When are you coming out, Miho?
Don't be so childish! Come out now!
I am not an adult. I am still a child.
Stop embarrassing me!
Hello?
It's me.
It's all too sudden. The kid doesn't seem to accept it.
Then let's change to another date?
I'm sorry You finally took some time off...
Never mind.
Miho!
Didn't you have something to say'?
We're coming.
Sorry for making you wait.
Not at all.
I've finished your manuscript.
Thank you!
So... I will start from the result.
I have discussed it with Natsume Sensei.
We will not take your manuscript this time.
My story... what should I improve?
Your story lacks a sense of "self".
If all one does is just imitating others,
he will not succeed to be seen as a part of the world of novelists.
My story is imitating others...
Something that is able revolutionize the Meiji Era,
and something innovative - that is what we are looking for.
This is Mr. Shiomi Atsushi.
He is a university professor teaching Japanese literature.
He has been a customer of our publishing house for a long time.
I have heard a lot about you from your mother.
You dream of being a science fiction writer, don't you?
This has nothing to do with my becoming a writer or not.
What'?
You just want to marry my mum.
I am against the idea. That's it.
Miho!
She is as straight-talking as you.
I am really embarrassed. Usually she is not like this.
Miho!
You are getting old, but you want to remarry It's so disgusting!
Eh'?
How to write something innovative...
Eh'?
Earthquake?
What's going on'?
It's finally over...
Ouch...
Huh?
What is this thing?
That's strange... where did it go'?
It disappeared?
It's impossible that it's disappeared into nothing...
The number you are dialling is out of the service range...
Out of the service range? Where's that?
What on earth is this thing?
What is it for'?
Brother, I am coming in.
OK.
Your manuscript got rejected again?
How did you know'?
Isn't it because you skip dinner every time you get rejected...
ls that so'?
So I thought it's time you'd be feeling hungry
I should praise you highly for being such a considerate sister,
but just like you said, I have no appetite.
For real...
Brother, you've never been in love, right'?
You'll never figure out anything interesting without ever having been in love.
Love'? Don't talk nonsense.
Wouldn't it be better if brother became a businessman like father?
You're Noisy!
Hey! Tonight's moon... is so pretty
Come have a look, brother.
I don't care about the moon...
Oooh...it is pretty...
Ah, finally...
Huh?
C'mon... pick up now...
Huh'?... What'?
Hello?
What the heck?
Hello?
It makes the "Hello" sound... It's a telephone?
No way... there's no cable.
Can't be a telephone.
What is he talking about? Hello?
Hello...
Hey it's my cell you've got there.
Shell?
Not shell... Cell! Cellphone.
(PS: "cell" and "weird" sound alike) Weird... phone?
Who are you?
I am... Miyata Tokijirou.
Miyata Tokijirou... What an old-fashioned name...
What's old-fashioned'?
Anyway where are you?
Here is, Tokyo Region, Hongo District, Yushima...
Tenjinsamano Otokodashita, Building 3.
What's with Tokyo region, Hongo district?
Tokyo is not a region, Hongo is not a district.
Stop talking nonsense!
I'm not!
Stop being absurd! Tell me your address,
I'll go get my phone tomorrow.
Didn't I just tell you, Tokyo Region, Hongo District...
No more "Hongo District". Seriously give me your address.
I AM serious!
Old-fashioned names... absurd...
You are such a rude girl!
Pardon'?
I hate the sorts of girls who never listen and are so self-righteous!
I hate the types of boys who only talk nonsense and always want to fool others!
Not gentle at all! Tomboy! Lower class person!
Lower class?
Fine, whatever! Farewell!
What's that! Hey! Hey!
Aw no, I disconnected...
Oy..what'?... How does it work'?
The number you are dialling is out of the service range...
Argh! Why did he hang up on me!
This is... how we met...
So this is Yushima Tenjin here.
Otokodashita Building 3...
Huh... this can't be...
Excuse me - Yes'?
Does the Miyata family live near here'?
Miyata?
I am looking for Miyata Tokijirou.
I've never heard of that name, I'm sorry
Really?
