Original subtitles

-Here -Thanks

-Play? -Yeah

Those two kids

Don't appreciate music

Huh?

Music isn't monaural, it's stereo

If you listen with earphones the sounds playing from the left and right earphone are different

If they listen with only one side each it's as if they're listening to two different songs

Take a BLT,

If you eat the bacon and the lettuce separately

is that still a BLT?

No

If you split a katsudon between two

and one person eats the entire katsu

What is the other eating?

-Tamago-don? -Right!

They want to listen to the same song but they're not

Right now those two are listening to different songs

You've seen those consoles, like this, they have in recording studios, right?

Yeah

They have a whole bunch of switches and knobs

It's all for controlling the sounds that are played from the left and right earphone

To create those sounds all music engineers listen and compare tens, hundreds of times,

even while eating their bentou dinners in the studio

That's why if you listen to left and right separately

The mixer will throw his bentou on the console

He'll be like "I can't take this anymore!"

But they want to listen together

They both have their own smart phone

They should each have their own earphones

and press the play button at the same time

Isn't it nice because they are sharing one thing between them though?

When it comes to love you can't share things

In love each person has to have their own

They each have their own

They don't understand that

Maybe I should tell them

-You're not going to? -Yeah

Anyway

Did I leave an earring at your place last night?

I don't think I've seen it

My parents keep nagging me to introduce you

What do you want to do?

Yeah, going to visit them is...

On the basin or in the bathroom

Loved Like A Bouquet

…Be~cause it's war~m~

This is me at 21, Hachiya Kinu, university student

There's one thing that I believe to be truth

If you drop toast

it will fall buttered side down

That's why I've mostly lived quietly

I don't get excited easily

There will be a mummy exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science

It might not look like it but

internally I'm overjoyed and sobbing

Last week

the ramen blog "Noodles and University Girl" that I've been running for two years

exceeded 1500 page views in one day

On the same day I discovered a new ramen shop

I thought I'd kill time before Tenjikunezumi's solo show by going to Omotesando

When I felt people were looking at me and finally realised

Just then

I bumped into Tomino Kouji-kun, who I'd been on a date with once before

It's been a while

He doesn't remember my name

Come to think of it,

He took me to a yakiniku restaurant on the day I wore a new sweater last time too

Is it good?

Guys that I think seem nice and stable

usually end up being men who looking down on women

Shouma

Risa

Hold on a moment

-Bye -Bye

-Let's go -Yeah

-Where shall we go -Let's see

Before I realised it was time for the last train

I should have gone to see Tenjikunezumi

It was the worst night

And the worst return home in the morning

At times like that there's something I always try to remember

In the 2014 soccer world cup semi-final

the host country Brazil was beaten after their opponent Germany scored 7 goals

At that time the whole of Brazil cried out in agony

This is still better than that

I'm much happier than them, really happy

I'll just focus on the mummy exhibition

I won't want for anything more than this!

It was at that moment that it happened

21 year old, university student me, Yamane Mugi

Who still can't understand the rules of paper, scissors, rock

Rock beats scissors

Scissors beat paper

Up until there I understand

but paper beats rock, what?

Ordinarily paper would be torn by rocks

How can mankind accept this kind of contradictory rules as a matter of fact

Life is absurd

The flyer for a 320 million yen condo in the mail box of my 58 thousand yen a month one room apartment

was the thing that made me laugh most this year

Recently my health hasn't been good

I know the reason why

Burnout

3 months ago

I was looking up my neighbourhood on streetview

and I witnessed a miracle

Wow! That's seriously amazing

Okita-kun gassed me up like "Wow! That's amazing!

Can't believe my friend is on streetview!

Congrats!"

so I treated him to a meal

What?! Wow! Crazy!

I treated him too

This is a lifetime memory

And him too

Wow! When was this taken?

Those days were like a dream

Awesome! Cool!

Unai-san!

Unai-san! Unai-san!

Look at this

This is me!

I wondered if something more exciting than that would ever happen to me again in my life

Tenjikunezumi show

Missed it

Someone said that if humans give up everything on earth

they would be able to fly

I guess I'll be able to fly soon

It happened at that point

I was called out to Nishiazabu to make up numbers

At a karaoke that's tried not to look like a karaoke

the IT industry crowd who sing karaoke there

are mostly

yankii who are trying not to look like yankii

In the end you either do it or you don't

This is my favourite phrase

They take photos with only the girls to upload on instagram

Wait, hide the cigarettes

Sorry

I ended up next to a middle aged man

who told me about how he'd had half of his stomach removed last year

And connected to the duodenum

Also some lymph nodes were removed

Why did I come to place like this?

Ramen Ranking

I always think the same thing every time

Are you they person Unai-san invited?

Yes, where is she?

Move over, make room

-Where is Unai-san? -What?

Where is Unai-san?

Ah

She said something like

the moon phase is unlucky so she's not coming

She's in some kind of spiritual thing isn't she?

Long time no see

Welcome

Please take a seat over hear

Mum: Buy some toilet paper on your way home please

We're going to miss the last train!

Shit we gotta hurry

-It's going to leave -Hurry!

in a few minutes

-I have work tomorrow -me too

Sorry

Here, go on

Thank you

Top-up?

Please top-up your balance

Please go

Shit

The last train departed

Yeah it has

I'll just have to wait for the first train

Excuse me

You don't happen to know a place that's open until morning?

Huh?

Right?

Yes

Beer?

Thank you

Do you have the day off tomorrow?

No, but I can go into work from the afternoon

What do you do?

I work in publishing

Publishing?

That's cool

It's a small company, it's nothing impressive

Don't be so modest

Do you have the day off tomorrow?

Yes, I have the day off

Really? What are you going to do?

I haven't decided yet

Don't look

What is it?

