Six Goldfish, One Yukata Summer

Rangiku

Last year you couldn't catch a single goldfish, Orihime. Ready to lose again?

Orihime

I've been practicing all year! This time I'll win the giant plush cat!

Rangiku

(She's gotten better... but not good enough.)

Orihime

(My scoop broke! But wait...)

Orihime

Got them all! Six at once!

Rangiku

The booth closed five minutes ago. All the fish are prizes now.

Orihime

(What am I supposed to do with six goldfish?)

Orihime

I'll take them all home and build the biggest aquarium ever!

Rangiku

The ground... it's water?

Orihime

(My goldfish... they're swimming in circles above the water?)

Rangiku

(That's... me at seven. Before I found Haineko.)

Orihime

Sora-nii... I remember this festival.

Rangiku

These aren't goldfish anymore. They're all the wishes we made.

Orihime

(Goodbye, Sora-nii. I don't need to hold your hand anymore.)

Rangiku

The festival isn't over. It's just teaching us how to let go.

Orihime

Next year, let's come back with empty hands.

Orihime

My heart... it's beating like a drum...

Rangiku

Orihime! Your yukata—it's changing!

Orihime

(The goldfish scales are spreading... like they're alive...)

Rangiku

I can't touch it! What's happening to you?

Orihime

The goldfish... it's inside me now. I can feel it swimming...

Rangiku

(The shrine... this isn't just a festival trick. This is spiritual pressure!)

Orihime

Rangiku-san... I think the goldfish wants to take me somewhere...

Rangiku

(She's gone. The entire festival just... stopped. Like time froze.)

Rangiku

Orihime! Grab my hand—don't let go!

Orihime

The festival... it's not real. None of it was real!

Rangiku

(My reflection... it's showing the Human World. But we're in the Soul Society?)

Orihime

The goldfish... it's been feeding on memories. Our summer festival memories!

Rangiku

(If I let go now, she'll be trapped between worlds forever.)

Orihime

Rangiku-san! The mirror—it's breaking! The goldfish is—

Rangiku

(She's gone. And in the broken mirror... I see myself holding six goldfish bags... from last year's festival.)

Rangiku

We've been reliving the same festival... for seven years. And Orihime just realized it.