... After that, I promised I would become a reporter just like my father. He died while he was chasing his dreams, but I studied hard to try and follow his footsteps. Maybe, if I was lucky, even surpass him... that I would become a reporter who could grant people's dreams.
[ ... It's a little painful still, to be honest. ]
For a long time, my memories about what happened during that summer a few years later were... hidden. I forgot. But... when I was younger, I met Jun, Tatsuya, Lisa, and Eikichi at that same shrine. I prayed to it a lot.
[ The simple knowledge that... because of this, Jun became what he did... it's not easy. ]
They all played there--they created a group who could be whatever they wanted. So, that summer, I played with them in the shrine... "the Masquerade", we called it. I was older than them, so I just sort of... took care of them. But, mom wanted to move away... it was my fault for hiding it from them, really, but I did it as long as I could. Until the day before...
[ ... They were so young. How could they have known any better? ]
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[ ... It's a little painful still, to be honest. ]
For a long time, my memories about what happened during that summer a few years later were... hidden. I forgot. But... when I was younger, I met Jun, Tatsuya, Lisa, and Eikichi at that same shrine. I prayed to it a lot.
[ The simple knowledge that... because of this, Jun became what he did... it's not easy. ]
They all played there--they created a group who could be whatever they wanted. So, that summer, I played with them in the shrine... "the Masquerade", we called it. I was older than them, so I just sort of... took care of them. But, mom wanted to move away... it was my fault for hiding it from them, really, but I did it as long as I could. Until the day before...
[ ... They were so young. How could they have known any better? ]