From now on, if you
promise to erase all memories about my wife,
I will perform the operation and save her.
What is holding my wife's life is your moral principle.
If the operation goes well,
and I can come back without losing my memory.
I would like to go to see that sakura tree in full blossoms one day
together with you, Tasuku-san.
Please save Monami-san.
Your promise with me?
I will never see Monami-san again.
I hope my wife will survive this by all means.
Even if she loses her memory.
Looking at the result of the inspection, if we don't see any problems in other parts,
we will conduct the surgery right away.
I will be following you, so there's nothing to worry about.
Unforgivable!
He will only perform the operation on the condition that
Onii-san won't meet Monami-san anymore? That's what a doctor will say?
Don't know whether he's serious or not. The point is
he doesn't want you to have anything to do with his wife any more.
Onii-san, are you really fine with this?
I say this is great.
It's important for her to have the operation, and to get well. Right, Onii-chan?
How about Monami-san's feelings? She doesn't know this does she?
Isn't it all good now?
Onii-chan's already accepted the reality and bowed his head in front of the Director.
But... Thanks. Anna-chan.
However, can you let me stay here until the operation is finished?
Yup.
At least, what do you think about writing Monami-san a letter?
Huh?
Please convey your feelings to her.
Even though it's for Monami-san's sake, if you just disappear like that
it's sure too heartbreaking.
Pepper. A small amount.
(Beef stew Ingredients)
Monami! It's good news.
Your surgery has been set to take place in 3 days.
Eh..?
After the operation is done, you will be released from all the pains.
Yes..
I will save you.
In 3 days...
While I embrace the hope of surviving in my heart,
for some reason, I
just felt unbearably anxious.
After three days, everything will be over.
Monami.
Director, will you come tonight?
I can't.
Your wife's operation
is such an important thing?
Examining our Director's wife is nerve-racking right?
But that thing must be harsh even for the Director too.
Isn't that right? At any rate, it's 4 centimeters long.
Besides, with a tumor that deep,
everyone who looks at it will think complete removal is impossible.
Even if it can be completely removed,
she might become bedridden due to memory defect or disturbance of consciousness.
The Director must have considered that already though.
Hajime-chan!
There's a lot of meat inside right?
Huh? Not enough?
I'm going. Sorry, help me eat it.
Hajime-chan!
Some plates please. Thank you.
(Incoming call: Public phone)
From now on, if you promise not to see my wife or contact her
and erase all memories about her,
I will perform the operation and save her.
(One missed call)
[TEL] Tasuku-san.
[TEL] The surgery has been set to be in 3 days.
[TEL] I will call you again.
[TEL] Onii-san! What's the matter?
Ah.. actually, today I overheard
some other doctors talking about Monami-san's operation.
Then...
it's a little different from what Onii-chan were told by the Director.
Different?
"Even if the tumor can be completely removed,
the possibility of her losing all memory is high", they said.
"The Director must have considered that already though."
Eh..?
I have looked into the result of her examination too
Of course, I don't really have confidence in my judgement yet...
but I sorta arrived at the same conclusion...
So that means, the Director is lying?
Well, of course there's no such thing.
None none! Ah right.
The doctor who is my instructor will be joining the team to perfom the operation
so tomorrow I will try asking him. Okay. I'm counting on you.
Has Monami-san contacted you or anything?
She left a message on the answering machine, saying that the operation has been set to be in 3 days.
In 3 days... In 3 days huh...
Oh. It's blooming.
Perhaps, people can choose their way to live
because they have faith in something.
The operation has been set to take place in 3 days.
I don't want to lose Monami.
If I'm the one to perform the operation, you will possibly be cured.
While I kept telling myself that
this was the right choice,
as the operation inched near by the hour,
I could do nothing but wait for it,
without knowing that
the cruel reality is awaiting me.
Subs by yuizaki_libra Special thanks to furransu
Well then, everyone. Thank you for your cooperation.
Kimura-kun! Yes.
You are Inaba Hajime-kun's medical instructor right?
Yes. That's right. I was wondering how he is?
Quite exellent. He has some guts too.
Mom... I'm fine.
The tumor is small, and the operation is simple Haven't you heard that from Dad already?
Yeah.
I'm making you a lucky charm.
I will bring and give it to you before the operation
Thanks.
Obaa-chan said she would come to visit you later.
I see.
Hey, are things going well with Obaa-chan?
Things are sensitive, I guess.
Really?
