Sensei, I'm here to pick up the manuscript.
Come open the door, please!
Really, now. Pretending not to be home again?
Sensei!
Sensei, come on!
Sensei!
Sensei! I know you're there! Sensei!
Hello, there!
Sensei, where are you right now?!
Well, I had a craving for takoyaki from Octopus Dude.
"Octopus Dude"
What?! Today's the deadline!
Oh, was it today?
Sensei, you idiot!
I'll catch you and turn you into a boiled octopus!
Oh, I'm sorry!
No, I apologize for being in your way!
--I'm sorry, I'm rushing because Sensei is an obnoxtopus! --Please excuse me, I beg you!
And I'm sorry for even breathing!
I'll be going now!
I'm coming for you, Octo-Sensei!
--Octo-Sensei!
--Oh, Mitchan-san... --Octo-Sensei!
Oh, no!
My bag! The bottom of my bag broke!
Oh, please let me help you.
N-No, that's too much to ask...
Nonsense, we help each other when we're in trouble.
I'm sorry.
I always cause nothing but trouble for the people around me.
I'm already sorry for just breathing.
And here I am, making you help me. I'm terribly sorry.
I'll apologize! I'll apologize to all the world!
I'm sorry!
I'll apologize to all the world!
I'm sorry!
Are you Ritchan-san?
Oh, no! Even strangers know my name!
--Am I that infamous?! --U-Um...
--I've been living in careless ignorance this whole time! --No, it's...
--I apologize for causing trouble to everyone who shares my name! --Oh? Why are you here, Ritchan?
I apologize! Someone like me shouldn't be visiting! I'm sorry!
I'm sorry!
"Fruits Basket"
This is rare!
You're usually pretty timid, but you decided to visit.
Y-Yes, I'm sorry. I caused so much trouble for Tohru-san earlier.
No, not at all.
I'm so glad to meet you!
I finally get to meet the year of the monkey, Ritchan-san!
So she's a girl.
So what prompted the sudden visit?
H-Huh? U-Um, am I intruding?
Yeah.
--I'm sorry! I'll go home immediately!
--Just kidding. It was a joke! --I'm sorry! I'll go home immediately!
So, why the sudden visit?
Well, I heard that most of the zodiac members already met Tohru-san,
so I thought it would be rude not to properly introduce myself.
I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Ritsu Soma.
You met my mother before.
Pleased to meet you, too. I'm Tohru Honda.
Oh, it's not much, but I brought this.
Is that a gift?
Yes. I considered getting fruit, but I didn't know what you like,
"Fruit Guide"
so I got some books on fruit instead.
Wh-What? Oh, I'm sorry, is it a bad gift? Have I caused you trouble?
No... Not at all!
--I'm sorry! I'll go buy some fruit!
--I'm just kidding. --I'm sorry! I'll go buy some fruit!
I knew I shouldn't have come...
Don't say that.
Yes! I really wanted to meet you, Ritchan-san!
So the fact that you came to visit
makes me truly happy!
Thank you... very much.
She's even more beautiful when she smiles.
I see you still take after your mother, the way you panic so easily.
You'll be a working adult soon, you know.
Yes, I'm sorry...
Don't you also feel like you should toughen up?
Y-Yes, of course! I want to have more confidence in myself.
And one day, I hope to be overflowing with confidence, like Aya-niisan.
"Ayame, brimming with confidence as he eats soba."
Ah, that's impossible.
Why? Is it an unreachable dream?
A-ya's self-confidence is far beyond human levels.
I-I see...
Anyway, you apologize too quickly, Ritchan.
S-Sorry.
See, you did it again!
Let's do this: As the first step to a better you,
you are now banned from reflexively apologizing.
Tohru-kun, you'll cheer Ritchan on, right?
Huh? Oh, yes!
All for my sake. What kindhearted people.
--I will take on the challenge! --I'm home.
Oh, Yuki-kun came home at the perfect time.
Ritchan, time for your first test!
But I need to prepare myself emotionally...
Ritchan-san, you can do it!
Oh, Ritsu. What are you doing here?
You're right. The likes of me shouldn't be here, should I?!
No, that's not what I meant.
R-Ritchan-san!
Yuki-san, you're starting to look so much like Aya-niisan.
--Have a nice day. --What? Did I say something wrong?!
