I don't really have any memories of being lucky.
But it's okay.
Because when something good happens,
something bad might just happen after that.
Someone who thinks like this would be a timid person I guess.
Luck at the lottery?
No, no.
Not a all.
That's why when I don't win the lottery, I'll think that it's just as expected.
I might think, "If only I didn't draw the lot at all."
Well,
if I don't draw one then I can secretly think, "I could have won the lottery," right?
The first prize is a LCD TV.
Wow, I want it!
Hmm?
Ah.
The audio!
Even though I can't see the video,
I can still enjoy the audio, right?
Ahh.
It's an extravagant to use it like this so, you know, it's too wasteful to buy it.
Alright, let's win it!
Eh?
Hey, it's really okay.
Hanamine Higashi Shopping District Spring Great Sale Lottery Area
We,ll just get the white ball and a packet of tissue an.
You don't know that for sure.
Don't give up.
Then you draw the lot.
I hate the'ko-ron' sound the white ball makes when it comes out.
It might go'ka-ran' when you get the first prize and the bell rings.
It's 'ko-ron.'
'Ka-ran.'
'Ko-ron.'
'Ka-ran', 'ka-ran.'
'Ko-ron.'
'Ka- ran', 'ka-ran', 'ko-ron.' Are you guys Kitaro? [Note: Main character of a manga series about yokai (monsters) created in 1959 by Mizuki Shigeru.]
Sorry, but if you're going draw a lot then please do it quickly!
Hey! Eiji!
Wait a moment.
Erm.
What?
Erm.
The first prize LCD TV hasn't been won yet, right?
You idiot! Don't say it so loudly.
This is a secret.
I won't put it inside until the day after tomorrow.
This red ball.
What do you mean it's not inside?
That's it, of course, if the good stuff are all won
the customers won't feel like drawing any lots.
Please put it inside.
Stop it! Ouch.
I need to win no matter what today.
Who cares. Then you should just come on the last day.
I'm not asking you to cheat and let us win.
Just put this in when she is drawing the lot.
Stop it! Ouch.
Alright, I'm sorry...
Congratulations! It's the first prize!
Eh?
Bara no nai Hanaya Episode 4
What happened?
Ah, I don't know what to do.
Remember that kid from the other day? From Ono-sensei's class.
You mean Shougo-kun?
It seems that he was stealing from the shop again.
Is that so...
What's interesting is this...
It's not interesting!
Well, not really interesting but more like'Serves you right'!
Take a seat, Eiji.
Okay.
Isn't it always shown on some TV programs?
Grandpa or grandma caught stealing.
Then the manager or guard at the supermarket bullies them and makes them cry?
I wasn't bullying him, right?
That's bullying.
It's true that what he did was wrong.
But you know, you could also have just stopped him.
if you think he's acting suspiciously.
Punishing them will stop repeat offenses.
So... about Shougo-kun.
This time I contacted his parents.
Since he's not behaving even after I've told his teacher.
Then his mother appeared immediately, crying and apologizing.
Saying, "My child, my child, I'm sorry!"
Soon after, his father appeared.
The moment he came in, he started beating the kid up.
He just made a big scene. Saying, "I don't remember bringing up a kid like you."
And then?
In the end,
they found out that there wasn't anything in Shougo-kun's pocket anyway.
It was a false accusation.
So, now it's become that, huh?
A total reversal of roles and you have to apologize profusely.
It's okay if that was just it.
Compensation, they want compensation! That father.
He brought up so many doctoral certificates.
For the bruises, lash marks, psychological trauma and what not.
How can he say this when he was the one beating up his child?!
But he was falsely accused.
So whatever they say will sound reasonable.
But I just don't get it.
Well, I admit it's my fault that I didn't verify if he really did steal in the first place.
But the timing with which his parents arrived;
and this time that kid readily told me his parent's cellphone number.
So what are you really trying to say?
Well, that...
It was a set up.
Yes, that's it.
You're thinking too much.
You just don't want to pay a single cent.
You're too stingy.
But it's really expensive!
I've heard about what happened from the master and the manager.
Yes.
Shougo-kun didn't come to school today too.
His mother told me he has caught a flu but...
I can't believe something like that...
I'm sorry.
Eh?
