Fire Force (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 24 - The Burning Past - full transcript
Before being discharged from the hospital, Shinra is visited by Captain Burns, who offers to tell him all about the fire that happened 12 years ago, but only if Shinra can demonstrate that ...
Raffles and his disciples used the flame
bestowed by the great Sol
and the technology cultivated
by mankind to create "Amaterasu."
The sacred flame of Amaterasu
benefits the lives of mankind,
and ended up establishing the foundation
of a state in the Far East.
"Fire Force"
I'm glad to see you're feeling better.
Yeah.
Without you around, Arthur tends to
go off, and be a real pain.
Yeah.
That jerk tried to dispose of some
piled-up documents with Excalibur.
Yeah.
Say something other than "yeah," Devil.
Yeah, okay.
Listen...
Don't do that in front of
the sister and Maki-san, okay?
You'll just make them worry again.
I know you've got your brother
and stuff on your mind,
but you aren't all alone.
Yeah.
Well, thinking about it too hard
won't help. Not your strong suit.
Oh, shut up.
Come to think of it, Tamaki's there, too.
Yeah. Toss in the cat girl, too.
I'm glad you got out of the hospital okay.
Sorry to worry you.
Is everything the same with the others?
Yes.
They're all quite well.
"No running in the halls!!"
"Special Fire Force Company 8"
Shinra,
congratulations on being discharged.
I'm sorry I couldn't come in person!
I was worried about you.
Oh, that's okay. You had to be
standing by in case of a callout.
Welcome back, Shinra.
Glad to see the Adolla Burst is safe.
Nothing that happens seems to kill him.
Such a problem devil...
Yo, Devil. Looks like you
didn't get into heaven.
What about you? Still haven't gone
completely rotten, you oniony bastard?
Good to have you back, Shinra.
Yes, sir.
I'd like you to compile the incident
reports on the Nether right away,
but your report to the captain comes first.
Congratulations on getting out, Shinra.
Second Class Fire Soldier Shinra Kusakabe
returning to duty as of this date.
"Several weeks earlier"
How has the 6th been recently?
Doing just fine, sir.
We have Captain Huang, after all.
Things are nice and quiet...
What the...?!
Ho, so this is the light-speed you've
attained by receiving grace, is it?
Kusakabe-san! You should be on
strict bed rest! Go back to your bed!
Let them finish this. You're not
going to be able to stop them.
Burns is an old-fashioned hard-head.
Heavy-handed interchange is all he knows.
He's provoked by the young lad's growth,
and simmering on the inside.
Why didn't you tell me?!
Whatever your reasons were,
I don't accept them!
Fire Soldiers have ambition.
We can't act on personal feelings.
Stand back.
Looks like he's getting warmed up.
Feels like I could get crushed
just getting near him.
By stoking his internal flame
and circulating the heat energy
produced by it throughout his body,
he can exhibit a
tremendous physical ability.
Burns' body becomes an
enormous mass of heat energy,
which could rightly be called
an embodiment of flame.
Those who are weak lose their lives.
That's why I couldn't afford
to tell you the truth.
If you want to know,
then convince me by showing me
that you're strong enough to hear it.
Huh?!
Captain Burns, you came here to tell me
what happened 12 years ago!
Quit screwing around!
What's wrong? Don't think you can do it?
No, you damn...
...liar!
He just called a superior officer
a damn liar, didn't he?
He held back as hard as he could, though.
Okay... You got it.
I'm going to show you that I'm
not as fragile as you think I am.
All I could save was this one,
vulnerable little life.
I'll take him down... I'll take him down...
That jerk is gonna pay... He's going down.
I'm surprised you grew
up this big and strong.
You're going to tell me, whatever it takes!
Is that all the resolve you have?
No better than a candle flame.
Don't mock me.
I've got more than this!
You're sure you won't regret
anything I tell you?!
As much as I hated flames,
I became a Fire Soldier...
...so I could learn the truth!
Imagine, that tiny little flame...
...growing to be as big as this...
It's been a long time. My arm stings
from where you hit me.
You've gotten strong.
You've made your resolve known.
Very well, I'll tell you everything.
What you know about
that fire is not the truth.
The group under the Evangelist
that you fought...
"Episode 24: The Burning Past"
...was already active 12 years ago.
"Solar Year 198"
Do you sense anything?
The Evangelist said this was the area,
right?
A new Adolla Burst is going to be born.
Aw, yeah!
"Evangelist's Subordinate: Haumea"
The Evangelist knew ahead of time
that there would be a fire.
