The Nagata's, on a journey through time to repair Kazuo's broken family.
So far, they found out about Hiroki being bullied
and Miyoko's huge debt caused by gambling.
In the middle of their journey,
for my son Kenta, from my wife's first marriage,
they ran off.
To fulfill his one final wish of seeing his mom again.
But only the cruel reality awaited him.
Mommy.
Yes?
What's wrong?
My wife had already moved on.
LET GO!
You knew?
That his mom has a new family?
He had to realize that this is reality.
If you can handle it, then I'll tell you.
Tell me what?
You're about to die!
Kenta, at least you were able to see her again.
Hey Kenta.
I think it's a good thing.
Why wouldn't it be?
Mommy living happily with a new family
is much better than her being all alone forever.
So you're cool with it?
She got remarried again.
She's forgotten about us.
Kenta...
We're not related by blood, I'm someone else's kid.
I'm just excess baggage to you!
Kenta!
I hate you both.
Kenta.
Sorry, we keep doing whatever we want.
Don't be.
You two helped grant Kenta's wish.
But if I had stopped Chuu, it wouldn't be like this.
He's not coming back, is he?
Forget about him.
So you told him?
Yeah.
You have terminal cancer.
Back in the present I come from, you're covered in tubes and awaiting death.
Why'd you hide this from me?
Why didn't you tell me?
Never mind.
Who cares?
So I'll die aged 73?
So I still have 30 years ahead of me.
I'll do everything I've ever wanted to and leave no regrets behind.
No you won't.
Mr Hashimoto said that you've spawned from the you in that hospital.
He thinks you're here because you regret something so much.
Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to travel in that wagon.
So I'm a vengeful spirit who's here to overcome that regret?
And if you fail to do so before you die,
you will become a ghost and roam the earth for all eternity.
Yeah right.
I won't become a ghost.
I won't.
I don't believe it!
I just don't have to die.
I wonder where he went?
At this rate, he'll...
I just don't have to die.
No way!
Fukuyama!?
Yeah, I think he's gone to meet the him of this time.
Huh?
My dad collapsed again around this time,
My mom and others tried to convince him to go to the hospital again,
but he thought it was just anemia and wouldn't go.
If they started treating him earlier, he could have lived longer.
So I'm sure Chuu is going to meet with himself and take him to the hospital.
He won't be able to do that.
Why not?
Chuu meeting himself could never happen in reality
so if it did, the flow of time would be distorted and everything would reset.
Reset?
Your journey never would have happened.
You must be kidding me!
I haven't fixed anything yet.
I haven't helped Miyoko or Hiroki.
Mr Hashimoto, can't you pick up Chuu?
Unfortunately, we can only transport you to the next crossroad we see.
Huh?
Sorry.
I'm going to Fukuyama.
Kazu.
Kenta.
Take me with you.
Why?
I don't wanna say here with Daddy!
Please take me with you Kazu!
Look after him.
Fukuyama, Hiroshima.
What the heck?
What is all this?
Marachuu Corporation
So this is my castle now? Marachuu Corporation
Good morning.
Good morning sir.
That's me, huh?
What the-
What are you doing?
What's with you two?
Fukuyama Train Station
What'd you say? Fukuyama Train Station
Are you sure? Fukuyama Train Station
Are you sure?
So if I meet myself, everything will reset?
Yeah.
Just give up.
What?
No matter how cruel reality is, you have to accept it, right?
Think before you open your mouth and embarrass yourself.
Accepting reality and giving up are two different things.
And you said fixing things wasn't that simple-
I know.
But what was I supposed to do? Pray?
Yeah right.
I've worked it out.
This is what I have to fix.
So the thing you regret was not going to the hospital earlier?
I confirmed it when he glanced at me.
He...
No, me.
I still had things I wanted to do.
He looked like he wanted to live as long as possible.
Him or me, what do I say?
That's right, Kazu, you go talk to him and convince me.
Huh?
A son can convice his father.
Make him go get a check-up!
It won't be that simple.
You're such a heartless man.
Don't leave me to die.
Why'd it turn out like this?
Me and that you don't get along-
I need you.
You'll always be a quibbler.
I'll just do it myself-
Stop, wait.
Fine then, I'll do it.
That's right, that's what makes you my houbai.
Kenta, you help out too.
I don't have to!
What was that?
You little weird brat.
I'm gonna take a leak.
Okay.
Tomonoura
What's Kazu doing?
He's too scared to go in.
How pathetic.
But I'm still living there?
It's been five, no, six years, huh?
Kazuo?
Mom!
Kazuo!
Welcome home.
I'm back, um...
We'll talk inside.
But now's not a good time.
Dad's home.
Huh?
