[Kyoichiro] I have nothing to say.
And...
[gasps]
[all gasp]
...you won't be seeing me anymore.
Forgive me.
What, are you out of your mind?
Kyoichiro!
He's vanished completely.
No signs of life except for us across a radius of several hundred meters.
I can't detect the heads' someinine at all, either.
NINOMAE - KYOICHIRO NOT DETECTED
Kyoichiro's disappeared along with the heads!
[Taiyo] But how did he do that?
No, actually...
Why did he do that?
If we find the guy, we can wring it out of him.
I'll go after him.
You guys go back to the mansion.
You'll need a navigator, right? I'll come with.
Big Sis Futaba, I'll join you, too!
-[Mutsumi] Don't do it. -[all gasp]
[♪ soft music playing]
You can't go after him.
All of you, come back to the mansion for now.
Mutsumi.
[Mutsumi] You all need to calm down first.
Big Bro's moves have always been made for the family's sake.
No matter what he says, no matter what he does,
he's never wavered when it comes to that.
If Big Bro's rejected us all, then he must have a reason.
We need to be calm now precisely because we believe in him.
As the Yozakura family.
Mutsumi.
That's admirable of you, Mutsumi.
Considering you're probably the most worried.
But sorry.
I'm still going.
No matter what, there's no reason to attack your younger brother.
Leaving us with nothing but anxiety and questions
and expecting us to guess the rest, that's unthinkable.
We're family before we're the Yozakuras.
Just because you're our head doesn't mean you have to suppress your own feelings.
I'm going to find Kyoichiro and grill him about this.
[Kengo] Sorry. I'm against that idea.
If Big Bro has a reason for doing this, we've got to respect that.
Let's head home for now and try to cool off.
We can't be sure that he's doing this of his own accord,
so there might not be any time to lose.
Hmm. All the more reason, don't you think?
If this is his answer after thinking it through,
we need to figure out what it means.
For sure, I totally hate not having Big Bro around.
This is something Big Bro decided on. Let's start by accepting that.
[exclaims softly]
[Nanao] I agree with him.
Nanao!
Big Sis Mutsumi is our head,
and I'm sure that Big Bro Kyoichiro would want us to abide by her decisions.
This is stupid. I can't take it anymore.
[stammers] Big Sis Shion.
Taking action is a hundred times better than having these useless debates.
I'm going to scoop up all the data in the area and navigate.
Big Sis Futaba, Taiyo, you two go on ahead.
[Taiyo stammers] But...
Hey, don't get emotional, Shion.
Isn't logic your strong suit?
You moron.
Emotion is part of logic.
A guy like you can only scrape the surface of logic,
and look who's panicking the most.
Hey, come on, both of you.
So ignoring Mutsumi and Big Bro's feelings is the way to go?
Shut up.
If you want to go home, then go home.
Cut it out!
Big Bro Shinzo?
-Huh? -Huh?
-Whoa! -What are you doing? Put me down!
-[♪ melancholy music playing] -Going off to look for Big Bro
and waiting because we trust him, they're both right. But...
it's absolutely wrong for us to separate.
No way would Big Bro be happy with that, either.
This incident with Big Bro led to all kinds of situations
while the rest of us were left behind.
But right now, we can talk to each other about it.
Let's put our heads together and decide.
All of us, as the family that Big Bro tried to protect.
Big Bro Shinzo.
[sighs]
Shinzo...
Kengo is about to black out.
Kengo!
-Sorry. -From the other side of the river,
Mom was telling me, "Stop walking around naked."
Such welcome words of wisdom.
Mutsumi, I'm sorry.
What?
[Futaba] That was foolish of me. I'm a failure as an elder sister.
No.
I wasn't being honest with my own feelings.
I'm a failure as your head.
As his younger sister and as the family head,
I want to bring Big Bro Kyoichiro back.
Will you all work with me on that?
[Futaba] Of course we will!
If you say so, Mutsumi, then that's the way to go.
That's what we were gonna do from the start.
[Mutsumi] Thanks, you guys!
We'll start with an on-site investigation and in-depth analysis.
Then we'll gather information.
Everyone, use your respective skills to the max,
and let's strive towards our goal.
Operation Search for the Eldest Son... start!
