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The story so far..

Her name is Kondo Asami.

She was leading an ordinary life meeting

her childhood friends for dinner after work, but...

Eh? Did I die?

There, the next life she was informed about was...

Giant anteater.

It's highly possible that you were lacking the required good deeds...

It would be possible for you to redo the same life once again as Kondo Asami-sama.

While blocking Rena-chan's dad and

Yoko Sensei's affair which she hadn't noticed in the first round...

I'm thinking of going into music.

...and trying to stop Fuku-chan from pursuing a career in music...

If he quits now, it means his child won't be born either.

...but in the end, deciding not to,

her second round of life is still far from over.

It is now the 26th year of my second round of life.

Due to the fact that I was transferred to a dispensing pharmacy near my home starting this year,

I get to sleep in 30 minutes more than before.

30 minutes in the morning is worth about 2 hours at night.

Oh, that's right. I'll be going to Grandpa's house this Sunday.

Really? Then I'll give you something for them, so

- take it with you. - Okay.

Haruka, you wanna go too?

- You mean you want me to drive, right? - Well, there's that too.

- Sunday? Okay. - All right. Thanks.

By the way, where's Dad?

- Walking. - Walking?

Looks like he started today.

- I'm sure he won't last. - I wonder.

The fact that it's not in my recollection must mean he quit right away.

Speak of the devil.

I worked up a good sweat.

Do you want to eat after you take a shower?

Yeah, I guess so.

- Maybe one week. - I think that's about right.

Eh~? But he even bought tracksuits, you know.

- You mean that? - Yeah.

- Then 2 weeks? - No, wait a minute. 10 days?

- Don't you think he'll stick with it for at least one month? - No, he won't last a month.

- You don't think so? - Uh, excuse me.

Aren't things like that

usually discussed when that person isn't around?

Couldn't you have waited at least until I went to take a shower?

At the previous store, we took turns,

but here, the rule is that the first person to arrive unlocks the door.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Miyaoka-san is a meticulous worker and has a gentle demeanour.

Basically, he's a good senpai.

Sorry.

But there's one thing I don't like about him...

He's always the first to arrive at the store, but

he never unlocks the door himself.

For some reason, he waits in his car,

and after he sees someone unlocking the door...

he comes in, looking as if to say "I've just arrived."

Just this mysterious behavior is particularly creepy.

Other than that, he's nice guy.

Brush Up Life 3

Would you like a bag? Then here you go. Take care.

I understand why doctors wear white coats, but

- don't you think white coat for pharmacist is strange? - Why is that strange?

Because you know, white coat is to make the dirt and stain stand out, right?

I suppose so.

With our job, the dirt and stain is mostly from powder, right?

- Won't they be unoticeable on white jackets? - That's true.

I think black would definitely be better.

- You mean a black coat? - Yes.

That would make the dirt and stain from powder stand out more.

On the white coat of Shimokawa-san who just said that

was a jet-black ink stain.

Since my workplace is near city hall,

I often have lunch at restaurants I frequented in my city hall days,

and in the end, I find myself here.

Incidentally, those girls are...

- We'll get yelled at for sure. - For sure.

my colleagues from the first round.

Needless to say, they don't know me.

Which reminds me, how did it go with Takeuchi-kun?

Oh. We went out for dinner again the other day.

Are they talking about romantic relationships?

- He confessed his feelings for me. - Wow, you did it!

When I was there, practically every time...

I was saying hello before too, but

I got yelled at once for being overly friendly.

- Overly friendly? That's normal greeting, isn't it? - I don't get it, do you?

...we bitched about work or our boss.

Age doesn't matter...

Was I the one who was turning the conversation that way?

- Thanks for the food. - Thank you very much.

Those two talking about romantic relationships?

Talking about romantic relationships like they were thoroughly enjoying it?

That matter dragged me down more than I expected.

You've been going quite often lately. To Grandpa's house.

Ah~ I guess so.

Is there such a thing as suddenly becoming Grandpa's girl at your age?

That's not what it is, but...

- I couldn't go too often when I was going to school, right? - Well, yeah.

It's true that lately, I've been going to my grandparents' house quite often.

The reason being, from around this time in the first round,

my grandfather started having health problems, and

he passed away 2 years later.

