You're my light, Canaan.
You keep shining straight on, even to the end of the world.
But being loved and illuminated by you
has cast a shadow inside a corner of my heart.
I'm sorry, Canaan.
I can't illuminate you.
I'm sorry.
Maria!
Canaan...
Final Episode
The Land of Hope
She really is a smart girl.
She ran away from you.
What's with those eyes?
They're not burning with anger.
They're just... piercing through everything.
Just look at things the way they really are.
Look at everything... the way it really is.
Don't look at me.
Don't look at me!
Don't look at me like that!
Don't see through me like that!
Why?
Why isn't she panicking?
She's...
She's lost Maria Osawa and yet...
I've come this far, and I still can't kill his ghost?
You just didn't have it in you to finish me off, did you?
I'll just have to drag you down with me.
It looks like both you and I will be leaving things behind on this train again:
our feelings, confessions, and regrets...
You'll lose them again like you did that day,
and I...
I'm leaving this place behind without having settled the score, once again.
Alphard!
What an honor.
I thought you'd be hurrying back to Maria Osawa instead of coming after me.
Maria isn't dead.
She's not dead.
I can tell.
Canaan!
I'm a woman of my word!
I'll protect Maria no matter what it takes!
So don't you dare die on us, you hear?
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Canaan.
But I don't want to be protected by you;
I want to stand alongside you.
I can tell.
Even if I can't see her color,
I can still feel her kindness reaching out to me.
The reason I can tell is because, to me, Maria is...
A light.
That is the identity of your power.
You tried to free yourself from Siam's ghost by finding yourself a new light.
No.
Maria's not a light.
She's a friend.
So you're fighting for your friend?
That's rich.
So you're telling me that you were able to escape the same curse that's been haunting me
through something as petty as that?
I won't let you go.
I'll put an end to you here—
You mean I will!
What is this feeling?
It's as if...
It's as if I'm beating a white darkness.
I get it!
There only needs to be one Canaan.
We both have the same name...
Alphard...
Oh yeah.
Siam doesn't call me "Alphard."
No.
He did once, right before he died.
You're invincible, Alphard.
But if you were to start acting out of your own desires...
If I did?
...you would truly realize
the meaning of your new name:
"Solitude."
Why?
That day wouldn't repeat itself if I were to die here!
You'd be free of Siam's ghost!
You always give off a strange color.
Sometimes it'll be brown like Siam's,
even today, it's as white as snow.
I finally realized why, though.
It's because you're already dead.
The day Siam died,
you... your heart died.
But I'm different.
I've met a lot of different people since that day.
And they've all become unforgettable to me.
I've moved on since that day!
Your heart is already dead,
but the power of decision lies with those who are still alive.
I'm alive.
And as a living being, I'm commanding you.
I'm not letting you die any more!
I won't let you die.
It'll be just like that day if we can't save anyone here.
Even if it has to be you who is saved...
You called it, Liang.
I've been stuck in the past.
Did I really think that if I made Canaan and that monster, I'd...
be closer to Siam?
Canaan had already freed herself a long time ago.
She freed herself from Siam,
and from the recurrence of that day.
And I was the only one...
We both have the same name,
and the same tattoo.
Siam...
How long must you haunt me?
I'm going to break free from the spell of the snake!
That's the wrong one.
This one?
Yeah.
Then you put your middle finger through here.
Yup.
Maria,
I want to apologize to you for something.
I'm the one who needs to apologize, Canaan.
I've got so much to be sorry for.
I see.
We'll call it even then.
Okay.
Even-steven it is.
It got all tangled up.
Yeah.
It's tangled.
You can't change it back to the way it used to be.
I can't?
Yeah.
Things can't go back to the way they used to be.
Canaan!
You're finally awake, huh?
Thank god you weren't wounded as badly as they thought.
I'm not in heaven then?
You really think heaven would be as boring as this place?
You sound just like Yun Yun.
She carried you back with every last ounce of her strength.
Hey!
Osawa!
Yun Yun!
You're hurt!
Oh, Mino.
Am I in paradise?
You must have died before us then.
Namu Amida Buddha. Namu Amida Buddha.
Cut it out!
I'm alive, damn it!
Then please...
Please help Maria!
And then,
please give this poor Yun Yun an offering.
Hey!
I'd like a mantou as my offering please.
She became all better after I gave her some food.
She went to work already.
So that's what happened.
Thanks, Yun Yun.
What about Canaan?!
Hey!
Don't strain yourself.
I tried calling Canaan using the number on your phone,
but they said the number's no longer in use.
We've all been together for so long,
yet when it comes to Canaan,
we still don't know anything about her.
The world seen through Canaan's eyes,
and the things that she embraces...
I wanted to see and find out what they are.
Just when I thought I could stand alongside her—
Just when I did...
Try to understand her.
What was it that she wanted?
She...
Yeah.
She wants to protect you.
So that's how it is in the end.
No matter where we go,
Canaan...
won't let me stand next to her.
There's no way you could.
You're two different people.
But you can still get close to her.
