Good morning, Aikawa-san.
Morning, Sato.
You know what? I think we should go rent kimonos.
Thank you, ma'am.
Did you sleep well last night?
Yup. Thanks for asking.
I'm glad to hear that.
Seconds.
So fast.
You two had better eat up. We've got work to do.
Do you kids want to work in the fields, too?
Yes, we do.
Look.
They're so small.
They're baby potatoes all right.
Whoa.
It's even prettier in the spring when all the cherry blossoms in bloom.
I bet it's stunning.
At some point, I've grown eager for the seasons to change.
I want to keep seeing new tomorrows, like I am right now.
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So good.
If you want, would you like to live with us?
Oh, pardon me. I couldn't help overhearing some of your conversation last night.
I know I should mind my own business, but I really want to help you dears.
Even Yutaka-san agrees.
We don't think you kids will ever be able to live with your other selves.
I'm sorry. I know you have your own circumstances.
You don't need to decide right away.
Still...
Just remember that you always have the option of staying with us.
Thank you, Taeko-san.
I have to go do a bit of shopping.
I'll be back in half an hour or so.
Okay.
What do you think of Taeko-san's—
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Hello?
It's me.
Are you still in Fujinomiya? Is Nao there with you?
Yeah. She's here.
I want to talk to her about something.
Can we summon you both to Kyoto?
Can you hold on a sec? We'll get back to you.
Okay.
Nao, what'll we do? She wants us now.
I... I don't want to go.
I'm too scared.
Aki-kun, what about you?
Me? If Shuya summons me, I wanna be there.
I'll go alone if necessary.
Aki-kun never backs out, no matter how anxious he is.
In that case, I'll be like him.
I'll go, too.
What's wrong?
Mochizuki-senpai. We're about to leave for Kyoto right now.
Huh? Kyoto?
Aki-kun and I are going to disappear from this spot.
We'll probably leave behind the clothes we're wearing and our things.
I hope you'll put those clothes in a laundry basket.
Thanks for your help.
No, wait a minute. Just hold on here.
This is too insane.
So you're fine with another guy touching your girlfriend's clothes?
Who knows? That guy might accidentally touch her, well...
even her u-underwear, if that's what you want.
Fine by me. It's just you, Mochizuki-senpai.
Yes. I'm completely comfortable with you doing it, too.
Aw, jeez.
Fine. You win.
I'll feed Taeko-san and Yutaka-san a cover story, so get going already.
Thanks a lot.
Did you work it out?
Yes. We're good to go.
Really?
All right.
Nao.
Vanish.
Arashiyama was fantastic.
Yeah, it was amazing.
Her kimono's so cute.
Should we wear kimonos, too?
Sure, why not?
Are you cold?
I'm fine. I'll get used to the weather.
Yeah?
Sunao, how's the trip going? Having fun?
I'm having a blast, as you can see.
That's great.
Sanada and Aki will be here soon.
Want to sit while we wait?
We visited the Fushimi Inari Shrine and the Kiyomizu-dera Temple yesterday.
It was a lot of walking.
It was so much effort hiking up all those steps.
Please don't read those memories.
But, um...
I'm afraid your memories become clearer the more you think about them.
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How about you? Where did you guys go?
Well, we went to the Makaino Farm Resort, and then to Ryo-senpai's home.
You mean the former student body president's...
Yes, her replica.
She was raised there, and I met her parents.
That's nice.
You're amazing, Nao.
It's like you're going way further than me.
No.
I was able to take the leap because I had Aki-kun.
He's why I'm here, too.
If Sunao wants to, I'm going to be...
So you wanted to talk?
I know I asked you this before,
but are you and Aki going out?
Yeah.
Yeah, it figures.
I wonder if I'll ever fall in love.
Sunao.
Nao!
Did you just get here, Nao?
Yeah. Just now.
What about you Sanada? Didn't you summon Aki?
He's right in front of you.
And what about you?
We came because we thought you'd summoned her.
Shuya?
I did summon her. She's here.
Come on. She's right here. Look.
Yeah, don't kid around like that.
I know we only spoke on the phone—
Isn't Sato here yet?
Wait, you don't see Nao?
Aikawa, you don't see Aki?
What's going on?
She doesn't see me.
Maybe we're—
Aikawa-san.
Is she there?
