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This bill is 'The Lottery Match-Making Marriage Bill'
The lottery targets will be unmarried people between the ages of 25 and 39.
The arranged marriages will be divided by region of residence.
And, this new bill will be obligatory for all citizens.
This new bill which was suddenly announced a few days ago,
is planned to be enforced from July 1st 2017.
If you dislike your chosen partner,
you will have two opportunities for rejection. However, if you reject a third,
you will be expected to spend two years
working for counter-terrorism logistical support.
I'm an unpopular, OCD otaku.
A person can be chosen for me.
Gross.
This law has me completely cornered.
I don't have time to associate with creepy otaku.
Is it Miyasaka san? It's registered mail, please sign for it.
Heisei 29 Lottery Submission Documents We will not disclose your information Please check that your details are correct...
From July 2017, target applicants nationwide are obliged
to submit documents relating to the Match-Making Marriage bill.
Please enter one desirable condition of a marriage partner
What sort of details?
You will be able to request one desirable condition
of a marriage partner.
A desirable condition, I see.
However, the executive office
will not be selecting partners based on these conditions prior to the draw.
Huh? Then why are you asking for conditions?
If the required condition is not met,
there is an option to invalidate the result of the match.
In other words, it won't count as one of the refusals?
That's correct. Providing the condition is reasonable,
The executive office will invalidate the match.
Only one condition.
The gun is cocked ready for battle.
There seems to be no way for me to progress.
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
Well my friends, today's focus of attention is...
what to write for 'desired conditions' on the lottery match-making form.
First of all, Tacchan, what kind of condition would you like?
I put this...
A kind person
-A kind person? -It's pretty standard.
I guess your experience at the match-making bar had a lasting effect.
It's made me much more scared of talking to women.
But 'kindness' is too subjective and abstract.
One person's idea of a kind person
could be a jackass to someone else.
Forget kindness, reconsider it!
-Okay. -Next, Kitakaze kun.
-What's your condition?
I'll choose a condition that has a low probability of chance pairing.
You're a Tokyo University researcher, with high grade looks.
It'll be hard to get refused.
Well, I'll think of a way,
because I don't feel any need for marriage or romance.
-What's your condition senpai? -Mine?
I think I'll have loose conditions
given my goal of prompt marriage. It's this!
A person who suits anime cosplay
A person who suits anime cosplay?
Yeah, My wife will be like Purple... I hope!
Well, say something.
I wonder what kind of conditions women will write.
Probably handsome, long legs or rich,
-Stuff like that. -Well,
the probability of them choosing a game or anime otaku
is most certainly low.
This match-making is overwhelmingly disadvantageous
for beautiful people like Nana sama.
To be refused by your partner will be difficult. That'll be me in 5 years.
Bungee, bungee, sky dive.
There's a good possibility of reaching
a second refusal before you even know it. Sky, sky.
And what about the counter-terrorism unit,
There must be demon-like training.
I'm sure it won't be to the level of bungee or skydiving.
I absolutely refuse.
I'd rather die than join something like the military.
Yeah, but Nana chan,
you're intending on marrying your boyfriend aren't you?
I have no intention of marrying you Nana.
I want to break up with you.
-We broke up. -Huh?! Why? Why?
Wasn't he supposed to propose? What happened?
Don't ask.
Please adjust all budgets and schedules
with regard to the lottery match-making campaign. Thanks.
Okay.
I'm 22 but I've only got 3 more years until I have to take part in the lottery. Wow.
I hope you can find someone to marry by then.
Ranbo san, you could have gotten married
without the match-making lottery.
I heard you broke up with your girlfriend
-because she wanted to lure you in. -Well, that's true.
Think of it like this, we may end up with a secure system of match-making marriage.
Huh? You're a supporter of the arranged marriages?
Well, if you end up with a partner who suits your condition.
Well Ranbo san, what's your single condition?
Naturally it would be transcendent beauty or model-like style right?
That would be...
a secret.
Is match-making notice just like wartime conscription papers?
"Bill criticised as being the future of militarism"
It is said that we are returning to a militarist regime, Minister.
I did wonder how the media would represent it.
They could have said 'why not sew wartime prayer amulets like a mother?'
Stop, please. That will just add fuel to the fire.
Come on, it's just a joke.
I know. Allowing just one desirable condition
on the marriage lottery forms.
It seems that you were rather desperate to get this proposal passed.
-It's surprisingly kind of you. -It's not surprising.
What desirable conditions will she choose?
Your daughter?
Who knows.
I simply can't imagine, I haven't seen her in such a long time.
My desired condition? Someone with an annual income of more than 10 million.
Of course, I wouldn't reject someone who was good at cooking.
It couldn't be a fat person. I simply can't accept that physiology.
If all they do is care for their parents,
then that's no use.
-No hereditary baldness. -Yeah.
