La historia sigue a Masaru Saiga, un niño que hereda una inmensa fortuna y se convierte en objetivo de asesinos. En su camino aparece Narumi Katou, un hombre que sufre una extraña enfermedad y que se ve obligado a luchar para sobrevivir, y Shirogane, una misteriosa mujer que controla marionetas mecánicas.
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00:00:00A bear was inviting everyone to a performance by a famous circus. As he announced the show,
00:00:04A boy carrying a huge suitcase bumped into him. The bear handed him a flyer, and upon seeing
00:00:08The boy said he wanted to go to a circus. The bear assumed the boy had run away from it.
00:00:13house. It didn't look badly damaged, so there must have been some reason behind it. To avoid
00:00:17The boy decided not to get involved in other people's business. When he saw that the bear didn't respond, he left.
00:00:22Downcast. Suddenly, the bear began to convulse. Apparently, he only felt well if he managed to
00:00:26to make someone laugh. Desperate, he began to dance and spin frantically, trying to make someone laugh.
00:00:32Just when it seemed he was going to die, the boy from before laughed out loud, saving his life.
00:00:37Immediately, three men in suits surrounded the boy. It was clear they were kidnappers.
00:00:41So the bear ran to rescue him. The strange thing was that, even though they broke his neck, his arms
00:00:46or their legs, they would regenerate instantly as if nothing had happened. Seeing that something was very wrong,
00:00:50The bear grabbed the boy and escaped. The two fled to a train station. Before they could recover
00:00:55The man inside the bear suit gasped, having another attack. He forced the boy to laugh.
00:01:00But in a situation like that, no one could do it. Even so, the boy ended up laughing and went back to
00:01:04save him. The man introduced himself as Kato and the boy said his name was Masaru Saiga, a student of
00:01:09Fifth grade. Men in suits had been after him ever since his father died. His father was the president.
00:01:14of a huge conglomerate dedicated to the computer and automotive industries. It's a typical case,
00:01:19When the president of a large company dies, the heir becomes a target for people
00:01:23dangerous. Kato had read a lot about it online. Masaru explained that his father died in
00:01:27an accident on the highway when something resembling a doll got stuck in one of the wheels.
00:01:31That doll reminded her of something her grandfather had told her. All the men in the Saiga family
00:01:36They had a room full of dolls like that. For some reason, each of them felt a strong
00:01:40fascination with them. They had internal mechanisms that allowed them to move as if they were alive.
00:01:45They were called Karakuri dolls. It seemed the grandfather already sensed the danger that would befall his
00:01:50fear. He told him that if Masaru's father died before he grew up, he should take that
00:01:55He packed his suitcase and fled. He was told that a woman named Shirogane would protect him. However, Masaru didn't
00:02:00He didn't know who that person was. The only clue his grandfather had given him was that he could find her in a
00:02:04circus. Kato understood that's why the boy wanted to go with him from the beginning. As he had already
00:02:08With his help, he decided to follow through to the end. Kato promised to take him to the circus to find Shiro. Just
00:02:13Then the man in the suit found them again. And as he had promised to help him,
00:02:17Kato decided to confront him using one of the techniques he had learned from martial arts.
00:02:21Chinese. However, unlike last time, the man threw Kato to the ground. Suddenly,
00:02:26The train made an emergency stop. Another man in a suit was on the tracks. The train hit him.
00:02:31It derailed and went flying. Just as they were about to go to the afterlife, Saigo apologized for
00:02:36Having dragged Kato into this mess. Perhaps it would have been better if he had died alone. Kato reassured the
00:02:41boy, telling him there was no need to apologize. When you're in trouble, ask for help. If you're angry,
00:02:46Shout. If no one helps you, then fight for yourself. And if that doesn't work either,
00:02:50All you can do is smile. After saying that, Kato jumps out of the train window.
00:02:55with the man in the suit. Finally, the train crashes into a circus tent. When one of
00:03:00The men in suits approach to kill him, Saiga begins to plead for someone to save him and
00:03:04She shouts Shiro's name. Just then, a girl descends from above. Using the suitcase
00:03:08Saiga had brought, and he summoned a puppet. Shiro used a single move to destroy the man in the suit.
00:03:14Shiro was very happy that the young master was safe. The puppet was called
00:03:18Harlequin. Saiga's grandfather had hired Shiro when he passed through France. She was his daughter.
00:03:23Saiga's nanny. Both mother and daughter owed their grandfather a large debt. Just then,
00:03:28Kato, who had survived, arrived looking for Saiga. Shiro immediately switched to battle mode.
00:03:32and fought Kato. An argument broke out between them, which led to a fight. When Saiga tried
00:03:37To stop them, he received a blow. Panicking, Shiro called Harlequin and carried the young master,
00:03:42saying that Kato's job was done and that now she would protect him. Kato wanted no more.
00:03:48Problems anyway. He still had to deal with his ridiculous condition. If he didn't make the
00:03:52People would die. After the crash, Kato helped the injured. At that moment he thought that if Saiga
00:03:57He was still being persecuted and this chaos was still happening, how was he going to make anyone laugh?
00:04:01ever? Meanwhile, Shiro was trying to flag down a car to take Saiga to the hospital,
00:04:06But no one stopped. Kato arrived and told him to follow him, that he knew an excellent doctor. Without another word
00:04:11Shiro accepted the option. Fortunately, Saiga's injuries weren't fatal, so the two were able to
00:04:16They relaxed a little. The doctor then went to prepare some medications, leaving Shiro and Kato in charge.
00:04:21Saiga. Shiro asked what Kato's goal was. He replied bluntly that it was for himself.
00:04:26Since it was easy to make Saiga laugh, Kato would stay with him. Suddenly, a puppet appeared.
00:04:31Out. Shiro summoned Harlequin and Kato got into a battle stance. Then the controller appeared.
00:04:36The puppet, a man named Ashi Hana. He had been hired to eliminate Saiga. Ashi trusted
00:04:41in his puppet, boasting of his superior strength and durability. Shiro told Kato that
00:04:46He stepped aside so they could fight one-on-one. What seemed like a fierce battle turned out to be a one-sided affair.
00:04:51Harlequin blocked the attacks with one hand, and Ashi's puppet couldn't even escape his grasp.
00:04:56grip. According to Masaru's grandfather, the Saiga family puppets were crafted with extreme precision.
00:05:01and uniqueness, each valued in billions of yen. Ashi, who was formerly arrogant,
00:05:06He was now pale with fear, but still laughing, saying that his men had already captured Saiga.
00:05:11However, Kato was still there. His Chinese martial arts technique might not work with
00:05:16puppets, but it worked perfectly on the thugs whom he beat as if they were sacks of shit.
00:05:20boxing. Seeing that the tide had turned, Ashi retreated. At that moment, Shiro realized that
00:05:25She couldn't protect the young master alone. Saiga apologized again for causing Kato trouble.
00:05:30But Kato told him to laugh because he was having another attack and was about to die. The doctor
00:05:35He diagnosed Kato with a physiological dysfunction caused by a parasympathetic nervous system
00:05:39Hyperactive, triggered by sensing others in that state. It was a hereditary condition from his grandfather.
00:05:45called Sonafa syndrome. In human biology, the sympathetic nervous system activates responses
00:05:49of stress, while the parasympathetic nervous system regulates relaxation. Sonafa syndrome causes the
00:05:54The body reacts violently when it doesn't feel that others are relaxed, which means that if Kato doesn't
00:05:59She can sense people around her, and in a relaxed state, she suffers attacks. The symptoms
00:06:04These include severe contractions of the trachea and difficulty breathing. As soon as the
00:06:08The doctor finished explaining, and Kato had another attack. He tried to make the three of them laugh, but he failed.
00:06:13So he ran away in despair. Driven by grief, he caused a scene in a store.
00:06:17of convenience, scaring people instead of making them laugh. Shiro intervened, pretending to do a
00:06:22A parody to attract attention. With Saiga joining in, the crowd laughed and Kato was saved once again.
00:06:27However, he refused to thank someone as unpleasant as Shiro. Afterwards, Saiga and Shiro
00:06:32They stayed temporarily at Kato's house. Shiro cooked while Kato needed to figure things out.
00:06:36Who wanted Saiga to die? The boy thought hard, but he couldn't figure it out. It had been part of it.
00:06:41I was only three years old in the Saiga family and hadn't even met all the relatives. In fact,
00:06:46His mother had been his father's mistress, not his legal wife. Saiga lived with his mother when he was young.
00:06:51He was a little boy. After his father died, a lawyer came and took him away. That was the first time he met his father.
00:06:56and then he was accepted into the Saiga family. Masaru asked Kato about the cost of
00:07:00to build a proper grave. He wanted one for his mother. Upon hearing that, Kato didn't know what
00:07:04answer. During dinner, Kato made Saiga eat a lot so that he could become stronger.
00:07:09By now, I had learned a little about Saiga, but this foreign girl who kept saying
00:07:14Being Shiro still made him suspicious. He clung to Saiga as soon as they met. Who knows?
00:07:18What were his true intentions? However, Kato admitted that if he stopped being hostile towards him
00:07:23From the side, she was actually quite cute. After lunch, Saiga went to take a bath. Remembering that
00:07:28The boy was still injured, and Kato thought about helping him, but when he went inside, Shiro was already there.
