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There is a word, "world".
Until about the time when I was in middle school,
I vaguely thought the word meant the area where the signals from my cell would reach.
But why is it...
My cell never reaches anyone.
Hello?
Say, isn't anyone there?
How far should I go?
I'm lonely.
Noboru?
I'm going home, okay?
Say, where am I?
Oh, that's right...
I'm not in that world anymore.
Wait, Noboru!
Year 2046, First Half of the Term 10 Big Scoops Super Special Feature Newspaper Class July, 2046 Nagamine...
Nagamine, how was your final exam?
Nagamine's final exam was perfect.
Then, the same high school...
Do you think we can go?!
Probably...
Noboru! Look!
There's a spaceship.
Yeah, that's the Cosmonaut ship Lysithea, isn't it?
It belongs to the U.N. Army.
I wonder if there were any from this town too?
Select Members?
Yeah...
That ship will travel beyond the solar system.
Yeah...
The story is they're going after the aliens who attacked Mars, isn't it?
Yeah...
Those Tarsians, I wonder where they came from?
Yeah...
Nagamine, you're not interested?
Kinda...
Well, let's stop by the convenience store, okay?
Where should we eat?
Let's head toward the bus stop.
Nagamine, are you going to take Kendo in high school too?
What should I do? Are you, Noboru?
Yeah, I'm gonna.
You should continue too, because you're strong.
So you say,
but you really just want to join the same club as me, right?
What are you saying?
Should we go home pretty soon?
Yeah... It's stopped raining, hasn't it?
Hey, look!
The sky!
It's a Tracer.
It's pretty, isn't it?
Yeah...
Say, Noboru...
You know, I...
I am going to be on board that.
Found it!
Please hit!
April 1 5, 2047 (Mon) Create Mail Destination Address Please enter a name, or address
Noboru,
on Mars, it was training the whole time.
Even here, I am a Select Member,
so my scores were pretty good, you know.
I've seen Mt. Olympus, and I've seen the Marineris Valley too.
I totally went sightseeing on Mars too!
Of course, I went to the Trasian Ruins too.
It was a view I'd seen many times in textbooks,
but I feel kind of like I can't believe that I saw the real thing.
NASA's First Survey Unit Annihilated Attack From Alien Life Forms... The Impact of "First Contact"...
I thought, "The solar system really isn't just for humans."
NASA's First Survey Unit Annihilated Attack From Alien Life Forms... The Impact of "First Contact"... The survey unit of 2039 was annihilated by the Tarsians here.
This time, with the technology we've received from them,
we're going to pursue them.
I've gotten used to life on the Lysithea.
After training on Mars, we've come all the way to Jupiter
and are taking a short break at a satellite base on Europa.
I never get bored of looking at Jupiter's clouds.
Also, the Flux Tube between Io and Jupiter is amazing.
It's the hugest lightning in this solar system!
Will it reach?
It's from Nagamine.
Mikako Nagamine is a classmate
I was pretty close to during middle school.
That we'd get to go to the same high school...
To the other side Physics 1 Well, I was hoping, but...
Technology, received from the Tarsian Ruins The Use of Energy from a Vacuum Approximately one century's worth Well, I was hoping, but
It seems that Nagamine is on Jupiter right now
During the summer of my third year of middle school,
Nagamine was chosen as a Select Member of the U N Space Army.
That winter she departed with a huge U.N. fleet,
with over a thousand people on board, on a Tarsian survey
Now that you mention it,
Nagamine had pretty good grades and was good at sports,
but even so, it's the U N Army, you know
It seems, somehow, kind of like a stupid story.
Finally, leaving Jupiter
The Lysithea will travel way beyond Pluto after this,
but the specific destination seems to be a secret
It will take longer and longer for the mail to reach you.
From the furthest corner on the other side of Oort Cloud,
it's about half a year
It's like air-mail in the 20th century
Yeah, it'll be all right!
July 3, 2047 (Mon) Subject: Are you well? From: Mikako Nagamine (Mikako@jcom...) Received Sent for the mail to reach you but even from the furthest corner on the other side of the Oort Cloud it's still about half a year, uhu? It's like air mail in the 20th century. Yeah. It'll be all right.
July 3, 2047 (Mon) Subject: Are you well? From: Mikako Nagamine (Mikako@jcom...) Received Sent for the mail to reach you but even from the furthest corner on the other side of the Oort Cloud it's still about half a year, uhu? It's like air mail in the 20th century. Yeah. It'll be all right. What's all right?
