Rain in the Dark Night

Rain in the Dark Night is episode eleven of the Appare-Ranman! anime series.

Plot
Appare and Hototo sit by the unconscious and heavily bleeding Kosame. Jing rushes over to the group with a towel after checking the conditions of the cars noting their in no condition to drive. Chase arrives in his car and inquires what's going on and Jing begs him to drive them to a hospital.

By dusk, they reach the hospital and the doctor there gives a grim outlook on Kosame's condition. This leads Appare to realize his own weakness and flaws about himself. Later that night, the racers' cars are towed and send to the shop for repairs and Seth reviews the details of the incident aloud until Al approaches him. Al demands that he personally repair his own car and so that he can go after and rescue Sophia himself. As Al heads off to his car, he sees Appare and talks with him about Kosame's condition. Apathetically, Appare answers that Kosame's condition is so-so and the chances of him awakening are slim. Al tries to motivate the despondent Appare, but he's too forlorn to get out of his slump and refuses to continue on with the race.

Elsewhere, TJ sits on top of a roof and reflects on how weak he is. Immediately, TJ is joined by Dylan who informs him that Gil also knocked him out and stole his picture of Claudia. A flashback is shown when both TJ and Dylan were outlaws and all of the money they stole went to the orphanage run by Claudia. Apparently, the two had a two where Claudia was the prize and in the end, Dylan won the duel, but even if he lost, Claudia still chose him.

Back at the hospital, Tristan visits Kosame in his room where Hototo also is and gives the young boy a bag of apple pie. Just outside of the hospital, Appare goes to enter the hospital, but hesitates upon passing through the gate. He's stopped by Chase who suggests he go visit his friend and also offers him a bag of apple pie too.

Meanwhile, Seth gets into an argument with his superior over the hostage situation. His superior though wants to not involve themselves with the hostage exchange and continue the race, much to Seth's disdain. After reading the reports on all of the racers' cars conditions, Seth tells his subordinate to summon the drivers to have a meeting with all of them. On the docks of the town, Appare has a mental breakdown over Kosame and he's eventually approached by Hototo who tells him that Kosame has awoken. Upon reaching the hospital, Appare enters Kosame's room and finds a white cloth over his face, symbolizing he's dead, but this was a joke by him. The two then talk about the future and Kosame helps Appare overcome his anxiety of not wanting to continue the race.

Back at the mechanics' area, Seth goes over the race plans whereas it's likely the race will be canceled because of Gil's interference. On the other hand, Al is adamant about pursuing Gil in order to rescue Sophia, but can't because of his broken car. It's then that Appare appears on the scene and volunteers to repair Al's car. Inspired by this, Seth has all of his mechanics help the racers fix their cars.

Characters by Appearances

 * Kosame Isshiki
 * Appare Sorano
 * Hototo
 * Jing Xialian
 * Chase the Bad
 * Seth Rich Cutter
 * Al Leon
 * Sophia Taylor (Mentioned)
 * Richard Riesman
 * Claudia (Flashback)
 * Richard Riesman (Mentioned)