Original subtitles

Saber Marionette J to X

Risetto dekinai omoi wo takusan kakaete

Tokidoki ureshikute nazedarou

Tokidoki kanashii

Honto no kimochini uso wo tsuicha kurushii

Kizuita toki kara nanikaga kawatta boku wa

Hitoniwa yasashiku shitehoshii toki ga aru

Kotobawa iranai tada dakitomete hoshii

Hitoniwa yasashiku shicha ikenai toki ga aru

Jibun no chikarade ashita wo mitsukeru tame

You have no right to go and see Bloodberry!

She's not just one-third!

So, which one of us do you like the best?

I want to be your bride, Otaru!

It's my turn to make a move.

The Cry

This world is sick.

Greed and violence are in charge.

That is the destiny of a male planet.

We've reached the limits of cloning.

We create these newborn lives out of totally imperfect organisms...

...yielding weaker subjects...

...such that we lose our strength as a species each year.

As a solution to this abnormal situation...

...my plan was to take 200,000...

...of His Highness Shaohei's subjects from Xian...

...and return to our home, the planet earth.

Trade and relations with earth would have advantages.

It's quite obvious that...

...since it is a world with women, we would...

...no longer have to rely on clones from Lorelei.

This planet ought to be purged for a start.

It can then better make way for a new beginning.

The struggle would be for a human identity.

But Dr. Hesse seems to have other plans.

An advanced nuclear extinction device.

Using something like that isn't a matter of purging...

...but rather, the total annihilation of Terra 2.

Intruder!

Who goes?!

The master clones!

We can't fight here.

We cannot damage the female clones.

Reinforcements!

Royal Guards! Take that marionette out!

They brainwashed the guards...

The master clones...

Thank goodness.

So, he's all right?

Yeah. He just has to eat well and get lots of rest, and he'll be fine.

Then I'll just have to go twist the head off a neighborhood chicken.

That crude dimension of your character didn't have to come back.

Absolutely.

Hey, Hana!

Let's go to Otaru's room.

I really, really want to thank him...

...and catch up on a whole lot of things.

Maybe later, Lime.

But...

Master Otaru is thinking hard about important things that concern us.

Let's just wait until Otaru's ready, Lime.

Okay...

The girls have gone home.

You can have it, Hanagata.

Have some, at least.

You haven't had anything in the last few days.

Then I'll just have to feed you like a bird would.

Otaru...

Hey.

Faust!

Tiger!

How's the patient?

Luchs! Panther!

What?! You mean Hesse was behind all this?!

Yan was just used by Hesse.

And so, where's Hesse?

He's escaped.

They're interrogating Yan for specific details.

Excuse me...

Otaru's not...

Keep searching.

We have to find Hesse, no matter what.

Yes, sir!

So, he's got to pick one out of the three...

Typical of Otaru Mamiya.

And those three are hardly any less human.

I suppose that's why he has to choose.

Zhou Clinic

Zhou Clinic The medicine's the same as before, okay?

Zhou Clinic

Zhou Clinic Thank you.

I hear your memory's back?

Are you going to be leaving?

I might stay.

But I might go.

I don't know.

There's no point in staying at this hospital if Lime's gone.

Dr. Zhou's a good doctor, but he's pretty scary.

Then how about I give you a special free shot for the occasion.

It was a joke.

I see.

So, your memory is back.

Thank you so much for everything.

No. I should be the one to thank you.

You brought smiles to those kids' faces.

What will you do now?

Well...

Can I think about it a little?

Sure.

Take your time.

It sure got us good.

We should've charged admissions from the curious crowd that gathered.

Well, we were thinking of replacing the tent anyway.

I'm just glad everyone's okay.

That's right.

As long as we have ourselves, we can put on a circus anywhere.

What's up?

I feel bad that I put everybody through all this.

You were so gentle and demure when you had amnesia.

Hey.

Are you going back to Japoness?

Can you give me some time?

Huh?

A circus isn't too bad.

I hope Otaru chooses me.

I want Otaru to choose me.

I'll be all right even if he doesn't choose me.

Because we have a place in this world.

Good night, Otaru.

Lime!

Hana?

Otaru's in big trouble!

Come on, Otaru! Get better!

Otaru!

- Master Otaru! - Otaru!

What's happening to Otaru, doctor?!

His weak physical state wasn't able to fight off a wound infection.

And...

...he hasn't been eating properly. He cannot recover like that.

Doctor! Please help Otaru!

- Doctor! - Doctor!

I've done everything I can.

The rest is up to him.

Come on, Otaru.

Otaru...

Damn!

Otaru?

Otaru?

Otaru...

It's a relief that he's getting better.

Yeah.

I wasn't...

I wasn't able to do anything.

Otaru was suffering.

Lime...

Can a marionette only watch when a human being is suffering?

We marionettes can be fixed when we're broken.

But humans can't.

Even if we're together, Otaru will die first.

We're going to be living forever!

After all, we are...

...marionettes!

Yay! It's dinner time!

Did you all wash your hands?

Yes!

Yes, yes. It's dinner for you too.

