Deca-Dence (2020): Season 1, Episode 7 - Driveshaft - full transcript

Welcome to Deca-dence.

As is well known, we Gears have fought the
mysterious Gadoll for hundreds of years.

But the situation is severe.

We are always short on resources,

nor do we have plenty of soldiers.

Therefore I offer my heartfelt gratitude
for your decision to join The Power.

I am glad to have your strength,

until the day the Gadoll are
wiped from the earth.

"Terms of Service"

"Settings Applied"

"Battle in Progress!"
"Finishing the tutorial is n..."
"Join the fight!"



Battle?

Jill, what's going on here?

With what?

I thought there were no battles.

They can't afford to be
performing maintenance forever.

The company likely wants to resume ASAP.

"Jill"
The company likely wants to resume ASAP.

"Jill"
"Stop the Gadoll incursion!"
The company likely wants to resume ASAP.

"Jill"
"Stop the Gadoll incursion!"

Incursion?!

They're here!

Again?!

Don't let any through!

Wh-What is this?



There.

Here they come!

They just keep coming.

It's endless!

Shit!

Damn.

Five Gadoll. After them!

Shit! They're inside.

Hey! Stop the damn pushing!

Here it comes!

Hurry!

Over here!

This avatar is hard to use!

What?!

Look!

That's...

She stopped it.

Thank goodness.

Natsume?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Thank you.

You're very welcome!

Thank you so much.

Bye-bye, miss!

Bye-bye.

...Just now... ...Natsume!

Good. Are you okay?

Yes, ma'am.

The inside has been cleared.

Let's head outside!
We can't let any more in!

Right.

...Oh yeah!
...Man, it was seriously close today.

...Man, it was seriously close today.

But that's what makes it fun.

Quickly!

Put him down there!

Help! The blood won't stop!

It hurts!

Just kill me.

"Commander Minato"

"Access Denied"
"Commander Minato"

Can't call with this account.

Report.

Currently all clear.

Still tabulating Tanker casualties.

Can you handle it from here?

I'm going for a smoke.

Understood, sir.

You always did like it up here.

Who's there? This place is off limits
to rank and file Gears.

I suppose you're the
reason I wasn't scrapped.

Thanks.

Kabu? How did you get an account?

How indeed.

No matter. How's the correctional facility?

What's with the hole in the tank?

Why, it's stagecraft, of course.

It's a perfect basis for a quest,
after all.

Interacting with an endangered species
will be lost as a feature at this rate.

The Tankers have become too numerous.

You've seen Tank yourself.

Look at the state it's in
with all the expansion.

It'll reach saturation
somewhere down the road.

Basically, this operation allows us
to cull them tactfully.

Why support the Tankers so strongly?

They're just humans.

It's always been one surprise
after another with you.

Though, I have to admit it's fun.

Minato.

Kabu, don't make your position
any worse. Do you understand?

Even I won't be able to help you.

I don't want to cause
you any further trouble.

I'm going to find a way to help you.

"Jill"

"Jill"
Kaburagi, please avoid conspicuous actions
like the ones you just took.

It would be a pain to catch
the eye of the game police.

Understood.

Let me add that I'd also like to avoid
prolonged log-in from a forged account.

Please return by sundown.

"Jill" Please return by sundown.

Dammit! What do I do?

What on earth do I do?

"To Boss"

Boss, don't worry about Pipe.

I promise I'll take great care of him!

So let me know as soon as you get back!

"So l̶e̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶o̶o̶n̶
̶a̶s̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶!̶"

"So l̶e̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶o̶o̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶
̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶!̶" They really got us.

Can that be closed back up?

Well, it's not that we can't...

With our limited manpower, I can't
even imagine how long it would take.

Worse, the Gadoll could attack
at any moment, you know?

So no one would be willing to risk it.

The repair itself can be managed
if we use plating slated for recycling.

But we don't have enough
outer wall repair kits.

So we're short on people
and time and repair kits...

So it's impossible to close it then, right?

Mendy!

It's easy to see why you would say that.

I mean, look at the size of it.

It's more than what you'd call a repair.

Excuse me.

Um,

would it not work to use
the house repair kits we Tankers have?

Well,
you're right that we could use those...

But we'd need an awful lot of them.

Right. I mean all the ones in Tank.

All of them?!

With that many, we'd have more than enough.

But we'd never be able to do that.

And where would we get enough people?

We have tons of people here, too.

That's true...

True, there are lots of people...

But will they listen to us?

Come on. There's no way!

They won't leave their homes.

That's right.

They think we're a bunch of brainless dopes
with a death wish, after all.

Don't say that about us!

They say it, not me!

I feel like I need a drink.

Natsume?

I'm sure some people will help!

I'll go find them!

Hey,
that doesn't go here! Take it out back!

Sorry!

Um...

Hey! Add another plate to that wall!

Get your rear in gear!

Um, excuse me.

Idiot! Reinforce that pillar, too!

Um, excuse me!

Who's that?

...We're clearly busy.
...Natsume?!

Who the hell are you?

M-My name is Natsume. You're in charge,
right?

So what if I am?

I want to close that giant hole,
whatever it takes.

It would help greatly to have
the assistance of the butchery workers.

