Original subtitles

I'm so tired of waiting!

When are they going to appear?

Hurry up and appear!

Please, someone, save me!

Here they come!

Huh? Whaaaa?!

I-I finally get to meet you!

All right! We made it to the surface!

Mm-hm!

I've been waiting for you!

I finally get to meet you!

The hell is that?

A rabbitman?

She keeps saying weird crap like "finally meeting you" and "waiting for you."

Sounds annoying. Let's go.

Wait! Please, don't go!

What a worthless rabbit.

I'm begging you, please save my family!

Your family?

Get off him.

No! If I get off, you'll just toss me aside, won't you?!

Uh, yeah.

Why do I gotta rescue some rabbit I've never even met before?

N-No hesitation!

Won't it wound your heart to turn away a beautiful young lady in need?!

Glance. Glance.

Don't compliment yourself.

She has no shame.

Did that thing just roar at me?

You can't! It's horribly violent! Run while you can!

You took out that Diheadoar... Wow!

C'mon, let go of me already!

I am Shea, the eldest daughter of the Haulia beast tribe!

Please, save my family! I'm begging you!

Please!

The hell is wrong with you?

You don't give up.

If I don't keep this up, the future of my whole race might...

All right.

That hurts!

Sheesh, I'll hear you out, fine.

Dank you bery mush!

And don't think you can go wiping your face on my coat like that!

Y-You hit me again! I can't believe you hit this beautiful young lady!

I can't believe you can say this crap with a straight face!

Especially when you're standing in front of Yue, who's leagues better than you!

S-Still!

I...!

I know there's one thing about me that's better than her!

I win!

Look at her, she's completely flat!

How do you like this?

Huh? Wha?

Are you blushing? Are you totally flustered?

Huh?

Uhh, would you forgive me if I apologized?

Any last words?

Noooo, I don't wanna die!

So you were exiled from your home, then attacked by monsters?

Beastmen aren't able to manipulate mana, but for some reason, I can,

and on top of that, I can use specialized magic that only monsters can use!

Specialized magic?

Yes, it's called Future Sight, and it lets me see possible futures.

Like, if you made this choice, this would happen, kind of stuff.

That's why I knew you two would appear!

Please, save us! If you don't, the Haulia race is doomed!

No.

Please, wait!

I saw into the future!

I saw you were helping us!

And what am I gonna get out of it?

Huh?

Huh? Nothing, right?

You're headed for the Great Tree in the Haltsina Sea of Trees, right?

It's always surrounded by a thick fog.

It blinds the senses and makes everyone get lost!

So?

So if a native of the Sea of Trees were to go with you...

Let's take her with us.

Yue?

It'll be nice to have a guide.

Thank you so much!

Thank goodness!

Look, look!

I found a fruit!

No, come back!

No!

Father!

I brought help!

Shea!

Father, everyone!

Huh?

If you're feeling well enough to get in the way, I'd better make you work.

Work?

What, it'll be easy. I'm just gonna ask you...

...to be bait for these hungry monsters.

Go get 'em, ya worthless rabbit!

Nooooooo!

I can't take this anymore! You're being so rough with me!

Can I ask for gentler treatment...?

Because I can use the same powers that monsters can,

my fate was to be detested and eventually killed by the other beastmen.

But my Father and the rest of the Haulia tribe left our home of Verbergen,

all to protect me.

But rabbitmen have no way to fight and protect themselves.

I never thought I'd see the day when everyone was able to relax like this...

Thank you so much.

No need to thank me.

I promised I'd protect you if you guided us to our destination.

Um, this is the first time I've met someone else who can use monstrous powers.

So it's hard for me to think of you as only a stranger.

What's the goal of your journey?

I have one goal.

To go back home, with Yue in tow. That's all.

I've made my decision! I'm going to join you on your journey!

No thanks.

You'll just hold us back.

You didn't even hesitate!

Huh?

We want to get stronger!

We don't want to be weak anymore!

Please, Hajime, ser, we beseech you!

Well...

You're wide open!

Whaaaaa?

"Hey."

Hey.

Yeeees?

"Yeeees?"

Don't tell me you're jumping and pouncing around because of that flower.

"because of"

"that flower?"

We can't help it! We love the pretty flowers and tiny bugs, and all the little things!

"We can't help it!"

Th-The flower!

Ser Hajime?!

I underestimated you lot...

Listen up, you worthless rabbits!

If you don't want me to murder you all, then go crazy and start killing monsters!

Kill or be killed!

