List of Episodes

No. 6 is a nine-volume novel series written by Atsuko Asano and published by Kodansha between October 2003 and June 2011. A manga adaptation drawn by Hinoki Kino began serialization in the March 2011 issue of Kodansha's Aria magazine. A TV anime series adaptation by Bones began airing in Japan in July 2011.

Plot

The story takes place in an ideal city known as "No. 6". Shion, a boy raised in the elite and privileged environment of his home, gives shelter to another boy, who only gives his name as 'Nezumi', during the former's 12th birthday. After spending a rainy night with his new friend, Shion discovers the next morning that Nezumi has left and disappeared without a trace. Four years later, Shion experiences a spate of incidents around him in which a deadly infection by parasitic wasps leads its victims to age rapidly. Shion's co-worker is one of the victims and Shion is arrested on suspicion of murder. Whilst Shion is being transported to the Correctional Institute, Nezumi appears and rescues him. Shion begins to find out the hidden truth behind the supposed Ideal City No.6.

Episode List

	Drenched Rat びしょぬれネズミ Bishonure Nezumi	#01	July 8, 2011
	12 year-old Shion seemed to have a bright and bountiful future ahead of him as a chosen elite citizen of the apparently perfect community of city No. 6, until he decides to give shelter to Nezumi, a boy of his age during a typhoon, even after knowing he is a wanted fugitive.
	The Town Clad in Light 光まとう街 Hikari Matō Machi	#02	July 15, 2011
	By harboring a fugitive, Shion is stripped of his elite citizen privileges and forced to live in the suburbs with his mother. Four years later, while working at the waste disposal center, he learns of a mysterious parasite that makes people grow old and die in seconds. Having questioned the authority of the city once again, Shion is arrested, but is rescued by Nezumi while being transferred to prison. After the duo escape from the city's limits, Nezumi shows Shion what really lies beyond the walls of No. 6.
	Life and Death 生と死と Sei to Shi to	#03	July 22, 2011
	Soon after escaping from No. 6, Shion finds that he is also infected. The parasite is extracted by Nezumi from his body and he survives, but not without taking its toll on his body. Having recovered, Shion is taken by Nezumi to a hotel whose owner rents her dogs to keep the guests warm while sleeping where he finds that Nezumi contacted his mother and she sent a message to him. By analyzing the parasite, Shion concludes that when spring comes, a large number of them will emerge and kill their hosts, causing turmoil in the city. By learning that such great tragedy will befall the place he loathes, Nezumi rejoices, but when Shion states that the inhabitants of No. 6 must be warned, he claims that if he insists in helping them, he will start treating him as his enemy.
	Good And Evil 魔と聖 Ma to Kiyoshi	#4	July 29, 2011
	Faced with the decision to either stay friends with Nezumi or tell No.6 about the Bee, Shion finds himself running after Nezumi
	Angel of Death 死の天使 Shi no tenshi	#5	August 5,2011
	Another person in No. 6 has suddenly aged and died. Shion hears about this from Rikiga and races to the theater where Nezumi is performing to inform him of the news. This is the first time he's seen Nezumi act. But during the play, Nezumi 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 Nezumi, is visited by a strange wind and song, and she also faints.
	Hidden Danger 密やかな危機 Hisoyakana Kiki	#6	August 12, 2011
	Safu has returned to No. 6 because of her grandmother's death. While back, she learns of what has happened to Shion. At the same time, Shion and Rat continue their discussion over the future of No. 6 and the parasite bees.
	True Lies-Empty Truth 真実の嘘・虚構の真実 Shinjitsu no Uso Kyokō no Shinjitsu	#7	August 19, 2011
	Nezumi learns from Karan's 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 Nezumi, Sion and Rikiga are visiting a used clothing store where Shion discovers Safu's 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.
	The Reason... そのわけは… Sono Wake wa...	#8	August 26, 2011
	In order to save Safu, Shion 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 Rikiga's picture. The man tells Shion that he was the real first survivor of the parasite bees. He also states that Rat is the last survivor of the forest folk who were wiped out by No. 6. After Nezumi has another vision with the winds and the singing like he had before while he was performing in his play, he repeats the song to the legless man and the water around them begins to glow. The legless man tells them about Elyurias, the reason No. 6 destroyed the forest folk.
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	Stage of Disaster 災厄の舞台 Saiyaku no Butai	#9	September 2, 2011
	Rikiga leads a client of his to a young girl, whom he has solicited to the client. The girl is really Inukashi in disguise. Nezumi and Rikiga bind and gag the man in order to get information from him, while Shion consoles Inukashi. The information they receive entails a map of the correctional facility in No.6, as well as word of a "pre-Holy Day cleaning operation." Back in the outskirts of the city, Shion asks Nezumi if he sent a message to his mother because he had finally come up with a plan. Suddenly, the town is attacked by No.6 military tanks. The army rounds up all the town's survivors, telling them they will be taken to the correctional facility. Meanwhile, Karan frets about Shion's safety, but Yoming assures her that Shion is fighting back and not to worry. He also informs her that the Twilight House was established to kill off all unneeded people of the city's elderly population. Karan then receives a message from one of Nezumi's rats, telling her that she will be reunited with Shion.
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	What Lies in the Abyss 奈落にあるもの Naraku ni aru mono	#10	September 9, 2011
	Shion and Nezumi climb the huge pile of bodies where they were dropped in and infiltrate the facility searching for Safu. Meanwhile, Rikiga and Dog Keeper leave the baby Shion saved to one of the dogs and gain entry into the facility by themselves to clear a path for Shion and Nezumi. Somehow, Shion knows exactly where to go and where all the cameras are, and this makes Nezumi a bit suspicious. He and Shion fight their way through the complex until Nezumi is wounded by a security guard. Shion kills him in retaliation, much to Nezumi's grief. When the duo manage to get through Safu's location, they find that she broke herself free and the researchers around her are lying dead on the ground.
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	Tell Me The Truth 伝えてくれ、ありのままを Tsutaetekure, arinomama wo	#11	September 16, 2011
	Nezumi asks Safu if she was truly the one who led them to her. Mother, the main computer behind Safu,was held in the Moon Drop until four years before. She says that the researchers had planned to use Mother to analyze Nezumi so they could learn Elyurias' power and use it to revive the land they had destroyed. At this time, Yoming starts to broadcast to the city, though many people are already dead. Safu admits to being Elyurias, and tells Shion that she loves him. As Shion starts to lose control of himself, Nezumi puts an explosive on Mother and the two escape. While trying to leave the facility, Nezumi is shot. They try to escape through a garbage chute, but Shion is shot in the heart and dies. Inukashi and Rikiga find the two and start to question Nezumi. Dog Keeper says that they have to leave, because the entire building is collapsing. Refusing to leave, Nezumi starts to sing to Shion. Nezumi lays next to Shion, crying, waiting to die, when a glowing, ghost-like version of Safu appears and starts to sing to Shion. Safu then disappears and the true form of Elyurias appears. Then, remarkably, Shion comes back from the dead. Nezumi and Shion leave the facility and stop to look at the destruction. Nezumi starts to walk back to the outside of the wall, but Shion doesn't want him to go. Nezumi kisses Shion and tells him that he'll be fine, then he leaves.