Run, Rei!
Run!
Yoko.
Don't come over!
Something terrible happened. Yoko's ex-husband...
I won't have my registry made this way.
I...
have decided to go to trial.
I'm sorry.
This isn't something easy.
I know.
You don't even know if you'll succeed.
But I have already decided.
For my mom.
As long as I can protect my mom, I'll do my very best.
So...
I am going to trial.
I see.
I understand. I'll help you check on that.
Please.
Okay.
Be careful.
Okay.
Ayukawa.
Yoko...
What did you do to Yoko?
I did nothing.
You're lying.
I just went there to apologize.
But...
everything is over.
It's over.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
How is Mom?
She has calmed down.
I see.
How did I do such a thing?
It's not your fault.
You didn't know he was Mom's ex-husband, right?
Yes.
But...
I made Mom so frightened.
Don't come over!
I did something I should never have done.
It's going to be okay.
Rei.
Are you okay, Mom?
I'm fine.
I'm sorry.
Rei.
What is this?
I took back all the documents from Mr. Kiyama.
Why?
I want to register under the Tanizaki registry.
I don't want to see you sad anymore.
That's why...
I'm going to trial.
Trial?
Good morning.
Tanizaki.
I heard from Kiyama.
You want to go to trial, right?
- Yes. - So...
Kiyama asked me to pass this to you.
You're supposed to consult the Domestic Affairs Court,
but it seems...
Kiyama knows a lawyer who is familiar with these cases.
He hopes that you can use them for your reference.
Thank you.
(Aoki Kazuma Law Office)
This trial is what they call an arbitration.
When a father-child relationship with the former husband...
is proved to be non-existent,
the court will issue a copy of the verdict or judgment.
After that, you can obtain the Settlement Certificate.
Along with your birth certificate,
you can send the documents to the City Office.
Then you should be able to enter the Tanizaki registry.
I see.
By the way, during the arbitration,
do I need to meet with my mom's ex-husband?
With consideration from the court, it is possible not to meet.
That's great.
Just to confirm things,
are you sure that a father-child relationship...
does not exist between you and her ex-husband?
What do you mean?
Is there a possibility...
that you are a child from the ex-husband?
That's definitely impossible.
(The following questions need to be answered for Rei's registry.)
(Period of pregnancy, Length of separation)
(No physical relationship with your ex-husband)
(Keisuke)
As for the cost,
going to trial will take up a lot of time and energy.
It will require 500,000 yen.
Five hundred thousand yen?
I'm going back to Hokkaido.
I...
I won't appear in front of you two again.
I got close to you...
because I thought you could be Yoko's daughter.
I thought it would be possible to meet Yoko...
if I got close to you.
I did a bad thing.
I wanted...
to talk to Yoko face-to-face.
Bye.
Trial?
Yes.
I don't know if I will be able to do it,
but there will be a lot of things I need to prepare for.
I see.
I'm very sorry.
I said that I wouldn't trouble you anymore.
I'll explain to the headquarters...
about your study and employment.
Will it be okay?
If I say it's not okay, will you quit this job?
No, it's...
I'm just kidding.
It concerns your whole life.
How could I possibly object?
Thank you.
Seems like Rei is putting us on another shift change.
Again?
How long will she be in this situation?
We are the ones who suffer in the end.
Jun needs to take care of his dad too.
I'm fine.
But you didn't even visit him at the hospital, right?
Well...
Don't tell Rei.
I don't want her to worry.
I want to register under the Tanizaki registry.
That's why...
I'm going to trial.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
It smells great.
That's right, Mom. I went to the law firm today.
I asked about the trial.
The lawyer said...
I need documents to prove that I am not that man's child.
You'll prepare for that me, right?
Mom?
What's wrong?
Rei.
Don't go to trial.
What?
Rei.
Don't go to trial.
Why?
If you want to go to trial,
you'll have to see Ayukawa again.
I don't want you to have anything to do with him.
- That won't be a problem. - Besides,
the trial will take a long time.
How about the fees?
