I'll be the one
I guess you were lost when I met you
Still there were tears in your eyes
So out of trust and I knew
No more than mysteries and lies
There you were, wild and free
Reachin' out like you needed me
A helping hand to make it right
I am holding you all through the night
I'll be the one. I'll be the one
Who will make all your sorrows undone
I'll be the light. I'll be the light
When you feel like there's nowhere to run
I'll be the one
I'll be the light
Where you can run
To make it alright
THE WISH OF YUKI THE GHOST
I want you to help me, Ichiro.
I don't wanna!
Besides, it's your fault everyone's calling me a liar.
That's not my fault.
Because other people can't see me.
I don't want to see you eather.
So why are you appearing before me?
Because there's no one else but you.
I really hate ghosts!
Please don't hate me, Ichiro.
Please help me, Ichiro.
Ichiro!
Sorry for the trouble we caused yesterday.
Thank you for everything.
But Ichiro-chan's been having it pretty hard, too...
with all this continuous bad luck.
Not at all.
Think of it as divine punishment.
He's lucky he's gotten off with just this after all the things-
IDIOT
DIPSHIT
Oh, this?
Even if I was to rub it off, Ichiro-chan would probably just write it again, so...
I'm truly very sorry.
Oh my... I heard the Takayamas' pet cat, Sazae, got burned...
It really might be best to confiscate the firreworks, missus.
I'm really, truly very sorry.
Geez.
You have any idea how many times I have to...
apologize to people, day after day, because of you?
Are you listening to me, Ichiro?!
Shut up. I haven't had enough sleep thanks to the Yuki ghost.
What nonsense is this child talking about?
Hanada-san? Good morning!
Oh?
Coming!
My, Gran'ma Yoshikawa...
Have you seen Chiro? I haven't seen her since last night.
I don't know!
I haven't seen Chiro since yesterday!
Is that the truth?!
I really don't know!
Please! Please! That's enough! I understand! I understand!
Gran'ma Yoshikawa lives all by herself with Chiro.
If something was to happen to Chiro...
Like I care!
How dare you hit me like that, you old hag!
Chiro is pregnant, so she may be giving birth somewhere.
I can't stand it.
Whenever something happens in the neighborhood,
they always make a beeline to our place first.
Well, all the pets flee when they see Ichiro.
It's not just the pets. It's the frogs and the cockroaches as well.
They say even Shepherd's Purse would stop growing if Ichiro was to plant it.
Note: Shepherd's Purse is a weed that grows wild. It as a borderline carnivorous plant and is used to kill mosquito larvae.
You got that right!
And the, Ultraman...
He became like this... and like this...
and like that...?
And then the Baltan aliens went...
Chiro! Where were you?
I got hit like a hundred times because of you!
When I get back from school...
I'm going to make sure you pay.
H-Hey! What is it?
Didn't I tell you to wait till I get back?
I-chan... ? Why are you talking to yourself?
I-chan?! We'll be scolded if we don't go to school!
I-chan!
Why'd you run off suddenly?
Hey, I-chan!
It's Chiro!
What should we do? She was probably hit by a car!
Chiro! Chiro!
She's still a little warm. She still might make it if we take her to a doctor.
I-chan!
You klutz.
I know already!
Dammit! I'm doing my best here, you know!
Then why don't you help?
Don't be taking it easy just flying next to me!
I-chan! It's not like I'm taking it easy!
After making me do all this, you better not die!
If you die, I'll bully you for life even if you become a ghost!
VETERINARY HOSPITAL
Stop that.
I said stop it.
Chiro, you idiot. You weakling.
Chiro is... ?
No way!
But the little one made it.
How cute!
Look, I-chan!
Amazing!
It's so small. Like a mouse.
You boys did good.
Ichiro.
What is it? Is that you again, Yuki-ghost?
Stop coming already. I don't want to talk to anyone right now.
Ichiro, help me.
Shut up! I can't help anyone!
I couldn't help Chiro either.
No, you helped her!
You saved Chiro's little baby... A precious little life.
This is something that only you can do.
That is why Chiro came to you.
Please, Ichiro.
This time, help me.
