I, Takano Seiichi, awake with the twitter of birds.
After I dress, I prepare breakfast.
I first calmly chip dried bonito.
[note:onna=woman]
Tire-onna?
[note: Hotaru's NEW version of "here we go." Shoutaro is a typical Japanese male name]
Dokkoi-shoutarou.
Dokkoi-shoutarou??
[note: Hotaru's OLD version of "here we go." Shouichi is another typical Japanese male name.]
Hey, where's Dokkoi-shouichi run off to?
What are you doing so early in the morning?
I'm kind of....happy.
There was something that made me VERY happy.
You're telling me you always roll around to express happiness?
Actually...
It's not just happiness.
You like Makoto-kun too, don't you?
Huh?
I won't lose, either.
So heartbreaking...so sad...so painful...
Kind of anxious...kind of confused...
I just don't know what to do...
Who would've guessed that you were expressing so many emotions by rolling around.
When your emotions are complicated, rolling around is the best remedy.
Forget it.
Why don't you join me?
No way. It'll look stupid.
Living away from your wife, isn't it complicated?
Not really.
Hm?
What are you doing?
Preparing for breakfast.
You really are talented at cooking.
Teach me too, please?
If I learn how to cook, it'll give me courage to ask Teshima-san for a date.
You.
Yes?
You look as though you are waiting for something.
I'm waiting for the breakfast you make.
Isn't it ready yet?
There's none for you.
You can just give me the left-overs.
The left-overs will go to the kittys.
Fart!
Fart to you too!!
Thank you so much.
Not at all.
-I'm getting on! -Me too!
What were you giving Teshima-san?
Reservation tickets for Tokyo Design Award.
It's very rare, so I asked around for him.
Royal box seat premium pair ticket.
Royal box seat premium pair ticket?
I don't know what that is, but sounds like you got some great tickets.
Good for you, Teshima-san.
Pair?
Excuse me.
Who is it? Who are you inviting?
By the way...does Hotaru-san have a boyfriend?
I think she must have.
But I don't think she ever told me...
The one to get the royal box seat premium pair ticket...
would it be the admirable girl?
Yes, Hotaru definately has a boyfriend.
Do you think so?
No. I won't be defeated!
Sorry girl, but I'll get that royal box seat premium pair ticket for sure!
Teshima-san...come and invite me.
Hotaru!
Hey, you have a boyfriend, don't you?
Huh?
Don't tell me you don't! You're not a himono-onna.
Oh, you have a boyfriend?
Oh no, no, I...
No! How could I, of all people, have a boyfriend?!
I don't have a boyfriend.
I know.
What's the matter, Hotaru?
About the free space within the cinecon,
they asked us to come up with another plan.
So Yamada and I decided on a competition amongst our group.
However, I don't want all of you immersed in this,
so I chose two pairs of groups.
First group, from the project team,
Jinguuji.
Yes.
From the design group, Teshima.
Yes.
Shoot!
Second group, from the project team,
Amemiya.
Are you really sure about her?
Yes. It's her first time planning, but I'm sure she's mastered the skills.
Thank you. Please leave it to me.
Saegusa will team up with her.
Yes.
Back Amemiya up, will you?
Yes.
The better of the two groups will be chosen.
Is that clear?
Yes.
Do you want the materials we used for the cinecon?
Thank you.
You're willing to help your opponent?
Stimulating each other will produce better results.
-Here. -Thank you very much.
Hotaru.
Yes.
Work hard.
Yes.
By the way, it's your birthday soon, isn't it?
You remembered?
Teshima. We're having a conference.
Yes.
I need to go too...
Hotaru-san, we have to check the site.
Yes.
So, this is the free space.
Hotaru-san.
Yes?
Let's go for it.
In a different sense, too.
A long, long time ago.
A memory from many summers ago.
I held a tiny firefly
in my childish hands.
Looking as if it's almost about to disappear,
such a tiny fragile glow.
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-Fourth night-
Hotaru no Hikari Glow of a Firefly
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For that free space, this kind of fashionable cafe might fit.
That necklace you're wearing today, it's a newly designed one, isn't it?
How do you know?
It was in the magazine "Office Fashion" September edition.
Ah, that magazine is great, isn't it?
They introduce Monday to Friday fashion of 4 weeks' worth.
And you don't have to think anything up if you just go by the magazine, right?
Right! So simple.
But, I think you can call it fashionable only if you brush up your own fashion sense.
So?
So...what are you saying?
So, a normal "fashionable cafe" plan won't be appealing.
We need to think of an original appeal point.
You wanted to talk about the project?
Was it too complicated?
This woman...!
Next, we will research cafes in Roppongi.
