Eiji exclaims why he is asking him. Sou asks how come he
looked impatient[/irritated] and didn’t Yuuya told him that nothing happened
between Yuki and Yuuya. He asks Eiji if towards Yuki, he is also.. Eiji sternly
says that he said don’t mention that kind of thing again. Flustered Eiji looks
surprised by his reaction. He apologizes and mutters what’s up with him.
Holding Eiji’s shoulder, Sou says ya, it isn’t a bit like him at all. Eiji says
that until now, he still believes that Saki is still alive but he is also
actually infatuated with Yuki. Sou tells him that it isn’t his fault for she is
truly charismatic. He asks if Eiji is feeling guilty over Yuuya and Saki. Sou
says that Eiji is straight as an arrow [/prim and proper] and he definitely
knows this in his heart but he [Sou] is very happy that he [Eiji] can fall in
love with someone.. Sighing, Sou says that it is only fighting over a girl and
that’s all, and it isn’t likely to go as far as severing relationship with
Yuuya. Smiling Eiji says that’s right but right now, he’s alright and his
feelings for Yuki has already disappeared. “Earlier, she unexpectedly said
those words. The day before yesterday, she went to look for me at the store and
told me that there is nothing between her and Yuuya. Afterwards, she even said
that she’s actually Saki. *Sou’s eyes widen* Even if it is a joke, I also won’t
accept it. Sorry, I’m only being irritable, that I couldn’t help but have a
tantrum on you, Sou.” Sou says that when Yuuya fell from the platform and the
train is coming soon, she still jumped down in her want to help him so Yuki was
also hurt. “She isn’t a bad kid.” Sou smiles at Eiji and says that he won’t
tell anyone and Eiji can depend on him a bit. Somewhere else, when it is
already dusk, Maiko bids Yuki goodbye and see her tomorrow because she’ll meet
with Keita. Yuki tells her to be careful on her way. Looking up the sky, she
thinks that she returned to the house and returned to her brother’s side, who
makes her feel at ease. She wonders why Yuki choose to commit suicide and did it
while the two [siblings] are in the middle of a trip.. Recalling how she wanted
to die and asking to be killed, Yuki wonders if she wanted to run away, run
away from everything. “I know that living on is quite hard.. I’m still alive.
I’m already a person who at a time thought that I will die. What can I do.” She
is standing in front of Eiji’s apartment. Wet in the rain, Eiji is surprised to
see her. She smiles and calls out his name. Eiji asks how come she’s here. Yuki
says that she came to investigate on some things.
She apologizes for causing him to have a bad reaction but no
matter what, she wants to properly talk with him once again. Eiji asks why, is
she an idiot. Seeing a couple glancing at them, Eiji takes her hand and tells
her to come in here first. While walking and holding her hand, Eiji says what
will happen if she catches a cold. Yuki says that it ought to be alright. She
smiles and says, “I’m very tough. Please don’t worry about me.” Eiji looks at
her and recalls the time when it was snowing, he was scolding Saki that he told
her that there’s no need for her to wait for him after his club activity and
what would happen if she catches a cold. Walking towards him, Saki said that up
to this degree, she ought to be alright. Eiji said that she’s already has a
dripping nose yet she would say that. Saki smiled and said, “I’m very tough.”
End flashback. Yuki is puzzled and Eiji seems to look flustered. He says that
he knows that it is only a misunderstanding between her and Yuuya, and there’s
no need for her to torment herself over it. She apologizes for making him
unhappy. Eiji says that isn’t what he meant, he is worried about her. This made
Yuki blush a bit. Eiji says that he’ll lend her some clothes and he’ll also
help her call a taxi to quickly get her home. Yuki smiles and says that it is
alright, she’s going and it is fine and she just wants him not to misunderstand
them. This made Eiji speechless and flustered. He looks away and says that he’s
saying that it isn’t what he meant. “I won’t want to separate [from you].” As
Eiji urges her to go in his apartment, Yuki thinks that it is truly great that
this person lives on and hasn’t died. “Get back my memories. Arrest the
culprit. One day, tell all of the truth. I think [he?] always like Saki, always
until that moment--..” At a café, Maiko is looking worried. Poking her
cellphone, she thinks that Keita is quite slow and she’s been waiting for four
hours. She wonders to herself why she likes Keita so much, it’s too silly. She
starts muttering that it is because he’s straight-forward, nice and cute.. She
thinks that she can confess to him soon but it seems that [he/she?] doesn’t
want--.. Her cellphone is ringing and Keita is shown on the screen. She quickly
answers it and exclaims that it’s great, she couldn’t contact him that she’s
worrying to death. “What’s up? ..huh? ..yes, I’m the person he’ll meet with
tonight. *looks shocked* ..huh. Brought to the hospital. Gravely injured..!?”
