I'm sorry. Actually, we haven't done anything yet.
Eh?
Are you in love with Sakura?
If that's the case, what will you say to her? Will you step aside?
Like I said, I'm not really...
Anyhow, please take care of Chiyoko.
Couldn't you give me a chance?
Just getting to know about me is fine.
Ah!
Shima-san!
Miki! Hey you, what have you been doing? Geez!
Ah, welcome!
Tachibana-kun. It's been awhile.
We're going to get divorced. We're going through mediation right now.
And, though I could go back to my parent's home...
...that would be difficult because my older brother's family lives there.
I'm troubling you, aren't I? I'm sorry.
Wait.
For today...
- Don't push against me, hey! - Whaa! Ow!
Ah, Tomonori-kun, I told ya this support bar needed repairin'...
Don't go tellin' such obvious lies.
I'm sorry.
Going around eavesdropping on people is a really bad habit.
- I apologized, didn't I?! - Apologizing won't end this.
Thing is, your apology doesn't have any heart in it.
Then just how should I apologize?
Ah, how 'bout this? So sorry!
So very sorry. Sorry, sorry.
Gomenasai. Yes. Gomen...
- Sakura-san. - Yes.
It's the apartment complex opposite the Akagi shrine. Room 509.
When you get there, you'll recognize it right away. I'll be home around 8:30.
I'm sorry about doing this during the middle of your work.
Hello there.
She's refined, isn't she?
The exact opposite type of someone else.
An ex-girlfriend, right? Say, yer old love is blazing anew, right?
If you have to say it, it's more of a charred pile, idiot!
- What's with snappin' at me fer?! - Shut up already.
Don't go saying stupid things while at work.
- Hey, all of you get back to work, too. - Yes. Understood.
Geh! A hysterical man is scary, right Haru-chan?
Still, isn't this the first time we've seen Tachibana-san get this upset?
Well, that's true, huh?
- Sorry Choko-chan for keeping you waiting. - An, no.
Welcome. Good afternoon.
"Are there regrets? For an old love From days back when"
Ah... Tachibana's ex-girlfriend came into the store today.
Kasumi-chan did? But I wonder why now?
- She says she's getting divorced. - Ah, I see.
Say, had they been going out for a long time together before?
Kasumi-chan was Rintaro's senpai back when they were in high school.
- Eh?! They dated all the way back then? - No.
They gradually started dating after graduating from high school...
...but then for 10 years afterwards. No, even longer than that.
Anyhow, they'd been going out together and living together for a long time.
I thought around that time they were sure to get married.
But then one day they suddenly broke up.
- Why? - Dunno.
However soon afterwards, Kasumi-chan went and married another man.
Rintaro wouldn't talk about her at all after that.
Well, it's no matter to me how that guy's love life goes.
- Ken-chan, another beer. - Comin' up.
It might be a man and a woman shouldn't go out together for such a long time.
Why?
Knowing every little thing about one another, even if they do marry...
...there won't be any sense of freshness between them.
In my case, when I think about when I got married...
...I wasn't proposed to nor did we have a ceremony, either.
I wonder if it was just a mutual, "it's inevitable, so let's get together" feeling?
What are ya saying?
Well, ya may not have held a ceremony, but look...
...ya went to Hawaii, right? And then you showed me all those love-love photos of yours...
Ah! Be quiet and eat. wanna forget that! Forget that!
- Ah, Shima-chan. - Good evening.
Shima-nee.
I'm going on ahead. I've had plenty to drink.
Hey, um, Sakura, sorry, pay for me.
- Wait, wai... - I'm drunk, I'm drunk.
- Don't want the change. - So you say, but this isn't enough...
Shima-nee. Um. Please give her a little more time. I'm sorry.
Miki!
- Welcome back. - I'm home.
- Sorry for running late. - No.
Ah, are you hungry? I made dinner.
Ah. You didn't need to do that.
Yeah. But I had the free time.
Ah, I used your kitchen without asking.
I don't mind particularly.
