In the present time, Christoph still refuses to let Tenma know Johan's whereabouts even when his life is being threatened by Eva. Eventually Tenma feels sorry for the guy and asks Eva to call an ambulance from the public phone. Strangely after seeing Tenma's decision, Christoph decides to let him know Johan's whereabouts. At the same time, Nina recalls the time after she and Johan ran away from the three frogs. Back then they met an elderly couple but when the couple was thinking of calling the police, Johan kill them in cold blood without Nina's knowledge. Nina eventually finds Jonathan standing on a rooftop asking her 'what is the end?' since he's seen many version of the world's end. Nina assures him that it'll end soon for both him and her. She then asks Johan what was it that he saw and tells him that she'll tell him the actual terrifying fact. Back then, the one who ran away from the Rose mansion wasn't Johan. It was Nina.

Episode 67: I'm Home

Johan tells Nina that after he was taken away from the three frogs, he was placed in a darkened room where he felt being watched. Johan claims that he spent the majority of his time counting the amount of meals that he received. When he couldn't remember that anymore, the door was opened and 'that man' was standing in front of him. Back then the man told Johan that "Humans can become anything". Johan then went into a room populated by many adults who recognised him as 'that kid'. After these adults drink the wine, however, they all fell to their death. 42 died and the only exception to this was Franz Bonaparta. Johan claims that he was running away from the place and then told his story to Nina for days. Meanwhile, Tenma walks towards the building when he hears gunshots. He quickly finds Nina pointing a gun to her own head. After Tenma takes the gun from Nina, she tells him that the one who said "Welcome Home" back then was Johan.

A flashback shows that when Nina returned home, she saw Johan dressed up like her. He then asked her to tell him everything that happened to her so she told him all about it. As a result, Johan believed that Nina's experience was his own. In the present day, Nina wants to die but Tenma asks her to stay alive no matter what. Meanwhile, Capek's bodyguards find the dead body of the other bodyguard, Edward, in a car. Capek himself tells Tenma and Nina that Johan will probably kill Franz Bonaparta. When Capek leaves the building, however, he got shot by his own bodyguards. At the same time, Johan pays a visit to an acquintance who is interested about who Johan will kill next. Johan, however, points at his own forehead, telling the guy that he woke up from a dream. Johan then shoots the guy after telling him that he must go to the place which only exists in his memory. The episode ends with a shot of Runge arriving at a town called Ruhenheim.

Episode 68: Ruhenheim

Inside Ruhenheim, an elderly hotel owner is convincing his grandson, Wim, that his bicycle is not a trash. Their conversation is interrupted when Runge arrives to check in the hotel. Later on, Runge finds out from local police that it'll take an hour to get reinforcement if they need one. At the same time, Wim falls off his bike and ends up being bullied by his friends because of this. That day, everyone heard a shotgun being fired and a few minutes later, a woman called Mrs. Hillman claims that her dog is missing. Grimmer, who's also in town, offers to help looking for the dog. Along the way, he finds out that the locals are not exactly most pleasant people he's met. Runge, who's also looking for the dog, witnesses Wim's father kicking the kid out of his house because Wim refused to buy him an alcohol. Wim entertains the idea of buying one with his money but his grandfather tell him not to since the money belongs to Wim.

Due to his talk with a sausage seller who wants to move out from the city, Grimmer finds out that Ludwig the dog is in the forest. He is quickly joined by Runge and the two reveal that they know more about each other than they let on before. Despite this, they have the same aim: to stop the massacre that will happen to this town. At the same time, a couple finds out that they just won a lottery. Their happiness, however, turn into fear when they think other people might know they've won the lottery. In order to 'protect themselves' the husband decides to buy guns. Outside, other kids tell Wim that they have thrown his bike into what they called "The Vampire's Mansion". Wim decides to get his bike but instead of finding it, he ends up meeting Grimmer and Runge, who are there to investigate the place. They are surprised when they see paintings of Johan and Nina. At the same time, an unknown person is seen shooting a man called Mr.Konrad.

