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Back then I was looking for a perfect ending.

Noto, a friend of mine, died in a bike accident.

Maybe that's one reason for my impatience.

Damn, why did he leave?

I thought I should do something.

Something.

No matter what.

What are you doing?

I mean...

It's none of your business. Go away!

If you don't -

You'll die.

Snow?

He's here.

Run away quickly!

HURRY UP!

I've got bad news. Your classfriend Yamamoto Yousuke got involved in a chainsaw accident and has passed away.

Do you know how long I waited for him? Six friggin' hours!

Sitting six hours there looking like an idiot.

And it's all for nothing. Now he got away!

How are you going to take responsibility for this?

The Police! You've got to tell the police!

Police?

You've got to file a report of an offence or something!

A chainsaw wielding man flew down the sky?

Yeah!

Then he got stabbed in the heart and fled?

Yeah!

You can go file that report by yourself.

They might not believe - but it happened, for real!

When nobody believes it's as it never existed.

You'd better forget what you just saw.

Wait!

Don't touch me!

Hi!

Hi!

Piercing his heart doesn't kill him? An immortal chainsaw man? That's cool!

Yeah, isn't it! And hey, the man hit me in the face.

That's so cool -

YOU IDIOT, as if I would buy that! Beautiful warrior, my ass! Are you an idiot?

But... It really happened.

Whatever.

You've got paint in your face, right here.

You've got a wound in your face, right here.

Oh, a blade-- I mean the chainsaw man did this!

Man, that was a close call!

A bunny handkerchief?

The girl gave this to me.

A concrete proof of the beautiful warrior, eh?

Exactly.

Okay -

So you encountered this monster with a chainsaw -

and you also encountered a beautiful warrior fighting against this monster.

Even if that's true... So what?

Huh?

Even if it's true, it's got nothing to do with you!

Hey, you don't use your camera anymore, right?

It's only a waste of money.

I rather do painting, like this!

You see, I think it's best to...

So you don't need this? Can I borrow it?

It's expensive, be sure to give it back.

Playing protector of justice? How old do you think you are?

The same age as you.

Indeed, it's got nothing to do with me.

But what if this is a chance?

What do you think, Noto?

Hey, Watanabe!

What?

I'm risking my life for a girl, how does that sound?

Not bad.

That's something Noto couldn't do.

Yeah.

That means I have surpassed Noto.

We've got great food this morning. I cooked it all by myself!

We've got great food this morning. I cooked it all by myself!

Hey guys. Don't you have anything to say about the taste?

You bastards!

Oh, it's delicious!

You are a very good cook!

Yamamoto-kun, what about breakfast?

I don't have appetite right now.

Beautiful flowers.

Thanks.

Bye bye.

Next formula will be on the test, so be sure to listen.

X + 1 = C, so X minus -

I heard class C's Satomi got caught double-timing.

Double-timing?

Wasn't she dating the guy from class C?

Yeah, and then she got pregnant from another guy!

Really? Weren't the two guys good friends?

Yeah, but now they are going to fight each other.

"I love Satomi!" - "She's my girl!"

That's going to be so much fun! Noto, are you coming to watch?

Those two guys fight.

You don't have to run so seriously.

Running around the schoolground as a punishment for being late wasn't something to be taken serious.

However, he ran with all his might.

So I was always a few laps behind him.

I'm sorry!

I'm sorry too!

What's this?

Stupid. Let's go back.

HEY!

What the fuck! You guys suck so much!

What's the fucking "I'm sorry too"?!

Don't fuck with me!

What's this harmony?

Is this enough for you guys? Does this change your feelings?

Are your feelings that shallow-minded?!

Is love just fucking around?!

Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?

Kill him!

YOU GUTLESS ASSHOLES!

Always-so-calm Noto suddenly ran wild -

causing a huge fight.

What made him so angry?

He probably couldn't forgive them

because of anything.

Yamamoto! You've got some guts to doze here even though you failed the last test.

