So that's the place.
Mino-san, what are you doing?
Uh, well...
Of course! It's because I smell a big scoop, obviously!
So? What are you really after?
You...
"Ultimate combination", eh?
No! Not in the least!
Don't sing such overly problematic songs!
This place is...
Escorting two customers!
This is a Japanese-style bar.
Karaoke.
Cosplay.
Nyotaimori.
Note: Nyotaimori - the practice of eating sashimi or sushi off the body of an unclad woman
Just because it's "Japanese style"...
doesn't mean it's fine to just combine everything.
Might this be the place?
Nihao Sukhavati.
Indeed!
And that was my original aim in coming here, of course.
I knew that woman had to be an employee here.
N-Nice to meet you.
Do you have a moment?
Don't you think she might not understand Japanese?
Oh, that's right.
Can I... interview you... please?
No! No!
Show me again! No, I mean...
Tell me. That mark...
Just what are you trying to ask our precious girl, mister?
Mino-san!
Oh, come on.
We're just having a nice chat.
Talk's fine and all, but...
Why not take more of an interest in her breasts?
She went and popped them out for you after all.
Why is it fine to touch, but not to have a conversation-
You can touch someone's body as much as you like,
but you can't just touch her heart so casually.
Boy.
Mino-san!
What the hell is his problem?
But he said something good.
"You can't just casually touch someone's heart."
Oh crap!
We've got to find an inn or something.
With your little finger,
pass the string up through the two strings at the tip of your thumb,
and bring it back to the original position.
The last step is to pull on the middle with your teeth.
There you go! The Eiffel Tower.
Working with copper wire?
Yeah. Cat's cradle.
I didn't have any yarn.
That's a nice little feat of strength.
About the old man you just killed...
It seems he was a Borner as well.
So even you speak vaguely sometimes...
All of his organs were removed before you killed him.
I wonder if that woman really did it.
Huh?
I hope the weather clears up tomorrow.
The sunlit Eiffel Tower... is quite beautiful.
This is the shelter room.
What is the negative pressure condition of the room?
Equivalent to the conditions of the BSL4 experiments facility.
What a dreary room.
I don't care if it's with a wall clock or what, but decorate it.
Sister.
Is it really okay for us to ignore that girl?
I don't have time to mourn the death of every monster.
But when it comes to usability as a human weapon, I don't think there's anything better.
Especially when facing demons greater than monsters, like Canaan.
How foolish.
Can you control the ventilation system from here?
The electrical system is independent of the other equipment,
but it can be controlled.
You really feel it in your back when you sleep on the floor...
How long are you planning on sulking?
I didn't want to be in the same room as you in the first place.
Besides, I have no interest in women with no boo-
Canaan.
She won't know we're here.
Even though we promised.
Canaan?!
Why?
Well, you said to come play with you.
But we changed hotels!
I can tell where you are.
Huh?
Because I feel a gentle color from you.
Canaan...
Canaan! Canaan! Canaan!
I love you Canaan!
I missed you! I missed you Canaan!
This is the fifth floor...
That's right!
Um, Canaan!
Will you let me interview you?
You look like you have some Arabian blood.
Where did you get that strength?
Who are you fighting?
I want to go play.
Oh, sorry.
I know how you feel.
I'll treat you to whatever you want, just-
I want to go play.
Take care, then.
You're sensible, Mino-san!
Isn't that great, Canaan?
Thank you, Mino-san.
Oh no, my pleasure...
We'll be back!
"Thank you, Mino-san", eh?
Hurry! Hurry!
What's this? What's this? Wow!
Wow! Wow!
How cute!
Hey, Can-
Thank you.
Wow!
There're a ton of skyscrapers.
It's a sunken city!
Look, there're bubbles rising up, like froth! How cool!
Here you go! Thanks for waiting!
Hey, that girl...
Something wrong?
Nope, let's eat!
It's so huge!
Delicious!
Amazing!
This is the first time I've just hung out with a friend like this.
Why?
That's right. Canaan...
And then, with this finger, you scoop up the thread...
That's right!
You're good!
Hey, teach me one of your games.
One of mine?
Yeah! What did you play when you were little?
I didn't really play much outside...
I read books with my older sister.
Ah! You have an older sister!
Had.
Sorry. I asked a strange question.
Is it strange to talk about family?
No! Families are wonderful things!
Yeah, something wonderful.
Canaan lost her family when war swept through her village.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
I'll never know how, or through what circumstances,
she came to where she is now.
