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Please!

I want him to meet Akira just once before he gets apprehended.

-Please! -Please!

I'll give you 30 minutes.

Dad!

-Akira! -Dad!

What are you doing! Hey!

Kotaro Igarashi, you're under arrest for breach of trust.

Stop!

Dad!

-Akira! -Dad!

-Wait! Dad! -Akira…

Dad! Wait!

Dad!

They took Dad away!

Wait!

Wait!

I'm home.

I bought this at the convenience store.

"President of Igarashi Resort Development

arrested for breach of trust."

ARRESTED

Damn that Hyuga!

He betrayed us again!

He didn't have to arrest him in front of Akira.

Seriously! That jerk.

But you know,

there was probably a reason.

Huh?

I can't forgive him for hurting Akira,

but there must have been

some kind of reason.

What are you thinking?

After all this, you still want to believe him?

Think about it.

He betrayed us twice already.

I know!

I know, but…

I don't want to lose all faith in him.

Hey, Zen…

KOTARO IGARASHI

Good morning, Akira.

What's going to happen to Dad?

Listen, Akira,

your dad

did something bad,

so he has to show that he's sorry for what he did.

You can't live with him yet,

but your dad will show that he's sorry

and come back for you one day.

He will become a really amazing dad,

even more than before,

and come back for you.

So let's wait for him until then.

The kids at school

might say things to you.

Can you still go to school?

If you don't

want to go today, you can stay home.

You decide.

What will you do, Akira?

I'll go to school.

All right. That's our Akira.

Yeah.

Good morning, Akira.

Good morning, Igarashi.

Good morning.

Akira! Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning, Akira.

Good morning!

-Let's play soccer together, Akira. -Yeah!

I'm glad Igarashi seems to be doing well.

He has good friends.

-Take care of him for me. -Okay.

Oh!

A message from Taro Yamada.

He wants to meet this evening.

-Huh? -Good for you.

Was that the first time

someone asked you out?

Have you heard about everything?

Oh, man…

It's really rare for Taro

to fall for someone this seriously. You're lucky.

I guess so! He is a gentleman, unlike you.

You're so unlikable, as usual.

Bye. Take care of Akira.

Three peace, everyone!

No reaction.

Here. I saw this

when I passed by that store over there.

I thought it would look good on you.

I can't accept that.

It's fine. It's all yours.

-Open it. -But…

I know it'll look good on you.

Give me your hand.

Um… But…

There.

See? It does look good on you.

Thank you very much.

Tomorrow,

I'll go see the lawyer.

The lawyer?

Are you changing careers

to prepare for marriage?

You mean Akira's father's lawyer?

-Akira's father has a lawyer, right? -Yeah.

That lawyer is able to speak with Akira's father.

So what are you going to see his lawyer for?

What I'm saying is that lawyer

might know something about the mother.

I wonder if Mom is okay.

Don't worry.

We might be able to find out where your mom is.

-Really? -Yeah.

I'll meet the lawyer

and ask about your mom.

Okay.

All right! Then I'll do what I can

to collect information on your mom.

How?

I'll do whatever I can, like drawing a sketch of her

and passing it out.

It's better than nothing.

Will I be able to see Mom?

Of course!

Akira. I'm sure you'll be able to.

We will find your mom no matter what.

Do her eyes look something like this?

That looks like her.

As expected from Mr. Kuwabara.

We should make copies

and pass them out.

You're surprisingly good.

Great job, Kuwabara.

I feel very inspired!

What's her body like?

-We only need her face. -Of course.

That's not it.

Huh?

Completely different.

Wait a second.

The jaw is…

What did the lawyer say?

They met his father already, right?

Twenty, forty,

eight…

Six…

Akira's father

is going to divorce his mother as soon as they find her.

Divorce?

Why?

He wants to keep her out of this mess.

Where is she?

The thing is,

they went separate ways halfway through,

so he doesn't know where she is now.

I see.

Twenty-eight.

Very good. Okay, now--

Oh!

I have a great idea, Akira!

What is it all of a sudden?

Let's all do a Search for Akira's Mom Tour!

-What is that? -Every week, we will travel

all over Japan looking for Akira's mom.

What do you think? Akira,

let's search for Mom together.

-Okay. -I'll go too!

I'll go too!

Hanako and I were just thinking of going on a trip. Right?

Akira, just for you--

You two will hold down the fort.

-What! -What!

All right.

-What are you going to do? -Huh?

About the Hustling Snow Country Tour.

Snow country, right? Hakone sounds nice!

That's just what you want.

Then let's go somewhere Taro and the teacher

can ignite the flames of love.

That's a good idea.

Excuse me. Can you stop

meddling in our love?

He called it "love".

Maybe they're already

-getting more than enough action. -Hey…

What do you want?

I have a few questions for that child.

Go away.

