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Mother Water

Thank you.

Welcome.

Hello.

Are you ok?

It was scary.

Did you get hurt?

No. I’m ok.

Ouch

So.. it's broken after all..

What?

It was noisy. And uneven.

You should’ve told me that before.

I thought it was just noisy.

It’d be strange, a spot without a chair.

It’s strange a chair like this.

Is it still fixable?

I guess it’s just a bad assembly.

It’s fixable.

Would you fix it, when you have time?

I'd better fix it soon.

I’ll come tomorrow.

Thanks.

Are you really all right?

- One Mizuwari (whisky with water) - Right

They are blooming, aren’t they?

They are..

Is it the fist time, Setsuko?

What?

The first bloom, from the ones you planted.

I planted them appropriately.

Appropriately?

Yes

Appropriately

Is it really?..

What?

I’m going to fix that chair allright.

Thanks.

It is a good chair.

It’s old but good..

Yamanoha,..

..you’ve broken that chair’s history.

History?

You are overreacting.

Ah, welcome.

- One tofu. - Yes.

Can I eat it here?

What?

Wait a second, please.

Is here ok?

Thank you.

Which one do you want?

This.

Ah, Shoyu.. (soy sauce)

Here.

I got to work.

Come on.

One tofu!

- What? - Yes.

For him.

Yes.

Here.

Ah, thank you.

I gotta go.

Eat it.

How is it?

It’s good.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

For both.

Yes.

The change.

Thank you very much.

Cheer up, today too.

How is it going?

Almost finishing.

Really?!

Hum.. looks good.

Eat with me?

Yes.

Here

It’s really good.

Setsuko, why don’t you serve this in the bar too?

No..

I think it matches well with Whisky..

Isn’t it a good chair?

Yes.

It is good.

Nowadays,

..one can not find good chairs like this.

There’s a lot of animals around.

Is there?

That little bird with a loud voice..

Ah..

Some cats came too..

Ahn..

Two cats..

Ahn.

There's crumbs on your face.

The big car was staring me.

As if he was saying: “Who are you?!”

Really!?

A nice cat..

Which flower is this?

Which one?

This one?

This is..

..I wonder.

And this one?

No idea..

Setsuko, didn’t you planted it?

Yes, I planted them appropriately.

I know.

Appropriately?

Yes.

Actually it doesn’t exist.

What?

An appropriate way.

Your appropriate way might not have been that appropriate.

If you don’t say it is appropriate maybe it doesn’t become appropriate.

I don’t understand this things.

Your coffee.. ..drink it.

Thank you.

But this garden soothes me.

Soothes?

It remembers me the house I lived as a child.

Uhn.

We had a small garden like this.

By a second floor window..

..I could see, far away, a big tree..

.. and when the wind blew..

.. the swaying the leaves..

.. it was like a huge bunch of parsley was swaying..

Humm..

My mother said she’d chosen that house, because the view was great.

One huge parsley tree..

That’s good..

Ah.

Hello.

Welcome.

Coffee, please.

Ok.

Here

So good..

Thank you.

I was passing by, when this great coffee aroma hit me..

so I decided to come in.

The scent of this street..

combined with e coffee flavor..

Scent of the street?

Yes.

Coffee and the scent of the street is a great combination.

Combination.

I wonder if the older residents..

..notice this kind of thing too?

Uhm..

Hello.

Welcome again.

You have takenoko today.. (bamboo shots)

Yes

Where these came from?

From Kyoto.

Ahn.

Should I take this bamboo shots?..

Sold by weight.

- Weight? - Yes.

Right away.

900 yen.

- 900? - Yes, will you take?

- Yes, here.

Here.

Thank you..

Fava beans

These beans.

Udo (japonese asparagus)

and Gobou. (burdock roots)

Ahh.

Itadakimasu.

Welcome.

Coffee please.

Yes.

Here.

Welcome.

Hello.

Hello.

Enjoy.

Is he sleeping?

Yes

His face is changed again.

What?

Changed?

Yes. Changed.

Really?

His face is more human like now?

