Original subtitles

Hang in there!

Don't let the kabane get closer to the rear of the train!

Mumei!

It's calling me again.

The butterfly always calls me.

It shines, and it tells me to come join it.

Death is always near me.

Life disappears in the blink of an eye,

and the butterfly calls away your soul.

Then what is it...

...that you need to live?

Keep the pressure up!

If we stop, we're all dead!

Issue a warning to the cars.

Right.

We're passing through a derelict station.

Everyone, be ready for impact.

Damn it!

Stay back! Stay back!

What we need to survive isn't tools to help us hide and protect ourselves.

It's the power to stand up and fight the kabane.

Shingo!

Are you okay?

Yeah...

Thanks.

You—

Twenty years ago,

Hinomoto's people locked themselves within the train stations, fearing the kabane.

They abandoned their pride and their comrades,

and ran.

Use it.

Use the suicide bag!

Hurry up!

Show us your resolve!

Do not shame yourself!

What are you doing?

Pull it! Pull the string!

Can you hold your head high after leaving someone to their death?

It's not just your comrades' lives that you lose.

That's why I...

Mother...

Damn it!

I want the power to defeat the kabane.

And I'm so close!

You're awake?

The bushi fought them off.

You can go back to sleep.

For now.

Another station was swallowed up?

Compilation Movie (Part 1) The Gathering Light

How'd it go yesterday?

No luck.

There should be enough pressure, but...

You're sure regular lead slugs won't cut it?

That's no different than the steam guns the bushi use now.

They'll bounce right off the kabane's heart cage.

That's why we need the jet bullets.

We need more penetrating power.

And then you're going to use that to fight them, instead of the bushi doing it?

You're nuts.

Did you increase the amount of charge?

You know, in the last round of changes you increased the size of the chamber.

That's it, Takumi!

Why did I skip that step?

Where are you going?

I'm going back home to start over.

Come on!

Finish your work first!

It's Ayame-sama.

From the Yomogawa clan?

Oh, Ayame-sama, what brings you here?

My father's short gun.

It's not functioning properly,

and I was hoping you could look at it.

Oh dear, I see.

Ayame-sama...

Well, she's certainly pretty.

She's a bushi princess.

Ikoma!

Come here and take care of things for Ayame-sama!

This is your time to shine, hero!

I'll take a look at this.

Do you want to be a hero?

I just don't like running away.

Ayame-sama, what will you be pointing this at?

The west gate is opening!

The Kotetsujyo is arriving!

The Kotetsujyo is supposed to arrive tomorrow, though.

Let's go.

The Kotetsujyo?

The Husoujyo is coming tonight, though!

Two hayajiros in a single day?

Father, I thought the Kotetsujyo would be here tomorrow.

Hayatani Station fell.

With fewer stations to stop at,

it will arrive sooner.

Oh, no...

Attach the inspection box!

Think anyone inside got bitten?

That's what we're about to find out.

They search for bite marks to see if anyone's been infected by the kabane.

You'll be thrown into prison if they find one on you.

That's the way the authorities always do things.

Of course they do!

Their infection might still be incubating.

Okay, start the repairs!

Hey, look!

The carotid artery's swollen up, but the rest isn't.

So the virus does travel through here.

Hey!

It's rare to find one in this condition.

You're breaking the law!

What's that?

The daughter of someone important?

What's wrong?

Uh, nothing.

Hey, you, child!

The exit is on the other side!

Even children must undergo the inspection.

Only a fool judges others by their appearance.

That's what my brother said, bearded man.

What did you say?

It's fine.

She is a guest of mine.

My lord!

Are you the most important person here?

I am Kensho, the master of the Yomogawa clan.

Yomogawa-dono, a pleasure.

You must be Shimon-sama.

I've read the letter I was sent.

First, come to our mansion.

They're not undergoing the inspection?

What's going on?

Who is that?

No idea.

A kabane!

He's wounded!

A kabane?!

Don't let him escape!

Stop!

No! I'm not a kabane!

Stop!

Kill him!

Surround him and kill him!

I'm not a kabane! Really!

Please don't hurt me!

Stop it!

Stop it, you coward!

If you think someone's a kabane,

you lock them up for three days to find out!

That's the rule that you people made!

Silence!

You're just a steam blacksmith!

This isn't your business!

I'm telling you, you're pointing your guns the wrong way!

Father!

Are those from a kabane?

That's disgusting!