I summoned her like you asked.
Oh.
What about you, Sanada-kun?
I summoned him too, but...
I can't see Aki.
I was right.
I don't exist anymore.
Right now, Aki-kun and I don't exist in Sato-san's reality,
or anyone else's either.
No one even hears us. Right?
What do you mean, you don't exist?
Sorry. I asked Aikawa-san and Sanada-kun
to summon their replicas in a wide-open space.
I kept my reason a secret, so don't be angry at them.
But why?
I had a replica once, but...
No, I think it's because I had one.
It's because of that experience that I'm so doubtful.
They might be imaginary friends or doppelgängers.
While I was searching for the right word, that's when I realized...
People never see a doppelgänger and the original in the same room, right?
Isn't that only natural?
People claim to see doppelgängers in places the originals shouldn't be.
Still, if someone saw one of the pair,
they wouldn't know if they saw a doppelgänger or not.
They'd only realize something was off when speaking to the original later on.
Yeah, I guess.
When you sent your replicas to school,
did you two really stay at home during school hours?
Did anyone else see you?
You couldn't leave your homes during the day
because you couldn't risk someone you knew seeing you.
I heard you four spoke on the phone after that contest with Hayase-senpai.
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But Aikawa-san and Sanada-kun were at home,
while Nao-san and Aki-kun were in the gym.
But you only heard people who sounded alike.
You had no idea who you were really talking to at the time.
She's right. Sunao and I never met anyone while we were together. Not even Ricchan.
So how do you explain the former student body president
Sanada talked about yesterday?
Her mom saw two daughters and panicked,
so the replica was sent to live with the grandparents.
That would mean the parents saw both of them together.
You mean President Moririn?
Something didn't sit right when I heard her backstory.
A mom nearly faints after seeing a girl who looks like her daughter?
And she separates them forever. Would that really happen?
I think what really happened was Ryo-senpai's mom
couldn't see her while holding her hand.
She just vanished?
Suzumi-senpai's mom treated Ryo-senpai like a freak
and wouldn't look at her.
That's what she told me.
But the truth may simply be...
her mom couldn't look at Ryo-senpai when Suzumi-senpai was near her.
It's super obvious why the originals would always see their replicas.
And the other way around.
If replicas can see each other,
maybe it's because they exist on the same plane or something.
If the original isn't in the picture,
a replica can temporarily move between planes
and borrow the physical body of the original.
I'm pretty sure that's how the mechanics of it work.
Planes?
Now I get it.
That's why I didn't leave behind a body when I fell onto the track.
The body I'd borrowed from Sunao disappeared at that moment
and returned to Sunao's bedroom.
Wait, does that mean a death hasn't occurred if no one could see it?
Yeah. That's what I think.
From the beginning, there has only been one Sunao Aikawa.
The Sunao Aikawa the world knew was always just one person.
Sorry I'm late.
Huh? What's up?
What's wrong with you three? Did something go down?
Yoshii-kun?
Yoshii.
I need you to come with me now.
Huh? Why?
H-Hold up, Sanada. Are you trying to hook up with Aikawa-san before I get the chance?
Nao, I'm sorry.
I didn't know things would turn out this way.
I poured my heart out to Sato last night.
About everything that had happened.
I think Sato was only trying to help after seeing how distressed I am.
You're distressed?
You should know by now how messed up I am.
But you still see me as some sort of god.
I've never had a clue how I'm supposed to face you.
I felt up against a wall. And yet...
I really want to change.
Sunao.
Take a look.
3rd National Mock Test
(SUN)
For High School 2nd Years
Level
Subjects
Grade
Basic 1
Math
English
Japanese
2nd Year
National Scores
See own scores
See exam
I took the national mock test before the field trip.
I didn't want you to know just yet,
so I didn't score my own test,
and I kept myself from seeing the official results.
Should I really be the first to know?
You should.
So what are my scores?
3rd National Mock Test, 2nd Years
Sunao Aikawa
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English
Math
Japanese
Score breakdown by subject
You got a 44 in English,
a 52 in math, and a 62 in Japanese.
See? I can be smart when it counts.
But I can't really brag with those scores.
I'm even more of a failure than I thought.
That's not true.
Yes, I knew.
While I was going to school for that whole month,
Sunao was at home studying furiously.
