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Just simply being.
You, beside me, just simply being.
The ambiance of this spot becomes brilliant.
You, beside me, just simply being.
All our hearts are at ease.
I want to become as wonderful as you.
I want to be that kind of person. By Tacchan
It is now 6 years later. I tried to visit Onagawa town.
Back then, K kun was 6 years old, he is now 12.
From next month,
I will live with my Granpa in temporary housing.
He told me it would be good for me to visit the Junior High School.
At 2:46pm,
The town's siren will sound.
I calmly headed towards the sea to offer a peaceful prayer.
Even now, it's still wonderful.
At that time, in that place,
I was covered in mud from head to toe without a care.
I was so intently focused on removing rubble.
I was so absorbed in my desire to help people.
However...
Now I only care about washing my hands.
Not only now, but since long time ago.
There is no meaning, no purpose.
It is not useful to anyone.
I am simply washing my hands.
Miyasaka? Was the payment from Teiwa Communications due today?
Miyasaka's in the toilet. It's the third time today.
The third time already? That's an unusually frequent.
Isn't it normal?
-Miyasaka? -Yes?
Is the Teiwa Communications payment due?
Ah, only after the maintenance contract is concluded.
All other tasks are on schedule.
The release will continue as planned.
Great. Well, carry on.
Okay, it will be done in time for the payment due date.
Shinjin san! Please copy this.
Okay.
Ah I'm sorry, I'll be finished soon.
Ah, okay.
Miyasaka san? Do you know of any good places to eat
near the office?
Don't worry if you don't.
Ah, sorry.
Thank you.
-We'll have set A after all -Set A it is!
Huh? He's brought his own chopsticks?
-He's a senior in my department. -No way!
He is a bit eccentric...
-Do you want to go somewhere else? -Yeah.
I'm an unpopular, OCD otaku.
This triple negative combo is a test.
A test given to me by the country,
by the government.
So... you will have been sent a notification slip.
You will find your reference number
above the barcode.
Please find the seat with your reference number.
Once you have verified the number, please sit down.
You will have been given a booklet by reception,
it contains some important information.
please read it before we begin.
Once more, we wish you all the best, thanks.
This is the most tense I've felt since university entrance exams.
Yeah sure.
But it's different from university exams
because men and women are separated left and right.
-It's making me nervous. -Yeah sure.
Erm, where should I sit?
Could I see your notification slip.
Is she from the Kansai region?
I thought the administrative municipalities were separated.
Ah well, I guess there are a whole load of Tokyoites who come from the Kansai region.
Actually, I'm from Hokkaido.
-I'm from Shizuoka. -Oh really?
Eh? He's so good looking!
What's a handsome man like that coming here for?
I thought it would only be people like us who couldn't manage by themselves.
Yeah sure.
Anyway, let's do out best.
-Where is it? -Huh?
Where is the venue for this crappy system
arbitrarily decided by the country.
You're not a crappy government worker are you?
Er... well... I'm...
-Where? -Ah... over there.
Why have such beautiful people turned up?
My question was naïve.
Please hurry, we will begin soon.
Okay.
Will this ordeal imposed by the country
be my salvation?
Or will the outcome be the worst in human history?
match-making lottery venue
Shy and unpopular with OCD Tetsuhiko Miyasaka
The one who has no place Nana Fuyumura
Handsome son of a distinguished family Ranbo Ginbayashi
Has a dependent mother Yoshimi Suzukake
Cabinet Office Minister for Special missions Yukiko Onodera
Marriage lottery
3 months ago
Minister of State for Special Missions?
-Thank you. -It was good wasn't it?
Going from former Olympic silver medalist to politician.
I guess you've worked hard to achieve it being a woman in such an unfamiliar field.
So Chief Cabinet Secretary, which department will I be assigned to?
The Cabinet Minister in charge of the declining birthrate.
There... the bill I would like you to enact is this...
Huh... this bill?
Lottery Match-Making Marriage bill
Do you think I'm imposing the most troublesome project on you?
-I thought you might react like that. -No... well...
Nevertheless, we will receive strong opposition, we can't make a mistake.
That's exactly why we're doing it.
Support for the Hasuda Cabinet is declining,
our ruling party is in a critical state of affairs.