Naturally, there's nothing I can do about his chronic disease, so

I try to go see him as much as time permits.

- Asami, how are you doing at work? - I'm getting used to it.

Starting this year, I got transferred to a store close to home, so

it's a lot easier in the morning. Thanks.

- That's good. - Yeah.

- Haruka, you're a college student now, right? - That's right.

Grandpa, are you sick?

It's not a big deal.

You know Grandpa always had a weak heart, right?

He hasn't been doing too well lately.

I see. Don't overexert yourself too much, okay?

Yeah. It's nothing to worry about.

Huh?

Grandpa, you just took your medicine with tea, didn't you?

I did.

You can't do that. You have to take it with water or lukewarm water.

- It doesn't make much difference, does it? - Yes it does. The time it takes to dissolve

and the time it takes for the body to absorb it are all affected.

- You have to take it properly! - Spoken like a true pharmacist.

- Okay. I'll do that from now on. - Please do.

Look. As soon a she finds medicine like this, she looks for the active ingredients.

Oh, really?

It's a habit now. She's like that at home too.

I guess she can't help being curious?

What's this medicine?

This is the medicine I take at night.

I wish she'd forget about medicines at least on her day off.

Doesn't that mean the job is that rewarding to her?

Huh? Say...

Are you taking this medicine and this medicine every day?

Yeah, I am.

As far as I know, these two are an extremely bad combination.

This may be the reason my grandfather's condition deteriorated

in the first round.

Looking back on it now, his condition did deteriorate too quickly.

Grandpa.

This medicine and this medicine. Will you stop taking them for now?

Why?

The thing is, these two are not supposed to taken together.

The doctor prescribed them. They should be fine.

No. They were prescribed by different hospitals, so

I don't think they're aware.

- Really? - Yeah.

Anyway, I'll go talk to the pharmacy, but

don't take them for now.

Okay. If you insist, I won't take them.

Yeah. Please don't.

I have a question in regards to Harada Nobuhiro-sama.

Isn't it taking too long?

They have to check with the hospital and things.

- Does it take that long? - It takes that long!

Harada-sama.

I apologize for the long wait.

Upon checking again from our end, just as you said,

medications that should not be taken together were prescribed.

Oh, that's what I thought.

Just as I thought.

That combination of medication was hortening my grandfather's life.

Subsequently, my father was able to get a prescription for the right medication.

And 2 weeks after that.

I got a call from Grandma a little while ago.

She said Grandpa's feeling much better.

All right!

That's our pharmacist.

So far, this is the best work I've done in the second round.

Aside from that, there's something I haven't been able to get over since that day.

In the business magazine I happened to flip through at the pharmacy,

the person who was featured as a businessman with annual sales of 1 billion yen was...

Tanabe Masaru.

When he was dating me in the first round...

I'm sorry about this.

he was irresponsible with money and was drifting from one job to the next, but

in the second round when we weren't dating,

he's a businessman with annual sales of 1 billion yen.

I don't think I'll get over this for a while.

By the way, Dad, what happened to walking?

- Oh, I quit. - You did?

Yeah... When I looked up the cons of walking,

it sounds like too much walking isn't good for your health.

Isn't it okay if you don't overdo it?

At the point you started looking for the cons of walking,

weren't you looking for a reason to quit?

No, it's not like that.

Dad, would you mind going to take a shower?

Why?

But it's morning.

* Most Japanese don't usually shower in the morning, but bathe at night.

Wouldn't you like to go abroad?

It is now the 33rd year of my second round of life.

I remember this day of the first round pretty vividly.

Miipon, it's a little late, but

- Happy Birthday! - Happy Birthday!

- Here. This is from the two of us. - Oh wow! Thanks.

- Can I open it? - Yeah, open it, open it.

- Oh! I've been really wanting this!

- Really? I'm glad. - But wasn't this expensive?

- No, it wasn't that expensive. - We both pitched in anyway.

Really?

Oh, Miipon. The waitress won't be bringing out anything this time.

The hand-held firecracker that sparks.

- The plate? - We didn't get it this year.

Since you get embarrassed by things like that.

Oh, I see. Sorry about that.

And, I've already explained it to the waitress.

- Explain? - Yeah. That the reason

we did the sparkler thing for my birthday but we're not doing it this time

is because that girl doesn't like that sort of thing, and that

it's definitely not because we're treating her poorly...

