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The same old buttons, the same limited vision

No, no, you can't go saying they're absolute

A rainbow rushed in through the open window

Let in some fresh air and stretch

Keep embracing that platonic heart

and take off, hurtling up toward that clear sky

This tornado causes waves

Come on, let it blow out into the world, wherever it may go

A small wind, controlled by that hand of yours

There will always be a way

This world is sparkling, pa pa pa pa pa

Don't stop, pa pa pa pa pa

Let's go together

Oh, yay!

Oh, yay!!

Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay yay!

"Flames."

How many times must I say it?

I can read people's minds.

No matter what tactic you use, you cannot win.

You can be sure of it.

"But there must be some way out of this."

That's what you're thinking, isn't it?

You just don't know when you're beaten.

N-Natsume...

"Honma" N-Natsume...

"Honma" The championship is tomorrow?

The championship is tomorrow?

I got a text earlier. It's tomorrow, 6:00, in Yokohama.

You'll be okay. Right, Aya?

You'll be okay, right?!

I've come this far, so I can't lose now.

For Miko's sake, and...

For your sake, too.

Aya...

I'll definitely go cheer you on!

I'll be sure to see you through this to the end!

So... You can't lose, Aya.

Just leave it to me.

And yet...

Why didn't you come, Natsume?

Oh, dear. You are self-centered, aren't you?

Now it's your friend's fault that you can't win?

You wish to say I'm wrong? Yet what you just thought was,

"I might be in this situation because

Natsume didn't come along to support me." Wasn't it?

It's all right. Humans are fallible creatures.

We like to place the blame for failure elsewhere.

In your case, you simply made it the fault of your friend.

No!

It's no use denying it. Words of resentment toward Natsume

are clearly etched into your heart. I can see it.

That's not true! It's definitely not!

I mean, Natsume's my...

You wish to deny it because you know the truth all too well.

I understand how you feel. Feeling resentment toward a friend

simply because she didn't come to support you...

You don't want to admit you could do that.

Oh my. A previous act of violence... left you without friends, correct?

You actually sought to protect those friends, but were misunderstood.

Thus, once you were in high school, you hid your fighting skills.

Then you became friends with Miko, who had no friends of her own,

and because of her you were willing to enter Platonic Heart.

After all...

That is what you imagine to be the ideal way of life, yes? How cool.

However... to the world at large, that is called hypocrisy!

Hypocrisy?

Yes. False morality. To act as if living to help others...

...but in fact, only thinking about oneself.

What's more, in your case... you haven't even realized it.

Take a good, long look into your heart.

When offering to be Miko's friend,

did you not feel a sense of superiority?

Let's do it. Let's be friends.

You wouldn't mind friends like us, right?

That's not true! I remembered how I used to be and felt sorry for Miko!

That is feeling superior, is it not?

You're always this way, aren't you?

Sympathy. Compassion. The urge to protect...

All for your own satisfaction.

You are always one step above, looking down on others.

Even your victories up till now

have been because you enjoy being stronger than all.

"Doing it for a friend" is simply window dressing.

The truth is, you enjoy punching, kicking, inflicting pain.

That's not...

Face the truth already!

Each time you have fought in Platonic Heart,

you've been awash in enjoyment of the blood and violence.

It has eclipsed even

your friend's whereabouts, your joy at approaching the truth.

You think you're doing the right thing for your friend.

That you are acting justly... yes?

You're quite distasteful, you know.

No! I... I'm...

My apologies. That was far too merciless

for a fallen adversary.

I suppose I should deliver the final blow.

Wh-What is this?!

This is hatred... Enmity directed toward me?

No, not just me.

Something more fundamental... instinctual...

She feels hatred for everything! This is her true nature?!

What on earth lies in the depths of her heart?

I can't see it... I can't see her mind!

Total darkness... Total darkness...

That is enough, don't you think?

Miko. You...

Congratulations on winning Platonic Heart.

Now then, let's go.

Go where? And where have you been this whole time?!

Tell me, Miko!

Finding me was your wish, was it not?

Now that you've won, your wish has been granted.

Miko! Miko, wait!

Where are we?

This is where I wanted to bring you.

What do you mean?

Mrs. Suma!

Ma'am! Get a hold of yourself! Ma'am!

She...

...can no longer properly respond.

And it seems she was such a splendid teacher...

A pity she turned out like this.

Miko, you... You sat and watched as this happened to her?

It couldn't be helped.

You are the one who defeated her, who caused this to happen.

