Yuuko, it's me.
What do you want, Himura-senpai?
Let's leave this city together.
I can't leave you in a place like that any longer.
That's a really selfish request.
Let's start over at a place where he's not there.
Will you come with me?
Come with me!
You're pushy.
Fine. If that's what you want.
Kuze. Kuze!
Kuze, you alright? You're alive, right?
When I see your faces after waking up, I felt that hell would be better.
Should I call 119?
It's 000.
I'm fine. You don't have to call them.
Just now, I settled everything with Mizuki-chan.
I broke up with her in a way that we would never meet again.
Just like with my previous girlfriend.
Dumbass.
No more angst from you?
We're not that age anymore.
Settlings things is fine, but without moderation, even your memories will disappear.
I don't have any memories worth crying over if I lost them.
There must've been some fun things at least.
Do you have any?
I don't know. I've forgotten.
The weather's nice here.
We've traveled quite a long distance.
Now then, what should we do?
You haven't thought of anything?
Let's get something to eat first.
For now, let's check the realtor and see if we can find a place to live.
After that, I'll look for a job.
What's wrong? Not going to eat?
Don't you skip lunch?
There's no more reason to keep skipping out on it.
Is it really all right?
What?
Weren't you aiming for the top?
I've forgotten already.
There's no benefit to dating someone like me and messing up your life.
Is that so?
You'll regret doing something like this.
I already regretted.
Anything after this, I won't.
You said that I was your first love, right?
Yes.
You said you're still in love with your first love, right?
Yes.
Can you say the same for now?
It was delicious, thanks.
What's wrong?
You'd usually reply immediately.
I was telling the truth when I said I like you.
That hasn't changed, even now.
It's not a lie. It's the truth.
Yuuko.
Yes?
Aren't you tired from not blinking?
Jeez.
Man, that's really gross, isn't it?
Damn! What's the hell?
It's impossible, senpai.
If we don't give them our full identification, they won't lend us a room.
Aren't we being clear enough?
We're two students that came straight out of school, right?
That sounds really sketchy.
This is bad. If we can't find a room, we won't have anywhere to stay tonight.
You're surprisingly bad at planning things, aren't you?
During such irregular times, who follows plans?
There's no helping it. Let's stop by at a hotel for tonight, then.
A hotel?
Senpai, you thought about perverted things just now, didn't you?
T-There's no way I'd think about something like that!
Give me a break!
That's right, isn't it?
There's no way you would think about that, would you?
Let's go look at one more.
Okay!
How unfortunate.
Yeah.
We'll find one tomorrow.
Yeah...
You don't want to stay at a hotel?
Guess not.
Sorry.
That's not what I mean.
Until I can find a job, I want to ration our savings.
If we can't find a place to live, we can't find a place to work, can we?
That's right.
Aren't you a Christian?
But it's still a god.
I don't get you.
Tonight, we'll be borrowing your dwelling.
It's good that it's summer.
If it was winter, we'd freeze to death here.
Even summer nights are cold.
But if we do this, we'll be warm.
Is it all right?
What?
I'm not... clean.
That doesn't change the fact that you're Yuuko.
No matter what you look like, my feelings won't change.
Senpai...
A twenty year old building. Four and half tatamis.
The kitchen and toilets are shared.
Even so, the rent is higher than the places we've lived at before.
There's no initial deposit, nor a fee for leaving. Same day approval.
They even accepted a background story like ours.
We have to be glad we found it.
Which means that this is an apartment for people with "certain" situations.
We have to take care of food.
Do people who don't even have cell phones have things they've stolen?
That's true.
What is that?
A memento of Akane.
A red wristwatch I bought for her during Christmas.
That's your dead sister's...
This is the only thing I won't part with.
Your sketchbook...
I thought about using it to pass the time.
This is...
Yeah, the one that you threw.
Senpai...
Did you come because of that?
I'm going back.
Yuuko!
Is it out of compassion? Pity?
I don't want something like that!
Wait, Yuuko!
I didn't come for something like that!
Yuuko!
Yuuko.
Wait, Yuuko.
Stop it already!
Calm down!
I was an idiot for believing, even for a little bit.
In the end, you only see me as a tool for satisfying yourself!
My feelings don't matter, do they?
You're the same as Akira nii-san!
Sorry.
Yuuko, what you said might be true.
I'm the same as Amamiya.
I've always been depressed because I couldn't protect Akane.
But this isn't compassion, nor is it pity.
You're no where close to being a replacement for Akane.
I... Yuuko, I want to protect you!
Senpai...
I won't let go of this hand anymore!
I'm back.
Welcome back, Yuu-kun.
How was work?
I'm still in training. It's not work yet.
Dinner's ready. Eat it before it gets cold!
Yeah.
It's kind of nice.
What is?
There's a light.
Of course. No matter how poor we are, we should at least have a light.
Not that. When you're alone, there's no room to return to that has the light already turned on.
It's nice to return to a place where someone's waiting for you.
Is that so?
