- Congratulations. - Congratulations...
Looks like the wedding before ours just got done.
- I'm starting to get nervous. - Why are you getting nervous?
It's not like you're the main figure.
That's true, but still.
We still have an hour before the ceremony.
But I'm glad we made it to this day safely.
Really, huh?
I didn't think it was possible in such a short time frame.
- Where there's a will, there's a way. - Well, it's a happy occasion, but
but I never thought I'd be attending the wedding of these two.
Really. What a surprise, huh?
It was sure a surprise.
Wait. Takumi isn't here.
You're right.
Wasn't he reading a book in that corner just a little while ago?
Excuse me.
Is the bride here?
Please start changing into your wedding dress.
February 14
I can pick you up if you want.
I'm a NEET, you know.
I know.
I'm scum.
I don't look like
Hepburn or Hara Setsuko or Mine Fujiko
or Asakura Minami at all either.
I told you Asakura Minami isn't included there.
I know, I know. Maetel, right?
I think you have this fantasy in your mind,
since first love tends to get romanticized.
Once you actually go out with me, I think you'll be disgusted.
I think so too.
In fact, that's what I'm hoping for.
Then
we can break up right away and I'll be able to forget you.
Well? Do you want it or not?
Can I think about it for a couple of days?
W-w-w-wait.
Maybe I'll take it.
Are you going to like me?
I've always...kinda did.
Liked you, that is.
Kinda is not good enough.
You'd better fall in love with me.
I'll try.
We're going on a date tomorrow.
You'll go for a movie, won't you?
You can decide what to see.
I want to
try falling in love.
I realize I'm making a selfish request.
After all,
it's not like I'm in love with you.
But...
I want to give it a try.
Like a normal girl.
Yoriko-san,
you're a normal girl too.
I'm sure you can fall in love too.
I'll make the effort.
I'll do my very best so that you'll fall in love with me.
So
you stay just the way you are.
Let's go on a date tomorrow.
Do you mind giving me your data?
Your date of birth, height, weight.
In order to fall in love with you,
I need to know more about you.
I was born on August 9, 1988.
I'm 178 cm tall, and weigh about 62 kg.
Oh...
this is good.
This is very good.
All these numbers are very likable.
This August 9, in particular, is fantastic.
89 is one of my favorite numbers.
I'm sure you know that it's the 11th number of the Fibonacci sequence,
but there’s more! If you add
the sum of each digit of any number squared, it will always eventually equal 1 or 89.
Isn't that amazing?!
Is that so?
Suddenly, I'm starting feel that I can fall in love with you.
There's a good chance.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow!
She's so cute.
- Hello? - This is Yabushita.
I'm sorry for calling so late.
I thought I should at least let you know.
I decided to go out with Washio-san.
- I'm glad to hear that. - Tomorrow
I will be going out on my first date with Washio-san.
How about you? How did it go with Kaori-san?
- We're going on a date tomorrow. - I'm glad to hear that.
It's rather shameless when you think about it.
I was going out with you until yesterday
and we even got engaged,
but tomorrow, I'll be dating another man.
This is probably what they call a wild amorous woman.
I've turned into quite a promiscuous woman.
I've turned into quite a womanizer too.
Do you think you'll do all right on your date with Kaori-san?
No worries.
She's a childhood friend to begin with
and she's also an artist, so we'll just relax and watch a movie.
Since you couldn't talk about fine arts with me.
What about you? Will you do all right on your date with Washio-kun?
Actually,
I'm already starting to get attracted to him.
Oh, that's great.
To what part of him?
He was born on August 9.
The number 89, I'm sure you know,
is the 11th number of the Fibonacci sequence, but what's more!
- Yabushita-san. - Yes?
You're about to make the same mistake again.
Mine were all prime numbers, right? Did you fall in love with me?
- I didn't. - You're getting off on data again!
I can't believe it...
I succumb to the fascination of numbers before I know.
What shall I do...
- I'm suddenly getting worried about tomorrow. - Calm down now.
I will immediately gather information on
athletic type of men and make meticulous preparation.
Wait. Not so fast.
That's what's wrong with you.
- I beg your pardon? - Let me just warn you about one thing.
Stop gathering information and making meticulous preparation.
- Why? - Whenever you take the initiative to do something,
you go out of control without fail.
