To me already...
You're not someone I can let go of so easily.
How can you say something like that?
Won't I fall more and more in love with you?
That's why I hate it. I'm the only one in love.
It would be fine if you just liked me back.
I do... like you?
I've always thought it would be nice if you liked me.
Will you stay with me?
Until morning.
Okay.
What we needed...
... wasn't a reconstruction of the system.
It was to tell each other our true feelings.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Thanks for waiting.
You wanted to buy... green onions?
You need condiments for good soba.
The lovers' grip.
"Stay until morning"...
I said that without thinking, but...
- Let's eat. - Let's eat.
What do we do until morning?
Sudoku until morning.
Wii until morning.
RoBoHoN until morning.
They all seem fun...
But that's not the point right now.
I said I'd stay until morning, but...
How far is he expecting?
I don't think Hiramasa-san has one... (condom)
Which means...
Just sleep together until morning?
That itself is pretty good.
What, how far and how?
If I remember correctly... somewhere here...
Last summer, Hino-san said...
- Here you go. - Thanks.
I'm giving everyone a new product my brother developed.
Here! You too, Tsuzaki-san.
Thank you.
Even though I didn't have any experience,
I pretended to be calm and took this test pack home.
It's starting to look possible in this situation.
What do I do?
Let's go as far as we can.
I understand the process.
I'll Google it again just to check...
Hiramasa-san?
Can I disturb...?
Please... Please disturb...
Ah, uh... Please...
Eh... Ah... C-come in.
I only remember fragments after that...
Before I knew it...
What a disaster.
What a disaster!
WHAT A DISASTER!
[Proposal]
Subs by mottofreaky @ d-addicts. Thanks to the raw provider furransu!
Where am I going?
What am I running from?
Why is it like this?
It smells like you.
I took a shower, though.
I like it.
It's calming.
For me too...
Nothing...
We're not going to hanky panky?
Sorry, I've never done that before...
When you think about it...
Who thought of a word like 'hanky panky'?
You're right.
Why does it use that sound?
That tickles.
It's hanky panky.
So this is...
You too.
Then, excuse me...
Ah, sorry.
It's okay.
It's okay?
After that...
That, in this way should've turned into that...
But no matter what, I only had half the will.
What a disaster!
Why?
Why did I...
... give the Coiled Turbo back to Hino-san?!
That's why I hated it.
The failure I was afraid of...
My cowardly self...
That's why I drew a line as a pro-bachelor...
Built a wall, and stayed in a safe spot, alone.
Always... alone.
The lovers' grip.
Right now...
How does...
... Mikuri-san feel?
It's okay to run away.
Even if it's a shameful way to run away...
It's more important to survive.
I won't accept any contention or refutation in that regard.
But...
Not here.
You can't run away from an important person.
If you don't want to lose them...
No matter how uncool...
Even if it's unsightly.
Mikuri-san.
Are you asleep?
How can I go to sleep?
You left me here.
I'm sorry.
I won't run away anymore.
And so...
We exchanged a hug...
Exchanged a kiss...
And somehow or other overcame that wall...
Congratulations.
Today is your birthday.
Oh...
A new morning...
... dawned on my 36th year.
No... Why am I...?
Sorry... it's nothing.
I'll see you home.
- Good night. - Good night.
Where's Tsuzaki-kun?
He called and said he's coming in the afternoon today.
The downsizing picks? Numata-san picked them?
I didn't want to choose.
Oh, he's here.
Tsuzaki-kun.
Yes?
What is it?
You seem more cheerful.
The weather's nice, it's a great day.
I thought it was cloudy.
The air is fresh too.
Tsuzaki-kun...
What happened?
Nothing in particular.
If I must say, today I turned 36.
Really?
Happy birthday!
Thank you.
It's your birthday?!
Wait, Numata-san. You had something to say to Tsuzaki-san, right?
No.
Not today.
Doing something to make you remember this day on your birthday each year...
