01x02 - Good Intentions

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I won't cry.

I can't show any tears.

I'm the older one.

I've got to be strong.

STORY BY TAIGA MIYAKAWA

You finally calmed down.

I'm sorry for crying like that.

I'm fine now.

Today's area is Nakano Ward.

You're right. Good thing

we're close to the area.

I'm scared to go separately,

so I'm going with you, all right?

All right on to our fight to avenge!

Find the mailbox!

Yes.

NAKANO WARD

SUGINAMI WARD

A blue mailbox?

Kaido-senpai?

Thank you very much.

I can't see very well.

It's too late to put it in now.

I found the mailbox.

A guy? But why is he alive?

Whatever.

There are no cops here anyway.

I'll just k*ll you

and put this in the mailbox.

Who are you? Are you going to hurt me?

Get outta my way.

My name is Rika Suzuki.

And of course, I'm going to hurt you.

-Why did I just

-I refuse!

What the hell do you mean by "I refuse"?

Anyway, you're going to die.

And I will survive!

I missed?

You little piece of sh*t!

What should I do?

If I put this in

Worrying about it won't change a thing.

Hey, you!

Adios, Ms. Suzuki. Live long!

Tasers come in handy

in situations like these.

Weapons are more

about how you use them than their specs.

Make sure you remember that.

The first one, No Privilege Granted.

The second one, Privilege Granted,

will activate at 12:05

and last till 12:10 AM.

Oh, and also this.

That's better.

You really are unlucky, aren't you?

You must have cut an artery

swinging that pipe around like that.

You're the one who tased me.

You're going to die, you know.

So what shall we do?

Go to hell!

Don't you want to survive?

I know how you can.

I hate this!

I bet you there is no blue mailbox!

There's no way we can defeat the Emperor.

We're all doomed to die!

Eren-senpai.

I can't do this anymore!

I want to be with my mom and dad.

We're helpless.

We can't even find the mailbox.

Sorry, Saneatsu

It is time.

We will now take the Majority Vote.

RESULTING FROM THE MAJORITY VOTE

DEAD OR ALIVE?

RESULTING FROM THE MAJORITY VOTE

DEAD OR ALIVE?

It is now midnight.

No, it can't be

Saneatsu! You came back to life!

Huh? Came back to life?

Saaya?

I was weak.

I almost broke the promise

I made with you,

but I'm okay now.

I remembered that as long as we have

our promise, I'm not afraid of anything.

Saaya

When did these two become an item?

Eren-senpai! I was dead too! Hug me!

Die once more!

We died once but came back to life?

Look, the lights!

The people who died in the Majority Vote

have come back to life.

Why why did you come back to life?

We could have eradicated all of you.

I came all the way here

to see the dead men!

Too bad I'm the only man here.

Men are always like this

That includes fathers

and the boys at school.

All men who dominate by force are scum!

Even you, who seem so smart,

are acting like this!

This just proves that I am right!

Die!

So I guess Mika Kaido is not the Emperor.

So does that mean

Are they not going to select

a designated area today?

It seems you two have come back to life,

Mido and Iruga.

Nice work, Ishiki.

There was a man alive,

just as you said, Mido.

He had short hair and had an accent,

likely in elementary or junior high.

I knew it.

The man

with the second most powerful Privilege,

the Right to Veto.

But he's not very smart.

He used his trump card early in the game.

Ishiki, bring the car around.

Okay, I will.

Hey Iruga, do you have any idea

who's the guy she's talking about?

Nope. Don't know him.

Ishiki said he was

an elementary or junior high student.

I see

Well, that's not important now.

But I'm really disappointed in Ishiki.

Making a game of majority votes.

Does she think that

the Emperor is just playing around?

Well then.

It's about time the show starts.

Why again?

Why is there another question?

No way. So then the people

who came back to life

Did someone use their Privilege?

Oh damn, they got me.

This is the Right to Re-Execute Privilege.

This was all planned.

My question was used.

They must be planning to destroy

the reviving victims

in the early stages of the game.

Hey, what's all this racket

in the middle of the night?

Look at this! Hurry!

What's that?

It is now ten minutes after midnight.

I'M IN TOKYO SEEING THIS RIGHT NOW.

But why

He saw it, right?