There's a god sitting over there

God?

A god?

He likes dogs

and tachigui soba

Is he famous?

What?

Do you watch movies?

Of course I do

People say I'm a bit of a film buff

What do you watch?

"Shawshank Redemption"

-I've heard of that! -I bet

-It's a real tear-jerker -Really?

Of the movies I watched last year it has to be "Kiki's Delivery Service"

"Kiki's Delivery Service" is...

-The one with the girl from the morning drama? -Exactly!

Wait, the live-action?

-I saw that too -Crazy

Talking about the live-action adaption of "Kiki's Delivery Service" in front of a god

Are there so many live-action adaptions in the world because of people like this?

Sorry

Bye

-Good night -Thanks

Good night

Good night

To Chitose Karasuyama

I thought it would be polite to say something

I was excited too

That was Oshii Mamoru right?!

Just before that was Oshii Mamoru

You know him?

Regardless of whether you like or dislike him,

it should be common knowledge

Yes

He is world class

Yes

The catalyst of our relationship was Oshii Mamoru

Also...

Also the hand cream

Right! She'd just put on the hand cream but then

She wiped her hands with the moist hand cloth right?

Right! I...

Ow! It stabbed me

-You live in Tobitakyuu? -Yes

I always change trains at Choufu

Then we might have crossed paths before

I guess so

Thank you

Sorry for the wait

-Here are your highballs -Thank you

-Excuse me -Coming

I'm Hachiya Kinu

My favourite phrase is "free noodle refills"

I'm Yamane Mugi

My favourite phrase is "a crow bar like object"

Cheers

So good

These always become like this straight away

Right

All tangled

They do tangle up don't they!

Right!

Here

I've also read most of Homura Hiroshi's work

I've also read most of Nakashima Yuu's work

But, well, I don't have a lot of money so I usually wait for the paperback to be published

Me too, I usually borrow from the library

What other authors do you like?

-Ishii Shinji -Yes

-Horie Toshiyuki -Yes

-Shibasaki Tomoka -Yes

Oyamada Hiroko, Imamura Natsuko

Of course Ogawa Youko, Tawada Youko

Also Maijou Outarou and Satou Aki

Hachiya-san you also...

Yamane-san are you also...

the type to use movie ticket stubs as bookmarks?

I am

At the cafe that Cero's frontman Takagi-san runs in Asagaya

You mean Roji?

I've been

My friend talked to Takagi-san and became a fan

The next day they went to Daikokuya and sold all of their QUO prepaid cards with Yuzu on

Tenjikunezumi had a solo show at Lumine theatre

I know

I got a ticket but I couldn't go

Me too

I bought it but I forgot about it

For real

Then if we went we might have met there

True

But if we did go then we might not have met today

True

Then these were our tickets to meet here today

Do you listen to "Ikina Yoru Denpa"?

-Kikuchi Naruyoshi's radio show? -Yes

Of course I listen to it

Sorry, you were about to say something before

-I'm going to go to the bathroom -Go ahead

-If you go to the entrance then it's at the back on the right -Thanks

For a time I was really into gas tanks

In the city, the one's like Takashimadaira,

Rokakouen, Karasuyama Chitose,

Minami Senjuu, there's a lot

I took videos too

and edited them together

Like a movie?

No, no

-I want to see it! -What?

It's 3 hours 21 minutes in total

It's only gas tanks for the same length as "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

I want to see it!

I'm more interested in that than hobbits

Do you want to go see it now then?

Let's go! Let's go!

Go ahead

Oh you're here

Yamane-kun is here

Why?

Why are you here?

Why?

Well I went to the karaoke

but they told me that you weren't coming because of today's moon phase being unlucky

What's that about?

That's not true, it's a lie

-What are you doing here? -What?

Are you with somebody?

Yeah

Let's drink together!

Let's drink! Let's drink!

Seriously what is the thing about the moon phase being inauspicious about?

I don't know

I wonder

I'll be right back

My friend just contacted me to say that I can stay at their place

Sorry

I'll be leaving first

Hi

-Hi -Hey

Mugi-kun, Mugi-kun

Yes

I've been wanting to talk to you properly

Sorry

Um...

Sorry um...

Was it not enough?

I'm also going this way home

My friend's house is nearby

I know that's a lie

I'm not kidding

-Liar -No you

Yamane-san I... want to go to karaoke that looks like a karaoke

At the convenience store I buy a 350 milliliter can of beer

As I walk with you in the night

The clock's hands point to midnight

Do you know what "chronostasis" is?

You say you don't know

It's a phenomenon where It looks like a clock's hands have stopped

Do you know what "chronostasis" is?

I don't know

It's a phenomenon where you look at a clock and it just happens to be numbers of your birthday

-Cheers -Cheers

Hmmm well I love "Amiko Here" but

"Picnic"

-That was impactful -Right?

Imamura-san hasn't written anything new since right?

That's true, I'd like to read more of her work

The other day when I was being swayed by the train

the person sitting next to me...

When he talked about riding the train

he would express it as being swayed by the train

-Um -Yes

Since I was child there's something I've never been able to understand

Yeah

In paper scissors rock

This rock, this is scissors and this is paper right?

Yes

There's no way that paper win over rock right?

It would just get torn wouldn't it

I know someone who's always been thinking the same thing

A little more

A little bit more

A little bit more

Goal!

We've arrived!

Choufu!

Argh a puddle

I've stepped right in it

This is it

Sorry for making you run so much

It's fine

It's cold

Please come in

Sorry to intrude

Sorry it's a bit of a mess though

Not at all

-Can I put this here -Yes

-You can leave it here for now -Okay

It was really coming down wasn't it?

