"If Talking Paid"
COFFEE SHOP POLARIS
Good morning. You're up already?
I went to bed early.
Why don't you be a morning person?
- Where's my bread? - Sorry, I have to buy it.
Have this, I haven't touched it.
No, thanks. I'm not that hungry.
Why did you ask, then?
Stop talking and eat, or you'll be late.
Mitsuru, you used my black backpack, didn't you?
Oh, it's yours?
Don't use it yourself.
I only used your backpack, don't be stingy.
You didn't use it with care. You made the bottom dirty.
- It costs about 20,000. - 20,000!
What? That backpack costs 20,000?
The price doesn't matter.
My whole suit costs 18,000 yen.
- It was over 50,000 originally. - Was it?
Don't be deceived!
All women think
they can easily deceive men with something's original price.
- I'm full. - Put the things there.
- Any newspaper? - In the kitchen.
- Harumi, get it for me. - No. I'll be late.
How selfish! I want to know who her parents are.
It's tiring to argue with you early in the morning.
Don't tell me to be a morning person, then. Right?
Right?
Can I talk to you now?
Kouji Akiba is your father, right?
So what?
Why does Riku exchange texts with your dad?
What? I don't know.
You got the wrong idea.
What did Riku say?
They exchange texts, but you aren't involved.
- See you. - See you.
Mr Akiba, would you like to have a drink?
I had a drink last night too.
I'm worried about something, please lend me your ear.
I respect you, Mr Akiba.
I played a bit of music in the past,
so I know how good a band has to be
in order to debut with a major label.
We weren't at all.
But I think it's time for you to forget about your past glories.
I've forgotten about it for a long time.
But you think it isn't cool to speak loudly, right?
I thought I spoke loud enough.
Don't just assume.
The teachers of our clients
think that you're gloomy and have no motivation.
Do they?
You either say goodbye to your past self and make more effort
or look for a more suitable job.
Isn't it better to make up your mind soon?
You recycle rubbish, right? I used to be a binman.
If someone throws rubbish after we've collected all the rubbish,
our jargon for it is "Waiter."
They throw their rubbish after collection.
But you've already done your job.
Yes, but we had to go and collect that, or they will complain.
What are you doing?
The shoe is yours, right?
Oh! Oh... The trainers are the same as mine.
This is Kouji, right? Weren't you with him?
I don't know.
Why does my classmate have this photo?
- I don't know. - Don't feign ignorance.
Ask Kouji yourself if you're so curious.
I am not that curious.
It's fine, then.
But who'd have thought...
that you have the photo of Pumpro?
- So you do know! - You're very curious!
Forget it!
SENJU AZUMA DISTRICT CENTER
This is the basic movement when you use a blowgun.
When you do that, you can practice abdominal breathing,
and it's good for your health.
I'm back.
You had a drink again?
Yasumura wanted to talk to me about something.
About what?
Complaints about me as his junior.
I hope you split the cost.
I just paid a bit more, we almost split it.
You paid because you were older, right?
Yasumura is your senior, and his salary is higher.
Will you be angry if I say I want to change jobs?
What?
Are you serious?
I haven't found the other job,
so I'm not going to change any moment now.
It's okay if you'll get higher pay.
I knew you'd say so.
Did something make you unhappy at work?
No, not at all. I'm not unhappy at all.
"Chapter Seven. Ice Lolly And A Stroll At Night"
Good morning.
You're early today too.
I think you'd better choose another necktie.
Why?
The seaweed simmered in soy sauce is tasty.
Mr Makimoto gave me that.
He got an assortment of that but couldn't finish it alone.
You were home late last night.
Yeah, I had a drink after dinner.
- With who? - Mr Makimoto.
He only went to visit a blowgun class with me.
- Thanks. - No. Add some hot water.
Sure.
POLARIS
Welcome!
Oh? Mr Morozumi, do you work part-time here now?
Idiot, I was only asked to tend the place for a while.
Where is Mrs Kishibe?
She went home to take a pressure cooker.
With Mr Makimoto.
What? She let Mr Makimoto enter her home?
Mrs Kishibe wanted someone to hold the stepladder, I volunteered,
but Mr Makimoto stopped me and said he could do it better.
He's very enthusiastic, isn't he?
