Wow!
Look!
The endless horizon, wherever you look!
So wide.
Finally, I've arrived!
We are on the mainland!
They're saying that the leader of the mounted bandits that's prowling Manchuria is Japanese!
Black Wolf or something.
It seems he's a possible survivor of a troop despatched to Siberia.
Lieutenant, wait for me!
I will definitely find you.
When I do, we will never be apart!
And everything will finally turn into a happy ending!
And then...
Boss?
You'll see!
I have a special scent on such things!
As planned, everything will turn out well.
Part 2
Haikara-san ga Tooru
Перевод — Елена Родионова (laci) Редактор — Unnmd Соредактор — Ryuji Translated from Russian to English by Eda Mat Yaacob
Hana no Tokyo Dai Roman
That's Black Wolf!
Trouble! Black Wolf!
Black Wolf?
Could it be, it's ...
People say they're no joke.
What are you saying?
We just arrived, and immediately the mounted bandits came charging.
Just as anticipated.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
If you are willing to give us your valuables,
your live will be spared.
Don't move!
Don't dare move!
Give us all valuables!
Where is the Black Wolf?
Damn you!
How dare you!
Bastard! How dare you raise a hand to my Boss?!
Hey, what have you got there?
Chief!
We're in trouble!
Japanese samurai woman is fighting?!
Chief, that woman is ...
Are you the Black Wolf?
If that is you, I need to ask you something.
You ?!
As I thought!
Chief!
Border Patrol!
Hell!
Retreat!
What if it's the lieutenant?
Boss!
Wait!
I am a journalist from Japan!
Please!
I definitely need to interview you!
Wait, Black Wolf-san!
Good bye, Boss!
Wait!
I need an interview! Definitely!
Interview, you said?
Black Wolf-san!
A few words for your fans!
Lieutenant?
Lieutenant!
It's not Lieutenant!
It can't be!
Who are you?!
No! No! Let go!
What?!
You're the one who followed us!
I thought so.You're that Benio Hanamura-san.
Commander Ijuin's fiancee.
How do you know me?
I was a fighter of the 12th Kokura Infantry Division of the Imperial Army.
Sergeant Onijima at your service.
Onijima from Kokura?
Commander Ijuin you're looking for..
was my Commander.
The Commander has always treasure your photo.
What nonsense.
The Commander said she’s prettier in life than in the photo, but that was a lie.
What is?
No.
Benio-san.
Calm down and listen to me.
That day, the Commander
In Siberian winter
Onijima! Where are you?
Stop!
Don't come here!
Leave me!
Onijima!
I'll be right there!
Commander!
The army left us to the mercy of fate.
And then..
I defected, and then moved into the Hunhuza and began to attack the Japanese garrisons.
Because of the army, such a man died! I will never forgive them!
I'm sorry, Benio-san!
Commander Ijuin died because of me.
No, Onijima-san.
The fact that the Lieutenant was sent to Siberia
was my fault.
Because of me, the Lieutenant..
Later, I heard from my father.
Because I pissed off the Commander of the lieutenant,
he was transferred to the Kokura division.
No matter how I regret it,
Lieutenant
will not return.
So that’s why she came this far.
Is that vodka?
Uhm.
Yes.
Lieutenant said
In Russia, there's a kind of liquor called vodka.
He promised to bring some as souvenir.
Lieutenant!!!
That's mine!
Stupid! That's vodka!
It's too strong for you. It'll kill you.
Leave me alone!
Lieutenant is not here anymore. If I die too, it’s for the better.
I'm such a fool!
I specially came to Manchuria to find out about him.
No! I don't believe the Lieutenant is dead!
Lieutenant!
А-а-а! My head hurts!
Jeez. What kind of woman are you?
Here. Water.
Thank you.
I didn't die.
Let's go get some air.
This plain stretches is Siberia , right?
Is this the flower, malinka?
Flower's name? I wouldn't know.
Malinka.
Just like you- small, but very resilient.
Although they have to survive in the wasteland, they are persistently reaching up.
That's why, that kind of courage makes them so beautiful.
Аh...
Lieutenant!
I understood.
Onijima-san.
Can I ask you one thing?
What is it?
You haven’t seen the Lieutenant’s body with your own eyes, right?
No.
I believe Lieutenant is still alive.
I believe that no matter what.
Well..
That's right.
That's why I don’t want to die anymore.
From now on, I will live while looking forward.
If you go along this path, you will arrive at the station.
You can see it from here, right?
Yes. Thank you for everything, Onijima-san.
If the Commander is still alive, you should definitely return to Japan.
I will investigate over here.
Then, if you come to Japan, visit us.
A woman alone reached as far as Manchuria to find her fiancee ...
That's Hanamura Benio.
I see now, Commander.
How can you not fall in love with her.
I, too, am not going to forever be a Honghuzi.
Ushigoro.
Yahoo!
Boss!
How are you? How are you?
Well! It's time to return to Japan!
Based on manga by Waki Yamato
"Haikara san ga Tooru"
published in the Dessert magazine of the Kodansya publishing house
Character Design:
Written by:
Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Terumi Nishii
Hideki Ito
Noriko Otake
Miyuki Nakamura
Animation:
Color design:
Kunio Tsujita
Artist :
Kazuhiro Obata
Director of photography:
Ryodzi Okiyama
Sound engineer:
Kazuhiro Bakabayashi
Music director:
Michiru Oshima
Studio :
Nippon Animation
Producer
Takaki Kidokoro
THE NINTH YEAR OF TAISO (1920), SEPTEMBER
Good morning!
GRAPHIC
Hanamura Benio has returned.
Welcome back.
How was Manchuria?
Chief. Hanamura-san has arrived.
Oh...
You've come back.
So,
Did you learn anything about the your fiancee?
Yes.
But...
Chief!
Okay, I get it.
Life is not like a fairytale.
Sorry.
As soon as I saw you, somehow I started wailing.
I see.
Um.
It turns out, you went in vain.
Yes, reality is cruel.
He's already history. You should forget about him.
No. I will not forget.
Lieutenant is..
the first person I fell in love with.
He always looked at me with such affection.
He's the only one.
I don't want to forget him.
In a way that won't disgrace him, I will live my live to the fullest.
Hanamura-san...
You are that serious?
I see.
It turns out that my publishing house will continue to employ such a woman.
Yes!
You will not regret it! I will work hard!
Excellent.
This is the right attitude!
Then, firstly..
Go and get a story, so that our competitors will burst with envy!
Yes, Chief!
So, she didn't find her fiancee.
