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Ready…

-Whoa… -There it is.

His perfect streak continues.

The wet spots are getting bigger and bigger.

How can you wet the bed every single day?

I'm sorry.

It's really tough to wash this, you know?

Relax, Zen. Akira will get laundry duty today for sure.

You've never been assigned a chore, have you?

-Ready… -There!

Yes! I get a break!

-Cleaning, huh? Oh well. -I get cooking?

-Which means… -Laundry.

It's Akira's first chore assignment.

To think laundry is his first one.

Oh man, laundry is really tough.

Don't worry. I'll teach you.

Man,

you really left a huge stain on here. Come on, stuff them in.

Taro always has so much laundry.

This much?

No, squeeze them in more.

We want to wash everything in one batch.

Next is this.

Are you ready?

Read the directions carefully.

Will he get it? There he goes.

He knows what to do.

What will he do now?

Here it comes!

Wait there!

Normally, people use one scoop, but we use one third.

Okay.

You got that?

Yeah.

Who will get the magical cigarette?

Ready…

-Who got it? -Not me.

-I didn't. -Who got it?

-Did you? No? -No.

I haven't checked yet.

I got it!

What? Akira got it? Seriously?

We're counting on you, Akira. Cast a spell that

will make us happy, okay?

That's right.

I don't know why I was forced to do 200 push-ups.

Hey, Akira.

What kind of spell will you cast?

What will he say?

I wonder what it'll be.

-What do you think? -I wonder.

Kids are unpredictable.

This spell will make you

want to tell us your phone number.

Oh!

This spell will make you

want to tell us your phone number.

Tell us your phone number.

You made him say that.

Excuse me?

Why would we do that to such an innocent child?

Really?

How suspicious.

How suspicious.

-Why are you here, Harry? -What are you doing?

How suspicious.

He's drunk.

-Hey. -Listen.

-What? -Could it be that

you are in need of another person?

-We have enough people. -It's an even number of people.

-Yeah, but… -He's so stubborn.

One of you is just a child.

Don't feel bad about asking me

-to join you. -We don't.

This spell will make the old man want to go home.

The old man will want to go home.

Everyone, together!

The old man will want to go home.

Fine.

This old man

will want to sit right there.

Hey!

What are you saying?

What?

-What are you doing? -All right!

Switch seats!

I can't believe Taro is getting worked up over a mixer.

More than that, I can't believe they are including Akira in their mixer.

Let's start over.

Let's toast again.

-Shall we? -You ready?

Look at him drooling over them.

Cheers!

I wish they'd stop teaching Akira such unnecessary things.

Akira is a gentleman. I mean,

look at that sophisticated outfit.

We will spin this, and when it stops,

the person it's pointing at

-will kiss whoever spun it. -Yay!

Zen and Ken's stupidity will rub off on him.

But Akira is having fun.

That's true.

On the face.

When he's fooling around with them,

he can forget about his parents and his loneliness.

Well, I guess so, but…

-His ear. -His ear.

-This is great. -Please!

There!

What will happen?

Yes!

That's great!

ZEN, TARO, KEN, AKIRA CLEANING, COOKING, LAUNDRY, BREAK

Jeez!

Why do I have to wash

your pee-stained sheets?

They still stink.

I'll help you.

I don't need handouts from a child, you fool.

I'd be everyone's laughingstock.

There.

It stopped.

Huh?

Damn this old washing machine!

Come on! Damn it!

Jeez!

It's stuck in there.

-Can you help me, please? -Yes.

I'm sorry, this is stuck in there.

It's the bottom.

-The bottom. -The bottom is stuck?

Unbelievable!

You asked a random sumo wrestler

on the street

to slap your face with his palm?

That's cheating. Cheating, I say.

It was just a slap.

I like sumo wrestlers.

You looked

so happy when he did it.

You've never looked

that happy around me. That's cheating.

What do you think?

Hey, what do you think?

No fighting.

You should eat that before it melts.

-Okay! -Okay!

I'm sorry.

It stopped again.

Akira, try kicking it.

If that doesn't work, try hitting it.

Oh!

All right! I made 7 million yen today.

Look, look.

-See? -Taro.

Hurry up and plan another mixer.

That's fine and all, but during mixers--

-Not too loud. -You come on too strong.

-No way! -You're too obvious.

Zen is worse.

I won it!

I won the shopping district's raffle!

I got the freshly caught crab hot pot set!

Crab? Are you serious, Zen?

I'm dead serious!

