A subway train comes barreling down the tracks. Inside the train, a door
opens then closes, and footsteps follow. Someone passes through each of
the cars until they reach a car with only one passanger. The passanger,
a pretty brown haired woman, is sleeping upright on one of the seats.
The woman suddenly wakes up, now leaning against a tall, blond man.
She tries to apologize but the man says, "I won't excuse you." The woman,
confused, asks what he means, and he says that she is not aware of her
beauty, and that the outfit she is wearing does not exemplify her natural
beauty. The woman asks if he's a beautician, and he says he's an artist.
She blushes, and he asks her if he could take a little bit of her time
to help make her more beautiful, so they will get off at the next station.
The scene switches to two men working in the subway station. Suddenly,
they hear strange sounds, like a woman crying. The men start, one of
them saying, "No, not again..." The other asks if that's the sound of
the wind as more crying is heard coming from down the tracks.
Miyu is at a new school staring out the window. Inside the classroom,
a chirpy girl with shoulder length, curly red hair is talking to her
friends about going out. The red haired girl says that they should
invite Yamano (Miyu) with them since she just transferred to the
school. The girl goes to Miyu and asks if she wants to go with them to
Yashirozaka. Miyu asks why her, and the other girl says that she looks
so gloomy, she won't be able to make friends easily that way. Miyu
agrees, saying that they should be forward, so call her Miyu. The
red haired girl is happy and invites Miyu to have lunch with her and
her friends.
At lunch, the girl, Chisato, introduces Miyu to a tall girl with short
blue hair, Yukari, saying she's the strongest, and the third girl with
brown hair in a ponytail and glasses, Hisae, as the book reader.
Chisato says she's not that special, but Miyu says, "You're cute,
that's enough" and Chisato is happy.
Later, they're on a subway, the three girls in street clothes and Miyu
still in her school uniform. Hisae suddenly asks if this is the last
train on the route and gets worried; Chisato asks her about it, and
they explain that many woman on the last train have gone missing.
Chisato wonders if it's a kidnapping, and Hisae says that all she knows
is that all the women were beautiful. Miyu then notices a tall blond
man with his back to her standing near the train door. She watches
him as he gets off the train and disappears into the crowd.
Miyu and the other three go around town, visiting various stores. They
stop by a small stand and look at the charms. The seller, a man with
long brown hair and shades, tells them that it's an "icon of friendship"
that means "you can stay friends forever." Chisato tells him that she'll
buy two and presents one to Miyu, saying, "To our friendship."
The girls are in a coffee shop talking, one of the girls commenting that
Miyu talks like her grandfather, so Miyu must be well educated. Chisato
says that she wishes she could stay as a child forever, and Yukari teases
her saying don't worry, she will. Miyu then notices the blond man come
out of a store from across the street carrying two shopping bags. Miyu
asks what type of store that was, and the others say it's a store for
mature women. Afterwards, Miyu parts with the three girls. Miyu watches
them go and smiles. "She [Chisato] called me a friend..."
Meanwhile, the blond man is busy putting earrings, jewlery, and a dress on
a woman. The woman doesn't move at all while he does this, and he
compliments her on her new outfit: "See, doesn't this dress go well with
your skin color?" Even when he is finished, she doesn't move or speak
at all.
At the graveyard on the roof, Miyu sits holding the charm Chisato gave
her and smiles at it. Shiina pops up: "You look so happy with that
little toy." Then, more disgruntledly after Miyu says why shouldn't
she be, Shiina adds, "I don't see what is so good about humans." Larva
appears by their side and warns Miyu not to get close to those girls
since she'll regret her actions later. Miyu says she knows. Shiina
returns their attention to the Shinma at hand. Miyu: "I don't like
him making trouble in my playground. We should send the naughty boy
back."
At school the next day, the teacher warns all the girls to be careful,
not to be out late at night, or to ride the subway train with other
people, because of the women disappearing. He then does role call,
and Chisato turns towards Miyu and holds up her charm; Miyu smiles,
doing the same.
In the subway, steps approach towards Miyu, who is sitting on a seat in
the train by herself with her head down. The blond man approaches her,
and Miyu says that her teacher told her to be careful, then adds,
"Right, Mr. Shinma?" The blond man pulls back: "The guardian?!" He
tries to run the other way but Larva appears. The man says that Larva
is the "infamous traitor". Miyu says that the Shinma should not insult
Larva, and Shiina appears, telling Miyu to watch out. The Shinma's
hand turns into a blade as he tries to slash Miyu but misses. Larva
and Miyu back him towards the door, and the Shinma says that this is
his train. The doors open and he jumps out.
Miyu chases down the tracks after him, then comes across an abandoned
station that is also called the Yashirozaka Station. She says that
there are two? And the Shinma appears, saying yes, that this one was
built before World War II but was abandoned. Miyu comments that this
is a "good hideout" for a Shinma, but the man replies, "Don't be
silly, it's my gallery." Miyu is the first guest to his gallery, so
please come inside. She follows him into a hallway with lights and
colorful banners hanging on the walls and on the floors. There are
gray doors all around.
Shinma: "These are my creations."
Suddenly, the gray doors go up and reveal display windows, in which are
many beautiful women in different dresses and outfits. She looks at
them, then back, and the Shinma is gone. The Shinma says, "Aren't they
beautiful?" Had they grown old, they would have become ugly, but now
time has stopped for the women and they can remain beautiful forever.
Miyu looks at them again, and she gasps as she can hear crying from
them though they cannot move or speak, being as still as mannequins.
Miyu: "Can you not hear? Their cries?"
Shinma: "What are you talking about?"
Miyu: "I was right... You are a Shinma."
The Shinma then attacks Miyu. The banners come off of the ground and
the wall and wrap around her body, choking and gagging her. The Shinma
appears again and says that she's rather young for his tastes, but
since she's the Guardian, time has stopped for her and she will remain
youthful. She faints and he comments that he has to buy teenager
clothes for her.
Suddenly the lights go out and the music of a flute is heard. He turns
around to see a figure appear in a mist. The Shinma looks at the ground,
but Miyu's body is not there. She steps out of the mist, saying, "Your
spirit is a deceptive spirit." "Nothing truthful will be seen" in him,
so he should "go back to the darkness."
The man turns into Shinma Ro Sha, a weird creature with blades as hands,
his true form. Larva appears and fights with Ro Sha, and Ro Sha demands
to know why Larva is fighting against him, they're alike. Larva says
that he now fights with Miyu. They fight more, and in the battle, his
blade misses Larva and accidentally slices the head off of the woman on
the subway train at the beginning of the episode. "My creation!"
Larva strikes him and slices off his blades, and Miyu sends out her fire,
returning him to the darkness. Afterwards, Larva asks, "What should we
do with these women?" Miyu looks at them before turning away, "I can
do nothing for them. They were charmed into something they should never
wish for." The two then leave.
Chisato looks at mannequins in a display window in the Yashirozaka area.
She turns to her friends and says that since she's out here, maybe a
modeling scout will see her. Skeptically, Yukari asks her if she thinks
she's that cute; Chisato asks Miyu if she's cute, and Miyu says, "Yes,
you are cute the way you are." Chisato says that Miyu is weird, and the
girls laugh.
Beneath, in the subway, more crying is heard from the mannequin women.
The scene focuses on the one with her head cut off as the crying
continues.
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