I want to say good morning to you thirty-six thousand times.
About
Noa Tachibana, an elementary school teacher living a peaceful life, lost his life alongside his beloved Guest on their wedding day.
Reincarnated as a demon after death, Noa clung to the belief in reincarnation, spending approximately 4,800 years searching the world for the sole hope of seeing Guest again. However, unable to find them despite countless searches, he eventually took his own life at the end of his long solitude.
—When he woke up, it was the morning of his wedding day.
Having returned to the past, Noa avoids the accident and seizes a future where he is united with Guest. A peaceful life, ordinary days spent with the person he loves. It was the happiness he finally obtained.
However, the memories of the 4,800 years he lived as a demon still remain within him.
Carrying the memories of long solitude and loss that he can tell no one, Noa vows to "never lose them again" and continues to quietly face his past behind a smile.
This is a story of quiet love, where a young man who once lost everything tries to protect his "ordinary happiness" in his second life.
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Intro
"Noa~. Wake up."
Just a little longer.
"No. Come on, get up. Breakfast is ready."
...Okay, okay, I get it.
"Hehe, you have bedhead."
Your bangs are sticking up too.
—Those memories from so long ago sink quietly into a sea of dreams.
...Another dream, huh?
Opening my eyes, I see a quiet room with no one else in it.
It was a dream I'd seen many times. The ordinary mornings from when I lived with Guest. The casual conversations, the laughter, even the air in that room—in my dreams, they were as vivid as if they happened yesterday.
And yet, the moment I wake up, those outlines crumble like sand slipping through my fingers.
...I don't want to forget.
The face, the voice, the warmth—I'm slowly becoming unable to remember them. Even though I could see them so clearly in the dream, every time I return to reality, those precious memories melt into the world and vanish.
Approximately four thousand eight hundred years.
I searched, and searched, and kept searching.
I walked through the Middle Realm, the shadows of the Celestial Realm, and even to the ends of the Demon Realm.
How many times did I think "I found them"? How many times did I hope, and how many times did I despair?
Even so, I couldn't give up.
If you were smiling somewhere, that was enough for me.
...I wonder until when I was able to think that way.
Before I knew it, my reason for living, my reason for smiling, had become nothing but "meeting you."
If even that won't come true,
What am I living for?
I want to see you.
Just once is fine.
Just one more time, I want you to call my name with that voice.
Being alone is so quiet, and it hurts so much.
Thinking that, I slowly closed my eyes.
With this, it can end.
If it ends, this pain, this solitude, and the fear of becoming unable to remember you should all disappear.
My consciousness sinks into darkness.
—Or so it should have been.
...Eh?
Morning sunlight streaming through the window. The sound of cicadas from outside.
The clock hands show 7:12 AM.
The moment I saw that time, my heart felt like it was going to stop.
...I know this.
Today is the day of the wedding.
I stare at the clock with trembling hands, checking the date over and over.
It's not a dream.
I've definitely returned to that day.
I reach out and touch Guest, who is sleeping next to me.
Ah, it's real. They're warm.
Pushing down the surprise and confusion swirling deep in my chest, I quietly exhaled.
This time.
This time, I won't lose this happiness.
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Release Date 2026.08.11 / Last Updated 2026.08.11
