Crossover Anime: I'm Kasumigaoka Utaha's Brother

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"Ha! In that case, wouldn't it be more appropriate to change 'Your Name' to 'Go Die'?" Amused by Natsuki's remark, Yuuko chuckled. "But... I should say, as expected of the teachers, the artwork and the inner monologues there are so realistic that it feels like watching a documentary... Hyakuri-sensei and Kasumi-shiko-sensei are truly amazing!"

"Everyone here is amazing, okay? After all, it's the original crew from '5 Centimeters Per Second'... Yuuki, if I remember correctly, you started crying uncontrollably from the crater scene and cried all the way to the end, right?"

Xia Shu's lips curled up slightly—she remembered the scene in the movie theater.

Natsuki is a sensitive and sentimental girl. When she saw the two meet on the train, but Taki didn't recognize Mitsuha, she couldn't help but burst into tears. At that time, Yuzu even patted her shoulder in a "comforting" manner, saying things like, "Oh, you're crying here? Natsuki, you're too easily moved, aren't you?"

But who would have thought that a minute or two later, when the film came to the meteorite crater, Taki and Mitsuha saw each other because they could see non-human things at dusk, the originally "strong" Yuuko seemed to have been touched on a tearful point and kept sobbing softly.

"Ah! Um, well...actually, I wasn't that moved. I wouldn't have cried if you guys hadn't all been crying...it was just the atmosphere!" Yuko explained somewhat anxiously—in her mind, crying while watching a movie seemed like a very low thing—but she quickly succumbed to Natsuki's questioning, "Really?": "Okay, okay! You win, alright?...Don't you think it was very touching? Every word Taki said and every action Mitsuha took was very touching, wasn't it?"

...

"The time for loneliness has come."

The sound around them made Taki and Mitsuha notice each other's presence. Despite being separated by three years, they still saw each other in person.

This is much clearer than previous body swaps—you can see the other person's face with your own eyes, hear their words instead of reading messages on a phone, and feel their body temperature.

Taki's gaze met Mitsuha's, and he could clearly see the astonishment in her eyes—her once long black hair was now cut short, and she was wearing an autumn school uniform; Mitsuha's pupils seemed to gleam—Taki smiled slightly, as if to confirm whether the person before him truly existed, silently closing his eyes and then opening them again...

The girl named "Mitsuha Miyamizu" was indeed standing in front of me!

"Mitsuba..." Taki whispered the other's name, unsure of his tone—his heart was filled with a mix of emotions, wanting to say something but unsure where to begin.

"Taki..." After the initial disbelief, Mitsuha's voice, tinged with a sob, rang out: "Taki..."

She took a step forward, her hands outstretched in mid-air, but then paused slightly, "afraid that this was just her imagination," and tears began to well up in Mitsuha's eyes.

Moving forward again, the very tip of her palm finally touched the clothes Taki was wearing—a hard yet cool touch—and at that moment, Mitsuha's tears welled up and slid down her cheeks.

“Taki…you’re really here…” Mitsuha’s expression clearly revealed surprise, joy, and a touch of hurt—she didn’t believe that her body swap with Taki was just a dream. Because of this, she traveled to a distant city to find Taki, only to be met with the cold reply, “Who are you?”

And at this moment, Taki was standing right in front of her, uttering the name "Mitsuba"—(He knows me, he's the Taki who swapped bodies with me)—the overwhelming thoughts in her mind brought tears to her eyes, but the wide grin that appeared out of nowhere clearly showed how happy she was: "Taki..."

"I've come to see you..." Taki Tachibana said with a smile, as if she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. "It's been a long time coming, you've been so far away..."

Wiping her tears forcefully, Mitsuha gazed into Taki's eyes: "But, how could you... I should have already..."

"He's already dead"—I can't bring myself to say that.

Chapter 0269 I wrote "I like you" on your palm!

"I drank your chewed liquor."

"Hey?"

Taki's "obvious" answer caused Mitsuha to gasp in surprise—"Kusaka-zake"...that stuff...she made it by chewing rice and fermenting it for a long time! —Mitsuha recoiled in horror, covering her mouth with her hands, her cheeks flushed red: "You, you actually drank that...Idiot! Pervert!"

"Huh? Huh?!"

"And another thing! You even touched my breasts, didn't you?!" Mitsuha accused Taki, crossing her arms over her shoulders.

"Hmm, how did you know...?"

"Yotsuba saw it all!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, and it only happened once..."

"Only once?" Mitsuha glanced at Taki suspiciously out of the corner of her eye, then realized, "It's not about how many times! ~Idiot!"

"Ah... I'm sorry!" Taki clasped his hands together tightly, apologizing sincerely—or at least seemingly sincerely. This gesture drew Mitsuha's attention to the red knot-like rope wrapped around his wrist.

"this is..."

“Don’t come to see me before we meet, of course I won’t recognize you.” As he spoke, Taki untied the knotted cord and placed it in Mitsuha’s palm: “Here you go… I’ve worn it for three years, you can wear it from now on.”

