Emi?
I think I'll leave after all...
Are you still talking about that?
No turning back since we're here already.
Are you still hesitating there, Nozomi?
I'm sorry.
Two months ago I got invited to this ghost-spotting event.
That is where I met that person for the first time.
Say, Takato-kun?
Do ghosts really come out at this spot?
Yeah.
I'm sure the information is true.
I've been told that a gang involved in a bank robbery got surrounded in this very same building.
One of the gang members who feared he could not get away became desperate.
The fire expanded at a fast rate, which caused many innocent people to get caught in the fire.
Not long after a strange rumour got spread.
They say that a child who entered this building to play, not long after the incident, never returned.
And the same goes for the grown ups who went to search for that child in this building.
And after that repeated itself, there was no one who still wanted to take on that case.
And then one day people started to...
...call this place the man devouring building.
Watch out.
I'm used to these kinds of places, but you guys might have to watch out.
Yes.
So this is the room where those bank robbers were, Takato?
Yeah.
Can't you feel it?
This immense strength.
Are you being serious?
Of course I am.
You should go home already.
It's dangerous here.
Please wait, I would also...
A man...
What’s the matter?
A human body is lying over there.
That can't be.
There can’t be a real body here.
What is this?
It's just something made of paper-mâché.
This must be a prank.
Unbelievable.
It looks so much like a corpse.
But these are all real bills.
Impossible.
Get away.
Get away from him immediately.
And who might you be?
Give it back.
That's...
That's my money.
Give it back.
Give it back!
What are you standing there for?
Get over here quickly!
Calm down!
If you continue that way, you'll get out of here!
How dare you take my money?!
I'm gonna kill you!
Hold on to me.
Hurry up!
It's all my money!
Please hold on.
Are you alright?
She’s dead.
It can't...
I'll kill you and everyone else.
You won't get away!
You're going to die!
The dead with a strong attachment to this world become Corpses.
Living corpses rob the living from their lives.
I heard about you before.
There is a group out there that tries to kill us by using Corpses like us.
You must be one of those Corpses!?
Damn!
You’re not human either!
If I had known that you weren't human, I wouldn't have gone easy on you.
That day a feeling, different from terror and astonishment, conquered my heart.
I thought that that person fighting was beautiful.
People may say that death is something scary.
But is that really true?
Thanks to death, people can get liberated from this world.
Yes.
That person’s beauty was the beauty of death.
After that day I felt like I wanted to meet that person again.
Note: Headline: "Best Places to Spot Ghosts"
I wonder why.
But I never saw that person or a Corpse again.
She's there.
It's her.
I thought I told you already.
Don't come near us anymore.
I know.
But there is something I want you to tell me.
Where is Minai?
Minai?
Who’s that?
You know!
From the same Kougon-cult as you!
I don't know that person.
Did they kill her?
You really don't know anything?
We didn't do anything.
But Keisei said the problem is solved.
That's all I know.
Don't lie to me!
Minai...
Where did Minai go?!
Damn it.
I feel like I saw him somewhere before.
Hey you.
Are you one of Oori's friends?
No, I...
I'm sorry.
What a strange girl.
Say, Oori?
You must know something.
First I heard that a senpai had a strange death, and now I hear that another senpai stabbed someone.
I...
I'm sorry.
Why are you guys looking so gloomy?
Why don't you two cheer up?
I wonder what will happen to the student council.
You’re the only one in the student council.
I'm making you help out, aren't I?
At this year's roundup, you'll be drowning in work given by me, Inohiko Mizuki.
Next year, I'll be student president, and you as my workers, we'll reform this school!
At the student council, we shall write this school's history.
Listen to me when I speak!
I know there is a lot going on.
But today I'll get rid of both of your worries at once.
I'm gonna show you guys something big!
Isn't that Kasuka?
Is this it?
What do you mean by that?
That girl will become our Omune-sama.
Note: Omune-sama means something like sacred breasts.
Omune-sama?
Behold!
A perfect idol.
A perfect student.
But I’m going to broaden her horizon.
She is the goddess I am watching over ever since the entrance ceremony.
- I didn't stand a chance with the transfer student, Itsuki. - Unbelievable.
What is going to happen to the student council?
Throw away your sadness, I'll make you happy!
Oh no!
Run!
That boy.
Hey.
Did you talk to Oori-kun after that?
No, what about you, Itsuki?
Not at all.
I feel like he’s ignoring me.
I heard they disposed of Minai at the auditor’s place.
It's only normal that we had to kill her.
But it's a good thing, if he won't come near us from now on.
I guess you're right.
I wonder what will happen to Hoshino Makina.
I think she won't go near him at all.
He thinks that Makina-chan is his brother's girlfriend.
Are those two like that?
That can’t be.
But I don't know about Makina-chan's feelings.
You know, because you are a Shikabane Hime.
I guess.
Oori...
What's wrong, Ushi?
Euhm...
This is Kagami Oori, Omune-sama.
