According to urban legends,
after they die, cyberpets go live somewhere else.
4-4-2-3 is Isako's patient number!
The experimental Space created for Isako's cybercure,
4-4-2-3, is the original model for "the other side."
Moreover, Nobuhiko didn't die because Isako made a wish to Michiko.
What do you mean?
Nobuhiko had already died in the car accident!
When she finally awakened after the accident,
she learned of her brother's death and lost consciousness once again.
In order to relieve her broken heart, a Space was created.
A Space that uses the Imago to create cybersubstances
that fill the gap in a person's heart.
Right, even including the illusion of a dead brother.
However, for some reason, the Space degenerated...
In the end, it ceased to exist,
along with Amasawa, who was still in treatment,
and the world born inside her heart.
So, the procedure that Dr. Okonogi created...
Exactly, only Grandpa knew about the Dennou Coil system.
So, in order to save her,
he split his own consciousness,
and entered the healing Space via the Null Carrier.
And then she came back.
However...
Dr. Okonogi never came back.
He saved Yuko,
at the cost of his own life.
According to the data, adults aren't very compatible with the Imago.
Grandpa's body, already badly strained,
exhausted its strength while still split.
I don't remember what happened after that.
The experimental Space changed over time into an abnormal Space called "the other side."
4-4...
2-3.
Ever since then, I guess Grandpa's consciousness has wandered around "the other side"...
Brother?
I'm looking for 4-4-2-3.
looking for 4-4-2-3, alias Yuko Okonogi.
I'm...
Okonogi.
That's the same as my family name.
Yu... ko?
Grandpa!
Yu... ko.
Now that's my Yuko!
Grandpa!
It's Grandpa!
But Grandpa's dead.
Suddenly.
Oh! I remember!
I died the other day!
So on "the other side," I met Grandpa!
I was following Densuke, and ended up here.
I see.
That's because Densuke was part of this treatment area.
So that's how things were!
You know, I just met 4-4-2-3.
But he wasn't a girl.
And then, it became dark and he disappeared.
Really?
Any clue about where he might be?
Nope.
Oh, whatever.
I gotta put a lock on to make sure things like this don't happen anymore.
I died before I could lock it.
Densuke knows the way back.
Come on, Densuke,
be my granddaughter's bodyguard for a while.
Go on then.
Grandpa?
Go on, go with Densuke.
And then put the collar on him and forget about all this.
Grandpa! Let's go back together!
Go.
I must go and meet a certain child.
Grandpa!
Grandpa.
You're... the one from just now?
Haraken!
An Illegal?
No, it's not.
Densuke?
Densuke!
Densuke...
I missed you!
You're warm!
Densuke's fur is so...
fluffy.
You're warm.
Densuke?
Densuke...
Is this our farewell?
Densuke!
Thank you!
Really,
thank you for everything.
Goodbye...
Densuke.
Yasako!
Aunty, Yasako is...
Yasako.
Aunty.
Haraken.
But how could you...
Densuke
guided me.
Densuke?
He was all black, but...
his fur was soft and fluffy!
I was able to say goodbye.
I won't allow it.
Amasawa...
Take me to Daikoku City!
Pronto!
What about her cyberbody?
Not yet!
But a part has mysteriously started to come back!
So, will Amasawa...
I don't know yet.
Then what can we do?
I thought something like this could happen.
I'm gonna use my ace in the hole.
Ace in the hole?
M-My motorbike!
Geez!
Get in!
Supervisor?
Supervisor,
I'm sorry about all this.
But...
what your daughter wanted to do is in no way...
In the cyberpocket in back, you'll find a metatag.
A metatag?
It's this one...
That's a Coil Tag.
Why do you have this?
It's not an original.
I wasn't able to reproduce it with my technique,
but it will work as a makeshift solution.
Dad?
Yuko, I'm sorry I couldn't be by your side at a moment like this.
Supervisor... don't tell me you are...
I'm member number one.
Ah, the Coil Investigation badge!
My mom...
forced me into it with threats.
I knew it had to be a trick like that!
