101st Marriage Proposal The Eleventh Movement
You're joking, right?
No, I'm serious.
You're going to take the bar exam?
Yes, I sure am.
That's my goal.
You won't pass.
I know.
But I'm still going to try.
Don't say that. It concerns both of us.
I thought you gave up on Kaoru-san.
Yes. Yes, totally and completely.
I gave up on her, but...
But a part of me tells me and begs me
"Not" to give up.
What?
He kneels down on the ground and begs me.
He keeps telling me not to give up.
"Myself" is begging me.
So it's a huge conflict in me.
What are you talking about?
But this ain't the time for this.
You have to look for another job.
You can't live on your Leaving Payments forever.
So, so, so, Junpei.
What?
For the time being,
I'm going to be a freeter for awhile.
Whoever heard of a freeter over 40?
But Junpei
Just for a while...
Let me do as I please, will you?
No, I won't allow you.
I don't have time to worry about all this mumbo-jumbo nonsense..
I already carry two jobs to make ends meet.
You have rice on your face!
What the hell is going on?!
Junpei.
Junpei !
Junpei !!
Bar exam?
The engagement is over.
Yet he still hasn't given up.
Momoko agitated Hoshino-san, again.
It's probably her maternal instinct.
She feels like she's his Nursery Teacher.
She gets the urge to spank him sometimes.
Is he burdening you?
I'm not that kind of woman.
What?
I don't deserve to be loved so deeply.
Don't let it bother you.
Hoshino-san just...
wanted something
that would put an end to things.
That's what I think.
Sorry to keep you waiting!
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Thank you.
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when you place a delivery order.
Is Hoshino-san serious
about the bar exam?
Yeah...the engagement is over...
Maybe his brain is numb from the shock.
Don't worry.
I talked to him this morning.
Besides, even if he does pass the exam,
there's no guarantee
that Kaoru-san will come back to him.
I don't think she would've broken off
the engagement if she was going to.
I guess so.
What's wrong with him?
Can you...
eh?
Can you ask Kaoru-san
to call my brother?
So she can tell him there's no use.
It would help if she could be cruel about it.
How many times...
do I have to do favors for you?!
We have a special relationship.
What kind of relationship is that?
I can't ask my sister to do that.
She's suffering, too.
It's her fault, to begin with!
It's Hoshino-san's fault for not getting her attention!
Don't make it my brother's fault!
Don't make it my sister's fault!
I'm leaving.
Leave!
Hun!
Maternal instinct for Hoshino-san?
Maybe you're right.
It's just...
I don't want you to be alone.
Even after you break up with Fujii-san,
I wanted you to have somebody.
You seem to have made up your mind,
that I'll break up with Fujii-san.
He doesn't seem to be the type of man
who can make a woman happy.
He's been divorced, right?
Divorce is common these days.
Not to you!
Once you're married,
unless something very terrible happened,
you wouldn't even think of divorce, would you?
Maybe something terrible did happen to him, too.
I quit.
No matter what I say,
You'll only try to take Fujii-san's side.
But you really should ask him...
why he got divorced.
I'm going to take a business trip to Sendai.
Is that right?
I'll be late.
So could you take care of Mika for me?
Sure. I'll keep her company.
Thanks.
I can't depend on our Building Superintendent all the time.
Momoko said...
Fujii-san doesn't seem like the type of man
who can make a woman happy.
Momoko has always backed up Hoshino-san.
Is that so?
I'm the bad guy who stole you away.
She said I should ask you why you got divorced.
Not the type to make a woman happy?
I must admit...
I do put more effort into my work
than my family.
From that aspect,
I couldn't come home early every day.
My wife might have been lonely at times.
But...
...even so,
I couldn't forgive her
for having an affair.
Really?
You probably think
One-half of Responsibility belongs to me.
I'm counting on you tomorrow.
Sure.
Then, Good night.
About what you said...
I don't think you're responsible.
It can't be helped
that you're busy with work.
If she believed in you,
she wouldn't have been lonely.
Thank you.
Because of Hoshino-kun's matter,
I won't rush you,
Please consider my marriage proposal.
Good night.
What's this?
Hey!
What's all this?
Brother!
The judge said he reached
his decision as a matter of law,
after careful analysis of the evidence...
Shit!
I've got to concentrate...
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ouch!
What are you doing?
Ouch!
Stop acting foolish!
What are you doing?
Don't rub it in. It's hot!
Doesn't that make you angry?
He tried to make it seem like
it was all your fault.
But don't worry,
I straightened him out.
I'm going to call him.
You don't have to do that.
Momoko was right.
I can't expect to be the good guy
if I'm going to hurt him.
What kind of a fool uses candle to study?!
Umm...
Don't "Umm" me!
Listen to me!
What do you think you are doing?
I understand how you feel.
But you're not going to pass the exam!
Besides,
Kaoru-san isn't going to come back to you.
Let's just give up.
There are times...
when a man has to know
to let the woman walk away.
Hello. This is Hoshino.
Kaoru-san?
Hello...aah...it's...
Hello?
This is Tatsuro.
Hoshino-san.
Yes?
Are you really studying for the bar exam?
