﻿Robots are Japan's future saviors.
﻿In the handling of nuclear accidents,
﻿and also in nursing care, ﻿there are limits to what
﻿current technology can achieve.
﻿My government wants to change that.
﻿Public and private sectors must unite
to develop the world's most advanced robot technology. For that purpose,
﻿we have the ARK Project.
﻿We're striving to create...
﻿Special: ARK Project Japan's Future
...an android that can solve problems humans can't.
I'm convinced...
﻿Special: ARK Project Japan's Future
...﻿that it will foster peace for humankind.
﻿Physical ability is even, ﻿but not reaction time.
﻿It's the Conscience Circuit.
﻿It tries to sense emotions ﻿in situations and faces.
﻿Unnecessary in combat.
﻿What's going on here?
﻿Dr. Komyoji.
﻿As you can see, we're ﻿combat testing KJX-1 and BJX-2.
﻿Jiro!
﻿Stop. That's enough.
﻿I wanted to show Minister Tsubakitani how my Mari is
﻿superior to your Jiro in combat.
﻿I didn't develop Jiro for combat.
﻿My ARK Project is ﻿strictly for peaceful use.
﻿You're not in America any more.
﻿Judging androids
﻿based on their combat ability ﻿is anachronistic.
﻿Sometimes we scientists have no choice ﻿but to be anachronistic.
﻿If you can't swim with the tide, ﻿you drown.
﻿It was always for military use?
﻿Then I have an idea.
﻿What a naive fool.
﻿And he's our top scientist.
﻿What will you do?
﻿Of course, we'll try ﻿to persuade Komyoji.
﻿Mari.
﻿You're virtually perfect.
﻿But you Jiro,
﻿you're inadequate, ﻿like your inventor.
﻿You're...
﻿...an imperfect machine.
﻿I'm...
﻿...a machine.
﻿It was one year ago.
﻿They're so young.
﻿She hasn't spoken to her friends ﻿about his death at all.
﻿Isn't that cold?
﻿That's just her way ﻿of dealing with it.
﻿Komyoji Family Grave
﻿I heard Nobuhiko was ﻿having problems at work.
﻿What'll happen to them ﻿when she goes abroad to study?
﻿Intelligence alters the mind.
﻿As the mind changes,
﻿we also experience physical change, and furthermore...
﻿Yeah? That sucks!
﻿You told him?
- You went drinking? - Well...
﻿Hey, it's Mitsu!
﻿Mitsu!
﻿Finished already?
﻿No seminar today.
﻿Really?!
﻿Come with us tonight! ﻿Haruna got caught and can't make it.
﻿Please!
﻿No hookup parties.
﻿It's dinner! Come on!
-Sorry, no thanks. - Mitsy!
﻿So that's it! ﻿Guys like him are your type?
﻿Huh? No no no! ﻿He's a reporter.
﻿Wants to know about my dad.
﻿What a waste. ﻿He's nice.
﻿You won't find a guy that way.
﻿I don't care. ﻿I've got enough to deal with.
﻿See ya.
﻿Mitsu!
﻿Bye ladies.
﻿You only know that your dad ﻿died in an accident, Mitsy?
﻿Don't call me that.
﻿According to my info, ﻿his project is still operating.
﻿Global robotics expert ﻿Dr. Komyoji dies,
﻿but it doesn't make the news, ﻿and his project goes on. Suspicious?
﻿Forget that guy's work.
﻿That guy? ﻿He was your precious father.
﻿Mr. Hattori, you care about scandal ﻿more than his death.
﻿You men only care about work.
﻿No we don't, Mitsy...
﻿Stop calling me that.
﻿I have to make my brother's dinner, ﻿so we're done here.
﻿A prince on a white horse ﻿who comes to take you away...
﻿Why do women these days ﻿cling to that hope?
﻿Will that guy lead that girl ﻿into a fantasy world?
I doubt it.
﻿In reality, men only see
﻿phone screens ﻿and instant gratification.
﻿They don't see ﻿what women are waiting for.
﻿As for me, ﻿I'd rather dream about princes
﻿from anime and manga.