You realise that don't you?
We need to make a bold statement with a flashy bill in order to surprise the world,
and to reduce the status of the opposition party.
Anyway, if this bill passes,
Prime Minister Hasuda's approval rating will increase.
What do you think?
Basically, this bill is simply designed to agitate the public,
and to divert people's concern
about the Prime Minister's corruption scandal?
This is a relief measure for the declining birthrate and ageing society.
It should result in an economic ripple effect.
Anyway, even if the bill is what you just said, so what?
Just go into the water and dance.
-Like in synchronised swimming? -Yes, it was our party
who encouraged novices like you to enter the political sphere.
Anyway, countering the declining birthrate is a heavy burden isn't it?
Particularly for you who failed in marriage.
I may have divorced, but I don't consider that a failure.
I have a daughter who I raised well.
Yes, but just one.
Anyway, you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,
It's not that bad a conversation to have is it?
I will accept.
I will accept the life that comes with being a politician.
That was today's 'Mari and Hamaji's What's up Japan'!
-And with that, see you tomorrow. -So for now,
goodbye!
-Thanks for today. -And to you, thanks.
Nana chan, pretty as usual!
-Ah, your hair is... -Don't Mari san,
that's sexual harassment.
Ah... well then. Today as well, I was the best, the best!
So a match-making app? That leads to a marriage interview?
Naturally the sweet and sour leek pickle is popular.
I like the idea of making a game out of match-making.
It makes it a bit easier.
Easy-method Fukujin pickles are catching up.
But what about when people lie on match-making apps?
Leek pickle, leek pickle, Fukujin pickle.
Isn't it really bad if you find out later?
It's fine, it's fine.
Everyone posts their best stats, we're all the same, see.
-That face. -You've maxed out the cosmetic surgery effect.
That's your good point Nana chan, you're so beautiful.
Nana san - elected Miss University and reader's model.
I was runner-up in Miss University and it was just a simple town magazine.
You're a full time employee of a mass media company, not like us part-timers.
I was only able to join cause my parents are rich.
That's why all I'm allowed to do is sort postcards.
Still, the radio station is a top-class company.
Mako chan wants to become a radio personality, that's why she's here.
Radio, TV, I don't really care.
It's all as bad as each other! Hey!
Well anyway, Nana chan has no need for an app like this.
You have a wonderful boyfriend.
Have you decided to get married soon?
-Maybe. -Huh?! Really?!
As the creative, I can only accept the 'A' draft proposal!
But in sales,
the client won't sign the contract
unless it's 'B', I keep telling you.
I thought you'd say that. Just think of the budget!
Ranbo san, what do you think?
Yes, of course, well...
I think we need a short break.
We'll never have any good ideas if we keep arguing like this.
Let's have some tasty coffee
and recharge so we can start afresh... right?
-Sounds good to me. -Well then.
I'm going for a smoke.
Nana: Hope you're doing well I want to see you tonight.
Nagaoka,
-you still smoke? -Yes.
Okay, 8 o'clock at the usual place
Hyogo
I'm home.
The lady opposite brought these today.
She said that their field's overrun with aubergines.
-I take it you like them? -Yeah, they're delicious.
Here, please eat.
Ah, yes Yoshimi, have you heard?
-Heard what? -Well,
That pharmacist you used to go out with,
is getting married.
Mum? How did you find out?
It's such a small town.
I heard a rumour from someone at the hospital.
Well, I disliked him from the start anyway.
-Yeah. -Well,
I did say he likes things such as drinking.
If you had married him, what would it be like now?
I was sure that he would drink from morning till night
and give you so much trouble.
I didn't raise you
to get stuck in a marriage like that.
Getting rid of him
like I told you to, was the right thing to do.
Yeah, that may be so.
Today, yet again, I made a new girl lose interest.
Tacchan, hey!
Another?
Why?
I was wiping the desk with a sterile sheet.
Hey... don't worry.
Thanks.
I'm going to play today.
My curry's getting cold,
I'm going to warm it up.
You make tasty curry.
You don't need a girlfriend.
That may be so, but
I'd still like be romantically involved with someone again.
So, they told me I didn't need
a match-making app.
Oh, because you're beautiful?
No, because I have you - my boyfriend.
