02x24 - Mother's Rosario
Posted: 05/07/23 10:08
Uh... Now, then, to celebrate
this first meeting between us all... Cheers!
Cheers!
Still...
What an impressive turnout...
Hey, if you want, why don't we
just go take out the boss on the next floor?
Hey, sounds good!
All right! Let's go, let's go!
--You can't b*at us!
--You can't b*at us!
All right!
What the...?!
You did it!
"Ms. Konno's condition has suddenly changed.
Can you come right away? -Doctor Kurahashi"
"Mother's Rosario"
"Ms. Konno's condition has suddenly changed.
Can you come right away? -Doctor Kurahashi"
Thank goodness. You made it.
Forty minutes ago,
her heart stopped momentarily.
We've revived her pulse through defibrillation
and medication, but the next time will probably...
Why... Why is this happening? Yuuki's still...
The truth is, from the time you first came here in January,
her condition was touch and go.
But for the past three months,
Yuuki has stunned us all by rallying.
Day after day, winning a futile battle...
For Yuuki, the fifteen years of her life
have been a long, long battle.
It wasn't just the HIV.
She's fought back all these years
against this cruel reality itself.
I'm sure that the Medicuboid trial
has subjected her to unimaginable pain.
But... Yuuki hung on till the end.
So now...
I think we should let her get some rest.
Yuuki... You'd never lose, would you, Yuuki?
After all, you're Zekken...
The absolute, ultimate swordswoman...
Ms. Asuna... Please, hold her hand.
Doctor, can she use the Medicuboid now?
But Yuuki wants to spend her last moments
outside the device...
No... Yuuki wants to go
to that world one last time.
Please. Let her use the Medicuboid!
Startup will take a minute or so.
What will you do?
If you don't mind,
I'm going to use the Amusphere next door!
Wait for me... I'll be there soon!
Thanks, Asuna.
I'd forgotten one really important thing.
I have something to give you.
What is it that you want to give me?
Um... I'm gonna make it now,
so hold on a second!
Yuuki!
That's weird...
There's no pain and I'm not even suffering,
but I have no strength...
You'll be fine. You're just a little tired.
If you rest up, you'll feel better soon.
Asuna... Take this...
It's my... Original Sword Skill...
You're giving it to me?
I want... you to have it.
Go on... Open the window...
The name of the skill is...
Mother's Rosario.
I'm sure... it will... protect you.
Thanks, Yuuki.
I promise you, one day when it's time
for me to leave this world,
I'll make sure I pass this skill down
to someone first.
Your sword will live on for all eternity...
Thanks...
Hey, come on... You guys...
You promised you wouldn't
send me off at the end...
It's not a send-off.
We're here to rally your spirits!
Wait for us, and don't
wander around too much.
Cause it won't be long
before we head over, too.
What are you talking about?
If you come too soon,
I'm gonna get mad.
None of that! You can't do a thing
without the rest of us, Yuuki.
So sit tight and wait for us...
Wait for us...
You mustn't, Nori.
We promised not to cry...
Guess I have no choice then.
I'll be waiting, then, so don't come
any sooner than you have to...
Wow... amazing!
Look at all those fairies...
Sorry. I thought it might annoy you, but...
Annoy me? Not at all...
But why... why so many?
Am I dreaming, maybe?
Because... because...
Yuuki, you're the most powerful swordsman
who ever descended on this world...
There'll never be
another swordswoman like you.
And seeing off such a person
in such a lonely way... We can't do that.
We're all praying for you.
That your new journey
will be as amazing
as the one you took here.
I'm so happy...
That makes me so happy...
All this time...
all this time I've been thinking.
I was born in order to die...
so what's my purpose
for existing in this world?
Without creating anything...
Without giving anything...
Wasting all that medication
and that device...
Causing trouble for those around me...
If I'm only going to be in agony,
and suffer, and just vanish at the end...
Then it would be better
to just vanish this instant...
I had that thought so many times.
Why am I alive, anyway? All this time...
But... But you know what?
I think I've finally found the answer...
Even if I have no purpose...
it's still all right to live.
Because my final moments...
see how fulfilling they are!
Surrounded by all these people...
