01x05 - Alpha Omega

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music]

[truck engine roaring]

[Tomochika whining]

[tires screeching]

Seriously though, you should

be the one driving right now.

Oh no, can you believe this?

Looks like he's totally out.

I don't understand

how he can manage

to sleep through all this.

[Tomochika screaming]

[tires screeching]

[Asaka] How do

you like "Yogiri"?

Then I'm "Yogiri Takatou"?

This is a handshake, okay?

"Nice to meet you."

Now, your turn.

Nice to meet you?

[opening theme]

[birds calling]

[relaxed music]

Hmm. So this boils down to,

"Even if I die on the job, I

will not complain," correct?

Congratulations!

You'll do well.

Okay. I'm leaving.

Hold on, there. I can't

possibly send you home, now.

Is this a secret base

of some evil organization?

Of course not.

We are a respectable facility

that conducts experiments

for the good of society.

What do you want me to do?

Well, to put it simply, take

care of the deadly monster.

Huh?!

We're doing cursed

experimentations here.

[door whirring]

[screams] What is this?

[bell ringing]

A scripture.

It's meant to provide

some comfort

and helps those with what

we're doing down here.

Just where are

we headed anyway?

We're headed to your

workplace, of course.

Do you know the

term "Alpha Omega"?

Why do you think I'd

know what that means?

The beginning and end

of the Grecian alphabet.

It means "everything"

or "eternity."

It's the code name

of the test subject

you'll be taking care of.

[Asaka] The test subject

you speak of as a human, right?

[Shiraishi] I've never seen it,

so that's impossible

for me to say.

What I know as of now,

is that simply by thinking it,

Alpha Omega can k*ll

anything it wants to.

Excuse me?

And you want me

to take care of

a monster like that?

Well, it's because

you are a teacher.

Really? That was

the only qualification?

If this goes on,

there's a greater possibility

that humanity will perish.

- What?

- [Shiraishi] By giving it

an adequate education,

I'm hopeful we can avoid that.

But me? Why am I

the one doing this?

There are so many other people

more suitable, aren't there?

There were others,

but you fit fine.

That's too arbitrary!

[bell ringing]

[tense music]

I don't have the

clearance to go any further,

so this is where we'll part.

- What?

- Everything you'll need

are written in these

instructions here.

Hold on.

So, take it easy

and best of luck!

[door whirring]

[lock beeping]

[air hissing]

Gosh, not my fault when

humanity gets decimated.

[birds chirping]

[door clunking]

Huh?

I'm underground now?

[paper rustling]

[cicadas chirping]

Hello?

Anyone there?

Is there anybody home?

[wood rattling]

Hey

[Yogiri grunts]

Hmm?

[sheepish laugh]

How ridiculous!

Locking a kid away

like this underground.

What is there to be afraid of?

And this goes for you, too.

You're just gonna

obediently stay locked up?

[both hollering]

[water splashing]

Now you're outside! Go play!

Catch yourself a crawfish,

or a tadpole shrimp,

and get dirty!

Come on, stand up!

What are you doing? Play!

Uh, am I gonna die?

[ghost pops]

Huh?

[Yogiri] Looks like it got here

by hiding in your shadow, miss.

But what is that?

I think that it's

some kind of devil.

They come here and

try to k*ll me

whenever they get

the chance.

Really? And why is that?

Um, I don't mind playing,

but it'll be evening soon.

So can I do that tomorrow?

Huh?

Sorry. Guess I just kind

of lost my mind there.

Here.

I'm Asaka Takatou,

very nice to meet you.

Who are you?

I hear they call

me Alpha Omega.

No, not that name. That's

a code name they use for you.

Your real name.

Before I came here,

I believe they

called me Lord Okakushi.

But more importantly,

I'm hungry.

[stomach growling]

Sounds like I'm a

little hungry, too.

Wait a sec, am I supposed

to do the cooking?

