1. There we go...
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2. Make sure you listen to your uncle.
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3. Yeah.
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4. Do you have your handkerchief? Your ticket?
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5. A nice pair of shoes?
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6. Wait, don't tell me that's everything?
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7. It's fine. I made sure I packed the black ones.
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8. Make sure you don't forget your luggage on the bullet train, okay?
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9. Don't zone out and miss your stop.
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10. Yeah, I got it!
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11. Jeez. I've been going there every year, so I'll be all right.
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12. Hey, put on a hat. You'll get heat stroke.
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13. It's alright! I'm fine.
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14. See you!
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15. The first time I met him
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16. was when I was six.
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17. To the Forest of Firefly Lights
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18. On a hot summer day,
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19. I got lost in the forest of the mountain god,
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20. which was said to be where spirits lived.
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21. After running around searching for an exit
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22. I became so tired I couldn't move.
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23. When I started crying from fear and loneliness,
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24. he appeared before me.
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25. Hey! Shorty!
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26. Why are you crying?
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27. It's a person! I'm saved!
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28. S-Sorry.
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29. You're a human child, right?
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30. If a human touches me, I'll disappear.
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31. If a human...?
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32. You're not a human?
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33. I'm... something that lives in this forest.
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34. What? Then... you're one of the spirits?
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35. But... what do you mean by disappear?
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36. Y-You're really not human after all...
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37. No human would hit a child like that!
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38. To disappear means to be obliterated.
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39. That's the spell that the mountain god placed upon me.
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40. If I get touched by a human,
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41. that's the end.
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42. I-I'm sorry.
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43. Here, shorty.
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44. Grab the other end.
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45. You're lost, aren't you?
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46. I'll lead you out of the forest.
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47. Thank you!
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48. Didn't I just tell you?
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49. Sorry, I just...
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50. It's just like going on a date!
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51. Not a very romantic one...
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52. You... aren't afraid.
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53. Of what?
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54. Never mind.
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55. If you go straight, you'll hit the mountain path.
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56. Bye.
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57. Are you always going to be here?
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58. If I come back here, can we meet again?
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59. This is the forest where the mountain god and spirits live.
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60. Set foot within, and you'll lose your way and be lost forever.
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61. You shouldn't come here.
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62. That's what the villagers say, right?
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63. I'm Takegawa Hotaru.
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64. You?
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65. Anyway, I'll be back tomorrow with a thank-you present!
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66. Bye!
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67. It's Gin.
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68. Hotaru!
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69. Ah, Uncle!
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70. Hotaru, you idiot!
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71. If you go into the forest on your own and get hurt, what are you gonna do?
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72. Uncle.
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73. Huh?
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74. Is it true that there are spirits living in that forest?
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75. Oh, the mountain god's forest... Who knows.
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76. That's what they say.
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77. When I was little, I wanted to meet the spirits, so my friends and I often went into the forest.
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78. In the end, I never met any, but I had the feeling I'd occasionally spot something from the corner of my eye.
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79. On summer nights, you could hear the sounds of the river coming from the forest.
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80. And now that I think about it, Iwa said she and her friends went and had fun at a summer festival in the forest.
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81. But there's no way the villagers would've held a festival in the forest.
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82. So then, whose festival could it have been?
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83. It started this crazy story that they must've snuck into a festival for the spirits.
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84. Man, that takes me back!
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85. We were so stupid back when we were kids.
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86. This is the forest where the mountain god and spirits live.
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87. Set foot within, and you'll lose your way and be lost forever.
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88. You came.
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89. I didn't think you'd really come back.
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90. You...
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91. You waited for me!
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92. You just don't learn, do you?
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93. I was so happy, I just...
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94. Sorry.
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95. It's a bit hot here.
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96. Shall we go somewhere cooler?
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97. What?
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98. Don't worry.
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99. I'll see you out of here again.
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100. Gin.
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101. Is that a human child?
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102. Can I eat it?
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103. No.
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104. She's my friend.
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105. Is that so?
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106. Human child.
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107. Please don't touch Gin's skin.
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108. If you do, I'll eat you!
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109. Oh! Is that a fox?
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110. He's another one of the spirits.
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111. He transforms to scare people, but he's all bark and no bite.
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112. Amazing!
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113. This is the first time I've seen a real spirit!
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114. So they really do exist!
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115. Amazing! Incredible! Fantastic!
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116. So what did you think I was?
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117. Gin, are you a No-Face or something?
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118. Why do you wear a mask?
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119. No particular reason.
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120. Never mind me.
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121. Tell me about yourself.
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122. Are you curious?
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123. That's why I waited for you.
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124. The next day and the day after that, I went back to the forest.
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125. Those summer days, I ran and played all around the mountain.
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126. Over here, over here!
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127. It's better over there.