I can't do that!
What?
Numata-san, you're even stranger than usual.
Right?
The coffee is delicious too.
Right, Kazami-san?
What?
Really, what is this?
Once again...
Happy birthday.
Thank you.
Hiramasa-san...
... is waiting for me.
He has the sudoku open,
but he hasn't filled in a single box.
He's simply waiting for my work to finish.
Hiramasa-san!
Hiramasa-san is too cute!
I lost my cool.
Mikuri-san.
Is your work finished?
Not yet.
Okay.
I lied!
I'm done.
You're too cute.
That's my line.
Sorry?
You're so, so cute...
I really want to shout it out from a cliff.
Calling a man cute is...
Cute is the best compliment!
If you say 'cool', if you see an uncool side,
you might be disillusioned.
But if you say 'cute'...
No matter what you do, it's cute.
You submit before cuteness.
It's total submission.
I do and don't understand.
It's fine that way.
I have one request.
Can you quit working for Kazami-san?
It's not that I suspect your relationship.
But when I imagine you two alone together in the apartment...
Well...
I can't help but feel jealous.
I understand.
In the first place, it was a side job to save up for my dental treatment,
and the payment has finished,
so I will quit.
Thank you.
Thank you for everything.
It was fun.
How was life with a housework agent?
It made things easy,
but I think I'm okay on my own too.
Kazami-san...
Can't you just date someone who doesn't want to get married?
Is there anyone like that?
Like Yuri-chan.
She might have in the past, but now...
She said she can't imagine living with another person.
If you look for someone like that.
I wouldn't specifically look for someone to date.
I guess so.
There's one at the moment.
A girl who keeps asking me out.
She doesn't even know about me. What is she looking at?
Kazami-san, you're a romanticist, aren't you?
Huh?
You want to connect with heart, don't you?
Not appearances...
You want to be seen for yourself.
Then, are you seeing what's inside that intense girl?
Why don't you try taking a look for once?
It's rare for Numata-san to take a day off.
Looks like he's in bad shape.
It's worrying when you're alone, dying suddenly.
Please stop that.
Sorry.
I can see a number of ulcers in the early stages.
Be careful not to accumulate too much stress.
I did want to work at a stress-free, comfortable workplace, though.
It's necessary to fully rest sometimes too.
"Taking time off doesn't help anything, though."
["I get you. Work just piles up."]
"I feel like I'm dying."
"I'm not dying, though (lol)."
I used to think about that all the time too.
If I suddenly collapse at home,
who would find me?
You're safe now. You have your wife.
Marriage is also a bit like a safety device.
When something happens to either of you, even if it's tough on your own,
you can work it out somehow together.
It's like one form of wisdom for surviving.
Did I say something good just then?
I did, right?
Don't sigh. Hirari will get worried.
Sorry!
Aren't you full of happiness?
There are all sorts of things...
If I told the truth I'd be bragging, so I won't, but...
I'm incredibly happy!
They're sighs of happiness!
I can appear on it now.
- Shinkon-san! - Irasshai! [TV Show: Shinkon-san Irasshai - Welcome, newlyweds!]
We're from Yokahama, Kanagawa.
I'm Tsuzaki Hiramasa, 36 years old.
I'm his wife, Mikuri.
26 years old.
We hug every day.
Spend nights together on the sofa...
Kiss before bed...
And on the day off yesterday...
We stayed home together all day.
I'm grateful.
I try to keep them separate as much as possible,
but gradually work time is creeping into private time...
It's not your fault, Mikuri-san.
It's my fault.
I'm grateful.
Who would have thought someone like me could imagine starring on Shinkon-san.
Daily hugs, daily kisses...
This daily life where work time is creeping into private time...
This slight sense of corruption, and happiness.
Who knew a world like this was beyond the wall?
Marriage is one form of wisdom for surviving.
"Sorry it's on a day off."
"I have something to tell you."
I didn't think you'd come.
