Drama CD - Fight Fire With Fire

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Weiß Kreuz Gluhen: Fight Fire with Fire
Translation/summary by Generic Miko
Note: This is the first of the two Gluhen Drama CDs (although there are also short dramas on the Dramatic Soundtracks). It is, IMHO, the best drama CD in the Weiß series - if not any series. The combination of creative storytelling and intense performances is unforgettable. It's like a festival film with sound only. I jumped this CD up in the queue of summaries because it's so good, and also because it's an important transition from Dramatic Precious to Gluhen. You'll notice parts where I've broken it down into dialogue. That's partly because I'm understanding more than I used to ^o^;. Sorry for the rough transitions . . . and incomplete cast list, as usual.


01. Fujimiya Aya

Aya: When I was sixteen, I slept with a woman for the first time. When I was eighteen, I lost family for the first time. When I was nineteen, I killed a person for the first time.

This is my career.

This is what the dictionary says: Activities that do not respond to control from above.

If life is just a continuing series of misfortunes, then there's only one difference between winner and losers: In the moment they have a certain will, do they grab onto it or not?

I . . . am failing to grab on.

Probably . . . from here on, forever . . .

02. Weiß kreuz Gluhen: Fight Fire with Fire

03. Love of My Life (song)

Vocals Weiß
Lyrics Aida Takeshi
Music Nishioka Kazuya

Ai ni tsuite katariyagaru hito mo ireba
If there are people who'll go talking about love
Ai ni tsuite damatte shimau hito datte iru
Then there are people who will stay silent on love
Keredo hontou wa darenimo wakaranai
But the truth is no one understands
Dochiramo onaji you ni tadashiku
They're all just as right
Soshite saigo ni wa daremo ga shitte shimau
Then in the end they'll all realize
Dokoka de nanika wo machigaeta koto
That somewhere something was wrong

Kururi to ai wa HIGHER
Turn around love is higher
Bokura no sora de wa wo egaiteiru yo
They're painting a ring in our sky
Kokoro no ai wa HIGHER
The heart's love is higher
Tada wakemonaku atsuku saseteiku yo
Without reason it's just going to make us hot

Ikiru koto no nayanderu hito mo ireba
If there are people who suffer over life
Ikiru koto wo ukeireteru hito datte iru
Then there are people who can just accept life
Keredo shinjitsu wa itsumo yami no naka de
But the truth is always in darkness
Daremo ga hikari motomete samayou
Everyone is lost searching for the light
Soshite saigo ni wa toki ga tsugete shimau
Then in the end time will tell all
Kotae nado doko ni mo nai koto wo
That there is no answer anywhere

Kururi to kaze wa HIGHER
Turn around the wind is higher
Bokura no yume wo toorinuketeiku yo
It's going to pass through our dream
Kinou no kaze wa HIGHER
Tomorrow's wind is higher
Matsu hito mo nai kane wo narashiteiku
The bell's going to ring without anyone to wait for it

Kururi to ai wa HIGHER
Turn around love is higher
Bokura no sora de wa wo egaiteiru yo
They're painting a ring in our sky
Kokoro no ai wa HIGHER
The heart's love is higher
Tada wakemonaku atsuku saseteiku yo
Without reason it's just going to make us hot

Kururi to kaze wa HIGHER
Turn around the wind is higher
Bokura no yume wo toorinuketeiku yo
It's going to pass through our dream
Kinou no kaze wa HIGHER
Tomorrow's wind is higher
Matsu hito mo nai kane wo narashiteiku
The bell's going to ring without anyone to wait for it


04. Geotech Co. Inside an elevator.

Barnes, Head of Security, and Agent Meigan in the elevator. Barnes is listing all the security features of the building like multiple gates, security cameras - boasts that it's on a level with the White House. Meigan points out that John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Barnes argues that happened in Dallas. Meigan says it doesn't matter if it's Washington or a prison, if he's going to sneak in he'll sneak in. If he's come to kill, he'll kill. He's that kind of man. Barnes mocks him for this him, him, him business. Meigan asks about the elevator - it's completely monitored. The stairs? Barnes scoffs that someone's going to climb 45 flights of stairs - is the one after the President a triathlete?

