E1 - Kurayukaba
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[00:00] Children
Kagome, kagome,
[00:04] Children
The bird is in the basket,
[00:04] Narrator
The sun sets in the west,
and the darkness gathers in the east...
[00:08] Children
when, when will it come out?
[00:08] Narrator
Follow the line of lanterns
as this child did, and share her fate.
SIGN MISSING
SIGN LOOKING FOR THIS PERSON
[00:12] Children
In the twilight at the light of dawn
[00:14] Narrator
Listen well, little girl.
[00:15] Children
the crane and the turtle slipped
[00:15] Narrator
Leave the lanterns well alone.
[00:18] Narrator
Or you will never see the sunrise again...
[00:18] Children
Who is behind you right now?
SIGN BORDER
SIGN RIGHT THERE
[00:24] Girl
Ohana-chan!
[00:27] Narrator
I have a story for you all today,
[00:30] Narrator
the story of the strange rumor
that terrified the city.
[00:34] Narrator
Some details must be kept hidden, of course,
[00:37] Narrator
but I hope you'll greet each new
scene with your full attention
[00:40] Narrator
and a loud round of applause!
[00:51] Chiko
Work! Work!
[00:53] Chiko
Money! Money!
[00:54] Soutaro
Hello and welcome to
Ootsuji Detective Agency...
[00:56] Soutaro
We are a detective agency,
and not a school or orphanage.
[01:00] Saki
Screw you.
[01:02] Saki
Where's Old Man Manabe, Detective?
[01:04] Soutaro
Ain't found him yet.
[01:07] Saki
Where are you paying me
for the info I gave you?
[01:09] Saki
I spent a whole month on this.
[01:11] Soutarou
Don't blame me, Osaki-san.
[01:14] Soutarou
They haven't paid me yet.
[01:16] Saki
You sure you're a real detective?
[01:18] Soutarou
I'm sure I'm a real detective.
[01:21] Saki
And you let your customer disappear
on you? Aren't you embarrassed?
[01:25] Soutarou
I am, actually.
[01:28] Saki
Why didn't you demand payment up front?
[01:30] Soutarou
"I'll pay you anything you want."
[01:33] Soutarou
"Anything?"
SIGN MANABE
[01:34] Soutarou
"I'm afraid that Chiko, I mean, that
parrot, is the only family I've got left.
[01:39] Soutarou
I'd like you to find it for me"
[01:42] Soutarou
"Just leave it to me."
[01:44] Soutarou
And he's been missing ever since then.
[01:45] Soutarou
No sign of a crime, either, right?
[01:48] Chiko
Right?
[01:50] Saki
I don't give a damn. Pay me, now.
[01:53] Soutarou
Give it up. I can't pay you
what I don't have.
[01:57] Chicken Wing Seller
Come try Arinoya's famous chicken wings!
Located right in front of Ougi-chou station.
[02:03] Chicken Wing Seller
Tasty and pleasing to the eye, too!
[02:06] Shiro
It's festival season!
[02:09] Aka
What sort of stalls are
we going to see this year?
[02:11] Shiro
After what happened, there don't
seem to be any meat bun sellers.
[02:16] Aka
Oh, where they mixed in something
that shouldn't have been there.
[02:18] Soutarou
I'm so hungry...
[02:19] Aka
I hope nothing that scary
ever happens again...
SIGN CIRCUS
[02:31] Zaka
Hey, Soutarou. I've been looking for you.
[02:34] Soutarou
Zaka-san... if this is about my tab from
the other day, I need a little more time.
[02:37] Inarizaka
No, I've got a way for you
to make some quick cash.
[02:39] Inarizaka
You sure look down.
[02:41] Soutarou
The rest of the city's just
a bit too cheerful for me.
[02:46] Zaka
The circus is in town?
It's that time of year already?
[02:55] Soutarou
A mass disappearance?
[02:57] Zaka
Yup. A whole city tram's worth
of passengers disappeared.
[03:01] Zaka
And it's happened more than once.
[03:03] Zaka
A bunch of women by a tenement house well.
A cafeteria at a construction site. A school.
[03:07] Zaka
Everyone in the area just disappears...
[03:09] Staff
Here you go, tamagoyaki.
[03:10] Soutarou
I'll take another beer.
[03:11] Soutarou
Sure.
[03:11] Soutarou
I know I shouldn't say this
since you're picking up the tab,
[03:15] Soutarou
but I don't buy rumors like that.
[03:16] Soutarou
If any of it was true, the big papers and
the radio would be all over it.
[03:19] Zaka
Yup. Which means someone's
keeping it out of the news.
[03:21] Zaka
Between you and me,
I think the Dark is involved.
[03:25] Soutarou
The Dark?
[03:26] Staff
Here's your beer, mister.
[03:28] Zaka
Something big's going down, I'm sure of it.
[03:30] Zaka
And my editors want stories like these.
[03:33] Staff
Mister...
[03:33] Soutarou
Oh, that's enough.
[03:35] Soutarou
So you want me to go into the Dark
and find out what's going on?
[03:37] Zaka
Yup. I'll make it worth your time.
[03:39] Zaka
You want in?
[03:40] Zaka
You won't get another chance like this
for twenty years at least!
[03:42] Soutarou
I'm not interested in signing
my own death warrant.
[03:44] Soutarou
That place is filled to the brim
with thugs and homeless.
[03:47] Zaka
Hear me out, at least.
[03:48] Zaka
It's more than just rumors.
[03:50] Zaka
These are just the missing persons
I've managed to verify on my own.
[03:57] Zaka
Men and women, kids and grandparents...
They seem to have nothing in common.
[04:01] Zaka
But beneath the spot where they disappeared,
you'll find these strange tracks...
[04:06] Soutarou
Tracks? From what?
[04:07] Zaka
Dunno. They disappear when
you try to follow them.
[04:10] Zaka
I got nowhere.
[04:12] Soutarou
Thus, the Dark?
[04:15] Soutarou
The cops are powerless there.
[04:17] Zaka
Yup. And if you manage to
find any of the missing...
[04:20] Soutarou
I'm still thinking this is a bunch of crap.
[04:24] Zaka
Not at all.
[04:25] Zaka
I've already got a starting point.
The ones behind it are...
[04:30] Saki
And he says these whatever-men
are behind it all, maybe?
[04:33] Soutarou
Yup. You want in?
[04:35] Soutarou
You won't get another chance like this
for another thirty years at least!
[04:40] Soutarou
Anyway, I need evidence tying them to this!
[04:42] Soutarou
I'll give you five big ones.
Go into the Dark for me!
[04:46] Soutarou
It'll be easy for you, right?
[04:48] Soutarou
If we're lucky you'll find Manabe, too.
[04:50] Chiko
Manabe! Manabe! Manabe!
[04:53] Saki
Why don't you go on your own?
[04:56] Soutarou
Me? Well, I...
[04:58] Saki
You ever been into the Dark?
[05:00] Soutarou
If I did, it was when I was a kid.
[05:02] Soutarou
I don't remember.
[05:04] Soutarou
Oh! Um, uh...
[05:05] Soutarou
Little brats like you,
I mean, kids like you,
[05:07] Soutarou
can get around better in dark,
cramped spaces than grown-ups, right?
