Hideaki Kudo — Background Designer
Episodes 2
Awakening
Alice overhears Jinpachi and Issei having a conversation about not being ""normal"". When she later run into her, they explain they've been having shared dreams, where they are two of seven scientists, Gyokuran and Enju, on a research station on the moon, secretly observing the Earth. Rin, a rather peculiar 7-year-old she was babysitting at the time becomes jealous of the fascination she shows for the two boys' story, and starts to harass her about it until she accidently pushes him over the balcony railing, leaving him in critical condition in the hospital.Rin recovers, but now apparently in love with Alice, he claims the two are to marry. Upon hearing this, Alice collapses... And has a dream where she lives on the moon base described by Issei and Jinpachi - as Mokuren. Later, Rin starts showing remarkable psychic powers, going off on his own to intimidate a biker gang leader into helping him.
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Rin's parents ask that Alice indulge their son's wish to be engaged to her. Alice tells Jinpachi and Issei about her dream, and the three conclude that the rest of the scientists must be out there, and that they should try to contact them through magazine ads. Rich business man Matsudaira finds his son cowering in the dark, rambling about how he needs the Tokyo Tower, or he'll be killed. Tamura, the young mans caretaker, starts to look into the matter. Issei receives a response to one of the ads, from Daisuke Dobashi (Hiiragi), who's already found Shusuran in the form of Sakura Kokusho. The five decide to meet up at Daisuke's home. Daisuke, who's remembered far more than the other's, tells them about how the scientists civilization had been wiped out by a great war, and how they met their end as an unknown virus killed them one by one.
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