It's so sad; I can't even imagine it.
But Canaan is...
This...
A snake?
It's part of a pair.
With who?
Could it be...
someone you like?
Yeah!
She was just a normal girl.
What's the matter?
Nothing! Hey, isn't this amazingly delicious?
You always say "amazing".
But... it is.
Sometimes, I become disappointed with myself.
When I have my camera in my hands,
in the end, I don't understand much of the amazing stuff I see.
You're amazing.
Canaan?
You're amazingly composed, and amazingly fun.
You're amazingly sexy.
What are you saying?
You eat an amazing amount, and that's an amazing cowlick.
I can't get it to stay down, even with a blow-dryer!
They're flirting.
Please don't break anything, okay?
Ah, you ate it without permission.
Could they have targeted our hotel as a warning?
Was it the same people Canaan was fighting?
Besides, that mark.
It was even on that woman at the karaoke bar.
Ah, my brain is boiling!
Damn it! Why is it so damned hot?
I want a cold shower.
H-Hey! There's a time and a place for showering!
Um...
Are you off today?
Can she not speak?
Uh...
I wonder why...
At a time like this...
Amazing! Amazing!
The lights are all glittering!
How pretty...
What's wrong?
Maria, stay here.
Eh? Canaan!
Wait!
Don't go.
I'm all alone.
But your dad...
He's dead.
Maria!
If you don't cut it out, your big sis will get mad at you!
When you do stuff like this, big sis's friend will come and yell at you!
It seems that you are rather too undeveloped to call yourself my "big sis".
What's up with you? You sound like Mino-san!
That's right.
If she's your friend, she should already be on her way.
This is her way of doing things:
She faces her target and concentrates on it.
Sight, touch and hearing.
They become intertwined and chaotically interconnected.
It activates at critical moments. It's a door to a new world.
That's Maria's color.
Canaan!
This is a pretty awkward pinch, isn't it?
A time bomb on her head.
If you try to force it off, it'll explode.
I have the cutoff switch.
You should be able to feel my hostility and location through your five senses, right,
Synesthete-san?
But something's amiss.
Why don't you know where I am?
That's right! It's because we're...
broken!
Canaan?
I suppose I'll tell you a story until the time limit runs out.
The village where I was born and raised was used in its entirety as a test for the Ua virus.
Almost all of my friends died.
But as a result of dissecting the corpses,
I realized that a portion of our tissue was changing.
It was a type of organ-regenerating technology based on iPS cells.
Note: iPS - Induced pluripotent stem cells
It works by resetting the original function of cells and transforming them into different organs.
You depend only on your senses, so I don't know if you'll understand even if I explain it to you.
To put it simply,
you killed my brother.
My brother had two hearts.
As a result, he obtained tremendous power,
but his body deteriorated severely
and aged.
That's right.
We're creatures created by the Ua virus.
Just like you.
Canaan!
Oh? You found me.
Due to hormonal abnormalities,
my insides are messed up just like my brother's.
And my growth has completely stopped.
That's why I can do things like this.
How did you know where I was?
I didn't sense your color.
Just...
I sensed another Maria.
Canaan...
You touched Maria.
You're like a police dog.
And a faithful one at that.
It's not the synesthesia.
The dimension is different.
That's why it's a waste of time to make monsters like me.
Canaan!
Canaan.
Stop.
Canaan!
I have no intention of killing you, so relax.
But if you tell Canaan that, I will kill you.
B-But...
Hand that over.
The truth is...
I swallowed it a minute ago.
No...
If I put you in danger,
Canaan will definitely get rid of me.
Don't be stupid!
Canaan wouldn't do such a thing!
Just one word.
Huh?
If Canaan comes, you can shout it out.
"Help!" or "Stay away!"
I told you she wouldn't-
Then, let's go with "Canaan!"
You can just scream "Canaan!"
If you say anything else, I'll blow you up.
What the heck!
You have self-confidence.
Canaan...
Canaan! Canaan! Canaan!
Told you... so.
There are so many things I can't understand...
about how Canaan has lived her life.
But...
Maria.
Thank you.
The color of rejection.
Canaan?
Canaan!
Episode 3
A Trivial Matter
Nightfall comes.
The name Sham gave me.
Engraved memories.
A tattoo, engraved.
The sun falls.
Falls with a cry.
Smeared with mud.
Nightfall comes.
Episode 4
Nightfall Comes