What nonsense, there's no Miyata here!
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Powered off'?
So messy...
What is this...
You're messing with my stuff again!
Didn't I tell you not to clean my room'?
I won't know where things are again!
Isn't it because brother's room is too messy?
You'll never write any good novels in this kind of room!
That's none of your business!
Firstly there is no relationship between good novels and the cleanliness of a room.
Telegram?
It just arrived. From father.
It says 'urgent'.
Same old tricks. Ignore, ignore.
It would be nice to go just once.
Even if you just want to continue writing, you should at least make that clear to father.
Father would be so happy if you could inherit his company
I know, I know.
Oh by the way brother, what's this boxy thing?
Ah... I, myself, also don't know. Seems to be called a "weird phone".
A "weird phone"?
Indeed, it's a somewhat bizarre phone.
Is it really a phone'?
Last night, a girl's voice came from it.
How can that be'? No receiver, no cable, and no crank.
That's why it's a "weird phone".
There was really a girl's voice?
Yeah.
Wasn't it an illusion of yours?
An illusion?
Yes, brother has been at home focusing on novels,
and now starts to hear non-existent voices...
No way I didn’t just hear; I also talked to her.
Don't move.
Doesn't have a fever'?...
Of course not! That's enough, get out now.
OK, OK.
Nobody will believe me...
Mum will be back late. Dinner's in the fridge.
I'll eat now.
Is it really OK if mum remarries, dad'?
Ah, it's connecting.
Hello?
Connected! Hello?
I can hear her!
What a fuss!
The address you told me last time...
Wait.
Huh?
Before you talk, I have to apologise to you.
Apologise?
I was very rude last time.
I shouldn't talk like that to ladies. I apologise.
I am sorry Please forgive me.
Umm, no, actually... Mmm'?... I should apologise too.
You don't need to.
But I shouldn't have talked like that either.
- And then'? - Huh'?
What did you want to say just now?
I went to the address you gave me.
They said there's no Miyata there.
This is strange... Why not'?
I am living here right now.
You live there'?
So... then... why don't you tell me your address again.
Be more detailed this time.
Right... then I will tell you the official detailed address.
Mmm...please.
Tokyo Region, Hongo District, Yushima...
Not again!
Huh?
This address doesn't exist at all.
- What do you mean "doesn't exist"... - Ah, I get it!
What'?
You pretend to be nice to get me off guard,
then you try to scam my cellphone!
- What'? - Really you are a liar and a thief.
What, a thief?
Wait, such insults... I can't take this any more.
I don't care if you are a girl or not,
I will be merciless.
- And now you are the one getting angry? - Show your face.
I told you... if you don't tell me the address, I can't come to you!
Don't make me just repeat myself again and again!
It's my turn to say this! Don't make me repeat myself!
Listen, both in the past and right now,
I am living at Tokyo Region, Hongo District, Yushima...
Don't get it wrong again. Remember this!
Both in the past and right now?
It can't be a Wormhole?!
When the cellphone fell...
If there was a Wormhole right there...
Wormhole?
Hey... where did you find my cellphone?
On the stairs in the publishing house.
I don't know where it fell from.
Where is that publishing house?
That place should be in Akasaka District.
Akasaka?
My cellphone disappeared in the hotel there!
That's it! My cellphone fell into a Wormhole!
Hey can you explain this to me'?
A wormhole is a tunnel in time connecting the past and the future.
When the earthquake occurred, the wormhole appeared...
I don't understand what you're talking about.
What date is it where you are'?
- Huh'? - Just tell me.
Umm... OK, today is April 16th, 1912.
1912...
It's Meiji Era, Year 45.
Meiji...
Why are you so surprised?
It is April 16th, 2008.
2008!
Almost 100 years' difference? You've got to be kidding me!
Oh right, wait.
Year 1912...
April 16th...
On April 15th, the Titanic sank.
The Titanic?
A luxury passenger ship from England.
There were over 2,000 passengers. Yesterday it hit an iceberg and sank.
Didn't you see the article in the newspapers?
I didn't know about that.
Ah... maybe it'll be in tomorrow's newspaper.
