[BEHOLDER] What is a human?
What is love?
Fushi struggles to understand.
I want you to teach me about love.
♪
I would love to.
Uh-oh, look what you’ve done now.
[BEHOLDER] The young girl, Mimori,
had her body stolen by the Nokkers.
[SATORU] I’m sorry, but we lost.
[♪ opening theme song playing]
[gasps]
What in the world just happened?
Yeah, I protected Mimori from a creep.
And then, I almost got hit by a truck.
[gasps] Mimori!
Oh, thank God.
She’s okay.
Although, come to think of it,
I’m sure something weird happened
by the time Mimori first came here.
Things have been odd ever since then.
- One year ago... - [HIROTOSHI] Push! Push!
...back when I was still an awesome hero...
[HIROTOSHI] Heal! Ugh!
Damn noob! I told you to stand down!
You suck!
[BOTH] Hello sir!
We’re with the Squeaky Clean Cleaning Service Squad!
Huh?
[WOMAN 1] We’re here to collect and remove your garbage!
Wait, you do not have my permission!
You must vacate at once! [screams]
That’s not garbage, it’s literature!
- [Hirotoshi exclaiming] - [WOMAN] Hm...
No, stop it! [screams]
Don’t touch that! Not my little sister collection!
How barbaric! Your diabolical actions
are in direct violation of my 30 years of life!
Throw it out and start again. If you refuse,
then I’ll make sure to throw you out, as well.
Dad, why me?
Evil begone! Evil begone!
Remove all of your obscene material by tomorrow.
There’s someone I need to introduce you to.
[HIROTOSHI] Huh?
[HIROTOSHI'S DAD] This is Miyabi.
She’s my new wife.
No! Not her!
[chuckles] Nice to meet you, Hirotoshi!
I’m 32 years old, so I’m only two years older than you.
Oh, right.
Now, Mimori, why don’t you say hi?
I’m Mimori.
Nice to meet you.
[MIYABI] Oh, Mimori.
She’s such a shy little girl!
[HIROTOSHI] I immediately adored this little girl
more than any game or manga that I ever owned.
It was like love at first sight.
[Hirotoshi grunts, exclaims]
[HIROTOSHI] It’s been my dream to have a kid sister.
I would protect that dream even if my life depended on it.
I can’t believe my despicable dad
would make my dream come true!
- [GIRL 1] Brother dearest! - [GIRL 2] Brother!
- [GIRL 3] Big brother! - [GIRL 4] Big bro!
[MAN] Bro.
[Hirotoshi exclaims]
[HIROTOSHI] What should she call me?
- Uh? - Hirotoshi, I’m here...
to tell you, dinner’s ready.
Come and eat.
[HIROTOSHI] Hm.
She called me by my name!
[MIYABI] Eat your greens, Mimori, okay?
Okay.
So then, Hirotoshi,
what is it that you do for a living?
Oh, uh. Well, I’m unemployed.
No, no, no, I’m actually a gamer.
I play against the pros and stuff!
[MIYABI] Oh, wow! You’re a professional game engineer?
Don’t you think it’s about time you left the nest, Hirotoshi?
After all, you make good money in your game work, right?
[MIYABI] Oh, it’s okay, honey.
We don’t need to rush him out.
After all, don’t you think it’s a good idea
to have someone take care of Mimori
so we can plan more alone time together?
- Oh, yes, right! - Gross.
At first, I merely observed her from a distance.
[MIYABI] What do you think about what we discussed earlier?
Bye-bye then.
You stay safe now!
I’d watch her leave for school in the morning.
Welcome home!
And watch her return home in the afternoon.
After stalking her for several days, I noticed...
that Mimori never once smiled.
[snores]
[clock clicks]
- [Mimori grunts] - [screams] Mimori!
Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?
No, I’m all right.
[grunts] What a relief!
Oh, your shoelaces are untied.
You must have tripped on them.
It’s okay, I’ll tie them!
It’s as easy as one, two... [gasps]
There! All done!
Oh, man, I suck.
I tied them vertically.
Oh...
Thank you, Hirotoshi.
Aww! Mimori, you can just call me
“big brother” if you really want to!
But it’s fine if you don’t.
[MIMORI] Hm.
Anyway, Mimori, so what do you think?
Enjoying your new life?
It’s okay, I guess.
Ah! So what do you girls do for fun?
