1969
Kenji and his elementary school friends
created a childish fantasy.
The subjugation of the world by an evil organization.
A giant robot.
Their fight back in the name of justice.
The next time we dig this up
Will be the time to protect world peace.
Yes, everything
was exactly as you'd expect from a child's fantasy.
28 years later, Kenji, now running a convenience store
while taking care of his sister's child Kanna who he has been entrusted with
is living a mediocre life.
But one day
He gets caught up in a frightening event.
The explosion of Haneda airport.
The attack on the Diet building.
And then the death of countless people around the world.
It all happened just as Kenji had written
in his "Book of Prophecy".
The person pulling all the strings
was a mysterious man called "Friend".
His true indentity...
Was it one of his former friends who knew about the "Book of Prophecy"?
Your scenario of the destruction of humanity
was very fascinating.
I have been constantly dreaming about how it would all be realized.
World conquest.
In order to prevent Friend's plan
Kenji and his former friends rose to the challenge.
Just as we dreamed about when we were kids,
we will protect world peace.
Just as Friend had planned.
A giant robot that spreads a killer virus.
In order to stop it's rampage, Kenji gets on board, but...
I set the dynamite for 3 minutes
Keeenjii-kuuun
You...
Kenji!
They're slowly progressing down Main St.
Everyone look, the gallant figure of our Friend.
While Friend is here in Japan
The peace and harmony of the entire world is being protected.
15 years after Bloody New Year's Eve,
Friend has become an international hero.
and is in control of the world.
From the realization of Kenji's "Book of Prophecy"
this world has been born.
But that "Book of Prophecy" has a continuation.
The "New Book of Prophecy".
Kanna and Kenji's former friends
are continuing the fight in secret.
2015
The savior will stand up for jutice
but he will be assassinated.
In order to find out Friend's true identity
Kanna rises up.
I won't allow it. What's in there?
Uncle Kenji never ran away.
There's something in there.
Friend's secret.
Kanna breaks into Tomodachi-land ,
the facility being used to brainwash people,
and is witness to a frightening world.
The world that Kenji and his friends grew up in.
Who are you?
It is then revealed.
The secret of Kanna's birth.
Kiriko and my
cute, cute daughter.
That's a lie.
It would be pretty cool, huh? If the future is really like this.
The "New Book of Prophecy"
was steadily coming true.
Someone please stop them!
The world is gonna end!
You... you're him!?
2015
The savior will stand up for justice
but he will be assassinated.
If a person dies and is resurrected,
he will be deemed a god.
It's just the beginning
of the new path to destruction.
Friend will become God to the world.
Bahahai
Just as written in the "New Book of Prophecy"
humanity was once again being led to it's destruction.
Hmph
There's a badge missing.
Did you finish your summer homework?
- Most of it. - Of course you did.
All I've done so far is the math drills.
- Huh? - Sike!
What the hell?
- Hey Ikegami. - Fukubei.
But, I'm saying, Yamane-kun is pretty strange, huh?
The appendix of "Study and Research of Science"...
Who cares?
In the future he'll be a mad scientist
making stuff like Garo
Ribbit ribbit
What the heck is Garo, Keroyon?
You don't know, Maruo?
Hey, I've got you.
What are you doing?
- Konchi. - Let me go!
Who is that?
It's Sadakiyo, isn't it?
Wha... what is this?
You weren't here, so...
Uh... I left behind the winning ticket.
What's up, Occho?
Oh, Kenji.
Looks like shoplifting.
An Earth Defense Force badge.
I'm taking the badge back.
It's the criminal.
Criminals get the death penalty.
Ikegami-kun is pretty harsh, huh?
- Hahaha. - Let's go.
He's been given the death penalty so he's invisible.
I can't see him.
You died today. Hahaha.
Quit screwing around with the stupid masks.
- Take it off. - Stop it!
In 2015, at a church in Shinjuku,
the savior will stand up for justice
but he will be assassinated.
Three cheers for the World Fair. Three cheers for the World Fair.
Progress and harmony of mankind.
Ring ring ring goes the phone.
Everything has been prepared
Demon salesmen
destroy the world.
August 20th in the 3rd year of Friend
Aliens attack the Earth
The world is in ruins
and most of humanity is dead.
The president of the world
is having a good time with his close friends.
All of us together with Friend
in order to create world peace...
The year 2000's Bloody New Year's Eve
And in the year 2015,
the destruction of humanity by a killer virus.
Together with Friend,
we were able to overcome all of the many hardships.
Keep it up, manga guy.
I've reached my limit Shogun.
Once we get over this wall, we're in Tokyo.
It's no good.
Weren't you gonna go back to Japan and start writing manga again?
We did it, it's Tokyo.
I haven't seen Tokyo in two years.
All 2,000,000,000 of us compatriots,
along with Friend,
What is all of this?
It's just like the Tokyo of my youth.
Illegal intrusion! Illegal intrusion!
... you friends as well as the relatives with whom you share a blood tie.
by the cowardly terrorists...
What are we gonna do?
Get out of here manga guy. I'm responsible for them.
Huh?
We split up here,
Huh? But, Shogun...
You're looking for your friends, right? The ones from Tokiwa Villa.
Don't worry about me. Get out of here.
Shogun.
Thanks for all of your help. You've been a real hero.
Live on.
Live on and create some really great manga.
I...
I will write a manga about you.
The story of a true hero.
Katsuo! Watch where you're going.
We'll be arrested by the Earth Defense Force.
The decree prohibiting people to go out at night still hasn't been lifted.
Oh man.
I wonder if Rising Sun won today. I really wanted to see that.
This is all because you were crying about how you wanted to watch TV.
That's why we're bringing this to get fixed.
And now it's gotten really late.
Sis, the TV...
There he is. After him!
After him!
It's safe now.
Thanks.
You saved me.
Where are your parents?
My father and mother were both
taken away by the Earth Defense Force.
All they did was tell the neighbors that they thought Friend was a little suspicious
Uh... you came from the other side of the wall, right?
Just after the virus had spread, I was shut out of Tokyo.
Before long, a tall wall stretched around the city.
It took me two years just to get back.
What's it like over there? On the other side of the wall.
Everyday there is a struggle somewhere for the vaccine.
And many people die in the process.
Hey,
Is Friend a good guy or a bad guy?
What do you think Sanae-chan?
The things he's doing right now,
it's all like some childish sci-fi story.
