Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (帝都物語)

Tokyo, Japan's Largest graveyard, where Masakado Taira was branded a traitor nearly a thousand years ago.

His dream of building an independent nation in the center of Japan failed, and he died full of malice.

Today Masakado Taira is worshipped as a guardian of Tokyo, and he sleeps in silence.

His spirit, however, still longs for vengeance.

Each time someone has attempted to move the grave where his head is said to be buried, something terrible has happened, causing fear throughout the ages.

His grave, therefore, has quietly remained untouched among the office buildings in Ōtemachi, Tokyo.

In 1912, the 45th year of Meiji era, that site was located in the Ministry of Finance.

Meiji Era - 45th Year

Tokyo

Oh, Mr. Shibusawa, it's my pleasure to welcome you.

Well, would you come this way please?

An underground energy vein.

The Chinese stratum physiography term is "subterranean dragon",

referring to the earth's stream of psychic energy.

The megalopolis, Tokyo, is a vast expanse of consecrated ground

which has been haunted since the Edo era.

Are you saying that what we've just seen was caused by a ghost?

Exactly.

However, that spirit was a relatively weak one.

All of the underground energy streams beneath this megalopolis

have culminated at one precise location...

The grave of Masakado's head!

Masakado?!

When Masakado's spirit awakes after a thousand years sleep,

Tokyo will become a gigantic graveyard.

At this very moment, there is someone who wishes to wake Masakado

and cause the destruction of this megalopolis!

So what do you want me to do?

Mr. Shibusawa, I've heard that the Tokyo Improvement Project,

which you have been planning in secret,

is about to begin.

I humbly beg you to allow my Tsuchimikado clan to join your project.

Without including psychic improvement in your plans,

a true betterment of Tokyo cannot be achieved.

Psychic improvement...

Tokyo The Last Megalopolis

The cherry blossoms were very poor this year, weren't they?

Yeah.

But there are still some cherry trees blooming in May.

This Meiji era is very strange.

I heard there were lightning bolts at the grave of Masakado's head.

Lightning bolts? How big were they?

This big!

Are you an idiot?

We're not talking about some snack cake, you moron!

I wonder if something terrible is going to happen...

Yeah, me too.

Every one come and see our panorama! Why not give it a try?!

It's starting soon, so form a line. Hurry up! It's about to begin!

Rohan, this thing certainly outperforms your novel, The Capital of a Country, does it not?

I see. The future megalopolis...

"Here we go. Boom, boom, boom. High in the sky, the cannon,

celebrating cannon, resounding throughout the sky..."

Both Mr. Koda and Dr. Mori should be here,

but we've missed them, because you were late.

Are you that busy at the Ministry of Finance?

I'm being assigned to some sort of project

apart from the Ministry of Finance next week.

I haven't been informed yet what kind of project it is,

but I was told to give up my weekends.

Unlike me, you're the kind of man who dedicates his life to his work.

But remember, your sister is the only relative you have.

Take good care of her no matter how busy you get.

Tsuna Watanabe stands and removes his hand from his sword.

He is about to depart, when the sky is suddenly engulfed in darkness.

Earthquakes and thunder shake the ground!

It begins!

Evil is coming!

Yukari!

Brother!

Ms. Yukari...

How do you do, Mr. Narutaki?

Shall we go?

Sure.

Well, Brother, let us pray to our ancestors.

Kato is coming!

Kato is coming!

Kato is coming!

Kato is coming!

What's wrong?

Kato has returned the Shikigami we sent against him

with a Shikigami attack of his own.

This means we can no longer prevent Kato from invoking his own Shiki against us.

Kato is really coming, isn't he?

Yes, he is.

Who are you?!

It's Kato's evil sign, the "Doman Seiman"!

Send our Shiki! Send our Shiki!

Send our Shiki!

Send our Shiki!

I made a grave error. I was fooled by Kato's evil sorcery!

Yasunori Kato!

Hell's own evil!

Yukari!

Before I allow your desecration at such evil hands to awaken Lord Masakado,

you will die right here with me!

Have you lost your mind, Tatsumiya!?

Brother!

That won't be necessary.