Today is the last day I have. Please go and see that person.
Who is "that person"?
Seiji... His name is Aota Seiji.
Who is he to you, Yuki?
Someone... I love very much.
Quit making a racket! Who is it?
You want something?
Uh... um... I'm looking for Seiji-san...
Seiji! There's someone to see you! A baldly with a backpack.
Eh?
Who the hell are you?
I-I-Ichiro.
Hanada Ichiro.
Who the hell are you?
Hanada Ichiro.
Ichirou?
Note: Seiji says this because the common name is Ichirou and not Ichiro. "Ichiro" feels incomplete to him.
What's with that half-assed name? Just make it Ichirou.
So... What do you want from me, bald little Ichirou?
I'm not bald! I just had my hair shaved off because of an injury.
And the name's Ichiro. Not Ichirou.
Don't tell me that it's some brat of yours from some place?
Like that's possible! An ugly kid like this couldn't possibly be mine.
How old are you?
Nine years old.
That would mean.... It's your kid from when you were 16 years old.
Yeah, seems quite possible for you.
Not possible! Not a baldy like this.
Geez, what a sinful man.
Just look at him. The kid looks destitute.
Poor little thing.
Hey, Yuki... Is this really the Seiji you were talking about?
Yeah.
Yuki?
Isn't Yuki that... ?
Then you really are the Yuki-ghost's Seiji!
You little... !
Don't be messing with me!
Did that shitty old man send you to harass me?!
No! Th-That's not it!
Y-Yuki asked me to-
Shut up!
If you're talking about the Yuki I know, she died a month ago!
Ichiro, hang in there...
Yuki says there's something she wants you to return-
What? You want me to return her life or something?
Hey, Seiji!
No!
It's the thing that Yuki held on to in her hand until she died.
How the hell am I supposed to know what that is!
It's the thing that Yuki's father threw at you...
That hurts! You're scary!
I peed in my pants!
- Seiji... - You asshole!
You bastard!
Father! Doing this won't bring Yuki back.
It's because... It's because you took her to that crowded place... that Yuki...
We treasured her and raised her for 17 years...
And you...
You... !
What did you do to our daughter?!
Note: Pachinko [ パチンコ ] is a cross between a pinball machine and a video slot machine, played for prizes.
PACHINKO
Hey you!
Didn't I tell you that we have no time?!
If you don't return it today, Yuki won't be able to go to the faraway place.
I don't have anything like that anymore.
He's got it, right?
See? Yuki says that you have it.
Shut up!
Why the hell are you doing this elaborate play, Ichirou?
It's not Ichirou! It's Ichiro!
Hey Seiji, just return it.
If something like that will help her rest in peace, then just give it to Ichirou.
Ichiro!
Oh?
Hey... Isn't today... Ugh
Note: In Buddhism, after death, a soul has 49 days to attain enlightenment before being reincarnated.
It's the 49th day after she died! This is creepy. Give it to him!
Yeah, give it back!
You've been dragging the whole deal with her forever too, right?
You've been feeling responsible for it 'n all, right?
So why don't you just do that for her?
Yeah, why don't you?
After all, you've never been of any help to anyone, so here's your opportunity.
Yeah, you're a big rhino.
Note: When Seiji's girlfriend says sai [ 隙 ], she means "opportunity".But Ichiro misunderstands it as a different sai [ 犀 ], meaning "rhinoceros".
SHUT UP!!!
Fine, do whatever you want.
Hey! Don't let him do whatever he wants!
Don't make me laugh. It can't be possible for... that super-rich girl...
to be unable to rest in peace for a mere 200 yen piece of junk.
It was 100 yen, not 200 yen, right? You made your friend give you a discount.
Seriously, who asked you to do this?
Haven't I been telling you that Yuki asked me to do this?!
Don't make a child repeat the same thing over and over again!
If you don't bury that quickly, Yuki's gonna become a real ghost.
Where do you want to bury it?
She says any place is fine, as long as you're fine with it.
What the?!
This is the hospital that gave me the cursed nine stitches on my head.
Is this where you met Yuki?
Yeah... Technically speaking, it was up there.
What does "technically speaking" mean?
Huh? A festival?