05. Geotech Co. 45th floor hallway.

They get out of the elevator. Barnes explains everything from the stairs to the toilets are monitored. The only room in the building with privacy is the President's room. A dirty agent like Meigan won't have anything to do. The security system demands an ID card and voice recognition. Barnes clears them. Meigan is unimpressed. Barnes thinks Berlin is crazy for worrying that someone's after the President. Geotech's a clean company. Meigan says his actions are top priority. Barnes is fed up with all this talk of him. Meigan shushes her. She's dubious but he already knows they're too late. He tells her to get back and draws his gun. She worries that he'll hit the President; Meigan says that he's already dead and opens fire.

Meigan: "You're quite the bastard, standing up a corpse as a shield like that."

Aya: "He's already died once, he won't complain about dying again."

Meigan asks if all Japanese perform assassinations with swords. He warns Aya to stay back. Barnes is calling for backup, shocked at the President's death. Meigan asks what Aya will do with no way out. Aya says he has one. Where? Aya points out Meigan opened a big hole right behind him. Meigan wonders if he thinks he can fly. Meigan: "Choose. Will you be shot to death or fall to your death?"

Aya: "I don't feel like being shot to death or falling to death."

Meigan: "That's not an answer -" He's shocked by Aya jumping. He and Barnes in the wreckage, Barnes wanting to know if the assassin is gone. Meigan marvels that he made it up 45 floors without an elevator. Barnes sees the state of the President's corpse. Meigan says to leave it to the police, he'll report to Berlin. He warns her not to mention himself or him.

Barnes: "What is he?"

Meigan: "A group who executes those the law can't touch - Weiß. A group like that existed - he was a member. It broke up with the leader Persia's death. He survived. Two years ago he showed up here and started work."

They hear the helicopter and clue in. Meigan yells after Aya that Estset won't forgive him, how many does he intend to kill - what's he trying to be? Aya murmurs that he should relax, he's only ever intended to be a murderer. The pilot asks him for any special reports. Aya says it was a common mission, no reports.

06. New York. A church.

A nun giving a sermon on forgiveness. How far should it be extended? For anything, no matter how many times. People leaving the sister. She talks to a mother and baby. The baby is much better, and the mother promises to pay back the money. Sister says not to worry about it, but promise never to neglect your child again. Sister sees Aya. She tells him he missed the sermon. Aya's not interested in sermons. He came to return a Bible. She notes he's read a lot of it. He says if he reads it in bed he can fall asleep easily. She asks how it was. He shrugs it off. She says there are a lot of good things written in it.

Aya: "Who knows." She scolds him - this is God's word, etc . . . and his only response is, "Who knows"? Aya says it's a book of ideals. For anything, no matter how many times? He says people can't forgive limitlessly. There's only one way to get rid of the fire, and that's to hit it with a bigger fire. Anger and revenge are what move people. Sister suggests he see it this way: he is being forgiven for hundreds of sins. Does he have any right to lay sin on others? Aya says he doesn't remember anyone ever forgiving him. She says God forgives him. Aya says he's not being forgiven for everything. She starts quoting scripture at him. He argues there are unforgivable sins. She quotes scripture saying what is necessary is the ill, not the healthy; God came to help the afflicted. She wins the argument and says he's 20 years too early to out-talk her. She tells him to take the book and read it all, then come again next week. He hesitates, then tells her he's leaving and doesn't know when he'll get back. She asks if it'll be a long journey. Aya says, "Who knows?" She accuses him of being all "who knows". He doesn't like emotionality. He suggests they won't meet again. "Wait!" She tells him to take the book as a present. What he is, where he's going and why, she doesn't know, but take it and know there's one person here waiting for him. "Look at the book and remember that." He calls her a busybody. She says that's her job. She calls for God's blessing on him and he asks her to pray for him. Sister says to herself there's no way a man who can smile like that is unforgivable, right, God?