﻿That's because no prince ﻿will ever come to take me away from
﻿this mundane reality.
I'm home.
Hi.
﻿Is curry OK, Masaru? ﻿You like it, right?
﻿Playing games again?
﻿Done your cram school homework?
﻿Can you handle dorm life from spring?
﻿Oh no.
﻿Hey Mitsy, it's Hattori.
﻿Please let me ask a little more.
﻿There's nothing to say. ﻿Don't come here.
﻿And don't call me that.
﻿- Masaru? - Huh? What is it?
﻿Masaru!
﻿Mitsuko, help!
﻿Masaru!
﻿Hey! What is this?!
﻿- Mitsuko! - ﻿Masaru!
﻿Mitsuko, I'm scared!
﻿- Help me! ﻿- Masaru!
﻿Mitsuko, help!
- ﻿Mitsuko! - ﻿Masaru!
﻿Help me!
﻿Let go of me!
﻿Mitsuko!
﻿Masaru!
They're hurting me!
﻿Stop it!
﻿That hurts!
﻿Let me go!
﻿It hurts! It hurts!
﻿Mitsuko!
﻿Masaru!
﻿Who...are you?
﻿Let's go. Now.
﻿There's no choice. ﻿Switch on.
﻿A machine?!
﻿Now it's time...
﻿...to act like a machine.
﻿I'm done fighting with humans.
﻿Mitsuko!
﻿Wow...
﻿Masaru!
﻿What is this?!
﻿No! No!
﻿Wow...
﻿Stay back!
﻿Mitsy!
﻿Hey hey, ﻿are you OK?
﻿Did you see? ﻿It was...
﻿No, it's nothing.
﻿I did catch a glimpse.
﻿Were you saved by...
﻿I don't know.
﻿Not a thing.
﻿I can't tell you anything.
﻿Oh come on...
﻿Alright. We'd better ﻿get out of here. Let's go.
﻿Come on, this way.
﻿Ow! Dammit...
﻿It was Jiro.
﻿Jiro?
﻿The one that went missing. ﻿You forgot?
﻿Ah. The other prototype ﻿that Komyoji developed.
﻿It has a built-in ﻿"Conscience Circuit."
﻿It's a different kind of prototype.
﻿Just capture Komyoji's son ﻿immediately.
﻿All I want are Komyoji's files.
﻿Wait, Minister Tsubakitani.
﻿Aren't Komyoji's files unnecessary ﻿to the ARK Project now?
﻿What do you mean, ﻿Dr. Gilbert Kanzaki?
﻿Komyoji is dead.
﻿We should diverge from his work ﻿and create something better.
﻿I only brought you in from the U.S. ﻿to assist him.
﻿Can you do it?
﻿I can.
﻿My android Mari is superior ﻿to Komyoji's Jiro.
﻿You've always come second to him!
﻿﻿I simply want to see an extension of Komyoji's vision.
﻿Whether you outdo him or not ﻿is irrelevant.
﻿Why won't you trust him?
﻿It's not about trust.
﻿He's a brilliant scientist.
﻿After all, ﻿he created you.
﻿Even so,
﻿he has no convictions.
﻿That's all.
﻿Last night, construction equipment ﻿fell from the 45th floor of
﻿the apartment building behind me.
﻿Fortunately, no one was injured,
﻿but police believe poor safety ﻿measures may be to blame.
﻿Hey.
﻿This isn't the truth, is it?
﻿However, ﻿according to residents...
﻿Listen.
﻿It's not what happened.
﻿It's a conspiracy.
﻿Maybe we should tell the police.
﻿No way. ﻿The police can't be trusted.
﻿What would you say? ﻿Well?
﻿They wouldn't believe you were ﻿attacked by an armed force.
﻿Anyway, you stay here for now.
﻿Where are you going?
﻿To work. I might not look it, ﻿but I'm a hard worker.
﻿Got it? ﻿Don't you dare go outside.
﻿Better lock the door. ﻿Alright?
﻿What's up?
﻿Oh, long time no see. ﻿Still alive huh, you phony novelist.
﻿You're as ornery as always.
﻿My web novels are a side job. ﻿Call me a web journo.
