Get Backers (2002–2003): Season 1, Episode 25 - Get Back the Limitless Future! - full transcript
The atom bomb is ready, but Ban uses his Jagan on Makubex before he can push the switch. The vision Makubex sees makes him realize that he doesn't want to destroy the L.M., nor does he want to turn back time.
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?
Everything is in readiness.
The atom bomb is now in my hands.
Damn! Then we'll stop you by sheer force!
Shido! Emishi!
Ow ow ow...
It's no good.
I've got all of your data.
Whatever you guys do, my intruder
interception program will stop you.
Even with the power of Ban Midou or
Kuroudo Akabane, it's impossible.
Makubex!
Do you know what this is?
Wait, is that...
Probably.
Yes, it's the switch for the atom bomb.
Makubex, why?
Stop this!
A dream...
I always have the same dream.
Mr. Ginji is gone,
Shido and Kazuki leave,
and HE disappears too.
The end of the dream is always the same.
When I, the only one left behind, look down
from the highest floor of the Limitless Fortress,
the city is already gone.
There's only a gray desert
spread out before me.
Makubex, I...
I know. I know why you had to leave
the Limitless Fortress.
What did you say?!
Just how long have you...
After you all left,
VOLTS quickly lost power and
began breaking up.
We couldn't protect anything
from the other groups,
or the guys who came down
from the Beltline.
I thought about what to do.
Mr. Ginji and the others
will never come back.
So I...
Looking for the answer, I ended up there.
I hacked into Babylon City's network,
and found my way to an information
storehouse called the Archive.
There, there was a prophecy that recorded
the future of the Limitless Fortress.
A prophecy?
The Babylon City God who created this
half-virtual Limitless Fortress,
it was a record of his plan?
This Babylon City is a huge
experimental site.
And to God, the people who live
in it are just test subjects.
No, that's impossible!
We're not living for a purpose like that!
That's right!
If you know that much, then best
to take everyone out of here.
I can't.
I can't do that.
He's right.
There are lotsa people who can't
live anywhere but here.
That's why we placed our bets on Makubex.
But no matter what I did, the gears of time
kept moving according to the prophecy.
Ironic, huh?
I want to help everyone, and I know
the prophecy, but I can't stop it.
I couldn't do things like Mr. Ginji did.
Makubex...
I thought about it for so long.
And I came up with this plan
to escape the bonds
of the God of the Limitless Fortress
and gain freedom.
IL played two roles.
One was to create a bomb using
stuff from outside,
which isn't governed by the rules of the
Limitless Fortress, and make a deal with God.
And the other was that if IL was stolen, its
recovery would probably be commissioned.
Shido Fuyuki...
Kazuki Fuchouin...
And above all, Ginji Amano.
It was to bring you here.
Now, God of the Limitless Fortress!
All the ingredients are here!
Flip the switch on this ridiculous
game here and now,
and stop the gears of the Limitless
Fortress's mistaken history!
The future that should be for
the Limitless Fortress
can be no other than the future
we, VOLTS, aimed for!
Now, it's a deal!
Return us to that era!
That magnificent age when VOLTS existed,
when everyone was together!
If you say you can't...
Stop it!
I'll return everything to nothingness!
This is...
Kazuki!
Kazuki!
Shido!
Mr. Ginji!
The ball...
Oh, I'm sorry. I'll get it for you
right now, okay?
Thanks!
Emishi?
Ready? I'm throwin' it, little missy!
Okay!
Here!
Say, nice catch.
Thanks, Mister!
Be careful not to lose the ball
when you're playin'.
Emishi?
Emishi!
Shido...
Mr. Ginji...
Everyone...
A peaceful Limitless Fortress...
The world I thought that I...
No, all of us wished for.
In it there's no fighting, and people...
Everyone can live in health,
freely and happily.
And VOLTS doesn't exist here.
VOLTS was a team that was born as an
inevitable result of our need to survive
in the Limitless Fortress that was governed
by the rules of fear and carnage.
