Get Backers (2002–2003): Season 1, Episode 28 - The Man Who Lost His Past - full transcript
Yuuji, a man with amnesia, approaches Ginji and Ban and asks them to recover his lost memories.
At the end of the pain you bear
A possibility you'd lost track of is waiting
You'll soon forget even your tears
And be drowned in a new pleasure
The story of history, striving
towards its destruction
If I'm with you, it's not that scary
Even now, the hopeless world
Seems like it'll end, but it isn't ending
I'm sure the scene you've half given up on
Will look rose-colored if we're together too
Yuuji...
Yuuji...
Yuuji!
Yuuji!
Anyway, this rain just keeps falling.
I feel kinda blue.
Quit saying things that aren't like you.
You don't even remember what
yesterday's weather was like.
I can remember that much!
Yesterday was...
Yesterday was... Hey, wait.
Man, it's raining, and there's no customers.
So now you've started blaming
that on the sun?
Shut up!
Welcome.
Excuse me, who would the
recovery service people be?
You two are?
Yay! It's a customer, Ban.
I wonder how long it's been
since we had a customer?
Now we can finally have some food!
Quit saying pathetic things
and lead him to his seat.
Right.
Okay, please sit down, we'll discuss
the matter over here.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
My name is Yuuji Takamura.
So, what's the assignment?
My...
My memories, could you please
get them back for me?
What do you mean?
It was about three months ago.
My lover, her name is Midori Yuuki,
she and I were in an accident together.
Yuuji...
Yuuji!
Our lives were both miraculously spared.
But...
But you lost your memory.
Both the doctor and my girlfriend are
assuring me there's no hurry.
But...
But?
Tonight we're leaving Japan.
You're going to another country?
My girlfriend's job is sending her to Europe,
and she says to come with her.
Wow, it sounds like you have
a great girlfriend.
That's what makes it painful.
Ever since I became like this I've done
nothing but cause her trouble,
and I don't know whether it's really
okay for this to continue.
I've been worried about whether it's okay
for me to go with her when I'm like this.
I've been worried all this time.
I heard a rumor that one of you two uses
a technique that's like hypnotism.
Would it...
Would it be possible to retrieve my
memories with that technique?
I want to find out before I leave Japan.
Just who it is that I am,
and if I'm someone who really
deserves to go with her.
So... so...
The technique you're talking about
is called the Jagan,
but it's not hypnotism.
So that means?
You can ask me to make you remember
your past, but that's impossible.
Ban...
I see.
But even if we can't get back your memory,
maybe there's something we can do to help.
No, that's all right. It seems I've
asked for something impossible.
I'm very sorry.
I'll look for another way.
Hey, wait.
Hold it.
No one said there wasn't a way.
We are a recovery service.
We get back lost things,
no matter what they are.
We've taken on that assignment for sure.
It's the eleven o'clock flight tonight.
Remember, if you're late,
there's no second chance.
I know.
I'm home!
Yuuji?
Yuuji?
Yuuji!
Street in Shinjuku
Café
Wow! This building is huge.
One floor, two, three...
I can't count them all!
Anyway, going around and looking at
places connected with your past
is probably the basic starting point.
How about it? Anything you remember?
No, nothing.
Tokyo University
campus
This is the last place, huh?
Hi Paul, what did you find out?
The personal history that man says
his girlfriend told him.
It's all lies.
There's no record of anyone called
Yuuji Takamura's existence
in his hometown, his school, or the
company she says he worked for.
What's more, that man's license and
his cards are all fakes too.
Got it.
What's going on?
Just I thought.
When he came into the cafe, that bastard
was walking completely silently.
Although it doesn't look like he
was doing it consciously.
But for him to have ended up with
a habit like that means...
Means?
It looks like this job is
going to be trouble.
In the end, nothing.
Have you gone around looking
by yourself before?
No, my girlfriend was against it.
She said I mustn't overdo it.
You said you heard everything you
know about your past from her?
Yes.
Yuuji!
Midori!
The doctor's forbidden you from
overworking yourself too, you know that.