Now that I know she didn't find her fiancee,
for some reason I feel relieved.
This kind of thing happened to me because of one woman?!
Impossible.
He's here!
So, he's the one?
The one who beat up dozens of men?
Yes, scary type ...
Excuse me!
Let me through.
What is it?
There is nothing for women to see here.
Don't butt in men's work.
A woman is here? Absolutely insolent!
Hey, you guys.
Aren't you embarrassed?
At Imperial University, women are allowed to listen to lectures.
And now 170,000 women are already working in companies!
Journalists are at the forefront of the era, and what am I hearing?! Shame on you!
Tamaki!
Benio.
Long time no see.
Cheers.
Oh, I see.
You also became a journalist, Tamaki.
I see you're working hard.
Tonight, let's celebrate.
Drink! Drink!
Tamaki, are you okay?
Yes.
By the way, it would also be great if UFO appeared right here!
It will definitely become hot news.
Then all those male journalists would fall into despair.
UFO?
Yes!
Unidentified flying object.
A strange flying contraption!
Spaceship!
There's alien in it.
А-а-а!
Flying thingy right on course!
Tamaki, behind you!
It's flying.
Is that a real UFO?
Oh, no. Did we drink too much?
People. There's people in there.
Tamaki, breaking news!
Alien invasion!
Excuse me, let me borrow this.
Let's see.
Lieutenant?
Lieutenant!
Lieutenant is on it!
Benio, come to your senses.
You're probably hallucinating.
It's true.
Tamaki, see for yourself.
It disappeared?
We're hallucinating because we're drunk!
So scary!
Lieutenant is an alien?
It can't be!
What?
UFO's been seen?
Is it because you drank too much that you get drunk?
I really saw it.
It looked like a rugby ball.
It looked bloated.
And Lieutenant was sitting in it.
And then what happened?
Do you think Lieutenant Ijuin is an alien?
As expected, Chief!
You guessed right away!
Are you stupid?
Are you playing around?
Big news!
Big news - first time seen in Japan!
An airship has landed in Tokyo!
Last night, on the coast!
Airship? Is it such a balloon that's inflated with hydrogen?
That's not all.
Do you know who flew on it? Aristocrats from Russia!
There's two of them. One man and one woman.
A stone's throw from away from us? Let's go.
That is a Zeppelin. (A type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin)
240 meters in length.
Weighs 100 tons!
That is the UFO I saw yesterday.
So, it was not a dream.
The ones who got to Japan on this airship that you see..
are these Russian aristocrats.
Count and Countess Mikhailov.
They had to flee the persecution of the revolutionary government
and they hope to find a permanent refuge in our country.
Lieutenant?
Lieutenant!
Just as I thought. It's the Lieutenant!
He's not Mikhailov!
Dear Japanese friends,
Thank you for welcoming us, husband and wife.
We are truly grateful.
Lieutenant.
What is it?
Don't push.
Young lady.
Are you hurt?
Lieutenant!
I missed you.
It's me. It's Benio.
Lieutenant!
You're Lieutenant, right?
It's me.
Benio.
Malinka..
Malinka?
Larisa!
Her Excellency is not feeling well.
It's all for today. Welcoming ceremony is over.
He said Malinka.
Just as I thought. It's Lieutenant.
But...
Why?
What are you saying?!
That Mikhailov is Lieutenant Ijuin?
Take a look at his face! He's definitely not Japanese!
Lieutenant is half Japanese.
The same face ... The same hair color ... and the same height.
And also..
He definitely said "Malinka" when he saw me.
This word is known only to the Lieutenant!
That man is definitely Lieutenant!
I knew it.
Come to your senses!
If it's really him, then why didn't he recognize you?
Why did he married another woman?
I don't know,
But...
That man is definitely Lieutenant!
Okay. I know.
Let’s try to find out what kind of man this Count Mikhailov is.
If he actually turns out to be Japanese,
It'll be big news.
Chief. Thank you!
JYODANSHA
So far, the Mikhailovs have stayed in the mansion of Count Tanukikoji.
Maybe we can ask them for an interview?
As far as I know, they do not make contact with the press. TIt's difficult to get an interview.
It seems that the government is arranging a reception in their honor soon.
Unfortunately, the invitations are limited.
Basically there will be important people from the embassy and government, their relatives and so on.
The program includes comedy by Ryu Koizumi and traditional Japanese dance performed by Ranmaru Fujieda.
So, Ranmaru will be there?
Yay!
I will go!
This person is definitely Lieutenant.
There's no doubt.
Do you really think so, Ranmaru?
How can I forget the rival for whom I suffered so much!
But how did it happen that he suddenly became a Russian count?
That is what I want to find out!
How?
That is..
Ladies and gentlemen, the concert will start now.
So, do you see him?
Yes. There's no doubt.
It's the Lieutenant.
Well, of course! Who else could it be!
So beautiful.
The second act will start in 30 minutes.
Why am I also here?
In the meantime, I ask everyone to take a break.
Do you really see him?
Yes. There's no doubt.
Then, let's go.
This is our chance.
Dear,
I feel bad for everyone, but
but I'd rather rest if you don't mind.
I need to take the medicine.
Can you bring me water?
Of course.
You must be tired from the journey.
Just rest.
So this is the count and countess' room.
But there is a guard.
I can handle him somehow.
But, how to do it?
That's it.
Me?!
There's nobody else.
Heck!
Param-pam-pam!
Why am I talking this nonsense ?!
Poor, poor editor!
Bastard! You are suspicious!
Wait!
Who are you?
This is our room.
I'm sorry.
But...
I really want to meet Count Mikhailov!
Sasha?
А-а!
This is the girl from the press conference!
Umm..
Excuse me, but..
Perhaps the Count is someone I know...
Such arrogance!
Sasha Mikhailov is a Russian blue blood!
It’s impossible that he met with someone like you.
This photo...
That is our wedding photo.
Do you understand now?
Sasha is not someone you knew.
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
Don't ever come back here.
That's not Lieutenant.
They look so much alike.
It's not him.
Sorry to keep you waiting, Larisa.
Did something happen?
No, nothing.
Thank you.
I love you, my dear.
So that's it.
We were mistaken.
Well, okay.
If you took it as given, it’s for the better.
Chief.
Just believe with all your heart, and you’ll definitely meet him someday!
Let's go back to the office.
Yes.
Tosei-san.
If it isn't Tosei-san.
So you've come.
That's a good thing.
Let me introduce you.
This is Tsumeko Fukurokoji-sama.
Your marriage partner.
Let's quickly arrange for the wedding.