It was kind of fun

-I'll get you a towel -Thank you

-Make yourself at home -Okay

Here you go

This is basically my bookshelf

Then we watched Gas Tank the Movie

which I'd never shown to anyone else

-Where's this? -Takashimadaira which I'd never shown to anyone else

-Where's this? -Takashimadaira

We got hungry in the middle of watching so I made yakionigiri

Can I eat this one?

What did you say?

Can I have this?

Of course

She ate two of them

Delicious

I'm just going to sleep for 5 minutes

She said that but she ended up sleeping through the best part

She slept for an hour

and when she woke up she said "It was interesting, I'll head home now"

I thought for sure she hated me

Wait!

We want this bus

-Sorry -Safe

-Um next time -Yes

The National Museum of Nature and Science is having a mummy exhibition

Yes

If you wouldn't mind I'd like to go with you

I'll go

Welcome home

Mum

Kinu-chan is coming home in the morning again

What a waste!

Why are you coming home at this time?

Where'd you stay last night?

-It's a waste! It's a waste! -Kinu

Don't talk to me right now

Don't overwrite it yet

I still want to bask in the afterglow of last night

I wish there was music that I could listen to at times like this

Cold

In his apartment 8 minutes on foot from Choufu station

He had copies of "Chikyuu no Arukikata travel guides" for countries he had no plans to visit

This is basically my bookshelf

Don't look at that

Did you draw these?

Yeah...

I would like to do it as a job if I could

That's where you should laugh

I like your drawings

The orange glow of the street light

cut through the drizzling rain

As I was looking at his drawings and listening to the sound of the rain

he very bashfully said

You'll catch a cold

and brought out a dryer from the the bathroom

The cord just barely reached

And he started to dry my wet hair

I had the feeling that something was about to begin

and my heart was pounding

but the sound of dryer drowned it out

She said she likes my drawings

She said she likes my drawings

She said she likes my drawings

She said she likes my drawings

Sorry to make you wait

Let's go

It was awesome wasn't it?

I can't even express how I felt about it

Look at this one! Awesome!

Are you ready to order?

Um

Can we get two of the all-you-can-drink?

All-you-can-drink for two? Okay

Right!

-There's a house next door -Yeah

The man living there looks just like Murakami Ryuu-san

And his wife looks just like Koike Eiko-san

Just like the cast of "Cambria no Kyuuden"?

Yes!

I want to see that

It can't be

I was shocked

Oh, Should we get going soon?

-Ah, yes -Right

Your neighbours are "Cambria no Kyuuden"

Oh that's right, have you read "Golden Kamui"?

I have! It's so good!

We ended up talking about Hoshi Yoriko and VaporWave

and Mamagoto's "Watashi no Hoshi"

We went back to refill our drinks three times

and before we realised it was time for the last train again

I wonder if he thinks of me as just a friend?

I wonder if she just thinks we get along

There's a theory that if you get a meal together 3 times without a confession

then you'll become nothing more than just friends

I started to feel impatient

If whether you're in love or not

is determined by how much time you spend thinking about someone when you're not around them

Then without a doubt I was in love with her

Giving the shop staff a good vibe

and matching pace when we walk

if it were a point card, our points would have already been accumulated

Today was really fun! What day are you free this week?

I decided I was definitely going to confess the next time we met

I decided I would confess before the last train

We went to see some gas tanks together

So big

It's bigger than I had imagined

I underestimated it

Girl meets gas tank

Awesome

I got a good shot

Really?

8 hours until the last train

From now on I'm going to change the mood

I'm anticipating Waseda Shouchiku Cinema

Right

There's also Shimotakaido Cinema

Of course

How did we end up talking about that?

3 hours until the last train

Do you prefer your bread

thick cut or thin cut?

This is wrong

I shouldn't talk about this

2 hours left

For real! That's you!

You're in a band?

Yes, but we just debuted

Awesome City Club?

Yes, if you're interested we're on youtube

I'll listen to it!

Um...

Do you have any kind of romantic songs?

What you might call a love song

We do

Here

Cool

All right this works

1 hour left

You two don't appreciate music

If you listen with earphones

the sounds playing from the left and right are different

Sorry

The mixing technique used for music recording...

For over an hour

we were lectured on the mixing techniques used by recording engineers

The tone of a song can change drastically

according to the finishing method

The last train is soon

It is isn't it

Sorry for the wait

One chocolate parfait

We didn't order this

-Huh? -Yeah

I made a mistake

Sorry

The order slip is wrong

But if it's okay...

-we'll eat it -We'll eat it

Thank you

-We'll enjoy the food -We'll enjoy the food

It looks good

It looks delicious

It's pretty big

Yeah

Hachiya-san

Yes?

Will you go out with me?

Yes, definitely

Personally I don't like white jeans

Okay

If my boyfriend wore white jeans

I'd start to dislike him a little bit

Understood

I won't wear white jeans

Ah, is there anything you don't like Yamane-san?

When you play UNO

When you play UNO?

Those people that say "You didn't say UNO so you have to pick up 2"

Okay, understood

I won't say that

That's all

Well then

good night

Good night

It's red!

The traffic light was unchanged for a long time

It still hadn't changed

It was a button operated traffic light

Thank you button operated traffic light

Oh and also

I'm the type who wants to do this kind of communication frequently

Okay

In the week following

we went to the Hara Art Museum,

and we ate deep fried fried oysters in NIngyouchou

and had our portrait drawn by Tamura-kun

And

on a night in March when the wind was particularly strong

we stopped paying attention in the middle of an extremely boring movie

and slept together for the first time

I stayed at his place for 3 consecutive days

I didn't go to class

or to any recruiting sessions

We spent most of the time in bed

and did it several times

We even did it here

and also here

Wait, I told you not to

-It's okay -Oh my god

It's fine you can do it

By the third day the fridge was empty

so we went to a nearby cafe

This us eating pancakes together

after we've slept together

Here you go

On the fourth day

we both had work so I went home

-The bubbles are -What?

