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[ japan changes little in both its customs and landscape, despite the years that pass. mukuro recalls another time, another point in life, spent in this country celebrating the departure of the dead. the festival, hosted in namimori itself (and sponsored by sawada tsunayoshi), draws the majority of the vongola from various parts of the world back to this generation's beginnings.

blending in more or less effortlessly with the natives in light yukata and a lantern in hand, mukuro is by the riverside. the air is peaceful here, unlike the stagnant anticipation during the last festival.

the end of one cycle is merely the beginning of another; he has no one to send off, but when in rome. ]