Did someone fall?
Is she dead?
Oh, my god.
Service at this station has been suspended in both directions,
due to an incident involving a person on the track.
Service
Departure Time
Final Stop
Cars/Entry Points
Local
Destination
Cars
Spots 7-10 Yellow
Service has been suspended in both directions
Please bear with us as we work to resume normal service.
What is it?
Nao might be dead.
Episode 5: A Replica Dreams
Nao. Nao.
Nao!
What's wrong, Sunao?
Phone call
School Uniform
Train Station Platform
Thank goodness. You're alive.
Huh?
W-Was... Was I...
Thank goodness. Thank goodness.
I'm so sorry I wasn't able to...
I-I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
So someone pushed you?
How did that happen?
I don't know.
I didn't see who did it.
Look, everything's fine now.
Are you sure? You're in one piece?
Yeah.
You need to go home.
But...
My mom will be back soon.
See you soon.
Yeah.
Sunao.
I'm sorry. I think I lost your uniform, shoes, and a bunch of other stuff.
Don't worry about it. I'll feed Mom some excuse.
You can sleep in my room tonight.
What?
You can rest here.
You mean it?
Yeah.
You won't sleep with me?
I have to eat dinner.
Oh.
Are you hungry?
Nope. I'm good.
I'm glad it wasn't you.
What?
I'm glad it wasn't you who got pushed.
I'm glad, too. That you're not gone for good.
Sunao.
I regret what I said before.
It was because I was afraid of you.
What? You were scared?
Is it because I'm a mysterious freak of nature?
It's not that.
It's more than that.
Do you remember when we first met?
I've wanted to help you since the first moment after you created me.
I wanted you and Ricchan to make up so you could smile again.
Even now, I still want to be of help to you.
I guess we are different people.
Huh?
I even felt that you took Ricchan away from me.
That's not...
It should be obvious. I don't even read books.
Ricchan and I wouldn't have anything to talk about.
Is that why you don't ask about the literature club?
Enough talking now. Get some sleep.
And thanks.
For doing everything for me.
Good night.
Nao!
Good morning.
Here.
Say, Nao...
What?
Let's always stick together.
When we grow up, we'll work together, play together,
and become wrinkly old grandmas together.
Sure.
Promise?
That was the life I've always wanted to have.
Hey, did you see the game yesterday?
Yeah, I couldn't believe it.
I was literally squealing from the tension.
I can't believe they came from behind and beat Germany.
Top News
Entertainment
Sports
Politics
Economy
Shimizu's Star Goalie Secures Slender Win
The goalkeeper was godly. Plus, he's hot.
I know, right?
Now this is hilarious.
Lemme see.
m 0 0 l 0 0 l 23 0 b 24 0 24 1 24 1 l 24 14 b 24 15 23 15 23 15 l -21 15 b -21 15 -22 15 -22 14 l -22 1 b -22 1 -22 1 -22 1 b -22 1 -22 0 -21 0 l -21 0 b -21 0 -21 0 -21 0 b -21 0 -21 0 -21 0
m 50 0 b 100 0 100 100 50 100 b 0 100 0 0 50 0
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
m 59.93 78.1 b 66 72.34 70.89 74.81 75.71 79.05 l 75.71 76.67 b 72.04 72.56 63.93 71.1 60 75.24
m 0 0 l 0 0 l 0 8 l 18 8 l 18 6 l 22 6 l 22 0 l 18 0 l 18 -2 l 0 -2 l 0 0
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
Z
NEWS
O
I
m 71.36 140 l 170.45 140 b 177.45 142.3 178.7 149.89 170.45 153.18 l 71.16 153.57 b 65.25 150.12 64.42 143.21 72 139.75
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
m 13.2 67.8 l 13.2 51.9 l 0 51.7 l 0 3.2 l 71 3.2 l 71 51.7 l 36.4 51.7 l 13.2 67.8 m 4 47.8 l 17.2 47.9 l 17.2 60.1 l 35.2 47.7 l 67 47.7 l 67 7.2 l 4 7.2 l 4 47.8
m 16 15.5 l 16 15.5 19.6 14 21.1 10.5 19.6 6.9 16 5.4l 16 5.4 12.4 7 11 10.6 12.6 14.2 16 15.5m 16 17.7 b 9.3 17.7 5 21.4 5 23.2 l 5 26.6 l 27 26.6 l 27 23.2 b 27 21 22.9 17.7 16 17.7
m 50 0 b 100 0 100 100 50 100 b 0 100 0 0 50 0
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
Top News
Search
Entertainment
Sports
Politics
Economy
Autumn Flowers in Full Bloom in Hamamatsu Flower Park
Shimizu's Star Goalie Secures Slender Win
Hamamatsu to Raise Water Bill 20%
Fall Traffic Safety Month Calls for Wearing Bike Helmets
Survey Asks 3,000 Shizuokans What They'll Do for Silver Week
First Silver Week In 11 Years
Fall College American Football: XX University Wins Big After Last Week's Loss
Too Hot: How Long Will This Heatwave Last?
How come?
Hayase-senpai, good morning.
Huh?
What? How?
Thank you so much for murdering me.
It really hurt, you know.
P-Please don't.
If you'd taken his life, I would've killed you myself.
D-Don't do this to me!
No more!
I don't think Hayase-senpai will ever go near Sanada-kun or Aki-kun again.
