Ano hi futari deatta no wa...
Sekaijuu de ikudo me ni...
...okita kiseki nano deshou?
Dare ni kansha sureba ii?
Ah, anata no mirai ga...
...kitto watashi niwa niauto.
Sou ienai yoru mo aru nakisou ni narukedo.
Eien wo eien wo sugitemo asenai.
Kaze no naka sorano shita matsuno.
Shinjitara shinjitara anata no egao ga...
...watashi no hana ni narukara... kitto.
It's all right, Chika.
That's right.
No need to worry.
But...
They're sure to come back.
It's all right.
Episode 24 Aoi
Then let's go.
Yes.
A- Aoi-sama!
Why?
Please take us.
To the Sakuraba house.
Is it really all right?
Yes.
I decided so with Kaoru-sama.
We decided last night...
...that we wanted to talk things out.
Kaoru is an awkward guy...
He can't lie to himself.
But that's what's so good about him...
Kagurazaki, explain what's going on.
Y- Yes, master.
Actually...
Father.
Miyabi-san only listened to my selfishness...
...in wanting to see Kaoru-sama.
All fault lies with me this time.
I will be making the decisions.
Miyabi-san is not at fault.
I am to blame.
Aoi...
I apologize for the sudden visit.
But I wanted to discuss something...
You stay quiet.
This is a problem of the Sakurabas.
No, Father.
Please listen to Kaoru-sama's words.
That is how I feel at this time, as well.
Feel.
Please listen.
I have no need to.
Please.
Senpai really has a straightforward heart.
That's why he seems so bright.
And watching him like that...
...I think about how I need to work even harder.
Please.
Please listen.
I beg of you, as well.
Please listen to what he...
Don't overstep your bounds.
Think about your place.
I am in charge of educating Aoi-sama.
To see Aoi-sama happy means everything to me.
I understand.
Please speak up.
Mother...
Thank you very much.
I...
I am no longer a member of the Hanabishi house.
The situation is different from back then.
I am now an ordinary college student.
I have no promises about the future.
But...
But I...
I wondered what you'd say, but it turns out to be of that sort?
Did you think I would allow you in your current state to see Aoi?
I am disgusted beyond words.
You betrayed us!
You ran away.
You betrayed my daughter's feelings...
...the one who did her best, believing in you as a fiance...
...and our feelings that cared for our daughter!
I thought what you wanted to discuss was an apology...
I have no intent on letting you have my daughter.
If you understand, leave this house now!
Father!
I...
It's true that I broke the promise.
I guess you can't really say we're engaged.
I might not be forgiven for what I've done.
But I...
I didn't want to run anymore, for Aoi-chan's sake, too!
For Aoi's sake?
Hanabishi-sama has a very kind heart.
Yet he's strong.
I'm sure that's because...
...he knows more pain in his heart than anyone else.
I have no family.
My father and mother were not allowed to get married.
My mother was said to be unworthy of the family name.
And she and I were pulled away from my father after my birth.
But after my father passed away in an accident...
...the Hanabishis looked for an heir...
...and forced me back into their home.
At that time, I was separated from my mother, my only family.
The Hanabishi house had no love...
...and I dreamt of being reunited with my mother.
However... Grave of the Honjo Family
That reunion never came to be. Grave of the Honjo Family
Since then, I've been all alone.
With nobody to rely on...
Nowhere to return to...
I was lonely and sad.
This feeling, the pain of losing one's family...
...was one I never wanted Aoi-chan to experience.
That's why I decided to come here and discuss things.
Kaoru-dono...
Is that all?
Did you think I'd forgive you after hearing that?
What a fool.
Father!
Father, please wait!
Aoi-chan is...
Miss Aoi Sakuraba is irreplaceable to me!
I don't want to lose a loved one ever again!
I'm sorry.
Kaoru-sama...
Kaoru-san. Aoi.
It is all right.
Your father has accepted Kaoru-san.
Madam?
That is why your father chose not to cast Kaoru-san out...
...but instead left the room himself.
Big Brother...
When you're here, Big Brother, I...
Wanting to bring back time...
...feel really at ease... Wanting to bring back time...
...and I forget everything bad that happens. that slipped away from their fingers...
...people sometimes come to the sea.
I think at right where the waves crash.
Father. I think at right where the waves crash.
One very important thing...
Please forgive my lack of manners earlier. One very important thing...
...that I want to keep looking at forever.
I like to see you smile. ...that I want to keep looking at forever.
I like to see you smile.
But since you came home, you have not smiled even once.
The day you were born...
...the sky was a piercing blue.
Like today.
The color blue heals one's heart.
Kind and pure.
Such a meaning lies within your name.
It is not that I have forgiven that man.
I just want you to always be smiling.
You are my daughter.
A daughter more precious than my own life.
Father...
This is your home.
Come back at any time.
Thank you...
Thank you so much, Father...
That really turned out well, Aoi-sama.
Miyabi-san, I am sorry to have troubled you so much this time.
Please raise your head.
I just did what I felt was appropriate.
Kaoru-dono, I trust you with Aoi-sama.
- Miyabi-san? - What do you mean?
My duties are now done.
Aoi-sama, some areas may have needed improvement...
...but forgive me.
I hope you live happily ever after with Kaoru-dono.
Miyabi-san...
Let us all go back together, Miyabi-san.
To where our "family" awaits us.
I'm sure they're all waiting.
Connecting even without listening.
Without saying words.
Hey, why? Without saying words.
Why are you getting a party ready? Without saying words.
Why are you getting a party ready? Yes, the lips dance in the air.
