"My final words." "Children should be made in test tubes, with the eggs and sperm of handpicked individuals." "Otherwise, all children should receive the same clothes." "The same food." "The same rooms." "The same education." "The same guardians." "To be raised equally." "If their efforts and talents are insufficient, persecution is inevitable." "Look, look!" "It's Mr. Ogura." "It is!" "It looks just like him!" "I studied and played sports, unnoticed." "I did my best to fit in, and listened to them abuse others." "I read fashion mags from cover to cover." "My efforts made me what I am." "Even my eventual persecution has not discouraged me." "Suicide is a declaration of defeat." "Suicide is a declaration of defeat." "I will never commit such an act." "I am at peace." "One day, I will be free." "One day, I will be free." "Or so I believed." "NIGHT'S TIGHTROPE" ""Pitiful Night."" ""l...stare..."" ""All I see..." ""...are intensifying illusions."" "The writer describes his friend becoming a tiger." "Look, look!" "So funny." "Totally sick, huh?" "Our eyes met." "Oh my god." "She's the worst." ""Pitiful Night." ""Wretched Night." ""l stare into the darkness, but all I see are intensifying illusions."" "But if you think about it, the friend's tiger transformation is surreal." "Right, Yuki Sakurai?" "You should read Atsushi Nakajima, Miss future novelist." "He taught Japanese too, right Mr. Ogura?" "That reminds me." "Do you all know author Yosuke Saino?" "The Booksellers Award winner." "We published a fanzine called "Kyomu" together back in university." "Here he goes again!" "Saino's a close friend of mine." "These days he writes mysteries." "He's bragging." " He used to write art." " Wrap it up!" "But his vocabulary was limited, so I taught him various phrases." "You all have close friends." "Yeah." "We're close friends, right?" "We're all friends in this class." ""Run away, Night." ""ln this world," ""neither love," ""nor freedom, nor equality exists." ""Run away." "Run away." ""Run away." ""A voice of unknown origin hunts Night."" ""Now, it is time..."" ""for Night to begin..."" ""...walking the tightrope."" "Good day!" "Yuki?" "Let's go." "It's okay." "I'll go later." "Hey, wait for me!" "You're great, Yuki." "Why?" "I mean..." "I mean, P.E.'s a drag." "We have to get changed." "I can't help it." "I'm stuck like this." "This scar won't ever heal." "Go on ahead." "You'll be late." "I don't mind." "Let's go, Atsuko." "Good day." "Shortcake." "What starts with E?" "Ah, echo." "O?" "Ogura the crappy teacher." "R?" "R?" "Ricotta." "Ricotta?" "A?" "A?" "Atsuko." "I'm home." "Good day." ""l must run away." ""l must run away." ""The lord of the darkness." "The lord..." ""...of the darkness is fast approaching..."" "Reap what you sow!" "Mother, stop it!" "Hell is waiting!" "For you!" "I'm home!" "Hey Atsuko, kendo today?" "Yeah." "You're number one in Japan." "Hey!" "Number one!" "Can't wait for the Olympics." "Kendo's not in it." ""ldiots have genius kids," huh?" "Who's an idiot?" "We had a genius!" "This beer's on me." "How is she this year?" "Fantastic." "She's bound to win." ""It's time, everybody!"" ""To play 'Die, A-ko!" "'"" ""Yay!"" ""I'll go first!" "Die, A-ko!"" ""A--ko!" "Diiiie!"" ""A--ko!" "Hurry up and diiiiiiiie!"" ""A-ko damage 35%"" ""A-ko!" "Die right now!"" ""Nobody needs you!" "Die, A-ko!"" ""Die, A-ko!"" ""She's still alive"" ""Die"" "Atsuko's so over." "Hell yeah." "Hey hey hey, she's freaking out." "What's wrong?" "She won't die." "She's number one in Japan!" "She can't die!" "Let's take a memento." "Shame we can't see her panties!" "That's so funny!" "Yuki!" "Yuki!" "Help me, Yuki!" "I hate this!" "I hate this!" "I want to die!" "I want to die!" "What are you saying?" "You wouldn't understand!" "Atsuko." "Right now, you're alone in the dark, walking a tightrope." "That might be how you feel, but it's not the truth." "Not at all." "Let's go." "Atsuko." ""...has come to an end."" ""Fin"" ""Sacred Cherry Blossom Festival"" ""Night's Tightrope"" "Why wear uniforms?" "It's our school's tradition!" "You