It's all that woman's fault.
If I wasn't tricked by her, I wouldn't have encountered such things.
Help! Don't attack me!
Are you on my side?
What are those things?
Are they going to suck my blood?
Are you hurt?
Why does your blood smell so tasty?
Their blood is in your body.
You have been infected.
Infected?
You will die soon
and become one of them.
You mean I'm turning into a monster, like them?
TITLE: Higanjima (Equinox Island) TRANSLATION: soulhunter EDITOR: Jinty (ver. 2)
Are you hungry?
Just wait another moment.
Akira!
What are you doing?
What's with the puppy?
It's been left at the shrine.
It'd be too pitiful if the wild dogs get it.
How cute!
Hey! Your brother hit you again?
It's my fault.
He's using you as his punch bag to relieve his stress.
Give me.
I really envy you, Akira
You have a great brother.
Shut it.
You still don't know his whereabouts?
Where is Akira Hiyamoto!
Come out and show yourself!
So! You're Akira Hiyamoto?
Are you the guy who dumped my sister?
Huh.
Hah!
You dared to make my sister lose face?
She's the one who made me feel ashamed!
Don't try to run! Bring it on!
Sorry! Sorry!
Hey!
Don't run!
Akira!
Thanks.
Akira!
Love you.
Akira?
Ken-chan!
Hey! Look at what you did to my fish!
Teacher said you'll repeat your grade again!
Damn you! Pay for my losses!
Don't run! Get yourself out of here!
Damn it! Where did he go?
Come out of here!
Huh... why?
The missing person is office worker Noriko Saito, 28, who lives in the city of Sancho...
According to the police investigation, Miss Saito had lunch with her colleagues at 1pm. She said she had to go to a bank and that she'd return to the office at around 2pm...
You should stay here for a bit.
They will give up soon.
At the time of her disappearance, Miss Saito - 156cm tall and slim - wore an uniform of a grey suit and a white blouse.
Your first time, this kind of place?
I haven't told you my name.
I'm Rei Aoyama.
Why did you help me to escape?
Because I'm interested in you,
Akira Miyamoto.
This is...where?
I cannot tell you the details,
but Atsushi is still alive.
Akira.
Don't you want to see your brother again?
This looks pretty authentic.
Ah?
But that woman seems suspicious,
giving you Atsushi's licence,
but won't tell you the details.
All that said, Akira!
Ah?
You haven't had sex with that woman, have you?
Of course not!
Alone in the hotel for three hours,
how could you have done nothing?
I said I didn't.
Let's be honest, you little bastard!
The resting time usually takes two hours, max.
Hey! Nishiyama, what you talking about?
You even extended the resting time!
Knock it off, Kato.
Oh, right! I'd better go and ask that woman.
Are you also interested in her, Ken-chan?
I'm not, you fool.
Hey! My hair, I spent hours on it!
Idiot! Idiot!
I hear you like someone?
Who is she?
Do we know her?
It's not something you should worry about.
Don't torture me. Tell me.
I can help you!
No. She likes someone else.
I hate how that makes me even more curious!
Cut it out with all that love talk.
We're not talking love. Don't make things up.
Let's go! Go home!
Oh. I know,
it's about time you confess your feelings.
Huh?
So obvious, the way you act.
Who's going to like that guy?
I'm not talking to you again.
Yuki.
Yuki! What are you angry about?
You don't look so good.
Geez! Who made Yuki angry again?
Akira! Don't hesitate.
Show me what you got.
You will lose, Akira, if you don't. Try your best.
You are too soft on your rival.
You need to set yourself free.
I'm going away with Ryoko next weekend.
Overnight?
What are you thinking, bozo?
Going to propose?
Cut out that nonsense, you idiot.
Ouch! It hurts!
Ouch!
You're such a loser!
What's that noise?
How could you do such a thing?
Mom! Stop it. What are you doing? Stop it.
Your dad lost all your school fees on gambling!
Huh.
It's that machine's fault, the one at the front of station!
I have no way to pay the debt, either.
Just forget it.
I won't able to get in a good school, anyway.
I'll help out in the shop after my graduation.
If only Atsushi was still home...
If he was still here...
Why are you guys following?
Because we are really curious!
What kind of a woman did Akira sleep with?
Is that the only thing you have on your mind?
- Come on. It's not like it matters. - Hey!
Is she the woman from yesterday?
She is such a beauty...
Did she just give some money to that guy?
What are they doing?
Let's follow them.
What are they doing in a place like this?
It feels creepy.
We should just go home.
There's nothing to fear, you coward.
Come here quick!
Yuki.
Don't.
Yuki!
Don't touch her!
Are you ok, Yuki?
Run!
Ken-chan!
Let go of him!
Ken-chan!
I'm losing my strength.
Akira!
Hey! Is he dead?
Not yet!
He is not a human.
He is a vampire.
Hey! Wait up.
Are you just going to leave that woman behind?
It's too late, anyway.
Don't waste time on dead people.
Is that monster really a vampire?
Then, does that mean I'm going to be one, too?
He only sucked blood out of you.
Because his blood didn't get into your body,
you won't get infected.
Is that true?
