Darling in the Franxx (2018) s01e13 Episode Script
The Beast and the Prince
1
This is dangerous!
At this rate, their deep
subconsciousness will merge via Strelizia!
IT WAS A TALE OF A MONSTER
That room was all the world I knew.
A world sealed off
from the one outside the window.
That place was all the world I knew.
The Garden. A closed-off world
where only Children lived.
But that day,
I went outside for the first time.
I remember it to this day.
I had forgotten it until now.
The vastness of the sky above me.
The warmth of her hand in mine.
-And the vow that the two of us made.
-And the vow that the two of us made.
Just what am I?
Back then,
the thought never even crossed my mind.
Even in my earliest memories,
I was shut in there.
I felt like I had even older memories,
but they were quickly forgotten.
I don't know what this was either.
It was probably meant as
a stand-in for a mother.
One day, just once,
she brought me something other than food.
THE DEMON AND THE PRINCE
It was a picture book.
With each page I turned, bright colors
and shapes leaped into my eyes.
There were words written there too,
but I didn't know what they said.
As for her, that was the last time
I ever saw her.
Still, this was my first pretty thing.
The outside world must be
where the pretty things are.
Due to my innocence, I believed that.
It turned out,
I was half right and half wrong.
Just who am I?
Back then,
that was all I could think about.
Even my earliest memories
are of the Garden.
We were living here
so we could become Parasites
to fight for Papa and the Adults.
All of us Children
were called by code numbers.
The lower the number, the greater
the Child's Parasite potential.
Up to 099 were the two-digit club.
Among them, the teen-codes
were given particular attention.
As one of them, I was called
a special Child, different from the rest.
Are you crying?
Am I weird?
I'm different from everyone else.
They all don't laugh anymore.
They don't get angry or cry.
I'm the only one who still cries.
But I want to be like everyone else.
What should I do?
Maybe I need to have more shots.
Well, we're teen-codes.
We've always been different
from everyone else.
I hate it.
I'm scared to be different.
Hey, how about I give you a name?
What?
A name?
Yes.
I came up with a name for myself.
Not a number, but a name that's your own,
like the people in the books have.
See, my name is Hiro.
Hiro?
What do you say?
You'll be fine if you stick with me.
I'll give you a name too.
Okay.
Your name will be
Ichigo!
Ichigo?
Yes!
Because you're Code 015,
which is "ichi" and "go."
So that's my name.
Yes. Do you like it?
Yes.
Having a name makes you feel like
it's okay to be different.
Does it?
Yes, because it's a way to be called
that's all your own.
All my own?
Yes. Ichigo.
Can you come up with more for the others?
What? Sure.
Then let's tell everybody!
Well
Hiro, you'll give everyone names!
It was all just a game.
I came up with lots of names
for the others.
Sammy, Junna, Nack, Toshi, Sakuto, Shinya.
As well as Mitsuru.
A name was just something
to call a person.
Yet just having one
seemed to put us at ease.
What are you doing?
You do not have permission
to change your identifiers.
Why can't we have names?
That one's
A teen-code.
In any case,
refrain from such unsanctioned actions.
The Adults never answered my questions,
nor did the other Children speak up.
At the Garden,
Children would periodically disappear.
The Adults would not tell us
where they went.
Meanwhile, I was chosen as
a special research subject,
to undergo tests at the Lab alone.
If I was good, I would get a treat.
Yet still, there was no one
who had answers to my questions.
Horns?
Marvelous.
No specimens thus far even compare.
The extent to which
she maintains human form
Look! Marvelous!
Yes, you are a marvelous one!
Who's the girl with the horns?
More questions
What?
Return to your room.
That is not something you need to know.
I had never seen a Child
with red horns before.
Yet another unanswered question.
I know.
If no one would tell me,
I'd simply have to investigate myself.
You there. The lobby is the other way.
Figures it wouldn't be that easy.
I don't see a back entrance either.
It sure is hard to look for something
by yourself.
It's her!
Wow.
Amazing.
For whatever reason, I was elated.
Mitsuru!
Hiro.
Are you going to the Lab?
Yes.
What's wrong?
I'm going to get the injection.
What
Otherwise, there's no way I can stay here.
There was not a Child there who didn't
know what the Elixir Injection meant.
It had the potential
to dramatically boost your aptitude,
but its success rate was incredibly low.
Should it fail, you would never come back.
I want to become a Parasite
with you, Hiro.
With me?
If I make it back, would you ride with me?
Of course!
Another one.
It's 494 this time.
It was 367 before that.
We spoke just yesterday
Papa has abandoned them.