Drinking just as much as ever.
Would it be okay if I had a little, too?
Yeah.
And? Why are you getting divorced?
Yeah...
It's been hopeless for how many years now?
But, when I thought how my life would be over if things just went on like that...
...I started getting impatient, thinking it was now or never.
And then I told him I wanted a divorce...
...and he started saying he wondered if I hadn't been cheating on him.
Did he hit you?
I'm better already. That's why I left the house.
At the time I thought if I had only been with the gentle Tachibana-kun...
...this wouldn't have happened.
I hadn't forgotten about you all this time.
What are you saying so suddenly? You were the one who left me, weren't you?
I didn't want to get married to you.
It's rather refreshing having it told to me straight like that.
I didn't want to end it with you.
Because I wanted to be in love with you forever.
- Hey, you rascal. - Thank you for the bath.
- (old man talk) - Hey, Sakura!
What are you doing? Hey! That's dangerous! Come down from there!
- It ain't dangerous! - Ah, wait, wait!
I'm not interested in the least. You shouldn't be concerned about them either.
- Shh! - Eh?
- Come here. - Can you hear something?
They were talkin' a little while ago, but they suddenly went quiet.
- Eh? They went silent? - What could they be doin'?
- Eh? That's a little... - Shh!
Yes, here you go.
Whaa! When did you make this?
I guess making things like this every day is what makes a Mom different.
Itadakimasu!
Which is the best one?
This is about the only thing I can do.
Huh?
I've been married for 13 years.
I can't do much anything else.
That's why, with no other saving graces, I've become just a middle-aged woman.
Geez, what are you saying? Look.
By making such delicious meals for them to eat every day...
...it makes everyone in your family happy.
I've been making meals for the husband who's been having an affair with my friend.
- No... - I'm such a fool, aren't I?
- No, no. Like I said, like I said. - It's so irritating!
Like... like I said, when ya say "having an affair," that's something that ain't certain yet, right?
The food's gettin' cold. Here. Come and have some.
Right? Here. Then let's put our hands together.
- Itadaki-mambo! - Mambo?
The itadaki-mambo mambo, boo!
For pete's sake. Where did she put it away to?
- It's hard using someone else's kitchen... - 'Morning, 'morning.
Mom. Do you know where my white shirts are? White shirts, white shirts.
White shirts? There's no way I'd know about that.
More importantly, do you know where the grater is?
I never come into the kitchen anymore.
Hurry and find it. The horse mackerel is burning.
- Ah, here. Here it is, Mom. - Ah, you found it. Thank you.
Now about my white shirts...
Dad. I'm okay with just bread.
Don't say complicated things, geez.
Can't be helped your Mom isn't here. Eat up.
- I'm going. - Ah. What about breakfast? Breakfast.
- I have morning practice. - You do?
Welcome. Welcome.
Welcome. Wrong.
Sakura-san, what are you doing? You're all fidgety.
No, it's nothing.
- It's this. - Ah, I see.
Welcome. Good afternoon.
Welcome. Good afternoon!
Good afternoon. Ehh... This is a great shop, isn't it?
- Can I take your jacket? - Ah, thank you.
- Take this. - Ah, yes.
This way. This way.
This way.
I heard there was an age difference between them, but they look good together.
- What's with the hot guy? - I envy her so much.
- I'm a little nervous somehow. - Eh? Why?
Because this is the first time in my life I've cut the hair of the person I like...
...so it's making my heart beat wildly somehow...
- Sa... Sakura-san! - Eh? Ah?! Sorry.
- Excuse me. - Excuse us.
Just a minute, okay?
You're staring.
Sakura-san's serious face is ultra-cute.
- I've fallen in love again. - I'll cut your ear.
- Please don't. - Excuse me.
How about here? Or here? Or... here maybe?
- Sakura-san. - Huh?
- Could you please stop flirting in the store? - Could you please stop flirting in the store?
Yes.
Excuse me. Manager, a color check, please.
Manager?
Oi, Tachibana.
