Original Concept EIICHI KAMAGATA
Original Story / Screenplay HIDEYUKI KURATA
Original Character Design TARAKU UON
Character Design / Animation Director MASASHI ISHIHAMA
Production Design NORIYUKI ZINGUZI
Art Director EASTER · YATUKUMI Art Conception HIROSHI IZUMI Color Coordinator MAYUMI TANAHASHI
Director of Cinematography KAZUNARI NISHIDA Editing MASANORI SAKAMOTO
Sound Effects MINORU YAMADA Sound Mixer YASUSHI NAGURA
Recording Director HIROMI KIKUTA Music Director TAKASHI KODAMA
Music TAKU IWASAKI
Producer TOMONORI OCHIKOSHI
Animation Producer YUJI MATSUKURA
Director KOJI MASUNARI
Animation Produced by J.C. STAFF
Produced by ANIPLEX INC.
Episode 17 Sweet Home
Anita!
Anita-chan!
Look at me!
It's OK.
We're with you.
Sensei...
Wendy-san...
It's been five years.
The Paper.
Please put out the fire, now!
Why are you doing this?
Why?
Because it's necessary.
For Mr. Joker.
That's not true.
Wendy-san, you're being deceived.
You don't know what Joker-san did.
I'm not being deceived.
I'm here on my own volition.
Are you really Wendy-san?
You haven't changed at all, have you?
Despite five years.
Return the book to us.
The Book of the All Seeing Eyes...
that you took away with you on that day.
Get it!
What is this?
Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?!
Ganging up like that!
Is the British Library a bunch of cowards?!
Stop them, please!
Yomiko-chan!
Sensei!
Please surrender.
That's the most peaceful solution.
I'm not as lenient as Joker-san.
This woman is a traitor to the Special Operations Unit.
Take it!
You can take it!
Don't shoot Yomiko-chan!
Nancy-san.
Coward!
Go back to where you came from!
You call yourself a human being?
What did they do to you?
Return the books!
My books!
Wendy-san...
We're being gassed!
Evacuate!
Drake-san!
Can you move?
Yes!
How many?
Those five over there.
OK.
Let's get out of here.
Yes!
Capture Nancy Makuhari and the others!
Where are they?
We can't see!
Answer us!
Where's The Paper?
Chief!
Follow them!
Yes, ma'am!
It will buy us some time.
But I never imagined I'd run into you here.
Small world.
Really...
Are you OK?
It's only a scratch.
It looks painful...
I'm fine.
It's nothing.
Really?
Yes, really.
Good.
If we're going to move, we should go now.
We need a car.
Ah, Yomiko-chan.
It's been a long time.
Yeah, really, long time no see.
How's your wound?
I'll live.
Are they looking for you?
I'm sorry for causing you trouble.
It's not your fault.
They're crazy.
If you want to escape, I'll help.
Here, take this.
Lucky Charm for Safe Driving
I don't know how to thank you.
Hohrin Bookstore
Don't mention it.
But I wonder why the police aren't coming.
It means they have that much power.
You guys take care, too.
They won't hesitate to do anything.
Hey, Jinbo-cho never gave in to land sharks, politicians, or the war.
This is nothing.
We don't know what the deal is, but we believe in you guys.
This town's like your home.
Come back here when it's all finished.
We'll have lots of books ready and waiting for you by then.
Thanks, you guys.
Thank you so much.
We'll forever be in your debt.
Don't worry about it!
Hurry up.
Let's go.
Does it hurt?
A little.
Just put up with it.
Um, you are...?
Drake.
Thank you for rescuing us, Drake-san.
Where do you know Yomiko-san from?
We're friends.
We have this connection we seem unable to break.
I'm Michelle.
We're Sumiregawa-sensei's bodyguards.
I'm Sumiregawa Nenene.
I've heard about you.
And I about you.
The little one in the back is Anita.
Don't say "little"!
And this is...
Maggie.
Maggi?
Sorry.
Is something wrong?
No, never mind.
Drake-san...
Why did you come to help me?
Because I was requested to.
By whom?
It's confidential.
But I have a message for you.
"Sorry for breaking the promise."
According to the latest news, the government has agreed with the...
United States and China that Kanda, Tokyo...
is to be temporarily placed under special rule.
The district will be treated as a test case...
for various experimental administrations under designated leaders.
Yes, Barcelona, Paris, Hamburg, and Seoul have fallen under our control.
We'll be sending our men to the Strand Bookstore in your country as well.
But I don't understand.
Why bookstore districts?
There are many other places you should be taking over.
Of course we have those places covered as well.