Yamamoto! You've got some guts to doze here even though you failed the last test.

No, actually I am gutless!

That's what Noto-kun told me.

Are you free, spook?

Can I call you spook?

One spooks around here, whereas the other one has become a real spook.

Watanabe, he always tries to do a little this and that.

But he never succeeds with anything.

He never finished his composings.

When he joined the art club he couldn't finish one oil painting.

The camera he got by doing part-time jobs is now - and forever - in his closet.

His closet is full of things he couldn't achieve his dream with.

Life is like music!

Youth is rock.

Now it's all in the computer.

Cool! Digital sound editing?

I have to, since our bass player is a spook by now.

Watanabe is desperately trying to search for his place.

Noto would say he's never gonna find it here - and so do I.

Finally! What took you so long?

What do you want?

Well,

are you going to fight tonight?

You broke your weapon last night. What are you going to use tonight?

True. What should I use? It's none of your business!

Hey!

What?

Can I repay you somehow for saving me?

No need. I didn't intend to save you in the first place.

Dinner! I'll treat you to dinner!

My name is Yamamoto, Yamamoto Yousuke!

My name is Yukizaki Eri. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Eri-chan, nice name indeed.

Don't use the "-chan".

Annoying; feels like you think I'm an idiot.

That's not true, Eri-chan!

Didn't we fight together?

It's not over yet. Because of you, yesterday didn't go as planned.

I'm sorry.

Who ordered these?

I did.

Say, what was this monster?

It's a long story.

Doesn't matter, just tell me.

I encountered him a month ago.

I was coming home from a funeral. Whose?

Doesn't matter!

Ok, ok!

Anyway,

I was sitting alone beside the road at midnight.

Suddenly it started to snow.

At least I thought so then.

A man in a long black jacket appeared on the deserted road.

It was him.

And then - don't laugh at me -

I won't.

then my body started to feel lighter and reflexes got better.

No way, superpowers.

Like a superhero! Maybe you are one?

Thanks for the treat.

Sorry! I won't laugh anymore. Sit down again, please.

Then I figured it out.

I figured out I have to bring him down.

I'm the only one who can do it.

If I kill him

then everything will be alright.

She looked as if she was just about to burst into tears.

Who ordered coffee?

I did.

Why do we have to run away when you said you'd treat me!

Sorry! I'd forgotten my money!

WAIT, YOU BASTARDS!

Aren't you going to get a criminal record for that?

Don't worry. It's all cool if I just don't go there anymore.

You --

Me?

YOU IDIOT!

What was that for?

Good and bad is not a question of avoiding punishment!

You think it's okay to drunk drive as long as you don't get caught?

You think not getting caught is lucky?

I can't believe this shit.

Sorry, I was wrong.

Was your name Yamamoto?

I want you to apologize for that immediately.

No matter what they say, just beg for their forgiveness.

Then it's up to them whether to forgive you or not.

I can't trust people who don't know how to apologize.

Wait! You are going today, aren't you?

I'll help you!

He's not as weak as you think.

Eri-chan! I know that! But still, let me help you.

Can you stop using "-chan" already?

And so I ended up helping Eri-cha-- I mean Eri-san.

Is this really the right place?

Shut up, I can't concentrate!

You're in the way.

He got away again, eh?

I wasn't much of a help today, Eri-chan.

I told you you aren't needed.

But I cheered you on from a distance!

This composing's gonna be great! Nobel prize level!

Kenzaburo's nothing compared to me.

"I love Satome! I can't forgive her" Huh, after all this--

So did you fight the enemy?

Yeah.

Well done.

But I still don't like you.

And so the dangerous battles for our lives started.

Let's go! -Where are we going?

In the nights while fighting, I began to understand Eri's feelings little by little.

After a while she started to rely on me more and more.

I thought Eri couldn't do without me anymore.

Because I'm beside her, she's able to fight every night.

Because you are beside me, it's easy to go from one place to another.

Flat tyre! Flat tyre!

