Hey, wake up.
Wake up, Hachiman!
It couldn't be, a morning kiss?
Is it a morning kiss?
You're finally up!
Morning kiss?
Everyone already left.
If you don't hurry up, breakfast time will be over.
Oh yeah, I'm on a training camp.
Your days must get pretty muddled during summer break.
Yeah.
You must not get much exercise.
Come play tennis some time.
Yeah.
Just give me a proper call sometime.
Okay!
In that case, Hachiman, can you tell me your e-mail address?
After being used as nothing but an alarm clock and a tool to relieve boredom,
finally my cell phone will have Totsuka's e-mail address...
Hachiman,
are you crying?
I'll try sending you something as a test.
It's Saika!
Good morning, Hachiman!
This is my first e-mail to you.
Best regards for the future!
Hachiman!
What's wrong!? Are you okay!?
hi no michiru kono heya sotto toki o matsu yo
陽の満ちるこの部屋 そっとトキを待つよ
Within this gleaming, sunlit room, I lazily watch as time flows by
kizukeba ukande nagameteru hako
気づけば俯瞰で眺めてる箱
By the time I notice, I'm looking down from above
onaji mesen wa naku
同じ目線は無く
But no one else looks at where I am
itsushika kokoro wa hakushoku futoumei
いつしか心は白色不透明
Too fast to stop, my heart had turned a solid white and all opaque
yuki ni ochita hikari mo chiru
雪に落ち た光も散る
It drops into the snow, scattering its radiance
kumo kara koboreru tsumetai ame
雲からこぼれる冷たい雨
Frigid rain plummets down from stormy clouds above
me o harasu no wa tooi harukaze dake
目を晴らすのは遠い春風だけ
My eyes will only open for distant spring breezes
azarea o sakasete atatakai niwa made
アザレアを咲かせて 暖かい庭まで
Watch as we bloom azaleas all across the warm garden
tsuredashite tsuredashite nante ne
連れ出して 連れ出して なんてね
Take me away, take me away, I'm just kidding
shiawase dake kaita otogibanashi nante nai
幸せだけ描いた お伽話なんてない
There's no such thing as fairy tales where everyone's always happy
wakatteru wakatteru soredemo ne
わかってる わかってる それでもね
I understand, I understand, but even then...
soko e ikitai no
そこへ行きたいの
I wish I could get there someday
Now, here's the plan for today.
Tonight we'll be having a test of courage and a camp fire.
The elementary schoolers have free time during the day,
so we'll be using that time to prepare.
Camp fire, huh?
The kind you use for folk dances.
Oh, the kind you dance around going, "ventura ventura"!
Do you mean to say, "Oklahoma Mixer," perhaps?
Though only the last long vowel matches.
Not much difference, is there?
Either way, the thing you're dancing with is like an alien.
Hachiman, that's a terrible way to put it.
That's not it.
Even I have an excuse.
There was a camp fire when I was in elementary school too.
It's not like we need to hold hands.
All the girls thereafter imitated her.
I alone did an air Oklahoma Mixer.
Hikigaya, your eyes look rotten.
Well, with those eyes, you might be perfect to play a ghost.
So it's our job to scare them during the test of courage?
It seems they've left us a set of monster costumes.
Everyone split up and get to work!
Okay!
Silently stacking wood by myself like this...
It's like Jenga.
Eh, you can play Jenga alone?
What, you're not supposed to?
It's done.
See, constructing something on your own is why Jenga is fun.
Am I wrong?
Am I... wrong?
Hot...
Ah, this is nice.
It's cold!
Ah, Onii-chan!
Hikkii!
Over here! Hey!
What are you guys doing?
And why are you wearing bathing suits?
Hiratsuka-sensei told us to go play in the river.
Never mind that, this is a new bathing suit!
See?
Now, what do you think?
Hm? Let's see.
The cutest in the world.
Wow, you don't sound very serious.
Well then, what about Yui-san?
Wh- Komachi-chan!?
Um...
It's like...
It looks really good.
It suits you.
I see... thank you!
Uh oh, my eyes are naturally being drawn in!
Is this the law of universal graviTITTY?
As expected of her Newtons.
My, prostrating yourself before the river?
No way I-
What, you came too, Hikigaya?
Hiratsuka-sensei, you can really do it if you try.
Even though you're past thirty-
I'm still a fine thirty-something!
Don't you go to Akihabara?
No, no, it's Ikebukuro.
