So that's the place.
What are you doing, Mino?
Well...
That's right, I smell a scoop coming from this place.
But your real objective is...?
You...
Ultimate combination!
Ultimate combination, huh?
No, that's not it! I swear!
Why did he have to overdo himself by singing that song?
This place is...
Table for two, coming up!
We're a Japanese-themed night bar.
Karaoke, cosplay, body sushi; we've got it all.
Just combining all those together doesn't exactly make it Japanese, you know.
Maybe this is the place that the gossip papers were talking about:
the "Nihao paradise" place.
Yeah, that's right.
That's what I've been after this entire time, Osawa.
That woman must be an employee here.
H-Hello.
Um, would you mind answering a few questions?
She probably doesn't speak Japanese.
Y-You're right.
Um...
I would like to...
interview you.
No, not that!
Show me more—
No, I mean tell me more!
How did that mark—
What are you trying to ask our precious asset, sir?
Oh please, I was just making small talk.
Mino!
I don't mind you making small talk,
but I'd rather you be more interested in her breasts.
She did get them out for you, you know.
Why is it okay to touch but not ask?
You can touch her body all you want,
but you can't touch her heart so carelessly, boy.
Mino!
What the hell's with that guy?
But he did say something noble.
That you shouldn't try to touch the hearts of others carelessly.
Crap!
We need to find somewhere to stay, fast!
Take the two strings in front of your thumb with your pinky finger from below,
and then bring them back to their original positions.
Lastly, use your teeth to pull out the middle and...
there you have it, the Eiffel Tower.
Copper wire art?
Nope, I'm playing cat's cradle.
I used this because I didn't have wool yarn.
Quite a brutish task, I see.
The old man that you killed earlier seems to have been a donor.
I see even you like to sound ambiguous at times.
All of his internal organs had been removed when we found him.
Do you really think she did it?
I hope it's sunny tomorrow.
The Eiffel Tower under the sun is quite a spectacle, you know.
This is the evacuation shelter.
How's the negative pressure inside the shelter?
It's suitable for running BSL-4 tests.
What a dreary room.
We should hang a wall clock in there or something.
Are you sure it's all right to just neglect that girl, Nee-sama ?
I don't have the time to mourn the defeat of every Monster.
I believe we've raised our human weapons to their full potentials with this.
Especially if we're going to deal with those who are stronger than our Monsters, like Canaan...
How foolish.
Can we control the exhaust mechanism from here too?
The power system has been isolated from the other facilities,
but we can control it from here.
It really hurts your back when you sleep on the floor.
How long are you going to be mad?
I don't like sharing rooms with you either, you know.
I'm not interested in girls with no breasts for one—
Canaan won't be able to find me if I'm here, will she?
We promised to play together...
Canaan?!
How did you...?
Didn't you say you wanted to hang out, Maria?
But we had to change hotels!
I always know where to find you.
You always give off kind colors.
Canaan...
Canaan, Canaan, Canaan!
You're the best, Canaan!
I really wanted to see you!
She just said "Canaan" five times...
I really did, Canaan!
Oh, right!
Will you let me interview you, Canaan?
You look like you're at least part Arabian.
Where did you get your power?
Who are those guys that you're—
I want to go play.
Well I can see that you do,
but please, I'll treat you to anything you want.
I want to go play.
Have fun.
You sure said it, Mino.
Isn't this great, Canaan?
Thanks, Mino.
Oh no, don't mention—
We'll be back!
"Thanks, Mino," eh?
Come on!
What's this?
What's all this?
It's so amazing!
It's all so amazing!
This is so cute!
Hey, Canaan—
Thank you.
This is amazing!
I see so many tall buildings!
Look, it's an underwater city!
The air bubbles inside are all baggy, just like real bubbles!
It's amazing!
Here you go, thanks for waiting!
That girl...
Is something wrong?
Nope.
Let's eat.
This is amazingly huge!
It's delicious!
This is so amazing!
I've never really hung out with friends like this.
Why not?
Oh yeah, Canaan is...
And then you pick up the string over here with this finger...
Yeah, that's it.
Well done!
Teach me something you guys play here for fun.
Something we play here?
Yeah.
What kind of games did you play when you were little?
I couldn't really play much outside.
I used to read books with my sister.
Oh, you have a sister?
I had one.
Sorry.
I didn't mean to ask anything strange like that.
Do you consider having a family strange?
No, having a family is a very wonderful thing!
Yeah.
It's very wonderful.
Canaan lost her family to a war that happened in the village where she was born.
Is something wrong?
N-No.
