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What?!

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Open your eyes and bare the darkness within

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yoru wo oou mabuta hirake

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Don't fear the evil in them

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magaki kage wo osoreru nakare

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Like a puppet that was

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honokuraki hitsugi kara

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disgorged by a gloomy coffin

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umiotosareta ningyou no you ni

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your body is covered in blood-red ice

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karada wa akaku kogoe

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and blackness is the cradle of your soul

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kokoro wa yami ni ayasaresodatsu

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Can you see me?

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kimi ni boku ga mieru kai

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I can feel the chill of your hands

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tsunagu te no tsumetasa ni

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Raise your blood-stained talons

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Senketsu no Tsume Tateru

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Scowl at the world around you

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mayu yosete goran yo

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Let us destroy each other

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kowashiaou saki ni

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and evade a future where all is clad in doubt and confusion

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tsuzuku nazo ni michiru ketsumatsu wo

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Otherwise, with our wings and feet ripped from us

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hane mo ashi mo mogareta mama

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we will rot away under this empty sky

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kokuu no naka kuchihateru yori

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There is a second me

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mou hitori boku ga ite

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which loves someone so much it draws blood

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dareka wo itai hodo aishiteiru n da

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Tell me now, which is the real one?

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saa docchi ga maboroshi darou ne

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Mizuno Sanae, was it?

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She and Kouchi often talked
about books together.

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She was so young...

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Hopefully her brothers will be okay.

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Oh, she had brothers?

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One of them is Takeru.

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He's in my class.

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Dear me, this is awful.

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Didn't a girl in your class
recently die in an accident, too?

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A funeral always
follows one's death.

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I'm so tired of funerals... So very tired.

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I'm so very tired of funerals...

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June 4

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(Thurs.)

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I know how much of a shock it is to hear about Mizuno's sister,

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but it'll be all right.

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We can get through this
if we all stick together.

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Hey.

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She died.

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Mizuno's sister died in
an accident yesterday.

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I see.

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sElf-Study
SketchINg

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I wonder if Ms. Mikami is okay.

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She might be sick.

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She didn't look too good.

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I hope she doesn't...

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Hey, Sakakibara?

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Yeah?

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You don't think Ms. Mikami has some
serious, life-threatening illness, do you?

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I'm sure she's fine.

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You're probably right.

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Are you that worried?

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Well, after what
happened to Sakuragi...

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And now with Mizuno's sister...

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So...

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Do you think there's some
connection between those accidents?

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I-I don't...

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Where are you going?

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To do some research.

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Yomiyama Prefectural Junior High School

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Class of 1972

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I see.

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Of course I wouldn't
find Misaki's name here.

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Mom...

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Did you find her?

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Yes.

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Interesting. So she
graduated back in '72.

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Which class was she in?

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Class 3, just like me.

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Oh? Which one is your mother?

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This one.

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Ritsuko...?

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You know her?

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Somewhat.

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Ritsuko was...

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But I heard she died.
When did that happen?

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15 years ago.
Right after having me.

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15 years ago?

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I see. So that's what happened.

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Kouichi.

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Mr. Kubodera asked me to
send you to the faculty room.

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I see. Thanks.

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Allow me to apologize in advance.

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I'm sorry, but this is for all of us.

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So, forgive us.

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You're aware that Mizuno Sanae died in an accident at the hospital yesterday, correct?

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Yes, I do.

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Excuse me, but am I being
suspected of something?

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No, no. We know
it was an accident.

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A very unfortunate accident.

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But we found Ms. Mizuno's
cell phone in that elevator.

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Were you speaking with her at around one o'clock yesterday?

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Yes, I was.

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She was on the roof
at the time, correct?

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And then she went
into the elevator...

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What caused the accident?

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That's what we're investigating.

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All we know is that the sheaves holding the cables in place came loose, causing it to fall.

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That building is
several decades old,

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and it's been through numerous
structural modifications.

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At any rate, let's be careful.

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Especially where unusual
accidents are concerned.

