This is bad...
This is bad!
Nice getup, Okonogi...
That isn't important right now!
This is very bad!
When I went to our club room this morning,
it was completely blocked off!
Apparently, the chairwoman found
the remains of an unknown girl in the basement beneath that room!
Oh yeah, Grandm—
I mean, the rumor is that the girl was related to the chairwoman...
About that...
According to an eyewitness, there was evidence of some sort of ritual.
They're saying she might have been
the human sacrifice used to build the old school building...
Actually, a human sacrifice after the buildings were completed.
But what's weird is that
the club room was completely trashed.
It looked like a poltergeist had gone on a rampage...
That was Teiichi-kun.
Maybe the sleeping ghost of the girl who was sacrificed
woke up and stormed about!
Ah, what are we going to do, Niiya-san?
You don't have to worry, Okonogi-san.
How can you be sure?
Uh, well...
Could it be that you know
the identity of the remains in the basement?
Like, what if she's actually
Yuuko-san, the ghost you're always talking to?
Correct!
That's it!
I'm right, aren't I?
After all, you're totally in love with the Yuuko-san from the stories!
But you know...
It's fine that you're summoning ghosts,
but I think maybe you should use a dedicated notebook for it.
I mean, I got embarrassed...
I couldn't help seeing it while updating the daily log...
The Dusk Maiden
Teiichi-kun!
Here you go... Salt.
You have to purify yourself
since you just got home from a funeral.
Home?
This is school.
Anyway,
I don't think I need purification, given that it was your funeral.
Give me some, as well.
Here you go.
I feel this is wrong on multiple levels...
But it's taken quite a while
from my body's discovery until the funeral.
Technically, it was an unnatural death,
so they had to perform an autopsy.
An autopsy...
You mean they looked at me?
At my body?
Like there...
and there?
Who cares?
It's only bones.
No... No...
That's so embarrassing!
I guess this concludes a few things.
Yeah, Yuuko's remains have been interred.
The shrine beneath the club room will be moved and re-sanctified.
The grave that Asagi-san made on the hill has also been moved
to the Kanoe family plot.
The underground passage will be filled, and the club room will become storage again.
Everything is taken care of.
It feels a little sad, huh?
Teiichi-kun!
Let's go on a date!
All of a sudden?
Yes, let's go on a date.
You can't leave school grounds, can you?
That's right.
Then wouldn't it be like our normal club activities?
Not at all!
If I say we're on date, then it's a date!
I don't mind...
But what, exactly, would we do on a date?
Isn't that obvious?
All the things I haven't done with you yet!
All of them?
Yes, all of them.
Now, hurry!
Run!
A-Are dates supposed to be this rushed?
What in the world could they still need to do?
What... What...
Wait, that?
Whatever!
Screw you guys!
I am drinking milk...
New School Wing — Classroom
Where did you get those clothes?
I borrowed them from the theater club.
If we're going on a date, I have to dress up.
But I don't think that's your size...
What?
You're saying I'm fat?
That's not what I meant...
Watch out!
What are you doing?!
New School Wing — Hallway
I'm sorry. Did that hurt?
No, and it was my fault anyway.
Actually, I'm kind of happy.
It was different, you know?
Until recently, you hardly ever got mad.
After I united with my other self,
the emotions I'd discarded returned.
Maybe this is my true self?
I love you the way you are now, too.
Thank you, Teiichi-kun.
Courtyard — Under the Tree
This feels so nice.
We're surrounded by snow.
Are you sure it's okay?
It's fine.
Please stroke my head.
Sure.
I always let you rest your head on my lap,
so I thought the opposite might be nice.
Café Terrace
Here, your bento.
We're running behind schedule, so you'll have to eat fast.
Schedule?
We still have folk dancing,
freestyle judo,
holding hands while skating across the ice on the pool,
and riding a bike together
(open parentheses) standing on the back (close parentheses).
What? Any complaints?
