I beg you.
1 week ago
Please...
...perform together with me at the recital.
That time, here...
...other than the feeling of wanting to play that song...
...there's nothing else which can push me forward anymore.
We have to pick a song.
- "Air"... - "Air on the G string".
Ah, that's amazing!
You can play the entire song.
Just now, it sounded like a real song, right?
Yes, it was! From the beginning to the end.
Ah, I can play violin~
Kogure-san, what's the matter?
It feels soooo good~
You can become even better.
Then, I have one suggestion.
What about playing this song for the recital?
Huh?
I think to play "Air on the G string"...
...is still...
...impossible.
You're right.
3 weeks later
Summer Recital
I've changed my clothes~
Oh my, you look so beautiful.
Kogure-san.
You look so cute!
Geez, look at you.
This young guy!
- You're embarrassed~ - It hurts...
The young guy is embarrassed~
This can be considered as harassment.
Ah... but this dress makes me stand out too much.
I better get changed.
Ah, I bring another dress, so I'll get changed now.
It's pointless if you don't wear that, right?
For you, this is a recital to get over those memories, right?
If you wear another dress now...
...won't you be able to move on?
This youngster...
He can puts all the troubles I feel in my heart into words so clearly.
How about your family? Are they coming to watch?
I guess this isn't something I can show to my family.
Ah, well, it's true.
What about you, Kitagawa-san?
No, it's impossible. I have to be a bit better, at least.
What about you, Kase-san? Do you invite anyone?
Since it's weekend, everyone is busy shopping for the baby's needs.
I wonder how it will be after the baby is born...
Ah... well...
Is your brother's child going to be born soon?
No, the expected date is still...
I see.
Please tell me once it's born.
Ah... okay.
Program number 15.
From Sagami branch, Kogure Yaeko-san.
Kitagawa Yukie-san.
Kase Rihito-san.
The three of them just started learning violin this spring.
They will play "When You Wish Upon A Star".
It was horrible, wasn't it?
Yeah...
Though I could play it during practices...
...I forgot all the finger placements on stage.
Even though I already put on stickers...
But...
...it's unbelievable...
That even Kase-san too was...
Right?
It's because my hand isn't fully recovered yet.
I will practice harder.
Then, I will perform at the next recital.
Me too. Then, that time...
...I'll play "Air on the G string".
Ah, I know.
If you don't mind, what about practicing at my house next Saturday?
Will it be okay?
My mother-in-law will have a trip to hot spring and my husband will be away for business trip.
We'd love to, then.
I definitely choose this one.
Geez, I don't know the difference anymore.
You look good in that.
Well then...
...let's pick this one, shall we?
I wonder if that guy who dumped me...
...is doing well with the one he loves.
English subtitle by: aoihachi
G Senjou no Anata to Watashi
Episode 2. What is love?
Wow, how beautiful~
How expensive!
I'll have two of this variety box then.
10 of this, please.
- 3 boxes, please. - What!?
Don't we have enough? Moreover, it's all round-shaped...
- Huh? - Miss, I just started to make it...
...so it will take some time to finish.
It's totally okay.
What is it?
No, it's just...
I didn't expect you to come.
- Why? - Well, you know...
...there is no male university student...
...who will visit the house of a housewife he doesn't know so well...
...together with an ex-OL he doesn't know so well...
...in his summer vacation, right?
You're right.
- Are you free? - I don't want to hear that from you.
You're right.
It's for practicing.
You've taken off the plaster cast.
About...
...the reason why you were injured...
Did Kuzumi-sensei know about that too?
I won't tell her even though she asks.
I hit my brother because looking him so happy pissed me off...
...and this is what I got.
To be precise, I was struggling to punch him...
...and as the result, I got my wrist twisted instead.
If I said something bothersome like that...
...it would...
You don't want her to hate you?
I'm sorry.
Hello, sorry to bother you.
Brother.
Somehow in your room...
...there's an elegant lady.
Rihito, do we have black tea?
Not like this, but something to crush the leaves...
- There's no way we have such thing. - You're right.
That's obvious.
Yuto-san.
It's okay for me to have water.
Ah, we've installed water purifier so our water is delicious.
What are you... You fool...
Thank you very much.
Ah... it's really delicious.
Rihito, have you caught any fish?
Rihito-kun, don't use your wrist too much.
Like this.
See?
Like this. Okay?
Mao-san, you're good in this.