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Ayano
Aya

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Akazawa
Izumi

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Sakakibara.

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Are the police finished
questioning you?

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Yes.

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I see.

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You're dismissed
for the day, then.

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Um, where is everyone?

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The new female class officer
was selected during homeroom.

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It's Akazawa.

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Where did everyone go, though?

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Please be sure to uphold
the class rules at all times.

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Do I make myself clear?

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Who is
dead?aa

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Who is
dead?aa

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Who is
dead?aa

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Who is
dead?aa

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Who is
dead?aa

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Yeah, sure.

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Hey.

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Wanna walk home together?

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Where did everyone go
during sixth period?

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We went to the meeting room to take care of some stuff.

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What sort of stuff?

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You've witnessed some strange occurrences since you've come here, haven't you?

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If you know what's going on,
can you at least tell me?

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Sorry, I can't.

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All I can say is that something very
unpleasant might happen to you soon.

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What?

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During that meeting,

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Akazawa said we needed
to discuss something,

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without you there.

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Even if you don't like what
happens, just try to deal with it.

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Remember that you're
doing it for all of us.

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So, please.

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"All of us"?

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...but this is for all of us.

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So, forgive us.

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Is this one of those class rules?

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Yeah.

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I don't get it...

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Can I ask for one favor?

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What is it?

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I'd like a copy of the class roster.

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You didn't get one?

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It's just not fair.

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I don't agree with how
Akazawa is handling this.

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It's not fair to force her
ideas down our throats.

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There must be a lot you
want to know, Sakakibara.

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Yeah.

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00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,420
Feel free to ask me, then.

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I'll tell you everything I know.

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Wait, Takabayashi!
Are you serious?

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Okay.

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Does Misaki Mei exist?

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Misaki Mei is...

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Takabayashi! Takabayashi!

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Good morning. You're early today.

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June 5

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(Fri.)

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That's that, then.
Are there any other...

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No, forget it.

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Did something
happen this morning?

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Let us pray so that Takabayashi's soul may rest in peace.

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There have been many
depressing events as of late,

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but do not lose heart,
and do not give up.

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We will get through
all this together.

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Remember to uphold the
class rules at all times.

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Ms. Mikami is in a difficult position,

187
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but she has agreed to cooperate
to the best of her ability.

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Does everyone understand?

189
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Hey.

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00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,630
What's with him?

191
00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:22,170
Hey, Wakui?

192
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What's going on?

193
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The person you are
trying to reach currently

194
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has their phone off or is
out of the service area.

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Yo.

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Hey...

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Sorry.

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Figures of Speech

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Simile

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Metaphor

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Personification

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00:13:00,550 --> 00:13:02,840
"A rumor walks alone."

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00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:09,300
We see something that is not human being expressed with human-like behaviors.

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This is known as personification.

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00:13:13,060 --> 00:13:21,730
Please note that these human-like behaviors are
being expressed by something that is not human.

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00:13:22,730 --> 00:13:28,450
Pascal once said, "Man is but a
reed, but he is a thinking reed."

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This is not personification.

208
00:13:29,490 --> 00:13:32,580
So that's what they meant.

209
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It is a metaphor.

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Does that make sense?

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Hi.

212
00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:20,790
What's wrong?

213
00:14:20,790 --> 00:14:22,630
Your call was unexpected.

214
00:14:31,340 --> 00:14:33,810
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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00:14:33,810 --> 00:14:33,850
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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216
00:14:33,850 --> 00:14:33,890
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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217
00:14:33,890 --> 00:14:33,930
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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218
00:14:33,930 --> 00:14:33,970
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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219
00:14:33,970 --> 00:14:34,010
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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220
00:14:34,010 --> 00:14:34,060
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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221
00:14:34,060 --> 00:14:34,100
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:34,140
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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223
00:14:34,140 --> 00:14:34,180
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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224
00:14:34,180 --> 00:14:34,220
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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225
00:14:34,220 --> 00:14:34,260
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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227
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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229
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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230
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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231
00:14:34,470 --> 00:14:34,510
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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232
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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235
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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236
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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237
00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:34,760
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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238
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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00:14:34,890 --> 00:14:34,930
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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242
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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243
00:14:34,970 --> 00:14:35,020
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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00:14:35,060 --> 00:14:35,100
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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246
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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247
00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:35,180
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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248
00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:35,220
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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249
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Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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00:14:35,270 --> 00:14:35,310
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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251
00:14:35,310 --> 00:14:35,350
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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252
00:14:35,350 --> 00:14:35,390
Sorry. Ask Misaki
to explain.
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253
00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,350
Misaki Mei

