I'm home.
-Welcome back. -It's late.
Oh, it's because... we received our salary today.
So we went out for some drinks.
For this month's food budget... Here you go.
-Thank you. -Sumiko...
Saying thank you to Seiji will only spoil him.
It's only natural that he should put food on the table.
Yes, but Seiji had worked so hard...
to get all this money.
-Dad. -Yeah?
-Give me a minute? -What?
Just for a sec.
What is it?
I've thought about us moving, I think we should do it...
For mom's sake.
Ah, no... Of course, you said you want...
to stick with this house ...I know that very well.
That's why I'll help pay in terms of rent and the moving expenses.
By all means. We'll need to find an affordable property.
Eh?
Maybe I could look around in the next town.
You'll look?
Only in the next town.
Also, I found some interesting things.
Huh?
Some various stuff that you might want to look into.
["How to Find a Job"] ["What to Do at a Job Interview"]
1 million yen.
You're not impatient after all.
Since you were able to save 1 million yen for the moving costs.
Was that a praise or an insult?
Of course it was a compliment.
Fine. If you say so.
Ok. Well then, I'll be counting on you.
Yeah.
Oh, welcome back.
I'm back... Did you have a disagreement with my mother?
"Mother, you seemed prejudiced against depression."
"You're not qualified to be a part of a family of doctors."
"Not qualified?"
My mother helped my father start...
the Kono Nagata Clinic... They went through a lot to establish it.
To say she's not qualified to be a member of a family of doctors is going a bit too far.
I'm sorry.
What do you think of Tomoya?
Huh?
Do you think he doesn't want to become a doctor?
Well, it would be good if he could become one.
But right now I don't have time to supervise him.
So I'll leave him under your care.
Good morning.
"Don't quit, Seiji."
"Don't quit."
Um, I'm glad everything went well yesterday.
-Huh? -You brought me home.
Oh, yeah. You remembered it?
Yes.
Oh, yeah... you were so passed out.
Thanks.
No prob.
-G'mornin. -Good morning.
-Good morning.
-Seiji-san. -Yeah?
-How was yesterday? -Huh?
Did you and Chiba-san went to a restaurant?
Yeah, but it was just an izakaya.* [*a pub with an informal atmosphere]
Did you take her home?
-Yeah, I did. -Wow, that was fast.
What? No, nothing happened.
What are you dragging your feet for?
What about you... Have you seen Teppei?
-He started rehab, right? -Yes...
He's finally starting to move his body...
I'm excited for him.
I see.
About yesterday, did you get around to holding her hand?
Of course not.
I don't believe you!
Leave me alone!
Last time, I went to visit Igarashi.
You're still going there?
Well, I won't go anymore.
Igarashi said that I should have some closure.
Really?
Sorry to have you worry about it. It's alright now.
Thank you for all the things you've done for me.
I'm glad.
Also... is it still ok...
...to discuss about transferring to the Design department? -Have you decided to transfer?
My dream of becoming a designer hasn't changed.
So I hope to achieve it under your care.
Thank you.
I understand.
Thank you very much.
['We are looking forward to see you again for the second interview..']
-Good morning, Seiji-kun. -Good morning.
Your mom... is she acting a bit strange lately?
-Strange? -I think I noticed something.
Well, did she say or do something specific?
I don't know. Forget it.
Have a nice day.
Hmm... Unnecessary expenses. But thanks to you, it's all very clear now.
I didn't realize we were overspending.
As expected there was a decline...
We should have noticed it a bit sooner.
What's wrong?
Uh, no. I also wondered why we didn't notice it earlier...
...why we didn't pay more attention.
About my mom not doing well with the neighbors.
But you did notice it. That's why you're moving right?
Yes.
And still, it was admirable how you were able to save 1 million yen.
Uh, no. But if that's not a lie then I guess I'm flattered.
-No, really. That was a lie. -Aww, c'mon, Shokucho.
-Right, Akari? -Yup.
Hey, what do you mean 'yup?'
My company said to repaint the exterior of the house before we leave.
I did notice the paint had peeled in some places, right?