07. Shinjuku. Kimika's apartment. Scene 1.

On TV the announcer is talking about Takatori Group, which is involved in medicine, biotech, etc, and last year expanded into IT. He introduces the young head of Takatori Group, Takatori Mamoru. Mamoru exchanges greetings with the host. The TV is turned off.

Youji, angry that something dragged him back. It's over, reset to zero, a do-over. He can do it. He can do it. He can make it. Kimika asks if she can have a favour. She needs help fastening her dress. She asks what's wrong and he says nothing. He asks the princess to come closer and gets affectionate. She tells him no, she'll get in trouble at work if she smells like a man. He tells her to skip work. She says if she does that he can't eat. He doesn't care if she's there. She says he's overdoing it, she's only his Thursday and Friday lover - he'll be staying at someone else's tonight. He apologizes. She doesn't mind, she knew that when she started dating him. She says she'll leave this month's money on the desk, so put the key in the usual place. She hesitates. She tells him that he said "Asuka" in his sleep. She wants him to only think of her when they're together at least. She leaves.

Youji: "It's already over. It ended. The end. Release. Reset. Zero. A do-over. I can do it. If it's me, I can do it. I can do it . . ."

08. Kudou Youji.

I'm sitting in the desert. I'm sitting on the ground in the desert, gazing at a red dog far away. As he comes closer, I finally realize that the skin has been stripped off the dog's entire body. That dream.

In a melancholy voice the dog says, "What a waste." What is? Who is? The dog just says this: "What a waste." I'm no expert on Freud or Jung, but even I get the symbolism. I . . . hurry up, I'm starting.

09. Kimika's apartment. Scene 2.

Doorbell. The person at the door announces he's a courier looking for Kimika. Youji, complaining, goes to the door. Youji: "Don't you have any delicacy, ringing the bell over and over like that?" He gets punched. The two thugs pity him for being a bystander. They start in on him but the one says they should take it inside so they don't disturb the neighbours. Telling Youji not to squeal like a girl, one beats on him while the other gets beer from the fridge. He lectures Youji on manners and he wants him to stop doing things that interfere with them. Youji asks what he's talking about. They tell him not to dick around. Drugs. Kimika's selling drugs at the shop at a nice price (they assume Youji's connected). They tell him to cough up all the money and stuff. After that they'll decide whether to kill him or not. Youji says he doesn't know what they're talking about. He gets beer poured on him. The thug asks if he's ever killed anyone - of course he hasn't. Then he won't get that humans are really fragile. Thug: "Should we prove it? This guy's an ex-J-leaguer - he's good at kicking."

Youji laughs. "Don't make me laugh. A J-leaguer's kick ain't that weak."

Doorbell. Another courier. The leader thugs says to play it drunk. The other goes to the door. He says not to keep ringing the bell, don't you have any delicacy? He gets nailed. Ken calls him a moron, he has no business with him. Leader thug wants to know who he is. Ken says just a former J-leaguer. Thug wants to know what kumi (Tr: group).
Ken tells him not to raise his voice. These are all connected by a hallway. Wouldn't killing everyone here be bad? Thug pulls a gun. Ken tsks. Ken: "A gun?" Thug thinks he's scared.

Ken: "You've never killed a person, have you? Your hands are shaking." First shot. Ken points out where he should be aiming if he wants to kill Ken. Thug freaks out. Ken says he's making a big deal about killing a guy. "Shoot. Shoot!" More shots. Dreams, family, what he had for dinner, etc . . . Ken: "I'll teach you something good. When you go to kill someone, don't think about your victim. Then you can concentrate and do it." The thug tries to flee; Ken beats him down. Youji's shaken. Ken offers a hand; they should go before people come. Youji won't take it. Youji wants to know what the hell he came here for.