[05:11] Saki
I see.
[05:14] Saki
I've heard the Dark is scary.
[05:17] Saki
But I've never heard from anybody
who's seen it from themselves.
[05:20] Saki
A buddy of mine fled there
after they stole something,
[05:23] Saki
but I never heard from them again.
[05:25] Soutarou
Whatcha writing?
[05:27] Soutarou
My will.
[05:27] Chiko
Will! Will!
[05:28] Chiko
Will! Will! Will!
[05:29] Chiko
Huh? Your will?
[05:31] Saki
Yup. I'm short on cash. I'll do it.
[05:34] Saki
Hold onto this for me.
SIGN WILL
MIURA SAKI
[05:38] Saki
I wonder if there's anything good
to eat down in the Dark?
[05:41] Soutarou
Come on, you're exaggerating.
[05:44] Saki
I'm going after some kidnapper
down in the Dark, right?
[05:46] Saki
We'll find out if I'm exaggerating or not.
[05:49] Saki
Anyway, see you later!
[05:50] Soutarou
Don't work too hard! And don't
let them kidnap you, either!
SIGN DETECTIVE
SIGN DEAR OOTSUJI,
WE'VE GOT THE KID.
IF YOU WANT THEM BACK, BRING THE RANSOM MONEY.
SIGN RANSOM MONEY
[05:57] Zaka
Yes. I think it's the Laughing Masks.
[06:02] Soutarou
The Laughing Masks?
[06:07] Zaka
An underground gang that
runs things around Jouhoku.
[06:10] Soutarou
And why are they doing something that's
sure to bring the cops down on them?
[06:14] Zaka
That's the thing. The guys down in the Dark
normally try not to attract attention.
[06:19] Zaka
But lately, I've heard people talk
about the nasty stuff these guys do.
[06:21] Zaka
Maybe they've grown too big, or...
[06:23] Soutarou
Then I really don't want to get involved.
[06:25] Soutarou
Sounds like a nice way to get killed.
[06:27] Zaka
Let me be serious for a moment.
[06:29] Zaka
Are you going to keep
wasting your life forever?
[06:36] Zaka
You're disappointing your father,
rotting away like you are.
[06:42] Soutarou
My dad's got nothing to do with this.
[06:49] Zaka
Culverts, lignite mine shafts,
unfinished subway lines.
[06:53] Zaka
An underground world dug out
without any kind of plan.
[06:55] Fortune-Teller
No one person has ever seen the whole thing.
[06:58] Fortune-Teller
An infinite darkness, going on forever...
[07:00] Fortune-Teller
Kind of like life, I suppose.
SIGN SAKURA ALLEY
[07:05] Zaka
And we call the society that
lives down there "the Dark."
[07:11] Chicken Wing Seller
It scares you just to think about all
of them down there beneath your feet.
[07:14] Chicken Wing Seller
Like moles or termites...
[07:16] Chicken Wing Seller
How frightening!
[07:18] Zaki
Yes, a massive underground labyrinth.
A huge, terrifying termite's nest.
[07:23] Zaki
That's where you should start, I think.
[07:27] Conductor
Next stop, Daiboubashi. Daiboubashi.
[07:29] Conductor
Right in front of the paper factory.
SIGN KOBASHITA QUARTER
ALL THE WAY DOWN
[07:32] Watch-seller
Greetings, brother!
[07:34] Watch-seller
Buy a watch!
[07:35] Watch-seller
How about this one?
[07:39] Soutarou
I've got a question, actually.
[07:42] Watch-seller
Yeah, there was a weird kid that came by.
[07:47] Watch-seller
Yeah, with a hat like that. Definitely.
[07:49] Watch-seller
They went that way, I think.
[07:57] Watch-seller
I told them it was too
dangerous, you know, but...
[08:10] Watch-seller
It's a ways from here... and it's not
the kind of place you go for fun.
[08:27] Watch-seller
The Kobashita Quarter...
[08:30] Watch-seller
A black market for
the lowest scum in the world.
[08:42] Watch-seller
They say you can find most of what you need
to survive down in the darkness there...
[08:46] Watch-seller
But I'd rather not go myself.
[08:48] Watch-seller
Because...
[08:52] Masked A
Who the hell told you
that you could come here?
[08:53] Watch-seller
It's the territory of the infamous
Laughing Masks!
[09:05] Masked A
Mister, you know how things
work down here in the Dark?
[09:10] Masked B
An arm or an eyeball.
[09:21] Masked A
Quiet. We're busy!
[09:24] Masked A
Don't get in our way!
SIGN CLOSED FOR INVENTORY
[09:27] Soutarou
They're that crazy? What do I do?
[09:36] Soutarou
It's white...
[09:46] Man
What?
[09:49] Masked A
What's this noise?
[09:51] Masked B
Not sure.
SIGN KURAYUKABA
[10:02] Soutarou
Yes! A police armored train?
[10:05] Repairman
T-That's...
[10:08] Repairman
I've heard the rumors about it...
[10:10] Repairman
Demon 463!
[10:17] Repairman
They say that they're even crazier
than the rest of the Traffic Corps!
[10:24] Repairman
I don't want anything to do with them!
[10:46] Chief
Get 'em, men!
[10:49] Tamaya
The criminals are fleeing
south in their crickets!
[10:53] Tamaya
No casualties on our side.
[10:55] Tamaya
The tram's passengers and driver are safe,
[10:58] Tamaya
but they seem to have
already sent out an SOS...
[11:01] Tanne
So the security police'll be here soon, huh?
[11:03] Tanne
I don't want to waste time talking to them.
[11:04] Tanne
Right, commander?
[11:05] Tanne
A child?
[11:06] Chief
We can let them deal with this.
[11:08] Tanne
Sokore 463 will return
to its original position.
[11:11] Chief
Okay, everybody on board!
[11:13] Tanne
You there. Your face looks dark-drunk.
[11:18] Tanne
You need to get back to the surface.
[11:22] Soutarou
W-Wait!
[11:24] Soutarou
A kid... A person I know
was kidnapped by those guys.
[11:28] Soutarou
I'd like you to save them.
[11:30] Tanne
Sorry, that's outside our jurisdiction.
[11:33] Soutarou
What?
[11:34] Tanne
I will hang onto this, though.
[11:37] Tanne
Bye.
[11:38] Soutarou
Listen, I know why you're here.
[11:40] Soutarou
It's the Laughing Masks, right?
The disappearances?
[11:43] Soutarou
That's why you're after them?
[11:45] Soutarou
I was right!
[11:46] Soutarou
I know a lot of things.
[11:49] Tanne
You...
[11:52] Tanne
Well, you wouldn't understand if I told you.
[11:57] Soutarou
Listen, I'm a fine, upstanding citizen...
[12:00] Tanne
Don't let the Dark draw you in.
SIGN CLOSED EYES
A VISAGE ON THE HORIZON
[12:14] Narrator
Closed eyes. A visage on the horizon.
[12:19] Narrator
Memories of youth,
[12:21] Narrator
of his father's office.
[12:24] Narrator
Here, I'll peel you an orange.
[12:26] Narrator
Thank you, Father.
