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That day during summer vacation, you knew that the school would go adrift.

So why did you come anyway?

Yeah, I knew everything.

But that's why I came. I couldn't just leave the others to it.

But what was the point of that?

Well...

Did the others ask you to save them?

Is this world a movie theater?

No, this is no ordinary movie theater.

Is that...?

Your point of view.

Hmm, just skimming through this,

it looks like the whole movie is seen from your perspective.

I-I... h-haven't been doing any hidden camera filming!

I know!

Then who on earth did this?

Hmm, I don't know anything for certain yet,

but a "This World" that clearly manifests another one is a first.

This may be some sort of special place.

Haven't you found Nagara yet?!

It's been two months already! What the hell are you doing?!

Sir, yes, sir! He appears to be constantly wandering from world to world,

and we can't seem to detect him with the super-power holdovers, sir!

He wouldn't be able to come up with anything that bright on his own.

He probably has others working with him!

They are just as guilty! Find them, no matter what it takes!

Sir, yes, sir!

Mizuho is sure taking her time. I'm hungry.

She should be here any time now.

I have some chocolate if you want some.

Mm-hmm.

A-A stray dog?!

Mmm, you smell good. The sweet smell of chocolate.

I-It talked!

This dog talked!

Shake hands!

Sit!

Sit up!

Allow me to introduce you. This is Yamabiko.

It sounds like he drifted into this world, the same as us.

He used to be human, but before he knew it, he says he ended up like this.

There, there, there, there, there...

Nice to meet you.

A veteran castaway... dog?

Ugh, pee-yew.

If you're a castaway like us, does that mean you're also in stasis?

That's right.

Then why are you a dog? Is it some sort of power?

Heh, dog or not, nothing at all has changed about my true nature.

You see? This is who I am--

So where have you been all this time?

I was living in the forest,

but the storm that came through earlier drove me out of there.

Does he mean Asakaze?

Hmm, very likely.

Do you know...

...what's causing this drifting?

That I don't know.

Can we never go home again?

There were many who came before me

who attempted to get back to their own world,

but no one yet has been successful.

But that doesn't mean there's zero chance.

Huh? Then we can go home?

Yeah...

There's still time.

It hasn't even been a whole year since you got here, right?

Whew, we're this close to being finished.

Mm-hmm. We just have to collect the material that will be its core.

Do we really not have to go looking for it?

Supposedly, it's going to come to us.

Hey.

How are things?

It sure has been a while, hasn't it? What have you been up to all this time?

We've been hopping around to different worlds with Nagara,

looking for the piece we need to get us back home.

Hey, why don't we all go home together?

I think we've already given you our answer to that.

The outcome is already decided.

We can't go home.

Our only choice is to live here.

Don't give me that nonsense about the outcome already being decided.

Isn't it up to youngsters like us to keep trying anyway?

We are inside the light right now. Just one step away.

I never imagined there was someone adrift longer than us.

He said there was still time. That we were still connected.

Yeah, he did.

Could he mean that whatever is holding that connection in place

might be somewhere here in this world?

Mm-hmm, could be.

Assuming that using your power is the act that created This World,

and that your power originated back in our own world,

might have been a certain type of This World.

And if that's true, then maybe there's film of our own world in here, too.

The fact that we weren't the only ones to go adrift,

and that it happened to others from the same school might be what that means.

You guys seem to have gotten the wrong impression.

I was also a 3rd-year student who went to Shiraito Middle School No. 2,

the same as all of you.

Huh? The same school? Then we're classmates?!

Who are you? What's your name?

Yamada Kunihiko.

Was there anyone there with that name?

It's not surprising that you wouldn't know me.

See, I enrolled the same year that you graduated.

Wait, then that means...

Isn't that strange?

That would mean that you're here from the future.

Space-time is flexible.

How long have you been here, then?

Five-thousand years.

But when he says 5,000 years,

it just doesn't seem real, does it? Plus, he turned into a dog.

Wah! What just happened?!

Huh?!

S-Sorry!

Are you okay?

What did you just do?

"New Hateno Island" "Reel 8"

This has footage of us since we moved to the island on it.

