"This program is brought to you by EMI Music Japan." "Yukino!" "girls?" "why are you dozing off?" "You should've woken me up!" "sorry." "[Class over for today.]" "But you looked so cool." "You look tired lately." "Late nights?" "I've been reading." "I have to write a book report." "Is that part of the curriculum for people without cyberbrains?" "You have to borrow books from the Central Library." "That must be hard." "We hardly read paper books." "Sayaka hardly reads any book at all." "That's not true." "There just aren't any books I want to read at the school library." "Good books are hard to find even at the Artificial Island Central Library." "But the one I am reading is pretty good." "[The Silver Sword]" "I'll spoil it for you." "don't!" "some of the passages are cut out." "See." "You're right." "No way!" "Now I'll never know what happens!" "Love Letter - if... it is an old book." "It's bad manner to cut out pages from public library books." "Do you have any idea who might've done it?" "We cannot disclose the checkout record." "It would be a violation of the Personal Information Protection Act." "Many of these books were originally privately owned." "It's possible it was in such a condition prior to donation." "Paper and ink won't last forever." "It's about Minamo." "I am happy to have her if she likes it here." "I'm not comfortable with this." "You can't hire her as a full-time employee. she shouldn't be earning that much money." "I'm very sorry." "She deserves it for working hard at being a diver's buddy." "her guardian." "Is something wrong?" "No." "then I won't stop her." "We're glad she's here." "It might have to bother you once more." "I too like work here as part-time staff." "You can have me as a temporary transfer employee from the Denriken." "Looks like this place is going to get livelier." "I'm back!" "Welcome back." "Welcome." "guess what?" "I am sure this is a love letter!" "A paper book?" "How unusual." "Look here!" "it will make a message." "Someone made a love letter to someone." "I can write an interesting book report!" "Then I will submit it to the Artificial Island Essay Contest and win the first prize!" "I have the missing passages." "They match with the protest manifesto written during the 2027 Campaign against the Digitalization of Books." "Eh?" "and trades insults with his opponent." "Insults?" "When individuals curse at one another." "I know that!" "At least this doesn't seem to be a love letter." "That's mean!" "Souta?" "Really?" "You must be struggling with the book report." "I have finished the book after Souta and Holon told me about the missing passages." "it doesn't feel like a real ending." "What a let down." "Grandma?" "One came to mind while talking to you." "What is it?" "I used to had a book called "Love Letter." "You may be a bit young for it." "But why don't you give it a try?" "There's no record of it being checked out since it was acquired two years ago." "This most likely belongs to the donor." "We shall forward it to the person." "No way!" "It's blank!" "The last page is missing!" "So many things are about to happen." "and even pets!" "Then at the end the main character is about to write a letter." "I'm sure the letter brings the story to conclusion." "But that crucial page is torn off." "If I don't know whom and what the protagonist is going to write." "I can't write my book report." "are you listening?" "Yeah." "The last page of this book is blank." "It is meant to be letter paper." "It is left for the readers to write on the last page a letter from the heart to their love ones." "A love letter." "It's said that the plot is perfectly complete. will find an event or a character that they can relate to." "you will feel an urge to see that special person. then you will be compelled to write to that person from your heart." "It is supposed to be a magic book that lets you to become the greatest writer once in your lifetime." "I had no idea it was such an amazing book." "no one knew anything about it." "They said it was not digitalized." "It looks like that the author didn't give his permission." "It doesn't work if it is not in paper format." "This is the author's only lifetime work. and for a while became the center of heated debate. or digitization to this day." "I haven't really read the whole thing." "I knew you'd say that." "But I need to read the entire book to do my book report." "How are you going to find that letter?" "Give it up and read another book." "Was that..." "What?" "nothing." "I know!" "Who did you write your letter to?" "You read this book?" "I am not the type who would touch anything popular." "There was a letter inside the book?" "The librarian has it now." "if I ask?" "You can't." "It'd be a violation of privacy." "it's bad taste to read it." "It has people's private thoughts in it." "That's not it." "I can't really explain it." "But I get this amazing feeling when I was reading old library books. or burnt by