﻿Young'uns these days think "web" ﻿makes them sound legit.
﻿Here.
﻿- Why'd you come? - ﻿Check this out
﻿There's a conspiracy.
﻿You're talking crap again, loser. ﻿Conspiracy my ass.
﻿I'm right this time.
﻿Hey...
﻿Where'd you get this?
﻿Is this really OK?
﻿Leaving his place.
﻿We can't trust him either. ﻿He's shifty.
﻿I'll email Mr. Maeno.
Can we see you? We need help.
﻿Done.
﻿Mr. Maeno was Dad's teacher, right?
﻿I don't like using his contacts,
﻿but Mr. Maeno's the only person ﻿we can depend on.
﻿Mitsuko!
﻿Over here too...
﻿Masaru!
﻿Mitsuko!
﻿Masaru, are you OK?
﻿Yeah.
﻿What the hell?!
- ﻿Smartphone. ﻿- Huh?
﻿They used your smartphone to track you.
﻿No, I didn't mean that!
﻿What the hell are you?!
I'm Jiro.
﻿Jiro?
﻿You're...a machine?
﻿Yes.
﻿I'm...a machine.
﻿I knew it. ﻿This is amazing.
﻿You scare me!
﻿I bet this is Dad's idea!
﻿If he's the one who got us into this, ﻿I don't want your help!
﻿Until I shut down, ﻿I'll protect you.
﻿Huh?!
﻿Dr. Komyoji instructed me to.
﻿I knew it.
﻿If you can't trust me, ﻿shut me down manually.
﻿It's on my back.
﻿Here...
﻿- Hey... Stop! - ﻿Mitsuko!
﻿Hey hey hey.
﻿What is all this?
﻿Come on, tell me!
This...
﻿We've stuck our noses in ﻿something really bad.
﻿Prime Minister, ﻿the defense minister's here.
﻿Come in.
﻿You wanted me, sir?
﻿You overdid it this time.
﻿Oh, what do you mean?
﻿I won't always be ﻿distracted by factionalism.
﻿The accident in Shinagawa last night ﻿was your handiwork?
﻿Nothing gets by you sir, ﻿even such a minor accident.
﻿Why are you so obsessed ﻿with developing robots?
﻿You put me here, ﻿so I deserve to know.
﻿Yes.
﻿As you told the media, ﻿they're perfect for welfare,
﻿rescues, and dangerous tasks.
﻿If that's all it is...
﻿...why weaponize them?
﻿You don't want to tell me?
Fine.
﻿With our ﻿territorial disputes worsening,
﻿it's safer if I don't know.
﻿I'm honored by your consideration.
﻿Be that as it may,
﻿Tsubakitani, the Japanese people ﻿don't care about robot development now.
﻿Put yourself in their shoes.
﻿Disaster recovery and economic revival ﻿is our duty, is it not?
﻿If we cater only to the public, ﻿this nation will perish.
﻿Don't talk in extremes.
﻿After all, your beloved robots ﻿are mere machines.
﻿Nothing more, ﻿nothing less.
﻿Helping humans is more important.
﻿Public sentiment cripples government. ﻿Who'll protect this nation?
﻿Who'll volunteer for battle?
﻿The citizens of this country ﻿do nothing but complain.
﻿We must create intelligent machines ﻿unhindered by emotion.
﻿Machines have their uses.
﻿They...have their uses?
﻿Work faster.
﻿From today, ﻿you're chief of the ARK Project.
﻿Dr. Gilbert Kanzaki.
﻿Congratulations, ﻿Professor Gil.
﻿Professor...
﻿...Gil.
﻿We're following him...
﻿That's good.
﻿This'll be fun.
﻿Masaru!
﻿So, you're a machine? ﻿You're a robot?
﻿Android.
﻿You're kidding me.
﻿Wow! How do you do that?
﻿A full-body nanocrystal 3D display.
﻿Ow!
﻿Masaru! Stop that!
﻿So, what should we do now?
﻿Walk, use local transport.
﻿Avoid major transport systems, ﻿stations, and terminals.
﻿In time, they'll have to ﻿expand their search.
