Good for you, Chris.
I hear you were able to have a meal.
Yes. I feel good today.
Good. I’m sure you’ll get better.
Words can be so useful.
Huh?
It allows you to speak things that aren’t what you really feel.
It’s times like these that I don’t like my power.
And my power, too?
You’re such a kind girl.
Chris…
Hey, you’re thinking about that girl again.
I’ll sleep for a while.
I’m getting sleepy.
Chris…?
Chris?
Come on, Chris!
Now, a miracle is about to be created upon this planet.
– Chris!
Now, a miracle is about to be created upon this planet.
What?! What are you doing?!
What’re you doing?
What’re you trying to do?
Hey. What size are you?
Uh, how rude…
No, you fool.
Your finger. Your finger.
What’s your finger size?
Why do you want to know, silly?
You don’t have any reason to ask me that at all.
I do.
It’s so I can buy a ring.
What a bad dream.
Earth Maiden Arjuna
This couldn’t be…
Episode 7: The lnvisible Words
Pulse is down to 42!
Administer 13 milligrams of Prifonin.
How sad.
Even one with TI abilities to resonate with the Earth…
…still can’t beat an illness.
Let’s at least reduce the amount he has to suffer.
You probably figure a TI…
…is supposed to suffer like this anyway.
What?!
Cindy.
Ju…na…
Did Chris say something just now?
Just a name.
Whose?
Mine, of course!
I see.
He must be thinking about you.
Why don’t we meet at Moto-Koh later on? Sayuri
You’re really acting strange these days.
You think?
You’ll suddenly stop walking…
…you’ll cry while watching the rain…
…and you stopped going to Meriken Burger…
…where we always went after the club.
What are you talking about, all of a sudden?
It’s not fair to Oshima, you know.
It’s fine for you. You can do whatever you want.
But maybe you’re taking advantage of Oshima’s kindness.
Oshima was lamenting to me that he doesn’t understand…
…what’s going on with you anymore.
D-Don’t get me wrong.
There’s nothing going on between me and Oshima.
We’re just friends.
I bet he asked for your ring size.
What?
Oshima told you about that?
You should’ve just said so, in the first…
Juna!
Darn!
Hey!
Juna!
Idiot…
Hey…
Did you have a fight with Sayuri?
No.
That’s fine, but…
I heard that you and Sayuri went to Moto-Koh, so…
Sayuri, Sayuri, huh?
Huh? What?
Nothing.
Hey, how about we sit down and take a little break?
What’s he all jittery about?
What’s he thinking?
What’s on his mind?
Huh? What?
What are these words?
When should I do it? I’ve got to do it. Ring Juna
Don’t tell me…
These are Tokio’s…
No!
You all right?
You’ve got this blank look.
Nothing to worry about!
Appare Genki is a healthy vitamin drink!
I guess you haven’t seen it on TV.
Nourishment from the fruits of the land.
Grown to be tasty, eat me.
Apples and oranges, carrots and parsley…
Tomatoes and cabbage, watercress and green pepper…
Appare! Appare! Appare of the land!
Another Appare day for me!
Second verse!
Chemicals. Drugs. Death. Suffering.
Science. Pesticides.
What a waste.
You can’t even drink Appare Genki?
I’m sorry.
It may be a vitamin drink, but it’s got pesticides in it…
…and the preservatives killed the nutrients in the vegetables.
But, you know…
But…
The food we eat and the drink we drink become us.
Yet…
…if those fruits and vegetables heard the screams of the insects…
…even your body, Tokio, would be filled with sadness.
Look…
…you keep saying things like that, but how are we supposed to live?
That’s not hard.
I mean, look at the way that old man in the mountains was living.
Vegetables grow without using fertilizer and such.
And even without power, gas or running water…
I couldn’t do that.
The way that old man lives…
…can be kind of fun and interesting for a couple of days.
But it can get boring…
…and the novelty will wear off.
But…
I like to watch TV and play games.
I want to eat Meriken Burgers.
And…
And?
And, well…
Well…
We’re already in second year high school, right?
It’s going to start getting really busy with entrance exams…
…so this is the last chance to have fun…
But, if we just leave it as it is, the Earth will…
Enough of this!
All you talk about is the Earth!
I think you’re being taken in by that Chris kid!
Just look! The city’s doing just fine!
And whatever I might have eaten, I’m doing just fine here!
But still…
Maybe you fell in love with him.
Huh?
That Chris kid.
What?!
That little…?! You’ve got to be kidding!
But I saw you and him at the power plant like that…
Th-That was…
Chris gave me my life…
…but he makes me fight monsters…
…and always criticizes me and asks, “Why do you kill?” and such.
And he’s always telling me how foolish, stupid and dirty I am!
Look, you!
It’s true, so you can’t do anything about it.
What?
Wh-What did you say?!
Huh?!
What the…?!
Hey!
Come!
Wh-What is it, all of a sudden?!
Just come! Chris is in big trouble!
What?! Chris is…?!
You don’t have to go!
Not for him!
Out of the way!
You don’t appreciate Chris’ kindness.
Kindness? What?
Yeah, right!
He’s going to die, all right!
What?!
It’s all bull, Juna. All bull.
You’re kidding…
Nourishment from the fruits of the land.
I’ve grown to be tasty, so go ahead and eat me.
