1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 2 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:17,930 Rare for you to contact me, Enjin. 3 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:19,820 What're you up— 4 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:21,900 Huh? 5 00:00:22,940 --> 00:00:25,210 You found a natural talent? 6 00:00:25,210 --> 00:00:26,210 That's right. 7 00:00:26,210 --> 00:00:28,720 Happened across him in No Man's Land. 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,220 Turns out he's got powers. 9 00:00:32,220 --> 00:00:35,200 Never seen anything quite like them, either. 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,870 I've recruited him for the Cleaners. 11 00:00:38,190 --> 00:00:41,160 I'll introduce you two once I'm done here. 12 00:00:41,690 --> 00:00:42,870 Later. 13 00:00:43,830 --> 00:00:47,510 Hey, I never said I was joining your weird gang. 14 00:00:47,510 --> 00:00:49,770 You think you're in a position to refuse? 15 00:00:49,770 --> 00:00:52,260 I told you, I've gotta get back up to the— 16 00:00:52,260 --> 00:00:54,560 You got lucky, kiddo! 17 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:55,870 Wh-Who's this old man?! 18 00:00:55,870 --> 00:00:58,880 It takes a real dummy to go wandering around in No Man's Land! 19 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:03,090 If you'd breathed that air for much longer, you'd be dead! 20 00:01:03,090 --> 00:01:07,090 And you got yourself kidnapped to boot. 21 00:01:07,090 --> 00:01:09,440 Talk about unlucky! 22 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,400 You better thank the nice man over there! 23 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,600 You better thank me, kiddo. 24 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,140 Asshole. 25 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,200 And I'm an old woman! 26 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:21,880 Treatment's done! 27 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,190 Pay up and get out! 28 00:01:24,190 --> 00:01:26,760 And don't forget, I'm an old woma— 29 00:01:31,780 --> 00:01:34,000 Thanks for paying. 30 00:01:35,270 --> 00:01:37,770 But seriously, all I want is info. 31 00:01:37,770 --> 00:01:39,960 I don't have time to be joining your Clea— 32 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:41,850 I'd hoped the whole kidnapping thing 33 00:01:41,850 --> 00:01:45,470 would have shown you how people down here view Sphereites. 34 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:49,400 You're free to ask around if you want, 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,610 but you're screwed if they find out who you are. 36 00:01:54,860 --> 00:01:57,400 To put it in plainer terms... 37 00:01:58,750 --> 00:02:02,480 This isn't the kind of place where info comes free. 38 00:02:03,910 --> 00:02:05,460 Shut up and follow me. 39 00:04:00,330 --> 00:04:03,420 Well, someone's got an appetite. 40 00:04:03,990 --> 00:04:07,640 You barfed up a storm after that garbage you ate, 41 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,040 so it figures you'd be hungry. 42 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,920 I thought the Pit—the Ground— would be nothing but trash, 43 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:20,840 but they've got real cities and food and everything. 44 00:04:25,610 --> 00:04:27,820 So, what's your name? 45 00:04:28,770 --> 00:04:29,680 Rudo. 46 00:04:30,430 --> 00:04:32,610 Rudo, huh? 47 00:04:32,610 --> 00:04:33,720 Good name. 48 00:04:39,380 --> 00:04:40,980 S-Sure. 49 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:45,180 All right, here comes your Ground life primer. 50 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,010 Here on the Ground, trash isn't the only thing that tends to build up. 51 00:04:50,010 --> 00:04:52,010 The same goes for emotions— what we call "Anima." 52 00:04:52,910 --> 00:04:55,900 Sometimes Anima converts into energy, 53 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:58,070 which has a variety of consequences. 54 00:04:59,260 --> 00:05:03,300 The birth of a trash beast is one such consequence. 55 00:05:05,260 --> 00:05:08,790 They'll attack humans on sight. 56 00:05:08,790 --> 00:05:12,770 Generally, they stick to the dump areas outside, 57 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:16,210 but they'll come into the cities from time to time, too. 58 00:05:17,810 --> 00:05:20,850 Why not fortify the whole city, then? 59 00:05:20,850 --> 00:05:24,820 Human nature—we can't stay cooped up forever. 