Too risky, no?
Not to worry This thing's not oaded
The real deal
This thing's dangerous
October 15, 2015
Now that it's cold out, there's a flu epidemic
You see lots of people iin the streets, wearing masks
Our director's wearing one
lsn't that to hide his boozy breath?
Speakiing of epidemics, Lemming Syndrome! Scary!
Sort of like God's own suicide bomber
A virus that makes its victims want to kill themselves
lt's like, kill yourself off, damn virus!
Already 3 million Japanese dead from Lemming
That's the population of Nagoya
...Scary
And 8 miillion dead in the U.S ? That's like Osaka
Up to 40% of the world population could get it
Couldn't they come up with a better name than Lemm ng Syndrome?
But no clues what causes it or how it spreads
l might already be infected
Oh, eave it on, Navi san
But this guy's an id ot
That's why we like him
You think?
Seconds, Mizui?
At this rate, the human race might be exterminated
This is a microscopic image of the virus
that reproduced itself on the patient's optic nerve
That bundle of cords is the optiic nerve
Oh! At that instant the patient was exposed to a stimulating iimage
The braiin
iinterprets this secretion as a command to self-destruct
We haven't yet ident f ed the infection route
l'm aaware of the ''mutaated mitochondria'' theory
but then, it's easy to blame every new rare disease on God's wrath
Be that as it may, Doctor, what's the source of that data?
Well, l can't
Pressure from the top?
That's not the caase
We , right
No doubt, as d rector of the Nationaal Laboratory, you can't afford to comment
But sure y this must be some sort of bacter o og caal weapon
lf we keep mum, the government
wil attribute the recent boom n suic des to diseaase,
not their own failed pol cies
What's our unemployment rate now?
38%, was it?
There's no proof
What's that to us, we're not the med a
Excuse me
The media still care about what's detrimental to the government?
Maybe a weaalthy ndividual w th a conscience would investigate
Right, Mr President?
This it, Doctor?
Hurry up aand remember
They say the human memory is bound ess,
but that's a big l e
The waalls th cken and rise every year
At my age, it's hopeless
''Hey, aa geisha
''costs money to sleep with
''My wife, she's free
''S eep with another maan's w f e
''and it's the cops again
''Sleep with a v rgin, knock her right up
''Sleep with a nun''
Those officials tore the place apart the other day,
but they found noth ng
Their hearts weren't in it
You're amazing, a gen us, a pro
Mr. Detective, you cinched it
Someday,
l knew someone like you would show up
Someone who examined what everyone else ignored
l ike you
l' l teaach you aa German poem Have a seaat
10 million Yen!
That's garbage
Suit yourself
( Your attent on please)
( German-sounding Japanese g bberish)
( A pre-war obscene poem ridiculing Fascism)
(This line means ''C'mon, F**k her'' in japanese)
(Sorry for his indiscretion!)
Welcome
Tsuruta san?
l'm Kash wagi
Gin and ton c with Bombay
What the hell!
M zui from Stepin Fetchit
Huh?
Where's Mizui, Kashiwagi san?
Toss it
Outside
Wow, not a chance agaainst thaat
So, they'll come aagain, todaay?
Sure, when they get hungry
About when?
l don't know, they're unpredictable
You also operate a hostel, here?
Yes, but l haven't had any guests in ages
Can you put us up for the night?
No, not in this f lthy place
Does she haave Lemming Syndrome?
lnvalids unwelcome is it?
Whatever's wrong with her, l never welcome t ed up guests
lf we untie her, we can staay?
Oh, l don't know about that, Natsuishi
There aare sheer cliffs everywhere, perfect for jumping from
Oh, l don't know about that
lf someone wants to d e, et them
Whaat's with this lady?
Maadam,
she happens to be my only grandch ld
lf you caan stand this ''f lthy place,'' make yourself at home
What to do?
Well
What do you think, Hana?
Natsuishi, pleaase untie her
Right
So,
care for something to eat?
Hello
You've got compaany, Mizu
Hello,
you're Mizui and Asuhaara from Step n Fetchit, r ght?
Beef stew all right with you?
That's great, thanks
She's got Lemming Syndrome
Asuhara's got it, too
Why don't you have symptoms?
ls it because of your music?
l did enough research to know that you are both
world famous musicians
l'm ashamed that l wasn't
persona y aware of you
Who knows why they like thaat noise
Aside from that,
audiences at your concerts
show temporary signs of recovery
What does it mean?
l see, you don t even know
Your so-caalled no se cures disease
Appaarently
l leaarned this from that doctor, Miyazawa
Most of them are sti l aalive
lncluding Tsuruta san You remember him, your manager?
Tsuruta's still alive?
Hey, Tsuruta
Hey, Asuhara, that's dangerous
Won't you please heal my granddaughter?
Uesawa Eriko
Hey, Tsuruta
l'll cal you laater
Hey, ong day
G ve me a lobster
Where's Eriko?
She went home, exhausted
They didn't die of Lemming Syndrome
Even if it's only temporary, they're still alive
Because of your music
Wrong!
Whaat's ''wrong?'' Your noisy music ki s the virus, right?
Wrong! The sound doesn't k the virus,
the sound feeds it!
Die!