Eh?
A color check, please.
Ah. I'm sorry. Excuse me for a moment.
- Has something happened to the Manager? - Huh?
Isn't it just his excessive drinking again?
Thanks for your hard work.
Shima-san.
I'm sorry.
It was because I called you that this happened.
No. It's not your fault, Shima-san.
Even after I knew you were Miki's friend, it was me who asked to meet with you.
You're wrong.
It was me who seduced you in the first place.
Seducing someone without even caring who it was has come back to haunt me.
It should have been me who was hurt.
But it had to be Miki.
It must be really hard on her.
It would have been better if you had said I had ED to everyone.
I promised not to tell anyone, didn't I?
Besides, if I said it now...
...I think Miki would just be confused and troubled by it.
That's true, huh?
Ah... What am I doing at my age?
Just how old do I have to be in order to become a full adult?
At this rate, that might be impossible for me until I die.
Right?
"At this rate I might never Become an adult (:-|)" (Note the string of people passing by here!)
- The day after tomorrow, right? - Yeah.
I wonder where we should meet?
In front of the hotel at 5.
Yeah. Got it.
I'm looking forward to it.
Yeah.
Me, too.
Then, do your best at work.
Yes.
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: "Last Cinderella"
Episode 8: "Farewell... And Thank You"
That was an easy-to-understand sigh. What's happened?
That girlfriend of yers stayed overnight yesterday, didn't she?
Could this be a lack of sleep because...?
- It wasn't that. - Then what is it?
If ya gots some worries, I'll listen to anything.
Look, ya ain't sayin'. Is it something ya couldn't help?
Manager.
Choko-chan has come to the reception desk, but she doesn't have a reservation.
- I'll be right there. - Yes.
Hey you. Could it be yer gonna do some double-dealin'?
"If you want to protect Sakura-san..."
"...then please take care of Chiyoko."
Don't do that! It's the lowest!
Good afternoon. Could you come out for lunch?
Yeah.
Rintaro-san, you're tired, aren't you?
Eh? No, that's not true.
Let's go.
I said it'll be okay. Leave it to me. Roger. Roger. Roger to that.
- I'm home! - Ah, welcome back!
Miki. Let's go to SOBAR. To SOBAR.
Eh? But I've made dinner.
- Ehh... You have... - Look.
Smells great. I just love meat and potato stew.
It's meat! Meat and potatoes stew? Eh? Is that fish grilled in sesame seed oil?
This is what they call the perfect Japanese dinner!
Look. Go wash your hands.
Yes!
Not that.
Say, say. Just for now, how 'bout we go over to SOBAR for a beer first?
- Let's go for a beer. - We have beers in the refrigerator.
Ah, that's true, but... Let's just go and have one there.
Sakura. This may be unnecessary of me and I am under your care...
...but you'll have troubles later if you waste too much money while you're single.
Once you have children...
...you'll be surprised at just how much money it takes.
It's better to be more efficient and save money while you can afford it.
- Right? - Yes.
It's no good. What'll I do?
"From Sakura: Sorry! I can't get her to go out. We'll have to hold off for today... I'm sorry!"
- Ken-chan, my bill. - Leaving already?
- You just came in. - I'm sorry.
- Here. - All right.
Thanks.
Saki-chan.
What are you doing about meals?
Grandma's making some and Dad buys things.
I see.
Mom. When are you coming home?
I wonder when? I'm not quite sure yet.
Are you getting divorced?
What are you saying? We're not.
Ah. I don't think we are.
What's "divorced" mean?
- You don't need to know. - Stingy!
Your Dad and I have had a fight.
We'd like to make up, but that may take us a little time.
Both Saki-chan and Kakeru will be troubled by this...
...but could you wait a little longer?
No way! It's lonely when Mom's not around.
I know. Hey, school's closed tomorrow, isn't it?
Yeah.
Why don't you two come and stay overnight with me at Sakura's place?
- Yeah! - Yeah!
Ah, Saki-chan. Call your Dad.