10. A park with a fountain. Scene 1.

Ken was going around Youji's usual places. He talked to Ryouko at Kamakura Angel, found out about the women Youji was relying on, and finally found this place. Tokyo's a big place, but a small world; he'd worried that Youji had gone overseas like Aya. Two years . . . lots of things had happened. He did various things, then became homeless. They had lots of time apart - two years seemed short but it's a long time. He's happy to see Youji. Youji asks what his business is. If he doesn't have any, Youji's going to live. Ken asks if he won't work with him. Youji: "Doing what?" Ken tries to say it. Youji asks if he's fried his brain. Ken laughs. Youji snaps not to screw around. Youji: "If you want to do it, do it all you want. But by yourself. Don't drag me into something pathetic. It's been two years. I'd finally forgotten."
Ken: "You forgot?"
Youji: "Yeah."
Ken says he made a mistake, sarcastically says he'll pray for a happy, plain life for Youji. Youji tells him to wait. Ken says to relax, Youji's right. Rindo, Ayame, Azumi, Shion. They were a group killers. He was dragged into a dark pit by them.
Youji: "You intend to do this knowing that?"
Ken: "My brain's not as suave as yours. I can't forget. The rage, sadness, and despair soaked into my body."
Youji: "And happiness."
Ken: "Yeah, that too. I won't deny it. When I cut an opponent to ribbons, my body gets hot enough to burn. My minds goes black with satisfaction. Murder is probably my calling. It's not that I fell to disgrace, it's that I've always been there."
Youji: "Don't you have anything?" Ken's puzzled.
Youji: "To live normally, properly . . ."
Ken: "Miren?" (Tr: Miren is like lingering affection, regrets.)
Youji: "If that's what you want to call it. Yeah. Miren. Don't you have any miren?"
Ken: "None. Burned it up ages ago."
Youji: "Then why'd you waste two years?"
Ken: ". . . Try saying that again."

11. Hidaka Ken.

Before a game starts, I imagine. I visualize everything. The ball that comes flying at me, but I've already got the line on it. I stretch out my hands, feel the shock of it; it fits right into both hands like it was destined to be there, and I'm stopping the ball. The cheers shake the stadium. My teammates come running to me. Like that, I win . . .

The best of all is when it become reality and I'm myself inside that. The worst is when I turn that awesome visualization to shit through my actions but I can't keep it together.

I can't keep it . . . together.

12. A park with a fountain. Scene 2.

Kyou: "That jacket was expensive, right? If you let it get soaked by rain it'll get wrecked. You're Hidaka Ken, right?"
Ken: "Who're you?"
Kyou: "Aguri Kyou. I'm hired muscle. Do you remember those five guys at Shibuya University four days ago? Doesn't matter if you do. I got 100,000 (Tr: About $1000 US) from them to find you and beat you half to death. You can use anything you want. Any questions?"
Ken: "What circus you from, clown?"
Kyou: "Take it easy."
Ken: "You've got bad timing. I'm really ticked off. I can't hold back."
Kyou: "Fine, I'm not feeling like holding back -"
Ken: "You said I could use anything."
Kyou: "For real?"
Ken: "It's a cheap one but you'll probably die if you're hit."
Kyou: "Probably."
Ken: "Scared of dying?"
Kyou: "Obviously."
Ken: "Why?"
Kyou: "What?"
Ken: "What's your miren? Why are you hanging onto this life?"
Kyou: "You're crazy."
Ken: "Is it fun, being hired muscle?"
Kyou: "None of your business." First shot.
Ken: "I missed on purpose. Next one hits. Why're you being hired muscle? Is it so important that you risk your life?"
Kyou: "I need money."
Ken: "For what?"
Kyou: "To get into high school."
Ken: "Huh?"
Kyou: "I've got business there, I have to get into Kowa no matter what. I need money. It's not a cheap school. It's not a normal school."
Ken: "That's pretty boring -"
Kyou: "Shut up! I know what kind of fight this is, and I'm hanging on!"
Ken: "Hanging on?"
Kyou: "Your eyes are swimming. Same eyes as the university students who hired me. The meaning of life? Looking for yourself? A moratorium? Is that popular now? But it's already started. There's no time, it started long ago. Do you get it, gramps?"
Ken: "You've got guts, facing a gun."
Kyou: "Well? What're you going to do? Shoot? Not?"
Ken: "Hmm . . . I won't shoot you. But I'll beat you half to death, and ask you again after."
Kyou: "If you can."
Ken: "I will. Come on, thug." They start the fight. Ken wonders at his emotions where there shouldn't be any.