There's so many bubbles

There was a blog called "Love's Survival Rate" that I'd been reading for years

I saw an article that the author of that blog Mei-san had taken her own life

She was

the type of writer who made you feel like

she was talking directly to you

She always wrote about the same theme

She said "The beginning is the beginning of the end

Look!

Meetings are always accompanied by partings

and love like a party will end at some point

That's why people in love

bring what they like, sit around the table

and talk

All they can do is enjoy that sadness"

"Right now I'm in love

And I don't intend for it to be a one night party"

She wrote that one year ago

"Although the survival rate of love is only a few percent

my love is going to survive"

Mei-san who joked like that

died

Mugi-kun?

Mugi-kun?

Mugi-kun

Kinu-chan, look!

I bought us Shirasu-don, I made it in time

Look, it looks crazy good

I just got in before they closed up, doesn't it look super delicious?

Don't just disappear on your own like that

Sorry

Let's eat over there

I wonder

if perhaps Mei-san saw the death of love

I wonder if she followed her love that had ended

It's merely my imaginings

and I don't have any intention of following her example with my love

Just

Our party has just now begun

in the midst of great excitement

I'll show ticket number 247 to their table now

-I'll show you to your table -Kinu-chan

If we don't leave soon we probably won't make it in time for the shinkansen

Let's come again next time

Yuh

All right

Looks good

Thank you

-I see this flower a lot but -Hm?

what's it called?

Ma...

Hm?

I've heard that if a girl tells a boy the name of a flower

for the rest of his life every time he sees that flower he'll think of her

Mei-san said that

What?

Tell me then

Should I?

Come on tell me

Ma? Ma-what?

I wonder

-I'm going to put this on -Put it on

Ma?

This is a mountain stream

I shot it vertically

and lowered the shutter speed

-As expected of Kaito -Yeah

Impressive

Mugi! Come here

-Mugi-kun It's been a while hasn't it? -Long time no see

-Have you been well? -Yes

-This is Kinu-chan -Nice to meet you

Hello

What's your relationship?

She's my girlfriend

Seriously?

What did you think of the photos?

They're really nice

-Isn't it -Yes

aren't you?

What you're really thinking is "why are they all wearing the same black hat?"

A little

The more self conscious they are

the broader the brim of their hat is right?

Exactly!

-Mugi-kun -Yes?

I love her

You got yourself a good girlfriend

Kaito take a photo of them

Good idea

I'm going to take it

Nice

Unless you're confident you're never going to break up you can't get matching tattoos can you?

What? Don't you have confidence?

Well there's the possibility you might cheat on me isn't there?

What?

The first time I saw her cry was the summer of that year

To try and make up for as much as she had a late start

she spent days on end relentlessly devoting herself to nothing but job hunting

Thank you

Kinu-chan

How was the interview?

Mm

Mm

So-so I suppose

Really?

What were you doing?

Hm? I was drawing

Kaito is going to introduce me to someone from a publisher

so he told me to prepare some work to show

Is that so?

Yeah

-Do your best -Yeah

Okay good night

Good night

Wait, Kinu-chan

Wait

Huh?

Are you perhaps crying right now?

Did you ride the train like that?

For days she had undergone high stress interviews

Japan is crazy for having a system like this unchallenged

Why are you angry?

It can't be helped, I'm just useless

No, your not useless

Who do those interviewers think they are?

They're people in high positions

They might be

but I bet they're people who wouldn't feel anything even if they read Imamura Natsuko's "Picnic"

That talk is useless when it comes to job hunting

You don't have to do job hunting

You don't have to do things you don't want to do

My parents will give me an earful about it

Thanks for the meal

My parents think that if you don't have job straight out of school you're a part of anti-social forces

What if you lived here?

That would do it

Let's live together

Kinu-chan! Kinu-chan!

Woah right?

-This feels great -Amazing

If we put a deck here

But it's 30 minutes walk from the station

And we'll put a table here

Great idea

-Here is good then? -Is here good?

1, 2

Careful

Slowly, slowly

Okay

This is nice

All right

Come on

-It worked! -It worked!

We started our life together in an apartment on the Tamgawa river a 30 minute walk from the Keio line Choufu station

Look!

Looks delicious

Yakisoba bread right?

October 29th

We found a bakery with delicious yakisoba bread run by an elderly couple in our neighbourhood

-Is it good? -It's good!

Seriously? It's delicious?

-Delicious -Right?

Delicious

So good

November 1st

started a job drawing illustrations for a website,

1000 yen per illustration

November 1st

I started a part time job at a ice cream parlour

The manager and the other part timer were having an affair

When she finished work I'd meet her in front of the station

and we'd walk home together

That 30-minute walk home became our most precious time

Merry Christmas

December 24th, we exchanged Christmas presents

Really?

-Thank you -Thank you

December 29th

We read "Houseki no Kuni" together while eating snacks on our bed

We cried a lot

The last day of the year

We didn't go home to visit our families

We did a big clean

and ate toshikoshi soba

Yum and ate toshikoshi soba

Yum

We did our first shrine visit of the year at a small local shrine

Mugi-kun

At the end of our first year together

we took in a cat

Cute

What's wrong?

We gave the cat a name

Baron, dinner

Baron she's calling you for dinner

Giving a cat a name is a very sacred thing

In spring we both graduated from university and became part-timers

Hey Kinu-chan

Look at this

This is a new magazine but

Imamura Natsuko's new work is being published in it

No way! It really is!

April 13th

We read Imamura Natsuko's new story

June 3rd

We were being naughty and bought gyoza from Kuirbayashi in Fuchuu and started drinking from the afternoon when

Hey

Look at this

This person

The waitress from the family restaurant?

