Did you...
...kill everyone?!
I didn't kill them.
You're lying!
That wasn't a lie.
The day and age where man kills man is done and gone.
I merely immobilised them.
It is a gravekeeper's job to kill them.
I was seven at the time of my mother's death.
When I became alone in the world, the villagers said to me:
Startin' today, yer our gravekeeper, Ai-chan.
I swear, Alfa-sama was a fine gravekeeper!
We need a gravekeeper!
Ai-chan, you're the only one who can do it!
Only you, who carry Alfa-sama's blood in your veins.
Me?
That's right, Ai-chan.
I'm a gravekeeper...
From that day on, I've been this village's gravekeeper.
Since Mother's death, no one in the village has passed away.
But even so, I've dedicated my days to digging graves.
After all, I'm the gravekeeper!
Please, my God. Tell me, what should I do?
dareka ga sashinobeta te o furihodoite susumu
誰かが差し伸べた手を 振りほどいて進む
I break free of the hand someone reached out to me with.
"jiyuu na fujiyuu" habikoru basho de
『自由な不自由』 蔓延る場所で
"freely restrained" in an infested place.
nani ga ni owareru you ni ikiisogu mainichi
何がに追われるように 生き急ぐ毎日
I live every day as if I'm chased by something.
shinjitsuzuke ta shinjitsu mo wakara naku naru
信じ続けた真実も わからなくなる
I become even unable to believe the truth I kept believing.
nani ga hontou no shiawase nandarou
何が本当の幸せなんだろう
What is true happiness?
sono kotae o shiru mono nado koko ni wa inai
その答えを知る者など 此処には居ない
There isn't a single person here who knows the answer.
Where is my God?
arehate ta yume ga nemuru daichi de
荒れ果てた夢が 眠る大地で
My shattered dreams lie in the sleeping ground.
shinda you ni ikirunte boku ni wa dekinakute
死んだように生きるんて 僕には出来なくて
Living as if I'm dead is something I just can't do.
umarekaware ima hikari o hime shi
生まれ変われ 今 光を秘めし
I shall trust the light to the new truth, being reborn.
saigo no kibou soshite kiseki
最後の希望 そして奇跡
My final hope, and then a miracle,
mou ichido sekai ni kagayaki o hanate
もう一度世界に 輝きを放て
release once again radiance to this world.
I swear, I can't lose my place.
Now, it's time to birth.
Valley of Death I
God created the world on Monday.
God separated order and chaos on Tuesday.
God sorted each and every number on Wednesday.
God allowed time to flow on Thursday.
Well then, everyone, I'll see you again tomorrow!
On Friday, God looked over the world in minute detail.
God rested on Saturday.
And God, on Sunday...
...abandoned the world.
"The other side is already full."
"This world will reach a standstill before much longer."
"Ah, I've failed!"
Ever since God made that declaration and abandoned our world,
people have lost the ability to die.
Even if a person's heart stopped,
or his flesh decayed,
the dead continued to writhe without end.
To save those people,
it is said that God granted one last miracle...
...when he bequeathed the gravekeepers unto us.
Go on, Ai-chan.
Help Alfa-sama rest in peace.
It is something that only you can do.
Burials conducted by gravekeepers...
...are the only way to help those who still move even after death...
...find a way to finally rest in peace.
Perfect!
No matter how you look at me,
I'm clearly a dignified and admirable gravekeeper!
Hey!
Ai-chan!
Yuto-ojisama...
I'm dignified!
Dignified!
Guys!
Ai-chan just got back!
Everyone, I wish to greet you as your gravekeeper!
How are you doing on this won-
You're back late today!
You hungry?
I have some cookies!
I baked muffins!
Um, guys... excuse me...
Hey!
What do you guys think you're doing?!
I've told you not to give food to the gravekeeper!
Well, uh, you see...
As for you, Ai...
I couldn't stop them.
Unbelievable...
