I don't believe it.
I did it.
Huh? There's someone else here?
All right, I've decided!
What have you decided?
That's my special seat, you know.
V..Vice President Jikukawa!
You're our new addition to the student council, Miss...
Tamaki Chieno, the secretary.
Just what is going on?
I'm quitting the student council.
I think you noticed it as well, sir.
Today's student council log.
I miswrote the second character in the word "perfect."
I wrote KABE instead of PEKI.
Oh, you did?
Yes!
If I can make such an amateur mistake, I'm unfit to be secretary.
That's a shame.
Losing you would be a shame.
Your writing is very pretty.
The way you use words is beautiful.
What you write is very easy to read.
Losing you would be a shame.
So, don't say that you're quitting.
Lost
Tesaguri de sagashiteta I've searched, groping
Tozasareta mirai no kotae nante doko nimo nai The answer to a future that's been closed off
Tozasareta mirai no kotae nante doko nimo nai Is nowhere to be found
Hashiru shoudou, ima kaidoku funou The impulse to run, it's impossible to decipher now
Found
Kudaketa hazu no unmei o A fate that was supposedly smashed
Mijuku na yume no naka de kikoeta kitanda I've come to hear it within that half-formed dream:
Saigo made I'll be there for you Until the end, I'll be there for you
Tachidomaranai, kono hari dake wa It won't stop, not this needle
Boku no asu o kizamu oto o tsukisasu It will pierce the sound that engraves my tomorrow
Shinjitsu kara nigetara ima If I run from the truth, then now...
Genjitsu ni mo maketara ima If I lose to reality, then now...
Nani ga nokoru no? What will remain?
(Nokoru no?) (Will remain?)
Kazoekirenai kono kizu dake ga These countless wounds of mine
Boku no kinou o zanzou to shite kataru They tell of my yesterday as an afterimage
Unmei ga hodoketemo ima Even if fate were unraveled, now...
Sonzai o kowashitemo ima Even if my existence were smashed, now...
Boku no michi o yuku yo I will travel my path
It's now or never
That is what they say
Live your life today, yeah, yeah
There will always be, there will always be a way
That is what they say
Live your life today, yeah, yeah
There will always be, there will always be a way
That is what they say
Live your life today, yeah, yeah
Darkness of the Heart
What is this?
Where's the president?
Tamaki Chieno likes Souji Jikukawa.
You seem troubled, young lady.
Who are you?!
Still, he is absorbed with Kaito Daimon.
He won't even look at you.
How sad, Miss Tamaki Chieno.
Kaito Daimon should just disappear for good.
Who are you?
You're not one of our students, are you?
What are you doing on campus?
Do you want to get rid of him?
Of Kaito Daimon?
I give this to you.
Wh..What are you doing?!
It's a charm to get back the man that you love.
Kaito Daimon, you will fight me.
Via puzzles.
Chieno...
What are you doing here?
She's one of us.
Of the Orpheus Order.
What was that?!
What's the meaning of this, Chieno?
Let's go, Kaito.
The puzzle is in there.
Hey! Don't just go decidin' things for me!
Kaito Daimon alone may challenge the puzzle.
No one else is allowed to interfere.
Chieno...
I think you'd better move quickly.
If you refuse the Puzzle of Judgment, or cannot solve it...
That building will end up like the puzzle just now.
You can't! My laboratory's in there!
My studio!
Ah! My school lunches!
"Our school!" is what you should be saying!
You're a bunch of morons!
I swear! You all just think about yourselves!
Can't you think about this school-
Wait right there! Can't you think about this school-
We can meet again soon enough.
If you solve the Puzzle of Judgment, that is.
Puzzle of Judgment, my ass!
Why do I and the vice president have to...
You shall continue to be betrayed by those you trust
as you are challenged by the Game.
Just what does this mean?
I'm gonna see for myself!
I don't know what the Orpheus Order is about, but...
I'll do it.
To find out why they'd do this, what it's all for!
Ah, Kaito!
Don't go gettin' killed.
It's Game time.
That puzzle earlier...
