Don't take a life of imitation
I want to stay true to myself
Can't stop the wheel of fortune
Woah Woah
Don't take a life of imitation
I want to stay true to myself
Can't stop the wheel of fortune
Ah!! Time just flashes by
I'm left behind to go around and around
I was living a lazy life
Before long, I'll grow old and wither away
I can't face that reality
Don't be scared to step up
We'll work it out!
Without doing anything
Before you give up
No one lives in solitude
Seek that light
Even if others are shining
Through the thorns and pain
Use that power to guide us to tomorrow
Finding that unseen path
Follow your heart and my soul
No matter...
What despair rains down on me
I don't care...
Towards the future...!
Reach out, Believer
Hana-kun.
I'd like to ask...
for a favor.
At the bottom of the sea,
is my plane and my remains.
Can you take us home?
Episode 11 "Black Maiden"
Me?
Connecting our world to the afterlife,
isn't that a shaman's job?
Wait, wait, wait! I can do a lot.
But there's stuff even I can't do!
It's not a matter of money, is it?
In this world, there are things only shamans can do.
Well? Why don't we continue this chat in my café?
A café? On this island?
Patch's Café "Mame."
The "Mini Ashura Hell Pop-up Shop."
Who the hell are you?
My name is Thalim.
In the Shaman Fight, I was a Patch Official.
I don't mean to interfere, but our current king...
Go pay him a visit.
Hana won't be able to take care of himself.
But why do we need all of this?
It's so we can talk peacefully.
Hana-kun? Where are..?
See, he's getting confused already.
It's not like I want to hear what you have to say.
I'm not sure about that.
It's not like you have any where to go, Hana.
You're not able...
to leave this hellhole on your own.
Huh?
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Mini Ashura Hell?
Sounds stupid, right?
Leave it to him to think of a dumb name.
But hell is hell.
Once a soul enters hell, leaving isn't so easy.
He would end up in hell!
No surprise with his rotten personality.
How do you know where Hana-kun is?
About that...
It's because I'm a Patch.
A smartphone!
So as a Patch, you can communicate with the Mini Ashura Hell?
That's right.
Does that mean you come from a modern Patch village?
Well, I'd better get going before I'm late to school.
Hey, are you just gonna leave him in there?
Keep an eye out if Hana looks like he's done.
Then you can thaw him out.
I'd hate for him to freeze to death right after coming back.
And now that you're all here, get started with some cooperative training.
You never know what's going to happen during the Flower of Maize.
Geez... Even if she is the manager,
she sure loves to talk down to us.
But I'm still worried...
Alumi-san didn't want to talk about the Patch.
The Patch, that's the shaman tribe that ran the Shaman Fight?
I don't know much about them.
Hey you.
What is it, kid?
My mother's intermediary should be in the storage room here.
Is it still there?
He has the same intimidating tone as his father.
Yes, of course it is.
I clean it every day.
You wanna check it out while you're here?
Obviously that was my intent.
Now go get the key if you don't want me to break down the door.
Here, this is what you wanted to see, right?
The Shaman Fight's insane intermediary...
Used exclusively by the boss of X-Laws.
The Iron Maiden.
Seriously?! That's awesome!
No. I'm afraid this is a counterfeit.
Look at this.
It's a spike from the real Iron Maiden.
I use it for Shamash's intermediary.
But this one isn't missing any spikes.
It was switched out without you realizing it.
Th-That's impossible!
The only ones who come in here...!
What's that?
Golem!
We've been entrusted with it too.
If it moves, that means...
Excuse us, Ryu-san.
Redseb! Seyrarm!
We were the ones who replaced the Iron Maiden.
We had to be discreet.
What do you mean replaced? Why would you do that?
Because she needed it.
Black Maiden is the cornerstone of our team.
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Black... Maiden...
They are a team...
for the Flower of Maize?
Using the Maiden's name...
Could there be another one?
No way.
What? Got a problem with that?
Unhand me...
She... She's the one...
I have to kill.
I see. So you must be Tao Men.
Okay, I get it.
Don't interfere if you don't wanna die, Muntzer siblings.
Damn it. Didn't you just say you weren't going to kill anyone?
Shut up!
Come on, why aren't you using your Over Soul?
A little hasty, are we?
Or could it be...
that you don't know only an Over Soul can break another Over Soul?
That's a... hand?
Hey, what the hell is going on?!
She doesn't look Maiden at all!
Redseb! Seyrarm!
That's an Armor Over Soul!
I see, I see...
You don't listen to people, huh?
I see, I see...
No surprise there.
An Over Soul made with your own mother is something you can't fight against.
Isn't that right, Tao Men?
His own...
...mother?
That's the Iron Maiden mask.
Iron Mask
The Iron Mask.
That's right!
This is the genuine Iron Maiden intermediary, which I stole from you idiots.
It really is the best intermediary for her spirit.
You guessed it - my spirit ally is his mom...
Jeanne.
Over Soul!
Jeanne Schwarz!
Jeanne Schwarz
Maiden-chan... Is her spirit ally?
Look, I'm sorry I murdered your mom...
But that's the way it has to be!
It's for the Flower of Maize, after all!
Mother...
Die in your mother's embrace...
Tao Men.
Hold of
Death
Hold of Death!
Men-kun!
Well, how's that? Was that authentic enough for you?
All I have to do now is take your Shamash...
and then I'll become the real Maiden.
That's what I want to do...
What are you doing, Muntzer siblings?
I see your Golem,
has had me in its cross-hairs this whole time.