That's why
I'm thinking about joining this secret organization to save political prisoners
It's called the Genji Faction.
Like the Genji clan of Minamoto Yoshitsune?
Something like that.
Yoshitsune
But it looks like there's not much time left.
Fairly soon the world will come to an end.
Friend has been prophesizing everyday on TV.
Sis, I wanna show him that thing
Can I turn the TV on?
Yeah
They always do it at the end of every broadcast.
Using the strong "Thunder Thrust"
followed by the "Thunder Mountain Breaker"
Alright!
Tune in again tomorrow
at the same time as always.
Oh, it's coming up next.
People of Tokyo
On August 20th at noon
There will be an alien invasion and due to an unknown virus
Mankind will be destroyed.
Believe in me. Only those with me will be saved.
What the hell is this?
Katsuo, hurry and turn off the TV.
Watching TV late at night is against the law.
If you are exposed you'll be arrested.
Wait, sis.
We may be able to hear it.
No. I told you, turn it off.
But, the Ice Queen's message...
Ice Queen?
It's a radical antigovernment organization within the Genji Faction.
Late at night they hijack the signal
and they call out to the people of Tokyo for an armed uprising.
Look!
It's time for an armed uprising.
People of Tokyo
The alien invasion is a story made up by Friend
On August 20th
let's start an armed uprising.
Turn it off Katsuo.
August 20th is his birthday.
Hey, old man. If you're interested, listen to this.
~I am now hurrying home~
~Around the world... ~
Have you heard this song before?
~Night falls~
Yeah, quite a long time ago.
~Around the world~
~people hurry home~
Who is the singer?
Sometimes, when the radio shouldn't be broadcasting
~Everyday like that~
you can hear it.
~around you~
It's secretly really popular in Tokyo right now.
~Forever and ever~
It's just like him
~it continues on~
to become famous after death
Even though he was the kind of musician whose stuff would never sell.
What's the matter, old man?
All food provisions and resources
are equally without discrimination the property of all mankind and Friend.
Extravagance is an act of terrorism
Greed is an act of terrorism
we're here.
That place you can see off in the distance
is the Kabukicho church that you have business with.
Guts Bowl, huh?
We're going in here?
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look open.
Hey, sis. What's bowling?
How should I know?
Do you wanna give it a try?
It's fun.
God
I saw that you would be coming in a dream.
Did everything go alright?
Yeah.
I bought this place with money I got in the stock market.
I had a dream that the second bowling boom was coming.
Long ago
The field where our secret base was
changed into a bowling alley one day.
It had the same name as this place, Guts Bowl.
My
first golden age.
The Ice Queen... is it Kanna?
Are you talking about the armed uprising?
For Kanna to incite the people of Tokyo
and frivolously waste their lives as well her own,
it's something that I can't even imagine.
She's changed.
What happened to her?
Where is Kanna's hideout?
we've tried to use Yoshitsune to persuade her
not to be so reckless.
It's no good. We can't have Yoshitsune and Kanna together!
What do you mean?
At that time, I...
I remembered.
Friend!
Friend
2 years ago, when I was about to assassinate Friend
I remembered that kid with the mask who had been caught shoplifting.
Yoshitsune
might be Friend.
Yoshitsune.
Kanna?
Right now it's difficult even for me to get in touch with her.
Please do something.
As you know, my views and Kanna's conflicted
and ever since our relations have been broken off.
You want to stop the armed uprising?
She's probably not the type to stop because I tell her too though
Yeah, probably not.
But we have to stop her.
And instead
we all have to rise up.
Huh?
I want you to gather the Genji Faction.
On that day we will begin a direct attack on the Friend Government.
Friend has taken over the world.
Now there's nothing left for him to do but destroy mankind.
Friend is a monster
born from a foolish fantasy from when we were kids.
I think it's our responsibility to take him down.
Let's just forget it.
Whatever's gonna happen is gonna happen.
What's happened to you Yoshitsune?
I'm tired.
I've been the head of the Genji Faction for so long
But I'm no leader...
What are we gonna do know if you are broken?
It must be nice.
You're so strong.
What are you saying?
I'm no good.
I don't understand.
About me... about Friend...
About Friend?
I think
when you come to terms with the difference between who you wanted to be as a child
and who you've actually become, at that time
you become an adult.
But Friend
The difference between what he wanted to be and the current reality
was far too big a gap.
I fear
it was so big that he couldn't deal with it.
Have you ever walked around with a mask on?
I have.
I decided to show the badge I won to everyone
and I put on a mask and started walking.
And then
I was mistaken for someone else
I told them frantically, "You've got the wrong person. "
But it was no good.
I understood then.
If you're wearing a mask, whether it's me or Sadakiyo
whoever you are, you would be bullied.
Yoshitsune
You won't understand.
Kenji, Occho,
none of you would understand.
You can't understand Friend's feelings.
Take me to Kanna.
~Me, you~
~Everyone~
Here you go, nankotsu .
Unfriendly as always, huh?
Oh, it's here. We're here.
Oh, thanks for waiting.
Shihara-san.
I finally found her.
You found her?
It's her, right?
It's Kiriko. No doubt about it.
Right now she is in Higashimurayama
living in some kind of community I don't really understand.
That close...
Hey Haru-san
How is a national singer like you related to Endo Kenji?
That's how.
Huh?
This is Kenji...
This is YOU!?
It's because of that I narrowly escaped from death after becoming a fugitive.
From early on
Haru-san realized that Friend was evil.
I was the drummer, and Billy here played bass.
Huh? This guy!?
Ohh, I gotta go.
I've got to get the family back together and I'm gonna need all the help I can get.
See you!
Oh, sorry!
Well then
I'm gonna get out of here too.
I'm headed to Higashimurayama where Kiriko is.
Sorry Billy.
For selfishly quitting the band and turning to Enka
We were an amazing band.
When he gets back, you wanna play one more time?
This is
- Ouch! - Oww!
Ribbit ribbit. So, you had enough?
Hehehe
Ribbit Ribbit
Hey, quit it, quit it!
I'm unarmed.
More importantly, it's me Maruo!
Oww, that hurt, stupid Frog Emperor.
I'm dead. I'm dead.
Maruo.
Why you and Kiriko?
No need to rush, relax.
You've come all this way, have some of my soba.
Here you go.
Yum.
This is delicious.
It's worlds better than the stuff you used to make.
Been practicing, huh?