- And your Grandma as well. - All right.
This shirt would be fine for an interview, wouldn't it?
Ah, it's good. Choose one more.
- One lighter than this one. - Why? Where will you wear it?
Just somewhere.
- How about this one? - Ah, that's nice. Thanks.
Excuse me. We'll take these please.
How's it going with that guy? Doing well?
That woman appeared.
That woman?
The woman Rintaro-san used to go out with long ago.
Rintaro-san has been acting funny somehow ever since.
I see.
What can she say to him at this late hour?
And after all the trouble I went through to make him turn towards me.
I absolutely won't allow her to interfere.
Thank you for waiting. Here is the bill.
Yes.
That's okay. Take this, please.
- Thank you very much. Please wait a little longer. - Yes.
I thought I'd make this a present in celebration of your new job.
I have to pass before I can celebrate.
It's for Papa's company, right? There's no way you can fail.
I don't know about that.
Well, whatever.
I've got plans, so I'm going on ahead.
Good luck on your interview.
- Yeah. Thanks for keeping me company. - Yeah. So long.
- Chiyoko. - Huh?
Don't do anything rash.
- How about this? - That's wrong.
You didn't understand even when I told you the same thing yesterday?
Why can't you do something as simple as this?
I'm sorry.
Isn't yer way of teachin' him wrong?
Huh?
Just show him the way to do it and don't give him a hard time about it.
Thing is, it's 'cause yer a genius that ya don't understand the feelings of those who can't do things.
Ahh... That explains why you can't understand what even an ordinary person says to you.
- Ya care ta have a sales fight? - You're the one who needs to sell.
I don't know what's happened...
...but ya've been irritated all day today.
Ya've been lashin' out at everybody.
I'm not irritated.
Ya are! Ain't ya aware of it?
- I said I'm not! - Ya are!
Ah, um, um...
- Huh?! - Huh?!
- She's come. - Be quiet.
Oh... So cute!
Then, I'll feel free to take some.
- Itadakimasu! - Itadakimasu!
- Such a graceful taste. - I'll bring in the tea now.
Whaa. So graceful! Thank you so much for all of this.
- Thank you! - Thank you!
She's said to be a teacher of cooking classes.
- What about it? - Ah, nothing.
I don't like that very much.
Women who meddle like that.
I wonder if Tachibana-san likes that sort of woman?
Hey! Don't go gossiping; come and help me now.
- Yes. - Yes.
- Yes. Help yourselves. - Thank you very much.
- Thank you very much! - Thank you very much!
- So long; excuse me. - Take care.
- Take care! - Take care!
Such a nice woman.
She's the ideal of feminine refinement.
I envy you so much!
Hey. Let's clean up and go home.
- Yes. - Yes.
So graceful.
- Be careful there. - Hot! Hot! That's hot!
Hello, Mom?
Yeah. I'll be staying over at a friend's place again today.
Ah. Yeah. Yeah. I'll be fine.
Don't worry.
Yeah. All right.
Choko-chan.
Ah, thanks fer waitin'. Wanna go get somethin' ta eat?
Ah, hello. Please excuse us.
C'mon, let's go. Okay? Let's see...
Hello?
- Why did you interfere? - Huh?
Well, that's...
I wasn't particularly going to push her.
Is that right?
I was only going to talk to her.
That's right! I was sure that...
Long ago, that person hurt Rintaro-san until he was ragged.
And yet she just nonchalantly reappears.
That's why I was going to tell her to disappear from Rintaro-san already.
Yeah. I completely understand how ya feel, Choko-chan.
But I wonder how Tachibana would feel about that?
Would Tachibana be happy about that?
If ya really do love Tachibana...
...I wonder if it wouldn't be best just ta tells him the truth, straight out.
If ya don't, I think you'll surely ruin things by saying it in that way...
Sakura-san, you've never been hurt, have you?
I...
...can't live just whitewashing things like you do.
Once you've been hurt yourself, you become desperate to protect yourself.
