3 Hours Ago
The rapid changes in the market in Southeast Asia...
Washington DC IMF Headquarters
G20 Extraordinary Summit [Unofficial]
...is sure to trigger a large financial crisis.
IMF Director of the Board
We are desperately seeking funds.
But isn't that a direct result of "that"?
We have no hard evidence, so there is no way of telling.
The financial district...
One of our organisation's bureaucrats has access to it.
You all have heard of the Caribbean Republic in the Caribbeans.
As a rumour, yes, I've heard of it.
But no one's actually seen or heard of it.
It disappeared because the South American Finance District collapsed.
The Lehman Shock was a direct result of this.
The people who have access call this
Are you sure? Is that going to happen again?
It can happen at any time.
I can't say exactly when...
What?!
The time... might come.
Southeast Asia Financial District
The edge of the Far East Asia Financial District
ikinuku tame ni kikonda
生き抜くために着込んだ
In order to survive
kimi dake ga mieru yoroi wa
君だけが見える鎧は
I donned an armour only you could see
mie to gaibun ni obieta
見栄と外聞に怯えた
I stood in fear of appearance and reputation
oroka no hate no genjitsu
愚かの果ての現実
And the realisation of a hopeless end
karada kishimu hodo dakishimete yo
身体軋むほど抱きしめてよ
Hold me tighter until my bones begin to crack
isso kowashitekureyo
いっそ壊してくれよ
Please, just break me apart
kara no ore no naka ni wa mata
殻の俺の中にはまた
Down to my next empty layer
nan no itami mo nai
何の痛みもない
It doesn't hurt at all
And my face gets smaller and smaller
sara ni chippoke na ore no kao da
さらにちっぽけな俺の顔だ
ne
ね
Hey
nige mo kakure mo shinai kara
逃げも隠れもしないから
I won't run or hide
koko kara dashitekure matoryoushika
ここから出してくれマトリョーシカ
So get me out of this Matryoshka
11 hours and 6 minutes ago
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting...
I'd like to use this.
Ah! Darkness...
You're really certain about this?
I'll be taking charge of 20 years of your life in addition to your future.
I don't care.
I wonder if you'll be so accepting when, after using it, something awakens.
Please, hurry it up.
Even while here, the chain reaction is spreading.
Hansen Index
An hour and a half until 「C」 reaches Japan
The Dow Jones average has dropped 32%.
Hong Kong Securities Exchange
Mumbai SENSE at 48%.
Straits Time Index...
Are you kidding me?!
STI?
Yeah, Straits Time Index of Singapore.
Hong Kong Financial District
Singapore?
Singapore... It's gone, isn't it?
Huh... what's going on?
The CSI is way down too!
Hong Kong made it through with barely a scratch, huh?
And next will be...
Its direct collision with Japan seems unavoidable...
Is the additional collection of funds proceeding as planned?
Yes, smoothly.
We're taking care to hide the sources of our funds.
We can still expect a couple more small chain reactions, can't we.
Shanghai Securities Exchange
The numbers won't stop dropping!
Shanghai Financial District
A bit of Shanghai was carried away, huh?
Next is...
30 minutes until「C」 reaches Japan
It's strange to see you like this.
If we don't suffer any more chain reactions,
we've gathered enough funds to protect 80% of the top national corporations.
Is that so.
You guys have really done well...
Not at all.
The fact that you were able to suddenly raise such a large sum of money at the last minute is what's really surprising.
If you hadn't accomplished that, we wouldn't even be able to defend ourselves.
Just how are we going to-
11 hours and 6 minutes ago
Please, proceed with entering your desired amount.
I'll print as much as you require.
Please, this way.
What do you think? This is Midas Bank's rotary press.
By all means, have a closer look.
Extend your hand.
Please, put it to your forehead.
This is!
It seems you've seen it...
...the form of Midas Money... that's printed in exchange for your future.
Ouch! What was that?
It hurts...
Now then.
I'll be putting this in the usual account!
Don't tell me such pointless things. We'll protect everything.
That's why we're acting in the first place.
