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Uh. Come on now. Don't ignore me.

Ah! Hey, what's the matter?

You drink daily and still lose to a middle aged man.

Ah, no no no no. You're getting old.

If you didn't see that counter coming,

pops, I'm about to win by descent. Hey, wait! No fair!

Are you ready to give up? Cut

it out and you better say I'm good.

Excuse me. Come on, you guys. I'm getting hungry,

so I'd like to have some breakfast.

Could you two wrap this up now?

Oh, whoops. Sorry about that. Got a little

carried away with my one on one time with Subaru.

You could have started without us though.

But why should I do that when

the whole family could sit down together?

No, you're absolutely right, honey. Really sorry.

That's my wife for you. Come on.

It's time for breakfast. I started feeling adventurous,

so I made something special just for you.

Well, would you look at that? Bet

you weren't expecting a mountain of peas.

Hey, mom, I appreciate it, but why

are there so many of these things?

It's not good to be picky about your food,

so I thought this might be a good

chance to get you over that. It's not like this is a special

day or anything. What do you mean?

Very nice of you, son. And that's

because today know every moment of every day is a precious,

once in a lifetime opportunity to make a positive change.

Doesn't matter now. So it's time to eat.

Don't be shy and dig in.

You know, I've always wondered about this

mix of Japanese and Western dishes.

I like wakame seaweed in my miso

soup and strawberry jam on my toast. Yummy, huh?

What are we supposed to do with this?

We can't just keep on passing it around.

Well, I hate peas, so one of you will have to eat it.

And you are trying to get me to be less picky.

Don't get the wrong idea, though. I hate

all foods that are tiny and round.

Peas just happened to fit that.

Oh, I didn't have the wrong idea if anything.

Now I have even more doubts the husband

should take responsibility for his wife.

Listen, families that get along as well

as ours does are rare these days.

What I'm saying is, you and your

mother hate exactly the same things I do.

Then this gigantic mound of peas was

never gonna make anyone happy, now, was it?

I'll turn it into something we all love. Pilaf.

Um.

Subaru. Right? Thank you for that Bountiful feast.

Not a problem. Now let's get the dishes to the sink.

And after that, we'll race to school to help digestion.

I'm trying to turn this into a scenario

that ends with me going off to school.

Okay? I'm heading back to bed.

Uh oh. Subaru. It's nothing.

What the hell? What do I feel so weird all of a sudden?

Once it gets past eight, it's over.

I won't make it to school on time now.

So there's no other choice. It's a done deal.

What the hell is this? That's always counted down before.

Oh, hey. Hey, mind if I join you? Subaru.

What's the point of asking if you

walk in before I can answer?

Oh. Lighten up. There's no need for

that between two guys as tight as you and.

Oh, wait. You're right. I'm sorry, I forgot.

You're a teenager. I'll leave and come back.

Too late now. It doesn't matter. What do you want?

Oh, nothing. So tell me, is there a girl you like?

Are you serious? Huh? You're no fun at all.

Come on. What do you really want?

Hmm. Well, let's see, the weather is pretty nice, so

let's go have an awesome father son talk outside, okay.

Man. What's with everybody? They happen to

see me on my day off, and they all assume I lost my job.

Hey, what's with the gloomy face? Don't

be like that. It's a beautiful morning.

It's your own fault for dragging me out here.

Why so suspicious? Look, I'm not going to tell you anything scary.

It's more of a father son subject, huh?

Tell me more. I can't wait.

Can't, my boy haven't seen you in a while. Oh,

hold on, don't tell me that's.

Uh huh. This is my son. Or as I like

to affectionately call him, my pride and joy. Hahaha.

It seems I was right. He looks so much like you did back when

you were actually no take after your mom.

Uh, well, that's what people say around the eyes especially.

Of course time does fly. It's hard

to believe you're old enough to have a son who's that age

come to think of it, today's Monday, right?

Shouldn't you be in school now, young man?

Sorry. Gotta go.

Hey. What's wrong? My apologies. We'll both stop

by again when we have time to chat.

Sounds good. Looks like I said something I shouldn't have.

Please tell him I'm sorry. Would you?

