I'm afraid...
...of what comes next...
...after 'I like you'.
Because you are... someone whose future has just begun now.
If that's why you think it won't work for us...
...I can't do anything to change that, right?
- Mom ran away from home. - She did?
"I've told Tami."
"I'll stay at an internet cafe near the east entrance tonight."
If it's an internet cafe near the east entrance...
...this is the only one I know.
- Let's go there, then. - Okay.
I wonder what happened.
To think about it now...
...Yukie-san never really talked about herself.
Even though she ever cried in front of her house once before.
Ah...
If Yukie-san...
...holds herself back because she's older than me...
...I should have tried to understand her better.
But I think we aren't in such level...
...to understand Yukie-san's true feeling, right?
You're right.
Ah.
- If it's like that... - Hmm?
It will be no good if it's just both of us go there.
- It's dangerous! - Just go now!
- Go right now! - Stop that!
- Ah! - Listen. If tomorrow...
...Yukie-san comes back home alone...
...and opens this door by herself...
...you won't be able to do anything to make up for it anymore!
- I know that. - If so, go now.
Geez, you're just like your father.
You only have one wife. Treasure her properly!
Come on, let's go.
- You come with me too? - Of course!
If I don't, you'll say something irrelevant again...
...and you'll just disappoint Yukie-san, right?
Right?
Well, well...
Come on!
Wait... Tami, you come with us too. Put on your coat.
Okay!
- Huh? - Hmm? Ah...
- Sorry that we ride on here too. - It's okay. Me too.
- Sorry that she makes you worried. - She really does.
But I'm glad she has such nice friends~
Well, even though you say she's your family, we also have other guests...
- Anyway, please call her. - Please wait a moment.
Since our guests give their IDs to us...
...first, we will check if she really stays here...
- Quickly do it, please. - Ah, okay.
Um... what's her name?
Kitagawa. Kitagawa...
Yukie!
- Hey, Yukie! Yukie! - Wait!
Sorry for the trouble. Hey, Yukie!
Yukie!
Huh? Hey...
No way... Don't speak so loudly like that.
Why is everyone here?
We're here to pick you up.
Let's go home together.
I'm sorry!
I'm really sorry for everything.
Huh?
I'll do my best to make up for it.
But...
...there are also things I might not realize.
Please point that out clearly!
What's with your way of saying that?
Ah... Perhaps there's something wrong with the way I raised him~
Thank you very much.
Thank you. You both must have said something to my husband, right?
Ah, no. It's not like that.
We just went to your house but we didn't tell him anything.
Really?
Your mother-in-law said...
...'If you remain like this, it will be impossible for you to make up for it'.
She said, 'You only have one wife. Treasure her properly!'
Huh?
Oh my, since we have one more person here, we all can't fit in the car.
Ah, it's okay. The station is right there.
- Right? - Ah, yeah.
- We'll leave here. - Okay.
Thank you very much.
Well then, bye, Tami-chan~
- Bye. - Good night.
Let's go home, okay?
Ah, aren't you all hungry?
Having udon for dinner is not enough, right?
We still have some nikujaga from yesterday, what about making it into curry?
There she goes again.
- Geez, Mom. - Hmm?
That part of you!
Ah...
But that's Yukie-san's good point anyway, so it can't be helped~
I'm sorry.
Welcome home.
Ah...
Aah...
I'm home.
Ah, it's true that I'm still hungry.
- Let's go somewhere to eat. - That's a good idea.
You don't understand anything again, huh?
- Huh? - Ah, then, let's have yakiniku!
Ah... Ah, that's good, isn't it?
Yeah... but Chinese food is good too. It's delicious.
Ah, yeah. Chinese food is also good!
For once, how about having sushi?
Ah~ Sushi is nice! Yeah! I think sushi is a good idea.
Let's go to the conveyor belt sushi restaurant.
- That again! - Ah...
Then, let's go somewhere expensive.
I wonder if that's the best for Yukie-san.
