[Kana]
  • Rakka, are you up?
[Rakka]
  • Yes.
[Kana]
  • We're all going into Kuu's room.
[Rakka]
  • O...kay. I'm coming.
[Hikari]
  • Do you like the wing covers?
[Rakka]
  • Mm-hm.
[Hikari]
  • I'm so glad!
[Nemu]
  • Every one of us will take one of Kuu's belongings to remember her by.
[Reki]
  • Rakka, how about the bed? Do you want anything else?
[Rakka]
  • Just those.
[Reki]
  • Coming through.
  • And... there.
  • (Sighs.)
  • Wow, it's cold.
  • Good thing you got yourself a proper bed before it starts to snow, right?
  • How are your wings doing?
[Rakka]
  • Do I have to keep using the medicine? And keep hiding my wings forever?
[Reki]
  • The wall's power to protect us weakens in the wintertime, so we become even more susceptible to the evil.
  • So, until winter ends...
[Rakka]
  • I still wonder... what the Haibane are.
  • Everyone says that both the walls and this town exist for the Haibane.
  • But... the Charcoal Feathers are born into this world suddenly... and just as suddenly they disappear.
  • I don't know the reason why I became a Haibane.
  • I'm here... I can't remember anything about who I was.
  • And if I'm to disappear someday without accomplishing anything... what's the meaning of my existence?
[Reki]
  • You know, at one time, I felt the same way as you.
  • I think there is a meaning. But only you can find it.
  • Come on, walk in a single file!
[Kids]
  • Okay!
  • You're not gonna catch me!
  • Rock, paper, scissors!
[Reki]
  • Hey! You'll fall into the river if you walk on the edge like that!
  • Oh boy...
  • This is the last time we'll see it like this.
[Rakka]
  • (Gasps.) Huh?
[Reki]
  • We'll have snow soon.
  • Then everything around here will be covered in pure white--as white as if we were floating in the clouds.
  • That's why we have to get ready quickly, before winter arrives.
[Rakka]
  • Mmm.
  • Floating in the clouds... in my dream in the cocoon, I felt like I was in the clouds, too.
[Reki]
  • Your dream of falling from the sky?
[Rakka]
  • Mmm.
  • But you know, I don't remember what happens to me after that.
  • Even though I think I met someone or maybe... something very important during my dream.
  • But... there are times when I can almost remember something about my dream.
  • Then I'm afraid... as if--
[Reki]
  • Hey, don't get so far ahead!
[Kids]
  • Reki! Come on!
[Reki]
  • I'll be by your side. I went down the wrong path because I lost Kuramori.
  • But no matter what happens, Rakka, I will always be by your side.
  • What? Oh, no! I told you to be careful!
  • Didn't I tell you to walk in a straight line in the middle of the road?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Everybody, fall in!
[Kids]
  • Okay.
  • That one's so boring.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • About face!
  • Um...mum...
  • Man, the lengths are completely wrong.
  • We're gonna have to redo all the hems.
[Reki]
  • Oh, great.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Don't you start givin' me that look.
  • I deserve a commendation just for finding ten of the same style.
[Reki]
  • I guess. Okay then, I'll give you a hand.
  • Rakka, pick winter wear for yourself while you wait.
  • We won't take long.
[Rakka]
  • Mmm.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Send them in after they take off their coats.
[Reki]
  • Okay.
[Kid]
  • Yeahhh!
[Reki]
  • Hey! I told you to take your coat off first!
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Come on! Not all at once!
[Reki]
  • Sorry about that.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Hey, stop fumbling around! You'll get hurt!
  • Ouch! Hey, stop pulling on my beard!
[Reki]
  • I'll finish taking the measurements.
  • Why don't you go and wait outside?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Yeah, I think I will. Thanks.
  • Man, I hate kids.
  • Gotten used to the town yet?
[Rakka]
  • Huh?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Bet you're surprised at how early winter comes around here, right?
[Rakka]
  • This one.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Okay.
  • Hmm... you need some shoes, too.
[Rakka]
  • Um, but I...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • You must be cold in those sandals. It's gonna be snowing soon.
