- Hide-chan! - Yeah? / - Beer! Some more beer!
- Coming up! - No, wait! Make it shochu
- Shibata, on the rocks! - Shibata on the rocks, got it!
- Something wrong? - No...
Just...well, you were still crying only a minute ago, and now...
The bay...this isn't Germany "Dinner Cruise"?
( To Ms. Makino Isaki : ) "I'm leaving for Frankfurt this Monday"
"Thank you for everything..."
You see, in the past,
After a break-up I didn't feel like eating
Really, for a while, I couldn't get a thing down this throat of mine
But now, well
Whenever I cry, it just makes me hungry!
Oh, and you know what?
You even cry less, too
All of a sudden I realize, 'Hey, no more tears'
And those times I think, 'This is it!', I just can't
'Those times'?
Ah! Like at a funeral for a relative you barely know
You feel so awkward...
It's not that you're not sad, just, not so sad you start crying, you know?
No, not that
I mean the times you have to cry if you're a girl
You know, "this is it!"--those times
-Here you are, Shibata on the rocks! -Thanks!
- Hey, you're happy, right? -Huh?
I don't know, you just seem so trusting
So easy to lie to, so easy to deal with...
The kind of guy that takes everything for what it seems, right?
No, actually, not really
I mean, you just couldn't leave me crying like that And so now...it's like we're out on a date or something
A date??
Don't worry though, I wasn't faking earlier
- I know that - Oh?
Still, I guess it's better than being thought suspicious, complicated, and hard to deal with like someone I know
I know what you mean I know some people like that too
- Hide-chan! - Yeah?
(ochazuke: hot green tea on rice, often served after drinking)
Thanks! (to the staff inside)
Time to go home now
Still, I can't just let this go to waste, now can I?
No, I guess not
Really, I should be giving you a going-away present
A going-away present?
No, I mean--
I'm sure you'll find someone else good soon, and it'd be great you could go with him
For a first date, a "dinner cruise" might be just a little extravagant
On the other hand, now probably is the best season for it
Come with me?
Uhh...I'm sorry
Hey, why do you have to refuse so seriously when I was just kidding?
You make me feel like I just got casually flat-out rejected
"Come to Germany!"
You don't have to read it for me
Well, this is where I live, so...
- Where? - Huh?
Your room
You know, all night it's been 'kimi this, kimi that" My name is Serizawa, Serizawa Riichi
Where is it?
Um, why exactly...?
What's the problem? There's a girl saying she wants to come up to your room
But why?
It's that time...you know, for girls
Please don't talk like you're trying to hint at something
All you want to do is use the bathroom, right?
Girls don't usually come into guys' rooms to take a crap, after all
Like I'm going to!
Safe!
- Here, have this - Thanks so much!
She really only wanted to use the toilet?
Anything else?
Listen, I...
It'd be great if your girlfriend--the stewardess-- gave you a call, eh?
Well, see you Night!
SLOW DANCE
Script : Eitou Rin
Theme Song "Tokyo" - Fukuyama Masaharu Music : S.D. Preppy
Serizawa Riichi - Tsumabuki Satoshi
Makino Isaki - Fukatsu Eri
Koike Mino - Hirosue Ryouko
Hirose Ayumi Hasebe Kouhei - Kobayashi Mao - Tanaka Kei
Sonoda Yukie Kita Takashi - Ebihara Yuri - Nishino Akihiro
Yashima Yuta - Koizumi Koutarou
Serizawa Eisuke - Fujiki Naohito
English Translator : Rafuku RAW provider: Junkboy77 checked: MRZXZ
- What about that girl? - Nah
What's going on?
Oh, nothing, Kohei begged me to try and pick out his heroine
His heroine?
Mino-chan-- she said she was going to start taking lessons at your driving school
If she goes, it should be about now
You've got a lot of free time
Hey, back in the day I kept you company, remember?