She'd do questions over and over again until she got them right.
She really pushed herself.
You're really incredible. I mean it.
Do you remember what I said after Seiryo Fest?
I'll start attending school tomorrow.
I'll go every day, even during exams or when I don't feel like it.
From now on, I won't avoid anything.
I've decided to do everything to the fullest as myself.
For what it's worth, I even gave my all taking this mock exam.
I helped Sanada go to school by telling him everything would be fine,
and I'd be there for him.
I went to school without missing a day.
I had actual fun on this field trip.
I've seen so many sights these past two days.
I knew the old me would've behaved that way, so I pushed myself.
From now on, I won't dump any hassles or trauma onto you, Nao.
I was trying to prove I can keep that promise, but...
But I...
Oh. This is Sunao struggling desperately to be...
You're so inscrutable.
That approach was never ever gonna get through to me, Sunao.
I'm sorry, Nao.
I was so worried back then.
I thought you hated me, or maybe you didn't need me anymore.
If I'd known, I would've rooted for you even more.
I would've said "You can do it!" or "You're awesome!" a whole lot more.
Nao...
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry for everything I've done to you.
No.
You did great, Sunao.
Nao.
Your fingers...
What's going on?
What happened?
I see.
It's the kindness you lost.
I think I finally know where it went.
I have it.
Your kindness was inside of me all this time.
I used to think I had absolutely nothing.
That I'd taken nothing from you, Sunao.
But I was wrong.
You must've known that all along.
That you'd lost a very precious feeling that belonged inside your heart.
It all seemed so simple, now that I'd figured it out.
It was the same dynamic for everyone.
She fought with a friend and was too stubborn to apologize.
She wanted to apologize, but she was too afraid of being pushed away.
She thought she'd hurt her friend that much.
After agonizing over the dilemma,
Sunao had detached a part of herself from her being.
She made a passionate cry for help, and her wish was granted
by me showing up.
I was able to apologize to Ricchan because I was the nice Sunao.
Aki-kun was able to go to school and face Hayase-senpai
because he's the Sanada-kun with courage.
Ryo-senpai was able to play Princess Kaguya on stage
because she was the Suzumi-senpai who could express herself.
You must've noticed it yourself by now.
We must be messed up in our heads
if we're willing to sacrifice so much of ourselves for our originals.
But that wasn't the case at all.
We replicas didn't change.
If I were to borrow Ryo-senpai's words,
it wasn't the replicas who gradually became "messed up."
It was me?
I noticed that I was slowly forgetting how to be nice.
That was why I was so jealous of you.
You're so kind and open with everyone.
Time and time again, I thought you should be the real Sunao Aikawa.
Then my head would start hurting, along with my stomach,
and I'd stop wanting to do anything.
In time, I resigned myself to being a failure.
Sorry for not realizing what I'd stolen from you.
I don't think you stole it.
It's more like I forced my kindness onto you.
So Sunao...
If I merge with you, I think you'll get back what's yours.
How do I merge with you?
We hug each other, like we did before.
But this time, much harder.
If we do that, we'll become one and you'll get back your kindness.
I see.
If we do that...
Nao.
I'll let you decide what we should do.
The choice is all yours.
Will you live as yourself?
Or will you come back inside of me?
Nao!
Aki-kun?
Don't go.
That's right. I'm not alone.
He has made me feel so many things
that have made me who I am now.
We've cried together, laughed together,
and shared our worries together.
We're even able to dream of a future now.
So I'm...
Thank you.
I was so lucky to have you as my boyfriend.
Nao!
Nao.
Sunao, I want to...
Suruga Seiryo High School Graduation Ceremony
The future facing you right now
won't always be uncomplicated and trouble-free.
Class 3-1
Happy Graduation!
Congrats!
Should we write something, too?
I'm in.
Thanks for everything. Until we meet again
You guys rawk!!!
Whose penmanship is this?
Oh, could be Yoshii's unique handwriting.
You think so?
What's this? You wrote me a romantic message?
Sheesh. Don't get ahead of yourself.
Anyway, you guys going to the party?
Of course.
I'm going! We can even have an after-party.
Congratulations...
on graduating!
Translation: Gad Onyeneho Timing: Mariana Martinez Editing: SMR Quality Control: Riley Dalton Translation Check: David Saylor