- [singing in Japanese]
[Alobahn +81's "INTERNET ANGEL"]
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♪ Secret ♪
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[singing in Latin]
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[singing in Japanese]
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♪ Redemption ♪
♪ Do re mi fa la, la, la ♪
[singing in Japanese]
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♪ Breath you saved my file Armageddon ♪
[singing in Japanese]
[speaking in French]
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♪ Why we kissed in code Armageddon ♪
[singing in Japanese]
♪ Rain you typed my name Armageddon ♪
[singing in Japanese]
♪ I love you Do you love me angel ♪
[modem squealing]
[water lapping]
[piano playing]
- Hello.
Can you hear me?
Have you finally come to?
How are you feeling?
- I mean, nothing's all that different
from how it usually is.
I still can't sleep so I'd appreciate it
if you could prescribe me
some more sleeping pills and psych meds.
I've gotten so used to relying on meds to shut my brain down
since I can't do it on my own.
At this point,
I've forgotten what it feels like
to fall asleep naturally.
I can't stop having intrusive thoughts while I'm lying in bed.
Before I even realize it,
I start fantasizing about killing off all the people
that I hate in my life one by one.
Well, it's not specific people I see.
[static hissing] More like an abstract idea
of things like annoying old classmates and followers.
I take this idea of a person I hate
and kill them.
And don't get me wrong.
I don't do it for fun.
I do it 'cause I have to.
My hands get dirty and it's awful.
Thank you, doctor.
I'll make another appointment.
This should keep me going.
Now I can sleep.
[indistinct chatter]
- Is it time to start yet?
- Oh, man! I'm so hype for this!
- Oh! - It's starting!
- Our special guest today is KAngel,
the popular streamer with 10 million followers.
We're delighted to have her here to chat with us.
In the second half of the program,
we'll be showing highlights from her 10 million follower
celebration live show.
You won't wanna miss it.
We appreciate you joining us today.
- Grace!
- Let's jump right in.
For your new song, "Internet Overdose,"
what was going through your mind when you wrote the lyrics?
- I told you I'd ignore your new boyfriend
as long as you didn't meet him in public!
Can't we at least pretend to be properly married?
- Don't do this in front of our daughter
and stop playing the victim.
- [grunts]
Don't you dare hide behind her!
You barely even love her!
- [gasping]
- Throw that filthy thing away.
[car engine turns over.
[car door beeping]
[car engine revving]
- It'll be nice and quiet over at Grandma's house.
- You can stay here for as long as you like.
[clock bell chiming]
- Is that Grandpa?
- It is.
He suddenly passed away a while ago.
- Aren't you lonely?
- Well sure.
But everyone dies sooner or later.
As a matter of fact, I could die any day now myself.
- What happens when you die?
- You're reborn over and over again.
The more good you did while you were alive,
the more beautiful your new form is.
Unfortunately, your grandpa had a really bad drinking problem
so he was probably reborn as something ugly,
like this spider.
- You believe in reincarnation, Grandma?
- It's a comforting thought.
But even if it's not real,
people need to have something to believe in.
Otherwise life's much too hard. Hungry?
Ah!
- Wait, was my room always this small?
[items rustling]
It's just all my old things.
There's games and anime in the closet
that you can entertain yourself with.
Some of your aunt's stuff might be in there, too.
I guess Grandma never really got around to throwing any
of this stuff out.
[whip cracks]
- [gasps]
[static hissing]
Oh.
[exciting music playing]
- How dare you? - You coward!
- [cackling]
[tape clacking]
- Let's go!
Everyone's waiting for us!
To the stage, Makuhari!
- Momo-kyu-kyu!
- That's right. Let's dance together!
- [giggles]
Kyu! Oh, kyu, kyu, kyu, kyu!
NIGHT ON THE GALACTIC RAILROAD
- O--oh, no! Look! A girl is falling from the sky!
- Don't do this in front of our daughter
and stop playing the victim.
- Don't you dare hide behind her!
both: You barely even love her.
[blankets rustling]
[clattering]
- My name is Ame.
I'll save this world. [static hissing]
My name is Ame.
I'll save this world. [static hissing]
[breathing heavily]
[static hissing]
[breathing heavily]
I'm an angel who came here to save this world
full of pain and suffering!
I'm Ame!
I get depressed a lot, just like the rest of you.
But I will definitely save everyone!
Things are gonna be okay.
I promise it'll get easier.
