Miu, A letter from your Dad.
"On the last dad of Summer vacation, I will come meet you in Numazu."
"At that time,
I have something important to tell you."
"Please listen."
Something to tell me?
So you've sent the necessary documents
for moving and changing schools.
- On the last day of summer vacation
I plan to tell her everything about the disease.
- It is something you would have to tell her eventually.
This is Keisuke. - Keisuke?
- Dad. - It seems that
Miu is heading to you.
- Huh?
- We just called the bus company
and it seems she got on the 3pm arrival bus by herself.
- I'm really sorry.
"What's that?"
- "I think your father will explain it to you in detail later but,
for now Miu,
you will live here with grandma and grandpa
and go to a school in Numazu for second grade."
Miu.
Then she made it safely?
- I'll take here home for the time being
and tomorrow I'll bring here back to Numazu.
- I'm really sorry.
I opened my mouth when I shouldn't have.
- I apologize for her troubling you.
I'll contact you again.
Let's go.
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Just like the letter said
I was going to go to Numazu on the last day of summer
and explain everything to you.
- Why?
Why do just I have to go to Numazu?
You said it was just for Summer Vacation.
So why?
- That's because...
my illness...
won't get better.
- You can't cure it?
- I can't.
- Ever?
- Ever.
- Why?
I went to Numazu because I
thought you would get better.
Thinking it just for the summer,
I put up with it even though I was lonely.
On top of that...
When you said that you'd get better by taking medicine,
you lied?
I take it Grandpa and Grandma know?
I'm the only one who didn't know the truth?
We said that we wouldn't hide anything
and we wouldn't lie.
- Sorry.
I'm sorry.
I just couldn't figure out...
the best way to tell you.
- What does not getting better mean?
You'll continue to forget forever?
- Not just that,
It'll get much worse.
As the disease progresses,
I won't just forget where I put stuff, I'll forget all kinds of things.
- All kinds of things?
How to make a phone call, how to use a TV,
even simple things that I do all the time,
I'll gradually forget and be unable to do them.
I won't be able to
make dinner for you,
clean or do laundry,
pick you up from ballet, or even hold a conversation.
In the end...
I
won't even know who I am.
- You mean You'll forget everything?
- That's right.
- Even me?
You are the only thing that
I will never forget.
I'll remember you even when I'm dead.
But
like not too long ago
when I forgot that I said "wait here,"
a day that puts you in danger may come again.
That's why
I thought it'd be best that the time
when I had to separate from you be sooner.
- I'll never see you again?
- Living apart doesn't mean we can't see each other.
I'll definitely come see you on days I'm off from work.
Is that not good?
I thought hard about your future.
That why's
I'm bearing with it and I hope you will too.
Tomorrow morning, I'm taking you back to Numazu on the bus.
I'm begging you,
Miu,
Please understand.
So did Miu understand?
- That your going to Numazu together tomorrow?
- I think she understands.
I'm thinking of
staying there with her until she calms down,
would it be ok if I take some days off?
- Sure, I don't mind.
You haven't had a summer vacation after all.
Thank you.
Miu, wake up.
If you don't get ready soon, we won't make the bus.
Miu. - I'm not going to Numazu!
Miu!
Open up Miu. - I'm absolutely not going to Numazu!
Just open the door. - If I don't have to go, I'll open it.
I thought I told you everything last night.
You didn't understand it?
Miu!
- Kei?
What's wrong?
It's Miu...
Miu.
- Akane?
- What's wrong?
Could you open the door for a little while?
I really understand your feelings.
However,
I also understand stand why
Kei didn't tell you the true.
I once,
lived with someone who
had the same illness as Kei.
- Who?
- My ex-husband's mother.
In the beginning
I did my best to support her,
I thought I could handle
any troubles coming but,
Reality was a lot more harsh.
- Where's that person now?
- In Heaven.
- You couldn't cure them at all?
- Yeah.
- Dad will never be cured too?
- Doctors are working as hard as they can all around the world but
there still isn't a cure.
I think that Kei didn't
want you experience the difficulty and pain that I went through
when he decided to send you to Numazu.
- It's not painful.
- Huh?
- Dad's disease doesn't hurt me.
What's difficult and painful is...
being separated from Dad.
Why must we be separated just
because his illness is incurable?
When someone important to you is in trouble,
shouldn't you be by their side?
- Understand this,
You
are worried about your Dad,
and your Dad
is worried about you with all his heart.
Kei.
See how she's doing and try talking to her again.
- Thanks.
Just as I thought. She wasn't going to understand so easily.
- I wonder what Kei'll do.
- Akane, What's Kei going to do?
- What's wrong Akane.
- Oh, nothing.
"You are worried
about your Dad,
and your Dad
is worried about you with all his heart."