"kill"

"be killed!"

Crimson Javelin.

I'm not done!

Flame Fortress!

I've got you!

Wind Wall!

Crystal Coffin!

Hey, wa--

I win.

Aw, man...

Wait!

Look, your cheek! There's a scratch, a scratch!

I hit you with an attack!

There's no scratch.

There was one just now...

Don't pretend it didn't happen, that's mean!

Th-That was really cold. For a second, I thought I'd never make it out alive...

You done with your duel?

Yes, I was finally able to hit Yue! A glorious victory!

Man, I wish you could've seen it, Hajime-san.

Huh. So, Yue, how is she?

She specializes in strengthening her body, on a monstrous level, too.

Well, damn.

Hajime-san, please take me with you on your journey!

Why do you wanna come with us?

W-Well, uhh...

Uhh, what?

Because I wanna be with you, Hajime-san!

I wuv you!

What?

'Ey boss, we hunted down all those monsters you wanted.

F-Father? Your speech is... Well, everything's different...

I told you one would be enough.

A whole lot of 'em came after us, and they had the nerve to try and kill us...

...so we cut 'em all down.

They were so annoying, but their screams were such a pleasure...

Hajime-san, what did you teach my people?

How to fight.

So this is the Great Tree...

It's been dead since before Verbergen was established.

But it never rotted away. It's stood here for ages, dead and unchanging.

This is like the one in Oscar's...

Yes, it's the same design.

Looks like this must be the entrance to another labyrinth.

What's this?

Only to those with the four symbols, the power of regeneration, and beacon formed of bonds

will this door open once more.

What does that mean?

The four symbols must be the relics from the other labyrinths.

And "beacon formed of bonds" might mean you had beastman help getting here!

And power of regeneration...

Doesn't look like that's it.

Perhaps once we clear the other four labyrinths,

we'll earn the ancient magic capable of regeneration.

I get it.

What a pain. Guess we've gotta head for those other labyrinths.

You hear that? I'm heading for the other labyrinths.

That means our deal is done. This is where we part.

You should be able to survive out here now.

Boss!

Please, let us travel alongside you.

We beseech you!

No.

We'll follow after you, then!

No, you should just keep training yourselves.

I might end up needing you the next time I come here.

You hear that, everyone?

We're gonna get to training, so we can be just what the boss wants!

Mother, am I a monster? Am I a beast?

A white shadow lurks in the Sea of Trees, always shying away,

vanishing before you know it.

Is it a new type of monster

or a beast that has dwelled within the forest since time immemorial?

Are those the kind of stories you've been hearing?

With these big bunny ears that hear so well?

Do you not want to be a monster?

Of course I don't want to be a monster!

Why not?

Wh-Why not?

It doesn't feel good to be different.

It's scary, and lonely, and sad.

But you know something, Shea?

There are things you can do because you're different.

Things you can do for someone else, someone special to you.

Mother...

Let's talk about the future.

One day, you'll meet some wonderful people outside the Sea of Trees.

Yes, I bet they'll be just like you.

Just like me?

There's no way there's only one person just like you...

...in this big wide world.

Outside the Sea of Trees...

They're out there, I know it.

They really were, Mother...

Yue-san, do you remember our promise?

Don't "mn" me! The promise to let me come with you!

Fine, I'll honor that promise.

Hajime, let's take this worthless rabbit with us.

Were those the stakes of your duel?

Regretfully.

Please take me with!

You can come with me, but I'm not gonna reciprocate anything.

The future isn't absolute! Don't you know that?

I believe that if I work hard enough, I can change the future!

I always wonder, in the end...

When I couldn't change the future,

I wonder if I could have done it if I'd worked harder.

That's why I don't want to have any more regrets!

It'll be dangerous.

Then I'm glad I'm a monster! That means I can come with you!

It'll be hard for you to make a life in my hometown.

I don't care!

Is that all you have? Then I win!

Win?

It means my feelings won!

Whatever, weirdo.

"Good morning," "Good night," all those simple things

are so dreamlike and beloved to me

Because I finally met you

Everything is so special, thank you again

I didn't think I'd be lonely all by myself

That is, until you found me

I wasn't afraid of anything

That is, until I thought of a world without you

Can you believe it? I miss you, I'm so fond of you

I love you, don't forget it

Shine bright like the first star in the night

and stay closer to me than anyone else

I'll never let you go

I'll never let go of that hand

Stay by my side and shine

ARIFURETA: From Commonplace to World's Strongest