Listen carefully. Washio-kun's already in love with you.
There's no need for you to do anything.
- I see. - Just leave everything to Washio-kun.
Don't prepare for anything and
go as your usual self, just be Yabushita Yoriko.
Just be Yabushita Yoriko...
Come to think of it, Washio-san said something like that too.
- That he wanted me to stay the way I am. - See?
- You're someone who shouldn't try too hard. - Don't try too hard...
You shouldn't have to work hard to be in love, right?
That was a blind spot.
Don't prepare for it. Don't do any research. Go to bed right away!
All right.
I'll do that. Taniguchi-san.
Thank you for your advice.
Also...
you probably shouldn't call me anymore.
Calling your ex-boyfriend like this
goes against the rule.
I guess you're right.
I won't call you anymore.
I'll be praying for you from afar so that things work out well with Kaori-san and you can get married.
It's too soon to give up on your goal of getting married by the time you turn 30.
You still have a month until your birthday.
Then...
I'll be wishing you the best of luck from afar.
I appreciate that.
Well then,
good bye.
Good bye.
She might go in her sweats...
No, even she wouldn't do that.
Are you sure you don't have to make any preparations?
What's with this just be Yabushita Yoriko?
You've been messing up all this time by being yourself.
If you can't even fall in love with Washio-kun,
it's all over for you.
You'll forever be someone who's unfit for romance.
Like I'm a fly or something!
Love is a state of mind that occurs when phenylethylamine is released within the brain,
leaving the person in high spirits and filled with a sense of happiness.
Phenylethylamine, phenylethylamine...
28 days until the wedding
Good morning.
This is great!
Let's go.
You can do it. You can do it. Yes.
It's over there.
You look great.
Not bad.
How about this?
This is cute!
Are you tired?
I'm fine.
I intend to fully comply with you today,
so please don't worry about me.
Please bill me later for the clothes, shoes, and contacts.
Certainly not. It's my present to you.
There's no reason for you to buy them for me.
But I want to give them to you.
I want to show you off to everyone in the city.
It's like saying, "Isn't my girlfriend pretty?"
She's pretty, isn't she?
She's very pretty.
Where are we going after this?
I thought we'd go to electric appliance stores since that's what you like to do, and
for this evening, I made reservation at a restaurant with a night view.
Did I pack too much in one day?
I'm sorry. I was so happy I got carried away.
Next time, we'll go have monja yaki (Japanese pancakes).
You look pale.
Please don't worry.
Let's rest somewhere.
I'm going to throw up.
- Are you all right? - Let's...let's get off once.
- Do I look funny? - No, not really.
What movie do you want to go see?
I've already decided.
Come on in.
Want some?
The next scene.
I really wanted you to watch it.
Don't blink.
How beautiful is that.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
This is the greatest visual poet,
Andrei Tarkovsky's "Sacrifice."
If you're an artist, you should definitely watch it.
To be sure, his use of color is impressive.
Isn't it, though? I'm so glad to be able to converse like this.
Next, then, I want you to read Tsuge Yoshiharu.
It's "Scenes at a Beach."
How was it?
The last scene's pretty good.
Isn't it, though? Isn't that double-page spread overpowering?
You should definitely read it.
- It was helpful. - Okay, then next,
"The Master of the Gensenkan."
You can really tell how Tsuge Yoshiharu changes his touch with each...
For Christ's sake, I've had enough!
Staying in your room all day, watching movies and reading manga.
This ain't no date!
But this is an educated idler style of date, if you will.
Who gives a shit! What the hell did I dress up for!
- We're going out. - Where to?
- Karaoke. We're going karaoke. - Karaoke?!
There's nothing more ridiculous than having to pay to sing...
Hey! Are you seriously trying to fall in love with me?
Your girlfriend's saying she wants to go karaoke.
Yeah, sure.
That was good.
Let's sing something more upbeat next.
K-Kaori, we're in trouble.
W-w-who are you guys?!
- Kaori? - Tomoki! Jin-kun! Ecchan!
You're all here for karaoke too?
Long time no see.
This is Yabushita.
It's me. Uh...sorry.
I know I'm not supposed to call, but...
- I was curious how your date went. - Well...
It wasn't the worst, but on the other hand,
I don't think I can say it was a great success either.