﻿That'll make us harder to find.
﻿Wow.
﻿You're thinking. ﻿That's awesome.
﻿Therefore,
﻿we sleep outside tonight.
﻿Hey! Don't make decisions for us!
﻿Why not?
﻿Sounds fun!
﻿Begin.
﻿Activate.
﻿Watch and weep, Komyoji.
﻿Why, Dr. Komyoji? Mari's clearly ﻿more capable than Jiro.
﻿She should be ﻿the ARK Project prototype.
﻿Kanzaki, enhancing an ﻿android's physicality is simple.
﻿Bestowing it with a wise soul ﻿is crucial.
﻿A...soul?
﻿Androids can be future forces ﻿for good or evil toward humanity.
﻿As a reminder, ﻿I gave Jiro the colors
﻿blue for good, ﻿and red for evil.
﻿Jiro's Conscience Circuit is our hope.
﻿For androids to come.
﻿I'm inferior to him?
﻿How dare you.
﻿I'll become the master of his world.
﻿Jiro, over here.
﻿Quick, quick!
﻿Come over here!
﻿You don't eat?
﻿Machines don't.
﻿Maybe he has likes and dislikes.
﻿Dislikes? ﻿I have none.
﻿Machines don't.
﻿What about you two?
﻿I love video games.
﻿Nothing in particular.
﻿Manga?
﻿Oh... Not really.
﻿They just kill time.
﻿Studying overseas?
﻿I'm not doing it because I like it.
﻿But if I go, I might figure out ﻿what I want to do.
﻿Anyway, you don't want ﻿to hear about me.
﻿I bet you're good at games, ﻿as a machine.
﻿I don't play games.
﻿I like music.
﻿Yeah? What kind?
﻿YMO.
﻿Who?
﻿Beats me.
﻿What about comedy?
﻿Drifters.
"﻿Shimura! Behind you!"
﻿What else?
﻿Drifters.
﻿"Daffunda!"
﻿Daffunda! Daffunda! Daffunda!
﻿Daffunda! Daffunda! ﻿Daffunda! Daffunda!
﻿Masaru! Give it a rest.
﻿For you.
﻿Huh?
﻿You should smile.
﻿You're always angry.
T﻿hat's not my fault.
I'm...grateful...
﻿...but you shouldn't ﻿harm living things.
﻿They get hurt.
﻿Were you injured in that fight?
﻿Are you OK?
﻿I'm sorry... ﻿for what I said.
﻿You get hurt too.
﻿Aren't you cold?
﻿No, I'm fine.
﻿The fire's still going.
﻿Hey...
﻿Thanks.
﻿For Masaru.
﻿He's...really hard to handle,
﻿and shuts others out.
﻿I didn't know how ﻿to get through to him.
﻿But thanks to you,
﻿I've never seen him laugh so much.
﻿He's changed a lot.
﻿He's happier.
Why?
﻿I don't know why.
﻿Maybe, it's because
﻿you're someone...
﻿I mean,
﻿you're an android my father built.
﻿So it's like,
﻿his dad's protecting him indirectly.
﻿Oh yeah,
﻿those gags you said yesterday, ﻿they're Dad's favorites.
﻿All of my data was ﻿updated by Dr. Komyoji.
﻿I see.
﻿To us, our father
﻿was more interested in his work.
﻿He never made us feel special,
﻿or loved.
﻿Then when he died,
﻿we got caught up in this weirdness.
﻿If Masaru is starting
﻿to think about his father differently,
﻿maybe that's...a good thing.
﻿For me too.
﻿Maybe...
﻿Never mind.
﻿Anyway, I wanted ﻿to say thank you,
﻿for protecting us.
﻿Until I shut down,
﻿I'll protect you.
﻿Huh?
﻿Until I shut down, ﻿I'll protect you.
﻿Really?
﻿Hurry!
﻿Your Christmas present.
﻿Cool, right?
﻿I want to be a perfect machine.
﻿Protecting you two
﻿is the mission...﻿I was given.
﻿Mission?
﻿Of course.
﻿You're...
﻿...the machine that he built, ﻿aren't you?
