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ADAPTED FROM: "Calling You", "The Lost Story", by Otoichi
THEME SONG: "Calling You" by DREAMS COME TRUE
NARUMI Riko
KOIDE Keisuke
KATASE Nana
NAKANO Hideo
KOTEGAWA Yuuko
SPECIAL APPEARANCE by IWAGI Kouichi
YACHIGUSA Kaoru
DIRECTED by OGISHIMA Tatsuya
CALLING YOU
"Only You Can Hear Me"
Who is it?
Excuse me.
I'm definitely the only girl in this school
who doesn't have a cellphone.
Even though I'm like everyone else.
But,
I have no one to talk to.
There's nothing worse than
having a cellphone that doesn't ring.
Next person!
Aihara!
Are you there?
Yes.
Next.
It's your turn to read out loud.
Aihara.
Do you understand
the meaning of "read out loud"?
Forget it.
Next, Tanaka!
Continue where she left off.
I am...
Alone.
It's cute.
Ah, it's just a toy.
Listen to this, listen to this Dad!
I'm going to play the piano in the school choir competiton!
Choir competiton?
Do you know your Dad used to be a conductor?
Don't interrupt me...
Don't keep on talking and eat your breakfast!
Ryou.
You're going now?
I'll be going now.
Have a safe journey.
Now, sit down and eat...
The first "him" is the object.
In the second sentence, if you translate it the same way...
Um...
Do you hear a cellphone...?
Sorry, never mind.
Why?
Why doesn't everyone else hear it...?
Hmm...you don't have a fever.
But you seem a little pale.
For the time being, just take a rest here.
Yes ma'am.
Hello?
It worked!
Hello?
Yes?
Woah...
The line got connected...
Eh?
"Eh?" you say...
Can you hear me?
Yes.
Can you hear my words clearly?
Yes.
Wow...
You can hear my voice...
Um...
What's this about?
Hello?
Can you hear me?
Hello?
How? Why can you hear me?
I'm not sure myself.
How...? I'm not...
speaking!
Me neither.
I'm just speaking in my head.
In your head?
Yeah.
I called this number using a spoilt cellphone.
And you picked up.
What?
What's with this person?
Me?
Yeah, you.
I can hear you.
The teacher's coming.
Teacher?
Are you a student?
Aihara-san, how are you feeling?
Yes.
I'm fine.
That's great.
You can rest till the next period.
Yes ma'am.
Hello?
Can you hear me?
I'm going to hang up now.
Hold on!
Can I call again?
This evening, at 5pm.
But...
By the way, my name's Shinya.
Nozaki Shinya.
What about you?
Aihara.
Aihara Ryou.
Then, Aihara-san.
Till next time.
Nozaki Shinya...
What the hell are you doing?
Stop fooling around!
That'll be a total of 800 yen.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
Miki's playing the piano isn't she?
Ah, look at the time!
I'll have to make her stop.
You shouldn't play after 6.
But...!
You'll disturb the neighbours.
Ah, hello?
Aihara Ryou-san?
It's Nozaki.
Can you hear me?
Yup.
That's good.
I was thinking "what if she can't hear me...?"
But, sorry.
Even though I promised to call you at 5...
But I'm a little late.
But thankfully I got to speak with you again.
I...
I don't really understand this...
You're not really there are you?
You're just part of my imagination.
That's our conversation isn't real.
When I think of it that way...
Well.
Let's confirm it.
Huh?
Have you reached?
Yes.
I'm at the magazine corner.
The magazines in front of you, you've not read any of them before right?
Nope.
Me too.
In other words,
Both of us won't know what are their contents.
Therefore,
If I tell you what's inside these magazines,
You can't be someone from my imagination.
And we can prove you really exist.
Do you have "Gekkan Shounen Ace" over there?
Yes.
Could you pick a page from it?
Well then...
Page 12.
It's an ad.
It seems to be for a gym machine.
"Effective for training the abdominal and back muscles."
Hold on a second.
"Effective for training the abdominal and back muscles."
It's there...
Well,
It's your turn to pick a magazine.
Um,
Do you have "Da Vinci" over there?
Found it.
Well,
Page 32.
Ah.
What's written there?
Can't we use another page?
Huh? Why?
You can't find the page?
Um...it's not that...
A boy...
is thrusting his butt out...um.
Butt?
Ah...
Let's use another page then.
We're both real.
That's the proof.
But I...
can't really believe it...
