86/10/28 "I don't know why, I can't sleep, I can't sleep because I'm afraid of tomorrow. I think, I'm about to die..." Ritsuko is going to marry Sakutaro
, because of this tape, she can't let go, so Leaving a note, I went alone to find scattered memories.
Sakutaro, in the days when Typhoon No. 29 is about to hit, running in the rain, looking for Ritsuko, but inadvertently pieced together those poignant days.
In 1986, the principal passed away, the whole school attended the funeral of the principal, and Sakutaro was late. Fortunately, he caught up with Yaji's eulogy to speak, so he remembered this girl, this calm girl, when the other girls were sobbing, she was the only one who finished the eulogy lightly, sincerely, without any hesitation. Contrived, seems to have seen through life and death. The heavy rain poured down, adding to the desolation, the black umbrella handle unfolded, like a mourner in black, devastated. Sakutaro saw the owner of the photo studio standing alone in the rain, the principal's first love. How precious it is to be able to love someone for half a century.
Aki is a lively but not elegant girl, smart and athletic. She likes to sit on the long steps and watch the surrounding scenery. From the moment she took the initiative to get on Sakutaro's motorcycle, fate began to tangle.
Sakutaro looked at Aki who was practicing track and field on the roof of the teaching building. He was wearing a fiery red sportswear, with a burning enthusiasm, and sweating earnestly. Everything made Sakutaro unable to look away.
The two began to contact each other, and they agreed to listen to the midnight broadcast, to write postcards to the radio station, and to contest whose postcards would be read first, in order to get the unaffordable tape Walkman. In the classroom and in the corridor, they discussed their respective postcards together, smiling happily, like stubborn children, never letting others know the secret that only belongs to the two of them.
The two were asked by the owner of the photo studio to find the principal's ashes in the cemetery, and the boss got the ashes of the person he liked.
Sakutaro's postcard was broadcast on the radio, but the content made Aki extremely angry, because Sakutaro told a big lie in the letter, a lie that can never be recovered - Aki's leukemia.
The stalemate between the two...not speaking, not meeting, avoiding...but one day, Sakutaro received a tape from Aki, which was loaded with Aki's dissatisfaction and sadness. Maybe she was not as strong as she imagined.
Sakutaro apologized, Aki smiled, and the two began to exchange tapes... Favorite movies, favorite foods, favorite seasons, what happened every day, every day's feelings... Through tapes, conveying each other's feelings, Finally one day, they became boyfriend and girlfriend.
Neverland, abandoned old houses, outdated furniture, sunlight mottled on the ground through the floor-to-ceiling windows, the camera I accidentally found had film, but it was no longer usable. It was getting dusk, the shadow of the setting sun was circled in the window frame, and the two sat side by side. At night, the bonfire was lit, Aki wrote the names of the two people on the window, Sakutaro secretly painted a small umbrella, and everything in the past will eventually freeze in this time and space.
When leaving, Aki stood on the cliff and waved to Sakutaro. The white dress, the slender snow-colored skin, and the gentle smile disappeared from sight the next moment, and the world turned gray in an instant.
Aki is sick.
Even if they can't meet, it can't stop the two people's mutual voice. A little girl passes them tapes, red schoolbags, red tops, and red skirts every day.
Aki's shadow is all over the school, her name is engraved on the table near the window in the laboratory, the gymnasium is full of her sports breath, the sound of stomping on the floor, and the piano on the rostrum, the first one. A confession of memories.
Suddenly back to reality, Sakutaro came to the school unknowingly, stood in front of the piano, listening to the tapes that Aki left him, as if in front of him, that high school Aki, sitting in front of the piano, playing softly. Playing that familiar tune, the real feeling, Aji came over, held his hand lightly, snuggled against his chest, and time stopped. At the entrance of the gymnasium at this time, Ritsuko looked at Sakutaro alone and sadly left.
The light is lonely and soft, time goes back to the past, the two of them in high school cuddled each other, "I like, I like Sakutaro." Aki said slowly, cruelly, "I have leukemia."
For the first time in my life I know what It's called collapse, what is regret, what is destruction, because she really got leukemia because she told a big lie at the beginning, and she can die in pain. And that girl was still so calm, she comforted that it was okay, it would be fine, and he could never forgive himself.
In the hospital, Aki heard Sakutaro's postcard broadcast on the radio again. In the letter, it was written that the girl's leukemia had recovered. At this time, Aki was sad for his thinning hair, and his time was short. I finally felt utter sadness.