60 00:05:26,830 --> 00:05:28,020 Makes sense. 61 00:05:28,450 --> 00:05:32,980 Like I said, regular weapons don't work on trash beasts. 62 00:05:33,890 --> 00:05:35,910 Their cores are made of Anima. 63 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,930 Your gloves can beat them, though. 64 00:05:41,260 --> 00:05:42,450 These... 65 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,370 Like the knife a chef keeps dutifully sharpened for years; 66 00:05:47,370 --> 00:05:50,740 like the trusty pen kept at a writer's side... 67 00:05:50,740 --> 00:05:55,540 When a person treats an object with care for a long time, 68 00:05:55,540 --> 00:05:57,880 Anima inhabits it. 69 00:05:58,420 --> 00:06:01,760 We call objects like that "vital instruments." 70 00:06:03,450 --> 00:06:08,320 The Anima of a trash beast's core can only be defeated by the Anima of a vital instrument. 71 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:13,690 But there aren't many people who can draw out the power of a vital instrument. 72 00:06:14,940 --> 00:06:18,960 And I'm one of the people who can? 73 00:06:19,350 --> 00:06:20,530 That's right. 74 00:06:20,950 --> 00:06:22,960 You and I both have that power. 75 00:06:23,670 --> 00:06:24,900 We're known as Givers. 76 00:06:29,580 --> 00:06:32,410 Regto was right all along. 77 00:06:35,730 --> 00:06:36,890 In other words... 78 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:40,450 the Cleaners are a gang of trash beast exterminators! 79 00:06:40,450 --> 00:06:42,750 And we need more Givers. 80 00:06:43,230 --> 00:06:45,590 That's why you want to recruit me? 81 00:06:46,190 --> 00:06:50,660 And if I join you, you'll really teach me how to get back up there? 82 00:06:51,860 --> 00:06:54,160 Well, the thing of it is... 83 00:06:54,510 --> 00:06:58,120 I don't have the slightest idea how you get up there. 84 00:06:59,380 --> 00:07:01,690 But you totally acted like you did! 85 00:07:01,690 --> 00:07:03,880 Never said I did, though. 86 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:04,960 You— 87 00:07:07,090 --> 00:07:10,010 Our boss is pretty well-informed, though. 88 00:07:10,010 --> 00:07:11,680 Might know a thing or two. 89 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,210 So I've gotta meet your boss first?! 90 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,890 Who gave you those gloves? 91 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:23,790 My dad. 92 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:25,940 These gloves are like... 93 00:07:29,450 --> 00:07:32,930 the only thing I have to remember him by. 94 00:07:35,670 --> 00:07:36,820 Got it. 95 00:07:37,350 --> 00:07:42,010 That explains why you take such good care of those beat-up old things. 96 00:07:42,740 --> 00:07:45,830 "When something matters to you, you should take care of it." 97 00:07:45,830 --> 00:07:48,700 It's a simple idea, but lots of people can't do it. 98 00:07:49,230 --> 00:07:51,870 They're good gloves. They've got soul. 99 00:07:51,870 --> 00:07:53,970 Treat them with care, okay? 100 00:08:03,230 --> 00:08:04,440 Whoops. 101 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,150 Anyway, this ends your Ground life primer. 102 00:08:08,150 --> 00:08:09,310 Just wait here a minute and— 103 00:08:09,310 --> 00:08:10,150 Enjin. 104 00:08:11,150 --> 00:08:12,270 Um... 105 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:15,310 Sorry I didn't say it earlier, but I owe you. 106 00:08:15,750 --> 00:08:16,870 For everything. 107 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:24,820 I'm giving you a little money for now. 108 00:08:24,820 --> 00:08:26,440 Don't spend it all in one place. 109 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,840 Money, too? 110 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:29,740 You sure about this? 111 00:08:29,740 --> 00:08:31,550 Totally sure! 112 00:08:31,550 --> 00:08:34,760 It's what I made from selling your clothes. 113 00:08:35,230 --> 00:08:37,410 It's also how I paid for your treatment and the food. 114 00:08:37,410 --> 00:08:39,920 So think nothing of it, okay? 115 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,840 For real. I mean it. 116 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,160 I'm gonna kick your ass! 117 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,380 You couldn't go around in those Sphereite threads down here anyway. 118 00:08:50,380 --> 00:08:52,780 Besides, took you long enough to notice. 