I know, but...
Come on, let's go home now.
We have to get ready to leave after all.
It's all right, there's no need to hurry.
After we go abroad and you take your
time resting up, I'm sure...
That'll be too late.
Let's go.
Yuuji!
Okay, but when you say go,
where do you mean?
There's one more place.
One more place I'd like to go.
The place where you two
had your accident?
If I go back there again, I might...
Please, stop. I'm worried about your health.
I know about you. Isn't that enough?
So please?
Yuuji!
Could I ask you to cancel this assignment?
That's something the client decides.
He's been told to stop by the doctor too.
If he overdoes it, even his memories...
You can't fake memories after all.
What does that mean?
Who knows.
Miss Midori, Mr. Yuuji doesn't
want to be a burden to you.
That's why he's giving it his all.
So if there's anything you know,
tell Mr. Yuuji the truth.
But!
But there must also be things that
are better unremembered.
There must be things that it's
better not to get back, right?
So...
Better he stay this way.
That's got nothing to do with anything.
We're a recovery service.
If we're asked to, we get things back.
That's all.
Will you come too?
Mr. Yuuji, is there anything you recognize?
No, nothing.
What is it? Are you looking
for someone you know?
It's nothing.
The ocean.
Could you please take me to the ocean?
What's wrong?
No, nothing's wrong.
It's what that woman said before, is it?
"There are also things that are
better unremembered."
"There are things that it's better
not to get back," huh?
I was thinking that might really be true.
Because it hurt me to remember the past too.
Does it still hurt?
I'm asking you, now that you've
had your reunion with
the monkey trainer and the thread spinner
and Makubex's crew, does it still hurt?
No, I wouldn't say that.
Then that's the answer.
When people lose something important,
that's when they first realize its value.
And if they get it back, they forget
its importance again.
So there are times when living with
the loss of something means a lot.
But that's not for others to decide.
All we can do is help out a little.
No matter what the results are.
Yeah, you're right.
This is really all right, then?
There's no time left.
I regret it, but...
If we leave now to go home and get
ready, we'll just barely make it.
Okay, we'll consider the
assignment cancelled.
I'm sorry.
It's a sniper! Hang on!
Are you okay?
What's going on?
What is this?
What is this?!
Calm down.
Calm down? Calm down?!
There are people trying to kill us!
What... What the hell is going on?
They're not aiming at us!
They must be aiming at those two.
They were aiming at me.
The muzzle of the gun was pointing at me!
Hey, Midori, do you know
something about it?
Just what did I do?
Please tell me.
Midori...
Midori!
You can't keep it hidden from
him anymore, can you?
Stop it!
What do you mean?
Your past is a total sham.
Your license and your cards
are all fakes too.
Fakes someone made for you.
Stop it!
The lot that's gunning for you
are very skilled pros.
Seeing how guys like that pop out
at you, you two must be real.
Stop it!
Stop it, stop it, stop it!
What do you want to do?
Do you still want to know your past?
I want to know.
I still...
I still want to know my true self.
Yuuji!
Quick, Miss Midori!
Leave the talk about your memory
for later. Go on ahead.
Come on, let's go.
Is this what you meant by trouble?
This is what I meant!
I'm going to make them cover the
cost of that glass, you know.
Hide!
Why did you desert the syndicate?
We won't kill people.
Pretty words.
Did you think you could escape?
We were prepared for this.
I see.
I...
What on Earth am I?
Yuuji!
Let's hurry. The next tracker is coming.
Keep heading west.
There's someone who will help us.
If we can just beat the tracker,
we'll be able to get away clean.
Such a big fuss for just two people.
It looks like this is the end of the line.
The brake oil is leaking.
The brakes don't work.
I'll distract them. You run, even if
you have to go without me.
Jump out.
Jump out, and escape alone.
If it's just you, you can get
away clean somehow.
Just one minute.
Did you have a dream?
Just now...
That was the Jagan?
Looks like you were able to remember.
It was a certain syndicate
in the underworld.
We were their spies.
Spies?
From drug trafficking to industry spying,
we've done everything.