254
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So, you got a copy
of the class roster.

255
00:14:42,230 --> 00:14:43,110
And?

256
00:14:43,610 --> 00:14:45,230
Let me start from the beginning.

257
00:14:45,690 --> 00:14:48,150
Did you hear that
Takabayashi died?

258
00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,070
He had a heart attack.

259
00:14:51,450 --> 00:14:53,700
I know he had
heart problems, but...

260
00:14:53,700 --> 00:14:54,910
I see.

261
00:14:55,290 --> 00:14:58,290
The second June death
was caused by illness.

262
00:14:58,290 --> 00:15:00,960
And when I got to school today,

263
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the whole class was acting weird.

264
00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:07,170
They acted as if I wasn't there.

265
00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,590
So that's what they
decided to do...

266
00:15:10,590 --> 00:15:14,430
Does this mean I'm
just like you now?

267
00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,850
How does it feel to not exist?

268
00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,400
Not so great.

269
00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,820
But in a way, it's a
load off my mind.

270
00:15:25,820 --> 00:15:26,820
It is?

271
00:15:27,530 --> 00:15:30,070
Because now I
know that you exist.

272
00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,290
This is where you live, isn't it?

273
00:15:38,290 --> 00:15:39,330
Yes.

274
00:15:39,330 --> 00:15:41,870
But I thought you
already figured this out.

275
00:15:41,870 --> 00:15:44,290
You did say you
lived around here.

276
00:15:44,290 --> 00:15:46,000
And you're not a customer.

277
00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,800
Was that your mother
who answered the phone?

278
00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,260
She was surprised.

279
00:15:51,260 --> 00:15:55,510
I very rarely get calls
from schoolmates.

280
00:15:56,850 --> 00:16:00,100
Is Kirika your mom?

281
00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:03,140
Yes. I guess you'd
call it a pseudonym.

282
00:16:03,140 --> 00:16:04,850
She goes by Kirika.

283
00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,480
She's a strange woman who isolates herself in the studio upstairs.

284
00:16:10,610 --> 00:16:13,360
So the "M" in "Studio M"
stands for Misaki?

285
00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,370
It all makes sense
now, doesn't it?

286
00:16:19,450 --> 00:16:21,000
Let's go upstairs.

287
00:16:33,930 --> 00:16:35,470
Did you know this was here?

288
00:16:43,690 --> 00:16:44,690
Here you go.

289
00:16:53,110 --> 00:16:55,820
Why don't you ask the questions?

290
00:16:55,820 --> 00:16:57,570
It might be easier to
explain everything that way.

291
00:16:58,830 --> 00:17:01,700
I thought you hated
being questioned.

292
00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:04,120
I do, but for today...

293
00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:07,540
I'll make a special exception.

294
00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,300
First off, Misaki Mei...

295
00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:13,130
...you exist, right?

296
00:17:13,130 --> 00:17:16,130
Did you think I was a ghost?

297
00:17:16,130 --> 00:17:17,220
Sort of.

298
00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,100
I guess you couldn't help it.

299
00:17:20,510 --> 00:17:22,810
But your doubts are
gone now, right?

300
00:17:22,810 --> 00:17:27,310
Now that you know I
exist as a living human.

301
00:17:27,770 --> 00:17:32,150
I'm only nonexistent
to the others in class 3.

302
00:17:32,980 --> 00:17:34,440
Since when?

303
00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,990
It started on May 1st.