119 00:08:52,780 --> 00:08:55,600 Is this always how you— 120 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:59,120 Anyway, I'm gonna meet up with your trainer. 121 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:00,980 You just wait here. 122 00:09:00,980 --> 00:09:05,110 I'm quitting these jerks the second I find a way up there! 123 00:09:08,190 --> 00:09:09,270 My money! 124 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,110 That's my money! 125 00:09:11,110 --> 00:09:13,410 Get back here, you asshole cat! 126 00:09:27,690 --> 00:09:29,420 Get back here! 127 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:38,160 Wasting my damn time... 128 00:09:38,990 --> 00:09:40,680 Quit struggling— 129 00:09:41,460 --> 00:09:42,560 Hey. 130 00:09:47,980 --> 00:09:49,780 That's mine. 131 00:09:50,770 --> 00:09:53,620 Give it back, you little shit. 132 00:09:54,090 --> 00:09:58,050 Episode 3 133 00:09:54,090 --> 00:09:58,050 {\an8}"The Ground" 134 00:09:58,570 --> 00:10:01,670 The hell are you talking about? 135 00:10:01,670 --> 00:10:03,460 This money's mine. 136 00:10:03,460 --> 00:10:04,670 What kind of stupid— 137 00:10:04,670 --> 00:10:05,850 Not that. 138 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:07,940 The stick. 139 00:10:08,470 --> 00:10:10,380 This? 140 00:10:11,890 --> 00:10:13,610 It's just a dumb stick. 141 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:25,250 What's with this guy? 142 00:10:26,370 --> 00:10:28,360 That's the same emblem Enjin wears... 143 00:10:29,350 --> 00:10:34,160 You think you can steal someone's treasure and get off scot-free? 144 00:10:37,380 --> 00:10:40,820 Is he... a Cleaner? 145 00:10:42,980 --> 00:10:47,040 Looks like I better teach you a lesson. 146 00:10:47,690 --> 00:10:50,810 I'll give you a taste of my Lovely Assistaff. 147 00:10:57,830 --> 00:11:00,420 You steal a person's treasure, 148 00:11:00,870 --> 00:11:03,620 you better be prepared to deal with the consequences... 149 00:11:05,550 --> 00:11:07,600 Rudo, the new talent. 150 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,000 You know my name? 151 00:11:10,580 --> 00:11:12,440 So you really are with the Cleaners? 152 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,990 Yeah, Enjin filled me in about you. 153 00:11:16,990 --> 00:11:19,930 I'm with the Akuta Cleaners. 154 00:11:19,930 --> 00:11:21,690 The name's Zanka Nijiku. 155 00:11:21,690 --> 00:11:25,410 Enjin's put me in charge of your training. 156 00:11:26,620 --> 00:11:31,220 Never thought I'd have to start with something as basic 157 00:11:31,220 --> 00:11:35,440 as "don't steal from people if you value your hide." 158 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,860 I was just using it to get my money back from the thieving cat! 159 00:11:39,860 --> 00:11:43,070 Go tell your daddy he didn't raise you right. 160 00:11:45,070 --> 00:11:48,660 This asshole doesn't know a single thing... 161 00:11:49,170 --> 00:11:50,980 and he's insulting Regto?! 162 00:11:52,620 --> 00:11:53,750 Rudo. 163 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,980 If you want someone to listen to you, 164 00:11:56,980 --> 00:11:59,700 try making the first concession. 165 00:12:02,380 --> 00:12:06,710 I bet Chiwa hates guys with a hair-trigger temper. 166 00:12:09,850 --> 00:12:14,650 You've got to cool off and think about how the other person feels. 167 00:12:18,150 --> 00:12:20,040 How the other person feels... 168 00:12:20,710 --> 00:12:22,070 That's right. 169 00:12:22,070 --> 00:12:25,450 He thinks I took something he cares about. 170 00:12:25,450 --> 00:12:27,060 He's mad about that. 171 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,620 If someone took my gloves, I'd feel the same way. 172 00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:36,280 I didn't mean to take it. 173 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,860 I didn't realize it was your treasure. 174 00:12:41,590 --> 00:12:43,260 I'm sorry. 175 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,470 Oh, 'zat so? 176 00:12:51,470 --> 00:12:53,630 You did give it right back, I guess. 177 00:12:54,380 --> 00:12:56,530 I'm sorry about that, too. 178 00:12:56,530 --> 00:13:00,600 It's my treasure an' all, so I kinda lost my temper. 179 00:13:01,110 --> 00:13:02,860 Sorry to scare you. 180 00:13:05,830 --> 00:13:09,390 I think that's the first time I ever defused a situation! 181 00:13:09,390 --> 00:13:11,540 Regto was totally right! 