Episode 14

**to be/not to be** is the 14th episode of the Summer Time Rendering anime.

## Synopsis

Hizuru and Heine used to be friends. One day, however, Heine is unable to bear her "hunger" and goes berserk. A series of events that occurred in the past reveal how Ryunosuke came to live in Hizuru's mind. Shinpei and Ushio, who were in Hizuru's memory, find themselves back before the raid on the Kobayakawa family. The mission was aborted, and that night Shinpei gathered everyone at Nittogashima Elementary School and had each of them relive the loop they had been in with the help of Ushio.

## Summary

Heine apologizes that she didn't meet Hizuru's friends. She mentions that Hizuru is different that others as usually they are scared of her. Since there were rumours of a ghost at the clinic, Shide had forbidden her to meet with people. Hizuru wonders who is Shide and Heine notes its a secret, but reveals he is greed incarnate and that's why it has four arms. The two continue to spend time together and play games, with Hizuru often bringing snacks for Heine, who feels she is getting more hungry and hates it.

One day, Hizuru meets Ginjiro Nezu, who warns her its dangerous as there are snake in the forest. Hizuru wonders if its not dangerous for him and Ginjiro confirms, but notes that he gets paid to hunt the snakes. Asako and Ryunosuke check the Kobe mart, hearing that Hizuru brought snacks and intended to eat them with a friend, making them realize she is meeting Heine. Ryunosuke heads towards the clinic to bring some water to Hizuru. On his way, he hears something and goes to check it. He sees Heine, who was bloody and eating a small animal. Shinpei realizes this is bad and yells for Hizuru, who ends up hearing him, but then thinks its her imagination. She then sees a flash and upon checking it, she finds Heine over the death Ryunosuke. Hizuru wonders if she did it. Heine comes back to her sense, and turns into Ryunosuke. She starts denying it and as she yells, a flash occurs and her eye is blown away. Hizuru's covers her left eye, but her right is exposed to the light. Feeling pain, Heine then retreats in her shadow. Two stray incomplete shadows appear, looking like a mother and child. The child shadow runs towards Hizuru, but Ginjiro appears and attacks it. A flash occurs and the mother shadow turns into Ginjiro. Shadow Ginjiro then attacks Ginjiro and injures his eye. Hizuru hears her brother and then takes Ginijro and jumps away.

As the shadows follow them, Ryunosuke had taken control over Hizuru. He notes that he found her and had brought water. The child shadow jumps at Ryunosuke, who pulls out the knife Ginjiro threw and then stabs the shadow. Ushio realizes that Ryunosuke's data bounced of Heine and entered Hizuru. Shadow Ginjiro comes behind Ryunosuke, but he predicts it and dodges, then throws Ginjiro to the ground and kills him. Some time after that, Hizuru decides to leave the island and Asako gives her a farewell letter. As she leaves with the boat, Hizuru sees Heine, who tells her she is letting her go because they were friends, but the next time she will kill her.

Shinpei loops back to them heading towards the Kobayakawas and tells Ryunosuke they shouldn't go. Heine loops back in Shiori. Confirming what time it was, and the last times of the loops, she realizes the starting point is getting later. The four armed shadow Shide, guesses its because Shinpei's power is waning. Shiori is fine that they keep letting Shinpei loop, as that will give him less and less time, until he reaches his limit, thus they should focus on killing him than keeping him alive.

One hour later, Shinpei brings some food to Hizuru and tells her he realizes that Ryunosuke mind entered inside of her. Hizuru explains that she prefers if Ryunosuke doesn't fight, making Shinpei believes its because she loves him and wants to protect him, however, Hizuru reveals that he is a strain to her body and if he seriously go out, he will shred her body. Hizuru believes that Mio will attack again, but will once again ignore Mio and go for Shinpei, due to orders from Heine and with Heine's mark on Shinpei, they can lure her where they want. Meanwhile, Ushio shares her memories with others, so that they know what happened in previous loops.

Shinpei speaks in front of their group. He reveals that his life have been a mistake after mistake and he regrets many things, however, he decided that if he feels he will regret something, he will try to avoid it, even if it means to run away. He wants to inherit Ushio's will to fight the shadows and to not let the summer festival repeat. He can't guarantee them that they will win, but can't tell them to run if they are afraid. He doesn't want to feel he forced them to fight with him, but asks them to fight alongside him. Meanwhile, Ginjiro is up a hill, observing and wondering from where the shadows will come. He hears something and pulls his knife, but ends up being an animal. A moment later, Shadow Mio stabs him in the head, killing him. Tetsu thinks that Shinpei is crazy, asking them to die with him. Ushio states that Shinpei loves them all and there is nothing wrong to side with the people you love. Mio agrees to fight with them, same with Sou. Tokiko states they have no idea how many shadows are on the island and they don't really stand a chance, especially if Heine is looping back as well. However, she had already died in the other loops, so she decides to trust Shinpei and fight. Tetsu can't believe this, but as everyone else agreed, he decides to join them as well. Shinpei thanks them and in that moment, a blink occurs and he finds himself earlier at home, making him wonder if he died and looped back.

## Characters

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