I thought I'd take a look for once.
I was surprised.
I didn't think you were the type to want to go to a world heritage exhibition.
To tell the truth, I got the tickets from a client.
You had no choice?
Right. But I thought it might be fun if I was with a good guy.
So I was used...
Are you angry?
No...
Actually, it's refreshing.
I wonder how they brought these wall paintings here.
They can't bring them here.
The actual caves are off-limits.
Oh... they're replicas?
You know him?
Yes...
We work in the same building.
Good to see you the other day.
Hello.
Thank you.
It's beautiful.
The feelings of the people who drew these...
... more than 20 thousand years ago...
... are right here now.
They looked like a stylish husband and wife.
They're not a married couple.
Is that so?
You know her well, huh.
They suit each other.
They really do.
The man was looking at you, though.
What's your relationship?
Nothing.
He's 17 years younger.
That much?
I'm soooo bored!
I just started displaying the veggie jam...
But no one passes by here, so they don't sell.
Why don't you put a signboard
at the entrance of the street?
At the bakery on the corner.
That's right!
It's a bakery, so some people must be wanting jam.
In exchange, we can say that this jam fits that bread perfectly,
put up posters that we recommend this combination...
Ah...
Sorry, I said something you didn't ask for again.
Come with me.
Huh?
This is my primary school classmate, Moriyama Mikuri.
Hello.
She's the idea man.
I just have too many wild ideas.
Come on, sit. Okay?
Um, what's this gathering?
Oh, we're trying to revitalise our shopping district,
the second and third generation proprietors gather once a week,
and have a strategy meeting like this.
They say, but they just drink every time.
You didn't go to 4th middle school?
When I went up to middle school, I moved to the neighbouring school district.
She said she couldn't fit in with the class,
so we always met to talk at the shrine out back.
The shrine was my only oasis back then.
The shrine's son would be happy if he heard that.
- Should we call him? - Nah, it's Sunday. He won't come.
What if we hold a farmers market at the shrine?
Huh?
In urban areas too,
they're testing it out in lots of different places.
Like an open-air market?
Exactly.
If people won't come to your stores, try holding an event outdoors.
It could attract families,
and customers who usually only go to the supermarket,
might realise again that there are these great stores in the shopping district.
Sorry for my amateur thinking.
No, let's do it.
If it's an event at the shrine,
it's easier for seniors, who don't want to do anything new to get on board.
You did it!
The liquor store can just sell liquor,
but can I sell fish in the shrine grounds?
For the fish shop...
How about grilled oysters?
Grilled oysters?
Wait a minute... I've got an electrical store.
Hmm... extension cords!
I guess people do need those.
- That's new. - Sorry, it was just random.
We need to make some adjustments to what each shop will sell.
Yeah, we do...
It'd be better to prepare things as cheap as possible, that you can buy with one coin (500 yen) or less.
So that you can use the mentality that even if there's nothing they're after,
they'll end up buying something just because they're there.
Sly, as expected.
Sales are about being sly, right?
Saying that...
If the main purpose is to publicise the shopping district,
you shouldn't aim to make too much money, just a little profit should do.
Moriyama-san.
Can you help out?
As an after-effect of Company M's buyout,
we lose 40% of our sales.
To slimline our management, we need to downsize.
And that...
... is me?
Yes.
Please don't get me wrong.
The most capable engineer in 3I is you, Tsuzaki-kun.
And your annual salary reflects that.
If we take away from development, it would be a waste of talent.
It's a purchase beyond our means.
And one more thing...
Tsuzaki-kun...
You weren't married, right?
Why don't you actually get registered?
I overheard.
That you and Mikuri-san aren't on the same family register.
I asked the president,
and checked with general affairs too.
- I didn't violate the law... - I know.
Our company approves social insurance,
even with de facto marriages, so it's okay.
But...
If it's just a work relationship...
It makes you easier to choose,
as an employee to let go.
