"...number 49 bound for Nishi-Otani..." "Nationwide Compact Railway Timetable ...number 49 bound for Nishi-Otani..." "Nationwide Compact Railway Timetable Can I catch up to her?" "Can I catch up to her?" "what the heck do I say to her?" "I..." "I'm lonely!" "Do I have the right to stop Misaki?" "Liar!" "at this time of night?" "It's pitch-dark; you won't be able to see anything." "I'm meeting a friend." "On that promontory?" "you're not by any chance... so I guess there's nothing to worry about." "Huh?" "("Misaki" = "Promontory" in Japanese) 3 lshihama Misaki Forest" "("Misaki" = "Promontory" in Japanese) 3 lshihama Misaki Forest 3 lshihama Misaki Forest" "Tip of the Promontory" "YOU HAVE ONLY THAT ONE LIFE." "DON'T THROW IT AWAY." "Nationally-Designated Park Ishihama Misaki" "Did I pass her up somewhere?" "Or else... she couldn't have already..." "Calm down..." "I know what train Misaki took from the timetable she left in the hospital." "I shelled out for a limited express train to chase her;" "there's no way I'm not in time." "HAVE THE COURAGE TO LIVE." "Why?" "Why what?" "Was I overconfident in guessing she'd come here?" "you weren't." "you're..." "I'm right here." "Huh?" "!" "The time you arrived was only five minutes apart from when I did." "Sato." "I didn't know what to do because you weren't saying anything." "shall we go home?" "It's cold here and all." "I don't want to." "What?" "HAVE THE COURAGE TO LIVE." "You can't die!" "Let's live on!" "the money I worked so hard for is blown!" "I'm sorry." "Huh?" "It would've been better if I'd died yesterday as planned." "It's just like my second father said." "everybody meets with misfortune." "My mother dying was also my fault." "My first father dying probably was too." "his luck went bad. and she started fighting a lot with my uncle." "All of that was my fault." "I'm the lowest of worthless human beings who summons misfortune." "I'm a person this world doesn't need." "But I didn't want to admit that." "That's why I planned your project." "my second father's words would be proven wrong." "It would be okay for me to be alive." "But that project ended in failure." "Sato." "There's no point in my being alive." "And so you pulled that "New Year's grated yams" crap?" "Gimme a break!" "Come after me!" "I didn't think you'd find me." "I thought my heart was going to stop." "It would've been fine if it had stopped though." "a final note is important. not knowing whether it was a suicide or not." "Like happened with my mother..." "Give this up." "I'm begging you!" "if you're alive." "Your uncle and your aunt and such would grieve!" "Misaki!" "don't die!" "Sato." "But it won't work." "Because I am gonna die." "YOU HAVE ONLYTHAT ONE LIFE." "DON'T THROW IT AWAY." "it's useless after all?" "YOU HAVE ONLYTHAT ONE LIFE DON'T THROW IT AWAY." "I don't have any words to hold Misaki back." "...COURAGE I don't have any words to hold Misaki back." "I don't have any words to hold Misaki back." "what's wrong with her dying?" "It's all the same." "The only difference is whether it happens early or late." "Pie Graph ofLife Enjoyable Painful" "Pie Graph ofLife Enjoyable Painful It's just like Misaki said before." "It's just like Misaki said before." "with nothing but painful things." "It's meaningless." "Being alive is meaningless." "Dying is better." "But..." "Exit But..." "Exit you know... absolutely not." "Don't go saying you're gonna die!" "Sato. so I can't make myself believe in God as well as other people do. right before my eyes." "I could blame all the bad things on God." "Misaki." "not even a little." "Misaki." "That's right." "Where lies the reason why Misaki suffers?" "that's an abomination." "Misaki it means there exists a source of that evil." "it means there exists a source of that evil." "There's someone evil who's making Misaki suffer." "You know something?" "There are conspiracies in this world." "But ninety-nine percent of all so-called "conspiracies" are simply imagination." "Or they're just big lies." "one percent of it is the truth?" "Misaki." "become aware of a genuine conspiracy." "Huh?" "And who is that?" "Tatsuhiro Sato." "And the enemy's name is..." "I've known the name since long ago." "The evil organization that makes us suffer." "their name is..." "The N.H.K." "N.H.K.?" "That's right. a secret society that covers all the world." "The bad incidents that occur around you are all the work of the N.H.K.!" "what are you say..." "Sato?" "It's a mental assault from the N.H.K.!" "so they've come to do away with me!" "What?" "What is this N.H.K.?" "(Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai) The Japan Social-Withdrawal Association!" "The evil secret society that turned me into a hikikomori." "(Nihon Hiyowa Kyokai) Or the Japan Frailty Association! and drove her to participate in the "Off" meeting!" "Misaki!" "(Nihon Hikan Kyokai) That one is the Japan Pessimism Association!" "into thinking negatively about everything!" "All the bad occurrences that happen in the world are conspiracies by the N.H.K.!" "Misaki!" "call it whatever you like." "for instance." "God?" "he's come at last to finish me off." "Misaki?" "He's right there!" "I can't see anything like that!" "You can!" "Focus your eyes well and look!" "I can't!" "I can't see him!" "You can!" "I'm