3 00:00:02,050 --> 00:00:06,550 As winter progressed, many things changed... 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,460 Kuu's departure, the Sin-Bound illness... 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:13,330 the death of the bird... 6 00:00:14,990 --> 00:00:19,300 I recovered my cocoon dream and obtained a job. 7 00:00:20,370 --> 00:00:23,770 But Reki is still under the Sin-Bound curse... 8 00:00:24,470 --> 00:00:30,140 and is struggling to find the dream she cannot recall. 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,280 Lucky him! Sleep over. 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,220 I want to go, too! 11 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:41,650 Next year, Shorta. 12 00:00:42,620 --> 00:00:45,620 Why does only Dai get to go? It's not fair. 13 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:52,260 Dai. 14 00:00:54,330 --> 00:00:55,500 Take care of yourself. 15 00:00:57,740 --> 00:00:58,970 Of course! 16 00:02:40,340 --> 00:02:42,470 I like the smell of the river. 17 00:02:43,140 --> 00:02:45,500 It reminds me of something. 18 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,380 It does? 19 00:02:51,050 --> 00:02:52,120 Are you hot? 20 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,220 Reki made me wear this. She said I'd catch a cold. 21 00:02:57,890 --> 00:03:00,130 Are you going to miss her while you're away? 22 00:03:00,130 --> 00:03:03,790 Why should I? It's only half a month. 23 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:06,900 But you know... 24 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,500 I wonder if something's wrong with her. 25 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:15,110 She's a lot quieter and looks spaced-out. 26 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:18,610 Maybe she already misses you. 27 00:03:18,610 --> 00:03:21,080 She makes me feel funny. 28 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,680 It's not like I'm going really far away, you know. 29 00:03:31,890 --> 00:03:34,560 Oh, r-right. 30 00:03:51,410 --> 00:03:52,380 Over here! 31 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:04,390 There. 32 00:04:09,660 --> 00:04:11,830 I wonder if anybody's home. 33 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:19,040 Did I scare you?! 34 00:04:25,410 --> 00:04:27,010 W-What was that for?! 35 00:04:27,010 --> 00:04:30,520 They're valuable! Don't waste them! 36 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,650 We'll be out before the festival! 37 00:04:32,650 --> 00:04:35,450 I'm just saying hello to the visitors. 38 00:04:35,450 --> 00:04:38,390 Huh? It's that messy-haired chick. 39 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:44,860 Wow, thanks a lot. 40 00:04:45,300 --> 00:04:47,400 You didn't have to do that. 41 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,170 Did you make these yourself? 42 00:04:49,170 --> 00:04:51,840 No, Hikari did. Well... 43 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:55,110 Oh, I know! The girl who works at the bakery, right? 44 00:04:55,110 --> 00:04:56,410 What's your name? 45 00:04:56,410 --> 00:04:57,810 I'm Rakka. 46 00:05:13,490 --> 00:05:14,430 Try it. 47 00:05:21,370 --> 00:05:24,140 Hey, don't let him get hurt! 48 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,040 I won't! 49 00:05:28,610 --> 00:05:30,710 Really, he's such a child. 50 00:05:30,710 --> 00:05:33,280 Well, I guess that makes him a good playmate for the boy. 51 00:05:36,150 --> 00:05:37,280 Are you angry? 52 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:37,650 What? 53 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:39,380 At Hyohko, I mean. 54 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:41,390 Oh, not at all. 55 00:05:41,390 --> 00:05:42,490 Good. 56 00:05:42,490 --> 00:05:45,760 But anyway, thank you for taking in Dai. 57 00:05:46,690 --> 00:05:48,060 No, it's the other way around. 58 00:05:48,060 --> 00:05:51,100 We've had you take care of our kids all this time. 59 00:05:51,730 --> 00:05:55,670 We should be visiting Old Home to thank you guys... 60 00:05:55,670 --> 00:06:01,410 but we've grown apart from each other because of that trouble, you know. 61 00:06:01,410 --> 00:06:03,380 And we really didn't have a chance to break the ice. 62 00:06:03,940 --> 00:06:05,480 What trouble? 63 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,550 Oh, right. You're still new here. 64 00:06:08,550 --> 00:06:09,780 Well... 65 00:06:09,780 --> 00:06:11,850 Things that happened in the past. 66 00:06:11,850 --> 00:06:13,420 Right, Midori? 67 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:14,450 I don't know! 68 00:06:14,450 --> 00:06:16,990 Oh my, she's so pigheaded. 69 00:06:23,460 --> 00:06:25,930 Hey, wait up! 70 00:06:28,870 --> 00:06:30,300 I forgot. 71 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:32,740 Give this back to Reki. She let me borrow it. 72 00:06:32,740 --> 00:06:34,040 OK. 73 00:06:41,850 --> 00:06:44,650 She's still the same old do-gooder, isn't she? 74 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:48,620 Say... 75 00:06:49,020 --> 00:06:50,720 you really don't know anything? 