Fire Force (炎炎ノ消防隊)

A 5TH PILLAR HAS APPEARED

The military police are investigating

both arson and accident as possible causes

for the incident.

What's going on?

Why the hell would I be

strapped to the bed like this?

And today we've received confirmation

that a fifth has appeared.

Did he say five?

He must have meant the first, right?

None of this makes sense.

OK, right now, I'm--

where even am I?

Think.

What I saw in that Adolla Link, was it just a dream?

Where in the hell am I?

Where did I go?

The White-Clad must have grabbed me.

They've got me tied down.

Come on, get these stupid chains--

You hear that?

I guess he must be awake.

Huh?

Who's that?

Who's got me locked up in here?

Settle down, please.

We've had quite enough.

Captain Obi?

Lieutenant.

Hey, you see this?

I just woke up.

And did you guys do this?

Please, untie me.

Shinra, I don't understand what's going on with you.

Ever since that First Pillar thing popped up

three months ago, it's like you've been

a completely different person.

Say what?

I have?

Oh, he's back.

Yo, Shinra, where you been all this time?

Where?

I-- I don't know.

EPISODE 13 "UNAWARE"

ASAKUSA, SPECIAL FIRE FORCE COMPANY 8

TEMPORARY SECRET BASE

He's calmed down, but he doesn't remember anything.

It's because the original one is back.

OK, do you want to explain what you mean by that?

That's easy.

The guy who's been around lately wasn't the real Shinra.

Like what went down back at the Fourth?

Was he possessed by Amaterasu?

Nope, that's not it.

Just listen to me.

Till just now, he was Shinra, but he also wasn't Shinra.

Huh?

No, no, no, no, no, no!

The hell happened to my hair?

Wait, there's no way!

My ears are pierced?

My cool black hair came from my mother,

and there's no way I'd ever get rid of it.

Who did this?

Who gave me this douchey makeover without me knowing it?

I look like the poster boy for stupid life decisions

or something right now.

This was all your idea.

Calm down.

It's not really that bad.

I don't remember doing this.

This is exactly the kind of thing I hate.

I mean, who wants to look back and

see how stupid you used to be?

That's why I'd never change the way

I look because of some dumb fad that'll be over in just a year.

You do this stuff because you think it's cool.

And next thing you know, you look like a moron.

The kind of people that do it are always like I used to be,

so lame back then, without even realizing they still are.

I don't know.

I think it's more of if you like it,

I love it kind of thing.

Well, Captain Obi, have you ever bleached your hair?

Have you ever gotten your ears pierced?

Of course, I haven't.

You know how stupid that'd look on me?

See?

You may be on to something with

this different Shinra theory.

Even though he's throwing a tantrum,

he does seem a lot more like himself.

So what was I like before?

What was so different about me?

It's like you were going through

a delayed, rebellious phase.

A pretty bad one, too.

I need to try and get my head right.

I don't remember anything.

It was like some other personality walking around

in my skin or something.

What's the deal, man?

I had your hair looking cool as hell, and you changed it back?

You know you can't erase the tattoos, right?

You can't just wash away all those tattoos I gave you.

Man, you gotta be kidding me!

What the hell happened?

I thought we were friends, Vulcan.

TATTOOS!

Why did you do this to me?

This sucks!

I did it because you wouldn't stop asking me to.

You wouldn't take no for an answer.

This body was a precious gift from my mother.

Latom.

You do seem like your old self again.

Of course, Arthur here knew something

was up from the get-go.

He kept saying it wasn't the real you.

So you could tell?

Yeah.

Nothing better than a true friend.

But we're not friends.

You had another incredible experience,

didn't you, Shinra, my boy?

So spill the beans.

I got nothing to spill.

I need somebody to tell me.

I blacked out and saw the past.

When I woke up, three months had gone by.

That entire time is totally blank.

Your memory runs out around when you were

going to take down the Pillar?

Just like I said, I saw the past and then boom, no memory

till I woke up here.

Bleaching my hair, piercing my ears, getting tattoos,

I'd never do that stuff.

It's not like me at all.

You're right.

That wasn't you.

It's the other Shinra.

I can't say that having a different kind of fashion sense

means you weren't your true self.

But there were things you did that were extremely

out of character, like violating orders

and antisocial behavior.

That sounds serious.

What do you mean?

What did I do?

Well, I'm thinking of one unspeakable act in particular.

Hey, are you just messing with me or what?

You were physically violent towards Sister Iris.

Why?

Why did I hurt her?

You see that up there?

A griffin's nest, I'm sure.

You're just the same as always, huh?

He's still an idiot, and nothing

really seems to have changed.

This is reality.

But was the world I saw reality?

The world before the Great Cataclysm,

I thought it would have been normal people just

like us, living their lives.

But no.

Nothing was like what I expected.

Shinra, where were you all that time?

Where?

That's a good question.

Was it Adolla?

Right after I passed out, it felt like a dream.

But what actually was it?

What did you see there?

Why is it so confusing to you?

I know that this is the real you.

But you're still acting pretty strange.

The past.

It was like something I'd never even considered.

I saw the past.

The past?

Can you tell me what it's like?

Was it weird?

It was insane!

Weird doesn't even come close to it!

Hold on, I'm still trying to get my head around it.

Will you hand me that stick?

When you look at this, what does it make you think about?

Let's see.

I think it's a bad drawing.

Come on.

So what else?

Does it look like a human to you?

What kind of stupid question is that?

I mean, it's got eyes and a nose, a couple of hands,

standing on two legs.

So generally speaking, it does look like a person.

Yeah.

The people I saw in the past,

they were like that, too.