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Ren?
You're not running today.
I was waiting for you.
Did you know I was coming?
I had a feeling
that I would see you again.
Ren...
Do you want to walk for a bit?
We still have time.
It feels so nostalgic.
It hasn't been that long since I died.
We used to have fun.
How is everybody in the class?
I haven't really seen them since we started winter break.
Oh, I suppose that would be the case.
Hey. Do you remember?
Our first conversation.
Huh? When we were in middle school?
We used to sit beside each other.
- Good morning! - Morning!
You looked at me and you said,
Ren Otaka sounds like a celebrity's name!
Is that what I said?
From my point of view,
Hotaru Morino seemed even less like a real name.
- I think it's an interesting name. - That's terrible!
I mean, it sounds like something from a comic!
You only think that because that's all you read!
What??
Oh, yeah. Here you go.
This is the book that you asked to borrow.
At least, I don't think that love is down to chance.
I think that it is an intention.
I read it ages ago.
It's funny.
I'm meant to be dead,
but I can hear my heart beating.
Hotaru.
Why did this have to happen?
I wonder why it had to happen like this.
Ren?
I'm going to be honest.
Hotaru...
I love you.
You weren't supposed to say it before me!
I wanted to say it first.
I've been in love with you
since the first time we met.
I loved you, too.
I always loved you.
You know,
I'm so glad that
I was able to love somebody this much while I was alive.
Thank you,
Hotaru.
Can you close your eyes?
I can't be with you,
but I want you to remember
that I love you.
My first and last kiss
was over before I knew it.
Huh?
Congratulations on resolving all of your lingering attachments.
I'm glad that you made it in time.
Is this the end?
Yes.
I couldn't say goodbye to Ren properly,
but I'm glad I got the chance to see him.
Thank you, Kuro.
It's odd,
everything that happened since I met you
feels like a dream.
It might actually be a dream.
What is it like on the other side?
You'll have to see that for yourself.
It's happening again.
I keep on hearing this odd sound.
Kuro, what is that sound?
I can't hear it.
How is that possible?
It's a sound that only you can hear.
What do you mean?
Hotaru.
It's time for me to go, isn't it?
It's okay, I'm ready.
I have to tell you something first.
Is there another rule?
Okay, I'll listen properly.
Pay attention.
I lied to you.
You're not dead yet.
What?
You were involved in an accident during your school trip.
Do you remember that?
I can remember some of it.
I remember that it was chaos on the bus.
I lied when I said that you died in the accident.
You were found unconscious,
and you're still lying in a hospital.
You haven't regained consciousness,
but you're still alive.
Basically, you're half-alive
and half-dead.
Half?
Alive?
You still smell
like a human.
You smell good.
What happens next is down to you.
You can choose to live or die.
I can choose?
Yes. You're half-alive
and you've resolved your lingering attachments.
There is nothing to choose.
I want to live.
Are you sure? You can't change your mind.
Do you know what I learned while resolving my regrets?
I hadn't realized that I had so many.
I'll come and visit you when I get back from my school trip.
Make sure to let Grandma know as well.
I kept on putting off things because I thought I had plenty of time.
Let's go to the same university!
We can study for the exam together.
- That would be good. - Yes!
I hurt people by lying to myself about my feelings.
Ren is a track and field maniac.
Was he your boyfriend?
He was my friend.
I wasn't brave enough to face my own feelings.
If I could live,
if I could see those people that I thought I would never see again,
then...
Wait.
In the real world,
I've been unconscious in the hospital this whole time.
Why could I talk to Grandma, Shiori, and Ren
under the presumption that I was dead?
Grandma, I'm dead.
I want you to promise me.
But I'm already dead.
You have to tell him now!
He's waiting for you.
I can't be with you,
but I want you
to remember that I love you.
Wait! What does this mean? Kuro!
I'm sorry.
You worked hard to resolve your attachments to those three,
but actually, they were the ones who were resolving theirs.
Huh?
While you were unconscious after the accident,
they were already dead.
Shiori Yamamoto and Ren Otaka died in the same accident as you.
Taki Fukushima died of her illness.
Hotaru...
You're lying.
I was tasked with the three of them.
All three died close together,
and all three had regrets that involved you.
I told you that there were three,
but it's actually just one.
You were half-alive but unconscious in the hospital,
so the three of them couldn't resolve their regrets.
When you finally woke up as a ghost,
30 days had already gone past.
