I have but two nipples! Take one! Take one!
Pull it right off!
These frosh are nuts!
I'm glad you could make it.
These new kids are crazy!
You find a girlfriend?
Of course not!
And now Kanai Haruki will show you his armpit hair!
'Kanai Haruki'?
Where have I heard that name?
It's the Kanai Armpit Show!
Kanai! Kanai!
Hey. You! Come here!
What is it?
Are you Kanai Haruki the bondage freak?
Who told you?
You read bondage magazines in high school?
Yeah!
I'm a 'top'.
I tied up ten girls in high school.
You're crazy!
But those uniforms, man! There's nothing like it!
What?
Are you a top, too?
What?
You want to tie me up, Maybe?
You want to tie or be tied?
Why are you here?
What?
I'd forgotten her!
Hey. What's the matter?
Kanai!
Let go of me, damn it!
Let go!
Hey, you're all dressed up! Good to see you again.
It's been a while.
Sorry to be so sudden...
Don't worry about it.
Sit down.
Well...
It's a small company, so it won't take long to look around.
So if you can stand to work here...
I wouldn't put it that way.
No?
No.
Well, I'm very happy you remembered us.
I've put the word in with Personnel.
I guess it was in the cards.
Thank you.
That crippled girl was quite something. How's she?
Uh...
...I haven't really...
Well, with her grandmother gone...
What?!
You didn't know? She died not long ago.
It was very sudden.
The Welfare people tell me the girl's having trouble coping.
I mean, how does she shop?
I'm sorry.
The stores are so far away...
Excuse me.
Huh?
What's going on?
Don't you want to look around?
Josee...
It's me
Your Gran died?
Can I come in?
The neighbors took care of the funeral for me.
It was so sudden... I hardly realized what was happening.
Are you eating right?
Sure I am.
But how are you doing your shopping?
Someone from Welfare comes a few times a week.
I'm fine for now.
Yeah?
There's a pervert who lives next door.
After Gran died.
...he came snooping around offering to do things for me
The other day...
...he said, I'll put out your garbage if you let me touch your tits.'
He did?! Then what?
I let him, and he takes my garbage out every day.
What are you talking about?!
What?
Why did you do that?!
It's a long way to the garbage pick-up.
Get the Welfare person to do that!
They come around noon.
That's too late for the garbage truck.
Yeah. But...
And who cares?
It's none of your business.
Who are you to be telling me about my garbage?
It...
It doesn't concern you!
Go away.
Go away!
You're really going?
You said to.
Then go!
If you're going 'cause I told you to, then go!
Go!
Go away!
I don't mean it.
Stay with me.
Don't leave.
Stay here.
Forever.
OK.
Forever?
Yeah.
I'll be here.
Hey...
It's OK.
What is?
Doing it.
Yeah but... I don't know...
Why?
I'm different from the pervert next door.
You are?
Yeah.
How?
Oh man...
I fee like I'm going to cry.
Say something.
Hm?
I'm scared.
Sorry. Too busy.
There's a bug here.
I love you.
And everything you do.
It's like a nightmare!
You said you wanted to see it.
I always thought if I ever fell in love...
...I wanted to go and see all the things that scared me most.
If I'd never met anyone I'd never have seen a real tiger.
I'd have accepted that.
But now I've seen one.
Be grateful.
Who, me?
Anything else?
Just the heavy stuff now.
Yeah?
Amazing!
A real handicapped person. I've never talked to one before.
Nor had I.
Kanai Haruki...
Hey...
...why does that girl keep grinning at me?
You're just imagining things.
It's hilarious.
You've got Tsuneo saying things like...
...he can't leave you alone...
...and he's the only one who'll stay with you.
He's not that noble a guy, you know.
I envy you the weapon you have.
You really think that?
Yes I do.
Then cut off your legs and see what it's like.
One Year Later
The devil's-tongue's great. Eat it while it's fresh.
Tsuneo...
Are you really bringing her when we go home for the memorial?
Hm? Oh yeah...
It's nice to have...
...a younger brother who's so concerned.
No, it'll be cool to bring a handicapped girlfriend home.
Mom and Dad will love it.
Yeah. But...
Hello?
Can you help me?
What?
Anyway, go for it. I'll back you up.
Takashi...
See you there.
We're back.
She peed twice!
She did?
Hey, are you throwing this out?
Yeah.
Why?
It's busted.
Big Brother fix it.
He says he can't.
New Mistral Lites, on sale next month!
This is our on-street introduction campaign.
Come and get your free sample pack.
Yeah, I know that.
Every construction job's different.
But you can't just give them everything they want.
There's our side to it, too.
Sure, you've got to be nice to them...
...but you can't let them have everything their own way.
We're in business, too.
