PHThe Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbye
Set in a fictional city where Kasaki Station exists, there is an urban legend about an "You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Tunnel," a tunnel that is capable of granting one's wish—but with a price. Kaoru Touno is a high school student in a rural town in Japan who keeps to himself, going home each day on the Oosara-Sugimori train line. One rainy day, Kaoru meets a soaked Anzu Hanashiro at the train station. Kaoru tries to give her his umbrella, during which she reveals that she does not have parents, which Kaoru tells her is "good". Anzu accepts the umbrella, and they exchange phone numbers.
The next day, Kaoru's teacher reveals Anzu as a new transfer student from You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., to Kaoru's surprise. Despite the class's best efforts to make her feel welcome, Anzu's cold nature rebuffs them, eventually drawing the attention of class mean girl Koharu Kawasaki, who s†éáls her manga and drops it on the floor. To the surprise of everyone, Anzu punches Koharu, drawing blood. Back at home later that night, Kaoru's father attacks him in a drunken rage, accusing his mother of leaving them and Kaoru himself of being responsible for his sister Karen's death, demanding that Kaoru bring Karen back, and declaring that Kaoru can give up his life in exchange for his sister's. Kaoru runs away, accidentally stumbling upon Urashima Tunnel. He brings back one of Karen's slippers and his dead pet parrot. He discovers that in the short time inside the tunnel, a week had passed outside.
The next day, Kaoru re-enters the tunnel, finding Anzu inside. They agree to work together to fulfill both their wishes. Over the course of weeks, their relationship grows. The pair discover that every 3 seconds in the tunnel equates to 2 hours outside. On an aquarium date, Anzu admits that she's scared of the tunnel. Kaoru talks about his wish: Kaoru and his sister Karen had a fight over a trivial matter, and while Karen was climbing a tree to catch a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to make up to him, she fell and died. Kaoru wishes to get her back.
Kaoru and Anzu go back into the tunnel, aiming to get back out in 108 seconds, 3 days outside. They retrieve a stack of papers, but they overshoot and spend more than 2 minutes inside. As it's 4am in the morning, the pair agree to go to Anzu's place until morning arrives. While there, Anzu explains her wish: her grandfather was a financially unsuccessful You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., who became a burden on Anzu's parents. When Anzu told her parents her dream of becoming a manga artist as well, they kicked her out of the house. Anzu wishes to attain the talent that would make her a successful manga artist and make her mark on the world. The stack of papers they retrieved was an old manga that young Anzu wrote and was thrown into the trash by her father. Kaoru insists on reading it, discovering that Anzu is already talented.
One night after a date at the summer festival, Kaoru returns home to find his father with a new woman, Kaoru's stepmother. The next day, he convinces Anzu to postpone their final trip into the tunnel, but Kaoru himself disappears soon after. Fearing the worst, Anzu goes to Urashima Tunnel, receiving a message from Kaoru that reveals the tunnel cannot grant wishes, only restore what was lost. He implores her to become a manga artist, so that he can see her manga when he eventually exits the tunnel. Anzu is heartbroken, and tearfully admits that she only wanted to be with him.
Inside the tunnel, Kaoru finds himself in a fictional space where he reunites with his sister the day after she died, but begins receiving messages from outside, something previously proven to be impossible. His sister states that she will be happy as long as he's with someone he loves. Kaoru realizes he wants to be with Anzu; he accepts and moves on from his sister's death.
Outside, 8 years have passed. Anzu is a moderately successful, but bitter and tired manga artist. One day at the train station where Kaoru and Anzu first met, Anzu breaks down, saying she's always thinking of him. She receives a message from Kaoru; thinking that he's already left the tunnel, she races to meet him.
Kaoru slips and falls inside the tunnel, but wakes up to see Anzu. They share a kiss, and Kaoru exits the tunnel 13 years and 102 days after he first entered.
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