I didn't want anyone to find out I was a witch.
If I get caught, I'll be killed.
So please, don't tell anyone about this.
W-Wait! Hey! C'mon, wait!
Stay away from me.
I told you. I'm not your childhood friend. I'm a total stranger.
Goodbye.
Witches
Wow! Amazing!
You can see Vega, Deneb, and Altair really well.
The Summer Triangle!
Next week is the field trip. You've never seen the ocean, have you, Kuroneko?
Nope.
The field trip is to the ocean, so you must be looking forward to it.
Not particularly.
Oh, c'mon, you can hardly wait!
No! This is training, just in case!
But... Kuroneko...
...died without ever seeing the ocean.
How many times... have I had this dream now?
Kuroha doesn't have Kuroneko's moles.
But is she really a different person?
Well, I can figure it out bit by bit. We're in the same class, after all.
Kuroha is absent today? Well then, Murakami!
Y-Yes?
Sorry to bother you after school, but could you take this transfer form to Kuroha?
She has to turn it in by tomorrow.
From her address, it seems she lives near the observatory. Please stop by after your club.
Oh, right. Can you also take the guide to next week's summer trip?
Are there really houses out this far past the observatory?
What's a Self-Defense Force armored vehicle doing here? Did something happen?
The address she gave them was a lookout point?!
Well, if the lab is after her, it makes sense that she wouldn't give her real address.
There's a village down there?
Oh, right. It was supposed to be sunk, but the dam plan got scrapped. Now it's abandoned.
Actually, if I were going to hide...
NO TRESPASSING
That voice... It's Kuroha!
Leaping to action in an emergency!
She'll help people who are in trouble... (In trouble!)
She'll save people who are gonna die... (Graaa!)
A cat makes her dashing appearance!
Everybody loves he—
Umm... Kuroha.
What?
You seem perkier than I thought you'd be, humming and everything.
So what? What made you come all the way here?
This.
Our teacher asked me to deliver this transfer form. You need to turn it in by tomorrow.
I don't need that thing.
Huh?
The people who were supposed to die got saved. No reason for me to go to school anymore.
Seriously? That's the only reason you transferred in?
That's right. Well, I did kinda want to see what school was like.
I had always wanted to go.
For the ten years I was in the lab, I was always being experimented on.
They never let us study anything.
So... then... isn't there still a reason to come to school?
Come back starting tomorrow, Kuroha!
Just leave me alone already. You're bugging me.
Kuroha, why did you save me?
It's obvious, isn't it?
I can't just let someone die if I think I can save them.
I'm the same way.
Huh?
If you get caught by the lab, you'll get killed, right?
That's not the kind of thing I can let happen to a person.
Plus I'm not convinced you can survive — you don't even know your multiplication tables.
Multiplication tables are of no use on a day-to-day basis, anyway!
This isn't calculus or trigonometric functions we're talking about.
I'm fine without you worrying about me. Either way, I'm already...
What's that voice? It's coming from that house.
Don't worry about it.
But it's a person, isn't it?
No.
Save! Meee!
That's definitely a person!
Why would you lie about that?
I'm not lying! It's really not a person's voice.
Then I'll just go make su—!
Leave.
Kamakura Trip Field Study Guide
I forgot to show her the trip guide.
NO TRESPASSING
Kamakura is by the ocean, right?
What's wrong with me? I keep getting rejected, but I can't help being interested in her.
Is it because she looks like Kuroneko?
Or is it because I still think she is Kuroneko?
If she finds me, she'll definitely think I'm a stalker creep.
It's okay. I got rid of him.
I think I startled him a bit much, but if he's gonna be like that...
Well, we can't make friends with anyone.
If I made friends with him...
...he'd be killed along with me if I got caught.
They'd kill me, too?
It's fine. I'm not really lonely or anything.
Either way, we won't live long, so it's better to not make friends.
"Won't live long"? What does that mean?
If they get caught, I guess?
Until then, we'll do the things nobody else can.
Oops! Time for our pills. I'll go get some water.
Who could she have been talking to? Whoever it was, they didn't say a word.
Was she talking to herself?
Wha... What's up with this girl?
She's not moving a muscle... Is she even alive?
She seems just like a corpse.
Or is this a well-made doll?
Kana is alive.
Sorry. I couldn't help but check things out.
Kana was a witch experiment, but she ended up completely paralyzed.
However, in exchange, she acquired a powerful ability.
A powerful ability? Is she the one making the forecasts?
Yeah. Kana can't speak, but the fingers on her left hand can move a bit,
so she tells me what she's thinking via this keyboard.
What you heard earlier was not the voice of a human, but this machine's voice.
It was acting up, so the volume blasted.
So that's what it was...
You perv!
What were you doing sneaking into my room? I thought I was gonna get raped!
You hypocrite! How the hell does a peeping tom become a hypocrite, anyway?
I even forecast you'd be crushed under a rock, your innards splattered everywhere!
Why'd we save such a perv?!
Sorry. Kana can be pretty harsh.
Well, I don't care about this creepy hypocrite.
More importantly, Neko. I couldn't decide whether to tell you or not, but I guess I will.
They got Kanade.
Oh no...
Maki! Maki!
She got caught... Kanade got caught...
Kanade? Who's that?
We were at the lab together. She ran away, same as us.
We have to save her!
Impossible. They already took her back.
There's nothing we can do.
But!
Neko. We don't even know where the lab is.
Think about it.
Kanade...
Kuroha...
Leave! Don't ever come back!
Oh! There is something you can do, Neko.
You can go to school. Have enough fun for the both of us.
