01x04 - Do You Love the Change in Me?

[bunniefuu]

[exhales]

[speaking Chinese] That was fun!

It's been a while since I've had

a bout like that!

You're being distracted, Master Shen.

So you're already back, Mui?

Did you smooth-talk the bosses?

I have already delivered

a very convincing report.

[speaking Chinese] Thank you!

- Master Shen!

- Oh, right.

[speaking Chinese]

Reflect, remorse

[Mui grunts]

About the matter at Lake Baikal,

Miss Gena has contacted

both Undead and Unluck

and will now enter battle.

[Shen] Ah, well, those two have

some tricks up their sleeves.

I'm sure they'll have

no problems handling it.

[Mui grunts]

[Gena Chamber giggles]

[QUEEN BEE's "01" playing]

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[singing in Japanese]

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[waves lapping]

[Gena laughing]

Deady Dearest, it's been too long!

[laughing]

I still can't cut ya, right?

That was your rule, wasn't it?

Hold the freaking phone!

Our first reunion in 40 years

and all you wanna do is cut me?

[Andy] Says the shrewd minx who

has a barrier posted up!

- Um, 'scuse me!

- Hmm?

Huh?

Would you be the same person

who caught Andy 50 years ago?

Hmm? Did you say Andy?

DEADY DEAREST - TRENDY ME

LI'L LUCKY - CONVERSATION

IN OTHER WORDS, ANDY!

Yeah, I caught Deady Dearest

and supervised him throughout

his captivity.

B But how?

You look like you're more

or less the same age as I am.

Oh, you stop that, li'l Lucky!

What a big flatterer you are!

What a sweetie! [squeals]

You can't be serious.

You were 16 when you caught me

which means you're 66 now.

Did you say 66?

Gotta say, that anti-aging

tech really works won

[muffled speaking]

Andy, you okay? What's wrong?

You can't be serious, Deady Dearest.

Remember, I'm 16

and will remain so forever.

Never talk to me like that again.

- [Andy groans]

- [Fuko shouts]

Wow, so cool!

Now, that's what I call a death mask!

[squeals] Like, oh, my gosh!

What should I do with this? Ooh, ooh, ooh!

How about a little kiss for now?

[whooshes]

What the where'd it go?

Ah, come on!

It was just getting good!

There was somethin' invisible

coverin' up my mouth.

I gotta figure out how to deal with that.

Your face! Is it okay?

[Andy] Quit worrying about

every little thing!

I'm undead, remember?

[Fuko] I know, but

[Gena grumbling]

- Li'l Lucky!

- [Fuko] Huh?

Just so you know,

I'm the one who fell in love

with that man first!

What?

50 years ago,

that was when our paths crossed

for the first time.

It was an ill-fated encounter,

me being the hunter

And him being the hunted.

I successfully captured him

while all our seats were filled.

I sat at the Roundtable

as he sat in a cell.

I was in charge of overseeing him.

One day I said

Look, I I'm so sorry.

I had my orders,

but if I hadn't followed them

and caught you,

then none of this would have

But my Deady Dearest simply replied

Huh? What are you on about?

I got beat, okay?

It's as simple as that.

Plus I can die in all sorts

of ways while I'm here.

There's no better way to figure out

my own set of rules.

When I finally break out

of this hell hole,

let's you and me have a rematch.

Bet your a*s I won't lose again!

[squeals]

That was so cool!

I love you!

[Andy] Huh?

And that's how she fell in love with you?

You escaped ten years later

and did so without so much

as a single word to me.

The next 40 years came and went.

You completely dropped off the map.

But since meeting li'l Lucky

you've been running around

all over the place. Lo and behold,

I was finally able

to track you down the other day!

The joy I felt when

[booming]

[Fuko] Oh, come on!

She wasn't done with her monologue!

[Gena] That's why I wanted to be

the first one to come see you

but that lousy Shen,

he went on ahead of his on accord

and put his dirty paws on

my Deady Dearest.

I'll never forgive him for that.

He was supposed to alert me

the moment he found you.

But he didn't.

Contemptuous combat-crazed cretin!

- [sneezes]

- [Mui grunts]

That said, I do give him credit

for taking Void along with him.

Thanks to his death,

a single seat has opened up after all!

And a single seat's all we need.

You fill it and we'll be together.

- [booming]

- [grunts]

[Andy] Good ol' flash bangs!

Her barrier's gotta be

So she didn't drop it.

[grunts]

[Fuko] Shouldn't we run while we can?

[Andy] What? Why would we do that?

I'm gathering intel left and right!

[Fuko] B But

Oh, wait a sec, your friends!

Where are they?

Right, all of them are dead.

- Every last one of them croaked.

- What? What do we do now?

[Andy] Don't worry, I snagged seats

at a different spot

for our party.

This one's got rockin'

beef stroganoff!

That's not a priority!

[snarls]

Just cool your jets.

I've got this one in the bag.

You know that lid on what

she actually negates?

I'll bust it wide open!

One, she solidified the lake.

Two, she telekinetically lifted it up.

