"Do you have memories that you don't want to forget?" "Hey, hey." "Tell me, Hiro-kun, do you like that kind of girl?" "I... just didn't want to let go of what I treasured" "I don't want you to force yourself." "Just you." "But I can't." "I can't!" "If I let you carry me on your back now," "I don't think I will be able to get off." "Hiro-kun!" "As I thought, you came here." "Yeah." "I was surprised." "It's just that you were gone when I woke up." "Even for me... still..." "That's right." "You won." "Don't say something so selfish!" "What do you know?" "You have no idea why I didn't say anything, do you?" "I don't." "I don't, but no matter how much you wish, it will no longer come true." "I won't let it come true." "Because I'm always by Hiro-kun's side." "Can you... be friends with me?" "I had always thought... that one day I would become someone special." "One day," "I would find something where it was clear I had talent." "For a long time now," "I had always imagined that I was a knight who had fought many battles to protect a princess." "But... it seems I didn't make it." "What should I do?" "I liked that place." "The quiet, empty train station where nobody came was the best place for reading alone." "However, someone got here before me today." "N-No trains come to this station." "Ah, sorry." "It's nothing." "B-Bye." "Yeah." "Today was the first time I met her." "That was... an encounter that lasted less than forty-five seconds." "Argh, I don't get it." "Maybe I should go and do some research." "What?" "It's just Kei." "Merry Christmas." "Onii-chan, don't forget about the party!" "I guess I have no choice." "I guess I'll stop by there on my way." "Okay, cut." "Did you get a good shot, Kyosuke?" "I only take good shots." "If it snowed, that would be the best." "No, no." "That would make it difficult when you edit later on." "Oh well." "The library has it anyway." "Let's go eat." "Yeah." "What's wrong?" "Nah, I was thinking it would be nice to take a shot for the cushion too." "There must've been a pretty girl." "Again?" "Is that it again?" "Aw, that hurts." "O-O-O-Ouch..." "I'm home." "Ah, welcome back, Kei-senpai." "Sorry, Mizuki." "The bakery was crowded." "Eh, where's onii-chan?" "He's not here yet." "Are you serious?" "I wonder if he's really coming." "I told him I wouldn't let him off if he stood us up again." "Hiro-senpai always seems to be busy, even though he's not in a club or cram school." "I'm sure he has his reasons." "Mizuki, help me set them up." "Okay." "But he's a weird person." "The other day, when it looked like he was deep in thought, he suddenly started scratching his head like crazy." "As if he were a manga artist facing a deadline." "What's wrong, Kei-senpai?" "Ah, nothing." "I'll send him another e-mail." "Merry Christmas, onee-chan." "Chihiro..." "I wonder if I'm late." "Eh, so this is how it looks inside." "It's a pity." "Mass has already ended." "Ah, nah, I'm not a believer." "I'm just here to do some research." "Who are you?" "There's someone I have to meet here." "You're waiting for someone?" "Well, I'll be leaving then." "Ah, just a moment." "What is it?" "Merry Christmas." "Merry Christmas." "It's cold." "You're late." "Where are you now?" "Ack, Kei is mad." "Thief!" "Wait!" "Hey, did you see a bike?" "I did." "Do you know which way it went?" "That way." "Thank you." "I'm borrowing this." "Eh, wait!" "My... bicycle!" "You bicycle thief!" "Hello." "It's not "hello."" "Onii-chan, don't tell me you forgot about the party?" "I didn't." "I'm just standing you up." "What's with that defiant attitude?" "I don't have a dress for the ball." "Are you Snow White?" "Nah, right now I'm Cinderella." "They're the same!" "I don't have time for that now." "Eh?" "Could it be that you got an urgent job?" "Yeah, I'm busy right now." "We'll talk next time." ""We'll talk next time," you say... eh, wait!" "Onii-chan, you idiot!" "Go die!" "I-I'm going to die!" "My bicycle..." "Hey, are you alive?" "Is this 119?" "When the ambulance gets here, I have to go with her, huh?" "Give me a break." "She's alive, right?" "She can't be dead..." "Eh?" "What was I doing?" "Why are you asking me?" "I remember!" "W-Wait a second!" "You have to lie there." "I was robbed." "My important bag was stolen!" "What are you going to do if you hit your head?" "Wait till the ambulance gets here." "No, that bag was expensive, and both my wallet and cell phone were inside." "I'll definitely catch him!" "Hey, wait!" "Being in the park at night calms you down." "What about the purse-snatcher?" "Didn't you say you'd definitely catch him?" "I ran too much and got tired." "You give up quickly." "It's okay, it's okay." "There's no money in my wallet anyway, and the only number on my cell phone is my grandma's place." "Besides, I was thinking of buying a new bag." "It doesn't matter anymore." "That's totally different from what you said earlier." "More importantly, are you all right?" "Does it hurt somewhere, or do you feel like throwing up?" "Nah, not at all." "Maybe you just don't feel the symptoms yet." "You did pass out after all." "I didn't pass out." "You lost consciousness just like that." "No way, I don't remember it at all." "There's no way you'd remember passing out." "Ah, really?" "Thank you." "For what?" "Thank you for worrying about me." "Wh-What are you saying?" "You're nice." "Shut up." "Anyway, it's better for you if you went to the hospital." "Yeah, I'll think about it." "Ah." "It's snow." "Snow." "Amazing." "Snow." "Don't you think it's nice?" "To have a white Christmas like this with someone." "Wh-Who knows?" "Geez, how cold." "Isn't it sad to be alone on a day like this?" "It doesn't matter." "I can live just by myself." "I don't like being alone." "I haven't told you my name, have I?" "I'm Miyamura Miyako." "I'm Hirono Hiro." "Hirono Hiro..." "Hiro Hiro, eh?" "What a strange name." "Aren't you the same?" "Miyamura Miyako, Miya Miya." "Hah, you're right." "You found something interesting." "You're smart." "Say, Hirono-kun." "Wh-What?" "There's no one... at my home tonight." "You were thinking of something perverted, weren't you?" "Idiot." "What are you talking about?" "Anyway, my house key was in that bag." "So?" "I can't get into my house even if I go back there." "I have to stay out tonight." "On that subject, isn't it dangerous for a girl to stay out by herself?" "Don't tell me... you want me to come along with you..." "Isn't there a saying, "One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb"?" "The original idiom is "doku wo kurawaba sara made."" "Come, let's go." "Hey, w-wait." "I'm not coming with you." "I've still got things to do..." "It seems that Christmas this year... isn't ending just yet." "The furigana next to it says "Risou," which means "Dream."" "During homeroom after school, the printouts from the career interest survey were handed out to us." "Unlike the dream of the future we had when we were children, we now have to define our future concretely." ""I want to be a prince who fights to protect a princess from disasters."" "I'm far past the age that would allow me to write down a dream like that." "It seems I didn't make it." "What should I do?" "And... why are you asking me?" "I want to hear an adult's opinion." "I thought Himura-san might be able to give me some good advice." "Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not a pastor, or a counselor." "But since you're always here, it's natural for me to approach you for advice." "I'm just waiting for someone here." "You're waiting for someone?" "What do you like?" "Eh?" "What do I like...?" "Reading, I guess." "I like fiction." "You can go with that then." "After you graduate from a liberal arts college, you can work in something related to publishing." "You can also write fiction yourself." "But, isn't it too hasty to just turn something I like into my job?" "It's a thousand times better than doing something you hate." "Don't worry." "Consider it." "No more advice." "This is my "adult's opinion."" "Adult's... opinion." "I feel like I understand it, but I don't really get it." "Either way, I have to think it through myself." "He made it sound so simple..." "The furigana next to it says "Omoi," which means "Feeling."" "Yo." "Hello." "Did I interrupt you?" "No." "Erm, can I ask you something weird?" "Did we meet before?" "Y-Yeah." "Really?" "I'm sorry." "As I thought, we did meet before." "Well, actually we just said "hi" to each other." "I guess you're right." "E-Erm..." "Yeah?" "Do you always come here?" "Nah." "Just now and then." "This is a nice, quiet place." "Yeah." "It's the most suitable place for reading." "Besides, I can openly act out "Stand By Me" here." "Renji is referring to the movie "Stand By Me," directed by Rob Reiner." "I mean walking on the railroad track." "No one will scold me if I do it here." "Ah, I see." "It sounds like fun." "Chihiro." "I'm Chihiro." "My name is Shindou Chihiro." "Lions drop their cubs into an abysmal valley." "It's written as Senjin and read as Chihiro." "Abysmal valley = (senjin no tani) is how her name is written." "I'm Asou Renji." "Asou-san, right?" "Yeah." "Chihiro, you're early." "Early?" "Yeah." "You came earlier than me the other day as well." "That's because..." "I'm not attending school." "You're not... going to school?" "Yes." "Ah, is that so?" "Yes." "I'm sorry." "I'm going home now." "Eh, what's wrong?" "This is your place." "I think I'm bothering you, and you seem to feel uneasy." "That's not true." "It's not like that at all." "I'm thinking something similar too." "Because I'm here, you can't take your time to read." "That's not true at all." "Please don't worry about it." "Same for me." "Don't worry about it." "I'll walk you home." "Do you live nearby?" "Nah, I want to stay here a bit longer." "It's getting dark already." "I want to stay here." "I see." "Erm..." "Can I still come here?" "Of course." "Thank you." "See you, then." "...you." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "See... you." "See you." "A" "The furigana next to it says "Negai," which means "Wish."" "What were you looking at?" "I wasn't looking at anything." "What about the sky?" "Ah, you're right." "I was looking at the sky." "Are you all right?" "What do you mean?" "Well, you look different from yesterday." "Yesterday?" "Erm, could you be Asou-san?" "Eh?" "Yeah, that's me." "What's wrong?" "Yesterday's "see you"..." "Yesterday's... what?" ""See you"..." "Ah, wh-what's wrong, Chihiro?" "Erm, it's not like that." "It's not." "It's not..." "Oh no." "Why... did I...?" "Even though you ask me why..." "It's not..." "This is not what I meant to do..." "A-Are you all right?" "I'm okay." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Erm, why did you come today, Asou-san?" "Eh, well, it's because..." "I-I don't really know why." "I see." "I'm sorry." "I was too happy and misunderstood." "I'm sorry." "Please forget about it." "Does that mean she was happy to see me?" "But we've only met three times, she couldn't be so happy that she'd hug me and cry..." "That's impossible." "Asou-san." "That pocket..." "Ah, it's the novel I'm currently reading." "Do you like fiction?" "Yeah, it's like I'm a wordaholic." "I always carry a few books in my pocket." "If I don't, it feels unnatural, as if I'm not carrying enough weight." "It's just like a cat's whiskers." "Eh?" "Ah, I see." "That's cute." "That book of yours is like a cat's whiskers too?" "Something like that." "I can't live without it." "Same as me." "Yeah." "Asou-san, I have a favor to ask you." "May I?" "What is it?" "Can you... be friends with me?" "Friends?" "You don't want to?" "N-Nah, of course I do!" "I'm the one who'd like to ask you to be my friend." "Yes." "See you." "Yes." "See you." "Yeah... yahoo!" "Asou-san went home after saying that." "I was happy." "Asou-san made a promise to me yesterday, and he came to see me today." "Today he also promised me that he would come see me tomorrow." "And he became friends with me." "Even though I shouldn't indulge myself in something like this." "Kei-onee-chan." "The two of us meet again, and the uncertain time begins to move." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "Upon a time." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "Can you... be friends with me?" "Friends?" "You don't want to?" "See you." "Yes." "Welcome back, Chihiro." "Did you have fun?" "Yes, it was a lot of fun." "Don't force yourself, okay?" "And..." "And I shouldn't get in too deep." "I shouldn't let myself get in too deep." "Himura-san, would it be bad if I told someone about myself?" "If it's something you've decided, I won't object." "As for my personal opinion," "I don't approve." "You're right." "Even if I get into trouble," "I won't be able to regret it." "All right." "Onii-chan, it's morning." "Wake up, Onii-chan." "If you don't wake up, you're going to be late." "Well then, since I've already gone this far, whatever happens afterwards is your own problem." "I told you to wake up!" "That hurts." "Aren't your methods of waking me up getting more and more violent?" "Because you're sleeping in later and later." "Since it's bad for your health, didn't I tell you to stop sleeping at your desk?" "It can't be helped." "Because the deadline is soon, it's a major crisis." "Don't you say it's a crisis every single month?" "Work is fine, but your real occupation is being a student." "Being a manga artist is also my occupation." "Quit quibbling, and go wash your face right now." "Otherwise, everyone will find out about your job." "Hah?" "Onii-chan, if you don't properly go to school regularly, your attendance record will be really bad." "You're slow, and your grades are poor ." "On top of being perverse, you don't have enough days in attendance." "It's like you're saying, "Let me repeat my second year."" "Then I might be in the same class as you next year." "I'm telling you to go to school on time so that it won't happen!" "I wouldn't go as far as telling you to stop publishing, but come to school more regularly." "Well, I'll think about it." "Yeah, think about it." "Say, have you been reading my manga lately?" "Of course I have." "You rarely tell me about your thoughts on them." "Because it's embarrassing to tell you what I think." "Besides, even if I don't tell you, your readers write you letters, don't they?" "Shindou Nagi-sensei." ""sensei" is a suffix used here as a token of respect for a professional, in this case for a manga artist." ""sensei" is a suffix used here as a token of respect for a professional, in this case for a manga artist." ""sensei" is a suffix used here as a token of respect for a professional, in this case for a manga artist." "Don't call me that outside." "Yes, Onii-chan." "No "Onii-chan" either." "Don't doze off." "Properly listen to what the teacher says." "And if the teacher calls on you, answer clearly in a loud voice." "Are you my guardian?" "See you, Hirono-senpai." "Yeah." "You're unusually early, Hirono." "Kyosuke." "Moreover, you came to school with your girlfriend." "I guess you've grown into more of a man." "She's not my girlfriend, and it's none of your business." "Listen, Hirono." "Even if she's not your type, it's important to get along with the girl first." "Among her friends might be a girl that's your type." "And there might be even more of your type among her friends' friends." "Your lack of discrimination towards girls is due to that strategy?" "Nah, I'm just a fickle person." "You think something said by someone like that would be persuasive?" "So, are you going to class today?" "Since I'm already here, I'll just go register my attendance." "Attendance only?" "I... always... have a feeling of loss, as if I'm lacking something." "I always feel like a certain color is missing from the world I see." "But I have no idea what color is missing, and the more I want to search for the answer, the further away I get." "Impatience is gnawing at my heart bit by bit." "You're quite a reckless person." "I'm an idiot, so I can only see what's in front of me." "You're strong." "That's not true." "I just think that someone whose dream comes true has a kind of responsibility." "Who would that responsibility be for?" "For the dreamer, me." "Did I fall asleep?" "Are you awake, Hirono-kun?" "You..." "Morning." "I'm Miyamura Miyako." "You're a student at Otowa, eh?" "My uniform looks pretty tempting too, doesn't it?" "You were totally asleep." "If you sleep in a place like this, you'll catch a cold." "So, why are you here?" "Isn't it obvious?" "I came to see you." "The test is read backwards here, from right to left." "It's a reference from the manga "Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei."" "If only this car wasn't there, it would be a good shot." "Hey, Kyosuke." "Hmm?" "The shots you took are good, but it's tough to combine them together." "Huh?" "The shots require so much attention that they interrupt the flow." "When I took the one-cuts, I put all my soul in it." "You should also give all you've got when editing." "That kind of movie won't win." "If you want to win at the Cinema Festival, you should cater to widely held interests." "But--among our works--there are lots of fans who like the movies Kyosuke shoots." "President?" "Since those are popular, shouldn't our strategy be to make good use of Kyosuke's movies in our productions?" "You're right, but..." "Kyosuke?" "I'm going to the bathroom." "That's not it." "It's about time for me to retire." "That girl... should be Hiro's..." "It's almost time for Renji-kun to come." "I'm going to tell him the truth today." "Chihiro..." "Can I go to your place after my club activities, Onii-chan?" "Ah, he has his deadline." "But I was really surprised." "That you're in the same school as me." "I don't come to school often." "Ah, me too." "When it comes to school attendance, I'm known as the infamous, class-skipping devil." "That's why we don't know each other." "When I saw you, I was unsure whether I should call out to you or not." "Why?" "I needed to be prepared." "I'm a girl, after all." "I don't understand at all." "This is our reunion after just the two of us spent Christmas together." "I want it to be romantic." "We just spent our time in a karaoke bar and a family restaurant till morning." "Moreover, I paid for everything." "By the way, Hirono-kun." "Sorry." "To tell you the truth, I saw it." "That note." "Is it possible you have that kind of dream?" "Dream?" "Don't be shy." "Don't be shy." "It's not something embarrassing." "It's good to have a dream." "Yeah, yeah." "Rather than dreaming about it, I'm already a manga artist." "A self-proclaimed one?" "Or an imaginary one?" "An active one." "A professional one whose series appear in magazines." "Seriously?" "Seriously." "What kind of manga are you drawing?" "Generally speaking, shoujo manga." "Shoujo manga are intended to appeal to girls." "Shoujo manga are intended to appeal to girls." "Shoujo manga are intended to appeal to girls." "Eh?" "!" "Now that you mention it, I see you have a girlish face." "That's what you're surprised about?" "Heh, that's amazing of you." "In other words, you already have a job." "Well, yeah." "You're already supporting yourself at such a young age." "Well, yeah." "A dream life living on royalties..." "Well... not that far..." "Amazing." "A master." "Ah, shut up." "If you have the time to praise others, try to do something to be praised for." "Wah, arrogant." "Take a look at my manga." "There are plenty