Then the Evangelist
and company really did...
The cause of that fire was
quite clear. It wasn't you.
That's right! There was
a demon Infernal there!
"Evangelist's Subordinate: Haumea"
We welcome you, third one.
Sho!
Shinra!
Hurry! Run away! Hurry!
Hurry... Shinra... Run away...
A demon...?
Sho! Sho!
The source of that fire 12 years ago...
...was your younger brother, Sho.
Sho! Sho!
It was the effect of Sho's Adolla Burst
that evoked your
third-generation abilities.
You understand the reason why
we are blindfolded, right?
Well, of course.
If we look directly at the sun,
we'll burn our eyes.
Though the sun shineth,
the children of men see it not;
if thou desirest to draw nigh
unto the celestial world,
simply feel it in thy heart.
The horned Infernal that
you said you saw was...
Mom...?
It can't be... I've come all this way just
to find that Infernal... and destroy it...
The cause of the fire was Sho,
and the demon Infernal I saw was my mom...
In that case, whatever happened to my mom?
I arrived on the fire scene
15 minutes after it started.
Where are the survivors inside? Why
aren't they doing anything to put it out?!
There's something strange about this fire!
The water isn't knocking it down at all!
Start fighting the fire again!
Those of you who are third generation
and can tolerate the flames, with me!
We're charging in there
and identifying any survivors!
Three, two, one!
A survivor!
Get a paramedic!
Yes, sir!
Let me go! My mom and Sho
are still inside there!
There's a bad demon close by!
...It's too dangerous! Take it easy!
...Burns...
...It's too dangerous! Take it easy!
...Burns...
...Sho! Mom! Let me go! Sho! Mom!
...An inextinguishable fire... A demon...
Nothing feels right about this.
...Sho! Mom! Let me go! Sho! Mom!
I'm going in!
The body set up to look like
the mother is in place.
Haumea, how about it? Are you in control?
Haumea. Talk to me,
Haumea. Have you done it?
Hey, Haumea!
Haumea!
Shut your trap, Charon! I'm doing it now!
Get lost if you're gonna
disturb me! I'll kill you!
If you could hear me, answer.
Huh? If I answer you, are you gonna
help me? No, you can't!
So shut your stupid face
and go flap in the wind!
Okay, my bad... My bad...
She's terrifying.
Given the situation, things are already...
A demon and baby...!
Bring the baby and come here.
Hold it!
Burns! It's coming down! Get out of there!
The Infernal...!
Hurry!
Watch your head!
A demon Infernal... An Adolla Burst...
An Adolla Link...
The flame in my right eye isn't subsiding.
Just like when I previously saw the light
in the other world and it burned away.
Mom! Sho!
Watch it! Don't go near there!
They didn't go after that boy.
His abilities have been awakened.
Still, his flames are yet weak.
Burns...
Yeah.
Listen closely to me.
Your mother is dead.
So is your brother.
Why did you lie to me?
To keep you out of it. They might have
come after you at some point, too.
I told you that lie so that
you'd fear and hate flames.
I thought that if you
were afraid of flames,
you'd avoid using your pyrokinetic
abilities and stay out of this world.
I do hate them, even now.
Whatever the facts may be,
flames have taken everything
away from my family.
Flames have derailed everything.
There's no way I could ever like them.
Still, you used your flames
to come as far as you have.
I've accomplished my
reason for coming today.
Please wait, sir.
Captain Burns, did you know about the
Adolla Link when you saw into that hell?
Yeah.
My right eye is the price I paid
for seeing the flames of hell.
Was that demon 12 years ago an Infernal
with horns growing out of its eyes?
Yes, it was.
Then that demon probably was Mom...
Where did my mom go, sir?
I never saw her after that.
By using the Adolla Link,
I can once again see that Infernal.
I can see Mom again...
But how do I Link again?
That man might know something.
Kusakabe-san,
please go back to your bed, now.
...You look like him! ...What?
I look like him?
Um, Lieutenant Hague...
Yes?
Lieutenant Hague, are you and the 4th's...?
Ah, yes. Captain Soichiro Hague
of the 4th is my grandfather.
Huh? Why? Do I really look like him?
Oh, no! You just remind me of him
symbolically, is all. You're fine!
I'm fine?
Listen, would it be possible for me
to meet with Captain Hague?
With the captain, you say?
That is my report.
You think that the Adolla Link and
Captain Hague may be somehow connected?
Yes, sir. In order to verify that,
I asked his blood relative,
Lieutenant Asako Hague of the 6th,
to help me.
