Original subtitles

Life's suffering

is like a river with no bounds.

The ferryman's job

is to send you ashore.

Every city has its legends.

The See Your Tomorrow Bar is one of them.

The name's Chen Mo,

and I run this bar.

The legends also say

I'm the best Ferryman there is.

Lemme tell you,

the pain people feel comes in all flavors.

Once you're in it, there are four stages:

I'm here...

So tired...

I'm fine...

Off I go.

You are no exception.

You pick me up from work, eat with me,

and buy me handbags.

How could you possibly have time to sleep around?

She waits for me, takes me out,

and bought my car.

Come to think of it,

you're the one I'm messing around with!

That's just love colliding with reality.

For typical cases,

whether it's losing your job,

your lover,

your normalcy,

or your sanity...

Pour the champagne!

The job of the ferryman

is to shorten the process,

so you can reach the end that much sooner.

If you want to find me,

come to the See You Tomorrow Bar.

If I'm not around,

look for the landlord,

Guan Chun.

Of course,

you gotta bring cash.

When the street's bars fill it with cheer,

it's like an island in the city.

Everyone gets along,

except for one woman.

Good for nothing bar!

Give back our peace!

Good for nothing bar!

Give back our peace!

Stupid girl.

Is this really necessary?

That's right!

I am a stupid girl.

Mamma said the first rule of being stupid

is take action if talking don't work.

Otherwise, you lose.

Well said!

Now what?

We take action!

Sadly, we lost.

So we had to treat the neighbors to dinner.

Stop!

As for Xiao Yu,

her cost was much higher.

How about this

bring your pals to the bar for a good time.

The tab is on me.

- As many as I want? - Sure.

Don't you regret it.

Coming through, coming through!

Start with this. There's plenty more.

I'll order food.

Whatcha staring at?

I'm keeping an eye on that table of freeloaders.

She really came.

What a pain.

I better go drug'em.

I want food.

Are they all your friends?

Who else's?

See who that is?

Ma Li,

world-famous singer.

Never heard of him.

Have you?

I do listen to world music.

Y'all best watch yourselves.

Him being here is a big deal.

See her?

Jiang Jie,

Ma Li's bride-to-be.

Beautiful, eh?

And that guy?

Jack, he's her friend.

Ain't he classy?

Yeah, real classy.

He's been staring at her

since he came in,

7 minutes, 28 seconds.

And his hand,

slung around your waist three times.

Why didn't I notice?

What're you doing?

Demonstrating.

You sleaze!

Pervert.

Waiter.

Waiter!

This place sucks!

I'll go help myself.

Time for the drugs?

You best hurry.

And you?

That table. Something's off.

What's off?

Comfort zones.

122cm is the average person's safe distance.

When you're with someone you like,

you'll work to shorten it.

See Ma Li and Jiang Jie?

Now see that guy with her?

Money.

It's nothing.

As long as she likes,

my sponsorship

flows freely.

I don't want to sing any songs but my own.

She manages everything.

Talk to her about sponsorship.

Hey...

May I be of service?

What service?

I don't need it.

You will soon.

Coming through!

Some things you have to face.

Hiding isn't an option.

The more you hide, the worse they get.

She doesn't know music.

I don't understand women.

Whatever. As long as she's happy.

Headin' home.

What're you doing?

Was that worth it?

Very much so. You?

I think it was stupid!

You clowns!

You clown.

You're the clown.

Take him back!

Who are you?!

Cut it out. Let's go.

Ow, my head!

Settle down!

Nice.

Luring me in with hot women?

Creative.

I've never seen such a cocky patient.

You don't pick up your results

and you won't get re-checked.

The only way was to haul you in.

What're you doing?

Where's the booze?

Stop looking.

My little beauties...

Better not be a trick.

Drink up.

That's the stuff.

That thing with He Muzi. It's been so long.

You made it back from Hell alive.

Why do this to yourself?

I'm a lone wolf.

You drag a ball and chain.

You wouldn't understand.

Ok, lone wolf,

try on this dog tag.

What kind of junk is this?

This is a heart monitor.

It checks your pulse and blood pressure.

If it glows yellow, then you're in trouble.

Come to the hospital.

If it turns red,

you might just save the trip.

I don't like this style.

You have one more French Country?

How about this one.

Paper?

What good is this?

It's good...

for writing your will.

Wing Chun!

You're crazy.

Cheers.

"Ten years ago"

OI' Hu is my best friend.

Before getting married,

he'd love to come hang out in his spare time.

I met He Muzi ten years ago.

And that was because of him.

That's her,

He Muzi.

Their new, last word in cocktails.

They say she never makes a mistake.

No one who drinks what she mixes

can handle more than one.

She's a girl. How badass can she be?

You're our top dog.

My dignity... depends on you.

Hey,

watch yourself.

What'll it be?

Your call.

Depends on your mood.

Getting drunk.

Breaking up or getting fired,

it matters which...

when you're getting drunk.

Neither.

When I'm drunk

everything looks great.

Then you just like to drink.

Drinking requires three things:

a place,

a partner,

and a purpose.

This is the right place.

And your partner?

Aren't you the last word in cocktails?

I hear that no one can handle

more than three of your drinks.

Wrong.

They can't handle even one.

Once I'm done,

then we'll see.

It's called See you Tomorrow.

Enjoy.

What's that mean?

By the time you wake up,

it's already tomorrow.

In five minutes,

if I'm still standing outside,

you're coming with me...

for hotpot.

Three.

