Get Backers (2002–2003): Season 1, Episode 13 - Explosion! Fuchouin: School Thread Technique - full transcript

An imposter who studied the same martial art as Kazuki impersonates him and then attacks Himiko.

Let's gather up the tears and give them
back to the night sky

Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust

On nights when I've stopped knowing
whether or not I'm alive

I get swallowed up by the starless night sky

"Don't disappear, light!"
my uncertain heart cries out

I just want to see you!

Sprinting with all my might through
illusions, delusions, daydreams

A miracle wakes all throughout my body

Don't forget, you're not alone

We're always just a dreamer

Take love, get all love,
get back love in our hands

Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust

What kind of tomorrow shall
I dream about tonight?

When Makubex was still a baby whose
eyes weren't even open,

he was abandoned here in
the Limitless Fortress.

The characters for Makube were etched
into the bag he was stuffed in,

so his last name was the only thing
they were able to figure out.

But nobody knows his first name.

Not even him, obviously.

In time, those who were awed by his
mind took Makube and added an "x,"

which expresses the unknown,
and called him Makubex.

Hey, this better be the right way
to go, monkey trainer.

If you're saying you can't trust me,
go by yourself.

I won't stop you, snakeboy.

Although I don't believe you'd
be able to get through

the mazelike Limitless Fortress on your own.

You'd get lost, and that
would be the end.

What did you say?!

If you don't want to turn into a snake mummy,
then just shut up and follow me!

Damn, why do I have to be
with a guy like this?

That's my line.

Hey...

Now what?

This Makubex bastard, what's he like?

You haven't heard anything
from Ginji at all?

No.

Unlike me or Kazuki, who came
from the outside,

Ginji and Makubex grew up here
in the Limitless Fortress,

here in the worst of cities.

I don't know if that's why, but they both
had ways in which they were weirdly cold.

You didn't know what they were
thinking, or something.

But that's all in the past.

I can't buy Makubex being
anything like Ginji now.

Well, I guess I'll find out
when I meet him.

Looks like there's a lot to ask him about,
if we're going to recover IL.

"IL," they say.

It seems they're talking about my Lens,
but the name's got no taste, does it?

Even so, it looks like Shido's
gotten quite chatty.

He must've found happiness in
the outside world.

You couldn't even imagine the old Shido

coming to get the Lens back
with his friends.

Right, Sakura?

People with a proper name have it good.

He probably gets called "Shido" all nice
and warmly by his friends, huh?

Sakura...

That's a nice name.

Who gave it to you?

Yes, I think probably my mother.

I see.

Makubex?

I have the same dream, you know.
Over and over...

Mr. Ginji disappears,

and then Shido and Kazuki leave.

And him too.

Everyone disappears,

and finally, I'm the only one left.

That's when I always wake up.

Makubex...

Sometimes I think it, you know?

Rather than let that happen, maybe
I'll wipe out everyone together.

With that lens, I could turn
everything white.

Will you go?

It'll probably be a painful
task for you, but...

I've been prepared for this
from the beginning.

And...

He's the one who did the betraying.

A traitor?

Is there something the matter
with this painting?

Oh, no, I accidentally showed
my back to him!

The Last Supper...

It's a reproduction of Da Vinci's famous
church wall painting, isn't it?

Is it? I'm not knowledgeable about
paintings like Ban is, you see.

Do you know about it, Ginji?

The twelve Apostles who surround Christ,

they were impressed by Christ's teachings
and became his disciples

and were always with him.

They were supposed to be bound
by ties that strong,

and yet one Apostle betrayed Christ.

One of the ones painted here is said
to be that traitor, Judas.

A traitor...

Well then, let's end our masterpiece
appreciation here and hurry along.

After all, we have to search for
everyone else too, don't we?

Uh, right!

They just come one after the other.
There's no end to them!

How's everything over there?

Please spare us!

You started the fight, and now
you're begging for your life?

We didn't know!

We had no idea you were the
Threadmaster Kazuki!

Answer me. Where is Makubex?!

Please, ask us anything but that!

If we tell you that, we forfeit our lives!

Is that so?

The same goes for not answering.

Quite like Akabane's approach.

That's because in the Limitless Fortress,
showing mercy is fatal.

Say, don't you think it's strange?

Ever since we came here, we've done
nothing but run into enemies.

It's as if they're monitoring our movements.

You're right.

It could be

that there's a traitor among us.

A traitor?

Yes.

What if someone on our current team

was reporting our every move
to Makubex?

No, that can't be.

Can you be so sure of that?

Even now?

Mr. Kazuki?!

