For a moment Kensuke gets a perplexed look in his eyes, but he returns to normal and picks at the fire.
Kensuke:“I like it at night because those noisy cicadas don't chirp. Although it was nice and quiet when I was a kid, there've been more of them each year.”
Shinji's voice can be heard
Kensuke looks at Shinji.
Shinji (OFF):“The ecosystem is returning to its former state.”
thewayneiac: At last, the cicada explanation I promised back in episode #01!
Reichu: Initially, this explanation didn't come from Kensuke, but from the elderly couple (axed in the final production) I mentioned earlier. The woman says something like, "Fifteen years since that great disaster, cicadas have returned to this city."
