That was the first time in my life I had slept so much.
Could you call her a "pathological liar"? So no one would deal with her anymore.
I'm Iijima Juri.
I write alone!
This is what I judged was best as the Producer.
Try asking for it from that woman you're living with.
I forgot something!
My name is Furusawa...
Furusawa-san?
Don't say that like you're the only one who's unhappy!
You're saying you understand my feelings well enough to know...
...why I can't sleep unless I take sleeping pills?!
Sleeping pills?
I can't do anymore... I'm at my wits end...
It's fine for you to stay here until you've found a job.
Since you do have an obligation to help me, don't you Suzune?
Good morning.
'Morning.
Sit down, sit down.
I do think it's best to eat a proper breakfast in the mornings.
Will you be eating dinner with us, too?
Yeah...
That's great.
Sorry about last night.
But I am glad we got to talk things out, Suzune.
Sorry for being late.
'Morning.
Good morning.
Excuse me for my sudden call to you yesterday.
Not at all.
I'm sorry since it was the way I put it that caused this misunderstanding.
For now, Makabe-san will focus on getting Episode 7 done.
Is that okay?
Yes.
Iijima-san, I'll ask you to please configure Episode 8 through to the last episode.
Yes.
And, as for the future story developments...
Good afternoon.
Ah... hello.
Excuse me for calling you yesterday.
Not at all.
I asked for this so I could apologize to you today.
Yesterday my son came down ill...
...and since I had to go out for a job interview...
...Suzune was watching over him for me.
Ah...
That she had to cancel her plans with you as a result, Nada-san...
...I am truly very sorry.
Not at all. Is he better?
Yes. He's completely well now.
That's good.
Mama, I wanna read a book.
The picture books are right over there.
Go have a look.
And then, Nada-san...
Yes?
Would you have some time tonight?
Here you go.
You're unusually brisk at it.
Would it be okay if I wrote here for a little longer?
She's not particularly experienced, but she does write fast...
...so I thought she might be of some help to you.
You do have an obligation to help me, don't you?
What is this "obligation to help" about?
Eh?
Ah... No, it's nothing.
I'm just worried. Your recent scripts...
...haven't felt like you've been putting your heart into them. Are you okay?
Because all sorts of things have been occurring ever since my friend came to live with me...
...it's just messed up my work-pace a bit.
You're tired. Once Episode 7 is done, it's fine if you take a rest.
You aren't saying we'll take that rest together, are you?
I'm sorry.
I want to concentrate on this.
All right. Don't push yourself too hard.
Ah...
Ah... hello.
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Episode 5 "Jealousy"
You're fast! You've got quite the speed going there.
Say, what's this about?
I invited him to dinner.
Not that. I want to hear "why" you asked him.
Doesn't Nada-san look just like him?
Eh?
Like Takaishi Kentaro-kun back at Higashi High School.
They do look alike, right? He's handsome.
That's why you called him?
Was it wrong of me?
He's already come...
Kouta's totally attached to him, too.
In spite of how he looks, Nada-san loves children, doesn't he?
Nada-san.
Yes?
Are you okay if it's spicy?
Ah... I'm fine with that.
Itadakimasu.
Yum! That's good!
It's good!
I did my best on it.
Mama, can I have seconds?
Yeah.
We have lots, so eat all you want.
Yeah!
Ah, here you go.
Ah... thank you.
I'm glad it seemed to suit your taste.
Well... it was delicious.
It'd be best if you found a job in cooking.
I'm only at a housewife's level.
I don't have any qualifications...
...and even yesterday's interview was just for your average clerical position.
And how did that turn out?
I have a fifty-fifty chance.
Since I can't be a burden on Suzune forever...
...I do have to hurry and find one, though.
It'd be best to find one, right?
When we were back in high school, I was always asking Suzune for help...
...so I am truly grateful to her.
Stop that.
Ah, back in high school, there was this boy I had a huge crush on.
He was at the neighboring high school and his name was Takaishi-kun.
Wait...
But Takaishi-kun liked Suzune and Suzune like Takaishi-kun...
But, when I told her that I liked him before she did...
...Suzune told me she would step back and then gave Takaishi-kun the cold shoulder.
Eh!
In the end, nobody's love came to be.
Look, enough of that story.
Still, I do feel sorry for Takaishi-kun.
This might be incomprehensible for a man.
Ah... I'm sorry.
You really do look alike.
Eh?
Nada-san, you look just like Takaishi-kun when you smile.
Ah...
That's why you bring back all these memories somehow...
Nada-san!
Um...
Ah... thank you.
Ah... no. So long; take care.
Um... was I a bother to you?
Eh?
Since you didn't seem to be enjoying yourself very much.
I've been concentrating on my job... And besides, for Mizue to do that was...
About a job for Furusawa-san...
A friend of mine is looking for someone for his architectural firm.
Please tell me if she has a need.
Thank you very much.
So long; good night.
Good night.
'Morning.
Ah, good morning. You'll have breakfast, won't you?
Ah... sorry, I'll pass. Eating it gives me heartburn.
