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.
Miss?
Is something the matter?
When I first met her that night,
Michiru was wrapped in a sort of darkness that was the complete opposite of youth,
and I couldn't ignore the sense of urgency she was giving off.
aozorasubs
Life Story of
Bookstore Clerk Michiru
We're about to close now... You can't spend the night here.
Final Episode: Confession
Okay...
Can you walk?
I can.
Then, please stand up.
It'd be better if you leave before we close.
Eat something warm with this.
My own car has not started working, so use that.
I'm sorry, but I can't accept this.
It's okay, no need to hold back.
But receiving this from a stranger...
Do you have somewhere to go to?
If you don't have anywhere to stay in, I'll give you a lift.
If you use that to pay for lodging and sleep soundly, won't you feel a lot relaxed?
So what would you do?
Huh?
About a place to stay tonight.
Then, please show me where to.
This way.
Why Michiru's voice called out to me, someone who isn't usually nosy,
is still a mystery to me today.
Though not understanding why she's holding a heavy bag in her arms, I must've somehow felt Michiru.
Is this your first time around here?
I seem to have gotten on a wrong bus...
You must have arrived at the last stop.
I thought that if I got off en route, I would have gotten more lost than I am now.
Sometimes, passengers like you get on the bus.
Oh... Is uncle a bus driver?
Yeah.
"Uncle", huh...
Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean that...
No, it's okay! I'm an uncle through and through.
Even though I encounter troublesome people riding on the bus,
I can't possibly force them to get off.
My trip schedules were also decided on.
I was even told by my wife that I'm a coldhearted person who always turns a blind eye on anything.
That... was that the reason my voice reached out to you?
Oh... That may be the case.
Something like this has happened for the first time. I'm bewildered.
Is it because you saw me look so pitiful that you gave me 10,000 yen?
Wouldn't it be better if you check in quickly so you can sleep?
Won't you be staying here as well?
No... I still have to close the reception place, so it's the same thing.
But my folks run this place, so I can come by anytime.
"Folks"?
My mom runs this place alone. She makes it seem like a five-star hotel.
Then... Is it okay if I drink one more cup of coffee?
Isn't your wife worried?
My wife isn't with me any longer.
I'm sorry about that...
Did she pass away?
No, but...
To make the long story short...
She filed for divorce and left.
I see...
Um, thank you for your kindness a while back.
Here's to pay you back.
As I thought, I did something not befitting of me.
Oh, no problem...
Um, if it wouldn't be so much of a bother...
Um... would it be okay to share a chat with you?
I'm fine even if you won't.
Somehow, I feel like talking with someone...
Any kind of talk is fine.
Things like about your wife...
Isn't that kind of old man talk boring?
I'll hear you out instead.
You're from Tokyo?
Ah, no. I'm from the outskirts of Nagasaki.
Are you on your way home?
No...
I'm traveling alone... I mean, it'd be hard to go back home this late...
Why?
Things happened.
As if unfastening the knot in her heart, Michiru shared her life story, her talk lasted until dawn.
How it started with buying the lottery tickets, her colleagues, the man from her past,
her lover, her childhood friend, how her best friend came all the way for her...
It was a story in detail.
However, that confession wasn't everything there is to it.
Thanks for the food!
Two weeks later
Sure, you're welcome.
Welcome!
Welcome to our store!
Before I knew it, Michiru had been working at our cafeteria.
Michiru-chan! Here's one serving of champon!
ちゃんぽん = dish from Nagasaki; made of noodles, seafood, and vegetables
Okay!
Here.
Here!
Okay...
Thank you for waiting. Here's your champon~
Auntie, this place has been thriving so much ever since Michiru-chan came.
It's all thanks to her. Having a young woman around makes it lively, right?
This dingy store seems like it's blooming now!
"Dingy" is too much!
One champon, please.
Okay! One champon, coming. Please have a seat~
Soon, Michiru regained her original youth,
and ever since my wife came to our home, even my mother who was once depressed, has revived her energy.
Sign reads Kajiyama Law Firm
I'm home.