Yeah.
It's best for a sick person to rest at the hospital.
I've always been resting.
Just once is fine. I want to walk freely outside.
Once you get better, you can walk around all you like...
and go to festivals as well.
I'm not going to get better.
Eh?
What's wrong with you?
There's so much that's wrong with me...
that when I was born, the doctors said I would only live to be 10.
In that case, you've made a killing!
Huh?
You've had seven years extra to live.
That's true.
It's a festival! It's a real festival!
Here, hold like this.
Yay!
Look, it's coming here. Look, look.
No!
Here.
WIRE CRAFTS
Yo, Seiji!
Yo!
You're with a girl again?
And here I am, sweating buckets working my ass off.
Idiot.
I was sweating buckets and dripping snot at my afternoon job today as well.
Hey, Seiji.
What?
You little...
After all you've been telling others about not laying hands on civilian girls...
Note: Remember the tattoo on Seiji's shoulder? He's yakuza (gangster). So the civilian girls referred to here are regular, honest, respectable women.
There's nothing like that here.
I'm just babysitting her today.
This is amazing! You can make it into your name!
Amazing, right? A real piece of art, right?
It's really popular now.
There's nothing amazing about it. All he's doing is bending some wire.
Anyone could do it with their eyes closed.
But it's amazing.
Miss, what's your name? I'll make you one.
Fine.
Yu-Yuki.
That's a nice name!
And I'll give you big discount, so just 200 yen!
You're gonna charge me, you swindler?
Fine, I'll give you just 100.
Thanks.
Th... Thank you.
Geez. You call that a piece of art? Don't make me laugh. It's just junk.
It's not junk.
It is junk too.
No!
Fine, I get it.
Say...
aren't you tired?
Nope. I'm having fun. I'm having a lot of fun!
Really? You're having fun?
Hey, let's go back.
No, not yet.
Just a little more...
No let's go back. There are lots of festivals.
We'll have a bigger one next month.
I'll bring you again. I promise.
Yuki, let's go back!
YUKI!!!
Yuki says thank you.
She says that you gave her a lifetime's worth of love in one night.
What's "love"?
Shut your trap already!
I'm really regretting going along with your playacting and coming all the way here.
Could you just keep quiet and stay away for a bit?
Geez.
Do you really need this piece of junk to rest in peace, Yuki?
You had a proper funeral 'n all, right?
Next time, be reborn healthy.
And then we can meet again!
Yu... Yuki?
And then I can meet you again!
Where do you want to go next time?
Anywhere is fine!
Okay. Leave it to me!
Huh? Wh-What?
Thank you, Ichiro.
I won't be afraid of you anymore, Yuki. Would you still have to go faraway anyway?
Yeah.
Then we can't meet again?
No.
But if you're ever in trouble, Ichiro, I'll fly over and save you.
Because... you are my savior.
Yuki...
Why you little... !
Where were you all this time?!
Huh? What?
Wasn't I just in the hospital garden?
What are you talking about, you idiot?!
What happened? Wasn't I in the hospital garden... ?
Thank you, Seiji-san.
What are you grinning for?
I'm not grinning!
Say, Seiji-san...
Buy me a wire brooch too.
One that says Ki-yo-mi.
It'd be nice if it had a diamond on it.
Stop kidding around!
You really are... ! Making us worry day in and day out...
I'm in trouble! Come over, Yuki!
Don't pretend you're sorry
I know you're not
You know you got the power
To make me weak inside
Girl you leave me breathless
But it's okay 'cause
You are my survival
Now hear me say
I can't imagine
Life without your love
Even forever don't seem like long enough
'Cause everytime I breathe I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love
Everytime I try to rise above
I'm swept away by love
Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love
Gran'ma Yoshikawa came over to our house early in the morning.
Did she come to scold me because Chiro died?
Or did she come to scold me because of the graffiti I painted on her garden wall?
Well, what is it?
Huh? She wants me to take care of Chiro's child?
I can't even take care of myself, so how do you expect me to take care of a puppet?
Umm... Gran'ms, aren't you kinda transparent... ?
Could it be that...
HANADA JIRO
Ichiro-chan, please...