  • How 'bout you try on these?
[Rakka]
  • Well, but...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Aww, be my guest!
  • A Haibane should always be in high spirits with a smile on her face.
[Rakka]
  • But why?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Why? Well, how should I put this?
  • Since I was a kid, my mom's been telling me that the Charcoal Feathers are like the ones who... received blessings from above.
  • So you're kinda like a good-luck charm--no offense. Hahaha...
[Rakka]
  • Blessings? But I'm not...
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Hahaha. Oh, don't mind what I said.
  • It's only what us simple townsfolk believe.
  • Here.
[Rakka]
  • Oh, no. My notebook, there's only one sheet left inside.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Well, um, why don't we say that boots are... maybe, um...a New Year's present.
  • Might be a little early? Ha ha ha.
  • Look. I don't know what happened but things are gonna get better at some point.
[Rakka]
  • No, they won't. I'm just... a big failure as a Charcoal Feather.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Huh?
[Man]
  • Hello.
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Uh, hi, there. Let's see.
[Man]
  • Do you have this in a different size?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Oh, that only comes in one size.
[Woman]
  • (Gasps.) It's a little Haibane! Oh, she's so cute! Oh...
  • Wow! She's for real! Look, it's a little Charcoal Feather!
  • We're so lucky! Something good will happen today!
[Man]
  • Leave her alone. You're bothering her.
[Woman]
  • No, I'm not bothering her. Right?
[Rakka]
  • Don't touch me!
[Woman]
  • Huh?
[Old-Clothes Dealer]
  • Hey!
[Gentleman]
  • That was a big fall you took, young miss.
[Rakka]
  • Ah...um...
  • Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Gentleman]
  • Here, I think you dropped this.
[Rakka]
  • I don't belong anywhere... nowhere at all.
  • (Sobbing) It's better... if I didn't exist... at all...

  • It's calling to me.
  • The Western Woods--it's going there.
  • I feel it; he's calling me.
  • The air here... feels different.
  • Huh? What is that?
  • You wanted to show me this?
  • You called to me for this?
  • It's better if I didn't exist at all.
  • A dream I had somewhere, sometime?
  • But now...it's so cold.
  • Yes. I remember. Ah!
  • You can't. But thank you anyway.
  • I guess... this well's been here for a long time.
  • What's wrong with me? I should be afraid, but...
  • Are you the one that called to me?
  • You've taken the form of a bird now... but it feels like I've known you from somewhere else... a long time ago.
[Reki]
  • Where's Rakka?! Did she come back?
[Hikari]
  • I wonder what happened to her.
[Kana]
  • Hey, do you think that maybe she...?
[Reki]
  • It's different from Kuu's time! Rakka hasn't...
[Nemu]
  • Weren't you the last one with her, Reki?
[Reki]
  • Sorry about that. I guess I messed up.
[Kana]
  • She's not a kid who needs adult supervision.
  • But should we go look for her? Or wait?
[Nemu]
  • Even now it's still not too late for her to be outside of Old Home.
  • But it is better to go look for her now than to wait until the middle of the night and panic.
  • Even if this turns out to be needless worry.
[Kana]
  • Alright then. Let's go!
[Nemu]
  • You're not thinking she's running away like you did, are you?
  • The situation does have a familiar ring to it.
[Reki]
  • You're right. This situation is similar. But she's not as stupid as...
[Nemu]
  • ...As you were?
  • Oh, sorry.
[Reki]
  • It's okay. Let's go!
[Rakka]
  • Forgive me. I wish there was something more I could do for you.
  • You know, I can't even remember my own name...
  • They say the Haibane are all like that...
  • So I can't remember anything about who you are, as much as I want to...
  • Except that you were somebody precious to me.
  • I was always lonely. And I thought that nobody would ever grieve for me, even if I was gone forever...
  • I felt so alone... I just wanted to disappear and never feel anything again...
  • But you were always by my side.
  • You became a bird just to go over the walls and let me know... that no matter how sad I felt, I was never alone.

  • I...