Get these useless idiots out of the way.

The purpose of the Emperor is not

to play the game but to "collect".

We don't need scum

that can't even understand that.

Goodbye, hope.

This is where it really begins.

PRIVILEGE: 13 REMAINING

RIGHTS: 47 REMAINING

TODAY'S AREA

NERIMA WARD

Two days ago in the Majority Vote,

all of us men died, right?

Why did we come back to life?

Yesterday's question was,

"Resulting from the Majority Vote,

are you dead or alive?"

So the dead are no more?

The dead were returned

to the opposite state of death

and became alive again?

So the dead were

also included in the Majority Vote?

But how could a dead person

come back to life in the first place?

People are dying by majority vote,

so what's the point anyway?

This is all my fault.

It's because I wrote that question.

Omi, are you okay?

Narita.

You can call me Saneatsu.

We're all fighting together.

That makes us friends, right?

So don't be shy with us.

Friends?

Saneatsu

You're getting the hang of it.

Hey, Professor.

You teach the data processing classes

for the first-year students, right?

Yes, I do.

Can you tell me what

the first-year students are like?

Sure.

But first,

why don't you tell me about yourself?

I just started working here this year.

I don't know a lot.

Of course. We're a team after all.

Fujishiro is in Class D. She has excellent

grades and a good behavior record.

SAAYA FUJISHIRO

YEAR 1, CLASS D

She's also a student council member.

Narita is in Class A.

He's not the smartest guy,

but he's the quick-witted type.

NARITA SANEATSU

YEAR 1, CLASS A

Then there's Sato. He's always

making a lot of racket in class,

but his natural cheerfulness

makes him a good friend to everyone.

KAZUHIKO SATO

YEAR 1, CLASS A

Jin is in Class C.

He's always alone and studies quietly.

How was he?

Well,

I don't know why he looked so gloomy,

but he smiled for the first time.

You're a kind guy, Saneatsu.

It's not that

It's just

When I was four years old,

I was out with my mom.

That's when a truck

I woke up in a world where my mom,

the person I loved so much, was gone.

My dad was mostly overseas for work.

I stopped leaving my room,

and I thought I might as well just die.

I'm Ryuta Ichinose. I moved in next door!

You're the Naritas?

Nice to meet you!

Since that day,

he always came to my house suddenly,

regardless of my time

or my feelings.

But I got caught up in Ryuta's pace

and was dragged around by him.

Hey Ryuta,

why did you talk to me that day?

Did you know?

There are things in this world that are

super powerful and important!

What?

Parents, siblings, lovers,

and best friends!

I've got another important friend now!

We're best buds after all.

Since that day,

I have had one goal in mind.

Just like how Ryuta helped me,

I wanted to help someone too.

I want to be a person

who can help someone.

That's why, when I help people,

it's also for my own sake.

So I'm not that great of a guy.

From today, I want us to meet three

times a day, in the afternoon, evening,

and night,

so we can report on our findings.

That way we can expand the search area

and increase efficiency.

Even if it's not a mailbox

is there a way

to get out of this situation?

I'm going to ask you one question.

Answer with a yes or no.

Can you promise not to resist or flee?

I promise.

Let's talk.

I'd prefer to talk to Saaya Fujishiro,

but you'll do.

Let's go somewhere else.

I k*lled Mika Kaido.

What?

Now that you know that,

I'll let you ask me one question.

Don't ask me anything else.

Why do you rely so much on that g*n?

How did you come to that question?

At first, I thought maybe you were

just simply k*lling with a g*n.

But your b*ll*ts are limited.

Still, you don't seem hesitant.

You approached me with words.

You wanted to see if I was worth

having a conversation with.

Isn't that right?

That proves how important

this conversation you want to have is.

Fair enough.

I'm rather glad it was you I met,

Saneatsu Narita.

I want to let you know that Mika Kaido

is the one who k*lled us with the

"man or woman" question. She's too risky.

She was yelling out a lot of things,

so I had no choice but to sh**t her.

Kaido-senpai did that? I can't believe it.

Before I tell you this,

let me ask you something.

Has the number of people

in your group changed?

No.

Then, has anyone changed

in terms of appearance?

No.

One last question.

Who suggested you

to leave the school that day?

It was

-Get in!

-Professor.

