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Evening.
Maruyama Takeshi held a banquet in New York.
While announcing his rebirth, he also expressed gratitude to those friends who attended his funeral. As the saying goes, adversity reveals true friendship—the fact that they traveled thousands of miles to Japan for his funeral.
That in itself was a kind favor.
Life in all its forms.
Sometimes a funeral can reveal the stark truth.
Even Maruyama Takeshi was curious to see the video of his own funeral.
At the banquet.
The faces of the guests were all rather peculiar.
Maruyama Takeshi's near-fatal plane crash had taken a shocking turn: he had survived alone on a solitary island for half a month before being rescued, creating his own brief 'Record of Drifting Alone on an Island'.
Thinking back on the sorrow and remembrance of just a few days ago.
The guests couldn't even describe what they were feeling.