Boundary of Emptiness
Boundary of Emptiness, Kara no Kyokai , Kara no Kyoukai, 공의 경계, 空之境界
Kara no Kyōkai (空の境界, lit. Boundary of Emptiness) is a Japanese novel series, authored by Kinoko Nasu and illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi. It is also known under the nickname Rakkyo (らっきょ). Its subtitle is The Garden of Sinners.
Shiki and Tōko discuss the recent spate of unusual suicide incidents where several high school girls fell to their death. At night, Shiki visits the deserted part of town containing the Fujō buildings and stumbles upon the body of newest victim. She also notices several ghostly figures floating above the Fujō building. The next day, Shiki discusses the building with Tōko. Tōko suggests that the figures are records and memories of the victims who have died. Shiki visits the Fujō building at sunset and battles a mysterious apparition. The next day, Shiki returns to the Fujō building and destroys all the floating figures and the apparition. Afterwards, Kirie Fujō awakes in her physical body on her hospital bed after being killed by Shiki in her spiritual body. Tōko walks in and asks why she did it, Fujō replies just wanted to make friends with them, as she was stuck in the hospital with an incurable condition. After Tōko leaves, Fujō decides that the moment of her death when she was killed by Shiki was the most that she has ever felt alive. She wheels herself to the roof of the Fujō building, where she commits suicide by falling from the roof. Kokutō wakes up, feeling as if he had slept for a very long period of time.
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