Karakuri Circus

Please, tell me how to cure ZONAPHA.

You took Éléonore away from me.

And you come to me now?

No way, you moron.

You could at least try to torture me into saying it.

Fine.

You asked for it.

Ooh, you're scaring me.

You can't kill me, though, or the secret will be lost.

Arlequin!

Arlequin?

Am I destined to lose my way?

All I want is to have fun in my life

All I want is to be with those I love

Ready or not Here I come

I don't care anymore

I just don't know anymore

I wish everything would just disappear

There are days when I think like that

But everything is precious to me

And so I fight on

Today was a tough day

I almost gave up hope

But the truth is I don't want to lose anything anymore

I wish everything would just disappear

There are days when I think like that

But everything is precious to me

And so I must fight

#36 The curtain falls

Surprised? It's stronger than the one my brother Yin made.

-Grim Reaper! -Blade of Saint George!

This is getting interesting.

Oh yes, I wanted to ask you something.

Why did you give Éléonore up to Narumi?

Go, Kato.

I'll go up to space.

You thought of her first as a mother, nay, a sister.

But once you hit puberty, you began to see Éléonore as a beautiful female.

Shut up! Shirogane isn't like that!

That's not what she is to me.

Maybe not to a normal boy, but I was partially downloaded into you.

Your brain knows how men and women fall in love.

Master is no match for him.

And so you realized what you felt in your heart.

At Mont Saint-Michel.

"Oh, how I love Shirogane," you thought.

Admit it, Masaru. Swirling Tiger!

You bound the legs, nice move.

Are you okay, Master? You're getting all beaten up.

Will you tell me the truth now?

You love Éléonore, don't you?

Love...

What is love?

But maybe you're right.

You finally realized it?

Then why did you let Narumi have her?

Éléonore ages 5 times slower than you.

You would've caught up to her. You could've been her boyfriend.

What?

Because...

-Because...! -Give it up.

Futile!

Say it! Why did you give the girl up?

Because!

Narumi was the one that fell in love with her first!

I fell in love with Francine first.

You can't take her from me.

You can't.

Brother.

This is Fou. Any contact from Masaru yet?

Oh, shut up. I'll go ask Lord Faceless for you.

He fell in love with her first?

You should've ignored him and taken her for yourself.

But then...

would I have been happy?

Besides, Shirogane loves Narumi too.

Isn't that what matters most?

That's enough about me.

So come on, tell me how to cure ZONAPHA.

Wrong!

Nothing is more important than yourself.

You make the girl you want fall in love with you.

Then...

you'll never be loved by anyone.

If you can only embrace yourself...

who would ever embrace you?

Forget it, I'm done with you.

I got my answer, now die.

Why...?

Lord Faceless!

You don't need these girls anymore.

Ta-da! I'm here to be by your side now.

Why are you here?

None of your business.

What is it?

I came because I wanted to ask you something.

Lord Faceless, do you love me?

Because can you believe what Colombine said to me?

Lord Faceless loves you.

But only as a useful tool.

I won't have that. I'm no tool.

Lord Faceless, tell me that I'm your girlfriend.

Say that you love me.

Yeah, I love you Diamantina.

Yay! I knew it.

But here's what I really want you to say.

That you love me more than Éléonore.

No, more than the girl Éléonore was modeled after.

Say you love me more than Francine.

Master, now's our chance to run!

No, I have to ask how to stop ZONAPHA.

Don't bother us. Can't you see we're busy?

They'll all explode at my signal.

Don't move. There's more strolling around this space station.

Lord Faceless.

Say you'll love me forever. Me and only me.

Why can't it be me? Please, love me.

You take after your creator.

But...

I have the freedom to love whomever I want.

Dismantle!

That's what you've been trying to say, right?

Lord Faceless!

How cruel...

I love you so much...

But... you won't love me back...

Too bad, huh.

Alert.

Due to multiple explosions, Space Station Alpha cannot maintain orbit.

This station will crash-land within 40 km of Russia's Bodny Cosmodrome.

Bodny? No...

Splendid. We'll take Éléonore down with us as our final curtain falls.

Tell me how to cure ZONAPHA!

-Never, you fool. -Then at least!

How do I make this space station fall where there's no one?

Another request?

Tell me this. Tell me that.

I'm your enemy, remember?

Don't you have any pride in that empty skull?

You're so stupid and worthless.

I'm tired of talking to you.

Alpha, you answer him.

I will answer you.

The attitude control actuator is inoperable due to the explosions.

The point of impact cannot be altered.

Is that it?

That thing has to face more upward.