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“I pray that we meet in the next life...”
“Why is Shinazugawa-san talking about the next life? The Demon Slayer Mark didn’t kill him when he turned twenty-five, so he was looking forward to a long life. Oh yeah. I’m dead. I turned twenty-five after him and died.”
“...and the we could become friends sooner than we did in this one.”
“Oh. He thinks we’re friends. I’m glad. I wish I could have stayed longer, but—my body and mind said it was enough, that it was time. I don’t know how to explain that, that it was time though. Sorry I wasn’t a good friend and left this life as soon as I did. I hope we can become friends in the other life as well, even sooner he suggested. That would be nice.”
“If not, I pray that your next life is happier than this one and even more fulfilled.”
“But—I was happy. I died happy. The fact you accepted me and talked to me—that made me happy. Maybe I should have communicated that more while I was alive.”
“You deserve such a life, after all you’ve been through, what we’ve been through.”
“Why? The ones who deserve that, who I wish that for are Kocho-san and Sabito. But, it would be nice to form bonds with everyone—them again, and even those I didn’t have the chance to. I wish—I wish I could form those bonds in the next life.”
“Goodbye.”