"There's no way she was there." "She's dead!" "On second thought, forget it." "Natsuno!" "Death treats everyone equally." "There's no such thing as an especially terrible death." "So now the number of dead is twelve." "I don't think it's a mistake to consider it an epidemic." "Yuuki..." "Shimizu!" "I don't like him... because he gets along with you better than me." "So..." "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Toru!" "Are you okay, Toru?" "!" "So it was a dream..." "This is stupid!" "Good night!" "Yeah..." "Good night." ""Shiki"" "We will..." "We will love each other more" "I feel like this severe thirst is making me go crazy" "We close our eyes and have a sinful kiss" "Your scent drives me mad" "When I wake up in the deep of night, I drink up insanity and love" "Come now, into my arms, "the darkness there is bitter"" "You're unsure and waver" "In due time, it will become endless, "the darkness here is sweet"" "I pierce you deeply" "Come now, into my arms, "the darkness there is bitter"" "You're unsure and waver" ""Tuesday, September 13, Senpu"" "Villagers die one after another." "What is this disease gnawing at Sotoba village?" "I feel bad doing this to the surviving families, but I'll ask them what state the deceased were in before they died." "Maybe I'll come across a clue..." "Hello, old man." "Long time no see." ""Masaji Shimizu, Head of Shimizu Nursery"" "Oh, hi, Junior Monk." "I heard that Ryuuji passed away the other day." "I thought I could at least offer some incense." "I'd like to visit every person and find a clue." ""Ryuuji Shimizu" He told us that the results of his physical checkup in the spring showed no problems." "He told us that the results of his physical checkup in the spring showed no problems." "And yet, he abruptly had a heart failure." "Did he suddenly fall ill?" "Well, we don't know much." "But I heard that he turned in his resignation on that day." "Resignation?" "Yes." "He made a big fuss demanding approval for his immediate resignation and fainted right after that." "So maybe he was under the weather after all?" "I don't know..." "If he was sick, he could've just called in sick." "I don't know what he was thinking..." "Takatoshi Hirosawa from Naka-Sotoba died on August 11th." "" Koike "" "The deceased Mr. Hirosawa wasn't one of our temple's patrons." "But I thought you might know something about him since you're a caretaker of Naka-Sotoba, elder Koike." ""Masaharu Koike, Naka-Sotoba Funeral Team Caretaker"" "No..." "In the old days, if you named someone, I could talk about them as if they were my own relatives, but..." "Then"." "I heard of Takatoshi from the Hirosawa Family for the first time at his own funeral." "According to his parents, he fainted in a pachinko parlor in Mizobe Town and never regained consciousness." "Then... it wasn't like he was sick?" "Well, it was in a pachinko parlor, so..." ""Takatoshi Hirosawa "" "But the surprising thing was that he quit his job three days before that." "His job..." "Even his parents didn't know." "I wonder if that's how things are these days." "Quit his job..." "Takatoshi Hirosawa..." "Ryuuji Shimizu..." "Mr. Kenji Oota..." "Right before he passed away, it seems that he was planning on quitting his teaching job." "" Murasako Rice Shop"" "But since it was still in the middle of the school year, he was persuaded to stay." "Oh, speaking of which," "Akira Saeki, one of my neighbors, quit his job, too, right before he died." "Did he seem sick?" "No." "Then... the recently deceased..." "I also heard that Yasuo Takashima quit his job, too." "What's going on?" "Two families moved out of this shopping district alone." "There have been quite many funerals, too." "I feel like this village is being abandoned." "Until my grandchildren get older..." "I stopped sensing Shimizu." "Old man Ookawa is one of the relatives of the deceased Mr. Gigorou Ookawa." "I told you to take care of it right away, didn't I?" "!" "Matsu!" "What time do you think it is?" "!" "What?" "!" "Your daughter?" "!" "What about Yasuyo?" "!" "Well... uhm..." "She died." "She died?" "!" "When?" "!" ""Yasuzou Muramatsu, Ookawa Liquor Store Employee" She was sick this morning, so I called an ambulance." "She was sick this morning, so I called an ambulance." "But she died just a bit ago." "I just don't know what to do." "You dumb-ass!" "At times like this you really need to get it together!" "You're at the hospital?" "!" "I'll be right over so clench your teeth and wait for me!" "What a waste." "Oh, Junior Monk." "Old man, Yasuyo is...?" "That's right." "I'll go check on them." "There's a library across from Ookawa Liquor Store." "I guess I'll ask Mr. Yuzuki, the librarian, some questions, too." "Oh, Junior Monk." "I'm sorry." "Mr. Yuzuki quit his job suddenly." "What?" "Don't tell me..." "Did he pass away?" "What?" "No, no." "He just quit his job." "So I'm working two jobs, here and the next-door nursery." ""Librarian" "Yuzuki"" "We're all surprised since this was so sudden." "He seemed to like it here..." "I wonder if he's going somewhere." "Ryuuji Shimizu..." "Takatoshi Hirosawa..." ""Akira Saeki"" "Kenji Oota..." "Akira Saeki..." ""Nao Yasumori"" "Yasuo Takashima..." ""Shuuji Gotouda"" ""Fuki Gotouda"" "Quitting their jobs suddenly..." "Mr. Yuzuki quit his job suddenly." ""Friday, September 16, Shakku"" "Aoi..." "Ah, Natsuno!" "What is it?" "Is Toru absent again today?" "Yeah." "He's playing hooky." "What?" "He just bought a new video game, so he's been playing it all this time... just laying around