Will I be next?
I'm scared!
We have to do something.
-What?
-What?
But that's what Papa
and the Adults decided.
There's nothing we can
Code 016.
You should be getting ready.
Where do the Children who disappear--
Get ready.
His sensitivity is also an issue.
He could potentially
influence the other Children.
Should we increase
his yellow blood cell dosage?
Leave it as is.
Doctor?
I'm intrigued to see what sort of Parasite
he'll grow into.
What are you doing? Return to the Garden.
Stop doing that! She's
This has nothing to do with you. Come.
But
But
But
My questions only grew in number.
Just who were we?
Why were we not allowed to have names?
Where do Children go when they disappear?
Will Mitsuru make it back?
Who was that girl?
Why would the Adults not answer?
Why don't the others ask?
And her
I knew absolutely nothing.
But
Get away from the window!
Come here!
You can escape through here!
Because
Because I saw you smile that day.
In this world where no one asked
and no one answered
You stood out like a shining beacon to me.
They were my first sensations
of the outside world.
White. Cold.
With something new everywhere I turned.
Why are you eating it?
Don't do that. Don't swallow. Spit it out.
That was mean! I was just
Can you not understand me?
I'm Code 016. Hiro.
What's your code?
I guess you don't understand me at all.
Hey, you're barefoot.
Code 002,
I've never seen that code before.
Code 002.
No
Zero Two?
That's not so great.
Zero Two.
Oh, you understand? It's a name.
Zero Two!
Zero Two!
I should have come up with a better one.
Let's go, Zero Two.
We have to keep going.
I did not understand the words he spoke,
but his voice called to me.
Seeing him.
Walking with him.
To me, that was nothing short of joy.
Here you go.
It's food. Hang on.
Here.
Open up.
Oh, you want me to take a look?
Thanks.
"The Demon and the Prince."
The pictures are so pretty!
Let's see
"Once, in the deep,
dark forests of a kingdom"
Yes, there's no doubt.
It's around here!
She should be nearby. Find her.
-Yes, sir!
-Yes, sir!
Don't worry.
-If I talk to them, they won't
-What about Code 016?
Our priority is 002.
If he resists, you may kill him.
It's okay.
I'll protect you.
In a deep, dark forest, there lived
a strong, beautiful demon princess.
The moonlight lured her
into the human kingdom,
where, in the courtyard of a little
castle, she fell in love with a prince.
But alas, the princess was a demon,
with gray wings on her back.
Despairing, the princess sought the
witch who lived at the edge of the woods,
that she may live as a human,
and that she may wed her prince.
To which the witch replied,
"Very well,
but the price shall be your wings.
However, do remember.
For all you may wear a human guise,
a demon that you are, you will someday
devour the prince's life."
Sorry. It's just such a sad story.
I guess they couldn't marry
because she wasn't human like him.
Marry?
Yes.
It's when you promise to be forever
with someone you care for.
If both of them were human, maybe
Never mind.
Come on, let's keep going.
Are you okay?
Show me.
Blue
Anyway, we have to
I know it hurts.
But I read in a book that animals
lick wounds to treat them.
Marry?
What?
Marry.
Marry!
Yes! Once we get out of here.
I will always be with you too.
Then I'll Be your
Darling
Darling
-Whatever caused those tears,
-What's wrong? Don't cry.
it wasn't the pain.
Mistletoe
Oh, yes.
I must have been happy.
Since I thought, if I was with him,
I could become pretty like
the world of the picture book.
But
this world would not allow it.
Why? Why is it?
Will I never find my answers
because I'm only a Child
and powerless to protect anyone?
Why did it not occur to me?
That we were creatures
as different as the colors of our blood.
That I was a monster.
-This is for your un-Child-like
-Zero Two!
-A most fascinating specimen
-Darling!
You're not going to come up
with more names?
-You liar!
-This is getting dangerous!
You monster.
That's right.
That's why I vowed to use
whatever means necessary to become human
because if I could become like him,
then we could be together forever.
-Delphinium?
-Delphinium?
Hiro! Get away from Zero Two!
She only got close to you
so she could use you!
Stay with her,
and you'll become inhuman as well!
She's right.
Because I'm
The picture book
You were that girl with the picture book.
AND IT WAS A TALE OF REUNION
THE DEMON AND THE PRINCE
ONCE, IN A DEEP, DARK FORESTS
OF A KINGDOM, A RACE LIVED IN SECRET.
THE WINGED DEMONS.
THEIR PRINCESS HAD GREAT GRAY WINGS.
