What happens to people when they die?
Where do their souls go?
Nobody knows the truth.
I'm in pain... so much pain...
Who are you?
Save me...
Someone, save me...
Where are you?
I can't get out...
Help me!
I'll help you!
Where are you?
Save me.
The same dream again...
That's not good.
I have to go to the hospital today.
Yasako!
What's wrong?
Aren't you swimming?
No.
You don't feel good today, do you?
What the hell?!
Take this!
Amasawa...
What are you planning to do?
My brother...
couldn't come back here anymore.
His soul, just like his cyberbody,
ended up on "the other side."
Even now.
The other side...
Among kids, apparently there's a spell called "encode" that's pretty popular.
Oh, encode?
And then, the story goes that if you collect items called "kirabugs,"
any wish you have can come true.
Kirabugs...
Harakawa!
And the glasses?
Take them off there.
You can leave them in the waiting room as well.
Your aunt told me, "Check him thoroughly."
Did you come alone today?
Yes.
When we examined him the other day at University Hospital,
we didn't find anything wrong.
Your aunt obstinately insists that this is related to the glasses, you know.
But present-day medicine
has not shown any relationship between headaches or uneven heartbeat and the glasses.
It's okay, now.
Err...
Did my aunt say something else?
She asked if she should confiscate your glasses.
She can't be serious.
So, no pain in your head or heart, right?
No, not anymore...
I see.
So it's exactly like the test results said.
Well, the glasses do strain your eyes,
and as a doctor, I can only urge you to reduce their use, but...
You see, even we can't do without them during the day,
so I can't really preach to you.
But you know,
I think kids would be better off playing with something more real.
With something you can touch with your hands, perhaps.
Fine. Now go wait for the X-ray test.
I can't go to the library.
Sorry!
Yesterday's part is in the shared folder, so...
Bye!
Oh?
Hurry!
I'd never have guessed there was obsolete Space here.
And this big!
So, Satchii can't really spot us.
Yeah, if you don't make a mistake.
I'm sure there are kirabugs around here.
Don't let your guard down.
What does Amasawa plan to do with the kirabugs?
So, this morning you were quite pale.
I heard it from Sis.
I just had a dream.
A dream about Kanna.
Kanna was still stuck somewhere, suffering...
At some point we met, and she wanted to talk with me.
Now forget about Kanna already.
If something like last time happens again...
I'll confiscate your glasses.
That's not related.
It's for my independent research.
Liar.
"Independent research" is just a pretext, isn't it?
Ken, Kanna is dead.
Bye. I have some more examinations.
There are many urban legends,
and among them, one says that kirabugs are a passage to another world.
Kirabugs?
Isako!
Could it be that...
Urban legends...
Kirabugs...
There's a question from someone.
"What are kirabugs?"
"The word kirabug apparently started to circulate after the metabugs."
"Metabugs are a mysterious cybersubstance often seen in Daikoku city,"
"but it is unknown where or how they are generated."
"In metabugs, just like insect fossils sealed in amber,"
"data that we might call sounds or texts is sometimes found."
"This gave rise to a collecting frenzy,"
"and, for a while, they traded at high prices."
"But later, rumors spread that there was an even more valuable kind of metabug."
"That was the kirabug."
"But kirabugs are also an occult concept."
"They are said to be a sinister substance that should never occur in this Space."
"According to some legends, if you collect a lot of kirabugs, Miss Michiko will appear,"
"and she will grant you any wish."
"The mania for collecting metabugs was a big craze in Daikoku City for a while, even among adults."
"But in the end, people came to regard kirabugs as fiction,"
"and before long, they will be totally forgotten."
Any wish...
"What happens if you collect metabugs?"
"Only once has a message been posted on a board about how to use kirabugs in a plausible way."
"Basically, kirabugs are a program that connects to a hidden Space, "
"and if you collect them and then start them up,"
"you can open a passage to 'the other side'."
Yasako!
I-I'm sorry!
Sorry.
I was reading a really scary page.
A scary page?
A page about kirabugs.
Oh, by the way!
I found an obsolete Space today.
Really?
It's north of here.
But how...
I accidentally happened to meet Amasawa...
Isako?
Right, about Amasawa...
Isako?
Those urban legends...
I've pieced it all together:
The reason why Amasawa is collecting kirabugs
is to bring back her brother's consciousness.
That's silly!
There's no way something like that could turn out to be true!
But...
If this did happen to be true...
If just your consciousness went into cyberspace,
and got separated from your physical body...
What would it feel like?
As your consciousness is still somewhere,
you might still continue to feel pain,
or sadness.
If feelings like pain,
or sadness...
If these feelings...
If the person at the source of these feelings can't heal them...
And if they never went away...
Haraken, are you hiding something?
If you are, say,
planning to do something dangerous,
that you can't tell anyone about...
Nothing like that.
Is that so?
