I'm home.
Welcome home.
You must be tired from all the practices.
The marathon's coming up, so I have to keep it up.
Where's Yuuichi?
The hospital. He went there to visit a friend.
Did Ayu-chan go with him?
Seems like it.
Here's your tea.
Thank you.
arigatou iwanaiyo
ありがとう 言わないよ
I won't say thank you.
zutto shimatte oku
ずっとしまっておく
I'll keep it to myself forever.
sayonara wa kagerinai
さよならは 翳りない
Words of farewell will drop
yume no ato shizuka ni oritatsu
夢のあと静かに降り立つ
silently after a crystal clear dream.
ryouteni wa furisosogu kakera wo
両手には 降り注ぐ かけらを
Holding flakes falling from the sky in both hands
itsumademo itsumademo daite
いつまでも いつまでも抱いて
I embrace them forever and ever.
saigo made waratteru tsuyosa wo
最後まで 笑ってる強さを
She already knows the strength it takes
mou shitteita
もう知っていた
to smile until the end.
I heard the story from Mai.
I never had any clue...
Please don't put that expression on.
It's all over now.
You gave the police a story regarding your injury, right?
Yes. I told them I was attacked by a bear that doesn't pay attention to the seasons.
What's school like?
The building's broken, but not enough to have an effect on classes.
Everyone is thinking it was done by a wicked-minded group of kids.
Since there's no way Mai-san can destroy the school herself.
Anyway, we caused lots of troubles here and there, but we're done.
Yes, we need to think about the future rather than the past.
How about you, Mai-san?
I think I can get out by spring.
Although I do not think I'll make it in time for graduation.
Really? That's unfortunate.
Mai's mother is around, and my father said he'll come visit as often as possible.
You don't have to worry about us.
I see.
Get a good rest.
That's exactly what you need.
My head is still confused.
But with time, I think I'll be able to calm down and think through it a little at a time.
Thank you, Yuuichi.
Thank you very much.
You really are amazing,
since you're trying to accept all the burden without running away.
The one who is trying to run away from hardship is near you...
I want you to support her.
My power will not come back to me for a while.
I cannot do anything.
Episode 16
Oratorio in the Midnight
Mai-san is a mysterious person, after all.
Sorry I made you tag along.
It's fine. I like Mai-san, too.
But...
...I'm not too good with hospitals.
Well, I don't hear of many people liking hospitals.
Shiori.
Yuuichi-san.
It's been a while!
Are you both sick?
Visiting a friend.
Note: The actual saying is: "Idiots never get sick."
There is a saying: "Uguu~ never gets sick."
There is no such saying!
You two haven't changed at all.
My name is Tsukimiya Ayu. I haven't introduced myself, yet, right?
I'm Misaka Shiori. Nice to meet you.
Same here!
Misaka-san.
Hello Doctor.
Are they your friends?
Yes.
Hey...
Is there something wrong with her?
No, I'm sorry. Please don't worry.
I finished talking with your mother, so shall we go?
Yes.
Yuuichi-san, Ayu-san, excuse me now.
Yeah, see ya.
Take care.
What's wrong with Shiori-chan?
A common cold, or so she says.
Good morning.
You look pale.
You couldn't sleep again?
I'll get going.
What about your breakfast?
I'm in a hurry.
I have to show up to my club.
Kaori.
Can you talk with her a little more?
I understand where you're coming from, too, but-
I'm off.
Good morning!
Nayuki's gone to morning practice, huh?
Yep. She ran out.
Where's Akiko-san?
She's still in bed.
It's rare to find Akiko-san oversleeping.
That's why I'm making breakfast instead of Akiko-san!
Oops, I have to go to my club's morning practice.
Yuuichi-kun, you're not in any clubs.
Cooking is difficult, after all.
*Glare*
Uguu~ I'm sorry, Yuuichi-kun.
Oh well, I guess I'll buy bread or something from a convenience store.
Yuuichi-kun! Yuuichi-kun!
Yuuichi-kun!
What's wrong, Ayu?
Akiko-san is... Akiko-san is...
What's wrong with Akiko-san?
Akiko-san is-
Akiko-san is... Akiko-san is becoming like my mother!
Yuuichi-san, you're home early today.
Akiko-san, you have to stay in bed.
I'm fine. I only have a slight fever.
Oh, since Ayu was panicking, I thought you were in critical condition.