Seems that Mr Makimoto has joined the blowgun club.
But I thought Mrs Kishibe was the one who was interested?
That old man is making lots of effort to succeed.
What does Mrs Kishibe think?
I can't see through that at all. She is kind to everybody.
I'll go check on the coffee shop.
- I'll get it done soon. - Okay.
Hello, nice to meet you.
I'm Makimoto, owner of a used bookshop.
We had met when you were in primary school, but you must've forgotten.
I remember, because you gave me several picture books.
Yes, I did.
You came with Mitsuru, right?
Make yourself at home.
I'll return to the coffee shop soon, don't worry.
She was stealing glances at my necktie, so I think she realised.
But she said nothing.
She must be angry.
Who knows?
Well, Riku has sent me another photo.
"Playsuke Basso." The quality isn't as good as before.
We've sent 10 photos each.
I think you can make a collection.
He even said he wanted to buy a bass guitar and asked me to go with him.
He knows that you had formed a band.
Well, he probably heard it from Harumi.
But does he really want to buy a bass guitar?
Why?
I think it's an excuse to meet you.
Maybe I shouldn't accept his invitation, then?
I don't think I should get involved any further either.
But if you don't meet and talk to him,
you'll never know why he wanted to contact you.
Kouji.
- Yes? - Do you have a minute?
Yes.
What's the matter?
Did you throw this away?
No, I didn't.
Who was it, then?
The stick and the wrapper has to be thrown in different bins.
That ice lolly was mine! Who ate it?
I didn't eat it.
Did you, Mum?
I wouldn't be talking about sorting rubbish if I had.
Did you eat my ice lolly?
I didn't eat it either.
- Where's Ayako? - Having a bath.
That means Ayako has to be the culprit.
Who is the culprit?
- You ate my ice lolly. - I didn't.
Who ate it, then?
You made fun of me
and said I was stingy for nagging you about my backpack.
Don't make a fuss over a 100-yen ice lolly.
It wasn't 100 yen, it was 250 yen!
250 yen! You’re jobless, but you have ice lollies that cost 250 yen?
So you didn't put it in the bin, Ayako?
- I put it in the bin. - So you're the culprit!
I said I am not!
You threw the wrapper away but didn't eat it? Does it make sense?
But I really didn't!
You threw the gun into the river, but you didn't fire it?
Who'll buy that?
Someone put it on the table, so I put it in the bin.
Why am I seen as the culprit?
Thank you for putting it in the bin.
Remember the stick is combustible and the wrapper is incombustible.
Our district treats both as combustible waste,
so Ayako must've done it out of habit.
Kouji, you ate it, didn't you?
No, I didn't.
You had a similar chocolate ice lolly last night.
Is that so?
Indeed, I had an ice lolly that was the same as this.
That means you ate it!
But I bought it on my way home yesterday,
and the rubbish is in my room.
You had the same kind of ice lolly? Isn't it too much of a coincidence?
And it's an expensive kind that costs 250 yen.
If you have to suspect me, I'll get the wrapper and receipt!
Mitsuru, when did you buy the ice lolly?
I bought two a week ago,
had one on the same day and saved the other to enjoy today.
But if it's in the family's fridge, it doesn't matter who has it, right?
- So you were the culprit, Harumi? - It wasn't me.
You said everyone could eat the things in the fridge.
Why did you make such an absurd remark, then?
Because nan bought most of the things in it, right?
If you want ownership of everything,
you need permission to drink the milk and use mayonnaise.
Everyone can have what we have daily,
but ice lollies, puddings and cakes are special.
If everyone can have them freely,
we'll have to call the police every day.
Harumi, it really wasn't you?
Even you suspect me, Mum?
We all have what we want at home, don't we?
Kouji often asks me if I've seen his ice lolly too.
In other words, Harumi, you do this regularly, right?
But I swear, I didn't eat it this time.
I found the wrapper and receipt!
Now Kouji has been proven innocent.
Gosh, it's no use arguing about something so stupid.
Kouji, go and buy him an ice lolly.
Okay, I'll buy for each of us, then.
Please don't leave this room!
This isn't a problem about ice lolly.
The culprit who ate the ice lolly but doesn't admit it
is among these three people.
That's the problem.
Wait a minute.
Isn't it possible that the culprit isn't among the three of us?
