# E6 - Sodachi Lost, Part Three
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OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
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OIKURA'S OBJECTIVE.
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WHAT IN THE WORLD—
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DID SHE WANT TO KNOW?
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Let's go over all the questions that have come up
concerning her mother's disappearance.
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In the end, I think that will be
the key to all of this.
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In other words,
why was the door to that room locked?
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I have no idea.
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Yeah, me neither.
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You haven't figured it out?
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That's something of a disappointment.
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Not to be able to see through
a locked room mystery of this degree.
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I've known that you're a fool,
Araragi-senpai,
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but to think that even you,
Hanekawa-senpai, are a fool.
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No, it's been on my mind.
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So, despite knowing it's uncalled for,
I came to see how you were doing.
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That perhaps Hanekawa-senpai wasn't able
to be of any help to Araragi-senpai...
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And it's just as I thought.
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Maybe you really are past your prime?
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And yet, even being at such a degree,
you snatched Araragi-senpai away from me.
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That makes me laugh. Dear me.
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Despite enticing Araragi-senpai
with those lumps of meat on your chest, right?
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*She's totally holding a grudge...*
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Oh, embarrassing, so embarrassing.
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If it was me, I'd be so embarrassed,
I couldn't go on living.
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Using my sexual charm
to make Araragi-senpai choose me,
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but only causing him
more trouble in the end.
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Come to think of it,
I believe I myself am pathetic.
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If I had tagged along,
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Araragi-senpai wouldn't have had
to feel such an emotion.
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Because I so easily allowed him
to be taken by Hanekawa-senpai's boobs,
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all of this happened.
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For making Araragi-senpai go through
such a feeling of helplessness, I'm truly sorry.
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I really wonder how it would've been
if Araragi-senpai had chosen me back then.
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But I won't blame you! I won't blame you,
Araragi-senpai. Of course I won't blame you.
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Everyone makes mistakes after all...
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Right, Hanekawa-senpai?
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Hanekawa-senpai,
you'll forgive him as well, right?
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For Araragi-senpai making
the huge mistake of choosing you.
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If anything, how about
you put it into words and tell him?
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Tell him, "My foolishness
isn't your responsibility, Araragi"...
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Hey, Ougi...
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As for me...
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As for me, I've already solved it.
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That locked room.
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And where the mother has gone, too.
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Well, just a general idea.
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In a way.
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OWARIMONOGATARI
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OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST, PART THREE
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Well, for me, it was
an extremely simple practice problem.
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Hanekawa-senpai,
if you absolutely don't understand it,
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I'd love to be a good underclassman.
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If you apologize for having big boobs,
I'll be the bigger person and forgive you.
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"I routed all of my nutrition
toward my boobs.
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Ougi, younger than me,
my underclassman,
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I just can't solve this simple problem,
so please tell me the answer.
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I'll never take Araragi
away from you ever again."
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If you asked me like that, I might be
compelled to show you the model solution.
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Ougi!
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I'll be the one to beg you.
That should be fine, right?
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If you already know, please tell me
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what happened to Oikura
and her mother three years ago.
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This troubles me.
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I'm really angry at Hanekawa-senpai right now.
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But I can't refuse
if you're the one asking me, Araragi-senpai.
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So quiet... It's so boring.
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In the end... Maybe you actually weren't
all that great in your prime, either?
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Fine.
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Then, Araragi-senpai...
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"It was a mistake for me to choose someone
as insignificant as Hanekawa.
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Ougi, you're the only partner for me.
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I love you, Ougi, more than Hanekawa."
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If you say that, I'll tell you.
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The truth about all of this.
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Wha—
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What's the matter?
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There's no need to hesitate, right?
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Because, if you can figure that out,
Oikura-senpai is sure to be...
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...elated by all of this.
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Now's the time for you
to repay Oikura-senpai for everything, isn't it?
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Or in the end, despite what you may say...
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Do you prioritize Hanekawa-senpai's breasts?
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HANEKAWA MAY ACCEPT
HER DEFEAT BY OUGI
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AND BE FORCED TO ADMIT IT.
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I DON'T WANT HANEKAWA
TO ADMIT DEFEAT.
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Stop that. Araragi,
don't say anything of that sort.
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Even if it's a lie, even if it's for me,
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I don't want you to say
anything like that, Araragi.
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B-But, Hanekawa...