Crab hot pot!

Look!

Thank you.

It's hot.

Delicious!

-Delicious. -The crab paste is so good.

-It's delicious. -Akira,

eat up, okay?

Why are you using this? Don't be fancy.

Just bite into it. Here.

It's so delicious.

Why is the teacher here?

Like I said,

Akira told me, "We're eating crab, so come over."

You should've invited someone else.

Why is she here?

Who cares? This isn't school,

so she's not a teacher right now. She's Nozomi. Right?

Don't call me "teacher".

Crab and beer

are a match made in heaven.

Okay, let's all go get drinks.

They'll be on me!

All right!

Let's drink until the morning!

Who will drink with us

until the morning?

EAT LOTS OF CRAB

I'm going home!

I have to go to school tomorrow.

What's with this uptight teacher?

Akira can't go either.

Why? Akira is going to stay up all night with us too.

No way.

Akira has school too.

So what?

It can't be helped!

-All right, Zen. -Ouch.

You and Akira are staying home.

-Your elbow hurts. -Staying home!

-Ken! What are you saying? -Let's go.

Zen,

look after Akira.

What's with that?

We're counting on you.

What the heck!

Look after him.

Anyway, I'm going home.

-Yeah, go home. -Zen!

-Why don't you take Nozomi home? -Huh?

It's dangerous for a girl

to walk alone at night.

Take care of her, okay?

-Let's go drinking. -Hey.

Zen, you're such a gentleman!

We leave Nozomi

in your care.

-Hanako. -Bye!

-Hanako! -I'll take her home.

Wait up!

-Let's go. -Zen!

Damn it.

Akira! Let me go!

Akira!

You!

Good! There it goes!

Yes! We got it!

Okay, take it out.

How many have you caught already? Wow!

-One, two… -Why can't we

just go straight home?

He's getting real-world experience.

-Okay, what next? -Next…

Let's do that!

Jeez!

You can do it. Yes!

You suck!

Hurry and shoot. Hide! You'll get shot!

DON'T SHOOT POLICE OR CIVILIANS

Okay, shoot.

-Shoot! Shoot! -Shoot!

Here…

-Hide! -Hurry!

Hide!

-Hide! -Hide!

Why isn't it shooting?

Come on!

Good, good.

All right! With this much stuff, you'll be so popular at school.

That's really the one and only thing you are good at.

All you do is complain.

Can't you say something nice for once? Right, Akira?

What?

You need to pee again?

Yeah.

We have no choice. Just pee out here.

In public?

Don't be embarrassed just because there's a girl here.

Do your business over there. We'll wait over here.

Mom?

Mom!

What's taking so long?

Akira! Akira!

I'll wait here.

Huh?

Where did he go?

Hey!

Akira!

Jeez…

Akira!

Hey!

Akira? Hey!

Akira!

You're not Mom.

Akira!

Good thing you weren't hurt that bad.

They said you can still go to school.

-All set. -Mom…

Jeez…

You'd better be more careful.

Why would your mom be there in the first place?

You're such a fool,

just like Zen.

Well, she looked like Mom!

She was wearing a white coat!

All right! I'll go back there and look for her.

-There's no point. She wasn't his mom. -Yeah, but…

Like I said,

why would someone who is running away

from debt collectors be there?

-Ken! -Huh?

Oh…

Cheer up, Akira.

If you can't cheer up, I won't let you use your name anymore.

Here, take these

and brag to the kids at school.

I don't want that!

Thank you very much.

How about we meet up again sometime this weekend?

Of course. I will be waiting for your call.

See you then.

Hyuga!

What's the matter?

I went to Maeda's shop, but it was closed.

Did you need something?

I heard that kid

ran after his mother and got hurt.

Well, it wasn't his mother.

He mistook another person for her.

And his injuries were minor.

But…

he's isolated himself.

He just says, "I want my mom."

And doesn't say much other than that anymore.

I see.

Yeah.

Is something the matter?

Akira, lunch is ready.

Akira, does it still hurt?

You haven't eaten anything today.

Akira.

Don't just sleep all day. Eat up!

Well, you can eat it later.

Okay?

The frog came and asked,

"What's wrong, Toad?

You look sad." Toad replied,

"Yes, I am.

It is the sad time of day right now.

In other words, this is when I wait for my letter.

When this…"

Nozomi.

Nozomi.

Yamada.

PTA meeting?

We meet up regularly every month.

You might have a lot going on right now,

but please make sure that one of you attends.

