"Clone Baby" Episode 2
There is only one chair prepared for us in life.
"I'll end my life." Just as I'd decided that, I met him.
When I opened my eyes, for some reason I was in a hospital bed.
- And he appeared again. He said to me: - Shall I swap with you?
- At first I thought he was a nice guy. - Yo!
I thought he'd swap with me for the bad parts of my life, but I was wrong.
He's trying to take over my life.
What in the world is his purpose?
This is the tale of clones killing each other for that one chair.
Who are you!?
Who are you?
Kanako, why are you saying such dumb things?
There we go! There's Masamune's grumpy face!
Dad, hurry up and take a photo of it!
- Okay, I took it. Oh, what a terrible face. - Show me! Show me! Ah, so funny!
What are you doing here?!
Is this what you mean by that random "musical chairs" stuff?
- Hey, Masamune... - Isn't that a bit rude, Masamune? Kikuchi Hiro simply came over to bring over your notebook you'd left at school.
Oh, it was probably a bit of rude of me to stay for lunch as well.
- I'll leave now. - Thank you for bringing him his book. Masamune, say thank you.
I don't need to say that to him.
"Kikushika Marika"
Marika?
Marika! Hey, Marika!
- What is this? - The phone is out of range. - Now what?!
What is it?!
Why?! What is this?!
"CLONE BABY" 2nd CLONE
You're... Masamune's friend, aren't you?
Mice are really basic creatures.
No matter what the male and female are like, they'll instinctively mate if they're in the same space.
See! They're going at it already!
These two probably think it is part of their destiny.
We may be connected by the red string of fate too.
Stop!
He's trying to steal my life.
What's he done to Marika now?
I wonder if there's any new information? The victims are all 19 year olds born on July 7th.
So far they've all been males? Eh!
That's exactly like me! My time has come!
I can't wait to meet the murderer.
-Ah, your sister is also a 19 year old born on Tanabata (July 7th). - Eh?
We'd better take a note of that, though the perpetrator doesn't seem interested in young girls.
- But just in case... - Wakabayashi... - She's pretty.
- Her big brother... - No, thank you.
Yes, this is Kashishika.
Eh?! Marika?!
Um hey, are you thinking that you want to be with me or something like that?
Close your eyes.
I won't tell anyone. So...
Could you throw away that thing in your hand?
As if I'd do that! There's no red string of fate here!
Hey, mate.
Someone help me! Masamune...
Don't get crazy.
- Teacher~ - What are you doing here on a holiday?
How mean.
It's your last day here today, isn't it?
I'll give you this.
You've been dying to get your hands on this, haven't you?
The female teacher is killing mice every day.
That is rather sensational.
- Then sell it to the the media. - Media?
- I could sell a photo of myself in a bikini for more money. - What do you want?
My dad works at a drug manufacturing company. It's quite a major company.
You think I'm doing similar drug tests here?
Exclusive divine providence. Magnetic laws. Clones.
What is the Asterisk plan?
Did you read that in my notes?
Is it me that you're looking for?
99%
Human and mice genes are 99% alike.
Just the tiniest difference in genes has me named as a human and them named as mice.
You're being so annoying today.
- Not being the same is helpful. - Huh?
Watch closely.
These two are cloned mice with genes that are 100% alike.
- If you put them in the same box, an extraordinary phenomenon occurs. - Extraordinary phenomenon?
Marika has disappeared. Help me!
Tell me where Marika is.
Please!
I saw Marika on the rooftop on that day.
"I'll end my life." That's what I'd decided which is why I went there, but I feel like Marika called to me.
I should have died after that fall, but I'm still alive.
I'm sure Marika saved me.
That's why this time it's my turn to save Marika. That's why I was kept alive!
Why are you suddenly so into being alive?
The reality won't change. Have you forgotten?
You died. You chose to die.
Right?
It was you who asked me to swap with you. You were the one who said you didn't need this chair.
What do you think happened in this box?
