HERE IS GREENWOOD
Miya-chan, would you do me a favor?
Tenma-kun, would you please go with Miya-chan?
I don't feel secure about sending her alone.
Sure.
I'm so glad that Tenma-kun is living in our neighborhood.
I can work without worrying about Miya-chan.
Tenma-kun, please take good care of Miya-chan.
Please be friends with her.
Sure. I like Miya-chan.
Miya-chan, be a good kid like Tenma-kun.
Do you understand, Miya-chan?
Igarashi...
I wonder how she's doing now.
I hope she went back home without getting scared.
Uh-oh. I forgot my wallet!
That was...!
Suka-chan!
What? Igarashi was here?
Yes.
She came from the direction of our dorm and then ran off to the station.
Does Hasukawa know about this?
I came back to let him know about this...
but it looks like he went out shopping.
I don't want to cause him more anxiety,...
so it might be better for us to remain silent.
I wonder what brought Igarashi to Greenwood?
Can it be that...
What?
For a moment I thought that Igarashi came to see Hasukawa.
That can't be true.
I don't think she can leave Koizumi.
What the hell am I doing?
Why did I have to run away?
I just came here to say 'thank you.'
I came to see him.
But why did I...
Rocks keep falling on you when you're...
stuck in the mire of head winds and sand storms.
But you can hear the sound coming from faraway...
The sound of everyone calling your name.
Even if your bare feet begin to hurt...
Even if your heart breaks into pieces...
Wipe away your tears and run up to this point.
You can run, spurred on just by love.
Run past the woods and over the hills.
Not even the deepest ocean can stop you.
Hasukawa,...
Will you have some time during the winter vacation?
Yes.
OK. Then it's decided.
We'll be doing the annual clean-up of the temple.
My mother says that she'll give us some allowance...
So think of it as a part time job.
I'll do it.
Kouryuu Temple
Ikeda
I'm back.
I've brought a helper.
Welcome!
You're Hasukawa-kun?
Yes.
Glad to meet you...
Why do you sound so gloomy?
Cheer up!
There is no discrimination here.
So work hard!
Shou!
Welcome back!
This is my younger brother Masato.
But, everyone calls him Shou.
Shou, this is Hasukawa.
Hey, unless you hurry, the sun will set.
Yessir.
Is it OK if I destroy the Shoji (sliding paper door)?
Sure.
Cool.
Oh well, I guess it's an annual event for him.
Isn't he being an outsider in his school?
Mitsuru-sempai?
Because he went to Ryokuto High, where he doesn't fit in,
I was worried if he's out of touch with other students there.
Not at all.
Everyone is like him.
I see.
Lunch time!
We really appreciate your help.
My husband couldn't take a vacation this year.
Huh? Isn't Mitsuru-sempai's father a priest?
He is a teacher at a Buddhist school.
Then what about the temple?
Mitsuru will inherit it, since he's the oldest son.
So everyone hates inheriting the temple?
No problem. Do as you please.
I'll take care of this temple until I'm 200 years old.
Let's get back to cleaning.
Sempai, are you going to be a priest?
Well...
You don't have to worry about what Shou is saying.
He just wants you to stay at home.
He doesn't like you living in the dorm.
Oh well. I guess although he's already a grown-up, he still feels lonely like a child.
But please do as you wish.
Don't worry about Shou and us.
Do what you want to do.
OK?
15 years ago, the road was widened...
and the temple lot decreased significantly.
The temple gate was around there...
and the front approach was here...
and that tree was here...
And I was here...
Sempai...
Huh? Didn't I tell you about this?
I heard about it from Shinobu-sempai.
So you know everything about yourself...
I've been told about it since I was a kid.
From the beginning?
Didn't they try to hide it?
There's no way they can hide it forever,...
when all the neighbors know about it.
It was a warm day in April.
You were under the flowers of weeping golden bells.
There were lots of petals from trees in the garden around you.
You were sleeping so happily.
I'm glad that I knew about it since my childhood.
Didn't you think about your real parents?
I did.
I thought about the meaning of my existence here.
Shou and you came to our house on the same day.
I love you both.
People in my family are so candid when it comes to expressing their affections.
No way could I become a delinquent...
Then why are you staying in the dorm?
I thought I should leave the house as soon as possible.
