01x09 - SPES

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I can see it now. That's SPES's base.

Where you say this Alicia girl is

Our goals are clear-cut:

Subduing Hel and rescuing Alicia.

The fifth heart she harvested

as Jack the Ripper

has most likely worn down by now

and is no longer functioning.

In short, now is our best chance.

Three years after our battle with

SPES began this is finally it.

Sidekick Shall I stroke your head?

What was the segue into that?

Mom, I'm scared.

You really are erratic in your moods.

You don't want me to?

Don't be silly. How could I do

something so embarrassing?

Hmph. I'll give up my place.

Come here.

That's quite a dramatic pose

just to offer a head rub.

We've got a little time,

so I thought I'd give you a hug.

Don't try to press your chest against

a guy as if it's a commonplace thing.

You have a unique way of

expressing things, Kimi.

Okay, fine. Some other time, then.

I doubt that time will come.

Hey, you should've taken that hug from

Mom earlier, when you had the chance.

That's silly. You think I could

do something so pathetic?

You'll regret it if you keep being

so obstinate all the time,

since you have nobody else besides Mom.

That's not And what's more, Siesta

has nobody else but me either, right?

She doesn't.

Mom doesn't have anyone but you.

"Episode 9"

"SPES"

There's nobody here.

And here I was mentally prepared

for at least two or three fights.

Wha--?

What are these? Corpses?

Cerberus? No, you're--

Sadly for you, I am not Hel.

Bat?

Ooh, that's a great reaction!

But I'm not Bat either.

Then who are you?

I'm the parent.

Wait, you're SPES's

A parent who wantonly kills his children--

your thinking is that of a monster.

No. I am neither a person

nor a monster. I am "Seed."

I'm a form of plant life that flew to

this star system from outer space.

What?

Though I say "plant,"

that is only if I'm attempting to force us into

classifications as you humans describe them.

Come on, give me a break.

What in the world are you telling me

we've been fighting against?

What are your intentions?

Answer her, Seed. For what purpose

is SPES committing t*rror1st acts?

It's for the purpose of surviving.

Our intentions are to blanket this

planet with "seeds." Only that.

The most primordial drive of living

things is to leave behind offspring.

In birthing clones like this,

I wish for my seed to flourish.

You think that motive makes it okay

to k*ll innocent human beings?

What's the matter with

eliminating an alien species

that stands in the way

of spreading our seed?

You're the ones who are an alien species!

Wha--?

The "seeds" of my fallen brethren here

have now been taken in by that one.

Hel, you mean? Where is Hel?

She isn't here, which means there's only

one conceivable place she could be, no?

Kimizuka, Mom!

Right, I know. Hurry!

It looks like I'll get

to have my fun, too.

It can't be Chameleon!

Kimizuka!

Let me ride behind you someday.

He--Chameleon--said he'd get to

have his fun, too. Which means

Crap.

Siesta!

Stop playing around!

You promised you wouldn't go off

and die without a word to us!

Right?

Forgive me.

I never supposed you

would come here, Kimi.

What a mess. My plan has gone awry.

The root cause must be that your love

for me was deeper than I supposed.

That said, Kimi,

performing first aid is fine,

but normally, checking whether someone

is breathing on their own comes first.

You So your heart was beating

before I started?

No, it wasn't beating, but--

It was stopped?

I've felt mildly outmatched

against Chameleon.

Since it seemed like a hassle, I had

stopped my heart and was playing dead.

Stopped your heart?

I'm only now asking after

three years together,

but just what manner of person are you?

Huh?

Could it be you've gone weak in the

knees with relief, knowing I'm okay?

Can I tell you my honest

feelings right now?

No! Don't! I won't listen.

I'm thinking you're very cute.

Argh! I can't hear a thing!

What to do Shall I stroke

your head after all?

I positively refuse!

Shall I hug you?

Not a chance.

Or in Kimi-speak,

press my chest against you?

Don't ever so casually try

doing this to any other guy!

Oh, but you touched

my chest earlier already.

This is absurd.

Siesta, you've come into my life to

k*ll me, haven't you? Socially, that is.

Teasing you is truly a pleasure, Kimi.

It truly was a pleasure.

Siesta

Maybe just once, comfort me

by holding me to your breast.

If we survive to meet again

outside this island, that is. So

Which one are you?

I think you can tell that

if you look at my form.

Hel.

So it looks like we can

consider you fully recovered.

Uh-huh, thanks to Father. This time--

I'll defeat you.

Huh?

And without fail,

I'll fulfill Alicia's wish.

No, without fail you're going to die here.

You can't save that girl.

You're so desperate it's laughable.

You want that badly to

recover Her Ladyship, eh?

