# E1 - Kurayukaba
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUK9N9V/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!