"Inside me, it's already over between me and Ikezawa-sensei."
"But, 8 years ago you were seriously in love with him."
"It's you, huh? Morimoto-kun's boyfriend."
"The first man I ever loved was you, Yasushi."
For the last 8 years...
...you've been tricking me.
Were you eavesdropping?
The one who'd be in trouble if I heard would be you, wouldn't it?
He just came over to see how Naoko and I were living together.
Ikezawa-sensei just came over to bless us.
I thought it was strange...
...when he said it'd be better to eat at our home rather than somewhere else.
Compared to Naoko...
...Rai-Rai's indiscretion is almost cute.
Say, stop this.
I only look up to Ikezawa-sensei as a doctor.
But, you loved him 8 years ago, didn't you?
More importantly than 8 years ago...
...the one Miss Gusto really treasures and loves most now is Norisugi-kun.
There's no need for this sort of reaction towards her, is there?
Don't patronize me.
It'd be impossible not to have this reaction, now would it?
I've been tricked all these last 8 years.
And even now, too...
Even just now, the two of them were making a laughingstock of me.
Ikezawa-sensei isn't that sort of person.
Why are you defending him!?
Wait, you're raising your voice.
Enough already. You get out of here!
I won't leave.
I'd be impossible for me to let this misunderstanding occur and leave her like that!
Misunderstanding?!
I just now found out the truth.
After all of these 8 years...
...I finally just now make all the connections!
Why did Naoko go out with me?
Why does she keep delaying our marriage?
It's true I told Miss Gusto...
...that she shouldn't return to the way things were 8 years ago.
But, I did not say that Miss Gusto was in love with Ikezawa-sensei right now.
I wonder?
I wonder why...
...that top-secret operation had to be kept secret even from me.
It was because Naoko wanted to be with that guy, isn't it?
She knew it would be just the two of them, didn't she?!
You love Ikezawa-sensei.
It's true, isn't it?
That's true, isn't it?!
If I said yes, would that satisfy you?
And now you turn defiant.
I'm the one who asked you to live with me.
That's right.
Norisugi-kun. If you get too jealous, Miss Gusto will hate you.
She never loved me from the start!
For these last 8 years...
...she was just having me take his place!
Like filler, right? Filler.
Let's break up.
I don't want to have to say, "I hate you."
A fool, isn't he?
Using this bad timing to show how small a person he is; he's a fool.
Saying you should break up even when you have no intention of breaking up; he's a fool.
I didn't realize Norisugi-kun was that kind of fool.
But, what he said...
...was right on the mark.
When he said you hadn't loved him from the start, right?
I'm grateful to Yasushi.
He's been very kind to me since the time I entered the University.
If he hadn't been there...
...I'm not sure whether I could have become a doctor.
It's true that I did think of wanting to live with him.
But you really aren't sure that you love him.
Yeah.
I think it's really wrong of me to have hurt him...
...but I think there's nothing I can do about that.
That's why being with Ikezawa-sensei is no good.
I know that.
The best thing for you is to find yourself a new lover.
That way the Associate Professor will feel relieved as well...
...and Towa Medical University can be at peace.
"Petition for Divorce"
"Ikezawa and Morimoto were working together on a top secret operation."
"They came out of the Hotel Mariners Court in Ikebukuro together."
"Let's work together as doctors from here on."
(So you're not coming back to Pittsburgh?)
(Well, if that's your decision...)
(I'll miss you.)
Thanks, Jodie.
Thanks.
"She knew it would be just the two of them, didn't she?!"
"You and Ikezawa-sensei are in love."
"Take it slow and don't rush your tying."
Wherever, whenever, neither here nor there
My heart's searching to link our two dreams
Wherever, whenever... You'll see
All the stars say is the future, Elysion is anywhere we are
"The Day of the Medical School Medical Director Election"
"Towa Medical University Medical Director Election Voting Ballot"
The faculty meeting has started.
We should know the results in about 30 minutes, huh?
Since it's a one-on-one battle, there won't be a run-off ballot, so it should be decided quickly.
And then things'll calm down.
Huh? Eh? Huh?
