The reason the human world becomes hell is precisely because people try to turn it into heaven. — Hölderlin, "The Poem of the Tower"
The film's plot grew increasingly taut. Kira's confrontation with L had begun long ago. For now, Kira seemed to hold the upper hand, while L was still searching for evidence. Those were the rules of the game.
Shinkai Seiko recorded many things on her Magic Phone. In her view, the extraordinary powers mentioned in Movie World did not have many opportunities to appear. They were more like a precautionary measure, something to shift the blame onto when unexpected circumstances arose.
Her films did not need such things.
Time slowly flowed on, and the film continued. Shiori collapsed into Yue's arms, while Naomi took her own life.
Waves of startled exclamations arose. Some customers wore expressions of "just as expected" and cast meaningful looks toward Luo Chuan. As expected of the boss—his ability to hand out emotional knives had improved yet again.
Then came a common scene in film and television: only after everything had ended did the law enforcers representing justice arrive belatedly.
The camera shifted to an empty flight of stairs.
The light was dim. Yue sat on the steps with her head buried in her knees, seemingly unwilling to accept what had just happened—the Shinigami Ryuk descending from the sky, and the bizarre, eerie conversation.
"My beloved Shiori was killed before my eyes. I asked to join the investigation in order to bring down Kira. They'll trust me out of sympathy."
"Shiori loved you deeply. Don't you love Shiori?"
Faced with the Shinigami's question, Yue did not answer. Her eyes remained lowered, most of her face hidden beneath the shadows cast by her hair, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.
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