Nijimin, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Nijimin.
I... This is my fault.
Just let her cry a little longer.
Oh, you poor, unfortunate soul.
We have sad news.
Former member of the popular idol group Dog Play, Nijimi Anazawa has passed away.
According to her talent agency, her manager found Ms. Anazawa
lying in her bed when he went to visit her apartment.
Ms. Anazawa was already--
Anazawa's funeral service is tomorrow, and a public memorial service
will be held the day after.
TSUYUYU & AYAPI
Anyone interested in attending the funeral service, please tell the class representative.
Try to go together as a group if you can.
You think Asagiri is all right?
You should know.
She hasn't come out of her room.
-There was no coaxing her out. -Yeah.
She totally ignored you.
Well, I guess I can't blame her.
It's her own brother's fault that happened.
At least it looks like the cover-up worked.
That's the power of the Ringa Clan for you.
What?
Back then, I wonder who saved us
and stopped her brother.
Judging from the timing,
you'd have to assume they were monitoring her stupid brother.
And then they decided to save us.
So, what are you implying?
That we have some mysterious ally on our side?
We don't know if they're an ally yet.
It's dangerous to jump to conclusions.
Where the hell do you think her stupid brother went?
He was gone by the time we regained consciousness.
I doubt he could have walked away with his injuries.
You think he's still alive?
If he is...
I'll make him pay with my own hands.
That's easy enough to say.
But how can we do that without our sticks?
If someone hadn't lost my backpack...
Where, oh, where is my precious stick?
The administrators, her brother, our sticks.
We've got nothing but problems.
But our most pressing issue is where we're going to sleep tonight.
We can't just stay at Asagiri's again with everything that's going on.
What? You that disappointed you won't get to take baths with Asagiri?
What are you talking about?
We just have to give her some space.
Oh, yeah, maybe I'll ask Izumigamine.
Do you have any guess as to why your son may have left?
Of course not!
Kaname is a good son!
He was at the top of his class!
He was on track to attend Tokyo University!
However, having only been a day and a half,
it's too early to assume the worst.
It's not unusual that these cases turn out to be runaways.
By the way, where is his sister?
Aya's not feeling well. She's resting upstairs.
-I'll go get-- -She's irrelevant.
We're talking about Kaname now.
Right...
Ayapi! Tsuyuyu!
We're all magical girls here. That makes us friends!
Right, Tsuyuyu?
-Nijimin... -This way!
I knew you would come, but I'm so happy you did!
Nice to meet you, I'm Nijimi Anazawa.
Maybe you know me, maybe you don't,
but I hope we can be friends!
Ayapi!
I wonder why.
Even after everything that happened,
all I can remember is Nijimin smiling.
Nijimin...
I'm coming too!
I'm sorry, Nijimin.
If I had only told everyone about my brother earlier,
if I had trusted everyone more...
If I had been stronger...
Stronger...
I want you to become stronger.
Stronger?
Someone who can face the world by herself.
Someone strong like that.
Ms. Asagiri,
you're not as weak or worthless
as you think you are.
That's how I feel at least.
Please find our boy.
-Aya! Perfect timing. -I'm sorry.
I'll be back.
Aya? Aya!
Where are you going?
Stronger. I need to be stronger.
That is all I can do now.
I'm not going to let anyone else get hurt.
I won't let anyone die anymore.
STAY OUT
I need to fight the site administrators.
I need to discover the truth behind the Tempest and find a way for us to survive.
I have to end these tragedies,
once and for all.
I don't care how much my life gets shortened, I need to get my stick back
and protect Ms. Yatsumura and the others.
That will be my atonement.
That is my fight!
How do you propose to handle the aforementioned girls,
Nana?
Maybe you've been playing around too much.
Don't say that. I'm sure the oh-so-clever Nana
has some great plan she's come up with.
Of course I do.
And you saw how my conspirator
took care of that bothersome bit of business.
Then are you planning to let them live?
No.
Of course they will be purged.
I'm actually having said conspirator
share some information with a different magical girl
to elicit a certain reaction.
And?
It won't be long.
It will be settled soon.
I need to find our sticks.
Nijimin.
I'm going to become stronger.
Just like you were when we needed you.
I'm going to protect everyone with my life.
I won't let anyone else die.
So please watch over me.
Asagiri, is that your answer?
Why?!
Nijimin! Nijimin!
-Thank you! Thank you! -No!
NIJIMI ANAZAWA MEMORIAL SERVICE
Please don't push.
The public memorial service will be held tomorrow.
Honestly. Detective Misumi, why are we stuck guarding the venue?
The funeral for a national icon invites chaos.
All stations are short-handed.
But still...
Anazawa...
I'm sorry for killing your beloved friend.
You're together now.
You fought hard.
May you be happy in the afterlife.
-I will never forget you. -Nijimin...
