There once was a baby abandoned in this very forest.
Right next to it
were the dead bodies of its parents.
They hung themselves.
They had left a suicide note, wailing about the harsh world.
The parents didn't have the courage to kill their baby.
So they just left it here to die.
Although,
the baby didn't die.
Over time, the parents' bodies began to decompose.
The baby continued to cry in this same spot.
The baby would never give in to the destiny its parents had designed.
What allows one to survive while the others die?
It's the strength to take control of one's own destiny.
Those with such strength… shall dominate the rest.
It's four days until the solar eclipse.
Since this is the first celestial show in 15 years,
many events and people are preparing for the special day.
An eclipse is the occurrence in which the moon blocks the sun…
Your phone's ringing.
Oh.
This is known as a "solar eclipse…"
Yoko speaking.
What's wrong?
Hello?
What?
What is it?
Hey, what's going on?
Tell me why the Fuma released you.
They didn't release me.
I ran.
Do you think I'm stupid?
It's true.
I bet you're a Fuma.
I'm not.
Hama-san.
There was an overturned van discovered four kilometers away
from where Tawara Gaku was found.
The driver and one more,
they were murdered.
Where are the Fuma?
I don't know.
More like you don't wanna tell us.
I really don't know.
They kept me blindfolded except when I was working.
Working on what?
Where?
A field.
A field of yellow flowers.
Mount Fuji.
How long did you work in the field?
How long has it been
since I disappeared?
It's been six years.
Six years.
What happened to your leg?
I fell in the water.
It got caught in the ship's propeller.
Do you know him?
That's the man who tortured me.
What's his name?
Great work, sir.
Find out where this place is.
Yes, sir.
Why don't we polygraph him?
It's useless to polygraph a shinobi.
So what's the plan, then?
Chances are pretty high he's a plant sent by the Fuma.
Gaku-nii!
Gaku.
You're alive.
Gaku.
Nagi.
I never gave up.
I knew you'd come back.
Oh. Come on. Go on, Riku. Say hi.
Nice to meet you.
Riku, you've met him before.
He lived here with us until you were two years old.
Whoa.
You all right?
It seems his leg doesn't fit so well.
I'll come back tomorrow to reconvene about what'll happen next.
You all have a lot of catching up to do.
- Let's go. - Sir.
Haru.
Welcome back.
Let's go inside, everyone.
Nice and fresh.
You look exactly the same.
Thank you.
Well, why don't you go and take a nap in your room until dinnertime?
Mm-hmm.
We're all back together at the table.
It's been too long.
Definitely.
Would you like some more?
- Oh, mm-hmm. - Mmm.
- Me too, please. - Yep.
Nagi, you're in… high school?
Mm-mm. College now.
Oh.
College already, huh?
Hmm?
So what's it like with just one leg?
Riku!
Riku.
- Don't be so rude. - It's fine.
Here.
Wanna feel it?
- Does it hurt? - Not really. Try.
Oh man! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
I knew you'd fall for it. I'm joking.
I fell for it.
You really got me so good!
Haru.
- Hmm? - So will you introduce me to her?
She's staying here a while, right?
Mmm.
Here you go.
- Thanks. - Sure.
- Riku. - Hmm?
- Press this button to play the Switch. - Mm-hmm.
- And press this button to watch TV. - Hmm.
Gaku.
So, uh…
Karen Ito.
Tawara Gaku. Nice to meet you.
Thank you for letting me stay, even for a bit.
Glad you're here.
You know everything about us?
Maybe not "everything."
Uh, but yeah. I am aware.
She's hiding from the Fuma.
We're keeping it from Hama-san.
Yeah.
- Karen. Let's play Switch. - Next time.
Oh, why next time?
Hey, Riku. Let's watch TV together.
Let's go.
Revitalize Japan!
This country needs a change.
Someone fresh who can blow open new doors.
I am that leader. Elect Mukai Toko as your leader.
Ms. Mukai was involved in an abduction case
amid Tokyo's gubernatorial election six years ago.
Despite such adversity,
she won a large following and became the governor of Tokyo.
Ms. Mukai later entered national politics
and is garnering attention in the upcoming presidential election.
Why'd you turn it off?
Ah, because you still have a lot of homework you need to finish.
Okay.
The politicians and bureaucrats in power,
whose only motivation was self-preservation,
they are the ones to blame.
I, Mukai Toko,
will drastically change the politics of our country.
I will do so by eliminating corruption.