I don't think I'd be able to understand a comfortable life like yours my entire life.
Excuse me.
Ah. Thank you very much.
- Good evening. - Welcome.
- Who was that? - Ah, yeah.
She's a regular customer at the store.
I ain't got a clue who Tachibana's going out with and who he ain't.
Ehh...
Yes, here you go.
- Oh? - On the house.
Seeing the two of you together... that makes me happy somehow.
Hey, Ken-chan, what's going on? Why are ya cryin'?
Thank you.
How about you? Have ya been well?
Yeah.
How about Miki? How's she doing?
- She's totally cheerful. - Thank goodness.
Ah, that's right. Sorry about the other day. I failed at bringing her over here.
No, that's okay.
The important thing is to reconcile Miki with her husband and let me stand aside.
What are ya sayin'? I guess if it ain't the three of us, it'd be boring.
If it ain't the three of us, it just ain't no good.
Why don't you tell her about my meeting Miki's husband?
I ain't tellin' her. Please discuss that with Miki yerself.
I ain't sticking my neck into that one.
- All right. - Yeah.
Ah, that's right.
Here. You have a date tomorrow, right?
If you'd like, you can use this.
Really? I'm so happy!
- Can I open it? - Go ahead.
What could it be? Something I can use on a date, right?
Well, I'm so happy. Thank you.
- Ta-dah! - Whaa! Incredible!
It's cute! But this is kinda sexy.
- Have a wonderful night. - Thank you.
- This is something else. - What, what, what is it?
- Here, this is lace. - That's adorable!
Cute, isn't it?
- Marriage! - Marriage? Children. There seems to be children.
- I get children. - Yes. Here.
Hmm, I wonder?
That's cute, Sakura.
You look great in those clothes.
It's like you're rejuvenated somehow.
Really?
Ah, that's wrong. He's why you're rejuvenated.
Eh? No...
Hiroto-kun. Ah, I thought it was someone else.
That suit looks incredibly great on you.
Sakura-san, you're incredibly pretty.
I thought you were a princess.
Yes, yes. Ala, where's your umbrella?
- Huh? Don't have one. - Ala? Here.
- Then, let me barge in. - Come on in.
- Shall we go? - Yeah.
Ala? This is...
Ala? This is the place where we first met.
Welcome. My Cinderella.
Or something like that.
I'm so happy.
- Shall we go? - Yeah.
Come in.
This brings back memories.
Whaa! Incredible!
Hey, Hiroto-kun, here. This is incredible!
Because I wanted today to be perfect, I worked hard.
But I had to work a little harder because it's your birthday.
Hey, you didn't have to work this hard.
After all, just being together is plenty for me.
You mustn't. Because this is the first birthday we've spent together.
I wanted to make this a memorable day.
Yeah. I know.
Here, Kanpai.
- Delicious! - You don't gulp champagne.
Eh? But it's so delicious. Ah, can I get a refill?
Sure. But I don't know about you getting drunk.
Don't worry, don't worry.
After all, we're spending the night here today.
Here, say cheese.
Hey! Geez... That's sly. One more time.
Say cheese.
Ah.
One more time, one more time.
Yes, cheese. Hey!
Next time you have a day off, can we go somewhere?
"Somewhere"?
Yeah. Like to the park or to the movies.
You could say it'll be something like a date.
We haven't done that sort of thing in forever.
- You want seconds? I'll get it. - That's okay, I'll get it myself.
It'd be best if I left for today, wouldn't it?
Miki. Miki, I'm really sorry.
I really am so sorry this time.
If you'd like, could you just take these flowers?
I don't think doing this will solve things...
...but Sakura-san, could you open up? Hey Miki, please.
Just for a minute. A minute.
Sakura-san. I'm empty here. More.
- Yes. - More.
- Yes, yes, yes. - Say. This wine is delicious.
- What's it called? - What, I wonder?
Yeah.
Somehow. I'm feeling kinda sweaty.
It's hot, isn't it?
Yum! This cheese is great!