To tell you the truth, me too.
I thought Kaori was an artist, but
her yankee element was stronger.
We went to karaoke and sang EXILE endlessly.
- So what happened on your date? - My bag couldn't contain it all
and I doused Washio-san and the rickshaw man
with a large amount of undigested matter from my stomach.
You win... That's more than enough to be the worst.
How did that happen?
Due to lack of sleep and the swaying motion of the rickshaw,
the excessive amount of food I consumed last night regurgitated.
- What did you eat? - Wine, cheese, chocolate.
They all contain a lot of phenylethylamine...
- Contain what? - It's a chemical in the brain
that's said to be released when a person is in love.
You went and did it!
I told you, didn't I?
Don't prepare for it. Don't do any research. Don't try too hard.
You went and did it all!
I have to prepare for everything beforehand or I get worried and can’t go to sleep.
But I did go in my sweats, so there!
That, you didn't have to do.
So...what did Washio-kun say?
He said it was his fault of dragging me around when I wasn't feeling well.
We agreed to date again.
We're going to a soccer game.
What a nice guy...
Listen up.
The next part is the critical point.
You should consider this current situation to be a miracle.
A perfect fine young man like him
falling in love with an odd woman…
a unique woman like you...
- is an opportunity that may never come again. - I know.
I'll make sure I do well next time.
I'll objectively analyze the reason for my failure and come up with a good countermeasure...
I'm trying to tell you that's the problem!
Don't analyze anymore.
It's "Don't think, feel," by Bruce Lee.
"Don't think, feel."
Don't think, feel.
Just open your heart and leave everything in Washio-kun's hands.
Open my heart...
Got it.
I'm not going to prepare beforehand anymore.
See if I try at all.
When you can be a person who doesn't try hard,
- you'll be able to fall in love. - I will try hard to become that person
who doesn't try hard!
Taniguchi-san, I think
you need to open your heart as well.
The problem with you is that
you only acknowledge the world of your pastime activities.
If you want to fall in love,
you'll have to accept her favorite pastime activities too.
That may be true, but...
we're talking about a yankee's favorite pastime. There's no way I can...
Yes you can.
Just wear sagging jeans, grow a little mustache,
and swing your chain.
- Your image of a yankee is all messed up. - And you're going to master it.
- Exorcist. - That would be EXILE.
- You shouldn't call anymore. - I shouldn't. I wish you luck.
- Good bye. - Good bye.
The present time
I couldn't find him.
- Me neither. - Same here.
Same here.
I couldn't find him either.
Seriously, what is he doing?
Let's split up and look one more time.
Washio-kun, you go that way.
Sotaro-kun and Kaori-chan, you two go that way.
- Yoriko and I will go that way. - Let's go back to the waiting room once.
Okay.
Takumi isn't here?
- He's nowhere. - Did you call him on his cell?
I think he has it turned off.
Who knows what he's thinking.
Shall we start without him?
You've got to be kidding. There's no point if he isn't here.
He ran away.
When the time really came, he decided he didn't like the idea after all.
And there's only one place he can seek refuge.
He's a hikikomori to the core.
Hey, what was that?
I'm going out for a while. I have an idea where he might be.
- I'll come with you. - Me too.
It's okay. I'll be right back.
Kaori-chan.
26 days until the wedding
Are you sure you're okay with someone like him?
He may have been a hero when he was a child, but
he's a NEET now, you know.
He's changed, you know.
Do you really think he changed?
It seems to me that
Takumi-kun's the only one who hasn't changed.
Someday
I hope he tells us why he turned into an educated idler.
25 days until the wedding
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
You have a date today after work, don't you?
Are you really not planning to prepare beforehand?
The most important thing for anything is preparation.
Yes?
It's nothing.
Takumi. You got a package.
I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry.
Did you buy a book or something?
Go! Go!
There's your chance!
Ah~. He almost had it.
Yoriko-san, when you're watching soccer,
you enjoy yourself by letting go of you inhibition and yelling at the top of your lungs.
Got it.
Get back! Get back!
Stop him! Stop him~!
No. 3, that was a nice play!
Way to go. Isn't this fun?
Yes!
But they're not pressing anymore.
They're slowing it down in the middle.
That's because the opponent's forward has too much speed
and the defense tends to move back.
Exactly.
