Sakurada Reset (Sagrada Reset)

Good morning, Kei!

This time, I've got a message from Friday, July 14th, which is yesterday for you.

I believe you made an important appointment yesterday:

Drinking tea with a cute girl on Saturday the 15th.

I'm giving you this wake-up call so that you don't oversleep.

And now, it's time for our pop idol, Misora Haruki, to take the stage!

Um, Kei, are you awake?

Please don't be late for tomorrow.

You heard her, Kei. Isn't it about time you wake up?

What do you want, Kei? It's so early...

Payback for disrupting my sleep.

The sound of the passage of time is now (feel, close your eyes)

A melody that moves the future (begins today)

What kind of world is waiting for me? (Who is calling me?)

I tried asking myself (in my heart)

In the middle of what's ideal and real (I looked for it)

I moved the clock hands (I moved them)

To erase the sadness (again and again)

I ran down the dark flight of stairs (recreate the past)

I have something I want to protect (I want to protect you)

Say it out loud (try reset again)

We'll run into each other again someday

Sorry about that. That must've been annoying.

That's a crappy ability.

Even if it's just the ability to send a voice message, its strength is A-rank.

I can't find a way to block it a little.

Oh, yeah! I added another cat to my collection.

A wind chime, huh? I haven't seen one of those in a while.

Want me to lend it to you?

I like hearing wind chimes once in a while when I least expect it.

Much like finding a rainbow.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a tool that could allow you to see a rainbow at any time?

Isn't there a bit of charm in noticing them once in a while?

It's kind of sad for a wind chime to keep ringing where no one will notice it.

The wind chime might gracefully enjoy its own lone sound, you know.

Nice to meet you. I'm Kei Asai.

And she's Misora Haruki.

I'm Yoka Murase.

I've come on a referral from Tsushima-sensei.

Asai-san, you're a high school student, right?

Yes, I'm a first-year.

Why are you doing the Bureau's work?

Because I'm in that kind of club: The Ashiharabashi Service Club.

"Service Club"?

We're being monitored by the Bureau.

Do you possess a dangerous ability?

My memory is kind of good, that's all.

Murase-san, I heard that your request is for us to search for your lost cat, but...

I found my cat...

run over by a car.

My request is for you to revive my dead cat.

I see...

By the way, Murase-san, are you prepared to kill three days' worth of the world's time for your cat?

What do you mean by that?

The cat's name is Mike.

Murase-san's had him for six months.

Yesterday morning, Friday the 14th,

he died in front of a bakery in the shopping district from being run over by a car.

Doesn't that seem a little strange?

What about it is strange?

The Bureau doesn't get involved in non-ability incidents, right?

Yeah.

The Bureau only acts in cases where problems involving special abilities arise.

Also, the timeline between the accident and the request is too fast.

She found out about the accident yesterday morning,

and I heard about the request yesterday during lunch.

In just a few hours, the Bureau gave us authorization, and we got instructions from Tsushima-sensei.

It's impossibly quick.

What are we going to do?

We'll save the cat, of course.

Let's gather some information first.

I'll contact Hitsuchi-kun.

Haruki, could you go check out the scene of the accident for me?

Sure.

The number you have reached is no longer in service.

Please check the number and-

The number you have reached is no longer in-

The number you have reached is-

The number you have reached is-

The number you have... reached is...

This is Asai. I'd like to ask you something.

...no longer in service.

Please check the number and...

It's been a while, Kei.

Would you quit with this system, Hitsuchi-kun?

No way.

What'll happen if my voice gives away my identity?

Are you looking for that cat today?

Yeah.

Let me introduce you to a cat expert.

Seika Nono, a first-year at Omiya High School.

Her ability is sharing information.

However, she only deals with cats.

She knows all about the cats in Sakurada; she absolutely loves cats.

On her days off, she naps with the cats at the Kamisaki Shrine.

Got it. Thank you.

