In the second part of the story, which starts immediately after the end
of the first part but extends into the next seven years, Tomoya and
Nagisa start living together and get married. Tomoya has to endure
several hardships that the family has been suffering from, mainly
involving Nagisa's illness. Just after Nagisa gives birth to their
daughter Ushio, Nagisa dies of her illness, leaving Tomoya to fall into a state of depression. This causes Nagisa's parents, Akio and Sanae, to look after Ushio. Five years later, Tomoya meets Shino Okazaki,
his paternal grandmother. Shino explains to Tomoya about his father's
past and tragedy, similar to Tomoya's current situation after Nagisa's
death. After hearing that, Tomoya decides to raise Ushio and acknowledge
Naoyuki as his father. Shortly after Tomoya regains his purpose for
living, Ushio is struck with the same disease as Nagisa. Tomoya, Sanae
and Akio struggle to save Ushio, with Tomoya retiring from his job, but
all efforts are futile. In the coming winter, wanting to do anything for
Ushio, Tomoya decides to take Ushio on a trip, but Ushio dies shortly
after.
Tomoya's psychology is developed in his dreams of a bleak world where
small orbs of light float around called the Illusionary World (幻想世界 Gensō Sekai?).
In the first few dreams, he sees a world devoid of all life except for
one girl. Each time he dreams, he finds out more about the world. Tomoya
discovers the girl has a special ability to fuse junk together to
create new things, with which she creates a body for him. Thus he is
reborn in this world, and fills time following the girl around. Tomoya
conceives that only the two of them are "alive". To pass time, Tomoya
and the girl try to build another doll with more junk they find, but as
it has no soul, it fails to come to life. Remembering a distant world
where he came from, Tomoya convinces the girl to build a ship so that
the two can escape the approaching winter and continue a happy life.
Eventually, winter sets in, and the girl becomes cold to the point where
she cannot move any more. Upon meeting this tragedy, the girl tells
Tomoya that he has another chance to go back and make things right. To
do so, he must collect certain "lights" (symbols of happiness) similar
to those floating around in the Illusionary World. If all the "lights"
are collected throughout both story parts, a chance to save Nagisa from
dying will become available, and the true ending where Nagisa survives
and lives with Tomoya and their daughter Ushio will also become
available.
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