When are you coming out, Miho?
Don't be so childish! Hurry out!
I am not adult. I am still a child.
Stop embarrassing me!
Hello?
It's me.
It's too of a sudden. The kid doesn't seem to accept.
Then let's change to another date?
I'm sorry. You finally took some time off...
Never mind.
Miho!
Didn't you have something to say?
We're coming.
Sorry for making you wait.
Not at all.
I've finished your manuscript.
Thank you!
I will start from the result.
I have discussed with Natsume Sensei.
We will not take your manuscript this time.
My story... what should I improve?
Your story lacks a sense of "self".
If what one does is just imitating others, he would not succeed to be a part of the novel world.
My story is imitating others...
Something that is able to turn over the Meiji Era,
and something innovative -- that is what we are looking for.
This is Mr. Shiomi Atsushi.
He is university professor teaching Japanese literature.
He is customer of our publishing house since a long time.
I have heard a lot about you from your mother.
You dream to be a science fiction writer, don't you?
This has nothing to do with my becoming a writer or not.
You just want to marry my mom.
I am against. That's it.
Miho!
She is as straight-talking as you.
I am really embarrassed. Usually she is not like this.
Miho!
You are getting old, but you want to remarry. It's so disgusting!
How to write something innovative...
Earthquake?
What's going on?
It's finally over...
Ouch...
What is this thing?
Strange... Where did it go?
It disappeared?
Impossible to disappear into the emptiness...
The number you are dialling is out of the service range...
Out of the service range? Where is that?
What on earth is this thing?
What is it for?
Brother, I am coming in.
Oh.
Your manuscript got rejected again?
How did you know?
Isn't it because you skip dinner every time you get rejected...
Is that so?
So I thought it's time you should feel hungry.
I should highly praise you for being such a considerate sister,
but just like you said, I have no appetite.
For real...
Brother, you've never been in love, right?
You'll never figure out anything interesting without ever being in love.
Love? Don't talk nonsense.
Wouldn't it be better if brother became a businessman like father?
You talk too much.
Tonight's moon is so pretty.
Come have a look, brother.
I don't care about moon...
It IS pretty...
Ah, finally...
Pick up now...
Hello?
What the heck?
Hello?
It makes the "Hello" sound... It's a telephone?
No way... there's no cable.
Can't be a telephone.
What is he talking about? Hello?
Hello...
Hey, it's my cell you've got there.
Shell?
Not shell... Cell! Cellphone.
(PS: "cell" and "weird" sound alike) Weird...phone?
Who are you?
I am...Miyata Tokijirou.
Miyata Tokijirou...What an old-fashioned name...
What old-fashioned?
Anyways, where are you?
Here is Tokyo Region Hongo District Yushima Tenjinsamano Otokodashita Building 3.
What Tokyo region Hongo district?
Tokyo is not a region, Hongo is not a district.
Stop talking nonsense!
I'm not!
Stop being absurd! Tell me your address,
I'll go get my phone tomorrow.
Didn't I just tell you, Tokyo Region Hongo District...
No more "Hongo District". Seriously, give me your address.
I AM serious!
Old-fashioned names...absurd...
You are such a rude girl!
Pardon?
I hate this type of girls who never listen and so self-righteous!
I hate those type of boys who only talk nonsense and always want to fool others!
Not gentle at all! Tomboy! Lower class people!
Lower class?
Fine, whatever! Farewell!
What's what! Hey! Hey!
Aww no, disconnected...
How does it work?
The number you are dialling is out of the service range...
Argh! Why did he hang up on me!
This is how we met...
So this is Yushima Tenjin here.
Otokodashita Building 3...
This can't be...
Excuse me,
Is there Miyata family near here?
Miyata?
I am looking for Miyata Tokijirou.
Sorry, I've never heard of this name.
Really?
What nonsense, there's no Miyata here!
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Power off?
So messy...
What is this...
