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Head Neck

Tail

He's coming.

A man is coming with malice in his heart.

Who...

...is this man?

He has a form but is formless.

He has a soul but is soulless.

ln other words...

...he is the personification of irrationality.

He's coming.

lzo is coming.

Halt!

lzo!

l am the vengeful spirit...

...of a man brutally slain by your merciless sword.

Know that this pain carved deep in my soul...

...shall continue without end.

Damn you, lzo.

Tell me why on earth...

...you are so inhuman?

Because l was once human.

Can a human...

...be so cruel as this?

Cruelty...

...is a part of life.

On the leaf...

On the leaf...

Of a floating weed...

Crawling along is...

A snail living there.

The snail fell suddenly like a camellia.

lt embarrassed a woman boiling flowers for supper.

People are dancing, stretching out toward the sky.

Toward the sky into the dark.

Who the hell are you?

A vengeful spirit unable to leave this world.

What is it that you bear such a grudge towards?

All that exists.

All that exists?

So? Where are you trying to go?

To see those who rule... from the safety of their stronghold.

And what will you do then?

Punish them!

Those men you speak of are my masters.

...so l can't allow you to go there.

l am suffering.

l never knew... it would be so painful to die.

Pain is...

...proof of existence.

Are you saying...

...that l existed?

For what reason?

We exist for no reason...

And then just disappear.

Oh, merciful Buddha...

lzo!

lt's you, isn't it?

l've been waiting for you.

lzo...

Why did you abandon me?

After we spent so much time wallowing in lust together... You and l...

My penis once...

...stroked your hole, nothing more.

l was pregnant with your child. l lost the baby.

How are you going to make up for my anger and grief?

l remember how good your hole felt.

But l couldn't stand the smell.

lt smelled terrible.

Even animals have their aversions...

All the more so for humans.

You brute!

lzo...

l'll never stop cursing you...

...even if it means that l shall burn in hellfire!

Your grudge proves that you have a soul.

Take it with you to the depths of hell.

lzo...

Have you not found peace? Are you still on the path to carnage?

Why don't you put an end to it?

Let it all go, and stop writhing in pain.

You bastards!

lf we touch a horse, we shall kill it.

lf we touch a human, we shall kill him.

lf we run into a demon, then, in other words...

...we shall kill the demon.

Damn you, you rotten heretic of a vengeful spirit.

You're a swindler's pawn. You have the face of a swindler.

You wretch... The sight of you sickens us, you damned ghost.

We shall dispose of you now.

Damn you for cheating death, you wretch!

Where are you headed?

You have destroyed your body. Do you also wish to destroy your very soul?

Kneel before the gods and pray, you sinner!

lf you do so, there might be a chance...

...that the gods will grant even your evil soul the least bit of mercy.

Swindlers!

What is it that you control?

What is it that you create?

Get out of my sight!

lnsolent man. Prostrate yourself before the authority.

Then why don't you summon all your gods and also Buddha here?

lf you're so sure they truly exist, then expose them so that l might see them!

You idiot!

How could anything divine appear before scum like you?

You are nothing but swindlers, pretending they exist when they do not.

lf no gods exist...

...then that makes you the biggest frauds of all!

You damned fool...

lt is hopeless to try to save a lowly heart like yours.

Leave!

You disturb my meditation, evil one.

Who the hell are you?

l speak on behalf of...

...the gods and Buddha.

l am the saint of saints.

Bastard...

That hurts.

You have inherited my flesh and blood.

l am glad that you have come.

After l entrusted your mitochondria...

...with all my emotions...

...you became the answer.

lt was l who gave...

...birth to all living things.

l am your original mother.

Come on.

Fill your testicles with...

...obscene carnal desire.

Thrust...Gyrate...Ram yourself through me!

Until my womb breaks!

Come out. Come on out.

Come out and fill the earth...

...with my flesh and blood!

The archbishop is dead.

That damned ghost...

...you don't suppose that the dead have come back to life? Your Excellency?

That is precisely what has been worrying those of us in finance, sir.

Please, rest assured, sir.

The humble remain castrated by the rules and customs we have devised.

They are like sheep in a corral...

...they have been tamed and could not be more obedient.

The theory for that purpose has been...

...firmly established by us scholars, with airtight precision.

All the same, in the event a riot breaks out...

l shall order my most formidable troops to suppress it in a single blow.

This close union of us rulers...

...weaves a brilliant history from the past, to the present, to the future.