absolutely sure you can!" "Ishihama Misaki" "Ishihama Misaki" "That's the source of all evil!" "The last boss!" "It's too late for me." "But I won't go without a fight!" "I'm dragging him down with me!" "Misaki!" "This is the one and only item that can defeat him:" "The Revolution Bomb!" "That's right." "Using this is the only way to defeat that thing!" "The only way is to throw myself into a kamikaze attack!" "Misaki!" "Sato!" "Misaki!" "Thanks for everything up till now!" "Live in good health in the future!" "And lead a happy life for me!" "That is my final request!" "live on for me." "huh?" "I'm truly an idiot." "To think that this kind of thing is the only way that comes to mind to secure the life of a girl I like... truly an idiot." "Idiot!" "Huh?" "A girl I like?" "then?" "I actually was in love with Misaki." "A dramatic death just isn't fitting for us." "Yamazaki!" "the girl I love!" "don't you think?" "!" "...the construction's done..." "Construction"?" "Sato!" "Sato!" "What's this all about?" "!" "so I guess there's nothing to worry about." "they intend to keep me from dying dramatically at any price?" "!" "This is cheating!" "Don't look!" "What are you crying about?" "I'm the one who feels like crying!" "A smiling..." "You can't die." "Don't you dare." "that means... it will take till morning." "Outside Signal Range in the end we're gonna freeze to death." "in the end we're gonna freeze to death." "There's an abandoned house nearby though." "An abandoned house?" "My house." "it's the house my first father built." "That father gave me my name too." "huh?" "This was my room." "I was using it until my third year of middle school." "Sato." "Because my second father got angry if I brought friends home." "It's warmer this way." "Sato." "What?" "Anything is fine." "no matter how boring it is." "I'll tell about a dream I had this morning." "Sure... and started blasting away with a gun glowing with black light." "thick sword..." "Enough!" "The penalty for sexual harassment is a million yen!" "I know." "Then should I talk about my childhood or something?" "Yeah..." "I used to play baseball and stuff a lot at a park near my house." "what with using a rubber ball and a plastic bat... it's possible I'll be getting married in the near future." "it's possible I'll be getting married in the near future." "it's possible I'll be getting married in the near future. my parents have been bugging me to have arranged marriage meetings." "for their sakes." "And I unexpectedly hit the jackpot!" "and by now we're nuts about each other!" "absolutely get in touch!" "Kaoru Yamazaki are you keeping healthy in your hikikomori state?" "My baby was born without incident." "OKAY?" "My baby was born without incident." "OKAY?" "Our home is a mansion." "OKAY?" "My life is moving forward under full sail." "OKAY?" "My life is moving forward under full sail." "OKAY?" "everybody I know..." "I don't wanna go!" "What a pain!" "I can't!" "all you guys." "to keep hanging in there the best I can." "Chinese Food Ramen Dumplings Nishimura" "Chinese Food Ramen Dumplings Nishimura Thanks for your patronage!" "Chinese Food Ramen Dumplings Nishimura" "BEWARE OF MOLESTERS!" "Cat Tuna" "Cat Tuna" ""Come right away after you eat dinner." "I did just finish dinner!" "And are you in some elevated position to order me around?" "It's just that my aunt and uncle feel at ease while I'm spending time with you." "what about the homework?" "Here..." "Never-Say-Die Notes MATH Here..." "Never-Say-Die Notes MATH" "Never-Say-Die Notes MATH Good." "Good." "to be learning subjects from you." "You dropped out of high school." "I dropped out of college." "Anybody could see which of us is the more accomplished." "You think so?" "I swear I'm gonna pass the test to enter a better college than you went to." "Mita House" "I forgot." "my N.H.K." "Huh?" "the evil god has perished." "But we can't be sure that evil won't ever revive itself." "That being the case..." "N.H.K. (Japan Hostage Exchange Association) Entry..." "Rules ofthe Hostage Exchange Association 1." "The Members' own lives..." "N.H.K. (Japan Hostage Exchange Association) Entry..." "Rules of the Hostage Exchange Association 1." "The Members' own lives..." "(Nihon Hitojitsu Koukankai) The "Japan Hostage Exchange Association?" "!" "Each member offers their life as a hostage to the other." "you scoundrel! they won't be able to." "Huh?" "000." "N.H.K. Chair Misaki Nakahara Member No.1 ( ) 000." "N.H.K. Chair Misaki Nakahara Member No.1 ( ) not a single one of our problems has been solved." "I can't" every day while we go on living." "But still..." "Yeah! but I'll give it a try as best I can." "Member No.1 (Tatsuhiro Sato )" "N.H.K. Chair Misaki Nakahara Member No.1 ( Tatsuhiro Sato )" "Sato." "Welcome to the N. H. K." "Final Episode Welcome to the N.H.K.!" "Even if this world were going to end tomorrow" "Since it's you" "Would you take the curt attitude of that's okay with me?" "There's no need to strain yourself" "Just sometimes would be fine" "So lift up your face and look this way" "Look at me" "Though it's a tiny world" "For some reason it's too big for these two hands" "Though it's an endless world" "For some reason it's too small for these two hands" "I want to laugh with you" "In the irritating morning light"