01x25 - Ai And Mizuki

[bunniefuu]

[Shion] Taiyo? Kyoichiro? My bad.

I finally managed
to break through the defense system.

I'm relaunching the
"Stop the Seed-Sowing Project" mission.

[Kyoichiro] Roger that.

We've arrived at the gate
to the deepest part of the hideout.

It's going to be a race
to see who can stop them first.

Starting now, we're switching gears
to capture Kawashita.

Get ready, Taiyo.

- [Taiyo] Yes, sir.
- [weapon clanks]

Whirlwind.

Ascending Waterfall.

[crackling]

Oh, come on.

That door was custom-built, you know.

Hey there, Taiyo Asano.

Thanks for looking after Hakuja
on the train.

Kawashita.

[Kyoichiro] Don't take the bait, Taiyo.
It's a trap.

Shion found the link between the
detonation system and his biometric data.

If any damage is inflicted on his body...

this hideout will blow up.

Oh, man, I'm busted, huh?

As long as the Seed-Sowing Project
works out, I don't care if I die.

And I've set up another deterrent,
just in case.

Nanao!

Which will be the first to fall,
this base or your youngest sibling?

Want to take a guess?

[♪ opening theme song playing]

MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY

PLAN 25
AI AND MIZUKI

What on earth?

[Nanao] It's an emergency!
Just make a run for it!

[man] What do you think you're doing?

[Nanao] Don't worry about me!
You guys go on ahead!

Right.

[both grunting]

[Mizuki] What a pity.

[Nanao grunts, exhales]

It appears your mission
will be incomplete.

MIZUKI
HAZAKURA EFFICACY 488%

[Nanao] Is this...

sleeping gas?

Correct. I'm going to send this gas
into the air vent through the pipes

and flood the passageway with it.

In a few minutes,

the test subjects who attempted escape
will all have been captured.

[Nanao pants]

I see that you have
astounding regenerative power.

However...

To neutralize my poison,
even while it's in the air,

that's truly impressive.

That said, it's futile.

Your strategy...

[Ai screams]

[Mizuki] ...will be thwarted by Ai.

[Nanao grunts]

Give me my friends back, mister!

AI
OUTPUT EFFICACY 310%

[Mizuki] What are you going to do?

Waste away and die here?

Or...

[Nanao] Please,
let's stop this senselessness!

[Mizuki] Hmm?

[Nanao] You must be
test subjects yourselves.

You have no reason to fight.

Are you just going
to martyr yourselves for Kawashita?

My research can help you regain a body
that doesn't rely on Hazakura,

and I'll also help
you reintegrate into society!

- So...
- [gasps]

We already have a way
to remove the Hazakura.

We wouldn't die if this base exploded,
and most of all...

we have no society to return to.

[Nanao gasps]

It may be an example
of little significance,

but my family was m*rder*d by society.

I wonder if you're familiar with it.
It was eleven years ago...

The alleged contamination case
in Zenshotencho

and the unnatural deaths of several
company directors?

In the town where we lived, there was
a sudden outbreak of a mysterious ailment.

People started dying one after the other,
dropping like flies.

Our studies showed that the cause

was soil contamination
by a nearby chemical plant.

We took them to court,

but we were suing a major corporation
backed by the government,

so from the start, we never had a chance.

To make matters worse,
the press and social media slammed us

as a special-interest group
playing the victim card to cash in.

DARK SIDE OF THE VICTIMS' GROUP

Society had rejected us.

[Nanao gasps]

[Mizuki] In my despair,

I had no choice but to accept my fate
of being infected and doomed to die.

It was then
that I caught the eye of Dr. Kawashita,

who deemed my deteriorating body
useful for Hazakura research.

That's right.
He brought me true salvation.

So that's what this is about.

That's the kind of group Tanpopo is.

It's more or less the last refuge

for those who've lost
the place where they belong.

You think you can save us?
[shouting] Don't be so arrogant!

[in normal voice] Let me show you the pain
of being destroyed from within.

[Nanao grunts in pain]

[grunting continues over speaker]

[Kawashita] Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

The death throes of a family member.

You can either watch
your kid brother breathe his last again,

or you can attack me right now
and we can all die together.

The choice is yours.

[groans]

I'm not the only one you're fighting.

[gasping]

- Sorry we're late.
- Sorry!

[Nanao] Thank you! You're right on time!

