CHARACTERS MOOK vol.2 Nagisa & Rei/Drama

Henkyowakusei no Butterfly (辺境惑星のバタフライ lit. A Butterfly in a Distant Planet)
[On a planet in the middle of a remote region among the stars] The Spaceship Iwatobi is thrust into the hard ground with half of the ship sticking out.

[In the main control room of the Spaceship Iwatobi] With the control panel board open, various cords and other various equipment and items are spread across the floor. Rei wears a white lab coat as he repairs the spaceship.

Rei (to himself)： I wonder how many days and months have passed since the Spaceship Iwatobi did an emergency landing on this planet…

With a sigh, Rei glances outside the window to see Nagisa wearing a spacesuit and floating through space as if he were swimming, going along swimmingly.

Rei (watching Nagisa)： …..

Nagisa notices Rei and waves at him through the window. Rei laughs freely.

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[Inside the Iwatobi Spaceship] Nagisa returns from outside.

Nagisa ： Rei-chan, Rei-chan, Rei-chan! What’s the status of the spaceship repair? Rei ： I’m a breath away from finishing, but for some reason it’s as I expected, the repair is not really working… Nagisa ： Well fight on, Rei-chan! Rei ： Why yes, please leave it to me! Have you gathered any material? Nagisa ： Fufu…! I actually just came back from a pretty far region~ Rei ： Well, this planet’s gravitational pull is only 1/7 of that which is found on Earth. Because of that, if Nagisa-kun were to only jump a little bit, it would seem as if you would float across space like you were swimming… So then, where exactly did you come back from? Nagisa ： Hehe. I went to the other side of the crater’s blue area! Rei ： Blue area? You mean the dangerous area filled with unknown organisms? If something were to happen what would you have done? Nagisa ： It’s fine, it’s fine! Here, a small present for you!

Nagisa drops a bag in front of Rei and takes out beautiful stones from within.

Nagisa ： Don’t you think these stones are beautiful? They’re such a strange shape and are glittering! Rei ： Ve…very true… The shining seven colors are indeed very beautiful. Nagisa ： I know right! I thought that we could use these to decorate the spaceship since it’s rather dull in here. It would definitely spruce up the place! Ah, also this mushroom-like thing here! I thought to myself, ‘hey maybe we could eat these!’ and decided to go look for them.

Nagisa takes out a very poisonous looking mushroom from the bag.

Rei ： Nagisa-kun…no matter how I see it, that looks like one of the very poisonous mushroom types. If the mushroom were to not have any poison, the color of it would make it quite difficult to stomach. Nagisa ： Ah…is that so? I thought it would taste delicious since it’s so colorful!

Nagisa is about to eat the mushroom.

<font color=>Rei ： Hey, please don’t eat such dangerous things!

Rei freaks out and takes the mushroom away from Nagisa.

<font color=>Nagisa ： Hmph, fine. Then we should do a specimen analysis to see whether or not there’s poison in this or not~

Nagisa puts the mushroom back into the bag.

<font color=>Nagisa ： Okay then, I’ll go ahead and prepare dinner! <font color=>Rei ： Please do not use that mushroom though. <font color=>Nagisa ： Fufu, I know, I know~

[In the Cafeteria of the Spaceship Iwatobi] Plates are lined up and floating on top of the table. Rei is about to finish the last bite of his cake.

<font color=>Rei ： Ah, thank you very much for the meal. I am quite full. In fact, today’s was an absolutely splendid meal! <font color=>Nagisa ： Hehe~ Well, today marks the one year anniversary since we made an emergency crash-landing onto this planet. <font color=>Rei ： I don’t think having to do an emergency landing on a planet really would call for such a celebration though. <font color=>Nagisa ： Well, that might be true but it’s fine, right? After all, we are the only ones in this spaceship. And we also have enough food to last us for at least another 100 years! <font color=>Rei ： That is very well true but…One year really passed by, huh. It has been very fast indeed.

Rei begins to go off on a tangent.

