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
HANA-SAN
Come now, Ichiro.
Men shouldn't cry over little things like this.
I feel really sorry for what I've done.
It must be really traumatic to have been involved in someone's death like this.
Is it me and Jiro's fault that you died?
Of course not.
Not at all.
All living things must meet their death someday.
You can only live for so long.
Whether it's by accident or illness, the fault lies with nobody.
Everything is decided by the heavens.
Really?
That's right.
So don't cry anymore.
It is I who should be apologizing to you.
I'm sorry for getting a child like you involved in something like this.
And I, who of all people should have kept my cool, lost my head completely.
Aww, that's all right.
I don't mind at all.
Is that so?
I'm really glad you feel that way.
Really?
Well...
I'll just head on home then.
Let's go, Jiro.
Wait!
You're planning on going home and leaving my body in that state?!
Huh? What?
You don't have to worry about that.
It's all right.
I'll ask an adult to come over as soon as I get home.
I'm sure you want a funeral and all...
I don't care about a stupid funeral!
That's not it!
What I'm saying is that when someone comes over, I'll be greeting them in that state!
Me!
In that state!
No way!
You're upset cause you think it's not cool for your balls to be showing?
Yeah, but...
That's not all.
Just look at that.
My torso is showing.
I'm almost completely naked.
It's like I'm in saying, "Come and look!"
It's like I'm saying, "How's that?"
No way!
That's just a no go!
You really think so?
I think you look a lot cooler than you usually look.
You look kinda open-hearted.
If you had always looked like that, no one would've been afraid of you.
I don't care for your opinion!
I've always lived my life proper. That's right, proper.
And I want to be proper to the very end... precisely because it is the end.
Even in death, I wish to face people in a proper and dignified manner.
What's dignified?
Dammit!
Why do I always end up having to do things like this?!
Come on, hurry!
There's no time to waste!
Come on.
Get the futon out next.
Thanks to you, we were able to get things in orders
Sorry for everything.
It looks like I completely lost my head there again.
That's all right...
And I'd really appreciate it if the fact that I died choking on daifuku...
stayed between the three of us.
In order to be dignified, right?
Yes, show me the compassion of a warrior.
And if you break your promise,
I might be forced to haunt you night after night.
He repays my kindness with weevils.
That's, "He repays my kindness with evil."
But even if I lie, I'm sure people will figure it out.
Once the funeral house people take a look at you.
I don't think we need to worry about that.
We've destroyed the daifuku which were evidence.
And I've lived a long, long life.
And besides, my family doc's a quack.
Once you turn 70, no one suspects a thing when you die.
Listen carefully, Ichiro.
I'm not asking you to lie.
You just have to stay quiet on the matter.
Western Europe has a saying that goes, "Silence is golden. Eloquence is silver."
Note: Chinmoku wa kin [ 沈黙は金 ] means "Silence is golden." Ichiro confuses things and says Chinmoku wa chin [ 沈黙はちん ], which means "Silence is a penis."
Silence is a penis?
It means that there is more meaning in staying silent than in talking eloquently.
What a grand funeral.
Indeed.
It seems he's been donating most of his income to this temple for a long time.
Yeah, that's right. And he willed all his holdings to them too.
Well, he had no children or relatives to inherit his ownings.
Though these days, nobody really bothers to visit their relatives' graves even once a year.
That's right.
Since the temple is going to take care of everything, his grave will be well cared for.
As to be expected of Gouda-sensei.
Even in death, there is nothing to find fault with.
He was truly a proper person.
Well, I always knew he was a proper person, but...
Even when we all went over to his place, he was lying in his futon with not a hair astray.
Oh? That sounds just like him.
I hear it was his diabetes.
Oh? I heard it was his liver that gave out.
Is that so?
Ichiro was the first to find him, right?
That's right.
I'd sent him over with his tuition.
Who would've thought the money would turn into a condolence gift?
Was the old man still alive when you got there?
Hey!
Why aren't you answering me?!
Ah, it's no good.
For some reason, he refuses to speak on the matter.
People are telling me he must've been really traumatized.
Oh? Now there's a surprise.
I never knew this kid had such a sensitive side to him.
Ichiro! Stop that!
Whoa, really?
What, what?
It seems the teacher of the new abacus class Souta's going to is really nice.
She gives you candy and stuff when you leave.
Cool!
Unimaginable with Old Knockflick, right?
That's the class in Yamanoshita, right?
The one with the pretty lady teacher?
Yeah.
A lady?
What should I do?
Say, what are you going to do, Ichiro?
Nothing.
Thanks to Old Knockflick dying, I don't have to go to those classes anymore, which is great!
I thought I wouldn't have to go abacus class anymore either...
but instead I gotta go to calligraphy class from today.
Eww.
Man, sucks to be you, Youhei.
Well, there's nothing to be done now that he's dead.
So, that's why I'm thinking we should send him to the class in Yamanoshita.
It seems Souta-kun's already going there.
That'd be a complete waste.
Complete waste of money.
But...
Not much point in sending him to a place where all they do is try to get into the kid's good graces.
I heard Goudas kidneys were gone.
No, it seems it was his heart.
Either way, it's pretty scary.
Set your abacus to zero.
What's with you?
That was cool. Very cool.
- That was cool. Very cool. - Yep, cool.
Yep, cool.
Geez, that's all he learned the entire time he went there.
I guess sending him for more classes would really be a waste.
1 yen...
plus 2 yen...
plus 3 yen...
plus 4 yen...
plus 5 yen...
plus 6 yen...
- plus 6 yen...
That's all wrong.
It looks like you really didn't learn anything from me.
Wh-What's wrong, Knockflick?
My silence has been a penis! I haven't broken my promise.
I know that.