What a joke. You are the liar here!
I'm not lying!
In the first place, how can you know what's going to happen tomorrow'?
I'm in 2008! Your tomorrow is my past.
Such nonsense...
Hello?
What the heck, not now...
Hello?
Heeey?
Brother,
who were you talking to just now'?
Ahh... Now'?...
Are you alright?
I... I'll go wash my face.
Brother is acting so odd today
Odd guy..
Miyata Tokijirou,
I started to pay attention to this odd guy
No matter how many times I read this,
Natsume Soseki (1868-1912), perhaps "the greatest writer in modern Japanese history"
Natsume Soseki (1868-1912), perhaps "the greatest writer in modern Japanese history" Natsume Sensei really deserves my utter admiration...
I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki Using the cat as the main character of the stow this is unprecedented.
Compared to him, my story isn't even worth reading.
Brother!
Didn't I tell you before, knock before you go into anothers' room.
Westerners call this "to knock'. It is the custom of gentlemen and fair ladies.
Don't forget this from now on. - This isn't the time for irrelevancies.
Hmm?
Who told you about the wreck of the English luxury ship?
Many?
It was right. Look!
What'?
English Luxury Passenger Ship Sinks - A Singular Tragedy For The World
It can't be true!
Who did you hear it from'?
The girl from the phone.
The phone'? That thing?
Yes.
Hello? The Titanic really sank!
Exactly like you said! Hello? Hello? Hello'?
Stop that!
What's wrong?
It was terrible!
Huh?
I don't want to see brother like this!
But it was true, wasn't it'?
I'm home.
This is my new cell number. I just bought it.
Why not use the old one?
No, can't say
To-ki-ji-ro-u...
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Why does it just connect intermittently?
It never got through until that night...
Ah, the moon!
When it connected again, the moon was up there also.
That's how...
This just won't work...
Oh!
Pick up!
Hello?
Oh, he's there!
Hello?
I've been waiting for so long!
Huh?
You were right! The Titanic really sank!
Right.
You really are someone from 100 years in the future!
You finally got it!
It really is incredible, but it's really true...
Mmh, it can only be called a miracle.
But why us two'?
Ah... can you see the moon there'?
Moon'?
Yes.
Hold on.
Yes, a very pretty moon.
It's really the case.
What's the case'?
It can only connect on a night when there's a moon out.
So that's how it works?
Yes. I don't know why though.
Such a small and cable free thing turns out to be a telephone. lt's so surprising.
You have telephones in your time already?
I don't have a phone at home, but there's one at Natsume Sensei's place.
Natsume Sensei?
The famous modern novelist, Natsume Souseki Sensei.
You are talking about Natsume Souseki?
Natsume Sensei didn't get the phone just for calling people.
But if someone calls him and has nothing special to say
he'll cover the phone with his bed sheets so he can't hear the ringing.
Really?
This way he won't be disturbed when he's writing.
Oh, Natsume Souseki used the telephone too...
You know Natsume Sensei too'?
Of course. He's a super famous novelist.
We read his “I Am A Cat“.
Wow, you even know about the cat!
Yes. And also “Sanshiro“ as well as “And Then"
Yes, yes.
And “Kokoro“. It's my favourite.
"Kokoro"? I've never heard of that one.
No way, that's is one of his best.
Really?
Ah, maybe it will be published in the future'?
In the future'?... Ah... I see.
If you call Natsume Souseki "sensei",
it means you are a novelist yourself.
I am Natsume Sensei's disciple.
Wow!
Then you've had your own novels published?
I'm just a student at Empire University
Whats “Empire University“?
Tokyo Empire University
Oh that's Tokyo University You must be smart.
Dad is against me writing novels.
He always wants me to take over his company
I see.
But if I write something worthwhile before I graduate,
I believe I will get my dad's recognition.
It's so magical.
Why?
It's such a coincidence. I'm trying to be a novelist myself.
- Really? - Yes.
My goal is the Fantasy Novel Youth Awards.
Fantasy Novel?...
Ohh... put it this way Mystery novels .
Fantasizing about the future and realising it into words.
All about the future?