Could you please help?

You must be nuts. You see how busy we are.

You're in the way! Leave!

If any more Gadoll are allowed to invade,
things will end up even worse!

Please!

We're doing what we can do.

We can't do any more. You understand.

Hey, what are you doing?

Fei.

Please, help me!

We're trying to close
the hole in the armoring.

We might be able to do it with
the help of the butchery workers.

It's impossible. You know the Gadoll
could attack at any moment.

Everyone's afraid.

It might be impossible.

It might be frightening.

But I don't want to give up without trying.

Who knows when we'll lose someone, or who.

It could be me.

It could be someone I love.

But I can't protect everyone on my own.

So please, Fei!

You're always like this.

We're not all strong like you.
We can't all be positive.

I'm scared, too. So scared.

We don't need to put ourselves
in danger. The Gears will save us.

Anyway... we can't do what we can't do.

I... managed to change.

What I really wanted was to change myself.

I wanted to stop being weak and helpless.

That's why I became a soldier.

I'm still weak...

But I've made progress.

This is what I hate!

I just wanted to go shopping with you,
share meals, make jokes.

Living peacefully was enough for me.

I didn't think anything needed to change.

Fei...

But you did.

When I was around you,
I felt like I was wrong.

That's why I ran.

Fei...

I'm sorry.

If you happen to have extra repair kits,
bring them to the cafeteria. Please.

So lame.

Natsume, where have you been?

I talked to as many people as I could,

but this is all I got.

What? What's all this?

We couldn't let you do
all the work, now could we?

We all scrounged them up together.

Though it's probably still not enough.

Oh, is this the spot?

There they are.

Hey there.

No way.

U-Um...

We make our own decisions
about how to live our lives.

I know what I said earlier,
but I decided you were right.

So I decided to help you.

Th-Thank you very much.

Where'd your boldness from earlier go?

Well anyway, those are also all yours.

...Yup. ...Here ya go.

Yes, sir.

You know,
I don't really like getting sweaty.

But how could I refuse
a request from these pretty girls?

Fei!

C-Come on now, Natsume.

All right. Let's do this thing!

Big talk from a guy
who transferred to inside duty.

Ouch!

Commander, the damage to the tank
has started being repaired.

Was the schedule pushed up?

No, sir. You see... it appears
the Tankers are doing it.

What?

What will you do?

Ignore it. Let them be.

It's not on a scale they just deal with.

Yes, sir.

How pointless.

I'm pooped.

Pipe, you look like you like that.

Is it yummy?

A Gear?!

What do you want?

No, I...

I'll scream.

No... you've got me all wrong.

I... uh...

Milk!

Want some?

No. No thank you.

Why? I thought you liked it.

Uh, I mean, that's what he said.
What Kaburagi said.

Boss?!

You know him?

Y-Yeah.

Tell me! Where is he right now?

For certain reasons, he can't see you.

Why? Did something happen to him?

Uh... no... he... uh...

Pipe, no!

Pipe, be good...

You sure are excited.

Okay, that's enough.

Here.

Listen, I need you to...

I know. I won't tell anyone. Don't worry.

So good!

Here.

No, I don't...

It's good...

You've never tried it?

No.

Then tell Boss how good it is.

He's stubborn,
so he always refuses to drink it.

No alcohol, no smoking, no milk.

I mean, really,
where's the fun in his life?

Is fun necessary in life?

Of course it is!

Drinking milk like we are now...

Hanging out with friends...

If you lose all of life's pleasures, then
even if you're alive, you're not living.

Nope.

What was that?

Hey, why'd you laugh?

No reason.

You know, it's strange.

Talking to you like this,
it feels familiar somehow.

Listen, Kaburagi won't...

I know.

There are reasons, like you said.

He's an incredible person, so there must be
lots of places he's needed, right?

Hey, are you always like that?

You ran all over to get that
giant hole closed, didn't you?

If it were me,
I think I would have given up.

You're the only one who didn't give up.

No, that's not true.

Don't you think that part of you
saved Kaburagi, too?

So although I think things
will be hard, you'll be all right.

I came here to tell...

I want to be a strong person.

I'm still really weak.

But if my spirit broke, if I lost hope,

I think I wouldn't be able to
take a single step.

Even in this situation,
I thought that once Boss came back...

...everything would work out.

But he's probably never coming back, is he?

Maybe he was right.

Maybe peace really will never come.

That means...

That means I have to push myself.

I have to...

I have to be more useful... don't I?

I'm gonna tear it all down.

Woo!

Drink! Drink!

How about a quick
drink to catch up with us?

You're back pretty early.

You could have taken more time.

Don't be ridiculous.

If he had stayed any longer,
we would've had a problem on our hands.

What did that even accomplish?

What could you even...

Donatello.

You like parties, right?

What're you getting at?

I'm gonna throw a huge party.

You should come.

I don't know what kind of party,
but I'll kill you if it's lame.

Kabu, is your birthday coming up?

Idiot! Don't involve us
in something so stupid.

I'm going to wipe out
the Gadoll in Deca-dence.

What?! You really have gone crazy!

You really are a bug!

Ain't no way!

What an idiot!

Tell me more.

We're destroying the Gadoll factory.