I heard you staked Ayumi out in front of a girl's college, three of you, saying something like
"Let's go find a cute girl for the heroine in the graduation film"
Welcome!
- Not her? - No
Riichi, remember when you talked about that recently?
How you got turned down by Miho three years ago?
What did you mean by that?
I always thought it was you who turned her down
It doesn't matter, really
I was so afraid of being rejected I rejected her first
Before I could find out for sure, I ran away
Find out what?
I heard she might like someone else
So?
Hard to keep meeting each other knowing she felt that way, don't you think?
The other guy--was that...me?
What?
I can't believe that
Why don't you chase after him?
Come on, this is Germany! Frankfurt!
Exactly. But even if I went to Frankfurt,we'd only have a few beers like brother and sister, and then I'd just come back home
Why?
If he wanted me to come after him, he would have left me a ticket there instead
A ticket to Germany, not for some 'Dinner Cruise'
It must have been some shock
- Yashima-kun, could you take this up to the second floor? - Okay
I think what he wanted to say was, 'Hurry up and find the kind of guy who will go with you on a Dinner Cruise'
I see
Think you could help me out there?
Hmm...tickets are still tickets- let's make good use of them!
I already gave them away
Not like I have anyone to go with, after all
Lucky! I wish I could have gone
Just two girls?
But if you go with a guy, always trying to keep up the mood, you can't enjoy yourself, am I right?
And you can't pig out on the great bath and banquet set
I wonder if I can still get them back?
When is it?
This weekend...wait, when was it again?
Thanks so much, Yajima-kun-- you even did the cleaning!
I'd like to point out, though, this kind of work really isn't my job...
Yajima-kun? Upstairs?
Thanks again!
Oh yeah, boss--
How's that going? You said you wanted to talk to the manager...
- ...about transferring...? - I'll...let everyone know when I decide anything
Anyone who wants to sign the waiting list for cancellations on today's seven pm lesson, over here!
Waiting list at the driving school...after we got here so early too! It just keeps on coming, doesn't it, Mino-chan?
What does?
Doesn't it make you think about life in general?
It makes you?
I think it's kind of exciting-- like leaving it up to fate
'Leaving it up to fate"??
Number 4350! And that's all
Wanna leave?
Over here!
You got picked?
Yup! See you later!
[Hirose Ayumi]
You forget your ring at my place, didn't you?
My ring?
It was just sitting there on the sink
On the-- oh no!! I'm so sorry!
Sometimes, you know, it...gets caught and...
Anyway, that reminds me-- Have you already invited your girlfriend on the cruise?
Well, no
You said it's been three years, right? It's hard to find the right opportunity, huh?
After so long, you definitely need some special bait
I can handle calling her up all by myself, you know
What are you waiting for then?
After all, you might get rejected, you know
When I do, I'll do it somewhere without you
What??
Hitting the breaks again?
I knew you could do it
Answering machine? You should leave a message!
For someone boring to talk to like you leaving a message is best, anyway
- I can't - Huh?
'This number is no longer in service'
Just wait here a second
Coming in!
Me too!
- Wow, it's so big! - Hmm, I guess you're right
- Thank you! - It's nothing
- Well, with that... - Oh, I totally understand
- You want to be alone, right? - What?
'The number you have dialed is no longer in service'
The same thing happened to me just recently It wouldn't hurt them to add another word or two, though
Like 'We're so sorry' or 'We're sorry, but unfortunately...' ?
I don't know, something more...encouraging
Really, there's just no excuse
They don't have to use such an unfriendly tone, do they?
Um, you do have the ring now, so if you could, you know
Come on, people who can't reach their exes should be more friendly to each other!
But in my case, she's still here in Japan at least
And I might still run into her again by chance like the other day
Seriously now
She's not your girlfriend anymore, right?
What would you say if you tried calling her house?
I know, I know And as for calling her house, well...
Almost like some kind of stalker!