Me too.
That I'm talking to someone else...
What a beautiful full moon.
Huh?
Full moon?
It's true.
It's still in the east sky.
Where do you stay, Nozaki-san?
Me?
I live in Nagano.
What about you, Aihara-san?
Yokohama.
Can you hear it?
What?
I can only hear your voice.
The church is ringing
the 7pm bell.
7pm?
Isn't it 6pm?
Hold on...
On your side,
what's the date today?
11th June.
The year is 2007?
Yes.
The date is the same.
I see...
There's a time difference.
Time difference?
Between Nagano and Yokohama?
No, that's not it.
Between our mental cellphones.
There's a 1 hour time difference between us.
A 1 hour time difference?
That's the other time...
You were late the other time you called.
Yeah.
Ah, found something good.
Ah, it's nothing.
Ryou-san.
Yes?
You can call me Shinya.
Eh?
You don't have to be so formal.
Ryou-san, can you hear me?
Yes.
Then, Ryou-san, let's talk again.
Yup,
Nozaki-san...
I mean,
Shinya-san.
Welcome back.
You went there again?
Dinner is ready.
The neighbour's girl is getting married.
Let's eat, shall we?
Hello?
Shinya-san?
Hello?
Huh?
Um...hello?
I got the wrong person! Sorry!
Hold on.
Don't hang up.
Eh?
It's been some time since someone called on the mental cellphone.
I was a little surprised.
Since you went to the trouble of calling...
If it's okay, shall we talk?
Sure. But...
Ah, sorry!
I'm Harada.
I'm...
Aihara Ryou.
I see. Ryou-san, isn't it?
But...
I didn't think there would be someone else like this.
"Someone else"?
It's another person called Nozaki Shinya.
He called me suddenly the other day.
By any chance, do you know about it?
Nozaki-san...
Ah, sorry!
Can you hold on for a while?
Next, we'll be practising passing in pairs.
You don't have a partner?
Hey, you two! Practise with Aihara.
Ryou-san.
What happened?
Sorry.
I'm practising basketball for PE now.
Basketball?
Ah, I see.
You're a student.
Yes.
I'm a high school sophomore.
That'll make you 16 won't it?
That's nice...
You're 10 years younger than me.
Is it okay to talk since you're playing basketball?
Harada-san?
Wow...
You work in a recycling shop?
That's right.
You might think it's strange,
when I look at things people throw away, it feels like they're calling out to me.
They're calling out to you?
"Please pick me up. I can still be used!"
The watch I'm wearing now used to be trash.
It's really old, but I like it because of it's antique-ness.
Ah, but you can't see it even if I say so.
Somehow I'm happy.
Everyone in school uses their cellphone to tell the time.
I'm about the only one who still uses a watch.
What does your watch look like?
It's red and round.
I've had it since I was young.
It's a bit childish.
It's a happy thing isn't it, that red watch of yours?
Since you treasure it so much.
Eh?
I don't really...
Can't it be fixed?
Sorry, it can't be fixed.
Is my TV fixed yet?
Over here.
Hello?
Shinya-san?
Sorry, let's speak later.
"I'll fix it for you!"
Really?
You're not sleeping yet?
A music box?
Can you fix it?
Yes, of course.
"WORLD HISTORY TEST"
You can start writing now.
Hello?
You can depend on me.
It really got through?
Yup!
World history is my specialty.
Leave it up to me.
That's not what I meant...
I didn't mean I wanted you to help me...
Well, shall I hang up then?
No, hold on.
You'll be able to see a shooting star soon in the sky in the east.
Eh?
I made a wish when I saw it here an hour ago.
What did you wish for?
It's a secret!
I just
made a wish upon the shooting star.
What did you wish for?
It's a secret!
Hello?
Ryou?
What's up, Shinya-san?
I'm working on
something really hard now.
Something hard?
I don't have the required parts,
so it'll be tough fixing it.
But,
I want to fix it no matter what.
I see.
It'll be great if you can fix it.
After this is fixed,
After I fix this,
I thought I'd come see you.
Huh?
I want to see you.
Can't I?
I see, you rejected him?
Sorry!
There isn't anyone else I can talk with about this.
I really enjoy talking with Shinya-san...
That's why,
if you met, you're afraid you won't like him.
Huh?
You're afraid, so you're being pessimistic.
It's easier that way isn't it?
That way, you won't get hurt.
