AKIRA ANDY FUKO YOUNG_JUIZ AKIRA Fuko enters into Andy's memories using the Artifact Soul Caliber. She awakens in 19th century United States. There, Fuko meets Andy and his friends from this era and passes the initiation test to join their crew, but a plot from local outlaws has Andy's friends murdered. AKIRA Fuko decides to travel together with Andy, who is now all alone. And on their long journey, Fuko witnesses firsthand the many times Andy experiences the deaths of those who become closest to him. AKIRA One night, Andy asks Fuko what she thinks it means to die. Andy explains that he believes one dies when the brain stops thinking, but Fuko responds that you only truly die when nobody remembers you anymore. That answer gives Andy a new interpretation of what death means. AKIRA Suddenly, Fuko's body becomes translucent, as if her time is up. She floats away to traverse once again through his memories. AKIRA When Fuko comes to, she finds herself in a new time: April 15th, 1865, Washington, D.C. YOUNG JUIZ Victor, do you believe in reincarnation? ANDY What? YOUNG JUIZ It's when your soul lives for a long time, and you get reborn in a new body when you die. ANDY I don't believe in it. I don't even believe in souls to begin with. People are alive 'cause of the blood pumping to their brains. YOUNG JUIZ Oh, come on! Just believe! Why not? It's a whole lot better that way. ANDY Why's that? YOUNG JUIZ Why, you ask? Because, then I would get to see you again after I die. Don't you fret. Even if I do die one day and wind up in a new body, I swear I'll never forget you. ANDY Yeah, I'm not gonna surrender to anyone. ANDY Right, Juiz? FUKO Where am I? ANDY It's April 15th, 1865. This is Washington D.C. FUKO Victor, you're... ANDY From here on, these are my memories. Get lost. FUKO These may belong to you, but they're Andy's memories too. I need to find out exactly what happened here! I have to know why Andy was born. ANDY There's no need. ANDY I'm going to kill you now, you see. And when I do, you'll warp to the next chapter of my memories. And wherever you warp to, I'll find you and kill you there all over again. ANDY This book of memories has events logged all the way until December of 2020. ANDY I'm going to keep on killing you until I drive you to the final chapter. Then I'll crush and erase your soul while it's in the book. FUKO What good does it do you to kill me? ANDY I'll make sure you never think about peeking into my memories again. This'll be your first and last time. More than that, killing you will directly result in his psyche weakening. I'll use that opportunity to assume control. And I will return to being myself. ANDY You've got a strong spirit. But there are things I must do as well. You should curse your unluck for ever meeting him. Now, goodbye. ANDY Now, run. Run to the very end. FUKO Shinjuku... FUKO If what Victor said is true, then this is my last chance! I can't die yet. I can't afford to die! FUKO I still haven't given you anything in return! FUKO Andy! ANDY This is too much trouble. I'll kill all of you at once. NARRATIVE TITLE Deadline ANDY Deadline! ANDY There. Unluck is dead. Missing today's encounter means she'll never be able to meet him. ANDY Wait for me, Juiz. And this time I swear... ANDY Ten Twist! ANDY You fool. ANDY This mere bullet can't-- NARRATIVE TITLE Vortex Bullet ANDY Vortex Bullet! ANDY Yeah, sick. Wicked sick! FUKO Andy! ANDY Wow, look. Someone turned into a crybaby. FUKO I can't help it! Sorry for clinging to you like this! I mean, my unluck! It'll get you! ANDY All you gotta do is not let go. So just cling tight, yeah? FUKO Yeah. ANDY Now... ANDY So that's him. That's the Victor guy you told me about in the past. My main personality, huh? FUKO Mm-hmm. ANDY Well, good to meet ya! So why are you targeting Fuko? ANDY Because that girl is trying to sneak peeks into my past. She seems rather eager to die. ANDY But this works in my favor. I have business on the outside. Because, you see, there's someone I need to kill once I get out. ANDY That girl isn't a resident of the book. So killing her a few more times will extinguish her soul. Since the you on the outside is so dependent on her, I can use that to assume control. In short, killing her is my ticket to the outside. ANDY Look, I don't know what my outside self thinks of this girl, but I do know that my current self has changed thanks to her. My hopes for the future, what I think about death... And that's the reason I'm here... I'm deliverin' her to the future me in the real world. You see, this girl's someone I need, and I'll defend her to my death! ANDY I see. Then do your worst. ANDY Hang on tight. FUKO Got it! ANDY Deadvulcan! ANDY Repair Glide! ANDY Not half bad, dead weight. ANDY He's accelerating his movement by repairing his coiled-up legs. It's dramatically smoother than his repair-based movement in the past. ANDY Deadblade! ANDY Oh? You've mastered solidifying your blood, too? ANDY He's boosting his speed by spraying blood from his joints. Meeting that girl has improved him much, I see. ANDY However, they all lack proficiency. ANDY Your blade isn't sharp enough, dense enough, or powerful enough! ANDY Deadline! ANDY That was a total waste of time. ANDY Deadroad! ANDY You've gone far learning these tricks in a mere 140 years' time. ANDY However, if that's the extent of what you can get out of both arms, this is all but over. ANDY Fuko! FUKO Yeah? ANDY Let go of me, pronto! FUKO What? No way! If I let go, the unluck will-- ANDY Don't worry about it. Ya gotta trust me! ANDY I've changed, all thanks to you. Believe me. You're the one who helped me shatter my narrow-minded views of what life and death really means! So you just get on outta here and relay the message to my future self! ANDY I've got more than enough unluck charged up. Just leave