Take a shot! Take a shot!
He hung on to it too long.
It wasn't his fault. He didn't have a shooting zone.
He should've passed one step before that.
No, he couldn't make the pass because the fullback didn't run up.
The full-back was unable to run up because
the center-back was unable to deliver the ball to the receiver.
Therefore, the problem with that situation was
- poor positioning by the center-back. - I see.
Crush him! Crush him!
Tackle him! Tackle him! Tackle him~!
Tackle him!
Takumi-kun, you don't have to conform to me, you know.
You sing whatever you want to sing.
If I want to fall in love with you,
I have to get to know the appeal of your favorite things.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other,
but in looking outward together in the same direction.
By Saint-Exupery.
EXILE is much too difficult!
I can't sing in that beautiful falsetto like ATSUSHI.
How was your soccer game?
I didn't mean to try so hard.
It's just that I knew nothing about soccer,
so I thought a minimum knowledge was necessary
and I studied up on it a little. Just a tiny bit.
Before I knew it, I left Washio-san unattended
and found myself in a heated debate with the leader of the supporters over game strategy.
You don't know when to stop.
I'm not going to try so hard anymore!
I won't prepare beforehand or do any research.
Don't think, feel!
It's better if you don't call anymore.
I won't call anymore. Good bye.
Yoriko told me too that
she decided to go out with you,
and I was simply delighted.
- I think she liked watching sports. - That's how she is.
It's not that she doesn't have the ability to like something.
There's a lot of things she likes. Things like numbers,
and geometric patterns, and complex structures.
In fact, she's quite passionate.
She just can't seem to direct that passion towards people.
- I see. - Go for it! Press, press, and press all the way!
If I can get my work done early tomorrow, let's have have dinner together! I'll call you tomorrow! Washio
Tomorrow too...
24 days until the wedding
Please give me six more of this same dress.
Same size and color.
If you don't have it in stock, please have it ordered.
Takumi~ You got another package.
Sorry. I'm really sorry.
What have you been buying?
I figured taking it on from the appearance might be effective too.
23 days until the wedding
I'm not wearing the same dress.
This is my Friday dress.
Are you going on a date again?
No. But just in case he calls me out for a date on the spur of the moment,
I'm wearing this style.
Damn!
By the way, where's your lunch?
I can't believe it, but I overslept
and didn't have time to make it.
Please! I beg you!
No, no way. I'm not paying for this!
This is material that I need.
I absolutely refuse to accept this.
- Please take this back. - Please
I think Sandaime J Soul Brothers' key
is a better suited for me.
Sell your books!
20 days until the wedding
I asked you to give me the latest data, didn't I?
Didn't I?
- Yes. - But what you gave me was data from 3 months ago.
I used this very data and wrote my report.
Your mistake becomes my mistake.
Please don't.
It's not that I want you to apologize.
The latest data I gave you is this one.
I think you made a mistake and used the old data.
I'm terribly sorry!
What's the matter?
Nothing.
Shoot!
Too bad.
Is something the matter?
No.
Hello.
This is Yabushita.
Hi.
How's it going?
Are things going well with Kaori-san?
I don't know.
How about you?
Are things going well with Washio-kun?
I don't know.
As I expected,
falling in love is a difficult thing, isn't it?
I think so too.
19 days until the wedding
This is Yabushita.
Today?
Today...
actually, my supervisor just asked me to work overtime.
I may even end up working through the night...
Yes.
I'm sorry.
Hello?
I'm not feeling too well today.
I feel kinda feverish...
No, no, don't come. I don't want to give it to you.
I'll be fine. I'll sleep it off.
Okay, next time then.
18 days until the wedding
Due to the approaching fiscal year-end,
I have a pile of work I have to finish.
The Government may be exerting more pressure too.
I wish I could go, but I'll have to decline tomorrow's date.
Hi there.
17 days until the wedding
- Okay, sit down. - Mom, Mom.
- Is Kaori coming today? - I think so.
- I'm stepping out for a while. - Where to?
I can't seem to get rid of this cold. I'll go see the doctor.
Did you have a cold?
- This year's cold is sure persistent. - Do you have money?
It's fine. I have the library card.
Library card?
What's the matter, Washio-kun?
I need your advice.
In regards to Yoriko-san.