Three, she can create

invisible walls and stairs.

That little trick is her main ability.

Let's say her overall ability's

hardening stuff.

She solidified water in case one,

but what about case three?

If she's just hardening stuff,

then my sword skills should

be able to slice through.

So what exactly is she negating

to form that barrier of hers?

Hey, tuck up your legs!

[snickers]

[Gena] You know, that last attack,

you could have dodged it

if you weren't concerned

for li'l Lucky.

[stammers]

If only she had died

in that attack earlier.

I bet this little fight

of ours would have been way better.

Huh? Attack earlier?

My projectiles should

have been more than enough

to k*ll her when you two

were back on that boat.

[Andy] That attack, huh?

[Fuko] Wh What's wrong? Can't you move?

[Gena] I've restrained your lower half.

Now you can't run away from me.

[Fuko] Oh, she's right! Something's here!

[Gena] Why don't you

just give up on all this unluck business?

You know that girl would never

be able to meet her quota.

- That doesn't matter!

- [Fuko grunts]

[Andy] Whether this is fate or not,

no matter what happens

to us down the road

This is my girl. Got it?

[whimpers]

And I ain't lettin' her die till I do.

Fine.

Then I guess I'll just take your

head like I did 50 years ago.

And once I do, Deady Dearest,

you'll be mine forever.

- I'm headin' out.

- What?

She'll just catch you again!

Nah, I figured it out.

I know for sure what she's negating.

Huh?

- [chomps]

- Huh?

- Huh?

- [groans]

- [screams]

- Huh?

- [Andy] Parts b*llet Head!

- Huh?

PARTS b*llet HEAD

Plus bodily repair. [grunts]

[both stammering]

[groans]

[Andy] Gena, you negate

an object's change in form.

[Fuko gasps]

All of your invisible attacks

have been negating

the change in the air itself,

but covered in all this blood,

it's as clear as day!

Unchange!

That is the heart of your ability!

And?

It's not like you

can do anything about it.

Yeah, you're right. I can't on my own.

[shouts]

You know what that means.

- Lend me a hand, okay?

- [groans]

[Andy] So you negate variations in form.

Unchange, huh?

And I'm guessin' all those hands

are a result

of you fixing the air in place.

Right, not even you can escape

them once they take hold,

Deady Dearest.

[Andy] I admit not being able

to touch you is a pain,

but that doesn't mean we're out

of options.

That's true, isn't it?

[groans]

Cover as much surface area as you can.

[Fuko] Okay, um, for how many minutes?

No clue.

[Fuko whimpers]

Wait a minute, li'l Lucky!

What are you doing with

those huge kn kn knockers?

[Fuko] I've got no other choice!

[Gena] This is no way for a girl

to behave in a public place!

[gasps]

Li'l Lucky, I didn't think

that you were a naughty girl.

[Fuko] Eh?

[Gena] I see now that you've

seduced Deady Dearest

with those melons, you temptress!

Huh?

I just knew something was off about this!

Why else would he bother

to keep such a weak

and helpless girl by his side?

Uh, I, um, uh

[Gena] Give it 20 years!

Those things are bound to droop by then!

[Fuko] Droop? That'll never happen!

[Gena] I beg to differ,

but when it comes to that,

I'm invincible!

My unchange!

Meaning my body

will always remain the same.

Huh? What are you even talkin' about?

You're an external targeter.

An external what?

See, negators come in two types:

self-targeting types that

can only use their powers

on themselves like me

AUGH

And then external targeting

Types like you and Gena

that affect anyone other than themselves.

DROP

Wrong!

I'm a self-targeter, thank you very much.

One look at my timeless body

should be enough

to tell you that.

Well, in Gena's case,

she just cakes on the makeup.

I'll admit her chest ain't changed at all,

but her a*s is saggin' somethin' fierce!

External targeter for sure.

I bet Unchange doesn't work

on living organisms.

[Gena] Don't you dare use

my girlish figure

to prove your stupid point!

[screams] Not again!

You dummy!

This is how I get around!

Aw, quit throwin' a fit!

There's charm in that droopage!

- You shut up!

- I like it like that!

It's not a compliment!

I haven't changed one little bit!

- [screaming]

- [Andy] Dealing with her air hands

is easy if I can see 'em.

Dammit, quit running away!

[Andy] Seems they need time

to regenerate, too.

Now to figure out how to take down

that invincible barrier of air.

Get off this instant!

- [Fuko] Hey.

- [Andy] What's up?

- [Fuko screams]

- Did you catch something

- I missed?

- [Fuko] We don't have

to be face-to-face!

Something's been bothering

me watching Miss Gena.

She's got an invincible barrier, right?

[Andy muffled] Yeah.

And she's clearly upset,

but she's speed walking towards us.

It just doesn't make any sense.

[groans]

Can't you drop the lewd act

for two seconds?

It'd make more sense to run.

[snickers]

[Andy muffled] Of course! Great goin'!

Stop yelling with your face

buried in there!

[Andy] I figured out how to get to her.

