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| Official English
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"""Even if you should burn away to nothing, loyalty is the one thing that you must not give up. Do you understand, Tadatomo?""
""I understand, Fath—ahem, never mind. Please pretend you didn't hear that.""
Tadatomo, who lost his father... Marchosias, raising a child who lost their father... Both have declared their undying loyalty to a master. One day, Marchosias encounters Tadatomo on the streets of Kabukicho, his shoulders slumped in defeat; concerned for the well-being of this downtrodden soul, Marchosias asks what's wrong, and learns that Tadatomo failed in his mission and fears how Shino would react were he still around to judge him for this disappointing outcome. Suddenly, Tadatomo finds himself lifted off his feet by Marchosias, as a child may be by their parent. The bonds between the two instantly grow exponentially, a new connection akin to that of father and son forming as both find comfort in the other's plight and derive joy in being able to alleviate it—if only by the smallest of margins."
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| Official Japanese
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「たとえ我が身を焼き焦がそうと忠節だけは貫き通すべし、分かるかタダトモよ」
「はいっ、父う……ゴホン、何でもございませぬ …今のはどうか聞かなかったことに」
父を亡くしたタダトモと、父を亡くした子を育てるマルコシアス。
２人は共に主に仕え、忠義を尽くす者たちである。
ある日、マルコシアスは肩を落としてトボトボと歩いているタダトモと歌舞伎町で出くわす。
マルコシアスが事情を尋ね、任務に失敗してしまったのだとタダトモは話した。
きっとシノにも軟弱者と叱られると嘆くタダトモの体を、マルコシアスは子供をあやすように持ち上げた。
タダトモは一瞬、亡き父の面影をマルコシアスに重ねてしまった。
慕う者と慕われる者、父と子の繋がり――その「記憶」が今、交差する。
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