Her Ladyship?

Did you realize?

This body is built a little differently

than those of the other SPES leaders.

Originally it was ordinary, human.

But because of this body's peculiarity,

it had a variety of experiments

performed on it

Pain, heat, pain, heat torment.

Apparently, Her Ladyship

suffered some very harsh trials.

And then one day, when she could

no longer endure that agony,

Her Ladyship brought me into being.

So that's the story.

A secondary secret personality

that Alicia generated

when she couldn't stand the agony

anymore that's what Hel is.

Half in anguish, half in sorrow--

that's how we lived life.

If that's the case, I'll end both the anguish

and the sorrow for you right now.

Kimi zuka

Alicia!

Don't.

If you'd shot me through the heart

or the head, you would've won.

So Her Ladyship is that important to you.

But such a soft-hearted bunch

won't defeat me.

What is that?

Well, we are in the enemy's stronghold.

I see. You're saying even something

like this was within your expectations.

This time I'll finish you!

Sidekick, you're in the way.

That's absurd.

I'll k*ll you, and this time,

I'll fulfill my mission

as a member of SPES!

Ah. So it was a lie.

What was? What about me

are you saying was a lie?

That you're a wholly new being,

brought into existence by

Alicia's self-protection instincts.

The one who first took on SPES's

abilities and intentions was Alicia.

So you were trying desperately to get

close to SPES. You're a mere impostor.

To what purpose would I do that?

What's the reason I've devoted

myself so entirely to SPES?

Most likely you wanted

to be loved by a father.

You only wanted a father to love you.

You wanted someone to appreciate you.

That was all.

You're wrong! You're wrong!

Earlier, your changing over to Alicia's

personality was to cause Alicia pain.

That's because you were envious of Alicia.

What are you saying?

You brought yourself as much

suffering as you possibly could,

yet you hated Alicia for finding

companions in Sidekick and me

Hated her and envied her.

You're wrong!

You're wrong! You're wrong! You're wrong!

I'm not wrong. You only wanted to

be loved. You wanted companionship.

Shut up! k*ll one another.

Siesta, you're not going to die.

Sidekick, neither are you.

Huh?

How?

It's simple. It's because I trust Sidekick

more than I trust anyone, even myself.

We trust each other more than we trust

ourselves. That's all there is to it.

What nonsense is that?

You're saying because of something

like that my power doesn't work?

Isn't that a little too

convenient for you?

I'd ask you to at least

call it a spiritual bond.

A spiritual bond? How can?

How can such a thing?

Hel, you don't need to conform

to some Sacred Writ.

You don't need to k*ll

any more people either.

You can have companionship

without doing those things.

Spiritual bonds come into being.

Thus, you don't need to force yourself

to obey whatever he--

whatever Seed--tells you.

So you say!

I can't lose.

I'll admit it: I wanted to be loved.

I wanted to be needed.

I wanted someone to acknowledge

that my being born meant something.

It can't be just anybody, though.

I live, fight, and lay ruin to the

world only for Father's sake.

That's what my survival

instinct drives me to.

Well and good. Shall we bring

this to a conclusion now?

Let's end it here.

What now?

Sidekick!

Mom

It was supposed to be confined to the lab;

maybe the scent of food lured it out?

Siesta!

I want you to not move for a moment.

I've lost a little too much blood.

I need to exchange it for a new one

Don't! If you want a heart,

I'll give you mine! Just don't

Just not Siesta!

I told you before that you'd

become my partner someday.

So we need to keep you alive, right?

I'll take the legendary

detective's heart for myself.

At last, I've acquired a heart

that's worthy of this body.

With this, Father will certainly

Give it back.

That heart belongs to Siesta.

You're going to give it back!

That's an impossible proposition.

This belongs to me now.

Don't touch Siesta with your filthy hands!

Your fist won't reach me.

Where is that rage welling up from?

What's the reason for that spiritual bond

that you both were talking about?

What on earth were you to her?

Hel's asking was immaterial;

I'd been thinking about this all along

What on earth was I to Siesta?

What did I mean to her?

And yet

at this point, I can never know.

Nevertheless from that day we first

met, 10,000 meters up in the sky,

we continued our travels

over the course of three years.

During those days, which could

never be called tranquil,

my life was in jeopardy countless times.

I was denounced as stupid,

and pushed into absurd situations.

And yet, in the midst of those thousand

absurdities, I laughed 10,000 times.

I laughed together with Siesta.

You ask what the relationship

was between Siesta and me?

You ask me what I thought of Siesta?

I knew that beyond a doubt,

from the beginning,

she was the most important thing

in the whole world to me!

What the?

Sies ta

What just happened?