S1, E4: "It's been a while..." Sakaki smirks fearlessly. He and Kakeru are old acquaintances.Kakeru is unable to hide how shaken he is by their unexpected reunion.Swirling inside Kakeru was the loneliness he experienced as a high school student due to his talents.Kakeru runs as though fleeing from shadows, when before him appears "the other Kakeru."It is the desperate man he used to be before...