It is isn't it?

Amazing

Look at her dancing

The waitress from the family restaurant had bleached her hair and was going by the name PORIN

She'd become a popular artist

Strangely for some reason we kept feeling the passing of time

Here you go, sorry for the wait

I'll get us a seat

Chocolate, chocolate ganache and framboise flavour correct? -Yes

Okay

3 more illustrations for a column page please The pay is 1000 yen

-1000 yen per illustration? -1000 yen for 3

Understood!

Welcome home

I'm home

What are we going to do? My parents said they're going to come over tomorrow

What?

Be careful

Both of my parents have the values of advertising agents

They're going to try and get you with their rhetoric

Becoming a member of society is like taking a bath

Please don't give presentations at the dinner table

Do you not listen to One Ok Rock?

I do

I can get you some tickets

Go see One Ok together

ONE OK ROCK

It's not like I'm saying you have to get a job at a big company

It would be good if you at least worked a normal full time

-Right now I'm doing the Olympics -Yes?

The ones who "do" the Olympics are athletes

not ad agencies

Becoming a member of society is the same as taking a bath

Before you do it in you think it's such a bother

but once you're in you'll think I'm glad I did it

For sure

This is the advertising rhetoric

Life is a responsibility

It's Hiro-san

Hello, Hachiya speaking

Oh! Hi!

Terrifyingly 3 days later

my father also came to visit from Niigata

If you're really from Nagaoka

don't think of doing anything but fireworks

Don't say such nonsense

The fireworks in Tokyo are so tiny

Hurry on back to Nagaoka

I have something I want to do

In that case

I'll stop my financial support

I'll put that money into the fireworks fund instead

Next time I'll ask Kaito...

My 50 thousand yen allowance became fireworks

so we switched to drinking convenience store coffee

It would be nice to see Nana-san too

A little towards the bottom and come closer

Okay, like that

And lower the light in your left hand

Where is Nana-san today?

Ginza

She's good at charming the old guys

It's just for the time being anyway

There's a creator called Okawa-san who's recognised my work

Once I get into working on commercials the money will start coming in

Mugi-kun

How are the drawings going?

Ah, recently the price per drawing has decreased

If I ask Nana I think she can introduce Kinu-chan at her job

Don't give up

She's naturally gifted in sociability and hospitality

Thanks for your hard work Next, 3 illustrations, 1k, please

I'm sorry but I thought we had an agreement that one illustration was 1000 yen?

Then we'll do without your illustrations, thanks for your hard work

Done

Thanks

-Kinu-chan -Hm?

I'm going to look for job

It's a bit late but I'm going to start job hunting

What about your drawings?

I can still draw while working

And if I become able make a living from it then I can always go back to it

Is this because of my parents?

No, no!

Look

Even Imamura-san wrote a new work after so long

"Ahiru" was interesting wasn't it?

And the waitress from the family restaurant, became PORIN

and she's doing amazing now

I've been thinking I also have to move on the next thing in my life

Am I wrong?

It's not that you're wrong

I just wanted to continue living like this forever

It will still be like this

I'll just have a job

Nothing will change

I mean

if we have no money we can't buy books or see movies

That's true

I'm going to work

Good luck!

Thanks

"Level 2 bookkeeping course"

That summer

even as "Shin Godzilla" premiered in theaters

and volume 8 of "Golden Kamui" was published

and Shinkai Makoto suddenly became the post-Miyazaki Hayao anime film director

and Shibuya PARCO closed up shop

our job hunting continued

It's hard to be normal

I know this is sudden but

are you able to start from the beginning of the year?

Yes

In December

Even as my girlfriend got her level 2 bookkeeping qualification and found a job before me

And the waitress from the family restaurant's hair became pink

And the last episode of "SMAPxSMAP" aired

I continued job hunting on my own

From January she'll start working

I want to get a job before the end of the year

I wish that he can secure a job

But

without any progress the new year began

-Ogata-san please come through -Here is your prescription and patient registration card

If you bring your receipts from last year

we can help with the tax return...

I'll be heading out first

-Thanks for your work today -Thanks for your work today

Thanks for your work today

Hachiya-san you're not one for team activities huh?

I'll go

You'll come?

We're going to go collect business cards in Ginza's Corridor-gai

-Cheers -Cheers

Come on, come on

Good evening

Thank you

-Thank you -Thank you

Drinks on me

What are you having?

Really?

-Then I'll have tequilla -Tequilla

-And you? -Sorry I'm going to go to the bathroom

Hello? Sorry, I just realised

Kinu-chan

Mm? Where are you right now?

I got a job offer

I got a job

Congratulations

Congratulations

Thank you

It's logistics specialising in e-commerce

The company is new but it's going to grow

And the good thing is they said that I'll definitely get off work at 5

-Then you can still draw -Yup

I'm so pleased

With this I can be with you forever

The two years since I met you there's only been fun times

And from now on that's going to continue

The goal of my life is to be with you and keep things just as they are now

-We have to buy a Nintendo Switch huh? -Yeah!

-I'm looking forward to "Zelda" -Right!

We bought a Switch and "Zelda" but

my training period was busier than I anticipated

so I only played as far as Zora's domain

-Yamane-kun we're leaving -Yes

-I'm off -See you later

Thanks for your hard work

He was assigned to the sales department

There were days when he'd finish work after 8

It seems like it can't be helped when you're first starting out

"A Brighter Summer Day" screenings are finishing soon

Can you do Friday?

Friday...

is no good

Well

we can go to the movies any time

-Sorry -It's okay

Ah that's right

-Have you tried the potato? -Yeah

It's so good

-Isn't it? -Delicious

Nana-san

Can I ask you something?

