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Please come to the south building rooftop after school on April 28th.

Signed, Sumire Soma.

There's a weird girl in your class, right, Tomoki?

A weird girl?

Oh, yeah! That weird chick with long hair.

She's kinda like you.

Like me?

She hardly ever talks, and she's stone-faced.

She doesn't seem interested in the people around her.

Her name's Misora Haruki.

If you ask me, I'd say I'm on the talkative side, and I'm pretty expressive.

My name is Kei Asai.

What's so similar about us?

You both have similar auras!

You guys seem insincere about all sorts of things.

Is that so?

Hell, yeah!

So, what's this about Haruki?

Oh, she's not the one I wanted to talk to you about.

Her hair's short, and her name's Sumire Soma.

Oh... She's the class rep in my class.

I've talked to her a few times.

And today, there was a letter in my shoe locker.

She said she wanted to meet me on the rooftop after school.

She's gonna ask you out! So, whatcha gonna do?

We'll see.

I don't have any reason to turn her down, after all.

You see, that's exactly what makes you insincere!

Hey, you're in Class 2-1, right?

Yes.

Do you know Soma-san?

Yes.

Great.

She said she'd be here. Do you know where she might be?

No.

Hey, what's your favorite food?

I don't have one.

What's your least favorite food?

I don't have one.

Do you think we're alike?

It depends on what you mean by that.

By the way, why are you here?

If you want to be left alone, I'll leave.

I'm here because Sumire Soma told me to be here.

It's not that I want to be alone.

I wish you'd said that when I brought Soma-san up.

Do you talk to her often?

The classmate I talked to the most when I was a first-year was Sumire Soma.

Oh, so you're friends.

Ever since I became a second-year, you became the person I talk to the most.

Reset.

That girl...

If you ask me, I'd say I'm on the talkative side, and I'm pretty expressive.

My name is Kei Asai.

What's so similar about us?

You both have similar auras!

You guys seem insincere about all sorts of things.

Yeah, I can see that.

Hell, yeah!

So, what's this about Haruki?

Uh... What's wrong?

It's nothing. I just thought I didn't have a chance.

This is Sakurada - a town tucked away in Japan.

About half of the people here possess special abilities.

There are all sorts of abilities.

For the most part, they're useless, and they generally defy the laws of physics.

There's a reason why there are people with abilities in Sakurada:

Once anyone leaves Sakurada, they end up forgetting about their ability.

There's no difference between being unaware of an ability at your disposal and not having one at all.

I possess the ability to recall the past with my five senses.

I can always remember the things I've seen, heard, and thought once with certainty.

So far, my ability has only been good enough to say that I've got a better memory than others.

However...

Hello, Asai-kun.

What are you doing, Soma-san?

Doing my class rep duties.

Here?

It doesn't matter where.

As long as it isn't on the south building rooftop.

Don't you think it's kinda mean for you to not be where you asked me to be?

Sorry about that.

Is it the class rep's task to set me and Haruki-san up?

She doesn't have any friends.

So, I just thought, if I have you guys meet, you'd become friends.

How about you?

I'll try, but I think it's impossible, probably.

She and I aren't compatible at all!

Like you wouldn't believe.

Why me, then?

Because you're compatible.

You and she are alike.

You're exactly alike in that you both lead very honest lives.

Not in that we're insincere?

Asai-kun, if you wanna be friends with Haruki, I'll help you out.

Is there any point to becoming friends?

There is. There's a huge point for you two to be together.

Like, say for example, resetting.

Reset.

This is the second time.

Is resetting your ability?

Yes. I can go back as far as three days prior.

You rewind time?

No. I just rearrange everything to the past state.

Since I rearrange things, I strictly reconstruct the world of the past.

So, it's not like you're erasing time.

It's simply a reset.

Even human brain cells get rearranged to their past state.

Because of that, people lose their memories of that time.

I see.

For my ability, there are three restrictions.

One, I can't use my ability to reset if I didn't save beforehand.

The save effect lasts for 72 hours.

Two, I can't do another save within 24 hours of a reset.

So, you can't repeat the same time over and over again.

And three, the biggest restriction:

resetting affects me, too.

My memories also get erased.

I don't even remember resetting.

And spring is almost over.

Summer starts next weekend.

Oh, really? Summer is always much sooner than you think.

Well then, let's spend time here while summer's on its way.

Let's meet up again and again, and talk about all sorts of things so we can understand each other.

Is there any point in doing that?

Who cares about the point!

We'll just be hanging out like sparrows that are only on a power line to rest their wings.

I can't stand doing things for no reason.

Yeah.

Then, let's assume there's an android among us.

An android?

They look just like humans.

Even if you hold their hand, kiss them, or check their blood,

you wouldn't know that they're artificial.