13. A park with a fountain. Scene 3.

Ken and Youji. Ken's just hit Youji.
Youji: "In the two years since Weiß split up you could've started ages ago."
Ken: "I was looking for you."
Youji: "Why didn't you do it yourself? You're good enough to go it alone."
Ken: "What are you trying to say?"
Youji: "You're awfully indecisive. Any ideas why?"
Ken: "Don't screw around! I'm not rotted by emotional miren for a woman like you!"
Youji: "It's miren. Looking for me is an excuse. You've got something holding you back from the blood-soaked world. There's something in you that hasn't burned away. Like me. You have miren. Right?"
Ken: "Nothing like that . . ."
Youji: "What's your miren? Peace?"
Ken: "No!"
Youji: "A woman?"
Ken: "No!"
Youji: "Friendship?"
Ken: "No! I don't even know."
The flashback ends, going back to Ken beating the living crap out of Kyou.
Ken: "Go to sleep, punk! Who said you could move? Try sayin' it. Try sayin' who said you could move!"
Aya: "Stop there!"
Ken: "You . . . came back? Leaving when you want, coming back when you want. You caught me at a bad time. This isn't what I've been doing. But . . . it's useless. I'm useless. Totally useless and I don't get it. I tried to understand it but I couldn't because I'm stupid. Even if I think about it I don't get it. I . . . I'm . . . useless on my own. Shit! Hey. Won't you work with me? That's it! You take Persia's place and give me missions. It'll be great! Right?"
Aya: "I have no intention of becoming Persia."
Ken: "Aya . . ."
Aya: "I came back because I was called by Persia."
Ken: "What? But Karasuma is already -"
Aya: "I will again take on the burden of the name of the protector of the white and pure, Weiß. I cam here to tell you that."
Ken: "I see . . got it, I'll -"
Aya: "Wait! I don't intend to involve others because of my own hatred. You make the decision yourself. The deal is after that."
Ken: "You're as cold as ever. After two years that's what you've got for a pal?"
Aya: "Have we ever gotten along, even once?"
Ken: "You're right. Yeah. That's right. Hey . . . you . . . have any miren?"
Aya: "My miren has nothing to do with your weakness."
Ken: "Aya . . ."
Aya: "Just . . . I'm thinking that I can't burn away weakness. Whether I've got the will to continue this fight, continue this way and not be drowned in it. I tried to find that answer within me. That's how I decided. I don't know how you'll decide. I'm not interested."
Ken: "Aya."
Aya: "I'll draw a line. Will you come, or stay? Decide."
Ken: "If you'd said to do it, I'd have wanted to do it without second thought. But that's no good, eh. I have to decide."
Aya: "That's right."
Ken: "It's my own problem.
Aya: "Aa."
Ken: "I have things I have to do. If I'm here I feel like I'll never know the true form of my miren. It's for sure something really important. Something I have to understand. Something I left behind. Probably . . . probably it's my redemption. So I will once more take the name of Weiß."
Aya: "That so."
Ken: "How's that? Did I pass?"
Aya: "Not bad."
Ken: "Because it's a reunion, I feel like shaking your hand, but that's not your thing."
Aya: "What a coincidence. I feel like doing that for once."
Ken: "We're together again, Aya."
Aya: "Aa. We're together again."