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128. There.
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129. Thank you!
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130. Even though it was silly,
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131. it was so much fun.
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132. Did Gin fall asleep?
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133. It's fine if I touch his mask, right?
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134. Ah, sorry!
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135. Ouch!
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136. Attacking someone while they're asleep... You sure are a scary little lady.
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137. I'm sorry, but
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138. you were pretending to sleep, weren't you?
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139. I looked normal, didn't I?
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140. Why are you wearing that mask?
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141. If I don't wear this mask,
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142. I don't look like a spirit, do I?
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143. You're weird.
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144. Um, Gin.
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145. I won't be able
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146. to come here tomorrow.
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147. I told you about it before, right?
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148. That I'm just staying at my uncle's place for the summer?
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149. So I have to go home tomorrow.
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150. Will you be able to come again next year?
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151. Yeah!
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152. This is how summer
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153. became something I looked forward to.
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154. Gin waited for our promised summer.
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155. It's cold!
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156. You're weird.
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157. Of course the water is cold.
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158. Gin!
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159. Gin!
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160. It's dangerous, Gin.
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161. That's a human child.
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162. If she touches you, you'll disappear.
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163. Thank you.
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164. I'm fine.
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165. Please don't touch him, human child.
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166. Yes.
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167. Gin.
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168. Be careful.
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169. The spirits can touch him, right?
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170. Two summers passed. Then three.
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171. Hotaru!
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172. Where are you?
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173. Hotaru.
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174. Hota—
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175. What're you doing?
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176. I wanted to see your startled face, but...
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177. At least when I'm around,
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178. can you take off your mask every once in a while?
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179. That's fine,
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180. but is there a reason?
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181. Not really, but—
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182. Watch out, Hota—
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183. That was close.
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184. Yeah...
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185. I'm sorry, Hotaru.
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186. Are you okay?
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187. Thank goodness.
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188. Hey, Gin.
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189. No matter what, don't ever touch me, okay?
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190. Okay?
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191. No matter what!
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192. The next summer and the summer after that
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193. I visited the forest.
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194. I'm leaving!
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195. Gin! I'm here again this year.
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196. Ta-da!
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197. I've become a fifth grader.
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198. Somehow,
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199. you're starting to look like a woman.
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200. I am a woman.
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201. Shall we go?
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202. Yeah.
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203. Huh?
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204. This is...
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205. Oh.
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206. Huh?
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207. Nothing.
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208. Even though I'm in middle school now,
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209. a lot of my elementary school friends are in the same classes, so it doesn't really feel like anything changed.
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210. Our ages are gradually getting closer.
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211. But rather than that...
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212. Somehow,
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213. Gin ages much more slowly than humans.
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214. Like this?
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215. Yeah, yeah. When I start running, let go, okay?
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216. Here I go!
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217. As the years go by, my appearance changes,
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218. but Gin is almost the same as the day we met.
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219. Someday I'll be older than Gin, won't I?
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220. Oh, Hotaru.
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221. I cut some watermelon. Let's eat.
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222. Okay. Yay!
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223. Where's Mom?
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224. Out shopping with your aunt.
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225. They went to buy gifts for friends in Yokohama.
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226. What time are you taking the bullet train tomorrow?
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227. I don't know,
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228. but they said I'll still be here until the afternoon.
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229. Is that so?
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230. This summer's weather was good, so the watermelons are sweet.
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231. If it continues like this, then winter will be freezing.
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232. Is it like that?
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233. It's like that.
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234. Since this area's located between mountains and the ocean's far away,
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235. the temperature difference between summer and winter is huge.
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236. The cold of a winter that follows an especially hot summer
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237. could probably freeze the mountain god himself.
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238. Um, Uncle...
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239. A scarf?
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240. Yep!
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241. Please use it in the winter, okay?
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242. Bye!
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243. Okay.
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244. See you next year!
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245. Takegawa?
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246. Shouldn't you be heading to your next class soon?
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247. Ah, you're right!
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248. Everyone left already.
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249. I'll see you later.
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250. Okay! Thanks.
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251. Thank you for the food.
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252. What?
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253. You're done?
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254. Ah, you probably ate before dinner, didn't you?
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255. If you snack, you'll gain weight.
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256. I didn't eat anything!
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257. Jeez. I'm gonna take a bath!
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258. Takegawa.
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259. Ta-ke-ga-wa.
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260. Oh, good morning.
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261. Good morning.
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262. There, near your feet. It's frozen.
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263. You'll slip. It's dangerous.
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264. Thank you.
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265. It's cold today.
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266. Haven't you been a little out of it lately?
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267. Actually, you've always been that way, but...
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268. I want to
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270. I want to
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271. touch Gin.
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272. Is that your new uniform?
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273. Yeah.