So, who among us is that kind of android?

What's the point of this?

It's just a question.

Who's an android?

We're all just ordinary humans.

Just think about it. Who would you expect to be an android?

Anyway, let's meet up to figure it out.

And let's come with our answers by the end of summer.

Resetting, huh?

It's an interesting ability, but it's not very useful.

Yeah, that's true.

You can only experience the same time period twice.

On top of that, you're not aware that it's the second time.

Normally.

Huh?

It seems like my memory isn't reset.

I think my special ability preserves my memory.

No way!

From time to time, even now, there have been occasions where I sense double for memory and time.

I think it's probably an effect of Haruki's reset ability.

Then, what if she resets after you memorize the winning lottery numbers?

I'll do that when I'm completely desperate for money.

Of course, you would!

You always take the high road.

But I'm sure it can be used for good.

Yeah.

It might break the rules of this world.

Reset.

I didn't save.

Um...

Do you happen to know my mom?

No, I don't.

Where did you lose sight of her?

Please tell me what you've been doing up until now.

I was at the hospital for a checkup.

Please tell me your name.

Mari Kurakawa.

Please let go.

Let's work together.

Together?

I won't lose my memory even if you use your reset ability.

If we team up, we can redo the past.

We can overcome any problem together.

I don't want to.

Why not?

I followed the rules.

Rules?

It's a guideline for me to decide on things.

For instance,

I refuse to reset in circumstances where there's any chance of causing a negative effect

on surrounding events or people.

Will it cause a negative effect if we work together?

It's a possibility.

How so?

Because you're the only one who can exploit resetting.

When I do a reset, I lose my memory. I can't even suspect your lies.

You're being too gung-ho about this.

Plus, I don't have any reason to trust you.

Haruki-san, you used your reset ability on this rooftop after school on April 28th, right?

Yes. Probably.

Why did you do it?

Probably because a girl was crying.

When I see someone crying, I end up resetting.

That's pointless.

She won't stop crying even if you reset.

It being pointless isn't a reason for breaking the rules.

Haruki...

I'm sure it won't be long before I earn your trust.

I've never trusted anyone. Not once.

Really? Then, I'll be the first.

Did you two warm up to each other?

I'm not sure. It's kinda difficult.

Huh... So, even you admit when things are difficult.

It was like pulling teeth to get anything out of her.

Kei, why do you think I want you to be friends with Haruki?

To get your hands on her reset ability.

Kei, you're the type that intentionally gives snarky answers to these kinds of questions.

It's because your sense of justice is so strong.

It's in the same league as clean freaks or perfectionists.

I don't think I'm THAT righteous.

God placed a curse on one young man.

It was a curse that shot pain throughout the man's entire body when he came across a sad person.

Wow... That's terrible.

To avoid his pain, the young man reached out to the sad people.

And?

Next, God made a copy of the young man and created a fake.

The copy had no will of its own, so it did the same thing the real young man did.

The fake also reached out to the sad people.

God gave the young man and the fake names of their own, you know.

What kind of names?

Note: "Zen" means "Good." "Gizen" means "Hypocrisy." For one, Zen. For the other, Gizen.

Who do you think is "Zen"? How about "Gizen"?

The real young man is Gizen. The fake is Zen.

Why is that?

The real one helps others for his own means.

You don't even have to think about who's truly good.

The fake is only following the real one's lead.

That isn't the problem. Doing things for yourself isn't truly good.

Basically, that shows how upright you are.

Your sense of justice is so strong that you can't see yourself as righteous.

If there's even just a little bit of evil within you, you'll end up thinking like a villain.

Misora Haruki is your ideal.

She's the only being that can be what you consider to be genuinely good.

Let's find out about Haruki's past.

We might find out how she became the way that she is now.

How?

I know someone with the perfect ability.

I think he'd probably be willing to help us out.

Sis, who do you always play with?

I've been talking to this one person a lot lately.

Today, we talked about trust.

Trust?

It was about accepting another's judgment under logically baseless circumstances.

Okay...

He said he would earn my trust.

So, that person loves you, huh?

Love?

I love you, Sis. And I love my mom.

But my mom doesn't love me, because I'm a fake.

What do you mean by "fake"?

Do you want to be loved by your mother?

Yeah. Very much.

I'm here to pick you up, Mari.

Now, let's go home.

Who is this man?

He's Tsushima-san.

Are you Haruki-san?

Yes.

Mari tells me all about you.

She said you always spend time with her. Thank you for that.

Who are you?

I'm like her stand-in guardian.

Why isn't Mari's mother coming to pick her up?

She will. She's just a little late, that's all.

Now, let's go, Mari.

Okay.

Where's Soma?

She's meeting someone, so she'll be late.

Your hair's really pretty.

