So quick! He's changed already!
Good morning.
Good morning!
Such a sweet morning...
So this is what it's like to live with the person I love.
Oops! I better hurry or he'll think I'm pooping.
I'm ready!
Let's go.
Okay.
When are we moving into the new place?
I'll pack my stuff by the end of this month.
Until then, can you keep your things at the new place?
Sure.
I have a few clothes, and all I need is training wear.
I see.
Hm.
Are you going to be late today?
Not really... we're late!
Amemiya.
You haven't turned in the marketing results of Ebisu.
Yes.
Hotaru.
Oh, thank you.
I wear jerseys at home too.
Huh?
I lie around at home drinking beer and burp too.
Me too.
Those kind of ladies are charming too.
Huh?
They're all trying to cheer you up.
We know you have problems with Teshima.
Ah. Um...
We don't have any more problems.
We're living together now.
Amemiya.
The marketing results.
Yes.
I'm sorry.
Please check.
So the roommate, Otaka-san, was a man?
They told me they have nothing going on, but...
What's he like?
Oi.
Don't tell me... it's manager?
But I decided to jump over that obstacle.
Accept her as she is...
I'll go for it.
You really rushed it.
What did manager say?
He helped me pack my things.
I left my nest, which was that house.
I graduated.
I see.
She finally left.
So...
You're not going to tell her your feeling?
Amemiya really likes Teshima.
I've seen her through it all.
I've seen her all the way
ever since she fell in love.
Her emotion was always a roller-coaster ride when it came to calls and e-mails,
she gets easily depressed or cheerful at small comments,
what a busy person she was.
Isn't she just falling in love with love?
Even if it is, it's love just the same.
A girl who was absent from love
put all her efforts in love,
and it finally came true.
Mmm, delicious!
I would have really liked to to show you
how happy she looked when she succeeded.
To love somebody is something that pure and straightforward.
You must find it someday.
Hm?
Your love.
Find it someday.
You too.
Welcome home!
I'm back.
Know what?
I made curry!
Please eat!
You don't need to do those things.
Huh?
You don't usually make meals, do you?
Yes... yes, but...
No need to be hard on yourself.
Yes.
I've never lived with the person I like,
and I have so many bad points....
I'll make you happy.
What?
I'll try hard to make you happy.
I just want to be with you.
Let's... let's live happily together.
Yes.
Please regard me kindly.
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.
-Final night-
Hotaru no Hikari Glow of a Firefly
[Lazing at home can find love!?] [The conclusion of Himono-onna's love]
But isn't it difficult to change your mood when you're living with somebody from work?
- I'm experienced with that. - Experienced?
Um... I think it's okay.
I'm quite different at work and home.
Ah.
Amemiya.
Yes.
About the cinema libraray cafe that
you and Saegusa planned out -
Yes.
I want you to do the preparations for the preview before the opening ceremony.
Me, the chief?
This year, you have worked hard as an assistant.
You can do it, I'm sure.
Yes! Please let me!
We cannot say that the public in general
are not highly aware of cinema library cafes.
Therefore, I want to ask 500,000 yen more
for advertisement of the preview.
Please consider it.
500,000 is a bit....
Too much.
Keeping it within the budget is also the difference between
a competent and an incompetent chief.
Think again.
Yes.
I suppose I should cut the personnel cost....
You're still here?
Yes.
I'm leaving first.
Otsukaresama-desu.
Hmmm...
what else....?
No good!
I'm going in!
Ah, I forgot!
I left my wallet at home today...
And Makoto-kun is coming home late because of reception.
What should I do?
Should I borrow money....?
Stop admiring my profile.
I was checking for snots.
Shall I check yours too?
I don't have snots, how rude!
I won't tell you even if you do.
Huh?
Huh???
- HUH????? - Shut up.
Hurry and get off.
Hmph!
Ouch!
Are you okay?
I want this, but I haven't got money...
