I'm tired.
If you can't make contact with me once every ten seconds,
I'll have the boy shredded.
When I heard those words, I thought for sure I was a dead man.
But Lu's surprising me.
Oh. That was lucky.
Please, I'm begging you to take this seriously!
Time for a little payback!
Lu!
Guess that's the best you have to offer.
Better than I expected. But--
Huh?
Shin, you just shrieked "Lu!" like a little girl!
Now she's a happy drunk?
Missed me!
Stop!
Bam!
Nice!
Come on. Try to kill me like you really mean it.
Huh…
But I don't wanna kill you.
'Cause I don't do that. It's family rule number one.
But Lu…
Family rule? What on earth are you talking about?
It's a rule everyone in our family has to follow.
Shin, the Boss Man, Mrs. Boss Man, and Hana.
They're all my family, and I love them very much.
Huh?
But the Sakamotos aren't even related to you.
That's so stupid.
Stupid?
I'll have you know, it took me no time to learn how to work the register.
Hana says soon I'll be good enough to be part-time associate manager.
How dare you?
Huh?
I'm not stupid, you stupid grandma!
Now she's an angry drunk!
So powerful.
Oh no!
Huh?
Hang on. What was I doing just now?
Who's this lady?
Oh. Hey, it's Shin. What are you doing over there?
And where are we?
Oh, great. She's sobering up now?
- Have you been pulling your punches on me? - Huh?
You've got a lot of nerve.
I can't even remember the last time someone pushed me this far.
- Oh, shit! - It's been so long…
I love going up against someone so strong!
I've got the shivers.
I feel so satisfied!
- We have to do this again! Please! - Uh… Does this mean I can go now?
Let me go!
Potassium perchlorate, ten grams.
SOURCE OF STRENGTH
Ammonium nitrate, 4.8 grams.
20 grams penthrite.
3.5 grams nitroglycol.
I remember now, Boiled.
From here on, I'm not holding anything back.
I don't know what kind of stunt that was,
but losing a few pounds ain't gonna change anything.
Whatever you're planning, you better hurry.
Your family's probably going through a tight squeeze right now.
I'm not worried.
My family's grown. And they're people I know I can trust.
You don't say.
So fast.
This is Sakamoto. The greatest hit man of all time.
How?
After five years, how can he still be this powerful?
You're incredibly strong, Boiled.
Before I retired, I used my strength to hurt people too.
But then, I made a choice.
To use it to protect the people I love instead.
That…
is the source of my strength now, Boiled.
Wow!
What a great view!
Yeah, it's beautiful, huh?
But you know what?
You're beautiful too. Mmm…
Come on, Satoshi…
What was that?
You know, Sakamoto, I was right about you.
There ain't nobody as hard-boiled as you are.
Huh?
Hey, Shin, wake up.
Huh?
Mrs. Sakamoto?
Last thing I remember, we were in the haunted house.
How did we get out here?
Uh, I think everybody just got really tired!
I mean, it did get awfully intense in there.
And how did your clothes get so dirty?
Uh, well, I had to fight off all those zombies!
Fight them all off?
And where is Taro?
Uh, good question!
I'll go see if I can find him!
Welcome back. Please wait for the ride to come to a complete--
Are you all right? What happened?
- Listen up, young lady. - Yes?
You shouldn't ask an injured man how he got hurt.
It just ain't hard-boiled.
All I wanna know is who's liable for the damage.
You got me good, Sakamoto.
I ain't gonna come after you no more.
Of course, that don't mean it's the end.
Five meat buns coming up.
He ain't listening to a word I'm saying.
Those things look pretty good. Can I have one?
Hmm?
Mmm.
I didn't mean yours, but okay.
The rest are for my family.
Right. You, a family man…
- Wha-- Mr. Sakamoto! - Huh?
- Whoa! - You got so skinny! How?
What happened?
Moving around makes you lose weight.
Yeah, but you lost, like, a whole lot of weight.
You look as badass as you ever did!
Whatcha gonna do? About the price they got on your head?
Dondenkai's still gonna be coming for you.
Working on it. Huh?
"Price on your head"?
What's he talking about?
What am I doing here?
Hey, Hana, why don't we go play over there?
I wanna eat two cotton candies!
A girl who knows what she wants. You'll be a strong one.
Go on.