Did you break up with Kaito-san because he had no money?

He hit you?

That's low

But I think Kaito-san was having a hard time too

Because society doesn't acknowledge the work he wants to do so without meaning to...

Mugi-kun is a good guy

Having a matching tattoo with a guy you broke up with is rough

Nana-san said she wanted to see you too

How about next week?

My next assignment is to develop our client base in the Toukai area

Is that right?

They asked me to create a proposal

and recently my network has been increasing

That's great

-Mugi-kun -Was it a play?

Hm?

When is it again?

The one you wanted to see

-You mean "Watashi no Hoshi"? -Yeah

Saturday

My business trip is on Sunday but

My superior is saying he wants to stop by Shizuoka before

Hmm it's okay

It's fine

Then I'm going to tell him no and go to the play

Why?

I said it's fine

It's not really fine though is it?

I mean you've already got the tickets haven't you?

But it's work

I hate that

Work this work that

Obviously I don't like to say those things

Yeah, I know

It's just that our lifestyles don't match

What?

That is

right now is an important time for me

I know

But you're making a face like "again?"

Of course I'm thinking again because it is again

-But what I'm saying is- I said I'd go to the play didn't I?

You said "then"

If you're saying "then" you don't really want to go

What?

You've been saying "then" a lot recently

Don't make that "can't be bothered" face

Then I won't make the "can't be bothered" face

Why do you have to say it like that?

You're going to tell me off for the way I say things again?

I don't want to fight about nothing anymore

Haven't you seen this play before?

Am I wrong?

Is this the one that you always say you want to see performed again?

I'm sorry

This was good, you should take it with you on you business trip

Thanks

Yes, Thanks for your hard work

Saturday? Yes, I'll go

Hold on a second

Just endure it for 5 years

If you work hard for 5 years then it'll get easy

"Nasu no Kagayaki"

"Watashi no Hoshi"

-Thank you -Thank you

Isn't this the best?

I've thought about living in Shizuoka just for the Sawayaka

It is the best

Thanks

Keep up the good work

Ah sorry

"Zelda"?

It's fun just climbing the cliffs

Now I'm fighting Divine Beast Vah Ruta

Do you wanna have a go for a little?

I'm all right for now

Right

-Sorry -Nah

You can play with the volume up

I don't have to play right now

No it's fine

You've been working all day

and now is your time to rest

It's Christmas, let's do some shopping

I want to watch the movie

"Taberu no ga Osoi"

"The Odds of a Successful Life"

That movie was interesting

Yeah

My batch mate said he's getting married

Do you think about that? -Hm?

Like when would be good

You haven't?

I guess I haven't thought about it

I think you should think about it

Mm

Is there anything else you want me to do with you?

like watching another movie or anything?

The light bulb on the veranda

has gone out

You told me that the other day didn't you?

-Sorry, sorry -It's okay

I'll do it

Good night

Good night

I couldn't understand

Bringing up marriage to his girlfriend that he hasn't had sex with for 3 months?

What was he thinking?

I couldn't understand

Until when did she intend to continue living like we were still university students?

Did she not want us to be together forever?

But

If you don't get a little creative with it you won't be able to get in the mood, no?

Creative how?

Using toys or the like

Are you crazy?

I mean you've been dating for 3 years haven't you?

You mean to say that all the couples in the world who've been dating for 3 years are using sex toys?

Kaji-san

-Hello -Hello

Notice of closure We're grateful from the bottom of our hearts for your patronage over 50 long years

Truly thank you - The owners of Bakery Kimura

A driver for Kabura Transport has driven a truck into the ocean in the middle of his delivery

What do you mean?

I don't know

Do you know the driver's name?

Ida, do you know him?

I looked for lost goods with him before

He was the same age as me

We're setting up an office to manage this situation

I think you'll be in charge

Komura come with me

Me?

Bakery Kimura closed

You can shop at the bakery in front of the station

Have you thought about what we discussed the other day?

It's not good, the reports are already coming out

The driver who plunged his truck into Tokyo Bay on a delivery

was arrested in Niigata

Look

Not just our age but also our hometown was the same

I heard that during questioning

he said he didn't want to do a job that just anyone could do

I'm not a labourer

Makes you feel a little envious though doesn't it?

Sometimes you just feel like throwing everything away and running away don't you

I don't feel envious

Living is a responsibility

That's tough

What do you mean "That's tough"?

Sorry

Thanks for your hard work

My life goal is to keep things just as they are with you

Do you still have work to do?

Want a drink?

Is "Golden Kamui" already up to volume 13?

Yeah, it's getting more and more interesting

Wait a moment

What's this?

I'm thinking about changing jobs

It's an event management company

I was talking to an acquaintance about movies and stuff Ilike and he invited me to join

It's dispatch work and my salary will decrease but

I'm already stopping in after work and being taught about the job

What about your clerical job?

Who is your acquaintance?

I already told them I'm going to quit

My acquaintance is the president of that event management company

Wait, wait

You're talking about all these things I've never heard about before

Sorry

Why?

You went to the effort of getting your bookkeeping qualification and finally got that job

How can you throw all that away so easily?

That's true but

After doing it I just felt like I wasn't suited to it after all

Whether you're suited to it or not is not the problem

And why an event management company?

Are you suited to that?

I can make use of my interests

Your interests?

This company

makes escape rooms

using manga as a source

also musical promotion and things like that

It's like play

Yeah

But the company has that kind of policy

"Turn work into play and play into work"

Lame

It is kind of lame

and they drink tequilla everyday too

Work isn't a game

If you enter an irresponsible company like that

what's going to happen when things aren't going so well?

That's a bridge I'll cross when I come to...