Why does he have those?

Answer me!

Why do you have those?

He's running!

Don't!

He's dead?

Which means he wasn't a kabane...

Aren't you ashamed of being afraid of everything?

Of going crazy like this?

That's quite a statement.

I suppose it's easy for you to say when you're always safe,

protected by the bushi.

No!

I'll fight, too!

Kurusu!

My piercing gun is almost—

Put him in a cell.

He may be a kabane.

Father!

We're leaving.

Ayame,

upholding order is also a duty of the bushi.

Order, you say?

It's the sixth month, huh?

It's almost time, huh, brother?

I knew it!

It's the corpse plunderer!

You're...

Mumei!

Mumei?

That's your name?

Nice, huh?

My brother gave it to me!

Hey, back there,

did you know he wasn't a kabane?

No, but I couldn't just let him die.

Most people would.

Then most people are wrong.

You're an interesting guy!

Why?

Because most people are afraid of the kabane.

People are naturally cowards.

They can't help it.

They can help it.

I refuse to believe that you can become so scared, you have to let people die.

You can't let fear rob you of your human dignity.

Ikoma's an idiot.

He's so quick to fly off the handle.

He acts so self-righteous, too.

But I couldn't do that even if I wanted to.

I mean, talking back to a bushi?

And that's what makes him stupid.

That's the Husoujyo!

This time it's arriving on time.

Hey, it's going too fast!

Slow down!

This is bad!

Raise the bridge!

Hurry!

It's too slow!

What was that?

Kabane!

Move!

Kabane!

That's... the warning bells?

It can't be!

The kabane are here?

I have to go.

The piercing gun!

Now's the chance to use it!

Hurry up!

I'm taking these, too!

Mumei!

The west gate has fallen.

This place is doomed.

But...

I'm heading to the Kotetsujyo.

Follow me.

Where are you going, Father?

The Kotetsujyo.

You can't intend to abandon this station!

I'll send up a signal when it's secure.

Then you must come, too.

The kabane react to blood.

Damn! That hurt!

Stop!

Take off your clothes!

Hell no!

The kabane are here!

So prove to me that you're not hiding any wounds!

What's going to happen to us?

Where's Ikoma?

It worked!

This time I won't fail!

I increased the amount of charge!

I did it!

My piercing gun tore straight through its heart!

My...

I...

I can see it!

The Kotetsujyo.

Mumei-dono...

Go the rest of the way on your own.

Go to the Kongokaku and wait for the young master's orders.

Take care of the rest.

The blessings of the cycle be upon you.

It's not a curse.

If the virus doesn't reach my brain, I'll be fine!

Five years...

Five years!

Why did I decide to learn how to fight the kabane?

I...

I'm not like I was then!

I'm...

...never going to run again!

This time...

I'm...

I'm going to be someone I can be proud of!

What's going on outside?

Did anyone see my daughter?

Who's that?

Where did she come from?

I have about two ri and eight cho between me and the Kotetsujyo.

And 30 minutes to cross them.

Can I make it then?

I did it...

I did it!

I stopped it from happening!

I didn't become a kabane!

Ikoma?

Are you there?

What happened here?

Takumi!

The piercing gun worked!

Ikoma?

What happened?

It worked!

I increased the amount of charge

and the metallic steam tapered into a needle like it was supposed to!

You were right!

Then that kabane?

That's right!

I defeated it!

Then you're safe!

No, the kabane bit me.

It bit me.

No, I'm fine.

I stopped the virus at the neck!

That was another thing that went just like our research said it would!

From now on we may be able to save the people who get bitten!

Takumi, we did it!

Momoya!

Ayame-sama!

Ayame-dono,

how long are you going to stay here?

You must hurry to the Kotetsujyo,

or you won't make it in time!

But Father told me to wait for the signal!

There will be no signal!

In the master's absence, you will obey Ayame-sama's orders!

There's no point in talking to a youngster like you!

Are you guys still talking?

If you wait any longer, the sun's going to rise.

Sheesh...

Mumei-san, that outfit...

This is not a matter for children!

What?

Don't you dare touch me.

Anybody here capable of operating a hayajiro?

Sure, I can.

I'm just an apprentice, though.

You just need to keep it on the rails, right?

I'll clear a path. Follow me.

Clear a path?

Mumei-san?

Pressure, check.

Charge, check.

Wind direction...

A little toward me?

Well, whatever.