Fetch.

Hey!

Let's try a little experiment.

Mm-hmm.

This is an app I made that processes moving pictures.

Does that mean...?

Mm-hmm, it does. Any changes to the film

also have an impact on the real world.

Let's experiment a little more.

These are the images from that film.

Now we add something else-- the great Monkey Mountain.

Fascinating, isn't it? By editing two "This Worlds" together,

we can create a composite.

Amazing. You can do anything.

Actually, I already tried this once. But...

...at the time, there weren't any changes.

The only difference this time is that you're here taking part in the preview.

Which means that simply editing the film doesn't alter the world.

The crucial element is whether or not you're here watching it.

Okay, then what would happen if we ran it backwards?

The situation is taking a serious turn.

Are you sure we should be leaving this up to them?

You mean those delicate little mice?

They're as pure as can be, and haven't gotten any preferential treatment.

They need me to watch over them.

But the ones to watch out for

are the those who are overconfident in the powers they've been given,

and dare to defy God. Their plot would bring about the end of the world.

The end of the world?

Yeah. We have to prevent that, whatever it takes.

You're the only one who can protect the others.

You understand that, right?

There's nothing to worry about. Your power and my sense of relativity

were made for each other.

Hey, are you ever coming back? I'd like to get us all together again.

You've got Nagara, right?

Mm-hmm, Nagara is still plugging away.

He's trying to prove to himself that he can stand up to the world.

Our very own Nagara!

Hmm, it looks like playing it backwards goes against the rules of This World.

I thought we could go back to before we went adrift,

but I guess it couldn't be that easy.

We can see the past, but we can't change it.

Which means that effects can't happen without their causes.

What's this?

Oh, that's off the table. It's been ruined by mildew, and it's the wrong size.

Is this...?

You really are special.

We might be able to go home now.

So you have a new project, then?

Mm-hmm, I call it the "Director's Cut" project.

What's that?

A director's cut is when a movie that has already been in theaters

gets re-edited, and becomes a remade production.

In the same way, I'm thinking of having us do a director's cut.

Of what?

Of ourselves and of this world.

"Hateno Island"

We are castaways that ended up in this world by mistake.

And over here, we have another reel of film that Nagara found.

This film shows our own world, where we're supposed to be.

Wow, that takes me back!

But you were a transfer student.

Oh, right.

We're going to paste ourselves in here where we're missing,

and re-edit our own world.

We're going to remake our own world ourselves.

Who's gonna pull off something as ambitious as that?

Nagara, right?

Mm-hmm.

Even if it's a hurdle we can't get over, Nagara is able to.

We can't change the past.

But we can change the future as much as we like.

But what if the future is already decided?

We already know how it turns out.

Is knowing really all that great?

Yeah. I am that great.

No matter how impressive you are, you can't change the future.

You should use your power in a way that's more helpful to all of us.

This shelter, you see, is actually an ark.

It's going to be the savior that protects us

from the disaster that's coming.

Don't just go saving yourselves.

Hmm? Did you say something?

Even if the outcome is set in stone,

I'm not going to run from it.

Yeah.

Nagara is right. Hoshi, we ought to--

Cap, have I ever been wrong about anything yet?

No.

But even so...

I don't think I want to walk down the safe paths I've been told about,

and then tell myself, "Ah, good going."

That's not what your life is.

Uh-oh. Nagara, I think it's about time to relocate to another world.

Let's knock this off, already.

No matter how many power holdovers we collect,

we'll never be able to beat Asakaze and the others.

I think that maybe we were wrong after all.

"Is it true that he can teleport?!" "It's not so much teleporting as moving into another world like it was nothing."

Is it true that you were able to change the world?

Yeah. It worked out fine in our experiments, for the most part.

For the most part?

Mm-hmm. There are times when the editing works, and times when it doesn't.

It seems like there's some kind of random chance at work.

Are you sure we'll be all right? Nothing strange is going to happen?

No, nothing like that.

This is predicated on the fact that only things that can happen will happen.

You being who you are isn't going to change.

Is that a fact?

You'll be fine! You're not going to suddenly become a dog or anything.

