Uh, this has whip cream in it. I told you to hold the whip cream.
Yesterday you promised you would. You said, "Thanks for coming every day. I'll remember to hold the whip cream."
You said yourself that you'd remember, but now you forget? That's just plain crazy.
- I'm sorry. I'll get you a new one. - Wait a second! I'm not asking for a new one, I'm asking if you remember what you said.
Saying things you don't even mean! Is that any way to treat a customer!? Oh, forget it.
How come you didn't tell him ... about your twin sister?
Here you are, sir.
Thank you for always coming. Do you work near here, sir?
- Yeah. - Where?
Over there.
Enjoy your strong black coffee, as usual.
- Sorry. It's not any of my business. - It's alright.
How did you know we're twins?
Well ... you look a lot alike, but the curve of your cheeks are a little bit different.
What the!?
- The next patient requested you by name, Mine sensei! - Huh?
Do you know Fuyu Terasaki?
No.
Oh, you! I know you're hiding something!
Come in please, Terasaki-sama.
- Thank you for what you said the other day. - Oh, you work at that cafe.
Have a seat, please.
What brings you here today?
- Sensei, maybe I should leave. - Huh?
- Bye bye! - Wait ...
Well ... ?
I ...
I want to change my looks.
I hate having the same face.
I'm sick of being mistaken for her.
My clothes and hairstyle are all what my sister suggests ...
She even decided that job for me.
She's always bossing me around.
I've got the same face, but people hardly even take notice of me ...
So ...
I want a face that's different than my sister's.
I'm sure you must understand my feelings, right?
I feel bad about what happened the other day, but ...
If I had a different face, that kind of thing wouldn't happen any more, and my sister wouldn't boss me around either.
Do you really think so?
Do you think she bosses you around just because you have the same face?
You don't have to get a facelift. There are lots of other things you could do, like moving out, living somewhere else and finding a different job.
Change my face.
And if it's possible ... make me so I'm prettier than my sister.
It's easy to say, but actually changing your face is not so easy to do.
- But murderers get facelifts, right? - That only happens in movies.
Even in Japan a murderer got a facelift while he was a fugitive.
- You like my sister more than me too. - I never said that!
Then give me what I want!
Our names are Natsu (summer) and Fuyu (winter). Everyone says Natsu's so cheerful, but I'm so gloomy.
Even my parents think so. Deep down in my sister's heart she's making fun of me!
Ever since I was born, there's been someone with the same face as me. Things like yesterday have happened over and over again since I was little. I can't stand it!
Please, sensei ...
Help me ...
I know this clinic agrees with handling these kinds of requests ... but I'm not sure what to do with it.
Just the fact that you understand this clinic's way of thinking shows you've grown. Let's get Ichii sensei to help you with this one.
If you would, please.
But ... the patient requested you personally, right?
- Are you sure it will be alright? - I'm certain it will be.
This is our clinic's very own ginger tea.
If you need anything, feel free to ask.
Thank you for waiting.
Nice to meet you. I'm Ichii. Sorry to have kept you waiting.
For the kind of surgery you want, I don't have the confidence to perform it, that's why I'm asking Ichii sensei for her assistance.
If you don't mind, could you explain again to me what it is you'd like?
Ichii sensei is one of the five best cosmetic surgeons in Tokyo.
Make my face completely different than hers.
It's possible to make you face completely different than your sister's ...
But don't you have any good memories of being twins?
Such as getting lots of attention when you were little, or being popular?
- If you undergo a facelift, you'll also be throwing away any fond memories you may have had as well. - I have no good memories.
I see.
After you've undergone a facelift, your face cannot be returned to what it was before even if you want it to.
There are many people who've become unstable after getting a facelift ... because everything they've built up over their life has been erased.
Therefore ... unless I know we have your full understanding of this ... we cannot proceed with the surgery.
I understand.
Sorry, but I have to be persistent on these points.
- Do you have any specific requests for what you'd like? - No, I don't.
- Is there any part of your face that you like? - No.
OK then ... in order to simulate what any changes will look like ... we need to take a photo. May we?
Since your single-fold eyelids are very dominant, changing them will change the overall look of your face. That's the most effective change that can be made.
So first, let's change your eyes.
By giving you double-fold eyelids, your irises become much clearer, which gives your eyes a stronger impression.
Your eyelids can be cut for double-fold surgery, but the method we'll use creates another crease in your eyelids.
