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My mother's a photographer.

Women can be photographers if they want to.

Some people might think this is weird.

But my mother is also my father,

that's why it's not so strange.

My mother is in the south, in a place called Micronesia.

She's taking pictures over there.

They've got many animals that we don't have here in Japan.

Like pink fish that are bigger than pigs.

When you eat them they taste like sausages.

Really?

No, there's no way that's true.

You were supposed to write about real things in your composition.

It is real!

There are even fishes that count!

They're called Counting Fishes.

When Mother asked a "2 x 3" math question,

Five of the Counting Fishes gathered together.

At first, it was disappointing.

But who knew, at the last minute the last Counting Fish showed up.

Sounds like someone we know.

Mother gave that fish a name, "Tai".

Quiet, please. Quiet!

It's so hard to find such an interested buyer,

yet in the end it's just a waste of time.

And we can't just abandon it anywhere...

Do you think we can sell it for about 50,000?

How can we possible sell a wounded bird for 50,000?

Help! Kaneko.

You should've just taken the money.

Why did you have to argue about it?

Who would want that horrible man's money?

There you go again.

Stop going on about it.

That's definitely a fox.

What's so special about a fox?

It didn't move at all just now.

Didn't move...

It must be sleeping...

What?

Bye bye.

...Counting Fish.

Don't pick on the new kid.

I didn't do anything.

Fox?

Is your Mother a freelance photographer as well?

Sorry, I can't bring you with me.

But this is a good assignment.

If you don't hurry, the movers are going to be here.

Don't worry,

I'm sure Taichi will like the people that Mother likes.

When the assignment is over, I'll come back immediately. Immediately.

Mother's "immediately" isn't reliable at all.

That's why we'll just sit here and stew.

HELEN THE BABY FOX

My Mother went to an island in the south because of work.

See. It's here.

"The beach is a spread of watery ice."

"Placing the ice to make a three-layered sandwich, topped with blue Hawaiian syrup."

"And strawberry syrup too. Taichi must be craving for some," she said.

"Also, these are the Counting Fish,"

"that are so good at Math."

Mother says the last fish is me.

The world that Mother lives in

is filled with interesting and happy things.

But I'm not there to see any of them.

Maybe it's because I'm not tall enough.

What do I do next?

Are you having the same dream as me?

Goodbye. I'll play with you next time.

Lost pet?

Mother Fox's.

Ah... lost animal...

This kind of case isn't easy to deal with.

Even though it can't find its mother, we still can't treat it as a missing child.

Why don't you take it home and take care of it?

To bring it to an animal hospital, is a little...

Well, it's difficult...

Ah. Let's see if we can take it somewhere else.

There's a place where all kinds of animals are taken care of.

Sorry, but I think we should forget about it...

What? No, no, no.

I'm keen on getting them to take it. We have to go.

It should be around here...

Excuse me. We'd like to go to the animal shelter.

I've been told that it's after the second red light.

We should be on the right road...

This road might be near,

but turning at the next exit would be better.

You better not go near that place.

You'll never come out.

It's really...

It's narrow, but I can go through.

Oh, is that right? Thank you very much.

Come back, you.

What's wrong? Come on.

Hmm? Strange.

Ah!

It's you.

So, it's you.

Sorry.

You know each other?

So it seems. That's great.

Help me!

Help.

Are there any problems?

You didn't touch the fox, did you?

What?

This is a compulsory check.

I think I touched...

No, I didn't.

I didn't touch it.

Thanks for the hard work.

Save me.

It hurts. It hurts.

Don't hide.

It hurts! It hurts!

Okay, okay.

It's hot! It's hot! It's hot!

What... Seriously...

It's cold! It's cold!

I don't care!

Suppuration? Why is there a suppuration?

You didn't disinfect it like I told you to.

It isn't because we didn't take proper care of it, but because of your own negligence.

Are you done?

Now that I know, I will go.

Don't touch the patient at all.

Why do you have to sound so angry? You'll scare the customers away.

It's no different to talking to a cow.

The ones who gives us money are people.

I'll leave the rest to you.

When you're done, mail these and carry out the parasite inspections.

Thanks to you, I'm doing extra work again.