You have the financial flexibility to hire another person.
You don't have a wife and kids to support like Hino-kun.
Certainly...
Not being on the family register...
... means I don't bear the responsibility.
Wait! Wait a minute.
Based on this conversation, you mean,
my help would be volunteering and for no commission, right?
Well, we aren't getting paid either.
That's right!
That's because it's your own shopping district.
It could be fun, like a school festival!
That's different from this.
Understand, everyone?
Taking advantage of someone's good will,
and asking them to work for nothing...
That's exploitation.
Saying for example, it's because we're friends, you'll learn something, it's for your benefit,
or something else, and not paying due wages.
We can't overlook "it's worth it" exploitation like this.
The labour union?
Her city council member delusion is starting.
I, Moriyama Mikuri, firmly oppose "it's worth it" exploitation.
Alright, I understand!
Daily pay 3000 yen.
That's low...
Please!
Sorry things turned out weird.
If I finish a day's work in 3.2 hours,
I can keep to Yokahama city's minimum wage of 930 yen.
And the number of days is yet to be decided.
Did I sound like a cheapskate?
No.
Having a cash income is important, I've learnt that after getting divorced.
Candidate Moriyama's speech was great.
Thanks!
Yeah.
I hope we can work well together for the rest of the year.
Sorry.
You don't have to apologise.
I was the one who chose you.
If I were in your place...
I think I would've done the same.
Please don't blame yourself.
It's not Numata-san's fault.
It isn't anyone's fault.
There just happened to be a cruel truth.
Work.
I have to look for work.
[Job offers, change of occupation, SE, full-time]
Something with the same annual income,
a white company that will desperately defend my hanky panky time with Mikuri-san.
I don't think something that convenient can be found so easily,
but I'll do anything to maintain the lifestyle I have now.
I just got back.
Welcome back.
I bought the ingredients I mentioned this morning.
Something wrong?
No... Let's make it.
Hello?
Where are you now?
The station.
I'm on my way home.
Can we meet now?
Alright.
Which restaurant?
If it's okay with you, my house.
It's three minutes from there.
Thanks.
I came because I wanted to ask something.
What did you mean before?
Was something strange about what I said?
For example, women like me, single and around 50...
We're necessary to society, and can give courage to someone out there.
That's why I think...
I have to live in a cool way.
Please don't say things like that.
You said so, didn't you?
"Don't say things like that."
Why?
Because I looked pitiful?
Pretending to be strong, putting up a front and saying painful things?
I like the cool Yuri-san...
But there's this coolness that you exude.
You don't need to force yourself to be an example for someone.
That's just what I thought.
It's not that I'm forcing myself.
Some things happened at work the other day...
The expectations of those around me make me happy.
And it's true that I can work hard because of those expectations.
And I do think I want to live in a cool way.
Okay.
But you're right.
Maybe it's okay sometimes.
To have times where I don't work hard.
Sorry for crying in a place like that.
And thanks for covering for me so that people wouldn't see.
It's not that I was covering for you...
I didn't want to let them see it. Anyone.
You think you're holding someone's secrets!
Ah, that was a failure.
How embarrassing, in front of a young person.
"A young person"...
To me, you're more than young enough.
You put water here...
Like this...
And like this...
Here.
- I'll try. - Okay.
From now on, I think I'll go to Yassan's place more often.
I need to help out with all sorts of things.
It must be tough... to be a single mother.
It's not just Yassan...
In a place bustling with men,
I was recruited for minimum wage.
But that's hard to say.
I got it!
You're better than me!
I got the hang of it.
Hiramasa-san... you can do a lot of things if you try, can't you?
I can do things I thought I couldn't.
Bit by bit, my world gets bigger.
The reason I can stay calm even losing my job,
is because I can believe in the world I have right here and now.
I'm glad you're here, Mikuri-san.
Being recognised by the person you love...
- Thank you. - It's okay.
Being accepted...
My whole life...