People would line up for this.
I ran a soba cart in America
and honed my skills.
But, whatever
It's too late now.
Oh, I see.
So you met Kiriko in America?
I'm horrible.
I ditched you and Kenji.
Even on Bloody New Year's Eve...
You guys were desperately fighting, but I...
I was wandering around with a girl from a bar...
Keroyon
The world isn't gonna end.
Come fight with us.
You wanna see Kiriko?
Kiriko-san, I've brought Maruo along.
Don't take off your protective suits.
There's a chance, however slim, that you'll die.
I've taken the evolved strain of the virus that Dr. Yamane created
and have thoroughly researched it at the genetic level.
What's that?
A mist of the final strain of the virus.
This time
the virus won't spread through the air, but mankind has no immunity.
If you don't receive a vaccine, you will definitely die.
What are you doing, Kiriko-san?
It's alright.
I've already received the new vaccine.
In other words, human testing. But, if you do that...
This time, Friend is underestimating my ability
to be able to make a vaccine for the virus
- That's why I've got to strike now - Yeah, but...
I've got to do this now.
If I die,
Friend wins.
If I live,
Mankind wins.
The incubation period is twelve hours.
Shall we talk while we wait?
Kiriko-san, I am going to do everything to protect this child
Even if all of mankind is destroyed, I will protect only this child.
What a dependable father.
Well, I'm gonna call it a day.
Hm... is it work?
No, a club.
A club?
The time of destruction and rebirth is coming.
2000 AD
Mankind will certainly be destroyed.
But...
All of you who are with me,
you will all be saved.
FRIEND!
FRIEND! FRIEND!
FRIEND!
Please take care of Kanna for me!
Whose kid is that, sis?
TThis child must be protected at all costs.
The virus that took the lives of 150,000
on the Bloody New Year's Eve of 2000
was created by us.
Stricken with guilt,
I took the data on the 2015 virus from Dr. Yamane
and ran to America out of the reach of Friend's hands.
And then at a pharmaceutical plant on the shore of Lake Michigan
I succeeded in creating a vaccine.
But I was hindered by Friend...
and the person who saved me
was Keroyon, who had been in America practicing his soba making.
Kiriko-san!
I told you, didn't I... This vaccine...
It's got strong side effects...
Anyway... that's all that I know...
And...
I can't make up for it with my life.
Um...
Kanna...
She's your daughter with Friend?
Yes.
He's one of our childhood friends, isn't he?
That's what he said.
But I didn't remember him.
What's his real name?
He said it was Ikegami Masato, but...
I don't know if that's true or not.
It's him.
He was the host of our class reunion...
Kiriko-san!
Maruo-kun
Yes?
Is Kanna doing well?
Yeah...
You might say she's doing too well.
Oh.
If something should happen to me, please tell Kanna,
"Keep fighting for happiness. "
Kiriko-san!
Open the blinds.
It's morning.
12 hours have passed
Mankind
has won.
The sirens! The sirens!
Intruder alert! Intruder alert!
Where is the Ice Queen!?
Who are you?
Tell the Ice Queen Occho is here!
Occho? Enough bullshit!
- Fire! - Wait!
This is a pretty good terrorism group.
I didn't think you would do something like this.
I could say the same about you.
I didn't think you were still alive.
Why don't you treat life with more respect?
Because I can't bear this anymore.
You know, right?
After the resurrection in 2015,
due to the virus that Friend spread
more than 30% of the people in the world died.
Including people I loved.
This is my vaccine.
If you know someone who might want this, please give it to them.
Because I'm not going to use it.
Wha...?
Where did you get all this vaccine?
We attacked a medical transport truck.
There's plenty of vaccine.
The government is intentionally not releasing it.
Why don't we all take the vaccine?
You're gonna fight Friend, right?
You've gotta stay alive.
Kanna
Did you take the vaccine?
Live on...
for them as well.
But they got the vaccine too.
We've talked a lot, you and I.
Your intution is really good,
So for us to completely deceive you...
The vaccines they took...
were fakes.
This morning,
they launched an attack on the Friend Government...
Kanna...
you are...
our daughter.
Those whove lost family
Those whove lost friends and loved ones
I gathered them together
and we lived on with defeating Friend as our only emotional support.
And those people continued to drop like flies...
I can't stand it anymore.
Me being the only survivor.
Everyone I loved is dead.
For me...
That's why it's my turn next.
Getting all these people killed in battle...
Do you think those loved ones of yours would be happy?
Call off the plan.
If you are truly a leader, do it now.
There was a guy who said that If you think your life's in danger,
run away as fast as you can.
That man should still be living on inside of you.
Uncle Kenji is dead.
No.
He may still be alive.
Stop it! I don't want to hear your lies.
Hey!
Do any of you have a radio?
No, but even if we did,
nothing's being broadcast.
Uh...
There's this old one I picked up. Not sure if it's got any power though.
Hand it over.
I'm begging you, Kenji.
Don't fail Kanna.
He's dead. Enough already!
Please, Kenji!
Sing for me!
Kenji!
~Around the world, people hurry home~
~Every day, just like that~
~around you~
Just like that Kenji.
~Forever and ever, it continues on~
Get to that part. Sing that part.
Guutara, suutara?
I've never heard this part before.
Uncle Kenji...
is still alive?
Yeah! All you out there in front of your radios!
You listening!?
All you out there who like this song, keep the requests coming!
Not only by postcard, we're also taking your calls!
Hey! Come on, someone request something...
Come on...
Is anyone even out there, Hokkaido?
Uh... hold on... just. . stop for a minute
Hey copper, what's that?
- It's the checkpoint gate. - Checkpoint?
The entrance to the Kanto area.
In 2015, when the virus spread,
Friend built a huge wall with Tokyo at the center.
And a quarantine was put into effect.
This town was made by people who weren't allowed through the gate
Thanks for the explanation.
Ah! Your papers?
- Papers? - Yeah
Anyone without entry papers isn't allowed through.
In the past two years, only one person has ever made it through.
The other 1000 people...
were killed?
Yes.
This isn't good.
This really isn't good.
~The day is ending and from somewhere~
~the smell of curry wafts by~
~No matter how far I walk~
~I wonder if I'll ever make it home~
~The croquette from my favorite shop~
~will it be waiting for me with the old familiar taste?~
~Night falls on the Earth~
~and I hurry home~
That song... You wouldn't be...