In other words, we assume someone not in our family
came to the kitchen and ate the ice lolly?
That's right.
Don't say something so scary!
Oh! There's someone.
- Who? - Used bookshop's Mr Makimoto.
He was the culprit?
Don't be silly!
Why was Mr Makimoto in our kitchen?
I wanted to take the pressure cooker and he only held the ladder for me.
Did he leave at once?
I made tea, so he stayed for 10 minutes.
No, he was here for longer.
You've been pretty close with Mr Makimoto lately.
No, I haven't.
When I said hello, nan had returned to the coffee shop
and Mr Makimoto was here alone.
In other words, he had enough time to commit the crime.
It's natural to want something sweet after having tea.
More importantly, he looks like someone who'd steal ice lollies.
It's rude to assume Mr Makimoto is the culprit.
By the way, where did Mr Makimoto sit when he had tea?
Here.
Where was the wrapper found?
Here.
It's a match, Mitsuru!
You don't call that a match!
We have all the circumstantial evidence,
and you still want to cover up for the suspect?
- Mr Makimoto isn't the culprit. - Why?
Because I put the rubbish in the bin this morning.
Exactly. Mr Makimoto came this evening.
Hang on. Did you put the newspaper here until yesterday?
Recyclable waste was collected today, so I threw all of them away.
Why did you keep the newspaper?
Because I wanted to read all the articles, so I asked mum to.
There was a week's worth of it, right?
Ayako said she'd read them, but didn't at all,
so I confirmed with her if I could throw them away.
I see. That's what happened.
- You know who did it? - Yes.
The culprit in this case is...
Nobody.
What?
What do you mean?
Excuse me.
Just as I thought.
Why is there an ice lolly?
Let me tell you the trick...
used in this case.
A week ago, Mitsuru Kishibe had his ice lolly,
put the rubbish on the table and just left.
The next morning, without noticing the wrapper,
Fusae put the newspaper on it after she read it.
Ayako wanted to read the newspaper, so she asked Fusae to keep it
and a week's worth of newspapers were kept there until today.
The newspapers were piling up and Fusae couldn't stand it,
so she asked Ayako if she could throw them away and Ayako said yes.
QUEEN PREMIUM SWEETS BAR
Recyclable waste is collected today, so Fusae threw the newspapers away.
Ayako found the wrapper when she was in the kitchen
and threw it away without sorting the rubbish.
PLASTIC
COMBUSTIBLE WASTE
This is the whole truth of
the perfect crime that has no culprit!
Wait a minute.
- Apologise to us all. - Why?
You accused us of theft, but it was your rubbish!
I had no idea Mitsuru is the true culprit.
No, the culprit is Ayako, if I must say.
Don't be absurd!
If no newspaper was put on top of the wrapper,
the trouble wouldn't have happened.
The one who didn't put the rubbish in the bin is at fault.
I really won't forgive you until you apologise this time.
Mitsuru, you're totally defeated today.
Fine, I'll own up to it and admit defeat.
Apologise now, then.
But a case more serious than this has risen to the surface,
but none of you has realised.
What case?
Don't try to divert our attention.
I'm not doing that.
Our mother...
is trying to get married again with Mr Makimoto.
What?
Don't be absurd!
Have you ever let Mr Makimoto into our home so far?
Yes, many times!
He had had a drink with your dad in the living room,
and he had burned incense for your dad too.
It's none of your business even if that is true.
Why?
Ayako, you give your consent to Mum for her to get married again?
Don't decide it yourself!
It isn't our place to say anything if Mum wants to.
You have to say yes because you remarried too.
It isn't the reason!
Mitsuru, if nan marries again, you'll have nowhere to go,
so you don't want that, right?
I'm not against her getting married again.
I only doubt if it's fine to choose Makimoto,
and I'm just raising this question.
Don't see him as a suspect.
And I'm saying that I won't get married.
As long as it isn't Mr Makimoto,
I'm prepared to call any man you marry "Dad" readily,
unlike Harumi.
Think more seriously if you want to get married again.
Like the man's personal assets, health, and driving license.
You need various things to have a comfortable retirement.
Don't go yet, jerk!
Mitsuru, don't run!
Mitsuru!
You jerk!
Why can't he even say sorry?
