The Irregular at Magic High School (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) (2014) s01e19 Episode Script
Yokohama Disturbance Part I
1 Yokohama Yamashita Pier Illegal aliens are arriving ashore from a small cargo ship in Cargo Pier 5.
Inspector Chiba, Assistant Inspector Inagaki, please hurry to Cargo Pier 5.
Seriously Not there again? This is no time to be complaining, Inspector! Yeah, but Inagaki Shut your mouth and run! Excuse me, but I'm your boss.
But I'm older than you.
Oh, man Freeze! We're the police.
Inspector.
Let's secure the ship.
All right, gotcha.
Okay, then, Inagaki.
You stop the ship.
If I do it, I might end up sinking it.
No problem.
The captain will take responsibility.
Bravo.
Yokohama Chinatown So we struck out, huh? First of all, everyone, please get changed and get some rest.
I have breakfast prepared for you.
Thank you, Mr.
Zhou, for your help.
10-10-2095 / In Front of First High School Main Building Brother, can I talk to you for a second? Sure, no problem.
Is it okay for you to be here? What about the student council? The new student council only just started up, so as vice chairwoman, you must be busy, right? Oh, no.
Chairwoman Nakajo seems to have her hands full, but as I'm just her assistant, I'm actually not very busy at all.
Our secretary, Honoka, and our treasurer, Mr.
Isori are giving me a hand as well By the way, Brother, what are you looking at now? A document on the Emerald Tablet.
You've been perusing alchemy-related documents a lot lately What I'm after isn't knowledge of the art of alchemy itself, but the properties and formula for making a Philosopher's Stone.
You're not planning to attempt substance conversion, are you? No, I'm not.
The Philosopher's Stone serves as a catalyst in spells that convert base metals into precious metals.
Since it's a catalyst, rather than being an active ingredient itself, it must be a tool to activate the spell.
It's said that the spell for converting base metals into precious metals calls for applying the effects of the Philosopher's Stone on the materials, and that will result in precious metals.
If substance conversion magic can be accomplished without the use of any other magical processes, then it's possible that the Philosopher's Stone is capable of storing Magic Sequences.
Store Magic Sequences, did you say? With Flying-type Magic now a reality, we've got sustainable nuclear fusion through Gravity-controlled Magic in our sights.
But there's no point if the magician has to keep casting spells throughout it all.
In that scenario, the magician is no more than a component of the nuclear fusion reactor.
He would only be changing roles from weapon to component.
To activate it, the magician is indispensable.
But at the same time, the system can't be one that binds the magician.
To achieve that, we'd need a way to store Magic Sequences.
So that's why you're reading up on the Philosopher's Stone.
Come to think of it, Miyuki, wasn't there something you wanted to talk to me about? Oh, that's right! Brother, Ms.
Ichihara has been looking for you.
I hear that she wants to talk to you about next month's Thesis Competition.
Where? In the Magic Geometry prep room.
Magic Geometry Prep Room You do know that the Magic Association-hosted Thesis Competition will be held at the end of this month? Well, I'm not familiar with the specifics If the NSC can be considered a "warrior's" contest, then the Thesis Competition complements it as a nine-school "writers'" contest.
I'm going to be frank with you.
Mr.
Shiba, will you do us the honor of participating in the Thesis Competition as a member of First High's team? You're asking me? Yes, you.
We were originally going to have Ms.
Ichihara, Mr.
Isori, as well as Ms.
Hirakawa of Class 3-C compete but Ms.
Hirakawa has recently become indisposed, you see.
Therefore, you have been chosen.
Koharu Hirakawa of 3-C.
She was the engineer for the player who fell during Mirage Bat.
But why would you choose a first year like myself? Weren't the contestants chosen by the internal Thesis Selection Committee? Compiling the presentation materials is a team effort, so you're the best man for the job.
Ms.
Ichihara will go into further detail.
Good day.
I'm the one who recommended you, Shiba.
I rejected all other would-be substitutes.
But someone like myself, who never even submitted an application To pick me out of the blue surely that wouldn't sit well with the runners-up? Sekimoto wouldn't cut it! He's simply not suited for this kind of work.
