Namu Amida Butsu!: Rendai Utena

Is that it?

That's where Lord Shaka Nyorai is?

Ashura!

Ashura!

Are you scared of stepping forward?

Mara?!

Well, then...

...allow me to assist you!

Where's Lord Shaka Nyorai?!

You fiend!

Wait!

Something's not right!

Lord Shaka Nyorai!

Siddhartha...

...has succumbed to vice.

In ancient times,

Mara, the embodiment of Earthly vices, attempted to thwart Shaka's enlightenment.

Even now, he contaminates the bodies and souls of humans to steer the material world towards destruction.

This is the story of Taishakuten and Bonten, who seek to save humanity from vices, the Thirteen Buddhas,

and Ashura, who willfully pursues his own path.

Light pierces through thin clouds

Fortune is dawning

NAMUAMIDABUTSU!

A memory recalled

An offhand sigh casts a shadow

Warmth exchanged between hands

Do I stall, having even forgotten that?

The moon from a dream I searched for that day

It's still waiting, as vivid as ever

Isn't that right?

The thing that leads me out to the light is a beloved smile

It smiles the same as ever

If things fade, just call out

I always feel you there, back to back

I'll never hesitate, no matter what

Yes, I can make it to tomorrow

A rainbow appears over you

May fortune shine upon you

THE FRUIT OF DOUBT BEARS NO SEED

What are you doing?! We've got to get Lord Shaka Nyorai out!

I'm trying!

Ashura.

Why, you!

Wait!

You help Lord Shaka Nyorai.

That power...?!

Ashura! What happened to you?

Lord Shaka Nyorai!

They just keep coming.

Well, this is Shinjuku all right. They just love vices.

We should... retreat...

But...

Shinjuku isn't safe! Get out of here immediately!

What the hell is this monster?!

Everyone, please evacuate Shinjuku!

Hurry! Get as far away as you can!

What?! Why are they ignoring us?!

Well, we look like old people mumbling stuff.

Hmm, isn't there some way to grab everyone's attention and warn them to evacuate?

Oh! Hey Big Brother, what about that?!

I figured we can use the digital billboard to warn people to evacuate! Am I an idea man, or what?

So, have you managed to hack in yet? It's been about 20 minutes already.

Are you kidding me?! A normal person can't hack into things!

What, really? But in manga and films they always-

Those are just convenient plot devices!

So what are we going to do, then?

Well...

Ahem. Good evening, people of Shinjuku.

Huh?

Just now, we've identified the existence of a dangerous new virus raging through the city!

That voice...?

I repeat. We've identified a new virus raging through the city.

Ghana Nishino

You'd all best evacuate immediately.

A new virus?!

What? That's what this black thing is?

What kind of virus is this big?!

Just so you know, getting infected by this virus may make you greedy, or stingy, or corrupt...

leading to possible symptoms such as being an outcast at school or at work!

I don't want to be an outcast.

Guess we should go.

The people are evacuating.

This is such a hassle.

The jizo statue and "Crazy memory" Bosatsu!

The name's "Kokuzo" Bosatsu!

Anyway, we're going to go on a loop around Shinjuku in this!

You can leave the human evacuation to us!

Thank you!

Then that leaves...

Man, what a hassle!

Enough's enough...

However much I love these, eating too much isn't good. I feel sick...

I guess the evacuation's happening.

Now it's just the vices.

Uh? What?!

Dainichi?!

Whoa! Hold on! Too fast! Stop! Stop for a sec!

If I stop, they'll catch up, dumbass!

Man, those vices really crave Nyorai, huh?

Especially without your human disguise!

Your Nyorai aura's just spilling out, and they're going crazy over it!

Really, you're such a star!

A star? I'm a star?!

A star, huh? I always knew I was a star!

Hey, you'll fall off!

A star!

I'm a star!

All right! Let's bust this up!

Ashura, stop this!

Ashura, what's come over you?! Ashura!

Ashura!

Ashura!

Fight! He can't be reasoned with right now!

That idiot...!

I'll be right back!

What are you hesitating for?!

Wait, Bonten!

It's to save Lord Shaka Nyorai!

But...

Ashura!

Wait!

Is that...

an Earthly... vice?

It's like a wall...

Ghana Nishino... Best Album?

Ooh, electrifying! My insides are tingling!

Just look at this deluge of vices.

That's Lord Amida Nyorai for you! He's on a whole different level to be surrounded by this many vices!

We have much to learn from him.

You have the yearn to learn, I see.

Well, that was simply a rhyme with "yearn" and "learn"...

Do you suppose we have all the vices in one place now?

Hold up, hold up!

Aren't you forgetting the superstar?