He was a good person. A really, really good person.

[Because it was only an accident. Because Shinjiro never meant to hurt him or his mother. Because Shinjiro didn't walk away from it laughing that he got off scot free, but because it ruined his life as much as it ruined Ken's, too. Because Shinjiro came back to SEES once he heard Ken was there, and he's the reason Ken is still alive, in Iwatodai.]

When I confronted him, we ran into an enemy. When that guy tried to kill me, he took the bullet while protecting me. It just feels so... My friends tell me that I should live, that if I die-- I guess I'd be wasting their lives if I did, wouldn't I?