You got dumped?
Oh, yeah! Big time!
You're pretty chirpy for a guy who's just been dumped.
It's better for my health to talk about it and forget it
than to keep it inside and let it brew.
It's not in my nature to let something like this get me down.
Oh...
Yeah! I'm gonna drink and forget her!
I know it was partly my fault,
but...but...she didn't have to dump me like that!
Sad.
Keiko...
Keiko!
S-Stop it!
Keiko! Keiko!
Stupid Sakamoto! It's me! It's ME!!
Summer's here.
Grandma? May I leave you in charge?
Sure.
I'll be back by evening.
Go right ahead.
Hey, neighbor?!
I'm so bored.
Thank you for the ride home.
It's nothing.
There's nothing like a cold beer
after sweating it out playing tennis.
- Wanna join me? - No thank you.
I'm the third-wheel anyway. Beer!
Good-bye.
Ms. Otonashi.
Yes?
Are you free tomorrow?
Well, yes.
I'm a club member at a hotel swimming pool,
and I'd love to Invite you as my guest.
Pool?
Yes. Tennis is fun, but in summer
nothing beats being at the pool under the shimmering sun.
I'd love to go with you!
Grandma! I didn't know you were here!
Did I interrupt?
I didn't mean that.
I'm so bored every day.
Where's Godai?
Even though I've traveled so far to see him
he's been out every day.
He's very busy with his job hunt.
I see. Of course you'd be lonely.
It's so nice of you to understand.
Well then...
Since Godai can't
we'd love to take you to the pool.
How about it Ms. Otonashi?
It's decided, then.
I won't get in your way.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
I better go buy myself a bathing suit.
A day at the pool could be fun.
I'm back!
Grandma, I'm home.
Don't I look great in this? Huh?
Grandma, are you okay?
What're you doing?
I bought this to wear at the hotel pool tomorrow.
Hotel pool?
Coach Mitaka invited me to go.
Mitaka did?
T-The manager's not going with you, is she?
She is.
I knew it!
If you're worried, you wanna come along, too?
I-I'm busy looking for a job.
I'm going to take a bath.
Oh no! It's from last night!
This is bad...!
Good morning.
Another day of job-hunting, Godai?
Yes.
It's hard work, isn't it?
It's going to determine the rest of my life.
Good luck.
I need to be able to tie my own necktie from now on.
Bye!
Have a good day!
It's going to be another scorcher.
Here you go.
I can't believe I have to work at a place like this.
Here you go.
Manager! This way!
M-Manager?!
Thank you so much, Mitaka.
This hotel pool must be expensive.
Let's not talk about money, okay?
That's right.
Coach Mitaka is rich.
How nice of you to treat us, too!
I figured this would happen.
He doesn't mind!
What's another three guests?
Such generosity!
It would have been so much more fun
if Godai could have joined us.
I'm sure it wouldn't have hurt
to take a day off from job-hunting.
Yeah. He's not getting anywhere anyway.
I have my doubts about whether he'll even graduate.
Even if he graduates, he probably won't get a job for a while.
Godai's pretty used to rejection.
He's got a rejection connection.
Those stinkers have some nerve to talk about me like that!
But what are the odds
of them coming to the pool where I work?
Godai, what're you mumbling about over here?
The manager and the gang are here.
So?
This is bad.
They think I'm out looking for a real job.
Why did you lie to them, Godai?!
Is something the matter, Ms. Otonashi?
N-No. It's nothing.
Let's go for a swim.
You shouldn't lie.
I don't care if you got dumped.
Who drank away my rent for this month?
Don't bring that up. I got you this job.
That's not all!
Who do you think gave me this?
A hickey? Where did you get that?
You put it there!
Me?
You came onto me mistaking me for a woman.
No...
Don't try to deny it.
I'm the one who feels sick about it!
Thanks for all the drinks!
This is great!
Pretend you don't know them.
Here you go.
They're the same wherever they go.
Damn him!
He's all over the manager, knowing I'm not around.
I give Godai credit.
I didn't start looking for work until autumn.
Enjoy.
Please.
Thank you.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
Please.
Yes...
He's treating her like his girlfriend!
Hey!
It's your turn to take a lunch break.
Okay.
I can't forgive him!
We're out of beer.
Where's our waiter?
Someone go buy some.
Having Godai here would have been convenient.
Hi everybody! You're all here.
Yusaku?
Godai, why are you here?
I'd heard that you were busy job-hunting.
I have some time before my afternoon interview.
Who knew you had money for the pool?
I've got pool money!
Well, come and have a drink!
Go get us another beer.
A pool is no place for a drink fest.