If his friends hadn't made it in time, he'd be dead.
Kaito Daimon...
The way he is now, is he really suited for the Game?
I'm about to show you.
Kaito's true abilities, that is.
Let's play up.
You're late, Daimon.
Take the escalator there to the third floor hallway, please.
I'll explain the rules.
The 3rd to 7th floors comprise a
combative-type maze puzzle.
As of now, you will be heading for the goal,
which is the elevator hall on the 7th floor.
Each division within the building
is a maze portioned by fire doors.
Maze patterns are of A, B and C types.
I will be changing the patterns from here.
It will take about ten seconds for the fire doors to
open and close between pattern changes.
If you become trapped between doors
and are unable to get out, you lose.
If you're able to navigate the doors
and make it to the elevator hall on the 7th floor, you win.
That's what makes a combative-type maze puzzle, huh?
A maze that can be endlessly changed and altered...
If you don't remember the patterns and
stay two or three steps ahead of your opponent,
you'll never get out.
Vice President, promise me something.
If I win, you'll explain why you've joined up with those guys!
Fine.
Puzzle time, let's begin!
Daimon...
Article 7, Paragraph 1 of Root Gakuen's school rules:
Running inside school buildings is prohibited.
School rules?!
Jeez! You're really pissing me off!
Switching multiple routes at once?
You gotta be kidding me!
Article 1, Paragraph 1 of Root Gakuen's school rules:
Taking the stairs two at a time is forbidden!
Screw that!
This puzzle is a tough one!
The vice president was able to make something like this?!
Is she really with those people from before?
When the hell did they even make this puzzle?
Just why are you doing this?
Chieno, are you really...
Switching to Maze Pattern A.
The goal is up ahead.
It doesn't matter if it's Pattern B or Pattern C:
if this shutter starts to open, I've gotta go!
Switching to Maze Pattern B.
Okay!
It's Pattern B! Can I make it?!
I couldn't make it!
Switching to Pattern C.
Oh, no! I'm gonna get trapped!
Ah, looks like he escaped.
You still haven't done all that you're capable of, Tamaki Chieno.
Try letting loose a little more.
Be self-indulgent.
Be self-righteous.
Be selfish!
Otherwise, you won't beat Kaito Daimon.
I get it!
If I beat him with this puzzle,
Daimon will go away, won't he?
Of course.
That's the whole reason I'm helping you guys.
He will, of course, disappear...
from this world.
The values suddenly began to increase.
Amazing.
Brainwave activity jumped at once to 89%.
It's just strange, somehow.
Something wasn't right with the vice president earlier.
I've got it!
What the hell?! I'm busy!
I've got it! I know what's different about the vice president!
Huh?
It's that earring!
The vice president's earring?
Article 3, Paragraph 1 of Root Gakuen's school rules:
Piercings, earrings, rings and other adornments are strictly forbidden.
There's no way someone as upright as the
vice president would go breaking the school rules.
An earring?
Kaito Daimon, you will fight me.
It's the same as the Armlet of Orpheus!
That's right, I think so too.
But I've never heard of an Orpheus Ring
in the form of an earring!
Actually, I think I get it somehow.
I've worn an Armlet of Orpheus, so I get it.
Your thinking, your emotions, everything changes.
Campus Puzzle Competition Top Prize Tamaki Chieno
It's a good puzzle.
She's tough, and by-the-numbers and complains a lot,
but the puzzles she makes are true and straightforward.
They're pretty.
There's no way someone who could make a puzzle like this
would hook up with guys who'd destroy the school!
The earring is what's made the vice president act weird!
Then, don't that make things bad?
If an Armlet of Orpheus runs wild,
the brain of the person wearing it will encumber great strain.
The vice president...
She's in trouble!
Nonoha!
Kaito, please!
You have to get that earring off of her!
That was my plan before you'd even told me!
You can't seem to trap him, can you?
At this rate, we won't be able to get rid of him.
Of Kaito Daimon.
You're fine not being able to get him back?
Your precious Souji Jikukawa?
No! Anything but that...
No!
Souji, see me. See only me!
