This is...
...the most important woman in my life...
What are you saying, Tsukasa?! What are you saying?
You're crazy!
You're only speaking for yourself...
What about me? Do you care how I feel?
"Lovers on the Run!?"
Why do I have to put up with this?
I knew I shouldn't have come.
Tsukasa...
You do know what it means, to call her that?
Yes....
Yes?!
Excuse me... Hold on, there!
Aunt Kaede, she's a student with us at Eitoku Academy.
We're all the best of friends.
There's nothing to be suspicious of.
You two stay out of this.
I'm not asking whether or not she's at all suspicious.
I am asking whether she is fit to join the Domyoji family or not.
I'm sorry. Forgive me.
One word from her shuts up the F4. She's no ordinary kind of a woman.
What is your name?
I-I'm Tsukushi Makino.
Miss Makino... I haven't heard of that name.
What business is your father in?
M-my father...
Well...
He's president of Makino & Company.
He's the president.
Wha.. President?!
What are you saying, Rui Hanazawa?
Y-yes. That's right.
What..?!
It's a foreign capital enterprise that deals mainly in imports...
It's listed on the stock market. Haven't you heard of it?
Why are they making up a story that she'll see right through?
Tsukushi... Bluff your way through this.
She has a lot of clout in the financial world.
She'll snuff out whomever she has in her sights.
Even if he's the Prime Minister of Japan.
S-snuff out...?
Like mother...
Like son...
Is that so? I suppose if you're from such a family...
...you'll be able to play a musical instrument or two.
Tsukushi... Can you play the piano or something?
Pi...?
Why don't you play a piece for us this evening?
Isn't that right, everyone?
That would be wonderful.
I'd love to hear her play.
I'd like to hear a Brahms piece.
How lovely!
Oh, no...
...Piano...?
I've never played such a thing!
Play whatever... Anything.
Whatever...?!
If I could, I'd play for you.
Tsukasa... why aren't you saying something!?
Don't make me embarrass myself like this when I don't have to!
Tsukasa!
Fine!
Mother, must you?
You're putting her on the spot... in front of all these people.
Any woman who marries into the Domyoji family...
...will eventually have to go out into society.
She should be confident enough to handle any situation.
Marry into...?
Please, Miss Makino... Go ahead.
Is she joking? It's not gonna happen.
Even if I fell in love with Tsukasa...
I wouldn't want a woman like this for a mother-in-law!
T-Tsukushi...!
Uh... That jazz style's...very popular in New York these days.
She's really on the cutting edge.
I knew it...
What's the meaning of this, Tsukasa?
You don't seem to understand your position at all.
Daughter of a company president...? I won't hear of this.
She's not the daughter of any company's president...
...but it doesn't matter to me.
Don't be ridiculous! You are this family's heir!
For you to have a boyish crush on a little worm like her...
How will I explain it to your father?!
A worm...?!
Shut up, will you?
What can I do? I love her.
He said it!
Phew...
I love her.
This is nothing to joke about.
This is an order.
You will not see this girl again!
Please... Please stop! We haven't even...
Get out.
Go on home. This is a Domyoji family problem.
You have no right to interrupt.
Tsukasa... Go...
Tsubaki...?
Leave the rest to me.
Tsubaki!
This is great!
Tsukushi... I'm on your side.
On my side...?
Thanks, Sis.
Tsukushi... Here's your bag.
Good luck!
Wait a minute! I won't allow you to do this!
Someone! Stop him!
Don't touch me! You bastard!
Oh... My life is getting sucked up...
in the huge whirlpool of the Domyoji family...
Please, Tsukushi...
Either way, you'll never be able to get married to him.
Come with me. I'll introduce you to my mother.
Tsukasa's mother...
Who are you...?
Mother, this is...
...the most important woman in my life...
Huh...
Tsukasa's finally grown up, huh.
But... man, what a day!
I wonder what Tsukasa and Tsukushi are doing now.
Well, Tsukushi may be a bit slow on the uptake,
but after what Tsukasa said, she should be ready...
Or maybe not...
But, that Tsukasa's mother...
I've only met her three times, but she hasn't changed at all.
Remember what she said when we visited during middle school?
Oh, hello...
Hello...
Tsukasa...
If you insist on associating with these boys...
Your brain will rot and melt away.
She might hire a hit man... to kill Tsukushi...
Hey! Hey...!
Come on...
Get up, will you?
Ouch!
You were snoring!
You call yourself a girl?
Snoring? That's a lie. I was in shock...
Shock?
Oh, I get it... Yeah, your piano playing was pretty bad.
Dork! That's not why!
Wait... We're moving...
Where are we?
Oh, I remember... Isn't this the yacht we took to Atami?
Yeah.
This is where all the silly Eitoku kids ate squid.
That's right... Shizuka was here, too!
We had a party on board. And...
And...?
My first kiss with him!
What is it?
N-nothing!
It's chilly. I'm going back in.
You'd never been kissed, back then.
Oh, shut up! You stole that kiss! You thief!
You ran into me.
I want my first precious kiss back!
Don't be silly. You should thank me.
I'm going home. Take me back to shore now.
No way.
No way?
We've got to have a knee-to-knee talk.
Knee-to-knee...?
You mean heart-to-heart, don't you?!
Shut up! What's the diff?
They're not the same! Absolutely not!
Ah-ha...! I'll bet you were thinking dirty!
You jerk!
This isn't funny...!
Here I am, in the middle of nowhere, with this beast...
M-my mom's gonna kill me...
Grow up!
What about you?!
You're always acting so tough, but you actually call her "Mother".
We're not an ordinary family.
I see my parents only once a year.
Once a year?
Since you were little, for just a day?
Yeah. Except on birthdays, they're overseas.
That's so weird!
I can see your dad doing that, but your mother, too?
They had no choice. My mom has a job, too.
Have you heard of the Maple Hotels?
Yes. I have... Even a poor girl like me has heard of it.
Of course I can't afford to stay at such a place.
They're a global chain of luxury hotels, right?
Kaede means Maple, doesn't it?
Yes. The hotels were named after my mother.
Really...? She's Kaede Domyoji?
Such a cute name... for such a scary woman.
Whoa...wow!!
Why are you so amazed by this stuff? You're such a pain!
So...your family owns hotels, too?
My mom manages the hotels.
That's why both my parents are so busy.
I never realized he was that rich.
And so...
We're like a family of strangers.
I don't recall ever living together. So we're all a little distant.
I see... So that explains the bizarre attitude.
Hey! Don't look so serious...
Well...
Well, anyway... Don't worry about my mother.
I'll decide my own life.
Oh, hey...
Why don't you let this determine your life?
Why is he so serious all of a sudden?
His life...? Why, I have nothing to do with his life...do I?
Is he serious?
This is everything we've found on Tsukushi Makino.
She is no daughter of a company president.
They're nothing but commoners.
Her father is unemployed... Her mother has a part-time job.
But Tsukasa seems to be quite infatuated with her.
That's enough.
In short...
...here is what we must do.
We've got to squish a bad worm in the early stages...
before the Domyoji name comes to further harm.
I thought it might be a little early...
But let us proceed with the plan immediately.
I want Tsukushi to give up Tsukasa.
Just a minute...
You barge in on us, and you don't know what's going on!
It's your son who's after me.
Something's going on behind my back.
Hana Yori Dango.. "Tsukasa's Mother's Secret Plan"