Two.

You're brave.

It's called,

This ain't over

See you tomorrow.

In five minutes,

if I'm still standing outside

Hotpot.

You're persistent.

See you tomorrow.

A true bartender

ought to love her customers.

How's that my business?

Drinking what you mix

breaks my heart.

Because it makes each night...

all too short.

Five minutes.

Hotpot.

Quitting time. You still here?

I'll leave in a bit.

Okay, bye.

Bye.

I thought you didn't want any more.

Drinking

requires three things.

I kept asking myself

why I kept coming back.

I finally realized,

it's not the night's length

that gives it meaning.

I like this name,

See you Tomorrow

It makes me look forward to the next day.

Because that's when

I get to see you again.

That's my purpose.

Each night, I'd wait for her after work.

So when 2am rolled around,

I knew how she'd look,

whatever the season.

I knew that when red azaleas bloomed,

was when her face was its most beautiful.

I knew that when snow swirled,

was when her hands needed my warmth.

When she drank,

I knew how fast her heart beat.

I can never forget

her breath at my ear

was the spring breeze whispering,

I love you.

Will you marry me?

He Muzi, as with all the world's beauty

like the Milky Way and the auroras

was something you adored,

but couldn't have.

It seems two people, sitting side by side,

can still drift apart.

There are two kinds in every bar.

Xiao Ma Ge is a man with no woman.

...sourced from Australia.

All natural milk formula!

To earn a bit of scratch,

he'd sell anything.

A-Sao is a woman without a man.

No one knows her net worth.

Or how many ex-husbands.

Borrow money?

Okay.

I should discuss it with my husband.

You said you weren't married.

And so,

there's nothing to discuss.

They used to be regular customers,

but eventually became partial owners.

Hotpot time!

They'd claim to come for weekly meetings,

But really, they just came to kill time.

It's pretty solid.

I can't bite it open.

Bad teeth. Let me try.

Give it.

What are you doing?

Are you a dog?

Gonna buy a new one if it breaks?

Why couldn't I?

Look at it, it's a fake.

At most, seven fifty.

Let me tell ya,

don't let OI' Hu fool you.

He's got a way with words.

She has a point.

Let me try something.

Come and eat!

Come on, dear.

Slow down.

Time to eat.

Back off!

Don't get so close.

Go away.

It's alive!

The band's alive!

What's that mean?

The light turned on.

Chen Mo?

Turn it off!

Chen Mo, what's wrong?

Oh dear.

Chen Mo!

This is bad.

He can't listen to this song. It makes him sick!

Wait, it turned red.

It's red.

Chen Mo!

Chen Mo!

How is he?

Well? Does it work?

Something's wrong and it looks bad!

Turn the music off!

What do we do?

Is it that bad?

What do we do?

Let me...

You trying to save him or kill him?

Yeah.

Could you ease up just a little?

Get up. Let me try.

What the...

Oh, my.

What's that about?

Well, hell.

That was gross... and still no use?

That ain't right.

Stop. Let me.

That was too gross.

Why are you groping his crotch?

Guan Chun, what are you doing?

Why are you groping his crotch?

Oh no...

Who's taking my money?!

He's up!

Guan Chun, you sure know him well!

Why does he put his money in his undies?

Yeah.

You men

Lose your woman and your heart's a wreck.

He Muzi is like his on-off switch.

One little tap and he's done for.

She's off-limits from now on.

You're always trying to fix me.

Fix him.

What fixing do I need?

Where'd this "bing" come from?

Bought it.

From Mao-Mao's shop.

What was that?

She inherited the family property.

Today was the grand opening.

Ain't it strange?

Her dad died,

so the shop should've collapsed.

Why's it open again?

I've heard about you and her for so long.

When I got to meet her today,

I couldn't help it

I asked how she was.

Gave her a hug.

Planted a kiss.

Mao-Mao's really back?

What're you so excited over?

She's just an ex.

In my world,

there are no exes.

There's only The One!

Okay, no exes.

Mao-Mao!

That was scary.

That is so hot.

That was scary.

It's been ten years.

Give him a chance to vent.

Yeah, time to vent.

A dozen years go, Mao-Mao's dad opened a store nearby.

People called him Bing King

Later, the whole family moved away.

I never guessed that after all that time,

Mao-Mao would move back.

You can all rest easy.

I will take my father's spirit

and revive it with my special techniques!

The "Bing King" name

will not be for nothing!

Well said!

Thank you!

Wait! Slow down!

Don%leave!

Neighbors, give me another chance!

I don't want do die here!

What do you mean, die? Don't you know good food?!

Guan Chunks coming!

Where?!

Is he mentally retarded?

Stop him!

Get him!

Stop!

I came to apologize!

So macho!

Slut.

I let her father down.

I let Mao-Mao down.

Who wants your apologies?

My sister doesn't remember a thing.

And it's all your doing!

My father said if you ever dared return,

to break your legs!

Git! Get him outta here!

Cut the racket!

Mao-Mao!

What's this noise!

How am I supposed to do business?!

Mao-Mao.

Xiao Lu,

how does he know my name?

He's a fan of yours!

A fan?

Then why's he on his knees?

His legs are broken.

He's handicapped.

Broken legs and you still came?!

Carry him in!

Don't hurt my fan base.

Take him! Let's go!

Thanks, guys.

Be careful, don't kill him.

What would you like?

Do you even need to ask?

Mao's secret...

Golden Blessing.

What?!

You know of the Golden Blessing?