Say Sakura-san, you gotta have some of this.
Ah, I'm fine for right now.
- Say Ah! - Really, right now I'm...
Here. It's great.
Ah, I dropped it. I dropped my cheese.
What'll I do? Hey, my cheese fell.
Hey, a refill!
Refill!
Haven't ya had too much already?
I'm fine. We're spending the night after all.
Can't be helped.
Then, let's drink our fill today.
Yeah.
Yes, here you go. Glug, glug, glug.
There.
Long ago...
...I injured a girl.
Eh?
Back when I was in grade school, my parents divorced...
...and I was left with my mother...
...but she fell ill and died.
Then my Dad took charge of me.
My father had remarried already...
...and the woman he remarried with had a child from her previous marriage.
It was a girl one year younger than me.
And, on a day when both our parents were away from home...
...my little sister started saying she was hungry.
Since she said she absolutely had to have donuts...
...I tried making some for her.
But I dropped the pan...
...and my little sister got this huge burn on her.
The oil ran down her back and she screamed...
...but I couldn't do anything because I was so shook up...
...so I waited until our parents returned.
Because of that, she was left with a terrible scar.
She's says she still hasn't shown anyone her naked body...
...and she's closed her heart.
Still, it was an accident, right? Look, you didn't do it on purpose.
- It wasn't on purpose. - Yeah.
But, I was jealous of her.
That I came later couldn't be helped...
...but both of our parents adored her so much...
...and she had won over my father's heart.
I hated that.
I thought, "something bad should happen to her."
So...
...it was my fault.
It's the same as if I had deliberately injured her.
That scar won't disappear her entire life.
That's why...
...me and my sister's relationship will be just like this for eternity.
A warped relationship for all our lives.
Ala?
Good morning.
- Ah, no way? I fell asleep? - Yeah.
Ah, geez. Why didn't you wake me?
Because you were sleeping so comfortably.
This is no good. Because what was all this for?
Ah, okay. Let's do it right now.
Nope!
- I have to go to work now. - No way, right?!
Sorry.
Ah, geez, dammit.
After all, we can try again whenever we feel like it, right?
Well, that's true, but...
I went to a lot of trouble getting this room thinking we'd make a memory to last all our lives.
Geez.
- Say, Hiroto-kun. - Huh?
I had fun yesterday. Thank you.
And I'm happy you told me some stories about you I hadn't heard before.
Thank you.
I love you.
I had fun, too. I love you.
- Ah, geez! Let's do it! Let's do it! - Wait, wait!
Wait, wait! Hey Hiroto-kun, we can't.
- Ah, ah, ah. - Huh? What's the matter?
- Hey, zip me up. - The zipper? In the back?
Yeah. Zip it up.
- I won't zip it! - Hey!
Happiness is just overflowing from your face.
Oh no, geez! That ain't true!
- Please take care of us. - Excuse me.
"From Momo I'm going to Heaven with the child inside me. Momo"
Momo!
No way! You believed that?
I got through to the old Hiro, didn't I?
What's this? Acting like a good guy?
And speaking of which, what's with the outfit? Are you looking for a job?
For that person's sake?
I don't believe this.
Momo.
Thank you for all the things you did for me.
Until you were there, my heart had hardened up.
I'm truly grateful to you.
But we're over already.
Please break up with me.
What's so good about that old woman?
She has a truly clear heart.
When I'm with her...
...I feel even I could become a good person.
What stupid things are you saying?!
We aren't the same ages either, but everything about her and me is completely different.
Why can't you understand?
Hiro, you really do understand, right?
However you think about this, it's unbalanced. It just can't go well.
Hey!
Maybe.
But, it's not for certain that it won't work out.
This is the first time...
...I've felt this way for someone.
Get out.
A man absorbed with some old woman is seriously uncool.
Farewell.
And after that, look.
We went to Okutama or wherever for some camping and our tent got blown away. Remember that?
I remember, I remember.
It was an amazing storm that blew up in the middle of the night.
Yes, yes. That was fun.
