"From within this small house,
"the memories of family overflow.
"Each and every one of those memories,
"is an important treasure.
"Enclosed in those warm memories,
"we are, little by little,
"becoming closer as a family."
I'm sorry!
I'll go check the bath...
Hey, Takkun!
Huh?
Mama still treats you like a stranger, doesn't she?
I guess it can't be helped.
Why?
It just is.
Why? That seems strange.
The bath is ready.
Shall we take it together today?
I was talking to Yuji...
It'd be better if you took it with us, Takkun!
Eh?!
I'll, uh... look for a book...
Yes.
Hey, how come you and Takkun don't take a bath together?
The three of us could take one. I want to see that.
We should.
Let's do it together!
Umm.
That's not gonna happen...
Right?
Why have you pulled all of these books out?
Ah, umm... The library is going to hold a bazaar.
These are all the older books I thought I could get rid of.
I don't have that many, but they all hold important memories to me.
You've read them over and over, haven't you?
A textbook? "Modern Language"
That's... one we used in junior high.
You still have the textbook we used?
That's not why I kept it though.
It's cute...
Takumi-san, did you draw this?
No... you did.
But... this is...
"Aio Takumi"
"I told you in our junior high days,
"We always sat next to each other, right?
"Between the two of us, there was a narrow space."
Thanks.
"To me though, that space,
"might as well have been a deep and uncrossable river.
"But let's just say,
"I was happy enough with you next to me."
What are you doing? Stop it.
It's okay. This is you, isn't it?
Mariko!
Look, they're calling you.
What is it?
"You really liked drawing pictures,
"and whenever you had free time, you would draw a picture somewhere."
Finished...
"Aio Takumi"
I'm sorry...
Oh no, so that's why...
You always seemed so level-headed, so it was...
Strangely foolish?
Ah, no...
It's okay to say it.
You were really skillful at it!
Isn't that a bit much?
Yuji, look.
Whenever you talk about the past, Takumi-san, you seem really happy.
I do?
Mama...
I'm sleepy.
Then let's get your pajamas.
Say good night to Papa.
Good night.
"Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu" "Now, I'm Coming To Be With You"
Episode 05: "Koi no Yokan" - "Premonition of Love"
Please be sure to come.
Thank you.
Hello.
Ah, here. I brought these for the bazaar.
Thank you.
Sorry there's not more.
That's okay. The townspeople brought a lot.
Do you want to go out to eat tonight after work?
This family restaurant by the freeway is having a special today.
Hmm. Sounds nice. Want to go?
Ah, I...
Yuji-kun's invited, too.
But today's just not... I'm sorry.
You have a date with your girlfriend?
Girlfriend?
I heard from Tomo-chan of the UFO shop.
You have a girlfriend who made you a bento.
Aio-kun, thanks for these.
You can bring her too, you know.
Don't keep it a secret.
Imai-san, what's this about me having a girlfriend?
I wonder if Mari-chan has any hobbies.
Huh?
Because she's a very private person.
Yeah.
Aio-kun, you went to school with her.
Tell me what you know.
Why?
It's embarrassing... Guess.
Is it okay if I go? I have to get back to work.
"Mariko, stop it."
"It's okay. This is you, isn't it?"
And then, Saori-sensei told me I was really good at riding a bike.
That's great!
You got a medal!
Hey, the three of us should go cycling.
Cycling?
Yeah, let's go cycling.
We should.
Yuji...
What is it?
About cycling...
I guess we shouldn't go cycling.
Eh? Why not? Sounds like fun. Let's go cycling.
What should we do for lunch...? Sandwiches or onigiri (rice balls)?
What is it?
Takkun...
What is it?
Actually...
Yes?
You never learned how to ride a bike.
No way!
- It's true. - It's true.
But that can't be... Anyone can ride a bike...
"Ooshima Shop"
"Mariko, stop it."
"It's okay. This is you, isn't it?"
