I started to see someone seriously.
I told her everything about my voice too.
You haven't changed at all.
What do you like about me?
ls it because I'm like Maori?
Will you go to Matsue with me?
If I visit Maori's grave,
then I feel like I could really move on.
I want you to save Sudo.
Leave it to me.
I came just to do that.
Ever since Maori died,
there was never a day that I didn't think of Maori.
It wasn't love.
I hope...
you won't lose your voice anymore.
Please create a new
and unique chair...
that only you can make.
"Yuta Yanagiba"
Hello?
Master Tetsu's tests are done. He'll be going home tomorrow.
Hey, lchiharu.
Hey!
Congrats on your discharge.
So are you okay?
Like I said before, I drank too much.
This is water.
You need to hold back for a while.
I'm finally out in the real world.
Then...
I'll have Oolong tea.
Okay.
lchiharu, you said you started to see someone seriously.
ls that going well?
ls it already over?
That's so pathetic.
I agree.
I heard you went through a lot as a young man too, Master Tetsu.
- Yuta! - You know that lumber trader...
Be quiet!
Tetsu!
What are you doing? You just got discharged today.
You called my sister.
- Let's go home. - Okay.
You're being a nuisance.
I understand. I'll go home.
I'm truly sorry.
- Not at all. - It's nothing.
Let's go.
See you!
Excuse me.
ls Master Tetsu really okay?
Even if he's not, he won't show us his weaker side.
If only Master Tetsu had a wife.
Oh, about that lumber trader...
Master Tetsu got really drunk here before and he told me about it.
When he was young, he almost married the daughter of a lumber trader.
Almost?
Her parents were strongly against it.
She had a fiance chosen by her parents.
Master Tetsu hadn't succeeded as a furniture maker yet then.
That means he must've been in his 20s.
Even so, it seems like he's not over her yet.
ls that why he stayed single all this time?
I don't get it if that's the case.
How could you continue to love someone you can't be with,
for the rest of your life?
I broke up with him.
What?
I came to realise there's no place for me
between Sudo and his ex-girlfriend.
I actually feel better now.
You're straining yourself again.
I don't' regret it though.
Really?
Really.
It's just, while we were on our trip...
I just couldn't relate...
to how Sudo was feeling at all, no matter how hard I tried.
I was wondering if I would have understood him more
if I had more experience...
with love and romance.
I've made a decision!
I'm going to choose someone new!
What's the matter all of a sudden?
You remember what a career woman said before,
that men are like chewing gum?
Once it loses its flavour,
you just chew a new piece of gum.
I'll look for something tastier.
Tastier?
A chewing gum...
that tells me it likes me.
Okay.
Let's have a date party.
I'll gather a lot of lively gum for you, Sakurako!
Let's see who we have here...
See you.
Hey.
ls it really over with Sakurako?
It's my fault.
I did something horrible.
I'll still make her a chair though,
no matter what.
I made Sakurako...
do so much for me.
I see.
"Us Forever"
"tRonc"
"Episode 8"
lchiharu.
Master Tetsu.
What's the matter?
You know...
How are you feeling?
Don't treat me like I'm ill.
"Architecture and lumber"
lchiharu, take a day off today.
- What? - Come with me.
Sorry to come so suddenly.
Your father did a lot for me,
but I couldn't even attend his funeral.
Not at all.
My father must be happy that you are here...
to pay your respects now.
Your father was so healthy, and yet he passed away before I did.
There's nothing to worry about.
My mother... has been there for a while too.
If your father and mother are there,
then I have nothing to worry about when I go too.
Tetsu, it's bad luck to talk that way.
Right?
He's right.
When in doubt, go and touch wood.
Crafters work with their hands.
Sitting in front of a desk
and muddling over a schematic in your head is not enough.
What will you use to make your chair?
Will you select a hard wood,
beech wood, oak, teak, or walnut?
Cherry tree wood?
You wanted to make a chair for Sakurako.
It was my fault that we broke up.
But I still want to make one for her.
I was able to face what I was running from,
thanks to Sakurako.
So it's Sakurako...
That's a great name. It sounds strong-willed.
Yes...