By Sekimoto, do you mean Isao Sekimoto, a member of the Disciplinary Committee? Yes, well He and I are too far apart on the direction we'd like to take this.
In the Thesis Competition, there's one primary writer, and two sub-writers, who split the work between them to write up the thesis and build a presentation.
And this time around, our primary writer will be Ms.
Ichihara.
In other words, the theme for Ms.
Ichihara's report is right up my alley - is that what you're saying? The theme I have in mind is "the technical feasibility of a Gravity Control-type Magic thermonuclear fusion reactor.
" We only have three weeks left until the Thesis Competition.
I have determined that the only one who can join the team at this point would be you, Shiba, as you're working on the same topic.
And I like to think that I'm a good judge of character.
Very well.
I'll be happy to cooperate.
All right, then, let me give you a rundown on the Thesis Competition.
The Thesis Competition is a venue for high school students to showcase their research on Magic Theory and Magic Engineering.
The presentations are entered into the Magic Index, where they're occasionally accessed by universities and corporations.
The competition is held every year on the last Sunday of October.
The venue alternates between Kyoto and Yokohoma.
This year, the venue will be the Yokohama International Convention Center.
We're generally free to go with any topic, but we're required to submit our final draft and an outline of the materials and sequences used in our presentation to the Magic Association in advance.
The deadline is two Sundays from now.
We'll be submitting everything to the Kanto Branch of the Magic Association, but it will be through the school.
To allow for extra time to have Mr.
Tsuzura go over our submission, we should get it all done by next Wednesday.
Tatsuya You've been picked for the Thesis Competition team? Yeah "Yeah"? Tatsuya, could you be any more excited? In Tatsuya's eyes, it's just another day at the office, I guess.
No, but it really is awesome! The winning thesis from that contest gets written up in Super Nature every year, and even if you finish below second place, it isn't rare for an eye-popping report to turn up in the academic journals.
But You don't have a lot of time left, do you? Give or take, nine days before we have to submit it to the school.
No way! But seriously, that's so soon! Not really.
If the topic Ms.
Ichihara had chosen was something totally unfamiliar to me, you can bet that I'd have begged off.
Oh, yeah? What are you guys gonna write about? The technical issues surrounding a Gravity Control-type Magic Sequence Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor, and their solutions.
Isn't that one of the Three Great Puzzles of Weight-type Magic? Since they asked you to join, Tatsuya, I was sure it would be CAD programming-related thesis.
Oh, that's what I thought.
Well, Kei Isori is on the team, too.
With a topic like that, I'm sure that you can come up with something that's a slam-dunk for victory.
Welcome home.
I see you're as cozy as ever.
It's been a while since you've come back here Ms.
Sayuri.
Well, yes Uh You can't beat the convenience of being close to the office.
Oh, I understand.
I'll get dinner started right away! What would you like tonight? Whatever you make will be fine by me.
There's no rush, so go get yourself changed.
Very well.
If you have any requests as to my change of attire as well Whatever your desire, Brother, I'll be happy to wear it! Hey.
You're getting too carried away.
All right, then, shall I hear what you have to say? I can see that you two still resent me.
That's true in Miyuki's case.
Considering our father remarried six months after our real mother passed away, who can blame her if there's still a sense of resentment in her heart? She may look mature, but she's just a fifteen-year-old girl, after all.
How do you feel? I'm not capable of such feelings.
So to what do I owe this pleasure? All right, I'll cut to the chase.
I want you to help out again at the head office, in the research lab.
And drop out of high school, if possible.
That's not possible.
As long as Miyuki is attending First High School, I must attend as well, or I won't be able to fulfill my duties as her Guardian.
If you hadn't gone on to high school, another Guardian would have been appointed.
Magicians are in short supply in every industry.
Even the Yotsubas wouldn't find it easy to find a replacement Guardian, I'm sure.
Are you implying that there's no better bodyguard than you? If it's just Miyuki's protection we're talking about, then yes, indeed.
Well, the company can't really afford to keep a talented staff member like you on the bench.