The kinds of things you can't tell people.
Despicable things, even.
But taking a human life,
that alone we never did.
But then we were ordered by the boss
to assassinate someone.
We decided to desert the syndicate.
But...
So you fed a false past to Takamura,
who'd lost his memory,
and you've been living as lovers
until the preparations for your
escape abroad are finished.
If he remembered the past,
I knew he'd suffer.
I wanted him, at least, not to
remember our dirty past.
I wanted to give him the chance to start
his life over, the way he is now.
I told you, didn't I?
That there are also things that
are better unremembered.
That there are things that it's
better not to get back.
You can be a lot happier that way.
When the important things are
unremembered too?
What did we run away together for?
What did we come all this way together for?
Making you suffer alone.
Did you think I could be happy that way?
I've gotten back something more
precious than anything,
something that must never be lost.
I'll go with you.
I'll suffer too, so...
So let's do it together.
Ban...
The names those two were using
weren't fake, were they?
I wonder why not?
They probably wanted at least one
thing they could believe in.
One thing that was the truth.
Yeah, I get that.
Ban, those two will be able
to be happy, right?
Who knows.
The clouds are full of puddles
The sky looks like it's about to cry
In the midst of the drowning day-to-day
The backs of my eyelids are cold
I got through the long night alone
I erased morning's sounds with a sigh
It can't be taken back
The time that's slipped by can't be rewound
Mr. Déjà Vu, you aren't here
The days became illusions
I noticed, you aren't here
The hands on the clock don't move
Speak to me
Don't leave me alone without saying goodbye
Even if there's no such thing as eternity
I want to keep believing in the
red threads that connect us
Wow, Miss Clayman, long time no see!
She's probably brought a
weird assignment again.
I don't get art.
But this time I've got a bad feeling
about the opposition.
I've got a big chill running down
my spine too, somehow.
There's someone besides him,
someone terrible.
Next time: "Get Back the Arms
of the Goddess!"
Next Get Backers:
Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!
Next time: "Get Back the Arms
of the Goddess!"
Next Get Backers:
Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!
This is risking our lives.
It honestly might not be worth it.
Next Get Backers:
Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!
A possibility you'd lost track of is waiting
You'll soon forget even your tears
And be drowned in a new pleasure
The story of history, striving
towards its destruction
If I'm with you, it's not that scary
Even now, the hopeless world
Seems like it'll end, but it isn't ending
I'm sure the scene you've half given up on
Will look rose-colored if we're together too
Yuuji...
Yuuji...
Yuuji!
Yuuji!
Anyway, this rain just keeps falling.
I feel kinda blue.
Quit saying things that aren't like you.
You don't even remember what
yesterday's weather was like.
I can remember that much!
Yesterday was...
Yesterday was... Hey, wait.
Man, it's raining, and there's no customers.
So now you've started blaming
that on the sun?
Shut up!
Welcome.
Excuse me, who would the
recovery service people be?
You two are?
Yay! It's a customer, Ban.
I wonder how long it's been
since we had a customer?
Now we can finally have some food!
Quit saying pathetic things
and lead him to his seat.
Right.
Okay, please sit down, we'll discuss
the matter over here.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
My name is Yuuji Takamura.
So, what's the assignment?
My...
My memories, could you please
get them back for me?
What do you mean?
It was about three months ago.
My lover, her name is Midori Yuuki,
she and I were in an accident together.
Yuuji...
Yuuji!
Our lives were both miraculously spared.
But...
But you lost your memory.
Both the doctor and my girlfriend are
assuring me there's no hurry.
But...
But?
Tonight we're leaving Japan.
You're going to another country?
My girlfriend's job is sending her to Europe,
and she says to come with her.
Wow, it sounds like you have
a great girlfriend.
That's what makes it painful.
Ever since I became like this I've done
nothing but cause her trouble,
and I don't know whether it's really
okay for this to continue.
I've been worried about whether it's okay
for me to go with her when I'm like this.
I've been worried all this time.
I heard a rumor that one of you two uses
a technique that's like hypnotism.
Would it...
