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Those who ceaselessly hone
their killing arts are known as "Masters."
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After many generations,
they have gained lethal abilities
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called "Modified Bloodlines."
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This is the story of one such Master,
the Poison Master, Hikaru Gero,
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and his attempts to get married.
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The Bug Master, Toshiki Hanamaki.
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He's a longtime colleague,
as well as my friend.
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W-Wow. So it's this guy's wedding, huh?
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He's just what I picture
when I hear "Master."
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W-Well, have fun.
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Hey, Kinosaki.
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There's a butterfly for you, too.
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"Dear Mei Kinosaki,"
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"How do you do? I hope you aren't
sweltering in this early summer heat."
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"Mr. Gero has informed me
of your arrangement."
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"I cannot thank you enough for taking
the time to help him find a partner."
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"Nothing would please me more than you
accompanying him to my humble wedding."
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"Please allow me to express
my gratitude in person."
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"Yours truly, Toshiki Hanamaki, Bug Master."
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How's he such a great guy?
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This is a first for me,
so I don't have the right clothes.
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Still, I want to get things right
for his wedding, you know?
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That's the spirit.
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And there's always a chance
you'll meet someone new at a wedding.
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I think I'll pick up a new outfit, too.
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Your treat, okay?
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And here we are
at the Bug Master's wedding.
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It's ten times more "fairy tale"
than I was expecting.
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Gero!
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Gero, you—
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You came back to life?!
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You're wicked worn out, boss man.
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Been leanin' too hard
on your Modified Bloodline.
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That was a pick-me-up,
but it's only so effective.
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Uh...
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Kinosaki, let me introduce you. This guy...
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is Tsunagi, the Needle Master.
Like the Bug Master, he's a friend of mine.
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Always happy to help.
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Hey, boys. We've got money to burn.
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Who's up for Undeadsney Land this weekend?
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Will we get to meet Undeadsney, Pa?
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You bet.
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And the optimal route
for the attractions?
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You can plan it.
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He's a good dad.
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He has three boys.
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Oh, so you're the boss man's
marriage advisor, huh?
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Must be rough. I feel for you.
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You can tell?
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Honored guests,
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we cannot thank you enough
for taking the time to join us today.
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We will now celebrate the union between
Toshiki Hanamaki and Anna Kawakita.
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If the sun... is ever going to rise
on the criminal underworld,
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the organ trafficking networks...
and the drug cartels...
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must link hands in unity.
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I aspire to end... the criminal underworld's
long period of forced isolation...
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I'm glad to see you.
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I only came to warn you in person.
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Listen up. You can try to curry favor
with me all you like,
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but it won't get Grandma
to treat your clan any better than—
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Oh, sorry if I gave you
the wrong impression.
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I just wanted to have a drink together.
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With you, Hikaru Gero.
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Won't you join me?
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You're underage, so it's not alcoholic.
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Gero, did you hear that?
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Huh? What?
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How they met.
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The bride, Anna, got into trouble
while mountain-climbing, and...
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That's so like him.
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Kinosaki.
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Do you think I can pull off
a marriage this perfect?
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Of course. You've got me in your corner.
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Congratulations, Toshiki.
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You've got plenty of happiness
and plenty of love. Don't you, Bug Master?
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How is that fair?
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They met in the mountains
and now spend their days camping.
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They hike, of course, but they also
enjoy chatting around a campfire.
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I'll take another chateaubriand!
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And at night, beneath a starry sky,
they make their own secret constellations.
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Wait, Gero!
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You're supposed to give
a speech after this!
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Kinosaki, take over for me.
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They say they'd like to leave Japan
and try camping abroad, too.
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Huh? What's with the spider?
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You said it, Julia Jr.
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You're his partners. You want to keep
his wedding unmarred even more than I do.
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I mean, this is the best day
of Toshiki's life. Right?
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In exactly five minutes,
all of you rush your assigned entrances,
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and kill whoever you want.
The more corpses, the bigger your bonus.
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You can leave when the Bug Master
and his Master friends start fighting back.