I don't know.
But if I can be like Yukie-san...
...it makes me think that getting older isn't so bad.
Yeah.
Wanna go somewhere else?
Sometimes, a moment like this...
...is surprisingly when we have to part ways.
Will you be there in my future?
Or won't you?
I didn't told you that I liked you...
...so that you would make such face.
I know.
I'm sorry.
But I can't go any further.
I'm sorry.
Bye.
Wait a sec.
Why couldn't I be satisfied...
...with such a loose relationship?
I always tried to cover my feelings...
...so that it wouldn't become like this, right?
English subtitle by: aoihachi
G Senjou no Anata to Watashi
Final Episode. Even If We Can't Meet Again
- Breaking up?! - Sssh!
Perhaps. I heard it a bit just now.
Well, I didn't say I broke up though...
What's with breaking up? What do you mean?
Ssh. Dad, your voice is too loud.
- Ah... - I understand.
Huh? Mom, can you understand that?
There's an 8 years gap between them, right? It's not that simple.
But they were still dating while knowing that.
Gradually, it makes her worried.
Because, you know... just look at that kid.
- He doesn't seem so reliable. - Right?
But his girlfriend was a nice person, right? She's cheerful.
I also thought it was so good for them.
That's too bad~ I thought I would have another nice daughter-in-law...
- It's too soon to talk about marriage, Mom. - Ah, really?
Hey, come on. Come here, have some and cheer up.
- Come here. - Stop fretting about it.
I'm not fretting over or so.
You were dumped, right?
- Yeah, just come here. - Come on.
So? What happened, actually?
Well... I think it's natural...
...that she felt afraid because of our age difference.
But you don't care about that, right?
Not at all.
Hmm, then...
...what do you want to do?
I don't want it to end just like this.
- But... - Mm-hmm.
...I also don't know what I should say to make her feel at ease.
Mm-hmm...
What should I do?
What I can say is...
Well, I have no right to say this...
It's okay. What is it?
Don't give her...
...either time or distance.
You're right.
You haven't met him since that day?
Yeah.
Does it mean that...
I guess it means that we have broken up.
Why?
You finally found someone you love and it went well.
Why right after that...
Moreover, it's right before Christmas.
Christmas?
Ah... you're right.
Yaeko-chan, why can you be so calm like that?
He's cute.
Huh?
Whenever I look at Rihito-kun, he's just so cute.
In short, he's like a little brother to me.
Perhaps, I looked at him that way.
Then it made me like... I wanted to protect him?
Then, perhaps...
...I misunderstood it as some romantic feelings...
You're wrong. Get a hold of yourself, Yaeko-chan.
Why did you cry like that, then?
I can't... breathe...
Ah... Ah, I'm sorry.
My lunch break is over. Bye.
You'll come to the lesson today, right?
Ah... is it Monday today?
What are you saying?
I don't bring my violin.
Yaeko-chan, are you okay?
It was pretty hectic this morning, that's why...
It's my last lesson today.
I can't attend it anymore if the class is relocated.
You should come, Yaeko-chan.
Okay. See you later.
Yeah, see you later.
Notification of Relocation
Ah! Ah, I'm glad you come!
Of course I come. It's your last lesson.
There's no way I wouldn't come.
But your face...
Huh?
Your face looks as if you've lost your emotions.
- Huh? Is it? - Yeah.
Ah, if it's about Rihito-kun, I'm okay.
Huh?
After a while, I'll contact him again.
I'll invite him to practice violin together again like before.
- Can you really do that? - Of course I can.
As long as I have violin.
I mean...
...being together with you both is enough for me.
- Yaeko-chan. - Yes?
Before, I ever told you that even though our relationship might be loose...
...it was something good for us, right?
Yeah.
Actually, I really think that the 3 of us are bonded with the strongest universal love.
Yaeko-chan and Rihito-kun and I.
I really wish from the bottom of my heart that the 3 of us can get along well forever.
Yeah.