And not just your teacher...

There is a business side to Platonic Heart.

"Your wish granted" is used as bait to collect these strong women...

and if they lose, they are auctioned off.

There are men in this world who desire women such as these.

Why... do something so cruel?

Cruel? These women tried to attain possibility, and they failed.

If the reward is great, the risk must also be great.

Miko! Right from the start, you were in on this!

I was determined to have you participate in Platonic Heart.

So that you may know your sin.

My sin?

This flight attendant has no family.

She worked part time in high school,

apparently looking after her much younger brother.

When her brother became sick,

his treatment required an incredible amount of money.

That is when she joined Platonic Heart. And failed.

But she might actually be happy like this.

In this state, she doesn't even know her brother has died.

These three sisters were members of the organization,

but ended up like this after failing to recruit you.

You used their bond as sisters against them, and they lost.

And your beloved teacher...

It seems she wished to search for her estranged father.

I wanted to win. To win... Father!

Her... and her... and her... All of them faced dire circumstances.

They had their reasons to fight in Platonic Heart, to brave any risk.

But their hopes were dashed. Through defeat by your hands.

What... Just what are you after? Miko!

Why would you get me involved, make me suffer like this?

- Because... - There's no reason to ask.

Do not interfere!

I have no intention of interfering with your work!

Of course not. However...

The situation has changed somewhat for me.

I now truly desire Aya.

So that was your intention. Upon hearing of your plastic surgery

and that you had met her, I thought it not possible, but...

P-Plastic surgery?

Yes! He takes a scalpel to his face that he may match the preference

of the women he makes his.

He is, of course, not the Haruki Honma that you know!

It's no use. You should know how strong Hayakawa is.

You!

Now then. Give Aya to me.

Hayakawa will continue to exert pressure till I order otherwise.

Aya! H-Help me! Please!

I... I'll be killed! Help me. We...

We are friends, aren't we?

Aya! I... I'm done for.

Hayakawa!

Haruki Honma! Bastard!

Oh, stop scowling, you impostor.

Your selfish actions have already screwed up our schedule.

Bastard! Don't think you can get away with this.

Even if you kill me, the organization will definitely...

You think I'm another impostor?

Sadly, I am the genuine article, the Haruki Honma that you know.

And as proof...

Hey there, Aya!

Sorry I couldn't make it to today's championship fight to cheer you on!

Natsume... Why?

There's no "why" about it.

Everything about this plan was...

Right from the start, it was put together by us, including how to

make use of that dead idiot over there.

Aya Iseshima... To get revenge against you!

Revenge?

My mother's name is Yumi Kazuki.

She died 15 years ago, when I was four.

And my father is Shigeyuki Iseshima... your father!

Aya, you're not too bright and I'm sure you don't understand,

so I'll spell it out for you. Your father, Shigeyuki Iseshima,

died 15 years ago. You've heard he died in a car accident, right?

But the truth is, he and my mother stabbed each other to death

while he tried to abuse her... in front of me, when I was four!

Shigeyuki Iseshima was a man who became easily enraged.

What's more, to women, his anger was indiscriminate.

That day, I was celebrating my fourth birthday, and he...

My mother protected me, confronting Iseshima.

Enraged, Iseshima stabbed her.

There was nothing I could do.

You lie! There's no way that could be true!

My father was a good man, kind and always smiling!

Could I lie about something like this?! Can you understand?

Do you know what it's like to be haunted by nightmares of that day,

every single night for 15 years?!

Can you know how I've felt, always hating that man and your family?!

Oh, my poor Miko.

Haruki...

My brother and Miko have been a couple since before he met you.

But Aya, you got hot and bothered for him, didn't you?

Like an idiot, like an utter fool, a single word from him

would get your face red and your heart racing!

But our story's not done yet.

The person who began the Platonic Heart business

in this town 20 years ago was your father, Shigeyuki Iseshima.

In other words, he did the same thing as that guy there.

"If you can endure the challenge, any wish will be granted."

Tell that to women and have them fight.

If they lose, they are spirited away somewhere.

The same then as it is now.

Other participants were Miko's mother, Yumi Kazuki,

and her younger sister Kumi...

...my mother!

And there was one other person, the one who would ultimately win...

Suzuko Kano, your mother!

Suzuko was powerful. But not just powerful: She was cold and brutal.

What's more, right from the start, she used Iseshima

to control the battles as she saw fit.

By her desire, she fought a two-against-one handicap match

against Yumi and Kumi Kazuki.