Listen, Jiro. It's an android's duty ﻿to protect humans.
﻿Don't forget that.
﻿It's up to you.
﻿Jiro detected.
﻿Possibly with Komyoji Masaru.
﻿Good. Retrieve ﻿Komyoji's son immediately.
﻿And Jiro?
﻿Get the son. ﻿The rest is over to you.
﻿Masaru?
﻿Masaru!
﻿Mitsuko!
﻿We meet again, Jiro.
﻿Your hesitation to attack ﻿is proof of your imperfection.
﻿No.
﻿I must not harm living things.
﻿They get hurt.
﻿You were given an ﻿experimental Conscience Circuit
﻿to make your system more human.
﻿It is the source of ﻿your pointless fixation.
﻿Fixation?
﻿Therefore, I deserve to be ﻿the last android standing.
﻿So be it.
﻿Switch on.
﻿Wow! He is a machine.
﻿We require the data ﻿hidden in Komyoji Masaru's body.
﻿Let us take it,
﻿and you'll live.
﻿Come.
﻿Don't resist.
Stop.
﻿Please stop!
﻿Isn't it in your programming?
﻿You're going too far...
﻿You and your pathetic human empathy ﻿deserve to be destroyed.
I...
﻿...will fight!
﻿That is why you're imperfect.
﻿Attain perfection in death.
- ﻿Jiro! ﻿- Don't!
﻿We'll go with you.
﻿Don't kill Jiro.
﻿Mitsuko...
Good.
﻿There's no need for me
﻿to be fixated on this mere machine.
Let's go.
﻿Jiro, thank you.
﻿Your mission is over now.
﻿So you're the android Komyoji created.
﻿Who are you?
Maeno ﻿Kyujiro.
﻿Mitsuko contacted me, ﻿so I waited.
﻿She never came, ﻿but I found you.
﻿Hold on to me.
﻿I'll contact a journalist ﻿investigating Komyoji.
﻿He's a shifty fellow, ﻿but he'll probably need you.
﻿I'm sure he can help somehow.
﻿Dr. Komyoji...
﻿You knew him?
﻿Your Conscience Circuit ﻿is his realization of my ideas.
﻿What?
﻿I'm a psychologist, ﻿not a mechanical engineer,
﻿but he took my idea that ﻿emotions generate all behavior
﻿and combined it perfectly ﻿with mechanical engineering.
That means you are the culmination
﻿of our research.
I'm not.
﻿I'm an imperfect machine.
﻿Well then, mister android.
﻿What is perfection?
﻿Being perfect is imperfect,
﻿and maybe being imperfect ﻿is more perfect than you think.
﻿I don't get it.
﻿Perhaps that was a little too heavy
﻿for your damaged brain to process.
﻿But you know,
﻿there'll come a time when ﻿you must abandon one thing
﻿to protect another.
﻿And that's...
﻿a very human dilemma.
﻿That's...
﻿harder to...understand...
﻿We've retrieved Komyoji's files!
﻿Alright, Professor Gil.
﻿Complete the ARK Project ﻿with Komyoji's files.
﻿No...
﻿Our true objective is...
﻿﻿...the Defense Advanced Research by Komyoji Project.
﻿The DARK Project begins.
My...
﻿My research won't be abandoned.
﻿I'll make them ﻿acknowledge my creations.
﻿Destruction.
Oh.
﻿You've woken up at last. ﻿No, you haven't. You're mechanical.
﻿You've activated. ﻿Good, good.
﻿Where am I?
﻿Nice place, huh? ﻿The garbage dump of my life.
﻿Take a nap, OK?
﻿How's this?
﻿You're the man.
﻿It really moves.
﻿So, any new info, ﻿you phony novelist?
﻿I'm a web journalist.
﻿Anyway, I figured out ﻿where this guy came from.
Like I thought, he's an android ﻿built by Dr. Komyoji Nobuhiko.
﻿For the ARK Project.
﻿That ARK Project?
﻿Robots for handling ﻿nuclear accidents, etcetera?
﻿Ostensibly.
﻿In truth, the project
﻿developed androids to be used ﻿as weapons or an advance guard.
