Episodes: 2 Movies.
How: Netflix {stream}
Grade: C
Summary: {From MAL} King of Eden - Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao are plotting their final move. Some of them would prefer Takizawa dead and out of the way. Some might even be willing to help him achieve his goals. Unfortunately, some are prepared to destroy everything if it means claiming checkmate in Mr. Outside's puzzling game.
Paradise Lost - The story of political and subversive intrigue in the series finally reaches endgame. Even as the law enforcement net tightens around Saki and her fellow Eden of the East associates over alleged terrorist activities, the complex web surrounding the mysterious Mr. Outside is finally untangled as the remaining Selecao attempt to outmaneuver one another. Takizawa's memories and identity are also finally revealed including his association with a former Prime Minister and his request to be the King of Eden.
How it went down and thoughts...
It's six months later, some things have changed in Japan; but not enough. Edens people, Saki and the Neets were all held and questioned by the police about the "Air King" and the Missle Attacks. Most of them knew next to nothing and were let go.
Eden is now a small business, Panties has some Pants now and is actually working with the Eden Group and Saki is... well... looking for Akira. A log entry points to New York and off she goes, having a bit of gun troubles once again thanks to the other Selecao she finally finds the clueless Akira near Ground Zero.
It doesn't take much for him to believe her insane story, his memories seemingly coming back quite quickly this time. Of course it probably didn't hurt that Selecao 6 was attempting to kill the two of them while trying to make a "Movie" by blowing up his apartment. The only reason the two survived was that Selecao 11/Kuroha had been watching over Akira for most this time.
Kuroha is actually there on behalf of Iinuma's Widow, she wants Akira to come back to Japan so that it may be made clear if he truly is the Prime Ministers bastard son. Oh, yea.. Juiz had changed Akira's name to Iinuma so that his wish to become "King" could be fulfilled. At the airport however, it's noticed that Number 1 had started to make moves again...
Mononobe is sending missiles after the Juiz Trucks, first taking out 12, then 2's {Tsugis} trucks and then finally Kuroha moves her truck into position to be the third target. Without her phone she's out of the game so, she lets Saki go to Japan with Akira.. and that's where the first movie ends.
During the time in New York there'd been a bit of drama with Eden, the cops poking around them due to Mononobe being in a high position and Juiz actually using Eden to find and wipe out any and all existence of Akira Takizawa.. This causes the Eden Group to shut Eden down and move back to their college club room.
Start Movie Two.
Iinuma's wife and her minions meet Akira at the airport, they have no interest in Saki and just take or attempt to take Akira back to her house. It's a bit of a bugger trying to get out of the airport though since it was somehow leaked that he was coming back to Japan and the pissed off NEETS are also there to welcome him.
Akira has other things to do though, so he talks one of the NEETS he happened to bump into in the bathroom into taking his place {by hiding his face} and going with Iinuma's wife.
Points from here on out...
- Akira jacks his own Juiz truck as Number 1 has his own Truck stolen, he keeps his Juiz as close to Number 1's as possible so that he can't blow up Akira's truck without blowing up his own. He meets up with the Eden group when the driver for Juiz 1 stops for a break and gets "Sis" to steal Juiz 1, since she's the only other person who can drive that sort of truck.
Sis then follows Akira to Mrs. Iinuma's house. Once there he goes inside and has a chat with Chigusa {Mrs Iinuma} who is a bit pissed that he ran off earlier. Not long after he arrives Number 1 shows up and the two of them have a private chat, Number 1 wants Akira to drop out of the game so that Number 1 can win. Akira won't.
Akira ends up sending out another message through the entirety of Japan, a message that he pretends to be a terrorist again and gives the ultimatum to change how Japan's old people handle things, let the young people give it a try...blahblah. Then he gives everyone 1 Coin via bank transfers and... that's it.
Mr. Ato is impressed and decides to end the game, all of them are winners! He then gives all the Selecao's a gift of a memory wipe... all but Akira since he's done it too many times all ready.
-Saki....Saki... During most of this movie she's with Osugi hunting down Akira's mother. That's apparently where the little dog came from, on Careless Monday Akira runs into this woman that he believes to be his mother. She must have recognized him as her son since she ran off and left her dog...
Saki uses Eden to find if anyone was looking for a dog and, tada... found the woman. She denies it adamantly, but gives herself away with pictures of herself and Mr. Iinuma in NY and the fact she knows how much money she gave Akira before she left him alone in the ice cream parlor.
Denying is to the end, the woman does get her dog back though. Saki shows up at Iinuma's house near the end to tell Akira of her findings...and apparently to say goodbye again because he RAN OFF! Uhg.
- Hirasawa, you played a bigger roll this time. He goes after Saizo Ato or Mr Outside when there are updates on the phone pointing to where he may be. Turns out that Mr Outside is a cab driver, a hobby maybe? Hirasawa gets in his cab and they have a chat, seems Mr. Outside found most the Selecau while operating the cab. He'd ask his passengers what they'd do if someone gave them a lot of money and told them to fix the country.... he chose those with answers he liked the most.
Except Akira, he was just a paper boy who Mr. Outside bought a paper from. What words of wisdom did this young boy impart on the old man? I forget. It was enough to make Outside believe he was worthy of being a Selecao though.
The End: Well, it only moderately sucked. With Akira's broadcast the NEETs took over his old Mall home and made it into a giant bazaar of sorts. All the NEETs selling different wares and such. Eden shut down to help the NEETs , but it's apparently back up and running. Akira, he ran off again.. no lovelove ending here. He promise he'd come back, but yea.. You don't see it.
You do see Akira finally meeting Mr. Ato though, he gets into his taxi and they have a chat... he also wacks the old man. Then they drive off together.
Final: These two movies were nowhere near as enjoyable as the TV Series itself, actually... I'd probably be better off if I had just not watched the movies at all. Oh well. The series as a whole is certainly not on my "Buy" list, not that much stuff is.