In Yuuya’s apartment, Yuuya is trying to contact someone. He leaves a voice
message to Sou that upon hearing this, quickly call him for Keita has fallen
down from a bridge and he is gravely injured. “It seems that he is supposed to
meet up with Maiko so it is hard to imagine that it is suicide. Something
definitely happened.”
After the beep, Yuuya curses and shouts that he called so
many times and where could that Sou be. He starts to wonder if Sou is also
attacked. Back in Eiji’s apartment, Eiji gives Yuki a towel to wipe herself dry
and tells her to casually find a place to sit at that side. “I’m going to find
you some clothes that you can wear.” She thanks him and Eiji goes to the toilet
[I presume since it seems to be a studio type apartment room]. While wiping
herself, Yuki notices that his cellphone is ringing. She tells Eiji about this
but Eiji says that he’ll just call back later on, don’t mind it. She looks
around the place and thinks that this is his house. She notices a board that
has pictures and a jewelry-type of thing pin on it. She holds the jewelry and
thinks that it is the multi-color schoolbag strap[/pendant]. She She recalls
that this is what Eiji gave her during third year, a lovers model strap, and she
lost hers when she was attacked. She is very happy that until now, he always still
keeps it. Then, she notices the same strap by a glass [but it seems to be
missing its main hook ring]. She is shock to see it. Trembling, she holds it
and thinks that three years ago, when thing happened, it got pulled out from
her schoolbag. She recalls Sou telling her that even if Saki wanted to break up
with Eiji, Eiji didn’t agree to it. Yuki becomes scared over Sou telling her
over Eiji’s deep obsession with Saki which is very frightening. The door is
banged close. Eiji comes out and wonders what happened. Holding some clothes,
he calls out to Yuki but he only finds the towel by the table. Steadying
herself on a post in the street, Yuki breathes hard and wonders what’s going
on. Recalling her question on what does Eiji got to do with her and Erika’s
disappearance, she becomes flustered upon the thought that Eiji is the culprit.
Meanwhile, Yuuya is ringing the doorbell. He knocks on the door and calls out
to Sou if he’s there and quickly open it. He curses and mutters that Kousume,
and Yoshiharu were attacked, and then Keita, Eiji also won’t answer the phone..
He hits the door and shouts what’s going on. It is now raining in the forest.
Someone is digging on the ground with a shovel, and then uses his hands to dig
deeper. He exclaims, “It’s gone. It’s obviously buried here.. Erika and Saki..
Could it be that just like Erika’s remains, it was moved to some other place?
..Or, she is still alive.. Saki.. *Yuuya wipes his gloved hand on
his chin* Saki? Are you carrying out vengeance from three years ago!?” Blurb:
“The culprit of what happened three years ago is.. Yuuya!?”
Comment: And,
now, we have one, more or less, confirmed culprit who returned to the scene of
the crime. And, I think the girls are very important to him that he would
actually remember where they are buried in that forest. So, did his father
helped in the cover-up or he knows the procedures really well that he can
cover-up what he did? Of course, it is unlikely he is alone because of how
worried he was of the others and the possibility that those who are
injured/dead aren’t suicide. Actually, his fear is already growing that he is
becoming drastic and unstable. Well, he also got pushed down the train
platform, didn’t he? And for him to think that it is Saki out for vengeance
over the deaths and injuries of the others, he’s obviously guilty, as well, as
the others. Based on their reaction, Yoshiharu and Kousuke have something to do
with it. Now, Keita seems to be quite unlucky that he has to be gotten rid of
because he was an eyewitness to seeing Yuki and Yoshiharu together when he got
killed. Since Yuuya is worried about Keita, Sou is the only one who knew about
it. It is possible that maybe the one who killed Yoshiharu also spotted Keita
but for Keita to be immediately dropped off a bridge after he mentioned
that..it really points to Sou. I begin to wonder if Sou is the one killing them
off one by one rather than Shiki. Is it possible that he is in love with
Saki/Erika? It isn’t confirmed what he told Yuki is true about Eiji but what if
the one who is obsessed with Saki is actually him. He seems to know things and
the psyche of people to cover up his tracks. And yes, I really want to hit Eiji
there for casually telling Sou what Yuki told him that she is Saki. The other
theory is Sou is working together with Shiki who ought to be involved because
of the placement of Saki’s remains. In killing those who are involved, it will
force Yuki to give up on this and just stay with her brother though I’m not too
sure why would Sou help him. Sou did plant a ‘doubt on Eiji’ to Yuki so that is
like ‘stay away from him’. As for the bag strap, I’m thinking that it is
possibly planted. The last person whom Eiji let in his house is Yuuya. I’m not
too sure if Eiji noticed it or not. Maybe Yuuya said that it was found by the
police. I’m not sure if Yuuya intended it, or it has something to do with Sou,
or a collaboration between the two so that if Yuki ends up in Eiji’s place, she
will doubt Eiji after what Sou told him. The way Sou has been siding with
either of the two guys, and I think he is manipulating someone for his own
purposes. Hehe, he does look like a bad guy with those dead-looking eyes and
overly calm demeanor. Anyway, I’m sure Yuuya would really start doing something
drastic soon and if he learns who Yuki is. Things should become interesting.