Because I can end my journey...
in the arms of someone I love.
I... I'm going to meet you again
no matter what.
Somewhere else, in another world,
no matter what, I'm going to run into you...
And when I do, tell me about it, okay?
What you found, Yuuki...
I... I gave it my all and lived...
I was alive, here...
"Yuuki Konno Memorial Service"
Without creating anything...
Without giving anything...
But... Deep in my heart, what you left
carved so deeply inside me... It's definitely here.
How do you do, Ms. Asuna?
Wait, is that you, Siune?
Yes, that's right. My real name is An Shi-eun.
I haven't seen you in a while.
L-Likewise, nice to meet you!
I'm Asuna Yuuki.
It's been a week
since I last saw you.
It's all right. I was finally cleared
to go out in April.
Then... Your condition is...
Yes.
The name of my disease
is acute lymphoid leukemia.
It's already been three years
since I first contracted it.
The side-effects from the medication
were hard on me...
So many times, I thought,
"That's enough," and nearly gave up.
Whenever I saw Yuuki, I was encouraged--
what's someone older than her whimpering about?
But since February, they've been
decreasing my medication bit by bit.
I was sure that the end was near,
and braced myself.
But a week ago... It was the day after
we said goodbye to Yuuki.
My doctor told me that I was in full remission.
"Congratulations," he said.
And before I could sort out my confusion,
I really did end up getting discharged...
It still hasn't sunk in
that I've been cured.
Not only that, but I'm wondering if it's all right
for just me to still be here, when Yuuki's waiting....
Yuuki and Ran, Clovis and Merida...
We promised that we'd always be together...
But I... I...
Shi-eun.
Lately, I've been thinking.
That life is for transporting and imparting souls.
For the longest time,
I was so intimidated.
I was afraid to tell someone how I felt,
to find out how they felt.
But it was Yuuki who taught me
that I couldn't go on like that.
That if I didn't reach out myself,
nothing would ever happen.
I want to tell people about this strength
that Yuuki gave me.
As long as I can keep walking,
I want to take Yuuki's soul as far as I can. And...
Someday, when I meet up with Yuuki again,
I hope that I can give a whole lot of souls back to her...
That's my wish.
Thank you, Asuna.
We are all so grateful to you, Asuna.
I was worried about Yuuki.
Carrying so heavy a burden
on that tiny back of hers...
But it was then that you showed up.
When she was with you,
Yuuki really seemed to be enjoying herself...
She was like a little bird
who'd remembered how to fly.
Though she did end up
flying off out of our reach...
And Jun... The medication he's started taking recently
seems to be quite effective.
We were saying it's like Yuuki's telling us
that it's still too soon to join her.
It looks like it will be quite a while
before the Sleeping Knights get back together.
That's right. And next time for sure,
you're taking me in as an official member!
Hey.
So you're here.
Am we interrupting?
No. Huh? You two know each other?
Yeah.
We've been exchanging emails
about that communications probe.
That's right.
I've been consulting him as to whether or not
we can apply it to full-dive medical technology.
Is that right?
Um, now that you mention it,
what's going to happen to the Medicuboid trials?
Oh, actually, trial-wise,
we've already acquired more than enough data.
Soon, patients all over the country will...
Oh, wait, please excuse me.
There's something that I should've said first.
Ms. An, congratulations
on being discharged.
I can't imagine how thrilled Yuuki must be, too.
Thank you very much.
When I think about how the data Yuuki left behind
will help those battling illness...
It makes me so happy!
Indeed.
As the first person to test that device,
Yuuki's name will never be forgotten.
Along with the external provider
of the initial design,
I think she deserves
a tremendous award of some kind.
I'm pretty sure that
Yuuki wouldn't be too thrilled to get one.
I can hear her saying,
"But I can't eat it or anything..."
Um... Doctor?
Did you just say
"external provider of the initial design"?
So it wasn't a medical equipment manufacturer
who designed it?
Oh... Uh... You see...
The fundamental design was provided gratis
from an external source.
Uh... If I remember correctly, it was Dr. Rinko Koujiro.
I think that was her name?
Wh-What's wrong, Kirito?
I... I know that person...
