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Plot
While cleaning up at the now sleeping Chizuru's place, An hears a sound and sees a pen on the floor where it fell from the bed. She is shocked as she understands the implications of the pen, and opens Chizuru’s clenched hand to see the words “I was in love with Kaizaki Arata” written on her palm. She surmises that Chizuru wrote it because she suspected that Arata was a ReLIFE subject like her, and did not want to forget about him. Having caught the note, An breaks down in tears as it is part of her job to ensure that the ReLIFE program concludes properly, and thus she has to erase the message Chizuru wrote to herself.

Arata wakes up, stretches and begins getting ready for the day. He sees himself in the mirror fully reverted back to his old 28 year old body. As he picks up his phone he sees the red phone strap attached to it. Not being able to recall Chizuru, he wonders to himself if the strap has always been there. He then calls Ryō to discuss his job placement.

Having woken up, Chizuru likewise picks up her phone and sees the blue phone strap but just like Arata, she cannot recall either him or where the strap came from. She sees her hair ties and remembers that she got them from Rena Kariu and Honoka Tamarai, and as they share their design with the phone strap Chizuru wonders if she liked the design so much that she bought the phone strap herself.

Later, Ryō and An are talking in the office about how Chizuru has not made up her mind about her employment despite the fact that she is virtually suited for any of jobs they offered her, in contrast with Arata who immediately phoned Ryō regarding his job placement. An asks about the job and Ryō congratulates her for having gained a kohai, implying that Arata is joining the ReLIFE Laboratory Support Division.

Trivia

 * The events of this chapter spanned the night of March 1st, 2014 to March 2nd.
 * The Advance Reading of this chapter was made available one week ahead of the scheduled release date on January 26th.
 * Arata called himself "old man" when looking at mirror