However, Mr. President, our goal is not to gain control by military power.
It's unification by peaceful means.
Control by force is always destined to be overturned by a recalcitrant element.
History proves that.
In order to avoid rebellion and achieve perfect unification...
we need to reconstruct people's knowledge and ideas.
And books are the key to doing so.
Bookstores, libraries, and secondhand bookstore districts...
are the integrated circuit of a nation's wisdom.
To take control of these facilities is indeed the first step...
toward constructing the new era and a new world.
I ask you, a leader of the future world, for your cooperation.
Fine.
All right, do what you think is best.
And I'll take care of the negotiations with other nations' leaders.
I appreciate it.
Joker-san.
I see I'm a little too late.
I'm sorry, sir.
There's no need to apologize.
You're doing a fine job.
I appreciate all your hard work, Wendy-kun.
Wendy-kun?
It's nothing.
I'll take over from here.
Go rest in the car.
Yes, sir.
Who the heck are you?
You owe us an explanation, bastard!
As of now, this town has been placed under martial law.
Huh?
What are you saying?!
Are you crazy?
Damn! What are you doing?!
I suggest we have a discussion in a peaceful manner.
Help...!
I ask for your understanding.
What we want is your happiness.
We're here.
Wait here.
We'll go check it out.
No signs of intruders.
Doesn't seem like there's any traps, either.
It's been six years since I was here last.
No one's living here?
No.
Not since I left.
Just as I thought.
Electricity's been stopped.
Give me a break.
Pitch-dark isn't good.
I'll try and see if the private electric generator still works.
Oh, my.
Incredible.
Here, too.
Sucks...
My mother liked books as well, so...
Yomiko-chan, can I read this?
Yes, you can.
Lots of books I've never even seen before.
I suppose we need to clean.
Part II of that book!
Ugh, in here too.
Bookcases everywhere.
So I used to wonder whenever I went to a friend's house...
why they only had one bookcase.
This house will really make a great hiding place.
We'll never get bored here.
You've got no sense of tension.
Yes, we do.
Not true.
I'll go set up traps around the house just in case.
Stay inside.
Thank you.
What should we do about dinner?
Do we have running water here?
Maybe we should go get it from the convenience store.
Where in this mountain are we going to find one?
There is.
If you go down the road all the way to the national road...
and walk for another 20 minutes or so.
What a weird turn of events.
Who's there?!
Oh, it's you.
I told you not to come out. Go back inside the house.
There's something I want to ask you.
I don't want anybody to hear.
What?
You've known her for a long time, right?
Yomiko?
I already told you.
She...
Is she the one who burned down the British Library?
What makes you think so?
It's not so much as a thought.
When I was standing with my back to the fire in Jinbo-cho...
what I was seeing overlapped with an image...
that's been in my head for a long time.
Can you tell it was the British Library?
No, I can't!
I was surrounded by fire!
Hey, are you OK?
Hey!
Hold on!
I'll...
They were blaming her for having run away by herself.
They said, "Just like that day".
If you know anything about it, tell me.
A girl is a strong creature.
I'm sorry to say so, but I don't know any details.
I was somewhere else when the incident involving the British Library took place.
But...
I've been wondering what happened, too.
You know, she's the biggest fool you'll ever meet.
Fool?
Yeah, no matter how evil a person is...
she can trust, forgive, and come to like that person.
You can't imagine how much trouble she's caused me because of that.
But every mission I had with her left me feeling strangely good.
Why?
I don't know.
Maybe her foolishness is contagious.
That's why I can't help wondering.
If she did destroy the British Library...
If she was so enraged...
What actually happened there?
Joker and Wendy used to be her colleagues.
What happened that changed their relationships like that?
Sorry I can't help you.
It's OK.
But I have to ask her.
There's no way it was a coincidence.
Can you wait until things settle down a bit more?
She's upset in her own way.
You can tell?
Like I said, we have this connection we seem unable to break.
I told you you can't do that!
Why are you trying to steal it?!
Nancy-san!
Give me a hand!
This boy is a thief!
Junior-kun?
What's that?
Junior!
Why?
Please stop it!
She's...
She's your mother!
A nostalgic smell of wind is somewhat lonesome
People think tenderly of the never returning days
The power of time is too big Even if I drift along by myself
I believe in my destination An unchanged place of smile
Even if it's a dream, split in two
Or you'rejust so far away and can't be seen
I'm sure we're strongly connected by our hearts
We'll definitely meet again
Even in the Winter in which I cried
and the Summer in which we laughed together
I could trust in you When I close my eyes
I can feel your warmth from those days