I don't think I've been idling on the bench.
Just the other day, you received a significant order for Flying Devices from the USNA navy, didn't you? That alone should equal 20 percent of your profits from last quarter.
Then could you at least come to the head office and help analyze this sample? That's a Relic of the Nino Magatama, right? Where was this excavated? I see So the SDF is involved? You said analyze, but don't tell me that you've taken on the task of replicating this Magatama, have you? Why would you be so reckless? Among OOParts, they're difficult to synthesize through modern technology that's why they're called Relics.
We received this job at the strong behest of the SDF.
We can't possibly refuse.
But even the SDF should know that it's virtually impossible to synthesize Relics.
Why would they make such a ridiculous request? I'm told that the Nino Magatama has the ability to store Magic Sequences.
Is that a proven fact? It's still just hypothetical, but we've produced sufficiently reliable data.
If it's true, then the military can hardly ignore it.
I can understand that.
But considering FLT's current fiscal state, surely there's no need to risk taking a bullet for someone else.
We've already rolled the dice! Without any hope of winning? We do have some hope.
With your magic, we'll be able to analyze it.
Even if we use my magic, there's no guarantee that it can be replicated But if you insist, then please send the sample to R&D Division Three.
Division Three, again? Or would you rather leave it with me? That won't be necessary! Miyuki? I'm heading out for a little while.
I want you to lock up tight and wait for me here.
Brother? I'm going to look out for a woman who lacks risk management skills.
Yokohama Disturbance Part I Damn it! Cast-jamming doesn't work? I didn't expect this guy coming! I guess I should say that I lucked out.
That's the situation, sir.
Don't worry about the street cameras.
We're already taking care of those.
Thank you very much, Major.
Still, he sure is a reckless one.
It may not have been the heart of the city, but to fire a rifle within the city limits I can't deny that I let my guard down, but his skills were terrifying.
And he didn't use any magic, is that right? There's no question in my mind.
At night, with just an optical scope, successfully sniping from a thousand meters away? Even globally, there's only a limited number of organizations that can get their hands on a sniper of that level.
It might be easier than we think to pinpoint who the enemy is here.
I'm counting on you, sir.
Hang on for a second A report just came in.
The car's been found.
We'll deal with this after we've investigated.
Is that all right? Sorry to trouble you, sir.
That apron Oh, so you noticed! Mizuki said she was going to buy a new apron, so I bought one along with her Um Does it look funny? You look very lovely in it.
So much that I want to secretly display you in a glass case just for me.
Brother I think that sounds a bit bizarre.
By the way, what did that woman want with you? "Help out with my work" that was par for the course.
But this time, the job looks interesting.
Are you going to take it on? It being what it is, I can't ignore it.
And I do have the sample in my keeping.
Is this the sample? The one that might have the ability to store Magic Sequences? Yes.
It's a Relic of the Nino Magatama class.
Why would that woman have such a It was a request from the military.
They've been asked to replicate it.
But that's preposterous I'm sure that even the military knows that it's preposterous.
But if a Relic really does have the ability to store Magic Sequences, it's worth it to take up the challenge, preposterous as it is.
Meaning? With this system in place, we can deploy magic weapons to troops with no magicians.
If we can replicate Relics, then a massive deployment of magic weapons that can activate powerful spells would also become possible No way I have no interest in using Relics as weapons.
Just because they can store Magic Sequences doesn't mean that they can replace magicians.
But the ability to store Magic Sequences is indispensable for activating spells mechanically.
If it's true that it can store Magic Sequences, then I want to unravel the secrets of this system.
I'm sure that you're up to the task, Brother Tell me what's going on.
We've successfully infiltrated the Yokohama Magicians' Association.
We'll be carrying on with our task.
We've succeeded in securing an on-site collaborator.
We'll be taking action soon.
As for the attempt to steal the Relic Looks like it failed.
Were you able to confirm the Relic's ability to store Magic Sequences? No, that's not something we can determine without the actual object.