Welcome.
"Energy 17kcal."
"Dietary fiber, magnasium."
"Calcium."
"The unbalanced diet of humans today - "
Hey you!
What are you doing?
You could've just told me in the elevator.
- I was considering that, but..... - You got absorbed in the snot problem.
What are you saying?
You and I are unrelated now.
We have always been unrelated.
Here.
Unrelated person, thank you for your assistance!
Go home, unrelated person!
Sorry for the trouble, unrelated person.
Be careful when you go home.
Yes.
I forgot my wallet today,
so Yamada-neesan treated me to lunch,
and manager lent me money at the convenience store.
My head was so full of work, it totally skipped my mind.
Stupid me....
You met manager?
Coincidentally, in the convenience store near the office.
Why do you have to say that to me?
I'm just relating today's events to you.
About manager, I mean.
But there's no need to keep it a secret.
I'd rather be kept in the dark.
What?
I'm sorry.
I haven't totally gotten over your living with manager.
I see.
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
Me too.
The layout of the photos are unbalanced.
I'm sorry.
I'll redo it.
Here. You've forgotten this.
I'm sorry.
- Amemiya. - Yes.
Hand in the new budget proposal quick.
Yes.
Sigh.........I'm so tired.
Makoto-kun's back.
Hm?
Why did I sigh right now?
No good, no good.
I'm home!
Which is better?
Layout of the photos?
Yes.
I'll help.
Let me see.
But, it's my work.
It's hard, isn't it?
Oh. Then, let's stop work...
read manga!
You don't read manga?
Don't worry about it.
You can read all you want.
Really?
Then I will too.
What are you reading?
I want to read with you.
English?
Boring, isn't it?
No, not at all.
I don't even get whether it's boring...
I bought this in London.
Oh, really?
I've got to enjoy this..........
I've got to enjoy this!
This chair is so cute!
Don't you think so?
First time I saw this shape!
I also like this one.
Ah, that's cute too.
What is it?
Nothing.
Admiring my profile again?
If you really want to think so, go ahead.
Oh.
I'm so admiring your profile too,
my eyes are going to rot.
What?
Your profile is destructing my spinal marrow.
Me too...
Manager's profile is killing my peripheral nerves!
Me too, your profile is decomposing my nerve cells.
How are you repaying me?
Huh?
Amemiya.
Hand in the budget estimate.
Yes.
Specifically, by cutting the personnel cost of the party staff and the cost of things that get consumed,
I made the numbers close to the budget.
Guess this amount is acceptable.
Thank you very much.
The phamplets of the preview should be done within today, or it will be too late.
Yes.
Thank you.
Your worrying won't improve matters.
Hotaru's feeling toward Teshima-kun won't change.
Manger too, he....
Can't I even worry about him?
When I divorced my wife,
he always accompanied me getting drunk like mad.
He sat beside when I was depressed,
and drank with me.
Every night.
I really wanted him and Amemiya to be together.
I always thought you were a severe man, but you're actually kind-hearted.
Yeah, he's like that.
I'm talking about you.
Manager had little luck with women, but he's lucky to have a fantastic friend like you.
I envy him.
Good.
It's done!
Sorry for the wait.
What do you think?
Well, this will do.
Hand this in to the client, and if they say no, we'll check this again.
Won't Teshima be worried if you're too late?
Just hurry home.
Please don't compromise and let me hear what you think.
The final decision will be made by the client, not me.
Yes, but I want to be acknowledged by you.
If you're not satisfied, please say no.
No.
A definite no.
It's so hopeless that it seems a waste to even voice it.
Do you get it?
The preview party is the first chance you get
to let the world know about the cinema library cafe you planned out.
I know that.
Do you think you can gain the attention of customers
by a simple explanation of the cafe?
A word that expresses your original taste -
I get it, what about placing words here
that make you want to visit the cafe?
A catch phrase?
No need to think too deeply.