182 00:13:12,270 --> 00:13:14,820 You're joinin' the Cleaners now, right? 183 00:13:14,820 --> 00:13:17,150 Guess we got off on the wrong foot. 184 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:19,520 Let's work together now! 185 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:20,880 S-Sure... 186 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,080 So, what's your vital instrument? 187 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:24,890 What can you do with it? 188 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:27,570 I think it's the gloves. 189 00:13:28,210 --> 00:13:31,160 I don't really know what I... do with them. 190 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,770 These, huh? 191 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,770 Heck, those gloves rule! 192 00:13:36,770 --> 00:13:41,430 He looks like a different person all of a sudden. 193 00:13:37,690 --> 00:13:39,570 {\an8}Where'd you get 'em? 194 00:13:39,570 --> 00:13:43,390 {\an8}Never seen that mark before... 195 00:13:41,430 --> 00:13:43,390 Is it because he's smiling? 196 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:44,470 Smiling... 197 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:45,780 Smiling! 198 00:13:46,580 --> 00:13:50,520 That's right! Regto told me to fix my sour look... 199 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:55,330 {\an8}By the way, my vital instrument's just a staff, see? 200 00:13:50,870 --> 00:13:53,980 So a smile really makes that big a difference... 201 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,930 But can I smile? 202 00:13:55,330 --> 00:13:59,430 {\an8}I mean, the scuzzballs out there tease me over havin' "just a staff," 203 00:13:56,930 --> 00:13:59,430 I practiced it so much up there... 204 00:13:59,430 --> 00:14:01,530 {\an8}but it's still my precious treasure... 205 00:13:59,430 --> 00:14:01,530 I should be able to do it by now! 206 00:14:01,530 --> 00:14:03,120 I'm gonna do it... 207 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,190 I'll do it, you son of a bitch! 208 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,640 By the way, what made you wanna join the Cleaners? 209 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:14,030 I wouldn't say I joined. 210 00:14:14,030 --> 00:14:18,430 I'm just lending a hand until I get what I'm after! 211 00:14:22,250 --> 00:14:24,280 The hell's that expression?! 212 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,400 You makin' fun of me, you scuzzball?! 213 00:14:27,910 --> 00:14:30,950 I-I don't get it! Why are you mad again? 214 00:14:30,950 --> 00:14:33,200 That was the best smile I've ever managed! 215 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,870 In what world was that a smile? 216 00:14:35,870 --> 00:14:38,120 That was the creepiest damn thing I ever seen! 217 00:14:38,410 --> 00:14:41,080 Damn it. What'd I do wrong now? 218 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,240 Eyes open too wide? Should I have kept my lips closed?! 219 00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:47,510 In that case... 220 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:55,000 Are you nuts or somethin'?! 221 00:14:55,890 --> 00:14:58,560 I let you off the hook, and you're throwin' it in my face?! 222 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,650 Who the hell d'you think you are, scuzzball?! 223 00:15:00,650 --> 00:15:03,330 Oh, shove it! That's my line! 224 00:15:03,330 --> 00:15:06,420 What's wrong with smiling during a basic conversation?! 225 00:15:06,420 --> 00:15:09,540 You think you're hot stuff 'cause Enjin called you a natural! 226 00:15:09,540 --> 00:15:14,520 We put our asses on the line against trash beasts and other dangers every damn day! 227 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:18,530 And you're "just lending a hand until you get what you're after"?! 228 00:15:18,530 --> 00:15:23,040 If you can't even look serious when you talk about it, it must be one shitty-ass end goal! 229 00:15:24,230 --> 00:15:31,300 Change this shit heap of a world! 230 00:15:33,820 --> 00:15:36,150 What'd you just say? 231 00:15:37,060 --> 00:15:39,790 "Shitty-ass end goal"? 232 00:15:40,810 --> 00:15:44,450 I'm serious about this. I'm giving it all I've got. 233 00:15:44,450 --> 00:15:47,780 So you'd better not talk trash about it, asshole! 234 00:15:49,650 --> 00:15:51,640 Yeah, I figured. 235 00:15:52,020 --> 00:15:55,800 The second I met you, I knew we wouldn't get along! 