Mental Out 35-B

Chapter 35-B

01

Misaki: "He"...huh?
Misaki(thought): I do have an idea who that might be.

Misaki(thought): But I can't be certain.
Misaki(thought): And I don't want her getting any weird ideas here.
Misaki(thought): This calls for a poker face.

PG: So he's your sweetheart.
Text: The dull Previous Generation makes a sharp observation!
Title: Chapter 35 (Part 2)
Credit: Author: Kamachi Kazuma
        Art: Nogi Yasuhito
        Character Designs: Haimura Kiyotaka

Misaki: Huhhh!?

02

PG: You're a little too easy to read.
PG(small): Even I could tell.
SFX: Beep beep beep beep
Misaki: Forget that, forget that! Erase memory☆
PG: That won't work!

PG: But I see. Heh heh heh...
PG: I didn't like having you spy on my memories like that...
PG: but I did get something out of it.
Misaki: I so hate people who get all worked up over a misunderstanding!
Misaki(outside): Just can't stand them

PG: So it was your sweetheart of all people.
PG: In that case...

PG: I will let him off with a good slap.

03

PG: But make no mistake.
PG: I would normally have atomized him and erased all trace of his existence from this world.
Misaki: Tone it down!

PG: It galls me, but you and I are...

PG: no longer strangers.

04

Misaki: Can you look me in the eye and say that?
PG: Stop this.
Misaki: Are you embarrassed? Looks like you have a cute side after all☆
PG: Stop teasing me, fool!

PG: The rest will be even harsher, so you can't let your guard down.

Misaki: With your children...
Misaki: and Unabara.

PG: This will all come to a head...
PG: at Tokiwadai.

05

SFX: Fade

PG: Do not worry. But I will vanish for a while.
PG: So...

PG: I will give you this.

PG: Concentrate on it and you should be able to use my power.
PG: But only once. Choose the moment carefully.
Misaki: Neat.
Misaki(small): A mini-cube

PG: And while she is inferior...
PG: you can rely on my other half for the rest.
PG: She too should have regained her true self.

06

PG: Heh heh heh.
PG: It makes sense we didn't get along.
PG: To think a green version of myself still remained...

Girls: Queen!

07

Misaki: I'm fine, so take care...
Misaki: of Kamino-san and Kokuchou-san.
Girls: Yes, Queen!

Misaki: That's from passing the adaptation limit.
Misaki: I hope she's only unconscious.

Misaki: If the Synthesize Grid ability made it all the way to her brain...
Misaki: it might have lasting effects.

Misaki: And if it's serious...

08

Misaki: What will happen with the election?

Kuroko: The damage to the park was severe...
Sign: Tatsuki General Hospital

Kuroko: but the damage did not extend beyond the park.
Kuroko: There are signs that some kind of force kept it contained.
Kuroko: Was that the other Previous Generation's doing?

09

Kuroko: She must have been aware she needed to clean up afterwards.
Kuroko(small): For what it's worth!

Kamino: Did she do this too?

Kuroko: It was this cube that connected it.
Kuroko: The medical sample was provided by...
Kuroko: the Regeneration Corporation and a scientist there.

10

Kuroko: Even with a sample, I can't believe it's healed so well.
PG: This wouldn't work with just anyone.
PG: And she will need rehabilitation.

PG: But with THESE GIRLS...
PG: I could reconnect a severed head to their body.

Kuroko: So it's a compatibility thing.
Kuroko(small): Hm

Kuroko: Well, at least this means no one was seriously injured.
Kuroko: But you went way too far this time!
Kuroko: If I'd known, I would have stopped you.
Kuroko(small): Even if it was an inter-clique conflict!

11

Kuroko: I just feel so powerless.

PG: I know the feeling.

Both: Eh?

PG: It is too late once the crime has been committed.
PG: There is only so much you can do.
PG: And the victims cannot be brought back.

PG: The unspeaking corpses are ironically eloquent...
PG: in telling you how powerless you are.
PG: Over and over again I swore not to let it happen again.

PG: I was too late more often than not.

12

PG: But there were still those few times.
PG: So I would continue to reach out my hand, hoping that I could catch...
PG: even one more destiny that would have slipped through the cracks.

PG: I believe that is...
PG: what it means to protect.

PG: It was the same this one time.
PG: When I was floating in the sky above Academy City.
PG(flashback): Stop! The city can't take much more of this!!
PG(flashback): You'll destroy it all!!

13

PG(flashback): This city is Aleister's...
PG(flashback): Aleister's and my...
PG(flashback): dream!

PG(flashback): Don't damage it any further!!
SFX: Crack crack crack

14

PG: Being hit by energy great enough to reduce the city to ashes...
PG: ironically gave me a body I could again use to protect the city.

Kuroko: I don't understand all of that...
Kuroko: but were you in Judgment?
PG: Close, but I was freer and bloodier.

Kuroko: I'm a little jealous...

PG: Kamino Subaru.

15

PG: The way you have been treated is unforgivable.
PG: But I would like to atone.

PG: If you wish for my death, then so be it.
PG: That is your right.

Kuroko: What!?

Kamino: I have parents who raised me well.
Kamino: I only have those two I can call my parents.
Kamino: So when you say that is my right...

Kamino: I am not sure what to say.

16

Kuroko: Um...
Kuroko: I don't quite understand the situation here...

Kuroko: but don't talk about atoning through death.
Kuroko: If someone does something horrible to me...
Kuroko: I might shout "die!" in my head.

Kuroko: But that isn't the same as wanting an apology through death, is it?
Kuroko: Facing your wrongdoing and taking the time to actually atone is the hardest thing to do.

Kuroko: So you can't just skip that and take the easy way out, can you?

PG: ...!

Kamino: You have a point.

17

Kamino: Do not use us as an excuse to choose death, Previous Generation.
Kamino: That is all I want.

Kamino: I don't like the idea of being used...
Kamino: to escape the weight of your sins.

PG: You won't make this easy, will you?

Kamino: Thank you, Shirai-san.
Kamino: I feel enlightened.

Kamino: Thank you for teaching me such a good excuse.

18

Kamino: By the way, is Tokiwadai...?
Kuroko(outside): Yes
Kuroko: The final social is underway.

Kuroko: The process has felt unusually long...
Kuroko: but the election for student council president will begin soon.

Mikoto: Hey! Quit moving into my space.
Misaki: You're the one moving into mine, Misaka-san.
Text: The threat of Academy City's collapse is gone and the story returns to the election!!