CANAAN Episode 3

Summary:
The girl in the cat costume leads Minoru and Maria to a cosplay karaoke
bar, but when Minoru tries to question her, she misunderstands and
takes off her top instead. Though surprised, Minoru notices a special
mark on her side that’s the same as the one he saw on the old man’s
forehead, however he isn’t able to question the girl about it because
the bar’s owner throws him out. The two of them are fortunately able to
find refuge from the rain in another hotel, and although they’re forced
to share a room, Maria is depressed because Canaan won’t know where
they are. Canaan, however, shows up outside their window the next
morning to take Maria up on her offer to play. Minoru tries to question
her about herself, but she just wants to go play, and so he has no
choice but to let the two girls go.

Canaan and Maria spend the first part of their day shopping and
sightseeing, and while they’re taking a break, Canaan comments on how
this is her first time playing with a friend like this. This reminds
Maria of their past together when she had taught Canaan cat’s cradle,
and Canaan had revealed that she used to have a sister. Canaan had lost
her family in a conflict, and Maria remembers seeing all the weapons in
Canaan’s room. Canaan had also shown Maria the snake tattoo on her arm,
and she had told Maria that it matched one on someone she likes. Back
in the present, Canaan observes that Maria uses the word sugoi (lit.
great, wonderful) a lot, and she uses it to describe Maria herself.
Minoru meanwhile runs into the cat costume girl again, realizes that
she’s a mute, and feeds her a bun.

Canaan and Maria’s next stop is on the Shanghai Bund sightseeing tunnel
ride, but halfway through, the ride shuts down, and Canaan senses
something and goes to investigate. This leaves Maria alone with the
other passenger on the ride, the younger brother of the old man that
Canaan killed. By the time Canaan returns, Maria is gone, so Canaan
uses her synesthesia ability to track her down. She eventually finds
Maria in a sewer area with a time bomb strapped to her head, and the
kidnapper is somewhere in the room, but Canaan can’t see or sense
where. The kidnapper claims that it’s because they are broken, and he
explains that the village where he was born and raised was made the
subject of an UA Virus experiment. He and his brother went through a
sort of mutation where they were able to regenerate internal organs,
and the brother that Canaan killed had two hearts but suffered from
advanced aging.

The kidnapper describes himself and his brother as creatures created by
the UA Virus, just like Canaan. She responds to all of this by charging
towards a narrow pipe shaft on the other side of the room, and a bullet
comes out of it, wounding her in the arm. The kidnapper, who is able to
contort his body in every direction, then emerges from the pipe shaft
and approaches Maria. Since time is running out on the bomb, Canaan
pulls out her gun and tries to get him to hand over the release switch,
but it turns out that he’s swallowed it. Remembering how the kidnapper
had told her earlier that he had no intention of killing her but that
he expected Canaan to dispose of him if he put her in danger, Maria now
tries to stop Canaan, but she shoots the guy in the stomach. When this
doesn’t stop the timer on the bomb, Canaan rushes towards Maria, but
she’s too late, and the timer goes off. The bomb, however, turns out to
be just a toy. Canaan then unties Maria, who is still in shock, and
after she realizes the color of rejection in Maria, she walks away.

Preview

Wow, it came out so fast. I can't follow the story at all.

It means I must watch 1-2 eps back.

Hahaha