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From afternoon till evening that day...

...a light evening rain passed through.

And you and I ran along...

...the wet asphalt road by the sea.

In the shadow of...

...that dark, deserted storehouse...

...we gazed up at the sky...

...as we took shelter from the rain.

You were humming a song...

...as I listened to you.

A melody I'd never heard before.

Your voice so low that it...

...almost wasn't there at all.

Eventually fading away...

Moto! Are you coming?

Moto!

Moto!

Why even bother with her?\NThat girl...

Hey, guys! Come here!

Why am I alive everyday?

Why am I alive...?

We all die, anyway...

Why...?\NI'm going to die soon...

I'm going to disappear soon.

Why am I alive?

I was not even five months old...

I knew I didn't want to have been born...

For five years, I would carry the guilt of not having a father.

Devil!\NYou're the Devil's child!

Blessed child of the Devil...

I understood soon enough.

I was alone.

I was only two...\NI was a monster.

I had never seen another kid.

Manaka!

What if someone sees you?!

Because I'd never been out of the house.

I was alone...

No...

With this person...\NThe two of us...

Who...?

Mother?

You should stay here with me, with grandma.

So you won't get hurt, like your mother.

She was taken in...\NThen she was dumped.

But, does she still love him?\NStill believe him?

Who?

Devil...\NYour father was the Devil!

She gave birth...\NTo me, all alone...

She was in pain, delirious with fever.

When she awoke, everything was gone.

Mother?

What's this?

Since then, we were separated.

Why?

Because she doesn't know who I am.

She doesn't even remember she gave birth.

Butterflies of light.

That's how I found out about the world...

For me, the world is like this.

A distorted rainbow where the past is folded on top of itself.

It lies between order and chaos.

It lies between order and chaos.\NManaka?

It lies between order and chaos.\NHow about some new clothes?

How about some new clothes?

Sadness... Pain... Hope...

Sadness... Pain... Hope...\NYou're getting bigger.

Sadness... Pain... Hope...

Happiness... Agony...

Happiness... Agony...\NWhat are you looking at?

Happiness... Agony...\NMother, look!

Loneliness... Dreams...\NMother, look!

Loneliness... Dreams...

Smiles... Tears...

A rainbow that gathers it all and fluctuates.

After five years, right before the light...

Out of the blue,\NDeath came for me.

Manaka, I'm sorry...

I can't leave you alone in this world.

It was a very strange feeling.\NI can't leave you alone in this world.

It was a very strange feeling.\NI won't be around much longer.

I won't be around much longer.

I felt hot and cold at the same time.\NI won't be around much longer.

I felt hot and cold at the same time.

I didn't know why, but suddenly...

...I'd been killed.

Light!

My life was advanced!

I hadn't aged, but I had grown...

Only five years old, with a body like this...

This big...

When I'm gone, people will know...

It only took a few days.\NWhen I'm gone, people will know...

The light helped me advance.\N...you're my granddaughter.

The light helped me advance.\NThis will become a memory.

This will become a memory.

I don't know what do to with this...\NThis will become a memory.

That's... meaningless!

This adult body.

Soon after, my grandmother died.

It ends so quickly...\NBut for what?

Even if you live a long life, you still end up like this.

This person...\NWhat did she live for?

I saw the outside world for the first time.

I absorbed so much of the past I had missed.

Like a sponge sucking up water...

Taking it all inside me...

I learned about the world.

I understood the world.

I gained a higher intelligence.\NA superior philosophy.

Consciousness, basic human awareness...

Words spilled out of me.\NConsciousness, basic human awareness...

Words spilled out of me.\N...is a quantum vibration phenomenon...

Brimmed over incessantly.\N...is a quantum vibration phenomenon...

Brimmed over incessantly.\N...occurring inside the brain.

Here, the past, present, and future...

The real truths of this universe.!\N...are like holographic memories.

In what's called...

...a parallel universe consciousness...

They emerged from my lips...\N...a parallel universe consciousness...

...and became light!\N...there is a space/time continuum...

...within which exists both inherent order and extrinsic disorder...

...which cannot be separated.

But...\N...which cannot be separated.

I sealed it up.

Though you are blessed with superior knowledge...

...we will prevent you from communicating so that...

...you cannot affect the course of normal human civilization.

Tautology. Useless repetition.

Much like an infant, you will only be able...

...to mimic basic human speech.

You will simply echo back what you hear.

Your name will be Echoes.

...only be able to mimic basic human speech...

I learned one more thing.

My body will become light.

I will become light and disappear.

Because I am him...

The final stage of evolution.

Someday, everyone will be like me.

I was just too early.

I was lonely.

That's why I created another one...

Brother!

Another friend...

At that moment, a light flickered in my mind...

There was something\NI could do...

I could show them.

Not with words, but show them with the past...

Someone like me...\NI had hope.

I believed there was a reason I was born.

I could connect with the world...

But... But... Death came...

To kill me.

To expose my misconceptions.

You are an enemy of this world.

Death...

You've come...to kill me...

I... I...

I...don't want...to die...!

Don't want...to die...

Why don't I want to die?

There's no point in living.

Your power ties people down in their pasts...

...and takes away their desire to move forward.

I have no choice but to cut you off.

Wait!

She no longer has enough power to be a threat to this world.

I hunt down the dangers to this world...

...and have encountered something very strange.

Are you my enemy?

So, we finally meet...

I've been waiting for you.

No... It's different.

I will become light.

Like him...

Because he...

...is me.

The same way...\NI'll become light...

...and shoot up into the sky.

I'm going into space.

That's not death.

That's forever.

It's all the same.\NA universal consciousness.

I'll become light...

Just like he did.

But Death is...

No! No!\NWho am I talking about?

Here? This is what you wanted to show me?

Who?\NHere? This is what you wanted to show me?

No, it's not me.\NHere? This is what you wanted to show me?

No, it's not me.\NTheir evolution is not natural.

No, it's not me.\NIn this era, that kind of power would cause nothing but harm.

I will be light.\NIn this era, that kind of power would cause nothing but harm.

Just like him...\NIn this era, that kind of power would cause nothing but harm.

Just like him...\NIf danger threatens to engulf this world...

Forever...\NIf danger threatens to engulf this world...

I will be released.\NIf danger threatens to engulf this world...

I will be released.\N...I must nullify it.

From loneliness and sadness...\N...I must nullify it.

From loneliness and sadness...

Become light.

Become light.\NThat's why I brought them here.

That's why I brought them here.

That's not death.

That's forever.

To end up like that...

That isn't my destiny.

To be by myself...

Lonely... Dying...

That is my fate.

Wh...Who are you?

Why am I alive everyday?

Stop!

That time...

I... I'm the one who stopped myself...

Who...?

Mother...

Manaka...

My daughter...

Mother...

Wait!

Mother, I...

Don't go!

I'm glad I was born.

It seems my time here has come to its end.

Good morning.

Manaka? Who's that?

That's what I was going to name my daughter if I had a girl.

Why...?

What?

I thought I heard something.

Must be my imagination.

There must be something interesting to do.

C'mon, everyday is fun.

I'm jealous. You have nothing to worry about.

A rainbow...

Yeah.

A rainbow...

From the edge of this world...

...I look up at the sun.

To the dream of the setting sun...

...that will never sink or end.

Hidden in the strata underground...

...is a tapestry of history.

A mysterious form that...

...no picture book contains.

The Future Century is drawing near.

Where are the two of us going?

I know, I'm sure my cells remember...

...the mechanism for excitement!

I want us to be closer...

...and fly beyond being stuck...

...waiting for each other tonight!