What are you talking about? They're father and son!
It's nothing to worry about it.
But...
It's been 6 years.
Tomoko's all grown up.
And Sumie's all wrinkly.
Chuu, let's go.
Come on, let's go.
We're not invisible.
Come on in.
What's for dinner?
It's been a while, huh?
Go on, say hello to your father.
Go on then.
Okay?
Go on, come in.
Come on in.
Sumie, get that intruder out of here!
Tadao, Kazuo came all this way.
I had a son named Kazuo but he's long dead.
What are you saying?
If you don't agree, then get out too!
You're an eyesore.
Stop it Tadao.
Hurry up and leave!
Kazuo.
Kazu.
What a stubborn old fool.
Wait, that's me.
He's really stubborn.
You're your own man.
Didn't he make you mad?
Not talking back to him won't-
It's pointless.
We haven't seen each other in years.
Why's that?
Are you scared of him?
Yeah, I am.
He always criticized me as a kid
and always made that face.
One half of me is scared and the other half has given up.
Given up?
He bends the truth so that he's always right.
I'm hungry.
Sorry, let's find a place to stay.
Someone's coming!
Crap.
Mom!
Kazuo.
Why are you here?
When you ran away or made your father angry, you'd come hide here.
Do you have somewhere to stay?
Secretly stay in our old house tonight.
Let's go.
But... Wait-
Is someone there?
No, wait, Mom!
There's not, no one's there.
Hey!
Is that child-
Um, it's...
Hey, is he yours?
No, he's not.
It's my friend's kid, he left him with me for the time being.
Right?
I'm Kenta Hashimoto.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Sumie.
Hello Sumie.
I'm hungry.
Then come eat something.
Sure.
Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner.
What food do you like?
I'll eat anything!
Okay.
You see, I know someone with the same symptoms as Dad
and by the time they went to the hospital, it was too late.
Really?
That's why I think it's best for him to be looked at now.
I've tried making him go lots of times.
Your father has never liked hospitals.
But maybe if you talked to him...
He won't listen to me.
Hey, are you really Kazuo?
What kind of question is that?
You're right, sorry.
You just seem like a whole different person.
Really?
I better get back soon.
Or your father will get suspicious.
Kenta, is it good?
Yeah, it's yummy!
Good.
This is all food Kazuo liked to eat when he was a kid.
It's all you can eat.
Bye.
You're lucky.
Your mommy's really nice.
This is her home cooking.
What was your favorite dish that your mom made?
Ketchup rice.
Kenta...
I hate the smell of mothballs.
Chuu.
I knew you were coming here.
So I got here before you and hid in there.
How?
It was easy.
This was my first house, remember?
But wow, after seeing Sumie up close from that opening...
She really hasn't aged well.
Quiet down.
If Mom sees you, she'll immediately realize that you're not from this time.
Then all this will go to waste.
Sorry, my bad.
But I have to tell you something.
Convincing that me might be harder than I thought.
That's what I said at the start.
If the direct method's no good,
we'll have to think of another way to do it.
Another way?
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a 100 battles."
I know myself best.
The local marathon?
You should enter in the silver leg.
Are you an idiot?
I don't have time for that.
But Toriya Oda from the Fukuyama Bank
and someone from Tomonoura Real Estate are entering.
They're saying that you're the only one afraid to lose.
They're saying that?
I can't let them think I'm running away from it.
I know, right?
Boss, your employees are expecting you to win.
If word of this has reached them, I guess I have no choice.
I can't be seen as a loser by the young ones.
That's the spirit.
But as an elderly participant, you have to have a medical check-up.
A check-up?
I can never say no to a challenge.
Especially if people have expectations of me.
But I'll have to have a check-up before I can enter the marathon.
Convince me of all that and I'll definitely have one.
A check-up, huh?
Fine then.
Really?
Then if you have time this afternoon-
Sure.
[Mommy]
Where's Kazuo?
He went out for a bit.
Oh, so you're here all by yourself?
Been drawing?
Here, this is for you.
For me?
[Sumie] Thank you.
I'll treasure it.
But still, Kazuo's setting a bad example.
He might be becoming more like his father.
That's not good.
It's weird.
You look happy cleaning his mess.
You're right, it's weird.
But I haven't cleaned up after him in a long time.
Cooking for your child makes a parent happy too.
But Kazuo's a grown up.
No matter how old they get, they're still a child to their parent.
Fukuyama General Hospital
I'm going in with you.
It worked.
Just like I said it would!
Yeah.
Is that you Chuu?
How could I mistake that voice?
Hello Oda.
It's rare to see you in a hospital.
[Fukuyama Bank] Toriya Oda It's rare to see you in a hospital.
