No.6(2011)

1 - Drowned Rat

While living in the idyllic No. 6, Sion has a fateful encounter with the wanted fugitive, Nezumi.

2 - City Adorned in Light

Four years have passed since Sions encounter with Rat. After losing his special privileges, including the right to live in Chronos, Sion now lives in Losttown with his mother, Karan. One day, Sion is working as a supervisor at a park, when he discovers the body of a dead man. The corpse appears to be of an elderly man, but Sion soon learns that the body belongs to a man who was in his thirties, and this fact is being concealed by the city authorities. The next day, Sions co-worker, Yamase, is also transformed into an old man instantaneously before dying. Immediately after this happens, Sion witnesses a bee clawing its way out of Yamases neck.

3 - Life and Death

Sion gives up everything he has to escape No. 6 with Rat. They manage to arrive safely at Rats home, but it isnt long before a black blister appears on Sions neck, just like the one that was on Yamases. Sion is in a great deal of pain, but Rat is able to save his life. However, his body has been completely transformed. Later, Sion and Rat analyze the black blister. They discover that it is the pupa of a special bee that infests human bodies and matures at a rapid rate.

4 - Good and Evil

Sion and Rat visit a former reporter for the Latch Bill newspaper to learn the meaning of the message from Karan. Sion is troubled by the savage world outside the city, but eventually, they find Rikiga, the man they are looking for. They learn that Rikiga , who once sought to unravel the mystery of No. 6, now makes his living by selling women to the officials of No. 6.

5 - Angel of Death

Another person in No. 6 has suddenly aged and died. Sion hears about this from Rikiga and races to the theater where Rat is performing to inform him of the news. This is the first time hes seen Rat act. But during the play, Rat is visited by a strange wind and song and he faints on stage. Meanwhile, in an art museum in No. 5, Safu is looking at a work which displays three bees when she, like Rat, is visited by a strange wind and song, and she also faints.

6 - Hidden Danger

Safu has returned to No. 6 because of her grandmothers death. While back, she learns of what has happened to Sion. At the same time, Sion and Rat continue their discussion over the future of No. 6 and the parasite bees.

7 - True Lies - Empty Truth

Rat learns from Karans note that Safu was taken by the Bureau of Peace. However, he decides to hide this information from Sion and secretly request that Dogkeeper obtain information on the correctional facility. However, unbeknownst to Rat, Sion and Rikiga are visiting a used clothing store where Sion discovers Safus coat that was smuggled from the correctional facility. Meanwhile, Safu is being treated as a sample by the researchers at the facility where she was taken.

8 - The Reason...

In order to save Safu, Sion and Rat head to the edges of the Western District. There, they meet a legless old man who leads a large group of men. The old man, the person who named Rat, is actually one of the researchers with the young Karan in Rikigas picture. The man tells Sion that Rat is the last survivor of the forest folk who were wiped out by No. 6, and he also tells them about Elyurias, the reason No. 6 destroyed the forest folk.

9 - Stage for Disaster

With Rikigas help, Sion and Rat are able to extract information on the correctional facility from a top No. 6 official. They learn that it will be more difficult than they expected to infiltrate the facility. They also learn that No. 6 will engage in a cleaning operation before the Holy Day. On the eve of the Holy day, Sion and Rat are visiting a market in the West District when they encounter the military and find themselves caught up in a large-scale massacre and kidnapping.

10 - That Lies in the Abyss

The plan to rescue Safu is going as expected. But the further Sion and Rat go inside the facility, Sions attitude changes dramatically.

11 - Tell Me the Truth

Sion and Rat have overcome many difficulties to reach Safu. But once they learn that Safu has merged with Elyurias, Sion becomes enraged. Meanwhile, the people gathered to celebrate the Holy Day have been attacked by a large number of parasite bees. Will No. 6 survive? And what will be the fate of Sion and Rat?