Deca-Dence (2020): Season 1, Episode 2 - Sprocket - full transcript

Kaburagi and Natsume and the other Tankers deal with the aftermath of the battle with the Gadoll. As Kaburagi reflects on his past, he comes to a crossroads.

Unbelievable.

Please, help.

...It hurts. ...I can't move.

This is battle.

Change your mind about becoming a soldier?

There! That's it!

How many edible ones were there?

Take care of this, too.

Carry that first.

Ugh, there they go again.

They put themselves in the battle
and got themselves killed. It's astounding.



They were good sons,

and good daughters.

Good husbands. Good wives.

Good fathers. Good mothers.

And above all, they were all
equally valiant warriors.

In this vast world,
they lived their vehement lives.

I feel pride in the way they lived.

May these warriors' souls be at peace.

Pops! How could you go and die on me?

Deca-dence.

Run by the Solid Quake corporation,
it is a colossal entertainment facility,

where one can experience
excitement like never before.

This is not a virtual world.

It takes place on the
vast continent of Eurasia.



Players can board the Deca-dence
and enjoy an entirely real-world adventure.

First, become a Gear and customize
an available avatar to your liking.

"Gear Avatar" First, become a Gear and
customize an available avatar to your liking.

First, become a Gear and customize
an available avatar to your liking.

Once you're ready, join up with allies
and set out on an adventure to hunt Gadoll!

But what happens when you die?

The Gear avatar is a physical object,
so you have to start over.

Yikes, that's hardcore.

"General Corporation Chimney Town"
That sense of tension is why it's popular!

"General Corporation Chimney
Town" You should try it, too! It's fun!

You should try it,
too! It's fun!

Fluid battles in zero gravity!

Gain experience and
aim to be top rank!

An abundant variety
of weapons and armor!

Below the floor for Gears,

in the town of Tank,

encounter an endangered species:

humans, a.k.a. Tankers!

Boasting a 90%
satisfaction rating!

Experience massive battles of
unprecedented scale up close!

"Real stimulation...
death... awaits."

"Kaburagi"

Extermination of the
large-size giland complete.

"Log-in Area at Solid Quake" Extermination
of the large-size giland complete.

"Log-in Area at Solid Quake" All staff
are commended for their hard work.

All staff are commended
for their hard work.

Remember to refill on oxyone,

and be sure to conduct
occasional reboots.

That is all.

Have a profitable day.

Hey, hey,
Kaburagi. Nice work out there!

Okay...

I saw, you know!

You know,
your brief return to the battlefield!

You saw on the monitors?

That's right. You
looked so cool!

I bet it took you back to
your days as a top ranker.

Did you hear me?

Huh? Kaburagi?

Wait,
you aren't filling up on oxyone?

What's up with him? Strange.

"Colossal Corporate
Enterprise Solid Quake"

"Personal Room"

"Personal Room" Dammit.

The battlefield...
never again...

"Please refill oxyone" "Time until scrapping:
175 years" The battlefield... never again...

Mr. Donatello,
have you heard of limiter releasing?

"7 Years Ago" Mr. Donatello,
have you heard of limiter releasing?

"7 Years Ago" Where'd
you hear that term?

"7 Years Ago" Forget
you ever heard it.

Forget you ever heard it.

What?!

Please, tell me about it!

It's nothing an honest
kid like you needs to know.

Aww, man!

Glance...

Hey, Mikey, what would
happen if your arm were torn off?

Huh? It'd hurt.

Hey! Turkey!

What's the big deal?

I don't know how to actually do it,
anyway.

Don't worry!

Tell me!

Idiot.

Do as you please.

As you said, if the avatar's arm is
torn off, there would be a feeling of pain,

but it's not as if your
actual arm comes off.

Of course not!

No one would play if
they got hurt for real.

Limiter releasing
removes that restriction.

Basically,
you actually take damage.

But that's dangerous.

Yeah. You run the
risk of being scrapped.

At the same time,
restrictions on the avatar are removed.

That means its physical
abilities increase.

You gain power in
exchange for risk.

In a nutshell.

You can do that?

No, I don't do that.

Sorry, Mr. Kaburagi. Your
movements are so nimble, I just...

I hear it's a cheat developed
by players obsessed with pain.

Messing with that is the
act of an idiot or a nutcase.

Right?

That's correct.

I'll pretend I didn't
hear any of that.

