ABYSS || Epilogue 4
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Season: Winter
Scenario writer: Akira
Characters (in order of appearance): Kaoru, Kanata, Souma, Madara
Kaoru: That part of you is just like your mom, huh.
Kanata: ? have you met my mother, kaoru?
Kaoru: Oh no, we don’t know each other at all. I mean, there’s no way I could’ve had any connections to you guys in the past.
It felt like I could more or less could make out what kind of person your mother was, just by listening to the story. I’m sure she was probably just like you, Kanata-kun.
Kanata: well, we did grow up in the same “environment”.
people who were raised and lived not as humans, but as gods.
Kaoru: They probably couldn’t bear to watch that “pitiful person” any longer, and went out of their way to intervene. Just like how Souma-kun and Mikejima-kun went out of their way to try to support and save you, Kanata-kun.
That’s probably the truth behind this incident. Maybe you followed your mother’s footsteps without even realizing.
One thing led to another, and before I knew it, you, too, quit serving as “God,” see? Just like your mother.
Don’t you think your mother’s feelings then and the feelings you bear now are quite similar?
Personally, I think it’s better to just up and disappear without a trace—without leaving anything behind, without conveying anything. At least, from the point of view of those left behind. It’s hard to clean up the mess afterwards, too.
Even so, you guys wanted to leave something behind, right?
Why’s that?
Kanata: …ahh, i see, i get it now. thanks to you, kaoru, i think i finally understand the “feelings” my mother harbored at the time.
i love you all very, very much.
and i’m sure mother felt the same.
she actually wanted to stay with her loved ones, didn’t she?
that’s why she left something behind. even if it was just a little bit. even if they couldn’t get over it, even if it made them feel uneasy, she still wanted them to think of her, to remember her.
she left something behind because she wanted to stay in everyone’s “hearts”.
that’s all there is to it.
Souma: Shinkai-dono~! Mikejima-dono~! Oh and while I’m at it, Hakaze-dono!1
Kaoru: Wait, doesn’t it look like I’m the only one that’s not treated very nicely?
Kanata: fufu. on the contrary, it feels like you’re getting “special treatment” from souma, so i’m jealous.
Kaoru: Huh, so you get jealous of me too. I might be a little happy about that.
Souma: What are you talking about? More importantly, look! The sky is crying.
In other words, it’s raining! Should we not take refuge in the clubroom before we end up getting soaked?
Kanata: i am already “soaked” though~?
Souma: It is as you say… You’ll end up catching another cold again, Shinkai-dono. You worry me. You must wipe your body and keep warm.
For that, too, we must take shelter from the rain. And while I’m at it, I’d be thankful if I could have everyone lend a hand in cleaning up the clubroom.
Madara: Sure. It is more efficient to have more hands on deck than to do it alone, after all!
I’ll help you out. Then we can call it even for helping me save Kanata-san in the past.
Souma: That's very like you to say, Mikejima-dono, but isn’t this rather disproportionate to the favor I did for you back then?
Madara: …Hahaha ♪
Kanata: ? what’s so funny, mikejima?
Madara: No, it’s merely a coincidence, and there’s no such thing as God or spirits in this world but…
It’s as if your mother’s being considerate, making it rain after seeing you all alone, as if urging you to join the others.
I know such a thing isn’t possible, but still, thinking about it made me laugh.
Kanata: fufu. yes, you’re right. mother is no longer “god,” so she can no longer make it “rain”.
but…yes, it would be nice if that were the case.
Kanata: —thank you, mother.
as you can see, i’m living a reasonably happy life.
so please don’t cry anymore, okay?
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1. It's hard to capture in a small screenshot, but it starts raining here in the game.
Season: Winter
Scenario writer: Akira
Characters (in order of appearance): Kaoru, Kanata, Souma, Madara
Kaoru: That part of you is just like your mom, huh.
Kanata: ? have you met my mother, kaoru?
Kaoru: Oh no, we don’t know each other at all. I mean, there’s no way I could’ve had any connections to you guys in the past.
It felt like I could more or less could make out what kind of person your mother was, just by listening to the story. I’m sure she was probably just like you, Kanata-kun.
Kanata: well, we did grow up in the same “environment”.
people who were raised and lived not as humans, but as gods.
Kaoru: They probably couldn’t bear to watch that “pitiful person” any longer, and went out of their way to intervene. Just like how Souma-kun and Mikejima-kun went out of their way to try to support and save you, Kanata-kun.
That’s probably the truth behind this incident. Maybe you followed your mother’s footsteps without even realizing.
One thing led to another, and before I knew it, you, too, quit serving as “God,” see? Just like your mother.
Don’t you think your mother’s feelings then and the feelings you bear now are quite similar?
Personally, I think it’s better to just up and disappear without a trace—without leaving anything behind, without conveying anything. At least, from the point of view of those left behind. It’s hard to clean up the mess afterwards, too.
Even so, you guys wanted to leave something behind, right?
Why’s that?
Kanata: …ahh, i see, i get it now. thanks to you, kaoru, i think i finally understand the “feelings” my mother harbored at the time.
i love you all very, very much.
and i’m sure mother felt the same.
she actually wanted to stay with her loved ones, didn’t she?
that’s why she left something behind. even if it was just a little bit. even if they couldn’t get over it, even if it made them feel uneasy, she still wanted them to think of her, to remember her.
she left something behind because she wanted to stay in everyone’s “hearts”.
that’s all there is to it.
Souma: Shinkai-dono~! Mikejima-dono~! Oh and while I’m at it, Hakaze-dono!1
Kaoru: Wait, doesn’t it look like I’m the only one that’s not treated very nicely?
Kanata: fufu. on the contrary, it feels like you’re getting “special treatment” from souma, so i’m jealous.
Kaoru: Huh, so you get jealous of me too. I might be a little happy about that.
Souma: What are you talking about? More importantly, look! The sky is crying.
In other words, it’s raining! Should we not take refuge in the clubroom before we end up getting soaked?
Kanata: i am already “soaked” though~?
Souma: It is as you say… You’ll end up catching another cold again, Shinkai-dono. You worry me. You must wipe your body and keep warm.
For that, too, we must take shelter from the rain. And while I’m at it, I’d be thankful if I could have everyone lend a hand in cleaning up the clubroom.
Madara: Sure. It is more efficient to have more hands on deck than to do it alone, after all!
I’ll help you out. Then we can call it even for helping me save Kanata-san in the past.
Souma: That's very like you to say, Mikejima-dono, but isn’t this rather disproportionate to the favor I did for you back then?
Madara: …Hahaha ♪
Kanata: ? what’s so funny, mikejima?
Madara: No, it’s merely a coincidence, and there’s no such thing as God or spirits in this world but…
It’s as if your mother’s being considerate, making it rain after seeing you all alone, as if urging you to join the others.
I know such a thing isn’t possible, but still, thinking about it made me laugh.
Kanata: fufu. yes, you’re right. mother is no longer “god,” so she can no longer make it “rain”.
but…yes, it would be nice if that were the case.
Kanata: —thank you, mother.
as you can see, i’m living a reasonably happy life.
so please don’t cry anymore, okay?
✁┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈
1. It's hard to capture in a small screenshot, but it starts raining here in the game.
