The night of the rafting race,
Hotaru went with Miss Ryoko to look for UFOs.
But it was past 9:00, and they still hadn't come home yet.
The sky was full of stars.
It was so beautiful it was almost scary.
I'd learned about the Milky Way in Tokyo, but I had never seen it.
Now I could see it right above my head.
Kita no kuni kara
They're late.
Episode 19
Way too late.
I wonder if they got lost.
That's why I told her not to go.
Why didn't you go, Jun?
She invited you, too, didn't she?
UFOs are dangerous.
What if an alien or something came out?
Hotaru is reckless.
Did they say where they were going?
I'm not sure, but...
but I think it's around Mt. Beberui.
Mt. Beberui?
Pretty deep into the mountain, Dad!
Okay.
I was trying to decide whether to tell him.
About the night Shokichi, Hotaru and I saw Miss Ryoko.
We had chased after a UFO deep into Beberui...
and that's where we saw her.
We were convinced that...
it was an alien that made itself look like Miss Ryoko.
So we decided not to tell anybody.
It was past 10:00 and Dad still hadn't come home yet.
It went past 10:30 and still no word from Dad.
At first, I was worried about Hotaru,
but then I started to get mad.
She's so strange.
Even when Mom came to see us.
I remember that it was past 11:00.
I must've fallen asleep a bit after that.
I'm leaving now.
Okay. Thank you for everything.
No problem. Take care.
Dad!
Where's Hotaru?
We found her. She's fine.
Thank you.
'Night.
-Sorry for the trouble. -No problem.
-I made sure the police officer understood. -Thanks.
You too. Don't say anything about tonight.
Okay.
We're leaving then.
Thank you for all your help.
No problem.
Where was she?
Deep in Beberui.
Not yet?
Almost done!
Jun.
Mm?
Don't say anything about tonight.
Why?
People will blame Miss Ryoko so I've told everyone to keep quiet about this.
Okay.
There's lots of folks already saying things about Miss Ryoko as it is.
So don't say a word about this.
Okay.
-Are you all right? -I'm fine.
I'm sorry.
You shaved a few years off my life.
Don't worry us like that again, okay, Hotaru?
I'm sorry.
Idiot.
Jun, are you awake?
How could I sleep after worrying like we did?
I'm sorry.
That's why I told you not to go.
But it was amazing.
I couldn't believe what we saw.
What?
UFO
And it wasn't just a small one.
We saw a mother ship. It was huge.
You should've come with us, too, Jun.
Miss Ryoko's amazing.
She can communicate with the UFO.
-Communicate? -Yeah.
Miss Ryoko shouted toward the mother ship,
"Please give your friends on Earth a signal!"
Then, these lights started flashing from a window on the ship...
and a smaller ship zipped out from the mother ship.
Like they were answering her.
Then, she told me to give it a try...
and it worked!
The UFO answered me, too.
You should've come with us!
Hey.
Mm?
Do you have a fever or something?
No, I don't.
Then you must've been dreaming. Nothing that crazy could've happened.
But... Miss Ryoko and I really saw it.
You'd better not say that to anyone else.
Why not?
They'll all think you're nuts.
But I really saw it.
You saw a UFO once, too.
That was an optical illusion!
-No, it wasn't. -Yes, it was.
But Dad believed me.
He just pretended to.
Mr. Nakahata and the others, too.
They were just getting along.
When Dad gets drunk and starts insisting on stuff,
"I see." "Wow." "Really!"
But they don't really believe him.
-That's not true. -It is.
-But I really saw it. -No, you didn't!
But... I really...
saw a UFO.
What's wrong?
It's 2:00. Hurry and go to sleep.
What's wrong?
Idiot.
The truth is,
I didn't say that 'cause I didn't believe her.
It was because she didn't feel guilty at all about making us worry so much.
And she got so excited when she told me her story.
Keiko?
I think I was...
jealous of Hotaru.
The next day, Dad took us for the first time...
to where he planned to build the log cabin.
-You're going to build it here? -That's right!
