Iro tori-dori no oto o tsuranuite
Karada ga hanatsu bimi naru ondo
Yoru no otozure o matsu hana no you ni
Hikari o osoreteru
Maware kieyuku made
Sono mi o kogasu subete
Sarake-dase shinayaka ni
Shizuku wa mitsumeru
Ai o kikaseru tame no kotoba o shitteru noni
Ai o kataru tame no kotoba wa nai
Naki-nurete furuetatte
Haruka tooi sugao wa
Koi-kogareru nukumori no stoorii
Sono mimi ni nokoru no wa henai no rondo
Gareki.
Gareki?
They've given us the okay. Let's go in.
Come on! So how does it look?! How is Nai?!
- Come on, Gramps! - Gareki, get down.
- Shut up! - Huh?
We are in the presence of a patient, you numbskull!
Episode 3 Fantasy Picnic
Physically, he has no injuries,
but his brain waves became terribly irregular for a moment
and he's lost consciousness for the time being.
We should probably look into the cause at the Research Tower.
I see.
Then, there's no time to waste, so I'll be going.
Take the nitwit lying over there back with you, too.
Please keep him for human experimentation.
Healer, how long will it be before he regains consciousness?
I am responsible. He was left in my charge, and yet...
He's stable, so I imagine he'll wake up in time.
Tsukumo, it would be better if you eased up on yourself more.
You don't need to weigh yourself down with more than your share.
I'm going back.
Please look after Nai for me.
Baa, baa. Baa, baa.
He was in all that pain and you found nothing?
You better not be some quack.
You're a foulmouthed brat.
Worried for your friend?
We just happened to end up hanging together.
Friend? That's so stupid.
Encounters in life are about coincidences and happenstance.
And if you grow to trust one another, you have a friend forever.
Wait, hey! Where are you going?
A snack. A late-night snack. Make sure you keep a close eye on him!
Huh?!
Nai.
Why won't you focus on me?
Is there someone with you?
Karoku!
Where are you?
What kind of person is it?
Gareki...
You made a friend? I wouldn't expect any less of my son.
But...
...let's say goodbye to him.
What?
But... why?
Because it'll be hard on you, Nai.
It would be better to tell Gareki that you don't need him.
But to me, Gareki is...
This person...
If he gets caught up in the scary things that happen around you...
You don't want to break him, do you?
Ga...
That was freaky.
How... are you? How do you feel?
If there's something you want me to do, I'll do it, just this once.
Ga...
You don't want to break him, do you?
I don't need you, Gareki.
Huh?
Not you, Gareki...
Explain what you mean.
What?
Gareki, you scare me...
Scare you?
You say that now?
Ga...
Gareki!
What's that for?
You'll give me what I want, so you want me to disappear?
You already got your introduction to Circus, after all, right?
Pretending to be innocent and doing whatever you want...
Sorry, but I hate guys like that.
Owowowowowowow...
Man, Gramps isn't just a normal old geezer, so I wish he'd go easy...
Huh?
What? Wait, Gareki?
- Go tell that bearded geezer that the stinking little brat's awake. - What? What?
I... understand! So, let's calm down.
Okay? Okay?
Wait...
Gareki?
Gareki!
What the?
What's wrong? Does it hurt somewhere?
Wh-Wh-Wh-What should I do?
- Tsukumo... - Off limits, baa. Off limits, baa. Off limits, baa. Off limits, baa.
- Yogi? What's wrong? - Off limits, baa. Off limits, baa. Off limits, baa. Off limits, baa.
- Yogi? Yogi? - Off limits, baa. Off limits, baa. Off limits, baa. Off limits, baa.
What the?
Understood. I'll leave it to you, Tsukumo.
So? It's not as if you're here for a late-night snack, right?
About that child's body...
What about Nai's body?
Is there some critical problem?
Well, to put it succinctly...
That child isn't human.
He's an animal.
I don't blame you for being surprised.
It's in such poor taste... No, I mean...
- I heard you! - Um...
Pay attention and take a good look!
This is that child's true shape!
What?
No way.
It's the result I got from the cellular tissue that was collected.
The scientific name for them is Niji.
They only live in Rainbow Forest, which has a unique ecosystem.
They're an extremely rare species.
It can't be...
Wait! Wait!