The lawyer fee is very expensive.
That...
I'm sorry,
but I don't have that much money.
Mao is going to enter high school next year.
I'll think about it.
I'll see what I can come up with.
Rei.
I am happy...
to hear your feelings.
You wanted to go to trial for Dad and me, right?
That feeling alone is enough for me.
So don't go to trial.
- But... - It's going to be okay.
Your family registry will have Ayukawa's name.
It won't bother me.
So...
just proceed with the registration.
Good morning.
I went to the law firm yesterday.
Thank you for providing me with the information.
Not at all.
I hope it can help you.
But what's the matter?
I have been waiting for you.
I...
have no idea what my mom is thinking.
She doesn't want me to go to trial.
She wants me to proceed with the registration.
I just...
don't want my mom...
to feel sad when she looks at my family register.
That's why I wanted to register under the Tanizaki name.
I just wanted to reassure her.
But why doesn't she understand?
It's because she loves you.
She loves you too much...
that's why she doesn't want you to suffer.
Parents always want their children to be happy.
So I think your feelings...
got through her.
Thank you for your patronage.
Welcome.
This month's recommendation is the Tomato Chiboust.
Please give me one tiramisu.
Okay.
Still, to think of going to trial at her age.
Rei has her own thinking.
Having no family registry is complicated.
You're right.
No family registry?
(How much money is needed to go to trial?)
Going to trial will take up a lot of time and energy.
It will require 500,000 yen.
(Sunflower Forum)
Kusano, I have something to discuss with you.
The Izumi we met at the gathering,
I'd like to hear about her trial.
Do you have time?
How about meeting at the train station at 8pm tomorrow?
Tomorrow.
(No family registry)
(No family registry, trial)
(According to Article 772, children without family register...)
(Children born within 300 days of divorce)
(Acknowledgement arbitration, Blood-related dad)
(Confirmation that the father-child relationship does not exist)
What's going on?
Good morning.
I wonder what happened.
She doesn't seem to be in a good mood.
She is going to the headquarters today.
She was called in about Rei.
Rei.
As a member of society,
there are a lot of changes we have to go through.
It's not that I don't understand...
what circumstances you are dealing with,
but you should think about the others too.
I'm sorry.
Hello, Grandma.
I have something to discuss with you.
Hello.
Thank you for informing me a few days ago.
It's nothing.
Did you meet Yoko?
No.
I see.
What is it today?
Although it's not appropriate to tell you this,
but Rei called me.
She stopped her registration and decided to go to trial.
Trial?
I think it's because of the meeting with the ex-husband.
It's already annoying to enter another stranger's family register.
And now that she met the man...
But...
Rei said she can't afford a lawyer.
She wanted me to lend her money.
Is that so?
How long are you going to do this?
I know that I can't go on like this.
It's just a matter of time.
I envy you.
No matter how bad you have been to her,
at least she is still alive.
Twenty years is a long period of time.
But starting from now,
can't you slowly make up for it?
You need to take...
the first step.
Please have a look.
How about the fees?
The lawyer fee is very expensive.
It will require 500,000 yen.
Please have a look. Thank you.
(Immediate approval of a loan for 500,000 yen below)
(Requires ID)
Tanizaki.
What's the matter?
It's nothing.
Why do you want to go to trial?
Because...
I am my mom and dad's child.
For my mom,
I want to enter Tanizaki's register.
I want to prove that we are family.
I'm sorry.
It doesn't make sense to me.
We are the victims.
The one who didn't submit the documents and made you suffer...
is your mom.
Why would you say you are doing it for her?
You may be right.
But my mom did it for my happiness.
Izumi lost her trial.
What?
After she went to trial,
she found out she was the child of her mom's ex-husband.
Parents lie to their children as if it's nothing.
All they care is themselves and nothing else.
It's not like that.
The fact that we are not registered, isn't that the best evidence?
I'm saying this for your own good.
It's better not to go to trial.
Think only about yourself...
and move forward.
Good evening.
