Land of Tanabata (七夕の国)

The answer... is in this town.

We need to hurry and stop Yoriyuki Marukami.

Yoriyuki Marukami is just a murderer.

Not a lord, ruler, or guru!

Professor Marukami...

I'm putting an end to the nightmares.

Surely... you won't...

- This is a fight. -

If you don't stop Yoriyuki...

Change of plan. We're starting over.

When you see her next...

tell her that I'm sorry.

Takashi...

Kasasagi...

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I understand.

You can return to the inn.

As for Mr. Hayano and the others from Marukawa Town,

we'd like to talk to you individually, so please accompany us to the station.

Thank you everyone.

This way.

Thank you.

I'll take it from here.

Sachiko!

Grandmother...

Excuse me.

You're Yoji Minamimaru, aren't you?

I am.

I'm Sachiko's grandmother,

Takie Nakazawa.

I'm sorry this is so sudden,

but we need to move you to a different accommodation.

Please get in the car.

What?

Come on. Hurry.

Hang on.

What about us?

I'm sorry,

but we have been instructed to protect Mr. Minamimaru.

Wait!

Who was it

that instructed you?

The current head,

Master Masami Marukami.

Professor Marukami?

Please excuse us.

Please wait!

Professor Marukami...

Where is Professor Marukami right now?

That is...

something I can't tell you right now.

Excuse me.

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Land of Tanabata

If you're still cold, there's a blanket in the closet.

Thank you.

Sachiko!

Have you started job hunting yet?

What?

Well, I've found a job.

What?

An office job.

I start this year.

It's a local company

that wholesales household items.

I see.

That's great.

Yeah...

How are you feeling?

Fine.

Goodnight.

Nanmaru?

Can't you sleep again?

Still...

don't go outside yet.

I...

just don't get it.

How did things turn out like this?

Probably...

because of what Yoriyuki did.

In any case,

two people Within Reach died.

You need to be careful too.

What?

"In any case"?

They were your brother and great-uncle, weren't they?

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't be losing my head.

I'm really sorry.

Me too...

I lost my head today.

Sorry...

I'll sleep now, okay?

Wait...

Can you talk with me...

a little longer?

Sweet sake that my grandmother made.

Whenever I see a dream and can't sleep, she'll make this.

Thank you.

The loneliest thing in the world...

What do you think that is, Nanmaru?

Hmm...

When people die...

they become stars in the night sky.

Some might say it's cliché,

but I think it might be true.

The distance between stars...

That gap is billions

or trillions of kilometers, right?

Nothing but darkness...

all around.

Even if you reach out

or shout,

no one can hear you.

If consciousness lives on somewhere...

even after the body dies...

I think death...

might feel something like that.

The death of a parent or sibling...

The death of a lover...

The death of a child...

We encounter all kinds of death...

But all of this...

happens inside the Window, doesn't it?

The Window?

The truly lonely thing...

is your own death.

Only you are leaving that place.

Only you...

are going Beyond the Window.

Then...

does that mean Beyond the Window

is the afterlife?

I don't know.

But...

the dreams are always the same.

They start in the house...

I'm all alone...

As I search for someone...

Before I know it...

I find myself in a deep darkness.

From that moment, I'm all alone.

For a thousand years...

For ten thousand years...

I'm trapped in a dark place, all alone.

Like an eternal consciousness...

Whatever it is,

it's not here.

It's Beyond.

Still...

Very rarely...

I feel something.

Even though I'm dead and all alone,

there's somebody there.

Beyond the Milky Way...

It's like that person...

is waving their hand.

That's why I...

Nanmaru?

I felt like...

I don't know why, but...

I felt like you might end up going there...

Beyond the dream...

Sachiko,

there's something I want to tell you.

Your brother...

told me to tell you

that he was sorry.

He showed up out of the blue, so I didn't quite understand at first.

But I think...

that they were his true feelings.

It doesn't matter...

Not anymore...

I just...

I hope he hasn't gone to the lonely place by himself.

That's all.

Who was it that instructed you?

The current head,

Master Masami Marukami.