Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo~ Chanting of the Lotus book, practiced in Nichiren (Japanese pure land Buddhism)
Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo~
Didn't she just hold her husband's funeral 10 days ago?
It must of been rough for Mrs. Tonegawa.
Is that really so?
She may actually be feeling relieved that her mother-in-law died.
Huh? They weren't getting along?
You might not know of this since you just moved in here recently, but...
I can't say this loudly, but they say she was an awful wife, Mrs. Tonegawa.
Let alone preparing meals, they say she didn't do anything to care for her husband.
She made grandma Tonegawa do all the chores.
She's yawning....
I heard they were killed in a car accident.
Mr. Tonegawa was driving with his mother.
But did you hear about how Mrs. Tonegawa didn't do anything to care for grandma Tonegawa while she was hospitalized?
She hired an attendant instead!
Oh my! I've heard hiring an attendant is very costly, right?
Grandma Tonegawa...
We're neighbors, so come and consult with me anytime you want, okay?
I only knew her for a short time, but she was really nice to me when we moved in to this place.
On the other hand, I rarely talked to Mrs. Tonegawa, and everybody kept saying bad rumors about her, so...
...I tried to avoid her as much as possible.
Yes! The door's open!
Good afternoon.
Uh, um...
Can you keep these at your place for a while?
Are you going somewhere?
Yes. To our family grave in my hometown, so that I can lay their ashes to rest.
Please make sure to place them under the sunlight and water them once in a while.
My husband and I raised them with great care.
Mrs. Tonegawa looked sadder than she did at the funeral.
Days went by peacefully.
Ah! Oh no! The sheets must have knocked it down!
I'll have to replant it in another pot.
Huh?
What could this be?
A potsherd?
No, I guess not.
It looks like a piece of bone...
Bone!? NO!
B-Bone! Ew! No, no!
How disgusting!
What kind of bone is it?
She just held a funeral...
Don't tell me that...
What did you say? Bone?
Let me see...
Dumbass! This must be fertilizer!
B-But! Are you sure it's not human bone?
DUMBASS!
It's a piece of bone. I'm sure.
Give me a break! It's so disgusting!
I should give them back to her right away.
Mrs. Tonegawa!
Jeeze. This is disturbing, she's still not home.
Oh, Madam.
Maybe Mrs. Tonegawa moved out.
Eh? No! Don't say such weird things!
It's just that Mrs. Tonegawa is very unsociable.
It's very possible that she moved out without telling anybody.
That is possible, but...
Would she do that, leaving her plants behind?
Or was that really...
I have a hard time dealing with that woman.
She scares me.
Scare you? W-Why are you scared of her?
This happened before you moved in...
Oh my!
What happened?!
I'm so sorry!!
Mother!
I'm sorry! Forgive me!
Mother!
I'm sorry! Forgive me!
I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! Forgive me!
Mother, please! Mother!
I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! Forgive me!
Hold on, Madam! Don't treat her that rough!
I thought grandma Tonegawa was going to be killed then.
And the next day, I saw grandma Tonegawa with bandages all over herself.
I raised my only son by myself after my husband passed away early.
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And of all women he chose that woman!
How miserable of him!
Shock!!
The wounds are nothing. I'm used to it.
That woman can't cook anyway...
The only redeeming factor was the fact that grandma Tonegawa was a cheerful person.
However evil she was...
...she wouldn't...
Reproduction Drama. Shock!! Mother-in-law's remains scattered in pond. An evil wife!!
Yoshiko-san!
What is it now, mother? How annoying!
Grandma Tonegawa's remains in all of those pots...
I-I-Idiot! What am I thinking!
This is foolish!
Come to think of it, there's no pond around here where she can throw in the remains...
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There's no vacant lot, either...
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If she was to get rid of them,
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inside the pots would be the only choice...
It gives me a chill! Getting rid of it...
That's a good one.
They are robust so you only have to give them water once in a while.
N-No...
Huh? I've seen you somewhere before, Madam.
Well, I often walk around here.
I'll take those flowers.
Ah, okay.
But if that's the case...
Why...?