It isn't the first time.
He's been hurting everybody to avoid apologizing.
- I'll go to the convenience store. - No, it's too late now.
We kept talking about ice lolly, so I want one now.
Should I go?
I want to choose myself.
Why don't you two go together?
Sure, if Harumi doesn't mind.
Will you go, Mum?
Of course I won't.
- Ayako, do you want any ice lolly? - Of course I do.
I'd like a vanilla one.
I'll have the same.
Shall we go, then?
PLEASE CLOSE THE FREEZER
QUEEN PREMIUM SWEETS BAR
I thought about having that too.
Never mind, I'll pay for mine.
Don't be silly.
CONVENIENCE STORE MATSUYAMA
Thanks for waiting.
Just now...
When you said, "Don't be silly," what dialect was it?
I wonder what it is.
I had never said that before.
- It was the first time? - Yeah.
I'll look it up when we get back.
When did you exchange contact details with Riku?
Well, you mean...
Riku Takahira, right?
- You did it with another Riku? - No.
He suddenly talked to me when I came out from the loo on sports day...
And you exchanged contact details?
Of course, I know doing this is lack of common sense,
but I was afraid that it'd put you at a disadvantage if I said no.
Sorry, I didn't tell you.
Be friends with him if you don't mind.
Yes?
He feels lonely easily too.
Sure.
It's my pleasure.
May I ask something?
Yes?
You said he felt lonely easily "too,"
so I'm wondering who the other person is.
This is like a test on Japanese.
Looking at the context,
it should be either me or you.
I don't think so.
Why? ls there someone else?
I think referring to Mum or Nan or Mitsuru will make sense too.
Then...
that means it's someone in our family of five.
Who feels lonely most easily?
APPLICATION FORM FUSAE KISHIBE
ADACHl BLOWGUN CLUB
Oh?
He's so creepy!
Hi!
- Welcome. - Welcome.
Last night,
Harumi asked me to be Riku's friend if I didn't mind.
That's why you were smiling foolishly on the balcony?
You saw me?
You're quite happy, right?
I'd be lying if I say I'm not.
Could she be expecting you to do something?
Expect what?
If Harumi still has a crush on Riku, it isn't strange
if she wants a breakthrough in the current situation through you.
What can I do?
The boy asked you to go and choose a bass guitar with him, right?
What? I want to go too.
Even if you say so...
if he thinks you're cool or fun,
it'll be at least favorable to Harumi.
She might want you to make him break up with his girlfriend.
Don't be silly! Harumi is only 14 years old.
What are you talking about?
Primary school girls nowadays
have many boyfriends and don't feel guilty.
Blimey! Girls nowadays are terrible.
I'll make you another glass.
- Mitsuru, are you busy next week? - Have I ever been?
But I can't just say, "I know you won't be busy," can I?
Why? You have some nice jobs?
The bar's owner will travel abroad for a week
and wants someone to look after her dog.
I can't keep it at my mum's home.
You just have to walk him every morning and evening, and feed him.
I'll give you the flat's key, the job should be favorable.
I met her once during my interview.
She is absolutely gorgeous!
But, Kaisei, I thought she was your girlfriend?
No way!
Your current flat is the owner's property too, right?
I only rent it at a low price, we're nothing more than that.
She isn't interested in someone like me.
That spikes my curiosity.
Someone who looked like Mitsuru ran a marathon yesterday.
Was it him?
Yes, it was!
He's been sleeping until the afternoon,
but he now gets up at 7:00 am
and goes to run a marathon every morning and evening!
A regular lifestyle can make a person think more positively.
Maybe he'll finally go job hunting soon too.
I hope he will.
Sorry to have kept you waiting!
Thank you.
Do you know him?
Yeah, just a bit.
Let's go. Come on.
Let's go.
Let's go. Come on, let's go.
Come.
SAEGUSA
Kousuke.
Kousuke, dinner time.
All right...
This tin of food costs 350 yen. It has to be delicious.
Dig in.
Also, the water here
is more expensive than the low-malt beer I have,
so it has to be good.
COFFEE SHOP POLARIS
Oh, I'm starving!
Where have you been?
Isn't it obvious? I went to run a marathon.
I heard that you were walking an expensive-looking dog.
Whose dog was it?
Who told you?