00:07:33which caused her to flee in a panic. She went outside to train to clear her mind. It turned out that Kato
00:07:38He had trained in martial arts in mainland China; he wasn't just an amateur. Upon seeing
00:07:42Watching Kato practice, Saiga wished he could be as strong as him. He had always been weak, always running away,
00:07:48He was always crying. Kato cheered him up by saying that he used to be even weaker than Saiga. Thanks to his
00:07:52Through training, Kato became who he was now, but Saiga remained full of insecurity.
00:07:56So Kato pulled out an old photo album. It showed Kato as a shy child,
00:08:00clumsy, afraid of everything, and always coming in last in sports. Seeing that made
00:08:05that Saiga would feel a little better. Shiro came to take the young master to bed. Since he didn't have
00:08:09She changed her clothes and borrowed one of Kato's shirts. He felt somewhat embarrassed, but she didn't mind.
00:08:14It mattered. At the circus, people used to stare at her all the time. Before going to sleep,
00:08:19Kato promised Saiga he would help him become stronger. That night, Shiro was still awake.
00:08:24standing guard. Saiga went to the bathroom without her for once, but then a puppet appeared and
00:08:28He kidnapped him. Shiro rushed to help him, but he had left Harlequin in another room.
00:08:32So she was easily taken down. Kato tried to stop them, but he was also attacked. The enemies
00:08:37They escaped with Saiga. The two pursued them and soon encountered Ashi. This time,
00:08:42He wasn't responsible. The attackers were his rivals. Ashi explained that Saiga's kidnapping
00:08:46It came from his inheritance of the Saiga conglomerate fortune. Many people didn't
00:08:51That pleased him. Ashi himself had only been hired to kill Saiga, while the
00:08:55Those involved had now been hired to kidnap him. Different clients, different
00:09:00purposes. Ashi knew exactly who they were. They were part of the same puppeteer clan as him,
00:09:05which had long since split into two warring factions. He hinted that the client behind the kidnapping
00:09:09wanted to adopt Saiga and that the child was probably being taken to the Saiga family mansion,
00:09:14in Karuizawa. Ashi said she could drop by for fun and that the other two could
00:09:19They could follow them if they wanted. Before leaving, he gave them some information. That mansion was a property
00:09:23Karakuri filled with grotesque puppets built by the previous patriarch of the Saiga family.
00:09:28She was guarded by the clan's most skilled puppeteers. Kato, after hearing all this,
00:09:33He was furious and swore to rescue Saiga. The next day, Kato and Shiro left. Meanwhile,
00:09:38Saiga was taken to Senji, his father's younger brother, who claimed to be fulfilling his promise to
00:09:43to take care of Saiga after his brother's death. Although distrustful, Saiga couldn't act. Something in
00:09:48Senji was deeply unsettling to him. Outside the property, the kidnappers had
00:09:52The area was surrounded in a defensive formation. Ashi's group of assassins was also present.
00:09:56He was lurking in the woods, planning an attack. Suddenly, the roar of a motorcycle broke the silence.
00:10:01It was Kato and Shiro. Kato rammed through the gates, causing the guards to flee. He stayed behind to
00:10:06to attract attention, while Shiro slipped inside to rescue Saiga. Kato knocked out everyone who
00:10:11They approached, taking down the enemy with their bare hands despite his knives. Ashi's assassins also
00:10:16They joined the fight. Shiro encountered his first opponent, a woman named Takami who
00:10:20He had turned the door into a meat grinder, tearing anyone to pieces.
00:10:24that he approached. But Harlequin was too powerful. With a single sweep, he destroyed the
00:10:28mechanism. Takami then entered directly into the fight. Inside the mansion, Senji revealed his true
00:10:33nature and tried to convince Saiga to let him adopt him. Saiga knew he had to escape.
00:10:38When he asked to go to the bathroom and Senji wanted to accompany him, fear paralyzed him for a moment, but even so
00:10:43He ran out to escape. Outside, Takami controlled a puppet that scattered bombs, but Harlequin
00:10:48He caught and returned each one. It was said that puppeteers should train from childhood.
00:10:53But for Shiro, puppetry was something he was born with. Meanwhile,
00:10:57Kato confronted Ashi again, demanding to know how someone who controlled giant puppets,
00:11:02He could so easily disregard human life. Ashi said that puppeteers, like himself,
00:11:06They now belonged to the Kuroga clan. Since the Heijan era, their clan had performed rituals of
00:11:11puppets to honor the gods. As for Saiga, he hid inside a wardrobe,
00:11:15where he found his father's journal. Inside were entries about him. Saiga discovered that
00:11:19It was simply bait. His father believed that puppets and their masters were unnecessary and
00:11:24He intended to use Saiga as the trigger to completely annihilate the Kuroga clan.
00:11:29Saiga couldn't believe it. Right at that moment, Senji found him. Ironically,
00:11:33The Saiga clan played a role in transforming the puppeteer clan, which was once considered divine,
00:11:37in assassins. Kuroga's task was to control the Saiga puppets in order to build them,
00:11:42And the Saiga clan had paid a huge sum to the Kuroga clan for their services, so the Kuroga
00:11:46She simply completed her task. After saying that, Ashi's group split up and went their separate ways.
00:11:51as they walked, Kato and Shiro headed straight for the mansion. Suddenly,
00:11:56A trap was triggered and Shiro fell into the void, but Kato managed to grab her hand. That effort...
00:12:00This triggered an attack, and although Shiro asked him to let her go, he refused with all his might.
00:12:05She wasn't a puppet, so she had to value her life. Besides, if something happened to her,
00:12:09Saiga would be sad. With that, Kato jumped down along with her. Meanwhile,
00:12:14Saiga was being tortured to force him to accept adoption, but he firmly refused.
00:12:18which only made Senji beat him more savagely. Then, Senji received a report that
00:12:23Kato and Shiro were dead, which surprised Saiga, but he still didn't give up. Then,
00:12:27Senji decided to take him to see their bodies. As for Kato, Shiro was safe because he
00:12:32She used her back to absorb the impact of the fall. Now, with her seizures worsening,
00:12:36Things weren't looking good. Shiro wanted to help, but no matter what she did,
00:12:40She couldn't smile because it had been so long since she had smiled. Kato didn't want to die either.
00:12:45He had to rescue Saiga. Then he started telling jokes, and somehow, in the middle of it all,
00:12:49Kato said she would marry Shiro. Although she didn't smile, her seizures stopped and her heart
00:12:54It was throbbing uncontrollably. Saiga, watching from afar, was pleased to see that they were still alive.
00:12:59She quickly began planning her escape. Meanwhile, Kato and Shiro continued on. Kato told her that
00:13:04She forgot what she had said before. Shiro didn't care; she never considered herself human. From the
00:13:08From the moment she became self-aware as a child, she had been trained to control
00:13:12puppets. Her trainer was strict. Shiro had to learn to let go of the pain.
00:13:17emotions and even her own identity. She herself would become a puppet. From then on,
00:13:22He had lived under the name Shiro Gane to fulfill a unique mission. Someone had created
00:13:26autonomous puppets called automatons, and she had to use Harlequin to destroy them. A puppet
00:13:32She didn't need emotions, but Kato said that was nonsense. She was human, not a puppet.
00:13:37When she was with Saiga, she had shown too many emotions, and that was clear proof of what
00:13:42It was changing. Meanwhile, Saiga had reached the roof, but the height was too great.
00:13:47to jump. She was afraid, and she couldn't go back either. She knew she had to change, become more
00:13:52Strong, to stop always depending on Shiro and Kato. With that determination, she launched herself. That leap felt
00:13:57How to leave behind his old self, the one that was still weak. He fell into the forest and landed right on top
00:14:02of the man who was attacking Ashi. Saiga stood up and looked him straight in the eyes.
00:14:07He needed her. He made her an offer. He wanted to hire Ashi to join him. Ashi saw in the
00:14:11The boy's gaze, a fierce desperation to live. Something impressive for a 10-year-old.
00:14:16Still surprised by his determination, Ashi remained firm in his rule. He would never betray a
00:14:21client, but Saiga later revealed the truth to them through his father's diary. The Kuroga clan
00:14:25It was being used to create the ultimate puppet. Once they had fulfilled their
00:14:29The Saiga clan planned to annihilate them. Ashi asked how much Saiga could pay. Then,
00:14:34He snatched the puppet from his opponent and led Saiga to confront Zenny. But Zenny didn't
00:14:39He didn't flinch. He revealed that he had taken Kato and Shiro hostage. Naturally, a child wouldn't
00:14:44I would completely understand the situation. All Saiga wanted was to protect the people who
00:14:48He cared about them. Zenny said that if Saiga accepted him as a father, he would let them go. Under relentless pressure,
00:14:54Saiga couldn't think clearly and was about to give in, but Ashi stopped him. He didn't believe that
00:14:59Zenny released them so easily. Saiga questioned Zenny again. The answer was yes.
00:15:03He would let them go by throwing them from the mountain into the sea. Enraged, Saiga remembered Kato's technique and the
00:15:08He mimicked. He knocked Zenny down with a clean punch. Then, he added a combination that broke his arm and his
00:15:13leg. But there was no time to escape. The bombs that Ashi's men had planted
00:15:17They were about to explode. Saiga quickly devised a plan. Meanwhile, Kato and Shiro were
00:15:22trapped in a cage. This caused Shiro to panic. When she was little, she had also been
00:15:26Locked in a dark place, Kato hugged her to comfort her. His smile calmed her a little.