You are messing with my stuff again!
Didn't I tell you not to clean my room?
I wouldn't know where things are again!
Isn't it because brother's room is too messy?
You will never write any good novels in this kind of room!
None of your business!
First, there is no relationship between good novels and cleanness of room.
Telegram?
Just arrived. From father.
It says urgent.
Same old tricks. Ignore ignore.
It would be nice to go just once.
Even if you just want to continue writing, you should at least make it clear to father.
Father would be so happy if you can inherit his company.
I know I know.
Oh by the way, brother, what is this box thingy?
I don't know myself either. Seems to be called a "weird phone".
Weird phone?
Indeed, it's a somewhat bizarre phone.
Is it really a phone?
Last night, a girl's voice came from it.
How can it be? No receiver, no cable, and no crank.
That's why it's "weird phone".
There's really a girl's voice?
Yeah.
Wasn't it your illusion?
Illusion?
Yes, brother has been at home focusing on the novels,
and starts to hear non-existent voices...
No way. I didn't just hear; I also talked to her.
Don't move.
Doesn't have a fever...
Of course not! That's enough, get out now.
OKOK.
Nobody will believe me...
(Mom will come back late. Dinner in the fridge.)
I eat now.
Is it really OK if mom remarries, dad?
Ah, it's connecting.
Hello?
Connected! Hello?
I hear her!
What a fuss!
The address you told me last time...
Wait.
Huh?
Before you talk, I have to apologize to you.
Apologize?
I was very rude last time.
I shouldn't talk like that to ladies. I apologize.
I am sorry. Please forgive me.
Umm, no, actually I should apologize too.
You don't need to.
But I shouldn't have talked like that either.
And then?
Huh?
What did you want to say just now?
I went to the address you gave me.
They said there's no Miyata there.
This is strange... Why not?
I am living here right now.
You live there?
Then why don't you say your address again. Be more detailed this time.
Then I will tell you the official detailed address.
Please.
Tokyo Region Hongo District Yushima...
Not again!
Huh?
This address doesn't exist at all.
What do you mean "doesn't exist"...
Ah I get it!
What?
You pretend to be nice to get me off guard,
then you try to scam my cellphone!
What?
In real, you are a liar and thief.
What thief?
Wait, such insults... I cannot take this anymore.
I don't care if you are a girl or not, I will be merciless.
And now you are the one who got angry?
Show your face.
I told you... if you don't tell me the address, I can't come get you!
Don't let me just repeat myself again and again!
It's my turn to say this! Don't make me repeat myself!
Listen, either in the past or right now,
I am living at Tokyo Region Hongo District Yushima...
Don't make it wrong again. Remember this!
Either in the past or right now?
It can't be a wormhole?!
When the cellphone fell...
If there was a wormhole right there...
Wormhole?
Where did you find my cellphone?
On the stairs in the publishing house.
I don't know where it fell from.
Where is that publishing house?
That place should be in Akasaka District.
Akasaka?
My cellphone disappeared in the hotel there!
That's it! My cellphone fell into a wormhole!
Hey, can you explain it to me?
Wormhole is a time tunnel connecting the past and the future.
When there was the earthquake, the wormhole appeared...
I don't understand what you're talking about.
What date is it in your place?
Huh?
Just tell me.
Umm OK, today is April 16th, 1912.
1912...
It's Meiji Era, Year 45.
Meiji...
Why are you so surprised?
It is April 16th, 2008.
2008!
Almost 100 years' difference? You've got to be kidding me!
Oh right, wait.
Year 1912...
April 16th...
On April 15th, Titanic sank.
Titanic?
A luxury passenger ship from England.
There were over 2000 passengers. Yesterday it hit an iceberg and sank.
Didn't you see the article in the newspapers?
I didn't know about that.
Maybe it'll be in tomorrow's newspaper.
What a joke. You are the liar here!
I'm not lying!
Above all, how can you know what's going to happen tomorrow?
