This is what they call a Coperlution, isn't it?
A Copernican revolution.
So, I...
The true form of what I gaze at
Is to be shown after I close my eyes
Once again today, time only spins solitude
Seemingly rent asunder, yes?
There are those who cannot forget the white lotus
Blooming in darkness
Yet, recollection inquires from the future
The words that changed into a sigh
Are the wings metamorphed from my soul
Will they scatter all about?
Lost, disordered
I want to carve these letters to you
A fragment of the reality of what I want to say...
Even that I cannot properly send you
If I can write with this blood oozing from my fingertip
Can it spill even into your heart?
Even if the one word left to the living
Is "goodbye..."
Married? Ms. Kagurazaka?
Yeah, to some person in Sales.
I'm surprised.
Just the other day she said she wasn't seeing anyone.
Don't believe her, Haruno. It's obvious she was hiding it.
Oh, so she fooled me.
Are you sure you should be laughing about that?
You don't have a boyfriend, do you?
You think maybe I'm hiding it?
You never lie.
Ya got me.
Don't you wish you were married?
What about setting up a marriage meeting?
But for me, reading novels is more fun.
You're in the Editing department sure, but all they do is ask you to make copies or tea.
You'll be an Office Lady forever.
Oh well. I'm only in my third year after all.
Ms. Kasai, please make 12 copies of these each.
Sure.
Although it has already been three years...
Kasai!
Yes?
Kasai, you liked Kirameki Mikawa, didn't you?
Yes! I'm a big fan!
I even sent him a fan letter when I was in middle school.
Oh? Then that means yes, I take it.
Yes to what?
I'm asking you to manage Kirameki Mikawa, starting today.
We got no choice... You up for this, Yaji?
Got it, Kita!
Get them!
I'm home.
You fools! I'm home.
You fools!
Welcome home.
Be careful, I'm really angry today! Welcome home.
Be careful, I'm really angry today! What are you watching?
Be careful, I'm really angry today!
Kita!
Oh, it's Yaji-Kita!
Leave him to me, Yaji! Oh, it's Yaji-Kita!
Leave him to me, Yaji! It's nice how in movies from this time period,
there's nothing wrong with two guys being close friends.
They didn't care about marketability.
What?
Speaking of which, Dear Elder Sister.
What is it, Younger Sister?
Yes-yes.
There is a book with which I would request from you for temporary leave.
Is there some boy you like?
What's he like this time?
How'd you know?
If you want to read a book, it's because you've got a guy you like, Natchan!
You want to read the same book as him, right?
That's not true!
You're always falling for the smart ones, aren't you?
I-It's like I fall for guys who are the exact opposite of me, see.
So, what book?
Kirameki Mikawa.
Oh, don't worry yourself about it.
It's true he's in the same grade as me but it's a story from like, 4 years ago.
I see.
Say, Natchan... I'm actually in charge of Kirameki Mikawa now!
What, really? What a coincidence!
That's great. It's your first time managing an author, right?
Yeah! And I was always a fan, so I'm super nervous.
Kaname Nojimura
Kaname?
Kaname Nojimura?
Hello, Kaname? It's Natsuka...
Talk?
Isn't that nice...
Sheesh, you sure sound happy.
Misfortune makes the pleasant even happier.
What do you mean, misfortune?
The origin of misfortune could be said to be that.
What do you mean by that? You know I'm also...
Hey, Fumika!
What, ignoring me?
Kirameki Mikawa.
That's the addressee this time?
Yes.
Who is it? It's rare to see you react like this, Fumika.
Someone you knew when you were alive?
When I was living, I shot him.
Good. Good.
Drinks, check. Tea snacks, check.
Father and my sister are at their offices.
Mom's also out.
Calm down, Natsuka...
It's just about Fumika, so if it weren't for that I'd...
It's a spy!
Shouldn't you be at work?
I overslept.
My alarm stopped!
You mean you turned it off! Sheesh...
Don't worry. If I go directly to Kirameki's place I'll make it.
Heeya rayder!
Kaname?
I came a bit early...
Oh my, what a bright young reader we have here.
Please take good care of our Natsuka.
Uh, sure...
Don't make her cry or I'll get angry.
Sis!
Off I go!
Sorry about that. Please, come in.
Go ahead.
The hospital?
Is your dad in there?
No, he's at home.
Then why?
Just taking a detour.
But, it's important.
You see...
Yes?
I have a favor I need from you... About Mikawa.
Oh sure, whatever...
What?
Oh, nothing. Didn't you say that Fumika rejected you?
I wasn't trying to confess to her again or anything.
I just want to know.
I met Mikawa.
But there's no way I could have.
Huh? What are you talking about?
Because, Mikawa is...
She's been sleeping there the whole time?
Yes. Since four years ago.
But I think I met her.
Sure it's not just someone who looks like her?
Who is that? Why does she look just like you, Fumika?
That's Fumi. A fragment of myself.
A fragment? Does she have something to do with shooting your father?
I want to find out why Mikawa shot her father!
Find out why won't she wake up! So...
Sorry if I interrupted you making out or whatever!
No we weren't!
Oh, how boring...
I'm hanging up now.
I forgot the map to Kirameki's house.
Would you send it to me on my cell? I have a scanner in my room.
I can't use a scanner!
There it is!
Thank you, Natchan!
Thanks, you really saved me there.
Your sister is Kirameki Mikawa's manager?
Yeah. She just got the gig.
I see.
What?
I'm going to use that map and meet Kirameki Mikawa myself to find out about Mikawa.
But...
As long as Mikawa won't wake up, he's the only one who knows the truth.
So that's it?
The silver road that travels to forever.
We're beggin' you, Ochiai... Get us a new book by Kirameki Mikawa!
