The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

Hoshino Utsunomiya chooses to deny the conclusion, but he will believe in the evidence.

In other words, the fact that 'I witnessed his death twice' is itself true.

The claim that Hero could rewind time after death and retain his memories is certainly true.

Even so that Hero wouldn't feel guilty about his repeated deaths, Hoshino Utsunomiya decided to give up his plan to commit suicide.

After all, Hiro is the kind of person who takes responsibility upon himself.

If you don't want to die, what else can you do?

When he felt lost, he examined his own state and his inner self.

I discovered a small problem.

His emotions don't fluctuate much.

Although he wouldn't normally be easily swayed by various things, if he can't even perceive and confirm feelings like 'liking' someone...

That would be absolutely terrible.

Since there's no way to go back to the past, why not try to fall in love with someone?

He decided to try to like Hero.

He succeeded.

He seems to like Emma.

He was certain.

They possess romantic feelings and the ability to fall in love with others, but cannot return to their original place through death.

Then stay.

He took the girl's hand.

I want to like them more, and I want to work harder to make them like me.

As the sun and moon revolve, feelings grow stronger.

Perhaps we can glimpse the future.

But the witch chose to call a halt.

The witch doesn't seem to allow Hoshino Utsunomiya to find happiness.

Or perhaps the witch doesn't believe that being with them can be called happiness.

Going back, the third time.

The witch impersonates Hiro and demands love from him.

The witch imprisons her lover, the witch says loudly.

"—If you're so capable, then fall in love with all of them!"

Because it was a recollection of the witch's last words, Hoshino Utsunomiya's memory was still very clear.

The echoing sound lingered in my ears for a long time.

It's something that people care about.

Words spoken in anger.

That was definitely said in anger.

He had provoked the witch so badly that it was only natural for her to become enraged and give up in despair.

If he could tolerate even this, he would have to question the witch's true intentions.

After all, someone who genuinely likes someone and is decisively rejected can remain calm; they either have a very strong heart or they expected it all along.

He felt that neither of them were witches.

A witch is the type who will jump around if you poke her a couple of times.

He might be a little sick, because he actually finds this kind of behavior kind of cute.

If the witch were a normal girl, he might actually try to comfort her.

Unfortunately, the witch is abnormal; he will not like her, nor will he choose to comfort her.

He would firmly reject the witch.

After all, although he seems to have a little bit figured out the witch's way of thinking, Hoshino Utsunomiya still doesn't think he can understand the witch.

A relationship with someone you can't understand is destined to end in tragedy.

Love is something that requires mutual understanding and getting to know each other.

Even if Sherry had said to him, "How about we try dating?", Hoshino Utsunomiya might not have rejected her as decisively as he did with the witch.

It's because witches can't understand.

However, let's put aside the things we don't understand for now.

Getting back to the main point, the plans and goals he had set out in the two retrospectives were shattered. The two girls he wanted to fall in love with, and the two girls he had already fallen in love with, were both 'hidden' by the witch.

He will never see them again.

To be honest, Hoshino Utsunomiya felt she should be sad.

But rather than feeling sad, he realized a more important issue.

Does this mean that the two of them no longer need to get caught up in the witch's strange killing rules every time they rewind?

Although, but, that is to say...

Actually, prison life isn't as bad as you might imagine.

But there was a witch shouting that when the time came, she would kill people; there was an owl flying around aimlessly; and there was a guard holding a large scythe.

If he could, he felt that the girls would rather not go to jail.

Of course, they certainly wouldn't want to be hidden in the basement.

However, Hoshino Utsunomiya recalled the witch's angry words at the time.

'If you like someone, hide them away; if you fall in love with someone, kick them out.'

Angry words are usually spoken in a moment of impulse.

However, what is said when emotions run high is often unthinking and reflects one's true feelings.

At least, there is evidence to support it.

The owl said that everyone was a candidate witch who had been detected to have witch genes.

Regardless of whether the witch is involved or not, everyone will be locked up in this prison.

However, the number of people and staff configurations continue to change after each backtracking.

This is definitely not a worldline shift.

The only explanation I can think of is that a witch is behind it.

The phrases 'hide' and 'kick out' are also derived from this point.

The witch can freely arrange the selection and number of people imprisoned together each time time is rewound, so she can choose to 'hide' or 'kick out' those she doesn't like.

Where should it be hidden?

Where should it be kicked?

Two questions, or perhaps one question.

Hoshino Utsunomiya initially thought that if he was kicked out, he could be kicked out of the mansion and out of the prison, so that he wouldn't be arrested and could return to normal society.

But he himself has already denied this possibility.

Yes, identity.

The step before the witch manipulates the chosen person is the inevitable government testing for witch factors and then arresting them.

The goal was to cramm them all into prison and wait for them to die together.

Therefore, the possibility of releasing it back into nature can be ruled out.

Unless the witch rises above the government and forcibly restores everyone's identities.

It's not impossible.

After all, being able to rewind time so recklessly means that, if not invincible, at least a world conqueror.

In that case, the witch is really a great person.

In that case, the witch will have no choice but to kick everyone out.

How do you kick it?

fall in love.

Yes, dating.

I really love being in a relationship.

I fall in love with every girl I meet.

That way, the witch can kick everyone out of this prison one by one.

What if the witch's kicking out isn't what he thinks?

"..."

Hmm... that is indeed a problem.

If we take a simpler view of witches, what they would do is probably lock up the girls and hide them in places like basements.

But she didn't lock me in the basement.

Should we think of witches in a better light?

Considering that the prison's method of 'imprisonment' involved throwing people into a mansion and leaving them to fend for themselves, food and water were still provided as usual.

Who knows, she might have actually left the others in another seat, but they just couldn't participate.

That's really great news!