"Minato" I'll pretend I
didn't hear any of that.

"Minato" Inappropriate topics
belong in private mode, gentlemen.

Approaching the intercept point. I trust
my top rankers will perform again today.

Leave it to the great Donatello!

We're gonna wreak
havoc on 'em again!

Ain't we, men?

...Yessir! ...Hell yeah!

Let's get 'em!

All right! It's party time!

Go! Go! Go!

So cool!

"Kaburagi"

That hits the spot.

Hey, hey, Kaburagi.

Oh, got some high-grade oxyone?

Hey there, Max.

Itching to get some beams, huh?

Nothing gets past a top ranker.

Are you going to treat me?

I suppose I have to.

Come on.

Score!

Now share some high-grade oxyone,
too!

Can't oblige you there.

"Berserk Warrior Donatello"

"Sly Trickster Turkey"

Oh, it's Mikey.

"Spirted Up-and-Comer Mikey" He has
a reputation for climbing the ranks lately.

Oh, really?

Well,
he's still nowhere near you.

"Personal Room
for Ranked Players"

"Cool..." "Scary..."

"Getting started..." "Sorta..."

"Not at all..." "Lately..."

"Displays an abundance of experience in battle, but since this is ultimately a game,
you have to get the users excited." "I'm tired of him. He's reached his limit."

"With Mikey around, we don't really need Kaburagi, right? Isn't he done?"
"Lately Kaburagi's been kinda meh. Honestly I thought he was better."

"I'm tired of him. Time to swap him out! Maybe he'll leave on his own." "Not
at all! Kaburagi's experience stat is crazy! And what about the way he moves?"

"He's got skill but he has no flair.
I'm team Mikey!" "Super boring."

"Kaburagi" "Mikey"

"Kaburagi" "Mikey"

"Kaburagi" "Mikey"

Sorry for taking up your time.

It's fine. What's up?

Well,
lately my rank progress has been poor...

"Kaburagi" "Mikey" Well,
lately my rank progress has been poor...

"Kaburagi" "Mikey" So I
wanted to ask your advice.

So I wanted to ask your advice.

Poor?

Yes. My progress has
been stagnant lately.

I can tell I'm lacking something,
but...

Yes?

Hmm. Wouldn't it be
better to ask Donatello?

"Limiter Release Methods"

"Limiter Release Methods" Mr. Kaburagi,
isn't that...

Don't.

So you did know how
to release the limiter!

Tell me how!

Thank you.

You're indisputably
a top ranker.

Aren't things fine as they are?

I used to be like everyone
else. I didn't question it.

That I'm the property of the company...
Of the system... and replaceable.

That I should be proud to serve
my function and be scrapped.

"Kaburagi" But that
changed after I ranked!

I don't want to go back
to being replaceable!

The way things are...

...I know I'll drop in rank!

But there'd be no turning back!

I won't get caught!

There are already
players doing it.

It doesn't matter.

It's not the same for
players and rankers!

You'll be scrapped as a bug!

I want to push
myself to my limits!

Mr. Kaburagi!

I beg you.

I beg you! Please!

No more than 20%.

Promise never to exceed
20% release of the limiter.

Then you can still
endure taking a hit.

Thank you! Thank you!

What're you so smiley
about? It's creepy.

Sorry. I'm just excited
about the battle.

Don't let your rank
increase go to your head.

That's not it!

I'm just so happy
I get to be here.

If you say so.

Attention top rankers. Now
approaching the intercept point.

Time to do your thing.

This is it!

More!

"Hugin"

"Hugin" The world
must be rid of bugs.

Please don't!

"Munin"

Violating confidentiality
is a serious bug.

We have to take this back.
It's a valuable resource.

That is quite a serious matter.

A ranker engaged in cheating,
you say.

H-How awful. Why?

Mikey...

Wh-Who did it?

Who told him how to do it?

Turkey! It was you!

N-N-No!

Donatello, stop!

...What'd you say? ...Get him!

Foolish.

Kaburagi.

Excuse my use of
restraints on a top ranker.

The other rankers'
actions necessitated it.

What's going on?

Mikey was scrapped for performing
a limiter release, a prohibited action.

And the ranker
team is disbanded.

How is the team responsible?!

You gain power in
exchange for risk.

I hear it's a cheat developed
by players obsessed with pain.

In light of this, the system deemed it a
problem with order among the rankers in general.