I've even met her, too.
She was looking after Heathcliff's physical body
while he was diving.
She was doing full-dive technology research
with him in the same lab...
Meaning that the true provider
of the Medicuboid's fundamental design was...
The commander... Akihiko Kayaba...
The street lights cast a glow on cheerful
laughter and footprints in the back-alley
I wonder how much you understood of the
feelings I've always wanted to convey to you
I always turn around to you and make sure
Because no matter how I am, I believe you'd
always chase after me without any hesitation
When I gazed at your eyes,
I saw the proof that I've lived
Whenever my heartbeat was about to stop,
you made it ring out very, very loudly
I want to go far beyond today
I'm setting our lunches down over here.
Okay! Thank you so much!
What do you say? Isn't she cute?
Sinon, a souvenir for you!
Thanks!
--Aww, I thought she was cute!
--It's fun to get together with the others, huh?
Yes! The cherry blossoms are so pretty.
Although they're
mostly scattered by now.
Come on! That really wasn't necessary!
But look, we really did get
to come here with Yui!
Who knew that we'd be doing it so soon?
Thank you so much, Daddy!
Thanks, Kirito!
No, it's thanks to Yuuki
for helping me develop this.
Wow!
The virtual world and the real world.
The closer they came together,
the closer we'd be to an ideal future... or so I thought.
But the more the lines between them blur,
the more people are deceived...
But, there are also tons of people
who are saved.
I don't know what that guy
who vanished into cyberspace thinks of it all,
but as survivors of that world,
I think it might be our duty to see it through.
Don't you think
you're overanalyzing it?
Maybe... But I want to see it
with my own eyes.
That desire's grown stronger
throughout all that's happened.
Although it feels like I'm being manipulated,
which is a little annoying.
That's why...
I have no idea what the future holds.
But Asuna... I want you to stay with me forever.
I want to be with you forever.
Yes! Even if you travel to the other side
of the planet, I'm coming with you!
Whoa, that's pretty extreme...
I'm coming, too!
Hey! You two lovebirds!
Since we're here, we're taking a photo!
Come on, let's go!
--Okay!
--Okay, Daddy!
this first meeting between us all... Cheers!
Cheers!
Still...
What an impressive turnout...
Hey, if you want, why don't we
just go take out the boss on the next floor?
Hey, sounds good!
All right! Let's go, let's go!
--You can't b*at us!
--You can't b*at us!
All right!
What the...?!
You did it!
"Ms. Konno's condition has suddenly changed.
Can you come right away? -Doctor Kurahashi"
"Mother's Rosario"
"Ms. Konno's condition has suddenly changed.
Can you come right away? -Doctor Kurahashi"
Thank goodness. You made it.
Forty minutes ago,
her heart stopped momentarily.
We've revived her pulse through defibrillation
and medication, but the next time will probably...
Why... Why is this happening? Yuuki's still...
The truth is, from the time you first came here in January,
her condition was touch and go.
But for the past three months,
Yuuki has stunned us all by rallying.
Day after day, winning a futile battle...
For Yuuki, the fifteen years of her life
have been a long, long battle.
It wasn't just the HIV.
She's fought back all these years
against this cruel reality itself.
I'm sure that the Medicuboid trial
has subjected her to unimaginable pain.
But... Yuuki hung on till the end.
So now...
I think we should let her get some rest.
Yuuki... You'd never lose, would you, Yuuki?
After all, you're Zekken...
The absolute, ultimate swordswoman...
Ms. Asuna... Please, hold her hand.
Doctor, can she use the Medicuboid now?
But Yuuki wants to spend her last moments
outside the device...
No... Yuuki wants to go
to that world one last time.
Please. Let her use the Medicuboid!
Startup will take a minute or so.
What will you do?
If you don't mind,
I'm going to use the Amusphere next door!
Wait for me... I'll be there soon!
Thanks, Asuna.
I'd forgotten one really important thing.
I have something to give you.
What is it that you want to give me?
Um... I'm gonna make it now,
so hold on a second!
Yuuki!
That's weird...
There's no pain and I'm not even suffering,
but I have no strength...
You'll be fine. You're just a little tired.