00:15:31That smile reminded him of someone else, Saiga's grandfather. Long ago, he had told him that one day
00:15:36She would find happiness, as long as she protected Saiga. If she did, she would no longer be
00:15:40a puppet. On the other hand, Saiga told Ashi to jump into the temple in front of them. Ashi didn't
00:15:45He was sure he could do it, but Saiga insisted that he could. He had analyzed the puppet and the
00:15:50The chances of success were high. Hearing that, Ashi made the leap, but slipped. Refusing to
00:15:55Instead of surrendering, Saiga took control and successfully reached Kato and Shiro. The three
00:16:00They were overjoyed to be reunited. However, Ashi had been seriously injured and fainted. Right at that
00:16:05At that moment, the remaining puppeteers appeared. One of them tried to kill Saiga, but the knife
00:16:10The puppet broke upon contact with Kato's muscles, who was furious at
00:16:15Saiga's body was covered in wounds. Saiga used Ki to destroy the cage and then stepped out.
00:16:20fight. Without his puppets, those men were nothing. Kato easily took them all down.
00:16:24But once they started using puppets, even he was outsmarted. Things got complicated.
00:16:29When Shiro was attacked and couldn't unleash Harlequin's full power, but they still had Saiga. It was no longer
00:16:34Weak. Saiga borrowed Harlequin to fight. Surprisingly, although most of the
00:16:39It takes people years or even a lifetime to master a puppet, but Saiga was able to use it.
00:16:43Just by observing. He even copied Shiro's techniques. As someone once said, his instinct to
00:16:48His resilience, quick judgment, and adaptability were exceptional. Precisely because he had no
00:16:53His strength, his natural talent, had grown stronger. Right after defeating the enemy,
00:16:57The bomb detonated and destroyed the mansion. Kato protected Saiga, Harlequin protected Shiro, and Ashi awoke.
00:17:03Just in time to rescue the group. His men had tied ropes from the opposite side. Kato
00:17:07I still didn't trust Ashi, but Ashi said that Saiga had hired him for a high price.
00:17:12So he didn't have to worry. To be safe, Kato paid an extra 10 yen as an additional fee.
00:17:16Ashi went first, then Shiro, but the tower began to collapse and Saiga fell. As Shiro was
00:17:21Wounded, Kato pushed her away so she could escape and went down to look for Saiga. When she found him, she protected him from the
00:17:26Falling debris. Perhaps this was the last time they would be able to speak. Kato told Saiga to smile.
00:17:31If he ever felt lost, he should listen to his heart and decide what to do. That would be the
00:17:36A time to smile, not to cry. After those words, another bomb exploded and the flames
00:17:41They enveloped the night. At dawn, everything was in ruins. Saiga survived, but only Kato survived.
00:17:45One arm remained tightly clutched to the boy. Two months after Kato's death,
00:17:50Saiga returned to a normal life. Shiro left the circus and became his maid. Although she was
00:17:55Happy to have her by her side, Shiro was overprotective. Eventually, Saiga was able to return to school.
00:18:00Shiro also enrolled in a nearby school to be near him and protect him. She was
00:18:05in high school, right next door to Saiga's. They usually went to school together. Before
00:18:09As they said goodbye, Shiro reminded him that if anyone was harassing him, he should go to her. Saiga said he would be there.
00:18:14Okay. But the moment he entered the school, a group of bullies had already stolen his shoes.
00:18:18After everything that had happened, Saiga had matured and was no longer bothered by such small things.
00:18:23But the bullies weren't finished. They drew mean things on the blackboard and scattered
00:18:28tacks on his chair. Even so, Saiga responded with a smile, enduring each prank just as he
00:18:32Kato had taught her. To smile in the face of adversity. Outside, Shiro witnessed everything and
00:18:37She looked visibly upset. Eventually, the gang of bullies stopped playing and began
00:18:42to harass him directly. The class president tried to intervene, but the bully still gave her a
00:18:47He punched Saiga, and that was his mistake. The punch revealed the scar on Saiga's forehead. Realizing
00:18:52Realizing he could no longer hide it, Saiga took off his shirt and showed them why he hadn't returned to the
00:18:56school for so long. Her body was covered in wounds. She had endured pain
00:19:01unimaginable, so her petty teasing meant nothing to him. He said he was smiling.
00:19:06simply because I wanted to continue the will of that person, the one who faced adversity
00:19:10to protect him. Meanwhile, Shiro was scolded for missing class on her first day.
00:19:15In a place that looked like a garbage dump, an old man was trying to negotiate an extension of
00:19:18He rented from his landlord. The landlord advised him to shut down that ridiculous circus. It was already obsolete.
00:19:23Anyway. The old man was so furious it looked like he was going to smash the table against
00:19:28The landlord. During gym class, Saiga sat with a classmate.
00:19:31He asked him to tell him about the person who had saved him. Actually, there were two.
00:19:35people, one had died and the other was her older sister, Shiro. She used to work
00:19:40She was in a circus and was good at everything, from cooking to cleaning. She was also incredibly
00:19:44She looked elegant every time she appeared on stage. The girl commented that Shiro looked perfect.
00:19:49But Saiga didn't think the same. No matter how much people praised or admired her, Shiro never
00:19:53She smiled. She always answered with a sad smile. When they were in the hospital, she
00:19:58He told Saiga that just before Kato went to save him, he had another attack. But in
00:20:02At that moment, Shiro couldn't smile. That's why, whenever she thinks of Kato, she can't smile.
00:20:07And yet, they could never forget him. The girl asked if Shiro planned to return.
00:20:11to some circus. She wanted to see her perform at least once and thought that might help
00:20:15to make Shiro feel happier. So Saiga dragged her to that circus that looked like a garbage dump.
00:20:20Although Shiro said she didn't need it, Saiga insisted on inviting her to join. Right at that
00:20:24At that moment, the man who owed the rent appeared. He had heard rumors that Shiro
00:20:28He wanted to rejoin the circus. It was Shinobu, the leader of the circus troupe. His two thugs
00:20:33They immediately came out when they saw a foreign girl and welcomed her. They even made a
00:20:37talent show for Saiga, who enjoyed it and asked Shiro to do something too.
00:20:41She then performed a balancing act on a ladder that left the four of them without
00:20:46words. Shiro said that his duty was to protect his young master, but if Saiga wished him to be
00:20:50He would join, he would follow his will. The leader was delighted with Shiro's talent. His circus no longer
00:20:55It would be considered obsolete. He introduced the two men as Nori and Hiro, and there was also a
00:20:59A beast tamer named Tachibana. Meanwhile, at a military hospital, we discover that Kato
00:21:05He was alive. It turned out a man had saved him, but now he needed his help. Upon waking,
00:21:10Kato discovered he was in a hospital in Illinois, USA. He appeared to have lost
00:21:15memory. Her savior was a young French aristocrat named Gay Christophe Rech, and the lady
00:21:20The older woman accompanying him was Lucille Bernouil. Kato really wanted to know who she was, but Gay told him
00:21:25He told me to be patient, that my memories would return with time. The discussions
00:21:29Kato's loud noises frightened a child outside the room, who ran away. When Kato chased him,
00:21:34He found many other children. Seeing how scared they were, Kato instinctively tried to cheer them up.
00:21:38But he ended up doing martial arts moves in front of them. The children were amazed.
00:21:42It seemed great, and they gathered around him. Suddenly, the boy from before had a seizure.
00:21:47Seeing that triggered something in Kato's memory, and he collapsed. A doctor advised him not to...
00:21:51He exerted himself so soon after waking up. From what they knew, Kato had been trapped in a
00:21:56An explosion occurred at a mansion in Japan, and the chances of survival were minimal. Kato
00:22:01He asked if the boy also had Sonifa syndrome like him. Gay replied that about 20 children did.
00:22:05Sonifa and others were receiving care at this facility. It was the research center and
00:22:09The world's largest treatment center for this syndrome. Apparently, the doctors here don't
00:22:13They thought well of Gay, and blamed him for delaying efforts to contain the disease, allowing
00:22:18that it spread even further. Kato asked why Gay had saved him, and Gay replied that he
00:22:23He would explain when the time came. And so, Kato began living in the hospital. His days consisted
00:22:27eating, sleeping, and playing with the children. Little by little, he got used to his new arm and approached the
00:22:32children. One night while going to the bathroom, Kato saw the doctors using drugs. He ran to find
00:22:37to another doctor, but instead he stumbled upon a terrifying scene. Gay and Lucille interrogating
00:22:42He was treated like a criminal. Even though they said it was for treatment, Kato couldn't bear it.
00:22:47He broke the glass and punched Gay in the face. However, Gay didn't seem to feel any pain.
00:22:52And Kato's wounds from the glass miraculously healed. The doctors arrived then and
00:22:56They took the child away. A nurse asked Kato, after living there for a month,
00:23:01if she hadn't noticed that none of the children ever had seizures. It wasn't because
00:23:05would have been cured. Sonifa's illness remained a mystery. The only known form of
00:23:09Helping the children meant making them laugh. To do that, all the staff made a point of smiling. They needed
00:23:14to relax the sympathetic nervous system using drugs. But as the research was not progressing,
00:23:19The doctors were growing increasingly anxious. And yet, they weren't allowed to show any sign of
00:23:24Sadness. Gay also told Kato that this hospital was no different from hell. Later,
00:23:28A doctor took Kato to see the intensive care unit, where many children were suffering in agony.
