On the morning of a beautiful sunny day
I was waiting at the place we promised to meet
I stood there watching the laughing children
As I waited patiently for you to come
I watched a perfect arc as a ball was being thrown
And it flew right before my eyes
It was just an ordinary sight to me
Now, if you were just with me
As this world kept turning slowly
But it seemed like it was leaving only me behind
The clouds just wouldn't hide me
It was a Sunday where the sun seemed to hurt more than usual
Tsurumaru, turn it off! It's too noisy!
Hey, hey, what are you doing?
Will you please listen to me?
All right, already. And... what? What is it?
I... I'm pregnant....
Well, yeah. Women are equipped for that, so it can't be helped. So?
What do you mean, " So?" I'm asking you what I should do!
Why don't you have it?
Huh?
I'll give you money. And I'll even acknowledge that it's my kid.
W-what? But I...
You do the steps leading up to it, but when you have one, you panic.
Isn't that weird? Shouldn't you be happy? Have the kid.
I can't ... tell my father.
Then I'll call him for you. Is he at home? Home, then.
No! Don't do that!
Why do you always say things like that? Can't you be nice?
Hey, that's your responsibility. I already told you I'd take mine.
Responsibility... I never...
Hey, hey.
You did this of your own free will, didn't you?
T-then marry me!
Why?
Because! Don't you love me?
Well, sure, I like you... but it's not like you're the only one.
Huh?
I already have five kids.
What? Ah... Huh?
Next year, I'll have two more.
Episode Nine: A Fish's Life, A Human Life
You really are the worst, you know that?
You think? I thought I was just stating the obvious.
No, that's just your idiotic logic.
As a living thing.
A beast.
Ah, music to my ears.
But that's all in how you define being human.
As Homo sapiens or Homo demens.
That's just rhetoric. That's not an argument.
Are you jealous? Do you want to have sex with me, too?
You know, I think I may really grow to hate your guts.
Thank God for that. I have no interest in men.
Oh, well, I figured you'd just screw anything. Even non-humans.
Quit making fun of me.
I'm simply not interested in things that can't conceive.
Tsurumaru...
I thought you might come.
Umm... Thank you for helping me.
That wasn't me, that was...
That was my dragon skeleton.
Thank you.
Tsurumaru cried and begged me. After all, he doesn't have his own.
Hey, come on.
Umm... tell me! I... Hoshimaru...
Well... I can't seem to channel with my dragon's child like Akira...
If we can be like them...
Then I can... I can...
Sorry... That's something that we don't understand either.
The reason you can't engage with your dragon skeleton...
That's something you have to figure out for yourself.
Do you want to be stronger?
People need strength because they either want to create or protect something.
Do you have something you want to protect?
Something to... protect?
Have you ever fallen in love with a guy?
Senpai! Takano senpai! (Senpai: upperclassman)
Good morning!
Morning, Kawamura.
Did you bleach your hair again?
By Saturday, it should be red.
Please don't ! If you do that, the teachers won't stand for it!
I'm kidding.
Senpai! Please come to practice today!
Senpai, when you ran the preliminary 200 meter dash...
Right near the goal, didn't you stop trying?
What?
You could have made the finals.
I was trying to pace myself and screwed up.
You're lying. If you apply yourself, you could set a record, senpai.
How would you know that, Kawamura?
You can't take responsibility for my life, so don't say that.
Yes I can...
Huh?
I can take the responsibility!
Are you stupid? You can't do that.
Senpai! Where are you going?
Going home. See you.
Is it that woman?
That jerk. I came here ten minutes late,
and now he shows up even later than me. He is so dead...
Crap, she's going to kill me!
Pervert.
T-Takano senpai... Am I... not good enough?
I'm willing to do anything for you, Takano senpai...
Kawamura...
Y-yes.
Kawamura... you don't know a thing about me, do you?
T-that's not fair to say... Even if I don't know,
I can find out starting now, gradually.
It's too late for that.
Excuse me... Can I speak with you?
So what's this? Who are you?
You're ruining Takano senpai's life.
Huh?
You're destroying Takano senpai's potential!
You love Bungo.
Stupid girl... You don't know a thing about Bungo.
And what do you mean, " destroying" ?
That statement is based on what you want Bungo to be.
How arrogant. You should know as well as anyone...
that Bungo decides who Bungo wants to be.
Y-you... don't understand...
Changing someone to meet your desires,
when he already knows who he is... that's arrogant.
That's just...
It's too late for that.
I don't want to hear that!
Where are you? I'm not done talking to you yet!
Mutsu Restaurant
I'll have the fried Jack mackerel, and also cold tofu.
Oh, I'll have the stir-fried vegetable meal.
Coming up.
Beer over here, please.
Coming!
Welcome!
Good evening.
Sheep
Is Akira around?