Not at all.
Oh, no! I'm sorry!
Oh, it's Kyo-kun.
Ritchan, pull yourself together and try again!
What are you doing here, Ritsu?
You're right. The likes of me shouldn't be here...
I-I came to introduce myself to Tohru-san.
Oh.
Um, Kyo-san, I'm glad for you.
Huh?
You get along with Yuki-san enough now that you can live together.
We don't get along!
I'm so sorry!
I take back that you get along!
I'm sorry! I'm leaving now!
I knew someone as worthless as me shouldn't be visiting here!
I'll be taking my leave now!
I apologize for staying so long!
Wait, please!
B-B-But you're a woman.
Wh-Why? I thought only males transformed when I hug them...
Wh-Wh-What...?
I...
I'm so sorry!
Okay, Tohru-kun, here's the thing: Ritchan is male.
But he's worn girls' clothes since he was young.
Oh, I see.
But why wear girls' clothes?
Wearing girls' clothes makes me feel calmer.
At the beginning, I just wanted to try it.
But once I realized I felt more at peace that way...
...I couldn't stop.
Kagura-chan, can I have this?
Huh? You're going to wear it?
I'm sorry. I'm embarrassed of myself.
Please don't be! It suits you, really! You are beautiful!
Tohru-kun, I don't know if that helps much.
You'll be working soon, though.
Will you go to work wearing girls' clothes?
I suppose I shouldn't, should I...?
Hey, why don't you kids go change clothes? No sense in staying in your uniforms.
Yeah, I'll do that.
Please excuse me.
Shigure-niisan, I'm sorry.
I said I'd take up the challenge earlier,
but it was a complete failure.
Octo-Sensei!
Oh, someone's there.
Ritchan! Close that door!
--Now! --O-Okay!
Octo-Sensei!
Sensei, I know you're there! Hurry up and open the door!
Come out, Sensei!
--Shigure-niisan, who is that? --I know you're there!
--Octo-Sensei!
--She's what people call a stalker. --Octo-Sensei!
What? A stalker?
She figured out where I live. I don't know what to do.
So, Ritchan, will you send her away for me?
Ritchan! This may be another chance for you.
If you can send the stalker away without any problems,
this will be a huge step in the right direction for you!
Shigure...
All right. I'll do it!
Okay, good.
Um...
Huh?
Sensei?
E-Excuse me...
He's holed up in here with a girlfriend!
N-No, I'm a relative of Shigure-niisan's--
A relative?! No way I'm going to believe that lie!
I-I'm not lying!
Sensei, come out please!
You're done, right?!
--Please come out! --Stop, please!
You're done, right?!
We haven't done anything!
I can't believe he's not done...
...with the manuscript.
Huh? Manuscript?
E-Excuse me...
Father, Mother, forgive me for leaving this world before you...
What?!
What's that?!
--My will... --Huh?!
If the manuscript isn't finished,
my only choice is to leave this world.
Oh, I hope to have the manuscript in the afterlife...
Mitchan-san!
Why hello, Mitchan. How are you?
S-S-Se-- Sensei!
Why didn't you just come out?!
Well, might you ask that.
Sensei, the manuscript! Do you have it?!
Of course I do.
"Hermit's Mountain by Shigure Soma"
Here.
Thank you very much!
--It's done! --A-And this is...?
--I'm so glad! --A-And this is...?
--I'm so glad! --Mitchan-san is Shigure-san's editor.
What?! I apologize for not knowing
you're his editor and getting in the way of your work!
I'm so sorry!
Mitchan-san!
Please, wake up!
Noooooo!
Oi, what's he doing?!
O gods and Buddhas, you mustn't forgive me for my sins.
Ritchan-san!
Oh, my.
I ruined the manuscript that's dearer to the editor than her life.
Only through death can I atone for my sin.
Honda-san, calm down.
Furthermore, I have let everyone down,
despite the many chances they gave me.
Oh, why is it that all I do is trouble those around me
for no good reason?
We're in that exact situation now.
R-Ritchan-san!
No one is angry, so please come down!
No. I've been like this since I was a child.
Just having a zodiac spirit caused people enough trouble.
On top of that, I was a crybaby and a coward.
I was clumsy in everything I did.
My parents were always apologizing because of me.
I'm sorry... so sorry.