Once the election is over, please move forward on that divorce.
The hepatocytic cancer has reoccurred in both your left and right lungs.
We believe we should attempt chemotherapy.
I'll first discuss the secondary effects with you...
...but let's start by getting you hospitalized, shall we?
Have a miai. (formal marriage interview)
Get a normal wife, succeed to your parent's obstetrics clinic and have some kids...
Ah, I think that Miss Gusto's a fool, letting you go.
There's no one here, is there?
Yeah. The election for Medical Director is going on right now.
I see.
Naoko will have a party today then.
Didn't you break up with her?
That's true, but my bags are still over there.
I can get them for you.
That's okay.
I don't know what caused you two to break up...
...but what's with this obsession you have with her?
I don't know what to do about it myself.
This is bad, man. You're looking strange, too.
Morimoto. Go check on the status.
Kuriyama-sensei is already standing in front of the conference room.
Like a detective, huh?
I'll go check.
Whoa!
Which is it? Which one...?
We won!
The next Medical Director will be Professor Takinohara!
All right! Yeah!
Ikezawa-sensei.
It's all thanks to you. Thank you very much.
Congratulations.
Yes.
"Congrats, Medical Director Takinohara"
Congrats!
Thank you very much...
Congrats!
Heiwa Fansubs Presents "Mitsu no Aji"
Episode 8: "I Will Never Permit It. We Will Be Married Forever!"
I didn't have the power to get there.
I am truly sorry.
It's regrettable, but if the results of the Associate Professor's study of CML stem cells...
...had been announced just a little earlier...
Well, saying that now won't change things.
Without being influenced by today's results...
...please devote yourselves diligently and untiringly to the future.
That is all.
It'll now be the era of Associate Professor Ikezawa, won't it?
More and more so.
"Congratulations!! Medical Director Kirishima"
"Medical Director Takinohara - Congratulations!!"
To Professor Takinohara...
Kanpai!
Professor Takinohara, you don't drink at all, do you?
Yeah. It swells up my chest.
That's cute.
Sorry to have kept you waiting!
Starting now...
...we have some freshman with hidden talents.
Your number one magic show...
...starring Takinohara Junior and Koichi-sensei.
Come on up.
Here, the pizza's come!
Please get the receipt.
If it drops off, I don't get reimbursed.
- Here. - Ah.
Thank you.
After this, I'll be sent to an associate hospital.
The Professor's already forgotten about that.
Having lost the battle for Medical Director, all that's flown out of his head.
I hope you're right.
Hosegawa-kun, you're an important friend to me, so I won't allow you to be sent anywhere.
Do you think of me that way?
Yeah.
Because I don't have any friends.
From the start, it shouldn't have been Ikezawa.
It would have been better if you and I had gotten together.
If Hosegawa-sensei were the Associate Professor's husband, then I wouldn't be able to take him away.
You may not be able to take him away from his current wife, either.
Eh?
Ah. Let's end this discussion for today. Yeah.
Did Hosegawa-sensei say that to you?
He said we should end this discussion for today.
Like I thought, he did.
Hosegawa-sensei...
...you'll be okay with losing me, right?
Eh? Ah... Um... That's...
Leave her be. That was my act of friendship to you.
Huh?!
I said what you couldn't say.
I guess it would have been better if you and I had gotten together.
Nope.
I'm only attracted to good-looking men.
...2, 3, and that's it folks!
Well then, the freshmen doctor Morimoto-sensei...
...along with Nurses Shirai-san and Nakitani-san all dressed up as AKB48! (girl pop singing group)
Well then, go for it!
What is this A.K.B.?
Unlike my election for Medical Director this time, I think next year's election will get rough.
Huh?
1, 2, 3, 4!
I want you!
I need you!
I love you!
Atama no naka Inside my head
GANGAN narru MYUSHIKU The music is pounding in
HEBII ROTTESHION Heavy Rotation
Where should we go next?
Kuriyama-sensei and Shirai-san will be going to a hotel, right?
It's not always Kuriyama-sensei and me.
I'm going back with the Professor. Right, Koichi-sensei?
Oi.