Uh, but the Healer says so...
Um...
He's actually different from the rest of us?
Based on the data, he's that animal?
Like hell I can accept that so easily.
After meeting the people of Circus,
I get that there are monster-like people out there.
It's true that Nai's behavior was always odd, but...
Then, what?
All this time, I've...
I'm Gareki.
Who're you?
Nai!
Thank you.
Huh?
Because you saved me again.
I don't need you, Gareki.
It makes me look like an idiot!
I've already informed the Research Tower.
Take them there tomorrow.
So I have to see Dr. Akari...
Oh.
That reminds me, you haven't taken custody of Nai's bracelet...
I was just watching to see if it responded to him.
What?
But bracelets only respond to their owners.
Nai said that a person named Karoku dropped it...
And what if that were a lie?
It can't be...
If he's in league with Kafka, that would be a possibility, right?
Well, sure, the stuff about his body was shocking, but...
He's absolutely a good kid!
Hey...
What are you laughing for?
Nothing.
That's why I assigned you to him.
You totally think I'm soft and stuff.
Don't let it bother you.
All of it, even the meticulous suspicions, is just to play it safe.
Sit.
Stay cool. You're just dealing with a brat...
No, dealing with an animal?
He totally looks human, but he's an animal?
I made a fool of myself when I didn't need to!
It's stupid getting angry and stuff, so...
I mean, you depended on me for all this time!
What do you mean I scare you?!
Use your words!
I'm not scared of you!
Eh?
You scare me, because you're going to break.
That's what Karoku said...
Karoku?
Well, whatever.
Go on.
I'd get you caught up in the scary things that happen around me,
so he said, let's say goodbye to you to keep you from being broken.
That it would be better to tell you I didn't need you.
You couldn't even find him when you wanted to see him.
How are you saying you talked to him?
Earlier... Before I woke up...
Don't tell me... Is he saying it was in his dreams?
Stinking little animal!
...he said, let's say goodbye to you to keep you from being broken.
That it would be better to tell you I didn't need you.
Now that I think about it, he's a real character.
It stinks of hypocrisy.
I know I asked this before, but what's Karoku to you?
- I was with Karoku for a long time... - I heard that already!
Then, how long were you with him?
Forever...
Specifically?
Does he not know?
Then, did you tell Karoku about me?
That I'm with you...
That's all?
Then why did Karoku try to push me away?
You could even read malice into those words.
Besides, if they can talk to each other, why leave him on his own?
Or rather, how do they talk?
If that's how it was triggered, his tastes are pretty twisted.
Hmm.
My image of him has started to change quite a bit.
Karoku...
And he's picking a fight with me to boot?
Gareki?
Anyway, sorry about that.
For hearing you wrong.
I don't really hate you or anything.
Besides, I have no plans whatsoever to break
and I want to meet Karoku now, too.
Okay!
You'll be examined at the Research Tower now.
He won't be subjected to human experimentation or anything
because he's an animal and not human, will he?
The Healer will be with you.
If you think there's any danger of that, scream and beg him to help.
What? What kind of advice is that?
Yogi, take care of these two.
Yes, Sir.
Um, what about you and Tsukumo?
Summoned to the Round Table of Z?
Why didn't they transfer him to the Research Tower immediately anyway?
They're probably being cautious,
so they can find out more about the owner of the bracelet.
The usual tedium.
We'll find out when we get there.
Fly high!
Woohoo!
Oh, Tsukumo, my senior!
It has been a long time.
Have you gained a little weight?
Now, now...
With all the companies we suspect of cooperating with Kafka,
not only have they kept any evidence from falling into our hands,
but the number of Varugas, which was once in decline, is on the rise again.
They stole the research on evolution that we banned and deemed taboo,
and are still carrying it out.
We must protect countless lives
from the mistake of our former brethren.
And Hirato, regarding Nai, the boy the Healer reported to us about...
No physical abnormalities were found, in your blood or otherwise.
Nothing's wrong with you, except for your personality.
Then I'm taking these off already.
Good of you to put up with this.
A room's been prepared for you, so go get some rest.
That reminds me, where's Yogi?
Beats me. He'd disappeared before I knew it.
- What? I'd thought to ask him to show you to your room, but... - Is it just you guys here?
- Is it? - He's a hopeless case.
