Ouch!
- Are you okay? - I think so.
After all the trouble that Shigeru-kun went through, to get the tickets,
... the main star, Kosuke-san didn't come.
It couldn't be helped. Something important cropped up.
Something important... aahh!
Keiji, keep your eyes on your opponent. Timing! Timing!
Work hard, Keiji! After all, I'd come all the way to support you.
Oi! You're a man, right? Let us see some good boxing!
- That's right! Go for it, go for it! - Waa~ Enough already!
- Go for it! - Go Go!
Keiji-kun is truly trying his best. People can really change.
- I guess so. - Even Kosuke, he is resembling more of the old Kosuke.
- Come! - Go for it!
That's it, that's it!
Keiji! Have you forgotten my promise to go out with you should you win this round?
- Wow! - Yes!
You didn't go together? With Coffeeya-san.
- He had something else on. - Oh dear.
What was I thinking?
I'm sure it was just a casual invite.
I can never erase the time I'd spent with Aono.
I need to remind myself of that.
What a horrid person. To have stood up such a woman like you.
It wasn't exactly that I got stood up...
- Your clothes are nice today. Are they new?
It wasn't like I had bought them with today in mind.
- I have been wanting them for a while. - They look good on you.
I'm sure you had wanted to show it to Coffeeya-san too.
Like I had said...
... forget it.
I now know where we stand.
So, I shall not be going to Coffeeya-san's anymore.
- You're woman after all. - That's enough.
Please stop teasing me.
- Well, we've all worked hard today. Cheers! - Cheers!
Yay. You've worked hard.
When will you know if you had passed the Pro Boxing Test?
- Next week. - Pro boxer?
- It's my dream. - If you make it, Shoko-chan will go out with you?
If he passes.
- That is one big carrot dangling in front of him. - Yes! That's youth for you.
I wish I had a carrot too. Oh, Yuko-san, shall we place a bet?
- Eh? - If I win, Yuko-san will go out with me.
If Yuko-san wins, then I will go out with Yuko-san. What do you think?
Whether she wins or lose, Yuko-san will lose out in the end.
Shut up!
- Yuko-san, do you have that kind of partner? - "That kind of partner"?
- Boyfriend. - Who knows?
- She's doing it again. Evading the question. - That's how she maintains her mysterious air, no?
- It's good, right? - Good! It's good.
Confirmed it is good.
- Chika-chan! - Long time no see.
- What's this? What happened? Your arm. - I tripped while skating.
- Skate? - I had gone skating with Kashiwagi-san.
- Kashiwagi-san? Why? - I don't know why!
What? What's wrong?
You had invited her yourself. And yet you had chosen boxing with Keiji instead.
- I am so sorry. - Don't apologise to me. Please go apologise to Kashiwagi-san.
- Sorry. - Could it be my fault?
- No. - But Kosuke-san.
You should cherish Kashiwagi-san more.
- That's right. - That's right.
Women? They are very delicate beings, Kosuke.
I don't want to hear Shimaki-san saying such things, though.
Is that so? You had turned down skating with Kashiwagi-san,
... in order to spar with Keiji?
The timing happened to clash.
Well, I guess you had wanted to watch Keiji-kun grow.
Although I understand where you are coming from...
...women, they would have preferred to be given first priority, that's for sure.
- What should I have done? - Let's see...
... you should have brought her along to the boxing.
It was like your first date, right?
She will probably not come to the shop anymore.
What are you going to do?
I finally found you, Yuko. You look well.
- How? - The flower shop over at the shopping street?
I started working there.
You like these right? Sweetpeas.
Take them.
Akie-san...
Aah! That still needs to be preserved. Take it back in. - Yes.
He must be the playboy...Shimaki-san.
- Dear, these tulips should be displayed at the storefront. - Got it.
The broadminded wife. Hisako-san.
Amano Laundry.
The one who had a love affair with the Bentoya. Naomichi-san.
Wait...you'd left these behind. Take them too.
- Yeah yeah. - Go safely.
Motoko-san. Another persevering lady. She has endured much.