Episode 69: A Peaceful Home

Because the two elderly couple praises the jam that they eat, the owner of the hotel tells them that the jam maker is Mr.Konrad, who owns berry plantation on the village's south hill. Meanwhile, Runge tells Grimmer that there was a case when a single gun killed many people because everyone was suspicious that their neighbors could be a serial killer. Soon everyone ended up killing each other. At the same time, Wim finds himself got beaten up by other kids who tried to steal his money. After the kids left, a stranger approach him, trying to encourage Wim to foster his hatred for the other kids. While this happens, the couple who win the lottery are shocked when they find Mr.Konrad's dead body. On the other side of the town, Grimmer becomes concerned when the sausage seller girl tells him that the man who'll take her out of this town has finally arrived. Meanwhile, Wim's father is being offered a gun by the elderly couple.

Somewhere else, Tenma meets with Lipsky because he's needs Lipsky to tell him the whereabouts of Lipsky's father, Franz Bonaparta. Tenma believes that Klaus Poppe is actually the real name of Franz Bonaparta. Lipsky decides to tell Tenma that Runge was already here before and he gave the detective the postcard from Klaus Poppe. Through a comic book expert, Tenma finds out that Poppe authored a recent book about a thief who goes to a village to steal but forgets his intention after living there. The title is "A Peaceful Home". Upon hearing the name of the book, Tenma realises that the town Poppe refers to is none other than Ruhenheim, which literally means a peaceful home. In Ruhenheim, everyone is concerned because the roads are closed due to rain and there's been murders in the town. When the elderly couple enters the hotel, Runge notices that the shoes of the husband is dirty even though the guy is in wheelchair.

Episode 70: The Town of Slaughter

While Wim got beaten up by his friends, his father goes to a bar, wanting to get some drink. He's promptly rejected by the bar owner, who doesn't want to serve someone who takes his own son's money. Feeling dejected, Wim's father pulls out the gun and returns to the bar, intending to kill everyone inside. Much to his shock, everyone is already dead. Grimmer himself is shocked when he sees Wim with a gun on his hand, starring at the dead bodies of his friends. Grimmer takes the gun away from the kid and upon checking it, he finds out the bullets are still intact. He then asks Wim to remember who gave him the gun. Meanwhile, a police who got shot in the leg manages to crawl back into the hotel. Upon seeing this, Runge decides to confront the elderly couple and asks them how many of their friends are coming to this town. Despite their denial, Runge's accusation is backed up by Grimmer who confronts them for giving people in the town including Wim a gun.

Grimmer also confirms that Wim didn't shoot anyone because he remembers what the hotel owner taught him. Grimmer then angrily threatens the elderly couple to reveal who gave them the gun. In their fear, they admit it's a man who looks like their grandson. The owner of the hotel suddenly admits that the man in question is probably looking for him. Grimmer and Runge immediately refer the man as Klaus Poppe/Franz Bonaparta. At the same time, the man who promised to take the sausage selling girl out of town is revealed to be none other than Roberto. Meanwhile, Nina is prepared to go to Ruhenheim after receiving email from Johan. Before she left, she asks everyone who knows about Johan to go into hiding. As for Tenma, he finally reach Ruhenheim only to find a dying man begging him to save the children. Back to Runge, he informs Grimmer and Poppe that he heard Johan's name when he was present during hearing for Tenma's trial.

Back then Runge thought that Johan was just a fictional character. However, it prompted him to wonder if a man can turn into a fictional character. He thinks it's possible if the man erased everyone who knows him. In response, Poppe tells Grimmer that he's not afraid to die although he doesn't know how to atone. Grimmer becomes angry upon hearing this and asks Poppe if he understands what would happen if one awakens the monster within a human. Despite his anger, Grimmer intends on protecting Poppe so he can reveal to the world what Poppe has done. Meanwhile, Runge demands the elderly couple to tell him the location of the man who controls the situation. They eventually relents and gives him Roberto's location. Before Runge left to confront Roberto, he promises to buy a beer for Grimmer after this is over. At the same time, Tenma finds a house where a group of women and children are hiding. With his help, the group tries to leave the town.