Maybe I drank too much.
I have to get back...
...but I'll see you home.
Won't your girlfriend in America scold you for that?
She's so far away, she wouldn't know.
Ah! I knew you have one!
Of course I have one.
How about you?
Won't you get scolded coming home this drunk?
By who?
By your boyfriend.
I've been at the congratulatory party for Professor Takinohara.
If he complains, I'll just bash him one! Ow.
Are you okay, Miss Gusto?
What's up?
All right.
I'm sorry, Ikezawa-sensei.
Please take care of Morimoto.
All right.
C'mon, let's go. Back home.
Let's go to the next place.
Never mind that, let's get you home.
Are you sure about this?
After all, Miss Gusto is Ikezawa's favorite niece...
...and they performed that operation together.
We're growing increasingly apart.
Hey, let's go.
So long!
- Bye-bye! - Enough of that, hey! Put your seatbelt on.
Take care!
Thank you very much.
So cold.
- You'll catch cold. - Yes.
I have tomorrow off, so I'll sleep in late.
Yeah. So long, good night.
Good night.
That's right.
Since I won't have a hangover tomorrow, could you come and help me buy some clothes?
Ah... Sensei.
Normally when going out to buy clothes...
...it's either parents with children, married couples or sweethearts.
We'll go out as relatives.
8 years is a long time and I don't know Tokyo at all anymore.
Very well.
Thanks.
Then, I'll call you tomorrow.
Roger.
It's cold.
What is it you want?
I want knitted garments.
Ah.
Aren't these nice?
Yeah.
Looks good on you. There aren't many men who can wear pink easily...
...but that looks incredibly good on him, doesn't it?
Like Audrey's Kusaga.
(Kasaga Toshiaki, part of the comic team "Audrey," and who usually wears a pink vest and white pants on stage)
Who's that?
Who is it?
I think it looks good on you, though...
What do you think of this?
That's for ladies.
Yeah.
It'll be my present to you as payment for today.
Yeah, that's nice. It matches you.
This is very expensive.
If you don't like it, pick out something that you do like.
Sensei. I think you used to only wear button-down shirts back when...
...but your tastes have changed quite a bit since, haven't they?
Like Kusaga?
You've become refined, too.
I thought that when I first met you again in the Professor's office.
If I had met you out in the city, I wouldn't have recognized you.
I was a country hick 8 years ago...
...so I caused Ikezawa-sensei a great deal of trouble.
What's this out the blue?
If I hadn't come out from Tokyo...
...you might have had children by now.
Isn't it great we get to have discussions like this now?
Then, could I ask you about all sorts of things?
I'll listen to it all.
Then ask me anything today.
I'll listen to anything. Go ahead.
Then...
...I'll take you up on that.
Yeah. Go ahead.
What about that kiss 8 years ago?
"Why did Sensei kiss me that way?"
I've wondered about that from time to time over these last 8 years.
That was...
...because you were pretty.
Because I was pretty?
You were pretty...
...and dear.
"Norisugi Yasushi"
Go ahead and take it.
No. It's okay.
Can I get back to what we were talking about?
Go ahead.
That time when you were on-call and a call came in and you had to go back to the hospital.
Yeah.
If that call hadn't come in...
Well, If it hadn't...
...would you have gone back anyway?
I'm sorry. I withdraw the question.
I'm not a child anymore, am I?
It's okay.
I said you could ask about anything.
If that call hadn't come in...
...I wouldn't have been able to go back.
But, even if I had stayed there until morning...
...I would still have left for Pittsburgh.
"When the situation around them changes, people change with them. That's how we live."
That's what you told me a long, long time ago in Ushimado.
Did I say such a pretentious thing?
I didn't understand it well at the time...
...but now I understand it very well.
I know you've matured as a doctor...
...but as a human being, you've gotten stronger and wonderful as well.
Do you...
...think that's the meaning of a "good woman"?
Yeah.
Did it!
How about that guy in Akihabara yesterday?
Even I was shocked by that!
Ah?
Oh, what's this? Everyone's gone home already, huh?
Yes.
They're all just interested in themselves.
