Five Hundred Years Later Kanto
All hail His Majesty, the Emperor of Delight, fifth of his line!
Hail!
Now, my emperor, the people eagerly await your appearance!
Hearken!
Our Lord has taken the reins of the Holy Cherry Blossom Empire as our fifth sovereign!
Thus I proclaim as his herald!
From this purification, the fifth emperor of the Holy Cherry Blossom Empire shall hence be known as
the Emperor of Delight!
The first hundred to stop clapping shall be the sacrifices for this ceremony!
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Aonuma-kun, please.
Okay.
Karma Demon
There lived a boy in the village 180 years ago.
He was a boy of great intelligence, but he had one weakness.
As he grew into a man, it became increasingly clear to everyone.
The boy mocked all things around him so as to glorify his own intellect.
He pretended to listen carefully to all the things that the school and the village's adults taught him,
but the important lessons never touched his heart.
Pride plants the seeds of bad karma.
Solitude was his only friend and confidant.
Solitude brings the seeds of bad karma to fruit.
His bad karma grew rampant like vines, watered by his thoughts.
Unbeknownst to him, the boy's karma spiraled further out of control,
and eventually he lost all his humanity.
He had turned into a karma demon.
The karma demon realized at last that his existence was for the worse of this world.
Karma demons ought not to walk this world.
Now that he knew it, he quietly walked his body to the bottom of a lake.
Asahina Satoru Amano Reiko Itou Mamoru
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Episode Two Vanishing Children
One month after that, the customary team ball tournament took place at Sage Academy.
The rules said that two groups will compete as defenders and attackers.
The attackers roll a big marble sphere over the field
and score should it enter a hole at the end before the clock runs out.
Then how about putting a ring on it like this?
Now it's easy to push it.
Steering it will be simple, too.
But wouldn't it lose its strength midway?
What if it rolled past the ring?
Don't mess with my drawing!
It'd be hard to rotate it without losing contact with the ground.
They'd penalize us if it went into the air even a little.
That's true.
She sure takes criticism easy from Shun.
She would've lunged at me instead.
I don't do that!
Oh yes you do!
No!
Ow...
Although the participants use only their Cantus for the duration of the competition, there is a catch.
They aren't allowed to use their Cantus on the field or the sphere directly.
The players can only control either a pusher, an attacker, or a protector.
The most important rule is that attacking the opponent's pusher is forbidden.
However, only the one piece declared as the pusher is safe from attack.
Just as expected.
We can use the simplest plan here.
Won't even take us thirty seconds.
Let's break through the middle.
It doesn't matter where we attack, considering their defense.
The center area seems bump-free, too.
All right!
Let's go!
Play fair, work together as a team until the end, and give your all.
Group Five Group One
Got it?
Yes!
It's tough to just get it moving.
Do your best!
Center!
Man, I wish they would've given us a harder time.
I want real enemies.
We've got to defend next! Don't forget that!
Yeah, stay alert.
What is that?
All six look the same.
They all chose pushers.
They've got no attackers.
Their sphere is defenseless.
You can do it!
They're trying to break through with their momentum!
Oh no! They'll make it!
Shun! We're counting on you!
Oh no!
I declare Group Five unable to continue. Group One shall advance.
Group Five Group One
We did it!
We made it through the first round!
Easy as pie!
This looks bad.
What's wrong?
There are cracks in it.
What?
So we can't use it anymore?
Yeah.
The next time the sphere rolls onto it, it'll break for good.
Redirecting the sphere is probably impossible now.
You're really good. A genius.
This idea feels a bit too cheap to me,
but I bet nobody is expecting this.
It's still kinda cheap.
The semifinals are over.
I bet Group Three won, right?
But hell, we are back in business.
No, no!
Group Three lost.
We're facing Group Two in the final.
Final Group Two Group One
We were far superior.
How did you lose?
Our pusher and one of their protectors slammed into each other by accident.
Then the sphere started rolling backwards, and it took us more than a minute to get it back where we were.
In the end, it took us 1:41 and them 1:36, so we lost.
Don't you think that's unfair?
It's their fault if they ram you.
What can we do?
It was an accident.
Be careful.
There's no telling what might happen.
Look!
Wheels?
Really?
The axle wouldn't last, though.
That's why we dropped the idea, right?
Look again.
It's not a wheel, it's a sphere.
So they're just riding the piece on the sphere?
I bet it's going to fall apart in no time.
Let the final begin.
Final Group Two Group One
Two people...
...are pushing it?!
Sorry.
We've got a problem!
We did it.
Where is it?!
What's going on?!
The goal's nowhere to be seen!
It's there all right.
It is? Where?
I have no obligation to tell my opponent.
This is messed up!
Hey, stop the time!
No! Don't stop it!
This isn't funny!
How are we supposed to do this if the goal isn't there?
Find it.
Are you trying to waste our time?
If there really were no goal at all, we'd be breaking the rules and lose.
You've hidden it!
You're breaking the rules!
There's no rule against hiding it.
Changing the battlefield is a clear violation of the rules!
Too bad we didn't do that.
Here's a hint—
Hurry up or you'll run out of time!
It's there!
They covered the goal with a disc!
That's against the rules!
We haven't changed the battlefield.
We've broken no rules.
Damn it...
Ryou, let's finish this!
Okay!
Oh, it broke...
It has fulfilled its purpose.
They went over 3 minutes!
This should be a walk in the park.
All right! Let's go!
Focus, Mamoru!
Okay!
Get your act together!
Thanks.
Thank me later!
Almost there!
We've got this now.
Yeah!
Okay, go!
What are you doing?
This... This...
This is too much.
Sorry, that was an accident.