Come along.
We're going home.
Anna is waiting.
Okay, Father.
Farewell, everyone.
May you lead wonderful lives.
See you tomorrow, Ai-chan!
Thanks for all your hard work!
Mother Anna!
Ai?
I'm back!
Really now, Ai!
Welcome home.
Anna, you stink.
Ai, that's my perfume!
But you don't need any!
I like the way you smell just fine, Anna!
You won't understand such adult fancies until you are one.
You adults always say stuff like that!
After Mother died,
Yoki and Anna were kind enough to take me in.
My real father is somewhere out there in the world.
His name is Hampnie Hambart.
Mother said that he would come see me someday.
Sometimes it pains my heart.
She is only 12 years old.
She's still just a child,
yet we're forcing her to carry such a heavy burden.
Anna...
I'm happy!
I'm glad we took her in.
Having a child in this day and age is like a dream come true!
But...
Do you think she is happy?
Why do they do that?
Yoki and Anna seem so upset when they look at me sometimes.
Why do you think that is?
It's almost like they have a secret that they can't share with me...
All done!
There are a total of 47 graves.
I dug the exact same number of graves as there are people in the village.
What should I do from tomorrow on?
Maybe I should help everyone in the village from time to time!
No one is around, huh?
What could have happened?
Whoops.
Pardon me.
Do you live here?
Are you alone?
Are you a mute?
Or are you just plain dumb?
I-I can talk!
Glad to hear it.
And who might you be?
I'm Ai, the gravekeeper!
W-What is it?!
You?
The local gravekeeper?
Do you have a problem with that?
Not particularly.
Meh, it's none of my concern.
I wish to ask the gravekeeper a question.
May I?
Uh, sure...
Question: Search-based.
Huh?
I wish to inquire about a human who is called "Hana" or refers to herself as such.
It doesn't matter if she's dead or alive.
Uh, I don't know her...
Additional search.
I wish to inquire about a woman with the following traits:
Okay?
She's between the age of 30 and 40...
...with brown hair, black eyes and distinguished facial features.
She is roughly as tall as me and has a flat chest.
Likewise, it does not matter if she is dead or alive.
Um, well... Isn't Anna around that age group?
But she has a big chest...
And Yoki is a guy...
The searches failed.
J-Just give me a second!
What is it?
I happen to be busy.
Um!
Um, um, um...
Um,
you're handsome!
Thank you.
Later!
Um!
Not done yet?
Nope!
Uh, are you...
Oh, that's right!
Who are you?
Me?
Good question.
I am...
...the man-eating toy, Hampnie Hambart-san.
You have the same name as my father!
What?!
Now I see!
So you're Hampnie Hambart-san, right?
Wait!
Don't take that at face value!
That isn't an actual person's name!
Yes, it is!
That is my father's name.
What?!
You have parents?
And what?
Your dad is Hampnie Hambart?
Right!
That is what my mother told me.
She said that he was sure to come see me someday.
Father?!
You're my father, aren't you?!
How do you figure?
How could you possibly mistake me for your father?
It does seem a bit strange.
Doesn't it?
I imagined my father to be a tough guy in his late 30's or early 40's.
And it'd be strange if he didn't bellow a battlecry as he smited something in his entrance scene.
I am positive that is not the issue.
But that's a trivial problem.
You're a bit too big to be mine.
I just know you're my father!
How?
Intuition!
I felt fate pulling us together.
You have no intention of holding a two-way discussion with me, do you?
That's not true, Father!
Say, aren't you a gravekeeper?
That's right!
Then would you mind tackling a job?
Doing what, exactly?
Isn't it obvious what I'd ask a gravekeeper for?
I guess...
Everyone... Everyone is...
Yoki!
Anna!
No...
This can't be real!
Inn't dat Ai-chan?
Yuto-ojisan?
Ai-chan, are you all right?
O-Ojisan... Um, your head is injured...