Human like?

From a newborn’s face to a person face.

Uhm..

Look.

Around the eyes..

.. it became tighter.

Aah..

Ah.. welcome.

Hello.

Hello.

Take it. It’s just a snack, though.

- Thank you. - Open it.

Thank you.

- Hello. - Hello.

Setsuko!

Hi.

Care for some coffee?

Ah..

I would, but I have to see a client now.

Right. See you then..

Bye.

Ah.

Okaeri. (welcome back)

Tadaima (I arrived). Where’s Popura?

Makoto-san is taking care of him.

Ah.. really?

It’s good.

Oh.

And now where is she?

I wonder..

I heard but I forgot.

Aren’t you going?

Me?

Yes.

No, I won’t.. It's not time.

She doesn’t even think about coming here.

Is that so?

Maybe, after all this time, she wants you to live with her.

That I don’t know.

Besides, I tired of packing and moving.

She doesn’t even like me.

I am tired.

How long it going to last this time?

I have no idea.

Each one have a separated life now.

Ahn..

This is really good.

Yes.

After all this time, don’t you want to go there?

No.

You’ll get tired of staying here too.

Even if I go, nothing will change.

Maybe it will.

No way.

.. there’s that ..

Welcome.

What would you like to drink?

Uhmm..

Setsuko..

We only have whisky here.

Aahn..

So?

What?

There’s days that we’re in the mood for beer..

Mizuwari (whisky with water), please.

Right.

Here it’s.

So..

I might have seen you before..

Ah.. I run a tofu shop around here.

Oh.. that tofu shop.

Yes.

That was it.

It’s always closed when I walk by here.

..so I got curious.

Really?

So you wake up really early to make tofu, right?

Yes.

When there’s something that need to be done, I wake up.

Uhm.

That’s good.

Yes.

But once in a while..

it’s good to ‘throw yourself’.

‘throw yourself’?

Yes

Again, saying strange things.

- It’s normal to ‘throw yourself’ - Normal?..

Yes, normal.

Say..

why do you only offer whisky?

Laziness.

Is that so?

I though the reason was this place.

There, there.

Ok, ok.

Come on.

Ah!

Good morning.

Good morning.

One tofu please

Right away.

Will you eat here?

What?

On the front bench.

You can take it home too.

Alright, here then.

Ok

Here.

Thank you.

I’ll bring soy sauce.

Ok.

Here.

Thank You.

It was great.

Ok.

Thank you.

I didn’t know we can eat here.

It’s different, right?

Yes.

Once a customer..

asked if she could eat here..

.. since then, it’s possible.

So, that’s why..

I like this way too.

Yes

Ah.

There's soy milk too.

Yes.

”Where are you?“

”I’m here, by the window.”

”What are you doing?”

”I’m doing nothing.”

”Come here by my side.”

”Come here soon”

”Let’s talk”

”Yes, you start.”

Is he sleeping?

Ah..

He’s awaken.

Did he wake up?

Want something to drink?

Yes.

Jin.

Yes.

Which one?

Ginger Ale

Here.

Thank You.

I’m going in.

Enjoy.

What?

Is is going now?

She’s been taking care of him.

What about this?

Did she already drink it?

She bottom it up.

Yes, I did.

Watch him.

Yes.

Call me if something happens.

She’ll come, if we call.

Good.

Everyday is this same routine?

That’s not possible.

If it’s always the same, it’s makes no sense to go on.

Ah, right.

Not being able to do the same..

everyday, might be a good thing.

Here, more coffee.

Thank you.

My attempts to make coffee..

don’t turn out be this good.

Ah.. if that is the case..

you may try to change the beans..

..or change how you pour water..

..or change the place.

Place?

Yes.

I’ve never thought that.

But since you live in this region you're fine.

This region?

Yes.

Ah?!

Only you?

Yes.

Welcome.

Do come here often?

No, first time.

This is Jin.

My friend.

We’re not exactly friends.

Will you drink?

Maybe

Come on, try it.

I’m good.

One for him.

Yes.