-It will cost 500-600,000 yen. -Oh.
I'll be calling some contractors...
and ask how much would it cost. Sumiko, I expect you to help me.
Yes.
Even before we get to leave, there are still added expenses.
Well, there's no need to be tight-fisted.
Such a good home for only 50,000, we were lucky to have lived in it.
That 50,000 is something that I struggled to earn
which you'll never understand! -Ok, no need to yell.
Ah, mother!
Just now... I was about to go and talk to you...
About the disrespectful thing I said... I'm very sorry.
It's ok.
I had no understanding of depression. That was true.
As a person from a family of doctors...
I should diligently study about depression...
I came here to tell you about it.
Uh, well um...
It was really rude of me. I apologize.
-Seiji. -Huh?
-Do you have a fixed date of the final interview? -Yeah.
-Are you nervous? -Well, you could say that.
-I'm sure you'll pass. -Do you really want me to pass?
Yes.
Huh?
Ah, oh, well... Then I'll make sure to pass it...
and I'll be starting all over again.
I'll be starting all over again, too.
Huh?
I'll be transferring to the design department.
Oh, I-I see.
-Yeah. -Oh.
That's your dream right? To design bridges and stuff.
Yes.
Good luck.
Yeah. You, too.
Yeah.
-Oh you're supposed to get a drink? -Oh, right...
One who loses gets to buy the other a drink. Here we go...Rock-Paper-Scissors...
It's a tie... it's a tie... I won!
Ah, just my luck...
No matter how sad we may feel about leaving,
Even how much we care...
It's still hard for us to express them...
Ok, which one?
Oh.
But still... we always hope...
...that the most important people in our lives will be happy.
-Let's partake. -Yup.
~Kimi tte kimi tte, naitari shinai n da ne~ Don't you, don't you ever shed a tear
~Omoidashite goran yo~ Try to remember that
~Watashi wa... watashi wa bukiyou dakedo ima wa~ I maybe... I maybe... a little bit clumsy
~FREETER IE WO KAU~ "A Part-Timer Buys a House" ~Subete wo uketometai kara~ But I'll accept you entirely
~FREETER IE WO KAU~ "A Part-Timer Buys a House" ~Koko ni iru yo~ I'll always be here for you
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::Episode 9:: "Starting over again...or so I thought"
-What? You said she was not qualified? -Yes, that's what I said.
-Scary! -Yes it was...
When I said that terrible remark I was prepared to apologize...
But mother-in-law was like...
"I have no understanding of depression..."
"...so that's why I'm studying it." It was rather anti-climactic.
I wished I could say that to someone...
... tell her that she's not qualified, too. -Who?
Our neighbor Nishimoto.
She told me...
"Your mother has recently been acting strange?"
What? The nerve of her, you should've told her off!
I know! I wanted to talk back at her...
But if I did that.. it wouldn't be good for mom.
But someday, you'll be leaving so this will not happen anymore.
Ah, I'm definitely gonna tell her off when moving time comes.
Once and for all, I want to do it so much I'm all fired up right now!
Sis... is that how you get when you're all fired up?
Huh? It's because you won't say anything...
At least I have the guts to say what you can't say in the first place.
You're wrong, I can say it myself.
You just said you can't!
I said nothing like that. Shut up.
There's another contractor who'll do it for less money.
I was hoping your offer would be much better.
Okay, I understand. Please wait awhile.
Sumiko, the contractor has decided on the house's exterior painting.
Somehow, we were able to lower it to 400,000 yen. Please take care of it.
What's wrong, Grandma? You're tired?
Are you sick, Grandma? Is it true you have depression?
Is this depression making you feel pain?
I will cure you.
When I grow up...
I'll heal the sick people because someday I'll be a doctor.
-AAH! -Whoa...
-You surprised me. -What's with that damn old hag?
That person over at that place... She's not supposed to say that.
What? What's wrong?
She's coaxing Tomoya to become a doctor.
There's nothing wrong if they want him to be a doctor.
Besides your in-laws will be the ones who'll pay for the medical school fees?
Using our sick mother as a way to encourage him?