You're right

You feel a responsibility for your work

and it's hard on you

It's not particularly hard

It's just work

An old guy at one of our clients screamed at me to go die and spat at me

There are times when I ask myself if I was I born just to bow my head in apology

But it wasn't hard at all

because it's my job

There's something wrong with that man

He's in a powerful position

There's nothing great about him

He might hold a high position but he's a person

who would read Imamura Natsuko's "Picnic"

and not feel anything

-For you to be hurt by a person like that... -Me too

I don't think I would feel anything anymore

I stopped at volume 7 of "Golden Kamui"

and I don't remember the plot of "Houseki no Kuni"

I'm envious of you for still reading them

You should read them then

-You can take a breather sometimes -It won't be a breather

I can't take anything else in

I only have enough motivation to play "Puzzle & Dragons"

But

It's all so that we can have this life

so it's not hard at all

"Making use of your interests"

That kind of thing

will make people think that you're taking life too lightly

We're together because we like each other

so why did it become all about money?

It's because I want to be with you forever

That's the reason why

-I do things I don't want to do… -I don't want to do things I don't want to do

I want to enjoy my life

Then let's get married

Let's get married

I'll put my all into making money

so you can stay at home

You wouldn't have to work or do housework

You can just do what you like everyday

Is that a proposal?

Did you just propose to me?

That wasn't how I thought it would go

Let's forget about it

I'm sorry too

The tea probably got bitter

I think it's just right

What have you been watching lately?

I'm watching "Master of None" now

Ticket number 11

Thank you, have fun!

Congratulations on the opening

Thank you

This looks good on you

-Really? -Yeah

I'm having so much fun

-Really? -Yes

Has Kaji-san made a move on you yet?

No way

Look there are so many pretty girls around him

True

Over 10 thousand followers on instagram

-10 thousand? -Yeah

Amazing

-Just her alone right? -Yeah

How many are there?

She's up!

You're up!

What did I do?

As soon as you drank so much you were wasted

Pestering the president asking him

"What do you think of me?" over and over

until you fell asleep on his lap

No way

Thanks for your hard work

Thank you for today

Thank you

Are you okay?

Yes

Do you want to go get some ramen?

Let's go

See you tomorrow Yes, see you tomorrow.

Funeral Ceremony

My senior died

He drank and fell asleep in the bathtub

and died

When he drank he would always start saying

"Let's all go to the beach"

When the wake finished

we went to eat

the beni shouga ten soba that he liked and went home

I wanted spend the whole night talking about my senior

I'm going to bed now

She went to bed straight away

I played a game by myself

went for a walk

and after crying a little, I got tired and went to bed

The next morning

I got a message from Nana-san

She tried to talk to me but

I'm off

I just didn't care anymore

His senior died

He wasn't a bad person but

as soon as he started drinking he'd start making passes at women

He'd also been violent towards his girlfriend

Of course it was sad that he had passed but

I couldn't be sad in the same way that he was

I didn't like that about myself

I got a message from Nana-san

The next morning

-I tried to open up to him -I'm off

But it was too late

Anyway

it didn't matter anymore

Never again, In mundane words,

Don’t put it away, my heart

I can’t just read the air anymore,

Outsider

I have to change now!

With words of dangerous love

Swaying, your heart

Hey, I want to touch it a little,

Just looking at it is an outsider

I’m starting now

-Morning -Good morning

Sorry can you lower the volume a little please?

In the end we broke up

but I thought there might be a future where we married

You can get used to the things you don't like about someone

and you can get used to the feeling of dislike too

But

If you think of breaking up once

it becomes like a scab you can't help but pick at

Love is raw

and so it has an expiry date

Once that's passed

It becomes a situation like you're aiming for a draw so you're just passing the ball back and forth

Think about it

The loneliness of two people

is much lonelier than the loneliness of one

I don't want you and Kinu-chan to break up but

love in your youth and marriage are two different things

Don't you think you should break up and find another guy?

-Hey -Hi

Thank you

Now I invite the couple to exchange rings

From the groom to the bride

As a proof of your love you may now kiss

I'm thinking about breaking up with Kinu-chan

I'm thinking about breaking up with Mugi-kun

We never talk anymore

We don't even fight

There's just no feelings there anymore

But I don't know how I should break up with him

It's only possible to end things simply saying "Let's breakup"

within the first 6 months of dating

This will be our 5th year together

It's like breaking a phone contract...

You don't know which page to go to cancel the contract

They try to dissuade you from doing it

"I don't want to break up"

"If you break your phone contract now it's going to have a cost"

Anyway today, after this wedding is over

I'm going to break up with him

I'm going to break up with her

But you know

But you know

Because it's the end

At least for this last time

I was thinking I want to smile

I want to smile

while saying good bye

I want to tell her to be happy

Thank you everyone

-Congrats -Congrats

Congrats

People who are coming for a second round, this way

Have you ever been on a ferris wheel?

Haven't you?

Never

After 4 years there are still things we don't know about each other

You want to ride it?

Do you want to?

It's the kind that you can choose

The kind with Omi beef and such

Shouldn't you be looking outside?

Do you like night views?

They're okay

I don't really look at it and think "Wow beautiful"

No,” You're the type to look at a mummy and go "Wow it's beautiful"

Hey! You enjoyed the exhibition too

At that time, you know...

It was our first date, after all

Internally I was put off

Well the gas tank movie made me really sleepy

More than just feeling sleepy you actually fell asleep

I did didn't I

-I slept for a long time -You slept for a long time

STAY, now too dyed

Muddy words, so long

I want to see you already I want to see you

I can’t control it, how about you?

I want to change the future anyway

I can’t hold my hands and my hands are frustrating

Trying to shorten the distance without giving up

I’ll do my best to see it

-Who are you? -Who are you?

-What do you mean? -Someone tell me

Shall we go home?