I'm in 2008! Your tomorrow is my past.
Such nonsense...
Hello? Hello?
What the heck, not now...
Hello? Heeey?
Brother, who were you talking to just now?
No...
Are you alright?
I... I'll go wash my face.
Brother is acting so odd today.
Odd guy...
Miyata Tokijirou,
I started to notice this odd guy.
No matter how many times I read,
Natsume Sensei really deserves my utter admiration...
Use the cat to be the main character of the story, this is non-precedential.
Compared to him, my story isn't even worth reading.
Brother!
Didn't I tell you before, knock before you go into others' room.??????? ???????????
Westerners call this "knock". It is a habit of gentlemen and fair ladies.
Remember this now.
It is not the time for slow motion.
Who told you about the shipwreck of the English luxury ship?
Why?
You were right. Look!
What?
English Luxury Passenger Ship Sank -- Rare Tragedy Of The World
It can't be true!
Who did you hear it from?
The girl from the phone.
Phone? That thing?
Hello? Titanic really sank!
Exactly like what you said! Hello? Hello?
Stop that!
What's wrong?
It was terrible!
Huh?
I don't want to see brother like this!
But it was true, wasn't it?
I'm home.
This is my new cell number. Just bought it.
Why don't you use the old one anymore?
No why.
To-ki-ji-ro-u
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Why it just connects time to time?
It never got through until that night...
Ah, the moon!
When it was connected again, the moon was there too.
That's how...
Just won't work...
Pick up!
Hello?
Here he is! Hello?
I've been waiting for so long!
Huh?
You were right! Titanic really sank!
You are really someone from 100 years later!
You finally got it!
It really is incredible, but it really is true...
Mmh, it can only be called a miracle.
But why us two?
Can you see the moon there?
Moon?
Yes.
Hold on.
Yes, very pretty moon.
That's really the case.
What case?
It can only connect when there's the moon during the night.
That's how it works?
Yes. I don't know why though.
Such a small and cableless thing turns out to be a telephone. It's so surprising.
You have telephones in your time already?
I don't have a phone at home, but there's one at Natsume Sensei's place.
Natsume Sensei?
Famous modern novelist Natsume Souseki Sensei.
You are talking about Natsume Souseki?
Natsume Sensei didn't get the phone just for calling people.
But if someone calls him and had nothing special to say,
he'll cover the phone with his bed sheets so he can't hear the ringing.
Really?
This way he won't be disturbed when he's writing.
Oh, Natsume Souseki used telephone too...
You know Natsume Sensei too?
Of course. He's a super famous novelist.
I've read his "I am a cat"
Wow, you even know about the cat!
Yes. And also "Sanshiro", "And Then"
Yes yes.
And "Kokoro". It's my favorite.
"Kokoro"? I've never heard of this one.
No way, this is one of his best.
Really?
Ah, maybe it will be published later?
Later... ah... I see.
If you call Natsume Souseki "sensei",
it means you are a novelist yourself.
I am Natsume Sensei's disciple.
Wow!
Then you have published your own novels?
I am just a student in Empire University.
What is "Empire University"?
Tokyo Empire University.
Oh that's Tokyo University. You must be smart.
Dad is against me writing novels.
Always wants me to take over his company.
I see.
But if I write something worthwhile before I graduate,
I believe I will get my dad's recognition.
It's so magical.
Why?
It's such a coincidence. I try to be a novelist myself.
Really?
My goal is Fantasy Nobel Youth Rewards.
Fantasy Nobel...
Put it this way, Mystery novels --
Fantasizing everything of the future, realizing it into words.
Everything of the future.
Yes.
Future...
Ah, I didn't introduce myself yet!
Huh?
Name, for example.
Oh, right.
My name is Fujisaki Miho.
Miho.
Yes. It means walking in the future.
Miho - walking in the future -- such a good name.
Thank you.
How old are you?
16.