At last, you finally gave me
an opening, huh?

You... are you?

That's right. I'm the traitor.

From the very beginning, I've been
accompanying you on Makubex's orders

as the guide to lead you all to Hell.

I can't believe you!

Aren't you one of VOLTS's Four Kings?!

I can't believe you're betraying
Ginji Amano, your leader!

That's all in the past.

Now the one who rules the
Limitless Fortress is Makubex.

I am his faithful subordinate.

Damn it!

Now, on Makubex's orders, I'm going
to have you all disappear.

After you... Yes, who shall be after you?

I'll let you decide now, at the end.

So, who shall I send after you?

Ban...

Ban?

Ban Midou? I understand.

Next I'll get close to him and make
him prey to these threads.

So sleep with your mind at ease.

Goodbye, Lady Poison.

BAN!

What?!

The Arrangement Method of the
Fuchouin-School Thread Technique?

I'm surprised.

To think there was someone here
in the Limitless Fortress

who uses the same technique I do.

Who are you?!

ME, Makubex's subordinate?

That's a bad joke.

There's only one person in this world
that I've followed of my own will.

The Lightning Emperor Ginji Amano.
That's all.

There are two Threadmaster Kazukis?!

Apparently, when we all split up due to
the commotion in that smoke,

he took my place.

Reveal yourself.

Then see the error of your ways,

and never show your face in front of us again!

If you don't do as I say, I,
Threadmaster Kazuki,

will pass judgment on you with your death!

Kazuki Fuchouin

Himiko Kudou

What does this mean?

That man is an impostor, Miss Himiko.

In the Fuchouin-School Thread
Technique I studied,

there's a secret technique called
the Arrangement Method,

which uses threads to manipulate the
skin and muscles of the face,

completely changing the face's appearance.

That man is using that technique and
disguising himself as me.

Just what you'd expect from one of
the former Four Kings of VOLTS.

It looks like the skills of the successor
to the Fuchouin School weren't hype.

It's just like Makubex told me!

I am Kogenta Akame, also a thread user,

a student of the Asou house of
the West Fuchouin School!

I see. So that's your real face?

Your looks are well-suited to
your dirty methods.

I'll rip that pretty face of yours
to shreds for you right away!

Whoops, if you make a wrong move,
what will happen to the woman?

Do you understand?!

Hey, you guys!

Yes, Sir!

How far does your cowardice go?!

Now, now, stay like that and don't move,
Threadmaster Kazuki!

You may be the successor, but as long as
I have a hostage, you can't do anything!

In other words, intelligence is more
important than skill with threads.

If you win in the end, that's what matters!

If you win, that is!

All right, come here, little missy.

What?!

This is...

She's inside my barrier of threads.

Any threads that snap will attack without
mercy anyone who gets close to her.

A barrier of threads! When?!

If I make a wrong move...
What did you say would happen?

You guys, go! Everyone catch him
and keep him from moving!

Then I'll... Hey!

What are you doing?!

My orders are Makubex's orders!

You want to defy Makubex?!

You see, even if we wanted
to move, we couldn't!

What?!

Thread restraints?!

You said you were from the West
Fuchouin School, didn't you?

Judging by your skills, you got halfway
through training at most.

Someone like you won't win against me.
Get away from here right now.

If you do, I'll overlook you this once

as someone who studied in the same school.

Gee, thanks.

I'll step down!

Those threads...

That's right, they're a special product
of the Limitless Fortress,

made from a zero-gravity alloy!

Halfway is far enough for something
like the Fuchouin School.

Now, MISTER Kazuki the Successor,
can you use those koto strings

to completely block these threads
which can cleave iron in two?!

If I defeat you, I'll be recognized
by Makubex!

Then, when the Limitless Fortress gains

absolute power through Makubex
and that Lens,

I too will... I too!

Lens? Is that IL?

It can't be! No, if IL was...

Oh, no!

I've got you!

I won! I beat the Threadmaster Kazuki!

I, Kogenta Akame...

Impossible!

He captured my zero-gravity alloy
threads with mere koto strings?!

My threads!

The Fuchouin-School Thread Technique
doesn't need alloyed threads.

They didn't teach you?

That its ultimate technique lies in the very
waves played with your own fingers?

The waves are conveyed through the threads.

Sometimes they give the threads
a strength like steel,

and sometimes...

They tear flesh and crush bones!

Please, spare me!

What a fearsome expert.

I can't believe the Ginji Amano that I know

had a man like this under him.

The Lightning Emperor Ginji Amano,
what on earth is...

Spare me! I was ordered by
Makubex. I had to.

