Stop right there!
Nabeshin!
"Well,well,if it isn't old man Rikudo!"
I said stop!
"Why're you chasing me,Pops?"
That's cause I allow Excel Saga to be a police story!
Get answer
"I see, so you gotta put the two rings together and..."
I didn't say andything close to that!
Excel Saga! Next week: New year End of year party Hidden Talent Show
That isn't love
Love isn't that.
"I love, but I'm not loved."
It's not love at all...
But isn't love...?
"I want to be loved,but I won't ask for it."
This bohy may be crushed. I'll give my life away
just plainly without hesitation
"I'll con them and jilt them, come in from the side "
I'll step on others and kick'em up
Run away! Run away!
Even if I slip on a banana peel
That's all for that one man
If I must say it's probably
Loyally in the name of love
Winter has come so suddenly.
"Anyway,the citizens of this nation living peace don't realize it..."
...that someone is after this city.
"Aad when I say someone is after this city,"
I mean that someone is after this city!
I can tell from experience.
Watch it! It's dangerous! We're in a bind! This isn't good! Oh my God!
What to do? What to do? What to do? What would you do?
You'd better leave this to us!
"In order to preserve beauty, we recruited youths to risk their lives for justice."
BUT! They're still too inexperenced
to be our Warriors of Light.
There's only one thing to do.
"Yes, just one."
Everyone! Don'tyou want something to workon?
We are.
"Hm,Very good..."
No! Are you enjoying this work?
"'f course not ! It's so, so bori..."
"It's very interesting work, professor."
I feel satisfied that weire doing work that mqtches our salaries.
"Are you sure, Matsuya?"
"It's easy to do exactly whatyou're paid to,"
but it's true that it's getting pretty boring.
Oh I see.
"I have a propesition for you falks,you know."
"Although it's sudden,"
it's been decided
thatyou'll be sent to the police temporarily for the purpose of training.
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
"My,youire so lively right from the very start ."
Has something good happened to you senior?
"Aw come on, it's the end of the year."
"The end of the year means...Oh, Master II Palozzo,"
The end of the year means...
See ya!
"Hey,it's cold!"
"Somehow,it feels like this water stuff is getting tougher as the seasons go by."
"Well,it is cold water."
"Why are you in that holiday mood ,Excel?"
I can't believe youive been taken by the ridiculous capitalist festival...
...customs of the human underlings.
"I'm very sorry,Master II palazzo!"
"However, it's not good to go back and change what was in the original script."
and I don't want people yelling at me...
So... let's just carry the story along shall we?
I agree with you there so I'll take your
suggestion and show some unharmful imagery.
"Well then,"
I'm going to introduce todqy's mission to you now.
It's mission number thre thousand three hundred and thirty three of our plan to dominate the Earth
"But before that,Excel...."
Yes?
"Not that it's a special day,"
but I've gotten a wonderful present for you.
"Oooh, Really?!!"
"A handbag, belt, or whatever else. You can think of making out of it."
"An atligator with teeth?!! A handbag,beit,or whatever else. You can think of making out of it."
"Prefectural Police Box We're from the Safety Assurance Agency, reporting for training."
"Iwata Noriku, Misaki Matsuya, and two others."
There something unsettling about that introduction.
training
Go home.
We don't have time to play with you guys.
"If you say so, Then we'll just... Please don't say that!"
"I've always admired cops and stuff,you know."
"Going aeast to west, chasing after criminals."
Smashing into their hideouts day after day.
With a bomb... and with a explosions.
"In other words,me!"
"It's all over, isn't it?"
Are you okay?
"You're the researcher that betrayed the organization over love for me,Misaki."
You saved the world.
"Yes,thanks to the sacrifices of those who died vainly with honor."
Love and peace.
Don't act so competent!
"Hey,you're alive It's a miracle!"
Watch out!
Watanabe!!
Th-That gun...
"The credits will roll out soon, Don't worry about it."
What's with that face?
day dreaming
Shut up!
"Pipe down,will ya?"
A woman?
Marry me!
so quick
I've heard aboutyou guys from Kababu.
