31. Shinigami Record I

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

Summary

 * Hibiya is confused by the statement the girl made. He quickly gets agitated and accuses her of being a part of the Mekakushi Dan and that they should stop getting in his way. This does not faze her, and she calmly explains that she is not with them, but that they are all the same monsters. She notices that his eyes had turned red, and continues to analyze his behavior, telling him that he is shutting others out because he is scared. Hibiya begins to tremble while Ayano asks him if he went to that world. When he says that he does not remember, she tells him that he is lying, that he just does not want to remember since it is an incredibly scary experience that everyone tries to forget. Hibiya then has a flashback of Hiyori being run over by a truck.


 * Falling to the ground, he begins to cry, saying that he does not want to remember a world like that. Ayano crouches to his eye-level and activates her eye ability. She comforts him, telling him that everything will be okay and that she will explain how that world works, how to use the power he gained, and the truth of what turned them all into monsters. Peering into his eyes, she begins telling him the story of the very first hero.


 * After she uses her eye ability, Hibiya is now surrounded by nothing but blackness. While he wonders where he is, Ayano starts with her tale. She tells that these memories were made in the distant past, long before their world was born. Hibiya questions whose memories those are and Ayano replies that those are the memories of the woman who created the snake powers. She then points at a cluster of white floating in the distance.