I made up a rule
in order to hide their deaths from you
so that you would resolve their regrets for them.
Does that mean that everyone here is a ghost?
You're lying! This is all a lie!
If they were ghosts then they could have just spoken to me!
Then, we could have resolved their regrets sooner!
If you had told me that Grandma was at home,
then I wouldn't have gone to the hospital!
You went to the hospital by yourself.
I'm sorry that I let you go there by yourself.
Hotaru, I heard that you had a close call.
Grandma...
What about Shiori? Why did she--
Sorry, you caught me off guard.
I wasn't ready.
I warned them when you were going to visit,
but you took off suddenly.
But if you had told me,
then I could have helped them resolve their regrets!
Why would you hide that from me?
I guess so.
If I had told you then you would have resolved everybody's regrets.
You're a kind girl.
But if I told you that the three of them had died,
then would you have been able to choose life.
If you knew you were the only one who would live.
I want to be with you guys.
That's what we were worried about.
You're a kind girl,
so you would say that you wanted to come with us.
Based on your personality,
you would have tried to please us without thinking of the consequences.
That's why we asked him
to act as though you were the one resolving your regrets
until you chose to live.
There were a few hairy moments,
but I was able to cover those with my superb acting skills.
Everyone did that for me?
Are you guys really dead?
Yes, we are.
I don't want that. I want to go with them!
Stop being selfish!
You've been given the chance to live.
I'm so happy that I was able to see you one last time.
I was so glad
that I was able to give you my mirror.
- Grandma... - Me, too. - Shiori...
I'm glad that we were able to make up.
Make sure you make your dream come true.
This isn't fair!
How can I be the only one alive?
We want you to live for us.
[School Trip]
It looks like we're the only ones still awake.
Can I have this?
- Sure. - Thank you.
Hotaru! Are you okay?
Are you okay?
Hotaru, are you all right?
Ren...
You protected me that day.
I'm so sorry.
You died because you protected me!
You're wrong.
But... But...
Hotaru! Listen!
If I hadn't held you at the moment,
I would have regretted it until the day I died.
- But... - It's all right.
I'm happy.
I was able to
protect the person that I loved the most.
Don't make such a weird face at the end!
You look better with a smile.
It's nearly time to go.
This is really your last goodbye.
Grandma. Shiori. Ren.
Thank you so much!
Goodbye, Hotaru.
Bye, Hotaru!
See you later, Hotaru.
I'll see you all later. Let's all meet again!
Okay?
Kuro, you were crying a bit, weren't you!
Of course not!
You were definitely crying!
No, I wasn't!
Anyway, it's time for you to go, too.
Wait!
If I was their lingering attachment then...
When you wake up,
your memories from the past 19 days will be erased.
That's the rule.
Will I forget you, too?
Again with the stupid questions. Never you mind about me!
I don't want to forget you!
Please... it's my last request.
Sorry.
You're right.
Sorry for being a brat right until the end.
Bye-bye, Kuro.
Yes, this is goodbye.
I'm going to live.
I'm going to live my best life.
Mom...
Hotaru! Are you awake?
I'm sorry I slept for so long.
This isn't a dream, is it?
Wait, I need to tell the nurses!
I need to ring your dad!
What is it? Does something hurt?
Mom, please sit down for a bit.
I want you to answer me honestly.
What? What is it?
I was in an accident on the highway during my school trip, wasn't I?
Yes, you were. You were found unconscious.
We were so worried!
Did anyone die in the accident?
Well...
Shiori Yamamoto and Ren Otaka.
Did those two die?
Did Grandma also die around the same time?
Hotaru, how do you know about that?
Mom, I'm a bit thirsty. Will you get me some juice?
Okay, I'll go and get you some right now.
So you didn't erase that memory for me.
It's amazing to be alive.
I'm going to make sure to
live my best life for you guys.
What do you think of your face when you cry?
It's ugly!
Then, you'd better hurry up and smile!
You look better with a smile.
- I'm going now! - Be careful!
- I will! - You forgot your lunch!
Oh no!
That one is yours.
Now we have matching ones.
It's proof that we were best friends.
- There you go. Be careful! - Thank! I'm going now!
See you later!
- Good morning! - Good morning Hotaru! Have a good day!
I'm going now!
♫ We'll all face the same morning ♫
♫ What I know now ♫
Keep on going, Hotaru!
♫ In this ordinary world, with all it's ordinary voices ♫
♫ We should cherish every day ♫
[When One Day I Will Sleep]