Otome must be caring for Popura..

Didn’t you invite him?

What?

What’s is so bad in bringing the kid here?

No?

Yes, but..

..bringing the kid to the bar..

What are you grumbling there?

Grumbling?!..

People will talk, if we bring the kid here..

Sometimes you say annoying things, don't you?

Just what I think is legitimate.

Legitimate?

Do you know the word 'legitimate’?

Of course.

And how to write the kanji? (ideogram)

Of course.

Really?

Yes.

An interesting one, this boy.

This.

Here it is.

Gulp it.

Makoto-san is..

a little abusive sometimes.

When you say that..

..don’t you think you’re being to too hard?

So young and so harsh.

I’m not being too hard.

and yes, I’m young.

You shouldn’t be so analytical..

.. this is no time for that.

What are you saying?

What?

Look.. hard, hard.

Harsh hard head.

What?

Look.

Enough, stop.

It’s fun.

Crazy woman.

Shall we dance?

What?

Dance!

No way.

You’re so boring.

Don’t you want do dance?

What?

I don’t have music here, though.

What?

Hatsumi..

Are you free later?

Tonight?

Have dinner with me?

Yes.

Opened it?

Yes.

Wow. Gratin.

It’s a long time I don’t eat gratin.

Looks good.

Here.

So.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

May I serve?

Yes.

Here.

Get started.

Thank you.

So, you are really can cook, Takako!?

Of course I do.

Why are you so surprised?

You don’t have that day-to-day smell..

.. so I thought you didn’t cook..

Really!

The truth is..

I only know how to cook the food I like.

I think it’s more than enough.

Yes.

There’re dishes I’d like to eat..

.. that I don’t know how to make them.

Sometimes..

I start to cook a dish..

..but in the end, I get something totally different.

That’s funny.

But you make tofu, don’t you?

Yes.. I make it, somehow.

’Somehow’?

Isn’t hard to make tofu?

I wonder..

Yes, it’s.

Hatsumi, why do run that tofu shop?

Because I really like tofu, since my childhood.

Well, then..

you also make what you like to eat.

Ah. It’s true.

My neighbor Riku.

Riku.

Riku!

Ah.

Such a nice day! Let’s drink to it!

Great day!

Now that I know why you run a tofu shop..

..I think I can..

..feel this town.

Feel the town.

It’s about the wind..

but it’s about the people, too.

Not only I feel it in my mind.

I feel with it in my body too.

A little different from where I was living.

It had to be this place..

I felt it this morning, in the shower..

In the shower?

Yes.

..I felt that this place is different.

One may say..

I had a foreboding.

Foreboding?

Yes.

Let’s go, let’s go.

There, there.

Ah..

Hello.

Look.

Say 'hello'.

Okaeri

Did she came?

I’ve not seen her lately.

I guess she won’t come.

What shall we do?

She must have places to go.

Yes.

How about lunch?

Yes.

Hey. Tofu miss!

Oh. Hello.

Hello.

Did you had lunch?

Not yet.

Do you want?

What?

Egg sandwich.

Thanks, I’ll take.

Help yourself.

Thank you.

Itadakimasu.

Have you ever seen the Sakura (cherry tree flower) from here?

No.

So..

it’s very beautiful.

Ah..

There’s some blooming.

Where?

There, at the bottom.

It’s true.

The sakura..

.. soon after they bloom. they begin falling..

like rain.

Yes.

Like rain.

That’s beautiful too.

I..

like it more when they are falling.

You are so cheerful!

What?

It’s good to be cheerful.

Isn’t it?

Very good.

What?

Sorry, I took longer than I thought.

May I make a new one?

Yes, please.

That’s unusal..

Today only.

So..

What happened?

Sorry?

It’s the first time you use a mobile here.

First time?

Yes.

The thing is..

a co-worker left, and won’t come back.

Won’t come back?

Yes.

Uhm..

Finished fixing a chair..

then sneak out to deliver it.

Really?

He is lively person.

Skilled.

I can’t think of any reason..

..for him to walk away like that.

He vanished then?