It'd be nice if all of us could spend time together again like that.
"Fun things."
I wonder why they have to come to an end?
- Rintaro-san. - Ah, welcome.
Thank goodness Rintaro-san is here.
I was at a friend's engagement party today...
...but seeing the happiness on my friend's face made me lonely, so I felt like leaving.
I'm glad I dropped by.
- Excuse me, a mimosa please. - Ah, comin' up.
Ah, um, let me introduce you. This is Kayano Kasumi-san.
I know. As I recall, you're married, aren't you?
Yes.
You know her?
Kasumi-san might not remember me...
...but I'm certain we met a long time ago.
At the time Kasumi-san decided to get married, she was extremely happy.
Are you happy even now?
Yes.
Choko-chan, come here a minute.
Eh? Why?
Ah. It's okay, Tachibana-kun.
I'm sorry.
I don't remember the time I met you...
...but the truth is, I'm getting divorced.
And that's why you've returned to Rintaro-san?
- Choko-chan... - Rintaro-san!
Even though she hurt you so much, why must you be so kind to her?
Was this person that unforgettable?
I don't want to see Rintaro-san...
...the way he is right now.
Ah...
Go after her. After I drink this, I'll leave.
Sorry.
Ya ain't using yer waist.
Why are you here?
Yer the one who came in after I did.
What's more, you've gotten good at this.
'Cause I've been comin' here.
By the way, did you go to that hotel overnight?
Yeah, I went.
Well, well. Congratulations are in order.
Well but, we didn't do it though.
Why not? Isn't that what you went for?
This time around he was the one who got drunk and fell asleep.
What kind of couple are you who have a sexless relationship right from the start?
There's all sorts of couples who can't do it.
And? How about you?
What about me?
That ex of yers came back, right? Yer gettin' along well, ain't ya?
- No. - Ala.
I thought I was in love with her all this time, but...
Evidently, though I said I wouldn't forget her...
...seems the only thing I couldn't forget was the grudge I thought I had abandoned.
I'm mostly just a pathetic man.
Such a tiny guy.
You're supposed to deny it. Can't you say, "that's not true."
I ain't sayin' it.
- Such a tiny woman. - Be quiet!
- How about you? - Huh?
- You gonna get married? - Why?
Wouldn't that bring things to a climax?
I suppose. When it comes to the future though, things get really serious.
Why?
I'm not keen on getting married at this late hour...
...but I guess I do want a child.
You should tell him that honestly.
It ain't easy to say that.
I told ya he has a future, didn't I?
He still has all sorts of possibilities ahead of him...
...while what I want is a child.
There's no way I can tell him that, now is there?
If I did tell him that...
...he'd just say he wants us to be together.
- That's real love, isn't it? - What's that? Do ya envy me?
- Not really. - Yer forcin' yerself.
I've been thinking this time around...
...but using your partner's feelings is wrong.
In the past I thought it was fine if there was a feeling of tension to some extent...
...but I wonder if it's because I've gotten older?
It's impossible for me to match my partner's strength anymore.
I understand that all too well.
If I started seeing someone from here on...
...it'd be best if it was someone I could be married to for the rest of my life.
It'd be limited to a partner who I wouldn't get tired of being together with.
That's true.
Still, couldn't something like a feeling of tension turn into love?
You could say that, huh?
You could.
I wonder if that could be something like a trigger?
A trigger, huh?
- Ah! - Ah, excuse me.
- Um, here, here, here. - What is it?
- Change my money. - Change my money.
Thank you as always.
- Is this your boyfriend? - Eh?
- Him? - Yes.
No way.
Thank you for always taking care of Mom here.
- She's your mother? - Hello, I'm his mother. What are you saying?!
And? What'll ya do 'bout Choko-chan?
For pete's sake, what a indecisive man ya are. Make yerself clear.
Be quiet.
What's this?
When it comes ta me yer always talkin' high and mighty...
...but when it comes ta yer own love, yer totally hopeless.
