Canaan.
You are my light.
You shine straight towards me, from wherever you are.
And through being loved by you,
by being shone on by you,
a shadow is created in the corner of my heart.
I'm sorry, Canaan.
I can't shine on you.
I'm sorry.
Maria!
Canaan.
Final Episode
The Land of Hope
She's really a smart woman.
She ran from you.
What's with those eyes?
It's not anger.
It's like... I feel like she's seeing right through me.
Just like that.
See the truth.
Everything.
Just as it is.
Don't look.
Don't look...
Don't look through me!
Why?
Why can't I see it?
Even though she's lost Oosawa Maria...
Can I not kill this ghost, even here?
In the end...
I couldn't finish things.
Why don't you accompany me?
We can both just
leave this train behind again,
leave behind the memories, the slander, the regrets...
You'll lose something here again today,
and I will once again abandon things, unable to settle them.
Alphard!
I'm honored!
That you would focus on me, without chasing after Oosawa Maria!
Maria isn't dead.
She isn't dead.
I can tell.
Canaan!
I am a woman who keeps her promises!
I will do something about Maria!
So I won't accept failures from you!
Sorry.
I'm sorry, Canaan.
I don't want to be protected; I just want to stand by your side.
I know.
Even if I can't see the color, I can feel Maria's kindness.
I know that because Maria is my-
Light.
That's the true nature of your strength.
By finding a new light, you tried to escape from Sham's ghost.
No.
Maria isn't a light.
She's a friend.
You fight for the sake of your friends! That's good.
You managed to escape from the curse that's been haunting me for so long with such a pathetic wish!
I won't let you go.
Here, you and I-
I will!
What's this reaction?
It's like I'm hitting white darkness.
So that's it.
There's no need for two Canaans.
We, who have the same name...
Alphard.
Right. Sham didn't call me Alphard.
No. At the end, just once, he...
Alphard.
You are invincible.
However, if you do things for personal desires rather than an objective...
If I do?
It will come visit you then.
The meaning of your new name.
Solitude.
Why?
If I die here, that day won't be repeated!
You'll be able to escape Sham's ghost!
You've always had a strange color.
Sometimes it's brown, like Sham's.
Today, it's white.
I finally understand why that is.
It's because you're already dead!
The moment Sham died, you-your heart died!
But I'm different!
Ever since that day, I've met many people.
They're all people I can never forget.
I didn't stop that day!
Your heart is already dead.
The right to decide rests with the living.
I am alive.
And as a living person, I command you.
Don't let yourself die any more!
I won't let you die.
If I can't save anyone today, it would be just like that day!
Even if that's you!
Liang.
It's just like you said.
I was tied down to that time.
Did I really think that if I created Canaan and those monsters,
that I would be able to get closer to Sham?
Canaan was set free so long ago.
From Sham's ghost.
From that day.
And I alone...
We...
who possess the same name, the same tattoo...
Sham.
You'll be tied to me no matter where I go.
I...
will unleash the Snake's curse!
That's not right.
Here?
Yeah, that's right.
And put your middle finger here.
Yeah!
Maria.
I have something I want to apologize for.
So do I, Canaan.
I have lots of things I want to apologize for.
Then we're even.
Yep, we're even.
Ah, it's all tangled.
Yeah, it's all tangled.
We can't go back to the way it used to be.
We can't?
Nope, we can't go back.
Canaan!
Hey, you're awake?
I'm glad the wound was more superficial than we thought.
Then this isn't heaven?
As if heaven could be this boring!
Yun-Yun said something similar.
Huh?
She was carrying you, in a state of utter desperation.
Hey!
Oosawa!
Yun-Yun!
She's hurt!
Oh, Mino-san.
Is this paradise?
I see you died before us.
Namandabu Namandabu...
Note: Namandabu - A Buddhist chant
Don't screw around!
I'm alive!
Then help Maria! Please help her!
And... And... please offer up something to poor Yun-Yun's ghost...
Hey!
