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 # JusticeForLove: End of the World (小説クララ小惑星 Shōsetsu Kurara Shōwakusei, Novel: Clara's Asteroid) is a 2020 novelization of the film of the same name. It was written by the film's screenwriters, Ryuhei Kitamura and Masato Kato, and published by Kadokawa on November 18, 2020.

Plot
Approximately 66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer asteroid impacted Earth in what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, triggering the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that wiped out all remaining non-avian dinosaurs.

In the present day, Alicia Salvacion is close to having the perfect life she wanted in San Francisco after getting married and giving birth to her first and only baby. However, by early July, a streetcar accident on Market Street resulted in the death of Alicia's husband and her baby, leaving Alicia devastated. A few days later, Alicia begins to suffer from depression and attempts to commit suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge.

Meanwhile, Mylene Concepcion and her family, arrive in San Francisco to reunite with her younger sister, Andrea, when Mylene accidentally interferes Alicia's suicide attempt on the bridge and saving her life. Mylene promises to help Alicia recover from her depression, which resulted in the two becoming friends.

Mylene discovers that Alicia had escaped her miserable past in the Philippines, after she was framed for the murder of her own father four years ago, a crime she never even committed in the first place, while Alicia still blames herself for the loss of her younger brother, Ethan, despite that 23 years has passed and is now presumed dead.

In Southern California, astronomer Clara Young is studying near-Earth objects at an observatory when one night, an unidentified object is discovered, which turns out to be an asteroid. She spends the next three days for additional observations, and after discovering the asteroid's calculated orbit, she realizes that the object is 10-kilometers wide, and is on a collision course with Earth, large enough to trigger an extinction-level event.

Clara informs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding her discovery, and the object is given the provisional designation "2020 NA" by the Minor Planet Center, while other astronomers began calling the asteroid after its discoverer. Rather than announcing the threat, the United States government decided to conceal the asteroid's existence to the public, due to high anticipation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Andrea realizes that she's in danger after she discovers that her fiancé, Gregorio Soriano, is involved in organized crime throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and attempts to warn Mylene. Gregorio threatens Andrea of killing Mylene if she attempts to escape from him. For the safety of her own sister, Andrea is forced to agree Gregorio's condition of staying with him.

In South Africa, an asteroid impact results in the 2020 Olympics being cancelled. Clara discovers that smaller fragments were responsible, and insists that the world should be informed regarding the threat, but the government still refuses to reveal the impending doom by assuring the event in South Africa was an isolated incident.

Mylene is spending time with Alicia in her apartment in North Beach when she is kidnapped by Ethan, who turns out to be alive. Now obsessed in seeking revenge, Ethan has been following Alicia for several years, and is also responsible for the murder four years ago, that resulted in Alicia being framed and escaping the Philippines.

Mylene then seeks help on Lorraine "Lori" Jones, one of Alicia's friends and a well-known investigator, who is tasked by the federal government of California to investigate Gregorio and his connections to increased crime activity throughout the Bay Area, after the Oakland city government had confiscated three containers that arrived at the Port of Oakland in May 2020.

Lori successfully locates Alicia, and immediately organizes a rescue operation in cooperation with local authorities, but later turns into a car chase which ends at the Embarcadero. While attempting to escape by boat, Ethan accidentally shot Alicia, before being disarmed by Lori. Ethan is then arrested for kidnapping and murder, and due to the newly discovered evidence, Alicia is acquitted for murder in the Philippines after four years.

Few days later, Alicia experiences frequent headache and dizziness, and at one point losing consciousness. Lori decides to bring Alicia to a hospital, in which she is diagnosed with internal bleeding in her brain, and has only less than a year left to live. Alicia blames Ethan for permanently ruining her life and decides to visit him in a psychiatric hospital. Afterwards, she considers about returning to Manila to reunite with her mother, Romina, and spend her last few months there.

Now aware that Andrea might be in danger, Mylene approaches Gregorio's executive assistant Cristina Alvarez in an attempt to rescue Andrea, but it only results in Gregorio retaliating by killing Mylene's friend Olivia Imperial in an attempt to frame Mylene. The next day, Mylene is arrested, while Gregorio finally escapes San Francisco.

Realizing that Mylene is in the same situation that she experienced before, Alicia is forced to stay in San Francisco to help Mylene clear her name, with additional support from Lori. News reporter Stephanie Perez manages to convince Cristina to testify against Gregorio in Mylene's court trial, which will be held in Sacramento.