First...
If you want to be acknowledged by me,
first touch my heart.
[Ahomiya]
Yes?
This is Amemiya.
I've thought of one!
You're still at the office?
Yes.
I thought of a catch phrase that would make you want to
visit the cafe with your new wonderful girlfriend.
I don't have a new wonderful girlfriend yet,
but since there is no doubt I will soon, I'll listen to you patiently.
"New and fresh! Wuuuunderful! Let's - love-love library^^"
Shoot!
With you....
With me....?
Hello?
"With you, with cinema, it's love-library"
I'm hanging up.....
hanging up!
Wait!
"Visit this artistic environment"
[ note: name of a character]
"Woooh, it's Tabegorou!"
You know this?
Now, I don't even have the energy to hang up.....
Where are you now, manager?
At home, on the porch.
The porch...
When is it being pulled down?
This has nothing to do with you anymore.
Yes, but......
It's the first time talking on the phone like this, isn't it?
We've always talked on the porch.
Sitting side by side at the end of the day,
we talked about so many things.
It was all just a while ago,
but somehow it seemed like ages.
Amemiya.
Hang up if it's not about work.
Yes.
[Every movie means love.]
Manager!
I passed nearby, and I saw the lights were still on.
- You took the trouble to... - I was just taking a walk.
I was taking kitty on a walk. You know I live near here.
You even take the trouble to change when you take a walk?
- I thought you were lazing on the porch... - Just show me.
Are you done?
Um... a few.
What's it like?
It's like, one day, when you remarry a new and wonderful wife,
you won't be able to resist holding hands and visit -
Hurry up.
My wife enjoys a movie, while I enjoy a book.
You're getting close.
It moved me just a little bit.
Really?
Sure.
Then -
This is it.
This is it? Just that?
Just that.
There must be some more.
Well, yes, but...
This is not the time to be shy. I'm reading this.
"Every movie means love."
"Let me spend this luxury with you."
Not bad....
"Dreams spread across the glass."
Too poetic.
"When the sky clears, let's go to the cinema."
Nice and simple.
Make it this.
What?
No -
What is it?
I was thinking of Makoto-kun when I wrote that one.
Not you.
You were thinking of him when you made this?
That's great.
"When the sky clears, let's go to the cinema."
Does it sound okay?
Now that it's decided, clear up quick and go home.
Yes.
I'm in the middle of my walk with kitty.
Sorry for the trouble.
Excuse me for being a difficult junior.
Too true.
I'm so thankful.
Bye.
Ah!
There's one more.
One that I racked my brains to move your heart.
There is?
There is!
Let me see.
"Dear Manager. Please come to the cinema-library cafe.
I beg you!"
This is...
This is just a letter!
Ahomiya!
Makoto-kun, you better wake up quick, or you'll be late!
Mmm...
Good morning.
Morning.
Do you want coffee?
Yup.
Right-o.
You were late last night, but you're so energetic now.
Yes.
I finished the manuscript for the preview.
Good for you.
All that's left is the opinions of the clients.
You were doing all that at the office?
Exactly.
Then he took the trouble to come to work.
Who?
He wants me to lie to him...
Yuuka-san.
Good morning.
I saw you last night.
You were at the pachinko parlor with Kaname-san all night.
Until the place closed.
She actually wanted to do pachinko till the shop closed.
I thought it was Kaname-san who asked her there.
Other way round. She asked me to come because she wanted to try.
I might let you see me wear training wear some day.
Are you trying to turn into a different species?
What are you saying?
I'm just trying to experience new things.
Ahhh, you two are like that.
- Like that. - What? No way!
"When the sky clears, let's go to the cinema."
Pretty good!
Thank you so much.
Make preparations for when it's accepted.
Your new business card.
"Planning director, Amemiya Hotaru!"
I'm so glad it's not printed "Ahomiya Hotaru!"
I'm home!
You're back.
You're early today.