of lines in there that sound even more arrogant." "Seriously?" "Seriously." "From yesterday's me..." "To today's me..." "Eh?" "Chihiro isn't here yet?" "Good afternoon." "Ah, good afternoon." "You're late today." "I was reading until after noon." "Before I noticed..." "What were you reading?" "Erm, that's... how should I put it..." "It was a boring book." "You were absorbed in a boring book?" "Ah, nah." "Rather than absorbed..." "Something that you can't tell your friend?" "Erm, that..." "You're my friend, but..." "But?" "You're mean." "Okay." "It's okay for me to tell you, but please keep it a secret." "No matter what." "I won't tell anyone, no matter what." "Erm, a-actually..." "I wasn't reading a story." "Weren't reading?" "Is it possible you were writing one?" "You're really mean." "Can you show it to me?" "I refuse, no matter what." "I see." "But that's amazing." "A story, eh?" "That's a really unpleasant reaction." "That's not what I meant." "Just slightly." "It's a slightly unpleasant reaction?" "Nah, I was just thinking of trying to write one too." "You're writing one as well?" "It was just a thought." "I received a career interest survey at school." "I'm thinking of becoming a novelist." "Really?" "I think that's a really good idea." "Honestly?" "Yes." "I'm interested to know what kind of story you'd write." "I'm also interested to know what you wrote..." "You shouldn't worry about it." "I-I see." "You shouldn't touch it for the rest of your life." "Please keep it a secret even after you pass away or go to hell." "O-Okay." "Does that mean I'm going to hell?" "But a career is hard to decide." "Really?" "It's not?" "I think doing what you like will be the best choice." "You're right." "I was told the same thing." "By whom?" "An adult." "What do you want to become?" "I have a dream." "A dream?" "I don't want to become a novelist." "I just want to write stories." "Even if it's just a single story, I want to complete one as my current self." "I see." "I believe you can do it." "Really?" "Yeah." "Even though my guarantee is not reliable." "That's not true." "Thank you very much." "I'm happy about what you just said." "I have to start going to school again tomorrow." "I don't want to go." "You don't want to go?" "It's not like I hate school though." "School, eh?" "Ah, sorry." "Nah, it's okay." "It's fun to hear about school." "Rather, it's fun to hear because I can't go." "I see." "My twin sister always tells me about her school." "If she sounds happy," "I'd be happy after hearing it too." "Twin?" "Yes." "Her personality is the complete opposite of mine." "Onee-chan is like an animal that would die if it stops moving." "She's a first-year student at Otowa." "Her name is Shindou Kei." "But I won't run into her if she's in junior high." "She's in senior high." "Eh?" "You two are twins, right?" "Yes." "Erm, that means you're also..." "If I went to school," "I'd be a first-year student in senior high." "Ah..." "I-I see." "Ack, I kept thinking she was younger than me." "Erm, should I call you "Shindou-san" from now on?" ""Chihiro" is fine." "Everyone calls me that." "Then can you call me "Renji?"" ""Asou-san" doesn't work?" "It's not the correct form of address." "Then how about "Renji-san?"" ""San" is embarrassing." "Use "kun."" "I'll be the one who's embarrassed if I address you like that." "Nah, see... as a friend." "Okay." "I'll call you "Renji-kun" from now on." "Renji-kun." "Renji-kun." "Renji-kun." "Renji-kun." "Yeah." "It feels weird." "The furigana next to it says "Yakusoku", which means "Promise."" "I'm going this way." "Really?" "See you." "Yes." "Goodbye." "Renji-kun!" "What is it?" "I..." "I..." "Chihiro?" "Nah, it's nothing." "Goodbye." "Chihiro!" "Yes?" "Tomorrow..." "Tomorrow?" "Let's have fun again tomorrow." "I'll come to the station after school." "Can you make it tomorrow?" "I think so." "Okay." "I'll see you at the station tomorrow." "So it's you." "The one she met." "Himura-san..." "If you want to stay by Chihiro's side, you have to be prepared." "Asou-san..." "Renji-kun said to me, "Let's have fun tomorrow."" "It's not just a greeting like "see you"." "It's a real promise this time." ""See you tomorrow."" "Onee-chan," "I can't imagine "tomorrow" and "happiness."" "Will I..." "Will I still be here tomorrow?" "The story he's reading is a folktale called "Kachikachi Yama."" "If you want to stay by Chihiro's side, you have to be prepared." "You wouldn't say "be prepared," or something like that, under normal circumstances." "Yahoo." "Are you Renji-kun?" "Yes." "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon." "What should we do today?" "Should we go shopping somewhere?" "If it's a place with only a few people." "I don't like going outside or to places with a lot of people." "It's really beautiful." "Yeah." "As if it's burning." "Asou Renji-san." "Hmm?" "Am I your friend?" "Why are you asking me again?" "Maybe it doesn't mean anything particularly special to you." "What am I to you, then?" "I think I was interested in you from the start." "And then, before long, I couldn't leave you alone, or rather..." "Yeah, I'm not worried about you." "I always want to see you." "Like a sister?" "It does feel like a sister too." "I also thought that if I had an elder brother, it would be someone like you." "Really?" "Yes." "And, erm..." "I..." "Chihiro." "Yes?" "Take a deep breath." "Write "person" on your palm, and then pretend to eat it." "This is a popular practice in Japan that is supposed to help a nervous person calm down." "This is a popular practice in Japan that is supposed to help a nervous person calm down." "This is a popular practice in Japan that is supposed to help a nervous person calm down." "Yes." "I'm sorry, I was testing you a little." "I wasn't sure emotionally if you were the right one to talk to about this, but now I know." "You didn't change before, and now." "Erm, you're not a different person, are you?" "Eh?" "Well, since you have a twin sister, you're not going to tell me that you switched places with your elder sister, are you?" "You're right." "I guess I can't help being regarded as a different person." "Asou-san." "I have a memory defect." "Memory... defect?" "Yes." "My memory doesn't last longer than thirteen hours." "In that sense, yesterday's me and today's me are two different people." "Even if I live past today, I won't become tomorrow's me." "I've always been like this." "And I will always be like this." "My feelings and that person's feelings pass by each other." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "Paradox." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "From yesterday's me to today's me." ""You will lose your memory every thirteen hours."" ""It's the result of a traffic accident that happened four years ago."" ""I'm sorry to tell you that you also lost your left eye."" ""Please accept what has happened is real."" ""Here, I will write down what you need to know for you to live on."" ""First, please, without fail, read this diary every morning."" ""This is your memory."" ""Everything of yours is here."" ""Second, please make sure to write in the diary."" ""What you did that day, the conversations you had, medical records, etc."" ""Please write them down as accurately as you can."" ""Third, if possible, please avoid coming into contact with strangers."" ""Due to this handicap, you might have a hard time or might trouble the person you've met."" ""In case you meet someone, please write down that person's exact characteristics and information in the diary."" "At first," "I wrote down that you're a small, older guy in a school uniform, who came to the station around three o'clock." "Older?" "Because for me, time stopped four years ago." "Ah, I see." "If you wore plain clothes on holidays, or if I met you before three o'clock, I wouldn't recognize you." "So that's how it was." "That's as far as you can read." "Ah, sorry." "This is a diary after all." "No." "This is the real me." "Thirteen hours." "That's the number of hours you can remember." "I remember from when I get up at seven o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock in the evening." "But, after that, an hour of my memories disappears as each hour passes." "At twelve o'clock midnight, my memories from before eleven o'clock in the morning will be gone." "And then at seven o'clock the next morning, my memories before six o'clock, the previous evening, will be gone." "In that case, when you get up in the morning, you'll have forgotten all about your encounter with me..." "Nah, I will remember." "I think back upon things that are important to me." "Many, many times." "If I manage to recall them, I'm able to remember them for the next thirteen hours." "At nine o'clock in the evening, before I go to sleep, I read the dairy and think back upon the things that are important to me." "If I do that, I'm able to remember them even the next morning." "The fact that I had fun with you, and the fact that I have a memory defect." "I live a peaceful life right now." "I don't go to school, and since I don't have anyone whom I can call a friend..." "I'm really doing nothing at all." "If I space out at the station, then I won't have anything I need to remember." "It's a worthless life, isn't it?" "If I let go of everything, life will be very easy." "That's not true" "I don't have anything." "Therefore, if I can, my goal is to live a life without troubling others." "However, that's difficult as well." "As long as I'm alive, I will trouble someone." "And then I'll heartlessly forget that I troubled them." "Renji-san." "I'm going to tell you a joke." "Eh?" "A joke?" "The furigana next to it says "Rinjin," which means "Neighbor."" "I'm home." "Welcome back." "Dinner is ready." "Come to think of it, Renji, you got the career interest survey, didn't you?" "How do you know?" "I heard the other mothers talking about it in cooking class." "That's pretty early." "You're still a first-year student." "Yeah." "What will you write down?" "I don't know." "It's fine if you just write down what you want to be." "If I could decide, I wouldn't be stressed over it." "Oh yeah, there's something I'd like you to deliver to Kuze-san after this." "Kuze-san is back?" "Yeah." "The pot on the stove is his share." "Bring it to him." "Yeah." "Kuze-san." "Oh, if it isn't Renji." "It's been a long time." "You're as short as ever." "Have you been eating properly?" "After three months, is that the first thing you've got to say?" "Oh, is that my usual share?" "Yes." "My mom told you to enjoy." "I accept it gratefully." "I wonder what today's dish is." "Erm, can I come in?" "There's something I want to talk to you about." "Yeah, if you don't mind that there's a girl on my bed who's wearing nothing." "Excuse me for interrupting you." "It's okay." "We don't mind." "I do, so forget about it." "Well, you're right." "Worrying over something?" "No, it's not a big deal." "That's all right then." "I'll visit your place with a souvenir next time." "After you're finished with the pot, please leave it in front of my house." "Thank you for everything." "Good night, Renji." "Sweet dreams." "Welcome back, Kuze-san." "The furigana next to it says "Mujun," which means "Contradiction."" "I'm leaving." "Be careful." "The same peaceful day as usual." "I feel that way because I remember my usual life." "I was happy to see Kuze-san yesterday." "That's because I remember Kuze-san." "But for Chihiro, both the day she lived and the people she met disappear from her memory after thirteen hours." "I went to see Chihiro simply because I wanted to see her." "But Chihiro has to be mentally prepared to meet a stranger like me." "I bet she feels anxious and scared." "Yet..." "See you tomorrow." "Yes." "See you tomorrow." "Is it all right for me to go and see Chihiro with such an irresponsible attitude?" "If you want to stay by Chihiro's side, you have to be prepared." "Am I just being half-hearted about Chihiro?" "She won't be there today." "I'm going to tell you a joke." "A joke?" "Every day I think about how I can disappear without troubling anyone." "But I've given up on that idea." "I'm not afraid of disappearing." "The feeling of being afraid will simply disappear as well." "It's just that..." "Just that?" "What I'm truly afraid of is not the disappearance of my own memory, but disappearing from the memories of everyone else." "I see." "Surprisingly, I'm quite a coward." "A joke... eh?" "A joke... eh?" "Isn't there something I can do for Chihiro?" "Something that a knight can do to protect his princess." "Something that will make her happy." "I have a dream." "A dream?" "I want to write stories." "Even if it's just a single story, I want to complete one as my current self." "The furigana next to it says "Yakusoku," which means "Promise."" "How come you're here?" "I'm the messenger." "Chihiro caught a cold. "Since I couldn't come here today, I'm sorry," she said." "Is she all right?" "It's just an ordinary cold." "To be safe, she's forbidden to go out today." "I... see." "I... see." "Why didn't you come yesterday?" "You two made a promise, right?" ""See you tomorrow."" "Chihiro was here till midnight." "To make up for her memory loss, Chihiro makes sure that she keeps that kind of promise." "To her, "see you tomorrow" is an important promise that connects the her of that day to the her of a different day." "I guess she was happy." "Even though I came to pick her up, she told me she had made a promise with you." "How stubborn." "Since Chihiro cannot confirm her own existence, she listens to everything people tell her." "It seems she still has some human qualities left in her." "I... didn't even realize that." "I... didn't even realize that." "You're not the one to blame." "Chihiro's inflexibility about her common sense just means I'm not qualified to be her guardian." "Yeah." "That's all." "Ah, Onii-chan." "Yo." "Practicing by yourself this morning?" "Nah." "Everyone is too slow, so I left them behind." "Let me have a sip." "Aside from that, what's wrong?" "You're up so early." "I finished the script through sheer willpower." "I just brought it to the editing department." "If I fell asleep, I wouldn't be able to wake up, so I thought I'd head straight to school." "What kind of wind is blowing?" "Is it going to rain too?" "I can't guarantee I'll be awake during class though." "Then it's meaningless!" "You drank all of it..." "Well, I commend you for your solo efforts." "Good work, Onii-chan." "What was that about?" "Guess who." "Now, who am I?" "Hey you..." "Don't be mad." "It's just a cute prank that's done all the time, right?" "Normally you only cover the eyes!" "Normal is no fun." "You can't kill me for a reason like that!" "But I'm glad you're here." "Why?" "Because, if you weren't here..." "The lock to such a wonderful hiding place couldn't be opened." "Ah, I see." "Hey, will you give that to me?" "No." "It's an important souvenir my elder sister gave me as congratulations for being admitted to this school." "Even a duplicate key is fine, then." "There's no way I'm gonna share my precious space, where I can be alone." "By the way, Hirono-kun." "What about your job today?" "If you don't finish your script soon, will your editor beat you up?" "I wouldn't come to school under such circumstances." "Really?" "Let's go, then." "W-Wait a second." "Where are we going?" "Somewhere that's not h-e-r-e." "Somewhere that's not h-e-r-e." "Somewhere that's not h-e-r-e." "Somewhere that's not h-e-r-e." "Somewhere that's not h-e-r-e." "Somehow, it looks ordinary." "What do you mean by "ordinary"?" "It's like it came out of a textbook." "This kind of film is commonplace." "We made it to look ordinary." "It looks too much like Impressionism if we combine your shots together." "What's wrong with that?" "Works that are too individualistic won't be considered for the special prize." "If you plan to go after a high-ranking prize, a solid production will work better." "Kyosuke..." "As I thought, even simply taking a walk in Otawa is fun." "I've been living here forever, so I'm tired of seeing it." "There might be a difference in the scenery you usually see when two people walk together." "Not at all." "This Otawa town had ordinary Japanese scenery before as well." "It was all wiped out by the earthquake." "It was also burned to ashes during the war." "What an unlucky town." "Maybe that's why..." "They built a town that was completely different from before." "You don't need to hold back." "I have money with me." "I stayed up all night, so I can't eat that much." "The weather is nice." "There's no way I'd feel like attending class on a day like this." "You skip school regardless of the weather, don't you?" "Yeah." "Do you hate school?" "Nah." "Why, then?" "The town is way more interesting than lessons." "Huh?" "I don't hate school." "I just hate being bored." "In any case, isn't it better to choose the interesting one?" "Even though I shouldn't be the one to say so, it's bad not to go to school." "If the world was restrained to common sense, life wouldn't be fun." "You should also do things that you think you'd enjoy." "Hiro-senpai!" "Hayama." "Hiro-senpai, what are you doing at a place like this?" "What about you?" "I'm shopping." "For my supply of shoujo manga." "You really like manga, eh." "Hirono-kun, who's she?" "Ah." "She's my kouhai, Hayama Mizuki." "A "kouhai" is a junior at school or work." "Nice to meet you." "She's my classmate, Miyamura." "Miyamura... erm..." "What?" "!" "Hirono-kun." "I order you to call me "Miyako" from this very moment on." "What's that?" "My heart is thoroughly scarred because you forgot my name so quickly." "I have no idea what I should do anymore." "Say, Hayama." "Do you think this is a threat?" "It's your fault." "Besides, it's weird to call your girlfriend by her last name." "Hiro-senpai is such a shy guy." "She's not my girlfriend!" "E-Eh?" "Really?" "I thought that if you got a girlfriend, the available Kei-senpai would be mine." "How come even Kei is now my girlfriend?" "Where's Miyamura?" "You got dumped." "As I said, she's not my girlfriend!" "Kyosuke." "I know how you feel, but try to understand." "Everyone worked hard to win at this Cinema Festival." "You guys always talk about that." "The only thing you care about is the evaluation." "You should stick to what you want to do." "How about you?" "Are you sticking to what you want to do?" "No idea." ""No idea"..." "Somehow, I'm bored lately." "Peeking through the finder." "What does that mean?" "I can't see what I want to do." "Say, Kyosuke." "What?" "Let's break up." "Somehow I don't understand you anymore." "You're right." "Can you fill out the notice that I'm leaving the club, President?" "Kyosuke..." "The site of the earthquake, eh?" "It's still here." "You can't stay here." "There's no need to look back at the wreckage of a past that's already over." "I only look forward all the time." "Oh?" "Aren't you unable to see what you want to do?" "For now." "But I decided what I wanted to do a long time ago." "I..." "I take the shots I want to take." "What's that?" "What I want to take is..." "A dream." "The cold is nothing serious, but Himura-san won't let me go outside." "Even though, I want to go see Renji-kun." "You have to listen to what Himura-san tells you." "If you get worse, it'll be bad." "Mizuki?" "Hirono-kun, you idiot." "Hey, Onii-chan." "Don't yawn while watching someone practicing." "It's rude." "I'm on a different timetable than you." "Humans should sleep at night and wake up in the morning, right?" "Manga artists are creatures who really live outside the confines of human nature." "It doesn't matter." "What do you want to talk to me about this early in the morning?" "You skipped school yesterday, didn't you?" "Y-Yeah." "My body couldn't stand it after staying up all night." "I went home to sleep in the afternoon." "You liar." "I know." "You were with Miyamura-senpai, right?" "I heard from Mizuki." "You ran into her, didn't you?" "You know Miyamura?" "She's famous." "You're about the only one who doesn't know, since you don't come to school." "Really?" "Because she's pretty, the guys always talk about her." "She's a habitual school-skipper, and even when she attends class once in a while, she completely ignores what the teacher says." "When she's called on, she doesn't answer." "Your attendance record is already dangerously bad." "She didn't know the circumstances, yet she just took you out as she liked." "What an annoying girl." "Stop bad-mouthing someone you don't really know!" "Do you know Miyamura-senpai well, then?" "I don't." "T-The first time we met was Christmas." "It hasn't been a month yet." "Christmas...?" "Is that true?" "Onii-chan, you broke your promise to me because you met Miyamura-senpai?" "I entrust the feelings that I want to convey in the story." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "Honesty." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "At that time, I couldn't understand the feeling of being in touch with people." "At that time, I couldn't understand the feeling of being alone." "Hey, Chihiro, let's go." "Yeah." "L-e-t's play!" "Let's go." "E-Eh?" "Where are we going?" "Our place." "W-Wait a second!" "That small encounter totally changed the path I was walking." "I believed that the happy times would continue forever." "But..." "Hey." "Something is on my head." "It's a present." "Present?" "Sorry about the day before yesterday." "I broke our promise." "Ah, it seems that way, though..." "Though?" "The truth is, I don't really remember what happened back then." "Oh..." "But thank you very much." "Pya?" "What's wrong?" "N-Nothing." "It's cute." "Thank you very much." "Is your cold better?" "Yes, it's fine." "I see." "I'm glad that you've recovered." "Say." "What is it?" "There's something I want to talk to you about." "Do you want to write a novel with me?" "Eh?" "Why did you ask that?" ""Why...?"" "Doesn't it sound fun?" "Let's try to write one." "It's impossible." "There's no way I can do it." "Why?" ""Why?"" "You know that my memory doesn't last more than thirteen hours, right?" "Yeah." "But I'll help you too..." "I don't want to write one." "No way..." "Why did you say something so mean?" "Mean?" "Me?" "Yes." "You're usually a much kinder person." "I want to try writing a novel for your sake." "Why is it for my sake?" "Because you said it was your dream to write stories." "That was the me from a week ago." "You are you, whether from a week ago or now." "A dream is a dream." "I'm going home." "Chihiro!" "Somehow I don't understand you anymore." "That's natural." "Even I don't understand myself anymore." "You broke your promise to me because you met Miyamura-senpai?" "Idiot." "Ah, Kei-senpai?" "Let's trade this month's manga." "Ah, sorry." "I haven't bought mine yet." "Eh?" "!" "You're in charge of getting the monthly magazine, MIMI." "Sorry." "You can go ahead and read it first, so you buy it." "I'm out of money already for the month." "I lent some to Hiro-senpai the other day too." "Eh?" "Why did Onii-chan borrow money from you?" "Because Hiro-senpai was dumped by Miyamura-senpai." "Huh?" "Hiro-senpai was penniless, so I paid the bill for him." "I don't understand what you're talking about at all." "In other words, Miyamura-senpai was supposed to treat Hiro-senpai the day before yesterday." "Hiro-senpai made her mad, and she went home early." "Then Onii-chan is..." "Hiro-senpai is as clumsy in relationships with girls as he seems." "I see." "It flies pretty well, because it's light." "Can't I get paid soon?" "Miyamura?" "Ah, erm..." "Miyako-san." "Don't add "san" either." "Next time I won't answer you." "Okay." "Good." "Because of your obedience, I guess I'll make an exception and forgive you this time." "Forgive?" "Did I do something that bad?" "Hirono-kun, what's that?" "I know." "It's some extraordinary food prepared for our reunion." "That's right." "My credit is always in an extraordinary state at the end of the month." "Poor you." "That's right." "This time I'll treat you for real, so let's go and eat something." "I can't just go strolling around every day." "I have work to do." "Even though it's Sunday?" "That doesn't matter." "I see." "Well then..." "Let's go." "Where are we going?" "Your place of course." "Huh?" "I'm sure he doesn't have anything good to eat, since it's the end of the month." "All right." "If I remember correctly, that girl is Hirono's..." "So it was her." "Heh, you live in quite a nice place." "Shouldn't you be a little more cautious?" "Eh?" "Why?" "You're a girl after all." "You shouldn't just go to a guy's room like it's nothing." "It's okay." "I know." "What?" "That you'll be nice to me." "Your thinking is too naive." "That response doesn't sound right." "With someone you don't know well, there's no way you could know." "I know what kind of person he is and what he's thinking." "Liar." "I'm not bragging, but I have a good eye for people." "Because, I..." "What?" "Ah!" "I found an ecchi book!" "Heh, so that's what you're into." "This is drawing material." "Oh, like that sounds plausible." "I want to do my work soon." "Ah, go ahead." "Don't mind me." "I'll observe quietly." "Listen, I can't let others see my drafts before they're published." "Then show me some that have already been published." "Lend me the manga that you drew." "If you do that, I'll go home immediately." "Why do I have to make a deal with you?" "S-h-o-w me." "I guess I have no choice." "This is a short story I wrote before my works were serialized." "It hasn't been published as a book yet, so I only have copies of it." "That's great." "Then I'm borrowing it." "Kyosuke." "Sorry, President." "I'm taking my camera." "I see." "Let me know if you're short of equipment." "Thank you." "I think I'll probably ask you before the next production." "The Cinema Festival." "The guys were bragging about it, so they'll definitely win." "What about you?" "Are you going to make one by yourself?" "Yeah." "There's a film I want to make no matter what." "How is it, Mizuki?" "Is it good?" "That's quite an arrogant question." "This isn't about deliciousness." "It's about whether eating it will be harmful or not." "Is it that bad?" "How on Earth can you make such bad food?" "You don't need to put it like that." "Even though it's just one, you shouldn't waste rice like this." "It's not one." "It's three." "Yes?" "I made three." "This is the rice ball that got finished." "Where are the other two?" "They stuck to my hands while I was molding them." "You shouldn't cook, ever again!" "Don't be so mad." "Anyway, what happened all of a sudden?" "It's not like you to cook." "Because..." "I'm responsible for it too." "Hah?" "Nah, it's nothing." "It's also partly my fault that Onii-chan is working so hard now." "This is a parody of an erotic literature's title of the same pronounciation, written by Dan Oniroku." "This is another parody of a martial art manga of the same pronounciation drawn by Itagaki Masaya." "Onii-chan, look!" "This one is interesting too." "Read it." "Okay." "Ah, wait a second." "Amazing!" "Wow." "It looks exactly the same." "Hey, draw more." "All right." "You might be a genius." "I... wonder." "Amazing." "At that time, I was happy to be with Onii-chan." "At that time, I was happy to see them happy." "But, now..." "What am I seeking now?" "I'm searching for the color that's missing from the world I see." "I..." "Hirono-kun." "When did you come in?" "More importantly, Hirono-kun." "Manga." "Huh?" "I'm drawing it right now." "Not that one." "The others." "Do you have any other manga that you drew?" "Yeah." "I still have three more short stories, and the ones that were serialized already." "Lend me those." "Right now." ""Right now"...?" "Is my manga that interesting?" "Eh?" "Hmm..." "Hirono-kun, you're being nervous." "Shut up!" "Well, they were really interesting." "You might be a genius." "Hi." "Hello." "Ah, Mizuki." "The pork cutlet is still raw inside, even though the outside is burned black." "Is it the pan's fault?" "It's your fault." "Don't be mean to me." "Teach me." "Listen, Senpai." "For fried food, the temperature of the oil..." "Ah, fire!" "Fire!" "The pan is burning!" "Water!" "Water!" "Water!" "Nah, don't use water!" "Absolutely not!" "The fire will only get stronger!" "Then what should I do?" "Mayonnaise." "Please put mayonnaise on it." "Pour a whole ton of it into the pan." "A whole ton of it...?" "H-Hold on a second." "Senpai?" "Senpai?" "The fire is out." "The fire is out, Mizuki!" "You're an amazing genius!" "I'm not an amazing genius!" "Ah, a new record." "Welcome back." "It's not "welcome back."" "It'd be better if you stopped hiding the duplicate key under the flowerpot." "What are you doing?" "I'm thinking of making you dinner to thank you for the manga." "Go home, you." "Why?" "Do you know that humans can't digest raw starch?" "Yes?" "Do you know that an excessive intake of chemical seasonings makes your hands and feet go numb?" "What's that already?" "I decided I wouldn't eat a girl's home cooking as long as I lived." "It seems you have some kind of dark past." "It's fine." "It's none of your business." "The only food that my heart allows are these!" "All right, Miyako's specially-made rice with wild herbs is ready!" "So?" "Are you going to try it?" "It's delicious, isn't it?" "Delicious?" "Yeah, it's good." "See?" "Damn it." "She's the only one I didn't want to flatter." "It's some compensation if you say it's delicious." "It's not worth making if I'm eating alone." "Alone...?" "What about your family?" "You shouldn't, Hirono-kun." "The way you hold your chopsticks is weird." "Since you're Japanese, you have to hold chopsticks properly." "I have tendonitis." "In my right hand." "Sorry, I didn't know." "Don't worry about it." "It's something like an occupational hazard." "Is it serious?" "It's a light case." "There are people who only draw when the pain abates, but I'm not that badly off." "Hmm, that's terrible." "How should I put it?" "It is terrible." "Not sleeping, not eating." "Can't have fun, and can't go to school." "That's..." "What do you think?" ""What do I think?"" "Do I look like an idiot who's forcing himself to do the impossible?" "That's not true." "Just doing your best makes it worthwhile." "Hirono-kun's not an idiot." "What are you doing?" "You can't hold the chopsticks, right?" "It's okay." "I can eat by myself." "No." "If you want to do your work, you have to let your hand rest a bit." "Here." "Ah." "Stop it." "It's fine." "It's not." "Ah." "What're you doing?" "Kei." "The furigana next to it says "Yume," which means "Dream."" "Wait, Chihiro." "Why not?" "Give the novel a try." "Didn't you say it's your dream?" "Eh?" "Didn't you say there are stories you want to write?" "I'll help you too." "Do you think you're saying something nice?" "Do you think you're saying something cool?" "Since I'm a person who's come to a dead end, since there's nothing I want to or can do, that's why it's okay if my dream comes true." "Such a simple..." "You're right." "Chihiro..." "You're the one who's right." "I'm the one who's wrong." "But even so, what do you want me to do?" "Help me." "Why?" "Why does someone else know me better than I know myself?" "!" "I want to write." "To tell you the truth, I want to write." "That's the only dream left before my memory disappears." "But I really don't want to." "Why?" "I'm scared." "If even that doesn't work out, then I really will have nothing left, won't I?" "I see." "Sorry." "Yeah." "Erm, can I kiss you?" "Kissing is something lovers do." "Can't we become lovers?" "You're mean today, so no." "I see." "Yesterday, I would've been glad to." "I felt really lonely sleeping by myself last night." "I wanted to see you, and..." "I loved you." "The me from yesterday wrote that in my diary." "Really?" "That's a pity." "I dislike today's you." "But I don't hate you." "Please hug me for a bit longer." "Hug?" "Yes." "It's warm." "Chihiro." "Yes." "What kind of story do you want to write?" "Geez, you're persistent." "Tell me." "What I'm thinking about writing is... a story about a girl who's the only survivor in a world where everything's been destroyed." "Kei-senpai!" "What are you doing, Senpai?" "Nothing." "What's wrong with that?" "Nothing." "Can I have one?" "Geez, this is no good, Senpai." "If you don't put something on it, the bread becomes soggy after absorbing water from the vegetables..." "Senpai?" "It's nothing." "The woven story is a lonely one." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "Outline." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "I wonder when I gave up trying to get out of this picture." "I can't even remember that." "Can I really get out?" "Sorry." "I will write it down." "That's me." "Mother, is it okay for you to get up?" "I feel good today." "It's beautiful, isn't it?" "Yeah." "I had always wanted to appear in this director's movies." "My dream came true, even if it was just for an instant." "Dream?" "I hope your dream comes true too." "Even if it's not a great one, as long as it's a dream that you desire from the bottom of your heart, a dream that you've had for a long time." "Don't worry, Mother." "Because I've already found it." "Is it interesting?" "Sorry." "Did I disturb you?" "No, not really." "Your form was really beautiful." "Can I see that?" "Y-Yeah." "The way you shot it is bad." "You only shot my face and didn't get any of my form at all." "Nah, that's not what I was aiming for..." "Next time you shoot without my permission, I'll use my right hand." "This is why the sports club..." "But..." "Which one is pointing at eleven?" "Kei didn't come to wake me up today, eh?" "The furigana next to it says "Tokimeki," which means "Excitement."" "Erm, can I kiss you?" "Renji-kun." "You're Renji-kun, right?" "Y-Yeah, I am." "You're here early today." "Because I had some free time." "Erm, about what happened yesterday..." "Yes, I remember." "Ah, nah, I didn't mean to..." "I'm thinking of trying to write the novel." "But my memory only lasts thirteen hours right now." "It's impossible for me to do it by myself." "It's okay." "I'll help you." "Okay." "Let's give it a try... together." "Thank you very much." "Besides..." "you're responsible for it too." "Responsible?" "You hugged me, confessed to me, and kissed me yesterday, right?" "E-Eh, erm, I didn't kiss you." "You did other things, didn't you?" "Nah, it was inevitable in that situation..." "That means you took advantage of it?" "Nah, that's not true..." "Chihiro, did you write that down in your diary?" "I forgot about it." "It's a dream I gave up on a long time ago." "You reminded me of it again." "Chihiro..." "I want to try it one more time." "Okay." "Miyamura-senpai!" "What is it?" "Erm..." "Shindou Kei-chan." "I need to talk to you about something." "Can you come with me?" "Is it going to take long?" "Probably." "Then I don't want to hear it." "I want to go home." "Eh?" "Go home?" "If you have something to say, you can come along with me." "If it's something you have to say even if it means you're skipping school." "Well then, where should we work on it?" "Let's see..." "What's wrong?" "I'm confirming what time I had my meal." "I had my breakfast at seven this morning." "It's about time to have lunch." "I see." "We could eat something I make at home, but maybe we should just go somewhere to eat." "You want to come with me, Chihiro?" "Can I?" "Yeah." "I was a bit surprised." "I'm interested in your cooking." "Eh?" "Wh-Why am I cooking?" "Didn't you say "something I make at home" just now?" "Did I?" "You did." "Chihiro, you actually have a good memory, don't you?" "If it's within thirteen hours." "Oh my, oh my, oh my." "Welcome." "Nice to meet you." "I'm Shindou Chihiro." "How polite of you." "I'm Asou Sumire." "Are you Renji-kun's... elder sister?" "I'm his wife." "Nah, I'm really sorry." "Even though I don't really want to believe it either, she's my mother." "Eh, your mother?" "Yes." "This is my neighbor, Kuze-san." "Hi." "I'm a good young man with a sparkling smile." "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon." "Is that so?" "So, what's your relationship with Renji?" "If you're asking about our relationship, I think we're just friends." "Friendships doesn't exist between men and women." "Hmm, is that really the case?" "Even though it's mostly the guy who ends up with his love unrequited." "Erm, I don't think Renji-kun is like that." "He's just kind." "Oh my." "My, my." "Exactly which part of Renji do you think is good?" "That child looks silly even from a parent's point of view." "Eh?" "That's not true..." "Or does he bring out your maternal instinct?" "I wonder." "But I'm glad because I was worried about not hearing anything of his love life until now." "I find it amusing to watch." "So, which part of Renji did you fall in love with?" "Enough is enough." "You're bothering Chihiro." "My, that's not true." "Right, Chihiro-chan?" "Yes." "I'm happy." "See?" "You came along with me after all." "Because I'm the one who talked to you." "You seem serious." "Are you aiming to take the perfect attendance award?" "That doesn't matter." "Then what does matter?" "Th-That's..." "This is an important time for Hirono-senpai." "His academic results are at a critical point and full of failing marks." "His attendance record is poor too, and there's even the possibility that he'll have to repeat." "But, even now, he can still save the situation." "If he studies and comes to classes regularly, he can become a third-year student." "If he studies and comes to classes regularly, he can become a third-year student." "So please don't lure Hirono-senpai into skipping school." "That's a lose-lose situation." "You didn't need to throw away your perfect attendance award to talk about this." "I thought I'd hear something more interesting." "This isn't an issue of interesting or boring!" "This is about Onii-cha- Hirono-senpai's future." "But shouldn't Hirono-kun think about that himself?" "Only Hirono-kun can decide what he's going to do." "It's useless for outsiders to worry for him." "Outsiders... no way..." "Or can you handle the responsibility?" "Will his future be assured as long as he goes to school?" "That's..." "If Hirono-kun refrains from doing what he wants and devotes himself to studying, can he become a successful manga artist?" "Hirono-kun is mature, so wouldn't he have thought about skipping school, drawing manga, studying, and all that?" "Am I wrong?" "But Onii-chan is still a student." "Right now he should study..." "Is the world of manga artists so easy that you can come and go whenever you want?" "He's doing his best to draw, while enduring the pain in his hand." "If that comes to nothing, can you handle the responsibility?" "And, Kei-chan." "You're showing your honesty in the wrong place." "If you remain unaware of it, you might end up hating yourself one day." "If you go back now, you might still be in