Kagerou Project Light Novel

Shinigami Record I

Shinigami Record I

A monster is born.

I was in a dark place.

 

Without a right nor left, an up nor a down.

 

Without cold or heat.

 

 

That was the kind of place it was.

 

 

 

 

Shinigami Record I

Even now that I know what “time” is, I still do not know how much time I spent there.

In the first place, while I was there, I wasn’t even aware of what “dark” was.

It wasn’t until I eventually encountered “light” that I realized that I had been in a dark place.

It seems to be a common thing in this world.

When you encounter new things, it’s only then that you come to understand the things from before.

I encountered “today,” and learned of “yesterday,”

I encountered “morning,” and learned of “night.”

It was only very recently that I encountered “winter,” and learned of “summer.”

As I gained this knowledge, I realized for the first time that this world is constantly and dramatically transforming.

In place of the darkness that had reigned until that moment, the world was suddenly filled with a great variety of things, and it would change with every blink.

When I blinked for the first time, that was when I first became interested in this world that I had not even been conscious of.

The “sky” that alternates between light and dark.

The “ocean” that sparkles blue in response to streaming rays of sunlight.

The “rain” that pours down on the “earth.”

And the “life” that emerges there.

Without being told by anyone, I watched “them,” who appeared in this world, and continued to try and figure out what each of them were in order to understand them.

All the things that were born one after another, and eventually rotted away, I simply continued to learn about them…. I believe I did this for a fairly long time.

In order to not leave out anything that could become a reference—that was how long I spent watching the transformation of this world.

And one day, I realized something.

Once I started thinking, I really hated to stop.

Just like when I had been in the darkness, and had decided to continue being there without thinking about anything, inside of my head, which had now acquired “knowledge,” questions began to arise one after another.

“What is this?”

“How was that made?”

“Why is this here?”

With no way or reason to suppress this curiosity, I surrendered to the questions and continued on my journey of learning each coming day.