I stayed in a rural area when I studied abroad before.
So I often did this.
Ah, ah, you got one!
- Ah, ah... - Ah, pull it! Pull it!
Mao-san?
Ah... Rihito-kun. Long time no see.
You're so tall now.
Well...
...Mao-san, you look short.
Ah, congratulations...
- ...for entering university. - Ah, thanks.
Is Yuto-san doing well?
Huh? Didn't you meet him?
- Abort it! - Calm down.
Abort the baby!
Hey.
Are you interested in classical music?
It's unsuitable...
...for you too.
I guess it's not something we should talk about while waiting for takoyaki.
You're right.
Ah, but...
...didn't you use to feel reluctant...
...to talk about yourself?
Are you changing your image?
Or actually...
...you always wanted to tell someone about that...
It's because you're someone I don't know really well.
Well, the way you put it is a bit...
- Thank you for waiting! Your 3 boxes of takoyaki are ready! - Coming!
- Ah, welcome! - Good afternoon.
Come in.
- Excuse me~ - Excuse me.
Wow. Ah, this is amazing.
Ah, Tami-chan.
This is Kogure Yaeko-san.
Kase Rihito-san.
Hello. I'm Tami.
- Hello. - Thank you, Tami-chan...
...for helping us with the piano.
It's okay. I'm looking forward to it too.
Oh dear, what a nice girl~
By the way, Onee-san.
Is your heartache recovered already?
Onii-san, getting fracture after punching your love rival...
...must be hard, right?
Ah... s-s-s-s-sorry...
- Tami! - Kitagawa-san.
Could you at least keep something private like that for yourself?
I will be careful after this.
Sorry but it was unintentional.
- Tongue stew? - Yeah.
If I have to pick a favorite, it will be tongue stew.
Wow, that's unique~
Grandma took us out for that before, right?
It was 2,800 yen.
Mom was afraid, so she changed into pilaf instead.
You shouldn't tell them the price.
Well, let's begin.
One, two.
I'm home~
Oh my, there are so many shoes here.
Are we having guests now?
W-wait a moment...
Yukie-san, I'm home.
Your guests?
Mom, welcome home.
Grandma, aren't you supposed to come home tomorrow?
Staying one night is already enough.
There's nothing to do on the second day, and I'm tired of hot water already.
So I ended the trip earlier and went home.
Here, souvenirs.
Ah, excuse us.
Are you from the same violin class?
I'm glad you seem to enjoy it~
Um, Tami-chan helps us by playing the piano accompaniment.
I'm bothering you, then.
Ah, it's okay. Please continue the practice.
Ah, but I guess...
...I want to hear it a little bit. I'm already here, anyway.
I'm sorry.
Somehow in the end, we couldn't practice much.
It's okay.
Let's practice again at the karaoke next time.
Kitagawa-san?
Sorry.
It must be... on purpose.
Huh?
She did it intentionally.
I'm sure she must have planned to stay out one night only.
- Well, that's a bit... - It's like that.
She is that kind of person.
How frustrating.
I was...
...really looking forward to today.
We should have had much more fun...
I had a lot of fun.
We ate lots of round-shaped food.
Kitagawa-san's house is so big.
And also, your daughter isn't cute.
What?
Hey!
- She isn't cute? - Yeah.
Saying that her favorite food was 2,800 yen tongue stew isn't cute.
But her outer appearance is cute.
She seems reliable and smart, and she's also good in piano.
Moreover, we could play "Air".
Somehow you both curiously listened and laughed together.
It was so much fun.
That's why...
...you shouldn't cry.
Kitagawa-san.
Let's end this happily.
You're right.
Moreover, even though it's true...
...that she did it on purpose...
...as long as we could enjoy it...
...it's our victory, right?
You're right.
Thank you.
I had so much fun too.
What is this?
The feeling of being left behind.
Even though I've planned to move on.
Is it going to be born?!
My stomach feels a bit hurt already.
It's full moon. Perhaps it will be born soon.
Hey, if it's so, you should go to the hospital. Why my room?
You know, at the very last, finally I can come up with a very good name.
I have to hear your opinion too, Rihito-kun.
Well, whatever is fine for me. You should...
No! All of us have to decide it together!
In our family, Dad, Mom...
...Yu-chan, me, and Rihito-kun - all of us love strawberry (ichigo), right?
That's why... ta-da!
Ichigoro.
It's so good, right?
- Well, the final decision is on me? - Yeah.
