All language subtitles for 108 - Gungi x of x Komugi

Narrator: Three days remain
until the sorting.

In the palace, the king
has completed his recovery

and plays gungi without rest.

King: That’s checkmate.

( Komugi gasps )

Shaiapouf: Her mind and body
are at their limit.

It will only take another match
or two before the king wins.

♪

( Singing in Japanese )

♪

King: Time for a break.

- We will resume in half a day.
- Komugi: Huh?

But I can keep playing
if you want me to.

King: I would take
no joy in defeating you

while you’re
in this weakened state.

Go recover your strength.

Shaiapouf: Even while
his arm was being treated,

the king
never stopped playing,

but now he changes his mind?

This woman is a liability.

If this continues, she will
certainly cause problems.

( Komugi sighs )

Well, if there’s nothing else,
then i’ll be going now.

♪

( Shaiapouf shudders )

I mustn’t be hasty.

The king went back on his word

so that he could
remain true to his creed,

so he could defeat
the gungi champion at her peak,

so he could demonstrate
his prowess.

If I kill her now, as I long to,

the king would only know
defeat in gungi.

He would never taste
sweet victory.

Her death would
only cement her status

as someone whom the king
was never able to best.

( Shudders )

( Wailing )

I’m such a fool!

I almost let
a thoughtless impulse

leave a hideous,
irreparable scar on the king!

What was I thinking?!

♪

I shall pay for this
with my life

once I ensure that the king
will rule the world.

( Sobbing )

Menthuthuyoupi: Hmm?

Knuckle: Seven people
will infiltrate the palace

using knov’s nen mansion--

shoot and me,
gon, killua, meleoron,

ikalgo, and finally morel.

A few seconds after us,

the chairman will enter
from outside pitou’s en.

During that time,
we all need to try

to lure the royal guard
as far from the king as we can.

First up,
ikalgo, killua, and gon.

When we suddenly appear
in the middle of the palace,

we all know exactly
what their reaction is gonna be.

Somebody say it.

Gon: To protect the king
with their lives.

Killua: They’ll be
in a tight formation.

Breaking it won’t be easy.

Meleoron: Hmm, and that’s
where I come into play.

( Gon grunts )

♪

( Music playing only )

Killua: Okay.
You got any questions?

Gon: Uh, so about palm,

is there anything we can do
to find out how she’s doing?

Killua: She’s either dead
or in hiding.

She would have
called us otherwise,

so that’s the only explanation.

( Gon sighs )

Killua: If she was discovered,

then it’s certain she
would have taken her own life.

She knew the risks
before she took the mission.

Shoot: If we were to attempt
to check on her status,

i’m almost certain
that she would take it

as an insult to her resolve.

( Gon sighs )

Knuckle:
Hey, take it easy, will you?

Gon’s just concerned
about her is all.

Gon: Yeah, and that’s
a rookie mistake.

Knuckle: What was that?
You just came back!

Where do you get off
with that crap?!

Killua: Let’s assume
she was captured alive.

In that case,
it’s pretty safe to say

the enemy knows our plan by now.

Shoot: And that would
make us just like moths

flying straight into the heart
of a burning flame.

Killua: We would
be dead on arrival.

But instead of worrying about
a bunch of worst-case scenarios,

let’s trust palm
to do whatever she has to.

Meleoron: All that makes sense
if you ask me,

but I think what gon
is trying to say here

is that if palm
really has met such a fate,

we still have time
to change the plan.

Killua: You’re too soft.

You know what he’s gonna say,
that we have to go in there

and save palm
before we do anything else,

but he’s not gonna offer
any plans at all

on how we should do that. Right?

( Gon groans ) Yeah.

Knuckle: Yeah, okay, good point.

Killua: Look, I realize
you’re worried right now,

but when things start moving,

you’ve gotta
just forget about her.

Meleoron: If you get distracted,
even for a fraction of a second,

it might cause
the entire operation

to completely fall apart.

Killua: We still have two days,

plenty of time
for palm to contact us.

♪

Neferpitou: Meow-Kay.
Understood.

King: Should I have tried
to escape to the right, perhaps?

Komugi: You should have
moved your knight.

You see, I didn’t want
to let a single piece

control the center
of the board.

Sometimes,
you must accept the risk

and move forward anyway,

and if you can’t do that,

you won’t ever be able
to make me hesitate.

( King sighs )

Being passive is foreign to me.

Shaiapouf: Sire.

King: What do you want?

Shaiapouf: I have intel
for your ears only.

( Komugi gasps )

King: It’s fine. Speak.

Shaiapouf: Two days remain
until the national rally.

The number of citizens
to process in the capital

has exceeded all expectations,

but the weather
will be favorable,

so the sorting
should go on as planned.

