Category: SR Volume 4
SR V4 Chapter 3 Part 4
4 The following day was Monday, July 24th. Kei met up with Haruki just before noon, made a save, and took action. He called up Kusakabe Shouta’s house, introduced himself as a friend of Nonō Seika, and invited Shouta out to a nearby park. He asked Haruki to go find Nonō and explain the situation…
SR V4 Chapter 3 Part 3
3 The clock that was always five minutes late showed the time to be just before 11:45. The noise of the surrounding children managed to beat out the shrill buzzing of the cicadas. A boy and a girl were swinging next to each other while another group of boys threw yellow balls at each other…
SR V4 Chapter 3 Part 2
2 Nonō said that she wouldn’t leave the shrine until after sunset, so Kei and Haruki agreed to keep her company. Looking up at the stars wouldn’t help them find Kusakabe Shouta, but it was summer vacation anyway. Sometimes it was just a good idea to stargaze. Kei and Haruki walked down the mountain, past…
SR V4 Chapter 3 Part 1
Chapter 3 – The Boy Who Sought Moon Dust 0 Only a few clouds were scattered about that night. A girl and a boy sat together on the steps of a small shrine, gazing into the humid summer sky. The girl was a first-year high schooler, and the boy was a fourth-year elementary schooler. The…
SR V4 Chapter 2
Chapter 2 – A Day With Haruki-san ~ The Sick Visit Class was always spent with her cheek nestled into her left hand, staring diagonally to her right. Of course, it had only been her “always” position since the seat changes last month. But one month was all it had taken for her to entirely…
SR V4 Chapter 1 Part 5
5 Monday, April 10th. Sera Sawako sat at a bus stop bench on the morning of Ashiharabashi High School’s entrance ceremony. She opened her eyes, expecting to see her smiling teacher standing before her with candy held out in her hands. But instead, all that filled her vision was filthy asphalt. Sera rubbed her eyes.…
SR V4 Chapter 1 Part 4
4 The following day was April 11th, a Tuesday. Kei stood at the school gates as various Ashiharabashi High students walked past him. Morning homeroom was due to start in just around 10 minutes. Kei had spent quite a bit of time the previous day researching Sera’s middle school years. He had called up several…
SR V4 Chapter 1 Part 3
3 Alone in the dark, Sera Sawako closed her eyes. She couldn’t see anything anyway, so there was no point in keeping them open. She wanted to fall asleep, but couldn’t manage it. Instead, with an almost unnoticeable transition, she began reminiscing. Sera was in her third year of elementary school. “Aren’t you going home…
SR V4 Chapter 1 Part 2
2 In Kei’s opinion, the best part about pancakes was watching maple syrup pour down from a jar onto a fresh pile of cakes stacked with whipped cream. Everything that followed, from cutting them with a fork and knife to eating them, was just the epilogue. Asai Kei, Haruki Misora, and the girl in the…
SR V4 Chapter 1 Part 1
Chapter 1 – A Marbled World and a Candied Resistance 0 “Close your eyes. Now, imagine something perfectly lovely,” the teacher instructed. The young girl had great respect and affection for her teacher, so she obediently closed her eyes and tried imagining something lovely. What came to mind was a small, colorful sphere that fit…