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
Quickly, quickly!
I must get to Ichiro's mother quickly!
We must do something before the two of them bring up the statue!
Or else Ichiro will lose his life!
DOGTOOTH VIOLET FLOWERS
Hey, Jiro, stop that!
You'll tear my pants!
If you don't quit it, I'm really gonna get mad!
What do you want me to do anyway?!
Geez! Let go of me!
Hey, Gran'pa, don't just watch!
Could Jiro be...
Note: "Hanasaka Jiisan" is a Japanese folk tale about a dog who brings his owners riches.
trying to get us to dig somewhere like in the fairy tale, Hanasaka Jiisan?!
Like that's possible.
Hey!
What's the matter?
Why're you turning so many shades, you stinkin' priest?
Nosebleed...
W-Well, Ichiro is on the verge of death!
No, no, no no, no. That's not it.
Ummm...
Huh?
I believe that Ichiro was on Mount Enkiri and...
That little brat...
How many times do I have to tell him?!
I'm going to whack him and bring him back home.
Couldn't you just whack him and stop him yourself...
instead of coming all this way to tell tales on him?
Yeah, but I got the feeling that it was more important than that...
But once I got here, my memory just kinda...
Ichiro!
Rinko...
Thank goodness. You've come to.
I...
You almost fell to the very bottom.
Thank goodness.
I'm so glad.
Rinko.
Why did you lie to me, Rinko?
In reality you died a long time ago and are now a ghost, right?
Why did you deceive me?!
When we first met...
you said that you wouldn't help a ghost.
I wouldn't have helped a ghost.
But I would've helped you, Rinko!
I would've done anything for you.
So it was also a lie when you said you'd marry me?
That wasn't a lie.
My mother told me that it's every girl's happiness to marry the man she loves.
She said that when she was still healthy.
That's why I'll be your bride, Ichiro.
So you're saying that you don't mind going with her to the other side?
You're saying that you don't mind dying?!
Rinko, you wanted to be my bride...
after taking me over to the other side?
I can't?
It's not that you can't, but...
Boy, you're a pushy girl.
You're the kind that doesn't think before acting, huh?
Even I've gotta take my hat off to you.
Ichiro...
Ichiro!
Huh?
Ichiro!
That's the voice of my mother, without a doubt.
We have to get the statue up before she can stop us!
Okay.
Ichiro!
Come on out!
Ichiro!
If you don't come out by the time I count to ten,
I'm not going to let you off easy today.
One!
Two... !
Ouch!
Ow ow ow.
Why is there a fissure here?!
Why?!
I-It can't be...
Ichiro is in trouble somewhere?
Mom! Mom!
Mom!
Now you can be with your mom again, right, Rinko?
Yeah.
Ichiro...
Thank you
That hurts...
Ichiro...
Let's go together...
Ichiro...
Let's go together...
Ichiro!
Where are you?!
R-Rinko, if we're gonna go, we gotta hurry.
She's gonna let all hell loose if she finds my body.
We won't be able to make a quiet exit to the other side.
Jiro...
Is Ichiro really so far up the mountain?
Can I really trust your nose?
Ichiro!
Wh-What's the matter?!
Ichiro!
Why are you on the ground, Ichiro?!
The enemy has discovered us while we were dawdling around!
Shoo, shoo.
Ichiro!
Answer me!
All right!
The enemy appears to be injured.
It appears she cannot walk straight.
Let's take this chance and go, Rinko.
Ichiro!
Ichiro! Please answer me!
Ichiro!
Noriko!
Don't go!
Noriko!
I'm off, Mommy!
Noriko!
Ichiro!
You're not dead, are you?
Don't do this to your mother!
Ichiro!
Noriko!
- Noriko! - Ichiro!
Ichiro!
Rinko, please. Let's go.
After all that, if I don't die for real, she's really gonna whack me good.
She'll probably half-kill me.
No, more like four-fifths kill me.
Or maybe 99/100ths-
Hey, Rinko... this really isn't the time to be kissing.
Goodbye, Ichiro.
I love you, Ichiro, so I wanted to be your bride.
But I love you even more, so I'll leave you behind.
Why?
I love you, Ichiro!
I won't let you and your mother turn out like me and mine.
Rin...
I love you, Ichiro.
Rinko?
Ichiro!
You're alive?!
Rinko?
Ichiro!
Your mother's here!
What's the matter?
Ichiro!
They prayed that mother and child would find each other...
and never part again in the other world.