Steel's glint and pall, refined to gold.

Yes.

The King of Bings, a name that's true.

Yes.

Layer on later, holding true love.

Yes.

Cicada-wing thin, it is to die for.

Yes.

In my mind,

it is the world's best bing!

Right!

Yes!

Connoisseur,

I will sate your request.

I'm not worthy!

All done!

Enjoy.

Well?

Such fragrance!

The flames are a bit high.

Yes, I made some improvements.

The Golden Blessing's flames soar high!

Yes, yes, yes. Its flames soar high!

Dig in!

It'll be carbon unless I hurry.

Any good?

It's great!

What's with your lips?

Lips? Nothing wrong.

This bing...

is stunning!

If you like it, have another.

No.

With such fare,

one bite is enough.

- Amazing. - Thank you!

Then why are you still here?

I still need to digest a bit.

Okay, I'll get you some cool water.

Eating whatever you want?

Think this is a buffet? Get out!

You said my legs were broken. How do I leave?

We will help you!

Mao-Mao, see you again!

Bah!

I've gathered you here today

because I hope we can all discuss

how to sell these bing.

What gives? Why the profanity on your face?

You know nothing!

This means determination!

No more questions!

Here. You try first.

What is this? It's disgusting!

See? You know nothing.

Chen Mo, your turn.

I'd rather die.

Is it so unbearable?

Yes.

If this world can't accept Mao-Mao's bings,

there is only one thing to do.

What's that?

Change the world!

As the song plays,

we welcome the lovely night.

With everyone gathered here so happy,

I'm announcing some great news

I Love Bing, So I Win

Free booze 'til the end

That's right.

Starting today,

if you buy one bing from Mao's over there,

you come trade it here for a bottle of booze.

The See You Tomorrow Bar's betting it all promo

starts right now.

We're dead.

Guan Chun...

He's lost it.

I Love Bing, So I Win

It's real! They're doing it for real!

We're already closed!

Sis! The crowd has gone mad!

There's never too many customers!

We will satisfy every last one!

Open up!

Discipline! Line up!

Me! Me!

You have our heartfelt thanks!

Thank you all!

Thank you!

Wait for me, everyone!

I'm off to buy more!

Don't go anywhere!

Not over here!

Everyone will get some!

I said not here!

Xiao Ma Ge, can I trade a bing for your car?

Absolutely not!

I have nothing to do with that bar.

I'm innocent!

Mom,

I won't be back for New Year's this time.

Yes.

I'm too ashamed to.

That's it,

now Chen Mo's gone loony.

Mom...

I love you.

That night,

Mao-Mao made 782 bings.

Guan Chun hadn't changed the world,

because not a single bing was eaten by customers.

The only thing he could change

was me.

Eat.

Already had one.

I didn't see you.

You didn't see,

but I already had one.

Have another.

Dammit, I had one!

You haven't had any!

That ain't right!

Lemme tell you

You think you're helping her,

but you're hurting me!

First,

she doesn't remember you at all.

Second,

her bing...

is inedible!

Think of some other way!

She forgot me, because she forgot how to make bing!

If she remembered how to make it, she'd remember me!

Eat.

Someone once asked me,

Why do lobsters taste better when steamed alive?

Because their suffering tempers the meat.

Only flavor wrought from pain can satisfy the living.

I know another live-cooked lobster

like Guan Chun.

Her name is Xiao Yu.

While everyone moves on, keep me by your side.

Hey y'all, I'm Xiao Yu.

Welcome to tonight's program.

Join me in music's space-time

and we'll have a great night together.

Different times, different moods

deserve different songs.

Today is a very special day.

A close friend's birthday.

His name is Ma Li.

So I'm using this time

to play a song you all know:

Keep Me By Your Side

Chen Mo, you bastard!

Your bar's up to my doorstep!

What a pain in the ass.

Can I stay here a few days?

Hang on. Hang on!

Sit.

What're you looking at?

You like those?

My cuckold's horns?

You're worthless.

Go on, cry!

Cry and I'll cut you!

Bottoms up!

Chen Mo!

Thanks to that damn mouth of yours,

Ma Li's in trouble!

That was a watershed night for Ma Li.

Six hours earlier,

he finally made good on his promise to Jiang Jie.

All these years,

I've always felt I owed you something.

On my birthday today,

I want to give it to you.

Your passion is music.

There's no fault in that.

What we had...

this project

I gave my all.

The relationship

I tried my best.

Living together with you,

six years and four months,

buying the car and house, I never argued over them.

But I'm already in my thirties.

I want to have a stable future.

What you're giving me tonight,

I've waited a long time for.

But it's already too late.

The house's down-payment, you paid. Four hundred thousand.

We both paid the mortgage, right?

I want the house.

The car was a hundred-ninety thousand.

If you want it, pay that and you can have it.

All my savings are here.

It's yours.

It's easier for a man to earn money.

Keep it all.

If that guy doesn't treat you right,

you won't need to worry.

July 29th, 200s

You had on a blue dress.

Your hair was in a ponytail.

That's how you looked when I first saw you.

That date is the PIN.

Take care.

Her leaving him was inevitable.

But Xiao Yu somehow blamed me for it.

So I figured I'd rub salt in her wounds.

You like Ma Li, don't you.

I worship him.

Blind worship still means like.

In any case, I've never wondered if he liked me.

He's my idol.

Looking like that? An idol?

Here.

Who's that?

Ma Li.

Ma Li?!

You're full of it.

That's how he looked in college.