Also, since your jaw sticks out slightly, it gives you a sturdy appearance. But by grinding down the jaw bone ...
You can look more like this.
Now, for your nose. The reason you appear to have a flat nose is because the septum is higher than your nostrils.
So if we lower it ...
You can look more like this.
Then if we also slim down the bridge of your nose ... it will be like this.
To make your nose even slimmer, a portion of your nostrils can also be removed.
So you'll look something like this.
Think over very carefully what you would like.
- If you make an appointment, you can come in any time to consult with Mine sensei. - Huh?
Of course you can come to me too.
Alright then, is everything clear?
Don't ever say "I don't have confidence" in front of a patient again!
Well?
Yes, ma'am.
But I doubt she'll be back.
Really?
I learned a lot from your counseling session today, Ichii sensei.
- After that, I don't think she'll be back. - That patient is a lot like you, Mine sensei.
Huh?
Taking out her unhappiness on everything around her. She's just like you.
You don't even understand yourself, do you?
But I think she was a lot braver for coming here today than you were for leaving the university to come work here.
And by coming here, she's started down the road toward change.
That's why I think she'll be back.
When she does come ... let's give her our support.
If you can't accept the good with the bad, how can you possibly ever operate on a patient's face!? Remember that!
Well?
Yes, ma'am.
- Here you go. - Thank you! This looks great!
You know, I never thought there was a bad side to being twins.
- Those elderly twins, Kin-san and Gin-san always looked so happy. - But don't you think their names, Kin (gold) and Gin (silver), are unfair.
- "Tiger" and "Bear" I can understand, but not Kin and Gin. - I heard there's a huge difference between getting a gold medal and a silver.
- It didn't seem like Gin-san was being treated any differently. - But who knows what's really happening.
- What's this patient's name? - Their names are Natsu and Fuyu, right Mine sensei?
- You weren't even in the examination room, but how come you know all that? - Her name's right on the medical chart.
- I don't mean her name. I'm talking about the whole consultation. - I have my ways.
- So the patient's name is Fuyu, not Natsu, right? - Right.
- The name Fuyu sounds really nice though. - It's more feminine than Natsu.
- Really? I think Natsu's better. Winter's so gloomy. - Kin and Gin ... Natsu and Fuyu ...
- Aren't Tetsuya Watari and Tsunehiko Watase twins? - No, they're just brothers! Don't be silly!
- How about Ichiro Toba and Yutaka Yamakawa? - They're brothers! For sure!
- If you're looking for twins, then there's Komadori Shimai and ... The Peanuts! - Who're they?
- I dunno. - You don't know!?
I wonder what kind of surgery Ichii sensei will perform. I wish I could assist.
- Switch with me, Mine sensei. - I don't mind, but ... - You know what, Hoshida sensei? The patient requested Mine sensei.
- Oh, darn it. Some things just don't go they way you want. - That reminds me. How was that omiai (match-making) the other day?
- I turned him down. - Too bad. But it's so rare you get a younger guy in one of those.
- It's just that I couldn't imagine my future with him. - Imagine your future?
- She means that she didn't want to be with him. - No, not really that. It's more like I couldn't picture our future dreams or hopes.
- That would be dull, wouldn't it. - That's right. - Why don't you wanna get married, Mine sensei?
- I'm fine the way I am now. - What way is that?
- Never mind about me. - Mine sensei and Hoshida sensei together would make sense.
- I definitely couldn't picture their future! - I have very high standards.
I have high standards too, about everything.
Oh, would you quit it!
- Moe-chan, don't be going to lunch when you supposed to be answering the phone. - OK.
Sensei?
I knew it.
Did my sister visit your clinic today?
Yes.
She can't do anything by herself. I certainly don't think she has the courage to get a facelift, so I don't think she'll be back.
- Sorry for any trouble she's caused. - She still might come back though.
But, how did you know I work at that clinic? ... I mean you too.
Because my sister followed you.
She's kinda weird. It's OK to just brush her off. Bye.
- What were you and my sister talking about? - Wha?
- What did you talk about!? - Nothing ...
- Just, "Say hi to your sister" ... - You understand now, don't you? ... She's always interfering in my life.
Here.
I'm an only child so I don't really understand it ... but having a rival twin seems pretty frightening.
I think that girl wants to change her personality more than she wants to become pretty. She wants to be stronger so she can best her sister.
But if you got a face lift every time you felt like that, you'd end up changing your looks over and over again your whole life.