Our country will change if the politics change.
Our stagnant economy.
Our diminished presence on the world stage.
We will recover them all.
Our country can be revitalized.
Six years ago, Mukai was kidnapped during the gubernatorial election.
Now she's running for president.
I just have a bad feeling about this.
Also, um…
your brother.
The timing seems weird.
What do you mean by that?
SAWABE
Hello?
- What do you want? Why are you calling-- - They killed my family.
I want revenge.
Why's a cop working for the Fuma?
The central government is filled with Fuma collaborators.
Do you have information on the eclipse?
Yes.
Tell me what it is.
I'll give you the information if you help me kill that man.
Look, we want the same thing.
Let's meet face-to-face.
I'm being tailed.
All right.
Where?
Come out to Odawara.
We must have a rat.
But not to worry.
I've hidden it away.
What are you doing?
Reminiscing.
You coming home
brought us all together for the first time in a while.
You've always been the core of this family.
When we were kids,
we were always in this room.
You were always slacking off.
I trained like my life depended on it.
Our skill level was the same.
If you actually tried,
I wouldn't have had a chance against you.
Why don't we give it a go?
What's the matter?
Everything is my fault.
I could've killed that guy.
I chickened out.
I just stood there.
I regret it all.
He's… he's the one who stabbed you, and…
he became Fuma Kotaro the 19th…
because… I couldn't do it.
That's…
You have always been kind…
but for shinobis…
kindness makes us weak.
When someone shows up and blocks you from acting on your convictions,
you have to kill them.
If you blocked me, I'd kill you.
Maybe you should stay the way you've always been.
A bugging device?
Excuse yourself and plant it while I explain the mission to everyone.
Gaku cannot know what you're doing.
I'm bugging the Tawaras? No, no, no, no, no!
- Do you have a problem with this plan? - I have a big problem!
That is a house of shinobis!
I'm fully aware of that.
So what happens if they find out?
Do not get caught. Be very discreet.
I don't think I can be discreet enough, Hama-san.
It's impossible.
Why in the holy hell is he making me bug them?
Hey! Move it!
Yeah!
I'm gonna sue this guy someday.
- There. - Yes, sir.
It's heavy.
Come on. We don't have all day.
Ow!
So, according to Matsuura,
the Fuma is planning to carry out a mass murder.
Unfortunately, that idiot wasn't privy to the details.
What we do know
is that whatever plan they have is named "Solar Eclipse."
The actual solar eclipse occurs on November 9th.
In two days?
Mm-hmm.
If they are, in fact, carrying out their plan on that day,
it is important that we locate them in order to stop it before it starts.
Gaku drew this.
I was forced to work there the entire time.
They warned me about the toxicity of the yellow flowers.
They said that just breathing its pollen could be lethal.
I want you to track and find this location.
Uh, sorry. Would it be all right for me to use your facilities?
Right now?
Well, I've been holding it in for a while.
Uh, down the hall to the left.
Okay, thank you.
- Ah, can you do this? - Okay.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
I was always blindfolded by them before we got to the field,
but I could make out some things.
Like a fallen torii and a broken stone staircase.
A fallen torii?
Yes!
According to what Gaku mentioned,
the estimated location of the flower fields is
around this area.
Soichi, Yoko, I'm sending you.
This is where the Fuma are based.
Be careful.
Gaku killed two Fuma members in his escape.
This guy here
seemed to be one of their top members.
Haru.
Here's his info.
Go check it out.
Good luck.
What's my mission?
Nagi, your mission is to make sure you take good care of me.
Okay?
Mm-hmm.
We're about five kilometers away.
"Mayuko-kun"?
Don't you need to answer it?
Isn't she your head of sales?
Now's not the time for that.
What are you--
Yes, hi, I'm here.
Hi, sir. Are you on your way?
It's time for the meeting with our new wholesaler.
Ah! I'm sorry.
Something urgent came up.
Oh, I understand.
No big deal.
Don't worry. I'll manage.
I'm really sorry.
It's all good.
Uh, a bit of a bummer kinda.
I checked and made sure I wore your lucky color today.
Do you want to know what it is?
Today, your lucky color is cochineal.
Thanks.
Mmm, talk to ya later.
Okay.
Hmm.
Oh!
She checks your lucky color and makes sure to wear it.
Cochineal, right?
She's quite a character.
Sure.
I bet someone's hiding a secret.
What? I'm-- There's nothing I'm hiding.
I was talking about Gaku.