I think maybe I was mistaken.
Mistaken?
Maybe he's being neglected by his parents.
Neglect...
You mean parental neglect?
He wears the same clothes all the time...
And there's something unique...
Like his stealing of the chocolates.
When you don't get proper meals,
even a child would think bout getting something nutritious that lasts longer.
Erm...
Maybe he's in a worse environment than I thought.
Let's try our luck there.
Okay.
He's there. Just as expected.
Shiomi-san?
Is this what they call tofu hamburger?
This stew is delicious!
Mio-san,
you can really cook such complicated dishes even though you can't see.
It's really delicious.
I'm not in the position to say this
but I really want you to cook for us everyday, right?
Yes.
It's really dreary to eat alone everyday too.
Ah,
then why don't I come over to cook when I can, depending on my work shift?
Work?
By the way, Mio-san, what are you working as?
Ah...
erm...
Ah, right. Shizuku-chan,
make a guess.
Hmm. Let me think.
Masseur!
Shiatsu and so on.
That's right! Shiatsu masseur.
Hmm, so it's acupressure! I see.
Stop trying to be funny, really!
That was clever of you to ask Shizuku-chan to guess.
I nearly said 'Oi!' out loud.
It's not funny.
I can't keep doing such things.
Really?
But don't get so mad.
The director told you this too, right?
To enjoy yourself.
How can I enjoy it?
Something like this...
Not just to him,
I'm also lying to Shizuku-chan and Hishida-san...
I feel guilty.
Hmm. I see.
Don't you feel anything like that?
They treat you very well, don't they?
Well, yes.
Aren't you heartless?
Maybe.
Mio-san, let's try to get along with each other better.
I've been thinking about it.
What is it?
I think it's likely that the director has misunderstood him.
Misunderstood?
He's not someone who would incur anyone's hatred.
So, you're trying to find out the cause and clear up the misunderstanding?
Yeah, that's right.
There's no need find out the cause.
I already know it.
Eh?
Ah, right, the lottery.
You won a LCD TV, didn't you?
Have you received it?
Not yet.
Eh? Ah, I didn't really win it...
Does it come with a video player?
Well, anyway.
Here. A present.
What is it?
After watching it,
you'll be cursed and die within a week.
Just kidding.
It's a joke.
I don't know what it is but I don't want it.
The cause is in there.
Eh?
The cause of the director's hatred towards Aniki...
Just now, you said he's not someone who would incur the hatred of others, right?
Yeah.
It seems that they're not total strangers.
The director and Aniki.
So, excuse me. Bye!
You mean that guy wasn't your father
but rather your mother's boyfriend.
Shiomi-san. You don't have to say this now.
We can't talk about this now?
But I think he's feeling more at ease talking to us with a full stomach.
It's a delicate issue.
But you're already being abused, right?
Shiomi-san!
Yes?
You start thinking that maybe it's because you're not behaving yourself
and it's all your fault.
So you put up with it.
Please, that's enough.
He's right here.
You have nowhere else to go too, right?
Eh?
Oh, right. I'll pass you the chocolates that you left with me before I forget.
Shougo-kun.
Not going home and getting taken into custody by the police time after time.
Ah, do you want some meat dumplings?
Excuse me, one plate of meat dumplings, please.
But,
But it gets worse when you are brought home, right? Worse.
Mom's mood also varies from day to day so it's really scary, huh?
Children like you are called 'anonymous soldiers'.
You fight desperately every day but nobody knows.
nobody knows.
Shiomi-san.
There are around 30,000 children like you.
Actually there are many children like this,
there really are many in this country.
I was one of them when I was young.
I was also an anonymous soldier.
Nice to meet you.
It's all over your face.
4.2.
Okay.
Transform!
Ouch!
Hey, have you ever met the true friend of justice?
He really exists!
I met him this morning.
He said to say hi to Shougo-kun.
You're really cool!
You guys are friends, right?
He said he changed his email address.
I've come to let you have this.
Frog-kun.
I told him to tell me too but he refused.
What was it that he said...
"Only for the chosen one, the special kid."
Some soldier.
Anonymous soldier?
Yes! That! He'll only appear when that soldier is in danger!
He'll send out a SOS.
That's right!
It sounds sort of cool!
I guess so.