<font color=>Rei ： It’s been 365 days since we lost all connection with Earth, and Nagisa-kun and I have spent all that time together on this planet. Spending everyday on this ship working on repairs, although the repairs are far from being done… <font color=>Nagisa ： Hmm? Didn’t you say that you were a breath away from finishing?

As Nagisa calls him out, Rei seems startled.

<font color=>Rei ： Ah, yes… But the last bit is very difficult. <font color=>Nagisa ： I see…Well, let’s just chill here some more~ <font color=>Rei ： You’re right. Although Nagisa-kun has always been the one to just ‘chill’ and have this laid back attitude… <font color=>Nagisa ： Hey now, that’s not very nice, Rei-chan. <font color=>Rei ： Hahaha, please excuse me.

Rei laughs.

<font color=>Nagisa ： Hey Rei-chan. You’re not going to work on any more repairs for the day, are you? If that’s the case, let’s do something! <font color=>Rei ： Why of course. What would you like to do? <font color=>Nagisa ： How about roll the dice? <font color=>Rei ： You want to do that again??? <font color=>Nagisa ： Well, it’s fun so let’s do it~

Nagisa takes out a dice and upon closer inspection, five sides of the dice has Rei’s name on it and one side has Nagisa’s name on it.

<font color=>Rei ： Wait a second…what exactly is wrong with this dice??! <font color=>Nagisa ： Hehe. I made a new one~ In either case, as always let’s start with the ‘Nostalgic Story’ bit of this game, yeah!

Nagisa rolls the dice and Rei’s name turns up.

<font color=>Nagisa ： All right, we’ll start from Rei-chan~! <font color=>Rei ： *sighs* I suppose it can’t be helped. Well then, without further ado…

Rei begins to speak.

<font color=>Rei ： I started to study space travel because it had always been Nagisa-kun’s dream to swim freely in space, and I wanted to help him realize his dream. In the beginning it was nothing but failure. At that time, I tried experimenting with a new type of space fuel…

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[Flashback] Rei is in the experiment lab filling test tubes with substances. In the next instant BANG! a small explosion occurs. Smoke begins to fill the laboratory and triggers the fire alarm.

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<font color=>Rei ： Because of my failure, the same fireman often came rushing and started to recognize me… <font color=>Nagisa ： Rei-chan pissing off other people is definitely an interesting sight to see~ hehe~! But the fireman was probably awed at you, right? <font color=>Rei ： That’s right! He was very kind and was very concerned about whether or not I sustained any injuries. <font color=>Nagisa ： I wonder what he’s doing right now~ <font color=>Rei ： Yes, if we are able to get back safely, I would very much like to see him again.

With that, Rei finishes his story.

<font color=>Rei ： Well then, I’ll be throwing the dice next.

Rei rolls the dice and unfortunately, his name appears once again.

<font color=>Nagisa ： It’s Rei-chan’s turn again! <font color=>Rei ： Fine fine. Well then…this is a story about Nagisa-kun’s birthday party. We rented out a restaurant in the city with everyone to celebrate Nagisa-kuns birthday. At that time I was in charge of the surprise element and decided to hide inside a very large cake and when the Happy Birthday music would start playing, I would pop out of the cake to surprise Nagisa-kun. But err…for some reason there was a bit of a mix-up and the cake ended up going to another house instead…

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[Flashback] People celebrate a child’s birthday party at an unknown apartment. Rei than bursts out of the cake, scaring the adults and causing the children to cry.

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<font color=>Nagisa ： And then after Rei-chan came late to my party covered completely in frosting! <font color=>Rei ： And not just that, I ended up being questioned at a scary police department and then had to borrow clothes from the cook at the restaurant and it was just…really unpleasant.

Nagisa laughs.

<font color=>Nagisa ： But then, instead of saying that was a ‘Nostalgic Story’, wouldn’t you say it was a very ‘Embarrassing Story’ instead? <font color=>Rei ： That’s…true… <font color=>Nagisa ： All right, then from here on out let’s change the theme to ‘Embarrassing Stories’ instead! <font color=>Rei ： Okay! Then the next turn will definitely be Nagisa-kun’s turn!

