My wife Michiru was an ordinary woman who lived in a small town in Nagasaki.
Congratulations. First prize, 200 million yen!
What...?
On learning that the lottery ticket that she had by chance was worth 200 million yen.
Two hundred million yen...
Michiru found her life steered in unexpected directions.
Kyutaro!
Wouldn't it be better if you just came home to Nagasaki with Kyutaro-kun?
Kazuki-san, what are you saying?
Leaving her hometown, and resolving to break up with her lover as well,
"I'll tightly hold this rucksack with the passbook containing the 200 million yen and live alone"
...is what she had about to have decided.
Michiru-chan!
Kazuki-san...
I had been waiting for you.
Michiru-chan, let's run away together.
Life Story of
Bookstore Clerk Michiru
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Being in such a place as this... What's wrong?
Episode 7: Talk About Breaking Up
I just came back from a business trip.
I wanted to see your face immediately.
I want us to be together alone as soon as possible.
Are you going back to your Hamadayama place soon?
しゃぶしゃぶ = style of Japanese cooking
Oh, or if you want, shall we go eat shabu-shabu?
Don't wanna do either of them.
Still angry?
I have something to tell you.
Me, too.
Whose house is this?
Takei's. I'm freeloading here now.
Takei... that gay guy?
Hurry up and come in.
How about your apartment at Hamadayama?
I'm not living in there for now. I'm commuting to work from here.
So, I don't have any need for that Hamadayama place anymore.
"Don't have any need for"...
And also, the air-con, fridge, and TV set you gave me upon moving in there, I don't need them.
So I'll be returning the deposit money.
Are we talking about breaking up?
Right.
Isn't this too sudden?
I don't want to live in fear of people's stares anymore.
"In fear"...
Feeling lonely, helpless...
Even though I want to ask for advice, I don't have anyone I can rely on.
Don't you have me?
You're scary!
For sure... you'll come to notice your sins.
Right. Your sins!
Michiru-chan, you see...
Michiru-chan, are you saying all these seriously?!
I'm dead serious.
That's all I wanted to say.
How about you?
Hello, Takei?
Takakura-san called tonight.
Huh?
Being alone is dangerous. You understand, right?
It's for her sake, and ours as well.
Yeah, I know.
I think she'll be there soon. Are you at home now?
Yeah. I'll wait, then.
Is someone coming?
A friend...
Let's go to a different place. To Hamadayama, then.
I don't want to.
What's there we can't talk about if it's just the two of us?!
I don't want us to be together alone anymore!
Why?!
Coming~
Yes.
Good evening.
Takei-senpai said he wants us to be together.
Yeah. I was waiting for you.
Is it really alright that I come here?
Yeah, no problem at all.
A guest?
Toyomasu-san.
This is Takakura-san, Takei's junior.
Toyomasu-san... the publishing company guy?
Yeah.
Oh... have a seat. We'll be over there for a bit.
Would it be a complicated talk? I'll pass time outside, then.
Oh, it's fine. We'll be done soon, anyway.
Hey, what's with that woman? I feel uneasy.
Let's go outside.
I said no!
Can't we talk calmly over at Hamadayama?
No!
Michiru-san, wanna peel pears?
We got a lot from home, so I brought some here.
At that moment, my wife remembered Kanbayashi Kyutaro's final moments.
That man had behaved violently towards Michiru.
Takakura Erika, in order to protect Michiru, attacked the man with a knife.
Such impertinent imagination had Michiru shuddering.
You okay? Is everything in?
Yeah.
Hey, Tateishi-san. Isn't Toyomasu-san of Koujunsha kinda strange?
No, actually, you see...
A while back, someone high up from their company called and asked,
"When does Toyomasu-san pay a visit there?"
"And on what days does he come back?"
Is that so?
Seems like he's on a make-believe business trip.
Kanbayashi-kun's over at Hamadayama right now, isn't he?