This is rather surprising, I tell ya, rather surprising! Zero points!

This is a great achievement.

Yamamoto!

What were you thinking?

You've failed all the tests lately, and now this? Not a single point!

I certainly did lousy in the test.

Lousy!

It's my own fault for getting no points.

Fault!

But it's partly teacher's fault 'cause he's wasting precious lecture time -

Maybe I'm not at fault after all.

Fault!

You didn't do well, eh?

You! Is living a fun thing?

It seems I'm not doing very well.

That's so true.

What's that? Why is your bag so stuffed?

School books. I decided to start studying seriously.

Yamamoto-kun, you really don't look very clever.

What about you? I'm sure you are on the edge of dropping out or something.

No, not true! Just because I failed last test and got scolded doesn't mean -

Really? So you suck at school like me.

I'll go get some school books as well.

You know,

it's annoying how you are staring at me all the time.

I wasn't staring.

There is a term "escape from reality".

Hour by hour the tests are coming closer.

But I don't feel like studying, not a single bit.

In addition, if you consider terrorism, violence, etc. -

And the sun is going to die in 5 billion years.

So, who cares about some test?

Humankind, Life, Globe and everything will be over some day anyway.

[ Chain armor, 1. 65 times better protection ]

Maybe this is the so called "escape from reality".

Why are you helping me every night?

It's dangerous and it's got nothing to do with you.

I've got nothing better to do.

I'm asking seriously.

I was serious too.

Unlike my everyday life, this feels like I'm doing something important.

Helping a girl fighting against a monster.

Getting close to you, protecting you in a way.

Thus I will surpass Noto.

I don't understand. What do you mean by surpassing Noto?

Noto was my - challenger.

He got angry about bagatelles, took everything serious. An idiot who ended up in a bike accident.

That guy ...

was an idiot.

An idiot because he died before things were settled.

What's wrong, Eri-chan?

Here.

Thank you.

It's sad after all.

What?

A present. Slightly before midnight, huh. Today's your birthday.

Did I tell you that?

I learned from someone.

Isn't it good?

Looks stupid. One can't wear something like this.

1. 65 times better protection, I hear.

1. 65 ...what a dubiously exact number.

I didn't have the slightest clue what I was doing.

However, I had fun.

I wouldn't mind if this continued for all eternity.

That's what I thought.

Huh?

What the fuck were you doing there?

I'm~just~joking~!

It smells of booze, doesn't it?

I didn't drink anything. Not a single drop!

But I have.

I'm a bad example.

I also had fun, when I was around your age.

But be careful.

Sadness always comes after happy times.

Sad things will happen to you as well.

Yousuke-kun, be careful -- Don't overdo it!

Be careful - That's not going to end well!

Chinese cabbage

Cabbage

Why did you buy cabbage instead of chinese cabbage?

Yamamoto-kun?

I was waiting for you all the time.

Were you watching me?

Yeah, I have to protect you after all.

Idiot.

That hurts.

She's in a bad mood.

Chinese cabbage is used for pot dishes.

You asked me why I bought cabbage. That's the answer.

You don't like pot dishes?

It's not that. I just can't stand them when it's spring already.

Well then, why cabbage?

I gave up on pot dishes. Today I was planning to cook korean, but...

maybe it's going to be too much for me. After all, cabbage isn't cheap.

I have no idea what she's talking about.

Thank you.

Say,

Do you want to eat with me?

If it's okay, I'll quickly go to the supermarket again.

No, I mean, what would your parents think?

"Who's this rude guy? Wonder if he's gonna have second thoughts, and stuff".

I see. So it's not ok?

Yeah, I should better not come.

Bye.

Yamamoto-kun!

Will you eat at my place once we have defeated him?

Sure. You'd better make me some delicious Sukiyaki then!

Okay! I know where to get cheap ingredients.

Bye then.

Dad? Oh, hi Dad!

Yeah, that's right.

Are you trying to make me change school again?