I see. Got it.

It seems I was wrong, but

maybe I wasn't.

At first, I thought Omi Jin

was the Emperor.

Omi?

I got one more thing

on my first day in the game

besides a g*n.

PRIVILEGE

A Privilege called a Secure Right.

A Privilege?

Because I obtained this unique power,

I began to doubt Omi Jin.

Are you gonna sh**t me?

Of course.

I refuse.

He was forced to answer a question

he had no intention of answering,

and so the b*llet I fired at close range

didn't hit him at all.

"I refuse."

He probably used the Right to Veto.

So I asked him another question

and forced him to answer.

I guess it's something

like a Right to Force an Answer.

Given the balance of power with efficacy,

the Right to Veto is a Privilege,

and the Right to Force an Answer

is a Right.

The terms aren't accurate but

I can't believe Omi would

I believe that Omi had a Privilege,

even before the game began.

But he's not the Emperor, is he?

Besides that, someone more suspicious

has come to light.

What?

There is a traitor among you.

A traitor?

Their purpose is unknown,

but I can say for sure

that they are already doing harm.

And most likely they have a Privilege.

Do you know who it is?

I have an idea.

Sudo-senpai, why don't you come back?

True, you may have k*lled someone, but

But you're just acting cruel

to win over the Emperor, right?

I think we really need you.

Thank you. I'm glad to hear that.

I'll answer your question in return.

Is there anything you want to ask me?

I'd like to know about your Privilege

and your view

on yesterday's revival of the dead.

I don't know much about the Rights,

but I know that Privileges involve

a risk when opened.

One risk is losing a part of your body.

What?

No way!

I chose to lose my testicles.

Reproductive function is

unnecessary in this situation.

That way, I don't have any weak spots.

The Privilege I got was the Secure Right.

I can secure my possessions

and keep them

in a constant state of existence.

Is that why the number of b*ll*ts

They are infinite.

Why do you rely so much on that g*n?

I see.

About the revival,

what are your thoughts on that?

Since the majority loses,

we believe that the dead

became the living.

I think this happened

as a result of the Majority Vote.

It can be said that the meaning of death

was turned upside down

by replacing the definition of living.

So the questioner knew that?

I don't know.

But I believe that the questioner asked

the question with good intentions.

I think he genuinely wanted the dead

to come back to life.

I'M IN TOKYO SEEING THIS RIGHT NOW.

But the second one is different.

I thought that maybe the Emperor

disliked reviving the dead,

so he asked that question.

But if he was that selfish,

he should've just k*lled everyone.

It's highly possible that someone used

a Privilege or Right

for the second question.

But who?

If the means of resurrection is destroyed,

for those who have come back to life,

a "Yes" or "No" vote is more effective,

but if there is no resurrection and

the question "Who has come back to life?"

is asked, all of them will answer "No",

and they will all be wiped out.

The second questioner is likely someone

couldn't accept what resulted

from the first question.

And secondly,

the Emperor's rules don't make sense

with the current situation.

The majority of the two answer choices

will die.

Rather than hide the means of revival

so that it wouldn't be noticed,

he should either make a system

in which the method of revival

doesn't arise,

or he should reject such a question.

But he did neither of these.

This may indicate that

the Emperor may not be

in control of this game.

What?

Even the Emperor himself didn't know

about the revival,

so it's hard to imagine that anyone else

knew about the possibility of a revival.

Either they came up with the idea,

or they derived the idea

by analyzing it like I did.

What's wrong?

Nothing. I'm just amazed.

Shall we cut to the chase then?

Watch out for Saaya Fujishiro.

Huh?

I know this game is important,

but the priority right now

is to eliminate the traitor.

If we don't find the traitor soon,

we won't be able to put our questions in.

Saaya.

I'm going to tell you everything I know.

Listen well and find a way to survive.

Senpai, are you sure

The path that I've chosen is

to take down the Emperor

because I don't want to put everyone

else in danger.

Remember what I told you?

Everything is in my head.

I will be your sword,

and I will destroy the Emperor.

Find the mailbox and try to survive.

Understood.

What do you plan to do when you

get back to the rendezvous point?

I have that figured out.

I've got my own idea and plan of action.

I see. I'm leaving it to you then.

I wish you good luck.