| Neoplasm | |
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| Voice Drama Information | |
| Characters | Kayano Mikoto Es |
| Released | October 25, 2023 |
| Length | 12:38 |
| Label | Arma Bianca Record |
"Neoplasm" is twentieth voice drama featuring the prisoner Kayano Mikoto. It's the second trial interrogation between Mikoto and the prison guard Es, right before the song starts.
Track Listing[]
- Double (ダブル)
- Double (ダブル) (Instrumental)
- Reversible Campaign (リバーシブル・キャンペーン) [MIKOTO Cover]
- Reversible Campaign (リバーシブル・キャンペーン) [MIKOTO Cover] (Instrumental)
- Neoplasm -Voice Drama- Mikoto & Es
Featured Characters[]
Audio[]
Transcript[]
-WIP-
Translations by @onigiriico
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Mikoto… |
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Ah… Hi, Guard-kun. |
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You… are Mikoto, right? |
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Uh… What are you talking about? It really feels like it's been a while, doesn'it? How have you been? |
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Huh? What's that…? Chains? Oh, no. Take them off! |
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I refuse. You're too dangerous. Physical restrictions are necessary. |
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Umm… Eheheh. What are you saying, restricting someone who can't even hurt a fly~? |
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You really aren't aware, huh… |
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Well, I mean… I do get it. I… go out of control while I'm asleep, right? |
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… |
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The others told me about it. How I got into a fistfight with Koto-chan and whatnot. |
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Seems like it, yeah. |
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I wonder if it's like… some kind of sleepwalking…? After all, I've been losing sleep more and more often recently… Man… It's really troublesome, isn't it? |
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Mikoto… |
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The others are all scared of me. I can tell by looking at the way they act. Because I read the room. |
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… |
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It's pretty tough, isn't it? Ahaheheh… Ever since I came here, so much has been happening that I don't understand… |
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… You really… do laugh when you're suffering, huh? |
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Huh? |
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You don't get angry. You don't scream. You laugh, like it's a minor inconvenience. |
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Ah… I guess so. I might have that kind of trait. |
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… |
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Usually, if you just laugh and pretend, things work out in the end, right? I'm pretty good at that. Making things work out to the best of my abilities. |
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Is that so… |
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Eheheh… But… it's not coming to an end. All of this. With things I've never even heard before, the whole ti— |
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… |
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—the whole time… I have to make all these irritating experiences…! |
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You came out, huh. |
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Hey. Looks like you haven't gotten a beating yet, Guard brat. |
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…! |
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Hah? What, are you scared? |
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Like you didn't get beaten by Kotoko…! |
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Hah. That was just because she caught me off guard. We went at it again while you were asleep, and it's not like I lost there. |
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Multiple personalities… Am I right with the assumption that the you I'm talking to right now is another personality of Mikoto's? |
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Well, I guess that's about right. |
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I see. What do you want me to call you? |
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Huh? You're accepting this pretty readily, aren't you. Wouldn't the whole multiple personalities thing normally raise some eyebrows? |
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Yeah. I also didn't think it was real, at first. |
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Figures. If it wasn't me, I wouldn't believe it either. I'd just think it's a lie someone came up with to get away with murder. |
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But MILGRAM acknowledges that it is real in your case. I simply accept that as the truth, and develop my thoughts from there. So? What do you want me to call you? Your name. |
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No clue about that. Just call me whatever. |
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… For convenience, I'll be calling you John. |
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Sounds like a dog's name. |
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It's derived from John Doe, the name given to unidentified bodies. Do you like it? |
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Can't say I'm very fond of the way you're flaunting your knowledge. |
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… Anyway. You're acting pretty calm today, aren't you? I thought of you more like a monster of some sort. I wasn't expecting to have such a proper conversation with you. |
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Don't get cocky! If not for these chains, I would've beaten your face in by now, brat. |
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Ohh, scary, scary. |
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Hmph. |
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John, you are not a prisoner of MILGRAM. The fact that MILGRAM's usual restraints are ineffective against you is more proof for that than anything. MILGRAM has judged that Mikoto is the prisoner, and you, as his alter, are an exception. |
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Huhh, I see. So that's why you believe that there's multiple personalities. |
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That's why I thought I would try and talk to you as a key witness today. I'm rather glad that you're being cooperative. |
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But, you know… This isn't a good thing, probably. |
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What do you mean? |
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I(Boku(僕), Mikoto) might be trying to disappear. |
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Evidently, the time I(Ore(俺), John) have been fronting has been getting longer, so this “me” has been able to stabilize. Isn't that the reason we can talk properly? |
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If I had stayed a monster… maybe that would be better. |
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… |
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What? |
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You've turned out to be much more rational than I expected… I'm surprised. |
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I'm a university graduate, after all. |
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*Sighs* |
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As for alters… Why do you think they're born? |