Welcome back~
How about dinner?
I already ate.
Where's Furukawa-san?
She's gone ahead to take a bath.
Michiru-chan's been working so well. She's such a great help!
Aren't you overworking her?
"Overworking", what?
Furukawa-san.
It's none of your business.
She's working part-time here, and so I'm paying her well for that.
Always calling me Mother, she's slowly becoming attached.
I feel as if I'm being rejuvenated as well.
That's good, then.
Oh, right!
I received a reservation for lodging of 15 Nagasaki Central University students in December.
Can you let Michiru-chan stay over at your place, even for just a week?
Of course, it's fine with me, but what about her...
She said it's fine.
I see.
There's a vacant room at the second floor, right? The one I used before.
Let Michiru-chan use that one, okay?
Okay.
I guess all is going well for you, mom.
Yeah. That kid's a good one!
Sorry for intruding.
Oh... From tonight on, I'll be under your care.
Feel free to use the room at the second floor. It's mom's.
Okay.
This came from your mom. It's nikujaga.
肉じゃが = meat and potato stew
Oh... Thanks.
Well then, good night.
Good night.
Here's Chinese-style fried rice with vegetables, ready to be served~
Okay~
Here's Chinese-style fried rice with vegetables. Sorry for making you wait~
Wow, that looks delicious!
I'll blog about this one.
You're blogging it again?!
Michiru-chan!
Thanks for the hard work~
You too.
Hey, um, Kouzuki-san... Today, you see, I got a weird call.
That caller somehow wants to ask you about things.
Huh?
Things like whether you have any other woman aside from your wife...
Oh, that's utter nonsense.
He also asked if anything has changed lately.
He's being totally persistent, like a detective.
If he were a detective, he must be looking for your missing wife.
I'm sorry for making you feel uncomfortable.
I'll go ahead.
Thanks for working hard!
I'm cleaning this up~
Yes, this is Kouzuki Cafeteria.
Oh, sure. Please wait for a while.
Michiru-chan, it's for you.
For me?
Yup.
Yes, Michiru speaking.
Michiru-chan!
I've been looking for you!
That girl's not like someone who'll just leave without a word!
When did she leave?
About 5 hours ago.
A call came from a man and asked if Furukawa-san is here.
And?
After that, she had a strange expression on her face.
And before I knew it, she had left along with her things...
I'm worried...
Kengo, please look for Michiru-chan.
I'm begging you...!
I understand! I'm going.
I didn't think this day would come.
Michiru, who was doing so well working with my mother at the cafeteria...
I realized that that wasn't her actual self.
Kouzuki-san...
Did something happen?
Anyway, shouldn't we go back home now?
Mom's worried.
There's something I haven't told you yet.
Yeah...
About the things that happened in Tokyo...
Why I can't possibly go back to my own home...
I thought you'd judge me if I told you everything...
It's okay to tell me everything.
I promise this... Whatever story I hear from you, I won't tell when we get back home.
I've killed someone...
Who was that person who called today?
Takei... He's my friend from home and I was staying in his place in Tokyo.
You're running away from Takei?
About the 200 million yen...
Kanbayashi Kyutaro's death...
Takei Teruo who cleaned up his body...
Takakura Erika who committed suicide...
Toyomasu Kazuki who disappeared with the 5 million yen...
...and, Tatebu, her colleague...
...Michiru confessed to me everything that happened in Tokyo.
You...
You didn't intend on having your hands covered with blood.
No matter how I see it, it's a mistake on your part, but...
Anyone who does that might have a bit of a fault.
If you speak about it frankly, it's something that can be forgiven.
And?
What about Takei?
He said he investigated you...
Investigated me...
Since I had something to do with you...
I even dragged you and your mother along in trouble...
So, I...
I thought it'd be best if I just left...
Even if you run away anywhere, it'd still be the same.
Even if you run away farther, the nightmares would just keep on coming back.
It's best that you stay with me.
When the right time comes...
It's best that you confess honestly like you did today.
They can't possibly charge you with such a huge crime, that's why.
You won't have to live in fear anymore.
