Infinite time stopped beating its heart, and humans burnt away without making any noise.
Not one person notices as the world becomes dislocated and is covered in the flames of Guze.
And so, once the sky is dyed red again,
そして この空 赤く染めて
soshite kono sora akaku somete
I can only advance forward, with my own body.
また来る時 この一身で 進むだけ
mata kuru toki kono mi de susumu dake
All the 'people' that walk by, and 'things' lost in confusion,
すれ違っていく人も 紛れ失くしたモノも
surechigatteiku hito mo magirenakushita mono mo
Will, one day, become vanished memories
いつかは 消えゆく記憶
itsuka wa kieyuku toki
A passionate unwavering 'strength', an empty flickering weakness,
熱く揺るがす強さ 儚く揺れる弱さ
atsuku yurugasu tsuyosa hakanaku yureru yowasa
They all have the same ending.
所詮 同じ 結来
shosen onaji mirai
Such a typical day melts away the red haze,
そんな日常 紅霞を溶かし
sonna nichijou kouka wo tokashi
As the sun stains the earth red.
現れる陽 紅る世界
arawareru hi kureru sekai
As the wind blows, your hair draws a line.
風になびかせ 線を引いて
kaze ni nabikase sen wo hiite
As it pierces the enemy, flowing like water.
流れるよな髪先 敵を刺す
nagareruyo na kamisaki teki wo sasu
Forsaken feelings, brimming dreams,
振り斬った想い 漲る夢
buri kitta omoi minagiru yume
Right now, with these hands of mine,
すべては今 この手で
subete wa ima kono te de
I will fulfil all of them as my mission.
使命 果たしたゆくだけ
shimei hatashiteyuku dake
Right when the late-blooming cherry blossoms here in Misaki were in full bloom,
the high school life that had just started for me, Sakai Yuuji,
was about to become an ordinary part of my life.
On this morning, the same as any other...
The same old days.
On a day like any other...
But I never would have imagined it at the time...
The different world I was about to see soon...
And I never thought I would be dying.
Wh-What's this?
What's this?
What's this?!
Time to eat.
And...
...my encounter with a girl with flame-coloured eyes and hair.
On that day... my world was dislocated.
The End to Everything, The One Beginning
That morning began with my meeting my best friend from middle school, Ike Hayato.
Too normal to be my last morning.
Misaki Municipal High School
Hey.
Sakai.
Hey.
Being with you doesn't make me feel like I'm at high school.
It lacks in freshness.
Don't make it my fault.
You could have gone to a better school.
Well, closer schools are easier to commute to.
What makes it worse is that you could've chosen this place for such a reason.
I barely made it in.
Whatever you say, you're one who gets what he wants.
I might just be lucky.
It can also be said that you're shrewd.
You think?
My interest was focused on my new life in high school.
'ey.
Morning.
I can hear you.
He's hard to talk to.
I heard Satou-kun was a delinquent in middle school.
But the athletic one standing next to him, Tanaka-kun, was it?
I hear he calmed down after hanging out with him.
To people like them, we must look like honour students that get on their nerves.
Honour students?
You might be, but I'm not...
Well, it's common how there's always one or two people you don't get along with, so don't worry about it.
Yeah.
The week after enrolment.
My high school life wasn't filled with hope, yet at the same time, it wasn't hopeless.
It was an ordinary life.
Besides...
Thank you.
I saw the girls here were cuter than at other schools, so being a guy, this part was filled with hope.
Sakai.
Sakai Yuuji.
Eh, ah, yes.
What are you daydreaming about?
Read from where I left off.
Um...
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Father came back from Tokyo.
I started going to the school established in place of the former feudal clan's school.
To go to school, I walked through the wooden door to the west of the field located outside the main gate.
The wooden door remains as it had from the old days, and an old man, about fifty years old, lives there.
That's right. Nothing special, but nothing bad.
Who would've thought my ordinary life was so fragile that it could come apart in five minutes...
What are you doing today?
Mock exam at cram school.
You're getting ready for college already?
I've got to keep my parents happy, otherwise it affects my allowance.
What about you?
I got nothing to do, so I guess I'll walk around the station and check out CDs.
Hmm, see ya.
I still ask myself...
what would have happened if I had gone straight home?
Would my destiny have been the same even if I were somewhere else?
But either way, I was walking toward it without noticing...
To the point a few meters away from where the world became dislocated.
Oh, so your house is on this side, too, Sakai-kun?
No, I just came to check out CDs.
My house is in Ogawa-chou.
Really? I'm in Aizawa-chou,
right as you enter New Misaki Street.
Oh really?
Then we're close.
Yup, we are.
Oh yeah, thanks for your help in Japanese class.
Oh, I do that, too, sometimes.
When it happens, I'm counting on you.
Okay.
So... weren't you with Ike-kun today?
Ah, he's at cram school today. Why?
Nothing, just that I see you two together all the time.
Not necessarily all the time, but...
And I was wondering... if he had a girlfriend or not and...
Well he doesn't, but...
Really now.
I'm stopping by the station building, too, so...
Gotcha, later.
Really... To that Ike, eh?
It might be worth seeing what kind of reaction he's going to have.
Stop running.
Watch out!
You're kidding...
Wait...
Wh-What's this?
Okay, preparations complete.
There aren't many people, but it's enough.
Let's have them.
Chow time, chow time!
It's so delicious, so delicious.
Don't talk while you're eating.
Shame on you.