I'm sorry.

How can you bring back an animal when we are taking care of you already?

It's not like it's up to me.

This little thing is very obedient.

Maybe it used to belong to someone.

You want to keep it?

Keep it.

Not the fox.

Why not?

Keeping non-domestic animals is against the law.

But...

They are not pets and it should be a patient.

Then, please let him be a patient.

Are you going to pay the patient's bills?

You're charging?

Like I said, this isn't some toy. It's a living thing.

You need money to look after it. 3000 yen a day, 20,000 yen a week.

That's 90,000 yen a month.

You're too calculating.

I'll take it back then.

Seriously...

Have one.

All that might be left tomorrow morning are bones.

Bones?

Bones.

Scissors, paper, rock!

I win.

What to do...

Don't bring wild animals in.

I know...

It's a bird...

What do you intend to do?

The patient's fee is gonna be expensive.

What?

Save me.

Let me out. I'll be made into a specimen.

Stop dilly-dallying. Get to work.

If you fall, I will make you pick bones.

Patient's fee. Patient's fee.

Breakfast time. It'll be gone if you don't come in 10 seconds.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6,

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

Eat this, fox.

It's the same.

No, that one's burnt.

Not eating?

Oh, the similarity is there.

Both of you are in the same boat.

Till I say so, you are not allowed near that little fox.

Why not?

Foxes sometimes carry a germ.

A human will get very sick if infected with it.

And if you're unlucky, you'll die from it.

Fine, be a shorty for the rest of your life.

Lucy.

Good girl. Let's go for a walk. Where would you like to go today?

Quick, drink.

Do you want to be a shorty all your life?

Too sweet.

I told you it's too sweet.

To foxes, the milk that humans drink is too sweet.

Didn't I tell you? Till I Tsay so, don't go near it.

Don't go near it anymore, understand?

Yes, this is Yajima.

The little fox?

It's ready.

Yes, I've got medicine. It's lethal almost immediately. It's the best thing to do.

Kill it?

Didn't I tell you? Don't go near that place.

You'll be made into a specimen.

You okay? Are you cold?

Let's go to a faraway place together.

Go to a place where no one can find us.

Just the two of us...

Best if it's somewhere warm...

There's a country where there aren't any adults, where we are the ones who govern.

You don't have to move to a new place or new school,

you won't have to bear not being able to see your family.

We can sleep or wake up whenever we like.

And it's our freedom to choose whatever we want to eat.

Take the sausage-flavored pink flying fish

and the Counting Fishes to eat.

Not a bad idea, eh?

What?

There you are...

Found it. Found it.

Your family is worried sick. I'll send you home. Let's go.

What the hell were you thinking?

Because you said you were going to kill it.

I was referring to the worms.

What did you do to it?

What?

Like falling off the bicycle, for example?

Its reflexes are very slow.

It's always been slow.

Don't you think it's a little too slow?

Have you heard it growl?

Are you saying that it's blind and deaf?

There aren't any obvious injuries.

It seems like it received trauma to the brain.

This isn't good.

It's just like Helen Keller.

What do we do?

I've never seen such a patient.

We'll call you "Helen".

He even has a name for her...

Helen.

We have kept something really troublesome...

Guess what Mother would be thinking now?

Euthanasia.

If Mother were here, she would surely say that.

"Aren't you a doctor? Isn't it your job to save lives?"

But this time, saving a life will bring misery to another.

If it's going to be such a hassle, you shouldn't have bothered in the first place.

Draggy, draggy. You even drag a person in.

Misuzu, Don't you miss Mother?

I have only one Mother.

(Helen)

Under the guidance of Teacher Sullivan,

Helen knows that everything in this world has a name.

In fact, she remembered name after name. From then on, her view of the world changed.

All right!

Helen, this is water.

Water.

Helen. Do you understand?

Helen, this is milk.

Mi-lk.

It might be similar to water, but it's more nutritious.

How did it become like this?

Lucy, let's go for a walk.

Come on. Take a sip.

Wrong, you have to drink it. Drink it up.

This isn't the way.

Let me.

Drink. Drink.

It doesn't like it this way.

Stop bullying Helen.

