Get Backers (2002–2003): Season 1, Episode 3 - Operation: Recover the Platinum! - full transcript

Ginji and Ban's new case involves recovering a box for their client. They agree on the condition that they are to receive 1/10th of the contents as payment.

Let's gather up the tears and give them
back to the night sky

Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust

On nights when I've stopped knowing
whether or not I'm alive

I get swallowed up by the starless night sky

"Don't disappear, light!"
my uncertain heart cries out

I just want to see you!

Sprinting with all my might through
illusions, delusions, daydreams

A miracle wakes all throughout my body

Don't forget, you're not alone

We're always just a dreamer

Take love, get all love,
get back love in our hands

Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust

What kind of tomorrow shall
I dream about tonight?

Isn't Akabane coming?

He should be coming.

I made it on time, I see.

It's been a long time since I last saw you.

Mr. Maguruma, and Miss Himiko Kudou.

And finally myself, Kuroudo Akabane.

It looks like things will get interesting.

A full three of the biggest names in
the world of transport service

have been hired to transport
this item, after all.

It must be quite a dangerous article.

I'm not interested in what's inside.

A transport service transports the
assignment to the specified place.

That's all.

Not inserting one's personal interests into
the job is the mark of a professional.

Am I right, Doctor Jackal?

Of course you're absolutely right,
Lady Poison.

Mr. Maguruma, this is a chance for you
who are called "Mr. No Brakes"

to give full play to your skills.

Big brother, wait! I'm gonna play, too.

Aw, come on, if you're around
we can't play soccer!

I said I'm coming with you and I'm coming!

Sheesh. Got no choice, huh?

Here.

Yay!

What, again?

Yeah, we just parked it for a little bit,

and it got moved away by the
tow truck just like that!

Now thanks to the fines for that,
our money's gone again.

Poor things...

Natsumi, there's no reason to indulge them.

They're reaping what they sow.

But! I told Ban we shouldn't do it, but he...

Look, you, don't pretend you're the good one
just so you can try to scam food for yourself!

I'm sorry, Ban, that's not what I meant!

Oh, a customer.

Welcome!

I thought you'd be here, recovery service!

Wow...

How nice for you two.

Here comes one of your regulars.

What a lovely greeting, Paul.
Is that girl a new face?

My name is Natsumi Mizuki.

I'm working here part-time.

Oh, really.

I'm Hevn, a negotiator.
Nice to meet you.

A negotiator?

I act as an intermediary

between clients and people who do
the kind of work these guys do.

Hey, where are you going?!

Oh, well, we just remembered
something we have to do.

Yeah, it's a shame.

Oh REALLY. And here I went to all the
trouble of bringing you a job.

The jobs you bring are never
anything decent!

And what's more you always steal
a negotiator's fee from us!

Yeah, last time was REALLY dangerous!

And we hardly got any money.

Why, Gin, I think you two can handle it,

that's why I'm always bringing you
jobs you can sink your teeth into.

This is another job where it
has to be you guys.

Okay? Think of it as helping me out.

Really?

Okay, if you say so...

Don't let her trick you just like that!

The fee is big.

You don't have any money, do you?

It's a sweet job you don't see
often in these hard times.

I wonder if it's okay for you to refuse?

Lady Hevn!

Shall I massage your shoulders?

Gracious, what's a piece of lint doing here?

Hey, Ginji, get over here and shine
Lady Hevn's shoes or something!

Ban...

Please do us the favor of waiting here.

Y-Yes, please don't go to any
trouble on our account.

Surprised? The client is the big-shot
politician Haruo Ohtaki.

This job is high-caliber.

And so is the fee, of course.

Whoa, those are expensive-looking carp.

I wonder if you could eat them?

Just sit down, you!

I'm sorry to have made you wait.

Not at all.

These men are the Get Backers
Recovery Service.

I'm Ban Midou.

My name is Ginji Amano.

According to Miss Hevn, you're quite good.

Our successful recovery rate
is nearly 100%.

There's nothing we can't get back!

Truly faith-inspiring.

Will you undertake this assignment, then?

That's after we hear what you have to say.

Very sensible. I'll get right to it, then.

The truth is, an extremely important item

has been stolen from a certain
place in Hokkaido.

I know who the criminal is.

He's been my political enemy for ages.

He's a man who's very hard to deal with.

Right now that item has been transported
from Hokkaido to Honshu,

and is headed here: Shinjuku, Tokyo.