In this way, my first quarter at high school passed by
while exchanging mail with Mikako.
No message has been received
The further Mikako goes from the Earth,
the more the time it takes to exchange mail lengthens
There are no messages There are no queues scheduled
No message has been..
It's just...
I will become someone who only waits for Mikako's mail
Noboru, I am at Pluto, the end of solar system
It's been a half a year since we left the Earth
The Lysithea armada has continued the Tarsian survey
all the way from Jupiter,
but we haven't found signs of the Tarsians anywhere
Noboru, but in truth, for me, it'd be best if...
August 3, 2047 (Sat) Subject: It's Mikako! To: Noboru Terao continued the Tarsian survey all the way from Jupiter, but we still haven't found any signs of the Tarsians anywhere, after all. Noboru, but in truth for me it'd be best if we don't find anything, and can go back to Earth, quickly. we don't find anything, and can come back to Earth quickly
What?!
Tarsians confirmed at 12 o'clock. Distance: 20,000
TRACER Unit 1-4, prepare for dispatch
The enemy? For real?! Am I going out too?
I have to shoot them down
What?
Tarsian fleet confirmed at a distance of 120,000
The fleet will evacuate by one-light-year warp
All Tracers, return to the ships immediately
The lag between Noboru and I will be a whole year!
Have to mail now
Tracer 2, return to the ship immediately
I have to shoot down this one, or
I won't make it!
I have to go back!
January 24, 2048 (Fri) Checking Mail Box Receiving Message
The fleet has warped out
Via: Super Long Distance Mail Service Distance to Destination: 13477536000000km Estimated time necessary for the arrival of mail: 1 year - 16 days - 12 hours
In 48 hours, this fleet will take a long distance warp
to the Sirius Alpha Beta system using a galaxy shortcut anchor
We will fly through 8 6 light years.
We haven't yet found our way back to the Earth.
Commander Struman sends this reminder,
don't forget sending mail to your family
August 4, 2047 (Sun) Subject: It's Mikako To: Noboru Terao Sorry Say, we are separated by space and Earth, like lovers, aren't we? It'd be nice if this mail safely reaches you, Noboru. Mikako Nagamine
It's Mikako Transmit Immediately Transmit Later Save Attach File eINK Print It will take a year for this mail to reach Noboru
Transmitting Mail 1 year 16 days 12 hours until arrival of mail
From Sirius, it will be eight years one way, you know
Noboru
About me
I wonder if you'll forget?
The seasons have passed once and summer has come again.
It was the winter of last year that I quit waiting for mail from Mikako.
After all, mail hasn't come from Mikako for a whole year
Saitama Transportation Above the Stairs
It's from Mikako.
This is the first mail in a year!
Subject: It's Mikako From: Mikako Nagamine Received Sent The mail has gotten really really far, huh? Sorry. Umm, even now I'm still all excited, but... I wonder how I should explain this? I'm at the point where the ship, Lysithea, you know, has just now warped 1 light year's distance. To me, one year hasn't passed at all, you know. I am still 15 years old, you know. To you, Noboru, it's one year ago, to me it's 30 minutes ago, around Pluto, you know. ,,
- After this, the Lysithea will - After this, the Lysithea will
enter a long distance warp
The destination is Sirius, 8.6 light-years away
By the time you receive this mail, I will already be at Sirius
From now on, it will take eight years and seven months
to receive each others' mail
Sorry Sorry
Say, we are separated by space and the Earth
We are separated by space and Earth like lovers, aren't we?
.like lovers, aren't we?
Since middle school, we probably only saw each other
But a distance that takes eight years at the speed of light,
is no different than saying, "forever."
The time between Mikako and I drifts further and further apart
That is why I have made a goal,
to make my heart harder, colder and stronger
The door that I know will never open
I won't knock on it eternally
I will become an adult, even alone
Since the last century,
we've known that Sirius has its own planetary system,
but we are the first in all humanity
to observe another planetary system with our bare eyes.
The fourth planet of the Sirius System, Agharta
Agharta has sky, clouds, and seas which are very similar to Earth's,
but I think these are completely different after all
The time and distance becomes further and further away from Noboru
All exploration units from one to twelve.
There is still no evidence of Tarsians.
Wow...
