Students attending Happo.
Regarding the adults' betrayal of democracy...
So they have student protests at high schools too now?
They don't block up the grounds.
But young people don't hide being superhumans.
Here's what you asked for.
Thank you.
It must be hard for people from that side.
The medicine here doesn't work for colds.
It's from listening to that dumb radio all night.
You can't come out.
I've heard from your mother. Master Ullr, right?
You know about it, Mr. Nagakawa?
That I'm from the Demon's World?
Yes. You're looking for a contract partner in this world.
In other words, a husband.
You'll be a leader of the Demon's World.
Good luck.
Um, aren't you scared?
Of us.
You people use human joy as power.
That means a superhuman of justice.
I didn't know people studied the Demon World.
Yes. You can get advice from him.
(December, the 42nd of Shinka Era Tokyo)
Concrete Revolutio ~Superhuman Phantasmagoria~
I heard it A voice cursing fate
I found it A way to use my power
What you want are not words, are they?
That love inside I want to send it on
Justice is not on my side
The only thing absolute for me is myself
Come on Wakers. Ready, go!
Protecting the illusions that somebody dreamed of
will liberate the stagnant sky
We hurl our unanswerable cries at each other
And they become the reason we live
What can I do in this hopeless world we live in?
Only those that keep searching
can become the future
Start the revolution!
(August, the 43rd of Shinka Era Hokkaido)
You're saying Claude did all this?
Kikko...
...or Hoshino, was acting strange.
So we hurried over from Tokyo.
But.
She's a witch. There's no telling what she'll do.
Witch...
Excuse me. I'm Taki of the Strange Power Risk Management Office.
This is Takahara.
We're commissioned by the police.
We investigate crimes abusing magic and science.
I just fixated a moment that left a deep impact in space.
Just some basic magic.
What did Claude have against these doctors and nurses?
All these corpses seem to be superhumans.
Superhumans?
They were used for experiments here?
They'd received the same operations as the "Antares" crew.
Claude heard about that from somewhere.
He came to get revenge for the superhumans.
But still. This cannot be forgiven.
Of course not.
Where's Mr. Jaguar?
He's guarding Councilor Mitsuya.
The one who used superhumans as virtual enemies in war simulation.
Why are we guarding such a person?
Laws to expand the rights of superhumans are on the table now.
Sir Mitsuya is for it.
A political maneuver.
He probably wants to centralize the management of superhumans.
But he's still in favor.
But he did research on how to suppress superhumans by force.
Compared to him, Claude cares a lot more about superhumans.
Kikko!
Did something happen with Claude?
Senpai, why won't you tell me?
You can at least tell me how you really feel.
Where's Kikko?
You still had that picture?
Emi, who is he?
Oh, right. You don't remember anything from then, do you?
That boy is Jin.
Jin.
Where is he?
He's dead.
He was killed.
By who?
Rainbow Knight.
Remember what Yumihiko of Team BL said?
It wasn't just Daitetsu that was kidnapped by Rainbow Knight.
Quiet, Jiro-san. A guest is here.
Prying into the Daitetsu Incident after all this time?
Just between you and me.
Consider it a warning.
Are you saying that he's Claude?
There's no use in us getting at each other's throats.
We were both called superhumans once.
Jiro.
You haven't met before.
This is Mr. Yoshiaki Satomi.
I owe him a lot from before the war.
Right now, I work as an advisor for Teito Advertisement Inc.
Just an old geezer.
Teito Advertisement?
Sorry to have bothered you.
Teito Advertisement is behind Claude. That's how the Bureau sees it.
These days, what's most important is selling images, not products.
Call them fantasies if you like.
We're going to launch an image of superhumans that everybody loves.
How do you know him?
I researched superhumans at Ikuta Laboratory before the war.
He led the superhuman missions over at the continents.
Your conversation just now...
Is it related to this?
Why, if it isn't Jin. Brings back memories.
Do you remember him, Jiro?
This is no laughing matter.
I had such a friend, but until just now...
I'd forgotten.
And you're thinking now.
That Claude might be Jin.
But Jin died, right?
That's what I heard.
He would've been a year older than you.
You two were so close.
I meant to have Jiro come to Sapporo.
That witch will...
be a power that protects you.
But I want Jiro to understand.
That won't be long.
Come, it's about time.
I've leaked the information to the U.S. Army.
Galboi Riker.
I hope you make it.
I don't show on a radar and they ambush me?
Master Ultima.
Were you all okay?
The Iron-Masked Swordsman saved us again.
Where were you, Mr. Matsutaro?
You're always gone when we need you.
But who can the Iron-Masked Swordsman be?
Forgive me. I cannot let you know my true identity.
Because...
I cannot let you know my true identity.
- Because... - Hoshinoko.
Hoshinoko.
Oh, yes?
Do you think that Jiro is Claude?
Of course not.
But...
Just maybe.
He's wearing a mask because he needs to hide his identity.
The other day, Senpai...
He doesn't mind those.
He even seemed to like it.
(Science Lab)
Miss Witch Girl.
You're...
You're the Supernatural Kicker, right?
You were here before.
Friends with Nagakawa?
That's "Mr. Nagakawa" for you.
But he's more like a student than a teacher.
I heard about Claude at Yokosuka.
I'd been thinking.
That maybe superhumans can do something greater.
It's not a fantasy, either.
So you want to talk to him?
I don't know.
But instead of hiding identities
and just fighting gangs and Space Monsters...
Is that...?
Galboi Riker?
There were sightings of a superhuman crashing into Happo High School.