If it really is capable of storing Magic Sequences, and we find a way to get our hands on it, the Great Asian Alliance's magic combat power will skyrocket Make sure you get that Relic, no matter what! Yokohama Disturbance Part II NEXT TIME
Inspector Chiba, Assistant Inspector Inagaki, please hurry to Cargo Pier 5.
Seriously Not there again? This is no time to be complaining, Inspector! Yeah, but Inagaki Shut your mouth and run! Excuse me, but I'm your boss.
But I'm older than you.
Oh, man Freeze! We're the police.
Inspector.
Let's secure the ship.
All right, gotcha.
Okay, then, Inagaki.
You stop the ship.
If I do it, I might end up sinking it.
No problem.
The captain will take responsibility.
Bravo.
Yokohama Chinatown So we struck out, huh? First of all, everyone, please get changed and get some rest.
I have breakfast prepared for you.
Thank you, Mr.
Zhou, for your help.
10-10-2095 / In Front of First High School Main Building Brother, can I talk to you for a second? Sure, no problem.
Is it okay for you to be here? What about the student council? The new student council only just started up, so as vice chairwoman, you must be busy, right? Oh, no.
Chairwoman Nakajo seems to have her hands full, but as I'm just her assistant, I'm actually not very busy at all.
Our secretary, Honoka, and our treasurer, Mr.
Isori are giving me a hand as well By the way, Brother, what are you looking at now? A document on the Emerald Tablet.
You've been perusing alchemy-related documents a lot lately What I'm after isn't knowledge of the art of alchemy itself, but the properties and formula for making a Philosopher's Stone.
You're not planning to attempt substance conversion, are you? No, I'm not.
The Philosopher's Stone serves as a catalyst in spells that convert base metals into precious metals.
Since it's a catalyst, rather than being an active ingredient itself, it must be a tool to activate the spell.
It's said that the spell for converting base metals into precious metals calls for applying the effects of the Philosopher's Stone on the materials, and that will result in precious metals.
If substance conversion magic can be accomplished without the use of any other magical processes, then it's possible that the Philosopher's Stone is capable of storing Magic Sequences.
Store Magic Sequences, did you say? With Flying-type Magic now a reality, we've got sustainable nuclear fusion through Gravity-controlled Magic in our sights.
But there's no point if the magician has to keep casting spells throughout it all.
In that scenario, the magician is no more than a component of the nuclear fusion reactor.
He would only be changing roles from weapon to component.
To activate it, the magician is indispensable.
But at the same time, the system can't be one that binds the magician.
To achieve that, we'd need a way to store Magic Sequences.
So that's why you're reading up on the Philosopher's Stone.
Come to think of it, Miyuki, wasn't there something you wanted to talk to me about? Oh, that's right! Brother, Ms.
Ichihara has been looking for you.
I hear that she wants to talk to you about next month's Thesis Competition.
Where? In the Magic Geometry prep room.
Magic Geometry Prep Room You do know that the Magic Association-hosted Thesis Competition will be held at the end of this month? Well, I'm not familiar with the specifics If the NSC can be considered a "warrior's" contest, then the Thesis Competition complements it as a nine-school "writers'" contest.
I'm going to be frank with you.
Mr.
Shiba, will you do us the honor of participating in the Thesis Competition as a member of First High's team? You're asking me? Yes, you.
We were originally going to have Ms.
Ichihara, Mr.
Isori, as well as Ms.
Hirakawa of Class 3-C compete but Ms.
Hirakawa has recently become indisposed, you see.
Therefore, you have been chosen.
Koharu Hirakawa of 3-C.
She was the engineer for the player who fell during Mirage Bat.
But why would you choose a first year like myself? Weren't the contestants chosen by the internal Thesis Selection Committee? Compiling the presentation materials is a team effort, so you're the best man for the job.
Ms.
Ichihara will go into further detail.
Good day.
I'm the one who recommended you, Shiba.
I rejected all other would-be substitutes.
But someone like myself, who never even submitted an application To pick me out of the blue surely that wouldn't sit well with the runners-up? Sekimoto wouldn't cut it! He's simply not suited for this kind of work.
