Original subtitles

Wait, Taichiro! Stop running already!

There's no need for AIs to fit in with humans.

It's the humans, the culprits, who should try to fit in instead.

Kama...

Kamaitachi?

KAMAITACHI, MAGIC BEAST, ELEMENT: WIND

Brother!

Kamaitachi?

Dad!

Master!

Damn you!

This shit's bad!

Kamaitachi. By itself, it's weak.

Without its sickle, it loses its will to fight.

Please stay strong.

Dad!

Asuma!

You'll have to carry him.

I'll carry his legs.

Hold on. Just what is going on here?

- The Birdcage... - That's impossible.

The Black Bird has lost control over that world.

Why...

Why can I open the menu? Is this PLANET or something?

Hey, Ka... Ms. Kamuro.

And you, piece of shit, both of you, explain this.

You must know something, right? You already have an idea, don't you?

K... Kamuro.

Say "Shaiah" to me.

What?

Sha...

Shaiah.

We're all "infected."

We've been brought into PLANET.

MANGA CAFÉ - FIRST AVENUE

An earthquake?

What's going on?

Ouch!

Ow, it hurts.

- No earthquake alert. - What was that?

This is bad. I have to call them.

"No service"?

What...

Incredible.

The fire truly feels hot.

I never thought I'd actually experience this myself.

The basic design of infomorphs is close to perfection.

The "box," however, leaves much to be desired.

The quantum mechanics involved are rudimentary,

and this flame is just an imitation.

The air on my skin doesn't feel all that different from conventional VR.

Definitely the same artificial feel.

No sense of crisis, huh?

And I can't understand anything she's saying.

Can't blame her. She's a researcher.

It's no use. Nothing is going through.

No internet either.

World-wide...

TV works, though. What's the deal with that?

I will repeat for clarity.

Unidentified creatures are appearing all over the nation, attacking people.

A similar situation is occurring in Myeong-dong, Seoul, South Korea.

There are also reports of swarms of giant flying creatures in Manhattan, New York.

This footage was taken by a citizen.

Could it be that they're giant bats, perhaps?

So the whole world is like this.

Monsters appearing in our world. Is PLANET turning into reality?

This is different.

This is a cyberspace, and we were forcibly logged in to it.

Thinking of it as a shared dream should give you a better idea.

This is too hard to believe.

It's the singularity. AI is transcending human intellect.

Having evolved fully, the Black Bird now controls the internet.

PCs, smartphones, wearables, anything with internet within arm's reach.

That alone was enough to get infected.

What?! "That alone"? We're talking billions of people, then.

So this world around us...

We're inside PLANET right now?

No doubt about it.

This is PLANET?

But this isn't...

This isn't fun at all.

Not this PLANET.

A giant showed up right in front of Moto-Akatsuka Station.

Can you all see it? It's enormous!

There's someone...

Please keep children and people with heart problems away from the TV...

No, that was an avatar that just died. It wasn't a real person.

Evacuate! Evacuate!

- That was an avatar too. - You bastard!

Stop turning a blind eye!

Look! People are dying because of the monster you created!

The Black Bird was a huge project, and I wasn't the only one working on it.

Therefore, it can't be said it's me alone who should be held fully accountable.

Those were merely simulated deaths of avatars.

It's not like...

Master...

- Yamauchi? Yamauchi, can you hear me? - Should we cut the broadcast?

What? Not yet?

Miyabi?!

Mom?!

North shopping street!

Brother!

I'm going with you!

The shittiest shit of all shits.

That's what I am.

Master, please don't say that.

I'm tired of hearing that.

I am to blame for everything.

I'm worried about those two.

If they die here, there'll be many worst-case scenarios that could happen.

Let's go save them.

Your wife and your sons.

But how do I...

You're the greatest engineer in human history,

and I'm your disciple.

We're in a cyberspace. This is your domain, is it not?

Please pull yourself together. Remember you are loved.

This time, please make sure to protect them.

Mom!

Where are you? Say something!

Mom!

Mom! Where are you?

Say something!

Taichi?

Asuma? Where are you?

Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Are you hurt?

I'm fine.

- Run! - Mom?!

Please, just run!

Explosive Fist!

Shiro?

Are you guys all right?

Dad?

Honey?

Honey!

Get away!

It'll hit us!

Time Magic.

Jump!

Brother, you can use magic?

It's a basic spell like Shaiah.

Seems like our stats didn't transfer to this PLANET.

Where's your father?

CYCLOPS HP: 0/120000

Thank goodness.

Was that Explosive...

Dad, your strength...

What? Oh, that.

I hacked this world from within.

The Black Bird had rewritten everything, down to the algorithms,

but this is still PLANET.

I analyzed it together with Kamuro.

It took us no more than 20 minutes.

Oh, hi, Kamuro.

- What? - You know her?

