"BEACH QUEEN CONTEST"
Narumi, it's me, Masaru.
We've saved up quite a lot of money for our circus performance.
But we're still a bit short.
Number 20, Shirogane.
And the winner is Miss Shirogane!
So, how do you plan to spend the prize money?
With your boyfriend, perhaps?
I will spend it with my family.
Wow, that's admirable.
My family is called the Nakamachi Circus.
It's still a small circus, but it will become big someday.
Here they are. The Nakamachi Circus!
All right! We can run a show now!
It's almost showtime for the Nakamachi Circus.
Before dawn, when the stars paint the sky
I am searching for the thing I lost
With a restless heart Under the sun yet in the dark
I patch together little prayers to light my path
I don't need anything, as my hands are full
My hands are full of emptiness
Please, just once, nod for me
Just once, reach out to me like the mirror
I will live for that single moment, that single second
All the rest can just burn away
What's right for me is for me alone
Whatever the path, I'll follow it to you
This feeling grows and grows, deep inside my heart
For one single reason
I continue to climb up on the stage
#8 Moment's beginning, moment's end
It's finally opening day, huh Lise?
Yes!
Come to think of it, why did you become a wild beast tamer?
I wouldn't call myself that.
I only tame dogs and cats.
Just a keeper of little furballs.
Oh, really?
My family were all wild beast tamers in the Great Long Circus.
So naturally, I became a wild beast tamer, too.
But there was an accident.
An accident?
There was a tiger named Beast, and my sister...
No, did she...
Yes, she was killed.
Since then, I haven't been able to tame wild animals.
My mind was too full of revenge towards Beast.
Even now?
I don't know.
I think part of me still feels that way.
Right.
But I want to see you perform.
My performance?
Yeah, isn't it what you want to do the most?
Yes, I love the circus.
I'm glad you don't let your revenge control you.
Yes, it's more fun to tame than to be controlled.
Yeah!
There.
What are you looking at?
Dear me.
Don't worry, I'm not after your boy anymore.
Good.
I didn't think I'd be able to be in a circus ever again.
I'm just so happy now.
Like being reunited with an old boyfriend.
You love a guy so much, and give your everything to him.
You break up, but can't seem to forget him.
Just as you think you've gotten over him, you bump into him.
And you think, he is the only man for me.
That's what the circus is like for me.
I see.
And you? Ever been through something like that?
You play it cool, but you're pretty so you must've had a guy or two.
A guy you let walk right into your heart.
I've had none.
I've never opened my heart to anyone.
I only attacked.
I treated him like an object.
He scolded me.
And I told him about my past.
-That's it? -Yes.
He's a man that I caused irremediable damage to.
If I could see him just one more time...
I'd apologize from the bottom of my heart.
-So you were pretty crazy over him. -Crazy?
It means you loved him.
I don't know.
Wow, I never thought I'd see you looking like that.
So, where is this hunk now?
He's nowhere.
He's dead.
"NAKAMACHI CIRCUS OPENING DAY"
SAME DAY, OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN HEADED TOWARDS SHANGHAI
He's asleep, huh?
Does he realize that we're headed for China to catch the automata?
Absurd, indeed.
I... I'm sorry. My sister...
Thank you. Let's go.
Awkward as always. You scared the little kids.
You were awake?
You're only a smooth talker towards women, eh?
No need elsewhere.
Ugh, that's what I hate about you.
Sir, are you feeling okay?
I'm feeling just wonderful...
about what's going to happen now.
I thought so.
You noticed too?
I'm no fool.
Be careful now.
This game has just begun.
Yeah, a real fun game.
If this plane crashes, we automata win.
And if you land safely, you win.
Shut the hell up.
Narumi, no!
Air Control, this is RH824.
An explosion in the cabin!
Descending to 11,000 feet to eliminate the need for oxygen masks.
I'm Magdalen.
Let's play a game, shall we?
A hijack?
No, automata.
What do you want?
For you to all die.
Damn it, it exploded the second I stabbed it.
That's why I tried to stop you.
They're "Self-destructors." They explode if you cut or stab them.
What a mess you've made now.
It's stable now.
Time to set up the playing field.
Come on now, play with us.
What do you want to do?
We've heard the rumors of a new shirogane
who kills automata with his bare hands.
I brought 9 friends who want to fight him.
Don't worry, we won't explode if it's by bare hands.
If you can beat us all, this plane will land safely in Shanghai.
I guess I'll send you all flying then.
Lucille, keep the passengers back.
Go ahead. We want a clear, open playing field.
But Guy, you need to take off Olympia's strings.
Right.
That and...
What are you doing!
Each time we hit you, we'll break a finger.
You filthy bastard!
That's an interesting idea.
I didn't know automata understood aristocratic decadence and brutality.
You asshole!
I hate you almost as much as I hate the automata.
Forgive me. I don't feel pain.
So I don't understand the pain humans feel.
But why don't you break some precious fingers instead?
Aren't these fingers pretty?
They've broken many of your kind by using Olympia.
A wonderful idea.
What the hell are you thinking?
It's definitely not for the children.
Don't let them get a single hit.
Remember, I hate you. Don't say I didn't warn you.
It's game on!
That's one hit.
You...!
You might have dodged it, but he nicked you. That's a hit.
Damn you.
If you have the time to yell, hurry up and crush them.
No matter how many fingers they break, I don't feel a thing.
