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E5 - The Parallel World Elevator of the City Hall Observation Deck

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[00:01] ---
    Your newbie hasn't quit yet?
[00:05] ---
    Nope, he's hanging in there.
[00:07] ---
    Oh?
[00:08] ---
    I'm a good judge of character,
     regardless of what you may think.
[00:12] ---
    Yeah, right.
[00:13] ---
    Everyone younger than Sakaki-kun quit.
[00:19] ---
    Oh, it's here. Right here.
[00:23] ---
    Is this a crime?
[00:25] ---
    I don't know.
[00:27] ---
    Is it in our jurisdiction?
[00:30] ---
    Yeah, probably.
[00:32] ---
    Yeah...
[00:36] ---
    But my request to investigate
     the scene keeps getting rejected.
[00:41] ---
    And if you get us involved,
     that problem will go away?
[00:50] ---
    Yeah, that's about right.
SIGN    June 13th
    Nocturnal Community Relations Section
[02:25] ---
    You want us to investigate the north
     and south elevators at City Hall?
[02:29] ---
    We got official permission.
SIGN    #5 "The Parallel World Elevator of
     the City Hall Observation Deck"
[02:32] ---
    Finally, huh?
[02:34] ---
    What's going on?
[02:37] ---
    It's an urban legend that's been going around!
[02:40] ---
    The Parallel World Elevator.
[02:42] ---
    You've at least heard of it, right?
[02:44] ---
    Um... No.
[02:47] ---
    Listen, when you're in this line of work,
[02:51] ---
    you've gotta keep an ear to the ground!
[02:53] ---
    Search for it online. You'll find it right away.
[02:57] ---
    Sorry...
[02:59] ---
    Someone posted to our occult message board
[03:01] ---
    saying that somebody went up
     to the City Hall observation deck,
[03:04] ---
    and ended up in another world.
[03:06] ---
    "Our"?
[03:07] ---
    Yeah. I made it.
SIGN    I went up the observation deck in City Hall and ended up in another world lololol
    
    Anonymous, Lost in a Parallel Dimension
    Oh shit. No idea where I am.
    
    Anonymous, Lost in a Parallel Dimension
     I went up to the observation deck and everybody disappeared. It's just me.
    
    Anonymous, Lost in a Parallel Dimension
    >>0002 Which observation deck?
    
    Anonymous, Lost in a Parallel Dimension
    >>0003 City Hall. Tokyo.
    
    Anonymous, Lost in a Parallel Dimension
[03:11] ---
    The poster kept a running
     account of what was going on,
[03:15] ---
    before they simply stopped posting.
[03:17] ---
    The rumors say he probably went missing.
[03:20] ---
    Ever since then, small numbers
     of other people have appeared,
[03:24] ---
    saying the same thing happened to them.
[03:26] ---
    Some were clearly trolling,
     but for the others, it's not so clear...
[03:32] ---
    The number of rumors is increasing.
[03:35] ---
    The police are looking for the missing people.
[03:39] ---
    But why are we sticking our noses in it, then?
[03:44] ---
    Well, there's been something else happening...
[03:53] ---
    She disappeared!
[03:54] ---
    At first I thought she was a victim
     of the Parallel World Elevator, too...
[04:01] ---
    She's back?
[04:04] ---
    With no visible injuries.
[04:06] ---
    She simply lost her memories
     of her time in the observatory.
[04:11] ---
    And there's several other similar reports.
[04:17] ---
    Missing persons and missing memories, huh?
[04:21] ---
    Which means there're
    two Anothers at City Hall?
[04:24] ---
    Maybe.
[04:26] ---
    I don't want to think about it, but...
[04:28] ---
    Sakaki-kun's just gone to meet
     with the girl and hear her story.
SIGN    June 13th
[04:32] ---
    It seems they're acquainted.
[04:36] ---
    So, I remember getting to
     the south observation deck,
[04:40] ---
    but the next thing I knew, I was at
     the north deck for some reason!
[04:43] ---
    I was so shocked!
[04:46] ---
    Anything else unusual?
[04:48] ---
    You're kidding!
[04:49] ---
    Kyo-chan, you're not scared
     of the occult at all, huh?