- Welcome. - Welcome.
Here you go, Eiji-san. Your usual blend coffee.
"Akimoto Eiji-san".
I wonder if his wife has recovered...
- Sorry to have kept you waiting. - Thanks.
Just as I'd thought, you're a handsome one, aren't you?
I'll drink now.
The beans have been roasted really well.
The beans are from Guatamala's Bolsa plantation?
Yes.
Do the beans change depending on the way it is roasted?
That's right. Even if the beans come from the same place, the roast makes the beans.
That's why it is delicious.
You seem to have indepth knowledge. Are you in the same business too?
How can that be?
A long, long time ago, during my schooldays, I had part-timed at a Jazz coffeeshop.
And you are?
Me? I am Minamino Chika.
You're Chika-san? You've started part-timing here?
Err... yes. Since last week due to various reasons.
- Here. Please take care of it. - Aah, yes.
I have been wanting to drink a cup of your coffee.
Erm... have we met before?
This is our first time meeting. I am Kumagaya Akie.
I am Soda Kosuke.
Actually, I am supposed to be staying at the hospital still.
I sneaked out.
I have heard a lot about this place from my nurse.
And so, I had really wanted to come here.
A... nurse?
Akie-san...
Welcome.
- You had me all worried. - I am sorry.
- Let's go. - Why don't you have a cup too?
- Since you've come all the way here. - Well...
- Kashiwagi-san, a colombian? - Yes.
What a nostalgic fragrance. If only I could turn back time.
To your school days?
Yes. That time would be nice too. I was contented at work then.
I had worked really hard.
You were probably much admired by the other women then. What did you worked as?
- I was an editor at a publisher. Art & Literature. - Eh? That's so cool!
I had lived the way I wanted. That is why I do not have a single regret.
However, having said that...
Perhaps there could have been a different life for me?
I've wondered sometimes.
It's so carefree to be alone.
And yet... it could get lonely. - Akie-san...
I have something I wished I could have told the me of days past.
Live life a little more disarmingly.
Your coffee makes the drinker chatty, right?
Well then, I'll make a move.
Make a cup of coffee that this person will enjoy well.
Yes.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Here you go.
Erm... about the last time, I am sorry.
I was the one who had invited you...
No, it's fine. I had enjoyed myself with Chika-chan.
So please don't think anything of it.
Kosuke-san, have you given her a proper apology?
Kashiwagi-san was really disappointed back then.
That wasn't the case...
Welcome.
- Eh? You guys seem to be having fun. - It's nothing...
By the way, Chika-chan, you seem all settled here.
Thanks~ Could you be the new person at "Aruru"?
Yes. Chika-chan's replacement. Sagawa-kun.
- I'm Sagawa. - He was asking me for some advice on life.
- 2 cups of blend. Sit down.
- Advice on life? - Yes. Everyone, please listen up.
- Actually, this Sagawa-kun... - What is it?
- ... is Yuko-san's husband. - You're kidding!
- "Iroha"'s Yuko-san? - Yes.
Ehh?! Yuko-san is married?
- We are separated at the moment. - Separated? Why?
It's my fault...
You did something terrible.
Yes... because of my retrenchment at work,
- ...nothing was going well for me. - How long have you been separated?
2 years.
These 2 years have been filled with regrets.
And then, when he got a job at our shop,
He bumped into Yuko-san along the shopping street.
So, what are your plans?
I would like to start all over with her.
Although it feels a little too convenient for me, I know.
But, us human, we can start all over again.
Unn... that's right.
Kashiwagi-san!
Shall we go for a drink?
Why not?
- That person... - Yes. He came to Coffeeya.
Yuko-san, you've never once mentioned you are married.
I was so shocked.
- I had failed at it, that's why. - Failed?
But you're not divorced, right? Until now.
That is why Sagawa-san is still hoping.
To start over... Yuko-san.
Why did you not break it cleanly? It's been 2 years.
Yuko-san, you still harbor some feeling for him, right?
I'm sure there are lots of things that none of us can understand.
It's between the couple.
What are you going to do now?
