The Gameboard of Life and Death

A certain boy’s memories

It is a game of emptiness. The memories of a boy.

What kind of questions will this episode ask of life?

The dawn of spring-

A face gradually turning pale

The night of summer-

Overlapping the moon’s vestiges

The dusk of autumn-

The setting sun reflected in a pool of red

The morning of winter -

The white snow covers everything

This <⛩️orizon>[world] is a <system of irrationalities>

You’ll find no salvation in lamenting your meaningless birth

Don’t let yourself be found out

This is that kind of <game>

Blend in with the crowds of dead

On the brink of holding your breath

Ever since he put on the <black funeral garb>[gakuran]

<The boy who wasn’t taught how to use a baseball bat properly>[The baseball boy] has graduated

Harboring

<a sense of superiority/inferiority born from inferiority/superiority>

[self-consciousness]

that has grown out of control

He sees the world through cynical <lens that have been put out of focus>

THE WORLD I SEE IS THE CORRECT ONE.

The crimson moon laughs in the distorted sky

My headaches-

Are the shadow of life cast upon the water surface

My nausea-

Is the narrow path to truth-

A cat <that gives me a sense of deja vu with its characteristic fur pattern>[that looks familiar] runs along the slope

I felt like I was struck by lightning…

Adrenaline coursing through my veins…

This is a [provocation] from the living!

There’s someone picking up the pieces I removed

And putting them back on the board!?

<Okay!>

Two can play at this game!

The first one to lose <who controls the pieces on the board>[their king] will be defeated-

“Alright, let’s get this started-”[Good luck!]

I’ll divide <the gameboard of our battleground> into XV areas

And release the injured cats into them

With my <clever trap>

They won’t know what hit them

I’ll smoke out the one

Who keeps curing them

<Area VII.V ~ VIII.V>

I’m gradually closing in on you

<Bingo!>

A <western garden> looking out of place

In a Japanese styled house

<The results given by numbers>[Statistics] don’t lie

A high likelihood of

“Check…mate…”

“Sakabayashi Nagihito (unemployed) from Kuze was arrested on suspicion of assault. According to the police, the suspect was arrested on accounts of forcefully striking his wife of around 40 in her abdomen with a blunt object, with the assault taking place in their house between 7:30~8:30 yesterday. The police received reports of the wife in question looking ‘unwell’ afterwards, and found her in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest upon arrival. She was transported to a hospital but died shortly thereafter.”