King: Your point?
I suggest you get to it.

Shaiapouf: Very well, sire.

I would like to move up
the postsorting schedule.

King: That’s all?
Do as you wish.

Shaiapouf: In that case,
sire, we will depart

immediately after
the sorting, so tha--

king: I won’t say it again.

Those petty decisions
are yours to make. Understand?

Go away, and wait
until I summon you.

♪

( Menthuthuyoupi chuckles )

So you were chased out, too.

We just need to wait
for the king to win,

and it’ll be fine.

You think it’ll only be
a couple more matches

’til he does that, right?

- Shaiapouf: No.
- Menthuthuyoupi: What?

A minute ago, you said you did.
What changed your mind?

Shaiapouf: The king is improving
at a remarkable rate,

but she is evolving as well,

so i’m no longer able to predict
the outcome of this contest.

Menthuthuyoupi: Well,
it’s still just a matter of time

before the king wins.

Shaiapouf: I hope
that you’re right.

Menthuthuyoupi: I am.

There’s nothing to worry about.

♪

Neferpitou: I’m 100% sure
he’s acting completely alone...

The man who defeated leol.

Reports from welfin
and the others confirm

that the soldiers he controls
are all smoke puppets.

They don’t move
like nen puppets,

so they fooled me as
effectively as a smoke screen.

He can’t control
as many puppets as I can,

but his are more responsive.

( Shudders )

I wanna fight him right meow.

Unfortunately,
I can’t leave my post yet.

Maybe he’ll come to me.
( Groans )

( Screeches )

Menthuthuyoupi: Huh?

♪

Knuckle: It’s just about time
for us to enter the capital.

The enemy should have noticed
morel’s distraction by now

and started reacting to it.

Once we’re there,
we’ll make some noise

to make them believe that this
isn’t all the work of one man.

At the same time
we’re doing that,

many of the citizens’ll be
moving toward the palace.

If we disappear
the day before the celebration,

then everyone’ll think
assassins are hidden

somewhere among the citizens,
trying to kill the king,

and all their focus

will be outside the palace
on the growing crowds.

That’s when we enter the palace

using
fourth-dimensional mansion!

The king will definitely
be right here.

He’ll be watching the selection

from the third-floor
throne room.

Killua: Will he really be there?

Something’s not right.

( Gungi piece clatters )

King: Two-one-three, soldier.

( Gungi piece clatters )

Komugi: Four-five-one, cavalry.

King: Eight-seven-two, the Duke.

Komugi:
Four-three-three, bowman.

( King thinking )
She attacks where i’m weak

without hesitation.

She’s getting
even sharper as we play.

Two-one-one, cavalry.

Komugi: Okay,
six-six-one, captain.

King: But it’s not suffocating.

In fact, I find this enjoyable,

because she’s guiding me
into that style of play.

But that only goes to show

that she is still
far above me in skill.

How much stronger will she get?

Komugi: Dear leader, I feel--

I feel weird.

♪

It just isn’t stopping.

No matter what I do,

all these wonderful moves
keep flooding into my head.

If I try, i’m sure that I
can become even better.

King: She’s awakened?

That can only mean...

She’s about to get stronger.

That’s checkmate.

Komugi: Do you think
that it would be all right

if I took a short break?

King: She’s never asked
for a break before.

Is there something wrong?

No. I’d like to go back
to my room for a bit

and record
all the moves in my head.

King: But with those eyes--

komugi: Oh!
I’ll just move the pieces

around the game board.
That’s all.

When I touch the pieces
after they’re placed,

I never forget their position.
It just stays in my head.

King: Every move
she’s ever played?

Fine. You’re excused.

Komugi: Thank you.

( King thinking )
A foolish question.

Her name.

Hey.

Your name?
What should I call you by?

Komugi: You mean me, sire?

King: Is there anyone else here?

Komugi: Um, my name is komugi,
dear leader!

King: Komugi, huh?

Hmm.

Komugi: Dear leader,

if it isn’t
too forward of me to ask,

I wonder if you’d mind
telling me your name.

( King gasps )

My name?

What?

What is it?

( Echoing )
Pitou!

Neferpitou: Huh?

Sire. I am at your service.

- King: Pouf.
- Shaiapouf: Yes.

King: Youpi.

Menthuthuyoupi: Yes, sire.

Shaiapouf: Is anything
the matter, sire?

- King: Pouf.
- Shaiapouf: Wha...

King: That’s right.
You are known as pouf.

Hmm, so then tell me,
what is my name?

Shaiapouf: With all due respect,
your highness,

you are the king.

You have no other name.

You are the one and only king.

At the moment, there are
impostors who claim to be king.

It is our duty
to eliminate them,

and then the entire world
will know

that there is but one
true and rightful king.

King: That assumes
the others can be eliminated.

