Deadman Wonderland 44 & 45

We waited two months, but now we have two chapters at once. In these chapters, the Deadman team retrieve chorus boxes and find out a horrible secret while Sakigami makes his move against Ganta.

Ganta is a real heart-breaker.

Summary:
The Chief Warden (in Toto's body) has a big dinner and tells his twin guards that if he can't copy Ganta's ability then he'll take Ganta's body instead.

Back on the submarine, Makina is reading about Sorae, Ganta's mother and the creator of the Wretched Egg. Karako's group returns first with their chorus box followed by Minatsuki's group, and Makina notices Sorae's journal on the box that Minatsuki's group collected. Meanwhile, Senji and Ganta have found a chorus box in a wet and dirty space below the floor and are trying to get it out while Yosuga watch on. Ganta is deep in his thoughts and he realizes he doesn't know much about Shiro even though they spent their childhoods together. Senji can see Ganta is conflicted but encourages Ganta to try to understand Shiro. Ganta is worried that taking his time will lead to more of his friends getting killed. To cheer Ganta up, Senji flips a coin to Ganta and states that no one else will die if it the lizard side faces up, and Ganta catches it with the lizard side up.

Just above, Yosuga notices the warden approaching and demands to know what happened to the real Toto Sakigami. The warden recognizes Yosuga as Sakigami Toto's sister and tells Yosuga that the Toto she knows is no more. The wardens pins Yosuga with a Branch of Sin and then jumps down into the pit to retrieve Ganta. Knowing that Ganta isn't going to come willingly, the warden knocks the wind out of Ganta with a Branch of Sin. Senji fights back but is beaten to the ground. The warden is about to scoop out Senji's remaining eye when Ganta agrees to go with the warden. The warden stops and mentions that Ganta is the key created by Sorae before taking Ganta away.

At the submarine, the crew determines that the red liquid inside the chorus boxes is actually minced flesh from the Wretched Egg. This was probably done so that the chorus boxes resonated with the Wretched Egg. Everyone on board is disgusted by the findings, and Makina continues to comb through Sorae's journal to find out more about Shiro.

Ganta is taken to a room and left alone. Ganta is then approached by Shiro who actually has the "Shiro" personality. Shiro states she now has hazy memories of her murderous rampages and tells Ganta that it's okay for him to hate her since she now also hates herself. Ganta tries to reach out to Shiro but Shiro leaves in tears. Ganta wonders how did Shiro become what she is, and at this moment the warden appears and promises to tell Ganta everything about Shiro. Ganta is taken to another room and sealed inside a tank. The twin guards cut off their own hands and uses a Branch of Sin called Hollow Swallow to connect Ganta to the the warden. The warden (Hagire Rinichirou) explains that he has to transfer his mind from body to body to live on, and this time he will transfer his mind into Ganta. In the process Ganta will know everything about the Wretched Egg, but by the end Ganta's mind would have been overwritten and therefore the current Ganta would be "killed" by the transfer.

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Makina's plan of "sneaking" back into Deadman Wonderland didn't work out that well, and not surprisingly Ganta is easily captured by Hagire (I assume that's the real name of the chief warden/director/main antagonist) who wants to transfer his mind into Ganta's body. This probably sets up for a big storytelling/flashback segment in the next little while, and we'll finally learn a bit as to why Sorae and cohorts made the Wretched Egg, and perhaps why Hagire wants to set free a monster such as the Wretched Egg. Since Ganta is the protagonist, I'm sure he'll resist the mind wipe somehow. He is supposed to be "special" after all, and this also has something to with Sorae.

As for Makina and the others in the expedition, they are piecing together some of the facts from the chorus boxes and Sorae's journal. The fact that the chorus boxes had the Wretched Egg's flesh was set up to be one of those shock and disgust revelations, but Deadman Wonderland had stuff nastier than this before. More atrocities will likely be revealed as the story goes on.