Impression:

The revelation that Johan and Nina's parents are two people who have been selected to cross-breed with each other was rather creepy. To know that the experiment was conducted to create perfect descendant without any care or concern given to the people who were forced to be involved in the experimentation. Franz Bonaparta is also a rather strange character. He's not exactly hostile but he's not nice either. It's rather cruel of him to keep sketching Nina's mother while he ignored her request to see her husband. It was painful to see Nina's mother trying to climb the airduct in order to escape but in the end it all ended in vain. The second half of the episode once again show that Tenma is too kind-hearted to be able to kill anyone. I also have a slight problem with the way Christoph suddenly changed his mind. It's just feel unrealistic knowing how manipulative he can be. Oh well, I just chalk it to the fact that Tenma has a persuasive effect on people.

As for episode 67, I'm still not sure how those people in the party died. Did Nina poison them? If she did, how could she manage to do it? After all, she was still in captivity before she went to that party. If it was Franz Bonaparta who poisoned the guests, why did he do it? The revelation that the other Nina is a cross-dressing Johan was unsettling but I don't understand why Johan had the need to do this. Did he miss his sister? Did he like being a girl? Or does he have other reason for dressing up like Nina? I think the episode simply reveals the shocking scene but didn't bother to explain the reason behind it. Admittedly, it's rather hard to do this considering that there's another revelation which is more important in this episode. I'm referring to the revelation that all of these times, Johan has the false memory of being the one who was taken away from his mother. As it turns out, he simply think that Nina's experience was his.

Episode 68 reminds me of that arc from Jigoku Shoujo: Futakomori where a small town goes crazy with hatred and distrust after one of them start sending people to Hell. Well, the idea is actually not that original since this series obviously has covered it and even older US series like The Twilight Zone has done it as well. However, the impact of such story remains as powerful as ever. It's a powerful observation of human nature at times of disaster. Unfortunately in this case, the worst side of humanity is the one which comes out. Johan seems to know that well and uses the situation to his advantage. One thing that I'm not sure about is why Johan feels the need to eliminate the entire village. After all, this is not the village where he came from. If he's doing it to punish Franz Bonaparta, how can he be sure that Bonaparta will feel guilty about this? But then again, Johan is a sociopath so maybe he doesn't need a good reason to eliminate a village.

The revelation that the people who've been giving guns to the townsfolk are the elderly couple was a good surprise. It was completely unexpected but believable as well. Throughout the series, we've seen several elderly characters behaving in sinister manner. In a way, episode 69 is a reminder how the enemies that the main characters face are not just Johan and his crazy followers. Apart from them, there have been several 'old folks' who have racist agenda in their mind. Come to think of it, this series have been consistent in showing how children often have to unfairly pay for the sins of their parents/older generations. In other note, it's interesting how Klaus Poppe's last book is full of hope instead of creepy and sinister like his other books. It is also neat how the title of his book is actually the literal translation of the town's name, a peaceful home. Although the irony is that the town is anything but peaceful.

Episode 70 was just overwhelmingly powerful. For some reason the story managed to evoke several different emotions from sadness to anger to feeling awe for characters like Tenma and Grimmer. Despite what has happened to them, neither Tenma nor Grimmer are embitter by their situation. Instead, they keep helping those who need their help and try to strengthen other people's survival spirit. On the same note, Nina's close relationship with Dieter, Dr.Reichwen, and other people that she left behind is equally powerful. Despite her situation, Nina is really lucky to have found people who treat her like a family and it's clear that she realizes this. It's also good to know that despite the wrongdoing that he's done to other children, Franz Bonaparta or Klaus Poppe has given nothing but good life lesson for his own grandson. I'm glad that Wim remained innocent throughout because there's no point in punishing the grandson for the sin of his grandfather.

On that note, I didn't expect Franz Bonaparta to be the kind, almost meek old man who runs the hotel. Clearly something happened between the last time he conducted his experiment in Red Rose Mansion to his time in Ruhenheim. Speaking of his experiment, it's kind of creepy to know that Johan intends on becoming like the little boy character from the "Monster without a name" storybook. Having said that, for some reason I find Roberto to be far more creepy than Johan. At least there's a sense of sorrow in Johan's action and it's not hard to understand his motive. On the other hand, Roberto's action and motivation repulse me through and through. The sight of him engaging in sexual activity with that young woman was a vomit-inducing moment for me. I think the difference between him and Johan is that Johan doesn't take pleasure in killing those that he needs to kill while Roberto gets off from every single barbaric acts that he's done so far.