Go run through, just as your heart guides you
To the place of freedom which isn't shown on a map
In the town where a faint darkness settles
A crowd of people who hide their true faces
I struggled those days, but could not protect your smile
Soar above the sadness by piercing through
Shout out your passion
And take the pain along with you
To the future where you will meet your unknown self
Please look at my right hand.
Which part of it is the shortest?
The thumb!
That's close.
The shortest part of my right hand is the life-line!
-That's not fair. -What is that?
Please sit down on your seat now.
What's going on here?
Chapter 5
Labyrinth Island
Episode 13
Kurofune
Don't you have a memory of it, too?
The weather is so nice and comfortable.
And all of your nice friends are on the bus with you.
One of the girls that you like...
tells you how much she likes you.
There is lots of fun everyday...
with plenty of excitement and satisfaction.
And an ideal future lies right in front of you.
You should break the emergency exit and jump off the bus...
as soon as it stops at the next signal.
You are...
Now! Hurry!
Emergency Exit
Kei.
They don't sing my song.
They don't sing my song that I taught them.
Little birds sing a little bird's song.
And everybody enjoyed it.
You're Solo?
I came here to save you.
Why did you come?
Don't you know this is inside the labyrinth?
I'm a warrior of Melos.
I wonder if you can keep being yourself...
in someone else's dream, no matter whom.
Let's go!
Where?
Someplace that isn't here.
What's your name?
Bocca.
Mr. Kurofune.
Bastard cow!
Mr. Kurofune!
You are...?
I'm Bocca.
We met each other once at old man Tsunagi's place.
Why did you come here?
Because the monster is here.
And I'm a warrior of Melos.
I see.
Who is this young boy?
He's Solo.
He was chosen to become the sacrifice tonight.
That's strange.
This place is a space-time area...
which is filled with the monster's energy.
Simply being in this labyrinth is exactly the same thing...
as actually seeing the monster.
Why isn't this boy affected at all?
There was a monster just before.
No normal human could have survived.
Are you a warrior of Melos?
No, I'm not.
During the war in the 20th century...
A monster would first show themselves...
in order to attack a human.
Once people saw the monsters...
they turned into stone, dolls or animals.
Why do you think they stopped using...
such an effective way of attacking humans?
These days, they prefer to stay away from human society.
They finally realized that...
if they show their true form to humans...
it would end up increasing the number of Melos warriors.
There is at least one out of a few hundred thousand people...
who would be awakened and become a Melos warrior.
And it only takes one Melos warrior to annihilate the monsters...
if that warrior has the power to do it.
The only thing that won't be affected by looking directly at...
the monsters are the Melos warriors or the Aibar machines that...
have an ability to transform into humanoid form.
The Unicorn Series, isn't it?
Yes, or are you...?
See.
You are a Melos warrior as I thought.
No, I'm not.
But this holy mark is...
I had this mark a long time ago.
That's why I think it is...
No, I know about the Melos warriors.
Because of this mark, I once thought that I could become one too.
But, I'm not.
I've never even seen the Melody of Oblivion...
and I can't even create the arrow that Melos warriors can.
But, nothing is affecting you in this labyrinth.
Maybe your warrior power is slow to develop.
It's from that side...
There are two of Mr. Kurofune?
That's me in the past.
You in the past?
Then...
is that monster also in the past?
This is the match that we had in the past...
so no one can interfere.
What's going on right now?
What do you mean by the match in the past?
This is the labyrinth.
Space and time are mixed-up in here.
I have been wandering around...
in this labyrinth for several decades.
That's why you don't get old, Mr. Kurofune.
I thought this was the island of the devil...
but it actually was the Palace of the Dragon King.
Mr. Kurofune!
That's right.
I defeated him once.
But he ran into the labyrinth.
For those who have died once before...
They can still live within this warped space-time labyrinth.
I suppose he's immortal as long as he stays inside.
But along the same lines...
he'll never be able to leave this labyrinth.
I thought I had sealed him inside the Iabyrinth forever.
But somehow he managed to come out from it.
I don't know why.
Do you mean you'll never be able to defeat him?
Monsters can be defeated with the arrows of Melos.
