As always, thanks for the translation.
I’m so happy that the author has chosen to deal with the aftermath of the death—to do anything different would have felt cheap—but so many things in print and anime seem to mess with emotions on the cheap. If they had chosen to just move on, I might have been forced to write my own ending to the story—hey Nao did it with the Bamboo Cutter, so why can’t I do it with Nao?
Looking forward to what comes next!