The Lost Village (迷家)

Masaki-san!

Never mind me! I'm fine!

Just go, Mitsumune-kun!

I can't do that!

Hurry!

But I really am fine...

I mean...

Mitsumune, you wanted this, right?

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You're a guy and you want a stuffed animal? Weirdo!

You're a girl!

I'm not a girl!

Girly penguin! Take that!

Stop, you're hurting him.

Stop that.

What am I to do with you, Tokimune?

Go on, say sorry to Mitsumune and the penguin.

What?

Go on.

Sorry.

Okay, good boy.

You're such an unruly boy, Tokimune.

Completely unlike the obedient Mitsumune.

Thank you

Thank you

Hey, Mitsumune!

Let's go explore over there!

Sorry, I need to feed Penguin right now.

Aw, c'mon.

No!

Gimme that!

There.

Stop, Tokimune.

Mom said we can't climb up there.

You may be too klutzy for this, but I'll be fine!

Mom!

Tokimune's...

What're you doing, Tokimune?!

Mitsumune-kun!

I'm sorry, Mitsumune-kun...

I'm so sorry.

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I'm sorry, Tokimune.

I'm so sorry...

Sorry.

So sorry...

Sakai-san, your family's here.

Mitsuko...

I've sent Tokimune off.

Mom...

Mom!

Oh, Tokimune. You bad boy.

What?

Mitsuko!

You can't just up and vanish like that.

Tokimune, say sorry.

Come on, Tokimune.

Calm down!

That's not Tokimune! It's Mitsumu—

Sorry.

Okay, good boy.

You're a good boy, Tokimune.

Am I...

Am I not Mitsumune?

Huh?

Mitsumune-kun, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

I don't hurt anywhere.

Oh, was I unconscious?

No, that's not why I'm asking.

Huh?

You've been crying.

Masaki-chan? A ghost?

You've got to be kidding!

Are you serious?

Well, but if all this is because of a ghost, it's a pretty convincing argument.

Think about that monster everyone said they saw.

What monster?

Mikage-san! You're okay!

Tell me. What monster are you talking about?

What, are you messing with us?

Monsters are monsters, y'know?

Sure, you're all calling it that...

But what did it look like?

Even people who didn't see it must've heard it.

Be more specific!

Even though we all saw and heard different things, we never really talked about it.

Why?

That's because...

No one wanted to talk about it.

Everyone was resistant to the very idea.

Maimai, you called the monster you saw a "giant Mitsumune," didn't you?

Do you know why it looked like that?

That's...

We never really asked one another about this,

but I think those monsters

are made of our mental hangups.

A substitute?

At first, they said it was to keep Mom stable,

and started calling me Tokimune, just at home.

But...

Tokimune!

You're late!

I'm sorry, Ma'am.

There was a bit of a traffic jam...

How can I let such a disorganized place take care of Tokimune?!

Huh? Tokimune?

He's not Tokimune.

He's Micchan.

What are you saying?!

Please calm down, Ma'am!

What're you going to do once he enters elementary school?

We have a good relationship with the principal in this school district.

I'll try talking to him to see if he'll let Mitsumune attend as Tokimune.

I'm really sorry, Mitsumune.

It's just for elementary school...

until Mom gets better.

Okay.

But even after entering junior high...

Tokimune, the meat and potatoes is done.

Have a taste.

What's wrong, Tokimune?

Nothing...

Here, open.

It's hot!

I'm really sorry.

Can I ask you to keep this up for three more years until high school?

Sure.

I was expecting it, anyway.

I'm sorry, Tokimune.

I mean, Mitsumune.

It's okay.

That's horrible!

Dad had been a teacher for a really long time,

so he climbed up the ranks on the school board.

And at some point, I just became Tokimune.

So when you said you liked my name,

it made me happy.

It made me really happy.

That's why I joined the tour, you see.

I'm not Tokimune.

I wanted to live in a place full of unfamiliar people, as Mitsumune.

That's why I joined the tour.

As Mitsumune...

Let's go.

Go where?

How strange...

No, it's nothing.

You're strange, too, Mitsumune-kun.

You heard that?

Being with you somehow fills me with courage.

I mean, you're so warm and gentle...

So are you, Masaki-san.

It's pitch dark.

If you want to go back to your old life,

you first have to go through this tunnel.

My old life?

I can go back if I go through this tunnel?

No, you can't.

If you really want to go back, you have to face and fight yourself.

There it is again!

Masaki-san, run!

I'll go on ahead.

Mitsumune-kun, you have warm hands like no one else...

and a warm, caring personality like no one else.

Have faith in yourself.

I'm sure everyone will accept you as you are!

Masaki-san?

Tokimune...

Tokimune...

Mitsumune, you wanted this, right?

That's right...

I'm Mitsumune!

Masaki-san, I'm sorry!

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So Masaki, a ghost, is bringing those monsters here in droves?

Yeah.

Based on the lyrics,

Masaki died here and became a ghost.

And now she's trying to take everyone with her.

That's a reasonable conclusion to draw, isn't it?

Maybe...

But...

So the stuff we can't even bring ourselves to talk about...

The things we want to forget, distance ourselves from, and kill...

They're going to show up before us again?!

Well, if she's a ghost,

she might be good at psychological attacks and stuff.

Not that I would know.

But maybe now there's hope.

If we were up against actual monsters,

we would be helpless.

But it's just a dead girl.

If she used to be a living, breathing human being,

we should be able to take her out, right?

Huh?! Ghosts and monsters aren't all that different!

There's no way!

Yeah, but monsters are big.