Yes.
The future...
Ah, I haven't introduced myself yet!
Huh?
My name, for example.
Oh, right.
My name is Fujisaki Miho.
Miho.
Yes. It means walking in the future.
Miho - walking in the future -- such a good name.
Thank you.
How old are you'?
16.
Same as my sister.
It's my first year in a girls' high school.
Girls' high school?
Yes. Only girls can study in a 'girls' high school'. Understand?
Ah! A school for girls only!
Yes, that's it.
You must be an excellent student.
Though my sister is the same age as you,
she doesn't go to school or work. She just wastes time all day
I'm not excellent at all.
I don't even have good grades.
My teacher even told me, if I continue like this,
it would be hard to enter the university that's my first choice.
And you want to continue to university? You must be a genius girl!
Not at all. In this time it's all entry
anyone who wants to can go to university
Year 2008 is such an amazing time.
Ah, is it really that amazing, I don't have any idea...
Umm...
Yes?
You said you know Natsume Souseki Sensei, right'?
Yeah.
- Then what about me'? - Eh'?
Will I be an excellent novelist, like Natsume Sensei, 100 years in the future?
The guy from the publishing house told me to write innovative novels,
but I don't have the faintest idea of how to realise that.
I 'm quite upset, I 'm sorry! asked.
So... even if it's just a short story
If you could find just one piece,
if my work can still be found after 100 years...
It will certainly give me great confidence.
I understand how you feel.
I want to be a novelist too,
but I don't have the confidence to realise my dream.
Same with me.
Honestly I doubt if I'm really suited to writing novels.
Do I really have the talent for it?
Hmm?
Ah!
Maybe every time when clouds cover the moon, it disconnects?
Clouds?
They're covering up the moon here, too.
Listen, the phone call is going to be disconnected soon.
OK.
But it will be connected again.
When the moon comes out?
Yes. Turn off the phone when there's no moon,
otherwise it'll consume the battery
What's a battery?
The battery provides the power to make the phone work.
Huh?
Let me explain it to you... how to'?
There's a button above the "3" key press it for a long time,
You can power it off that way
When the moon comes out next time, just press the same button again.
Then I'll be able to call you.
Can you hear me? Above the “3“ key.
What'? I can't hear you very well.
Above the "3" key
Ah, I get it.
I will go look for your works, Miyata Tokijirou.
Yes. Please!
I hope I can find something...
of Tokijirou's work...
A mystery novel?...
Let's give it a try
0 search results...
There are so many
Even if It'sjust the name... please...
Show up in some of the books, Mr. Miyata Tokijirou.
Nothing...
Shiomi Atsushi... Isn't it...
that person...
I didn't think you would contact me first. Thank you.
Please don't misunderstand, I still don't agree to your marrying my mum.
I will make an effort. You will approve of us one clay
Speaking of which, what did you want to meet me for'?
It's about Natsume Souseki.
Souseki?
I found this in the library
I thought maybe you would know...
About'?
Among Souseki's disciples, there should be someone called Miyata Tokijirou.
I would like to know more about this guy's work.
Miyata Tokijirou?
Yes.
Never heard of him.
There must be such a person.
Let me see.
Here is a list of Souseki's disciples,
who have published at least one piece of work.
Miyata...
He's not there... Miyata Tokijirou.
Are all the disciples listed?
Besides the people listed here, Souseki had a lot of other disciples.
But most of them stayed unknown and never published anything.
I see.
Why do you want to know about this Miyata Tokijirou?
Ah, that...
My friend's friend knows Miyata.
He knows Miyata himself?
A boy called Miyata, his grandpa's grandpa is Miyata Tokijirou.
I see.
But what a pity he doesn't seem to have become a writer.
How about a dinner with your mum and I, the 3 of us'?
Give me a chance...
Be careful on your way back!
When do I have to wait till...
Sorry for the long wait.
Don't mention it.
I've read your work.
I am very confident this time.
In conclusion...
Yes?
This is not a novel.
Huh?
It cannot even be called literature.
How's that?
The absolute element in literature is a moving story
Yes.
A phone call from an unknown person from the future...