Fool!

Those threads will not uncoil for
seven days, no matter what.

Stay there and repent for what you've done!

I'm sorry, Miss Himiko. Because of me,
you had to go through something like this.

Well, frankly I was surprised.

But I guess in this place,
anything can happen, huh?

Anyway, let's hurry. We have to
meet up with everyone.

I'm a little worried about something.

Miss Himiko, what are you doing?

I'm not doing anything!

My body moved without me telling it to!

That's a wire cord?!

Just like Threadmaster Kazuki.
He notices quickly, doesn't he?

What on earth is...

This guy.

An ultra high-speed interface cable
made in the Limitless Fortress.

It's a top-quality product made
from a zero-gravity alloy.

It's simultaneously both flexible and elastic,
and can't be cut by just any means.

It's commonly known as giga wire.

By connecting these cables to a person,

you directly access their neurons
and motor cortex

and control their body's functions
via computer.

It's the Wire Doll system I developed.

She's fast!

What's going on?!
My body's moving on its own!

I get it, it's that wire!

Miss Himiko's body is being
given orders through that.

And where that wire ends is...

Makubex's mother system!

Bingo!

Just like Kazuki. His instincts are good.

But my calculations are perfect.

Now, Flying Needles Juubei,
it's almost your turn.

Damn it! I can't stop myself!

It's like she's a different person!
Is this inhuman speed Makubex's doing too?!

We have to do something. At this rate...

If I cut that wire...

Thread barrier!

Now!

It's no use.

The answer has already been decided.

Game over.

Flying needles?

Is that you, Juubei?

You dodged enough for them to miss
the vital points, did you.

You're as talented as ever, Kazuki.

Why, Juubei? Why are you...

Even YOU are with Makubex?

That's how it is.

I won't let you escape.

Flour

Ending his own life rather than
being killed by me,

that's like him.

Thank you for your work, Juubei.

Using Akame as a decoy, you plant the wire
on that girl, and make her attack Kazuki.

I aim for that opening, and
come from behind, huh?

Things have gone according
to your plan, Makubex.

Were you dissatisfied?
As Flying Needles Juubei?

I was confident I would win even if
we fought each other properly.

With my own hands, he...

Juubei, all you have to do
is obey my thinking.

I know that.

Please, bring that girl back with you.

Why did you come back, Kazuki?

Your playing's gone on too long, Makubex.

If the alternative is to send small-timers like
Horii and the Magami brothers and Akame,

just let us go in the first place.

We'll clean them up right away, and...

It's best not to underestimate
them too much.

What?

You guys don't know.

Beginning with Ginji Amano, this isn't the
true power of the old VOLTS members.

What's more, there's also Doctor Jackal.

He hasn't even put out a tenth
of his true power yet.

And the most dangerous element
of all is that Jagan man,

Ban Midou.

Right now the assembly of the Lens
is proceeding steadily.

We must prevent them from making
the recovery at all costs.

For that purpose, I want a little more data

for a perfect calculation.

And for the time when I have you
guys act as well. All right?

I see. Then perhaps this was
the right thing to do?

It's the negotiator. I caught her at the
entrance to the South Block.

I see. She might be useful.

So, shall we move on to the next stage?

This time the show will be
a bit of a spectacle.

Okay...

The Lightning Emperor Was Here
Okay...

The Lightning Emperor Was Here
This should do it.

The Lightning Emperor Was Here
If we leave marks like this, we'll meet
up with the others faster,

The Lightning Emperor Was Here
and we'll know where we've already been.

The Lightning Emperor Was Here
Ginji, I've been wondering this for awhile.

The Lightning Emperor Was Here
Yes?

Yes?

You wouldn't be lost, would you?

Of course not! I grew up here, you know.

It might as well be my backyard.

He's on to me! What should I do?

Ban, this is bad.

If you don't find me fast, I...

Is there something on my face?

You haven't noticed?

Here.

Something is here...

I can't yet crack open the glasswork
deep in my heart

I believe only in you

I feel the refrain

The well-trod distance to the train station

And the vending machine I leaned on,
unable to go home

You're nowhere to be found

My heart can't be honest

Where in the world are you?

I keep searching for you over and over

I can't yet crack open the glasswork
deep in my heart

I believe only in you

I feel the refrain

Here in the Limitless Fortress, there's no time to
be surprised, no matter what happens, huh?

Yeah, you don't know what's real
and what's an illusion.

It's really changed from when I was here.

This is probably Makubex's doing too.

Don't show mercy and get your feet
kicked out from under you.

I know, but...

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