No, I just thought that's a lot of activities requiring us to be close.
I-If it's a date, what's wrong with that?
We're on a date!
You're right.
It's a date.
Then here we go.
A super-fancy sweet omelet medley!
It must have weighed heavily on you...
There's plenty...
Bonito stock, kelp stock, sardine stock,
and this one is chicken consommé stock.
Okay, are you ready?
Here we go...
Ready?
All right!
Say, "Ah!"
Ah...
I finally was able
to feed you a piece of sweet omelet.
I'm so happy...
So much that you're crying?
Let me...
I'm just so happy.
I really am so happy...
Here, Yuuko-san.
You, too... Here.
Say, "Ah."
Okay, ah...
Is it good?
Yes, it is...
It's the best thing I've ever tasted.
Now you're exaggerating.
It's true.
It's the first time something has tasted so good.
Teiichi-kun, have more...
Here, "Ah..."
I-I'm sorry...
I'm just nervous.
Ah...
Since I dropped my chopsticks...
Ah...
All right.
Say, "Ah."
New School Wing — Roof-top Pool
I guess I made a little too much.
The final batch with the tonkotsu pork stock was heavy.
You don't need skates?
I can't move anymore.
I guess not.
Yuuko-san...
You dropped something.
Yuuko-san?
Don't.
Yuuko-san?
Thank you,
Teiichi-kun.
Thank you for everything up to now.
And goodbye.
Teiichi-kun, we should separate.
Let's say our goodbyes, Teiichi-kun.
But...
What are you talking about, Yuuko-san?
Looks like this won't work anymore...
Work? What do you mean?
I can't stay in this world any longer.
What does that mean?
I'm going to disappear.
The reason that I stayed in this world as a ghost
was probably because I needed to do something.
That was reuniting my two selves, which had become separated.
Thanks to you, that came to pass.
With your help, I was able to integrate my bitter past,
the memories of that time,
and the emotions I had excised.
I have no more regrets.
And so...
It looks like this is the end...
Yuuko-san!
But that's okay.
Huh?
I was happy.
Every moment since we met.
That's all I needed.
Yuuko-san...
Inside of me,
the memories of my other self exist, too.
The self that suffered every single day,
for the sixty years since that incident.
This time with you managed
to heal even those bitter memories...
Thank you, Teiichi-kun.
Thank you...
And farewell.
Let's say goodbye now.
But why?
Because it's the end.
I want us to have a nice parting.
I don't want that!
Isn't there anything?
Any way that you don't have to disappear?
Why?
Have you ever seen any ghosts other than me?
A lot of people are born and die,
so why aren't there other ghosts?
It's strange.
Ghosts don't exist in this world.
Please don't give up!
Even if they do exist,
they can't stay in the world of the living forever.
But we've been able to spend all this time together!
Once their regrets are gone, they fade along with them.
There must be a way!
I had a feeling something like this would happen at some point.
Yuuko-san!
So it isn't painful.
I mean, I'm already dead.
No.
That's why I'm not sad.
It's time that wasn't really mine.
No!
That's why...
No...
No!
I don't want to part!
I will never accept it!
Let's think of a way!
I'm sure Kirie-san will know something...
Stop.
I'll explain the situation to Okonogi-san, as well.
She knows a lot about this stuff...
Stop...
Don't worry...
Those two will surely help us, and...
Stop!
What are you doing?
It's our last moment!
Don't call others to intrude!
I won't believe this is our last moment!
If there's even an ounce of hope, I will do anything!
Even if we have zero chance, let's do everything we can!
I've done all that.
Long ago...
Everything I could do...
That I could think of.
I tried it all.
But...
It's impossible.
Then...
If there is no way at all,
I'll stay by your side, until the very end!
Teiichi-kun, please give up...
I will not give up.
Please go home...
I will not go home!
Leave me alone.
I will not leave you alone!
Please!
I don't want you to see me disappear!