I want to be hit by the rain
I want to go to a convenience store and eat ice cream together
Noboru
September 16, 2047 (Mon) Subject: I am here To: Noboru Terao Hello, Noboru, who's become 24 years old! I am the 15 year old Mikako. Say, even now I, about you, Noboru, really, really like you, you know.
I am here Transmit Immediately Transmit Later Save Attach File eINK Print Options
Transmitting Mail 8 years 224 days 18 hours until arrival of mail
Please get there..
Me?!
Say...
You finally came this far, didn't you?
To become an adult, pain is necessary too,
but you will probably be able to go much, much farther,
even to other galaxies and other universes
Hey? So, please come with me, okay?
I would like to entrust it to you
But I just want to see Noboru again,
and just tell him, "I love you!"
It will be all right You will see him again
Tarsians are existing everywhere on Agharta.
Encountering combat.
Their block exists in orbit and are approaching us.
I don't understand!
The Latest Space Technology Discourse It's coming into view: the practical use of super light speed communications Milky Way Shortcut Networks Latest Anchor Map Next Generation Tracer Development Plan
Every Morning Newspaper News from 2017 Battle at Sirius 8 Years Ago - Victory Mt. Nobe Astronomical Observatory's Deep Space Probe Makes Another Discovery Shortcut Anchor to the Center of the Milky Way. Seriously Damaged: The Possibility of Return, The Lysithea Next Tarsian Survey Unit, Number One
That summer day, I remember well when I thought
the period of eight years seemed eternal
Although I haven't lived my life since then without indecision,
that goal I decided upon that day still hasn't changed
I will live in my own time, and starting next month,
it's that armada duty that I've been hoping for.
You've got mail
Mikako
March 25, 2056 (Sat) Subject: I am here From: Mikako Nagamine Received Sent Hello, Noboru, who's become 24 years old! I am the 15 year old Mikako.
The mail from Mikako had only two sentences,
and the rest was just noise
Hello, tiny star
But even with only this, I think it's like a miracle.
Hello, tiny star
Can you hear me call? Say, Mikako, you know, I...
Can you hear me call? Say, you know, Noboru,
I'm so blind as I have a lot of things I reminisce about
I'm so blind as
After all, I have nothing here.
I'm so blind as For example, you know..
everything at birth For example, you know..
everything at birth For example, things like summer clouds and like cold rain..
If I could flow against these nights For example, things like summer clouds and like cold rain..
If I could flow against these nights Things like the smell of a fall breeze.
If I could flow against these nights Like the sound of rain drops hitting an umbrella..
If I could flow against these nights Like the softness of spring soil
If I could flow against these nights Like the feeling of peace at the convenience store
If I could flow against these nights in the middle of the night
If I could flow against these nights And then, you know, like the cool wind after school.
Straighter than the string of light And then, you know, like the cool wind after school.
Straighter than the string of light (Tuesday) Daily Chores Mikako Nagamine Noboru Terao Like the smell of chalkboard erasers
Straighter than the string of light Like the sound of a truck passing by in the middle of the night.
Straighter than the string of light Like the smell of asphalt in the rain.
Straighter than the string of light
I would lay these hands on time
Noboru
I would lay these hands on time Things like that, I have all this time...
I would lay these hands on time I have all this time
I would lay these hands on time thought that I would like to experience these with you, Mikako
I would lay these hands on time
Through the years and far away
Far beyond the milky way
See the shine that never blinks
The shine that never fades
Through the years and far away
Far beyond the milky way
The armada is sinking! I have to defend the Lysithea!
Far beyond the milky way
You're the shine that never fades
The shine that never fades
Say, Noboru
The shine that never fades
We are far, far, very, very far apart..
Through the years and far away We are far, far, very, very far apart..
Through the years and far away but it might be that thoughts can overcome time and distance
Far beyond the milky way but it might be that thoughts can overcome time and distance
Far beyond the milky way Recruiting Self Defense Force Officers Land -Sea -Air -Space but it might be that thoughts can overcome time and distance
Far beyond the milky way Recruiting Self Defense Force Officers Land -Sea -Air -Space
Far beyond the milky way Noboru, have you ever thought about something like that?
You're the shine that never blinks Noboru, have you ever thought about something like that?
You're the shine that never blinks If.
You're the shine that never blinks If for even one instant, something like that could happen
The shine that never dies What I would think?
The shine that never dies
What would Mikako think?
The shine that never dies
Say, there is probably one thing we would think
Say, Noboru
- I am here - ..here
I am here - I am here - ..here
I am here