We took these when we went to the amusement park.
The person that I was before, when I was not in love,
used to think such things were foolish.
I thought people who took these photos were stupid.
But...
when I took those, I realized
what a happy experience it was to do it with someone you like.
Even if I'm like this at home,
I realized I'm really a normal girl.
With Makoto-kun, I could be full of sweet girlish feelings.
It was because it was Makoto-kun.
Could I borrow your shoulder?
Sure.
I wanted to live with Makoto-kun...
It's not as if it's over.
You don't know yet.
Do you think I can still fight on...?
Of course.
I...
Hm?
...I want to fight for it.
Good morning.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Teshima-san, good morning.
Did they fight or something?
Seems like he can't even stand looking at her.
Looks like Amemiya-san was dumped?
- Slacking? - Not slacking.
Kaname-san, Kaname-san! You took these photos?
What, Amemiya?
I'm home.
Welcome home.
Excuse me - who are you?
I'm putting-in-a-little-effort-Hotaru-san.
It was wrong of me to expect to be accepted without changing myself.
I took things for granted.
So I decided to work a little harder at home 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.
-Ninth night-
Hotaru no Hikari Glow of a Firefly
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Teshima.
Yes.
You got chosen for the Furniture Award.
You will be flying to Hong Kong, where it is going to be held.
Go to the general affairs department and go through the paper work.
Yes.
Congratulations on passing all the strict judges.
- Good for you! - Good for you!
Teshima-san, congratulations!
Excuse me.
Teshima saw this look of Amemiya's...
Why wear jerseys near the office in the first place?
I think her house was near here.
Still, as a woman, this outfit is just...
Stop it.
It doesn't matter how she's dressed.
Go back to work.
He doesn't respond to my e-mails.
Teshima is in Hong Kong.
Sent.
No replies...
Hey, you just sent one!
I want to put in a little more effort.
That's not "a little."
Sending e-mails every minute is a bad idea.
Do you think it's annoying?
Not just annoying, I can see it now! "AHOmiya Hotaru arrested for Stalking!"
Hey!
Is she okay, this woman?
Hotaru.
Huh? ...I'm sorry.
Then, I'll leave first.
-Good work. -Thank you.
She's probably out drinking with somebody.
A colleague or friend, people from university days...
...E-mail friend?
What a lonely woman.
Hello?
Um, I am Amemiya Hotaru's...
Amemiya-san.
Really, I've had enough.
The arrears
The amount due is getting larger and larger.
In the world, there are two types of people.
People who tend to get locked up in meeting rooms and storehouses,
and people who don't.
I belong to the former.
I came to deliver beer supplies,
and the construction guys leave without realizing I'm here...
Impossible.
Was it because I was absent-minded?
I'm so hungry...
Wonder if Makoto-kun is eating good stuff in Hong Kong.
Makoto-kun...
Forget it.
The construction men will come in the morning.
I'll just sleep.
Good for me I'm used to sleeping under newspapers!
Wonder if manager is mad at me...
Oh? Hotaru's absent?
Looks like it.
Seems like Teshima-kun dumped her.
No kidding! Maybe she's absent because of the shock.
Manager. Any messages of sick leave?
None.
What?
She hasn't called.
She's absent without leaving a message...
What's going on?
What? Amemiya is missing?
She doesn't take my calls...
You girls, any idea where she might be?
If it's true that she was dumped...
Maybe she went on a trip to heal her wounded heart?
Likely?
She's not the type to do that.
Anything happened like this before?
First time she hasn't said anything.
Let's find her.
Yes, let us.
Does anybody have any clue?
No, wait.
We'll wait for the day, and if she still doesn't contact us,
we'll hand the case over to the police.
You want to let her be?
We all don't have to leave our work and look for her.
Manager.
Everyone knows Amemiya has been down lately.
Can't we all look for her together?
We don't have any major business today,
and we could catch up with our workload later.
That's right, manager.
Maybe I better contact Teshima.
You're right. Ask him her usual hang-outs.
Manga cafe! We've been there once before.
Net cafe.
Futatsugi-san, please search work related places.
Right. You search too.
Not here.
Let's go on.
Yes.
Excuse me.
Hey.
Can I ask you something?
Even if I lie around at home wearing jerseys -
Will you love me?
Impossible.
Just joking.
I'm perfectly fine with that.
Amemiya doesn't take our calls.
I asked around all her friends.
What about sports clubs?
Pachinco parlor?
Let's just go around all the places that pops in our head.
Yes!
Hotaru-san!
Hotaru?
