The Lost Village (迷家)

The Lost

Village

We can't go any farther.

The road's wide enough, if just barely.

Use your head!

The road's not lit. It's too dangerous.

Just go, okay?!

Y'know...

I thought we were trying to turn over a new leaf here.

Right?

This sours the mood.

Anyone got a problem?

Speak up if you do!

We're all going to live together from now on.

So say what's on your mind.

I'll take silence as agreement otherwise!

Are you okay?

Are you feeling sick again?

Huh?

Oh my god! What's going on?!

Blinding Mist

Hup!

Hey, put your back into it!

It's not gonna work.

The slope's too steep.

The ground's all soft from the rain, too.

Hey, don't you give up already!

It's because you've all been running away from everything, your life included—

Hey.

What makes you think we owe you anything?

Huh?

He's right.

Who cares about the bus?

We can just leave it here.

What?!

Hey!

The driver warned us we couldn't go any farther.

We were the ones who forced him to keep going.

That's right.

We can't just leave him in the lurch.

Why not?

I mean, we're all going to start over in a new place.

Who cares what happens to this guy?

Bullshit!

You'd better take responsibility for this!

What?

I don't recall asking you to come all the way here.

What?!

Given the bad weather,

I wasn't going to insist.

I thought you'd made the decision between yourselves.

You're gonna play dumb, then?!

Dude, you're getting on my nerves.

Get off your high horse.

Why, you...

Yeah, seriously.

I'm losing motivation to help by the minute.

C'mon, guys...

Yeah, that's going a bit too far.

How much money do you all have on you?

Huh?

Mikage-san?

We're all going to be living at Nanaki Village, right?

We have no need for old-world currency.

We can just give it to him.

Oh...

Money?

I don't think it's good to try and solve every problem with money!

Yeah. While money may make the world go around,

plenty of people get burned by that philosophy.

We're not trying to solve things with money.

We're just getting rid of things we no longer need.

He seemed to be in need of money, anyway.

I see.

If that'll make Mr. Dead Weight here happy,

nothing like it, then.

Did you just call me dead weight?!

Come now, Yuuna-san.

That's going a bit far, isn't it?

Okay, everyone, bring your wallets here.

No way.

I trust you find this satisfactory?

There you go. Happy now?

In return, please don't speak a word about Nanaki Village.

If you were to ruin our new lives,

we'd all testify that you deceived us, took our money,

and abandoned us in the mountains.

Mikage-san doesn't seem to be a very nice person.

All right. Now that the bus driver's been satisfied,

let's move on!

Hey, lady.

How much farther to our destination?

Uh, hang on.

I guess it's within walking distance from here.

The going will be a bit rough, though.

You have a map?

Yeah.

I researched a lot of information and folklore,

and compared them to what I'd learned with modern maps.

Okay, let's get going.

Later.

This money should let you have boiled eggs with ramen for a while.

That'll help make your life a little bit more enjoyable, right?

Shit, shit, shit, shit...

Shit!

What did I do to deserve such humiliation?

At the hands of those brats, no less!

Where did my life go wrong?

Watch your step!

Ugh, it's so steep!

This is heavy.

Men will be asked to carry food and other supplies.

While there should be existing occupants in Nanaki Village,

no one has ever confirmed their existence before.

Huh, what?

What's with the weapon?

Trying to make it in a new land... means survival mode.

We'll have to defend our own lives.

That's right!

Who knows what'll show up on this dark meowntain?

You're not half bad.

You can count on me to have your tail.

Oh, guess I know what kind of people you two are.

Man... Do we have to keep going uphill?

Nettaiya-san, why'd you come wearing such high heels?

Well, high heels are all I have.

And now I'm exhausted.

You can't be getting tired so soon!

Tougher times lie ahead for everyone!

Aw, Manbe-san, I'm getting exhausted just thinking about it!

I'll give you a back rub then, Piitan.

Aw, you're so nice, Manbe-san!

Um...

Gimme a back rub right now!

Talk about PDA...

Oh...

Don't.

What?

Don't go after that Masaki girl.

Did you fall for her or something?

That's not it.

It's just...

I just feel like she kind of gets me, you know?

Huh? How could some girl you've just met possibly "get" you?

Hayato.

I know we're not used to girls due to being in an all-boys school,

but you're never gonna make it living around all these girls if you're that easy.

Like I said, that's not it!

Uh-huh.

I didn't fall for her or anything.

Could I really be that easy, though?

I wasn't really into that sort of thing before,

but if Hayato says so, maybe I am now...

Having a lovers' quarrel?

Lion-san?!

Lovers' quarrel? But we're both guys!

It'd be unusual for two friends to join a tour like this together,

so I thought you guys were dating.

No!

We just happened to be interested in the same tour...

Our motives are totally different, though.

Which of you learned about it first?

Huh?

It was Haya—

I mean Speedstar.

Huh.

So he talked you into it.

That's not how it was!

Speedstar's not like that...

If anything, I'm the one always dragging him into things,

and he's the one always bailing me out.

Bailing you out?

Yeah, ever since we were little.

Hey, turdonerd!

Uh, what?

We're talking to you, turdo-turbo nerd!

Talk in English! English!

Um...

I said talk in English!

This pressure point makes you have the runs.

Huh?

What you talking about, Hayato?

Now that I pressed it, it'll happen soon enough.

You're gonna drop some watery turds.

Huh?!

Ow, my stomach...

Aw, crap...

Morons.

Thanks.

Um...

Why're you such a pushover?

Crap! Not the runs!

Watching you is annoying.

That's why I'll...

I'll protect you.

What?

Ever since, Speedstar's always had my back.

He gets mad if I'm about to do anything wrong.

Huh. So you guys are like that, then.

No, okay?