time for the sixth period." "Thank you for the meal." "I didn't think you'd be good at cooking." "That's my only redeeming quality." "Ah, are you even writing down what you ate?" "Yes, since there's a possibility for the nutrition to be biased." "Today's lunch was a rare ten points." "Ten points?" "By the way, today's breakfast was four points." "Yesterday's dinner was seven points." "Is that a point system?" "Since the number of meals is big, and it's tough to evaluate them," "I just use a simple point system." "Isn't that scary for the person who made the food?" "Can you cook?" "I can, but the finished product should not be eaten." "It seems my family and cooking don't get along." "In other words, you can't." "So, let's begin." "Please take this." "This book has my ideas for the novel." "Please read it after I go home." "I don't like someone reading what I wrote in front of me." "I see." "I'm borrowing this then." "So, what kinds of things are hard for you?" "Hard for me?" "Yeah." "Things you can't do." "I think it'll be a good idea for me to remember, so I can confirm it." "It's like being an editor." "I see." "The obstacle is that I can't finish writing in one day." "Time is the problem after all." "I forget memories and details." "The story, setting, and even my impression of the characters change." "Many times, I've failed halfway through writing and ended up redoing the story." "By the way, it seems I tried 31 times in four years." "31 times, eh?" "It'll be my job to challenge that number, then." "I don't know." "I'll leave it to you." "Roger." "Is there anything else I should pay attention to?" "Erm..." "Hm?" "Ah, nothing." "What's wrong?" "Tell me everything that's on your mind now." "Erm, there was a question in my math class." "A stake is driven in a field, and a sheep is tied to it." "The sheep keeps munching the grass." "What is the area of the resulting circle?" "The square of the length of the string times pi, right?" "It seems the sheep even eats the roots of the grass." "The grass can't grow back, and the plain turns into a desert." "When I heard this question, I saw an image of that tied sheep slowly starving to death." "For this novel, I..." "Nah, it's nothing." "I misunderstood." "It's nothing." "But..." "Please forget what I said just now." "R-Really?" "I won't write it down in my diary then." "You keep a diary too?" "Nah, not at all." "Geez." "You're showing your honesty in the wrong place." "Even if you didn't say it... but..." "What are you doing?" "I'm sketching." "It's practice for drawing." "Can you draw manga?" "Manga, eh." "You can't draw a manga if you don't have a story." "Story?" "Should I try to think of one?" "You?" "Yeah." "I like to do that." "Okay." "Onii-chan, I just bought this month's issue." "Let's read it together." "The protagonist will definitely..." "and then..." "Hey, Onii-chan." "Shiori or Shimiko, which one do you like?" "Hmm, let's see..." "This is hard." "Let me take a look." "Ah, please don't read it yet." "It's embarrassing." "Eh, what's wrong about that?" "Show me." "No." "Onii-chan, let's go to the beach." "But I made a promise to Chihiro that we would draw manga together." "Chihiro has something to do today, so... please?" "Onee-chan." "Onii-chan." "It's all my fault." "Kei..." "Because I... stole a march on her." "I don't have the right to tell him my feelings." "Are you making excuses for yourself?" "You have always been treading the same ground." "You want someone to grab your hand and take you somewhere one day." "Hello." "Ah, is this Kei?" "I need to talk to you about something." "It's not something we can discuss on the phone." "Can we meet?" "Yeah, that's fine." "Excuse me for disturbing you." "Come over and play again anytime." "Yes." "Thank you very much." "Chihiro, see you tomorrow." "Yes, see you tomorrow." "Excuse me..." "What is it?" "Have we met before?" "Many times." "Since I'm Himura's friend." "So I know everything about you." "As I thought." "I'm sorry." "Nah, don't worry about it." "Oh yeah." "I'll teach you a song." "A song?" "Iku yamakawa koesari yukaba sabishisa no, hatenamu kuni zo kyou mo tabi yuku." "It's written by Wakayama Bokusui." "What does it mean?" ""How many mountains and rivers must I cross to reach the country where there's no loneliness?"" ""Even though I know no such country actually exists, I too set out on a new journey today."" "It's a cheerful song, even though it mentions loneliness." "I learned this song from Himura." "I bet he learned it by heart a long time ago for someone's sake." "Welcome back." "I'm back." "Did you have fun?" "Yes." "Really?" "I'm glad to hear it." "Oh, sorry I asked you over so late." "Hmm, did someone come over?" "Hmm, yeah." "Anyway, come in." "Yo." "Good evening." "Ah, you're the one this morning..." "Tsutsumi Kyosuke." "You know him, right?" "He's in the same class as me, and he's a member of the film research club." "Now I'm an ex-member of the film research club." "He's got something to discuss with you." "With me?" "Yeah." "Actually..." "I want you to go out with me." "Heh?" "!" "The furigana next to it says "Chihiro."" "The first half of the story below can be found in the opening animation." "The first half of the story below can be found in the opening animation." "The first half of the story below can be found in the opening animation." ""The girl is the only one in the world."" ""The girl is the only one in the world."" ""That made her the god of this world."" ""She found herself on an island when she began to understand things around her."" ""The island was small, and one could go around it in half a day by foot."" ""All she could see at the beach the ocean, the sky, clouds and the horizon stretching as far as she could see in a 360-degree view."" ""There was a mansion on the island."" ""There were a huge amount of preserved foods and daily necessities inside the warehouse of the castle, so she did not have to starve."" ""There were tons of books which she couldn't finish reading, even if she spent her whole life."" ""They contained everything in this world."" ""The stories written in the books were all about people."" ""People cannot live alone."" ""There were many books with that written in them."" ""However, the girl was alone."" ""She lived by herself."" ""Laughing, crying, things that were previously of value, none of them were needed."" ""They were finished." "They were completed."" ""The girl was the first 'average' person in human history."" ""The average of the statistics is exactly the same as the sum of herself."" ""That's why everything she does is correct."" ""And at the same time, everything could be wrong."" "Sheep..." "The area of the circle is the square of the length of the chain times 3.14." "The length of the chain is twelve years old." "It has always been the same length since the accident four years ago." "The stretchable length of the arm is thirteen hours." "That's everything of me right now." "Both anxiety and fear will be washed away by the rain of time." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "Rain." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "I will wipe you out." "Yes." "Ah." "I'm here." "Hey, wait!" "You're showing the door to your best friend who came to visit you so late at night?" "I don't have a best friend." "Go home!" "What?" "Open up!" "This is the FBI!" "You have the right to remain silent." "Ah, stop it." "I got it." "I got it." "So give me five minutes." "I'm going to clean up my room!" "Are you trying to hide your ecchi books?" "It's not like that." "Anyway, wait outside..." "You're a manga artist?" "Yeah." "I'm already an active professional." "I see." "I thought it was strange for you to skip school all the time, even though you're a diligent person." "Don't tell anyone." "Okay." "However, there's a condition." "Condition?" "I don't have the right to tell him my feelings." "Ah, is this Kei?" "I need to talk to you about something." "It hurts." "Is it that amusing to make fun of people?" "It's all thanks to you saying something weird." "When I scout for an actress, I have a higher chance to succeed by doing that." "What about an actress?" "When will this become interesting?" "It will be like this throughout the whole thing." "How long do I need to watch this?" "About two more hours." "Don't show me boring stuff." "Because I don't have time." "Which parts were boring?" "Which parts...?" "The actors were bad, the story was cliche." "I thought it was interesting at the beginning, but it became boring as it went along." "Why did you think it was interesting at the beginning then?" "Hm, that's because..." "it looked beautiful." "The acting was bad, but they, somehow, appeared lively." "Eh, you have an eye for it." "The director and scenarist were my senpai in the film research club, but I was the cameraman." "It's a nice film, isn't it?" "And it seems Kyosuke wants to make a new film." "With you as the leading actress." "Eh?" "Kei-chan, can you participate in my film?" "You're the only character." "You just need to come along with me whenever you're available." "I will then follow you around with my camera." "But I'm an amateur when it comes to acting." "It's okay." "There's no script." "I will just record the way you're living and your feelings just as they are." "My... feelings?" "Is it something like a documentary?" "Nah, it's neither a documentary nor a drama." "I'm not going to assume anything beforehand." "I will polish the film from the material I get." "Hm..." "What?" "Can you do it without a vision to start with?" "I don't want to be bound by the vision I created at the beginning." "With only an ideal that's hit-or-miss, you won't be able to produce something good." "Even if I produce something good, it will be meaningless if it's not a film I want to make." "Let me give you a word of advice from a professional's point of view." "It's not that easy to make something." "Do you think it's easy to just make it at will?" "It's even more difficult than those professions with fixed boundaries." "Professionals have to struggle with those boundaries." "It's a different meaning from freedom gained without fighting." "The area I want to fight in is different from yours!" "I want to make my film without being bound by the evaluation of the audience and judges!" "Do you only consider the readers when you draw?" "I'm also trying to draw something that I want to draw!" "It won't work if I only consider the readers, will it?" "Do you shoot your films without considering the audience?" "Whether it's just one scene or one cut, I want to make a film that shakes the souls of those who see it." "For that sake, it won't work if that moment doesn't shake my own soul." "If you say so, try and do it." "Yeah, I will do it." "Hey, don't decide on your own." "I didn't say that I would participate in the film." "Heh?" "Well, take your time and think about it." "It's pointless to wait for me, so please give up." "Well then, I will look forward to your favorable reply." "Listen to what others say!" "I wonder what he's planning to do with the movie he's making of me." "If you plan to appear in his film, be careful." "That guy is a womanizer." "Hm, you're worrying about me, eh?" "Ba~ka." "Onii-chan." "Does Miyamura-senpai always come to your room?" "She's only been there two to three times." "Really?" "Hey, Onii-chan." "Do you, perhaps, think I'm... annoying?" "Huh?" "I come to wake you up in the morning, and I nag you to go to school." "Onii-chan, don't you think I'm annoying?" "What are you saying all of a sudden?" "That's not true." "Whenever I talk to you about something serious, you're unwilling to listen." "You weren't like that before." "It's different from before." "I'm not a kid anymore." "Onii-chan, you matured too soon." "It's Chihiro." "She's talking about Renji-kun again." "Chihiro was able to make a friend?" "Yeah." "Lately, she looks happy." "Could it be... her boyfriend?" "Hm, I wouldn't say so, but it looks like it will be soon, from the way it's going." "I see." "That's good." "Yeah." "Hey, Onii-chan." "Our basketball club has a match on Sunday, will you come and watch?" "Match?" "That match, I'll win for sure." "If I win, I will have something important to tell you." "Something important?" "What is it?" "Right now, it's a secret." "I will tell you by then." "Hey!" "I'll win for sure!" "The furigana next to it says "Dentatsu," which means "Communication."" "Have you read Chihiro's novel?" "Yeah, it was quite amazing." "How come Chihiro could write something like that?" "For Chihiro, writing down her words is the same as surviving." "Surviving?" "She's conveying her image to another person." "Herself in the past and the one reading it are two different beings." "Chihiro uses her diary to connect her gradually disappearing self to the future." "How accurately can she convey her own image to a different being?" "What she's doing is the same as a writer." "Chihiro's writing skill is the same as a novelist's." "That skill won't improve without a good memory, will it?" "It might be her natural talent." "Even if you lose your memory, there might be something that permeates through your body." "It could also be because she desperately wants to convey it, that's why such an ability resulted." "Well, since you have already come this far, just pray that she will finish writing it." "Himura-san, who on earth are you?" "What do you mean?" "Like what you do for a living." "How come you're always at this church?" "I have been... waiting for someone." "Waiting for someone?" "I'm not a pastor nor a counselor." "But, to guide, I dare to give you advice." "Don't get too involved with Chihiro." ""The girl began to paint."" ""Books, musical instruments, pictures."" ""Among those things, it was the tool that's most likely to create a human."" ""But it didn't go well."" ""She got tired of it many times."" ""It didn't matter anyway, even if she got tired of it."" ""When the season changed, she had enough."" ""She finished the painting before long."" ""She found out that she was more suited for drawing realistic scenes."" ""As long as she was able to draw something that looked like it, it was fine."" ""Something that didn't exist there."" ""Drawing humans might be something hard to do."" ""That's what she thought."" "Let's take a break." "Okay." "Is there some place you're stuck?" "Yes." "About the castle that the girl lives in..." "I can't come up with an image of the warehouses." "Warehouse, eh?" "The warehouse for food." "The warehouse that stores the stuff she needs for living." "And the warehouse of books where she reads to gain knowledge." "There are others as well, including the landscape of the island and the shapes of wild plants, since I have no idea." "That means we need more data, eh?" "Only if there was a library." "Yeah." "The only library in Otowa is the one at school." "Let's go and take a look." "Where are we going?" "To school." "And?" "What business do you have with me?" "I'm sorry for saying something boring to you the other day." "Something boring?" "What was it?" "I have been hanging out with Hirono-senpai since we were children." "Yeah, I know." "When he was small, Hirono-senpai didn't have any friends." "I couldn't stand watching Hirono-senpai, who was always alone." "Because of that, I brought him to my home." "You brought a boy back home all of a sudden?" "Kei-chan is pretty bold." "Is that your way of changing the subject?" "Serious subjects are hard to follow." "I had a lot of shoujo manga in my room." "That was the first form of entertainment that Hirono-senpai ever touched." "Senpai was really absorbed by it." "But I never thought that he would become a professional." "Hirono-senpai's talent is amazing." "I think..." "Just watching someone doing his best and thinking he's amazing is not good enough." "Someone who's doing his best wouldn't accept someone who's doing nothing after all." "At least, I don't think he would like her." "I guess that's the reason you started playing basketball?" "You told me that I was showing my honesty in the wrong place, right?" "To Onii-chan, I..." "It's been like that since a long time ago, and it will be like that forever from now." "My feelings will go on forever." "Because my feelings, even up till now, have never stopped once." "Even if you're telling me this..." "Just like that, you should just keep playing dumb." "I will never lose to you." "I will wipe you out from Onii-chan's heart." "I am... going to disappear from Hirono-kun's heart..." "Together, Onii-chan and I will start from there." "He will then say farewell to you." "And then, it will be over." "I will end this." "I'm going to disappear..." "I'm going to disappear again..." "The furigana next to it says "Yasuragi," which means "Peace."" "Say, Mom." "Is there anyone who has a spare uniform?" "Like someone who didn't get to graduate." "My, is it torn somewhere?" "I'm not talking about mine." "I'm wondering if there's any spare girls' uniform." "I want you to ask around in cooking class, could you?" "Ah." "It's for Chihiro-chan, right?" "If it's used clothes, I can borrow from everyone, so it's fine." "Really?" "Now thinking about it, Kuze-san also has a uniform." "I'm talking about a girl's uniform though." "That's right." "A girl's." "Why does Kuze-san..." "Ah, I do have one." "Where did I put it?" "Erm, it's okay if you don't want to answer, but why do you have something like that?" "Oh my, you're a boy too." "In other words, it's a souvenir, plus now when it feels like the relationship is lacking freshness," "I'll let her wear it, then strip half of it away." "Even though it sounds like a roundabout way, it's too easy to understand." "Forget it." "What are you two talking about?" "Ah." "Ah?" "You're going to let Chihiro-chan wear it, eh?" "Please don't imagine something weird." "Erm, what are you two talking about?" "I wonder if this size fits you." "Want to give it a try?" "Size... are you collecting them?" "A little." "You're hopeless." "Now thinking about it, why does my mom know that you have girls' uniforms?" "Ah." "Because I think she's cute, so by all means, I wanted her to wear them." "What on earth are you asking someone's wife to do?" "!" "Erm, do you have a moment?" "Ah, the size didn't fit you?" "The size fits me, but I think the type is not right..." "Kuze-san, this..." "When one talks about uniforms, this is what it means after all." "You're really hopeless." "Erm, I'm done changing." "This is Otowa's school uniform, right?" "Yeah." "It's the same as Onee-chan's, right?" "Yeah, that's right." "How is it?" "It suits you really well, Chihiro." "Okay." "Let's wear that and go to school tomorrow." "What's wrong?" "Erm... can't we go now?" "Yeah." "Chihiro..." "Jan." "Today I used a lot of effort and made unagi no hitsumabushi." "Eels killing time?" "That's right." "After the day of the ox during midsummer, the eel has a lot of free time..." "The day of the ox is a calendar system that counts the days according to the twelve zodiacal signs." "For 2007, that day was the 30th of July." "It's a tradition in Japan to eat eels on that day." "Miyako said "Unagi no Hitsumabushi" while Hiro heard it as "Unagi no Himatsubushi"." "Who said it's eels killing time?" "!" "It's unagi no hi-tsu-ma-bu-shi." "Say, Hirono-kun." "Do you have work to do this weekend?" "Ah?" "Sunday, let's go somewhere to play." "Between deadlines, I make sure to sleep as much as I can on holidays." "I don't have the time to play." "You liar." "I know." "The basketball club has a match, right?" "Oh." "I didn't lie." "I just forgot about it." "Are you going after all, then?" "I didn't really promise to go." "Really?" "Yeah." "In that case, make a promise with me." "Go out on a date with me on Sunday." "Eh?" "Nah, I just said on holidays..." "You can't?" "Nah..." "Let's go." "Together." "Kei-chan!" "Don't be so depressed." "There will be another match, right?" "It's not that." "It's not about that." "I told you I would use my right hand if you shot without my permission again, didn't I?" "Yeah." "You can hit me as much as you like." "This is a moment that I can't find otherwise." "If I let it go now, I won't be able to get it back again." ""I won't be able to get it back again..."" "I want to catch irreplaceable moments like that." "For the sake of that, I will do it no matter what." "Even if you do it, everything will be over if you fail." "It won't be over." "As long as I don't give up, it won't be over." "I will keep challenging it." "How's Kei?" "Onii-chan, why?" "Well, I contacted him." "Are you all right?" "It's dizziness caused by light anemia and dehydration." "And it seems she hit and injured her knee when she fell." "Onii-chan..." "You idiot." "Geez, I said I'm fine." "This is embarrassing." "Let me down." "Shut up." "Be a good girl." "Geez, you're always doing stupid things." "What?" "You've been calling me an idiot since earlier." "You're an idiot for pushing yourself until you collapsed." "I just tripped a little." "It's okay, be quiet." "Don't force yourself." "I'm not forcing myself." "You're always overdoing it." "Aren't you the same?" "It's fine for me." "What's that?" "Onii-chan, you're wearing your good clothes." "Eh?" "You were on a date with Miyamura-senpai, eh?" "Ah, I stood her up." "Is that okay?" "Stupid, I can't just leave you alone, can I?" "I have to apologize to her." "Ah, this is bad, I dropped my cell phone." "What?" "Nothing." "By the way, didn't you say you had something to tell me after the match was over?" "It doesn't matter anymore." "The furigana next to it says "Sukui," which means "Relief."" "School..." "Eh?" "My heart is pounding." "It's okay." "If you walk as usual, nobody will notice." "How do I walk usually?" "I can smell the books." "Thank you." "Thank you, Renji-kun." "What I want to reach you are not words, but myself." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "I..." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "The girl is only one in the world." "That made her the God of this world." "She found herself on an island when she began to understand things around her." "There was nobody else around." "She had nothing to do." "That was the everything the world offered." "The furigana next to it says "Ouse," which means "Date."" "Good afternoon, Chihiro." "Ah, Renji-kun." "How far have you gotten?" "I haven't made much progress on it." "About 30 percent of the whole thing." "I can't do it alone after all." "May I take a look?" ""One day, the girl tried to light a fire on the beach."" ""Because there was an episode in a book about a person who lit a signal fire after being stranded on an island."" ""A white line rose up to the deep, blue sky."" ""She thought, 'What's this thing that's just like a cloud?" "' and she put her face near it."" ""Her eyes and throat hurt badly."" ""She backed off in confusion and gazed at it from a distance."" ""She understood that it was useless."" ""Likewise, she began to understand one thing after another."" ""She understood what 'understanding' meant."" "I see." "How is it?" "Yeah, this girl is cute." "Cute... eh?" "Should I rewrite it after all?" "Which part?" "Everything up till now." "Wait a minute." "Why?" "Because you said she was cute." "I don't think she should be described that way." "It's okay." "A small episode like this is interesting." "That's wrong, Renji-kun." "This girl should be more abnormal." "Abnormal?" "Because the girl is taking things that seem to be a joke seriously, the reader should get a sense of uneasiness and discomfort." "If she's thought to be cute, it means the girl isn't described properly." "Hoh..." "My, an obento?" "Chihiro-chan's share too?" "It doesn't matter, does it?" "As a housewife, it helps me that you're good at cooking, but as a mom, my feelings are more complicated." "Why?" "Because if you're better than the girl you're dating, you won't be able to receive a love obento from her, will you?" "She's not my girlfriend." "You and Chihiro-chan aren't lovers?" "We're not." "Geez, you're so timid." "Do I have to be your lover after all?" "Th-That's dangerous." "That's dangerous, I said." "The furigana next to it says "Fuan," which means "Anxiety."" "What's the matter?" "N-Nah." "I was thinking about my career interests." "Career interests?" "A survey of what we want to do in the future." "Really?" "I received a career interest survey at school." "Really?" "What's the matter?" "Nah, nothing." "What should I do?" "I think you should just do what you want to do." "I wouldn't be stressed if I knew what that was." "You don't have any idea at all?" "I don't have any special talents." "Your cooking is good." "I'll give it some more thought." "The furigana next to it says "Fuman," which means "Discontent."" "Morning." "Morning." "Hm, good, good." "You're keeping it up." "You mean with the obento?" "Yeah." "Or should I say with Chihiro-chan?" "Well, you could say so." "It's helpful of you to save me the trouble of making breakfast." "Hey, you two still aren't lovers yet?" "We're not." "Really?" "What?" "I just thought that your response hadn't really changed somehow." "I say..." "Say, this is just "if."" "If Chihiro became my girlfriend, would you be happy?" "Hm?" "If you're happy." "Do you enjoy being with Chihiro-chan?" "Th-That..." "There's no need to get mad." "I'm not mad." "You're a guy, so you should go out with her with a sense of responsibility." "Responsibility?" "Passion is like a downhill slope." "Once you take heart from it, it's unstoppable." "However, love is like an uphill slope." "You have to carry the pains and difficulties while climbing it." "Ah, but the ones who go through difficulties are just couples, while the unstoppable ones are lovers." "Love and passion are exact opposites." "It's something like the inversion of the spelling of "Toufu" and "Nattou."" "TL Note:" "Toufu, bean curd literally means beans that have gone bad, while Nattou, fermented soybean literally means bad beans." "Yes, yes." "The furigana there says "Giman," which means "Deception."" "Most of the lines in this part of the story can be found in the opening animation." ""She painted a human being."" ""She painted a boy."" ""So, she decided to add a figure of a boy into paintings of landscapes she had painted."" ""She put up those paintings in the same places where she painted them."" ""There was not a single place on the island she did not paint."" ""The girl was with the boy everywhere."" ""It meant that the girl and the boy looked at each other every time she looked at the paintings."" ""But the girl had no feeling of achievement."" ""Would it be a 'human'?" she thought." ""No." "This was the 'painting of a human being.'"" ""He did not move." "He did not think." "He was simply there."" ""Lonely?"" ""Finally, she could ask herself by finding the word." "She was not lonely."" "How is it?" "I think it's good." "With this, you've made it to about 70 percent, right?" "Probably." "Isn't it almost over?" "Have you decided on the ending?" "What should I do?" "Wait." "We've come up with two ideas so far." "First, the girl enters the world of the paintings and leaves behind the paintings of the boy and the girl living a peaceful life." "It's a fantasy-type ending." "Second, the boy appears in her reality." "Even though we haven't decided on the ending yet, it should be a happy ending." "Well, the first idea can turn into a happy ending or a sad ending, depending on your interpretation." "Really?" "What's the matter?" "Ah, nothing." "You can write the story of her entering the paintings as a fantasy, but you can also think of it as her escaping from reality in order to run away from loneliness." "You can also think of the girl escaping from reality in order to run away from loneliness." "In other words, she breaks down?" "In other words, she breaks down." "Yeah." "It depends on the way you put it, but yeah." "I see." "Is this what you've been worrying about this time?" "Yes." "I think she'll break down." "The girl shouldn't know about loneliness." "I see." "But, if we decide to end the story like this, there's something I don't like about it." "Really?" "Doesn't it feel like God is playing with her?" "If I try, I can do it after all." "I was surprised myself." "Before I realized it, the story had already gotten much longer." "It's fun." "It's all thanks to you." "I didn't do anything." "I feel depressed that I wasn't able to do anything." "Is that so?" "Yeah." "Erm, Renji-kun." "What is it?" "Nah, it's nothing." "Erm, thank you very much." "Ah, yeah." "You're welcome." "Erm..." "What is it?" "Renji-kun, do you want to... kiss me?" "Do you want to kiss me?" "You can go ahead." "I don't think I would say that to just anyone." "And it doesn't seem there was anyone else I've been this close to before." "I think I've continued to meet you till now because I trust you." "Besides, it seems you like me too." "That's why you can kiss me as a lover." "I think this is the scene where we should kiss." "Why?" "Why am I hesitating?" "I..." "Chihiro..." "If she's thought to be cute, it means the girl isn't described properly." "This girl should be more abnormal." "That's not true." "That's not true." "It's not like that." "Something is wrong." "But how come Chihiro doesn't look happy?" "How come she's not shy about it?" "How come her expression doesn't change?" "How come she hasn't said a single word about liking me?" "How come?" "That's because God is playing with you." "It's not like that." "It's not like that." "I'm sorry." "I..." "It's not like that!" "It's not your fault." "Wait, Chihiro!" "Please don't write down what happened just now in your diary." "Please don't write it down..." "no matter what..." "Everything... was wrong." "The girl is only one in the world." "That made her the God of this world." "Found it." "I found it." "I thought I didn't need it." "I thought I wouldn't be able to get hold of it." "I gave up." "But we met." "That's my whereabouts." "Ah, I wonder if this is a bit too daring." "It might be too stimulating for Hirono-kun." "I'm leaving." "Just kidding." "Papa." "Mama." "Ah, the preparations for tomorrow." "This will work." "This is a place where sound has vanished." "One day, Mom vanished from Dad's heart, and Dad also vanished from Mom's heart." "Ah, Mama?" "Ah?" "What's wrong, Ma..." "After that, sound vanished from this house." "After that, conversation vanished." "All color vanished from my world." "Before I knew it, even I vanished from their hearts." "Ever since then," "I've been living in a world with nothing." "At last, I've found a world with sound." "I've found a home with color." "I don't need to shut myself in anymore." "I can't answer your call right now." "Please say your name and what I can do for you after the "beep."" "Yahoo!" "Hirono-kun, this is Miyako." "Have you woken up yet?" "I'm about to leave home." "I'll get to our meeting place at noon, so don't be late." "Bye then." "Oh, what a heroic battle royal." "The rule of wild nature is harsh." "Oh, it's time." "Yahoo!" "Hirono-kun, I'm already here." "Are you on your way?" "I won't forgive you if you're late." "Hey, you're late." "You should arrive ten minutes early when you go on a date." "It's a guy's obligation not to make the girl wait." "You're late." "You're late, late, late!" "How long are you going to make me wait?" "As punishment, everything is your treat today." "Okay." "Hurry up and run here." "What's wrong?" "Don't tell me you're sleeping?" "If you overslept, I won't just let it go." "Hi-ro-no-kun!" "This is Miyako." "You're still not coming?" "I'm waiting!" "Geez, what are you thinking?" "How many hours do you want me to wait?" "Are you really planning on coming?" "I will wipe you out from Onii-chan's heart." "He will then say farewell to you." "And then, it will be over." "I will end this." "I'm going to disappear again?" "Hello, Hirono-kun?" "Have you possibly mistaken our meeting place?" "It's the bench in front of the fountain." "You should know, right?" "If you're lost, call me." "I'll come and pick you up." "This is Miyako." "Are you all right, Hirono-kun?" "You didn't have an accident on your way over, did you?" "Contact me right away after you hear this." "Enough of this!" "At least contact me!" "You can at least give me a call!" "I'm worried about you!" "This is Miyako." "Hirono-kun?" "Pick up the phone." "You're there, right?" "You're actually listening to this, right?" "Pick up the phone." "Let's have a talk." "Talk to me." "Why don't you come?" "Why don't you pick up the phone?" "Why don't you answer my call?" "Why?" "Why are you silent?" "Why?" "Hirono-kun?" "Please contact me." "I'm not really mad or anything." "I'll wait till we meet." "I'll keep waiting till I hear your voice!" "Please, I beg you......" "Come and see me." "I just need to see your face." "I just need to hear your voice." "Please......" "Hirono-kun, you will come, right......?" "I...... should keep waiting, right......?" "I believe you......" "I believe you......" "Please...... answer me......" "You can answer me by mail too......" "even a single word is fine......" "Please...... don't leave me alone......" "I will wait for you......" "I will keep waiting for you......!" "Why...... why......?" "Even though you promised me......" "even though I believed you......" "Why.....?" "Am I no good......?" "Am I no good perhaps......?" "Do you hate me......?" "If that's the case, please tell me so......!" "If you hate me, just say it!" "Don't just stay silent!" "Say something!" "I beg you!" "I beg you, please say something!" "......" "I'm sorry......" "I'm sorry that I said something weird......" "Are you mad......?" "You're mad, right......?" "I always have things my own way......" "say things as I like...... abuse you......" "I'm sorry......" "I'm sorry......!" "I didn't manage to fall asleep." "I was looking forward to today's date." "When I thought about you, my heart kept pounding......" "This is my first time having this feeling......" "I didn't know what to do......." "I want to see you......" "I want to see you......" "Help me, Hirono-kun......" "Help me......!" "I don't want to disappear......" "I don't want to disappear......!" "I don't want to disappear from your heart!" "Can you walk?" "I'm all right." "It's really not a big deal." "I'm going to the convenience store." "Do you want something?" "Garibori-kun." "I meant dinner." "Should I make it?" "Don't frighten me." "That's mean!" "I've been practicing my cooking recently." "Ask me again when you don't need to practice anymore." "Can I just buy what I see fit?" "Yeah, I'll leave it to you." "What?" "Isn't it right here..." "Deleted." "Colorless colors are pure and cold." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "Clear Color." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "Deleted." "Onii-chan..." "Hirono-kun, you aren't here?" "Hirono-kun..." "Oh, Miyamura-senpai." "What can I do for you?" ""Wh-What"...?" "Where's Hirono-kun?" "Onii-chan is sleeping right now." "Can you be quiet?" "Let me see him!" "I have something important to tell him." "Let me see Hirono-kun!" "It will no longer reach him." "I won't let it reach him." "Because I'm always by Onii-chan's side." "It's already over." "Good afternoon, Renji-kun." "A-Ah, good afternoon." "What's in the obento today?" "I'm hungry." "It's delicious." "I always look forward to your obento." "How many points does it get today?" "It's so delicious that it can't be scored with points." "R-Really?" "Please teach me how to cook next time." "Teach you?" "My sister is practicing her cooking right now." "I want to be able to cook something too." "I see." "Let's try something simple then." "Okay." "The number you have dialed is outside your calling area, or the phone might be switched off..." "Sorry to have kept you waiting." "So, what did the doctor say?" "She most likely means to say "naisoku sokufuku jintai sonshou which means "Medical Collateral Ligament Injury."" "She most likely means to say "naisoku sokufuku jintai sonshou which means "Medical Collateral Ligament Injury."" "Let's see... naisoku sokusoku... jintai sokusoku?" "That's nothing but "soku."" "It kind of sounds like that." "At least remember the name of your own injury." "He told me to rest and not move it until it doesn't hurt anymore." "Really?" "Then you can't play basketball for a while." "Yeah." "There." "Thank you." "How's your tendonitis?" "Same as usual." "If I rest my arm, it will get better." "Maybe I should slow down my pace." "Eh?" "Since you have to rest your knee too." "Should I keep you company for a while?" "Yes." "The furigana next to it says "Chigiri," which means "Vow."" ""The girl began to look at the painting a lot."" ""When she stared at the boy in the painting, she had a strange feeling."" ""'Let's marry.' She somehow had that idea."" ""In the books, there were an unusual number of stories relating to marriage."" ""It was described as something important in people's lives."" ""She began to study the marriage system in detail."" "The furigana next to it says "Inori," which means "Prayer."" "Renji-kun, have you decided about your career?" "You got a career interest survey, right?" "Yeah." "It's hard to decide." "You should become a novelist too." "It's fun to write stories." "I do yearn to become a novelist, but..." "It's impossible after all." "Why?" "After reading what you wrote, I don't think I can catch up at all." "I don't have the talent after all." "That's not true." "It's not like that." "It has nothing to do with talent or anything." "What's important is doing it." "You taught me that." "Thanks to you, I'm about to finish writing a story." "Even though I thought I couldn't possibly do it." "Chihiro..." "Even though my memory only lasts thirteen hours..." "Even though my life experiences haven't progressed since I was twelve..." "You taught me that there are things I could do." "Therefore, please don't give up." "If you have a dream, please don't give it up, and try your best." "Yeah." "It's still there." "That's wrong." "Eh?" "This here has to be more like this." "Yeah, you're right." "It's weird." "What am I depressed about?" "Things are back to how they were." "I can still go wherever I want freely." "This is not a place you should come or return to." "Leave me alone." "Even if you trap yourself in the ruins of the past, nothing good will come of it." "Where should I go?" "You know about warmth." "As long as you remember the feeling of tenderness, you won't choose the wrong path." "I don't have such a faraway memory." "But don't you already remember it?" "It might have been better if we hadn't met." "I wouldn't remember warmth then." "The furigana next to it says "Surechigai," which means "Passing each other."" "Chihiro's condition has improved?" "Yeah." "Even though it's little by little, her memory is better than before..." "That's impossible." "But..." "It would be a different story