Are there any games you like?
I know! I’ll teach you an amazing new skill!
[Hirotoshi grunting] Ta-ta-ta-ta!
[sighs]
[grunting]
[HIROTOSHI] Boom!
An awesome shiny mud ball!
[coughs]
This is the Attention Grab-no-jutsu.
Use this secret skill to make one in front of your friends,
and you’ll instantly win their respect!
But I don’t have any friends to show this to.
[gasps]
No way!
[MIMORI] Now that I have a new dad,
I also have a new school.
But I don’t have the same uniform
and gym clothes as everyone else.
I’m always wearing the wrong clothes.
I’m always doing the wrong thing.
[grunts]
Got it. Right.
[gasps]
In that case, henceforth,
you shall become my new apprentice!
- Huh? - And I will be your master!
- My... - Doo-do-do...
The ultimate Attention Grab-no-jutsu
works on all!
Once you master the art of making mud balls like these,
you’ll not only become the ruler of your class,
but of the entire school!
Hmm. Okay, master.
[HIROTOSHI] For a moment,
it looked like Mimori smiled ever so slightly.
And I was overjoyed.
[MIYABI] We’re going to go on our honeymoon!
So we’ll be away for the next week!
You can hold down the fort, right?
You’re telling me this now?
I’m sure you and Mimori
are more than capable of taking care of the chores.
What? Just us two?
That’s it?
I know you have a Lolita complex,
but I trust that you have a proper sense of morals.
So don’t you dare get any ideas.
After all, she’s 20 years younger than you.
Why don’t you take her with you
if you’re that concerned about me?
You guys are 20 years apart, too!
Just don’t get any ideas!
[HIROTOSHI] Our ordinary life came to a sudden end.
It all started on that day.
- [HIROTOSHI] Order up! - [gasps]
Well, what do you think?
It’s good, right?
I’ll make fried rice all the time.
Yes, it’s good, sir.
I can teach you how to make it if you want me to.
Also we’re siblings now,
so you don’t have to be so formal and polite with me!
Unless you want to.
But I don’t know how it works,
as I was a single child, too, you know.
- I should go. - Oh...
Oh, yes, school.
[footsteps]
Oh, wait! Your shoelaces are untied.
You don’t want to trip again.
[HIROTOSHI] Hmm. I wonder if she can’t tie them herself?
[laughs] All right, all right, Princess Mimori,
I shall be happy to tie them for you.
[MIMORI] Thank you very much.
It’s fine.
There, all done! My crappy vertical bow tie!
- [Mimori chuckles] - [door opens]
[door closes]
[HIROTOSHI] I wonder if she’s opening her heart a little.
A-ha!
Clever me!
Seven hundred and ninety-eight yen.
But now she won’t worry about tripping!
I’ll hide them somewhere, so it’ll be a little surprise
when she gets home. [chuckles]
Uh... oh!
A parent’s day notice and it’s happening... [shrieks]
today!
But her parents have gone on honeymoon!
Was Mimori keeping it from them?
Or did her mother simply forget all about it?
[screams] What should I do?
I really should do something, shouldn’t I?
Big brother...
My heart aches! I’m so sad!
[Hirotoshi yells]
I shan’t abandon my sister!
Only 30 minutes until class.
Make haste, Hirotoshi!
Faster than the arrows of a veteran player!
Mimori!
Mom and Dad might not be here,
but big brother will always have your back!
Let’s see.
Mimori’s class is here somewhere.
- [ripping] - Oh, man, dad’s work suit.
It’s way too tight!
I should have leveled up
before equipping such scant armor!
[Hirotoshi inhales]
[exhales]
[HIROTOSHI] Pardon me.
[chuckles] Coming through.
- [Hirotoshi grunting] - [WOMAN] Huh?
[GIRL] Miss, Mimori isn’t here.
Huh?
That’s odd, she was present during roll call.
I wonder if she’s gone somewhere.
Anyone know where she is?
Oh, I’m Mimori’s... I’m Mimori’s father!
I’ll go out and look for her.
Please go ahead, start without us!
Mimori?
Where are you?
You don’t have a tummy-ache, do you?
Did you eat too much of my fried rice?
Mmm. She’s not in there.
She’s not here?
Okay, thanks.
[sighs] I wonder what could have happened to her?
But I don’t have any friends to show this to.