Sometimes,
I have an anxious feeling, like...
you might suddenly fade away.
This is our...
last summer, isn't it?
Our last?
I mean, in elementary school.
We should...
do more fun things,
or more amusing things. That's what I think.
You're always...
You've been
in pain all this year, I'm sure of it.
Just like Amasawa,
you can't tell anyone about it... Alone...
S-Sorry...
I'm saying strange things, aren't I?
It's just that...
I was curious...
about Illegals.
I just wanted to see how it was...
in obsolete Space.
Just that.
This has nothing to do
with Kanna.
It's just like you said.
I think too much.
We... should do more fun things.
We should spend our time more pleasantly.
Haraken...
I don't care
about Kanna anymore.
Thank you for worrying about me, Yasako.
So, let's hurry up and finish our independent research,
and spend our last summer vacation pleasantly.
Let's go to the pool,
or to the playground.
Let's all play together like crazy.
Let's invite Daichi,
Denpa and the rest.
Really?
Yup.
Haraken...
Haraken, I...
I kinda...
Tomorrow...
Let's go to that obsolete Space.
If we don't find anything,
the research ends there.
Let's get through it quickly and by chance.
After that, let's go someplace nice.
Yup.
It's our...
last summer vacation, after all.
Yup.
Damn!
Hey!
We agreed that I would throw it here!
S-Sorry!
You good-for-nothing!
Let's follow it!
It's not here...
Damn you! So you were always behind our back!
Please!
Let me see Isako!
What are you talking about!
What do you want from our boss?
I can't tell you...
Stop fooling me!
H-Hey, it's no good!
If you bully him, his Auntie will...
Please! Let me speak to her!
What's wrong with this guy?!
Seal the third block for two hours.
Yeah. I'll take full responsibility.
Isako...
I'll stop you for your own good.
What you're doing is wrong.
Crap!
Oh no!
Don't make any noise!
The encode is supposed to protect us.
Don't underestimate me.
Just like I thought.
It's possible to decrypt almost all of Isako's encodes.
At least if they're beyond the physical sphere.
Come, Pochi, Tama!
This time, I won't tolerate any nonsense.
I'll fight with all my forces.
Chibi!
How could I never have imagined that the encode's core is
the same as Mega-baa's metatag's?
Yuko Amasawa...
Who are you really?
Haraken is late.
The page from before.
Oh, there's a new question.
"If Miss Michiko
can really grant any wish..."
"Maybe she can also heal the pains or injuries of dead people?"
This is...
If feelings like pain,
or sadness...
If these feelings...
If the person at the source of these feelings can't heal them...
Haraken!
Can we really catch it with this?
Yeah, maybe.
This creates a barrier to intercept the cybersubstance,
and at the same time it's an encoding that works like a radar.
Oh, you understand these things?
Yeah,
somehow I've learned to interpret this.
We should be able to get that Illegal with 100% certainty.
But even so,
I still wonder what Isako's real motive is.
I heard a kinda unpleasant rumor...
They say that Isako
wants to summon a certain being.
A certain being?
Miss Michiko.
Again, the headache...
Who is it?
Not only that.
I heard that the new-born Michiko
will want a sacrificial victim.
That's silly.
I don't care one bit about that story.
If we steal the encode,
we might be able to use it in a much bigger job.
That's my only objective.
Here it is!
All right!
Corner it with a Shift-Two!
Got it!
Well done!
Wh-Why are we visible?
Let's chase it!
Me Satchii!
Th...
Three?!
Steel wall!
The small fishes are decoys.
Just follow Isako!
This is the critical point.
Crap...
Where's Isako?
The structure of this encode is...
All Satchiis! Go to this point!
Just a little bit more...
A little more, and the passage will open!
Now!
We won!
We captured all the Satchiis!
Too bad! And you even sent three of 'em!
Crap! A physical barrier!
I got them all...
This time...
there won't be a repeat of last year!
Me Satchii!
Why?
Enough!
Pochi!
Tama!
Chibi!
Koro!
Mike!
What?!
They aren't...
Just three!
There are five!
Smash the encodes around here!
What's this?
Use all your steel walls!
Smash it!
Isako's just behind that wall!
Be ready the instant it opens!
This is bad!
At this rate,
the control line will break down!
I gotta stop those Satchiis!
Otherwise, it will open again at a place I can't control!
Just like...
last year!
You...
Why are you here?
Yuko Amasawa.
I...
I want to make a trade with you.
What? A trade?
He's not answering...
I don't care
about Kanna anymore.
That space from yesterday...
It's near where Kanna's accident occurred!
I... can access Satchii's command process.
Aunty showed me how.
The access code...
I'll tell it to you!
What?!
If you use it, I'm sure you can win.
But,
why are you...
What're your...
What're your terms?
You...
You have to take me to the other side!
Next time
on Denno Coil:
The door to another world.
See you next time!