I would have already killed you otherwise.
Hey! Why were you hanging out with that kind of monster?
He was sent to watch me
Watch?
To make sure I wouldn't betray them. Hence the watch.
Who are they, then?
Tell me the truth!
About two years ago,
a vampire showed up on an island where I live,
and relentlessly attacked people around the island,
converting them into vampires,
so that he could take over the island.
But then, they ran out of the blood supply.
So they want us to find more blood sources for them.
Hey!
Were you going to make Akira as their food?
No!
I believe Akira can save us,
because he is Atsushi Miyamoto's brother.
Get serious!
We almost got killed!
Where was the police?
Didn't you tell the police?
Mother!
Only once.
There was a girl who sneaked away from the watch and went to the police,
but the police didn't try to believe her.
How come?
Why?
Because the island where I live
is an island that doesn't exist on any map.
That woman must be lying to us.
How can there be an unmapped island?
No! There is a few thousand of islands inside the Japan perimeter,
it wouldn't be a surprise if there were a few unmapped islands.
So, is my brother really on that island?
If there is a vampire,
he'll fight with his life.
Please!
Help us fight them!
If it continues as it is, Atsushi will be in danger, too!
Those vampires...
how many are there?
Ken-chan.
Ken-chan!
You're not thinking of going. Are you?
If we fight along the side of the survivor on the island,
we could win.
I think I'm going to have to say no,
'cos I don't believe anything you've said so far.
Let's go, guys.
Akira?
I'll go, even if it's just me,
to the island to save my brother.
I can understand how you feel,
but the enemies are scary.
I can't do it,
I can't stand by while my brother could die.
If anything bad happened to you,
Atsushi will be utterly devastated.
Mind your own business!
It's nothing to do with you guys, anyway!
You want to commit suicide? Then, go ahead.
Bye!
What you guys standing there for? Let's go home.
Are you just going to leave Akira by himself?
Let him be if he wants to kill himself.
Ken-chan?
I didn't come for you.
If we don't do something, there will be more sacrifices and
I know I won't able to sleep after watching the news about them.
Ken-chan!
Akira.
You guys!
Ken-chan, I knew you were going to show up.
How can we just leave you guys?
Akira's going to try to bring his brother home, even if means his life.
We feel the same way.
Guys!
Nishiyama and Pong can come,
but you can't, Yuki.
Why?
Because I'm a girl?
If anything happened, I'm not sure if I could protect you.
I can protect myself!
No!
You've to go home.
Wait!
Are you guys going leave me here to worry about your return?
You know how painful that will be?
Don't you get it?
Haven't we guys always been together?
Don't leave me alone.
Nobody can change her mind once Yuki made a decision.
I get it!
Up to you.
Hey! Akira. Ken-chan.
Take me, too!
Whoever is late will have to swim over here.
- Stop kidding! - Bye, bye.
I bought some food!
Wait up!
You're pretty good at steering...
What are you trying to say?
We're all in your hands,
but we can't let our guard down.
What, you still don't believe me?
I'm not as naive as Akira is.
Ohh..! What a worthy captain!
Such a strong guard against me.
The moment you do anything suspicious,
I take them all home.
Can't see anything.
How can this be?
What's up?
Look, you guys. The compass pointer is spinning.
I don't believe it really exists.
Hey! Look at that!
That's Higanjima (Equinox Island).
I'll feel more motivated if there were cute girls with us.
You're such a naive person.
Thanks.
It looks like a cemetery here.
Ah! What are those flowers?
Ah! Those... it's the Higankima flower.
A highly toxic flower.
Better known as the Flower of Death.
It was invented to prevent animals from destroying our crops.
Perfect for the monster's lair.
Hey!
No one lives here?
Vampires made an attack here recently.
There won't be any vampire showing up now? Would it?
Quiet!
What you gonna to do if you decide to get scared now?
What's that noise?
Don't be scared, people. It's only an old woman.
Wander around on road so late in the night.
There will be monsters waiting to attack you.
Don't worry, we will defeat them.
Look likes we have a naive fool here.
Hey. Those people seem kinda weird.
Where is that woman?
They're vampires.
It's useless.
Akira!
You ok?
Where...?
It looks like a prison by the vampires.
That two-faced woman--
she set us up from the start.
What's going to happen to us?
Are we going to be killed?
Hey? What was that, just then?
You guys look so tasty.
The moment our last food dies,
the next turn will be one of yours.
Who will be the next?
What a thing to antipicate!
Humans' eyes are very honest.
No matter how you try to bluff or lie, I can still see the truth.
Rei.
Do you know what emotions there are in your eyes?
Anxiety and fear.
How did you think we knew you'd come ashore?
Reggae.
Reggae is a modified vampire--one of its kind.
You're the one who hit me with a hammer?
What are you talking about?
Don't act dumb with me.
It was you who let go of those little rats!
Even brought them to the island.
The one who attacked you is one of their friends.
Stop telling lame lies!
You little bitch!
You should look at a mirror before you say that to somebody else.
How dare you talk to me like that, you worthless human?!
Reggae. Don't touch other people's toys.
Rei.
Do you really want to kill me?