00:23:33The doctor explained that Sonifa syndrome had three stages. The first stage involved difficulty
00:23:38Difficulty breathing and pain throughout the body. The second stage brought complications due to a system
00:23:43weakened immune system. Most children could not survive beyond these first two.
00:23:48stages. But true liberation only came with death. The most terrifying part was the third.
00:23:53stage. The children could no longer die. The doctor took Kato to the basement, where countless children
00:23:58They lay in rows. At this stage, their body temperatures dropped and their muscles became
00:24:03rigid. What's more, they couldn't sleep anymore. Now Kato understood why this place was comparable to the
00:24:08Hell. Kato asked Gay what he had done to his body. Only two months had passed.
00:24:12But he had already fully recovered. Gay revealed that he used Aquavitae to save Kato.
00:24:17It was a miraculous elixir that could cure any disease, even Sonifa's syndrome. And it was
00:24:21The only known cure. But to save Kato, they had used everything they had. The Aquavitae
00:24:26It could only be refined by ancient alchemists, and saving Kato had a purpose. Gay wanted
00:24:31He asked Kato to help him destroy the automatons. Meanwhile, Sonifa's syndrome
00:24:35It remained a mystery, but Gay knew its origin. It was propagated by the automatons, and the group that...
00:24:40What he controlled was the Midnight Circus. Gay's mission was to destroy them, and he needed Kato to...
00:24:46became a shirogane. Upon hearing that name, Kato remembered someone, but before he could recall more,
00:24:51Lucille went inside to announce their arrival. Outside, a group of people in white clothing
00:24:55It attacked the hospital, draining the guards' blood. Kato and the doctors quickly evacuated.
00:24:59to the children, while Gay stepped forward to confront the attackers. He invoked a
00:25:04a puppet named Olympia, and began to dance, destroying every enemy that came near.
00:25:08Lucille explained that these enemies were spreading the disease, and the shirogane's mission was
00:25:13Eliminate them. At that moment, a little girl in Kato's arms had a seizure. He tried to force a
00:25:17He smiled, but he couldn't, and the girl died in his arms. Kato asked why Gay didn't save her.
00:25:22the children. Lucille replied that using the last drops of Aquavita on these children would not solve the
00:25:27bigger problem. Instead, they placed their hopes on Kato. If he became a
00:25:31Shirogane and defeating the automatons could save many more. Lucille gave Kato a
00:25:36mask used by ancient alchemists, who had to endure unbearable pain,
00:25:40and they used it to hide their sadness. Instantly, Kato stormed out in a rage, destroying everything that
00:25:44He had hurt the children. He was like a wild beast, roaring with fury. The leader of the
00:25:49Automatons then made its move, throwing its puppet at Kato, who was bitten and torn apart.
00:25:54Without giving Kato time to recover, the puppet returned to its master, who then threw
00:25:58a giant automaton. At that critical moment, Gay told Kato to press a button on his arm
00:26:03mechanic. Kato immediately counterattacked and knocked the enemy to the ground. He declared that if the
00:26:08Automatons were demons to children, so he would be a demon to them. When the puppet tried
00:26:12To save her master, Kato destroyed her with a single blow. The other enemy tried to flee, but Kato tore him apart.
00:26:18Kato's head was on the spot. He unleashed all his rage and the pain the children had endured on them.
00:26:22attacks. Afterward, he agreed to follow Gay and become a shirogane. He accepted the ancestral mask and them
00:26:27He told the doctors he would protect everyone there. He would protect the children,
00:26:31even if it meant becoming a demon. Meanwhile, on Saiga's side,
00:26:36Since it was summer, he and Shiro traveled with Shinobu's circus troupe. Because they didn't have
00:26:40To keep the circus running, they had to work part-time to earn some money. The teacher
00:26:45Hiro and Nori did heavy labor while Shiro performed at ceremonies.
00:26:50a zoo to earn some extra money. After one of her performances, a girl
00:26:54She suddenly appeared and challenged Shiro. But Shiro ignored her, which enraged the girl.
00:26:58who threw a knife at her. Shiro deflected it with just two juggling balls. Fascinated by Shiro,
00:27:03The girl immediately declared herself to be her sister in arms. The two sat down to talk, and the girl revealed
00:27:07She was born into a circus family in America. She once aspired to be a knife thrower.
00:27:11like his father, but he couldn't do it. His younger brother had sonafa syndrome and the family
00:27:16She spent all her money trying to cure him. She had to throw herself into her work to help him.
00:27:21to support them. In the end, his younger brother died at the age of 15. Upon hearing this, Shiro also
00:27:25She remembered Kato and shared her story about him. Feeling a connection, the two got to know each other better.
00:27:30Her name was Vilma. That night, when Shiro returned to the circus troupe, he told Saiga about it.
00:27:35I was happy that Shiro was finally opening up to someone. Shiro felt the same way.
00:27:40Before, I only saw others as friends or enemies, but after meeting Saiga,
00:27:44She realized that talking to others wasn't so bad after all. After that,
00:27:48Shiro went to return the utensils she had borrowed from the zoo. Meanwhile, Saiga
00:27:52He was alone, and Vilma had him in her sights. Even when he was about to die,
00:27:56She still managed to smile. Fortunately, Shiro returned after hearing a noise. She deployed Harlequin.
00:28:01to attack, but Vilma was much faster, more than just fast. She was very skillful. She launched
00:28:06He repeatedly stabbed Shiro with knives, and in a short time, Shiro's body was like a hedgehog. Not wanting to
00:28:11To prevent her from getting hurt further, Saiga stepped in front of Shiro to protect her. At that moment, Vilma remembered
00:28:16to his deceased younger brother. Seeing that his opponent was leaving an opening, Shiro went all out and made him
00:28:21Harlequin launched a full assault. It seemed that all the Shirogane had acquired characteristics
00:28:25Special physical abilities. Shiro pulled the knives from his body and his wounds healed instantly.
00:28:30But even if it could regenerate, taking continuous damage was still too much. It couldn't
00:28:34Keep up. Saiga begged her not to fight so recklessly. She had promised to protect him.
00:28:40and to be a normal person again. Their conversation led Vilma to recall the image of her brother.
00:28:45dying, who, even knowing he was going to die, still smiled and asked him to keep living for his
00:28:50Okay. In the end, Vilma couldn't kill him and collapsed. Shiro took advantage of this to try and kill her.
00:28:54But Saiga stopped her and reminded her of Kato's words about valuing life. Shiro decided to stop.
00:29:00Afterward, Saiga wanted to take Vilma back to the circus for treatment. He wanted to become strong like her.
00:29:04Kato in order to protect everyone. Upon hearing that, Shiro told him to drink his blood, that he
00:29:09It would protect her from illness and injury. When Vilma woke up, Shiro was watching over her. He told her that
00:29:14The one who had saved her was the same boy she had tried to kill. Shiro used to be cold and
00:29:19He was just following orders, but after meeting Saiga and the others, he learned a lot. Now he wanted
00:29:24change. Vilma thought for a moment and then came up with a new way to earn money instead of
00:29:29hunting. The next day, Vilma joined the circus troupe. With her knife-throwing skills,
00:29:34There was no doubt she would be a star. After a long period of work and saving, the troupe
00:29:38He was finally able to organize a proper show. On opening day, Saiga was chatting with
00:29:43Tachibana. Although she claimed to be a beast tamer, she only worked with dogs and cats. Her family
00:29:48She used to tame wild beasts in an old circus. She was supposed to follow in her footsteps.
00:29:52But a tragic accident occurred. Her sister was killed by a tiger. Since then, she has stopped
00:29:57She trained wild animals. Even so, she stayed with the circus, so Saiga wanted to see her perform.
00:30:02Everyone was very busy, preparing everything for the big day. Vilma couldn't believe there had been
00:30:06He rejoined a circus. He felt as if he were reunited with a lost love. He asked
00:30:11Shiro had never been in love with anyone. She had never opened her heart to anyone.
00:30:16But there was one person who had changed her deeply. The more she thought about him, the more she fell.
00:30:20Her tears. Vilma told her she was totally smitten with that boy. Up in heaven, Kato's team
00:30:26He was heading to China to capture the automatons. At that moment, several enemies began to
00:30:31transform into automatons. They attacked Kato's group, revealing that their objective was to
00:30:36crash the plane. Kato, acting impulsively, hit one of them so hard that
00:30:40It flew out of the plane, tearing through the fuselage and accelerating the crash. The automatons then
00:30:44They destroyed everything around them to turn the place into a fighting arena. They wanted to face Kato.
00:30:49in a one-on-one duel, since they had heard he could fight unarmed. They even took the children.
00:30:54as hostages, threatening to break a finger for every blow. Gay volunteered in place of the children,
00:31:00since their fingers controlled Olympia. So the automatons shifted their focus to Gay.
00:31:04In the first fight, Kato easily crushed one of them with a single blow, but the automaton...
00:31:09He broke one of Gay's fingers in retaliation. Whether Kato received a blow or delivered one,
00:31:14Gay's fingers would still be broken. Gay told him not to worry and urged him to defeat them.
00:31:18quickly. Meanwhile, Lucille continued protecting the passengers. She couldn't act
00:31:23recklessly, since the enemy could have already taken control of the cockpit.
00:31:28He needed to get her back. Meanwhile, on Kato's side, Gay had already taken seven of his fingers.