We have never once kept in touch.
Eh! In these 2 years? Not even once?
The world is full of all sorts of couples. They come in all sorts of conditions.
I guess... but that person said he is filled with regrets, for the past 2 years.
Even so, some things, once broken can never be mended.
- It's impossible. - It's hard, right?
That's right... although it is not wholly related...
I hope that things will go smoothly for Kashiwagi-san and Kosuke-san.
- We are not at that stage yet.
If you keep saying that, nothing will get moving and you'll stay as-is forever.
In a situation where under normal circumstances, the two of you would not be emphatising with each other,
both of you met, are drawn to each other, and can emphatise with each other...
It is short of a miracle for such a thing to happen.
Yuko-san...
I wonder why...
Yuko-san and Sagawa-san were both happy at the beginning, right?
Yes.
Shigeru-kun used to live a life of crime, but he is now trying his best, right?
Well, I don't know what kind of person Sagawa-san is...
But I believe that people can change.
Thanks, Chika-chan.
But... I...
That person...
I had stabbed him.
I wanted to kill him.
F*ck!
Everyone is treating me like an idiot!
- Darling, please stop it already. Please. - Are you unhappy with me? You! Oi!
If you have something to say, then just say it!
I was beaten daily... Yelled at...
Those days were hell.
I felt I had no choice but to kill him.
Oi! Yuko! Somebody! Somebody!
It was either killed or be killed.
I felt I could never escape from him.
But after that, I suddenly got scared. So I started running... and running.
Then I came to this town, where my Aunt is.
Nobody came after me. Not even the police.
So I was thinking, "Ah! That must be the case."
"He didn't die".
It's good that you didn't kill him.
To have thrown away your life for a man like that.
Such a thing must never happen.
Kashiwagi-san...
Aah! You're here.
I'm sorry to have surprised you like this.
But Yuko...
Can you trust me once again?
I was acting strange then.
It hurts me so, when I think about all the things I had done to you
There wasn't a day in the past 2 years that I never think of you.
I was such a pathetic excuse for a man...
I apologise from the bottom of my heart.
I will never ever again use violence on you. I will cherish you!
Yuko, can you, just one more time...just one more time.
Believe in me?
Sagawa-san was trying desperately.
But... Sagawa-san's feelings, are they twisted?
An obsession? Or true love?
If somehow or other, she returns to him, will it turn out well?
For Yuko-san...
You seem to be overly worried over her.
That's because I hope Yuko-san will be happy.
What about me?
With regards to me...
What should I do?
Kashiwagi-san...
I will forever be praying for your happiness.
- If you think that way, then... - This has nothing to do with me!
I...
That person who was your husband...
That...
For me, that is something that is over.
In your letters, you have written repeatedly.
"I do not deserve to be happy".
You have many more years ahead of you.
Do you intend to live your life thinking that way?
I used to think that way.
But in this shop that my father had left behind...
... brewing the coffee daily for all sorts of people who had come for a drink...
Seeing them enjoy the delicious taste...
They make me smile from seeing their joy.
I have my friends. I have my boxing too.
Although it's not a lot, they make me happy.
Me... this happiness is more than enough for me.
I see...
Kosuke, you... That's not something you should say to a woman.
She would have wanted you to see her as just a woman.
How do you feel about Kashiwagi-san.
Eh? How do I feel...?
Just say it truthfully. How do you feel?
She is a wonderful person.
Amongst your so-called meagre happiness,
Do you count her as one?
Do you feel like you'd like to know her better?
- Yes. - Do you feel like you'd like to converse more with her?
Yes, I do.
Then, clearly express in words, those feelings.
That is the role of a man.
Delicious.
How dare you say such mean things!
I was dishonest... I was a coward...
You are not that kind of person.
Kashiwagi-san, over there, over there.
This way.
~ Divorce application ~
Can you not try to understand my feelings?
I am sorry.
I am no no longer the man I was back then.
I will do everything properly. No matter what.
I will definitely make you happy.
Yuko.
I have thought over it...
Thought long over it.
It's not possible.
It is no longer possible.