Where else would she go?
She's feeling down, so - concerts and movies?
Hotaru's different from you, Yuuka.
Then where do YOU go when you're feeling down?
To wherever you are.
Please stop joking...
This isn't the time for that.
Let's go.
I feel like I've been sleeping for days...
I haven't been able to sleep well recently due to the Makoto-kun situation...
Why is nobody here?
Construction is off today!
I'm stuck here till tomorrow morning!
Found her?
Right.
Where else?
The construction site at Touzai building -
Alright. I'm heading there right now.
Everyone must be worried.
Makoto-kun...won't he come from Hong Kong to rescue me?
Manager!
Amemiya!
She's here!
Hotaru!
You!
What were you doing, you idiot!
Manager?
24,580 yen.
Huh?
The bill for your arrears for renting DVD's.
Ah.
Make sure you return borrowed stuff on time.
You returned it for me?
Yes. In your place.
I hadn't watched it yet -
I hadn't watched it yet at all!
Then don't borrow in the first place!
I'm sorry.
You found her?
Um, hello?
I'm sorry to have worried you all.
Is work okay?
We'll leave enough work for you, so rest well tonight. Bye.
Mission completed!
You guys wanna have dinner, my treat?
I'm so sorry.
That's okay.
Then we'll be heading back to the office.
I'll send Hotaru home.
Manager.
May I go to your place?
Huh??
Huh?
You knew about us living together.
Futatsugi-san, the meddlesome, told me.
Ah.
He was worried about manager. He said,
"He's the type of guy who doesn't admit he's lonely, even at his loneliest time"
"He's the type of guy who hides his true feelings."
Manager - loves you.
I love him too.
He loves you as a woman.
Huh?
Just as I thought...
Huh?!
You didn't suspect anything, after being hugged that way?
Huh? Um...I haven't been hugged so many times, you see.
That was...
Um, manager was probably like,
a parent bird watching over his child leave its nest - no actually, more like sneering down...
Um no, like a lion pushing his child off a cliff
I think it's nearer to those...
Could you get in touch with Teshima-kun?
I'm not asking you anything,
but I hope you can talk things over with him.
Um...
There is no perfect answer to love.
The answer you come up with is the correct answer.
Thanks.
When I was living with my ex-wife...
I was trying really hard.
You know too, right?
Because she was the woman I admired for a long time, and finally got hold of.
I did everything I could for her.
In those days, you were family first, work second.
Whereas you were work first, family second.
We both failed in the end, though.
There aren't that many people you can show your true self too.
So it's a great thing.
I'll get going.
-Futatsugi. -Hm?
Nothing -
thanks for today.
Hm.
Manager loves me?
Loves me as a woman?
Morning.
Good morning.
Left the cap open again.
Don't I always tell you to put the cap on and put it in the fridge?
Sorry.
[Note: The blue thing manager always wear at home is a type of clothing called "jinbei"]
Hm? Where's the jinbei here?
Ah, as an apology for causing so much trouble last night, I washed it.
The color fades off easily, so I was planning to put it out for cleaning...
Arghh!
Shock!
Totally shocked...
I'm so sorry!
Such a thing, in all my life hasn't...
happened a lot...
Leaving tissues in the pocket...
Ah, that's a terrible situation.
Especially if it's stuck on black clothes, -
- not even sticky tape can get them out.
Yes, it really....
never happened in my life!
Why did you wash my clothes without telling me?
Told you, I wanted to apologize...
You only caused more reasons to apologize!
NEVER touch my laundry again.
Got it. Next time, I'll pick your underwear with chopsticks!
No need!
Don't do any more unnecessary things.
What?
Mr.Manager, when you were a boy, you wouldn't have been the type to bully the girl you secretly liked, right?
When I was a child, it was all the girls in the class who were in love with me.
Huh?
I'm sorry, but I've led a fruitful life, unlike you.
Huh?!
HUH?!
Impossible, that manager loves me.
In the first place, why would anyone even feel that I'm a woman?
Ahomiya.
Yes?
Do you know where "putting-in-a-little-effort" Hotaru-san is?
She's suddenly disappeared.
Mm? Where is she? Where has she gone?
Is that the kind of attitude you show towards the woman you like?
Impossible.
[Makoto-kun returns to Japan]
It's today!
Sorry to call you when you're tired.
It's okay. You're coming to work on the weekend?
Yeah, I couldn't finish off some stuff.
Maybe I'm slow at work.
So, what did you want to discuss?
Go on.
Excuse me.
[Welcome back. How was Hong Kong?]