I guess so

Before we go home

Yes

Before we go home

Let's go somewhere

Should we stop by there?

Yes

Here are your seats

Well…

It's okay, you can look

You're laughing so hard

Because it was fun

You are too

How many years ago was that?

Three?

Has it already been three years since then?

This was so long ago too

We were so young

Yeah

We had fun didn't we?

Yes

Well, should we...

have a talk?

Let's talk

-It doesn't have to be today -I think today is good

Right now?

I think right now is good

We've had a good day

4 years huh?

4 fun years

Um...

Well, um...

Until today

Yeah

We've been together for a long time

And we've been through a lot of different things

We have but

I... at the very least I...

everything up to today...

There was one more photo

Mugi-kun

Thank you

Well

I guess that sums it up

I'll only remember the good times

and treasure them

So you too

Okay?

As for the apartment, I'll leave

I couldn't pay for that place with my wage

If you stay there or not is up to you

You can do as you please

I want to take Baron with me but

I'm sure you want to keep him too

Let's talk about it later

Baron probably has his own opinion too

Yeah

And what else?

Furniture and utility bills?

But

Really thank you so much for these 4 years

Kinu-chan

I don't want to break up

I don't think we have to break up

Let's get married?

Let's get married

and then keep living together like this

We'll be okay

You only feel that way now because we had a good time today

Things will go back to how they were

I don't have a problem with that

All the married couples in the world are like that

Even though the feeling of being in love has faded

there are people who married

and stayed together right?

Even after the feelings change

there are people who close their eyes to things they don't like

and continue to live together aren't there?

-Me and you... -Are you lowering your standards again?

You lower your standards

and live your life thinking I guess this is just the way things are

Are you okay with that?

I am

It's just not possible to maintain exactly the same feelings forever

If that's what you're looking for you'll never be happy

When we fought all the time

because our feelings of love were getting in the way right?

If we become family now

Me and you, I believe we'll be good together

We can have kids

They'll call me papa

They'll call you mama

I can see it

Let's walk along the Tamagawa river,

the three or four of us holding hands

Let's put them in the stroller and go to Takashimaya

Let's buy a people-mover

and go camping and to Disneyland

Let's take the time and spend a long life together

The couple who've been through a lot

but now they've become a couple who get along well

An existence like oxygen to each other

Let's become a married couple like that

Let's get married

Let's be happy together

You might be right

Yeah

If we got married

If we became a family

Yeah

This way please

Here

-All-you-can-drink please -Me too

All-you-can-drink for two okay

Which seat would you like Hada-san?

Which seat would you like Mizuno-san?

Then you can sit there

And you can sit there

Okay

I was surprised

Me too

I didn't expect to see you there

Do you often go to Hitsujibungaku's shows?

It's my second time

Who else do you listen to?

Hasegawa Hakushi-san

and lately Sakiyama Soushi-san

Sakiyama Soushi-san?

I saw him at Baycamp festival

You went?

He was so good

I had a ticket but I got the flu

Then if you had gone to Baycamp we might have met there

Yes

But I'm glad we met today

because I forgot to ask for your LINE contact last time

I also regretted it

But

Last time we weren't able to have a lively conversation like this

It was pretty awkward

It was wasn't it?

But after that I

I kept wondering about what you'd be doing

Really?

The whole time

I also

had thoughts like I wonder what Mizuno-san is doing right now

Well actually all the time

We were able to meet again though

Yes

What are you reading now?

What about you?

1, 2

Oh I wanted to read this

I wanted to read this too

Shall we go to the drink station?

What are you reading?

And you?

-Here you go -Thank you

And that's how we

broke up

At times like this

there's something I always remember

Yeah

In the 2014 World Cup

did you know Brazil lost after Germany scored 7 goals?

Yeah

I always think my situation still isn't as bad as Brazil's

Do you know the interview that Brazil's captain Julio Cesar's gave after their loss?

No?

After their historic loss Julio Cesar said this

"Our path to get here was beautiful

We were just one step short"

But

she didn't find a new place straight away

so we lived together for another 3 months

We still ate together some days

and sometimes we even saw a movie together

-I can tell you this now -Yeah?

Actually after that day

I've eaten a hamburger patty at Sawayaka without you

Me too

What?

Here's us drinking bubble tea together

but it's after we've already broken up

-Honestly -Yeah?

You cheated on me at least once right?

Cheat?

-Did you? -You didn't?

Not at all

Hm...

Huh?

Paper, scissors, rock

Why did you play paper?

Because I'm an adult

Baron

-I got the cat -You're not happy with that result are you?

1, 2

It's cold

Thank you

-Sorry for the wait -Let's go

You wanted to buy something didn't you?

I want to get some shoes

Let's buy some

Let's go have a look

-This way isn't it? -What should I buy?

Yeah, this way

What kind of shoes should I get?

-I'll choose for you -Really?

I want some good leather ones

Today

I ran into my ex-boyfriend

Those were probably the earphones I gave him

We listened to SMAP's "Taisetsu" together

If SMAP didn't disband

then I wonder if we might not have broken up either

I had stupid thoughts like that

Today I ran into my ex-girlfriend

When the band Kinokoteikoku went on hiatus

and when "Ikina Yoru Denpa" radio program ended

or when Imamura Natsuko won the Akutagawa Literary Prize

I wonder what she thought

What did she think when she saw the news that the Tamagawa river flooded?

When I went to his place for the first time

He dried my hair for me

It was raining then too

The yakionigiri was delicious

I wonder how the couple who owned the bakery in our neighbourhood are doing these days

I wonder if they were able to buy toilet paper?

I was sure there was a bakery that we used to frequent together

I wanted to eat that yakisoba bread again

So I tried looking it up

Hm?

6 years later

I witnessed a second miracle

Baron

Look at this

Amazing