In any case, it's been three years now
And her number's buried somewhere anyway
- Anyway, if you're done here, would you mind going home? - 'Somewhere'?
It must be in this room somewhere Maybe over here?
W-wait! No, stop!
Don't worry about it
I can make a call by myself
In fact, I'd really rather do it alone
Thanks for your concern, though
All right...but if you end up not needing the tickets, let me know, okay?
Huh?
If she turns you down, the tickets go to waste, right?
So, if that happens, we were thinking we might go, me and Isaki-san
It's not like I want you to give them back to me right after I just gave them to you
Besides, you're being nice enough to treat me like an old teacher
So I'd feel even worse if you started thinking I was so petty
So that's what this was all about?
I'll give them back-- If it'll get you to leave, I'll give them back right now
Wow, really?
But...you should try to invite her first
That way, we'd feel a lot better about going too
'A lot better'? Can we stop talking about what will happen on the assumption I get rejected?
Here
A guest?
- It's his girlfriend! - What girlfriend?
- Ayumi-chan - Right! Yes!
- I'm home! - Welcome back
Got company? Good evening
My brother
Nice to meet you
So you're the famous brother?
- Famous? - Uh-huh
Heard a lot about you from Kohei-kun ...Riichi's friend
OK, your turn!
- You sure about this? - What?
He's not too easy to catch, you know Or is that your plan?
You might be right
He's used to girls making a fuss over him
It might actually be better to pretend you don't care
He's not my type
My turn now!
You're odd, you know that?
Usually everyone likes him
- Everyone? - Yup
All the girls I know-- They all end up falling for him
Well I for one don't pick men by their faces
- That so? - It always goes badly
Go out with one, you strike out on looks right down the middle
Rather than it going badly from the start?
- Hey, over here! - Coming!
- Thank you!
- They don't really look alike, do they? - Oh? You think so?
Hearing you had so much influence on him, I thought you'd seem more alike
I see
For example, being a director was your dream first, wasn't it?
A dream? More like hero-worship
Kubrick, Goddard, all that-- it was just an act
Talking big, drinking until sunrise...and before I know it, I'm just another salaryman
What do you mean? You're a bank man That's pretty cool
Cool? Buying debts here, selling them there, over and over and over again
My job is tedious, and my company, so big it's suffocating
Sounds boring
Frank, aren't you?
But we're just the same, really
Selling this off, lining up new merchandise in its place...
I don't find it particularly tedious or suffocating, though
Eisuke-san, let's play some darts!
Not going back? To Yukie's place?
Eh? Why? Someone else coming?
No, but from here it takes a bit to get to the bank
Quit
- What? - My job-- I quit
Ah, you mean you're switching companies Had an offer from somewhere else, right?
No, new non-smoking policy Figure I'll just hang out for a while
After thinking about it for a long time, I'd like to request a transfer to Miss Panther's
You needed an area manager for Miss Panther's-- I'd like to be it
- That? That's already taken care of - Eh?
Have a seat
Makino-kun, being out on the floor is best for you
- You mean I'll be staying at my... - No
How about store manager for one of our new brands?
- A new brand? - Yeah
'Bon-bon Les Enfants'
This fall we're setting up a new brand for kids
Wait a minute-- 'Kids'?
Yeah, 'Kids', 'Kids' You know, children
After we put out the wanted ads, you apply for the position of store manager for 'Bon-Bon les Enfants', and then, well
Also, seems we're sticking with the area manager from outside the company for now
So just hand our Miss's line to them, ok?
So you're telling me to go work in a Kid's shop now that I'm no longer needed?
'No longer needed'??
This is about experience!
We don't have that many veteran staff capable of planning out a new brand, you know
What is all this 'new brand' stuff?
Still, if you give it a try, you might find it fits you just perfectly
The thing is...
- I just don't like kids - Really?
Isaki-san!