[04:54] ---
    Has anyone you know
     experienced anything similar?
[04:58] ---
    A friend of mine once told me that
    she'd gotten into the north elevator
[05:03] ---
    and ended up in some weird
     place where she saw a woman.
[05:06] ---
    Like in that urban legend.
[05:08] ---
    And your friend remembered this?
[05:12] ---
    Besides the fact that you lost your memories,
     nothing else happened, right, Aoi?
[05:18] ---
    I can't think of anything.
[05:21] ---
    Listen, Aoi.
[05:24] ---
    What is it? You look so serious...
[05:27] ---
    Did you make up with him?
[05:30] ---
    Your boyfriend.
[05:32] ---
    No, I didn't.
[05:34] ---
    Oh, that's right.
[05:36] ---
    There's a new girl at work
     who I think is a good match for you.
[05:40] ---
    How about I throw a mixer?
SIGN    June 13th
[05:43] ---
    So, learn anything from Aoi-chan?
[05:46] ---
    Aoi-chan?
[05:47] ---
    A customer from when I was a host.
[05:49] ---
    I see.
[05:52] ---
    I didn't get much in the way of clues.
[05:55] ---
    There's one thing that bothered me, though.
SIGN    Let's break up...
[06:00] ---
    She had a boyfriend
     she was thinking of marrying.
[06:03] ---
    But just the other day, he broke up with her.
[06:08] ---
    However, when I met her, she didn't
    seem at all bothered by it.
[06:14] ---
    You don't think she just got over it?
[06:16] ---
    No...
[06:17] ---
    It was more like she'd forgotten it.
[06:20] ---
    So she lost her memories of being engaged?
[06:25] ---
    She remembered her boyfriend, and the breakup.
[06:28] ---
    But it was like she'd lost the memories
     of being depressed or the sadness she'd felt.
[06:34] ---
    That's how it felt to me.
[06:37] ---
    Either way, first, we need to examine the scene.
SIGN    June 13th Tokyo City Hall Building 1, First Floor
[06:46] ---
    Well, Theo?
[06:48] ---
    No sign of any crests or spells...
[06:55] ---
    So it's not likely artificial, then.
[06:58] ---
    Artificial?
[06:59] ---
    Like incorporating magic into the elevator
     itself into make into some kind of device.
[07:03] ---
    What does that mean?
[07:04] ---
    For example, if a believer in
     a god, or what we call an Another,
[07:08] ---
    created a magical gate
     to offer their deity sacrifices.
[07:14] ---
    The victims would have no idea what happened
[07:16] ---
    as they passed through the gate
     and right to the Another's presence.
[07:23] ---
    The data we have made it seem like it happens
[07:26] ---
    when you leave the elevator
     to go into the observation deck.
[07:29] ---
    So, we should go up?
[07:32] ---
    Theo, head up to the south
     deck and take a look.
[07:36] ---
    Miyako and I will take
     a look at the north deck.
[07:38] ---
    Roger.
[07:40] ---
    Pray for me, so I don't
     end up in a parallel world.
[07:46] ---
    That's not funny...
[07:50] ---
    Nothing.
[07:52] ---
    Nope.
[07:54] ---
    Up it is, then.
[07:55] ---
    Right.
SIGN    June 14th
[08:07] ---
    Um,
[08:09] ---
    the missing persons and missing
     memories cases are occurring at random
[08:12] ---
    in both the north and south elevators, right?
[08:15] ---
    Yeah. We don't know what makes them happen.
[08:19] ---
    Why would someone do that?
[08:21] ---
    No idea.
[08:22] ---
    The goals of the Anothers
     are beyond our comprehension.
SIGN    June 14th
[08:32] ---
    Okay, let's go.
[08:44] ---
    So this is the Parallel World?
[08:48] ---
    I'm looking for something.
[08:51] ---
    Give what you have to me.
SIGN    Shinjuku Ward
[08:58] ---
    Nope, nothing.
[09:06] ---
    The hell?
[09:08] ---
    Okay, Arata, then.
[09:14] ---
    Did they end up going to that other world?
[09:17] ---
    Nah, no way.
SIGN    June 14th
[09:27] ---
    No, no, no.