What you said about last night is a lie, isn't it?
About Yuuka-san visiting the office.
Who was it actually?
Manager?
Yes.
But it was just business talk.
Then why lie?
Because you said you'd rather I lie.
I'm contradicting myself... I'm sorry.
No... I'm in the wrong.
If Makoto-kun is worried sick, I'd better not call manager again.
I'll just erase his number.
[note: Buchou=manager, but Hotaru calls him bucho"o"]
[Buchoo]
This place makes me feel at home the most...
It's not working?
But you guys have only started.
It's only when I started to live with her that I realised
she can't act naturally in front of me.
I have to get over this....
The happy life with the person I love...
is turning into pain every day.
This door is heavy like iron.
No.
This won't do!
I'm getting over this thing today!
Yokkoi-shokichi....
I'm home!
You're back.
You're a bit late.
I bought this to play together.
Let's do it! It's fun!
Yours is crashing.
Oh...crashing...
We can just stop.
What?
There's no need to try hard.
I'm not.
You are.
I'm not.
You are.
But it's fine.
We did say, we're going to be fine, as long as we're together.
It's alright, right?
Right?
Oops....
He'll think I'm pooping if I'm not quick enough.
Forget it.
He can think it if he wants.
I'll take a rest before I put effort...
But...
I'm ready!
I'm leaving first.
Sorry. Let's end it all.
Whether you laze around in training wear
or gulp down all your beer,
but I couldn't make you relaxed.
You might be mad at me
for giving up so easily,
but sorry.
- Let's stop living together. - 'Morning.
- Let's end it all. - What's she angry about?
I'm sorry I couldn't do anything about it.
I'm sorry I couldn't make you happy.
What was that?
I told you.
I don't mean to be made happy.
I'm the one who decides if I'm happy.
All I want is to be with you.
You don't look happy with me.
That's....
We just need more time.
We just need to put more effort,
put more effort in enjoying ourselves.
Weren't you happy with manager even without putting effort?
Huh?
Weren't you happier being with manager rather than with me?
Makoto-kun....
The one I love is you.
It's just that you haven't realized it yet.
You haven't realized how you truly feel.
Wait... that's a huge mistake.
Even if I'm like this, I can proudly say I understand you well.
I think you actually know yourself.
Being with me,
[note: It sounds like he means "hotaru" as in both the girl's name and a firefly]
Hotaru stops being a Hotaru.
For you -
I'm not good enough.
Makoto-kun, wait!
Makoto-kun!
Being together any longer will only bring pain.
Makoto-kun....
Sorry.
Amemiya.
Yours was accepted.
Quickly send it around for copying and do the preparations.
Amemiya.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
It's okay.
They're all waiting for the chief's orders.
Right.
So go back to work.
Yes!
Hello, this is SW building corporation, Amemiya.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
please add 200 more copies of the leaflet.
Yes, please.
Hello, please wait a second.
Hotaru, it's the security of the cinecon.
Is the questionnare fine like this?
Could you be more specific please?
Check this list please.
- Is the client manual fine? - Yes, thank you.
Hello, Amemiya on the phone.
Kasumi.
- Yes. - The next meeting is Wednesday next week,
so call each section.
Yes.
Excuse me, Gotokuji-san.
About this....
Good work.
Manager.
The clients were pleased.
Your catch phrase that you made
while thinking about Teshima.
You looked down, so I though I might cheer you up
by telling you how your work was appreciated.
Are you okay?
Is something the matter with Teshima?
Your catch phrase....
When we started to live together,
you preferred to lie around at home rather than go out.
You from those days wouldn't have thought of that phrase.
"When the sky clears, let's go watch a movie."
Meeting Teshima,
falling in love with him,
you were able to accomplish this work because of all that.
So, though I don't know what happened.
Amemiya.
I'm glad you fell in love.
Well, bye.
Manager....
Manager!
You're too loud!