[ 1 missed call ] [ 1 message ]
This is Ayumi-- Sorry to take so long getting back to you
This is from my cell phone If you want to, please give me a call
Please leave a message
Hi, this is Serizawa-- it's been a long time... No, I guess not, actually-- just saw you the other day, huh?
Listen, I have the tickets I got from someone, for...a 'Dinner Cruise"
And If you like... I was wondering if you'd like to come
And then the Agent said, "Want to be in a commercial?"
- Oh really? - Eisuke?
When are you gonna take some summer vacation?
- Hey, Yukie, about that... - You have to take some, OK? Where do we want to go?
I wanna go to Paris! or New York!
You said know New York well, right?
Show me around, eh?
Excuse me! Could you bring a menu?
Got it, got it
I'm looking forward to it!
Talk to you later, bye!
Starting something else again?
It's Iida-san's new daughter-in-law-- She's going to teach tap dance at the community center
You're going to be here until this evening, right? Make dinner for yourself, okay?
You're going out?
Does my grown-up daughter have nothing else to do on her extra day off?
I do...
I do, but I thought you might be a little lonely
Never mind, you're right, that's not why
- I'll just be here, a grown woman, all alone - Isaki...
I know, I know I'll find something to eat for dinner
I have someone I'd like you to meet
Huh?
He's divorced, and his child's already grown-up
He'd be a good person to spend a precious life with
In any case, don't take it so easy, eh?
I mean, getting married before my own daughter...it doesn't feel right
Oh, don't worry about that
No good men at work?
There's only women
- I think, if I could only meet someone... - What about that guy you dated in high school-- Takano?
Ancient history!
[ Sukiya Gyudon ]
[ Marriage Information Service : San Marriage ]
Hey, is that you?
Oh, hi!
- Not eating? - Huh?
'Course No. 60 will be departing shortly'
'All passengers: please make your way to the boat as soon as possible, thank you'
Riichi-kun!
Sorry! My flight was late
It already left, sorry
I'm so sorry
Go! Fujiko, go!
I only wanted to try the food here, really Sorry for dragging you along to a place like this
Not at all! I worked out loads of stress
I've been trying, but I just haven't been able to
I tried karaoke, but I just can't keep up with the younger girls
And I'm not really at the age where I can just start a new sport
Really, this sort of place is just right
- Why don't you come with your boyfriend then? - I couldn't bring myself to say it before, but
Not just here, at amusement parks too, even ramen shops
I'm afraid of being thought, you know, not worth the effort anymore, overreaching
It's not easy, eh? Being a girl
- A girl? - Hm?
Oh, nothing
How old are you anyway?
Riichi said you were an intern at his high school, so...
You must be, what, 32?
It's not really worth making a fuss over, but I'm only 31
Well then, how about 'Isaki-chan'?
I'm trying to figure out what to call you
I'm 32, and as long as you're at least one younger than me, 'Isaki-chan' is fine, right?
Sure
How about oden next?
I'm really sorry about today
After you were nice enough to invite me, too
Like I said, don't worry about it
Sorry this place is such a poor substitute though
Not at all-- actually, it's quite relaxing here
Really?
- Ah! You think I'm lying, don't you? - Eh?
You think I've gone and gotten extravagant, don't you?
No, I don't think that
How about you?
Me? You know, average as always
Average?
That's what happens when you enter the real world
You've grown up, huh?
I remember before-- you didn't feel like looking for a job at all
I couldn't understand what you were thinking
What are you comparing?
I'll point out, I've been in the world for three years now
I gave up being a director pretty fast after that
That sounds more like an old man than an adult, don't you think?
That was too harsh...
No, on the contrary
No big deal
I was just surprised to see you smile like that again
I'm trying my best, you know
Huh?
I was rejected, after all
I didn't want it to get awkward
...and here I am, making it awkward on my own!
Ayumi, I...
There's something I've always wondered about
Mm?
It's about my brother
Something wrong with Eisuke?
- Uh...says he quit working at the bank - Really?