Huh?

What? There's none left already?

Too bad nothing comes out of those pancakes you have.

I heard that human mothers feed babies like that.

I guess you can't.

I'll go buy some!

I guess I'm...

...a marionette.

Are you happy as an elephant?

Of course. An elephant's an elephant.

Even in the next town...

...we're getting some good attention thanks to Akashi...

...and Bloodberry's tightrope act.

That's great.

I don't think there's a better match.

Yeah, but it's too bad.

If she was human, she and Akashi could actually get married.

Human...!

A marionette...

...is just a marionette.

Zhou Clinic

Zhou Clinic Ow! It was my other arm that got injured.

Ow! It was my other arm that got injured.

Oh, sorry...

What's the matter, Lime?

Lime?

Lime...

Because I'm a marionette...

...I can't understand the pain humans feel.

Luchs.

What's going on, Lime?

Lime?

I want to become human.

What?!

I see...

You want to become human so you can be with Otaru Mamiya.

Don't you feel that way, Luchs?

You three are incredible.

Incredible?

A marionette like me couldn't understand.

That's a very human anguish.

Your souls have matured...

...to the same level as that of humans.

I will never forgive them.

The stage is set.

All I need now...

...are those three.

What?

Where?

Where are we?

Who's that?!

You sure have a lot of spunk.

But no matter how your soul is, a marionette is still a marionette.

Marionette shouldn't be burdened with the sufferings of humans.

Shut up!

What would you know, anyway!?

I know.

I know the deep pain you feel of not being able to become human.

You have the soul of a human, but your body is a machine.

The tragedy gets worse as you mature.

And in a few years, when women are brought into this world...

...your purpose will come to a depressing end.

Otaru!

No!

Stop it!

Get out from inside of us!

I will turn you into human beings.

But there's one condition.

I knew there was a catch to this!

Of course. I'm doing you a favor after all.

You're lying!

Don't try to fool us!

Really?

Can I really become human?

Yes, you sure can.

Ouch!

That is the pain of a human.

And the warmth of human blood.

Slightly altering the data...

...in the black box of the Maiden Circuit...

...allows you to experience human sensations.

The Maiden Circuit is not just a memory chip.

It contains Lorelei's various...

...thinking and response patterns.

But this is not enough to develop a human personality.

The purpose in creating the Maiden Circuit was...

...to generate a soul beyond what's possible through electricity.

How would you know about all this?!

Based on the thought processes of Lorelei...

...the Maiden Circuit was originally built...

...by myself.

It is true that the first leyasu and Faust...

...performed all the debugging and actually completed it.

They anticipated the tragedy that would result from it...

...and chose to delete all the data.

It took me some time to re-work the black box data.

You are all a part of Lorelei.

Over here, I have three zygotes that were...

...grown from Lorelei's cells.

If I transfer your souls to these...

...you will become perfectly human.

It's not a bad proposition, is it?

I'll be waiting for your positive answers.

Wait!

A dream?

Zhou Clinic

I wonder if that dream can be real.

I'm still a marionette.

Lime!

Did you have a strange dream?

What?! You mean you had that same dream?!

I can be human.

I can become Otaru's bride!

- Otaru! - Master Otaru!

Huh? What are you?

Where's Otaru? Where did he go?

Well...

...he said he was leaving for Japoness on the evening train.

It should be leaving shortly.

Are you sure you're okay with this, Otaru?

Going back to Japoness like this?

Yeah.

I can't do it.

I can't just choose one.

How can I tell them to come back with me?

Otaru...

Otaru!

No! We're not going to make it!

I've made the right decision.

They'll be happier...

...if they stayed here.

I've made the right decision.

Look!

Otaru!

Lime!

Master Otaru!

Cherry!

Otaru!

Bloodberry!

Why, Master Otaru?!

Why are you leaving at a time like this?!

Even if you don't pick one of us...

...our mature souls are not as weak as you think!

We just wanted to hear you say it!

But, why?! Why?!

You coward!

Lime!

I?

I?

Why?

Why?

Dammit!

Why can't the one who nurtured us for so long...

...understand how we feel now?!

You're a coward, Otaru.

Boku wa eien nante iranai

Kimi to koko de sugosu shunkan

Atsuku itaku tokimeite itai

Kodou wo kanjitetai

Mamoritaiyo demo mamorareteru

Atatakai manazashini

Chikara no tsuyosa janai

Kokoro no okuni kizamou

Shinjiteiru shinjirareru

Korekara aruku kono michi wo

Kimi ga iruyo boku ga iruyo

Soreijou nanimo iranai

Umareta imi sagasuyorimo

Ima ikiterukoto kanjite

Kotaeyorimo daijinamono

Hitotsu hitotsu mitsukete iku

Preview

I don't understand Otaru's agony.

I don't know because I'm not human.

I'm not human. I'm a marionette.

That's why Otaru and everyone's gone!

I don't like that!

I want to become a human being!

Help me, Dr. Hesse!

Saber Marionette J to X. Next episode...

The Dream in the Circuit

I want to be Otaru's bride!