Even that Koyanagi...
l only managed to complete it because Mr. lkeda added the finishing touch.
l couldn't do it on my own.
You've really changed, Kurokawa.
Atari Grill New World Lane You've really changed, Kurokawa.
La, la, la, hop
And step
To the north, jump
And jump
And jump, jump
To the northern sky that melts my heart away
Embrace flowers, hopes and love
A springtime of once in a lifetime encounters
Dazzling happenings, you are there
The blue sky
The vast sky
Goes on forever
When we're sad let's go to the north
Let's get some fresh air
Let's enjoy delicious food
lt'll bring smiles to our faces
La, la, la, hop
And step
To the north, jump
And jump
And jump, jump
Hey, do you know the legend of the diamond dust?
HARADA Hey, do you know the legend of the diamond dust?
HARADA
They say if you see it with the one you love,
HARADA the two of you are guaranteed to be happy together.
Yes?
You're Miss Akari Harada, correct?
Yes...
l'm sorry for your loss.
Oh, thanks.
Actually, l was told to give this gift to you.
Obihiro Akari Harada Part 1
Bye!
See you tomorrow!
Hey, do you have to go to work again today?
Can we stop by there later?
Of course, you're more than welcome!
She's as energetic as usual, isn't she?
Yeah!
And her classic blunder's still going strong too.
Yup...
RYU AN
Welcome!
AKARI HARADA
A Tokachi Hanadayori six-pack, right?
Tokachi Hanadayori A Tokachi Hanadayori six-pack, right?
Let me wrap it up for you right away.
Koufuku Station
Excuse me, Sir,
Koufuku Station is it okay if another customer sits here?
Koufuku Station
Thank you so much!
Ma'am, please have a seat here while you wait.
Oh, thank you.
l'll bring some tea right away!
Excuse me!
l need a six-pack of assorted teas and one cup of Tokachi Hanadayori!
Huh?
Oh no, l got it all mixed up!
l'm sorry!
Excuse me, Miss...
Yes?
l'm so sorry.
No need to apologize.
l really appreciate how you always take care of me. Thank you.
Oh, please don't mention it.
We thank you for your business!
The Tokachi Hanadayori is ready!
Yes, over here!
Let me go get that for you.
Please take care.
Hello, welco...
Yo! Being clumsy as usual, Harada?
l don't know what you're talking about.
Hey, feel like going someplace and hanging out?
l'm working right now.
How about on your day off?
Well...
Come on, you can take a break once in a while, can't you?
We can go to the movies or karaoke.
Hey, Kurokawa.
What do you want?
We have customers in here.
l'm a customer too, you know!
Will you stop treating me like l'm your little brother or something?
Kurokawa!
l'll be back, Harada.
Kurokawa used to be a good kid. He's changed a lot, hasn't he?
And on top of that, he comes here to mess with Akari all the time.
Akari, don't take him seriously, okay?
Okay...
Akari! Someone's on the phone for you.
Welco...
Thank you for calling Ryuan Confectioners. How may l help...
l mean, hello, this is Harada.
What? My father did?
No, he may have been drunk, but it was still uncalled-for.
Yes, l'll be stopping by to apologize.
l'm terribly sorry.
Don't worry about us, we should be fine without you for the rest of today.
Yeah, don't worry.
But l can't believe how many problems your father causes.
Getting drunk and having a fight with the cat at the bar...
l'm really sorry.
Atari Grill New World Lane
Really, it's all right, Akari.
Yeah, she's right.
lt's just your dad said he wouldn't leave unless we called his daughter.
Right, but still l'm really sorry.
C'mon, Dad, let's go home.
Call my daughter, not my dad!
My daughter!
C'mon, Dad!
You need some help, Akari?
No, l'm okay.
Jeez, you drank way too much, Dad! Are you all right?
Yeah, l'm all right...
Dad! Get it together, will you?
She's such a sweetheart.
New World Lane She's such a sweetheart.
New World Lane Yeah, really. She has to go through so much trouble
New World Lane because of her dad's infatuation with panning for gold.