Uh… There's a bounty on me.
A few hit men have already tried to kill me.
Some today.
And you neglected to tell me about it, why?
Well, men ain't always the best communicators.
Sakamoto?
He just wanted his girls…
to enjoy their day.
Have some fun here without worrying about nothing.
If you ask me, that's hard-boiled.
I don't believe we've met.
Most people call me Boiled.
And I'm a hit man!
Could you please do me a favor and stop trying to kill my husband?
Yes, ma'am.
Did you honestly think you could hide this from me?
Well, I… No, but I just didn't want you to worry.
Beloved, have you forgotten?
Sakamoto Family Rules Article 6: No secrets, no lies.
So quit slinking around, and go take care of it already, got it?
Okay, I'm glad we have that settled then.
Let's go. The parade's about to start.
Hmm.
Hot damn. She's hard-boiled too.
Hey, Mr. Sakamoto?
How exactly are we supposed to take care of it?
Somebody requested this hit.
If we find them, we can get them to call it off.
Bold plan, though.
Bounties always go through the Association.
Good luck figuring out who's behind it.
Well, our boss at Dondenkai has connections in the JAA.
That's great, Boiled.
Then you can ask your boss to give us a hand.
I ain't sticking my neck out for you!
Besides, I got no idea where the boss is.
Oh. Useless.
Figure out how to do your own dirty work!
Time for us to go, Sakamoto.
I'll see ya 'round.
Buh-bye. Give Lu my best, would you?
So, what do we do?
Find the Dondenkai boss?
Except that we don't even know where to start looking.
Actually, I have an idea.
What's the matter with you? You got a stomach ache or something?
Mr. Sakamoto, he gained all that weight back in one day.
Well, yeah. Anybody would if they ate that much.
Aw.
- We're here. - Huh?
VIDEO RENTALS
Uh, let's see. Da, de, di, do…
Got it.
DISTRIBUTOR
Interesting. Looks like any other B-movie.
Mr. Sakamoto, what the hell is this place?
An information bank. Sells intelligence in the form of movies.
That sounds like more trouble than it's worth.
This way. Viewing room.
Dondenkai is an agency of more than 50 assassins.
Our story begins with just one of these hit men.
This building looks nice. Let's make it our main base.
- Great idea, let's do it! - I think we just found their headquarters.
Come on, you can't die on me!
Knock it off. You're being too loud. Damn meat head.
That was beautiful!
Wow, I really wasn't expecting that twist at the end.
Shoulda known it was a Kanaguri movie.
Your total comes to 756,000 yen.
How much?
- Charge it. - Okay.
Are you sure you can afford that?
Saved up some money in my bachelor days.
Nice seeing you again, Sakamoto.
You back for good?
I'd be keeping my head on a swivel.
Some old buddies of yours might show up before long.
What are you talking about?
So sorry, but that movie's not available yet.
I'm afraid I've said all I can for the moment.
Nagumo, I heard you met up with Sakamoto the other day.
Like, Taro Sakamoto? That name brings back memories.
I wonder how he's doing.
Don't try to play me for a fool.
Unless you wanna die.
Relax. It's not worth concerning yourself with, Hyo.
The top brass will be here before long.
You think I care?
What concerns me is that I don't trust this guy!
Careful with that.
I don't think we need the big knives until the entrées come out.
Some people have blood that runs a little too hot.
Don't you think, Osaragi?
Mr. Shishiba, careful. You might not want that.
Excuse me, chef.
Yes, sir?
Tell me why
you put onions in the risotto?
Good evening, everyone. I appreciate you all coming tonight.
Thank you so much for making the time.
I'm Iriya,
the communications coordinator for the JAA.
It is a tremendous honor to meet all of you in one place,
the entire roster of The Order.
This isn't the entire roster.
Where the hell are the other four anyway?
For three of them, not showing up is par for the course.
But for old man Takamura, it's a bit strange.
Must be busy right now.
I don't know. He's probably going senile.
How old is he now?
Let's get to business. There's an unknown killer on the loose.
Association members have turned up dead in 30 incidents and counting.
The JAA requests that all of you
address this matter as quickly as possible.
In the name of The Order.
OSHIMA BOOKSTORE
Dondenkai headquarters.
No fighting anyone if we can avoid it.
- This is a stealth operation. - Huh?