Why should I come all the way to Sapporo?

SO WHAT?

You always talk about your own problems.

Your dad opened a shop? In Sapporo?

Cool - To open a ramen shop that far, that is...

I think it's cool.

Well done.

Thanks.

Huh, it's sweet.

Sweet is best for you when you are tired.

I didn't know.

What do I want to do?

I will move to Sapporo soon.

My parents asked me, 'cause they opened up a shop there.

So I decided to go there.

Was that what I really wanted?

I'll get a room of six tatami-mats.

Oh, really?

Is that all? Aren't you going to keep me from leaving?

Wait!

Eri-chan!

Don't worry about me.

He's gotten fairly weak recently.

Maybe I'll defeat him tomorrow.

So, don't worry about me.

But I'm still here tomorrow - and the day after tomorrow!

So I'll come to pick you up, for sure!

You were seen riding a bike at night.

Giving a ride to a girl.

I'm sorry.

You children are difficult nowadays.

Yeah.

You should at least offer some resistence!

Well I'm gutless, you see...

In the good old times, punishments for fighting and violence were much stricter.

You are more clever than children before.

You know open resistence is futile.

That's why you keep everything inside yourselves.

You don't say what you wanna say - Pranks you leave to the younger ones.

You don't lose your temper.

You give up without resistance, even if your lives go to waste.

Are you, too, going to give up at that age already?

It doesn't matter any more. I'm changing school soon.

Write me a transfer report, please.

Hey!

You have my camera stand?

Yeah.

Give it back!

Whats up?

Whats up?

[ Yamamoto Yousuke ]

Please,

Don't do these reckless things anymore!

You might die for real. So please stop!

No.

Why?

When I say "No" it means "No"!

He's fast.

Eri-chan! Run away! He's gotten stronger!

You still don't get it? I can't run away from him!

I don't get it!

I'll explain when this is over.

So it's good. I'll punish you. I'm not afraid. It would be meaningless if Eri died.

I've been waiting for this moment.

You couldn't do it. So I will surpass you, right?

Am I alive?

Sorry, I had to kick you hard.

Don't come with me anymore.

I can't protect you any longer.

It would be meaningless if you died.

You gutless whimp!

Sorry. I'm really gutless.

Enough already.

Yamamoto-kun.

Does it hurt?

Yeah.

What?

Piggy back.

It might hurt a bit.

Thank you.

Thank you.

See you.

Would you like a coffee inside?

No, it's too late. What would your parents think? It's better--

It's okay.

Nobody's here.

What a beautiful house.

Empty though.

Don't you live alone too?

Yeah!

So do I.

What about your parents?

They aren't here.

What do you mean? A trip?

They died - all.

Father, mother - and my little brother

in a truck accident.

A drunken driver.

He kept repeating "Sorry, sorry"

Stinking of alcohol.

You'd better stop fighting already.

I won't be here for you anymore.

Without you, I think I'm going to die.

He gains power as I get sad.

At the funeral I thought -

"Why is everyone dead?"

"Even though they didn't do anything bad."

Don't you think that's unfair?

Don't you think that's strange?

I thought -

in this world such sad things are caused by devils and monsters

and then a real one appeared in front of me.

The sorrow in this world won't vanish as long as he's here wielding his chainsaw.

The sorrow in this world won't vanish as long as he's here wielding his chainsaw.

People close to me died - the ones I loved

and my friends move far away.

Even though, can't you just leave alone the chainsaw man?

Forget all the bad things, and simply enjoy life.

Yeah - I understand.

I'll do that.

Noto, I can't be as cool as you.

But I have done my best.

However...

I'm still gutless.

You are late, once again.

Even though I went through the trouble of buying this meat just for your sake.

Aren't you ashamed?

Just for my sake?

Exactly.

Didn't know you were that nice.

I've always been.

Meat early in the morning?

You aren't here in the evenings anymore.

It's done.

Well then.

What?

Nothing.

Tell me.

Music.