76 00:06:53,790 --> 00:06:59,060 Well, I saw you guys and Reki arguing here before. 77 00:06:59,830 --> 00:07:00,530 And? 78 00:07:01,670 --> 00:07:06,310 And I heard that Reki and Hyohko of Abandoned Factory tried... 79 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,450 To run away, right? Give me a break. 80 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:17,480 Isn't it true? 81 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,520 Reki got Hyohko involved because of her selfishness. 82 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,620 He almost died because of her. 83 00:07:29,060 --> 00:07:32,330 Reki... Reki doesn't do such horrible things! 84 00:07:37,670 --> 00:07:42,010 You know nothing about Reki! Nothing! 85 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,950 Reki would never hurt anyone. 86 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,890 Reki's always been kind. 87 00:07:55,850 --> 00:07:59,690 She is always considerate of others, even when she's suffering inside. 88 00:08:06,230 --> 00:08:10,170 But I didn't realize it for a long time. 89 00:08:10,970 --> 00:08:14,940 When Kuu left and when I became Sin-Bound... 90 00:08:15,570 --> 00:08:17,980 it was Reki who suffered more. 91 00:08:19,210 --> 00:08:22,910 But I was always leaning on her. 92 00:08:26,750 --> 00:08:27,590 Oh, no! 93 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:30,460 W-Wait! 94 00:08:56,380 --> 00:08:57,020 What is that? 95 00:09:12,630 --> 00:09:13,530 Wow... 96 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:22,610 These letters... 97 00:11:02,370 --> 00:11:03,580 Are you finished? 98 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,110 Reki has come to get you. 99 00:11:07,110 --> 00:11:09,050 She seems concerned about you. 100 00:11:15,650 --> 00:11:19,590 Reki seems to be a little nervous these days. 101 00:11:21,030 --> 00:11:25,660 The fact that the Day of Flight has not come to her is weighing on her mind. 102 00:11:26,570 --> 00:11:30,970 But, at the same time, she wishes that it will never come. 103 00:11:32,070 --> 00:11:36,440 It hurts me as well, to see her suffer. 104 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,540 But I don't want her to go. 105 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,510 She is still lost in the dark. 106 00:11:42,980 --> 00:11:44,320 Rakka... 107 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,720 You had the bird come to you, enabling you to fill in the missing pieces of your memories. 108 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,490 However, Reki has no one. 109 00:11:51,220 --> 00:11:55,460 She must face the darkness in her mind, on her own. 110 00:11:56,390 --> 00:11:58,460 It is a trying ordeal. 111 00:11:58,830 --> 00:12:02,630 Reki keeps painting the scenes from her dream. 112 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:08,440 I saw them once but could not tell what they were. 113 00:12:09,370 --> 00:12:11,610 I don't think Reki knows, either. 114 00:12:11,610 --> 00:12:14,980 Not much time is left for Reki. 115 00:12:26,790 --> 00:12:29,090 I know not when... 116 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:34,320 but by the end of this winter, things will have come to a conclusion. 117 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:38,570 If Reki is still in a state of spiritual darkness at that point... 118 00:12:38,570 --> 00:12:40,470 she will remain here. 119 00:12:41,210 --> 00:12:43,440 Is it possible to remain here? 120 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,580 It is quite rare, but some do remain. 121 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,580 However, they are no longer called Haibane. 122 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,350 They lose their wings and halos... 123 00:12:53,350 --> 00:12:56,490 and live away from both the humans and Haibane... 124 00:12:58,460 --> 00:13:00,560 and sooner or later, they grow old and die. 125 00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:06,460 It is a quiet and peaceful, but lonely life. 126 00:13:07,670 --> 00:13:13,440 I, or rather, the Haibane Renmei wishes for all the Haibane to take the flight without problems. 127 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,440 But as it is, Reki refuses me. 128 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:22,150 Everything I say makes Reki close her mind. 129 00:13:22,150 --> 00:13:24,250 I want to help her. 130 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:29,320 She was suffering all this time, but she hid it and helped me. 131 00:13:30,290 --> 00:13:31,860 So this time... 132 00:13:31,860 --> 00:13:33,590 ...I have to help her. 133 00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:39,130 Saving Reki means parting with her. 134 00:13:39,130 --> 00:13:43,770 If she leaves here, you may never see her again. 135 00:13:45,370 --> 00:13:47,340 Are you prepared for that? 136 00:14:04,060 --> 00:14:05,760 Thanks for coming all this way. 137 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,030 I had to come buy some paints anyway. 