02x01 - The Random Murders

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And then, all of a sudden,

you get stabbed!

Come on, don't even joke
about things like that.

But that's exactly how
the random k*ller attacks victims.

And he only targets young women.

Plus, you never know
when or where he'll jump out.

Stop scaring me!

Yoko!

Yumi!

Yumiko!

What's up? No club activities?

It's unsafe
with that random k*ller stuff going on.

So I'll take a small break.

Could it be the random k*ller?

I hope they catch him soon.

We all want to return to our normal lives.

This is scary. We should go home.

I'll walk you.

I feel more secure when you're with me.

But are you sure?

We go in the same direction either way.

Don't worry about it.

THE RANDOM MURDERS

I'm back.

Why do I even say that when
Mom and Dad aren't back from work yet?

A note from Mom.

"You can have a snack,
but only after you do your homework."

I'll ignore it!

Fried chicken is popular in this store,
but croquettes sell more before typhoons...

I watch some TV,

eat a snack,

and take a nap.

That's my daily routine.

Now on to our next news.

The ongoing series of murders
has claimed another tragic victim.

Today at around 2:40 p.m.,

a junior high school girl
living in the city

was apparently attacked
by a random k*ller on her way home.

The girl was stabbed in the chest
with a blade-like object.

She was taken to the hospital
and later pronounced dead.

No way.

The incident occurred
on an empty backstreet.

The victim is believed
to have accidentally passed by.

How awful.

This is unforgivable!

Exactly.

And that's where you come in.

Gayler from Time Patrol Headquarters!

Long time no see, Bon.

I haven't heard from you in so long.

I even thought
that I got fired from Time Patrol.

You'll be busy as an official agent.

I decided to give you a break.

Anyway, your first mission has to do

with these random murders.

The tragedy led the victim's school
to halt after-school activities,

and all students were sent home early.

I have to save her?

The girl who got k*lled?

Official agents are expected to come up
with a rescue plan on their own.

Can you do it?

I'll see what I can do.

But my Time Boat was destroyed.

Try calling it.

My Time Boat!

I restored it using the few parts
that you brought back.

It took some time.

Look at that sharp nose cone!

The dignified
and highly reliable rear unit!

And above all, you are obedient.
You come out when I call you!

It looks just like it used to!

Good! Aren't you the cutest thing?

Bon, it's your first assignment
as an official agent.

I'm counting on you.

Yes, sir!

Location and time?

Please provide the details.

It's in this cylinder.

He's a brutal man.

Please be careful.

Off I go.

Time shift, 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Distance, 1.16 km to the southwest.

This is the place?

I see.

This alley is a great spot for a k*ller.

Ten minutes until the m*rder.

The k*ller must be hiding
in the woods already.

However, catching criminals
isn't part of Time Patrol's mission.

We have to keep our influence on history
to a minimum.

I'm here to save the poor girl.

That's all that matters.

She's here.

Yasukawa?

She's the random k*ller's victim?

No way!

Yasukawa, you can't go this way.

Are you Namihira?

What's with your outfit?

That's not important.

You shouldn't go through here.

This path is a shortcut to my home.

Even if it's a shortcut,
don't go this way!

Who are you to tell me what to do?

Just leave me alone.

Stop! Hey!

Do you want to die?

Back off already!

This isn't good.

She's unexpectedly stubborn.

This is for your own good.

You can take the longer way home
just for today, can't you?

Hey, let go of me.

I said, let go!

No, this is for your own good.

Is there a problem?

Is everything okay?

You've got to be kidding me!

Hey, you!

Hey! Wait!

Did he give you any trouble?

That boy.

Not really.

Damn it.

Hey, you over there! Stop right now!

This whole situation is absurd!

Wait!

Stop!

Where did he hide?

Did you find him?

I'm sorry,

I lost sight of him.

He can't have gone too far.

Let's find him!

On it!

Thank you for your service.

I'm sorry, but a suspicious person
was reported nearby.

Well, it's been so unsafe lately.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

We've adopted a special state of alert,

and we're doing everything we can
to arrest the k*ller.