I thought I should get used to living alone.
So that was your plan after all!
Shou...
The only proof that you are a member of our family is that you're with us here.
Why do you try so hard to become a stranger?
It's not that I want to be a stranger.
But it's a cold, hard fact that I AM a stranger.
Do as you wish! Moron!
Sempai, that was too harsh.
Truth is truth.
No way can I hide it.
Say, Hasukawa...
Strangers can never be as close as real brothers, can they?
I'll carry it for you.
No thanks. I can carry it myself.
Miya-chan, you've been acting like a stranger lately.
All I said was that I can carry my own luggage by myself.
What shall I do?
What should I do?
It's about what you asked a short time ago...
A short time ago?
I think it doesn't matter.
What's...
What's important is love.
You... I guess you're still troubled by it.
Hasukawa, I know it's cruel to say this...
but you can never win Igarashi's heart.
You don't stand a chance against that Koizumi guy.
Give up before you get too deeply involved.
I'm OK.
But...
Will she be happy in his arms?
I feel that there is something missing between them.
Will Igarashi always be afraid of being hated by him?
Ah, Ikeda-sempai.
Igarashi...
Why is she here?
I know that face.
That's the face before she bursts into tears.
So Igarashi's mother is back home?
Yes. She'll be staying here for a while.
Miya-chan, did you properly thank him?
Eh? T...That's...
That's not good. You should thank him properly.
Go on.
Sorry for all your trouble.
Who is he?
He is our dormhead.
He's the one who deserves her thanks.
He is? I see...
I'm sorry...
Then see ya.
Bye.
Happy new year!
Well, I'll pay for your ticket.
Sempai...
Hey
Hey, stop it. Here's a tissue!
Sempai, what should I do?
Even if you ask that kind of question...
It feels as if my head is about to burst from the pressure.
It's so painful.
It's so vexing...
I swore to myself that I would never get involved with this kind of thing...
It might just be needless interfering after all...
Oh dear, Yak-kun's face is all red.
Do you have some kind of fever?
You do.
You better get some sleep.
Hiro-kun.
Look at this.
I found it in the pocket of Yak-kun's jeans.
Oh, I wonder what he...
Not that. Look at the other side.
See?
That's right.
Since Igarashi is living in that area,
There's nothing odd about meeting her at Uguisudani station.
I guess she is paying her first visit of the year to the temple with that guy...
Damn it!
It's a lie that love is strong.
Kazuya, it's time for lunch. Do you feel like eating?
Kazuhiro...
Yes?
I have something to ask you.
I'm so happy that he is seeking my advice.
How long have I waited for this day!
What is it?
Suppose that Sumire-chan already had a lover when you first met her.
What would you have done?
Don't you think that's a bad example?
Let's just suppose!
What do you mean by 'What would I do?'
Let's say you like Sumire-chan, but Sumire-chan likes someone else.
Then...
Then you'll give up?
I have only one answer, regardless of the circumstances.
I wouldn't give up no matter what happened between those two.
Even if my rival were my brother, I would spare no mercy.
You worry too much about needless things.
But it's not just my problem.
It might hurt her and her lover...
Moron, don't think about the other guy.
You're merely afraid of ending up as the bad guy.
That might be right...
After all, I was just afraid of hurting myself.
I know that there is only one answer...
I'll tell you one more thing.
If you get dumped right on the spot, no one will get hurt except yourself.
They say that evil will always lose against good.
But if it survives, it might not be an evil after all.
Well, that's something that she will decide later.
So your sweetheart is Igarashi, right?
How did you know?
This...
Igarashi 555-3872
It's the writing of a busybody whom we know too well.
It was his way of saying 'have a go at her.'
Which was more modest than what I expected from him.
I'll have to tell Igarashi my feelings first.
I'll think about other things after that.
I'm going for it!
Hello, this is the Igarashi residence.
Uhh... Can I speak with Miya-san?
This is her speaking.
Igarashi-san, this is Hasukawa.
I have something to tell you.
I'm sorry.
Igarashi-san!
Miya-chan, who was it? Your friend?
Nothing. Just a wrong number.
Was it?
Miya-chan, would you like to have some New Year's dishes that Tenma-kun's mother made?
They're delicious.
Yeah.
Yak-kun, you got dumped?
