I'll wait one week.
Please give me an answer one week from today.
B-But--
Coach Mitaka's sure playing hard!
Did something happen between you and Coach Mitaka?
You're not your usual self today.
N-No. Of course not.
All right, if you say so.
See ya.
I gotta stop at the bank on the way home.
Okay.
That glum look doesn't suit you.
Bye!
Good workout.
Two more days...
Isn't it?
Good-bye.
Um--
Um... Uh...
Um... Um...
Help me, my dears!
Hm...?
Whose dogs are you?
I'm sorry!
Oh, you're--
My...
You must be-- from the other day?
Are they yours?
Yes. His name is Foie Gras and this one's Terrine.
So you have a lot of dogs.
Yes. I love them.
Um--
Yes?
That man--
Oh, you mean Coach Mitaka?
What is your relationship to him?
Are you his lover?
Are you going to marry him?
Won't you please break up with him?
I can't ask such offensive questions!
Uh--
Besides, I'm nothing but a woman he just met.
What about Coach Mitaka?
I-It's nothing. He seems like a very nice man.
W-Well, have a nice day.
Uh--
Bye!
Godai!
Will you be late today?
It's Saturday, and I don't have any plans.
I should be back by late afternoon.
Why?
N-Nothing.
Please come home as early as you can.
S-Sure.
Only enough for one.
Better go shopping, then!
What's making me so happy?
Um--
We've been bumping into each other a lot lately.
What an incredible coincidence!
"Coincidence"?
Is there something you want from me?
Here's my chance!
Ask her to break it off with Coach Mitaka.
Uh--
My dogs keep running to you.
Oh, please!
I swear, it's true.
Dogs are a great judge of character!
They'd never take a liking to bad people.
So... Uh--
You must be a wonderful person.
Excuse me.
Come on, Pot au Feu. This way.
Good day.
What a strange girl.
Just because her dogs like me, she assumes I'm a good person.
Come to think of it Soichiro loves Coach Mitaka.
Dogs are a great judge of character!
They'd never take a liking to bad people.
Now that I think about it he's a good person.
He's very kind.
He's always looking out for me.
He told me he wants to be by my side.
See you later!
Thank you!
Godai!
Sakamoto!
No wonder I haven't seen you around campus lately.
So you work here, huh?
How'd you know to find me here?
When I called your place about the class party,
Mrs. Ichinose told me I'd find you here.
Was it today?
What? You forgot?
Well, let's go.
I can't.
What? Gotta date?
N-No, not really.
Well, then let's go.
Your attendance record's not too good, you know.
If you don't show your face to the prof,
he won't give you credit.
All right. I'll go.
Godai's late...
Godai!
Hello? Otonashi speaking.
It's me, Mitaka.
I wanted to confirm about tomorrow.
Yes.
Three o'clock?
All right.
Tomorrow will be the most fateful day of my life.
Yes.
I'll be waiting for you.
Let me have your answer.
Yes.
You hang up first.
Yes.
All you say is "yes."
Yes. N-No! I'm hanging up, then.
Yes.
I see what's happening now.
I'm afraid to make my own decision.
I want someone to stop me.
Godai would surely--
He'd surely...stop me.
Where to next?
Actually, I have a great idea.
Well, I'll be going now!
Where d'ya think you're goin', Godai? !
Aren't you comin' with us to the next place?
B-But--
What? Short on cash?
N-No.
Please come home as early as you can.
No? Then you gotta come. We'll go somewhere you'd love.
Oh, what the hell. It's not like we had a date.
You said you'd be back early.
Must you look so disappointed to see us?
A no-show dinner guest?
What an exquisite spread you have here.
Making the Manager wait like this? That's a crime.
Sure is.
So? Who's the criminal?
Coach Mitaka? Or is it Godai?
By the way, if it's Godai, he's gonna be late.
His friend Sakamoto called this afternoon
to tell him about their class party.
A party?
Why couldn't he at least phone me to tell me that?!
We're here to cheer you up tonight, Manager!
Let the party begin!
What do you mean, cheer me up?
You've been kinda down lately...
that's why.
That's not true! It's just that--
"It's just that--" what?
No need to get all huffy.
Something happened between you and Coach Mitaka, right?
Nothing happened!
No sense lying. It's written all over your face.
Yeah. You're a bad liar.
Never mind! Let's lighten up!
Here's to the Manager's bright future!
And to us tenants' happiness!
Cheers!
Dee-lish!
What a great wine!
Yeah!
Hey, let's get going, too.
But we missed the last train.
Shoot. Better hail a cab, then.
Y'got cab fare?
No... You?
I spent every yen I had at that cabaret place.
S-So what're we supposed to do?
We'll figure out somethin'.
"Figure out somethin"'? Whaddaya--?
Hey!
You said you'd be back in the evening!
I have to give him an answer today.
Please...
Please come home soon.
Tell me not to marry him.
It's been a while since I goofed around all night.
We've walked for four hours.
I'm pooped.
Well, you're home safe.
C-Can't be--
M-Manager!
'Morning. You're up bright and early.
Good morning.
Mrs. Ichinose, too?!
Hey! It's the Manager!
S-Sakamoto!
Manager!
We're home!
H-Hello.
Her eyes are red!
Was she up all night?
Out all night?
Where were you?
Oh, please! We can't tell you that!
It's embarrassing.
Idiot! Now her imagination's running wild!
What's this?
Discount soap land? "Melon Cream"?
Oh, Mrs. Ichinose!
What's this one?
Tissue from "College Gals' Pub"?
"Cabaret City"--
N-No!
Some guys were passing those out on the street!
And--
She didn't have to burn them.
No.
Manager...
Where's she going, all dressed up?
Maybe she's got a date with Coach Mitaka.
Wouldn't he come and pick her up in his car, if it's a date?
I'm worried about her.
She's been brooding over something lately.
You mean, the Manager?
She's been acting weird all week.
You didn't notice?
Not at all.
You weren't home last night, so we kept Manager company.
But when we asked questions, her mouth was zipped shut.
I have a hunch
she wanted to talk to you about something really important.
She was waiting for you with dinner on the table.
Dinner for me?
Yeah. She even had wine.
A '77 vintage. It was delicious.
Please come home early.
I-I had no idea!
2:40. It's almost time.
I shouldn't have pulled an all-nighter For a guy like that!
Everyone, please give me the courage...
to tell her today...
about Coach Mitaka!
Um--
Don't wake her!
She seems exhausted. Let's wait until she wakes up.
W-What's going on?
W-Why are Kyoko and Asuna here together?
And those--
H-How could that dog-girl be here on a crucial day like this?
Where did they all go?
I'm sorry, sir!
Let me go find their owner right away.
N-No!
But--
I... I just...
love dogs!
Oh, my gosh! When did I fall asleep?
Six o'clock?
That's strange.
Didn't Coach Mitaka come?
That woman--
She never got up, after all.
You all seem so happy.
Did something good happen to you?
It's almost as if you saw you-know-who.
He still hasn't come to?
Man, was I shocked!
He was having convulsions right before my eyes!
Maybe we should've called the ambulance.
DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!!
GO AWAY!!
Coach Mitaka's going on a date with that woman?
Didn't he propose to you? What's up with that?
Next: "Be Still, My Beating Heart! Asuna's Very First Time!"
I'm going to spend the rest of my life with that man.
After all, he's the first man who ever held me.