Handsome, no?

Time really is...

a cruel mistress.

You just can't appreciate him.

Xiao Yu.

What!

Come.

See that... how round it is?

It is.

As round as a spare tire.

Move!

Everyone has a first love.

Xiao Yu was no exception.

She kept this photo from ten years ago.

She later told me that back then,

she fell ill, went to the hospital,

and stayed a long time,

That's when Ma Li started his career.

The radio played his song all the time.

That song became Xiao Yu's only friend.

We're back from commercials.

Welcome to the program.

Today we've invited

in a very special guest.

He's a very talented student-singer.

The guest we have here is Ma Li.

Hi, everyone. I'm Ma Li.

Ma Li will be one act in

a ten-act campus concert.

Could you say a little about what you look forward to?

This is my first song and it's one I wrote myself.

I have one principle, and that's to sing only my own songs.

Okay, let's bring on our next guest.

Hello?

Hi. I'm Xiao Yu.

Hi. I'm Ma Li.

I just wanted to tell you,

that I really, really like your song!

I heard you're doing a concert.

Can I go?

Sure, come! You can be my guest.

Xiao Yu, listen to me.

Time marches on,

with no end, only crossroads.

Don't ever give up.

I won't give up!

Due to the weather,

today's ten-act concert has been cancelled.

Please file out in an orderly fashion.

There's no backing out of an agreement.

I waited a long time for you.

Mister Ma Li.

Mister Ma Li.

Mister Ma Li.

Mister Ma Li.

Mister Ma Li.

Mister Ma Li.

What's going on?!

You want to try it on?

Xiao Yu wanted Ma Li to relive the past.

To me,

it looked like she was suffocating him.

A ferryman needs an actual plan.

Is it too tight?

It's fine.

I can manage.

If you want to console me,

try acting normal.

If there's something wrong with you,

I have a college classmate

who runs a psychiatric hospital.

I'll get you his number.

Do I look that bad in these clothes?

You want the truth?

Forget it. I'm off to work.

Who's there?

Who is that?

Wanna scare me? I'll smash you!

Guan Chun!

Why are you here?

I'm hungry-

You're hungry?

- Yeah. - Perfect!

I just blessed another one. You can have it.

I didn't think you could eat so much.

A hundred pounds of flour!

You finished it like that.

A hundred pounds?

I'll go buy more flour.

Wait!

My doctor said,

Stop when your one-third full.

Any more is an early grave.

A hundred pounds is just enough.

So...

have I improved?

It's not just improvement.

It is approaching perfection!

For you.

I collected impressions from all your old customers.

Also, secret bread recipes from around the world.

Have a look. It is sure to help.

Here.

Thank you.

Actually, I used to be really good at this.

I don't know if you'd heard.

Sure.

You were always amazing at it.

How do you know so much of my past?

Because“.

We grew up here together,

ever since we were young.

See over there?

A long, long time ago,

I'd play video games there all day long.

Nobody could beat me.

And you

spent all day here making bing.

Nobody's was as delicious as yours.

I don't remember anymore.

Do you remember this?

Fake money.

No...

Could I trouble you to push me over there?

Let's go.

Here?

Give me a hand.

This the one?

Look,

this is a token,

used for playing games.

And we met because of this game.

I led the Yagamis.

You led the Kusanagis.

But you never could beat me.

And you lost a lot of these.

You keep it.

Even though it's broken now,

lam determined to fix it.

The day that happens,

you will have recaptured that original flavor.

Yes.

My brother will be back soon.

I'll have him come help fix this.

Then... I ought to be going.

Have you seen Ma Li?

His spirit... or his body?

What do you mean?

His spirit's here. The body is across the way.

Ma Li?

Ma Li.

There's an affection that,

like wind passing over fields of wheat,

only witnesses can understand,

yet the world pretends never happened.

Seeing how miserable she was,

I decided to help her one time.

Starting now,

I will teach you how to be a ferryman.

After that, you can ferry Ma Li.

Remember this point

you must have empathy.

Go!

Go in!

My left eye keeps twitching.

Can't we eat and come back?

The ferryman's cardinal rule

once you take a case,

you never back out.

Come on in.

You're the Ferryman?

You must be Brother Shan Ji.

You know I have a sister, right?

I know. Hung Hing's Sister Thirteen,

the top sister of Causeway Bay.

She is all about loyalty,

and enforces it ruthlessly.

That's my mother!

Then who is Auntie Thirteen?

Auntie Thirteen?!

That was Wong Fei Hung's sister.

I'm very sorry.

She's uncultured.

Enough!

Be serious, will you?

My sister is the only blood I have.

It wasn't easy for her to fall for a guy.

First love.

They dated three years!

Then,

after one last word to her,

he disappeared.

What did he say?

She won't tell me.

If I find out where that fuckface is,

I Will bury him!

Great! Well said.

Why don't you keep looking for him.

I really need to get some food.

She is the only sister I have.

If I can't help her,

who would respect me then?

It's always better to have more friends.

If you don't help her find peace.

I'll make you rest in peace.

Hi.

Git!

What does git mean?

I'll look it up.

First entry. Slang for get.

Usage: Go git that.

Second entry. Software version control.

Usage: Upload your files to Git.

Third entry: Slang for exit, leave. Usage: Git going.

Also used in names,

such as the cute little panda,

that everyone online loves to call little Git-Git.

Git!

No matter how much you love someone,

you can't go hurting yourself like this.

A friend told me once,

Time marches on

with no end, only crossroads.

