This special underground theater show here in Bangkok, Thailand,
that we have been bringing to you ladies and gentlemen,
is finally drawing to a close.
Finally, tonight, in the year 2619, the strongest man on land...
oh, I beg your pardon.
The strongest man underground shall be decided.
So they actually do things like this.
I've seen it a hundred times in manga.
It might happen a lot in manga, but...
In reality, there are company presidents and oil tycoons
that make millions and billions in a month.
The people here
are that kind of out-of-this-world rich.
When people like that get together,
it might still be impossible to stop time,
but putting on a show where people kill each other is easy, huh...
So they're not dead yet?
Yeah.
First, in the blue corner, is this man!
The supernova twenty-something with a bit of a shady past.
Hi-za-ma-ru!
Hizamaru Akari!
He's 177cm tall and weighs 91 kilograms!
Citizenship is Japan, and the martial art he practices is karate.
So that's him...
Mutation
His childhood sweetheart, who grew up with him in the orphanage,
is plagued with some unknown illness and suffering!
Does he have to say this every time?
The only cure is to have an organ transplant.
Hizamaru-kun wants the prize money for her sake, no matter what!
Yeah!
That's right! You got that, you rich bastards?!
Well done... and for some bitch you haven't even screwed.
But his opponent in the final round is a strong one.
The undefeated king since this tournament started...
Brian Chaomy-kun, age 14!
He stands 251cm tall and weighs in at 342 kilograms!
His citizenship is American, and he doesn't practice any form of martial arts.
He is a natural-born fighter.
What the hell is this?!
Brian-kun here would usually be omnivorous,
but he's only been fed human flesh for quite a long time.
So you guys
never had any intention of letting me win.
Damn it!
Yuriko! I'm coming to save you now!
Hey, audience!
Get riled up!
I'm going to shatter this absurd, scripted scenario!
The likelihood of this succeeding is slim, but...
You know, too,
right?
Go home!
Is watching me waste away that
amusing?!
Coming to visit me day after day?!
You...
Who the hell do you think you are?!
You're just a monster!
Just go home!
This isn't normal.
We came here to see this?
If everything we researched is correct,
the one who isn't normal is actually Hizamaru Akari.
Ah, Akari-kun...
I said something really terrible last week.
Well, maybe it was perfect timing.
Eh?
If I keep holding onto something so childish,
I won't be able to keep up with the fashion of the other college students.
We found one.
We found a possible donor.
You're kidding...
It's the truth. It's at a hospital in another country.
Now picture it, Yuriko. You're almost there.
What do you want to do as soon as you're better?
I want to eat ramen.
Got it. Let's do it.
I want to go snowboarding.
Yeah, I can't wait until winter.
I want to try alcohol.
Sure, just don't drink too much.
I want to go to Space Land.
Yeah, I'm sure it's not too crowded right now.
And... and... and...
Why? Why are you so nice, Akari-kun?
Of course I am.
I... You're the one who gave me my kindness.
Ever since that day.
I lo—
You're very precious to me.
Because you're my friend.
Huh? He got up...
An old-fashioned knock out!
But what's this?
Wh-What...
Could this be...?
I can't believe it...
H-Hizamaru Akari...
turned it around and won!
So there was one more.
A child that was born after the surgery...
What?!
You promised! It was a promise!
S-Stop...
Operate on Yuriko!
W-We sold the girl...
Wha— To who?!
You bastard...
Bring Yuriko back right n—
She died.
We did what we could,
but the day before yesterday...
Don't.
Lie. To me!
These people never intended to find a donor for you.
They're just assholes.
By the time we found out about her existence
and went to get her, it was already too late.
I'm sorry we didn't make it in time.
What... the hell...
Give her back.
Give her back...
Give...
Give her back!
Akari-kun.
Would you like to save children that have the same disease as her?
Sorry for the late introductions.
I'm the commanding officer
of the United Nations Aeronautics and Space Administration U-NASA's Mars Exploration Team, Komachi Shokichi.
Likewise, I'm the second in command, Michelle K. Davis.
U-NASA?
That's right.
The disease that stole the life of your childhood friend
is no ordinary infectious disease.
It's a virus that came from outside the Earth.
The virus will continue to spread, and many people will die.
In order to stop that, in two years
we will fly to Mars.
Mars?
We need you. We need your strength,
and that raw rage you have inside you.
My friend died on Mars.
Anyone else could only comfort you for the pain you're feeling.
However, people like us, who have the same piercing rage boiling inside us...
We have been bound by a fate stronger than blood,
and become a swarm.
Let's go.
I loved you,
Yuri-chan.
I really did.
I...
Man... I wonder why...
I'm so mad at everything.
Sorry, Michelle-chan. You had some spare sunglasses, right?
Can I borrow them?
Come on, hurry!
I'm sorry I wasn't thinking and put -chan at the end of your name!
I don't care.
You can call me that.
Looks like you've finally woken up.
Ah.
U-Um... Michelle-chan?
Don't mess with me. You're younger than me.
S-Sorry.