Yes.
I was just studying.
If you still ...
...like me a little...
Yes.
I still do.
Very, very, very much.
Please...
Stop.
eh?
Don't torture me any more.
No...
That's not what I mean.
It's just that...
Besides,
No matter what the result may be
I won't...
Please wait a while longer.
I will be reborn
as a man who's appropriate for you.
I'm...
...going to marry Fujii-san.
Naturally...
Not immediately but...
I'm sorry.
Good bye.
Sister.
Is that true?
What did she say?
Kaoru-san...
is getting married.
eh?!
But...then what it means is...
Now you can put an end to all this.
You can't seduce a married woman.
I guess not.
Right.
So just find a new job.
Work hard!
If that'll be the case,
I can try "The Graduate." scheme.
What?
Remember in the movie,
how Dustin Hoffman ran away
with the bride from the church?
Hey, brother...
For that purpose, too,
I have to pass my exam.
Allrighty then!
What's wrong with you?
I'll work hard.
Hey!
I think I have to...
study now.
This isn't good...
When I become the first grader,
I wonder if I can make 100 friends.
You're good!
I'll bake a cake for you.
You can bake a cake?
eh...Probably!
Mama!
Mika~! Where have you been?
I'm thinking of taking my brother to a hospital.
Hospital?
Yeah.
He was told she's going to marry another man.
but he still won't give up.
That's kind of dangerous.
But I feel...
you should be more like him
in that aspect.
What do you mean?
You haven't confessed
your love yet.
My pride gets in the way.
So...you know...
I get nervous.
Maybe you should use action
and not words.
Action?
You could suddenly kiss her.
Suddenly kiss her?
That might work!
Do you want to practice?
Sure!
Get ready Start !
It's a beautiful night.
The moon is out.
So it is.
Don't laugh.
Sorry.
Yay!
It's practice!
Get back to your own practice!
Idiots! That's not what you're supposed to do!
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
I didn't know he had a woman in his life.
Sure,
I guess it's only natural.
You still...haven't...
Remarried?
I'm getting married next spring.
I want to remarry
so I can get custody of Mika.
Back then,
I was always so insecure.
I wanted to divorce him
and be on my own.
Excuse me, but...
Fujii-san said...
...you had an affair.
Affair?
And that he divorced you.
He opposed it.
He didn't want to lose face at work.
But...
Soon after we were married,
Mika was born.
He was always busy with work,
but I would never have an affair
because of that.
Then...
Why?
After marriage,
I knew that love turned into
peaceful affection
in a natural way
I expected it.
But...
Fujii is not the type that can accept it.
He fell out of love with me
and began to see me
as nothing more than Mika's mother.
More than being lonely...
I began to feel insecure.
When I thought about
the long years ahead,
I felt as though I was suffocating.
The man I'm going to marry
is working at a City Hall.
He is sincere and serious in life.
When I'm with him,
I just feel at ease.
More than that...
his eyes tell me
he'll need me by his side
for a long time to come.
His eyes are so gentle.
You should ask him.
I'm scared.
Scared?
What if she is telling the truth?
What if?
It doesn't matter if he's lying,
But the way I see Fujii-san...
Is going to change?
What was I seeing?
You saw Makabe-san.
In him,
You saw the man you couldn't forget.
This is a good opportunity.
You just step back
and look at him as a man.
And to see if he is really
the man you want to marry?
You'd better make up your mind soon.
I can't support you forever.
I have an offer from an orchestra in Germany.
I haven't made up my mind yet.
I'm thinking of forcing my brother
to go to a hospital tomorrow.
Will that help him?
After all, it's just lovesickness.
Yes, but it's having some physical effects, too.
It's a beautiful night.
The moon...
Isn't out...
There are a lot of perverts around here.
Please be careful.
Yes, thanks.
There are a lot of perverts?
No. I...
They probably grab you from behind.
That's terrible.
It sure is.
This is
What?
A new music score.
If he's not giving up,
then, he's not stopping his piano lessons,
I guess so.
This is...
I'm sorry, this is not it.
Sawamura Naoto?
Something like a love letter.
Since I'm not very good at making conversation...
Oh, really?
Sis...
What?
I'm thinking of observing.
Observing what?
You, my sister.
Huh?
I want to learn from you.
What?
"How to be a woman"
who men won't give up on.
Huh?
Hoshino-san is studying
even harder now.
Impossible.
I envy the both of you.
For being able to love so much,
and be loved so much.
Junpei.
eh?
What are you doing?
Leftovers from Summer.
A mid-summer night's dream.
Junpei.
What?
I've...
...proposed marriage 100 times.
I know that.
Think of the case of "Normal" man.
In his life time,
maybe once or twice...
A hundred times.
100 times.
And the 100th time was not
normal, either.
I jumped in front of a moving truck,
and proposed to Kaoru-san.
But...
This is it, I guess.
There won't be a 101st proposal.
I can't do it.
I know it's stupid,
but I just can't quit.
In a word...
Until I take the bar exam,
you just wait, will you?
I'll start working part-time tomorrow.
Sure.
Since I was a child,
I've always given up on...
many things.