Master Miyabi.
Interesting.
Just the mere idea of you chopping my head off, is making me so afraid.
I heard that blood, once stained by hatred and despair,
was known to be the tastiest.
Rei,
let's see whether the legend is true.
Mother!
The last food is dead.
Whoever enters the circle will be taken.
Who is going to be the first?
It's your decision!
If no one wants to go, then I get to decide.
I will show you the living hell.
No matter how much you shout or cry, there won't be anyone to save you.
Pong! You go!
No! I don't want to!
You are the most useless one.
Stop!
How interesting.
It's so interesting, seeing humans' reactions during moments like this.
Don't do this. Stop!
Don't do this. Just stop! No!
So! That's the decision?
No! Save me!
I beg you guys!
Please save me! Save me! Save m--
Ken-chan!
Anyone wants to swap with this one?
Wait! I will go, too.
Ken-chan, I'll go with you.
Shush!
It's the only time you can play hero now,
soon you will regret.
Don't mess with me!
Ken-chan.
Akira, it's all on to you now!
Shush!
I'll leave now.
You guys have to survive.
Let go of me!
How annoying.
What is this?
So it's you.
I heard there would be some fresh food.
Let's go!
Pong, we have to go.
Damn it.
Ken-chan.
I'm going to kill them all!
Akira, wait!
We can't do this by ourselves.
So you want me to watch Ken-chan die?
We'll just get killed if we go in.
Don't let Ken-chan sacrifice himself for nothing.
I still think I can't leave.
I just can't go and leave Ken-chan behind.
Yuki! Wait!
You guys go first.
Akira,
we will wait for you at the highest place on the island.
Let's go!
Ken-chan! Ken-chan! Ken-chan!
Yuki! Yuki!
Don't kill me!
You two! Why?
I couldn't leave you here alone.
What are you doing?
Those people are beyond saving.
Pong! Please stop being so slow!
You are always so clumsy.
Hey! Careful,
we'll get caught.
You guys were going to leave me behind, anyway.
Stop being such a child!
We were fighting for our lives, too.
I'm not going to believe you guys again.
Hey! Pong!
Just forget about him! Let's go.
Ken-chan.
Those humans have escaped from the prison
Huh.
How brave of
the food.
Akira!
Hide!
Ken-chan!
Akira!
Akira.
Older brother?
Old brother!
They're coming.
Let's go.
I thought the woman had me completely fooled.
I honestly never thought Atsushi would really be here.
Oh?
Don't tell me Rei brought you guys here?
She begged us to come here to help you
So, what that woman really is?
Stop speculating.
Why are you guys here?
We were worried about you.
Who told you to worry about me?
Sticking your nose in other people's business!
You didn't have to talk us like that.
Do you have any idea how much our parents and I worried about you last two years?
We should keep moving.
Ken-chan?
Nishiyama! Kato!
Guys!
It's so great, everyone's still alive!
Where is Pong?
He said he didn't want to come with us.
He got lost?
No!
He said he will never trust us again.
Brother Atsushi.
We ran into him while escaping.
That's so great, Akira!
Long time no see, Atsushi bro.
They will see us here.
Follow me.
Here is...?
An old Japanese military facility.
The whole island was a military fortress.
This is a .38 rifle, used by the former Japanese army.
Without the most important bullet,
they're just a bunch of rusty metals.
Take a rest.
We will start moving after dark.
Older brother,
can I leave to find Pong?
No!
It's dangerous around here.
You will get killed when you go on tracks.
Can't sleep?
My older brother seems to have changed.
Must be 'cos so much happened on this island.
Cheer up.
Brother Atsushi is just hiding his true emotions.
He must be very happy to see you again.
Thank you.
I should be the one to thank you.
Thank you for saving Ken-chan.
Akira!
Where are you?
Akira!
Where are you?
Pong!
Guys! Pong's back!
Pong, are you all right?
Everyone was worried about you.
Then, why didn't they try to find me?
Pong,
how did you find your way to here?
So! Everybody is here.
So! It's just me who got left behind.
What left behind? You were the one who left first!
Who was the one who tried to sacrifice me back there?
I thought we were all friends.
You guys have been bullying me for a long time, too.
Everybody just, treated me as a toy.
Ordered me to run errands.
Even said I'm the most useless person.
Quit talking like that.
We never thought that way.
Then, why didn't you say anything they were taking me when
you cried to go with Ken-chan as he was about to be taken?
Why did you pretend to see nothing when they were taking me?
That's how you really feel about me.
In fact, you guys have always, secretly and truly, looked down on me.
No! Pong...
Inexcusable!
No!
You all are inexcusable!
Pong! You--
Run!
This way.
Round Glasses!
I'm so happy to see you again.
Miyabi.
Reggae.
Accompany them.
Akira, go now!
Stop it, Pong!
Run, everybody!
Pong!
Pong! We know we were wrong now! Let's stop!
Pong! Wake up!
Pong! Wake up now !
Pong.
Akira!
Ken-chan!
Pong!
Ken-chan!
Akira, what are you doing?
Kill him now!
No!
I can't do it...
Pong.
Akira!
Stop it now!