Sonny Boy 1x3

1. Ugh, you're sure this is the place?

2. Mm-hmm. I think this is it, more than likely.

3. Well, figure it out once you get there!

4. Whoa, hold on--

5. So how did it go?

6. What was this This World like?

7. White-knuckle! If Asakaze hadn't been there, we'd be dead.

8. That was no big deal.

9. There you go again, acting cool.

10. Nagara found today's portal, too.

11. "This World: One-Way Trap"

12. Nagara found today's portal, too.

13. Nagara found today's portal, too.

14. Oh, yeah? That's incredible. That's his 13th one this week.

15. Just coincidences, right?

16. That's right. Coincidences. It just sort of happens.

17. Coincidences, eh?

18. I put together this report on Nozomi's power.

19. For the past month, I had her observe the light that her "Compass" indicated,

20. but I haven't been able to figure out what it is.

21. No matter how close we move toward it, it always maintains the same distance,

22. and there's nothing we can do to affect it.

23. Apparently, it exists in a domain that cannot be observed by us.

24. So how do we get to this place?

25. Yeah, that is the question.

26. Also, Nozomi is the only one who can see this light, right?

27. Does it even really exist to begin with?

28. Don't worry.

29. I'm absolutely certain of it.

30. Yeah, but whether it's a way out is...

31. It's starting to rain.

32. There may be other powers that we don't know about yet,

33. and unraveling the This World that connects here from the school

34. and this business with the light may lead to us getting home.

35. Yeah, maybe it will.

36. But what is this world, anyway?

37. And who exactly gave us these powers?

38. "Murayama Freezing Incident"

39. "Murayama Freezing Incident"

40. Yesterday, Murayama, who had been missing,

41. Yesterday, Murayama, who had been missing,

42. was found in the jungle.

43. Albeit under somewhat unusual circumstances.

44. Here is a picture of him.

45. --Ew... --He's like a zombie.

46. Is there anyone here who has any insight...

47. ...as to whether this is a result of another new rule in this world,

48. or if this happened because of someone's power?

49. Yes, please.

50. This may be totally unrelated,

51. but Inuyama also went missing about a week ago.

52. A week ago? Why didn't you say anything until now?

53. Huh? I thought someone else would notice and say something.

54. But then, nobody else noticed.

55. He may have had some kind of accident,

56. plus we need to investigate this freezing phenomenon. Anyone?

57. Unlike a certain someone, we don't have the time or any special powers.

58. I suppose you're right.

59. Huh?

60. You don't have to work, and you've got the time, right?

61. It wouldn't hurt you to work with the others a little more--

62. No.

63. Well, shall we vote on it, then?

64. "Class Journal"

65. Well, shall we vote on it, then?

66. Well, shall we vote on it, then?

67. Nice and fairly.

68. Fine.

69. I'll do it.

70. Oh. Then please do.

71. But it's too much for just one person, so can I ask for an assistant?

72. So tell me, why me?

73. I don't think I'm going to be much help to you on this.

74. Shh, keep quiet.

75. Okay, so I was thinking of livestreaming my game again today,

76. and I've settled on this game! Ta-da!

77. Is this guy for real?

78. What? What is it?

79. H-He's livestreaming a game.

80. Really? How?

81. That's what I'd like to know.

82. Whatever, let's go find the other one.

83. Over there...

84. Hey, are you Inuyama?

85. Yeah, you're Inuyama.

86. He's the same as Mura. Is he livestreaming a game?

87. No.

88. Hmm? Then what is he doing?

89. ...two... three... four...

90. H-He's working out.

91. I've got it--

92. what these two frozen guys have in common.

93. What is it?

94. They're both guys that nobody notices whether they're there or not.

95. That's why nobody raised a big fuss when they left.

96. But, there's not much we can do until we figure out

97. what's causing the freezing in the first place. Let's start with that.

98. How do we do that?

99. Investigation 101-- questioning anyone involved.

100. Oh, that, huh?

101. Look, let me make one thing clear...

102. I'm the boss, and you're just my assistant,

103. so keep quiet and do what I tell you to.