SIGN    June 14th
[09:34] ---
    Kyoichi! Arata!
[09:38] ---
    Maybe...
[09:41] ---
    They did?
[09:43] ---
    Give them to me.
[09:49] ---
    Hey, do you know what she's saying?
[09:52] ---
    "Give them to me."
[09:53] ---
    Give what?
[09:55] ---
    No idea.
[09:57] ---
    Oh?
[10:02] ---
    What you have...
[10:05] ---
    That's not it!
[10:06] ---
    Oh, no! Did I make a mistake?
[10:09] ---
    A mistake?
[10:10] ---
    What about you?
[10:13] ---
    You have nothing.
[10:15] ---
    You've got nothing to do with this!
[10:18] ---
    You made contact with
     this human at the entrance
[10:20] ---
    and came with him, it feels like.
[10:22] ---
    Contact at the entrance?
[10:26] ---
    Was it then?
[10:27] ---
    How many times has this happened?
[10:29] ---
    Maybe when you prioritize efficiency,
     you become less accurate.
[10:34] ---
    Efficiency? Accurate?
[10:37] ---
    You're human, aren't you?
[10:38] ---
    But you understand what I'm saying?
[10:41] ---
    Uh... yeah.
[10:42] ---
    I'm talking with a human! How wonderful!
[10:48] ---
    Since you're here, I'd like to talk to you.
[10:50] ---
    Huh? Talk to me?
[10:52] ---
    Come on. This way.
[10:53] ---
    Huh? Wait...
[10:55] ---
    Hey, Miyako!
[10:58] ---
    I don't need you anymore.
[11:02] ---
    No—
[11:04] ---
    S-Sakaki-san!
[11:10] ---
    Kyoichi! Kyoichi!
[11:12] ---
    Kyoichi!
[11:17] ---
    What happened?
[11:18] ---
    Where's Arata?
[11:19] ---
    She got him.
[11:21] ---
    She controls that space.
[11:23] ---
    We went to another world, and I was sent back.
[11:28] ---
    I made a mistake...
[11:33] ---
    Sakaki-san? No...
[11:38] ---
    He was in the way, so I got rid of him.
[11:42] ---
    Is he okay?
[11:43] ---
    I just sent him back outside.
[11:46] ---
    Now we can talk, can't we?
[11:48] ---
    What are you doing?
[11:51] ---
    Looking for something.
[11:53] ---
    Looking for something?
[11:55] ---
    Yes.
[11:57] ---
    I'm gathering the things
     that escaped from this box.
[12:00] ---
    So she has nothing to do with the
    disappearances and the missing memories?
[12:06] ---
    I use that device to tell me who has
     what I'm looking for and who doesn't.
[12:11] ---
    Only those who have it are sent to me.
[12:16] ---
    But when I set it to send me more
     people, it started making mistakes.
[12:19] ---
    It started sending people who
    only had something similar.
[12:24] ---
    Similar?
[12:25] ---
    Similar to what you're looking for?
[12:27] ---
    Yes. The man you were with held a tremendous
    sense of loss, and that tripped the device.
[12:35] ---
    I'm looking for a sense of loss, too.
[12:37] ---
    But of a slightly different sort.
[12:40] ---
    A sense of loss? Sakaki-san?
[12:44] ---
    Any luck, Theo?
[12:47] ---
    I kept trying,
[12:50] ---
    which means there needs to be some
     condition met that we don't have.
[12:55] ---
    Shit!
[12:56] ---
    We're stuck.
[12:59] ---
    Hey, where are you going?
[13:01] ---
    Hey!
[13:04] ---
    This box once contained many things.
[13:07] ---
    Bad things. Sad feelings. Diseases and crimes.
[13:11] ---
    All sorts of things.
[13:13] ---
    So I was told not to open it...
[13:18] ---
    But when I cracked it open
     just a bit, they all flew off.
[13:22] ---
    It was my mistake.
[13:23] ---
    Some of the box's contents,
     feelings of loss in love,
[13:27] ---
    fell here in Asia.
[13:30] ---
    Why are you collecting lost
     loves in a City Hall elevator?
[13:34] ---
    City Hall?