It's good that I don't have to go to marriage meetings.
Weren't you telling me about another match-making app recently?
It was something similar.
Anyway I don't need any new encounters.
Why?
It's fine how ever many encounters you have, right?
Huh?
Come on, this is tasty, eat up.
Okay.
I guess I'll leave my job after all.
-Why? -I got in through connections,
I have very little responsibility and few challenges.
Maybe ask for career advice, what area interests you?
I don't mean like that...
You know, we've been seeing each other for about a year right?
-Is it that long? -And I'm in my thirties now.
-Are you? -Don't you understand why
I brought up the subject of the match-making app?
Oh.
You know, it's probably best if things like that
don't come from a girl's mouth.
-But... -Nana, you're beautiful,
but it would be undesirable to be seen with a tacky child... yeah?
Look, eat up, it's getting cold.
Hmm.
I congratulate you at your inauguration as a cabinet minister.
I look forward to working as public relations officer for the new bill proposal.
I'm Ichirota Yamaguchi from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, General Affairs Division.
You too have chosen to take a losing role?
This bill is nothing more than power harassment.
At best, we'll be forced to bear the responsibility for any mistakes.
Well, it's one way of diverting attention from the problem.
Such a small, cunning trick, yet, when you think about it, it's the best thing ever.
That's Japanese politicians for you.
But Minister, this will give you great exposure.
Don't discount the benefits of so much attention.
You will be centre stage once more.
The spotlight will shine on you.
Amazing.
Which reminds me, the targets of this new bill
will include your own daughter.
Yeah... I'm going to have to be
stronger with her.
I, Yukiko Onodera, have just been appointed
minister in charge of the declining birthrate.
In order to unite all citizens, we - the ruling party
are informing you that we are proposing a new, revolutionary Parliamentary bill.
This bill is 'The Lottery match-making Marriage bill'
The lottery targets will be
-unmarried people between the ages of 25 and 39. -No way!
The arranged marriages
will be divided by region of residence.
region of residence?
And, this new bill will be obligatory for all citizens.
-Huh? -What's going on? -You're kidding?
-Who decided? -Is this a joke? -No way? -An arranged marriage? -Will I have to as well?
Details can be found on the website for the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
I will now announce further details
regarding The Lottery match-making Bill.
If you dislike your chosen partner, you will have two opportunities for rejection.
However, if you reject a third person,
you will be expected to spend two years
working for the counter-terrorism logistical support facility.
That is all.
If you reject a third person, you will be expected to spend two years
working for the counter-terrorism logistical support facility.
Whoh, what's with all this terrorist stuff.
Are you expected to fight against terrorists?
No way! You're put in the military for refusing three people?
Does that mean strict training?
It's absolutely disgusting!
If you're in something like the military,
you won't be able to mess about anymore.
It's impossible.
-It's an alarming situation. -Let's meet this evening.
We should discuss this problem.
A few days ago, Yukiko Onodera, Minister for the declining birthrate,
suddenly announced a new bill.
It is planned to be enforced from July 1st 2017.
The target group is,
unmarried Japanese men and women between the ages of 25 and 39
who have no criminal record, have not been divorced and have no children.
You will be randomly matched by lottery
with someone who is plus or minus 5 years of your own age
and who resides in the same municipality.
However, the opposition party are against the bill.
They have voiced the opinion that it is a human rights violation.
In contrast, the ruling party states that if birthrates continue to decline,
The entire social security system, including pensions and nursing care, will collapse.
They insist that something must be done.
This situation we're in now
is like a significant crossroads.
If that bill is passed, we'll have to be selected for marriage by lottery.
It's overwhelming.
Isn't it just a ploy to distract attention from the Prime Minister's corruption scandal?
If they pass this bill,
it would be a disaster for the country.
We'll become an international laughing stock.
A laughing stock?
Well, if the bill passes,
I've only got a year before I no longer qualify.
Tacchan, Kitakaze kun,
You guys still have many years to go.
Senpai! Anyway, isn't marriage for love
just a waste of energy?
That may be, but what if we end up in a love-affair. An actual love-affair
You may not want a girlfriend, but don't make light of this.
Anyway, I can't stand being labeled a loser.
Feeling sorry for pitiful men offends me even more.