Yes.
What's this?
What's this?!
What's this?!?!
Hirai-san!
Huh?
What is this guy?
I don't know, but he's not a Tomogara.
But he's moving within the Fuzetsu.
He must be a Mystes.
Mystes?
You mean a Torch with treasure in it?
That's right, and it's a really special one.
We haven't had a good souvenir like this in a while. Our master will be happy.
Yeah! We've done a great job!
I caught you.
Time to eat.
Who is it?
What is this girl?
What do you think, Alastor?
They're not Tomogara, just Rinne.
How dare you cut my hand?!
Crush down!
What... What is she?!
I get it, you're...
Don't!
Looks like that's just a shell.
So the main body left at the last moment.
It could still be around.
Is this a Mystes?
Yes, and it seems to be a unique one.
What?
Why-
You wanted to take what's inside of the Mystes at least?
Flame hair and red-hot eyes...
So you're the Flame Haze of Alastor, the Flame of Heaven.
You tool of hunting.
That's who I am. So what?
My master won't stay quiet about this!
You're right. He will be uttering his last words soon.
Why you...
But now...
let me hear yours first.
Hold on a second!
What is this?
It's going inside me, and...
S-Stop...
She cut me...
I've been cut.
So that's the main part.
Behind you!
It got away.
From the way it was talking, sounds like someone strong is behind all of this.
We might be able to hunt a King of Guze in a while.
Putting all that aside...
H-Help me.
That really surprised me.
I had completely forgotten that this was moving.
You're right. It reminded me of Tenmoku Ikko.
But that time, we knew we were going to fight and that it could move, too.
Please, call an ambulance.
Augh, shut up, shut up, shut up!
Stop crying about being cut now.
How can you...
I can only imagine what you were like when you were alive.
If you were human, you would have been dead the moment you received that wound.
If I was human?!
I've got to stop it from bleeding...
The blood!
There isn't any.
What's going on?
The fire! The fire!
Huh? Why?
Okay.
Hirai-san!
She's back.
Thank goodness.
That'll do for the Torches.
I'll use a few of them for fixing.
Yeah.
And they sure ate a lot.
Her master must be a real glutton.
Finished.
No one noticed what happened?!
Hirai-san! Hirai-san!
Wait!
What? What is that?
Hirai-san.
How is this... Why?
Don't tell me...
Hey, wait a minute.
What was that all about?
Where did that boy go?
And inside Hirai-san and others, there are-
Shut up already.
Alastor, should we dispose of this?
No, we mustn't open Mystes carelessly.
Have you forgotten the chaos from Tenmoku Ikko's case?
I know, but this one is so noisy.
Just tell it the truth.
Then it should quiet down, too.
Stop referring to me as an "it" and "this", like an object or something.
That's right, you're not a human!
You're an object.
You're not the only one.
All of those with light in them are the same.
They're replacements for the humans that got their power of existence eaten by Guze no Tomogara.
They're Torches.
Replacements? What are you saying?
If an existence disappears all of a sudden, the world's balance collapses, right?
That's why we place a replacement as a shock absorber.
Just temporarily.
So... In other words...
My apologies, Master.
I've caused you to lose one of your favourite Rinne.
You haven't done anything wrong, Marianne.
Getting attacked by Flame Haze is like encountering a catastrophe.
Please, will you give me another...
Sure.
But we don't have to rush.
You must be tired, so you go to bed for the night.
Good night, my cute Marianne.
You don't have to worry about anything.
Flame hair and red-hot eyes, eh?
So in other words...
That's right.
The "real" you's existence was eaten a long time ago and has disappeared.
The you right now is only the remainder.
I'm... already...
On that ordinary day,
I found out that I was dead.
Those of your born at dawn,
夜明け生まれ来るものよ
yoake umare kuru mono yo
Don't ever lose sight of it
決して見失わないで
kesshite miushinawanaide
You are you, young lady, its time
You are you 少女よ 今こそ
you are you shoujo yo ima koso
Free yourself and stand up!!
振りほどき立ち上がれ！！
furihodoki tachiagare
You still cut the wind, while hiding the wounds in your chest
胸の傷を隠したまま 風を切り進む君を
mune no kizu o kakushita mama kaze o kirisusumu kimi o
I have no way of watching over you
ただ見守る術など何もない
tada mimamoru sube nado nani mo nai
Are your eyes forever searching for the future you?
その瞳はずっと先の自分を探しているの？
sono hitomi wa zutto saki no jibun o sagashiteiru no
But I can hear it. The pulse of your deep sorrow is shouting out!!
でも聞こえるよ 深い悲しみの鼓動が叫んでる
demo kikoeru yo fukai kanashimi no kodou ga sakenderu
I'm just the darkness before the dawn
I'm just 夜明け前の暗闇が
i'm just yoake mae no kurayami ga
Who predetermines you entire life
一生を運命づける
isshou o unmeizukeru
It's alright, young lady, it's time
大丈夫 少女よ 今こそ
daijoubu shoujo yo ima koso
There no need to regret or be ashamed. Far away...
悔やみ恥じることはない Far away...
kuyami hajiru koto wa nai far away
Carry the cross and run through the flames, ready to die!!
十字を背負い 死ぬ気で炎を駆けろ！！
juuji o seoi shinuki de hono o kakero
I am already dead.
The girl was about to disappear without me being able to truly understand what that meant.
Next time, The Lit Flame.
The Lit Flame