And yet these two people who suddenly find themselves strangers in a simultaneously recognizable and unrecognizable world canвЂ™t help but spend time together, basking in both that contradiction and in the knowledge that the two of them are different from everyone else in terms of where theyвЂ™ve been and what theyвЂ™ve seen. ThatвЂ™s as it should beвЂ¦so why is it so sad?ДЄt least we learn that Mizuho was simply messing with Nagara when she pretended not to know him maybe it was just that seeing him again got her old defenses up. But a cat doesnвЂ™t come delivering a new one it just stays broken. While Nagara has a part-time job, Mizuho spends her evenings sneaking into their old school and breaking a glass. Mizuho notes that вЂњeverything is goneвЂќ from the two-years-plus they were drifting. The flashback to Nagara and MizuhoвЂ™s escape serves as a bridge between NagaraвЂ™s post-return life and MizuhoвЂ™s. Asakaze bids them farewell, unable to follow even though thereвЂ™s nothing left for him there. They tie themselves together, run out of the space elevator, and keep running, even when God tries to stop them. His present existence back in his original world lies in stark contrast to the surreal, beautiful, and fantastical journey he and Mizuho undertake to get back to a world theyвЂ™re certain hasnвЂ™t changed, even if they have.

You and I know how much Nagara grew while adrift with Mizuho, Nozomi, and Asakaze, and yet this world seems almost cruelly intent on keeping him isolated and alone. Notably absent from NagaraвЂ™s high school is Mizuho, whom Nagara looks up and waits outside her schoolвЂ™s gates, only for her to not have any idea who he is.

Things are so normal, he sometimes wonders if he was ever really adrift in the first place. We follow Nagara, who has slipped right back into his usual existence. Sonny BoyвЂ™s finale begins boldly, with what amounts to a stirring five-minute music video.

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