The Clone Returns Home Page #2

No.

I don't trust you.

Then I will have to offer

our condolences.

Is that what you want?

The test results are normal.

Two days have passed

but still no consciousness.

How about sensory stimulants?

Too great a risk.

If his memory malfunctions,

we'll lose everything.

But...

Let's observe him a while.

You should take a break.

Mr. Kohei Takahara...

How do you feel?

I didn't break it.

Noboru did.

Kohei... it's me. You know me, right?

Mr. Kohei Takahara.

Do you remember anything at all?

Relax and tell us please.

Noboru is...

Noboru is gone.

Noboru was...

washed down the river.

He's fine. Just temporary

memory confusion.

You're fine. Don't worry.

Mother? I wanna... go home.

Noboru.

You're okay. It's over.

Try sedatives.

Please stop!

Mrs. Takahara, please calm down.

This is too cruel.

Bringing back a memory he

tried so hard to forget is...

too much!

This man has suffered enough.

All of you...

are too cruel.

Leave my meal over there.

It's been a while, Doctor.

What is it?

I'd like your cooperation.

Too late for that. Get out.

Doctor, you're the one

who wants out of here, right?

It's not a bad trade-off.

Or should I leave you?

Finally we have a legal subject

that answers all requirements.

If this succeeds as the world's

first legal human clone...

he'll probably be the biotech Gagarin.

Gagarin wasn't the first in space.

The records of those who

didn't make it back were erased.

He succeeded so he's said to be the first.

I see.

So like Gagarin...

here's a chance to clear your name.

That's how you see it, eh?

Let's be brief, Doc.

You illegally recreated your dead

granddaughter before.

Your clone had no

memory malfunctions.

Why was that?

You rip the brain's memories and...

love arranging them like

a jigsaw puzzle but...

human memory isn't that simple.

If bad memories they tried

to forget are dug up...

memory regression is unavoidable.

If you know so much, provide us with

your memory control data program.

In exchange, I'll take responsibility

in ending your confinement.

Would you agree to this?

Under one condition.

Our cooperation should be enough -

I accept the deal.

You'll get the data.

But I want to know

what lies beyond.

Let me meet the clone

after its regeneration.

I want to check something.

Resonance?

What is resonance?

What echoes?

If dead persons...

learn they're still alive...

can their soul reach Nirvana?

What on God's Earth

are you talking about?

Extracting the memory

and exposing of the corpse...

won't erase the scars on the soul.

The aimlessly wandering soul...

is drawn near the clone and...

haunts him like a guardian spirit.

Ridiculous!

Enough of your occult hypotheses...

You plundered my granddaughter...

and murdered her with your tinkering!

Stop bringing up that same old story!

Her death was an accident.

Besides, her recreation was illegal and...

there fore her death can't

be considered as murder at all.

You made an error by not considering

the soul's resonance.

If she'd lived, I'd have solved

the enigma of resonance!

What did you learn

while I've been your prisoner?

How pathetic.

You think that science is toying

only with cells and machines.

But the cloning of human beings is beyond

the realm of current technology.

Why can't you see that?

Noboru.

Mommy...

Noboru's...

If he cries, ripen him sweetly

Bodhisattvas at the village crossroads

please laugh if he cries

Sleep fast in the moonless night

Don't let the God of the mountain take him

Hey.

What? Where'd you come from?

Anyway... put this on.

You'll catch a cold.

Th...

Thank you.

Are you a foreigner?

With that baggage and outfit...

just where are you headed?

Home... going home.

Hello.

I think he wandered from a hospital.

No, a mental hospital.

Nothing like that...

No, he doesn't seem to be

dangerous to others.

No, he won't hurt anyone.

Hey, you better come back!

Hey!

Gone?

Yes. Word had gotten out.

Activate the recovery unit.

Hurry. A civilian already

called the police.

I'll take care of it.

Was his "medication" finished?

Yes. I dosed it so that

no evidence will remain.

Understood.

Is the spare body set?

All set.

But Chief... I...

Don't sweat it.

This isn't murder.

The second clone will be a success.

If we succeed, think how many

precious lives can be saved.

Think it over.

Understood.

Hey!

How'd you get in here?

No trespassing! Get out!

That's... mine!

Leave! No dumping!

Get out!

I'm throwing this out.

We're... almost home.

We can see mother.

Noboru.

Dying alone was scary I bet.

I'm sorry.

If I hadn't gone in that river...

ONE MONTH LATER, KOHEl 3

Mr. Kohei Takahara.

Do you know who I am?

Chief...

Where... am I?

In a room at the cloning lab.

You remember requesting

clone regeneration, right?

Yes... I remember.

You had an accident in space

and have been treated...

Chief, it's too soon.

Take your time and try

not to confuse him.

Did I... die?

Tokie.

Sorry... to have worried you.

Never thought this would

occur so soon.

I... don't understand.

I have no trust in anything...

anymore.

Not even you.

I thought that you'd

be against it.

But... I must keep on living.

Welcome home.

I'm home.

Tokie...

how'd mother make out?

Now complete "life insurance"

has been established.

Clone technology can contribute

to society opening many roads.

That's it from the press conference.

The legality of it bothers me.

The ethics of these scientists

were not considered a problem.

As for medical treatment...

we can't ignore the contributions

of clone tech to patient care.

Sure, these exist, but...

"life management" crosses

ethical lines.

Public debate and research are more

important than publicity.

This crazy law is moving ahead alone.

That very meaning was

stressed at the conference.

As for how much clone tech

has contributed to medical care...

No clones! No clones!

I'd like to talk to you a bit.

Fine. I could use some distraction.

They seem to go crazy outside.

The public is easily

excited and quelled.

My memory is still stored

in here, right?

Sure, but...

If so, I'd like to talk

with my other self in here.

Was I... wrong about something?

What do you want?

As one of the researchers here,

I want to...

check about something.

I've taken all your tests.

What more do you want?

Since you've been cloned, is there

anything unexplainable around you?

Haven't you experienced any

unfathomable phenomenon?

Interesting question, eh?

But unfortunately there's nothing.

I knew it.

Resonance can't happen to you.

What's this "resonance"?

It's the effect of the original

soul on the clone.

I want to verify my hypothesis that...

the clone is a spirit connecting

life and death.

But, why didn't resonance happen to me?

Because you're not the second but

the third reproduction of yourself.

What?

The second test case only lived

a few days after waking up.

Now, he's MIA.

No way.

Your test case, number 2 of you...

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