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274. Time really flies, doesn't it?
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275. You're already in high school, huh.
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276. Yup.
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277. You don't come running at me anymore these days.
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278. I learned my lesson after all those beatings.
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279. I'm looking forward to it.
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280. In three years, when I graduate, I plan on looking for a job here.
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281. Then I can be with you more.
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282. In autumn,
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283. winter,
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285. Always.
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286. Right?
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287. Hotaru.
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288. Let me tell you about myself.
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289. I'm not a spirit.
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290. But,
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291. I'm no longer human.
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293. but when I was a baby,
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294. I was abandoned in this forest.
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295. I'd only just been abandoned, so I cried helplessly
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296. as if to call back the parents who left me.
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297. They say I didn't stop crying for a long time.
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298. I should've died then,
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299. but the mountain god appeared and cast a spell that allowed me to continue living.
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300. So that I never move on.
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301. I'm like a ghost.
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302. Hotaru.
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303. It's okay if you forget about me.
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304. A body that's maintained by magic is very weak.
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305. If it touches a real human body,
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306. the spell will break and the body will disappear.
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307. It's such a fragile thing.
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308. How long can you—
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309. Something that disappears when touched...
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310. It's just like snow, isn't it?
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311. Gin,
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312. I thought of you during winter.
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313. Even during autumn
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314. and spring.
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315. Gin,
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317. Don't forget.
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318. Time might separate us some day.
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319. But,
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320. even still,
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321. until then,
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322. let's stay together.
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323. Spirit festival?
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324. No, a summer festival held by the spirits.
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325. There's not much of a difference.
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326. The nuance is completely different!
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327. Nuance?
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328. When you were little, I thought you might get scared, so I didn't invite you.
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329. But tonight, can you sneak out of your house?
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330. I've wanted to go with you for a long time.
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331. I-I want to go!
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332. Meet me at eight at our usual place.
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333. But a festival filled with spirits sounds a little unnerving...
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334. On top of that, it's at night.
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335. Don't worry.
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336. On the outside, it's not very different from a human festival.
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337. It's supposed to mimic human festivals, after all.
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338. And I'll protect you, Hotaru.
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339. When you say things that, it makes me want to glomp you.
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340. Do it.
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341. Seriously.
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342. Wait! Wait!
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343. It's true. It's just like a human festival.
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344. Are they all disguised as humans?
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345. That's right. Impressive, isn't it?
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346. I've heard that sometimes even humans unknowingly mix in.
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347. Like Iwa and her friends, huh?
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348. Who?
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349. Hotaru.
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350. Tie this around your wrist.
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351. You'll get lost.
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352. It's just like going on a date!
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353. This is a date.
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354. Shall we go?
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355. Yeah.
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356. Here you go.
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357. Weird.
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358. Ew, a couple!
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359. Hey!
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360. Look! That kid has a tail!
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361. I-I'm sorry!
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362. Wow, that was so weird!
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363. Everyone went all out with their disguises, didn't they?
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364. It was like a mimicking competition!
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365. Is it like this every year?
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366. Yeah, every time summer comes around...
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367. Hotaru,
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368. I can no longer wait for summer to come around.
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369. When I'm away from you, even though I can't be around crowds, I want to go see you.
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370. That mask...
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371. Have it.
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372. He probably won't come to that place next summer.
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373. This is definitely our last...
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374. Wait!
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375. Watch out!
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376. Are you okay?
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377. Yeah. Thank you!
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378. Be careful, okay?
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379. Gin?
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380. Was that boy a human?
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381. Gin!
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382. Come here, Hotaru!
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383. I can finally touch you.
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384. I love you.
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385. Yeah.
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386. I love you, too.
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387. Deep green.
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388. This is the mountain god's forest.
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389. Hotaru. Thank you.
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390. We wanted to be with Gin forever, but...
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391. Gin wanted to touch a human.
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392. He finally got to be hugged by a human.
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393. I probably won't be able to
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395. My chest will hurt.
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396. My tears will be overflowing.
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397. But this warmth in my hands and these summer memories will live on in my heart.
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398. So, let's go.
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399. Let us go.
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400. The cicadas laugh out in song
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401. to the red evening sunset
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402. The way back home is long
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403. but I promised to come here again tomorrow
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404. The summer is in full bloom
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405. making you look more beautiful than ever
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406. I thought the tale would never end
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407. but I realize now that something comes after
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408. The crows too took flight
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409. and went somewhere far, far away
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410. The summer flies by
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411. to hide away its treasures till next year
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412. I'll never ever forget
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413. those golden summer days
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414. That summer which brought joy
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415. to my boring everyday life
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416. And look! Summer is here again
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417. to help me keep my promise of that day
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418. The summer is still in bloom
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419. making you look more beautiful than ever
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