Takuru is forced to confront his own involvement in the case, and the secrets of his past.  He was a neglected and abused child, who turned to an imaginary friend for support.  This decision has terrible consequences during the Shibuya Earthquake.
I stopped really going to school.
لم أعد أذهب إلى المدرسة
Ich hab die Schule
des Öfteren sausen lassen.
Dejé de ir a la escuela.
Dejé de ir a clase.
J’allais moins souvent à l’école.
Cominciai ad andare a scuola raramente.
Eu quase não ia mais para a escola.