What is it?
It's about Amemiya.
Everybody's gossiping this is the reason.
If the rumors are true, I must say I'm a bit mad at you for being so petty.
No matter what she may wear, Amemiya is Amemiya, right?
It's not because of this outfit. It's true.
Then why?
Amemiya-san was with our manager.
Manager?
I saw her looking ever so comfortable with him.
What do you mean, comfortable?
-I can't explain clearly, but... -Were they kissing?
No, just talking.
Anybody can talk. Plus, it's the manager, right?
The way they were talking just was...so different from the woman I know.
Somehow, it made me so annoyed.
I'll take you there.
You know where she lives, right?
What?
Manager, which do you prefer?
"Putting-in-a-little-effort" Hotaru-san or the usual Ahomiya?
[I love you the way you are.]
I love you the way you are?!
............hopefully Teshima will say that to you.
Otaka-san?
Yes, she's living with her.
Ignore that, just go on your instinct.
That's what's lacking about you.
Go.
Oh.
Run!
Oh, manager.
Jerseys again!
I was going to buy something around the corner.
Buy what?
"Putting-in-a-little-effort" Hotaru-san thought she'd make curry or something.
Oh? "Can-do-anything-without-putting-in-any-effort-at-all-manager" Takano is having curry too.
What? Really?
Yeah.
Then I'm not doing it.
There isn't any for you.
Why? It's curry, right?
It's processed curry, there's only one box.
"Can-do-anything-manager" Takano bought processed curry?
Definitely a lie! Let me see!
No!
Let me see!
No!
Just let me see!
There's just enough for mine!
Just let me -
Why are you with manager?
Are you living with him?
Okata-san was a lie?
It was, wasn't it.
Teshima!
Come in.
Manager.
I'll explain the situation.
[Note: the brown slippers say "Takako" instead of Takano...a female name.]
Otaka-san was a lie I made up.
I told her to lie.
-Also... -No, Otaka-san was what I thought of.
I'm sorry for lying.
Also, this is my parents' house.
Amemiya was the one living here first.
I had no other place to go after living apart with my wife, and I made her give me one room.
I was originally planning to leave when the divorce problem eased up.
And because it's a temporary residence, I haven't told my co-workers either.
Why were you keeping it a secret?
If there's nothing going on, you could have told us!
I'm sorry!
I advised her to do that, because you might misunderstand.
I'm the one at fault. I apologize.
There's nothing else.
Nothing other than this.
Really?
Amemiya-san looked relaxed and happy around you,
and you were different from at work - -It's natural that I'd be different at work and home.
How did you go about meals and bath and washing?
Were you two doing them together?
Were you eating Amemiya-san's home-made dish?
What's there to laugh about?
It's not like you imagine.
We both did our own different stuff.
Rather like a school trip, you could say.
Anything else?
Then can I ask one last question?
Sure.
What do you feel about her?
Amemiya is your woman.
There hasn't been a single moment when I let that slip my mind.
If there's nothing else, you two can go on talking.
Teshima.
What?
Congratulations on getting the exhibition formally.
Um.....
Um, I....I thought it was because you couldn't stand this jersey outfit.
I'm truly sorry!
I wish I'd told you about living together from the beginning.
It's just as manager says, there's nothing going on.
I'm always making him irritated,
and he'd always sit beside me at the porch, listening to me,
scolded me, became my counselor...
Counselor?
I couldn't muster the courage to confess to you,
its all because manager encouraged me.
Without his encouragements, I wouldn't have been able to succeed.
So without manager, we couldn't have been together?
You said you always laze around on the porch.
When you confided that to me, I thought that was another cute side of you.
I'm really fine with jerseys.
Makoto-kun...
Because I love you the way you are.
But next to you, there has always been manager.
I'm sorry.
Makoto-kun?
I'm sorry, I...
Makoto-kun?
Makoto-kun!
Wait!
Wait, Makoto-kun!
Those words you said when you asked me to live with you,
they were really precious to me.
I was so happy that you said those words to me..
to someone like me, and that's...
Tha-that's why I chose you over that porch!
I was serious about living with you.
My feelings are perfectly sincere.
Believe me.
Please believe me.
Please!
I'm begging you!
I...
I love you.
I love you, so...
I want to believe.
Can you leave that house as soon as possible?
I want you to come to my place.
Let's live together!
Yes!
Hello?
Can I eat the processed curry?
No.
You bought two!
You looked...
What are you doing?
Where did you go after that?
I'm at the office.
You've only got the office to go to...