You see the rocks over there?
I'll use them just as they are and build over them.
-Right over them? -Right.
There's a natural spring nearby.
-Really?! -Where?
-Go look for it. -I will!
Help me, Jun.
Here.
Jun.
I heard you made Hotaru cry.
She was really shocked that you didn't believe her.
But...
Do you think Hotaru would lie to you?
-But her story was-- -Why...
would she lie to you?
What reason would she have?
Can't you believe your own sister?
Hold it.
I was pissed.
Dad's always...
on Hotaru's side.
July 28th and 29th are the Heso* Festival in Furano.
Belly button
Dad got all excited and said we'd all go that evening.
Hi.
Geez!
Hi.
-Going into town for the festival? -Planning to.
What time?
The dancing starts around 7:00, right?
Does it?
What is it?
Um...
I'll be at the gym around that time,
-so stop by for a bit. -Why?
Well... Actually...
I don't like stuff like this much,
-but the director made the arrangements. -What?
Well...
This newspaper reporter...
from Sapporo.
You know I'll be fighting in a match?
-So he wants to interview me... -Wow! Really?!
Well, you know me.
I don't like that kind of stuff,
but the director...
You know Narita Shinkichi from the iron factory?
-That's him. He insists on-- -I'll go!
Nah, don't come!
I'll be so embarrassed!
Bye!
Sota!
Did you come all this way just to tell her that?
No, I didn't.
Sota!
What!
So you never did find Tsurara that night?
Jun.
You are such a...
mean kid.
Mean...
He's right.
So, that evening,
before we went to the festival, we stopped by Sota's boxing gym.
Your guard is so lax!
Come on!
You can't win like that!
What's wrong!
That's Shinkichi. Narita Shinkichi.
He wants to be noticed more than Sota.
Come on!
Stop! I'm sorry, but...
we're here for Mr. Kitamura, so will you let him hit?
Got it!
Hey, don't hold back!
Shinkichi! A sec.
I told you to call me "director"!
You're so dirty. You gotta go easy on me.
I am! That's why I'm telling you not to hold back!
Come on!
Come!
You're still holding back!
You can't win that way! Come on!
You little...!
What's your goal for the future?
-Of course that would be-- -He has to win the Rookie of the Year award first.
What got you into boxing? Is it because you like it?
-Yes, I-- -He has nothing better to do.
How's your diet going?
-It's so hard-- -He has another 5 pounds to lose.
You cut back on what you eat?
-Yes, he likes meat a lot so-- -I love eating, so--
You keep quiet.
Jun. Let's get to the festival.
I want to stay here.
Meet us on the corner of the co-op later.
What is "boxing"?
A fear inside of you,
you have to fight with it.
-So you were poor? -Yeah, I was.
What do you mean?
I mean...
-I uh... -Are you saying I'm talking too much?
I didn't--
All right!
Then, I won't say another thing!
-Do it by yourself! -I didn't mean to...
-Shinkichi! -Director...
-we'll have some questions-- -Don't be mad.
How about...
The atmosphere got strange.
The reporter looked like he was really in a bind.
The cameraman totally stayed out of it and was reading a magazine he'd brought.
Mister?
Do you believe in UFOs?
I took this.
Did you really see it?
I couldn't have taken this picture if I didn't.
My sister saw one, too. Two days ago.
Where?
Right near here.
She says she saw the saucers...
coming out of the mother ship.
Was she alone?
No, with her teacher.
A teacher?
She's a lady teacher and she says...
she'd been communicating with the UFOs for a while now.
But my sister was so late,
we called the police and it became a big deal.
I thought... "Oh, no!"
I wasn't supposed to tell!
I promised I wouldn't tell.
Oh, man...
Is that teacher...
Yes.
-Is she still in Furano? -Yes.
What's wrong?
His little--
I have to stop here.
I shouldn't talk anymore.
-What's your name? -But Keiko,
my problem is...
unusual for a boy. I talk too much.
That night,
we went home without Dad...
since he said he had to stop by somewhere.
