So you've turned off the music.
You speak Japanese?
Nice to meet you, Tadaomi Karasuma.
Hardened tektite glass...
Not that that can confine me.
But I'm the one who suggested it. When in Rome and all that.
I am the one who summoned you here.
I'm sure I don't know any strange creatures.
Karasuma, throw off the shackles of common sense.
We humans are now witness to a marvel
beyond all history's understanding.
The vaporized moon that even the Pentagon couldn't keep under wraps?
He did that.
It was a snap. I just... blew it away.
For what purpose?
As a demonstration.
It made you hear my demands, no complicated back-and-forth needed.
The UN has been standing up to him with all their might.
If you can call it that.
He can fly. His maximum speed is Mach 20.
He can survive in outer space.
He has the power to reduce our moon to a crescent just like that...
And its source is unknown.
He is fluent in every language. His demeanor is gentle.
He has a taste for carbohydrates and sugar.
And my hobby is reading.
What would a creature like that want with humans?
I have made a decision... to destroy the Earth.
It would be easy enough to do.
But where's the fun in that?
Let's make it a game. You have until next March... about a year away.
And we should kill you before then?
Yes. Meanwhile, I ' ll neither run nor hide.
I know:
I 'll spend that year teaching Class 3-E
at Kunugigaoka Junior High School in Japan.
You mean to get junior high students involved?
"There is one path in the world that none can walk but you.
Where does it lead? Don't ask, walk!"
That's not an answer.
It's Nietzsche, the philosopher.
I don't mean to defy orders, sir, but I don't understand.
We currently have no means of reining him in.
We have no choice but to accept his terms.
So the game's begun?
Sure. You' ll learn faster by doing than through persuasion.
Time to take care of you!
You said we had a year!
Why a year?
Well, after taking various conditions into account,
that seemed reasonable for all involved.
For you, maybe!
It's a compromise!
My, my. Not very nice to Nietzsche.
Don't mock us humans.
I certainly don't mean to...
But as I said,
you can't kill me the usual way.
Now let us travel to Japan together, Tadaomi Karasuma.
You were... testing me?
And you passed.
No one's ever toyed with me this much before.
And you 're not half bad, as humans go.
Those students will be lucky to be taught by someone like you.
And so handsome, to boot!
And another one!
And, well,
that's how Mr. Karasuma and I met.
Is that what really happened? It's a little hard to believe.
That doesn't sound like you at all.
I was so bullheaded back then...
Let's just say I hurt anyone who touched me.
Quit making up stories!
You were already in Japan when we met.
"Weekly Shonen Jump"
Hey there.
Octopus.
I knew Koro Sensei couldn't have been that cool.
Yeah. What do you mean, "yeah "?!
Okay, how about this?
Trapped in ice since prehistoric times,
I was discovered by the U.S. Army, and...
Oh, picture my voice sounding like Brad Pitt here.
Enough with your lies!
Aw!
"Episode 0: Meeting Time"