If you're going to insist on calling me that, you're going to have to become my husband first.
Thanks.
Since it's already noon, I must have been asleep a full day.
No, it was a week.
Eh?
You're kidding!
Why would I lie?
There's a tube attached to your dick, isn't there?
Eh?
Uh...!
I'm the one who attached it.
I'm kidding, you idiot.
It just means the surgery you had was that rough.
It's to force
the human body to be strong enough to survive in Mars' atmosphere.
We knew that your surgery would be a success, though.
You already had most of what the surgery would usually involve from your parent.
Just like I did.
Then... what's the success rate for a normal human being?
Thirty...
...six percent?
Yeah. It's definitely not a high survival rate.
It's not 3.6%?
Then that's pretty high.
No. Over half of them die.
Those are better odds than us going back home to
become civil servants and get a pension
without being killed in the line of duty.
You really lack alertness, don't you?
But you agree, don't you, Sheila?
Well, I guess there's a much higher chance than living in Grande Mexico.
But why do we need to modify our bodies to go to Mars?
If the air is just thin up there, we have masks and space suits.
We will eventually be explaining that.
Adolf.
Captain Komachi.
There you are.
You were here?
Who's that?
This is a reservist who will be undergoing the surgery.
I'm Eva Frost.
Oh, so she's in the same boat as these guys.
I'm Sheila Levitt.
I'm Marcos.
Nice to—
I'm Alex!
Hey!
You guys...
Hey, now.
This is Adolf.
He's an executive staff member from the Germany division.
He's going to be your superior.
Oh, you didn't have to introduce me.
I have no intention of remembering them.
What did you say?!
So, you are the last four to undergo the surgery...
Considering the probabilities, one or two of you will die.
Well, pray that it happens while you're still under.
Do you think we're just going to shut up and ta—
Hey, you should watch how you say—
I'm only speaking the truth.
Captain, I'll leave "that" to you.
Are you all right? Here.
Uh, no, I can get up myself.
Well... Whatever.
Let's go, Akari. Also...
I'll let you go this time,
but if you happen to slip during training or on a mission
and look anywhere below my glasses, I will not forgive you.
Right.
Why aren't you all scared?
I mean, 60% die...
Not only does she look a bit unfortunate, but she's super negative.
Yeah, she's negative boobies.
Oh?
Take a look, Eva-chan.
There appears to be a reservist that has
gone through the procedure walking over there.
And they're totally fine.
This is what 40% looks like!
The surgery was no biggie, was it?
Eh? Yeah...
But my chances of the procedure
succeeding were higher because of my genetics...
Oh, here we go. So you're that kind of guy.
What? You're trying to appeal that you're different from others?
I was hoping you'd be able to read your surroundings more.
Can I hit them?
Sure, just don't push yourself.
Hey, hey, hey...
What's the matter, Marcos-kun?
I'm sorry, they're idiots.
They've been like this since we were kids.
I-It's okay.
I'm envious that you know others.
I'm... alone, so...
Now you can't lay a finger on us!
You're not alone anymore, Eva-san.
Y-You guys...
Hey! That's not fair!
Here, let me help.
Let's go for a walk, a walk.
You don't have to add -san to my name. Eva's fine.
S-Stop... Michelle-san!
Oh, okay.
We did things a bit backwards in Akari's case,
but for the rest of you I'll be explaining the mission before your surgeries.
This is the alien virus, otherwise known as the AE virus.
This came from Mars?
That's right.
Currently, the mortality rate for those
who have been infected with it has been 100%.
However, the virus samples we currently find on Earth cannot be cultivated.
So we will go to Mars ourselves,
investigate Mars' air, sand, water, and moss,
study their existence and variations,
and bring them back if necessary.
That is our mission.
If we are successful, we will be able to eradicate the virus
and save humanity from extinction.
But there is one problem.
All of the unmanned vessels we've sent for samples have failed to come back.
That is because...
a certain organism always gets in the way.
This is Mars' giant cockroach, the terraformar.
They have evolved to adapt in Mars' harsh environment
over the last five hundred years.
Forty-two years ago the six crew members of Bugs 1,
and twenty years ago the thirteen members of the Bugs 2, were killed by them.
You mean, these giant cockroaches... eat people?
If you found a cockroach in your kitchen, would you pick it up and eat it?
No, you wouldn't.
But you'd kill it.
If you think about it calmly, you probably don't know why you'd kill it.
But you'd kill it with everything you've got, right?
That's how it is.
This is
the war between humans and cockroaches over who will continue to exist as a species.
The ones who lose...
are the vermin.
Christian Era 2620 March 4th
100 Members
The Large-Scale Spaceship Annex 1
Will Leave Earth
Mars.
The fourth planet of the Solar System.
The original average temperature is -53 degrees
and the atmospheric pressure is 0.06.
In order to make this frigid planet an environment where humans could live,
in the 21st century two kinds of life forms
were sent to the planet ahead of the humans.
First, a special kind of algae,
and second, an insect with a powerful ability to breed.
The cockroach.