But, if this time,
If I give up on
"My Dream" and "Kaoru-san,"
then I'll be giving up
on the rest of my life.
I know it sounds crazy.
But truthfully,
I think I am crazy.
I love her so much...
that I can't even move.
This is only time I can really DO something.
Junpei.
I want to...
be reborn.
Brother.
You want to ignite yourself?
Light this.
Bang! Fireworks is so pretty!
They color the night sky beautifully.
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Bar Examination
I'm back.
I'm back!
I'm back.
Yay!
What's this?
Why's everybody here?
They all came for you.
Sit, Sit here.
Kakaricho. You did your best.
Now you can forget everything.
That's right. You knew you wouldn't pass it.
Hey!
You guys might have it all wrong.
eh?
Then...
Mmmm... Open the bottle.
In fact,
The section I studied yesterday,
was on the exam.
This is the first time
that ever happened.
That means...
Yeah.
I passed.
I think I passed.
Really!
Congratulations!
Mika-chan's gone to sleep.
Would you like some?
There's something...
...I have to ask you.
What is it?
Is it something so difficult to say?
I met your...
ex-wife.
When?
When you took a business trip,
and left Mika-chan with me.
She broke the rules.
Taking advantage of
my absence to see Mika.
I want you to tell me the truth.
What did "Machiko" tell you?
She said she didn't have an affair.
She said she was the one
who wanted the divorce..
...not you.
That is...
Is it true?
No matter who it was,
we were distant already.
Both of you?
Not just you?
I fulfilled all my duties
as a husband.
I bought her a house.
I was serious about Mika's education...
What's the matter, all of a sudden?
Wait!
Your wife just wanted...
to be seen as a woman.
Not just as a mother.
I would feel the same.
Have your feelings for me changed?
I don't know.
Great!
It's my turn to be lucky.
Right.
If your exam went well
that means the "Goddess of Victory" is
finally turning your way!
You just need the "Goddess of Love"
to turn your way.
Hey! Stop praying.
Call her and ask her out!
You fell asleep praying?
Oh, my my...
Chapter 35 under the Labor Standards Law...
Kaoru.
You have a visitor.
It's Junpei-kun.
Is it really not possible?
No, that's not what it is.
After what had happened to us...
there's no way
that I can see Hoshino-san.
I'm not saying
anything should happen.
I know about the other man.
Kaoru-san,
You must be tired
of hearing about my brother by now.
But my brother really tried hard!
Really...
Please!
I've already said this, but...
I'm not asking you
to get back together with him.
Just one word...
If you could just compliment him.
"You did a good job." or something.
He'll be at the Piano Bar
at 9 tonight.
The truth is...
After he fell asleep,
I lied to him that you called last night.
I told him you heard about the exam from Chie
and you wanted to see him.
I wanted to make him happy.
I'm sorry. I can't...
Is that so...
I understand. I'm sorry.
I'll leave now.
Wait...
The exam...
He seemed confident about it.
But I don't think he passed.
Goodbye.
It's been a while.
Yeah...
What have you been up to?
I've been to hell and back.
eh?
But tonight,
in front of me,
there will be a spider's string coming from heaven
I'm planning to
climb up the string
What time is it?
Almost 10 o'clock.
This is Etude.
Yes, he's here.
Thank you, thank you.
Hello. This is Hoshino.
Tatsuro speaking.
Junpei?
What is it?
eh?!
Not coming?
I understand. Bye.
Thank you.
Is something wrong?
A spider's string was cut off.
Welcome.
My words of love cannot get beyond my heart.
I'm sorry.
I'm an hour late.
That's okay.
I'm not some
junior high school teacher
taking attendance.
Please sit.
My bar exam...
Now that it's over,
I wanted to tell you about it.
How was it?
To be honest...
I think I did pretty well.
Is that so?
Yes.
Ultra Super Power, I should say...
At The Crossroad Of Life...
It was worth all the hard work.
When do you find out the results?
Two weeks from today.
To be honest...
It was very hard,
and I almost gave up a few times.
But...
I always...
remembered your words.
Mine?
"People can change."
I have something else
to show you tonight.
Please wait a moment.
Could you let me play?
Sure.
Thanks.
Chopin's Douze études, "Farewell Song"
I can't believe it.
Really...
I was really surprised.
No...
II'm not in a level
of showing someone else.
When did you start?
The first time we went to that bar,
That song was being played.
Actually, that's the only song I can play.
I practiced only that song
so I could surprise you.
It's a farewell song.
It seemed like bad luck,
but you listened to it
as if you had heard it before.
Yes!
On the day they post
the results of the exam,
if I passed the exam,
I'd leave
the engagement ring at that church.
I know you are preparing to
marry Fujii-Kacho.
But if...
if your heart...
has any doubt at all.
Please put my ring on your finger.
I'm sorry to be so forward.
I'm not...
The last time.
This is the last time.
From the far distance,
If I don't see the ring
on your hand
I'll give up.
I'm really sorry
I've caused you so much trouble.
But this is the last time.
How?
How can you love someone so deeply?
That's because it's you.
Because it's you, Kaoru-san.