I just have to get a little closer.

Watch out!

All right, target time is 100 seconds!

Rokkon Shojo!

The path is clear!

To the Kotetsujyo!

R-Run! This place is doomed!

Get out of here while the kabane are away!

Wait, everyone!

That ticked 'em off.

We ain't done yet!

Look at that!

The kabane...

This is the last one!

Guess not.

Forgot about you, grandpa!

One hundred and ten seconds...

Ten seconds too slow.

If we can mass-produce the piercing gun,

people can fight the kabane!

I get it, Ikoma!

But first, we have to meet up with everyone!

We still can't get on?

Stop yelling and get to the other side!

The Kotetsujyo!

This is an inspection!

Take off your clothes!

Don't worry!

We're human!

Then show me that you don't have any wounds!

Wait!

They're not going to believe you with that body!

I'll explain!

It's not going to work!

The kabane!

The kabane are here!

Hurry up!

Ikoma, what are you doing?

If I can defeat the kabane,

they'll have no choice but to accept me!

That's crazy!

That girl...

Hey, you.

Hey there.

You seem... different?

You too!

You're, um... strong.

A little, maybe.

What?

You aren't normal at all, are you?

The kabane are gone!

It's the Kotetsujyo!

We're saved!

The passenger cars are in the depot!

We're not leaving until everyone is loaded,

so don't push!

You brought everyone with you?

No.

They just followed me.

You're getting on too, right?

Y-Yeah.

You!

I locked you up, I thought.

And it almost killed me!

Sure you're not already dead?

I bet that's how you got out of the cell.

Nope.

He's no kabane.

What?

I told you, I'm not a kabane!

Yeah.

He's not a kabane.

Once it's in its prep state,

light the fire.

Got it.

Ayame-sama,

go ahead.

Of course.

Looks like it started up okay, huh?

Mumei-san,

thank you for your help back there.

You're terrible at war, aren't you, Ayame-san?

That's why so many people die.

That's not...

Mumei, was it?

We're short-handed.

So you're going to guard the cars to the rear for us.

Huh?

That wasn't in the plan.

What?

You guys handle the rest yourselves.

I'm... out of time.

She's asleep?

How dare she go to sleep right now?

After the way she fought,

she must be tired.

Kabane!

The kabane are coming!

Shut the doors!

Engine rotation confirmed!

Boiler is at critical!

Initiating phase change!

We can't go faster?

We're not exactly following procedure here.

If I try to rush, I'll blow the boiler.

Stay back!

Rokkon Shojo!

Are we okay?

Tough question!

What?

What are the bushi doing?

We can't use this thing?

Hell if I know!

This isn't my real job, either!

They say the kabane are here!

Are we okay?

I'm going outside.

You can't!

Watch out!

Ikoma-kun?

Are you okay?

Damn those kabane.

Ikoma!

Just watch. I'll handle this!

Hey!

See that, everybody?

With this piercing gun we can fight—

Ikoma, that...

No way!

I know I stopped the virus!

Why?

Takumi, we're supposed to be okay as long as the virus doesn't reach the head, right?

We did all that research on the bodies that got bit!

Takumi?

Get back!

Where's the kabane?

Was anyone bitten?

You again?

I should've killed you back then!

Stop! I'm not a kabane—

You're a kabane, so don't talk like a human!

Wait!

Close the door! Hurry!

Ikoma!

Ikoma!

I'm sorry, Ikoma.

Kurusu-sama,

kabane to our front!

How many?

Twelve,

but they're blocking the road, and...

What is it?

Kurusu, are there many foes?

No, Ayame-sama! You must get down below!

No, I need to see too.

That's...

It can't be.

It's not...

Kurusu!

But that's Father...

It is not!

That's just a kabane.

No...

Don't stop!

Flatten the kabane to our front!

Signal light confirmed.

Stopping engine.

Connecting switch.

What's wrong?

The switch isn't working.

What?

Something's jamming it?

We can't lower the drawbridge like this!

The kabane?

We're so close!

Shit!

They got the water tank!

We're leaking coolant!

The Kotetsujyo will be stuck if we lose our water!

Wait!

What are you going to do, Kurusu?

There's a manual lever on the side of the track.

I'll use it to lower the bridge.

You're going outside?

That's insane!

There's kabane everywhere!

We are samurai!

If ever there was an hour to lay down my life, this is it!

Look!

There's someone with the kabane!