The little girl in red brought the developed photos, which were film rolls from an old camera found on Dream Island. That is the landscape that belongs to Australia, the infinitely extending wilderness road, the Gobi, the bushes... One of them deeply attracted Yaji, the blue sky meets the red land, and the Ayers Rock stands in the endless horizon. Like a huge witness, here is like the center of the world. So Aki decided to go to the center of the world with Sakutaro to have a look.
In order to apply for a passport, the two went to a photo studio together. Aki will eventually be a child who loves the world. She is always afraid of being forgotten by time, so the two took a group photo here. On that day, Sakutaro put on a tall tuxedo, and Aki Pure white wedding dress, waiting quietly in the sun bathing in the hut, Sakutaro was shocked by this incomparably moving bride. He was speechless for a while. He was shy and couldn't say anything to praise. He made an excuse to go to the toilet and fled the scene. It took a long time for the photo of the two to be completed.
In the photo, Aki smiled softly, with a happy smile that he hadn't seen in a long time, while Sakutaro looked nervous, like a childish child, probably because it was the first time to take pictures with someone he liked, and Still so formal.
The days that followed were so long, Aki was sent to the intensive care unit, and her hair had completely fallen out. Even so, she still kept a smile, facing her mother and Sakutaro. One day, Sakutaro slowly walked into the ward, and through the thick glass, unfolded a piece of paper to Aki to see, the paper showed a faint white light of happiness, it was a marriage application permit, and Aki burst into tears. . Still separated by the thick glass, fingertips touching, four lips touching, the first kiss since dating, and also the last...
On the days near Typhoon No. 29, Sakutaro took Aki to the airport and took a taxi. Running around in the rain, in the pouring rain, everything seemed so small. The unfortunate news is that the plane to Tokyo was grounded due to the typhoon, and there was a commotion in the airport. Sakutaro excitedly questioned the service staff, who had no reason to say, "We must go to Australia! We must go today!!!" At this time Aji's face was already pale and bloodless, she stood up trembling, and fell down suddenly, tears running down her trembling lips, "There is no time, I can hold it, I can hold it..." Consciousness drifted away , The scream of a teenager came from the airport, it was a voice called despair.
The days in the ward seemed to be dyed, except pale. Aki could only lie down quietly and leave a message to Sakutaro. The little girl came to the ward again to get the tape. It was raining outside the window. When the little girl was about to leave, Aki sat up miraculously, her face still filled with the old smile, and performed a magic trick that she had practiced for a long time. As the broken flowers flew up, the little girl left happily. Holding a red umbrella, wearing red clothes, holding Aji's tape tightly, running in the rain, a sudden brake, the little girl fell to the ground, the tape flew out, in the torrential rain, the little girl's immature face showed incomparable The pain, crawled forward step by step, the little hand tried hard to reach the tape, the emotion of the mission... At this time, Aji in the ward slowly closed his eyes, everything in the ward was dazzling, I don't know. When was the bright sunlight that came in from the window, maybe it was the holy light of angels descending.
Time flashed back to reality again, and it was another day of Typhoon No. 29. Sakutaro finished reviewing all the tapes and ran to find Ritsuko, so the two met at the airport, Ritsuko couldn't let it go, and didn't send the last tape. In the hands of Sakutaro, there are indelible scars in her heart, and she is sorry for that lovely big sister. Sakutaro embraced Ritsuko and decided to help Aki fulfill that distant wish, together with the two of them. The plane was grounded because of the typhoon, but that's okay, they have time.
Ritsuko and Sakutaro stood on the red land of Australia, the wind from Ayers Rock caressing their hearts. Sakutaro listened to Aki's last message, "...the ashes that I grasped are scattered in the wind of Ayers Rock, and then I start to live well..." The ashes in the palm of the hand were blown away by the wind in an instant, as if Aki changed the same magic.
The past days drifted away in the wind and remained on this land forever. The two had a jerky conversation at the dock; the two rode their motorcycles on the road beside the field, shouting the joy in their hearts; the two were in Neverland. The two people found out Johnny's secret and escaped together; Sakutaro's lonely back at the fiery sacrificial ceremony, and he was saddened by tears in the laughing crowd... Finally, let go of the knot in his heart, and let go of his youthfulness. The youthful years are pinned in the center of the world.
At this time, Sakutaro and Ritsuko are standing together, and the cycle of fate starts from the center of the world...
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