But it's because I already have a relationship which I have to keep no matter what...
...even though it's painful and makes me want to abandon it.
On that day when I briefly ran away from home...
...when my family came to pick me up...
...and my husband called out my name...
...I thought that...
...'Ah, I'm sure I'll remember this day again someday'.
I have one more thing to remember...
...which can help me endure it when I feel like...
...I'm about to abandon my family and my husband because I can't take it anymore.
I was really happy.
But...
...just as much as that happiness...
...more of tough time will also come for sure.
But even so...
...you won't abandon it, Yukie-san.
Yeah, perhaps.
That's really a good thing.
Yaeko-chan.
If you think that's a good thing...
...you mustn't stop at this loose but gentle world of yours.
Together with the person you love...
...you must go beyond this loose but gentle world of yours.
By doing that, you both will be connected even more deeply, right?
I can't do that.
Why?
I'm afraid.
Huh?
The reason why you can tell me to move forward...
...is because you already did so and found what's over there.
Even now, you're still connected with your husband.
That's why you can say that, Yukie-san.
I like him.
I really really like...
...Rihito-kun.
Until now...
...I've never liked someone so much...
...like this.
That's why I'm afraid.
I'm afraid he will disappear.
I'm afraid he will disappear from me.
I don't care even though he can't be my boyfriend.
It's okay even though we can't even be friends.
Connected even more deeply... what is that?
If it means that we would hurt each other...
...and it would be so awkward that we couldn't meet again, I don't need that.
It's okay even though it's loose.
The strongest universal love is enough for me.
Because...
Because if it's universal love...
...I can always remain in his future, right?
Why do you keep talking about the future?
What's with my future?
Saying that my future has just begun... It's totally not specific.
Why do you have to worry about such uncertain things now?
Even though for you it's uncertain, it's a future I can already see.
What kind of future?
Realistically, what kind of future do you think you see? Tell me!
Because I'm sure that after this...
...you will fall in love with someone else...
...and you'll be together with someone else.
There will be someone after me, right? You're still 21 anyway.
Huh?
Yaeko-chan?
Ah, no...
Somehow... it feels like...
...you're talking about marriage or something like that.
Is that so?
No... I mean...
Those things are...
- I'm going home. - Wait.
Wait a moment, Yaeko-chan!
I don't care about such things.
We've become like this, so it's impossible to get back to that loose relationship, right?
We can. As long as we play violin.
What's the point of playing violin...
...if it's just to keep that loose relationship?
I'm playing violin because I like it. What's wrong with that?!
Ah... geez.
You're so troublesome.
- Ah... - Ah...
I'll figure something out for you.
About everything.
- WHOAAA! - Wow, wow, wow, wow...
- D-d-did you see that? - I did, I did.
- I happened to see it. - Oh my, what should I do?
What's with this happy feeling? I guess I can't sleep tonight!
- Ah, ah. - S-sorry, sorry.
- Seems like I get a nosebleed. - Ah, stop it, stop it.
Rihito-kun, you did well!
Good luck, Yaeko-chan! Good luck! Don't run away!
Ah, um...
We'll soon reach the 1st floor.
You're right.
Someone... might want to use this elevator.
You're right.
We... we shouldn't surprise them...
So...
Okay.
Your glasses.
Huh?
It's tilted.
Ah... ah.
It's okay. Stay like that.
What?
Nothing.
Whoaaaa~
Anyway, I'm happy for you! Yeah... whoaaa~
Somehow it's hot. It's hot.
Yukie-san, your face looks so red even though you just drink oolong tea.
Because you know...
But you've finally determined yourself, Yaeko-chan.
Well, yeah.
Somehow, whether it will go well or not...
...or whether it will make us worry or not...
He said that we should just go on without thinking about those troublesome stuffs.
- Yeah. - For now...
...let's just treasure this, he said.
Ah, wait. Lower it a bit.
Sorry. Excuse us.
- That's right. - Sorry to make you wait.