She used their bond as sisters to secure her victory.

Just as you did, Aya.

It's true. You can't fight your origins.

Having lost, Yumi, the older sister, was forced to be Iseshima's lover.

And Kumi, the younger sister, had her voice forcibly removed

and was to be sold to a wealthy foreigner...

All by Suzuko's design!

However, the plan was exposed in time, and Kumi wasn't sold.

But her voice was gone, never to return.

My mother has told my brother and I that story since we were young...

Sometimes by sign language, sometimes writing it out on paper.

I lived alone, searching for some chance for revenge.

I searched for the missing Suzuko Iseshima and her daughter.

Then, one day, I encountered Natsume.

The plan came together quickly. Our feelings were the same...

We would restart Platonic Heart and have you participate.

We would make you realize that the same coldness as Suzuko,

the same violence as Iseshima both lie within you.

We would make you pay for the sins of you and your parents.

You're arrogant, and your true nature is brimming with violence.

Earlier, in Yokohama,

Getsurei saved us some effort by making this clear to you.

You understand now, yes?

The blood of two wicked tyrants runs through your veins.

However, though it makes the bile rise in my throat,

half of that blood runs through me as well.

Anyway, you really are dumb, aren't you?

We spent all that time together and you never noticed anything?

How did they know your phone's mail address? Or what you were doing?

Think about it.

Right from the start... This is why you became my friend?

Of course! I wonder if you can even understand...

I hated you so much I could've killed you at any time.

Having to smile, hug you, even talk to you...

I understand. Smiling at her...

It made my flesh crawl.

Oh, and by the way...

This is a bug and transmitter.

It would have been hard on Natsume to leave everything to her.

Pretending to be your friend, the smiling...

...we endured all of it for this day.

Aya... Use that and die.

We want you to kill yourself in front of us.

We're going to record it and send it to Suzuko.

Of course, we will finish Suzuko soon thereafter.

Come on, hurry up!

If you have any decency as a human being, you'll do it.

Why? Why do I... have to die?

I knew you'd shoot! I knew you'd friggin' shoot!

You are a terrible person.

Even pressed with the truth like this, can you still maintain innocence?!

Well, at least you understand.

When we kill you, unless we feel blood splashing on our hands

then taking your life will be such a waste.

You may challenge us if you like.

You could even beat three opponents, couldn't you?

In that championship fight earlier, you were as strong as a crazy man!

Oh, by the way, that girl, Getsurei... She's dead.

Yet just a second ago, you tried to shoot and kill us...

You've long since shown your true nature, bitch!

It does not hurt... It does not hurt...

She looks like a frog about to die.

Don't worry. We won't let you die that easily.

Let's see... Should we cut her fingers off with a knife next?

Or crush her eyeballs?

Or take her voice away, like Mom?

- Huh? - What?

Wh-What is happening?

What's wrong with the sprinklers?

The sprinkler system is broken.

Who is that?!

Mother...

Suzuko Iseshima?!

What is she doing here?!

I thought I'd look into what Aya was up to.

The result was unfortunate.

Natsume, I never suspected you were Kumi's daughter.

For you to come here so we can kill you...

That's not the usual cold, brutal you.

No parent wouldn't come running when her daughter is in danger!

And I'd say Kumi, who left her revenge to her children,

is far crueler!

Don't you speak ill of Mother!

Brother!

Let me tell you something none of you know.

Iseshima and I didn't make Kumi and Yumi into victims

just for our own pleasure.

- Wh-What?! - You try to defend your actions now?!

Both my and Iseshima's parents were killed by Kumi's father...

...in other words, your grandfather!

That... That's a lie!

Still, it's all nothing more

than being battered by the waves of relentless fate.

Me... All of you... and Aya.

You think that lessens the weight of your sin?!

No, I don't!

Bitch!

Mother...

I'm sorry, Aya.

I didn't want you to know anything about my and your father's past.

I wanted you to live the life of a normal girl,

without fighting or revenge...

But in the end, perhaps it's inescapable.

Now go.

Starting today, you must shoulder all of this

and live life as you believe it should be!

It's up to me to atone for this.

Platonic Heart... Its final progeny a beautiful marriage of destinies.

"Platonic Heart" "Notice of Meeting"

So... The wheels of fate still turn, eh?

The purity that comes with the innocence

born of being sustained by hands joined in the darkness

is captured, corroded

Say farewell to the stars vanishing in the distance

Beyond that wandering orbit,

at that place that even light has forgotten