Rewrite (リライト)

Hey! Over here!

Um, President.

What did you just say?

I said, in light of the school's demands,

all occult club activities will be suspended as of today.

Episode 7 "A Place Lost"

Wh-What do you mean, our activities will be suspended?!

Does Inoue's disappearance have something to do with this?

That is absolutely correct.

It's been five days since Inoue called me, and then disappeared into the forest.

Inoue-san...

She was a good person.

Shizuru, you knew her?

She gave me sweets.

I see.

We talked about you lots.

I told her all I knew about your tendencies, leaving nothing out.

You don't mean "tendencies" in a dirty way, right?!

You were her informant?

So, they're saying it'd be inappropriate to hold club activities right now?

You're way off. That's not the point.

But, yeah, this is no time to be having fun without a care in the world.

I'm not happy about it, but we've got to be understanding.

Other clubs will also have to deal—

Only the occult club is ceasing activities.

What?

Why are they singling out the occult club?

One, that Inoue girl

made her rivalry with you known far and wide.

And two, you were also the last person she spoke with.

That about covers the reasons why.

Why are they making Kotarou-kun out to be the bad guy?

Of course, Inoue's lapse in judgment is the cause of this entire mess,

but now that she is missing,

the only ones they can pin the blame onto are Tennouji

and the dubious group known as the occult club.

Next, they'll go from suspending activities to disbanding our club completely,

and appease the parents and media that way.

I'm sure that's what the school has in mind.

Disbanding the occult club?

What will you do about it, President?

I think the club's disbanding is unavoidable.

If we try to keep it going no matter what,

they might switch targets to individual members.

We haven't done anything wrong! Why do we have to blindly do as they say?!

Not one person here could possibly accept something so stupid—

It means playtime is over.

Wait.

Isn't this our rightful place?

We were only getting started, but we had a good thing going!

Isn't this where we all belong?

We got together, hung out, did stupid stuff...

We're comrades!

We're amigos!

We bonded!

We're friends!

Don't all of you feel the same way?!

We're all completely different people, but we worked well together.

We had fun being together, right?

Are you really okay with having those fun times taken from us for no good reason?

I know a time will come where we all have to go our separate ways.

But that's exactly why

I want to spend my short school life

right here.

I want to enjoy my youth with all of you! Is that so wrong?!

Talk about a passionate speech.

That was pretty fiery, Kotarou.

I'm sure everyone feels the same way.

Chihaya...

But we've got a bull's-eye on our back now.

My influence won't do us any good in this situation.

But, put another way,

it can be turned around as long as Inoue is found, right?

This hasn't been made public yet,

but the search for her has been called off.

Which means...

They haven't found her body yet, but they seem to have concluded she's dead.

We just have to find Inoue ourselves, then!

If they haven't found a body, then she could still be alive!

The adults weren't able to find her.

Do you really think we'll be able to?

I don't know,

but as long as there's even a small chance,

I want to give it a shot!

You're right.

Knowing you, you might be able to pull it off.

If you're going to do it, then so am I.

Yes! I'm fine with it!

Yeah.

I'll help out, too.

Sheesh...

What was I thinking, taking such troublesome people in?

You guys!

All right, is everyone ready?

I made lunches for everyone.

Thanks for that.

I brought a change of clothes and other things for when we find Inoue.

I've got the medical supplies covered.

You're life savers.

I—

Thanks for the snacks.

How did you know?!

Um, and the president...

Well, it's great that she came at all.

It'd be dumb if a search party ended up needing its own search party,

so we'll look for her until 3PM, and then pull out.

Okay, then!

Inoue Search Quest begins right now!

This should work for our search route.

If that's what she was after,

then we should be able to retrace her path to some extent.

Just you wait, Inoue!

Oh, if it isn't Slowtarou-kun.

Sakuya...

To think we'd run into each other like this again...

This truly must be fate,

Pissant Peontarou-kun.

That doesn't sound very cool when you say it with convenience store bags in hand.

These are Chihaya-san's snacks for tomorrow.

What does she think this is, a picnic?

As someone with more life experience, let me give you a warning.

If you treasure your current, ordinary life,

then stop sticking your nose where it doesn't belong.

What's that supposed to mean?

Exactly what it sounds like.

Hey, hold on!

He's just running his mouth like usual.

Kotarou, these look like Inoue-san's tracks.

What did you say?

It looks like an ordinary depression to me.

No, this is definitely a shoe print.

It's fairly old, so it's starting to fade.

That's an agent of a secret organization for you!

Can you follow it, Shizuru?

I'll try.

The trail disappeared.

It's like she wrapped her shoes in leaves or something and concealed her footprints.

Was she worried about pursuers?

Why would she go to all that trouble?

Oh, when you're doing something secret,

you get wary of pursuers and conspiracies, and start doing stuff like that.

She must be sick.

Yeah, with a terrible disease exclusive to youth.

You understand how it works, so don't act like you don't have it, too.

Anyway, excuse me a moment.

Oh, I need to use the bathroom, too.

I'll join you.

Me, too.

Why do girls always go to the bathroom in groups?

What intel about this forest did Inoue get her hands on?

Is this place really the scene of the sort of conspiracy she'd be into?

If so, then what could it be?

They sure are taking their time.

Wait, it's been thirty minutes?!

Damn!

I totally zoned out!

I can't get through on the phone, either!

What the heck's going on?

Damn! The sun is going to set soon!

Where did you guys go—

What's with that guy?

I'm not sure what his deal is, but he seems dangerous!

Where is everyone?!

The dog from before?

No, it looks similar, but it's different!

Not good.

Not good, not good!

These things

want to kill me!

It's fast!

Damn, the enhancement from the other day isn't enough!

In that case...

I'll kick it up a notch and rewrite myself again!

Rewrite complete!

Crap, my body still isn't used to the enhancement!

No way!

You frickin' dog!

If I circulate power through my whole body...

Damn you!

What the hell just happened?

What is this?!

It vanished?

I defeated it with this thing?

Seriously, what the hell is this?

Did I hit the accelerator too hard or something?

I would've died.

If not for those strange blades, I would have died.

Wait.

Inoue... No, Kotori and the others are in this forest, too!

Shizuru!

Is that Lucia's voice?!

What are those?

Lucia! Shizuru!

This is bad!

What's going on?

Am I dreaming?

Lucia! Shizuru!

Kotarou!

What in the world is going on?

And what are you swinging around?