In this world where there's no worry of being
attacked by unreasoning violence,
there is no VOLTS.
Never meeting each other,
remaining strangers...
Mr. Ginji...
Kazuki... Shido...
Sakura... Juubei... Emishi...
Everyone...
No one looks at me.
What I wished for...
No...
No, I didn't want this.
What I wished for
wasn't a world like this.
VOLTS was there. Mr. Ginji was there.
Everyone was there, always together.
This is...
Together forever...
I...
I didn't wish for a world like this!
Now, it's a deal!
Return us to that era!
That magnificent age when VOLTS existed.
No...
When everyone was together!
You can't push it!
If you say you can't...
If you push it...
I'll return everything to nothingness!
Stop it!
No...
I didn't wish for something like this.
What I wished for is...
I didn't want to lose it.
It's just...
They were fun.
Those old memories, I just wanted
to get them back. That's all.
Just one minute.
Did you have a dream?
That was a Jagan?!
But I'm sure you used up your Jagan.
And yet, how?
I just made you think so.
A trump card is something
you save till the end.
Ban, that wound!
Kids shouldn't have toys like this.
I...
You're a brat who doesn't know
anything but theories.
What you were trying to do is the same as what
the God of the Limitless Fortress is doing.
Trying to twist people's lives with force.
Don't get other people involved for
the sake of your own wishes!
Ban...
Then what should I have done?
To return to that time?
The time when VOLTS was here?
It looks like I lost, huh?
But...
What do you mean to do?
You damn brat!
Makubex!
It won't open!
What is he...
He might be...
Emishi?
Damn! Ginji, beat them in!
Okay, Ginji, go!
Mister Ginji...
You've got no obligation to do this for me.
But since ya left, we've never once seen
Makubex smilin' from his heart.
He froze his heart for us.
Emishi...
So, get it back for him,
the big smile he lost from his heart.
That request comes from me too.
Go, Ginji. Go put your affairs in order.
Yeah, I will.
You guys...
What happened? Where's Makubex?
Who knows?
Did the Lightning Emperor go after him?
Yes, let's leave the rest to Mr. Ginji.
Makubex really is...
Makubex was facing the Limitless
Fortress's mystery alone.
Those of us who were watching by his side
know very well how painful it was
for the knowledge that was
supposed to save everyone
to have been making him suffer instead.
Makubex grew able to create an
all too real virtual reality
from the data he got from Babylon City.
But that ended up awakening
certain doubts in him.
That's why I'm saying he's a brat who
doesn't know anything but theories.
Midou?
This Limitless Fortress is half virtual.
The buildings too and even the people.
What?!
He's grown up here from infancy,
and has no memories of the outside.
Could Makubex be...
How many times have I gazed on
the world below with longing?
Wishing for my unattainable dream,
wishing for freedom.
I couldn't go outside like
Mr. Ginji and the others.
But now, I can finally find out for sure.
Now, God of the Limitless Fortress,
answer my final question for me.
Am I,
is the existence called "Makubex"
really here?
Goodbye, Mr. Ginji.
Mr. Ginji?!
Hang on tight.
Electromagnetism, maximum power!
Stick!
We made it somehow.
Why? Why did you save me?!
What do you mean, why?
If you died, everyone would be sad.
As if anyone would be sad
about someone who doesn't even
know his real name.
Whose existence itself might be...
Makubex, I would be sad.
Is that not good enough?
If you live, you'll find
lots of good things.
So live and see, Makubex.
Mr. Ginji...
It's not only the Lightning Emperor.
Juubei...
Now, give me your hand, Makubex.
Hold on tight. Right now I can't
carry all of your weight.
Makubex...
The dream you had from the Jagan,
even if it was a dream,
you were sad, weren't you?
Like you said, there isn't a whole lot of
difference between reality and virtual reality
as long as you understand
that you're living in it.