If you don't force it to drink, it'll starve to death.

Still, you don't have to be so cruel to it.

To her, milk is like an unknown liquid.

It can't taste it as well.

Oh.

Maybe it's happier dead.

What kind of doctor are you?

You shouldn't live, just because you can't drink milk?

How then can Helen be happier?

Tell me your answer after you find out more.

Sullivan.

Congrats on recovering.

Don't come back again.

Not even a word of thanks.

(Get well faster, so you can get out of here)

Why do you paste these?

The hospital owner wants to get rid of those sick animals that don't make money

because no one pays for their hospital bills.

We're getting poorer and poorer.

How about Lucy and the others?

They're domestic animals.

Lucy belongs to a couple who likes to travel.

Instead of putting her into a pet hotel, they leave her here.

We're still surviving thanks to her.

After the family pasture went out of business,

Dave was kept by us. Eat.

Save me. Kaneko.

Kaneko was abandoned by someone.

Who is Kaneko?

She's a rich bird collector who abandoned it.

Staying here makes her forget about being abandoned,

being abandoned at a person's convenience.

Of course, we have no right to criticize others.

This is a job that we normally wouldn't be getting.

The appointed photographer couldn't make it,

that's why your Mother will get the job.

Taichi will always support Mother, right?

Mother's happiness is Taichi's happiness.

Taichi's happiness is Mother's happiness.

Helen's hospital fee. Good luck with it.

Then, what is happiness to Helen?

Here are 9 sweets.

If you give them out to 3 people, how many sweets will each person get?

Let's give some out and see for ourselves. Okay. One sweet...

Mother.

The next question is a little harder. The topic is...

I know!

Wow.

Then, Ogawara, will you come up and give it a try?

Wait, Helen.

Helen.

Do you miss being by Mother's side?

Do you want to run by your Mother?

That's why you should drink milk and be stronger.

Drink. Drink.

Think you're so good. Sullivan has to set an example first.

Dummy, that's the cup the dogs use.

It's all Helen's fault.

You can see it too, can't you?

Drink. Drink quickly.

Do you understand?

Drinking, she's drinking.

Save me.

Very good. Drink some more.

Drink some more.

That's great. You can drink now.

That's wonderful, Helen. Drink a little more.

Sullivan did it?

It's more like wasting the milk than drinking it.

So, this is the answer that Sullivan thought of?

Why do you say that Helen wants to be with her Mother?

It's because Helen is like me.

But you see, based on her condition, it's impossible for her to live in the wild.

Her sense of smell is also impaired. She won't be able to find food for herself.

She wouldn't even be able to tell the difference between kin or foe.

Can't you cure it with an operation?

You said, "What kind of doctor are you?", didn't you?

About that...

Don't come running to me just because you need help.

The chances of curing her are very low.

Moreover, Helen's still very young.

She won't be able to handle the operation without enough strength.

In that case, as long as we increase her strength, there's a chance of curing her?

The possibility might not be zero...

If the operation is successful, we can return her into the wild.

If the operation is successful.

Is this the owner's photo?

These cubs were born about the same time as Helen.

If she returns to her Mother's side, I won't see her again.

Take photos of Helen.

I don't have such a capability.

Take them yourself.

Helen. Helen.

Helen.

Good.

I'm taking...

All right.

Why does Mother want to take photographs...

I finally have some understanding.

It's what Helen taught me.

All my life on Earth,

I will want to capture at least a moment.

Fox... Fox...

What's he doing?

Nothing much.

Wildcats like the dark forest,

and foxes live in sand dunes.

So as to avoid any dispute, they exchanged dwellings.

What?

The mother foxes don't care whose cub it is,

they will look after and nurture each others like their own.

What's with you?

Nothing.

Sand dunes...

Ah, over here.

Hurry up, hurry up.

There's no stopping Sullivan now...

He says going outside is part of the recovery process.

It seems like he's Helen's mother.

What's wrong?

Helen.

Don't touch her, she'll bite you.

I wonder what's making her act like this.

Why is she like this?

You want to know what kind of world Helen lives in?

I'll give you a signal after 5 minutes.

Eyes and ears are being covered.

