Karafuru Page #7

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Umm...I might just be jumping to conclusions, but...

There's a chance that tomorrow I might be a little bit...different...

If that happens, please still be my friend.

Sure thing.

Hey, don't worry!

I just wanted to say something to you.

Huh?

It's a little bit late to be saying this, but...sorry...for back then...

You came all the way to see me, and I was so horrible...

I just wanted to apologise.

While I still have time.

I always thought you were kind of sharp.

Seeing through me like nobody else seemed to...

I never really got how, but...

Um...that's all I wanted to say. Later.

It's because we're the same.

I was bullied too, so...

I always watched you carefully.

Huh?

I've been bullied since first grade.

And I always kept an eye on you 'cause you were a target in the other class...

You were so calm, and you never cried. I always thought it was amazing. Yeah...

I've got to say sorry too.

I said someone saw you and Haruka in Nikotama, but...

It was actually me.

Ah...oh...

You didn't hear from Saotome?

Huh? From Saotome?

I see the two of you talking sometimes.

Well...that's just how he is...

You talk to him too, don't you?

The whole class ignores you, but...

...Saotome doesn't care, and talks to you anyway.

He doesn't...treat you differently...

Ah, don't misunderstand. It's not that I like you.

I don't think we're written in the stars or anything.

N...not at all...

It's more like...um...

I think of you as a kindred spirit.

We're in the same art club.

Even if I'm hopeless at drawing.

You always seemed to exist...

...in your own safe, quiet little world.

Looking at you...

...I saw the way my world could be someday.

You had struggled, but had come out stronger.

I used to get told to die or f*** off... People would write about me on the net...

And would throw my shoes in the bin every day.

Now I might be treated like I'm invisible, but... It's much better than that.

I've gotten stronger because of you.

You saved my life.

Huh!?

N...not really. I...

Huh? Huh?

You really are Makoto! You're just the same as always!

Huh...

You're Makoto! Ahahahaha...

I'm going to start drawing again.

I'll finish that picture.

It'll be just like it used to be.

Wait there. I'll be right back.

Ah...

You're late.

Sorry.

Then...?

I know what I did wrong.

I killed someone, didn't I?

I killed myself.

I'm the soul of the recently deceased Makoto Kobayashi!

Congratulations!

You've passed the test!

You've probably already realised...

...but your little homestay wasn't simply training, but...

...a test period to see if a soul like you, who had rejected their own existence once...

...would be able to return to being themselves.

I liked you better when you were a jerk.

What do you mean? I'm really proud of you!

As your guide, I couldn't have asked for more!

I feel like dying might have been the easier option.

Nobody said living was easy.

I didn't care how I acted because I figured it wasn't really me, but...

...thinking back on all the stuff I did...

Man, I made such an ass of myself...!

But you're happy, aren't you?

You're really grateful that you get another chance to be Makoto Kobayashi.

Right?

Y...yeah...

You once told Hiroka that...

People don't just have one shade. We have all sorts of different colours.

Nobody knows what their true colours are.

I think it's fine to be colourful. And to live colourfully.

Yeah...

I'm glad...

I'm so glad...that I came back...

From now on, you're on your own.

Please realise how many people are there to support you.

And don't forget that you're supporting others yourself.

This world needs you.

Okay.

To be honest... I'm one of the souls who didn't notice.

What? Really?

Yes. I didn't realise my own error.

Luckily The Boss recruited me and gave me a job, but...

It's terribly sad to be stuck with neither a past nor a future...

I don't understand how people can be so happy because of nothing...

...more than a piece of fried chicken or a pork bun, but...I'm kind of jealous.

It's nice to have a tomorrow to look forward to, isn't it?

I might've had to have been a bit cruel to you sometimes to make you notice that, though...

No. Not at all...

Thank you, Purapura. Because of you, I...

It's time to say goodbye.

Ah, wait!

Can't you stay with me a bit longer?

I don't think I can do it alone...

I'm afraid not.

If you're lucky, you have a good long life ahead of you.

Why not just begin...

...by picking up where you left off with your homestay?

Now, I'll begin my final act as your guide. Close your eyes.

No!

Oh, and...

We don't want you thinking you can just get as many retries as you like.

So all of your memories of me will be erased.

Eh!?

Now, close your eyes.

Purapura!

Shut your mouth!

Close your damn eyes!

I'll be checking up on you every now and then.

Don't go causing me any more trouble.

Makoto Kobayashi. You died once.

Once was enough, right? I trust you won't go looking for death again.

I won't.

It's freezing!

Is this...you?

No, I'm the horse. I don't...really know what the other figure is...

Maybe...an angel...?

Nah, nothing that grand...

At least...I don't think so...

Damn it...

You think I'm going to lose to a one gear wonder like that?

Someday you're going to eat my dust.

Ahaha...

Ah!

Are you alive?

Ah...hey, am I alive?

Yep.

You sure are.

And you're living.

What was that?

I wonder...

Hey, don't gimme that!

Give you what?

Dear Someone,

I'm living.

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