My heart turned to ashes with Aki
I don't have any wish right now
For someone like me
Am I alive or dead
Alright
I'll not celebrate my
6th birthday without Saku
Stop being unreasonable
Matsumoto is not Kazuki's father
I don't have a father at all
Kazuki
Matsumoto might not even be coming back
Why?
You're still going to stay here for now?.
At least until I've scattered the ashes
Because he has no reason to come back
Living will only make me understand that
I'm the most useless person
Saku
When you lose something,
it also represents the gain of another
Can you understand?
During this 17 years
What've I gained?
"Crying out, in the center of the world"
Aki didn't know she contacted leukemia
We lied to her that
She contacted Regeneration benignity homeopathy
Can this convince her?
She'll find out sooner or later
Now's not the time yet
Aki
May I ask...
I'm Hirose
I'm Majima
Do you like tree?
After being hospitalized
I feel I'm turning into Urashima Tarou
But a lot of time is still spent watching trees
I guess you don't like to surrender
You too?
A...
Seems like we're using the same medication
Really?
You're wearing a mask too?
Maybe we're having the same ailment
If it's the same then you're in trouble
Why?
Because I'm suffering from Leukemia
Leukemia?
I've been coming in and out of hospital for the fifth year now
You?
Doctor said I'm suffering from Regeneration benignity homeopathy
Then we're different, It's a pity
No, You shouldn't put it as pity
Aki
Saku
You're just starting to get better and you're running about
Because I'm bored
He's your friend?
It's boyfriend
Even Aki's amused
Sorry...
This is Majima
My name's Majima Junpei
I'm Sakutarou Matsumoto
He's my boyfriend
Majima he's...
Stop, put on the mask quick
Didn't the doctor want you to wear the mask?
I heard that he's suffering from leukemia
Nothing, I'm just a little shocked
It's great that you're feeling better
Did you borrow the medical dictionary for me?
It's been borrowed by someone else
Really?
Really
Saku I'm not strange
Strange?
Forget it
What about that? Did you bring it?
I did
I don't think this is such a good idea
Take off the mask
Shouldn't I ask the doctor first??
It's their fault for not allowing me to go
What's going on here?
I want to take a passport photo for the graduation tour
Teacher wants us to submit our photographs
I can't go to Australia without a passport
Aki, regarding this matter
Didn't you said I can get out really soon?
Didn't you come out from the Clean Unit already?
It's only anemia
How much longer do I have to stay here?
Doctor says that you still can't be discharged
Is he a quack doctor?
Aki
Here, take it
Thank you
Sorry, I couldn't reject her
I should be apologizing
Aki seems a little restless
I'm afraid that... ailment name will sooner or later
heard that 60% of the patients will recover
How bout the remaining 40%?
Their conditions are very serious
She can sometimes be more pessimistic than she looks
Sorry
To have let you suffer with us
Don't put it this way
May I ask... How did you manage to smile again
Maybe I got tired from crying
Welcome
Thank you
It's very tedious to lie as well?
Hirose's father called me
Did you tell mother about it?
She's a more emotional person
If she hears about this...
I'll help you do it, go back quick
No need
It's written all over your face
I'm tired
I've been seen through
I fell into contemplation while I was alone
The figure between 60 and 40% is very subtle
Is Aki that 60% or 40%
Even a dreamy me will become like this
If Aki's finds out this truth...
Please come in
Can I bother you for a moment?
Please come in
This is for you
I find this poem very suitable for you
That's why you came especially to send it?
The nights are especially long?
What poem is this?
This is a poem taught by the previous biology department director
I've been wanting to ask him the meaning of it
Then I never got to see him again
May I ask...
How can you bring yourself to laugh
I've been frequently restless recently
Habit
Don't you feel that while you are losing
it's also representing another gain?
I didn't realize that nights are so long
The coming of dawn can bring such bliss
You really are a perseverant person
someone who understands me is just like me?
Can I borrow that book for a little while?
Take it
Thank you
Since it's just anemia
Why wouldn't the doctor allow me to go out?
I just can't take it
Stop fooling me
May I ask...
The doctor told me this initially too
But I don't know if you are really the same as me
There really is an ailment called Regeneration benignity homeopathy
We'll have to see how you judge from now
Australia
You seems to be in high sprites
Doctor allowed me to stay out
Really?
