[yells]
[both grunting]
[both panting]
[Takemichi] Isn't this where…
[Kisaki] Quit spacing out!
Shut up, you jerk!
Just give up already!
You've lost, you bastard, Kisaki!
[both grunt]
Since you're weak,
you make other people be your sword and shield!
Moebius! Valhalla! Tenjiku!
You're a coward who can't do anything on your own!
[grunts] Don't be stupid!
To be a leader of men, you don't need physical strength!
-[groans] -[Kisaki grunts]
[groans]
[panting]
To achieve anything,
what you need is the perfect plan worked out in intricate detail.
[Takemichi] The perfect plan?
[angry grunt]
How can you call it a perfect plan when someone like me can stop it?
Shut up!
I was supposed to become the dark hero.
My first plan was to kill Draken, take over the number two spot,
and manipulate Toman from the shadows.
My second plan was to build Valhalla, which had no leader,
destroy Toman, and install Mikey as its leader.
[panting]
My third plan was to sic Tenjiku on Toman and destroy it,
manipulate Mikey, and gain control of the underworld.
[both panting]
They were all perfect plans.
There was no way to crush them.
Except for one possibility.
[both grunt]
Even now…
Even now, I remember it clearly.
[fire crackling]
[Takemichi] The raging flames.
The rising black smoke.
As I watched, I swore…
[♪ emotional music playing]
I swore to become the leader of Toman.
[Takemichi] This is the place, Kisaki.
[♪ dramatic music playing]
This is where, in the future,
you murdered Hinata Tachibana.
I've jumped between the future and past over and over in this battle.
[surprised grunt]
Let's settle it right here, Kisaki.
[♪ theme music playing]
Let's settle it right here, Kisaki.
[surprised grunt]
I swear I'll end this.
[Takemichi] Right here! [surprised grunt]
[Takemichi] Huh?
What was that just now?
[gasps] Hina…
[chuckles] I knew it.
[confused grunt]
You've been traveling through time.
-[soft grunt] -[Kisaki laughing]
Who'd have thought you really were a time traveler.
I get it now. So that's what it was.
So that's how you did it. [laughing]
[Takemichi] Kisaki,
why are you so obsessed with Hina?
[soft grunt]
You're attached to Mikey, so I can understand why you want Toman.
But why do you kill Hina every time?
[soft grunt]
[shouts] Answer me! Why kill her?
I'm sorry.
[Takemichi gasps] That's Hina.
[♪ uneasy music playing]
What the heck is going on?
[Kisaki] I see.
So…
I failed.
-[soft grunt] -[crackles]
[Takemichi] It's that scene again.
It's Hina and Kisaki.
I'm sorry.
Huh?
[Takemichi] What the heck is that?
Is that a ring?
Did Kisaki confess his love for Hina in this spot in the future?
[Takemichi] Kisaki…
Don't tell me you're in love with…
[soft grunt]
[exhales shakily]
[soft grunt]
When I was…
in elementary school, I was called a child prodigy.
[Hina] Kisaki!
You're amazing! You placed first on the practice exams again!
It was just luck.
Wow! So humble!
-Let's go, Hina. -[Hina] Hmm?
[Hina chuckles softly]
[Kisaki] I pretended not to notice her,
-but I was in love with Hinata Tachibana. -[♪ gentle music playing]
And I believed that Hinata Tachibana was naturally in love with me,
the child prodigy.
But then,
one day, a hero suddenly showed up
and stole her heart.
[gasps, breathes shakily]
Takemichi Hanagaki.
From that day on,
-I always followed you around. -[laughter]
-[young Takemichi] Takuya. -[young Takuya] Yeah?
You know how my heroes are hoodlums, right?
When I get into middle school,
I'll become the number-one hoodlum in Japan.
[young Takuya] That's so ridiculous.
The number-one hoodlum in Japan?
How can they be heroes?
HOODLUM
[Kisaki] I researched what hoodlums were.
[Kisaki] You're Osanai from Moebius, right?
Yeah?
[Kisaki] I even approached a real one.
He was apparently someone close to the top.
But he wasn't number one in Japan.
I did a lot of research.
I gathered info on all the hoodlums in the Kanto area
and traveled to meet them.
Then finally, I reached a certain guy.
The leader of Tokyo Manji Gang, Manjiro Sano.
I found the beacon for my plan.
[laughter]
In the summer of last year, when I was about to execute my plan,
I happened to see you.
[♪ light pensive music playing]
Look, Takemichi Hanagaki.
I have completely changed
for the woman that I love.
Haven't I seen that guy somewhere before?
I will surpass you.
[Kisaki] Becoming the number-one hoodlum in Japan,
it's not a vague dream for me like it is for you.
I'll execute the plan I've intricately worked out.
I'll get what I need to make it happen.
[footsteps approaching]
[Kisaki] You're Manjiro Sano, right?
[Mikey] Who the heck are you?
[Kisaki] My name's Tetta Kisaki.
[Kisaki] Without a doubt, Manjiro Sano has the makings to be number one in Japan.
He is the perfect puppet for me.
