Key of the Light
Chain reaction
mitsumeru
Stare,
Red eye
kotae wo sagashiteitanda
I searched for answers,
atemonaku samayoinagara
while wandering around aimlessly
ikusen oku no karamiau Elements
Billions of intertwined elements,
shikou no naka de
in our thoughts
yureteiru Chaotic town
Unsettled chaotic town
marude so Confusion
Just like a confusion
kienainda Spiritual pain
Unwavering spiritual pain
Where do we go?
hikari to yami ga mugen ni yureru
Light and darkness is infinitely unstable
tenshi ga akuma to odoridasu
Angels start dancing with devils
toki o koeta idenshi no kioku Key of the Life
The memories of the DNA that exceed time, the key of life
kotae wa sugu soko ni
The truth is just right there
FFFpeeps presents
I... fell asleep.
Who's there?
Yakumo?
Yakumo is safe.
I have a message for you.
"Don't neglect your concert practice."
Who are you?
Where is Yakumo now?
Please tell me!
Please!
In Nagano.
You're being targeted.
Don't act carelessly, just wait for Yakumo to return.
Wait!
Connected Feelings ~Light~
Azusa...
You are a feeble woman.
Even in death you fear me more than ever, so much so that you can't even show yourself.
Just stay there and watch...
as Yakumo is gradually swallowed by the darkness.
How are you doing over there, Makoto?
There's nothing suspicious in particular.
I wonder if the disappearance of Detective Gotou,
and the Nanase family murder case really are unrelated.
It's too early to say for sure.
Even if the investigation records don't help us...
we still have Dr. Hata who performed the autopsy back then.
Um, when can we get the data?
That'll be after I finish this up.
Is that...
I'm trying to construct a current facial image of Nanase Miyuki who went missing after that incident.
Forensics usually create their simulation in a standardized way,
but this one includes little a bit of my imagination.
A custom simylation, so to speak.
This is a woman who strode through fifteen years of ruination...
or should I call her a goddess of death?
This is...
Hoshino Yukiko!
Well, I think I've seen this face before somewhere...
Oh! That's right!
Take a look at this.
Yakumo and that idiot Gotou saw this picture the other day...
and they got serious and leapt into action.
Mr. Ishii!
Both Yakumo and Detective Gotou, must have crossed paths with Hoshino Yukiko, or rather, Nanase Miyuki.
Aren't we going back to the station?
The investigation records...
had the name of Nanase Miyuki's homeroom teacher from elementary school.
We'll hear from her first.
Yes, let's see...
Miyuki wasn't really...
loved by her family, or so I felt.
That's a strange room!
It's a secret room my dad made.
He made it so that he can play with me.
No such room was mentioned in the investigation records.
Could Detective Gotou be there?
Probably.
Mr. Ishii...
There...
What was that?
I don't know.
This is...
the secret room.
Detective Gotou!
You're alive and well!
I'm glad. I'm so glad!
Stop screwing around, you idiot!
Yakumo and Haruka are in danger!
Ozawa speaking.
Oh, mom?
It's me.
It's rare of you to call me.
What's the matter?
Well, mom...
You know Ms. Saitou Azusa, right?
I'm going to explain the situation, so please listen.
They're planning to kill Haruka right in front of Yakumo!
Mr. Gotou, how do you know that?
Takeda Shunsuke told me.
To put it Yakumo's way, Takeda is a spirit of the dead.
My power is about to fade.
So...
I have a favor to ask of you.
Just like that night, when you rescued little Yakumo fifteen years ago...
please save those two!
As Takeda is a spirit of the dead, he contacted Yakumo in Nagano.
Isn't Nagano where...
My sister, Azusa...
was kidnapped by a certain man when she was young...
and held captive in a holiday home in Nagano.
I see now!
Haruka realized Yakumo's in that holiday home!
Welcome back.
I'm back.
You're in a hurry, right?
Hop in.
Yeah.
Even so...
who knew you and Yakumo would be in the same club?
But is he really here?
Yakumo I mean.
I don't know.
So...
I have to make sure.
You...
Could you be...
Mom, can you wait here?
If you sense danger, don't overdo it and come back right away.
All right?
Yeah.
You've always been...
a girl who never turned back once you made up your mind.
Yakumo!
He's cold.
Yakumo, please, hang in there!
Please, open your eyes!
You can't die here!
You're coming to the concert, right?
Mr. Isshin and Nao are worried about you too.
And...
I also...
still have so many things I want to ask you, Yakumo.
But in the end, you're not going to tell me anything?
You don't know how I feel.
That's just too cruel!
I'll never forgive you!
Don't give up, Yakumo!
You have a lot of people waiting for you to come back!