It's your Nabeshima Special Tomato Cheese Hotpot.
Whoa, Shimizu-san~
- Good evening. - It's great that you still work here in the middle of job hunting.
Not really. But I'll resign from here soon.
- Really? - Yes.
I have to move on immediately.
We don't live forever, anyway.
Well then, please enjoy it.
How great. She's so strong.
So, as I thought...
...you can't continue taking violin lesson.
Yeah. Morishima Station is indeed a bit too far.
And it's time for Tami's exam soon.
It's only 2 months left, right?
Even though I can't take lessons anymore...
...it's okay as long as I still like violin.
- But... - Hmm?
It makes me feel lonely.
Indeed it feels lonely.
Say, Yaeko-chan.
When the violin class is disappeared...
...do you think that our relationship will be disappeared too?
- Huh? - What do you think?
You're right.
So, in the worst case...
...even though we can't meet again...
- Huh? - If somehow our pace...
...can't meet each other anymore...
...it doesn't matter.
Huh? But...
Because I think we will be just fine.
You and I...
...and also Rihito-kun who is still working hard there.
I'm sure we will always be connected with each other.
20 years from now, or even 50 years from now...
Ah, perhaps I won't live long enough to have another 50 years.
But I know that when I meet...
...Yaeko-chan and Rihito-kun again someday...
...we'll surely be able to talk and laugh just like this.
To be able to think that we are connected in such a way...
...is already enough, right?
Right?
But we will meet again, right?
Ah, I have to go. The cram school is over.
- Tami is waiting. - Ah~
I'll go that way from here.
- Thank you so much for today. - Don't mention it.
Say, Yaeko-chan.
Don't say that it will make you lonely.
Please do everything wholeheartedly.
- You too, Yukie-san. - Yeah.
- I still have a long way to go. - You're right.
- Bye. - Bye.
You could just wait at the store.
Ah, good work today~
- What's wrong? - Nothing.
I just want to see Yukie-san off.
Ah. I see.
Ah, it's already Christmas everywhere~
You're right~
Everyone is just so excited.
Well, we are too.
Ah, is it because I don't bring violin today?
That's why my body feels...
- ...so light like this? - What are you doing?
It's okay, right? It's Christmas, anyway.
So, what do you want to do after this?
Hmm... it's cold, let's go to onsen.
Huh? Right now?
I'm joking. Just want to say that.
Well, but it's okay to go there if you want.
- I won't go. - Let's go.
Ah, you just imagined something weird, right? How nasty~
No, no, no, I didn't. I just normally...
I will treasure the time we have now.
This person right in front of my eyes.
I don't care what will happen in the future.
1 year later
You're getting married?!
- Aah... yeah. - Huh? With whom?
Huh? I've told you. With Shono-san.
- This way, please. - WHAT?!
Since when...?
Huh? I've said that I already have someone, right?
You did but... what? But...
You said it's a colleague at work...
Yeah. A colleague at work means Shono-san.
Ah... you're now teaching violin again, right?
Yeah.
I see, but... why didn't you tell me sooner?
Even though we met every week.
- So you're getting married? - Yeah.
- Me first. - Geez.
Shono-san did well, huh? But...
Somehow, I guess he always had his eyes on you, Mao-san.
No, it's not like that. It was me...
- ...who asked him out first. - WHAT?!
I guess I like him even more than he does toward me.
What's with this world line?
But somehow, you're changed now, Mao-san.
- Really? - You have a good vibe now.
A really good vibe.
I'm happy for you. You look so happy.
Congratulations.
What's that, geez~
But thank you.
Ah, getting married at 29, huh?
How good it is. It's just right~
I mean, it's right at the limit.
You're heading to a good direction, Mao-san~
- What about you, Yaeko-chan? - Huh?
- Is that true? - Yeah, it is! It's true!
Mao-san is getting married to Shono-san!
I've always thought it's like that. I've always thought so, I've always thought so!
