It doesn't matter if it's in a partner company or a subsidiary.
As long as I can work.
Honestly, this is impossible. I'm sorry.
My employer is a big company now, not small company anymore.
So I can't help you for now, sorry.
Ah,, I shouldn't ask you that.
Moreover I'm bothering you on your day off.
My kid is in cram school and my wife has lunch with her friends.
So I can relax a bit more.
As long as I bring money in the wallet.
Unfortunately I have no more money to carry.
Eh, it's not what I mean.
I'm just joking.
Cat adoption
Excuse me.
Yes.
I saw this flyer outside.
About cats right? -Yes.
I don't have any kittens. Every cats in here are adult.
But they are easy to train
and easy to keep. -That's more than enough.
Do you have any preferences for the cat?
For example, male or female.
Ah.. nothing. I've never kept a cat before.
I see. -Why do you want to keep them?
Ah.. I like cats,
and now my kids have grown so much, I guess.
True, if your kids still small, it will only give you more trouble.
Do your family members all agree to keep a cat?
Yes. -How old are your kids?
The eldest is in 2nd grade of middle school, her brother is in 5th grade of elementary school.
Ah then your kids are ready to keep a cat.
How about this female one? -Don't constantly interrupt me.
The one who looking for new owner is me.
What's with "The one who looking for new owner is me."
If I didn't watch you closely you would not do this.
This has nothing to do with you. -And don't ever call
me like that. -Ah, excuse me.
I'm sorry.
Ah that's right, how about this female cat,
she is quiet and easy to keep.
Moreover she has never been sick at all. -Aahh..
Oh.. she's cute.
Alright, I'll take her. -Thank you very much.
Shu-chan, please continue the process.
I've been waited on by my patients.
Then why do you bother to come...
Who is she? -A veterinarian from a veterinary clinic across the street.
Fill in this form.
First, I will see the condition of your house. -Eh? My house?
I will check the condition of your house
whether the cat can live comfortably there.
If you feel burdened, you may go now.
Ah no, please.
Although on the form was written cat adoption, I have a trial period of 3 days.
Trial?
The point is I will judge you for those 3 days if you are eligible to keep her.
You also have to like the cat. If you think you can't keep her, please return her here.
I understand.
Please ask your family to participate in taking care of her.
I will. -Because cats are sensitive
with their foods, including their house environment,
we may not be aware of it.
So please don't give her any food other than the food that I've provided.
Alright.
And.. leave this blanket close by.
She will feel comfortable on this blanket,
even though she was moved elsewhere.
Make sure this blanket is always around her.
I understand.
Ah, here.
I don't have any yard, is it okay?
Ah, that's my wife's hobby. Because we don't have garden
so she divided it in several pots to be planted.
Hey, look at this.
Sorry.
Does your wife love flowers and ornamental plants?
Ah, maybe she got into it a little.
Cats will occasionally nibble flowers and ornamental plants.
Quite a few of them are dangerous for cats, so please be careful.
How about rose? -Rose is alright.
But the thorns will be quite painful, so don't let her get too close.
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Look this way! This way!
This way! Ah still not good.
Ah there! You're cute! Oohh...
Are you home? How was it? Can he help you get a job?
Well it seemed he had too much on his plate right now.
I see.
Why is there a cat here? -She's cute right.
Well she is. -Want to try to hold her?
Still why is there a cat here?
Oh? That… I saw a flyer on the street
about cat adoption, so I take her.
You take her? What are you doing?
We can't afford a cat, can we? She's not a doll.
She's a living being. She needs food.
Ah for her foods... -We're moving soon right.
That's right, but... -Return her..
We have no reason to return her right.
It's alright. I'll find a cheap apartment that can keep a pet.
There's only a few apartments that can keep a pet.
And the rent is expensive. Don't you understand that?
Why did you do this without thinking.
For now, return her..
Is it okay to keep her for a few days?
A few days?
3 days. I will return her after 3 days.
Aren't you better looking for a job than doing this?
Today I've gone to Hello Work.