It's that kabane!

Yeah, that's definitely him!

Look!

Look at me!

Watch carefully as the man you mocked

sheds his blood and dies!

Let us aid him.

We can't let him die.

It's dangerous!

If we open the door, the kabane will...

It's just one kabane fighting another.

It's not...

And you can spend the rest of your life

remembering how the man you abandoned saved you!

And I'll be laughing at you from hell!

I'll be laughing!

He did it!

The drawbridge...

It's going down!

We're saved!

We're heading out.

Grab on, Ikoma!

Stop! What are you thinking?

How can you save a kabane?

That's not a kabane down there!

That's my friend!

Ikoma!

Ikoma!

You're crying?

That's so dumb.

Hey, you can't—

Pull it!

Stop it!

I didn't ask for your help!

I'm a kabane now!

Oh, just shut up.

You're already here on the train.

I find no shame in being saved by you.

If you have any human heart left,

commit suicide for everyone's sake!

He's not a kabane.

He's not human, either, though.

We are kabaneri.

Something between kabane and human.

One per person!

There'll be more in the evening!

You awake?

What did I...

Did you forget?

Your wounds healed, but you've got the head of a kabane now.

You were saying something weird, right?

Something about...

A kabaneri?

Correct. Something between kabane and human.

You're just like me?

But you're still not human!

Enough, Kurusu!

Without them, we'd all be dead.

But that doesn't mean we can travel with a kabane!

I feel the same way!

I'm a kabane.

If I stay here, I'll turn everyone into kabane.

Why—

You're not a kabane. You're a kabaneri.

You have the body of a kabane, but the mind of a human.

I can't believe—

Ayame-san, the Kotetsujyo is going to Kongokaku, right?

Yes,

that's what the timetables say.

What's Kongokaku?

You haven't heard of it?

It's the shogunate's largest fortress,

where the shogun lives.

Ayame-sama, if you're going to the Kongokaku, take me.

Let me go with you.

In exchange, I won't leave this car.

Hey, I'm still talking.

Well, I'm staying here, no matter what you say.

I promised my brother.

I have to go.

You interested in Kongokaku, too?

It's at the front lines of kabane research.

They might be able to do something about this kabaneri thing.

Weren't you getting off?

I don't fully believe in this kabaneri thing you spoke of.

But if I stay here in the boiler car for three days,

I can prove that my mind won't become a kabane's.

Then it's settled.

Settled?

You'll ride the Kotetsujyo with me,

and be my shield.

"Shield"?

When I fight for too long, I fall asleep.

So I need a living shield.

You can shrug off a kabane bite, right?

The hell I can!

You're going to Kongokaku, right?

So stand up.

Let's get started.

Started with what?

Training!

Right now I can't even count on you to be a shield.

Hey, wait!

Come on, you're telegraphing your moves.

And you aren't watching your feet!

Wait!

You can't just let a kabane on board without asking us!

It's not too late!

We should kick them off!

They've promised not to leave the last car!

Why would a kabane keep a promise?

Does the Rokutouryou have no sense of gratitude?

You're hopeless.

How many times do I have to tell you?

It's spin, chop, chop, punch!

You're doing it all wrong!

Just because you can do it doesn't mean that explanation isn't shit!

Stop screwing around.

I haven't even taken off my kasehimo and I'm still stronger than you.

What's that thing on your neck for, anyway?

The same as yours, probably.

If I take it off, I can fight at full power for a while,

but then the curse flows through my whole body, and I get tired.

Strange, huh?

Are we stopping?

We're getting water.

There's no sign of any kabane.

How long will it take to repair the water tank?

Maybe we'll be done by morning.

Morning...

We'll take shifts for the watch.

Yes.

And let's hold a funeral while the Kotetsujyo is stopped.

Nanmaida! Nanmaida!

Hey, get back to work.

Prayers won't bring back the dead.

I'll take over.

You're a shitty person.

Did you lose someone, too?

My master.

Were you especially close?

You're scum.

That's just the kind of awful man I am.

You're not going to pray?

My family's long gone.

Oh, same as me, huh?

It's a common story,

losing your family to the kabane.

What's that you've got in your right hand?

If you hit that against something, it'll hurt like hell.

It's just a plain old stone from a river.

I found two pretty ones, together with my sister.

I said I'd give her both,

but she said we should each take one and make a talisman out of it.

I didn't intend for it to be something to remember her by.