No matter how much ink you consume, if you do not describe that critical character in detail,
you will be unable to move people.
Please write a novel that belongs to yourself.
Thank you... very much.
A novel that belongs to myself...
Brother, I'm coming in.
OK.
It feels like execution day is approaching, brother.
What'?
A letter... from father.
"Everybody has something in life that he has to do.
If literature is what you have to do, I will not call you away
I will even give up trying to get you to inherit the company
However, I hope you could stop and think it over,
what is the thing you have to do in life.
Something only you could do, but not others."
Very acute points.
Akiko, what do you think?
Me'?
Do you think I will have a future as a novelist'?
Is the novel what I really should achieve?
I think brother can do it.
Eh'?
I think brother will definitely write something as wonderful as Souseki Sensei's works.
Akiko...
Brother has often said, one can only realise his dreams by making efforts.
I always believed it to be the truth.
Let me throw it out for you today brother.
Give me it.
I am sorry father.
Hey!
This way you can only go ahead and make the effort.
Then, good night.
Thank you.
Here is the moon.
OK, I have pressed the button above 3. Call me now.
So... Even if It'sjust a short story
If you could find just one piece,
If my work can still be found after 100 years...
It will certainly give me great confidence.
It's so hard to make the call.
Clouds, please, continue covering the moon.
Why isn't she calling yet?
If she can call me from there, then I must be able to call her too.
Telephones should work like this. Let's try
Please connect.
I am sorry Mr. Tokijirou, wait a little longer.
I have to find some excuse.
Ah!Oh no...
What can I do'?
Hello?
Oh, connected.
Here, it's Tokijirou.
Good evening.
You still hadn't called me, so I called you.
You figured out how to call me, right'?
I just randomly pressed the keys. No, I should say it's my determination.
Because I wanted from the heart to talk to you. That's why it connected.
Determination?
I really wanted to talk to you today
It's great.
Did something happen today?
Yes, relating to my dad.
But it's alright now.
I see.
Oh, by the way last time I asked you for a favour...
Huh?
I asked you about my novels 100 years later...
Yes.
Please forget it.
Really?
It becomes meaningless if we get to know the future.
We are motivated to make an effort because the future is unknown.
Yeah.
Therefore, about my future, no matter if it's good or bad,
please don't tell me anything from now on.
OK. I won't.
By making a great effort one will achieve his dream, this is what I think.
I will keep on, no matter what happens in the future.
"One will achieve his dream by great effort"...
Such a good sentence.
I think it's the first time you've praised me.
- Is that so'? - That's right.
I always felt you looked clown on me, the guy from the Meiji era.
You must think I'm an ancient guy who doesn't know a thing.
Not at all.
Really?
I swear on the moon.
The moon...
We are looking at the same moon right now.
Yeah.
Oh, right, I'll tell you how to call me.
To call you'?
Yes. It's so inconvenient to randomly press keys.
You are right.
You can also redial from there.
So, press the left part of the big button in the middle,
then press the centre part of the middle button twice.
You should be able to call me this way
Press here, then twice here.
OK, I've got it. I'll try it next time.
Thank you for today
- Then, good night. - 'night.
Good night.
Hello?
I am sorry
Why, whafs wrong?
No, nothing.
I'm sorry I have to disconnect for today
Huh?
I will call you again. Bye bye.
What happened?
Hey aren't you ashamed?
Eh'?
Kissing in the street.
You saw it.
Maybe dad was looking too.
Miho.
Do you remember your first birthday after your dad died'?
You said, crying, "I don't want to have a birthday without dad."
Your mum was feeling the same back then.
Even so, birthdays still came.
Without dad, we still celebrated.
Of course, it's not the same as before.
But birthdays still went by
Then a year later, and the years after, birthdays keep coming.
Unconsciously
we are able to celebrate birthdays as normal.
Suddenly one day mum realised,
surprising herself,
that birthdays without dad could be normal. That was impossible to imagine back then.
Perhaps this is because dad wants us to forget him,
hoping for us not to be tied clown by the one passed on.
A living person has to face the future, and live on.
