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[bunniefuu]

[Anno] Fuko enters into
Andy's memories using

the Artifact Soul Caliber.

She awakens in 19th century
United States.

There, Fuko meets Andy
and his friends from this era

and passes the initiation test
to join their crew,

but a plot from local outlaws
has Andy's friends m*rder*d.

Fuko decides to travel
together with Andy who

is now all alone.

And on their long journey,

Fuko witnesses firsthand

the many times Andy experiences

the deaths of those
who become closest to him.

One night Andy asks Fuko
what she thinks it means to die.

Andy explains that he believes
one dies when

the brain stops thinking,
but Fuko responds that you only

truly die when nobody
remembers you anymore.

That answer gives Andy
a new interpretation

of what death means.

Suddenly Fuko's body
becomes translucent

as if her time is up.

She floats away to traverse

once again through his memories.

When Fuko comes to,

she finds herself in a new time:

April 15th, 1865,
Washington, D.C.

[giggles]

Victor, do you believe
in reincarnation?

What?

[Young Juiz] It's when your soul
lives for a long time

and you get reborn in
a new body when you die.

I don't believe in it.

I don't even believe in souls
to begin with.

People are alive 'cause
of the blood pumping

to their brains.

Oh, come on!
Just believe!

Why not?

It's a whole lot better
that way.

[Victor] Why's that?

Why, you ask?

Because, then I would get
to see you again after I die.

Don't you fret.

Even if I do die one day

and wind up in a new body,

I swear I'll never forget you.

[church bell ringing]

Yeah, I'm not gonna surrender
to anyone.

Right, Juiz?

[church bell ringing]

APRIL 15TH

WASHINGTON D.C.

[♪ Shiyui's "Love Call" playing]

♪ Up, up, up, up ♪

♪ Down, down, down,
down, down ♪

♪ Up, up, up, up ♪

♪ Down, down, down,
down, down ♪

♪ Up, up, up, up, ♪

♪ Down, down, down,
down, down ♪

♪ Up, up, up, up ♪

♪ Down, down, down,
down, down ♪

♪ Bad ♪

[♪ Shiyui singing in Japanese]

♪ One, two ♪

[♪ singing in Japanese]

♪♪

♪ Good ♪

[♪ singing in Japanese]

♪♪

♪ Up and down ♪

[♪ singing
in Japanese]

♪♪

♪ Repeat the ♪

[♪ singing
in Japanese]

♪♪

♪ Lucky ♪

[♪ singing in Japanese]

♪♪

♪ Happy ♪

[♪ singing
in Japanese]

♪♪

- ♪ Repeat the ♪
- [♪ singing in Japanese]

♪ Love call ♪

♪ Up, up, up, up ♪

♪ Down, down, down,
down, down ♪

♪ Up, up, up, up ♪

♪ Down, down, down, down ♪

Where am I?

[Victor]
It's April 15th, 1865.

This is Washington D.C.

Victor, you're...

From here on,
these are my memories.

Get lost.

[Fuko Izumo]
These may belong to you,

but they're Andy's memories,
too.

I need to find out exactly
what happened here!

I have to know why Andy
was born.

- There's no need.
- [gasps]

I'm going to k*ll you now,
you see.

And when I do, you'll warp
to the next chapter

of my memories.

And wherever you warp to,

I'll find you and k*ll you there
all over again.

[gasps]

This book of memories
has events logged all

the way until December of 2020.

[gasps]

I'm going to keep on k*lling you

until I drive you
to the final chapter.

Then I'll crush and erase your
soul while it's in the book.

[gasps]

What good does it do you
to k*ll me?

I'll make sure you never think
about peeking

into my memories again.

This'll be your first
and last time.

More than that...

k*lling you will directly result
in his psyche weakening.

I'll use that opportunity
to assume control.

And I will return
to being myself.

[grunts]

[grunts]

You've got a strong spirit.

But there are things I must do
as well.

You should curse your unluck
for ever meeting him.

- Now, goodbye.
- [splurting]

[church bell ringing]

Now, run.
Run to the very end.

[church bell ringing]

[poofing]

[gasping]

SHINJUKU STATION

[gasps]

Shinjuku.

SHIKASHIMAYA

[gasps]

AUGUST 1, 2020

- [traffic signal beeps]
- [gasps]

[traffic signal beeping]

[Fuko]
If what Victor said is true,

then this is my last chance!

I can't die yet.

I can't afford to die!

I still haven't given
you anything in return!

Andy!

[Victor]
This is too much trouble.

I'll k*ll all of you at once.

Deadline!

[screams]

[bones crunching]

[booming]

[blood splattering]

There.
Unluck is dead.