Well, yeah ... I guess so ...
Changing your job or your clothes is totally different than changing your face.
Maybe so ...
- Why don't you make just a small change? - Just a small change!? It's not that simple!
Just a tiny bit, like changing her earlobes, she just might be OK with that.
She wants to have a face that's different than her twin sister! Just changing her earlobes would be pointless!
- You're not even a doctor. How would you know!? - I may not be a doctor, but which of us is complaining every night?
Mineta, right?
This way.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- Please, sit down.
I still want to do this.
I see.
Then, let's decide what you'd like done.
- Why don't we look at the simulation from last time. - No, it's OK.
Make my face into the kind of face sensei likes.
- I leave it to you, sensei. - It's your own face. You can't leave it to me.
- What kind of face do you like? - What!?
Let's talk it over together again, shall we?
She agreed to have just her eyes made wider, right? So quit whining over this whole thing.
How can you pay off your debts if you can't earn the high salary you are here?
So quit whining about it, and be thankful ... when you do this surgery.
This is no time to be acting like a child.
She said she wants to leave it up to you, right?
- Wow, sensei. This is a huge responsibility for you. - A huge responsibility!
- I know what you want! You wanna give her big boobs, right? - What!?
- No, I never thought about her breasts. - Good idea, huh? Great huge hooters!
- I never knew a stacked girl that was gloomy. - Yep. Ao-chan's got implants too, right? - That's right!
Wanna feel?
Well, since guys aren't so aggressive recently, big boobs aren't as popular, but still I just love burying my face in a nice big rack!
- I think Mine sensei likes girls with wide eyes. - I never said that.
Maybe what you need is to give your patient a face you like and start dating her. Don't you agree, Mine sensei?
Don't be stupid!
Uh-oh. You've made him angry now.
- How can she like that guy? What bad taste. - Oh well. If there weren't people with bad taste, there wouldn't be any balance in the world.
Excuse me for a moment.
OK, open now.
- This is parallel style. - OK.
Close again.
I'm going to draw another line. Keep your eyes closed until I'm done.
The eye-crease surgery will be 255,000 yen, and the local anesthetic is 10,500, for a total of 265,500 yen.
With the 24 instalment plan, you'll pay 13,000 yen every month. Please sign here to complete the agreement.
OK.
Thank you.
We're through.
Hello.
- We'll explain everything again once more before the surgery. - OK.
Hold the mirror, please.
Excuse me.
OK.
It will be like this.
You look wonderful. It's nice and wide. It makes you look cheerful.
Is this what you want?
Yes, please.
Then I just need your signature on the consent form that I showed you last week.
Thank you.
Look at me again, please.
I'm going to mark the lines for the surgery.
Thank you.
We'll begin now.
OK.
Turn on the light.
First I'll inject you with the anesthesia.
This will hurt a little.
Number 11.
Excuse me.
Are you OK?
Do you feel light-headed?
Take these painkillers before it starts to hurt too much.
If there are any problems, please call me on my cell phone. Any time is alright.
- Hello? - It's me. Can I see you at the clinic today?
Wh... Why?
Professor Kajiwara wants to consult you about something.
Kajiwara sensei? Isn't that the chair of neurology department?
There are some things best kept out of the university, understand?
- Alright. - OK, we're going over now.
Now!?
Is it a problem?
No. It's fine. We'll be waiting.
Sorry!
Take care of yourself.
Take care.
- We're done. - Good night.
- My husband's coming with a patient now. He'll be here in about 40 minutes. - Your husband is coming?
- Can you do overtime for me, Ao-chan? - Whaaat? But, I've got plans ...
How about me?
No, a woman would be better.
Can you ask Nakao-san? ... Oh, that's right. She has to pick up her son ...
- What should I do ... I'll make sure it's over fast. OK? - But, wait ...
Come in.
- Good evening. - Evening.
Uhm ... I have a favor to ask.
Yes?
My husband is bringing over a department chair from Tobu Medical University. So could you ... possibly meet him?
- Sure, no problem. - Thank you so much! Thank you!
Just a moment.
Yes?
- Sorry, we can't make it. - Huh?
Something came up for him suddenly. We'll arrange it again later. Bye.
- Sorry, inchou. What I just asked about, it was cancelled. - Really?
He's so selfish. Saying he's coming, then suddenly saying he's not.
- I'm teribly sorry. - It's alright.