Same as my sister.
It's my first year in a girls' high school.
Girls' high school?
Yes. Only girls can study in girls' high school. Understand?
Ah! Schools only for girls!
Yes, that's it.
You must be an excellent student.
Though my sister is the same age as you,
she doesn't go to school or work. She just wastes time all day.
I am not excellent at all.
I don't even have good grades.
My teacher even told me, if I continue like this, it would be hard to enter the university of my first choice.
And you want to continue to university? You must be a genius girl!
Not at all. Now it's the all entry time.
Whoever wishes can go to university.
Year 2008 is such an amazing time.
Is it really that amazing, I don't have an idea...
Umm...
Yes?
You said you know Natsume Souseki Sensei, right?
Yeah.
Then what about me?
Would I be an excellent novelist like Natsume Sensei 100 years later?
Guy from the publishing house told me to write innovative novels,
which I don't have the faintest idea of how to come up with it.
I'm quite upset.
So... Even if it's just a short story,
If you could find just one piece,
If my work can still be found after 100 years...
It will certainly give me much confidence.
I understand how you feel.
I want to be a novelist too,
but I don't have the confidence to realize my dream.
Same with me.
Honestly, I doubt if I'm really suitable for writing novels.
Do I really have the talent for it?
Hmm? Ah!
Maybe every time when clouds cover the moon, it disconnects?
Clouds?
It's covering up the moon here too.
Listen, the phone call is going to be disconnected soon.
OK.
But it will be connected again.
When the moon comes out?
Yes. Turn off the phone when there's no moon,
Otherwise it'll consume the battery.
What's battery?
Battery provides the power to make the phone work.
Huh?
Let me explain it to you.
There's a button above the "3" key, press it for a long time,
You can power it off that way.
When the moon comes out next time, just press the same button again.
Then I'll be able to call you.
Can you hear me? Above the "3" key.
What? I can't hear you very well.
Above the "3" key.
I got it.
I will go look up for your works, Miyata Tokijirou.
Yes. Please!
Hope I can find something...
of Tokijirou's work...
Mystery novel...
Let me give it a try.
0 search results...
There are so many.
Even if it's just the name... please...
Show up in some of the books, Mr. Miyata Tokijirou.
None...
Shiomi Atsushi.... Isn't it...
that person...
I didn't think you would contact me first. Thank you.
Please don't misunderstand, I still don't agree to your marrying my mom.
I will make efforts. You will approve of us one day.
Speaking of which, what did you want to meet me for?
Ah, it's about Natsume Souseki.
Souseki?
I found this in the library.
I thought maybe Mr. Shiomi would know...
About?
Among Souseki's disciples, there should be someone called Miyata Tokijirou.
I would like to know more about this guy's work.
Miyata Tokijirou.
Yes.
Never heard of him.
There must be this person.
Let me see.
Here is the list of Souseki's disciples,
who have at least published one piece of work.
Miyata...
Not there... Miyata Tokijirou.
Are all the disciples listed?
Besides the people listed here, Souseki had a lot of other disciples.
But most of them stayed unknown and never published anything.
I see.
Why do you want to know about this Miyata Tokijirou?
Ah, that...
My friend's friend knows Miyata.
He knows Miyata himself?
A boy called Miyata, his grandpa's grandpa is Miyata Tokijirou.
I see.
But what a pity, he didn't seem to have become a writer.
How about a dinner with your mom and I, the 3 of us?
Give me a chance...
Be careful on your way back!
Until when do I have to wait...
Sorry for the long wait.
Don't mention it.
I've read your work.
I am very confident this time.
In conclusion,
Yes?
This is not a novel.
Huh?
It cannot even be called literature.
How's that?
The absolute element in literature is a moving story.
Yes.
A phone call from an unknown person from the future...
No matter how much ink you consume, if you do not describe the critical character in detail,
you are unable to move people.
Please write a novel that belongs to yourself.