16 days until the wedding
Sorry for dropping in suddenly.
I just stopped by to say hi since I was in the neighborhood.
I don't mind.
I was wondering if things were going well with Washio-kun.
I guess so.
Is that right?
What are you doing?
I incorporated a new exercise.
I'll go take a shower.
I shouldn't do this.
It's personal data.
Sorry, Yoriko. I'm doing this for your sake.
Taniguchi-san Taniguchi-san Taniguchi-san Washio-san Taniguchi-san Taniguchi-san
Are you positive?
Yes.
14 days until the wedding
Yes?
Looks like you don't have to work on weekends anymore.
Let's go on a date.
Let's go.
Actually, I was almost over it, but
maybe I got careless, it feels like it's coming back again...
No, I don't want to give it to you.
You don't think you can go out?
That'll be a little tough.
You look pretty healthy to me.
Not really...
We're going on a date.
You're pretty good.
This isn't much fun for you?
No, that's not it.
If you're not having any fun,
shall we stop?
No, since we're here already.
Seeing each other...
shall we stop?
If you don't enjoy being with me,
I'll break up with you.
Do you mean we're going to stop seeing each other?
Why?
You should ask him.
I'm cold.
It's true the skate date with Adrian in "Rocky" is a famous scene, but...
I thought a double date might be nice.
Washio and Kaori turned to me for advice so I set this up.
Let's make everything perfectly clear.
It pisses me off the most when people go sneaking around behind my back.
When you get right down to it, isn't it true that you two can't forget each other?
I knew it from the beginning that a two-dimension otaku like you couldn't fall in love with Kaori.
You won't get away with it if you make a fool out of my sister.
Yoriko-san.
Although I hate to say this,
I'll back out if that's what you want.
Because true love
means wishing for that person's happiness.
The present time
15 more minutes.
What are you doing?
Doing what hikikomori's supposed to do.
The wedding is about to begin.
I started reading a book.
I have the taxi waiting. Let's go.
I make it my practice to read Stephen King in one sitting!
- Hello. - Yoriko!
- Where are you now? - Father,
please ask them to delay the ceremony for just 30 minutes.
I'll bring him back without fail.
- Come! - Cut that out!
- Go ahead and do it without me! - You know that's impossible!
Everyone's waiting for you.
Are you all right?
Yes, more or less.
How about you?
I'm fine. We didn't get switched around.
- What's that supposed to mean? - Nothing.
Why are you being unreasonable now?
We talked it over and you agreed, didn't you?
We're having this wedding for your sake.
I tell you, everyone's probably appalled.
After getting everyone involved for nothing and causing them trouble,
how can anyone have the nerve to say "We're going to be happy."
That's exactly why
the marriage should be blessed by everyone. Isn't that right?
If you're not going, I'm not going either.
We'll both boycott it here.
- Why do you want to have a wedding so badly? - Because I want to!
Any woman, at least once in her life,
wants to wear a wedding dress.
Although I hate to say this,
I'll back out if that's what you want.
Because true love
means wishing for that person's happiness.
Wait a minute please.
Me too. If that makes you happy, I'll break up with you.
I'll be happy for you.
- I think you're misunderstanding something. - Enough said.
- Think about their feelings too. - Yoriko-san.
Although it was only for a short period of time,
thank you for the wonderful memories.
- Wait a minute. - Taniguchi-san.
Please make Yoriko-san happy.
No, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Why do we have to break up?
Don't play dumb. You two like each other, don't you?
You mean I...like him?
You mean I...like her?
I get it. They're not even aware of it themselves.
How high maintenance are they.
You two like each other.
Look into each other's eyes.
You'll realize your true feelings.
That chemical in the brain, whatever it's called...is it coming out?
Phenylethylamine...
Now that you mention it, it is.
What? Really?
Yes. It's pouring out.
However,
there's phenethylamine
that's also known as noradrenaline.
That about sums it up.
We don't get it.
Noradrenaline is a stress hormone.
I'm saying that my discomfort index goes up when I'm with Taniguchi-san!
In that case, same here!
- Don't force yourself to lie. - I'm not!
What I want to ask is why are you all trying to force us to be together?
Because...
You've been avoiding us and calling each other on the phone, right?
Good gracious.
Yabushita-san, that's why I told you over and over not to call me.
You're the one who called me!