We're not supposed to speak loudly after 9pm.
Right.
What?
What happened?
Nothing.
Work...
I'll work hard!
You work hard too, manager!
I always do.
Excuse me.
Manager was always beside you.
Couldn't we have started without his help?
You just haven't realized yet...
about how you truly feel.
Weren't you happy with manager without having to put effort?
You can take your time packing.
I'll stay at a hotel or something.
P.S. Please regard me kindly as a co-worker from now on.
Amemiya,
I'm glad you fell in love.
I - I love you!
So, merely loving her didn't do the trick.
It's because I really love her -
It's because I really love her, that I couldn't do it.
I respect you for having tried to accept it all.
How quick when it finishes...
Please regard me kindly as a co-worker from now on.
P.S. I really loved you.
Hotaru.
[1 month later - Autumn]
So?
Where did you move in to?
A weekly mansion, for the time being.
I see.
But it sure was quick.
It ended as a one-summer love.
My shortest ever was a mere 4 hours
since we first met and broke up.
But that's only a ...
That also counts as love.
No matter what kind of love it is,
it's up to the person how to make use of that experience.
You can make as many detours as you like
to arrive at your final destination.
A detour with Makoto-kun makes even me envious.
I'm still making detours, you know.
Yamada-neesan....
At times like this, work can be your sanctuary.
Work hard!
Yes!
Let's go.
Good work.
Please.
- Fill in the forms, please. - Thank you.
Please fill in the forms.
The windows are all glass, and the catch phrase is...
This is the library space.
We have prepared all types of books related to movies
from the most recent to the old masterpieces.
Please move over there for tea.
You've worked hard, chief!
Good work!
Thank you so much.
It's Kaname-san.
-Good work! - Good work!
Hey.
What's up with you two?
Nothing special.
It's not a man-woman relationship?
I think it will be some day.
I think it will be,
and I hope it will.
Because he understands me the best.
He's someone who I can show my bad side.
It's not a heart-beating type of love,
but being with makes me at ease.
That's love too.
How you've grown up, Yuuka.
Let's drink!
Cheers!
Welcome. Please come over here.
- Hey. - Beer please.
By the way, this party is outside the budget,
so pay up, all.
Stingy!
Good work, Futatsugi-san.
Good work.
Manger, good work.
Ah. You've worked hard too.
By the way, about that house.
You were lying about it being pulled down, right?
Yes, a lie.
You still live there, don't you?
I do.
Alone?
At the moment, yes.
So the room's still vacant.
Want to live with me?
What are you talking about?
Teshima-san.
You're still working.
Good work.
How was the preview event?
Thanks to everyone, it was a success.
They all liked it.
Good, I'm glad then.
Then, I'll leave first.
Good job.
Thank you.
Um....
You asked me once,
Wouldn't we have made a start without the help of Manager?
About that....
It's the truth.
Without Manager,
I might have been satisfied with looking at you from afar.
Without manager, I probably...
wouldn't have been able to do anything at all.
That's why I think that
what I need now is to live alone.
By falling in love with you...
I could change by a bit... just a little bit.
Thank you so much.
Come in.
Excuse me.
Thank you.
I heard Amemiya is still living alone?
Yes.
I thought she'd come back to you quick.
I thought so too.
You did too, youngster?
He actually broke up with her to have her do that.
Really?!
If she really did, you wouldn't have forgiven her, would you?
If she were the type of woman
who would come back to my place as soon as it went bad with you,
you wouldn't have loved her in the first place.
Amemiya is not that kind of girl.
True, she is clueless about love,
but she has a mind of her own.
She did say she'll decide by herself if she's happy or not.
See?
That is one selfish and bothersome girl.
Don't push me to look after such a girl.
My apologies.
Can't be helped.
That's the kind of girl we men fall in love with.
Drink up.
Cheers.
Merry Christmas!
It doesn't suit you!
Shut up!