Dang, is that Hinagiku?

With Chacha taken down,
our security's messed up.

You're late, Hotokeyama!

Nanao had to suffer some pain.

My bad.
The police, Hinagiku, the Spy Association.

With so many organizations in play,

getting all the paperwork in order
is a hassle.

Come on!

Let's give them a real beatdown, Futaba!

- One, two!
- [men grunting]

Rin, be gentle, okay?

What are you talking about?
Look how gentle this is!

Um...

[Taiyo] This is it, Kawashita.

Starting now, you're taking on all of us!

MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY

MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY

[Oga] All right, Sui!

Let's get this done and over with.

[Sui] Wait...

[straining]

[grunts]

What the--

[Ai] Mr. Kawashita's scary,

and all my friends are dead,

and I have to do things
that I don't want to!

But this is all I have!

This is our home!

Don't take it away!

[chuckles]

Did you really think that two adults
are enough to cross swords with Ai?

- [Nanao] A wolf mongrel...
- Hmm?

She's had wolf DNA implanted into her
with Hazakura's power. A chimera.

Her transformation abilities
tipped me off right away.

The samples Sui and Oga gave me.
Hakuja's records.

It's all thanks to the data
that everyone brought me.

[Taiyo] Nanao, are you all right?

[Nanao] Big Bro Taiyo.

Yes, now I can focus on my Blooming.

I'll end this right away,
so hold on a little longer.

Thanks. But don't overdo it, okay?

[Nanao] I won't overdo it.

Supporting you and the others who are
always fighting on the front lines...

is my mission.

[Mizuki] What's happening?

My poison's being absorbed?

The concentration is dropping as well.

So these objects have purifying effects?

My Blooming is Adaptation.

These are crystallized cells
of someinine and immunity substances.

My body can counteract any poison
or environment it comes into contact with.

I've seen the list of test subjects.

At first glance, they all seem
like legitimate applicants,

but most were actually
maneuvered into it by Kawashita.

[grunts]

[Nanao] By robbing them of an environment
they could have adapted to,

he made them dependent on him.

- [screams]
- [Nanao] What is that if not control?

Everyone has the ability to adapt.

It's not something someone gives you.

It's a power that takes shape
when others have your back.

This is a twisted place
that robs you of that power...

a place that shouldn't exist.

Purifying Sublimation!

[Mizuki] Such incredible
detoxifying power.

I can't produce my toxins fast enough!

So this is Yozakura blood! [huffs]

[sighs]

Since I've absorbed the gas,

the test subjects on the other side
of the door are safe too.

[Sui] Nanao!

- It's Ai!
- [breathing heavily]

She collapsed all of a sudden
while fighting us!

[Nanao] Her pupils are dilated
from Blooming!

And the light
they're emitting is unstable.

This is...

I saw a lot of people like this
back in the day.

When they can't withstand Hazakura's
hyperactive shock, they die.

She'll be gone in a few minutes.

I won't let that happen!

Someinine. In other words, I'll neutralize
the Hazakura with my blood!

If I can just nullify
Hazakura's toxicity...

It's not working!

The someinine won't take hold,
and her heart rate's still faint.

At this rate, she'll...

That won't do anything.

The ratio of Hazakura is too small,

so the someinine
is overpowering her body.

If I pump all of my para-someinine
into her...

it will balance it out
and save this child.

Hold on a second.

Your bodies are completely reliant
on Hazakura.

If you pump it all into her,
then you'll...

[Mizuki] She looked like her, you see.

Like my dead daughter.

That's why I gave in to temptation.

[Kawashita] Come on.

You didn't have to k*ll her, you know.

She was making a racket.
I couldn't help myself.

You must've really found it unforgivable.

The child abuse.

Did you see your own daughter in her?

[Mizuki] Let's get on with retrieving
the compatible candidates and head back.

And see, it was this huge!

She seems to have integrated
with the others in six months.

She's turned into a lively little pest.

Hey! Mizuki! And Mr. Kawashita, too!

Guess I'm an afterthought.

How does it feel to be waving to the kid
whose mother's face you melted off?

You're one to talk.

Aren't you going to dispose
of that boy by her side next week?

His compatibility rate's low,
so I have no more use for him.

Ai's coming along nicely,
so I'll keep her around a little longer.

[Mizuki] Ai will end up crying again.

