- Nagisa Shiota: [narrating] How did this happen? How did we get here? I mean, as far as I know, it all started with two very big things kicking off 3rd year.
- [a scene showing a large chunk of the moon is shown being destroyed]
- Nagisa Shiota: First, there was the moon. One minute, it's fine. The next? Kaboom. Permanent crescent.
- [news reports of the moon's explosion are then shown]
- Reporter #1: Uh, we interrupt our currently scheduled program for this breaking news bulletin.
- Reporter #2: This just in: A portion of the moon has been vaporized. Some sources estimate over 70%. I repeat, a portion. What does it mean? Astronomers the world over are struggling to figure out just that.
- Nagisa Shiota: [narrating] There was that. And then, there was him.