sunlight. or coffee stains on the pages." "I like it this way for some reason." "I prefer them brand new." "I only read special books on paper." "It makes me feel like I'm connected to another person." "the printed words might disappear and the paper might wear out." "Still books have a warmth to them." "It makes me want to know about the people who read the book before me." "I know what you are saying." "it is not going to work." "By the way..." "Grandma too had that book." "Why don't you ask her to show it to you?" "it might still be around somewhere." "Is it all right to ask a relative?" "Not really." "But it's better than sneaking a look at stranger's letter." "do you still have that book?" "I wonder where I put it." "Did you write a letter afterwards?" "I did." "I was too shy to do so." "I didn't send it and left it inside the book." "And where's the book now? after all." "Maybe this one is yours." "It couldn't be." "who did you write to?" "Who?" "Your grandfather." "[To Saori Kominato]" "Nyamo?" "I'm at the Gull Cafe with Yukino." "Have you finished your book report?" "Not yet." "It's about that book report." "Can you look up the person who donated the book I am reading to the Central Library?" "Saori Kominato?" "no problem." "But you're buying next time." "Hold on." "I am searching." "I have it." "It says she was the former CEO of NeoBrain." "They make cyberdiving beds." "Where are they?" "Um..." "The company headquarter is in Building No.4 within the undersea section." "Do you need something from her?" "Looks like she passed away two years ago." "This is indeed my mother's book." "I was wondering why the library sent me an old letter out of the blue." "the mystery is solved." "I donated her entire collection to the Denriken's library and the Central Library." "I thought she would want that." "She's beautiful." "so I asked my employees to handle the paperwork." "I was certain it was nothing but manuals and academic papers." "As yet..." "I'm sorry it wasn't your grandmother's book." "I'm sorry to trouble you." "Thank you very much for seeing me." "Wait a second." "Take this." "I am not sure if it'll help you to write your book report." "But..." "Don't worry about it." "Are you sure? that my mother's face was just like how I imagined." "you want to know what it says." "Yes." "Your face is so full of curiosity." "She said the same thing when she chose me." "It seems to be a reply letter addressed to my mother." "This is the headland at the Ocean Park." "She often came here to watch the sea." "I thought it was just because she liked the sea." "Kushima?" "Who knows?" "I don't remember the past that well." "She left Denriken to start her own business." "And 25 years ago she adopted a son on her own." "just as she passed away two years ago." "She was an extraordinary researcher." "But she also had a talent for business." "She was amazing." "I wish you could've seen her." "I see. to watch the sea where you made the last dive." "Mr. Haru?" "They say a handwritten letter conveys the writer's feelings." "But that is not all." "It can even show how the person who received and read the letter must have felt." "I'll come see you. - 2012/12/19 Haru]" "The name Kominato means little port." "I guess..." "I felt asleep just for a while." "One of the themes of Real Drive is the sea." "What is this about?" "this summer we are going to see the blockbuster movie with the sky as its backdrop." "This is it." "Director Mamoru Oshii's latest animation movie after four years." "Rinko Kikuchi and Ryo Kase will take the leading roles." "Director Mamoru Oshii shall examine the meaning of life for all those living empty lives." "I can't wait for its release." "You will find further information from this corner." "So stay in tuned." "see you next week." "Real Drive!" "This program was brought to you by EMI Music Japan." "Real Drive" " The Office of Cyberdiving Investigation" "Cut across by invisible lines" "The world map has become a patchwork of colors" "As the nation borders are scarred by wounds of history" "I search for the medicine to cure the world" "A voice from the distance past" "Has delivered us the silent message" "Ah I shall continue to walk this planet" "Till I leave behind no footsteps" "In becoming the wind" "Till I leave behind no footsteps" "In becoming the wind" "In becoming the wind Shining upon the impregnable fortress" "Is the seductive light that stops my track" "My initial speed is dragged down by compromises" "And things are not progressing as planned" "That damned head wind" "Is blowing cowardice into my head" "The one who can truly cut through this without faltering" "Is the streamline warrior" "He gets up and takes the world" "He grinds his teeth and searches for the future" "He paints our times in blossoming colors" "He banishes slobber into darkness" "Sunrise shall carry away our bitterness" "I want to see it with you on the neverland hill" "Lets chase after tomorrow facing ahead"