We are searching for his mother,

Misa Igarashi.

The one you guys were after

was Akira's father.

Why are you after his mother too?

His mother is a person of interest.

-Even so, it has nothing to do with Akira. -No.

He may be holding a clue.

Even if he was, he wouldn't tell you.

Akira.

Will you answer my questions?

Akira, you don't have to say anything.

Do you remember the places you went with your mom?

Were there any memorable places?

Places you went on vacation perhaps?

He's scared. Leave!

You don't have to speak.

Hakone.

Hakone?

Before I came here,

I went there with Dad and Mom.

Akira…

This was the day your wife died?

What do you want?

You want to talk, right?

Your subordinate came to our house this morning.

He said he's looking for Akira's mother.

Will you stop putting Akira through pain?

I'm just

doing my job.

There is a reason, isn't there?

There is a reason why you did that in front of Akira.

I heard from Yu.

You've always prioritized work and never cared for your family.

Your daughter went off the rails, and you didn't stop her.

Your wife had enough of that

and took your daughter and left you.

After you divorced,

your wife got sick, but you never visited her.

All you did was work.

Even after your wife died,

you didn't go to her funeral.

And you've never seen your daughter since.

Deep down, you regret it, don't you?

That you didn't care for your family.

That's why you visit her grave, like this.

You weren't this kind of cold person.

When I was doing stupid stuff as a kid,

you took care of me. You weren't

this kind of cold person.

What made you change like this?

I haven't changed.

I don't remember changing at all.

You guys were just

misunderstanding me, I guess.

So

Zen took Akira and went off somewhere?

Yes, during class!

I was worried, so I came here.

But they're not back yet, huh?

Where did they go?

He was saying he's going to check all the ryokan in Hakone.

He's so stupid.

Oh, that's right. I'll make you tea.

Orange pekoe with strawberry jam…

He's such a simpleton.

His brain is smaller than a flea's. He acts so rashly.

He suddenly barged into the classroom, took Akira, and zoomed off.

On top of that,

he's all, "Don't mind us. Continue class. Three peace!"

There is no "peace" thanks to what you did!

What is he even thinking?

Poor little Akira is being dragged

all over the place by him.

-Thank you very much. -Thank you very much.

Someone named Misa Igarashi. Yes.

Okay. Thank you.

Nobody saw her here either.

Excuse me.

We are closing now.

Um, I'd like an extension.

Please tell Maeda

to never do something like that again, even if it's for Akira.

He always drags everyone into his plans. I wish he would think

about the people he's affecting. Don't you agree?

Yeah.

Now that I talked to you about it,

I feel so much better.

I see.

Thank you for walking me this far.

I'll walk you home.

No, uh…

It's really all right.

I see.

Goodbye.

I see.

Sorry. Thank you very much.

Not that place either.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry. Just one more.

I'm sorry.

I…

can't go out with you, Yamada.

I'm sorry.

I see.

Okay.

I'll give up.

A man must know when to back down.

I can't see myself winning against Zen anyway.

-Yamada. -You like him, right?

Zen.

How did you know?

Anyone could tell by the way you act.

No way!

Even Akira can tell.

That was the last one.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Let's go to Hakone tomorrow.

Your mom might've been checking in under another name.

So let's go to Hakone tomorrow

and check each place.

That's a plan. Let's go.

I'm sorry.

-It was a lie. -A lie?

I didn't want the policemen

to catch Mom.

So I lied.

I'm sorry.

Akira…

-What do you like about Zen? -Huh?

I don't really know myself.

Why did I fall for a guy like him?

I'm sorry.

That's how it is for everybody.

Me too.

It's not like

you're outstandingly beautiful or anything.

You're like a six out of ten.

You don't have sex appeal,

and you're not stylish.

You lose your temper easily, and you're clumsy.

You don't have anything going for you

like cooking skills or anything.

You don't have to be so harsh.

But…

I feel at ease when I'm with you.

When I'm with you,

I have fun.

That is

why I fell in love with you.

That is reason enough

to like someone.

Nozomi, sit here.

When you're with Zen,

you have lots of fun, right?

Even if you fight every day,

you have fun thinking back on it later.

That is why you fell in love with Zen.

It can't be helped that you dumped me.

I made my move too late.

So let's not say "sorry"

to each other anymore.

Okay?

Yamada…

I'm sorry…

Thank you.

-Ken! -What happened? Are you fighting again?

It's Yosuke! Yosuke is coming back to Tokyo.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

Akira lied about going to Hakone.

It was obviously a lie.

-Huh? -He just said that

because you mentioned going to Hakone.

-Is that true? -Yeah.

I'm sure the police

aren't searching Hakone either.

I see. Well, I guess they weren't

in a situation where they could go on a trip.

But we did go on a trip.

I didn't lie about the trip.

Where did you go?

