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STEEL ANGEL KURUMI

ZERO

I'm sorry, Michihito-san, to make you wait!

How is the weather over there?

Is that so?

I've been feeling down since it's nothing but rain over here.

Already, another rain's arrived since then.

Ah— I went shopping with everyone today, and there was an interesting...

Ever since Michihito-san departed the City,

the two had been communicating on a daily basis.

To distract from the loneliness of being unable to meet in person,

they had been keeping trivial conversation.

—That's true!

Huh?

Did something happen?

You seem kind of surprised, all of a sudden...

Why are you looking down?

Kurumi, towel! Towel!

Dummy.

Don't look!

You could have let me know a little sooner!

U–Um, Michihito-san?

Huh?

What should I do!?

The connection's cutting out!

Michihito-san!? Michihito—

Such a thing seemed pleasant enough...

However...

Their communication that time

was their last.

Kurumi?

I made dinner.

How was it?

Right now,

I think it's best to let her be that way.

Hey now,

isn't Michihito-san being too cold-hearted?

Nothing has changed at all in two weeks!

Being distanced too far

has separated their feelings, I wonder.

That might be so,

but you'd think if he dumped her he'd at least say so!

Not saying a word is cowardly!

If Michihito-san had intended to toy with Kurumi's feelings,

I couldn't forgive him!

Michihito-san...

Hey, Exc—

This address...

"Kagura Michihito"... Michihito-san?

Eh?

Michihito-san's address!

Why do you know it, Excelia!?

You never once let Kurumi know!

Hacking's your thing?

Excelia!

A person's privacy...

I totally know how you feel, Saki,

but you know, we have to give this a try!

I'll try asking him directly,

"Why haven't you called Kurumi!?"

Wait a minute!

You're going to do that too, Excelia, aren't you?

You're wrong.

It isn't like that.

I...

I knew it'd be something like this since the very beginning.

However, if I had told Kurumi,

I thought it'd shock her even more than she is now, so I couldn't say it.

Excelia...

Hey— What is it you know?

Could you tell me?

You two,

Do you recall Michihito-san's registration number?

Registration number?

Number E-32459-Gamma.

It's not an unusual number, really.

What's wrong with that?

Gamma...

Gamma, you say?

Could it be—

Holder.

Holder?

What's that?

When a human is unable to live in an inferior environment,

and their spirit can't bear being forced to live such a life,

their life is shut away into unconsciousness.

Physiological Capacity Atrophy Syndrome,

nicknamed "Holder."

Gamma is the code for where it first appeared.

Michihito-san is...

a Holder?

Um...

So basically, this guy who's a good-for-nothing

told Kurumi he's fallen in love with her?

Then what about what happens to Kurumi!?

If he's gonna die, he should go die on his own!

Karinka...

With this illness, you see,

no matter how one thinks they desire to be alive,

the body seeks death.

The body seeks death...

That's right.

We're forced to live in a city that's been chased away into a dome.

Though naturally one cannot avoid dying,

essentially, we've upset the balance as living things,

and our precious dream of preserving this way of life

is beginning to slip away.

Excelia, what about Michihito-san?

If he hasn't lost his way, he surely will...

But it may very well be he's already...

Though we love each other,

though we feel we want to live,

we cannot continue to be alive.

I'm sorry, for being quiet until now.

You had known about that, and so

it would have been too much for Kurumi's love, wouldn't it?

I wonder why we live in such a world as this,

when in the end, we're destined to perish.

To be with the person you love!

No matter how much hoplessness we carry,

we shouldn't be alone.

I too was a Holder.

I'm the only one whose progression of illness was able to be stopped.

For that to happen,

—Kurumi, Saki, and Karinka—

It's thanks to all of you.

Meeting you all gave me the strength to live.

People I love,

irreplaceable—

Because I want to be near people so dear,

I can keep on living in a world like this.

You have all taught me that.

Therefore, if it's Kurumi...

If it's Kurumi, who can summon an angel...

Can't she stop Michihito-san's illness, too?

I wanted to think so!

Excelia!

That may be a physical radiation phenomena.

But, wanting to believe in a miracle...

Hoping it'd be like it was for me...

I'm terrible, aren't I...

It's nothing like that!

Kurumi would understand!

That's right!

Thank you.

I love all of you!

That's why I'm here.

It's the truth.

Who's the caller?

It looks like the hospital.

The hospital would be—

Is this Michihito-san!?

This is Kurumi!

I haven't been able to sleep at all

because I've been so worried!

I've been waiting this whole time!

Michihito-san, I—

So that I can come see you in the winter,

I've gotten a part-time job.

It'll only be a little longer!

I can only leave for one day, so

I'll dress up for it, but...

But still, I'm really looking forward to it!

When we do...

When we meet...

Please kiss me!

I love you, Michihito-san,

so I want you to kiss me.

Somehow... To go out and say it is embarrassing, you know?

I think I said it because I'm so thrilled to finally be able to see you.

Michihito-san,

what's the matter?

Why do you have such a painful expression?

We finally...

can meet!

Finally...

we can meet, and yet...

Don't die!

You knew, Kurumi?

Even then, you...

I can call an angel!

I love you so much that

an angel appears before me.

Because it lives where you are now, Michihito-san.

Because the angel will bring you happiness.

Kurumi, Michihito-san looks like he's in pain!

Let him rest a little...

I can summon the angel!

So please, I beg you,

don't die!

I love you.

You are... my love.

The miracle of the connection of a person with another—

That is what Dr. Ayanokouji called

the christening of good fortune,

Angel Descend.

The descent of an angel.

The soul that wholeheartedly summons such an angel—

the existence which contains such a dream—

was called Angel Heart.

I don't know his name.

I don't know anything about him.

But why is it

that my heart trembles so?

I want to meet that person

I want to be with that person

That person's every breath

is what I always want to feel near me.

So if I dream so much as that,

my wish will someday come true. I can believe, can't I?

The angels, to the edge of the heavens,

become the light of hope.

The miracle that conveys my feelings

will awaken, without fail.

Believing that

I love you, always.

I believe we will carry on

to the end of this heavy time.

Even the moment the world ends

we two will overcome.

Believing that

I love you, always.