musuu no yume kanaeteru you na
genjitsumi nado nai kotoba
soko ni yadoru mirai no katachi
kasuka ni kagayaita hitomi ni
guuzen mitai ni surechigau hibi tadotta
deai ga hajimaru nani ka o madowasu kigen
unmei ga waratte iru no? kikoeru
kousa suru kietsu to itami
ano hi tsugerareta koe ni kasumeru
hyouri no tsuyosa o kakaeta
ima wa tokenai wake o himo toite
kaneta negai no sono saki e habataku
Would you want to, you know...
...go out with me?
Okay!
"Overture, Part 2"
Wow...
Junko, going out with our grade's biggest hunk!
Yukio Hamaguchi has good taste, though.
He totally ignored all the annoying girls who went after him.
Junko's practically shining!
Yeah, she had given it up as a hopeless crush.
What do you want to do? Want to visit Joshi Park?
Didn't you say they sell great ice cream there?
Yeah, I'd like some!
Oh, you're wearing it!
I know I should wear it when I'm dressed nicer,
but I just couldn't wait...
I hope you like it. I wasn't really sure if you would or not.
I do. It's really pretty!
But it must've been expensive...
Oh, I guess I kind of went overboard,
but all that matters is that you like it!
Thanks. I'll treasure it.
Oh, the light.
Mm!
A single flower quietly bloomed in the shade of a tree, out of harm's way
At some point the lie that it lived there transformed into a truth
Oh, I hope to be reborn
If the light of the future is deep inside your heart
then let me get a little closer
because I want to reach down there and rescue you
If you're worried you'll forget, then I'll connect our memories
Thanks.
I had a great time!
This place is actually pretty fun, huh?
one by one
Let's come again sometime!
Sure, but next time let's make it a real date instead of just a side trip.
Yeah!
Reborn on this vast earth (living again)
- Is this Saturday okay?
- Not a problem. - Is this Saturday okay?
Reborn on this vast earth (living again)
- And Sunday?
- Not a problem. - And Sunday?
Okay! Then the week after that, too!
whenever you feel like you're being buried or about to lose sight of things
Okay.
Gonna be so busy!
Summer break's coming up, then there's winter break, Christmas...
- You're in a real rush!
- They're just around the corner! - You're in a real rush!
down to the tips of those leaf veins (breathe)
I hope we stay together forever, Hamaguchi-kun.
We will.
bathe in the light and feel this breathing
I plan on it.
Mm.
Because no one yet knows
if the conclusion we'll reach is true or not
Junko...
Do you consider that proper for a high school student?! It's disgraceful!
I haven't done anything disgraceful!
It is disgraceful! Going there after school and...
You're not allowed to see that creep ever again!
Hamaguchi-kun is not a creep!
It's obscene, parading around with a girl while in a school uniform!
How can you say that?! You don't know anything about him!
- Stop!
- Let go! - Stop!
Junko!
There's no information on the Denizen to be had from this.
It seems Junko Ogami was devoured before she realized it after all.
Yukio Hamaguchi said he met someone.
It's possible he was the Denizen...
- Umm...
- Huh? - Umm...
Sorry. I'll be just a minute.
Okay.
Excuse me. Do you have a minute?
I'm a photographer.
I've been looking for a model like you.
I'd like to photograph you, if you don't mind.
Huh?
I'd very much like to put a handsome boy like you on film.
- Very much.
- I'm with someone, though... - Very much.
Just until your companion returns, then.
He looks weird, but he seems legit.
Guess it's okay until Junko comes back...
Okay, just a little bit.
Thank you.
Good. Very good.
Thank you. I was able to get some wonderful photographs.
Are these photos going to be in a magazine or something?
Why, yes.
What's the magazine's name?
Never mind that. Could you model again for me tomorrow?
But not in that uniform, something more handsome...
If you agree to it, then I'll give you prints of these photographs
and the next set as well.
- Plus a little compensation.
- Really?! - Plus a little compensation.
Oh, but I have school. Next Saturday would be better...
That will be fine. Be sure to come next Saturday, then.
And then when he saw Junko Ogami after that...
...she was already a Torch.
He fits the place and time to be the Denizen.
The combination of a Crimson Denizen and photographs is odd, though.
There was once a Denizen that lived solely to paint
and left behind a skilled pupil.
It would not be surprising for there to be one that loves photographs.
Mm.
But I don't understand why only Junko Ogami was devoured
while Yukio Hamaguchi was left unscathed.
That American Torch is also a mystery.
At any rate, tomorrow you should meet with Yukio Hamaguchi
and this so-called photographer to learn more.
This has nothing to do with the Denizen.
Junko.
Wait.
You should wear this if you're going to see Hamaguchi-kun!
- Shall we go?
- Yeah. - Shall we go?
I feel really good.
Say, I should have that photographer get a shot of us together!
I know there's a Denizen in this city, but it's still staying inactive.
I'm sure it senses me, but there's no sign that it intends to fight
or that it's devoured any more humans.
Just what is it up to?
What?
Oh, no, you just have this serious look on your face.
I thought maybe you weren't having fun...
Fun?
You said you wanted to meet the photographer...
Have you changed your mind? If so, I can go by myself...
No, I haven't.
Really?
I have to act normal.
What would Junko Ogami have done?
How would she have cheered up Yukio Hamaguchi?
Oh?
Isn't that?
My mother repaired it.