Dammit!
Switching to Pattern B.
96... 97...
Forced activation rate has cleared 98%!
Incredible!
These numbers are only possible
because Kaito is our opponent.
It was no mistake that you were chosen
as our opponent for the Game, Kaito.
The 7th Floor elevator hall is just past here!
The goal is past there.
This time for sure, I shall trap you.
Ain't no way I'm gonna lose!
I've already said I'm gonna solve all deadly puzzles!
Switching to B.
Here goes!
Kaito Daimon will not make it.
If I change to Pattern C as he's en route, I will win.
Switching to C.
Sure enough, you've continually switched maze patterns!
The shutters pause for 0.5 seconds every time you switch.
That's the moment of truth!
I've solved it; I beat the puzzle!
He could read my movements.
Forced activation has ceased.
So that's it, eh?
Vice President!
That earring...
I... I...
Vice President!
Over there!
Chieno!
Hang in there, Chieno!
President...
I don't want to quit the student council.
But to lose control of one's own emotions...
I'm unfit to be vice president.
I don't understand.
Why would I do this?
It would be a shame.
To lose you, that is.
The Monday conferences...
The Wednesday moral guidance...
The Friday student council minutes...
Oh, and today's school bus direction.
Everything has gone well thanks to you, Miss Vice President.
Mr. President!
So, don't say that you're quitting, Tamaki.
Upperclassman!
You're not the one to blame here.
The ones who used you are.
She did some good work for us.
Forced brainwave activity reached 98%!
Her desire to beat Kaito had an effect on the Ring.
Thank you, Tamaki Chieno.
We've collected some splendid data thanks to you!
"Data," you say?
Where the hell do you get off?!
Using ordinary people for crap like this!
What if something had happened to the vice president?!
We don't care about that.
All we want is our data, nothing more.
We of the Orpheus Order embrace the great Orpheus,
and seek to free man from
the yoke of the lesser gods.
Kaito Daimon, you who of his own will
abandoned an Armlet of Orpheus...
You are the enemy of mankind,
one who has rejected the possibility of evolution.
Kaito, going forward, you shall be
joining us on our Games.
"Games," you say?!
And now for our next Game.
Wait there, asshole!
At this rate, maybe you won't even be able to remember.
Me, that is.
What was that?!
Bye-bye.
Who the hell are those guys?
They're a gang who can make a giant puzzle in a single day
and control people using an Armlet of Orpheus.
They're certainly different from the POG.
The Orpheus Order...
Eiyuukidori Playing the hero
Itsudatte shinjita muteki no kankaku A sense of invincibility you always believed in
Tatakatte iru no wa chikyuu no tame nanka ja nai You're not fighting for the sake of the world or anything
Motto maipeesu de It's for a more leisurely
Sou, motto shoujiki na onegai no tame Yeah, more straightforward request
Nandotonaku kizutsuitemo tachiagare, hero Even if you're wounded over and over, rise up, hero
Kitto daijoubu, kimi o mamorunda It's sure to be all right, I'll protect you
Machigai da to shitemo tomarenai Even if it's wrong, it can't be stopped
Seikai ka nante wakaranai I don't know if it's the right answer
Donna toki demo original ni No matter the situation
Step o fumidashiteku I'll take those first steps, originally
Dramatic ni, mawaru sekai de On this spinning world, I'm searching, dramatically
Kiwameita wonder sagashiteru For wonders that sparkle
Boku, shijou saikou no tabi o tsuzukeyou Me, I'll keep going on the greatest journey in history
Image shite shiawase na mirai e To the happy future I imagined
Mirai e To the future
(Mirai e) (To the future)
Yeah, yeah, Airi, Airi!
Next up, the puzzle that Miss Airi
has kept hidden moves into play!
What's suddenly gotten into that Mizutani chick?
Gammon, you fool!
Call her Miss Airi!
Oh, no! Now we've gotta go to
the sea to see what Miss Airi's seen!
Next time, "The Flip-Flop Trap"
The Flip-Flop Trap
Yeah, yeah, Airi, Airi!