-read 35 Sai No Sentaku Isekai Tensei O Eranda Baai Chapter 1- Official

He thought of Yuki. She had liked the way he held an umbrella—slightly tilted toward her, even though he was shorter. He had not realized he did that until she mentioned it. After she left, he never used an umbrella again. Just got wet.

Kazuki Saito was thirty-five years old.

He thought of the time he was seven years old and found a rhinoceros beetle in the park. He had carried it home in his cupped hands, walking slowly so it wouldn't fly away. His father had smiled—actually smiled—and helped him build a terrarium. His father died when Kazuki was twenty-two. Liver cancer. The last thing his father said was, "Don't end up like me. Do something you actually want." He thought of Yuki

"Is this... a dream?"

If he chose Rebirth, all of these memories—the beetle, the umbrella tilt, the pickled plums, the silence of his father's hospital room—would vanish. He would be a blank soul in a new body, with new parents, new skies, new pain. No baggage. No regrets. Also no anchors. After she left, he never used an umbrella again