Hello Work = Employment agency in Japan.
There are many job vacancies on magazines
and newspapers right. -I already looked into them.
I didn't find a job that suitable for me.
Okay I can understand a little bit.
But now it's been 3 months since you're unemployed. You should find a new job soon.
I know that.
I'm home. -Welcome.
Yota! Yota! I have surprise for you.
What? What is it?
Change your clothes first, then wash your hands. -Okay.
What if he misunderstood this? He may not be able to understand it well.
I will explain it to him. This is only lasted 3 days.
I will return her after 3 days. It's alright.
Hurry up.
What is your expectation of that person?
If he can't he shouldn't try it.
I hope they're doing well.
And I hope you will find a new home soon.
You better worry about yourself than the cat.
That's sexual harassment.
So, what do you think the surprise is?
What is it? Is that something that I want?
Yes. -What? -Just guess.
I don't have a clue. -Come on.
You make me think that Yota wants it.
Of course not, Yota really wants to keep it.
Ah.. -Oh? -I know it! A rabbit!
Almost right!
A cat. It's a cat. -A cat?
Why do you tell him..
Didn't you say you want to have a cat?
Mm.. you're right.
But she's cute. The cat's cute.
Hey Dad. -Eh?
Do you buy her? Or do you get her?
Well, I borrowed her from someone.
For how long?
3 days.
Ehh.. That's short.
Well, she's cute anyway. -Yeah.
Ah what is her name?
Oh.. I didn't ask him.
Then, can I call her Nyasuke? -Nyasuke. That sounds good.
Nyasuke, for the next 3 days you are Nyasuke.
Oh that's right, House Agent Tanaka-san said he already
has an estimated selling price for the house.
Can we get 22 million yen?
It's only 15 million yen and depends on the customer's offer.
Even the price could be down to 13 million yen.
It's cheap.
Miyuki? -Welcome.
What happened? Why do you not answer?
Onee-chan look! There's a cat! -Miyuki?
What's wrong?
-Don't come without permission!
Did something happen?
Mm? I will not know if you keep quiet.
Do you have a quarrel with your friend?
My friends said that my family is skipping town.
What is skipping town?
Why am I getting this kind of trouble?
All of this happened because of you. -Miyuki.
Get out. I said get out!
I said get out!
Get out! Get out!
Nyasuke!
Just leave her alone for a while.
Miyuki do you want half of my hamburger? -Don't want it.
Why? Are you on a diet?
Hey Dad. -What?
Can I give Nyasuke my hamburger meat?
Ahh.. You can't. Nyasuke already has her own food,
a specific cat food with fixed amount.
Ehh. -And that blanket is also important for Nyasuke,
so make sure it's always around her.
Why is that?
Cats will feel anxious when living in a new place,
They need time to adapt.
But with her favorite blanket,
she will be able to sleep peacefully. -Aahh..
So don't spoil or throw away that blanket.
Nyasuke will be anxious. -Alright.
That's silly.
Eh? -Why suddenly?
You're worry so much about your cat,
but not worry about your daughter's problem.
It's not like that.
Again...
It's all my fault.
It's not your fault.
You got fired from your company right. -Yeah.
It's your company's fault.
Yota, it wasn't fired. But restructuring.
Same thing. It just a little good way to say it.
Yes, this is Shiina Furniture.
Ah yes, we receive secondhand furniture, whatever the conditions.
For example, a scratched or broken furniture is okay.
Hana-chan, sorry if that's hurt. I have cleaned it
so she will be alright. -Thank you very much Misaki-sensei.
Kobayashi-san, Hana-chan, get well soon.
So they like each other? -It seemed so.
Josephine's ideal type is a black-haired one
with a circular tail.
If you happen to know a pug like that, please let me know.
Okay. -Hey, I will go to the customer's home,
watch my shop for a while -What? Again?
As I thought, it's here.
Are you going to check the furniture?
I want you to take this table and its chair.
I think the condition is pretty good and can still be used.
We are moving soon.