[MIYABI] Oh, Mimori.
She’s such a shy little girl!
[Hirotoshi gasps]
[HIROTOSHI] Mimori...
If the battlefield is too harsh, it’s fine to run away.
Sometimes a tactical retreat is best.
If you feel uncomfortable here,
then I can just take you back home.
So why don’t you come out, please?
Mimori... Mi...
[thuds]
[rustling]
[Hirotoshi panting] Mimori!
[gulps]
[♪ tense music playing]
[Hirotoshi breathes shakily]
Mimori.
- Big Bro! No way! - [Hirotoshi gasps]
You came to my school?
Mimori?
But I just saw you...
I’m okay!
I just tripped is all!
- [shoes scuffing] - [Mimori grunts]
Blood?
Oh, I can tie those laces for...
[gasps]
[MIMORI] What’s the matter?
Big brother?
[HIROTOSHI] From that day on, Mimori changed.
- She spoke energetically. - Wow!
Are these really for me, big brother?
[HIROTOSHI] She ate with enthusiasm.
It’s good, big bro!
- She also started... - Bye!
- ...calling me "big brother." - See you later, big brother.
See you later!
[MIMORI] Hey, big bro! I’m home!
Oh, hey! Yeah, you’re back home.
I was having fun playing with my friends at school.
[HIROTOSHI] It seemed like she was enjoying life
so much more than before.
- But is it really her? - [Mimori laughing]
Mimori! We’re back! Did you two get along?
[MIMORI] Yeah! Big bro bought me some brand-new shoes!
- Oh, wow! - [HIROTOSHI] She didn’t notice?
Her daughter’s totally different!
[HIROTOSHI'S DAD] We bought you presents!
[HIROTOSHI] But I noticed. And I wanted to know
what happened to make Mimori change so much.
For the sake of the Mimori I loved.
However...
Even after a whole year of stalking her,
I found no answers whatsoever.
And yesterday, while I was buying Mimori a drink,
I lost sight of her
and used my big brother sixth sense to find her.
That is when...
I saw her being stabbed by someone.
[HIROTOSHI] It didn’t matter how much she had changed,
she was still my little sister and I loved her.
So, I took her in my arms and ran away from there.
And then...
I thought I was dead.
[SATORU] This is all a dream.
[HIROTOSHI] A strange voice had awoken me.
In my own room, no less.
What in the world just happened?
Mimori! [grunts]
[Mimori sighs]
Your stab wound!
Oh, good morning, big brother.
[Hirotoshi exclaims softly]
Are you...
are you really Mimori?
A year ago, you fell from a roof,
and just now, someone stabbed you.
And yet...
Did something happen to you?
[grunts]
[MIMORI] Of course, something happened to me.
So what, brother?
- Are you going to kill me? - [gasps]
Ta-da!
Don’t forget I’m your beloved sister, Mimori!
Mom, can you buy me some new clothes?
[MIYABI] Oh dear!
What’s all of this blood-looking stuff on you?
[MIMORI] I was playing murderer with my new friends!
[MIYABI] Oh, no, that’s not good.
I’m not made of money, you know.
[Hirotoshi's dad laughs] Don’t worry, Mimori.
- Daddy will buy you new clothes! - [Hirotoshi grunts]
[MIMORI] Yay. Thanks.
[HIROTOSHI] I’m going to get Mimori back.
The real Mimori!
Just watch me!
I can teach you about love
if it’s something you really want to know.
Fushi.
Fushi, I adore you.
[HAYASE] I’ll teach you
everything you need to know about...
love...
[FUSHI] A descendant of the woman who killed you.
She approached me, smiling at me.
Parona...
What would you think of that?
I’d like to stay good friends with Mizuha if possible.
Without all the weirdness that comes with it.
- [MARCH] Sissy? - [PARONA] Uh?
You shouldn’t be out here, March,
it’s way past your bed time, you know.
It’s going to get cold tonight, so you really should...
[MARCH] Uh...
[PARONA] Uh?
[March whimpers]
[March cries] Sissy.
[March cries] Sissy, Sissy...
[FUSHI] Parona...
I really wish you were here.
♪
I’m sorry, Fushi.
Mommy needs to be stronger, I guess.
[FUSHI] I’m the one who needs to be stronger, March.
Because all of us are going to live and die in it.
