Sakurada Reset (Sagrada Reset)

This is Sasano-san's ability...

The world within the photographs...

So, it was torn from outside of the angle of view, huh?

Toki no nagareru oto ga ima (feel, close your eyes)

Mirai izanau shirabe (begins today)

Matte iru no wa donna sekai? (Who is calling me?)

Jibun ni toikakete mita (in my heart)

Risou to real no mannaka de (sagashite)

Tokei no hari o ugokashite (ugokashite)

Kanashimi o kesu tame ni (nan do mo)

Kurai kaidan o kakeorite (recreate the past)

Mamoritai mono ga aru (anata o)

Koe ni dashite (try reset again)

Itsuka meguriau

This is no fun!

You've gotta give me more of something!

Like, cry and scream, "Please give back Senpai!"

I don't need to worry about Kei.

I believe there is no way Kei would lose to you.

Wake up and smell the coffee a bit more!

So, where's Senpai, huh?

That's more than enough. It's been five seconds.

We're friends.

We've been great friends for a long time.

Hey there, Misora!

Good evening.

When did we first meet?

Well...

...earlier today.

Her memory hasn't changed!

We're friends, right?

I remember that...

but that memory is fake.

What makes you think that?

Kei says so.

Kei predicted the pattern in your memory manipulation.

And he pre-recorded his words to negate it.

I will keep listening to Kei's voice forever.

If it's between my memory and Kei's words, it's clear which one I should believe.

What the hell? That's ridiculous!

But it's the truth.

Then, I'll take all of your memories away!

Full body. Ability.

What?!

Now, I'm immune to all abilities... including your memory manipulation.

Why are YOU here?!

Asai asked me for a favor.

He expected Haruki to get attacked, so he asked me to stage a dramatic rescue.

But that's just weird!

I've been watching my surroundings from the top of this lighthouse!

I would know if you came!

I had been sticking close behind you.

Before you reached the top of the lighthouse, I was hiding in here.

That's all. Any questions?

I'm good. I got it.

I'll take you down, too!

You used a new ability on Haruki earlier.

Since that erased the previous memory-altering effect, Haruki regained her ability to reset.

He already accomplished his goal.

All that's left is for us to go straight home.

Everything went exactly as Asai planned, from start to finish.

I'll say this again, but Kei Asai has always been stronger than you.

I don't like it.

What's that supposed to mean?

Exactly that.

I don't like Senpai being stronger than me.

I'll deny it. I can't accept it!

Your mentality is wrong.

I also have experience going up against Asai, but it's pointless to even think about it.

You were outclassed even before the battle has begun.

If he's not fighting me, then I haven't lost.

It's fine if that's the way you wanna think.

I've had enough. I'm going home.

I have a power... a stronger one!

Everything's over and done with.

Are you gonna reset?

If you say you're fine with the way things are now, then I don't want to reset.

I want to remember losing my ability and your promise to get it back for me.

Okay. Let's save.

Thank you very much.

Save.

Save. It's August 8th, 9:28:55 PM.

What are you doing?

I was looking at the cherry blossoms.

Cherry blossoms...?

Then, you can't help but look down at your feet.

That's true.

First, I saw the tree.

A cherry tree covered in flower petals is so beautiful, I thought.

And then, the wind blew on them.

A bunch of petals fluttered in the wind, and that was even more beautiful.

I was happy for some reason, so I watched the petals whirled up by the wind.

The petals landed on the ground, and that's when I noticed.

As I stepped on them, I wondered why they were so beautiful.

Were you sad about that?

I'm not really sure.

But I wanted to cry a little.

Say, do you think this is beautiful?

No, I don't.

Me neither.

That's why I'm sure I felt like wanting to cry.

It's okay to cry.

Yeah. Thank you.

Say, tell me a story.

What kind of story would you like?

I'd like a story about two people who fulfill their promise to meet again.

Let's see...

There was once a witch in a faraway land.

Is she a good witch or a bad one?

She's a good witch.

But everyone thought of her as a bad witch.

The witch flies through the sky on a broom to see her boyfriend,

whom she promised to reunite with.

It's been 50 years since then, huh?

There were two things that happened today before the reset.

First, Sasano-san said he wanted me to give him the MacGuffin,

so I accepted his request to restore the ability he lost.

Second, we were summoned by the witch.

Those two are hiding something.

At least, Sasano-san is lying.

It's possible to enter Sasano-san's photos without the use of an ability.

He doesn't need the MacGuffin.

"Come see me right away. The other two are presents."

This is it.

Are you... Kei Asai-kun?

Yes. I came here through Sasano-san's ability.

Why?

I was under the impression that you summoned me.

I didn't see this kind of future.

That means I had betrayed myself, huh?

What do you mean?

I believe the me in some other photo made arrangements for you to come here.

I'm sure it was to make my plan fail.

Your plan...?

Yes. I had one plan.

I will be confined by the Bureau 28 years from now.

"28 years" means until I die.

I accepted that I would die while being confined by the Bureau.

But...

I had decided to escape from the Bureau and reunite with my boyfriend just for the final week of my life.

However, the Bureau won't allow me to be free for even a week.

That's why...

Sorry. I decided to use you both.

"You both"?

I used you and a girl named Eri Oka.

She wanted an ability far greater than the ones you both possess.

She has her eyes dead set on the ability to know the future...

which is why I decided to escape that building with Eri Oka's help.

Is that possible?

When I'm closer to death, my security will become lax.

That means, with Eri Oka's memory manipulation, your security will fall apart.

But I won't make it in time, if I wait for her to come.

By then, I'll already be on the verge of death and won't be able to walk.

That's why I needed to speed things up.

By losing to you, she'll be determined to take me away.

On August 9th at 9:18 PM, Eri Oka will appear before me.

So, what you're telling me is, that's your betrayal of yourself.

When I'm abducted, she'll confront the Bureau.

In Sakurada, there is only tragedy for those who oppose the Bureau.

Thank you for telling me.

It doesn't concern me.

After all, the one who will reunite with him is not me.

I'm not the real one.

It's someone else's concern, so I just couldn't stand feeling guilty, that's all.

Farewell.

If things continue this way, the Witch will be able to escape,

but Eri Oka will become an enemy of the Bureau.

If I stop Eri Oka, the Witch will remain confined and die in seven days.

I need a way to save the Witch without anyone turning against the Bureau

and have her reunite with Sasano-san.

This is Sasano.

Nice to meet you. I am Kei Asai.

You've heard about me from the Witch, right?

Sorry. I did something bad to you.