No. 211 Sentinel No.20: Activate 20番機兵起動

After School | Sakura High School | 3rd Floor Fallway

Back in my dream…

He called himself Tetsuya Ida.

We look identical, but… that’s not my name, so…

…

Well, it’s not just our names.

He and I are totally different people.

In my dream…

Her soul was in an android body.

That’s gotta be the craziest feeling.

What would it even be like? Not having a body of your own…?

The way Miyuki Inaba tells it…

Those dreams weren’t from the future, like I thought they were.

They already happened. It’s all in the past…

She was right. We found that weird barrier on the edge of town.

…

Maybe I should listen to her more carefully.

Miyuki Inaba was right about everything.

There was a boundary.

So here we are, in 30 kilometers of city.

And beyond that, nothing.

With I could pretend it was all a dream.

My own private little adventure with Yuki-chan.

I just wanted a nice first date with Yuki-chan…

So much for that.

Now I've got myself wrapped up in some huge conspiracy.

…

Used to be I’d just daydream about girls for a while and perk right up.

Something tells me that’s not really gonna work here.

ア01

So me and Kurabe-kun… Probably Fuyusaka, too…

The dreams we’re seeing are actual events from the past…

And it turns out this place is actually isolated…?

“And how do you know all this?”

Oh, you know, just the pop star Miyuki Inaba talking through my TV.

Who the heck do I even talk to about this?

If I just tell the truth, they’ll throw me in a loony bin.

ア02

×Class 1-A

Yuki-chan…?

Nope, not here…

Well, she is occupied.

Detention is a cruel mistress.

ア03

×Class 1-B

…

Tomi Kisaragi isn't here…

Well…

Probably for the best, actually.

Bumping into her now would be super awkward.

Kurabe-kun…

ア04

Amiguchi-kun…

Hey. You going home?

Perfect timing.

See, uh, about that video…

Sorry.

I'm kind of in a hurry.

Oh… It’s cool.

…

Hm?

Oh… nothing.

See ya.

Kurabe-kun…

Seems like something’s up with him.

Maybe he's figured something out too…?

…

ア05

…

Maybe I need some fresh air.

Where to?

Roof of the new building

Stay here

Sakura High School | Rooftop

イ01

Maybe…

Maybe I should just go public. Lay everything out in the open.

I guess I could record Miyuki Inaba talking to me?

Send that tape out to TV stations?

イ02 薬師寺編とほぼ同じ

×Nenji Ogata

What’s got you so spaced out?

Amiguchi…

…Just got shit on my mind.

What about you? You look like hell.

Somethin’ weighin’ you down?

Yeah… You could say that.

イ03 独自

×Nenji Ogata

Hey, uh…

Remember when I skipped school for a few days?

What about it?

Yeah, uh, I actually spent those days stranded in another time.

Stuck in the future.

…

Well… me, I’d go with a more plausible excuse for ditching.

Yeah, that’s about what I figured…

イ04　独自

×Nenji Ogata

So? What’s going on with you?

Huh? Oh…

You know that popstar Miyuki Inaba?

She’s been showing up in my room every night.

I don’t know what to do.

Well, if you're gonna make me feel stupid for askin’.

Yeah, that’s about what I figured…

微妙に違う

Hm?

Oh, I totally forgot.

What’s up?

Yakushiji-san from class 1-C.

She said she wanted to talk to me today.

Said she’d find me up here.

This shit again…?

Sheesh…

Sometimes you're real annoying to be friends with.

I’ll just get outta your way then.

…

イ05 まったく同じ

×Megumi Yakushiji

“Again?”

Oh, just stuff from middle school.

Girls used to confess their love to me in front of him all the time.

Oh, uh, wow… is that what this is about?

I'm sorry, really…

I’ve got feelings for someone else.

…That’s not what I came here to tell you.

No need to apologize.

This might hurt a little, anyway.

Mission accomplished…

Sentinel No. 20, transmitting.

Huh!?

Agh… what’s going on…?

…What is this?

…

Wait a minute…

Is this the robot I saw in my dreams?

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