The fact that you end up calling each other without realizing it
is proof enough, isn't it?
Calling each other on the phone is proof of what?
Your true feelings.
The person you call without realizing is the person you like the most.
It's a pattern used frequently in childish romantic dramas.
Are you confusing the approach used in dramas with reality?
That's why I hate lowly folks.
- I find that offensive. - All I did was
give advice to this screwy woman so that she can have a normal
romantic relationship with Washio-kun.
Same here. I was just giving advice
to this utterly hopeless man so that he can have a romantic relationship with Kaori-san.
It's not that you like each other?
Of course not!
But you're not enjoying yourself when you're dating us, right?
No...I enjoy it.
- I'm enjoying it. - That's a lie.
You didn't look like you were having fun at all.
At first, you were pretending that you were having fun, but
didn't you gradually realize you weren't having fun at all?
- That's not... - Then why did you start avoiding Washio and Kaori?
- That's right. - That's right.
- That's because... - How should I say...
It goes against the grain.
- Yes, it goes against the grain. - Goes against the grain?
My current self...
...is being subjected to a troubling change.
For some reason, I, of all people,
started making numerous mistakes at work.
For some reason, I, of all people,
can't retain anything that I read or watch.
I oversleep more frequently, and my daily routine is all messed up.
I find myself eating toast on Monday morning, pork on Tuesday.
There's a limit as to how absentminded I can be!
I found myself trying to sell the complete collection of Natsume Soseki.
There's a limit as to how absentminded I can be!
There was an unfamiliar employee at the office.
Wearing unpractical clothes and unpractical shoes.
Worrying about her hairstyle all day long.
A stupid office clerk who's obviously incompetent.
It was my reflection in the window.
- I was appalled. -I woke up in the morning
and I didn't know where I was.
On the bookshelf were DVDs of
EXILE and Sandaime J Soul Brothers.
It as my room! I felt dizzy!
I quit doing sit ups and squats for strength conditioning, and
I started doing breast lifting and buttock firming exercises instead.
So that I'd be ready anytime you sought to have sexual intercourse...
- That isn't me! - All I can think about is how can I get my voice to
sound like ATSUSHI's falsetto.
Because he's really wonderful! I can understand why Kaori likes him.
But that isn't me!
Do you enjoy yourself?
When you're dating us.
I'm telling you I enjoy it!
I'm enjoying myself tremendously. I never realized dating was this much fun
when I was going out with her!
Same here.
I wondered what in the world I was doing with him!
It's fun, that's why I don't know what to do.
It's too enjoyable, that's why I don't know what to do.
When can I see him again?
Where will he take me next time?
I keep on waiting for your phone call and I can't concentrate on work.
- I'm pathetic. - I caught myself thumbing through
a part-time job magazine because I felt bad for making a struggling artist like Kaori
pay for the karaoke bill.
I can't believe I, of all people, was looking for a job. I'm pathetic!
Just when I was leading an orderly life,
- with nothing to be ashamed of. - Just when
- I was leading a life of a proud educated idler. - At this rate,
I'm going to turn into the incompetent officer I despise the most!
At this rate, I'm going to turn into an uneducated commoner!
- It's your fault, Washio-san. - It's your fault, Kaori.
- What are you going to do about it? - What are you going to...
What a pain in the butt you are, you unfit for romance people.
Don't you realize you're already in love?
This is...being in love?
Yes.
If this is being in love,
I'm in trouble.
I'm in trouble too.
Ever since I fell in love with you,
I've been messing up all the time.
You and I are
connected by equals sign now.
Take that. I made you fall in love with a 3-dimensional character.
Winning in first love and failing in life is a common case.
- Says Mishima Yukio. - Let him talk.
How the heck did this happen.
I'm the only one who has no one.
It might be coming out.
Phenethylamine.
Washio-san.
There's a place I want to go.
You look very beautiful.
I have nothing to lose, so I'll ask.
Is it possible to have a wedding in 2 weeks?
To tell you the truth,
when I decided to marry Taniguchi-san,
I reserved a wedding hall.
Naturally, I should have canceled it, but
I made it my goal to get married before I turn 30,
I couldn't make the decision to cancel it.
A week from that date is my birthday.
I'm the kind of person who spare no effort to reach my goal.
Washio-san.