Yeah, but it's nuttin' serious.
It dunn' even hurt.
Oh, yeah!
We got trouble in town!
Uh, what happened again?
At any rate, we've got trouble!
You gotta hurry outta here!
What's wrong, Ai-chan?
I-I'm sorry.
Why're you lookin' at me like that?!
Donn' look!
Donn' look at me like I'm some kind of monster!
I haven't changed none!
I-I didn't mean to!
Keep down, Ai-chan.
It's dat punk!
Yo, he who failed to die!
I think I'm going to spew a whopping 30 bullets the size of peas across this entire area.
You have two seconds.
One!
What a valiant gesture.
Sorry!
I failed to finish him off.
With everyone else, I made absolutely sure...
...to blow out their brains.
Did you...
Did you kill everyone?!
I didn't kill them.
What?
Why?
How could you?!
You aren't my father!
My father would never do something like this!
You are not my father!
That's what I've been saying from the start.
Come with me.
Bury them.
How long are you going to follow me?
And what do you intend to do with your life now?
I'm a gravekeeper.
You aren't a gravekeeper.
Considering the stunts that stinker of a God has pulled, at first,
I figured that there could be some goofball gravekeepers like you.
But I was wrong.
But my mother-
And that's why!
Gravekeepers don't have any parents.
They are even more unscrupulous than flies,
popping up out of nowhere.
Naturally, they do not have parents.
But all of the villagers said that I was-
They called you a gravekeeper?
And what proof did they have?
Did it ever occur to you that they were lying?
T-They would never...
My mother was the gravekeeper, Alfa,
and my father is called Hampnie Hamba-
Hampnie Hambart is merely a character from a fairytale.
It's the name of a toy that moves for all eternity after a spring breaks.
I am simply borrowing my name from that fairytale.
I imagine your mother did the same.
S-She wouldn't!
I wonder what these villagers were trying to accomplish.
They convinced a kid like you that she was a gravekeeper...
...when you even had parents!
What is this about?
What does any of this mean?!
What is this?
The truth is lost in the darkness.
No, to the depths of their graves.
owaranai merodii o utaidashimashita.
終わらないメロディーを歌いだしました。
I started singing a neverending melody.
totemo daisuki de sukoshi setsunaku te
とても大好きで 少し切なくて
I liked it very much, yet it was a little lonely.
This is all your fault.
You took everyone!
Do you want to kill me?
demo
でも
Still,
tomaru koto ga dekinakute kirai ni narimashita
止まることができなくて嫌いになりました
there was nothing I could do to stop it, and I came to hate it.
If you were a gravekeeper,
you would never feel hatred to begin with.
If you were a gravekeeper,
tatoe taisetsu na kimi no soba demo
たとえ大切な君のそばでも
Even if it was my precious place by your side.
you would not strike at the living.
You're not a gravekeeper, you're a person.
Life on the planet
Even so, I am a gravekeeper.
mieru keshiki wa
見える景色は
The scenery I can see,
Look at that.
onaji ni wa dekinai no desu
同じにはできないのです
shall never look the same again.
That is what you would call a true gravekeeper.
kokoro mo mirai mo egao mo
心も 未来も 笑顔も
Nor our hearts, future, or smiles.
sou mada mimu ai mo
そう まだ見む愛も
Yes, even this unseen love.
Sweet love in love world
You know what you wanna be
wakattenda
わかってんだ
I understand.
I can believe you tonight
You see what I want tonight
eien to hakanasato
永遠と 儚さと
Although eternal, it is still fleeting.
furueru yoru mo aru keredo
震える夜もあるけれど
But there are still nights i tremble at.
Violence, avarice...
That would be far too embarrassing!
Murderer.
...since the day you killed my wife!
I mean, the "night God vanished."
I-I don't have anything to do with this!
You're still pure.
I am a gravekeeper!
Valley of Death II
I could never put that behind me and forget!