236 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,730 Same here. 237 00:16:08,110 --> 00:16:10,430 I thought your vital instrument was the gloves. 238 00:16:11,430 --> 00:16:13,640 Wait, are you... 239 00:16:14,430 --> 00:16:16,140 Your ability... 240 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,300 You can turn any object you touch into a vital instrument?! 241 00:16:27,210 --> 00:16:31,270 You can turn any object you touch into a vital instrument... 242 00:16:34,070 --> 00:16:37,590 Well, that explains it. No wonder he called you a natural. 243 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,790 But if natural talent's all you got... 244 00:16:43,790 --> 00:16:47,530 You'll never beat a mediocrity like me. 245 00:16:51,550 --> 00:16:53,780 From above? When did it— 246 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,100 Gotta be faster than that, Mr. Natural! 247 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:05,550 Your vital instrument's the only thing special about you. 248 00:17:05,790 --> 00:17:08,300 Mine's just a stick, see? 249 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:20,230 That was a sad excuse for offense. 250 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,260 Looks like power's all you got, scuzzball. 251 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:26,230 What the heck? 252 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,550 H-Hey, are you... 253 00:17:37,910 --> 00:17:39,870 Usin' a plunger?! 254 00:17:40,380 --> 00:17:41,750 A what? 255 00:17:41,750 --> 00:17:43,410 You know! A plunger! 256 00:17:43,410 --> 00:17:46,230 The thing you use when poo— 257 00:17:46,230 --> 00:17:49,070 I got no idea what you're talking about, 258 00:17:49,070 --> 00:17:51,550 but it's my turn for payback! 259 00:17:57,270 --> 00:17:58,350 Close call! 260 00:18:02,020 --> 00:18:05,030 What's with that guy? What got him all freaked out? 261 00:18:05,030 --> 00:18:08,180 I dunno what this thing is, but it's working great! 262 00:18:08,780 --> 00:18:11,220 Wait! Wait! Timeout, okay?! 263 00:18:12,390 --> 00:18:14,780 Stop swinging that thing around! 264 00:18:31,190 --> 00:18:32,950 I said, stay back! 265 00:18:36,980 --> 00:18:38,710 Knock it off already! 266 00:19:40,990 --> 00:19:44,960 Hey, you two buddied up already? 267 00:19:56,550 --> 00:19:58,590 Are you serious?! 268 00:19:58,590 --> 00:20:01,860 You sealed the deal with a poop barrage?! 269 00:20:02,460 --> 00:20:04,560 That's the craziest thing I've ever heard! 270 00:20:15,810 --> 00:20:18,620 I've never been humiliated by poop before. 271 00:20:19,610 --> 00:20:23,080 I was fighting with poop the whole time? 272 00:20:23,620 --> 00:20:25,410 And so confidently... 273 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:30,390 Zanka's as close as the Ground gets to a spoiled rich kid. 274 00:20:30,390 --> 00:20:33,340 And you literally flung poop at him! 275 00:20:34,830 --> 00:20:36,360 Please stop. 276 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,070 Please stop laughing. 277 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:46,670 Hey, maybe it wasn't the most dignified first meeting, 278 00:20:46,670 --> 00:20:49,230 but this guy's gonna be your trainer. 279 00:20:49,780 --> 00:20:55,060 Zanka's the most skilled Giver we have at controlling vital instruments. 280 00:20:55,060 --> 00:20:56,790 He'll teach you a ton. 281 00:20:57,350 --> 00:21:00,000 Enjin thinks I'm good? 282 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,580 He does? The Enjin thinks I'm... 283 00:21:07,330 --> 00:21:11,830 So when'd you get here, Riyo? 284 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,460 I just got curious. 285 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:21,220 You're Rudo, huh? 286 00:21:21,220 --> 00:21:23,160 Y-Yeah. 287 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,220 She's a Cleaner, too? 288 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,890 Your hair's something else. 289 00:21:29,890 --> 00:21:31,440 You dye it? 290 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,480 Nah, feels natural. 291 00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:41,440 A-A woman is... playing with my hair?! 292 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:44,460 Is this life on the Ground?! 293 00:21:45,230 --> 00:21:48,450 Anyway, better get rolling. 294 00:21:52,530 --> 00:21:54,130 Next stop, home— 295 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,780 Cleaner HQ. 296 00:21:58,305 --> 00:22:58,450 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm