Re:Birth Verse
Episode 12: Don't Give Up on the Future! I'll Seize the Possibility I've Long Desired
Genbu Tower!
Atsunaga...
Huh?! We've lost?! What're you saying?!
You heard the plan.
Now that Tsukimiya is loose, and we've lost the subspace radar,
there's no way left for us to win.
That can't be true!
You should give up too, Takeru-kun.
I haven't lost!
What a sore loser.
Could you stop talking now?
Yura!
Guys like this aren't worth defending.
Come have fun with us in my Denji Heian-kyo, Yura-chan.
Denji Heian-kyo doesn't belong to you!
Ugh.
Thunder.
Protect these two!
I guess I don't need onmyoji in my world anymore.
You'll be the first to go.
Stop!
I beg you, kill me instead.
Epidemic.
A fatal disease, in a body that can't die.
But it's doing plenty of damage.
Be patient. You'll all get a turn.
Now what? She's about to kill us all off.
You...
What's wrong? You look sad.
You want to stop Tsukimiya-san too?
Cool! Help me out!
Yasha Mode, complete!
That little one betrayed me.
Wrong!
We want to stop you, that's all!
I'll make this fist connect!
No way.
Divination
Yeah! It hits!
This'll work!
GT-chan's protection is unconditional!
I'll land hit after hit!
You tried hard.
Seimei-sama...
You needn't speak.
First, your recovery.
Narihira Takeru...
Why do his attacks land?
Why wasn't the possibility of attack erased?
The Great Timebird determined you were someone to protect.
The protective power works differently in you than it does for me.
Could it be... you affect possibilities too, Takeru?
Seimei-sama?
That's utterly absurd. But I can think of nothing else.
What's this?
Can you hear me, Seimei-sama?
Atsunaga! You're all right?!
Yura.
You are injured, yes?
It's no problem.
I apologize.
I failed to fully protect the subspace radar.
I see.
However, we got it in time.
The radar located the Great Timebird before it was destroyed.
Its coordinate info was sent to my diviner. Right here!
You've done well.
Yura, go to Genbu Tower right away with Takeru.
Yes, sir!
I'll deal with things here.
Counting on you!
Crap!
Tsukimiya!
Jinx
I told you, it's no use.
That's arrogance speaking.
Huh? Which one of us is—
Wh-What'd you do?
Attacks aren't supposed to work.
It's just something I conjured up.
It should be all the more effective if there's no chance of death.
For real?! Atsunaga's done it!
This will do no more than stall her.
Hurry to Genbu Tower.
What'll you do, Hareaki?
The three of us...
...will keep her busy!
You guys...
Someone said something like this:
"Don't admit defeat until you're dead. Don't admit defeat even if you're dead."
Element
So no matter what, don't lose, right?
Divination
Let's go!
Yeah!
Whoever thought we'd entrust everything to Takeru?
Seimei.
I should've gotten rid of you first.
Redirection.
This is getting old!
Atsunaga!
There you are, Takeru.
You're hurt, aren't you!?
Never mind that.
We found the place you need to go.
It's a dimension that's beyond our reach.
So, that's it...
So, what do I do?
I finally understand.
Hareaki? But how?
I'm speaking via our linked consciousnesses.
What I've understood is your ability.
The ability to create the self you desire.
Huh?
Think back.
What were you doing when you invoked your ability?
I was just...
I'm gonna land one hit!
The most crucial blow.
Tsukimiya-san...
I was really emotional every time.
I thought so.
When faced with difficulty,
you're creating a possibility of defeating it, and taking it inside yourself.
Moving between parallel worlds is part of that power.
The power to create a possibility?
This is your headstrong personality mixed with the Great Timebird's power.
You makin' fun of me?
Takeru, wish for yourself to confront the Great Timebird.
That's how you'll begin your journey to reach it.
Just by picturing it?
I've deduced that world particles are also the source of the Great Timebird's power.
You process them into energy in a similar fashion, so can't you sense the particle flow?
The particle flow...
It will lead you to the Great Timebird.
I'll give it a shot.
Hey, I need your help again.
Sense the particles.
Takeru, I'm sure you can actualize any future you can imagine.
That's something your power has demonstrated.
I'll go there.
Great Timebird, you're goin' down!
We're counting on you, Takeru.
Here I am, Great Timebird!
You still have no way of winning, Seimei-sama.
No, there's no way we will lose.
Getting old.
Solid Body!
It didn't hit.
Ganging up won't help you.
Tsukimiya-san...
Atsunaga! Get your head on straight.
We've got the hopes of all the onmyoji riding on us.
War Chant!
So easy.
Buy some time, even if it's ineffective.
He's sure to succeed!
That hit?
Why?!
