Beyond the Boundary (境界の彼方)

Suicide.

"The act of taking one's own life,"

is the definition you might find in a dictionary.

Personally, I think I'll get through life without ever attempting to commit suicide.

Not to uphold a moral standard,

but because of a much simpler reason...

which I'll tell you later!

There's a girl who's about to plunge to her death!

The navy blue ribbon of a new student flutters in the wind.

Here, the road forks and the story's plot must continue on one of two paths.

On one path, the protagonist becomes an active character

and helps move the story along.

On the other, the protagonist remains passive

and leaves the story to carry itself.

Normally, I would have remained a passive character,

but for whatever reason, I chose to take the former path!

E-Excuse me!

I'll leave out the exact words I chose at the moment, but...

Either way, someone who looks as good in glasses as you do...

just doesn't deserve to die!

I laid my feelings bare as I said something along those lines.

Then, I poured as much emotion as I could

into one, big finale.

In short, I love girls with glasses!

How unpleasant.

You—

I-I was too much for you.

Uh...

Say...

Do you think you could do something about this?

Pretty please?

What in the world are you?

I-I could ask you the same right now.

That's how I met Kuriyama Mirai.

If our story—if you could call it one—could've simply ended here,

then all the world's lore would've never come to be.

Could you put these glasses on?

Loneliness makes my cheeks wet

Loneliness makes my cheeks wet

kodoku ga hoho wo nurasu nurasu kedo

kodoku ga hoho wo nurasu nurasu kedo

But when the dawn emerges in silence

But when the dawn emerges in silence

yoake no kehai ga shizuka ni michite

yoake no kehai ga shizuka ni michite

And carries me up into the skies

And carries me up into the skies

watashi wo sora e maneku yo

watashi wo sora e maneku yo

Hope awaits on the other side

Hope awaits on the other side

kibou ga kanata de matteru

kibou ga kanata de matteru

So here I go

So here I go

sou da yo iku yo

sou da yo iku yo

I've been wandering, trying to find you

I've been wandering, trying to find you

mayoi nagara mo kimi wo sagasu tabi

mayoi nagara mo kimi wo sagasu tabi

We missed each other, but our hands touched

We missed each other, but our hands touched

surechigau ishiki te ga fureta yo ne

surechigau ishiki te ga fureta yo ne

I'll hold your hand tightly

I'll hold your hand tightly

tsukaemaeru yo shikkari

tsukaemaeru yo shikkari

Our mutual longing is

Our mutual longing is

motomeau kokoro

motomeau kokoro

The first step toward our dream

The first step toward our dream

sore wa yume no akashi

sore wa yume no akashi

We're drawn closer as we begin to accept each other

We're drawn closer as we begin to accept each other

tagai wo uketomeru tabi ni hikareteku

tagai wo uketomeru tabi ni hikareteku

We won't need to spend our days in sadness anymore

We won't need to spend our days in sadness anymore

kanashii hibi wa mou iranai

kanashii hibi wa mou iranai

Because we'll have a great time together

Because we'll have a great time together

tagai wo uketomete ikiru yorokobi ni

tagai wo uketomete ikiru yorokobi ni

That I'm sure the two of us will

That I'm sure the two of us will

kitto kitto futari

kitto kitto futari

Learn to appreciate

Learn to appreciate

mezameru yo

mezameru yo

What matters is that I've finally found you

What matters is that I've finally found you

mayoi nagara mo kimi wo mitsuketa yo

mayoi nagara mo kimi wo mitsuketa yo

Literary Club

A dismembered body, huh?

Carmine

Carmine

Carmine

You won't be able to draw the readers in

by simply making all of the murders extremely grotesque.

Then what type of murder should I go for?

We found the body torn to...

It was hardly in any

condition for us to work on.

...and I left the scene of

the crime.

We found the body torn to...

It was hardly in any

condition for us to work on.

...and I left the scene of

the crime.

I think that the murderer's actions and logic

are what makes it interesting for the reader.

I despise characters that go,

"Let's dismember him!" just for the sake of being "cool."

This okay?

Yes, that's fine.

Akihito, your friends in the Literary Club

put their hearts and souls into those scraps of paper.

It's rude to toy with them like that.

The way you said that makes me think you don't respect them one bit.

Keep Calm

And Drive On

Can you blame me?

You went up to our adviser and said,

"We'll hit Volume 150 with our next anthology."

Constantly Reading

Constantly Reading

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