Ya can win?
Hilarious.
She's fast!
She moves just like Ushio.
No...
she's even faster!
Yer prepared to die, ain't ya...
Hizuru?
It's come to the point where I just want to hoard all your words
Even the ramblings from your travels are treasures to me
Whether I sketch or erase it's all torn away
That's the price I pay for my awakening
Or my daydream's tricking me and I'm still lost in the unknown
Illuminated by the moon
Your figure casts a shadow
And when that silhouette wavers slightly
That happens to be my cue
I wish this were fiction but slow motion is how it begins
If the visceral warmth and traces you left behind
Are protecting someone's future, I'll play the warrior
Amidst pain and sorrow
I'll conquer my fears
It's a paradox of life
Or perhaps god's algorithm
When our tactics overcome
We'll be laughing
That was seriously close.
Hey, Shide. How long ya planning on napping fer?
Upsy-daisy…
Excuse me, Miss, but that spear is our precious treasure, the Amenonuboko.
Looks like ya know how to handle it.
Ryuunosuke is still a shadow. He can't copy movement,
but he's still good with the spear.
Ya look mighty serious with those swings.
I'm hurt!
I've known ya since ya were a baby!
Do ya hate me that much?
Why're ya trying so hard?
What reason do ya have to risk yer life?
What I hate are yer words.
My words?
Humans have the gift of words.
Of vocabulary.
How one chooses to use them determines their humanity.
I wouldn't expect ya to get it.
No matter how many centuries ya lived, it just ain't in ya!
Let me ask this once.
Why'd ya come back, Hizuru?
Ya should've known coming back would mean yer death.
It's a fool's errand.
This ain't like ya.
Ya know the answer.
Ya scanned my head the last time ya asked me that.
I see.
So, ya can read my memories, but ya still can't understand?
Ya might wanna try scanning me again.
Ya can give birth to my shadow and have her answer.
I don't think so.
Hizuru, ain't ya immune?
Mio's capable of giving it to ya.
Yer plan is to destroy this body as soon as I start to scan, isn't it?
Too obvious, huh?
Ya could beat Shide if he didn't have my eyes,
and then ya'd go underground and destroy my real body.
Ain't that the plan?
Haine.
Quiet!
Answer me!
Why'd ya come back?!
Was it 'cause of that message?!
This is Ajiro Shinpei's personality.
He's capable of being incredibly calm and aloof,
but when he's hit with something he can't understand, he won't rest until he finds the answer.
Ya wanna keep talking to her?!
It's an opportunity to buy time.
Leave this to me.
At first, it was curiosity.
But fer a long time, I've been searching
fer a chance to redeem myself.
Redeem yerself?
Shide was right. Ryuunosuke's death was my fault.
But it was treated as an accident.
No one blamed me. My friends, my family, they only consoled me.
I was merely a sad child who'd lost her twin brother in a freak accident.
But the truth was I basically killed him with my own hands.
Through some miracle, I was able to apologize to him via his shadow.
But that wouldn't bring him back to life.
So, all I can do now…
is try to save those lives that haven't been lost yet.
And I swear, I will!
Redemption? That's yer reason?
How disturbing.
Risking yer life fer complete strangers?
The most annoying people are those who think of themselves as servants of justice.
Justice?
Justice…
Me?
How about ya use that bird's eye view a little!
Is that man really acting on yer behalf?
What?
Yer goal is to “go home”.
But at the end of the third loop, Shide said something that goes against yer wish.
“This is my ending.”
What was the meaning of that, Shide?
Ending?
He's incapable of viewing anything outside of his own perspective.
My, my… Ending? I don't recall this at all.
It's a trick, Haine.
She means to confuse us with her words.
Uh-huh...
I see it this way. It's proof she's out of options.
Our fun little chit-chat ends now!
I didn't want Haine to see this if possible, but I can't afford to be picky now.
I leave the rest to ya, Tokiko.
Shide's armor is “Nobody.” The inside's a void.
Which means....
ya can worm yer way in!
Ain't that yer speciality, Ryuunosuke?
Yer good at haunting people.
Burrow into his armor and destroy him from the inside!
What?
Y-Yer…
Damn ya, Hizuru.
I didn't expect this.
She transferred Ryuunosuke's data into Shide's mud and using those materials…
A shadow was born?!
I-It worked...
It really worked!
Sis!
Get back, Shin.
This is dangerous.
Hey there! I was getting tired of waiting fer ya.
Where are Mio and Sou?!
Ya really did come fer Mio, Shinpei.
I said get back, Shin.
I'll take care of this.
Shouldn't ya be the one to kill him, Mio?
Mio and Sou have been sent to Hiruko Cave.
Mother is probably dining on them as we speak.
Looks like yer a little too late, Shinpei.
Ya got guts, Shide.
Ya shoulda run away instead of waiting fer us alone.
I couldn't leave this to any other shadow.
I don't wanna lose any more comrades, ya see.
And ya can't hack my human side.
What? He's scared of being hacked?
He still thinks Ushio's alive!
Oh?
Wait! If he thinks she's alive, it'd be best to play along!
Ya saw it all, huh?
Mio, hurry up and kill Shinpei so he can loop again.
Else ya'll be too late.
Well then… I'll see y'all in the next loop.
Ya talk too much.
Shin, he was telling the truth.
Mio just died.
How d'ya know?
I can tell when my original dies.
Wanna loop back?
No. Not yet.
We gotta know what's going on. Search his memories!
Okay.
That's strange.
He got no memories.
Wh-What d'ya mean?
He's empty. Even memories of our conversation are missing.
How, though?
How was he moving?
There are two Shides, and they ain't shadows.
They're both human. Like clones.