- You told her that? - Yeah.

Because if I don't, you'll worry about it.

Please don't. That would be more embarrassing.

She already knows everything, so don't worry, don't worry.

Oh, quit it. Is that how you were looking at me? From the beginning,

By the way, when I was tidying up my desk yesterday,

- I found something that really brought back memories. - What is it?

Look at this.

Wah~ That really brings back memories.

This was in our 2nd year of middle school, wasn't it?

- Wasn't it right after Round 1 opened? - We used to go there!

- Say, doesn't this pose bring back memories? - This pose?

We were imitating the poster of some vocational school.

- Kumagaya Beauty Academy. - That's it! The good old days.

- Back then we were doing this constantly, huh? - We sure were.

Misagon went to Kumagaya Beauty School, didn't she?

- She sure did. - But "Misagon"

is a name I hadn't heard in years.

- "Gonmisa," right? - That's right. It turned into "Gonmisa" midway.

Was it "Gonchan" at the end?

For some, it was "Changon."

The original name was lost by then.

Speaking of which, do you remember Mari-chan?

- Uno Mari-chan? - Yes, the student council president.

- Do you know what she's doing now? - No, I don't.

What could she be? I'd like to take a guess.

No, you'll never guess what it is.

Which means she isn't a doctor or lawyer?

- Pilot. - You're right.

- All right~! - How did you know?

I just thought Mari-chan might have achieved something like that.

But still, pilot isn't something that would normally come to mind.

- You don't think so? - But Mari-chan's amazing, isn't she?

She's finally become someone physically out of our reach.

What's so amazing about Mari-chan is that

she was smart and athletic with a cute face,

- yet she didn't get under your skin at all... - Yeah, I know. She was a nice girl.

But when she goes that far, I'd say she actually has a bad personality.

What do you mean?

- She won't even let us begrudge her. - True.

- All we can do is praise her. - That's right.

- Just praise her then. - I'm sure this life is round 2 for that girl.

It was going around, wasn't it? Rumors of Uno Mari's time travel.

Otherwise, there's no way she'd be that outstanding.

Although I couldn't even do it in the second round.

She was just a little too perfect and...

Long time no see.

- It's Rena-chan. - Yes, it's me.

- I didn't recognize you at first. - You look a little different now.

- Really? You guys haven't changed at all, - We haven't?

In the first round, we wouldn't have met Rena-chan here.

But in the second round,

she came up and talked to us.

- She was just a little too perfect and... - Long time no see.

- Have a seat - Can I?

In the first round, since we were together only halfway through nursery school

we probably didn't recognize each other.

But because I stopped Rena's daddy

from having an affair in the second round,

she didn't have to move away, and...

SPEED is the guest on Hey! Hey! Hey!, right?

continued on to elementary school

Don't you think Watson's cute?

and middle school with us, so...

This brings back memories.

we were able to recognize each other.

- Oh, yeah? What's your boyfriend like? - Picture, picture.

Let's see it...!

Okay, just a minute.

- This might be the best one. - Let's see it.

Nice! He's the intellectual type.

The person in the picture...

was Miyaoka-san.

- What does he do? - He's a pharmacist.

Oh, yeah? Just like you, Ah-chin.

- Yeah, I guess so. - So Ah-chin, you're a pharmacist?

Yeah...

- Where did you meet him? - Well...

I used to work part-time at a drugstore when I was in college,

and he was working at a dispensing pharmacy next door.

When you were in college, so that's over 10 years ago, right?

Yes. But at first, we just saw each other at work, and

we didn't know each other's phone number or anything. Some time after that,

maybe 3 years ago?

Uh... the same day Reiwa was announced as the name for the new era.

- That was 4 years ago. - Oh, 4 years ago, huh?

When I was eating at Yume-an on that day, he just happened to be there.

And since we were both alone, we had dinner together, and

saying "Let's go have dinner again," we exchanged phone numbers,

and from there, we gradually got to know each other.

- That's nice. - Hey, hey, hey. Let us meet him sometime.

Okay. Then I'll bring him with me next time.

I'm looking forward to it!

Then I should get going.

- Thanks. - No, that goes for us. Thanks.

- It was nice to see you. - Me too.

- See you again. - See you~.

- Bye bye~. - Bye bye~.