[12:29] Narrator
Please help me, sir.
[12:31] Narrator
Of course.
[12:33] Narrator
First, calm down.
[12:35] Narrator
Thank you so much!
[12:37] Narrator
Of course, come back any time you need help.
[12:41] Narrator
When I grow up, I'll be a detective, too!
[12:44] Narrator
It's a tough job. Right, honey?
[12:47] Narrator
Huh? Hahah!
[12:49] Narrator
Let's go look over there.
[12:51] Narrator
Oh, to be in the spring of one's life!
[12:53] Narrator
But these peaceful days did not last long...
SIGN CLOSED TODAY
[12:58] Narrator
Father, where did you go?
SIGN FATHER NEVER CAME BACK
[13:14] Soutarou
Where did you go?
SIGN CLOSED
[13:17] Soutarou
Tell me, Dad!
SIGN Don't let it draw you in.
SIGN DON'T LET IT DRAW YOU IN.
[13:27] Narrator/Souhachi
Don't let it draw you in.
SIGN DON'T LET IT DRAW YOU IN.
[13:30] Narrator/Soutarou
Don't let it draw you in.
SIGN DON'T LET IT DRAW YOU IN.
[13:38] Narrator/Soutarou
Don't let the Dark draw you in.
SIGN DON'T LET THE DARK DRAW YOU IN.
[13:46] Shiro
It happened again, Sis!
[13:49] Aka
What did?
SIGN CITY TRAM ATTACKED!
[13:51] Shiro
A city tram was attacked!
[13:52] Shiro
Just past Daiboubashi!
[13:54] Aka
How frightening.
[13:57] Shiro
And when the police arrived it was empty...
[14:02] Soutarou
Don't let the darkness draw you in.
SIGN OUGI CITY LIBRARY
SIGN HISTORY OF OUGI-CHOU'S TRANSPORTATION
SIGN THE CITY TRAMS GO UNDERGROUND
[14:20] Soutarou
Nothing.
SIGN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNIFORMS
SIGN GYOBUTSU'IN UNIFORM
[14:24] Soutarou
It's different?
SIGN A NOVEL OF FICTIONAL SCIENCE
JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EARTH
[14:39] Yamakashi
Dangerous job this time?
[14:42] Soutarou
Sometimes you've got to
take risks in life, you know.
[14:45] Soutarou
Will this be enough?
[14:49] Yamakashi
Your father was a man of taste!
[14:51] Soutarou
You mean he liked to collect junk.
[14:54] Yamakashi
A junk dealer doesn't give fake compliments.
[14:56] Yamakashi
Souhachi-san would go down into the Dark
all the time, and he'd always bring back...
[14:59] Soutarou
Oh, I don't need to hear any old stories.
[15:02] Soutarou
Hmm?
[15:05] Soutarou
How old is this?
[15:07] Yamakashi
I'm not sure I know how old
the wrapping is...
[15:12] Soutarou
The circus...
[15:17] Catch
A circus filled with dreams and fantasy.
Madoro and His Merry Band.
[15:21] Catch
Madoro and His Merry Band have
come for the great Ougi festival.
[15:26] Catch
Magic, acrobats, great clockwork spectacles,
[15:29] Catch
and the main event, the great
motion picture in the sky.
[15:29] Zaka
What happened with the kid wasn't your fault.
[15:32] Soutarou
The kid had a name. Saki.
[15:35] Soutarou
That's not all though.
[15:37] Soutarou
Any witnesses to these mass
disappearances, by the way?
[15:40] Zaka
No idea.
[15:41] Zaka
There might be, but I can't find any.
[15:44] Soutarou
Or where those photos of the ones
who disappeared came from?
[15:48] Zaka
They passed through a lot of hands.
[15:50] Zaka
The informants have their
code of silence, too...
[15:53] Soutarou
And these. What do the people
nearby think these came from?
[15:57] Zaka
The people who made them wore outfits
that looked similar to the Gyobutsu'in's.
[16:02] Zaka
You know, the guys in charge of all
the national museums and burial mounds.
[16:05] Soutarou
Yup.
[16:06] Soutarou
Does that mean these tracks are
a work of art or an old ruin, though?
[16:09] Zaka
No.
[16:11] Soutarou
Let the darkness draw you in, huh? Stupid.
[16:16] Soutarou
I saw the Laughing Masks. They looked
like a bunch of low-level street thugs.
[16:20] Soutarou
There wasn't anything smaller?
[16:22] Zaka
That's the latest model.
Don't ask for what doesn't exist.
[16:25] Soutarou
Guess I'll give up on that gas detector.
[16:29] Soutarou
You see, Saki's kidnapping
doesn't make sense.
[16:32] Soutarou
I didn't see any tracks. And they even
made a ransom demand for her.
[16:36] Soutarou
To a broke-ass detective like me.
[16:38] Zaka
Don't call yourself that.
[16:40] Soutarou
This is way different than
what happened with Manabe.
[16:43] Zaka
Manabe?
[16:44] Chiko
Manabe! Manabe! Manabe!
[16:46] Soutarou
Yup. I actually know one
of the guys in those photos.
[16:50] Zaka
W-What?!
[16:51] Soutarou
He's a rich old guy.
[16:53] Soutarou
If they wanted money, they'd
be ransoming him, right?
[16:58] Zaka
I know I'm the one who told you about this,
but isn't it time to give it up?
[17:02] Zaka
The cops are starting to
make a fuss about this thing.
[17:05] Zaka
Potassium nitrate? What are you planning-
[17:07] Soutarou
I'm afraid that's not an option anymore.
[17:10] Soutarou
Take care of the talky one for me, thanks.
[17:13] Chiko
Take care of the talky one!
[17:14] Zaka
Hey, you still haven't paid for that thing!
SIGN OUGI STOP
CLOSED ALL DAY
[17:17] Station Staff
The train for Ukishima isn't running today.
[17:22] Station Staff
The stops between Asukadaishita and Akahani
[17:25] Man
Yup, no idea when it's coming back, they say.
[17:26] Station Staff
can be reached on the government line...
[17:28] Man
Guess nobody thinks it's worth
picking a fight with the Dark.
[17:33] Man
I'd love it if the government
stepped in to fix things,
[17:35] Man
but I guess they're just sealing off the area
and waiting for things to calm down.
[17:39] Kakaa
My husband works at
the paper factory in Daiboubashi.
[17:43] Kakaa
They say the trains aren't running.
[17:46] Kakaa
It's just one station away, but he
won't stop whining about the long walk!
[17:51] Kakaa
As I see it, it's a chance for him
to finally get some exercise!
SIGN NO ENTRY
[17:54] Old Man
They dig the tunnels from above.
[17:57] Old Man
I didn't understand why
we had to give up our homes
[18:00] Old Man
so they could dig a tunnel underground,
[18:03] Old Man
but I guess they actually
dig out the tunnel from above,
[18:07] Old Man
put up the walls, and then bury it again.
[18:11] Old Man
So if you look at the map real close, you
can figure out the shape the tunnels take.
[18:16] Old Man
Huh? Did they pay me for my property?
[18:18] Old Man
I sure as hell made 'em!
[18:21] Old Man
I was young, though.
[18:24] Old Man
So every bit of it went to waste!
