Ikebukuro West Gate Park (池袋ウエストゲートパーク)

This is a work of fiction. The characters, organizations, and names herein are fictitious,and bear no relation to existing entities.

He went that way!

Cut him off! Surround him!

Kill his ass!

Makoto Majima! Where are you?!

You traitor!

This is revenge for King! We'll beat you to death, too!

Red Angels!

Get 'em!

You murderers!

Ikebukuro belongs to us!

It's like I'm having a bad dream.

Until yesterday, I was friends with the G-Boys,

and now tonight, they're chasing me all around Ikebukuro.

Why did things turn out like this?!

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Are you sayin' this street belongs to you guys?!

That's right!

You punks are too uppity!

What?!

You guys are the bossy ones!

Cut it out! If you quarrel over it here, they police will come!

Come on, you guys back off, too.

But, Makoto- san !

We're the ones who bailed you out, y'know!

What the hell'd you say?!

It's the truth!

We told you to stop!

Take this!

Bastard!

There've been more quarrels lately between the G-Boys

and the Red Angels, who've been growing in influence.

It seems the Red Angels have been holding back less

ever since they subdued the G-Boys' internal conflict.

The boundary between the groups' turfs is Sunshine Street.

This boils down to a border dispute.

So, what led to it?

Our members were making a fuss at a café where the G-Boys have been hanging out.

And then some G-Boys got all attitudinal about it!

And so, you look like that.

It's no laughing matter, Kyouichi!

Try being me, the guy who has to mediate things every time.

My mom gets pissed when I can't mind the shop.

My family's been told not to go starting anything.

However, we'll fight back if attacked.

Otherwise, we can't protect each other.

I don't want to cause trouble for your mom, though.

So, okay, I'll try talking to King.

All right.

Tomorrow night it is.

Yeah, it's basically territorial negotiations.

Whose turf ends where, and where's the neutral zone.

Both sides will concede what they'll concede.

There's no reason for a dispute in a town this big.

That's fine. We'll work this out somehow.

He agrees. Tomorrow night at 7:00.

At a suite at the Sunshine Hotel.

You heard him.

I'll go talk this out tomorrow.

Until then, no fighting.

We can't trust them!

What if they launch a sneak attack?!

He's right!

Those guys play dirty!

This guy sure is spirited.

Shigeyuki Utsumi. He's our number 3.

I don't fully trust them either, to be honest.

Although I do think of King as a friend.

Wouldn't you say there are lot of hotheads in the G-Boys?

I'll be there for the talks.

You won't be in any danger. I promise.

Guys, let's trust Makoto- san on this!

Okay then, tomorrow night at Sunshine.

Right.

I hope it goes well!

Hey, Mitsuki.

How's your leg?

It's all better now.

Uh, Majima- san .

Um...

Uh, no. Nevermind.

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Makoto! Makoto!

"Yank Step"

They're talking about Kyouichi- kun 's group on the news!

Somebody got killed!

The victim is Kazumasa Watanabe- san , age 19.

He was found late last night in an East Ikebukuro park,

Deceased

Kazumasa Watanabe-san (19)

stabbed through the heart with a knife.

At this time, there are no witnesses, and the police are asking the public to...

Let me through!

Kazu was a good guy.

When I danced, he was always at the very front, watching.

Kyouichi...

Is this how the G-Boys do things?

This is why I said not to trust the G-Boys!

If we let this go, we'll lose more of our guys!

Are you going to keep quiet and leave this to the cops, Kyouichi?!

No!

We fight back if attacked.

We'll make them pay for Kazu with blood!

Yeah!

It's vengeance for Kazu!

We'll slaughter them!

Wait! There's nothing that says the G-Boys did it!

Oh, no?

Then what's up with this picture?!

You don't get to stand in the middle anymore.

You're with us, or against us!

Please, go.

It's not safe for you to be here now.

Ikebukuro Ekimae Park

It took time to check into the inside story.

There are a lot of people involved, you know.

I sent my guards away.

We can talk about anything here.

So, what really happened?

I'm not the one who gave the order.

But there's a chance some reckless G-Boy did it and is keeping quiet.

If the perp is a G-Boy, what'll you do?

That's a tough question.

But I'd probably hand them over to the police and hire a good lawyer.

Not that I'm sure that would calm the other side's anger.

And if it doesn't?

I guess we'd have to fight.

Otherwise, they'd mess us up.

It started snowing.

Whenever a conflict happens in this town,

there's always someone behind the scenes stirring up hatred or mutual distrust.

Someone who'll benefit from that conflict.

The guy who was killed, Watanabe. He was trying to tell me something.

Maybe someone's behind the scenes again...

Mitsuki.

What, do you have some message from Isogai?

Stop!

Takashi!

Hey! Open your eyes!

He failed to get one of them.

Drop the gun!

Wait! I'm not the one who--

Don't move!

Please respond.

Please respond. In front of the Ekimae Park bike parking...

Hey! Get back here!

Hey, you! Stop!

Stop this instant!

Don't let him get away.

But make it so you can't tell we did it.

Episode 11

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Makoto!

Listen, Takashi was...!

Mako-bro!

What's this all about?!

The internet's been going nuts!

They're saying Ikebukuro's King was shot by Makoto Majima!

And that Takashi- san is in the hospital.

So, what happened?! It had better not be true!

I was set up!

Makoto.

Take this and go.

Mom...

We'll deal with whatever happens next.

You go and find whoever shot Takashi- kun !

Makoto! Move it!

Mako-bro!

Mom!

Mom!

Mom! Speak to me, Mom!

Was there an accident?

Call 911!

Somebody go get a cop from the police box!

Mom! Please be okay, Mom!

Mom!

Mako-bro, run for it!

Mom...

Mom! Mom!

Somebody's out to get you!

Leave her to me, and get going already!