Dad, l need to talk to you about something.
Dad! I really want you to pay attention to what I have to say today!
So stop this gold panning thing already!
l wonder if would out of line to say that?
Dad! Dad!
Dinner, huh?
Smells delicious!
Hey, Dad, l need to talk to you about...
Whoa!
This meat and potatoes look great!
No, what l was saying was...
There, there, let's eat before it gets cold.
Thank you for the food!
lt's good!
Nothing tastes as good as fresh radish! Right, Akari?
What? Don't give me that after you called it meat and potatoes on purpose!
No, no, no, everything you cook tastes great!
Ah, this is just great!
l tell you!
l got so excited when l saw some sparkly things in the sand!
Pure Rice Sake TOKACHI-ZAKARI l got so excited when l saw some sparkly things in the sand!
Pure Rice Sake TOKACHI-ZAKARI l thought, ''l'm finally going to get me a mountain of gold today!''
Pure Rice Sake TOKACHI-ZAKARI But all of a sudden, that damn bear came out of nowhere.
TOKACHI-ZAKARI But all of a sudden, that damn bear came out of nowhere.
Something always comes out of nowhere, doesn't it?
Well, even l'm no match for a bear, so l had to bail out of there against my will.
Dad, l understand you like panning for gold,
but what l wanted to talk to you about is...
l'm sorry!
l promise l'll go to work tomorrow!
Dad?
So...
Can l have another?
lt's always like this.
l really want to tell him to go to work like he's supposed to,
but when l see how happy he is whenever he talks about panning for gold,
and l see his eyes sparlking, l'm just like, ''Oh well...''
Am l being too nice?
What do you think, Mom?
Hey, have you gone to the Donut King that opened inside of Town 8?
No, l haven't gone there yet.
Wanna go check it out after school then?
Sounds good to me! Hey, Akari, you wanna come?
Oh, you have to work again today, don't you?
Yeah, l'm sorry.
All kinds of new businesses are opening up in town,
and all the old businesses are having a tough time.
But l still like Ryuan,
because we have a lot of customers who come to us
simply because they love the confections that we make.
Thank you for coming!
Koufuku Station
Aikoku Station
Hey, Harada!
Wanna come over here and get on the swings with me?
All right, it's time for you kids to go home.
Huh? Why?
You're the one who cut in line!
You're more of a kid than us!
What did you say, brat?
Hey, wait, you brats!
Wait, wait, wait! l won't let you get away! l said, wait!
Hey, lady, are you the big kid's girlfriend?
You guys are going to kiss each other now, aren't you?
Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss...
Frickin' brats!
What are you laughing at?
Little kids are so cute, you know?
They're just annoying!
Hey, Kurokawa...
What? You sound weirdly serious.
l've been wanting to ask you this for a while.
What?
Kurokawa...
Why did you quit learning how to make confections?
Oh, this is about that?
lt just wasn't important to me anymore. That's all.
lt's just odd to hear stuff like that from you.
l remember you used to talk so passionately about it with Mr. lkeda.
He's different from me.
He's naturally talented, for one thing.
l don't think it's about the talent.
lt's more about the passion to want to create good confections, and...
Who gives a damn about that?
But having a dream is a wonderful thing!
Jeez, it's totally meaningless.
You've really changed, Kurokawa.
There's no law against that, is there?!
Sorry...
Hey, Harada, you dropped this!
Dammit!
l'd like to learn how to make Japanese confections.
l didn't expect to hear that from a young man like yourself.
l love the confections you make here.
Even that Koyanagi...
l only managed to complete it because Mr. lkeda added the finishing touch.
l couldn't do it on my own.
KOYANAGI l couldn't do it on my own.
KOYANAGI
Hey!
What the hell are you lying there for?
Get the hell out of our way, dude.
C'mon, move it!
Hey...
What? Got a problem?
Move that filthy foot of yours.
What the hell did you just say?
l said, move it!
You bastard!
Don't mess with us.
Hey, what are you guys doing there?
