Let's gather up the tears and give them back to the night sky
Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust
On nights when I've stopped knowing whether or not I'm alive
I get swallowed up by the starless night sky
"Don't disappear, light!" my uncertain heart cries out
I just want to see you!
Sprinting with all my might through illusions, delusions, daydreams
A miracle wakes all throughout my body
Don't forget, you're not alone
We're always just a dreamer
Take love, get all love, get back love in our hands
Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust
What kind of tomorrow shall I dream about tonight?
Ten o'clock?
Hey, do you smell something?
What?
You're right. It smells kinda nice.
Exactly ten o'clock, just what you'd expect from such a reputation.
Poor thing,
closed up in a dim place like this.
Vincent Van Gogh Sunflowers
I'll get you out soon,
to the sunny places you love.
That hurt!
Don't hang your jaw open like an idiot!
But there's nothing to do.
There haven't been any jobs since that time with Miss Madoka, huh?
That's why we're handing out flyers to get jobs!
Come on, you hurry up and make a flyer too!
I don't think anything'll come of something like this though.
Shut up!
You look like you've got time on your hands.
Shido!
What's the matter?
Did the recovery service go out of business?
You monkey trainer! What did you come here to do?!
This is a cafe, isn't it? A customer can't come inside?
What about it, Master?
No, if they're a customer anyone's welcome.
However, no tabs allowed. Pay in cash.
Hey, monkey trainer...
That thing about you being a Maryuudo descendant, is that true?
What if it is?
Don't give me that.
You're at Madoka's place now, aren't you?
Do you want to get Madoka involved?
If the group that was after you before sniffs out your whereabouts...
Since when did you have the right to lecture me about it?
I'll deal with my problems myself.
I'll protect Madoka,
even if it takes my life.
Hi there, you two!
Oh, Miss Hevn!
Hey, Hevn! Is it a job?
Something like that.
Oh, Shido too!
Thanks, you came just like I asked.
If I'm called, I come. It's a job, isn't it?
What? You... you were called?
What do you mean, job?
What, you didn't know?
He started a recovery service.
See, yesterday I couldn't get ahold of you guys because you were
passing out flyers or something, so I asked him right away,
and it turns out he's pretty good!
The client was very satisfied, you know?
It was really a big help!
Wow, really...
Is... is that so? A recovery service, huh?
I mean, you jerk! Are you pickin' a fight?!
But that means we're competitors! What's this about?!
I thought I'd pay Madoka rent.
What? It's not okay for me to do a recovery service?
Of course it's not! Let's take this outside!
Oh, the clients.
Hello, I'm Ban Midou of the original recovery service.
Pleased to meet you!
So, well then, shall we begin?
I'll make the introductions.
This is Mr. Hachisu, an art dealer at Takaoka Department Store
who appraises and also buys and sells fine art.
Pleased to meet you.
And this is the curator of the Takaoka Department Store's galleries,
Mr. Abukawa.
I'm Abukawa.
Wow, Mr. Hachi and Mr. Abu, huh?
They kinda sound like names you could get stung by, don't they?
So, the assignment is?
This.
Wow, it's a pretty painting.
Mr. Abu, did you paint this?
No!
That is "Sunflowers." It's a Van Gogh painting.
Van Gogh?
Vincent Van Gogh, he's a painter from more than a hundred years ago,
one of the most famous post-impressionists in the world.
Because of his energetic passion towards his paintings and his style,
he's known as the Painter of Fire.
Wow, I've heard of him, but...
He's a painter famous enough for you to have heard of him,
but while he was alive he only sold one painting.
While still unrecognized by the world,
in 1890 he committed suicide with a pistol.
This "Sunflowers" series is said to be his masterpiece.
Wow, this is a surprise! Ban, you know a lot about paintings.
Shut up.
Van Gogh painted twelve "Sunflowers" in all.
But this one...
Have you noticed?
This is not any of those twelve.
It's newly discovered.
It's the thirteenth "Sunflowers."
The thirteenth "Sunflowers"?!
There's no mistake?
This is the result of my own careful appraisal
after purchasing it through a certain route.
I am convinced that it is the real thing.
If we were to price it, it would be billions... No, tens of billions.
It's certainly the find of the century.
I thought this "Sunflowers" ought to be exhibited to the public,
so I had been secretly making preparations,
but the other day, right before the press announcement, it was stolen.
We know who stole it, as well as its approximate whereabouts.
We'd like to have you, the recovery service,
go there and regain this thirteenth "Sunflowers" for us.
We don't want this to be widely known.
Please, keep it secret from the police.
So, who's this criminal you are talking about?
Number SX-28 on the Metropolitan Police's Department's list of major criminals,
the figure known as Clayman.
