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
UNDER THE HAUNTED CHERRY BLOSSOMS
I see...
You've been keeping Knockflick-sensei company ever since...
That's why you've been absent from school...
Man, there's been no time for school.
So, did you find him?
Could it be that Knockflick-sensei is incapable of loving anyone...
And that is what's keeping that person from crossing over?
I wonder if Knockflick-sensei has ever loved anyone...
just once in all his life...
Don't ask me.
I've read in a book that people who've never received love are incapable of giving love.
Whoa, really?
I wonder if his mom and dad didn't love him...
Is that the case?
I pity Gouda Knockflick-sensei!
It's really sad that he never loved anyone because no one ever loved him!
Why're you pitying a guy like this?!
I deserve your pity much more!
After knocking me around for not doing the proper thing...
he can't even cross over to the other side himself!
He's causing me a great deal of trouble!
I-chan...
Could it be that he's right there?
Yeah, he's been here forever!
I'm sorry!
Sorr-
I'm so sorry!
What's with you? Didn't I already tell you he's been hanging around me forever?
Well, you failed to tell him that I'm by your side to this very moment.
Therefore, you failed to express yourself properly.
More importantly, where do you want to go next, Knockflick?
GOUDA FAMILY GRAVE
Knockflick, whose grave is this?
Hana-san...
Hana-san.
Yes?
Aren't they pretty?
You can have them, Hana-san.
Oh, Yuu-san, you shouldn't break off the branches of a cherry tree.
I didn't break it off.
I just picked it up.
You lie.
Really.
You were spacing out and just didn't notice me picking it up.
Really?
Yup.
At that time, Hana-san was 16 and...
You were?
Eighteen.
I was still a student at the pedagogical school.
Whoa, then you had a sweetheart once upon a time too!
Then it must be her!
She must be the person who can't cross over because of you.
Did you guys have a fight or something?
Hana-san was...
Hana-san lost her parents at a young age.
She was taken in and raised by her aunt and uncle.
That must have been terrible.
No...
Because, Yoka-san immediately showed me how to fix it.
She was far from blessed in her environment and upbringing.
Yet she was an honest and cute girl.
The two of us often met under a huge cherry tree that was said to be haunted.
A marriage proposal for you?
You're kidding me!
The second wife of Kichinosuke-san, a member of a branch of our family?!
No, it's true.
The proposal was made last night.
I'm going to marry him next month.
Why don't you just refuse?!
Y-Yuu-san...
I can't possibly turn it down.
I can't...
Everyone is really happy, saying that it's a good proposal.
What are you, an idiot?!
There's no point in everyone else being happy if you're not happy yourself!
Are you really all right with this?
Hana-san, are you really happy about this?
Yes, I'm happy.
I'll be the bride of a really rich man.
I'll have a bunch of servants too.
It's like a dream come true.
You're lying!
And if I have to get married to someone...
If I marry him, I'll get to be related to you!
I'll have the same last name as you!
I'll be Gouda Hana!
That's why you need to graduate from school with great grades,
and become a great teacher...
Hana-san!
Dammit!
Your parents' word was absolute and you could not oppose them
You couldn't marry the person of your choice either.
It was that kind of age.
So, you just let Hana get married and became a teacher?
It s not like...
I just sat around doing nothing.
Don't be ridiculous!
You want to marry that girl?!
How can someone as young as you say something like that?!
Darling, if you shout like that, your heart will...
Hana-san is only 16 herself!
And Kichinosuke-san is long past his prime!
He even has mistresses on the side!
Don't talk like you understand everything!
A woman is an adult at the age of 16!
There's nothing wrong with her getting married!
And the farther apart the ages of a couple, the better they get along.
Well, Yuutarou...
Kichinosuke-san is a wealthy person.
While she would be the second wife, she'd be marrying into a lot of money.
And no matter how many women he may have on the side,
the successor is born only by the official wife.
So, what's the problem here?!
And it's too late to stop it now.
The ceremony is the day after tomorrow!
The day after tomorrow?!
They moved the date sooner as they didn't want to waste any time.
They wanted to do it tomorrow, on Sunday, but the day wasn't auspicious.
The day after tomorrow...
Listen carefully now.
Don't talk about this stupid thing again.
Well, once she's married, I guess you will cool down as well.
The day after tomorrow...
Yuutarou!
Where are you going?!
Leave him be!
But...
Yuu-san...?
Hana, leave the washing for a bit and...
Wh-What's the matter, Yuu-san?
Let's run!
Let's run away.
Run away... with me.
We decided to run away on the following day, a Sunday.
We agreed to meet in the evening under the haunted cherry tree.
With this, I must bid farewell to this house.
I'm sure that my little brothers will take care of the rest.
Yuutarou.
Yuutarou!
Yuutarou, y-your father...
What's the matter?
Y-Your father...
Your father has had a heart attack!
Mom, wheres his medicine?
I gave it to him, but this time it seems worse than usual.
Hang in there, Dad!
Wh-What do we do?