I think these tables and chairs are not fit in a narrow place.
Moving? -Yes, I will sell this house.
And how about that cat?
I told my husband to return her,
to the place where my husband took her.
Nyasuke! I bought this!
Welcome. -I'm home.
Nyasuke, have you been a good girl today? Hello.
Nyasuke have you been a good girl?
Look! This is toy for you Nyasuke. Isn't it good?
I'm home.
I think I'll sell some furniture in this house.
I have been laid off since 3 months ago.
To be honest, I can't believe why I'm the one chosen.
I bought that house 10 years ago.
Of course the loan installment has not fully paid yet.
That house was probably only worth 13 million yen.
Even with my severance pay, I still can't paid the loan.
It's far from zero, even minus.
I've been working since college, but now I'm losing money.
I don't know what mistake I have done.
My daughter is mad at me.
It's all my fault.
Isn't it good that I've bought a house.
Even if we live in an apartment
I will spend my severance pay to pay the rent
and could not move before my daughter graduated.
I feel like my wife hates me.
"At times like this you take a cat ..."
But I want to do something
to realize my children's dream.
For children, if we moved,
of course they will change school.
It will burden them.
I used to promise one thing to my children.
I want to have a cat!
A cat? -Me too!
Don't cat, they will scratch the floor and the wall.
No way! I want cat! I want cat! -I want cat! I want cat!
Do you really can take care of it?
I can do it! -Me too.
Then later if you two already grown up
we will have one. -Really?
Can I keep it when I've grown up? -Sure.
Hurray! Promise me!
Alright it's a promise! Put our pinkie together!
Make a promise!
But it seems that my children have forgotten about it.
You can laugh at me.
I didn't mean to lie about keeping a cat.
Indeed I intend to keep it.
But my wife's words made me realize.
How inconvenienced.
I'm sorry.
You have promised to keep a cat.
Of course you have to keep it for your lifetime.
You're right.
I am ... really a useless man.
Looks like she wants to divorce but can't say it yet.
Tomorrow. Because the trial is almost over, just return her tomorrow!
Return her tomorrow? Isn't it today?
It should be today.
But do you have the heart when you see the happy face of your son
when he see his cat.
Thank you very much.
With a wife who hates me, and my daughter is mad at me
I am grateful at least my son is happy,
that's enough for me.
I wonder about that... -Eh?
I wish you could trust your wife more.
Thanks for this.
I'm home.
Welcome. The house agent called just now, he said
someone wanted to see this house. -All of a sudden.
No official offer yet.
He seems to be bringing prospective buyer to a house around here. What should we do?
I'm coming in.
Sorry to disturb you, can you take Yota and Nyasuke
out of the house for a while. -No way.
The house agent will bring guests to see this house.
They might buy this house.
And we didn't tell them before that there is a cat here.
Hmm..
How is Miyuki? -She's alright.
I will change my clothes. -I see.
I want to meet the guests too.
Hey, look at this.
Beautiful. Is the bath ready? -Yes.
This is my birthday gift from you
two years ago. -Did I really buy that?
I transplanted that roses here.
It took great effort to do so.
You usually didn't do something like this right. You prefer to buy it.
There's no meaning if you just buy.
Tomorrow I have a business trip to Fukuoka. Please prepare my stuff.
Another one?
This cat is cute.
Do you mock me? -Eh?
Because I'm always busy working so you're looking for more 'friends'.
So you're mocking me by adding more cats?
I didn't mean it like that. What's wrong with you? -I take a bath.
Excuse me. -Please.
Pardon our intrusion. -Please come in.
Hello. -Pardon our intrusion.
It looks old. -Too cramped!
Don't say like that! -Excuse me.
You get enough sun light from here right. -Excuse me I will take photos here.
But there is no garden right. -Aya.
Ah may I see the kitchen?
Of course.
Alright, I take it! Ready?
Nice! Yay! Yay!
Nice.
Look at the camera.
Cheers!
By the way, how about our rooms?
At second floor.
Is it alright if we see it?