14. The Takatori residence.

Rex: "Mamoru-sama, I have brought Fujimiya-sama."
Mamoru: "Ah. Have him come in."
Rex: "Pardon me. I will leave you now."
Mamoru: "Good work. That's my secretary. Her name is Rex."
Aya: "That kind of woman is your taste?"
Mamoru laughs. "Aya can tell jokes now. That's right. It's been two years. Welcome home."
Aya: "Yes. I just got back."
Mamoru: "The suit doesn't suit me, does it."
Aya: "I've heard a lot of rumours."
Mamoru: "I hope they were good ones."
Aya: "There were plenty of bad ones, too."
Mamoru: "You're strict. For the past two years I've been doing the best I can. I want to rebuild the Takatori clan after so much has happened to put it in decline. But it's not that I want political power. If it just makes Grandfather - if Grandpa is happy then -"
Aya: "You've finally got family. Hold it dear."
Mamoru: "Thank you."
Aya: "It's been two years since. You won't mind if I think there's only reason you'd call me. Why?"
Mamoru: "Because I think Weiß is necessary. There is a big problem with Weiß. People punishing people, we carried that heavy burden. Carrying the cross called Weiß, we lost many important things. But even so I think that what we did was right. Over two years I've seen many things. As Takatori Mamoru, or as Tsukiyono Omi, thinking that I looked around. The time to rebuild the Weiß of grudges, inconsistency, and unreasonableness is now. The tool of the Takatori who opposed the Takatori - that was the Weiß of the past. But the new Weiß is different. Truly pure white, the Weiß we should have believed in. Those who protect the innocent, I want to create that Weiß, now, with my own hands."
Aya: "With your hands?"
Mamoru: "Yes. I'm considering taking the name of Persia. If I do that, I probably can't call you Aya-kun anymore. I probably won't be able to be your friend. Even so, I"m considering taking the name of Persia. Aya-kun, I want you to gather other members. Not as Tsukiyono Omi or as Takatori Mamoru, but simply as Persia, I want you to gather those who protect the innocent." (Tr: They constantly use the word "white" . . . I start to see why they feared accusations of white supremacy ^o^)
Aya: "Then? They're dragged into it."
Mamoru: "If they wish it, having lost their reason to fight, but still have the will to fight - especially then, especially that will, will serve the new Weiß well."
Aya: "Let me ask you one thing. Why are you talking to me about this?"
Mamoru: "I wonder why? Probably it's because you'd kill me, Aya-kun. If Tsukiyono Omi disappears from within me, if Weiß becomes something that doesn't protect the innocent, Aya-kun, you'd kill me."

15. Tsukiyono Omi.

The scenes from so many towns are mixed up in my head, I can't tell them apart. I've walked through so many towns. In the van, full of flowers, Ken and Youji took turns driving, so I can't remember in particular the place. As far as the eye could reach a grassy plain. We sat there until the sun set. The wind was soft and gentle. It was a quiet place. It really was a quiet place."

In the space between me and the world it felt like something thin was suddenly cleared up. I felt like I understood everything about a lot of things. This is the place! I thought. This is the place we wanted.

I want to go there again, all together. I want to try to go there . . .

16. In alley on a busy street.

Yakuza on the lookout, searching for someone. Kimika apologizes for causing Youji trouble. She says because she's not cute she doesn't earn much. So Youji would leave her. He denies it. Though she thinks he's lying, he insists he's not going anywhere. She's happy at his insistence. He suggests they go somewhere far away. Kimika says she's never left this town. Youji says he'd be with her so she won't be scared. As he starts to ask where she wants to go, eg Hokkaidou, in his head voices start to take over. Why's he wasting his time on this woman? He can live anywhere there are women, it's time to move on. This woman's going to die. It's not like you really loved her.

Kimika talks about not being afraid even though she's dying because he's with her. Youji tries to convince her that she's not dying. The voice says that pleasing and deceiving women is what Kudou Youji's about. Give it up. You've had enough of love. If you love you get hurt. I can't love anyone ever again. I can't love. Asuka . . . the woman I loved, the woman I killed. This is punishment. Take it! Live without being able to love as punishment for your sin. Youji starts yelling out, "yada!" (No!)

17. Bar.

Youji wakes up in a bar with Aya. He's really out of it. Aya says he called him. Aya shows him a newspaper headline about a gang of 13 being wiped out. He asks if Youji did it. Youji remembers that he did it - they killed Kimika. They were scum with no right to live so he executed them. He snuck into their office and took them out - he'd still got it, right? Aya says he heard from Ken Youji hadn't intended to execute anyone anymore. Youji remembers that he'd "reset" himself. Aya asks what he's on. Youji says he's been using what Kimika left behind. It's not heavy stuff - he offers some to Aya as a way to forget things. Disgusted, Aya leaves. Youji yells for him to wait, he follows him from the bar.