This isn't like you, Professor Kirishima.
Even you lost.
Eh?
I didn't lose to Takinohara because you fell behind schedule in your research.
It was because...
...Ikezawa Masato had returned to the Surgical Department.
Both you and I are losers.
No.
I have both Pathology and my research from here on.
Because neither the Professor nor I are happy to keep on losing for long.
"Norisugi Yasushi"
"Norisugi Yasushi 7 Missed Messages"
Welcome back.
Out shopping?
Because it's been a long time since I had a day off.
Like I thought, it was difficult to contact you, so I came here.
If you have something you want to tell me, then say it.
I don't have anything in particular.
You're okay with us breaking up like this?
You're the one who said we should break up, Yasushi.
That's why I want to hear if that's okay with you.
I'm okay with it.
Why can't you say, "believe in me"?
Tell me, "let's start over," and then cry.
And then do whatever it takes to stop this.
Leave Towa Medical University and come work at my family's hospital.
That way we can put some distance between you and the people at the University.
I don't feel like quitting the University.
Because you love that guy?
I don't have to answer that.
Because you and I have nothing to do with each other anymore.
Then...
I won't be suspicious about you and that guy anymore. Okay?
So one more time, let's...
You're drunk, so leave.
What is it?
It's about the divorce petition.
Did you hand it in?
I tore it up.
Didn't you tell me you'd turn it in once the election for Medical Director was over?
That's why I put an end to it.
Why?
Try listening to your own feelings.
You've been mean to me, haven't you?
Just a little longer and I would have been tricked.
Hold on a minute.
I don't understand what you're talking about.
I thought since it had been...
...harsh on both of us these 8 years...
...that it would be best to get divorced, so I sent you that e-mail.
I was feeling the same thing.
Liar.
The minute I sent that e-mail saying I was okay about getting divorced, you rushed back to Japan.
You just wanted to get my name off your registry...
...so you could see Morimoto Naoko openly.
Don't say such strange things.
During your top-secret operation at Harima Surgical Hospital which included Morimoto Naoko...
...you two came out of a hotel together, didn't you?
I know everything about it.
Since Morimoto Naoko is my niece...
...even if we got divorced, I couldn't marry her.
And I don't have such feelings.
As a doctor...
I was a truly a fool to believe what you said about becoming trustworthy colleagues.
"You're beautiful," you said as the two of us ate ramen together and looked up at the night sky.
You were just flattering me...
...to make me feel good about taking me off your registry, weren't you?
There's no way I would do that.
You said you wanted to guide the young people...
...but the only one you're raising is Morimoto Naoko.
You just want to be with her.
That's why I won't divorce you.
You...
...will be my husband your entire life.
You completely misunderstand Morimoto Naoko-kun...
...but if you only think about things that way, I'll be disappointed in you.
This isn't the same as it was 8 years ago.
I...
...will not allow you and that child to be together.
Why do you have to have to be so perverse?
Because I am who I am.
In that case, I'll petition for arbitration.
I'd rather not do that, though.
Do as you like.
Ikezawa-sensei.
She pretends to be tough, but Hara's been lonely these last 8 years.
One more time...
...get back together with her.
No. I can't do that.
With a perfect beauty like Hara...
...it's the rare type of man who can win her over.
For these last 8 years...
...I don't think she's been with anyone.
I feel sorry for her.
She's wonderful at her research.
However...
...I can't even consider living with her.
Have you fallen for some girl in Surgery?
It's not that, either.
For a man...
Isn't it decided before he's even born...
...that he'll protect a woman?
The woman you fall in love with...
...and the woman you have to protect are different things.
Isn't that test of a man?
There's the she of Pathology...
...and the she who's my wife.
You won't be able...
...to get away from Hara your entire life, either.
I'm sure of that.
Excuse me. I feel tired.
Both you and I...
...8 years ago...
...were tricked by those two, weren't we?
We're both to be pitied.
Though Naoko outwardly camouflaged it from me while we were going together...
...were she and Ikezawa-sensei...
...contacting one another during those 8 years?
That's right.
Maybe they even met.
You're a good man, Norisugi-kun.