So... So please...
don't give up!
You are...
still such a...
scatterbrain.
I'm alive.
Don't treat me like a dead man.
Yakumo!
I'm so glad!
The drug...
it's still making my head spin.
There's just a little further to go.
Hang in there.
Not gonna happen.
Haruka...
We're going in.
Yakumo...
I'll accept my defeat with good grace.
But, there's one thing I can't figure out.
If Takeda Shunsuke isn't the culprit...
Then, just who is?
I'll tell you.
The true culprit in that incident is...
me.
What?
Are you saying that you, as a child, murdered your own family?
I was my mother and grandfather's child.
Even so, father showered me with affection...
in that hidden room.
You stay here.
But...
Be her bodyguard.
Those people sacrificed me, an innocent child,
to maintain the pretense of a family.
That's when that man...
appeared before me.
And I...
Take a key and lock her up,
lock her up, lock her up.
Take a key and lock her up,
My Fair Lady.
After that, he helped to make it look like Takeda's doing.
The female investigator who came to the site...
Why didn't you kill her?
'Cuz we wanted it to look like Takeda had a grudge against the Nanase family.
Is that so...
Even I hadn't thought of that much...
Run!
First, the legs.
I'll break your knee.
Mother...
Azusa, are you trying to reveal everything?
You'll tell me, right?
When I was held captive in the Nanase mansion...
Takeda...
he told me.
After getting to know Yakumo and his mother 15 years ago,
Takeda Shunsuke proposed to her.
But right after that...
Nanase Mansion Family Murder Case Was it sparked by a grudge?
To Azusa, who had struggled to bring Yakumo up, regardless of all the hardships and sadness...
the shock of Takeda becoming a criminal was too big.
Takeda Shunsuke, Suspect
And that man...
tormented her even more.
He warned that Yakumo, who had a red eye like his...
eventually, would kill many more people than Takeda had.
At the same time, he quietly murdered Takeda Shunsuke to keep his mouth shut.
Despair...
and fear...
Those feelings dominated Azusa.
And so, she tried to kill little Yakumo.
The truth hurts people all the time.
With or without my intervention...
the fact that Azusa tried to kill you of her own free will, still remains.
That doesn't matter.
Mother did not detest my red-
No, my existence.
Knowing that much, is enough for me.
Mother says,
you...
gave her courage.
Azusa.
There are people, who are connected to me by invisible bonds.
And not only living ones...
I can...
understand the feelings of the dead, too.
I'm not alone.
Whether alive or not, I have friends whose feelings connect us.
That's why...
to you...
I won't lose.
I wonder about that.
...two people.
Shouldn't have gone too far yet.
Mom...
Haruka!
They've found a woman's body.
That's probably Yakumo's...
Yeah.
Ishii, can I ask you something?
Did you find where I was all alone?
It's all thanks to Makoto!
And also, Haruka and the others helped out a lot too!
I see.
You became cool-
It- It's nothing, idiot!
Just some words of appreciation.
Same here, idiot!
If a body was found during the demolition of this building,
Takeda's soul would awaken and reveal the truth to me...
That man was afraid of that.
However, Takeda's soul still appeared.
I bet that pendant evoked his feelings towards my mother.
This is also the place where my mother nearly killed me.
I was planning to come here sooner or later.
So this is what that map meant.
When I was a child...
I thought of Takeda as nothing but a kind guy.
I only noticed recently, that he and mom loved each other.
Why now?
I had no idea that both Azusa and Takeda passed away long ago.
Mom says...
"Thank you for everything"
Thank you too.
Sis, we'll meet again over there.
Takeda...
please take care of my sister.
"Please treasure that pendant"
Those are my mom's words.
I will.
You're going already, eh?
Thank you...
Mom.
You'll catch a cold like that.
me ni utsuru
Reflected in the eyes
ikusen no hoshi wo
are that of a thousand stars
mune no oku ni
deeply etched
yakitsuketeta
in the heart
mou aenai
We can't meet anymore,
anata no namae wo
so I breathed out
sasayaite wa
your name
hitomi tojita
and closed my eyes
mamorenu
There are promises,
yakusoku nado
that cannot be kept
ano hi wa shiranu mama ni
If that day you, still unaware,
unmei dato iikireru nara
flatly state that is fate
toki wo koete ai ni yukitai
I would transcend time to go and meet you
haruka tooku kono koe hibiku yo
and the sound of this voice will resonate far beyond
towa ni negai tsudukeru
So I eternally wish,
maiochiru hoshikuzu no kakera
these cascading fragments of stardust
anata no mune ni todoku kitto
will reach your heart for sure
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Beyond Despair ~Notice~