Here you go Be careful, it's hot
It didn't sound like he was switching jobs either Said he was going to 'hang out' for a while
Like always, still playing around with the ladies
He's living with his girlfriend now, but it doesn't seem like they're getting along
No doubt there's another woman involved
It's none of my business, really But as his brother, I feel a little worried
Come on in
I don't know, I feel kind of strange being here when your brother's away
This place is mine, actually
Even now, most of my stuff is still here
Have a seat
- Beer okay? - Uh, sure
Are you moving out now then?
Just before, you said--
Ah, that? Need to rest my wings
Your wings?
Thanks
Small birds like parakeets or swallows-- they're always flying. If they don't keep moving and flapping their wings, they get stiff
But I just want to...glide for a bit
Glide?
Like a hawk or an eagle, slow and easy, almost like floating
I want to dance in the sky
Slow and easy...like a dance
- He's a bigger bird than I, though - Who's 'he'?
I'll be right back-- gonna step out to buy some hors d'oeuvres
- No no, you don't have to-- - No, it's no problem
- It's close-by - I'll come too, then
- Watch TV for a bit? - No no no, I'll...
Wait! I'll come with you
Uh-huh, uh-huh-- 'Destiny'?? Oh, come on! There's no such thing
Of course there is!
On what basis?
Timing!
You know Natsuko?
Well, in the ten years before she got married, she had a boyfriend for all but three days!
Here's good
No, it's okay, I'll see you to the station
Don't worry, I know the way
Well, see you
But...
Want to go see my brother first?
It's been a while, right?
I'm home
Eisuke?
Eisuke? EIsuke?
Oh! Welcome home!
Excuse me but, what are you doing here?
Oh, I was bored, thought I'd watch a little TV
- That's not what I meant, I-- - Hey!
I think I'll head home now
No, no...you've got it wrong!
Please, come in!
Isaki-san, what's going on here?
- He went out to the store - Who went out to the store?
Your brother, Eisuke-san
So, anyway, I'm not his--Riichi-kun's girlfriend or anything
- Aren't you going to introduce us? - What?
Me and her
- But I don't need to - How can we talk then?
- But you don't need to talk
I already know you! You're Ayumi-chan, right?
Nice to meet you!
You've changed my image of stewardesses
You usually think of stewardesses as going out with lawyers or doctors, not driving instructors
I mean that in a good way-- I thought, what a great girl she must be!
Probably good at judging men
Now he's just like this, but in the future, he could be another Spielberg!
Even just aiming to be a director is pretty cool, though
Don't you agree?
She's the girl...who's living with Eisuke?
That's right! I'm his girlfriend!
I think I'll head home now
Ayumi! Ayumi!
Hey, don't let it get to you She's always like that
It's not here either-- my brother's girlfriend
Sometimes he just comes home like this, all of a sudden-- He might've even broken up with her
Why did she say those things to me?
Well, we might as well have a drink
- You might as well go home - Come on!
Let's have a drink!
Please! Go home
I'm trying to be nice
You said it yourself before--
How all the girls you know end up falling for your brother
She's just the same, right?
What business is it of yours?
I don't deny that
But if I left now, it'd be just you and your brother alone
Don't you think it'd be a little awkward?
But if you have someone else, a stranger, there too, it can lighten the--
If you're a stranger, then go!
What's that for?
And here when someone's trying to--
Everything you do just makes things worse
I was only trying to help you
If Ayumi thought I was Eisuke's girlfriend, she wouldn't worry about him anymore
She'd probably think it was her chance, if she thought Eisuke's girlfriend was someone like you
What do you mean?
It's only normal, you know
Most would pick a 25-year-old flight attendant over a 31-year-old Miss' Brand manager
You're right!
And rather than the little brother, half-dreaming, half-giving-up, living on vanity
Most would pick the older brother, graduate of a good university, with a good bank job, living life as he pleases!
Why do you care who she likes?