138 00:14:08,660 --> 00:14:11,930 With snow like this, I won't be able to ride this for the rest of the winter. 139 00:14:12,730 --> 00:14:14,670 How's your work? Going well? 140 00:14:14,670 --> 00:14:17,770 Yes, and you? Are you painting? 141 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:20,240 Oh, It's nothing more... 142 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,610 ...than smearing paints all over. 143 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,010 Oh, yes. I was asked to give this back to you. 144 00:14:28,010 --> 00:14:29,110 From Midori? 145 00:14:29,110 --> 00:14:30,080 Yes. 146 00:14:32,780 --> 00:14:33,690 A friend of yours? 147 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,590 She was, once. 148 00:14:38,020 --> 00:14:40,090 Did she say something mean to you? 149 00:14:40,090 --> 00:14:41,830 No, she didn't. 150 00:14:42,330 --> 00:14:43,860 Don't be mad at her. 151 00:14:43,860 --> 00:14:47,000 She says nasty things, but she's really a good person. 152 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:49,930 It's been five years already. 153 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,800 Oh well, both of us are being stubborn. 154 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,910 We couldn't go back to being friends, after all. 155 00:14:59,780 --> 00:15:01,680 Reki! I'll do my best! 156 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,750 Yeah, good luck. Your job sounds a bit of a drag, but... 157 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,320 you're not a full-fledged Haibane unless you work. 158 00:15:19,860 --> 00:15:21,070 Thanks for the breakfast. 159 00:15:22,130 --> 00:15:25,600 Damn, you're lucky Rakka. Your work starts in the afternoon. 160 00:15:25,870 --> 00:15:27,510 Don't be such a complainer. 161 00:15:28,470 --> 00:15:31,410 But Rakka, I'm glad you found a job. 162 00:15:31,410 --> 00:15:32,180 Yeah. 163 00:15:35,050 --> 00:15:35,980 What's wrong? 164 00:15:36,780 --> 00:15:38,120 I think I have a cold. 165 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,350 What? Oh, no, don't give it to me. 166 00:15:41,820 --> 00:15:43,020 You're all heart. 167 00:15:45,390 --> 00:15:46,290 Where's Reki? 168 00:15:47,730 --> 00:15:50,300 Painting, so she says. 169 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:53,470 So I'm cooking for the kids again today. 170 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,800 She's always doing that these days. 171 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:56,940 I wonder what's going on. 172 00:15:57,340 --> 00:16:02,770 Oh, I was hoping she'd take the scooter to the library and tell them that I'm taking the day off. 173 00:16:02,770 --> 00:16:04,110 Why don't you ask Kana? 174 00:16:04,110 --> 00:16:07,050 Me? No way, I'll be late for work. 175 00:16:07,050 --> 00:16:09,650 Only ten minutes or so, right? It's OK. 176 00:16:10,180 --> 00:16:13,620 No, for Master, it's not OK. 177 00:16:14,190 --> 00:16:16,690 I'll go. I have some time. 178 00:16:16,690 --> 00:16:18,620 You will? Thanks. 179 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:21,460 No problem. 180 00:16:21,460 --> 00:16:23,800 Kana will give me a ride. Right? 181 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,010 Thanks! 182 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:41,510 Nemu is? 183 00:16:42,180 --> 00:16:45,780 I see. It did get cold all of a sudden. 184 00:16:45,780 --> 00:16:47,120 Thanks for coming by to let us know. 185 00:16:57,330 --> 00:16:58,230 This is... 186 00:17:00,830 --> 00:17:03,230 Hey, Rakka! What are you doing here? 187 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:04,670 Sumika. 188 00:17:07,370 --> 00:17:08,940 It's almost due. 189 00:17:08,940 --> 00:17:10,740 Is it okay for you to go out? 190 00:17:10,740 --> 00:17:12,640 Oh, sure. 191 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,580 I'll suffocate if I shut myself in the house. 192 00:17:15,580 --> 00:17:17,420 We have to get ready for the Passing of the Year... 193 00:17:17,420 --> 00:17:19,080 and I need to at least take a walk once in a while. 194 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:21,590 It's mysterious, isn't it? 195 00:17:22,220 --> 00:17:23,490 Yes, it is. 196 00:17:23,490 --> 00:17:27,960 Sometimes I find myself wondering where this life came from? 197 00:17:29,860 --> 00:17:31,160 By the way, where's Nemu? 198 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,160 Oh, she has a cold and won't be in. 199 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,670 I came to tell them that. 200 00:17:35,670 --> 00:17:36,630 Oh, that's too bad. 201 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,240 Hmm? A fossil of a book? 202 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:43,680 A fossil of a book? 203 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,140 Nobody knows what it really is... 204 00:17:46,140 --> 00:17:48,550 but the story goes that there was a ruin deep in the Western Woods... 205 00:17:49,210 --> 00:17:51,750 ...a long time ago, and this was buried in the stones. 