He's right.
I think I'll go for another swim.
I'll join you.
What's that?
I got a bug bite.
It's not a hickey, is it?
Of course not!
Let me see it.
Grandma, you come and swim with us.
Grandma, you're a good swimmer.
In the old days, they called me the Queen of the Beach.
C'mon, Yusaku! I'll race you!
Stop it, Grandma.
She's pretty fast.
Dried squid came from the sea, after all.
Don't say that about your grandmother!
Don't you think she looks like dried squid?
This feels great.
Sure does.
Your bandage.
Oops! Where did it go?
It didn't look like a bug bite,
but it couldn't be...
Don't scare me like that, Grandma!
Oh?
Good for you! You've finally become a man!
What're you saying, Grandma?
Don't try to deny it. I know what that is.
It's a hickey!
N-No, it's not.
I thought you'd been coming home late lately.
Now it makes sense.
Who gave it to you?
Was it Kozue, or that high school girl?
Please! This is-
Come to think of it
you never came home the night before last.
I called you and told you
that I'd stay over at Sakamoto's!
I-It's true! In fact, Sakamoto-
Hello, Manager!
Sakamoto?
I work here part-time!
Godai, you're here too?
Sakamoto, what do you think you're doing?
What are you doing during your break?
Can't you SEE what I'm doing?
Regardless, Godai, I'm still hurting over a bad breakup.
Are you going to make me hurt even more?
What about me?
Let's keep it to ourselves. We'd both be embarrassed.
Waiter, bring us sekihan black-bean rice.
We're celebrating a boy's transition into manhood.
I'm sorry, but we don't serve sekihan here.
Oh? Where's the manager?
She got out.
I don't care if it was Kozue or whomever.
But I wonder who it was?
This is on me.
Thank you.
It's my pleasure, Manager.
Sakamoto!
What's that get up?
I'm a waiter here.
Great! More beer please!
Keep it flowing!
Yes. Well, I have to go.
I heard Godai stayed with you two nights ago?
Godai? I don't think so. No one came two nights ago.
Did he say he did?
N-No.
I knew it was a lie.
Manager, it's all a misunderstanding.
I got this when Sakamoto-
It's a hickey!
I'm impressed, Godai!
Who put it there?
I'm trying to tell you that Sakamoto-
Sakamoto said no one stayed with him two nights ago.
He's embarrassed.
It's nothing to be embarrassed about.
I get those all the time.
It's nothing to brag about.
If a girl gave it to me, I'd brag about it.
It's not something to brag about, really.
Manager!
It's a misunderstanding!
Let it go.
I can't!
Now they're racing.
Manager?!
Ms. Otonashi?!
Leg cramp!
Oh gosh! I'm holding her!
He beat me to her!
A-Are you all right?
Yes.
I hate you!
What's happening?
She shouldn't get so mad about a hickey or two.
They're both so easily provoked.
What's up between Yusaku and the manager?
You're asking a very scary question.
I've been meaning to figure it out myself.
EMPLOYEE LOUNGE A hickey and a bite mark? Way to go!
S-She's very intense.
You're something else!
Actually, I gave him that hickey.
You mean you two are--?!
Right, Godai?
This is all your fault.
I'm sorry.
My top!
Ms. Otonashi, why don't you come out now?
Please stay away!
Have I said something to offend you?
N-No!
I just want to be alone for a while.
I see.
What's wrong, Ms. Otonashi?
You're not your usual self today.
I wanted Mrs. Ichinose or Akemi to get me a towel,
but look at them!
What'll I do?
I wonder if the manager's still swimming?
Please don't run!
I'll be okay!
What'll I do?
My--!
Waiter?!
That waiter looked a lot like Godai but he couldn't have been-
Sake after a good swim hits the spot!
Did you swim, Mrs. Ichinose?
About Godai's hickey-
I'm not interested.
You're not interested in the truth behind it?
Sakamoto gave him that hickey? Really?
I'm back!
Welcome home. How did it go?
Huh?
You said you had an interview this afternoon.
I don't think it went too well.
I see. You'll have other opportunities.
Y-Yes.
Next spring, I'll be a working man.
I'll do my best.
See you.
Thank you for saving me at the pool.
You're welcome.
A summer job as a waiter is nothing to be ashamed about.
I'm sorry.
What's this?
A Fine summer day My arms are stinging sweetly As cicadas sing
by Yusaku.
What's this?
Hey! It's stopped!
There was an accident on the train line.
Then let's drink up 'til the train starts running again!
Next time: "Farewell Grandma! Party on Down at Ueno Station"
Yusaku! Where do you think you're going?