1.Don’t go calling it “youth”
2.You’re the only one
3.Who ever had fun4.
5.Please, enjoy your moving finale
6.Go on ahead
7.Take care now8.
9.It seems the number of flowers held in your hands
10.Is what determines a person’s worth11.
12.So you can’t live alone, huh?
13.Maybe it’s time to put some clothes on14.
15.A career just to raise your RPMs
16.But once you die, it all ends anyway17.
18.There’s no escape route, nowhere to run
19.Like a pest caught in a trap20.
21.“Reincarnation erases the past” —
22.Don’t go saying that
23.Because either way24.
25.Even if you’re reborn in the pits of hell
26.You’ll still be walking through the same hell27.
28.Each time the sun circles back
29.I remember that heat
30.The things I never managed to do
31.The things I truly believed I could32.
33.The noise of cherry blossom season
34.The scent of sunset
35.The sound of rain
36.The corpse behind the school building37.
38.The guitar case in the locker
39.The color of the hair that fell from that girl40.
41.The classroom where I forgot to say goodbye
42.The tall teacher I forgot to punch43.
44.The night I couldn’t say “I’m sorry”
45.The spring I couldn’t say “See you later”
46.Give it back to me47.
48.Youth is like a drug
49.The more you indulge, the more it betrays you50.
51.It’s fine not to be like everyone else
52.But you’re not even human53.
54.There was something I wanted to do
55.But I didn’t have the money, so I couldn’t56.
57.That’s just the way it goes, right?
58.No one can save you from that59.
60.Life is just
61.One “that’s just the way it is”
62.After another, isn’t it?63.
64.You’ll understand when you grow up
65.Adults are doing their best too66.
67.No time for regrets
68.Wake up already69.
70.Even if someone dies by mistake
71.It just gets swept away with “that’s how it is”72.
73.Every time the sun sets
74.I remember that wind
75.The things I found easier to look away from
76.The beautiful things I tainted myself77.
78.Exam season
79.Karaoke scores
80.Illegal part-time jobs
81.Shoplifting competitions82.
83.Scars on the forehead
84.Bruises on the chest
85.Things I couldn’t say
86.Things I couldn’t ask87.
88.The dog someone handed down to me
89.The cat I forgot to pet90.
91.The letter that said we’d never meet again92.
93.The night I couldn’t say “I forgive you”
94.The spring where even the basics felt impossible
95.Give it back to me96.
97.Popular songs, the marks left in the arcade
98.All brushed off as “nostalgia”99.
100.That girl’s lies, the scratches on the desk
101.All ended with “how sad”102.
103.I wish I’d hurt them more
104.I wish I’d forgiven them more
105.I wish I’d hugged them tighter
106.There had to be something that could’ve been saved
107.Just from that
108.And yet—
109.I didn’t say anything
110.I didn’t ask anything
111.Nothing112.
113.Even though I keep telling myself I don’t want to go back
114.I somehow still can’t escape
115.Even though I keep wishing I could go back
116.I somehow keep running away117.
118.I couldn’t love it all
119.But I couldn’t hate it all either120.
121.Forgive that spring
122.Forgive it123.
124.Give it back125.
126.Half-day classes
127.Sleep talk during lunch break
128.Commuting to and from school
129.Harmonizing with the popular ballads130.
131.Flavorless ramen
132.That girl’s corpse
133.Homeroom
134.Career survey sheets135.
136.Hard-earned victories
137.Sweat that was shed
138.The trophy that slipped through my fingers
139.The blue, howling cries140.
141.That spring when everything was forgiven
142.That spring when all thought melted away
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