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The sweet remorse of days gone by,
The maddening spring storm.
Do you think you evened out the price
Deposited in that season of hell,
The price for your sins caused by youth?
There is no way for us to escape,
We only sigh endlessly.
You, partner, and my spectators, watch closely!
Watch this flower like burning steel.
This is what “evil” is, what “sin” is.
It is the stigma of our never-ending atonement,
Carved into our souls.
(from the official episode guide)
They are still nothing, yet their destinies are entangled in a complicated way, and the fragile buds of puberty can grab at the slightest chance and turn into distorted “flowers of evil.” The two souls smoldering in that small town found each other, just as if they were attracted to each other, as if it was inevitable.
Takao’s fate was arranged long before the day he stole Saeki’s gym clothes, and from the day Nakamura found Takao, their fates started to accelerate. It is unknown where the crazy innocence of the two, no three youngsters will lead to. This is the end of “Part 1.” This was merely the beginning of youth and sin...