Uhm.

I guess these things happen.

I kept thinking what to do if he really doesn’t come back.

What?

Ah..

Nothing.

You can say what you’re thinking.

What I’m thinking?

Yes.

Uhm.

The thing is..

instead of worrying about it

I think I’m a little excited.

Uhm.

When something like this happen, I should fell bad..

but I’m hopping for a change instead.

Everyone is worried of course.

And if he’d come back safe and sound, I’ll feel relievied.

I wonder why I have this thoughts.

Even I don’t understand how the gears in my head work.

Don’t be so harsh.

This kind of thought..

..in heat of the moment..

is not that strange.

It happens to everyone.

Everyone?

Yes.

Really?

I really shouldn’t be thinking this kind of thing.

You already thought it, there no way back.

In the end, that’s your thought process, Yamanoha.

There’s no point in thinking about your thoughts.

You better stick to facts. To what is simple.

Simple?

Yes.

It happened to me too in the past.

A long time ago.

You?

It happens to everyone.

This kind of thing.

Surely.

This is normal.

But when you say something is normal…

I don’t know if what’s normal to me, is normal for everyone.

I can’t understand it.

Yamanoha, you are surprisingly..

well I guess it’s not surprising..

but you are a “pure boy”.

I’m too old to be a “pure boy”.

Maybe.

But, my boy..

It’s not a good thing to get old and remain a “pure boy”.

What awful thing to say.

Awful?

Of course, you're saying I'm immature, right?

Oh, no, You realized.

Eat it. Or it'll cool.

Yes.

Uhm.

Good.

But even so..

More whisky?

Good morning.

One tofu, please.

Right.

I’ll eat here too.

Oh, yes.

- So, go ahead. - Yes.

Here.

Thank you.

Here. Shoyu.

Thanks.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning. One tofu please.

Sure.

Let’s eat.

Ah, please take this seat.

- Thank you. - Ah, sorry.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Here, here.

Standing?

Will you eat standing?

Good morning.

Say, ‘good morning’.

Good morning.

What?

Want to eat?

Here, here.

Uhmm.

Is he your grandson?

No, he isn’t.

May I play a little with him.

Sure.

Hello. Hello.

Let’s eat.

In my lap?

Come on, come on.

Children have a lovely scent.

Yes.

Oo!?

Do you want to eat by yourself?

Close your hand.

Ah..

That was good.

Do you want to finish this too?

Won’t you eat it?

No.

Thanks.

Don’t you want to go?

What?

You’ll get tired here, one day.

Maybe so.

Of course you will.

Isn’t hard to live alone?

Go search for a new person.

I wonder if I’ll meet someone.

Sooner or later, you will.

It’d be nice someone who likes children.

Yes, you as a father, sounds good.

But..

I don’t know if I can..

It’s going to be alright.

They have to be feed anytime..

what if someone sees it?

Think how interesting it is, there’s nothing wrong.

How can you say this?

There’s all kind of people.

And every kind is interesting.

Everything can be interesting.

True.

You are so fearless, Otome.

One natural lover..

What are you talking about?..

Eat it.

Good, good.

On the rainy days..

this street changes completely.

Does it become an unknown street?

Yes.

A street I know well but it becames totally unknown.

Isn’t it?

Come on!

That lady was having fun, wasn’t she?

Yes.

She really likes children.

Yes.

This boy is curious about everyone.

Really?!

Hum?

Thank you.

Early, I met your boy.

Really?

How old is he?

Around 18 months old.

18 months?

Yes.

How is your coffee?

Ah..

Now that you mentioned, it is different.

Different?

Yes.

It seems that it was made without any resistance..

..water and coffee meeting on the right spot.

Hum.. right spot.

But the right spot can change..

sometimes one knows, sometimes one doesn’t.

I guess..

I might have though like that before..

Really!?

The right spot..

is always changing.

Right.

Na..

Ah..

Hello.

Hello again.

What?

He ate tofu earlier..

Didn’t you?

Oh, that happened.

That.

Uuuu..

Hello.