Git!

Go on, git.

Good idea.

Since I walked in,

you've only said one word,

Git!

Three times.

So was your ex-boyfriend's last word to you.

In relationships,

it's all about Destiny.

Do you know what Destiny is?

You'd really do anything for your sister?

If you can help her,

whatever it takes, I'll do it.

You have arthritis?

How did you know?

When we shook hands, I felt it in your pulse.

Bring the ice!

Bring the ice!

It's said that Destiny

it's like a chunk of ice.

Hold it in your hand and you'll see.

It actually goes like this,

Destiny is ice.

I embraced it.

The ice changed.

Then I knew.

It was not destined to be.

You think that by holding on

it will stay forever?

See your brother?

He has arthritis.

If you don't let go, neither will he.

I would sooner die than let go!

We will not let go!

What's this got to do with me?

The ferryman's highest tenet.

Have empathy. Grab hold.

Holding on hurts.

Don't let go, and it's gone, all the same.

Don't you care about your brother's life?

Does holding so tight really help?

Did you think it was destined to be?

When actually there was nothing.

But I can't let go.

I thought he loved me,

left because he feared me.

Turns out he never even cared.

Loving deeply isn't wrong.

The love that's truly meant for you

shouldn't hurt like ice.

It should warm like a cup of tea.

How long

before the ice in my heart melts?

It won't.

Your ice is the size of mountains.

This poor woman,

about to get married and the groom doesn't show.

It's been nearly a full day.

She's blocking the garage, but we can't call the cops.

Could be bad for business.

Know how I feel?

In a word: I'm ruined!

You called the right man.

Don't throw it.

This one ought to hurt more.

Wedding gowns are made for one day.

Isn't it hard wearing one for so long?

No it's not!

Once he's back, we can get married.

He doesn't even want you, and you still wait?

What else can I do but wait?

I miss him.

Every second of every minute.

Every second of every minute?

Really that bad?

It's really that bad!

Tell you what.

Within 48 hours,

you'll have forgotten him.

Who are you?

The only thought in her head is that guy.

To ferry her,

you must put other thoughts inside.

Like what?

You do neurosurgery, too?

Starting now, you keep her company.

And nobody eats.

That's cruel.

That's the job.

You gotta be hard on yourself.

Remember,

you must have empathy.

Hi.

24 hours later

Char isn't a problem,

but the aroma has to reach them.

Start the fans!

Forget it.

You look so hungry...

how about...

putting in an order.

Sure!

Steamed lamb, bear paw, and deer tail.

Roast duck, chicken, and goose.

- Okay. - Stewed pork. Stewed duck.

Yeah.

And tripe.

Marinated meat and sausages.

You eat those?

I do, I do. I eat all those!

Alright. Carry on.

Why?

I let you order. Didn't say you could have it.

"36 Hours Later"

Don't! Don't!

That's no moon cake! Don't lick it!

Let me out!

Listen. Listen to me.

Actually, everything on earth is edible.

Like sunlight! And air!

Steamed deer tail.

Let your strength rise from deep inside.

Deep inside.

"48 hours later"

Don't eat me!

Don't eat me!

You can't eat that!

Let me have one bite.

Are you that hungry?

What is it you miss now?

Steamed lamb, bear paw, deer tail, duck, chicken, goose.

Stewed pork, duck, soy chicken, cured meat, cones and tripe.

Marinated meat and sausages!

What else?

I miss my mom.

I miss my mom's braised pork.

Life.

It's an endless game

of being left for dead and born anew.

If you can't get it, it wasn't yours to have.

You can't let go because you're not willing to.

Losing love hurts,

but losing someone who doesn't love you,

where's the tragedy in that?

You can still fall in love with someone else.

Chen Mo said to help yourself to all of this.

Yes...

Beef!

Pork!

Lamb!

And other.

Actually, I admire you.

And I admire you.

Two days with no food and still so lively.

I'm okay.

Now I'm one of those who's been to hell and back.

I have this friend...

Out of work, wife ran off, life in shambles.

I think he's close to death.

What about someone like that?

You're talking about Ma Li.

Easy.

A hotpot without soup... that's no hotpot.

Ma Li is a singer.

Without any listeners, he's like a dry pot.

What you have to help him find...

isn't him.

It's his reason for singing.

To help Ma Li find his reason to sing,

Xiao Yu found funding from the businesses on our street

to stage a comeback concert for him.

She said to us,

Art is mercy that is free.

And so Ma Li brought the art,

Xiao Yu showed us mercy,

while the rest was left to us.

And that would be free.

His concert...

is finally going to happen.

And it's going down tonight.

The See You Tomorrow Bar,

at nine-thirty.

Let's all show Ma Li our support.

I'll see you there.

When this starts to kick off,

you boys take that deep-down energy and bust it out!

You're giving birth tonight?

Great!

Bring the baby along!

No whimpering!

I want to hear the call of the wild,

got that?

Ma Li! Ma Li!

Ma Li! Ma Li!

Ma Li!

Ma Li! Ma Li!

That concert was a great success,

but the costs were high.

Since the money that owners pooled wasn't enough,

Xiao Yu took her savings

and spent it all.

Ten years is too long.

Anything could change.

A lifetime is too short.

A single task might last without end.

Memories stand forever behind us.

They can't be abandoned, only embraced.

Actually, Guan Chun and Mao-Mao's story

also began ten years ago.

Guan Chun was a legend back then,

the best at King of Fighters,

spending every day at the arcade.