There's a famous cafe popular among young girls for its salty sweets.
Huh? Gosh!
Dear me!
I dropped the precious key holder Teshima-san gave me!
I envy you.
I've known him for long, but he's never given me anything.
I envy you.
No, no!
Don't feel sorry for her.
Woman to woman fight over a man,
is destined to be dirty!
It said so in the magazine!
I should make it dirtier!
We decided on a trendy cafe targeting young women.
Let us hear what you think.
-You have a girl friend, right? -I don't.
I don't.
You do, shit!
I don't.
Ouch...
Ah, talking about research on young women, Amemiya was doing it the other day.
Rather than asking the unpopular us, it's quicker to ask Amemiya.
Teshima, go ask her.
Yes.
I took so much time...
That's my desk...
Royal box seat premium pair ticket!
Here it comes!
He's going to invite me!
I was waiting for you.
I know.
I wanted some materials.
I know.
Materials?
Here are the research materials.
Thank you very much.
You even dedicated your key holder, and you give me that attitude...
Is it because he thinks I have a boyfriend?
You shouldn't be afraid of such a thing!
Alright.
I'm offering you a chance.
Invite me... invite me...
Royal box seat premium pair ticket...
Invite me...
Invite me!
Invite...he won't!
It's no problem.
I even got this key holder which even the admirable girl doesn't have.
Next I'll call him in a friendly way.
Makoto-chan...Mako-mako.
Hm, calling by name is a bit too early.
Teshima-kun...Teshima-chan.
Hmm no, a bit more friendlier...
Ahh! Teshima!
Are you looking for something?
Yes, a birthday present for a younger boyfriend.
How about this?
Excellent.
I'm back.
God, I'm tired.
You're back.
Hm? What's going on?
I was cleaning the kitchen shelf, and I dug out an Udon-making set.
Udon isn't that difficult to make.
Ingrediants: flour, sugar, water and salt.
Oi.
Home is the best.
Oi. We're making udon.
Go ahead then.
YOU make it!
Stop joking please.
You were the one who asked me to teach you how to cook.
What?
You said, if you knew how to cook, you may gain the courage to ask Teshima for a date.
You're right... I did say that.
If you're not doing it, I'll clear off.
I will... please teach me!
I will, master!
Master! Master!
You don't get the way women's mind works?
Yes.
She suddenly calls me Teshima, by surname..
Ah! Teshima!
...she walks around in front of me like a robot.
Who're you talking about?
So in the first place, what kind of... you know.
I've been fancying her ever since I entered here.
Wait a sec. Who exactly is "her"?
Patience, patience.
I saw her asleep, and her sleeping face was so cute, so I couldn't help...
Ahhh haha!
If I do that, it'll be called sexual harrasment.
And I'll be called a pervert.
So who is this girl?
Hm, but she's quite weird.
You're also quite weird to suddenly kiss her -
but she doesn't say anything even though she was kissed?
She was normal.
Please excuse me.
She went away... like it was normal.
What the hell...
She seems to have a boyfriend.
So you're not progressing with Yuuka, because of that weird woman.
I advise you against those weird women.
Though you're weird too.
It won't go well?
How could it? Right?
She even has a boyfriend, no chance.
Forget that woman, and look for another.
Drinking so much.
Like this - step on it with each foot.
Yessir!
Do it carefully with all your heart, saying "I shall ask Teshima to a date!"
Yessir!
Do it.
Yessir!
Date, date, date...
No, like this.
Date, date, date.
Yessir.
Date, date, date.
Good.
Date, date, date, date...
But um, I really can't talk.
I waited a woman for 8 hours 59 minutes, I'm such a weird man.
8 hours 59 minutes?!
My maximum is 5 minutes.
Please come down if you're awake.
No. I, will wait for only 5 minutes.
I waited, though.
Waited till the day after.
I waited, waited, kept on waiting, and finally got hold of my wife...
whom I divorced.
You don't call that "getting hold".
Really, I've had enough of women.
Don't be too soft on them. Just go home after 5 minutes.
How long is normal, then?
Hmm, 30 minutes, I'd say.
If she doesn't come after 30 minutes, she doesn't care about you.
Come down, please...
Nope.
Master. Please.
Hm.
This...
is good.
Huh?
Very good for a beginner.
Date!!!
Date, date, hohoho~~~
Tokyo Design Award?
Yes.
I'm going to ask him out.
So you got the tickets?
Teshima-san has them.
You're the one asking him out.. buy it yourself.
Um, that's a bit...
A bit what?
...of a bother...
Oh, and the ones he's got are "Royal Box Seat Premium Pair Ticket".
What on earth is that?
Manager.
Hm?