I'm so sorry.
But don't people say that the first love never comes true?
Please cheer up.
Kazuya...
Did I say something terribly wrong?
The cold he got then didn't go away...
So he has been sick all January and is still in bed.
Someone who actually gets a fever because he is lovesick is very rare.
He says that he'll return to the dorm by tomorrow, when the winter vacation ends...
I guess even Mitsuru is useless in this kind of situation.
You're saying that you are able to help?
You gotta be kidding.
I have absolutely no intention of helping him.
But it's true that Suka-chan is such a fool.
You're being too harsh.
I can understand his feelings for Sumire-san...
but what does he see in Igarashi?
You're such a candid fellow.
But there is a big difference between this time and when he fell in love with his sister-in-law.
What's that?
This time, the game's not over yet...
But I wonder...
What's on Igarashi's mind, to hang up without even talking to him.
Does Hasukawa really have a chance?
Are you sure she doesn't hate him?
I think he does stand a chance.
I was about to regain Kazuya's faith in me as his older brother...
but because you did such a needless thing...
It's you who did needless things!
After all, there is no way a demonic playboy like you can understand Kazuya's pure heart.
Hey, mister. This is no time for you to go nuts.
In any case...
We gotta do something for him...
Hey. Long time no see.
Hey. How have you been?
Did you hear? Hasukawa finally had a go at that punk girl?
Eh? Was he really serious about her?
But doesn't she have a boyfriend?
That's why he got dumped on New Year's day.
Hasukawa-sempai is so cool.
We knew it would end up this way but...
It's too cruel of her to hang up without talking.
So how is Hasukawa?
He's supposed to come back today but...
Suka-chan's here!
Sempai!
Hey, what is it?
Please give me Igarashi-san's address.
Suka-chan, are you going to write a love letter or something?
Why didn't I think about that?
Wait a minute...
So you were planning on visiting her house yourself?
I called her several times but no one answered the phone.
I have no alternative.
But didn't you get dumped already?
I haven't been dumped yet!
I haven't said anything to her yet!
Sorry.
What does she mean by...
Anyway, although the result might not change,...
I can't give up like this.
Until I tell her about my feelings and then hear her 'NO',...
It's not over yet.
I can understand how you feel...
But it's rude of you to visit a lady's house without asking her permission first.
Then what should I do?
Don't forget about her school.
That's right, she has to pass through the school gate everyday.
That's right. Good!
Hasukawa, we're touched.
Good luck!
You have our full support.
Sempai.
Even if you fall apart trying, go! That's what youth is about!
Go! Go! Go for it!
The problem is that childhood friend of hers.
What kind of man is he?
Koizumi is...
I don't know the details, but he lives in the house facing Igarashi's.
I heard that because Igarashi's mother can't stay at home most of the time because of her work,...
she often entrusted Igarashi at Koizumi's house when she was little.
So during her elementary school years,...
Koizumi appeared whenever something happened to Igarashi.
Igarashi followed wherever he went, too.
The reason she became a delinquent in Jr. High is because of him.
Then Suka-chan doesn't stand a chance.
That might be true.
But he won't stop, even if a mine field is waiting for him.
We'll just have to let him do what he wants.
Have you fully recovered from that cold?
Yes.
Then from today...
Yes. I'm going.
Good luck.
Don't get dumped!
Suminohana Girls' High School
She's not here.
I guess she's taking a day off.
She's not here today, either.
Strange...
Is he still going for it?
He's going to a girls' school everyday...
The girl has a boyfriend, right?
We knew he was persistent, but...
How'd it go? Did you reach Igarashi on the phone?
Nope. No matter when I call her, no one answers.
We better think of other methods.
Suka-chan can't keep skipping 6th period.
Aren't you also skipping the class with him?
Same for you.
They're still there.
What are you doing here?
Sempai, he's in trouble!
Looks like you're here everyday.
What brought you to our school?
I'm waiting for a friend.
A friend?
Who is she?
Igarashi...
That was close...
You said Igarashi, right?
You mean Igarashi in our class?
She is taking a leave of absence from school.
She's in the hospital because she broke her arm.
Broke her arm?
How?
I heard that she slipped when she went skiing during the winter vacation.
Which hospital?
I don't know.
Hasukawa, I found out the hospital.
Really?