That is wonderful news.
But unfortunately,
my heart already belongs to another!
to this Hanamura Benio-san.
So please forgive me.
It hurts!
She’s one of those ... the working class ...
Okay, let's properly talk about this later.
Sometimes show your face at home.
Oh, goodness.
Chief, please don't lie.
The person your heart is set on is me?
But if I don't say that, she will not give up.
Listen,
Let's date for a bit.
That'll be my pleasure!
ODEN
What?!
That was your mother?
But she's so young.. and beautiful.
I can't believe it.
How about this?
I can believe it now. You look just like her.
Mother gave birth to me when she was 16 years old.
She's from a family of impoverished nobles.
Father is a nouveau riche banker who has grown rich in an upstart.
In short, the family sold their princess for money.
Mom still hasn’t forgotten this, and she is very cold towards my father.
Father adores her and constantly fawns over her.
He fulfills her every whim.
Mother had a lover.
When the marriage was set, she was already pregnant..
.. with me.
Even so, my father loved me very much.
But that made things even more hard for me.
They reminded me all the time, that I'm a child of sin, and it was unbearable.
That's why I left home.
I look like my Mother, so I'm disgusted to look at myself.
Sorry, you had to listen to my boring drunken chatter.
Forget about it.
Chief!
I had no idea.
Chief, how difficult it was for you!
So pitiful.
Chief, poor you.
There's no reason for you to cry.
But you're so pitiful.
What was it?! Drunken tears ?!
I thought to console her, but it turned out the other way around.
All right.
You're a good person, Hanamura.
What is this feeling?
There really is no hives.
Which means...
Maybe I..
love this woman ?!
You must be kidding me.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
I see you have become an early bird!
Hey, Miss Journalist.
Onijima-san!
When did you come to Japan?
I just arrived.
During the time that we did not see each other, I traveled around the border of Siberia and found out something.
I found a picture of that Russian, Sasha Mikhailov. He looks like Lieutenant.
Are you talking about Count Mikhailov?
Yes.
I found out..
Sasha, his wife Larisa and mother Elina
fled from the advancing Red Army and reached Siberia.
Along the way, Elina fell in and died.
My condolence.
Count Mikhailov's mother..
No, that's not all.
That Elina
is actually the Lieutenant’s mother.
What?!
Lieutenant's..
Come to think about it.
Lieutenant's mother left him and got married somewhere abroad.
Yes.
Russian emmigrant Sasha Mikhailov and the Lieutenant
are brothers from different father.
The Lieutenant and the Count...
But they looked like each other.
So it's not the Lieutenant.
Unbelievable.
So that was it?
Onijima-san.
Did you come to Japan just for this?
Yes. I want to find out a bit more about Sasha Mikhailov.
If I find out anything else, l'll let you know.
Thank you, Onijima san.
See you later.
Good luck in your work!
Letters for Editor-in-Chief!
Throw them all away!
Eh? But..
Yes!
I know who they're from.
All of these..
are love letters from Sumeko-san!
I bet it's all my mother's idea.
No matter how many times I tell her that I already have someone I love, she won't listen.
That's so unlike you.
How long are you going to play along?
You're also putting me in an awkward position!
You must clearly refuse, including for the sake of that girl!
But what am I supposed to do if it's true?
I like you.
I love you.
I think..
Wh.. Wh...
What?! That's a lie!
Unfortunately, it's true.
It can't be.
You have got to be kidding me!
Chief has feelings for me.
It can't be. Shame on you!
I'm Lieutenant's fiancee.
And where is that Ijuin now?
My words may sound cruel,
most likely means that your fiancé is already dead.
He has no right to bind you to himself for life!
He must not take away your freedom!
Of course, you don't need to answer me now.
Someday, when his shadow disappears from your heart..
When that time comes,if you remember me, then that's fine.
Chief is a good person.
You can't see it at first glance, but actually he's a very kind person.
I like Chief too.
If I never meet Lieutenant,
maybe...
It's really awkward.
Lieutenant...
If only you were here.
Lieutenant!
Where have I heard that woman's voice?
I don't know.
Why...
When I try to think about it, my mind becomes hazy.
Sasha?
You're still awake at this late hour?
It's nothing.
I just can't fall asleep.
You should rest a bit more.
You're still tired from the journey.
Suddenly, I have a bad feeling.
That you're going to go somewhere.
Please!
Don't leave me alone.
Stay by my side.
Till I fall asleep.
Okay, Larisa.
Dear, forgive me.
What are you saying?
I'm your husband.
Sweet dreams.
What is this place?
For some reason, it seems familiar to me.
It's already morning.
This place also..
This road..
But why?
Good morning, Tenmaru! Chimaru!
Good morning, our tree.
No.
I remember it somehow.
This house..
I remember that!
But why?
I grew up in Russia.
I don't know anything about Japan.
On this tree, Lieutenant and I..
But why is it..
it seems as if it was just yesterday.
Tenmaru?
Chimaru?
How do I know these dogs' names?
I know this house.
This is my home!
This tree...
Count Mikhailov?
But these two dogs didn't recognize anyone but the Lieutenant!
It couldn't be!
Benio...san?
That's right.
Your name is Benio-san.
Lieutenant...
Again?
Benio-san.
That's right.
I'm Lieutenant.
Ijuin Shinobu.
Lieutenant!
Is it really you?
Lieutenant!
Lieutenant!!!
You really are alive, Lieutenant!
Benio-san!
I...
In Siberia...
That attack of the Cossacks...
Larisa...
That's it!
Larisa saved me.
And then...
That time, I ..
lost my memory.
But now I've returned here.
Benio-san, I really missed you!
It's Lieutenant!
It really is him!
We finally met!
Thank god.
Everyone will be so glad.
Let's go home, Lieutenant.
Grandpa..
Grandma!
What is it?
Lieutenant?
Benio-san.
Not now.
Please give me time.
Lieutenant.
Why?
I'm Japanese.
Ijuin Shinobu!
But then why did I become Mikhailov?
I have to talk to Larisa and find out everything!
And then I will tell her everything!
I have to become myself again!
Larisa, we have to talk.
Larisa!
Hold on!
Blood?
Call the doctor!
Against this illness, medicine is ineffective.
Forgive me for having to say this, but her condition is very grave.
I will leave the nurse here.
Take good care of her.
Larisa.
How did this happen?
I'm sorry.
Finally, we've arrived in a country, where we are not in danger anymore.
We should have lived happily here.
You have nothing to worry about anymore!
The main thing is to be treated properly. Then you’ll definitely get better.