「C」's arrival in Japan
Nikkei Stock Average
That's... unbelievable...
It's here...
The Tokyo market as been at a standstill for days.
Automatic expansion of price limiters has taken place,
but trades this morning have already pushed past it.
The crash is continuing with force...
Buy it up!
Buy, buy... buy everything!
We have all the funds we need!
All of Japan... all of its companies in one...
We'll purchase and support them all!
That area is fine now, buy this one up.
Understood.
Don't relax yet.
Understood.
Will we manage to protect it all?
Of course we will.
Will it be able to hold out at this rate?
Mikuni.
You've crossed the one line you shouldn't have.
It's gone...
Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap!
It has ended.
Congratulations!
You've protected it... your "present".
In other matters, I'll be awaiting your payment in full by the appointed day and time.
You're quite all right with that, aren't you?
Payment?
Of course! In exchange for today's events.
So... that「C」 thing was what made Japan like this?
No... as a result of stopping the chain reactions,
GDP actually only dropped by half.
It fell to around its value back in the 80's.
That much...
Mikuni's probably chuckling to himself that we got by this well.
Huh? Just what did he do?
I bet you can imagine.
He invested an unbelievable amount of Midas Money.
By doing so, he managed to hold things in their current state.
In exchange for a few... maybe even more than 10 years... of this country's future.
But... that means he stopped that 「C」 thing...
That may be so.
However, the after effects of what Mikuni's done...
No one knows quite what'll happen.
Taketazaki said something about Mashyu?
It seemed that he's been having the feeling he's seen her somewhere before.
What does he mean by "before"?
I didn't ask beyond that.
I thought it would be better for you to ask him directly.
Hey, are those cup noodles?
Uh... yeah.
Where's mine?
Huh?
It seems your father came to the financial district as well.
Oh, yeah. He went bankrupt and was exiled, apparently.
And you heard that from Taketazaki as well?
Yeah.
I see.
It doesn't seem unreasonable to think that he'd be related to that as well.
So, soy sauce or curry flavour, which do you prefer?
Curry.
Soy sauce!
Hmm?
I'll bring one for you next time.
Really?
It's a promise then!
You got it.
Yoga-san's asset?
Wanna see it?
See it? What do you mean?
Pictures are a hobby of mine, you know.
I'll look! Please show me!
Here it is.
This is...
It's me!
Nope, they look almost exactly alike, but but her hair was black and she had a different name.
It was... Mua.
Mua.
She was strong, they have that in common as well.
What's she doing now?
I think she disappeared. At the exact time Daddy was banished.
The fact that they look so much alike... there's some reason for it, right?
You know, there probably is.
I wonder if that would make your father's and your futures the same...
Ah! Want it?
Well... not especially.
If you buy it now, I'll throw this in with it...
Thanks as usual.
Dreams that are granted... and those that aren't.
The dreams you hold, even once knowing they will fail.
No matter what the case, it's because you have a future that you're allowed to hold them.
A life that loses its future and has nowhere else to go...
...changes form into the dreams that have also lost their way...
...and appear before us. That would be...
...assets.
I may be jumping to conclusions... but when I heard that your father's and your assets looked exactly alike,
I thought it was fascinating.
It's almost as if that asset is a symbol of the bond between parent and child.
A bond between parent and child?
The thing your father and you were seeking was the same...
That's nothing more than speculation...
At the very least it should be proof that your father loved you.
If you go bankrupt as an Entre, the effects are felt by you and your family.
It's obvious that, in an attempt to avoid that at all costs,
he tried to run away from the financial district prior to his final deal.
But there's no way he'd be able to escape...
But here you are. You're alive, aren't you?
Don't you think that's greater proof than anything else?
Your father was struggling!
Do you have any idea what he was going through?
You should understand that, as you are now.
Just... Just what can I protect?
Just keep your eyes open to what's around you?
In time, even if you don't want to,
you'll begin to see things you have no choice but to protect.
Wow!
Georges, please.
Remember that boy's scent for me.
Oh, is that so? I feel so bad for having you come all the way out here.
