ikinuku tame ni kikonda
生き抜くために着込んだ
In order to survive
kimi dake ga mieru yoroi wa
君だけが見える鎧は
I donned an armour only you could see
mie to gaibun ni obieta
見栄と外聞に怯えた
I stood in fear of appearance and reputation
oroka no hate no genjitsu
愚かの果ての現実
And the realisation of a hopeless end
karada kishimu hodo dakishimete yo
身体軋むほど抱きしめてよ
Hold me tighter until my bones begin to crack
isso kowashitekureyo
いっそ壊してくれよ
Please, just break me apart
kara no ore no naka ni wa mata
殻の俺の中にはまた
Down to my next empty layer
nan no itami mo nai
何の痛みもない
It doesn't hurt at all
And my face gets smaller and smaller
sara ni chippoke na ore no kao da
さらにちっぽけな俺の顔だ
ne
ね
Hey
nige mo kakure mo shinai kara
逃げも隠れもしないから
I won't run or hide
koko kara dashitekure matoryoushika
ここから出してくれマトリョーシカ
So get me out of this Matryoshka
Souichirou.
What... is this?
It's money.
I'll ask you one more time. What is this?
Huh?
It's money, Father.
Don't call me "Father". Refer to me as "President".
Sorry, President.
You mean, "I apologise".
Take care in how you speak to others.
In business, that will communicate your prowess.
Understood.
This is money. There's no mistaking it.
However, when you bind it together like this, it stops being money.
Do you understand? It's power.
The single unparalleled power that can move this world.
As soon as I graduated from college, I began working as my father's secretary.
All you have to do is watch.
Watch, think about what I do, and learn.
Don't ask me to teach you step by step.
Yes.
The band that I was performing with in college...
...dissolved just before being contracted.
I lost my passion for music... and abandoned myself half-heartedly to my father's discretion.
To put it simply, what my father did was "networking".
Using money both behind the scenes and publicly,
he created strong bonds tied together by money.
If one were to fall, both would collapse.
If a disaster occurred, they would help one another.
This... was power.
It wasn't really a system that my father had created.
My father was simply involved as part of something that had already existed.
How is it, being a working member of society?
I'm managing.
For you to be a secretary, Nii-san... it isn't like you at all.
Really?
Will you quit music?
Whether I'm an employee or a musician,
if I think of it as paying my bills, it's all the same.
I... didn't mind them. Nii-san's songs.
I thought you'd keep making them.
Forget about it.
Very few people can make a living one their dreams alone.
I wasn't one of them.
I'll be making my living with this shitty reality.
I see.
My father tried to push everything onto me.
Mikuni International LLC
You might as well call it a heritage.
The atmosphere of the company was cold, but I didn't care.
Didn't you say she'd stabilised?!
That in itself means she was once unstable.
Are you messing with me?
Would you like me to sugar coat things?
It was impossible to save my younger sister at a national hospital,
which meant I would need to send her to an American facility.
Without a moment's hesitation, I began the difficult procedures to make it happen.
That's when...
There's been nothing but sales all morning!
What do we tell our clients?!
We'll go bankrupt at this rate!
President!
The company began to falter.
There had been a tear in the network.
Rather than the network my father had created, it now looked more like dried remains.
How about we sell off what we can?
Would you want to do business with a man who's lost both home and land?
That's...
What's important, more than anything else, is trust.
No matter which way the wind blows, you must maintain composure.
Don't panic.
Don't falter.
Show with your face that nothing is wrong.
The more unbecoming your behaviour, the more of your future you'll lose.
I understand.
I cancelled Takako's transfer to the States.
What did you just say?
I don't have that kind of money on hand right now.
Are you... are you saying that it's all right for Takako to die?!
There's no guarantee that we can save her anyway.
If there's a possibility, shouldn't we bet on it?
I thought you understood what would happen... from the very beginning.
I never once believed it.
If Takako dies, it won't affect trust in the company.
And you call yourself a parent?!
More than a parent to the two of you, I'm a public figure.
There are things that must be protected before I consider my family.
With time, you will also understand.
I don't even want to understand that reasoning.
If you won't use your money, I'll pay for it myself!
I didn't know.
I didn't think there was anyone who would put their business before their own daughter.
I didn't think anyone would permit it.