Larisa, I ...
What is it?
No. Nothing.
You're lying.
You're hiding something.
Dear!
You've regained your memory?
That's it, isn't it?
The girl who recognized you ...
Is she any relation to you at all?
Larisa!
Calm down.
You'll get worse.
Nothing happened at all.
You have to get some rest.
Dear...
Forgive me, please.
I'm a terrible woman.
Larisa is barely alive.
Now I can’t tell her anything.
Benio-san.
My precious Benio-san!
I thought we would always be together.
And yet..
Lieutenant?
Onijima?
Onijima!
Is it really you?
Sergeant Onijima?!
Lieutenant?
So you really are the Lieutenant?
Onijima, you survived then!
Lieutenant!
Not a day passed that I didn't think about you!
After all, you sacrificed your life for me!
Onijima, I'm glad you're alive.
I wanted to see Sasha Mikhailov closely, so I decided to sneak up unnoticed.
By the way, Lieutenant, why did you suddenly became Russian?
Did Benio-san already know about this?
So you've met Benio-san, Onijima?
Yes.
I was a mounted bandit in Manchuria.
Benio-san went there to find you.
I see.
Benio-san went that far to find me.
Lieutenant,
You must immediately drop everything and run back to Benio-san!
You have no place here.
If only that's possible.
Mikhailov-sama, your wife is ..
Larisa!
This is the reason, Onijima.
The woman is ..
Sasha Mikhailov's wife.
Onijima, do you remember how it was?
On that day,during the Siberian snowstorm
My life would have been lost in the whirlwind.
if at that time
Larisa didn't find me,
I was between life and death.
The fever was so high that then I couldn’t even remember my own name.
And when Larisa looked at me ...
You see, she was very attached to her husband.
and saw in me a replacement for Sasha.
She taught me to speak and explained everything to me.
As a result, I began to consider myself as Sasha.
So it was like that.
In addition, Sasha Mikhailov turned out to be my younger brother,
me and my brother looked alike
So Larisa turned me into him.
Larisa saved my life.
If she wasn't there, I would have died.
And now she has also lost her homeland.
In a strange, unfamiliar country, she suffers from a serious illness.
I can't leave her now.
Lieutenant, I understand you perfectly.
But, what about Benio-san?
You still love Benio-san!
It's true.
I love Benio-san.
Then, why?
What about yourself ?!
I love Benio-san so much.
But, we probably
will not be able to return to that happy time.
Seriously?!
Count Mikhailov is your Lieutenant?
Yes. He recognized me too.
I don't understand.
Why did he impersonate another person?
I think the Lieutenant has his own reasons for this.
So it's here?
Hey, you shouldn't barge in here!
I can answer that question.
Onijima-san!
He lost his memory?!
It couldn't be!
So, Lieutenant forgot about me and the family...
This kind of thing...
He became a different person against his will.
A lot has happened.
I think the Lieutenant will sooner or later tell you eveything.
Sooner or later?!
How many years do you think Hanamura waited for him?
I don’t know whether it's amnesia or not, but he married another woman!
He crossed the line!
Who the hell are you ?!
Mind your own business!
What?!
Chief! Onijima-san!
Stop it, the both of you!
I have to find out everything myself.
What should I tell the Lieutenant when I meet him?
Aah, no! Still too scary.
Larisa-san.
She has so quickly became so haggard.
So, the illness is really serious.
Lieutenant!
Why did I even come here?
To become even more miserable?
Lieutenant is not only mine anymore.
Why did I come here to confirm this?
Lieutenant?
So you were at this kind of place?
Lieutenant!
Lieutenant...
Wait!
Lieutenant!
No!
Don't go!
Lieutenant!
A dream.
I’ll go collect the invoice.
Hey, why are you marching there ?! Are you okay?!
I'm okay!
Sorry! Sorry!
That idiot!
She's incorrigible!
But that's okay.
But that Ijuin is a complete idiot.
Well.
No matter how stupid he is, it would be necessary to personally pay a visit to His Excellency.
Aoe ... Tosei.
Lieutenant Ijuin.
Is your wife feeling better?
I see that you are well aware of me.
And you are?
Hanamura Benio.
I'm her boss.
I also want to marry her.
You want to marry Benio-san?
Bastard!
I already told her about my intentions.
But ..
I didn’t want to break into her heart shamelessly,
Because in her heart, there's you.
But it seems that this can be ignored.
Besides...
I won’t forgive you if you hurt her anymore!
And these are not empty threats.
Nothing to say?
Aoe-san.
You don't understand.
You bastard!
I won't allow such talk about the Lieutenant!
Onijima, stop it.
You wouldn't know.
Do you even understand what we experienced while our troops wandered around the damn Siberia?
What do you think it cost us to survive over there ?!
Bastard! While you were chilling in Tokyo ...
Onijima, stop it!
Aoe-san, I took your words into account.
Now, please leave.
I'm glad we understood each other.
Excuse me.
Aoe Tosei.
For Benio-san’s sake, he’s really ready for anything.
He's a good guy.
I envy him more and more.
Such a man would undoubtedly be able to protect Benio-san.
Lieutenant!
And all that remains for me
is to protect her happiness from afar.
What?!
You're moving out from the Ijuin mansion?
What are you saying?
You shouldn't move out from there.
But, as long as I stay there, the Lieutenant won't be able to return home.
You surprise me.
It turns out this lady deceived Shinobu-san and made him her husband.
If it was me,I would break into her place and bring him back!
But if I do that, Larisa-san will have to stay in Japan all alone.
Widowed, sick, helpless ...
And if I take the Lieutenant away from her...
And then the Lieutenant will be tormented all his life.
Oh ... That's right, but ...
Aah... Still, I don't like it.
I gave up on Shinobu-san because it's you.
And I’m not ready to give it to some unknown woman!
I'm sorry, Tamaki.
Why are you apologizing?
Jeez.
You really are hopeless.
But I love that side of you, Benio.
I'm glad you're my friend, Tamaki.
Now,it seems I can honestly let the Lieutenant go.
What do you mean?
You see, I have ...
Tamaki, Ranmaru, Ushigoro and even the Chief!
So many people who I love!
I'm absolutely happy!
In the end, you and Shinobu-san are so much alike.
Wait a minute! Stop, please!
Good afternoon, Mikhailov-sama.
Benio-san.
How are you?
Do you have any business with me?
Yes.
Do you want to go on a date with me?
A date?
Sounds good.
I also wanted to meet with you.
So then, where should we go?