I wonder if Rena-chan knows.

That he's married.

But for some reason,

Rena-chan seems to be linked by fate to affairs.

I envy her. Because he's older.

- Shall we get going too? - Yeah, I guess so.

- Shall we stop by a purikura on our way back? - Good idea.

- Round 1? - Are they open?

- That place should be opened till morning. - Oh yeah. Then let's go.

Although there was the unexpected reunion with Rena-chan...

- Aren't your eyes bad? - Lately it's been bad.

Then let's do the Kumagaya.

- Brings back memories. - Face that way?

After taking purikura pictures, as planned...

we went to the karaoke box where Fuku-chan worked, as planned.

Welcome. How many in your party?

It's Fuku-chan.

- Well, look who's here. - It's been like forever.

Long time no see. When was the last time I saw you three?

- When was it? - Wasn't the coming-of-age ceremony the last time?

So the last time was 13 years ago.

It's been that long, huh? So what's the occasion today?

It's not any special occasion, but just our regular get-together, right?

- We just had dinner at Montagna. - Oh, I see.

This is on the house.

- Are you sure? Won't you get scolded? - It's fine.

- I'm just gonna say it. - Huh? What?

- We can't eat anymore, can we? - No, being that we just ate dinner.

I really appreciate the thought, but I just can't eat it.

I really do appreciate the thought.

Yeah, we stuffed ourselves with pasta, didn't we?

- We sure did. - We have absolutely no room for anything else.

- So how much time do you want? - What shall we do?

- I think 2 is enough. - 2 hours, right?

It's slow right now, so I'll give you a big room.

Thanks.

Wow, it's spacious!

It sure is.

Didn't we come here after the coming-of-age ceremony too?

We did. We were in this room too.

-We were, right? - And Fuku-chan

sang "Konayuki" or something, and everyone said he was super good.

- It wasn't "Konayuki." - It wasn't?

- Orange Range. - Was it?

"Konayuki" was Kato.

- I'm surprised you remember. - Who wants to sing first?

- Already? - Is it too soon?

For now, let's wait until we get our drinks.

Shall we?

Fuku-chan should be coming in shortly.

The question is the fries.

I made sure I told him about the state of our stomach.

The question is, did Fuku-chan pick up on that.

Now, will the fries...

Thanks for waiting.

Which is it?

It's not there! Okay!

The first drinks are on me...

If he was going to give us a freebie,

I wish he had given us free drinks instead of fries.

We should never say that, but it's true.

All right! Yay!

Really?

- Are you sure? Won't you get scolded? - It's fine.

Thanks.

- Thanks, Fuku-chan. - Don't mention it. Enjoy~.

All right~.

You're so happy about it.

It's good.

- Isn't it mediocre? - It's mediocre. - She's acting strange.

She's strange, huh?

Oh, by the way, I couldn't tell you earlier.

You know Rena-chan's boyfriend?

- He's my senpai at work. - Oh, really?

- His name's Miyaoka-san. - Oh.

Why didn't you say that earlier?

The thing is, Miyaoka-san's

- married. - Eh?!

- You're kidding, right? - No, I'm serious.

I've seen his wife before, so I'm positive.

When I saw the picture, I almost blurted out, "Oh, that's Miyaoka-san!", but

he's married, right?

I didn't know what the situation was, so

for the time being, I kept my mouth shut.

I wonder if Rena-chan knows.

- I don't think she knows. - Why?

Miyaoka-san wasn't wearing his wedding ring in the picture.

But since he normally wears his ring at work,

- I think he's keeping it a secret and dating her. - You're very observant.

- That's the first thing I looked at. - That sucks.

It sucks.

What should I do?

In any case,

don't you think you should tell Rena-chan?

That's what I thought too.

- The sooner the better, right? - Yeah.

- By the way, I wonder what she's doing now.

- What? You mean invite her here? - Wouldn't that be better?

It might be. Shall we try calling her?

Oh, but I don't know how to contact her. Do you?

- No, I don't. - I don't know either.

- We should've asked her earlier, huh? - We should've.

Wouldn't Fuku-chan know?

- Would Fuku-chan know? - He might know.

I'll go ask him.

- Fuku-chan, thanks for the drinks. - Sure. What's up?

Would you happen to have Rena-chan's phone number?