Until then, I'll protect you.
I'll make sure of that.
After that, Michiru and I married, and soon after, we learned that a baby was coming.
"Dreamlike happiness can also come into our lives"... we've just started to believe this illusion...
...until Takei finally came.
Come in. Please sit down.
Michiru's not here.
That's fine. I was planning to talk with you, anyway.
I've investigated a lot of things about you.
This won't take long.
Kouzuki-san, you're just like anyone else, huh?
You shouldn't bury a dead body.
What's that about?
It's troublesome for me to see such innocence.
It's about your first wife.
I went to the vacant lot at the back of the bus terminal alone...
...and your wife's bones were poking through the soil, right in front of me.
So what are you gonna do?
I'm setting you free today.
Let's pretend this marriage didn't happen.
You're speechless already.
I can't stand that side of yours any longer.
Driving through the same road every single day, turning a blind eye on anything that happens...
If you see me holding hands with another man while you're driving, what would you do?
Would you stop the bus?
I bet you wouldn't.
You're that kind of a person.
Such a boring man!
Do you want money?
Oh, no...
Do I look like someone who wants money?
Are you perhaps after the 200 million yen?
I see...
So Michiru-chan has told you everything...
Did she tell you properly, I wonder?
I'm only doing all this to protect her...
...but it seems like she hasn't realized yet.
To protect?
What if I dug up your wife's bones and turned them in to the police?
Why don't you start thinking from there?
If you don't want that...
...there's another way you could do this alone.
Wanna hear about it?
What is it that I should do alone?
It's simple.
Maybe you should disappear without a trace, just like your first wife?
Are you saying I should commit suicide...?!
Good guessing.
If you can do that...
Could you do so in two or three days?
Michiru, I'm not the good person as you thought I was.
Even though all I had was you to talk to about anything...
I'm not a person who can take responsibility for what I did.
The truth is, my wife didn't disappear...
I killed her.
"Driving through the same road every single day, turning a blind eye on anything that happens around you..."
"Such a boring man"... When she taunted me with that...
Something in me snapped.
You unknowingly married a murderer.
Michiru, who conceived a murderer's child...
...I don't have an apology for you.
At last, I thought long and hard about what I could do.
Tonight, Takei urged me to commit suicide.
But my disappearance won't make your worries go away.
Rather, it will hand you over to Takei.
That's why I will go to the lawyer tomorrow.
The law firm at the right corner by the Sakaimachi traffic light.
Ever since I killed my wife,
I've looked at the sign every time I pull up to this light...
...I've thought about it everyday.
I'll tell the lawyer that the truth about my wife, and that I plan to turn myself in to the police.
From there, I'll reveal that Michiru and Takei Teruo killed and dumped Kanbayashi Kyutaro's body.
As I've said a while back,
Michiru's sin isn't that heavy, that's what I believe in.
Other than this, I don't have any other way to protect you from Takei.
Michiru, please give birth to a healthy child.
If you can do that, I'd like to see him.
This is everything of my life story.
When I met you, I've finally made up my mind.
Michiru, thank you.
Let's wait for Father together, okay?
Translator: Ruu
Don't forget
get
This is the shape of your fortune right?
right?
Timer/Typesetter: Ruu
right?
Karaoke Timer/FX: Mitsu
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
I don't get it even now
ima to nareba wakaranai
今となれば分からない
QCs: SacredCultivator, Ruu, Pengu
Like to wander about and Step out, but can't go back anymore
Samayou you ni Step out mou atomodori wa dekinai
彷徨うように Step out もう後戻りはできない
Step out
Encoder: SacredCultivator
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
down,
down
Leaving that trembling body behind, where are you headed for?
Furueru sono mi wo okizari ni shite doko e mukau
震えるその身 を 置き去りにして どこへ向かう
Why while in fate, you didn't hold out your last card?
Naze unmei no mama saigo no KAADO wo kazasazu
なぜ運命のまま 最後のカードをかざさず
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
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
Kono mama zutto, zutto, zutto, You're alone
このまま ずっとずっとずっと You’re alone