Ah yes, of course.
This is the children's room. -Excuse me.
Look at this.
Ah it's nice.
Pretty good. -Isn't it?
What is this? -Eh?
This is outrageous!
The people who buy this house will not be happy!
Higuchi-san, what does this mean?
The people who buy this house will not be happy!
Enough of this. -Very disrespectful.
I apologize! -We're sorry!
Since selling a house is something unusual,
would not you rather discuss it
with your family again? -I apologize.
Well then, excuse me.
Geez, how should we erase that.
We must change the wallpaper.
Do you want to change the wallpaper of the house that will be sold to someone else?
But if we left it like that of course no one wants to buy it.
It's expensive to buy at a store, I'd better change it myself.
Can you do that? You're clumsy.
Of course I can.
Moreover if the result is bad,
the person who bought the house will renovate everything right. -You're right.
Oh right!
What's wrong? -Hmm?
It's a pity to leave this house.
It can't be helped that we're moving.
But those memories are precious.
But those memories are also only in the photo right.
If we take pictures now,
you can tell the story behind the pictures later.
I doubt I can do that. For me it was just bad memories.
I'm home!
Welcome!
Wait Miyuki.
Miyuki don't go upstairs. Miyuki!
What happened? Did onee-chan do something again?
Nope, it wasn't your sister fault.
It was my fault.
Yota, want to take pictures? -Sure!
Ready?
Ah... it's good.
Look, with this we have memories of Nyasuke right. -Yeah.
If you've grown up
and you forget about Nyasuke
you can remember her again by looking at this picture.
But I probably will not forget it. -I see.
I'm not smart. -Eh?
Since I'm not smart I will not forget it, memories about Nyasuke.
Why is that? What do you mean?
Onee-chan said that.
A smart kid must be good at memorizing,
and always remember everything.
Because I remember too many unimportant things,
my brain run out of space to remember the important things.
Is that so.
Onee-chan said that she wants to forget everything that happened in this house.
But I will remember about this, even when we moved to apartment.
I also don't like studying too much.
Therefore, I will remember everything in this house,
even after we moved to apartment.
So I will not forget it in the future.
Yota, it's okay to forget it.
Even though you forgot you'll be able to remember it again
when you look at the pictures.
I will not forget it.
I see, you won't forget it right.
Shunsuke-san doesn't seem to be coming today.
Yeah.
Welcome.
Speak of the devil.
You're late. -I'm not late.
How about this person? -Again? I'm curious,
where do you keep in the stock? -You said stock,
do you think this is some kind of fish or meat?
Then why don't you find a marriage partner for me, too?
Are you stupid? What will your father say about this?
So this woman took a cooking course, of course you can expect the results of her cooking.
I wonder about that, I heard in the clinic if you can only cook
you only stay in the house everyday.
His father is a branch manager of the Tokyo Imperial Bank.
I disagree, he doesn't marry her father, does he?
Her hobbies are making handicrafts and ikebana.
Ikebana = Japanese art of flower arrangement.
Wow~ her hobbies don't match at all with Shu-chan.
Not to mention the materials right? For the handicrafts and ikebana.
Can you stay quiet for a moment.
I don't promote her to you.
Ah I see, you're jealous right.
Ah I see, I understand it now. -Ah it's not like that...
I'm sorry, next time I'll introduce a nice man to you Misaki-chan.
I'm sorry because I didn't realize it.
I thought so too, of course you wouldn't feel good because
I only search a partner for Shu-chan.
It must be inconvenience to you. Sorry! Leave it to me next time!
No, I didn't mean that. -So, how is she?
One nira reba please. -Eh?
nira reba = sauteed liver and chives
One nira reba!
Time to sleep. -Yeah.
Come on Nyasuke, good night.
Good night. -Good night.
What a pity!
I want to make unforgettable memories with the children though.
I wonder about that.. -It's true. I regret it.
Miyuki didn't say like that.
Hmm?
She actually didn't want to forget
everything that happened in this house.
Because she didn't want to forget it,
that's why she asked me to tell you.
