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Ghost.In.The.Shell.Stand.Alone.Complex.2002.1080p.Bluray.iTA.DTS.AAC.JAP.AAC.Subs.x264[Kohaku-HDitaly]/Ghost.In.The.Shell.Stand.Alone.Complex.2002.E26.1080p.Bluray.iTA.DTS.AAC.JAP.AAC.Subs.x264[Kohaku-HDitaly].mkv Video AR Mode: 4 Video AR Value: 1.853282 Video Zoom Percent: 0.500000 Scroll Position: 264 Active Line: 273 Video Position: 1105 [V4+ Styles] Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding Style: Default,Arial,40,&H00FFFFFF,&H000000FF,&H00000000,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,2,2,2,10,10,10,1 Style: Main Dialogue,Arial,50,&H0000FFFF,&H000000FF,&H00000000,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,3,6,2,10,10,10,1 Style: Style,Arial,48,&H00FFFFFF,&H000000FF,&H00000000,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,2,2,2,10,10,10,1 Style: Title,Arial,48,&H0030BB16,&H000000FF,&H009CD49A,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,2,2,2,10,10,10,1 Style: Bold,Arial,20,&H00FFFFFF,&H000000FF,&H00000000,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,2,2,2,10,10,10,1 [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0,0,800,,{\b1\4c&H0000FF&}LAUGHING MAN FANSUBS{\b0} Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.06,0:00:03.56,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Motoko! Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.86,0:00:09.36,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,If one's physical body is lost, can a person's mind traverse the net, Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.46,0:00:13.56,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,while maintaining its existence and individual identity? Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.76,0:00:15.36,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Who knows? Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.66,0:00:20.56,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,It is difficult to believe that unified consciousness can be maintained in the "sea" that is the net, after having lost its shell. Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.76,0:00:27.36,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Would this world then be despair itself for those who lose their identities, even as they live? Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.46,0:00:29.96,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,That depends on what exactly you consider to be despair. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.56,0:00:33.36,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,They might as well try dying in that case, don't you think? Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.66,0:00:35.26,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,That could be a possibility. Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.46,0:00:38.16,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,In the meantime, I would like to express my gratitude. Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.26,0:00:39.36,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.76,0:00:41.66,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The way in which you kept your promise was... Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.76,0:00:43.56,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,exceptionally charming. Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.06,0:00:49.06,Default,,550,0,450,,Public Safety \N Section 9 \NOnce Again Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.31,0:00:56.21,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"Convenient rationales such as "teamwork" do not exist among us." Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.11,0:01:01.51,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"All that is necessary is teamwork that arises from the actions of individuals." Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.11,0:01:07.91,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,This was the Chief's admonition to us, when Section 9 was first created. Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.20,0:01:17.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Did the Chief really abandon us? Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.34,0:01:20.54,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I was subjected to useless interrogation, Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.64,0:01:23.14,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,and I was unable to communicate with my co-workers Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.24,0:01:25.54,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,or obtain external information. Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.04,0:01:29.74,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And then, fifteen days later, I was suddenly released. Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.07,0:01:47.17,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The notification that they handed me upon my release Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.27,0:01:50.37,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,included information detailing Section 9's dissolution Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.47,0:01:54.87,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,and orders to go on indefinite furlough from the security company Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.97,0:01:57.77,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,with which I was officially employed until then. Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.37,0:02:02.07,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,However, from where was the notification I was waiting for to come? Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.72,0:02:05.72,Default,,600,0,30,,{\b1\i1}RECEPTION{\b0\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.17,0:02:08.42,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I scrambled in the hopes of\Nsomehow obtaining information Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.45,0:02:11.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,concerning what had happened\Nduring my detention. Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.73,0:02:15.73,Default,,0,250,750,,{\b1\i1}243 Ruling Party Candidates \N in Lower House Elections{\b0} Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.11,0:02:20.04,Style,,0,0,225,,{\b1\i1}DO NOT ENTER / NIIHAMA PREFECTURAL POLICE / DO NOT ENTER{\b0\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.41,0:02:31.41,Style,,0,1125,400,,{\b1\i1}OPEN 24H\N\N\N\N\N 6F NET CAFE{\b0\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.13,0:02:35.81,Style,,0,0,500,,{\b1\i1}Welcome to Cyber Plaza Central\N\N Please Wait{\b0\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.09,0:02:46.36,Style,,0,0,800,,{\b1\i1}Several Public Safety Members\N \NCharged with Treason against the State!!{\b0\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.56,0:02:49.36,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,A plan by radical Public Safety members to start a military uprising was uncovered. Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.56,0:02:53.46,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,That was the "truth" that had been disclosed to the general public. Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.76,0:02:57.16,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Most of the media portrayed the use of force by a self-defence army, Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.26,0:03:01.96,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,which was said to have been deployed to preempt a coup d'etat, in a favorable light. Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.04,0:03:17.84,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Section 9 members, who were charged with treason as central figures in the plot, Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.94,0:03:21.44,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,were detained, arrested and prosecuted by the military. Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.54,0:03:24.04,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Summary judgement was handed down rapidly. Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.54,0:03:30.34,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,However, the fate of my friends was classified, the media was censored, Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.44,0:03:38.34,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,and I could do nothing, as I had become a civilian. Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.94,0:03:42.84,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,However, two things remained that still did not add up. Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.54,0:03:50.87,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The first was that Section 9's central figure, the Chief\N , had completely disappeared from the political scene. Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.14,0:03:54.14,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,His name did not appear on journal articles, Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.24,0:03:56.94,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,nor was it exposed in the list of casualties. Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.64,0:04:00.64,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Had he actually abandoned us? Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.75,0:04:08.25,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And, one more thing; the Major, the only member whose fate had been announced... Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.25,0:04:13.75,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Could the Major really be dead? Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.53,0:04:17.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Three months have passed. Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.00,0:04:25.80,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,At times, fulfilling one's duties as a member of Public Safety Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.90,0:04:31.50,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,is a task that requires a will capable of enduring seemingly endless investigations. Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.65,0:04:36.25,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,However, I had never felt it to be an unbearable pain. Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.75,0:04:44.25,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Still, why is it that I am allowed to live as if nothing \N has happened, while time continues to tick on by? Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.78,0:04:53.68,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I felt oppressed by the days spent as an unemployed \N husband and father to my family. It pained me greatly. Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.14,0:04:58.44,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I guess it's about time for me to find a new job. Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.44,0:05:01.25,Default,,0,0,850,,{\b1\i1}Secretary General Yakushima Rejects Request for Party Withdrawal \N\N Prosecution to Investigate Party Headquarters{\b0} Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.83,0:05:05.93,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,We have heard that the prosecution is about to arrive. Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.03,0:05:08.63,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Many reporters are gathered at the party's headquarters today, Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.73,0:05:10.83,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,and the atmosphere is quite somber. Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.83,0:05:15.36,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The Ministry of Public Health, Labour, and Welfare's\Ninvolvement with Serano Genomix Corporation, which Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.39,0:05:18.92,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,was covered in tabloids prior to the Lower House\Nelections, has entangled Secretary General Yakushima. Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.00,0:05:21.80,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And now, a week after the new cabinet was installed, Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.90,0:05:25.90,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,the case has finally developed into a full-fledged inquiry. Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.00,0:05:29.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The prosecution is conducting a thorough probe at the party's headquarters... Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.73,0:05:34.03,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Hey, he's here! Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.17,0:05:41.17,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,An in-depth investigation has finally begun; will Yakushima be arrested by day's end? Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.27,0:05:44.57,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Are the rumored Serano stocks stored within this building? Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.19,0:06:03.35,Style,,0,880,780,,{\b1\i1}Live Coverage of the Investigation \N\Nat Ruling Party HQ{\b0\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.07,0:05:46.97,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,We have credible information. Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.67,0:05:50.77,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,We will most likely request that the Secretary General come in voluntarily for questioning. Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.87,0:05:56.07,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,What of the possibility that the cash with recorded serial\Nnumbers mentioned in Mr. Serano's testimony is stored here? Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.57,0:05:59.37,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The probe will reveal that as well. Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.57,0:06:04.67,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,We have been investigating diligently in preparation for Secretary General Yakushima's arrest. Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.77,0:06:06.17,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"Diligently", did he say?! Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.77,0:06:10.07,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I don't know how the prosecution managed to assemble this much evidence, Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.17,0:06:13.77,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,but the information that was leaked to tabloids and personal websites Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.87,0:06:17.77,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,was clearly information that we uncovered, Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.87,0:06:23.27,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,not to mention that Section 9 also initially investigated Serano Corporation's cash flow. Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.77,0:06:28.11,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Our mission will certainly be fulfilled if Yakushima is arrested. Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.87,0:06:32.57,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Who actually arrests him is of little consequence. Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.47,0:06:36.67,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And yet... what is this that I feel? Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.77,0:06:39.97,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Their proud attitude... Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.27,0:06:43.47,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Even the pristine whiteness of their shirts pisses me off. Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.67,0:06:46.57,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Is this what I want? Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.07,0:06:50.19,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Isn't the scenario that the Major\Nand the others pieced together Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.21,0:06:52.99,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,the truth behind the Laughing\NMan Case from six years ago? Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.87,0:06:57.07,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Even if the prosecution unveils the graft scandal in the Ministry of Public Health, Labour and Welfare, Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.17,0:06:59.97,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yakushima may still not retire from his post. Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.97,0:07:03.67,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,How is that going to significantly change anything in the world? Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.34,0:07:30.24,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,It's not as if I wanted to be a hero. Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.14,0:07:37.14,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,However, I think I've been flawless in my pursuit of what we perceived justice to be so far. Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.94,0:07:44.84,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Laughing Man... you were the one who tried to shed light on this case in the first place. Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.44,0:07:49.54,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Could it be that you feel the same way I do right now? Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.34,0:07:51.54,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,No, it can't be... Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.44,0:07:59.42,Style,,0,0,500,,{\b1\i1}The Catcher in the Rye\N\N\N\N J.D. Salinger{\b0\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.04,0:07:55.44,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,You're not one to object to such things. Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.54,0:07:59.34,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,You've realised something, and you're watching this from on high. Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.54,0:08:00.24,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Isn't that right? Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.04,0:08:02.24,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I can tell. Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.64,0:08:04.64,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Major... Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.24,0:08:09.74,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,If I'm right about what I think will happen... Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.57,0:08:35.67,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Don't move! Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.77,0:08:38.07,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Take your hands out of your pockets slowly, and turn around. Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.60,0:08:49.90,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,With your skills, you'd be caught before you even get close to Yakushima. Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.60,0:08:51.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,But... Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.19,0:08:58.09,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,You're an idiot. You know that? Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.09,0:08:59.59,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Come with me. Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.69,0:09:20.49,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Here he is! Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.69,0:09:22.09,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Took you a while. Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.29,0:09:24.69,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Well? How far did you tail him? Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.79,0:09:27.39,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,He went to the party headquarters, just as I thought. Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.99,0:09:29.19,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Are you serious? Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.09,0:09:33.29,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,What's wrong? You crying, or what? Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.49,0:09:35.39,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Of course not! Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.59,0:09:37.59,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,So, how are things going? Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.69,0:09:39.79,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,It seems the Secretary General has finally given in. Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.89,0:09:41.29,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,He was affiliated with the military, after all; Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.39,0:09:43.69,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,he will apparently acquiesce willingly to the investigations. Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.19,0:09:47.79,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,With this success, the prosecution will be heroes for a while. Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.89,0:09:48.69,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,No doubt. Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.99,0:09:51.09,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,But, are you guys happy with this? Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.19,0:09:53.19,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The ones who actually cornered Yakushima are... Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.29,0:09:56.59,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Us in Section 9, you mean? Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.59,0:09:59.99,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Well, not that I don't understand how you feel, Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.09,0:10:04.19,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,but all this happened according to a plan that hairy monkey-man set up, from the very beginning. Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.69,0:10:06.05,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Plan? Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.15,0:10:06.85,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Right. Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.25,0:10:10.85,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Monkey-man realised that the Prime Minister would refrain from ousting the Secretary General Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.95,0:10:13.85,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,since the Lower House elections were approaching. Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.95,0:10:17.65,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,So, he deliberately chose to turn Section 9 into a scapegoat. Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.45,0:10:23.35,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,When the Major disguised herself as the Laughing Man and extracted the truth from Serano, Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.45,0:10:25.45,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Section 9's existence was leaked to the media Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.55,0:10:28.55,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,and we were no longer able to carry out covert operations like before. Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.75,0:10:32.15,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,So, the Chief then negotiated with the Prime Minister Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.25,0:10:37.15,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,to "sacrifice" Section 9, and nudge the prosecution into action. Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.15,0:10:40.05,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"Sacrifice" Section 9... Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.73,0:10:48.33,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Still, do you even know how I felt during the past three months...? Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.43,0:10:52.33,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Don't be so bitter. Think of it as having been on a special vacation. Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.43,0:10:56.23,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,It's not as if we were told of the plan beforehand, either. Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.33,0:11:00.43,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The old man had faith that we would survive and gather once again, Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.53,0:11:03.13,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,and executed the plan with a heavy heart. Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.73,0:11:07.23,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Even having you arrested and detained first Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.33,0:11:11.83,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,was a strategy on his part, since he wanted you to survive the raid on Section 9. Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.23,0:11:14.83,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,After all, you only had a few cybernetic parts, and were recovering from injuries. Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.93,0:11:18.33,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Besides, as a married man, it would have been difficult to manipulate your personal information, Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.43,0:11:22.03,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,so there was a need to distance you from Section 9, until preparations were complete. Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.33,0:11:23.73,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Don't be so negative about it. Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.83,0:11:27.53,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,As for me, the records still show that I'm incarcerated in Abashiri. Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.03,0:11:29.73,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Swallow your pride and go for results. Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.83,0:11:34.53,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,With this, we have returned to being a bona fide offensive organisation that does not exist. Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.43,0:11:36.83,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I see... Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.83,0:11:40.03,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,But still, what about the Major...? Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.10,0:11:44.30,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Who knows? Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.40,0:11:46.00,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I wouldn't know anything about someone like her. Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.29,0:11:55.99,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Come to think of it, weren't you really crying that time, Batou? Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.09,0:11:56.99,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Shut up. Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.49,0:12:01.69,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Oh, yeah? Why don't I bring up footage from the satellite? Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.89,0:12:03.89,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I'll send it on to the Major, too. Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.99,0:12:05.09,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,H-Hey, don't! Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.19,0:12:07.49,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"MOTOKOOO", right? Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.19,0:12:07.99,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,You bastard! Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.59,0:12:09.99,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I told you to stop that, bastard! Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.99,0:12:13.29,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Stop it already! Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.49,0:12:20.29,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,So it's finished, isn't it? Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.86,0:12:22.86,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.26,0:12:25.86,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The rest will be entrusted to the judicial system. Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.06,0:12:28.56,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,My task is completed. Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.66,0:12:31.86,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Thanks to you, the prosecution will be able to stand proud before the people. Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.96,0:12:34.66,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,However, what remains for you? Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.86,0:12:38.96,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I was able to achieve justice, as I see it. Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.06,0:12:40.66,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,That is enough. Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.16,0:12:44.26,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And? Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.36,0:12:45.76,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,What are you going to do from now on? Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.86,0:12:50.26,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,You can't be involved in all that gunplay forever. Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.96,0:12:51.86,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,How about it? Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.96,0:12:52.96,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Why don't you come join us? Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.66,0:12:57.56,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I've been thinking for a while that you are suited for the judicial bench. Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.66,0:12:59.06,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I wonder. Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.46,0:13:02.36,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Section 9 is not so easily finished. Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.56,0:13:07.96,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I now intend to go recruit a new member, as a step towards reconstruction. Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.59,0:13:47.69,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I see... Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.06,0:13:09.16,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Oh? Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.87,0:13:33.84,Style,,1560,0,650,,{\b1\i1}Library \N Museum{\b0\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.18,0:13:53.18,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Not the Laughing Man, indeed. Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.73,0:14:35.93,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Welcome. Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.23,0:14:38.53,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,You are later than I had expected you to be. Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.63,0:14:40.13,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Look who's talking. Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.23,0:14:42.63,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,You didn't even send over an invitation. Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.73,0:14:46.33,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"If you stay put, people will come to you." Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.93,0:14:49.03,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Were those Doisneau's words? Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.23,0:14:50.23,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.23,0:14:55.63,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Well, the fact that I have no idea what to do with you did have something to do with my coming here as well. Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.73,0:15:01.43,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,As for me, I actually became a bit concerned as to whether you would die after that. Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.53,0:15:03.83,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I haven't reached a point where I expect that much out of death. Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.93,0:15:08.33,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Although I had a near-death experience from the shock Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.43,0:15:11.03,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,of having my remote body's cyberbrain destroyed. Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.63,0:15:16.13,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And, having destroyed your brand-new body, you still haven't transferred into a new prosthetic yet. Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.00,0:15:21.30,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,A keen observation. Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.80,0:15:23.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Peeking is my hobby. Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.10,0:15:27.50,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,All that aside, what is this place? Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.60,0:15:30.10,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,It seems like a graveyard of information. Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.30,0:15:34.