Kawashita would k*ll anyone on a whim,
no matter who it was.

Though it was to protect Ai,
I ended up frightening her immensely.

Knowing that nothing
traumatized this child

more than being grabbed by the head...

I'm the one who ended up
dragging her into the shadows.

Please return her to the light now.

I will.

[gasps]

Mizuki... No.

This is goodbye, Ai.
I apologize for frightening you earlier.

Mizuki. Your hand, Mizuki...

It doesn't scare me at all.

So please... please...

Mizuki!

[crying]

[Nanao] Big Bro Taiyo,
we're all safe over here.

I'm going to resume
liberating the test subjects.

You be careful too.

[Taiyo] Thanks, Nanao.

Oh, jeez, that Mizuki.

Dying for the sake of a single person.

What an idiot.

[radio static]

[Shion] Sorry to keep you waiting, Taiyo.

I've severed the link

between the detonation system
and Kawashita himself.

You can go ahead and attack him now.

Thanks, Big Sis Shion!

FIRST YAE
CLEAR SKIES - UPGRADED

[grunts]

THUNDERCLAP

Today's the last day you'll ever
laugh at someone's life, Kawashita!

[Kawashita] You're telling me
not to laugh at another's life?

Every life is inconsequential.

What can you do but laugh?

[Taiyo gasps]

Huh?

Stay alert, Taiyo.

His real name is Makoto Kawashita.

Born on July 28, 1914,
here on Skeleton Island.



[Kyoichiro] I've been having Shion
track his career.

At first, we thought we had him
mixed up with someone else,

but photos, handwriting,
dissertations, travel records,

info we knew to be rock solid
could be traced back to before the w*r.

I know it seems incredible, but it's true.

Former army surgeon
and director of Kawashita Medical Clinic.

A monster who's been lurking in the
shadows of history for the last 100 years.

Ouch. That's harsh.

I'm just a regular human being.

Who are you to tell me I'm a monster...

Yozakura?

That's not the Hazakura Blooming pattern!

It's the same as our Yozakura...

Research on you Yozakuras
has existed for quite some time.

It was right after World w*r II started
that I learned about your family.

Being in medical school,

I was approached by the top brass
with a secret order.

My mission was to study the lineage
of a superhuman family called Yozakura

and to work on sending them
into combat as bioweapons.

I couldn't believe such a family existed,

but the indisputable data and numbers
gave me no room to doubt.

I was just one step away
from realizing this goal,

only to have all of my research
covered up when we lost the w*r.

That doesn't add up.

True, the Yozakuras
once worked directly for the government,

but we became independent in 1895.

There's no record of us working
with the military during World w*r II.

There's no way
that you could have done research on us.

You're right.

The Yozakura family did spurn
the government's requests at that time.

But that didn't hamper
my research whatsoever.

But never mind.

That was a trying time
in all sorts of ways.

The b*ttlefield is never level.

The weak are unilaterally trampled upon.

Military power, economic power,
political power,

every disparity generates tragedy.

But the Yozakuras' power,

the power of Hazakura
bestows power equally.

I realized something upon learning
about the Yozakura family,

that this power was capable
of creating equality and peace.

It would be a waste to let one family
have monopoly on such an amazing power.

I'll be happy to put it to everyone's use.

My Blooming is Regeneration.

I can store the DNA of my test subjects,
then regenerate them as backups.

My cherished test subjects
are always supporting me.

Now that you've taken Chacha out,

it's just a matter of time before you
shut down the detonation system.

So I'm going to go activate it manually.

Come back here!

[gasps]

[Kyoichiro] Box Blow!

Calm Storm!

It's not working!

That kind of regenerative power
is beyond Hazakura.

He had the flower eyes
of a pure-blooded Yozakura's Blooming.

No matter how many years
he spent studying us,

there's no way that he'd be able
to artificially replicate them.

I'll just ask him
about these mysteries directly.

But first, we're going to take care
of what's in front of us.

Yes, sir!

PUPPET CHILD

I'll make him concentrate the Hazakura
in the areas he is attacked,

and create a point
where his defense are weakened.

And then I'll fire
a Hardened b*llet there.

In other words, you, Taiyo.

PATH OF LIGHTNING

I'll catch up after clearing this up.

You go on ahead
and settle your grudge against him.

Roger that!

[♪ ending theme song playing]

NEXT WEEK
OLD BLOOD