Did Big Brother or the others contact you? Yes, the lips dance in the air.
No, not at all. Yes, the lips dance in the air.
Your gaze is...
Then why? Your gaze is...
If they don't come back today, the food is wasted. Your gaze is...
If they don't come back today, the food is wasted.
That's right! ...like the moon at twilight.
I don't understand at all! ...like the moon at twilight.
Wait, why are you here? ...like the moon at twilight.
Don't worry about the small details. ...like the moon at twilight.
Don't worry about the small details.
Hey, why is it?
The light like the moon at twilight.
Because they might come home today. The light like the moon at twilight.
Welcome back
Getting dinner ready so they can come home anytime. Welcome back
And welcoming them with a smile. Welcome back
That's what it means to be a family!
Family?
You don't get it.
I don't blame you.
But...
...you'll get it if you live here.
If I...
...live here?
- Can it be? - Can it be?
They're back!
We're back.
I have just gotten back.
Ai Yori Aoshi
Welcome home! Ai Yori Aoshi
It's nice and warm. Feels good.
You're so right.
I slept so well during that lecture.
I'm full of energy now because of that!
Please stop that, Tina-senpai!
By the way, Mayu...
...how far are you tagging along?
Mayu is being invited to Hanabishi-sama's house today.
Today?
You come and have fun every day!
It just happened that way.
And you weren't invited in the first place!
That's for Mayu to decide!
That's strange reasoning...
See? Uzume welcomes me.
Uzume, you traitor!
Uzume has gotten used to Mayu-san now...
This is "Operation: Kiss the Squire First to Kiss the Knight"!
Welcome home, everyone.
Aoi-chan, we're...
Hey, Hanabishi!
You're late!
Suzuki! Sato!
What's going on?
We're moving!
Moving?
Wait, you're moving here?
What are you talking about?
Don't get the wrong idea, Hanabishi.
I fell asleep...
- Chika-chan! - Chika!
Are you awake now, Chika-san?
Big Brother!
Hold it!
W- W-What are you doing among other things?
I'll allow Chika to.
Yay!
Mayu won't allow it!
Hey, get away from him!
What's this about?
Chika-san will be living in this house starting today.
Here?
Come to think of it, she got accepted to a high school here.
We'll be together every day now, Big Brother!
Look at this. It's my high school uniform!
I see...
I wore it here to show you, Big Brother!
Then Mayu, too!
Hanabishi-sama!
Hey, what do you think you're doing?
Kaoru-sama!
Oh, brother...
Damn it, get away!
Oh, Hanabishi-sama, this barbarian is being violent!
Barbarian?
Chika-chan's being flattened by you all!
Oh, no!
Get off! All of you, get off!
Cheers!
Chika, my best regards again.
Tina-neechan, you have to teach me all sorts of things!
Sure!
Ask me if there's something you don't get!
- Ý'll teach you anything. - Other than academics.
- What was that? - Oh?
You have a problem with me, an officially invited guest?
Miss Manager!
Can you say something to that irritating guest?
No fondling of breasts.
Chika's Big Welcome Party!
O- Oh, it's habit... Chika's Big Welcome Party!
What do you mean, Tina-san? Chika's Big Welcome Party!
I'm sorry! Forgive me! Chika's Big Welcome Party!
Jeez, Tina-senpai... Chika's Big Welcome Party!
It's a sad instinct. Chika's Big Welcome Party!
I am Ruka Saionji.
N- Nice to meet you.
I'm Chika Minazuki.
It's nice to see cherry blossoms at night.
Yes.
The stars are beautiful, too.
Yes.
Um, Aoi-chan...
If you look at me, you can't see stars or cherry blossoms.
It is all right.
I want to watch you right now, Kaoru-sama.
R- Really?
A- Aoi-chan!
I- I apologize! Did I suffocate you?
No, um...
It's not that I couldn't breathe...
It felt nice.
My goodness, Kaoru-sama!
Sorry, sorry...
But I want you to do that again.
Can you do it again?
K- Kaoru-sama...
Please do not look at me like that!
Just joking.
All right.
One more time, right?
I had always been lonely during this season of cherry blossoms.
Why?
The Sakuraba home...
...has a large cherry tree, which is our family namesake.
And in the spring, I always looked at the tree and thought...
"I didn't get to see Kaoru-sama this year...
...but maybe I will in the next one."
I wondered if I'd be able to see...
...the cherry blossoms with you someday.
But after I met you, Kaoru-sama...
...I was able to see the flowers again this year.
So I am very happy right now.
Aoi-chan...
You'll see them again next year.
And the year after that, and many years to come.
Always.
Kaoru! Miss Landlord!
You're out there, right?
How about a game together?
Come on!
All right!
We're coming!
Shall we go back, Aoi-chan?
Sure.
The face of pale, blooming flowers...
...is left behind as the seasons pass by.
The rain stops, and there are clouds in the sky.
And there is a gentle, blue breeze.
On the sides of the two...
...walking from today to tomorrow...
...there are memories that sway without change.
Forever, forever blooming yet never withering.
The racing of this heart will never cease.
More than anyone, more than anyone, I have looked at you.
Without bounds, this feeling... forever.
Hey, Kaoru-sama.
Let's play some more!
Come on, wake up, Kaoru-sama!
Gee...
I fell asleep...
I'm sorry, Aoi-chan.
What's wrong, Aoi-chan?
I- lt's nothing!
Then let's play some more.
What should we play now?
Um, um...
Hide and seek!
What? Again?
Hide and seek!
All right, that's fine.
Yay!
Ai Yori Aoshi