If your late though, I'll turn off the light.
I'll lock the door too.
Hey...
I won't open it even if you cry.
Hey! Hey!
That's why you have to come back early, okay?
Because the place where Yuu-kun returns to is also the place I return to.
This place is also where I can come back to.
Yeah.
Was this really all right?
What?
I'm really a burden.
How so?
You threw away everything you worked hard for.
I'll just have to work hard again.
Yuu-kun.
Let's start from here on out.
Yuu-kun?
What?
Please draw me.
Yuuko?
I'm bad at drawing people, but I'll give it a shot.
Yes!
When I told her about the time I broke up with my previous girlfriend, that girl cried for me...
Even though I didn't.
I wonder why. I really feel like crying right now.
Kuze.
I've never faced adversity.
But that's because I ran away from doing anything that I thought I'd fail at.
Still.... Still, why does she put me through something I can't run away from?!
Why is she making me do something I can't succeed at?
Kuze...
This heart...
Mizuki-chan too...
What should I do when I don't have anything left?
Are they telling me to do more than I already have?!
Kuze, I understand your feelings, but...
There's no way you could understand!
I'm broken! What do unbroken people like you know?!
Even so, nothing good comes out of being in self-despair!
I know I'm going to die soon! How can there be anything good?
If you give up from the beginning, nothing will happen.
I don't want to hear that from you.
What does a person like you, who doesn't end things and draws things out that have already ended, know?
Kuze!
It's not over yet.
What a joke.
You can't ever see her again.
You won't ever meet Amamiya Yuuko again.
Going back home right now?
Amamiya!
Trying to work to support the two of you?
It must be hard to find a job after quitting school.
Why are you here?
I came to buy some cigarettes.
I won't hand over Yuuko.
That's not something you can decide.
What?
Of course, it's not something I can decide either.
Are you saying that Yuuko will return to you?
If there's no other place for her to return to, then maybe she will.
You can't become a place she can return to, can you?
What?!
You're just a place to run to, not somewhere to return to.
Why? Because your own self is still running away.
I'm not running away!
You ran, didn't you? On the day of that earthquake.
That's right. You left behind your precious little sister.
Since that day, you avoid any problems, and have continued to run.
That's why you also let go of Yuuko.
You also quit drawing.
You also ran from me.
You threw away everything that had piled up and ran away.
You're wrong! That's not it!
You're still running?
In the end, all you can do is run away.
Then what else are you saying I could've done?
The truth is, you're already aware, aren't you?
You've been careless.
At least buy a good lock.
The only thing you've could've actually done is dying with your sister on that day of that earthquake.
I understand very well.
Why? Because I wanted to do the same.
But that day, I wasn't with my sister.
I'm jealous of you.
And I absolutely hate you.
You were with your own sister that day.
And yet, you ran away.
You ran without saving her.
You ran without dying with her.
Even though she was such a precious sister, you ran.
Even though she called out for you in fright, you ran.
Even though she asked you two to die together, you ran.
Even though it was fated, you ran.
Did you atone for what you did to her?
Were you forgiven by her?
Are you in a position to wish for happiness?
You're running away again.
And you're going to lose it again. Even your own place of return.
It's missing again!
Am I running away?
Am I running away again?
Yuu-kun.
Yuu-kun!
Yuu-kun, where are you?
Come back, senpai!
Where did you go?
Senpai!
Himura-senpai!
Where are you, senpai? Where are you?
Senpai!
Brother!
Where are you? Senpai!
Brother!
Brother...
Welcome back.
Shall we go home?
Yuu!
You wanted to me to be angsty, didn't you?
Satisfied?
You can't see Amamiya Yuuko anymore.
Kuze!
If I hadn't said that, it would've become a regret.
Yuu. Don't drag things out forever. Settle things.
Kuze, there are things you can say and things you can't say.
Is that so?
But the Nagi who's saying that is still dragging things out with that guy.
Cool your head.
Why do you exist?
I didn't have any dreams for a while too...
Mizuki-chan, a package arrived for you.
For me?
This is Kuze-san's...
The delivery man made a mistake, didn't they?
But the address is for here, and the recipient is Mizuki-chan.
...was Kuze-san, wasn't it?
The sea breeze isn't good for the violin.
Nagi-san.
Tears aren't good either.
I was really shocked that time...
Since you told me you were his girlfriend.
Even if you're far apart physically, if your feelings for each other can't be separated, then nothing can be settled.
Settlement, huh?
In love, you lose if you're the one in love.
You're supposed to make them fall in love with you.
Kuze said that quite often.
That sounds just like him.
But this time, even though he made you fall in love with him, he's lost.
That's not true.
I'm the one that's been beaten black and blue.
I want to cry already.
But you don't run away.
He hasn't done anything he can't win at,
So he can't win against someone who stands up again, even after losing.
It looks like the only one that can save him is you.
Through an unexpected reunion, a heart is shattered.
Ef - a tale of melodies. Return.
Can you here it? The true melody.