304
00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:38,990
That's pretty recent.

305
00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,790
A lot of things seemed strange to you from the start, right?

306
00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:46,620
And nobody would tell me why.

307
00:17:48,170 --> 00:17:52,380
Not explaining the situation to you in the first place was a mistake.

308
00:17:52,380 --> 00:17:53,710
How so?

309
00:17:54,420 --> 00:17:57,590
You were supposed to treat me
as someone who didn't exist,

310
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just like the rest of the class.

311
00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,140
But now, you're the same as me.

312
00:18:05,140 --> 00:18:06,560
How awful for you.

313
00:18:06,850 --> 00:18:09,690
So they weren't bullying you?

314
00:18:10,060 --> 00:18:12,520
I don't think anyone
thought of it like that.

315
00:18:17,570 --> 00:18:20,910
I know that I no
longer exist to them,

316
00:18:20,910 --> 00:18:22,950
but why are they doing this?

317
00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,290
That's the question.

318
00:18:26,750 --> 00:18:30,130
Do you remember the story about the Misaki who died 26 years ago?

319
00:18:30,130 --> 00:18:30,960
Yeah.

320
00:18:31,290 --> 00:18:34,130
That was the trigger.

321
00:18:34,130 --> 00:18:37,670
After that, class 3
drew closer to death.

322
00:18:38,220 --> 00:18:39,340
Death?

323
00:18:39,340 --> 00:18:46,430
It happened to class 3 the year after Misaki's class graduated.

324
00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,690
And, once it happens, once it begins,

325
00:18:50,690 --> 00:18:52,900
somebody dies each month.

326
00:18:53,610 --> 00:18:57,070
Either a student, or
someone from their family.

327
00:18:57,070 --> 00:18:58,900
What is "it"?

328
00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:01,280
It's when...

329
00:19:03,030 --> 00:19:05,990
...the number of students
in the class increases by one.

330
00:19:06,490 --> 00:19:08,580
Increases? So who is it?

331
00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:11,580
Nobody knows.

332
00:19:12,170 --> 00:19:17,460
They can never figure out
who the extra one is.

333
00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:18,590
The extra one?

334
00:19:19,470 --> 00:19:27,140
25 years ago, shortly after the new term began,
they realized that they were short one desk and chair.

335
00:19:27,430 --> 00:19:31,100
Even though they had prepared enough for every student.

336
00:19:31,850 --> 00:19:34,900
Couldn't they just check
the school records?

337
00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:37,650
It was useless.
They tried many times.

338
00:19:37,650 --> 00:19:41,610
The roster and records had
been altered to be inconsistent.

339
00:19:41,610 --> 00:19:44,570
They were just one
desk and chair short.

340
00:19:45,030 --> 00:19:47,290
So, someone rewrote the numbers?

341
00:19:47,290 --> 00:19:49,120
I used the word
"altered" figuratively.

342
00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:53,250
They say that everyone's
memories had changed as well.

343
00:19:53,250 --> 00:19:54,290
Huh?

344
00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,130
Sounds impossible, doesn't it?

345
00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,630
But it's supposedly true.

346
00:20:02,220 --> 00:20:06,930
I was told this type of
phenomenon could happen.

347
00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:08,890
Phenomenon?

348
00:20:08,890 --> 00:20:13,730
At first, they thought it was just an error and ignored it.

349
00:20:13,730 --> 00:20:19,860
But starting in April, people connected to the class started to die each month.

350
00:20:19,860 --> 00:20:21,030
Each month?

351
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,990
For the whole year?

352
00:20:22,990 --> 00:20:28,370
That year, I think it was six
students and ten family members.

353
00:20:28,370 --> 00:20:30,290
Clearly abnormal, right?

354
00:20:30,290 --> 00:20:34,830
This phenomenon has
continued in class 3 ever since.

355
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,460
So a ninth grader in class 3,
named Misaki, died 26 years ago.

356
00:20:40,460 --> 00:20:45,130
And the following year, there was an extra student in the class somehow.