It was five years later,

when the kabane broke into our station.

The adults were overwhelmed with fear and ran.

We were left behind,

and a kabane caught my sister.

A common story, right?

But what do you think her stupid brother did then?

I ran!

I gave the excuse that I was going to get help.

And I left.

I tried to rely on someone else for help.

When I went back,

my sister was barely recognizable.

Her cowardly brother cried and apologized.

"I'm so sorry," he said.

But it was too late.

My sister wasn't coming back.

I should've overcome my fear and fought,

even if it meant I died with her.

No matter how much I hate my cowardice on that day,

my sister isn't coming back.

Yeah, that really is a common story.

The weak die and the strong survive.

That's all there is to it, right?

What happens to us now?

A "kabaneri" is basically just a kabane, right?

Who knows when they'll attack us...

The people are getting restless!

They believe it may be a little dangerous to let you remain in charge of the Kotetsujyo.

You bastard!

It's true that I may not be strong enough.

Ayame-sama!

So you admit it.

Then hand over the master key.

From now on, we will take control of the Kotetsujyo.

Conductor!

Change course for Yamagoe!

Yamagoe is dangerous!

There's many high areas to the side of the tracks.

The kabane could get inside!

It's the fastest way to Kongokaku.

You should get ready, too.

There are lots of kabane around here.

I feel thirsty all of a sudden...

You need more blood.

Blood?

You're half-kabane, after all. I'm parched, too.

That's crazy!

Stop it!

Takumi!

If you want to side with the kabaneri, you can leave!

The kabaneri saved your life!

Why me too?

Get inside!

Stay away, Takumi. I might be a kabane!

I told you, you're a kabaneri!

Here. I brought this for you.

You've got no intention of listening to them either, right?

Takumi?

Perfect timing.

We're really hungry.

Right, Ikoma?

Hey!

Maybe I'll ask you!

Stop it!

I never force people.

What?

It's coming from outside.

They're uncoupling this car?

Hey, there are people on board!

Shut up, traitors!

Anyone who sides with the kabaneri isn't human!

You're all such cowards.

Just like Brother said.

Stop it!

What?

It can't be...

Huh? Kabane!

Kabane! Oh no!

Open the door!

It's a wazatori.

What?

They're veteran warriors who still remember how to fight.

They're tough.

Move.

Tch! That's not going to do it, huh?

Kabane! Save us!

Save us!

Wow!

Kabane!

Kabane are inside!

They're coming closer and closer!

We've lost all the cars past #7!

The Kabane made it inside?

Is there any way to uncouple the cars without the master key?

You're not going to save them?

We need to make decisions that minimize casualties!

Leave it to us.

We'll handle it.

No, I'll go as well.

We're heading to the rear cars!

Anyone who can follow me, do so!

Anyone unarmed, get to the front cars!

Stop the kabane advance!

Let's go, Mumei.

We'll leave from the repair hatch and chase after them from above.

You're going outside?

It's the only way!

We have to defeat that wazatori!

Fire!

But crossing the top of the train won't be easy.

Damn it!

We'll go once we get through the tunnel.

Kuranosuke!

Ayame-sama, I'm a bushi, too!

Gunpowder

No...

There's no end to them!

Ayame-sama, get back.

Kurusu...

Once we're through here, go!

Ikoma,

I might hit my limit sooner than I thought.

If that happens, you'll be alone.

Can you do it?

I have to do it!

I thought you'd say that!

Mumei-chan,

I'm sorry!

They may have said really mean things to you...

But save them all, please!

I'll be in trouble if the Kotetsujyo stops, too, you know!

We're through!

Let's go!

Don't give me orders!

Ikoma!

You can do this!

Just a little more!

I'm so much slower than Mumei.

Why are you spacing out?

Okay, that's the ones up top.

Mumei!

Kurusu!

What the hell is this thing?

A kabane using katanas?

Kurusu!

Covering fire!

Kurusu, hang in there!

Get him first aid, now!

Ikoma,

I'm leaving the wazatori to you.

Yeah.

Don't get shaken off.

I'm counting on you, okay?

If you're a corpse when I wake up,

it'll be a problem for me.

Ikoma!

What's wrong?

You okay?

She's just asleep!

Take care of her!

Right!

Me, too?

Jirou!

I'll save them!

More! More shields!

Rokkon Shojo!

I'll...

protect them!

I'll defeat him!

Someone give me blood! I don't care who!