Kanna's uncle?
Heh, no, there's no way.
Hey copper, tell me.
You mentioned that only one person in two years,
has ever made it through the gate,
how'd they do it?
Well...
Actually...
Do you guys have pen names?
I'm Ujiki.
And I'm Kaneko.
And together we're Ujiko Ujio.
Ohh, this is great, Ujiko Ujio!
The story of the man who saves the world, haha.
Thanks a lot.
So... you guys
I heard you made some counterfeit papers?
I should have guessed.
We made one set for someone, but we don't do it anymore.
One guy made it through, but
There's no guarantee the next ones will be as good.
If someone were to die, it would be our fault
Hey! Wha... what are you doing?
Don't go digging through someone else's garbage.
Unfinished entry papers...
And it looks like there's a lot. Make some for everyone.
Please stop... it... it'll never work.
They're right.
You'll definitely be shot dead.
There have already been enough deaths.
I'll have to arrest you.
I'm off.
He's gonna die...
Name?
Yabuki Joe
Yabuki Joe. Awaiting confirmation.
Yabuki Joe. Let him through!
Open the gate!
It worked.
- Huh? - Wow!
Alright, let's go Uki!
Hey... guys!
Tokyo! Tokyo!
Everyone, please calm down!
Wait! I... I'm coming too!
We made it through the checkpoint so easily.
Only 30 kilometers to Tokyo
What is that?
They call it the fortress, but
it's just the management offices for the checkpoint.
I'm gonna go check it out.
Ahh. . wa... wait...
The gate was opened as ordered and he has been let in.
The guards have been evacuated as well.
That's everything, right?
That'll do.
That'll do fine.
Just fine.
You've done well making it this far.
You...
you're Endo Kenji, right?
You let me in on purpose...
It's been a while, huh?
Where was it we met the first time, Narita Airport?
It's time for me to go meet him.
It's me.
Manjoume
And now, in the end,
after making it all the way to the top,
I've been alienated by Friend.
Left to rule this old, glum checkpoint...
Wanna hear the story?
It was the year after the World Fair
I had been running a stall
and I met him in your town.
Meh, it's just some stupid magic trick.
Let's go, Friend.
Hey,
got any rope?
Rope?
A rope that won't tighten if you hang yourself with it.
If you've got some
I can become a god.
Long time no see, Manjoume-san.
And then 10 years later, he came to me.
A club? What are you talking about?
I can't do it like Pierre did.
Even if 100 people are deeply moved
I'll never move 10,000.
What are you trying to say?
Miracles are even more entertaining, don't you think?
What do you think of this?
We can all become supermen.
I was kind of intrigued,
so I went along with him.
You can't think about becoming perfect.
Why you ask? Because if you become perfect, you'll become a universe.
With all this nonsense from a man in a mask,
Who in their right mind is really gonna listen?
That's the signal. Here we go.
Friend!
He's floating!
This is ridiculous, some backwater magic show.
Wow, he's floating.
Hey, come on, you just lifted him up...
It's a miracle.
It's my address over there.
Friend needed Dr. Kiriko.
I'll wait forever.
So the man who had a thing for her
was in the way.
Hello?
Moroboshi Dan was killed in a train accident.
Endo Kiriko is yours.
Kiriko is your older sister, right?
But...
I never thought Friend would go this far.
He kidnapped Professor Shikishima from Ochanomizu Tech
and built a robot.
And then on the Bloody New Year's Eve of 2000
He managed to survive the massive explosion
Because the control room was a sturdy shelter
He also made it so that the timed explosive wouldn't go off
It was all an elaborate trick
The police and military were thrown into confusion and the virus was disseminated without a hitch.
The world was in panic.
Then at the parade in Shinjuku in 2015
his double was assassinated by Yamane
and he passed himself off as the victim of a tragedy.
Then, while all the world's eyes were on his grand funeral ceremony
he came back to life.
This was followed by the implementation of his prophecy of a deadlier virus
2,000,000,000 people were driven to their deaths.
And then he became the president of the world
And I, knowing all of this, was alienated by him
and sent here.
But I don't care about that anymore.
I just want this to end!
Friend has run out of things to do.
Now he really will destroy the world!
I'm giving you a chance.
If you kill him,
I'll let you live.
Uggh...
Not one bit of reality.
What?
He built a robot.
He disseminated a virus.
You're saying it's all his fault, right?
Why is everything but the first murder someone else's fault?
Take responsiblity for being the accomplice of the most evil man in all of human history.
You're just trying to run away from the truth.
Trying to drink your problems away, but it's not gonna work.
You are just like I was!
That's right. It's me, Kenji!
Year 2000 New Year's Eve
No, at exactly midnight
At the very second it became the 21st century
I barely escaped with my life from within the sea of fire
My memory was gone
I had even forgotten that I was Endo Kenji
Afraid of the unknown, I kept running
Shibuya and Shinjuku lie in complete devastation
Please stay away from areas with lots of people.
In order to prevent the spread of infection, please refrain from going outside.
The Bloody New Year's Eve of 2000 brought about by the terrorist Endo Kenji
But then in 2015, I heard the news.
The news that people all over the world had been killed by a virus.
The fatality rate of the infected is 100%.
We have information that Friend
is currently working on creating a vaccine
Once again we can do nothing but hope
that Friend will save us again.
My memory came back.
It all came back crystal clear
Absolutely everything...
And I ran...
Further and further north.
I got as far north as I could go and still I hadn't been able to get away
Unable to escape,
I thrashed around in the mountains for three days and three nights
Crying and crying
3 days and 3 nights
Is it good?
What's your name?
Endo
Kenji
It was then that I decided
I was done running
I would no longer turn my eyes away from the truth
And from then...
Yeah!
All you CCR fans out there, keep the requests coming.
Out here in the middle of Hokkaido's Kumaushi Plains
You'll know us by our kick-ass antenna
Peganbe Rock n Roll Studio!
Stay tuned!
What I'm doing isn't about revenge.
It's about protecting mankind.
The people I love...
I won't allow any more of them be killed!
That's a cheap way to die.
It's hard to be evil.
It's much easier to join the side of justice.
You're OK! Thank god nothing happened.
Hey,
did Kanna grow up to be a good kid?
Huh?
Oh, yeah! See, I knew you were Kenji.
Why do you want to go back to Tokyo?
There's... something I need to do there
Well, I'm off to see her.
To see who?