Regarding the Cinecon project,
thank you for letting me do that.
That was Yamada's suggestion.
I'm gratified that you went with the suggestion.
I... I will work hard.
I'm not expecting much.
Manager.
Hm?
Love and work at the same time... is impossible.
I'll ask him out after I've done this project.
After the project, I'll really go for it.
I won't even drink beer.
Until I finish the project, I won't drink a single drop.
No matter how much I want to, I'll endure my desire.
I'll endure it with my life!
I feel that right now, I can do anything.
She only made some udon, and now so full of confidence...
Good...this is so good!
Oh! Tokyo Design Award!
The advance tickets sold out, aren't they...I really wanted to go.
Do you want to come?
What?
If you'd like.
Really? Isn't there someone else you-
Come on, Teshima.
Excuse me.
Thank you, I'm so glad. I'll be looking forward to it.
Hello?
Hotaru-san, where are you?
Manga cafe.
Weren't we going to do a research on fashionable cafes?
That's what I thought, but fashionable kind of restricts age, don't you think?
The customers of cinecon ranges from young people to families, and salarymen, too.
So that's how you thought of an original strong point...
I've thought it through.
Manager.
What is it?
Quatre de Marie says they want to have a contract with us.
That long standing brand shop?!
We'll make the first of its branch in Japan, then?
Yes.
Excuse me, manager. The clients say they want to advance the date of the presentation.
What?
A cafe like a library?
Yes.
After watching movies, anybody can stop by and read magazines and books freely while drinking tea.
Sounds good! Yes, it really sounds interesting!
You really think so?
It's just a draft, but we thought of a cinema library cafe.
Inside the cafe, we place movie related magazines and monitors,
where we can watch previews and famous scenes from movies.
On the bookshelves, we will place the original stories of the movies and,
mangas too.
We didn't like to restrict the customers to young women.
If only it was a little earlier...
What?
We decided to go with Jinguji and Teshima's plan.
I thought we were competing first.
The date of the presentation advanced, you see.
We will submit it to the client by the day after tomorrow.
If you can do it by then, but in this state...
But I think this is an excellent plan.
You two did really well.
Thank you very much.
It was a bit disappointing, wasn't it.
Let's work hard the next time.
You're giving up?
What?
The deadline is the day after tomorrow.
Two days just isn't enough.
I'm doing it.
That's impossible-
Even if it's by myself, I'll do it.
You can't do it alone.
I can.
Sorry, but I'm giving up. I'll go home.
I won't give up.
This is the fist project I'm given,
if I give up here, I might keep giving up in the future.
Also, I can't leave a work undone.
Whatever the consequence, I will.
I want to drink good beer after this project.
I will do it till the end.
Curry?
Famous curry bread from a bakery in Western Azabu, so it'll give you strength.
Didn't you go home?
I only went out to buy these.
Didn't you say you gave up?
That was just a joke.
This woman...
And I also don't like to leave jobs undone.
Let's finish it in two days.
Yes, let's!
Mmm! Delicious!
Beer.
Good.
Thank you.
This is so amazing to get it done by the deadline.
Mission completed... or so I want to say, but the rest is up to the clients now.
Let's wait for the result.
Yes.
Good work.
Thank you.
Horaru, I'm sorry but could you bring something over to cinecon?
Yes.
Hello.
Yeah.
Here.
Ah, beer!
Good! Beer after work is really good, isn't it?
Yes. It's been kept really cold.
Thanks a lot!
Yes. Thank you for the hard work!
Please, let our plan be chosen!
Yes, yes, yes. Thank you very much.
Jinguji.
Yes.
Teshima.
Yes.
I'm sorry for you two.
The chosen one was Saegusa and Amemiya's project.
-Congratulations. -Congratulations.
Yamada.
Yes.
Go straight into the scheduling.
Yes.
Hotaru.
Yes.
Saegusa, you do the final checkup of the designs.
Yes.
Well, we've got other stuff to do. Let's do better next time.
Yes.
Yuuka-san.
Thank you.
I couldn't have done it alone.
Thank you so much.
Makoto-kun...can you give me a second?
Actually, you were planning to ask someone else out, right?
Weren't you going to ask the person you like?
It's alright.
I already know.
Already know what?
She seems to have a boyfriend, and it doesn't look good for me.
Boyfriend?
She seems to have one.
So you don't like her now?
What?
If she has a boyfriend, you're going to not like her?
Just because it might not work out, you can't not like her, can you?
Were your feelings so shallow?
It sounds like you didn't like her that much from the beginning.
Please give it to the person you really like.
Good work.
I'll leave now.
God, I'm exhausted...
Now, the battle for the royal box seat premium pair ticket!
