Episode 12: Promise

Mario knocks out the American boxer, while Sakuragi ignores police orders to drop the knife and tries to reach the match; arriving Army MPs create confusion, and Sakuragi is shot, thinking of his friends and their dreams. Setsuko collapses at the morgue after Mario tells her what happened, leaving Mario unsure how the others can continue, but the six surviving friends later reunite at the tree and hear Sakuragi's final wish. They vow to make Dr. Sasaki and Ishihara pay, with the others intimidating Sasaki after discovering he is running for mayor while Mario searches for Ishihara. Mario finds Ishihara dependent on speed and mentally broken; mistaking Mario for Sakuragi, Ishihara asks to die, and Mario prepares to kill him.

Aired Jun 22, 2010