Wait up!
This is what I wanted to show you.
Next, the Kawanakajima Battle site.
What clothing brand is that?
It's the Toyotomi family crest.
Nice souvenir, Tomoko!
Thanks, Rio.
It's cute.
And for Maki...
Me, too?
Kenshin Uesugi!
Ugh.
This is Miho's.
Whose crest is this?
Mitsunari lshida.
These were hard decisions.
You really didn't have to get us souvenirs.
Of course I did!
Thanks to you, I got to date the professor.
Oh, I've got photos!
That's more like it.
Ta-dah.
This is the ravine where Masamune laid in waiting.
Wow... who's Masamune?
Rio, what's this?
A head tomb. Very romantic.
Coming!
Is Naoko in?
No, she stepped out.
I see. I'll check back later.
Rio!
You're here!
I just wanted to see how you were doing.
You haven't been to school.
What is this!?
It's so cool! Wow! Are you sure?
Of course.
Thanks, Rio. I'll wear it every day!
Who was that man with you?
He's my mom's squeeze.
A loser.
He makes her work while he gets drunk.
Real dirtbag.
You look thin. Have you been eating?
Rio?
What is it?
Nothing.
Really?
Happy?
With what?
You know what.
Well, are you happy with me?
Wrong book.
So! Do you like me!?
Tell me!
"ldiot."
Ow.
What?
Very sharp. You look great.
Whatever, let's go.
No, really.
Thanks.
Hey... can I assault you?
No, you can't.
Rats.
What's "1 4" mean?
Today's the 12th. October 12th!
Hey... you asleep?
It was seen as a shift to a new
order befitting of modern times.
The edict was used to justify an
attack on Odawara Castle but...
...anyone in defiance was...
um.... namely, Hojo Ujimasa was ordered to...
...commit harakiri.
Excuse me.
Names get harder to recall at my age.
FujiwaranoKamayatsu.
You mean "Kamatari."
That doesn't exercise the face.
FujiwaranoKamayatsu.
Give it a try. It's real effective.
I'll pass.
FujiwaranoKamayatsu.
Fu...
What?
What's up, professor?
Quiet.
I can't breathe!
Okay, it's "Kamatari." Forgive me.
No way. You dishonor the Fujiwara founder.
I don't understand but I'm sorry, anyway.
Now what?
My funeral photo.
I read online that one should have one ready.
Saves a lot of headache later.
Living is hard, but things don't get any easier after death.
Please reconsider another surgery.
I know it'll leave you disabled, but it'll lengthen your life.
And that's if it goes well.
I don't want to live to be a burden on people.
Well, I'd rather have my only cousin live.
You can survive without me. You're strong.
That's not the point.
I haven't seen you smile in years.
You've changed.
Yeah?
Does she know? The girl you're dating?
It's not her problem.
Tell me why.
Why won't you say it?
Don't you love me?
You should show your feelings.
Love lives for that, you know.
I'd even accept a halfhearted attempt.
Give it a shot.
I'd like to be alone today.
Well, I love you!
I'm not afraid to say it!
As loud as I can!
In a long email!
In the look on my face,
color of my nails, my dress!
In my timeconsuming hairstyle!
I'll express my love for you
every way I can!
Not Maki. Yes, it was.
No, no way. Yes way.
Who then? it was you.
Tomoko spilled it. Naoko?
Hey, Naoko! Where've you been?
It's okay, Tomoko.
Yeah.
Join us for lunch,
Rio...
I'm sorry, Rio.
Maki!
Naoko!
It's your fault! You took Rio from me!
Rio!
Naoko!
Stay away!
Naoko, don't! Come here!
It's too late!
Why?
My mom's boyfriend...
I killed the bastard!
What?
He kept...
...molesting me.
Over and over.
But I couldn't...
...tell that hag... my mom.
Naoko.
He dumped her yesterday.
Know what she said?
She said it was my fault.
No.
It makes you wonder why I was ever born.
I guess I was a mistake from the beginning.
Stop it! Nobody's a mistake!
You weren't a mistake, Naoko!
You're kind, Rio.
I've always adored you.
So I was glad we became friends.
I didn't have any real friends before you.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
Don't be.
You made me feel wanted for once.
You were my idol, Rio.
It doesn't matter how I was with you.
I was just glad to be with you.