Baldness is completely out of the question!
I think I'll write 'a self-employed person'.
Salary-men are pretty insecure these days.
Dad, stop.
Someone who doesn't drink alcohol.
Someone with a strong maternal instinct.
What are you going to write for your desired condition?
I haven't decided yet.
You had such a respectable boyfriend.
Why are you doing this?
It seems likely
the men entering this match-making would be left-overs with little respectability.
You should employ a strategy to ensure that the match will be invalid.
Your condition should be as fastidious as possible.
If your chosen partner is low-level
you want to reject him don't you?
Your condition must be crystal clear to allow you to invalidate the match.
Okay.
Right.
A new law has begun.
Please use this on the day of your marriage meeting.
I'll be cheering you on. From your mother.
Marriage Lottery winning style
Welcome.
Are you looking for a winning suit for the lottery match-making?
Y... yes.
I'm looking for something that matches this tie.
Of course, I have just the thing.
Please follow me.
The number of new suits purchased nationwide has grown rapidly.
Do you think it's due to the match-making lottery?
Of course.
Many of the people preparing for the match-making do not wear suits.
Because of this lottery match-making, suits are literally flying off the shelves.
And in bookshops, marriage lottery strategy guides
form the entire best-seller list for the first half year.
Also, in beauty salons,
there are special discounts for those attending a match-making.
At dentists,
teeth whitening procedures are being promoted.
As a result of this financial stimulus,
the economy is growing.
There has also been a small rise in the cabinet's approval rating.
According to government officials in Nagata cho,
Nagata cho - The centre of politics in Tokyo
Prime Minister Hinode is showing increasing determination to continue.
Finally, enforcement of the Marriage Lottery bill While there is an economic effect, there are problems with this law.
Is the target age of 25-39 years' old appropriate? Why are over-40s excluded?
Is this the birth of a new type of age discrimination?
Hello.
I'm an executive of the lottery match-making.
Is this about the form submission?
Yes, sorry to call, but you have missed the deadline. Could you please send your documents.
I know, I will send it as soon as I have filled my desired conditions.
This is pointless.
Hope for the families of criminals.
There is no reason.
Those with a criminal history will be excluded, however, will this also include children of criminals?
People could get hurt.
Is the target age of 25-39 years' old appropriate?
Why are those aged 40 and over excluded?
This is said to be the birth of a new type of discrimination.
Hi, I'm home.
Nana.
It finally arrived.
Sunday, a week after next.
-I'm next Sunday. -It's too soon!
Sunday 8th July Meeting time 1pm (Strict punctuality)
1st July 2017
Lottery Match-Making Bill
Enforcement begins
Your reference number is above the barcode on your notification slip.
Please find the seat with your number.
Once you have verified the number, please sit down.
Where should I sit?
On the window side, 2 rows back,
take the aisle seat.
Eh? He's so good looking!
-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.
Now, we will call up each man and woman
by the reference number they were sent in advance.
Please come up as you are called.
We will check your ID to verify your identity.
Then please make your decisions together.
We will then disperse for free-time.
If, in the unfortunate case, you wish to decline immediately,
Please inform a staff member during this period.
So, I will begin.
Male, number 86-1900876.
Female, number 84-8291003. Please come forward.
Next, male, number 88-4891092.
Female, number 90-6017330.
I will continue, male, number...
People sitting next to each other.
Female...
Ah, erm... well...
There is a recommended restaurant.
They even give you coupons.
We'd be able to compose ourselves and talk. Shall we go?
Yes... if ya wann... I mean, if you please.
Do you prefer tea or coffee?
Sorry, I kept you waiting.
Wow, I'm lucky to get a beautiful partner like you.
It's physiologically impossible.
Oh, this cafe looks good.
I'm sorry, but being with you...
It's like a dream, I'm so nervous
-being with such a lovely person. -No way!
If it's okay, shall we go for lunch?
Yes.
-This is just like a date isn't it? -Yeah, it is.
I'm Ta... Tatsuhiko Miyasaka.
I'm Misako Yamashita.
Are you th... thirsty?
Or perhaps so... somewhat hungry?
-It's still attached. -Huh?
The thread, the thread.
Ah... excuse me.
Would you like to go somewhere where we can talk?
Ow, I'm sorry, my stomach's a bit painful.
Oh, are you okay?
Perhaps I was just getting a bit too nervous.
Do you need to lie down? I don't mean anything weird by that!
Please excuse me, I have to go home.
-Well, I'll take you home. -I'll get in touch with you later.
Take care of yourself.
With this being a lottery, I didn't expect this at all!
It's like I won the lottery.
-Please reject me. -Huh?
It's fine, just tell the executives that you can't have me.
Why do I have to reject
such a nice woman like you?
I may look like this, but my feet smell.
They smell so bad even I am shocked by it.