What are you saying?
This life's not gonna last much longer. You should at least enjoy it.
Kana!
Don't worry about me. If it weren't for you, I'd have died a long time ago.
I'm so grateful to you, Neko.
Language Arts
...dekishinin wo kurahishi fuka no niku nite seishitaru nari.
...is actually made with the meat of drowned people.
Kurodai no ushiojiru umashi to iedomo...
While people say sea bream soup is...
She came.
Kuroha...
Okay, then. Next up... Kuroha.
Please continue reading.
Uh... umm...
Is something wrong?
N-No...
She must at least be able to read.
Soshite hera...
Soshite ima ["and now"]
"Soshite hera"? No way...
ima [HE-RA]
...nae naro no...
sayuu no ["on both sides"]
sayuu no [NA-E-NA-RO no]
"Nae naro no."
...hemimu heero.
Um... Kuroha?
Excuse me!
Hm? What's the matter, Murakami?
I'm not feeling very well.
Could I get Kuroha to accompany me to the health room?
What?
Sorry!
C'mon, just go with it.
Wait a second...
Excuse us.
I don't know how you managed to get into our school,
but if that's the level you're at, you're blowing your cover.
What? Really?
"Really"? You don't even know multiplication tables or kanji!
How rude. I can so read kanji.
You mean like you read those first grade characters just now?
Well, whatever. Let's just kill time here for a bit.
It'll be suspicious if we go back too soon.
Oh, yeah. I turned in the transfer form.
Oh. Did you take a look at the summer trip guide I dropped off with it?
We're going to the ocean next weekend. You'll come, right?
I don't know.
You don't know? Why not?
That's my business, isn't it? Why do you care so much?
I told you about that girl I used to be friends with, right?
She'd been looking forward to going to the ocean.
So? Don't assume we're the same!
I get that.
But I still want to show you the ocean.
I feel like it'll make it up to her.
CQ, CQ. Kana?
Neko, I got a forecast. Someone else near you will die!
Who'll die? Where?
In 15 minutes at the curry shop near the station,
a lady in red will be hit by a car and die.
15 minutes? That's cutting it pretty close.
You're coming with me?!
Do you even know where the curry shop is?
Hey, watch it! What are you doing running into the street?!
I'm sorry.
We were in a hurry.
Sure you're not just stupid?
This is why I can't stand kids!
Where does she get off saying that?
We gotta hurry.
Right!
Ugh! Our 15 minutes are up!
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We didn't make it in time.
If we could have run faster, we might have saved her.
Yeah. If you know and then aren't able to save the person,
you'd feel almost as if you killed them yourself.
That's why she can't just leave them.
It's surprising with an accident this big that there were no casualties.
Yeah.
Umm, what were you just saying?
He got distracted while driving, but luckily there was no one around.
My loan's not even paid off yet!
What the heck? No one died? Kana's forecast was totally off!
That's odd. What could it mean?
Oh, that's the lady with the bike from before...
I get it now! I know why no one died.
That lady was the one who was supposed to get hit.
Since she almost ran into us before, the timing worked out so the accident missed her.
Man, if it weren't for us, rubberneckers would be taking pictures of her.
Don't talk like that.
I'm just... really glad no one died.
Yeah, you're right.
Where's Maki? What happened to her?
Maki doesn't have anything to do with this! She's a normal human! Let her go home!
But you know that once someone sees you do magic,
they can't be allowed to live, not any more than you can.
Where are the other escaped witches?
I don't know! I really don't know! We just scattered!
Eject her.
No! Don't! I won't run away again! I won't, so please stop!
Noooo!
Find the other witches, without fail.
I'm hungry! I'm hungry! I'm hungry!
I'm hungry, too.
I'll go up the mountain and be right back.
No! No more wild herbs!
Don't be spoiled.
Hey, what's the racket?
Neko, is that—?!
What is that amazing smell?
Wow, you could smell it? I brought some food over.
Oh, wow! What is it?! What are we having?!
Yakisoba bread and stuff.
Yakisoba bread?!
And cake and stuff.
Cake!!
Wait, but can you even eat?
O-Of course I can! If I didn't, I'd die!
Kana can't chew, but she can swallow.
Hey, can I see the cake?
Huh? Uh... sure.
Kana, look. It's cake!
Ahh, it's been ten years!
What beautiful cake.
So cute!
These two must not have had a square meal since they escaped.
Let's have some cake together. Hold on.
Err!
You're gonna eat the cake first?!
Huh?
Ahhh! The poor, cute cake!
Hey, if you can use the blender, you must have electricity.
Yes, but there's no gas. We boil water and cook with wood fires.
Wood?
That was good, huh, Kana?
Let's save the other piece for later.
Um... that was actually mine...
What?! You're gonna cry?!
Jeez, don't make Neko cry!
Okay, fine. Go ahead and eat it.
Ah! Really?
In that case, we'll save this cake for later.
Looking forward to it, Neko.
What's this feeling?
I kinda wish I could stay here forever.
Is it because Kuroha looks like Kuroneko?
Sheesh. I must have really liked her.
Thanks for everything.
No problem. Don't worry about it. I'll bring something around again.
Um... I...
Hm? What is it?
I... I'm gonna go on the summer trip, after all.
Huh?
Not for your sake. I just haven't seen the ocean in a while, and I kinda want to.
I see.
So I'll try to get used to school, too.
It'd be weird to only go on the summer trip, right?
What happened to you?
What? Got a problem?
No, not that. You're bleeding.
Whoa! Are you okay, Kuroha?
Kuroha...
The next day, Kuroha didn't come to school.