You're alive, no mistake about it.
Makubex...
welcome home.
Everyone...
I'm home.
Thanks for the business.
There's no need for this anymore.
Well, the job's over and all.
Hey, kid, what are you going to do now?
Well, I'll do it over again from step one.
The fight with the higher floors
isn't over yet.
But this time will be different.
I have people of my own who support me.
There's still only a few of them,
but they're a reliable group.
So I'll keep on fighting without giving up.
I'll make a group bound by trust, that will
measure up even to the VOLTS of the past.
I hereby proclaim the dawn of
a new Limitless Fortress,
and the formation of a new VOLTS!
You're really going to leave?
Yeah, I'll come back to visit.
Makubex...
Take care of the Limitless Fortress.
It'll be okay, this time.
Jackal, what are you angry about?
We got them to hand over IL.
Although, it was a surprise that
it was just a disk of data.
It was somewhat of a disappointment.
Oh, well, we did the recovery and all,
so let's call it a happy ending, okay?
Let's go home then.
See you later, everyone.
I'm sorry, Gramps.
Wait, Mr. Kazuki! Take me with you!
I'm going to leave here too!
What is this?
What is it, Kazuki?
I just thought someone called me.
That was very interesting.
I think maybe I'll observe how things go
from here on out as well.
It's been a long time, huh, Grampa Gen?
It's been a long time, huh, Grampa Gen?
And a long time since we messaged
each other like this too.
It's been a long time, huh, Grampa Gen?
And a long time since we messaged
each other like this too.
...Grampa Gen - - - - -
There's something I haven't been able
to tell you for a long time.
Thank you.
Thank you.
For giving me "power"...
Thank you.
For giving me "power"...
Thank you.
Hey, Ban.
Shh, be quiet.
Thank you for your work.
It was well worthy of an
all-star recovery team.
Thank you.
Now, for the payment for our success.
Yes, well, then...
Again?
So this is the way things go after all, I see.
They're so primitive.
I can't believe it!
Miss Hevn, get back.
Tremendous bloodlust...
It looks like we won't get turns.
Seems that way.
I've grown really fed up with
third-rate farces.
Even so, I was able to enjoy
this job a little.
Let's meet again someday.
I don't quite feel well. I'm going home!
Me too. I have another job after all.
See you, Ban.
What are you going to do now, Kazuki?
Something's come up that I have to take
care of too, so I guess we part ways here.
See you, Ginji.
I'll excuse myself here, Mr. Ginji.
Hey, a shooting star.
The Invincible Man
For the Exclusive Use
of Ban the Great
Ah, thanks to Akabane our fee
went up in smoke!
4,500,000 yen!
Anyway, at least we got
back safely, right?
That damn Akabane! If we just had
that disk, we could at least...
Look, we're here.
We're home!
Welcome home!
Looks like your job ended safely.
Uh, yeah.
Mr. Ban, what's wrong?
Nothing.
So? What's your order?
I'll have the house blend.
Blue Mountain! In my special cup.
And give me a sandwich
while you're at it too.
If you pay your tab.
Huh? Didn't you get any money?
Uh, Natsumi...
That's right, we were supposed
to get a lot of money!
Calm down, Ban!
Well, you've got no luck with money.
Get back our luck with money!
The waves are beautiful like
spangles, aren't they?
They're this beautiful, so smile like that
Don't look back
All right, here I go
Embraced by the storm,
jump from your dreams!
An island eternity crashes against like waves
Seeking an endless clear sky
The injured sea gull flies away too
A hurricane of tears
I'm tired! At times like this,
that's the only way to go.
What do you mean, that?
You know, you know.
You like THAT too, don't you?
Oh, THAT! I'm dying for it.
We'll savor it to the fullest, and...
Hey, aren't you forgetting the bottom line?
What?
The assignment, the assignment!
Next time: Steam Recovery:
The Hot Springs Travel Diary?!