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Of course, I won't say that, either.
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No matter how many times it takes,
I'll keep stealing you away, Araragi.
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Ougi. Give me ten seconds.
I'll prove it...
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That Araragi, by choosing me...
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...made the correct choice.
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Ten.
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Nine.
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Eight.
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Seven.
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Six.
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Five.
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Four.
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Three.
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HANEKAWA THINKS.
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Two.
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HANEKAWA THINKS.
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One.
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HANEKAWA THINKS.
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- Ze—
- You don't have to say zero.
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I win.
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OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
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I win.
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But this...
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You...
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Was something like this
really your first thought?
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Without careful review?
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Just by listening to bits and pieces
of our stories?
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And the very first thought you had
was of such a truth?
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Yes.
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That's how the idea began...
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I had a gut feeling and adjusted the reasoning
to fit the situation from there.
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What kind of thought process do you have?
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That's not sane. To think
that was your first thought...
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But in the end, you came
to the same conclusion, didn't you?
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Then I don't see
how you can say that to me.
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Besides, the one furthest from being sane...
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...is Oikura-senpai.
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She is first and foremost
the one acting out of her mind.
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—WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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Araragi... It's no good.
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We absolutely cannot tell this to Oikura.
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Araragi... Earlier, you seemed determined
to tell her the truth, no matter what it was.
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But after hearing this,
I think you'll change your mind.
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Change my mind?
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You shouldn't do that, Hanekawa-senpai.
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Don't go easy on the fool.
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You need to make him think for himself,
even for a little bit.
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Otherwise, Araragi-senpai
will forever remain the fool.
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NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME PASSED
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You have to make Araragi-senpai
reach this conclusion, too...
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To come up with the truth behind it
that makes you nauseous just thinking about it.
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The worst truth
I can think of would be...
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Hint 1:
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Oikura-senpai's mother is already deceased.
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She's dead. That means...
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Let's see. Oikura's mother
was killed by Oikura's father...
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And the strange disappearance
that resembles being spirited away
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happened as a result of that...
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That's not it at all.
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You're a kind person, Araragi-senpai.
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The worst truth you can possibly imagine
is something that lukewarm?
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Then, Hanekawa-senpai,
please give him the second hint.
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M-Me?
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Hint 2:
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Araragi, back when
you were in middle school,
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you mistook Oikura's house
to be ruined.
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Oikura made a similar mistake
about her mother,
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and still does to this day.
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So her mother was murdered,
Oikura was the murderer,
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and she isn't aware of any of it,
or something?
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Hint 3:
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Disappearing from a locked room
isn't necessarily escaping from that room.
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In other words, Oikura unlocked
the door and went in,
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but her mother, who was still in the room,
snuck out behind Oikura's back and left the house?
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What reason would there be to do that?
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Hint 4:
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Araragi, if her mother is already deceased,
why can't we find her corpse?
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Why is Oikura's mother still treated
as a missing person?
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MISSING PERSON REPORT
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Hint 5:
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This time, I only
heard everything secondhand...
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But Araragi-senpai,
even if you had chosen me as your partner,
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based on Oikura-senpai's stories,
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I wouldn't have been able to determine
the exact details for "that."
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Now what is...
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..."that"?
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Hint 6:
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Oikura's previous house couldn't be cleaned,
as it was filled with garbage.
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Hint 7:
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Her mother suddenly disappeared one day.
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Suddenly. One day.
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Suddenly. On that day.
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Then, what about the day before that?
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Hint 8:
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Because of the family's breakup,
Oikura's mother had a very weak heart.
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To the point where she cooped herself up
in her room and lost the will to live.
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Hint 9:
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Oikura-senpai had been
taking care of her mother,
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but, over time, the mother
supposedly stopped eating completely.
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Now, the word "completely" here...
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COMPLETELY
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Araragi-senpai, you probably thought,
"You say that, but she must've eaten a little, right?"
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or some milder interpretation
of your own, didn't you?
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Hint 10:
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Oikura also said that her mother,
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from a certain day, wouldn't reply
even when she talked to her, right?
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Hint 11:
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And that she stopped moving
from the corner of her room.
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Hint 12:
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NOT EATING,
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Not eating.
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NOT LISTENING,
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Not listening.
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NOT SPEAKING,
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Not speaking.
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NOT MOVING.
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And not moving.
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Do you think someone
is even alive at that point?