Not well? [Fukuyama Bank] Toriya Oda
Not well?
Crap.
I'm here for a check-up before the marathon. Crap.
This is bad. I'm here for a check-up before the marathon.
Oda, you're gonna eat my dust, prepare yourself!
Huh?
Marathon?
Hey, we better hurry.
Boss.
See you around.
The local marathon, aren't you entering?
How could I at my age?
You're still lively.
Bye.
What's the meaning of this?
Well... um.
Everyone plotted agaisnt me, huh?
We're so sorry!
Whose stupid idea was this? Yours?
Was it yours Nobuyuki?
I am so sorry!
H-Hey, do something Kazu.
Dammit.
Hey Kazu.
Hurry up and go.
You can-
Hey Ka-
Kazu!
KAZU!
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My mommy used to take me to theme parks a lot.
[Miroku no Sato, Fukuyama] My mommy used to take me to theme parks a lot.
[Miroku no Sato, Fukuyama]
Really? [Miroku no Sato, Fukuyama]
But I think she's forgotten about me now. [Miroku no Sato, Fukuyama]
But I think she's forgotten about me now.
Hey, if, just if, Kazuo died,
would you ever forget him?
Well, I'd surely remember him.
You'd never forget?
No, not ever.
Okay.
That's good.
My mommy's different.
She's living happily in a new house with a new husband and a new kid.
She's long forgotten about me.
You think?
But I don't think she has.
Your mommy remembers you.
That's a lie.
No it's not.
I told you, no matter how old they get,
a child is always a child to their parent.
Even if something tears them apart,
the bond between parent and child can never be broken.
Even if takes 10 or 20 years,
there will be a time or a place where they'll get along again.
It's a very powerful bond.
That's why your mommy wouldn't have forgotten you.
She remembers you.
When I first appeared
and heard all those things you thought about me,
I honestly didn't think much of it.
No matter what tore us apart, I thought our bond was still in tact.
But...
our bond was broken.
And it's your fault Kazu!
You cut me out of your life.
That's why I became like that, isn't it?
And we gradually-
Don't blame me!
You always did what you pleased and now it's come back to bite you!
You reaped what you sowed.
What about you growing apart from your wife and Hiroki?
You can't blame someone else for that.
That was all your doing!
We're foxes of the same hole!
No we're not.
I'm not you!
You and me-
You damn quibbler!
I'm done with relying on you.
First thing in the morning,
I'm going to meet that me.
I'll take him to the hospital by force.
But if you do that-
If everything resets, that's that.
That may be fine by you, but I still haven't helped-
I know!
In the end, all you did was run away, from that me and them.
Sorry Miyoko, Hiroki.
I might not have been able to help you.
Mom.
Ow!
Are you okay?
Sorry for giving you a fright.
It's my fault, I was spacing out.
Hey...
What?
Could I buy a workbook?
Didn't you buy one the other day?
Well, that was the wrong one.
Really?
Make sure you buy the right one this time.
Sorry Hiro, I don't have enough on hand.
I'll go to the ATM tomorrow.
Thanks.
I'm gonna go study.
Sorry. I'm such a bad mother.
[Your majesty, you're gonna fail!]
Kenta.
So you were all in on it? You schemers!
So Kazu got to you?
I was with Sumie-
Do you want to put me in a hospital bed that badly?
It's for your own good.
Aren't you really just afraid of hospitals?
What was that?
You dare speak to your father like that?
Boss, calm down.
What are you doing!?
Mom!
Are you okay?
Mom!
What are you doing!?
Mom!
Are you okay?
Ouch.
Dad, apologize to Mom!
That's what you get for tricking me!
If you don't like how I do things, leave!
This is my house!
Let's go.
This is your fault, you suck!
You didn't have to say it like that.
Hey, you're hurt.
Tomoko!
Did Dad do this?
It's just a scratch.
He's always been like this.
Anyway, you're the only one who convince him now.
Hey Sumie, Sumie!
Sumie!
Get back in here!
You don't have to.
Stay in a hotel with us tonight.
Sumie, where are you?
Come back here!
I really was wrong.
It was stupid of me to try and help him.
He wouldn't live much longer even if I did.
All he's ever done is made you unhappy.
Just what do you have agaisnt him?
Sure, he can be very selfish but that's the way he is.
He's the only father you have.
I have so many bad memories because of him.
Don't you?
Kazuo, who do you think you are?
I've never felt that way!
I don't think you've ever known how I've felt.
Sumie!
What are you doing?
What the hell?
I don't know anything.
Sumie!
What's gotten into you?
Okonomiyaki is something you make when you want to make it.
I coined that phrase.
Where's the spatula gone?
Is it alright to leave Chuu be?
He didn't take a futon.