"Eh, isn't that guy a foreigner?"
Ryou-san.
Do you want to meet him?
Or don't you?
About that...
Um...
I...
want to meet him.
Then, the answer is easy.
It'll be fine if you meet him.
I want to meet him...
But,
now isn't the right time.
I see.
Don't push yourself then.
But,
there's no "right time" for your feelings about meeting him.
If you want to meet him,
that's the "right time".
Hurry up, Dad!
Here, your handkerchief.
Ryou!
We're leaving now.
Remember to lock up.
We'll be back in the evening.
I'll be leaving now, big sis.
We'll be leaving!
"Will we meet? Or won't we?" - that's all I could think of...
Aihara!
Speak up more confidently!
Don't speak like a caterpillar!
What's wrong?
You sound down.
Today,
I was laughed at again.
Because my voice was like a caterpillar.
That can't be...
That's not true.
No...
It's not just today.
It's always been like this.
Whenever I speak up,
I get nervous,
and start stammering,
and my voice turns inside out.
In the end I get laughed at.
It must be because
I don't want to talk to anyone
or get involved with anyone.
That's how I compensate when I can't speak up.
That's why
I started making phone calls in my head.
That's not true.
I can hear your voice properly
when you talk with me.
That's because I'm talking in my head!
In real life I can't speak up like this.
You won't understand.
It doesn't matter even if I disappear!
Even if I disappear,
nothing will change.
No one will even realise it!
That's why...
Ah...
The wind...
Wow, that's cool!
The figurines are moving!
Hey, Ryou.
This weekend...
Will you go on a date with me?
Huh?
Alright, let's start off!
Just listen to my directions.
Go straight ahead, and cross the red bridge.
I got it.
Somehow this is unbelievable...
Because it's a long-distance date?
But it feels like you're just by my side.
Yup, I am.
Just think of it that way.
Have you been to Kamakura [near Tokyo] before?
Actually, I lived there.
Till I was a sophomore in middle school.
Really?
Hey Ryou,
Can I ask you something?
What is it?
The bad experience you have,
when you speak to others.
But...
It's okay.
Don't worry about it, you can talk freely.
Okay.
It was when I was in my 2nd year of elementary school.
I took part in a piano recital.
At first,
I wore a pretty doll-like dress,
I was all made up and really excited about it.
"That dress is pretty!"
"And you're really great at playing the piano!"
My friends praised me like so.
I was on top of the world.
But,
those were all lies.
Lies?
"Ryou really sucks!"
"Isn't that dress weird?"
I was laughed at by my friends after the recital.
Since then, I didn't know how to talk to others.
Of course, I also stopped playing the piano.
I see.
It might just be that I'm timid.
But I'm slow,
so I can't if people are being sarcastic.
So I take everything seriously.
That's why I'm scared.
Someone who's flawed like me,
has to be careful so she doesn't get into accidents.
I understand.
It's tough to be laughed at by others.
But, Ryou,
You're wrong about one thing.
Hm?
You're not flawed.
You
consider other people's words seriously.
You consider each and every word,
and reflect on them so you can answer meaningfully.
That's why,
you notice too many lies.
But it's alright.
It's proof that,
you're really considering my feelings when we talk.
Shinya-san...
I really like it.
Your voice,
as well as your words.
From there, you should be able to see
a shop called "Toda Marine Services".
Yup, I see it!
I'd like you to go inside, and get something for me.
It's something from me.
"Something?"
From here, you'll go alone.
See you.
Hold on...
Excuse me...
Excuse me!
What is it?
Sorry for coming suddenly...
I'm Aihara.
I came here to get something that Nozaki Shinya-san left here.
It's you isn't it?
Hold on.
He used to live here a long time ago.
Here you go. Thank you!
Take care of it!
Um...
Shinya was a really weird guy.
Here you go.
He was always coming around, saying "please fix this for me".
When I saw that face, I couldn't refuse.
He was happy just to come around.
And now he's fixing things for a living.
No matter how many days it took to fix it,
even if it was something he wanted he'd give it away.
Even after it was finally fixed?
Yup.
Isn't that sad?
If it was me,
I wouldn't want to give away I tried so hard to fix.
He wasn't like that.
He would say: "Things I repaired will always remember I repaired them."
Always remember?
Because he liked repairing things, he got along okay as a kid.
I don't really understand though.
Shinya-san, I got it.
That's great.
Where should I go next?
It's a place I really like.