Would it be possible to retrieve my
memories with that technique?
I want to find out before I leave Japan.
Just who it is that I am,
and if I'm someone who really
deserves to go with her.
So... so...
The technique you're talking about
is called the Jagan,
but it's not hypnotism.
So that means?
You can ask me to make you remember
your past, but that's impossible.
Ban...
I see.
But even if we can't get back your memory,
maybe there's something we can do to help.
No, that's all right. It seems I've
asked for something impossible.
I'm very sorry.
I'll look for another way.
Hey, wait.
Hold it.
No one said there wasn't a way.
We are a recovery service.
We get back lost things,
no matter what they are.
We've taken on that assignment for sure.
It's the eleven o'clock flight tonight.
Remember, if you're late,
there's no second chance.
I know.
I'm home!
Yuuji?
Yuuji?
Yuuji!
Street in Shinjuku
Café
Wow! This building is huge.
One floor, two, three...
I can't count them all!
Anyway, going around and looking at
places connected with your past
is probably the basic starting point.
How about it? Anything you remember?
No, nothing.
Tokyo University
campus
This is the last place, huh?
Hi Paul, what did you find out?
The personal history that man says
his girlfriend told him.
It's all lies.
There's no record of anyone called
Yuuji Takamura's existence
in his hometown, his school, or the
company she says he worked for.
What's more, that man's license and
his cards are all fakes too.
Got it.
What's going on?
Just I thought.
When he came into the cafe, that bastard
was walking completely silently.
Although it doesn't look like he
was doing it consciously.
But for him to have ended up with
a habit like that means...
Means?
It looks like this job is
going to be trouble.
In the end, nothing.
Have you gone around looking
by yourself before?
No, my girlfriend was against it.
She said I mustn't overdo it.
You said you heard everything you
know about your past from her?
Yes.
Yuuji!
Midori!
The doctor's forbidden you from
overworking yourself too, you know that.
I know, but...
Come on, let's go home now.
We have to get ready to leave after all.
It's all right, there's no need to hurry.
After we go abroad and you take your
time resting up, I'm sure...
That'll be too late.
Let's go.
Yuuji!
Okay, but when you say go,
where do you mean?
There's one more place.
One more place I'd like to go.
The place where you two
had your accident?
If I go back there again, I might...
Please, stop. I'm worried about your health.
I know about you. Isn't that enough?
So please?
Yuuji!
Could I ask you to cancel this assignment?
That's something the client decides.
He's been told to stop by the doctor too.
If he overdoes it, even his memories...
You can't fake memories after all.
What does that mean?
Who knows.
Miss Midori, Mr. Yuuji doesn't
want to be a burden to you.
That's why he's giving it his all.
So if there's anything you know,
tell Mr. Yuuji the truth.
But!
But there must also be things that
are better unremembered.
There must be things that it's
better not to get back, right?
So...
Better he stay this way.
That's got nothing to do with anything.
We're a recovery service.
If we're asked to, we get things back.
That's all.
Will you come too?
Mr. Yuuji, is there anything you recognize?
No, nothing.
What is it? Are you looking
for someone you know?
It's nothing.
The ocean.
Could you please take me to the ocean?
What's wrong?
No, nothing's wrong.
It's what that woman said before, is it?
"There are also things that are
better unremembered."
"There are things that it's better
not to get back," huh?
I was thinking that might really be true.
Because it hurt me to remember the past too.
Does it still hurt?
I'm asking you, now that you've
had your reunion with
the monkey trainer and the thread spinner
and Makubex's crew, does it still hurt?
No, I wouldn't say that.
Then that's the answer.
When people lose something important,
that's when they first realize its value.
And if they get it back, they forget
its importance again.
So there are times when living with
the loss of something means a lot.
But that's not for others to decide.
All we can do is help out a little.
No matter what the results are.
Yeah, you're right.
This is really all right, then?
There's no time left.
I regret it, but...
If we leave now to go home and get
ready, we'll just barely make it.
Okay, we'll consider the
assignment cancelled.
I'm sorry.