Miu.
- Before I go to Numazu,
I have something that I want you to do no matter what.
- Things you want me to do?
- If you do this for me, I'll go to Numazu.
- This
"Take memerable pictures with dad"...
- OK item one. Let's hurry. Come on.
Huh?
Miu! You came back.
Where you going?
- I'm going to take memorable photos with Dad.
- Memerable photos? - Because Dad said that
we just had to take pictures together
I'm going with him.
- Listen to you.
Oh Yeah this is cute!! Is it cute?
- It's cute - Oh but
this is cute.
Which one do you like? - They're both cute.
- You can't say both, pick one.
Ooh.
- Ah, you need a suit!
Come on, suits!
Which one is good? - I'm fine.
- This one is cool.
How is it? - Oh it fits, it fits!
- OK smile.
- Things she wants to do? - Yeah.
She asked Kei to do it before she returns to Numazu.
- That's a good way to stall for time.
- In the end,
Miu doesn't want to go to Numazu.
- By the way, where's Akane?
- About that,
It seems that since she spoke with Miu,
Something's been stuck on her mind. Right?
- Akane is lonely too. - Yeah.
"Dad's disease doesn't hurt me."
"What's difficult and painful is
being separated from Dad."
Let's see, Next is... - Read the picture of My choice!
Let's go to the bookstore!
Where are you going Miu? - The bookstore.
Dad said that he wanted to read a book to me,
so where going to pick one together.
- That sounds nice.
- Come on Let's hurry. Hurry hurry!
Miu, how about this one?
"Niko and Niki" - Ah, this also looks interesting.
- Yeah.
- But I think I want this one.
"Ela and 'Swan Lake'" - Yeah.
- Here's your goods.
- Thanks.
"Cook with Dad."
Ok, sorry for the wait.
- Thanks. - Your welcome.
- Miu, when did you get back?
- Yesterday. I went to your store
earlier. - I see.
What's on the Menu today? - We're making Gyoza!
Dad said that he wanted
to cook with me. - That's nice. Good luck.
- Yeah! - See you.
Alright, let's go home and make gyoza. - Yeah.
Making Gyoza! Making Gyoza! It'll be fun!
Ok, I got it.
- Alright!
Try making 1 for now.
- Put this on top of your hand...
- Isn't that a bit much? - No this much is fine.
Woah! Too much...
Like this? - Yeah.
Look! - Oh, good!
Me too. Look!
- Oh, good!
Alright. Done!
- Alright! - V!
Next is...
Hey Miu,
Didn't you say that bikes without training wheels are scary?
- I want to properly learn how to ride a bike now.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
Alright, then should we practice now?
- Yeah!
We have this, but it's no good is it?
- Akane rode it when she was a kid.
- Thank you. I'll try to fix it up.
Miu, hand me the spray. - Sure. Here.
3, 4, 5...
6, 7, 8...
Listening? Balance is important. - Ok.
Hold tight to the handles and look forward. Ok?
- Yeah. - Alright.
Here we go.
Peddle. - Ahhh!
- Are you alright?
- Okee dokee!
- One more time. - Yeah.
Listening? Hold tight to the handles.
- Yeah. - Only look forward.
"Dad's disease doesn't hurt me."
"What's difficult and painful is
being separated from Dad."
Look forward.
Alright, I'm letting go.
- Ah! - Come on, hold on the handles tight.
So she wasn't able to ride the bike today?
- Thank goodness.
If she would have done it, she'd have to leave.
- But won't she just do it tomorrow?
- I got it!
If Miu can't ride a bike then
she won't have to go to Numazu right?
In that case, Yes! Then we should secretly
go to her and say "Don't learn to ride a bike!"
- Dummy! - Huh why?
- Can you go to
Miu with such a dirty tactic? - So Mr. Mune
You think Miu should just up and go to Numazu?
- No one said anything like that.
- Then what do we do? - That's what's
so troubling. - Ah!
How about we puncture a tire?
"Frankly speaking, I…"
"I think the sooner you separate, the better."
"I don't want you to have the same regret as me."
"It may be painful now,
but you will certainly think it was for the best in the future."
"You can't do anything with just feelings alone.
Let's eat!
Gyoza made together really is good.
- That's because we wrapped them well.
- You sure about that? - Hm?
- Isn't this one a little sloppy?
- It's my first time, I couldn't help it.
Next time, I'll be much better.
Oh really? Then I'll have
really high expectations.
- When's the next time we can cook together?
Don't worry, just eat.
You need to eat a lot.
Don't you have to practice riding a bike again tomorrow?
Hm?
If you're not going to eat then I'll just eat them all.
- I'm eating! I'm eating! No! No!
It's good.
"First Ela headed to the
entrance of the dance hall."