Be that as it may,
it may be my last chance to get married.
My intention is to ride the wave.
I'm grateful of this scheme the country has devised.
What about you Tacchan? What do you think of the bill?
I don't think it's a good bill, but
-if it works out, I'll be happy. -Huh? You too Tacchan?
Everyone seems to have a natural ability to form romantic relationships, apart from me.
I have no self-confidence at all.
I feel as if I stick out like a sore thumb wherever I go.
In other words, I consider my existence in this world meaningless.
I'm bug-ridden and defective.
You're not defective Tacchan.
Your looks are better that mine. You're about average, no, above average.
If that's the case, then I understand it even less.
It might be my very nature itself that's the problem.
So If I'm not able to marry as a result of love,
then a person will be chosen for me.
Will we be liberated from our decades of inferiority complexes?
Is the ruling party's actual goal
to create a support team for counter-terrorism activities?
That's outrageous!
We won't be enlisting
all candidates who have refused three times.
For example, doctors, registered nurses,
professional qualification holders and people who live in remote areas
will engage in medical activities.
-Huh? -Did they say registered nurses?
At least that includes you. It would be better to live on a remote island
than to become some weird soldier.
Surely it would be safer than working in counter-terrorism.
Everyone who is a mother will disagree.
Let them pick someone for you.
-Huh? -Eh? You will, right?
Ah... I... I will.
Left as it is, the declining birth rate will increase,
and the pension provision age will have to increase to 90.
Hence, it must be reversed by any means necessary.
I absolutely must stop this decline.
Is it not enough to counter the shortage of nursery places?
Isn't that consistent with a rising birth rate?
Something that simple is not enough prevent decline.
The ruling party's argument is
-an increase in… -It is likely that as the bill is enforced,
there will be a saturation in women taking maternity leave.
The issue of pregnancy discrimination will result in mass chaos.
Minister, what are you thinking?!
Please bear in mind that those issues...
will be the responsibility of Sugiyama, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
She threw that one back...
Regarding the associated issues, prompt suitable action...
That was bad. The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is pretty angry.
It's dangerous to turn friends into enemies.
Well, the bill is full of inconsistencies in the first place.
Anyway, you're not exactly opposed to the real motive are you?
My age bracket is unaffected.
Huh? You're not married?
-Yes, I am unmarried. -That's sexual harassment.
Your earlier statement was power harassment.
-At least I was able to get married. -Didn't your marriage fail?
Yes Please! Extra! Extra!
Lottery marriage legislation passed
Implemented the start of next month
-Good morning. -Hey, Miyasaka?
Are you free this evening? You're free right?
-I don't have any particular plans. -Then come with us
to a match-making bar.
Groups of men and women are sat together at tables.
It's become really popular after the law was passed.
It's no joke that you'll have to enter the army if you refuse three times.
Find your own marriage partner before the bill is enforced.
It's just a mixer, a mixer. Your colleagues will be there with you.
A mixer's a bit difficult for me.
Miyasaka. I was thinking,
you have pretty good looks and you're a fine figure of a man.
I know you're not sure how to deal with women and you don't get them...
but the situation's different now.
Is it really okay to fall into the government's trap?
It won't be good. Let's go to the mixer.
It's impossible for me.
The fact that it will be enforced from next month is all too sudden.
But you don't have to do this match-making, do you Nana?
Huh?
I let you attend a second-rate music college with the intention
of you eventually training as a housewife.
And yet, you still have been unable to get married.
Sorry.
I'm off.
-Have a nice day. -Have a nice day.
So... do you have someone in mind to marry?
-I do. -Who?
He works for an advertising agency. His name is Ranbo Ginbayashi.
His father is a professor at Teito University, a French literature researcher.
His mother is a famous kimono stylist.
That must be Setsuko Ginbayashi san, you often hear of her.
So you know that your mother is dying?
I know.
So, why don't you get him to propose quickly?
-That's... -What about tonight?
You could broach the subject with him?
There's no time left to be leisurely about this.
Okay.
Tokyo?!
That's foolish talk!
Why are you going to Tokyo alone?
The Director is an acquaintance and there is a vacancy.
I want to work in a cutting-edge field and gain more skills.
