"On the morning of a beautiful sunny day" "I was waiting at the place we promised to meet" "I stood there watching the laughing children" "As I patiently waited for you to come" "I watched a perfect arc as a ball was being thrown" "And it flew right before my eyes" "It was just an ordinary sight to me" "Now, if you were just with me" "As this world kept turning slowly" "But it seemed like it was leaving only me behind" "The clouds just wouldn't hide me" "It was a Sunday where the sun seemed to hurt more than usual" "Say hello to Ensof and Hoshimaru." "About... the same age as me..." "The boy with dyed hair..." "and very pronounced facial features..." "He's... alive?" "We can't run!" "But the thing that attacked my dad wasn't a squid." "He said it looked like an "angel."" "T-That person!" "He mentioned..." "He mentioned... he had friends..." "It's... him." "I'm glad your father's safe." "Episode 6:" "His Words Are Truth" "Hoshimaru, are you sure that you'll recognize his face?" "But I don't think we'll find him like this." "I actually hope we don't." "Akira, how is it over there?" "Nothing?" "If it's "yes," raise your right hand like you did." "If "no," then raise your left." "I guess my voice didn't reach Shiina." "I wish he'd hurry up and get here already." "It feels nice to be held by Shiina." "Even during the hot summer." "I guess I can say this because I know Shiina can't hear me..." "It's like... being..." "held by my mother." "But maybe it's the same for her?" "We're both holding each other." "Hey, Ensof is kind of blushing." "Huh?" "And his eyes are misting up." "[2nd Ward] Why did you cut your hair?" "It was so pretty." "Akira?" "You're kidding." "R-Really?" "S-Shiina..." "[Drugstore]" "[Drugstore] [Flowers]" "I-I can't keep up... huh?" "I... can't..." "I'm losing him..." "I'm going on ahead!" "S-Shiina." "What took you so long." "S-Sorry." "Is... that it?" "Yeah, that's it." "W-What are you going to do?" "I'm sneaking in." "What?" "S-Shiina..." "Watch my back." "Uh..." "I..." "Hey, welcome." "Come on in." "You were chasing after me, right?" "You and the other girl." "Come into the back." "S-Shiina..." "Right up those stairs." "Akira!" "I-I'm okay..." "my legs... are just shaking." "Akira..." "Shiina, I'm okay." "T-Thank you... very much..." "So?" "What can I do for you?" "This!" "Wha?" "I'm asking if this was from you!" "Oh, you mean this isn't a love letter for me?" "You were following me so desperately, I thought that's what you wanted." "You!" "You have a dragon, don't you!" "A dragon..." "Yeah, I do." "Come on." "It's down there." "You know..." "How would you like to go out with me?" "Humans never know when they'll die, so you should enjoy it while you can." "Huh?" "Who are you guys?" "These kids want to see the "dragon."" "Here you go." "I made them all myself." "I-I'm not talking about some dolls!" "Dolls?" "Not quite." "You just don't get it." "You've got a doll strapped to you too, don't you?" "I knew it, you guys do know something!" "Know what?" "Y-You know... something!" "It's like talking to a wall." "I don't want to talk to you anymore." "S-Stop making fun of me!" "Shiina, l-let's just go home..." "We should just go home..." "You can stay over if you want." "If you try anything, I'm going to hurt you." "Hear that?" "What's your name?" "Shiina Tamai." "And her?" "U-Umm..." "A-Akira Sakura." "I'm Takeo Tsurumaru." "Norio Koga." "[Mutsu Restaurant]" "We're live at the scene." "The body of a woman, Akemi Komori, was... discovered here, in a residential area, inside this public housing." "The cause of death is believed to be a deterioration of her health, or even starvation." "However, we have also received reports that..." "Akemi's oldest son, Tomonori, who is in 8th grade, has been missing since the end of summer vacation." "They lived alone together, and he took good care of his sick mother." "He hasn't been around lately." "He was always so polite." "He was really nice, and popular too..." "He was saying that he was going to become a