Sonoda.
My friend asked me to walk his dog.
And asked me to give you the business card there.
Their company recruits people who aren't new grads,
so why don't you try?
He said you could call him anytime to talk to him about it.
Okay.
Have as many as you want.
"Chapter Eight. Bagna Cauda And Walking the Dog"
SILVIA
Harumi told you I played in a band?
Yes, we talked about our respective fathers.
Actually, my mum also got divorced and remarried my current father.
Is that so?
He's a boring person who lives only for his job.
My academic results aren't bad,
but I'm incredibly stupid in his eyes.
What is his job?
An official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
That's a decent job.
I'm jealous of Harumi.
You're fun and seem to be willing to listen to me.
Is there something you worry about? Tell me if you don't mind.
Can I?
Sure, we've met anyway.
It's about the relationship I'm in.
- Relationship? - Yes.
I'm very good at it.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Tell me anything. - Okay.
APPLICATION FOR BLOWGUN CLUB MOTOMU MAKIMOTO
Breathe in and raise as high as you can.
That's right.
Now, breathe out slowly,
breathe in, and put it near your mouth.
Thank you.
Welcome.
Thank you for calling.
Sorry for calling you out suddenly.
He is my junior, Watari. Do you mind if he joins us?
- No, of course. - Hello, I'm Junpei Watari!
Hello, I am Kishibe.
May I call you Mitsuru?
- Feel free to. - Thank you.
You called, so I assume you're interested in our company. Right?
I'm not interested in your company,
but I'm very interested in you as a person, Sonoda.
Oh! Well, I'm flattered.
Anyway, why don't we make a toast?
- Right? - Yeah...
What would you like?
Koyuki, one beer, please.
Okay.
Oh, for the snacks, we've only ordered bagna cauda,
but please order whatever you like.
It's our treat tonight.
What? We're having boiled tofu tonight?
I bought croquette too.
Fried meat cake is better.
I read your high school application form.
Why did you make that school your first choice?
I want to go there.
But it's five lower than your standard score.
My goal isn't going to a school that has high standard score.
Why do you think I pay so much for you to go to cram school?
Because you wanted me to go, so I did what you wanted.
Hang on.
You said when I entered cram school
that I'd have more options if I do better academically.
Tell my why you want to go to that high school.
You've never told me you wanted to go there until now.
Because...
the uniform is pretty.
The campus is nice, and it has air conditioners in the classrooms.
You can aim higher.
If you go to a good school,
the range of your future options will broaden further.
Mitsuru went to a good high school and a good university,
but it was pointless.
This isn't about him, is it?
I want to live freely like you too.
I want to be honest to myself and have no regrets in life.
Watari just joined our company last year.
He'd been wandering round the world as a backpacker until then.
You had been to South America, right?
How did you know?
Your mother told me a lot about your youthful days.
It was over 10 years ago.
Where have you been to?
Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.
- What about the Galapagos islands? - Of course.
Did you go to the lguaçu Falls too?
Only in Brazil.
I've only seen it from Argentina.
Watari left university too, right?
Yes, I did.
That's why I already felt that we're close even before we met.
You felt we were close because you left university?
I told him you focused on what you like and opened a coffee shop.
He kept asking about it.
You see, you opened a coffee shop at 25 years old, right?
That alone makes me respect you a lot.
Also, I am very interested in what happened
before you opened the coffee shop.
So, Watari, why did you join your current company?
We've been waiting for you to ask!
Like you, Mitsuru,
I've always wanted to do what I like as my job.
What do you like?
The natural environment I'm in when I travel.
But doing what you like as a job is more difficult than you think.
Also, if you have no income, you can't even do what you like.
That's true.
I have been doing only the things I like,
but even I can work happily at my current company.
Mitsuru, I'm sure that you will like our company.
MITSUTOMO ELECTRIC WORKS DOMESTIC SOLAR POWER SYSTEM
it didn't occur to me that he would go to meet Sonoda.
They're nearly as old, maybe they have something in common.
I know I shouldn't get my hopes up,
but if it interests him a bit and makes him motivated,
then he'll be able to take action.
I know.
When he planned to open the coffee shop,
he did several part-time jobs to save money.
I offered to help him a bit,
but he refused and said he wanted to do everything himself.
He was really reliable at that time.