What are you doing?
- D-Dr. Akari... - You better be changing the patch every day.
Allergies are nothing to be trifled with.
Yes, Sir.
If you're neglectful again,
it won't be remedied with a simple treatment like last time.
Uh... Uh, um...
I'll do my best!
It's like where I used to live with Karoku.
How?
Like around there.
What was it like where you used to live, Gareki?
Like a filthy dump.
Living in a nasty place with nasty people,
I won't forget my anger towards those bastards.
It's all right. I haven't forgotten.
But...
Ever since I met you,
I feel like I've been looking at nothing but pretty things.
I don't want to look at too much of that stuff and learn to think pretty thoughts,
and grow up and forget,
so that I'm the only one to find relief.
But what if I'd subconsciously wanted to get out?
If keeping Nai company is serving as my escape...
Should I go back?
Gareki.
If pretty things look pretty to you, it means that your eyes...
...are pretty, too, right?
Gareki, what's wrong?
It's all right. That pissed me off pretty good.
I'm still plenty nasty.
Gare... ki...
His internal formative pattern closely resembles that of Varugas,
but Nai's human and Niji cells have miraculously merged to coexist,
making him a new species.
Whoever created Nai is undoubtedly a genius... in my mind.
In that case, dissect him immediately and unravel every detail about him!
Tsukumo.
Sit down.
I cannot agree to what you have ordered.
What?
If we dissect him, a vast amount of data will be lost to us, unknown.
I cannot allow us to rashly part with such a complete specimen.
These are snacks sent over by the Healer.
Yay!
Being tamed with damn food...
Aren't you just being used?
That's not true!
Nai said of his own will that he'd go.
Rainbow Forest?
It is the place where we believe you used to live.
If we go there, we might be able to learn something.
Both about you and about Mr. Karoku.
If you want to leave without cooperating with us,
I'll make sure to be sound asleep tonight.
I'll... go.
I want to become able to properly understand what Karoku was saying.
And besides,
I want to become better at understanding what all of you are thinking, too.
It's so admirable of Nai, don't you think?
Knock it off already.
Hurry up and get us going!
- And now, launching to Rainbow Forest! - Launching? Launching what?
Uh, well...
Taking off.
Rainbow Forest's unique ecosystem gives rise to electromagnetic waves
that impact visible light,
so it's a peculiar region that produces unnatural rainbows and mirages.
The electromagnetic waves cause comm units and such to malfunction,
so the only means of conducting a search is sound.
That is what they say.
That's why, as a former creature of that place, Nai is sensitive to sound.
Approximately one hour...
He's been advancing through this nondescript terrain
without any hesitation, but...
A mirage?!
Let's go.
Only the house is burned.
This wasn't of natural causes.
Look into it.
Yes, Sir!
This didn't show up in the aerial photos of this forest.
Without Nai, it would be impossible to get here.
Someone who is not normal came to erase evidence.
Nai, cheer up.
There's also the place I was at for a long time.
- What? - Where?
Here.
A cave?
Get down!
Possessors?!
Are you guys after Nai again?
Fighting is seriously scary, because there's no margin for error, but...
When the time comes, you just gotta bring it!
Oh!
Nai!
What?
Oh, no!
Gareki!
What?!
Be my reason
Subete ga ima
Be my power, future
Ugokidasu
Be my reason
Kimi no soba de
Be my power, future
Kanjou no namae nante
Iidaseba kiri ga nai kedo
Kimi no me ga sakebu no nara
Honnou de kikiwakeru
Trust tsukimatou
Trash soko ni aru hikari mo yami mo
Tsunagari-dasu piisu no you ni
Riyuu ga aru kara
Guuzen demo nariyuki demo
Shinjitai deai ni kawatteku
Kokoro no ondo ga sukoshi-zutsu agaru ne
Misekake ja nai kakehiki mo nai
Hontou no jibun no mama de
Eranda basho ni tatteru koto
Kimi ni tsutaetai yo
Be my reason
Kimi no soba de
Be my power, future
Circus
Hey, what's this about you being an animal?
Uh...
You look totally human.
Don't tell me... Can you transform and stuff?
- What? - Do it! Transform! I'm curious to see. Hurry up!
Wah! What do you mean, transform?!
Episode 4 Evening Swallow