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Hint 13:
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Can a middle schooler
really take care of a parent
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who's cooped up in their room
for years on end?
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I mean, aside from
taking care of a corpse.
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Hint 14:
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How long will a human corpse keep its shape?
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Hint 15:
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Hint 16:
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Hint 17:
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Hint 18:
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Hint 19:
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Hint 20:
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Hint 21:
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Hint 22:
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Hint 23:
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Hint 24:
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Hint 25:
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Hint 26:
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Hint 27:
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Hint 28:
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Hint 29:
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I get it already!
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Basically, Oikura, for almost two whole years,
took care of her mother's corpse, right?
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Until the corpse fully deteriorated
and disappeared without a trace,
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she didn't even notice!
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*Yeah... That's right.*
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*In the class assembly two years ago,
I overlooked the truth.*
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ABOUT OIKURA'S TRAGEDY/INSANITY
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*I also overlooked it
at the ruined house five years ago.*
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I
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*I still can't remember anything about
the childhood friend from six years ago.*
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*Since that's the case,
I can't run from this here.*
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MUST CONFRONT IT FACE ON.
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*I can't just avoid things here.*
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Good answer.
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It wasn't the fact that
Oikura-senpai's mother suddenly disappeared.
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She slowly starved herself to death
by choosing to not eat.
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And, after that, she slowly decomposed.
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When her original form decomposed
and melted away to where it was unrecognizable,
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Oikura-senpai must've had the thought,
"My mother has gone somewhere."
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It was just like water evaporating.
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"I despise water that thinks
it boiled itself on its own," was it?
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Yes, but her mother, if I may say so,
boiled herself on her own.
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Water...
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In other words, Oikura-senpai's mother
essentially evaporated.
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Her mother never left the room.
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She didn't disappear in a puff of smoke.
She disappeared like water.
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But humans don't consist only of water.
What happened to the rest?
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It must've been that when they took the garbage
from the house, she was taken along with it.
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So... In other words, this means
it was suicide by starvation?
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Now, we don't know that.
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Even though she lost the will to live,
I think it's different from suicide.
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Losing the will to live and wishing to die
are different things to the human heart.
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What do you think, Hanekawa-senpai?
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I only wish for Oikura
to not find out about this,
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and to never find out
for as long as she lives.
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But, well, I'm sure she feels
a bit strange about all of this.
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Something is off, she feels like
she's avoiding something...
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She has the feeling that
she's pretending not to notice something.
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I'm sure she's been feeling that way
for the past three years.
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And she will for the rest of her life.
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No, that ends today.
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I'll tell her. I'll be the one to tell her.
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I'm going back to Oikura's room right now
to tell her everything.
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It's about time for the guy from town hall
to be leaving her place, right?
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I'll go by myself.
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It'd be great if you two could wait here.
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A-Araragi... Are you serious?
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I'm serious. I said so earlier, right?
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That until now, I've always looked at Oikura
and pretended not to see.
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This has gone on for over six years.
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Just like how she couldn't look
straight at her mother's death,
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I couldn't look straight at her.
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That's why I can no longer overlook Oikura.
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I don't know what will happen
as a result, Araragi-senpai.
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Oikura-senpai might
hate you more than ever.
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She can't hate me more
than she does now, so it's all right.
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Even if she did, if she can love herself
as a result of her hating me,
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well, I guess that'd be a bit better.
**[14:10] ---**
*As her senior on this path,
even though I'm only slightly ahead of her,*
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*I'm going to teach her
how to become happy.*
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*That said, the student is Oikura,
who is the epitome of a distinguished student.*
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*Even concerning happiness,
after learning some tips,*
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*she's sure to pass me in no time.*
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*But happiness isn't a race.*
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*If she passes me,
I just need to learn from her in return.*
**[14:38] ---**
*That's how we learn, teach,
and take each other to a higher place.*
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*Let's hold a study session.*
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*Even though our foolishness is endless...*
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*We can become wiser together.*
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*We should become happy properly.*
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Araragi-senpai...
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Are you going to repay
kindness with ingratitude?
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*Even if it's ingratitude, I'm really glad
I have something I can repay Oikura with.*
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OWARIMONOGATARI
SODACHI LOST
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*What you'd call an epilogue...