Jeez, whatever.
Let's bounce.
Yeah...
Are you all right, kid?
Hey, aren't you...
Oh, you're Harada's father!
Akari's told me about you.
l think you've been training to be a professional confection maker, am l right?
Well...
That's impressive!
Dr. William Clark, the world-famous child of Hokkaido, once said, ''Boys, be ambitious!''
Having dreams is a wonderful thing.
Well, Sir, Dr. Clark was a foreigner...
Take a look at that!
You see, pursuing your dream
is just like searching for a single glimmering speck buried in the sand,
like the first star of evening shining in this dark, vast sky.
Okay...
There will be tough times, but you must keep on searching without giving up.
The glimmer... The big light...
Mr. Harada...
Are you okay?
lt's nothing. l just got dizzy for a second.
But still...
l said, it's nothing!
lt's all right. Don't mind me.
Oh, l forgot.
Mr. Harada! Here!
Shut up! Stop following me!
Oh, hi, Dad. You came home late tonight.
Yeah, l stopped by some places.
Dinner is ready. l'm really hungry.
Sorry you had to wait.
Hey, l'm sorry for not finishing all the food.
Use it for my lunch tomorrow or something.
Then there won't be any surprise when you open your lunch box tomorrow, huh?
That's no fun.
Hey, Akari, on your next day off from school...
What?
Do you feel like going to pan for gold with me?
Pan for gold?
Yeah, we used to go do that together, remember?
Yeah, when l was little.
l thought about taking you there for a change of pace.
What do you say?
l would like to, but l have to work.
l see... Well, that's okay.
All right, l think l'll go to sleep now.
What about your bath?
l'll pass. l think l'm tired because l was at the construction site today,
and l hadn't been there for a long time.
l want to go ahead and lie down.
Are you okay?
Yeah!
All right, l'll lay out a futon for you.
Right...
What was that about all of a sudden?
Dad hasn't asked me to pan for gold with him since Mom passed away.
Dad, are you sure you're not going to take a bath?
l guess he's exhausted.
Goodnight...
Dad, are you sick or something?
lt's nothing. Let me sleep a little longer.
But if it's really bad, you should go see a doctor.
Just hurry up and go. You'll be late for school!
Okay...
See you later!
All right!
l don't have time to see a doctor.
''Where's my book?''
''Go ahead and use mine.''
''Here's a little something for you.''
''l have to take a...''
l wonder if Dad is really okay?
Hey, Harada!
Akari Harada!
Yes, Sir!
Why are you so spaced out?
All right, go ahead and read the next part.
Uh, well...
l'm sorry, but which page?
l don't think it's in that book.
Modern Japanese Hata Shoin
He's not there.
What's wrong, Harada? Did something happen at home?
No, it's nothing. Thank you.
Barkeep, hit me again!
Mr. Harada, you should stop now. This is a bad habit of yours.
He's right. You don't look too good today anyway.
Shut up, you morons! This is what you do for a living, isn't it?
Give me that whole bottle!
Mr. Harada!
Excuse me, Sir, but would you mind keeping it down?
Can't you tell you're causing them problems?
Shut the hell up!
Stop it, Mr. Harada.
l'm so sorry. He's just drunk so...
Shut up! l'm so sorry. He's just drunk so...
You stinking kids better stop talking smack to...
RYU AN
Welcome!
Yo!
Here, you dropped this, right?
Thanks.
Hey, Harada...
l'm working right now.
ls something wrong with him?
Your father, is he sick or something?
Why do you ask?
Because...
My father is doing just fine.
Oh, l see.
He's fine...
Of course he's fine...
Atari Grill New World Lane
l want to see you
l want to see that gaze of yours
Don't be afraid of getting hurt
l want to see that soft-breeze smile
As you look up to the sky
That gentle smile
l will never forget the day we kissed
l want to be in love forever
That endless sky
l can walk anywhere, anywhere if l'm with you
Making sure of our joined hands
Yes, all alone with you
AKASHl HOSPlTAL
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