I know you'll continue to love me.
That's why I know that watching me disappear
will make you really sad.
You must continue living after I'm gone.
You have to find someone new, fall in love with them,
and find a new happiness.
For that to happen, you have to forget about me quickly.
But...
There's no way I'll forget about you!
I'm sorry I forced you to stay with me until now.
No, it wasn't like that...
It wasn't!
Goodbye...
Let go.
I will not let go.
Please... Let go.
No.
No matter what,
I will not let go of this hand!
Don't...
I am going to stay with you until the very last moment!
Don't...
No!
I have that right!
Because I love you...
I said don't...
It's okay, isn't it?
If you say stuff like that, my resolve will weaken....
I wanted to make our parting nice...
I won't let you be sad by yourself.
Paranormal Investigation Club Room
This is where we first met.
Yes.
I had remembered a ghost story
while looking into the big mirror
when I sensed something behind me.
That's why you were aware of me
and were able to see me.
The reason I came into this room
was because I felt called here.
Yes, I think it was the sound of a bell.
My other self had called to you...
In order to overcome the endless hours.
Is that because I am Asa-chan's grandson?
No, I didn't know about that.
But my other self liked you, too.
In the end, I am me.
Yuuko-san...
Because you ---- me...
The first one to ----,
so I ----.
Yuuko-san, your voice...
You can't hear me anymore?
No.
Might be soon.
I guess so.
I'm sorry.
You don't have to apologize.
Stay cheerful.
Right...
You're not cheerful.
Yeah.
You won't cry?
Of course not!
Really?
I promise...
Really really?
I won't do anything that might weigh on your soul.
A last request.
Forget about me.
Don't make me worry.
Yuuko-san...
Put me at ease.
Will you feel at ease then?
Will you be able to go without regrets then?
I understand.
Then I will forget about you.
I think it'll take time.
I doubt I'll be able to do it right away.
But I won't keep carrying you as baggage forever.
I will forget about you,
and I'll find someone new...
I will live my life like I did before.
I will work hard...
to live my new life...
You really are kind.
From now on...
Yuuko-san?
Don't go...
Not yet!
Goodbye, Yuuko-san.
Niiya-san!
We'll be able to enter the old school wing again soon!
The old school wing?
There were rumors of tearing it down, too.
But apparently, they'll keep it because it has historic value.
Let's revive the Paranormal Investigation Club!
Yes, we should.
Niiya...
Kirie-san.
You seem well.
I guess so.
All right.
Then that's fine.
Kirie-san?
Please come to the Paranormal Investigation Club again.
Maybe if I feel like it.
This is
a story from back when I still didn't know anything.
About a "me" that I...
no longer remember.
After countless extensions to, and modifications of, the buildings.
these cobbled-together structures
hold sixty years' worth of history.
Classrooms that have become storage rooms.
Stairs that no one ever climbs.
Hallways that simply end abruptly.
Buildings as complicated as mazes.
All of these have helped to birth many mysterious rumors.
No, it was all a dream.
An illusion.
I know nothing anymore.
I have sealed away all my memories of her.
I will no longer remember them.
That's what she wanted.
That's why I...
The "New Paranormal Investigation Club"?
Okonogi-san has already done all this?
If she planned to do this, she should have said something.
Oh, she repaired this...
If you open this you'll be cursed.
If you open this you'll be cursed?
You just had to open it.
I'm home.
H-How?
It appears I wasn't really ready to move on.
I thought I had no more regrets left...
But I guess I was wrong.
I simply couldn't forget it...
It?
Yes, it.
The last kiss we shared.
It was so amazing,
I couldn't leave this world.
Therefore...
Please take responsibility, Teiichi-kun!
Take responsibility? What do you...
Teiichi-kun!
And thus, I truly was possessed by Yuuko-san.
Goodbye, Yuuko-san.
Yuuko | Teiichi-kun
We'll be together forever <3 Yuuko