sound like a teacher!" "Let's go." "Let's go!" "We'll be late!" "It's not folded neatly." "Now, Year 2 Group B will perform our school's traditional maypole dance." "Our tightrope walk has begun..." "Morning!" "Good day." ""Best New Author Award:" "'Night's Tightrope'"" ""by Kazuki Ogura"" "Way to go, sir!" "It's no big deal, really." "I doubt you know, but it's from a literary mag called Blue Sky." "The award's a historic one." "You'll live off royalties now?" "Not yet, not yet." "But I want to tell you one thing." "If you don't give up, dreams come true." "Don't be cynical." "Perseverance pays off." "I've given you all a sample, so read it if you like." ""A 1 7-year-old girl"?" "It's gotta be one of us!" "Huh?" "Who?" "That's kinda scary!" ""Night's Tightrope"..." ""Her talent was taken away by a single leap."" "Five-time Japan number one, Atsuko Kusano!" "Pleased to meet you!" "We have only one goal." "Winning the national team champs!" "Got that?" "Begin uchikomi!" ""Talent is not a gift from God." "It is a temporary loan." ""Her talent was taken away by a single leap."" "Begin!" ""National Championship Qualifier"" ""One misplaced step, and the world would end." ""When this occurred, in an instant, darkness shrouded the world."" "You okay?" "Your reputation's a lie." "Don't worry about it!" "You got too cocky." "We'll try again next year!" "Our chances are ruined because of you." "Die." "Die." ""l must run away." ""The lord of the darkness is fast approaching." ""Night stared at the thin rope gleaming dully before her eyes," ""and caught her breath." ""Cautiously, she set one foot on the rope, and took a step."" "Right now, you're alone in the dark, walking a tightrope." "That might be how you feel, but it's not the truth." "Not at all." ""Now, it is time for Night to begin walking the tightrope."" "Sir?" "Did you base this on, for example, someone you know?" "You, perhaps." "Or maybe it was Yuki." "I was inspired by each of you." "That's the true value of a novel." "Right, Yuki Sakurai?" "Night is Atsuko, and Yuki." "Do you follow?" "It's a bit difficult." "You've got talent." "You utilized everything I taught you." "Sir!" "Sir!" "Sir, wait!" ""Blue Sky"" ""Best New Author Award:" "'Night's Tightrope'"" ""by Kazuki Ogura"" ""Dedicated to the students of Class 2B"" "Hey." "Want to read it that badly?" ""Night's Tightrope."" "Read it?" "I want to exterminate it." "Hey!" ""Kazuki Ogura (Teachers' Access)"" ""My Diary With Seira No.38"" "Say cheese!" "But this is a video!" "So this is Seira." "It's embarrassing!" "No it isn't." "You're cute." " No I'm not." " You're cute." "Let's revolve." "It revolves?" "Here goes." "You're so cute." " I am not!" " One more time." "One more time." "Just once, okay?" "Hi." "Hi." "What's up with you?" "I've got news." "Well," "Ogura isn't on leave, he's on suspension." "How come?" "For leaking 3rd years' info." "Evaluation reports." "That's crazy!" "Take your seats!" "Hurry up and take your seats!" "Be quiet now!" "Be quiet!" "I'd like to introduce your new classmate who's starting here today." "Go for it." "Good day." "Good day." "May I join you?" "Sure." "Good day." "Are you two always like this?" "Like what?" "Oh, it's nothing." "Yuki, where do you live?" "Mizusaki." "Oh, right." "After snow comes blossoms." "Spring flowers bud after withstanding the long winter." "Through fostering a merciful heart, remembering Lord Jesus on the cross, and devotion to your studies, your youth will blossom exponentially." "Third year students, your time of reckoning has come." "This year, 70% of you have achieved university entrance." "Magnificent!" "Ladies, do your best." "I will always be watching over you." "Those who make an effort are truly the blessed ones." "Have conviction, and overcome obstacles!" "Die." ""...tightrope..."" "Hey, I heard something crazy." "It seems Ogura died." "Yeah sure." "For real?" "Some kind of accident." "For real?" "Talk about unlucky." " Did Ogura really die?" " You heard?" "That teacher Ogura died." "That's so unlucky." "Leaking info, then having an