Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden (東のエデン 劇場版I The King of Eden)

Thank you for trusting me, Saki.

I'll be waiting at the place where our journey began.

Hey, I just asked if this was Grand Central or not...

Why do I have to get off here?

Wait!

Oh no... Why me?

What... What?

Wh-Wh-What's going on?

Oh crap, I'm in trouble!

This can't be happening...

Now what do I do? I left my passport and Takizawa-kun's phone in the taxi...

Takizawa-kun...

I'll find you this time.

Saki-chan!

Three days after Japan was bombarded with 60 missiles,

I decided to stay with my sister and her husband again for a while.

Prior to moving back in, I spent my time being thoroughly questioned by the police.

This is Juiz. You have one new message.

Thank you for trusting me, Saki.

I'll be waiting at the place where our journey began.

Takizawa-kun...

I hid at home while I waited for things to settle down.

All I could think about was what might've happened to Takizawa-kun.

For starters, Juiz erased any record of him having been arrested.

Takizawa-kun had basically vanished off the face of the earth.

What did you mean by become the king of Japan?

But he still existed in the cameras of all those men who were on that roof.

He saved us all from the missile strike and became our country's savior.

Afterwards, using all the pictures uploaded to the web,

the mass media portrayed Takizawa-kun as a hero who alerted everyone of the attack just in time to stop it.

They began a nationwide search to find him.

And the Eden site, where the infamous video of Takizawa-kun first appeared,

was suddenly flooded with hits from all over the world.

"Eden of the East" became a household name overnight.

Similarly, the shot of Takizawa-kun pointing at the missiles became the symbol of a revolution.

To millions of loyal fans, he and the "Air King" moniker came to represent the idea of "smashing through".

Things have really changed in Japan since the missile attack.

Like before, no one was injured.

The politicians started acting nervous. The markets tanked.

Prime Minister Eda resigned after having failed to prevent Careless Monday.

It was so funny. People on the web called the whole thing "Uncle-gate".

The global economy took a large blow due to all the craziness in Japan.

But since America chose to sit back and observe,

they more or less stayed out of the fray.

All across the globe,

Japan was ridiculed for trying to commit "national suicide".

As a result, we lost all influence on the global stage.

Not even a single missile reached its target.

But, in many ways, the attack caused much more damage than any number of warheads ever could.

For the younger generation who never lived during Japan's bubble economy,

this was the first time their own country's problems mattered to the international community.

Somehow, not knowing what will happen tomorrow is both nerve-wrecking and refreshing.

No one said it out loud, but ever since that day,

that lingering, suffocating feeling had changed into a quiet optimism.

Nice work, guys!

Plus, Eden of the East, in spite of the unprecedented crisis,

Ohsugi-san, welcome to Eden of the East!

plunged headfirst into the world of small businesses.

Even though I'm not good at much, I'm doing my best to contribute.

Cheers.

Cheers!

Hey, look at Ohsugi's business card!

You can read the characters as ***Taisan Geigi*** *13:03*

No one ever thinks it's "Taisan"***

Lemme see.

Kasuga, you've gotta become an upstanding member of the corporate world too!

I'm already more of an upstanding employee than you.

I must be really desperate...

See you tomorrow.

Goodnight!

Things continued like this for six months. Eventually, summer came.

Saki, why did you buy another ticket to Washington? I thought you said back in May that you wanted to take a break.

How'd you know, Hirasawa-kun?

Don't you feel like you belong here?

It's not that...

Don't be silly.

Sissy?

You're worried about Takkun too, aren't you Hirasawa?

He never told you this,

but he had Pants set up a program to relay all the logs that Takkun's cell receives

straight to the Eden server.

The other Seleção are still out there playing the game, after all.

We might not be able to survive another surprise missile attack.

Sissy, I didn't want her to...

Oh stop, it's high time she knew.

The whole reason you set up Eden Corp. was to find Takkun, wasn't it?

We're greatly indebted to him.

This time, it's the NEETs who need to save Takizawa

and change this country for the better.

Hirasawa-kun...

Technically, we're not really NEETs anymore.

Hey, did you hear? The new prime minister's already on his death bed!

No way!

Earlier, the last name on Takkun's passport was changed from "Takizawa" to "Iinuma".

Doesn't it look like Juiz is trying to make Takkun the new prime minister?

