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Who is this vision I see floating before my eyes? Dare ga miteiru VISUAL? Me no mae no

Rushing water runs back over my body Kyuu na mizu ga karada wo sakasa ni kakemeguru

Now, the two of us think about... Ima futari wa

the meaning of our having met Deatta imi omou

Even though we must be swimming... Kitto dareka no kioku no naka

Within someone's memories Oyoideiru dakedemo

The wings of light upon your back Kimi no senaka

Spread out towards the sky Hikari no hane ga sora e hirogaru

No matter the place, no matter the past Donna basho mo donna kako sae mo

A single wish... Tadahitotsu no negai ga

Will surpass it all Norikoete yuku yo

Go, Maihama! Go, go, go!

Go, Maihama! Go, go, go!

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on."

Who said that?

Shakespeare.

A midsummer night's dream, I suppose.

Mizuki, can you put that in the locker?

Sure thing!

It's a collection of the club's productions! C'mon, let's watch!

That sounds like fun!

All you guys have been doing is goofing around!

We don't have time!

But the video club's room has all kinds of neat stuff in it!

I'm sorry I asked you to help me like this.

There's stuff I need to get out of here before summer break.

It's a real pain, isn't it?

Anyway, shouldn't you hurry up and figure out who I'll be acting with?

You're right.

I have to get this shot during the break.

What'll I do?

Well, I think Sogoru would be good for it.

He's right. Why not swallow your pride and ask him, Ryoko?

Who would ask that guy for a favor?!

THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED TERM 15. TOHRU KANOU

"The Day the World Ended..."

AGAIN, SUMMER COMES

And so, the end of the world drew close.

What is all this?

There's something... overpowering about it.

THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED TERM 15. TOHRU KANOU

15th term... That'd make him a senior now. Tohru Kanou...

Is he a phantom club member?

Our tomorrows have become a dream.

All right! I'm kicking ass!

Seriously, I'm ready to get the record for Japan!

So, how'd I look from here? Did you see me?

Oh, sorry. I wasn't watching.

Right, the record for Japan! Talk about your reach exceeding your grasp!

Check them out.

You think so? Okay, since you're here, you can time me.

Look, we're not even in the swim club!

Besides, we didn't come here to see you!

See, we're looking for someone to play the lead in our movie!

What, you guys still haven't decided on someone to play it?

And whose fault is that?!

We just can't find anyone to replace you, Sogoru!

Yeah, I suppose!

There's a scene where you leap into the ocean to save the heroine!

So we need someone who can swim!

So, you came to ask me to do it again?

Sorry, no way. No more kissing scenes with Tomigai!

That's why we're waiting around here to ask Hayase to do it.

I wish he'd hurry!

Hi there. Came to watch us?

Oh... Hi! Sorry to bother!

Who's Shizuno-sempai taking to the summer festival?

Oh yeah, that's coming up again, soon.

It's on the night of this year's closing ceremony, right?

I'll bet she's gotten a ton of invitations already.

Kaminagi and I have always gone together.

Oh... So, that's the sort of relationship you have.

Th-That was when we were little kids, you idiot!

Oh, yeah. When I started going to it with Hayase and the guys in middle school,

she swore she'd stop going with me.

What's with you?!

Ushio! Lemme go, you idiot!

C'mon, don't be shy. Go on!

Kawaguchi...

He came all the way here, but couldn't bring himself to go in!

You're wrong! I just...

You just want to come back to the swim club, right?

I still won't forgive this jerk!

I see.

Um... Excuse me...

Um... The summer festival!

Could I go with you this year? Kawaguchi can come, too.

Count me in!

You'll let me come too, won't you?

Seriously?! All right!

You are coming, right?

I guess...

Kaminagi, I've got it!

Why not have Kawaguchi play the lead in your movie?

Huh? Lead?

That's right! Kawaguchi would be a perfect substitute for Sogoru!

A substitute for Kyo?!

Whoops! Uh-oh...

Include me OUT!

Oh, well...

Sorry.

Forget it. I'll see what I can do about him.

What's wrong with playing the lead in a movie? I'll do it if you want.

Ushio, you're just sorta...

I wonder what's keeping Hayase.

Hayase said he was headed over to the seniors' classrooms again, so he'd be late.

The seniors?

Yeah. He's been dating a senior lately.

Isn't that Hayase, one of the freshmen?

I heard he's dating Sachi.

Really?!

But I've never seen them together.

Yeah. Me, neither.

He told me something weird's going on.

Sorry! Something came up. Had to leave early. He told me something weird's going on.

They've been in the same school since April, but he says he hasn't seen her once.

That's...

His girlfriend's name... Do you know it?

I think it's Sachiko Tsumura.

I see.

You know her?

No.

Oh! Sempai, is there a Tohru Kanou in your class?

Why do you ask?

He's apparently an upperclassman in the video club.

I was thinking of asking him about some stuff.

Kanou's been out sick.

Maybe he'll be well enough to come back next term.

Oh, I see. He's sick...

They're Cerebrants who died in battle?!

Yes. Both Sachiko Tsumura and Tohru Kanou.

They were both comrades who once fought with us.

Our deaths are integrated into this world in various ways.

They "die in accidents"... "Transfer to other schools"...

Or are still "here," but you never see them anymore.

So, you mean... Hayase doesn't know the girl he's waiting for is dead?!

It can't be helped!

It was decided in order to minimize inconsistencies in this world.

But, occasionally!

Occasionally, there are those who notice the inconsistencies.

And that is when a new Cerebrant is born.

I came here in order to awaken you.

So, then what are Cerebrants?

Who are we, exactly?!

We are the ones who take on the distortions of this world.

The truth is, even we don't understand the mechanism of awakening very well.

