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Ritsuko.

How's your husband in Hinamizawa?

How much do you think you can squeeze out of him?

Listen to this.

I heard his ex-wife paid him a lot of consolation money.

So, how will you lure him in?

I'll use you and have him pay in order to end my ties with you.

ATONEMENT CHAPTER TWO:

PLACE TO RETURN

{OP}

{Episode}

AN EMERGENCY CAME UP, SO I'M GOING OUT. NO NEED FOR DINNER ~DAD

May 1983: 1,500,000 yen withdrawn

He buys me anything I want. Anything.

Man, it's so boring when everything is peaceful.

Really?

I like it when it's calm and peaceful.

You're lucky because every day seems so happy for you.

It's not too exciting to be envious of that, huh?

If there's a trick to changing a boring day into a fun day,

I'd like to know it.

That's easy.

You just have to notice it.

Notice what?

That there's a limit to happy days.

It's no use.

Kei-chan won't understand your philosophy.

Right?

Hey, don't treat me like an insensitive barbarian!

Hey, Mr. Barbarian!

That's right.

Happy days are... limited.

Oh? Welcome home, Reina-chan.

Hi.

For lunch today,

your father and I went to a restaurant that had delicious keema curry.

I brought back some premade ones, so try them later, okay?

They're good.

I'm looking forward to it. Thank you very much.

By the way, Reina-chan.

I want to have a talk with the three of us...

I'm sorry.

I have a friend waiting, so I'm going out.

Oh? Another treasure hunt at the dump?

Should I come with you sometime?

See you later.

Reina-chan!

Rina-san?

Reina-chan, could it be you're hard of hearing?

I'm sorry.

Are you alone? Where's your friend?

I'm playing by myself.

That's quite interesting for your age.

Bye!

Jeez.

Hey...

It seems interesting, like a secret place.

It's my own secret place.

No one comes here.

Nor can anyone hear anything.

It's your secret hideout?

I'm happy that I was able to come here.

Reina-chan, there's something I've been wanting to ask you.

What is it?

Reina-chan, do you like me?

What do you mean all of a sudden?

You see...

I'm going out with your dad, right?

And we've seriously talked about many things,

such as our lives,

and what we're going to do from now on, and other things.

Reina, you also like Akihito, don't you?

And so Mommy...

I won't approve remarriage.

I don't care what relationship you have with Dad.

I will not approve remarriage.

I thought there might be some rejection,

but I didn't expect you to be this straightforward.

I'm surprised you were aware of the fact I would reject it.

It was obvious.

Whenever our eyes met, you immediately ran away.

For my information, tell me. What don't you like about me?

Everything from the start.

Your makeup, your clothes, even your smell.

Well, how convenient.

I hate you too, so we're even.

Don't mess with me, brat. You want to get beat up?

Never come to my house again.

I will never approve remarriage.

If you want your dad to give up on remarriage, try to persuade him.

That's pointless now.

I am pregnant.

Mommy...

is pregnant.

Liar!

It's not a lie.

It's the truth.

I heard the talk between you and that man called Teppei at the cafe.

I know you call my dad your Hinamizawa husband,

and you're trying to live off of him!

And I know all about the badger game!

So, you do know everything.

This is your secret hideout, right?

It's a place that no one knows about, right?

You brat. How dare you mess with me.

In a bit, several million yen is gonna fall right into my hands.

You are so in the way!

Die!

I didn't want to kill you.

But I bet I'll never find a mark like him again.

I planned to disappear as soon as I got his money.

W...Wait!

That's not funny!

Die! Die! Die!

You bastard!

How dare you touch my woman.

Don't think you can get away with this!

So, I'm gonna come by tomorrow.

You'd better have all of it ready!

Please wait!

Who are you?

Um, I'm Mr. Ryugu's daughter.

What?

Actually, Rina-san told me to take you to her.

Huh? What happened to Ritsuko?

She said she has something to tell you.

What's this?

Why would Ritsuko be here?

She said she really wanted to talk alone.

So...

Damn, what is that fool thinking?

Huh?

I'm sorry.

The light might be out.

Please wait a second.

Sure.

Hurry up.

Oh, I have a lighter.

Huh?

Where'd she go?

Mi-chan, I'm sorry.

I have things to take care of again today,

so I gotta go home right away.

Oh, really?

What, Rena? You're going home?

Oh?

It's too bad you won't see Keiichi-san lose pathetically.

How regretful.

I'm sorry.

You had home stuff yesterday too.

Did something happen?

Yeah... This and that.

What's going on here? We're missing a lot of pieces.