Thank you very much.
A novel that belongs to myself...
Brother, I'm coming in.
OK.
It feels like the execution day is approaching, brother.
What?
Letter from father.
Everybody has something in life that he has to do.
If literature is what you have to do, I will not call you off.
I will even give up trying to let you inherit the company.
However, I hope you could stop to think it over,
What is the thing you have to do in life.
Something only you could do, but not others.
Very sharp points.
Akiko, what do you think?
Me?
Do you think I will have a future being a novelist?
Is novel really what I should achieve?
I think brother can do it.
I think brother will definitely write something as wonderful as Souseki Sensei's works.
Akiko...
Brother often said, one can only realize his dreams by making efforts.
I always believe it to be the truth.
Let me throw it for you today, brother.
Give me.
I am sorry, father.
Hey!
This way you can only go ahead and make efforts.
Then good night.
Thank you.
Here is the moon.
OK, I have pressed the button above 3. Call me now.
So... Even if it's just a short story,
If you could find just one piece,
If my work can still be found after 100 years...
It will certainly give me much confidence.
It's so hard to make the call.
Clouds, please, continue covering the moon.
Why isn't she calling yet?
She can call me from there, then I must be able to call her too.
Telephone should work like this. Let me try.
Please connect.
I am sorry, Mr. Tokijirou, wait a little longer.
I have to find some excuse.
Ah! Oh no...
What can I do?
Hello?
Oh, connected.
Here Tokijirou.
Good evening.
You still haven't called me, so I called you.
You figured out how to call me.
I just randomly pressed the keys. No, should say it's my determination.
Because I want to talk to you by heart. That's why it connected.
Determination?
I really wanted to talk to you today.
It's great.
Did something happen today?
Yes. About my dad.
But it's alright now.
I see.
Oh by the way, last time I asked you for a favor...
Huh?
I asked you about my novels 100 years later...
Yes.
Please forget it.
Really?
It becomes meaningless when we get to know the future.
We are motivated to make efforts because the future is unknown.
Yeah.
Therefore, about my future, no matter it's good or bad,
Please don't tell me anything from now on.
OK. I won't.
One will achieve his dream with great efforts, this is what I think.
I will keep on, no matter what happens in the future.
"One will achieve his dream with great efforts"...
Such a good sentence.
I think it's the first time you praise me.
It is?
I always felt you looked down on me, the guy from Meiji era.
You must think I'm an ancient guy who doesn't know a thing.
Not at all.
Is it really?
I swear to the moon.
The moon...
We are looking at the same moon right now.
Yeah.
Oh, right, I tell you how to call me.
Call you?
Yes. It's so inconvenient to randomly press keys.
You are right.
You can also redial from there.
So, press the left part of the big button in the middle,
then press twice the center part of the middle button.
You should be able to call me this way.
Press here, then twice here.
OK, I got it. I will try it next time.
Thank you for today.
Then, good night.
Good night.
Hello?
I am sorry.
Why, what's wrong?
No, nothing.
I'm sorry, I have to disconnect for today.
Huh?
I will call you again. Bye bye.
What happened?
Hey, aren't you ashamed?
Kissing in the street.
You saw it.
Maybe dad was looking too.
Miho,
do you remember your first birthday after your dad died?
You said, crying, "I don't want to have birthday without dad."
Mom was feeling the same back then.
Even so, birthdays still came.
Without dad, we still celebrated.
Of course, it's not the same as before.
But birthdays still went by.
Then the year later, and the year after, birthdays keep coming.
Unconsciously,
we are able to celebrate birthdays very calmly.
Suddenly, one day, mom realized,
surprising myself,
that birthdays without dad could be so calm. It was impossible to imagine back then.
Maybe this is because dad wants us to forget him,
hoping us not to be tied up by the deceased one.
A living person has to face the future, and live on.
It must be dad who wants to convey these thoughts to us.