[13:36] ---
    I don't know anything about human buildings.
[13:39] ---
    I make paths to this place in all
     the places that meet my needs.
[13:44] ---
    Then there are other elevators
     in Asia that lead here, too?
[13:51] ---
    Here, just wait a minute.
[13:55] ---
    I hope this one isn't a mistake.
[14:02] ---
    Good. This one is right.
[14:07] ---
    I'm taking your feelings of lost love.
[14:29] ---
    Thank you.
[14:31] ---
    Now, you may return.
[14:34] ---
    You're just going home.
[14:39] ---
    Just as you came.
[14:44] ---
    When you wake up,
     you'll be where you wish to be.
[14:54] ---
    That girl had a pretty big stock.
[14:57] ---
    It may be time to go.
[15:00] ---
    I've almost recovered enough lost love,
[15:03] ---
    so next I'm going to Europe
     to recover jealousy.
[15:07] ---
    Does that mean you're leaving City Hall?
[15:14] ---
    I told you, it triggers when
     you leave the elevator.
[15:19] ---
    Calm down.
[15:21] ---
    You're our leader.
[15:25] ---
    I need to bring back Miyako...
[15:28] ---
    Let's call Reiji-kun and come up with a plan.
[15:32] ---
    We won't get anywhere at this rate.
[15:36] ---
    Oh, Reiji-kun?
[15:38] ---
    We've got problems...
[15:40] ---
    Hey!
[15:42] ---
    Kyoichi! Wait!
[15:43] ---
    It's really so much more
     wonderful when it's filled.
[15:47] ---
    But this box was essentially my dowry!
SIGN    Izumi
SIGN    When are you turning on your phone?!
[15:53] ---
    Izumi?
[15:54] ---
    So it's weird that they'd
     tell me not to open it, right?
[15:55] ---
    I can send messages!
[15:58] ---
    How does it make any sense for me
    to not open my own dowry?
[16:05] ---
    Can't take... any more...
[16:07] ---
    I'm calling Reiji-kun
     regardless of what you say.
[16:12] ---
    Maybe I can call him.
[16:14] ---
    No way. The barrier probably blocks out voice.
SIGN    Theo
SIGN    I'm hungry
SIGN    Miyako Arata
SIGN    Sakaki-san, are you okay?
[16:23] ---
    What's going on?
[16:25] ---
    I couldn't get through on the phone!
[16:28] ---
    The posts from the other world!
[16:30] ---
    That's right!
[16:31] ---
    That guy was posting on his
     phone from another world!
SIGN    What's your status?
SIGN    Miyako Arata
SIGN    Talking with the Another.
SIGN    I don't seem to be in danger.
[16:39] ---
    You probably caught a glimpse of it,
     but the bad things in the box are...
[16:40] ---
    "She has nothing to do with the missing
    people or missing memories."
SIGN    What's your situation?
SIGN    Nocturnal Community Relations Section (4)
SIGN    Talking with the Another.
SIGN    I don't seem to be in danger.
SIGN    She has nothing to do with the missing people or missing memories.
SIGN    She's just collecting feelings of lost love.
[16:46] ---
    Feelings of lost love?
[16:48] ---
    What the hell?
[16:49] ---
    The lost memories are her doing.
[16:53] ---
    The weird thing I felt when I talked to Aoi...
[16:56] ---
    Her feelings of lost love were stolen.
[17:01] ---
    An Another that steals emotions.
[17:04] ---
    If they fly out of the box again,
     I have to gather them up...
[17:07] ---
    Um...
[17:09] ---
    When you take their feelings of lost
     love, do you take their memories?
[17:13] ---
    Memories?
[17:15] ---
    She says she doesn't know...
SIGN    She says she doesn't know...
[17:19] ---
    She probably really doesn't know.
[17:22] ---
    She's not doing it deliberately.
[17:25] ---
    She doesn't care if someone
     finds her or sees her face.
[17:29] ---
    That's why she left my memories.
[17:32] ---
    But if she's responsible
     for the missing memories,
[17:36] ---
    then is there another Another somewhere else?
[17:38] ---
    No, wait.
[17:41] ---
    There are no missing people?
