What is it, sonny?
What's up, Suguru?
Suguru! What's up?
Nothing. Hello.
What?
Hello, Uncle Shoichi.
You've turned into an incredible kid...
Why didn't you call him "Dad"?
I'm sorry...
What's the matter?
Aren't you hiding something?
Tell me.
Hello, Uncle Shoichi.
Is that right?
Yes.
I'm sorry.
For what?
Why are you apologizing?
For being an awful woman.
Not at all!
If I were you...
I would've done the same.
I'm on your side.
I know best how you feel...
Only I can understand why you'd be so willful.
Don't you agree?
Mikiko...
That's why I am on your side... till I die.
Do you understand?
I don't know how long that will be though.
How old are you?
Thirty-three.
I'm old enough to have a daughter your age.
Right?
I'll always be on your side.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Hey! Shoichi!
That's enough.
Okay?
Stop it!
You're making the others nervous.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
Suguru...
What is it?
Why did you say that?
Why did you call him Uncle Shoichi?
Isn't that what he's supposed to be?
Well, that's true... But that's not what I mean.
What's the big deal?
I guess it doesn't matter.
Dad is coming back to us, isn't he?
Will you divorce me?
He is, isn't he?
Yeah.
Then it's fine.
You're right.
Bye!
Take care!
It's about that time...
Come in!
Good morning!
He's here.
Good morning.
Sho-chan...
What is it?
I have a favor to ask you.
Favor? What is it?
Serious?
Of course I'm serious.
I wouldn't joke about something like this.
Well, I know...
What are you going to do? Divorce him?
I hope...you didn't agree to that, too.
No, I didn't.
Good.
Did he accept that?
I don't think so.
Huh?
Why aren't you setting him straight?!
Well...
I'm sorry.
What is that supposed to mean?
I'm sorry.
What's wrong?
I'm confiding in you.
What is that supposed to mean?
No... nothing.
He's terrible...
He's selfish and willful to ask that of you.
I can't believe what he is doing.
But I wonder what's in it for him.
What?
By leaving Suguru and me to marry her.
She's going to die soon.
Is there anything in it for him?
I don't understand it...
But don't go along with it.
What do you mean?
You don't have to think about that.
Anyway, just set things straight.
Don't run away.
Set things straight.
I'm sorry!
Take care of it.
Eh? What?
This isn't looking good.
I'd better call Keiko.
I want you to draw me.
Draw you?
You won't do it?
Of course I will!
I'm glad.
This should do it.
Oh, it's you. Haven't seen you in a while.
That's true.
You're too tense, Et-chan.
Well, this is the first time I'm having a portrait drawn.
I should be honored then.
You know, Sho-chan...
Hmm?
I have another favor to ask you.
What is it?
Just in the portrait...
will you let me wear a wedding dress?
What?
I'm happy with just a portrait of it.
Will you imagine what I'll look like and draw me in a wedding dress?
Please.
Et-chan!
I'm sorry.
That's my...
answer to your marriage proposal.
Thanks.
You made me very happy.
Love Letters ~Men We Have Loved~ Episode 6
Come in.
Hello.
She's not here?
No.
Shoichi, too?
No.
They might be in the courtyard.
Or in the terrace area.
She's ill...so she wouldn't have gone too far.
I see.
What is it?
Nothing.
"Kyoko," is it?
Yes.
You're a good woman.
What?
You're both good women!
I am, too.
Why...?
That's what I want.
I'm stubborn, you know.
You have to think about when I'm gone.
You just have to,
I know that I'm in no position to tell you that.
After all, I'm being willful with you.
But it's not good for us to get married.
Et-chan.
Please draw me as I requested.
A portrait is fine.
I'll be happy to marry you, just in a portrait.
That's sufficient for me.
Please.
Kyoko...
Hey! Kyoko!
Sit down.
Yes.
Draw.
Draw me!
Hurry!
What's gotten into you?
You've never drawn me before.
You said you didn't like to draw women's faces.
You never drew a portrait of me before!
Kyoko, that is...
Draw me!
Yes.
Don't look so angry.
It's hard to draw you when you're angry.
We've lived together for ten years!
You should remember how I look like when I smile!
Yeah.
I don't believe it!
Eh?
Why is she turning you down?
Well, that is...
What does she take us for?
What am I?
Will she get serious!
I'm furious!
What's with you, too?
Is she your type?
What?
She had tears in her eyes.
And said a portrait is fine.
Is that the kind of woman that you like?
Stop it.
No, I won't stop!
If that's the kind of woman you like,
you should've said so from the start!
'I'm a hopeless guy,'
'so I need someone reliable like you!'
That's what you said, right?!
Were you lying to me?
You said that, didn't you?
You said you preferred someone reliable, right?
Yes, I did.
So you lied!
I, too...
I, too, used to like to be babied before!
Even when I was getting married...
my parents were very worried...
if I could manage as a housewife!
That's the kind of girl that I was!
When asked what kind of man is my type...
I used to say I wanted someone who'd pull me along...
and I really meant it.
That's the kind of girl that I was!
I don't know why...
but I fell in love with you...
You're hopeless like a kid...
but I didn't dislike that part of you...
In fact, I loved you for it.
So I decided to be more reliable, to make up for it.
I figured I'd take care of all the realistic things...
so that you could stay the way you are...
and that would work out.
I tried my best to make everything work out!
