Kiznaiver (キズナイーバー)

The girl was always alone,

for as long as she could remember.

But then, one day...

Huh?

Congratulations, Nori-chan.

Huh?

You're going to be able to connect with those kids.

Connect...

...the girl was no longer alone.

They were always together...

When they played, when they ate, when they slept,

and when they felt pain.

The one today hurt a bit.

Right?

Yeah, it totally did.

The more they felt pain, the stronger their bond felt to her.

And then she made a trite little wish...

That these days would continue forever.

You tried to jump off to rattle the mayor?

That's going too far.

I thought I'd be able to see it.

If I did the same thing I did that day...

If I could see what I saw on that day,

I thought I'd find the answer I need...

So, did you see it?

Yes.

We Have To Contact Each Other And Confirm Our Feelings. Because We're Friends!

KIZNAIVER

Can you get home?

Is there nothing that can be done for them?

There's a possibility. However...

Never mind. As soon as Nori-chan wakes up, I'll tell her you all came to visit.

Um...

May I come here again?

Of course.

Subject: The thing that happened today There was a train running under our school. Nico is in the train now. Hey, hey! And then, Nico felt really bad for Katsuhira-kun's friends.

What are you doing, Nico-san?

Nico thought she'd tell everyone what we saw today.

Nico also felt really bad for Sonozaki-san. And then, Katsuhira-kun's friends...

Hey, Katsuhira-kun. Your friends from earlier, what were they like before?

I'm not sure...

What? You have to remember!

Remember!

Remember!

Nico-san, you should stop.

I'm sure Katsuhira-kun is pretty tired.

No!

We have to share information!

Because we're not connected by the Kizna System anymore!

We're not connected... by the system...

Yeah!

And if we still want to connect, we can't just keep waiting.

We each have to try to connect on our own!

I see...

Katsuhira-kun...

Sorry.

I want to try to remember some things right now...

Or rather, I want to think about a lot of things.

Eh?

Huh? Have you already started thinking?

Hey, Katsuhira-kun...

Hello? Hi, hi?

Katsuhira-kun wants to say a lot, but is apparently still thinking, so please wait a little longer. When that happens, let's all get together.

What did I

look like when I was smiling?

And I thought I was close to remembering what I was really like...

It only happened a little while ago, but I'm having trouble remembering it.

Thinking time: start!

The first to buzz gets to answer.

If you know the answer, press the buzzer.

Horyuji Temple!

Correct.

Chidori...

Kacchon 1 New Voicemail

Kacchon 1 Missed Call

Niyama Nico 1 New Email Message

Can I talk to you for a sec?

So, I was thinking about a lot of things,

but I'm not sure if I'm right...

Could I check my answers with you?

This whole time, I really didn't care about pain.

And yet, whenever bullies would hit me,

you would always defend me...

Honestly, I didn't really care

about that, either.

Today, I met them...

My old friends.

They showed no emotions... They were more like dolls.

Then I wondered...

if that's how I've

looked to you this whole time.

When I stood in front of those friends,

it felt like my stomach was being pushed upward really hard...

The backs of my eyes were burning, and I couldn't help but scream.

Then I wondered if that's what it felt like to be sad...

And then...

I finally figured out that you were trying to protect me

from having those kinds of feelings.

Am I right about that?

I'm sorry that I never understood anything.

Thank you for protecting me and helping me

all this time.

You doofus!

You major doofus!

If you apologize to me like that...

It's just like you're rejecting me!

Could you just come out and reject me?

Are you saying that if I properly reject you,

it'll make me feel better?

I don't understand that reasoning at all.

Because... After all,

that feeling isn't mine!

All I was thinking about... was myself.

That was brilliant.

I thought I put quite a bit of thought into it...

But maybe I was still wrong.

Correct

I think I understand now.

The reason why we were able to feel your pain,

even though it was supposed to be inside Sonozaki-san.

I think it's because you were thinking, somewhere inside you,

that you wanted to actually feel pain.

If you think about wounds, they can start hurting, like old wounds...

So maybe your feelings...

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

What's that?

I heard it's a good idea to play

ambient music in the background when you're trying to think.

Buzz...

Splash, splash, splash...

Thanks.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

There's no more time.

At this rate, we'll have to take drastic measures.

Drastic measures?

This is all for Nori-chan's sake.

If the world finds out about that facility,

Nori-chan and those kids will be on display to the world.

Now that many of our sponsors have withdrawn,

there's no way we can continue the experiment.

Be sure to make Nori-chan understand while the wounds are still few, all right?

The mayor might be right.

We can't hurt Nori-chan any more. In that case...

Just as Nori-chan was still a kid when we first met her,

we were still kids as researchers, too.

And we were responsible

for giving Nori-chan and the other kids more pain than they could bear.

We have to make up for that.

Now that those kids are completely apathetic,

the only way we can atone for our sins is to grant all of Nori-chan's wishes.

Yaamada...

KIZNAIVER

Yamada!!!

There are so many of you absent, including Yamada-sensei.

It's not even influenza season.

Let's all be careful.

I've arrived late. I'm very sorry.

Yes, yes, you're tardy.

Um, your name is...

Nori-chan.

Nori-chan?

Um... Could we talk?

That's fine.

Okay, so you're not tardy, but leaving early.

You can do it!

I saw Asuka and the others.

I see.

Also, Urushii-san told us a lot about you, Nori-chan.

So, I've been thinking a lot...

And I figured it out.

I know why you told me to get my pain back.

And what was your conclusion?

You must have wanted me to help you, right?

You are wrong.

I don't think I am.