Mor~ning~
It's mor~ning~
Let's eat breakfast, and let's go to school~
Nayuki, it's morning.
Nayuki!
Wake up, Nayuki!
Nyuu~
I had a dream of spring break.
It's too early for that; it's only February.
Good morning.
It's a new jam, isn't it?
Yes, it is; give it a try.
Yup.
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.
May I ask why we're running?
Because Mum's jam was so good.
Come on Yuuichi; if you don't run faster, we won't make it in time.
Damn it.
Final Episode
Canon of the End of a Dream
We made it in time...
Yup, we did.
When we're cutting it close, restrain yourself a little!
You can eat Akiko-san's jam whenever you want.
That's... right.
I can eat Mum's jam whenever I want, right?
Make sure you eat that jam for her next time, too.
Yuuichi, you eat it.
I'm allergic to jams.
I've never heard of that before.
Hey. What are you guys talking about?
We were talking about Akiko-san's special blend jam.
That jam is still around?
So you've had it, too?
Once when I visited Nayuki's house.
I see.
What? What? What's this jam about?
In this world, there are things you're better off not knowing.
Huh?
That's right, Aizawa-kun! Guess what!
Yuuichi-san?
I figured you'd come here.
Yes. I'm back to school starting today.
Why not just keep skipping?
You have to repeat freshman year anyway, don't you?
I don't like people who say things like that.
Long time no see.
Yeah.
I'm happy for you, Shiori... that you can come to school.
Yuuichi-san.
Let's have another party at Hyakkaya.
To celebrate your being better.
At times like this...
At times like this, I can cry, right?
Yeah.
Yuuichi-san.
I never wanted to die.
I didn't want to say goodbye.
I don't want to be...
...alone.
When you want to cry, you can,
since you've been keeping it to yourself all this time.
Yes...
Yes.
Please enjoy.
Let's eat.
But I'm glad to see both of you got out of the hospital before graduation.
Yes. The doctors were surprised, too.
They said it's a miracle that we healed so fast.
Right, Mai?
Miracle?
But we couldn't make it in time for entrance exams, so we'll both have to stay back a year.
Right, Mai?
You're going to college too, Mai?
Note: The book she's holding is a children's bedtime story.
At the same school as Sayuri, I'll study to become a doctor that examines animals.
When you put glasses on and read books like that, you look smart, but...
Your grades aren't that good, are they?
Can you really become one?
Ow!
Ahaha~
Mai's grades aren't that bad.
Really?
That's right, Yuuichi-san; have you found the friend you were looking for?
Tsukimiya Ayu-san.
She said we won't be able to see each other again, so she must have moved.
Yuuichi-san.
A-Akiko-san.
Did you mistake me for someone else?
Ah... No...
She'd never call me "Yuuichi-san".
But I'm really glad that there were no permanent effects from the accident.
The doctors were surprised, too.
They said it was like a miracle how quickly I healed.
Yuuichi-san, would you have any clue where Ayu-chan is?
It's been bothering me.
Nayuki's worried, too.
No matter what we're doing, it's not the same.
Akiko-san, I remember now.
Eh?
About what happened seven years ago...
The last day of the winter break, my friend fell off a tree and got carried to a hospital.
They asked me what happened, and then I was excused.
When I was sitting spaced out on a bench at the station, Nayuki came.
Nayuki didn't know about the accident.
I took my frustration out on Nayuki and got on the train with my parents.
I don't remember much after that.
You were being considerate to me and didn't tell me about the accident.
One day you told me about a tree getting cut down; that was to see if I had remembered or not.
Right?
That tree was cut down so the same accident wouldn't happen, right?
The name of the girl who dropped from the tree was...
...Tsukimiya Ayu.
Ayu isn't... in this world anymore...
That's wrong!
You have the wrong idea.
The girl that fell from the tree didn't die, but...
Yuuichi-san!
I finally found you!
There are too many people at this school.
Congratulations on your graduation.
Just a little something from me.
Ahaha~
Thank you very much.
Oh, Mai. You were here, too?
I'm joking; I didn't forget about you.
Here.
It's nice, isn't it, Mai?
We're off to a party after this.
Would you like to join us?
There's somewhere I want to go first, so I'll stop by later.
Ask Kitagawa out instead, if you will.
Her place?
Yeah.
I hear you're going there every day.
Yeah. Apparently it's better that someone talks to her.
Anything about Ayu-san's parents?
We see each other every weekends.
It'd be nice if she wakes up soon.
I'll drop in later.
Yes. See you then.
She's been sleeping for seven years after that accident, right?
We should go visit sometime, too.
Yup.
Ayu. Today, it was my school's graduation.
Mai was worried about you, too.
You remember her, right?
You met her at school at night.
A dream...
I'm seeing a dream...
A dream of the person most dear to me, sitting by my side.
He talks to me.
He lets me hear about many things.
About his cousin that he met after seven years.
About a story of a fox that became human.