Wow! Tell Shizuku about it next time!
I've gotten in touch with Shougo-kun's former teacher.
As you've expected, he didn't go to school on many occasions.
Sometimes for as long as 2 months.
Then we can't tell if it's because of the injuries or he just doesn't want to go to school.
Are you saying that what the supermarket manager was suspecting might have happened at other places?
Maybe there were similar demands for compensation.
In the meantime, there's daily abuse?
Maybe we can put him under protection or something?
If we do such things on our own it'll become abduction.
Abduction?!
We'll get sued instead.
The police will only act...
when he has been badly injured and certified by the hospital doctor
as a possible victim of child abuse.
Are you saying we should wait until Shougo-kun is dying?
There's a way to take him away.
There's a secret facility that offers protection
by not letting the children meet their parents
or letting their parents find them before they are convicted in court.
Then let's put him there now!
But there are children who would still want to be with their parents.
But for Shougo-kun's case...
They're lousy parents.
Then why...
But if Shougo-kun himself doesn't ask for help...
it'll most likely just end with his parents bringing him back.
It's painful way of putting it...
but the child has to betray his parents.
If he can do that, he'll be saved.
What are you doing?
You don't look like you're going for a tour.
I've rented an apartment.
I'll leave this house.
Don't say silly things.
I've given it a lot of thought.
It's okay for you because you have your work.
But I'm always alone in this big house.
We've not had a conversation like a husband and wife for these past ten years.
I was busy.
It can't be helped.
No!
You were just escaping into your work.
Escaping?
You weren't the only one in pain after we were told of her death.
I was in pain too.
I was sad.
But...
you didn't even console me.
You didn't even comfort me.
I won't forgive you if you leave this house.
The documents will be sent to you later by Hayashi-san.
Please calm down a bit.
I am calm.
I thought about it very clearly during this period of time that I have spent alone.
I won't agree to a divorce!
I... have already decided.
I've decided.
Hello?
Ah, this is Naoya.
Sensei, good morning.
Ahh, today's so cold.
Seems like we're being invaded by low air pressure.
Get on with it.
I think it's about time to advance to the next stage.
This video player is a present from me to you.
Hey,
why don't we exchange that with the one at Florist-san's house?
I can only listen to sound anyway.
If Shizuku keeps watching TV, she won't study.
But...
Since it's a really memorable win.
Florist-san?
Yes?
Um.
Yes?
Ah.
I'll help you massage your shoulders.
I heard that your job is to give Shiatsu.
I'm still a beginner.
Let me practice it.
You need a lot of strength to do this, right?
I'm surprisingly strong.
Look.
Ouch.
Sorry.
Is it comfortable?
Yes.
There's nothing I can do for you.
There's no such thing.
You cooked dinner for us last time, right?
Everyone said it was delicious and ate it happily.
Really?
Your curry was also delicious.
Is it really?
I wouldn't lie to you.
Um...
Sorry.
Don't mind me.
Sorry. I said something that upset you.
No you didn't.
It's really not like that.
How do I put it...
sometimes I just become like this.
Don't worry, really.
When I calm down, I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.
Oh I see.
Hey?
Are you always like that?
Hmm?
Has Florist-san always been such a gentle, good person?
What are you talking about? I'm not...
You are gentle.
Really.
You're flattering me.
I...
Were you like this ever since you were a child?
Eh?
Were you a good kid?
It's not like that.
Your parents' way of educating was probably correct.
Freely...
I'm not a gentle person, nor am I a good person.
You're too humble.
You don't have to be shy.
There's a cold and cruel part deep inside me.
Deep inside Florist-san's heart?
I always feel this,
and wish that I could get rid of that side of me.
Even though I think this way.
I think that
it's really brave of you to face up to yourself like this.
I think that usually,
most people hide from what they don't like about themselves and their bad points.
That stupid shopkeeper.
He looked so unwilling when he gave this money to me.
But won't people start to find out?
Silly. It'll be fine. That kid is so usable.
He's cunning, just like you.
You're kidding me. Stop it.
If we go to a bigger department store, we'll get more money, right?
I don't want to take such risks.
If we hit his head and he dies, we'll get lots of money.
We can have fun for the rest of our lives.
Ah.
Delivery is so slow.