Next Get Backers:
Steam Recovery:
The Hot Springs Travel Diary?!
Next time: Steam Recovery:
The Hot Springs Travel Diary?!
Next Get Backers:
Steam Recovery:
The Hot Springs Travel Diary?!
This time our enemy is seriously dangerous.
Next Get Backers:
Steam Recovery:
The Hot Springs Travel Diary?!
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?
Everything is in readiness.
The atom bomb is now in my hands.
Damn! Then we'll stop you by sheer force!
Shido! Emishi!
Ow ow ow...
It's no good.
I've got all of your data.
Whatever you guys do, my intruder
interception program will stop you.
Even with the power of Ban Midou or
Kuroudo Akabane, it's impossible.
Makubex!
Do you know what this is?
Wait, is that...
Probably.
Yes, it's the switch for the atom bomb.
Makubex, why?
Stop this!
A dream...
I always have the same dream.
Mr. Ginji is gone,
Shido and Kazuki leave,
and HE disappears too.
The end of the dream is always the same.
When I, the only one left behind, look down
from the highest floor of the Limitless Fortress,
the city is already gone.
There's only a gray desert
spread out before me.
Makubex, I...
I know. I know why you had to leave
the Limitless Fortress.
What did you say?!
Just how long have you...
After you all left,
VOLTS quickly lost power and
began breaking up.
We couldn't protect anything
from the other groups,
or the guys who came down
from the Beltline.
I thought about what to do.
Mr. Ginji and the others
will never come back.
So I...
Looking for the answer, I ended up there.
I hacked into Babylon City's network,
and found my way to an information
storehouse called the Archive.
There, there was a prophecy that recorded
the future of the Limitless Fortress.
A prophecy?
The Babylon City God who created this
half-virtual Limitless Fortress,
it was a record of his plan?
This Babylon City is a huge
experimental site.
And to God, the people who live
in it are just test subjects.
No, that's impossible!
We're not living for a purpose like that!
That's right!
If you know that much, then best
to take everyone out of here.
I can't.
I can't do that.
He's right.
There are lotsa people who can't
live anywhere but here.
That's why we placed our bets on Makubex.
But no matter what I did, the gears of time
kept moving according to the prophecy.
Ironic, huh?
I want to help everyone, and I know
the prophecy, but I can't stop it.
I couldn't do things like Mr. Ginji did.
Makubex...
I thought about it for so long.
And I came up with this plan
to escape the bonds
of the God of the Limitless Fortress
and gain freedom.
IL played two roles.
One was to create a bomb using
stuff from outside,
which isn't governed by the rules of the
Limitless Fortress, and make a deal with God.
And the other was that if IL was stolen, its
recovery would probably be commissioned.
Shido Fuyuki...
Kazuki Fuchouin...
And above all, Ginji Amano.
It was to bring you here.
Now, God of the Limitless Fortress!
All the ingredients are here!
Flip the switch on this ridiculous
game here and now,
and stop the gears of the Limitless
Fortress's mistaken history!
The future that should be for
the Limitless Fortress
can be no other than the future
we, VOLTS, aimed for!
Now, it's a deal!
Return us to that era!
That magnificent age when VOLTS existed,
when everyone was together!
If you say you can't...
Stop it!
I'll return everything to nothingness!
This is...
Kazuki!
Kazuki!
Shido!
Mr. Ginji!
The ball...
Oh, I'm sorry. I'll get it for you
right now, okay?
Thanks!
Emishi?
Ready? I'm throwin' it, little missy!
Okay!
Here!
Say, nice catch.
Thanks, Mister!
Be careful not to lose the ball
when you're playin'.
Emishi?
Emishi!
Shido...
Mr. Ginji...
Everyone...
A peaceful Limitless Fortress...
The world I thought that I...
No, all of us wished for.
In it there's no fighting, and people...
Everyone can live in health,
freely and happily.
And VOLTS doesn't exist here.