-What do you mean? -'Like your Grandma...'
'who is sick and suffering, you'll get to help people like her,'
or something admirable like that... I bet that's what she told him.
-Well that's absurd. -I should have known...
...she'll be doing something like this. At this rate...
I can no longer stand it. I'm going to fight back...
...I'll never forgive her. -Ah, uhm, wait...
I don't think you should say that... What will your husband say?
I'll hit him if he chooses to side with his mother instead of me.
Why?
Getting along with her is too troublesome. From now on, I won't care anymore!
-That in itself could be troublesome. -It's damn troublesome indeed!
Ah!
Teppei-san! Are you ok?
It seems I can't move it as I wanted to.
Don't worry. It can't yet be helped.
-What's wrong? -Whether I'll be able to return...
I'm not sure.
Whether I'll be able to find another job, I'm not sure either.
Without earnings... I don't think...
you'll be happy with me.
Everytime you come, it's too painful for me.
So what if you can't work
or you can't earn...
I'll have my job.
I'm happy because I'm with Teppei-san.
With someone like me who can't do anything...
With a fool like me who's not worth much as a person.
Is that what you really think?
Right now, if you continue thinking like that...
Of course, Teppei-san will be discouraged!
-Good work! -Ah, you, too.
Seiji, is everything ready for your final interview for tomorrow?
Yes, I'm getting ready for it.
I see.
Ah! It fell.
Ah... it's bad luck to say 'fell' or 'slipped.'
Ah! Bad bad... Good thing I bought katsu [fried meat] for lunch. ['katsu' also means 'luck' or 'win']
To have luck, just pray at a shrine...
...before you go home tonight.
Yes.
Huh? Is it one or two?
-It's 2 bows, 2 claps, 1 bow. -Ah, sorry.
Oh.
I haven't seen you lately.
Actually I'm applying for a job at the medical health company, and I passed the initial interview.
-Eh?! -No, it's nothing to be surprised about.
I'm hoping everything will go well with tomorrow's final interview.
So you're passing here because you wanted to pray.
Yes.
-How about you? -What?
I mean, what are you praying for?
Uh, I don't think I should talk about it to a customer.
No but look...We're not in "Hello Work" right now.
I guess you're right.
Ah, forget it.
It's probably not right for me to ask anyway.
-Like you, I'm in the midst of a losing streak. -Huh? You're quitting your job at the employment agency?
-You're wrong. -Then what?
Omiai (match-making).
Aah!
You seemed to understand everything judging from that 'aah' reaction...
Ah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry... How many times have you tried it?
23 times.
Maybe it's because the women were too ambitious or expecting too much.
Ah, sorry, sorry.
Take-san, do you have a girlfriend?
No, not really.
-Is there somebody that you like? -Huh?
Oh, well...
Who is it? Is she pretty?
Well, quite good-looking, I guess.
-Ah, you go for looks like everyone else. -You're wrong!
That person is also...
...reliable like a real man. -Huh? You mean it's a man?
I mean she's someone with whom I can depend on.
When we're together...
I could talk to her about many things...
She also encourages me a lot.
-Where did you meet her? -At my part-time job.
But sooner or later, she'll be transferring to another department.
And once I have a new job, I'm not sure if we'll get to see each other again.
I see.
Well, it does seem we have no control over our destinies, huh?
Eh? Oh...
Thank you for the food.
Good luck with your interview.
Yeah.
-I'm off now. -See you later.
OK.
Mom... I'm going now.
Have a good day.
Yosh.
-Mother, it was you, wasn't it? -Huh?
You told Tomoya to study more, and that he'll become a doctor.
And you used his feelings of love for my mother in order to persuade him.
It is for Tomoya's future.
Tomoya is my child. I also think--
Tomoya is the son of the Nagata family.
You can't accept it because you're not really qualified.
You only married into the Nagata family.
The Nagata family...
...and your family are not the same. -What do you mean?
Yours is messed up, isn't it?
Your mother has depression...
Your brother still doesn't have a real job...
and even your father.
A father who always turns his back, no wonder the son grew up the way he did.