104. Got it?

105. I got it.

106. Very good.

107. Okay, here you go. This one's yours.

108. That's okay, it's my treat.

109. You could give stuff to everyone else for free, too, you know.

110. Why do you put them through the trouble of settling up payments?

111. Because right here and now, this is reality.

112. Did rich people give you stuff for free back in the real world?

113. No, I know, but still...

114. What, you got a problem with this?

115. On that app, if you don't pay back every little bit that you owe,

116. your stuff still winds up getting burned up in that blue fire.

117. Which makes it so everyone has to work all day long.

118. Like I said, no different than how it was before, right?

119. That's what happens when you take it so easy for so long.

120. This is reality in a capitalist society. Get it?

121. Mura?

122. He seemed fine.

123. There was no sign that anything was particularly off with him.

124. He's turned pitch-black and stopped moving, right?

125. You don't think it's some weird disease, do you? Could it be contagious?

126. Yeah, don't know.

127. No slacking off!

128. Oh, him?

129. Yeah, I heard he used to livestream his games.

130. He apparently had zero subscribers, though.

131. Does that have anything to do with this?

132. Inuyama? Inuyama, Inuyama...

133. He was here until not too long ago. You don't know anything about him?

134. Ah, I remember now. He went drifting off, too. I didn't notice.

135. Got it. We're done here.

136. Oh, hold on.

137. Let's have some fun together. I want to be friends with you.

138. Not with me, with my power, right?

139. Come to think of it, Mizuho, what are your cats doing here?

140. They aren't mine.

141. These are actually my grandma's cats.

142. But my grandma got dementia, and wound up being institutionalized.

143. Except nobody wanted to look after these guys,

144. and I heard they were getting rid of all of them.

145. So I stuffed them in my bag and took them away.

146. You're not going to tell anyone?

147. No, I won't. And even if I did...

148. Another thing--I could use my super-power before we went adrift.

149. Huh?

150. Oh, that's a good boy.

151. Wait, how did that work?

152. I could only use it at school.

153. I'm sure there were others who could use super-powers besides me, too.

154. A strange power you can use while at school...

155. Oh, it's you. What's up?

156. Just a little concerned.

157. Is this the work of This World? Or is it someone's power?

158. Yeah, that's a good question.

159. We're confined here, with fires around us, bound by a set of rules,

160. and we have been, ever since we first went adrift.

161. Hmm?

162. It's almost as if someone is testing us, huh?

163. Someone like who, do you suppose? You don't think...

164. You knew, didn't you?

165. That the school would go adrift, and we'd end up like this?

166. You're going to go adrift.

167. It will be into a world governed by the absurd.

168. Oh, yeah? Tell me all about it.

169. Mm-hmm. There's a voice, you see, that tells me things.

170. Huh?

171. I was informed ahead of time. Sort of like the questions on the test.

172. Then the person behind that voice would have to be...

173. Yes, who could it be?

174. It looks like we're not going to find anything without Nagara around.

175. I just happen to be on an unlucky streak.

176. I don't need him for this.

177. You've been saying that for three days now.

178. "Tuna"

179. You've been saying that for three days now.

180. "Tuna"

181. Hey, Tora, when did I order tulle?

182. I asked you to bring me canned tuna, remember?

183. What's that attitude for? Fine, no supper for you tonight.

184. Don't you growl at me.

185. Stop screwing around! Come on, this is no time for games, you know!

186. We have even more victims!

187. Huh? I'm working on it here.

188. Well, do you have anything to show for it?

189. This is what Mizuho was thinking, but all the victims are oddballs,

190. and no one around them liked them.

191. Which is why it could be that the cause of all this

192. is being excluded from the group.

193. Somebody's probably picking on them.

194. You mean it's someone's power?

195. Anything else it could be?

196. Then, what if we took a look at the power list?

197. Hoshi asked us to survey and put together a list of all our powers,

198. just in case anything happened.

