Hotaru and Natsume sit by the lake while fishing with a fishing rod hanging down, while Hotaru tells Natsume about the uncle, "His name is Akishi, because he can see youkai, so he has been discriminated against by the people at home and around him, and he himself is very painful." When he came here alone to cry, I always hid from the side and watched him quietly. But one day he came in the middle of the night, and although I panicked and hid, my body suddenly glowed. ”

"He shouted, 'Who's there,' and I had to come out from behind the tree, and when he saw me, he said, 'It's a youkai!' Then turn around and leave. ”

"I hurried after him, 'Wait', 'Hold him', 'Wait' was forced to stop, 'Can you talk to me for a while, I', that, I'm more interested in humans,' I said to him."

"He said, 'I'm not interested in youkai,' but the next day he came and we talked a lot, really much. We also used to play together. ”

"He touched my head and said, 'That's how you are!' It's so comfortable to the touch,' and I reached out and stroked his head, 'yes, yes!' ’”

"But one day he suddenly couldn't see me, and even if I touched it, he couldn't feel it, and though he came to the swamp and called me several times, he couldn't see it when I stood in front of him." Hotaru turned to look at Natsume and said, "Maybe one day you'll be the same." ”

Natsume was sitting at his desk writing his homework, but his mind was not on his homework at all, he was thinking about Hotaru's words, "Maybe one day, you will be the same." Think about the cat teacher next to you. I couldn't help but say, "Don't!" Never, it's so easy to let go of things after you get them, and you'll be nostalgic after contact! I won't be willing to give up that feeling in my heart! ”

Another day at dusk, Natsume saw the uncle named Akishi by the lake again, Natsume looked at the Hotaru leaning next to the uncle, "I want to know, I want to know why you still want to go to the swamp when you can't see the Hotaru anymore." ’

Natsume stopped him on his way back, "Well, you can see youkai too!" Natsume sat on a bench with his uncle and chatted.

"Yes, I've heard from youkai I met recently that you were able to see them before."

The uncle hung his head and said, "Looking back now, everything is like a dream. ”

Suddenly, the uncle asked Natsume, "Is it painful?" The uncle didn't wait for Natsume to answer and continued: "I was in a lot of pain at the time, and I was alone all the time. However, I became friends with a youkai and I fell in love with her, and although I didn't say it, I always loved her. The uncle recalled that memory with a happy face.

"But one day I suddenly couldn't see the yokai at all, and I never saw her again, but I couldn't forget her, and I never got married. But finally, I finally met the human girl I really liked, a very kind girl. ”

"The wedding will be held in three days," continued Uncle Looking at the Sky, "I won't be here in the future." ”

There was a woman on the embankment of "Shoshi" who was calling the uncle's name to greet him, and the uncle next to him stood up to say goodbye to Natsume, touched Natsume's head and said, "I have to go, so see you next time." ”

Natsume replied, "Oh." ”

Natsume hugged the cat teacher and watched the two go away, and his heart was mixed, "Great." Hearing the voice, Natsume turned to the side and looked at the youkai who didn't know when he came to the side, and he didn't know what to say for a while, "Hotaru".

The glowing Hotaru looked at the two people in the distance and said to herself: "He has met his true love!" That person is no longer alone! ”

"Hotaru, do you think that's good?" Natsume asked, Hotaru didn't answer but just held Natsume's hand, and Natsume didn't ask and held Kiyoshi back.

That night, I had a very quiet dream, probably Hotaru's memory! I saw Hotaru and Akishi playing, saw them set off fireworks together, rode bicycles together, saw Akishi put a flower in her hair for Hotaru who took off her mask, and experienced Hotaru's mood when I saw every happy moment they were together.

But I also saw that after Akishi couldn't see Hotaru, Akishi's hysterically shouted by the lake, "Hotaru, hey Hotaru, where are you!" Hotaru, I can't see you, come out quickly! Hotaru, come to me! Firefly... Hotaru..."Seeing Akishi's helplessness at that moment, it was clear that Hotaru was a step away, but in front of the two of them was like a ravine that could not be stepped out, close to the end of the world.

Every day after that, Shoshi had to come to the lake, whether it was windy or rainy, cold winter or scorching heat, Hotaru was also by Shoshi's side every day. Akishi would sit alone by the lake and say to the seemingly empty place, "Come out quickly, do you hate me?" As he spoke, he would hug his knees and cry like a child.

Hotaru took off her mask, revealing a beautiful face under the mask, and no one admired her face anymore hugged Akishi with tears in her eyes, "I like you!" I like you! I like you, I like you, I like you! While saying the words that the man couldn't hear, he confided his heart, but he could never get back a hug from his lover.

Natsume, who had finished reading Hotaru's memory, opened his eyes and looked at Hotaru who was close to him, and Natsume said helplessly: "I'm not Akishi!" Hotaru, he's always called you Hotaru, I saw it, I heard it. (Natsume's eighth episode of the first season, 16 minutes and 54 seconds of this scene, seeing the scene of Hotaru pressing Natsume on the bed, it seems that Hotaru pushed Natsume forcefully, 〈( ̄) ̄)〈)

"I'm a firefly monster, and although I don't have a physical body, I have a chance to turn back into a firefly." Hotaru said to Natsume.

At some point, the cat teacher woke up and said, "I've heard that if this happens, you won't be able to change back to your current form, and you will have to live as a firefly to the end of your life." ”

Hotaru said in a resolute tone, "Even so, it doesn't matter, even if I'm gone, that person can still smile all the time." As she spoke, the mask on Hotaru's face peeled off and turned into ashes in mid-air, revealing a beautiful face, which appeared in front of Natsume with a poignant smile, Natsume was shocked by Hotaru's decision, and her eyes widened and she couldn't look at Hotaru confidently.

Hotaru continued, "In that case, I still want to see him, even if it's in the form of a firefly, I want to see him." ”