[18:36] Watch-seller
Hey there, brother.
[18:40] Watch-seller
The air was getting bad down there.
[18:42] Watch-seller
So I moved the shop.
[18:45] Watch-seller
There. All fixed.
[18:47] Watch-seller
So? Are you still following
the Laughing Masks?
[18:49] Soutarou
Huh? Oh, yeah.
[18:51] Watch-seller
Well, don't.
[18:52] Watch-seller
They're in a bad mood right now.
[18:54] Watch-seller
Don't throw your life away.
[18:56] Soutarou
Well, I've got a few tricks up my sleeve.
[19:00] Soutarou
Now then, time to take a walk
around my gang's territory.
[19:16] Soutarou
Huh?
[19:24] Soutarou
The Railway Ministry has jurisdiction here?
And it's a cargo track?
[19:32] Soutarou
Hold it, hold it. I'm not going to hurt you.
[19:35] Repairman
I thought you all went back to your HQ.
[19:37] Soutarou
HQ?
[19:38] Soutarou
Oh, yeah. Guess some wires got crossed.
[19:41] Soutarou
I came from HQ, actually.
[19:43] Repairman
Wait, have we met?
[19:46] Soutarou
I've never been here before.
[19:48] Soutarou
Yeah, if you could show me around...
[19:50] Repairman
Be quiet!
[20:01] Soutarou
The police...
[20:03] Repairman
They've been like that
ever since the incident.
[20:06] Repairman
This place is finished.
[20:09] Soutarou
Sorry about that. I'll tell the bosses.
[20:12] Repairman
I'm sure we've met somewhere...
[20:14] Soutarou
Where are you headed next?
[20:16] Soutarou
I might be able to help you out...
[20:18] Repairman
Another Quarter, I guess.
[20:21] Repairman
Somewhere deeper.
[20:23] Soutarou
Deeper?
[20:25] Soutarou
Oh, right. What happened to Demon 463?
[20:29] Cop
Hey, what are you doing there?
[20:33] Cop
I-It's one of the Laughing Masks!
[20:35] Soutarou
Wait, you've got it all wrong!
[20:37] Cop
Halt! You're under arrest!
[20:42] Cop
Halt, damn it!
[20:44] Soutarou
How many of them are there?
[20:46] Cop
Halt, I said!
[20:55] Cop
Idiot! He's the Laughing Mask!
[20:57] Driver
Full speed in reverse!
[21:10] Soutarou
Give it up already!
[21:11] Repairman
A side tunnel! Let's jump in there!
[21:17] Repairman
Let's split up! I'll go right!
[21:24] Soutarou
You tricked me!
[21:25] Cop
Stop right there!
[21:29] Hayatora
Hey, this way.
[21:30] Hayatora
Down! Down!
[21:36] Hayatora
You were told not to go to Kobashita.
[21:41] Soutarou
I actually just joined the gang, and
I haven't had time to learn the ropes.
[21:46] Hayatora
I get that they want to grow the gang,
[21:48] Hayatora
but I don't have time to
learn all the new guys' faces.
[21:50] Hayatora
Hey!
[21:51] Masked Man
Oh, Boss!
[21:55] Masked Man
All right, I'll head out.
[21:56] Hayatora
Thanks. I'll catch up.
[21:59] Soutarou
A lignite tunnel?
[22:02] Hayatora
Hey, you there.
[22:04] Soutarou
M-My name's S-S-Souhachi.
[22:06] Hayatora
Okay, Souhachi. Are you
the last one in the area?
[22:09] Soutarou
Yeah, I sure ain't seen anybody else.
[22:15] Hayatora
Okay, losers.
[22:17] Hayatora
We're heading to HQ. Rest while you can.
[22:41] Hayatora
You...
[22:48] Hayatora
It wasn't loaded.
[22:51] Hayatora
You don't look tough,
but you've got the moves.
[22:53] Hayatora
I guess that toy'll do for tonight.
[22:56] Soutarou
W-What happens tonight?
[22:58] Hayatora
You saw Kobashita, right?
[23:00] Hayatora
I heard they're going after HQ, too.
[23:03] Hayatora
We're going to help.
[23:05] Hayatora
You can just watch, new kid.
[23:08] Soutarou
T-Thanks.
SIGN IMPERIAL CAPITAL NEWS
BUILDING THE UNDERGROUND WORLD
GREATER CAPITAL DAILY NEWSREELS
[23:43] Narrator
The subway, the "legs"
of the great capital city!
[23:46] Narrator
As the race to build it heats up,
[23:50] Narrator
what strange incident took place
at one of the construction sites?
[23:54] Narrator
What's this? A huge natural cave?
SIGN A HUGE NATURAL CAVE?
[23:57] Narrator
Will they discover a secret
realm untouched by man?
[24:00] Narrator
But in the darkness, they
saw rows of stone tombs...
SIGN PERMISSION DENIED
[24:06] Narrator
"Permission denied! Permission denied!"
SIGN PERMISSION DENIED
[24:09] Narrator
A voice roared, and their
film was confiscated,
[24:13] Narrator
and the mystery of the huge underground space
[24:16] Narrator
disappeared into the darkness, literally.
[24:45] Soutarou
W-Where am I?
[24:47] Hayatora
We've arrived at the Water Quarter.
[24:50] Hayatora
You not awake yet or something?
[24:52] Soutarou
W-Water Quarter?
[24:53] Hayatora
Yup!
[24:55] Masked Man
Mountain!
[24:57] Hayatora
River!
[24:58] Hayatora
Hayatora of Heaven's Laughter
and 16 under him!
[25:01] Masked Man
The catfish have come in
through the main gate!
[25:03] Masked Man
They're currently at Harusame!
[25:05] Masked Man
What? They're inside already!
[25:07] Masked Man
Hey! Pick up the pace!
[25:18] Masked Man
Time to meet the catfish.
[25:26] Soutarou
The Demon 463...
[25:37] Soutarou
Out of the way! This ain't a show!
[25:41] Soutarou
Okay, get us off the rails.
[26:17] Soutarou
Good men and women of the 463!
[26:21] Soutarou
Glad you came. It means we
don't have to go looking for you.
[26:24] Soutarou
I ain't forgotten what you did at Kobata.
[26:27] Tanne
I'm sorry. I don't think we've met...
[26:31] Tanne
Or rather, I can't tell any of you apart.
[26:35] Tanne
My apologies.
[26:36] Tanne
Ahem, we are...
[26:39] Hayatora
If you're just going to say
the usual pleasantries, then forget it.
[26:44] Otafuku
Enough.
[26:48] Soutarou
W-What?
[26:52] Tanne
I suppose I've finally found
someone I can talk to, then
[26:58] Otafuku
So you're the one old lady
Kushigeya likes, Takinogawa Tanne?
[27:04] Soutarou
Tanne?
[27:04] Tanne
Yes, that's correct.
[27:05] Tanne
It's an honor to meet you,
Otomi-neesan of Otafuku.
[27:12] Otafuku
I'm told you and my young ones
got into quite a tussle.
[27:17] Tanne
Oh, the gentlemen at Kobashita?
[27:20] Tanne
We happened to pass by as they were behaving
rather ungentlemanly towards a train...