accident like that..." "Hey." "Ever seen a dead body?" "I...saw one once." "It was my best friend." "Sorry for blurting that out." "Everyone was talking about that teacher." "I've experienced it for real, so it got me down." "Even now," "I still think about." "Why did she die?" "Not knowing hurts the most." "I wish I'd realized." "What is a best friend?" "But I'm glad I could tell you." "Hey Yuki?" "About that scar..." "This?" "This was done by my grandmother." "Huh?" "Is that true?" "She's better off dead." "Yuki..." "You've been through a lot too, huh?" "I understand." "But you say "better off dead" because it's not real to you." "You only saw a dead body, Shiori." "It's just a thing." "What do you mean?" "Death isn't a thing, it's a phenomenon." "If you don't see someone die, the last look on their face, you can't understand the true meaning of death." "I want to see someone die." "Don't you?" "If you don't see them die, there's no point." "I'm going." "What was that?" "Just now Yuki said her grandmother scarred her." "She told me it happened when a glass broke." "I thought you and Yuki were best friends." "I mean, she didn't tell you the truth about it." "But she told me right away." "kinda weird, huh?" "Good day." "Hey, that's from Miu Miu, right?" "Oh, this?" "You like Miu Miu?" "But I can't afford it." "Yes you can." "Let's go." "I'm truly sorry." "Yes, I'm aware of that." "I'm very aware of that." "Yes, I'm truly sorry." "How about him?" "Hey, do we have to do this?" "You don't, but everybody does." "It's no big deal, really." "They're worse than us." "They only look at us that way." "They make us wear this to satisfy their fantasies." "But if that guy has a daughter, he wouldn't do something like...." "He would." "Daughter or no daughter." "he's still a man." "Atsuko, do you wash your clothes with your dad's?" "Train for Mizusaki now arriving on platform 2." "Let's go." "You in?" "Or out?" "All you have to do is look down and say nothing." "Here's your take, 1 0,000 yen." "I..." "Take it, take it." "We were accomplices." "Now we're best friends." "Let's get a parfait sometime." "Bye." "Hey, how would you want to die?" "If you were going to die." "I want to live long and die of old age." "Living long would suck." "Maybe." "I used to think so too." "Then I saw something." "I saw a man die." "Jumped in front of a train." "No way." "When I saw that, it kinda opened my eyes." "I was a witness, and as I was talking to the police," "I thought, "Oh, so death's an ejection."" "You know?" "An ejection..." "Yeah." "Your ejection from this world." "People who kill themselves are basically just stupid." "It doesn't change a thing." "Just because you're gone." "It's just "Whistle blows!" "Ejected!"" "Just like that." "I've gotta see it for myself." "I want to see it." "See someone die." "For real?" "Dumbass!" "You groped her!" "Groped?" "You touched her bottom!" "I saw you!" "Let's go to the police." "I honestly didn't... 50,000 will do." "Sorry I'm late." "Fujioka!" "You've done it again!" "Mother!" "Stop it, Mother!" "Listen to me!" "The gods in these grains of rice nurture our bodies and immaculate souls!" ""How far have I come?" ""How much further is there to go?" ""Night wondered." "Should I end it all, right here, right now? "" "Fujioka!" "You've done it again!" "Reap what you sow!" "Hell is waiting!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "It was that deep?" "It was." "She took a glass from the shelf..." "So she can't do kendo." "Yuki!" "You okay?" "You broke a glass?" "Let's go." "Yuki!" "Atsuko!" "Yuki!" "The world's..." "bigger than we know!" "Conquer your weaknesses..." "Conquer your weaknesses..." "Conquer your weaknesses..." "Believe in god, take your immaculate souls, generous love, and the knowledge you have absorbed here, and share them with the world." "During this precious holiday," "I want you all to think deeply about the way in which you should live your lives." "Let's meet again on September 1st with healthy smiling faces." "Good day." "Good day." "It's so far..." "It's great to