Then, just yogurt.
Yeah.
Yes, hello? Yes, that's right.
Yes... Ah... Is that right.
I understand. Ah... no...
They have a daycare center?
Yes.
That's why I thought it would fit Furusawa-san's conditions to a T.
I'll contact my friend right away.
Thank you very much.
Um... have you had lunch yet?
Ah, I'd love to. I'll just try contacting him first.
Yes, thank you.
Hey, who's the guy?
Huh? He runs the used bookstore by the station.
You look good together.
It's not like that.
Say, where's your husband gone off too?
He's gotten addicted to fishing recently so is playing hooky from here all the time.
The good-for-nothing.
Ah...
This is a cozy little restaurant, isn't it?
But when I want to relax by myself...
...I have to go to other places. I can't even think when she's around.
Ah, it's getting late. I should get going...
Ah, that's...
I've got it.
In the matter of the job, I'll contact Furusawa-san directly.
Thank you for your help.
Excuse me.
Ah, thank you very much.
That will be 2,000 yen.
Yes.
Thank you very much.
Ah... are the plans we made still good?
Ah!
Eh?
About going to Kanda to search for Suzuki Shizuko haiku poems.
Ahh... yes.
I figured I'd find you here.
Um... This is Yanai-san, the Producer I work for.
And this is Nada-san.
Hello.
Then, excuse me.
Ah... yes.
Thank you very much.
Yanai-san, you're jealous of him!
He's just with a neighborhood used book store.
Coffee, please.
Excuse me.
Since it hasn't been easy for my friend to get work, I was discussing that with him.
That mother and child are still with you?
Eh?!
It couldn't be helped. All sorts of things have happened.
Like I've said, it's strange you taking care of someone and letting it affect your work-pace.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Kouta, you'll be in First Grade soon. I haven't bought you a school bag, have I?
What color do you want it to be?
Blue!
Blue, huh? Okay, let's do that.
Really?
Really.
I'm back.
Welcome home.
You're cold, aren't you? I've heated up the bath.
Ah, yeah... thank you.
I got a call from Nada-san today.
Ah, you did?
Thank you.
Nada-san did it as a favor to you, didn't he?
I'll go first thing tomorrow morning for the interview.
Good luck.
Ah... what'll you do about Kouta-kun?
Nada-san offered to watch him.
Eh?
As I thought, he does like children.
And Kouta was saying how he wanted to go to that bookstore again, too.
Ah... really.
Get in the bath before it turns cold.
It's strange you taking care of someone and letting it affect your work-pace.
Since you do have an obligation to help me, don't you?
Nada-san!
Oh, you've come!
Hey, hey, hey.
Good morning.
Hello.
Kouta, make sure you listen to what Nada-san tells you.
Yes! Mama, good luck, okay?
Thank you. Well then, please take care of him.
Be careful and get going.
Yes.
1 new e-mail has arrived
Thank you for your help. This is Iijima Juri.
I know this is sudden, but here is the plot for Episode 8 and the future story developments.
Please go over them.
She's so fast...
Hello?
Ah, this is Nada.
Sorry about this during your work.
Um... it seems there's an old books fair going on in Kanda tomorrow...
Kanda Old Books Fair
If you have time, could you go with me?
It's tomorrow...?
Seems they'll have a collection of Suzuki Shizuko haiku poems, too.
Ah, you don't have to give me an answer right away. I'll call you again.
Ah... yes.
Kouta-kun?
Kouta-kun!
C'mon and pay me that 300,000 yen!
Right now! I have a sudden need for it, too...
...so I can't wait anymore!
Wait, wait, wait...
Hey! What are you doing?!
What the hell do you want?!
I'll call for the police!
Hmph! You call them and she'll be the one in trouble.
300,000 yen.
Nada-san...
First sign the letter indemnifying her.
There.
You're a curious man, too.
This gal here? She got in trouble with money and came to the sex district...
...and though her john paid up, she lost her nerve at the last minute and took off.
So she's just a bitch who rips guys off without doing it.
Oi!
What are you doing?!
Stop it! That hurts!
Oi! That hurts! Oi!
That hurts!
Ah... Could it be you're serious about her?
With her?
Don't approach her ever again.
Who knows...
I really will call the police.
I'm sorry. I won't come again.
A boring man like you...
...and a sex district woman like her just wouldn't work out.
Come in.
What's this out of the blue about?
It's just like I told you over the phone. I'm jumping ship on writing Episode 7.
And I've come so you can explain to me why.
I read what Ijima-san wrote for Episode 8 and the rest of the series.
It's vexing to me, but it was good.
I felt I should take a little rest, just like you said.
All right. Taking time off is fine.
But, I'll be relying on you to write the last two scripts.
I'll think about it.
I'm tired somehow.
Are you okay?
After watching my old classmate come into my home and being pushed into a corner trying to raise her child...
...I got this sense of superiority. That I had my work.
But... I might have been wrong...
Maybe a woman can become strong only when she's had a child.
Something like that.
I'm very sorry about that. I'll make sure to pay you back the money.
That's okay. I had no real use for it.