[27:24] Tanne
Protecting the railway networks
is a side business of ours.
[27:27] Tanne
I'm here to discuss our main job.
[27:30] Otafuku
Discuss?
[27:31] Otafuku
After humiliating us like this?
Listen to me, girl...
[27:35] Tanne
I'll be brief.
[27:37] Tanne
I'd like your cooperation
with our investigation.
[27:46] Hayatora
Is that some kind of joke
they tell up on the surface?
[27:53] Tanne
I'm told your son has disappeared.
[28:00] Tanne
Was there perhaps something
left behind at the scene?
[28:05] Tanne
Eerie tracks of some kind, maybe?
[28:09] Soutarou
Tracks?
[28:12] Otafuku
Would you happen to know anything about it?
[28:15] Tanne
Now now, don't be in such a hurry.
[28:17] Tanne
I'll throw in a little bonus, and
forget that you kidnapped the kid.
SIGN WE'VE GOT THE KID.
[28:22] Tanne
Why don't you have your
friends leave us alone,
[28:25] Tanne
and we can discuss the tracks
and your son in private?
[28:29] Tanne
We can take a look at the scene, too.
[28:31] Tanne
Of course, I'm taking the kid home.
[28:35] Otafuku
I'll ask one more time.
[28:37] Otafuku
You know who took my child, don't you?
[28:41] Tanne
I'm the one asking the questions here.
[28:43] Tanne
Don't get that wrong.
[28:45] Tanne
They aren't somebody you could
win a fight against, anyway.
[28:50] Otafuku
You think you can mock the Laughing
Masks and survive in the Dark?
[28:55] Tanne
You think this place is the Dark?
[28:59] Otafuku
Guess we'll have to show you
how things work down here.
[29:04] Tanne
No, that's fine.
[29:05] Tanne
This place is just the very
outer edge of the Dark.
[29:09] Tanne
We call it the Dim.
[29:12] Otafuku
The Dim?
[29:14] Tanne
The Dark is much deeper than you think,
[29:20] Tanne
and much more haunted.
[29:24] Otafuku
Looks like negotiations
have broken down, then!
[29:29] Soutarou
Oh no...
[29:30] Tanne
Oh, well that's not good.
[29:33] Tanne
Guns aren't a very constructive way
to solve problems.
[29:37] Masked Man
New kid, what are you doing?
[29:40] Soutarou
Oh, this? Pretty neat, huh?
[30:17] Soutarou
Oww...
[30:20] Tanne
You? We've met before...
[30:23] Soutarou
Ootsuji Soutarou. I'm a detective.
[30:26] Tanne
And what are you doing, Detective?
[30:28] Soutarou
Searching for someone, of course.
[30:29] Tanne
It's dangerous here.
[30:30] Tanne
How did you even get here?
[30:32] Soutarou
A kuda fox guided me here, I guess.
[30:35] Tanne
What?
[30:36] Soutarou
And if I'm not wrong, you're its master.
[30:39] Tanne
Seems like I underestimated you, maybe.
[30:42] Soutarou
Anyway, we've got a common enemy.
[30:44] Soutarou
And I guess you've been
separated from your friends.
[30:46] Masked Man
Hands up.
[30:52] Tanne
Tomeomi!
[30:57] Soutarou
She's strong.
[30:57] Soutarou
Sorry for the trouble!
[30:59] Tomeomi
Not at all. It's a part of daily life
in this line of work.
[31:03] Soutarou
Uh...
[31:04] Tanne
This here is some random detective.
[31:06] Soutarou
Hey.
[31:07] Tanne
More importantly, where's the Chief?
[31:10] Chief
You suck, amateurs!
[31:18] Chief
Damn it. I can't see a thing.
[31:19] Tamaya
Chief!
[31:21] Chief
Tamaya? Is that you, Tamaya?
[31:24] Tamaya
Chief! Are you okay?
[31:27] Chief
Yup! Bring out the Unohana!
[31:30] Tamaya
Bringing out the Unohana!
[31:34] Tanne
They're really going at it.
[31:37] Soutarou
Your friends are okay by themselves?
[31:39] Tanne
It's dangerous here, too.
[31:41] Tanne
A bullet could come from any direction.
[31:43] Tomeomi
If I may make a suggestion, ma'am!
[31:44] Tomeomi
We should take the long way
around to regroup.
[31:47] Tomeomi
As they say in this line of work,
hurry for three years, sleep for eight.
[31:52] Tanne
You a good runner, detective?
[31:54] Soutarou
If I'm running from someone with a gun.
[31:56] Tanne
Perfect.
[32:02] Tanne
Okay.
[32:14] Tanne
Detective! Run!
[32:20] Tanne
Where's Tomeomi?
[32:24] Tanne
Oh...
[32:28] Tanne
Okay! Let's run away!
[32:33] Soutarou
W-What is that?
SIGN SUPER-CRUSHER
[32:44] Soutarou
It's tough!
[32:50] Tanne
Detective!
[33:10] Chief
That was close.
[33:12] Tamaya
We just barely made it.
[33:13] Tanne
Chief!
[33:14] Tanne
And Tamaya, too! You saved us!
[33:17] Chief
Guess you're going to need that after all.
[33:20] Tanne
Yeah, though this discussion was
supposed to be more constructive.
[33:23] Soutarou
No, you were just provoking them.
[33:26] Tanne
Huh? Was I?
[33:27] Tanne
Oh, I know. Driver, get him
somewhere safe first...
[33:35] Tamaya
Our main unit's got a camp
a little ways away.
[33:39] Tamaya
I'll take you there.
[33:42] Soutarou
I appreciate it, but is it okay
to leave those three alone?
[33:45] Tamaya
Eh, it's fine. I gave them
plenty of ammo and weapons.
[33:49] Tamaya
They've dealt with plenty
of street thugs in their time.
[33:52] Tamaya
Oh, speaking of weapons. Just in case,
can you see the trigger up above you?
[33:57] Soutarou
Yeah...
[33:58] Tamaya
That fires the big gun.
[34:00] Tamaya
Use it if you need to.
[34:02] Soutarou
Me? No, no!
[34:05] Soutarou
I can't do that!
[34:09] Soutarou
It hit!
[34:12] Soutarou
Okay, what do I blow up next?
[34:14] Tamaya
Hey, don't overwork the thing!
[34:19] Tamaya
That was close...
[34:21] Tamaya
He's gonna ram us!
[34:36] Matsu
Hey, what do you think's
gonna happen with this battle?
[34:39] Matsu
Even we win, odd we lose!
[34:41] Take
Three big ones on odd.
[34:43] Matsu
You're always so pessimistic.
[34:45] Take
Think about it.
[34:47] Take
I know we're scared
of hitting allies in this smoke,
[34:50] Take
but we don't need to pull back all the way
to the edge of the quarter and just sit here.
[34:54] Take
If we don't go on the offensive,
we'll be surrounded and slaughtered.
[34:57] Ume
Huh? Sir, are we going to lose?
[35:01] Matsu
Just keep an eye out, fool.
[35:03] Matsu
We're in enemy territory, and we may
not have the home-field advantage,
[35:06] Matsu
but I trust the Captain
and the other leaders.