You can't not complain about them.
Hello?
Shizuku, did you give that thing to him?
Yes, I did.
Um,
it's not that I wanted a boy...
The amount is not right.
Huh?
I've already calculated it three times...
Oh really?
It's Naoya. He's definitely the top suspect.
It's too pitiful if you suspect him.
NAOYA!
Um, Shizuku, actually I was the one who took it.
Eh?
Um,
I needed some money before...
Daddy?
Yes.
Yeah.
It's really Daddy?
Hey,
it's fine if it's Daddy.
It's money that Daddy earned anyway.
You don't drink alcohol.
You don't smoke. You don't play pachinko.
It's fne if you spend more once in a while.
The only thing is that you should have told me.
Sorry.
So, what did you buy?
Do I have to say it?
What are you doing?
What do you mean what?
The check up's done, right?
The results haven't come out yet.
I can just phone up to ask about it.
You can't just do that.
Huh?
Even if you want to leave,
you still have to go through the discharge procedures. Okay?
Don't just act on your own accord.
Mio.
What?
You suddenly contacted me and said that you were leaving.
That's all at your own convenience, right?
Sorry.
Okay.
I'll stay here until the results come out.
Only, when that time comes,
tell me the truth okay?
Don't lie
and tell me the truth.
It's not olden times now.
No matter what the illness is, we'll explain it to the patient so they can face it properly.
I see.
I don't lie.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Hey, hey, hey, hey. What is it?
Why are you acting suspicious?
Eh?
Mail from the nightclub girls?
It's not that.
I'll tell Mio-san.
Whatever. We're not yet...
Yet?
I don't mean that.
Oh well.
Aniki,
do you know Mio-san?
About her eyes.
How can I learn hula dancing at this age?
You should learn it.
Your waist would move like this.
What if twist my waist and bring trouble to other people?
Don't say that.
Ahh, isn't it good
that it's a really big and pretty place?
It is, right?
The meals are delicious,
and people are friendly; they're all nice people. I really want to continue staying here.
Take care, I'll come see you again.
Thanks!
Is that true?
Hey.
Why are you eating so secretly here?
Move it.
Wait. Where are you bringing me? Give me an explanation!
Please don't speak in that way temporarily.
We're going to become a child's heroes soon.
What are you talking about?
No, what are we doing? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...
Just come.
Wait, wait, ah, coat, coat!
You're a great person and I've always respected you.
When you offered to help me with my father,
even if it was imprudent, I was really happy at that time.
But, the Florist-san that I see
is a really gentle and good person.
What are you trying to say?
I want to clear the misunderstanding between you two.
Eiji, explain it to me properly.
I'll explain it to you later. Master should save Shougo-kun and not ask anything first.
What do you mean by 'save'?
Please wear this.
I'm pink?
Okay, let's go.
Go? Wait, you...
So noisy, who is it?
What is it with you?
Here!
Eiji! Shoes!
What's happening?
Go now!
Go? I just have to drive, right?
Okay, okay.
I'm sorry about your daughter's death.
I passed her the tape.
But I think her death was an inevitable thing.
Inevitable?
They were a young couple who was in love with each other and had a child.
He probably
didn't know beforehand if your daughter's health
allowed her to bear a child.
However, your daughter was determined to give birth.
If it's the baby with the man she loves. And she finds this mysterious courage within herself...
"It's alright, I'll definitely give birth to the child."
She must have been thinking like this at that time.
Even if it results in the unfortunate scenario of the child being the only survivor...
but even so, your daughter must have...
I understand that my daughter loved that man.
Yes, they loved each other.
You're wrong.
That man
has never loved her.
You don't have to worry anymore. From now on, you don't have to worry about anything.
The home that we're going to now houses many children who are just like you.
Everyone's an anonymous soldier.
Before long foster parents will come,
and you'll be able to meet nice parents who love children.
I will go and settle the procedures.
Let's go.
If...
If there are times when you feel lonely or troubled,
it doesn't matter even if you are in middle school or high school,
at times like that, just visit that tiny flower shop in front of the station.
Even if you don't say anything, they will understand as long as
you bring a stalk of rose.
The little coffee shop beside the flower shop is okay too.
Shall we go?
Transform!