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In precise terms, it's called dissociative identity disorder – generally speaking, it refers to when a person experiences severe pain or stress, and a new personality is created to try and isolate the original personality from the resulting trauma. |
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Yeah. I… probably come out to ease the stress Mikoto experiences. The fact that I come out for longer just means that Mikoto is constantly under extreme stress. |
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Stress… Namely the environment of MILGRAM, right? |
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Right. Especially the fact that you judged Mikoto guilty is causing a lot of stress. That's why he's entrusting me with his heart. |
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I see. |
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Not like I can blame him. From his point of view, he's being blamed for a crime he can't even remember. |
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If that's the truth, then… you're the one who committed the murder? |
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Yeah, it's me. I killed them off. |
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So Mikoto really didn't do it. |
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Can I ask… why you killed them? |
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They annoyed me. |
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Who did you kill? |
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Just someone who was walking around nearby. |
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… How many did you kill? |
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Can't remember. I was first born back then, you know. It's kinda fuzzy. |
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How can you talk about that so calmly? |
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*Sigh* According to the law, how would this go for Mikoto? |
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With a psychiatric evaluation, there's a chance of a reduced sentence, but depending on the number of victims… the death penalty might be inevitable. |
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…! I– I'm the one who did it! Mikoto was just sleeping! |
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Is this really something that works that conveniently? |
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Just put yourself in Mikoto's shoes for a moment! He was bottling up all his stress! He kept dealing with it all by himself the whole time, until it exploded! It's not like he just decided that he wanted to hurt somebody! |
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He's not the type of person who could do stuff like that! He always looks out for others, always reads the room, always tries to get along with people around him! He can't do stuff like that… He was on the verge of exploding! That's why I was born. It's terrible, isn't it? My other self didn't do anything! |
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Even if that's true… Even if it wasn't what Mikoto wanted – someone's life was still lost. |
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Ugh…! |
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Even if it was you, John, who was in your body at the time – there's no way for you to prove that. At the very least not in a way that would be accepted in court. It could still be judged that you're pretending— |
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YOU...!! |
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!? |
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What do YOU think!? |
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I…? |
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I'm the one who did it! Mikoto didn't do it! You know that because of MILGRAM! I don't care about the law, I want to know what you think! |
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Please… forgive Mikoto. I'm the one who did it. |
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… I can't… judge that right away. It's not something that I can easily decide to forgive. In fact, Mikoto's mental footage was so violent… it's guilty. That's how I judged. |
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That could also just be a fake or owed to the multiple personalities, right?! Mikoto really isn't at fault! I'm the one who killed them! |
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You think this is an understandable situation? He turned into a murderer overnight! |
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What you did could still be considered a sin, though! |
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…! … I think… I might be the person Mikoto wishes he was. The person who stubbornly stands his ground, who doesn't cry himself to sleep from stress, who gives people their payback. If I, the "John" personality, hadn't been born, I'm sure Mikoto would have reached his limit and fallen apart. |
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John… you… |
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It's true that I was the one who wanted to destroy everything… and the weakness of Mikoto, who couldn't stand up for himself all alone, might have been the origin of that. But… that's all there is to it. Is that a sin? |
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I'll be considering that after this. |
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After talking to you, I get that you couldn't forgive what I did. And I'm fine with that. |
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…Yeah. That's right. |
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The one MILGRAM is supposed to judge is Mikoto, right. He's not me – so, not John. |
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Precisely. |
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Please, forgive Mikoto. If you don't… I'm sure he won't be able to deal with this any longer. |
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"A sin committed by another personality isn't a sin"… you're telling me that's how I should judge? |
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Yeah. If you forgive Mikoto… I'll disappear. |
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That's right. I'll have to disappear eventually, anyway… Disappear, and take all of it with me. I… was born to protect Mikoto, after all. |
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You were… born for it… |
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Yeah. If it's for Mikoto, I'll… do anything. |
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John… |
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W…what? A dog's name? |
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Mikoto…? |
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Guard-kun, you own a dog? What breed? No, wait, let me try guessing first. |
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A toy poodle? Nope, maybe you surprisingly prefer the ugly-cute kind… like a French bulldog! |
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… No… |
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A pug, then? |
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It's not the name of a dog! |
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Ehh… Then what…? |
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… It's the name of your… friend. |
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Haha, I don't know anyone like that~. |
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… I bet you don't. |
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Huh…? |
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Prisoner number 9, Mikoto. Sing your sins. |