"'Goodbye Teacher,"
"said Ela as she splashed in the puddles
on her way home."
"It appeared
as if she was a little swan."
The end.
OK, Goodnight.
- Yes, Goodnight.
Dad.
- Hm?
- Stay with me until I fall asleep.
- Sure.
Is Miu asleep?
- Yeah.
- I wonder if I might have been wrong.
I've been mulling over what Miu said all this time...
"Why must we be separated just
because his illness is incurable?"
”When someone important to you is in trouble,
shouldn't you be by their side?"
I've been thinking about how
happy we'll be to continue living as we have.
But if I think about Miu's
future in 5 or 10 years...
- I see.
- However,
I really don't know.
Do I give up happiness now for
happiness 5 or 10 years from now?
Firstly, there's no
way to compare them.
Here we go. - Yeah.
One more time. Here we go.
Ready and...
Try again.
- Once more
- Alright.
How's it going Akane? - Hm?
Miu!
Seems she still doesn't have the hang of it.
Ah!
- Ah!
Don't go down.
Just look forward. Take your time and move forward.
- Yeah. - Alright.
Here we go!
Peddle!
Alright, good form!
Hang in there! - Alright, good good...
Go! Stay up!
Hang in there!
Oh! You're riding! You're riding!
- I'm riding!
I'm riding!
- You did it!
- I did it!
- Alright, come here!
I did it! I rode! I rode I rode!
- You did it Miu!
- You did it! - You did it!
- Congrats! - Thank you!
- You did it.
- V V!
- Miu,
You did everything you wanted, good for you.
"If you do this for me, I'll go to Numazu."
Dad.
I have just one
very last thing that I want to do.
Akio, hurry.
You may be dumb, but you should at least be able to put a table together.
- Please don't call me dumb for every little thing.
- I've brought the Potato Salad! - Ok!
- By the way, Kei seems to be late.
- Did he have enough money for beer?
Nakamura Industries is in financial trouble.
- Ow. - I'm treating you so don't
complain.
- I've brought the Meat with Squash! - Thanks!
Miu help me for a second.
- Yes. - I'm happy;
She said her last wish is to eat dinner with everyone.
- But this will be our last dinner.
- Take this, here? - What are you doing!?
Once more. Once more.
Hm? This one right, this one? Take this and...
- Dummy.
- Akio, dumb as ever huh?
- Huh?
- Well said Miu.
- Miu, that's a bit too far.
- I'm sorry.
- You were just imitating Kei right?
- It's fine. Children are the most honest.
- Hey, what's that supposed to mean?
- Huh, you understood that?
- Of course I understand.
Geez.
- Let's try again.
"The truth is that I also
think that Miu and Kei should live together!"
"I think of Kei, and Miu as well,
as members of my family."
"I also
want to help Kei and Miu live together!"
"Just let me know if there's anything I can do."
"With our support,
Kei and Miu don't have to live apart...
Because I'll give it my all!"
Kei.
- Yo, Welcome back. - Welcome back.
- I'm back.
- Was there enough money?
- No money talk today.
- Hey Akio, don't spill anything. - Don't worry.
- You always say that, but then you spill anyway.
- I know, I not a Kindergart... ah!
- Ah!
- You spilled again. - You're worse than a Kindergartener.
- Sorry.
- Are you eating?
- Miu?
- Do I have to go to Numazu no matter what?
Are you happy right now Miu?
- I'm happy.
What makes me most happy,
is being with you Dad.
Kei.
How about she stay?
Just stay here together with Miu.
- Akane. - But,
Akane this whole time...
I was taking care of my mother all by myself but,
Miu is different.
Miu isn't alone.
Miu has...
us to help her.
- Akane. - I have experience in nursing.
Knowledge of the illness,
How to care for people with the illness,
are things that I studied.
That's why I'm certain I can
lend a hand.
- But...
- I'm sorry.
It's just like Miu said.
The only one who can decide Miu's happiness is Miu.
- Dad.
Thank you for doing
all the things I wanted.
The pictures, cooking,
reading to me,
and teaching me how to ride a bike,
I'm very happy.
But that's because I was with you.
It's fun if we do it together.
You don't think think so?
I'm most happy when I'm with you.
So I beg you.
Please let me stay with you.
Kei.
We'll help you.
- Kei.
- Kei!
- Boss.
Madam.
Mr. Mune.
Akio.
Akane.
Everyone...
Thank you.
From here on out, Miu ...
Miu will...
be entrusted in your care.
- Dad.
- Miu good for you.
- Alright! Eat. Eat.
- Akio eat some algae. It'll make your hair grow!
- If that's true then you really need to eat some!
- It's too late for Mr. Mune.
- That's right. - Algae is the best.
Subtitles by: fudgey_lumpkins http://d-addicts.com