Not only that, you should know that for the last six months,
at the request of the Megamass head office, I've been helping out with an internal audit.
But still, I wonder just where this link is...
You fiends!
Take this!
The link is...
This is an old-school encode!
Even inside Megamass, there is a faction of former Coil employees.
They have someone working on recovering lost Coil techniques.
And who on earth is this person?
Do you know the name of Coil's now missing master engineer?
This style...
This way of compiling the encode...
Maybe it's
member number three,
Nekome?!
The engineer's name was...
Nekome.
What?
Sosuke Nekome is the son of the deceased engineer.
Long time no see, Mega-baa.
Sosuke...
What'cha plotting?!
I'm not plotting anything.
My goal is the same as before.
I remembered everything.
You wanna get revenge against Megamass!
Yeah,
I'll make them pay through the nose.
I remembered that four years ago, it was all your fault. You put Tamako up to it.
If I hadn't stopped her,
she would've ended up on "the other side"!
He joined the faction of former Coil personnel,
probably intending to threaten the head office about the Imago.
Do you mean that Kanna's accident also...
Nope, that was a navi malfunction caused by the Imago and obsolete Space.
Thanks to Ken'ichi's data, we managed to prove it.
Really?
Yeah, I made the head office promise to announce the fault officially.
Kanna was not responsible for that.
Ken'ichi,
let's resolve everyone's misunderstandings together.
Y-Yes!
Haraken, that's great.
Yes!
Amasawa was troubled by her belief that she was responsible for involving Kanna.
We're entering Daikoku City!
Amasawa's brother?!
Yes.
He died in a car accident.
Five years ago.
I gotta tell Amasawa about this.
Mojo!
I can't... hold out anymore!
Wha...
What is... this?
Why is it being repelled?
Don't tell me...
Takeru!
Takeru.
I repelled all of my brother's attacks.
Don't do awful things anymore!
What are you talking about?
With this experimental data, we can demonstrate Dad's achievements to the world!
There's no way Dad would be happy about that!
Dad created Imago and cyberpets...
to heal people's minds!
Takeru...
Yasako,
I'm sorry I never told you.
Stop it,
Takeru!
What
did you do?
I broke my brother's glasses.
It's a password Dad gave me when I was very little.
Takeru...
More important than that, Yasako!
You gotta call Isako back home!
Yeah!
She's taken quite a lot of damage.
The link is fading more and more.
What's the destination of this link?
It looks like the Coil Domain, but...
I guess it's a mental Space just like "the other side."
But it's different from the Space where she's been till now.
If we don't understand its nature, we can't repair it!
Just as the link made the connection,
she got a pained expression.
A pained... expression?
Pain...
Here...
Come here, Amasawa!
Listen to my voice!
Amasawa!
Look here!
Amasawa!
Yasako!
This
was in my dream.
The evening gloom!
Yasako!
She hasn't shifted.
The link's destination is...
inside?
How did you connect here?
Only special kids can enter here.
What is this place?
This is a Space created for a certain girl.
A place where she can continue to be a child until she's healed.
You know, I'm gonna be leaving soon.
Together with this Space.
Leaving?
That girl
can't rely on my strength anymore.
It's the rule.
My role will soon be over.
Densuke!
Yasako.
So you arrived here by following this dog, huh?
It means that...
What are you doing here, 4-4-2-3?
I'm healing that girl.
Healing her heart.
Are you a doctor?
Yeah, you could say that.
So you have the Imago.
Then, you'd better go home now.
This Space reacts to kids like you.
Run!
Both of you!
Stop!
Don't steal my brother!
You are...
You're Miss Michiko, aren't you?!
This is very bad.
Another one has been born!
Run, quickly! Yasako!
Stop it!
I don't want to be separated from my brother!
I'll be with my brother forever!
That's not true!
I'd already said goodbye to my brother!
Amasawa,
you're there, aren't you?!
I understand...
I understand now!
Okonogi?
Listen.
Before you made that wish to Miss Michiko,
your brother was already dead, Amasawa.
You didn't make your brother die!
The one who's there with you is...
No.
My brother will always be mine!