I can absolutely never, never get married.
That's why, please, could you reject me.
If it's your feet, I can put up with however smelly they are.
Huh?
Singapore?
I'm currently in my 4th year at the local office there.
So the marriage lottery...?
I made enquiries as to what the rules are
for those posted or studying abroad.
I was told that it was a citizen's obligation and that I should return home.
I see.
The cost of temporarily returning to Japan
will be partially reimbursed,
but to be honest, it's a bit troublesome for my work.
So when the marriage meeting is over, you'll be heading back?
Yes, I have to go back soon.
That's why my intention is to find a partner the first time.
So if you get married,
you'd expect to migrate to Singapore as a couple?
No, depending on the feelings of my partner,
I'm not opposed to the idea of living separately,
but would like to live there together if possible.
Especially if we're going to be a married couple.
Of course.
There is a Japanese medical institution there,
you'd be able to find work as a nurse.
Really?
Erm... do you like drinking alcohol?
Alcohol?
Yes, there are many opportunities to socialise through drinking.
I couldn't do without the pleasure of drinking with colleagues.
Really?
Huh? That Setsuko Ginbayashi
-is your mother? -Yes.
Well, it's rare that our family gets together.
Amazing! Amazing!
My mother loves the kimonos chosen by Madam Setsuko.
The thought is increasingly wonderful that your mother
is that Setsuko Ginbayashi!
-Really? -Yes!
Hey! I want a report of the results of your match-making today.
I haven't had mine yet, how'd yours go?
She's called Yamashita san, she's cute.
-Seriously -What did you talk about?
We didn't talk.
-Huh? -Huh?
She complained of having abdominal pain and went home.
-And? -And?
She said she'd get in touch later.
That was about 8 hours ago, why not contact her?
I don't know her contact information.
Do you know who she is?
She didn't tell me.
Then how are you going to get in touch?!
Ah... hello?
Is that Tatsuhiko Miyasaka san?
-I'm an executive from the match-making interviews. -Oh, good evening.
The woman you were matched with earlier,
Misako Yamashita san, just got in touch with us.
Oh, she went home with stomach pain, is she okay?
I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have been rejected this time.
Ah... rejected... huh?
The reason given was personality mismatch.
Even though we didn't talk.
It has been confirmed that as Suzukake san drinks alcohol,
he does not satisfy your required condition.
I will invalidate the match this time.
I'm sorry. Thank you very much.
Why can't it be considered a no-count?
He was completely different from my required condition.
Your required condition is terribly abstract.
It's not something that can be easily measured on an individual basis.
For that reason,
we will count this as a rejection of your chosen partner.
But...
My partner's a thoroughly nasty person,
I'll have to reject him, I'm so reluctant though.
So what will you do now?
With my partner? Of course, we've made a promise,
we'll definitely get married.
For the target group, the marriage meetings have resulted in mixed feelings.
That is all we are able to ascertain from the coffee shop exit poll.
I'm Tatsuhiko Miyasaka.
I'm Reiko Fudo.
-Thanks. -Thanks.
Excuse me.
-Is there something there? -Ah... no.
That's amazing, you're a section manager in such a famous company.
How old are you?
26.
5 years younger? I'm 31.
You're... older than me.
Thanks for waiting. Excuse me.
Thank you.
-Excuse me? -Yes?
Do you have a sealed straw?
I'm sorry, we only have them loose.
Sorry.
So what do you think about this match-making lottery law?
Huh?
Are you accepting it obediently or are you rejecting it?
Erm... if I was pushed, I'd say I was accepting it.
In a random lottery,
how did I get matched with an ugly,
31 year old hag? It's outrageous!
-Huh?! -That's what you're thinking right?
No... well... erm...
Alcohol?
Yes, do you drink alcohol?
Unfortunately I don't. My body's not suited to alcohol.
I'm sorry, but I can't be with someone who drinks alcohol
Me too! I can't drink either.
I think we'll get on well.
If you like, we can see each other again?
Yes.
-How many have you seen so far? -Well,
I wonder if anyone has rejected you yet.
Perhaps we should make it a rule not to ask each other.
That may be so, I think it's absolutely impossible
that such a lovely gentleman like yourself
has been rejected by a woman.
We could have some cake if you like?
What's wrong with senpai?
The same as what happened to you Tacchan.
At the meeting today, he was rejected in record speed.
We didn't even spend three minutes together.
I didn't even get a chance
to get into the ring before the whole match was over.
-At least give it three minutes! -Wait!
How about you Kitakaze kun? Surely you were pleased?
She was a really pretty girl, but I'm just not interested.
I pretended to have an Oedipus complex so I'd be safely rejected.
Are you trying make fun of me? You are, aren't you!
What about you Tacchan? How'd it go this time?
She was an intellectual woman from a top-grade company.