Ah.
He was trapped with the Fuma for a long time.
They might have brainwashed him. Yeah?
Not a great way to put it.
Is this working?
Come on, come on.
Oh! Sh, sh, sh, sh.
Oh, no. Uh-oh! No, no, no!
Yes! Phew. Safe.
That one next.
Ready? Run, run, run.
Yes!
Next one.
All right.
- Hey, Karen! Did you see that? - Yeah.
Did I look cool? I'm training.
- It's official. - Cool!
I'm gonna jump here to there.
- Sure. - Showtime.
- Uh, hey, you better watch yourself! - Are you watching me?
- Be careful! - I'm okay. See.
- Who is that woman? - I'm totally fine.
Haru-nii, look at me. I'm cool, right?
Mm-hmm.
You know what? I'm gonna catch up to you really soon.
Yep.
Be careful.
You look a little different today.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
It's an official shinobi outfit.
Wow!
- It's kinda cool. - Seriously?
Yeah, it's like, stylish.
Are you going out?
A mission.
Is it dangerous?
Nope.
I'll be meeting with Sawabe after.
I'll be back a little late.
Just make sure you don't leave the house.
Mm-hmm.
Oh my God!
Oh my God! No way!
What in the freakin' heck is going on here?
Hello, Hama-san?
A woman.
The Tawara family has one extra member!
Copy that.
Why is that idiot Haru making me do extra work?
We have enough shit to worry about as it is.
What's wrong?
It's time to go to work.
Get rid of Haru's girlfriend.
Watch.
Shwoop.
Whoosh.
Whah!
I never stopped training all this time.
That's great.
I wanna be just like you.
Be like me, huh?
"You should be proud."
"Shinobi becomes one with the shadows."
"Nobody knows we exist." Right?
The country is protected by us.
I used to think that.
Although…
Although?
Who were we really protecting?
What?
The shinobi's duty is to always serve someone.
We haven't been questioning.
You sound weird.
I do not want you to be like me, Nagi.
Why not?
I don't get you.
One day, you will.
Worst case…
Let's say Gaku really is brainwashed by the Fuma.
This may be a trap we're entering into.
Hey.
The flowers are gone.
The truck.
Huh?
The truck that drove past us earlier.
It must've been carrying the yellow flowers.
It's me.
All the flowers are gone. The Fuma aren't here.
Hama-san, can you look something up for us?
One-eight-nine-nine. Got it.
Hey, look this number up.
Now!
Look.
This is it.
I'm glad Gaku didn't send us into a trap.
Yeah.
Yeah?
The truck is currently near the Tahara Interchange,
and it's headed toward Nagoya.
You need to follow it.
I'll keep you posted. You got this.
We're on it.
Preparations are moving forward for the solar eclipse.
And Crow?
All according to plan.
THE HOLY POWDER WILL ARRIVE SOON
TOGETHER WE WILL FULFILL THE ECLIPSE
Gaku killed two Fuma members in his escape.
Daddy?
Daddy, are you here?
Mitsuki, what's wrong?
Where's Daddy?
I don't know. I still can't reach him.
I don't know.
I want Daddy.
I know.
I wanna see him too.
If you blocked me, I'd kill you.
Hello?
I'm already here.
Were you tailed?
I lost them.
I'm on my way. Stay there.
We just passed Minami-Ohara Interchange.
The truck's 500 meters ahead.
500 meters.
Confirm you have a visual on the truck.
Don't be so impatient.
There it is!
Confirmed. Up ahead.
Crow?
Oh, goddammit, no!
♪ Should I try to hide ♪
♪ The way I feel inside ♪
♪ My heart for you? ♪
♪ Would you say that you ♪
♪ Would try to love me too? ♪
♪ In your mind ♪
♪ Could you ever be ♪
♪ Really close to me? ♪
♪ I can tell the way you smile ♪
♪ If I feel that I ♪
♪ Could be certain, then ♪
♪ I would say the things ♪
♪ I want to say tonight ♪
♪ But till I can see ♪
♪ That you'd really care for me ♪
♪ I will dream ♪
♪ That someday you'll be ♪
♪ Really close to me ♪
♪ I can tell the way you smile ♪
♪ If I feel that I ♪
♪ Could be certain, then ♪
♪ I would say the things ♪
♪ I want to say tonight ♪
♪ But till I can see ♪
♪ That you'd really care for me ♪
♪ I'll keep trying to hide ♪
♪ The way I feel inside ♪