I hate you!
I understand now.
You didn't give birth to Miss Michiko by yourself.
No!
Another person
helped you give birth to Miss Michiko.
And that person was...
Stop it!
Me,
Yuko Okonogi!
My kiss interfered with your goodbyes.
Michiko was born from my kiss and your anguish.
Amasawa,
you gotta come back.
You should've left this Space already!
I won't allow it.
Run!
The link... is coming back!
Amasawa!
Right,
this way!
Can you really abandon me like this?
It's not what you wish.
Amasawa!
You definitely can't part from me.
You're the one who gave birth to me.
I'm the child you made to eat your anguish and sadness.
It doesn't matter how many times you kill me,
I'll always be born again!
Because I'm your true soul.
Stop! Stop already!
You wanted to throw away your feelings for your brother,
and become an adult without me.
I won't allow that.
Amasawa!
Yasako!
Come on, come back.
This place feels so good.
Your brother is also here.
You don't need to become an adult here.
You can keep your sweet and lonely feelings for all time.
You can be a child forever.
Yuko.
It's no good...
No!
You don't have to go there!
Amasawa!
Tie my hair!
Amasawa...
Yasako, stop now!
Wait!
Beyond this point, it's dangerous!
We gotta stop her.
No!
Let Yasako do it.
In this place,
you don't need anything.
Neither the pain, nor the anguish
of becoming an adult.
Stupid Amasawa...
Do you deserve the name of Yuko Amasawa?
That courageous Amasawa
would be able to come back.
The "Yu" in Yuko is
the one from "courageous"!
Stop it!
It hurts.
You're courageous...
You don't fear the pain.
You're a "courageous girl."
So Isako...
come back!
Isako!
Yasako...
No! No!
Stop!
What are you doing?
Go, Yuko!
Brother...
This is
our true goodbye.
Wait...
You don't have to go.
That way, there's nothing but pain and anguish!
That's why...
That's why I have to go.
Because from now on,
I have to carry on living
by myself without you.
Wait, my Yuko.
Don't abandon me, Yuko.
Go, Yuko!
In the direction where you feel the pain, there's an exit!
So it was connected to your dream.
Yup,
I always thought it was mysterious.
The world inside my heart...
has always been connected to the world inside your heart.
I did
hate you.
But now I know.
I know why I hated you.
I was afraid.
I was afraid to open my heart to someone.
But I'm not afraid anymore.
Even if I lose sight of it,
there's always a path somewhere.
People are connected through narrow paths.
Even if sometimes they lose sight of them...
There's no doubt they're connected.
Welcome back, Isako.
I'm back, Yasako.
We failed our last independent research project in elementary school.
Yeah, you're right.
That's why I decided to stop right now.
The research on Illegals.
I wonder what Illegals really were?
I always wondered about that...
Whether maybe Illegals
were some sort of feeling.
Like desire, or fear.
Like when you wish to meet...
someone who has passed away.
I wonder if Illegals
are nothing more than Nulls
who picked up the various kinds of feelings
that should've disappeared
without anyone knowing about them.
Maybe Kanna as well.
Yup.
Maybe the Kanna inside my heart
came to find me by following the path of my heart.
And if
Miss Michiko was also an Illegal,
what could she have been...
The feelings from when Amasawa and I gave birth to Miss Michiko.
Lonely, sad...
and...
A bit painful.
I wonder if those feelings might be...
first love?
That could be the case.
We became middle school students.
In the end, Amasawa moved back to Kanazawa without saying anything.
Yes, hello?
Amasawa?
You know, I still don't know...
Did we
become friends... or not?
I already told you.
I don't really know what it means "to be friends."
Ah...
But you...
Yup, you were a companion who got lost on the same path as me,
and you looked for the same path I did.
But we're companions only when we're looking for the same path.
A person like me, if I always stay with other people,
I lose sight of my own path.
Maybe you're right.
Let's meet again.
When we get lost again.
Yes.
Until that time,
goodbye.
Yes.
I'm Isako.
You're the one who gave me my name.
Densuke...
Kyoko, did you see him?