"OPERATION SEARCH FOR THE ELDEST SON" START
[♪ opening theme music playing]
MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY
KYOICHIRO
[Mutsumi] There are no clues in Big Bro's room.
And he left some assignments unfinished.
3 REQUESTS PENDING
Big Bro has a strong sense of responsibility,
so he'd never abandon his work.
Big Bro's disappearance was unplanned.
Something must have happened.
For now, let's keep gathering information.
So how's it going on your end, Big Sis Futaba?
Still coming up empty.
I'm grilling every last person with a grudge against Kyoichiro.
[Mutsumi] Copy that. Go easy on them, okay?
[groaning]
All right, moving on to the next one.
[Young Kyoichiro] You're amazing, Futaba!
[all grunting]
[Young Kyoichiro] I mean, you're mowing them down with your bare hands!
You're like a gorilla!
[shouting]
You picking a fight with me?
[Young Kyoichiro chuckles] But it is incredible.
I can see you solving any problem through sheer force!
I'm so going to find you.
Through sheer force.
Just in case...
I need to be ready for all-out mobilization.
Because I'm in charge of the Yozakura family's weapons.
[Young Shinzo] You're holding it wrong, Big Bro.
If you do it that way, your Steel Spider will touch the gun.
You should hold the hand with the threads out front, like this.
Hey. You're awesome, Shinzo.
That's our weapons expert!
But your readiness to teach people anything, that kindness of yours,
that's your biggest weapon.
We can mobilize anytime, Big Bro.
[Shion] The surveillance cams, the radar...
they're not picking him up.
His transmitters and receivers have gone offline, too.
What an impossible game.
[Young Kyoichiro] Hey, Shion.
Why would you attack me, your ally?
I've already died 20 times.
If I do this, it'll glitch, and an item will drop.
Oh, I see.
Also, you kinda annoy me.
Huh?
Well, you can master any game or hack at will.
That's my computer mentor!
[Young Shion] All right. I'm reducing your lives to zero.
However, the game called reality
isn't quite as easy to clear, you know.
Shut up. Die.
Didn't you know that I'd have a blast
playing the crap game called reality?
[exclaims] Muchumi...
I wuv you!
Nope, nope, nope! That's not it. It's nothing like him!
All I want to do is analyze Big Bro's behavior patterns,
but his super-creepy sister complex is so repulsive, it's making me gag.
[retches]
All right, try it again.
[in deep voice] I'm Kyoichiro Yozakura.
My favorite color is black.
My hobby is playing the piano.
[Kyoichiro] All right, Kengo.
Try analyzing me.
What am I thinking about right now?
Mutsumi.
That's who I'm constantly thinking about.
Now tell me, what is it that swirls deep down in my psyche--
Mutsumi.
Big Bro, I have no clue what you're thinking.
You're way harder than our other siblings.
[chuckles] Because I'm mysterious.
You're saying that about yourself?
After you've undergone more training, you might be able to read me one day.
[chuckles]
You can bet I'll give it a shot.
[Nanao] If I extract Big Bro's data from his samples
and incorporate it into Big Sis Shion's Old Man Hunter,
we might be able to locate Big Bro Kyoichiro.
[Kyoichiro] All right, let's start this three-way meeting.
Big Bro, there's only two of us here.
As I'm both teacher and the eldest son, that makes it a three-way meeting.
Oh right, there was a setting like that, huh?
No meta comments now.
Your plans after graduation?
-Joining the family business. -Denied.
JOB HUNTING
Pursue higher education.
[Young Nanao] This isn't how these meetings work.
THE PATH TO ADVANCEMENT
Follow the path that you want.
That would be best for the family and, above all, for you.
I need you to see me take the path that I've chosen, Big Bro.
[Kyoichiro] Listen, Taiyo.
I've got something to tell you before we storm Skeleton Island,
so listen up.
Right.
When Kawashita's arrested, if anything should happen to me
and the Yozakura family finds itself in a crisis...
CRUNCHY RICE CRACKERS
...bring these with you to the Spy Association.
Rice crackers?
Spy Association?
Don't think about it.
Just go to the reception desk and tell them, simply...
"Kyoichiro has brought the President rice crackers."
[automated voice] You've been verified.
Now please take the elevator at the end of the hall
up to the President's office on the top floor.
[Taiyo] I don't have a method of my own like the others.