You can go to the hospital under the pretext of inquiring about her health without worrying anyone.
The hospital will be closed tomorrow.
So let's go the day after.
OK.
Miya Igarashi-san?
She just left the hospital this morning.
I forgot about Hasukawa's cosmic misfortune...
I'm glad that you were able to leave the hospital sooner than expected.
Then Mrs. Igarashi, are you going to take a day off today?
Of course.
I think I should be with Miya-chan at least at a time like this.
The heavens must have wanted to punish me.
He must be really angry.
But if I meet him now,...
I...
I'm so happy that Tenma-kun is here to help us.
Thanks to you, I can work without worrying.
And Miya-chan has become such a nice kid.
I'd be so happy if you could be our kid.
No problem, Mrs. Igarashi.
I'll take care of Miya-chan.
He's so dependable, isn't he?
Oh, the phone...
Hello?
What's the matter?
A prank call?
Shinobu-sempai, let me borrow some writing paper.
Wow, he's totally fearless, now.
Dear Igarashi-san,
I was so shocked when I heard you were hospitalized.
How are you feeling now?
I have something that I must tell you,...
so I'll be going to your school this coming Monday.
Igarashi
Please wait for me at the school gate.
Please be there.
Suminohana Girls' High School
Igarashi-san,...
That boy who had waited for you for several days is back again.
Who is he?
Igarashi-san!
Why is he here?
She's not here, as expected.
If you wait there, you'll get scolded by teachers.
This school requires permission from parents for social interaction between girls and boys.
Why are you here?
I came here to take Miya-chan home.
So...
It's no use sending things like this.
Has Igarashi-san read that?
No way can I let her read it.
Don't you think Miya-chan will be in trouble if her mother sees this?
Miya-chan's mother likes me.
And her family and my family should continue to be on good terms.
Don't put Miya-chan in a difficult position by your thoughtless actions.
But I love Igarashi-san.
Miya-chan is mine.
Let's go home, Miya-chan.
Igarashi-san...
Why are you running away, Igarashi?
Suka-chan...
Am I running away?
From him?
No.
From what...?
It'll be fine if I don't like him anymore than I do now.
Let it be this way.
I don't want to fight with mom and Tenma.
As long as I forget him and don't meet him again, it'll be OK.
But...
I'm such a coward and crybaby.
I've been running away from things.
But I do know that nothing good will come by continuing to run away.
Don't worry, Miya-chan.
I understand you better than anyone else.
I'll protect you forever.
You can stay just the way you are.
But I...
I love him.
I see...
What happened, Shun?
So it didn't go well?
I bet �1000 yen on everything going well.
SHUT UP!
Can't you keep your voices down?
What rain...
So things got settled for good?
What happened yesterday?
See you later...
Hey...
There's a girl outside of the gate.
Suka-chan, umbrella!
I don't want him to know about the excitement in my heart
when I told him that, 'You're cool.'
The day I ran away because I didn't want you to see me crying...
If I could have said only a word,...
things would have been different.
I'm sorry for what happened yesterday and when you called...
At the bus stop after school...
It's OK.
Today the teacher scolded me.
I'm sorry. I didn't know about your school's rules.
I fought with Tenma yesterday.
I kept missing the bus, deep in conversation.
And my mother hasn't spoken a word to me since yesterday.
But...
But I wanted to meet you.
And I want to become a better person.
I'm so glad that I fell in love with you.
I...
No problem.
I'll stand by you.
I'm so glad that I fell in love with you.
I want to stare at your face Forever, and ever and ever.
I stubbornly insisted that no one could defeat me.
BASED on the ORIGINAL MANGA by Nasu Yukie
CAST Hasukawa Kazuya Sasaki Nozomu Ikeda Mitsuru Iwata Mitsuo Tezuka Shinobu Seki Toshihiko Kisaragi Shun Sakamoto Chika
Knowing that it looks real uncool to bluff.