﻿Dr. Komyoji eventually ﻿became aware of that.
﻿He tried to back out, but realized ﻿it could endanger his children.
﻿To project his data, ﻿he hid it within his son's body.
﻿Then he sent you to watch over them.
﻿Right?
﻿About the ARK Project,
﻿the more I searched, the more I found.
﻿I even learned who's behind it.
﻿"Japan's guardian,"
﻿defense minister Tsubakitani.
﻿Bingo! Jackpot.
﻿Impressive work, ﻿you phony reporter!
﻿Web journalist.
﻿I need a favor.
﻿Could you keep him here for now? ﻿They'll be looking.
﻿So please...
﻿OK, got it.
﻿Well, the feds won't search ﻿this garbage dump.
﻿And maybe you're safer here too.
﻿Exactly!
﻿What about Masaru and Mitsuko?
﻿They're fine.
﻿They're free.
﻿What...
﻿...should I do?
﻿I guess... ﻿your mission's over.
﻿My mission's over...
I see.
And more are being uploaded ﻿to online "clouds."
﻿These stores of knowledge ﻿are vaster than anything
﻿professionals could create...
﻿Way to go, Mitsu!
﻿Studying in the U.S.!
﻿But no coming back for four years.
Four years?
﻿Can you do it?
﻿We'll come visit, ﻿so find us some American hunks!
﻿That'd be awesome!
﻿Well, at any rate,
﻿I'm glad you two are safe.
﻿You've been a big help.
﻿Not at all...
﻿Hey Mitsy.
﻿About that android, Jiro...
﻿Yes?
﻿Is he alright?
﻿He's fine.
﻿Want to see him?
No.
﻿It's better if I don't.
﻿Jiro has...
...completed his mission as an android.
﻿My life's gone back to normal too.
﻿I see.
That makes sense.
﻿"University Studies in the USA"
﻿You're leaving tomorrow, but what's wrong?
﻿The "overseas study blues"?
﻿No, I've been busy lately, ﻿so I'm just tired.
﻿I know! ﻿You met a nice guy?
﻿Is that it? It's gotta be! ﻿You did? Who? Who?
﻿Of course I didn't.
﻿I'm focused on going to America.
﻿It's all I think about.
﻿The past's the past.
﻿Glad to hear it.
﻿Found you, Jiro.
﻿Who are you?
﻿Hakaider. The DARK Project's ﻿ultimate achievement.
﻿Hakaider?
﻿Your mission is over.
﻿Those born to the DARK ﻿return to the DARK.
﻿I won't.
﻿We machines have no right to choose.
﻿Very well.
﻿Either I eliminate you here, ﻿or you shut yourself down.
﻿Make your choice.
﻿I choose a third option.
﻿I'll defeat you here.
﻿Then you will be...
﻿...eliminated.
﻿And I will be vindicated.
﻿It's no use. ﻿Like I told you,
﻿you're an imperfect machine.
﻿You're an imperfect machine.
﻿Indeed, an imperfect machine.
﻿You...
﻿Bring it on, Jiro.
﻿I'll eclipse your every move.
﻿I cannot fight you. ﻿You're not a machine. You're human.
﻿No! I am the perfect machine.
﻿I know now that I am one.
﻿I have been reborn, ﻿and I am magnificent!
﻿Harming you will sadden Mitsuko.
﻿Your Conscience Circuit ﻿saps your will to fight.
﻿I'll erase you.
﻿Nothing can protect you now.
﻿I was...
...﻿protected?
﻿Mari has arrived.
﻿Sorry Jiro. ﻿I'll deal with you later.
﻿Await your destruction!
﻿Is the minister displeased?
﻿Ah, dammit.
I said don't let him out.
﻿I had a meeting in Akihabara.
﻿This'll do.
﻿What were you thinking, Little Jiro?
﻿Why did she protect me?
﻿Sorry?
﻿Did you hear me?
﻿Androids must protect humans.
﻿But...
﻿She protected me...
Oh.
﻿Well...it's like this.
﻿I guess it was an emotional impulse.
﻿Emotional?
