 Sometime later , they learn of the death of Daigo 's father . A reluctant Daigo goes with Mika to another village to see the body . Daigo is at first unable to recognize him , but takes offence when local funeral workers are careless with the body . He insists on dressing it himself , and while doing so finds a stone @-@ letter which he had given to his father , held tight in the dead man 's hands . The childhood memory of his father 's face returns to him , and after he finishes the ceremony , Daigo gently presses the stone @-@ letter to Mika 's pregnant belly . 