A future is sweet as candy awaits you.
- You let her out of your sight at night?
What the hell were you even thinking?
Guess I should expect that from his mother.
She'll be living with me from now on.
I knew raising you in Tokyo would be what's best for you.
- Things are gonna be okay.
I promise it'll get easier.
A future as sweet as candy awaits you.
So don't worry.
[piano playing]
[scraping and squeaking]
[muttering]
[groans]
[door creaking]
See you later.
- You're coming in at this hour?
School is practically over at this point.
Isn't your mother mad you left this late?
Do you know how irresponsible this is?
If the other students see you do this,
then they might copy you.
- Mom was sleeping when I left.
- She didn't even try to wake her mom up?
- Weird.
Maybe her mom's yakuza or something.
- Are you even listening to me?
Look at me when I'm talking to you!
- That weirdo doesn't belong in this class!
[door creaking]
- Why not?
You said it was totally fine before.
You could afford to give me money.
I'm only gonna use it to buy my daughter some new clothes.
Mm, oh, come on. Don't be like that.
I'm not moving back there.
You're the only one I've got now so pretty please?
[door squeaking open]
[door closes]
[groaning]
[thuds]
I just wanna die.
Do you have a reason to keep living?
What is it?
- I don't know.
But I still wanna go to school, though.
- [groans]
[piano playing]
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[water splashes]
[students laughing]
- Okay, and action!
- Come on! Do a little dance and I'll make you go viral.
- Do some para para moves.
We wanna see you dance like an idiot!
- Hey, what are you waitin' for?
- You're really killin' the vibe here, you know.
- Whatever. He's gross. Let's go.
- This is stupid.
We're just gonna shake him down next time instead.
- Damn, that's hardcore, man! A straight up crime!
SCHOOL IS FILLED WITH NOTHING BUT DUMB PEOPLE.
- How many times do I have to tell you
to stop coming to school late?
Being on time is a common courtesy!
You lose more and more trust every time you do it!
[thuds] Are you listening?
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
[thuds] Hey! Say something!
- Sorry, but there's no such thing as God.
[toilet flushes]
Mama.
I just killed a man.
I put a gun against his head.
Pulled the trigger and now he's dead.
- [groans]
- Ah, shit. I'm so bored.
I need some excitement.
[grunts]
Hey. - Hmm?
- Are these two girls givin' you trouble?
- Huh? This is none of your business!
- Whatever. Shut up, idiot.
- Excuse me? You're a fucking creep. You know that?
- Uh? Oh.
- Thank you.
[buzzing]
The phenomenon known as Ame is a single blue light.
A hypothesized organic alternating-current lamp.
[gagging]
Flickering restlessly with landscapes,
with everyone.
Yet it remains lit with such assuredness.
A single blue light in a karmic alternating-current lamp.
You're so ugly.
Inside and out.
[blow lands] - [grunts]
- Hey, don't hit her face.
- It'll be fine.
The guys were going to town on that otaku's face, too.
- You guys are actually bullying her?
- That's not nice.
- [grunts]
Don't act like you don't do the same thing!
- Come on. That's different.
We're only havin' some fun with that otaku.
- You did not just say that.
- Heh, the daughter of a whore deserves it!
[snarls]
[buzzing]
- [whimpering]
- You should fight back, too.
Parents and teachers are playing
the boring roles they were given.
And the bullies in class aren't much different.
If you push back even a little, they'll run.
Everyone's just putting on an act.
- I'm scared.
- Fine.
Stay scared for the rest of your life.
No one's gonna save you.
This isn't an anime.
- I've kinda lost hope that my life is ever gonna get better.
[gasps]
[whimpering]
- See? Something good happened, right?
So make it count, okay?
[rustling]
[packaging snapping]
[water splashes]
It's probably stuck on inspection.
I hope they give us like 1,000 in-game currency.
Oh well, I'm just gonna give up and go to bed. Gonna recharge.
I'll never go to a place filled with dumb people ever again.
[water sloshing]
[piano music continues]
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- No need to be such a troll online.
Be more positive.
- How, when all I wanna do is die?
- We're all stuck in this shit hole,
so we're really no different from each other.
I just got fired from my temp job
but I'm still alive.
Try to keep your head up.
- [gasps]
- Thanks. I hope everything works out for you, too.
Like. Dislike.
- [gasping]
I hope he dies!
I hate him!
That stupid jerk!
[breathing erratically]
[gasps]
What about me? What about me?