I know you want to wait for Mitsuru to find his next goal.
But it's been six years.
I won't wait anymore.
It's partly my fault that he delayed it for so long.
Tell me if there's anything I can do.
If something is hard for you to say to him, I'll tell him for you.
Thanks.
Maybe I'm a doting mother,
but if he finds a goal,
he can go straight for it with passion.
That's the only thing I still believe.
There was a girl I loved for years before I found my job,
but I had no regular job, and she totally ignored me.
She rejected you at once and said you had no future.
But after I found this job, it was her turn to say she loved me.
Actually, we are even going to get married soon.
Thank goodness you joined us, Watari!
It's fantastic!
I'm jobless, but I had a girlfriend too.
On the contrary, isn't it awful if she dated you after you have a job?
Your girlfriend isn't interested in who you really are.
Is it really okay to marry someone like that?
- Well... - Also,
you've talked for so long,
but I can't see how attractive your company is at all,
so I think you aren't cut out to be a salesperson.
Does any colleague call you Reiwa Goldbricker? Are you okay?
Mitsuru is an opinionated person,
so naturally, it's difficult to convince him.
But Watari is praised for being capable and has a promising future.
Right, Watari?
I left university,
worked part-time to save money and wandered around overseas,
but none of those were helpful after I started working.
However, my company even considered experience like this.
Even what made me feel inferior...
You repeatedly emphasized that you left university,
but if you work at a common company in your 20s,
don't you think you left school for nothing?
Left school for nothing?
You dropping out failed completely.
As a fellow dropout, it embarrasses me,
so please stop talking about it.
Also, you said you wandered overseas as a backpacker.
You got the wrong idea that you were adventurous and brave,
but isn't it because everyone you know has a job and got married,
only you were jobless and single,
so you couldn't stand the loneliness?
You're right.
Don't let him lead you by the nose! You did nothing wrong!
Also, we should each have one of each kind of bagna cauda's veggies,
but you had three shallots alone.
It's something an adult shouldn't do.
Even someone who lacks common sense can work at your company.
Is this its selling point?
I am very sorry!
Cut it out!
You haven't worked in six years, how can you say such awful things?
Because you picked a fight with me.
I didn't!
You look down on me because you have a job.
Of course I don't!
But you said this before Mitsuru came.
You said you pity him for missing the train called society.
What... You...
It's thoughtless of you to reveal what a customer said!
Our policy is to make regular customers our first priority.
Don't get carried away because you're handsome.
It didn't occur to me that my looks are better.
I hate him!
Sonoda, why do you talk to me based on the assumption
that not having a job is bad?
Your mother still has expectations from you.
But you mooch off her and don't work,
do you not feel guilty?
You can't blame me, can you?
Not having to work is my talent.
What? Talent?
My home is in Tokyo, and I don't have to live alone. It's my talent.
My mum is a widow,
so sometimes her loneliness overrides her worries about her son.
You have to work for your family,
and I'm free of such hardship and loneliness.
Are you not embarrassed?
Doesn't forcing someone who doesn't want to work and looking down on him
make you embarrassed?
What you're trying to do
is like taking a lion in a zoo out of his cage and telling him to hunt.
What are you talking about?
He's in a cage,
so there is no danger, and he'll get fed every day.
He might seem happy, but you're totally wrong.
Lions in a zoo don't seem to fight,
but they fight more than the wild ones.
Visitors laugh and point at them,
and they fight between dreaming and loneliness every day!
I will quit my job today!
- What? - What's the matter?
We're here to recruit a new employee!
What Mitsuru said was right.
I am...
a timid lion that's been running away from loneliness in the zoo,
and mingling with a pride of wild lions!
So I will resign from my job and return to my cage.
No, Watari, that's absolutely wrong!
- Maybe it seems wrong, - Wait, Watari...
- but after talking to Mitsuru... - Watari...
I was kidding about everything I said.
- Yes? - I don't like shallots,
so I'm really grateful that you ate them all.
What do you mean?
Make your girlfriend happy.
Do not resign from your company.
What...
I don't know what I should do!
It's okay, you're an outstanding lion!
Oops, he made the guy cry.
Give this to him.
- I am sorry... - Don't worry about it.
Have some.
Have some shallots.
Delicious, right?