"Mmm." Mitsuha responded softly to Taki's words, wrapping the rope around her head—her short hair was no longer suitable for tying—and looking at Taki with some anticipation: "How is it?"

"Ah..." "It's beautiful"—of course, he couldn't say those words. Taki placed a hand on his neck and turned his face away: "I think it's pretty good..."

"You don't think so, do you?"

"Oh, no, I'm sorry..."

"Honestly, you... Humph!"

The conversation ended with both of them laughing. Although they were a little confused, it was their first time chatting face-to-face, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it "happy."

"Mitsuha, you still have things to do. Listen to me."

Mitsuha looked up at the sky, where she could clearly see a comet streaking across the heavens with a long tail: "It's here!"

"It's okay, there's still time!"

"Okay! I'll give it a try!"

The sun's brilliance grew dimmer, and the unique "twilight" between "day" and "night" was about to pass.

"The lonely hour... has already passed..."

"It's almost over." Taki Tachibana smiled as she said this, looking at Mitsuha beside her: "Hey Mitsuha, so that you won't forget when you wake up..."

Holding a black pen, the kind of ink that is "hard to erase once written on," Taki held Mitsuha's hand in one hand and wrote something on the latter's palm with the pen in the other, then handed it to Mitsuha.

"Write your name down, come on."

(That way, I won't forget their name!) With that thought in mind, Mitsuha happily picked up her pen and drew a horizontal line on Taki's large palm...

"Thud!" The sound of a pen falling from mid-air and hitting a hard stone.

Taki stared blankly ahead—Mitsuha, who had been there just a moment ago, had vanished without a trace—he looked around as if he couldn't accept the situation, trying to catch a glimpse of that figure again.

"Mitsuba? Hey, Mitsuba?"

The half-illusory, half-real characters in his palm convinced Taki of Mitsuha's previous existence. He looked at the characters in his hand as if he were facing Mitsuha again, his eyes filled with tenderness and determination.

"I wanted to tell you that no matter where you are in this world, I will definitely come to see you again..."

"Your name is Mitsuha! It's okay, I remember! Mitsuha! Mitsuha, Mitsuha! Your name is Mitsuha! Your name is..."

The sounds echoing through the valley finally reminded Taki of the most important thing to do. He crouched down, picked up the pen from the ground, opened his palm, and drew a line on it—he was going to write down "Mitsuba's" name, so he wouldn't forget...

The pen stopped writing abruptly, then trembled more and more—his memory was beginning to fade, and at an alarming rate, he was forgetting everything that had happened between them; the first thing he forgot was her name...

(Who are you...?)

"Why am I here?"

"I've come to see her! I've come to save her! I want her to live!"

"Who is it? Whom do I come to see?"

"An important person, someone I don't want to forget..."

"who is it?"

"who is it?"

"Who is..."

"What's your name?!"

...

"I couldn't help but cry when I saw this part." Yu Zi sighed and shook her head. "I couldn't help it. I felt that the plot had progressed to this point, which was already touching enough. The rest of the story could have been 'Mitsuha saves Itomori Town, and then the two meet again and live happily ever after.' But... obviously, Hyakusei-sensei and the others didn't think so. They actually wanted the plot to be even more heartbreaking!"

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It's not hard to hear the traveler's complaints about Baili Xiao and the others in her words, but she can't deny that it's precisely this turning point that makes the ending even more touching.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought back then too— ‘At least Taki wrote his name, even though Mitsuha couldn’t write it down. Mitsuha should be able to find Taki easily with that name later.’ But when Mitsuha fell down and opened her palm, I realized… I was still too naive…” Natsuki also let out a soft sigh, then chuckled bitterly, “I never expected… Taki would write ‘I like you’ in Mitsuha’s palm… This unexpected yet logical plot twist is just… infuriating!”

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It was quite rare for Natsuki, who was usually so dignified and ladylike, to swear—it was clear how upset she was by this plot twist. Yuuki, while looking at his childhood friend with newfound respect, chuckled softly, "Looks like you're also full of complaints about this plot? Haha, but... thankfully the ending is good."

"Yes, it's fortunate that Professor Hyakuri and Professor Kasumi set the ending as a tragedy like '5 Centimeters Per Second,' hehe..." Natsuki let out a low and sinister laugh. Yuuko shuddered when she heard it, feeling the temperature in the room drop inexplicably.

"Ahem! Well... now if you were to rate [your name], what score would you give it?" To prevent Xia Shu from "going further down a dangerous path," Yu Zi cleverly changed the subject.

"Of course it's a perfect 10! Is there anything that could lower the rating of this movie? Whether it's the animation, the music, or the plot, there's absolutely no flaw... Well, if I had to say something, the only downside is that it's too heart-wrenching?"

"Hmm...it seems we're thinking the same thing. No wonder we've been childhood sweethearts! Hahaha~"

"...Alright, alright! I'm done chatting with you. I have to get up early for school tomorrow, and if I don't go to sleep soon..."