Rei rolls the dice and ends up landing on ‘Rei’ once more.

<font color=>Rei ： NOOOOOOOOO——-!!! <font color=>Nagisa ： Okay, Rei-chan again! ☆ <font color=>Rei ： I suppose I have no choice. Okay then next up is the next year’s birthday party story. I was very careful not to make the same mistake as before and because of that, at the restaurant on the night before the party…

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[Flashback] At a restaurant at night, Rei starts working on making a huge cake. Upon completion, he enters the cake and fills the top with a lid of sponge cake and tons of frosting. In the darkness of the cake, Rei waits and imagines the surprised look on Nagisa’s face when he comes out.

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<font color=>Rei ： But because I was working so late at night, I got tired and started falling asleep…

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[Flashback] Rei falls asleep within the cake. When he awakens and decides to burst out of the cake, he realizes that the party had already ended with no one in sight.

<font color=>Nagisa ： I really would like to have seen that~ <font color=>Rei ： During that, even though there was no one else in the restaurant I saw Nagisa-kun sleeping on the sofa. <font color=>Nagisa ： Yup! Since Rei-chan didn’t come, I thought you would be late again. And so when the party ended, I decided to wait here alone but then got sleepy and fell asleep. <font color=>Rei ： And then afterwards when Nagisa-kun woke up, we laughed together and ate the cake in the middle of the night with just the two of us. <font color=>Nagisa ： Also Rei-chan said that he was late because he was working on an experiment, but that was totally a lie, right? <font color=>Rei ： Haha, please accept my apologies. But that was really fun, wasn’t it— we had fun everyday. <font color=>Nagisa ： Wait, are you saying that it’s not fun NOW? <font color=>Rei ： That is not what I meant. The present is a different kind of fun.

With that, Rei laughs, but Nagisa puts on a serious face.

<font color=>Nagisa ： Hey, Rei-chan… <font color=>Rei ： What is it, Nagisa-kun? <font color=>Nagisa ： For the next round, whoever the dice lands on has to answer whatever the other person has to ask, okay? Of course, lying is strictly prohibited. Please answer truthfully. <font color=>Rei ： All right. Get ready, Nagisa-kun, here I go~!!!

Rei rolls the dice and of course, lands on himself yet again.

<font color=>Rei ： Me again… <font color=>Nagisa ： Hehe. It’s a sure win that it’ll be Rei-chan. All right, I’m going to ask you some questions and you gotta answer honestly. <font color=>Rei ： Okay, I understand. Please ask me anything. <font color=>Nagisa ： Is the weather forecast clear for tomorrow? <font color=>Rei ： Yes, the weather is forecasted to be clear skies tomorrow. <font color=>Nagisa ： What would you like to eat tomorrow? <font color=>Rei ： Hm…something that would be gentle on my stomach would be nice… <font color=>Nagisa ： Do you love the Earth? <font color=>Rei ： Why, of course. <font color=>Nagisa ： Then Rei-chan, my last question is…

Nagisa turns to Rei with a very serious expression on his face.

<font color=>Nagisa ： The repairs for the spaceship have actually been finished already, right?

Rei’s eyes widen in surprise.

<font color=>Rei ： Well…

Rei starts to fumble.

<font color=>Rei ： That’s…that’s not true actually. With the current state that it is in, the spaceship cannot fly yet. <font color=>Nagisa ： Please answer the real question, Rei-chan. You promised. <font color=>Rei ： The real answer is that the spaceship really cannot fly right now. It is missing one last component. <font color=>Nagisa ： So then if we were to have that component, the spaceship would fly again? <font color=>Rei ： That’s…true. Yes, that is correct. But, since we do not have the component, we must try everyday to find other ways to allow the spaceship to fly once more.

Nagisa listens to Rei’s words attentively.

<font color=>Nagisa ： We do have the component. <font color=>Rei ： !!!

Nagisa presses on.

