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January 7 - January 19, 2025
Several years had passed since the café had its moment of fame because of an urban legend that claimed it could transport people back to the past. Uninterested in that kind of thing, Fumiko had allowed it to fade from her memory.
“When you go back, no matter how hard you try, the present won’t change.”
If you change the past, you do change the present.
The first rule was: The only people you can meet while in the past are those who have visited the café.
It might be a good thing, and how could it be a bad thing?
“Your time in the past will begin from the time the coffee is poured...”
I really, truly... “That’s just...well, you know...” ...loved you.
“You made all the effort to come from the future. I can’t have a girl like you going back without serving you anything,”
“So, was it me that you came to visit?” he asked the girl. “No way.” “Me? You came to meet me?” “No.” “Me?” “No!”
Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out.
It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust.
A person who has sat on the chair to travel through time once cannot do it a second time. Each person receives only a single chance.
So this is where we meet.
STOP I AM SOBBING
Bringing you into this world was the only thing that I did for you. Can you forgive me for that?
“Well, I can’t let the coffee go cold...”
The present hadn’t changed—but those two people had. Both Kohtake and Hirai returned to the present with a changed heart.
no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart. And if the chair can change someone’s heart, it clearly has its purpose.