Then why?
I can't go on to the other side.
I lived my life right and proper without causing trouble for anyone.
But I still can't cross over.
Why not?
I don't know!
Set to zero.
I have no regrets left in this world.
None whatsoever.
So why can't I cross over?
Why can't I cross over?
It's been a while, Monsieur Icheero.
Oh, it's you.
Wh-Who is this lady?
Please be so kind as to tell this old man who I am, Monsieur Icheero.
Mandamu Katarina.
An ex-con fortune-teller.
The second she died, her powers of divination awakened.
And now she's the real thing, it seems.
Thanks to me, she didn't have to go to hell.
But she still cant cross over and has been wandering around in this world.
And she's really stingy.
Oh, stop, stop, just stop!
It's not that I can t cross over.
I just don't want to
I'm here because I like it!
And my name is Madame Catherine!
Geez, what an annoying little brat.
So, what do you need today?
I just couldn't stand to watch you guys worrying your heads over such a trifling matter.
Then, you know why I can't cross over?
Of course I know.
C-Could you please tell me what the reason is?
It's simple, the reason why you can t cross over.
And the reason is?
That is...
There is someone out there who can't cross over because of you.
I don't understand.
There is someone out there who can't cross over because of me?
What do you mean?
It means exactly what it says.
Someone among your acquaintances still cannot cross over.
That's what.
And...
It's all your fault this person can't cross over.
M-My fault?!
Please tell me!
Who is that person?
Who is it?
Yeah, tell him quickly.
What should we do to put that person to rest?
I-I'm not kind enough to tell you all those details.
What?
I knew you'd say that.
Please!
Please tell me!
Don't be so spoiled.
But then, what should I do?
You have to back-trail the memories of your past.
The memories of my past?
And you have to look within your heart.
Anyway, as long as you don't help that person rest,
you won't be able to rest either.
A person who can't cross over to the other side because of Gouda-sensei?
What are you talking about?
Weren't you going to never say a thing regarding Gouda-sensei?
Or did you see a dream about him or something?
Nope.
I can't imagine there being a person who was that deeply involved with him.
If such a person existed...
If such a person existed?
It might be someone who holds a grudge against him.
A grudge?
He'd berate you even in front of an audience.
He was just a strict person.
Oh!
Oh yeah, there are!
There are tons of people out there who hold a grudge against him.
He'd scold people without mercy regardless of whether they were infants or old people.
He always seemed to think that he was the only one who was right.
He wasn't the kind to ever take even extreme circumstances into consideration.
What does "extreme circumstances'' mean?
Even your daddy bears him animosity.
He was his student when Gouda was still young and energetic.
Daijirou got beat up a lot.
Could it be that the old fart's been haunting you?
Could he be harassing his good-for-nothing student?
No, that's not it.
Huh?
Oh, stop that!
Don't put me on the same level as Gouda!
There's no reason a nice, sweet, helpful old lady like me would ever be resented by someone.
I've put together countless marriages!
People are always trying to give me presents and stuff to show their gratitude.
More than I could ever accept!
- More than I could ever accept! - Rotten to the core.
I don't resent him just 'cause he hit me.
The most I did was think, "Damn him!"
If such a thing could keep a person from crossing over,
the world would be overrun by ghosts.
Listen up, Ichiro.
To bear someone a grudge like that would mean you're thinking of that person all the time.
All the time?
That's right.
All the time, as if possessed.
So, no thank you.
There's no way I want to think about Gouda even after he's dead.
Me neither.
For sure.
There couldn't be anyone who'd obsess that much over Gouda.
That's right.
Well, maybe a woman...
Only if she wanted revenge for her parents or something.
Impossible! No way Gouda could've had anything to do with a girl.
I can't see a woman wanting anything other than revenge from that straitjacket of a guy.
Hey, what's a straitjacket of a guy?
But you never know about his younger days...
Say, Dai-chan, wasn't Gouda the successor to some big rice dealer?
Is that right?
Yeah, I remember my old man saying something like that.
Could it be that he was once the kind to swagger around flashing his bling?
Yeah, right!
Say, Ichiro...
What happened to school today?
You're not skipping school, are you?
You little...
You better not have come here looking for an excuse to skip!
Yeah, I've heard this from someone...
I believe Gouda was the oldest son of a rice dealer somewhere.
Though I dunno if that's really true or not.
I believe Gouda came here as a new teacher.
It was the talk of the town how a really stylish teacher had come here to the boonies.
When I think of it now,
he was a lonely man, even though he was always surrounded by so many students.
He might have been better off with at least a wife to keep him company.
He... Gouda...
didn't have the capability to love someone.
I've had enough!
I've had enough of trying to help you.
This is your own problem, right?
So why don't you know?
Think carefully and remember already.
This is one of your acquaintances we're talking about here.
I don't know when that person may have died, but...
I feel sorry for that person who's been stuck here as a ghost, unable to cross over all this time.
Thanks to you, that person's a ghost for all eternity.
Even after dying, that person's been thinking of you.
I don't know if you're being resented or what,
but that person's been thinking of you as though possessed.
There's no way you couldn't know a person who's that obsessed with you!
Just ask yourself!
Geez, this is so annoying!
It can't be.
No, it can't be. It can't be!
It just... can't...
To have been unable to rest peacefully...
Hana-san...
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
Knockflick, you knew all along!
Geez, after dragging me all over the place...
You finally remember now, right?
Then let's head over to that Hana-san's place straight away!
Many years may have passed since then,
but I'm sure Hana-san is still waiting at the promised place.
Hurry up, Knockflick!
I'll be sure to come, so wait for me, Hana-san!
Knockflick, don't you seem a lot younger?
UNDER THE HAUNTED CHERRY BLOSSOMS