Ousama Game The Animation (King's Game)

Natsuko. Just who I wanted to talk to.

I have questions for you.

Tell me. Are Kenta and Mizuki with you?

They are, right?

All cuddled up next to each other.

Natsuko! You...!

I was waiting for a "die" text from Mizuki's number all day.

Kenta sent it, right?

Basically, the second after I got the text, I screwed Teruaki,

so the "obedience confirmed" text would get sent to everyone.

I figured Kenta might epically misunderstand what it was for.

So I was right?

That guy is so stupid, he could be a protected species.

Mizuki was doomed the moment she switched devices,

but he still tried desperately to save her, didn't he?

All. For. Nothing.

But maybe Kenta did get what he wanted.

He got to die with his beloved Mizuki, after all.

You...!

Ooh, are you sure you should talk to me like that?

What?!

Akamatsu Kenta

Whose phone do you think this is?

You're next, Nobu-kun.

Buh-bye.

Wait!

Your life is mine.

I will kill you.

Natsuko is friggin' insane!

She's out to kill Nobuaki, and the rest of us.

Gotta stop her somehow.

Teruaki...

What are you doing in there?

Answer me.

I hope you didn't call someone.

No! I wouldn't do that!

Stop! Stop it!

Teruaki.

You can't betray me.

I'll kill you if you do.

Yagura Ridge

The King's Game Facts

"Few things about King's Games are currently confirmed."

"But there is one thing I can say is certain."

"The phenomenon of a single letter being sent

to those who died in the King's Game."

"This didn't exist in the game that I was a part of."

Letters... That's familiar.

The phenomenon that leaves behind these letters

was born from a bug in the King's Game program.

"I don't know what the letters mean."

"They believe them to be the result of a mutation

that even the King personally didn't anticipate."

"In this game of absolutes,

Mutation

I believe that mutation will be the key to ending the game for good."

Mutation. So basically, a bug?

Ria's theory was correct...

It's happening this time, too.

Then I'll need to collect them.

Matsumoto Riona Incoming Call

Matsumoto Riona?

Hello?

Nobuaki?

Huh. So you really were with Kenta.

Riona?

Riona-san to you.

Don't get overly friendly.

Say it properly. Riona-san.

So, how may I help you, Riona-san?

Well, haven't you got a mouth on you?

I won't share my intel like that.

Akamatsu Kenta

What do you mean by "intel"?

So you want to know.

Then come to my house. Immediately.

No can do.

I'm out of town. I need time to get back.

I can be back around noon. Will that work?

Oh, fine.

Make it snappy.

Hello?

Who is it?

My name is Kanazawa.

Is Riona-san home—

Finally!

How long were you going to make me wait?!

I-I told you it would be around noon.

Don't make excuses!

Do you have a problem?

U-Uh, no.

Come on. We're going.

H-Huh? Where?

Try and keep up!

What?

If you go in my house, my parents will misunderstand. Duh?

Quit gaping and come on already.

Bungo Park

Okay, so, Riona...

Riona-san.

Riona-san. What did you want to talk about?

There's only one thing I'd want to talk about—the King's Game.

I've been trying to investigate it, too.

Long story short, I came across this.

Mysterious Group Suicide at Shimon Academy

Something similar to this has happened at another school.

I found articles about it.

That's not all. Her name was in them.

Natsuko's name.

I see.

She was hiding this.

She knew about the King's Game. Well?

Must be...

That's not much of a reaction.

Then how about this?

Iwamura Ria.

How do you know that name?

So you do know her.

How?

Answer me.

Don't touch me.

Sorry.

So why do you know about Ria?

Same as with Natsuko.

As I kept investigating the King's Game,

the trail led me to your old school.

Then I saw this.

King's Game Iwamura Ria Those Who Have Hope

Start talking, Nobuaki.

Who is Ria?

What do these letters mean?

Is this connected to the King's Game?

Ria was...

Iwamura Ria was a participant in the last King's Game, and my classmate.

As for the letters,

each person who dies in the game was sent a one-letter text, and she collected them.

There's more.

According to this, there was a King's Game before mine or Natsuko's, too.

This notebook left behind by a person who was part of it

also mentions the letters.

Which means there has to be something...

Something more to these letters.

Aha.

Huh?

I thought as much.

These are the ones I collected.

What?

I saw Natsuko messing with Yuuichi's phone last night.

I thought it might be a clue, so I wrote them down, too.

Riona!

Don't forget the "-san."

Anyway, I noticed something interesting.

What?

Are you saying the letters are the same?

Probably.

Then the ones I have now, and the ones I have from last time...

Could come in handy.

I see.

Thank goodness.

Wh-What's gotten into you?

So it wasn't all for nothing...

Guys... you guys...

Their lives... were all...

Thanks.

I can see the light of hope again because of you.

My, my, my.

You look like you're having fun, Nobu-kun.

Natsuko!

What were you two talking about?

What do you want?

I'm here to get you two.

Everyone else is already at Shibafu Field.

First,

I need to ask you something.

What?

Can we talk in private?

Now why do you want to talk in private, Nobu-kun?

Natsuko...

You've played the King's Game before, too, haven't you?

What about it?

Did you get an order to kill someone yourself?

I did.

So I killed them.

Was there anyone special to you, among the players?

There was.

Did you kill them?

Yes.

I killed them.

That's why I'm standing here now.

So what? What I do is none of your business, Nobuaki.

No, it is.

Come again?

Natsuko...