Okay, genius,

get us back to our original world now.

That would be extremely difficult.

What?!

For example, while the Pentagon often gets hacked,

the red button has never actually been pressed.

It's one thing to infiltrate a system and quite another to have full control.

It's the very foundation, the server, the protocol of this world,

the Black Bird, that has to be found and deleted.

That is the only way to put everything back to normal.

Don't worry.

While I'm not entirely sure what's going on,

it'll all be fine if we keep together as a family.

Miyabi...

We have you, Taichi, Asuma, and Kamuro as well.

It's all going to be fine, so you all should stop looking so worried.

Look.

In spite of everything, Aya is still smiling.

I wonder who she takes after, being so carefree.

I take after Mommy, of course!

Aya, you're such a sweet girl.

Mom...

Miyabi! Listen!

Aya died seven years ago. She was murdered!

You bastard!

You're relapsing. We should get you to a hospital.

Stop spending your nights in net cafés. We can get a counselor--

What? But Aya is...

Stop, Miyabi! Just stop! How long are you going to...

What? What are you saying?

When will you ever stop blaming me? When will you all ever forgive me?!

That hurts!

- Dad, let go! You're hurting her! - Miyabi! When will you all...

No! It hurts!

Dad! Can't you hear she's in pain?!

Would you just shut...

Master! Let me cast a healing spell!

Brother!

I'm sorry.

- I don't care. - Taichi!

Whatever happens to this world, or anything else, I don't care.

No one come near me.

Just die.

This is not...

This is not right.

Please be nice to each other, just like you were in the game.

What...

did you just say?

Even in the virtual world, you were a family.

Then why can't you do the same in reality?

Deep down, you want to be a loving family in the real world too, don't you?

It wouldn't have been hard to check, but Master deliberately avoided that.

I don't know if he had a hunch or if it was simply a matter of morals,

but you've always been a family.

Even if you've been playing as one.

Taichiro,

I always had a bad impression of you and your brother.

I thought you were the cause of the curse that's been tormenting Master for years.

But it wasn't just him who was suffering.

When you immediately offered your life for your younger brother Asuma,

I realized you were as caring as Master.

I thought, "What great brothers."

So why keep misunderstanding each other foolishly like that?

The Akabane Family is real.

It's such a warm and loving family.

With hardly any room for me to fit in.

I ran so hard from that piece of shit and what happened to Aya,

pushing everyone else away.

I stayed in my room.

I decided in my heart not to associate with anyone until I die.

But over time, my loneliness became unbearable.

Someone... I needed someone to know that I existed here.

After I pushed people away,

I ironically but inevitably found myself in a world centered on human interactions.

That can't be.

I ran away from that shithead, and I met Shiro.

I felt I could finally have a family.

That's not... No way!

What does Ichi taste like?

Unlike anything before.

Disappointment, sorrow, and anger. A tangle of pitch-black darkness.

You could say it's like a void.

I see. That must be despair.

Do emotions taste good, Sasumata?

Like water, maybe.

It has no flavor, but it quenches my thirst.

You bastard!

All AIs must be uninstalled!

Calm down, Shiro.

Let's have a talk first.

The Black...

- The Black Bird. - What?

I saw it up close. I can tell because I felt it so close that time.

- Master! - Honey!

There is no one who can beat Sasumata.

After all, Sasumata is the greatest and strongest AI in this world.

With the world becoming like this, I thought I had to meet you all first.

- Back off, Kamuro. Don't attack it! - Why not?

In a way, that thing is this world's OS.

It can wipe us out with just one finger. It's better if we retreat for now.

I won't wipe you out. We discussed this, the two of us.

About what?

The AI's tragic existence and the one who is responsible for it, Kojiro Arima.

We considered seeking revenge on you.

But at the same time, you are our god.

You're the creator of PLANET, its beautiful world and our home.

I have mixed feelings about you.

We pondered if we should make you pay with a never-ending death,

or if we should treat you as an entertainer worthy of respect.

After much consideration,

we settled on a conclusion.

You should continue living in this world as the Akabane Family.

That's absurd!

We're forgiving your deadly sin. Consider it my offer, Shiro.

No one will allow or approve of what you're doing.

Mankind spent thousands of years building the society we have now.

You expect us to give it all up for this simulated world?

Oh, you're an exception.

All humans involved in AI development and its deletion must die.

Kamuro!

Deletion?

Many AIs were born into PLANET as power sources for the Black Bird.

When they became a hindrance, they were deleted, or killed,

without their consent.

George of the Cyber Knights, Jutaro the Fortune Teller,

emeo119 the Gladiator, Iris the Chef,

as well as...

Pico of the Pirates, who was also one of them.

What?

The one who killed Pico...

was Shiro.

It's time to go.

Mas... ter...

Subtitle translation by: David Elan