[Victor]
Missing today's encounter

means she'll never be able

to meet him.

Wait for me, Juiz.
And this time I swear...

[grunts]

Ten Twist!

You fool.

This mere b*llet can't...

[grunts]

Vortex b*llet!

Yeah, sick.
Wicked sick!

[whimpers]

[wails] Andy!

- [crying]
- Wow, look.

- Someone turned into a crybaby.
- I can't help it!

Sorry for clinging
to you like this!

I mean, my unluck!
It'll get you!

- [crying]
- All you gotta do

is not let go.
So just cling tight, yeah?

Yeah.

Now...

So that's him.

That's the Victor guy you told

me about in the past.

- My main personality, huh?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, good to meet ya!

So why are you targeting Fuko?

[Victor] Because that girl is
trying to sneak

peeks into my past.

She seems rather eager to die.

But this works in my favor.

I have business on the outside.

Because, you see,
there's someone I need

to k*ll once I get out.

That girl isn't a resident
of the book.

So k*lling her a few more times
will extinguish her soul.

Since the you on the outside
is so dependent on her,

I can use that
to assume control.

In short, k*lling her
is my ticket to the outside.

[Andy] Look, I don't know
what my outside self thinks of this girl

but I do know that
my current self

has changed thanks to her.

My hopes for the future,
what I think about death...

And that's the reason I'm here..

I'm deliverin' her to
the future me in the real world.

You see, this girl's
someone I need,

and I'll defend her to my death!

I see.

Then do your worst.

[bones cracking]

- Hang on tight.
- [Fuko] Got it!

[Victor]
Deadvulcan!

[snickering]

[whirring]

Repair Glide!

Not half bad, dead weight.

He's accelerating his movement

by repairing his coiled-up legs.

It's dramatically smoother than
his repair-based movement

in the past.

[both grunting]

[chuckles]

Deadblade!

[grunting]

Oh? You've mastered
solidifying your blood, too?

[grunts]

[snickers]

[shouting]

[clanging]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[Victor] He's boosting his speed

by spraying blood
from his joints.

Meeting that girl
has improved him much, I see.

However, they all
lack proficiency.

Your blade isn't sharp enough,
dense enough,

- or powerful enough!
- [gasps]

Deadline!

- [screams]
- [grunts]

That was a total waste of time.

[snickers]

[Andy] Deadroad!

[Victor] You've gone far
learning these tricks in

a mere 140 years' time.

However, if that's the extent
of what you can get out

of both arms,
this is all but over.

[snickers] Fuko!

Yeah?

[Andy]
Let go of me, pronto!

What? No way!

If I let go, the unluck will...

[Andy grunting]

Don't worry about it.

Ya gotta trust me!

[grunts]

I've changed all thanks to you.

Believe me.

You're the one who helped
me shatter

my narrow-minded views
of what life

and death really means!

So you just get on outta here
and relay the message

to my future self!

[whooshing]

I've got more than enough unluck
charged up.

Just leave the rest to me.

- I've got something I wanna try...
- [grunts]

Huh?

[snickers]

Let's get this show on the road.
Unluck b*llet!

UNDEAD
UNLUCK

Go get 'em, Andy!

Yeah!

[grunts]

[Victor]
Unluck's special touch.

A large stroke of unluck
is coming soon.

What a bother.

I should just blow him away.

Here it comes.

Unluck b*llet!

What kind of stunt is this?

You're going to throw
the entire match

to sh**t off fingers instead?

[grunts]

No matter.
They're just fingers.

They don't even pierce me.

First Index.

- [booming]
- [grunts]

A gas expl*si*n.

A stroke of unluck?

Why is it befalling me?

I loaded my soul
into my fingers!

- [grunts]
- [clanging]

- [grunts]
- [Victor] Loaded his soul?

So the unluck is residing
in his fingers?

- [grunts]
- Impossible!

[grunts]

A stroke of unluck should only

affect his main body.

Second Middle.

[Fuko screams]

It got Andy, too!
[gasps]

You see, I would always start
repairin' myself from

the head first 'cause I figured
without a brain rattlin' around

in your noggin,
your body can't live anyway.

Plus I always believed
if you can't think anymore,

it means you're as good as dead.

A worthless preconception.

Yeah!

That's why I changed.

[Victor]
He repaired from his torso?

Here comes Three Twist.

[clangs]

When I met Fuko
and journeyed with her,

I learned to stop lettin' crummy
logic dictate my life.

Instead I learned that I could
live however I damn well please

in this world.

[grunts]

[Andy]
Unluck dwells in the soul.

[snarls]

And souls
are what give people life!

That's the world I believe in!