if a miracle happened." "But miracles don't exist in this world." "There are only inevitabilities and accidents, and what someone has done." "That's it." "Do you remember what I told you?" "Forget about it." "It may be too late already." "The number you have dialed is outside your calling area..." "That Miyako." "Hirono Hiro-kun of grade 2 class D, and Miyamura Miyako-san of grade 2 class A, please come to the career guidance room after school." "What did they say, Onii-chan?" "They asked me what I planned to do with my career interest survey." "Miyamura-senpai too?" "She skipped school." "I see." "Isn't studying better than working after all?" "Yeah." "Maybe I should take this opportunity to rehabilitate too." "Oh, yeah." "Let's go somewhere and have fun after this deadline." "I..." "Yes, this is Shindou Nagi." "Oh." "Well, I'll make it somehow." "A one-shot?" "Okay." "I'll give it a try." "I'll send you a plot outline this week." "Yeah, see you then." "Is it about work?" "They asked me to draw a one-shot." "Something other than the series." "Are you going to do it?" "Yeah, it's an opportunity." "No way." "You said you were going to rest just now..." "If I decline, there won't be a next time." "If a newcomer likes me doesn't seize every chance that passes by, he won't succeed." "Really?" "Then do whatever you like." "Where are you going?" "Club activities." "If I don't move, my body will become dull." "You idiot." "You were told to rest, weren't you?" "Same goes for you." "You're not going to rest, even though your arm won't get better, are you?" "If you really damage your knee, you won't be able to play basketball anymore." "Same goes for you." "If you get really hurt, you won't be able to draw manga anymore." "If I stop drawing, some other artist will seize the opportunity!" "Same goes for me, I have to fight to be a regular!" "Anyway, you won't be able to be a regular with that injury." "Onii-chan, you idiot!" "Did I fall asleep just now?" "How many hours have passed?" "How long have I slept?" "Nah." "Only around five minutes." "I... see." "Aren't you exhausted?" "Not at all." "I'm not tired at all." "Really?" "It's all right then." "Yes, I'm all right." "He really is an idiot." "He's taking on more work, even though he doesn't have enough days in attendance." "What is he thinking?" "You can't demand planning from him." "Why did you start playing basketball?" "I liked it from the beginning." "It feels really good to attack swiftly, shake off your opponents, then shoot the ball." "We're the same." "Eh?" "The moment you capture a video that moves people's hearts from time and space gives you the best feeling there is." "Hm..." "It's the same for Hirono." "He's way ahead of us." "That's why it's a lot harder for him than for us." "But he's an idiot after all." "You two are really clumsy." "What do you mean?" "Hm... nah, nothing." "It's unfair not to finish your sentence." "When you film the life of a wild animal, the film unit must not interfere with the behavior of that animal." "You have to shoot wildlife just as it is." "How does that relate to us?" "If I cut into the conversation between the two of you, I would be interfering." "Don't compare people to animals!" "Geez." "Please don't talk like you know everything." "I do." "If I look through the finder, I can see everything." "Hmm?" "Chihiro." "Chihiro." "What's wrong?" "Ah, I was just thinking about something." "In the middle of the meal?" "I'm sorry." "11:50." "I arrived at the library." "Renji-kun came four minutes later." "We had lunch in the courtyard." "The menu of the obento consisted of fried white fish, Japanese-style salad, and other things." "Dessert was strawberry jelly." "It was delicious." "I always look forward to Renji-kun's obento." ""How many points does it get today?"" ""It's so delicious that it can't be scored with points."" ""Please teach me how to cook next time."" ""Well, let's try something simple then."" "It's only three o'clock." "It's okay." "I can still remember." "What are you doing?" "You're still sorting your memories this late?" "Before going to sleep, didn't you read over the necessary parts again?" "Yes, just the summaries." "Summaries?" "I only wrote summaries into the diary." "I wrote the fun moments as fun moments." "However, why they were fun, and how I felt, I couldn't write any of that down." "That's why you're thinking back about it?" "If I skim through this, I'll be able to remember in detail." "In that case, I'll be able to remember things for longer than thirteen hours from now on." "By the time I meet Renji-kun at noon, I'll be able to remember everything until now." "It will take you till morning to do that." "Yes." "Can you keep up with that?" "It's because I don't want to lose my time with Renji-kun." "I'm just a normal girl too." "Is it okay now?" "I don't have much time left." "What are you doing?" "It's useless, even if you do something like that." "It's not useless." "There's no way you can keep doing it." "Don't force yourself." "I'm not forcing myself." "Listen to me." "It's bad for you." "Please give it back to me." "Give it back." "I beg you, please give it back to me!" "Inside that..." "inside that, is my Renji-kun!" "I won't forget this." "I'll never forget about this!" "I understand." "I'm sorry for saying something selfish." "Don't overdo it." "A" "The furigana next to it says "Genzai," which means "Present."" "How was it when we first met?" "I want to retain the important past in my heart one more time." "Chihiro..." "You were looking at the sky." "You kept gazing at the sky." "It gave me a strange feeling somehow." "Sky, eh?" "I think I was indeed looking at the sky at that time." "But now it's more fun to look in front of me than at the sky." "Erm..." "What is it?" "Renji-kun and I..." "Erm, if it's okay with you..." "Can we hold hands?" "It's fine if we can't." "I don't really want to force you." "I was just thinking of trying to hold hands for a bit." "Can... we?" "Sure." "Let's hold hands." "Okay." "Chihiro!" "What's wrong?" "Chihiro!" "Chihiro!" "Chihiro!" "The furigana next to it says "Kurayami," which means "Darkness."" ""The girl married on the next day."" ""She found a dress in the castle."" ""She pretended to ask herself, 'Do you vow to marry?" "' in her mind, and she pretended to answer 'Yes.'"" ""And then she kissed the boy in the painting."" ""It tasted like oil."" ""She threw the flowers that she picked as a bouquet."" ""She prepared a bigger meal than usual."" ""It was a party after all."" ""But she had leftovers, because the dress was too tight around the hips."" ""The girl tossed the bouquet, the dress, and the leftovers to the bottom of the dump site and went to sleep."" ""And thus the wedding ceremony was over."" "It's you, eh." "Erm..." "Come in." "You heard me, didn't you?" "Come in." "Is Chihiro all right?" "Strain and lack of sleep, plus mental stress." "She kept straining herself, so she broke down once she felt relieved." "I tried to wake her up s everal times, but it didn't work." "She passed her time limit already, so just let her sleep quietly for now." "Time limit?" "Chihiro." "Onii-san, who are you?" "Eh?" "Why am I..." "Eh?" "Eh?" "Why?" "Why have I grown up?" "What happened to my eye?" "Chihiro..." "Where's Onee-chan?" "Where's Kei-onee-chan?" "Where's Hiro-onii-chan?" "What happened to me?" "Calm down, Chihiro." "You already..." "Why?" "Why?" "What happened to me?" "Wait!" "No!" "Chihiro, do you recognize me?" "Himura... onii-chan?" "You still remember me, don't you now?" "Now you understand, right?" "This is Chihiro." "This girl is stuck at twelve years old and thirteen hours." "Forever." "Yes, this is Hirono." "Hello?" "Hello, can you hear me?" "Is this Miyako?" "Bingo." "Miyako..." "What, so you do remember me." "What's wrong?" "I was worried because I couldn't get in touch with you." "Turn on your phone!" "So I didn't disappear." "I still haven't disappeared yet." "If you don't know about pain, you will face a more painful tragedy." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "Forget me not." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "Yes, this is Hirono." "Hello?" "Is this Miyako?" "Bingo." "So I didn't disappear." "I haven't disappeared yet." "Miyako..." "Chihiro, this is you." "Take your time." "If you read this, you'll be able to find your lost self." "Is it okay to leave her alone?" "The rest is her own problem." "No way..." "I told you not to get too involved with Chihiro." "I should've also told you to prepare yourself if you wanted to stay by her side." "Chihiro has lost four years of memories." "And even those were just faint images that maintained her original memories." "If she spends time reading the diary again and again, she should be able to return to something like her original state." "No way..." "It's something that has happened many times before." "It will happen again in the future." "And, the pain will become greater when her memories disappear over time." "In that case, it's even more important that someone stays by her side." "You don't get it." "I wasn't talking about Chihiro." "You will be the one who suffers a greater pain." "That's why I told you not to get too involved with Chihiro." "Is it painful?" "That's..." "You can still turn back now." "At the moment, Chihiro doesn't know about you." "If you want to disappear from her life, now is the time." "Something doesn't feel right." "Yes, this is Tsutsumi." "Ah, senpai." "This is Shindou." "Kei-chan." "Can you keep me company for a bit?" "Eh?" "A" "The furigana next to it says "Kioku," which means "Memory."" "This is... me?" "Yeah, that's right." "It doesn't make a difference..." "whether I read this or not!" "It's always the same day after day." "I just keep repeating meaningless days." "Chihiro..." "Do I have to keep doing it?" "Do I have to keep doing what's written in this diary from now on?" "It would be nice if I could put an end to it." "It would be nice if I could put an end to such an existence." "I can't calm down if I don't touch the ball." "Can't you ask Hirono to keep you company?" "His hands are filled with work, so I can't be unreasonable." "Say, Kei-chan." "What is it?" "Are you and Hirono getting along well?" "G-Getting along well..." "Hirono-senpai and I are just like siblings." "We don't really have that kind of..." "Nah, that's why I was asking if you two were getting along well as siblings." "My mom was an actress when she was alive." "My mom was really sparkling." "I want to make films like those as well." "Sparkling?" "I think you're really sparkling too." "Me?" "Yeah." "But now, you don't have that sparkle you had when we first met." "I wonder if it's because something happened between Hirono and you." "Somehow I feel like they're getting far away from me." "By the time I noticed, they were in some faraway place I couldn't reach." "Everyone..." "Everyone?" "Not just Hirono-senpai." "You're also trying your best at something you want to do." "My younger sister has started writing her novel." "Even though she's not in a state to do something like that." "Yet, I just do nothing because of this injury." "I'm not sparkling at all like this." "But that's not the only thing on your mind, is it?" "You know everything." "I told you, right?" "If I look through the finder, I can see everything." "Yahoo!" "Long time no see, Hirono-kun." "What happened to your cell phone?" "I switched to this." "See?" "A telephone card." "I don't need to pay monthly charges, and I don't get weird emails and crank calls." "It has lots of advantages." "Then I won't be able to call you either, will I?" "Ah." "I might've overlooked that." "I'm sorry I stood you up on Sunday." "Nah, it's all right." "Eh?" "You're not mad?" "It's fine." "Since you're here now." "That's not like you." "Ah, you were asked to hand in your career interest survey soon." "If you keep ignoring it, they'll call your parents." "What will you write?" "For now, I'm going to say I want to go to college." "What about being a manga artist?" "If I write that, they'll call my parents for real." "In the worst case, they'll find out about my job, and I'll be forced to quit." "Your dad doesn't understand what you want to do?" "I was the one who got mad and left home." "Isn't that nice, being free." "I don't want to hear that from you." "Why?" "You always seem to walk around all free and at ease." "That's not true." "My freedom is the empty kind." "Yours is the freedom to choose what you want to do." "A very substantial freedom that you got after experiencing a lot of hardship and pain." "I don't have any freedom at all." "There are lots of things I need to think about." "I'm totally boxed in." "If I start thinking about them, they're nothing but headaches." "If they're a bother, you can just abandon them and run away." "You're free to choose what you want." "That's why you're also free to abandon what you want." "That's right." "How about running away with me?" "To a faraway place that nobody knows." "You dummy." "You're right." "You're responsible for it since you made the choice." "Once I'm involved with something, I can't get myself to run away and pretend it never happened." "What about me?" "You're involved with me too, so you won't run away, right?" "Ah... the truth is, that's the thing I wanted to pretend it didn't happen the most." "That's mean!" "Thank you." "Eh?" "Because there's someone like you around, I feel like I can let out my excess stress." "Hirono-kun..." "Well, it's just a feeling." "I feel really comfortable being with you too." "But only that little time I can spend with you." "Miyako..." "Hey, Hirono-kun." "Hm?" "Say something." "S-Something..." "You draw shoujo manga, don't you?" "Don't you have any romantic lines for this kind of situation?" "I can't let go of you anymore." "That's really corny." "I-I love you." "That's cliche." "Je t'aime." "What's that?" "If you're killed, I will die with you." "Isn't that the wrong situation?" "Are you really a professional..." "I'm not good at ad-libbing." "If I don't have my drawing paper, I can't come up with lines." "Then take me to a place with drawing paper." "Do you know about this story?" "They did an experiment before." "An experiment?" "What kind of stuff would a baby say if it was brought up without anyone ever talking to it." "There's no way it would be able to say anything." "Half right." "Half?" "Not only couldn't it say anything, but it died as well." "What a sad story." "In my case, I didn't die, and I can still talk properly." "Miyako, you..." "Hirono-kun." "Can you look at me alone at all times?" "Yeah, I will look only at you." "I don't want to disappear from someone's heart again." "Is it about Chihiro?" "Yes." "That's fine." "I'll listen." "Chihiro has wanted to disappear for a long time." "Yeah." "I'm afraid of her." "Don't worry." "It's natural for you to feel afraid." "Even if that's a mean thing to do?" "Do you know why she feels lonely?" "Yeah." "Because she's all by herself." "That's just the outcome." "Think about the cause." "Then... because she was happy." "That's right." "Because she learned about happiness, she feels lonely for the first time." "And because she knows unhappiness, she understands happiness for the first time." "No way..." "This world revolves around two views on the same thing." "In addition, it's about laughable miseries." "No way..." "You two walked into loneliness on your own." "No way..." "There's no way..." "Are you telling me there's something else I could do?" "Are you satisfied with being able to let it out?" "Doesn't it comfort you to talk about it to someone?" "Why didn't you keep me away from Chihiro?" "I warned you." "You should've prevented us from seeing each other." "You're right." "Maybe I wanted to watch it..." "A dream that someone like me might be able to succeed." "I probably have the answer to what you and Chihiro should do." "Do you want to know?" "I'll just give you a hint." "Take the story that Chihiro is writing seriously." "Think about the reason she's writing such a story." "The furigana next to it says "Gensou," which means "Illusion."" ""The girl started drawing self-portraits the day after the wedding ceremony."" ""Even though she was married, there was no one except her in her world."" ""That's why she put herself into the paintings."" ""The girl put herself into all the paintings."" ""In that world beyond, the two of them were laughing together."" ""Looking at herself in the paintings, she felt strange."" ""The girl couldn't really understand that feeling."" ""Nevertheless, it continued to attract the girl's interest."" ""The girl is only one in the world."" ""That made her the God of this world."" "The furigana next to it says "Odoriji," which means "Iteration Mark."" "Should we take a break?" "I baked some cookies." "I hope you like them." "Thank you for everything, Renji-san." "Renji-kun." "Ah, I'm sorry." "Unconsciously, I thought you were older than me." "I see." "You can just call me whatever is easier for you." "Nah, please let me call you what I did before." "I will go back." "I will go back to my former self." "The furigana next to it says "Hanpuku," which means "Repetition."" "I've been writing a novel, right?" "I'm surprised." "It's almost finished." "I need to keep writing it." "You don't need to force yourself." "We can resume when you feel like it." "Will you still help me when that time comes?" "Yeah, of course." "The furigana next to it says "Hajimari," which means "Beginning."" "I've reread it three times now." "Am I going back to the person you knew?" "Yeah." "You feel just like the usual you." "I'm glad to hear that." "Now, I can love you the way I used to." "Eh?" "A-Ah, I-I see." "Eh?" "Is it possible you didn't know?" "Nah, it's more like... you never said you liked me to my face." "But I wrote in the diary that I confessed..." "I was the one who confessed." "Besides, it was like an accident." "It wasn't a formal confession." "Because I wrote that I liked you in the diary many times, I thought I already..." "R-Really?" "Did I do something rash perhaps?" "Nah, you think so?" "You could be right..." "Please forget what happened just now." "I already heard it though." "You're mean." "For the past four years..." "Eh?" "For the past four yours, I've just been standing still." "Maybe I should say I was at a dead end." "I couldn't do anything." "There was nothing to do." "I was just putting up with the passage of time." "I wished I might as well disappear." "It was really painful to read the diary of a person like that." "But, the diary became really cheerful after I met you." "Everyday, it was filled with happiness." "I felt really lucky just from reading it." "Chihiro..." "From here to here." "These pages are my whole life to me right now." "Chihiro." "Thank you, Renji-kun." "The furigana next to it says "Futari," which means "Couple."" "What are memories?" "What do you mean?" "If memories change, does personality change too?" "Or does personality stay the same, but the remembered content differs?" "Hm... the personality might change if you talk about the exact meaning, but the person herself should stay the same for her whole life in that sense." "I hope so." "What's the matter?" "When my four years of memories disappeared, perhaps that former self was already dead." "I'm also thinking that the former self that spent time with you has already disappeared." "That's not true." "Renji-kun." "That's not true." "No matter what happens, you are you." "You didn't die, nor are you a different person." "Renji-kun..." "You're the Chihiro that I've always known." "You're a dummy, Chihiro." "There's no way that's true." "You're right." "I'm weird, aren't I?" "Yeah, you're weird." "There's no way that's true." "It's impossible." "The furigana next to it says "Jijitsu," which means "Truth."" "There's no way... no way that's true." "Why?" "Why are you still here?" "Damn it, damn it, damn it!" "Chihiro has forgotten about you." "Chihiro doesn't remember you." "Why are you still here?" "Are you saying Chihiro's existence is more delicate than sand?" "Are you saying Chihiro's memories are more fragile than sand?" "There's no way that's true." "There's no way..." "Chihiro is Chihiro." "She met me, she laughed with me." "She's been mad, she's cried." "It's the Chihiro I know!" "She didn't disappear!" "She's not a different person!" "Something like that..." "something like that... can't be true!" "The furigana next to it says "Yokan," which means "Presentiment."" "Hey, come here." "Hurry up and come here." "There's loneliness here." ""The girl is only one in the world."" ""That made her the God of this world."" "I'm going to wake Onii-chan up then." "How about a sandwich?" "Perfect." "I think." "That doesn't sound reliable." "What's wrong, Kei-chan?" "Kei-chan, your leg!" "It's bad for you to run!" "Kei-chan!" "Are you all right, Kei-chan?" "Kei-chan!" "Kei-chan..." "Kei-chan..." "Look for me, and bring me back with you." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "I'm here." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "Just like I thought." "What is?" "You're someone who will cherish me." "What's that?" "I don't want to have anything to do with someone who won't cherish me." "If that's the case, I'd rather be alone." "Miyako..." "I don't want to disappear from someone's heart again." "If it's like that, I'd rather we had never met." "Can I stay here?" "Yeah." "Can you look at me alone at all times?" "Yeah." "I don't want to let go of something important to me anymore." "What's this about?" "Kei..." "Is this what it's about?" "Your..." "Kei!" "Don't go." "Miyako..." "Don't go, please." "But..." "Who do you choose, her or me?" "You're not going, are you, Hirono-kun?" "Look at me alone." "Don't look at anyone other than me!" "Miyako..." "Please." "Wait here." "I'll be back real soon." "You left after all." "Kei-chan..." "Don't worry about me!" "Don't you want to shoot this?" "You want to shoot this, right?" "Shoot it!" "Just shoot it." "Such an amusing scene won't happen a second time." "Shoot it!" "Kei-chan..." "Kei..." "It's me." "Sorry, I'm busy right now." "Because of Kei-chan?" "Can we meet?" "What do you want all of a sudden?" "I'm the one who should be asking you that." "What are you planning to do, Hirono?" "Planning to do...?" "Are you going out with Miyamura?" "How is that relevant?" "What about Kei-chan then?" "What are you saying?" "Kei and I don't have that kind of relationship..." "What the heck is this about?" "You're leaving things half done." "You're half-assed about your studies, about your work." "Don't abuse others like that!" "Stop saying things I don't understand!" "Do you think you can beat me with your left hand?" "My right hand is for work!" "You're half-assed even at fighting." "What?" "You try to run away from everything like that, don't you?" "I've never tried to run away!" "Taking something on without thinking about it and then dragging it along is the same as running away!" "Didn't you run away without trying to persuade your dad too?" "What do you know about my family?" "What is Kei-chan to you?" "Is she family, or a woman?" "Neither." "Kei is Kei." "That's why I said you're half-assed!" "She cried because you didn't make yourself clear!" "You're making her suffer because you're running away with your indecisive attitude." "At this rate, she'll follow you forever, crying like a lost child." "You're the only one, Hirono, who can help her with her feelings." "I'm back." "Miyako?" "Miyako..." "Hirono-kun?" "Miyako...?" "I've thought about it." "About what?" "Let's not see each other anymore." "What are you saying, Miyako?" "It's painful for me to think about you." "I know I'm saying something selfish." "I also know it's wrong for me to do this." "But your heart doesn't belong to me and me alone after all." "Miyako..." "One day, I'll disappear from your heart again when it fills with other things, right?" "Therefore, let's break up before that happens." "Wait, Miyako!" "Miyako!" "Miyako..." "Hiro-senpai." "Hayama." "What are you doing here?" "Nothing." "How was Kei-senpai's sandwich?" "Eh?" "She suddenly called me up last night and asked me how to make it." "How frustrating." "O-O-Ouch." "Wh-What on earth is that about?" "She suddenly began to cook." "I thought it was strange, so I asked her." "And she said boldly, "It's for Onii-chan."" "Plus her face was all red." "I had no choice, so I taught her how to make it while holding back my tears for her happiness." "I-I see." "Well, I got something in return." "What's that?" "The subscription postcard to the monthly publication MIMI." "This month's present to the reader is extremely valuable." "What are you doing?" "Hayama, are you a fan of Shindou Nagi?" "Yeah, since his name is similar to Kei-senpai's." "That's it?" "Eh?" "It's a different author for "works of interest"?" "Because lately, Shindou Nagi's works haven't been interesting." "Somehow his vigor has decreased." "His works used to have more sparkle to them." "Lately, his works have been too ordinary." "They're not Shindou Nagi-like anymore." "Even though you wouldn't understand that." "Y-Yeah." "Being half-assed at everything... huh?" "I know that." "Knowing something and understanding it are different." "I know that too." "They're all important to you, so you don't want to let go of any of them, right?" "Yeah, something like that." "But one day you'll have to give up on one of them." "For the sake of not letting go of what's most important to you." "As I said, they're all important to me." "But if you don't choose one, you'll end up losing everything." "Even so, I can't abandon something I got involved with and pretend nothing happened." "You're not abandoning it." "They're asking you to abandon it." "That's why it's painful." "I don't want to get hurt anymore." "But as long as you live, you can't run away from pain." "I know." "I know that, but..." "Letting go of a bond that you created will cause you the same pain as having your body torn apart." "Can you guys bear it?" "We shouldn't run away even if we can't bear it." "You're right." "You actually knew the answer from the very beginning, didn't you?" "Even if I did, I lacked the courage to understand its meaning." "I feel like..." "I've seen the color I've been looking for." "Kei, are you there?" "What are you doing here?" "You forgot your crutch." "Go home." "Don't push yourself before your knee recovers." "It's none of your business." "Kei, thank you for the sandwiches." "I ran into Hayama and heard about it from her." "And she told me that my manga wasn't interesting." "Kei, I'm going to quit school and devote myself to being a manga artist." "It wasn't right to do an indifferent job on it till now." "I can't draw something well if I'm indecisive about it." "Is that related to Miyamura-senpai?" "It's not unrelated, but it's something I thought through myself." "You've decided?" "Yeah, I've decided." "I see." "You were always like that." "You decide everything on your own and proceed ahead by yourself." "Kei..." "You fulfill your dream and do what you want to do." "You carry it through to the end, even though it's hard." "Because you've been watching out for me." "Eh?" "I wanted to act cool in front of the girls who called me "Onii-chan."" "I wanted to make you two happy." "That's why I started drawing manga." "Onii-chan..." "It was fun back then." "Do you remember?" "We fought while we were reading this manga." "Yeah." "What was that about?" "The last chapter took an unexpected turn." "We were surprised." "The three of us, including Chihiro, argued about whether we liked or hated the way it ended." "You took the side of the girl who got dumped at the very end." "You insisted it was her fault that she got dumped." "She didn't make any effort, just because she was kind of pretty." "Now that I think about it, that was already the end." "But we didn't even realize it and were absorbed in the ending." "That's what reality is." "Yeah." "It's impossible to have a fair ending." "That ending was more realistic." "One day, it suddenly comes to an end without prior notice." "The one who's been dreaming about it before then like an idiot is destroyed in an instant." "Kei..." "Don't say it!" "Don't end it yet." "Kei..." "I thought our relationship would continue forever and ever." "You'd be with me, I'd be with you." "You'd always be sloppy and need me to take care of you." "But I'd always do my best to support you, and you'd support me when I was having a hard time." "We'd fight sometimes, then make up." "Eventually, our relationship as brother and sister would turn into being lovers." "Before long, we'd get married and have kids." "It would... it would keep going on like that." "Kei..." "What did you think, Onii-chan?" "Tell me the truth." "I thought something like that as well." "I thought it would somehow turn out that way." "Really?" "So it was just too late for me to find out." "I should've admitted my feelings sooner." "Sorry, Kei." "Onii-chan, I love you!" "I love you." "I love you, Onii-chan." "Yeah." "All this time, since we were small." "Yeah." "I yearned for it." "Yeah." "It was my pride." "Yeah." "I had..." "I had always loved you." "Yeah." "I want to go back." "To the time when we were always together." "To the time when you were with me." "We can." "Let's go back, Kei." "Even though we're not related by blood, you're my younger sister." "You're someone important to me." "That's why..." "What... it was painful for you too." "I see." "Kei..." "I'll be all right." "I think it'll take some time, but I'll definitely be all right." "Okay." "This is my last time looking at this place too, eh." "Are you running away again?" "It's the same as before anyway." "I just need to turn a blind eye to what I don't like." "I just need to stop my ears against what I don't want to hear." "I've always done that, and I've survived until now that way." "You won't be able to choose anything then." "It's fine." "I gave up on that from the very beginning." "But that person is trying his best." "I can't be as strong as Hirono-kun." "That's a pity." "I wanted to watch it." "A dream that might bring someone like me happiness." "A dream?" "Is this Miyako?" "Yeah." "Where are you now?" "That's a secret." "Can we talk face to face?" "No." "My determination will waver if we meet." "Determination means..." "I'm going to leave this town." "And then I'm going to a place nobody knows." "Miyako..." "This is my last call." "This is my last farewell to you, who has been nice to me." "Miyako..." "I think I might've been testing you till now." "Testing means...?" "Ever since we met on Christmas night..." "I think I've been observing your reactions since then." "To see if you were someone who'd cherish me." "You didn't need to go as far as testing me for something like that..." "If I wasn't going to be cherished, I didn't want to get involved with anyone." "And then?" "How was it?" "The result of the testing." "Did I fail?" "Nah." "You got full marks." "You're a nice person, and too good for me." "Don't say that." "I have an eye for people." "Then why'd you say you're going to leave town?" "I don't want to be erased from your heart." "I'm going to make myself disappear while you still love me." "Miyako..." "There wasn't a sound in my house." "Sound?" "My parents were always at work." "Both papa and mama kept their mouths shut at home." "They didn't talk at all." "They didn't even want to hear each other's voices or footsteps." "Their minds were full of hate for each other, and they were too busy to care about their own daughter." "My name..." "Name?" "They hardly ever called my name." "That's how little talking there was." "No matter how well I did in school, even if I was number one in sports, they never praised me." "I even learned how to prepare the fish recipe that papa and mama loved." "I cut myself a lot with the kitchen knife, but..." "Miyako..." "It was strange though." "I didn't really need to mimic them, but I always felt breathless anxiety." "Finally, they got divorced about six years ago." "Frankly speaking, I felt relieved." "Because of that, I was free." "After that, I quit that house without sound, and started going wherever I wanted to go freely." "I hoped that I'd find a home somewhere one day." "It was relaxing not to be involved with anyone." "I didn't feel tired, and I didn't need to be careful to avoid being hated." "I could go anywhere, whenever I liked." "Yeah, I could go anywhere." "But... but, being able to go anywhere meant that I didn't have a home anywhere." "Not having a place I wanted to go to or return to was like being all alone in the world." "Shut up!" "Stop babbling by yourself!" "Hirono-kun..." "Besides, why didn't you tell me about this sooner?" "You felt lonely, didn't you?" "You felt pain, didn't you?" "If so, you should've told me!" "There's no way I could tell you!" "If I had told you, you'd have pitied me." "I wanted to be cherished, not pitied!" "In that case, your home will be by my side!" "In that case, your family and your life by yourself will become your past." "It'll be okay then, right?" "Even if I have a home, I'll be afraid of losing it!" "You won't!" "How can you be so sure?" "Trust me." "I want to." "I want to trust you." "Is there something you're not satisfied about?" "Because I'm horrible!" "You'll definitely hate me one day." "That's not true!" "I knew how you and Kei-chan felt!" "I thought I couldn't win against Kei-chan." "But I wanted to stay by your side so desperately that I held onto you." "And I knew you were suffering!" "I'm the worst." "I only think about myself!" "Let me think about my problems." "You're just fine as you are." "That's more like you." "I've found the answer to my problem." "The rest is up to you!" "Can I really trust you?" "Yeah." "I don't want to disappear anymore." "I'm right here, so I don't want to be ignored!" "I'm always looking at you." "How could you disappear?" "!" "I want to stay!" "I want my cooking to be eaten while it's still warm!" "I want to be with you!" "I want someone to praise me!" "I'll say you're amazing if you do well in school!" "I'll scold you if you do something bad!" "And of course, I'll eat your cooking!" "No matter how disgraceful it is, I want to cling to you!" "You can just do what you want to do!" "I'll accept it all!" "Hirono-kun, I..." "Listen carefully!" "I..." "I..." "love you!" "Hirono-kun!" "I didn't know this place." "I've gone to all the public telephones in Otowa." "Hirono-kun." "Miyako." "You have to bear the responsibility." "Responsibility?" "You caught me, so don't let me go anymore." "You didn't want to be bound by anyone, did you?" "Human feelings can change." "Carve me into the memories that won't disappear." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "Ever forever." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "Good afternoon, Renji-kun." "Good afternoon." "You took your time today." "Yes." "I finished writing the novel." "I wrote the last part myself." "I-I see." "What's wrong?" "Congratulations on completing it." "Thank you." "But it's not done yet." "After you finish reading it, if there isn't a problem, then it's done." "This is something the two of us wrote together." "Which ending did you choose?" "Did you end it with the girl entering the paintings, or the boy coming out of the paintings?" "You haven't decided on the ending yet, right?" "About that..." "you'll know when you read it." "Okay." "Please wait." "Please read it after I've gone home." "It's embarrassing." "I should express my gratitude to you." "Gratitude?" "I couldn't have finished writing the novel by myself." "This is all thanks to you." "I didn't do anything." "You had the ability to write it to begin with." "No." "I don't think I could've done anything without you." "You created the chance for me to fulfill my only dream." "Yes, with this, I'm..." "Please let me express my gratitude to you." "I want to express my gratitude to you." "Chihiro." "If there's anything I can do, please tell me." "Then... will you go on a date with me?" "A... date?" "Will you?" "Going on a date is something lovers do." "Can't we be lovers?" "As I thought." "I won't do after all." "That's not..." "It's not like that." "Okay." "Let's be lovers." "But only for one day." "Only for one day?" "Yes." "You and I will be lovers only for tomorrow." "So let's have a date." "Only for tomorrow?" "It's called a trial period." "Then how about starting the day after tomorrow?" "Let me think about it tomorrow." "Can you read the novel another time?" "Please read it after our date tomorrow." "The two of you are really similar." "Who am I similar to?" "I wonder." "I've already forgotten about her." "The person you're waiting for?" "I forgot about her too." "Erm..." "Hmm?" "What does it feel like to fall in love with someone?" "Let's see." "You feel like there's no helping it." "There's no helping...?" "When you finally notice, it's already too late." "It's too late no matter how you feel." "In that case, it might be too late for me too." "I see." "Erm, thank you for everything." "What's the matter?" "You're so formal." "I just felt like saying it." "If I don't say it when I want to, I'll forget about it." "I didn't do anything." "You said the same thing as Renji-kun." "We're similar too." "Give this to him." "What's that?" "Just a little custom." "Good morning." "M-Morning." "What's wrong?" "Nothing... those clothes..." "Since it's a date, I dressed up." "Onee-chan bought it for me, even though I didn't try it on before." "It's great." "It's really cute." "Thank you." "Do you have a plan in mind?" "I thought about seeing a movie first." "What do you think?" "That sounds good." "What kind of movie should we see?" "I guess... at a time like this, a love story would be best..." "As long as it's not a sad one." "Not a sad one?" "I might cry real hard." "Then how about a comedy?" "That sounds good." "I like it." "Ah... sorry." "Well, I didn't think it would have a bad ending." "That was totally unexpected." "I'm sorry." "I-I'm... going to... wash my face..." "Do you need a tissue?" "I brought some with me." "Excuse me." "Welcome back." "It was a really good story though." "It was interesting how the story took an unexpected turn." "I thought it would be slapstick, but it turned out to have emotional development." "Yeah." "And it had a bad ending." "A happy ending would've been nice." "It would've ... really been..." "I'm going to wash my face." "Erm... do you need tissues?" "You're mean." "Where are we going next?" "Let's see." "Since you don't like crowded places, a game center wouldn't work out..." "Want to give it a try?" "Yeah." "That was a bit hard." "The setup of the spring was weak, and the material was slippery." "The rabbit next to it seemed to be easy though." "Oh, yeah." "I'll buy you a similar one next time." "I know a place that sells