have someone so young." "You'll brighten up the place." "Captain Kitayama." "Hard-a-starboard!" "Hard to port!" "Don't mind him." "Good day." "Mr. Takao?" "May I?" "Sure." "This is Miss Kusano from Sakuragawa Girls'." "She'll be volunteering here to make up credit for P.E." "Make sure you give Mr. Takao a hand." "Pleased to meet you." ""Happy Birthday to you"" ""Happy Birthday dear people born in July"" ""Happy Birthday to you"" "Come in!" "July birthday people, congratulations!" "Instead of me, Takao Takao, our makeshift granddaughter" "Atsuko Kusano has brought the cake!" "Come on Atsy, quickly!" "Hi, I'm Atsy!" "Steer "North by Northwest"!" "Captain Kitayama!" "Captain Kitayama, Mr. Yamada, face me please." "Here goes." "Say cheese." "We'll get a new one." "Pick it up." "Quickly." "Quickly!" "Mr. Suzuki, just you..." "Okay, the two of you." "Here goes." "Okay!" "Say cheese!" "One more?" "One more." "Yuck..." "A high schooler volunteering is wonderful." "Why choose my group?" "I want to learn the value of life by working with seriously ill children." "I want to experience the impermanence of life firsthand." "I see." "You know," "life truly is valuable." "In our limited time on Earth, we find purpose in our lives." "Upon completing our mission, the Lord calls us to heaven," "At that moment, all our sins are forgiven." "Our sins are forgiven?" "We humans have committed mistaken acts since time immemorial." "The Lord watches us to see how we make penance." "The wolf spoke." ""I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!"" ""l ate your cake without asking!"" ""I'm sorry!" "Please forgive me!"" "The kind Little Red Riding Hood said to the wolf:" ""l forgive you."" ""Please, have some."" ""We'll eat the cake together."" "Then, the grandmother hiding inside the clock came out," "and all three of them ate the cake together as friends." "The end." "Yay!" "And they all lived happily ever after!" "Like hell." "Yeah." "Mrs. Oka's always like that." "She does it because we're terminal, but it's painful to watch." "Now, it's your big sister Yuki's turn." "Come on up!" ""The Crab and the Monkey"" ""It's so cold." The monkey came home shivering." "The monkey approached the hearth, and the hot chestnut hit him!" ""Ow ow ow!" "Where's some water?"" "Then the bee went buzz...sting!" ""Yow yow yow!" "Help me!" He ran outside." "Then the mortar went whack!" "Whack!" ""Reap what you sow!" "Hell is waiting!"" ""Oo-oo-oo!"" ""I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "Oo-oo-oo!"" ""Please forgive me!" "Oo-oo-oo!"" "I quit." "Excuse me." "Yo!" "Your story was really cool." "It was?" ""Hell is waiting!" That part was awesome, right?" "He's Subaru Tono." "We're roomies." "I'm Taichi, but call me Tatchy." "We're..." "Tatchy, and Subaru!" "Hey, what did you say before "Hell is waiting"?" ""Reap what you sow." You will surely pay for your actions." "If you do bad things, bad things happen to you too." "Wow." "Does that mean we got sick because we did something bad?" "That's..." "Dumbass." "Of course we didn't." "It's just, you know." "What's it called?" "Oh, fate?" "Fate?" "Yeah." "Right?" "Hey, Tatchy, and Subaru?" "Want to be friends with me?" ""To:" "Yuki Going to the fireworks display?"" "Texting your boyfriend?" "No, a friend." "We texted each other every day in the last summer holidays." "You did?" "Miss kusano, right?" "Everything okay with Mr. Takao?" "Sure, I guess." "Um..." "Is Mr. Takao's real name really Takao Takao?" "It is!" "Strange, isn't it?" "Anyway, be careful around him." "Don't you dare say that I told you this." "I've heard that he's got a criminal record." "keep it between us!" "It's only a rumor." "Yuki, you don't have friends, do you?" "I do." "If you did, you wouldn't be here." "What are they like?" "She's number one." "Number one?" "Yeah." "My number one friend." "You can say "Hell is waiting" and still make friends?" "You rude little brat." "Hey, what do you think hell's like?" "A book I read as a kid said lakes of blood, needle mountains, torn limbs, and demons." "Lots of stuff." "It