00:31:32broken. After a while, Kato finished off the rest, leaving only the one holding Gay. Kato gave him a
00:31:38A powerful blow to the face, just as Lucille was neutralizing the automaton piloting the plane
00:31:42and deactivated the bomb attached to it. As for Kato, the last automaton, gravely wounded,
00:31:47He tried to suck blood to regenerate, but Kato used the chain on his arm to pull him towards him.
00:31:52With a swift movement, Gay then had Olympia wrap herself around the bomb.
00:31:57Fortunately, he survived. Although Kato didn't like Gay, he did care about him a little.
00:32:02Outside the aircraft, a swarm of insect-like automatons attacked the engines. From the cockpit of
00:32:06During the piloting, Lucille radioed that both Kato and Gay should stop them. Gay had put
00:32:11A wedding dress for Olympia. It was a high-tech outfit designed to help her dance in the
00:32:16air. However, Gay was exhausted and only had three fingers left to control Olympia. The situation
00:32:21It was critical, since the second engine had already been destroyed. Even in such a situation
00:32:25Desperate, Gay still managed to make jokes. Before leaving, she told Kato that if anything happened to her,
00:32:30He was to take on the task of destroying the midnight circus. Then, Gay and Olympia danced.
00:32:35through the air, taking down the insect-like enemies one by one. But their numbers were overwhelming and
00:32:40Finally, they pounced on Gay and Olympia. He provoked an automaton to kill him. But just
00:32:45When he was about to cut it, he used Olympia to immobilize and destroy it. However,
00:32:50The automaton launched itself directly toward the plane's engine. Gay pushed it, and the explosion...
00:32:55She dragged him down with her. There was no time for regrets. Kato still had to face the music.
00:32:59to the swarm near the left wing. Lucille began landing procedures
00:33:03Emergency. Surprisingly, the plane landed right next to the circus grounds.
00:33:07where Saiga was performing. Shiro rushed to check on the accident, his heart racing.
00:33:11When she thought she saw Kato, she rushed forward, but she couldn't find him anywhere. Kato had
00:33:16He went to the cockpit to look for Lucille, but she was already subdued. He removed the automaton.
00:33:21to fight. The automaton went berserk, thirsty for blood, and targeted Saiga. Shiro shielded him.
00:33:26Kato quickly destroyed the automaton and brought them both out. Amid the smoke and dust,
00:33:30They couldn't see Kato's face clearly. Since she still didn't remember him, she went to look for Lucille.
00:33:35When they realized it was him, Shiro and Saiga split up to look for him, but he was already gone.
00:33:40Instead, they found Gay, and to their surprise, he turned out to be Shiro's master.
00:33:44He immediately began treating her wounds. That night, Saiga thought about Kato. When Shiro
00:33:49He approached her and asked her how she met Gay. She told him it was during her travels with her teacher.
00:33:53Eventually, they took her to a place in France called Kimbrin, where they told her she had to
00:33:57to become a puppeteer. After rigorous training, she lost her
00:34:01emotions and became a puppet herself. Through it all, Gay remained by her side.
00:34:06Saiga had always thought that Kato was the first to show kindness to Shiro, and the image of Kato
00:34:11During the plane crash, it haunted his thoughts. In reality, Shiro's heart
00:34:16Her heart was racing uncontrollably when she thought it was Kato. Her heart could beat so strongly because of him.
00:34:21He was the one who brought warmth to her cold life. That night, Saiga had a nightmare about him.
00:34:26Kato's sacrifice. He knew he had to become stronger, not only for himself, but to be able to
00:34:30the height of what Kato had given him. At dawn, he resolved to leave and find out why his father had given him
00:34:35He had left his entire inheritance. Meanwhile, Kato and Lucille had reached a mountain range.
00:34:40in China. The girl they found there was Minxia, daughter of Master Feng, the master of
00:34:45martial arts that had trained Kato. When Kato visited the dojo looking for clues
00:34:49Regarding the midnight circus, he discovered that Master Feng had contracted the syndrome of
00:34:53Sonafa had left her home in search of the fountain of immortality. Lucille said that,
00:34:58If they could find him, perhaps they could discover the location of the circus. Minxia decided to join them.
00:35:04Master Feng's homeland belonged to the Bai clan. Mentioning this stirred some memories.
00:35:08Kato, visions that had been recurring. According to Lucille, the aquavyte that Kato had absorbed
00:35:14It was the last drop, the most concentrated, which meant that these memories could
00:35:18belonging to an ancestor. Eventually, Kato found Master Feng accompanied by a dog
00:35:23White. He explained everything and the reason he had come. Master Feng replied that if he
00:35:28What Kato said was true, so there was something important he needed to know. The master told him that
00:35:33Two hundred years ago, there were two brothers in the Bai clan who were puppet makers. The elder,
00:35:37named Baijin, and the younger one, Baijin. These were the memories of the man whose soul resided within
00:35:43Kato. The two brothers, seeking the truth within true alchemy, set off in
00:35:47a journey. After 8 years, they finally arrived in Prague, the birthplace of alchemy.
00:35:51Known as the City of a Hundred Towers. There they became disciples of an old alchemist.
00:35:56One day, while buying medicinal herbs, the Bai brothers stumbled across
00:36:00A young woman with white hair named Francine. They were both immediately captivated by her.
00:36:04But they continued to study with discipline and perfect their alchemical techniques with the
00:36:09Their goal was to create puppets capable of moving like humans. Occasionally, the two would go to
00:36:13to buy apples for Francine. On one of those occasions, during a festival, Francine the
00:36:17She invited him to accompany her. Although Baijin didn't feel like going, he accepted because Francine asked him to.
00:36:22The three of them enjoyed the event together. Baijin noticed that Francine almost never finished her food.
00:36:26and preferred to keep it. Later, they went to see a puppet show, but learned that
00:36:31It had been canceled because the puppeteer had been fired. So, the brothers asked
00:36:36They borrowed the stage and gave their own performance, as they came from a family
00:36:40of puppeteers. The three spent a delightful evening. When Baijin got drunk,
00:36:45His brother took him back to his room and then accompanied Francine home. She lived in the
00:36:50He lived in poor neighborhoods, and there Baijin understood why he always saved his food. He had several younger siblings.
00:36:55to feed. After serving them, Francine told them to eat because she was already satisfied and then she
00:37:00She went outside for a while. Baijin knew that wasn't true. She hadn't eaten a thing the whole time.
00:37:04day. He followed her and discovered the slave mark on her body. He also understood that, even
00:37:08Starving, she continued to share her food with others. Baijin tried to take her from
00:37:13I returned to demand food, but upon seeing the elderly residents of the neighborhood crying with joy over a
00:37:17A simple piece of bread, she stopped. An elderly woman told her that Francine had helped many people in the
00:37:23area. Francine had fled human traffickers in France and arrived in Prague, where she took any
00:37:27Any job available to survive, even selling their own hair, all to be able to help orphans
00:37:32and the elderly. She was branded a slave for stealing a single egg, which she took to save a child.
00:37:37She was sick and needed nutrition. In the end, they caught her and branded her. And when she was released,
00:37:42The child had already died. The villagers begged Baijin to make Francine happy.
00:37:47From that moment on, his perspective changed. He told his brother that if alchemy was a
00:37:52The path to truth, then, knowledge that only benefited the alchemist himself had no value.
00:37:57He asked Baijin if such a selfish path could even emit a small glimmer of light.
00:38:02Baijin began to suspect that something had happened between Francine and Baijin while he was drunk.
00:38:07He even came to believe that his brother had taken Francine away from him, even though he knew that he loved her.
00:38:11But Baijin remained silent. One day, Baijin found Francine praying in a church,
00:38:16Not for herself, despite all she had suffered, but because she wanted everyone to be there.
00:38:20free from disease. Deeply moved, Baijin made a decision and made her a proposal.
00:38:25marriage. He vowed to leave everything behind and dedicate himself to supporting her and the children. Francine
00:38:30He was moved and ended up accepting. Baijin took out a paper ring and placed it on his finger. Both
00:38:34They kissed happily, unaware that Baijin had seen everything, burning with rage. That same night,
00:38:39Baijin kidnapped Francine and disappeared. Baijin immediately set out to look for his wife.
00:38:45Nine years passed in an instant. One spring, Baijin finally found his brother's whereabouts and
00:38:50He confronted her by holding a knife to her neck, but soon realized that he was no longer the same.
00:38:54brother from before. Baijin told him that he had dedicated those nine years to researching alchemy to cure
00:38:59Francine's illness. Upon learning that she was sick, Baijin asked where she was.
00:39:03She found herself. She ran towards the village where the villagers were holding her for fear of putting
00:39:08endangering their families. They were both overjoyed to see each other again, but Francine was
00:39:12chained and infected. Baijin assured her not to worry, that he had spent nine years studying
00:39:17Chinese and Western medicine and that it would cure her. However, as soon as he began to examine her,
00:39:22The villagers dragged him out. Baijin vowed to create a cure and return for it. That cure would be
00:39:27Aqua Vitae. Baijin returned to his brother's mansion and began his investigation. After countless
00:39:32After days without sleep, he finally managed to create what every alchemist longs for: the philosopher's stone.
00:39:37the soft stone that gave rise to the drop of life. But when he ran to see Francine,
00:39:41She found the place where she had been imprisoned engulfed in flames, set ablaze by the villagers. Baijin dealt with
00:39:46She desperately tried to knock down the wall, but it was useless. In her final moments, Francine...
00:39:51He asked that the drop of life be used to help someone who truly needed it. He cut a
00:39:55She took a lock of her hair and handed it to Baijin, telling him that his brother would know what to do with it.