Whoa...

"Leak information about his illegitimate child."

Takkun is Prime Minister Iinuma's son?

No, they're trying to set him up as Iinuma's successor.

The fake passport was just the prelude.

Ridiculous.

He declared he'd become king of the country, erased his memories a second time and vanished.

I'm not sure what made him have such a big change of heart,

but the idea that he wanted to become prime minister is merely Juiz's interpretation!

True...

So wait, you really think it was all planned? His passport being changed right after his disappearance?

And Iinuma Seijirou's fast rise and even faster fall both happening within the span of six months?

Juiz's power must reach all the way to the top.

Meaning Ato Saizou is not a man to be trifled with.

I knew saving Takizawa wouldn't be easy, but...

New York?

Takizawa-kun couldn't be in New York.

When he said "The place where our journey began"...

If he's talking about somewhere overseas, it has to be Washington.

Wait...

What? You remember something?

I left for New York two days later.

I thought that "the spot where our journey started" was a secret message meant just for me.

So how did things end up like this?!

Hello?!

Saki?! What took you so long?! We've all been worried sick!

Sorry, I've had problems of my own...

All hell broke loose while you were on that plane.

Prime Minister Iinuma passed away. According to the logs on Takizawa's phone,

Seleção VI and Seleção VII are heading to New York.

Also, No. 06 requested your luggage to be rigged.

You'd better check your bags.

Wait, then those were...

Oh no, did he get to you first?

There were guns in my carry-on.

And I lost my passport and Noblesse Phone in all the commotion.

What? Why didn't you make sure you still had it?!

I'm sorry. My mind just went blank...

Good lord...

I don't know if they're trying to kick us while we're down, but...

No. 02's spread the falsified passport to the mass media

to try and confirm that Takizawa is Prime Minister Iinuma's son.

Headlines like "Air King is PM's Secret Love Child" are already up everywhere.

Looks like the Seleção are back in full swing.

All within 12 hours...?

According to the logs, No. 11 must be the Seleção who Saki encountered in Roppongi.

No info on No. 06.

If you ask Juiz for Takkun's location, she rejects the request.

He's probably gonna try to contact you, Saki.

Unless he's tailing you already.

How did No. 06 learn about Saki?

My guess would be from the time she spent in the media spotlight.

Plus, you can tell that the Noblesse Phone has been taken overseas.

Makes sense.

Then there's No. 06.

It creeps me out how there's no pattern to his requests.

Anyway, seeing how we're in the dark about a lot of this,

you'd be safest hiding at the consulate general's office.

Huh? But-

We've got reason to believe the whole Iinuma circus is part of a ploy to find Takizawa in New York.

I know it's frustrating, but you'll have to give up on him for now.

No way!

If I don't find him now, the media will turn him into a scapegoat and he won't even remember why!

And more importantly,

Takizawa-kun's shouldered the responsibility for all these problems!

But we can't expose you to any more danger.

The hotel should still give you your room even without a passport.

Get to the consulate's office ASAP.

If you can't get there alone, we'll arrange for protection.

Hirasawa-kun...

There's one place I absolutely have to check first.

If the "place" he's talking about is where I think it is,

I may still be able to find Takizawa-kun before the other Seleção.

Just give me a little time.

But...

The consul's open until 4 PM.

Please, Hirasawa-kun...

Fine.

But make sure you're at the consul's by 4 PM, all right?

Thank you, Hirasawa-kun.

Why won't he show himself?

The hero's supposed to show up and save the damsel in distress!

I knew we should've gone with her.

It's too late now.

Besides, I think this is something Saki wanted to do alone.

Yeah, we should have faith in her!

I mean, six months ago, it was Saki's own plan that brought her to him in the first place!

True.

Didn't you get my messages? Saki-chan's missing, right?!

Kasuga!

Don't blame me!

It was me.

I figured he'd explode at us if we waited to tell him.

What the hell is wrong with you, Hirasawa!

Explain yourself!

Not bad, huh?

All this in one night from a buncha NEETs.

Whatcha think?

Looks like you're having fun.

How exactly do you make money off of this?

I don't give a crap about cash.

But forget me.

Didja know that the Public Safety Commission has been keeping an eye on the Seleção lately?

You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, wouldja Mononobe-san?

'fraid not.