Youji calls Aya on whether Weiß has a monopoly on punishing evil. If it's Weiß it's okay, if Youji does it alone it's a problem? Aya tells him to let go - Youji waits for an answer. Whether it's Weiß or somebody else the effect is the same. Evil disappears from the world. Aya tells him to do what he wants. Youji says Aya's pissed off at his circumstances. He says he and the others all had their own circumstances at first, right? Aya to get money for hospital bills - for money. Ken for revenge - for hatred. Omi - Aya decks him. Aya says he said to do what you want. Continue on as long as you don't interfere with us. Youji: "Us? What, you joined Ken?"

Aya: "Aa."
Youji: "That's great, he wanted a friend. He must've been depressed when I rejected him." Aya admits they decided to restart Weiß. He came to see if Youji had the will to join. A waste of time.
Youji: "Wait. I haven't answered."
Aya: "You're sick, go to a doctor."
Youji: "This is probably a good job for me because I'm screwed up." He doesn't mind doing it, there's too many in this world who need to be wiped out. Aya tells him to give it up, he'll regret it.
Youji: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Aya: "I'm saying this for your own good."
Youji mocks him for getting high and mighty. When Aya got what he wanted he became able to worry about others?
Youji: "That's right. You saved your sister. A happy ending. So now you can be open-hearted to the world -"
Aya: "Follow your own path."
Youji: "Aya! I don't know what you've been doing for the past two years but the decisions about Weiß get made by Persia. I won't be convinced by you telling me off."
Aya gives up and walks off.
Aya: "It's like you said, it's not my decision. I'll tell Persia."
Youji: "Counting on you. Tell him I'm all fired up, ready to turn the bad guys to mincemeat. See ya, ya fuckin' prick. Shit . . ." Youji starts feeling sick and going into a hallucination. He's talking to the dying Kimika. He's trying to tell her she'll live. She's grateful for this kindness, 'cause everyone else abuses her.
Youji: "Don't die!"
Kimika: "It doesn't look like I can go with you to Hokkaidou or overseas . . .instead, I have a favour to ask."
Youji: "Anything - if I can do it I will."
Kimika: "'I love you.' Can you say you that to me?"
Youji can't. She apologizes for putting him on the spot. Weeping, he apologizes. She says she knew it already. She says goodbye. He's left weeping and apologizing. Youji comes out of the hallucination, wondering where Kimika is. He realizes he's in rough shape. Tells himself he can handle it, it's no big deal. He'll be able to love again, to bet his whole life on loving someone again.

18. Koneko no sumu ie.

Mamoru greeting Aya in the new Koneko no sumu ie. Mamoru shows it off: not too small, not too big, close to the station, the same atmosphere as the first Koneko. He really worked hard to find it. He'll leave the ordering of the flowers to Aya and company, though that worries him. He remembers lots of thing. He knows there are a lot of bad memories but in the shop all he can remember is good times.

Mamoru: "If I became a member of Weiß - I'm sorry."
Aya: "It's okay."
Mamoru: "I investigated Youji-kun. He's had a rough couple of years, seen doctors a lot."
Aya: "Do you plan to make him do it again?"
Mamoru: "Aya-kun, I honestly don't understand your reluctance to have him back."
Aya: "He has no reason to fight. I see Youji being tossed around by his emotions."
Mamoru: "I wonder. He says himself he wants to do it. I'll go with his own will. I'm more concerned about this one you've suggested."
Aya: "Kyou?"
Mamoru: "Aa. Aguri Kyou. He's the type to go wild on a mission."
Aya: "He has a reason to fight."
Mamoru: "Aya-kun, I understand your feelings about him. Revenge is what moves Kyou. Revenge for his little brother. Searching out the killer of his only family. You see yourself of the past in Kyou. Am I wrong?"
Aya: ". . ."
Mamoru: "I'm a little relieved. You aren't perfect either."
Aya: "Don't say such obvious things."
Mamoru: "I get it. I get it. We're full of flaws. No matter how much time passes we can't get away from our circumstances. We can't be heroes of justice."
Aya: "Just killers."
Mamoru: "But I hope it goes well."
Aya: "Have we had a time like that?"
Mamoru: "Un-uh. But I hope it goes well. That's what I think."
Aya: "Aa. That's right."
Mamoru: "Aya-kun?"
Aya: "Hm?"
Mamoru: "Why did you come back?"
Aya: "Who knows."
Mamoru: "Who knows? That's like you, Aya-kun. Really like you."
Ken: "Where are we going?"
Youji: "Where can we go?"
Mamoru: "We don't understand anything. But . . . even so . . ."
Aya: "We'll arrive somewhere. At the destined answer, when we've captured that, our journey will end. Our long journey will end."