Hanabi! What's taking so long?
It's Yoga-kun!
I heard you.
What is it?
What do you mean, "what"?
You've been away, which isn't like you,
and you won't pick up your phone...
Sorry... I've been prone to sickness and sleeping a lot...
I see... Nothing else has happened?
What else do you mean?
Forget it...
Anything that's changed?
Well, there's no real chance for that.
Day after day...
Did something happen to you?
Well, no, but...
What the heck. You're acting strange.
Ah, that's right. I'll leave the garbage to you.
Payment
Total assets of the city
Pass it here, pass it here!
It went thatta way!
What was that just now?
What the hell...?
This is... wrong.
Shimada-san!
Man, there just aren't any customers...
This place might as well throw in the towel.
Hmm? Yoga!
Sorry for bothering you so frequently. How is Hanabi-san?
Who might you be?
Uh... I'm Yoga. Yoga Kimimaro.
Where's Hanabi?
You have a daughter... named Hanabi... right?
I'm so glad... could I ask you to call her down here for me?
Yes... Hanabi. It's a strange name... but it's easy to remember, right?
Starting today, let's have fun...
"The after effects of what Mikuni's done...
No one knows quite what'll happen."
Is this what happened?
Is this really it?
This is the payment, huh?
And the reality that I fought to protect, too.
If there's something I can do... I'll do anything.
If this was all something that he caused... this is worse than 「C」.
Hold those words.
He's been using illegal means to lay a foundation for a fairly long time.
We may not be able to save the lives that have already been lost,
but we may still be able to save those lives that are losing their place now.
Let's take it back together! The future...
Okay.
The future?
That's right. Take back the future.
We'll take back your future too!
Then what will happen?
Well, then you'll be a normal girl, and you can normally... you know...
What do you mean by "normally"?
Maybe even... you know... as my daughter! How should I say this?
We might even have a happy family!
If I'm your daughter, I'll be happy?
I'll take care of you, so... if that happened, I'd definitely...
As a daughter?
Huh?
Yeah, definitely...
Things are fine as they are now...
Why aren't thing fine as they are?
Isn't it obvious?
But... won't it mean that we can't be together any more?
That's why I said, again, in the future...
Won't that be different than how we are now?
Mashyu...
Hey, Mashyu!
Hey, do that thing...
That thing?
You know what I mean... kiss me.
But I said before that...
I definitely like you thirty times more than I did before!
What's more, Kimimaro, you barely think about me at all.
That's not true!
Then do it!
Fine, I will.
That's different than what I saw before...
That was a kind of kiss for someone important to you.
Then what about one for someone you really, really like?
The number of newborns in the last week is reported to be as little as three nationwide,
according to data that was published by Japan's Declining Birth Rate Counter-initiative.
Is this drastic change, incomparable to the previous downward trend,
set to continue?
We hope to see a stronger analysis of this trend's movement...
mado kara sotto esukeepu shite
I silently escape from my window
yoru no machi ga
and the nighttime city,
RPG ni kawaru
becomes an RPG
yajirushi ni sotte izanawareta
Following an arrow marker, I'm being led
iromeku sekai
to a world brimming with colour
hajimari no aizu hibiiteiru
A sign that something is beginning can be heard
karadajuu koikogareru
and my whole body begins to yearn
kimi ni aitakute hashirinuketeku
I break into a run, wishing to see you
yami wo tobikoete
and break through the darkness
kuraimakkusu nante
It doesn't matter
konakutatte
If we reach a climax
ichi ka bachi ka no kiken na kake datte ii sa
I'd even take a high-stakes bet
ki wo hiite
Anything to get your attention
kimi ni ima hamacchaitainda
I want to think only of you
sekaijuu wo azamuitemo ii
I'd turn my back on the entire world
ima sugu te wo hiite
Take my hand now
A or B ja nai ya
It's not a choice of A or B
rikutsu ja nai ya
It's not something to reason about
sekaijuu no subete no nazo yori
More so than all the mysteries of the world
shiritai kimi no kokoro wo
I want to know your heart