An accident?
Are you kidding me?!
All right!
Stop the time.
I regret to say that due to this unfortunate accident, the finals are a draw.
That's ridiculous!
The other team has clearly broken the rules!
No, it was a mere accident.
Let's just say both groups won.
I can't believe this!
I'm sure he did that on purpose!
Yeah, that was no accident.
Group Three had the same thing happen.
That bastard Manabu was waiting for the right opportunity.
He totally intended to smash our pusher just as the sphere was about to go in.
Shun, don't you agree?
Come on.
You don't think it was an accident, do you?
No...
I'm more worried about what happened before that.
Before?
The pusher suddenly stopped.
It felt like I had hit a wall with it.
Huh?
Really?
Are you sure about that?
Yeah.
The pusher just felt so... strange.
The field wasn't particularly rough either.
That meant someone had stopped our pusher using their Cantus.
While it was already against the rules to use your Cantus directly on the sphere,
interfering with an object someone else was already controlling was a far more serious problem.
It was a clear violation of the Code of Virtue.
If by chance two Canti clashed, one would see a rainbow interference pattern.
Space would warp, creating a highly dangerous environment.
Essentially, someone in Group Two had no qualms breaking even the most fundamental of rules.
You'll be having your camp soon.
Yeah.
You haven't been outside the Holy Barrier since you went to the Temple, right?
Yeah.
You must be looking forward to it.
Yeah.
Are you in a bad mood?
Not really.
Oh?
Yeah.
Did something bad happen at Sage Academy?
How was it back then?
Did anything happen with you?
Huh?
Anything?
Nothing really happened. We just studied a lot.
Is something wrong?
Not really.
Inaba Ryou Katayama Manabu Kawamata Risa
This is a very important event in Sage Academy.
You will all board canoes and row up the Tone River.
You will spend seven days living in tents.
Summer Camp
You are free to decide your plans for that time.
We teachers will make sure that your schedules won't clash.
This is an exceedingly important experience for you.
We're expecting great topics from you.
Yessir!
Summer Camp
Oh.
What?
Look, there.
Queerats?
Mom said they don't actually exist.
Queerats exist all right.
No way!
They do.
A lot of them were brought in to help with construction in the villages recently, too.
I've never seen one!
We make sure the children don't see them.
You're not scared of them?
Do you know the phrase "rebelling in secret"?
It means that you appear to obey something, but deep down your opinion is different.
And so you deceive and plot betrayal.
The queerats worship humans with Cantus as gods and would never disobey,
but since children have no Cantus yet, who knows how they would react?
For that reason we have to keep children from meeting the queerats.
What are they doing?
We shouldn't stare at them for too long.
They're hard at work.
They seem to be having a hard time working with the nets.
Yeah.
Their bodies are structured differently from ours, so I think just standing upright is already difficult for them.
We really shouldn't stare at them.
Hey, watch out!
Help!
Saki, what—
I'm helping it.
How?
You should leave the queerats alone!
I'll be fine!
I just need to lift it up and bring it ashore!
You shouldn't use your Cantus without permission!
I agree. You shouldn't.
It will die if we abandon it!
You should just lift it along with all the leaves.
Good work.
That was a perfect Suspension.
And you gave me perfect advice, Shun.
What if the school hears about this?
Let's just hope they never find out.
Never find out?
I'm asking about what happens if they do!
Let's all keep this a secret.
It's for Saki's sake. Okay?
Sure.
Thank you... Thank you...
G-G-G-G-Gods... Gods...
They're talking!
What's your name?
At least we don't need to worry about them telling on us.
It's not like anybody could understand them.
Goat 619?
Goat 619
It's probably the "goat" in "goat moth".
There are a lot of colonies. I think it's one of them.
Then they're workers from the Goat Moth colony?
G-Goat... Moth... C-C-Colony...
I think it's feeling cold.
It's soaked, and I hear their body temperature is already low to begin with.
Hey, hear that? We should head home.
We came to forget the bitter taste the team ball tournament had left in our mouths,
and our memory of the long-since absent Amano Reiko faded as well.
We hardly took note that Katayama Manabu from Group Two, who broke the rules, had disappeared as well.
Maria was born two weeks after me.
She was also born premature, and her condition after birth was even worse than mine.
I think if Maria had never been born unto this world,
then untold numbers could have been spared.
Nakisou na aoringo kakaeteru mune no oku
泣きそうな 青リンゴ 抱えてる 胸の奥
In my chest, I carry a green apple that wets my eyes
Korogatte tsuyogatte
転がって 強がって
I fall over yet pretend to be strong
Kyuukutsu na sora niramu
窮屈な空睨む
I glower at the sky and it seems to suffocate me
Unmei ni juujun ni
運命に 従順に
Do I look like I'd wait quietly
Jukusu no wo matsu mon ka
熟すのを 待つもんか
For destiny to ripen it?
Sen no kaze
千の風
The winds
Agaite sakende
足掻いて 叫んで
I struggle and scream
Fuke fuke
吹け吹け
Blow and blow
Watashi wa shabondama
私はシャボン玉
I'm a soap bubble
Soredemo shinjiteru
それでも信じてる
And still I have faith
Yokisenu arashi ni
よきせぬ 嵐に
In a sudden storm
Joushou shite kakou shite
上昇して 下降して
I rise and fall
Aragau shabondama
抗うシャボン玉
I fight, soap bubble that I am
Soredemo ikiteku
それでも生きてく
And still I live on
Hajikeru shunkan niji hanate
はじける瞬間 虹放て
I make a rainbow when I burst
False Minoshiro
Episode Three
I don't think that part of the story is true.
Are we going to die?
Who are you? What are you?