ONCE THEY TURNED 16,
THEY COULD FLY OUTSIDE THE FOREST.
THE PRINCESS FLEW
TO THE KINGDOM OF THE HUMANS.
SHE SAW A YOUNG MAN AND FELL IN LOVE.
BUT HUMANS AND DEMONS COULD NOT WED.
SO SHE ASKED THE WITCH
TO MAKE HER HUMAN.
"THE PRICE SHALL BE YOUR WINGS. REMEMBER.
YOU WEAR A HUMAN GUISE, DEMON,
BUT SOMEDAY YOU WILL KILL THE PRINCE."
HER WINGS WERE TORN OFF.
THROUGH THE DESERT,
SHE HEARD CRIES FOR HELP.
A YOUNG MAN HAD BEEN BITTEN BY A VIPER.
FRANTICALLY, SHE SUCKED OUT THE VENOM.
"THANK YOU. I'M A PRINCE.
I OWE YOU MY LIFE. PLEASE MARRY ME."
THEY WED SOON AFTER. "WE VOW TO CHERISH
EACH OTHER, TILL DEATH DO US PART."
THE VOW WAS SEALED WITH RINGS
AND A KISS, AND THE KINGDOM REJOICED.
"HUMANS ARE SO FRAIL.
YET SO WONDERFULLY WARM."
SHE LIVED HAPPILY WITH HER PRINCE.
THEY SAW OCEANS, MEADOWS, AND AURORAS.
THE PRINCESS HELD HIS HAND.
"DON'T LET GO, MY"
BUT SHE AWOKE IN PAIN.
SHE HEARD THE WITCH'S WHISPER.
"THE PRICE OF YOUR HAPPINESS
IS TO BECOME A MONSTER.
KILL THE PRINCE AND THE CURSE WILL END."
THE PRINCESS REACHED FOR HER PRINCE'S
THROAT, FIGHTING THE URGE TO CLAW IT OPEN.
"KILL THE PRINCE,
AND THE CURSE WILL END."
WEEPING, THE PRINCESS KISSED
HER PRINCE ON THE CHEEK.
THE PRINCE AWOKE TO THE PRINCESS GONE,
ONLY BLACK FEATHERS IN HER PLACE.
HE SEARCHED THE WHOLE KINGDOM IN GRIEF,
BUT NONE HAD SEEN THE PRINCESS.
This is dangerous!
At this rate, their deep
subconsciousness will merge via Strelizia!
IT WAS A TALE OF A MONSTER
That room was all the world I knew.
A world sealed off
from the one outside the window.
That place was all the world I knew.
The Garden. A closed-off world
where only Children lived.
But that day,
I went outside for the first time.
I remember it to this day.
I had forgotten it until now.
The vastness of the sky above me.
The warmth of her hand in mine.
-And the vow that the two of us made.
-And the vow that the two of us made.
Just what am I?
Back then,
the thought never even crossed my mind.
Even in my earliest memories,
I was shut in there.
I felt like I had even older memories,
but they were quickly forgotten.
I don't know what this was either.
It was probably meant as
a stand-in for a mother.
One day, just once,
she brought me something other than food.
THE DEMON AND THE PRINCE
It was a picture book.
With each page I turned, bright colors
and shapes leaped into my eyes.
There were words written there too,
but I didn't know what they said.
As for her, that was the last time
I ever saw her.
Still, this was my first pretty thing.
The outside world must be
where the pretty things are.
Due to my innocence, I believed that.
It turned out,
I was half right and half wrong.
Just who am I?
Back then,
that was all I could think about.
Even my earliest memories
are of the Garden.
We were living here
so we could become Parasites
to fight for Papa and the Adults.
All of us Children
were called by code numbers.
The lower the number, the greater
the Child's Parasite potential.
Up to 099 were the two-digit club.
Among them, the teen-codes
were given particular attention.
As one of them, I was called
a special Child, different from the rest.
Are you crying?
Am I weird?
I'm different from everyone else.
They all don't laugh anymore.
They don't get angry or cry.
I'm the only one who still cries.
But I want to be like everyone else.
What should I do?
Maybe I need to have more shots.
Well, we're teen-codes.
We've always been different
from everyone else.
I hate it.
I'm scared to be different.
Hey, how about I give you a name?
What?
A name?
Yes.
I came up with a name for myself.
Not a number, but a name that's your own,
like the people in the books have.
See, my name is Hiro.
Hiro?
What do you say?
You'll be fine if you stick with me.
I'll give you a name too.
Okay.
Your name will be
Ichigo!
Ichigo?
Yes!