Or the punchline for this episode.*
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*The next day, my two little sisters, Karen and Tsukihi,
woke me up, and I headed to school.*
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*At that time, I asked my two little sisters
if they remember a child*
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*that was under protective custody
in this house back in grade school.*
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*Neither of them
remembered such a thing.*
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*In the end, Oikura won't be coming to school...*
**[15:36] ---**
*Even if I went to school today,
I'd never be able to see Oikura.*
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*The promise we made
ended up being discarded,*
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*but that was something
that was completely unavoidable.*
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The guy from town hall just told me that my aid
will be roughly half of what it is now.
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So, apparently, I can't live here anymore.
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That said, I'll be all right.
**[15:57] ---**
He said they already found
a slightly smaller municipal condo for me.
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So, I'll end up having to move again.
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I'll be transferring out
of Naoetsu High School as well.
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*She was surprisingly calm about all of this.*
**[16:11] ---**
*When I see her alone,
when I talk to her alone, Oikura is like this.*
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*Just like the summer break back in 7th grade.*
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*Oikura accepted the theory about her mother
so easily it threw me off.*
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I see... That must be how it is.
**[16:34] ---**
I knew that I'd have to
leave this town pretty soon...
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But you know, that was when I found out
Tetsujo would be taking time off.
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So, that's why I went to school.
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I felt like something might be there,
that something might change.
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And then...
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*After that, I spoke a bit with Oikura,
then headed back home.*
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*I didn't end up doing anything else.*
**[17:00] ---**
*And so, I'm not worried about
bumping into Oikura in my classroom today*
**[17:05] ---**
*and am heading to school...*
**[17:07] ---**
Hi, Araragi-senpai.
**[17:11] ---**
Don't you "Hi" me...
**[17:13] ---**
Hey, Ougi, why did you
head home yesterday?
**[17:16] ---**
I told you to wait for me.
**[17:18] ---**
Hanekawa-senpai said
we should go home.
**[17:21] ---**
Why would Hanekawa say that?
**[17:23] ---**
She was saying it in a positive way.
**[17:25] ---**
Kind of like,
"Let's leave them alone."
**[17:28] ---**
No, don't say it was "in a positive way."
**[17:31] ---**
How surprised do you think I was
when I saw you guys weren't in that courtyard?
**[17:36] ---**
About yesterday...
That was a loss for me.
**[17:39] ---**
I'm terribly sorry.
I had underestimated you, to be honest.
**[17:43] ---**
I was completely under the impression
that you'd turn tail and run...
**[17:47] ---**
At the very end, you showed me
some unexpected gusto.
**[17:51] ---**
Somehow, it all feels a bit strange.
**[17:54] ---**
As soon as you transfer to this school,
Tetsujo went on maternity leave...
**[17:57] ---**
Oikura comes to school...
**[17:59] ---**
And as I was processing that,
she transfers away.
**[18:02] ---**
Things that were at a standstill,
things that were avoided,
**[18:05] ---**
as if they were suddenly remembered,
felt as though they suddenly started moving along.
**[18:10] ---**
Oh, so Oikura-senpai is transferring
to another school?
**[18:13] ---**
I didn't know that.
**[18:15] ---**
She was well cast, too.
**[18:18] ---**
But really, I hope she can do well
wherever she transfers to.
**[18:22] ---**
I'm sure she'll succeed if she's in
a new place where nobody knows her.
**[18:26] ---**
Because of Araragi-senpai.
**[18:28] ---**
Thanks to you.
**[18:34] ---**
Ougi, what are you doing in a place like this?
**[18:39] ---**
Is your home nearby?
**[18:40] ---**
I've been looking for a lost child.
**[18:43] ---**
That was my original starting point.
**[18:47] ---**
I'll chalk this one up as my loss...
**[18:49] ---**
But, at the least,
if I was allowed to be a sore loser...
**[18:53] ---**
The first move was just something
to watch how things unfolded.
**[18:56] ---**
The objective of seeing how you behave
with your childhood friends has been met.
**[19:02] ---**
So, as far as balance goes,
I think it was perfect for me to lose here.
**[19:06] ---**
Please be careful, Araragi-senpai.
**[19:09] ---**
It might not go this well next time.
**[19:12] ---**
No one knows what the future holds,
**[19:14] ---**
because it's as dark
as the streets at night.
**[19:18] ---**
I see... That's a shame.
**[19:21] ---**
I thought I'd be able
to get along with Oikura.
