Goodbye, Eri

After his encounter with Eri, Yuta sits in the same stairwell speaking into his camera. He says: “To anyone considering suicide! Don’t throw your life away! We all die one day. You should give life a try until your number comes up” (61).

The next day, Yuta records Eri as they sit in class. She has him write a summary of the films they watched yesterday, breaking them down into “exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution” (62). She is unimpressed with his analysis but continues his lessons. Every day after school, they will watch three movies and analyze them. She buys food at convenience stores for them to eat while they watch. A series of panels without dialogue depicts them buying food, browsing movies at a store, and sitting on the sofa watching movies together with expressions ranging from disgust, confusion, and amusement. As time progresses, they sit closer together, until Eri has her head on Yuta’s shoulder.

They discuss each movie. Yuta teases Eri for crying during cliche dramatic scenes, like a heroine’s death, for which she says she feels empathy. Eri complains that Yuta says, “aww yeah” (71) every time an actress is seen topless on screen.