Oh, no. That won't be necessary. It's

up to him to deal with this on his own. Now,

here. A tasty ice cold cola packed with love.

You really thought I didn't see that coming?

I know how you are. My hands are all sticky.

Well, are you feeling any better now?

It's kind of hard to say.

You look like you really aren't feeling too great, son.

Are you ready to head back home?

Just hop on. I can carry you.

No, don't worry about it. There's no need to do that.

It would only be the same back there anyway.

So, uh, listen, Subaru, not to change the subject on you,

but is there a girl that you like? Hmm.

Subaru. Huh?

Uh. What's up? Did somebody

just say my name? Don't think so.

If not, then what was it that I just heard?

So come on now. Is there a girl you like?

Why are you going on about that?

Stop beating around the bush, okay? Come out and ask me.

Why didn't you head off to school today? It's easy.

Hey, excuse me for trying to be

considerate for once in my life.

Well, I suppose you could see through me anyway,

since that is the thing I wanted to talk about.

I know it's disrespectful to you and mom.

There's no need to feel that way.

I've got a vague sense that you have your own reasons.

And even if you don't, I'm prepared

to brush it off as something I can't do anything about.

No, I can't really speak for the rest of the world,

but personally, I don't believe school is the be all,

end all. It's not a big deal.

But why hmm'hmm? Why did you suddenly

decide to tell me all of this stuff right now?

What's the occasion? Today's not a special day or anything.

Unless it's secretly Mountain of Peas Day.

Well, your bowl was certainly full of those things,

wasn't it?

I'm not really sure why. I guess the look on your face

this morning just seemed a little better.

My face looked better. The expression on it,

I mean, of course you still do look like a bad guy.

Thinks those angry eyes you inherited from your mom.

Are you crazy? Nothing about me has changed.

It's how I want it. Okay? And that's how I'll.

Hey, are you all right? You look

like you're really hurting. Just tell me what's wrong.

Subaru, please.

It's been. Rough, hasn't it?

Thank you for saving me. Wait, what?

What's going on here? Who are you?

Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?

Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?

I think you're much more. Amazing than I could ever be.

Why do you always say.

Sorry. I'm all right. You sure?

Okay. As long as you feel better.

But don't worry me so much. You're here. Yeah. I'm sorry.

And about what you asked me.

There is one a girl I like, so now I just know. I'll be fine.

I remember everything now. I was so freaked out about and

why I was cowering in fear.

No, that's not right. I already knew all of it, but even so.

I pretended I didn't see it. I guess

I just wanted you and mom to call out my weakness.

Since I was the only one in pain

to tell me what a small person I am.

And I'm an idiot who's never good enough and a self-righteous scumbag.

I wanted you both to beat that into me and make me give up.

Because, you know, I've always had this way

of somehow managing to squeak through anything

like schoolwork and sports, for instance.

Oh, yeah. You're definitely his kid. But somewhere along the way.

I stopped being the best at things I always used to excel at.

What used to be my best grew smaller and smaller.

I started thinking it was all pointless and it made no sense.

Working my hardest at school seems stupid.

What's the big deal about being a fast runner?

Making everyone laugh seemed way cooler to me.

I was way better at it. You're definitely his kid.

I quickly learned that if I kept that up,

I'd always have to do something even bigger the next time around.

Kenneth. People think I'm boring. I figured I could do anything.

I made everybody think I would do anything.

So the stuff I did ended up being progressively dumber.

I was out of control, I wasn't thinking.

I knew they were a bunch of idiots.

I wanted them to believe that they

couldn't have this much fun without me.

That we'd break up the boring times

doing pointless crap for fun, with or without regrets.

So I decided I'd set my sights higher.

But the next thing I knew after taking a good look around.

I found there was no one left but me.

It was right then and there when I finally realized,

despite all my efforts to be the center of attention,

there was nothing special about me at all.

Yup.

Oh, yeah. You're definitely his kid.

From that moment on, I just tried to be invisible,

doing my best not to stand out. And that's how I made it all

through middle school. But things changed after that.

Honestly, I really blew my high school debut in a big way.

It was bound to happen, though.

I'd never had any real relationships up to that point.