I would like the offering to be manjuu.
After I gave her something to eat, she perked right up.
She's at a part-time job.
I see.
Thanks, Yun-Yun.
Where's Canaan?
Hey! Don't be reckless.
I checked up on Canaan using a number that was on your cell,
but it's no longer in use.
Huh?
Even though we spent so much time together,
I still don't know anything about her.
The world that Canaan sees, the things she has to deal with...
I wanted to see them. I wanted to know them.
I thought I could finally stand beside her if I did.
But...
Please understand.
What are her hopes?
Me...
Yeah, she wants to protect you.
In the end, that's how it is.
No matter where I go,
Canaan won't let me stand beside her.
There's no way you could.
Your circumstances are too different.
But...
You can be close.
Be close?
Yeah.
You can be close in your hearts.
Our hearts being close...
When we first met,
in that grey town,
Maria was the only thing shining.
If I hadn't wanted to get close,
Maria wouldn't have had to face such danger.
Sorry, Maria.
But no matter where I go, I'll feel Maria's kindness.
That's right. No matter where I go, even if we're apart, I'll feel it.
Shanghai.
The season for Shanghai crabs is still far away.
Nothing's changed since we first set foot here.
Only the news is slightly different.
But nobody shows any interest,
and empty spots are created and repainted one after another.
What have you been doing?
I couldn't get through to you by phone or e-mail!
Ah, sorry.
Hey, what happened with that weird incident?
That "Village that Vanished" or something.
I don't care about that anymore.
Huh?
But I got another great story.
Oh, what kind?
In the city of Shanghai,
a man under the spell of a woman was defeated in love
but still pursued her.
What sort of cheap paperback is that from?
Really, get it toget-
I guess I'll get another job...
That's right.
I have to write the conclusion to this cheap paperback.
Come on, can't you at least turn off the TV before leaving?
"I'm alive!"
I...
Damn it...
She had such a good ass!
Man...
When I sent Yun-Yun's medicine to my dad, he said he was pretty sure he could duplicate it.
That's good news!
And what about the girl herself?
She said she couldn't come because she's working too many jobs.
That sounds like her.
Get on in, Sir and Miss.
Right! Then let's move on to the next request now!
Um, "I want to send one of Nene's songs to my friends who are setting off on a journey to a new world!"
I totally get this listener's thinking.
Well, please enjoy it! This song was requested by Silk Road Manjuu...
Silk Road...
Manjuu?
It's amazing, isn't it?
It's really overflowing with all sorts of power.
It's amazing, isn't it?
It's been a while. That.
You used to repeatedly blurt out, "Amazing! Amazing!"
I thought you'd stopped saying it no matter what you saw.
In order to stand beside Canaan,
I thought I couldn't say it anymore.
I thought that it wouldn't be good enough to think things around me are amazing;
that I'd have to become amazing myself.
But everyone is passionate about something and tries their best,
and they all shine so much that I thought maybe there's really nothing truly amazing or extraordinary anywhere.
That's why, just like you said, our hearts can get close together; I'm sure.
You're amazing.
Huh?
Nothing.
Eat some bananas, bananas, bananas! They're Do-Your-Bestanas!
How about some watermelons?
Maria.
I don't have any parting words from you.
We'll meet again, definitely.
Don't stuff your shirt with my merchandise!
I thought the customers would like it!
I won't forget the people I met in this city.
What's the matter?
This is the shape of attachment to a transient earth.
I won't forget.
I won't forget the things I've witnessed in this city.
I won't forget the emotions I felt in this city.
I won't forget.
"Bang!"
That's mine.
Canaan is alive.
Her life shines intensely,
too bright to look at directly...
But even if it seemed like I was going to go blind,
I think I was able to gaze at it.
I'm sure that's...
a story about ordinary girls.
I have a job for you.
You don't learn, do you?
To think you're still using me...
I could say the same to you.
Besides, your opponent this time is for real.
Who's the target?
A one-armed woman.
Understood.