Why don't we go to the coffee shop where we used to drink coffee at?
A memorable place.
This cafe has not changed at all.
You too, Benio-san.
You are also the same as before.
Just like the Lieutenat I know.
Just like before.
As if we were back in those days.
And you still ride a bicycle.
No. I don't ride anymore.
This college students ride it now.
Today is an exception.
I'm already an adult.
I see.
Benio-san.
Do you know where I went today?
You didn't know, right?
I took Larisa’s jewelries to a jeweler in Ginza,
to sell them.
Lieutenant ... Is everything so bad?
Don't make that kind of face.
Such is the fate of fugitive aristocrats.
While we fled from Siberia to Manchuria,
That was how we lived.
Lieutenant.
Benio-san.
We are on different paths now.
I am no longer worthy of you.
Whatever the circumstances ..
I've done something unforgivable towards you.
So that's why ..
Please forget about me.
Lieutenant.
This is wrong.
I still...
love her so much.
I want to take her hand.
Throw everything away.
Lieutenant.
Even if it's time to break up.
I still love you!
I want to take his hand.
Just like that time, and not let go.
and run far away.
It was like a dream.
If only we can return to those unforgettable days.
But we can't do that.
Lieutenant.
While you were my fiancee,
you did that kind of thing, and I cannot forgive you.
So that's why I will never see you again.
I'm breaking our engagement.
I will leave Ijuin mansion.
So please go back as soon as possible to your grandfather and grandmother.
Benio-san ..
That's all I wanted to tell you.
So please excuse me.
Benio-san.
I pray that one day you'll find your happiness.
Thank you.
Please don't worry about me.
Farewell.
Lieutenant Ijuin.
It'll be fine.
Farewell,
Lieutenant.
What is the meaning of this ?!
Shinobu is alive ?!
And should I keep it a secret..
..about his ingratitude and say nothing?
I will never accept such a daughter-in-law!
Really ..
Since Shinobu-san went to the front line, Benio has been taking care of this house year after year.
What would we do without Benio-san!
Farewell.
Farewell, Ijuin mansion.
It's unusual for you to honor me with your visit.
If you talk again about Father’s bank, I'm gonna have to refuse.
You're breaking my heart.
Actually I came to talk about the new house.
ATTENTION! COCKROACHES APPEARED AGAIN.
CAUTION! FIRE
New house?
Are you building a new one?
That's not it.
There's a house that't been mortgaged to your father's bank.
Ancestral home.
You decided to get out, cockroach Juliet ?!
So I asked your father to give it to me.
You want to stay there and fool around again?
You're such a bad person.
Ah..
I'm not such a young woman anymore.
I want you to come back home.
If I come home to an empty house, I'll be lonely.
Mother.
Save these speeches for some young man.
Ijuin-sama. Registration of property ownership rights.
Parasite!
Buzzing around me!
Give up or I’ll slam you!
This is...
Ijuin?
The Lieutenant's house mortgage contract?
That house..
Tosei-san!
What's the matter?
Mother!
Could you give up on this house?
No, I don't want to.
I like it.
It's such a great mansion.
But it's strange.
Why are you so preoccupied with this house?
Alright. it's gone.
I don't see it .. I don't see it ..
It doesn't matter.
What should I do to make you give it up?
Hmm.
Well ..
Okay.
If you return home and take over your father’s bank.
What do you say?
It's impossible, isn't it?
Then there’s nothing more to talk about.
Please wait!
Mother!
I get it.
I'll return home.
and continue my father’s business.
Tosei-san?
Really?
I got you, Juliete!
Well, I have to go. I’ll tell your father the good news.
Madam, I’ve just made some tea!
What a disgusting thing!
Tosei-san, I'm so glad you'll close down this company soon!
Hanamura?
You're still here?
I already told you to go home.
Tosei-san.
Take the lady home.
What?! She said the company is closing?
Chief!
What does it mean?
Oh, goodness.
Hanamura?
You..
Chief!
Is this the mortgage contract on Ijuin mansion?
Yes, it is.
Why is it here?
Their house was mortgaged to my father’s bank.
My mother said she wanted it for herself.
And I confiscated it.
That's all.
So that’s why you're closing down the company.
Is it because of this?
That couldn't be it, right?
You can't.
You put all your effort into the work here.
We all know this.
I'm sorry. It's already decided.
Chief.
Are you doing this for my sake?
You're wrong.
You think to much about yourself.
Go home now.
I won't allow overtime today.
Chief.
Chief will close down the company?
What's with you? Watch out.
I'm sorry.
The Chief always understands when I need help, and comes to my rescue at any time of the day or night.
It makes me feel safe.
And yet ..
For my sake ..
he sacrificed his work, which means so much to him?
I like you.
I love you.
I think ..
If someday, when his shadow disappears from your heart ..
just remember me.
Chief.
Can I really live without this?
I wanted to leave my parents as soon as possible and as a result I founded this publishing company.
So this is all it comes to?
What do you want?
You came back here again?
Chief.
You see.. I ..
I have a favor to ask you.
I ..
Please marry me!
What a bad joke.
I'm not joking.
I ..
I love you, Chief!
After all, you..
You really are a kind person.
And if you become a banker, even though you feel sick of this thought alone,
I'll be with you!
During your difficult times ..
I want to be by your side.
So please, take me with you!
Let's be together always.
Hanamura.
Are you serious?
I'm serious.
You..
Do you even understand what you're saying now?
These are very serious things! Did you think it over properly ?!
Don't act on momentary feelings!
But the main thing is Ijuin.
You still can't forget him.
Lieutenant.
No, It's already over between us.
I've already forgotten him!
It's better this way.
No matter how you look at it, my love only hurts him!
I will bury him deep in my heart.
Chief. If I'm with you ..
I can definitely forget him.
Starting today ..
I will see only you.
Madam.
I don’t know how it came about,
but the young lady found herself a new bridegroom!
Furthermore, he's such a noble gentleman!
Ki-i-ya!
It’s hard to chop off a motionless target!
Our young lady is incorrigible!
I even made tea!
Madam.
I have a bad feeling about this.
I'm so relieved.
He turns out to be a great guy.
At any rate, the family promise is again postponed for another generation.
I'm sorry, Father.
The Twelfth Year of Taisho (1923)
We've already discussed it with Aoe-kun.
and decided that your wedding will be on 1st September.
There's only 2 months left.
We have to hurry.
It’s painful to watch.
Ijuins used to have such a beautiful garden.
And now everything's wilted.
Wait a minute! Who are you?
What are you doing here?
Clothes! Hurry up and put some clothes on!
Excuse me.
And you are ..
I'm Kitakoji Tamaki.
I have known the Ijuins since childhood!
Ah, so it's you!
I'm the new butler here.
My name is Onijima.
Wait a minute.
You've come for the roses, right?
The Mistress ordered me to help you collect the bouquet.
Take it.
Who treats flowers like this!
You're a hooligan, not a butler!
Sorry. Did the thorns pricked you?
Insolent fellow!
You suddenly hit a guy on the face. What a modern woman you are.
It's because you've done something bad.
I'm sorry for that.
Did you really serve under Shinobu-san in Siberia?
Yes. I was wounded and the Lieutenant did that.
The thing with Lieutenant and Benio-san.
It happened because of me.
Onijima-san. I also think the thing that happened to those two was unfortunate.
But what happened cannot be changed.
Anyway, both Shinobu-san and Benio ..
has decided to start a new life, and each went their own way.
I ..
believe that even in the most difficult circumstances, a person is able to start all over again if one can dream.
Then, what is your dream?
My dream is..
is just to find a man whom I can love with all my heart and marry him.
You want to find yourself a husband?
So you're also a modern woman.
If it's you,you certainly can do it.
Good luck.
Thank you!
It's unfortunate.
It’s regretable that I can’t approach you, Princess.
Bye.
So, you'll marry the editor..
.. to not make the Lieutenant worry?
Ranmaru, are you angry?
The Benio-san I know ..
once she falls in love with someone, she won't easily give up.
It's not like that at all.
I love the Chief editor.
After all, for the sake of myself and the Lieutenant,
sacrificed the work that's important to him.
No one excepts him is capable of such love!
So, I ..
love the Chief.
You're lying!
Benio-san, you're making a mistake!
Ranmaru.
I'm sorry. I'm glad you worry so much for me.
But I'm really happy.
Come now. Let's go cut the bamboo branches and decorate the house for Tanabata!
Tamaki, you're getting married ?!
My family decided everything for me.
Well? What kind of person is he?
You know what ...
Nothing good and nothing bad, that kind of guy.
I can hardly fall in love with him.
I need a man who is more ...
more...
No! Who is he anyway?!
Tamaki?
At the dawn of time, a woman was truly the sun!
Those days were fun.
We lived in hopes and carried away on the wings of a dream beyond the horizon!
We were free as birds.
Perhaps this is the law of nature that sooner or later you have to descend from heaven.
Lonely, isn't it?
Don't you think so?
But birds sometimes sit on a tree just to rest.
That's right.
Virgo - Life is so short
Loving in haste
Wilted flower lips
May everyone be happy!
May the family be happy!
Let there be peace!
don't stop.
Moments and heat of passion in our blood.
Health to the whole family
May Benio be happy!
Happiness to the whole family
Turns into ice.
The rifts are fast!
Let the rocks go their way way
in obstructing
Frantic river
splits a[part on its run, but soon
they will meet again.
Let me be rich!
Let Benio be happy!
Live today
May Larisa get better!
Be healthy whole family!
tomorrow will come.
May everyone be happy!
May the family be happy!
Let there be peace!
Let me find a job. Aiso.
Let me find a job. Bemen.
Money, please Aiso.
Let me find a job. Furumi
The sun is kind of strange today...
What's with you?!
Don't scare me like that!
The landlord and the mistress told me to collect a bouquet for the bride.
Thank you for the bouquet.
Please send my regards to them.
It's morning already?
Shinobu-san has already moved in to the mansion?
Yes.
He recently returned home with Larisa-san.
Did Shinobu-san know about the wedding?
No.
I can't figure out how to tell him.
If by any chance, Shinobu-san find out about it ..
.. please tell him that I’ll get married in the fall too.
Are you getting married?
With whom?
I've decided to follow the advice of my dear family.
My fiancé is from a good family, and I also really liked his family.
Eh! You said that you're going to find the person you love yourself.
With that attitude, yet you fall for a guy with a good family?
Ha! Look who's talking!
At least he's not such a savage like you!
Are you serious?
Of course! Otherwise, I wouldn't be engaged to him!
Well, get married if you yourself decide so.
With whomever. Whatever.
There are no thorns.
Did Onijima-san cut them off?
I've always say the opposite of what I really feel.
If only I could ...
Tenmaru, Chimaru.
What's wrong?
Calm down.
Recently, a rumble was heard ... Like a typhoon.
What a strange night.
I have a bad feeling.
Since we're talking about strangeness,
You're strange today, Onijima.
You seem to be avoiding me.
Grandma and Grandpa too.
Everyone shies away from me like a plague.
Did something happen?
Benio-san's wedding ..
.. is tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
So that's it.
Now I understand.
Recently, we received an anonymous letter with a document of ownership of this house.
Наш особняк был заложен в банке Аоэ. This house was mortgaged to Aoe Bank.
So that's how it happened.
Aoe?!
Lieutenant, just give me the order.
I'll break up that wedding right away!
Onijima.
You yourself know that the one Benio-san really thinks about is you!
And you also..
Don't say another word, Onijima.
Enough.
This is our fate.
To protect her on the path of life, to protect the cloudless sky above her head ..
is not me anymore.
It's painful.
It hurts my heart.
Sir!
Larisa-sama is ..
Blood! She spits blood!
Larisa!
BEST WISHES ON YOUR WEDDING!
THE TWELFTH YEAR OF TAISO (1923), SEPTEMBER 1, MORNING
Today is definitely a great day for a wedding!
Boss, congratulations on your wedding.
Stand back, people!
Benio the boss is getting married.
I forgot about this.
Enough already.
I swore to forget everything.
All that was carefully kept in memory.
I buried deep in my heart.
Even if, because of this, it hurts my heart.
Even if I'm completely at loss now ..
life goes on and inevitably all memories will be washed away.
This is also fate.
Does love always depends on luck?
Chief!
You're here, my love.
Yes.
You look beautiful.
You just don't realise it.
You look dashing as always.
I love you.
I love you too.
From today on, I will be living with this man!
Sasha.
My dear.
Larisa, you've waken up?
I'm here.
Don't worry.
No.
You're not Sasha.
You're Shinobu-san.
Larisa, what are you talking about?
Thank you, Shinobu-san.
Although you've regained your memory, you continue to pretend to be Sasha.
You're such a kind person.
Larisa ..
I've clung to that kindness of yours.
Forgive me, please.
I deceived you.
The truth is, your heart belongs to that girl!
It's my fault that you two broke up.
Enough about it.