Mao-Mao, daughter of the Bing King,

delivered Guan Chun's take-out every day.

Bing's here.

Three more seconds.

Guan Chun! Guan Chun!

Combo! Combo!

Time to eat!

Damn your unlimited combos.

One more!

Go train another ten years,

you garbage.

Want the bing or not?!

Would you give it to someone else?

Why does he get egg on his?

Got a problem with that?!

So sorry!

Bing fee.

How 'bout this...

I teach you to play,

the bing fee is tuition.

Not interested.

Think it over.

This month's bing fee.

Just tell me straight,

is it boys you like or girls?

If you like girls,

we can be brothers.

If you like boys,

be my girlfriend.

Don't you play me.

Hey!

A movie tomorrow.

A blockbuster...

Titanic.

I'm warning you...

You'd best not be playing me.

Momma said she was going for groceries,

and she never came back.

Titanic, right?

If you ain't there when the time comes,

I'll chop you like a pineapple.

One more!

No more.

I'm booked.

Young man,

the movie's over.

What young man?! Run it again!

Idiot!

Stupid old man.

Mao-Mao.

You have a death wish, coming so late?!

You're beautiful.

Really?

Movie time.

Don't touch me!

You're so hot.

How can a romantic movie be so horrifying?

I don't know either!

Chen Mo gave the tickets.

It was on purpose!

Best player there is, eh?

Unlimited combos, right?

Break his hands.

Let's see his combos then!

Attack!

Run!

Guan Chun!

Don't hit him!

Mao-Mao!

When Guan Chun got out of the hospital,

he found Mao-Mao had disappeared.

She had a brain hemorrhage.

I took her back to Taiwan.

She forgot everything.

Even me.

All because of you!

Don't ever come back.

Get out!

Mao-Mao!

Guan Chun, king of the King of Fighters,

only lost once in his life.

Just this once.

He lost Mao-Mao.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Fate handed him a Continue?

The machine's fixed?

Want to try it out?

But I don't know how.

I'll teach you.

Thanks.

Did you forget?

I'm lori Yagami.

You're Kyo Kusanagi.

Why do I have to use this one?

Their two lives are forever entwined.

Though they always fight,

they have never been apart.

Alright, now what?

I taught you before.

But I'll teach you again.

If you ever forget, I will keep teaching you.

Until you never forget.

No take-backs.

You're heart's beating fast.

What are you up to!

Videogames.

Videogames.

Videogames?

Sis, the reason you're like this is from him playing videogames.

Play with this!

What're you so angry about? Step aside.

To hell with your lori Yagami!

What gives?!

Tell me why he bothers you so much!

You really want to know?

Great love always has obstacles.

Guan Chun's leg was broken,

but his spirit held strong.

I don't know where he got the book from,

but his love story

became a disaster movie.

Drink up!

Hang on, what's with him?

Wasn't his leg broke?

How'd it move to his head?

Worried his IQ would leak out.

What IQ?

A zero doesn't leak anywhere.

You guys know about complementaries?

Two people whose luck add up to a hundred.

The total never changes.

Just like me and Mao-Mao.

When your luck's good,

then her luck's bad.

When her luck is down,

your luck goes up.

Get it?

No, wait. What he's saying

is I oughta kill off my exes,

then I'd be rich.

Don't you have just one ex?

How are there now so many?

I got plenty.

What do you care how many husbands she had?

Don't doubt it.

I checked it out.

The day I broke my leg,

Mao-Mao sold three more bing.

I wasn't sure.

Took a brick, smashed it on my head,

and whaddaya know...

She sold two more bing.

Don't complements make sense?

It took that much to get five?

Because I didn't try hard enough.

Here.

We'll help you.

Let me! Let me!

Don't fight me for this.

I'm in a rush.

My wife's waiting for me to give a back rub.

Me first, okay?

Where?

Here, or there?

Right here. Here goes.

What do you mean we have to pay?!

I'll kill you!

What are you shouting about? Why shout at me?

You're insane.

Git!

Excuse me.

No way.

That hurt?

Get him!

Get some.

Give it all ya got.

Unless you're limp-wristed pussies!

Brothers...

Here goes.

What're you doing?

You blind? It's go-time!

Quit staring, let's go!

Go where?

You and Ol'Hu go home!

I can handle this myself.

Send backup.

Hello? Honey?

The hospital added a last minute surgery.

No, no,

I haven't been drinking.

Love you.

I'm gonna kill you guys!

Attack!

I'm sorry, baby.

Thanks to Guan Chun, we all got a little younger.

Like a movie, where we play early versions of ourselves.

Guan Chun went through this for Mao-Mao,

but we'd had about enough.

Hi, honey?

I might be back even later.

They added another last-minute surgery.

Thanks, everyone! Thank you all!

Thanks, everyone! Thank you all!

Thank you all for your support.

So that we might all have some peace,

I had to recruit a great master.

Famed in Chinese cuisine as the God of Bing,

peerless among the people's pastries,

and also Mao-Mao's uncle.

To ferry Guan Chun,

I pleaded with him for ten years,

before he let Mao-Mao come back.

When I first agreed,

it was because times had changed.

I wanted the young to have their own choices.

Bad things come from good intentions.

I brought you back from South America

is because of that fool, Guan Chun.

Look

Medical reports...

IOUs...

citations.

If this keeps up,

he'll end up killing himself.

What do you want me to do?

He just wants Mao-Mao to sell more bing.

You are the God of Bing.

