-We found a donor. -Donor?
We found a tumor in the pancreas.
It's cancer. You have 6 months at the most.
How should a father live and what should he leave behind for his children.
The transplant was a success?
Yes.
Thank you. Thank you.
Please get proper treatment.
I made up my mind to stay by my son until the end.
The long awaited discharge day is finally here.
General precautions to be taken after the discharge
are written here.
He'll be coming to the hospital once a week, but
-make sure he doesn't forget to take his medication. -Yes.
There's no need to be overly sensitive, but
since he was hospitalized for a long time,
please pay close attention to Waku-kun
so that he can readjust to his everyday life.
Yes.
Thank you.
Kudos to you for hanging in there this past year too.
Waku, don't run.
Daddy, the air is fresh today.
Three times fresher than usual.
Three times?
Let's see...
You're right.
-It's three times fresher than usual. -Isn't it?
Mommy.
Wak-kun.
Wak-kun, I'm so happy for you.
Wak-kun.
Congratulations on your discharge.
Have fun with your friends.
Wak-kun.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Um...
Thank you...
for staying with Wak-kun all the time.
I'll write a letter, okay?
Wak-kun, take care.
Thank you
for taking care of Waku during his stay.
Wak-kun, you toughed it out. You were brave.
Oh~seeing you have this much energy, you're fine now.
Hey. That hurts.
Really... Thank you for everything.
Let's go.
-And there he goes~. -I'm happy for him but
I feel somewhat lonely at times like this.
Me too.
How about if we just make our own kid.
Yuuka-chan, Yuuka-chan! Just kidding...
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
CLS Konno Nanami-chan. Your job is?
To give psychological support to hospitalized children.
That's right. Then let's get started with our work for today.
Wak-kun.
Keep your tummy warm. If you don't, you're going to catch a cold.
See you then.
I'm home!
I'm home, house!
I'm home, Wak-kun's room!
I'm home, bathroom!
I'm home, refrigerator.
I'm home!
Huh?
What's that?
"Waku Happy Birthday"
We haven't celebrated your birthday yet, have we?
I'm home, Daddy.
Welcome home.
I'm home.
Go ahead.
Waku, happy 7th birthday.
Thanks.
The sushi looks awesome too, Daddy.
Tell me whatever you want.
I'll roll it for you.
Since you couldn't eat any raw food when you were in the hospital.
Then...One negi-toro*! (*minced tuna with green onion)
Coming right up!
Put lots in.
Okay, Wak-kun's gonna roll one for Daddy too.
Okay.
Let's see, what should I roll. Okay.
One nattou up!
What...Daddy gets the nattou?
Why? Daddy likes nattou, don't you?
Isn't this kinda not fair?
One more negi-toro.
Coming right up!
From that day,
the life of just Daddy and me began again.
-Hot! Ahh. -Are you alright?
Wah~ Looks yummy~.
Okay, Waku. You have to stretch the towels like this,
give it a few pow pow pow! hits and then hang it to dry. You try.
Give it a few pow pow pow! hits...
Okay, one more.
-You know..
Wak-kun got discharged from the hospital, right?
-Yeah. -Aren't you going to do it anymore?
Do what?
Newspaper reporter...Aren't you going to do it anymore?
I will, one of these days.
Here, let me see that.
Here it goes.
[Without treatment...
6 months at the most.]
Daddy~!
Sensei!
Ah.
Did something good happen?
Yes. Waku was discharged from the hospital.
So Wak-kun's well now?
-Yes. -Let me treat you to
something delicious to celebrate.
It's very good. Their negi-shio* hamburger. (*green onion and salt)
-It comes with a salad bar too. -Itadakimasu.
-So where's Wak-kun?
He's with his father now.
I see.
He's totally different now
from the person I knew before ...
I can really see that Waku
needs him now.
That's good, isn't it?
Yes.
Living together isn't the only way to be a family.
Yes.
This is like camping.
You caught me.
Can't wait to go to school, huh?
Yeah. I'm gonna play with Aoi-chan and everyone in my class.
Do you think everyone will like the origami zoo?
Of course they will. It's Waku and Dad's masterpiece.
I can go in swimming pool too, right?
When it's summertime.
In the fall, I can participate in sports day too.
And in the winter,
there's the Christmas party.
