Aki... got pregnant.
Did you know about it?
- Yes. - But... she lost it.
Please save my baby...
She's been missing for the last 3 days.
Missing?
Someone said they saw her standing on the top of a cliff.
Aikawa-sensei!
There's an emergency. Please come.
"It is impossible for a person..."
"...to have their bodies physically reborn even once in their lives."
- Scalpel. - Yes.
"Whether it is your past self or your current self..."
"...you are only you."
- Hook pins. Electric scalpel. - Yes.
"For example, even for a fake like me..."
- Retractor. - Yes.
"...there is only my life in the here and now."
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: "Kumo no Kaidan" "Staircase of Clouds"
Episode 5: "The False Wedding Ceremony... A Mother's Desperate Tears of Anxious Revival"
Oh, thanks for your hard work.
You did it, didn't you?
This morning Aikawa-sensei quickly dealt with an upper gastrointestinal tract perforation case.
Thanks.
I heard about your emergency case earlier.
Shouldn't you have performed a detailed exam first?
Why do you say that...?
Since it turned out to be an ulcer, things worked out okay...
...but if it had been cancer...
...performing a laparotomy operation so suddenly like that would have been dangerous.
- Right, Ishiguro-sensei? - Ah...
Ishiguro-sensei.
Ah, sorry Nogami-sensei. Because I was in training to raise my Anesthesiologist level.
If I had been there though, I would have pointed that out to him.
I'm sorry.
Um...
The clinic on the island didn't have things such as an CT or MRI available.
Ah... That's true, isn't it?
In that case, don't push yourself so much.
Ah, Aikawa-sensei.
Ah, yes?
I'm sorry for doing this to you so soon after you've come.
Here.
We're asking you to take the night duty tonight.
- You're okay with that, right? - Yes.
- Then, please do that. - Please take care of it.
Ah, that's right, that's right. Um...
When will you be going back to your parent's home?
Ah, for my doctor's license...
I'm sorry, I haven't had a chance to go back yet...
It's okay, it's okay. Just whenever you do. Sorry for bothering you.
It was "Kanto Medical University," right?
Sensei?
Did you live in such a remote area that you had to go to this "Kanto Medical University"?
Well...
I guess the medical facilities there must be way behind the times, huh?
Ah, that's true.
They say there are doctors who spend their entire lives in such places.
Well, I do wonder what sort of life that would be like.
Still, when you suddenly come to a place like this, with its state-of-the-art equipment...
...it makes you feel like a Urashima Taro doctor, right? (Legendary story, similar to Rip Van Winkle)
However that went for him is nice...
- ...but his future is lovely. - Huh?
This Aikawa-sensei is the person who will eventually end up in the Director's chair.
Eh? Then...
Him and the Director's daughter, Akiko-san?
That's it.
No, but, Akiko-san was...
Humans are people who will grasp at the various chances that come along to them.
Well, his future is secure so long as no weird scandals turn up.
How did you manage to trap that daughter of his?
What is it? Ah!
- Good afternoon. - Hello.
Ah, if you'd like some, all of you please take this.
- Ah, I will take it. - Thank you very much.
Sorry for bothering you during work.
What's up?
Could we go to my villa today?
Well... I have night duty tonight.
I see...
Well then, I'll talk to Hisatsune-san and have someone else put in charge of that.
- Excuse me. - Thanks...
Wait.
What's the matter?
I don't think saying that is right.
Eh?
By allowing you to change my shifts...
...would there be any meaning in going?
I've only just come here...
...and there's still a lot of things I need to learn about.
And I don't want to trouble people because of my private life.
That's true, isn't it?
It was wrong of me to do such a thing here, wasn't it?
I'm sorry.
Thanks for your hard work.
I'll be sure and give my thanks to Ishiguro-sensei next time...
...for taking your place on duty.
If you would please.
Now then!
Because no one usually lives here, the air gets a bit musty.
So it's a bit of a bother to first have to open all the windows to let in some fresh air.
Ah... feels so good.
"Just like changing the air..."
"...it might be..."
"...a person's life can be changed as well."
"I wonder if this isn't... that time."
That nurse on the island...
...you were going out with her, weren't you?
Were you thinking, "she doesn't know about her"?
Forget all about her.
Right now you are...
...here with me.
That's already...
...in the past.
"I should have been prepared."
"The here and now..."
"...is the choice I had made for myself in the past."
Saburo-san.
- Here. - Thank you.
By the way Saburo-san, is this your first time around here?
Actually, during my high school summer vacation...
...I had a part-time job here for about 2 weeks...