00:40:00He thanked her for being the light of his life and wished that if there was another life, they could
00:40:04to meet again. Thus, Francine died in the flames. That night, Baijin returned in shock. His brother
00:40:11He also returned, having managed to create his own philosopher's stone, but it was too late. Baijin did not
00:40:16He said one word, simply handed Francine's hair to Baijin, and left. From then on,
00:40:21The brothers never met again. Baijin left the village while his brother
00:40:25It remained there. 23 years later, Baijin created a puppet identical to Francine. But it was no more
00:40:31That's it, a puppet without emotions. Enraged, Baijin manufactured more automatons and unleashed a plague
00:40:37about the villagers who had hurt Francine. This evil compelled the infected to make the villagers laugh.
00:40:42Francine the puppet to stay alive. Lucille was among those infected. The actions of the
00:40:46The puppets became increasingly twisted and even began killing villagers. All with the
00:40:51The goal was to make Francine laugh. But the worst was yet to come. The victims of the syndrome of
00:40:56Sonafa could not die. They remained trapped in a state between life and death. Until one day
00:41:00The first successor of true alchemy appeared. He saved Lucille, and she told him everything. Then,
00:41:06He asked her if she was willing to live a life dedicated to fighting automatons. Without hesitation,
00:41:11Lucille agreed. Then, he created a fountain of Aquavitae using the Philosopher's Stone to save
00:41:15to Lucille's people. But he warned that only those who wished to take revenge on the automatons could
00:41:20drink it. To defeat them, they only had to open the chest that was nearby. Lucille wanted to know who.
00:41:24It was that man. He replied that he had been born in China, but preferred the name Shirogane and that
00:41:29That's what she should call him. When she left, the man approached the fountain, said he would disarm himself there, and
00:41:34He would watch over the villagers to prevent them from abusing that power. His sole purpose was to destroy the
00:41:38Automatons created by Baijin. When he removed his mask, it became clear that he was Baijin. Then,
00:41:44He threw himself into the fountain, seeking to reunite with Francine in the afterlife. The following morning,
00:41:48Only Lucille showed the will to take revenge. At that moment, a flood of knowledge
00:41:53alchemy, foreign languages, the structure and weaknesses of automata, methods for
00:41:57He tried to control them, and Baijin's lifelong memories flooded his mind. Inside the chest was Harlequin.
00:42:03a powerful automaton. Lucille mastered its control. More importantly,
00:42:06He inherited Baijin's determination: to destroy, to destroy all the automatons. Ashes to the
00:42:11Ashes, dust to dust. The puppets had to become simple puppets again. However,
00:42:16Cato was neither influenced nor did he receive Baijin's memories. Lucille commented that fools only
00:42:20They take longer. Mingsia asked if Baijin had really died and what had become of him. In that
00:42:26At that moment, Pantalone, Baijin's oldest automaton, appeared. He explained that Baijin had overturned all of its
00:42:31hatred towards the villagers regarding Francine, convincing herself that she was nothing more than a puppet without
00:42:36emotions and then destroyed it. After that, Baijin left the village, but the puppet Francine
00:42:41It continued to exist. She herself had distilled a synthetic fluid within her body and it
00:42:45She transmitted to other automatons like herself a power of will. There was a mission: to get Francine
00:42:50smile. To do this, the automatons had to drink aquavitae. Only then could they understand their
00:42:55Thoughts and emotions. That was the task of the midnight circus. Pantalone got there because
00:43:00Baijin had submerged the philosopher's stone in that spring. But Master Fenn wasn't going to allow that.
00:43:05She would drink it. It would put an end to the sins of her ancestors. She took out the bomb she had prepared.
00:43:10and took his own life alongside Pantalone. Master Fenn's last words coincided with those of
00:43:14Francine as she burned in the flames. The long journey through Baijin's memories had
00:43:19concluded, marking the beginning of the true end. The end of the midnight circus. In that same
00:43:24At that time in the United States, the Shiroganes had gathered after locating their most important target,
00:43:29The Midnight Circus, the base of the automatons. Lucille found a Chinese Shirogane dog that had
00:43:35A trail leading to the circus was detected. The information was relayed to all the Shiroganes.
00:43:39of the world. Shortly afterward, a commander-in-chief appeared and gave a speech to raise the morale of
00:43:44Everyone before the final battle. That night, Kato's group arrived at the circus before the others.
00:43:49They talked for a while until more reinforcements began to arrive and other shirogane joined them.
00:43:53The next morning we see Ashi again. After receiving a large sum for his work as an assassin,
00:43:58He was traveling the world, though he was beginning to get bored. At that moment, a shirogane approached and offered him the
00:44:03an opportunity to enter a new world. Ashi only asked how much she would be paid. Meanwhile,
00:44:07Fatima had also arrived in Kato's group. Everyone knew Kato's reputation and they were
00:44:11Impressed. The commander-in-chief approached Lucille to speak. The mission was clear,
00:44:16infiltrate the circus and destroy the central figure, Francine, to put an end to it all. Instead
00:44:20Instead of attacking en masse, they would fight in one-on-one duels against the automatons. The first volunteer gave a
00:44:25He stepped forward to challenge him, but only turned his head. The automaton introduced itself as
00:44:29Dottore and demanded they send a team. Kato became uneasy seeing them laughing, even after
00:44:34that one of their own had just died. Then, Lucille chose the team. It would be her, Fatima,
00:44:45Rockenfield, Timbavati, Thor, and finally Kato. Mincia also asked to go, and Lucille gave her permission.
00:44:50But suddenly, a man named Zed stepped forward without waiting for instructions, although impulsive,
00:44:54He still had abilities. Inside the circus they encountered Dottore, who summoned another automaton.
00:44:59Olsen was called in to fight them. Olsen had a carousel on his head. Zed attacked first,
00:45:04But Olsen transformed the carousel into a rotating weapon covered in blades and struck it with
00:45:08forcefully, throwing him into the air. Even so, Zed charged again and died uselessly.
00:45:13Another shirogan entered and met the same fate. Kato noticed that everyone was completely numb.
00:45:17as if they felt no pain. Timbavati prepared to intervene, but Thor stopped him and suggested that Kato
00:45:22He would fight to see if he truly lived up to his reputation. With the martial arts taught by the
00:45:27Master Fenn and enhanced thanks to his body modified by the Shirogane, Kato destroyed
00:45:31The blades rotated effortlessly, leaving everyone amazed. But that wasn't enough for
00:45:36Defeat him. Furious, the puppet directly challenged Kato. When he approached,
00:45:40Olsen tried to attack him with a hidden blade, but Kato narrowly avoided it.
00:45:44Fatima and Minxia wanted to join the fight, but two other automatons blocked their path.
00:45:49proposing a two-on-two fight. Suddenly, Lucille grabbed Minxia and forced her to drink her blood.
00:45:54There was a constant gas in the circus that caused Sonafa syndrome, so that would work
00:45:59as a vaccine. Minxia resisted, saying she didn't want to become a shirogane. Fatima told her
00:46:04He explained that without becoming one himself, he wouldn't stand a chance against the automatons.
00:46:08It was the price to pay if Minxia truly wished to avenge her father. She finally accepted and entered.
00:46:13He fought alongside Fatima. At first, the fight was against him. The two automatons were incredibly
00:46:18They were fast, and not even Fatima's puppet could keep up with them, but little by little they managed
00:46:23adapt. Fatima made her puppet hold onto one of them, and when the other ran to help him, Minxia
00:46:28He surprised him from behind and broke his arm. Even so, the enemies did not retreat. They started
00:46:33the girls' clothes to incapacitate them. Meanwhile, Olsen reactivated the carousel.
00:46:37It swiveled, preventing Kato from getting closer. It extended a very long arm to grab him.
00:46:42Kato tried to dodge it, but ended up trapped. It seemed like the end, until Kato revealed that he was
00:46:46Leaning on a knife, he used it to deliver the decisive blow. Meanwhile, the girls pretended
00:46:51to be ashamed of their torn clothes so that the automatons would lower their guard. As soon as
00:46:55They stopped watching them, attacked simultaneously, and secured victory in the second fight for
00:47:00The Shirogane. Doctor R appeared to congratulate them and guide them to the next stage, where two doors
00:47:05They were waiting for them. One path led to Francine's location. Minxia wanted to follow, but her body
00:47:10He was weak from his wounds and because he had taken very little of Lucille's blood. He wasn't there yet.
00:47:14completely transformed into Shirogane. At that moment, the commander-in-chief pulled out a camera
00:47:18Fatima and Lucille would stay behind to treat Minxia, while Kato's group
00:47:23They would split into two teams to cross the gates. The objective was clear: once they found
00:47:28Francine had to be eliminated. Kato's team entered a corridor made entirely of bones.
00:47:32As they walked forward, they introduced themselves. Kato didn't want to talk to them; he despised those who
00:47:36They didn't value their own lives. Rockenfield showed him a picture of his family, explaining that he was
00:47:41there to protect them. Thor mentioned that he had a fiancée waiting for him at home, while
00:47:45Lina said she didn't need human emotions. They all went down to a room where she appeared
00:47:49Do Tore, announcing that they had arrived at the correct chamber. Francine was right behind them.