Have you all said your goodbyes?
I'll be closing the casket soon.
Is Asagiri really not going to turn up to say goodbye?
It shows that she read my texts.
Please excuse me.
Ms. Asagiri.
Nijimin.
I won't let anyone else get hurt.
I won't let anyone else die.
I promise.
-Nijimin! -I love you!
Now.
Is it time?
Asagiri! You should've said you were coming!
BREAK ROOM
We were all worried about you.
But I'm glad you came.
Really glad.
Hey, why don't you say something?!
How do you have that?
Where did you get that gun?!
-What? -What just happened?!
What's happening?!
Oh, you poor, unfortunate souls.
Oh, whoops.
I accidentally killed Sarina's prey.
Hope she doesn't hold it against me.
You've made a real mess here.
Well, that's your fault, Misumi.
If you only killed these magical girls for me when you had the chance,
I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble.
I was only asked to retrieve
Nijimi Anazawa's stick that fell into Kaname Asagiri's hands.
Nothing else.
And? Did you dispose of the brother?
Yes, of course.
Is there a problem?
Nope.
Everything's been taken care of.
All that's left to do is for you to retrieve the magic sticks
from the dead girls buried below.
Breaking news. There has been a large explosion
at the venue where the funeral service for Dog Play's former member was being held.
I'm shocked.
We'd be dead if Aya hadn't teleported us away using her gun.
But why did it explode?
You don't think it was the site administrator targeting us, do you?
Yes, they tried to kill us.
But how?
How did you know?
And where did you get your gun?
That's because...
I joined her side.
Sarina Shizukume!
My stick!
These are staying with me.
And I'm going to need you to hand over the sticks you have on you.
Ms. Asagiri!
What is this?!
Are you hunting down magic sticks with her now?
-No. -Then why?
Ms. Shizukume!
Asagiri, you showed me what you were willing to do.
Take it.
Come on, move it.
We'll crush them.
We're not letting them spread any more misery.
That's the answer you've found, isn't it?
I won't let anyone else get hurt.
I won't let them die.
I made a promise to Nijimin.
But if you keep using your sticks,
you'll eventually die.
That's why I want everyone to bow out of this fight.
If you hand over your sticks,
I'm sure you can find a way to survive the administrators.
You could even go back to your normal lives before you became magical girls.
I know I let you down by not telling you about my brother.
That's why I'll take all of these sticks and fight for all of you.
That's how I'll atone for what I've done.
It's the least I can do!
You're going to take on all of this by yourself?
Like hell you are! You can't take them on by yourself!
Still!
You can't, Aya.
We're magical girls.
Even without our sticks,
we're still magical girls. That can't be changed.
This choice is of our own will.
And my pride won't let someone sacrifice themselves so I'll be safe.
Don't worry, they're not going to catch me that easy.
What now?
It looks like...
This is my only option.
That's my stick!
Give us your sticks!
Please, I'm doing this to protect all of you!
I've had enough.
Why are you always like this?
How about you rely on us?
Trust us already,
you freaking dumb-ass!
-Wait. -Let go, Yatsumura!
Sometimes you have to smack some sense into idiots like her!
Ms. Asagiri.
No, stay back!
Ms. Asagiri, remember what you told me before?
It's my turn to make sure you're not alone. I promise you won't need to do this alone!
You said you wouldn't leave me.
Ms. Asagiri...
So how are you going to do that fighting alone?
We all lost something important.
We're bound by a connection that can't be broken.
Yes, we've lost people.
But that's not just your fault.
It's not a burden you need to carry alone,
you couldn't even if you tried.
That's why...
you have to share some of the pain with us.
More of your corny friendship.
Hey!
My precious hammer!
Yatsumura.
Just to let you know,
I haven't forgotten what you did to me.
Then why are you siding with us,
current Ms. Magical Hunter?
Because I got pissed off.
They don't look at us as people.
They lie to manipulate us,
and then discard us when we're in the way.
Who do they think they are?
I thought you were going to be a real piece of crap
after I heard you picked on Aya, but you're pretty smart.
I don't want to hear it from you.
So?
Nana, the site administrator.
She pushed me
to try to kill all of you.
She's the one who told me about the explosion.
On the off chance it didn't kill you,
I was told to finish off the survivors.
But I'm done dancing on their palms.
I'm taking my own path.
At the very least, she said she'd work with us until the Tempest is over.
Ms. Asagiri, you're such a kind soul.
You guys are just as pissed as I am, aren't you?
You're right.
I've no intention of being swept cleanly under their rug.
We can't die yet.
If it's a fight they want...
Yes, we shall give it to them.
Then there's only one thing to do.
We're taking down the Magical Girl Site.
I finally see the world is filled with misfortune. Happiness is just a veil worn by misery.
A mirage that kills whoever chases after it.
The next episode is "The Rebel Girls." See you then.