Where is Mr. Kiyama?
He is not working today.
I see.
(Verifying father-child relationship)
I'm home.
Welcome home.
We're home.
Did you have fun?
Yes.
It would have been better if you were there.
- I'm sorry. - It's okay.
Naoto, didn't you sweat a lot? Go take a bath.
Okay.
Haven't you settled that work?
Well,
there is something I need to check on.
You are quite enthusiastic about Tanizaki.
But...
Don't do it at home.
I was a bit worried because you didn't contact me after that.
How would you like to proceed?
Well...
Can you please wait a little longer?
If there is any progress, please contact me.
Hello.
Do you often come to this park?
No.
It's my first time.
I always eat my lunch here.
I know.
That's why I came.
What?
I have something to give you.
To me?
What is it?
This.
I can't accept this.
I know this is very rude.
But I heard about your situation from another person.
Another person?
Someone who is worried about you.
Your smile always fills me with energy.
So I want to do something to make you smile again.
No. I can't accept it.
I can't take so much money from a stranger.
I am not a stranger.
What?
I know your mom.
Yoko.
How do you know my mom?
Will you understand if I said Natsume?
Natsume?
(Natsume Sayuri)
Are you my mom's dad?
My mom told us that our grandpa passed away.
I see.
My late wife has always been in contact with Yoko.
I only knew about this after she passed away.
I didn't know...
about Keisuke's passing and that I had granddaughters.
You might think that it is sudden for appearing after 20 years.
But...
I have always wanted to make up to Yoko.
If that's the case,
please go see my mom.
See her and tell her directly.
Yoko hates me.
To Yoko, I wasn't a good dad.
That's why she ran away from home...
and married the guy...
called Ayukawa.
It's also my fault Ayukawa came to Tokyo.
I am sorry and I regret it very much.
But...
I want to become your support.
I want to protect all of you.
The happiness of your family...
is my wish.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
Go wash your hands.
We have grilled meat today.
- Mom. - Yes?
I...
I meet Natsume today.
Saying that he passed away was a lie.
Why did you lie?
Rei.
Don't see him again.
You can't see him again.
He said he regretted everything.
He wants to support us.
He wants to pay the lawyer fee.
Did you accept it?
No.
You must not accept it.
He didn't do anything when I was at my lowest point of life.
And now he shows up.
I don't know what happened between the two of you.
But he is your dad after all.
- We... - No.
That won't do.
But if we accept his help, we can go to trial.
Why must you go to trial?
I don't want to enter that man's family registry.
I already told you to let it go.
All right, let's drop it.
I...
I have endured a lot until now.
It's enough if I have you and Mao.
I always...
told myself that.
But...
I really want a family registry.
In the case,
let's just proceed with the registration.
Haven't I been saying that?
No. That's not it.
I really want a family registry.
Because...
It will be the first proof that I am who I am.
It's something precious.
So...
I want to own the same name as Mom and Dad.
I want to do it as a Tanizaki.
I am doing it for you,
but it is for myself as well at the same time.
So Mom,
I beg you.
Mom.
Rei.
Don't ever...
see him again.
Mr. Kiyama.
Hey.
Here.
- Cafe au lait. - Thank you.
I heard...
that you came to find me before this.
I always think about you when something happens.
I must be troublesome.
That's not true.
When I have troubles, I don't have anyone to talk to.
As long there was Mao and Mom,
as long as I have my family, things will be fine.
But I am not sure anymore.
After I said I would go to trial,
everything has gone out of control.
I created trouble for my colleagues.
I fought with my mom.
At the beginning, I wanted to go to trial for my mom.
But...
wanting to be registered under the Tanizaki registry...
has slowly become my wish.
I am Tanizaki Rei.
I am a member of the Tanizaki family.
I want to prove it with the trial.
Can a trial...
prove those things?
What?
The fact that you are truly a family member...
is something you and your mom know best.
Do you...
need recognition from others?
You think of her as a family.
She thinks of you as a family.
As long as you both know that,
isn't it enough?
