Sakurada Reset (Sagrada Reset)

Please come to the south building rooftop after school on April 28th.

Signed, Sumire Soma.

There's a weird girl in your class, right, Tomoki?

A weird girl?

Oh, yeah! That weird chick with long hair.

She's kinda like you.

Like me?

She hardly ever talks, and she's stone-faced.

She doesn't seem interested in the people around her.

Her name's Misora Haruki.

If you ask me, I'd say I'm on the talkative side, and I'm pretty expressive.

My name is Kei Asai.

What's so similar about us?

You both have similar auras!

You guys seem insincere about all sorts of things.

Is that so?

Hell, yeah!

So, what's this about Haruki?

Oh, she's not the one I wanted to talk to you about.

Her hair's short, and her name's Sumire Soma.

Oh... She's the class rep in my class.

I've talked to her a few times.

And today, there was a letter in my shoe locker.

She said she wanted to meet me on the rooftop after school.

She's gonna ask you out! So, whatcha gonna do?

We'll see.

I don't have any reason to turn her down, after all.

You see, that's exactly what makes you insincere!

Hey, you're in Class 2-1, right?

Yes.

Do you know Soma-san?

Yes.

Great.

She said she'd be here. Do you know where she might be?

No.

Hey, what's your favorite food?

I don't have one.

What's your least favorite food?

I don't have one.

Do you think we're alike?

It depends on what you mean by that.

By the way, why are you here?

If you want to be left alone, I'll leave.

I'm here because Sumire Soma told me to be here.

It's not that I want to be alone.

I wish you'd said that when I brought Soma-san up.

Do you talk to her often?

The classmate I talked to the most when I was a first-year was Sumire Soma.

Oh, so you're friends.

Ever since I became a second-year, you became the person I talk to the most.

Reset.

That girl...

If you ask me, I'd say I'm on the talkative side, and I'm pretty expressive.

My name is Kei Asai.

What's so similar about us?

You both have similar auras!

You guys seem insincere about all sorts of things.

Yeah, I can see that.

Hell, yeah!

So, what's this about Haruki?

Uh... What's wrong?

It's nothing. I just thought I didn't have a chance.

This is Sakurada - a town tucked away in Japan.

About half of the people here possess special abilities.

There are all sorts of abilities.

For the most part, they're useless, and they generally defy the laws of physics.

There's a reason why there are people with abilities in Sakurada:

Once anyone leaves Sakurada, they end up forgetting about their ability.

There's no difference between being unaware of an ability at your disposal and not having one at all.

I possess the ability to recall the past with my five senses.

I can always remember the things I've seen, heard, and thought once with certainty.

So far, my ability has only been good enough to say that I've got a better memory than others.

However...

Hello, Asai-kun.

What are you doing, Soma-san?

Doing my class rep duties.

Here?

It doesn't matter where.

As long as it isn't on the south building rooftop.

Don't you think it's kinda mean for you to not be where you asked me to be?

Sorry about that.

Is it the class rep's task to set me and Haruki-san up?

She doesn't have any friends.

So, I just thought, if I have you guys meet, you'd become friends.

How about you?

I'll try, but I think it's impossible, probably.

She and I aren't compatible at all!

Like you wouldn't believe.

Why me, then?

Because you're compatible.

You and she are alike.

You're exactly alike in that you both lead very honest lives.

Not in that we're insincere?

Asai-kun, if you wanna be friends with Haruki, I'll help you out.

Is there any point to becoming friends?

There is. There's a huge point for you two to be together.

Like, say for example, resetting.

Reset.

This is the second time.

Is resetting your ability?

Yes. I can go back as far as three days prior.

You rewind time?

No. I just rearrange everything to the past state.

Since I rearrange things, I strictly reconstruct the world of the past.

So, it's not like you're erasing time.

It's simply a reset.

Even human brain cells get rearranged to their past state.

Because of that, people lose their memories of that time.

I see.

For my ability, there are three restrictions.

One, I can't use my ability to reset if I didn't save beforehand.

The save effect lasts for 72 hours.

Two, I can't do another save within 24 hours of a reset.

So, you can't repeat the same time over and over again.

And three, the biggest restriction:

resetting affects me, too.

My memories also get erased.

I don't even remember resetting.

And spring is almost over.

Summer starts next weekend.

Oh, really? Summer is always much sooner than you think.

Well then, let's spend time here while summer's on its way.

Let's meet up again and again, and talk about all sorts of things so we can understand each other.

Is there any point in doing that?

Who cares about the point!

We'll just be hanging out like sparrows that are only on a power line to rest their wings.

I can't stand doing things for no reason.

Yeah.

Then, let's assume there's an android among us.

An android?

They look just like humans.

Even if you hold their hand, kiss them, or check their blood,

you wouldn't know that they're artificial.

So, who among us is that kind of android?

What's the point of this?

It's just a question.

Who's an android?

We're all just ordinary humans.

Just think about it. Who would you expect to be an android?

Anyway, let's meet up to figure it out.

And let's come with our answers by the end of summer.

Resetting, huh?

It's an interesting ability, but it's not very useful.

Yeah, that's true.

You can only experience the same time period twice.

On top of that, you're not aware that it's the second time.

Normally.

Huh?

It seems like my memory isn't reset.

I think my special ability preserves my memory.

No way!

From time to time, even now, there have been occasions where I sense double for memory and time.

I think it's probably an effect of Haruki's reset ability.

Then, what if she resets after you memorize the winning lottery numbers?

I'll do that when I'm completely desperate for money.

Of course, you would!

You always take the high road.

But I'm sure it can be used for good.

Yeah.

It might break the rules of this world.

Reset.

I didn't save.

Um...

Do you happen to know my mom?

No, I don't.

Where did you lose sight of her?

Please tell me what you've been doing up until now.

I was at the hospital for a checkup.

Please tell me your name.

Mari Kurakawa.

Please let go.

Let's work together.

Together?

I won't lose my memory even if you use your reset ability.

If we team up, we can redo the past.

We can overcome any problem together.

I don't want to.

Why not?

I followed the rules.

Rules?

It's a guideline for me to decide on things.

For instance,

I refuse to reset in circumstances where there's any chance of causing a negative effect

on surrounding events or people.

Will it cause a negative effect if we work together?

It's a possibility.

How so?

Because you're the only one who can exploit resetting.

When I do a reset, I lose my memory. I can't even suspect your lies.

You're being too gung-ho about this.

Plus, I don't have any reason to trust you.

Haruki-san, you used your reset ability on this rooftop after school on April 28th, right?

Yes. Probably.

Why did you do it?

Probably because a girl was crying.

When I see someone crying, I end up resetting.

That's pointless.

She won't stop crying even if you reset.

It being pointless isn't a reason for breaking the rules.

Haruki...