Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Recap 1: Gathering Light

I'll save you all!

Hang in there!

Don't let the kabane get closer to the rear of the train!

Mumei!

It's calling me again.

The butterfly always calls me.

It shines, and it tells me to come join it.

Death is always near me.

Life disappears in the blink of an eye,

and the butterfly calls away your soul.

Then what is it...

...that you need to live?

Keep the pressure up!

If we stop, we're all dead!

Issue a warning to the cars.

Right.

We're passing through a derelict station.

Everyone, be ready for impact.

Damn it!

Stay back! Stay back!

What we need to survive isn't tools to help us hide and protect ourselves.

It's the power to stand up and fight the kabane.

Shingo!

Are you okay?

Yeah...

Thanks.

You—

Twenty years ago,

Hinomoto's people locked themselves within the train stations, fearing the kabane.

They abandoned their pride and their comrades,

and ran.

Use it.

Use the suicide bag!

Hurry up!

Show us your resolve!

Do not shame yourself!

What are you doing?

Pull it! Pull the string!

Can you hold your head high after leaving someone to their death?

It's not just your comrades' lives that you lose.

That's why I...

Mother...

Damn it!

I want the power to defeat the kabane.

And I'm so close!

You're awake?

The bushi fought them off.

You can go back to sleep.

For now.

Another station was swallowed up?

Compilation Movie The Gathering Light

How'd it go yesterday?

No luck.

There should be enough pressure, but...

You're sure regular lead slugs won't cut it?

That's no different than the steam guns the bushi use now.

They'll bounce right off the kabane's heart cage.

That's why we need the jet bullets.

We need more penetrating power.

And then you're going to use that to fight them, instead of the bushi doing it?

You're nuts.

Did you increase the amount of charge?

You know, in the last round of changes you increased the size of the chamber.

That's it, Takumi!

Why did I skip that step?

Where are you going?

I'm going back home to start over.

Come on!

Finish your work first!

It's Ayame-sama.

From the Yomogawa clan?

Oh, Ayame-sama, what brings you here?

My father's short gun.

It's not functioning properly,

and I was hoping you could look at it.

Oh dear, I see.

Ayame-sama...

Well, she's certainly pretty.

She's a bushi princess.

Ikoma!

Come here and take care of things for Ayame-sama!

This is your time to shine, hero!

I'll take a look at this.

Do you want to be a hero?

I just don't like running away.

Ayame-sama, what will you be pointing this at?

The west gate is opening!

The Kotetsujyo is arriving!

The Kotetsujyo is supposed to arrive tomorrow, though.

Let's go.

The Kotetsujyo?

The Husoujyo is coming tonight, though!

Two hayajiros in a single day?

Father, I thought the Kotetsujyo would be here tomorrow.

Hayatani Station fell.

With fewer stations to stop at,

it will arrive sooner.

Oh, no...

Attach the inspection box!

Think anyone inside got bitten?

That's what we're about to find out.

They search for bite marks to see if anyone's been infected by the kabane.

You'll be thrown into prison if they find one on you.

That's the way the authorities always do things.

Of course they do!

Their infection might still be incubating.

Okay, start the repairs!

Hey, look!

The carotid artery's swollen up, but the rest isn't.

So the virus does travel through here.

Hey!

It's rare to find one in this condition.

You're breaking the law!

What's that?

The daughter of someone important?

What's wrong?

Uh, nothing.

Hey, you, child!

The exit is on the other side!

Even children must undergo the inspection.

Only a fool judges others by their appearance.

That's what my brother said, bearded man.

What did you say?

It's fine.

She is a guest of mine.

My lord!

Are you the most important person here?

I am Kensho, the master of the Yomogawa clan.

Yomogawa-dono, a pleasure.

You must be Shimon-sama.

I've read the letter I was sent.

First, come to our mansion.

They're not undergoing the inspection?

What's going on?

Who is that?

No idea.

A kabane!

He's wounded!

A kabane?!

Don't let him escape!

Stop!

No! I'm not a kabane!

Stop!

Kill him!

Surround him and kill him!

I'm not a kabane! Really!

Please don't hurt me!

Stop it!

Stop it, you coward!

If you think someone's a kabane,

you lock them up for three days to find out!

That's the rule that you people made!

Silence!

You're just a steam blacksmith!

This isn't your business!

I'm telling you, you're pointing your guns the wrong way!

Father!

Are those from a kabane?

That's disgusting!

Why does he have those?

Answer me!

Why do you have those?

He's running!

Don't!

He's dead?

Which means he wasn't a kabane...

Aren't you ashamed of being afraid of everything?

Of going crazy like this?

That's quite a statement.

I suppose it's easy for you to say when you're always safe,

protected by the bushi.

No!

I'll fight, too!

Kurusu!

My piercing gun is almost—

Put him in a cell.

He may be a kabane.

Father!

We're leaving.

Ayame,

upholding order is also a duty of the bushi.

Order, you say?

It's the sixth month, huh?

It's almost time, huh, brother?

I knew it!

It's the corpse plunderer!

You're...

Mumei!

Mumei?

That's your name?

Nice, huh?

My brother gave it to me!

Hey, back there,

did you know he wasn't a kabane?

No, but I couldn't just let him die.

Most people would.

Then most people are wrong.

You're an interesting guy!

Why?

Because most people are afraid of the kabane.