My own interpretation is that we're chosen to be regulators...

to eliminate the inconsistencies that appear in this world.

And among those duties is to fight to regain the real world.

Still, I wonder about Kaminagi...

What do you think?

What? What about her?!

She may be showing signs of awakening.

Making memories has become meaningless.

It's no use at all!

Even so, I will record this world.

On a morning when she finds a rainbow-colored shell,

a girl meets a lone boy on the beach.

The boy had lost his memory.

As the two began to live together in her house,

they eventually fell in love. However...

All of this is just a game.

So, what's real?

Even so, I will record this world.

Till the moment the world finally ends...

Tohru Kanou: Died in the first battle to capture Oscar.

Sachiko Tsumura: Suffered massive data corruption in the same battle.

Recovery impossible at this time.

I remember them. They were both fine soldiers.

And you still have them living in Maihama? Why?

Too many deaths there would seem unnatural.

In their case, neither of them had family to begin with.

So, you did it to minimize the effect?

But, in their case,

the people around them seemed not to notice that they were gone.

Ryoko Kaminagi never paid such close attention...

to Tohru Kanou's existence before now.

Is it possible?

Did my coming to Maihama affect her?

Even if it has, perhaps we should welcome this.

Just before entering the Maihama server,

Tohru Kanou caught the real Maihama on camera.

It truly was the last day...

Sorry I'm late!

Sorry for calling you out of the blue.

No prob! I was bored, anyway!

Well, shall we go?

Hey there!

Hi!

Morning! You practice on Sundays, too?

Yup. Where are you two headed?

Who cares where we're headed? Come on, Mizuki!

See you!

But why are you scouting locations again?

It's not just a location hunt. There's something I want to check out, too.

What?

Here.

What's fake? And what's real?

What's wrong?

F-Forget it. It's nothing...

Sorry for stealing you for the day.

What's with you? Quit being so formal!

How long will you stay mad at him?

You and Sogoru.

We're not really fighting, just...

You know I like Hayase, right?

Yeah, I kinda figured.

It was a shock to hear that he had a girlfriend.

Even so, even if I fail, I'll tell him how I feel on the night of the festival.

If I don't, I'll never know for sure.

You should face your own feelings, Ryoko!

Mizuki...

Of course... There are no people.

This guy is capturing images of the world deeper than I ever could.

So what's the point of me trying to capture images of it?

The boy was a deserter from the battlefield of a ruined world.

But a transmission error had erased his memories.

His memories were stored in the rainbow-colored shell.

The boy will return to his world with his friends.

But if he leaves now, his memories of this world will be erased.

So he stores his memories in the rainbow-colored shell,

entrusts it to the girl, and returns to the battlefield.

MAIHAMA MINAMI PREFECTURAL HIGH SCHOOL

All right, and that's it for the first semester.

Try not to forget too much stuff over summer break, okay?

Yes, sir.

Sogoru! Keep up the good work and get the swim club up to five members!

Thanks, sir!

Finally, summer break!

Now I can relax a little.

From what?

Um, I mean, now I can concentrate completely on the swim club.

Oh, I see.

Now that first semester's over, we can finally lay down our own burdens, huh?

Really. Year after year, we repeat this same ritual.

Ms. Mizusawa, tonight's the summer festival.

True.

Let's get a super ball!

That's lame!

Wait up!

Hayase's sure taking his time.

Oh! Hayase!

Hurry up, before all the good spots are taken!

Okay, everyone's here? Let's go!

Are you sure about this? You're not going to go with them?

Maybe she wants to avoid any further effects.

No way...

Kaminagi?

What's wrong?

No... It's nothing.

Isn't it pretty?

Yeah. Bad luck, us being on duty on a night like this.

Or maybe not such bad luck...

Nothing.

We've gotten separated.

Yeah...

Oh, well.

My script...

I rewrote it.

The boy who returned to the battlefield in order to protect this world...

returned after the war had ended.

It was now decades in the future.

There, he found the rainbow-colored shell...

which contained his memories of the girl.

And then, as he gently held the shell to his ear...

he found the shell had broken. And he heard nothing. Nothing at all.

Kind of a sad ending, huh?

Yeah...

Okay! I'll do it!

I'm really the only guy for the role, after all!

Oh, Kyo!

It's all right. I'm here for you!

And you

You want to call out to me, don't you? Koe ni dashiteitai'n darou

What is it you were looking at Nani wo miteita'n darou

Just before we broke up Wakare ga kuru mae ni

My adieu ran through the sky Sora ni kaketa ADIEU

Now here I am, all burnt out Moetsukite HERE I AM

I guess until a star finally fades Hoshi ga kieru made wa

It still shines Hikateiru darou

It still sparkles Kagayaku darou

And you

And love

You dreamed of it, didn't you? Yume wo miteta'n darou

You don't want to forget, do you? Wasuretaku nai'n darou

Just before we broke up Wakare ga kuru mae ni

My adieu ran through the sky Sora ni kaketa ADIEU

Now here I am, all burnt out Moetsukite HERE I AM

I guess until a star finally fades Hoshi ga kieru made wa

It still shines Hikateiru darou

It still sparkles Kagayaku darou

And you

NEXT EPISODE

NEXT EPISODE Arque's remaining days alive are running out.

Arque's remaining days alive are running out.

And yet, why do they both still smile?

I could never face losing my one, true love.

Stop it, Chris! Do you think doing that will make Arque happy?

I know how hard death is for us,

but you have to go on living!

Next time, on Zegapain: "Lingering Illusions."

LINGERING ILLUSIONS Next time, on Zegapain: "Lingering Illusions."

LINGERING ILLUSIONS

LINGERING ILLUSIONS My thoughts, never to be erased.

My thoughts, never to be erased.