[35:08] Matsu
Five big ones on even and us winning!
[35:11] Take
Okay, here we go!
[35:14] Take
Four and six, even!
[35:19] Take
Unohana! The bastard came back!
[35:28] Matsu
The conductor!
[35:30] Matsu
Signal green!
[35:31] Matsu
Sokore, ahead!
[35:54] Hayatora
Okay, clean hit.
[35:57] Hayatora
Guess we just wait for them to leave, then.
[36:02] Hayatora
Oh my.
[36:03] Repairman
Destroy the Laughing Masks!
[36:08] Hayatora
I was getting sick of this mask, anyway.
[36:10] Hayatora
Okay, guys, we're getting out.
[36:13] Masked Men
Sure thing.
[36:14] Masked Men
Great.
[36:22] Chief
90 degrees to the right.
[36:28] Tanne
After her. After her!
[36:31] Ume
Captain, reach out your hand!
[36:46] Chief
Damn it. They're used to running away, huh?
[36:49] Tanne
We're stuck here for a while.
[36:51] Tanne
Chief, how long's this gonna take to repair?
[36:53] Tanne
The ground itself ain't that damaged.
[36:55] Tanne
Two hours, I guess.
[36:58] Tanne
Good thing you're good at your job.
[37:00] Tamaya
Chief!
[37:05] Chief
Tamaya!
[37:07] Tanne
Where's the detective?
[37:08] Tamaya
Um...
[37:10] Soutarou
Right here.
[37:11] Chief
I told you to get him somewhere safe!
[37:13] Soutarou
Well, it looks like I'm a part of this now...
[37:22] Matsu
Okay guys, get to work!
[37:24] Troops
One, two! One, two! One, two! One, two!
[37:28] Tanne
I'm sorry this happened when
one of my men was with you.
[37:31] Soutarou
It's just a scratch.
[37:34] Soutarou
This is a strange smell, though.
[37:35] Tomeomi
A healing salve that's popular in this
line of work. You'll be better in no time.
[37:39] Soutarou
Well, what I really want to know is...
[37:42] Tanne
Oh? You're reopening your detective business?
[37:44] Soutarou
I guess.
[37:46] Soutarou
First, where are we?
[37:48] Aka
Kamegaike Lake.
[37:50] Aka
The commercial area located in the
abandoned underground reservoir.
[37:52] White
Yes, or as it's known, the Water Quarter.
[37:57] Aka
The gang's dreams of ruling the world from
an abandoned water reservoir are dashed forever.
[38:02] Shiro
I never thought the day would come
[38:05] Shiro
when broken-down creatures like us
would be allowed back here.
[38:07] Shiro
The Demon... ahem.
[38:09] Shiro
The Sokore 463... are the heroes of the
day, and rebuilding has already begun.
[38:14] Shiro
Are those shouts of joy coming
from the people they oppressed?
[38:18] Manju Seller
Who wants Sokore buns or Sokore monaka?
[38:19] Aka
Or are we hearing the birthing
cries of a new age of chaos?
[38:24] Shiro
But whatever the answer, Sis, what
about the thing we're all curious about?
[38:28] Aka
That, of course.
[38:29] Shiro
What waits inside the spectacular
palace they left behind?
[38:34] Aka
They began their lives of theft
and extortion long ago.
[38:37] Aka
Who knows how much
treasure they've stored up?
[38:40] Tamaya
It's totally empty.
[38:42] Tamaya
Like they all just skipped town.
[38:44] Chief
What about the second floor?
[38:45] Tamaya
I'm about to go look right now.
[38:49] Tanne
Second floor, yeah.
[38:52] Tanne
How'd you know about the kuda foxes?
[38:55] Soutarou
My dad used to have something similar.
[38:58] Soutarou
He brought a kuda fox like that home one day.
[39:02] Tanne
Huh? You have to go pretty
deep to find a kuda fox.
[39:05] Tanne
Just who is your dad?
[39:07] Soutarou
I don't know. He ran off
and left his family behind.
[39:13] Tamaya
And that's all the traps.
[39:16] Tamaya
Ready? Ready?
[39:19] Tamaya
Here we go!
[39:39] Tanne
That's definitely it.
[39:41] Soutarou
Tracks?
[39:56] Soutarou
Saki.
[39:59] Saki
What are you doing here?
[40:02] Soutarou
I came to bring you what you dropped.
[40:07] Saki
Your hand.
[40:09] Soutarou
Well, you know. I'm a detective.
[40:12] Soutarou
My hands got dirty a long time ago.
[40:15] Soutarou
That's what looks best on you.
[40:17] Soutarou
Miss Saki, the informant.
[40:24] Soutarou
Hey, what happened to your
search for Old Man Manabe?
[40:28] Saki
I didn't get anywhere at all.
[40:34] Soutarou
Wherever these people go missing,
[40:37] Soutarou
you always see these creepy tracks
around where they disappeared...
[40:41] Tanne
If you know about it, Detective, then
the guys in Intelligence are slacking off.
[40:45] Tomeomi
I'll file a report later.
[40:47] Tanne
That'll narrow some things down.
[40:48] Soutarou
So what's going on here?
[40:50] Tanne
You found who you were looking for, right?
[40:52] Tanne
Leave this to us...
[40:54] Soutarou
I'm looking for someone else,
who I'll find at the end of these tracks.
[40:57] Tanne
Whatever you say.
[41:00] Soutarou
At this point, though, the odds of
the Laughing Masks being behind this are...
[41:03] Tamaya
Zero.
[41:05] Tamaya
They do like their kidnappings,
but this was never their style.
[41:10] Saki
The room was like this when I got here.
[41:13] Saki
They were screaming about
finding some rich kid...
[41:16] Chief
Which is about what we figured.
[41:17] Chief
They're victims of whatever happened, too.
[41:21] Soutarou
So how many victims are out there, then?
[41:25] Tanne
I couldn't say.
[41:26] Tanne
This has been happening
for more than a decade or two.
[41:29] Tanne
I couldn't even begin to tell you.
[41:34] Tanne
But we're close to figuring out the pattern.
[41:37] Tanne
We figured that for
the first time in three years,
[41:39] Tanne
we'd see disappearances
between Ougi-chou and Jouhoku.
[41:41] Tanne
And we were right.
[41:43] Tanne
They seem to travel the land
in a defined cycle.
[41:46] Soutarou
So this happens here every 3 years?
[41:48] Soutarou
I'd never even heard of this.
[41:50] Tamaya
That's the thing.
[41:51] Tamaya
It's only recently that the numbers have
become big enough for anyone to notice.
[41:54] Tamaya
To the point where there's no hiding it.
[41:56] Tomeomi
We're concerned that this is a sign
of something much bigger.
[42:00] Tomeomi
And if it is...
[42:02] Soutarou
So, any idea who's behind it?
[42:07] Tanne
This underground labyrinth stretches out in
every direction, like the legs of an octopus.
[42:12] Tanne
Maybe the Dark itself has a will of
its own, and it's grabbing the people
[42:15] Tanne
and dragging them down to its depths?
[42:18] Tanne
How's that for a story, Detective?
[42:22] Soutarou
I'm not interested in fairy tales
like that. They scare me.