- You did? - Yeah.
Say, say, what was this part-time job?
That.
Ehh...
It hasn't changed.
Welcome back.
- Thanks for your hard work. - I'll hold that. Go on ahead.
- We should rent this again. - Yeah.
You haven't forgotten anything? Your sunglasses maybe?
- Thanks for your hard work. - Take care of this.
- Ah, that was fun! - Thanks for your patronage.
"Back then, people just like them..."
"...came to play around, too."
"Whenever I watch people such as them..."
"...I feel disgusted."
Ala?
Nao-kun?
Nao-kun, it's been forever!
Oh, it has been!
- Ako, you've come. - Yeah. Since last night.
- This is my high school classmate, Goto Naoya-kun. - Nice to meet you.
His family's villa is also around here, right?
Let's get along.
Same here.
Let's make a toast.
Hurry and go to prison...
Somehow "go to prison" isn't much of a toast.
- Next one, next one... - Then, pay up the money you owe.
Won't pay, won't pay.
Sorry about this. It's just been a long time since...
You don't have to bother about me. Go and have fun.
Ako! Ako!
See, they're calling.
I'm sorry.
Yes!
What's going on? What's going on?
"Akiko-san"
"She is alive."
"At that time..."
"...in a corner of my heart..."
"...I was certain she was alive."
"Anyhow..."
"...if she was dead..."
Saburo-san.
- You've had a little too much to drink. - I'm fine.
Say, everyone is talking about going out of town, but...
How about it?
Ako, how about it?
Let's go.
Right now?
It's about 10 minutes away by car...
Car?
But... you guys have been drinking, haven't you?
Ah, don't worry about that.
What do you mean, "don't worry about that"?
Because my chauffeur is waiting outside.
How about it?
I see...
You have a chauffeur, huh...
Saburo-san.
Say, you guys are students right?
Yes. We're in our 4th year at the university.
You guys who are being driven around by chauffeurs...
...who's paying for that?
Who is it that's paying...
...those chauffeur's wages?
- "Who"? - Your parents, right?
Anyhow, it's all your parents, right?
Motor boating during the day...
...with those glittering watches on...
Is that...
...what's normal for you guys? Huh?
It's not normal!
Saburo-san?!
Just 'cause your parents are great, that doesn't make you great!
What is this?
You don't understand why I'm so offended by that?
You wouldn't understand, would you!?
Wait...
Say, is he okay?
I'm sorry everyone. Don't worry about me and go.
It's okay, just go ahead and go!
I'm not going!
I'm sorry.
Let's go. Let's go.
Well then, what should we do?
What's the matter? Did something happen?
It might be best...
...to re-think it over one more time.
What about?
Our marriage.
What kind...
...of person do you think I am?
"What kind"?
Well...
It's best you don't think about that.
You couldn't possibly imagine what...
Saburo-san!
Say, what is it?
Like I said, you don't need to think about it.
Why would you say such a thing?!
What a person's true nature is... no one can understand that!
Even parents and their children, or between married couples...
...or sisters or even friends!
Everyone around me lives wearing a mask on!
I understood that was how people were...
...back even when I was just a child.
But...
You're different.
Because...
When I met you on that island...
...I couldn't see any lies in you.
That's what I felt.
Akiko-san...
I...
- Truth is, I... - That's...!
That's...
Must I...
Must I hear that right now?
Must I know it?
If I hadn't met you...
...I'd be dead.
Please.
So please!
Please don't leave me alone!
Please just don't leave me alone!
I'm scared.
I'm so scared!
Ah, this is incredible.
Thank you.
If you had called, I could have...
...come to the island?
This is a bit of a vacation for me.
Where's the young lady?
Ah... She's at her parent's home right now.
I see.
I went to your hospital first.
It's a huge hospital, isn't it?
Well...
I learned about this place from the Secretary General over there.
Don't worry.
I didn't tell him anything unnecessary.
A police underling checked out Aki's home.
Her things like clothes and valuables...
...were gone.
She's alive.
She probably left the island secretly.
I'm absolutely positive she's alive.
She didn't say a word.
- Truth is... - Yeah.
"Akiko-san"
Nothing...
Director Muraki...
...is quite depressed.
Maybe you can still make it in time?
Before you cause some irreparable malpractice...
...couldn't you tell them you'll be returning to the island?
That's... what everyone on the island is saying.
I won't...
...be going back to that island ever again.
Because...
...there's no longer a place for me...
...on that island.
Are you planning on getting married to that young lady?
What are you going to do?
If after you get married you're exposed as an unlicensed doctor.