It's already been four years since he wrote one...
Don't say it like it's not your problem. It'd sell 800,000 copies, guaranteed!
I switched his manager to someone young.
To who?
Haruno Kasai.
Wait...
Didn't you say she was useless? You sure about that?
Who knows.
Who knows?
She was useless to begin with, so if he breaks her it's no loss, at least.
Yes, who is it?
U-um, how do you do?
I'm from lidabashi Press's editing department, and my name is Haruno Kasai!
It's a pleasure to meet you!
I heard that I had a new person to take care of me.
I am Kirameki Mikawa. Nice to meet you.
I'm going to see Kirameki Mikawa now.
I wanted to see her face before then.
Fumi... I'm sorry.
How pretty... You only have glass pens?
They enable me to write more beautifully than pens made of metal.
Come. Let us talk within the light.
Yes.
Glass is beautiful; Continuously sparkling.
And those immersed within it are indeed blissful.
Ah, sparkling...
The glass is... sparkling...
I hate word processors and ball-point pens.
They... aren't beautiful.
Oh yes, I brought manuscripts!
They were on display at a fair the other day.
Here.
Be still!
Oh yes... I should make you some tea. I have some wonderful herb tea.
SPARKLING WITHIN THE LIGHT
I had heard that a lot of authors were eccentric, but...
It's not the same...
I think it might be 'cause I'm not a person who reads books or anything.
What are you talking about?
Fumika must have been tired of being seen as Kirameki Mikawa's daughter.
Okay, all finished!
Kirameki Mikawa? Is that some kind of folk singer?
Sorry, but I'm not into that sort of stuff.
Am I wrong?
Sorry about that!
After that I was able to talk with Fumika.
I see.
Fumika barely spoke,
and she was always in the nurse's office all day, so I don't know much.
Only...
Only?
She asked me once. About what my father was like.
I see! So fairs are that popular?
I was shocked... There's not a single correction.
This can't be a draft, can it? You're just amazing!
It takes me a long time to develop the concepts, however.
Um, may I see the place you work?
Workplace?
I was wondering where you write such pretty manuscripts...
You can't!
Sorry... The place I work is extremely messy. I'd be too embarrassed.
Oh no, I'm sorry for being so nosy.
Rain?
It said there was only a 10% chance.
This is probably a sun-shower, it's got to be.
A sun-shower? A sun-shower?
It's showering and sunny!
It's a sun-shower!
Rain, sparkle!
It's sunny and yet... It's sunny and yet... It's sunny and yet, raining!
Mr. Kirameki, you'll catch a cold!
Now you come too! It's a sun-shower! A sun-shower!
That smile suits you.
Now, let us dance.
Oh, it's starting to let up.
I didn't expect this to stop us.
The problem is...
Bus Stop To Kamome City
What's with this vague description of where Kirameki Mikawa's house is?
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Where Kirameki Mikawa is Middle of the "Forest" Yeah...
Where Kirameki Mikawa is Yeah...
Where Kirameki Mikawa is
"The Silver Road That Travels to Forever"
Don't you wish you were married?
What's that?
That's got to be it. The silver road.
You think?
My, I'm glad. It seems to fit you.
Yes. Thank you.
But whose clothes are these? His daughter's? Or perhaps...
Who are you?
No, wait... Let me guess.
A mailman?
I'm right!
I'll take it, I'll take it, I'll take it!
A fan letter? That brings back memories...
I sent one to you a long time ago as well.
I was so happy when I got a reply,
but once I joined the company I realized it came from the editing department.
Huh? What's the matter?
Is it okay if I read this?
I'm reading it now!
These letters... I bet this is from a middle school student.
"How do you do, Mr. Kirameki? I am called the Silver Njord."
I've read all of your books. Over and over again...
So beautiful and cruel... I love them.
The afterlife resembles a world of ice.
No one is alive. There is no color.
There are no insects, or mold, or uncleanliness!
A world of ultimate purity.
Death is not a sad thing.
Everything stops... It is a pure and beautiful world.
It is not something to be feared.
Wonderful!
It turned my vision of the afterlife as a dark and scary place on its head.
They call this a Coperlution, isn't it?
A Copernican revolution.
So I...
Shigofumi.
A letter from the world of the dead.
Hence, Shigofumi.
Who are you?
I found it! I found it!
The holy fire!
A lighter?
Right! We're going to burn that letter.
You okay, Kaname?
Sure.
Please, don't. It's a fan letter.
So?
That terrible handwriting, her reliance on others, her conceited choice...
And that hideous envelope... They are all so unclean!
So let's burn them, with this pretty flame!
Mr. Kirameki, these are the feelings of your readers!
Maybe she didn't understand them so well, but she tried really hard...
Effort as a selling point? What a disgrace.
You haven't changed. Not even a bit.
You don't think for a moment about other humans' hearts.
That's why they're gone.
Mother, your daughter, your daughters...
Fumika? It's you, Fumika?
This is Fumika! My daughter.
Mikawa!
Remember!
I shot you with this.
Stop it!
Kaname! Fumika, stop!
I wasn't planning on shooting. Only on making him remember.
Fumika, give me authorization, quickly!
Fumika!
Shigofumi Episode 7 Kirameki Fumika!
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The shining black and white light...
Now flower petals aflutter in the gaps of memory
The water-colored memories...
Go now to a quiet place
Doze into peaceful sleep
Good night, I have no need of a body
Farewell, I'll be getting closer to you
I will connect to eternity
Hey, isn't this is a bit like solitude?
Even if we can never touch each other again
So, I believe that we won't disappear
We won't disappear...
Chain, chain
Happiness...
Chain, connects...
Time begins to move out.
At the end of memories, people become aware of people.
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