If you rest up, you'll feel better soon.
Asuna... Take this...
It's my... Original Sword Skill...
You're giving it to me?
I want... you to have it.
Go on... Open the window...
The name of the skill is...
Mother's Rosario.
I'm sure... it will... protect you.
Thanks, Yuuki.
I promise you, one day when it's time
for me to leave this world,
I'll make sure I pass this skill down
to someone first.
Your sword will live on for all eternity...
Thanks...
Hey, come on... You guys...
You promised you wouldn't
send me off at the end...
It's not a send-off.
We're here to rally your spirits!
Wait for us, and don't
wander around too much.
Cause it won't be long
before we head over, too.
What are you talking about?
If you come too soon,
I'm gonna get mad.
None of that! You can't do a thing
without the rest of us, Yuuki.
So sit tight and wait for us...
Wait for us...
You mustn't, Nori.
We promised not to cry...
Guess I have no choice then.
I'll be waiting, then, so don't come
any sooner than you have to...
Wow... amazing!
Look at all those fairies...
Sorry. I thought it might annoy you, but...
Annoy me? Not at all...
But why... why so many?
Am I dreaming, maybe?
Because... because...
Yuuki, you're the most powerful swordsman
who ever descended on this world...
There'll never be
another swordswoman like you.
And seeing off such a person
in such a lonely way... We can't do that.
We're all praying for you.
That your new journey
will be as amazing
as the one you took here.
I'm so happy...
That makes me so happy...
All this time...
all this time I've been thinking.
I was born in order to die...
so what's my purpose
for existing in this world?
Without creating anything...
Without giving anything...
Wasting all that medication
and that device...
Causing trouble for those around me...
If I'm only going to be in agony,
and suffer, and just vanish at the end...
Then it would be better
to just vanish this instant...
I had that thought so many times.
Why am I alive, anyway? All this time...
But... But you know what?
I think I've finally found the answer...
Even if I have no purpose...
it's still all right to live.
Because my final moments...
see how fulfilling they are!
Surrounded by all these people...
Because I can end my journey...
in the arms of someone I love.
I... I'm going to meet you again
no matter what.
Somewhere else, in another world,
no matter what, I'm going to run into you...
And when I do, tell me about it, okay?
What you found, Yuuki...
I... I gave it my all and lived...
I was alive, here...
"Yuuki Konno Memorial Service"
Without creating anything...
Without giving anything...
But... Deep in my heart, what you left
carved so deeply inside me... It's definitely here.
How do you do, Ms. Asuna?
Wait, is that you, Siune?
Yes, that's right. My real name is An Shi-eun.
I haven't seen you in a while.
L-Likewise, nice to meet you!
I'm Asuna Yuuki.
It's been a week
since I last saw you.
It's all right. I was finally cleared
to go out in April.
Then... Your condition is...
Yes.
The name of my disease
is acute lymphoid leukemia.
It's already been three years
since I first contracted it.
The side-effects from the medication
were hard on me...
So many times, I thought,
"That's enough," and nearly gave up.
Whenever I saw Yuuki, I was encouraged--
what's someone older than her whimpering about?
But since February, they've been
decreasing my medication bit by bit.
I was sure that the end was near,
and braced myself.
But a week ago... It was the day after
we said goodbye to Yuuki.
My doctor told me that I was in full remission.
"Congratulations," he said.
And before I could sort out my confusion,
I really did end up getting discharged...
It still hasn't sunk in
that I've been cured.
Not only that, but I'm wondering if it's all right
for just me to still be here, when Yuuki's waiting....
Yuuki and Ran, Clovis and Merida...
We promised that we'd always be together...
But I... I...
Shi-eun.
Lately, I've been thinking.
That life is for transporting and imparting souls.
For the longest time,
I was so intimidated.
I was afraid to tell someone how I felt,
to find out how they felt.
But it was Yuuki who taught me
that I couldn't go on like that.
That if I didn't reach out myself,
nothing would ever happen.
I want to tell people about this strength
that Yuuki gave me.
As long as I can keep walking,
I want to take Yuuki's soul as far as I can. And...
Someday, when I meet up with Yuuki again,
I hope that I can give a whole lot of souls back to her...