- Hm, you can get that look on your face too, Aoyagi? - Whatever.
Hey, what do you think if this phenomenon also occurred in human clones?
In humans too?
- Yes. If creatures with the same genomes meet in the same world... - Please! Please tell me where Marika is!
I'm not trying to say something noble like that humans are foolish creatures.
People have a history of wars. They invade countries near them and make them their own.
It's probably entangled in our own genes.
Die once more.
There are genes that cause humans to kill each other.
There is only one chair prepared for us in life.
It's been awoken?
Ma...ri...ka...
- It's surprisingly effective as a lucky charm. - Don't put it on me without asking.
- It's gone. - Masamune, what happened to your bracelet?
- I think I lost it. - You only just noticed that now?
I wonder if our relationship will be lost too?
I wonder if it has been lost?
The red string of fate that bound Masamune and myself...
I'd believed that it would never be lost.
But it's gone.
Masamune...
This birthmark we both have really is alike.
It can't be true...
So it is true that people turn cold when they die. He's like ice.
Do you want to be like that too?
We do have this connection...
Masamune...
I know.
I'll erase everything that gets in my way.
Marika! You're in hospital. You were saved. There's no need to worry anymore.
- Marika, are you alright? - Mm.
- Masamune... - Marika, get some rest.
Mm.
Murder cases of 19 year olds born on Tanabata - Victim No. 5
Dead!
It's a new victim in the Tanabata (July 7th) murder case. Another one in our jurisdiction too.
- Shogo, if things go bad, your sister could be in danger. - Yeah.
You didn't need to come here.
- You should've stayed with your sister... - Staying with her wouldn't help solve this case.
- You're the one telling me to hurry up and catch the perpetrator. - Hang on, hang on. I know.
- But don't forget that Marika is the only living victim in this case. - Yeah.
- Well, when things calm down, I could investigate her one-on-one. - No, thanks!
Is it okay for you to be sitting up?
- Masamune! - What did you want to talk to me about?
What really did happen to your bracelet?
Ah, it...
- There's something I want to check. - Check?
What!? Stop it! I said stop it!
It's not there!
It's really not there!
Um... the star shaped birthmark...
Who are you?!
So... that body I saw then must have been you, Masamune!
You're not really Masamune, are you?
- Marika... - Don't come near me!
I'll tell you!
- Kikichi Hiro... - Aoyagi Masamune is dead.
Think back carefully.
Who was it that came to save you when you were about to be killed?
- It was Masamune. - No. - It was Masamune!
- Marika...? - Eh?
It wasn't you, Masamune?
The person who saved you...
... was me.
Stop it!
- What I saw was... - Stop it. Stop it!
It's none of your business.
The one you love isn't him.
You're wrong! It's Masamune!
Masamune is special!
It's strange, but from the first time we met it was like we had been attracted to each other like magnets.
It was just like the red string of fate.
You're the only two who think it's anything special.
You're the same as mice used in experiments.
- Anyone would've been fine. Anyone. - No!
Masamune and I are connected by the red string of fate.
You really believe in the mythical red string of fate?!
Well, let me ask you this then.
Why won't you look me in the eye?
- That doesn't matter. - I bet you've noticed it.
You've been in love with me since you met me.
We're just like two magnets that have been attracted to each other.
The red string of fate...
... connects us two.
Ichikawa Tomohiro as Aoyagi Masamune, Matsuzaka Tori as Kikuchi Hiro Matsushige Yutaka as Aoyagi Kazuma (father), Miki Honoka as Aoyagi Kanako (daughter) Taki Yukari as Katsushika Marika, Makita Tetsuya as Detective Katsushika Shogo
Kikuta Daisuke as Mikumo Gota, Inaba Yu as Ozu Sataoshi Yamazaki Kento as Okabe Jotaro, Suruga Taro as Detective Wakabayashi Haruki Kikuchi Akiko as Higuchi Rika (teacher), Shiga Kotaro as Dr. Hazuki Soichiro