We can't play mahjong with this.

What shall we do? Any suggestions?

How about treasure hunting for the missing mahjong pieces?

That doesn't sound too exciting.

How about doing a more hardcore treasure hunt?

Treasure hunt?

Yup, when it comes to treasure hunting, Rena's the expert.

So the dam dump site, right?

We shouldn't go there because it's been said that a ghost

from the dismembered corpse case appears.

You're referring to how the main suspect is still on the run,

and how the arm that he hid hasn't been found yet, right?

Rena's the only one who'd want to go there after the dam incident.

All right. Let's go treasure hunting at the dump today.

If you find the ghost, you win.

The hidden right arm, runner-up.

The next will be something Rena will like.

How about leaving the judgment up to Rena?

We agree!

Me too!

I think this is all.

I was just near the river bank

looking for a place to bury these bags.

I couldn't find a good place.

Rena...

Why?

Why didn't you talk to us?

Talk?

That's right.

We're friends, aren't we?

Friends will be on your side no matter what.

We're like a family, aren't we?

If you had talked to us, we might have been able to help.

If you had, then you might not have had to kill someone.

Fine then.

As you say,

let's say I told you guys about that woman and my father.

What would you do?

First...

First...

What?

It's impossible.

You can't do anything.

The same goes for everyone else.

Th...That's...

Friends are only people you hang out with doing fun and silly things.

They won't be on your side when painful times come.

That's not...

It's been like that for a while.

It was like that at the place I came from.

That's why I stopped disclosing things to my friends.

Because no one is going to help.

No one can help.

Why?

Huh?

Why won't you trust us?

Kei-chan...

Even if you had told us,

we might not have been able to come up with the best idea or solution.

But even so...

I believe we could've reached a better future than now.

A better future than now?

There is no such thing.

This is...

This is the best future.

Liar!

To prove that, you've been crying all this time!

Who?

Me?

When did I shed tears?

Right now.

You've been crying.

Don't you notice it?

What you did is the worst thing.

You're an idiot!

But I, as your friend, will accept what you did.

I'll accept this was the very, very last thing you could've done

after grappling with it for so long.

That's why I'll try to understand you.

We are the only ones who know about these gruesome bags.

If we all keep it a secret, then it's over.

There's nothing for you to worry about.

Rena!

Mew.

Rika-chan.

Satoko.

Rika and I both lost our parents and were alone,

but we never grieved over it.

That's because we had friends who were like a family.

Friends like a family, huh?

That's a good analogy for you.

I thought it was the club leader's duty

to share the value of friendship.

Well...

I guess I didn't do so well as a club leader.

Mion...

I'm sorry. I shouldn't act silly.

I'm embarrassed I wasn't able to understand

your situation as your friend and club leader.

Please forgive me.

Of course, I'll forgive the fact that you didn't talk to us.

That means we weren't worthy to have things disclosed to us.

We are responsible for our immaturity.

That's why I won't blame you.

I'm a murderer.

I bet I'll trouble you all.

This isn't a dream or illusion.

Plus, it's not even too late.

You still have options to choose from.

So choose!

There's still time! Come on!

Hey, Rena.

Sorry.

Rena...

When you go home, take a good rest.

Yeah.

Thank you.

I think I will.

Rena, don't blame yourself, okay?

It was just as everyone said.

What was?

That I...

I wasn't able to fool myself.

No matter how hard I tried to glorify my actions,

I was frightened in my heart that I had done a terrifying thing.

Since everyone helped me, I was able to come this far.

If I hadn't met everyone and tried to clean it all up by myself,

then I wouldn't have been able to bear this cross

and would have been crushed by its weight.

Starting tomorrow,

I think it's best for everyone to forget about today,

but what do you guys think?

I agree.

I think that's the kindest thing we can do for Rena-san.

Rena is a strong person.

If we act that way, then Rena will do the same.

They say that if we continue to act a certain way,

then it will soon become the truth.

By not talking about it, we'll eventually forget about it.

And our goal will be to forget about it completely.

That day may or may not come within our lifetime.

That might be true.

FURUDE SHRINE COTTON DRIFTING

Hey!

You're late! Rena!

Sorry, sorry.

Okay, where shall we begin?

I'm hungry.

Mew.

Then yakisoba!

Sounds good!

All right!

{ED}

{Preview}

NEXT CHAPTER

Where I started to run is the usual way home.

What squirms is the message from misfortune.

What is opened is the deceptive scrap.

When They Cry.

"Atonement Chapter Three: Document 34."

Can you believe it?