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Prologue

Douse hikisakareru nara
No matter how much you tear it

Shin wo hikisakareru hou ga haruka ni matsu da to omotta.
The body is not something easily torn, I thought.

Shinjiteta
I had believed

… Iya, Shinjiteru
… No, I still believe

Ima kono shunkan datta, shinjiteru.
Even until this very moment I believe.

Demo... usu-usu wa kizuiteru.
But... little by little I've noticed

Shinjitai no wa, mitometakunai dake dakara da.
It was because I wanted to believe that I didn't realize it

Jibun ni iikikaseru youna
As if I was persuading myself

Sonna namidagoe ga... mou tamaranaku bakabaka shikute...
That crying voice... it was so foolish...

Saranaru namida ga... kao wo motto gushagusha ni suru
Even so, tears dampened my face.

Kikaiteki ni kurikaesareteita sore ha youyaku osamari, totemo shizuka ni natta
I repeated the action mechanically. When I finally stopped, everything became silent.

Higurashi no koe dakega... iya ni sawagashii
Just the voices of the Higurashi... so noisy

Nanoni...
I mean...

… Kanojo no sore ha mada kikoeru ki ga suru.
… I thought I could still hear her.

… Kikoeru hazu wa nai
… There was no way I could hear her.

Kanojo wa mou, iu no wo yameteiru no dakara
After all, she had already stopped speaking.

Naiteiru no wa ore dakedatta
There was just me, crying

Kanojo wa naki mo shinakatta
She hadn't cried.

Kanojo ga sore wo kurikaeshi kuchi ni shiteita toki mo, hyoujyou dokoro ka kanjou mo nakatta
She had been repeating something, but now her face showed no expression, no emotion

Kanojo ni, ore no tame ni nagasu namida ga nai no nara, ore ni datte.
On her face there were no tears running for me... not for me

Kanojora no tame ni nagasu namida ha iranai hazu nanoda.
There was no reason to weep for them, either.

Sorenanoni... itami, me wo urumaseteshimau no wa... doushite?
Still... my eyes ache and are wet... Why?

Soredemo hikisakareteinaito... shinjiteitai kara
Despite everything, I wanted to believe it couldn't be torn

Mou jyuubun daro?
'Was that... enough?'

Uchi naru, mou hitori no jibun ga yasashiku katari kakeru...
In my home, alone, I spoke to myself softly...

Ore wa mou jyuubun ni kokoro wo itametasa
I had already pained my heart enough

… Soshite nandomo, sono itamu kokoro wo suterubeki ka douka mayottanda
… But, somewhere along the way I had lost that pained heart... or abandoned it

Dakedo ore wa... katakuna ni, suteru koto wo kobandan janaika
But I... in my stubbornness couldn't reject that which I'd abandoned

Sutereba... motto kokoro ga raku ni nareru
Abandoned, my heart was comforted

Sore wo shiri nagara mo, ore wa shinjiru koto wo erandanjanai ka
I knew that... or maybe it was something I chose to believe

Sono tsurakatta kurou wa, kitto ore ni shika wakaranaishi, ore ni shika negiraenai
Those painful hardships I passed through... No one would know but me, there would be no reward for me

Naa Ore.
So, I've...

Ore wa jyuubun ni ganbatta.
I've already done enough. Done my best...

Ore ga sore wo mitometeyaru
I realized that.

Dakara
So then...

Mou raku ni natte mo iinjanai ka...?
It's alright for me to be at peace, right?

Soreni... suterunjanai
Even so... I didn't abandon it

Kanojo to isshoni, oiteikunda.
Together with her, left behind

Hana wo temukeru youni.
Flowers left in tribute

Saa
So then...

Kokoro wo ochitsuiketa
I calmed my heart

Mou migiude ga tsukareteiru darou kedo
My right arm was really tired

Ganbatte furiageyou
I did my best to raise it over my head

Hitotsu furu tabi ni wasurerunda
I had forgotten how many times I had already raised it

Shinsetsu ga, ureshikatta.
I was happy for your kindness.

Airashii egao ga ureshikatta
I was happy for your beautiful smiling faces.

Atama wo naderu no ga, suki datta.
I liked it when you patted my head.

Sonna kimi ga hanikamu no ga, sukidatta
I liked the shy way you acted

Kore de saigo dakara.
This is the end.

Kore wo furioroseba wasurete shimau no dakara.
I've forgotten how to swing this thing, after all.

Kimi ni okoru... ore kara no
I'll send you...

Saishou de saigo no hanataba
The first and last banquet.

Hyotto suru to... ore wa kimi no koto ga
Perhaps... the thing I felt for you...

… Sukidatta
... was love.