I'm Flash! (I’M FLASH！)

I'm returning the DVD.

Okay, be careful.

Life is short...

Surprisingly short.

By the time you realise it, it's all over.

How many people do we meet who we'd miss when they're gone?

The number is as few as life is short.

Before you know it, it's too late.

Whether I'm orphaned or disabled,

I prefer birth over death.

Here's the goat soup, enjoy.

- Let's drink! - C'mon!

Hey, you! You from the mainland?

I prefer bright places over dark places.

I prefer laughing over crying.

Shut the fuck up!

Damn Okinawan dialect!

Hello, this is Kamimura.

- Here's your taco rice with beer. - Thanks.

I prefer this life to the next.

I prefer propagating over perishing.

Shuku speaking.

Who?

Here's your meal, enjoy.

- Extra rice is free. - Thanks.

I may believe I'm completely free...

because the world is but a fleeting dream,

but if, in the end, we're only on Buddha's palm,

we can do whatever we want.

All our sins will be wiped away when we die.

Religious Guru Kills Man in Accident

The decision will come once the flesh is gone.

There's no use challenging me.

I've thought it all through, even after my own death.

Guided by the truth, I'm speeding straight ahead...

and I'll still be going 100 years from now.

What are you afraid of? What do you fear?

The answer's death. Fear of death is the root of all bad habits.

Do not fear death.

It gives birth to all our anxieties, trouble and suffering.

Do not fear death.

Recall how peaceful the dead look.

The soul lives on.

What you fear is the loss of what you see as your 'self',

but this 'self' never existed" it's all external. 'You' do not exist.

To learn this only upon death would be a tragedy.

But look at the world...

Flowers will continue to bloom, birds will continue to fly.

Do not believe in the fiction of ghosts.

Though the flesh will vanish, the spirit will return.

Death is the ultimate salvation.

"Life is beautiful."

Hello?

Mr. Shinno? We've been expecting you.

Come in.

Please wait here.

Please wait here.

Hello.

No smoking here.

Fine, asshole!

"Luck won't last, but happiness will."

She's stable now, but still in a coma.

Her cerebral cortex is wrecked,

but her brainstem is intact, so her organs still function.

- For how long? - Hard to say...

but one patient awoke after a 19-year coma.

An accident put him in a coma, just like her.

But against all odds, he recovered.

Call her by her name. She might hear you.

I don't know her name.

Here's one month's pay, to start.

If this amount is acceptable to you,

then sign here.

This is no chump change!

We're trusting you to protect Master Rui.

What happens to us if we fail to protect him?

I think it's pretty obvious what will happen to you.

Right.

The only thing I can't protect...

is a promise with a woman!

Is someone after him?

That I don't know.

There must be.

Any other questions?

You won't answer them.

Well, then... Read the contract carefully.

Should you violate the terms, we will pursue legal action.

Welcome aboard.

Master Rui?

Where the hell did he go?

You already lost him? We're gonna get fired!

Not my fault.

- Hurry, find him. - Shut up!

Master Rui!

Master.

Oh... there he is.

Caught a big one, sir.

I don't get it. What's up with this guy?

He's the guru of a cult.

Kind of like a mob boss.

I know, I just don't know what goes on in his head.

He got drunk, got in a car accident,

killed a guy, and put his girlfriend in a coma.

Normally, he'd be arrested.

Normally.

You know, if he ever gets arrested,

we'll be arrested, too.

For concealing a criminal, or something.

You'd better pray to God, then.

Pray, my ass.

Hello, ma'am.

- Where's Rui? - Probably in his room.

Probably? You dimwit!

I told you to lock the door and not let him out.

- Idiot! - I'm sorry.

You need to study more.

Taiyo, wait here.

Rui, you moron!

You know what a fiasco your accident created?

The press know you were driving drunk.

The police will be on to you soon, too.

You'll get locked up, raped, and catch some disease!

We're getting cash ready to pay off the cops.

Repent a little, dammit!

Where do you think you're going?!

I'm not finished yet!

Don't you dare ignore me!

What were you doing with some girl you'd just met in a bar?

You're too old to be waving your dick around like some ape!

Sis, I'm going to dissolve the church.

You don't really think you can quit, do you?

- This church is better gone. - You didn't create this church.

It was founded by your grandfather, your family.

It isn't yours to dissolve.

Your father risked his life defending it.

I don't want to be another skull on display.

Mother will be furious when she hears this.

She'll thank me for my service.

You're out of your mind.

You should just die, then!

I hope you get stung by a jellyfish and die!

What a little piece of shit!

Move, you faggots!

And I better not see you wearing sandals again!

Harii, lace Rui's meal with a load of tranquiliser.

- Make him foam at the mouth! - Will do, ma'am.

Taiyo, let's go.

Wow!

You really do have a gift.

Three in a row!

How do you do it?

Look that way.

He's like a puppeteer.

Look this way. Look that way.

You're even worse!

Bottoms up.

Hey, wanna play 'Look that way' with me?

I've never lost. The loser takes a tequila shot.

God taught you, right?

Uh... what?

God taught you how to toy with people's hearts.

What're you talking about?

About the sinful work you do.

- You've mistaken me. - I've been to your church.

Teach me that 'Life is Beautiful' thing.

Sure, I'll teach you.

Hurry!

Don't be late for tomorrow's seminar!

Still chasing tail!

I should tell on him to his mommy.

Say, that's drunk-driving.

The best things are all outside the law.

True!

Hey, look. Check this out.

- Cool. - Right?

Watch...

- How's that? - Cool, I'm impressed.

You have pretty hands.

My sister says men with pretty hands are cold-hearted.

Oh, yeah?

Say, wanna go have some fun?

Is it fun being a guru?

Being a guru? Being a guru is... fun, yeah.

- Does it pay well? - It does.

If you really want to make some serious money,

nothing beats religion.

See, the key to life resides within yourself, but no one uses it.

Everyone's waiting for someone else to open the door to let light in.

That's why...

religion is profitable.

Gurus are all shit.

Different ass, same shit.

That's a good one.

My sister used to be in your church.

- She's got good taste. - She killed herself.

Dressed in black, she disappeared into the sea.

She left her shoes neatly on the beach.

- After the flesh is gone, our spirit... - Who cares about the spirit?

Everyone prefers to have flesh.

- How much do you want? - What do you mean?