Walking in the future, the name Miho,
It was your dad who gave it to you.
So I believe...
These words, aren't they just some selfish false reasoning?
Hello?
This is Tokijirou.
You suddenly hang up, I was worried.
I am sorry.
Are you crying?
You can tell me if you don't mind.
When you feel sad, you talk it over with someone,
and you will feel better.
I know I am childish.
Ah...
I know I always say wilful words.
My mother is going to remarry.
After my father died,
My mother and I depend on each other.
But she suddenly told me, she was going to remarry with some other guy...
Hm...
It is like... mom is going to somewhere far far away,
and become someone I don't know...
I feel so lonely.
I understand how you feel.
Really?
My mother passed away.
Ah...
When I was 15.
Then father married his concubine, let her into the family,
Now they are living in another place.
Oh...
At first, I was against it too,
Later on, I started to realize, even if they are our parents,
as their child, we shouldn't occupy them alone.
They have their own life too.
Do you get what I mean? Thought I cannot express myself very well...
Yes. Thank you.
You gave me a lot of courage.
I'm happy to hear that.
But when we are talking like this, getting to know each other across 100 years,
nobody would believe us no matter whom.
I guess so.
I more and more feel like going to your world.
Right!
What?
Sometimes the moon also comes out during the day.
Yes, indeed, I've seen the daytime moon before.
Then, when next time the moon comes out during the day,
Let's have this activity called "Date"!
Date?
Date is, man and woman set up a time and a place to meet up,
and then go eat, go shopping, or something like that.
This kind of activity is called "Date" in the West.
I know what a date is.
You know?
We use it here too.
Though I've never dated myself.
You never dated? That's great!
Why?
No, nothing.
But date certainly sounds interesting.
Let's try.
So now that we've decided,
which day would be suitable?
Ah, hold on.
The daytime moon...
This day... April 26th.
OK. April 26th it is.
Then, where are we going?
Talking about Date, of course we should go to Yanaka.
Yanaka?
Yanaka temple. In Ginza.
Ginza. OK!
I'm in Ginza.
I just arrived too.
Where should we go first?
I was thinking to go to restaurant with you,
so I came out without eating.
Let's go eat first.
OK. If we go eat,
I looked up and found a good place.
First, go in the direction of Hibiya park.
OK.
Now I'm passing by Hibiya.
I'm passing by there too.
Can you hear the water?
There is a huge fountain here.
It's a playground here.
Here we are.
Matsumotoro.
I arrived too.
Thank you for waiting.
Here is my curry.
Thank you for waiting.
Here it comes too.
Then let's start.
One, two...
I will eat now~
Mmh... delicious.
Mh... good good!
We are now in the same restaurant, both eating curry.
I can still eat it after 100 years. It's wonderful!
Yes.
Ah, how much does the curry cost there?
10 cents.
10 cents? Not even 1 Yen?
So cheap.
How about there?
700 Yen.
700 Yen? You can get a car with it.
Really?
If it's true, I really should go to your place with my pocket money,
then I can buy anything here.
Yes.
Welcome.
I'm passing by a theatre. And you?
No theatre.
What about hairdresser?
Nope.
There's been a lot of change over 100 years.
100 years is a very long time.
How about this, now on my left there's a fabric shop called Erizen.
Left?
Ah, yes! Erizen.
There is? Then wait a little while, I'll call you in a minute.
Good morning.
Welcome.
I'll take this.
OK.
Is it a gift?
Yes, it's for a girl living 100 years later.
What?
100 years later, there will be a girl to come get this mirror.
By then, please keep it safe here.
My name is Miyata Tokijirou.
You are talking about something strange.
I will pay for an extra fee.
No no, I don't mean this.
I cannot live for so long... 100 years.
This, please help me.
I don't mean this.
Please do me this favor.
I said I can't.
Please.
I cannot live so long.
Please.
I mean it.
Go and tell them, you come to get the gift Miyata Tokijirou kept here.