Mama, are you okay?
I'm fine.
Thank you.
You shouldn't push yourself too hard.
Lots of people have trouble learning to ride a bike.
I know, but...
I can't believe I'm so bad at it...
When you were little, you had a terrible fall while practicing,
and after that you became afraid and unable to ride.
But you always wanted to learn to ride.
Where is that book...
What are you looking for?
The textbook I showed you yesterday.
With the flip comic.
In there, you showed how your bicycle practice went.
It shows that in there?
Hmm. In there it also shows how you got around.
Look at this! Look at this!
Go away!
Hey!
Um...
Going home?
Hop on. I'll take you.
That's okay.
Don't say that. It's dark. C'mon, hop on.
Bye!
- See ya! - Take care!
EH? Then that person in blue wasn't Takkun?
Probably not.
But, we'd have to ask Mama to be sure.
Still... where did that thing get off to?
You haven't seen it, have you?
No...
That's strange...
What's wrong?
Nothing.
I'm sorry. Did I wake you?
You couldn't sleep?
It doesn't matter whether you can ride a bike or not.
You got this far without it.
It's not that.
It comes as a shock that I can't ride a bike, even if I have lost my memories.
Takumi-san, you've told me so much, but I still don't have any of my memories.
It's best not to think too much about it.
That's right...
Your mother never learned how to ride a bike, either.
She didn't?
It must be a trait in your family.
I think you told me my parents home is around here, right?
Yeah.
Is it okay to go and see it?
You want to meet them?
I want to meet them after I get my memories back.
However, I think if I could see where I was born,
I'd feel some things I wouldn't otherwise.
It's kind of chilly at night.
Are you alright?
Yes.
Because... I feel so relaxed out here.
Over there, is your family's home.
Would you like to get a little closer?
No, this is close enough.
Let's go back? I'm worried about Yuji.
This is enough for you?
What is it?
Something wrong?
No.
No...
Good afternoon.
Thank you.
We'll be having our book bazaar again this year. Please come.
Bye, bye.
"I'm sorry."
Aio-kun.
Yes?
Here.
You brought this textbook to the bazaar, didn't it?
It must have gotten in with the other books.
It was by mistake, wasn't it?
Yes. Thank you...
I was careless.
You've treasured it, haven't you?
Eh?
Mio drew that in there, didn't she? The flip comic.
Yeah...
Has something happened?
No...
Thank you.
I'm gonna buy something to drink. Want anything?
Even if a man...
...has treasured memories of someone he loved,
can't he fall in love again with another person...?
Me?
You're the only one for me, Mari-chan!
I couldn't see anyone else.
Mari-chan?
Run away! Run away! Hurry!
"This is the Bookmobile, 'Exciting Issues.'
"Lots more laughs, lots more smiles, Find them in 'Exciting Issues.'"
"You'll be excited. I'll be excited. Everyone will be excited.
"This is 'Exciting Issues!'"
Sensei, I have a super special present. For you.
Thank you. It looks delicious.
It is!
Tomo-chan!
Give me something to eat! I'm starving!
- Hello. - Hello.
Looks like all the celebrities are in town today.
Here. Have a present of takiyaki. For you.
Thank you very much.
Sensei, have some.
Please keep them all for yourself. You're hungry, aren't you?
Sorry for being such a pig.
I had an emergency case this morning and missed breakfast.
Must be a lot of trouble, being a doctor.
Well, it was just someone with a fish bone caught in his throat.
All I had to do was pull it out, and that was it.
Does Takumi-kun still come visit you at the clinic?
Yes. He often comes to talk.
I see...
Takumi-kun doesn't talk to me much about anything.
Raising a dog seems like such a small thing to tell us about though...
But I've decided not to make too much of it.
My husband won't let me say anything either.
Did you have your flower arrangement class today?
Yes.
What kind of flowers are you using this season?
Let's see, there are so many, but...