Kamakura.

You really went to Kamakura?

We used to go a lot.

All right! Let's go to Kamakura tomorrow.

Ken, you and Yosuke used to always be together.

You two would always get in fist fights

but be back to normal the next day.

Yosuke

was pretty famous in Harajuku.

Ken from the soccer club and Yosuke from the rugby club.

You two would always compete.

But now…

he can't play rugby ever again because of me.

-That was an accident. -It wasn't an accident.

It's…

It's all my fault.

Hey, wait! Hey!

-What did you say? -Stop it, Ken.

-That time… -Stop!

…I tried to start a fight

and pushed Yosuke when he tried to stop me.

Yosuke! Yosuke!

His life completely changed because of what I did.

It's already been 15 years since then, huh?

After that accident happened,

he moved to Hiroshima,

and you haven't seen him since, right?

But Ken, you sent him lots of letters apologizing, right?

He never replied though.

I mean, there's no way he'd forgive me.

Let's go see Yosuke.

He'll be in Tokyo tomorrow.

-But-- -You might never get another chance.

If you miss this chance,

he's going back to Hiroshima.

-You should go. -Ken.

We pray that we find Akira's mom.

-Okay, let's walk around. -Yeah.

Let's go to a nearby station and ask around.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

All right!

Ken.

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY

-Are you okay? -Yes.

-Okay. -Ready…

Thanks.

Yosuke…

-Can you get my bag? -Sure.

Thank you.

Ready to go?

Ken.

I'll catch up to you later.

-Let's go. -Okay.

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY

Hey.

I know doing this

won't earn me your forgiveness.

But…

But I'm really sorry.

Hey, Ken.

Punch me all you want.

Punch me until you're satisfied!

That's not it!

That's not how you and I worked.

Plus,

I don't resent you

one bit.

When something annoyed us, we'd punch each other

and make up right away.

The next day, we'd fight again.

That was how we worked.

But what did you do?

You said, "I can't face you."

"I'm sorry. Please forgive me."

All you did was send letters.

Remember?

You and I fought,

and you won fair and square.

And you became the boss.

But now that man

is kneeling on the floor and asking to be punched!

It's sad to think that

the pitiful man in front of me is the 41st boss!

Ken!

Hey!

A boss from Harajuku Middle School is just going to let someone punch him?

Huh?

You've changed, haven't you?

Why don't you say something?

Can you still call yourself Ken?

Huh?

Say something!

Hey!

Come on!

You've become a wuss.

Ouch…

Now that's the 41st boss, Ken Otsubo, that I know.

Yosuke…

Ow… You didn't have to punch me that hard.

Right back at you.

I got married last year.

Really?

Congratulations.

What about you?

Nope.

Remember that brat,

Taro, who was two years younger than us?

I'm living with him and another idiot

who is two years younger than Taro.

And a six-year-old kid.

-A kid? -Yeah. A lot has happened.

-Hey. -Hey.

What's the matter, Yu?

I was just worried about you.

Are you two dating?

I wish.

Well, my teammates are waiting for me. See you.

See you.

Oh, right.

Do you remember?

You wrote this for me before my last game in middle school.

"Beat them all."

I always looked at this for strength.

Even when I proposed to my wife.

I'll lend it to you.

Good luck.

You idiot! What…

Shut your mouth!

I'm still lending you the 2,000 yen you borrowed in middle school.

You still remember that? Get over it.

-I'll never stop asking. -I'll never return it.

-Bye. -Bye.

Bye, Yosuke!

-Hey. -Sorry for the wait.

Let's go.

-Yeah. -Let's go.

-Did you hear from Taro? -What?

-About Nozomi. -What happened?

Did they get married already?

-So you don't know. -What happened?

Nozomi turned him down.

What? Taro was dumped?

I see.

-Um… -I need to get back to the bar.

Yu!

-Thanks for today. -No problem. See you.

Wow, Akira.

I'd love to stay here.

I don't know…

She doesn't seem familiar.

Well…

If you see her, can you call this number please?

-Sure. -Okay, let's move on.

Thank you very much.

We're looking for this person.

Call us if you see her.

-Please call if you see her. -Thank you.

RESTAURANT AND SOUVENIRS

Thanks for the food.

-You're taking too much. -Hiro, do you want an egg?

This is good.

Yeah.

Hey, Akira.

Does this area seem familiar?

-It doesn't look familiar. -No?

Found an idiot staring into the sunset, lost in thought.

Let's ignore him and leave.

Hey! My friends!

Ugh, he found us.

Akira, don't make eye contact.

He's contagious.

-Try! Try! Try! -Hey.

What did you come here for? You said you couldn't make it.

The sunset

is similar to the heart in a way.

Let's go.

Hey, wait!

What?

What are you doing?

What do you mean? I came because I was worried about you!