I'll defeat him!

A kabaneri?

I see...

Maybe his weapon could do it!

It can break a heart cage!

You saw it, right?

It went straight through a kabane's heart!

A-Ayame-sama!

Ikoma!

This is a contract.

In exchange for my blood...

Ikoma! Fight!

I won't let you!

Hurry up!

You're telegraphing your moves.

You've got a lot to learn!

You did it, Ikoma!

Rokkon Shojo!

Rokkon Shojo!

Shout our victory cry!

Rokkon Shojo!

Rokkon Shojo! Rokkon Shojo!

Rokkon Shojo! Rokkon Shojo!

The two kabaneri will be riding on the Kotetsujyo with us.

But the kabaneri want blood.

What will you do?

I will offer them my blood.

I am opposed.

If you continually give them both blood by yourself, you'll...

She won't be by herself.

Use my blood, too.

You don't mind drinking a man's blood, do you?

Indeed. They're powerful allies.

Thank you all.

Fire!

This is splendid.

These are the jet bullets I invented, based on their piercing guns.

I allow the explosion to strike the metal plate inside the cartridge.

What you're telling me is that with this, even we can defeat the kabane, right?

That's right.

Didn't you say you did something to the katanas, too?

Yes.

I covered the blades in the metal taken from kabane heart cages.

Now it won't break easily.

That's mine!

I took your place at the fire for you!

I'm taking this!

What? Screw you!

Give me that!

Stop it!

I said give me that!

Hey!

Can you do that somewhere else?

You bitch!

Don't interrupt me!

Mumei-chan, you're scaring me!

Mumei-chan?

What the hell is she doing?

You're scaring the children!

Never do that again.

Got it?

Yes. We're sorry.

Hey,

you're not causing trouble, right?

No, I'm...

The lady comes.

Oh my. Mumei-san put an end to the quarrel, I see.

Ayame-sama.

I heard there was a fuss and came to see...

Thank you, Mumei-san.

You're the yojinbo of the Kotetsujyo, aren't you?

Yojinbo?

Someone you can count on to protect everyone.

That's right! She's strong!

If Mumei-chan's our yojinbo, we'll be perfectly safe, huh?

What?

That's silly.

A sudden stop?

What happened?

There's no whistle coming back from Yashiro Station!

Was it swallowed up by the kabane?

Are we sure?

The Tatekoyagura watchtower has fallen on the tracks,

and we can't pass through!

Survivors from Yashiro Station.

Give them water and provisions.

Did the Kabane get you?

Yeah...

A black smoke came out of nowhere.

Three days ago.

They came over the walls.

And then everything was hell.

What? You're such cowards.

Sorry, can I go to the bathroom first?

Yeah, it's that way.

You scared?

No, not at all.

I'll wait out front.

It's been a long time.

I didn't expect to see you here.

Yeah, I haven't seen you for a long while.

What have you been doing?

Even away from the front lines, I can provide aid to the young master from afar.

You need something from me?

Twenty days ago the shogunate acquired a large shipment of weapons.

Not for hunting kabane.

Weapons to kill men.

Tell the young master that they're up to something.

And that I, Enoku, will be there in his hour of need.

I don't think that's enough to get you back at my brother's side.

Farewell.

What?

I didn't hear your answer.

Even if you are my brother's Ear,

try anything and I'll kill you.

Which of us was almost killed?

You've gotten soft, Mumei.

Is this a time for pretending to be friends with the peasants?

You are the young master's Claw.

You only have value when you're ripping apart the kabane.

If your skills dull in the slightest,

you too shall be abandoned.

Help me!

Complete your task, Mumei,

while you still have your humanity.

Is that possible?

Probably.

Tell us more.

If we can get to the boiler room at the center of the station,

and light the boilers,

we can move the steam crane in the center.

If we use that...

We can move the watchtower?

That's right!

And then we'll just...

Mumei?

Where were you?

Want me to start over and tell you my plan?

Don't worry. Keep going.

But they say the boiler room is overflowing with kabane.

If we follow the routes near the crane,

it'll take us a little longer,

but up on the platforms, they can only attack us one at a time.

Mumei's with us,

so there's nothing to fear, right?

Okay.

We'll provide an escort.

Will you help too, Mumei-san?

Sure.

But I won't fight with you.

Hey, what are you?

You should just head straight for the boiler room!

You're scared of the kabane, so you're taking the long way.