She is, but as usual...
She's been absent from school too...
Can I order?
Yes, sir! Coming right up!
Seems busy.
Well... Even if they're like that, it's better than nobody.
Welcome!
Huh? You must be new here.
Nice to meet you.
Here you go, one Saba meal.
Miss, beer over here!
Okay!
Shiina, do you want to become our kid?
Can't do it. If I weren't around, then my daddy would die.
Besides, you have Akira.
That's right. Some customers come here looking for her, too.
Eh? Is that true?
I don't know if Akira really likes it, though.
Welcome!
Oh, it's you...
Is Akira at home?
Huh?
W-well... Akira is kind of...
I understand. But I want to see her. Will you tell her Sudo is here?
Uh, Akira? I'm sorry. There's a Sudo down here to see you...
Eh? Oh, okay...
If you don't mind waiting 30 minutes, then she says you can come up.
I understand.
No... Well, he can go... but... Shiina, will you go up with him?
R-Roger...
Sakura, I'm coming in.
Paper cranes...
S-Shiina...
W-why... are you here?
Oh, sorry. I was going to invite you to the gym tomorrow.
Well, that's a problem. I came to do the same.
Huh?
Would you like to go out tomorrow, Sakura?
Would you like to come too? All of us.
Shiina...
Are you okay, Akira?
It's just that I haven't seen the sun in a while...
Well then, let's go.
Where are we going?
You don't get out much, do you, Sakura?
What?
How about fishing?
Fishing?
I hear it's the season for it. They're easy to catch.
Do you know how?
Well, actually, I've never done it before.
I just thought it'd be nice to enjoy the outdoors once in a while...
You seem to like this kind of thing, Shiina.
How do you use this?
Sorry, I don't know either. I brought an instruction book, so read that.
Excuse me! How do you use this?
You're a natural.
Is this really your first time?
Nah, it's just beginner's luck.
How's it going, Akira?
Not bad, I guess.
But it's kind of funny. I wonder if you can really catch fish like this?
Here we go!
Wow! Let me see!
I'm going to do my best!
Ah! Akira, you got one! Awesome!
W-what should I...
Hold on, I'll help... Huh?
Shiina!
Huh? No way! How should... Sudo!
Hold on, let me check the book.
Reel it in! Just reel it in!
Shiina!
Will... will it bite?
Once you catch it, you let it go.
What? You mean you don't eat them?
Goodbye, my dinner...
Wow, that was pretty amazing!
A-Akira...
Akira?
I... I was just surprised... And it was... r-really...
It was fun?
Yes.
How was it, Sakura?
Huh? Oh, yes... l-it was very fun.
Yes, it was. It's fun to play with a life.
U-ummm... even... though... it's a fish's life?
Is a fish's life worth less than a human life?
What you did today is no different than punching someone to feel better.
The fish just can't complain. That's all, Sakura.
You just played around with a life for your enjoyment, Sakura.
Do you want to become one of us?
S-Sudo...
You knew, right? But still you came out with me today.
Folding cranes doesn't solve anything.
I said it before. Trying to do something for the dead is foolish.
What matters is what you do for yourself, as someone living.
Akira!
This meat and potato dish is amazing!
Talking in her sleep?
It's okay. Shiina's asleep.
The things that the dragon's child is seeing aren't reaching her either.
B-but...
You don't have to decide right away.
What about Shiina?
You still haven't come to terms with what happened with us before...
We have the power to change this exhausted world.
Convention and common law, common social ideas, logic...
A world that's not bound by that.
To be able to change and reform yourself...
A society that is able to think for itself...
A society where those that can't will simply perish...
Pain follows that society. Pain clarifies our thinking...
I'm looking for friends...
Especially for supporters who are kept hidden by the dragon's children.
Shiina, wake up. Shiina.
Huh... I was asleep?
See you again, Shiina.
Okay!
Goodbye!
That Sudo is kind of a nice guy.
Yeah...
The Ninth Episode A Fish's Life, A Human Life - The End
It spans the entire sky and stretches on endlessly
I look up and wish that it would take me and envelop me
Even if I can't walk alongside everyone
I want them to see my footprints and know that I'm not there
That day, I let go of your hand
You never even looked back
You just left me behind
Can't you see that I have my dreams
And they're waiting on your doorstep
It spans the entire sky and stretches on endlessly
I look up and wish that it would take me and envelop me
Next Episode
Hoshimaru and I are training at night...
when a young woman flying on a broom appears before us.
Who are you? Are you a witch?
I'm Jun. Have you ever seen our future?
Invited by Jun, we crisscross Tokyo Bay.
On the rooftop of an abandoned school, Hoshimaru and I...
Next Episode: What I Can Do For You Now.
What I Can Do For You Now
Hey, Hoshimaru... what is our future?