So, I was thinking... Yeah, I'm listening.
It's next week, right?
You serious? Nobody told me.
I heard from Eriko that we really shouldn't.
You know, it's a pain, r...?
Hello?
Wh-What?
- Come. - To our... - Come.
Come to our world.
N...No...
No!!
Oh, brother. Not small ones again.
Hmm...?
Oh, well.
NO!
U-Um, hey...
Excuse me, um...
Hello?
Hurry up and go home.
I-I will!
May, 2001
Hey, hey. Do you feel hungry?
- Yeah, I do. - Okay...
- I know a great place! - What, really?
Everywhere I go, nothing but people.
Noisy cars.
Trains going clickity-clack.
The city is just a bunch of gray boxes.
What little sky that can be seen is anything but blue.
I was born in this city, and this city is where I live.
It's full of nothing but people and noise.
Sometimes I feel suffocated.
That's why...
...I decided I wanted to do something more interesting.
Fukai yoru no haneoto wa... The sound of wings in deep night...
Tooi shoujo no hibi no... Is the echo of distant days...
...kodama. ...of young girlhood.
Tsuki no fune wa sotto... The boat of the moon...
...namida kobosu yo. ...softly drops a tear.
Yonde yo... Call me...
...harukana natsu no namae. ...the name of faraway summer.
Toki wa nagarete... Time passes...
Daremo inakute... Everyone is gone...
Kanashii hodo ni kireina... It is sad-the pretty...
...yoake. ...Dawn.
And about next Sunday...
But I have a date with my little sister.
What?
Episode 1 "ENCOUNTER"
Oh, my sister draws characters for video games.
Episode 1 "ENCOUNTER" I'm afraid I have to go help her with a convention on Sunday.
Hey, we're a couple, so you don't have to be formal with me.
Huh? What are you talking about?
You know...
Think of what you were doing just a little while ago.
Hey, Wai...
Damn...
Hey, where did you go?
Hey!!
What's her problem?
Geez, she even turned off her cell phone. The phone you are trying to reach...
... or has lost battery power.
Found you.
Tategami High School
Manager of the soccer team?
You actually want to do that?
Yeah. I signed up for it.
Aren't you just after someone on the team?
SOCCER TEAM MANAGER WANTED
Oh, you're totally wrong. I thought it looked fun, that's all.
SOCCER TEAM MANAGER WANTED Manager, huh? Hey, Chinami. Why don't we join her?
Huh...?
Your beloved lhara from Home Room A is on the team.
Still...
Let's all sign up. I'm sure it would be a blast.
And, you could make moves on all the guys.
- Hmm? - Huh?
Excuse me, but what do you mean by that?
You should ignore her.
Huh?
That's Ayane Isuzu from Home Room D. She's a real weirdo.
They say she sticks out in class big time, too.
- Let's go. - Uh, yeah.
Miu Manazuru, Grade 11 Home Room B.
Who imagined there would be one so nearby?
A real Gate Keeper.
What we now call the pine or bell cricket...
...are generic names for the grasshoppers.
Pay close attention to that part.
Now, the next poem.
This is spoken in alternating lines of 5 and 7 syllables.
It is written by a monk of Ganko-Temple...
Who will interpret this poem?
Isuzu! Seat number 3, Ayane Isuzu!
Can you interpret this section into modern terms?
- What is she doing? - It happens all the time.
"A rice flour dumpling does not know or need to know man."
"Though ignorant, it does not need to know or to be told."
The rice flour dumpling is a pearl. It represents talent and effort.
So, in modern terms:
"Its ability is unknown to man."
"It doesn't matter if the world does not know."
"As long as you are aware of your own ability." That's all.
Th-That's right. Good job paying attention in class.
You may take your seat.
Yikes, she creeps me out.
She can't help it. Studying is the only thing she's good at.
- It's kind of eerie, isn't it? - I hear she's a girl nerd.
- What does she do? - Probably computers or something.
You mean she sits in a dark room at home?
- Sounds like it. - Ew, yuck!
Inspector Hashimoto!
The investigation team will arrive from forensics soon.
S-Sir, you can't go in without permission!
Don't lecture me about permission! Eight people died in this accident.
Just as I thought: It's the same.
However, it's unusual it maintained its original form to this extent.
What the...!
Damn! Just like always. This is getting us nowhere.
How can we get anywhere when the culprit keeps disappearing?
- It looks like you found one. - Probably.
- So, can you use her? - I don't know yet.
Pure keepers are valuable. Don't let her get away.
Right.
They have been becoming active in the past few years.
A big one may appear in the near future.
A keeper will make a capable pawn.
You mean, like me?
You...
...are not a pawn.
- Really? - Of course.
And here's this week's.
Good work.
I see... There's a lot in here.
Only, don't work yourself too hard.
Roger.
This is a resistance operation nobody will ever know about.
It's been 30 years since our society was taken over by Invaders.
Their numbers are increasing. We no longer have time to spare.
You'll have to work harder than ever before.
You're contradicting yourself.
You just told me not to work too hard.
Oh, yeah. That's true.
Well, I'm off to capture a pawn.
I'm counting on you.
- Want to try this next? - It's Geba!
- Ge-ba, Geba, Geba. - Whoa, a wristwatch!
Forget it. Those machines are impossible to beat.
