Chapter 117

Peaceful World (穏やかなる世, Odayakanaru yo) is the 117th chapter of the To Your Eternity manga.

Summary
Yuki hums happily into school as Hanna, the president of the Occult Research Club, questions why he's so full of energy in the morning. Yuki explains bashfully that he found Mizuha's hair tie in the club room yesterday. He ran to return it to her and she smiled and thanked him. When he handed the hair tie back to her, her hand touched his; making it the first time he's ever touched a girl's hand. Hanna tells him that the hair tie used to be hers but she gave Mizuha the hair tie on her birthday after Mizuha begged for it.

Yuki asks when Mizuha's birthday is and Hanna tells him to ask her himself as he bumps into her in the hallway. He turns around and finds Mizuha who tells him her birthday is April 6th. He blushes and she tells him not to forget.

The Occult Research Club members tidy up outside the school. Kazumu rips Fushi's vines off a window and comments that the vines seem to keep growing back every day. Suzuhiko speculates weed killer doesn't work on the vines. Yuki suggests they write about the vines in the October issue of the Occult Research Magazine. He tells them that in western occultism, there's a rumor going around that the vine's growth rate is slowing down. Yuki then explains a theory about the roots; that they all connect to a huge city in the ancient western city of Renril. And that the tree once spread these holy roots everywhere to defeat the darkness that ruled the world. Kazumu and Suzuhiko cheer him on as it's his "Vice President's occult-trivia-during-cleanup-time." Yuki continues rambling about the theory that when the world's darkness has been completely eliminated, the messenger of God and their eleven disciples will be resurrected. When the vines stop growing, then they'll know there's world peace.

Fushi wakes up in his chair. Roots and vines have engulfed him into a tree and his hair has grown long with time. Fushi pulls himself up and out of the growth to find that Renril has been overtaken by nature and has become a tourist destination.

Fushi escapes out to an isolated cliff's edge in a refreshed body. He looks out over the water to the sunset and wonders if this is a world at peace. He looks around and sees nature all around him and thinks it's beautiful. He lets out a victory cry realizing they did it. Fushi suddenly remembers everyone and wonders how much time has passed. He transforms into March and speculates that everyone is already dead by now. He talks aloud and apologizes for keeping everyone waiting for so long. He tells them they're finally in a world without enemies; a world where no one will take their life. He excitedly tells them that all their dreams can come true here and says he'll bring them back now. Fushi decides to send them back to their homelands and plops their bodies in their home's now modern landscape.

Inside the Occult Research Club's clubroom, the group jots down what a peaceful world means for their manuscript. Suddenly, Mizuha enters the room and asks them what they mean by "peace." She asks them if it means having nothing to worry about, being free, and everyone being happy, and Yuki says yes to all of them. Yuki bashfully says to himself it also means the person you love being in the club room with you. Hanna speaks over him however and asks Mizuha why she keeps coming to their club instead of the Naginata (a traditional Japanese martial art with bladed polearms) Club. Mizuha simply tells her that she got bored with it. Yuki excitedly cheers her on for quitting a club just like that and Hanna points out she's quit like that multiple times before. Mizuha tries to list her ex-clubs (tennis, kendo, etc) and Hanna comments that it's weird that nothing seems to last with her. Mizuha dejects the idea and says they've lasted long enough for her to accomplish stuff and to be satisfied with them. She tells them she doesn't want to hear any complaints as she's gotten pretty good results in all of them. Hanna says she knows Mizuha's accomplished but Mizuha cuts her off before she could finish and takes her leave.

Mizuha walks down the hallway and passes two classmates admiring her awards on display. They notice her, and bid her farewell. Mizuha puts on her shoes as a group of girls gossip as they pass her.

Mizuha arrives home and is greeted by her overbearing mother. Her mother tells her that Yuu (from the fifteenth floor of their apartment) is going to Hena for a ballet tournament. She asks if Mizuha wants to try ballet too in front of a wall decorated with all of Mizuha's accomplishments. Mizuha reminds her mother she did ballet when she was ten and even won the grand prize at the same Hena tournament. Her mother responds apathetically and Mizuha presents her an exam she passed last month. Mizuha's mother grabs her daughter and takes a selfie with her saying her blood is really amazing. Mizuha tells her mother she quit the Naginata Club and her mother protests saying she shouldn't. Mizuha informs her mother she won the tournament the other day and her mother tells her she's proud in that case and snaps another selfie. Her mother suggests she take up an instrument next, like the flute or piano, to which Mizuha tells her she's already done them. Mizuha then tells her mother she would like to take a break for a while, making her mother speechless. Seeing the disappointment in her mother's face, Mizuha quickly tells her it's just for a day. Her mother snaps back and agrees, but suggest she's uses that time to think up what she'll become best at next. Her mother then leaves to get to her writing.

Mizuha walks to her balcony and leans on the railing. She sighs and says she wants to die. She begins scratching her left arm, noting it's itchy, as she stares off into the sky.

Language Translation
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Trivia

 * When Fushi wakes up, there are three graves next to him. One of them is most likely Tonari's since her final wish was to be laid next to Fushi when she passed.