There's hydrangeas... We used those just the other day.
Ehh...
The hydrangeas at our home this year have bloomed and look magnificent.
Mio was the one who planted them.
Mio-san did?
Yes.
Somehow, lately...
...I get the feeling Mio is still here.
Probably because she died during this same season.
What with the hydrangeas in bloom,
and the Jizo-sama, too. (Jizo - guardian deity of children - statue)
The Jizo-san?
On rainy days, she would always go out and cover the Jizo-sama with a handkerchief,
so the poor thing wouldn't get wet.
I think I saw that same thing earlier.
That's right, today!
Someone covered the Jizo-sama with a handkerchief.
That surprised me.
To think there's another person who does the same thing...
- I'm home! - I'm home!
Welcome home!
What's wrong?
Nothing really.
Thank you for going to the store for me.
I'll help put them away.
Thank you.
Let's put them in the fridge.
Big hug! Once more, big hug! Again, big hug! Complete big hug!
Okay, big hugs are done!
Bye, I'm going.
I'm going, too.
Take care.
Takkun. Isn't there something strange about Mama?
Like what?
The band aid.
Band aid?
Take care.
Hey, Takkun, did you have a fight with Mama?
Of course not.
Really?
Because she seemed strange yesterday, too.
She's okay. You don't have to worry.
Let's go.
Why are you imitating me?
I'm not, I have things on my mind.
I see. Things are tough, huh?
Hmm.
Do you know why I'm sighing?
Because your store isn't doing any business.
You're wrong!
That's often true, but not today.
Did you get yelled at by your wife again this morning?
What do you think?
I'm the owner of a cake house and I work very hard.
And I don't even mind working the field.
But... There's just one thing...
If anything slithers out of the soil...
I can't stand that at all.
Like this?
Yes.
Stop it! Get it away from me!
Are you stupid?!
What have you got to be sighing for?
Takkun and Mama are acting strange. They won't take a bath together.
A bath?
Hmm. They used to take one together before.
I see...
Shun-chan, what do you do in your home?
In our home? In our home, every night we...
Hey!
Why are you talking to child about those things for?
You've got it wrong.
Bye, Shun-chan.
Hey. Yuji. Wait!
You have to keep pushing the petals, even if you're about to fall.
I'll hold you from the back so pedal as hard as you can.
Okay.
- Ready to go? - Yes.
- It's fine. - Okay.
I'm sorry.
- Are you okay? - I'm fine.
Thank you very much.
Are your legs okay?
Yes.
Do you want to ride on the back?
That's okay.
Why did you want to practice so suddenly for?
I thought things wouldn't change if I didn't.
If I could learn to ride a bike,
then the me of the past could become the me of the present.
"The me of the past?"
The me of YOUR past.
To me, the you of today and the you of the past, are the same.
I want to blow away the mist of me that stands
between my past and the present.
What am I saying? Even I don't understand it.
It's okay.
Thank you for today.
But tomorrow, I'd like to do it alone.
- But... - I want to do it alone.
It's my problem.
I thought Mio was great.
The lack of a connection between the past and the present isn't painful to her.
She moves ahead to improve herself, and surmount her lack of memories.
Mio-san always was that type of person.
Sensei...
Is there anything I can do for her?
Let's see...
You could buy her a tricycle.
I'm joking.
Let's see...
I know.
Why not connect them for her?
Eh?
Mio-san's past and present.
I can't...
It's okay.
Only you can give her the feelings of encouragement she needs.
You can do it.
What's wrong?
Nothing...
Tell me.
It's nothing.
If you tell me, I'll let you see my homework...
Well, Takkun and Mama...
What is it?
Nothing!
What is it? Hey!
Here you are.
Ah, thank you. Even though I just came for vegetables.
Not at all.
Here.
I was just thinking to myself how I wanted someone to talk to.
Today, I got into a quarrel with my husband.
A quarrel?
Can I tell you about it?