And if you leave things like this, everything will reset tomorrow.
Hey Kazuo, Tomoko,
there's plenty more where that came from!
Hey Sumie, don't hold back, it's all you can eat.
He's made it 3 days straight, I'm sick of it.
I want to eat hamburgers.
Then I'll make some burgers for you two later.
But eat this up first.
Aren't you sick of it too?
Not really.
I love the okonomiyaki your father makes.
Mom always put up with Dad's selfishness.
She never complained and just smiled.
Why do all that for him?
Kenta, this is okonomiyaki that old Chuu made.
Eat this and look after the house.
It looks yum, thanks.
Mrs Nagata, even if you come here...
Fukuyama General Hospital Mrs Nagata, even if you come here...
I know, but please see him. Fukuyama General Hospital
I know, but please see him.
Unless he actually comes here...
No matter how hard I try to convince him to, he won't.
So if you take a quick look at my notes.
We can't help him if he doesn't want our help.
Excuse me.
But his face has been pale recently and he seems to be eating less.
I wrote all about it in here.
Doctor, please!
Just take a glance.
I don't know what I'd do without him.
He's a selfish and stubborn man and will never change.
But still, I want him to live.
I'm sorry.
Doctor.
Doctor!
You're the only one who convince him now.
In the end, all you did was run away from that me.
Are you really going to meet that you in the morning?
Yep.
I'm gonna take him to the hospital.
But everything might reset if you do that.
Are you okay with that?
I don't have time to think of another way.
I have to do it like this.
All just to extend the life of that shitty old fart.
Are you cold?
Don't worry about me.
Hey Kenta.
What?
What did dying feel like?
Did it really hurt?
Was it scary?
I don't want to remember that!
There's nothing good about dying.
I'm coming in.
Kazu.
Good morning.
Boss, the car's here.
Okay.
Kazuo.
Dad, I have something to say.
Hear me out.
There's nothing-
Just listen.
It's up to you whether you believe me or not,
but at this rate, you'll collapse in six months.
And it'll be too late to treat you.
What was that?
Kazuo, stop being dramatic.
That's reality.
Reality? What the hell are you talking about?
You're not a doctor, what would you know?
If you want me dead, come right out and say it!
That's right.
I thought a guy like you should just die.
You deserve to.
But there are people who don't agree.
People who are really worried about you and really care about you.
Go to the hospital for those people as well.
I don't get why you're saying this,
I don't have time to go there!
It's my life.
I decide how to live it!
You're wrong.
Mom, Tomoko, Nobuyuki and your employees.
They want you to live a long life.
And so do I, as your houbai.
Houbai?
Your life isn't yours alone.
You want me in hospital so you can takeover my company, don't you?
Then I'll never go to the hospital again!
I'll spend every minute thinking of new ways to expand my company.
I'll make it an even bigger company.
Much bigger.
I'm going to make you regret not working for me.
I never want to see your face again!
You'll be hospitalized in six months and grow weaker by the day.
And then it's over for you.
And that's when I start visiting you frequently.
I hadn't come back here in ages.
Then I start taking very long train trips here every 2-3 weeks.
That must surprise you.
But I don't visit you because I'm worried about your health.
I get let go from work.
My wife and kid can't stand me.
I visit you to get installments of my inheritance.
It's like you say.
I ran away to Tokyo and have come back a rejected loser.
I couldn't make Miyoko or Hiroki happy.
I...
Dammit.
Why'd it turn out like this?
I thought I wanted...
to cut you out of my life!
I'm begging you Dad.
Go see a doctor.
They might be able to extend your life.
Show me that fate isn't set in stone.
Please.
Live.
Dad.
I couldn't understand you with that whiny voice.
And I thought I told you not to call me 'dad' ever again.
Let's go Nobuyuki.
You damn quibbler!
I packed some food, eat it later.
Yay, thanks Sumie.
Come back here whenever you want to.
I'd like to.
But I...
I'll never forget you.
I'll always remember you.
Mom, um...
Thank you, Kazuo.
For worrying about your father.
And for saying what was on my mind.
I'm really proud to call you my son.
Come back whenever you want to.
This is your home after all.
I will.
In the end, we didn't change anything, huh?
But I should thank you.
We came here because of you,
but I got to confront the you I hadn't seen in years.
I got stuff off my chest.
Thank you Chuu.
It's ketchup rice.
Did you tell her?
Thank you.
Huh?
Something else is here.
[Mommy]
Show this to your mommy, I'm sure she'll like it.
Chuu!
What's wrong?
Are you ok?
I'm fine, it's nothing.
I really should of made that you go to the hospital.
Forget about it.
That wasn't what I had to fix.
I've finally figured out why I'm here.