Chapter 64

The Young Man Who Can See (見える青年, Mi eru Seinen) is the 64th chapter of the To Your Eternity manga.

Summary
Prince Bonchien begins this chapter by narrating about his life. In this world, there are things that can and cannot be seen. It took Bonchien a while to figure that out. He's seen everything, including the future.

He introduces his family: Papa the King, Mama the fashionable, Torta his runny-nosed brother, and Pocoa his cute sister. As future King, he was raised with love and care by many people when he was young.

One of those people, the one he knew the best, was a person (later revealed to be Tonari's ghost) who told him tales every night about an immortal boy so that he could fall asleep. He asks her why he's special and she replies "because you can share your special nature with others."

The person he knew second best was a bald man with a sword in his head named Fen. When young Bonchien's mother would hide broccoli in his meals, Fen, who watched her cook, would then warn Bonchien about it. Third best was one-armed Nixon. By training swords with him, Bonchien became quite skilled with it. Both Fen and Nixon are ghosts. One person he wanted to befriend the most was a girl who came to the castle three days a week. One day, he gathers up his courage to go talk to her. He approaches her as she does embroidery and compliments her work. They both blush. Bonchien asks to see her work and move towards her and she backs away from him. Afraid he offended her he backs off and asks her if she'll stay in the castle. She shyly nods which delights Bonchien.

He's interrupted by Pocoa calling for him. She spots him and asks him what he's doing. He looks back to the girl but she's gone. Bonchien wonders to himself if there really was a cute girl just there. His sister gets excited at the prospect of her brother in love and his mother, who just overheard, joins the conversation asking if there's a rule-breaking fox sneaking around the castle. Pocoa replies that Bonchien is always like this which concerns her.

Later he's tied to his bed and a professor pokes a hole in his arm to let blood out. Bonchien freaks out as he bleeds and his mother asks the professor if this would really expel demons from Bonchien. The professor assures her that if Bonchien survives the night, the stars say he will have the power to stand against demons. She looks to Bonchien and asks if he heard the professor and to not worry them anymore. Bonchien meekly responds and worries that he caused everyone to worry about him. At night, Bonchien, whose still tied and bleeding on his bed, is asleep. The girl he met earlier comes to his bedside and apologizes but thanks Bonchien for talking to her. He wakes up and before he can see her, she's left. Not before leaving the embroidered handkerchief she made earlier on his blanket. Bonchien asks Fen and Nixon, who are standing next to his bed, if she left. He's sadden that he didn't get to ask her her name. Fen asks if Bonchien is alright and Nixon tells him to forget about her saying woman are useless. The woman who tells Bonchien stories appears next to them and tells Bonchien that now is a good opportunity for her to leave the castle. Bonchien asks why and she explains that she doesn't want Bonchien to be treated like the castle madman anymore. She tells him she's going to go back to where Fushi is and that they may meet again given his status. Bonchien is confused because he thinks Fushi is just a made-up story. She tells him it's all true and if he looks to the sky and sees a large bird, beneath it will be Fushi, with a shadow bigger than anyone else. He asks her who she is and she simply tells him to come visit her sometime. Fifteen years later, Bonchien, while renovating his father's shelves, finds a paper that reads that Torta, his younger brother, will become the next King. Bonchien barges in on her father bathing and demands an explanation. His father asks him one simple question: what are you doing with your monthly allowance? Bonchien tells him that this month he spent it on clothes made for Pocoa's birthday and last month he spent it on autumn hair accessories for his mother's horse. His father informs him that in that time, Torta spent his allowance on donations to orphanages and renovations to hospital's floorboards.

After hearing this, Bonchien storms out and dramatically weaps over the news. He looks out over some construction workers (and his brother who's helping them) and notes that that was the first time he saw the existence of those which couldn't be seen having lived a cushy palace life his whole life. He curses his father and is determined to become the next King. He wonders what he should do and that's when he spots a wanted poster of Fushi. He realizes it's the person Tonari told him about and is shocked that Fushi really exists. He notices the bounty and is confused about Fushi being a bad guy having believed he was good from Tonari's tales. He brushes it off and realizes that if he catches Fushi he just might become King. He sets off with Fen and Nixon. After a year of searching for Fushi, one of Bonchien's servants, Todo, asks him how he's going to catch Fushi considering Fushi might've changed forms. Bonchien ignores him and assures Todo that Fushi's here because he saw a bird fly over the city. Just as Todo points out that birds fly over every city, Bonchien spots Fushi, in Parona's form, walking in the crowd because of Oniguma's ghost's silhouette making a huge shadow. He hears someone say, "so you can after-all?" He looks up and sees Fushi walking by him along with Tonari, Gugu, March, Ligard, and Oniguma following him as ghosts. He smiles as his plan moves forward.

Chapter Notes

 * We learn Bonchien's backstory and that he can see ghosts.
 * As a child, Tonari's ghost told Bonchien about Fushi and how to find him.
 * Ghosts can roam the world.
 * This chapter confirms that Gugu, March, Tonari, Ligard, and Oniguma follow Fushi as ghosts.

Trivia

 * At the end of the previous chapter, Bonchien tells Fushi the same thing Tonari told him when he was a child.
 * Bonchien spent a year searching for Fushi.