All we need is to find the seed of unluck!

The seed of unluck?

A real gnarly one that'll work

on her as sh

[groans]

- Somethin's lurkin' up there.

- [groans]

[Gena] You're getting in the way

of the investigation.

[both gasping]

[whooshing]

- [Fuko whimpers]

- [Andy grunts]

Didn't that idiot Shen tell you?

We're investigating a UMA sighting.

I've been running a scan

of the lake using my ability

to split up and harden it into chunks.

I was reluctantly doing this

so that I'd meet my quota

but I've had enough.

You can wrap this up now.

[snaps]

My prey that replaces that UMA,

I'm staring right at it.

Right, li'l Lucky?

[whimpers]

[Fuko] [gasps] Is that a UAP?

[Andy] I see.

So that's what was hidin' up there.

[Gena] Li'l Lucky,

you told me earlier

that you prefer change, right?

Well, I for one don't like it at all.

I want to be like how I was back then.

I want to be with the one I love forever.

[clockwork clicking]

No matter how much

I end up hurting others,

I'll remain in the organization

so I can chase after him endlessly.

- [Fuko gasps]

- [saw blade whirring]

The greatest change for a person is death.

So if you wanna change so bad

Do it on your own time!

[whirring]

[snarling]

I actually agree, Gena.

To be born and to die,

these greatest forms

of change sound so sick!

[grunts]

[grunts]

[Andy] But news flash!

That death is mine alone!

It needs to stay away from her!

[whimpering]

[Andy] I'm gonna make damn sure

she survives.

Then I'll woo her till

she falls head over heels.

She'll change as much as she can.

I win her heart, we do the nasty,

then I'll die.

I won't let her croak

until after that happens.

[Gena] How optimistic.

That sounds like you, though.

[Andy] That blood trail.

[Gena] Joining the organization

is a painful

and quite hollow ordeal.

I know that girl would never last.

That's why right here and right now

- [Andy] Hey, listen up.

- [Fuko] Huh?

[grunts]

[Andy] All right,

here's what's gonna happen.

It looks like there's a hole

in the barrier down beneath

her feet.

It's what allows her to walk around.

If I can manage to slip through that hole,

I can beat her with the unluck I've been

charging up

this whole time.

But that hole ain't all that big.

I can tell by the blood trail

from the barrier dragging along

the ground. At best,

I could squeeze my head in,

but even if I got in,

she'd kick me right out.

- So that means

- [Fuko whimpering]

[gasps]

[grunts]

[Fuko grunts]

The rest

[Gena] Is he trying to blind me?

Is all up to you!

Right!

Should I temporarily release my unchange?

[gasps]

[gasping]

[Andy] Make it count!

Just bullseye that hole with my head!

- Now!

- [Fuko and Andy]

UNLUCK UNLEASHED

- [Andy] All right.

- [gasps]

[Andy] It's time we bring in some change.

Unluck occurring outside your barrier's

probably not enough to take you down.

Even if it summoned a massive meteorite,

I doubt that would manage to put

a crack in this thing.

But now that I've been able

to get myself inside the barrier,

the unluck that'll k*ll me will have

to make its way in here to do so!

Since your barrier is composed of air,

light passes through it just fine.

So the unluck will be light-based.

[operator] Disc is starting to

transform on its own!

It's all or nothing.

I bet it's that thing!

[whirring]

[gasps]

[whirring]

[Fuko gasps] Andy.

[shouting]

[exhales sharply]

[gasps]

Her power has been released.

That means

Miss Gena!

[coughing]

[squelches]

[snickers lightly] You pervert.

[bone cracks]

It was fun for a while, Gena.

See you around.

No, stop!

[gasping]

[whooshes]

[Andy] I chose not to put her

out of her misery.

She won't last long anyway.

That can't be!

[Gena giggles lightly]

Weren't you prepared for the worst

when you joined this fight?

[whimpers]

I actually want to change.

- [Fuko] Huh?

- [Gena] I was at the Union's mercy.

I was at their beck and call.

I've captured and ex*cuted so many,

man and beast alike.

And yet not a single thing changed.

Not the world, and not me.

I'm sure this broken world

will gain more rules

and go through a huge period

of change again.

I thought that our mission

was to prevent those changes.

It's what gave our existence value

and purpose and meaning.

Perhaps I got that wrong.

That painting you made,

I thought it was so beautiful.

Putting sparkles around the moon.

That idea never even crossed my mind.

Guess I wasn't able to change,

but maybe change itself

Isn't so bad after all.

I want you to leave.

The anti-aging is starting to wear off.

I don't want to be seen

in such a hideous state.

Don't worry.

As for your seats in the Union,

you two are as good as in.

[dramatic piano music]

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Stop.

Not while I look like this.

[whimpers]

[sniffles]

[crying]

You dummy.

A couple of wrinkles won't

change how beautiful you are.

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004 -

DO YOU LOVE THE CHANGE IN ME?

TO BE CONTINUED

[Kairi Yagi's "know me" playing]

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[singing in Japanese]

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