What's the matter?
Uh, can I catch up with you?
She didn't tell you?
What?
About how...
...I hauled off and slapped her.
I mean, how could I let that happen?
Some handicapped bitch stealing my boyfriend?
What's up with that? I was so mad I could've killed her.
I hit her twice and left.
After that I didn't care any more.
About you...
...or a job.
This is awful. Why did you have to come down that street?
We were out making sales calls.
You're the last person I wanted to see me dressed up like that.
It's fine.
What's?
It's cute.
Took a pack, and I don't even smoke.
OK, I'm here to lend you my very own car.
You're going home with that jerk? Say something, will you?
Look after the dog, OK?
Watch it or I'll kick your ass!
You fuck all day! Why getting married now?
Married?
That's what it means when you meet his folks.
Fool!
What?
That's not going to happen.
Why not?
You fuck every day...
...and now you're going to meet his folks!
You're such a child!
Wait a minute!
That's the way it works!
Bullshit!
I'll kick your ass!
What's all this 'marriage' shit!
I'll bust heads!
Fool!
What are you looking at?!
Want a boiled egg?
Why did you make all those?
We're on a trip!
So?
Gran said you take boiled eggs.
And we've got...
...rice crackers...
...oranges...
...and green tea.
Perfect!
Damn right! I've been checking my list for a week.
Yeah. You've never been away before.
Approximately one kilometer ahead...
... turn left.
What is that?!
A navigator.
A navigator?
So that's what a car navigator is...
Hey, don't touch that!
You changed the map!
Nakamichi Aquarium
Closed
Why?!
Ow!
Why is it closed?!
Because it's closed.
But I came all this way to see it!
It can't be helped.
Yes, it can! Do something, will you?
Fish! Fish! Hey fish.
I know you're in there!
Come on, fish! Do something!
Swim out here or something!
Look! Look at how the color changes!
Look! It's amazing! It really changes!
If you don't mind...
...I'm driving.
Wait...
Let's buy a wheelchair.
No.
I don't need a wheelchair.
I do!
I've got you to carry me.
Give me a break will you?
I'm going to get old one day, you know.
Yeah. There's some work came up I can't get out of.
Yeah...
Uh-huh...
Yeah?
Well, if it's work, it's work.
Hello.
OK. I'll explain to Dad.
I'd appreciate it.
Tsuneo...
Who chickened out?
What?
Don't look!
What?
Jeez!
What are you doing?
Distance to destination 140 kilometers.
Estimated time of arrival 13...
Drive to the sea.
I want to see the ocean.
Is that the sea?
That? No, that's just a river.
You're lying... aren't you?
Sorry. That's the sea.
The sea...
So this is the sea...
Like it?
It's great!
Just look at it!
Something's shining over there.
There.
That red thing.
Where?
That's pretty.
You planned that!
You'll get me all wet!
Over there!
What?
Just go there!
There's something sparkling there.
That's just water.
Ohu
I'll get all wet!
There's tons of them!
Whoa!
Push down and it'll focus.
Watch the birdie.
Let's find an inn with a hot spring.
Yeah...
Hey!
What's that?
There!
At 'Fish Castle'!
There!
You want to stay here? They rent rooms by the hour!
I don't care! I want to stay here!
Have it your way.
How about...
...in return I let you do the nastiest thing in the world?
You mean it?
Did it hurt?
Was that nasty enough for you?
Uh, yeah, it was great.
I get it... 'Fish Castle'!
There's a seashell swimming.
Do seashells swim?
Wow...
Hey...
Close your eyes.
What do you see?
Nothing. Just black.
That's the place where I used to be.
Where?
Way, way down at the bottom of the sea.
That's where I came swimming up from.
Why?
To do the nastiest thing in the world with you.
I see
You lived at the bottom of the sea...
There was no light there, no sound...
...the wind didn't blow, and the rain didn't fall.
Just dead silence everywhere.
Wasn't it lonely?
Not especially.
It'd always been like that.
Nothing but time going by...
...very, very slowly.
Don't think I can ever go back there.
Someday, if you're not with me any more...
...I'll be like a lost seashell...
...all by myself...
...just rolling, rolling, rolling along the ocean floor.
But even if that happens. It'll be OK.
We lived together for a few months after that.
Here.
A farewell gift.
Want something else?
No. This is fine.
Thanks.
The end was very relaxed.
Officially, there were several reasons why we broke up.
But really there was only one.
I ran away.
Sorry to keep you waiting. Shall we go?
Are you hungry?
Let's get something hot.
Udon noodles?
The Yanagiya's lunch special lasts till 2.
Or I could make something.
Sorry...
Some women you can break up with and stay friends.
But not Josee.
I doubt I'll ever see her again.