One, two, cheers!
Merry Christmas.
Where's Hotaru?
She said she prefers to sleep at home.
A long, long time ago.
A memory from many summers ago.
My granny told me,
Fireflies, you know,
can't survive without
clear water, stream, and beautiful nature.
I remember how I held
a tiny firefly in my childish hands.
Very tiny, and
looking as if it's almost about to disappear,
such a tiny fragile glow.
Summer has come.
Good morning.
Ah, Hotaru-san!
The Azabu project, they say they want you to do it.
Really?
- It looks pretty heavy for Hotaru, though. - No. I'll do my best.
The paperworks are wrong.
[ Horrible woman! ]
Huh?
Gotokuji-san, what's this supposed to mean?
Redo it.
Why? I thought it was decided. It can't be helped.
The client said so.
Hey you, this is the receipt for the Hostess Club Akemi, right?
We can't pay for that.
Oh please!
Futatsugi-san.
Sorry about last night.
Not at all! I waited only for 7hours 35mins.
I'll definitely come tonight.
I won't wait more than 8hours 5mins tonight.
Morning.
Good morning.
Oh. Good morning.
Thanks.
Summer has come.
Yes.
The season for beer.
Yes.
Excuse me.
Amemiya.
Welcome home.
What do you mean, welcome home?
What are you here for?
I've returned.
Whatever for?
I thought you said you changed just a bit after your last love?
I thought you were climbing the staircase of your life alone?
I did.
About two.
The staircase of your life
has only two steps?
I climbed two steps, and then summer came.
If it's come, so what?
I was wondering how this porch has been.
How it's been....
I was thinking, I want to see manager.
When I left this house,
I cried non-stop.
I should've been at my happiest,
what with the prospect of living with my love,
but the moment I walked out of the door,
I couldn't stop my tears.
I cried so much,
I couldn't do anything about it.
Even when living with him,
at the end of the day...
for some reason, I wanted to talk to you.
When he broke up with me,
I wanted to see you.
Even when I started to live alone,
at the end of the day I'd think,
I want to talk with manager on that porch.
I couldn't forget you.
I wanted to see you again
in training wear and a samurai knot.
I came back because I wanted to see you.
I decided this by myself, because it's my own life.
Amemiya...
I wanted to see you.
To see you...
Why...?
"Why?" Because you're in love with me.
I love you too.
I wonder why....?
Anyway, Amemiya.
Yes.
There are some things you can't overcome, even if you love each other.
You...
Stand up.
Just stand up.
Yes.
It's not correct to enter a house and sit down without permission.
I'm sorry.
Here.
Move over there.
Huh?
I mean...
come to this side.
Come on.
I sit here...
and you sit there.
That place is especially for you.
Welcome home.
Manager!
Thank you so much!
I made you wait so long.
Itadakimasu.
Just as I thought....
you are the best!
We need to make a new cohabitation treaty.
1. Do not lock someone in the bathroom all by himself.
2. Be aware of fat percentage.
3. Use the table fairly.
4. Our pension should also fair.
Are you planning to live here after you grow old?
5. Even when old and feeble, nursing should be fun.
6. If I get a girlfriend, you must leave here.
Huh?
Thinking about it, it seems a pity to waste my life here.
Huh??
When I fall in love, it's your turn to cheer on for my love.
Huh???
Unlike you, I'm sure I have a glorious future awaiting me.
HUH????
You, on the other hand, will probably never fall in love again.
You will not fall in love with another man except me.
Not if you die. Not even after.
Not even if you reincarnate.
Even if you reincarnate, you'll still be in love with me.
Hey!
Listen to me, don't sleep!
Wake up.
Wake up, or I shall kiss you!
Wake up!
Wake up and listen to me.
Ahomiya!
Ah!
[note: A famous female singer who retired in 1980.]
Yamaguchi Momoe retired?!
What date is that newspaper?!
Thanks for watching with us.