But you know, because Obaa-chan really
deems you as important to her, so...
So?
You must get along well with her okay? What's that? All of a sudden.
Even Mom doesn't like Obaa-chan either.
You're right.
For now, it's alright, since this only lasts until Mom is discharged.
"Even if the tumor is completely removed,
the possibility that she loses all memory is high", they said.
"The Director must have considered that already though."
Congratulation on being discharged. Thank you for having taken care of her.
Please stay healthy. Thank you very much.
Later. Bye bye!
Onii-chan. Thanks.
It must be tough for Monami-san too.
But, it doesn't seem to be a difficult operation.
Also, Koichi is performing it so there's nothing to worry.
You are right.
What's the matter?
I have been very hesitant all this while about whether
Chairman should hear of this thing, but... What?
It seems that the Director has been aware of this already so...
It's so unfortunate...
What is it?
Could you not disclose that you hear this from me?
I promise.
Monami-san was
lying to her family.
Lying?
Kimura-sensei. Can I ask you a question?
Umm...
This time, our Director's wife is...
Inaba-kun. Yes?
I will no longer be instructing you.
Eh? Being told this all of a sudden, I was shocked too.
Did you do something that irked the Director?
No...
Even though I was having high hopes for you. What a pity.
Hajime? It's me.
Have you found out anything else about Monami-san's operation?
Sorry, you're in the middle of work.
Can you give me a call when you have time?
(First 3 calls: Nii-chan)
Hey hey, what did Inaba-sensei do?
Somehow, it seems that he made the Director angry.
Really? Isn't that bad?
(Yamagata Note 5. 12/2010~ Inaba Hajime)
Oh. Mother.
You... when you were in Yamagata,
you stayed at a man's house didn't you?
Although I thought something was fishy,
I couldn't think that you could tell that sort of lie.
I am terribly sorry.
However, that was because
I didn't want you to worry unnecessarily.
There is nothing for Mother to worry ab...
Are you trying to talk back to me? No, I didn't have that intention at all.
The fact that you were hiding this
is the evidence that you are feeling guilty.
With an unknown man...
If there's rumor going around, what are you going to do? You should be ashamed!
He is not that sort of person.
When I was met with the accident, he helped me.
As a consequence, I was helpless, and he let me stayed in his house. That's all.
This is the truth.
After the operation is over,
we will have to talk this over again.
I'm back. Welcome home.
Hajime.
Did you hear anything
about Monami-san's operation?
I didn't.
I see.
I thought of asking my instructor, but...
the Director told him he was removed from being in charge of me.
Eh?
That's really immature of him right?
Nii-chan, beyond this much, I can't get involved any longer.
The operation will definitely go well.
The Director's skill is very reliable so he will surely save her life.
But that is not good enough.
Monami-san,
because she was told that the risk of losing all memory was low,
she decided to go through the operation.
In order to protect important things,
if what she was told is not the case, the operation must be ceased.
You want me to do that?
I know that I'm causing you trouble.
If you know then isn't it enough already?
I have been working desperately hard at that hospital.
Why must someone who you met out of nowhere
cause that much of a hindrance to my life?
I don't know what to do already. Nii-chan, you go back to Yamagata!
Hajime-chan!
Sorry.
Can you go after him for me? Yes.
Hajime-chan! I said wait for me. Hajime-chan!
You're gonna catch a cold.
There... you will get warm soon.
I understand Hajime-chan's feelings.
Because I know how hard you have worked up until now.
You want to work hard, then to become a good doctor,
so that you can return Onii-san's favor right?
But in the end, I still think of myself as more important..
Isn't that just natural? Everyone's the same.
Not everyone.
Nii-chan is different.
That's right.
Ahh~ Why must it be Monami-san, of all people, I wonder?
It can't be helped. Because they encountered each other.
A chance encounter with someone,
you can say it is amazing, or frightening..
Even with one's own power, one cannot do anything.
Because it changes one's life for good.
Yeah...
I am glad that I encountered Hajime-chan too.
It hurts...
Of course the risk of losing your memory is not totally zero.
But it is definitely not high either.
For the sake of your daughter too,
because you are someone she can't live without.
(Incoming call: Public phone)
What have you gone?
Sorry sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.
I thought of calling Kotone.
But it's late, and maybe she's already asleep so I stopped.
You're worried about... the operation?
But I have trust in you.
Koichi-san. Hmm?
After the operation is over, I want us to properly discuss
about our future from now on.
