“It seems that the person we have been waiting for has finally arrived. Come on, let us escort you to your mother.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. My mother is dead.”
“Heh heh heh. Peh. That’s a typical human move. She’s not dead. With all due respect, you haven’t seen your mother’s body. She is waiting for your help.”
“Please come, please come.”
“Come on, come on, come on”
“Please come, please come.” ”Come on, come on””Come on, come on”
Mahito is covered in frogs and disappears from sight.
Then Natsuko and the old ladies appear…
Natsuko fires an arrow at the heron.
When the arrow lands near the heron, the frog moves away and the heron says, “I’ll wait,” and flies away.
Mahito wakes up to the words “I’ll be waiting.”
It’s strange that Natsuko would fire an arrow. It was a dream after all.
Mahito decides to check the wooden sword in the barn to see if it is a dream.
The wooden sword is not broken. It must have been a dream after all.
However, the wooden sword suddenly breaks. It’s not a dream…
During a meal. “This probably won’t suit your taste, Mahito.”
Mahito: “It’s not tasty.”
All they had to eat was rice, miso soup, and pickles.
During wartime, that’s all a wealthy family had.
He’s a child, so I think it’s okay for him to be honest. He’s eating the same food as the old ladies.
It wouldn’t be okay if Masato was the only one eating and the old ladies were hungry, or if it was someone else’s house.
You speak clearly. Oh dear.
This old lady is Kiriko, a character who is deeply connected to future developments.
After the meal, Mahito left the room. “Lady Natsuko has said many times that she wants to see Mahito. Please go and see her.” “Is she seriously ill?” “She has morning sickness. It must have been really hard for your mother when Mahito had morning sickness.”
Natsuko looks completely haggard.
Mahito’s room is simple, but Natsuko’s room is luxurious. When Mahito enters the room, he first thinks he is looking at his father’s suit, but he is actually looking at a bow. In his dream, Natsuko is shooting a bow, and at this point Mahito realizes for the first time that Natsuko has a bow.
I thought it was a simple picture, but when I tried to paint it, I realized that the patterns on the wall were all different. I simplified it a lot and changed the pattern. I made the wall so complicated to give Natsuko’s room a more luxurious feel.
“I’m sorry for hurting you like this.”
It took me a long time to draw Natsuko. I think it is an artist’s duty to portray beautiful women as beautiful. I drew her with great care.
“I’m so sorry to my sister.”
Natsuko felt guilty for stealing her sister’s husband. So she must have felt that she had to at least protect her sister’s son. But she was crushed by the thought that she had done so.
Even though Mahito had caused the injury himself.
How did Mahito feel? He probably never thought that what he did because he didn’t want to go to school would end up hurting someone so much. He only thought that he would end up suffering pain. Mahito said, “I hope you get better soon,” and left the room.
When he leaves the room, he takes the cigarettes that are in the room with him. Mahito doesn’t smoke, but the old man smoked during the meal.
As he steps out into the hallway, Mahito turns around when he hears a familiar noise.
He no longer looks like a heron, but instead takes on the strange appearance of an old man wearing a heron headgear.
Knowing that the heron would appear again, Mahito had already hidden something in his pocket.
Looking at that heron, it would be natural to have a knife ready.
“I’ll be waiting for you,” he says, and flies off. He’s like a stalker. He must be in a hurry to take me away.
Natsuko’s family home is huge. It’s more like a castle than a house.
The rundown hut in the foreground is probably used by the servants.
Thank you for watching.