If that was my family, I probably would be dizzy dealing with all the mess.
It may be true...
for my mother... and my family to be messed up.
But for me... they're my most precious family!
Please wait over there.
-Your name please. -It's Take.
Kindly wait over there please.
Ah, wait, excuse me.
Hello, Mom. What is it?
"Are you the son of Take Sumiko-san?"
Ah... Who is this please?
"It seems your mother is in a troubled state."
-What do you mean? -Seiji... Seiji has an interview.
Mom?
Anyway, I'm waiting at your house.
Who are you?
Please stop...
Please let me talk to her.
Mom!
Take-san, is something the matter?
I'm sorry, it's about my mother.
Is your mother ok?
I'm sorry I have to go. Excuse me.
Mom...
Who is he?
Your mother had signed a contract to buy our products...
The deadline is now but she hasn't paid yet...
So I came to collect.
What contract?
This contract here.
-1 million yen? -For all the protection charms
that your mother had purchased.
1 million... is this some kind of a joke?
No, it's a contract that she had knowingly signed.
Cancel it.
The cooling off period had already passed...
You can't cancel it. It can't be undone.
No way...
You have to settle your payment right away or else your bill will continue to increase.
I'll come again.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm coming in.
Oh...
-What's wrong? -Ah? No, nothing.
-How was it? -Huh?
Your final interview, how did it go?
Oh, that.
Well, it was no good.
No good?
You probably said some major blunder.
No. Um, I didn't push through with it.
Didn't push through with it?
What do you mean exactly?
Tell me the reason.
Um... well...
Just promise me...
...that you won't get angry. -You did something...
...that will make me angry? -No, it wasn't me.
So what is it?
It's mom actually... she got into a bit of trouble.
Your mom is in trouble?
Yeah. So promise you won't get angry?
-Fine, now tell me!! -Okay. Okay.
-What are these? -Stuff that she bought.
-Your mother bought these? -Yeah.
This is why you didn't have the interview?
Well, yeah, that was the reason. But the problem is...
The deadline for the payment had already passed...
It still remains unpaid.
How much?
-How much?! -1 million yen.
Only these for 1 million?! You mean we got scammed?!
Calm down, you promised you won't get angry.
This is ridiculous! We shouldn't pay for this!
But the cancelation period
had already lapsed.
Ah, but mom has depression... Maybe if we could get a lawyer's advice--
There's no way we could talk to a lawyer.
-Why not? -If word goes out...
that we have fallen prey for such a scam...
...It will be a disgrace! -But it's not mom's fault.
They took advantage of her depression and anxieties...
Telling her that her fears will disappear...
...if she buys these stuff.
There is no need to pay any money. There is no need to consult a lawyer.
It should be done the other way around.
W-Wait a minute...
And you...
for such a thing like this... You wasted a good chance to get a job!
This is not just 'such a thing.'
You missed that chance...
You might never get another one...
...You should at least have known that. -Enough already!
-Enough what? -Enough with your nagging.
Or else what? Maybe you don't have the confidence to do the interview...
and you used your mom's excuse to get out of it!
Get out now!
You're such an idiot!
And just when I thought things were going well between me and my dad...
I knew it was too good to be true.
So unreliable... I feel disheartened.
But you know, during the final interview...
Because I had little money in my pocket...
when I left the interview I sort of regretted it.
Well, I regretted that I spent money commuting for nothing...
I'm so pathetic, huh?
-I think you're cool. -Huh?
You sacrificed an opportunity for yourself, in order to protect somebody else.
I think that's very cool.
If only being cool could help.
In the end, I wasn't able to protect anyone.
Yes?
It's Take.
Oh, Seiji-kun.
What is it?
-It's depression. -Eh?
My mother... she has depression.
Is that so?
It was caused by too much stress. That's what the doctors told us.
Stress... it was because of your father, perhaps?
-Um, it was your dad, right? -She also slit her wrists.
Attempted suicide?
She wrote a farewell note.
We now know the entire story.
Seiji-kun.
Wait.
So what did she say in her farewell note?