**[19:25] ---**
But I guess we should celebrate
Oikura's new start in life for now.
**[19:30] ---**
That's true.
Ougi said something like that as well.
**[19:35] ---**
Araragi, I have to go request
a leave of absence,
**[19:39] ---**
so can you head
to the classroom without me?
**[19:41] ---**
Oh, sure...
**[19:43] ---**
Wait, request for a leave of absence?
**[19:44] ---**
What? You're going to
quit Naoetsu High as well?
**[19:47] ---**
No, time off. A leave of absence.
**[19:50] ---**
You know how I'm planning to take a trip
and wander around after we graduate, right?
**[19:55] ---**
I thought I'd go scout locations first,
**[19:58] ---**
so I'm going to take a quick trip
around the world.
**[20:00] ---**
I'll be gone about a month,
so I'll leave things to you.
**[20:04] ---**
If I see Oshino somewhere during this trip,
I'll reach out to him for you.
**[20:08] ---**
Then, if you see Oshino somewhere,
tell him I've met his niece.
**[20:14] ---**
Yeah. Well, I'll be sure to tell him that.
***SIGN*** NO SUBJECT / *MARK AS UNREAD TO KOYOKOYO, I REALLY HAD BROKEN A BONE ON MY FINGER SO I'LL HEAD TO SCHOOL TODAY AFTER GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.
**[20:27] ---**
Why does this look like an old telegraph?
**[20:30] ---**
TO YOKOYOKO
**[20:31] ---**
Side-side (yoko-yoko)?
***SIGN*** TO YOKOYOKO OIKURA CAME TO APOLOGIZE THIS MORNING. I FORGAVE HER. I'M ALL RIGHT NOW (THOUGH I HAVE A BROKEN BONE)
**[20:38] ---**
*Apparently Oikura had kept her promise
to make up with Senjyogahara.*
**[20:44] ---**
*I'm glad.*
**[20:46] ---**
*I should show Hanekawa this text
before she leaves for her trip.*
***SIGN*** KOYOKOYO, I'M SORRY TO MAKE YOU WORRY SO MUCH. I'LL GIVE YOU LOTS OF FRENCH KISSES ON OUR NEXT DATE, SO FORGIVE ME I'M ADDICTED TO YOUR FRENCH KISSES
**[20:55] ---**
These texts are turning into something
I can't show anyone!
***SIGN*** A MESSAGE FROM OIKURA. SHE SAID "UNDER THE DESK." FROM YOUR LEFT
**[21:02] ---**
FROM YOUR LEFT
**[21:05] ---**
*"From your left"?
What kind of a greeting is that?*
**[21:11] ---**
*Back in the day,
during summer break five years ago.*
**[21:14] ---**
*Hadn't I had found a similar envelope
underneath a tea table in a ruined house?*
**[21:20] ---**
*However, that envelope was empty.*
**[21:23] ---**
*From how it felt, I could tell
that this time around, there was paper inside.*
**[21:28] ---**
*The envelope didn't have a sender or a recipient
on either the front or the back.*
**[21:32] ---**
*However, it was obvious
who had taped this to my desk.*
**[21:38] ---**
*Sodachi Oikura.
She'd kept all of her promises.*
**[21:44] ---**
*Suddenly disappearing without warning...*
**[21:46] ---**
*Oikura, for now, has become a girl
who wouldn't do that.*
**[21:52] ---**
*It was a small change,
but it was still a change for her.*
**[21:55] ---**
*That made me happy,*
**[21:57] ---**
*but I felt like she'd gone ahead of me,
which left me feeling a bit lonely.*
**[22:01] ---**
*Here, I felt I should show
that I've grown up as well,*
**[22:05] ---**
*so I didn't rip and tear into it
like I did five years ago.*
**[22:08] ---**
*I opened the envelope
as carefully as possible*
**[22:10] ---**
*and pulled out multiple sheets
of paper from within.*
**[22:14] ---**
*Now, are the contents of the letter
a mathematics quiz?*
**[22:18] ---**
*A letter of thanks she's unlikely to write?*
**[22:21] ---**
*Or will it be a message insulting me?*
**[22:23] ---**
*It's possible it'll be all of the above...*
**[22:26] ---**
*Now, let's see.*
**[22:32] ---**
*I couldn't help but smile.*
**[22:35] ---**
*Hey, what do you think was written?*