She is really strong-willed.
You now know your material.
You know, furniture making is a great job.
You can support your precious ones with the furniture you make.
Master Tetsu...
Yes?
That lady's photograph on the family altar,
was that whom Yuta was talking about?
If it's to be sold,
then you need one with a pretty wood grain.
But I personally prefer this.
These kind of trees that didn't grow straight.
A tree still grows, even with a mark like this.
Show me Sakurako's chair.
Make sure to show it to Sakurako.
Yes.
This is not bad.
You've changed.
But I wouldn't say it's good.
Struggle some more.
Yes.
Don't draw while you're eating.
I thought about it.
What I want to do in a chair you made for me,
but I couldn't come up with anything.
When in doubt, go and touch wood.
Crafters work with their hands.
Sitting in front of a desk
and muddling over a scheme in your head is not enough.
I did it.
What do you do?
I sort of offer encounters...
This is not your thing?
Well...
Then you were forced to come for a head count?
That's not it...
I want a boyfriend.
Then what is your type?
Someone who smells like wood.
You like a wood-based perfume?
Excuse me.
What's the matter?
Did he say something horrible?
I sort of understand...
Sudo a little, now.
What?
How he...
started to like Maori...
and how he lived his life afterwards.
I think I finally get it.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
I'm enjoying the souvenir you brought home from your trip.
Did you go with that furniture maker?
- Yeah... - Did he
propose to you or something?
We broke up.
What? Why?
Why does it matter?
I knew it! So he was divorced twice!
I'm Sorry!
I've never been broken-hearted so I don't know what to say.
It's fine. You don't have to try to cheer me up.
I'll drink with you if you're going to drink your head off.
I already did that, so I'm fine.
That means your destined partner is elsewhere.
You'll find someone even better!
I won't find him...
even after 100 years.
It was that kind of love.
I'm going to live in this house,
taking care of Mum and Dad
without ever falling in love with anyone ever again.
I'm going to grow old like this house.
And I'll die in this house.
Probably.
Sudo!
Are you looking for cherry wood again?
I'm making a chair using cherry wood,
but I feel like something is missing.
You sure are Tetsu's apprentice.
Tetsu used to touch wood like that a lot too,
when he was making a chair for my mother.
Your mother's chair?
Do you have a little time?
Thank you for waiting.
This is...
This is the chair my mother used when she was alive.
When I first sat in this chair,
it stirred my soul.
Master's Tetsu's masterpiece.
My mother had bad legs.
She was in an accident when I was 10.
It was hard for her to sit in a chair after that too,
but she was able to sit in this chair.
Just in this chair,
which Tetsu took his time making...
for my mother.
Furniture making is a great job.
You can support your precious ones with the furniture you make.
My mother always sat here...
in peace.
She must have been...
feeling the thoughts
that Tetsu infused into this chair.
"tRonc"
Hey! I brought you something!
Thanks.
Could you place it there?
So Sakurako's chair is done.
I think it's the best one I've made so far.
Have you shown it to Sakurako?
I can't show her that.
What?
Isn't it funny
that such a thing is the best one yet?
It doesn't express anything.
What does it mean to make a chair for someone?
I had no clue about it.
Still, you did your best, right?
Sakurako and Master Tetsu will be happy too.
I can't empathise with anybody.
So I can't make a furniture that empathises with someone's life.
What are you going to do now?
You won't quit making furniture, right?
I won't quit.
Unlike you, I don't have anything else I can do.
I'll just continue to make Master Tetsu's works.
Then give me this studio.
I'll tell you why I quit furniture making.
It's because Master Tetsu...
handed this place down to you.
Not to me, but to you!
The reason why Master Tetsu doesn't praise you
is because he sees potential in you.
It's over for the craftsman once they become arrogant.
That's why he's tough on you! Why don't you get that?
He was always praising you...
telling me that you have talent.
How do you think I felt about that?
Yuta...
I won't accept you.
I won't accept...
who you are right now.
- I cancelled my exhibit. - What?
I can't do it.
Did you finally feel that she is special?
I don't want to be the person I was before I met Sudo.
If she wasn't there,
my time would have still been on hold.