Clayman?
Clayman is a mysterious thief who specializes in paintings, you see.
It seems those villains have engaged a recovery service.
A recovery service?
What's this? Do you have a hunch about who they are?
Sort of.
If it is them, they could be a little bit tough, Clayman.
If that happens, I'll have you lend me your assistance again,
Miss Himiko.
Could the people you're talking about be the Get Backers?
I've heard rumors about them.
As I recall, they're a two-person team.
A man who uses a technique called the Jagan,
and someone who can generate electricity.
Ban Midou and Ginji Amano...
They look like idiots at first, but they're quite good.
Well, well. For them to catch your eye, they must be quite something.
Ban Midou is the one who caught on to the "Sunflowers," isn't he?
This will be interesting.
I don't know what you intend to do,
but my job was to transport the "Sunflowers" here.
Numbing the guards with timed perfume was only something I did for you as a bonus.
The fact that you were tailed was your blunder.
It has nothing to do with me.
Really? Your work was truly masterly, you know.
If you teamed up with me and built up experience,
I'm certain you could become a brilliant art thief.
I'll pass.
Whatever it may look like, I take pride in my transport service work.
Is that right? I understand.
I'd like to have you place that pride on the line
and transport the "Sunflowers" to my gallery.
That should be all right, shouldn't it?
That's fine, but before that, one thing.
What would that be?
The thirteenth painting that isn't supposed to exist coming to light now...
I really can't believe it could be the real thing.
The truth: is it?
It is real, and no mistake.
Quiet your mind. Fix your eyes on it.
If you do that, you'll know.
True art has the power to grab hold of your heart.
There's no need for futile explanations.
I don't know much about painting,
but it's kind of a strange feeling.
Like a heat in my chest,
but like it brings me peace.
It's sort of...
It seems like you've got a pretty good eye.
But the true value of this painting can't be understood here.
The "Sunflowers" we've gone to so much trouble for
can't shine brightly enough in this place.
If we don't take him to a brighter, a sunnier place...
I'm out.
I don't feel like doing this one.
Shido?
Hey, Shido?!
Set your mind at ease.
We Get Backers will take on this job.
Oh, will you? I'm glad.
For our part, we'll pay an ample fee.
How is one million, no, two million yen?
Two million?! B-B-B-Ban!
Well, then, we'll say we have a deal.
Yay! Two million!
Sir, we must be getting back.
Whoops, is it that time already?
Wow! That's cool! It's shiny!
Oh, no, it's not so much.
It's a nineteenth-century piece,
but really it was inexpensive, just two million and change.
What?! This was two million too?!
Oh, for the... What are you doing?
Say, Ban, were there electric watches in the nineteenth century?
What?
No, this is hand-wound.
It's weird, huh? Just now, I swear it went bzzzt.
Ban?!
Hey, what are you...
This is a fake.
Inside, it's a bug.
Ginji reacted to its radio waves.
But that's...
He's playing cheap tricks.
Hey! Are you listening, you little sneak thief bastard?!
We Get Backers are coming to break in there
so say your prayers and wait for us!
Bring it on, Ban.
This is fine. I owe those guys one after all.
I'll do you a favor and stick it through with you.
I'm relying on you, Lady Poison.
And I'm looking forward to meeting you, Ban Midou.
Himiko Kudou
Ban Midou
Hey there.
Kazuki?
Is it really okay for you to pass up a job that easily?
It sounds like the fee is two million.
Eavesdropping with threads again?
You see, I was interested in your relationship with them from here on out,
particularly in that man Ban Midou.
In why Mr. Ginji wants to be close to him,
and why even you start to deliberately draw near to him.
Let's get this straight, I'm not...
So, my question from before.
I think you already know.
That the "Sunflowers" is a fake?
No matter how you look at it.
Not asking the police to help is odd too.
There's obviously something behind it.
But then why do you suppose Mr. Ginji and company took it on?
Mr. Ginji was raised in the Limitless Fortress.
He should know the way villains work.
And I can't believe that Ban Midou wouldn't catch on to that something behind it.
How should I know?
It's probably money anyway, isn't it?
Now then...
Shall I continue my watching a little longer?
That's Clayman's safe house.
What is it, Ban?
What?
Miss Hevn even said so too.
This job seems like it's got something behind it, so we could pass if we wanted.
Plus, if this were like usual we'd break in with a fast attack.
Doing surveillance in a place like this...
It's just not like you, Ban.
Ginji, do you know what kind of a guy Clayman is?
He's some kind of mysterious thief who specializes in masterpieces, right?
Clayman is his trade name in the underworld.
His nationality, his real name, his gender...
Everything about the guy is a mystery.