Get close?
Yeah.
You could get close to her heart.
Get close to her heart?
When I first met her,
Maria was the only one shining in that ashen town.
If I hadn't wanted to be by her side,
she never would have gotten herself in harm's way.
I'm sorry, Maria.
But no matter where you are,
I can sense your kindness.
Yeah.
No matter where you are,
I'll still be able to tell, even when we're separated.
Shanghai.
The season for Shanghai crab is still far away,
and these streets haven't changed since the day we first set foot in this place.
The only thing that's slightly changed is the news that's being broadcasted.
People have already lost interest in what happened,
and what used to be a vacuum is now slowly being filled up.
What have you been doing?
You haven't answered any of my calls or e-mails!
Sorry about that.
Anyway, what happened with that strange incident you were following up on?
Something about a village that disappeared, I think?
I'm over that now.
Oh yeah,
I have another big scoop.
What is it?
A man who was captivated by a woman he saw in Shanghai
becomes heartbroken
and starts chasing after her shadow.
Is that supposed to be some sort of pulp fiction?
Would you get a hold of yourself—
Maybe I should get a new job.
That's right.
I need to finish writing the conclusion to this pulp fiction.
I'm alive.
because it's—
Christ.
At least turn the TV off.
I'm alive!
I'm...
Damn it!
She had a fine ass on her.
Real fine.
Daddy said he should be able to make more of Yun Yun's medicine if we send some to him.
That's good news.
And where's the said person now?
She said she couldn't come because she has too many jobs.
She hasn't changed one bit, has she?
Hop on sir, miss.
And I guess now's a good time to bring up our next request.
"I'd like to request one of your songs for my friends who are journeying to a new world, Nene."
This listener sure knows how to pick her music.
Oh my gosh, I'm so happy!
You're now tuning in to Silk Road Mantou's request on Radio Nene:
"Life."
Silk Road...
...Mantou?
asa ga kureba
When morning comes
taiyou ga nobori yuku
The sun will rise
koko ni koko ni
And right here
watashi ga iruyo
Is where I'll be.
She's amazing, isn't she?
She's full of all sorts of power.
I haven't heard you say that in a while.
You used to say "amazing" in almost every sentence, remember?
I don't think you've said that about anything lately.
I guess I thought that I shouldn't be amazed at everything if I want to stand next to Canaan.
I thought that instead of thinking everything around me is amazing,
I'd have to become amazing myself.
But everyone is desperate, all trying their best to make ends meet,
and that's why they're shining.
Something that's "amazing,"
or something that cannot be reached because it's so extraordinary,
might not actually exist anywhere.
And that's why, just like you said,
we can at least get close to people's hearts if nothing else, right?
You're amazing.
Nothing.
Bananas! Bananas! Get your daily banana fix!
Some lovely bananas!
Watermelons!
How about some watermelons?!
Maria,
I have no words of farewell to offer.
I'm sure we'll meet again...
Don't stick our products down your blouse without asking!
I just thought the customers would be happier if—
I can't forget the people I met in this city.
Is something wrong?
It's just a lingering attachment I have from this world.
I won't forget...
I won't forget about the things that happened in this city.
I won't forget the emotions I felt in this city.
itsuka
Until that day
I won't forget them.
kitto
When we will
mata meguriaeru made
Surely meet again
Bang.
koko ni koko ni
Right here
That one's mine.
watashi wa iruyo
Is where I'll be.
Canaan is alive,
and her life is shining brightly.
It shines so brightly that I can't look right at it.
But I think I was able to see that light
even though my eyes were nearly blinded.
And I'm sure that...
... is the story of an ordinary girl.
kizuna o mizukara hiki saita
I've broken the binding bonds with my own hands;
as Judgment tsuri agete
Lift the broken bonds as Judgment.
Eight
Seven
Six
Five
Four
Three
Two
One
Overdrive
namonaki guuwa togabito no
A nameless fable unfolds
yami yo katare shade and fear
While the sinner's darkness is told in shade and fear.
yomigaeru ma no mure
Swarms of evil are reborn.
yodomu sakai me te maneite
Welcome the hand of obscuring boundaries
toki no hatesa dead end town
It's the end of time in this dead end town
shinigami no warai goe
As Death's laughter echoes.
aganattemo tsugunattemo
Even if I atone for or repent my wrongdoings
karada shisu teigi ni wa
In the definition of "dying"...
Did you see?
Did you say?
hi de tomurau
...My efforts are mourned through error.
mamorubeki inochi idaite
I've embraced the lives that I was bound to protect
omosaga ai dato shinjiteta
And believed that sternness to be love.
daraku e no kakehiki
Wager against corruption
demo uragiri naraba
But if you find yourself betrayed...
trust of a heart
daiji na sekai
So that they may not be able
furenu youni
to touch this precious world
Mind as judgment give up
You know
Give up
I have a job for you.
I guess you haven't learned your lesson yet
seeing as how you're still using me.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
It just had to be you because of the opponent this time around.
Who's the target?
A one-armed woman.
Roger that.