<font color=>Nagisa ： I know the truth, Rei-chan. Where the final component lies…

With that, Nagisa begins to take off the clothes around his chest. He then opens up a panel in the middle of his chest and underneath the skin are machine parts.

<font color=>Rei ： Nagisa-kun, so you noticed that you are an android… <font color=>Nagisa ： Yes, Rei-chan is the one who created me, right? This body, my memories, everything.

Rei tries to smile but is pained.

<font color=>Rei ： Yes…that is correct. I made you.

He takes a deep breath and begins to explain.

<font color=>Rei ： One year ago, there was an accident that caused me to make an emergency landing using this spaceship. I was left all alone. I started on repairs for the spaceship immediately but was unable to make any progress. Since there was no one around, and I was the sole survivor on this lonesome planet, I started losing my mind. It was at this time that I thought it would be nice to have a companion to be here with me as well… <font color=>Nagisa ： ….. Nagisa listens attentively to Rei’s words. <font color=>Rei ： So then to cure my loneliness, I decided to create an android of Nagisa and implant all the memories of the time I spent with him on Earth. <font color=>Nagisa ： So the memories we recalled just now were all inputted by you, Rei-chan? <font color=>Rei ： That is right. <font color=>Nagisa ： So then what is the real me doing now? <font color=>Rei ： The real Nagisa-kun is probably doing very well back at home on Earth. Nagisa-kun was very bright and excelled greatly in space travel and eventually became the top of his rank. However, for some reason instead of him being appointed, I was sent on this mission to space instead. Even though I was the one who cheered Nagisa-kun on the whole time and took on studying space because of him, it is ironic that I was the one chosen for this mission. <font color=>Nagisa ： Then you must return home now! The real me is waiting for you back down on Earth! <font color=>Rei ： But… if I do that then there might be a chance that you will forget about me. <font color=>Nagisa ： I would never forget you, Rei-chan! <font color=>Rei ： But how would an android like you know that? <font color=>Nagisa ： Of course I would know! After all, I’m also Nagisa, and I would never forget about Rei-chan ever! <font color=>Rei ： —-!!! <font color=>Nagisa ： That’s why you gotta hurry! You can use the part in my chest when you first created me, and once you do so the spaceship will move again! Use the part! <font color=>Rei ： I can’t do that. If I do, you will stop working. <font color=>Nagisa ： It’s fine! You can just put in another part when you return back to the Earth, and I’ll move again. <font color=>Rei ： But that isn’t the problem. The problem is that once I remove the part from you, all your memories will be reset, which means that all the memories you have of what we have gone through in space will be erased. <font color=>Nagisa ： It’s all right, if it means that you will have a chance to return to Earth. <font color=>Rei ： Nagisa-kun… <font color=>Nagisa ： I want you to give you the chance to go home. Just being able to be with Rei-chan in itself was really fun!

While saying that, Nagisa starts to remove the part in his chest on his own.

As Rei reaches for Nagisa’s hand, Nagisa holds it, and while doing so, says:

<font color=>Nagisa ： I’m doing this because the real me is probably waiting for Rei-chan and worrying about you. So please understand, okay?

With that, Nagisa smiles.

<font color=>Nagisa ： Thank you, Rei-chan.


 * clank* Nagisa removes the part from his chest.

<font color=>Rei ： NAGISA-KUN!!!!!! (Rei yells at the top of his lungs)

[In a classroom after class is done]

<font color=>Rei ： —-!!!!!

Rei awakens suddenly. When he comes to, he realizes he’s in the classroom after class.

<font color=>Rei ： A dream…

Rei seems to have fallen asleep in the classroom after class. Nagisa says from behind:

<font color=>Nagisa ： Oh? Rei-chan’s awake? That’s pretty rare of you, falling asleep like that… <font color=>Rei ： Nagisa-kun…

Rei looks stunned and pained.

<font color=>Nagisa ： What’s wrong, Rei-chan? <font color=>Rei ： I’M JUST… SO GLAD YOU’RE ALL RIGHT.

Rei starts crying and hugs a very surprised Nagisa closely to him.

Fin~