Couldn't you train Mao-Mao to be a Bing King?

Then Guan Chun wouldn't keep putting himself through this.

It's not that easy.

The Mao clan has a tradition

cut love from your life.

A clear heart has few desires.

When Mao-Mao's father became Bing King,

it was because I chased away his wife.

That's how he could put everything into making bing.

Train her to be a Bing King?

I can do that.

But what a pity for the poor kid.

The God of Bing didn't even stay for lunch,

taking Mao-Mao away that very day.

Before I could think how to break it to Guan Chun,

he'd already found out.

Mao-Mao was gone.

Guan Chun stood outside her door all day and night.

Seeing him like that, deep down I felt...

I really screwed things up.

This was the day an international record label signed Ma Li.

I'd never seen Xiao Yu wear heels before.

That was probably the loveliest she'd ever been,

because she knew

Ma Li was going ever further away.

So far away, that he would disappear from her life.

Drinks are here!

Drink 'til you drop!

This is great!

This glass... is to all the bosses on this street

who funded my concert.

This is a feeling I'll remember the rest of my life.

Thank you all.

Bottoms up!

Ma Li,

the one you really should be thanking

You think I won't smack you?

Come on, everyone, let's drink up!

Look who's here.

What's up?

Hurry up!

I'm starving.

Alright, I'll buy a new car tomorrow.

Come

let's go say hi. Go on.

The big singer's here, too.

Heard you signed with a huge label.

I'll toast to that.

Drink.

Settle down.

Who do you think you are? Drink!

We're old friends.

You couldn't be so cold, right?

This glass is for Xiao Yu.

If not for you,

I would never have been able to get back up.

That toast should be to wedding vows.

Yeah, to your vows!

To your vows!

Where are you going?

Drink one to congratulate them.

Ma Li,

let's drink.

I don't drink with lunatics.

You'll drink with them and not me?!

You want to drink so bad?

Fine, let's make you happy.

But here, you drink by our rules.

Ma Li...

Ma Li...

Ma Li...

Chen Mo! Chen Mo!

Stop moving and stay here.

And don't you squirm out of this.

If you can't finish, run on home.

And stay far away from us.

Trying to scare me?

Why should I drink with you?

You coward. Coward!

Are you okay?

Out of the way!

Hey, superstar, why are you sitting on the ground?

So what if you signed a contract?

You still can't get up.

You're worthless.

Get up and drink with me.

You wanna drink?

I'll drink for him.

Based on what?

You've been wrapped around him for years.

What right do you have?

Because I'm his friend.

To hell with your friend!

You want to drink for him? Okay, come on!

You're just his spare tire.

And that is exactly

why I'm drinking tonight!

There's your drink.

Now who's full of it!

Good!

You want to play, let's play big.

Aren't you a bar owner?

Ever heard of Bar Golf?

I invented it.

You ever play it?

Not me,

but she has.

Me and her,

nine holes, all the way.

Then let's get started.

Hey, girlie

don't try to hide.

Back in the cars!

Do you know what Bar Golf is?

Don't know.

Don't care.

Do you have to take it so far?

What do you think?

A ferryman has to be hard on herself.

Get some towels! Hot ones!

Bring hot tea!

Coming up!

Look after him. You got it. Don't worry.

Nine-hole golf, starting tonight.

Xiao Yu. Jiang Jie.

Drinking and driving... got a death wish?

Get in.

Didn't you drink, too?

I had no reason to drink with him.

That was a bottle of spring water.

That was sneaky.

From one bar to the next, no more than ten minutes.

Otherwise, you lose.

Buckle up.

We're off to the first hole.

Welcome to Bar Golf's first hole!

Let's welcome the contestants, Jiang Jie and Xiao Yu!

Bar Golf is the craziest of

the city's legends.

You finish a hole by completing one bar's challenge.

The winner is decided by who finishes the most holes.

Contestants, your challenge is called

Repent and be saved!

Begin!

I invented Bar Golf

back when it was a simple idea

get hammered...

and never wake back up.

I'd gone down that road many times.

But never expected that because of Xiao Yu

I'd travel it once more.

Five!

Four!

Three!

Stop!

If you can't do it, just forget it.

Why?

Alcohol tolerance is mostly something you're born with.

You're no match for her.

I'm not betting with my limits.

I'm betting with my life.

Xiao Yu! Xiao Yu!

Do you want to win that badly?

I just don't want to lose.

Welcome

to Bar Golf!

Remember these two names

Jiang Jie. Xiao Yu!

Xiao Yu! Xiao Yu!

Jiang Jie! Jiang Jie!

The rule for hole number eight is very simple.

In front of you are fifty glasses

of ice-cold, Siberian vodka.

Each glass's vintage is different.

Down all fifty within one minute.

These are the fifty steps to Hell!

Once set by the God of Drinking,

it's a record that has stood for ten years,

and has yet to be broken.

Chen Mo! Chen Mo!

Can you do it?

Good luck trying.

The eighth hole

of Bar Golf

The Devil's Stairway...

starts now!

Now!

Drink! Drink! Drink!

Last thirty seconds!

Not everything in the past was wonderful.

And not all memories are meant to be kept.

This picture was taken by one of He Muzi's coworkers.

Seeing these smiles from ten years ago

made me realize

I had always been in the river,

unable to break free.

The Devil's Stairway is a path of self-destruction.

The ones who reach it have their reasons.

For some, it's obsession.

For some, it's jealousy.

For some, it's despair.

I collapsed here countless times,

just to get closer to He Muzi.