It's a real pain in the ass.
I said we were only retrieving the Golem today, didn't I?
And there are lots of scary people here.
If you'd kept going, you might have died first.
Those girls...
...really hate waking up early.
You mean those old hags up there?
Okay, that's enough.
Good morning everyone. What's this?
Were you cleaning out the shed while I was out shopping?
Miss Tamao...
Just great... It's another hag.
And also...
There's an impressive-looking car parked outside.
The guys sitting in it look a bit familiar.
Uhh, about that...
I wasn't asking you.
But they were...
I wasn't asking you, either.
Kana-chan, could you hurry up and integrate with Faust-sensei?
We need to heal that boy.
Mati, you help her. Mari-chan prepare the blood transfusion.
I'm always telling you...
This is an inn. We can't have blood everywhere.
What the hell? Her Furyoku is insane!
Right? We said there are lots of scary people here.
We're sorry for causing such a commotion, Tamao-san.
We'll leave as soon as we have our Golem.
You know I can't let you do that.
Don't make this more complicated.
It was entrusted to us here, so I'm responsible.
And the two of you owe us a debt, don't you?
So come in and we can have a chat over some tea.
Team YVS.
Even if this means we're going to be enemies from here on.
So?
What gives? What do you mean I can't leave here on my own?
Despite appearances, this still in hell.
Those who fall in can't get out so easily.
This world is nothing but a reflection of your soul.
The Great Spirit is a commune of a endless number of souls.
The souls of those who have lost their bodies are prone to change.
So it's divided into various sub-communes in order to preserve those individual souls.
To put it another way, souls in the commune are typically unable to change their natures.
In short, if you want to escape from here,
you'll need to transform your soul while trapped in this commune.
Which means you'll need to become even stronger.
I see. Sounds like somebody really sadistic thought that up.
But then what are you doing here, Thalim?
The Shaman Fight officials have always served the new King.
You could say it's a sort of privilege.
Privilege?
Even though he's god, he has his hands full.
He rules over both the communes and Earth itself.
And the most difficult aspect is negotiating with the former gods.
So we officials have the power to come and go from the various sub-communes as we please.
This way we're always able to protect our god.
From an earthly point of view, it would seem that we're all dead,
but things are fine as they are.
But it seems like serving under him would be hell in itself.
Of course not...
You're sweating like hell.
Whatever. The bigger problem here is...
I get that I can't leave on my own...
But why am I stuck with this guy?!
This coffee is delicious.
The aroma is remarkable.
I haven't drank anything this good in a long time.
It reminds me of those peaceful times.
Back at my usual café...
And that girl who promised to wait for my return.
Let me ask...
Hana-kun...
What is it you're fighting for?
Where did that come from?
I'll leave you two alone.
It's bitter...
There are still soldiers on that island?
Yes!
I spotted them while doing a flyover.
But when the Mildcats were dispatched to recover the plane...
They were wiped out?
By a single child soldier?
I'm already well aware, Anderson-kun.
This is quite an alarming situation.
We must retaliate with our full might,
in order to preserve our navy's dignity.
Isn't that right?
Mr. Kamogawa.
Yes, absolutely.
We must strike him down with our full might.
Admiral Miller.
You do some really stupid things.
Like chasing Hana Asakura all the way into hell.
What's the problem, YVS?
We can easily leave using the cards.
Plus, I heard you get stronger if you die.
You only get stronger if you make the effort to leave.
And the cards you need are extremely expensive.
Effort, huh...
I wonder when I last exerted any effort...
I used to have lots of hardships.
But then I met you...
Two years ago.
Ah yes! In my last year of elementary school.
But it seems so long ago.
Time now moves three times as fast for me.
I've had enough of this hopeless world,
and without any freedom.
I'm no good at school or sports.
The only meaning in my life is this Trading Card Game.
But I spent all of my money to enter into that tournament,
and I lost in the first round.
No matter what I do,
I'll forever be a loser.
It's time.
By choosing the highest tower in the world,
my name will go down in history.
Give me your money before you jump.
I'm so hungry I could die.
Money is my food.
If you're going to die, you won't need it.
There was so much that happened after that.
But your power is truly amazing.
Thanks to you, I've lived a lot longer than most people.
Your cards really are amazing.
They don't require effort.
I can buy any power I want as long as I have enough money.
I even have the power to make even more money.
And to think other people are slaves to all of it.
Watch your words. Our god is already watching you.
That's good.
As long as you're here, I can even overcome god.
And then, I'll definitely...
Mr. Kamogawa.
Captain Anderson, right?
I have a question for you, if you don't mind.
You don't seem to belong in this world, for some reason.
Not bad.
I kind of like you.
What do you say we have a chat aboard your beloved plane?
Let's visit the island where that boy is.
Drifting hope, a winding thread
I'll hand it over, only, to you.
Like stars begging for the sky at the end of their life
The two of us.
A road someone has traveled, even if you can't see what lies behind it,
Time latches on tightly to everything,
What rules cause and effect should be followed to get there?
I don't know. But, this land lies at the other side of the beginning.
The halation of the destiny is flickering.
The soul, -emotions-, change the path.
Ah, this is the flower that blooms.
Now, the heartbeat resounds.
Drifting hope, a winding thread,
I'll hand it over, only, to you.
To the very end of life, it flows,
What does it know?
Return, Reborn,
A world where it cannot remain, as it passes over it,
A love shines silently,
It will pass on the future -guidance-, to the next person, whoever it is.
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