Even now...
...those two might be off together somewhere.
Sensei, are you okay with that?
Sensei!
We can't win against those two anymore.
Neither you...
...nor I.
Why is that?
Those two are uncle and niece. Isn't that an outrageous relationship?
If that were exposed to the hospital, they couldn't be there anymore.
That's why we can't do that.
Even if I took myself off of Masato's registry...
...those two couldn't get married.
Those two will never reach their goal for all of eternity.
That's true.
Yet even so, they're attracted to one another.
They're at a place beyond our power to reach.
Those two...
...have the advantage of being what is called taboo.
That is...
...to respectable people like us...
...a power far beyond what we could ever hope to struggle against.
Even saying "I won't divorce you," has no meaning at all.
Even if we screamed out at how unprincipled they are...
...we could never, ever...
...win against them.
Both you and I...
...have done nothing wrong.
But as decent people, we have no choice but to accept defeat and leave.
We're not loved.
We lost.
It's Kurosawa-san in Room 502.
Kurosawa-san?
Sensei.
I have this incredible tingling.
You'll be okay. We'll make it easier for you right away.
- Prep the Soseata. - Yes.
- After that, contact Ikezawa-sensei right away. - Yes.
Has something happened?
A hand-foot syndrome, huh?
Yes.
- Treat it with a steroid skin ointment. - Yes.
- For pain control, use the NSAID. - Yes.
Kurosawa-san, you'll be okay.
Sensei. What is this?
This will make the pain subside.
It will feel a little cold.
"Nurse's Station"
"Kurosawa Tetsuya"
"Doctor in Attendance: Morimoto Naoko"
"Prescriptions"
What is this? His Sorafenu prescription has been increased.
Eh?
I gave him 400mg.
It's been rewritten as 800mg.
"Change in Prescribed Amount"
That's why that hand-foot syndrome appeared.
Because Kurosawa-san's body weight is low, I expressly started him off with 400mg.
I didn't increase it.
This couldn't have been written without your ID and password.
But I remember that.
You don't recall doing this?
Yes.
After prescribing the 400mg...
...I didn't modify the patient's case record.
It's the truth.
All right.
I believe you.
Even if no one else believes you, I will believe you.
Sensei.
8 years ago, I would have doubted you.
But now...
...I trust you.
The question is why did this happen?
Someone impersonating you with your ID modified the case records.
Do you recall anyone who could have obtained your ID...
...and who knows your password?
I don't know of anyone.
We'll get both your ID and password changed.
If there is a malicious person around...
...we don't know what might happen from here on.
Therefore...
...I'll say that you increased Kurosawa-san's prescription under my orders.
Eh?
Since cases in America are usually 800mg...
...both the Professor and everyone else will be convinced I simply misspoke.
No...
The patient's condition has stabilized...
...and, for your sake, this problem will be settled.
That's like framing Sensei for a mistake he didn't make.
You didn't change the prescription, did you?
No.
I believe you.
Just do as I say.
Since I'll report this to the Professor, you prepare the change report.
Ikezawa-sensei.
It's going well, with no swelling.
"Personal Identification ID Change Report"
I can't believe it.
That a doctor like you could do such a thing.
I am truly very sorry.
From here I'll apologize to the patient and give him an explanation.
No.
Hold off on the apology.
Why?
Zutto soba ni irukara don'na koto ga atte mo Always by your side, no matter what happens
Atashi ni mieru sekai wa anata mo kanarazu mite iru The world I see is certainly the one you see, too
Yasashiku warau muko ni zetsubo ga atta to shitara Beyond my gentle laugh, there's a despair
Zenbu atashi ni kudasai soredemo heiki dakara So even if you take all of me, I'll be fine
Koko ni wa daremo shiranai atashi ga iru I who know no one am here
Anata ni deaeta koto ga atashi no owari My meeting you was the end of me
Yukkuri iki o suru mune no ue mimi oite I place my ear to your chest as you slowly breathe
Ikiteru kagiri nando mo furete shiru no While you live, I'll touch you over and over until I know
Anata no atatakai aji eien ni The warm taste of your forever