Hey, you hear about the Sakamoto job?
Oh, yeah, that's the huge bounty, isn't it?
Yeah. Turns out he beat Boiled.
No way!
I didn't think there was anybody who could beat that guy.
I know. Best for guys like us to leave him alone.
Hmm?
Weird.
Infiltration successful.
- Wait, you're ditching the coats? - Too hot.
So, where do you think their boss is hiding?
You didn't pay any attention to the movie, did you?
And it cost so much money.
The boss's office is on the top floor.
We can climb up from the window below it, just like the movie showed us.
Right, Mr. Sakamoto?
Slept through that part.
Huh?
This is fun. It feels like we're in a spy movie.
Knock it off. This isn't a game.
HAVING A BLAST
This is weird, Mr. Sakamoto.
It's only on this floor, but I don't hear any thoughts.
- Hmm. - Useless danger detector.
Hey, I meant the bad guys! I can still hear you!
This is it.
Hey there, Sakamoto.
Nagumo.
Whoopsie, you caught me in the act.
What are you doing here?
Behold, all of the Dondenkai elite, including the boss.
I killed every last one.
Sorry, Sakamoto.
But I'm afraid I'm gonna have to kill you now too.
Hmm?
So fast!
Shin, no!
Huh?
I'm kidding, I'm kidding. I got you good though, huh?
I just happened to have business with the Dondenkai myself.
Unfortunately, by the time I got here, they'd all been killed already.
Then why didn't you just say that?
You got a sick sense of humor, bub!
What kind of business?
Just a little investigation of sorts.
Someone's been killing a lot of Association members lately.
Why are you investigating? Assassins die all the time.
It isn't out of the ordinary for hit men to be killing each other.
But in this case, it's not that simple.
Thirty groups with ties to the JAA have been hit in the past few months.
There have been over a hundred assassins killed.
Clearly some kind of message to the Association.
They've killed over a hundred of them?
That's like a quarter of the pros in Japan.
The perpetrator always leaves an "X" behind at the scene of the crime.
So we call him "X" or sometimes "Slur."
Who's "we"?
- Meaning The Order's getting involved. - Yep.
Didn't Silver Hair say something about that the other day?
What is this "Order" thing?
We're a special force within the Association.
An elite squad of the best assassins.
Our job is to maintain order within the JAA,
including the elimination of anyone deemed to be especially dangerous.
Ooh, fun fact: Sakamoto was a member of The Order.
Why didn't I know that?
We'll get to the bottom of it soon.
'Til then, you might want to watch out for Slur yourselves.
Why is that something we need to worry about?
We're not assassins anymore.
That's right. And we're busy enough dealing with this stupid bounty thing.
I can't say I've learned too many of the details yet.
But one thing I do know
is that this little string of massacres here
and the one-billion-yen bounty that's on Sakamoto's head
both started at the same time.
LEARN TO DRAW
"When a scene is viewed with both eyes,
the brain adjusts to reconcile the difference in those two perspectives.
Don't forget to take a step back from your artwork now and then
to check for symmetry."
Hmm. It seems the balance is slightly off.
SAKAMOTO'S
After everything we went through, we're back at square one.
All right!
- Which one of you is Sakamoto? - Another one?
- Hope you're ready to die! - How many is that?
- This one? - No, but you're close.
- Press the button next to that one. - Come out now!
Sakamoto--
All these hit men day in and day out is giving me a headache.
I really didn't think that bounty would take so long to get rid of.
Oh well.
At least our profits have gone up from selling bandages and gauze.
Seriously?
I got a bandage for your boo-boo.
Thank you, young lady.
Your father's a very strong man.
One more thing.
If you had a hard time dealing with Boiled,
then you're a dead man walking.
Five years off isn't doing you any favor, Sakamoto.
We don't know what we're up against. Need to spend some time getting stronger.
Then, no matter what happens, we're prepared for anything.
So we all need to get back on the horse.
So fast!
Hello, welcome.
Huh?
- Is this everything? - Creepy.
The best training I can do is to drink like a fish.
- Mmm. - Meat bun, please.
Here you go!
Lu, no!
How did she know?
Oh, sir! You seem to be bleeding copiously from the forehead.
What do we do? Shin, help!
- Give him a bandage! Here! - I think he needs an ambulance!