Episode 10

**Brake System** is the tenth episode of the *Deca-Dence* anime series.

## **Plot**

Kaburagi explains to Natsume that the world she knows was created by the cyborgs. Kaburagi goes on to explain that her father was killed after he came too close to knowing the truth about Deca-dence which shatters her understanding of her own existence. Meanwhile, staff of the GGS escape from the facility while all the Gadoll disintegrate without the technical support of the system. However, one is wounded by a dying Gadoll and later he is killed when a Gadoll similar to the one which wounded him emerges from his body. Jill informs Kaburagi that the bugs are being rounded up by the Game Police and so Donatello, Jill and Kaburagi help the surviving prison cyborgs escape Deca-dence. They hide in a junkyard of old Deca-dence parts where Jill logs in so that Kaburagi can contact Natsume with his human avatar. Just after they meet and she agrees to help him in his quest, Hugin arrives and kills Kaburagi's avatar. Kaburagi returns to his cyborg body just in time to see a massive Gadoll approach the junkyard.

## **Summary**

Kaburagi explains that the world and Gadolls are created by the cyborgs and the Deca-dence is a like a game for them. Hearing all that, Natsume faints. Seeing the disintegration Gadolls, the cyborgs are disappointed and are informed the game service is shutting down for the moment. Staff from the factory try to escape, but one of them gets stung by a small Gadoll and they later die in the elevator.

Kaburagi and Natsume escape the factory and Natsume wakes up. Kaburagi explains that the humans can't know the truth and explains that her father was getting close to the truth and was labelled as bug and killed. Natsume gets angry, stating that Kaburagi deceived her and if this is the truth, she would rather not know it as she didn't want to change the world, but herself.

That evening, the Tankers celebrate, but Natsume doesn't want to join them. Hugin goes into the Tank area, but his search doesn't return a result and he is sure Natsume is a bug. Meanwhile, from the body of the dead staff, a Gadoll like that one that stung the staff emerges and starts feeding on their bodies. As the guards head down to the Correctional Facility, Donatello, Jill and Kaburagi help the remaining cyborgs and they manage to escape to the surface. They hide in an old Deca-dence parts, where he asks Jill to set up the login device as he had seen Natusme being labelled as bug.

Natsume returns home and finds a note he left. He apologizes for not telling her the truth and for hurting her for telling her the truth. He explains that he planned to die, but after meeting her, he got captivated by how she lives and decided to continue living and destroy the rules of this world. Natsume heads to his place as she realizes he intends to run away. She can't accept that and yells at him for planning to do it. She tells him she will fight with him to break those rules and as he agrees, Hugin appears from behind and stabs him in the back. Meanwhile, the escaped Gadoll had fed on enough corpses and had grew big.

## **Character**

* Kaburagi
* Natsume
* Mendy
* Mindy
* Mundy
* Kurenai
* Sou
* Ryouku
* Minato
* Muro
* Jill
* Donatello
* Hugin
* Munin