What's going on?!
Takeru must have reached the Great Timebird!
Shit, this thing's the same way!
You won't hit me!
What?!
It disappeared?!
Riki
You look displeased.
The Great Timebird must not be able to protect you while it's in battle with Narihira Takeru.
Is that about right?
With Takeru-kun?
But so what?!
Wood feeds fire at high power!
Element
Five Thunders!
Rite
I'm still just as strong!
I can't let it keep erasing me.
Like I did with Tsukimiya-san...
I'll hit you!
Great Timebird!
One blow.
One blow!
I've got to land it!
No matter what I do, it erases possibilities.
Now what?!
Hareaki...
Sorry...
The tables turn!
Takeru!
Damn.
Is this the end?
Don't admit defeat until you're dead!
Don't admit defeat even if you're dead!
These are...
the thoughts of those who've already been killed.
Takeru, don't overthink things.
Don't think about this and that until you've eaten, right?
You can't build trust with words.
Demonstrate it with serious action.
Everyone's thoughts are coming into me.
"What you see in front of you means everything." Right?
"Don't just focus on what you can see." Right?
Yeah, that's right.
Takeru.
There are tons of things in this world you can't do alone.
There's no need to kiss up or sell out.
But if you put your heart into doing something,
somebody's bound to have your back.
Takeru.
Don't get used to being alone.
Daddy. Mommy.
Everyone's thoughts are giving me strength.
I can do this!
A new Narihira family motto:
"Don't give up on the future!"
I'm back, Great Timebird!
And I'm never givin' up!
Feel!
Want!
Create!
Possibilities into the future!
Like hell I'll give up!
Who's got more guts?
I do, that's who!
I'll show you!
Narihira Takeru never loses!
Hareaki!
Takeru, you've done it.
Atsunaga! Yura!
Give it all you've got!
As you wish!
Let's settle this!
Down you go!
I can handle this!
You can't stop us!
It'll take more than you guys.
It'll take more than you guys!
I can't.
Tsukimiya-san...
We've won, haven't we?
Yes. I sense no power from her.
Ow, ow.
Takeru!
Oh, you guys!
We won, huh?
Yes. You fought well too.
Tsukimiya-san.
Takeru-kun.
Uh-huh.
It doesn't make sense. Why did things end like this?
Because you were alone the whole time.
You were fighting only for yourself.
That's totally different from these guys,
who fought to protect people and places they care about.
I had no idea either.
That not being alone could be so reassuring, and hold so many possibilities.
You realized it, didn't you, Tsukimiya-san?
A Narihira family motto:
"Fight someone for real, and you'll understand them."
You said when you danced, it was only for you,
but I don't think that's true.
A dance has an audience, and you never could have moved them the way you did
unless you cared about them, and about making them happy.
Isn't it the truth that you realized that?
That's why I don't wanna give up on you.
From now on there are limitless possibilities for the future.
I bet there's one in there where you and I can spend our time smiling.
Sorry, there isn't.
I'll be gone, anyway.
Tsukimiya-san!
Do you think a boring future like that could interest me?
Who decided it's a boring future?
The future's not set in stone anymore.
I won't give up.
I'll go and see you again!
You really are a doofus, Takeru-kun.
If such a thing were possible,
there'd be some different future.
I swear I'll keep that promise.
Seimei-sama!
Are you all right?!
At last, it comes.
It seems now that my great ambition is realized, the effect of the taboo has ended.
The World Line Convergence Disaster is over.
Death is finally coming for me— delayed by over a thousand years.
No!
Hareaki...
Wait a minute!
Denji Heian-kyo needs you!
After violating that taboo, it'd be presumptuous for me to face the future beside everyone.
Right now, I am very happy.
I don't have to perform the World Whittle anymore.
The future is stretching out without end.
New lives will be born, keeping life from dying out.
You're sure to make the future you can imagine come true.
Yes.
At long last...
No! Seimei-sama!
One year later
Narihira's
When's the wedding, you two?
W-W-W-We're not even dating yet!
Huh?
Is that still how it is?
Good fortune
I see business is booming, like always.
Impressive, huh?
I didn't think you'd turn down the offer to be an onmyoji to do this instead.
You're turning a profit, right?
Planning on spending it on something?
Huh?
Uh, well...
Good fortune
I keep my promises.
Cold Sleep Capsule
The World Line Convergence Disaster ended, and this world now has limitless potential.
Genbu
Maybe a thousand years in our future,
onmyoji will ride around on bikes catching bad guys.
Genbu
Fine by me if that's how it is.
This way!
Huh?!
Shh.
You're safe.
Because you should be able to make any future you can imagine come true.
Promised you, didn't I?
That I'd save you, no matter what!