And on New Year's Day
I can get otoshidama*. (*money given to children on New Year's Day)
And in February...
Devils out! Good luck in!
(setsubun - bean throwing festival)
Waku, go to sleep now.
Good night.
"Nanami-chan, how are you?
I flew an airplane with Daddy today. Waku"
Thank you for waiting.
I'm Konno, Pediatrics CLS.
I'd like to ask about the treatment for pancreatic cancer...
Congratulations on being discharged from the hospital. Thank you.
I know he just came back, but we're having open class all next week.
If there's a timeframe that would fit your schedule,
please come and observe the class.
Wak-kun? It's been a long time!
Wak-kun. It's been a while..
Wak-kun, are you out of the hospital now?
Are you all well now?
Your hair grew back.
Aoi-chan...
-This... -Wow! Awesome!
That's awesome!
Did Wak-kun make all this?
This is macaroni penguin.
And this is...
Gorio-san that Daddy made.
So your daddy helped you too.
Yeah. That's so amazing.
And there's lion-san too...
Thank you for the manuscript.
Please keep me in mind for future work too.
Oh, excuse me, Sawamoto-san. Actually, it's not official yet, but
we're planning to do a large-scale series on social issues.
We would definitely like you to be a part of it.
Ah...Yes.
What's your schedule like for this fall?
This fall...is it?
-Wak-kun, bye bye. -Bye bye.
Waku!
Daddy!
Sorry to be late, work took a little longer.
I was waiting for you all this time.
Will you come pick me up at school tomorrow too?
Yeah, I'll come everyday until you get used to it.
-Promise? -Yeah.
Let's go.
Okay. Not a single problem.
-Wak-kun, is school fun? -Yes, it's fun.
That's good to hear.
I wish I could go back to grade school again.
I'm sorry for calling you out.
How have you been?
Sawamoto-san, can you spare some time for me?
Is it about Waku's illness?
No.
If it's about something else...
Sawamoto-san.
Daddy, I'm finished.
Excuse me.
Sawamoto-san.
There's something I want to talk to you about.
I'll call you later.
"My dream is to become a soccer player
and make it big in Serie A."
"I'm going to practice a lot so that I can score many goals
and become the top goal scorer of the world."
Alright. Good job.
Next is...Sawamoto.
Y-..Yes.
"My Dream Grade 2 Class 2 Sawamoto Waku"
"My dream is..."
We can't hear you.
Quiet.
Go on, Sawamoto.
Okay. Sawamoto, why don't you do yours next time.
Go ahead and sit down. Next.
Sekine.
"My Dream Grade 2 Class 2 Sekine Kenta. My future..."
We're home.
We're having curry tonight. Help me peel the vegetables.
-Hello, this is Sawamoto. -This is Konno.
Can you make some time to talk tomorrow?
I'm off tomorrow so I'm available any time.
I'll go anywhere too.
Good morning.
What.
It's boring. Let's go play soccer.
-Let's go. -Let's go.
Sawamoto-san, have you been to the hospital since?
I know it's none of my business, but
I did some research on your disease after that time.
Sawamoto-san.
Sawamoto-san. Please go to the hospital right away.
Excuse me for a minute.
Sawamoto-san!
Let's call for an ambulance.
I'm alright.
But...you're not alright.
I'm alright.
Let's go straight to the hospital now.
I'm alright.
Wak-kun, bye bye.
Sawamoto, you're still here.
Daddy's coming to pick me up.
Your father.
Okay, how about if Sensei took you home.
Daddy promised that he'd come pick me up.
Sawamoto-san, let me take you to the hospital.
No...
I'll bring you some water.
Wak-kun!
I'm sorry. I couldn't get in touch with the father.
-Sorry for troubling you. -No...
Then I'll take my leave now.
See you tomorrow, Sawamoto.
Wak-kun.
Okay, okay.
You were worried, weren't you.
Don't worry. You're alright.
-Where are you going? -To pick up Waku.
-I can go pick up Wak-kun.
Hello.
Say, is something wrong?
Sorry.
What happened?
Nothing...just...work...
Work?
-Yeah. -You know, Waku was
waiting for you all that time at school because
Daddy promised to come pick him up at school...
Work...kinda hung me up.
Look,
Can I just have Waku spend the night here today?
Let him stay here overnight.
Okay.
Good?
Mommy...