[Yogiri laughs]

[Asaka groaning]

Uh-uh, no way.

[water dripping]

But I gotta make something

before he's finished

with his bath.

Ooh.

What is this?

Um, just go ahead and

eat it while it's hot.

[wood snapping]

This is yummy. I've never

tasted anything like this.

All right, then.

Let's start with a name.

What did your mom

or whoever call you?

My mom?

You know what? Nevermind.

How about I just pick

something out for you, okay?

Yeah!

Hmm.

[dog barks]

How do you like "Yogiri"?

Then I'm "Yogiri Takatou"?

Why in the world would you

choose to take on my last name?

Because I thought you

put that kind of thing

after your first name.

Yes, but when did

we become family?

Although I guess you don't

know that either, huh?

Okay, from now on then,

your name is Yogiri Takatou.

Nice to meet you.

This is a handshake, okay?

"Nice to meet you."

Now, your turn.

Nice to meet you?

[tires screeching]

Nice to meet you.

[Tomochika] Takatou, wake up!

[yawns] What? What's wrong?

It's a dead end!

You slept surprisingly well on

this treacherous drive, huh?

I used a huge amount of

my ability in Hanabusa,

so I'm thoroughly

pooped out right now.

- So tired.

- Hey, don't you dare

go back to sleep!

Oh dear. Even the Dannoura

School of Driving can't compete

with things crumbling

here and there like this.

That's not the slightest

bit helpful right now, is it?

By the way, why was it

that we have to go to the royal

capital in the first place?

You're kidding! Couldn't you

have asked that before we left?

Our goal is to return

to the world

we were in before being taken.

And in order to do that, I

need to contact Shion the Sage.

If that's all we want,

then there may

be another way of doing so

without going to the capital.

Maybe, but it looks like all

of our classmates

are headed that way.

[Mokomoko] Hmm, it seems

best to go back a little bit

and find another route for now.

Yes, obviously.

[truck crashing]

Something's there!

[dragon roaring]

[tense music]

[Tomochika screaming]

That's a dragon, huh?

[dragon roaring]

Die now.

[power chiming]

[intense music]

[gasps] Takatou, over there!

Huh?

[Tomochika] A whole lot

of them are headed this way!

We're definitely

in enemy territory.

[dragons roaring]

[fire crackling]

Oh no. They're coming

at us with fire this time!

In that case, all of you, die.

Ugh, this looks like

a bug spray commercial.

[sighs] What is

up with all this?

If this is the

dragon's territory,

then we're at fault for

unknowingly entering.

[both] Huh?

That's huge!

A Golden Thunder Dragon

is coming right at us!

[light playful music]

[upbeat rock music]

[electricity crackling]

We're royally screwed.

It's totally gonna

throw down lightning.

No, I don't sense hostility.

Maybe it's just checking us out.

You pass.

[whimsical flapping]

- What now?

I'm not too sure,

but it looks like it's leaving.

Wait a second!

Since you can understand,

I won't let you leave.

Stop! Otherwise, you'll meet the

same fate as the other dragons!

It can fly without

flapping its wings?

[Atila shudders]

If only I'd flown away

quietly without looking.

Why did that Golden

Thunder Dragon from before

turn into a tiny little girl?

It's a thing that happens

a lot in isekai worlds.

Why did you attack us earlier?

I wanted to test out

if you were qualified

to see the Swordmaster.

Swordmaster? What are you

talking about?

What are you saying?

You mean you didn't

come all this way

to see the Swordmaster?

We didn't. We just wanted

to go to the royal capital.

[Atila screaming]

[clears throat]

The great and wise Swordmaster

resides here in this very gorge.

He will bestow

the Gift upon you.

[Yogiri] If that's

what this is about,

then it has nothing

to do with us.

[Atila gasping]

For real.

Go.

Please don't leave here, yet!

He told me to bring him

some promising young

candidates to see him.

I'm not interested

in being a candidate.