Will you have a wedding with me?
The present time
They said they can't hold off any longer.
This is the limit, huh?
Oh, is that them?
This way, this way.
Yoriko-san, hurry.
Sorry.
You've got to congratulate those two.
Beautiful.
Isn't she beautiful?
Really?
I think she's very beautiful.
14 days until the wedding
Washio-san.
Will you have a wedding with me?
I'm sorry, but
I can't do that.
You reserved that wedding hall
to get married to Taniguchi-san, right?
We can't get married there.
Why not?
- The price is reasonable and the size is also... - That's not the point.
It's a matter of feeling.
A matter of feeling...
Is that how it is?
That's how it is.
I...
want to get married in a wedding hall that's been selected for you and me.
I see.
But
in that case, the wedding hall will be...
- Wedding? - Yes.
If we cancel now,
we'll have to pay 80 percent of the cost as cancellation fee.
So I thought, why not have the two of you hold a wedding ceremony.
The two of you?
Rumi-san and Tsutomu-san.
You were saying that you two never had a wedding.
You should renew your vows and
openly restart your life as a married couple
instead of sneaking around and meeting each other.
Age is irrelevant.
Any woman would want to wear a wedding dress once, right?
Who are you?
I'm Washio Yutaka.
We'll serve as your attendants.
It's all set to go, and we'll take care of everything.
Why now, huh?
It's disgraceful as heck. Don't do it.
Taniguchi-san.
What?
When you get right down to it,
it's your fault that Rumi-san and Tsutomu-san's relationship broke down.
It's because you turned into a NEET and
isolated yourself in the house that
Tsutomu-san was denied his career as an education adviser.
Giving them your blessing
can lead to overcoming your own trauma, I think.
Rumi-san.
Even if you have to drag in Tsutomu-san with a rope around his neck, let's have the wedding.
I think she's very beautiful.
Isn't this a little much for me?
I'm starting to feel embarrassed.
You can't help thinking how dare I do this now, huh?
It looks good.
Both of you.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Takumi-kun.
If you don't mind,
why don't you take this opportunity to just tell us?
Why you became an educated idler.
What happened when you were looking for a job.
It's not worth mentioning.
It was a trivial matter.
I can imagine.
Did you get fed up because the interviewers said harsh things to you?
That's right.
Is that all?
Everyone's experienced things like that.
What kind of things did they say?
I was interviewing for a major publisher.
13 years ago
Is this Taniguchi Tsutomu that education adviser?
- Yes. Do you know him? - Of course I know him.
He appears on TV once in a while and talks about his shallow ideas.
If you come work for us,
I hope you don't ask us to publish his book as a favor to our employee.
We don't publish low quality books like that.
That's what I was told...
and was laughed at...
So what did you do?
Did you beat them up?
You argued with them all, didn't you?
Quibbled over everything?
What did you do?
Hey, that's not nice in front of his son.
I laughed with them.
I laughed like a fool.
On the way home, I sat down on a bench at the park.
I couldn't stand up.
I couldn't stop the tears from flowing...
and I couldn't stand up for hours.
All the workers who passed by
appeared to be incredibly amazing people and
dazzling to me.
It's impossible for me.
There's no way I can be like these people, I thought.
That's all.
It's absurd, isn't it?
It's absurd...
It's extremely absurd...
- Dear... - Restroom.
Tsutomu-san.
I don't think you failed.
I don't think you failed
in the way you educated Takumi-san.
Takumi-san
is a kindhearted man.
This is very touching.
I never thought I'd be attending the wedding of those two.
How many times are you going to say that?
Rumi-san's beautiful~.
- Is she really? - She's beautiful.
Anyone who wears that can look like that.
After causing so much trouble for everyone,
I don't know how we dare to do this, but
I'd like to start all over as newlyweds.
I'd like to be invited to the young folks' wedding next.
Thank you so much for being here today.
Congratulations!
- Yoriko-san, thank you. - Thank you.
You suffered another setback, huh?
Setback?
Your goal to get married by the time you turn 30
doesn't appear to be within your reach.
Yes. But I did fall in love.
Love? Are you in love?
Yes. With Washio-san.
Phenethylamine is gushing out.
Phenethylamine, huh?
Do you really think that's love?
Here it goes!
7 days until Yoriko's birthday