Yes!
How should I ask him out... ?
Anyway, this night, I shall...
Beer, beer, beer, beer...
Hmph.
[Teshima Makoto]
Hello?
This is Teshima.
This is Amemiya.
Actually, there is something called the Tokyo Design Award.
Here it comes!
Oh, really?
Yes. And, um...I...
Royal box seat premium pair ticket?
What about it?
Would you like to come with me?
Excuse me?
Yes.
I'll be waiting tomorrow, 7 o'clock, at Saigou-yama kouen.
Yes.
Please come, if it's alright with you.
Yes.
I'll be waiting.
Yes.
Wolf woman?
Hello? Futatsugi?
Yup. I couldn't see you this week, it was so lonely.
What's up?
Tell me how to get in touch with her.
Oh. Your wife?
Yes. You know, don't you?
Weren't you going to end it, once and for all?
I'm begging you. Tell me.
Manager.
This is an important call. Shut up!
Important call?
My wife!
Your wife?
Shhhh!
Hello? It's me.
Yes. Yes. I understand.
How was it?
Nothing special.
What do you mean?
I'm meeting her tomorrow evening.
Me too!
There's no need for you to come.
No, tomorrow, I'm meeting Teshima-san, too.
Stop joking.
It's true!
He called me.
He asked me out.
No way...
I can't believe it either.
Even more than you, I cannot believe it.
Well, good for you.
Good for you, too.
I'm having a talk with her.
Unlike you folks, grown ups have complicated emotions.
I have complicated emotions too.
I hurt a lady's feelings...
OHMYGOD, no beer!!
Lucky for you, your face might turn all pumped up from drinking too much.
Huh?
It's your first date, right?
Isn't it?
That's right..
It means I'm going on a date!!
Manager! Let us roll about together!
Come on, quickly!
What the hell...
When your emotins are all complicated, rolling around is the best remedy.
Come on, lie down! Quickly!
I'm coming.
Quickly, quickly!
Quickly, quickly! Right side!
Manager!
Hm?
I'm researching outside office today, so can I come straight back home?
Yeah.
What is it? This outfit?
The image is "first date after work."
Is it cool? Not bad, right?
Not bad, but... it's got a price tag.
Try not to show your true colors.
Yes. Rasshai, tamae!
You guys.. happy?
I'm happy, you know.
Are you happy too?
I'm happy too.
How about you?
Hello?
Hotaru, sorry but can you go to the cinecon and do some checkup on the wiring?
Huh? Right now?
I'm having an emergent meeting, I can't step out of the office.
I understand. I'm heading now!
Good.
Thank you so much.
Our project was chosen.
I worked so hard without beer.
Oh, I wanna drink so much...
Beer at the porch, like always.
No no, don't think about it.
Today is my first ever date!
Oh no!
Date, date, date...
Oh, thanks for the other day! The beer.
No problem.
Beer, beer, beer...
Beer, beer, beer, beer!
Oh god!
I forgot. No beer... I really wanted to drink...
Huh?
Ahomiya!
Oh. Welcome back.
What are you doing?!
Your date today -
Hello?
Hotaru-san, I'm sorry.
Wha-what?
I said I'm going to be fair, but I was mean to you.
Actually today -
Wha-wha-what is it?
-Is Makoto-kun's birthday.
Just that.
Sorry for not telling you. Celebrate for him, okay?
See you.
Admirable girl.
So conscientious and says sorry on the phone.
[note: the previous line was meant to be a haiku (Japanese old song with 5-7-7 letters. Hotaru's was 5-8-8)]
Bad rythm.
The time.
Ouch!
I'm going!
Yeah.
Wait... birthday?
Can I go empty handed?
Can not!
Forget it!
At least... at least some present...
[Curry bread 100yen]
note:100 yen is SUPER cheap
Cell phone.. cell phone... missing?
Excuse me, could you lend me your cell phone?
Huh? Phone number... don't remember!
Cell phone -
There!
[Teshima Makoto]
Hello?
I'm sorry, I -
It's alright. Please don't worry about it.
Teshima-san...
There is something I really need to tell you.
That day... I'm sorry for kissing you so suddenly.
No -
I...
...liked you.
Like"d"?
Goodbye.
Makoto-kun...
Makoto-kun, what's the matter?
Where's Hotaru-san?
She turned me down.
What?
[Cheers to your first date. Congratulations]
Beer after work is really good.
Teshima-san...
Happy birthday.
[Preview]
Rather than love which doesn't work well, friendship that lasts is better!
You still like him? You do, don't you?
Maybe god is on my side.
I'm totally out of hands!
Emotions do not go across till you say them.
I... like you!