"I miss our boat rides too, ehehe...maybe one day if you take over your dad's company, we could do it again someday? That'd be fun..."

The first leaf's fall as summer nears its end, the last blossom's descent as cherry blossom season comes to a close, the cast's final bow as the curtains draw; the final words exchanged in anger.

The cliffhanger at the end of the movie with no sequel, the last lightning strike during a summer night storm; the last late-night conversation.

"I don't want to watch it all fall apart! Please, Kanan..."

An unbreakable bond is not something that's as easily perceived as many people think; lovers today may be enemies within a week, and total strangers may be close enough to share their secrets in that same week, and even the most casual of friends may stay in contact their entire lives.

Given the right set of circumstances, any relationship can fall away - but many say that is what makes them so valuable. Even after people say goodbye, the time shared with them will still be there.

Sometimes you can see goodbye coming, sometimes you can't.

Sometimes there isn't even a goodbye.

The way You Watanabe and Chika Takami never said goodbye; the way Hanamaru never said goodbye to the world she retreated from.

The way Mari Ohara and Kanan Matsuura never officially said goodbye to each other at the end of it all.