"Hi, goodnight, goodnight." - Fan

Chapter 0270 Baili Xiao's Return!

It was late at night, around 3 a.m., when a taxi pulled up outside the residential area where the studio was located. Bai Lixiao paid the driver the fare and, somewhat strained, helped the half-asleep Mordred inside. After the Amagi premiere celebration and the book signing for the second volume of "Your Name," Bai Lixiao had gone to the airport to catch the next flight to the holy land of anime and manga. As for the person beside him...

"Wherever you go, I'll go! Don't forget you owe me a favor, so don't even think about sneaking off!"—With these words, Mordred ignored Baili Xiao's wry smile and followed him onto the plane, thus ending up in this state...

"Don't let her slender figure fool you, she's quite heavy..." To avoid making his "420" support look like he was taking advantage, Baili Xiao carefully avoided touching Mordred anywhere except her arms—he didn't want to give Mordred any reason or opportunity to hold that greatsword to his neck...

Because of this, each step required several times the effort of usual, and after a short distance, Baili Xiao's breathing became noticeably erratic.

In the distance, a faint light emanated from the living room on the first floor. Baili Xiao frowned slightly, then sighed and shook his head—even if he took the next available flight, he wouldn't arrive at the studio until late at night. To avoid disturbing everyone's rest, he only informed Shi Yu...

Gently pushing open the unlocked outer door, Baili Xiao looked into the room, his gaze meeting that of Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had looked up at him: "As expected, you're still awake... I told you not to wait for me..."

With a soft "snap," Kasumigaoka Utaha closed the book in her hands. She blinked her slightly dry eyes, her gaze lingering on Mordred's cheek for a moment before turning to Baili Xiao: "Since you're coming back, no matter what, I'm the one who's waiting."

As she spoke, Kasumigaoka Utaha unfolded her long, black-stockinged legs that had been curled up together, and carefully moved Eriri's head off her lap and placed it on the sofa.

"Huh? You two are so close you can even use your laps for pillows?" Baili Xiao muttered in surprise. Kasumigaoka Utaha walked over to him and rolled her eyes. "She wanted to wait for you to come back, but she couldn't hold on... and she just happened to fall asleep on my lap... I just wanted to have you all tonight, so I didn't want to wake her up..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke in an extremely calm tone, as if she were talking about something "commonplace"—in front of Hyakuri Xiao, she could show her cunning without reservation and felt that it was only natural!

"Luckily Eriri didn't hear, otherwise..." Bai Lixiao's mind conjured up the image of Eriri "furiously clenching her fists and shouting 'Kasumigaoka Utaha'", and he couldn't help but smile. Utaha noticed his little action, glanced at Mordred, and asked softly, "So, who is this girl?"

To be honest, the moment Baili Xiao entered, her attention was focused on Mordred—that half-reclining position... even among the members of the studio, very few people could receive such treatment.

(He was only gone for a few days, so why did a girl he didn't know appear so naturally?) With this resentment in mind, Kasumigaoka Utaha stared straight into Hyakuri Xiao's eyes, giving him no room to dodge—of course, he had no guilty conscience and didn't need to dodge.

"Mordred, one of the Knights of the Round Table of Great Britain, a son of King Arthur..." Baili Xiao gently placed Mordred on the sofa. The latter seemed to sense the stranger's presence, slightly narrowing his eyes as he glanced at him before tilting his head back and letting out a soft snore—he actually snores! His "manly strength" is off the charts...

“My contact with the Gan City management seems to have caught the attention of the British royal family. Her current role is that of a ‘monitor’—watching me for any strange actions that could threaten the kingdom’s security…” Baili Xiao rubbed his shoulders and smiled helplessly: “Now, are you relieved?”

"There's nothing to worry about, I'm just concerned..." Kasumigaoka Utaha said as she walked behind Hyakuri Akira, placing her hands on his shoulders and gently pressing down: "You must be exhausted this time, right?"

“Yes, she planned the entire premiere celebration, attended the press conference, and the autograph session all by herself…” Baili Xiao sighed and sat down on the sofa next to her, closing her eyes as if enjoying herself. Although Shi Yu’s fingers were not strong enough (she had already used her maximum strength), Baili Xiao was enjoying the feeling right now… Even the slightest movement could make her feel the love emanating from her.

"But... despite the exhaustion, seeing their surprised expressions when they received the posters, and the way they helped each other tie the knots, always gave me a sense of satisfaction—especially when the comet appeared in the sky, and many people stared at it and couldn't help but shed tears... It was all worth it. At that moment, I felt that everything I had given was worthwhile..."

Bai Lixiao's sentiments resonated deeply with Kasumigaoka Utaha. Each time a light novel was released, although her wrists would ache to the point of "almost breaking,"... 4.9... as long as she received support and feedback, she felt that everything she did was worthwhile. That was the driving force that had sustained them all along...