VOLTS was a team that was born as an
inevitable result of our need to survive
in the Limitless Fortress that was governed
by the rules of fear and carnage.
In this world where there's no worry of being
attacked by unreasoning violence,
there is no VOLTS.
Never meeting each other,
remaining strangers...
Mr. Ginji...
Kazuki... Shido...
Sakura... Juubei... Emishi...
Everyone...
No one looks at me.
What I wished for...
No...
No, I didn't want this.
What I wished for
wasn't a world like this.
VOLTS was there. Mr. Ginji was there.
Everyone was there, always together.
This is...
Together forever...
I...
I didn't wish for a world like this!
Now, it's a deal!
Return us to that era!
That magnificent age when VOLTS existed.
No...
When everyone was together!
You can't push it!
If you say you can't...
If you push it...
I'll return everything to nothingness!
Stop it!
No...
I didn't wish for something like this.
What I wished for is...
I didn't want to lose it.
It's just...
They were fun.
Those old memories, I just wanted
to get them back. That's all.
Just one minute.
Did you have a dream?
That was a Jagan?!
But I'm sure you used up your Jagan.
And yet, how?
I just made you think so.
A trump card is something
you save till the end.
Ban, that wound!
Kids shouldn't have toys like this.
I...
You're a brat who doesn't know
anything but theories.
What you were trying to do is the same as what
the God of the Limitless Fortress is doing.
Trying to twist people's lives with force.
Don't get other people involved for
the sake of your own wishes!
Ban...
Then what should I have done?
To return to that time?
The time when VOLTS was here?
It looks like I lost, huh?
But...
What do you mean to do?
You damn brat!
Makubex!
It won't open!
What is he...
He might be...
Emishi?
Damn! Ginji, beat them in!
Okay, Ginji, go!
Mister Ginji...
You've got no obligation to do this for me.
But since ya left, we've never once seen
Makubex smilin' from his heart.
He froze his heart for us.
Emishi...
So, get it back for him,
the big smile he lost from his heart.
That request comes from me too.
Go, Ginji. Go put your affairs in order.
Yeah, I will.
You guys...
What happened? Where's Makubex?
Who knows?
Did the Lightning Emperor go after him?
Yes, let's leave the rest to Mr. Ginji.
Makubex really is...
Makubex was facing the Limitless
Fortress's mystery alone.
Those of us who were watching by his side
know very well how painful it was
for the knowledge that was
supposed to save everyone
to have been making him suffer instead.
Makubex grew able to create an
all too real virtual reality
from the data he got from Babylon City.
But that ended up awakening
certain doubts in him.
That's why I'm saying he's a brat who
doesn't know anything but theories.
Midou?
This Limitless Fortress is half virtual.
The buildings too and even the people.
What?!
He's grown up here from infancy,
and has no memories of the outside.
Could Makubex be...
How many times have I gazed on
the world below with longing?
Wishing for my unattainable dream,
wishing for freedom.
I couldn't go outside like
Mr. Ginji and the others.
But now, I can finally find out for sure.
Now, God of the Limitless Fortress,
answer my final question for me.
Am I,
is the existence called "Makubex"
really here?
Goodbye, Mr. Ginji.
Mr. Ginji?!
Hang on tight.
Electromagnetism, maximum power!
Stick!
We made it somehow.
Why? Why did you save me?!
What do you mean, why?
If you died, everyone would be sad.
As if anyone would be sad
about someone who doesn't even
know his real name.
Whose existence itself might be...
Makubex, I would be sad.
Is that not good enough?
If you live, you'll find
lots of good things.
So live and see, Makubex.
Mr. Ginji...
It's not only the Lightning Emperor.
Juubei...
Now, give me your hand, Makubex.
Hold on tight. Right now I can't
carry all of your weight.
Makubex...
The dream you had from the Jagan,
even if it was a dream,
you were sad, weren't you?
Like you said, there isn't a whole lot of
difference between reality and virtual reality
as long as you understand
that you're living in it.