It's the weekend and there's no one in the store either!
Don't worry!
I'll go get a doctor!
Get a doctor?
But today is Sunday.
It's all right.
I'll get ahold of one somehow.
Dammit, of all the times for that to have happened!
And on a Sunday too...
Damn, things just weren't going your way.
Closed
Doctor!
It's Gouda!
My father's had another attack!
MATSU CLINIC
Closed
Doctor!
Please!
SHIMOYA CLINIC Closed
Doctor!
KINOSHITA CLINIC
Doctor!
Stop that racket.
What's the problem?
D-Doctor...
He's all right now.
We made it in time.
I've given him an injection for now.
When he's feeling a little better, you should have your family doctor take a look.
Thank you very much.
Thank goodness.
And then?
What about your promise with Hana-san?
Yuu-san?
A... Aunty...
I was going to give up if the two of you really did run off together.
Hana, let's go home.
Before anyone finds out.
Hana-san!
Where are you, Hana-san?!
Please lower your voice, Yuutarou-san!
Hana-san?
Hana-san!
Hana-san?
Hana-san!
If you really care about her, then please...
Hana-san!
If you make any more of a scene shell be branded as a sullied woman.
She'll never be able to achieve happiness!
I'll make her happy, so it's fine!
Well, you're too late!
She's not here anymore!
She's already... gone.
They just came to get her.
Why?
Why didn't you keep your promise?!
If only... If only you had come...
Hana would have... Hana would have...
The next morning, I left home.
I didn't wait to see her wedded off.
With the help of my teacher, I went to a far-off place.
And then, shortly after I found lodging...
Mr. Student!
There's a telegram for you.
HANA VERY ILL. RETURN AT ONCE.
I guess she'd asked my mother for my address.
The telegram was from her aunt.
It was a bad case of the flu that was going around at the time.
I cursed myself for moving to such a faraway place.
But by the time I got back, she was already buried here.
No matter what the reason I should never have left her side.
It shouldn't have mattered whom she married,
just as long as she stayed alive.
I forever lost the person I held dearer than myself.
At that time...
my heart might have died along with her.
But if that Hana person hasn't crossed over...
then where should we go to meet her?
Because... she's not here.
C... Could it be...
- The haunted cherry tree! - The haunted cherry tree!
I'm sure that's it!
Because you promised to meet her there!
Tomorrow... Sunday evening... Under the haunted cherry tree.
But...
To wait at a place like that for a promise made over fifty years ago...
But didn't you tell her to wait for you there?
And besides, there's no other place we can think of, right?
No... It can't be...
In the end you couldn't make it there in time, but...
Knockflick, you...!
Leaving aside the reasons for it,
after breaking such a big promise and causing all these problems...
how dare you Knockflick us for being just a minute late!
Hey, how're you gonna make that up to us?!
All right.
So, in the evening, you should leave as you usually do for shopping.
Hana-san.
You don't need to bring anything with you.
Just as long...
as long as you come...
Hey, Knockflick!
I can't fly!
Keep that in mind, wouldja?!
I'll figure things out somehow.
Hey, wait up!
My stomach's acting weird from all your hurrying.
If she really is waiting there...
Whoa. Knockflick's looking really serious.
And Knockflick's starting to move a lot faster!
Now what? Don't stop so suddenly.
Right around that turn, we'll see the haunted cherry tree.
I heard it hasn't blossomed for many years now.
It doesn't really matter whether the cherry blossoms bloom or not.
Note: Cherry blossoms bloom in April.
And it's summer time now, you know...
Oh. Our star player Knockflick seems to be pissin' his pants.
He might even shit his pants, so it's a tense moment here.
Will Knockflick really meet Hana?
So, will he just shit his pants? Or will he go meet Hana?
What will his fate be...?
Knockflick...
Should I go and take a look?
No, it's all right.
That's right.
If she's not here, we can just look someplace else.
No matter how late it is, by evening I'll be under the haunted cherry tree...
It's a promise... Hana-san.
Hana-san...
I'll be sure to come...
I'll be sure to come... so wait for me.
However far we go... let's go together.
That splendor was the kind you see once every ten years!
No!
More like once in a hundred years!
They were beautiful and in full bloom!
They were just all over the place like this!
Look!
These petals are my proof!
Huh?
What? The petals...
Idiot!
There's no way cherry blossoms would bloom in the middle of summer anywhere!
If you need an excuse for shitting in your pants outside,
you need to come up with a better excuse.
Yeah, that was a really stupid story to have come up with.
Ichiro, you don't get any dinner tonight.
What?!
That's just cruel, you stinkin' old hag!
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
Oh no!
I completely forgot about the promise I made with Youhei.
Sure enough, Youhei was pissed.
He refuses to talk to me anymore. He's cut off all relations with me.
And while I'm dealing with all these problems, a young lady ghost comes to me.
Geez, don't bug me when I'm mad already.
Actually, I'm hoping Youhei-kun remembers a promise he made with me a long time ago.
What?!
PROMISES
Youhei forgot too?!