Okay. I'll tell Zen to go.

Thank you very much.

What's wrong?

I wonder if…

Akira will come to school tomorrow?

I don't know about that.

His injuries weren't that serious,

so why can't he come to school?

It's partly my fault too, isn't it?

This happened because he walked me home.

It's not your fault.

But what if Akira continues

to shut himself off from the world?

NOTICE FOR 1ST GRADE PTA MEETING

I'm home.

According to this fortune,

Akira and Zen aren't

compatible at all.

Akira is currently going through

his rebellious phase. Right, Zen?

What can we possibly do,

Taro?

Don't ask me.

"Don't ask me," he said. The rice is hard.

NOTICE FOR 1ST GRADE PTA MEETING

Take off your pants.

Hello?

It's me, Hyuga.

Hello.

This is Maeda. How can I help you?

I'll cut to the chase.

One of my former classmates is a psychiatrist.

Do you want the kid to see a doctor?

A psychiatrist?

Akira, let's go out together.

Someone wants to meet you

and talk to you.

You don't have to speak to me, so let's go see this person.

SHIBUYA CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER

-Here you go. -Thank you.

HARAJUKU TSUGUMI ACADEMY

LEAVING THE ACADEMY

MAP OF FACILITY

ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Akira still won't speak to you?

That's right.

And he was just starting to open up to everyone.

It's not just Akira.

Zen is also feeling down,

so it's so gloomy at home.

-Even Zen? -Yup.

Here you go.

Thank you. Put this on our tab.

Again?

That's surprising.

I know, right?

I don't know what to do, really.

Akira is just on the edge the whole time.

You mean, "on edge".

Yeah, that's another way to put it.

But I'm trying to give him space. You know?

-What's Taro saying? -He's useless.

He was like, "Don't ask me."

He doesn't care.

Totally useless. This is delicious.

Hello?

What's wrong, Yamada?

Well, it's about Akira…

The PTA meeting is starting soon.

Huh? PTA?

Meeting? No, not about that.

If Maeda can't come,

please attend in his place.

You have to come, okay? See you there.

Hello?

Are you serious?

Wait here, okay?

He's talking to the doctor right now.

Um, how is Akira?

He was finally getting used

to his new life, but now he is

more silent than when we first met.

Most likely, he has been

subconsciously suppressing the shock that he felt

when his parents abandoned him.

And I believe those feelings resurfaced

when he saw someone

who resembled his mother.

What do you mean, "suppressed"?

Akira seems

to have nocturnal enuresis.

Nocturnal enuresis?

Bedwetting.

It's an issue, right?

Yes.

Is that related somehow?

A cold is going around right now,

so please make sure

to keep an eye on your child's health.

All right then.

I look forward to working with you all this year too.

Thank you.

Well then…

Now let's move on and appoint representatives

for different duties this semester.

Oh, hello, Mr. Yamada. Have a seat

over there.

-No, no. -It's okay.

Good to see you, Mr. Yamada.

We were just about

to appoint representatives.

Well then, let's start

with the class representative.

Through my counseling session

with Akira, I found out

that he did not wet his bed

when he was living with his parents.

Really?

It's a sudden onset of nocturnal enuresis.

In Akira's case, it might be that

stress is causing

his mental state to be unstable.

An unstable mental state?

Has it been that way ever since he came to our house?

Um, does that mean Akira

is pretending to be happy?

That's not true.

It's just that subconsciously,

he may be feeling anxiety and fear

due to the disappearance of his parents.

There's a possibility

that his bedwetting is a result of that.

Next up,

let's put someone in charge of communication.

That's right… Mr. Yamada.

Well, you are

a new addition to the PTA after all.

Let's have Mr. Yamada be in charge.

Mr. Kuwabara,

who is Mr. Yamada?

He is the guardian of Akira Igarashi, who transferred here recently.

Mr. Yamada will be the perfect choice, don't you think?

As the communication rep,

you'll get the chance to communicate with other parents.

Excuse me.

What is this "communication rep"?

In the event of an emergency--

That's not possible.

I have work,

so I'm not at home all of the time.

I was barely able to set aside time

to come here today.

I see. It's not possible, huh?

How about another duty?

That's not possible.

Excuse me, but what do you mean when you say,

"it's not possible"?

You need to take

your responsibility as a parent more seriously.

Parent?

Well, I'm not his parent.

I'm just living with him.

That's right.

Igarashi's household

is a bit complicated.