It's a sniper! Hang on!
Are you okay?
What's going on?
What is this?
What is this?!
Calm down.
Calm down? Calm down?!
There are people trying to kill us!
What... What the hell is going on?
They're not aiming at us!
They must be aiming at those two.
They were aiming at me.
The muzzle of the gun was pointing at me!
Hey, Midori, do you know
something about it?
Just what did I do?
Please tell me.
Midori...
Midori!
You can't keep it hidden from
him anymore, can you?
Stop it!
What do you mean?
Your past is a total sham.
Your license and your cards
are all fakes too.
Fakes someone made for you.
Stop it!
The lot that's gunning for you
are very skilled pros.
Seeing how guys like that pop out
at you, you two must be real.
Stop it!
Stop it, stop it, stop it!
What do you want to do?
Do you still want to know your past?
I want to know.
I still...
I still want to know my true self.
Yuuji!
Quick, Miss Midori!
Leave the talk about your memory
for later. Go on ahead.
Come on, let's go.
Is this what you meant by trouble?
This is what I meant!
I'm going to make them cover the
cost of that glass, you know.
Hide!
Why did you desert the syndicate?
We won't kill people.
Pretty words.
Did you think you could escape?
We were prepared for this.
I see.
I...
What on Earth am I?
Yuuji!
Let's hurry. The next tracker is coming.
Keep heading west.
There's someone who will help us.
If we can just beat the tracker,
we'll be able to get away clean.
Such a big fuss for just two people.
It looks like this is the end of the line.
The brake oil is leaking.
The brakes don't work.
I'll distract them. You run, even if
you have to go without me.
Jump out.
Jump out, and escape alone.
If it's just you, you can get
away clean somehow.
Just one minute.
Did you have a dream?
Just now...
That was the Jagan?
Looks like you were able to remember.
It was a certain syndicate
in the underworld.
We were their spies.
Spies?
From drug trafficking to industry spying,
we've done everything.
The kinds of things you can't tell people.
Despicable things, even.
But taking a human life,
that alone we never did.
But then we were ordered by the boss
to assassinate someone.
We decided to desert the syndicate.
But...
So you fed a false past to Takamura,
who'd lost his memory,
and you've been living as lovers
until the preparations for your
escape abroad are finished.
If he remembered the past,
I knew he'd suffer.
I wanted him, at least, not to
remember our dirty past.
I wanted to give him the chance to start
his life over, the way he is now.
I told you, didn't I?
That there are also things that
are better unremembered.
That there are things that it's
better not to get back.
You can be a lot happier that way.
When the important things are
unremembered too?
What did we run away together for?
What did we come all this way together for?
Making you suffer alone.
Did you think I could be happy that way?
I've gotten back something more
precious than anything,
something that must never be lost.
I'll go with you.
I'll suffer too, so...
So let's do it together.
Ban...
The names those two were using
weren't fake, were they?
I wonder why not?
They probably wanted at least one
thing they could believe in.
One thing that was the truth.
Yeah, I get that.
Ban, those two will be able
to be happy, right?
Who knows.
The clouds are full of puddles
The sky looks like it's about to cry
In the midst of the drowning day-to-day
The backs of my eyelids are cold
I got through the long night alone
I erased morning's sounds with a sigh
It can't be taken back
The time that's slipped by can't be rewound
Mr. Déjà Vu, you aren't here
The days became illusions
I noticed, you aren't here
The hands on the clock don't move
Speak to me
Don't leave me alone without saying goodbye
Even if there's no such thing as eternity
I want to keep believing in the
red threads that connect us
Wow, Miss Clayman, long time no see!
She's probably brought a
weird assignment again.
I don't get art.
But this time I've got a bad feeling
about the opposition.
I've got a big chill running down
my spine too, somehow.
There's someone besides him,
someone terrible.
Next time: "Get Back the Arms
of the Goddess!"
Next Get Backers:
Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!
Next time: "Get Back the Arms
of the Goddess!"
Next Get Backers:
Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!
This is risking our lives.
It honestly might not be worth it.
Next Get Backers:
Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!