Ouch... Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch.
It's coming.
Ichigoro is coming soon!
- Seriously? - Let's go to the hospital.
Ah, I should have watched it.
Your recital.
But anyway...
...it's great that you've sold this dress.
You've brought an end to this at once.
You even got compensation money too.
Ha-chan, can you please tell her?
Tell her to look for a job. It's been 4 months already.
Geez, I've told you not to rush me like that.
Recently, I heard a lot about...
...unemployed people who stay at their parents' houses...
...and rely on their parents' income.
You know, since long time ago, I couldn't understand it.
- Hmm? - Yae-chan...
...you are never passionate about your job and love life.
What?
Now, what are you living for?
For now, you can't keep acting...
...like a heroine of a tragic story anymore.
- Sorry? - Ah, you know.
Yae-chan is the type who will stop moving on...
- ...once she has an excuse, huh? - Right.
Today's society is so harsh toward a woman whose engagement get broken off one-sidedly.
They won't even give a break...
...for unemployed people...
...to think of how pitiful they are.
I was deeply moved when I could play it for the first time.
Ah, no way~
I hate this~
"My brother's child is born"
"Hiroto, written in kanji for 'fly' and 'soar'. What do you think?"
The world won't stop spinning just for me anyway.
Say, aren't his eyes...
...look like Rihito-kun's?
Well, his face changes everyday, so you won't know, right?
Ah, you're right.
The face of a baby who's just born looks different every time we see it.
Rihito-kun, have you tried holding him?
Ah, yeah. I embraced him.
What's wrong?
Um, somehow... you've been...
...calling him by his first name.
Huh?
Ri... Rihi... Rihito, you said.
Ah, you're right.
Ah, it's because of that~
At home, Tami-chan calls him like that.
Somehow, Tami seems to be interested in Rihito-kun.
She keeps saying 'Rihito-kun', 'Rihito-kun'.
Sorry. You don't like it?
I'm fine with that.
How cute~
- Good evening. - Good evening.
Good evening. It's quite hot today, isn't it?
Should I lower the temperature?
- You don't need to. - Please.
I see~ So you're working part-time at a Japanese bar, Rihito-kun?
Where is it? I want to go there next time. Tell us.
- Didn't you say you wouldn't drink alcohol? - Well, that's...
...that's only when we practice.
Take the west exit at the station.
I'll send you the location.
Huh? How fast.
Um...
If she doesn't reply my message...
...after more than 2 weeks...
...it means that she doesn't want to reply it, right?
I've sent a message to Sensei.
About what?
That my brother's child was born.
Why did you do that?
She told me to tell her once it was born.
It's okay. Please just forget it.
Welcome.
Kitagawa-san, today is Wednesday. Is it okay for you?
Tami is at the cram school until 9 PM.
I can stay here until I have to pick her up.
We're here to scout you.
Actually you just want to drink, right?
Cheers!
Ah~ Well, I shouldn't drink alcohol when my daughter is studying.
What an admirable mother you are.
But I want to talk, that's why I come.
Me too.
Say, what do you think happened after that?
Receiving a message telling that her ex's child was born.
It's really absurd. I wonder what Sensei thinks about that.
I wonder if a guy in his age doesn't understand such thing.
That she said that out of politeness. Is he blunt?
But it was cute.
Rihito-kun's face when he told us he didn't get any reply.
Right? It made us feel like, "Ah, ah, ah..."
Thanks for waiting. Here's your shrimp fritters.
- Thank you very much. - Looks delicious.
Are you making fun of Rihito?
Huh?
No, no, no, we aren't.
You see, we are much older than him.
Ah, it's not like that for Kogure-san. Um, it's just...
...we feel jealous to young people's passion.
We are supporting him. We're his comrades.
Is that so?
Sorry for saying such things in all of sudden.
- I'm surprised... - Yeah.
I wonder if she likes Rihito-kun.
How good~
Is she from the same university too?
Somehow...
...seeing a girl who likes someone so purely like that...
...makes me jealous.
Me too.
I was jealous too.
Hmm?
When Kase-san...
...encouraged Kitagawa-san and said 'You shouldn't cry'.
Somehow...
...it made me feel uneasy a little bit.
Perhaps it was because...
...I was jealous.
What? You're jealous? WHAT!?
No, no, no... it's not like that.
Um, it's not that I like him or so.
- Huh? What is it then? - It's just the sense of distance.
