How could this happen?
It's horrible!
What have you done?!
You can see for yourself.
Jerk!
There is no freaking way everything will revert back to normal!
Stop it!
Stop fighting!
Out of my way, Dee!
You jerk!
You monster!
Check it out.
Now do you understand?
This world is fake.
We're in an enclosed space.
Absolutely anything that has been damaged beyond repair...
...is reset to its original settings.
That includes people, too.
D-Don't screw around with us!
I'm sorry.
Stop it!
Stop it, Alice!
Alice!
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.
Class 3-4 I
Where are we?
With no souls living here,
this town is completely desolate.
Even as I am now, that much is clear.
Alice, where is Class 3-4?
Just follow me.
Please follow the exact same path I take.
What kind of path is this?!
Just follow me.
Where are we now?
This is Class 3-4.
But it also isn't Class 3-4.
What is that?
It's some sort of barrier.
That's all I can say.
Class 3-4 is trapped on the other side.
And we can't get in through the hole over there?
Right.
This is the only way in.
Is that right?
You don't seem too surprised.
I've seen stranger things.
I should have known.
Is it dangerous?
Not in the least.
So I see.
However, with the exception of Class 3-4,
anyone who goes inside will never be able to leave.
At least, not until everything has been resolved.
Why would you wait this long to bring that up?
You're free to back out.
My dream is to save the world.
I've grown a little uncertain about who I should save and how to go about saving them,
but isn't there a world on the other side of this barrier?
A world that you want to save, Alice-san.
Right.
Then I'm going!
I will help you save this world!
Got it.
How about you two?
If she says she's going, then I'm going with her.
Right!
What?
Nothing!
You're so close!
You shouldn't tease adults!
At any rate, I'd say everyone has made their choice.
Let's go.
Welcome to our homeland.
It's winter?
This looks like a completely different town.
Yeah...
Hey!
If it isn't Alice.
When did you get back?
Just now.
Did you bring in more new residents?
You could say that.
Why don't you guys come chat for a spell?
I was showing them to my house.
Then maybe some other time!
Uh, okay!
It's up ahead.
You're finally here!
Dee-san, but how?
What am I doing here?
I'm a member of Class 3-4!
Wow!
It's true!
It's just as Tanya and the others said.
Ai, you're so squishy!
So? Why do you have a physical body?
You are to, Dee-san...
Huh?
I don't know the why of it!
This is just the way it is.
Here is tonight's dinner!
You'll have to put up with bread and stew.
As for your winter clothes, let me know if you'd like more.
Thanks.
I appreciate your doing all of this.
Well, you'd never think to do it on your own, right?
I know how you are!
So I've gotta cover for you.
Yeah, right, right.
Only say, "right", once!
Knock it off!
Well, I'm going home.
Ai, I'll see you at school tomorrow.
School?
Please tell me!
Why isn't Dee-san a ghost?
Why is it winter here?
The calendar is 14 years old.
The same is true for the date on this newspaper.
What exactly is going on here?
I can't tell you yet.
Hey, we've come too far for that!
Sorry, but I don't want to imprint any preconceived ideas.
Ai, Pops, and you too, Scar, what are your thoughts?
How do you perceive things?
I want to start by hearing what you have to say.
My turn to talk will come after that.
I did it!
Booyah!
Take that!
Alice!
Where did you go?
W-Wait, Dee!
Dee?
Dee!
Dee, where are you?
Alice...
What gives?
What's going on?
Alice!
Dee...
Alice!
I'm Ai Astin.
It's a pleasure to meet you!
Where did you come from?
How old are you, anyway?
You're so cute and tiny!
Do you have any siblings?
Did you skip a grade?
Um, excuse me...
Aren't you living with Alice?
Wow!
And you look so good in our uniform!
Yep, yep!
The ribbon looks big on you and the colour matches your complexion!
Is this a good idea?
A baby's going to stand out...
In this day and age, her very existence is inconceivable...
But we're going to be living in this town from now on.
I cannot simply confine her to inside this house.
That's true...
It is quiet here.