From tomorrow onwards
For you
Saku, will you take off the mask
Take it off
I heard I'm suffering from leukemia
The doctor told me yesterday
Stop keeping me in the dark
If it's really leukemia then just tell me
But, Aki's parents meant well too
They had your welfare at heart,
worried about you that's why they didn't tell you
So it's true
Sorry, I lied to you
But the doctor says That 60% of the patients can recover
The doctor also allowed you to stay out
You should be getting tired after all this lies
Thank you, Saku
Aki doesn't know she's Leukemia
She can be more pessimistic than she looks
So it's true
Thank you, Saku
I'd rather die
Go to hell
I should in fact be the one to tell her
Sorry
Thank you
You're very sad
Saku
You're really playing along
Graduation Tour
Why...
Why?
Good morning
Hirose Are you aright?
Let me finish Why?
Let me finish
Didn't I say the doctor allowed me to stay out
Supposedly
You're still the same
Always forgetting the important things
Aki
Here come the screaming Queen of Roller Coasters
Are you aright, ready to discharge?
She said the doctor allowed her to stay out
Really, that's great
Let's go...
Out of the way...
Since it's permission to stay out...
Isn't it great?
Then you can be discharged really soon?
Good morning, I'm Aki Hirose
You forgotten again?
Now that I recall
It's been a long time since I greeted you
Anyway the whole of today
I want to forget the whole ailment thing
First I want to eat the Cola Bread
Alright...
You looks like you've become a student of this class
Since the school celebration
I've become more acquainted with everyone
What nonsense are you talking about?
You're the only one feeling this way
That's right, Get back to your own class
You're really ungrateful Get back now
Can you join the graduation tour to Australia?
She wouldn't want to go with you
That's right
Matsumoto, Nakagawa, Ooik, Jyouden
Hirose?
Next will the 2 monitors...
Aki
You'll be the class monitor
Please spare me
I don't wish to be monitor at all
Me neither
To go to Australia
of course we've got to visit the Ayers Rock
But to go to Cairns we can visit the Cairns Museum
Since it's a rare chance, of course we've to go
This is what I want to see
The museum is definitely a better choice
Definitely not
There won't be another chance anymore
This is the National Park
Isn't it great to lunch in the National Park
Then we can lunch in the Japanese Garden too
Rarely everyone's going But...
It's great!
Let's skip class in the afternoon
For god's sake, stop putting up a brave front before me
Alright?
Where's your bicycle?
The chain broke
Walking is great too
This is not a really good way to walk
Do you have anything you want to do?
Saku, What've you been doing normally?
visiting
My treat
Skipping class can meet up with a good encounter too
Where to?
I'll confess just here
I like you, Saku
I like you the most
Now that I recall
I actually said the liking ranks Those embarrassing words
Are you unwell?
This is too bad
You've never said you like me
You're not pulling clothes
Can I?
What sort of pulling is this?
What?
What's the normal way to pull?
This way the suspenders will be extended
The whole socks will be enlarged
The way you're doing it The suspenders part will be extended
This is my family's clothes
Wait, this is not what I meant
It's aright, these are aright
What are you doing?
That's not the way
First put the bamboo in like this
Then pull it out
Really!
Get it?
Right, that's the way
I've pulled it out
You got it just like this?
You've already got it
Aki's calling
She said she's dinning at Saku's house
Is that aright?
Anyway there'll be other chance
Probably so
Of course there will be
Welcome back
Hello, My surname's Hirose
Aki
Coming
Fumiko, Bring the plates out
I'm back
Father's back
Looks to me like a happy family
Really very special
Right, our Grandpa...
You know grandpa?
Our grandpa
likes to name our children after writers
There was a writer named "Lin Fumiko"
Right... so she was named "Fumiko"
Sounds like a poverty writer
Isn't it better to have a name that sounds more prosperous
It's not tasty?
No... She's just the eager sort
What Sakutarou sound like boring
For you
Thank you
Oh yeah, how did you name came about?
It's the Aki from White Aki
That's the dinosaur age right?
My parents hope that
I can grow up strong and healthy like a dinosaur
I'm obviously a girl
Then there's no need to worry
Your ailment will be cured in no time
If it can be cured, it'll be very soon
Did your visiting cause her health to worsen
Of course not...
Look at your boring
Even a curable ailment will become incorrigible
Fumiko, you'll have to eat some greens
That's...
Can I speak the truth?