This is my daughter's diary. It was placed in her dormitory at the university.
The video you saw was a video love letter her friend took for her
and sent to that man.
Yes.
It was filled with her love for him.
Yes.
This diary is like that too.
That means...
She was just like a girl with an unrequited love.
Unrequited love?
She was abandoned.
Perhaps it was after she told him that she was pregnant.
How can that be?
In the diary, she said he never came to see her again.
She wrote that he didn't even contact her till she died. "Not even once."
The reason why I can't forgive him
is not because my daughter is dead.
I can't forgive him for the fact that he has never loved my daughter!
He cruelly trampled on her feelings
and left without a care.
It's his lack of humanity that I can't forgive!
You say that he's a gentle and caring man?
He's just bringing up the child out of guilt,
trying to give himself a new lease of life, isn't he?
There's a cold and cruel part deep inside me.
He is definitely not someone like that.
I always feel this and wish that I could get rid of that side of me.
I can't believe it.
Can one's past sins be forgiven if you make amendments?
I'll never forgive him.
I want to listen to the sound of his heart breaking into pieces.
I don't care even if I have to go against professional ethics
and threaten you.
I think it'll be nice if Daddy can get married to Mio-chan.
Silly girl, you're so impatient.
Even though Mommy might not like it,
I still wish for them to be together.
Then I will pray for Mommy every day.
Good girl.
I want Daddy to be happy.
I also want Mio-chan to be happy.
Chiroru hopes so too, right?
I must be thinking too much...
Good night!
I must be thinking too much.
The police are investigating Shougo-kun's parents.
Their shoplifting crimes might be exposed too.
So I can be relieved now...
What's worrying is after he becomes an adult.
When he's sensible enough,
he'll definitely start to think that he went through unreasonable suffering.
There's the possibility of an overwhelming anger taking root in his heart.
Like a thorn in his heart.
Then we'll have to help him remove the thorns.
Just fall in love!
He'll be okay if he falls in love with someone.
Yes! To love someone.
He should be able to fall in love,
but...
it'll be difficult for him to truly love someone.
Well, this is something that you learn from your parents, isn't it?
It would be good if he is loved by someone.
To be deeply loved,
just like how parents love their children.
Protecting him and believing in him no matter what people say.
Your wife was that to you, right?
Good, isn't it?
Your wife, who sacrificed her life to give birth to Shizuku, was the one who plucked out that thorn in your heart.
I'll take my leave first.
Eh? Then, me too.
No, why don't you stay with Master for a bit longer?
He has done a great job today.
Then I shall stay for a while more.
Thoughtful chap.
Then this meal's on you.
No problem, no problem.
Oh, Eiji.
I'll get going. Good night.
Good night.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
It's growing too much!
I know that you must be busy.
I know. But...
Well... usually I would probably be so sad hat I'll cry,
but
it's okay because I believe in you.
The baby in me is accompanying me too. Women are weak, but mothers are strong!
I'm joking again.
I'm a mother now.
Who's there?
The florist.
Sorry for disturbing you at this hour. Are you asleep?
Ah, please give me a moment.
What's wrong?
I forgot the keys.
Is that so?
Come on in.
Umm...
towel.
I called Naoya many times but he didn't answer the phone.
I was afraid of waking Shizuku and Hishida-san.
Ah, then you're not afraid of waking me?
Sorry, that's not what I meant.
I was only joking.
Don't take it to heart.
Come on in. Want a cup of hot tea?
I'll be going immediately.
But.
I just suddenly felt like seeing you.
What silly things am I saying.
I'll get going.
Wait, wait.
Don't say anything, just come in.
Come on.
It's okay.
Look at this.
This...
I keep it as a souvenir and treat it like my lucky charm.
Is that so?
Winning the grand prize - the lucky red ball.
Umm...
Umm... Actually this...
I know.
I wanted to boast about this to my customers
at the massage parlor but ended up being laughed at.
I'm sorry.
The whole world should laugh at me.
I don't even know what to say.
But it's okay.
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter what people say.
It doesn't matter if they laugh at me.
This is...
my grand prize red ball.
Since you said so,
I choose to believe in you.
I believe you.
Oh, I heard from Naoya.
About your eyes.
He said...
you'll be able to see again if you go through surgery.