Ikebukuro is totally different!
For starters, the location is totally different.
Akihabara is on the right side of Yamanote...
I won.
Well, see... your sister is like that,
so you can expect a lot, genetically speaking.
What does my sister have to do with this?
It's fine!
A girl's value isn't decided there!
There's individual differences and stuff!
I'm your ally, Yukino-san!
Indeed... thank you.
Sister?
Genes?
Value?
Individual differences?
Ah!
I really, truly, completely do not care!
If a person's value must be decided relative to physical traits,
rather than a single part, the balance of the whole should be what is admired.
Yukinoshita,
it's too early to give up hope.
Here!
Geez, Komachi-chan!
I'm soaked!
I wanted to splash water on Totsuka.
Hey.
Why are you alone?
I didn't bring a bathing suit.
And you?
Today is free time.
When I went back to my room after breakfast, no one was there.
Um, do you want to play with us, Rumi-chan?
I see.
Say, Hachiman...
First name basis?
Hachiman, when you were in elementary school, did you have friends?
Nope.
Everyone's probably about the same.
So it's fine if you leave them alone.
After you graduate, you won't see them again.
Isn't that just you, Hikkii?
I don't see them any more either.
Rumi-chan, these people are unique.
What's wrong with being unique?
In English, it's called being special.
That sounds pretty impressive, doesn't it?
It's rather strange in Japanese.
Yuigahama.
How many of your classmates from elementary school do you still see?
Eh?
Hmm, maybe one or two?
How many were in your grade?
Three classes of thirty people.
In that case, the probability of remaining friends five years after graduation...
...is around 3% to 6%.
Even someone like Yuigahama, who shows everyone her nice side, has odds like these.
Nice?
Yuigahama-san, that's not necessarily a compliment.
Got it?
In the case of an ordinary person, who isn't nice to everyone,
who's only nice to a couple of people.
By dividing it by four, you're left with around 1%.
1% is like an error in calculation.
It's fine to just round it off.
Don't you know the phrase "round up"?
But if you think 1% is enough, you might feel a little more at ease.
I bet there's time when getting along with everyone gets tiring.
But my mum isn't convinced.
She's always asking how I'm getting along with everyone.
She even told me to bring home lots of pictures of the summer camp with this digital camera.
I see...
Besides, when I was pushed out, I felt like I was lowest of them all.
I hate it.
It's pathetic,
but... there's nothing I can do.
Why?
I've been abandoned.
There's no way we can get along any more.
Even if we do, there's no telling if it'll end up like this again.
In that case, it's better if things stay the way they are.
I see.
This girl has already given up.
Even if she changes herself, the world won't change.
People estimate the value of other people based on prejudices and impressions.
Loners are made loners through coercion.
If you try to work hard, or stand out,
it'll just be turned into material for an attack.
Those are the corrupt rules in the childhood kingdom.
Do you hate being pathetic?
Yeah.
It'd be nice if the test of courage is fun.
Hikkii?
What's wrong, Hikkii?
Question:
The world won't change.
You must change yourself.
Now, how should you change yourself?
Answer:
Become the god of a new world.
If I'm not mistaken,
they said these were monsters for the test of courage, right?
What's with this cheap-looking cosplay?
To the heavens!
What pointless authenticity.
I'm also into onmyouji stuff!
Go now! Don't stay!
That so?
Is a magician a monster?
Well, in the end, I suppose it could be.
Begone evil spirit!
But it's not very scary...
No, it's scary.
Begone evil spirit!
It's fine.
It's truly scary.
If I keep wandering around like this, I'll stumble into the Totsuka route.
Truly scary.
Onii-chan, Onii-chan.
Hm?
Tada!
What's that, a ghost cat?
Probably.
I don't really know, but it's cute, so I was like, "whatever!"
What are you judging?
It really suits you.
Thank you!
You look pointlessly good in that kimono.
It's just like a real yuki-onna.
That really suits you as well, Hikigaya-kun, that zombie costume.
The way your eyes are rotting is Hollywood-class.
I've got no make-up and no costume, however.
You look busy.
Ah, Hikkii!
Um... how is it?
If it didn't suit you even a little bit, I'd tell you frankly,
and mock you horribly.
Regrettably, I can't do that.
Eh?
Er...
Oh!
You should just be honest and compliment me!
Idiot!
Onii-chan twists to hide his affection.
Don't go coining weird phrases.
So, what shall we do about the aforementioned problem?