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While they're distracted,
I'll stick a "firework" on the bride.
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I bet she'll make a real pretty color
when she goes off.
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One he'll never be able to forget,
even if he wants to.
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Guess that's what I get
for hiring mercs on the Dark Nav.
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Well, in that case...
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Change of plans.
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Firestorm Labyrinth
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Firestorm Labyrinth!
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Aw, what a waste.
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I set those to give the fleeing guests
a real-life escape game.
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Aw, man. Well, it's his own fault
for getting in my way.
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All that matters right now
is paying back the Bug Master,
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the man who stole the only spark
of passion in my life.
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Yeah. Back then, nothing mattered to me.
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School, jobs, marriage.
It all made me go, "So what?"
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Amount: 50,000,000
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Borrower
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Name:
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Hiroshi Takanashi
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Masahide Yamada
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Name:
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Joint
\hSurety
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Even when I ended up buried in debt,
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I just went, "Yeah, so?"
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And when my "payment" meant someone
calling himself the Puppet Master
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"customizing" me into
a hitman for some gang,
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I just went, "Oh, yeah?"
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Yamada.
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I've planted miniature bombs
in your wrists, ankles, and head.
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Press the switch in your back tooth
at the moment of impact,
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and your enemy will explode along
with your own flesh and bone.
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Explosion
Roulette
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An Explosion Roulette.
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Trash exists only to die with grace.
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If worse came to worst, I could just
take my opponent down with me.
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The Explosion Roulette sparked
my passion for the first time ever.
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Until I met him.
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I've got him!
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If I set off my ace in the hole,
the bomb in my head,
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I can trade my life for...
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I disarmed it.
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You don't need to live
in fear of death anymore.
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And that's how he took my passion from me,
just so he could feel good about himself!
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So don't I have the right to break something
that means a lot to him?
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I got new limbs as an advance
from the Puppet Master,
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made out like a bandit doing dirty jobs,
and waited for this day to come.
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Anyone who gets in my way is—
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Oh, hey. He's already dead.
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Yeah, go with that, Kinosaki.
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I need you to fill in for me.
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Sushi? Sure thing.
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Did you say something?
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Oh well. I don't know what your deal is,
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but nobody nice holds a grudge
against the Bug Master.
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We don't need your lame sideshow.
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Now, let's hear from
a friend of the groom.
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I'm gonna make Gero treat me to sushi
that costs hundreds of thousands of yen.
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The Bug Master's Wedding
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It's really pouring now, huh?
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So much for the gorgeous view
of the sunset.
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Now, a word from a friend of the groom,
Mr. Toshiki Hanamaki: Mr. Hikaru Gero.
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Or not?
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Stage fright gave Gero an upset stomach.
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He left a letter for me
to read in his place.
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My name is Mei Kinosaki.
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Hey, buddy. You're a Master, right?
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Explosion Roulette: Prosthetic Edition
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Don't you think you'd better
stop holding back
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with your Modified Bloodline?
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I wouldn't waste it on you.
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"Toshiki, Anna..."
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"Congratulations on your marriage."
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"That's not something I ever thought
I'd say. I still can't believe it."
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"Toshiki."
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"I'm looking for a bride
myself right now,
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and it's hard as hell."
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"The old me would have snapped,
'Not a chance! You're wasting your time!'"
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"But here I am, hoping to meet
the one for me. And that..."
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"That's because of you, Toshiki."
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"Toshiki..."
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"Toshiki..."
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"Tell me. Back when I was
like a prickly ghost,
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why did you decide to care about me?"
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"On behalf of past me,
I'd like to thank you."
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"If it wasn't for you..."
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"I'm sure I'd still be..."
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Nice aim, you—
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"You don't let anything stop you from
reaching out to someone who's suffering."
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"That's what makes you my best friend,
and the coolest guy I know."
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I don't want to make this special day
a bloody one.
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So leave.
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Seems you're having trouble, Yamada.
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I stand by my products.
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I'll release your limiters.
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You'll blow them all away
with a blast wave that hits like a typhoon.
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Just you wait, Bug Master!