It's finished.

Are you kidding me?

Why would I kid you?

You've never finished anything! Photographing, painting, composing, band...

You've never finished anything! Photographing, painting, composing, band...

It wasn't my fault we didn't continue the band.

But you know,

I finished it.

Don't you wanna listen to it!?

I do, I do.

In that case,

I guess I have to play it.

If this song sucks, you'll think of me as an idiot, right?

If this song sucks, you'll think of me as an idiot, right?

Yeah, just like now.

Well then.

Don't you hate yourself like that? Well, let's start the song, YOU GUTLESS!

What's this, very stupid.

Isn't it, isn't it!

"Watch out for kick, watch out for kick"

"Is that okay, is that okay? Did you give up already? Don't you hate yourself for being like that?"

What's this? Whose voice is this?

You should know that!

YOU GUTLESS!

Noto?!

He had recorded all of this without telling anyone.

He had recorded all of this without telling anyone.

"He's coming, he's coming".

What do you think Noto means by "He"?

Don't ask me, just listen.

The young man's room upstairs.

Alright.

Do you know where Yousuke went?

Yesterday he said he's going to say goodbye to someone.

Goodbye? I wonder to whom?

Sorry, is Yukizaki Eri in this class?

Are you Eri's boyfriend?!

She took a day off today.

Ok, thank you.

Eri-chan!

To Yamamoto-kun. You might never read this letter,

but I'll write it however.

After all, you are a guy who'd enter other people's house without hesitation.

I'm sorry, I went to fight once more.

I know he's responsible for your departure.

If I beat him, you won't have to move, I think.

So today's the last day I can do this.

I have to beat Chainsaw man before you move away.

I'm sure it's his fault that you are moving tomorrow.

You can have coffee at my house while you are reading this letter.

Coffee maker is next to the refridgerator.

Coffee beans are above the maker. They're delicious.

One more thing... Yamamoto-kun, I -

[ Love you ]

"He gains power as I get sad".

"People close to me died - the ones I loved"

"and my friends move far away."

"Without you, I guess I'm going to die."

That was close.

Kato?

Yamamoto?

Teacher! -What's up?

Did something happen?

I'll borrow your bike.

Weren't you supposed to move today?

That's canceled!

Hey, stop!

Hi, Gutless!

There isn't anyone coming the opposite direction, is there?!

How would I know?

Then what am I gonna do?

I dunno! I'm not the one who ran away.

No, you died.

You're just acting cool now.

Don't chicken out!

YEAH!

Now it's time to settle a few things.

I'll save Eri in a cool way.

Eri-chan!

ERI!

I'll save Eri by sacrificing my own life.

There's no other way.

Isn't that the perfect ending!

You won't lay a finger on her anymore!

Instead - Kill me right now!

The perfect ending.

I can't grant your wish.

It's no use! You can't catch up with me anyway.

Don't compare yourself with others.

Have fun within your own limits.

Wait!

You are leaving me behind again!

Eri-chan!

Noto, are you there?

In that case, watch me now!

I'm gonna have lots of fun with Eri now and forever!

I'm sure you are jealous!

Jealous of me because I'm still alive!

Damned.

That night was the second fullmoon since I met Eri.

The chainsaw man disappeared

and I'm still alive.

Sorry!

I really don't like this sort of black bike!

Sorry mom -

I'm not moving.

Sorry!

Sorry!

What the hell is this, get lost!

I wonder if he really disappeared?

I don't know. But I hope so.

Why did he vanish in the end?

What a beautiful sunset.

Did the world become more beautiful place as the chainsaw man disappeared?

Nothing changed after all.

I'll continue my life as usually - Sad things won't end either.

But at least, at this very moment,

me and Eri are happy.

What are you going to do now?

Are you hungry?

Maybe a bit.

Well, how about a sukiyaki party at my place?

Then let's buy some super-delicious cabbage.

I hoped that this moment of bright red sunset would continue just a bit longer. That's what I thought.

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