37. Shinigami Record VII

Shinigami Record VII (シニガミレコードＶＩＩ Shinigami Rekōdo VII) is the thirty-seventh chapter of the Kagerou Daze manga.

Summary

 * Facing the snake, Azami questions its identity, to which it responds by introducing itself as her "power", which has gained intelligence. The animal admits having wanted to speak to its master for a long time and proposes the solution for despair filled wish to keep her family alive, by creating a never-ending world.


 * The following morning Azami greets her family and explains her plan of the new world to Tsukihiko, which the man questions before deeming it a good idea. Before entering however, he proposes to have the long-awaited formal wedding ceremony with his lover. In order to retrieve the wedding dress he inherited by his mother, he returns to his old house, leaving the mother and daughter alone with the promise to shortly return.


 * His absence does not go unnoticed, as a group of armed men storm the house to kill both Azami and Shion, who are seen as monsters by the villagers. They shoot at the child, however are not successful in killing her, due to her mother throwing her to the ground. When Tsukihiko finally makes his way back, he witnesses his partner inside a raging storm of snakes, in which she is lured once again by the snake, to go through with her plan to create the never-ending world.


 * Betrayed and hurt by humans, Azami escapes into her new world alone, however refuses to believe that her beloved was involved in the assault. The snake declares their newly created world "really perfect", whether filled with despair or not. To Azami, it's nothing but hell and regret for trusting the animal grows. To fulfill its promise to the woman, to live with her family for eternity, it shows the current state of her daughter to her. Shocked, Azami has to realize that Shion and her daughter are again attacked by humans, fueled by the hatred towards their monstrosity. The snake suggests for her to let Shion join her in their world, however at the price of Marry eternally suffering. It then reveals yet another option, to save one of the lost lives by using her "important power". Azami is left with the cruel decision of whom to revive.


 * The flashback abruptly ends and the scenery switches back to the playground where Hibiya and the mysterious girl are. While the boy pants due to the intensity of the memories, the girl suggests that they take a short break. She explains how the Kagerou Daze was created, how Azami used ten of her abilities to craft an alternate dimension that took in Hibiya and Hiyori. Hibiya questions the reason for this, so the girl continues to convey Azami's memories to him.


 * Back in Azami's memories of the Daze, the medusa is calling out to her daughter. She had decided to save Shion's life, but Shion refused since she wanted to save her own daughter's life. With a heavy heart, Azami gives the Snake of Combining Eyes to her granddaughter, but as soon as she does this, the snakes that are holding the two women begin to hurt them. Ayano explains how this snake has a special property, it binds all of the other abilities together, as well as controlling the Kagerou Daze itself. Since the last command that the Daze received was to swallow up people and give them a new life, it continued to do so. Although the Kagerou Daze has taken in multiple people, only those that are compatible with an ability are able to exit it. When Hibiya questions about Hiyori, Ayano explains her mission to stop the Snake of Clearing Eyes, whose goal is to create a new medusa, and that Hiyori is likely the host of the Snake of Clearing Eyes. Before she can elaborate further, Shintaro approaches them and asks Hibiya if he has found Hiyori yet.

Trivia

 * This chapter was split into two parts during its monthly release in Comic Gene.