[FUSHI] I won’t let anyone get killed.
I’m going to protect you all.
I’ll make sure you find your happiness.
[FUSHI] All I can do right now
is to focus on learning how to fight the Nokkers.
[pen scribbling]
[FUSHI] Once school is over, I’ll look for Mimori with Yuki.
Now what?
Unbelievable! You haven’t even written down your name yet!
Solve these problems or you’ll get a zero.
Understand?
[gasps]
Huh?
[FUSHI] Problems, huh?
The Nokkers are the only problem
that I should be solving right now!
Mimori, just where are you?
[sniffs]
[FUSHI] Maybe I should start tracking her from that park.
Huh? Is she getting closer?
- This way? - [MIMORI] Woof, woof!
- [MIMORI] Woof! You’re here! - [FUSHI] Huh?
I bet you missed me, didn’t you?
- [whirring] - [laughs]
[growls]
[MIMORI] All right.
Does that mean I can count that as one point to me?
[screams]
- Bring it. - [Mimori grunting]
I'll play your game.
What’s the holdup? Come on already.
[Mimori grunting]
[Mimori breathing heavily]
[MIMORI] All right, now it's my turn.
[FUSHI] I’m surprised you can lift this.
It’s heavy.
I guess Nokkers are super strong, still.
Aren’t they? What kind of weapon is this?
- It’s new to me. - [Mimori breathing heavily]
I wonder if it can cut through metal.
Meow!
[screams]
What the hell, Fushi? You did a murder!
Meow. It really hurts!
It’s okay, I’ll take you to the nurse’s office!
[FUSHI] Stop! That thing’s a Nokker!
- [Mimori chuckles] - [Yuki grunts]
Huh? [shrieks]
[FUSHI] Yuki!
[Yuki screams]
[YUKI] Fushi, is that who you’re looking for?
- Yeah, her name’s Mimori. - Why are you fighting?
That wasn’t what we agreed on!
It’s not my fault, she started it!
You must believe in the power of love, Fushi!
Hi there! Good day!
Nice to meet you! Hey, are you a good Nokker?
So, my name is Yuki Aoki, I’m a first year
at Minamoto Middle School, and Vice President
- of the Occult Club! - [Fushi sighs]
With the introductions out of the way,
I just want to say that we have absolutely no intention
of fighting you!
[Yuki exclaims, screams]
New plan, Fushi, beat the crap out of her!
[FUSHI] Leave her to me. I’m much stronger than her.
[Yuki grunts]
[Yuki exclaims]
- [Mimori grunts] Let me out! - [Yuki screams]
You son of a bitch, let me out of here!
Answer my questions and I’ll let you go.
So first, tell me, what’s your objective here?
Why, world peace, of course!
World peace, you say?
But that very peace
is threatened because of your kind.
Do you need something specific from me?
Or were you just attacking me for fun?
But don’t you remember?
You were the one who attacked me first,
when you attempted to stab me
with that big, nasty sword of yours!
Pathetic. Is that all you’ve got?
Look, I’m returning this body to its owner. So get out.
Idiot, I’m not leaving. No way.
In that case, maybe I’ll test some poison on you.
No! I really hate pain!
[Fushi grunts]
- [bell tolling] - Hey, can I go home now?
My mommy gets angry if I’m not back for dinner time.
[FUSHI] You’re not going anywhere
until you answer my questions! Got it?
[TANASEN] This is awful! He isn’t even breathing anymore!
[FUSHI] Uh?
[TANASEN] He was unconscious when I found him.
Hang in there, Fushi! Don’t give up.
- [Yuki exclaims] - I have to get back.
Hooray! I’m free!
Hey, can I come back again?
I love having fun,
and I’m sure that person will love it, as well!
“That person”?
I’m gonna take this, okay!
Shit!
[Yuki gasps]
- [electrical buzz] - [thudding]
- [Fushi gasps] - Thank God!
You made it!
- Fushi, you came back to life! - [Yuki chuckles]
[Tanasen cries]
Come on, big brother, let’s go home!
[whimpers]
Mimori.
[♪ closing theme song playing]
[BEHOLDER] The Nokkers are a parasite
living off of humans.
And there’s absolutely no solution in sight.
Having gone into town with Mizuha,
Fushi reminisces about days long gone.
And the friends he lost along the way.
Friends, whose vessels Fushi acquired.