I'm going to give this a shot!
Awe...
Farewell, Geba.
Do you want to try that one next?
- The dancing game? - I'm good at that one!
I hope I can make it all the way today.
Which song are you going to do?
"Thusly, she subconsciously draws men to her." Check.
- Hey... - Her again!
- Uh, excuse me... - Hey, you!
Naoko?
Hey! Why have you been following Miu since this morning?
Answer me!
You don't seem too bright.
Hey!
It's okay, Naoko. It doesn't bother me.
Yeah, but...
Setting that aside...
I know something that's more fun to do. Want to come?
- You don't have to go, Miu. - Yeah, ignore her!
Don't you want to know what your power is?
What?
How about it, Miu Manazuru?
Excuse me... Um... Did you... see me?
You didn't... right?
- Frog? - Huh?
Your ability. Is it a frog, or a rabbit?
I...I knew it!
No, I mean... You say you saw me? Where? Um...
You yourself don't know what the power is.
Uh-huh! Uh-huh!
I'll teach you...
...firsthand.
- Exactly according to the data.
- Huh?
The outbreak source of thick IPW.
In the old days, it was called a paranormal frequency.
What? What?
Move aside. I'll do it.
Uh, excuse me! I don't think this is the time to make a phone call!
- Shut up and watch. - Y-Yes, ma'am!
Be still!
Huh...?
A ring of light?
Wow...
What? Uh...
Uh...Um...
Please tell me! What were those just now?
By "those", which do you mean? The Invaders or the imitation gates?
Huh?
They're everywhere. And...
...they're right beside us.
Invaders? Aliens?
That, and one other thing. The ability I just used...
Imitation gate produced through energy transfer...
...through electronic circuits.
- Danger...Danger... - Eliminate them.
Eliminate them.
Commencing attack.
C-C-C'mon, let's get out of here, Isuzu!
What good would that do?
- B-B-But... - More importantly, here.
Run around dropping these one at a time anywhere.
What?
Use your Gate of Flight.
G-Gate?
Try saying "Gate Open."
But it's too soon!
It has to be soon, or we'll be in trouble.
Huh?
Isuzu! Use that barrier thing again!
Huh?
Well, have fun!
N-N-N...
No fair!!
Gate Open!
Isuzu!
Yeah, yeah. Now drop a cell phone.
B-But!
U-Understood! A cell phone, right?
Huh? But why?
Good, good. Never mind. Keep it up.
Eliminate them. Eliminate the Gate Keeper clan.
Cell phone...Cell phone...
Oh, no...
They're going to get me!
Don't complain.
Don't cry.
I'm going to die!
You're still alive.
No!!
Mommy!
Mommy isn't here right now.
Daddy!
Fathers are useless.
Target maintaining airborne position.
Eliminate her.
No more...No more...
I'm dead!!
All systems, construction complete.
All devices, connect with GPS. Begin access.
Gate Open!
What is that?
Is that a gate, too?
Yeah!
Isuzu!
We did it, didn't we? We defeated that monster!
All you did was jump around.
But this will make big news, huh?
They'll say "City School Girls Save The Day!" or something.
No, it won't.
That's how this works.
Let's get going. I'll provide a more detailed explanation...
...in a different place. - Uh, sure.
Why, that...
I'll kill him!
Isuzu!
Ultra...
...Cyclone Chop!!!
Isuzu?
Isuzu!
Ouch.
Are you all right?
That was startling. I didn't know...
...you could do that sort of thing without your cell phones.
Oh.
I used it again.
Hey, wait! Isuzu!
Hey!
Congratulations.
You have been authorized as a member of the AEGIS Network.
As the Gate Keeper of Flight.
I will relay the remaining instructions later.
But I can't!
I was going to try for manager of the soccer team! Um...
I told you we'd do something more fun.
But... Hey!
Hey...
I'm counting on you.
But, Isuzu!
It's not fair! Explain this to me! Isuzu!
I was born in this city, and this city is where I live.
It's full of nothing but people and noise.
Here and there, it reeks of small-scale evil and selfishness.
It's a disgustingly stupid city.
That's why, at least...
...I wanted to do something more interesting.
Ikikirashi furimuita toki... When I ran out of breath and turned around...
...itsumo kimi ga ite ...you were always there,
waraikaketa. Smiling at me.
Kujikesouna kokoro ni hibiku... Sure footsteps echoing in my heart...
...tashikana ashioto. ...as I near despair.
Aoi sora ni habataku In the blue sky, the birds fly,
toori-tachi wa kanashimi wo... flapping their wings to shake off...
...furikitte yuku. ...their sadness.
Ima kibou ga aru yo. Now, there is hope.
Mune ni kibou ga aru yo. There is hope in my heart.
Imakoso akeyou... This time, let's open...
...asu e no gate. ...the gate to tomorrow.
Ima yuuki ga aru yo. Now, I have courage.
Atsui yuuki ga aru yo. I have passionate courage.
Dakara egao de tachiagarou. So, let's stand up smiling.
Get up, my heart!
Ima asu e habatake... Now, fly towards the future...
...my heart!
Yes...It happened one summer day.
We are hunters, running through a concrete maze.
Running like the wind.
Gate Keepers 21, Episode 2: "MAD DASH"
MAD DASH Gate Keepers 21, Episode 2: "MAD DASH"