I couldn't possibly understand the kind of circumstances she's endured
in getting to where she is today.
She's suffered through sad times which are beyond my imagination.
Even so, Canaan is...
This.
A snake?
We got these as a set.
With who?
Is it someone you like, by any chance?
Yeah.
She was no less a girl than anyone else.
What's wrong?
Oh, nothing.
This is amazingly good, isn't it?
You say the word "amazing" a lot, Maria.
That's because it really is amazing.
I let myself down from time to time.
I realize every time I pick up my camera
that I really don't understand anything about the world...
You're amazing, Maria.
Canaan?
You're amazingly calming,
amazingly fun,
and amazingly beautiful.
What are you saying?
Plus you have an amazing appetite,
and that amazing antenna...
This thing won't stay down even if I blow-dry it!
Flirting in broad daylight, huh?
Please don't go breaking stuff any more, okay?
I didn't say you could eat that.
So our hotel being targeted was a warning?
Were they the same type of people as the ones Canaan was fighting?
And that mark...
Even that woman at the karaoke bar had it.
I'm boiling over here!
Damn it, why does it have to be this hot?
It makes me want to take a bath.
Hey, you should be a little more discreet about when and where you take a—
Um,
are you off today?
Maybe she can't speak.
Um...
What can I say?
Times like these...
This is amazing!
The lights are sparkling and everything!
It's so pretty.
What happened?
Stay here, Maria.
Canaan?
Wait!
Don't go.
I'm all by myself.
But your dad is over—
He's dead.
Maria!
This big sister over here's going to be angry if you do something like this.
If you keep this up, my friend is going to come here and be very angry at—
This part of you hasn't developed enough for you to be calling yourself "big sister."
Why are you saying something Mino would say?
Yeah, your friend should be here soon.
This is how she works.
She first concentrates her senses on her target.
Then her sight, touch, smell...
all of these intertwine and manifest into chaos,
thus "opening a door into a new world,"
or something like that.
It's Maria's color.
Canaan!
A typical "dangerous situation," wouldn't you say?
There's a time bomb stuck on her head.
It's going to explode if you try to force it off of her.
I have the disarming switch.
You should be able to sense where I am using your synesthesia right, Ms. Synesthete?
But this is strange.
Why can't you figure out where I am?
That's right,
it's because we're broken.
Canaan.
Why don't I tell you an old story before the time limit runs out?
The village I was born and raised in was one of the experimental grounds for the Ua virus.
Most of my friends died.
Later autopsies revealed that the Ua virus causes an area of human tissue to mutate.
They discovered this to be a type of organogenesis, through the formation of iPS cells,
which results in dedifferentiation allowing the mutated cells to form a new organ.
It's no use explaining this, since you depend on your senses to understand things.
Long story short, you killed my brother.
My brother ended up with two hearts because of the mutation.
He gained explosive strength thanks to that,
but his body was quickly exhausted, and aged rapidly.
That's right.
We're creatures that were created by the Ua virus,
just like you.
Canaan!
You found me.
Thanks to hormonal abnormalities, the inside of my body is all worn-out, just like my brother.
My body stopped growing on top of that,
which is why I can easily pull off something like this.
How did you know where I was?
I couldn't sense your color,
but there was another Maria in this room.
Canaan...
You touched Maria, didn't you?
You're like a police dog.
A very obedient one at that.
You're a lot more than just a synesthete.
That's why I told them that it's useless to create this monster.
Canaan!
Canaan...
Don't.
Canaan!
Don't worry, I don't want to kill you.
But if you tell her that, I will kill you.
B-But...
Hand it over.
Actually...
I swallowed it a moment ago.
No...
If I put you in danger, Canaan will most likely put an end to me.
Don't be ridiculous!
Canaan would never do such a thing!
I'll let you say just one thing.
You can even scream it if you want, when Canaan arrives.
It can be "Save me!" or "Stay away!" or whatever you want.
She's not going to do it, I tell you!
Let's make it "Canaan!" then.
I'll let you scream "Canaan!"
I'll self-destruct if you say anything else.
What's that supposed to mean?
I'm just confident.
Canaan...
Canaan, Canaan, Canaan!
Told you... so.
There are many things about the way Canaan has lived that I'll never understand.
But...
Maria.
T-Thanks.
The color of rejection.
Canaan?
Canaan!
Episode Three
Trivial Words
Lingering light.
The name that Siam...
...gave me.
Engraved memories.
They're engraved like tattoos.
It's setting.
The sun's setting.
It's crying as it sets.
Its light lingers on as it's covered with mud.
Lingering light.