What should I do?
Oh, he's up. Tohru's up!
Castaway: The Other World
Big sister, he woke up!
All right, I'll be right there!
You're...
We don't need introductions, right? How are you feeling?
Tohru Kazasumi...
That's right, isn't it?
Hey, did you cut your hair?
I guess I wanted to try something different.
Those are weird clothes!
But it looks cool!
Thanks.
Tohru, Tohru... Ma-chan and the others were snacking on the food in the fields!
Come on! It was just one tomato!
It's not good to snack when you're working.
You should make sure to apologize.
Big sister was scolding him earlier!
We're here. This is it.
This is our home.
Welcome to the hideout of Team Bastian.
Thanks for helping to carry stuff.
No, it's the least I could do.
Well, just sit anywhere you like.
Sure...
Since I was in the fields, I have mud all over me.
Hold on a second.
So your side is called the 17th Far East Imperial City Management District.
That sounds like a tongue-twister.
Where is this?
The same place. What used to be Japan.
It's called Frontier Stratos.
And the kids?
Those are the kids we live with. They're orphans.
Tohru, I mean, our Tohru, brings them in from all over the place.
He does?
He lost his parents early in life, so they probably remind him of himself.
I see...
Remy...
What's wrong?
Well, um... uh...
You've never seen them?
I haven't!
Why didn't you shoot me?
You're right. Why didn't I?
It's true that I wanted to talk to you some time.
If I wasn't in the middle of battle, I'd never want to kill anybody.
Me too, yeah...
Okay, you can turn around.
Tohru Kazasumi from the 17th Something Management District.
When I saw you talking to those kids, I thought to myself, "Tohru is Tohru, after all."
But if Tohru, my Tohru, was here right now, I don't think he'd hesitate to shoot you.
I'm sure you're right.
Even if it was the me from your side.
All right, we're going to step out for a bit, so hold down the fort and take care of them, okay?
Got it!
Going on a date with big brother Tohru?
Are you jealous?
That's so nice! I want to go, too!
Nope. You have to stay home.
No choice, huh?
I wonder if this is cheating?
Take care!
You said "take care of them"... do you have someone who's sick?
Well, not right now. There's someone that got a bit injured.
Don't worry, it's not any of the children.
What?
We're supposed to be enemies, right?
But we're worried about illness and injuries.
Is that strange?
Nope, it's not strange at all.
It's Tohru after all. You would have traits like that.
It's not strange, not strange at all.
Wait, when I came here, this place was...
At full tide, the seawater flows in all the way up to this area.
As time passes the scenery changes, huh?
The world I was in, and this world... maybe they were both originally the same place.
That's kind of romantic.
That guy... Tohru from this side... aren't you worried about him?
From the sound of it, he got sent to your— what was it?— Management District.
I don't know, but that's the feeling I get.
Well, if you're all right, I'm sure he's all right, too.
Just a guess, though.
You have faith in him.
He's my lover, after all.
Um, can you keep stuff like that between you and the other me?
Since we don't know when he'll come back,
it's probably better for you if you aren't at the hideout.
Come on, let's go!
You want to know more about our side, don't you?
Every building is in ruins.
About 100 years ago, all sorts of things like war and earthquakes happened.
The country called Japan ceased to exist.
We had something similar happen to us.
There are places here and there that are still in some semblance of working order,
but most places look like this.
What about the government?
There are things like village assemblies
where the survivors gather together and try to make do.
I see.
But in order to survive around here, in the end you have to form small groups,
and somehow get by with what you have.
And that's what Bastian is?
Yup. That's our team, and Tohru is the leader.
We're kind of like a local police force.
But as you can see, it's basically an orphanage.
You don't receive any foreign aid?
Frontier is pretty much isolated.
We're self-sufficient, too.
We farm and we fish. Sometimes we go hunting, too.
It must be tough.
It's been like this ever since I was born, so I'm used to it.
But everyone looks so alive.
It's so different from our world where corporations regulate our lives.
Does it look that way to you?
Yeah.
We do have authorization from the UN to rule ourselves.
I heard our clan was in the center of it, and there was a fierce debate.
Clan?
Yeah, the Katagiri Clan. It doesn't exist on your side?
Yeah.
I wonder what Big Brother would've said if he'd heard that.
That's right. The Kyohma on this side was...
Forget I said anything! Just forget it!
Let's not talk about battles and stuff!
But still... I'm sorry.
Don't apologize!
Umm...
Sorry.
Geez!
I feel like I'm here with the old Tohru.
Huh?
What's wrong?
This looks familiar. There's probably a tree like this on our side, too.
I see... so it looks different, but there are parts that are still the same.
Yeah.
By the way, about earlier...
In the photo frame, well,
there was a picture of me from your side and Remy where they look like friends.
Does he live with you guys?
Actually...
There's something I want to show you.
Tohru's responses have completely disappeared.
Not only from the present,
but it seems he hasn't been transported to Japan in 2015, either.
I want a thoroughly detailed analysis of the logs from when he disappeared.
We're already on it!
Hurry. This may perhaps be a possibility.
So their facilities are similar to our lab...