Starting tomorrow,
you will work for us.

By day you will be an armor repairer,
and by night a recovery agent.

Recovery agent?

Among the humans, there frequently appear
individuals who bring trouble to our world.

They are all bugs.

I'm sure you are already aware
how dangerous bugs are to the world.

The system will
eliminate those bugs,

so you are to recover the
chips placed inside the humans.

You are also to discover
bugs and report them.

Are you discontent?

Both you and I are
company property.

Refusal is...

I don't intend to
oppose the system.

A fine attitude.

Unlike Donatello and the others.

What do you mean?

They foolishly failed to abide
by the system's directives.

Therefore they were sent
to a correctional facility.

They...

Now, repeat after me.

The world must be rid of bugs.

Kaburagi?

The world must be rid of bugs.

"Present"

"Please refill oxyone" "Time
until scrapping: 175 years"

"Time until
scrapping: 175 years"

Let me be the
one to decide that.

Right, Mikey?

Please teach me how to fight!

I have to join The Power!

You're still saying that?

You should learn
something from Fennel.

He's been scared to go outside since
the incident and took inside duties.

I don't want to
die or to give up!

You won't change my mind.

I see.

If you still won't budge,
there's nothing else I can do.

Forgive me, Boss!

When did you...?

If you won't teach me,
I'll spill the beans on Pipe!

Then you'll be banished
from Deca-dence,

and your dear Pipe will
end up as ground meat!

Are you actually threatening me?

If that's how it sounded,
then take it that way.

Do what you must.

I'm sorry!

I lied just now!

This photo is important to me.

"Operational Limit Near"
This photo is important to me.

"Operational Limit
Near" But why?

"Operational Limit
Near" It's over for me.

I can only follow the
same routine until I die.

"Operational Limit Near"

And that's not that far off.

Good evening!

Oh, welcome back, Natsume!

"1 for 400" The
price went up again?!

Supply hasn't been good lately.

I can just barely do it.

That's it! I've decided.

Boss?

Excuse me?

Wait! Natsume!

Huh?

Where'd he go?

Where could he be going?

No way!

No...

What do I do?

Boss!

"Please refill oxyone"
"Operational Limit Near"

"Please refill oxyone" "Operational
Limit Near" Please don't do this anymore!

"Please refill oxyone" "Operational
Limit Near" You saw me?

I see.

To think your
chip will be my last.

How ironic.

What?

She isn't being processed?

What's with all this
nonsense you keep spouting?

Whatever. It's wrong to steal
money from an unconscious person!

You're not actually that kind of person,
right, Boss?

Get it together!

I don't know what happened,

"Please refill oxyone" "Operational Limit
Near" but don't say it's over for you!

"Please refill oxyone" "Operational
Limit Near" Don't give up!

"Operational Limit
Near" Don't give up!

I-I'll lend you money, okay?

Here! My meager life savings!

This is no laughing matter!

I know there's basically
no money in there!

Okay, I got it.

No more stealing. Now go home.

Hey, what's with that tone?!

What's going on?

All humans are
managed through chips.

Even if she mistook that for stealing,
she should have been processed.

What?

What does this mean?

What?!

She's not recognized
by the system?

A bug.

So then, for various reasons,
I didn't get to join The Power.

Isn't that horrible?

Hey... Mikey...

"Operational Limit
Near" Hey... Mikey...

"Operational Limit Near" I...

What's with the creepy face?

What made you decide
to teach me how to fight?

Well... I suddenly wanted to see
how a bug would live in this world.

Huh? "A bug"?

It means you.

In other words,
you're weak like an insect.

Hey! Isn't that horrible?

If you turn out not to have promise,
give up.

Never.

Amazing!

Oh, first time here?

Yeah,
since I didn't get to join The Power.

So this is the Gears' base!

"The Power Main Entrance"
It's like I'm in another world!

"The Power Main Entrance"

Oh, so cool!

Skin shop?

What is this place?

Hey, wait up!

If the world must
be rid of bugs,

she has to be eliminated.

If the world must
be rid of bugs...

...that would mean
she has no value.

But in that moment...

"Refilling oxyone" "Operational
Limit Near" But in that moment...

"Refilling oxyone" "Operational
Limit Near" ...she definitely...

...saved me.

"Oxyone refill complete"

"Reboot?" "Yes" "No"

"Reboot?" "Yes"