Naoko!
Naoko...
Don't, Naoko.
No one's over there. I'm here!
You belong here.
Naoko!
Naoko, please!
See? Everyone's calling you.
Come. We'll be together always.
I'm sorry.
If I'm with you, I'll just get in your way.
Well? Cool, huh?
I knew it.
It looks rad on me.
Rio...
Thanks for everything.
I loved you.
Naoko!
Rio! Think about it! Rio, stop!
I've got to tell Tomoko.
I can't keep hiding it!
You want Tomoko to end up like Naoko?
I won't let that happen.
Rio!
Tomoko!
Rio! Guys?
What's up?
Listen, Tomoko...
You caught me.
I wanted to make this picture a surprise.
When it's finished, it'll be my present to you all.
Tomoko, I've got to tell you about Naoko.
Okay.
I ordered Naoko to bully you.
She never hated you or anything like that.
What? I don't understand.
It was awful. I'm so sorry.
How could you do something like that!?
I'm sorry. I don't expect you to forgive me.
You, too?
No! It was all my doing.
No, it wasn't.
We went along with it.
I feel so stupid.
I thought you were real friends!
What an idiot I am!
Tomoko... good morning.
Rio!
Maki, Miho...
What happened?
How're you feeling, Rio?
You passed out from stress.
You're supposed to rest.
Oh, yeah.
Sorry.
Tomoko.
She's been with you the whole time.
Thanks, Tomoko.
Did something happen, Rio?
The professor left.
What?
How so?
I went to his place. It was empty.
No letter? Or phone number?
What? Is he out of his mind?
I was too pushy. I exhausted him.
No excuse.
It's my punishment.
For all my cruelty.
For making Tomoko suffer...
for pushing away Naoko.
I deserved it.
I've been wondering.
Why you kept me in your circle.
Why you threw yourself on me to protect me from Naoko.
My old friends never even tried to help me when l was bullied.
But you did, even when I was no use to you anymore.
You may have lied, but you saved me twice.
So I vowed that someday I would return the favor.
This is my chance.
Tomoko.
Tell us, Sir.
Where did the man in that old house
on 6th Street move to?
A guarantor's name on his lease would do.
I really can't tell you that.
It's confidential information.
Don't be that way, Boss.
You've put me in a bind here. Let's just party.
That stubborn old pervert.
We'll break him tomorrow.
This is proving harder than I thought.
Too few clues.
Try again tomorrow.
Right.
What?
Who's that?
Don't tell me...
...it's Kaori.
Kaori!
Who're you?
Are you Kaori?
Yes. Do I know you?
You've come to see Rio?
No.
What're you here for?
Regular checkup.
She's hiding a pineapple!
You came to visit Rio, come on!
I did not.
Why the pineapple then?
Why not?
It's unnatural.
Whatever. Go and see Rio.
No, thanks.
He can't just leave without telling her why. That's low.
You know nothing about Kouki.
Rio's still madly in love with the professor.
Seriously.
Dead serious.
Let her see him.
This is for you.
Thank you.
How're you feeling?
I'm fine. Just got a little anemic.
Kouki says to apologize for the sudden job transfer.
He's got to absorb himself in his research.
I see.
That photo.
It's the photo that brought us together.
The moment I saw it...
it was like an electric shock ran through me.
My mind went blank.
My friends laughed at me, saying it was love.
He made me want
to start my life over again.
And I felt like spending it
entirely with him.
But he didn't feel that way.
The harder you love,
the more it hurts.
Yes, it hurts like hell.
But that's how a woman learns her fate.
Don't say you heard it from me.
Kouki's new address.
Go prove your love.
But l...
You can decide when you see him.
I didn't think you'd come.
Your friends pushed me for 15 hours.
Good friends.
Yeah.
Too good for me.
There's something I couldn't tell
you out of fear you'd hate me.
If I did, you'd pull farther away.
I'm resigned to anything.
Your friends would keep hounding me anyway.
3 years ago, something happened
that turned me bad.
Bullying, prostitution, blackmail.
I was kind only to those I could use.
In the end...
I hurt those who cared for me.
That was all before I met you.
What happened 3 years ago?
When I was 14...
I was raped, and got pregnant.
My parents insisted...
...that I abort the child, of course.
From then on...
I felt I'd rather hurt people
than be hurt by them.