00:47:53of the door, but only two could pass through the door, which meant they would have
00:47:57that they would fight each other to the death. Suddenly, spikes emerged from the walls and
00:48:01The floor began to collapse. They had 18 minutes to find a solution. When
00:48:05Lina tried to attack Rockenfield, but Kato knocked her unconscious. Thor summoned his puppet.
00:48:09Ready to fight, but Kato told them both to move on. He would stay.
00:48:13Back. When asked why, he replied that helping others needs no justification.
00:48:18Her heart told her that the children suffering from sonafa and the families of those two should not be treated this way.
00:48:23Continue crying. At that moment, a rain of spikes was launched at the three of them, but Kato...
00:48:27He blocked them all. His body was covered in wounds, but he refused to fall. Seeing that, the other two
00:48:33They decided to move forward. As the platforms collapsed, Lina regained consciousness and
00:48:37He thought he would die there, but Kato told him they would jump together and go through the wall. They made it.
00:48:42breaking it and meeting with the commander-in-chief. Kato noticed that two shirogane had died,
00:48:47Not because of the commander, but because of someone behind him. Kato believed the commander should
00:48:51It was insensitive to lead like that, but the commander knew what he was thinking. He explained that he
00:48:56He became a shirogane because of his deceased wife. Then he took out surgical tools hidden in his
00:49:01He dismantled his enemies one by one. The Shirogane called him Faceless, Triple Dissolution.
00:49:06First decomposition, then dissolution. He broke down the door to let him in, but two
00:49:11Automatons appeared to block the path, claiming a violation of the rules. Meanwhile,
00:49:16Minxia had woken up. Upon learning that Kato's group had found the location of
00:49:20Francine wanted to join. Lucy accepted, but they would take a different route. All that remained was to wait.
00:49:25to another person. Ashi, at that moment, was flying towards the midnight circus. Then they went
00:49:29enveloped by a silvery mist. George, the shirogane who traveled with him, explained that this mist
00:49:34It was the origin of Sonafa syndrome. To prevent Ashi from becoming infected, George had given her part of his
00:49:39Blood. Back with Kato, he stayed behind to hold off the automatons, while the team
00:49:44The commander's advance continued. When a cannon was fired, Kato used his body to block it.
00:49:48A massive crusher soon appeared, threatening to destroy everything. The commander asked Kato
00:49:53that he would stop her for five minutes, the time he would need to bring her to a halt. Kato fought alone and
00:49:58He finally destroyed the machine. He was about to be crushed when it stopped. The Shirogane dog
00:50:03appeared and guided Kato to the place where the commander had used his own body to stop the
00:50:08machine. There, the commander told him his life story. He and his wife had shared a beautiful love,
00:50:13But because of their different social statuses, their families forcibly separated them. When he found her again,
00:50:18She was already the wife of an automaton. They tried to escape together, but his wife sacrificed herself to
00:50:23save him. In his darkest hour, Lucille appeared and gave him back hope. Now he believed.
00:50:27that it was time to reunite with his wife. He entrusted Kato with the mission of eliminating Francine before
00:50:32to die. Kato promised to keep his word and continued onward, reuniting with Thor, who had separated from
00:50:37Rockenfield. Thor led the way. They passed through an exhibit area dedicated to Francine.
00:50:41Then Thor confessed to Kato. His supposed fiancée didn't exist. The truth was that he was 90 years old.
00:50:47Back then, the midnight circus came to his town and massacred many people. Thor was seriously injured.
00:50:52He came face to face with the puppet Francine and developed a deep hatred for her. But in that
00:50:57At that moment, he had no way to fight back. When he had the chance, he swore to avenge his family. Then,
00:51:02They both reunited with three other members, and Dótre reappeared to announce that they had arrived at the
00:51:06Final stage. All that remained was to defeat the four most powerful automatons and thus finally reach
00:51:11Francine. Kato was badly injured, so the other four told him to stay behind.
00:51:15While they were busy with the fight, each summoned their puppet and they charged together. But Kato
00:51:20He couldn't stand doing nothing. He began to crawl toward Francine. Several
00:51:25Automatons tried to stop him, but the Shirogane fought them off to buy time. Even so,
00:51:30Due to a lapse in judgment, Lina was the first to fall. An automaton stood in Kato's way, and without strength, she was knocked out.
00:51:35To resist, he collapsed. Meanwhile, Ashi and George arrived at the Midnight Circus
00:51:40in a vehicle, driving through an area littered with corpses, the aftermath of a fierce battle
00:51:44between Shirogane and automatons. Suddenly, several automatons rose again and headed
00:51:49towards the interior of the circus. In Minxia's group, they used a welding machine to
00:51:53ascend slowly. George and Ashi met up with Lucille as they had arranged. Back with the
00:51:58Kato's group, the situation was desperate. They were overwhelmed; the automatons surrounded them like
00:52:03an ant colony. Just when it seemed all was lost, Lucille arrived. She still
00:52:08She remembered the name of the man who murdered her daughter and now she was going to make him pay, with interest. She invoked
00:52:12her puppet, and to everyone's surprise, it was an exact replica of Francine. With just a little bit of
00:52:17Under pressure, all the automatons knelt before Lucille. The puppet was Angelina, the daughter of
00:52:22Lucille. Fatima checked on Kato and discovered that his heart had stopped beating. Rockenfield said that
00:52:27It was still possible to save him, so they quickly took him to an emergency medical chamber and began to
00:52:32revive him with electric shocks. Meanwhile, Lucille began to mock Dottore.
00:52:36He tried to deny that the figure he saw was Francine in order to regain his mobility, but he couldn't.
00:52:41Do it. Lucille insisted, if it's not Francine, why are you kneeling? She called it the chaining.
00:52:45of prejudice. She continued to provoke him. Minxia tried to stop her, fearing that Dottore would suddenly regain the
00:52:51control and kill her. But Lucille continued without stopping. She revealed that she knew the automatons were
00:52:56searching for the philosopher's stone. That's why he had retrieved the stone from the bottom of the well and placed it
00:53:01inside her daughter's body, turning Angelina into an embodiment for the automatons. Her
00:53:06Her only regret was not having been a good mother. She pushed Dottore until he could go no further.
00:53:11restrain himself. He lunged at her, and in doing so, opened the gates of hell for himself.
00:53:15Automatons could not exist without a purpose. Francine was his reason for being, and by denying her, he sealed his fate.
00:53:21Destiny. Minxia ran towards Lucille. She, having lived long enough, had no more regrets.
00:53:26Before fading away, he told Minxia, each person's life is a blank canvas,
00:53:31So paint yours with colors and make something beautiful. Don't just fill it with black like I did.
00:53:35Me. With those words, Lucille disintegrated. In a dreamlike vision, Cato had one last
00:53:40conversation with her. Then it was time to let her go. Outside, Cato began to show signs
00:53:44of petrification. Rockenfield, who was also beginning to harden, continued the operation. George and the
00:53:49The remaining Shiroganes seized that moment to launch themselves against the three motionless automatons. But
00:53:54The lower-ranking automata remained active. Only the four ancient automata created by
00:53:59Francine possessed absolute loyalty. The mass-produced ones did not. The Shiroganes fought
00:54:03He fought with everything against the onslaught of automatons. Knowing he had little time left, Thor decided
00:54:07eliminate as many as possible and self-destruct among themselves. Driven by his
00:54:11With sacrifice, Timbabati advanced. An automaton began to move and blocked his path. He trapped the automaton, enduring
00:54:17Its scorching temperature, while George took advantage of the situation to launch himself straight at Francine. She still managed
00:54:22block its attack. At the same time, Timbabati, pierced by the automaton, refused to surrender.
00:54:26He ordered his snake puppet to bite him and drink his blood, a lethal poison for the
00:54:31automatons. Then he made the snake bite the enemy, and they both died together. Ashi, hidden
00:54:36Nearby, he was bewildered by the scene. Despite being injured, George continued crawling.
00:54:41determined to eliminate the two remaining automatons. Inside the medical chamber, Rockenfield was already
00:54:46almost completely petrified, but he continued working. After taking the last stitch,
00:54:50Rockenfield also died. Just as George was about to attack, the automatons
00:54:54They destroyed Angelina and killed him. Ashi tried to block their path, but it was useless. It was seen
00:54:59He was forced to step aside and allow the two automatons to advance. Inside, Kato continued
00:55:04unconscious. Fatima decided to go out and confront the enemies and hold them off for as long as possible.
00:55:09She fought, but she was no match. The automatons were too strong. When she was about to be the
00:55:13Next to fall, Kato burst onto the scene. He had returned with Rockenfield's legs.
00:55:17Timbavati's arms, Thor's speed, and everyone else's determination. Kato launched a
00:55:22He landed a direct blow to Pantalone's face and saved Fatima. Pantalone attacked him, but he couldn't anymore.
00:55:26He was more than just a punching bag to Kato. Nothing could withstand even a single blow from him. There was one enemy left.
00:55:32who tried to burn him alive, but unfortunately for him, Kato was a beast. A single punch was enough to
00:55:37Tear it in half. Fatima, satisfied, died peacefully. Now all that remained was to finish off Francine. Just when
00:55:43Kato was about to finish everything when the puppet spoke. It had been created by Francine herself.
00:55:48Kato was bewildered. The day he was born, he was assigned the role of replacing Francine as
00:55:52leader of the automatons. Francine had grown tired of running the midnight circus and transferred all
00:55:57his authority over the puppet before disappearing. Kato asked if there was a cure for the syndrome,
00:56:03But only the real Francine knew, and the puppet was unaware of her whereabouts. Kato lost his sanity when
00:56:08To hear the truth. All the sacrifices and efforts made seemed to have been in vain. It destroyed
00:56:13to the puppet. Days later, Shiro was searching for his missing master. Guy told him not to
00:56:18He protected Saiga so much and allowed him to grow at his own pace. Then, Guy returned to the circus first.