It must be dad who wants to convey these thoughts to us.
'Walking in the future', the name Miho,
It was your dad who gave it to you.
So I believe...
These words, aren't they just some selfish false justification?
Hello?
This is Tokijirou.
You suddenly hung up, I was worried.
I am sorry
Are you crying?
You can tell me if you don't mind.
When you feel sad, you can talk it over with someone,
and you will feel better.
I know I am childish.
Ah...
I know I always say willful words.
Mm.
My mother is going to remarry
After my father died,
My mother and I depended on each other.
But she suddenly told me, she was going to remarry with some other guy...
Hm...
It is like... mum is going to somewhere far, far away
and become someone I don't know...
I feel so lonely
I understand how you feel.
Really?
My mother passed away
Ah...
When I was 15.
Then father married his concubine, let her into the family
Now they are living in another place.
Oh, is that so'?
At first, I was against it too...
Mmm.
Later on, I started to realise, even if they are our parents,
as their child, we shouldn't occupy them solely
They have their own lives too.
Do you get what I mean? Though I cannot express myself very well...
I do. Thank you.
You give me a lot of courage.
I'm happy to hear that.
But when we are talking like this, getting to know each other across 100 years,
nobody would believe us, no matter who.
I guess so, right'?
I feel more and more like going to your world.
Right!
What'?
Sometimes the moon also comes out during the day
Yes, indeed, I've seen the daytime moon before.
Then, next time when the moon comes out during the clay
let's have this activity called "a date"!
A date?
A date is a man and woman setting up a time and a place to meet up,
and then going to eat, going shopping, or something like that.
This kind of activity is called "a date" in the West.
I know what a date is.
Eh'? You know?
A date? We use it here too.
Though I've never dated, myself.
You've never dated? That's great!
Many?
No, nothing.
But a date certainly sounds interesting.
Let's try
So now that we've decided,
which day would be suitable?
Ah, hold on.
Let's see... the daytime moon...
This day... April 26th.
OK. April 26th it is.
Then, where are we going?
Talking about a date, without a doubt we should go to Yanaka.
Yanaka'?
Yanaka district. In Ginza.
Ginza. OK!
I'm in Ginza.
I've just arrived too.
Where should we go first?
I was thinking of going to a restaurant with you,
so I came out without having eaten.
Let's go eat first.
OK. If we go to eat,
I've looked up that and found a good place.
First, go towards Hibiya Park.
OK.
Now I'm passing by Hibiya.
I'm passing by there too.
Can you hear the water'?
There is a huge fountain here.
It's a playground here.
Here we are.
Matsumotoro.
I've arrived too.
Thank you for waiting.
Here is my curry
Thank you for waiting.
It's come here as well.
- Then let's start. - Ah... yep.
One, two...
I will eat now
Mmh... delicious.
Mmh... good, good!
We are now in the same restaurant, and both eating curry
We can still eat it 100 years apart. It's wonderful!
Yes.
Ah, how much does the curry cost there'?
10 cents.
10 cents? Not even 1 Yen'?
So cheap.
How about there'?
700 Yen.
700 Yen? You can get a car with that.
Really?
If it's true, I should visit your time with my pocket money
then I can buy anything here.
Yes.
Welcome sir.
I'm passing by a theatre. And you'?
No theatre here.
What about a hairdresser?
Nope.
There's been a lot of change in 100 years.
100 years is a very long time.
How about this, on my left now, there's a fabric shop called Erizen.
On the left'?
Ah, yes! Erizen.
There is'? Then wait a little while, I'll call you in a minute.
Good morning.
Welcome.
I'll take this.
OK.
Is it a gift'?
Yes, it's for a girl who's living 100 years from now.
What'?
100 years from now, there will be a girl who comes to get this mirror.
Till then, please keep it safely here.
My name is Miyata Tokijirou.
What you're saying is strange!
I will pay for an extra fee.
No no, I don't mean that.
I cannot live for so long... 100 years?!
- Please help me with this. - No, no, I don't mean that.
- Please do me this favour. - I said I can't.
- Please. - I cannot live that long.
- Please. - I mean it.