All clear here.

We appreciate your cooperation.

I would advise against going out
unless necessary for a while.

Thank you, officer.

At least Yasukawa didn't get stabbed
by the random k*ller, so...

Wait, hold on!

Honestly, I hate to say this myself,

but I saved your life, okay?

Please just hear me out. I'm begging you!

Please!

What's the meaning of this?

And that's about it.

Maybe it was a little difficult
to understand.

I get the picture.

There's an organization
called Time Patrol,

and you saved me
from the random k*ller, right?

That's right!

I get it, but I don't believe it.

Yumi, can I come in?

Yumi, a police officer has come over.

Police officer?

Apparently, a suspicious person
has been nearby.

The officer asked if you've seen anyone.

No, I didn't see anyone.

Okay. I'll tell him
you don't know anything.

Okay.

You can come out now.

Thank you.

So you do believe me.

I didn't say that.

It's just I don't think
you're a bad person, Namihira.

But it's obvious, right?

Time travel is nothing more
than a science fiction fantasy.

It's clearly impossible.

Anyone with scientific common sense
would understand.

You're wrong.
That's just today's common sense.

Future science will make it possible.

Time Patrol's Headquarters
are located in the future,

and agents come
from the future and the past.

And further into the future,

there are other headquarters
unknown to us.

Basically, they are way further
into the future than my headquarters...

All right, I've got an idea!

Weren't we here earlier?

Let's see.

It should be around here.

What's that?

It's my own personal Time Boat.

Time Boat?

Come on, hurry up and hop on.

Where are we going?

Let me show you.

You're about to time travel.

Where are we?

What is this hazy space?

We've entered space-time.

Space-time?

Yeah.

The important thing is what you'll see

once we go back to normal space.

We're going to crash!

Man, that surprised me.

What's that?

The Wright Flyer.

The world's first powered airplane to fly.

It's landed already.

On this day, December 17, 1903,
it made four flights.

The longest flight lasted 59 seconds
and covered a distance of 256 meters.

This is when humankind
first defeated gravity.

What a historic moment.

Wow.

And we almost crashed into it
when it was on its first flight.

My Forgetter is on, so no worries
about us being remembered.

Forgetter?

Where are we going next?

Let's see...

The Himalayas on May 29, 1953.

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

conquered Everest for the first time,
at an elevation of 8,848 meters.

While they need winter gear
and oxygen tanks,

the uniform I'm wearing
has a thin, protective layer.

That's why little changes
in air pressure or temperature...

Oh, sh**t!

Phew, I thought I was going to die.

I'm sorry. My bad.

Still, I must say,
you sure know a lot of things.

Compressed Learning
allows for easy memorization.

What do you think?

Do you believe in time travel now?

I want to see more of it.

Really? You're quite the stubborn one.

All right! In that case,
I'll take you further back in time.

It's Japan of the Yayoi period.

The use of bronze and iron began,

and small villages were formed
here and there.

Japan was finally taking shape
as a country.

Wow, cool.

So this is where human civilization began?

No.

There are many older civilizations.

In China, our close neighbor,

the Three Kingdoms era
saw a peak in grand civilization.

Japan was later greatly influenced
by Chinese culture.

It's like a dream.

I can't believe I'm seeing
such an old era with my own eyes.

All right, let's go
to even more ancient times.

Off to the B.C. period!

We can go that far back?

What?

There's someone besides us
in this space-time.

They disappeared.

They exited into regular space.

To 2592 B.C., in the extreme northern part
of the African continent.

Let's go out too.

Wait, I've been here before!

It's Egypt before the construction
of King Djoser's pyramid.

We're in times when it was known as Tawi.

Could those guys from before...?

I knew it!

Sneferu and Thoth.

Invited by Chancellor Imhotep,

you've returned
to build King Djoser's tomb.

Isn't that you, Namihira?

That's me when I was still a rookie agent.

Ream is there too.

This takes me back.

Ream?

She's my fellow Time Patrol agent.

She taught me so many things.

Since we're here,
let's go even further back.

Where are we?