Uguu~ But...
I think I'll get better if I stay still for a day.
Excuse me now.
Don't scare me like that.
I'll take care of Akiko-san today.
I bet you wouldn't listen to me even if I stopped you, right?
Yeah.
Because I really like Akiko-san.
I didn't notice at all.
I wonder if Mom's OK.
I'm worried how Akiko-san's doing, too, but I'm more concerned about Ayu.
She was pretty panicked.
Hello.
Ayu? It's me.
How's Akiko-san doing?
Her fever's gone down a bit.
But there's no medicine,
and I thought about going out to buy some, but I don't know where to find a drug store.
Where to find a drug store...
Change with me, Yuuichi.
Hello, this is Nayuki.
I'm sorry to cause you trouble.
Hurry up, the break's going to end.
You can find a drug store in the shopping district.
Do you have money?
Then you should be fine.
I'll head home right away after classes end, too.
Yup. Yup, see you.
She said she's got money?
She said she has some from what Mum gave her for helping out.
I see.
Should I be with her?
Don't worry, Ayu's only overreacting.
But...
She doesn't have a mother.
That must be why she's being sensitive about this.
I see.
Then when she said her parents were away on a vacation, she must have meant her father.
I'm not sure.
Hey, Ayu. So you were able to buy the medicine, right?
Yep, but this one says to take it after you eat something.
Isn't there anything that's light?
I searched, but...
Why not go buy something?
You can find packed porridge at a convenience store.
But it worries me to leave Akiko-san alone.
I see.
What should I do, Yuuichi-kun?
What to do...
Yuuichi, change with me.
Hello. I'll teach you how to make egg drop porridge, so listen.
Is there a paper and a pen close by?
First, there should be leftover rice from last night, so-
Yep. Yep, I got it. I'll give it a try.
Yup, give it a try.
Fight, OK?
What's wrong, Yuuichi?
You're dependable in critical moments.
Sick?
Yeah, Nayuki's calling Ayu right now.
I wouldn't be of any use even if I was there.
I see.
I'm sorry to have you make time for me.
Don't worry.
Rather than that, tomorrow's Sunday, but do you have time?
Eh?
Remember I said let's hang out?
If you want, I'll tag along with you for the whole day.
I'll go tell the coach that I'm skipping practice today, so go on ahead.
OK.
See you later.
I'm home.
Hey. What are Akiko-san and Ayu doing?
Looks like she had lots of trouble.
It's Yuuichi. I'm home.
Come in.
Welcome home.
You can sit up?
Yes.
Thanks to her.
Mum...
It's great to have weather so nice.
Yeah.
How is she feeling now?
No worries. Looks like just a common cold, so she should get well soon.
I see.
How about your common cold?
Like a see-saw, getting better and getting worse.
You should get well soon, too, and show up to school.
You're right.
What's with the sketchbook?
Oh, drawing is my hobby.
Today's a nice day, so I thought I'd sketch something.
Should I draw a portrait of you?
Are you sure about using me as your model?
Let's see...
Never mind.
Uguu!
I'm joking.
That's an arcade, right?
I've always wanted to go into one.
You've never been to an arcade?
No, never in my life.
Don't tell me you're a fox or a raccoon.
What are you talking about?
Nothing. Then let's go do something.
There.
There!
It ended.
This is my first time seeing zero points.
I'm sorry I have slow reflexes.
It's not easy to miss the timing so perfectly.
I hate people who say such things.
So this is your favourite place.
It's where I first met Yuuichi-san and Ayu-san.
Do you remember that time?
The part where Ayu bumped into a tree and you got covered in snow, yeah.
I remember everything from that day.
It's a very important memory to me.
It's not long ago enough to categorize it as a memory.
Time is irrelevant to memory.
How important that moment was to a person...
I think that's all it matters.
Was it that big a deal of a moment?
Well, Yuuichi-san and Ayu-san were so funny.
I kept laughing after I got home.
I laughed so much that I was crying.
And this is my other favourite place.
There's no one around.
That's great. It's reserved for us.
Take that.
It's cold!
You've done something you never should have done, Missy.
You've declared war.
Take that! Take that! Take that!
You can't put a rock in, OK!
I have no need to do such a thing!
I'm for quantity over quality.
Take that! Take that! Take that!
Take that! And that! And that!
Take that.
It's done.
I-I think...
Let me take a look.