This morning, we talked about our first date.
I said, "We rode the Yokohama Ferris wheel to see the night view.
"It was so beautiful, wasn't it?"
And then: "You seemed like a dream floating in the rain,
you were so fantastically gorgeous."
That's what he said.
That was very nice of him, wasn't it?
But... it wasn't raining then.
He's mistaken it for someone else, because it definitely wasn't me.
Somehow, I really don't like hearing about wonderful memories,
involving someone else.
Has that happened to you?
Ahh...
It has!
Well, It's not a memory of someone else, though.
Whenever Takumi-san pleasantly talks about past things I don't remember...
Ah, that's my husband...
Somehow, it makes me feel a little lonely.
It wasn't like that at first.
When he would reminisce about things I don't remember, I enjoyed hearing them.
But lately...
When I listen to him talk about the past, I feel lonely.
Even I don't really know why though.
- That's... - That's a good thing, isn't it?
Hey, what are you doing?
That probably means you're steadily falling in love with your husband.
You're falling in love again.
That's why you feel that way.
"Look at the me of the here and now, not the me of the past.
"I'm standing here in front of you right now."
Isn't that right?
Ah, the heart of a lovely woman. I'm envious...
There you go, getting carried away again. Have you finished cleaning?
"Why not connect them for her?
"Mio-san's past and present."
I'm back!
Welcome back.
Here. Put this out for me.
Sorry I'm late.
Here's the change.
You're early, Aio-kun. Why are you so early for?
I guess you really have changed since you got a girlfriend...
Hello!
So pretty!
Imai-chan, there's customers waiting. Hurry, get going!
He's always saying stuff like that so don't pay attention to him.
It's okay.
Takumi-san is still young, so it's not unusual if he's with someone he likes.
Uh, really, Aio-kun wouldn't...
It's okay. Don't worry about me.
Sensei, I've finished.
Ah, okay.
Bye. Come to our next class, okay?
Yes.
Just a minute.
I'm home!
Welcome back.
Can I help?
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
Umm...
When did we first start seeing each other?
Eh?
I'd like to know.
I'd like to know how we told each other our feelings.
"The thing that started it...
"...was something trivial.
"It was the time when our lives as junior high school students was at an end.
"And, as usual, I couldn't bring myself to say anything.
"I thought the space between us would continue, and nothing would happen.
"And, in that way, we would go our separate ways."
"Sudachi" "Becoming Independent"
"Then our relationship changed on that graduation day."
"Congratulations on Graduating"
Aio-kun!
Will you...
...sign this for me?
Thank you.
"It felt comfortable sitting next to you. Thank you." (Kimi no tonari wa igokochi ga yokatta desu. Arigatou.)
Mio!
For me... (Atashi mo...)
Sitting next to Aio-kun, felt comfortable, too. (Aio-kun no tonari wa, igokochi ga yokatta.)
"And with that... our story got it's start."
So that's how it finally started.
Yes...
Finally.
This...
"Alright! Alright! We're so happy!
Raa Taa Taa, Raa Taa Taa, Spinning Dance!"
Thank you.
AIO Mio (24): Mimura
AIO Takumi (25): NARIMIYA Hiroki
ENOKIDA Mio (15): KUROKAWA Tomoka
AIO Takumi (15): FUKOMOTO Yuuki
AIO Yuji: TAKEI Akashi
NAGASE Mariko: OKAMOTO Aya
ENOKIDA Ryouko (Mio's mother): MITA Yoshiko
"Right now, the most important thing to me is
"being together with Takumi-san and Yuji.
"The one who made me aware of that was you, Takumi-san.
"At that moment...
"...as I felt we had made a new relationship,
"my spirits gradually rose and I have become very happy.
"Being next to the two of you will always be
"the most comfortable place for me.
"Takumi-san.
"Yuji.
"For always being there beside me,
"thank you so much."
Original Air Date: August 1, 2005