You're alive, no mistake about it.
Makubex...
welcome home.
Everyone...
I'm home.
Thanks for the business.
There's no need for this anymore.
Well, the job's over and all.
Hey, kid, what are you going to do now?
Well, I'll do it over again from step one.
The fight with the higher floors
isn't over yet.
But this time will be different.
I have people of my own who support me.
There's still only a few of them,
but they're a reliable group.
So I'll keep on fighting without giving up.
I'll make a group bound by trust, that will
measure up even to the VOLTS of the past.
I hereby proclaim the dawn of
a new Limitless Fortress,
and the formation of a new VOLTS!
You're really going to leave?
Yeah, I'll come back to visit.
Makubex...
Take care of the Limitless Fortress.
It'll be okay, this time.
Jackal, what are you angry about?
We got them to hand over IL.
Although, it was a surprise that
it was just a disk of data.
It was somewhat of a disappointment.
Oh, well, we did the recovery and all,
so let's call it a happy ending, okay?
Let's go home then.
See you later, everyone.
I'm sorry, Gramps.
Wait, Mr. Kazuki! Take me with you!
I'm going to leave here too!
What is this?
What is it, Kazuki?
I just thought someone called me.
That was very interesting.
I think maybe I'll observe how things go
from here on out as well.
It's been a long time, huh, Grampa Gen?
It's been a long time, huh, Grampa Gen?
And a long time since we messaged
each other like this too.
It's been a long time, huh, Grampa Gen?
And a long time since we messaged
each other like this too.
...Grampa Gen - - - - -
There's something I haven't been able
to tell you for a long time.
Thank you.
Thank you.
For giving me "power"...
Thank you.
For giving me "power"...
Thank you.
Hey, Ban.
Shh, be quiet.
Thank you for your work.
It was well worthy of an
all-star recovery team.
Thank you.
Now, for the payment for our success.
Yes, well, then...
Again?
So this is the way things go after all, I see.
They're so primitive.
I can't believe it!
Miss Hevn, get back.
Tremendous bloodlust...
It looks like we won't get turns.
Seems that way.
I've grown really fed up with
third-rate farces.
Even so, I was able to enjoy
this job a little.
Let's meet again someday.
I don't quite feel well. I'm going home!
Me too. I have another job after all.
See you, Ban.
What are you going to do now, Kazuki?
Something's come up that I have to take
care of too, so I guess we part ways here.
See you, Ginji.
I'll excuse myself here, Mr. Ginji.
Hey, a shooting star.
The Invincible Man
For the Exclusive Use
of Ban the Great
Ah, thanks to Akabane our fee
went up in smoke!
4,500,000 yen!
Anyway, at least we got
back safely, right?
That damn Akabane! If we just had
that disk, we could at least...
Look, we're here.
We're home!
Welcome home!
Looks like your job ended safely.
Uh, yeah.
Mr. Ban, what's wrong?
Nothing.
So? What's your order?
I'll have the house blend.
Blue Mountain! In my special cup.
And give me a sandwich
while you're at it too.
If you pay your tab.
Huh? Didn't you get any money?
Uh, Natsumi...
That's right, we were supposed
to get a lot of money!
Calm down, Ban!
Well, you've got no luck with money.
Get back our luck with money!
The waves are beautiful like
spangles, aren't they?
They're this beautiful, so smile like that
Don't look back
All right, here I go
Embraced by the storm,
jump from your dreams!
An island eternity crashes against like waves
Seeking an endless clear sky
The injured sea gull flies away too
A hurricane of tears
I'm tired! At times like this,
that's the only way to go.
What do you mean, that?
You know, you know.
You like THAT too, don't you?
Oh, THAT! I'm dying for it.
We'll savor it to the fullest, and...
Hey, aren't you forgetting the bottom line?
What?
The assignment, the assignment!
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This time our enemy is seriously dangerous.
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