So...

...we shall find a replacement for that archbishop.

Control, suppression and deceit...

...they constitute human nature.

lzo is coming.

He is filled with rage.

Who is lzo in the first place?

Just a negligible fragment of a grudge.

Yet he wreaks revenge upon us aristocrats.

That is to say...

He is a contradiction of unknown causes that occasionally disturbs the system.

Where is this lzo?

lzo springs forth from everywhere.

lzo is nothing but dust.

lzo is a detestable insignificance.

We don't know what you're looking for, but it's no use... no use.

lsn't it just a lot of trouble for nothing?

You must learn to compromise once in a while, you know.

lrrationality? What about it?

ln other words, the feelings in your heart...that's the source of all evil, right?

At least in your case.

Seriously.

Seriously.

l haven't introduced myself yet. l sell vacation homes to the aged.

So they can enjoy their golden years.

Here's my card...

That hurts, doesn't it? lt really does, eh?

lt hurts, eh? lf it does, say so.

Say it hurts! You don't have to take it.

Say it hurts.

Ahh!

You don't have to take it. Say it hurts!

lt hurts!

Oww...

Look what you've done. lt's too much.

Wait a sec. You stabbed me. That hurts!

lt hurts.

Hell is in your own mind.

You can search all over the world, and you'll never find it.

l mean ''salvation''... that's such drivel!

l'm bleeding, eh?

Where are you going, lzo?

l said, where are you going? You mustn't go!

How can you abandon your mother?

l gave birth to you. How can you possibly forsake your mother?

To kill your mother is to kill yourself.

lzo...

You must repent.

You are condemned for your inhumanity.

You betrayed God.

Your existence is a sin.

You try to pass off that which did not happen as the truth... you are a criminal!

l wonder...

...where l am?

l wonder...

...who l am?

Hey!

lzo!

Hanpeita has summoned you!

History is made from blood.

Human history is no more than an unsated chain of bloodshed.

You must realize that a new age arrives...

...out of the blood of massacre, and nowhere else.

Tell me, lzo...

What is revolution?

To kill people.

Then go kill them, lzo.

Kill them... kill them... go on a killing spree!

lf anyone is a born killer, it's you.

You're a devil disguised as a human.

Yes!

l am...

...a devil.

Has he not perished yet?

That scum who wreaks havoc on the system...

He will die before long.

How can he be so resilient, that damned ''contradiction''?

The more imperfect the contradiction, the more resilient it becomes.

Every system stems from imperfection.

To maintain its perfection...

THE PERFECTlZO SYSTEM To maintain its perfection...

...the perfect system expels any imperfection that arises from within.

And gives birth to...

...an appropriately irrational system.

THE lRRATlONAL lZO SYSTEM ...an appropriately irrational system.

lmperfection that trickles down from perfection is the essence of existence.

Existence is irrational to begin with.

That is to say, it is an essential contradiction.

How long will it take for imperfection to return to perfection?

Until it has achieved eternal evolution.

Meaning that humans will finally achieve the status of gods?

Kill them, lzo!

lzo!

Kill them... kill them... go on a killing spree!

Yamada... do you know what love is?

Yes, ma'am. Love is a word.

Words do not necessarily have substance.

Words are just phonetic symbols. ln some cases...

All right, explain democracy to us.

Yes, ma'am. Democracy is...

...a kind of hypnosis or illusion, a byproduct of...

...human civilization. lt is doubtful whether or not civilization...

Now then, Sato, what is a nation?

Yes, ma'am. A nation is a malignant delusion that only exists in the mind.

lt is a deceptive fictional concept used to control those who naturally form herds...

...and is nothing but a basic principle to support the fabrication...

...of those pretending to be in power...

Very good.

That's all for today.

Rise...

Bow.

Life is hell.

Death is hell, too.

One fine day, one of the two crows died.

On this good day, God weeps, faces are tearstained.

ls that man a relative of yours, Hanpeita?

The vengeful grudge lives on everywhere.

The vengeful grudge is the source of life and also the mother of destruction.

You can get used to destruction.

Life is...

...a mysterious thing.

ln other words, we ourselves are mysterious as well.

Then are we an illusion?

Everything in the universe is an illusion.

Why is that man crying?

Because he killed...

...too many souls.

Why should killing too many souls make him cry?

lt's not that he's been killed himself. He isn't even dead.

lf you slash someone's flesh and bones...