OK, I see.
Good morning.
Welcome.
Umm...
I heard that Miyata Tokijirou has kept something here for me.
Did you just say Miyata Tokijirou?
Yes.
Would you please wait a bit?
Grandma! Grandma!
Are you Miss Miho?
Yes.
I finally see you!
You finally came. This isn't a dream, right?
What's wrong, grandma?
Grandma told me,
100 years later, there will be a lady to come to get this.
Mr. Miyata Tokijirou told her.
It's so wonderful to be living until now! It's so wonderful to be living!
Grandma, have you met Mr. Tokijirou?
Yes! Yes.
Grandma, here you are.
Yes. Please take this.
Even if 100 years' time separates us,
It still feels like your heart is within inches.
Miyata Tokijirou
What a meaningful gift!
Yes.
Grandma, thank you.
Tokijirou, I got your gift.
Really?
The grandma who met Tokijirou, she's right next to me.
Met me?
Big brother, who are you talking to?
Can you pass the phone to the grandma?
Yes. Hold on. Grandma,
Someone wants to talk to grandma.
With me?
Yes.
Hello?
Good morning.
Ah, such a cute little girl!
Little girl, what's your name?
Nanami.
Same name as grandma!
How old are you?
Five.
Oh, five!
Listen carefully, Nanami chan,
you will take the responsibility of keeping the mirror for Tokijirou safe.
You will take good care of it. Promise?
All right.
Nanami chan, can you give the phone to Mr. Tokijirou?
OK.
Hello?
Mr. Tokijirou?
Yes.
Thank you.
What are you talking about,
I should be the one to thank you. Thank you very much.
That grandma, talking to herself of 100 years ago,
maybe she's aware of it.
I think so too.
That's why she kept the promise, keeping the mirror all these 100 years.
Yes.
However, the phrase on the mirror...
Yes?
It can't be! The one who's getting it will feel so shy!
I was feeling shy when I was writing it too.
Isn't it!
That's why I wrote it. Absolutely from heart.
You don't like it?
I like. Thank you.
I will cherish it.
That's good.
The moon is setting...
Yes.
Thank you today.
It's been a long time since I talked to someone so happily.
Me too. I should thank you.
Me, I am preparing to write a new novel.
Really?
I will write something about myself this time,
and put into my real feelings.
Yes.
I will be famous, then I can convince my father.
Convince?
My father wants me to inherit his company.
He says that, everybody has something in life that he has to do.
I will prove it to him,
to me, the thing I have to do is to create novels.
But what a pity, he didn't seem to have become a writer.
I will make it.
I will never give in.
I think it can be changed.
What?
I think if one makes efforts, he will definitely be able to change the future.
Because one will achieve his dream with great efforts.
This time it's you who're encouraging me.
Keep up!
Yes. Huh?
What's wrong?
There are red marks. They weren't there before.
Maybe the battery is running out?
Huh?
That's it for today. I'll call you tomorrow.
OK.
Tomorrow, 2 o'clock.
Bye bye. I was very happy today.
Don't forget to power off.
I won't.
Then I'll hang up now.
OK.
What's happening?
If the battery's out, I wouldn't be able to talk to him anymore...
You are still up?
Yeah, can't fall asleep.
Miho, I have talked with Mr. Shiomi.
We decide not to marry.
Huh?
We are not so selfish too ignore your disagreement,
just mind our own happiness.
No, Miho hasn't accepted us yet,
this way even if we get married, we won't be happy.
Why?
Why aren't you getting married?
I...
I was afraid, if mom gets married, I will be alone,
so I wanted to occupy mom alone.
But this is just my wilful thinking.
Now I come to know the feeling when you want to be with the one you like.
I also know when you always want to talk to that person.
I agree. You two should get married.
Miho?
Tomorrow is Sunday. Let's go to restaurant with Mr. Shiomi, 3 of us.
