428 The Animation

There’s two bonus scenarios at the end of the game, but let’s get to the Type-Moon one featuring Canaan right away. The other one was just about Achi’s sister who’s life was saved by a sacrifice of a boy who was in the same hospital. It’s a nice story, but the Type-Moon one is literally at another world. It’s like we’re finally seeing the main characters of the whole 428 universe for the first time! In Anime style! Voiced!

The Canaan story takes place 4 years ago in the Middle East. It was even before Canaan met Maria, and she worked with another guy called Shamu. Canaan was the only survivor in her village that was killed by the UA virus. She was found by Shamu, an experienced mercenary who was fighting for over 30 years of his life, and he just decided to raise her. Maybe he felt responsible for indirectly killing her family and villagers, while Canaan wanted to become strong to not die like her family and to survive in this cruel world.

Shamu taught her the very basic of how to fight with a gun. Attack from outside the enemy range, and never fight with multiple enemies at once. Maybe he was a good teacher, and she survived the past 4 years with him. (And this Shamu voiced by Ootsuka Akio feels like someone that would appear in a Metal Gear Solid game XD )

Their mission this time was to steal an enemy weapon hidden inside the train they were on. While Canaan was munching on her favorite snack, a solid sugar stick (She says the one made in Japan tastes the best), a new member joins the group at the midway point station. She called herself Sadaka (meaning charisty/frienship in Islamic) She was an old friend of Shamu, and that kind of made Canaan feel jealous.

Their goal was located in the train car guarded by 7 soldiers on each side. Canaan and Sadaka sneaks into this car from under, while Shamu waited at the original car as a back up. Sadaka’s profession was breaking locks, and she starts typing at the computer terminal next to the door. As she was explaining to Canaan that in today’s world, lock breaking should be done by the time you begin the mission through investigation; No one breaks a lock on the spot now a days, the computer rejects the password that Sadaka inputed. While she was in panic, Canaan picks up some codes from the computer screen and inputs it, unlocking the door.

This was part of Canaan’s ability that she was born with. The ability to pick up meaningful signals and human emotions by differences in color. She is able to sense the world in a different way than normal people. Her eyes can hearing things while her ears can look at things. Her 5 senses work in synch to get a better grasp of the world. It’s like a primitive trait that human beings lost in the path of evolution in one view, but something like a psychic sixth sense from another perspective. (Similar in concept with Ryogi Shiki in Kara no Kyoukai)

The weapon that was sealed inside the car was secured in a suitcase. It was the UA virus. When Canaan and Sadaka went out the sealed door, the alarm goes off. This leaves them no choice on the running train but to fight the soldiers. Canaan counters the 7 soldiers coming from the front while Sadaka and Shamu intercepts the ones behind from both sides.

If Shamu followed what he taught Canaan in the past, he would fall back and shoot from the back car, but he didn’t feel like that today. By zipping up his bullet proof chest, he breaks into the car in the front and takes out several soldiers immediately. Sadaka shot the last one from behind. Meanwhile, showing off her sensing ability, Canaan took out 7 soldiers in the front by herself. (Awesome part of the bonus scenario part 1)

But something wasn’t right. Shamu heard the ordinary people who escaped to the back car screaming. A guy who appeared from the back car tries to shoot him, and when Shamu countered, he was stabbed from behind by Sadaka. Sadaka told him that her mission was to erase all the witnesses and to produce more political chaos after this incident, but most importantly, to kill Shamu. They were old friends; He knew too much about her, and she thought that would be inconvinient later on. Shamu rated her that she’s a perfectionist, but because of that, she would never gain anything at the end.

Canaan jumps into the scene and knocks Sadaka’s gun off her hand. Sadaka prioritized escaping and left the car. She was going to catch a helicopter on the roof leaving the train to hit a bomb on the rail. Canaan makes a final conversation with Shamu, and they decide to do what they still can to save the survivors. Shamu will go to the broken frontal car to detach the other cars so they will eventually stop. Canaan will go after Sadaka.

While Shamu went to accomplish his last mission of his life, Canaan faced Sadaka on top of the train. Canaan couldn’t use her gun from afar because there was a danger of hitting the suitcase, while Sadaka was 100% sure she can kill Canaan if she ran towards her. When the train was deattached, Canaan made her move. Sadaka shot her 5 times, but they all missed. Canaan read Sadaka’s emotions and knew where she was aiming. Normally Sadaka wouldn’t be so emotional, but she was personally interested in the girl that Shamu raised. Canaan deflects the last bullet with her left hand revealing the snake tatoo that she just got, and knocks the suitcase out of Sadaka’s hand. In the last moment, Canaan asks Sadaka her real name. “Alfard” Canaan jumps off the train, and they both shoot at each other, but they both miss because Canaan had to protect the case while Alfard was quite emotional. (Awesome part of the bonus scenario part 2: So beautiful…)

Sadaka leaves with the helicopter without finishing her off. The scene jumps to the present time. The plane that Canaan took finally arrives at Japan. She heard about what happened through Maria. Instead of getting on the vehicle that was assigned to her, she heads inside the airport….

THE END