doctor." "The police are conducting a follow-up investigation on Tomonori, and are requesting that anyone with information contact them." "I'm even thinking of a selection system." "Doctors, accountants, any people of culture will be killed on sight." "We could just kill people as they graduate college, too." "And from there, make them go through a physical endurance test." "Like making them march without food or water." "What you have left is a healthy society." "[Mutsu Restaurant]" "Oh..." "Akira, good morning." "Can you eat breakfast?" "No... u-um, I'm going out today, so..." "S-School?" "I-I'll... uh... go to school..." "tomorrow... for sure." "O-Okay." "Are you... one of Komori's friends?" "W-Well... y-yes." "Well, whatever the reason, you shouldn't be wandering around here at this hour." "Otherwise some scary men are going to interrogate you." "If that happens, they're going to ask you about your relationship with him." "You don't want that, right?" "The police will be here soon..." "let's go." "I'm Naozumi Sudo." "I know Komori from when we did volunteer work." "And you?" "If you don't want to say, you don't have to." "It doesn't bother me." "Ah." "I'm sorry..." "Sakura Akira." "I'm a..." "well... pen pal..." "I'm Komori's pen pal!" "That's so like him..." "He's really good at writing, isn't he?" "Sakura." "Y-Yes." "Where's your house?" "I'll take you there." "N-No... it's okay." "It's kind of far." "I don't mind." "I want to take you." "Do you mind?" "No, not at all..." "Well then, it's settled." "You came all this way to leave some flowers..." "But dead people have no use for flowers." "The only people who think that flowers help are the living." "Sudo, why were you..." "Why were you there?" "Does that mean that... there was a reason... for you... to skip school today as well?" "As one of the living..." "I never said anything about Komori being dead, Sakura." "I don't even care that Komori's mother passed away." "I don't even know why Komori is missing." "I just didn't want those sneaky adults getting a person like you, Sakura." "What?" "How vulgar." "It can't be helped..." "Let's run." "I don't have a license." "U-Umm... did we..." "An accident." "Those drivers didn't have any manners." "We're getting off at the next service area." "U-Ummm..." "please don't leave me there." "Are you the kind of person who worries about that?" "I won't do that." "What... what do you do, Sudo?" "High school student." "I didn't... mean it that way..." "Do you want to know?" "I defend the Earth." "It's true." "Oh, Ozawa?" "I hate to ask on such short notice, but I need a favor." "Yeah..." "She's a girl who has a good chance of maintaining." "I found her in front of Komori's house." "See you later." "A-All right." "Have a good day." "Today's a half day." "She'll be fine." "I guess you can call it rehab." "I wonder if Sudo..." "has a dragon's child..." "Sudo..." "I should forget... forget..." "I have to go... to school...." "Why... sweat...?" "It will be okay." "I decided to go from today." "Okay." "Sakura... is absent again." "You mean she's still alive?" "The Sixth Episode His Words Are Truth" " The End" "It spans the entire sky and stretches on endlessly" "I look up and wish that it would take me and envelop me" "Even if I can't walk alongside everyone" "I want them to see my footprints and know that I'm not there" "That day, I let go of your hand" "You never even looked back" "You just left me behind" "Can't you see that I have my dreams" "And they're waiting on your doorstep" "It spans the entire sky and stretches on endlessly" "I look up and wish that it would take me and envelop me" "Next Episode" "Oh, Ensof." "What's the matter?" "Help me" "What?" "Let's go, Hoshimaru!" "Hoshimaru and I responded to Akira's SOS, and flew to help her." "The destination was the foothills of Fuji." "Our opponent, the red dragon's child." "Let go of Akira!" "Next Episode:" "The Smell of Flowers for Those Who Fight." "For Those Who Die..." "What is this?" "Is this a battlefield?"