High school wasn't going to be any better.

And then one day it kind of hit me.

I just didn't want to go to school at all.

Everything snowballed from there. I skipped school once a week,

then once every three days, then every other day.

She didn't even take me three months

before I'd stopped going there altogether.

But somehow, no matter how pathetic I was,

you and mom just treated me the same way.

Like it didn't make any difference.

I think that's what scared me most of all.

I wanted you to say I don't love you or I can't stand you.

Maybe even you are not my son.

I really hoped you'd tell me that and then throw me out.

I wanted you to just make me give it all up.

But now it's easy to give up. But doing so doesn't suit you.

I love you. Subaru. So very much. Let's start here.

From square one. No. From zero. My hero.

He's the greatest in the world.

Subaru.

Huh?

You see that, son? That was my most loving father. Headbutt!

Hey, that was an axe kick, not a headbutt.

Oh, you're right. My leg goes up pretty high.

This is just an observation here. But

you're kind of stupid, aren't you?

Huh? A lot about what you said bothers me.

But you know what's the worst? You wanted me to hate you.

So you tried to achieve that by playing hooky.

I'm dumb. If you want to get me to throw you out,

then pick a more active method.

Who would ditch their own kid just

because he retreated into his shell? Huh?

So twisted. You're on the fast track to being an idiot.

And just so you know, I'd be glad

to set you straight by force if you want.

But it looks like you've already been knocked down,

and you've been able to stand back up,

so there's no need to do so, is there?

You heard what I said. I did find a girl that I like.

Actually, there's another girl who said she

loves me despite all of the flaws that I have,

and neither one of them has any idea

that I'm the son of Kenichi Natsuki.

In their eyes, I'm just Subaru. Natsuki.

Nothing more, nothing less. No. In all

of their eyes, just Subaru. Natsuki.

I guess I finally figured that out.

What do you know? It took you long enough.

You really just now coming around to saying

all this stuff. I should whack you.

You just whacked my skull with your heel,

not even a few minutes ago.

Sorry about that. Still, I suppose this

was all my fault for not realizing

that you thought so highly of your awesome dad.

Sorry. It looks like I just ended

up being too big a part of your life. Yeah, I.

Really don't want to admit that's true. Even though it is.

Good talk. That took a little weight off my shoulders.

Now we need to chat about the future

because we are just getting started.

Oh, sure. Um, sorry for putting you through.

You really are feeling sorry about everything.

All you got to do from here

is take your time making it up to us. Oh,

okay. Just try to take good care

of your mom and me when we get old. All right, son.

I'm so sorry. Subaru. I'm sorry I. I.

I can't.

I'm sorry. I won't be able to make anything up to you.

I'll probably never see you again. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry. You know, no matter how much time passes,

you're still such a handful. Son. She.

All right. I still feel like walking a little bit more.

So I think I'm going to take

the long way home to stretch my legs.

Okay. I'll keep heading this way then.

Hey, Subaru, I'm sure you got a lot

of things going on right now too.

So there's really only one thing I want to say.

Just give it your all, son, and do

the best you can. Got it? Yeah.

You can count on me, dad. Listen up.

My name is Subaru. Natsuki, son of Kenichi. Natsuki.

I can do anything. And I will do anything.

Because your son's just that awesome.

Come on. I already know that. I mean,

you are half me after all. So it's in your blood.

Well, the student Subaru Natsuki is complete.

What's it been already? About three months or so.

Hey, are you feeling nervous? Want to try

out this new mayonnaise on something?

Nah, I'm not in the mood right now.

Suit yourself then. Guess I really shouldn't be surprised.

After all, you don't actually like mayonnaise that much, huh?

I mean, your dad and I both like it quite a bit.

So I suppose you were only sharing it with us.

Hang on. What gives you that idea?

Then which would you choose? The world or mayonnaise? Well, the.

World, obviously, just. As I thought. What's with the self-satisfied smile?

Look, anyone who picks mayonnaise doesn't do it because they like mayonnaise.

They just hate the world. All right.

Well, I suppose that's true. Anyway, I should be heading out.

You're leaving for school. Now, don't get me wrong.

I'm glad. But won't that give a bad impression?

Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?

Your son finally found the motivation to do something.

Don't ruin it. I'm too hard on everyone

else and easy on myself as it is.

Well, I must admit, if you really were that way,

it would have meant a whole lot less trouble for me.

And that I can assure you.

Hey, what's this about? Why are you following me?

Going from being a shut in to walking

to school with my mom is worse than a game penalty.

I'm not going all the way to school

just to the convenience store, all right?

It's been such a long time since

you and I walked together, hasn't it? It has.

What did you and your dad talk about?

Nothing special really. Just reliving the past and stuff.

Mm. So reliving the past somehow made

you want to go back to school, I guess.

Well, I suppose you could say that it gave

me a chance to look back on a few things and sort them out.

Is that so, Subaru? Then you've given

up on trying to be just like your father in everything, huh?

You were always an incredibly hard worker.

You could do so much without even trying.

Since your dad was into lots of different things,

you had quite a few opportunities.

Exhausting, isn't it, mom? How much do you.

You should know. Subaru herons keep a close

eye on their children more than they realize.

We're protective. That goes for me, too.

I'm always watching you. One time when you were little,

I had to give you a suppository.

So I've even seen your little hiney up close.

Whoa! TMI. It's nice going down memory lane with you,

but don't tell me everything, mom.

The back and forth about mayonnaise, as well

as your reasons for not going to school.

If there was anything at all I could have done

for you, I gladly would have.

But no matter what I tried, I felt

like nothing was going to make a difference.

However, someone other than your father and me seems

to have made a positive impact on you, didn't they?

Whoever they are, I think they did a wonderful thing.

We should be grateful to them.

Huh? Oh yeah, I agree. That's why I'm able to walk this path.

They really are wonderful people. I honestly don't deserve them.

I see, but you won't give them to anyone else, right?

Oh, you better believe it. Because whether

I'm good enough for them or not isn't the issue at all.

If I had to give them away, I'd make them mine.

Even if I don't deserve them, I just

vow to make myself worthy of them later on.

Um hum. Oh, yeah. You're definitely his kid. Huh?

But am I? Am I doing everything that I can?

Am I living up to all the expectations of being his kid?

Don't worry about a thing. Because after all,

half of everything at the core of who you are came from me.

So if you manage to become even

half as cool as your dad, then you filled your quota.

Just do whatever you need to measure up to that level.

And as for the other half, that part can simply be Subaru.

Which means do your. Best in your own way.

Be the best you that you can. At least that's what I think.

The best in my own way, huh?

Exactly, though it's fine if you want

to be a bit like your mom and dad as you grow into yourself.

Well, I'm heading this way. Will you be okay

on your own? I'll be fine.

I'm sure you will give it your all then.

It.

Mom.

There's something I need to do.

I probably won't see you for a long time.

It's kind of far away too, which means

it'll be hard to keep in touch.

Even so, no matter where I might be,

I promise you I'll be thinking of you

guys. And I'll never forget you.

Subaru. I swear to you, no matter what,

I'll always want to be your kid.

I'll try to never do anything that makes me hate myself.

My sweet boy. It's okay. Listen, I understand.

I know what you're trying to say.

Seriously? You really do. How could you come now?

How could I know that? Easy. Because I'm your mother. Of course.

I'm. I'm sorry. Mom. I was. We're able to.

Do anything for you guys. And now.

Hey, we didn't have you because. We wanted

you to do something for us.

We had you. Because we wanted to do something for you.

I'm acting like a little kid. Pathetic.

No, there's nothing wrong with crying.

You can cry all you want as long as you smile.

When you're done, everything will be fine.

What matters isn't how you start or what happens in the middle.

It's all in how it ends.

Nothing else matters. Just as long as everything

turns out okay in the end.

Well, that's not exactly how I meant for you to take it.

It's more like a homework assignment from me.

I'll be going. See you then.

That's right. Subaru. Wait, I almost forgot.

Take care of yourself.

Take care of yourself.

Thanks, I will.

Okay.

Well, look at you.

You're here much earlier than I expected. Welcome, Subaru.

So you've had some time to confront your past.

Tell me, what did that experience do for you?