like he's in a trance." "I see." "I want to... ask Ritsuko out for a drive on the weekend... but I don't have the courage." "Are you gonna stop by today?" "No." "I'll stop by earlier than usual tomorrow." ""Saturday, September 17, Senshou"" "He's from Ozaki Clinic..." "Doctor!" "Dad, the Junior Doctor came!" "Doctor!" "Junior Doctor!" "Mr. Mutou..." "This is..." "Hey..." "What's wrong with brother?" "Is he... sick?" "Your brother is..." "Toru is... dead." "Shimizu..." "Natsuno..." "We should go to the wake now." "Go... on ahead." "Okay." "Ah yes." "You got a postcard..." "though it's an end of summer greeting card." ""Megumi Shimizu"" ""Megumi Shimizu"" "This Miss Shimizu is that girl who passed away last month, right?" "To think that you're receiving her postcard now..." "There was a delay in delivering it." "That's all." "It's nothing we should be worried about." "Toru..." "Pops!" "Hiromi is...!" "What?" "What's the matter?" "He seems strange." "We'll take him to Ozaki." "What?" "Is he that sick?" "Is it complications from a cold or something?" "Does he have a fever?" "No." "Then why is he like this?" "Hiromi!" "Hiromi!" "Hey, it's your grandpa!" "Can't you hear me?" "!" "Pops!" "We're leaving now!" "W-Wait." "I'm coming, too." "Hiromi gets pampered..." "I didn't see you there, Masao." "Take care of the house while we're gone." "When I had a cold, they said, "Stay in bed." "You'll be fine."" ""Hope you're doing well now that summer is almost over"" "" Murasako Rice Shop"" "It's okay." "I'll go put him to bed." "To think that it took this long to run tests..." "I wonder if he's really bad..." "Pops, although the Junior Doctor told us that it might be a difficult anemia case, if Hiromi gets sick again, he said bring him in even if it's in the dead of night." "But..." "Hey, sis looks paler than him." "So Hiromi really was sick." "It's worrisome, isn't it, since there have been many funerals lately." "Be careful what you say!" "What can I say?" "It's the fact." "Wouldn't it be better not to think that we're different from others?" "Masao!" "Stop it already!" "Hiromi is...!" "Like I said, wouldn't it be better to be careful?" "Even young people die." "In other words, it's a matter of probability, right?" "Don't you have feelings?" "!" "Ahh..." "Well, it's not me." "I meant to say that there're people who'd say that." ""Munetaka Murasako, Masao's Older Brother"" "Masao..." "You're such a..." "To think that Dad slapped me...!" "To think that Munetaka got angry like that...!" "If only Hiromi and Chika didn't exist..." "I wouldn't have had to go through this!" "Toru..." "Tamotsu..." "Aoi..." "Uhm..." "I..." "I..." "Uhm..." "I-I was so shocked..." "Toru is..." "Shoot..." "What should I say?" "Where's Toru?" "May I... see his face?" "Yeah." "It's an empty shell of Toru..." "I wonder... where he went..." "I wish there was a way to find him." "Indeed"." "Please accept my condolences." "I don't know what I should say at a time like this... but it's frustrating... so frustrating..." "Right... lam disgusted with myself... angry..." "Me too." "Toru!" "Toru really was kind." "When a ball went into the liquor store's yard, he went to get it, fully prepared to be yelled at by that scary old man." "Remember that, Tamotsu?" "That's right." "When we all went fishing, too..." "PUT}?" "You don't even cry, huh?" "Toru died!" "How dare you make that sulking face!" "You're definitely cold!" "Don't you have feelings?" "Don't pick a fight." "When did I try to pick a fight?" "!" "When?" "!" "If you wanna fight me, I'll fight some other time." "But not now!" "Hold it in, at least while you're here." "Hey!" "Who's older here?" "!" "You are." "So you should be able to do what I can do, right?" "How dare you talk like that!" "Enough already!" "What?" "If you wanna fight, do it outside!" "Wh-What?" "Don't you get upset with him?" "He's very cold, isn't he?" "!" "It's you who's cold!" "I'm cold?" "Why?" "!" "I'm very sad that Toru died!" "Haven't I been saying that over and over?" "!" "We feel sadder than that!" "It's our brother we're talking about!" "Toru was a brother to me." "He was kinder to me than my own brother." "You say you're sad and you're right." "Just how do you want us all to respond to that?" "!" "Did you come here to comfort us?" "!" "Or did you come here to have us comfort you?" "!" "Those guys..." "I don't care about them anymore!" "" Murasako Rice Shop"" "Dammit!" "Don't you close the shutter on me!" "" Murasako Rice Shop"" "It's such a pain to go around to the back door!" "Dammit!" "How dare they all treat me like this!" "My friend's death is making me lose heart." "Can't they just..." "What was that?" "Oh?" "It went into my house." "It went in just now, didn't it?" "Good..." "Who is this guy, again?" "What?" "!" "Ahh..." "He's from the library." "I was walking towards my grand dream" "It was an endless journey in which I lost my way time and time again" "That time, it was raining with snow mixed in" "I couldn't tell if they were my tears or not" "Farewell, we can never see each other again" "PH take another step towards the future I chose... by overcoming a big obstacle" "Why did you say, "This is the end" even though we loved each other?" "Now I see it clearly" "So, I'll "walk" with determination" "The village is surrounded by death." "This is..." "Yes." "This is what it feels like to be surrounded." "The feeling that we're being deliberately isolated by someone..." "We're being surrounded, cut off from the outside world, and hindered." "Who's behind it?"