It's the era when humans
finally became truly human.

A mammoth!

This is bad.

He'll get trampled!

Let's save him, quickly!

The annoying part of Time Patrol
is that it isn't that simple.

What if this person's fate
influenced history?

We have to verify it with a Check Card.

We can help him out. Go!

The drawer in the heel is a variable space
where useful things can be stored.

Hey, look over here!

Watch out!

Time Controller!

Over here!

Wow, you move so fast!

From my perspective,

the world around me moves very slowly,
like in slow motion.

In other words, time moves differently
for me and the rest of the world.

I've finally worn it out.

Sorry for doubting you.

I believe you 100% now.

I am happy to hear that.

Okay, let's go back to the 21st century.

Working for Time Patrol
sounds like a wonderful job.

That's right.

I want to become an agent too.

What?!

Impossible.

Becoming a Time Patrol agent

is harder than entering
the University of Tokyo.

That means 3,000 people
get in each year, then.

What? That many?

Ah! Actually...

That's impossible because...

That's...

What is it? What's going on?

Hold on tight!

That was a close one.

What was that?

A space-time vortex current.

If we get swallowed,

it's unclear which era we'd end up in.

It could be either the distant future

or the past before the Earth existed.

See, being part of Time Patrol
means facing numerous perils.

Phew. We finally made it back.

Well, goodbye.

Hold on!

What is it now?

You saved my life, after all.
My parents will want to thank you.

It's troublesome.

Time Patrol's work is classified.

That's what the Forgetter is for.

To wipe all memories
from those involved in the incident,

you press the switch ahead of time...

I forgot to turn it on!

Hey, you'll keep it a secret, right?

You've got to promise
you won't tell anyone.

I don't know about that.

I have a big mouth, you know.

Can you please make an exception?

It's from Headquarters.

Bon, the way you handled things
was really bad.

Is it because I forgot
to turn on the Forgetter?

What's this about?

We have bigger issues!

After failing to stab Yumiko,

the k*ller attacked another woman.

The stabbed woman died on the spot.

That's awful.

Because I was saved, someone else was...

I'm heading to the scene.

Wait!

Take me with you!

I can't. You stay here...

Take me with you!

Please!

This is terrible!

What do we do?

That's easy, right?

We go back to before she got stabbed.

It's not that simple.

Going back and forth
between close time periods

increases space-time distortion.

What do you mean?

Space-time is extremely delicate.

It can tear like paper when you rub it
too vigorously with an eraser,

and space-time vortex currents
occur more easily.

So what?

There's nothing we can do?

At this point,
we must take emergency steps.

I'll revert everything back,
akin to rewinding a movie.

-Who are you?
-Rewind!

Wait!

What? How did you...

Run!

Hey! Seriously?

You're up against me.

Ouch!

The heck?

Crap! I flipped the switch the wrong way!

I'm too slow now!

Namihira!

You keep getting in my way.

I'll make you pay for this.

No! Stop!

You little brat!

It's like

he's moving in slow motion.

A snail-paced random k*ller.

What? She vanished?

I'm not scared of you!

Yeah.

Well, thanks to you,
the victim is safe and sound,

the k*ller has been caught,
and the case is solved.

But the thing I'm worried about is
that you'll tell someone about everything.

I might accidentally let it slip.

What?!

I mean, it's not every day you get
to come across such strange things.

Don't do this to me!

Well, things would change
if I were to become an agent.

You can't be serious!

That's a good idea.

Make her your assistant.

-Buyoyon!
-Buyoyon?

I've been watching you.

You're hopeless, aren't you?

What did you say?!

For an official agent,
you're a total klutz.

Without her, you'd have screwed it up.

If Ream found out about it,
she'd be disappointed.

What?!

Just five minutes as an agent,
and you already want an assistant?

I beg of you, Gayler!

Hmm...

All right.

I'll take it up at Headquarters.

Hooray!

Thank you so much!

No problem.

Can't wait to work with you, Bon.

What?

I'm worried, so I'm gonna stick around.

What?!

Counting on you too, Buyoyon.

Sure, I got your back.