I got divorced and left Shizuoka...
...and was taken care of by my Aunt in Yokohama.
But my Aunt died and I got laid-off from my job...
With a child to take care of, things became hopeless...
Though I tried working at nights, that just didn't work out...
And so I...
That's okay. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't.
Ah, how did the interview go?
Thanks to you, it looks likely somehow.
Ah, that's great.
Then, here should do.
Yes. Here goes.
Hey, wake up. Yes, wake up. There.
Truly, thank you so very much. I'll drop by tomorrow to thank you again.
Tomorrow would be a little...
Truth is...
We're back.
Ah, welcome back.
If it's the cleaning, I'll do that.
Ah... that's okay. I just feel like doing it.
How was the interview?
I got through it.
Ah... that's great.
Say... has something happened?
I jumped ship on my latest serial drama.
Eh?
Well, not so much "jumped ship" as "got fired." I just can't write.
Ah...
What is it?
This brings back memories.
Reminds me of cleaning up the clubroom.
Our seniors worked us hard, didn't they?
Mizue, you had thrown away that important music score...
...so the two of us searched for it in the dumpster in back of the school.
The music score for "Amazing Grace."
It stank there, didn't it?
Fukuga, fukuga.
Let's just forget it, Suzune.
We'll never find it!
Fukuga, fukuga. Fukuga.
Suzune?
Fukuga.
That's the spell you use when searching for lost things.
You use the reverse of the name of whatever it is you're searching for.
(Gakufu)
"Music score," so "Fukuga."
Fukuga.
Fukuga, fukuga, fukuga, fukuga.
Fukuga, fukuga, fukuga...
Ah... found it!
Eh? Eh?!
We found it! Thank goodness!
Going to work?
Ah... yeah.
I'll be off.
Have a nice day.
Thanks for waiting.
Then, shall we go?
If you would please.
Truth is... I was thinking of attending an old books fair tomorrow with Makabe-san.
Is that right. That's great, isn't it?
This is it.
An amazing number of books, isn't there?
It is amazing. And this is just the outside.
Inside there's an even more amazing number of them.
Ehh...
Huh?
This bookstore specializes in haiku poetry.
Ehh...
She had unpublished haiku poems like these...
Shizuko's sudden disappearance from the literary world...
...wasn't because she was unable to write haiku poetry, was it?
Still, I feel I can understand that a little.
That feeling of wanting to disappear...
Stop that.
I told you to stop that, didn't I?!
It burns!
Ah, I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Kouta!
Kanda Myojin Shrine
There. Here you go.
You have an unusual way of dividing it.
Long ago I would have these intense fights with friends over who got the head or the tail.
Those of us with the band were poor and could only buy one of these.
You were with a band?
Yes.
We even made our debut.
Eh?!
But we never got discovered and in the end our dream didn't come true.
Is that right.
Please do your best.
I do feel a bit of energy welling up.
I'm glad.
Thank you. Itadakimasu.
Yes, Itadakimasu.
Yeah! It's delicious.
Ah... sorry for the sudden visit.
No.
It's about Suzune...
Ever since you came...
...she hasn't been able to come up with a decent script, and honestly, I'm worried about that.
Um... this is...
It's not much, but I think it should cover your current living expenses.
Couldn't you leave her apartment?
Since you don't have to repay this, please just leave.
That Suzune has become unstable...
...is because of you, isn't it?
You understand what it's like for a woman who's reached 37, don't you?
Please give a lot more thought to Suzune.
Wait!
Please wait a moment!
That was fun. Thank you very much.
Um... could you stop speaking so formally to me?
Huh?
After all, I'm younger than you, right?
I've been a little rude to you, huh?
Ah... I didn't mean it quite like that... Sorry.
Ah... oh no.
そんなの別に欲しくはないと Son'na no betsuni hoshiku wanaito When things don't go according to how I want
先回りしてあきらめる癖 Sakimawari shite akirameru kuse I've gotten into the habit
いつのまにかすっかり身に付けた Itsunomanika sukkari mi ni tsuketa Of just giving up on them all too soon
無邪気なまま愛される人を Mujakina mama aisa reru hito o I'm certain my smile that mimics a person in love
真似る私の笑顔はきっと Maneru watashi no egao wa kitto In all of its innocence
隠せないくらいに軋んでた Kakusenai kurai ni kishin deta Is creaky enough not to hide anything
Ah... I'm sorry.
Not at all...
Ah.
あふれる街の雑音 私の声はどこにも Afureru machi no zatsuon watashi no koe wa dokoni mo Into the overflowing noise of the city, my voice calls out
届かずに消えてゆくだけ Todokazu ni kiete yuku dake And disappears, reaching no one
眠れない夜にこぼれ落ちた Nemurenaiyoru ni koboreochita Memories of unmanageable pain
手に負えない痛みの記憶 Tenioenai itami no kioku Rain down on me on these sleepless nights
I was crying in the dark いつかきっと I was crying in the dark Itsuka kitto I was crying in the dark, surely someday
Episode 5 "Jealousy"
END
Haburashi
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