By the way, Kei, do you know what a MacGuffin is?

"MacGuffin"? I know the dictionary definition of it.

I see. Well, if you don't know, then it's fine. See ya.

Here, have one.

Thanks.

It seems the shop manager didn't see it happen.

But he said he might've heard the sound of the car braking sometime between 8 and 9 o'clock.

The time matches.

Also, Hitsuchi-kun asked me about a MacGuffin.

What's a "MacGuffin"?

It's a film and theatre term.

It's an item that serves as a trigger for the protagonist in the story.

If the protagonist is a thief, then it's the precious stone he's after.

If he's in a gang, then it's stacks of cash.

But you can switch the items around.

The protagonist's substitutable objective is commonly known as a "MacGuffin."

Does it have any significance to this incident?

Beats me.

We had plans to come to the festival at night...

Let's come here at night, too.

You saved three days ago at 12:59. It's 12:40 right now.

We don't have much time left, huh?

I'd like to ask you about a cat that was in an accident.

We might be able to save that cat.

Just 13 more minutes. We're cutting it close.

Are you Nono-san?

Morning.

Who did you say was in an accident?

A cat with gray fur, blue eyes, and a crooked tail.

He belonged to an individual named Murase.

How long did this Murase person have that cat?

About six months.

There isn't a cat like that in Sakurada.

This cat was run over in front of a bakery yesterday morning.

I certainly haven't seen him around lately.

Then, something probably happened.

Even if he did get into an accident, how can you save him?

We have an ability that allows us to. She does, rather.

Would you like some?

No thanks. I'm good.

If you come to visit again, please bring some cream puffs from Sangatsudo.

We're out of time.

Anyway, we'd like you to tell us about that cat.

I can't fall asleep immediately.

You can't use your ability unless you sleep?

I need to be in a clear state of mind that is free of any thought and enough for me to forget myself.

Sleeping is the quickest and easiest way to do that.

If you sleep, you'll know where the cat belonged, right?

Not if it's dead.

Let me try sleeping. Please sing me a lullaby.

Haruki?

Huh?

I have to sing?

It's time to reset.

It's July 12th, Wednesday. 12:59.

It seems you did reset.

Looks like we have to look for the cat ourselves somehow.

Why did you reset?

Three days hence, Saturday the 15th,

we went to meet a person named Yoka Murase under Tsushima-sensei's instructions.

And we accepted her request to save her cat, which was run over by a car.

Got it.

Thanks.

Sure.

Searching for a cat, huh? Well then, I'm counting on you.

That's it?

Is there a problem?

It's a request you'll give me two days later.

I'm busy with all sorts of things, too, you know.

I can't stand truant students and such.

You've reset within these next three days, so that means you'll reset again, right?

Yes, pretty much.

That's depressing.

You don't even remember doing the work, so in reality, this is your first time.

It's a matter of how I feel.

By the way, Sensei, do you know what a MacGuffin is?

A "MacGuffin"?

Hitsuchi-kun asked me about it before the reset.

Is that right?

Well, it's not like I'd know something that he doesn't know.

You know what? I heard that a vampire appears at the haunted mountain!

A vampire?

That was a popular rumor years ago, wasn't it?

Wanna come with me to look for the vampire?

This must be Kei's second time hearing this conversation.

But he faithfully recreates the conversation from the first time.

It's like he keeps acting like he's listening for the first time.

Go with the U-Research people for that.

"U-Research"?

It's a club that researches the unidentified.

I'm a member.

After what happened two years ago, Kei detested changing the future unnecessarily.

What kind of person is that cat-lover Nono-san?

She's cat-like, but she doesn't end her sentences with "meow" when she talks.

Do you prefer that?

What do you mean, "that"?

Ending sentences with "meow."

Oh, yeah, I think it's cute.

Nice weather we're having today, meow.

Yeah... um...

What's wrong, meow?

Sorry, I lied.

Please speak normally.

Is that so? All right, then.