Kanna
Hey, wait, Kenji!
Apparently the aliens are gonna come on August 20th
Where should we run to? Really...
Talk about a frightening prophecy. The destruction of mankind on August 20th...
What does he mean, an unknown virus?
Believe in me.
Only those with me will be saved.
The attack on August 20th
has been suspended.
I'm sorry everyone.
What are you apologizing for?
You're our leader, aren't you?
Yeah. If our leader says it's suspended, then it's suspended.
You guys...
We've got an intruder! We've got an intruder!
Kanna, it's the Earth Defence Force!
Kanna, let's fight!
- Let's go! - Yeah!
This is an announcement for the Ice Queen Faction
It is useless to resist.
If you agree to our conditions, we won't attack.
Conditions?
Surrender the Ice Queen
If you turn her over, the other members will be let go.
There's no way we're giving them Kanna!
Yeah!
Wait!
Everyone take off through the escape route
I'll buy you some time
All hands, break through!
You...
Occho!
The Ice Queen and the terrorist Occho have been secured.
Exterminate every last terrorist barricaded in here!
Yes sir!
I figured as much.
There are large amounts of gunpowder stored in here
Make the wrong move and you're coming with me
Extravagance is an act of terrorism.
Take this one to the basement.
I'll be fine.
Move!
- Take off the handcuffs. - Yes sir.
Secretary-general Takasu
Oh, Ms. Endo. It's been a while.
If only you had given it your best all the way to the end back then,
you wouldn't have turned out to be such a bad kid.
See you, bahahai~
Really?
Kanna was captured?
According to a member of the Ice Queen Faction,
Kanna and someone called "Occho"
were disarmed and taken prisoner.
Occho...
So he was alive, huh?
Don't worry, we'll get them both out.
Yeah.
You go out this way. I'll go out down there.
If you follow the directions I gave you
You should come out in the underground parking lot of Friend Tower
He's there
waiting for you.
I can trust you, right?
No worries.
Where are you going?
I'm headed to the center of the tower to take out the electrical system.
Wait for the power to go out before making your escape.
Don't worry
about me.
Where are you taking him?
Oh, the Secretary of Science and Technology!
I want to use him in our experiments. Leave him to me!
But, he's a dangerous terrorist.
- Just do it! - Yes, sir!
Yanbo Mabo, huh?
I've really wanted to see you, Kanna.
It's your favorite.
Go ahead, eat up.
How many of my friends did you have to torture
to find that out?
You know I didn't need to do that.
I know everything.
So the end of mankind is quickly approaching, huh?
Even you can feel it.
You are God's daughter after all.
It's not gonna end.
I'm sure of it.
Do you doubt my prophecy?
Your prophecies are nothing but lies.
You don't have any special powers.
For example,
writing songs
and singing them with all your heart.
Uplifting people's spirits is a much more amazing power!
God's child?
This is no joke.
Uncle Kenji
has always thought of me as his real daughter.
Yukiji too.
Occho too.
Even Yoshitune.
Being any one of their daughters would make me nothing but happy.
I...
I'm not the child of God.
I am the daughter of the most evil man in all of history!
Where are you going to spread the virus?
I wonder...
Where should everyone run to to be safe?
I wonder...
The truth is, this time, I really don't know
how powerful the virus is.
Look.
Just like this, there may be areas that remain unaffected by random chance.
Enough already!
Aagh... st. . stop it
You know I've always hated violence!
In 2000, you guys gave away the location of our hideout.
I'm really sorry about that,
but I never thought it would get like this.
But even now, you still hold an important office in the Friend Government
That's why I'm trying to do this to atone for my past
Yukiji! Help me!
Occho
Right now, we have no choice but to trust the twins
Yukiji
What is it?
It's the new form of the robot from the Bloody New Year's Eve
This time it has the ability to walk upright on two legs.
And these?
Flying saucers to go along with the robot
It seems the plan this time
is to make the massacre look like an alien invasion. Haha.
You!
They called you the Secretary of Science and Technology, right?
Don't tell me, you...
If we hadn't made it, we would have been killed.
Don't think so badly of me!
More importantly, we've gotta hurry and get out of here.
That was Yoshitsune
He's destroyed the electrical systems for this tower
It'll switch over to the generators in 5 minutes
We need to get out while we still can.
I'm going after Kanna.
You guys... you understand, right?
Where is Occho?
Where is he?
Kanna, did you go to the World Fair?
What?
It's a really fun place.
I think I'll make sure to protect that place.
Even after mankind is destroyed
Forever... and ever and ever and ever...
Don't you feel anything?
You can massacre all mankind and not feel anything?
Have you ever heard the theory that
all of our genes can be traced back to one woman long long ago?
In her time, mankind was an endangered species.
But I've been thinking...
At that time,
I imagine everyone must have gotten along pretty well
No bullys, no one being bullied
Human kind has grown too large
There's something wrong with you
Even if I didn't do it, someone else surely would have
I am just their representative.
Representative? Whose exactly?
The 20th century's.
Representative of what was both the best and worst era in history.
Ms. Endo, drop your weapon.
Out of the way
I have no problem
pulling this trigger.
So go ahead and shoot him then.
What's this?
You're not gonna shoot?
That's correct.
As there are no bullets in that gun.
Let her go.
I gave her the gun as a test and she turned it on me.
So I'm breaking off all relations
She will play the leading role on August 20th
Kenji's niece
The most evil female terrorist in history, driving the world to it's destruction
Oh, I see
Well then, off you go, Ms. Endo.
Please, go ahead.
Kanna
You understand, right?
I am the 20th Century Boy.
Let me introduce you. This is Professor Shikishima.
Professor Shikishima.
What was your intention in siding with Friend?
My daughter was kidnapped. I did it for her.
During that time
I was allowed to do whatever I wanted, and I started to enjoy it.
Last year, my daughter was purged
and my eyes were opened.
In 2000
you killed countless people.
They were killed by the virus.
I only created a means of transport.
Anyway, forget about that robot
We didn't have enough time back then.
We weren't able to finish everything we had planned, just that bucket of bolts.
But this time,
we've got something truly amazing!
The new robot won't disperse any virus.
The dispersal of the virus is the job of the flying saucers.
The body of the robot is equipped with a neutron bomb!
And that neutron bomb
is 50 times more powerful than the bomb on Bloody New Year's Eve.
And this time
the bomb can only be activated remotely by Friend.