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Damn it.
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How's that fair?
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You hang out in a way deeper,
darker underworld than a hitman like me.
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So how can you hug an enemy so gently?
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Yamada, you're going the wrong—
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Don't tell me you're...
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Shit. Shit! Damn it all!
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Have a farewell present from me!
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"Finally, to Anna. It goes without saying,
but the moment you found Toshiki...
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your happy ending was guaranteed."
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It ends there.
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Thank you for listening.
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I'd like you all to take a look
out the window.
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Toshiki.
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Congratulations.
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Kinosaki, thank you.
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For the speech, and for helping Gero.
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Oh, it's no big deal.
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Anyway, don't you think
you're a little too nice to him?
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You've been looking out for Gero
since he was all rough around the edges.
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Well, to tell you the truth,
I should be the one thanking him.
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With the power dynamic
between our families,
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him calling me his friend
and coming to my wedding
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is more than I have a right to hope for.
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What power dynamics?
Aren't you a Master, just like Gero?
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The Hanamaki family of Bug Masters
started with venomous insects.
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The Tsunagi family of Needle Masters
started with poisoned needles.
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There are plenty of other Masters,
like the disease guys,
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but our branch families
all descend from the Poison Clan.
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So our hierarchy is set in stone,
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with the Five Great Families at the top.
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The Gero family.
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The Arima family.
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The Dogo family.
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The Kirishima family.
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The Nasuka family.
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The whole society of Masters is made up
of their branches and offshoots.
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Occasionally, you do get
an unaffiliated family,
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but those of the branch families and below
would end their lives without complaint,
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if their Great Family ordered it.
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That's how big the difference is.
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Listen, Toshiki.
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We live only on the sufferance
of the Gero family.
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Centuries of toying with lives
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has made monsters of the heads
of the Five Great Families.
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Don't assume they share our values.
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They see the lives of enemies and allies
as mere pawns to enrich their clans.
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Unless you want our line to end,
just be silent and obey.
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Oh, it's quite all right.
Raise your heads.
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This is Master Hikaru. He was tentatively
named heir the other day.
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When I first met Gero, rather than
fearing him, what struck me
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was how he seemed, well...
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We lowly worms owe our very lives
to the Gero family's generosity.
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Well, let's leave it at that.
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Y-Yes, sir.
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Master Hikaru!
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Please use and discard his life
as you would a lowly insect's.
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I beg of you.
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He's not a bug, though.
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He seemed like...
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it wasn't his fault
people trembled in fear of him.
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He was really just a guy.
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A regular, stand-up guy.
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When I told my father
we were drinking buddies,
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he passed out foaming at the mouth.
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Ms. Kinosaki.
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I'm sure it'll be a hundred times more hassle
than for me or the Needle Clan,
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but please make him ridiculously happy.
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Oh, it's tough, all right.
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He tends to freak out
in front of girls, for one thing.
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Well, you know how it is.
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But I know he's a good guy
as well as you do.
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I promise I'll find her.
Gero's partner for life.
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Kinosaki's been bonding with my colleagues
while I wasn't looking.
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What are they up to?
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Call me if you're gonna go fight.
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You have kids to take care of.
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Toshiki.
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Have a hundred million blessings.
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Be happy!
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Y-Yeah.
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He had a blade on a long pole,
and he was really good at waving it around.
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Uh-huh. Only...
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Apart from that,
he was kind of, um, normal?
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Great work.
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Poison Master
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Hikaru Gero
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Spear Master
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Nagahiko Kushima
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Okay, I'll send you
the next list of Masters now.
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Good luck wiping out those hitmen.
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Poison Master
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Hikaru Gero
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Translator: William Varteresian
Timer: Andy Ellis
Editor: SMR
Quality Control: Salem Alabanza
Final Quality Control: Michelle Tymon
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I'll let you protect me!
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10,000 yen a day.
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Ham!
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Come on. Let's go.
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Beat him to the punch!
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You've gotta be over the moon.
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Please die.
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Next time: "The Hitman Hunter."
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The Hitman Hunter