At last, I finally realized

The place closest to her

had the longest path.

I'm betting with my life.

I just don't want to lose.

Ten!

Nine!

Eight!

Seven!

Six!

Five!

Four!

Three!

Two!

Chen Mo

Have you ever

put your life on the line for someone?

The finish line in Bar Golf is this glass.

Its alcohol content is the highest in the world.

So not everyone is willing to drink it.

Its name

The Answer

Before drinking, you must answer one question.

You can lie to me,

but don't lie to yourself.

Of all the days in your life,

which was the most important.

It was my first day as a ferryman,

the first time standing on the shore,

while watching Ma Li fall in.

Yes,

I do like him.

I would do anything for him.

And so what of it?

I know I'm not his tomorrow.

The one thing I can do

is take him to the other shore.

From that day on, I said to myself,

Xiao Yu,

don't take it so hard

You're just a ferryman.

And you?

Say it.

There's nothing with us that can't be said.

Let them hear it.

July 29th, 200s

You had on a blue dress,

your hair was in a ponytail.

That's how you looked when I first saw you.

Too embarrassed to say it?

If you won't, then I will.

To hell with your Answer!

Why should I answer you?

Why should I drink that?

Something else. Something else!

What are you doing!

I'm not drinking that!

Something else. Why can't I drink something else?

Why should I answer?

That's enough, let's go.

- Something else! - Enough!

You okay?

I'm fine.

If you can't drink, then don't!

You're an embarrassment!

What right do you have?

I'm an embarrassment?

Being with you is the embarrassment!

Alright.

Then get lost!

You think I want to be with a slut like you?

Where's Ma Li?

Where's Ma Li!

He doesn't even want you anymore!

No one wants a whore.

Get off of me!

Slut!

I'll take you home.

I don't need your help.

Let me take you just once more.

I'm tired.

Soon, Ma Li left the city.

His road

led elsewhere.

People bottle up their feelings and leave them at the bar.

Those who make it ashore go their separate ways.

Their stories still float along the river.

In ten years of running a bar,

that message in a bottle

was the largest I'd ever seen.

Xiao Yu cried hard.

After that, I never saw her again.

These are the things He Muzi left behind.

There wasn't much.

But I... I was one of them.

Chen Mo,

why do you like hotpot so much?

Those who sit together for hotpot...

are people of the same world.

Actually, what matters isn't the meal...

it's the one who's sitting by your side.

I've always wanted to have a look past the horizon.

Do you have to go there?

You can watch the sun rise even closer.

I want to take you there for hotpot.

If I can't go...

remember... to set a place for me.

Not possible.

Wherever I go, you'll be there.

Thank you...

for coming this far.

The sunrise is beautiful.

It's lucky I didn't die last night.

He Muzi wanted to leave tomorrow behind for me.

But I knew after she was gone,

there would be no more tomorrows.

This car

was our message in a bottle.

It should be on the shore by now.

Let it stay where it will always be closest to her.

I don't know when it started,

but the bracelet stopped blinking.

I still reflect on the past,

but I don't linger there.

Because I know that

one day

We'll see each other at the end of the road.

As he waited for Mao-Mao,

Guan Chun was breaking the limits of man.

Mao-Mao!

I miss you!

Just as Guan Chun couldn't take any more,

the lifesaving bing... finally arrived.

From the looks of it,

Mao-Mao ought to be married by now.

What did you say?

It's the theory of complements

Didn't you say the worse off you were, the better she'd be?

Look at you

You're practically a beggar.

That means everything must be great for her.

Married, with kids, and enjoying life.

Stop talking!

Here.

Where's that from?

Never mind that. Try some.

Well?

Isn't it so familiar,

yet somehow not?

Uh-huh.

Like happiness with...

a thread of sorrow.

Uh-huh.

Actually

Before Mao-Mao left...

I saw her.

Food has a soul.

I trust that you can make a taste

that is something all your own.

Go for it.

I will become a bing king.

Until then,

help me take care of him.

This bing

Represents the feelings Mao-Mao has for you.

If you can sense that,

then you ought to know where you can find her.

I can feel it...

she loves me.

But I don't know where to find her!

Look at the address, idiot.

I don't understand English!

Ecuador.

Mao-Mao!

I'm coming!

Cut the racket!

Boss, a letter from Guan Chun.

"One month later"

Guan Chun?

My brother Chen Mo

I wish I could see you.

Life is vast as the sea and Spring has changed to Fall.

Ecuador is a little hard to find.

I might have taken the wrong flight.

I'll write when there's more.

Yours, Guan Chun.

My bracelet suddenly had a new function.

If someone needed ferrying,

it would start to flash.

You handle the bar. Book me a flight.

Isn't this Antarctica?

Antarctica?

I'm a person with no tomorrow,

but I hope that everyone else has theirs.

So long as this light flashes,

I'll keep on ferrying.

It's not about karma.

It's just by choice.

"One year later"

A year later, Brother Bing King had its grand opening.

After all the back and forth,

lori Yagami and Kyo Kusanagi were together at last.

Hello?

Hello?

It's Ma Li.

Ma Li!

Guess where I am.

Where are you?

This is my first real concert.

I'm about to go on.

Aren't you coming?

I'm there!

Every person in the audience is me!

Ma Li, knock 'em dead!

You, too.

The world is a book. All creatures can relate to this.

But I am just a ferryman.

We'll all reach the shore.

Where the sun shines for miles,

and flowers bloom wherever we go.