Igarashi Miya Honda Chieko Koizumi Tenma Yamaguchi Kappei Hasukawa Kazuhiro Inoue Kazuhiko Hasukawa Sumire Shimamoto Sumi
Ikeda Masato Okiayu Ryuutaro Mitsuru's mother Maruyama Manami Mitsuru's grandfather Naka Hiroshi Miya's mother Sasaki Lun
Because I have been struck by too much sadness
Dormmate A Chiba Kazunobu Dormmate D Sato Hiroyuki Dormmate F Iwanaga Tetsuaki Sumijyo student Asano Noriko Teacher Sasaki Nanao
PRODUCER: Sakurai Yuuko (Victor) Honma Michiyuki (Studio Pierrot)
I forgot tender feelings and kept avoiding your eyes.
SCREENPLAY/STORYBOARD: Mochizuki Tomomi CHARACTER DESIGN & ANIMATION DIRECTOR: Goto Masako
ART ESTABLISHMENT / ART DIRECTOR: Kobayashi Shichiro DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Okino Masahide
We laid down on the grass without speaking a word.
DIRECTOR OF SOUND: Honda Yasunori SOUND PRODUCER: Sekiguchi Kazuyuki (Southern All Stars)
MUSIC BY: Nagada Shigeru MUSIC DIRECTOR: Sakurai Yuuko
We could feel the wind.
'Aim for Barcelona' Music by Sekiguchi Kazuyuki Lyrics by Aoshima Yukio Performed and Arranged by Sakamoto Hiroshi
ENDING SONG 'I'm so glad that I fell in love with you' Music by Masagoro Lyrics by Yashinomi Kachiru Arrangement by Oogi Shizuno Performed by Hayashi Akemi
I'm so glad that I fell in love with you.
KEY ANIMATORS: Takanashi Mitsuru Hiroda Mayumi Higuchi Kaori Takagi Hiroki Goto Masako
I'm so glad that I fell in love with you.
ARTWORK BY: Shiraishi Makoto BACKGROUNDS: Kobbayashi Production Tanaka Sadahiko
I'll walk by your side Forever, and ever and ever...
ANIMATION CHECK: Sakazume Kayo ANIMATORS: Dragon Production Akasaka Jyunko Nagaoka Midori Nakamura Akiko
ANIMATORS (continued): Miyakawa Kaori Takebuchi Masami Wakagi Yoshiaki Yamamoto Johji Gurimeshihara Yoshiko Shimura Takayuki
ANIMATORS (continued): Takei Tomoko Shiohara Chieko Okajima Daihachi Imai Makoto Hino Neiko Suzuki Miyao Nakayama Emiko
COLOR ESTABLISHMENT: Ichise Miyoko SPECIAL EFFECTS: Ikeda Kenji I'm so glad that I fell in love with you.
COLORING: Pierrot Fukuoka Branch Iwazaki Shizuko Matsuo Sayuri Mihara Yumiko Moritsugu Jyunko I'm so glad that I fell in love with you.
COLORING (continued): Matsuzaki Yukie Fukuda Kyoko Emura Yukiyo Migurno Jyun Kikuchi Mieko
I want to stare at your face Forever, and ever and ever...
COLORING (continued): Studio OM Aomori Shirado Katsuhiko Toki Tomoko Ueyama Yukiko Shirado Hisami Tazuke Miki M. I.
PHOTOGRAPHY: T. Nishimura Ohnuki Masao Maki Akemi
PHOTOGRAPHY (continued): Tanno Genji Yamagoshi Yasushi Itoh Makoto Katsumata Yuuichi
EDITING: Morita Seiji NEGATIVE EDITING: Takayama Chieko EDITING ASSISTANT: Aoki Masako
SOUND PRODUCTION: Arts Production Shima Keiko RECORDING: Imazeki Shukichi RECORDING ASSISTANT: Kato Tsuyoshi
EFFECTS: Anime Sound Inoue Hiroshi RECORDING STUDIO: Tabax Studio
DEVELOPMENT: Tokyo Development Center TITLES: Maki Production Adoba Aoyama
PRODUCTION DESK: Migami Kouichi PRODUCTION MANAGER: Fujii Datsushi Matsuzawa Naohiko Takahashi Tomohiro
ANIME PRODUCTION: Studio Pierrot
PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE: Asia-dou PLANNING ASSISTANCE: Hakushensha (Hana to Yume)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Iaki Toshio
DIRECTOR: Mochizuki Tomomi
I'm so glad I fell in love with you.
Translated by Tonghyun 'Vajra' Kim
Edited by Mike Studte & Enrique Conty subtitles by No-Brand Subtitling