I was just thinking of contacting
the chief of the Fire Defense Agency.
Let's try reaching out from this end,
as well.
But...
...if we assume that
Captain Burns' story is true,
it means that the Evangelist's group was
involved in the incident with your family.
It's not so easy to believe that
the demon I thought was my enemy
turned out to actually be my mom.
But I also thought Sho was dead,
when in fact, he's still alive.
If...
...your mother has become an Infernal,
and is still alive...
I will find a way to turn an Infernal
back into a person.
"Fire Force"
Look at the imaginations in my head
and I'll go back to myself
Forcing right decisions on me
is like a devil that eats me up
He that used his claws on me
Uses the same claws to defend someone else
Weapons turn into both wounds and shields
Isn't that what life's about?
A secret known to none
For so long almost seems to disappear
but never does
Been holding on to it
While spending a night in the fire
The more they're attracted,
the more the ignorant laugh
What used to make up the universe
until yesterday takes the helm
The entire range of emotions that breathes
Don't want to take away
what I haven't even experienced
Look at the imaginations in my head
and I'll go back to myself
Forcing right decisions on me
is like a devil that eats me up
Don't get in my way anymore
I won't be killed by your ideals
What a dump.
"Shinra, congratulations on your discharge"
Don't feel bad. Those who aren't knights
find it harder to use swords.
Screw you, you oniony bastard!
...I'll definitely cut this faster than him!
...I'll definitely cut this faster than him!
Take it easy.
...Ah! ......King! Knight King!
Látom.
Látom.
Gravel just needs to behave like gravel.
Lieutenant Karim!
Hm? Oh, Tamaki! What a relief
to see you reveling in the revelry.
Um, I... uh...
Can I be taken off suspension, please?!
For the party.
Thank you very much, sir.
I'm just here to drink some saké.
But Shinra is still too young to drink.
I didn't bring it for the kid to drink.
Those of us who can drink
can enjoy it among ourselves.
How about you?
Do you enjoy saké, my princess?
If you like, you could join me, tonight...
Yes, but just a little bit.
Underage gorilla.
Who are you calling a gorilla cyclops?!
I never said that...
Okay,
I am very pleased tonight
to host this grand party
to celebrate Shinra, crewman from
Special Fire Force Company 8,
being discharged from the hospital.
Coming off our earlier investigation
into the Nether...
Thank you for this food.
"See you later"
Látom.
bestowed by the great Sol
and the technology cultivated
by mankind to create "Amaterasu."
The sacred flame of Amaterasu
benefits the lives of mankind,
and ended up establishing the foundation
of a state in the Far East.
"Fire Force"
I'm glad to see you're feeling better.
Yeah.
Without you around, Arthur tends to
go off, and be a real pain.
Yeah.
That jerk tried to dispose of some
piled-up documents with Excalibur.
Yeah.
Say something other than "yeah," Devil.
Yeah, okay.
Listen...
Don't do that in front of
the sister and Maki-san, okay?
You'll just make them worry again.
I know you've got your brother
and stuff on your mind,
but you aren't all alone.
Yeah.
Well, thinking about it too hard
won't help. Not your strong suit.
Oh, shut up.
Come to think of it, Tamaki's there, too.
Yeah. Toss in the cat girl, too.
I'm glad you got out of the hospital okay.
Sorry to worry you.
Is everything the same with the others?
Yes.
They're all quite well.
"No running in the halls!!"
"Special Fire Force Company 8"
Shinra,
congratulations on being discharged.
I'm sorry I couldn't come in person!
I was worried about you.
Oh, that's okay. You had to be
standing by in case of a callout.
Welcome back, Shinra.
Glad to see the Adolla Burst is safe.
Nothing that happens seems to kill him.
Such a problem devil...
Yo, Devil. Looks like you
didn't get into heaven.
What about you? Still haven't gone
completely rotten, you oniony bastard?
Good to have you back, Shinra.
Yes, sir.
I'd like you to compile the incident
reports on the Nether right away,
but your report to the captain comes first.
Congratulations on getting out, Shinra.
Second Class Fire Soldier Shinra Kusakabe
returning to duty as of this date.
"Several weeks earlier"
How has the 6th been recently?
Doing just fine, sir.
We have Captain Huang, after all.
Things are nice and quiet...
What the...?!
Ho, so this is the light-speed you've
attained by receiving grace, is it?
Kusakabe-san! You should be on
strict bed rest! Go back to your bed!
Let them finish this. You're not
going to be able to stop them.