All the witnesses said it was Galboi Riker they'd see on TV.
Galgal... Who's that again?
Galboi Riker.
The first superhuman pilot to achieve space flight in flesh.
He can travel with speed using gravity and magnetism.
Unlike Master Ultima who's part-alien,
Galboi is a pure Earth-born superhuman.
He went against orders to attack enemy countries from space.
"The Earth is so beautiful that all superhumans would risk their life."
Those are words from his famous speech.
Sounds like what that Claude guy says...
Did I screw up again?
Galboi was demoted to the training center. Why is he in Japan?
So he's Claude?
Impossible.
But he might be communicating with Claude.
I don't want to believe it.
That such a great superhuman had anything to do with that criminal.
Yes, hello.
A lockout at Happo High School?
What's going on? Hand over the superhuman that crashed.
No dogs of the state allowed in here.
What, school autonomy?
A Russian speaking student heard from Galboi.
The Self Defense Force and Master Ultima shot him down.
I wanted to save...
the superhumans.
Before everything disappeared...
A comrade called me...
to come here...
He's dead.
A comrade?
Who's that?
That would be me.
Misterious-Sword Claude.
This construction site is great for hiding.
We'd promised to meet here if something happened to Galboi.
You called him to come to Japan?
He wanted to see it.
The tragic superhumans on the "Antares".
The Hokkaido hospital experiments.
The tie connecting those incidents. The answer.
What is your intention?
For peace. For freedom.
And for justice.
Superhumans are supposed to exist to bring peace to this world.
But in reality, they're used for wars.
Stripped of freedom.
None are free to act for justice.
You too, Kikko Hoshino.
You have wonderful powers.
You wish to save someone.
There's no need to hold back.
It's time to show your true soul.
Miss Hoshino?
Stop. My son is innocent.
Don't worry.
We're just recovering the foreign plane that crashed.
Some superhumans too, huh?
Are you sure? Your parents don't know, right?
Stop! They're just kids.
Hitoyoshi.
Raise your head, Equus!
Supernatural Kicker?
Where's Galboi Riker?
What will you do to him?
Shelter him. He has violated airspace, but we'll talk to the Ministry and...
We can't trust you adults anymore.
But you'll trust Claude?
He's trying to teach us the truth.
We're not kids anymore.
Claude!
Kikko?
I'll protect you, Jiro-san.
What are you saying? I'm Jiro.
Does she think that Claude is me?
No matter how much Claude cares for superhumans, he's an enemy.
I can't let him run free.
Jiro-san said what I'd wanted him to say.
He did what I'd wanted him to do.
Where are you taking him? Galboi is mankind's treasure.
Please, explain to him.
Galboi violated airspace over the Ogasawara Islands.
The Master and Self-Defense Force shot him down on patrol.
Ogasawara?
Why was the Master there? An ambush?
Enough of me. Take down Misterious-Sword Claude, Bureau folk.
Let him run free and a war will break out.
Is that what you want?
You found out what Claude wants?
We found that the doctors at Sapporo were at the Ikuta Lab before the war.
Ikuta?
The superhuman research lab Prof. Hitoyoshi was at.
After the war, some researchers were taken to the U.S
and continued their research.
The homeport for the "Antares" was at Bonin Island of the Ogasawara Islands.
Ogasawara?
It was U.S. territory until it was returned to Japan this June.
If there was a U.S.-Japan joint superhuman research lab there...
Galboi Riker was headed straight towards Bonin Island.
He might've been on to something.
We're just here to reveal the truth.
He says he can smell her in there.
But it's strange. He says he feels something scary.
Stay here.
Yes. You announced that all the kidnapped kids had died.
Everybody but Daitetsu.
But they were alive.
They were sent to the island.
You knew, didn't you?
Rainbow Knight kidnapped many young people and children.
But he was really sheltering them.
He tried to save us from being sent to Ogasawara.
Then why did you say that he demanded a ransom?
To make it look like he did it for the money, right?
Rainbow Knight?
He didn't demand a ransom?
You wrote it all off by setting him up as a dangerous superhuman.
I saw it all happening.
The Rainbow Knight threatened to expose you kids' existence.
That kids were used for superhuman experiments.
We'd been thinking we need an organization to protect superhumans.
This was our chance.
If the legendary Rainbow Knight was actually a criminal,
the state would want to control superhumans.
It was a necessary sacrifice for founding the Bureau.
You killed him?
You set him up as a kidnapper.
You killed him.
Father!
Jiro?
Answer me, Father!
Rainbow Knight was no kidnapper.
Yet...
Is it you, Jin?
I go by Jin Nagakawa now.
I'll be honest. I hardly remember you.
You were quite shocked.
You were made to believe that your hero was a kidnapper.
And he was killed in front of your eyes.
Would I have become like you?
I guess so. If Prof. Hitoyoshi hadn't adopted you...
You would've been taken to Ogasawara, got ripped apart at the lab...
had your soul pried into...
fused with machines, animals, viruses...
even other superhumans...
to have your power drawn out.
And now, look what I can do.
The Bureau doesn't protect superhumans.
Jiro!
Boss, it's dangerous.
You, Akita.
It's all my responsibility.
I was just so desperate about making the Superhuman Bureau.
Boss.
Believe me.
I wanted to protect superhumans for this planet.
For this planet?
You think I don't know what you are?
They're freaks from outer space.
Fumers. Beings that break down their bodies and traveled into outer space.
That is what I am.
I have been searching for beings that would evolve to be like us.
On this planet, they are called superhumans.