I can't fight with cowards like that!

That's not it!

There's nothing wrong with trying to keep people alive!

Stay away!

Your stupidity might be infectious.

I don't have time to spare for the long way.

You can just follow slowly after me.

Hey!

Just don't screw up with the machine.

Wait!

What happened?

Is it okay, Ikoma?

Ayame-sama, you should consider this carefully.

It's fine!

You have the jet bullets I made!

Mumei-chan!

What's wrong?

Taro died.

His leg was injured in the last kabane attack.

I see.

But Taro was lucky, right?

He got to die before he was abandoned for being useless.

Hey, you—

I mean, a dog with a hurt leg is useless, right?

So he's lucky he got to die!

Are you saying we would've abandoned him?

I hate you!

Get lost! Go!

Mumei-chan!

What's her problem?

In the end, she's just a kabane.

Mumei's not here?

Initiating brakes on all cars.

No kabane in sight!

Everyone, do it!

Kibito and seven others leaving from Car #2!

This high up, if we fall, we're doomed.

Well? Can we make it work?

Looks okay!

Okay, take care of it!

Be careful!

Did you swap out the gaskets on the piercing gun?

I'm all set!

Let's hurry!

Hey, look.

That thick support pillar's all bent.

What the hell could do that?

They said something about the kabane having black smoke!

Mumei!

She's heading to the boiler room!

If the boiler room is the enemy's liar,

then clearing it out puts us at a big advantage!

Let's say... 90 seconds.

Fifty-six seconds?

I was cut?

When?

There's more?

Well, whatever.

I wasn't done having fun!

All those kabane...

She did all this by herself?

Mumei!

You're late.

If you followed your plan,

you'd still be plodding along out there.

Get to it.

What is it?

I saw a shadow move.

What are you...

Kabane!

What?

So that entire shadow is kabane?

Yeah, that's right!

There was no point in wiping out a few of them here!

All it did was piss them off!

No...

I-Ikoma!

You know it's okay, right?

I'll do something—

Shut up for a second!

It's here!

Great!

It's over, right?!

Let's get out of here!

Mumei!

She's not here?

Hurry!

They're here!

Rokkon Shojo!

Ikoma!

A swarm of kabane is coming!

Leave this to me and get to the Kotetsujyo!

What will you do?

I'll meet you near the west corridor!

But...

If the kabane bite you, it's all over, right?

If I get bitten, I'll stay a kabaneri!

We'll be waiting for you!

Damn it! Go faster!

You're weak... Why are you trying to show off?

Mumei!

What the hell are you doing?

You come back, too!

I am a Claw!

I slice apart the kabane.

Target...

confirmed!

Ikoma says he'll meet us at the west corridor, right?

Yes!

Mumei!

God damn it!

Hey, are you okay?

Ayame-sama!

The two kabaneri are below the cliff!

What?

Wh-What the hell is that thing?

Is that...

the black smoke?

It's coming this way!

Yukina-san!

I'll take us to the runaway train line!

Ready...

Fire!

Mumei!

You're awake?

Ikoma... you survived.

I guess.

I was lucky.

Does that hurt?

Yeah...

Just wait.

Damn it!

Why did this happen?

You want to tell me it's my fault we failed, right?

Yeah.

You ruined my plan.

But I was a fool, too.

I saw you fall and let go of the crane lever.

We're both idiots!

I'm sure they can't believe how stupid we are!

So we can't just die here.

We have to show them!

We're leaving here, no matter what, Mumei!

We can't turn back?

We can't get through here with that monster coming after us!

Is it possible for us to head backwards, to the Nagi pass?

We won't be able to get enough speed.

If it follows us, we won't be able to escape.

But the black smoke is dispersed right now.

Could we break through?

But are we just going to leave Ikoma and Mumei-chan?

Of course!

I heard that female Kabaneri killed a bunch of them without thinking about a damn thing!

She pissed off the black smoke and brought it here!

That's going too far.

Indeed.

There must be some better way...

Crap!

Leave me here.

Only the strong survive.

The weak just have to die.

What the hell does that mean?

When are the weak supposed to get strong, then?

Just leave me here, I said.

You don't have to save me.

I don't want you to save me.

Then you're okay with staying here?

That's not what I'm saying.

I'm saying I'll figure something out on my own.

I just messed up my calculations a bit back there.

I'm going to get out of here any minute now

and go defeat the kabane.