Geez... how many times do I have to tell you? I said Kyutaro and I didn't meet.
Why do you lie even when you've been busted?!
He has said that even over there, you know!
Kanbayashi-kun came here, I'm sure of that.
And ever since arriving here at Tokyo, he hasn't come back yet!
As I said, we didn't meet!
Michiru-chan, say...
When you met Kanbayashi-kun, you had a change of heart, didn't you?
That's why you left your apartment at Hamadayama,
and are thinking of going back to Nagasaki with Kanbayashi-kun, aren't you?!
Even misunderstanding has its limit.
You're definitely lying. You obviously are.
By doing that, you're throwing me away, right?
Why would you? Hey~
Stop it!
Takei-senpai, it seems like Michiru-san's in trouble.
Please come home quickly.
After that, after hearing what Toyomasu Kazuki had to say,
for Michiru, there had not been a sense of reality at all.
Filling in the gaps in the 'caching settlement' card, forged receipts, and the make-believe business trips...
Where and how he got trapped in this wretched situation,
she only understood one thing: this man's in trouble.
So...
Michiru-chan, let's run away together.
And why should I run away with you?
Because, you see...
I ruined myself for your sake.
For my sake?
I don't have a home to return to anymore...
Shouldn't you just go back to your wife's place at Nerima?
Taeko...
She sold off the apartment and left.
She's filing for divorce.
Hmm...
I don't have anyone but you...
Michiru-chan, let's run away together...
At what price would you not have to run away anymore?
By tomorrow...
For the meantime...
Five million.
Five million...
I'll have it ready by tomorrow.
What?
Let's break up after that.
That can't be...
You need 5 million by tomorrow, right?
That may be true, but...
Then, it's decided, okay?
Tomorrow, at Hamadayama apartments, 4 PM. Wait for me there.
Michiru-chan, about us being together...
Michiru-san, I was wondering if you'd like to have some pears.
Oh...
This talk won't last much longer.
Yeah, we're fine. He's going home now.
Is that so?
Yeah.
Well then.
Farewell.
Yes...
Kazuki-san, are you alright?!
I couldn't reach you...
I was worried.
My phone ran out of battery.
I could accommodate you somehow...
Michi- Furukawa-san somehow did that all for me.
"Somehow"?
She said she'll have 5 million yen prepared for me.
Five million?!
As I thought, that girl... The lottery tickets...!
I don't know about that, though...
In the meantime, let's bear with it it unless it's an emergency.
I see... That's good, then.
I'll call you again tomorrow night.
Till then.
Thanks.
Will you be taking this as is?
Yes.
Will you be using this away from home?
Oh, I'm so sorry for being nosy...
I've heard that there can be requests for donations or the likes on people who get a windfall,
so I'm worried about you, Furukawa-sama.
Please take care.
Thank you very much.
4 o'clock...
Sorry, something urgent came up
I have to wait for a while, huh...
On the last day of Summer Dream, this girl came here, didn't she?
She must have bought more than 40 tickets.
Who knows...
Please look closely!
Can't really remember.
Really?
It's already 5 o'clock...
"I'll be staying over at Takakura-san's house tonight. Have the pilaf in the fridge for dinner."
What's up...
Huh?
Kazuki-san?
It's over...
Two months ago, the man who took her away from her hometown was a prince.
Their romance which started on a whim was put to an end the same way.
There was no reason for my wife to know about Toyomasu Kazuki's whereabouts after that.
Do you drink?
A little whiskey...
Did something happen last night?
Michiru-san...
I... I'm no good anymore...
I might not be going along well with senpai.
Did you two get in a fight?
No, we didn't...
It's... it's all my fault, isn't it?
Huh?
You think so too, don't you?
Did Takei tell you something?
No... none at all.
Senpai told me to go on as if nothing happened.
Well, isn't that fine?
But... he's putting invisible pressure on me.
What do you mean?
That night, senpai didn't say a thing...