That's my wish.
Thank you, Asuna.
We are all so grateful to you, Asuna.
I was worried about Yuuki.
Carrying so heavy a burden
on that tiny back of hers...
But it was then that you showed up.
When she was with you,
Yuuki really seemed to be enjoying herself...
She was like a little bird
who'd remembered how to fly.
Though she did end up
flying off out of our reach...
And Jun... The medication he's started taking recently
seems to be quite effective.
We were saying it's like Yuuki's telling us
that it's still too soon to join her.
It looks like it will be quite a while
before the Sleeping Knights get back together.
That's right. And next time for sure,
you're taking me in as an official member!
Hey.
So you're here.
Am we interrupting?
No. Huh? You two know each other?
Yeah.
We've been exchanging emails
about that communications probe.
That's right.
I've been consulting him as to whether or not
we can apply it to full-dive medical technology.
Is that right?
Um, now that you mention it,
what's going to happen to the Medicuboid trials?
Oh, actually, trial-wise,
we've already acquired more than enough data.
Soon, patients all over the country will...
Oh, wait, please excuse me.
There's something that I should've said first.
Ms. An, congratulations
on being discharged.
I can't imagine how thrilled Yuuki must be, too.
Thank you very much.
When I think about how the data Yuuki left behind
will help those battling illness...
It makes me so happy!
Indeed.
As the first person to test that device,
Yuuki's name will never be forgotten.
Along with the external provider
of the initial design,
I think she deserves
a tremendous award of some kind.
I'm pretty sure that
Yuuki wouldn't be too thrilled to get one.
I can hear her saying,
"But I can't eat it or anything..."
Um... Doctor?
Did you just say
"external provider of the initial design"?
So it wasn't a medical equipment manufacturer
who designed it?
Oh... Uh... You see...
The fundamental design was provided gratis
from an external source.
Uh... If I remember correctly, it was Dr. Rinko Koujiro.
I think that was her name?
Wh-What's wrong, Kirito?
I... I know that person...
I've even met her, too.
She was looking after Heathcliff's physical body
while he was diving.
She was doing full-dive technology research
with him in the same lab...
Meaning that the true provider
of the Medicuboid's fundamental design was...
The commander... Akihiko Kayaba...
The street lights cast a glow on cheerful
laughter and footprints in the back-alley
I wonder how much you understood of the
feelings I've always wanted to convey to you
I always turn around to you and make sure
Because no matter how I am, I believe you'd
always chase after me without any hesitation
When I gazed at your eyes,
I saw the proof that I've lived
Whenever my heartbeat was about to stop,
you made it ring out very, very loudly
I want to go far beyond today
I'm setting our lunches down over here.
Okay! Thank you so much!
What do you say? Isn't she cute?
Sinon, a souvenir for you!
Thanks!
--Aww, I thought she was cute!
--It's fun to get together with the others, huh?
Yes! The cherry blossoms are so pretty.
Although they're
mostly scattered by now.
Come on! That really wasn't necessary!
But look, we really did get
to come here with Yui!
Who knew that we'd be doing it so soon?
Thank you so much, Daddy!
Thanks, Kirito!
No, it's thanks to Yuuki
for helping me develop this.
Wow!
The virtual world and the real world.
The closer they came together,
the closer we'd be to an ideal future... or so I thought.
But the more the lines between them blur,
the more people are deceived...
But, there are also tons of people
who are saved.
I don't know what that guy
who vanished into cyberspace thinks of it all,
but as survivors of that world,
I think it might be our duty to see it through.
Don't you think
you're overanalyzing it?
Maybe... But I want to see it
with my own eyes.
That desire's grown stronger
throughout all that's happened.
Although it feels like I'm being manipulated,
which is a little annoying.
That's why...
I have no idea what the future holds.
But Asuna... I want you to stay with me forever.
I want to be with you forever.
Yes! Even if you travel to the other side
of the planet, I'm coming with you!
Whoa, that's pretty extreme...
I'm coming, too!
Hey! You two lovebirds!
Since we're here, we're taking a photo!
Come on, let's go!
--Okay!
--Okay, Daddy!