Go and tell them, you came to get the gift Miyata Tokijirou left here.
OK, I see.
Good morning.
Welcome.
Umm...
I heard that Miyata Tokijirou has left something here for me.
Did you just say Miyata Tokijirou?
Yes.
Ah'?!... Would you please wait a bit'?
Grandma! Grandma!
Are you Miss Miho?
Yes.
I've finally seen you!
You finally came. This isn't a dream, right'?
What's wrong, grandma?
Grandma told me,
100 years later, there will be a lady who comes to get this.
Mr. Miyata Tokijirou told her.
It's so wonderful to have lived till now! It's so wonderful to have lived!
Grandma, you have met Mr. Tokijirou?
Yes! Yes.
Grandma, here you are.
Yes. Please take this.
"Even if 100 years of time separates us,
it still feels like your heart is only inches away"
Miyata Tokijirou.
What a meaningful gift!
Yes.
Grandma, thank you.
Yes, yes.
Tokijirou, I got your gift.
Really?
The grandma who met Tokijirou, she's right next to me.
Met me'?
Big brother, who are you talking to'?
Can you pass the phone to the grandma?
Yes. Hold on.
Grandma, someone wants to talk to you.
With me'?
Yes.
Hello?
Good morning.
Ah, such a cute little girl!
Little girl, what's your name?
Nanami.
The same name as grandma!
How old are you'?
Five.
Oh, five!
Listen carefully Nanami-chan,
you will take the responsibility of keeping the mirror safe for Tokijirou.
You will take good care of it. Promise?
All right.
Nanami-chan, can you give the phone to Mr. Tokijirou?
OK.
Hello?
Mr. Tokijirou?
Yes.
Thank you.
What are you saying,
I should be the one to thank you. Thank you very much.
That grandma, talking to the 'herself from 100 years ago,
maybe she realises.
I think so too.
That's why she kept the promise, keeping the mirror for the whole '100 years.
Yes.
However, the phrase on the mirror...
Yes?
It can't be! The one who's getting it will feel so shy!
I was feeling shy when I was writing it too.
Is that so'?!
That's why I wrote it. Absolutely from the heart.
You don't like it'?
I like it. Thank you.
I will cherish it.
That's good.
The moon is setting...
Yes.
Thank you for today
It's been a long time since I talked to someone so happily
Me too. I should thank you.
For me, I am preparing to write a new novel.
Really?
I will write something about myself this time,
and put my true feelings into it.
Yes.
I will become famous, then I can convince my father.
Convince?
My father wants me to inherit his company
He says that, everybody has something in life that they have to do.
I will prove to him,
that for me, the thing I have to do is create novels.
But what a pity he doesn't seem to have become a writer.
I will make it.
I will never give in.
I think it can be changed.
What'?
I think if one makes the effort, he will definitely be able to change the future.
Because through great effort one will achieve his dream.
This time it's you who are encouraging me.
Keep it UP!
Yes. Huh'?
Whats wrong?
There are red marks. They weren't there before.
Maybe the battery is running out'?
Huh?
That's it for today I'll call you tomorrow.
OK.
Tomorrow...
2 o'clock.
Bye bye. I was very happy today
Don't forget to power off.
I won't.
Then I'll hang up now.
OK.
What's happening?
If the battery's flat, I won't be able to talk to him any more...
You're still up'?
Yeah, can't fall asleep.
Miho, I have talked with Mr. Shiomi.
We decided not to marry
Huh?
We are not so selfish as to ignore your disagreement,
and just have in mind our own happiness.
No, Miho hasn't accepted us yet,
if that is the way of it, even if we get married, we wouldn't be happy
many?
Why aren't you getting married?
I...
I was afraid, that if mum got married, I would be alone,
so I wanted to have mum all to myself.
But this is just my willful thinking.
Now I've come to know how it feels when you want to be with the one you like.
And when you always want to talk to that person.
I agree. You two should get married.
Miho?
Tomorrow is Sunday Let's go to the restaurant with Mr. Shiomi, the 3 of us.
I won't stage an escape this time.
OK. Thank you.
Then, good night.
