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

"Majima Produce"

"Majima Produce"

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

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

Big Rei, sorry to have you look into something so troublesome.

And so?

This phone call never happened, okay?

There's no record whatsoever of Shadow himself in the central supercomputer.

Just long-standing rumors amongst the police about his existence.

Amongst those rumors, there's just one claim that seems highly credible.

Shadow is not a group.

He's just one person.

One person?

Makoto, reports are coming in from the Juvenile and Community Safety divisions.

Sounds like more and more trouble's brewing?

Y-Yeah, I guess.

Make sure you don't do anything dangerous.

I know, I'll be careful.

Sure. I'll be in touch.

Everyone's so worried about me...

"Takashi"

Everyone's so worried about me...

What am I, a little boy?

"Majima Produce"

The phone you have called is either outside its service area,

--or its power is turned off. Your call could not be completed.

--What, again? --or its power is turned off. Your call could not be completed.

"Ikebukuro West Gate Park"

"Griffith Rental"

"Griffith Rental"

Okay, cut!

"Griffith Rental"

Break time!

It was like a total sneak attack.

Are you kidding me?

Director.

Are you filming the making-of again?

I mean, we're on break.

Why not? It's once in a lifetime.

Director.

Please check on this.

Will do!

Oh.

Makoto-san, that scene earlier was great!

You keep getting better and better.

Oh, thanks a lot.

Let's go out for drinks sometime.

Sure, sometime.

--The phone you have called is either outside its service area...

"Takashi"

--Back to not answering... --The phone you have called is either outside its service area...

Makoto-san.

King isn't picking up?

Yeah.

It figures...

Did you pass the word along to Hiroto?

Yes.

But he said, "It doesn't matter if Shadow is one person or a group."

Listen, call him again and tell him, "Shadow operates alone.

The ones attacking your teams aren't Shadow.

Until we know who the real culprit is, don't do anything rash."

All right.

Hello, this is Crow. Put me on with Hiroto-san.

Hiroto could just talk to me directly.

Does he think he's King already?

"Makoto" "Decline" "Answer"

"Makoto"

Hello.

Hey, it's me. Did you find out anything?

Oh, this is good!

Otoko Purin--pudding for real men.

"Otoko Purin"

Otoko Purin--pudding for real men.

You should try some. I recommend it.

So?

I found out what people hired Shadow.

"People"? As in an organization?!

"Mars Enterprises"

"People"? As in an organization?!

"Mars Enterprises"

That's right. Northern Kanto's Maruken Sougyou,

"Mars Enterprises"

and its front company, Mars Enterprises.

"Mars Enterprises"

Looks like they plan on expanding into Ikebukuro.

Seems not long ago, Mars got into a dispute with Donglong

over sex industry turf, and headhunting each other's women.

Donglong, huh?

Weren't the guys who got jumped at the Chinese place yesterday Donglong?

That's right.

I don't really get this, though.

Get what?

I got ahold of some reliable info.

Shadow is one person, not a group.

Oh, is that so?

But the group of perps attacking Hiroto's teams are going by the name "Shadow."

Why?

There's a chance Mars is behind those attacks, too.

It's like I said the other day. It's all about balance.

To expand into Ikebukuro,

it's necessary to cause problems here and there for the Hidaka Group.

To demolish the town's balance and sow chaos.

"Makoto"

And in that case, Mars' plan is proceeding smoothly.

Gotcha. Now I know what the true culprit is after.

You're a big help, Saru.

I saw to it Takashi received the same information.

See ya.

So, you'll answer Saru's calls?

Don't move.

Makoto Majima.

Do you know who I am?

No.

I'm someone with a grudge against you guys.

Crushing the G-Boys isn't just some yakuza turf war.

My true goal is to seize power from you guys.

Well, aren't you a fool. The G-Boys won't be so easy to cr--

I'll save my revenge for last.

"Griffith Rental"

Makoto. Makoto!

Are you all right, Makoto-san?

Don't just sleep, we're in a hurry to get through filming.

At this rate, we won't get to finish before the day the store closes.

I was attacked by Rabbit Mask.

Rabbit Mask?

That kind of sounds like usable material.

Toshiaki! Is that camera running?

Yeah, I think it's recording.

Okay, tell me when you're done.

Sure. Thanks.

If this works, we'll know who Rabbit Mask really is.

Good call, Makoto-san. I knew you were great at more than just acting.

"Volume"

"Volume"

I'm someone with a grudge against you guys.

Crushing the G-Boys isn't just some yakuza turf war.

My true goal is to seize power from you guys.

I'll save my revenge for last.

I'll save my revenge for last.

I'll save my revenge for last.

That voice...

It's him!

Yamamoto! You've come back to Ikebukuro.

Crow! I want to talk to Hiroto right away!

R-Right.

"Hiroto"

Hiroto! It's me, Makoto!

What is it?

The ones attacking your teams are the gang of five from the OK Holdings case.

And operating behind them is Mars Enterprises.

Takashi isn't involved!

I'll get even with them at some point, too.

Listen, we know who the real culprits are!

Now there's no reason to go to war!

Get 'em!

For Knight!

--That's right! --Crush Takashi!

Takashi and I are fated to fight.

Hiroto! Wait!

There was friction and hatred between us from the start.

It's finally here! War!

War!

Crow! Go and stop Hiroto for now!

It's gotten way beyond me!

Then at least buy some time! Go!

O-Okay!

Takashi, pick up!

Makoto?

What is it?

I told you, pick up when I call!

You didn't say pick up right away.

Where are you right now?

"Mars Enterprises"

"Mars Enterprises"

"Mars Enterprises"

Look at that.

Your story is probably correct, but that down there doesn't add up.

That's the Mars office.

Suddenly, it's not so easy to get in or out.

They sure are on the lookout for something.

If Saru is right, and everything's going fine, what's that all about?

It looks like they're afraid of something.

Yeah, it doesn't make sense.