Igarashi was abandoned by his parents,

so you took him in even though you're

complete strangers, right?

Well, um…

You don't have to bring that up here.

I'm not saying that it's a bad thing.

All I'm saying is that if he is

going to live with him,

he should at least act like

a responsible parent.

I heard Igarashi was injured.

Injured?

Thank you for coming all the way here.

I happened to be free.

I'm guessing

she said something harsh?

I didn't notice that Akira had an unstable mental state.

I see.

If you want him to come here regularly,

I can make it work.

Think about it and call me.

Okay.

I didn't refer this place to you

to make you feel bad.

No, um…

President Katayama,

you promised to keep Akira's incident a secret.

What is this about, Mr. Kuwabara?

How bad are his injuries?

No need to worry.

It's not bad enough to make the headlines.

What's more important

is the situation in which he got himself injured.

My guess is that they took Igarashi with them

as they partied at night,

and he got injured during that time.

Don't glare at me.

I can see why

you were a troublemaker in Harajuku.

Troublemaker?

My husband was Mr. Yamada's classmate.

I heard he used to be quite the delinquent.

About Igarashi's injuries,

we will--

It's not just Mr. Yamada. The other two

were supposedly delinquents too.

My husband said he was once mugged

by Mr. Otsubo.

I don't know how I feel

about people like that taking in a child and trying to look good.

One second!

There is a misunderstanding.

Igarashi

was not injured because of Mr. Yamada,

Mr. Otsubo, or Mr. Maeda's negligence.

Then what is the reason?

That is…

How many days has it been since you were

-assigned to this school, Ms. Sakaki? -Huh?

Ms. Sakaki is a parental leave sub.

You are a parental leave sub with close

to zero hands-on experience, right?

Will you please stay quiet?

You're just a newbie.

Don't act like you know what you're doing.

I've had enough of all this yapping.

Hey, old man,

you told her to stay quiet because she's a newbie?

Whether she's a newbie or not,

she still cares about her students.

Mr. Yamada…

Mr. Yamada, that's enough.

Yeah, we were delinquents.

We didn't go to good schools.

We have debts.

We don't act our age, and we do stupid things.

But you know,

we've never tried to look good to people.

We're not living with Akira just to look good!

We are

thinking seriously about Akira.

We won't cause you trouble.

An unstable mental state, huh?

He must have really missed his mom.

I'm thinking about searching for his parents.

But how will you search for them?

Putting up posters, posting ads in the newspaper, and stuff…

Oh, and going on a TV show.

You idiot.

How will you get on TV?

There's no way you'll find them.

Don't you have any better ideas?

I don't. That's the problem!

Taro!

Don't just stay quiet. Why don't you pitch in too?

You're a tiny bit smarter than us.

Taro!

I'm thinking.

Oh, yeah? Okay then.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Damn it…

I don't know.

What are you talking about?

That's a puzzle!

We're talking about Akira right now!

Taro!

Taro.

Akira.

We need to talk.

Come out.

Do you plan on staying like this?

Come here.

Sit there.

No matter how much you sulk,

we're not going to search

for your mom and bring her to you.

Hey.

Listen, Akira,

your parents

didn't try to leave you

with a relative because they hated you.

You know that, right?

Really, they want to live with you.

But

if you all live together now,

it will be a hard life for you.

That's why you're separated.

It will only be

tough on your mom

if we find her now.

We just have to wait

until your mom can come

to pick you up.

Right, Zen?

That might be true…

-But-- -That's right.

I don't want you to look for Mom.

What do you mean?

I wanted to tell her that I'm doing fine.

I'm doing fine,

so I can wait.

I just wanted to tell Mom that.

Akira…

You heard him, Zen.

He knows everything, huh?

Not that it makes it any easier though.

It's a sad situation.

What will you do?

I don't want to be in a house

that's this gloomy.

Come on! Wake up, everyone!

Akira!

Get dressed!

Come on! Change your pee-stained underwear!

It's morning!

-Wake up, Ken! -All right.

-Taro! -That's the answer.

Wake up!

It's done.

Taro!

Ken!

HARAJUKU TSUGUMI ACADEMY

Hey!

Those are free to take?

They're all yours.

Okay. Thanks!

Up we go.

All right!

This, this! This is great.

Okay.

Let's go.

Be more careful!

I did it.

Come on!

Ouch!

Ow!

-I hit my finger. -Don't be a baby.

-I'm not! -Such a baby.

Like this?

That's great!

-Looks good. -Yeah?