199. So, what do you want to know?

200. We want to check if there are any powers having to do with this freezing.

201. Okay then, I'll take this.

202. "Power List"

203. "Power List"

204. There's a lot we're still not sure about,

205. "Super Gravity" "Newtonian Clay"

206. There's a lot we're still not sure about,

207. "Super Gravity" "Newtonian Clay"

208. but we have a pretty good grasp of everyone's powers.

209. "Nyamazon" "Switch"

210. but we have a pretty good grasp of everyone's powers.

211. "Universal Clubroom" "No power"

212. but we have a pretty good grasp of everyone's powers.

213. "Universal Clubroom" "No power"

214. "Power List"

215. "Power List"

216. Now, in practical terms, there are some powers that have surprising effects,

217. "Electric Zap" "terrestrial"

218. Now, in practical terms, there are some powers that have surprising effects,

219. "Electric Zap" "terrestrial"

220. and some which are surprisingly complex.

221. "Power List"

222. and some which are surprisingly complex.

223. "Power List"

224. Huh, you're A-ranked?

225. Huh, you're A-ranked?

226. What's your power?

227. My finger turns into a light! Isn't that amazing?!

228. That's all? That gets an A rank?

229. Huh? It's awesome, right? It was in that movie!

230. Hmm, there don't seem to be any powers that correspond to this.

231. But I'm not even sure we should trust this list in the first place.

232. Asakaze!

233. Hey.

234. I hear you haven't cracked this yet. And that Pony got angry at you.

235. Mm-hmm, it's taking some time.

236. In that case, you don't have to go back there with us.

237. Huh?

238. We're doing fine without you there.

239. And I just spoke to Nozomi, who said she was fine without you around.

240. Oh, is that right?

241. Hmm? You upset? Well, if you really want,

242. I could stick up for you, even though you slow me down--

243. No, that's okay.

244. That's a load off. Okay, that settles it.

245. Sorry to interrupt.

246. No, it's perfectly fine. I'm the one who should apologize. Thanks for--

247. Whoa, that's so cool!

248. "Now there's a fourth! We're SOL!"

249. That's Kaga, right?

250. "This is bad" "He's in the same state as the other 3" "Is this a crazy disease?"

251. "This is what we get for leaving this to you-know-who"

252. Hey, what was that about earlier? What's he trying to talk you out of?

253. None of your concern.

254. It was annoying just watching you back there.

255. "I know. She's not doing anything, just eating whatever she wants to"

256. "I know. She's not doing anything, just eating whatever she wants to"

257. Thanks for what? You didn't believe a thing you told him.

258. "What do we do? There's no hospital here. I'll go check the nurse station"

259. Thanks for what? You didn't believe a thing you told him.

260. "What do we do? There's no hospital here. I'll go check the nurse station"

261. It's fine, really.

262. "We're not curing this out of the nurse station"

263. It's fine, really.

264. "We're not curing this out of the nurse station"

265. Liar.

266. Liar.

267. You actually think Asakaze is a scumbag, right? You want to slug him.

268. Buzz off, will you?

269. "Who put them in charge of this?"

270. Buzz off, will you?

271. "Who put them in charge of this?"

272. It's fine. It's not like I--

273. It's fine. It's not like I--

274. So lame. You don't even have the guts to fight.

275. There's no way I could beat him.

276. That doesn't matter, does it?

277. E-Excuse me...

278. What are you doing in here?!

279. I-I'm Nagara, from Class 3. Do you have a moment?

280. Listen, everyone is worried and out looking for you. Are you okay?

281. If you don't mind, would you come back with us?

282. I know that's not true.

283. Nobody's worried about me.

284. True enough. No one cared one bit.

285. It's so nice to be one of the gifted, huh? It's so absurd, really--

286. getting pushed around by them however they want.

287. Kaga, how did you get here?

288. I don't know. I just kept thinking that I'd had enough of this,

289. and before I knew it, here I was.

