"Hirose"Hayami manages to escape the beating with Yui's interference, and meets Takuma, who went searching for her. She confronts him on his past, urging him to vent his anger and frustration, and is beaten unconscious by Takuma, who loses consciousness as well. Takuma wakes up, having lost his vision, due to his refusal to forgive and forget; learning that he was never able to see.He becomes introverted, believing everything he experienced was an illusion. Hayami decides to leave the village, but is stopped the village elder and two others, who intend for her to die. After a brief conversation with Hotaru, a blind Takuma manages to reach and prevent Hayami from being shot.
"Hamaji"Takuma, Hinata, Yui, Hamaji, and Maki go to the beach together to have fun, but before long Hamaji's younger sister Yukiji shows up and tries to take Hamaji back home. In the end, Takuma and the others agree to let her stay, though for a while Yukiji attempts to hurt (even kill) Takuma or otherwise separate him from the others due to her love for Hamaji. When Yukiji is confronted by the others about Takuma, she runs away and swims in the sea, but when her leg cramps, it is Takuma who attempts to save her, though he nearly drowns himself. Hamaji has to use CPR to revive Takuma,(strangely in slow motion) and Yukiji thanks Takuma for saving her while he was florid with Hamaji's CPR. While taking a bath, Takuma finally realizes that Hamaji is actually male. Hayami comes to the beach to ask Takuma about his true feelings, but they get interrupted by Hinata.
"Takuma"Takuma Hirose, a blind junior-high school student, moves from the city to a rural area to live with his uncle. At school, he starts making friends on the first day, but soon discovers that the girl he sits next to in class, Hayami Kohinata, is subject to constant bullying by a few of her classmates. Takuma tries to protect Hayami in any way he can, but since he is blind he cannot do much for her, which she herself reminds him of. Otoha, a spirit only Takuma can see, gives him the temporary ability to see.
"Kohinata"After Takuma and Hayami become a couple, Takuma starts getting hounded by his friends at school for the details for the summer festival. Takuma and Hayami are told by Hotaru's grandfather that it was Hayami's family that drove Takuma's mother to suicide, which is later confirmed by Takuma's uncle. In the midst of this revelation, Takuma realizes that his vision is starting to blur again, and one day during a typhoon, Takuma voices his frustration to Hayami which causes her to run outside. She makes it to the bridge with sandbags pilled across it to prevent a flood, and starts attacking it with a sign. Two guys from her class, who had previously beaten up Hayami, find her doing this and start beating her up again.
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