It feels like the world has been expelled.

Where is this? Don't leave me...

Don't leave me.

Don't you think it's been too long?

Helen is in more pain.

He's carrying the dwindling essence of life.

Making sure he is clear about it would be better.

It hurts.

The world that Helen lives in has enemies everywhere.

Was it scary?

Don't forget this fear.

To Helen, being here is scary.

Every second to her is like a fight.

Make Helen better.

I don't like it. The insecurities in the dark.

Make Helen better.

Please make Helen better. Aren't you a doctor?

You have to first think of what you can do.

Sullivan.

One day,

I'll bring you back to your Mother's side.

What are you doing?

Getting the air out.

Oh...

Before you ask, I'm getting the air out to make bread.

You bake bread because you like to exhaust air?

You!

Come do it too.

Lucy.

Go back. Go back.

Every time a new patient came,

Mother and I would make animal bread.

The wild cat that met with a traffic accident, the bird that broke its wing,

the squirrel without a leg,

they're just like the bread that's gone after you eat it.

Pray that these animals will leave soon.

I see. So the fox bread is to make Helen recover faster.

It's like a kind of incantation, right?

Hmm? Are you listening to what I'm saying?

Leaving earlier actually means recovering faster, right?

1150 Grams.

She became lighter.

Helen. Eat.

You can't grow just by drinking milk.

Quick. Helen. Eat.

No, no. Parrots can't eat meat.

Kaneko, go over there.

Have some.

I don't eat raw meat.

Why won't you eat?

Listen carefully, Helen. I'm not trying to bully you.

This is for your own good.

Get stronger and have the operation.

Then, you can return to your Mother's side.

I did it!

See? See? Wonderful. She's eating. That's great.

Why am I dancing with you...

That's great, Helen.

Lucy. Lucy. No.

You can't eat. Lucy. Go back.

Good.

Eat more. You'll get better soon.

There. Helen.

Good. Eat one more. Good.

That's great. You ate it all. Fantastic.

Seriously.

Good girl.

Helen. Helen.

Yes. I'm afraid it's not a superficial injury.

Oh, I'll leave it up to you then.

Thank you.

Go up. Go up.

Up. A little more. Go up. Just a little more.

Great!

That's great, Helen. Now you can have the operation.

We did it! You'll get better!

He's a professor at a veterinary university.

How do you do?

He's the north fox doctor, right?

North fox doctor?

Misuzu, load Helen into the car.

We'll be heading off.

If the operation is successful, will Helen be able to run around like a normal fox?

She will if it's successful.

Will she also be able to jump around?

Yes, yes.

Can she play the skateboard as well?

Skateboard?

Not only the skateboard,

but also skipping rope, stilts, and riding a bicycle.

Even a bicycle? Yajima.

That's wonderful.

Helen, it's going to be great. Just bear with it for a little while more.

If you weren't my ex-student I wouldn't even try doing this.

Sorry to put you in such a difficult position.

I'll contact you after a more detailed inspection.

Helen, let's train hard at skateboarding when you come back.

Helen. All the best. I'll be waiting for your return.

You try.

What do you think you're doing?

I don't know how to teach you.

Is it going to be like this?

Let's get going.

Yes.

After Helen's operation, we must run together.

Helen.. is she some foreigner?

So, she isn't Japanese.

That's cool.

She's a fox.

What?

You're really cool.

Let's go.

Are you saying the chances of recovery are zero even after the operation?

Can't you let her stay in the hospital with the professor?

Oh no.

I think to the patient, the environment is better.

Sorry to give you so much trouble, but I'll have to leave it with you.

So you heard it all.

Sullivan is a little overexcited.

Scissors, paper, rock!

You want me to tell him?

I think I'll tell him when there's a chance.

It's already too late.

Great, great.

You're doing good, Helen. Let's practice doing curves.

What are you trying to do?

Apart from milk, are you swallowing everything else?

What?

No matter how long you wait for, Helen isn't coming back.

What do you mean?

Go ask him yourself.

You liar, you said you were going to make Helen better.

I'm working now, stop bugging me.

What did Helen go through all the trouble to raise her strength for?

Being forced to drink milk that she can't taste.