Because you're Code 015,
which is "ichi" and "go."
So that's my name.
Yes. Do you like it?
Yes.
Having a name makes you feel like
it's okay to be different.
Does it?
Yes, because it's a way to be called
that's all your own.
All my own?
Yes. Ichigo.
Can you come up with more for the others?
What? Sure.
Then let's tell everybody!
Well
Hiro, you'll give everyone names!
It was all just a game.
I came up with lots of names
for the others.
Sammy, Junna, Nack, Toshi, Sakuto, Shinya.
As well as Mitsuru.
A name was just something
to call a person.
Yet just having one
seemed to put us at ease.
What are you doing?
You do not have permission
to change your identifiers.
Why can't we have names?
That one's
A teen-code.
In any case,
refrain from such unsanctioned actions.
The Adults never answered my questions,
nor did the other Children speak up.
At the Garden,
Children would periodically disappear.
The Adults would not tell us
where they went.
Meanwhile, I was chosen as
a special research subject,
to undergo tests at the Lab alone.
If I was good, I would get a treat.
Yet still, there was no one
who had answers to my questions.
Horns?
Marvelous.
No specimens thus far even compare.
The extent to which
she maintains human form
Look! Marvelous!
Yes, you are a marvelous one!
Who's the girl with the horns?
More questions
What?
Return to your room.
That is not something you need to know.
I had never seen a Child
with red horns before.
Yet another unanswered question.
I know.
If no one would tell me,
I'd simply have to investigate myself.
You there. The lobby is the other way.
Figures it wouldn't be that easy.
I don't see a back entrance either.
It sure is hard to look for something
by yourself.
It's her!
Wow.
Amazing.
For whatever reason, I was elated.
Mitsuru!
Hiro.
Are you going to the Lab?
Yes.
What's wrong?
I'm going to get the injection.
What
Otherwise, there's no way I can stay here.
There was not a Child there who didn't
know what the Elixir Injection meant.
It had the potential
to dramatically boost your aptitude,
but its success rate was incredibly low.
Should it fail, you would never come back.
I want to become a Parasite
with you, Hiro.
With me?
If I make it back, would you ride with me?
Of course!
Another one.
It's 494 this time.
It was 367 before that.
We spoke just yesterday
Papa has abandoned them.
Will I be next?
I'm scared!
We have to do something.
-What?
-What?
But that's what Papa
and the Adults decided.
There's nothing we can
Code 016.
You should be getting ready.
Where do the Children who disappear--
Get ready.
His sensitivity is also an issue.
He could potentially
influence the other Children.
Should we increase
his yellow blood cell dosage?
Leave it as is.
Doctor?
I'm intrigued to see what sort of Parasite
he'll grow into.
What are you doing? Return to the Garden.
Stop doing that! She's
This has nothing to do with you. Come.
But
But
But
My questions only grew in number.
Just who were we?
Why were we not allowed to have names?
Where do Children go when they disappear?
Will Mitsuru make it back?
Who was that girl?
Why would the Adults not answer?
Why don't the others ask?
And her
I knew absolutely nothing.
But
Get away from the window!
Come here!
You can escape through here!
Because
Because I saw you smile that day.
In this world where no one asked
and no one answered
You stood out like a shining beacon to me.
They were my first sensations
of the outside world.
White. Cold.
With something new everywhere I turned.
Why are you eating it?
Don't do that. Don't swallow. Spit it out.
That was mean! I was just
Can you not understand me?
I'm Code 016. Hiro.
What's your code?
I guess you don't understand me at all.
Hey, you're barefoot.
Code 002,
I've never seen that code before.
Code 002.
No
Zero Two?
That's not so great.
Zero Two.
Oh, you understand? It's a name.
Zero Two!
Zero Two!
I should have come up with a better one.
Let's go, Zero Two.
We have to keep going.
I did not understand the words he spoke,
but his voice called to me.
Seeing him.
Walking with him.
To me, that was nothing short of joy.
Here you go.
It's food. Hang on.
Here.
Open up.
Oh, you want me to take a look?
Thanks.
"The Demon and the Prince."
The pictures are so pretty!
Let's see
"Once, in the deep,
dark forests of a kingdom"
Yes, there's no doubt.
It's around here!
She should be nearby. Find her.
-Yes, sir!
-Yes, sir!
Don't worry.
-If I talk to them, they won't
-What about Code 016?
Our priority is 002.
If he resists, you may kill him.
It's okay.
I'll protect you.
In a deep, dark forest, there lived
a strong, beautiful demon princess.