And that's why this is the one thing that I can do right now.
[beeps]
If you're looking for the President's room, it's through this door.
What? Oh, right.
Pardon me.
[man] I'll go get the President now, so please wait here for a moment.
-[giggles] -Oh?
For Kyoichiro's kid brother, you're a bit dense, maybe?
[exclaims]
Here you go.
Oh, thank you very much.
I'm Kai Izumo, the President of the Spy Association.
Nice to meet you.
[♪ tense music playing]
So he raised his hand to his younger brother?
Pretty low of Kyoichiro.
What?
[Kai] Threads meant only to intimidate, not harm you.
But that time, they wavered and struck your skin.
He made a split-second decision amid all the chaos,
but his agitation showed up in his threads.
He must have bent over backwards so you didn't catch on.
For the family's sake.
How can you know all that?
I happen to be good at this type of thing.
KEEP OUT DO NOT CROSS
I once suffered a severe brain injury, see.
Apparently, it caused my brain's sensory area to develop abnormally.
Thanks to that, my brain acquires and processes...
TASTE SMELL SIGHT TOUCH SOUND
...massive amounts of information of its own volition.
I see.
It was Kyoichiro who saw potential in me and drew me into this world.
CRUNCHY RICE CRACKERS RICH SOY SAUCE FLAVOR
But I never dreamed that he'd install me as president.
-Do it. -What?
PRESIDENT
[Kai] So pushy!
He came to see me before the previous heads attacked, too.
As usual, he brought these rice crackers with him.
And...
this time, he had you bring them to me.
He must want me to give you some guidance.
No question about it, he'll be back.
I know this, because we go way back.
You know that much about him?
No, I might have exaggerated a little.
I still have no idea what Kyoichiro's really thinking.
But the one thing I'm sure about...
is that the only one who can save Kyoichiro is you, Taiyo.
What?
Me?
I was watching your spy exam.
Profuse Blooming of 10,000 Flowers.
So strong and beautiful. It's a wonderful power.
That power will save Kyoichiro.
Take the Profuse Blooming of 10,000 Flowers...
and confront Kyoichiro.
Do that, and the path will open up.
[Taiyo] Me, save Big Bro Kyoichiro?
-[cell phone vibrating] -[gasps]
BIG SIS FUTABA INCOMING CALL
Big Sis Futaba, is something up?
Taiyo, it's an emergency.
Hurry over to the coordinates Shion's sending you.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
You mean that...
We've got Kyoichiro surrounded.
Big Sis Futaba's on-site data,
-Kengo's profiling. Nanao's sampling. -[beeping]
There's no way out of this now, you dirtbag big bro.
Kyoichiro...
you can tell us all about your reasons for doing this later on.
But right now, Mutsumi's sitting at home worried.
We're going home.
I have nothing to sa--
I said we're going home, so you damn better come home!
[♪ gripping music playing]
Stay away from me.
The one thing I'm vulnerable to, blight spider muscle relaxant, eh?
Now, Big Sis!
Great teamwork.
It's the perfect memory to take away with me.
[exclaims]
Black... cherry blossoms?
[Nanao gasps]
Nanao!
[Nanao] I'm fine!
When our bodies were destroyed...
Tsubomi's blood dispersed into the air
and set down roots in your body.
Her ancient blood and your new blood
will clash and destroy its host body.
There's no escape.
Furthermore, that poison will keep spreading like flowers and plants,
and it will consume your family.
There won't be a single person left
to protect the current head from Lady Tsubomi.
If that's the plan, why would you tell me about it?
No need for you to know.
[Shion] Every time the flowers increase, Kyoichiro's vitals keep dropping.
Is it poison?
[Nanao] The cell destruction's too fast.
Even my immunity couldn't neutralize it.
We don't have the power now to save Big Bro.
[Futaba] It finally makes sense...
why you vanished all of a sudden and why you're pushing us away.
Thinking it's for our sake...
you really are one hopeless idiot.
I won't let you go, Kyoichiro.
[Kyoichiro] Sorry, Futaba.
This is farewell.
Kyoichiro...
[grunting]
[♪ exhilarating music playing]
You're going home with us, Big Bro Kyoichiro.
[♪ closing theme music playing]
NEXT EPISODE LET'S BE A FAMILY AGAIN