The blanket is gone. -What? -Nyasuke's blanket.
Have you looked for it? -Yeah!
Did you take the blanket out when you went to the park?
I didn't.
Did you take it out after you got home? -I didn't.
Then it wouldn't be lost.
The cat's blanket? -Did you know?
I threw it away.
Threw it? -Because the blanket smells.
Don't you know that? Without that blanket, Nyasuke will be anxious?
So now I'm in trouble. Only because some cat's stuff?
Miyuki, do you understand what you just said?
Happy searching for the blanket. -Wait Miyuki!
I understand if you don't want to move,
so it's okay if you hate or mad at me.
But don't vent your anger
to others who aren't related to it.
You better focus to be a good parents rather than you say something like that!
If you are my parents, you wouldn't let your daughter suffer!
It's only cat! Totally useless thing.
I had forgotten the promise many years ago,
and I'm not happy at all because Dad brought it up.
The cat is just for your own satisfaction, isn't it!
With something like that, do you think you have done something as a parent?
Why? Why slap me?
It should be dad! I'm the victim here.
We are family right. -So what?
There is no such thing as a perpetrator or a victim.
We are family.
You wanted to know it right?
What happened to Nyasuke when the blanket is gone.
I also want to know.
When her favorite thing is gone,
what will she do.
However Nyasuke can only be anxious.
Nothing but anxiety,
and fear.
That's the difference between a cat and a human right.
Cats can only be anxious but human beings are different.
If we lost something precious, we can still remember it.
We can also find new precious things again.
Which means...
human will eventually find it, by them self.
Did you feel happy after doing that?
You are a human right, isn't it normal to feel frustrated because of a problem?
Will you look for the blanket?
I will look for it too.
Together, let's look for it together!
Yeah! We bring Nyasuke too.
Poor her if she come with us.
Well then I just stay at the house.
Then I will accompany you.
Eh?
It's late, I'm afraid something will happen to him later.
Ah, that's right.
Then we'll find it together.
We're off.
Where did you throw it away? -At the shrine.
Miyuki. -What?
Tomorrow, let's take pictures in front of the house with everyone.
We've never took it before.
Do as you please.
You've grown up already. -What?
You used to walk hand in hand with me.
Hah? -When I walked faster,
you chased me and cry "Dad, Dad".
But now, you can walk alone.
Of course I can, I already in 2nd grade of middle school.
That's right.
I made a promise as a father.
When you were born, when Yota was born,
I will always protect them,
so they can live happily.
Therefore, I will strive for you.
Just wait, wait, I will fulfill my promise.
Well..
Here.
You said that you threw it away?
I just hid it.
I see.
Yeah.
I'm really sorry.
Did she help you?
Yes, I can feel the feelings of my children thanks to her.
Including what I have to do from now on.
Thank you, Nyasuke.
Nyasuke? -My son gave the name.
Then, excuse me.
Ah, you said to me that I should
trust my wife more.
Actually, I've prepared myself for a divorce.
but my wife doesn't seem to think about it at all.
I respect her so much right now.
You seemed to exactly understand what my wife feels.
How come?
Because I was in your position once.
Eh?
My wife hates me...
She will ask for a divorce for sure...
I thought so too.
But I was wrong.
I...did not know anything at that time.
The pink rose flower has meaning
as an expression of gratitude.
Everyone, let's take pictures in front of the house!
I'm on the center. -You're noisy.
Ah sorry,
I haven't put up any make up. -Eh?
How long? -5-10 minutes.
Please wait for me. Sorry, sorry.
So she was returned.
Yes. -What's the problem this time?
Nothing. -Liar.
I thought she will be a good cat
in their family. What have you done?
Then why are you now playing with roses?
Ouch! -Hey what are you doing?
You're lucky the roses are fine.
Look! My finger is pricked by its thorns!
You reap what you sow. -Oh my god, there's blood!
Shu-chan wait! -Just lick it!
Don't want to! It hurts! -You're a doctor, right?
Translation by Varion