- I really am sorry. I'm so sorry. - What's the matter? Quit saying, "I'm sorry."
Sorry for bothering you.
[Fuyu Terasaki]
Yes?
Can you come to Professor Kajihara's home tonight at nine?
Sure, I can do that.
- I'll go home, and then we can go there together. - OK, got it.
Mine sensei ...
- Sorry about earlier. - Huh?
- You said you'd stay, but ... - Oh, it's alright.
- Good night. - Good night.
No, no, no ... You're too kind ... too kind ...
- Since my wife's not here, I can't even offer you any tea. I'm so sorry. - No trouble at all.
- I hate to ask you this, but could you step outside for a minute. - Excuse me?
I want to speak with your wife alone.
Certainly, sir.
Th... The reason I wanted to talk to you is ...
About a hair transplant.
- A hair transplant? - Don't let this surprise you, OK?
This doesn't surprise you, right?
- I think you look fine either way, sir. - Really?
To tell you the truth ...
I've never even taken this off in front of my wife.
When I was about 30, my hair started thinning ...
Just a little before I met my wife I started wearing a toupee, so I've been wearing one for about 20 years now.
But when I have to operate, it's like I've got two caps on ... and my head get's all sweaty.
It's a real problem when it's windy, and I can't go swimming at the beach or a pool.
And, I'm embarrassed to say it, but ...
Recently ... I've fallen in love with another woman.
This kind of thing ... and doing like this ...
Not being able to do these kinds of things is a real pain.
A toupee can't maintain the dignity of a man.
- Have you tried medication for AGA? - It helped a little, but not enough to live without this.
I'm not an expert in treating baldness, but I can introduce you to the best hair transplant specialist.
You mean Professor Saeki from Kanto Medical University, right?
You know him?
I was wondering ... if you could have Professor Saeki come to your clinic ... to perform the hair transplant. It would be completely secret.
I understand ...
I'll consult with the clinic's head doctor, and ask Professor Saeki to perform the procedure.
You understand what I want perfectly. Just what I'd expect from Ichii-kun's wife.
However, when I speak to Professor Saeki, I'll need to mention your name, Kajiwara sensei. Is that alright?
That's fine.
- This is very critical to me. - I understand.
But ... I believe that it will still take six months for the hair to grow out after it's transplanted.
- If there needs to be more than one transplant, it could take up to a year. - It takes that long?
Well ... you should ask the professor for the specifics.
It's gonna take a while, huh ...
You know what ...
If you got a bunch of pretty ladies like yourself together ... and opened up a baldness treatment clinic, I'm sure it'd be very popular.
For us neurological surgeons, we're fighting for life itself.
I've never even once thought about making lots of money from it.
- Take care. - Take care.
Who's next?
That's it for today.
Oh, I see.
Nice work again today.
You don't listen to other people, do you?
Huh?
Sensei!
I'm Terasaki.
Sorry. I didn't recognize you.
Really?
You certainly won't be mistaken for your sister any more.
Can I talk with you for just five minutes?
Huh?
- You're looking fine. - I'm not fine.
Nothing ... has changed for me.
I got a facelift, changed my hair and my clothes, but nothing's changed for me.
Since that operation cost so much, I have to live at home, and my sister still lords everything over me.
My sister bosses me around, and my parents believe only what she tells them.
What should I do?
- I'm not sure what I can say ... - The only person who can help me is you, sensei! So you've got to help me again now.
Take responsibility for this.
- Take responsibility!? - You're the one who changed my face, right?
- But you're the one who wanted the surgery! - But this is the kind of face you like, right?
Go out with me.
- Be my boyfriend. - Wait! Hold on a second here!
If you go out with me, I'll change for sure! I'll find happiness! I'll be happier than my sister! Please!
- I could never do that! - Why not!?
- Whaddya mean "Why not!?" - Why not!?
You see ...
I'm living with a man.
- He's just a friend, right? - No, not that.
It's, uh ...
- No way! You're only saying that to make me give up. - It's no lie.
- Then show me where you live with this man! - What!?
- I can't believe you unless you do. - Hey!
Hey! Wait!
- I'm home. - Welcome home.
Come in.
Yu ...
I've got a guest.
This is a patient, Terasaki-san.
See?
Do you understand now?
Ow!
Ouch!
Ouch! Ow! Hey!
Hey!
Stop!
Ass hole!!
You really are an ass hole.