... will probably end without ever getting really married.
Even without a formal contract like marriage...
If you can believe in it...
If you can be together like that...
It doesn't matter what form it's in, does it?
Everyone has their own relationships.
It's alright. It's just over there.
If you can't walk alone at night, you can't go on.
Come to my place sometime too.
I'll give you some good wine as a nephew perk.
So you really think of me as your nephew?
Huh?
Even though I want to embrace you.
Don't make fun of your aunt.
Bye!
What am I saying?
That surprised me...
No matter what strange relationship...
If you have the will, you can go on.
As long as neither of you wants to change it...
As long as the balance isn't ruined...
Forever, just like this...
We can keep going.
What's this about?
Someone as outstanding as Tsuzaki-san is getting laid off...
I can't approve.
The president doesn't get it at all!
Hino-kun... There's more to it...
So you approve?
We should just be happy we're still here.
- But you know... - Then...
Will you quit in Tsuzaki-san's place?
Huh?
My family...
The home loan...
See?
If me quitting would settle it...
I'd do it.
We'd be in trouble without an infrastructure engineer, right?
It's Tsuzaki-san. He'll find his next job in no time.
Giving up his lunch break to look for a job, huh?
To reduce time,
I prepared a survey in advance.
Please make the necessary number of copies,
distribute them to each store, have them fill it in and collect them.
Is that so?
I understand.
Please contact me if there's another chance.
Hello?
My name is Tsuzaki.
Thank you for the food.
Okay.
Lately, Hiramasa-san seems busy...
He didn't even comment on the food.
He ate all of it, so I don't think it's bad, though...
Is that true?
Okay...
Thank you very much.
I'll go introduce myself tomorrow.
Okay. Excuse me.
Mikuri-san...
Would you like to eat dinner out tonight?
Out?
We'll meet at the place on this memo.
Please gather at 18:45.
Okay.
I'm off.
Wait, your lunch.
Thank you.
Have a good day!
I'm leaving.
"Please meet in front of the elephant figures,"
"in Elephant's Trunk Park."
Yuri-san!
Good morning.
Morning.
You don't have to avoid me.
I'm not.
You don't come to the bar and you ignore my texts.
I was busy.
I'm also technically human,
so if I get avoided this much I still get depressed.
If you never want to speak to me again,
I won't come close anymore.
It's not like that...
Kazami-san?
Nice to see you the other day.
Hello.
Tsuchiya-san.
- Good morning. - Morning.
Oh, hey...
- Did you bring that? - What's that?
You know, that!
From the spring campaign... Wait, what was it? See...
Did something happen?
Even if it did, I wouldn't tell you.
This is rare.
You're mad.
You're making me mad.
Score! A step forward in our relationship!
I'm giving you a nickname.
Positive monster.
Posimon?
I caught a Posimon!
Things were going nicely, with that handsome guy.
How?
I'm old enough to be his mother.
Isn't it okay? A hurdle like that.
Like that?
Because by living, you can meet.
Dinner out.
Why all of a sudden?
That reminds me...
I regret not doing anything for your birthday.
If only we'd at least eaten out.
Then next year, at a good yakitori place.
Is yakitori okay?
Something you can't make at home is good.
It's yakitori.
Since next year is too far away,
he wants to bring me there now.
Our first meet-up.
Our first date.
Do I go with cute?
It's not good to get too enthusiastic either.
If the smell of yakitori is going to get on them, then...
I can't decide...
Sorry I'm late.
No, you're just on time.
Let's go.
It's nice to do this once in a while.
Shall we start eating out once a month?
Sounds good.
I never noticed.
Me neither.
I only realised earlier that we've never been on a date.
It's here.
It seems kind of expensive...
Not a problem. Let's go.
Tsuzaki-sama, we've been expecting you.
Thank you.
Let me take your coats.
Mikuri-san?
Thank you.
This too.
Then, I'll take you to your seats.
I'll bring the menus now.