By Sekimoto, do you mean Isao Sekimoto, a member of the Disciplinary Committee? Yes, well He and I are too far apart on the direction we'd like to take this.
In the Thesis Competition, there's one primary writer, and two sub-writers, who split the work between them to write up the thesis and build a presentation.
And this time around, our primary writer will be Ms.
Ichihara.
In other words, the theme for Ms.
Ichihara's report is right up my alley - is that what you're saying? The theme I have in mind is "the technical feasibility of a Gravity Control-type Magic thermonuclear fusion reactor.
" We only have three weeks left until the Thesis Competition.
I have determined that the only one who can join the team at this point would be you, Shiba, as you're working on the same topic.
And I like to think that I'm a good judge of character.
Very well.
I'll be happy to cooperate.
All right, then, let me give you a rundown on the Thesis Competition.
The Thesis Competition is a venue for high school students to showcase their research on Magic Theory and Magic Engineering.
The presentations are entered into the Magic Index, where they're occasionally accessed by universities and corporations.
The competition is held every year on the last Sunday of October.
The venue alternates between Kyoto and Yokohoma.
This year, the venue will be the Yokohama International Convention Center.
We're generally free to go with any topic, but we're required to submit our final draft and an outline of the materials and sequences used in our presentation to the Magic Association in advance.
The deadline is two Sundays from now.
We'll be submitting everything to the Kanto Branch of the Magic Association, but it will be through the school.
To allow for extra time to have Mr.
Tsuzura go over our submission, we should get it all done by next Wednesday.
Tatsuya You've been picked for the Thesis Competition team? Yeah "Yeah"? Tatsuya, could you be any more excited? In Tatsuya's eyes, it's just another day at the office, I guess.
No, but it really is awesome! The winning thesis from that contest gets written up in Super Nature every year, and even if you finish below second place, it isn't rare for an eye-popping report to turn up in the academic journals.
But You don't have a lot of time left, do you? Give or take, nine days before we have to submit it to the school.
No way! But seriously, that's so soon! Not really.
If the topic Ms.
Ichihara had chosen was something totally unfamiliar to me, you can bet that I'd have begged off.
Oh, yeah? What are you guys gonna write about? The technical issues surrounding a Gravity Control-type Magic Sequence Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor, and their solutions.
Isn't that one of the Three Great Puzzles of Weight-type Magic? Since they asked you to join, Tatsuya, I was sure it would be CAD programming-related thesis.
Oh, that's what I thought.
Well, Kei Isori is on the team, too.
With a topic like that, I'm sure that you can come up with something that's a slam-dunk for victory.
Welcome home.
I see you're as cozy as ever.
It's been a while since you've come back here Ms.
Sayuri.
Well, yes Uh You can't beat the convenience of being close to the office.
Oh, I understand.
I'll get dinner started right away! What would you like tonight? Whatever you make will be fine by me.
There's no rush, so go get yourself changed.
Very well.
If you have any requests as to my change of attire as well Whatever your desire, Brother, I'll be happy to wear it! Hey.
You're getting too carried away.
All right, then, shall I hear what you have to say? I can see that you two still resent me.
That's true in Miyuki's case.
Considering our father remarried six months after our real mother passed away, who can blame her if there's still a sense of resentment in her heart? She may look mature, but she's just a fifteen-year-old girl, after all.
How do you feel? I'm not capable of such feelings.
So to what do I owe this pleasure? All right, I'll cut to the chase.
I want you to help out again at the head office, in the research lab.
And drop out of high school, if possible.
That's not possible.
As long as Miyuki is attending First High School, I must attend as well, or I won't be able to fulfill my duties as her Guardian.
If you hadn't gone on to high school, another Guardian would have been appointed.
Magicians are in short supply in every industry.
Even the Yotsubas wouldn't find it easy to find a replacement Guardian, I'm sure.
Are you implying that there's no better bodyguard than you? If it's just Miyuki's protection we're talking about, then yes, indeed.
Well, the company can't really afford to keep a talented staff member like you on the bench.
I don't think I've been idling on the bench.