Burns is an old-fashioned hard-head.
Heavy-handed interchange is all he knows.
He's provoked by the young lad's growth,
and simmering on the inside.
Why didn't you tell me?!
Whatever your reasons were,
I don't accept them!
Fire Soldiers have ambition.
We can't act on personal feelings.
Stand back.
Looks like he's getting warmed up.
Feels like I could get crushed
just getting near him.
By stoking his internal flame
and circulating the heat energy
produced by it throughout his body,
he can exhibit a
tremendous physical ability.
Burns' body becomes an
enormous mass of heat energy,
which could rightly be called
an embodiment of flame.
Those who are weak lose their lives.
That's why I couldn't afford
to tell you the truth.
If you want to know,
then convince me by showing me
that you're strong enough to hear it.
Huh?!
Captain Burns, you came here to tell me
what happened 12 years ago!
Quit screwing around!
What's wrong? Don't think you can do it?
No, you damn...
...liar!
He just called a superior officer
a damn liar, didn't he?
He held back as hard as he could, though.
Okay... You got it.
I'm going to show you that I'm
not as fragile as you think I am.
All I could save was this one,
vulnerable little life.
I'll take him down... I'll take him down...
That jerk is gonna pay... He's going down.
I'm surprised you grew
up this big and strong.
You're going to tell me, whatever it takes!
Is that all the resolve you have?
No better than a candle flame.
Don't mock me.
I've got more than this!
You're sure you won't regret
anything I tell you?!
As much as I hated flames,
I became a Fire Soldier...
...so I could learn the truth!
Imagine, that tiny little flame...
...growing to be as big as this...
It's been a long time. My arm stings
from where you hit me.
You've gotten strong.
You've made your resolve known.
Very well, I'll tell you everything.
What you know about
that fire is not the truth.
The group under the Evangelist
that you fought...
"Episode 24: The Burning Past"
...was already active 12 years ago.
"Solar Year 198"
Do you sense anything?
The Evangelist said this was the area,
right?
A new Adolla Burst is going to be born.
Aw, yeah!
"Evangelist's Subordinate: Haumea"
The Evangelist knew ahead of time
that there would be a fire.
Then the Evangelist
and company really did...
The cause of that fire was
quite clear. It wasn't you.
That's right! There was
a demon Infernal there!
"Evangelist's Subordinate: Haumea"
We welcome you, third one.
Sho!
Shinra!
Hurry! Run away! Hurry!
Hurry... Shinra... Run away...
A demon...?
Sho! Sho!
The source of that fire 12 years ago...
...was your younger brother, Sho.
Sho! Sho!
It was the effect of Sho's Adolla Burst
that evoked your
third-generation abilities.
You understand the reason why
we are blindfolded, right?
Well, of course.
If we look directly at the sun,
we'll burn our eyes.
Though the sun shineth,
the children of men see it not;
if thou desirest to draw nigh
unto the celestial world,
simply feel it in thy heart.
The horned Infernal that
you said you saw was...
Mom...?
It can't be... I've come all this way just
to find that Infernal... and destroy it...
The cause of the fire was Sho,
and the demon Infernal I saw was my mom...
In that case, whatever happened to my mom?
I arrived on the fire scene
15 minutes after it started.
Where are the survivors inside? Why
aren't they doing anything to put it out?!
There's something strange about this fire!
The water isn't knocking it down at all!
Start fighting the fire again!
Those of you who are third generation
and can tolerate the flames, with me!
We're charging in there
and identifying any survivors!
Three, two, one!
A survivor!
Get a paramedic!
Yes, sir!
Let me go! My mom and Sho
are still inside there!
There's a bad demon close by!
...It's too dangerous! Take it easy!
...Burns...
...It's too dangerous! Take it easy!
...Burns...
...Sho! Mom! Let me go! Sho! Mom!
...An inextinguishable fire... A demon...
Nothing feels right about this.
...Sho! Mom! Let me go! Sho! Mom!
I'm going in!
The body set up to look like
the mother is in place.
Haumea, how about it? Are you in control?
Haumea. Talk to me,
Haumea. Have you done it?
Hey, Haumea!
Haumea!
Shut your trap, Charon! I'm doing it now!
Get lost if you're gonna
disturb me! I'll kill you!
If you could hear me, answer.
Huh? If I answer you, are you gonna
help me? No, you can't!
So shut your stupid face
and go flap in the wind!
Okay, my bad... My bad...
She's terrifying.
Given the situation, things are already...
A demon and baby...!
Bring the baby and come here.
Hold it!