[42:25] Chief
Didja piss your pants?
[42:27] Tanne
It might not be a fairy tale.
[42:30] Tanne
When you're alone in the deep tunnels,
[42:32] Tanne
you'll feel like something's
calling you from deeper inside,
[42:34] Tanne
like this is a place you've always known.
[42:38] Tanne
It happens a lot.
[42:40] Manjuu Seller
Thanks!
[42:41] Manjuu Seller
We're sold out for today!
[42:44] Tanne
As soon as we're done here, we'll
send you back to the surface.
[42:46] Manjuu Seller
Thanks so much!
[42:47] Tanne
We'll take responsibility
for the investigation.
[42:49] Soutarou
Responsibility, huh?
[42:51] Tanne
Is there something else?
[42:53] Soutarou
Takinogawa Tanne...
[42:55] Soutarou
A mysterious girl who owns a kuda fox
and commands an armored train.
[42:58] Soutarou
And what comes after that?
[43:00] Tanne
Who knows?
[43:02] Soutarou
"Who knows?"
[43:03] Soutarou
How can somebody like that take
responsibility for anything?
[43:05] Soutarou
And those tracks... now that I've seen
them for real, something bothers me.
[43:10] Soutarou
Perhaps I've seen them before...
[43:12] Tanne
What? I figured you'd be used to them.
[43:14] Soutarou
My dad was. Not me.
[43:16] Tanne
The kuda are a valuable means of passing
information in the underground, but not above.
[43:20] Tanne
Your father was a man of odd tastes.
[43:25] Tanne
Chief! It's from the supply teams!
[43:26] Soutarou
And what comes after that?
[43:27] Tanne
They want to meet up at Position Ya.
[43:30] Chief
Good to hear it.
[43:31] Chief
We blew through a lot of money...
SIGN CIRCUS
[43:33] Soutarou
Circus?
[43:35] Tanne
What?
[43:40] Soutarou
Don't let the Dark draw you in.
[43:46] Soutarou
I remember now... the city was so
bright and filled with excitement.
[43:52] Soutarou
No, that's not right.
[43:54] Soutarou
Right. I went down.
[43:57] Soutarou
I wanted to see what was
at the end of that tunnel.
[43:59] Tanne
Tunnel?
[44:06] Soutarou
Madoro and His Merry Band...
[44:11] Soutarou
There's more?
[44:12] Soutarou
That's right... how'd I forget?
[44:14] Soutarou
This. This is it.
SIGN CIRCUS
[44:16] Tanne
It's hard to read.
[44:17] Soutarou
It wasn't this thin, though...
[44:19] Tanne
And?
[44:20] Soutarou
They were here then, too.
[44:24] Soutarou
It's hard to concentrate.
[44:26] Tanne
Hypnotic suggestion?
[44:28] Tanne
If it is...
[44:29] Tomeomi
Take a second to calm down.
[44:31] Soutarou
Madoro and His Merry Band.
[44:33] Soutarou
A circus that comes to the city once
every few years from who-knows-where.
[44:37] Soutarou
I remember beautiful acrobatics
on a unicycle that left a black track.
[44:42] Tanne
And they were at the end of this tunnel?
[44:45] Soutarou
No, that's not right.
[44:48] Soutarou
The tunnel leads to the surface.
[44:52] Soutarou
Yeah. Yup. When the time comes,
[44:55] Soutarou
they always set up their big tent
near the Otonashi River in Ougi-chou.
[44:58] Soutarou
There's an abandoned tunnel
that leads to the back of it.
[45:01] Soutarou
It was always a spot
where kids used to play.
[45:04] Tomeomi
Even in this line of work,
I've never heard of such a thing.
[45:06] Tomeomi
An event of that size being held
at regular intervals in Ougi-chou...
[45:09] Soutarou
Yeah. Strangely enough, I'd forgotten
it myself until a moment ago.
[45:13] Soutarou
I bet it's not even in the town's records.
[45:15] Soutarou
It'll probably disappear back
into the depths the minute it's over.
[45:19] Tanne
A traveling circus that plays
tricks on the human mind,
[45:21] Tanne
slipping through the cracks
in their consciousness...
[45:25] Tanne
Sounds like a story for the pulps.
[45:27] Tanne
Impossible to believe.
[45:29] Soutarou
But for some reason, the look on your
faces tells me you're looking into them, too.
[45:33] Soutarou
Don't you think it's about time
you tell me what's going on here?
[45:40] Tanne
Of course, I thought the answer
would be found down here...
[45:45] Tanne
Think this means they caught us
where we were blind, Chief?
[45:48] Chief
Yeah, sounds like a good lead.
[45:50] Chief
What do we do?
[45:53] Soutarou
Why don't we hit them from
behind, where they're blind?
[45:58] Chief
I see. That tunnel.
[46:00] Tanne
Don't tell me you're planning
on being our guide.
[46:04] Tanne
Why?
[46:05] Soutarou
I'd long forgotten it, but...
[46:08] Soutarou
I just remembered a reason
why I've got to do this, too.
[46:12] Soutarou
I'm curious as to what comes after, too.
[46:14] Soutarou
The circus will be starting soon.
[46:17] Soutarou
What will you do?
[46:18] Matsu
The tracks have been fixed!
[46:25] Tanne
Gambling?
[46:29] Tanne
Okay. Where are you taking us, Detective?
[46:33] Soutarou
Where else?
[46:34] Soutarou
Set a course for northwest Ougi-chou,
[46:37] Soutarou
the abandoned dock area
at the Otonashi River!
[46:49] Tanne
There's an abandoned tunnel there?
[46:52] Soutarou
Yeah. It can't have changed
that much since those days.
[46:57] Soutarou
Head out from the station to the river,
and you're right at the road to the circus.
[47:02] Soutarou
Today's the festival of the god Gongen,
[47:04] Soutarou
so the place will be packed
with colorful festival stalls.
[47:06] Soutarou
Come one, come all, step right up,
and see the greatest show on earth.
[47:10] Soutarou
The band begins to play, and the beautiful
decorated bridge becomes a massive gate...
[47:15] Soutarou
That leads straight into hell.
[47:19] Background
Hey, hold that end of it.
[47:22] Kozuchi
Hey Tanne, I heard you took
down the Laughing Masks.
[47:26] Tanne
Yeah, that's right.
[47:27] Tanne
We caught 'em by the dozen, so
I'd like you to take them in for us.
[47:29] Kozuchi
Glad to hear it.
[47:32] Chief
The Two-Legged Tank's
a bit of a mess, though.
[47:37] Kozuchi
I'm afraid I didn't bring a spare.
[47:39] Soutarou
Hey, who are you people, really?
[47:42] Tamaya
Don't start asking questions now, okay?
[47:46] Matsu
Forget that, mister. Which will you bet on?
[47:48] Matsu
This mission!
[47:50] Matsu
I bet 10 big ones it works!
[47:53] Tanne
Take care of the girl for me.
[47:54] Kozuchi
Sure thing. Tanne, don't work too hard.
[47:57] Kozuchi
You too, Tomeomi.
[47:59] Tomeomi
Of course.
[48:00] Tanne
Thank you for the supplies.
