Trapped in a cramped, deep forest,
the tengu boy's eyes were empty
But when he heard a cry from a thicket one day,
it would change the course of his life...
I Forgot You
Y
▼
Y
▼
Music: Takahashi You
Art: Tsukasa Ryuuguu
Video: Hidane
Deep in the thick grass
was a wounded beast
...or not;
it was a human with a nosebleed,
and the sound the boy heard as a cry
was the whistling sound of air through his nose
Just as tengu can't leave this place,
humans, too, cannot be here;
the law of the forest
is "death upon humans who see tengu"...
It's a rule he wasn't too fond of;
so before the other tengu arrived,
he wanted to let him escape,
but the human's leg was injured...
Hiding him from adults, he raised the old weirdo,
not charming,
filthy,
and miserly too
"Bring cigs and a yoga mat tomorrow!"
Don't ask me to do errands for you!
The boy had given up on dating,
on passion, on dreams,
even on resisting his present situation...
Perhaps the human wouldn't stand for that -
daily, he told him of the human world...
A light shone in the boy's eyes,
excessive courage welled up in him,
for he felt that he could find anything there...
Gradually, the weakened human
brightened up, and his wounds healed
But for whatever reason,
he never said why he had come here...
Soon, it came time for the two to part
no tears, vowing for a smiling reunion
It's unsurprising that they let their guard down;
before they knew it, tengu surrounded them...
They showed merciless bloodlust;
unlike the boy,
the human did not resist
"Though meeting you gave me hope back,"
"I had originally come here to die..."
Don't you dare kill him...
He shouted as loud as he could
His plea was heard, but it was required
that their memories of each other be erased...
The boy was handed an arrow
which would make the one shot and the shooter
lose their memories of each other...
If he forgot the boy, he would head back toward death,
and the boy's eyes, too, would go blank again
In the end, this arrow will kill us both...
While the boy hesitated,
the human laughed, "Hurry up and fire!"
"We are weak, and our hearts"
"were always crushed by the world..."
"We couldn't change ourselves alone;"
"as much as it hurt, we couldn't change..."
"But sometimes, quite easily, someone can change you;"
"That's something you can't notice by yourself,"
"but we've taught it to each other,"
"so we'll be all right now..."
They spoke the same words:
"Even if you forget me, don't forget those feelings"
That promise plunged into his chest,
and firmly stayed...