On the morning I was born, snow covered the town
Tiny small hands reached for the blue sky
Like a girl next door we'd always known
With one ear, I hear the graduation song
Even alone, I am OK, turning the pages of my own story
I want to blame someone It hurts, no I hate it.
In sadness I cried, and the bud disappeared
Autumn comes, then winter, and I am another year older
You can run far away, but your story never ends.
Grinning from ear to ear, I'm such a coward. I can't stand it.
You may step over me, but I will follow and cling to you
I try to fill the hole in my heart Without a doubt, I can't stand it.
I'm such a coward. I can't stand it. It hurts. No, I hate it.
Father…
What?!
Really?
I understand, I'll go right away.
Huh, where's the president?
What. he's not in his office?
Until just a while ago, he was singing something really loudly.
What, no way?! The president told me…
Be sure to finish this by 8 o'clock, okay?
If you don't, you have to run around the campus ten times.
That's what the president said to me!
If you're talking about the president, he already went home.
Why?! We have the presentation for the new project
the day after tomorrow!
But he yelled, "we're eating curry tonight!"
and flew out of here.
Curry…
Curry, huh…
If it's curry, it can't be helped…
Dad!
Oh!
Here. take a look.
When you shine light on it like this, it moves toward the light.
It's the smallest robot in the world.
Its name is Kabutan.
Kabutan?
That's right.
It's the "Ka" from your name, Kaoru, and the "bu" from yours, Shinobu…
So that's why it's Kabutan.
It's cool. isn't it?
Lame!
Definitely.
But it's cute, right?
Totally!
Okay, shall we eat curry?
- Yes! - Yes!
I want to eat curry.
I first realized when I tried to make something really big
that in order to make something really big,
at first, you need to put up an even bigger scaffolding.
And that process is plain, simple,
and endless…
But somehow, it's okay now.
When I say that I rode to Wakkanai on my bicycle,
everyone tells me with surprise that it's "amazing. "
But I just stepped on the pedals, alternating right and left.
Right, left, right, left…
just endlessly.
I'm okay now because I've learned that.
Smooth…
As if the outlines are dissolving away…
like they're made out of cream.
White marble… I wonder about how much it costs?
I wonder how you carve it.
There are so many things I want to try to do.
There is an endless amount of things I want to try to make
scattered inside of me.
I chase after each of the images that fly by,
catch them. wrestle with them.
verify the taste and drink them down,
name them.
and return it to the appropriate place.
I repeat that process.
A huge amount of time… for that purpose.
I want to open all of these boxes,
but a human's life is too short to open them all.
There is a limit to the number of boxes
that one human can open in a lifetime.
But if you have someone to fight with you…
if you have that person.
Rodin's "The Gates of Hell. " huh.
It's in the National Museum of Western Art.
The gate appears in Dante's "Inferno. "
and it's the place that suggests you cast aside your hopes before entering hell.
Cast aside hopes…
Your favorite Dore drew the same gates, too.
Choosing this motif probably means
that they were distressed by something…
Hagu?
Marble. huh.
It looks like it's shining dimly from the inside. doesn't it?
That's because the lights that enter reflect against each other.
and then come out on the surface.
Light can shine through marble…
Shu-chan…
Hm?
What is it, Hagu?
Hagu?
Oh, nothing.
It's no good.
He's got his own life.
And I…
I have no right to deprive him of it.
- What?! - What?!
She finally called for him?
From Spain…
Rika?!
Yes.
Spain's architectural designer. Mac Carlos.
This guy is taking part in Rika's project? Seriously?!
Oh, my god, she's been caught by a helluva guy…
Yeah. I can see the situation clearly.
From the looks of it, it seems he's in love with Rika…
Rika, Rika, Rika, Rikal
- Help mel - Rika, Rikal
Rikal
He is the best in Spain. I bet his advances are intense too.
I wonder if Rika's okay.
I mean, hasn't she already started losing her spirit?
And, Rika faxed Takumi to seek help.
Kind of as a watchdog.
Say whatever you want.
When I'm by her side,
I won't let even one person lay a finger on her.
In one sense, the most dangerous man is going to be by Rika's side!
More of a mad dog than a watch dog.
A wolf outside and a mad dog in the house.
That must've been the tough choice she made after weighing her options.
Oh. Rika.