I just felt like the distance between you two shrunk instantly.
- Um, sorry, what do you mean? - Well...
Both you and Kase-san were doing your very best, right?
Since your mother-in-law is cruel to you...
...you must be struggling everyday at home.
In both house chores and raising kid.
That's why, that day...
...you were crying like that.
Kase-san is also really serious about Sensei.
And he was extremely frustrated.
Since both of you are struggling...
...even though your targets are different...
...somehow I think that you both can surely understand each other.
I just feel like... I'm the only one who is left behind.
That's not true.
I've started learning violin.
I also performed at the recital.
And I also sold the dress.
I thought I could move on by doing all those things.
Saying that I can get back on my feet again...
...am I just being conceited?
"Utilization charge statement"
Sorry.
No one can get back on their feet again so easily.
It's like that too for everyone else.
But then, in all of sudden...
...in the next lesson, you called him by his first name.
Seems like it matters so much for you.
Because it completely shrinks the distance between you two, right?
Well, it's true.
"As long as we can enjoy it, it's our victory".
I didn't expect to hear that from him.
Somehow, it saved me.
Me too.
I was saved by Kase-san that time.
And I couldn't say anything to encourage you.
It's okay.
But it was really unexpected.
You know...
...a youngster who usually makes unnecessarily gloomy face...
...suddenly said something good with a nice face.
That's unfair.
It's something which can make your heart skips a beat, right?
Thanks for waiting. Here's your crispy potato and cheese.
Thank you.
- What's your order? - Hmm?
Ah, um... well...
Ah, one beer and... I'd like to have oolong tea.
Ah, but I guess I'll have cola instead. Somehow I want to drink soda.
- One beer and one cola. - Yes.
Don't misunderstand.
- About what? - Huh?
I can't help but misunderstand, though.
What's with him? Somehow...
...his attitude is totally different towards you compared to me.
He can be so kind to you.
That way of talking...
Kogure-san, that's because...
...you are closer to him.
Hmm?
From Kase-san's point of view, you are very much closer.
It's possibly like that, right?
Umm...
Do you mean that our age gap is smaller?
To begin with, I'm not in the same field as both of you.
I... don't know what to say.
It's okay for you not to say anything.
But...
How exciting!
Knowing that I made you feel jealous.
Knowing that someone who has such unremarkable everyday life like me...
...can make you feel uneasy because of a 19-years-old guy~
Um, Kitagawa-san, did he put something in your cola?
Kogure-san. No.
- Yaeko-chan. - Ah... yes?
Thank you for getting along well with me.
No, no, no, no. Me too. Thank you.
Yukie-san.
Yukie-san, huh?
Let's start...
...calling by our first names.
Okay.
- Yukie-san, how about Tami-chan? - Oh my God.
Seems like Kitagawa-san will come after she finishes shopping.
I see... Ah, seems like Yukie-san won't mind drinking oolong tea.
- Are you okay with that too, Kase-san? - Ah, yeah.
Um, by the way, Kogure-san.
Yes?
There's something I want you to tell me.
Okay, what is it?
How do you forget your ex after breaking up?
Ah, about that...
You asked that so straightforwardly~
So it's about that.
W... what do you mean?
Is it because you're teen?
No...
Just forget it. You really piss me off.
No, no, no, I'll answer you.
As much as I can.
Is this what you mean?
How do you decide...
...when you should give up...
...because it feels totally hopeless?
You're right.
In my case...
...actually...
...since I'm not sure if I really loved him or not...
...I don't know if I can be a good reference.
I'm sorry... for that.
It's okay. I'm glad you told me so.
However...
...to think back of it now...
...I guess...
...I should have tried...
...to face him more properly before.
Not just going with the flow.
I think...
...I should have confronted him more properly.
Thank God.
I can properly put it in words.
That's why, Kase-san.
Since you're serious about that, you shouldn't force yourself to forget her.
Instead, you should clearly convey your feeling to her once.
Then, you should just get rejected clearly.
Are you assuming that I'll get rejected?
Looking for comrades in being dumped?
Ah, no, no, no... It's not like that.
I understand.
I will do as you said, Kogure-san.
Once our next recital is over...
...I will tell her.
Then...
...if she rejects me, I'll give up.
Then, I'll stop taking violin lesson too.
You...
...will do that, huh?
Of course.
You're right.
But, well.
You don't know yet if she would reject you, right?
You're too gloomy.