- Rena-chan? - Moriyama Rena-chan. Do you remember?

I have it. If it hasn't changed.

- Just a minute. - All right. Let me have it.

- We ran into her at Montagna. - Oh, really?

Ah, found it. Here it is.

Thanks.

Fuku-chan, how have you been?

Good.

Oh, that's right. Actually, I got a divorce 4 years ago.

Is that so... Thanks.

And after that, I got married again to a girl who used to work here.

- Really? - We had a baby the year before last.

- Congratulations! - Thank you.

- Do you want to see his picture? - I do! I do!

He's so cute~. He looks just like you, Fuku-chan.

Really? I get told that a lot.

Thank God the baby was born as planned.

- What about music? - I ended up giving up on music.

Is that so.

I probably wasn't cut out for it anyway.

I see... But you're happy now, aren't you?

Yeah. I sure am.

Then I'm glad!

Is that so. Good, good.

- Okay. Thanks. - Sure.

I wasn't wrong.

Yeah. Okay~. Then I'll see you in a bit.

She said she'll be here in 30 minutes.

- Okay, here we go. - What shall we tell her?

Assuming I start out by telling her just the facts.

It's what follows, right?

It also depends on which type Rena-chan is.

Which type?

The type who makes a clean break

once she finds out the guy is married, or

the type who wants the guy to leave his wife, or

the type who gets defiant and continue the affair.

- I don't think Rena-chan will break up. - That's true.

And doesn't the guy look like he'd say things like

"I'm not getting along with my wife" or "I'm going to divorce her soon"?

The pattern of hinting at a family breakdown, huh?

- Rena-chan is sure to be swayed. - For sure.

Plus, even though the guy's just a scumbag,

don't you think she's gonna be like "I have to be on his side"?

The pattern where the distorted maternal instinct kicks in, huh?

- The classic pattern. - So before that happens,

- we have to get her to come to her senses. - So I tell you, tonight is it.

None of us had experienced an affair, but

we've watched a lot of dramas about affairs, so we're quite knowledgeable about it.

- What shall we do? - Hmm, what shall we do?

First, I will tell her the truth.

And she'll be shocked.

Then, without consoling her or anything like that,

we'll just pile on her the foolishness and the cons of an affair.

- Yeah, yeah, I think that's good. - I agree, I agree.

Then Nacchi, will you play the part of Rena-chan?

- Shall we do it once? - Let's do it.

- Here I go. - Let's try doing it once.

Then ready, start.

Sorry I'm late.

You know, Rena-chan...

Um... I have something important to tell you.

What is it?

Earlier, you showed us a picture of your boyfriend, right?

To tell you the truth, he's my senpai at work.

- Oh, is that right? - Yes. What's more,

he's married.

- Eh? - Yeah, he has a wife.

- You're kidding, right? - It's true. I even met her once.

Eh? What are you saying...

I've never been told of anything like that.

- It's a shock, isn't it? - I'm shocked. This is too much.

Um... Rena-chan.

It must be hard to wrap your head around this sudden revelation, but

well, no one's going to be happy if you continue your relationship.

That's right. If you expend your time on a relationship without any future,

you'll only regret it later on.

- It may be hard right now, but... - Thank you.

- Let's break up. - Okay, I'll break up.

- Eh? - Eh?

- I'll break up. Thanks. - No, wait. Wait, wait, wait...

Can you hold out a little longer?

- Why? - I don't think it's that easy.

- But that made sense. - I know it did, but

if you give in that easily, we can't practice.

Oh, I see.

Sorry.

- Shall I do it one more time? - Yes.

The day will come when you'll be glad you broke up, I promise.

Yes, I have absolutely no doubt.

Yeah, I know, right? Okay, I'll break up.

- Good for you! - Thank you, thank you.

- And then we'll move on to karaoke, right? - Yes, okay.

- The choice of song is important here, right? - Definitely.

We should avoid the love song genre, right?

Right. Moreover, we want a positive song.

Looking at it like this, they're all romantic songs.

They are. What's more,

there's the pattern that it's actually a song about infidelity.

The infidelity trap, huh?

Is there one that sings about the foolishness and the cons of an affair

that's cheerful and positive?

- There probably isn't any. - Probably not.

And at the end, we'll all sing our heart out with Nakajima Miyuki's "Fight!"