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Did you really aim to change the world from here? Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.40,0:15:36.50,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Well, to a certain extent in the beginning, yes. Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.60,0:15:39.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And? How do you feel now? Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.90,0:15:42.70,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Nothing special comes to mind. Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.00,0:15:49.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Perhaps it was already over for me when I shared my memories with you. Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.60,0:15:52.80,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I thought then that you would take care of the rest... Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.00,0:15:56.10,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Well, well. You are quite the liar. Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.20,0:15:58.50,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"Please don't interfere..." Yeah, right. Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.60,0:15:59.80,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I'm sorry. Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.90,0:16:05.24,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,However, upon sharing and synchronisation, all information loses its singularity Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.30,0:16:07.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,and insinuates itself into the subconscious of those who do not have an ulterior motive Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.30,0:16:11.00,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,or is internalized by the consciousness of those who do have an ulterior motive. Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.71,0:16:17.01,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Are those your owns words, based on experience? Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.31,0:16:18.31,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.31,0:16:22.21,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,After all, even you were acting as the Laughing Man in the end. Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.71,0:16:25.51,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The phenomenon was indeed interesting. Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.91,0:16:30.91,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,That aside, what was your initial motive, the one that triggered all these incidents? Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.61,0:16:36.31,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"To you, everything that occurs in the world must appear false." Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.58,0:16:39.28,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,J.D. Salinger. Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.48,0:16:40.48,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.07,0:16:46.57,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Well, I am the epitome of cybernetic brain and body modification. Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.67,0:16:52.17,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,So, I may have felt something like terror at the thought of becoming afflicted with cyberbrain sclerosis. Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.77,0:16:59.47,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,It all started when I chanced upon an e-mail on the net. Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.94,0:17:04.34,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The email was most probably a threat addressed to Serano Genomix. Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.44,0:17:08.84,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,it contained an argument that was based on the comparison between an investigation of Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.94,0:17:13.44,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,the Serano made micromachine treatment's ineffectiveness and the Murai vaccine's effectiveness. Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.65,0:17:17.65,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And the one who wrote it was the "original" Laughing Man? Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.05,0:17:20.25,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,When it comes down to it, yes. Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.45,0:17:24.65,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"I am a machine that exists in order to show my world to everyone." Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.85,0:17:27.85,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Dziga Vertov. A film director, was it? Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.25,0:17:28.95,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.05,0:17:32.42,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I imagined that my mission was\Nto confirm and transmit the Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.44,0:17:35.90,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,"information" that I chanced\Nupon, and exerted myself alone. Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.20,0:17:38.10,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And you suffered a spectacular defeat. Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.20,0:17:43.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The innocent mediator became dejected at the sheer odiousness of the societal system and became mute. Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.50,0:17:44.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.70,0:17:47.57,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And I became a mediator fated to disappear, Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.70,0:17:53.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,as if I was a writer whose existence was made all the more conspicuous because he did not publish new works. Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.00,0:18:00.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,In other words, "it is the medium that determines the societal system's dynamics via self-extermination; Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.30,0:18:05.90,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,when the medium disappears; it leaves its trace neither within nor without the system." Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.30,0:18:07.90,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Frederic Jameson. Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.30,0:18:10.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yes, and no; Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.50,0:18:12.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,the latter portion is Oosawa Masachi. Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.50,0:18:16.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Although I understood his writing, I did not believe them until I saw it with my own eyes. Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.00,0:18:21.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,To think that the absence of an original could spawn copies without an original... Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.80,0:18:25.10,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,If it were up to you, what would you call that phenomenon? Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.10,0:18:28.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Standalone Complex. Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.70,0:18:29.50,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.60,0:18:31.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Standalone Complex... Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.10,0:18:35.25,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Contrary to what one might think,\Nthe current societal system Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.28,0:18:38.43,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,possesses an inherent mechanism\Nfor triggering such phenomena. Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.80,0:18:43.00,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,That only feels like the beginning of despair to me... Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.30,0:18:44.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,What do you think? Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.80,0:18:45.90,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Who knows? Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.00,0:18:47.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I can't quite say. Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.20,0:18:51.51,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,However, I have found something that\Ncreates the possibility of regaining Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.54,0:18:54.50,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,one's individuality at the end of\Nthe synchronisation of information. Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.70,0:18:56.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,And, that is...? Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.20,0:19:03.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Curiosity, probably. Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.40,0:19:05.80,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I see. Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.90,0:19:08.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I didn't think of that myself. Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.50,0:19:11.30,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,My brain must already be undergoing sclerosis... Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.70,0:19:15.10,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,So, what's going to happen to me? Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.40,0:19:17.00,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Will I get arrested for kidnapping? Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.10,0:19:20.00,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Or, is my crime acting as the instigator of multiple, simultaneous acts of terrorism? Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.20,0:19:21.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Who knows? Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.50,0:19:24.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I've entrusted the decision to him, Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.30,0:19:26.00,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,so why don't you ask him directly? Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.03,0:19:34.53,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I've been listening, but that was a conversation that would have \N been impossible to follow without an external memory device. Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.63,0:19:37.23,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Have you read all the books here? Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.43,0:19:38.73,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Not quite. Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.63,0:19:41.13,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Allow me to introduce him to you. Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.23,0:19:45.03,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,He is my Chief, the leader of Section 9, Aramaki Daisuke. Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.53,0:19:46.93,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Pleased to meet you. Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.03,0:19:54.53,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Do you intend to continue with he mundane task of preserving published material, Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.63,0:19:56.93,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,which only exists because of tradition? Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.73,0:20:00.23,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,If that is permitted, yes. Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.33,0:20:06.73,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,In this case, it will be decided in a court of law that the original Laughing Man never existed. Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.93,0:20:09.03,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,With that in mind, I have a suggestion. Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.23,0:20:10.33,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,How about this? Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.43,0:20:15.83,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Why don't you put your hacking abilities to good use as the ninth member in Section 9? Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.10,0:20:19.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Well, you've surprised me. Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.30,0:20:21.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,You intend to recruit me? Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.90,0:20:23.00,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,That's right. Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.80,0:20:25.30,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,How interesting. Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.10,0:20:28.40,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,It does seem like it could be fun, Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.50,0:20:30.90,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,but I think I'll decline your offer. Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.00,0:20:34.50,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Unfortunately, I don't play baseball well at all. Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.82,0:20:45.62,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Looks like we've been rejected. Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.72,0:20:46.82,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,What now? Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.92,0:20:48.22,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Nothing. Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.42,0:20:51.62,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,As long as people like you and I wish it, Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.72,0:20:54.82,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Section 9 will remain an offensive organisation against crime. Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.92,0:20:56.12,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,That is all. Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.62,0:21:19.82,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Mr. President, we finally have the first hearing today. Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.92,0:21:20.72,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.74,0:21:26.64,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,With this, I can finally fulfil my promise to him. Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.31,0:21:38.61,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Oh, don't bother. Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.91,0:21:47.01,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,One cannot survive by holding to his morals in this day and age. Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.21,0:21:51.01,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Let there be peaceful slumber for the righteous ones. Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.65,0:22:03.55,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Major, summon all the members in A-2 gear! Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.85,0:22:05.75,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Did you get that, Batou? Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.05,0:22:10.75,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Came to pick you up. Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.49,0:22:14.49,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Togusa. Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.39,0:22:18.19,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,On my way. Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.49,0:22:19.89,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Ishikawa. Saitou. Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.39,0:22:21.89,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,I will rendezvous with the rest via a different route. Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.80,0:22:27.60,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,The preparations are complete. Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.70,0:22:30.20,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Pazu. Bomer! Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.30,0:22:31.30,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Ready when you are! Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.80,0:22:34.10,Main Dialogue,,0,0,100,,Gotta hit the jackpot every once in a while...