Why would she do such a terrible thing?
That's too much! I feel sorry for grandma Tonegawa.
After being bullied while she was alive.
I can understand grandma Tonegawa burying Mrs. Tonegawa's remains in the pots, but...
Speaking of it, what was the cause of the car accident?
I should have asked when I had the chance!
Sorry that I troubled you for so long.
Thank you for carrying them back here.
It's okay.
Huh? Oh my.
Eh?
This pot...
I'm sorry... Um... I accidently broke one of the pots..
I put the plant into a new pot.
Oh my. Is that so?
It seems that I left you with a lot of trouble.
U-Umm, and...
The white thing inside...
Eh?
U-Umm... Like bone!
No! No, don't! Stop! Don't come near me!
No! No! Don't, don't!
So it was still there...
Yes.
That is part of the remains.
I don't know where to start.
I was hated by my mother.
You were hated?! That's because you bullied her!
There were a lot of rumors about me, so you might not believe me, but...
We didn't really get along that great...
Aside from being mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, my mother and I...
We wouldn't have gotten along, even if we had met at a different place, under different circumstances.
However, the two of us met each other in the worst possible scenario.
Sorry, I tripped over. My legs aren't functioning well.
Oh, that wasn't a rag? Sorry, my eye sight isn't too good.
She wouldn't eat a bite of what I cooked.
She can't cook, clean, or even do laundry.
She's useless in every aspect!
I can't leave her to look after my son.
I'm not good at talking, and I didn't have enough social skills to quench the rumors about me that mother started.
But one day, I could bear no more, and...
I've had enough of you!
Spreading false rumors about me!
If you're not pleased with me, please say it to my face!
Alright. You want me to apologize, right?
I'll apologize.
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Forgive me!
My words would never get through to her... That's when I realized...
But... But... Just because of that...
You didn't have to bury her remains like that!
No... You've got the wrong idea...
Those are...
...my husband's remains!
Eh? Then...
Because he was beside me, I was able to bare living with that kind of person...
What?! An accident?!
We'll try our best to bring back your husband, but...
Eh?!
Do you want to see your mother-in-law?
Your mother-in-law probably won't last long, either...
Maybe it's better not to tell her about her son...
Mother...
My son... I won't give my son to someone like you!
I felt as if my pitiful and forgiving feelings for mother were trampled by those words of hers.
Mother was nice to everyone except me.
And, of course, I knew how she was the most precious being for my husband.
Mrs. Tonegawa, your husband has...
We can't do anything to help him anymore...
Darling!
Mo..ther...
That was his last word...
I lost...
I lost to that woman...
I tried my best for you!
But you... Why? Why? Why? Why?!
WHY?!
Mother would probably pass away soon...
I didn't want him to go to the same grave, so...
Feeling detested...
But, I didn't want to part from my husband, and so, in the end, I resorted to doing what I did.
But... I got scared after a while, so I put them back in the urn and buried it in the grave.
So it was still there....
Darling...
I'm so sorry...
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Why did she bury them in flower-pots?
Hey, you can't touch that.
Oh, Madam.
You attended the Tonegawa family's funeral, if I remember correctly.
Yes.
I see. That's why you looked familiar.
I feel sorry for her. That widow...
That woman's quite beautiful, don't you think?
Eh?
She's somber, but...
You know, when she smiles...
Smile? That Mrs. Tonegawa?
Once in a while, she came to buy plants with her husband.
They really looked fitting together.
I see...
So that was why...
Please make sure to place them under the sunlight and water them once in a while.
My husband and I raised them with great care.
Soon after that, Mrs. Tonegawa moved out.
Umm... I thought about this, and...
If he was able to say one more word, he probably would have called your name.
You're right. I'll try to think of it that way.
She looked sad, but Mrs. Tonegawa smiled at me the best she could.
A corporate dropout? A debt? A joint surety?
Are they talking about my family?
I was wondering why dad and mom were acting odd lately.
But despite that, they say we are going on a family trip!
Do we have that kind of money?
Oh! Could it be...family suicide?!
Next time on Rumic Theater: Stray Family Fire.
See you there!