No, it's impossible.
Hmm?
You know, Shimizu...
Ah, um... it's Shimizu Yua, the girl who works part-time together with me.
Ah, that girl?
Looking at her...
...I feel like no matter how she shows her affection...
...it's troublesome.
It's just pointless.
It makes me think so.
But then...
...I understand.
If Mao-san...
...looks at me that way too...
...it will be 100% impossible for me.
But rather than staying like this...
...being stuck in the mud and unable to break through...
...it's better to move on, either backward or forward.
That's why...
...until the next recital...
...let's keep doing this together.
I'm hungry.
What should I order...?
It's a lie.
When you're dumped...
...you won't be able to move on...
...either backward or forward.
Though 5 minutes ago you thought you could break through...
...5 minutes later...
...you'll find yourself still get stuck in that same swamp.
What does...
...'being seriously in love' mean?
I should have faced him properly?
I did face him properly, in my own way.
It's a given, right? We'd get married anyway.
Kogure-san, you aren't drunk, right?
What is 'being seriously in love', huh?
I've always wanted to know after you told me that.
What should I do so I can be said as 'being seriously in love with someone'?
Saying 100 things I like about him?
Being together for many years?
Or there's something you can use to measure it?
Is it something you can measure...
...using a tape measure like this? It's not, right?
It's not something you can express in numbers, right?
I mean...
...as someone who just met his first love...
...at the age of 15 and is still so passionate about it now...
...what do you know about my love life?
What's wrong with you?
Are you spilling out everything you feel to me?
How offensive.
It's easy for you to say that, huh?
Because I'm just someone you don't know very well.
I'm sorry.
I'll go home for today.
Kogure-san, sorry to make you wait. Here are your documents.
Ah, thank you.
You can get your unemployment insurance with this.
If there's anything else we can help you with, please just contact us.
Thank you very much.
Everything about the plans are already good.
- It's time to order the materials now. - Okay.
Sorry.
- As expected from you. - So we might get it early next week.
You're right. I'll confirm it again later.
Please do so.
They contacted me just now. The deadline is extended for 2 weeks.
Really? Good to hear that.
That man who dumped me...
...perhaps...
...is doing really well with the person he likes.
"Poem"
"Zofi"
"Rocket"
"Ichigoro"
- You look really happy. - Hmm?
Well, sort of.
Something is just not right.
Huh?
Because, you see...
...these are very cute.
Hello?
Ah, this is Kogure.
Sorry to call you at night like this.
Um...
Sorry... for the other day.
I was too emotional.
So I said many things as I pleased.
It's okay, I don't mind that.
That's good, then.
So?
Ah...
No, well, I just...
I called because I wanted to apologize, so...
Sorry to call you in all of sudden.
You know, people nowadays don't do things like phone call, huh?
Sorry to surprise you. Well then...
Ah... ah, no, wait.
Huh? Yes?
Um... well...
No, I mean...
That. About that.
Yes?
In the end...
...should I convey my feelings to her?
Ah... no.
It's okay. Forget it.
You know...
...today, by chance...
...I saw my ex-fiance.
Seems like he was doing very well.
Seems like he's doing well in his job too...
...and he was sparkling.
Um...
What should I say about that...
It's difficult, huh?
For everyone else too.
How long...
...will someone like me remain so gloomy like this? It must be worrying.
Actually, everyone around me doesn't really care...
...about depressed person as much as I thought they should.
Then, in the end...
...even though it's tiring...
...the one who can push me to move on...
...is no one but myself.
As a human...
...we should keep moving on.
That's why...
...I think you should convey your feelings to her.
Then...
...if you can take the next step because of that...
...I think it will be great, Rihito-kun.
About the result...
...even though the chance might be slim...
...I really wish from my heart...
...that everything would go well with Mao-sensei...
...and that you'd continue learning violin.
I hope that kind of future will come true...
...just like what you hope it to be.
Good luck.
Yeah.
That's a model answer, Yaeko-san.
What's that? How arrogant.
What? You met his little brother?
Is he your ex's 10 years younger brother...
...who went fishing together with you?
Tomo-chan, you remember it well.
- Yeah, it's him. - Wow, every week?
Yeah. He's my student anyway.
Hey, could it be that...
...he's targeting you?
He told me things I don't want to hear...
...like that his brother's child was born and else.
But it can't be helped.
I can't choose students, anyway.
Hmm?
Did we just call each other by first names?