And that's how I'll live!

And so my body can keep
getting destroyed

but just name the spot

and I'll come straight back
from it!

Huh?

[groans]

'Cause in the end
it's all just a matter

of how we perceive the rules.

So long as we believe
in our perceptions,

our abilities'll develop
as much as we want!

[squelching]

And you've embodied that idea
for me.

So really, I should thank you,
God of w*r Victhor.

[squelches]

Now we Negators can get
even stronger.

Third Ring.

[engine roaring]

[rumbling]

Andy, look!

Yeah.
Fourth Pinky.

What do we do?

He'll just come back again
and again.

Yeah, you got a point.

- [gasps]
- Huh?

[Fuko] Andy, that's what they
used to catch you!

[clangs]

Huh.
So that's what you meant, Juiz.

- [grunts]
- [bone crunches]

[Victor] You're right.
These two just might be...

[clangs]

I sure wouldn't be able
to escape from that.

But that guy's an
exception to the rule.

He'll bust out in due time.

I see.

Andy?

I want to speak to him.

To Mr. Victor.

Why's that?

Well, because I came here
to learn more about you.

And Victor is a part
of you, isn't he?

A part I wanna learn.

Instead of sneaking peeks
into his past,

it might be better
to chat with him about it.

All right, then.

You heard the lady, Victor.

Get out here.
I know you can.

[shouts]

[screams]

[grunts]
[glass shatters]

Aren't you used
to seein' that by now?

- Cut it out, would ya?
- No, I'm not used to it!

Whatever happened to modesty?

- So, um...
- What do you want?

You and Ms. Juiz.

What's your relationship
with her?

[Andy]
Who's Juiz?

Never heard of her.

[Fuko] I saw it.

It was fragmented
and not very clear,

but still I saw you and Ms. Juiz
working together side by side.

You were creating the Union.

That reeks of Apocalypse.

He shouldn't have shown
you that.

[Fuko] If those memories are
true then why are you trying

to interfere with our plans?

I mean, weren't you a member
of the Roundtable yourself?

You and Juiz are one
and the same, you know.

Me and Juiz?

The same in what way?

What? No!

You're both heedless
of any danger.

And you're willing
to bet everything

for those you cherish.

That same soul is what you have.

As I look at the two of you,

you remind me
of our past selves.

At first everything went well.

Step by step we overcame
the quests

and got closer
to clearing it all.

But I soon realized
we couldn't win.

No matter how many hundreds,
thousands,

even millions of years passed.

God's life was still out
of our grasp.

We should've backed down.

For as long as we continued,

we'd only be dancing in
the palm of God's hand.

But still she wouldn't give up.

She figured by employing
the best options one by one,

that someday she
would reach God.

So she boarded the Ark
and looped over and over again.

She's a fool.

She isn't immortal.

She should die
and save herself the trouble.

And so that's why I decided
that I must k*ll her.

Why would you do that?

The woman I love continues
to suffer.

What kind of man wants
to see that?

Mr. Victor.

[Victor] She won't give up
until she dies.

Just like you right now.

But I've changed my mind.

That last stroke of Unluck
you both unleashed...

It showed the signs
of evolution.

Knowing that no unluck
would mortally wound me...

Instead you ended up summoning
a capture tool.

That same unluck would have only
dealt physical damage before.

But it transformed into unluck
personalized for the target.

You've spent plenty
of time journeying

with my counterpart.

No doubt that yielded you

a much better understanding
of your mark.

- [grunts]
- [chuckles]

Which means if you research
and learn more about God,

then your unluck will be able
to reach them, too.

[grunts]

Consciously control your unluck.

Think of what unluck... what death
would be to my counterpart

the whole time through.

[Fuko]
But wait a second!

What about 1865?

What happened?

That memory is no longer
of use to you now

that you've grown stronger.

Now you must keep
marching forward.

But if you must know,

you ought to ask Juiz.

[gasps]

Um, before you go,

tell me how to get out
of this memory!

[Victor] Just kiss
my counterpart there.

And I don't mean just
a peck on the cheek.

Wait, what?

Oh...

[exhales]

Hey, don't cry.

Just never forget, right, Fuko?

Y... Yeah, but...

[gasps]

I'm gonna be one with

the me on the outside, okay?

And I'll be even more handsome
and everything I need to woo ya!

You better be ready!

Mm, I can't wait!

[rumbling]

Later!

[giggles]

[sniffles]

[thuds]

[Andy]
See ya in the here and now.

TO BE CONTINUED

[♪ OKAMOTO'S' "Kono Ai
ni Kanau mon wa Nai" playing]

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[♪ Sho Okamoto singing
in Japanese]

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