The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View (劇場版「空の境界」第一章 俯瞰風景)

Turn off your cell phone!

Kara no Kyoukai

It's open.

Turn off your cell phone!

Good evening.

You look sleepy as usual, Shiki.

Here, put this in the fridge.

You should keep the door locked.

Man, you're careless.

I told you before, right?

You can come in without asking.

I told you before, right?

I can't do that.

I got strawberry today.

Oh, it melted?

I should've gotten an ice pack after all.

I don't like ice cream.

But it was hot today,

so I thought that even you might want something cold.

I thought it was a bit ordinary,

but that's all I could buy when I thought of your image.

What?

Strawberry.

It's Häagen-Dazs.

You didn't eat it the last time I bought it, did you?

Strawberry fits my image?

Like your leather jacket.

And strawberry belongs to the rose family.

It's surprising, right?

Everyone thinks that strawberries are cute, but it's a rose.

Yeah, it's just like you, Shiki.

I'm not going to eat it.

Huh?

At around 2:10 PM today,

a junior girl attending a municipal high school fell from the top of Fujyou Building #4.

She hit the ground and died shortly after.

This is the fourth girl to commit suicide at the Fujyou Building,

but as in previous cases, no suicide note was found at the scene.

The police is starting the investigation by trying to find out from her family and friends

if she had any anxieties or troubles.

Are you curious?

This is the fourth one.

It's about time...

...the public notices the similarity.

Similarity?

Yup, similarity.

Or should I say the common factor?

The girls who committed suicide were all from different schools and had no connection to each other.

They had no problems in their personal lives, and their families have no idea why they committed suicide.

It's obviously a case of them suddenly feeling uneasy about themselves and selfishly taking their own lives.

That's why they have no words to leave for others - and the cops aren't putting much weight on that fact.

Suicide note.

Exactly.

They should've picked a way that wouldn't bother anyone, if they were going to kill themselves.

It contradicts with the fact that they threw themselves off the building.

I see now.

If they have no attachment to the world,

they wouldn't even need to notify the world about their deaths.

Not leaving a suicide note means they have nothing to leave in this world and are willing to disappear with grace.

Ironically, this attracts attention and the situation itself is like a suicide note.

But they still jumped without leaving behind any last words.

So this means?

They didn't intend to die.

It's as if they went out shopping and were tragically killed in a traffic accident.

That's what Mikiya-kun said.

He did?

But he doesn't see why you'd jump off a building when you're just going out for shopping.

Geez.

When is he going to come back?

This is the fifth suicide at the Fujyou Building.

The girl who died is a junior at a municipal high school,

and like the previous cases, the scene shows no sign of any struggle or...

How long is this going to continue?

The suicides will end once eight people are dead.

There won't be any more for a while.

Huh?

Eight. I saw eight flying around.

You went to the Fujyou Building?

Yes.

That's interesting.

What is that place?

The Fujyou Buildings were built in the 1970's during the economic boom as a symbol of the city.

They were able to attract customers with their height and observation decks,

but they're just decrepit buildings now,

and the decision to demolish them was made a couple of years ago.

But the buildings weren't emptied out until only recently.

That's not important.

I don't know how to put it, but time is crooked there.

You could perhaps say that order is reversed?

People's memory, no, records.

The rate at which the records compile themselves is slower in that building.

So the records from when they were alive haven't been brought up to date yet.

As a result, their memories live on.

People don't just instantly turn into nothingness after they die, as long as people remember them.

Just like how smoke doesn't suddenly disappear when the fire goes out.

Say, Shiki.

What does a view from a high place remind you of?

The impulse you feel when you look down at the world you live in.

A violent cognition that attacks you even if you refuse it.

An emotion created by an overlooking view.

That's "far".

The scenery you see from a high place is magnificent.

Even an ordinary landscape looks beautiful.

But a vision that's too large creates a boundary between you and the world.

It's more correct for you to recognize the large world you see as the world you live in rather than as the small space around you.

But you can't feel that you're living in this big world no matter how hard you try.

Your reasoning, represented by your knowledge,

and your experience, represented by your realization, will crash against each other.

And eventually, you will lose yourself and confusion will begin.

And then...

Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends.

Our vision is protected by our common sense.

Humans cannot live outside their box...

...under normal circumstances.

We have more news.

It seems there has been another suicide at the Fujyou Building.

That's the sixth.

Two more, huh?

Is it all related?

To what?

No.

They didn't intend to die.

It's as if they went out shopping and were tragically killed in a traffic accident.

Geez.

When is he going to come back?

Kokutou!

Let's go.

He's always dreaming.

Always so honest.

That's why he can fly anywhere if he puts his mind to it.

I want him to take me.

Can you fly?

You...

...don't understand!

I see.

You got beaten up badly.

She literally beat your arm off.

It's your fault.

I didn't expect it to break that easily.

There's no problem if it's my fault.

What do you mean?

Nothing.

But it's only been a month since Asagami Fujino's case.

I wish you'd be more considerate about how you use your artificial arm.

I'll start with the next one.

That's commendable.

Hey, Shiki.

Dolls and artificial arms can be made more realistically if you put more time and effort into it.

But they're nothing more than a container if they lack a soul to move them.

The same can be said for the human body.

A body without a soul holds no meaning.

It's just a container.

It's empty.

Just like you were in the past.

Have I told you about when Kokutou first came here?

No.

He came unbidden to me out of the blue, wanting me to hire him.

He said that he saw one of my dolls at an exhibition that captivated him.

He started out not even knowing how to contact me, yet somehow he ended up here.

And this is a hollow place with a barrier to keep people away.

He kept on looking at the dolls when I was interviewing him.

The one sitting on the side there.

That one was his favorite.

Maybe he saw your emptiness in my dolls.

I told him that people who are obsessed with dolls shouldn't go near the Fujyou Building.

Emptiness...

Good morning, Shiki.

You know about the suicide incidents at the Fujyou Building, right?

Touko-san wants to talk to you about it.

Oh yeah. Could you buy some coffee when you come here?

You can buy any brand you want.

Later.

August 8th, 7:51 AM.

You have no more messages.

Try moving it.

It might feel uncomfortable now, but you'll get used to it quickly.

I'd say it's about twice as tough as the last one.

It won't break unless an elephant steps on it.

This is a good arm.

He ignored Touko's warning and this is how he ended up, huh?

He brought this on himself.

You're not going to pick him up?

I see, you certainly are evil.

Then...

I'll have to kill you!

Your legs aren't on the ground.

Are you flying?

You must be floating.

Your suggestion won't work on me.

I don't have such a desire to begin with.

I don't know the sensation of being alive, nor the pain of living.

To be honest, I really don't care about you.

But I can't have you take him.

I found him before you did.

You're going to give him back to me.

Fall.

Fall!

Fall!

Fall!

Fall!