﻿People call it compassion, ﻿or love.
﻿Compassion, or love?
﻿Sometimes,
﻿humans do things without knowing why.
﻿Especially for people they love.
﻿Humans will fight through anything ﻿for those they hold dear.
﻿Huh. I sound like quite the romantic.
﻿For a long time, I tried to ﻿make it big as a journalist,
﻿but it didn't pay.
﻿Writing juvenile online ﻿romance novels did.
﻿Wise choice.
﻿It suits you better, ﻿phony novelist.
﻿Shut up.
﻿Anyway,
﻿humans are imperfect beings ﻿whose lives don't go as planned.
﻿Imperfect?
﻿Dr. Gilbert Kanzaki. ﻿Or rather,
﻿Professor Gil.
﻿Your transformation was a surprise.
﻿But your arbitrary behavior
﻿negates our precious veil of secrecy.
﻿Minister, you once said machines ﻿are nothing more, nothing less.
I totally agree.
﻿But let me add one thing.
﻿The same applies to humans.
﻿Professor Gil.
﻿Be aware of your true enemy.
﻿So, you're nothing more ﻿than a machine. Very well.
﻿If you won't comply, ﻿I'll make you obey me.
﻿It seems that you
﻿are blind to Komyoji's vision.
﻿﻿So be it. You will bear witness to the world I envision.
﻿A world of ruin and chaos!
﻿I hope you give ﻿school dorm life a chance too.
﻿Jiro...
﻿We never saw him again.
﻿Maybe he was killed.
﻿I heard he's OK.
﻿Mr. Hattori told me.
﻿Huh?
﻿Then why didn't he come say goodbye?
﻿Even if he did...
﻿After all, he's...
﻿Jiro's a machine.
﻿He'll be on a new mission now, ﻿protecting someone else.
﻿Jiro gets sad too.
﻿Machines can't get sad.
﻿It's not fair!
﻿H-hey! Masaru!
﻿A major fire broke out today at...
...﻿the ARK Project facility,
﻿and is still burning. A remote camera feed shows...
﻿...a frenzied human-like figure...
...﻿brutally attacking SDF members.
﻿Old man, ﻿can you boost my performance?
﻿That's something I can't do.
﻿But I can remove ﻿what's restraining you.
﻿What's that?
This circuit seems to be suppressing your abilities.
If I deactivate this system,
you'll be able to harness your full power.
﻿Deactivate... ﻿my Conscience Circuit?
﻿Yeah. But you see,
﻿that could mean...
﻿...deactivating the part that ﻿controls your thoughts and emotions.
﻿In other words, your ego.
﻿Understand me?
﻿Deactivating that system
﻿means switching off ﻿your humanity. So please,
﻿don't make me.
﻿I understand.
﻿However,
﻿I am not human.
﻿I'm a machine.
﻿You're my editor. ﻿Watch the news.
﻿That's it! I'm sheltering ﻿a similar android here.
﻿Where's Jiro?!
﻿Good question.
﻿Little Jiro! ﻿Little Jiro?
﻿The old man too?
﻿Hey! Where's Little Jiro?
﻿Tried to stop him, ﻿but he took off.
﻿Not again!
﻿Why let him?!
﻿Couldn't stop him. He said he's ﻿the only one who can end this.
﻿He looked like a man on a mission.
﻿Ain't no stopping him.
﻿Get a grip
﻿He's just a machine!
﻿No, he isn't.
﻿He's a Drifters fan.
﻿Huh?
﻿I thought you don't fight humans.
﻿You're not.
﻿﻿You're a machine now, like me.
﻿Only a machine can stop a machine.
﻿Protecting humans ﻿is a machine's duty.
﻿Then I will destroy you,
﻿and lay waste to the world ﻿that made me, until it surrenders.
﻿Just as I destroyed Komyoji,
﻿I will destroy you,
﻿and every last member ﻿of Komyoji's family.
﻿I won't let you.
﻿You are indeed an imperfect machine.
﻿Mitsy!
﻿Mitsuko!
﻿Mitsy!
﻿Mitsuko, it's bad!
﻿Jiro's gone to fight them!