This one didn't have a burn on his hand.
Then that means…
The other one's definitely where Nagumo is.
I doubt she's safe, either.
Haine called me with Nagumo's cellphone, after all.
This way, Shin!
Toki!
Oh, good. Yer alive, Shinpei.
I got here by following Mio's presence.
Tokiko, what happened?
Nezu and Totsumura…
They helped me escape.
Please… Torajima…
Get to Torajima!
Ryuunosuke is fighting against Shide!
Please save... Ryuunosuke...
She's dead.
I'll show ya Tokiko's memory.
Let's get to Torajima!
Dr. Hishigata's pistol! So, Toki was holding onto it?
Only one shot left.
Shin?
I've decided. We ain't going.
Nagumo and Ryuunosuke are probably already dead.
I couldn't tell fer sure from Toki's memory.
But we don't have time to go and check.
What we know fer sure is that Mio's gone.
The Even Horizon is closing in.
If we don't hurry, her death will become permanent.
Right now, we can still save everyone.
If I loop right away, I think I'll start back at 10:10 AM.
Right when I'm descending Mt. Takanosu with the kids.
Ya can see that?
Yeah, vaguely though.
But I can't stop Haine from calling Mio and Nagumo at 10:10 AM.
First, I'll get back to Kofune as fast as I can...
and save ya.
Then we have to hurry and stop Mio and Sou.
Once I'm back, I won't have time to explain things.
Don't ask questions, just come.
Mio, Nagumo, and all the others. I swear we'll save them.
It's a battle against time.
Well, I'm off.
Summer Time Rendering
28 minutes since the start of the 9th loop. 10:39 AM.
Wh-What the…
What're y'all doing here, Shin?!
W-We made it!
I had Mio give me a ride through the sewers.
Ya let her go?!
She ain't a threat!
More importantly, are yer phones off?
Wh-What?
But didn't ya tell us to turn them off, since we might get a call from a shadow?
Idiot. The call ya got was from a shadow.
I'm sorry, Shinpei!
I was there, but…
It's fine.
There's no time. Mio and I are heading to Torajima!
I'm sorry fer shooting ya, um…
It hurt, but I'm fine.
I just copied ya to heal my wounds.
It did hurt like hell, though.
I'm sorry!
Don't sweat it. I would've done the same.
I need y'all to go back to Kofune and protect the kids.
Leave that to us.
Shin!
Save Tokiko and the others, will ya?
Yeah, I will.
Let's go, Mio.
To Torajima!
According to Toki's memory, Nagumo's signal comes at 10:45 AM!
Start of the 9th loop
Alan's Garden Start of the 9th loop
Kofune
Save Mio
Stop Mio and Sou, 10:39 AM
Kofune Save Mio
Torajima
I... I have to make it!
Strays. We ain't got time to fight.
Then we fly. Don't bite yer tongue!
We're here!
That's Shide's attack?!
It's just like in Toki's memory!
What the hell did he do?!
Killing Ros like it was nothing!
I see, how dramatically the tables can turn.
Ros!
He's here.
That was sooner than I expected.
Shinpei!
Tokiko, stay out of this.
Or ya'll die.
So, ya learned what happened here and looped, huh?
Did Tokiko tell ya after she escaped?
Oh? Why so surprised, Shinpei?
Thanks to yer loopin', we get to do our fight with Hizuru again.
No… No!
Ya have my thanks.
Ya gave us an easy win.
Nagumo!
They're too far away!
Don't waste yer bullets, Totsumura!
So that's Haine.
And this is their second try at this fight?
Damn it! They knew my sniping location from the previous loop!
But now we only got my survival knife, Totsumura's pistol, Guil, and Mio.
I got a bad feeling about this, Shinpei.
If we fight now…
We're done fer.
What?!
Shinpei! Mio!
We're going!
Get on Guil!
Did ya hear me, Shinpei?!
But what about Nagumo?
Do we really just leave her here?!
Ya blockhead!
We can leave thanks to her!
Or are ya gonna waste her sacrifice?!
This is…!
Let's hightail it, Shide.
We're outnumbered.
This is good enough fer now.
Very well.
W-We're saved?
Nagumo!
I-Is that ya, Shinpei?
Nagumo!
My… apologies.
I-I swore... I'd save... y'all.
But I… don't think I can...
It ain't true!
Don't say that!
Totsumura, gimme yer gun!
I'll loop back right away.
Stop…
Next time… Next time, I'll save ya!
Don't... It's too late—
Shin, ya should know better than anyone that it's pointless.
Yer looping powers are at their limit.
Ya can't save everyone anymore.
Th-Then the hospital!
Mio, ya do it—
Now ya…
listen to me.
She's still... just a child.
Haine might be a monster, but her original personality was a lonely girl who loved to be spoiled. A lone child.
Shide's goal differs from her's.
I suspect she's being used by him.
Shide's the real boss.
Shinpei…
Please... Ya hafta free Haine.
Okay. I will.
That's enough.
Stop talkin' already, Hizuru.
As far as endings go, this ain't bad.
Don't look so depressed.
It ain't about how long ya lived.
But how well ya use yer life.
I entrust my brother t'ya.
Go and flip the script on them, will ya?
Hey, Hizuru…
Hizuru!
All traces of you vanished into the sea breeze
But even now I still see visions of you
In reality I only have vivid memories
To play in my head over and over again
Even if it's all just a lie
Please be close by my side
Right next to me
I fell for you before too long
But time alone was what progressed
I wanna go back
I've listened to my share of heartbreak songs
Spending my days torn up and crying but now
I want to move on
I shouldn't act tough and just finally be
True to myself
But it's too late for that
Next time Ajiro Shinpei's Longest Day