Behold, Ai!
This is my village.
It's pretty!
Isn't it?
Don't you think it looks just like Heaven?
Heaven?
Yeah!
It's a land in the sky that welcomes the deceased.
It's like dreamland, overflowing with friendship and happiness.
I want to turn this village into a piece of Heaven!
In this hellish era, I want to make this a place that will serve as a beacon of hope.
Then I'll help!
Thank you!
But this is my dream as well as my job.
You'll have to find your own calling in life.
Mother...
Please, my God. Tell me, what should I do?
dareka ga sashinobeta te o furihodoite susumu
誰かが差し伸べた手を 振りほどいて進む
I break free of the hand someone reached out to me with.
"jiyuu na fujiyuu" habikoru basho de
『自由な不自由』 蔓延る場所で
"freely restrained" in an infested place.
nani ga ni owareru you ni ikiisogu mainichi
何がに追われるように 生き急ぐ毎日
I live every day as if I'm chased by something.
shinjitsuzuke ta shinjitsu mo wakara naku naru
信じ続けた真実も わからなくなる
I become even unable to believe the truth I kept believing.
nani ga hontou no shiawase nandarou
何が本当の幸せなんだろう
What is true happiness?
sono kotae o shiru mono nado koko ni wa inai
その答えを知る者など 此処には居ない
There isn't a single person here who knows the answer.
Where is my God?
arehate ta yume ga nemuru daichi de
荒れ果てた夢が 眠る大地で
My shattered dreams lie in the sleeping ground.
shinda you ni ikirunte boku ni wa dekinakute
死んだように生きるんて 僕には出来なくて
Living as if I'm dead is something I just can't do.
umarekaware ima hikari o hime shi
生まれ変われ 今 光を秘めし
I shall trust the light to the new truth, being reborn.
saigo no kibou soshite kiseki
最後の希望 そして奇跡
My final hope, and then a miracle,
mou ichido sekai ni kagayaki o hanate
もう一度世界に 輝きを放て
release once again radiance to this world.
I swear, I can't lose my place.
Now, it's time to birth.
Valley of Death III
Would you be kind enough to tell me where we're headed?
You're tagging along when you don't even know that?
You dragged me with you!
"Where are we headed?" isn't the question!
I'm merely traveling in search of Hana.
She was strangely ignorant of the world.
And her expressions would flip from one to the next.
She always meant it when she laughed, cried and got angry.
Plus she was a pig.
We spent about half a year together,
but then she suddenly vanished.
Did she abandon you?
Maybe.
This was over ten years ago,
back when the world was at its most chaotic.
She should be quite a bit older than me by now.
What will you do when you find her?
It'll depend on the situation.
If she needs me, I'll offer her a hand.
If she's found some other form of happiness,
I'll watch from a distance before taking my leave.
There's also the possibility that she's dead.
Besides her, I'm looking for one other thing.
What would that be?
Throughout the ages, all immortals have sought the same thing!
I'm searching for a way to die.
A way... to die?
Yeah.
You want to die?
You got it.
I happen to like people.
There is no friggin' way I want to become the last human!
The last human...
Wrap your mind around the phrase, "the last human"!
Just imagine it! Imagine, imagine!
The very last person standing!
Would you want to draw that losing card?!
A world without anyone, anyone at all!
I'd be alone forever and ever and ever!
It would never, ever end.
Are you scared?
You're afraid of becoming the very last person, aren't you?
That's why you want to become a monster, isn't it?
I...
W-What does that mean?!
Tsk!
I screwed up.
I-
Don't talk!
Julie, you saved-
You're fine now, so save your breath!
Why was I in the river?
For now, put this on.
That jerk!
H-Hey!
Wait!
Where are you going?
I am going to teach that jerk a lesson!
He saved you!
But-
After he kicked you off of that bridge, it turned into a war zone.
Who did that?!
That was Hampnie's doing.
What?!
He goes for a suicide attack if he has the disadvantage when under assault.
He takes them down with him.
He really is crazy, isn't he?
You said it!
But that doesn't change the fact that his actions kept you from harm's way.
