Chapter 136

Rejected Life (1) (こばむいのち①, Kobamu Inochi) is the first part of the 136th chapter of the To Your Eternity manga.

Summary
Hirotoshi explains that ever since Mimori fell off the roof, his sister changed, and thus he continued to observe her.

When the imposter was whipping him, he asked her what she did to Mimori and accused her of driving Mimori to her death. The imposter denies killing Mimori and tells Hirotoshi that he already knows what happened to her (she killed herself).

One time while spying on the imposter at school, Hirotoshi is mistaken for being a pervert and is taken to the teacher's office. Mimori's teacher recognizes him and hands him Mimori's essay that she was going to read during Parent's Day last year.

Hirotoshi reads the letter and Mimori describes how her family was incredibly loving and always there for her. Her mother never left her alone even for a single day. Mimori writes that because she has these memories of her family, she'll just keep getting stronger. She ends by saying she can't wait to make new memories with her family. Hirotoshi laughs at Mimori's lie (in reality she was neglected by her mother) but realizes Mimori just wanted her mother to hear this and think about her for once. Hirotoshi feels that what happened on that day was supposed to be a lesson for her mother who abandoned her to go on vacation instead of Parent's Day. After finishing his story, Hirotoshi asks out loud to Mimori's spirit if he got it right. Mimori cries when suddenly a voice tells Hirotoshi that he hit it right on the head. Everyone looks up and sees the imposter Mimori approaching from the shadows. The imposter says she took Mimori's old body off her hands but Fushi argues she stole it. The imposter tells him to shut up and orders Hirotoshi to go home with her to face punishment.

Fushi whips out a sword and demands the Nokker to give Mimori back her body. The imposter asks him what the point of bringing someone back to life who wanted to die. Bonchien tells Fushi not to listen to her as Mimori can decide whether to live or die once they get her body back first. The imposter scoffs and tells them even if Mimori chooses to live, they're burdening her with the responsibility to live well. The imposter doubts Mimori can handle that, hence why she died in the first place. Hirotoshi yells that he'll take on that responsibility for Mimori but the imposter mocks his pathetic otaku life, pointing out that he can't even ensure his own life is great.

Hirotoshi's face darkens and he tells Fushi to hand him the sword. Fushi obliges and Hirotoshi gets ready to take on the imposter.