Acting like we're a couple like that ...
- But this was my only choice. - Whaddya mean this was you're only choice!?
You've hurt her feelings as well as mine! Does that make you feel better?
- I'm sorry, but ... - How can you be such a jerk!?
- Here you go. - Thank you.
- There's really big trouble. - Tomi-chan, what's up? You're early today.
Remember that twin you did the eye job on the other day? She was bad-mouthing BSC like crazy at a cosmetic surgeon in Roppongi.
- She said BSC was really expensive, but they didn't change her looks at all. - Is that the only reason you came?
Of course! It's a small industry, so you need to gather intelligence about patients.
Apparently they're going to do everything you didn't do here: breast implants, her nose and jawline too.
She'll become a cyborg that'd surprise even you, Ao-chan.
Here you are. Without whip cream.
Oh ... Thank you.
But I'm not Natsu. I'm Fuyu. Good bye.
Even when you give it your all ... there are times when there just isn't any reward for it.
Us, as well as doctors who fight to keep people alive ... both have to suffer through that kind of disappointment.
I mean ... no matter how desperately a doctor may work ... when a person's time is up, it's up.
When you were performing general medicine ... you worked in the tertiary emergency care, right?
Yes.
Then you should know what I'm talking about.
Yeah, but ...
I just feel like I gave so much thought to her.
For every patient that joyfully shows their thanks ...
There are patients like this.
You know what? ... My own child told me that a cosmetic surgeon isn't a real doctor.
Daddy's a great neurological surgeon ... but mommy's not a real doctor.
Your child said that?
You can't let things like this get you down.
You've gotta be tough.
You sure are tough ... Ichii sensei.
I'm home.
Can I eat this?
I really am an ass-hole.
All I wanted ... was for her to feel a little bit happier ...
But now she's gonna get her whole body changed ...
What the hell am I doing?
I hurt Yu's feelings too ...
And hers as well ...
People get over those things ... in time ...
Heat it up before you eat it.
Thanks.
She's gotten stronger ... I'm sure of it.
She got stronger by slapping you around.
She may be strange now ...
But the present isn't the goal of life ...
Things will change for her in the future ...
She could become a wonderful person.
But ...
She'll look like a cyborg.
Even mistakes ...
Can better a person.
Even if she's like a cyborg?
Yep.
The present is the goal of life ... huh ... ?
Oh, dammit!
When you blame yourself and get so serious about everything, Mineta ...
That's what I like about you.
Thanks.
I'll eat now.
What? You're not gonna warm it up.
I don't deserve it.
I'll eat it like this.
It's delicious.
- Thank you. - Take care.
Take care.
What?
- Your next patient is ... - Huh?
This is Terasaki-sama.
This way, please.
- Good morning! - Good morning.
Please, have a seat.
- You're the other one, right? - Yes, I'm Natsu Terasaki.
- Did you want to talk to me about your sister? - No.
Sensei ...
- Make me prettier than my sister! - Huh?
I don't know what got into her, but suddenly she's gotten so strong. She doesn't listen to me, and even shouts at our own parents.
You've got to make me prettier than my sister!
Make my face into the kind of face you like, sensei! Please!
Woah ...
This is way over my head!
Housewife, age 34
When do you smile?
When my child does something funny, or dances around at home, and says, "Look, Mommy! Look!"
That's when I smile the most.
Office worker, age 22
When I'm eating delicious food.
When I went home for spring vacation, Mom's homemade cooking made me smile. I love it.
University student, age 21
I have the most fun when I'm talking to friends at university. That's when I smile the most.
Office worker, age 31
When whoever I'm with is happy.
Unemployed, age 28
When I'm having something sweet, and when I look at my cat.
Actress, age 25
Basically when I'm working.
Housewife, age 28
When my daughter is laughing.
- Mommy's twenty-eight. - That's right, twenty-eight.
Housewife, age 53
When I'm listening to music I enjoy, or watching TV, and of course when I'm chatting with friends.
Office worker, age 35
When I'm eating delicious steak. I think, "It's so delicious!"
Temp worker, age 32
When I'm with friends or acquaintances, people I really like, I just naturally smile.
Unemployed, age 27
When I'm taking a bath.
Office worker, age 42
I've been flamenco dancing for a while, so when I hear the audience applause, I smile so wide that it just washes away my fatigue.
Housewife, age 33
When I'm with my family. When all four of us are together having dinner, I smile.
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