Can you watch him a little?

U.. u.. u..

Ah.. this.

Do you want?

That guy who went away called.

Oh.. him?

Yes.

So?

I don’t know why he called me..

since we’re not that close.

Hum.

What do I do?

What?

Because I was thinking those things.

Are you still talking about that?

It isn’t good to think that it’d be nice..

if something happened.

That’s fine. Isn’t he ok?

Yes

What if you meet him?

What?

We don’t have the requirements to meet each other.

Requirements?

There you go, thinking strange things again.

There’s no such thing as requirements to meet someone.

He isn’t just anyone..

he called you..

he might..

be interested in meeting you.

Do you think so?

If you want to meet him, do it.

And if he wants to come back,

So be it, isn’t this ok?

Yes.

I wonder if it’s that easy.

Isn’t it better if it’s easy?

Think about why we are discussing it..

Maybe the answer is in..

the reason of you reaction, and not in your reaction itself.

Mr. Yamanoha..

Think in an easier way. You think too much.

Do I think to much?

Yes.

To understand everything completely, might not be a good thing.

Besides..

.. you are a little different..

What?

You are going, right?

I’m going.

See you.

Hum..

Look! Leaves..

See you.

Bye.

Here we go..

Excuse me. Can you open for me?

Yes.

That’s your water.

May I fill it for you?

Oh. Thank you very much.

Look. Water. Water.

Come on.

Look! Auntie! Say ‘hello’.

Hello.

Hi, Popura.

Uu..

And.. sit..

Hellooo

Hello.

Hello.

Cheer up, today too.

Right. Here it’s.

The cherry trees have blossomed.

Yes.

Are’t you going do hanami? (flower appreciation)

No, I won’t.

Sakura is such a wonder flower.

When you see it in full bloom..

have you ever got a little sad? A little teary?

Maybe I have.

It’s nice when the petals fall like rain.

Yes.

It would be great if I could see sakura from inside my house.

It was possible in the house where I grew up.

Really?!

That’s so nice.

Yes, it was.

It’s flowing..

Yes, it is.

I wonder how it ends up here.

Hum..

You can decide..

What..

No matter what you decide..

it’ll be interesting.

I wonder..

It will.

No matter where do you fall, everything will settle.

Will I fall?

Are you still worried about that?

Of course.

Go on and fall for once..

How do I fall?

How about in this river?

What?

Don’t worry..

I dry you up later.

Seriously?

Why don’t you try?

So..

ladies first.

What are you talking?

Show me how.

Sometimes, the things you say..

If you keep like this you you won’t evolve.

Evolve?

Yes.

People are interesting because they evolve, bit by bit.

bit by bit?

Yes.

It’s a continuos flow, but it has some remarkable aspects.

Ah..

Look over there.

Everyone who sits there, ends up that way.

Right, let’s go.

Popura.

Setsuko.

How was your first ever customer?

Someone who looked like a ‘little god’.

A little god?

What kind of person is like this?

One that appears without my noticing, and vanishes the same way.

This person might have come here too.

What?

My first ever customer vanished without my noticing.

There is gods in several places..

There’s one right there..

What?

Hatsumi, there’s a god stuck on your butt.

Now you’re mocking me, right?

You have to take good care of god.

Oh no.. you flattened god.

Thank you.

I going now.

What about dinner?

I’m fine.

Really?

He he.

Hum.

Don’t you get tired, Otome?

Nowadays..

If you get tired, what are going to do?

When it happens, I will have to change something.

I see..

You think about it too, Otome.

Of course I do.

There’s times when I get hectic too.

Even so, when you’d get tired..

I’d go back.

Go back?

Right.

Maybe things have changed.

Popura, did you have lunch?

It was a long time ago.

Right.

It’s not that time anymore, right Popura?

Don’t you have somewhere to go?

Go.

Yes.

See you later.

Oh..

You aren’t coming to eat tofu lately.

No.

I wanted to do things that I don’t usually do.

You’re a curious case, Mrs. Makoto.

Where did you go?

I wonder..

Where did I go?