- This should be perfect. - It's perfect.

Sorry I'm late.

- What do you want to drink? - I already ordered.

- I'll take that. - Thanks.

- I didn't know Fuku-chan worked here. - Yeah, we just found out today too.

- Have a seat here. - Thanks.

Cheers!

Gosh, it's really been a long time, huh?

- Do you go to that restaurant often? - Maybe about once a month?

- Don't we go more often? - Maybe twice a month.

Oh, yeah? I go there once in a while too.

- They have good food, don't they? - They do.

Their pasta's good.

Their vongole is delicious, isn't it?

You know, Rena-chan.

- I have something important to tell you. - What is it?

Earlier, you showed us a picture of your boyfriend, right?

He's my senpai at the pharmacy.

- He is? - He's Miyaoka-san, right?

That's right. Really? You work at the same place, huh?

Yes, we do...

And so...

Miyaoka-san is

married.

He has a wife.

- For real? - Yes.

Well...

Look, I know it's shocking,

but you know, this kind of...

Hello?

What do you mean "What's up?" You're married, damn it.

Don't give me that "Huh?" and play dumb with me, scumbag.

I got the evidence, asshole.

Don't tell me to calm down, idiot!

How dare you make me waste my precious time on you, scumbag.

Delete my contact info right now.

If you don't, I'll come storming into your workplace!

You got that?!

Sorry.

That seriously sucks.

No, that was great.

Sorry.

Then we...

got so fired up for the first time in a while that our voice got hoarse.

Sorry I kept you with me until so late.

- Not at all. I had a great time. - It was fun.

- Let's go again. - Yeah, let's.

Rena-chan, don't you still have feelings for him?

- Not at all. - Ah, really? That's good to hear.

Actually, we were a little worried until you came.

- What do we do if you can't break up? - Really?

- I'm totally breaking up with him. It's a waste of time, right? - It sure is.

Or rather, I seriously want my time back.

Yeah, for sure.

He's malicious for embarking on an affair with a thirty-ish woman.

He is.

That's right. He's sacrificing someone's precious time to satisfy his own needs.

- He's a true scumbag. - A scumbag.

- When he dies, he's going to hell. - That's for sure.

- What's more, he's a pinworm in his next life! - No doubt!

Pinworm for sure.

Hey, listen to this. Pinworm

starts doing baby talk when we're alone.

- Isn't that really disgusting? - Yuck!

And also, he sends me selfies

when I don't even ask him to. Isn't that super disgusting?

I don't know. Some things don't bother you when you're dating, but

as soon as you break up, they become unbearably disgusting, don't they?

- I know what you mean. - Seriously, what is that?

Yay!

- Shall we get going? - Let's go home.

From this point on is my unknown future.

And with the new week, things got back to normal.

As a side note, there was one thing that was on my mind.

It's about Miyaoka-san, also known as Pinworm.

Since I found out about his relationship with Rena-chan,

I don't know how I should interact with him.

I can't believe Miyaoka-san unlocked the door himself for the first time...

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Does this mean he repented and turned over a new leaf?

Go ahead.

By the way, except for the unlocking of the door, he was the same as usual.

Excuse me for a sec.

If that's the case, it's creepy how the unlocking of the door is the only

part that turned over a new leaf.

Add that to the matter of baby talk, and it's super creepy in total.

How are you doing? Are you feeling better?

Things are pretty slow at the store today, so

for lunch, I decided to head out to the soba shop that I went

once in a while during my days at city hall.

Because it's on the other side of city hall,

I never went there in the second round.

It's been a while, so I felt like eating the soba...

Oh?

A filming?

They must be filming a drama.

Ah...who was that?

Oh, Maeno Tomoya.

Oh, wow.

This can't be true.

No way...

I let my guard down~!

This sucks.

Did I die because of Maeno Tomoya~!

Why is it always me...

- Excuse me. - Yes?

Looks like I died again.

Well then, please enter your name and date of birth here.

Thank you. One moment please.

Okay. Kondo Asami-sama, right? Thank you for your 33 years of service.

I died when I was 33 the previous time too.

That's what it looks like.

Is it predetermined that I'm going to die at 33?

It's not like it's predetermined or anything. Everyone has their own

period of time when they're more likely to die.