Good night.
Night, Monami.
You caught a cold huh? Yeah somehow.
Hold on a moment.
As I thought, ginger water.
This is quite effective.
You used to catch a cold quite often.
Talking of that, when I took the entrance exam into university,
I had a high fever the day I went to Tokyo too.
Things were so messed up then.
You even accompanied me to Tokyo.
Yeah. You didn't know how to transfer train
in the subway at all. You completely lost your way to the hotel too.
But at that time, Onii-chan
always carried my problems on your back and kept running around.
So I ended up thinking it was my bad all that while.
I was in such a hurry that I forgot my exhaustion too.
Passing the exam with that high a fever was a great deal.
Looking at the desperate Nii-chan then, I thought even if I died, I had to pass the exam.
That time you were really happy right,
when you called me and said "Nii-chan, I passed!".
My bad.. I didn't mean to sabotage you.
I hope you can become an excellent doctor.
I don't want to be a hindrance to you at all.
But... I...
Tomorrow I'm going to meet the Director.
Meeting him, I will get it straight.
As I thought, no matter what, I still can't leave Monami-san alone.
Sorry.
Ahh~ I've had enough.
Thanks. Good night.
I even thought that Monami-san's only merit was her honesty.
You too. How could you not tell me properly about such thing.
I didn't want Mother to worry about unnecessary things.
Anyway, until Monami-san recovers,
let's think about what to do from now onwards.
As it is, a divorce will look bad.
This time, should we close our eyes or should we still chase her out?
Well, whichever way it will become, I will still keep Kotone here with me.
It's all right. As long the operation is done tomorrow,
everything will be settled.
Eh?
I'm going.
Have a safe trip.
I will be watching you, so there's nothing to worry about.
Excuse me.
I heard Kimura-sensei is no longer your instructor?
There are quite some rumors going around.
I don't know what happened but you should quickly apologize.
If you can't get the basics right, you will look like an idiot.
You are... from before?
Yes. Umm...
I am an acquaintance of Hajime-san, Tasuku-san's younger brother.
I'm Mukai Anna.
Umm... Really sorry for troubling you that time.
You are working here?
Yes. I'm sorry for greeting you this late.
Not at all.
This weather makes you feel great right? Yes.
Soon for a while,
I won't be able to look at the sky like this anymore.
I... am going through the operation tomorrow.
I heard that from Onii-san.
Tasuku-san won't change will he?
Eh? I haven't been able to reach him for a while now.
He's working his hardest at a part-time job.
Maybe he couldn't take a call while he's working.
Is that so?
That must be it.
Umm.. Could you do me this one insolent favor?
Yes. Anything.
If something happens to me,
could you help me tell Tasuku-san this?
"Thank you so much for everything".
I am really grateful to Tasuku-san.
Madam!
Please return to the patient room. Or else the Director is going to get angry at me.
I'm sorry.
Well then.
Yes.
[TEL] A guest with the name Inaba-san wants to see you.
I thought I would not see you again. What did you come for?
I'm busy so please make it short.
When you said that Monami-san will be cured after the operation,
was that a lie? What are you talking about?
Because you said that even if she had the operation,
the risk of losing all her memory was low.
That's why Monami-san could have the determination to have the surgery. And so?
But you're the only one to say that, right?
Other doctors all think that the operation is difficult.
Your loving brother fed you that?
Is that a lie?
Of course it is not.
I have confidence in saving Monami.
Whether you believe that is up to you.
If that is a lie,
deceiving your patient and doing whatever you want
is not something excusable!
So what you are doing is excusable?
Your existence to my family
and your brother too, will just turn everything into a disaster.
It has nothing to do with my brother!
The reality is it's not that simple.
A guest has suddenly turned violent. Call the security guards for me!
You think you can save Monami yourself?
Your conceitedness must be grand.
I just... just...
just want Monami-san to live according to how she wishes!
But you are different!
Are you alright, sir? Throw him out for me.
Don't get the police involved. Yes!
There, move it!
Monami-san's life doesn't belong to you!
Next time you do this, we'll call the police!
Tomorrow is the operation, so please don't strain yourself and have a good rest.
Yes. Come to think of it, some moment ago,
a strange man came to the Director's office.
Seems that he was thrown out by the security guards.
A strange man? Yes. Scary isn't it?
What does he look like?
No idea. But there's no need to worry.
It seems that the number of guards at the entrance has been increased.
It couldn't have been him huh?