the rest to me. ANDY I've got something I wanna try-- ANDY Huh? ANDY Let's get this show on the road. Unluck Bullet! FUKO Go get 'em, Andy! ANDY Yeah! ANDY ANDY Unluck's special touch. A large stroke of unluck is coming soon. What a bother. I should just blow him away. ANDY Here it comes. ANDY Unluck Bullet! ANDY What kind of stunt is this? You're going to throw the entire match to shoot off fingers instead? ANDY No matter. They're just fingers. They don't even pierce me. ANDY First Index. ANDY A gas explosion. A stroke of unluck? Why is it befalling me? ANDY I loaded my soul into my fingers! ANDY Loaded his soul? So the unluck is residing in his fingers? Impossible! ANDY A stroke of unluck should only affect his main body. ANDY Second Middle. FUKO It got Andy too! ANDY You see, I would always start repairin' myself from the head first 'cause I figured without a brain rattlin' around in your noggin, your body can't live anyway. Plus I always believed if you can't think anymore, it means you're as good as dead. ANDY A worthless preconception. ANDY Yeah! That's why I changed. ANDY He repaired from his torso? ANDY Here comes Three Twist. ANDY When I met Fuko and journeyed with her, I learned to stop lettin' crummy logic dictate my life. Instead I learned that I could live however I damn well please in this world. ANDY Unluck dwells in the soul. ANDY And souls are what give people life! That's the world I believe in! And that's how I'll live! And so my body can keep getting destroyed, but just name the spot, and I'll come straight back from it! ANDY Huh? ANDY 'Cause in the end, it's all just a matter of how we perceive the rules. So long as we believe in our perceptions, our abilities'll develop as much as we want! ANDY And you've embodied that idea for me. So really, I should thank you, God of War Victhor. ANDY Now we Negators can get even stronger. ANDY Third Ring. FUKO Andy, look! ANDY Yeah. Fourth Pinky. FUKO What do we do? He'll just come back again and again. ANDY Yeah, you got a point. ANDY Huh? FUKO Andy, that's what they used to catch you! ANDY Huh. So that's what you meant, Juiz. ANDY You're right. These two just might be... ANDY I sure wouldn't be able to escape from that. But that guy's an exception to the rule. He'll bust out in due time. FUKO I see. FUKO Andy? FUKO I want to speak to him. FUKO To Mr. Victor. ANDY Why's that? FUKO Well, because I came here to learn more about you. And Victor is a part of you, isn't he? A part I wanna learn. Instead of sneaking peeks into his past, it might be better to chat with him about it. ANDY All right, then. ANDY You heard the lady, Victor. Get out here. I know you can. ANDY Aren't you used to seein' that by now? Cut it out, would ya? FUKO No, I'm not used to it! Whatever happened to modesty? FUKO So, um-- ANDY What do you want? FUKO You and Ms. Juiz. What's your relationship with her? ANDY Who's Juiz? Never heard of her. FUKO I saw it. FUKO It was fragmented and not very clear, but still I saw you and Ms. Juiz working together side by side. You were creating the Union. ANDY That reeks of Apocalypse. He shouldn't have shown you that. FUKO If those memories are true, then why are you trying to interfere with our plans? I mean, weren't you a member of the Roundtable yourself? ANDY You and Juiz are one and the same, you know. FUKO Me and Juiz? The same in what way? What? No! ANDY You're both heedless of any danger. And you're willing to bet everything for those you cherish. That same soul is what you have. ANDY As I look at the two of you, you remind me of our past selves. ANDY At first, everything went well. Step by step we overcame the quests and got closer to clearing it all. ANDY But I soon realized we couldn't win. ANDY No matter how many hundreds, thousands, even millions of years passed, God's life was still out of our grasp. ANDY We should've backed down. For as long as we continued, we'd only be dancing in the palm of God's hand. But still she wouldn't give up. ANDY She figured by employing the best options one by one, that someday she would reach God. ANDY So she boarded the Ark and looped over and over again. ANDY She's a fool. She isn't immortal. ANDY She should die and save herself the trouble. ANDY And so that's why I decided that I must kill her. FUKO Why would you do that? ANDY The woman I love continues to suffer. What kind of man wants to see that? FUKO Mr. Victor. ANDY She won't give up until she dies. Just like you right now. ANDY But I've changed my mind. ANDY That last stroke of Unluck you both unleashed... It showed the signs of evolution. ANDY Knowing that no unluck would mortally wound me... Instead you ended up summoning a capture tool. That same unluck would have only dealt physical damage before. But it transformed into unluck personalized for the target. ANDY You've spent plenty of time journeying with my counterpart. No doubt that yielded you a much better understanding of your mark. ANDY Which means if you research and learn more about God, then your unluck will be able to reach them too. ANDY Consciously control your unluck. Think of what unluck-- what death would be to my counterpart the whole time through. FUKO But wait a second! What about 1865? What happened? ANDY That memory is no longer of use to you now that you've grown stronger. Now you must keep marching forward. But if you must know, you ought to ask Juiz. FUKO Um, before you go, tell me how to get out of this memory! ANDY Just kiss my counterpart there. And I don't mean just a peck on the cheek. FUKO Wait, what? FUKO Oh-- ANDY Hey, don't cry. Just never forget, right, Fuko? FUKO Y-Yeah, but... ANDY I'm gonna be one with the me on the outside, okay? And I'll be even more handsome and everything I need to woo ya! You better be ready! FUKO Mmm, I can't wait! ANDY Later! ANDY See ya in the here and now.