I can't sense a single deceased.
Until just recently, I imagine I would have gone into a panic upon having no one to bury.
But now I feel very much at peace.
I have Ai, this baby, and you, Julie, to thank.
I'm glad.
Ai!
So, which club are you going to join?
I never gave it any thought.
Then you don't mind joining the same club as me, right?
Huh?
Uh, which club might that be?
The Culinary Club!
The Culinary Club?
Cooking!
We bake things like cookies, biscuits, muffins and cakes!
That sounds wonderful!
I know, doesn't it?
C'mon!
Let's head on over to the clubroom!
What?
I'm afraid I can't go today.
Why not?
Since I just moved in,
I'm still getting things sorted around the house.
I see...
Then I guess I can't push.
But you've gotta join once you're settled in!
Okay.
Oh, but I...
Are you worried about what Alice asked you to do?
Huh?
I'm sure Alice will say all sorts of stuff, but this is a nice place.
I'm sure you'll grow to like it, Ai!
You'll want to stay here forever!
What do you think?
Well, how to describe it?
This place is hardly normal.
Somebody probably wished this world into existence.
Is that what happened?
You have a keen eye, Ai Astin!
That's right.
Fourteen years ago, the students of Class 3-4 created this world when they wished for something with all of their might.
They created this false land.
This enclosed imaginary realm.
A world created fourteen years ago, huh?
To be more specific,
it was created fourteen years ago on July 28th.
Ever since, this world has been circling around a roughly one-year long loop.
When a new July 28th comes around,
everyone inside of this world is reset.
So you're repeating the same year forever?
Yeah.
Strictly speaking, this loop falls just a bit shy of a year.
That is why the seasons here don't match the seasons in the outside world.
The calendar, the newspaper and then that hazy scenery...
I see.
So that explains it.
If you wanted to compare this world to something, it is a cage made out of humans.
Class 3-4 are the prisoners, the captives and the cage itself.
No one knows why we did this to ourselves.
We don't remember.
In fact, aside from Dee and I, none of them are aware that they're caught in this loop.
Even though this was their wish?
I imagine the whole forgetting part was included in the wish.
This will be tricky.
After going through the loop twice,
I just so happened to notice the workings of this world.
Back then, this was a world where only the students of Class 3-4 existed.
No...
I searched every way I could think of to escape from this cage.
After a long period of getting nowhere,
Dee and I eventually found a way out.
Is that when Dee-san...
Yeah.
She loses her physical body in the outside world.
I don't know why.
Ever since then,
I have continued to search for a way to free Class 3-4 from this cage.
I've tried to shake this world that was created by a wish.
I've brought in a bunch of people and objects.
I've come to understand a great many things.
No matter how hard you try, the deceased cannot pass through the barrier.
Nor can those with special powers.
That is why everyone here is amongst the living.
About how many people have you brought here?
A total of 35,695 people.
When I bring someone who did not originally belong here,
the world grows somewhat unstable.
However, it quickly repairs itself.
The next loop that begins includes the freshly entered individuals.
I've been trying this over and over again.
Rather than rely on outside interference, can you influence the world by going directly after the students of Class 3-4?
I gave it a shot.
But it was meaningless.
Really, you're a lot older than you look, aren't you?
Yeah.
You've been 15 for the past 14 years, haven't you?
I'm 16 right now.
Remember how you celebrated my birthday?
Yes!
The same is true for the others.
But this can't be right!
I want to turn 17!
There is one other thing I need to tell you.
I have an enemy here in this world.
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.
An enemy?
Who is it?
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.
Dee.
demo
でも
Still,
Someone needs to take down the curtains!
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.
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.
Life on the planet
mieru keshiki wa
見える景色は
The scenery I can see,
onaji ni wa dekinai no desu
同じにはできないのです
shall never look the same again.
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.
Happy Birthday, Ai!
I think that wishes shouldn't come true.
Break...
If you aren't careful, Break...
I'm afraid you'll get carried away.
Be quiet!
I'm already covered in Alice's blood...
Class 3-4 II
That's enough!
I get it already!