Episode 15

**Lights, Camera, Action** (ライツ カメラ アクション, *Raitsu Kamera Akushon*) is the 15th episode of the Summer Time Rendering anime.

## Synopsis

Shinpei, who had united his friends in the gymnasium, is suddenly plunged into his seventh loop when he is sniped by a "shadow". Heine notices that the starting point of each of Shinpei's loops is gradually shifting, and she modifies her strategy to a method that eliminates Shinpei completely. That night, Shinpei and his friends gather again at Hitogashima Elementary School to defeat Shide. Shide arrives with a large number of "shadows" in tow. The all-out battle between the "shadows" and Shinpei and the others begins.

## Summary

Shinpei loops back to their house a few hours earlier. Ushio and Mio come and explain that he was shot by a sniper rifle. Shinpei then realizes they got Ginjiro and sending too far outside of Ushio's range was a mistake, as she couldn't detect the shadows. Mio is surprised as they wanted Shinpei alive, but Shinpei explains she must had realized it as well, that each loop starting point moves ahead and he has at best one more loop.

Gathering everyone at the elementary school, Shinpei explains that he can loop one more time. There is a limit of how far he can go back in time. The limit has been moving slowly, but with each death it increases its pace. If he dies again, he guesses he will loop back to about 7 PM, which was 20 mins ago. If he then ends up dying fast, the time limit would be past his dying time and what he can return to. Hizuru notes that if he dies, it will be his permanent death and the world will be what Heine sees. Ginjiro wonders how they found him and Hizuru guesses they scanned her in the fourth loop, where she had lethal damage, as they must had fought her before that and likely she read Hizuru's memories. Ginjiro wonders how they share information and Ushio explains it can be like the memories she showed them, physical notes or talk to each other, however, Heine can also use telepathy. Ginjiro guesses they may have copied his rifle, but Ushio explains the copies can only exist within 50 meters of a shadow. Ginjiro then realizes that a copied rifle can only shoot up to 50 meters, which isn't good enough for a rifle.

After about 20 minutes, Shinpei is waiting for Heine outside. She arrives with Shide and other shadows. They know he gained allies and wonder if this is a trap, but Shinpei denies it, stating he wants to fight fair and square. They send Mio's shadow, but before she can attack Shinpei, Ushio appears from his wristwatch and takes him and runs away. Ginjiro shoots at Shide's shadow, however it has no effect, making him wonder if Shide in invincible. Ginjiro proceeds to shoot out and kill regular shadows. Shide takes a stone and shoots it at Ginjiro, injuring his cheek. Heine orders Asako and other shadows to go after Shinpei and Ushio, while Mio to go after Ginjiro.

Shinpei and Ushio pass a corridor, where they leave Hizuru to take care of the following them shadows. Mio's shadow heads towards Ginjiro, but Mio, Sou and Tokiko face her. Sou misses with his nail gun, but Tokiko summons two baby-like shadows, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who push Mio away. Ryunosuke fights the shadows. Asako's shadow comes, but Heine tells her where to dodge and manages to avoid Ryunosuke's shot. Ryunosuke then foresees Shide shooting Shinpei behind him and blocks the shot with his body. Heine knew that Ryunosuke will cover, which makes him realizes that Heine aslo has the sight, and see movements two seconds into the future. However, Shide fails to kill Ryunosuke as Genjiro shoots at him, allowing Ryunosuke to escape. Heine wonders what is Mio doing and as she looks at her, she sees she is fighting the baby-like shadows. Surprised to see Tokiko, she orders the shadows that Tokiko isn't their master and to kill her. However, the shadows ignore the order and smash Mio, making Heine realize her connection to the stray shadow has been severed by Ushio. Angry, Heine jumps on Shide, merging him with the remaining shadows and giving him a spider-like look. Mio emerges from the fist of the stray shadow and jumps over it to kill Tokiko, however, real Mio burns her and Sou pins her with his nail gun.

Chasing Ushio, Shide and Heine reach the school's sport hall. There Ushio reveals that her hair is above them and turns it into gasoline, which then Shinpei fires up. The shadows start burning, but Heine jumps on the ceiling with Asako. Tetsu shoots at her, but as she turns towards him, his gun disappears and appears in Shinpei's hands, who holds Ushio's hair. He then shoots Heine's shadow and injures her. Ushio then grabs Heine's hand, who is in Shiori's form and states she will erase her. Heine asks her not to as she had decided to use Shiori's form and live with her parents forever. Distracted, Shide grabs Ushio and pulls her into the fire, while also shooting Shinpei. Shide tells Ushio that she can't kill him with fire, but he realizes that she and Heine can bring information with them into the next loop. He wonders what will happen if she dies before Shinpei, as he purposely missed Shinpei's vital, so he doesn't die right away. Ushio's necklace appears behind Shide and turns to Ushio, who then punches Shide from behind and pierces his chest. Shide realizes that he grabbed clump of hair with Ushio's dummy information and not actually Ushio. Ushio then starts erasing Shide and as he starts to fall apart a human hand comes out of him. Heine then goes crazy, taking out all the oxygen and putting out the fire. Shinpei is unable to breath and wonder what is going on. The windows then burst open and air enters the hall. Heine takes Shide and runs away.

Outside, Heine asks Shide if he is okay and he confirms he will return after some reconstructing. She wonders about Shiori's parents and Shide states that Shinpei is mortally wounded and after he dies in few minutes, the final loop will begin.

Shinpei checks on Ushio, who states she is just tired from all the copying she done. She wonders about him as he was shot, but Shinpei reveals he made a bulletproof vest.

Ryunosuke records a message to Hizuru. He explains that since the fire was a copy, it only burned what Ushio wanted. The merged shadows inside Shide died instantly and even Shide was slowed. Ushio's hacking also revealed a body inside Shide. Heine scanned and erased the air in the hall, causing a vacuum and the outside air to rush in, allowing them to escape. Ushio is impressed by Heine as she managed to scan the entire air in the hall. But what matter the most is that everyone survived. They group have captured shadow Mio and asks Ushio to turn her into an ally.

## Characters

* Shinpei Ajiro
* Ushio Kofune
* Mio Kofune
* Hizuru Minakata
* Ginjiro Nezu
* Tetsu Totsumura
* Sou Hishigata
* Tokiko Hishigata
* Heine
* Shide
* Asako Kobayakawa