About a story of a strange girl that came to the school's courtyard every day.
About a story of a girl who fought ghosts.
And about a story of a childhood friend he met in the shopping district at sunset.
A dream...
I'm seeing a dream.
A dream of being by my dearest person.
A daily life that repeats.
Pieces of dreams come one after another and fill my heart,
just like how snow gradually turns the city white.
Yuuichi-san, for example...
For example, have you ever thought that right now, you're in someone's dream?
What's that?
It's a "what-if" situation.
The person who's having the dream can grant any one wish.
In the dream, the only thing that person was originally able to do was cry.
But even from inside the dream, that person never gave up waiting.
And then there was a small chance.
The wish is like a present given to her for waiting a long, long time.
That was she was capable of granting any wish.
Saving a sickly girl...
Saving a person who got in an accident...
Healing the friends who got hurt...
Isn't there supposed to be only one wish?
I don't know what exactly she wished for,
but maybe, "I want my dearest person to always be smiling."
Maybe it was a wish like that.
For that to happen, everyone around that person has to be having a happy life, too.
Why are you able to think like that?
I don't know.
It's just that ever since I got better, I've had that feeling.
Inside a dream...
Can you make a miracle happen?
There, all done.
Where did Ayu-chan's red hair band go?
Well then, I'll head home now.
Yeah. Sorry to impose all the time, especially when you're busy.
This isn't for you.
It's for Ayu-chan.
Yuuichi.
Now, I can believe.
Miracles do exist.
Fight, OK?
See you later.
Apparently Nayuki got an offer from a college with a strong track team.
Kaori's smart, so I think she'll get accepted to her top choice.
Mai sounds like she'll be fine, too.
Shiori was ecstatic the other day for getting some prize in an art exhibition the other day.
Ayu...
You can hear my voice, right?
Ayu...
Come in.
You're not with Sayuri-san today?
Yuuichi.
I'm sure she's still waiting for you.
Go find her...
...like you did for me.
Find her?
Yes. Only you can do it.
The only one who can keep the promise is the one who made the promise.
Where is Ayu waiting for me?
I loved the scenery that flew by.
Winter.
A city of snow.
I loved running through the shopping district, leaving behind footprints.
Spring.
A city of melting snow.
I loved picking up the snow piled beside the roots of trees.
Summer.
The city has forgotten how cold the snow was.
I loved looking at the city though the cracks on the umbrella.
Autumn.
The city waiting for snow to fall.
I loved catching the small snowflakes with my hands.
And it's back to winter.
The season of snow.
The season when the entire city is white.
I loved the scenery that flew by.
But, like a puddle that freezes, my time has frozen.
Inside this square room, where there is no change in seasons.
I was always alone...
...while repeatedly seeing the same scenes in my dream...
...while viewing the endless night...
But, slowly, light was starting to shine into the night.
It's because I got it as a present from someone precious to me.
Even this hair band; you gave it to me.
Do you remember the day you gave this to me?
I didn't give her the present.
I never gave it to Ayu.
I can have it?
I won't give it back to you even if you ask for it back.
I chose an illusion over reality.
Forcing away the sad reality,
I accepted the illusion where I felt at ease.
So that my weak heart wouldn't be crushed.
So that I didn't hurt my memories.
You're late, Yuuichi-kun.
Sorry.
This time, I really was late.
Yeah! I'm really tired from waiting!
Did you worry that I might not come?
Nope. Since we promised.
Yeah.
Ayu.
Here.
What's that?
I told you that there's something I wanted to give you.
Ayu.
Come on. Let's go.
Yep.
He's late.
It's getting sad.
He's standing right in front of me.
Hey, suspicious person!
You're late! Way too late!
Sorry, I was a little late.
Besides, I'm not a suspicious person.
What? You're suspicious no matter how you look at it.
How so?
Everything.
Uguu~
That's not true!
What's with this? Trying to change your image?
You promise not to laugh?
I won't.
You really promise not to?
I swear that I won't no matter what happens.
It sounds really made-up, but OK, it's a promise.
I do keep promises.
I went to a barber and asked for a haircut.
Then...
I got a lot cut off.
And he laughed out loud without holding anything back.
Uguu~ You said you wouldn't laugh!
With that hairstyle, you're more and more like a boy.
That's what you get for going to a barber at your age.
But I've only gone to barbers before.
Next time, have Nayuki show you to a hair salon.
Yep, I'll do that.
Let's go now.
Akiko-san said she'll make you taiyaki.
Really?
Shiori, Mai, Kaori, and Sayuri-san are there, too.
They're all waiting for us.
Then we have to hurry.
Yeah.
I want to make some taiyaki, too.
The time that had stopped slowly starts moving...
...while holding on to a small fragment of a miracle.
Hey, Yuuichi-kun.
Will I be able to run around again?
Of course. On the dirt, grass, or snow.
You'll be able to run around again.
Yep. You're right.
I don't know how long it'll take.
But there's plenty of time.
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.