I'm left with work I couldn't do on the day somebody went missing,
so I'd say I came very willingly.
I'm sorry.
I'm in the middle of work, so I'm hanging up.
You can eat the curry.
Are you going to be late?
Yeah, you can go to bed first.
What does it matter if I'm late or early?
What happened with Teshima?
He went home.
He's coming to get me tomorrow.
He asked me to live with him again.
-It was okay? - It was!
I'll pack my stuff and leave by tomorrow.
I see.
Be careful to seperate the garbage into flammable and inflammable.
Right.
[Manager]
Hello?
When are you leaving tomorrow?
Around 3p.m.
I see.
It's actually sad, isn't it?
It was all decided in a rush, so I don't know what to think...
Um, I'll come play again.
Hello!
Please don't forget.
Don't forget what?
24,580 yen.
The money I spent for the DVD in your place
Please don't forget... me...
Ahomiya!
What did you say last night?
"I'll pack my stuff and leave by tomorrow"
How are you planning to move out by today in this situation?
That's why I'm classifying it all on my notebook...
And the moment you write them on your notebook, you'll feel satisfied and stop.
I guess...
"I guess".....NOT!
Listen. In this cardboard box, your essentials.
In here, things you might use.
In here, things you don't need.
Things you're unsure about, put them in here.
I haven't got a clue about anything!
What?
Your usual slackness comes around to torture you like this.
Anyway, just stuff them in.
Yes sir!
How many more hours till the promised time with Teshima?
3 hours!
We have to do this in 3 hours?
Shall we take a break?
Ahomiya!
Sorry!
We can really do anything when we put all our efforts in.
[Note: meaning one can do anything when they set their mind to it.]
"Unbelievable power on display at the scene of fire."
Can I take this cup?
Sure.
Here, you've forgotten your toothbrush.
Oh. Maybe I'll leave this here.
I might come and play sometimes.
You can come play all you want, but I'm leaving this house soon after you leave.
What?
Didn't I tell you about the block arrangement?
What is it?
It's been decided that this house will be pulled down.
Huh?!
Even if you come back, you'll be playing all alone in a lonely vacant field.
I never heard -
Alone - in a vacant field. How do you plan to play?
It's true?!
You never participated in the town meetings.
It was written on the community board too, you never read that?
You don't have much time now, hurry up.
Yes...
Good. Nicely collected.
Now all we have to do is hand these over to the moving company.
Yes.
You're wearing that?
What about the clothes you're changing in?
Oh, it's okay.
Makoto-kun is okay with jerseys, and he said I'm ok just the way I am.
Really.
Yes.
[DVD rental fee - 24580 yen]
Here, good work.
Whoa! So considerate. I really have to thank you till the very end.
You are so right.
I'm sorry for all the trouble.
Cheers.
Home is the best!
So, where are you going?
Oh, as soon as you leave, I'll move to another place.
Alone?
Yes - but maybe women will come swarming around me.
I'm sure many wonderful women will want to be with you.
You do look handsome, after close observation.
You're cute too... after VERY close observation.
I should've kissed you or something.
We should have.
Now. I'd better get going.
Dokkoi-Shouichi.
Congratulations on him accepting you as you are.
This porch will be gone.
This house will be gone.
There's nowhere for you to return.
Treasure your new life.
Amemiya Hotaru, graduating from this house!
Thank you for everything!
Farewell, manager.
Please lead a happy life.
Forgetting we're seeing each other at office tomorrow...
Manager, manager!
What is it?
This summer...
...was the best.
Slumbering in my heart,
a tiny, tiny, wound went unnoticed.
Flooding from the gap
Good afternoon.
Amemiya?
You're a Himono-onna.
your name, strong and gentle eyes, fingers, and hair made me come to realize:
You are finished as a woman.
A manager who wasn't a good husband.
A himono-onna who was absent from love for a long time.
We can make it, can't we?
That I could meet you,
Treasure yourself for being able to love someone.
talk to you,
You're not afraid of showing yourself in jerseys drinking beer
started wishing I could touch you, before I realized it.
You're afraid of being that deeply involved with the person you like.
You're the one who said we need to have faith in him.
If you ever graduate being a himono-onna, you can get out of here.
Emotions aroused, they can't be stopped. So even if I trip,
I didn't realizse until I lived with her.
She always trys to do her utmost best.
my heart will run like the wind.
I fell in love with your profile
And I'd feel so broken-hearted
I really really love you
Thank you.
Amemiya really loves Teshima.
I will accept everything about her - I'll work hard.
We have nothing to do with each other anymore.