00:56:23There, Shiro sensed Kato's presence. She found him, but he had lost his mind, attacking her repeatedly.
00:56:29Once, convinced that she was Francine. She tried to restore his memory, but he refused to listen.
00:56:34He continued attacking her, demanding a cure. Then, he recounted everything that had happened. After the battle,
00:56:40He had turned to an elderly Shirogane named Fu, president of an industrial corporation. Fu
00:56:44He had observed Kato's entire journey. He never fought directly, always supporting the Shirogane.
00:56:49From the shadows. Unlike Lucille, Fu didn't seek to fight, but to negotiate and learn.
00:56:54Since the Shiro age five times slower than ordinary humans, Fu had plenty of time to
00:56:58investigate and build his empire. Then he revealed that Shiro was the Francine Kato had been searching for.
00:57:03That's why he was pursuing her. Even so, Shiro knew nothing. While Kato was questioning her,
00:57:08He was overcome with emotion. Shiro remembered everything they had experienced together and how much he had learned.
00:57:12Thanks to him. He told her that if killing her would bring her peace, she could do it. When Kato was about to
00:57:17Hitting her, memories of Shiro resurfaced in his mind, pushing him back to madness and
00:57:22forcing him to flee. The next morning, Saiga began searching for the truth about his identity.
00:57:26Starting with the place where he lived with his mother. He remembered the day she died and they took him there to see
00:57:31to his father, a face he couldn't even remember. Living with his father, he was always
00:57:35He was treated like an illegitimate child and cried in secret. Then his grandfather appeared, kind,
00:57:40always offering him support and teaching him everything, including knowledge about puppets
00:57:44and the Shirogane, just as his grandfather had warned him after his father's death and
00:57:48When people learned he was the heir, the assassination attempts began. Saiga returned to
00:57:53The origin of everything, Karuzawa. Thinking about Kato's teachings, he met the gardener of the
00:57:57property. He discovered that Saiga's grandfather had paid that man to work there all
00:58:01her life. No matter what happened. Upon learning that Saiga was the heir, she panicked and
00:58:06He took it home, where he got out a box that Saiga's father had left for him. Inside were many
00:58:11keys and a letter. The message was direct. His father was telling him to return to the mansion and
00:58:15He found the room with a wardrobe shaped like a lock. Saiga ran there.
00:58:19While the gardener was secretly making a call, he arrived at the now ruined mansion.
00:58:23And she found the room. Inside was a record player with a recorded message from her father.
00:58:27Although it soon became clear that he was not a good person. The reason he had
00:58:31He was in charge of Saiga and had left everything to him; it was part of a long-term plan. To seize control of
00:58:36Saiga's body. In short, Saiga's father had implanted a chip in his brain.
00:58:41child with all his memories, and by stimulating his memory, the father would take over Saiga's body.
00:58:45That's why he had adopted him and left him everything, because in reality he was leaving it all to himself.
00:58:50He had already prepared all the necessary equipment and several incredibly powerful puppets,
00:58:55superior to any other of its time.
00:59:06Horrified, Saiga fled, but two members of the Kuroga clan were waiting for him outside. They had received
00:59:11Saiga's grandfather ordered that if his father tried to steal his body, he was to be killed. Saiga tried to
00:59:16He explained that he hadn't been possessed, but they thought he was lying. They invoked their
00:59:21puppets attacked him. Saiga ran back to the basement and tried to use the puppets his father had made.
00:59:25She had prepared it, but couldn't open the suitcase. At that moment, a voice told her how to do it.
00:59:31The first puppet he recovered weighed a thousand tons. Thanks to his natural talent and the
00:59:35Guided by that mysterious voice, he effortlessly defeated the first enemy puppet. The assassin retreated.
00:59:41Immediately. Then, the mysterious voice revealed its identity. An automaton in the form of a bird of prey.
00:59:45A being called Griffin appeared. He had been created to assist Saiga's father in case...
00:59:50had difficulty recovering his memory. The killer resurfaced and, seeing that
00:59:54He could use the puppet, confirming that Saiga was Sada Yoshi, since no child could control one
01:00:00puppet. They sent another puppet to fight. Saiga brought out the second puppet, a pirate. With barely
01:00:06With a few blows, he defeated the second automaton. The two assassins tried to flee again, but Saiga had
01:00:10a question he needed to ask them about his grandfather. Grifón indicated that he should open the third suitcase.
01:00:15It contained a flying sorcerer. Saiga mounted the puppet and took off after them.
01:00:20Meanwhile, at the Kuroga clan residence, the elders gathered around the grandfather of
01:00:24Saiga, dying. Upon hearing that Saiga's body had been taken, he fell into a deep sadness.
01:00:29He ordered his son to be brought in. He had something important to ask him. The two assassins received the message.
01:00:34And noticing that Saiga's flight speed was too slow, they managed to capture him with a net.
01:00:39When Saiga woke up, he was standing in front of his grandfather. Saiga was filled with joy. He had believed that his
01:00:43His grandfather had died, but he was still alive. However, his grandfather didn't recognize him. Even when
01:00:48Saiga tried to explain that he hadn't been manipulated, but his grandfather asked him if he had already
01:00:52found the soft stone. Before killing the one he mistakenly believed to be his son,
01:00:57He forced Saiga to witness all the harm his father had caused. Then, he made Saiga drink his
01:01:02blood so that he could relive his memories directly. Saiga began to experience his youth.
01:01:07Grandfather. At that time, Shoji was a swordsman and also a doctor. The man who had guided him
01:01:11Even as a child, he was the same Baijin he had always been. Shoji admired his talent and followed him. Baijin taught him
01:01:16new knowledge, and Shoji helped him create Harlequin. As Shoji grew older,
01:01:21He continued practicing medicine. One day, he was called to the Red Light District to treat a nobleman.
01:01:25After examining it, he handed a prescription to the servant. Suddenly, a courtesan entered the room.
01:01:30She pointed out that two of the ingredients were unnecessary, and accused him of wanting to obtain them.
01:01:34free of charge. Then he left to attend to a guest. The nobleman apologized for his behavior,
01:01:38Shoji asked who she was. The nobleman explained that she was a foreign courtesan named Angelina.
01:01:43A year earlier, while walking down the street, he had suffered a heart attack and was on the verge of
01:01:47She was dying, until Angelina appeared and saved her life. She had chosen to become a courtesan.
01:01:53Angelina also remembered that day perfectly, the day her mother, Lucille, expelled her.
01:01:57Lucille handed him a bottle of Aquavitae and said, if you ever love someone,
01:02:01Give it to him. He'll live by your side forever. Jinbai had spent his entire life fighting
01:02:05against the automatons, and Lucille didn't want her daughter to end up the same way. She wished that Angelina
01:02:10find her own purpose. But even after a year, Angelina still hadn't
01:02:14found that purpose. Although Shoji claimed that the accusation didn't bother him, he was actually
01:02:18Frustrated, he accidentally walked into Angelina's room. He tried to leave, but she stopped him and
01:02:24She asked him to have a few drinks with her. By then, Angelina was no longer interested in anyone. She had traveled through the
01:02:29The entire world, and no person had brought anything truly exciting to his immortal life.
01:02:34Shoji realized that her smile was completely fake, just like a puppet's. His words
01:02:39They touched her where it hurt the most. Hurt, Angelina asked him what he would do to Shoji if he had a body
01:02:44immortal. He answered without hesitation, he could love her for all eternity. Angelina was deeply moved.
01:02:49Shocked. At that moment, someone burst in shouting that there was a fire. A samurai was trying
01:02:53burn the place down and commit suicide along with a courtesan. In the midst of the chaos, Shoji searched for the
01:02:58The girl the samurai was threatening. He tried to save her, but bare hands could not stand up to him.
01:03:02A katana. There was no hope. Suddenly, Angelina appeared and attacked the samurai using Harlequin.
01:03:08Shoji was surprised. That was Baijin's puppet. Angelina remembered it too.
01:03:13He had inherited his predecessor's memories. They would talk later; first, they had to escape. For some reason.
01:03:18Even she didn't understand it herself; Angelina deeply desired to see that man's smile.
01:03:23The path was blocked by fire. Shoji kept searching for a way out. It was then that
01:03:27Angelina realized that he was the man her mother had always told her about. After so long
01:03:31After traveling for so long, she had finally found him. She said she would pave the way for Shoji. She was
01:03:36Immortal. She wouldn't die. Even if Shoji came to hate her for her immortal body, it wouldn't matter. The only
01:03:41What she wanted was for him to survive. They both managed to escape. Afterward, Angelina fled and hid in a cave.
01:03:47shivering with cold. She believed that no one would ever be willing to drink the Aquavitae for her. In that
01:03:51At that moment, Shoji appeared and covered her with a blanket. Angelina was deeply moved. She had
01:03:56in love. When Shoji told her he was willing to listen to anything she wanted to say, she revealed
01:04:01Her whole story. She was afraid he might hate her, but Shoji drank the entire bottle of Aquavitae.
01:04:05He had also fallen in love with her from the first moment. Angelina was no longer alone. They both
01:04:10They hugged happily.