You want to see it?!
Of course, I do.
No, it's embarrassing.
You can't say that after using me as a model.
There we go.
You can't!
What do you think?
Can I give an honest comment?
Yes.
I don't think you have the talent to draw portraits.
People aren't that blatant even if they think that way.
Then should I say, "It's unique with a deep meaning"?
That doesn't make me very happy either.
Can I keep this?
I'm happy enough that you drew me.
Yes!
Time flies when you're having fun.
I'll accompany you as long as time allows, since I have nothing else planned today.
As much as time allows...
It'll be nice if we can do this as much as time allows.
I have one more place I'd like to go.
Is that OK?
It's been a while since I last wore indoor shoes.
Looks like the clubs are over already.
We might get yelled at if the teachers find us.
If they find us, I'll carry you on my back and run.
Really?
Although it'll be impossible if you're too heavy.
That's so rude!
I'm not that heavy!
So this is your class.
This is my seat.
Although it isn't anymore.
Why not?
They should have had a seat rearrangement.
I came to school only on the first day of the first semester.
A new life was about to start at a new school.
And I collapsed on that day.
I haven't been attending school since then.
I knew that.
I heard it from your classmate.
She said she spoke with you at the opening ceremony.
I see.
She was worried about you.
The doctor told me I shouldn't,
but there was a dream that I wanted to make come true no matter what.
Go to the same school as Onee-chan, eat lunch in the courtyard together,
take the long way home, and talk about what happened that day at home.
Though she laughed when I said that to her...
She said it's a small dream.
So it's not a common cold.
My health has been poor since the day I was born,
so it's impossible for me to attend classes every day.
I was lying to you.
I'm sorry.
Welcome home, Yuuichi.
Yeah, I'm back.
Is something wrong?
Nope, nothing.
I'll take it.
Yup.
Hello, this is Minase.
Yes, that's me.
Hey, what's up?
So you two really do live together.
I have something I want to talk to you about.
I'm sorry, but could you come out?
So, Kaori, what is it you want to talk about?
It's about Shiori?
Shiori...
She's... my...
my... little sister.
Her health has been poor ever since she was born.
She told me.
She was looking forward to going to the same school as me,
to eating lunch with me,
and to meeting up to go home together.
It was her dream to do what everyone else does.
It's her birthday in a week.
It's the birthday that the doctors said she won't make it to alive.
She's going to die soon.
I tried not to look at her.
I didn't want to see her getting weaker.
Because...
Because I knew she was going to disappear right in front of me.
So I avoided her and...
...thought that I didn't have a little sister...
If... If it means so much pain, I wish I'd never had a sister.
Kaori.
Aizawa-kun!
Aizawa-kun.
What was she born for?
ashimoto ni kaze hikari ga matta
足下に風 光が舞った
As the wind blew by my feet, light from the miracles,
nichijou ni dake tsumotta bun no kiseki ga
日常にだけ積もったぶんの奇跡が
which gathered from everyday life, danced in the air.
miagereba kumo tooku e no kiro
見上げれば雲 遠くへの帰路
Up in the sky are clouds, guides to my faraway home,
osanai hi no jibun yori mo hayaku
幼い日の自分よりも早く
making my homeward bound faster than when I was little.
yukidoke o matteita kodomo no youni
雪解けを待っていた子供のように
Like children waiting for the snow to melt,
hashiru hikaru shizuku tobihaneteru
走る 光る 滴飛び跳ねてる
twinkling lights run and splash around
asu no deai sae kizukazu ni iru
明日の出会いさえ気づかずにいる
without even noticing what they will see tomorrow.
kisetsu tachi no naka de kagayaite iru yo
季節たちの中で輝いているよ
They are sparkling in their seasons.
sekaijuu ni wa donna omoi mo kanau hi ga kuru
世界中にはどんな想いも叶う日がくる
A day will come when any wish will come true anywhere in the world.
zutto tabi o shite yuku bokura ni
ずっと旅をしてゆく僕らに
For we who keep travelling,
chiisana sei tachi maioriru
小さな精たち舞い降りる
a small angel will descend.
Preview
Yuuichi-san, may I ask one favour?
When I'm with you, I can go back to the happy days.
OK, I promise.
Welcome home, Onee-chan.
I don't know a girl by the name of Shiori.
Episode 17
Silent Song of An Elder Sister and A Younger Sister
Shiori!