The president has ordered that you not be allowed to leave.
You have no right to speak to me that way. Move it!
Please, forgive me.
For a number of days, I was put under house arrest.
If I started running around, asking for money, I would probably lose the faith of those who trusted me.
I didn't even care about losing that kind of trust.
But at the time, I was... powerless.
I'm here to take you to the hospital.
Takako...
Can you leave the two of us... alone for a bit?
It's been a while, hasn't it?
I thought I might not get to see you again.
I'm sorry...
They said they cancelled my flight to America... because my condition was too severe.
But... I'm a bit relieved.
I didn't want to leave Japan.
Why?!
For you, Nii-san, after today...
...tomorrow will come, as it always has.
After this week... will come next week.
After this month... will come next month.
After this year... will come next year.
For me... those don't exist.
If I go to sleep tonight... I may not wake up tomorrow.
Right now, this very moment, is my everything.
Rather than making a fruitless effort to go abroad...
...I'd rather be right here, with you.
You may not understand that, Nii-san.
Takako.
If only today could last forever.
If only this day, as it is now, could go on for all eternity.
That evening, Takako lost consciousness.
To this day, she has yet to open her eyes.
I closed off my heart and threw myself into my work.
My relationship with my father became business only.
It was then... that man appeared.
Good evening.
I was visited by him...
Why didn't he appear when I actually needed him to...
[CLOSING] [YOU HAVE GAIN]
If only you'd appeared a bit sooner...
...or if...
Well, that's not something I really understand.
It seems as if this city has no intention.
It's simply playing with us.
With peoples' destinies.
It's looking down on us from above and sneering.
If that's the case, I'll do some playing of my own.
I'll toy with this city and make use of it to protect the real world.
If it will ridicule me, no matter whether I win or lose, I'll shove my truth down its throat.
What is it?
No, it's nothing.
Just something that has nothing to do with us.
Kimimaro!
Huh?
Kimimaro!
Huh?
Ahh!
My Entre is a strange one.
The first time I met him... he didn't seem fit for this.
As he participated in deals, it became clear that he wasn't.
No matter what, if his feelings and the situation at hand aren't in line,
he's unable to act.
If he's backed into a corner, without reading the situation,
he'll simply follow his feelings.
[ANGEL]
More than the future... more than anything...
...I'm most afraid of losing what's close to me.
Let's go, Mashyu.
So, we managed to win, but...
...after meeting with his opponent, he was even more troubled.
What am I supposed to do, ultimately...
Fight
Well, yeah, fight... but...
Well then, what's still bothering you?
It takes time for me to accept all of this.
He's only certain in that he's unsure.
His uncertainty's definite.
There's no one else in this city that's like that.
An asset is an Entre's property.
For everyone else, that relationship is cut and dry.
But this person is different.
Is it because I look so similar to humans?
It seems that isn't the reason.
You're the embodiment of my future, right?
Yeah...
Then... what is my future?
Who knows?
It's said that assets are the form that an Entre's lost future takes.
That's the theory, but as far as how it actually happens,
even I don't know the details.
Does it mean that, no matter what happens to this person,
I'm his future?
To an asset, it doesn't matter what happens in the future.
We were born in order to fight in deals, so we live in the now.
That's enough... or so I thought.
Because this person cares about the future so much,
I've had no choice but to end up caring just the same.
Does it really bother you that much?
Huh?
The future.
It's because I don't understand it very well.
I expect that the future is important,
but just as Mikuni-san says, the present is important as well.
It doesn't bother you at all?
Not really.
Hey, you might even have existed in the real world.
I'm happy enough as I am.
I've got a strange guy nearby all the time, so I never get bored.
Is that true?
It actually is, you know.
I think that if I can continue on like this, that's fine too...
I want to try some of that!
Have you really developed that much of an appetite?
If it's anything like cup noodles, who knows how delicious it might be!
Hey!
If humans don't take in nutrients every single day,
they apparently can't go on living.
Ah, it's you.
It seems you've made quite the fortune.
It hasn't been that much.
I've entered the Starling Guild, as well...
The guild?
In my case, I just can't seem to feel comfortable with that kind of thing.
I'm much more relaxed working alone.
I kind of understand what you mean.
If that's the case, why did you join?