depends on the sins you commit." "Wow, there's a book like that?" "I wanna read it." "Okay." "Shall I bring it next time?" " Really?" " Subaru, cool huh?" ""The Divine Comedy:" "Inferno"" "You were given life in this age and nation according to God's will." "You are quick to think you are unfortunate." "But around the world, many countries still have low female literacy rates." "You can study freely in a favorable environment." "You can eat and wear what you like, enjoying your youth." "I hear that the other day, several students failed to attend classes despite being at school." "This pains me greatly." "I cannot abide corrupt students wearing our time-honored uniform." "Mark my words." "Reap what you sow." "You will surely pay for your actions." "Do not ever forget that!" "Masayo!" "Masayo!" "Masayo!" "What's wrong?" "She's choking on a daifuku!" "Are y-you okay?" "W-what should I do?" "Oh!" "Leader!" "Leader!" "Leader!" "Get the leader!" "Leader Onuma!" "Calling Leader Onuma!" "Don't die!" "Don't die!" "She didn't die." "Don't talk that way." "I'd like to, er, thank you, for today." "You did well to act so swiftly." "My reflexes always were my only strength." "That leg of yours, it's really..." "It's healed." "But acting like it isn't has a lot of advantages." "Oh, don't tell anyone." "Sure." "I should apologize, for being so nasty to you." "You were." "I just can't stand high school girls." "Me neither." "I can't stand high school girls." "Do you have family?" "Not anymore." "You've heard things about me, right?" "Yeah, but only rumors." "Rumors, huh?" "Denying them only makes it worse." "So I don't bother anymore." "Oh, I go this way." "See you." "Yuki!" "Where's Subaru?" "Being examined." "I see." "Hey, we came up with a bunch of hells." "What's this?" "Video game hell." "What's this?" "Test-failing hell." "It never ends." "What's this?" "Peeping hell." "This is skirt-lifting hell." "You're made to wear a skirt, and demons lift it up?" "Reap what you sow." "Hey, what other hells are there?" "Well, if you lie, your tongue gets torn out." "Thieves get their fingers cut off." "Wait." "That actually happens." "In some countries." "For real?" "!" "In some countries adulterers' faces get burned." "Scary!" "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth." "Navel for navel, nail for nail." "Huh?" "What's that?" "I like that." "Seeing you smile." "Don't creep me out!" "It's 7%." "His chance of surviving." "It's next week, for Subaru." "His operation." "7%?" "7% means there's a 93% chance his operation will fail." "That means he probably won't make it." "You can't be sure though." "He might be one of seven chosen out of a hundred." "On the other hand, even I, or anyone else, could die tomorrow." "Nobody can be sure." "You're right." "You must be right." "I'll tell Subaru that." "Hey Yuki." "Can I ask a favor?" "Are you absolutely sure you can't tell me?" "Even his new workplace." "I'm sorry." "It's personal information, so we can't tell you." "I'm very sorry." "I see." "Hey you." "I think I might know about the person you're looking for." "Really?" "!" "Yes, I think so." "His son wants to see him before his operation next week." "Can you help?" "Contact details, or anything." "I see." "That sounds urgent." "Okay, leave it to me." "I'll try asking his friends too." "Thank you so much." "By the way, are you a high schooler?" "Sakuragawa?" "Not Toyoura Commercial High." "The day after tomorrow past 1 0pm," "I'll meet you at that black house." "These things are all about give and take." "Know what I mean?" "How'd it go?" "It might be too difficult..." "Don't give up so easily." "This is his last wish." ""l want to see my dad." " Subaru"" "No way no way no way!" "Not with some old guy!" "No way..." "It's got claws?" "It's kinda kinda like a rocket." "Hey." "I've never...done this before..." "So, what do you need me for?" "What for?" "What for?" "Oh yeah." "Wanna see something cool?" "What is it?" "That train suicide scattered it." "Paper snow." "Cool, huh?" "I'll get it valued." "Don't lie." "I'm not