Thank you, Ichiro.
You idiot! You had me so worried, Ichiro!
Were you just pretending to sleep?
Ichiro... Ichiro...
But I'm glad you're all right.
I hate you, Mom!
You shitty old hag!
Ichiro!
Rinko!
Ichiro!
- Ichiro! - Rinko!
Rinko!
Huh?
Ri... ?
Rinko?
You're saying that I talked and played with that ghost called Rinko?
She was a ghost, but don't call her that.
I don't remember it at all.
So you and that ghost promised to get married...
and me and Youhei-kun were against it...?
Did I really do something like that?
That's not possible!
You think you can get married when you're in the 4th grade?
Yeah, that story's really hard to believe.
Unless you show her to us...
That's right. Bring her to us.
Rinko's not here anymore.
Nobody remembers Rinko anymore.
Oh, how lovely.
Why this flower?
This flower is called a dogtooth violet.
It usually won't bloom anless in April.
May I?
Go ahead, Kindara-san.
My gran'ma picked them in the mountains.
When she put them in her greenhouse, they bloomed, so she told me to bring them for you.
Is that so? Thank you.
It's as if spring is here.
It sounds like spring is in your head too.
When was I ever against your wedding?
You were.
Teacher, Ichiro is wearing his house coat again.
Ichiro-kun, this is not your house, so...
How horrible!
It was still here when we were eating lunch...
But then we looked up and the flower was gone.
Who was it?!
Who did this?!
It doesn't matter if nobody else remembers.
All that matters is that I remember, right, Rinko?
Wh-What? How come only you look so happy?
It really pisses me off.
If you throw that statue down, you can meet Rinko again.
Haven't seen you in a while, Monsieur Icheero.
What, it's Mandamu.
Don't interfere.
Oh, but I just came to tell you how to meet Rinko since you seem to be really missing her.
Maybe just moving it a little might work too.
Hmm?
It's all right this way.
Rinko is happy with things being this way.
Well, would you look at this kid.
He's actually grown to be able to think in the short while I haven't seen him.
Say, Mandamu...
Rinko and her mom... they can't pass over to the other side?
Will they have to be like this forever?
They'll cross over eventually.
It'll happen once they feel they've enjoyed their little world of two long enough,
and decide it's time to rise up to the heavens.
The crossing over doesn't appear to be too far off in the future.
After all, she's now loved another person besides her mother.
Well, it's all right.
As long as she's happy, it doesn't matter whether or not she crosses over.
See ya, Rinko.
I'm off.
And Mandamu, if you've got the time to be hanging out here, why don't you cross over too?
And do it yourself!
You're kidding me!
He's really grown more mature!
Oh, isn't it Ichiro-chin!
Ugh.
You're on your way home?
Aren't you a little early?
Did you skip out early?
Hey, hey. You skipped, right?
- Hey, hey. You skipped, right? - Dumb dad.
What's up, Ichiro? Why so down?
Did something happen up in the mountains?
You came home holding your mother up and crying, right?
Dad, I'm never going to get married.
Why not?
Because my bride already died.
Or rather...
She was already dead!
What an idiot.
Like anyone would want to marry you, Ichiro.
Stop that, Tokuko.
Don't say such ill-omened things.
Well, it's the truth.
In that case, Tokuko, we'll leave Ichiro to you.
Huh? Why me?
Yeah, that's right.
Your mother and father won't live forever.
So when you get married, Tokuko, you'll have to take Ichiro with you, okay?
How mean!
No one will ever want to marry me!
Tokuko, he was just kidding!
And don't worry about it.
I'm sure Ichiro will marry someone wonderful.
Sorry, sorry.
You can leave Ichiro behind when you get married, Tokuko-chan.
NOOO!
Ichiro...
Note: In flower language, the dogtooth violet signifies "first love." It is chosen for its ephemeral blossoming in springtime.
I-chan?
We'll be late if you don't hurry up!
I-chan, today we'll get pudding for lunch 'cause it's the principal's birthday!
If we're late, we might not get any.
What, pudding again?
That's so cheap.
But I heard that they're going to go all out and give us strawberry cake this year.
C-Cake?!
Kei-chan, lying is bad.
But...
What are you doing?!
Stop dawdling, guys!
See? Ichiro's his usual self again.
My cake's on the line here.
Can you guys compensate me for that?!
Ichiro-kun...
Who is it?!
I'm in a hurry!
What do you need?!
Ichiro-kun, would you please grant my wish?
This again?!
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