...then blood gushes out...

...from the killer's own heart as well.

Does that make him suffer?

Yes, it does.

He suffers as much as those he killed...

...it brings him much pain and suffering.

Where is he going, and what will he do there?

To a meaningless place... to search for meaning.

l feel sorry for him.

Souls...

...are all to be pitied.

-Why does he look so sad? -Because he is alone.

Why does he look so pained?

He should be happy like us.

lt's ludicrous.

He thinks if he asks a question he will find an answer. What an illusion!

lndeed. Let's laugh at him. All together!

Just indulge yourself...

ln the falling blue light.

That's the end of all.

You cannot turn back.

You cannot turn back anymore.

The night of scattering cherry blossoms.

The clear sky without one single cloud.

The moon rises, looking like a knife.

The moon of mystery...

The moon of strangeness.

Pleasure is a doodlebug.

Once you fall in its nest...

You get caught and can't get away.

And you are forsaken by gods.

And you are forsaken by gods.

Go around!

To the rear!

Come. Come on!

Slash him! Kill him!

He's a devil who dares to resist authority!

He's a worm, out to harm the world!

Very impressive.

Let me show you the skill of a master of the One-Sword technique!

Give me that!

You're lzo, are you not?

Who are you?

l have no grudge against you.

l must kill you according to our code.

Kill him!

What a miserable fellow...

Why don't you give it up, for Christ's sake?

Whatever you're looking for, you won't find it.

You're a moron, aren't you?

How about l crack your head open and smash your brains to pieces?

Kill the bastard!

Go! Get out of here!

Come on, bastard!

Come on!

Why are you you?

What?

For what reason? Why are you who you are?

Are you an idiot?

Stupid moron!

Bastard!

lzo...

Saya, look after the house while l'm gone.

Yes.

Please do well in battle for our country.

And you... take care of yourself, now.

There he is!

Saya...

Saya...

Dear...

Your face...

Saya...

l'm back...

Dear...

People say another spring will come.

But l will still be sad.

What good will another spring do?

lt will not bring back my child anyway.

l recall l took you in my arms...

To the zoo in May of this year.

You mewed when you saw elephants.

You mewed when you saw birds, too.

You saw deer, the last of all.

You stared at them without saying anything.

Maybe their horns interested you so much.

Their horns interested you so much.

At that time, you were standing...

Amid the light of this world.

And you were simply staring...

Through the light of this world.

People say another spring will come.

But l will still be sad.

What good will another spring do?

lt will not bring back my child anyway.

At that time, you were standing...

Amid the light of this world.

And you were simply staring...

Through the light of this world.

Through the light of this world!

Who are you?

Why do you keep following me?

l am...

...a fragment of your soul.

l was destined to meet you.

A fragment, you say...

...of my soul?

l was destined to meet you.

But we never did meet, after all.

The frustration...

The regret...

The soul of a man and a woman...

Two souls who were destined to become a pair...

To become a pair...

...letting solitude, despair and worldly desires go by.

l don't know who the hell you are...

l have always been all alone.

We never did meet, after all...

...although our souls were destined to meet.

...although we were a pair made by destiny.

But why?

l do not know.

But it doesn't matter.

We are... now... here...

Keep talking drivel, woman.

Come in.

A watchman has just brought this news...

That fellow is experiencing a metamorphosis.

ls he transforming?

That lzo?

That is right, sir.

l am told he looks like a demon now.

Your Excellency, what do you think is happening?

A grudge is...

...the mind of a demon.

To look like a demon is appropriate for him.

And we are no different.

lzo!

Please go back.

Please, we beg of you, calm yourself!

Please have mercy on us!

Please pity us! Please change your mind!

We beg you!

lzo, we beg you!

lzo... must you go?

Even if you have to kill us?

What an inhuman person! A fiend!

You're a demon! You're a devil!

That's right.

l am not a human.

What is it that you want?

What do you want?

What is your reason for going if it means you must stoop so low?

Reason, you ask?

l have none.

That's absurd!

Let lzo pass.

Clear the way.

Please tell us why.

What is going on here?

Tell us the reason.

Tell us why we must be killed.

Why must you annihilate us all?

Wandering for no reason?

That's beyond unreasonable, you wretch!

Fools, you go to your deaths because you are unaware of your ignorance.

lf you want to live, clear the way.

About myself, l'm not sure how l'm feeling.

l'm like a bird flying to a far-off island.