Um, maybe it had something to do...
with the Take seal that's supposed to protect and provide emotional support.
Nishimoto-san, you were the one who instigated it?
-Ah...um... -How could you do such a thing?
Like even returning back our garbage.
-Garbage? -It's no use playing dumb.
I saw you with my own eyes.
-Ah... it...it was ... -It's not just that, isn't it?
For more than ten years you've been harassing her non-stop...
You spread rumors that we don't pay the neighborhood dues.
Even when the laundry woman died...
you informed everybody except us.
Why pick on my mother?
I don't care...
what my mother did to you nor that I wish to know...
For me... she's a gentle and warm-hearted mother...
who's always watching over me.
But I accept her as she is.
She's my mother first of all.
Because ever since I was born she's always the one protecting me...
This time, I will be the one who'll protect her.
That's why... even more now than ever... I will absolutely protect her.
I envied her.
Seiji-kun's mother. I was jealous of her.
Jealous?
Take-san is always smiling happily.
I wanted my son Kazuhiko to be smiling and happy just like you...
But ever since he started middle school...
I noticed that he seemed to look down on me more and more.
As a mother, that was so painful for me!
If only he knows that I sacrificed everything for him.
That's lie! You only did it for yourself.
You just wanted to have a good son so they can call you an excellent mother.
I'm just something that you used in your plan. And you're claiming it was all for my benefit!
You're the worst mother.
Why?
Why didn't you say anything?
I couldn't say it.
It's like what you said... It's because you wanted to think I'm happy.
"It maybe true..."
"...about my mother, and that my family is messed up..."
"But for me, they're my most precious family!"
-Yes. -It's Aizawa.
Yes.
Mom, you don't have to worry anymore.
I'll take care of it.
I've come to collect.
I won't consult a lawyer anymore. I'll just pay for it.
Inside...is exactly 1 million yen.
-You can still consult with a lawyer. -No more... I want to end this.
Not 1 second nor 1 minute more... I want this finished.
For my mother's sake.
"Mom."
"You want to move to a new house?"
"Let's move."
-"Now you can move!" -"You finally did it!"
It's exactly 1 million yen.
Here's your receipt.
This is part of your contract...
I haven't given it yet.
If you'll excuse me now.
Mom... it's finally over.
It's alright now.
No need to worry anymore.
Your job interview... I'm sorry.
Hmm?
I'll have another one.
No matter how much we think of the people who are precious to us...
We still struggle to get our feelings across.
[Note: This is an omamori - a prayer amulet]
[Prayer for Take Seiji: May he find success in his job-hunting.]
But still... we always hope...
That the most important people in our lives will be happy.
~Doro mamire no mainichi dakedo~ Though life be smeared with mud
~Ima sara nayandari wa shinai~ Tis useless to worry about that now
~Akireru hodo bukiyou dakedo~ It maybe surprisingly awkward
~Kokoro ni chikatta yume ga aru~ Still a dream in my heart, a certain vow
~Todokanai hoshi ga matataite~ Unreachable stars are twinkling
~Fureru you ni sotto toikaketa~ Wishing to touch them
~Yomigaeru kibou de kono mune ga itasarerutara~ Softly I whisper, restore hope in my heart
~Oikakeru dake~ I'll just chase after them
~Hatenai sora ga soko ni aru tte~ An endless sky above
~Ima tashika na koe ga kikoeru~ A confident voice can now be heard
~Tobenai jibun wo kaete ikou ka~ Can't we change it and go fly up away
~Fumidashite nando demo yarinaosou~ May it be hard, let's move forward and start anew
~Mienai mono wa nani mo nai tte~ There's nothing you can't see
~Sono tashika na uta ga kikoeru~ A confident song can be heard
~Kienai omoi ga koko ni arunda~ These feelings will be here and never be gone
~Itsudatte mou ichido tachiagarou~ No matter when, let's all rise once again
~Chikara tsuyoku~ Resiliently
Subtitled by: earthcolors
Special thanks for the raws and retiming: sarujin, hydetetch and qop123
Next on ~FREETER, IE WO KAU~ ::Final Episode:: "My mother smiled"