I won't escape again this time.
OK. Thank you.
Then good night.
OK. Good night.
Miho, why did you suddenly change your idea?
I'm not telling.
If there was a wormhole phenomenon,
then this charger must be able to go to Tokijirou's time.
Please, go ahead.
Nooo, don't stop in the middle.
This time you have to fall vertically.
Go!
Yes I did it!
Why...
Maybe it's because Tokijirou isn't there?
That's it.
It's about time.
Brother, are you going out?
Yes.
Did you stay up all night?
You finally finished your novel?
Finally I can write a novel with my own emotions.
I'm going to the publishing house.
If it's like that, there should be no problem this time.
Be confident, brother.
What's this sound?
Hello?
Tokijirou,
Did you pick up the cellphone in a publishing house in Akasaka?
Can you go there now?
I was planning to going there right now.
Really? That's why they say "Hearts which beat in unison are linked."
Is that really a phone?
Then I'll hang up. Call me when you arrive.
OK.
Where did you go?
I was on the phone. Sorry.
It's OK. I just arrived because of traffic jams.
Thank you very much. I appreciate you reserved here today.
Don't mention it.
Ah by the way, about the Tokijirou from last time,
I found it curious, so I did some further research.
Natsume Souseki really had a disciple called Miyata Tokijirou.
What did he become in the end?
He died very early on Meiji Year 45, April 21st.
Meiji Year 45...
You said April 21st... Isn't it today?
Seems he was drowned.
Liar.
This is the newspaper back then.
What's wrong, Miho?
I'll borrow this.
Miho?
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Why isn't it connecting?
Go away, clouds.
Pick up, Tokijirou.
Hello?
It's me. Tokijirou?
What's wrong?
Today you have to go home. Right now.
Huh?
I beg you!
You were asking me to go, and now you ask me to go home...
I have no idea what you want.
I want you to be safe.
I want to continue to talk to you in the future.
That means something bad will happen to me today.
Is that so?
Tokijirou, you will be drowned in the park today.
Therefore, please go home right now.
There is indeed a pond not faraway ahead,
but if I walk carefully, I don't think I will fall in there.
It's not like that!
Tokijirou, you jumped in to save a little girl!
What are you saying?
That little girl is Nanami.
Big brother, who are you talking to?
Don't go, Tokijirou, please don't go!
If I don't go, what will become of Nanami?
Tell me what will happen to her!
Thank you.
Everybody has something in life that he has to do...
Does it mean this?
Is this what I have to do?
Tokijirou!
I will go.
No! Please! Don't go...
I, I... you...
I like you!
Don't go!
Help!
Somebody...help me...
Help!
I'm coming!
Tokijirou!
"Even if 100 years' time separates us, it still feels like your heart is within inches."
Tokijirou
Thank you for coming to offer incense.
Please help yourself.
Tokijirou is my grandma's older brother.
But it's long before I was born.
Yes.
But, when I knew there is Natsume Souseki's disciple in my family,
I was so surprised.
So after I got your call,
I went to the storage to see if he's left anything.
I found this manuscript.
"The girl walking in the future"
It means walking in the future.
Walking in the future -- such a good name.
I think this might be Tokijirou's manuscript.
Is it OK if I read it?
Yes, please.
This is astonishing.
Huh?
This manuscript might be able to change the history of modern Japanese literature.
Can we borrow it?
If it's for research purpose, please go ahead and take it.
Thank you.
Mr. Shiomi,
can I read the manuscript too?
I would like to read it no matter what.
It can't be... The girl walking in the future...
"Even if 100 years' time separates us, it still feels like your heart is within inches."
Tokijirou...
-One year later-
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Tokijirou?
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Your book is a bestseller.
Tokijirou's book... is full of your feelings for me.
This is a love letter to me, right?
I am so happy. Thank you.
I will make efforts.
Towards the thing I have to do, make my efforts.
Please, always guard me.