Omukae Death

We're from the Rakugo Research Club.

Thank you very much.

Huh... no one is coming.

I wonder if we could have showed the fun of this more...

There's no point in gathering people who aren't interested.

Yes, but...

Excuse me...

Welcome, welcome. Are you interested in joining?

I quite like the outer space... Thought I'll just listen to you for a while.

- Do you have any interest in the streamlined shape? - Eh?

For the streamlined shape, if it's solid, then it's the nose cone.

If it's hollow, then it is the nose fairing. Those are the two types.

Other than being able to understand the differences between these two types,

we are looking for people who can also

process the fiber and resin.

How about that?

I am not interested.

Then, do you know the instrument mounted on the Avionics rocket?

We are the ones who invented SAB, the instrument inside.

It records data of the acceleration, rotation and geomagnetism

at 1 kHz. The size is...

What?

Um... I like rockets very much.

Oh, that's great!

It's my dream to release an artificial satellite in the future.

Unfortunately, no one from this school has ever entered JAXA.

The possibility of your dream coming true is extremely low.

Eh... then why this Rocket Interests Group...

It's a hobby. You mentioned about releasing an artificial satellite,

but a satellite isn't meant to be released; you place it in orbit instead.

Excuse me.

What?

How nice. The other clubs seem to be having fun.

Ah. There's a club over there which seems to be similar to ours.

Rocket is about science.

It's totally different from a club that loves things which cannot be proven by science.

Yes, yes.

Hey. That girl.

I'll speak this time.

Welcome. Shall we go to the world of dreams and romance together?

You're Tsutsumi Madoka, right?

Yes.

Eh? You're not a candidate for the club?

- I'm talking to this person. - Yes.

Can I say just one thing?

What is it?

Your society's window is open.

- Thank you. - Is this reaction fine?

Bye.

I went and said it.

But "society's window"... we wouldn't say that at our age.

Huh? Oh well, it's fine.

Come on. Let's go.

- Who was that? - I have no idea.

That girl was quite cute...

Hello.

Eh?

Tonight... I got it.

She's still young. What a pity.

- It was an accident. - Yes.

Hey, Tsutsumi.

It's been a while since high school graduation.

Well.

You were in Astronomy Club with her, right?

Yes.

What kind of girl was she?

What kind...

I wonder.

As usual, your reactions are as light as ever.

You're just messing around in that outfit!

Can't be helped since it was an order!

- Shut up! - You stubborn old man!

Unfortunately, that's my saving grace!

Ah! Hey, wait up...

- Eh! - What is it with that guy! Jeez.

What?

Could it be that you can see me?

Well.

Are you serious!

Ah. Wait wait wait...!

I said "wait"!

Finally...

Ah... I'm not someone suspicious.

I beg your pardon, but your situation

is something which can be considered as very suspicious.

Eh.

Did I scare you?

An object passes through another. Not once, but twice...

- Impossible at the molecular level. - Impossible? Didn't you just see it?

What is visible may not be everything.

- Creepy. - Let's go.

- Again... - What happened to that old man?

- Well, he escaped... - You klutz...

We have to find new human resources.

I just found someone suitable.

What? This person...

Seems to be able to see us.

Eh? Really? Hooray!

Yay!!

In other words, help us with our work.

Us?

Grim reaper.

- Gr... - The grim reapers.

You've heard of them before, right?

I judge this to be an effect of a momentary ailment in my brain. A hallucinaton.

Wait... Wait up!

- Isn't it bad to decide that we're a hallucination? - The human retina is about 10 million pixels.

The brain corrects whatever that could not be captured.

Which is to say, a hallucination is the result of the discrepancy

when the information captured by the retina is collated and rebuilt...

In the mesolimbic system,

hyperactivity of the dopamine function of the neurotransmitter...

- leads to hallucinations... - Again?

Is that kid chanting?

Elder brother is murmuring to himself while going to his room.

What will he do if an intruder comes...

What's important is the content that he is murmuring.

Yes... Something about science.

- It's fine if it's about his studies. - Ah... indeed.

Is it?

Whatever happens, stay calm, observe and make a judgment.

Misconceptions should be avoided.

Oh...

Alright! Back to normal.

- Ah! - Hmm?

There. Over there!

Howdy!

It's still impossible.

Enough with this. Accept the reality already.

- I do not. - What's with talking casually to someone older?

Whether the hallucinations are older or younger, it doesn't matter.

Alright.

You're Tsutsumi En?

It's Tsutsumi Madoka.

I'm Yuzuko. This is Nabeshima.

Howdy!

- Eh... You're a hard worker. - But you have no sex appeal.

If you don't dress up a bit more, you won't be popular with women.

A hallucination has no right to criticise a person.

For someone who keeps insisting that I'm a hallucination, you sure are talking a lot.

- En-chan~ - Stop calling me in that weird way.

Putting that aside, how about working part-time?

Part-time?

People who can see ghosts are valuable.

For work that brings the ghosts roaming on the living world to the afterworld.

Water. Water, water...

- This guy is an idiot! - This is really funny!

- A picturesque, normal family. - It's fine to be nonchalant, right?

Don't say that while you're in the strange outfit.

Eh. Is it really that strange?

Ah... No...

Don't touch anything as you please...

Shouldn't Bro go to the hospital?

Don't treat him as a patient, Sayaka.

Patient?

...Maybe.

- Dinner is ready. - I don't need it.

Eh... You ate already?

Ha ha ha...!

Before that ghost goes to the afterworld,

he wants to play pachinko once more, he said.

- Eh...? - Isn't that unreasonable?

What's that? A mundane problem? Can't be helped.

- Ah... - Next up, my turn.

Why am I dressed like this?

That's because the higher ups like it and gave the orders.

- Don't you want to hear? - No, I don't want to.

I see. You want to hear it. But it's a long story.

- That was 3 years ago. - Ah...

- On a stormy night... - Ah..!

- There was a little girl... - Ah..!

- Standing in the rain... - Ah..!!

You finally accepted it.

I accept the fact that I can see you all.

However, that is not evidence that you guys actually exist.

Are you talking about hallucinations again?

The question is why the phenomenon of being able to see things like grim reapers and ghosts has occurred.

Yes... If the feeling of wanting to meet a deceased is strong...

Seems like such a thing can occur.

Did someone around you pass away recently?

No, not really.

- Nabeshima! - Oh!

Ah...

You really came.

Of course, since Nabeshima called. I have no choice.

- Ah. - What is it?

This person can see too.

Which means this isn't a hallucination after all?

You're still talking about that.

By the way, you're the person from yesterday...

Oh, do you know her?

We're in the same university, so...

Eh! This girl is Aguma Sachi. Sacchan.

Akuma?

Aguma.

This is Tsutsumi Madoka. En-chan. We scouted him yesterday.

Why do you need a newbie when you already have me?

Right, if she's already here... there's no need for me.

Yo! Ta-dah!

Let me announce.