I guess Rumi-chan's just going to have to talk to them.
They'd probably just mistreat her.
Then maybe if she talked to them one at a time-
It's all the same.
In that case, even if they put up a nice front,
below the surface, the whole thing will start again.
Girls are much scarier than you think they are, Hayato-kun.
Seriously?
That's totally scary!
Hey, I've got an idea.
It doesn't seem as though it will be a good one.
Just listen.
This is a test of courage after all.
We can use that.
How can we use it?
If there are problems with human relations,
by destroying the relations themselves, there's nothing to cause a problem.
If everyone becomes a loner, conflict and disputes won't occur.
Okay!
Now, this group will be the next one to depart!
A-After you start, please bring back a fuda from the small shrine deep in the forest.
Roar! I'm gonna eat you!
I feel so stupid.
It's almost time.
Ah, it's me.
Hikigaya... kun?
I thought you were a ghost.
Since you have those dead eyes.
That so?
And, how's the plan going?
Komachi:
Here they come!
That's the start signal.
Now then, this group's the last to go in!
Ah, it's the older kids!
You look totally normal.
Lame!
This test of courage isn't scary at all!
Even though you're in high school, you're so stupid!
Huh?
What's with the smart mouth?
Aren't you a little full of yourselves?
It's not like we're your friends.
And isn't there someone here who was talking down to us just now?
Who was it?
I'm sorry.
I asked who it was!
Hey, you makin' fun of us!?
Go on, try it.
Isn't teaching you manners our job?
Hayama-san, can we deal with them?
How about this?
We'll let half of them go.
The other half stays here.
You can decide who stays here.
I'm sorry!
I don't want you to apologise.
I said half stays here.
Decide.
Didn't you hear,
or did you hear and you're ignoring us!?
Hurry up!
Who's gonna stay behind?
Is it you?
Tsurumi...
You stay behind.
Y-Yeah!
What happens next is what you were aiming for, correct?
Yeah.
Destroy the human relations surrounding Tsurumi Rumi.
When humans are faced with truly terrifying circumstances,
they don't think about the people around them.
They're even willing to sacrifice those around them to save themselves.
By exposing that unsightly part of them,
they can no longer get along.
We can break them up like that.
Even then, that won't solve the problem, will it?
But it can dissolve the problem.
"You can't run away" is an ideal for the strong.
You're not always wrong.
Society, the world, the people around you,
often someone else is in the wrong.
To think that you can change is adapting to this cruel, indifferent, trashy world.
It's admitting defeat and servility.
You're simply deceiving yourself by dressing it up with pretty words.
So that's how you think.
I understand the reason she took an interest in you a little better.
She?
Okay, let's do this.
However, I want to bet on the possibility that everyone bands together to deal with the situation.
I think that, deep down, they're all good kids.
Now, two more.
Hurry up.
If Yuka hadn't said that just now...
It's Yuka's fault.
Yeah!
Nuh uh!
Hitomi said it first!
I didn't say anything!
I didn't do anything wrong!
Mori-chan was the one with the bad attitude!
Eh!?
Mori-chan's always like that.
Even our teacher said so.
That had nothing to do with this!
Stop it!
We should all just apologise!
I hate girls who think it's okay if they just cry.
I'll only wait another thirty seconds.
Two more.
Hurry up and decide.
If you tattle, you know what'll happen.
I'll remember your faces.
Twenty seconds left.
Yeah, Yuka should do it.
Stay here, Yuka.
I think so too.
Come on, go!
Hey, don't push me!
Yuka!
I'm sorry,
but it can't be helped!
One more.
Ten, nine, eight...
All that's left...
...is to pop out, shout, "Just kidding!" and everything will be okay.
Wait!
What!?
Look!
...four, three, two, one...
Hey!
This way!
Hurry!
My eyes!
What was that?
The flash of a digital camera?
That girl saved everyone?
Maybe they actually get along together just fine.
There's no way that not being able to get along unless you look down on someone could be the real thing.
I see...
Yeah, you're right.
However, even fakes can understand.
Even so, she wanted to lend a helping hand.
That makes her the real deal.
I'm certain.
You crossed a dangerous bridge.
One false step and it could have turned into a serious problem.
Ah, sorry.
I'm not blaming you.
Rather I think you did well for having no time.
The method was horrible though.
Yeah, it was.
You're horrible.
Why are you criticising my character?
Weren't we discussing the method?
And thinking of that method at the time makes you horrible.