I hope he never hurts them again.
Literature Club
Ciao, guys.
Hey, would you both like some Poretz?
Yeah, thanks.
Here, Nao-senpai.
Thanks.
Ricchan, how's your novel going?
Still going. Revisions are practically endless.
I see. So you're almost there.
And once I'm done, you'll listen to it, even if I have to tie you to a chair.
Sure thing.
Nao, can we talk?
I have to go do something in the library. I'll head home after.
Roger that.
So, Sanada-senpai...
I'm not sure about this thing I'm researching.
The imitation had no choice but to turn into sea-foam and disappear.
\h\h\hThe \h\h\hMermaid's Return
Even after Aloysia Jahn's doppelgänger disappeared into the sea,
Aloysia herself led a happy life. A happy ending.
That interpretation never made sense to me before,
but now it does, once I think about it.
The doppelgänger was never alive in the first place.
Nao!
What are you doing?!
I'm going to erase myself.
Why?
Do you have to ask?
You should know better than anyone.
When real humans die, that's the end.
But it wasn't the end for me.
I once held on to the belief that I was human.
But I was wrong. Completely wrong.
A replica can't even die.
So who am I now?
Am I the same person who died yesterday?
That train turned me into mincemeat and killed me.
I was crushed beneath it.
It hurt so much, I wanted to scream.
I know that I died. But even so...
I was brought back to life.
The original can resurrect a replica as if nothing happened.
Am I the same person who went to the zoo with you?
Did I read Ricchan's novel with you in the club room with the fan on us?
Did I watch you play basketball?
Am I the real me now?
It's all my fault. I'm sorry.
You're not to blame.
But...
Then will you become sea-foam with me?
No way.
I guess not.
You can't do this, Nao!
It's not safe. You should leave.
I can't leave you here in the water.
You convinced me not to give up, so how can you do this?
I'll get down on my hands and knees and beg Shuya not to erase me.
I don't care if I have to cry or grab his legs like a complete loser.
I'll do everything I can to live on.
I just want to be with you, Nao.
We'll go to the zoo together.
We'll go to the amusement park together.
We'll go to the festival together.
We'll go to the aquarium together.
We'll go to the movies together.
That's why you were created, Nao.
So please don't leave me.
Don't turn into foam. Let's just be together forever.
I love you.
Nao!
No...
No!
Are you okay?
I'm not okay.
Are you hurt anywhere?
I'm not okay because I have absolutely nothing.
Even my name is borrowed.
So is my insurance card, my student ID, my house, my family, even my bike.
I don't have anything. I'm an empty void.
You still have 198,750 yen.
You're wrong. It's now 193,430 yen.
You have your half-up ponytail.
This hair band belongs to her mother.
I found it in the bathroom.
Me.
Huh?
You still have me. Right?
Not enough, huh?
No, it is.
I'm so stupid.
Why did I want to die when I still have you?
I love you so much, but I was about to leave you. I'm so stupid.
I'm so sorry. Forgive me?
You dumbass!
God! You're so dumb!
R-Ricchan?
Hironaka's also been looking for you around the school.
And I guess I forgot to hang up.
Your phone still works after all that?
It's waterproof.
Who gives a crap about the phone?
Sorry, ma'am.
In Call
Ritsuko Hironaka
God! Nao-senpai, what were you trying to do, you giant blockhead?
Rocks for brains!
Ricchan, look—
You're Nao-senpai when your hair's up, right?
I called Sunao-senpai, and she said you hadn't come home yet.
I was worried sick about you. I was about to go crazy.
Um, hold on.
Ricchan, you knew about me and Sunao all along?
It was totally obvious. You're so different from each other.
Oh, but I didn't know that Sanada-senpai
was also like that until just now.
Sorry, Ricchan, for worrying you.
What will you do tonight?
If you don't want to go home, you can crash at my place.
No need.
I'll go back to Sunao's home.
Then, we should have a pajama party at my house sometime.
Just the three of us. No parents.
Three of us?
Yup!
Me, you, and Sunao-senpai.
What about Aki-kun?
You seriously want to bring your boyfriend to a girls' sleepover?
Boyfriend?
Yes, boyfriend.
I am, aren't I?
Thank you very much.
Shizuoka Uto
Post Office
Thanks so much for coming with me on a weekend, you guys.
It's okay. Good job finishing it.
December's when we find out, right?
Yeah. The first-round finalists are announced then.
I see. Ah, I'm more anxious now.
Me, too.
Shizuoka Uto
Post Office
Well, I'll be off.
What?
Ricchan, we should hang out together. Or do you have plans already?
Oh, come on. I can see you two are dressed up for a date,
so I wouldn't wanna be a third wheel.
A date?
And anyway, I already have plans to hang with Sunao-senpai, so I'll pass.
What?
Bye. See you at club.
Well, that stinks. I've never hung out with Ricchan on the weekend.
You'd rather be with Hironaka than on a date with me?
You're jealous.
Nope.
Your outfit...
I think it's cute.
Thanks. And I think you look stylish.
So, uh...
Where should we go first?
Even a replica can fall in love.
He's the one who opened my eyes to that.
A movie!
Translation: Gad Onyeneho Timing: Mariana Martinez Editing: SMR Quality Control: Riley Dalton Translation Check: David Saylor