- Period of time when they're more likely to die? - Yes. First of all,

everyone has their own

- thing called a basic life span. - Basic life span...

Depending on heredity and environment, there are some individual differences, but

for your generation, generally

that would be between 90 and 100 years old.

In addition to this basic life span, the probably of irregular death,

such as accidents and diseases, is distributed to each age group.

- Distributed...? - The total is the same for everyone, but

the method of distribution is at random, and as you can see,

for some people the probability is evenly distributed, whereas

for others, the high probability is concentrated at a certain period of time.

So in your case, that period of time

is in your thirties.

Is that right.

But since this is strictly a probability,

naturally, you may not necessarily die.

Then during my thirties,

if I was was more cautious not to die and survived,

I may have lived longer after that?

That's what it means.

But there's no point in regretting that now, right?

That's right. There's also luck involved in that as well.

Then may I tell you about your new life?

Yes.

- It has to be human next, right? - Let me check.

Kondo-sama is uh...

an Indo-Pacific double-lined mackerel.

Indo-Pacific double-lined mackerel.

This is it.

- Mackerel? - Yes.

- Not a human? - No.

I think I worked pretty hard this time around.

- But mackerel? - Mackerel.

Is it that difficult to be a human?

No, it's not so much about being a human, but

in order to be reborn as your desired life form,

you'll need a certain amount of good deeds.

- The desired life form? - Yes.

In the first place, the idea that humans are number one

is strictly nothing more than a human perspective.

There isn't any particular hierarchy in the life form to be reborn.

Is that right?

For example, most of those who were beetles

would like to be a beetle again, and most of those who were crows

would like to be a crow again.

- Cockroaches too? - Of course.

Needless to say, a lot of good deeds need to be accumulated in order to do that.

I see.

By the way, I don't want to be a mackerel,

but compared to a giant anteater, I feel it's somewhat better.

Does that mean I accumulated more good deeds than the previous time?

I think that's what it means.

But in order to be reborn as a human being,

I didn't have enough good deeds, right?

- I think so. - I see...

So from that point on, I will live as a mackerel, right?

From that point on, you will live as a mackerel.

Mackerel, huh?

- I do like to eat it though. - I know what you mean.

But living as one would be tough.

There's no way

I could start all over again, is there?

You can.

- I can? - Yes.

Is that right?

Is this a system where you can start over as many times as you want

until you're satisfied?

Of course, there is a limit.

That number of times is also determined by the amount of good deeds accumulated in the first round,

- so there are some who can't start over even once. - I see.

Just for the record, how many more times can I start over again?

I'm afraid I can't tell you that.

Oh, okay. Then...

the next time may be the last,

or the time after next may be the last...

That would be correct.

Then I'll start over.

- You'll be starting over? - Yes.

Then if you would proceed straight on the right side here,

you'll see a door. Please enter this life from there.

All right.

- I'm going. - Have a good day.

Oh, man.

Asami-chan.

- You're so cute. - Asami~.

Thus started the improbable third round of my life.

♫ "Fight" by Nakajima Miyuki (released as a single in 1994)

I'm grateful that I get to start over again, but

to be honest, infancy in the third round was

understandably tiring.

I thought about talking already, but

if I did that and fecklessly get treated like a child prodigy,

I'll end up digging my own grave later on, so

reluctantly, I grew up holding myself back, just like in the second round.

And my third time around at the nursery school.

- Rena-chan, your daddy's here. - Coming!

Another tiresome matter arose.

It was the fact that I'd have to resolve once again

the problem of Rena's dad's affair which was resolved in the second round.

I tried to think of a more efficient solution, but

I couldn't think of anything in particular, so...

I ended up carrying out Operation Pokeberu like in the second round...

Little girl! Wait... Little girl!

Little girl~!

Like in the second round, I was pursued by the police.

♫ "Fight" by Nakajima Miyuki (released as a single in 1994)

♫ Glittering schools of small fish

♫ Crossing over borders in the sea

♫ Chains in the name of resignation

♫ They twist their bodies to unravel

What's wrong, Asami?

- No appetite? - No.

You'd better eat all your fish.

♫ Those who don't fight will probably laugh

♫ Fight! Through the cold water

The mackerel is good, isn't it?

It's good.

Next time for sure, I swore in my heart to be reborn as a human.