Fine, I'll just take my time then.
Because I hate your guts!
It doesn't hurt to have his fingers broken?
Are all you shirogane like that?
Avoiding human contact, and not caring when a child is in danger?
I don't get you at all.
Even the oldest shirogane can do nothing without her damned puppet.
That saber is from the Napoleonic era. I'm fond of the brass work on the hilt.
Get your filthy hands off it.
You can't use it anyways since it makes us explode.
Have you even considered
what you'll do if Narumi breaks you all?
He won't.
Besides, you really think us on the plane are the only ones here?
There's more fun in store for you.
So there's a detached force.
They must've overrun the cockpit too. I'll have to take it back.
What's wrong? He's running out of fingers.
Or don't you care about him?
Shut up!
Did I do that on purpose?
You bastards keep your hands off him.
Sure, as long as he doesn't interfere.
Stand back, boy.
But his fingers...
Don't worry, it doesn't hurt him.
But look at them. It has to hurt.
Nah, he doesn't feel a thing.
That's right. This isn't the time to show pain.
It'd just scare the kids.
I don't feel pain.
Don't worry.
That imbecile muscleman will crush all these puppets.
So watch very carefully.
Man up. Don't cry.
Guy, you...!
Yeah, listen to that scary mama's boy doctor.
Watch, I won't let them lay a single finger on me.
Done.
You really did defeat them all.
But I'm not like the other automata.
I'm fast, and I hurt.
So what?
Bring it on, you rotten toy!
The cockpit is dead, the sky is mine.
Woo, this feels great!
Be it the sky or a lowly bug on the land, nothing on this earth is the automata's.
Lucille, it's you.
Time for some fun!
I'll explode if you stab me!
You all are such simpletons.
Do you realize how long we've been researching you?
We know how to crush you without letting you explode.
Our fingers have memorized it.
My synthetic body fluids are leaking...
Give me human blood!
I didn't want to use my new Blade of Saint George on you.
Idiot, you just made me self-destruct...
Narumi, the children!
No, Guy!
As Shakespeare said...
it is more worthy to leap in ourselves, than tarry till they push us.
Are you out of your mind!
I had no choice. You forced me to.
Never do that again.
Sorry.
But you had no choice either.
It wasn't all that bad for a monkey brain like you.
Enough of that, look outside.
What the heck?
Mr. Spazza's balloon show!
Insectoid automata.
-They're after the engines. -What?
Guy, Narumi. Do you hear me?
They got the pilots.
I'm steering the plane now, but they're attacking the engines.
Stop them.
But how?
I'm going outside. Hold on.
Look at you. How can you...?
I'm going hunting.
-What the... -It's a new dress.
A compilation of all the shiroganes' latest technologies.
You idiot! How can you fight them in your condition?
You only have 3 fingers left to control Olympia with.
They got the second engine.
Narumi, I'm a shirogane.
A heartless non-human being, just like you said.
That's why I can destroy the automata no matter the circumstances.
Guy!
Besides, who else can eliminate them in this situation?
As if you could do anything.
-Say that again! -Maman!
You stay by your maman.
And hold your sister tightly.
You're her elder brother.
Good.
I take it back. You aren't heartless.
Not again. You people make too much of me.
Teacher,
you're a kind person.
You just don't show it.
Narumi, finish everything off.
Destroy the Midnight Circus.
You don't mean to die out there, do you?
Who do you think I am?
I'm not like some foolish Asian I know of.
You better come back so I can punch you.
How barbaric.
I wish you'd say something a bit more chic, like...
Bon voyage.
Thank you.
It's finally happening.
Yes, it certainly is.
All right, get ready now.
Yes, sir!
Damn you!
But you'll run out of bullets in no time!
See? I told you so.
Damn it.
You lose.
Cut me.
Take my head if you wish.
But let the plane go!
What a sight! Guy is pleading with me.
Sure thing, I'll chop your head off for you.
And then knock the plane out of the sky too!
Thanks for coming up closer.
You were faking it? I'll kill you!
By the way, I'm not out of bullets either.
Damn it! I'll take the plane with me then.
He's going to self-destruct.
I win!
Guy!
Narumi, do something about the pests on the left wing.
Damn it.
We're going to crash land. Brace yourselves!
Don't worry, I'm right here.
Thank you all for waiting.
I welcome you to the Nakamachi Circus!
It's time.
Our circus is opening.
-What's that? -It came from the ocean.
It might be someone coming for you. Stay put.
What in the...?
Why? My heart... It's beating so loudly.
Can it be...?
Is it?
I guess not.
Lucille, great work.
Sorry, but it's not over yet.
You puppet!
Die!
Damn you!
-Are you okay? -Thanks.
An automaton!
Human blood...
Mr. Masaru!
Shirogane.
No, shirogane blood!
Who is it?
-Narumi? -Narumi!
Fly up high, Marionette
Turn to ash, gracefully
My only purpose in life was to fight
Why am I so angry even I dump my humanity
Without you, I can't smile anymore
I assume that I am to be blamed
Like a puppet that can't smile naturally
I feel like someone is pulling my strings
What am I even living for?
I was hurt, and thought that nobody would understand
But you came along, and took me in your arms
I felt my tangled arms and legs
become free
Fly up high, Marionette
I think now I can reach you
Before I met you, I was empty
Now I have something I'd give my all to protect
You taught me how to feel, the feeling of sorrow too