- [gasps] - [screams]
I hope he dies! [pounding on door]
- [gasps] - Why would he do this?
- Hey, you know what time it is? Keep it down!
- What about me? Doesn't he care?
[pounding on door] - I've had enough of this!
I'm gonna kill that crazy bitch! - What about me?
What about me? - Hey!
Shut the hell up or I'm gonna call the cops on your ass
Do you hear me?
[buttons clacking]
- [breathing erratically]
[distant erratic breathing approaching]
[bat scraping]
[laughing maniacally]
Ame!
[breathing erratically]
Ame! I did it!
[maniacal giggling] - Congrats.
You actually did it.
How many'd you get?
- [shudders]
Just the one who harassed me the most.
But I was so scared! Thank you!
Really. You saved me, Ame.
That's why...
[whimpers]
Ame, I--I don't go to school anymore,
but I think of you as my guardian angel!
- Then you should take them all out!
- So, you got yourself a boyfriend or something?
- Huh? - It's good you were born
with a pretty face, you know.
The guys'll come flocking.
You'll never have to worry about money.
Hey, since I worked so hard to raise you and all,
maybe you should start repaying me now that you're old enough.
My current boyfriend's loaded.
If you're willing to keep him entertained
from time to time I'm sure he'd give you
a little spending money.
Sounds good, right?
I'd take some of it to help cover rent
- [shouts] - [groans]
[gasping]
- In your next life, you'll be a cockroach.
- Please, don't!
[blows landing] [screaming]
- [breathing erratically]
- [gagging]
[blows landing] [groaning]
- Die, die, die!
[pill rattles]
This time I really wanna die.
- Oh, come on now. Don't say that.
- [gasps]
[church bell rings]
- You think death is the only solution?
- I wish you had waited for me.
- We'll see each other again soon.
- Where are you? You'll pay for this.
You'll pay. You'll pay. You'll pay.
[church bells ringing]
You'll pay! You'll pay! [echoing]
- Earlier this afternoon an incident set to be caused
by a dispute between students occurred
at a junior high school.
The victim was a male student found on
the school's second floor.
According to those involved,
a male student retaliated against bullying he received
from the victim and attacked him with a baseball bat.
The attacker suffered serious injuries in the process.
[bugs clinking against lamp]
- It's okay. It'll be okay.
It'll get easier. I promise.
The moment right before I fall asleep
is the only time I'm happy.
[distant crowd cheering]
Have a good night.
[Aiobahn +81 feat. KOTOKO's "INTERNET OVERDOSE"]
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[breathing heavily] [crowd cheering]
Hey, cuties!
all: Hey, cutie!
- I'm the internet angel, KAngel!
I've got something I really wanna tell all of you!
Will you hear me out?
all: Yeah!
- Hey, you little otaku.
You're way too soft on streamers.
all: Huh? - I know how good it feels.
It's so simple, devoting yourself--your everything--
to the one you worship and love.
But streamers won't hesitate to lie through their teeth,
all to mesmerize you with a dream.
For example, saying they were bullied
and had no friends growing up,
or that their parents were abusive,
or that they ran away from home back in middle school.
If you're not careful,
they'll try to squeeze out as much sympathy as they can,
turning the tiniest bit of bad luck
into a huge sob story.
[chuckles]
Maybe part of the appeal is not knowing how much
of it's true and how much is a lie.
If it's a spell that can't be broken,
then truth and lies don't matter.
When you're watching KAngel,
become wrapped in a sweet hallucination.
This angel will always be there to save you
just on the other side of the screen.
Super Chatters get priority, though!
[crowd cheering] Just kidding.
Well, sweet dreams, everyone.
Even if sleeping a lot isn't something that makes you happy,
at least it helps unhappy things fade.
See you soon, okay?
Have a good night, otaku.
Bless.
- And there you have it. On tonight's episode,
we saw some insight on the origin
of KAngel's "Internet Overdose"
featuring exclusive footage
from her incredible live performance.
Wow, so much emotion went into it.
Thanks again for joining us, KAngel.
- Thanks!
[water lapping]
[Aiobahn +81 feat. KOTOKO's "INTERNET OVERDOSE"]
- [speaking in Japanese]
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[speaking in Japanese]
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[singing in Japanese]
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NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
the pain that comes with living a normal life these days.
Kache reaches for that star in a sea of mediocrity.
Next time, "London Calling."
EPISODE 4