I've never even been bitten by a kabane.

I'm not... weak.

Damn it!

What are you talking about?

You're obviously weak.

You're stuck under a damn rock.

I'm not weak.

You are.

I am not!

No!

Mumei?

I'm going to turn into a kabane!

No... it's over, already?

I'm not weak, though!

No! I don't want to be a kabane!

They gave this to me.

I'm glad I didn't drop it.

You have to calm down.

You were just a little hungry.

You eventually turn into a kabane if you get too hungry?

I don't know.

But...

all my comrades became kabane.

I'll dig you out later.

First, I'll clear out the kabane.

Stop it.

There are so many of them.

You can't beat them all!

Shut up.

Like I said before, we really are weak, Mumei.

But...

that doesn't mean we can't fight!

This way! Follow me!

This way! Over here!

Okay, raise it up!

Looking good! Pull!

Huh? Where am I?

An underground cave.

I'm glad we found you.

We'll get you treated right away.

Where is he?

Ikoma? We don't...

Hey!

What is all this?

Did Ikoma do this?

Y-You're kidding me...

No, each of them has been pierced through the heart with a single strike.

Only jet bullets could do that.

Ikoma!

Hey, Ikoma!

Ow...

Don't move me!

Damn it...

They bit me in the damn stomach!

Why?

We're not strong, but both you and I are alive.

Even though we're not strong...

What are you talking about?

It hurts, so don't make me think about anything complicated now.

Shit...

Can you move?

Y-Yeah.

There's been an emergency!

Let's get back!

What is that?

A hybrid colony?

You've heard of them?

We'll talk later!

It's coming!

Hurry! Hurry!

What is it doing?

It's trying to absorb the corpses of its comrades.

The kabane?

Yeah. It's supposedly quite greedy.

They say it wants to absorb everything it can,

humans, kabane, or whatever else.

You said it's called a hybrid colony?

I've never seen one before.

Can we defeat it?

That's why we came and got this Type-48 Guardian Cannon, right?

You guys...

I'm sorry.

It's our fault that this is happening.

You guys were just an bonus.

We remembered that this thing was down there.

So we came here to work.

So you guys pay us back by working, too.

Got it.

Strike the heart?

Yeah.

It's the only way to defeat a hybrid colony.

There's a single kabane in there that forms the heart.

We take it and...

Hit it with the Type-48 Cannon, right?

No, that's impossible.

It's covered by many kabane.

Then what do we do?

The cannon will disperse the kabane forming its body and expose the heart.

Then we attack.

I understand.

Leave the rest to us,

and take your time to heal.

I'll take out the heart.

Are you sure you're okay?

I got plenty of rest.

And I'm worried about letting you guys do it yourselves.

I'll pay you back by working, too.

Hey there.

Ow...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for saying it was good that Tarou died.

I'm going to go beat that big guy.

Can you do that?

Leave it to your yojinbo!

It's here!

It's bigger than before!

Departing now!

Takumi? Is the Type-48 Cannon ready?

I'm connecting it to the boiler now!

Suzuki-san, go!

Okay!

Finished!

Turning it now!

Don't screw this up!

Hey, fatso,

make sure you get it as close as possible, okay?

Huh?

As close as possible?

It's coming!

Not yet...

Not yet...

That was too early!

I can't help it! I've never done this before!

Kabane!

Protect the cannons!

I'm going to give this a try.

If you die, don't blame it on the weapon.

What nonsense.

I'm going ahead!

Damn it!

Ayame-sama!

Go faster!

It's almost on top of us!

Yukina-san!

Releasing pressure limiters.

It's not going up?

Sukari, can you hear me?

What's up?

There's something jammed along the variable axis,

and the pressure's not going up!

Get it clean!

That's...

on the other side of the connecting shaft, isn't it?

Yeah.

Touch it even a little and it might rip off your arm.

Be careful.

Today sucks.

Type-48 Cannon, standing by!

Right!

Do it right this time, fatso!

I know!

Fire, Takumi!

Hurry up!

Not yet!

I got it!

Well done, Sukari!

Now!

Did we get it?

Mumei!

Get inside, quick!

We're going too fast!

Everyone, move to the right side of the car!

We're going to derail at this rate!

Push!

Fight!

Will the souls of the people that died

meet my sister someday?

If they do,

I hope they give her a message.

"I'm going to live enough for the two of us.

So, even if you're lonely,

just wait for me there."