He is the ideal vessel for me to use to become the number-one hoodlum in Japan.
The key player in the grand plan that will take 10 years.
One year to earn his trust.
Another two years to get to where I can manipulate him.
Another three years until we control Tokyo.
And four years until we control Japan.
10 years until I am called number one in Japan.
Then I will succeed in marrying Hinata Tachibana!
[Takemichi] What I saw just now was
the moment after he achieved his selfish ambition…
Hina…
And then you…
[shouts angrily] But how many times
did you get in my goddamn way, huh?
How many times did you travel through time, huh?
[Takemichi] Did you murder Hina as vengeance for turning you down?
[Kisaki] Huh?
Again and again and again!
Tachibana is my woman!
I won't let you have her!
I'd rather kill her than let you have her.
Why?
I love her so much,
so why won't she pay me any attention?
The reason is you!
Even though I respected you,
you betrayed me.
I should have…
killed you sooner.
[breathes shakily]
-[Takemichi grunts] -[gasps]
[Kisaki grunts]
Kisaki…
I won't let you kill Hina anymore.
[scared grunt]
[Takemichi] If this bastard is dead…
[♪ tense music playing]
…then Hina will be saved.
[scared grunt]
[breathing nervously]
[soft scoff]
[breathing shakily]
[Hina] Takemichi!
[surprised grunt]
[panting]
[soft gasp]
Hina…
Takemichi.
[panting]
[soft grunt]
[breathing heavily]
[angry grunt]
-Takemitchy! -[Takemichi gasps]
-[both grunting] -[♪ intense music playing]
-[surprised grunt] -[yells]
Ow!
[groans]
You won't get away!
Damn it! [panting]
Damn it!
You're through, Kisaki!
Now that everyone knows what you're up to,
nobody will ever trust you again!
Your ambition has been destroyed!
I won't let it end!
I'll try as many times as it takes.
Someday, Tachibana will be mine!
Someday, I swear it!
[annoyed grunt]
I won't let it happen! I won't ever let that happen!
[Takemichi] I swear he won't get away.
I can't let him get away!
Where's he trying to go?
What is the trigger that makes him time travel?
I have to… I have to prevent it!
I can't ever let you return to the future again!
[♪ music fades]
[panting]
[Kisaki scoffs]
"Return to the future"?
Do you think I'm a time traveler?
Huh?
You aren't?
[snickers]
[soft gasp]
I…
[thuds]
[tires screeching]
[engine rumbling]
[yawning]
Hmm?
[grunts, screams]
-I… -[thuds]
-[tires screeching] -[horn honking]
[surprised grunt]
Kisaki?
[breathing heavily]
[Kisaki grunts]
[grunts, groans]
[groaning weakly]
[Kisaki] Shit! What the hell is this?
What's going on?
I can't stand up!
[Kisaki groaning]
[breathing heavily]
[groaning]
Damn it!
[groaning continues]
[retches, coughs]
[breathing heavily]
[breathes heavily]
[in weak voice] I…
[♪ somber music playing]
Hey there, hero.
[soft gasp]
[shouts] Mikey!
[Takemichi] Kisaki…
He's been expelled.
I leave…
[breathes shakily]
…Toman
in your hands.
Thank you.
[Mitsuya] Turn, and it's right there.
Okay. [gasps]
[rain pattering]
[Kisaki] Yeah, well,
that's pretty normal.
-[young Takemichi] Takuya. -[young Takuya] Yeah?
I'll become the number-one hoodlum in Japan.
[yells]
[grunts]
The hero has arrived!
[gasps]
[Kisaki] I just wanted…
to be like you.
[breathing heavily]
I don't want to die.
Kisaki…
[hurried footsteps approaching]
-[Mikey and Hina panting] -[Mikey gasps]
[shocked gasp]
Don't look, Hina.
[♪ somber music playing]
[Hanma] Aw, crap.
You know, you really are insanely strong,
Draken.
He's probably escaped by now.
[Takemichi] This battle, later called the Kanto Incident,
was a clash of 500 people between Yokohama's Tenjiku,
Kanagawa's largest gang of hoodlums,
and Tokyo Manji Gang, Tokyo's biggest biker gang.
It ended with the gruesome result of five arrests and three deaths.
The arrested were Tenjiku's five officers.
The three dead were Emma Sano,
Izana Kurokawa,
and Tetta Kisaki.
[♪ somber music continues playing]
[♪ music fades]
[birds chirping]
Hey there,
Kaku-chan.
Ultimately,
I was the only one who survived.
Don't talk like that.
How can Izana rest in peace if you say that?
Kisaki died too.
[soft grunt]
Now the dreams of Tenjiku are through.
[♪ pensive music playing]
[Takemichi] That depends on you, Kaku-chan.
[Kakucho] On me, huh?
[Takemichi] Yes.
Kisaki's dead.
Now my fight is over.
-[crutches clack] -But…
[Kakucho] Huh?
[Takemichi] Even so…
Since the day Kisaki died…
I can't stop trembling.
[breathes shakily]
[grunts]
[♪ closing theme music playing]
Translated by Brian Athey