Just the other day, you received a significant order for Flying Devices from the USNA navy, didn't you? That alone should equal 20 percent of your profits from last quarter.
Then could you at least come to the head office and help analyze this sample? That's a Relic of the Nino Magatama, right? Where was this excavated? I see So the SDF is involved? You said analyze, but don't tell me that you've taken on the task of replicating this Magatama, have you? Why would you be so reckless? Among OOParts, they're difficult to synthesize through modern technology that's why they're called Relics.
We received this job at the strong behest of the SDF.
We can't possibly refuse.
But even the SDF should know that it's virtually impossible to synthesize Relics.
Why would they make such a ridiculous request? I'm told that the Nino Magatama has the ability to store Magic Sequences.
Is that a proven fact? It's still just hypothetical, but we've produced sufficiently reliable data.
If it's true, then the military can hardly ignore it.
I can understand that.
But considering FLT's current fiscal state, surely there's no need to risk taking a bullet for someone else.
We've already rolled the dice! Without any hope of winning? We do have some hope.
With your magic, we'll be able to analyze it.
Even if we use my magic, there's no guarantee that it can be replicated But if you insist, then please send the sample to R&D Division Three.
Division Three, again? Or would you rather leave it with me? That won't be necessary! Miyuki? I'm heading out for a little while.
I want you to lock up tight and wait for me here.
Brother? I'm going to look out for a woman who lacks risk management skills.
Yokohama Disturbance Part I Damn it! Cast-jamming doesn't work? I didn't expect this guy coming! I guess I should say that I lucked out.
That's the situation, sir.
Don't worry about the street cameras.
We're already taking care of those.
Thank you very much, Major.
Still, he sure is a reckless one.
It may not have been the heart of the city, but to fire a rifle within the city limits I can't deny that I let my guard down, but his skills were terrifying.
And he didn't use any magic, is that right? There's no question in my mind.
At night, with just an optical scope, successfully sniping from a thousand meters away? Even globally, there's only a limited number of organizations that can get their hands on a sniper of that level.
It might be easier than we think to pinpoint who the enemy is here.
I'm counting on you, sir.
Hang on for a second A report just came in.
The car's been found.
We'll deal with this after we've investigated.
Is that all right? Sorry to trouble you, sir.
That apron Oh, so you noticed! Mizuki said she was going to buy a new apron, so I bought one along with her Um Does it look funny? You look very lovely in it.
So much that I want to secretly display you in a glass case just for me.
Brother I think that sounds a bit bizarre.
By the way, what did that woman want with you? "Help out with my work" that was par for the course.
But this time, the job looks interesting.
Are you going to take it on? It being what it is, I can't ignore it.
And I do have the sample in my keeping.
Is this the sample? The one that might have the ability to store Magic Sequences? Yes.
It's a Relic of the Nino Magatama class.
Why would that woman have such a It was a request from the military.
They've been asked to replicate it.
But that's preposterous I'm sure that even the military knows that it's preposterous.
But if a Relic really does have the ability to store Magic Sequences, it's worth it to take up the challenge, preposterous as it is.
Meaning? With this system in place, we can deploy magic weapons to troops with no magicians.
If we can replicate Relics, then a massive deployment of magic weapons that can activate powerful spells would also become possible No way I have no interest in using Relics as weapons.
Just because they can store Magic Sequences doesn't mean that they can replace magicians.
But the ability to store Magic Sequences is indispensable for activating spells mechanically.
If it's true that it can store Magic Sequences, then I want to unravel the secrets of this system.
I'm sure that you're up to the task, Brother Tell me what's going on.
We've successfully infiltrated the Yokohama Magicians' Association.
We'll be carrying on with our task.
We've succeeded in securing an on-site collaborator.
We'll be taking action soon.
As for the attempt to steal the Relic Looks like it failed.
Were you able to confirm the Relic's ability to store Magic Sequences? No, that's not something we can determine without the actual object.
If it really is capable of storing Magic Sequences, and we find a way to get our hands on it, the Great Asian Alliance's magic combat power will skyrocket Make sure you get that Relic, no matter what! Yokohama Disturbance Part II NEXT TIME