What does it matter if she likes anyone else!
Well, I guess I can see it mattering if it was your brother she liked, though
For three years...
For three whole years I've been trying to get over it...
Locking it so deep and so fast in my heart I wouldn't touch it, wouldn't even think about it
And now, why? Why on earth do I have to have you, a complete stranger, just barge your way in and trample all over it!
Why do you have to see me at the worst of all possible moments?
Well, you don't have to worry about me!
I don't whine "how lame!" or "how cruel!" when I get rejected
On the contrary, I'm happy to make a new friend
Fine, I get it-- I'll go home
Please, do that
Ayumi?
- What do I do next? - Huh?
- Let's take a left turn - OK
- You're doing fine, relax - All right
Thank you for shopping!
Come again!
- Riichi? - yes?
You're taking your certification test soon
You know there's a qualifying test after you reach 25
I might even fatten up your salary a tad
That is if you want to keep being an instructor
- Think about it - I will
It feels great!
Riichi-kun, are you really not going to look for a job, and just try and be a director?
- Ayumi? - yeah?
Let's break up
Welcome!
Ah! Mino-chan! There you are!
Mino-chan, what do you want, squid? or squid legs?
- The legs! - Got it, legs!
Thanks!
Hey! If Kohei invited you, why'd you call me up?
With just the two of us at a summer festival, it'd be too much like a date
But with four, we can just have fun
Four?
You suck!
- Excuse me! One for me too - Alright
Here you are
A 10,000 bill? Don't you have anything smaller?
- Alright, make it two then, I'll take two - Fine, two it is
- Here you are - Thank you
Thank you!
- Mino-chan, let's go get some balloons! - Balloons?
- They're very important, you know - Important, huh?
Let's see...which one should I go for?
- I watched it--your graduation video - What?
Wait a sec-- how?
That's right! I'm sorry, I just happened to end up taking it home
What do you mean, 'just happened to'?
Don't worry, don't worry
I'll give it back
I'll bring it to your driving school
I watched the whole thing...all the way to the end
Boring, huh?
- Sorry - You don't have to apologize
No, no, it's not that
But, I understand now
How you really, really
liked her, liked Ayumi
It's in the past now
Sorry, thanks!
You gonna give up?
It's too late, there's no way
The moment you give up, it's all over
That too--there's no way you're going to catch it
I'm not gonna give up
I won't give up
On what?
On life!
- Might as well try my best with kids' - Kids'??
- You don't mean your store? - Kids' clothes
Gotta do what you gotta do, right?
Besides, can't just keep standing in the middle of the road forever worrying which way to go
Are you saying that to me?
Not at all, I think you're doing fine
Whenever I have a problem, I just up and plunge at it without thinking
Actually, I envy them...
People who can stop and think it through slow and easy when things go wrong
What do you mean by 'when things go wrong'?
Excuse me? One more, one more for each of us!
Script : Eitou Rin Theme Song "Tokyo" : Fukuyama Masaharu
Serizawa Riichi [role] : Tsumabuki Satoshi Makino Isaki [role] : Fukatsu Eri
Koike Mino : Hirosue Ryouko Hirose Ayumi : Kobayashi Mao
Hasebe Kouhei : Tanaka Kei Kida Takashi : Nishino Akihiro
Sonoda Yukie : Ebihara Yuri Onoda Koutarou : Asano Katsuhisa
Hitosaka Susumu : Nukumizu Youichi
Nishiyama Noriko : Muraoka Kimi Murakami Hisashi : Takubo Issei
Makino Chiaki : Takabata Ryouko Yashima Yuuta : Koizumi Koutarou
Serizawa Eisuke : Fujiki Naoto
Translated by : Rafuku RAW provider: Junkboy77 checked: MRZXZ
With thanks to Korean translator and timer Pyeon Seongho (truk2000@korea.com)
And to dramanote.seesaa.net, for his(?) Japanese scripts