Aunty Yukiko and Hotaru talked about how much fun they had at the festival.
But my mind wasn't there.
I already regretted what I did.
I promised not to, but...
I blabbed the whole story to that reporter...
about Hotaru seeing the UFO on that night.
What will Dad say when he finds out?
My talkativeness is something...
Dad's always disliked the most.
I had a really bad feeling about it all.
Komakusa
Welcome!
Oh, hey!
No, don't touch me!
You can eat more!
-It was nice to see you the other day. -Thank you for the ride.
I heard you're a friend of Mr. Nakahata.
You mean... Nakahata Kazuo?
That's right. There you go.
Thanks. We were classmates.
Is that so!
I work for him now.
-Does he come a lot? -He used to.
Until this past winter.
-I see. -We haven't seen him recently.
He has it tough.
How is his son?
-Who? -He's in the hospital, right?
-Huh? -The hospital in Sapporo.
-What are you talking about? -His younger son.
He only has one daughter.
No! He has one that's had kidney problems since birth.
Did I say something I shouldn't have?
The Nakahata Lumberyard, right?
Hey!
Thanks for keeping your promise to come to see me.
I need a drink. From my bottle.
You can drink mine.
No. Don't waste yours.
Tomomi. Take it over from here.
Don't get too carried away.
All right.
I won't.
Cheers.
To the Sumida River.
Sumida River, huh.
I'm really drunk.
I saw you earlier.
What?
You were dancing.
You did? I'm not good at it.
No, you were... not bad...
Eat some.
I heard Nakahata used to come a lot.
From the Nakahata Lumberyard.
Oh. Him?
We're classmates.
Mr. Tragedy.
Mr. Tragedy?
He's like a bundle of tragic events.
All he'd talk about when he came were his sad stories.
But that's why he was always so popular with the girls.
Nakahata Kazuo from Rokugo?
That's right.
His kid's in the hospital, his folks abandoned him...
and his younger sister sells her body.
They are all made-up stories. That's his hobby.
He likes being the hero in a tragedy.
But he's really good at telling his stories.
The manager still believes every word he said.
He'd come here with a really serious look on his face,
and he'd say how he finally found his father,
and was going to see him the next day.
Or that he reunited with his little sister...
and when he went to see her secretly, he found out she was selling her body.
He even cried.
He did?
I figured he was lying again,
but he was so good at it,
by the end of the story, I was crying, too.
They were lies, weren't they?
I think so.
I knew it.
I've never heard those stories before.
But he really did cry.
-But the story about his wife is true, isn't it? -What?
How his wife left him.
She was involved with another man in Tokyo,
and he had to take their two kids.
And her younger sister came along to help...
and she's his wife now.
Um...
Was his wife... a beautician?
Beautician...
Right! So that story is true.
Coming!
Who is it?
Who is it so late?
Hold it while I open the door!
What, Goro. You're drunk!
Nah. Nah.
Oops.
Can I have a glass of water?
Hold on.
Get up.
You're so drunk.
What?
-Nakahata. -What.
-You have it tough. -What do you mean?
I heard your kid is sick.
S--Stop it.
And you were separated from your little sister.
She's selling her body?
I had no idea!
A prostitute?
Here's your water.
Poor him.
What happened, Goro?
I was just sympathizing with him.
What for?
-I'll take him home. -I'm fine.
Let me take you home, okay?
-I had no idea! -Hey!
Come on!
Thanks!
It was 2 days after that when teachers that we'd never met...
came to talk to Hotaru without any warning.
What did they want?
-They asked about the other night. -What night?
The night we went to see the UFO.
What did they say?
They asked me all kinds of questions.
About the UFO?
No. About Miss Ryoko.
How we got lost,
and if a policeman came to look for us.
And what time we were found.
S--So what'd you say?
I told them the truth. Because they looked so scary.
You weren't supposed to tell!
But...
they already knew it all.
I think something terrible will happen.
Why?
They were both angry and said...
Miss Ryoko was a problem.
