When I was in fifth grade,
I k*lled somebody with a g*n.
Hey, you! Get over here
and start packing the money!
If you don't hurry the hell up,
I'll sh**t another one!
I swear I'll sh**t!
You little...
Give it back! Give it back,
you little brat!
I pulled the trigger three times.
Ever since that day, just seeing
a photo or footage of a g*n
would be enough to trigger
a PTSD panic att*ck.
No amount of medication or counseling
could assuage my fears.
I look awful.
Without a second thought, right now
Take aim at this paradox-ridden world
And fire with your own two hands
Thanks to the warmth of your falling tears
I thought that I'd realized what kindness was
So why do we keep hurting each other
And create even more hatred?
If this pain that grates on me
The strength that I've discovered
Will someday gently envelop the future
Without a second thought, right now
Take aim at this paradox-ridden world
And fire with your own two hands
Take this sorrow
Drenched with red tears
And embrace it tenderly
So that these blasts ringing out
Will be transformed into the sounds
of a new beginning
Even after I started high school in Tokyo,
far from my hometown,
it's not as if my circumstances changed.
Bang!
I don't regret the fact that
I pulled the trigger to protect my mother.
But neither can I muster the strength to insist
that that was my best option.
Despite my state of mind, the person
who led me to the world of g*n Gale Online
was the one friend I'd made
in Tokyo... Kyoji Shinkawa.
You really are amazing, Asada.
That's not true. In the last qualifying round,
you made it all the way to the semifinals.
No... It's futile.
An AGI build can only take you so far,
unless you can score some really rare g*ns.
I totally messed up
my stats allotment...
Then you're not playing
in the next BoB, Shinkawa?
Nope. Even if I played,
there'd be no point.
Hey... Sorry.
I've got to get going now...
Thanks for the tea.
And also... Thank you so much for saving me.
You were cool, you know.
I wish I could always be there
to protect you.
Uh, listen. Do you want me
to walk you home from school?
N-No, no, that's all right.
Because I've got to be stronger, too.
At the time, it was all I could do
to take care of myself,
so I never noticed
Kyoji's true feelings for me.
Once I became the sn*per, Sinon, in GGO,
all I did was seek out the powerful
to take on in battle.
Next!
That man has the strength
to smile on the b*ttlefield.
I'm going to k*ll that man.
And then I'll also...
The more powerful Sinon becomes,
the more powerful I can become in the real world.
That's been my belief as I continue to battle
along with Hécate II.
The end!
Yes. It's my first time.
I'd like to go to a cheap weapons shop,
and also someplace called the Governor's Office...
On the day of the b*llet of b*ll*ts preliminaries,
I met a player named Kirito.
Pretending to be a girl...
brandishing a sword in this world of g*ns...
He was a really annoying guy...
No way!
A guy?
With that avatar?
Why, you...
...but he, too, was carrying
some kind of heavy load as he battled on.
Just like I was.
I'm going to hit him. Without fail!
Does he think he can dodge
my b*ll*ts whenever he wants?
He doesn't want to dodge them?
Don't... mess with me!
Tell me why! Is this match against me
that meaningless to you?
My goal is to compete
in tomorrow's final--that's all.
I have no reason to fight anymore.
Then you should just take that g*n
and sh**t yourself!
Sure, it's just a VR game,
it's just one match...
You have every right
to see it that way!
But don't you dare shove those values
down my throat!
Sinon, will you give me a chance
to make amends?
Take me on--right now.
Okay, here goes!
No way... That's impossible!
But I was going for your left leg...
How could you predict
where I was aiming?
I could see your eye
through your scope lens.
Did he actually read
the trajectory by sight?
So powerful... This power of his is above
and beyond the level of a VR game.
If you're so strong,
what is it that you're afraid of?
This isn't strength. It's just skill.
No way. That's a lie! No way could you
slash a Hécate b*llet with just technique.
You know that as well I do!
What do you have to do
to gain that kind of strength?
I... That's what
I'm here to find out...
If...
If a sh*t from that g*n could really
k*ll the player in the real world, too...
And unless you k*lled him, you or someone
important to you would be k*lled instead...
If that was the case,
then could you still pull the trigger?
Death g*n took aim at Sinon's strength
that I so firmly believed in...
...and smashed it to smithereens.
The Black Star? Type ?
That g*n...
Why.... Why now... here...
What's that g*n doing here?
Preparations? For what?
Right now, at this moment, Death g*n's co-conspirator
has broken into your apartment in the real world,
and he's watching the live stream,
waiting to see you get sh*t by that g*n...
That's a possibility.
No!
I can't take it...
Not something like that!
Until you get sh*t with Death g*n's handgun,
the intruder can't do a thing to you.
That's the agreement those two have.
But if you were to auto-logout
and get a look at the intruder's face,
you'd put yourself in danger.
Tell me what we need to do.
We're going to take out Death g*n.
Hécate II... Please!
Lend this weak girl your strength.
The strength to stand up again here,
and take a step forward...
You've got to focus.
Feel it... His murderous intent.
Kirito!
There he is!
He's powerful.
One second...
All I need is one second...
If I can break this rush...
Kirito is trying to turn his words
into actions right now.
By stopping with his own two hands the criminal known
as Death g*n, who's still influenced by SAO's darkness.
The reason Kirito can do that
isn't because he's strong.
It's because he's accepted his weakness,
and brooded, suffered over it...
Yet despite all that, he's still trying
to look straight ahead.
Isn't there... something I can do?
Kirito!
This b*llet Line att*ck...
Fired by Sinon, who poured all her experiences, her
inspiration, every ounce of her fighting spirit into it...
It's a phantom b*llet!
This last att*ck! I can't let this
Phantom b*llet go to waste!
Not yet.
It's not over. I won't let it end.
That person... will get you...
No. It's all over, XaXa.
It won't be long before they zero in
on your accomplice.
The m*rder spree by Laughing Coffin
is now over for good.
It's over, huh?
Yes.
My name is... Shino Asada.
We'd better bring this tournament
to an end, too.
Yes, good idea.
Asada!
If only I could become powerful in the world
known as g*n Gale Online,
I thought it would cancel out
my weakness in the real world.
Asada... Asada... Asada... Asada...
Asada... Asada... Asada...
But I was wrong about that.
Run, Sinon!
D-Don't...
Sinon and Shino...
They were both one person--me.
To be able to confront that memory head-on...
it will probably take me a long time.
Even so, all I have to do
is take it step by step.
It's all right.
Because this world...
The truth is, it's such
a gentle, warm place.
I wished so hard to become stronger than ever
Overcoming my grief
I've turned my back so many times
On the past that will never change
While hiding the scars
I can never show anyone
I will embrace all this pain
that has started flooding through me
I don't need warmth at all
If it will vanish one day
I wished so hard to become stronger than ever
Like a lonely star racing across the darkness
Sunk so deep inside my heart,
I'm so weak and fragile
I can't put it into words, or even speak out
I'm just waiting for the light
Trying not to be found by anyone
Next time: "Queen of the Lake."
02x14.5 - Debriefing
Moderator: Venni
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Japanese light anime series is a virtual reality multiplayer online role-playing game called Sword Art Online (SAO) is released in the year 2022.
Japanese light anime series is a virtual reality multiplayer online role-playing game called Sword Art Online (SAO) is released in the year 2022.