The Lost Village (迷家)

Please forgive me!

The Lost

Village

Get In the Bus, And It'll Get the Song In You

Listen, please return to your room.

You'll catch a cold.

Come on, give me your hand.

Oh, my ass got bit by a mosquito.

It's itchy.

Soy Latte-san, I wanna be the froth on top of you.

What's the matter with you guys?

Why're you all so spaced out?

Oh, Valkana-san.

Well, it felt like a chore to even go back to our rooms to sleep,

so yeah...

Did you guys eat something bad?

Rather than... eating something bad...

I just wanna sleep...

Dozaemon isn't hungry? Someone call hell and check if it's frozen over.

He's conserving energy.

Atta boy.

Oh, you flatter me...

They've been like this for a while.

Same for the others?

Yes, even people resting in their rooms.

It's not because they're sick, though.

They don't have fevers, and their pulses are normal.

We don't really know what's going on.

I knew it!

You girls...

Listen, everyone!

Apparently, staying in this village will mess us up!

If our monsters stay out, we'll stop functioning as proper human beings?

Yeah, the "monsters" are called Nanaki.

Hear that? We're not human beings.

That's kinda cool.

Oh...

Dahara-san does seem kind of inhuman.

Oh, that sounds cooler.

That's uncalled for, Narna-san.

Though you hit the nail on the head.

What do you mean "stop functioning"?

Be more specific!

What? More specific?

Like, your sense of self starts to fade away...

or something like that, apparently.

What? Fade away?

Manbe-san's hair is too dark and too shiny, so maybe it's just as well.

That hurts, Piitan.

But yeah, okay, I guess.

Okay, my ass!

It's not fine at all!

Nanaki apparently has part of your emotions.

So if it stays outside,

you become apathetic...

and turn into an empty shell.

Why'd you let that Reiji guy go?!

Hey, we did ask him to come along.

He told you all this and you let him walk? Useless, all of you!

This is why women are—

Excuse me?

Why're you bashing women now?

Fine, I'll say it differently!

You're useless!

Grr!

Keep it down. I can't sleep through all this noise.

Who cares?

Just ignore it.

Who cares about that stuff?

Did your personality just do a 180?

Anyway, I want to sleep...

Sleep without being bothered by anyone... forever...

You're all gonna be massacred!

No...

Stop it!

Hey, what do you think you're doing?

Oh, no...

I'll turn into a roast pig.

That won't happen. You're thin.

Oh. Maybe I'd like a slice if it was char siu roast pork...

A flaming arrow...

It's not entirely effective as a lethal weapon,

and this isn't enough to start a fire by a long shot,

so I'm going to sleep.

If you're trying to scare us, at least bring out a matchlock gun.

How can you be so casual?

This is bullshit!

They're not here?

Lion!

You don't have a radar for danger, do you?

Don't you know that you're either the hunted or the hunter in life?

What's wrong with you two? They're women!

I don't hold back just because someone's a woman.

Once you peel the skin off, we all look the same, anyway.

Right?

Let them go!

Let them go and, uh, hear us out!

Hear you out?

Did you ever listen to what I had to say?

That's right!

All of you just assumed Jack-san was a criminal!

Weren't you the one who started it all?

Yeah, don't act all innocent now.

I've come to repent!

I've changed since I met the boss!

The boss?

The boss heard us both out.

No matter what our past or our situation,

the boss accepted our heartfelt cries.

That's right!

When I was attacked by Jack-san, the boss saved me—

Uh, I mean...

Because Jack-san righted my wrongs,

I was able to get close to the boss!

Anyway, the boss is the greatest.

The boss is a true Madonna who has descended upon this rotten world at the end of days!

"Madonna"?

The boss is a woman?

Yeah! Don't let your jaws hit the floor!

Our boss is...

Say it isn't so, Mitsumune.

Did you really run away with Masaki?

What's wrong?

We've been looking for you.

Let's get back to the group.

Don't touch me!

You can't trust me?

What?

What's this talk about trust, all of a sudden?

You only trust Mitsumune-kun, right?

I understand.

I came here for a similar reason.

I had someone I cared about very much, like you do about Mitsumune-kun.

I came here because there's something I want to do for that person.

What the hell?

You didn't come here to start over?

It must hurt so badly when you can't trust someone you really care about anymore...

Hey, what the hell are you on about?

You're not making any sense.

Answer my questio—

Wait, then Koharun knew?

She knew this was a place that'd cause Nanaki to come out?

She knew, and still brought us all here?

But why'd she need to bring us?

Good question.

If she wanted to investigate Nanaki Village, she could've done it fine on her own.

There must be a reason she gathered this many people here.

Maybe she was too scared to go it alone.

The boss isn't like the rest of you pathetic girls!

She's not your average broad!

"Pathetic"?!

The boss was trying to make an even stronger Nanaki.

This village is really strange.

Hayato-kun, you've suffered a lot.

You must have a lot of psychological scars now.

Psychological... scars...

I'm so sorry.

You've had a painful life,

but things have gotten even more painful since you came here.

I don't think things could get any worse for you.

I mean, what could be worse than having Masaki-chan steal the person you care about?

The boss told us.

She said we were special.

She said we could make the monsters even stronger.

Right?

Right.

She was apparently trying to use that blockhead over there,

but he turned out to be nicer and more cowardly than she'd thought!

She said he'd be useless!

A nice guy is useless?

You and Mitsumune-kun spent years together and built a strong friendship,

but it only took a few days with Masaki-chan to...

No, it's not Masaki-chan's fault.

She's a really nice girl.

Everyone just misunderstands her.

You're defending her?

That's not it.

But I can see why Mitsumune-kun's drawn to her.

Stop!

I don't want to hear any more.

Please stop talking...

Don't talk about her.

It's growing.

The time must be between 1 and 2AM,

and the fog should be thick enough to reduce visibility below 100 meters.

This night meets all the conditions necessary to enter Nanaki Village.

Just like the night you all got in.

There are conditions?

Yes. The reason I was living here in the first place

was to stop people approaching the village when those conditions are met.

Because I'd presented my research, rumors about Nanaki Village spread,

and people like you started wanting to check the place out.

I guess, yeah.

I feel bad about that.

Only a select few know about the conditions, but people might get in by sheer luck.

Yet, on that night...

I got really sleepy for some reason, and...

Don't beat yourself up, God!

Early to bed and early to rise. That's just how old people work.

You'll have to go back soon, Mitsumune.