"King" is merely a title.

A title can be bestowed,
and it is not a name.

Your thoughts, youpi?

Menthuthuyoupi: Your question
is far beyond my capacity,

so as much as i’d love
to answer it, sire,

I don’t know.

- King: Pitou?
- Neferpitou: Hmm.

I’m sure that whatever
your feelings are in the matter,

they greatly outweigh my own.

If I could make a suggestion,

perhaps you
should select the name

that you find
the most pleasing to your ear.

King: Hmm.

Very well, then.

( Eagle shrieks )

Shaiapouf: You can choose a name
after the sorting is complete.

For the time being,
our top priority

is to finish
all the preparations

before tomorrow morning.

( Eagle shrieks )

Shaiapouf: Mm.

Is something wrong, sire?

If you have any concerns,
we will happily address them.

That is why we’re here,
after all.

King: Komugi’s entire body
was bathed in a blinding light.

Shaiapouf: Komugi, sire?

King: The blind gungi player.

♪

Shaiapouf:
He bothered to learn her name?

King: She has awakened.

Komugi will now
become much stronger,

although only at gungi.

- Pitou.
- Neferpitou: Yes.

Neferpitou: If komugi
were to endure the sorting,

the same kind
as what will occur tomorrow,

what would happen to her?

Neferpitou: She would die, sire.

The selection has been
designed to find humans

possessing the physical
and mental strength

deemed necessary
to serve as your soldiers.

The survivors will be those

who can demonstrate
excellent combat capabilities.

Shaiapouf: Sire, please.

King: After meeting komugi,

i’ve learned strength
can manifest in different ways.

For example,
during our trip here...

Shaiapouf: Please, sire.
You must stop this.

King: I ended a child’s life.

( Shaiapouf thinking )
Sire, you mustn’t say it.

King: It’s possible
that the child...

( Shaiapouf thinking ) Please,
this isn’t becoming of you.

King: Possessed
the raw potential

to surpass me
in a particular field.

( Shaiapouf thinking )
The king must be absolute.

King: Yet I extinguished it.

( Shaiapouf thinking )
Do not repent your actions.

King: I had no real reason,
not a single one

shaiapouf: That’s enough, sire.
You mustn’t say any more.

I am...

King.

♪

( Shaiapouf gasps )

( Eagle shrieks )

( King laughing )

I took a life
for no reason at all.

( Laughs )

So that must mean
that I have tremendous power.

I appear without warning

to Rob countless beings
of their inferior strength,

to crush, to destroy.

Violence is my power,

and violence is the ultimate
force in the entire world.

Shaiapouf: I am not worthy
of being a royal guard.

Neferpitou: Why?

Shaiapouf: I jumped
to the wrong conclusion

and came within a hair’s breadth
of insulting the king.

I foolishly believed that his
highness regretted his actions,

something that no ruler
should ever do.

Your problem is that you’re
always thinking too much.

You know that?

Shaiapouf: Yes.
I do believe you have a point.

Neferpitou: I don’t blame you
for considering it.

The king has changed since
that girl first arrived here.

Shaiapouf: Yes.
That’s quite true as well.

Menthuthuyoupi:
If the girl impedes the king,

then we’ve got no choice
but to kill her.

( Shaiapouf shudders )

To think that my mind works on
the exact same level as yours.

( Footsteps echoing )

King: Yes...

My power is stronger
than any other in existence.

In the face of my might,

all other powers
pale in comparison.

They are nothing more
than dust in the wind.

Komugi, that female
is no different.

Her skill is in gungi,
a simple board game.

I could render her
a pile of flesh

with the slightest touch,

so her life
is subject to my whim.

If I but change my mind,
I can crush her immediately.

And yet I hesitate.

Why is that?

The goal was simply to kill time
before the selection,

which takes place tomorrow.

Haven’t I had enough?

I’ve had my fun.

She’s worthless to me.

Let’s kill her right now.

♪

( Eagle shrieking )

( Komugi whimpering )

Th-thank you very much,
dear leader.

King: Why didn’t you
call for help?!

Look here and here!

There’s blood all over you!

Damn. I don’t believe it.

She’s such a fragile creature.

Komugi: Because it’s so early.

People might still be sleeping,

and I didn’t
want to bother them.

King: But you wouldn’t
have bothered anyone at all.

( Thinking ) What?

You are a guest of the king.

What am I saying?

I came here to kill her,
didn’t I?

( Komugi crying )

King: Why do you cry?

Why couldn’t I do it?

Komugi: I’m sorry!

I’m so sorry!

It’s just that no one’s ever
been this nice to me before!

( Sobbing )

King: What is this creature?

♪

And me,
what do I want to do with her?

( Komugi sobbing )

( Singing in Japanese )