You should be going.
Yeees!
Oh, no. I'm late.
I'm going.
Bye.
Just stay in bed.
I'm sorry.
Stop being silly.
See you later.
Hey, newlywed!
What?
Are you teasing me?
How is your wife?
Good.
Please go to see her. It'll make her happy.
In time. I dislike hospitals.
You're always avoiding things that you dislike!
You should talk!
Hey! What do you mean?
What's that?
Please go to see her.
You haven't given me a wedding gift yet!
Bye!
Wait! Let's go out together.
No. It's embarrassing.
Why? When I'm so pretty.
Bye!
Wait, Suguru!
Wait up!
Wait!
Hey!
How's newlywed life?
I'm happy.
Is that so?
Yeah.
When you're married for a long time...
so you start getting into fights...
and start talking less to each other?
Do you get tired of each other?
Ah...
You can't be lovey-dovey newlyweds forever.
I see. So that's how it is.
In a sense, I'm lucky.
I won't be with him that long.
But...it's not all that bad...
to get accustomed to being with each other.
You hate to lose.
I see. I'm bummed.
Your husband should be coming back shortly.
Yes.
I'm going.
Why? You don't want to see him?
It's nothing like that.
I wouldn't know what to say to him anyway.
After all, we are back to being strangers.
I'll see you again.
Thanks for coming.
See you.
Yes?
Thank you for coming.
I'm happy to see you.
You're embarrassing me with such a happy welcome.
I heard a lot about you from Mikiko.
Really?
I bet it wasn't anything good, though.
Right.
What?
I mean "no."
Keisaku was popular.
They all liked him for some reason.
From the old ladies to the young girls.
He's a smooth talker.
I sometimes had to make my customers wait long.
He'd have no problems handling them.
They'd be happy just chatting with him.
Non-customers would come in just to chat with him, too.
I had customers who'd change their appointments
if Keisaku wasn't around.
I sometimes think he still cares about me.
There aren't many good women like me.
Besides...
he's only popular with the ugly women.
Is that what she said?
I have more stories.
It's all right, Etsuko.
- Eh? - I'll save it for the next time.
I'll come again, so just tell me one story at a time.
Okay.
Keisaku...
Hmm?
I have a favor to ask you.
A favor?
It's something to do with Shoichi, isn't it?
Well...
Sorry to wake you up. I'll turn off the light.
I had a bad dream.
What?
A bad dream?
You were alone...
With no one around.
You looked very lonely.
You were all alone.
I didn't like it...at all.
I like it when you smile.
I like your wrinkled face when you smile.
What?
I didn't like it when you were alone, looking sad.
I see.
Sho-chan...
Hmm?
...thank you.
Really.
Thank you very much.
What?
You've made me happy.
I can't thank you enough.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Stop it. Okay? Stop it, Et-chan.
I just wanted to tell you how I felt.
Give me a break.
I won't say it again.
I have one more thing to say.
Hmm?
I want you to promise me something.
Promise?
When I die...
please don't be around.
Please don't watch me when I'm dying.
I don't want to say goodbye to you with my death.
I want to tell you goodbye while I'm alive.
Okay?
Please do as I say.
Besides... Do I look pretty?
Huh?
Yes, you do.
I want you to remember my pretty face now.
Okay?
It's a promise now.
Sho-chan!
Thanks.
Et-chan, are you okay?
Sho-chan, the promise...
Don't forget your promise.
Et-chan!
Please come!
Et-chan.
Et-chan! Et-chan...
- Doctor should I connect this? - Do it quickly!
Raise the oxygen level.
I understand.
Her blood pressure is dropping.
Raise the oxygen higher.
Doctor! Etsuko won't die, will she?
Sho-chan...
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Etsuko! Etsuko...
Where's Shoichi?
I don't know. He walked out.
What? What's going on?
Where is he?!
I...
I...asked him...
to leave.
I don't want him to be here when I die.
Kyoko...
Thank you.
No! What are you saying?
I'll return...
...Shoichi to you.
- Check her pulse. - Yes.
Excuse me.
It's weak.
- Is that so. - Yes.
Say...
Are you two dating?
Yes.
I see.
Take care of her.
You should cherish the person that you love.
Etsuko? Etsuko!
Are you listening? Are you?
Her name is Etsuko.
She's very pretty.
She really is.
Do you understand?
Her name is Etsuko.
Etsuko.
Don't forget that.
Her name is Etsuko...
Etsuko...
Don't forget her name.
Please don't forget it.
My...
She's my...
...my...
...loved one!
Etsuko...
You're bothering the other customers.
Hey!
Hey! What do you think you're doing!?
Etsuko...
Hello?
Hello? Sonny, are you alone? Is your mom home?
No, she's not.
That's a problem.
Takehara Shoichi is your dad, isn't he?
What?
Hello? Hello?
Hello!
Yes, that's my dad.
He's my... He's my dad.
Suguru, I'm at the hospital now.
Dad did it again.
What?
Please make an exception.
As I keep saying...
I can't release him or let you see him.
He wasn't thrown in jail for being merely drunk.