Oh, you made up. I'm glad.
Time to slay the Denizen...
Let's see... Not here yet?
- You mean the aforementioned photographer?
- Aforementioned? - You mean the aforementioned photographer?
Yeah.
He showed up out of the blue last time.
But this was the spot. Let's wait for a little bit.
Mm.
Was I spacing out far from here?
Don't be silly. It was right there.
Nearby. 15 or 16 meters, at most.
- I'll get us something to drink. What do you...
- A beverage with a fruit juice in its name. - I'll get us something to drink. What do you...
One that has sweetener and very little sourness.
Huh? What?
A sweet fruit juice.
Okay. Just a minute.
What do you think, Alastor?
Mm. If the photographer is the Denizen, then, given this close distance,
Yukio Hamaguchi was surely inside the Seal too when it devoured her.
The question is why didn't it devour both of them...
This opponent's a tough one, all right.
A person's desires can take infinite shapes.
Denizens that can freely evince those shapes are all the more varied.
Do you think it'll come? I don't sense anything at all...
- Yukio Hamaguchi is gone!
- What?! - Yukio Hamaguchi is gone!
How?! I only looked away for a few seconds!
No human could do this. In which case...
"Stack yard" "No trespassing" "Joshi Park Reconstruction"
No question about it! A Crimson Denizen!
How amateurish, leaving behind such an awful trail!
But I didn't sense anything, despite it being so near!
It must be a very low-level Denizen.
To think that it would dare to abduct someone in front of a Flame Haze...
Damn.
I'm such a fool.
- In there!
- A vehicle?! - In there!
Why is it acting so simple-minded?!
We can ask questions later!
A Seal?!
What are these?
It's "Flame-haired, Burning-eyed"...
Damn, she's beautiful...
Who are you?! What are you doing here?
And the actual Flame of the Heavens, the Crimson God.
I'll tell you. These all belong to me...
...the great "Costumed Player" Ukobach.
Ukobach?
I've not heard of you.
These are... These are models for the form I will someday take.
Manifestation of one's true nature is rare these days.
Th-This is not the form I desire.
I am studying the forms of those I've gathered here
to create the most beautiful form for myself someday.
To create a satisfying form...
You've been capturing humans for that?
To create an outward appearance that doesn't reflect your inner nature?
That's right. Someday I will. Someday it will happen.
No, it won't. You're weak.
What?!
You caught me off guard
because your power of existence, as evidenced by your emotion and lust,
was so miniscule that you blended in with the ordinary humans.
You're weak.
Even if you create the form you want, you'd be too weak to maintain it.
And you know it.
Even so, one who clings to "someday" can only grow smaller and weaker.
It's no use. Such cheap tricks don't work on the Nietono no Shana.
Now return to the Crimson World.
A Denizen like you will accomplish nothing in this world;
you'll only cause harm.
Recognize this one?
He isn't dead. He's still alive.
My Atalanta Treasure captures people.
It confines them. That's all it can do.
So?
All of them. They all continue to live. They just can't move.
They continue to live?
Then the man that was found after ten years...
He got old and dirty, so I devoured him and threw him away.
To think I was discovered because I left him a little power of existence...
How unlucky.
Was it wrong of me to make this one dress up before I took him?
Or was devouring the girl who got in the way of my photo shoot wrong too?
Don't move. They're still alive.
Do you honestly think a Flame Haze cares about hostages?
No, don't you understand?
Imagine how much of a disturbance
devouring this many living humans would create.
Don't move!
I'm going to display you as a monument of my victory.
Take this!
Huh? Where'd she go?
The confined humans remain unchanged.
Not destroying the Treasure was a wise decision.
Not good. We're in a moving vehicle. You must stop it.
Urgh! It's a nuisance to the very end!
Oh.
It's already this late.
I wonder how Junko's doing...
I suppose she's at that age now.
I wonder if he'd come if I invite him for tea.
Getting to know him now wouldn't be a bad idea, either.
Because someday...
I'm getting ahead of myself.
Can anyone here speak Spanish? No, err, Brazilian?
- This one's an Italian!
- Hydrate him! Anything will do! - This one's an Italian!
What's going on? What happened to me?
Junko...
Yeah, I was with Junko.
Where is she?!
That's a relief. She's all right.
Junko?
Goodbye.
Huh? Junko?
I hope we stay together forever, Hamaguchi-kun.
What's... Why am I holding this?
Huh?
Why am I?
What's wrong? Are you in pain?
This latest Denizen was a simple opponent.
Yes. But the way it blended in with people was troublesome.
I am sure that your wanderings will someday lead you
to someone who will accept you just as you are.
I think that would just be bothersome.
I hope I'll get to fight something tougher next time, like a Crimson Lord.
Mm.
Oto...
And beyond it, Misaki...
yuzurenakatta omoi idaki
sore demo koko made aruite kita
susumete nai you de toki no nami ni hakobareta
negai ni sukoshi fureta
tooi kioku o tadoru
"kou ja nakatta" koto de kagayaiteta ki ga shite
mabushikatta ano hi o koe
ima koko ni iru
owari toka hajimari toka doko demo nai kono basho de
kore kara bokura
mata aruki arata na yume mitsuke dasu koto darou
And then, here in Misaki City, we met.
We went on to have numerous intense battles...
...and many other things as well.
...Until we parted ways on that day.
We'll meet again...
...Yuji!