It's yummy.
Do you think Mitsuru will find a job?
Of course he won't. He’ll just engage in banter.
Is it wrong to do only what you want to do?
I didn't say it's wrong,
but he uses it as an excuse and has been jobless for six years.
But I think Mitsuru is a bit different from
people who just want an easy life and don't want to work.
I've seen many jobless friends,
but I haven't seen one so proud of being that.
Stop flattering him!
He loves coffee so much,
but he can't let himself just take over his family's coffee shop.
He's strict to himself.
Mum, you think not working is something embarrassing too much.
He's over 30 and lives off his mum. How can it not be embarrassing?
If he doesn't like his job, he won't do it for long,
so just wait for him to find what he likes.
Both mum and I had faith in him and waited at first,
but he wasted six years as a result.
But you've waited for so long, so there's no need to be impatient now.
Yeah. Nan is still working too.
How will he make a living after your nan dies?
He can think about it when it happens,
and if he's prepared to bear the consequences of not working,
you should let him do what he wants.
He thinks he'll manage if he plays it by ear, but he won't.
It isn't so easy to survive in society.
- He might come to live with us. - Don't be ridiculous!
Mum, someone focusing on work and not happy like you
is a bigger problem.
You think I am not happy?
No, when compared to Nan and Mitsuru.
If you go to Kowa Girls' or Josei High School, I'll be happy.
Will you stop forcing what you like on me?
I'm not forcing you, I'm just telling you my wish.
SONODA
Please open the packet of snacks.
DADDY, GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR WORK WITH THE SUN
How long have you not seen your family?
I managed to go home for a bit in the summer holiday,
so it's been about three months.
But you can make video calls now.
But on the contrary, if I only see their faces,
it makes me miss them even more.
I don't know if it's a good thing.
- Do tell Watari properly. - About what?
To do his job properly
and have a happy family with his girlfriend.
You're worried about it.
Of course! He suddenly said he would resign.
You made him want to resign in such a short period of time.
Mitsuru, I think you're cut out to be a salesperson.
I like my current job.
What? Are you up?
Do you want another drink?
So...
I'll aim to be an outstanding wild lion that you won't look down on.
Just you wait and see.
Good luck.
Yes!
Let's make another toast.
Why did she say she wants to go to this high school?
Its standard score is 62, so it's more like a safe option for Harumi.
KAINAN HIGH SCHOOL
Could it be...
Do you know why?
This is only a possibility.
Harumi had a crush on a boy, right?
- Riku Takahira? - That's right.
Maybe it's the school he chose?
What?
Harumi still cares about that guy?
Oh, Kouji!
- This is the dog? - He's Kousuke.
Aww.
Your name is Kou, like me?
Do you know how much his clothing is?
I don't want to hear it in the morning.
This dog has a rare talent.
He can do special tricks?
He's loved by a rich owner,
and he's given an air-conditioned room.
That's his talent.
He'll never realise how blessed he is.
How did it go yesterday? You met him, right?
Well...
He wanted to talk to me about his relationship,
I couldn't ask for a better turn of events...
But?
I just couldn't say that he'd better break up with his girlfriend.
I'm unreliable as a dad.
But I think you did the right thing as a person.
Will I be able to help Harumi someday?
You will.
- Why did you wait? - You'll be late.
Let's swap jobs just for today.
- What are you talking about? - This is unfair.
You get paid for wandering around,
and you'll get the whole sum, right?
Why don't you quit your job, then?
I will, when you find a job.
Ayako will be half angry and half happy,
but I'll manage to get away with it.
But living like this isn't that easy either.
I know that too.
My lifestyle in my 20s and 30s was just like yours.
See you, then.
Oh, Kousuke's clothes cost 30,000 yen.
Are you kidding me? It's much more expensive than mine.
But you are cooler, Kouji.
See you.
I exchanged contact details with Riku Takahira.
Only I didn't know?
You were the one who deceived our parents when we were little, right?
I just like to watch boys getting more and more serious.
Kaisei rejected me.
This is absurd.
He's the vice chairman, Mr Dano.
Second-hand clothes shop's Mr Makimoto?
Second-hand bookshop.
Isn't he Zutaboro's vocal?
Why don't we regroup Zutaboro once more?
Would you just have supper with me?