Apples and oranges, carrots and parsley…
Tomatoes and cabbage, watercress and green pepper…
Appare! Appare! Appare of the land!
Another Appare day for me!
It’s delicious!
Earth Maiden Arjuna
I’m sorry.
I haven’t received instructions about allowing civilians in.
This is an emergency!
We need the power of TI-2 right now!
But…
Well, I’ll check with control.
What?
Open. Open. Open…
The words…
Open…
All right. Let’s go.
You can take that off.
What is this place?
These are the Sacred Ancient Ruins…
…where objects and spirits mingle.
Huh?
Where objects and spirits mingle?
Chris?
Juna?
Juna!
No way…
He’s really about to die…
No! Doubts become reality here!
Sacrificial Offering
Death Illness
Death Illness Suffering – Juna!
Chris?! What on Earth…?!
Tokio!
Raaja! From Chris?!
Dream? Amazed! Monster! Not real?
– Stop it! – Monster!
Tokio.
Tokio!
No…
No!
Stop!
– Kill – Stop this! Or I’ll shoot!
– Kill
– Why do you fight?
Why do you kill?
What is this?!
What was that?!
Get the emergency power up!
And check out the situation immediately!
The grotto down below?
Raaja…
…And even Ashura!
Activate the Protective Barrier!
– Why do you fight? Why do you kill? – It’s incredible!
– Why do you fight? Why do you kill? – Her thoughts are taking the form of words.
The fool.
She’s been taken in by the words.
Don’t cry.
– Kill – Now!
No!
You mustn’t shoot Chris!
What are you talking about?!
He’s possessed by the Raaja and he was going to kill Tokio!
That’s not true!
Chris is…
…kind-hearted! Kind
Don’t cry.
Who are you?
An angel?
Please. If you are an angel, can you tell God that…
…I don’t want this power and that I want my mom and dad back?
So warm…
You’re so warm even though I can’t touch you.
You really must be an…
I can’t believe he’s…
I can’t believe…
…he’s so kind.
It can’t be that…
…Chris is protecting the Raaja…?
Chris is kind.
He felt so sorry even for the ferocious Raaja…
…that he couldn’t kill it.
He sealed it within his own body.
That’s why Chris’ life has been eroding…
That’s crazy!
Please.
Please save Chris.
But I can’t do that.
What do you mean?! You have the power!
You were even chosen by Chris!
But…
Please, if Chris were to die… I…I…
…I’ll be all alone.
Cindy…
But…
But how am I supposed to do it?
Sickness, Death, Suffering
He still has life!
All right!
Stop it, Juna! Stop! I won’t let Juna go! Restraint
You’ll be killed!
Please, Tokio.
Don’t hold me back with words.
My Juna
Juna… My Juna
Death
Life
The words have changed.
Her thoughts?
Chris…
I’m sorry. I’m sorry, Chris.
I always misunderstood your words.
To think the reason you asked me “Why do you fight?”…
…and “Why do you kill?” was because you’d even save Raaja.
Humans are such constrained creatures.
Not only by their spoken words…
…but they are also bound up by the words in their minds.
The more words that accumulate…
…the more misunderstandings there are.
The words create the misunderstandings?
You still misunderstand me.
I did not choose to save the Raaja out of kindness.
No…
What do you mean?
Juna…
Thank goodness.
I don’t know what I would’ve done if your finger…
…was thicker than Sayuri’s.
Huh?
Is that what you talked to Sayuri about?
I just never want to let go of you.
Tokio…
What’s the matter?
Just being shy?
I’m sorry.
Huh?
I’m really sorry.
I’m really happy about how you feel about me.
But…
…right now…
So, you have feelings for…
This has nothing to do with Chris!
Then, then why?
I…
…just don’t want to…
I just don’t want to…
…put you in any more danger.
Hey, Chris.
If words are misunderstood…
…then why?
Why do people depend on words?
Because words give form.
Form?
Words give form to shifting feelings…
…and a reality that is hard to grasp.
By combining those forms in many different ways…
…it brings together memories…
…and the power to bring together the aspirations of the future.
If people had never been acquainted with words…
…we may not have been able to think the way we do now.
Words lead to thinking?
However, people become…
…so caught up with the power of words…
…that they give meaning to the actual words…
…and keep the past in records over time.
They forgot to live…
…in the here and now, because they became stuck on words?
That’s right.
They forgot the now.
And everything that does not speak those words…
The whispers that don’t express themselves in words…
…like the birds flying high in the sky, the animals…
…the wildflowers…
…forests, and the wind that you cannot even see…
…as well as the ocean.
They are forgotten.
Not only the whispers of the birds and the wind are forgotten.
Even among people who speak the same words…
…their feelings are scattered all over the place.
That can’t be helped.
The purpose of words is to categorize.
Words categorize?
When I call out “Cindy” to you…
…and when you whisper “Chris” to me…
…those two words actually separate us by a greater distance.
What?
But still…
Chris…
Episode 8: The Distant Rain
What do you like about Juna?
What is it, all of a sudden?
Have you ever kissed him?
Uh, of course I have.
Please, don’t hang up!
Oh, no! I just died again.
No…
No… no…
Mom, mom…
Hold me.
Hold me, hold me…
Happy Birthday.
When people are born into this world…