However, because you're horrible,
you can stick up for people who've fallen.
That's a precious trait to have.
What a terrible way to compliment me.
It's a thankless job.
Hm?
It's not like I did anything that great.
When the person you conspire against leaves,
it can be a comforting thing.
Even though the means were horrible,
you were the one to carry them out, Hikigaya-kun.
So...
...even if no one praises you,
I think it's fine if just one good thing happens to you.
Thanks for waiting!
Look, fireworks!
Let's play!
Yukinon, look, look!
That's dangerous!
Sorry for pushing an unpleasant role on you.
I don't really mind.
The experience itself wasn't that bad,
but...
Hm?
I remembered something that happened a while ago.
Something similar happened before, and I didn't do anything.
Hey, what do you think would've happened...
...if you'd gone to the same elementary school as me, Hikitani-kun?
There just would've been one more loner in your school.
I think it would have turned out differently.
However, even so,
I don't think I would have got along with you, Hikigaya-kun.
Just kidding.
Good work.
Until you make it home, this is still a school trip.
Be careful on your way home!
Dismissed!
Komachi, let's go shopping before we go home.
Aye aye, sir!
Yukino-san, would you like to come with us?
Hi, Yukino-chan!
Nee-san!
Yukino-chan, you haven't been home at all lately!
I was worried, so I came to get you!
Oh, it's Hikigaya-kun!
You on a date?
It's a date, huh?
We're not, okay?!
Hey, you're bothering Hikkii!
Are you Hikigaya-kun's girlfriend?
I'm not!
I'm his classmate, Yuigahama Yui.
Classmate?
Yup.
Oh, I'm so glad!
I was wondering what to do if you were getting in Yukino-chan's way!
Don't lay a hand on Hikigaya-kun!
He belongs to Yukino-chan!
I don't!
He doesn't!
See, you're so in sync!
Haruno, leave it be.
Long time no see, Shizuka-chan!
Stop calling me that.
Sensei, do you know her?
She's a former student.
That means...
Well, Yukino-chan.
It's about time we get going.
Mum is waiting.
After you went out of your way to invite me, I'm sorry.
I won't be able to accompany you.
Eh, oh... yeah.
Farewell.
Hikigaya-kun, bye bye!
Tsuzuki, take us home.
Hey, that car...
Well, all high-class black cars look the same to me.
More than anything, it hurt.
I don't remember every single car.
I didn't say what was on my mind.
The truth is, I realised it the moment I saw it.
That summer break,
Yukinoshita Yukino and I...
...didn't meet again.
At any rate, they will know the truth.
kirari aoi sora de hikatta
キラリ 青い空で光った
Glittering, soaring up in the azure sky
Airplane kanata no sora no kanata made
Airplane 彼方の空の彼方まで
An airplane flying all the way to the horizon
mune ni tsumatta
胸に詰まった
Tucked away in my heart
nanika ga sawaida
何かが騒いだ
Some feeling began to awake
iitai kimochi wa tojikome
言いたい 気持ちは閉じ込め
Locked away-the feelings I want to express
ienai kotoba ni henkan suru
言えない コトバに変換する
I can't speak-I have no words for what I feel
saigo made boku wa sunao ja nakute
最後まで僕は 素直じゃなくて
I can't be honest with myself, just like every time before
tsunagareteta ito wo waza to
繋がれてた糸をわざと
I let the thread that runs between the two of us
motsuresasete
もつれさせて
Tangle with itself
kirihanashita
切り離した
And then I cut it loose
hikoukigumo ga nijinde
ヒコーキ雲がにじんで
The airplane's contrails fade away
kieteshimau mae ni
消えてしまう前に
Until they've completely vanished
aitai to ieteta nara Wow
逢いたいと言えてたなら Wow
I should have told you, "I want to be with you". Wow
owari no nai setsunasa kara mo
終わりのない切なさからも
I long for the day when I can escape
nukedaseteita no kana
抜け出せていたのかな
From the endless pain I must endure
mata kimi to futari bocchi
また君とふたりぼっち
You and I, alone, just the two of us
Hello Hello, Alone
Don't expect too much from me.
But, I want to know more...
I want to know more...
I want us to know more about each other, and get along even better.
Get along even better
I want you to depend on me if you're in trouble.
I want you to depend on me
if you're in trouble.
And...
I'm sure I...
For The Third Time, He Returned To His Original Path.
Next time, "For The Third Time, He Returned To His Original Path."