You guys will be my assistants for a bay.
"So work with me,okay?"
"Sure,we will!"
"Oh, what a good bay, Here's 5 points for you."
Voy! I got 5 points!
My premonitions of bad things are usually right.
Sorry.
"Shall we go, then?"
Hey shitheads.
What does a good cop need to have?
The ability to make correct decisions in various situations?
Cash!
That's right!
need cop
And one more thing...
I really think they need nicknames too!
I think so too!
I don't think so.
Come on 'nabe-chan! Got a case for me?
"Boss, There's been a murder at Yaoi and 3rd."
Sounds good
You're next Gan-chan! Come on out.
Crimes don't happen at the scene...
...they happen in the conference rooms!
Maximum surprise! Somebody!
Next Sumi-chan! Come on!
"Tacturn,Nice. It's the atmosphere that sets the mood "
You're next Mat-chan!
Nice ond calm-go! Go!
"Um, I figured out the cuprit already."
So cute! So exciting!
You all seem like real detectives!
Already?
In one phrase:naturdl ability!
Work It's only work.
dree
What're you freaks laughing about?!
"Let s go, chickies!"
That one's a lot better.
"It's really hard to stretch reptile skin, isn't it?"
It still smells rowtoo.
"They have tremendous strength when closing their jaws, but they don't have nearl as much strength opening them."
So you gotta grab hold of their jaw and stab em in the...
"Are you listening to me,Ha-chan?"
Excuse me?
yes?
Can we have one of these?
"MAma,it's a reindeer! Sure. Thank you very much!"
"yes, it is a reindeer"
"It's not just the nose, the whole face is red."
Ha-chan! you're bleeding! you're bleeding a lot!
Your change Ma am!
You foolin around part-timer?
Hi store marager!
What happened to the reindeer?
Huh?
Is this the one?
You can't decide whether she's cute weird or just plain dead.
It's gotta be her. Without a doubt.
Pick up her legs.
Take it slow.
Morgue
"It's too late, Much too late."
There's someone here who says she's the patient'...I mean the corpse's friend .
Let her in.
Please come in.
Oh there you are Ha-chan!
You're such a troublemaker.
Ha-chan! My condloences.
"We did what we could, but she was?"
as dead as dead can be.
And it's not my responsibility to...!
Shut up!
"Ah, yeah okay. I kinda know whatyou mean."
"You don't want to admit it, do you?"
"It's true, she was already?Get up!"
Oh my senior! Good morning.
"Come on, let's go home."
Sure.
"Well, thanks for all your help!"
"Whot happened,senior? The dead!! She can't be walking! She's...!"
"If you don't stop dying like that, you're really gonna get dissected some day."
I don't believe it.
I can't find a single clue!
only 10 mins.
I despite
What are we investigating anyway?
Call me pudding-chan.
"So tell us, Pudding-chan."
A pair of killers who rob people.
Been after them for 40 years.
"Butyou seem so young, Pudding-chan."
Expire
This is Todo. What?!
The two thieves held up a bank and escaped?!
"It's an incident, cool!"
Tell me more about it.
So guve me a little warning before you die okay?
Ha-chan!?
She's gone again!?
Where'd I lose her?
It's a robbery!
That's awful!
They've even got a hostage!
HA -CHAN!!!!
It's them! That's the way they work
Just a robber
So... whereire they heading to?
I haven't got a clue!
It's not the time for that kind of gag!
I know! That way!
You keep quiet!
"Run! Run,Run!"
Believe in yourself and give ityour best!
What is that? It's a light...
Aw damn!
Let's go like lightning speed or something!
"Augh, I'm gonna lose them!"
I wouldn't be able to catch up with them even if there was traffic!
Umm...Umm..
I got it!
Dog whistle! MENCHI!
No.
What's calling one dog gonna do?
...in this situation?!
Um...um...At times like this you gotta call...
A horse!!! Come here!
There is no such character in this anime.
I guess I should stop relying on natural creatures.
"Help me out, Great Will of the Grand Universe?"
PEDDY!!!!
No!! Pudding NO!!!
