Eric Paroissien, Translation eric.paroissien@gmail.com
This doesn't connect with the readers.
You're not conveying the emotions...
or the tragedy in the plot.
Let me guess... it's your first?
With all due respect.
'Mister' Fujinuma Satoru...
You need to dig deeper into it.
The stature of the artist doesn't come out.
I'm sure you have it in you.
Sorry I kept you waiting.
I'm scared...
I can't dig into it.
I'll just be faced with my ineptitude.
My mind rehashes those images...
I could have done something...
it's not that I regret anything.
It's just an excuse.
I can't take emotional risks.
2 deliveries to go.
Mr. Fujinuma.
We have an errand.
Good morning.
Going on delivery. -Drive safely.
On my way. -See you later.
Mr. Fujinuma, don't eat the pizzas on the way.
Certainly won't.
I don't get it.
Is that a good joke to these kids?
At least, if I could used in my manga.
It goes unnoticed...
the routine of each day...
yet within this routine, things happen to people...
and it is the Mangaka's quest to pick these out.
And here I am, thinking about manga again.
I'm not picking out anything.
It is happening again.
No doubt.
Something is about to happen.
And it's going to be terrible.
I'd rather keep out of it, but I have to find out.
The anomaly... find out the anomaly.
Something is off...
it is going to happen.
Find out...where is it? Pick it out.
I found it... the anomaly.
Hey.
Stop...Wake up.
Hey.
Stop.
Hey.
Stop.
Mr. Fujinuma.
Wake up.
Stop.
There.
I had it coming.
I should mind my own business.
You're awake?
You remember who you are? Why you are here?
I'm Fujinuma Satoru, 29.
A truck was going to run over a kid...
instead I ended up in an accident.
I'm relieved... That was two days ago.
It's a miracle you're not harmed.
One last check up and you're good to go.
Should I call someone?
Girlfriend? Friend?
No one needs to know.
Clip, clip, clip.
What's that?
You are, like, wrapped in a membrane.
You don't open your heart to anyone, right?
But I was underestimating you.
What?
I saw the accident.
The truck driver had a heart attack.
You had a sharp eye.
Miss Katagiri...
why do you do this job?
I have a dream.
I'll earn my own money to fulfill it.
When you tell your dream away...
it is awkward if you don't fulfill it.
You don't think so?
I don't
The words pave the way to your dream.
Alright, be well.
I think your mother is coming.
See you.
My mother.
What a drag.
I call this phenomenon Double-back.
I double back a few minutes in time to reenact a scene.
An instant before something bad happens.
Like a hand compelling me to stop it.
And then...
I have to hinder the incident.
Most of the time it doesn't change anything for me.
But this time there was a chance witness.
The law will get involved.
But they'll have nothing against me.
Welcome back, Satoru. How do you feel?
We're not in Hokkaido, don't forget to lock.
Are you OK? -Yep.
I'll stay with you for a while.
What?
Considering your situation.
Told you I'm, fine. I have a job, I have my manga.
You can give your manga a break when your mother is in town.
You should even stop this manga dream.
Tell me, Satoru.
Is there a direct train to Ueno?
Course not... So, you're here for sightseeing after all.
The little Sakamoto Haruka, 7, who had disappeared...
was found unharmed today.
She was taken to the city hospital...
and declared uninjured and healthy.
Satoru, you remember?
What?
When you were in 5th grade...
the incident in our neighborhood.
No.
We did everything we could...
to erase the incident from our kids' memories.
Satoru.
You came close too, you know.
When I was in 5th, there was a series of abductions.
Hokkaido: Three elementary school kids abducted.
Two of them were in my class.
And even the perpetrator they arrested...
I knew him well.
Let me guess who are the cool kids in your class.
They are cheerful, good at sports...
they can be foolish but they are honest...
and they have a focus in one area.
If you want friends, why not emulate these?
Don't be shy, be brave.
Brave.
"be brave", he would often say.
I called him Mr. Brave.
Mr. Brave is now in jail on death row.
The head office is offering you this...
as a token of our sympathy. -Thank you.
They said, the offer still stands to employ you full time.
It can even wait until you give up on manga.
Thank you for you concern.
See you tomorrow.
You always have to buy so much.
Then let's invite someone over.
A friend, a girlfriend?
I don't have any. Manga is my life.
I told you not to run, don't cry now. It serves you well.
Mr. Fujinuma.
You do have one. One, what?
You forgot something.
Are you alright?
We could invite a friend, a girlfriend.
A double-back.
Something is about to happen.
I told you not to run.
Mom, please look around.
I have an odd feeling.
What?
You still have these intuitions?
It happened on the occasion of a fire.
Mr. Fujinuma.
You forgot something.
Miss Katagiri, don't run.
Mr. Fujinuma.
You left this book at the bookstore's counter.
This lady?
My mother. -What?
I though she was your sister.
It's a pleasure, I'm Katagiri Airi.
Likewise, I'm Fujinuma Sachiko.
I'm going to cook a curry, would you care to join us?
Sure, I accept the invitation.
Let's go then. -I'm so glad.
Sure, you're too young to be his girlfriend.
You'd have been great in the part.
Satoru is like... the friend you respect.
Too spicy?
It's very good.
It's delicious.
You don't mind going back at night?
I'm motorized, I'll be fine.
It was a great meal, thank you.
Bye.
You're want find me a bride?
I look pathetic.
She's just a colleague.
You are so blind. She likes you.
Told you, it's not like that.
Say... What did you see by the parking lot, earlier today?
Ah right...
I witnessed an attempted abduction that failed.
Come on, you know I'm kidding.
Yes.
I saw these eyes before...
I know that kind of energy...
a seasoned criminal.
The abductions, 18 years ago.
We did not end it then.
Satoru, must know.
I'm sorry.
That failed abduction my mom would have witnessed...
Sure, she can joke about anything.
But about such topics, she always tells the truth.
After that double-back...
how was the abduction interrupted?
She has to tell me more about it.
Mom, come on, you never lock.
Hey.
It's a prank?
Say something.
You can stop now.
Ho.
Wake up.
Tell me it is a prank.
There is a direct train to Ueno.
Mom.
What happened, Mr. Fujinuma?
I heard someone shout...
What is it? Blood?
He set me up.
He wanted me to chase him...
Now it's me the landlady saw me fleeing the scene.
Now I'm the prime suspect in my mom's murder.
He had it all set up to frame me for his crime.
What is that?
Is it because my mom saw that failed abduction?
Damn.
Hey you? What are you doing?
We have a suspicious person... Stop, what are you doing?
Now is the time... time for a double-back.
If it doesn't happen right now, I won't help my mother.
Hey, Satoru, you fell? You're going to be late.
A knapsack?
What? 1988?
'Mikoto Elementary school'
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