I'll have you know,

the Swordmaster

is one who rivals a Sage.

Hold on, a Sage?

If that's true of what she says,

then he might have information

about how to go

back to our world.

But we can't afford

to take another detour

when we're already

completely lost.

Wait, you don't know

how to get there.

Well, I know what to do!

I can show you where

you need to go.

If you meet with the

Swordmaster,

I'll bring you to the capital!

My name is Atila.

Nice to meet you.

Atila, Atila, the Swordmaster's

over there!

[laughs]

[relaxed music]

We're here!

There are a lot of

people around here.

Who the hell are those guys?

I didn't know you

could get here by car.

Everyone here is a swordsman

who's aiming to become

the next Swordmaster,

and today we are choosing

the next Knight

of the Divine King.

Are you trying to drag us

into some sort of trouble?

Nice job getting here, but

you losers are disqualified.

[Urabe] We haven't started yet,

so there's nothing to disqualify

anyone.

Well, if you can't

even make it here,

then you're gonna have bigger

problems than this trial.

[crowd chattering]

- Whoa, it's the Swordmaster!

There's a lot of you.

Alright. Start k*lling each

other until I say stop.

Huh?

If there aren't less than

half of you left

10 minutes from now,

then everyone standing

here fails the test.

I don't care about

losing, so can I leave?

What did you say?

Hmm, then if anyone

escapes from this place,

everyone that came here fails.

Huh?!

All right, everyone get to it!

[sword slashing]

[body thudding]

You've gotten used

to this, haven't you?

Well, it'll take

more than this

to make me scream my head off.

[weapons clanking]

[warriors shouting]

This has gotten to be a pain.

Die!

I guess I have to k*ll them.

No, I will protect you two!

[sword slashing]

You folks don't understand

the intentions of a Swordmaster.

This trial is to see

if you are able

to take correct action,

not only as a knight,

but as a true Knight

of the Divine.

He looks like a

pretty decent guy.

And it seems

he's quite skilled

with that sword of his as well.

[magic whistling]

This intent to k*ll.

Die now.

[bodies thudding]

- What?

What in the world was that?

Well, um, the thing is,

you see, uh-

I get it!

The Swordmaster punished

the insolent ruffians!

Yeah, that.

So, hey, I heard

you happen to just

be passing by.

It may be inconvenient,

but would you two mind

joining me for a while?

Sure thing.

[moans] Help me!

Get me that stone, please!

I swore you were dead earlier!

That rainbow-colored

stone in front of you.

Put it in my hand!

What?

[Lynel] That one! Yeah!

This?

[Lynel moans]

It's an apology stone!

[magic shimmering]

[smoke blowing]

[Lynel sighing]

What?!

Gosh, you really

saved me there.

What just happened?!

Stop! We're moving.

Come with me.

What do we do?

You need to participate

in the Swordmaster's trial.

You told us we just had

to meet the Swordmaster.

If you two become

Knights of the Divine King,

then that means I can

become your loyal follower.

Please, I'm begging you!

Well, we still

haven't gathered

any real useful information yet.

This just keeps getting

worse and worse as we go on.

Sorry for the

late introduction.

You can both call me Rick.

Or, that's what you can

call me while we're here.

Why do you say it like you're

some incognito celebrity here?

I'm Lynel, by the way.

I'm only here because

a friend invited me.

Mr. Rick, what exactly

is the Divine King?

You really have

no clue, do you?

Let me tell you then.

The Divine King is

the one who handles

the gods who have been sealed

away, or what we call "demons."

A thousand years ago,

the Dark God

was sealed away by the

Divine King's own hands.

Is he a threat even

though he's sealed away?

He is.

In order to once again

revive their dark master,

his followers are always active.

I'm a bit curious, Lynel.

- Hmm?

- What was that stone you had?

[chuckles] This is an item

I received as an apology.

It can heal me

from serious injury

and I can try my luck

with a gacha pull.