Can you let me take a break from work today?
I'm feeling a bit unwell.
I'm sorry.
I have confidence in saving Monami.
Whether to believe that is up to you.
Your existence to my family,
your brother too, will just turn everything into a disaster.
I would like to go to see that sakura tree in full blossoms one day
together with you, Tasuku-san.
I see. You were under Professor Yoshida huh? Yes.
Today's operation is a rare case so you will learn a lot.
Yes!
A while ago, your brother marched into my office.
The one giving him strange suggestions is you?
What beautiful brotherly love...
It's exactly like what you already know, the world of medicine is small.
Don't think that after you leave this hospital, you can find some other place to work for
that easily.
Don't lose sight of your own important path,
just because of some meaningless sentiment.
This is heavy~
Shoot~
This will be done soon. I'm going to see Mom okay?
Ehh? At this time? Do that tomorrow.
At any cost, I want to hand her this today.
Kotone-chan. Because...
Mom's operation is tomorrow.
I want to be of help to Mom, even a little.
(Kotone's recipes)
Should I write recipes of some dishes for Koto-chan?
With Mom's recipes, I will cook you scrumptious dishes.
If Mom is not well, I'll be in trouble.
Because I can't make anything else except curry.
I'm home.
What?
This was in the dust bin.
"When you read this letter,
I will be in Yamagata."
"Even though I said I wanted to become your strength,
in the end I couldn't do anything at all. Sorry."
"But since you're reading this, you must be well right?"
"If that is the case, there is nothing else I can say."
"Your life doesn't belong to anyone. Please live it your way."
"I will pray for just that."
Today, I met Monami-san on the rooftop.
Eh?
"If something happens to me,
please tell him that I'm really grateful to him"
Don't lose sight of your own important path,
just because of some meaningless sentiment.
No matter what, I can't leave Monami-san alone.
Ah! Damn!
Damn it! Seriously!
Anna, can you tell me "I'm not in the wrong"?
Hajime-chan is not in the wrong.
Thank you.
Please stop this! Get a hold of yourself!
Please do me this favor!
No matter what, I have something I must tell her.
If you're still insistent, we will call the police.
What the heck are you doing there?
Hajime.
Seriously, don't act so rash. You're at that age already.
Outsiders are not allowed to enter.
So if you don't have this..
As I thought, there are things that
you should convey to Monami-san.
But if you use that, you will be...
Nii-chan, you told me this right?
"I hope you can become an excellent doctor."
Treating patients as his topmost priority,
is the job of an excellent doctor isn't it?
Don't you worry.
No matter what I do, I will become a full-fledged doctor for you to see.
Hajime...
Let's go.
The ward is over that side.
After you go straight from it, Monami-san's room will be there.
See you later. I will call a taxi and wait for you at the back.
Hajime.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Tasuku-san.
Why are you..?
I have something important to tell you.
My husband... was lying?
It wasn't like I heard this directly from your husband.
However, as it is, for you to go through the operation...
Why did you have your checkup at another hospital? Why did you?
Such a thing, you think you can do whatever you like?
Don't you play with me!
Surely...
that must be the truth.
I...
Let's get out of here.
Right now.
Yes.
What are you doing?
I'm getting out of here.
There's no need for me to stay anymore.
You think you can do whatever you want?
Monami.
The operation is tomorrow.
After tomorrow, everything will be resolved.
You seriously believe in that man's words?
Are you saying you can't even trust me
who is your own husband?
I can't trust you.
Do you know why I dared to put my life on the line
in order to choose
not to have the operation?
Because I didn't want to forget Kotone.
To me, the most important thing in this life
is to be her mother.
You was about to take away from me
the most important thing as you please.
After we got married, building a happy family
was a dream of mine only.
However, until the very end,
you didn't even try to face my heart.
What I think, how I feel, what I deem important in my life,
you never tried to understand even just one thing.
But in the end,
I want to be myself.
I want to have faith in myself and live on
and die.
Don't fool around with me.
You intend to go off with that man?
What are you going to do about Kotone?
Just cast her aside like a dog as you please?
I will have a proper talk with Kotone.
Definitely...
I will make you regret it.
Perhaps, people can choose their way to live
because they have faith in something.
Please wait here for a while.
Excuse me, open the door please!
Monami-san.
Are you all right?
Yes.
Mom?
Why...
In the end, what I believed in were...
your words
and the voice within my own heart.
Subs by yuizaki_libra Special thanks to furransu