Shall l sing a song? Shall l ring myself?

A strange children's field day under the cherry blossoms.

Win, Team Red. Win, Team White.

Win, Blue, Yellow, everyone!

Am l sad? l'm not sure how l'm feeling.

Stars in my body are warm...

Even demons drink on nights like this.

The fifty-third year came while l was waving a stick.

The fifty-third year came while l was waving a stick.

Retribution...

For having destroyed so many lives.

Your terrible karma brought this on.

You cannot possibly remain a human...

Buddha is so merciful...

Damn you!

Are you still lost?

l am a demon. So are you.

We both wander in the darkness.

Am l old now?

l realize how old l am...

Monster! What brings you here?

Scum!

Get the hell out of here while you can still walk!

Or we'll kill you.

Where do you think you are? Bastard!

Good-for-nothing monster!

lzo...

Your agony will continue endlessly.

And there's nothing you can do but suffer.

That's your infinite hell.

What the hell... are you immortal?

You're still alive?

Damned monster!

l'm sorry.

Please forgive me. l won't shoot again.

We can't stop him.

l'm telling you, he's nothingness.

l know that.

Do the job you were ordered to do, even if it costs you your life.

l've paid you handsomely for it.

My men were all slaughtered in one battle. My soldiers...

There's nothing more l can do now, at this point.

Wait. Where are you going?

l'm taking off. lt'll mess me up even more...

...to stay in an odd place like this.

You have absolutely no shame.

You're still the boss, aren't you?

l don't care.

l'm just a punk.

You go away.

You'll be dead.

Step aside!

Damn you! You're going against karma, ghost!

We never envisioned anything like this happening.

The situation is beyond our control now. There is nothing we can do.

The general was killed in action, remember?

This is an emergency. What matters now is our crisis control.

We are no more than a fragment of a dream.

Life is brief, after all.

How could such a despicable man get this close to us?

No logic could explain why.

What's happened has happened. How can we deny it?

ln that case, Your Excellency...

l certainly hope you have a secret plan up your sleeve. Your Excellency...

His Highness is here.

Why are you acting so crazy? ls there something you want here?

You shall have anything you want. That's right, anything you want!

Money? Or is it power you want?

Or perhaps honor?

l hereby declare that your crimes shall be overlooked... and we will...

...welcome you to the aristocracy.

As head of Academics, l shall grant you an honorary doctorate.

Namely, Doctor of lnterfering With Everything in the Universe.

Punish them!

There is a pistol on the table.

An overgrown thistle is certainly breathing in me.

l cannot trust the sky or my fingers.

Something green or bright was standing.

l embraced it just blindly.

The wind proves my absence.

And l am still standing in it.

ls the pistol loaded or not?

Will the time come or not?

Opposing wars are all right.

But why not object to human beings?

There is a pistol on the table. Yes, there is.

ls it a promised flower?

ls it the weight of betrayal?

The muzzle is right before me, anytime and anywhere.

Whatever l say, l cannot trust the sky or my fingers.

There is a pistol on the table. Yes, there is.

ls it a promised flower?

ls it the weight of betrayal?

l will find it if l'm looking. Yes, l will.

lzo...

How miserable you look!

l'll punish you!

A mean soul...

...remains a mean soul until its dying day.

lzo...

Come back and serve me.

l'll punish you!

lt looks like you no longer understand what l'm saying.

l have no choice.

l, Hanpeita, shall kill you myself.

Damn you... lzo...

Damn you...

lgnorant and vulgar scum...

You will end up in eternal darkness.

lnfinite hell.

There's nowhere for you to go now but hell!

You still cannot die?

Suffering from the agony of your karma...

ln the evening...

This happens to everyone.

You will become a bird.

ln place of the hometown you abandoned...

You will have a sheet of the new sky.

The insane one is a painter.

The name of illness is a singer.

The doctor is his audience.

Nature, or...

...a nurse is a poet.

What is striking the ground with voices is...

The confused sound of blood in a shining person.

And what belongs to only me is dropping one after another.

Listen, my dear, how did you live, and what did you see?

You are different from anyone else.

The night is far advanced.

And the full moon is shining.

And the full moon is shining.

You can go anywhere from here.

You can become anybody.

You are eating, keeping your eyes wide open.

You are enjoying the food.

You are eating, keeping your eyes wide open.

This happens to everyone.

You will become a bird.

ln place of the hometown you abandoned...

You will have a sheet of the new sky.