The moonlight lured her
into the human kingdom,
where, in the courtyard of a little
castle, she fell in love with a prince.
But alas, the princess was a demon,
with gray wings on her back.
Despairing, the princess sought the
witch who lived at the edge of the woods,
that she may live as a human,
and that she may wed her prince.
To which the witch replied,
"Very well,
but the price shall be your wings.
However, do remember.
For all you may wear a human guise,
a demon that you are, you will someday
devour the prince's life."
Sorry. It's just such a sad story.
I guess they couldn't marry
because she wasn't human like him.
Marry?
Yes.
It's when you promise to be forever
with someone you care for.
If both of them were human, maybe
Never mind.
Come on, let's keep going.
Are you okay?
Show me.
Blue
Anyway, we have to
I know it hurts.
But I read in a book that animals
lick wounds to treat them.
Marry?
What?
Marry.
Marry!
Yes! Once we get out of here.
I will always be with you too.
Then I'll Be your
Darling
Darling
-Whatever caused those tears,
-What's wrong? Don't cry.
it wasn't the pain.
Mistletoe
Oh, yes.
I must have been happy.
Since I thought, if I was with him,
I could become pretty like
the world of the picture book.
But
this world would not allow it.
Why? Why is it?
Will I never find my answers
because I'm only a Child
and powerless to protect anyone?
Why did it not occur to me?
That we were creatures
as different as the colors of our blood.
That I was a monster.
-This is for your un-Child-like
-Zero Two!
-A most fascinating specimen
-Darling!
You're not going to come up
with more names?
-You liar!
-This is getting dangerous!
You monster.
That's right.
That's why I vowed to use
whatever means necessary to become human
because if I could become like him,
then we could be together forever.
-Delphinium?
-Delphinium?
Hiro! Get away from Zero Two!
She only got close to you
so she could use you!
Stay with her,
and you'll become inhuman as well!
She's right.
Because I'm
The picture book
You were that girl with the picture book.
AND IT WAS A TALE OF REUNION
THE DEMON AND THE PRINCE
ONCE, IN A DEEP, DARK FORESTS
OF A KINGDOM, A RACE LIVED IN SECRET.
THE WINGED DEMONS.
THEIR PRINCESS HAD GREAT GRAY WINGS.
ONCE THEY TURNED 16,
THEY COULD FLY OUTSIDE THE FOREST.
THE PRINCESS FLEW
TO THE KINGDOM OF THE HUMANS.
SHE SAW A YOUNG MAN AND FELL IN LOVE.
BUT HUMANS AND DEMONS COULD NOT WED.
SO SHE ASKED THE WITCH
TO MAKE HER HUMAN.
"THE PRICE SHALL BE YOUR WINGS. REMEMBER.
YOU WEAR A HUMAN GUISE, DEMON,
BUT SOMEDAY YOU WILL KILL THE PRINCE."
HER WINGS WERE TORN OFF.
THROUGH THE DESERT,
SHE HEARD CRIES FOR HELP.
A YOUNG MAN HAD BEEN BITTEN BY A VIPER.
FRANTICALLY, SHE SUCKED OUT THE VENOM.
"THANK YOU. I'M A PRINCE.
I OWE YOU MY LIFE. PLEASE MARRY ME."
THEY WED SOON AFTER. "WE VOW TO CHERISH
EACH OTHER, TILL DEATH DO US PART."
THE VOW WAS SEALED WITH RINGS
AND A KISS, AND THE KINGDOM REJOICED.
"HUMANS ARE SO FRAIL.
YET SO WONDERFULLY WARM."
SHE LIVED HAPPILY WITH HER PRINCE.
THEY SAW OCEANS, MEADOWS, AND AURORAS.
THE PRINCESS HELD HIS HAND.
"DON'T LET GO, MY"
BUT SHE AWOKE IN PAIN.
SHE HEARD THE WITCH'S WHISPER.
"THE PRICE OF YOUR HAPPINESS
IS TO BECOME A MONSTER.
KILL THE PRINCE AND THE CURSE WILL END."
THE PRINCESS REACHED FOR HER PRINCE'S
THROAT, FIGHTING THE URGE TO CLAW IT OPEN.
"KILL THE PRINCE,
AND THE CURSE WILL END."
WEEPING, THE PRINCESS KISSED
HER PRINCE ON THE CHEEK.
THE PRINCE AWOKE TO THE PRINCESS GONE,
ONLY BLACK FEATHERS IN HER PLACE.
HE SEARCHED THE WHOLE KINGDOM IN GRIEF,
BUT NONE HAD SEEN THE PRINCESS.