Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 2.3

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol 1
By Motoro Mase

Episode 2: The Last Song

Act 3

Torio goes through with the radio performance. The show is a half-hour long and begins 30 minutes before Torio is scheduled to die.

There is a lot of cutting back and forth between Torio and Hidekazu, who is unconscious, near death and in a hospital. Torio is extremely nervous about his choice. It isn’t until the last minute that he finds his confidence. Instead of playing the song the promoter wants him to play he goes with one that Hidekazu wrote for them.

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 2.2

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol 1
By Motoro Mase

Episode 2: The Last Song

Act 2

Days go by. Torio gets a gig to play on the radio. He still thinks about Hidekazu who also thinks about Torio. Neither of them reach out or attempt to make contact.

One day Torio gets home and finds a door tag telling him that someone attempted to deliver an Ikigami. He’s freaked out. He eventually calls. Fujimoto comes by in the middle of the night to officially deliver the notice that Torio is about to die. It is a requirement of the job. The Ikigami is an official document. It comes with certain privileges.

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 2.1

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol 1
By Motoro Mase

Episode 2: The Last Song

Act 1

There are two potential victims in this story. They are street performers, a musical act. Hidekazu Morio writes the songs and plays the guitar. Torio Tababe sings. They perform under the name Komatsuna for about a year before breaking up. Hidekazu thinks they need to continue to practice and refine their act. Torio thinks they are ready for the big time. They get approached by a representative of a record company one night. He expresses an interest in their music but he is only interested in signing Torio to a contract. Torio is tired of Hidekazu’s insistence that they need more practice and quits the group.

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 1.3

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol 1
By Motoro Mase

Episode 1: The End of Vengeance

Act 3

Yosuke tries to burn Shimoyama using lighter fluid and a zippo but Shimoyama fights back. Yosuke does cut his opponent’s hand pretty badly with the knife.

After the fight he doesn’t feel any better. He starts to see the futility of his actions. I thought for a moment there he was contemplating suicide but he doesn’t. His thoughts get interrupted by a blast from the past. He sees a kid getting beaten up in a park by some other kids, presumably his classmates. After the other kids run off Yosuke tells the kid not to wait for things to get better. He tells him to fight back now.

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 1.2

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol 1
By Motoro Mase

Episode 1: The End of Vengeance

Act 2

Yosuke decides to get revenge on some of his former classmates. He takes a knife from home and surprises Kaori. Four years ago she took pictures of him with his pants down while he was being bullied. She shared them and they spread them throughout school. She barely remembers him now. He catches her off guard in a park at night and rapes her. He takes pictures and then leaves her there.

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit 1.1

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Vol 1
By Motoro Mase

Episode 1: The End of Vengeance

Act 1

A brief introduction to the premise behind the series: The National Welfare Act. All children receive immunization shots when they begin a elementary school. One in 1000 of those kids will not live to see adulthood. That’s because 1 in 1000 of those inoculations contains a capsule that will cause the recipient to die sometime between the ages of 18 and 24. The ostensible reason for doing this is to make the citizens of Japan more thankful for what they have. The hope is that the knowledge that they may die young will push students to work harder and be the best they can be.