I obstinately tried every possible
means to get it back,

but they all met with failure.

It seems he employed a highly
skilled transport service.

Transport service?

People who make it their job to deliver
the object they're assigned,

no matter how much trouble the object itself
is or how dangerous the destination.

Do you know who they are?

Not yet. Right now I've got
Paul investigating.

I'll tell you as soon as I know.

You're the only ones left now.

I'd like you to get back the object
before it arrives in Shinjuku.

So, what's the object we're talking about?

This box.

What's inside?

That I can't say.

But I will say this. It has a value
comparable to that of platinum.

I'm out.

It smells kinda fishy.

Hey, wait you two!

I'll give you two million yen.

In addition, if it's within the sphere of my
power I'll give you something you want.

How about a condo? Or should l
give you a classy car?

What should we do, Ban?

I'm willing to accept.

Good.

But on one condition.

We don't need two million yen or a condo,

so give us a tenth of what's in that box.

What did you say?

That's the condition. If you don't
like it, ask someone else.

How about it?

Fine. I'll swallow that condition.

Okay.

Get Backers has taken on this
assignment for sure.

Thanks for the business.

Hold on, is that condition really okay?

We don't even know what's inside the box.

Why shouldn't it be okay?

Your negotiator's fee was paid
in cash up front.

Don't bother coming to ask me for it later.

Sure, sure.

More importantly, when the info comes in on
that transport service, let us know right away.

I know, I know.

Hey, Ban, was that really a good thing?

If we were going to take it on anyway,
wouldn't two million yen have been better?

You don't get it, do you.

Haven't you seen that old guy
somewhere recently?

Huh? Not that I know of.

At least read the newspaper.

It's in there.

Oh, it's that old guy from before.

Um... "A sunken vessel thought to
be a Russian battleship

has been dredged up from the bottom of the
sea off the coast of Kushiro in Hokkaido."

"At the time of the Japanese-Russian war,

this ship was freighted with a large
amount of platinum... "

P-Platinum?

Th-that super-ultra-precious metal that
they say is more expensive than gold,

that people like us will never have
anything to do with in our lives?

Yup.

And, the one who dredged up that sunken
ship was the geezer from before.

Then Ban, could what's inside that box be?

That doesn't have a value
comparable to platinum;

it lS platinum.

T-Ten percent... of that box
full of platinum...

J-Just how much would that be?

Who knows.

All I can say for sure is that it's not just
gonna be two or three million yen.

With this our life will be secure
for awhile, huh Ginji?

It will, won't it?

Sea urchin and salmon roe and even
really fatty tuna with this,

we can eat as much as we want, can't we?

All right then! Our aim: to be
platinum millionaires!

Yes, millionaires!

I see... so the opponent has
employed a recovery service.

I've heard of them.

Get Backers, the recovery service making
Shinjuku their stronghold.

No, no, there's no need for worry.

You have us, so please set
your mind at ease.

The client's tendency to anxiety is
another difficulty, isn't it?

With the three of us, it's impossible to
imagine even one failure in ten thousand.

Isn't that right, Miss Himiko?

I wonder. Don't let your guard down, Jackal.

This time, our enemies aren't just anybody.

Well, well... acquaintances of yours?

They're dangerous.

Especially that man... Ban Midou.

Ban Midou

Ginji Amano

Now, we've set up an ambush here.

According to that geezer Ohtaki's
information, they'll come through here soon.

When they do, Ginji, it's your turn.

Right! When they come, I move the
railway crossing with my lightning,

and when the truck stops I jump in!

Magnificent. It's a perfect strategy
if I do say so myself!

Thrills the heart, doesn't it?

Ban, you're so smart! With this,
the platinum is ours, huh?

Wait, they're already here!

Ginji!

But I'm not ready yet!

Just do it, quick!

R-Right!

STOP

Okay, we made it on ti...

No... no brakes...

Ginji, get in!

Wait, Ban?!

Bring it on!

Don't think you can escape the brilliant
driving technique of Ban Midou!

Ban, I'm not inside yet!

There they are!

You bastards! Don't underestimate
my ladybug!

She looks small,

but inside she's got a V-MAX 1200 cc
twin cam with 145 horsepower,

nitro tuned for a max of 195 horsepower!

Ban, I'm sorry to interrupt you as
you're getting fired up, but...

What?!

They're getting further and further away!

