Fictions Mentioned:
Episode 16
OP Song:
【Yumi Hara】 In the rain 【Corpse Party Blood Drive】 【Eng Lyrics】
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Corpse Party Blood Covered OST - Chapter 4 Annex / Sad Theme 2 (Extended)
Heavenly Host...
Between the Lines...
In the past, during a time when Touma Kamijou - The Imagine Breaker was still facing The Test of the Theatergoing Witch.
Somewhere in Heavenly Host, there was the science laboratory, filled with all of the old scientific equipment that one had used since the 60s.
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Satoshi Mochida screamed out of grief while gently holding the recently deceased body of Yuka Mochida. Her entire stomach was slightly disemboweled through the use of a bloodied scalpel that was still present on the table.
Has anyone ever known what it was like to have ever lost a sibling in the most gruesome and terrifying way?
Satoshi knew of it. Just now. And Touma Kamijou, a young man with an eleven-year-old body but with the mind of an old wearied soul, bears witness to it.
They were too late to save her this time. Again. The thing about Heavenly Host is that there are different types of "spaces" if one will that make the same exact space not the same for each individual. For example, two persons may occupy the same floor but are separated in terms of location. For Kamijou, it had always been tricky to find which passageway leads to another, using his Imagine Breaker to create or drill a hole in the fabric between spaces. It was one unique challenge for him, the difficult raised considerably depending on where or when he'd landed.
In these unfortunate circumstances, Kamijou is now experiencing an event at this particular point in his life that he has already borne witness to for as long as he can remember.
The way he ends up in Heavenly Host was unique among those trapped here because an outside force is moving him where or when randomly. Kamijou was no longer surprised at the deaths that reigned here, the darkness that he can feel from the depths of his soul. This was after all the domain of a young girl dyed in red who he keeps meeting whether past (when she was still alive and not in the state of halves of vengeance) or future (when she is now deceased, the master of this very place).
Now, Kamijou was nearby Satoshi's side, maintaining silence and waiting for the latter to completely shed his tears and let out his inner grief. But there was a secondary purpose. He was guarding Satoshi, letting him grieve with no one to disturb him. For Kamijou knew that this nightmarish hell will not leave them alone for long. If Kamijou is more than aware of the video game terms through past memories of long ago, then he is more than aware that this twisted game is now following the route of a bad end.
"Onii-chan..."
"...!"
Lo and behold, there was the girl dyed in red, floating somewhere from the front of the laboratory, grabbing the attention of Kamijou and Satoshi, the latter still holding on to the dead body of his sister.
While Satoshi was still reeling out of grief for his deceased younger sister and a little bit of anger that inwardly curses his predicament, Kamijou was more focused and cold in his stare at the vengeful specter dyed in her crimson clothing.
The once smiling Sachiko Shinozaki was now changing her expression into one of dread. Her greeting of him ended up failing as he stares at her with a type of coldness that made her want to flee back. The cold was apparent. It was saying: "Don't interrupt. Not now."
This wasn't just directed towards the girl. It was directed at everything evil that wanted to disturb this particular moment. If they dare, they will taste his right hand of vengeance, shattering their irritant pesky illusions to kingdom come.
And then, she fled. Without saying another word. Leaving the two individuals by themselves. Leaving Satoshi to continue grieving for his sister whom he failed to save. And leaving Kamijou in his solemn silence, with intimate knowledge of things that have happened and have yet to happen.
Yuuya Kizami had killed Yuka Mochida.
In this timeline at least.
Kamijou knew that sooner than later, this nightmarish event would be repeated all over again. A cycle that remained unchanged in spite of the hard-working efforts of a few individuals, the original survivors of Kisaragi Academy. They were all trapped - the good and the bad. And Kamijou is one of the only individuals aware of such a fate, the memories of which he has and continues to carry.
And Kamijou waited. An hour or so later, he begins to walk toward Satoshi who continues to cradle the dead body of his younger sister.
"Satoshi-san," Kamijou muttered softly, eyes only filled with empathy.
Satoshi, having grown quiet, only looked at Kamijou with grieving tearful eyes.
"We need to leave," Kamijou simply said in a mature type of tone that seem out of place for an eleven year old.
Satoshi, a bit reluctant but nevertheless agreeing, conflicted and grieving, slowly nodded. However... "I...I don't want to leave her here...Not here..." he muttered softly, cradling his sister.
"Then carry her," Kamijou reassured. "I'll lead the way from here on out."
And so, they begin to take their leave with solemn footsteps. In the future, Satoshi would recall this incident and would be eternally grateful to Kamijou for giving him the proper time to mourn the loss of his loved one. Kamijou on the other hand knew that Yuka's death wasn't permanent in the long run so long as the unnatural time loop keeps getting back up and running.
He was still running. And he was still thinking of how he needed to find the proper route that would lead to the eventual end of this terrifying nightmare that continued to plague everyone that had ever been trapped here.
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ED Song:
【ARTERY VEIN】Confutatis no Inori (Full Version)【CP Blood Covered】【Eng Lyrics】
Main Companion Protagonists:
Touma Kamijou - VA: Atsushi Abe
The Nine Characters:
Satoshi Mochida - VA: Hiro Shimono
Yuka Mochida - VA: Eri Kitamura
Main Enemy Characters:
Sachiko Shinozaki - VA: Ikue Ōtani