| Overview: | The episode opens with the doctor telling Masato and his sister, Honoka, to go back home, but they have no home to go back to. In a series of flashbacks, we glimpse the dark past that haunts all three of them -- Masato, Hosoka and Ryoko.
Meanwhile, in an attempt to enslave Ryoko and make her become one of them, Lisa and other girls try to get Ryoko to sign a contract to be a hooker, but Honoka intervenes, stopping them.
When Emi, Masato's lover, demands that Masato take action to regain control over their territory, he says he isn't interested. That night, the gang goes out to work without Masato's protection, only to have the enemy gang ambush them. Enemy gang wants revenge for the killing of their gang member -- the girl Lisa abused in episode 1 . In the process, Lisa and a couple of others are molested violently, then murdered.
That same night, Masato comes by an old man, who always mumbles and repeats the same phrases. Unlike the other days, however, he is silent. As if he wants to be killed, he invites Masato to attack him, which Masato accepts, cruelly beating the old man to death.
When Emi, Shinji and the few surviving gang members demand that Masato do something about murder of Lisa and the others, Masato declares that he's leaving town with Honoka, deserting them in their time of need. Just then, Honoka spits blood. While Masato's gone to the doctor with Honoka, Shinji runs to a shopkeeper and buys a gun. He wants revenge on Masato for not protecting them.
Unable to leave town without Ryoko, Honoka leads Masato back to the apartment where Ryoko is waiting with the other gang members. At the apartment, they find Ryoko with her mind muddled by the drugs. When Masato demands to know what's been done to her, he is shot by Shinji. Masato and Honoka are trapped.
Shinji declares that he will not kill Masato until Masato witnesses the gruesome molestation and murder of Honoka -- just the same as Lisa. Right in front of Masato, Honoka is abused and dies. In a rage, Masato uses the last of his strength to kill everyone -- before he collapses to his own death.
The only one that survives is Ryoko. With her mind still in the clouds, she walks across the town, dragging the dead body of Honoka behind her. The story ends as she finally reaches the bridge, where she drops Honoka -- before crossing over to the other side.
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