lying." "It belonged to that guy." "The next train on Line 2 will not stop at this station." "Please stand behind the white line." ""...tightrope..."" "I wish somebody else would die." "Hey, let me have it." "No way." "Please." "In return, I'll show you something much more interesting." "It'd better be something special." "Greetings." "Welcome to a house with good ventilation and leisurely space." "After you." "Lots of bubbles, lots of bubbles, bubbly bubbles." "You high school girls, you think your uniforms make you almighty." "Don't you?" "Hey." "Wash them more tenderly." "Why'd you stop?" "Who said you could?" "I stuck with a job I hated and the money I earned made you what you are today." "Indeed." "Indeed, indeed." "Alrighty." "Good girl, good girl." "Next..." "Alrighty, alrighty." "Wash this next." "Right now, with the panties you have on." "That's something..." "What?" "That's something I can't do." "Why not?" "All you have to do is wash them together!" "What's the problem?" "You think I'm filthy?" "!" "No!" "No!" "Okay okay okay." " Let go!" " Take them off now." "Okay okay okay." "Let Dad take them off for you." "Like I did when you were little." "Come on!" "I'll carry you!" "Hey old man!" "That's enough." "What are you doing?" "Give and take, right?" "All you have to do is wash them together!" "This is awesome!" "It's totally like a reality show." "This is way better than a suicide." "Watch." "Let Dad take them off for you." "Like I did when you were little." "Hey!" "What the fuck?" "!" "What a waste..." "Why?" "!" "Screw you!" "Oh, thanks." "I feel better when you're around." "Because I'm not as clumsy." "That's not a compliment." ""l went to Omotesando today!" "Got a bag at a Miu Miu sale!"" "Hey there." "Hey, I like that." "Oh, this?" "It's only a cheap thing." "It's cute." "I don't usually get compliments, so thanks!" "Okay, I'm going." "See you!" "You saw that?" "Ugh." "With those arms, she must be a pro wrestler." "Oh please!" "Such a frilly red skirt too." "What is she, a stuffed toy?" "With a zip up her back." "In the red corner, Zip Ozawa!" "Yeah right!" "Get outta here!" "What a loser!" "Atsuko's so over." "Hell yeah." "Die." "Die." "Die." "Die." "Are you okay?" "Hey." "Miss kusano?" "Are you okay?" "Yuki..." "I'm glad all of us could make it." "You okay now?" "I'm sorry." "For causing you trouble." "Don't be." "You saved me, Miss Kusano." "Now I don't have to watch these fireworks alone." "You're not meeting a friend?" "I hyperventilated here too last year." "I guess I'm just a pain in the ass." "Anyway, it's complicated." "I think she's got a boyfriend now." "Yuki?" "How did you..." "When you collapsed, you called her name." "I used to watch with my family." "From that bridge." "I was framed." "By a high school girl." "For groping another." "I fought the charge." "Because I didn't do it." "But in the end, my company let me go, and the court case traumatized my wife." "My family was torn apart." "I still think about it." "When it happened on that platform I should have paid those girls off." "I should have gone home, as if nothing happened." "I begged her to tell the truth." "On my knees." "What was I thinking?" "Please tell the truth!" "Whatever." " I'm begging you!" " That's so funny." " He's on his knees." " I'm begging you!" "I'm begging you!" "I'm sorry..." "I'm sorry!" "Why?" "You've done nothing wrong..." "I, I..." "Sorry." "Life really is fragile." "One brief misstep, and you lose everything." "It's easy to fall." "It's just like "Night's Tightrope."" ""Night's Tightrope"?" "Yeah." "It's the title of a novel." "Didn't its author teach at your school?" "Do you still have it?" "I'll bring it..." "Right now." "No, that's..." "Please!" "It's about me!" "My best friend Yuki, who I trusted, wrote it and used me!" "Please!" "I have to read it, no matter what!" "Please." "Please!" ""The world she thought was eternally dark" ""began to be illuminated by a riot of color." ""Indeed, what Night feared was not the darkness." ""lt was the light." ""She was afraid of seeing despair clearly through