What's with that ball?

What terrible handwriting.

Shut up!

We came here.

-Huh? -This place.

I came here with Dad and Mom.

You came here, Akira?

Yeah.

We watched the sunset here.

Mom!

Your mom might be

somewhere nearby.

Yeah.

I…

went to see Yosuke today.

Asano Senpai?

We punched each other.

I see. Good for you.

All right then.

I guess I'll tell everyone too.

Tell us what?

Nozomi turned me down.

What?

Just letting you know.

She's sure something to turn you down.

Unbelievable. Don't let it get to you. She's not worth it.

Maybe you just chose the wrong timing

to ask her out… More like, the audacity of that teacher!

She's not even that pretty, she has no sex appeal, she's childish,

and she's always nagging and nagging.

She's just

a clumsy and stupid slowpoke!

But you have fun being with her.

Well, it's more like

she doesn't bore me. That's all she has going for her.

That's enough, isn't it?

What?

Zen, you kind of annoy me.

-What? -Let me punch you.

Why do I have to be punched by you?

Yeah, let Taro punch you.

This makes no sense. What are you saying?

-Okay, don't hold back. -Hey, stop it.

-What is going on? -Of course, I won't.

Akira, stop him. Hey…

Why did you actually punch me…

-I feel better now. -This is ridiculous!

-Next is my turn. -Next is

-Akira's turn. Taro, hold him. -Okay.

Akira, give it your all.

-Go for it. -Do it.

What are you doing?

Hey, that wasn't cool.

No, I aimed for his stomach.

You little…

Wait!

Wait! Hey!

We'll catch you!

Whoa, wait!

The year that I became the boss,

Taro enrolled in our school.

And you know,

the first time we passed by in the hallway,

he had the nerve to glare at me.

And so I said it was a welcome gift

and punched him hard. Right?

That's the first time Taro and I met.

I punched him back right away though.

I graciously let you punch me once.

It was three punches.

-Three. -Enough with that nonsense!

Let's just have fun tonight.

Tonight, I'll treat you guys!

Wow!

-That doesn't happen often. -Akira, it's Ken's treat.

How did you meet Zen?

-How did I meet Zen? -Yeah.

I met Zen

when I was playing at an arcade.

Taro brought Zen, who was a first year in middle school.

"This is

someone I'm looking after."

"Please meet him, Otsubo."

Then Zen, this middle schooler,

glares at me.

That's because you tried

to take money from me suddenly.

I'm your senpai! That's how it works!

Anyway, he annoyed me,

so I kicked him really hard!

I showed him.

That's how Zen and I met.

I kicked him back right away though.

I graciously let you kick me once.

Akira, it was four times.

Really?

Ken, you were getting beat up by everyone.

Idiot! I'm just nice,

so I let them have it.

That's how I am.

What was it like

when Zen and Taro first met?

Their story is so stupid.

Right after Zen came to the school,

they fought over who cut in line at the water fountain.

Then Zen supposedly

punched Taro.

I didn't even cut in line.

You did cut.

I didn't cut.

You did.

Who cares! Don't fight.

You're one to talk.

What did you say? Want to fight?

Want to fight me here?

Why are you laughing?

The three of you have always been fighting, huh?

We have.

How many times have you three fought?

Fifty, one hundred, two hundred…

Countless times.

We fight then make up.

Then we fight and make up and fight again.

You get along so well!

No, we don't!

Yeah, as if I'd get along with them.

I'm not their friend, okay?

I'm their boss, okay?

Who decided that? I'm a boss too.

Well, I am a boss too.

And I'm the boss of bosses.

When did we decide that?

I'm the oldest, so it has to be me.

Don't bring up age only at times like these.

All right, fine then! Let's have Akira

choose who the number one boss is.

-Sure. -Right?

Okay, Akira.

Tell us who the number one boss is among us.

All of you are number one.

You all are my number one bosses.

I see.

We're your bosses, huh?

Yeah. My bosses.

I'm going to become a boss when I grow up.

You want to be a boss too?

Yeah, I want to.

I want to become a strong boss like you three.

Like us?

Yeah.

You can.

You can become a boss.

Really?

Right, Zen? Taro?

Yeah, you'll be able to.

Akira, you're strong.

Yeah, but you'll have to stop being a crybaby first.

I'm going to become a boss, no matter what!

All right. Well then,

let's play rugby. Can you catch it? There!

All set!

Ken! Ken!

Get it!

Akira!

Run!

Run with it!

Try!

Inspector.

What happened?

We found Kotaro Igarashi's wife, Misa Igarashi.

Where is she?

The thing is…

All right! Good one!

Go!

Try!

Try!

-Akira! -There! Try!

That's a try!

Akira, take it!

Go!

At this time,

I had no clue that

Mom had committed suicide.

Subtitle translation by: Kiko Morita