「きりたちのぼる あきのゆふぐれ / はなさそふあらしのにはのゆきならで」 (Kiri tachinoboru aki no yūgure / Hana sasou arashi no niwa no yuki narade) "Before Wisps of Fog Rise in the Autumn Dusk / Flower Petals Are Strewn by the Wind Around the Garden" Arata is all grown up now Harada-sensei!"
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