Being forced to eat meat.

She's been working hard so that she can get better after the operation.

Who says Helen will get better?

But...

I only said the chances weren't zero.

Because even an operation wouldn't cure her.

So she was left at the courtyard affiliated to the university.

If you think she isn't going to get better, why have you left her there?

What can you do about it?

Seeing her suffer with your own eyes... getting weaker by the day.

And there's nothing you can do about it. Do you understand the irony of it?

This is the best thing that can be done.

What's the best way is up to Helen and I to decide.

Helen needs me.

Thank you.

Lucy, it's all up to you now.

Lucy, this isn't Helen.

It might be too late.

What are we going to do if something happens to the dog?

It's kidnapping. It's bad for business.

Then she won't have to suffer today...

What?

Wait up, Lucy.

Where are you going?

Seriously, where is she?

Forget it. I'll look for her myself.

Please look at this diagram.

This is the CT scan of the brain.

This is trauma, where the bleeding created a clot in the brain.

It might be because of a traffic accident or some blow blow

to the head that caused the internal bleeding.

Helen?

Lucy.

It can't see or hear anything.

It doesn't react to smells and is unable to produce any sounds.

Such a broad scope of symptoms arise.

It's actually alive for now. We can agree that this is a rare illness.

From corresponding different parts of the brain,

we can see what it takes to restore its functions. We can make this a case study.

You're the boy with Yajima...

Give Helen back to me.

Helen?

Give Helen back to me.

What are you doing...

Give Helen back to me.

Give her back, I said.

Lucy.

Give Helen back to me.

Give me! Give me!

It's howling.

Helen's howling.

That's the sound it makes when it's calling for its mother.

Helen. You know it's me, don't you?

Helen.

It's okay if you can't be cured.

As long as Helen is always by my side...

I want to be Helen's mother.

I admit defeat to Sullivan.

Scheduled flight 1181 to Japan,

has just arrived.

See, isn't it cute...

When I first saw it, I thought I had to get it for Sunny.

Sunny?

Sunny.

I got such a surprise, you should have said you were coming.

I wanted to give you a surprise.

Your mother is always like this.

Just like the earth's axis.

Axis?

The earth spins back, so does she.

Even with such a mother, you're still pretty normal...

I guess.

You can put this by the bath...

I heard it feels really good.

Ah, let's all have a bath together today?

Of course, it doesn't have to be today.

I'll be going out...

Take care on your way...

Oh, this one is delicious. It's durian desert...

You really have all different kinds of animals...

A lot of people misunderstand...

They think that as long as they are animals, we will take them in.

That's the reason our place is getting poorer by the day.

But the animals that are being sent here didn't do anything wrong.

I wonder what was your intention in sending your kid here.

Wait a minute. Are you asking me to marry you?

When did I say that?

Really. I thought you meant that...

You see. I said I might be coming to Sunny's place.

You said, "Come.".

That was...

I said, "Can the kid come along?" and you replied, "Yes.".

Saying is one thing...

Because you were so easy-going, it made me not worry as much...

I was thinking that Sunny will surely take care of everything.

Did I say something wrong?

You might think that I'm too reliant, but I really don't mind.

You haven't changed a bit from when you were a student.

Thinking that as long as you are happy, everyone else is happy.

Things aren't so simple.

Have you thought of the boy's feelings?

He's now at that age, this kind of thing can't be taken lightly.

But I'm here already.

Now I can spend more time, right?

Sky.

Light.

Wind.

Sea.

That's wonderful.

You know what, mother?

Helen can recognize me. You see.

You want to try?

Okay.

She can sense the vibrations made by your steps.

Is that right?

Come here.

See. She's so playful even though she can't see.

Sunny is really a good doctor.

That's not it. It's because Helen is hardworking.

Taichi.

You've grown.

Hmm? Helen.

It's the...

Helen's brain condition worsened.

He's acting up.

I'll go call Sunny.

The condition has worsened.

If it goes on like this, I don't know how much longer she'll live.

Helen isn't going to die.

Helen obviously did everything she could...

Drank the milk and ate the meat...

What else can she do now?

There are many things she can't do.