But to seal that bastard cow in here...
I have to keep fighting him inside of this labyrinth forever.
A warrior could also fight forever...
in this labyrinth since time is distorted in here.
If that person who was fighting in front of us was you from the past...
then the person who is standing in front of us right now...
may not be real you either.
How can I be sure you are the real you?
I'm real.
As long as I think I am...
then that's all it matters.
Just to let you know...
the person who was fighting before was also the real me.
This space is where many different kinds of realities are intertwined.
That's how this labyrinth is.
Look over there.
That's also me in the past.
Sayoko!
I told you...
you are seeing something in the past.
We can't interfere with any of it.
Sayoko was also chosen as a sacrifice to the monster.
And the people who chose her as a sacrifice were her parents.
Why?
Because her big brother is...
an agent of the Monster Union.
Let's split up here.
I'm going to follow Horu.
Both of you should look for the exit as soon as possible.
But...
I know you are a Melos warrior.
If you were alone, I would want you to fight with me.
But I can't get this boy involved.
You have to leave here...
in order to save this boy.
Then, I'm going to fight against the monster.
Why don't you get out of here with Solo?
I can't do that.
He is my old enemy.
Sayoko is outside of the labyrinth!
Sayoko is waiting for you to come out!
She gave this to me...
so I can look for you.
I have nothing to do with her.
I saved her because I'm a warrior of Melos.
And I'm going to fight against Horu, because I am a warrior.
That's all.
Mr. Kurofune!
According to what Mr. Kurofune said...
to seal that monster in this labyrinth...
one of you must stay here and keep fighting forever.
Therefore, the only person who could get out of here is...
either you, Bocca, or Mr. Kurofune.
I think he might be trying to save only himself.
That can't be.
He's trying to trick you...
so he can actually make you fight against the monster.
What makes you think like that?
You have a greater chance of being targeted by the monster than him.
Because I'm with you, and I'm the sacrifice.
You're right.
That's very smart of you to realize Kurofune's cleverness.
Smart boy.
But it's too bad.
It's really too bad that I have to eat you now.
Young Melos.
I saw you once before.
I feel sorry.
Such a young boy being tricked by that vicious Kurofune.
Come out monster!
Call me Horu. That's my name.
That Kurofune is really a bad fellow.
He makes girls fall in love with him...
then he acts as if it was their fault because they fell in love with him.
He never even touches them.
He's really cunning.
Bocca!
Solo!
Come out monster!
Fight with me!
You are so immature to even let that damn Kurofune take advantage of you.
How do you think you can ever beat me in this labyrinth?
Release Solo!
I think you'd better worry about yourself.
You can't escape from here.
We are all in the labyrinth.
You monster.
I think he might be trying to save only himself.
He's trying to trick you...
so he can actually make you fight against the monster.
I feel sorry.
Such a young boy being tricked by that vicious Kurofune.
Please look at my right hand.
Which finger is the one doing a bad thing?
Four eyes.
Please take your seat quickly.
Why are you in the labyrinth?
You didn't become a sacrifice.
I may not be the Elle who lives in your world.
I graduated high school, and became a tour bus guide.
And I'm still waiting for you to come back...
since you quit school and left town.
That's why you don't have a life-line...
because you're not the one who is living in my world.
Can you give me a life-line?
Can you?
If you did, I can celebrate with you right now.
Celebrate.
What's there on that side?!
What's the reason that you're choosing that direction?
I'm sorry but...
if I would have chosen you...
I wouldn't have gone on this journey from the beginning.
Goodbye four eyes.
Don't call me four eyes.
Hey, the quiet voice is sounding so sad
Why are you hiding your loneliness
And just smiling silently in front of me?
Even the night I'm losing the courage
that tomorrow will come again
So, let's go as far as I can to look for new pain
If you would be by my side on the night I can't sleep
I wish for a new future, just to hold it, so I can continue walking
Forever
Next Episode
While you are stupidly fighting in here...
that sly Kurofune can escape from the labyrinth.
Too bad, but he used you.
Next episode, "The Entrance Named Exit".
The Entrance Named Exit
Ring out! My Melos!