I've liked the little bird in this picture book ever since I was little.
It flies through many worlds, clad in their colors,
and at the end, all of the colors it had found mix into black and brown.
The bird dies.
The story has no happy ending.
So why...
do I feel so attracted to the little bird?
Why?
Just how much louder do I have to shout?
Just how much more do I have to cry?
Stop it please, I can't run anymore.
The gates of the world I once dreamed of are closing.
On this dark, broken road without a shard of light,
Suddenly, I felt I found a hope that shouldn't have been there.
Oh, why?
Black Rock Shooter, all those dear memories.
I remember those fun times.
Black Rock Shooter, but I can't act anymore.
I wish upon the stars soaring through the darkness,
Because I will run one more time.
Episode 7 Wish upon the star soaring through the darkness
I can't...
truly interact with that world after all.
I can't interact with Gold Saw.
She's forever imprisoned in her world.
I can't do anything.
I'll try.
Didn't Mato react to you when she was inside Black Rock Shooter?
If so...
No!
If you go there, you'll...
That girl will...
But...
I can't do anything for Mato if I stay here.
Mato is strange.
Grief, sorrow, and envy don't really exist in her.
Maybe she hates sorrow itself.
Sorrow itself?
She doesn't acknowledge the part of her that feels sorrow.
She tries to help the ones drowning in it.
Those emotions are what fuel Black Rock Shooter.
She kills the emotions of others to save them from their sorrow.
Black Rock Shooter will undoubtedly defeat that girl in the other world.
After she does, we'll never be able to talk to her there again.
You're just assuming she'll vanish!
She won't vanish.
Neither Mato nor the other girl will vanish.
I won't let them.
What are you thinking of doing?
Thank you for everything, Saya.
Our time together was too short.
Goodbye.
Mato!
Wake up, Mato!
Mato!
Yuu!
Is that you, Yuu?
Is that...
Stop!
Don't hurt her! I won't forgive you!
Don't hurt her anymore!
I don't want you to fight!
Mato!
I'm sorry!
Don't lose!
Get out of there! You must want to get out!
Get out... of where?
Yes.
You must want to get out of Black Rock Shooter!
You have to shout that she's not you!
She's not me?
What's wrong, Mato?
I am...
Mato!
Black Rock Shooter isn't me?
My sister?
She spaces out a lot,
loses her things quickly,
and she's kind of annoying.
But she's my sister, and I think she's a good person!
Kuroi?
How should I put this...
She's nice, but you never really know what's troubling her.
She's cheerful, but she never lets you know what she's thinking.
Yeah, exactly. She kind of whitewashes it.
Mato is a good girl.
I thought she'd be upset that her father left on a business trip recently,
but she didn't really have any complaints.
I feel like she might be trying to grow up too fast.
She never says anything negative.
She's trying to be too good.
It worries me a little.
I ask myself if she might be forcing it.
I'm... a good girl.
Are you still yourself, Mato? Mato!
Nothing is painful for me.
Nothing is sorrowful.
Even if some things were,
everyone is kind at heart.
We can understand each other.
That's what I felt.
That's what I wanted to feel.
I didn't want to be someone who dragged around her issues.
I didn't want to hate others.
I did it so I wouldn't be hurt.
I didn't want to be hated.
I've liked the little bird in the picture book ever since I was little.
The little bird whose feathers turn black at the end.
Mato! Mato!
I realized that I'm just running away.
That's why I admired the little bird whose wings became tainted.
I know...
What's wrong, Mato?
That was the bird I liked.
Yes.
Black Rock Shooter.
I...
Don't worry, Mato!
You don't want to be hurt.
What's wrong with that?
Nothing is wrong with that, Mato.
Yuu.
You're not like that!
You're not running away.
Aren't you just trying to make the world a better place?
You're not the one running away.
You're not the one running away,
so who is?
I hate people who spread lies about me.
Do you know how damn annoying you've been all this time?
See? It hurts!
Yuu...
She...
See? I get wounded! It hurts!
You won't leave me alone, right?
You'll help me, right?
This isn't how it's supposed to be.
We...
Are you trying to tell me what to do?
You're the other me!
Your duty is to protect me!
Right, Strength?!
Yuu!
Why?
Strength!
Yuu!
What?
You're late with your greeting, Kuroi Mato.
Seems like my Strength has relied on you so far.
Your... what?
My name is Koutari Yuu.
Strength is down here right now, just as you are.
It feels like something really painful happened.
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But I can't quite remember what it was,
and I think it's better that way.
Everyone, can I have your attention?
Has anyone heard from Kuroi?
She's not in school today, is she?
Her parents called the school just now.
She never went home yesterday.
She never went home?
What do you mean? She ran away?
No way...
Was she kidnapped?
Keep quiet!
Enough chatter!
Silence! Silence!
Yomi?
Kuroi Mato...
We were just placed in the same class when we entered middle school.
That's all...
That's all?
Then why...
Why does it hurt so much?
Look, look!
Wow, it's the police!
This must be serious then!
Kagari?
It hurts.
Something hurts.
Yes. I have as well.
Yes.
I'm sorry for taking a day off at such a time.
Excuse me.
Strength...
I don't get it.
Yuu is Strength?
Yuu's...
Yuu!
Yuu's heart was hurt really badly.
I fought in this world.
The pain and suffering of the girls living in reality
created us along with this world.
We have no emotions.
We are influenced by their emotions and fight by our instincts.
Then Black Rock Shooter came.
I felt that she was strong.
But I was just fighting for the sake of fighting,
so winning or losing had no meaning.
Then,
right as I was about to die...
You can't.
I heard Yuu's voice.
At that moment, I learned to feel.
To feel?
Yuu's terrible pain was on a whole different level compared to other girls.
That affected me.
After I began to feel emotions,
I realized that most of Yuu's feelings were of pain and hatred.
I'm shouldering those, so if Black Rock Shooter killed me...
what would be left of Yuu?
Then...
I'm glad.
I'm glad it worked out.
It would be really bad if I lost you.
Yuu!
Yeah. I'm Yuu...
I have your pain. Why would it matter if I...
This world is hard. It's full of cruelty! It's full of difficulties.
Even if you died with my pain, I'd still face more down the road.
If I lost you, what would I do then?
Compared to that, this world is easy to understand.
You don't need to think, just fight.
Pain is easier to understand than anything.
Hey, switch with me!
Switch?
Yeah. Switch with me.
I'll stay in this world, so you bear reality!
I'm sorry, Strength.
We made you shoulder it all.
But please... protect that world instead of me.
Because... that world is her only shelter.
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You want to become someone else,
but of course that's impossible.
When you're anxious,
the other you,
who lives in your heart will tell you
that no one can live straightforward,
I don't want to think about it!
It hurts!
and we all struggle with our problems.
W-Wow, that's such a smart name!
Stop it!
We all complain.
You're...
So let's go have fun!
Let's see lots of different things!
we all grumble,
You're my...
and our days pass like that.
I don't want to!
We got used to being hurt and we know
I'm only leaving with you.
Only with you, Yomi!
that kindness and intent alone won't help you.
My friend...
But we should still try to stay ourselves,
Mato...
and always walk on.
Mato!
Why was I...
Mato! Mato!
trying to forget Mato?
Mato!