CANAAN Episode 1

OP: Mind As Judgement



Summary:
It is festival time in the city of Shanghai, and unbeknown st to
everyone, a man gets shot in a back alley. Nearby, three men wearing
costume heads are walking through the city, and when one of the heads
gets removed, that man goes crazy and jumps into the river. No one
notices because they think it’s part of the celebration, and the other
two men hurry off. At around the same time, freelance writer Minorikawa
Minoru and camerawoman Oosawa Maria arrive in the city, and Minoru ends
up going after an old man in the crowd who looks very similar to
someone who was in the news earlier concerning an anti-terrorism
conference. That leaves Maria by herself, and she spends her time
taking in the festivities and snapping photos. At one point, she sees a
man with a costume head get the head blown off by a water cannon, and
that man goes crazy, throws up blood, and collapses. No one notices
other than Maria who takes a picture of the body and its bloodied eyes,
and she’s soon approached by some masked men with guns.

Fortunately for Maria, she’s grabbed by her old acquaintance Canaan who
she’s been wanting to see again, and the two run away from the armed
men. Along the way, they pick up a certain stuffed animal, and they end
up hiding in a dark alleyway until their pursuers pass. Canaan wants
Maria to stay put while she goes back out, but Maria doesn’t want to,
so Canaan ties Maria’s thumbs together behind her back. Canaan then
runs off and engages in a rooftop firefight with the masked gunmen. By
this point, Minoru has come back and almost gets caught in the
crossfire. He initially assumes that the crowd thinks that this is part
of the festival entertainment, but he then realizes that they have to
be intentionally turning their eyes away. Canaan meanwhile uses a
special ability to pinpoint exactly where the opposing gunmen are, and
she takes them all out, one after another, in quick succession. Maria
can only watch from below as Canaan then disappears over the rooftops.
Meanwhile, a military convoy carrying a woman named Alphard who’s the
head of the Hebi organization suddenly gets attacked.

Ending Sequence

ED: My Heaven

Preview

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