This is the reality behind the prophecy for August 20th.
The plan this time calls for two flying saucers to spray the virus over Tokyo.
The saucers have been programmed with a route
and will run on auto-pilot.
It'll be the alien invasion that Friend foresaw.
First Tokyo will be destroyed, then all of Japan, and in the end all of the world.
And then,
on the verge of extinction, Friend will take control of the docile masses
"and they lived happily ever after. "
However, we, on the side of justice, will crush his ambitions.
Using a high powered missle launcher that Professor Shikishima has created in secret
we'll shoot down the flying saucers.
- It's equi... - It's equipped with a guidance system.
It uses an infrared sensor.
It's also equipped with a high-power scope and an infrared camera
with a Carl Zeiss lens.
Even an amateur could hit their target with this.
Truly, anyone could use it.
What do you think Occho?
If you don't do it, who will?
Occho!
Gotcha
Leave it to me.
"My Dream"
My dream isn't a dream.
It is really going to happen, so it isn't a dream.
Next summer,
all summer,
W... wo. . word fire?
I will be going to the Word Fire.
Big...
I have relatives in Osaka
Everyday I will go the, uh, go "to" the Word Fire.
Hey, what the heck is Word Fire?
Kenji doesn't know. Hehehe.
Progress and Harmony of Mankind. The future is really coming.
Countries from all over the world will gather in Japan,
and create the city of the future.
City of the future?
Hey! Do you guys know about the Word Fire?
That Kenji, engrossed in something I said.
That Kenji...
Three cheers for the World Fair! Three cheers for the World Fair!
Hey! Tell us more!
The World Fair starts next March
and it'll be held in Osaka.
Oh, man, Osaka?
I've got relatives in Osaka.
So I'm thinking I'll probably go to the World Fair every day next summer.
That's awesome!
Let me guess, the first place you'll go
is the American Pavilion.
Right, Friend?
When are you going?
Right from the beginning of summer vacation?
I'm not going.
Huh? You can't go anymore?
Shut up!
When did you get so nosy?
Sadakiyo
Oh, and one more thing,
gimme your mask.
Huh?
This entire summer...
I'm supposed to be at the World Fair.
But,
what are you gonna do with the mask?
I'm going to erase my existence.
- Sadakiyo! - Oww...
I told you to quit wearing those gross masks.
Come here!
I'm not Sadakiyo! Cut it out!
There's no such thing as aliens. IDIOT!
Even though I'm not Sadakiyo...
Ouch
It really hurts
I hate them all!
I wish the world would just end.
I wish everyone would just die.
People of the world, Good Afternoon.
You all remember, right?
Bloody New Year's Eve, 2000
And in 2015
countless people killed by a virus.
It was all exactly as I had prophesied.
Those prophecies, they were nothing but lies.
I am responsible for everything.
The world...
The world has never recognized my genius.
I am indispensible, but this world is unnecessary
God created the world in one week
And so I
will take one week to destroy it.
I will spread a killer virus around the world.
Goodbye everyone.
Friend is about to bring about the end of the world.
Th...there's no way!
But he just said so himself!
He must have some kind of reason.
Believe in Friend!
Thank goodness you're OK.
I met with Friend.
I...
I thought that if I killed him, this would all be over.
So I called for an armed uprising by the people of Tokyo.
I...
I had a gun pointed at him,
but I couldn't pull the trigger.
As evil as he is, and I couldn't shoot.
Is it because he's my father?
Is it because I'm the devil's child?
No.
You're not some Ice Queen.
You're not someone who could ever shoot someone.
If you had pulled the trigger,
if you had killed him,
you would have been just like him.
You are our child.
The precious, dear
daughter of Kenji.
If anything were to ever happen to you, I...
I would never be able to look Kenji in the eye again.
Uncle Kenji's song has been playing on the radio...
Occho told me the same thing.
I thought he was dead.
But he's really alive, huh?
Where are you going Auntie Yukiji?
Quit calling me Auntie.
There's something we both should be doing, isn't there?
Alright!
It's been so long since I've found a new treasure house of food!
Good thing I decided to make this trip.
Eh, expiration dates are just a formality, right?
Who's there?
You...
You're the one who was playing that Guutara Suudara thing on the radio, right?
You were listening?
What's it like outside?
Uh...well...outside...
the air is clean, it's nice and quiet,
What about the virus?
Countless people were killed.
But I guess it's pretty much fine out there now.
And the enemy?
Enemy? Were you fighting someone?
Yeah, I was fighting.
I was deceived by Friend
He was my first friend.
I moved here in my second year of junior high school.
I don't have any friends.
Well there was this guy in Tokyo
who shared the same music tastes.
CCR you know
it's short for Creedence Clearwater Revival
C..c..cree?
That song that you were listening to...
He liked that song a lot too.
Then one day when I checked the mailbox out in front of the station,
someone had thrown a tape inside.
It's a good song, right?
What's Friend up to now?
Friend?
Wait, the guy you've been talking about...
you mean the guy who's done all this to the world?
That Friend?
My good friend from elementary school and junior highschool, yeah?
That guy, man, while the whole world was condemning him as a villain,
he was trying his damnedest to protect the earth from Friend.
I didn't believe him then
and I think I made a mistake.
If you consider yourself a man, come out of there!
Come out of there and think about what you can do!
I am Number 13.
You are?
I'm DJ Konchi!
It's been untouched for 2 years.
Let's hope it works.
It's working!
Hey wait, take me with you!
Thank you.
As of today
I am shutting down this dojo!
Huh?
Why, master?
Quiet!
I took the name Gendokan (Strict Martial Arts Hall) from my grandfather's dojo.
He was a strict man.
I lost both of my parents at a young age
and he gave me the strength to survive alone.
I wanted to pass that knowledge along to all of you.
The strength to survive in this world
And today
I want to give you one final essential instruction.
Aside my from grandfather, there was one more hero in my life.
He said this
If you should ever feel that your life is in danger, run as fast as you can.
I ask you all, please don't die.
This advice...
I want to pass it on to all of you.
Hurry!
It's been two and a half years. huh?
Shou-chan.
Why have you come back from duty?
I had something that I wanted to ask
of the chief of the NPA.
I'm retired now.
Call me Yama-san like you always used to.
The person who killed my grandfather...
Was it you?
As a detective, as a person, I couldn't win.
At that time I met with Friend
Through my infatuation with him, I hoped to forget about Chou-san.