More than a piece of paper,
you and your mom...
are connected by deeper bonds.
Bond?
Yes.
It's just as what you said.
Others can't prove this, can they?
Yes.
What was I doubting?
I lost sight of what was important.
- Mr. Kiyama. - Yes?
Thank you.
Not at all.
I'm really glad you are here.
You're welcome.
Welcome home.
I'm home.
Mom.
Yes?
I won't go to trial anymore.
I'll have the surname of Ayukawa only for a short while.
That won't change anything, right?
The bond between you, Mao and me...
won't change, right?
Of course.
Then...
there is no need for me to go to trial anymore.
Just as you said,
I'll proceed with the registration.
I'm sorry for just now.
No.
I was wrong too.
I'm sorry.
Mom.
Yes?
Even if...
we fight again like just now,
don't hate me.
Goodness.
What are you saying?
Parents will never hate their children.
Parents...
will always love their own children no matter what happens.
Thank you.
Rei, you're home.
I'm home.
We have been waiting for you to have dinner together.
I'm sorry.
I'm starving.
- Let's eat now. - Okay.
Mao, I'll give you my portion of grilled meat.
Great! I'll give you my bell peppers.
Why?
You like them, don't you?
Thank you. Let's eat.
Isn't it great that you both decided on it together?
Yes.
Seems like you didn't need me after all.
Hey.
Please meet my mom.
Tell her your current feelings.
But Yoko hates...
My mom said this.
No matter what happens,
parents will always love their own children.
Besides,
I am very happy.
I have another family now.
Family?
Because...
you are my grandpa.
Thank you.
Rei.
(Born in September 21, 1993)
September 1993.
I have discussed with my mom.
We will proceed with the registration.
Is that so?
And so...
I'm counting on you again.
All right, I got it.
That's great.
I'll take these.
I'm counting on you.
Okay.
That felt like an unnecessary detour.
Not at all.
You gained a lot from this, didn't you?
I did.
Isn't that great then?
Yes.
What a feast.
It feels like we have been celebrating a lot lately.
It's fine.
We have decided to proceed with the registration again.
It's delicious.
Mao.
I'll inform you first.
Why so serious suddenly?
Today,
I have invited someone who is really important to us.
Someone really important?
Yes.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
Sorry for troubling you.
Hey.
They look delicious.
Let's eat now.
Wait.
Please wait a while more.
Why?
I'll get it.
Okay.
Please come in.
Come.
Mom.
Talk to Grandpa properly.
Grandpa?
Yes.
Get him to leave.
Don't say that.
- Let's talk. - I have nothing to say.
Ask him to leave.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
I...
- Yoko. - Leave.
I no longer think of you as my dad.
Mom.
That's not your true feelings.
That's not what you think.
You have said it before.
No matter what happens,
parents will always love their own children.
Grandpa is like you too.
He...
loves you too.
Because we are family.
You don't hate him.
Mom.
Isn't that right?
Yoko.
Your mom...
passed away.
She wrote everything about you...
in her last letter to me.
I don't expect you...
to forgive me for the past.
But...
I want to be your support from now on, even a little.
These feelings are not a lie.
Please believe me.
Grave.
Mom's...
grave.
For placing it on that hill full of memories,
thank you.
Who is it?
Coming.
Wait a minute.
What are you doing?
Looks like everyone is here.
Mao, run!
What?
Run! Hurry!
Come here.
Ayukawa.
Why are you here?
You said you were going back to Hokkaido.
I came here to tell you something important.
Rei.
You have the right to know.
Stop.
Rei.
You are my child.
Who is my real dad?
Is this the website for non-registered persons?
I'll accept it no matter what.
Tell me the truth.
You are mine and your dad's child.
I don't want to be that man's child!
(For those who love you)
At that time, what happened in the Tanizaki family?
Who is your grandpa protecting?
I am my dad's daughter.
But I'm confused after I saw my mom's expression.
You can't change the past.
The past made you who you are today.
Why did this happen?
It would be better if I didn't exist.