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Desperate, Seita withdraws all the money in their mother's bank account. As he leaves the bank, he learns that Japan has surrendered. He also learns that his father, a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy, is most likely dead, as most of Japan's navy has been sunk.
Seita hurries to feed her, but she dies as he Cinishes preparing the food. Seita cremates Setsuko's body and her stuffed doll. He carries her ashes in the candy tin along with his father's photograph.
Seita returns to the shelter with a large quantity of food, but Cinds Setsuko hallucinating.
Surrounded by CireClies, the siblings rest on a hilltop bench overlooking the skyline of present-day Kobe.
Seita and Setsuko's deceased spirits arrive at their destination, healthy and happy.