Okay.
It's a famous restaurant.
If I knew it was like this, I'd have worn better clothes...
You look cute.
What is the cépage of the wine in the sauce vin rouge used on the lamb?
What is happening?
The earnest and put-together Hiramasa-san, who suits temples...
I see...
- It's lamb, so I was sure it would be bordeaux. - In this sparkling atmosphere,
he's speaking a Western-ish language.
Mikuri-san.
"Viande". That is, a meat dish...
Between lamb or beef filet, which do you prefer, Mikuri-san?
Which one?
Which one do I choose to reach the ending of the Hiramasa route?
Then...
Beef filet.
I thought you'd say so, Mikuri-san.
The flag is set!
Wait no, that's not it.
Hiramasa-san's prince mode is kind of cool but that's not the point.
This, please.
Certainly.
There were a number of preparations to make.
For a special day, I selected a few famous restaurants.
I frantically looked for openings in bookings,
and made a reservation from the waiting list of my most preferred restaurant.
I visited during the day and did a final check.
It is prepared mi cuit.
What is 'mi cuit'?
Things are going well so far.
It's delicious.
It's ridiculously delicious.
But...
Hiramasa-san hasn't said a word since earlier.
He just eats,
and sometimes...
... smiles happily.
It's scary.
What's hiding behind Hiramasa-san who's still in prince mode?
The reason we came here today...
... is to talk about the future.
I didn't know your size,
so I don't have a ring yet, but...
Mikuri-san.
Let's neatly put you on the family register...
And let's get married.
I thought you didn't have that intention...
I thought it was something that could never happen to me...
But...
Meeting you...
I've changed.
I did a trial calculation.
If we get married, we won't need a work contract.
Without the salary that I currently pay you,
it can go between living expenses or savings.
If you imagine being married or not, in 3 and 5 years...
It makes this much difference.
With this, we could buy an old house,
or in the future, with one child or even two, we could figure it out somehow.
This is the data in that case.
In other words...
Being married...
I decided it was of value for both of us.
- Therefore... - Please wait.
Before making future plans like houses and children...
Why did you think of getting registered?
The catalyst.
The catalyst was...
... getting laid off.
Laid off?
Ah... of course,
I meant to tell you when my next job was decided.
You were laid off... so you're proposing?
That's not the only reason.
I think marriage is more logical.
If we get married, you don't have to pay a salary,
you can use me for free, so it's logical...
That's what you mean, isn't it?
- Is it? - It is!
Do you mean...
... you don't want to marry me?
Do you...
... not like me?
That's...
Love exploitation.
If you like each other, if you love each other, you can do anything...
Do you think it's okay like that?
I, Moriyama Mikuri...
... firmly oppose exploitation of love!
Itonami no machi ga kuretara iromeki When the busy city gets dark, it grows lively
Kazetachi wa hakobuwa And the winds are carrying
Karasu to hitobito no mure Crows and crowds of people
Imi nanka nai sa kurashi ga aru dake There's no such thing as a meaning, we just live
Tada hara wo sukasete I just get hungry,
Kimi no moto e kaerunda And return to where you are
Monogokoro tsuitara futo From my first memory,
Miagete omou koto ga What I thought of suddenly
Kono yo ni iru daremo Is right in our world
Futari kara Because there's the two of us
Mune no naka ni aru mono The things in your heart
Itsuka mienakunaru mono The things that will one day disappear
Sore wa soba ni iru koto That is what it means to be by your side
Itsumo omoidashite Always remember that
Kimi no naka ni aru mono The things that are within you
Kyori no naka ni aru kodou The heartbeats that happen in the distance
Koi wo shita no anata no My dear I fell in love with,
Yubi no mazari, hoho no kaori Holding your hands, the scent of your cheeks
Fuufu wo koete yuke Let's exceed being husband and wife
Futari wo koete yuke Let's exceed being a pair
Hitori wo koete yuke Let's exceed being alone