Tomoko makes her way to a convenience story where she purchases some instant ramen. She eats it on a park bench while looking at the sky. She wonders why the end of summer makes her so sad. While she notes she read that pain and sadness are the "spice" of life, she cries that all she ever receives is "spice" as a higurashi emerges from its shell. She forces herself to look up at the sky and feels better as the meteor shower begins. She feels she should make a wish. Eventually she wishes a boy would gaze with her while thinking that wish will never come true.