Nothing for it, huh. I'll do it!

You're going to nitro?

Three minutes. The engine can't
handle any more than that.

When we catch up to them, make a fast
attack and jump into the trailer!

Got it!

Then we're going!

Okay! Go, Ginji!

Okay.

Huh? A girl?

Himiko?

Oh, that smells nice.

This is bad!

Ginji! Hold your breath and
get your head in!

Ginji! Are you all right?

Oo oo?

Oo oo ah ah!
Gah! Ginji, stop it!

Come on, wake up!

Oo oo!

Oo oo!

How about that, eh?

Huh? What the heck happened?

B-Ban!

Be crushed!

Maguruma!

He really doesn't brake.

We were headed straight for the guardrail.

And yet you still didn't touch the brake.

He truly lives up to the name
Mr. No Brakes.

It couldn't be any other way.

I won't let you get away like this!

Hey, Ban. What the heck happened?

What was wrong with me?

You were caught by Himiko's
poison perfume.

Himiko?

A troublemaking woman who uses
seven poison perfumes.

The one that did a number on you
was a regression perfume

made from the brains of a million-year-old
ape-man found in a glacier.

If a person breathes just one whiff
of that fragrance

it makes them regress until
they're apes.

With perfume?

If it hadn't been washed away by
the water in the lake,

right about now you'd be relapsed
into the primitive age.

But Ban, why do you know
so much about that girl?

I wonder if Mr. Ban and Mr. Ginji
are working hard on their job?

Don't worry. They may not look it,
but they're really very good.

Hevn! This is bad!

THlS is the transport service?

Yeah. This time the opposition's just bad.

I just hope they're all right.

It looks like you've pulled ahead
quite a bit, Mr. Maguruma.

Because it's downhill. There's also
the difference in horsepower.

I'd say we're about five,
six minutes ahead.

In that case we'll be overtaken soon.

Jackal?

It appears there's another obstacle.

I know it goes against the grain as
Mr. No Brakes, but please stop.

Jackal?

I will go.

Traffic is blocked from here on.

Leave your cargo and take a detour
without making a fuss.

An interception service, I assume.

Unfortunately, I cannot bow to your wishes.

You see...

we are professionals as well.

Are those guys really that dangerous?!

Yes. Kuroudo Akabane, known as
Doctor Jackal.

His ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness
make him the worst,

most horrible, most hated figure in
the transport service world!

That's...

"J."

This... this is cruel.

They were obviously not in his league.

And yet... it's like he was enjoying
hurting people...

There's no reason to go this far!

I... I can't forgive a thing like this!

Let's burn rubber, Ginji.

The real thing begins now.

Yeah. We have to teach him, don't we?

That once we Get Backers target our prey,
we never let it escape!

Was there really any need to go that
far with opponents like that?

They were carrying weapons.

I was so terrified I accidentally
overdid my self-defense.

They're here!

Just what you'd expect from a rising
star of the recovery service world.

The Jagan man Ban Midou

and the former leader of Shinjuku's
most horrible youth gang,

the Lightning Emperor Ginji Amano, hmm?

How about it, Miss Himiko?

Instead of constantly running away,
shall we bring this to a quick end?

You mean... rub them out?

You wouldn't like that?

I think the more dangerous the plant, the
more quickly it should be nipped in the bud.

Or is there some reason we can't do that?

Mr. Maguruma, stop.

That's Jackal, isn't it Ban?

We'll rub you out here and now...

Himiko.

Ban Midou.

I can't yet crack open the glasswork
deep in my heart

I believe only in you

I feel the refrain

The well-trod distance to the train station

And the vending machine I leaned on,
unable to go home

You're nowhere to be found

My heart can't be honest

Where in the world are you?

I keep searching for you over and over

I can't yet crack open the glasswork
deep in my heart

I believe only in you

I feel the refrain

It doesn't look like the
transport service people

are going to give us the box
very easily, does it?

They're professionals, too.
We just have to do it.

Is that really okay, Ban? I mean,
fighting with that girl...

Don't you let your guard down, either!

Doctor Jackal is a cunning one.

Next time: "Recovery Service
vs. Transport Service"

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Recovery Service
vs.
Transport Service
Next time: "Recovery Service
vs. Transport Service"

Next Get Backers:
Recovery Service
vs.
Transport Service
I believe. Ban will definitely come!

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Recovery Service
vs.
Transport Service