It's pitiful…
But in this picture, isn't Rika even thinner?
If it's possible,
I want to fly there and wait on her hand and foot.
Of course, I'm fully prepared for that.
A single serving rice cooker!
With an adapter.
Even when she doesn't have the slightest appetite,
she can eat bonito flakes over rice with a little bit of soy sauce drizzled on it.
- T-Takumi… - And then…
- miso, - It's kind of like…
- konbu boiled in soy, - getting a package delivered…
- from your mom in the country. - and plum tea,
and somen.
But somen's so good.
Do you have seasonings and stuff?
Without shiso and green onions, it tastes bland.
They probably have ginger over there. too.
Seems like they'd have a lot of herbs, like mint and lemon balm.
Enough!
People don't eat mint and lemon balm with somen!
Then it would be the same as Ayumi's special menu!
- B-Bee-bee… - T-Takumi!
Not beef, I'm talking about somen!
I can't make Rika eat something…
like… tha…
Radish…
Daikon radish sprouts are piquant, so they're good as a seasoning.
And if you plant it on top of moistened cotton.
you can eat it in 3 days.
It'll work if you carry the seeds to Spain and
plant them as soon as you get there.
I understand. I'll do it as soon as I get there.
Thank you, Ayumi.
I understand. I'll do it as soon as I get there.
Thank you, Yamada.
I…
Leader…!
Wh-What is it?
What? I'm taking Leader for a walk.
Ayumi, you were actually thinking
you wanted me to follow you, didn't you?
I-I didn't think that!
Really?
I wasn't thinking anything.
D-Don't stare at me so much!
Good job… for being able to say what you did.
Shinobu…
you weren't going to say hello?
I bet you know what Hagu is stuck in front of right now.
If you don't talk to her now,
she'll continue going farther off track.
Is that okay with you?
It can't be helped.
That line doesn't suit you.
Saying something like "it can't be helped. "
Well, you say she is going farther away,
but we've never been close from the beginning.
Shinobu…
What are you thinking?
Kaoru…
I believed that there should be something only I can do.
I wanted to think that way…
I'll get it back.
I'll get my father's company back.
Here, look…
It's cool, isn't it? He moves toward the light.
The direction the light points…
forward…
I wonder if Takumi has already arrived in Spain…
Hey, Yuta.
What is it?
You got your license, didn't you, Yuta?
Uh, yes. But it's limited to automatic transmissions.
So, why don't we go for a drive?
A drive!
Uh, but I've only driven outside of the school
with the instructor…
and I don't have a car.
If it's a car you need, there's one.
Right, Sensei?
Oh yeah!
That's right!
S-Someone who just got his license
is going for his first drive in my car?!
What kind of penalty game is this?!
That's it, the ocean! Let's go to the ocean!
The ocean. huh.
The ocean!
Are you listening to me?
Oh, that's right.
Usually cars only hold up to five passengers.
Me, Hagu, Yuta and Shinobu, Sensei. Takumi…
one person will be left out…
Ayumi…
But Takumi went to Spain, huh.
A five-seater is fine.
Why don't we wait until he gets back?
He said he'd be back in about a month.
The ocean is prettier when it's gotten a little colder
because nobody will be there.
And there will be a lot of shells on the beach.
I want to collect shells!
Speaking of which,
we've never all gone to play at the beach together.
Oh. that's true.
Now that you mention it…
We went on a water-bus and to a hot spring,
but we've never done anything "at the beach. "
It's a good idea, the ocean.
It sounds good, doesn't it?
Let's go, Ayu.
Yeah.
We'll all take lunches…
and cameras.
take a lot of pictures,
eat a lot of food.
and we'll gather a lot of shells.
We'll relax.
Surely, it will be a lot of fun.
Yeah!
Wow!
But…
in the end. we never went to the ocean.
For some reason.
we don't have a single photo showing all of us together.
We only have an image of
how everybody looked in front of our eyes…
The image was impressed deep into our eyes and
became a photo we could never erase for the rest of our lives…
Everything would be so much easier
If all these emotions would disappear
Without a word.
We each take our separate roads
And our paths part
We'll never meet again
Meeting is just too sad.
We gather the emotions we miss.
But emotions cool as quickly as they warm
We believe it can't be true
How long will we hold onto these words
How long?
Next time: "Going forward… towards the light"