You couldn't get away with that.
That's...
I'd be fine with being exposed.
Ah, welcome.
First thing after coming to us you skipped out on your duties...
...and went off to our villa?
- I'm very sorry. - I'm sorry. I forced him into it.
Don't worry about it.
Everyone understands.
What's the matter? Sit down.
Welcome.
Um...
I felt I had to do this properly...
...so that's why I've come today.
Please allow Akiko-san and I...
...to get married.
He said it...
From here forward...
...you will be at the mercy of all sorts of rapid changes.
But, it's all with the intention of being reborn.
Please, take good care of my daughter.
Um...
Will you really...
...be able to make my daughter Ako happy?
Yes.
Such an expensive thing...
"Metal Manufacturing - Aikawa Lathe Factory" You love them, don't you?
And? What's the date for the ceremony?
May 29th.
Yeah. It's good that it's soon.
Because if you wait too long, her stomach'll start sticking out.
She's not pregnant.
Eh? But, just the other day...
Sorry. She made a mistake and jumped to that conclusion...
Is that right.
I want you to come to both the ceremony and reception.
And...
It'd be better if you only had to go to the ceremony.
But, since that's being held at her family's home...
...for the reception...
...our side has to bring in whatever number of people we can.
I see.
We mostly don't keep in touch with...
...any of your father's relatives, do we?
If two or three people come...
...that should keep up appearances.
She's the daughter for a major hospital.
Because they are incredibly rich.
Will you be okay being adopted into a family like this as their son-in-law?
That's their condition.
It's in order to allow me to succeed to their hospital in the future.
You'll be taking over their hospital?
- Eventually. - Eh?
My life...
...is changing.
But, to that end...
...there's some things you'll have to overcome too, Mom.
Her family...
...believes that I...
...am a doctor.
That can't be!
- Because that's how it is. - Eh?
It wasn't my intention to deceive them.
- What do you mean, "deceive them"? - It's just how things turned out...
You mustn't!
- There's no way you could ever pass as one! - If anyone asks you...
Just say, "Because I lived apart from my son for so long..."
"...I don't really know him all that well," and that should get you through it!
That's all you have to do!
Mikotojima is...
...a depopulated island...
...with a shortage of doctors...
...at the clinic where I worked as a clerk.
But, because...
...I won the confidence of the Director there...
...while examining outpatients...
...he asked me to assist him during an operation...
...and before long...
...the people of the island...
...were calling me the "Young Doctor."
I gained experience working with those people.
Even someone like me...
...was saving people.
You mustn't... You can't...
"Takeshiba - Passenger Ship Terminal You don't have to see me off.
Well...
Well, I can't say...
..."do your utmost."
So long.
Um...
What is it?
If...
If possible...
...could you attend my reception?
Who?
Me?!
Look you... What kind of appearance could I make at that?
That's true.
It might be...
Aki could show up there, couldn't she?
No way that'd happen.
Aki wouldn't go to the bother of doing that...
Truth is...
I got a call.
- From Aki? - Yes.
What was it?! Where did she say she was?
It was only an incoming call...
What's that?!
I'm sorry.
I'll come.
I'll come to your reception.
"Tasaka Family Aikawa Family Wedding Reception"
Today, when all of you are so busy...
- Boy, bring me a beer; a beer. - Me, too.
Because of this heat, I've gotten so thirsty.
Well then, to get things going...
...we will have the entrance of the bride and groom.
I'm opening the doors.
In my duty as the Moderator for today, my name is Masuda.
With everyone's cooperation...
...I would like to make this a happy party.
Well then, for the time being, this is a good point to have pleasant conversations.
You own a ramen shop?
Well, since my husband died, it's done pretty poorly.
Must be tough.
Do you have Koiwa?
Do you know of Koiwa?
Ah, I'm sorry. I'm behind the times on that.
Say, say, what relationship do you have with Saburo?
On the island called Mikotojima, I'm the pharmacist (yakuzaishi) for the clinic where he worked.
Yakuza?
Yes...
That rascal Saburo is a good-for-nothing.
- Huh? - Well...
...through his connections with my relatives...
...I let that guy work in my lathe factory.
- Yes... - He was totally useless.
After just one week, he ran off, didn't he?
Ah... I'm sorry about that.
Such a worthless guy...
How did he get to here?
I would like to have the introductions for the bride and groom.
Well then, the history of the Groom, Tasaka Saburo...
I see, he married into her family and changed his surname.
After graduating from Shimozawa High School...
...he was enrolled to "Kanto Medical University"... - Medical University?