Anyont who goes against me ends up like that Even God.
"You're the Great Will, you should knowthat."
"There's answer, NOTHING!!!"
Ha-chan...
"Hey director,"
how was that melancholy act?
Great!
Where are the culprits?
According to headquarters.
They're somewhere around yaoiand 3rd.
You'd better not get us into a fierce fight or something!
You've been watching too many cop shows
"Anyway,we just need to head towards"
"that mountain like our script says,right?"
Excuse me?
May I ask who you two are?
"Hey,big bro?"
What?
Can I ask you some thing? Excuse me?
Was there any reason forus to take a hostage?
We weren't surrounded by police.
and no one had any weapons...
No! You don't understand!
"We said we're not gonna do any half-assed jobs,right?"
"Listen! Weire robbers, right?"
Robbers are different from thieves cause
they barge in and take the money.
"And if we just go home,we'll be reported."
Then what'll we do?
"Um... there's a problem here, We run."
Exactly We flee.
"And to flee,you always need a hostage."
Like shoyu for sashimi. Ketchup for omelets.
Are you watching where you're going?
And souce for okonomiyaki!
We must have a hostage to flee!
That's criminal aeshtetic.
"Without this aesthetic, you're just abeast."
"Okay,I...I think I was wrong."
"You understand me now, little bro?"
"Yeah,big bro!"
Umm...Excuse me?
Yeah?
Would you mind if I open the window a little bit?
I don't feel very well.
Big bro! She looks REALL Ybad!
"Fine,opening a window or two won't hurt."
"He said it't okay, hurry up and open it!"
She's back to normal!
I wonder if she's got some kind of disease.
"It's not contagious or anything,is it?"
I'm not quite sure whatyou're talking about.
"Blue skies,white clouds."
Fresh air'n mountain roads aren't fair
...'cause people can't catch up to a car no matter how hard they run.
This is no time to be singing!
What could be happening to Ha-chan even as we speak?
"I'll see you later,senior!"
"Ah! She's gone already She's been done, trashed and buried!"
Even Ha-cha will probably stay dead
if she's tightly buried without air.
That's
That's my Ha-chan!
She's left such an easy trail to follow
"I can't be talking,gotta be following this."
"Wait for me,Ha-chan!"
I'm gonna save you! Right away! Very soon now!
I remember saying that before too... but oh well!
What the...?!
Birds?
Let's see?I think it continued over here?
A mountain of birds!!
"I't r-really easy to follow, but I wonder if?"
Ha-chan knows that she's doing thid?
I doubt it?
Damn!
I swear I'm gonna get'em.
I can't die unless I do.
Not until I catch the criminals.
Why are you so particular a bout these criminals?
This hat used to belong to my father.
I got it!
"When you put that hat on, your father's"
ghost takes over your body...
...and turns you into super-pudding-chan!
Of course not!
You're right.
What?!
Alright! Got it right in one shot!
I must've gotten possessed by his spirit too!
My father's dream was to catch criminals.
"He tried so hard that mom left him, But he still kept trying."
"Even after dying, he possesses me and..."
I want to make my dad's dream come true.
How admirable.
So that's why you're chasing after the
culprits even after the warrant expired...
"I know... I know,but..."
Let't go you airheads.
"Yes,boss!"
nae
"We did it,big bro! The money's ours...!"
No!
Look at this!
It's all fake bills under the real ones on top!
What the hell?
"There's only 23.000 yen all together, (That's about $230)"
So?
does that mean you failed?
You tramp!
Don'tyou realize thatyou're a hostage?!
Big bro! I oughta make you cry for mercy!
Stop it already!
It's not good to use violence against a girl that can't fight dack Big bro...
So what are you saying? Violence against kids is alright?!
Robbery is enough of a crime for me.
"Oh, I just realized it !"
"You guys were carrying out a robbery, weren'tyou?"
"Yes, that's right!"
"It's kinda embarrassing to admit it after getting only 23,000yen, but we were!"
"Sorry about that, I'll getyou right up. If I gotta, I'll pay your medical bill for that but..."
"Keep it together, big bro!"