them." "Our eyes met." "It said I should bring it with me." "Let's go back." "You want that one, right?" "I'll definitely get it." "This time for sure." "This time for sure." "This time for sure." "Go!" "Got it!" "Don't slip off." "Keep going..." "Keep going..." "Keep going..." "All right!" "Finally got it!" "Here." "Thank you." "Poyo." "Poyo?" "The one I have at home is Piyo-chan." "This one is Poyo-chan." "I-I see." "Can we play that one too?" "Please give me one piece." "There are plenty of them." "Let's split them half-and-half." "Just one piece is enough." "Really?" "Thank you, Renji-kun." "Yeah." "Today was really fun." "That's good to hear." "Erm, Renji-kun." "What is it?" "Can we... hold hands?" "Y-Yeah." "Thank you." "We're lovers, after all." "You're right." "Somehow I always feel at ease when I'm with you." "What should we do now?" "Let's go to the beach if that's okay with you." "The beach?" "It seems lovers go to the beach." "Really?" "Yes." "That's what the books say." "What do lovers do after they come here?" "It wouldn't be bad just to remain like this, without doing anything." "Yeah." "We came here before too, right?" "Yeah." "A lot of things happened, right?" "Yeah." "A lot of things happened." "I know about them because I've read my diary over and over again." "But I don't remember them." "I'm sure by tomorrow I'll also forget about today's..." "It'd be nice if tomorrow never came." "You shouldn't say something like that." "Couldn't tomorrow possibly be a better day than today?" "You're right." "Oh, I totally forgot about it." "Himura-san told me to give this to you." "Apparently, it's a duplicate key to the school rooftop." "Huh, why?" "The view of the streets from the rooftop in the evening is supposed to be really beautiful." "That's not what I meant." "Why did Himura-san have this?" "I wonder why." "He's a really mysterious person." "Apparently, it's a custom in that school to p ass down this key from one person to another." "Eh." "Let's go and try it out." "Yes." "Amazing." "I should thank Himura-san after this." "Yeah." "Amazing, amazing." "Don't get too close to the edge." "It's all right." "It's really amazing." "Yeah." "Chihiro." "Yes?" "I love you." "I'll also love you tomorrow and the day after." "I'll always love you." "Saying something like that doesn't suit me, eh?" "I yearned to say it though." "I love you." "Can we kiss?" "Kissing is something lovers do." "I'm your lover." "In that case, you should just kiss me without saying anything." "You're right." "Yes." "Our teeth knocked against each other." "Then..." "let's try it one more time." "S-Sorry." "I got a little carried away." "Please don't stop." "I've finally come all the way here today." "I don't want you to treat me like I'm far away." "Chihiro." "Please make us into a real pair of lovers." "Why me?" "I wonder why." "How about you?" "Why me?" "I wonder why." "Just that..." "Just that?" "I love you too." "Chihiro." "What is it?" "I love you." "Eh?" "I love you." "I know." "Renji-kun." "What is it?" "Kiss." "W-Wait a second." "Don't." "Geez." "Is it about today?" "Yes, about just now." "What have you written?" "I won't tell anyone no matter what." "Tell me what you can then." "Well then, our teeth knocked against each other." "You were right." "You can't say anything beyond that." "I can't." "Ten o'clock in the evening." "That means the memory of our meeting at the station at nine this morning will disappear soon." "From now on, an hour of Chihiro's memories about what happened today will disappear as each hour passes." "They will all disappear." "What's wrong, Renji-kun?" "Nothing." "It's nothing." "Yes." "Everything is fine." "Today has passed." "Yeah." "Your trial period has passed, hasn't it?" "You brought it with you, eh?" "Yes, please read it." "Then it will be completed." "Chihiro?" "I'm embarrassed after all for you to read it in front of me." "I'll read this on the rooftop." "I want to reread all the things that have happened from when we met up until now." "Please tell me after you've finished reading it." "Okay." "See you later then." "Okay." "The furigana next to it says "Kanjou", which means "Feelings."" ""The girl is the only one in the world."" "Reference Note:" "Most of the lines below can be found in the opening animation." ""That made her the God of this world."" ""Something mysterious happened."" ""The two in those paintings had moved."" ""The god looked inside the paintings."" ""The two in the pictures seemed to be having fun, smiling at each other."" ""But the paintings were blurred."" ""The world itself appeared blurred."" ""Why, the girl thought."" ""A strange feeling developed in her mind."" ""She could not describe what it was."" ""She wondered why the paintings became blurred, even though she painted them so clearly."" ""The two in the paintings were smiling at each other."" ""That was what she felt."" ""She repainted them."" ""She repainted them over and over."" ""But the results were exactly the same."" ""She was at a loss."" ""She began to be unsure of everything."" ""The girl is the only one in the world."" ""That made her the God of this world."" ""So she thought she should make her world much cleaner."" ""She burned all pictures."" ""She set fire to the mansion and the old castle."" ""Along with the structures, she burned all her memories."" ""Lastly, the God threw the trash, the only trash left in the world, out from the cliff."" "Renji-kun." "I finished reading the novel." "How was it?" "Hmm, I was a bit surprised." "It's a sad ending." "That's not true." "For the girl, it's the happiest ending." "The girl shouldn't have contact with other people after all." "Because she has found out what loneliness is." "Chihiro..." "That girl is us." "Renji-kun, let's break up." "I don't want to." "Even if you're obstinate about it, I won't give way about this." "I don't want to." "I'm sorry." "I don't want to." "Did I tell you the story of the sheep?" "The story about the sheep tied by a chain, that died after eating up all the grass." "Yeah." "I'm tied by a chain that's twelve years long." "No matter how much time goes by, I can't get to the outside world from there." "The farthest my hand can reach is thirteen hours from there." "The story I wrote was about my dream inside those twelve years." "That's why after I finished writing the story, everything of mine is done." "I decided at the very beginning." "I'd disappear from your sight after I finished writing this novel." "I thought I'd disappear quietly without leaving behind any memories, like a mermaid princess turning into a bubble." "But I'm weak." "I became like Cinderella instead of a mermaid princess." "That's all right." "It's ridiculous to call me a prince, but..." "You're wrong, Renji-kun." "I was happy." "I was really, really happy." "I love you." "But, since I'm like this, I don't want you to disappear from my heart." "I want to break up while I can still say, "I love you."" "No way..." "That logic doesn't make sense." "You let me write the novel that I abandoned a long time ago." "You let me wear a uniform and go to school." "You brought me out of the station where I was marooned." "Before then, I had been doing nothing but looking up at the sky." "I always felt like crying." "I always looked up at the sky because I felt like my tears were going to start." "You hugged someone like me tightly." "You suffered and cried for my sake." "That's why I want you to be happy too." "I don't want you to be unhappy." "Chihiro..." "If you stay with me, I believe you'll keep suffering from painful memories." "I don't want that." "I'm not disappearing because I hate you." "Even I have a way to prevent you from being unhappy." "Even though I shouldn't be able to do anything, I've found a way." "I don't want to!" "Please praise me." "I love you." "How can I praise you for something stupid like that?" "Please smile." "I don't want to." "Let's part with your usual smile." "I don't want to." "I'm sorry." "Farewell." "Chihiro!" "This is..." "This is me." "The diary from the day I met you until today." "With this, the "I" that knew about you has disappeared." "With this, I won't remember you anymore." "With this, we've really broken up." "The end of the season is a time of beginning." "Next episode, ef - a tale of memories:" "Love." "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" "From yesterday's me to tomorrow's me:" "Don't mind about the lost diary pages." "I just tore out and threw away the pages on which I made writing mistakes." "I didn't have any unhappy experiences." "Rather, I was happy." "It was a happiness I didn't really deserve." "That's why it was just a writing mistake." "Something that never happened from the very beginning." "Therefore, I tore them out and threw them away." "Please don't worry about it, and continue living your days as before." "And... please don't get involved with a person called Asou Renji-san from now on." "It will bring unhappiness to both you and him." "To: tomorrow's me." "From: yesterday's me." "Note:" "The furigana in this episode all have the same meaning as the kanji unless specified." "It has already been a long thirteen hours since Chihiro and I broke up." "I bet Chihiro has already forgotten what happened yesterday." "Not just what happened yesterday, but everything since the day we met." "Everything about me..." "Chihiro is the same as usual." "She's the same as the Chihiro from before she met you." "Do you know why she wrote a novel like that?" "I'll listen if you've got something to say." "I see." "It's painful, isn't it?" "Please don't be so nice to me." "If you do, it will look like it's really over, won't it?" "It's really over." "Strictly speaking, Chihiro's problem isn't that she forgets what has happened." "She can't remember it in her brain." "It's a result of repeatedly losing thirteen hours of memories." "Present-day medicine can't make Chihiro better." "Even if a miracle occurs and her illness is cured, her lost memories will never come back." "Besides, miracles don't exist in this world." "There are only inevitabilities and accidents, and what you're going to do." "That's it." "It's painful to be unable to reach the person you love." "But if you keep grieving over it, the burden in your heart will just get heavier." "Even so, there's no way I can forget about it!" "I didn't tell you to forget about it." "Going on with your life while shouldering that burden is also a way to live." "I won't tell you to do that though." "Can I ask you something?" "What is it?" "Are you always at the church because you're shouldering a burden?" "I wonder." "I've already forgotten the reason." "Come in." "What?" "Nothing." "I was just wondering what happened to you." "Nothing." "Really?" "By the way, isn't it almost time to submit your career interest survey?" "Yeah." "Have you decided what you want to do?" "No, not yet." "I see." "Take your time." "It's your dream after all." "I can't do it." "I can't even think about tomorrow, let alone such a distant future." "There won't be a "tomorrow."" "Renji..." "It'd be nice if tomorrow never came." "You shouldn't say something like that." "Couldn't tomorrow possibly be a better day than today?" "What's wrong, Renji?" "Where are you going?" "Couldn't tomorrow possibly be a better day than today?" "There's no way that could be true." "What are you grieving over, young man?" "Kuze-san..." "Here you go." "Thank you." "Human beings are cruel." "Even though it's heartbreaking, I feel hungry." "Even though it's painful, I feel sleepy." "And, even though it's painful for me, I still eat and sleep peacefully." "I can't forgive myself, and hence it becomes even more painful." "But, that proves you're alive." "Kuze-san..." "What is it?" "What should I do to fulfill my dream?" "Let's see." "To fulfill your dream, you need to have a dream first." "To have a dream?" "You might think it's obvious, but it's a very important something." "You can have an image, a desire, or a wish of what you want to become." "Wish..." "This is what I wanted to become." "Don't forget about it, and keep wishing for it." "That's the first step to fulfilling your dream." "What if the dream is something impossible?" "You can only wait for a miracle to happen." "Miracles don't exist in this world." ""There are only inevitabilities and accidents, and what you're going to do."" "That's Himura favorite phrase, isn't it?" "But sometimes the outcome of your action, which become inevitable, will overlap with accidents, and fulfill your dream unexpectedly." "I don't know if that can be called a miracle, but there's one thing I'm certain about." "Nothing will happen if you don't wish for it." "The furigana next to it says "Euphoric Field."" "Wish... eh?" "No matter how much I wish for them, there are things I can't do anything about." "Chihiro's memories won't come back once they disappear." "The time that she spent with me has already..." "I always felt like crying." "I always looked up at the sky because I felt like my tears were going to start." "Chihiro..." "E-Excuse me..." "Yes?" "Erm, can I ask you something strange?" "Have we met before?" "Even though I remember." "Even though I remember everything." "Even though I can't forget." "How is that..." "How is that possible?" "!" "Chihiro..." "I'm going to break up with Renji-kun soon." "Even though it will be painful and lonely, I decided from the beginning that this would be the last time." "That's why I could put up with it." "Because it was the last time, we kissed many times." "Because it was the last time, we did it many times." "Even though it's sad, this memory will soon disappear too." "Even so, I think I'll be fine." "No matter how painful it is, no matter how lonely it is, I'll forget about these feelings right away." "But now I still remember them, so it's heartbreaking." "It's very painful." "Renji-kun's warmth still remains in my heart." "To tell the truth, I want to be with Renji-kun just like this all the time." "I want to feel Renji-kun all the time." "I want to spend time with Renji-kun just like before." "I don't want to forget." "I don't want to disappear." "I don't want to return to those empty days anymore." "Renji-kun was the knight who saved me from agony." "Renji-kun was the prince who rescued me from inside everlasting time." "Even though I'll forget, even though I'll disappear, I love Renji-kun." "No matter how much time passes, even if everything disappears from within me, at this very moment, I love Renji-kun from the bottom my heart." "Renji-kun, thank you for everything." "And... farewell." "There's still something I can do." "It could be a waste of effort, but... but..." "Even though there are still missing pages..." "Even though there are still a lot of missing pages..." "I'll gather them." "I'll definitely gather all of them together." "That's why..." "That's why, don't..." "Thirteen hours is a long time." "Why are you doing that?" "Chihiro..." "Even though I shouldn't..." "Even though I should forget about you..." "I've been thinking back on it over and over again." "I can't do it." "I can't do it." "I can't not think about you for thirteen hours." "Chihiro!" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I won't let you forget anymore." "I won't let you forget no matter what happens." "I'll always be with you." "That's why..." "That's why..." "Renji-kun!" "Chihiro!" "We'll definitely... always be together." "I believe everyone has prayed to God at least once." "Even though they might not believe, one day they will surely make an honest prayer." "Something that everyone is looking for." "Something that everyone is after." "Something that's created from everyone's continuous wish and the bonds between them." "The thing that's created is..." "Geez, I told you guys to free some space on the hard drive, didn't I?" "I can't edit." "President, are you still playing with that?" "You should give up and work on something new to change your mood." "It's okay." "Let me do what I want." "It wouldn't end like this." "There's no way one of his movies would end like this." "Even though it's frustrating, the movie sparkles." "Shouldn't you see how it goes for a little longer?" "You just heard today that your recovery is complete, right?" "No, I can't stay still anymore." "With my body feeling so light..." "Hey, Kei-chan!" "Oh, what's for breakfast?" "It's dinner if you consider the time." "I already finished school." "You don't need to make something complicated." "You're going to have exams soon, aren't you?" "No problem, no problem." "My brain is different from yours." "On that subject, can't you do something about your lifestyle of sleeping during the day and waking up in the evening?" "It's okay, isn't it?" "We have enough time to be together, and we won't disturb each other's work and studies." "Isn't it all good?" "Menu planning will be a problem." "Our breakfasts and dinners will be reversed, won't they?" "I don't mind eating fried meat after waking up though." "My pride won't allow that." "I've decided that I'll come up with a breakfast menu when you get up." "You don't really need to take it too seriously." "I want to." "Because I want you to eat it while it's still warm." "Huh, it's from Kei." "Ah, how did it go for Kei-chan this morning?" ""Completely recovered." "Going to club activities right now."" "So she said." "I'm glad to hear that." "Don't you think Hiro-senpai is mean?" "He pretended to be a perverted and geeky student, but his real identity is Shindou Nagi-sensei, whom I really admire." "I feel totally betrayed." "I really hate him right now." "I'm extremely angry." "You don't need to be that mad, do you?" "Hm, are you taking Hiro-senpai's side?" "Is this the rumored friendship between guys?" "Have you fallen for a man?" "Is this the joyful and embarrassing boys love?" "What are you talking about?" "All right." "This is as far as you guys go then." "H-Here?" "Because beyond here is the place where I fight." "I see." "Well then, good luck." "Yeah." "Say, Senpai." "What is it?" "Thank you." "I can now walk on my own feet." "Anywhere I go, I'll be running towards it." "Make sure to follow me closely." "Okay." "That's right." "I can't keep waiting forever for someone to take my hand." "Be careful, Kei-senpai." "I got it." "Ah, come to think of it..." "What is it, Renji-kun?" "You said before that you were more afraid of being forgotten than of disappearing, right?" "Yeah, I might've said that." "I see." "Yeah, I've decided." "I liked that place." "The quiet, empty train station where nobody came was the best place for reading alone." "However, someone got here before me today." "That was an encounter that lasted less than forty-five seconds." "Oh." "It's from Chihiro." "What does Chihiro-chan say?" "It seems that in order to fulfill your dream, the first step is to keep wishing for it." "Yeah." "I found my dream, thanks to you." "I saw the color I had always been looking for." "I haven't found my dream yet, but I've found my way of living." "Way of living?" "Meaning, to be with you." "I understood what kind of movies I want to make." "Right now, I want to keep running with all my heart." "I'm already satisfied that my last dream had come true." "It's not the last one." "This is only the beginning." "I will walk down the path together with you." "My, good evening." "Yo." "I've made you wait for a very long time." "I see." "Sorry about that, Yuko." "It's been a long time, Yu-kun."