He's damaged personal property and injured people.
I can't heed your request.
He refuses to talk.
And he shows no reflection.
I contacted you because I know you.
But you can't see him.
Please...
A family member...
A family member passed away.
Eh?
He doesn't know it yet.
Please let me see him.
I just want to talk to him.
Please.
Please!
Shoichi...
Etsuko passed away.
What are you doing here?
But...
...you know...
Her last expression...
I'm glad you didn't see it.
She looked pretty.
In the end...
she had a beautiful smile on her face.
I'm glad you didn't see it.
If you saw that...
you would never be able to forget her.
So I'm glad you didn't see it.
Say something, will you?
Sorry.
You don't have to apologize.
We're divorced.
You don't owe me an apology.
Etsuko looked pretty...
Very pretty.
Is that right?
Yes, that's right.
Shoichi...
Etsuko knew that we were married to each other.
She knew.
Aren't you surprised?
By chance...
did you know that?
I see.
That's how it was.
This is all so silly...
Very silly of us...
Maybe this...
...isn't the right time to say this.
But I want to say it now.
Please...
...marry me.
Please marry me.
Please!
Please...
A...
A fantastic woman...
...is asking you to marry her.
If you turn me down, you are the worst.
The worst kind of man.
Etsuko wouldn't stand for it, too.
You'll be the worst.
Thank you!
Excuse me...
What is it?
Well... What happened after that?
What do you mean?
Well... With your husband.
What husband? I'm single.
I have no husband.
What?
You know what I mean.
Nothing will happen.
It's all over.
What do you mean?
Just as I said. Over.
Is that right?
Yes, that's right.
What is Shoichi doing?
I don't know.
What?
Is that okay with you?
What can I do?
Right!
So?
So, what?
So, what are you going to do?
What do you mean?
You know. So what are you going to do?
What are you mad about?
I'm doing this for Etsuko.
What?
What is this about?
You.
Etsuko was right.
About what?
She said that after she dies and is gone...
you'll probably be doing nothing about it...
So she wanted me to scold you.
She said...
...you probably have no plans of going back to Kyoko.
What do you expect?
But...she knows that you really want to go back to her.
That's...
She said she wants you to go back to Kyoko.
Well, you can tell me that...
Ouch!
Hey! What was that for?
She said if you say you are not going back to Kyoko...
then I can hit you.
You're lying!
Didn't you make that up now?
It's true. She really did tell me so.
In tears!
Do you want to be hit again?
Give me a break.
No, I can't. I promised her.
Do you want to be hit again?
How can I possibly go back?
I just can't. Don't you agree?
Can you?
Shoichi.
What?
I wouldn't be able to go back.
What?
But it should be okay for you.
What do you mean by that?
You've done unreasonable things until now.
Don't act proper all of a sudden.
Don't you want to go back to Kyoko?
Don't you want to live with Suguru and Kyoko?
Well...
That's asking a lot, isn't it?
How can you possibly go back to them now, right?
But you've done a lot of unreasonable things until now.
And that's how you are.
That is why you were loved by those two great women.
When you're so hopeless, too!
If you don't do things the way you want,
you won't have any good traits.
Then you'll be trash! Trash!
Or even scum! Scum!
What's that all about?
Sorry, but you're fired as of today.
What? Wait a minute.
- You're fired! Get out.
Wait a minute! You're not the president.
How can you fire me?
- Oh, be quiet! You're fired!
That's unreasonable!
Etsuko told me that I could fire you, too!
What?! You're lying!
I know you're lying!
You proposed to him?
Yes.
But I was rejected. Sorry, Suguru.
That's all right. Dad is such a fool.
You're right. He won't find a great woman like me.
I agree. And he won't find a great kid like me.
I agree.
Et-chan...that hurts.
Didn't I tell you about it?
Your dad wanted to propose marriage to me
all of a sudden in the middle of the night,
but he had no money, so he stole a parked bike.
What?
He rode that bike from Kichioji to Grandma's house.
But the fool got lost along the way.
So he asked for directions at the police box.
Then the officer tasked if that bike belonged to him
because the lock
on it was broken.
What? He's awful!
Yes, he is.
So I had to go to the police box to get him.
Then the minute
I got there, he proposed to me.
What?
Isn't that stupid?
I wonder why I fell so deeply in love with him.
bokutachi wa ayamachi wo okasu We keep making mistakes
bokutachi wa sugu ni tachidomaru and soon will come to a stop
sasai na koishi ni sae mo tsumazuite Stumbling over just a small pebble
How do I get to the Takehara residence?
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
It's nearby.
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
I wonder why I fell so deeply in love with him.
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
Yes?
fuyu no otozure tsugeru hana the flower that tells of winter's visit
Yes.
bokutachi wo tada soko de mioroshite iru By simply looking down upon us
What?
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
kono fuyu kara until the end
yagate tsuku akai mi wo Let's wait together
futari de matou for the red fruit that will come soon come in
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
Here comes Kyoko.
Hey...
What's this all about?
Are you stupid?
I'm sorry.
The End