19. Epilogue.

Aya talking to his boss. His boss explaining the long history of the organization and its fight against evil. We must be strong - in order to create revolution we must never be weak. 180 years this has continued. Weakness like leaving is not permitted. Aya wonders what happens if one withdraws. The boss says that person is branded a failure. Aya says there was a test to get in. He says he'll prove himself by doing it again, to prove that he's sure in his goals - he'll leave this group and return to Japan because he has things to do. His heart and will to fight is the same. The boss wonders why he's so determined to go back to Japan. Aya says it's probably the place he has to go home to.

20. The Road (song)

Vocals Weiß
Lyrics Aida Takeshi
Music Nishioka Kazuya

Na mo shiranai kawa no nagare ni notte
Riding the flow of a river whose name I don't know
Mukashi kara no yume ga yomigaetteiku
A dream from the past is being reborn
Ima okiteru monogoto nado subete
Everything that is happening now
Maboroshi da yo misekake ni suginai sa
Is an illusion, no more than make-believe

Dakara koso kono tabi wa tsuzuiteiku yo
Because of this we're going to continue this journey
Omoni wo seotteiru hito wa ne
People carrying a heavy burden, y'know
Kizukeba bokura konna tooku konna tooku made kita
If you think about it, we've come this far, this far

Sabitsuiteru machi de umareta kimi
You who were born in a rusting town
Mukashi kara no uta dake ga tomodachi de
With a song from the past as your only friend
Ashita yume miru meguriai wa kitto
Tomorrow you'll dream, a chance meeting for sure
Yakusoku nado saretenai muku na hibi
In these pure white days of no promises made to you

Dakara koso kono michi wo
Because of this we're going to walk
Aruiteiku yo tooku nagai michi da
This road, a faraway long road
Keredomo kizukeba bokura
But if you think about it
Hitori ja nai hitori ja nai tabibito
We're travellers who aren't alone, who aren't alone

Tsuzuiteiku yo omoni wo seotteiru hito wa ne
We'll go on, people who shoulder heavy burdens
Kizukeba bokura konna tooku konna tooku made
If you think about it, we've come this far, this far

Aruiteiku yo tooku nagai michi da
We'll walk it, a faraway long road
Keredomo kizukeba bokura
But if you think about it
Hitori ja nai hitori ja nai tabibito
We're travellers who aren't alone, who aren't alone



Summary/Lyrics translations by Generic Miko
Lyrics by Aida Takeshi, Music by Nishioka Kazuya, vocals by Weiß.
Weiß kreuz Wish a Dream copyright Koyasu Takehito & Project Gluhen
These summaries/translations are for NON-PROFIT fan purposes only.

Cast:
Aya: Koyasu Takehito
Ken: Seki Tomokazu
Youji: Miki Shinichirou
Omi/Takatori Mamoru: Yuuki Hiro
Kyou: Hagiwara Shuuki (?)
Kimika: Kawajo Tomoko
Head of Security Burnes: Doi Mika
Meigan:
Sister: Mizuhara Rin
Huxley:
Rex: Ueda Miyuki
Yakuza #1: Takahashi Yoshihiro
Yakuza #2: Fujiwara

Guidance voice: ? Shizuka
Announcer: Shitayama ?