I shall gratify the resentment that has been passed down in your family from generation to generation.

Kato! Wait!

Yukari...

I'm so sorry, Mr. Tatsumiya. I promise we'll bring Yukari back to...

I must put an end to the tribulations

brought on by my family's curse.

Brother...

Oh Spirit...

Spirit of an ancient age...

I have chosen your most superior descendant to be a Yoriwara medium.

Are you Masakado?

Is yours the legendary vengeful spirit?

Oh great spirit, Masakado...

Awake!

Who... who is calling me?

I am Yasunori Kato,

descendant of ancient psychics Enno Uzumu and Seimei Abe.

I must know, are you Masakado?

I am Masakado.

I am he who obeys your will,

and who intends to restore this filthy city, built by fools, to holy ground.

Awaken, Masakado.

Arise and destroy this hateful megalopolis with me!

Do not awaken me. Do not...

Deify me!

Do not touch my grave!

Damn Hirai! He found this place by sending his Shiki.

Let's go!

She is under the power of Enno's magic. Leave her.

I had a dream last night, Keiko.

As did you, I believe.

Our shrine venerates the family God of the Soma,

god to all Soma families in the Kanto region,

and Lord Masakado is our ancestor.

One day, Keiko, you will be summoned.

Until then you must devote yourself to the study of your faith.

Such insolence!

For the past eight hundred years, the Tsuchimikado family

has maintained the study of calendar numerology and divined the fortune of Japan.

This is an unacceptable insult to our family!

Apologize!

Forget psychics! Forget vengeful spirits!

Don't you realize that you are now a relic?!

Bastard!

Mr. Kudo, this is not the army's general staff office.

We are not soldiers here.

It's my life's dream to make Tokyo the biggest commercial city in Asia.

I believe that the capital must be improved to include the conveniences

and services worthy of our nation's center and the respect of the world.

However, a city that has only conveniences and services cannot be called perfect,

because a city, like a human being, needs to have virtue.

After considering ground and direction numerology carefully,

only a city with luck and virtue can be called perfect,

a megalopolis blessed by God and nature.

Since the Edo era, Tokyo has been the capital and the largest consecrated area in our nation.

We have caused this consecrated place to become lucky through ground and direction numerology.

That is why this place has prospered.

Indiscriminate expansion and the destruction of roads have destroyed this lucky condition.

If we continue in this way, we might awaken the vengeful spirit

which has slept so long beneath this megalopolis.

Superstitious drivel!

Mr. Shibusawa, please allow me to explain the Tokyo Improvement Project

from a realistic point of view and a military perspective.

I perfectly understood your opinion, Baron Shibusawa.

However, I would like you to understand

that there is an urgent need to improve our capital from a military perspective,

since our country has become the world's strongest.

To put a priority on Tokyo's protection,

it would not be a good idea to expand our border without extensive planning.

Basically, we will maintain the area known in the Edo era as "Shubiki",

which means Shinjuku through Shinagawa in the East,

Toshima through Hongo and Komagome in the North.

My plan is to build strong brick high-rises along the border,

which will also serve as fire prevention walls.

All the buildings in the city will be brick.

In addition, the army will build its barracks and batteries on the high-rise rooftops.

Considering its increased military protection, the megalopolis will then be perfect.

Excuse me...

I oppose the high-rise city project

from a scientific point of view.

Why?!

Tokyo's foundation is very weak against an earthquake.

It would be like building a tower on tofu.

All buildings taller than four stories will collapse as soon as an earthquake hits.

Rubbish!

If we can build a city better than this high-rise one,

I would like your opinion as to how this could be done.

I will answer your question and be prepared to acknowledge your surprise.

It would be an earthquake-resistant underground city!

Underground?!

What an idea!

Underground...

Water, please.

What the hell is that?!

A worm from inside her belly.

That is the toxin Kato used to infect Yukari.

Dr. Mori, the mother's safety is now confirmed.

We will perform an abortion first thing tomorrow morning.

Mr. Hirai, what was Kato trying to do to Ms. Yukari?

Yukari is a descendant of Masakado, which makes her an ideal medium.

Kato wanted to use her to awaken Masakado's vengeful spirit,