- You don't need to say that 3 times. - Rihito-kun, long time no see.
- Have you been doing well? - Yeah, thankfully.
Huh? What? What? What? Why is his mood so bad?
You know, this guy has been like this since he heard that...
...Mao-san is getting married.
- I'm not. - Huh, why?
You know, when it comes to Mao-san, that's his conditioned reflex.
That's your body's reaction, right~
- Let's just practice. - Ah, wait a moment.
Let me drink something. I came here running before.
If so, let's order some food too.
- Let's practice, I said. - We will!
Of course we'll practice. We will play violin together at Mao-san's wedding after party anyway.
I'm so thirsty... Okay?
You've promised...
...that you would practice individually, right?
- Yes, I'm so sorry! - Tami-chan is now in middle school.
So you have pretty much free time now, right?
- Yes, just like you said! - You've got used of your work.
You said that your no-overtime days were unsatisfactory, right?
Yeah.
- Excuse me! - What?
To begin with, 'Cavalleria Rusticana'...
- ...is too difficult, so I think it's impossible for us. - Huh?!
As someone who has learned violin for nearly 3 years, is that what you're supposed to say?
3 years will be impossible~
- You're taking violin too lightly. Right? - Right?
It's you both who would be embarrassed!
That would be bad.
If so, please practice properly.
Yeah. You're right. Let's practice. Let's practice on everything!
Who ordered this?
Well... but...
...I never thought Ryosuke-san would take the childcare leave instead.
Exactly.
'I will take care of our children'.
'You can go back to work soon and earn money that way, Ha-chan'. When he said that...
...I thought I was hallucinating.
We never know what will happen in the future anyway.
We are home.
- Welcome home. - Welcome home.
Oh dear, Yae-chan, you look so pretty.
Oh, Ha-chan, you're indeed a pro.
Is this standing out too much?
- Won't I be a bother for the bride? - It's okay, it's okay.
- Fortunately you look plain. - Oh, is it?
But it's okay even if you look plain, right?
No one is looking for a partner in a wedding after party, anyway.
Well, I guess so.
Someone who already has a boyfriend can be that calm, huh?
But don't expect things like marriage, okay?
Okay, okay. I'm not expecting.
Hey, why don't you?
It's okay as long as you're happy, Yae-chan.
Even though he's 8 years younger and else.
How great it is to get someone younger~
What? 8 years? 8 years?
Hey, you said that intentionally, right?
You're so helpful, thank you.
Have a great time there.
I leave the dinner to you.
We'll be just fine. We will eat delicious food on our own.
- Right? - Yeah. Take care.
Thank you. Bye.
- Ah, Yaeko-chan. - Ah.
- Yaeko-chan, bye! - Yeah, bye~
Your husband drove you here? How kind of him.
Well, sort of~
Is it here? Ah, look.
- Wow, this is amazing. - It's so cute~
Is Rihito-kun here already?
Ah, it's him. Rihito-kun.
Hmm? What's wrong?
I just realized something extremely terrifying.
Hmm?
Today is the wedding of Mao-san and Shono-san, right?
Yeah.
- It means that... - Mm-hmm.
...all the people who come here...
...must be music college graduates...
...or people who are related to music, right?
- Ah... - Ah...
Shono-san is also playing instrument, right?
Saxophone or something.
- Aah... - You're right. Shono-san...
...also gives lecture in light music.
This... This is bad, then?
So it's full of...
- ...pro or semi-pro people? - You're right.
And we are going to perform in front of those people.
What? After we are finally able to play 'Cavalleria Rusticana'...
What is this? Hell? Torture?
Ah, and... um...
- Actually I'm not sure whether I should tell you this or not. - What is it?
Yesterday, Tami-chan did a little searching.
- Then... - What?
Seems like 'Cavalleria Rusticana'...
- ...is a song about adultery. - WHAT?!
The adultery then develops into murder.
Seems like it's a song of a bad love-hate relationship drama.