Breasts?
I’m sorry to bother you like this.
It’s okay, really.
Ushijima-kun told me he was a friend of you.
Well, I...
Kagami Oori-kun?
I’m going to be straightforward.
Yes?!
You must give up that girl.
That girl?
The one you were waiting for in front of the temple.
A long haired beautiful girl.
She must be talking about that Shikabane Hime, Oori.
Hoshimura Makina?
Makina?
So she’s called Hoshimura Makina?
That girl.
Yeah.
But I think you shouldn't get to close to her.
Why is that?
Why, you ask?
That’s because...
Shikabane Hime attracts those who long for death.
Could this girl have seen death too?
Just like you have.
Are you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
You attract Shikabane Hime, because you are drawn to death.
You can't run away from it anymore.
Shut up!
It's not what it seems like.
I tried to catch a cat.
Liar!
There is no cat here!
But there really was one.
You don't even know that girl's true identity.
You're just following her around.
You filthy bastard.
You call yourself a man.
What do you mean by that?
I was just warning you.
I'll protect Makina-san from you.
No one can see me.
Because I am you.
I finished it.
Here.
If you’re able to do this, your arm must be regenerated perfectly.
There are other ways to test that.
I'd made Oori help me, if he was here.
But it seems like he's quite angry at me.
Who is Oori anyway?
You told me you found him.
It seems like the inspector Isaki knows something.
What kind of child was he?
Just a normal child.
You’re wrong!
He was strange from the beginning.
Even knowing my heart wasn't beating, that guy didn't get scared.
And the time with Minai, though he knew she was a Shikabane Hime.
He treated her as a human being.
Why can he act that way?
I don't think that's so normal.
He was around three years old, when he first came here.
That time he didn't even know how to dress or even eat.
He didn't even know how to use the toilet.
And he knew nothing about human contact.
One day...
Did you pick that up?
No.
It was crying by the riverbank.
That means you picked it up.
You mean you didn't, right?
It's your friend, right?
Until then, Oori never showed any interest in other children.
And the first time he cared about something, it was about a small living creature.
He knew nothing about taking care of it.
But it looked like Oori gradually started living.
But then...
How cruel.
Let's bury it.
Riko, can you get gloves and some incense sticks?
I'll go get the shovel.
When the cat that turned from a living thing into a just a thing, Oori just kept on staring.
Oori?
Why did you bring it to such a place?
This is the place I met him, so this is the place I'll let him cry again.
Cry again!
Oori, the only thing we can do for the dead is remember their death and cry.
Priests aren't here for the dead.
We're here for the living, drowning in sadness.
So you must cry, Oori.
Go on and cry.
I believe that that was Oori's first feeling.
Usually people forget about death.
For example, if you think about death suddenly, you forget about it right away.
But Oori can't forget about death as easily as normal people.
He thinks it's something you can't forget.
Why?
He'll only make himself feel bad.
It doesn't help himself at all.
Anyway.
I'll be going now.
Where to?
I have to drop by the Honzan sometime anyway.
Oori.
Did you forget...
...about me already?
You're alive?
Oori-kun, what’s the matter?
The cat.
Stop crying and try to get some sleep.
Good night.
Why?
You are the only one who can see me.
I am you.
Did you already forget?
About me.
About us!
Not again.
I'm sorry.
I was lost in my thoughts.
About that girl?
We're sorry about that.
No.
She said she had to go somewhere no matter what, so we had to let her go.
You still don't know where she's at?
It’s alright.
I'm sorry to have bothered you with that.
Excuse me.
Are you Makina-san?
Are you that girl from...
You saved me from the Man-eating building.
I'm Kasuka Nozomi.
Thank you so much for that day.
It's best for you to forget about that.
Not only about me, but also about that night.
I can't forget about that.
Makina-san!
Go home.
Why?
Oori doesn't understand anything about you.
He's no good.
That boy doesn't know anything.
Not about you or death.
Death?
Death is eternal, and is something only the chosen ones can approach.
The beauty of death...
That is the reason why I...
Death is only death.
It is nothing else but that.
But...
What do you know about Oori?
Oori understands death much more then you.
About you too?
I'm sorry.
Because of me, there seems to be some misunderstanding with that girl.
Don't worry about it.
I thought you weren't going to come here anymore.
That one is with you from time to time.
Is it OK to keep pets at your apartment?
You can see him?
No matter how dark it gets, I can see a little cat.
If you're here for Keisei, he's at the Honzan.
Can I ask you something?
About Minai?
When I thought about it, I realized I know nothing about that girl.
If you want, could you tell me what kind of girl she was?
The only thing we can do for the dead is remember them and cry.
My brother told me that a long time ago.
But I can't remember her that well, if I know nothing about her.
We only have tea.
Thank you.
Stars shine in the sky while people squirm and struggle with death below.
But when the living and the dead switch places, people may betray their nature.
And then even the stars on the ground begin to twinkle.