Even so, stay as you are now!
I want to help with your nursing care in the future.
Will you do the match-making lottery over there?
If I move there then yes.
You've just turned 31 and you decide you want to be a country bumpkin in Tokyo?
What kind of fantasy is this?
To go that far in your desire to get married
is an obscene idea.
I... I'll do my best so that I can invite you there soon, okay?
You know, at my friends wedding reception,
the bride and groom sang "Beauty and the Beast".
It was so embarrassing, I couldn't watch.
-I just had to tell you. -Really.
And? If it were you, you'd absolutely refuse, right?
The bride and groom singing at the wedding reception?
-I wouldn't sing. -Right.
-I also won't have a wedding reception. -Ri... huh?
-I have no intention to get married. -Huh?
You have no intention? Even now?
It will soon become law.
You'll have a partner chosen by lottery.
That's why all dating couples are hurrying to get married.
It seems so.
Why do you say that like it's nothing?
I have no intention of marrying you Nana.
Marriage with you is unimaginable.
Why?
It's enjoyable to have you as a girlfriend.
I thought that we both had no desire to get married.
But as soon as I realised this law might apply to me,
I noticed your aspirations for marriage.
I want to break up with you.
Leave.
I'm sorry.
Please mind the step.
Excuse me. Please share this table.
-Pleased to meet you. -Pleased to meet you.
-They got some before us. -You're impatient,
it won't be long.
-Hey hey Miyasaka? -Don't use your own chopsticks today okay?
Okay.
Leave it to me today.
Don't worry, I'll help you properly.
Oh, someone's coming.
Please share this table.
-Please to meet you. -And you, please take a seat.
-Oh I see. -So you're basically in the IT industry.
More or less touching on IT systems.
Is your salary good?
It's so-so, but once you become a consultant,
the annual income will increase,
-easily surpassing a million a month. -No way! Amazing!
It will surpass. No it's a lie, it can't surpass that, right?
Eh, no way! I bet you say that to everyone.
You're really and truly pretty!
That's not true is it?
Excuse me, some more beer please.
You know, I really like watching Lupin.
Me too, I loved Clarisse from The Castle of Cagliostro.
I preferred Fujiko Mine. She really seemed like an adult woman.
So is the type you like restricted to anime?
Anime... on the topic of anime...
On the topic of anime?
I like purple san.
-Purple? Ah, I know!
You know? Purple san is Murasaki Kondo san.
Murasaki means purple - hence Purple san.
In the anime 'Heart Movie', her goal was to become an actress.
Confronted by hardship and pain she'd say
'I will become a wonderful actress'. That was her her catchphrase.
Gross.
I'm not interested in what you have to say.
This law has me completely cornered.
I don't have time to associate with creepy otaku.
Whenever you talk, it totally kills the mood.
Ah, which sports do you like? Or even, which do you play?
Ah, you seem the tennis type.
-The type, yeah. -I do play tennis, but,
In winter I go snowboarding.
Really, I love snowboarding.
-Seriously? -Snowboarding's great.
Thank you for waiting.
I'm sorry.
You, beside me, just simply being.
The ambiance of this spot becomes brilliant.
You, beside me, just simply being.
All our hearts are at ease.
I want to become as wonderful as you.
I want to be that kind of person.
Nobody knows that I'm writing this blog.
If I told anyone,
I would surely be told it was just self-gratification.
I am thoroughly unpopular with women.
Sometimes I get fed up with being alive.
But, there are people in this world,
who feel much more pain than me.
People for whom sorrowful thoughts make them feel alive.
That's why, the more I am able to live,
the more I can do to help these people.
Tatsuhiko, how are you?
I've heard you've stopped going to the hospital for psychiatric treatment, are you healthy?
I was really resistant to the idea of you going to Tokyo,
but you wanted to change, no matter what.
You said you wanted to go out into the world
and become a different person.
If your goal is to become a new person, you can do it.
A new law has begun.
Please use this on the day of your marriage meeting.
I hope you meet a lovely partner.
I'll be cheering you on. From your mother.
Sorry...
Mum...
-Yes? -Is it Miyasaka san?
-Yes. -It's registered mail.
Please sign for it.
It was the draft papers, which meant it's time to go to the battlefield.
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