I may have been sleeping.

Wasn’t it a dream?

A dream?

Yes, a dream.

This is called ‘Dream Journey’.

Maybe.

I wonder if I came back

from the dream journey.

Next time, may I go with you?

I’m fine by myself.

You?

I think I might go too..

to somewhere different.

Yes, do it.

You have to ..

What?

Welcome.

What?

Hum?

Did you change?

What?

You’re a little different.

Do you think..?

This kid..

Was he a good boy?

Yes, yes.

Thank You.

It’s ok.

We had fun.

Did you have fun?

That’s good.

What? Do you want to go home?

We are going home

Say, ‘bye’.

Say, ‘good night’.

Good night.

- Good night. - Goo..

Good night, good night.

Let’s go home.

See you..

Thank you.

- Are you ok? - Yes.

Good night.

Good night.

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

I was just watching him for a while.

Oh.. really?

Yes.

That lady is his grandmother?

No.

Hum..

Do you want to play with him, one day?

That’d be cool.

He he.

I’d like to.

Ah..

Today mine is 'on the rocks'.

That’s unusual.

Here.

How it went?

We met each other.

Do you?

Now that I met him, I can understand..

He did what I wanted to do, before I could do..

that ‘I want to disappear’ feeling.

I guess I was feeling too.

Right.

It doesn’t surprise you?

No.

Amazing.

It’s not amazing.

It’s normal.

That ‘normal’ again.

I thought I had a peaceful life..

but maybe, it’s not like that.

It started.

Look.

Where?

There?

There.

What is that?

Do you want to go there?

This shirt..

Yes?

This shirt..

Ah.. it’s Jin’s.

The sleeves are long, but it’s a little tight here.

Just as I was suspecting.

Did you find someone new?

Not yet.

Are you searching?

Yes.

I wonder if will be someone evolving, like Jin.

Ah..

TOMORROW TOO.

What?

Yes, yes.

On the side too?

Why did come to this town, Takako?

Maybe, it’s for the same reason you two came..

I imagined that.

Popura!

Do you think you are going to stay here forever, Setsuko?

That is something I don't know.

I may go somewhere someday..

or maybe don't.

Before that, I don't know.

I'm here for the time being.

Isn't it ok?

It is.

You two..

are way too carefree.

It's ok..

for you Hatsumi, there's tomorrow, the after tomorrow.. and so on.

What?

After all..

Don't you agree?

Just like Popura.

What are you talking about?

O o..

I wonder what he is trying to say..

What?

Setsuko had to go back..

Yes.

Going away like this..

Maybe that will happen.

Do you know why Setsuko only serves whisky on her bar?

Isn't it because it's this town.

Popura.

Where do you want to go tomorrow, Popura?

Where did you come from, Popura?

Takako..

what you were talking about earlier?

Many things..

You're really strange, Takako.

Am I?

Setsuko?

Hello.. What's going on?

I should be asking, 'what's going on'.

I'm picking flowers.

Flowers?

Yes.

Fun times are about to begin.

Look Popura, how big.

That's huge.

That's huge.

Hello.

Ah..

This is a great chair, right?

Yes.

It'll will be good for a while.

No matter who Popura is with, he seems to be happy.

You're right.

I'm sure he has his own thoughts about everyone

Everyone?

Maybe he thinks..

he is child of each and everyone in this town.

That would be nice.

You fixed.

Here.

How beautiful.

Did you make it, Setsuko?

Yes.

Looks good.

Lend me these flowers.

Flowers...

Takako..

Yes

you can't leave this place anymore, right?

This is not like that.

Because water flows..

But there's times that we don't realize it's flowing.

We have to go somewhere else..

to be able to see clearly where do we come from.

Yes.

Where did you come from, Hatsumi?

From here, and..

from somewhere else like here.

It makes me want to go.

Let's go?

We can go..

Now?

Yes. Now.

You come together, Popura.

Good idea.

So, shall we?

Let's go.

Let's go.

Ah..

She came.

Hello. Sorry for the trouble, everytime.

It's ok.