Deadman Wonderland 39

Ganta arrives at the scene of the battle and learns of what the Red Man is holding in her hand.

Looks like someone is glad to see Ganta.

Summary:
Sakigami declares that he was playing Tamaki all along and gets ready to finish Tamaki with Senji's blade power, but Tamaki shatters the blades with his pistol and then shoots himself in the head. With Tamaki dead, the Red Man complains that she's sleepy due to the lullaby and wants to go to sleep, but suddenly Ganta stumbles onto the scene. Upon seeing each other, Ganta and the Red Man are ready to blast each other but Makina uses a mech to kick the Red Man away. Makina tells Ganta to retreat, but the Red Man quickly recovers and cripples Makina's mech. Ganta then spots that Red Man is holding Azami's head in her right hand and starts screaming in anguish. Meanwhile, Makina rips off the fuel tank from the mech and shoots it with her pistol, creating an explosion/smoke screen to cover the retreat of herself and her comrades. In the middle of the fire, Ganta wonders what happened to Shiro as Shiro was with Azami, and from above the Red Man answers that "Shiro" is dead and launches her Branch of Sin at Ganta.

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We actually have chapter 39 this time instead of say 38-C. Anyways, Ganta and the Red Man are finally face to face again. This chapter is probably the start of the final confrontation, and Ganta should have plenty of motivation to go up against the Red Man. Azami is now officially killed in action, and as expected Ganta was devastated at first, but now Ganta seems to have moved on to worrying about Shiro. All of this will build up to that big moment where Ganta finally learns that Shiro is the Red Man, and I'm really looking forward to seeing that. This battle can end either happily (if Ganta saves the Shiro personality) or very badly (Shiro dies). Given Deadman Wonderland's tendencies towards the dark and violent, I'm not sure we'll be getting a happy ending here.

On another interesting note, Tamaki's pistol rounds were able to shatter Sakigami's Branch of Sin. Maybe the pistol rounds have the anti-worm agent, and perhaps it'll come into play some time during the battle.