If there is a wall you can't get over
you just need to knock it down.
You're under arrest!
Heh, it's already too late.
At noon on the 20th, mankind will be destroyed.
It will not!
A savior will appear to save us all.
You're under arrest.
I'm glad you're all alright.
August 20th
it has been confirmed that Friend will spread a virus throughout the city.
I've been thinking about what we can do about it.
There's something that needs to be done that is more important than taking down Friend
What is it? We'll do whatever you ask.
We need to save the people of Tokyo
But, how?
This time there is no vaccine for the virus
That's why Friend
must have chosen somewhere in the city where the virus won't be dispersed
Where might that be?
Did you go to the World Fair?
It's a really fun place.
I think I'll make sure to save that place.
The World Fair grounds.
Before noon on August 20th
we need to gather as many people there as we can.
How?
With a festival
We're gonna have a music festival.
If that's the plan, we should get in touch with Haru-san.
Yeah, that's perfect.
But Haru Namio is on Friend's side...
He'll understand.
Yeah, of course he will.
You guys
The real battle starts now.
This is the Ice Queen
The armed uprising on August 20th has been cancelled.
Instead I want all of you to come to the World Fair grounds.
We're gonna have a music festival.
Come to hear that song that everyone is talking about
And come to be safe from the killer virus
Whatever the reason, please come to the festival.
I repeat.
Come to the World Fair grounds.
We're gonna have a music festival.
Come to hear that song that everyone is talking about
Bring it over here.
Alright, all the vaccines have been boxed up.
Alright!
Well then Kiriko, we're off.
Thank you for all your help.
Hey, hey,
what the hell is this!?
Who hung this evil flag on here!?
What do you mean evil?
This was originally our mark.
We're taking it back.
The day has finally come
Is anyone really gonna come?
Thanks to Haru-san, we were able to get the fair grounds without a problem.
We've built the stage.
But there's no way of knowing if word got out
The rest is up to Kenji's supernatural power
E...Endo-san...
I think we've got a problem! Look, over there! Look!
And it doesn't even start until after noon...
Kanna-san
This radio DJ guy says he wants to help.
Everybody!
That song I've been playing on the radio, that's Kenji's song!?
And because of that he's coming here!?
Is that the truth!?
That's the plan.
He'll definitely be here.
It's Uncle Kenji, he'll definitely be here.
It's 12:00.
Thank you.
Today Tokyo, tomorrow Japan,
And finally, the world.
Um, sir...
What about us?
Those who believe in me will be saved.
Yes, sir.
Flying saucers activated!
Yeah! Everyone out there feelin' it!?
Alright, we're about to get started! End of the world, forget about it!
The biggest festival of this century!
And to top it all off, the man himself,
Enka's chosen one, Haru Namio!
~Hello, hello, everybody~
~all around the world~
~Hello, hello, everybody~
~every single one of you~
~In 2015, with a hello hello~
~everybody dance~
~Hello, hello, everybody~
~every single one of you~
~Good afternoon, good evening~
~All of you, all of you~
~All God's creatures great and small, make a circle and dance~
We'll never make it in time if we have to wait in line!
OK everyone, please line up.
The vaccine is over here.
Hey, I'm the chairman of the Wakamatsu neighborhood association.
Let my son get his first! Hurry!
Please calm down. We..we'll get to everyone.
- Hurry! I'm begging you! - Please, get in line.
Friend is not a god!
Stop protecting him already!
Don't come any closer! We will shoot, Genji Faction.
Alright! Let's go!
Wait, don't shoot.
Who are you?
We'll protect Friend to the bitter end!
You heard Friend's broadcast, right?
I'm not going to do anything, please lower your weapons.
Secretary Takasu, please respond!
That's enough.
I bet it's been pretty tough.
That's enough.
Secretary!
Deep in your hearts
I'm sure you've all felt like this was some childish game, right?
Yukiji-san!
We've taken of control of floors 2, 3, and 4!
Floors 5 through 99 were also taken without any resistance!
The basement has also been taken!
Where's Yoshitsune?
Where is Yoshitsune? Where is he?
Everything is going according to plan.
Give me your gun.
I don't want any more casualties.
Please.
What are you saying?
Are you trying to say
that everything we've done with Friend has all been a mistake?
You heard the broadcast, didn't you?
You know what, I'm going to become one with the universe.
The universe!
Hold your fire.
Where is Yoshitsune?
You want me to tell you?
What a bunch of cowards.
No one is coming to stop me.
Well then,
I guess it's time to send him back to Shinjuku.
Take it out! Occho take the phone out! Hurry!
I see him! Occho! Make sure your aim is good!
Occho, aim carefully! Occho!
- There it is! - Check your aim!
I'm all done watching people die.
Shota-kun wanted to play too.
- That's it, hold it steady! - Lock on target!
Daddy! Daddy!
Daddy...
You killed him!
I love you daddy!
Got it in my sights!
- All set. - Fire! Fire!
- Yes! - Alright!
Got it!
- You did it! - Just one more.
Shit, I can't see the other one.
Number 13?
I will become one with the universe.
What are you planning on doing?
I'm not Number 13.
I'm....Tamura...MASAO!!
Unification with the universe...
So this is it, huh?
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, The Haru Namio Show Part 3!
The dream combination of Haru with Eroim Essaims!
Hey! Enough Haru Namio already!
Yeah!
Bring that guy out!
Yeah!
~Eroeroero, we are~
~Eroim Essaims~
Bring it on!
A robot...?
It's fast...
It's much faster than the one before.
Where's it headed?
They rebuilt our town here?
Ah, Jijibaba.
San Fran...
My house.
So, climb it is, huh?
C'mon, I only need you stop for a second!
Hey.
You...
It's headed to Shinjuku again?
Shit, I've gotta change it to manual control.
It sped up!
How can I bring it down!?
What the hell!?
Hey!
It doesn't matter how big your opponent is, you just gotta throw 'em off balance.
- Let go! - Yeah, right!
That's it, the balance!
Can't let it get it's balance back!
It's falling!
Lift the leg!
Shit! Don't stop now!
Don't stop now!
I've gotta do something about the neutron bomb.
You bastard!
So it was you after all...
I was just trying to stop the robot.
I know it's too late.
I know that, but...he's out of control and must be stopped.
He?
It's sort of my job to stop him...
Back then,
He and I
were friends
Who are you?
