Ibitsu 9

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Text on the wall: Big brother

Kazuki: W-What is that...?

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Sfx bubbles [2] clatter

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Text: Chapter 9 – The Girl Inside the Memories

Kazuki: This... // belongs to a doctor from the hospital?

Notebook:
Clinical Psychologist
Tanabe

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Bubble 1: For the first time, I've accepted a patient involved with a criminal case.

Bubble 2: I thought that I'd document this for future psychology.

Box 1:
Year 20XX
5th of June
Rainy

Box 2: The patient's name is Kanbe Remina (aged 11)

Box 3: She is the only survivor of a family murdered in K Prefecture.

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Box 1: A family murdered in K Prefecture. / The eldest son (aged 15) used a hammer to kill his father, mother and grandmother. He committed suicide afterwards.

Box 2: The girl saw the whole incident.

Box 3: The shock caused slight memory loss and neurosis.

Box 4: Countless bruises were found when her body was examined.

Box 5: According to the police report, she had been abused by her older brother over a long period of time.

Remina: Kagome~ // Kagome~ // Inside // the cage~

[Note: Kagome, Kagome is a game similar to tag, as well as a children's song]

Doctor: Change into these clothes, Remina-chan.

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Remina: It's okay...

Doctor: It's okay? But your clothes are all dirty...come on...

Remina: A little sister has to be like this... / My big brother said so. // So I'm fine like this!

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Box 1: The girl never took off her clothes after that.

Box 2: Reluctantly, I left her like that and kept observing her.

Box 3: How exactly had she been abused?

Kazuki: This...Kanbe Remina... / That's who the Lolita really is?!

Box 4: 7th of June

Box 5: In order to start communicating with the girl, / I decided to eat together with her.

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Box 1: Her mouth was swollen and she couldn't close her mouth properly. She often spilled her food.

Doctor: Look, you've spilt some. That's no good.

Remina: I'm sorry! I'm sorry! // I'll clean it up right away!

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Doctor: S-Stop that! What are you doing?!

Remina: If I make a mistake, my big brother disciplines me! // I don't want to eat trash anymore!

Doctor: Trash?!

Remina: Trash is good enough for a little sister who's trash... // I'd be made to eat it, even if it made me throw up! // My stomach would hurt everyday and I'd feel cold!

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Remina: I'll be a good little sister! I'll be a cute little sister! / I'll be big brother's ideal little sister! // So...stop disciplining me! Stop disciplining me! Big brother!

Box 1: Her heart was clearly marked by the wounds of abuse.

Box 2: How much time will be necessary for her heart to heal...?

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Box 1:
19th of June
Rainy

Box 2: In order to understand the murder completely,

Box 3: she was hypnotised at the request of the police.

Detective: Please start from the day of the incident.

Man: Where were you on the 23rd of May, Remina-chan?

Remina: The closet...

Man: Why were you there?

Remina: Because...I was scared...

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Remina: My big brother did something bad to my mother and father... // I can hear... // a strange noise...

Sfx bubbles [3] smash

Remina: I...I can't move... // Ah...Ah...

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Remina: AHHH!

Man: H-Hey...what happened?

Remina: Stop...big brother... // Stop!!! // Don't cut me there!

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Remina: AHHH!!!

Doctor: S-Stop that! Damn it! How awful! // Calm down, Remina-chan!

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Remina: Big brother... // Don't say you don't need a little sister anymore... // It's my fault / that you hit me... // Because I'm a useless little sister.

Remina: I'm sorry. // Making you do terrible things for me...

Remina: I'll try my best... / I'm sure I'll be a good little sister... // So don't say you don't need me...

Doctor: ...You're not an unwanted little sister.

Remina: Sensei...

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Remina: Do you need a little sister?

Box 1: As long as the "big brother" inside her heart remains,

Box 2: she will suffer her whole life.

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Doctor: Yes, I'll be your // big brother from today.

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Remina: Kagome~ // Kagome~ // The bird // inside the cage~

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Box:
25th of June
Sunny
There was an accident at the hospital.

Doctor: You're a lot better now, Tamai-san. / You'll be able to leave the hospital soon.

Tamai: Thank you! It's because of you, Sensei!

Remina: Why are you with that girl? // It's because I'm a useless little sister, isn't it?

Doctor: W-What are you talking about? // She's a patient, you know?

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Box 1: That night,

Box 2: Tamai-san committed suicide.

Box 3: I suddenly suspected that

Box 4: Remina-chan had done something...

Remina: I'm sorry...if I was a good little sister... // I could comfort my big brother, but I'm a useless little sister...

Box 5: I'm thinking too much.

Box 6: There's no way she could have done anything.

Doctor: Thank you. It's okay.

Box 7: If I think like this, then she won't trust me! I've got to pull myself together!

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Remina: Hehehe... // Look Keiichi. They're beautiful now. // I found the perfect nails. // Right, I'm going to / see big brother now.

Remina: Kagome~ Kagome~ // The bird inside the cage~

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Box:
8th of July
Her condition only became worse.

Sfx bubbles [2] huff

Remina: I'm sorry! I'm a useless little sister! A useless little sister!

Doctor: What are you doing? Stop!

Remina: Noooo!

Box 1: On my days off, she would spend the whole day writing on the wall.

Box 2: It was as if she had received some kind of punishment.

Text on the wall: Big brother

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Remina: In the evening // of the dawn~

Box: To save her from this obsession...

Notebook:
To save her from this obsession,
it might be necessary to make her wish come true.

Kazuki: Her...wish...

Remina: The turtle // slipped~

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Remina: Who is the one // behind you~?