What's more, every masterpiece this guy's stolen
was something that's been plagued by rumors that it was fake.
This thirteenth "Sunflowers" has to be a fake too, but...
The moment I looked at that photo,
I sensed something that a mere fake doesn't have.
Doesn't it make you curious, Ginji? The truth about that painting?
Well, I don't really get the complicated stuff, but...
God, you're so hopeless.
Oooh, and you're really doing this because you just have to know yourself!
It's not like that.
Hey, Ban, don't you smell something?
I wonder what it is? I feel like I've smelled it somewhere before.
Don't breathe it in, Ginji!
You idiot! Stop it, Ginji!
Damn! Regression perfume! Which means...
Himiko!
What? What was I...
It was regression perfume! Himiko is with the enemy!
We're going!
Ban, wait!
You're a fool to think you can get away from my Ladybug in a Jeep.
Ban?! Don't underestimate me!
Himiko!
It's no use! The door broke and it won't open!
Get out of the way!
Hey, Himiko! Are you...
Ban?
What is this feeling?
It was definitely Himiko driving the Jeep.
There was absolutely no time for her to switch with anyone.
Damn! It's like I'm having a bad dream or something!
This is... This is just like...
A Jagan!
Ban, from now on you will shoulder many misfortunes.
You alone carry the Serpent Bearer in your right hand,
and have inherited my ill-omened eyes.
Ban! Ban!
Let's go, Ban!
Right!
That's right, that shouldn't be possible.
The Jagan is what I inherited from that damn hag,
the eyes that don't occur in this world.
Ban, that thing just now, was it...
It can't be a Jagan!
You can only use that when your eyes meet with your opponent's.
You should know that too!
But if that Clayman guy was someone
who could use the same power without making eye contact...
Both of them look totally mystified.
It's only natural.
Their own trump card has been played on them by their enemy.
That's probably what they're thinking.
You think up some interesting things.
As do you. I'd almost call your technique an art.
Something like that has nothing to do with art.
It's mere subterfuge,
but...
They don't seem as if they'll give up after a little thing like that.
Well, if they did, we'd be in trouble.
Now, to the place I told you about.
Ban!
Here we go!
Minato Amusement Park
House of Mirrors
Don't stand there staring. Let's go.
Right.
What is this?!
Ban! The reflections!
Are you telling me this is a Jagan?!
If it's a Jagan, it can't be used twice on the same person in 24 hours.
What the hell is...
Hey, Gin...
Ginji!
Ban...
Ginji! Sheesh, you surprised me, you jer...
Ban? Ban!
Jeez, where did he go?
Ba...
Ban?!
Ginji...
Ban, why?
It's Himiko's puppet perfume. Right now, I'm her marionette.
I can't do anything under my own will.
You're kidding! What should I do then?
Shock me. Hit me as hard as you can!
That's the only way!
But...
Hurry! Do you want to make me kill you?!
Shoot! GINJI!
DAMMIT!
Ban...
Oh! Ban! I'm so glad you're okay!
You must be used to it, huh?
Who would get used to it?!
So where are we?
It looks like you're awake.
Himiko!
Aren't you all trussed up nicely, Ban?
I wonder?
We can't have you underestimating us too much, Himiko.
Now, what are you trying to do?
Bringing us to a place like this?
I invited you here.
I thought I'd have you two look over the many masterpieces I've collected, you see.
The masterworks of the greats from East and West, past and present.
Don't screw around with us.
How are you saying you could gather that many masterpieces, eh?
Oh, I get it, you're in league with that Hachisu jerk, aren't you?
You steal the insured fakes,
and Hachisu swindles their insurance money out of the company.
That's about the size of it, isn't it?
An interesting conjecture.
Would you like to see with your own eyes
whether or not this "Sunflowers" is a fake?
Ban, is this... Is this really a fake?
I... I don't know how to put it, but...
True art doesn't need words.
YOU should recognize it.
Van Gogh's passion! His soul!
What is this? What is this power?!
You aren't saying this is real?
It couldn't be. It couldn't!
Very soon, you'll be able to get out
to the sunny places you love.
I can't yet crack open the glasswork deep in my heart
I believe only in you
I feel the refrain
The well-trod distance to the train station
And the vending machine I leaned on, unable to go home
You're nowhere to be found
My heart can't be honest
Where in the world are you?
I keep searching for you over and over
I can't yet crack open the glasswork deep in my heart
I believe only in you
I feel the refrain
I never thought we'd meet Himiko in a place like this.
Me, either. And to top it off she went and pushed trouble onto us.
But you must've noticed that this assignment had something behind it, Ban.
They sure don't think very much of us.
I'm going to settle this once and for all!
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