- We can't play such song here. - What should we do?
Huh? What should we do...
Wait, it's... what should we do?
- 'Air'. - Huh?
- Let's play 'Air'. - You're right. We can play that.
Yeah. If it's 'Air', we can already play it quite well, right?
Again? Are we stupid guys who can only remember one thing?
- But I guess it's okay for this occasion. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, the next performers...
...are the students who take lessons from the music classes...
...where Mamoru-san and Mao-san work at.
For Mamoru-san and Mao-san, these three people...
...are special students.
About what happened in details, well...
...please tell us, Shono-san. Here.
Huh? Well...
Ah, ah... well, actually...
These three people were like a cupid between me and Mao-san...
...I mean, no, they aren't. Not at all.
- Huh? - Well, if I have to say something...
It's me who acted as a go-between for Mao-san...
...and them, so that the 4 of them can get along well.
But even so, I was alwaaaays outside the mosquito net.
But, let me say this clearly.
I think without me, they won't get along well like they are now.
Wait, wait, wait. Hey!
Huh? Did I say something wrong? I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. Huh?
Shono-san, can I borrow that?
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. Seems like Shono-san is a bit nervous.
But well, just now...
...to hear him saying 'the 4 of them' including me...
...I'm actually very happy.
It's true that our relationship...
...will always be that of teacher and student.
Yeah. But...
...if I never met these 3 people...
...I won't be the way I am now.
That's why...
...to have them play here today...
...I'm really really happy.
Thank you.
Ah, by the way, seems like their group name is...
...'The Violin Three Musketeers'.
To perform in this place, I think they are truly the men of valor.
They are truly the heroes, The Three Musketeers.
So, without further ado, let's hear their performance. Please.
Well then...
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Wait, wait, wait. Wait a sec.
OH!
In music class for adults, since everyone is already a grown-up...
...our music isn't about what we will become in the future.
Even now, we can't play very well yet.
But since we're already adults...
...it's wonderful that we are now at least able to do it.
Unexpectedly, we become nice to others.
- Try to eat this. Come on~ - Look, Papa is eating this too.
We realize how much our family means to us.
And fall in love seriously with someone.
The things we couldn't do well before...
...by practicing it over and over again, little by little, little by little...
...and before we realized it, we can already do that.
That's a very wonderful thing.
But actually...
...even though we can't do it well...
...it's also okay.
We just have to keep on thinking that...
...no matter when...
...or how old we are...
...we are moving forward.
Soundproof room...
What about an apartment with soundproof room? Do you think we can find one?
With the salary of a nearly-30 OL and a physiotherapist in his 1st year...
...an apartment with soundproof room is impossible, right?
You can graduate properly, right?
Well... yeah...
Hey, stop repeating class, okay?
You finally got an unofficial job offer, anyway.
Since I'm madly in love with an older lady...
...I make no progress on my graduation thesis.
- You lie. - Hmm? It's not entirely a lie, actually.
I want soundproof room.
My initial salary will be, let's say, 230 thousand.
Then, your salary after working 3 years is around 250 thousand?
Huh? Wait. Why it's not so different? It hurts my feeling.
It's because my job is a profession.
I see~
Well, the appropriate budget for the rent...
...will be around 30% of our net income.
So, after combining our income altogether...
...our possible budget will be...
...at much 120 thousand a month. So, soundproof room is out of question.
- We have to go to the karaoke then. - We will, why not?
- Yeah. You're right. - Yeah.
What?
Nothing. It's just...
Surprisingly, we still continue playing violin until now.
It's because we like it, right?
Because we like it, we keep on going, right?
It goes the same for everything.
You're right.
Because we like it, right?
By the way, why don't we just live together? No need to wait until I graduate.
No. You should graduate first.
Surprisingly, you're so stubborn about such thing, huh?
You're usually not so well prepared.
- What do you mean? - Nothing.
What is it?
Nothing.
- Wait, you just imagined something weird, right? - I did.
Hey!