So, it might be best to cut it.

I don't get what you mean.

It's ethereal.

Your pretty hair makes you seem way too otherworldly.

Is that a problem?

Maybe.

Kei Asai, there's something I'd like to ask you.

What is it?

Is it sad to be unloved by your mother?

Typically, yeah, it would be sad.

There's a girl named Mari Kurakawa.

She dearly wishes to be loved by her mother.

Do you know of a way to make that happen?

You want to help her, right?

I don't really know.

But I decided to work with her.

Following your own rules?

No.

Then, why?

I don't know.

If you want to help that girl out no matter what, then I'll help out.

But if you're just randomly helping a girl who doesn't care to be helped, then I don't want to.

I don't have the energy to force you to do anything about it.

Kei! Haruki!

Let's go to the student council room.

Nice to meet you. I'm Sakagami, the student council president.

He's got an interesting ability.

What? You haven't told them yet?

Nope.

B-basically, my ability is copying the ability of the person I'm touching with my right hand

to the person I'm touching with my left.

Copy Kei's ability of remembering everything to Haruki.

It will bring back memories of you from the past.

Why?

Because I wanna know. I'm interested in your past.

Is that so? All right, then.

Hold on.

Memory is a very strong and intense power.

It might distort your very being, Haruki.

Is there a problem with that?

I know. If there are any problems, let's reset.

Save.

Now, begin.

Okay, here we go.

If Asai-kun uses his ability while I'm touching him, Haruki-san will get the same effect.

Haruki, what day do you want to remember?

Well... I want to remember when I was 5 years old.

Got it. Then, let's go.

What's wrong?

I was crying.

Always crying.

Always?

I cried very often...

whenever I heard sad news, whenever something broke...

Why did you cry?

Because I was sad.

What was sad?

All sorts of things.

It's sad that everyone will die someday. It's sad that just about everything will break someday.

Everything about those normal rules is sad.

The normal way of things is sad, huh?

Yes.

That's why you became unable to choose.

That's why you created rules.

Yes...

If anything and everything is tied to sadness, then there's no point in having choices.

No matter what you choose, it changes nothing.

That's why you became unable to choose.

You can't choose anything, and yet, you must choose something.

So, you created rules for your own actions.

Yes.

I want you to tell me one thing.

Who's the one who's sad?

I don't know.

Misora Haruki, what you were missing was your sense of self.

The young Haruki didn't even realize that what she was sad about was herself.

If there's no difference between news of a death you saw on TV and your own,

then you wouldn't know how much sadness there is in the world.

It must be very painful to live, feeling all the sadness of the world as if it affects you personally.

After getting your feelings worn down by sadness, you become unable to do anything, right?

And yet, she decided to keep going.

She created rules to make the right decisions.

She forced herself to try to help even if she was unable to.

She forced herself to keep making the right choices even if it meant losing her emotions.

I think only Haruki, who doesn't have a sense of self, has stayed righteous.

If there really is a person out there who's named "Zen,"

I'm sure it'd be Haruki.

But no one can help Haruki.

People would rather get help, even from a hypocrite, than to be watched over by a good person.

That's true.

Also, I think the ones who can save people are selfish hypocrites like you, Kei.

No, not me. I'm not even a hypocrite.

Right.

You're always so kind like a fool, easily influenced by your own malice that is upright...

You're unable to believe your own righteousness, yet you continue to be righteous.

I don't get what you mean.

Then, let's prove it.

Prove it?

I'll have you act as if you're a good person.

I'm surprised. You seem like the type to ride on the swings.

There's a type?

Probably. I don't seem like the type.

You're Mari Kurakawa, right?

Yeah.

Nice to meet you. I'm Asai. I go to the same school as Haruki.

I'd like to ask you something.

What?

Did you know that a little girl named Mari Kurakawa died seven years ago?

Mari Kurakawa died seven years ago.

She died?

When the doctor performed a C-section on Mari's mother, Mari had already stopped breathing.

Mari, if Mari Kurakawa died, then who might you be?

You choose, Haruki. Who is going to take Mari to the Bureau?

Doing what you don't want to do is called a job.

What did you do to Misora Haruki? Doing what you don't want to do is called a job.

What did you do to Misora Haruki?

What did you do to Misora Haruki? I remembered all of the sadness.

I remembered all of the sadness.

Let's go erase her tears.

Somewhere, where sadness pours eternally

I want to feel you even now

In the midst of a dream I can't wake up from

I repeatedly crossed my fingers

I waited for your signal

So that I wouldn't end up going too far

Ah, no matter where I go or what I do

If it's your decision

Let's meet at this place

I fell in love with you in a new beginning

And I kept turning the clock hands back again and again

You're the one who gave me back the smile

That I lost with time

Even if that smile is fake