She was super chubby right?
I'm thinking of rejecting her.
She's not going to be the object of my love, so to speak.
Ah... you have to take measures to guard against having a chubby life-companion.
You've still got the opportunity. Reject, reject.
Yeah, but if I reject her, I'll feel really guilty.
Ah, sorry.
Hello.
Is that Tatsuhiko Miyasaka san?
I'm a lottery match-making executive.
Actually, I wanted to contact you too.
Reiko Fudo san contacted us
regarding your marriage-meeting today.
This time, she has chosen to decline.
Huh?
Hey, your ramen's going soggy.
Tacchan?
Personality mismatch is a bit of a theme at the moment.
Wanting to reject me after talking for such a short time,
am I that gross a person?
How many times must I go through this futile process?
Hey, why don't you ask her the reason?
Because I am afraid to ask.
There could be a reason that we simply don't understand.
I wonder?
-But I don't know her contact information. -You didn't exchange details again?
Ah...
Her mobile number...
Seriously, arrange to meet her and talk, so you can move on.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
You must be busy, I'm sorry.
Actually, this kind of meeting is against the rules.
You really want to know why you were rejected?
Yes.
How could I possibly have been rejected
by a fat, ugly 31 year old hag? I just don't understand.
-Huh? -That's what you thought right?
Eh... no... that's...
Did you want to get married?
Well...
I thought I was a person who would never be able to marry,
that it would be impossible for someone like me.
This sudden system of marriage the government has implemented
has, to be honest, left me bewildered.
So I just don't know what to say.
That's not a good enough answer, do you want do get married or not?
I never thought I'd be proactive about it
and I never considered that I wouldn't want to.
I see.
I've been like this since I was a child.
I was always teased by boys for being fat and ugly.
I was told that if I do girly things
that it was ugly and disgusting.
Just like other girls I wanted to be a bride
and have my moment to shine. Then I realised,
that ordinary girl's dream is impossible for me.
I decided to keep my dream of becoming a bride
tucked away in my heart.
When I was a third year in primary school,
I promised myself that I would never get married.
After that I endured people's teasing and studied desperately every day.
The title swot was added to fat and ugly, but my results were always top of the class.
I entered a good university and made everyone jealous,
and I was able to find a job in the company I work for today.
You worked hard.
Even after joining the company I took no interest in fun activities.
I earned a professional qualification and got promoted.
That's when I received my current title, at the age of 30.
Because I was the youngest section manager,
I managed to easily pass the assessment for the apartment I've always wanted.
I have discarded those old dreams of marriage.
It's just me now.
And despite that, there I was, at a marriage meeting with a partner selected by lottery.
In the blink of an eye, men and women of a suitable age are to be married.
It's crazy.
I'm laughing at the fact marriage has become a human obligation.
Do I have to be married for the country to recognise me as a person?
I feel... almost as though...
I sealed away the dreams... of a normal girl.
The reason I rejected you....
is that I will not get married.
Thank you.
So, if you reject your match three times,
you'll have two compulsory years
working with the counter-terrorism logistical support unit?
Returning to work after military discharge is guaranteed by the government.
I was told that is the rule.
I checked with my boss, and so,
he told me my current position is safe and I need not worry.
That's why I'll refuse three times without hesitating.
I'll go to counter-terrorism or whatever it is they want.
You're cool.
That's not a compliment to a woman like me.
S... sorry.
It's especially difficult given my past.
But two years in this system will free me from the burden of marriage.
No matter what.
-Well, I'm going this way. -Thank you so much.
-Your own straw. -Huh?
Do you perhaps have a cleanliness compulsion?
Yes.
We all have various issues, you too.
Let's both give it our best! Well...
So I'm saying that my health is bad and I can't make the meetings for a while.
We hope that your health improves.
We'll contact you again in a week.
Okay.
Why do you already have one penalty so soon?
I told you to be able to make sure you could invalidate it.
Why on earth did you write that condition?
Thoughts about the lottery match-making law.
"I'm laughing at the fact marriage has become a human obligation."
Bittersweet tears fell from the eyes of the person who said this.
In that moment I suddenly thought,
is it really okay to hurt people like this?
Hi, it's your mum.
I just wanted to know how your match-making turned out.
I know you're busy, but it'd be nice to see you occasionally. Bye.
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As already mentioned, according to reports from around the country,
around 500 couples have become engaged so far.
Analysis shows a remarkable engagement rate, particularly in rural areas.
On the other hand, what is difficult...
-Tokyo right? -Yes.
Because many different types of people live in Tokyo,
following many different dreams.
Escaping from many things.
Even if it appears those dreams have been fulfilled, they have not.
There are things that cannot be forsaken...
Complex feelings grow even more complicated.
These people are the melting pot... of Tokyo.
1. Untitled The law is no excuse to hurt people, is it?
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