I'm Yoshitsune.
I was wandering around wearing a mask like you
and I was ganged up on.
But I understand how you feel.
Who are you?
You...
who are you?
You said
you understood how I feel, right?
He drugged me
and when I came to, I was dressed like this...
Do you think maybe we're responsible for creating Friend?
Occho, stop.
Yoshitsune isn't Friend.
Kenji!
Keeenjii-kuun
Leeet's Plaaaay.
Brings back memories, huh?
Our town.
Our secret base.
And in the end, I let you be the good guy.
It's OK.
Even if it made me the bad guy.
But, I grew to hate you.
And so
I grew to hate everyone.
When someone hates another person...
If you seriously think about it for a moment
It is easy for mankind to be completely destroyed.
I've come to understand this.
If I had just been able to play with you
I would have been happy.
I wanted to play with you for so long.
You promised!
You promised me.
That's why
I don't mind always being the bad guy.
You saved me back then.
So save me this time as well!
Won't the champion of justice save the bad guy?
That's right.
It's me.
I am
Friend.
Fukubei...
The true identity of Friend
is me.
Fukubei!
But Fukubei,
you died on the Bloody New Year's Eve...
Enough.
Enough already.
Enough pretending to be Fukubei.
Pretending?
I'm right, aren't I?
Enough with the childish games.
I'm sorry.
Stop it.
I'm really sorry.
Quit it. Don't apologize!
It's all gonna end!
I'm truly sorry!
STOP!
Kenji!
Have I become a friend of justice now!?
It still
isn't over yet, huh?
No,
it's all over.
But...
still...
It's over.
Kenji, do you know who this is?
I don't know.
I don't know, but I...
Time for part 4 of the Haru Namio show!
Hey! Enough Haru already!
We're waiting for that Guutara Suudara!
You have no idea how long we've been making it through these harsh days thanks to that song.
Let's go guys!
Yeah, let's go!
Everyone!
The Ice Princess...
is me!
I'm promise you the guy who sings that song is real.
I really believed
that he would come here and grace us all with his voice!
We've all been deceived! He's not coming.
Does he even really exist?
Yeah!
We can't wait anymore!
Yeah! Yeah!
Sorry!
I'm really sorry!
It wasn't my intention to deceive you all.
That man...
Hey, sorry to make you wait.
Yay!
Ladies and gentlemen!
He's finally here!
Oww...
Oh, that hurt.
My body's all rattled.
I...
am not the man
everyone thinks I am.
Friend is dead!
Mankind will no longer be destroyed!
Are you all right?
Yes, I'm all right.
Are you all right?
Yes, I'm all right.
Are you all right?
Yes, I'm all right.
Are you all right?
Yes, I'm all right.
~The day is ending and from somewhere~
~the smell of curry wafts by~
~No matter how far I walk~
~I wonder if I'll ever make it home~
~The croquette from my favorite shop~
~will it be waiting for me with the old familiar taste?~
~Night falls on the Earth~
~and I hurry home~
Hey hey!
~Even if it should rain~
~or if a storm should come~
~no matter what~
~Let's all head home, nothing can get in our way~
~No one has the right to stop us~
~Ha ha ha~
~Night falls on the Earth~
~and I hurry home~
~Night falls on the Earth~
~Around the world, people hurry home~
~Everyday, just like that, around you~
~Forever and ever, it continues on~
I said I'd be back, didn't I?
Oh, wow.
It still works...
But I didn't want to ever have to come here again.
There's no way I can stop you?
There's something that needs to be resolved.
Um...
I've said this before but it's reeeally dangerous.
I can't run away.
Why? What happened?
Yoshitsune said something.
He said, "Weren't we the ones who created Friend?"
The things Yoshitsune says are almost always right.
But...
"We" aren't responsible for creating Friend.
I am.
What are you talking about?
Not only that, Friend isn't Fukubei.
At the reunion, everyone said he was Fukubei.
And he didn't deny it.
But...
He isn't Fukubei.
In 5th grade,
Fukubei suddenly died.
Here we go!
Alright, let's do this.
Switch on!
I'm taking the badge back.
It's the criminal!
Criminals get the death penalty.
Ikegami-kun is pretty harsh, huh?
Let's go.
Yeah.
He's been given the death penalty so he's invisible. I can't see him!
Alright, that's enough.
You died today. Hahaha.
School's starting, but you won't be coming!
Thief. Hahahaha.
Death penalty! Death penalty!
That bully is Ikegami
and the one next to him is Fukubei, huh?
There's always picking on the weak.
Take off that stupid mask.
- Stop! - Kenji.
You're in no position to talk.
You've got something to do, don't you?
Huh?
If you don't do it now, you'll regret it for life.
Please give it to me.
I brought a winning ticket.
I'm gonna leave it here.
Excuse me.
That's right.
Go for it.
It was me.
The one who stole the badge was me!
I'm sorry!
Sorry!
I'm really sorry!
This world
is it needed?
Or not?
Am I needed?
or not?
Needed?
This world
is it needed?
I...
am I undesired?
Masakatsu!
Rock.
T. Rex.
Even so..
nothing changed.
Keeenji-kun.
Hey hey, did you hear?
That song just now.
What do you mean did I hear? I played it.
I...
From tomorrow my plans were all blank sheets of paper.
Hey.
Will you be my friend.
Sure.
But take off that stupid meaningless mask.
Huh?
Hey.
Take off the mask.
And then go back up to him.
I'm sorry.
After I got you accused of shoplifting, everone ignored you
saying "He's dead, he's dead"
Ah, the dead guy's here!
Let's go Fukubei.
Ikegami's friend
who suddenly died
was Fukubei.
Even though you, who loved science, were still alive
you couldn't come to school.
And then
in everyone's memories
it was as if you had died.
I'm really
really sorry.
Katsumata-kun.
Katsumata-kun, who loved science
on the day before the carp dissection
You remember Katsumata-kun?
I don't really remember, but
that kid who suddenly died?
Yeah.
Katsumata-kun, who loved science
He died the day before the carp dissection
and it was rumored his figure appeared in the science room every night.
Hey.
The truth is, I..
I've been writing songs.
Hey.
I'm really good with the melodies, but the lyrics...
How's that?
Oh, that's pretty good.
You've got some skill. Let's partner up and put some stuff out.
Like Lennon and McCartney
On the day that rock music rang out through the junior high school grounds
for the first time
I made a friend.