He may seem heartless, but he doesn't like meaningless violence.
No matter how unreasonable he may come across,
he always applies his own sense of logic to everything he does.
I honestly... cannot believe that.
Really, he wasn't this bad...
...until after he was forced to the bear the fate of an ageless immortal.
Even then, he was still tolerable back when he was with the woman he loved.
M-Mother...
Your father is Hampnie Hambart.
Someday he'll come see you!
He really is my father, isn't he?
W-Where is he now?
They took him.
Looking at the aftermath, I'm sure that's what happened.
There were seven of them, more or less.
They intentionally used rubber riot control bullets.
Rubber bullets?
If Hampnie dies, he'll come back to life as good as new.
The only way to defeat Hampnie is to catch him alive,
without inflicting any mortal wounds.
I have to save him!
I need to change my panties!
He'll manage on his own.
We are talking about an immortal monster here.
He isn't a monster!
He is a terrible person,
but he's also surprisingly lonesome and cynical...
So if we don't save him,
he's just going to become more warped!
Right now, he seriously thinks of himself as a monster!
At any rate, he is not a monster!
All right.
I won't say that again.
I'm Julie Sakuma Dmitrievich.
I'm Ai.
Well, let's go!
You're coming with me?
Despite everything, he still called me his friend.
What a coincidence, Ai-san!
You up, Hampnie Hambart?
Who the heck are you punks?
Huh?
Didn't we introduce ourselves?
Not that I heard.
Whatever.
I'm Hiko, your biggest fan!
Say, is it true that you forget what happened when you die after suffering severe trauma?
Bastard!
Where did you hear that?
Damn it!
I can't remember a thing!
What did these freaks do to me?!
Damn pieces of shit!
Even your bad attitude got renewed!
Damn it!
Damn it! Damn it!
Recognise the get-up?
I tried to match yours.
You're dead!
Dead!
I'm going to kill you!
This was the first time I ever wanted to become someone else.
Who the hell are you?!
What're you after?!
Copying your look wasn't that big of a deal,
but the whole immortal thing was a toughie!
That's why I-
You joined the deceased?
You gave up your lives just because you wanted to catch a fool like me?
That makes the whole lot of you bona fide idiots!
That mentality of yours is awesome.
You silently eradicate evil,
donning pitch-black justice as you kill people!
I know everything- everything about you!
Hampnie Hambart, don't you want to die?
You want to reclaim the death God stole from you, right?
And that's why...
...I'm going to kill you!
Don't get the wrong idea.
I don't wish to die.
What was that?
Was that a lie about wanting to die?
Did you deceive me?
I didn't lie to you.
Thank God!
That's right.
You'd never lie to me, would you?
I've never shared this with anyone,
but I'm willing to tell you.
I don't want to simply die.
I want to die content.
Just as I have done for others,
I want someone to be by my side as I die.
S-Stop it!
I want my friends, wife and children present.
Those I leave behind will cry and grieve my loss.
I'll have a small pang of regret as I go.
Lies!
You're lying!
That's how I want to pass on.
That is all I want.
That's your wish?
That stupid, normal death?!
But it's out of everyone's reach now.
T-That's so messed up...
My wish is to live a happy life and die happily!
Are you betraying me?
First you become my everything, and now you're betraying me?!
That's not my problem, idiot!
Forget it.
You've just become nothing more than a toy.
I'm gonna kill you!
I'll kill you so many friggin' times!
Go ahead!
In the end, I'll come out victorious.
Everyone, it's a pleasure to meet you.
I have come to bury you.
It's a gravekeeper!
Hey, Scar-san!
Didn't we agree to check out the situation before plunging in?
We gravekeepers take pride in our speed.
Ai?!
What are you doing here?!
Naturally, I'm here to save you!
Are you stupid?!
We're strangers, so scram!
We aren't strangers!
What?!
I'm saying that we aren't strangers!
What are you getting at?
Mother was pretty and childish.
Her expressions flipped from one to the next.
She always meant it when she laughed, cried and got angry.
Plus she was a pig.
