaring through the darkness
because I will run one more time
I...
I'll keep fighting.
I'll embrace the wounds and bear the pain.
I'll keep on fighting
here in this world.