206 00:17:53,180 --> 00:17:56,420 It looks like it was turned to stone by some sort of force, doesn't it? 207 00:17:59,190 --> 00:18:00,830 What does it say? 208 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:02,430 I don't know. 209 00:18:02,430 --> 00:18:05,160 See those pattern-like things engraved on it? 210 00:18:06,060 --> 00:18:08,970 Some say those are letters, and others say ancient drawings. 211 00:18:09,230 --> 00:18:12,340 If they are drawings, they kind of look like human hands, I guess. 212 00:18:24,150 --> 00:18:25,320 Darn it! 213 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:45,440 Re... 214 00:18:46,870 --> 00:18:49,670 You know nothing about Reki. 215 00:18:52,410 --> 00:18:53,340 Reki! 216 00:18:59,220 --> 00:19:00,320 Nemu? 217 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,290 Oh, that's unusual. 218 00:19:03,250 --> 00:19:06,220 I should've bought some canned peaches or something for her. 219 00:19:07,060 --> 00:19:09,590 Oh, I didn't know peaches were a remedy for colds. 220 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,400 Come on, Rakka. 221 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,630 Haven't you ever heard, "canned peaches for colds?" 222 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:21,440 It's just something you get for a sick person as a sort of get-well present. 223 00:19:22,370 --> 00:19:23,570 Oh, that's all? 224 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,880 We walk with empty smiles plastered on our faces. 225 00:19:28,850 --> 00:19:30,880 Reki is always kind. 226 00:19:31,820 --> 00:19:34,550 Because she doesn't want to worry anyone... 227 00:19:34,550 --> 00:19:37,890 and because she doesn't want to lean on anyone, she just smiles. 228 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,190 Why didn't I realize it sooner? 229 00:19:42,790 --> 00:19:46,000 I was always right next to her. 230 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,170 I wish tomorrow would never come. 231 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:53,740 Where did that come from, all of a sudden? 232 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,540 I wish the day after today was today. 233 00:19:56,540 --> 00:19:58,880 And the next day, and the next day, too. 234 00:20:00,110 --> 00:20:01,680 I wish it was always today. 235 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,720 Then I'd be able to be with you forever. 236 00:20:10,620 --> 00:20:13,160 There is no such thing as forever. 237 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,030 Everything ends sooner or later. 238 00:20:23,770 --> 00:20:24,740 Just as it should. 239 00:20:27,570 --> 00:20:30,510 Because now is only now. 240 00:20:31,380 --> 00:20:33,850 And this moment... is so precious. 241 00:20:35,650 --> 00:20:41,290 Yeah, I guess... you're right. 242 00:20:43,650 --> 00:20:45,960 Off to work, huh? Good luck. 243 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,230 You, too. 244 00:21:02,710 --> 00:21:06,180 Don't cry! I'm the one who will help Reki! 245 00:21:07,310 --> 00:21:09,610 Smile... Rakka... 246 00:21:11,780 --> 00:21:12,640 Smile! 247 00:21:46,780 --> 00:21:49,220 Nemu, thanks for everything over all these years. 248 00:21:50,690 --> 00:21:53,260 If you ever see Kuramori someday... 249 00:21:53,890 --> 00:21:56,160 tell her that I said "sorry and thanks." 250 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,160 I don't think I'll make it into that world. 251 00:22:09,170 --> 00:22:10,070 Reki... 252 00:22:22,390 --> 00:22:24,990 It's time to end it. 253 00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:53,060 Why do you want to forget? 254 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:58,860 Hey, remember... 255 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:05,770 ...the wish of your tears... 256 00:23:05,770 --> 00:23:10,140 ...that slide down your warm cheeks? 257 00:23:12,310 --> 00:23:16,980 Why is it that while we shiver... 258 00:23:18,450 --> 00:23:22,790 ...now, we yearn for each other? 259 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:29,660 It's because I want to only embrace you, 260 00:23:30,490 --> 00:23:35,100 ...no matter how many times. 261 00:23:36,430 --> 00:23:41,770 In this blue planet's seas, 262 00:23:41,770 --> 00:23:47,640 ...feathers drift on the waves. 263 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:53,750 The disappearing sadness is... 264 00:23:53,750 --> 00:23:58,890 ...a prayer to tomorrow. 265 00:23:59,660 --> 00:24:03,890 Blue flow... 266 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:26,060 Parting 267 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:26,060 Parting 268 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:26,060 Parting 269 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:26,060 Darkness in the Heart 270 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:26,060 Darkness in the Heart 271 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:26,060 Darkness in the Heart 272 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:26,060 Irreplaceable Thing 273 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:26,060 Irreplaceable Thing 274 00:02:22,550 --> 00:02:26,060 Irreplaceable Thing