I knew it!
I was right when I had that bad feeling.
If only I hand't gotten carried away...
and told that reporter...
I only meant to tell them about the UFO.
But...
the fact that Miss Ryoko took Hotaru and got lost may be a bigger problem.
That's why Dad told me not to tell anyone about it.
That night,
Dad came home in the evening.
He looked very gloomy...
and even when Hotaru or Aunty Yukiko tried to talk,
he barely answered.
I think...
he was disgusted with his son...
who talks too much.
More rice?
A little.
This much? Here.
Dad.
I'm sorry.
I told them.
I only meant...
to explain about the UFO.
But I got carried away.
I'm the one...
who told that newspaper reporter...
about what happened the other night.
I'm sorry.
We can't do anything about it now.
I'm sorry.
Are you done already?
Don't worry about it. Okay?
So was it in the paper?
I don't know.
Goro.
Jun really feels badly about it.
Don't be angry at him anymore.
That's not why I'm in a rotten mood.
Take a look, Yuki.
That one piece of paper...
says it's all over.
Acceptance Of Application
Application For Divorce
Kuroita Goro
Kuroita Reiko
...proves the acceptance of...
It's so simple, isn't it?
Now, you're not...
my sister anymore either.
I'm going into town for a drink.
Komakusa
You seem down.
What happened?
You can't look like that in a bar.
You need to look happier.
You had a fight with your wife?
No.
Did she leave you?
I'm right, aren't I?
I got it today.
I'm sorry.
That's okay.
What I said was horrible.
Remember...
when we talked about Nakahata?
How his wife left him in Tokyo?
That's... my story.
Except the part about her younger sister.
She's from Tokyo?
Yeah.
Was she pretty?
Yeah.
You must be lonely.
I guess so.
I guess I am lonely.
Where did you meet?
In Tokyo.
Her salon is right near the gas station...
I worked at.
This is... This is a strange question,
but when you first got to Tokyo,
did you know what pesto spaghetti was?
-Pesto Spaghetti? -Yeah.
Not sure if I knew it.
I don't think I did.
I...
hadn't even heard of it before...
So what about Pesto Spaghetti?
She made it for me.
-At her place? -At her apartment.
Was it good?
I think I was...
more overwhelmed.
Pesto Spaghetti...
Just the name of the dish overwhelmed me.
-I understand. -You do?
I really do.
A Tokyo woman made...
me...
Pesto...
Spaghetti...
What's wrong with you two?
Why don't you sing?
Why don't we? Let's sing that song.
'Love Story in Ginza'
Okay!
Sung by Ishihara Yujiro.
'Love Story in Ginza'... Found it!
Here. This is the man's part.
Cheer up.
Your sigh sounds so painful to the point...
it captivates my heart deeply.
I couldn't hold my tears.
Then I realized, I was crying.
It happened in Tokyo. It happened in Ginza.
Two youngsters met for the first time.
It's a story of true love.
Congratulations!
I kept it hidden from everybody...
My precious, true feelings.
If it's for you, I don't mind giving you all of me.
Reiko! Reiko! Reiko!
...happened in Ginza.
Two youngsters met for the first time.
It's a story of...
true love.
Congratulations!
Say...
Want to come to my place...
after the bar closes?
I'll make you Pesto Spaghetti.
You have a lot of books.
Reading books is my hobby.
Kaiko... Ken?
I'm really crazy about his books.
Him and Takanaka Masayoshi.
I've never heard of Takanaka.
He's a musician. He's wonderful.
I'll play it for you.
Do you read books?
Not often.
What's the most recent one?
A kid's book, I guess.
I like you so much, Goro!
Welcome home.
Why...
You waited up?
Welcome back.
Hotaru waited up for you, too.
Sorry. You waited up for me?
You smell like lavender, Dad.
Do I?
An elementary school teacher hides being lost?
The article was in the next morning's newspaper.
Because of that article,
Sota's article was really tiny.
A boxer is born from Furano
Subtitled by Chuks Edited by Phoenix