Of course you can't lie, you're a strange child
I'm suffering from Leukemia
Aki
That's... the leukemia you're talking about...
Is that kind of sickness?
That's...
Yes
That's...
Why, why?
Why must you suffer from that?
Please don't cry
Why must god always make fun of people
Correct?
But everything will be aright
Your name is so strong
Everything will be aright
Aki
Sorry
I couldn't help it... Sorry
I... Can I still come over?
Why must summer end?
Saku's mother really special
Sorry, her behavior
This is the first time I encountered someone like this
She's completely expressed her feelings
Like an animal
No, she's a very remarkable person
Isn't it very dejecting after hearing my ailment?
Worrying too much will make everyone uneasy
But she accepted my ailment with sincerity
I'm really very happy
A completely sincere mother and a carefree father
gave birth to a son like you
I feel I'm completely unlike them
It's exactly alike
Saku
At the time of loss
represents the gain of another form Can you understand?
If I was like before
Definitely won't feel this happy for what happened today
Next time, I will make myself even more healthy
and have breakfast at your house
and say good morning to you
This is my dream now
Then we'll take our breakfast and go to the market together
You're always shifting the topics straight away
If I was like before
I will definitely innocently switch from happiness to sorrow
I want to explore the legends at different countries
The Aki who once wanted to travel the world
dream of only coming to my house now
I guess accepting reality
Is just what this is
Even so
A doubt still emerged from a corner of my heart
Is that future really possible?
Don't worry, Saku
The darkness will definitely pass
The pedal seems a little lighter
Must be because the chain's been fixed
I told myself
I know it
Can I ask a question?
Is it possible to be fully cured?
This all depends on your effort
So we'll both have to put in more effort
Alright
What shall we do today?
Bone marrow piercing
Is it the one that hurts a lot at the beginning?
To check for the blood producing tissues functionality
I will base on the results of this piercing
and decide the type of medications and methods to use on you
I understand
May I ask...
Has Mr Majima been discharged?
Are you Miss Hirose?
Yes
This... please keep it
This is Junpei's last words
Why so sudden...
Because he refused to undergo treatment
But he can finally leave here
You're still alive?
Sorry
I'm smiling very strangely?
No
For Aki
This should be the poems of Australian Natives
Aki
What are you doing?
Aki
What are you trying to do?
Calm down, What are you trying to do?
Isn't dying now all the same?
Anyway I'm dying
Why must I go through the suffering treatments?
Everyone can now graduate
Go out to the society, Marry someone
I can only live the rest of my life envying others
I can only envy, be jealous of everyone
To be pitied by everyone
Obviously there's nothing good at all
but I still need to search pathetically for it
I have to live out my days like this and for life
Why? Only I need to bear a fate like this
Why is it me? What did I do wrong
There's still a possibility of recovering
Don't put it so lightly
Why must you keep being so pessimistic?
Saku, this is what you think as well...
Obviously you feel that I'm dying soon as well
Correct
This is the way I thought
I will feel this way
but...
The Aki Hirose that I know
is someone who won't go to the
medical room even with a bleeding nose
Who insists on finishing a sermon in the rain alone
She insist on finishing the sermon
Even with leukemia,
she still manage to set a new personal best record
She's more perseverant than anyone
She is borne by the father who relentlessly tries to improve
and the mother who is strong and gentle
Parents wish that she'll be strong and healthy like a dinosaur
As I told myself
So...
I believe in Aki Hirose
So...
As I told myself
She must not betray me
AS I said this to Aki
I told myself
Alright
But, At that time I still do not know
I believe that coming next will be the suffering battle
At that time I still do not know
Although it won't pass without darkness
But the dawn will not come without awaking either
And even if awaken, The darkness will not let in light
Is it really here?
Ka.. Kazuki
Why are you... May I ask...
We're temporarily taking care of him because he's lost his way
Does he have any identification on him?
He just kept saying he's here to look for father
Excuse me... can I hand over to you?
Yes, thank you So sorry
Saku
You're not taking photo for me anymore?
If you don't come back
Our family photos can't increase anymore
Me and mother
If without Saku
It'll be very troublesome
Saku, Are you detesting me?
Are you detesting me?
Loss represents the gain of another form at the same time
This is what Aki said
I like you very much, Kazuki
I like you the most
Aki said this to me
Year 1987 I couldn't save the only person I Love
Year 1991, The establishment of Japan's first bone marrow bank