Shut up!
"See? She fell down,the poor girl."
Remember that ountie Noma
told us never to use violence?
It's my fault?
I was wrong?!
"Here,I 'm sorry okay?"
"Sorry about that, I'll getyou right up. If I gotta, I'll pay your medical bill for that but..."
Big bra! She's not breathing!
You're right!
It's the first time I've...
A person... a murderer...
I've become the younger brother of a murderer!
Am I the only one who committed the crime?!
"Anyway,for our future. weid better do something about her."
For YOUR future!
The end of the tragedies.
"It stops here,so that must mean that Ha-chan is nearby..."
Something smells like it's burning.
Smoke? Ha-chan!
Boss look!
It's them!
The instincts of a cop?
predict
It's burning so warmly.
Hm? A bird here too?
That means Ha-chan is in there?!
"They burned her instead of burying her,I'm impressed!"
This is no time to be saying that!
"Ha-chan ,I'm coming for you now!"
Ha-chan!
Ha-chan! Ha-chan!!!
"Senior? Ow,it's hot!"
It burns! It burns! I'm becoming well-done!
It's this way.
"Yes,boss!"
We're lost aren't we?
may be?
Senior...
I'm burning up!
Daruma! Daruma!
I'm a daruma!
Though I'm running. letters are good!
I'm free!
Oh my! Senior.
"Ha-chan, what're you doing here just watching like a calm spectator?"
No
"Well, I was in there for a while ."
But I seem to have walked out while it was getting smoky.
"Before I realized it, you appeared in front of me ."
Where're the robbers?
perhaps they ran away?
What was that death road I followed all the way here for?!
I knew you would notice.
"I hace a mountain-full, valley-full, river-full."
ocean-full of questions for you.
But let's go home I'm so tired.
My brain almost fried too-literally.
I guess everything is solved then?
Shall we go down to the bose and hitchhike a ride?
"Yes, senior."
How could you big bro?!
To burn her body and all?
"It's to get rid of evidence, The physical evidence."
Cremation is the most popular method used in this coumtry.
"Forget about it, We've sent it all back to Heaven."
We'll work together to keep on going.
"You committed a robbery, took a hostage..."
"...killed her and even got rid of the body, didn'tyou big bro?"
And started a fire too.
So it's all my fault again?!
A car!?
Little brother!
Is everyont still alive?
Somehow.
One injure
Look .
Robbers no matter how you look at it.
They won't be able to excuse themselves out of this one.
This is dad's...
"I did it father, I really did...."
you.
"It was your dream ,right?"
Go arres? them with your own hands and rest in peace.
Merry Christmas.
"y-you little brat, don't try and impress me...Thanks"
"Hideyuki Kuroda,I'm arresting you for the robbery of a post office40 year ago."
What's wrong?
It's not them! What?
Seem like I can't rest in peace-not justyet.
"Hmm, This is good "
I've finally put the young ones into training.
What a wonder ful idea I had.
But this doesn't mean that they've become full warriors.
Please make my delivered foods extra full.
"They've overcome one step,no two steps they must've gone up and down and back up again"
I haven't felt this excited to see howthey've grown ever since that day.
"No,that was a failure!"
I should stop thinking of that.
They've the New warriors of Light in our world today!
How was your training?
The pits.
I see
Today's experiment...failed
I've known since that day
The reason you came to me
The soft texture of my body
Is a favorite of yours...
In your hungered eyes
How does this body look...?
"If you're going to eat me, please do it quickly"
So that this flesh won't become too tough...
preview
"The production for Excel Saga has finally passed its deadline. Is this okay, Director?"
It's okay.
Are you sure it's okay? Mr'Kitayama was looking bitter.
It's okay.
Hell's group was saying it's looking pretty bad.
It's okay.
"Where does that confidence come from? It's not a re-cap episode or anything,is it?"
"What do you mean,uh...?"
It's okay.
Problem anime of 2000...
Excel Saga! Next week: New year End of year party Hidden Talent Show
Is it gonna be this year or the next?
It's okay.
"WHATOS?! Ah,he ran away."