She was horrible at whistling and cooking,
but great at cleaning.
She had a funny way of talking.
She hated cigarettes and perfume,
but had a soft spot for sweets.
And...
...she loved you dearly!
Hana?
I am Ai, the daughter born between the human called Hampnie Hambart and the gravekeeper called Alfa.
You are my...
What's this?
You're part gravekeeper, part human?
And you're Hampnie's daughter?
Talk about super high specs!
All of you are dirty!
Father, Julie and Scar-san weren't unique, were they?
A land in the sky welcomes the deceased...
The villagers didn't want to give up their Heaven.
They acted like they were alive and despite my young age, they gave me...
I am so sorry.
Everyone had been dead for a long time and I just didn't know any better, right?
It's not my place to say this,
but try not to hold it against them.
Of course not!
Everyone...
They didn't have a choice.
Sorry to break up your touching moment!
Think it'd make Hampnie happy if I tortured you, Ai?
Bastard!
Julie?
Ai, get out of here!
What are you doing?!
Run for it!
I'm not leaving!
Not until I rescue you, Father!
Damn brat!
That is as far as you go.
Don't think you can take us all on!
Scar-san, please back me up.
Certainly!
I never thought I'd run into my daughter while searching for my lover.
That Hana really is something else.
She left without telling me, had a kid without telling me,
and then died without telling me.
I have a daughter?
That still hasn't sunk in yet.
I'm not the father type!
I'll never be...
...a good dad.
Are you okay?
Yes!
How about Scar-san?
Father!
Have you forgotten?
I can't die.
But...
Oh, geez.
Children sure can be a handful.
Ai.
Yes?
I haven't told you my name yet, have I?
This is something I never even shared with you mother.
My name is Kizuna Astin.
So that would make you Ai Astin.
Ai Astin...
Isn't that... a nice name?
Father!
Father! Father!
Father!
God damn it!
I still had so much I wanted to tell her...
It's no good.
I'm too tired.
I don't want to die.
And thus,
after losing his wife,
making his daughter cry,
and making his friend and the gravekeeper stand at his side,
he felt a pang of regret, before...
...Hampnie Hambart, the man-eating toy, died.
And then Father awoke as one of the deceased.
Father, who loved humans more than anything, yet loathed the deceased,
owaranai merodii o utaidashimashita.
終わらないメロディーを歌いだしました。
I started singing a neverending melody.
was kind enough to betray his sense of justice for just one day.
totemo daisuki de sukoshi setsunaku te
とても大好きで 少し切なくて
I liked it very much, yet it was a little lonely.
He did it to grant my wish,
so that I may have some memories to look back on.
demo
でも
Still,
tomaru koto ga dekinakute kirai ni narimashita
止まることができなくて嫌いになりました
there was nothing I could do to stop it, and I came to hate it.
"Father, please stay with me like this forever."
tatoe taisetsu na kimi no soba demo
たとえ大切な君のそばでも
Even if it was my precious place by your side.
That was the one thing I could not ask for.
Life on the planet
mieru keshiki wa
見える景色は
The scenery I can see,
onaji ni wa dekinai no desu
同じにはできないのです
shall never look the same again.
kokoro mo mirai mo egao mo
心も 未来も 笑顔も
Nor our hearts, future, or smiles.
sou mada mimu ai mo
そう まだ見む愛も
Yes, even this unseen love.
Sweet love in love world
You know what you wanna be
wakattenda
わかってんだ
I understand.
Sweet love in love world
You know what you wanna be
towa no uta
永遠のうた
Everlasting song~
Here lies one who...
...was born as a human,
lived as a human,
and died as a human.
What will you do now?
I am a gravekeeper.
No, I will become a gravekeeper!
If God has abandoned this world, then I will save it!
I'm leaving now...
What should we do about this lad?
Kiriko... Pox... Wreck... Diva...
It's a nasty hallucinogenic.
I'm half human, half gravekeeper!
I am sensing deceased who have not been buried.
He said that about me never changes!
Her words are the words of death.
I understand, but I don't approve.
Ortus I