After paying his way through school by working, he passed the national exams and became a doctor in 2003.
And, about two years later, also became a teacher at "Kanto Medical University"...
...where he was tapped by Muraki Eiji...
...to be a doctor for Tokyo's Mikotojima, where he would gain his experience.
This is a surprise... When did Saburo turn himself into a doctor?
Why didn't you say anything about this?
Then was he attending medical school while he was coming to my factory?
Using appropriate measures...
...he took the opportunity to provide her with such tender nursing...
...that, to express it another way, you could say their relationship is one where...
...they showed each other their soft sides.
So this is his mother, huh?
Well, you have such a fine son. What kind of education did you give him?
Since I wasn't around him much...
...I don't know anything about him.
Well, medical care for remote areas mustn't be ignored.
Because the medical problems in Japan are an important theme.
I'm sorry, I don't know anything.
Well, you must be proud, huh?
Ah. That guy.
He's been a good guy since long ago and he's the nephew I'm proudest of.
Starting when he was a child, he used to say, "It's my dream to become a doctor."
Well anyhow, congratulations.
Thank you very much.
- Ako, congratulations. - It was so beautiful.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
Mom, you're here.
Thank you... for today.
I've been thinking for a long time now.
Just what on earth would be the right thing to say to you.
I guess you can't go back to how it was before?
I will absolutely...
...never let this become a bother for you.
You are a fake doctor.
In that case...
...you must absolutely never let anyone die.
Do not become a murderer.
If... Just if...
...you do become involved in such a thing...
...no matter how unsightly it may be...
...you run away.
Run away from it.
I... will protect you.
"Tasaka General Hospital"
Let me see your stomach for a bit.
Please breathe in and then out.
Yes.
Yeah. You've gotten much better already.
We can't! It's just impossible for us.
Seems you've turned away five cases now...
It's been an hour since he entered into that shock condition, hasn't it?
It's too late for him now.
Well then, should I tell the ambulance that, "We won't accept him..."
We're not refusing to accept him.
Tell them it's difficult for us to accept him.
- But... - What's the matter?
Seems they're saying they want us to accept a patient with traumatic shock.
Traumatic shock?
It's been over 2 hours since the request from the ambulance came in.
Even if we did accept them, there's nothing we could do for them anymore.
Still, in that case we could at least examine them...
We don't know yet what the cause of the shock might be...
I do know that!
But there's not even a tiny percent chance of saving them.
Why should we expressly go out of our way to assume that risk?
Even under normal circumstances there are too few doctors here today...
...and there are the other patients we have to keep our eyes on...
- Well then... - Wait.
Please accept them.
Aikawa-sensei.
It's Tasaka.
Are you sure?
If things goes badly, Tasaka-sensei...
...you would have killed...
...the good name of this hospital.
Please give some thought to your own position.
If you want more of an achievement...
Contact the Anesthesiologist, Ishiguro-sensei.
- Prep the operating room! - Yes.
Will you join me as my assistant?
Are you sure? You'll be taking the responsibility.
Which is it you want to save...
Your patients or yourself!?
Multiple organ damage to the kidney and spleen.
- Vascular clamp and Kelly. - Yes.
- Sesshi. - Yes.
"You are a fake doctor."
"Do not become a murderer."
"Time of Operation"
This is bad...
Even continuing the transfusion, his blood pressure isn't rising.
- Cooper. - Yes.
It's no use... At this rate he'll go into an arrest...
- Cardiac arrest! - Starting heart massage!
- Lower the operating table! - Yes.
Injecting 1 amp of adrenaline.
DOA and DOB, 10 gamma.
- Prep the DC! - Yes.
It's not working.
This is... This is what I told you about!
- Pumping! - Yes!
"You must absolutely never let anyone die."
"Do not become a murderer."
You mustn't die.
You absolutely mustn't die!
Come back!
Don't die!
Stop.
Stop it!
He's come back.
He's come back! Resume the operation!
- Change the drapes! - Yes!
Hurry!
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- Good morning, Tasaka-sensei. - Good morning.
Thank you very much for yesterday.
No...
The Surgical Department has added a nurse who is starting today, so let me introduce you.
Now's a good time.
This is Suzuki Akiko-san.
It's nice to meet you.
"At that time..."
"...I didn't know yet."
"What it was she was thinking..."
"And..."
"...what it was she had stopped thinking about..."
The original book for this drama...
...and this set of audio books...
...will be presented to 10 people by lottery.
Apply here.
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"Saburo's Climb to Deputy Director"
"Akiko's Goal is..."