So the mother...doesn't know about your disease either.
Sawamoto-san.
Please go to the hospital. Please get proper treatment.
I already told you...
that I made up my mind to stay by my son
until the very end.
Chemotherapy treatment will
only prolong the ordeal of dying.
If my time...is limited anyway...
I'd rather not spend that time in a hospital bed.
Please leave.
But still, for Wak-kun's sake, you...
What would you know!
You...
wouldn't understand...
how a father feels at all.
I don't know.
I probably don't understand anything at all.
But...
because I've been watching Waku-kun and Sawamoto-san all this time,
I do know how much Waku-kun
loves his father
Sawamoto-san.
Without going to the hospital, and without relying on anyone...
Do you really believe that
you can manage this all by yourself?
What are you going to do if you collapse in front Waku-kun
like you did today?
If you made up your mind to stay by him...
If you made up your own mind to stay with Wak-kun
until the very end...
Please take a good look at reality.
Your work... Does it keep you really busy?
Sorry about yesterday.
I'll try not to let it happen again.
Waku's saying...
that he doesn't want to go to school.
If it's okay with you, I could talk to his teacher...
Let me handle Waku.
Waku.
You know, yesterday I...
I'm sorry.
About what?
I'm sorry.
Origami.
Origami?
The origami zoo was destroyed.
And Daddy put worked so hard to help me make it.
I couldn't say stop it.
It's because Wak-kun's a wuss.
I'm sorry.
What's wrong?
You haven't been yourself lately.
Wak-kun got well and left the hospital...
So I know that it's not my job anymore.
But...
What is it?
Please help.
Please help...
Sensei.
[If you made up your own mind to stay with Wak-kun
until the very end...]
[Please take a good look at reality.]
Waku.
It's certainly too bad that the zoo was destroyed.
But... That's not a big deal at all.
There's something else that's more frustrating to me than that.
Something more frustrating?
Why did you apologize?
What frustrates me is that
you apologized even though you didn't do anything wrong.
That you think of yourself as a wuss.
But you're wrong, Waku.
Think of what happened the past year.
You got sick suddenly,
but even when it was painful...
even when you were scared...
even when you felt all alone...
you didn't run away.
You battled the disease until the end.
You're an amazing person.
No matter what I do,
Dad can't hold a candle to you.
Listen, Waku.
You're strong.
I...
don't want you to ever
forget that.
Morning. Morning.
"What I want to make the most
is wedding cakes for a wedding receptions.
I want to be the kind of patissiere who
brings happiness to people." Alright. Well done.
You can take care of the cake when I get married, okay?
-Yes~. -Okay, everyone, let's give her a hand.
Okay. Who wants to go next?
Sawamoto. You think you can do it?
"My..."
-He can't do it again. -What did you expect?
-He definitely won't be able to do it. -No way, no way.
Definitely no way can he do it.
Quiet! Be quiet!
"Take a deep breath!"
"My Dream Grade 2 Class 2, Sawamoto Waku."
My dream is to be a newspaper reporter.
Not just an ordinary reporter, but an awesome reporter.
The reason is because
my daddy is an awesome reporter.
Daddy is big and strong and cool
and teaches me many things.
I want to be that kind of a reporter too.
When I'm a reporter, I'll travel around the world.
I'll cover the macaroni penguins and
the polar bears in Antarctica.
Awesome reporters have to get a scoop.
But it's very had to get a front page scoop
so I get older and older,
and I'm already 30 years old."
"The grown-up me
will bring the newspaper to Daddy.
Daddy will say that signed articles are the pride of reporters,
and he'll give me a pat on the head.
Then Daddy and I will celebrate the scoop.
It's a day of celebration so
Daddy rolls a negi-toro sushi for me.
In return, I roll a nattou sushi for Daddy.
Daddy says that's not fair and laughs at me.
Then I start laughing a lot too.
That's my dream for the future. The end."
Wak-kun, are you going to fix that?
Aoi will help too.
-Whose is that? -Whose is that?
Whose is that?
It's Wak-kun's zoo.
I don't care if you destroy it.
I'll make it again.
I sorry to take time from
your busy schedule.
What can I do for you?
I want you to tell me.
How much longer...
I can live.
I want to see where Daddy was born.
I don't have any memories with my father.
Grandpa, I love Daddy a lot.
Thank you for giving him to me.