OK. 'night.
Miho, why did you suddenly change your thinking?
Not telling.
If there was a wormhole phenomenon,
then this charger must be able to go to Tokijirou's time.
Please, go ahead.
Nooo, don't stop in the middle.
This time you have to fall vertically
Go!
Yes I did it!
Huh'?... Why?... Why?...
Oh... maybe it's because Tokijirou isn't there'?
That's it.
It's about that time.
Brother, are you going out'?
Yes.
- Did you stay up all night'? - Mm.
You've finally finished your novel'?
Finally I can write a novel containing my own emotions.
I'm going to the publishing house.
If it's like that, there should be no problem this time.
- Be confident, brother. - Right.
What's that sound?
Hello?
Tokijirou...
Did you pick up the cellphone in a publishing house in Akasaka?
Yes.
Can you go there now?
I was actually planning to going there right now.
Really? That's why they say "Hearts which beat in unison are linked."
ls that really a phone'?
Then I'll hang up. Call me when you arrive.
Mm...OK.
Where did you go'?
I was on the phone. Sorry
It's OK. I've only just arrived clue to a traffic jam.
Thank you very much. I appreciate that you reserved today so as to be here.
Don't mention it.
Ah, by the way about Tokijirou, from last time,
I found it curious, so I did some further research.
Natsume Souseki really had a disciple called Miyata Tokijirou.
What did he become in the end?
He died very early in Meiji Year 45, on April 21st.
Meiji Year 45...
You said April 21st... Isn't that today?
Seems he drowned.
That's a lie.
This is the newspaper from back then.
What's wrong, Miho?
I'm borrowing this.
Miho?
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Why isn't it connecting? The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Go away clouds.
Pick up, Tokijirou.
Hello?
It's me. Tokijirou?
What's wrong?
Today you have to go home. Right now.
Huh?
I beg you!
You were asking me to go out, and now you ask me to go home...
I have no idea what you want.
I want you to be safe.
I want to continue to talk to you in the future.
That means something bad will happen to me today
Ss that so'?
Tokijirou, you will be drowned in the park today
Therefore, please go home right now.
There is indeed a pond not far ahead,
but if I walk carefully I don't think I'll fall in.
It's not like that!
Tokijirou, you jumped in to save a little girl!
What are you saying?
That little girl is Nanami.
Big brother, who are you talking to'?
Don't go, Tokijirou, please don't go!
If I don't go, what will become of Nanami'?
Tell me what will happen to her!
Thank you.
Everybody has something in life that he has to do...
Does it mean this?
Is this what I have to do'?
Tokijirou!
I'm going.
No! Please! Don't go...
I, I... you..., I... you...
I like you!
Don't go!
Help!
Somebody... help me...
Help!
I'm coming!
Tokijirou!
"Even if 100 years in time separates us, it still feels like your heart is within inches."
Tokijirou.
Thank you for coming to offer incense.
Please help yourself.
Tokijirou is my grandma's older brother.
But it was long before I was born.
Yes.
But, when I found there is a Natsume Souseki disciple in my family
I was so surprised.
So after I got your call,
I went to the storage to see if he'd left anything.
I found this manuscript.
"The Girl Walking in the Future"
It means 'walking in the future'.
Walking in the Future - such a good name.
I think this might be Tokijirou's manuscript.
- Is it OK if I read it'? - Yes, please.
This is astonishing.
Huh?
This manuscript might be able to change the history of modern Japanese literature.
Can we borrow it'?
If it's for research purpose, please go ahead and take it.
Thank you.
Mr. Shiomi,
can I read the manuscript too'?
I would like to read it no matter what.
It can't be... The Girl Walking in the Future...
"Even if 100 years in time separates us, it still feels like your heart is within inches."
Tokijirou...
ONE YEAR LATER
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Tokijirou?
The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Your book is a best-seller. The number you are dialling is either out of the service range or powered off.
Tokijirou's book... it's full of your feelings for me.
This is a love letter to me, right'?
I am so happy
Thank you.
I will make an effort.
Towards the things I have to do, I'll make my effort.
Please, always guard me.