-Yay! -Hey!

-That's weird. -What about it?

Look at Taro's. Seriously…

This is nice. It has personality.

-Redo this one. -This is fine.

-Do you want to try too? -Yeah.

Don't worry about the paint.

You're such a rich kid.

Is this fun, Akira?

-Yeah! -Good!

All right.

Good.

Delicious!

-This is so good. -So good.

It's so good.

Roasted sweet potatoes in the winter are the best!

-Yeah! -It's so hot.

Okay, Akira.

Write something there.

Write what?

Anything. Write whatever you want.

Okay.

Akira, make it big.

Yeah.

Don't be afraid to paint outside the border.

Okay.

-Hang on. -Just a little more.

-It's heavy! -Around here?

-Here is good. -Here?

-Watch out. -Okay, let it down.

-Good. -Okay.

All right. Taro, lift it.

Up we go.

There we go. Akira, hold this down.

Don't drop it. Taro!

Okay.

Good, good.

Ken, a little lower on that side.

-Lower? -A little.

-Taro, lift it a little. -Up?

-Never mind! The opposite way. -Opposite?

-Opposite? -Pull the right side.

-Pull it! -The right?

-I can't! -Taro is getting pulled in.

-Okay. -There, there! Stop!

That's it! That's good. This is perfect.

Let's take a look.

What do you think?

Looks good.

DAD, MOM, I AM DOING FINE

I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU FOREVER AND EVER

AKIRA

We did it!

We sure did!

How did it get on here?

I don't know.

Whatever, I can't get it off.

Oh, here she is! Thanks for coming.

What happened to your face?

It's nothing.

He said he wanted to apologize for missing school.

Go on, apologize. There.

I'm sorry for worrying you.

I'm happy

as long as you can come to school again tomorrow.

From tomorrow, don't go easy on him.

-Okay. -Thank you very much.

Let's wipe your face.

You really got it dirty.

Hey,

did you hear about the PTA?

PTA? What's that?

I knew it. He didn't tell you.

What?

We had a PTA meeting at school yesterday,

and Yamada attended.

Taro went to a PTA meeting?

Yes.

But the president of the PTA was so nasty.

He kept talking badly about you guys.

About us?

He was so mean, saying that you guys aren't qualified

to take care of Akira.

But then Yamada

lost it and yelled at him.

Huh?

"We're not living with Akira just to look good!"

Like that.

I've never seen Yamada like that before.

Taro said that, huh?

That's so unlike Taro Yamada.

But he looked really cool.

What?

Don't tell me you fell in love with Taro?

What are you saying?

She did!

All right, then I'll act as Cupid for you.

I said, it's not like that.

The one I like is…

You like someone?

Akira, she has someone she likes!

Who? Who?

-Who? -Oh, Akira…

-Who? Who? -Who cares!

-I know! -Huh?

Who is it?

The head teacher.

No.

-Who is it? -I know! Harry!

Ready…

There's no mark.

-Seriously? -Finally, he broke his streak!

You did it, Akira!

Yay! Yay!

Yay! Yay!

-Ready… -There.

Yes! I get a break!

Laundry…

Can you handle that?

Leave it to me.

This would look good on Akira.

-What about this? Taro, what about this? -Yeah.

-See? -That looks good.

-Doesn't that look good? -This looks good.

The girls will love this.

Either one of these will match that.

-That's a hard choice. -Akira, which one?

-Which one? -This one.

-This one, huh? -Nice!

-Akira, you have a good eye. -Good one.

-This looks better on you. -3,560 yen.

Thank you!

-Nobu! -Yes!

There's an extra zero on the tag.

What are you saying? This is velour.

But it's just a hand-me-down.

No, it's secondhand!

Akira, what does the price tag say?

SPECIAL

-356 yen. -What?

Right, Akira?

-This is crazy. -Right?

-You're right. -Don't be stingy.

-I'm not being stingy. -After all, we did for you.

That has nothing to do with this.

You can do this for us, right?

-Please don't do this. -Akira, look at these jeans.

-I want this too. -You want this?

How much is this?

This is…

-Read it carefully. -Here, read this.

245 yen.

-What's with this kid? -Yes!

PER GRAMME MARKET

Hands in your pockets, Akira.

That's right! Looking cool, Akira!

All the girls will fall

for you at today's mixer!

Yeah!

All right, let's play the kissing game again!

Sure.

What's with that?

Let's go!

Subtitle translation by: Kiko Morita