'Cause I don't know myself what I'm gonna do.
- Turning defiant. - Same as you.
Yer showin' some spirit. Hey, it's comin'.
Ya hit it!
"I wonder just what A friend And a boyfriend are?"
Um, that Choko-chan girl seems to be in love with you, huh?
I'm in love with you, too.
I'll give up gracefully. Find happiness with Sakura-san.
Eh?
It came as a shock.
Since you kept calling her "old man" this and "old man" that, I wondered what sort of person she could be...
...but she's a very beautiful woman.
- Beautiful? - She's beautiful.
She wears almost no makeup and doesn't dress up either.
That kind of beauty is out of the ordinary.
I'm sure beauty just oozes from inside her, right?
But, since I don't know how to face her, I've been burning up with jealousy.
After all Tachibana-kun...
...you look far and away happier when you're around Sakura-san than you do around me.
When I heard your talk...
...I felt this acute pain because of it.
It was Sakura-san you wanted at your side during those days, right?
That's why, even when we were living together, I could feel how distant you were.
Won't help saying these things now though.
I want you to be happy.
Will you be okay?
I won't be okay.
If I said that, would you do something about it?
You mustn't. Don't say kind things you don't mean.
Because knowing it's merely sympathy just makes it hurt that much more.
Ah. I'll feel sorry for that young girl too, if you don't tell her properly.
So long, I'm going.
Take care, okay?
You take care, too.
Yeah.
One basket of yer seriously spicy chicken.
I'm counting on ya. There.
I wonder if the kids are eating right?
Huh? Are ya worried about them?
Hmm...
Don't feel like talking to them yet?
Umm...
It was back when I was in the Track and Field Club.
Since I was in my first year at high school, it was before you had come...
...but there was this boy who made a pass at me, asking to be my boyfriend.
Yeah.
And then at that time Shima-san, who was the Club Chief...
...she told me to summon that boy.
"I won't hand over one of my juniors to a boyfriend," she said.
Ehh...
Recalling that...
...maybe they couldn't have been having an affair.
I think so, too.
You should have a good talk with both your husband and Shima-nee.
- Yeah. That's true. - You should.
Ah.
Ah! That was quick!
- It's here already? - No way. That's way too quick.
Yes?
Geh.
No, no. It's nothing, it's nothing.
Come in!
It's 'cause the pizza place is right over there.
Sakura. You called her, didn't you?
Hmm... Who?
Grandma, I'm starving.
I'll make it right away. Just wait a little longer. Ah!?
Ah...
Geez! This kitchen is too narrow.
I wonder why Miki-san didn't make this kitchen a little wider? For pete's sake, geez.
I'm home.
- I bought some bentos. - All right!
You're hungry, right? Eat lots.
Welcome home. You're home early, aren't you?
Yeah, I took off early.
Eh?! I wonder just when Miki-san will be back?
I don't know what it is you're fighting about...
...but she sure is calm about neglecting her husband and children for days on end like this.
No, it's not that. Her stomach just isn't feeling well.
Thing is, young people nowadays are far too selfish.
Some little thing comes along they don't like...
...and right away they sulk and run away from home.
In the past, every woman would have just endured it.
They would have put off things about themselves...
...and given their first priority to their husband and children.
Stop it!
Why do you have to bad-mouth Mom?
When Mom started her part-time job, Grandma was going to take Mom's place, right?
That this family is so messed up is all Grandma's fault!
Saki. Speaking that way to your Grandma is...
- Ow. Ow, ow! - Dad?!
Dad?
- What's wrong? - Ow, ow, ow!
Kohei, what's the matter? Does it hurt?
Wait, wait, wait, wait...
Ah.
Ah, it's Saki-chan. Hello?
Mom, come home! Dad's in serious trouble!
Kohei! Kohei!
- Thanks for waiting. - Wait Shima-nee, not now.
Miki's husband was just taken away in an ambulance.
- Eh?! - Eh?
- Take this inside. - Ah, understood.
Let's go. It's okay if you eat that.