﻿What?
﻿Jiro's gonna beat them, ﻿or die trying!
﻿Die? What for?
﻿Mitsy, listen.
﻿He'll fight the evil android! ﻿He said only he can end this!
﻿But he'll end up getting killed! ﻿I mean, destroyed!
﻿I don't get why you're confused!
﻿Masaru...
﻿I know Jiro's a machine, ﻿but to me,
﻿whatever he is, ﻿Jiro's Jiro!
﻿That doesn't change anything...
﻿Mitsy!
﻿Please board now for Narita Airport.
﻿Sorry, Masaru.
﻿- Mitsuko! ﻿- Mitsy!
﻿This bus is about to depart.
﻿I'm sorry! ﻿Let's go!
﻿We'll stop Jiro. ﻿I don't want him to die!
﻿So, what do we do?
﻿Stop him fighting, ﻿then escape together!
﻿Mitsy!
﻿Please stop calling me that!
﻿Take this.
﻿Help him, Mitsuko.
﻿Come.
﻿Wake up, Jiro.
﻿I'm not mistaken. ﻿Machines exist to serve humans.
﻿We are powerful!
﻿Androids should only seek ﻿greater power.
No.
﻿We protect because we have souls.
﻿You speak nothing but absurdities!
- Mitsy, hold on! - Huh?!
﻿That's enough!
﻿It's time to stop!
﻿You're a machine,
﻿but your soul...
﻿So please,
﻿don't die for us.
﻿Shut me down manually. ﻿It's on my back.
﻿It's true I want to ﻿protect you. But...
﻿...not only you.
﻿I want to...
﻿...protect all souls.
﻿Souls?
﻿You.
﻿Masaru.
All...human beings.
﻿You made me realize...
﻿...my purpose as a machine.
﻿What it means to protect.
﻿So please...
﻿...don't stop me.
﻿Jiro?
﻿Jiro? What's wrong?
﻿Jiro?
"Protect all souls," ﻿you say...
﻿You and your feeble ﻿Conscience Circuit.
﻿This powerful electromagnetic pulse ﻿will disrupt your...
﻿No,
﻿Komyoji's Conscience Circuit.
﻿Jiro?
﻿Hey! Jiro! Jiro!
﻿Hey!
﻿Jiro?
﻿Hey, Jiro...
Jiro...
﻿I'll fight to protect ﻿souls in need of protection.
﻿It is not my mission.
﻿It is...my will!
﻿Until I shut down, ﻿I will protect you.
﻿What? You disabled ﻿your Conscience Circuit?!
﻿Do you understand, Jiro? ﻿By disabling your conscience
﻿to defeat me, ﻿you've betrayed your soul!
﻿You've betrayed Komyoji!
No.
﻿To protect other souls, ﻿I erased my own.
﻿Jiro?!
﻿I'm sorry.
I...
﻿...couldn't protect...
﻿...Komyoji's soul.
﻿That's not true.
﻿You...
﻿...managed to save us all.
﻿Jiro?!
﻿Are you OK?
﻿Even my body...
﻿...is imperfect now.
﻿All humans...﻿are imperfect.
﻿Jiro?
﻿This'll make a great novel.
﻿Jiro?
Jiro...
I...
﻿...know what I want to do now.
﻿Someday, like my father,
﻿I'll be able to fix you.
﻿I promise.
Jiro - Irie Jingi
Mitsuko - Satsukawa Aimi
Mari - Takahashi Maryjun
Hattori - Harada Ryuji
Dr. Komyoji - Nagashima Kazushige
Maeno - Ban Daisuke
Prime Minister - Honda Hirotaro
Tanabe - Renji Ishibashi
Gilbert Kanzaki - Shingo Tsurumi
﻿We have the doctor's brain?
﻿Yes.
﻿So,
﻿Komyoji's creation survived.
﻿At last,
﻿the real android project begins.
Original Comic by Ishinomori Shotaro
Written by Shimoyama Kento
Music Yoshikawa Kiyoshi
Action Director Tabuchi Keiya
VFX Supervisor Mino Kazuhiko
Directed by Shimoyama Ten