For one thing, this world is set up so that things work in the students' favor.

Why are only students who went to our school going adrift?

Right, it's because the principal is God.

Huh?

The principal? You mean our principal?

This drifting was brought about according to his will.

Huh? But why would the principal be God?

It's nothing more than simple coincidence.

He just happened to be the principal.

He just happened to be? But even if that's so,

what is the point of us going adrift?

There is no point.

Nil.

It's from Ace. He says they want to meet up with us here.

Huh?! Why now, after everything they put Nagara through?!

Let them come.

Huh? How come?

If they've taken the step of contacting us,

then they must be reconsidering their actions.

Besides, if they're in trouble, we should extend our hand to them.

Make them beg! Make them beg!

This is what the ark is for.

Okay, this is where we'll do it. This is where we'll build our ark.

Ark?

Yeah. I have to save everyone. You understand, right?

You see, I want to save all of you.

Hey, are you sure we shouldn't be helping Rajdhani and them?

Why?

Why?

Because the way things are headed, it seems like we're never going home.

And what if we don't?

Even if we never go home, it poses no problem at all for our previous world.

You're going to save everyone.

I just want to save everyone, that's all.

Have the others sought salvation from you?

Are you sure this is the way to go?

Just doing exactly as you're told to so...

It isn't like you.

If we go home tomorrow,

we'd be just in time for our graduation.

Do you think we could graduate after missing this much school?

Who knows?

You can't fly anymore.

Today's our graduation ceremony.

Be back later.

Our shelter has now become an ark.

When are you going to finally understand?!

Give up, already!

Ms. Aki! Listen to me, please!

It's not possible for this project to cause the end of the world!

No, it is ending!

She's a teacher? No, that can't be.

Why not?

The only things that go adrift are the school and its students.

Huh? But...

There's no other choice but for you to stay here!

Stop them.

Is Nagara doing that?

The world really has changed.

Mm-hmm, it looks like it worked.

Let's move on to the project. Agreed?

Yeah, okay. Let's give it a try.

They say they're ready any time on their end.

We're ready on our end, too.

Okay, let's all go home together!

Mm-hmm.

Honestly, what are we going to do about your mother?

Can't you just make a decision on your own already?

We need to do more than just discuss this.

Hmm? What's that?

When did that get there?

Teacher!

There's a dead bird at the front gate.

It's so nasty. Please do something about it.

Don't tell me you...

It's not right for you to take things out on those weaker than you.

No, that isn't what I...

Hmm? What is it?

The light...

The light is here.

The light? The one you talk about?

Mm-hmm. We were right after all.

You are no longer needed.

Asakaze!

Is this...?

I'm... here.

What a pity.

You always have to screen the future to see what happens.

What do you mean?

You did not create a world.

You were not creating a world.

You were just an observer, opening a box of possibilities.

This world exists because you are here.

You are simply copies.

Huh? What's going on? There's another me here.

We were not chosen.

We no longer have a place to go home to.

I get it. This wasn't us going adrift;

this was God rolling the dice.

Did you think that you were the only special ones?

They ended up failing, huh?

They were so close, too.

Congratulations on your graduation.

You're sure that this was for the best, right?

Yeah. The world has been preserved.

Sorry. It didn't work.

It's not your fault, Nagara. Ultimately, it was a matter of probability.

That's true.

There was the chance that we would become the originals.

I've underestimated you, Nagara.

Hey, I thought you said there was still time.

Eight months fits within the margin of error of life.

There's no chance left for me, though.

We have to get going.

I was dead.

Huh?

So what could the light have been, then?

Starting now, from the moment when our eyes met,

everything that's been downloaded is allowed

"It's okay for you to be here"

The gangway bridge is long, and God is nowhere now

Under a rainbow umbrella I heard the words,

"It's okay for you to be here"

Affection is the same thing as loathing

when you don't know the meaning of love

We held hands on the edge of a world bathed in twilight

When we overcome sadness on a 2000-light-year-long train

that's when boy meets girl

Pretty lonely people possessing the entirety of good and evil,

that's when boy meets girl

Don't say goodbye

Don't say goodbye

Don't say goodbye