Nagisa and Tomoya in “In the Remains of Summer”

I love the breeze. It feels so nice and cool. (Gasp) The baby just moved!

Whoa, really?

Yah. It's a weird feeling, like it's sliding around in there.

No kidding.

Guess we'd better come up with a name, huh?

Yeah. I haven't thought about it much, but we need a boy's name and a girl's name, don't we?

Either way, how about we take a character from your name, Tomoya?

Nah, it doesn't matter to me. Besides, it'll have my last name either way. Let's take something from your name instead. How about that?

But, my name's kind of hard to work with, so it'll end up sounding silly. Like Nagisako or Nagisami or something like that.

Well, okay. Nagisa means shore, right? So, how about we think of a name that has an ocean thing?

Oh, good idea... In that case, how about... Ushio? We can use the character for tide.

Ushio?

Yup. Strong and fearless, the rising and falling ocean waves. The endless ebb and flow of the tide. Perfect, right? And best of all, it works whether it's a girl or a boy.

So it's Ushio Okazaki, huh?

A lot of things happened in life. Some of them good and some of them bad. But, no matter what, the tide will always come back to the shores again and again. And so I'll stand by watching, just as the shores watch the tide come and go.

So you're saying that tides are bigger and stronger than the shore?

Of course. They travel the whole ocean.

And like the ocean, I hope our child isn't just strong. I hope it's as kind and nurturing as the deepest waters. Don't you agree?

Yah. I hope so, too.

We couldn't go to the beach this summer after all, huh?

I know. It's a shame, isn't it? I really wanted to go to the beach with you.

All right, then, let's make a promise.

A promise?

Yeah, we're going to come to the beach with Ushio next year no matter what. It's a promise.

A promise...

Uh-huh. You promise, right? Nagisa?

Yah, of course. I promise.