Who's sorry?

And just what did they do?

My luck has always been bad,

and because of that I've

had all sorts of misfortune.

Last time,

I was made a sacrifice

of a mysterious organization.

When I thought it

was over for me,

a goddess appeared and

I got an apology stone!

This got way off topic.

Are people's fates something

that gods or whoever

can just influence?

It depends on who.

After all, there

are people like you

who are protected by

guardian spirits, yes?

What's a "gacha"?

I get one pull with three,

and with 30 stones

I get 10 pulls!

Want me to show you?

[Lynel yelling]

[triumphant music]

It's a scrub brush!

See, and that, my friends,

is how I can exchange the

stones for a random item.

That seems like

a bad pull, though.

Wait, don't you only

have three stones left?

At midnight I get

new apology stones

depending on the

misfortunes I had that day.

[Tomochika sighing]

[Lynel gasping]

They disappeared?

'Cause there's a barrier.

Just keep going,

don't worry about it.

[gentle music]

[gasps] What on earth is this?

Oh no, you should

walk away immediately!

What's wrong, Miss Mokomoko?

Do you not notice

this bad miasma?

Something sinister

lies ahead of us.

[Lynel vomiting]

Are you okay?!

The bad miasma's got him!

I don't feel

anything upsetting.

That's because

I'm protecting you.

It has no horrible effect

on me that I can tell so far,

but it seems unbearable

from Mr. Lynel here.

[magic shimmering]

My stones provide me

a resistance to miasma.

Is it really that easy

to use those things?

Are you okay Takatou?

Huh?

Um, I'm fine.

Huh?

Hmm. The miasma

has dissipated.

You sure about that?

Huh? Hold on, where's Atila?

She's not anywhere

around here.

She may have been

stopped by the barrier.

Only participants are

allowed to move forward.

Whoa, it's super spacious

inside this place, huh?

Hurry and get in here,

or you'll be left.

[elevator creaking]

An elevator?

Is this some kind of

super fantasy tower?

I'm glad we don't have

to climb this with stairs.

[bell ringing]

[tense music]

Come close and take a look.

[Rick] Oh, that can't be.

[Urabe] This is the end

of the world.

You see something?

In the center of the

solidified monster

is a man in black and

a woman in white.

It looks like they were frozen

as her sword went

straight through them.

That's the Swordmaster

and the Dark God.

What?

It's no surprise that this

world shall end one day.

A Swordmaster truly amounts to

nothing more than a lookout.

If we beat those guys, that'll

solve everything, won't it?

- Ms. Frederica?

- You know her?

She's the one who invited me.

I can't believe she came here

with the intention of

defeating the Dark God.

Self-confident,

aren't you, then?

Your duties are over

as of today, old man!

I'll let you live the rest

of your short life in peace.

Sunburst Flare!

[fire roaring]

Now it's all over

for the Dark God

and those pathetic spawn.

What?

[barrier buzzing]

Inside the barrier,

you'll find that time

flows a lot slower.

It may be several hundred years

before that attack

reaches the Dark God.

[Frederica groaning]

And so, the knight selection

test will now begin.

She will describe all

the details for you.

The goal of

this particular test

is to go from the roof

down to the first floor

of this tower within 24 hours.

So does that mean

then, I'll fail

if I jump from here

and land on the ground?

You must accumulate 100

points inside the tower.

Really? How very tedious.

Has she always

been here with us?

She wasn't with us

on the ground.

[hostess] Several special

participants will be added here

as you begin your journey.

You think you'd be

able to beat them

with your ability, Takatou?

Oh yeah. You've got no

reason to k*ll them.

I feel like that's

what you'd say.

So listen, Takatou

[awkward groan]

Hm? What's wrong?

It's just, back when that

miasma was particularly bad.

Actually [whispers]

[Tomochika gasping]

What the?!

[ending theme]

[Tomochika] "I'm Not So Rude as

to Complain After Being Saved"