[17:44] ---
    We were able to ID that message
    board poster and get a hold of him.
[17:49] ---
    There was no missing
    person report filed on them.
[17:52] ---
    They said they remembered going to City Hall,
[17:55] ---
    but had no memory of making the posts.
[17:58] ---
    I see where this case is going...
[18:03] ---
    The person was believed to have gone missing
     because they stopped posting after that.
[18:09] ---
    But if, like the ones who lost their memories,
     he forgot what happened in the other world,
[18:13] ---
    he wouldn't be able to keep posting.
[18:16] ---
    Nobody went missing at all, then...
[18:20] ---
    So the missing people and missing
     memories were all your fault.
[18:27] ---
    Is it possible for you to stop?
[18:31] ---
    Stop what?
[18:33] ---
    Looking for what you want with that elevator!
[18:37] ---
    Why?
[18:38] ---
    People want to use that elevator to go places!
[18:40] ---
    Well, it's not a problem for me.
[18:42] ---
    No, not you. Other people!
[18:45] ---
    Why do I have to stop looking for what I want
[18:47] ---
    because it's causing a problem for people?
[18:51] ---
    There's no reason.
[18:54] ---
    What will you do if they
    demand your life in exchange?
[19:00] ---
    You should learn more about
    the scary parts of Anothers.
[19:04] ---
    Just because I can talk to them doesn't
    mean we understand each other.
[19:08] ---
    Anothers and humans can't...
[19:14] ---
    Um...
[19:16] ---
    I'm leaving.
[19:17] ---
    I see. What a shame.
[19:23] ---
    Come back again.
[19:24] ---
    I'll make it so you can come
     here any time you like.
[19:29] ---
    Um... One last thing.
[19:31] ---
    What's your name?
[19:34] ---
    Name?
[19:36] ---
    Humans call me, "Pandora."
[19:40] ---
    Pandora? Box...
[19:43] ---
    Pandora's Box?
[19:47] ---
    There's nothing more coming.
SIGN    She's just collecting feelings of lost love.
SIGN    She says she doesn't know...
SIGN    I'm coming back.
[19:55] ---
    Miyako!
[19:55] ---
    Arata!
[19:57] ---
    I'm back...
[20:00] ---
    Hey, are you okay? Are you hurt?
[20:02] ---
    You didn't make any promises with the
     Another, or take anything from them, right?
[20:06] ---
    N-No, nothing like that...
[20:10] ---
    Miyako.
[20:11] ---
    I'm sorry.
[20:13] ---
    I should've been more careful.
[20:16] ---
    No, that's not true...
[20:21] ---
    Well, Arata's okay. So it all worked out.
[20:25] ---
    We're packing up for the day.
[20:27] ---
    Let's write our report and go.
[20:30] ---
    Yeah, you're right.
[20:37] ---
    I'm going right to sleep when I get home.
[20:40] ---
    We should eat first.
[20:42] ---
    Where's Miyako?
[20:43] ---
    He'll be here soon.
[20:47] ---
    Oh, hello there.
[20:48] ---
    Hey.
[20:50] ---
    Oh, right.
[20:52] ---
    I read the report.
[20:54] ---
    One Another was responsible
     for both cases, huh?
[20:57] ---
    Sounds like a long night.
[21:01] ---
    What good are the Ears of Sand?
[21:05] ---
    Even if I can talk to the Anothers,
     I couldn't resolve anything...
[21:11] ---
    Our job isn't to find the big solutions.
[21:17] ---
    You came back safe, and the Another
     at City Hall is going to leave.
[21:23] ---
    The case is over.
[21:33] ---
    Oh, Yokoyama-san?
[21:35] ---
    The matter at City Hall's been resolved.
[21:40] ---
    Oh, sure. I can pay you back
     by taking you out to eat...
[21:43] ---
    There's one thing I couldn't put in the report.
[21:46] ---
    That Sakaki-san's sense of loss
    is what brought us to Pandora.
[21:53] ---
    Sakaki-san's sense of tremendous loss...
SIGN    Unsolved Missing Girl Cases in Tokyo
[21:57] ---
    What could it be?
SIGN    #6 "Devil and Sense of Loss"