2 months later, Clara discovers another asteroid fragment, which is projected to impact somewhere in Northern California. She attempts to warn the citizens of the San Francisco Bay Area, but the government prohibited her from making any public appearances. As a result, she is unable to warn people regarding the impending disaster. The object then impacts San Francisco, levelling most of the Bay Area and killing Andrea in the process.

At the same time, Mylene's court trial finally takes place in Sacramento. Due to the evidence Lori presented, along with Cristina's testimony, Mylene is acquitted for murder and proven innocent. However, Mylene is later informed regarding her sister's death in San Francisco, and mourns her death in Sacramento. Afterwards, Mylene begins to notice Alicia's worsening health condition, and she finally discovers Alicia's internal bleeding in her brain.

However, Alicia's remaining life is reduced from 7 months to only 2 months, forcing her to finally return to the Philippines with Romina's sister Corazon, to spend her remaining time with her mother, but it is too late, as Alicia and Corazon find out that Romina had already died only a few hours before their arrival in Manila.

With the asteroid becoming visible to the naked eye and the destruction of San Francisco from another fragment, the United Nations finally reveals the asteroid's existence to the public. The United States government makes a public apology to Clara, also announcing their plan on deflecting the asteroid by launching intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) together with Russia.

Mylene decides to stay in Sacramento with her husband and son, while Lori listens to her friend Jessica Morgan's advice of abandoning her investigation. Clara returns on making public appearances on television as the discoverer of the asteroid, becoming a celebrity in the process. In Manila, Alicia begins to blame Mylene for her mother's death, and immediately regrets her decision to stay in San Francisco.

Approximately 5 days before impact, the ICBMs were launched, but failed to deflect the asteroid, which remains on a collision course with Earth. The government announces the failure of the mission in an emergency broadcast, while Clara announces the asteroid's final trajectory, which shows that the asteroid will impact somewhere in western Europe on October 10, instantly obliterating everything in a 300-kilometer radius upon impact.

Around the globe, society quickly breaks down as widespread panic occurs. Meanwhile, Alicia's health condition continues to worsen, and realizing the end of mankind is now inevitable, Alicia finally accepts her ultimate fate, and decides to visit some of her former relatives for the last time, including her ex-husband Nathan, now married to Lynette, and her supportive best friend Eileen, now promoted to a hotel manager in Baguio City.

Only a few hours before the asteroid's projected impact, a third fragment explodes over Los Angeles, California at a height of 12 kilometers above Downtown Los Angeles. The shockwave blasts the countless buildings apart like paper and causing trees to topple over, destroying the city in the process. Clara discovers that the third fragment approached Earth undetected before its atmospheric entry, due to its radiant was close to the larger asteroid.

Alicia, Mylene, and Clara all spend their final moments as the asteroid approaches Earth and begins its atmospheric entry. Clara is dismayed, despite years of studying asteroids, mankind had failed to prevent the incoming catastrophe, and is now about to meet the same fate as the dinosaurs. Alicia finally forgives Mylene for blaming her, before eventually wishing for a second chance to start anew, by being able to reunite with her loved ones in the afterlife.

The asteroid finally makes impact in central France, just east of Paris, triggering a global firestorm that slowly engulfs the planet, instantly obliterating cities in its path, including New York City. It reaches the Himalayas, melting the glaciers due to increasing temperature, then Panama, destroying its diverse biodiversity.

Alicia and Corazon embrace their deaths as the global firestorm approaches Manila, obliterating the city and its landmarks in the process, including the Torre de Manila, Quezon Memorial Shrine, Manila City Hall, and the Metrobank Center. London and Athens are shown left burning to ruins as the global firestorm finally engulfs the Earth only 14 hours after impact.

30 years later, only the remnants of human civilization remain. Sydney, Mexico City, and Chicago are all shown in complete ruins, as the entire surface of the Earth has been rendered uninhabitable by the effects of impact winter. Alicia is seen reuniting with her loved ones in the afterlife, signifying her wish of giving her a second chance to start anew was granted.

The story ends on a shot of a ruined San Francisco, with a disclaimer message stating that the events depicted is a work of fiction that could one day become reality. Only by working together can mankind avoid this terrible fate.

Differences from the film
To be added.