Did that help?
It showed me there were worse
things than being hurt.
Seeing a loved one get hurt was
a million times more painful.
I can't believe it took 17 years to learn that.
I see.
But you're no longer the same person.
You've been through a lot.
You have friends.
You're not alone.
I'm guessing you have the strength
and compassion...
...to fight off anyone who tries to
hurt you now.
Professor, the truth is I still...
I've started a new research
project at this school.
It's a great environment.
I'm real happy.
Yes. Of course.
I just wanted to say thanks.
That's all I planned to do.
I'm so pathetic.
You okay?
Yeah.
Hang in there.
You, too.
Bye.
Wait! Stop the bus!
Professor!
Kouki Ozawa, 35.
He arrived unconscious.
His body was convulsing but
stopped in transit.
Can you hear me, Mr. Ozawa?
Brain scan and 1 amp of saline
diluted Alleviatin.
Are you Mr. Ozawa's family?
I'm Ozawa.
Sister?
If there are other family members,
please call them.
Is my brother going to be okay?
We'll explain in detail later.
In all frankness, it doesn't look good.
See this white ring?
It's a malignant tumor.
Brain surgery 3 years ago couldn't remove all of it.
It was only a matter of time.
Wait.
What you're... saying is...
... my brother's going to die?
You should value your time
together as a family.
Hiya!
Rio.
Care package delivery!
Thanks.
This might be clutter but...
...you might want it.
It's clutter.
I just realized something.
Those photos you took were for your funeral?
Well... no...
You took them yourself thinking
you might die.
You're too prepared!
It wasn't that.
You could've at least smiled for them.
I suppose so.
Care for a pineapple?
Since when did you become
my little sister?
Hey, Bro!
Stop it.
I never said I was your sister.
All I said was my name's Ozawa.
You implied it.
Really?
Well, if you plan on dying, I'll kill you.
I see. So I die either way.
I never expected this in my
wildest dreams.
I remember being told how much
time I had left to live.
I was a walking corpse of 35,
and then a girl appeared.
Said her name was Rio.
Pushy, aggressive...
yet delicate.
Kindhearted and beautiful.
What man...
... myself included...
...wouldn't fall in love with you?
But I thought, "Uhoh, I'd better try hard to resist."
It would be stupid...
...for a man facing death to
start something new.
And yet...
I was wrong.
With your arrival, my life...
...grew warm, humorous and tender.
Just in time.
I never felt more alive.
So it's ironic that you should come along...
...and give my life meaning.
Thank you.
You're an idiot.
Our encounter is just a beginning!
It's much more!
I'll be much more!
So please, professor! Watch me!
Take it easy.
I won't! Stop being selfishly dramatic!
Rio.
How do you do that?
Live with such passion.
Don't you even know?
It's 'cause I met you.
Kouki...
...you brought me light.
It wasn't supposed to go like this.
I was supposed to die quietly.
Since meeting you, I actually...
...began wishing for...
...more time.
I want more time with you.
Professor, please. Have the operation.
Stay with me.
No.
Why not?
I may not even know who you are.
What meaning is there if I forget?
It's okay. I'll remember everything.
I may be paralyzed. It'll be a big burden on you.
That's okay... as long as you're alive.
I'll be even more difficult
with people than I am now.
I told you... that's my specialty.
Okay.
But promise me one thing.
No matter what...
...even if I die...
...you keep looking straight ahead and live.
Stay true to yourself. Don't waver.
I'll be watching to make sure.
Okay. I promise.
Here.
No limit.
Please start getting ready.
Okay.
It'll go great.
Yeah.
Rio...
I love you.
What's that about?
Love lives to be expressed, right?
I was tired of waiting.
Even the weather celebrates.
Graduates, parents, guardians...
...congratulations.
We've owe this great milestone in life...
to each and every one of you.
Hello.
Um...
Yes?
I um... rushed out so fast.
And forgot my umbrella.
Could I join you as far as the station?
Of course.
What a downpour, huh?
Yes.
But I like rainy days.
You do?
Thank you.
You're welcome. Where to?
Tokyo.
I see. Well... I live that way.
Yes.
Say!
Uh... thank you.
I was wondering...
Yes?
That is, if I may...
Yes?
I'm...
Kouki!
Nozomi Sasaki
Shosuke Tanihara