If you didn't save me,
I wouldn't be here now.
I don't regret the path I've chosen.
No. That's a lie.
You're lying to yourself.
And I ensnare you into this web of lies.
Larisa.
Listen to me, Shinobu-san.
If a person pledged his life to love, when that love dies,
the person will die too.
No matter how I live, inside me is empty just like a shell.
Shinobu-san.
I love you.
Whoever I am, you've always treated me with love,
and I don’t know how to thank you for that.
Larisa.
That's why I don't want such a life for you.
Larisa, be quiet now.
No.
Shinobu-san.
Please ..
If you think that I've brought you back to life,
then return to your life and your loved one.
And don't ever let it go.
Larisa!
Please stop feeling sorry for me.
I have ..
Sasha.
Right now ... Among the wildflowers ...
In a lush wild meadow ...
Sasha's waiting for me.
Sasha ..
Now ..
Larisa.
I'll go get the doctor.
Aoe Tosei
Do you take Hanamura Benio as your wife and swear to be with her in sickness and in health until death do you part?
Yes.
Hanamura Benio
Do you take Aoe Tosei as your husband and swear to be with him in sickness and in health until death do you part?
Yes.
You may exchange the rings.
Earthquake?
Taisho's twelfth year (1923), September 1, 11:58 a.m.
The Great Kanto Earthquake began.
Is everyone alright?
It looks like everyone's alright.
The church is ..
It's on fire!
Chief, Ranmaru is not here.
What?!
Forgive me, Boss.
I did not watch over him!
Is he still inside?
Ranmaru!
Hanamura!
Lieutenant! Are you alright?
Onijima, is Grandpa and Grandma okay?
We're fine! What about Larisa?
She died, just before the earthquake.
I see.
May she rest in peace.
Another quake!
The earthquake seems to be very strong!
Benio-san.
I was told that the ceremony will be held in the church.
Will they be alright?
If a person pledged his life to love, when that love dies,
the person will die too.
Return to your loved one!
Larisa.
I have to go.
I have to make sure that Benio-san is alive and well!
That's right, Shinobu! Go to Benio!
Onijima, prepare the horse!
I understand.
Lieutenant, put on your uniform!
In the midst of chaos, form is the most important!
Benio-san, please be alright!
Ranmaru, where are you?
Ranmaru-kun, where are you?
Ranmaru, answer me!
Hey! I'm here!
Help me!
My leg hurts .. I'm stuck.
It'll be alright. Now let's get it out.
Ranmaru, can you walk?
Hold on to me! We can’t stay here anymore.
Hurry!
The roof is already on fire!
We're leaving!
Hurry! Get out!
Wait!
It hurts ... I can’t walk!
It's dangerous!
Hanamura!
Benio-san! Come here quickly!
Hanamura!
Answer me!
Benio-san!
Chief, it's dangerous!
The church is ...
Chief!
Please be safe!
Hanamura!
Where are you?!
What is going on? What happened to Tokyo ?!
Benio-san.
Please be safe.
That's all I wish for!
Benio-san!
Please live!
Lieutenant, go on ahead!
The church is to the right, then straight ahead.
I get it.
The church is ..
this way!
What's this?
Okay. Okay.
It's too difficult for you to get through.
Be careful on your way home.
Hanamura.
If you try to get out from the other side ...
Hanamura!
Tosei-san, stop!
Wait!
I'm going too. Benio. Benio.
I'm also going with you!
Wait!
Ranmaru, you can't go with that leg.
Let's go to a safe place.
Sparks!
It’s too dangerous to stay here!
You too, let's take shelter with us!
How about Tosei?
How about Benio?
Don't be afraid! They'll be all right!
Then, let's go!
There's smoke all around.
Where the heck is Aoe-kun?
Benio! Benio!
I can't get through here too.
What is happening ... What has Tokyo turned into?
It's the river.
I'll go up from here and enter through the back door.
Is Hanamura still alive?
It’s scary to look at these ruins ...
No!
She's not such a person to die here!
The main character will not die!
Where am I?
Where is everyone?
Chief!
Where are you?
It's hot.
The fire is getting closer.
Why is it like this?
If it continues like this, am I going to die?
Lieutenant.
I don't want to die, not being able to see Lieutenant ever again.
No way!
Even if I'm dying,
I want to see the lieutenant one last time!
Lieutenant ..
Lieutenant!
It seems that we are very separated from the rest.
I can't go through here with the wounded man and the woman.
Hey!
Onijima-san?
Are you alright?
Don’t go back there, everything is also on fire there.
It's better to break through here.
Then please help the girl!
I will carry him.
Thank you, Ushio-san.
Then, hurry up!
Hold on tight!
We'll be going!
Now is not the time to stand on ceremony! Come quickly!
Hold on tight, Princess, otherwise you'll fall down!
Yes.
If I'm with this person, I’m ready to go to the ends of the world!
I can't move anymore.
Lieutenant.
I want to see you at least one more time.
Lieutenant ..
No matter where I look, everything's burning.
Hey! Is there anyone alive?
Anybody?! Please respond!
Benio-san!
Where are you?!
That's ..
Benio-san!
Benio-san! Hold on!
Benio-san!
Wow! So I'm already in heaven!
Then this is an angel?
He looks a lot like Lieutenant.
So, everything is true about paradise! Excellent service here.
Wow! Everything is so real.
I'm real, Benio-san.
Really?
It's really you, Lieutenant?
I came to save you.
Thank god, you're alright.
I've finally found you.
Lieutenant.
Lieutenant!
Lieutenant !!!
Benio-san!
Let's go.
If we don’t hurry, we won’t be able to get out.
Benio-san?
No. I'll be fine on my own.
I will get out.
You should return to the mansion.
Benio-san.
You're needed there.
Grandpa and Grandma ..
And Larisa-san too.
I'll be fine.
Larisa is..
dead.
Just before the earthquake.
She died quietly and peacefully.
Before she died, she said ..
that I should return to you.
"I brought you back to life."
"Return to your loved one."
She said that?
If you die here, I will die with you!
I will never lie to myself again!
You are the one I chose!
I will share your fate, whatever it may be!
Lieutenant!
I won't ever let you go.
It's no good.
This is also a dead end. Everything is engulfed.
Watch out!
Lieutenant.
My leg ..
I twisted my leg.
Lieutenant!
We can't go anywhere.
Anybody!
Is anybody there?!
Help!
Hey!
Hey !!!
We're here!
Help us, please!
Chief.
Here you are, Hanamura.
Ijuin is here too?
It looks like you're injured.