Even if this is the only thing I am asking of you?
Even if I love you this much still?
I never told the police about that incident.
You didn't do anything after the incident...
... it was because you'd wanted us to start over again, right?
No.
I was just confused... Terrified over what I'd done.
I was also terrified of being arrested. I wanted to just run away.
But as of today, I want to stop running.
For me, to start over means that we have to break all ties completely.
And start from zero again.
You have never changed at all,
You are a criminal.
You tried to kill me.
I am prepared for the worst. I shall go to the police hereafter.
Why? I... for the past 2 years, I...
Sagawa-san, Sagawa-san!
If you truly love Yuko-san,
...then please let her happiness be your topmost concern.
If you do this, what will you become?
I... I just wanted...
For Yuko to understand. How much I...
How much I...
If you don't mind it being me, I will listen to you.
Kashiwagi-san... Kashiwagi-san.
Kashiwagi-san!
- Oh! What did they talked about?! Oh! - Ambulance...
Ambulance!
How long till the blood transfusion pack arrives?
- 10 mins. - Hurry up!
The knife was thrusted in deep, she had lost an unexpected amount of blood.
Frankly, she is still in a comatose condition now.
Oh no...
She'll be fine. Because you are by her side all the time.
Fuyuko-san is a very determined lady.
I found this in Fuyuko-san's bag.
It's addressed to you.
"Soda Keisuke"
" Thank you for writing me all these letters."
"I will never allow myself to be happy"
"When the you who used to think that way"
"said this to me. 'although it is not a lot, I am currently happy'"
"I felt really happy."
"This thing called happiness, is not something that we can give, nor something that we can be given."
"It is something that we just have."
"The important thing is for us to recognise it."
"If we are able to recognise it,
for sure, our lives will be so much richer."
"You and I are connected through...
...your past, the thing that brings you much pain."
"That is something that can never be erased."
"But, why is it... each time I think of you, it brings a smile to my face."
"The sound of the coffee beans being grounded."
"The sound of the bell."
"A feeling of warmth."
"You are always there."
"That is happiness to me."
"However, I had really wanted to go skating with you."
"To tell the truth, I was disappointed."
"It would be great, if you count me among your blessings."
"I would like to get to know you better."
"Before I knew it, I was thinking that."
"Although it is quite embarrassing to be having such thoughts at this age..."
Please wake up.
Fuyuko-san!
I...
I don't want to lose you.
I don't want to lose you!
Fuyuko-san.
Kashiwagi-san is recovering well. Don't worry.
The lawyers have said it.
Since you have mitigating circumstances, you will probably not have to serve time.
Thank you.
You life begins from now.
Yes.
"In a town in a shopping district,"
"there is a small coffeeshop."
"It is a small shop that is very easy for one to pass it by, if one is not aware of its existence."
"If one drinks the coffee there, it will warm one's heart and fill one with tenderness."
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
"That is why, the people of this town."
"When their hearts are breaking so, they will come to this shop."
In anticipation for the next trial, work hard!
"People who have lost their way..."
Oh! My morning song woke you up?
Oh ho! Are you smiling?
Hmm... I see. You're smiling.
"People who cannot see the light..."
Hisako, I was thinking we should try to get the business of the new hotel in front of the station.
If we get it, shall we go to the onsen together?
- Hold on... people are trying... - Welcome.
Tell me again when you have clinched the deal.
Yes.
"People who are looking for someone to talk to..."
Why are you dilly dallying?
If you don't hurry up, you will be late for the afternoon collections.
- I am going now. - Hey! Over there!
Go! Go!
"People who are trying to recover the joy in living daily..."
I have never had my hair cut anywhere other than in the famous salons.
- Oh! Oh! - Huh! Wait a minute...
- What have you done! - Sorry, sorry.
"People who do not wish to forget the warmth..."
- Shigeru-kun is an idiot! - Sorry, sorry!
"It is just a cup of coffee."
"However."
Delicious.
It's delicious.
It's due to the skills I'd acquired from long ago.
"A cup of coffee can sometimes change your life."