PS. This series isn’t quite updated with the Japanese so please don’t spoil me
on what happened later on. Scans by 深雪汉化组
Word of the day:
When we face desperate circumstances, we tend to look to
other people for guidance and comfort. They are in the same boat, however —
lost in an ocean of life’s ups and downs. Only God is outside the boat,
sovereign, stable, and strong enough to calm the storms (Psalm 107:24-25, 29).
Facing trouble? Call on Him! ~ Our Daily Bread
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the translations. It's really great. ^^
Thanks for reading and the comment ^-^
DeleteI cannot thank you enough for the translations~~
ReplyDeleteSo yeah, thank you~!
Thanks for reading, Cindy ^-^
DeleteI've been following this from the time you summarized this. I like the mystery. and I guess events are starting to unfold now. i've always liked mystery/murder stories. However, I 'm not really into the guy characters here, not one of them, including Eiji. For some reason, I 'm trying to wrap my head around Yuki's " brother". I hope he's the one for Yuki. However, we still don't know if he's involved with the murders, or not. I hope not.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, megaworthit ^-^
DeleteHehe, is that so. True..
The problem with the brother is that there are not enough scenes with the brother that we deem romantic. I'm 100% sure Eiji is not involved with the murders. And he has enough romantic scenes with Yuki, so I guess Eiji is the man. Well, if you wanna ask me why I don't like Eiji...... well. in the first chapter, Eiji was just dumping a girl.... and the girl was crying that " I gave you my first time", blah blah. So, Eiji is that kind of guy. He scr*ws them , then dumps them. I bet that girl is not the only one.
DeleteTrue, megaworthit, and it seems to be more 'brotherly'.
DeleteI see. True..that was awful to do a girl whatever his reasons for doing it. And, Eiji indeed seems to be the man.
I really like this story, except there is one aspect of the story that I can't seem to wrap my head around with, and that is, the complete transformation of Yuki from Saki to the present one, so much so that no one already recognizes her, including her own boyfriend. In real life, complete transformation is not possible, unless the person wants it to turn out like that of Michael Jackson's , which is not human-like. I cannot even imagine what will happen when Yuki grows old and starts to wrinkle, Have you seen the picture of a woman who has been transformed into a Barbie Doll's face ? It's hideous. I guess I just have to erase those images from my mind, and pretend everything looks normal. He he
DeleteWell, megaworthit..let's just pretend that that it would be okay since her brother is a genius surgeon. =P No need to think of the details like what she'll look like when she's old.
DeleteNo, I haven't seen it and I don't want to see it since such sights also stick to my mind. Actually, maybe I have seen it but I quickly look away. ^^; Like those plastic surgery gone wrong. Actually, do those who got plastic surgery at a young age look fine when they are older? Hm..at most look unnatural, right?
Thank you so much for recap 9, I was waiting for it so much and now I'm so mad about Eiji. Gosh! Why Eiji told Sou about Yuki being Saki...
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading ^-^ Ya..sigh.
DeleteThis manga is not good for my heart .< Thank you Kat for the summary! :)
ReplyDeleteMy comment was edited? O.O Before I said thank you I was saying that...I thought there were only 2 culprits but it seems there were more people involved in this incident because I get the feeling that everyone is hiding something? Or I'm just being paranoid?
DeleteHehe..is that so. Thanks for reading ^-^
DeleteHm..I didn't edit anything. Maybe a computer/website glitch. That's right..it seems to be that way and it can make someone paranoid like Yuki, one has amnesia = who to trust?
oh, so it was Yuuya who's digging.. but the motive is still uncertain.. and it seems that Yuuya was not aware who was the one who moved/ transferred Erika's remain, so maybe there is a probability that the one who did that is also the one who's doing the "revenge" to the group? and Sou is becoming more and more suspicious.. I'm also still confused with Eiji.. oh, i hope the next one will be out soon.. Thank you Ms. Kat.
ReplyDeleteYup. Maybe the motive is something like 'kill her for not loving him?'
DeleteIndeed..it is someone else. True..if it is so..it would be Sou. Hopefully so and you're welcome ^-^