Mom and Dad, you probably don't want to apologize, right?
You probably wanted a child that you didn't have to apologize for.
A person...
A person like me should give up on life.
But I don't even have the courage to do that.
Oh... I'm utterly useless, and yet I have the extraordinary nerve to stay alive!
It makes me so frustrated with myself.
You don't need that kind of courage!
--Honda-san! --When did she get up there?!
What's wrong with having that nerve?
Because... Because people are alive.
And that's why we can cry or worry--or feel joy!
But... I'm just alive.
There's probably no reason someone worthless like me was born.
You're looking for that reason.
Deep down, you're probably desperately searching for that reason.
Looking
for it on your own!
I'm glad. I'm so glad I had you, Tohru.
I can be cheerful every day because you're here, Tohru.
Then... Then, I was born to meet you, Mom!
If that's true, I'm sure glad.
I think maybe no one is born already having a reason to be here.
Because I think it might be something you need to find and decide for yourself.
Honda-san!
Tohru-san!
Maybe... Maybe you can find the reason in a dream, or a job, or in others.
Sometimes maybe the reason you find feels vague and uncertain and unstable.
You might even lose the reason...
But as long as you're alive, you want a reason...
I get it. I want one, too.
And, if I'm able to...
...I want to find the reason within someone else.
To become someone who can live for the sake of others.
That's why...
Yes, that's why it's okay to have nerve.
Because if you have the nerve to live,
you might meet the person
who wants to be with you most.
I wonder if someone like me... can find a reason.
I hope I can find one someday.
I agree with you... it'd be nice if I could live
for someone else's sake.
--Mitchan-san! --Are you okay?
Where's the manuscript?!
I'm rewriting it now.
Sensei!
I'll be finished in about an hour.
Get some takoyaki for me, will you?
On it!
Ritchan, it's dark out, so you go with her.
Huh? Oh, okay...
"Octopus Dude"
Thank you!
Um, I'm really sorry for today.
No, I should apologize.
I acted shamefully in front of someone I just met.
But even if it was a joke, calling me a stalker was plain mean.
Is he always like that?
Yes! He's always teasing me to amuse himself,
ignoring his deadlines, and suddenly disappearing!
How terrible.
I don't think I'm cut out for this job.
I get panicked easily, then I can't think rationally
and end up causing trouble for others.
I hate how I'm like that.
I've caused trouble for the people around me ever since I was a child.
So I've never had any confidence.
I don't know why I was born.
I thought that I was a useless human being.
But, even so...
I've decided I'll have the audacity to live.
Because someday, even I might be able to find the reason I was born.
I might meet someone who needs me.
I'm just repeating what someone else said, though
Hearing your words makes me feel like I can keep going!
Let's go back before the takoyaki gets cold.
Okay!
Mm. Delicious!
Uh, Sensei. The manuscript?
Tohru-kun, open wide.
Sensei, hurry up and finish it!
Please, finish it up with takoyaki power!
That's right, Sensei!
--Become a takoyaki warrior and zoom through--
Just kidding. It was a joke.
I'm already done.
Sensei!
Thank you so much!
Isn't that great, Mitchan-san?
Ritchan-san, thank you very much!
Oh no, it was my fault to begin with...
Um, if it's okay with you, will you be my friend?
Huh? Are you sure you want to be my friend?
Yes, please!
Please teach me how to wear a kimono some time.
I want to learn how to be more feminine like you, Ritchan-san!
Mitchan, Mitchan.
Ritchan's a boy.
Wha--?
O-O-Oh...
--I'm sorry, I thought you were a girl! --I'm sorry!
--I apologize that my clothes are confusing!
--No, no, it's just that you're so beautiful, so I thought... --I apologize that my clothes are confusing!
Beautiful? You're too kind! I'm sorry I made you need to be kind!
--I apologize for judging based on your appearance!
--When will they stop? --I apologize for judging based on your appearance!
--This is stupid. --I apologize for judging based on your appearance!
I can't do much, but I'll happily show you how to wear a kimono,
or we can do something else together!
Thank you! I look forward to it!
I-I look forward to it, too!
I hope I can say to someone, "I was born for your sake."
I hope I can say that someday, and I hope that whoever I say it to...
...is waiting for those words.
"I Can't Believe You Picked It Up"
I can't believe you picked it up.