If I didn't have a good head on my shoulders,
what do you think would have happened to us?
Our family would have fallen apart!
And what now...
Will you get serious!
That's cowardly!
The things you say are always cowardly!
You know that I can't grow to dislike you!
You're cowardly!
I love you so much, too.
I can't grow to dislike you.
How can you tell me to let you do as you please if I love you?
That's cowardly!
Have you ever thought about how I would feel?
You're cowardly!
You know that I can't say "no" to that.
You're cowardly!
Nevermind already.
I can visualize your many faces.
Women...
can have many faces in them.
Do you want to marry her?
Never mind already.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
What's that? You? Did Dad draw it?
That's right.
How does it look?
Are you that pretty?
Suguru!
No dinner for you.
What?!
Hey!
Say that I'm prettier in person!
Say it!
Suguru, say that I'm prettier!
Keisaku...
Shall I draw you? I'm good at it.
No thanks.
I guess not.
You've had enough.
I'm in pretty deep trouble now...
I'm getting scolded here and there.
I can imagine.
I guess so.
Have you been in any hopeless situations?
That you have to turn to drinking.
I don't know.
You upset me.
Hmm?
You really upset me.
You're too cool.
Way too cool. That it upsets me.
It's nothing like that.
You upset me!
You really do...
You're way too cool.
I've been through it, too. A hopeless situation.
I'm not cool at all.
So you told him that you are fine with a portrait.
How pretentious!
Spineless!
I would have...
Would have what?
I don't know.
Will you continue with your story?
My story?
Yeah.
Are you trying to calm down with my story?
No, I'm not.
I just want to hear it.
Well...
Shortly after we got married,
I borrowed money to open my own shop.
The beauty shop of my dream.
But business didn't pick up.
So I was in a bind with the loan
and rent payments to make for the shop.
Wherever he went drinking, he made a sales pitch for me.
And he was good at it! A true salesman by trade!
So I gradually started getting more customers.
But I couldn't pull myself out of the financial crisis.
So I thought I had to close my shop.
And I confided in Keisaku about it.
Yes.
Then he told me he'd take care of it,
and he quit his job the following day.
He used his severance pay to pay my bills.
I told him not to do it, but he said it was all right,
since he had no dream of his own,
and he wanted to ride on my dream.
He added that he had a bad sales record
and that he had no promising future at the company anyway.
He said he wanted to be a hair stylist's husband.
But they were all lies.
He was well-liked at the company he worked at,
and he held the top sales record.
He was supposed to be promoted soon.
That's the kind of man he is.
So... I went along with his lie.
I enjoyed being with him.
He helped me with my business.
He went around, as usual making sales pitches for me.
And the shop started doing well.
I was happy.
But... I ruined it all.
What?
I...
I betrayed Keisaku.
Why?
I don't know.
Maybe I was too happy.
But I betrayed him.
I went out with an old lover of mine.
I'll stop here today.
"I am at Kita-Kamakura General Hospital."
In my next life...
I'm going to marry someone terrible at art.
Suguru... I'm sorry.
Your dad is a hopeless fool.
But I may be a worse case of a fool than him.
I'm sorry, Suguru.
Good morning.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Kyoko called earlier to say that she'll be in late.
Okay.
She also said to tell you...
What?
That she's going to confront them.
Did she really?
She's finally going to do it?
She also expressed her thanks to you.
I see.
Come in.
Hello.
I wanted to talk to you.
- Is that okay? - Yes.
I'm going out for a walk.
Yes?
Excuse me.
Come with me for a walk.
But...
Just come.
What did you want to talk to me about?
You should get married.
What?
You should get married to Shoichi.
Marry him. He seems to be serious about you.
Marry him. Don't you want to marry him?
Aren't you in love with him?
Okay? Do that.
That's all I came to say.
What? What's so funny?
I can't... marry him.
Why not?
Because...
You, of all people, should know why.
bokutachi wa ayamachi wo okasu We keep making mistakes
bokutachi wa sugu ni tachidomaru and soon will come to a stop
What?
sasai na koishi ni sae mo tsumazuite Stumbling over just a small pebble
dareka no kotoba wo shinji Whose words do we believe?
dareka no te no naka ni iru And whose hands are we in?
saigo wa hitori na noni Even though we are alone in the end
jibun ga kizuite iru yowasa The frailty that we notice in ourselves
jibun ni taerarenai morosa And the weakness that we can't bear in ourselves
mienai furi wo shita mama ikite yuku We live on, pretending we can't see it
doushiyou mo nai iradachi The feelings of helplessness
doko mo atenai tabidachi as we start off on a trip with no destination
kurikaeshite Over and over again
hiiragi wa Holly is
fuyu no otozure tsugeru hana the flower that tells of winter's visit
bokutachi wo tada soko de mioroshite iru By simply looking down upon us
nagai kodoku na yoru ni It seems like we're being crushed
tsubusaresou by the long, sad night
mitasarenu genjitsu ga Unsatisfying reality
futari de matou Let's wait together
maidashita konayuki wa The powdery snow that danced on its way down
tsumoru no deshou has blanketed the ground, don't you think?
fuyu wo taenuite yuku I want the strength
tsuyosa ga hoshii yo to endure through the winter
kimi no mune no katasumi ni There's a thorn that remains
nokoshita toge wo in a corner of your heart
yagate kuru haru made ni I want to melt it
tokashite agetai by the time the approaching spring comes