Their security is sparse.
You again?
Don't believe the Timekeepers.
I don't believe them.
But, that doesn't mean that I have any reason to believe you, either.
Your voice, to me, is the same as the Timekeepers.
It's meaningless noise with nothing to back it up.
The lack of quality security is the same, too.
Degradation Remy Odhner
We're here.
What's this?
Remy was one of us, too.
I think he came roughly three years ago...
He was with us for only a short time, but he's a part of our family.
He died in battle, I assume?
Nope.
He wasn't very physically strong to begin with, but he succumbed to an illness.
Tohru went to get some medicine, but he didn't get back in time.
It was just so sudden.
He was a very shy boy, but had opened up to Tohru, so it seemed like they were brothers.
I see.
I think it was around the time that Tohru stopped smiling as much.
This is a place where the children who died before they could grow up are laid to rest.
You just said that the people here looked so alive, but...
But in this world where power is everything, children who have no parents—
no, even with parents, it's very hard to live in a world like this.
So he was trying to protect his family.
Wherever you go in Frontier, it's like this.
There are fewer doctors now than there used to be, too.
We don't have nearly enough.
But, since Tohru and I started joining the missions, life has gotten so much easier.
We started getting food rations, and we got medical facilities, too.
I'm sorry. I was the one that said we should stop talking about this.
Thanks. You're so kind.
That's not true.
You're so kind, Tohru.
You're so kind...
Those that don't help out won't get any dinner!
Let's go!
Wait up!
He doesn't smile at all anymore.
He pretends to act cheerful in front of the children, but his heart is completely withered.
He always looks like he's in a lot of pain.
Kyoka...
Right.
When he says my name, he sounds just like that, as if it was difficult to say.
Hey, am I helping you like I should be?
Come on, answer me.
You...
You always pestered me when I was trying to be alone,
and called out to me.
But, deep down, I was really happy about it, Kyoka,
that you took notice of someone like me, and had expectations of what I could be.
Can I continue to be at your side from now on?
I would never say no.
Thank you for always being at my... at his side.
I hope you continue to in the future.
You should say things like that to the me on your side.
How can you, of all people, say that?
I mean...
Tohru! Tohru! Can you hear me!
Is that you, Kumi?
Oh, I'm so glad! I finally got through to you!
Are you all right, Tohru?
Well...
Data link establishment confirmed!
I've identified the spacetime coordinates of your current location, Tohru.
I'll transfer you right away!
I'm sorry, Kumi, please give me a little more time!
I don't know when the link will break.
Commencing forced transfer sequence!
Nothing unusual on the biological scans.
Target NDSF detected. Commencing brain-wave tracking.
Kyoka...
It was nice to talk to you, but when I see you next, we'll be enemies.
Anti-tachyon circuits booted. Commencing weak boson propagation.
That may be the case, but...
Chrono potential is stable.
Circuit has reached criticality.
Creation of CP field confirmed.
Time vault, release!
I'll see you again!
Oh man, maybe it would have been better if I hadn't met him.
I wonder if this counts as cheating, too.
Big Brother Tohru!
Remy!
Tohru?
Get away! That's an intruder!
Verification complete. This is not the Tohru Kazasumi from this world.
He is presumed to be an identical individual from another world.
The other Tohru?
Don't move from there.
Caution. Coercive transfer sequence underway.
Materialization coordinates uncertain.
Kyoka!
Kyoka! Kyoka! Kyoka!
Kyoka!
Kumi!
Stop the machine!
No good! Someone's hacked it!
Kyoka!
Damn it, that bastard!
Stop it, Remy!
Shut up! Don't tell me what to do!
Remy!
Dammit! What should we do?
I'll kill him myself!
Open your eyes. Answer me, Kyoka!
There's something I want to tell you.
I want to be together again...
Life signs confirmed.
If we hurry with treatment, we'll make it in time.
Someone, please get a stretcher ready.
We'll transfer her to the emergency treatment room.
Spacetime transfer from another world, and the transfer of an individual from another world to 2015...
We now have the perfect data recorded!
With this, even if we don't have the backing of that stupid kid...
It's useless, Remy. You're only using up your own stamina.
Don't get so friendly with me!
An Energy Cube!
I got a hold of this by killing one of your friends.
I wonder what will happen if I use this on myself?
Stop! If you do that...
I hate you!
Tohru!
Kazasumi!
I don't need any of you!
Dodge!
I'll take everything away from you, Tohru Kazasumi!
Is that... Remy?
This is an absolute mess.
Matsurika!
They're just like flies.
This is what I should have done from the beginning.
That boy used a Cube on himself.
We have to stop him!
I'll assist you!
What's this?
So much power...
We can't get close.
Is that Degradation?
Remy!
This is earlier than planned.
It's incomplete, but I suppose this will do.
Now, this is the beginning...
Dogma needs to live life in a more fun way!
I just want an easy life.
Fun and easy are different!
We're going to break the world apart in a fun way!
You don't have to tell me in these previews...
We'll make it more fun!
We're just all over the place!
REUNITING A BITTER DREAM
Next episode: "Reuniting."
"A Bitter Dream."