290. Before you knew it, you were here?

291. I'm sure God must have granted me my wish.

292. Huh?

293. H-How did you get in here?

294. Well, these blackout curtains are connected.

295. What do you mean? This isn't the only room?

296. Nobody's watching you, are they?

297. You're just playing your game all alone.

298. Here, I can use my time for whatever I want to use it on.

299. In here, even dummies can get away without being made fun of.

300. I don't want to work.

301. I like it here.

302. So the freeze is some kind of rule in this world.

303. Serves me right for being worried. These guys are just recluses.

304. Don't call them that.

305. So, do you think you can get the four of them out of there?

306. And if you do, will those creepy figures of them go back to normal?

307. Probably. But they aren't going to come out on their own.

308. So what do we do, then? Do you have any practical measures you can take?

309. No, not yet.

310. We could ask Asakaze to forcibly yank them out of there, right?

311. That would solve this.

312. They say they don't want to come out of there.

313. Okay, so we lure them out with money and things.

314. That won't do any good.

315. Aw, I thought you were good for something, but I guess I was wrong!

316. How come? I'm just--

317. This is exactly why Nozomi is gonna give up on you!

318. What does that mean?

319. I don't know if she likes you or whatever,

320. but she's been following you around like a puppy.

321. It grosses me out just watching.

322. She does not! There's no way!

323. There, you see?

324. If that's the way I want it, then you should just leave it alone!

325. That's not gonna cut it! Not for you, and not for them!

326. There are some things you can't know until you meet them head-on!

327. Oh, so that's it.

328. I get it.

329. That's why you said you'd conduct this investigation.

330. You wanted to see how powerless you are.

331. Huh?

332. You were just a recluse, yourself,

333. so you lied about being able to use your power beforehand, to show off.

334. How ill-natured are you,

335. when you could just give your things away for free?

336. Die.

337. I hear the investigation isn't going so well.

338. Hmm? What's with the long face?

339. We wouldn't get anywhere on this end without you around, Nagara.

340. Huh?

341. Asakaze is nothing but talk. He can't find anything on his own.

342. Is that right?

343. How are you doing? Close to solving your case?

344. We found the people who have been frozen.

345. But they all hate life here, and seem to just be hiding from it.

346. Where were they hiding?

347. In a place where there are these sort of blackout curtains hanging all over.

348. They keep going on for as far as I could see.

349. Along the way, though, there are a number of gaps, kind of like pockets.

350. That's where they are.

351. Oh, are you saying that you found portals to other worlds

352. somewhere other than the school?

353. I'm not quite sure about that.

354. Do you remember the This World you found in the audiovisual lab?

355. Is this another portal?

356. That bonehead!

357. Damn, is he aggravating. Aww, this is so frustrating!

358. Well, maybe I went a little bit too far, too.

359. "Sorry about earlier. Let's tackle this tomorrow. I'll be waiting by the blackout curtains."

360. He's raring to go, huh?

361. This is a phenomenon created by This World's workings.

362. Removing those who are excluded is one of the rules of This World.

363. They didn't become reclusive;

364. the truth is, they all...

365. What's deep down in your heart...

366. ...is something that's really hard to talk about.

367. The case has been safely resolved.

368. M-Mm-hmm.

369. Hmm?

370. So, what I said earlier-- it's not like I really meant it.

371. --I just got snarky--

372. --We both did, right? --I just got snarky--

373. Well, at any rate...

374. The portal disappeared, huh?

375. Sounds like it disappeared over at the school, too.

376. So it really must have been that world that was causing the freezing.

377. It looks that way.

378. But how did those two even find another portal out here?

379. I had a thought about that.

380. Maybe Nagara does have a power...

381. ...and maybe it's the power to leap into new worlds.

382. And the portals are nothing more than the product of that.

383. "Class Journal"

384. And the portals are nothing more than the product of that.

385. "Class Journal"

386. Huh, is this another super-power holdover?

387. A savior? Why, who could that be?