the brightness." ""Her world had been plunged into darkness by her own hand." ""Even so, she would eventually realize." ""lt was a sliver of hope." ""A chance at redemption, once heard of in a fable." ""Night was not walking upon a slender rope over a deep chasm."" ""When daybreak comes," ""Night will surely" ""fall silent, then three seconds later, burst into laughter."" ""...has come to an end."" ""Fin"" "Yuki..." "A little while ago, you said she'd used you, but that novel..." "Your dear friend must have written it" "out of concern for you." "That novel..." "It brought me back from a dark place." "I knew exactly..." "what she was going through." "But..." "I don't understand." "Why didn't she just talk to me?" "The answer's in front of you." "The novel." "Writing it must have been so difficult for her." "She had to journey deep inside her protagonist's darkness." "You can't do that without a lot of courage." "Fighting the fear of falling apart." "That's how it seems to me." "Yuki..." "I want to see Yuki." "Yuki..." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "I'm sure." "Thanks." "Tatchy..." "Excuse me." "Oh!" "Atsuko?" "Hi Mrs. Sakurai." "Is Yuki home?" "This way." "Mr. Takao?" "You have a visitor." "I do?" "Yuki!" "Atsuko?" "Huh?" "Miss Kusano?" "Mr. Takao?" "How come?" "Subaru..." "Dad..." "I missed you so much." "Me too." "Subaru..." "I finally found you." "Dad!" "Subaru?" "That's your punishment." "You brought this on." "You hurt Mom." "You hurt Mom!" "It's all your fault!" "It's okay." "Subaru..." "It's okay." "Mr. Takao!" "Mr. Takao!" "Are you okay?" "Mr. Takao!" "Dad," "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "Die." "Die." "Die." "Die." "Reap what you sow." "Hell is waiting..." "Yuki!" "What's wrong?" "Is everything alright?" "Please, no running!" "I should've gotten stronger, and protected you..." "When I stopped being number one, I fell apart." "I didn't understand you at all." "You had your boyfriend and it seemed like you were moving on." "I thought you'd be better off without me." "I thought I'd gradually forget about you." ""Come, let's go." "Night's tightrope walk has come to an end."" ""Dedicated to A-ko"" "I've always wanted to just disappear." "I thought I'd be better off dead." "Even so, I had to save you..." "You were the only one worth saving!" "I had to help you find yourself again!" "But I..." "I didn't know how." "I thought writing might be the way." "So I wrote the novel." "For you." "You're the only one I wrote it for!" "But..." "But..." "Thank you." "After all..." "It was you." "You taught me that the world's bigger than we know." "I said that?" "You did." "You told me so." ""When daybreak comes," ""Night will surely fall silent," ""then three seconds later, burst into laughter." ""After all, although she thought she was walking a tightrope," ""it was actually lying upon a broad, sturdy bridge."" "Does it hurt?" "Nah." "Can I come closer?" "Yeah." "My final words." "Suicide is a declaration of defeat." "I will never commit such an act." "I am at peace." "One day, I will be free." "Or so I believed." "Nevertheless," "This body, which pulses with tainted blood, should be destroyed." "Farewell." "Police." "Takizawa residence?" "August 1 2th, arrest warrant for indecent assault." "Name, Yoshiya Takizawa." ""Make a public apology!" "LOL"" ""Criminal's daughter!" "Scum!"" ""Shi-ori's-life-is-over"" ""Just die already"" ""See ya"" "They rang together." "Huh? "My final words"?" "It's the same." "Shiori sent it?" "I got it too." "Did we all?" "It's the same." "This is creepy." "What is it?" ""'Testament' 1 September, 201 6 1 5:23"" ""Children should be made in test tubes,"" ""with the eggs and sperm of handpicked individuals."" ""Seira Love Shiori"" "Night's tightrope walk has come to an end!" "Has come to an end!" ""Night's tightrope walk has..."" "Tsubasa Honda" "Mizuki Yamamoto" "Goro Inagaki" "Based on a Novel by kanae Minato" "Screenplay:" "kana Matsui Yukiko Mishima" "Directed by Yukiko Mishima" "Chinese subtitles by Ming Wong English subtitles by Don Brown"