357
00:20:45,130 --> 00:20:49,390
After which, people connected to
the class started to die each month.

358
00:20:50,270 --> 00:20:53,770
Why do people die when
there's an extra student?

359
00:20:54,690 --> 00:20:56,310
Nobody knows the reason.

360
00:20:56,310 --> 00:20:58,020
That's just what happens.

361
00:20:58,020 --> 00:21:01,860
Plus, that extra student is...

362
00:21:02,820 --> 00:21:04,320
...someone dead.

363
00:21:05,070 --> 00:21:09,410
You mean the Misaki
who died 26 years ago?

364
00:21:11,870 --> 00:21:15,870
Who is
dead?aa

365
00:21:12,450 --> 00:21:15,330
Is it... a ghost, or something?

366
00:21:15,790 --> 00:21:19,460
I think it's different from
what we'd call a ghost.

367
00:21:19,460 --> 00:21:21,630
It seems to have a physical body.

368
00:21:21,630 --> 00:21:25,090
There's no way to tell it
apart from the rest of us.

369
00:21:25,090 --> 00:21:26,380
No way to tell?

370
00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:31,140
That dead person has
a soul and its memories,

371
00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:34,730
and they don't
realize they're dead.

372
00:21:35,390 --> 00:21:37,480
Who are they?

373
00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,270
The people connected to the class
who have died over the years.

374
00:21:45,030 --> 00:21:46,700
This is how I see it.

375
00:21:46,990 --> 00:21:52,740
Because of what class 3 did 26 years ago,
the class is now a place that invites the dead.

376
00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:59,290
After that, the dead began to join the class and drew class 3 closer to death.

377
00:22:01,170 --> 00:22:02,420
In response,

378
00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:09,300
the students in class 3 came up with several "countermeasures" to try to escape this calamity.

379
00:22:09,970 --> 00:22:11,890
Like exorcisms?

380
00:22:11,890 --> 00:22:13,390
Possibly.

381
00:22:13,930 --> 00:22:16,180
They tried moving to
a different classroom,

382
00:22:16,180 --> 00:22:19,520
and changing the name
of class 3 to class C.

383
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,190
But that didn't stop it.

384
00:22:22,190 --> 00:22:25,610
So the problem is with the students in the ninth grade's third class?

385
00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:26,940
Seems to be.

386
00:22:27,570 --> 00:22:31,120
Then, about ten years ago,

387
00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:33,740
they found a way to
deal with the problem.

388
00:22:34,290 --> 00:22:39,460
A method that prevented
people from dying each month.

389
00:22:40,420 --> 00:22:42,420
Don't tell me...

390
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:47,420
They treat one student like they don't exist, to make up for the extra person.

391
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,430
That way, they return the
class to its correct number,

392
00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:55,430
and they can avoid the
calamity for that year.

393
00:22:55,430 --> 00:22:58,140
It's sort of like a charm.

394
00:23:04,570 --> 00:23:19,290
Just as the colors fade from old film

395
00:23:04,570 --> 00:23:19,290
iroaseteku firumu no you ni

396
00:23:22,420 --> 00:23:37,060
the things I feel in the present fade from memory sooner or later

397
00:23:22,420 --> 00:23:37,060
tashika na ima mo izure kasunde

398
00:23:37,470 --> 00:23:55,580
as will the short-lived times of happiness and innocence we enjoyed

399
00:23:37,470 --> 00:23:55,580
nande mo naku waraiatta setsuna no jikan to hikari

400
00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:05,080
I believe that the memories we have in common

401
00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:05,080
tsunagatteyuku kioku no soko ni

402
00:24:05,170 --> 00:24:18,890
harbor the potential for finding love again deep within

403
00:24:05,170 --> 00:24:18,890
dareka ga mitsukeru tame aru to shinjiteru

404
00:24:18,970 --> 00:24:23,480
Even now I believe that

405
00:24:18,970 --> 00:24:23,480
ima demo

406
00:24:39,870 --> 00:24:41,000
Face to face.