Hanamura, are you alright?
I'm sorry, Chief.
Hanamura?
I'm sorry.
Chief, even though I swore to love you,
At the brink of death, as I thought, I wanted to see Lieutenant, not you!
So, Chief, I have no right to receive your help!
So do you prefer to die here with him?
What nonsense!
Pull yourself together.
Did the earthquake affect your mind?
The Hanamura I know ..
.. would never whine and want to simply die.
Let's go, Benio-san.
He's right.
Lieutenant.
Let's go.
Can you get up, Ijuin?
Thank you.
Are you alright?
What an idiot he is!
He made his way through this fire to Hanamura ...
The power of love ..
against the power of the flame?
The one you love so much ..
If I take her from you now,
would her whole world immediately become mine?
No, that's not it.
At this moment, the whole world would be shattered to pieces before my eyes.
These houses are almost burnt down, about to collapse.
We should hurry.
Let's go.
Three of us will survive.
Is this the Tokyo we know?
Who would have thought?
And what should we do from now on?
Benio-san ..
It’s already morning, but you haven’t return yet.
What if ..
Benio!
Ojisan!
Don't be silly, Ranmaru!
My Boss will not simply die! She definitely survived!
Benio-san!
Benio! Shinobu-san!
Boss!
Benio-san!
Ranmaru!
Thank goodness!
Thank God! You're all back alive!
Benio-san, thank goodness!
Lieutenant! Chief!
How long are you going follow me? Go back!
I need to talk to you.
We don't have anything to talk about.
At least for me.
And if you still insist on our conversation,
Accept this!
Now we're even.
What are we even doing now?
During this difficult time..
If you don't make her happy ..
I will kill you.
Chief!
Don't come here!
Don't ever let Ijuin go again!
Chief.
Chief!
So you're all alright.
Tosei-san. Tosei.
Mother?
Tosei, your Mother was looking for you all night, but to no avail.
Tosei-san, if anything happened to you, I won't survive it!
Mother?
It seems that I see my mother crying for the first time.
It turns out that I didn't lose everything!
Chief, look.
Look at those people!
Already started to sort out the rubble!
Over there too.
Yes, the strength of the spirit cannot be taken away from the people!
I would like to know what our publishing house has turned into in this chaos.
Let's go see it.
I'll resign from the bank.
Let's publish best-sellers together again!
Hooray!
Long live "Jyodansha"!
Let's go!
Benio-san.
Lieutenant Ijuin!
Congratulations on your wedding!
Lieutenant and Benio, congratulations on your wedding!
The rifts are fast!
Let the rocks go their way
in obstructing
Frantic river
split apart on its run,but soon
they will meet again.
Finally, our promise has been fulfilled.
You've dreamed for so many years for these two to get married.
Don't be angry with me, my dear.
Now I have nothing to regret and can die peacefully.
What are you saying? You and I survived the great earthquake!
Now we can live together in good health!
At least until we see our great-grandchildren!
My dear!
What? You're leaving already?
Yes, you know, the longer I hang around here, there more wistful I'll feel.
Wistful?
Ah, no. Never mind.
By the way, where's Benio-san?
I don't feel so good.
Looks like she drank too much at the wedding yesterday.
A hangover on the first day of marriage?
Be happy, Lieutenant, Benio-san!
I won't ever forget you two.
Yes. And we will not forget you.
Take care of yourself! Come back to Japan soon.
Yes.I’ll come and bring souvenirs from Manchuria!
Liquor .. Vodka ..
Liquor?
I can't think about liquor right now.
I get it.
Farewell.
Wait!
Well ..
Maybe a little ...
Lieutenant!
You don't have to laugh like that!
Lieutenant is laughing like old times.
Now I don't have to worry.
I'm sorry, Mr. Shinobu! I need some help.
I'm coming.
Benio! Benio!
Tamaki. What happened?
Have you seen Onijima-san?
Onijima-san went back to Manchuria just now.
What? He went back?
Without saying anything to me?
Tamaki?
I won't forgive him!
He ran away to where I can’t even go on my own.
Eh? What do you mean?
Wait! Where are you going?
To work, of course!
I hope they transfer me to a branch in Manchuria!
What?!
Wait, could it be that you ... towards Onijima-san ?
Yes.
I love him!
That's why I will go after him.
I won't let him taunt me by calling me "Princess".
But what about the wedding? You decided to get married!
What are you going to do about it?
Well, since I'm running away from home, the groom can only give up.
Goodbye. I'll write to you from Manchuria!
Tamaki.
The Princess and the bandit?
I give up. But they're well-matched.
We shall not be chosen by our husbands.
We are the ones to choose.
Tamaki, everything turned out as you said.
All that we thought and dreamed at that time ..
is still alive even now.
.. in our hearts.
What are you thinking about, Benio-san?
Lieutenant.
Let's be together forever.
No matter what happens in this world,
while people is still living on this earth,
as long as life itself exists,
we will live and love each other!
Benio-san! Lieutenant!
What are you doing here?
There will be a charity dinner in the garden! Come and help!
Let's go.
Yes!
Keep on living.
Today and tomorrow.
Wherever you are,
no matter what separates you,
Love and be loved!
Keep on living.
Under Tokyo's sky, life goes on!
Hayami Saori - Atarashi Ashita "New Tomorrow"
* Don't miss 1:43:34 to 1:44:04 mark ;)
Benio Hanamura
Shinobu Ijuin
Mamoru Miyano
Saori Hayami
Aah, when I look back,
Tosei Aoe
Shingo Onijima
Takahiro Sakurai
Kazuya Nakai
even the many nights I dissolved in tears
Tamaki Kitakoji
Ranmaru Fujieda
Yûki Kaji
Asami Seto
Larisa
Ushigoro
Maaya Sakamoto
Kenta Miyake
grow blurry with the memories.
Aah, even the completely changed town will eventually
regain its breath and start to move again
Mankind accepts their fate,
and continue living individually.
You healed my sorrow, my friend.
Before you go far away,
let me say thank you.
Aah, people and the eras change,
and one day everything will be the past.
Only the sky will remain the same...
Aah, no matter what,
I've lived ..
without abandoning the ray of hope,
believing only in love.
Not forgetting our connected hearts,
until the day we can meet again, take care.
As long as there is life,
the path will continue on.
so we can discover our dreams once more.
What awaits on our way is
a new tomorrow.
I can hear it from somewhere:
The singing voice of hope.
The Taisho era has long passed.
The era of romance.
WHITE BIRCH
The era of Miss Modern.
In our hearts
always.