It was my fault I did that thing at the very start...
I think he's trying to pin the crime on me.
No way...
It's absolutely like that!
But Takei's worried about you.
And in what way would that be?
Since you're depressed, all he can do is to want to be with you.
That...
...is mutually looking out for each other.
What do you mean?
Thinking of it oddly, you and I both bother Takei-senpai, don't we?
Takakura-san...
Talking like Takei's some bad person... that's weird.
Is it?!
Then, Michiru-san, is senpai a good person?
Michiru-san...
You're thinking of senpai as he used to be.
Used to be?
You only see the Takei you had as a childhood friend so you don't want to let him go.
But what happened that night isn't anyone's fault.
It's all our fault.
But...!
The one who's at fault the most was me, right?!
You honestly think so too, don't you?!
No.
I was the one who found the apartment at Hamadayama...
I was the one who gave you that fruit bowl...
I...
I was the one who hit him with the frypan.
I was the one who did all those things!
Michiru-san... Do I scare you?
I do, don't I?!
Having done all those things, I guess scaring you is a given.
But...
Now, I...
I'm scared of Takei-senpai!
Even though I like him, I'm scared of him!
But, you see... on the other hand...
I'm scared of being abandoned as well!
Michiru-san, I don't know what to do anymore...
What should I do, Michiru-san? Please tell me!
Takakura-san!
You're just a little tired.
Once you get to talk with Takei, you'll surely calm down, don't you think?
Probably...
Do you want to try calling him?
That's right...
Michiru-san.
I'll go meet up with senpai now.
I see... isn't that great?
I'll stay at my place tonight.
Michiru-san, thanks for hearing me out.
No problem.
Well then... good night.
Good night.
Please take care of this child after I die.
Please let this child be happy.
Please... protect her.
Hello?
Michiru-chan, listen calmly.
Takakura-san's dead.
You're lying...
But I was with her just now...
Seems like she committed suicide.
Anyway, I'll be home late tonight.
Go to bed before I do.
You must be kidding me...
Takakura-san committed suicide...
Takakura-san, who cleaned up skillfully after Kyutaro like Takei's assistant...
Or rather, Takakura-san, the proactive accomplice...
To have suffered this much...
...my wife blamed herself for not noticing any of it.
To be continued
Do you think I would do something that low?
Scary
Don't forget
get
No... You're wrong... It's not me!
This is the shape of your fortune right?
Who is?
Where did we cross paths, I wonder?
Doko de kake chigaeta no darou
どこでかけ違えたのだろう
If it's to protect you,
I don't get it even now
ima to nareba wakaranai
今となれば分からない
I can do anything.
Samayou you ni Step out mou atomodori wa dekinai
Like to wander about and Step out, but can't go back anymore
彷徨うように Step out もう後戻りはできない
Step out
You were holding onto something that moment, down, down, down, down
Kimi wa sono toki nanika wo daite down, down, down, down
キミはその時 何かを抱いて down, down, down, down
Translator: Ruu
down,
down
Furueru sono mi wo okizari ni shite doko e mukau
Leaving that trembling body behind, where are you headed for?
震えるその身 を 置き去りにして どこへ向かう
Timer/Typesetter: Ruu
Karaoke Timer/FX: Mitsu
Naze unmei no mama saigo no KAADO wo kazasazu
Why while in fate, you didn't hold out your last card?
なぜ運命のまま 最後のカードをかざさず
QCs: SacredCultivator, Ruu, Jess
That shows the shape of your fortune
You're in a state where you can't believe
Shinjirarenai mama
信じられないまま
Encoder: SacredCultivator
Is it Ace of Spades or the only Joker
The future that connects to hope has also Run out
Kibou wo tsunagu mirai mo Run out
希望をつなぐ未来も Run out
Like this forever, ever, and evermore You're alone
このまま ずっとずっとずっと You’re alone
Kono mama zutto, zutto, zutto, You're alone