Unsung Heroes (いつか、ヒーロー)

On your marks.

Set.

Go, Rui! Go, go!

You okay, Rui?

-Don't give up! -You got this!

Hang in there!

Sorry!

It's okay, don't panic!

You can do it!

Welcome back.

It's over. The cops are swarming all the banks.

They reacted fast. Everyone got scared and it fell apart.

BANK PANIC ENDS IN HOURS! BANK DENIES WRONGDOING

What is it?

My videos and my channel have been suspended.

-Why? -They didn't give a reason.

Look at this.

The Tiger Fantasy stock streamer is being questioned by police.

If you don't want to lose money, sell now.

-It was all a lie. -Sell or get screwed.

-The sooner the better. -I already sold mine.

How could I be so stupid.

Dream Group Japan just gave their official response

to the story from the foreign press.

They said the missing employees don't exist,

the accusations are baseless,

and indicated their intention to sue in court.

Dream Group Japan is run by industrialist Wakaoji…

-Any problems? -No.

No one is doing any followup reporting.

They just repeat what Dream Inc. said, as if they are doing public relations.

That's to be expected.

Japan is a big tribal society, and no one cares about anything outside their tribe.

Look at this tasty morsel that just dropped.

TV’S MOST DEVOTED COUPLE CAUGHT IN DOUBLE AFFAIR!

They'll be chewing on this for a while.

Very impressive.

A foreign hedge fund's short sale is what drove down our stock.

Akayama used his old connections, but the damage was temporary.

The price is already back to normal.

Well done, Hiichan.

Not that I was ever worried.

Here.

I have to take this.

I HATED LIFE UNTIL I MET YOU, AKAYAMA SEIJI.

I want to settle this.

I do too.

What are you up to?

WAKAOJI’S JOURNEY

My parents were extremely strict when I was a child.

They only let me play with kids who they approved of.

They were all excellent students,

and great at sports too.

But hidden behind their smiles…

was the whip.

One mistake and whap!

With a loving smile.

So why are you entrusting this to me?

As the candy, you know?

Candy.

-Keep up the good work. -Sure.

Thanks for waiting patiently, father.

It's all your fault, really.

You get to see your sons, like always.

Sons?

You too, come on.

Go ahead, sit.

What the hell?

Hey, someone! Someone help!

Help!

Help me!

You know you can't win.

Why fight pointlessly?

Going against the powerful will only hurt you.

Nobody will help you in your struggle.

You will merely freeze to death in the cold water.

But what's wrong is still wrong.

You can go along with the powerful.

You can live in the lukewarm water.

You can kill yourself on the inside. But is that any way to live?

It doesn't matter how strong your opponent is.

What's wrong is wrong.

I'll never stop calling out cheaters.

Just like the Black Jaguar.

I don't get it.

I don't get it.

Why?

Why what?

Why…

…did you wake up and come back after twenty years?

What are you getting out of it?

Why would you put them ahead of yourself!?

Why?

Your programming is malfunctioning.

Seichan…

is still holding on…

…to hope.

HIICHAN'S CURRENT LOCATION

Yuaan…

yuyoon…

yuyayuyon.

FORMER SITE OF PATH OF HOPE

From yourself…

…twenty years ago.

-Who first? -I'll go.

I have to be strong.

I still don't know what I will become…

But anyone can become anything.

That's what Seichan taught me.

Seichan…

I will become a hero.

Your dream…

Did it come true?

After I take office…

You will become CEO of Dream Group Japan at 30 years old.

A modern day hero.

Yes.

But before I can go into politics

I need to tie off some loose ends.

What is this?

Let's just call it a glitch that needs to be corrected.

Make sure it's erased.

Very well.

I had Shibuya Yuki meet the headmaster's wife, Morimoto Yoko,

but she didn't remember anything.

There's nothing to worry about.

And our little bear cubs?

They're too busy to dig up time capsules.

They can be ignored.

I see.

Then we just have to deal with this guy.

We've looked after him at a subsidiary but he's completely useless.

I always say the best thing for a fish on the death migration

is to put it out of its misery.

Right.

This is your final trial, before you can become a true hero.

Feel nothing.

I want…

…to open a shop.

Under my own name.

Dreaming again?

Have you ever had a dream come true?

Even once?

The more you dream…

the more you suffer.

It's done.

Then…

I became a hero.

A hero.

What was the real name of the Yuki that died?

I don't know.

He had a life, people who cared about him.

He lived for thirty years.

We spoke with someone who cared about him.

I erased him.

I killed him.

So what were you thinking as you tried to kill us?

Just taking out the trash?

I didn't get that sense.

Me neither.

You felt something instinctively…

That these were your friends.

No matter how much you tried…

Those five years refused to be erased.

Yuki.

Come back.

Can you tell me…

The Black Jaguar…

was a villain who became a hero of justice…

How did he make up for what he did?

Make up for it…?

You can't.

That's what life is…

Nothing but regret.

You stumble onward…

unsteady and worn down…

dragging regret like an anchor.

Sometimes you remember…

…and you want to scream.

But you keep walking forward.

Can you really keep going like that?

I'll support you if you stumble.

I'll help you up if you fall.

That's my job.

No…

That's the job of every adult.

I almost forgot…

The letters for Seichan in Cambodia.

Yoko-sensei put them in here.

She saved every letter we sent to her house.

I only sent a couple.

Me too.

We had a lot on our plate.

Yuki!

-Seichan, you let him go? -It's okay.

But…

It's okay.

Hiichan.

Hiichan!

Hiichan.