Burns! It's coming down! Get out of there!
The Infernal...!
Hurry!
Watch your head!
A demon Infernal... An Adolla Burst...
An Adolla Link...
The flame in my right eye isn't subsiding.
Just like when I previously saw the light
in the other world and it burned away.
Mom! Sho!
Watch it! Don't go near there!
They didn't go after that boy.
His abilities have been awakened.
Still, his flames are yet weak.
Burns...
Yeah.
Listen closely to me.
Your mother is dead.
So is your brother.
Why did you lie to me?
To keep you out of it. They might have
come after you at some point, too.
I told you that lie so that
you'd fear and hate flames.
I thought that if you
were afraid of flames,
you'd avoid using your pyrokinetic
abilities and stay out of this world.
I do hate them, even now.
Whatever the facts may be,
flames have taken everything
away from my family.
Flames have derailed everything.
There's no way I could ever like them.
Still, you used your flames
to come as far as you have.
I've accomplished my
reason for coming today.
Please wait, sir.
Captain Burns, did you know about the
Adolla Link when you saw into that hell?
Yeah.
My right eye is the price I paid
for seeing the flames of hell.
Was that demon 12 years ago an Infernal
with horns growing out of its eyes?
Yes, it was.
Then that demon probably was Mom...
Where did my mom go, sir?
I never saw her after that.
By using the Adolla Link,
I can once again see that Infernal.
I can see Mom again...
But how do I Link again?
That man might know something.
Kusakabe-san,
please go back to your bed, now.
...You look like him! ...What?
I look like him?
Um, Lieutenant Hague...
Yes?
Lieutenant Hague, are you and the 4th's...?
Ah, yes. Captain Soichiro Hague
of the 4th is my grandfather.
Huh? Why? Do I really look like him?
Oh, no! You just remind me of him
symbolically, is all. You're fine!
I'm fine?
Listen, would it be possible for me
to meet with Captain Hague?
With the captain, you say?
That is my report.
You think that the Adolla Link and
Captain Hague may be somehow connected?
Yes, sir. In order to verify that,
I asked his blood relative,
Lieutenant Asako Hague of the 6th,
to help me.
I was just thinking of contacting
the chief of the Fire Defense Agency.
Let's try reaching out from this end,
as well.
But...
...if we assume that
Captain Burns' story is true,
it means that the Evangelist's group was
involved in the incident with your family.
It's not so easy to believe that
the demon I thought was my enemy
turned out to actually be my mom.
But I also thought Sho was dead,
when in fact, he's still alive.
If...
...your mother has become an Infernal,
and is still alive...
I will find a way to turn an Infernal
back into a person.
"Fire Force"
Look at the imaginations in my head
and I'll go back to myself
Forcing right decisions on me
is like a devil that eats me up
He that used his claws on me
Uses the same claws to defend someone else
Weapons turn into both wounds and shields
Isn't that what life's about?
A secret known to none
For so long almost seems to disappear
but never does
Been holding on to it
While spending a night in the fire
The more they're attracted,
the more the ignorant laugh
What used to make up the universe
until yesterday takes the helm
The entire range of emotions that breathes
Don't want to take away
what I haven't even experienced
Look at the imaginations in my head
and I'll go back to myself
Forcing right decisions on me
is like a devil that eats me up
Don't get in my way anymore
I won't be killed by your ideals
What a dump.
"Shinra, congratulations on your discharge"
Don't feel bad. Those who aren't knights
find it harder to use swords.
Screw you, you oniony bastard!
...I'll definitely cut this faster than him!
...I'll definitely cut this faster than him!
Take it easy.
...Ah! ......King! Knight King!
Látom.
Látom.
Gravel just needs to behave like gravel.
Lieutenant Karim!
Hm? Oh, Tamaki! What a relief
to see you reveling in the revelry.
Um, I... uh...
Can I be taken off suspension, please?!
For the party.
Thank you very much, sir.
I'm just here to drink some saké.
But Shinra is still too young to drink.
I didn't bring it for the kid to drink.
Those of us who can drink
can enjoy it among ourselves.
How about you?
Do you enjoy saké, my princess?
If you like, you could join me, tonight...
Yes, but just a little bit.
Underage gorilla.
Who are you calling a gorilla cyclops?!
I never said that...
Okay,
I am very pleased tonight
to host this grand party
to celebrate Shinra, crewman from
Special Fire Force Company 8,
being discharged from the hospital.
Coming off our earlier investigation
into the Nether...
Thank you for this food.
"See you later"
Látom.