You said she can't howl, but didn't she howl before?

Helen's different from other foxes.

She'll get better.

It's not only Helen that's trying hard.

It's because you are trying hard, that's why she can continue trying.

You can't do anything if you're alone.

There's got to be things that only you can do.

I...

If you don't believe in Helen, who else is going to?

Helen's mother is you. Sullivan.

Helen. Here, here. Come. Over here.

Helen.

Helen.

Helen, these are dandelions.

When they bloom,

they use their feathery seeds to travel the whole world.

Helen won't be going anywhere, right?

Helen has just come into this world.

Helen. This isn't rain.

It's coming from my eyes.

New product, Taichi bread.

I think it's better if I disappear as well.

Silly, this isn't a moral incantation.

Although it's not like me to say things like this...

It's all your fault that I remember such funny things.

I made Helen bread too.

Also, I made skateboard bread by the way.

We can skate together next time when we have the chance.

You won't have energy if you don't eat anything.

Helen.

When summer is here, different flowers will bloom.

More and more flowers will bloom.

When summer is here...

Is there a place like this nearby?

A place where lots of flowers bloom.

There are many.

Really?

You just have to wait for a month.

You can't wait that long?

I know a good place.

But you have to keep it a secret from everyone else.

Ogawara, your family called.

Are you in pain? Helen.

Taichi. Don't. It's dangerous.

Are you alright?

Don't kill her!

It's just suppressors, to calm her down.

You're lying.

You calm down too.

Where are you going.

I want to let Helen see summer.

Let him be.

We're nearly there, Helen.

Hang in there.

Sorry to trouble you because of Helen.

You don't have to apologise...

But since Taichi is Helen's mother,

that means I'm Helen's grandmother.

The fact is that I'm really contented.

What?

Leaving Helen in that kid's care,

I'm just running away from the facts.

It's in front of me but I don't see it.

And not doing anything about it.

Would it be better if you and Taichi weren't around?

What?

Didn't you say that rejecting others will make you the bad guy,

just hope that they will leave by themselves?

Let's talk about it another time.

If it's just out of sympathy, you might as well not care.

If you had no intention of being Taichi's father, why did you keep him for a month?

What are you saying? You brought him here yourself.

What did you say? You're really pissing me off.

- What are you trying to say? - I'm saying it's you who...

Now is not the time to fight.

Taichi... He doesn't blame anybody.

Doesn't push the blame to anyone.

He just wants to be a good mother for Helen.

Taichi understands way more than you two.

Over there.

Wait for me.

Lucy, which way?

Helen.

Is she...

She's calling for Taichi.

Helen.

Helen, see a lot of the flowers are blooming.

Helen, it's summer.

Helen met a good mother.

Helen.

Helen.

Helen.

That boy made me think of something.

Every living thing is making their best effort to survive in their own time.

Taichi taught Helen,

but at the same time, Helen taught Taichi.

We should slowly become fathers and mothers as well...

You didn't do too badly either.

It's time to eat.

Lucy, you can't drink that.

Come, drink.

Lucy, move aside.

Another one.

Alright, we'll put you here for now.

Helen lived for very long.

If you hadn't found her that day, she would have died in a few weeks.

The extra three weeks is your present to her.

Although I was happy being with her,

the world that Helen lived in was full of difficulties.

Do you know how to write the word "Hardship"?

It looks like the middle character of the word, "Red Pepper".

On the "Xin" character, add a "Yi".

And it becomes happiness.

It's the "Yi" in Taichi.

Yes, above you...

Helen found Taichi, also means that Helen found happiness.

Saying that dying is the best for her is totally my mistake.

It's wonderful that Helen could live.

All I can remember, is Helen's happiness.

Really?

You don't believe me?

In the beginning, I would get really frustrated.

Whether it's about Taichi or Helen,

things will keep changing.

In this area, I'm more like my father.

I can't get used to it yet, but...

A photographer's job is to wait.

Strange. What's with this photo?

It's the one that I sent.

Taken together?

It's a double exposure.

I mixed the two negatives up by mistake.

That photo is like saying, in the world that Helen lived,

there are also many happy and wonderful things.

The photo tells me that.

Helen.