Well, you know... I realised once I'd joined, or something like that...
There's such a thing as a lucky bastard.
You may be one yourself.
Well...
Hey, can I ask you something?
Yeah.
Assets are the embodiment of an Entre's future, right?
Then... that monster of yours...
what kind of future do you think it embodies?
I have no idea why Gig took on that form.
It's not that I don't think about it... I just don't know.
I see.
So, it really does interest him.
But I'm me. I don't mind if that's the way it is.
Eat it, c'mon!
If you do, you'll probably be stronger during deals.
The others of your kind are eating so much!
It won't do any good to feed her all the time.
You gotta get her to do things on her own, you know, lots of things.
Treat her like a human, if you know what I mean.
Oh, I see. I gotta take care of the cutie, huh?
Don't let it bother you.
There are still a lot of things that I don't understand.
What is it?
Nothing really...
Don't stare at me like that.
But there is one thing that I do understand.
It's that I don't dislike being with this person.
He does piss me off a lot, but he also makes me feel strangely at ease.
You know, I...
Hmm?
I don't want to make any mistakes...
Should I go left, or right...?
I don't want to make a mistake and cause anyone trouble, or disappoint them.
Wait, that's not it at all, is it?
It's me. I don't want to get hurt.
I'm selfish. That's why I can't act on my own.
I think about it sometimes, "Is everything all right like this?"...
That hurts...
What the hell are you doing, freak?
Why'd you go running in there after we'd already left?
Like I said, I don't want to make any mistakes.
When we were back there, I was extremely irritated,
but I didn't know if it was all right for me to snap.
But after talking with you, I thought, "On second thought, I should".
I thought it was okay to lose it.
You might not understand it, but...
...I'm not just saying it was the right thing to do simply because I was angry.
That's right.
Maybe the reason that Mikuni-san and that Satou lady are expecting so much of this person...
...is that he does things like this.
Clear, and a bit cloudy later on. Chance of precipitation-
Coming in at third place this week...
Hey, go back a bit!
Huh?
There! What're they doing?
Hm?
They're kissing.
Kissing?
What's kissing?
It's when two people who like each other put their lips together.
Hmmm...
I wanna try it!
T-That's...
You can't do it unless it's someone that you really like!
Is that so?
You have to do it with thirty times the amount of feeling that you have right now.
I see... then, how does it feel?
Huh?
I've... never done it... so...
So...
...you don't know how it feels?
Yeah.
If I like someone thirty times as much as I like you, I can do it, right?
Yeah, in that case there's no problem.
Well then, when that happens, that's what I'll do!
Yeah, go for it.
There are still a lot of things that I don't understand.
But by then... I wonder if she'll come to understand a lot of things.
What'll happen in the future?
Maybe I'm thinking too deeply about it.
Hey!
What is it?
Those high-rise buildings over there... didn't there used to be five of them?
There are only three of them now...
I wonder... I don't pay much attention to those kinds of things.
Things seem a bit different than they were before I started going there.
Isn't it just your imagination?
Well... convincing yourself that it's just your imagination...
...may make it easier on you, you know?
Eh?
mado kara sotto esukeepu shite
I silently escape from my window
yoru no machi ga
and the nighttime city,
RPG ni kawaru
becomes an RPG
yajirushi ni sotte izanawareta
Following an arrow marker, I'm being led
iromeku sekai
to a world brimming with colour
hajimari no aizu hibiiteiru
A sign that something is beginning can be heard
karadajuu koikogareru
and my whole body begins to yearn
kimi ni aitakute hashirinuketeku
I break into a run, wishing to see you
yami wo tobikoete
and break through the darkness
kuraimakkusu nante
It doesn't matter
konakutatte
If we reach a climax
ichi ka bachi ka no kiken na kake datte ii sa
I'd even take a high-stakes bet
ki wo hiite
Anything to get your attention
kimi ni ima hamacchaitainda
I want to think only of you
sekaijuu wo azamuitemo ii
I'd turn my back on the entire world
ima sugu te wo hiite
Take my hand now
A or B ja nai ya
It's not a choice of A or B
rikutsu ja nai ya
It's not something to reason about
sekaijuu no subete no nazo yori
More so than all the mysteries of the world
shiritai kimi no kokoro wo
I want to know your heart