[48:01] Tanne
Say thanks to grandmother.
[48:03] Soutarou
Don't let the Dark draw you in.
[48:05] Soutarou
My dad disappeared right after that.
[48:10] Soutarou
Maybe he went after them?
[48:13] Tanne
And that's your reason?
[48:20] Tanne
You were right! We'll ram it!
[48:32] Tanne
The show's over! Over!
[48:36] Chief
Jump off!
[48:45] Tanne
No!
[48:46] Tanne
Chief, get backstage!
[48:47] Chief
Right! Keep up, guys!
[48:51] Tanne
Detective? You need to get someplace safe!
[48:53] Narrator
Wounds that never fade in the sunlight
[48:56] Narrator
ache all the more in
the stillness of the night.
[48:59] Narrator
Closed eyes see a visage on the horizon.
[49:03] Narrator
I sob in misery
[49:05] Narrator
Beyond the bridge
[49:07] Tanne
Shinobu Touta... Tomeomi!
[49:09] Narrator
Our show reaches its climax
as all the actors gather on stage.
[49:13] Narrator
Our final performance for the evening
[49:17] Narrator
makes full use of that most
astonishing invention, electricity...
[49:20] Narrator
The great motion picture in the sky!
SIGN IN THE DARK
[49:45] Narrator
Think back to that night when
the circus came to town...
[49:50] Narrator
"Someone save me! Save me!"
[49:53] Narrator
A young child is pursued
down a long, dark tunnel...
[49:59] Narrator
It's dark and terrifying, and he's all alone,
[50:02] Narrator
but he has no choice but to go on...
[50:45] Narrator
Soutarou.
SIGN SOUTAROU
[50:49] Narrator
Soutarou.
SIGN SOUTAROU
[50:51] Narrator
Soutarou.
SIGN SOUTAROU
[50:53] Narrator
Soutarou!
SIGN SOUTAROU
[50:55] Narrator
He turns towards the voice that echoes
in the darkness and sees his own father!
[51:03] Narrator
It's time to go home.
SIGN IT'S TIME TO GO HOME.
[51:06] Narrator
Aah, home sweet home,
[51:09] Narrator
a place of warmth and love!
[51:11] Narrator
Soutarou, why are you just standing there?
[51:15] Narrator
Honey, come on, it's dinnertime.
[51:18] Narrator
Come here, Soutarou, now.
[51:22] Narrator
Confusion!
[51:23] Narrator
Time flows backward!
[51:25] Narrator
Endless night and forgotten dawns!
[51:27] Narrator
Visions flash before his eyes
and the festival drums play
[51:32] Narrator
as he heads for home
where his parents await...
[51:35] Tanne
Don't go.
[51:40] Tanne
Detective, remember!
[51:50] Tanne
You dropped this.
[52:05] Souhachi
That'll do, I suppose.
[52:11] Soutarou
Mosuke!
[52:16] Soutarou
What's wrong?
[52:17] Souhachi
Mom won't be back for a while.
[52:21] Souhachi
Zaka-san found her, she said.
[52:23] Soutarou
And she can't come home
until she finishes her story.
[52:25] Souhachi
She's an author. That's how it goes.
[52:28] Souhachi
Her detective stories are really popular.
[52:30] Soutarou
She's busier than an actual detective.
[52:32] Souhachi
You've got me there!
[52:33] Souhachi
Or you would, normally, but I'm about
to get really busy with a new job!
[52:39] Souhachi
Why did you become a detective, dad?
[52:43] Souhachi
Soutarou, did you know
that road used to be a river?
[52:47] Soutarou
It did?
[52:48] Souhachi
It's been filled in so you can't see it.
[52:50] Souhachi
But the water actually
still flows underground.
[52:54] Souhachi
That's how society works, too.
[52:57] Souhachi
A lot of important stuff gets
buried over and washed away
[53:01] Souhachi
without anybody ever seeing it.
[53:07] Soutarou
Washed away to where?
[53:09] Souhachi
Huh? Well...
[53:13] Souhachi
Soutarou? You followed me!
[53:18] Souhachi
Run straight to the exit! Run!
[53:23] Souhachi
Listen to me... Don't...
[53:31] Soutarou
Don't let the Dark draw you in.
SIGN RIVER JURISDICTION BORDER
MISHAKUJI RIVER
OUGI CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE
BANJAKU WARD
SIGN BORDER
SIGN STOP AND LOOK
SIGN NO ENTRY
[55:07] Soutarou
What?
[55:15] Tanne
Looks like the show's over.
[55:16] Soutarou
I can see that!
[55:18] Narrator
A vision of days gone for those
who dream of better times!
[55:20] Tanne
You okay?
[55:21] Soutarou
I guess...
[55:21] Narrator
An unending dream from which
the lost cannot escape!
[55:25] Audience
Goodbye! Goodbye!
[55:27] Narrator
The clouds gather low
in the sky behind them,
[55:29] Tanne
Detective!
[55:30] Narrator
celebrating that their journey
has come to an end...
[55:33] Narrator
Oh, travelers in the darkness!
[55:37] Chief
What?
[55:40] Chief
We're getting out of here! Escape!
[56:07] Tanne
They got the best of us, huh?
[56:10] Chief
Not as much as you'd think.
[56:14] Tanne
The missing people?
[56:16] Tanne
Good work! Now we might find out
how they're doing this!
[56:20] Everybody
Yahoo! Yes!
[56:20] Tamaya
Is this the biggest success
the 463's ever had?
[56:23] Soutarou
Old Man Manabe?
[56:26] Soutarou
It's me, Ootsuji!
[56:27] Soutarou
The detective!
[56:28] Soutarou
Do you remember me?
[56:30] Manabe
Is that you, Ichirou?
[56:33] Manabe
Tako's gone now, you know...
[56:35] Manabe
Or was her name Kumo?
[56:38] Manabe
But there was one missing...
[56:43] Soutarou
It felt like you called out to me in there.
[56:48] Tanne
In there?
[56:51] Soutarou
No, I can never remember
what happens in my dreams.
[56:55] Soutarou
I don't really remember.
[56:56] Tanne
And so they just disappear without a trace.
[57:00] Soutarou
And who is Takinogawa Tanne,
the girl who chases after them?
[57:04] Tanne
Who knows?
[57:06] Tanne
Oh, look. An exit, right here.
[57:09] Soutarou
Hey. Are you still going to play dumb?
[57:12] Tanne
I don't know myself, really.
[57:16] Tanne
Who I am, or where I'm going...
[57:19] Tanne
Well, that's one of the reasons
I'm riding this train.
SIGN SAKURA ALLEY
[57:30] Soutarou
You're leaving already?
[57:33] Tanne
I need to take the people we rescued in.
SIGN OOTSUJI DETECTIVE AGENCY
DETECTIVE
[57:36] Tanne
It's my mission.
[57:37] Soutarou
I see.
[57:41] Tanne
Detective!
[57:42] Soutarou
Call me Soutarou!
[57:45] Tanne
Soutarou, we'll see each other again someday.
[57:48] Tanne
Goodbye!
[57:52] Saki
My fee...
[58:24] Soutarou
Hello. Welcome to
the Ootsuji Detective Agency!
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