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It's going to be Christmas soon.

My friends in my class

say that there's no such thing as Santa Claus, but

I believe in him.

Because, in this world

there are some really strange things.

The story I'm going to tell now

is about what happened to our family.

It's a very strange story.

And all of it

happened because of my mom's misunderstanding.

[Komatsubara Mugitaro] Ah... hello

I know, I know.

I said I know.

Yes, yes... something happen?

I've been married for 15 years.

We've been blessed with two children.

We have our own home

and I thought we had built a happy household.

Shoot!

Then came the day when I began to suspect my husband of cheating.

My husband got off

at a station which neither he nor the family had any connection to

Papa... I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

My husband has trouble eating ice cream so of course he never eats it, but

here he is buying ice cream.

I can't see.

Hey Thanks for your hard work.

Oh, you bought ice cream!

Really? Thank you! Oh, nice.

He has been cheating on me after all.

Oh, Ishiguro, you're early.

Oh hi, thanks for your hard work Are you starting already?

Of course we are. There isn't much time left before the exam.

You can't waste even one minute, right? Time is money

Just as I'd expect from someone who's lived abroad.

I'm really grateful for both of you for helping out a lowly temp like me, but

isn't it not good for me to rely on you two for this?

There's a ton of pressure

with you two alternating like this.

Even though we're teaching you and

helping you study so much, it's still awkward to have men to be coming and going

at a single girl's apartment.

Papa is helping a girl at his company study for the exam

to become a proper full-time employee.

Sorry, forgive me.

There's no way I could be the girlfriend of Mugi or Ishi-yan.

But Mama...

Papa is cheating on me

and with such a young girl, to boot.

Mama is completely misunderstanding things.

She's completely turned into the tragic heroine.

A wife's intuition... is spot-on after all, isn't it?

No, it's not spot-on at all.

You haven't told your wife you're going to Yamagishi's to help her

study for her exam? No.

Why not? My wife

is a serious worrywart.

She's really that jealous?

She's the type of person who gets all sorts of crazy ideas in her head.

Crazy ideas? Does she get that worked up when she gets the wrong impression?

Yeah. And even if you go so far as to tell her that,

she's still on the wrong track.

What am I gonna do? There's no way I can win against such a young girl.

Am I going to lose to her?

Am I being abandoned by Papa?

If it should come to that...

I've signed this already.

Divorce papers...

See ya 'round. Papa, don't leave us!

Papaaaaa!!

No matter what happens... I have to protect my family!

300,000 yen

Gah... I'm really getting the stink-eye from that auntie over there.

She really is young.

Are you Mugi's wife?

You're Yamagishi Hoshimi, right?

Nice to meet you. I'm Komatsubara Hishiko.

I knew it! I knew it was you right away

because I've heard you're really a beautiful woman.

Ah, I'm not really--

You wanted to talk? Well...

I'm very sorry, but

I don't want you to meet with my husband anymore.

I shoulda known it'd be something like this.

She admits it so readily!

My studies are really

taking away from his time with his family.

His family must be feeling really lonely.

I told Mugi the same thing.

"Mugi?!" But you know, with that kind of thing

Mugi believes in doing his absolute best. Me too, actually.

Does that mean Papa is completely entranced by this girl?!

Give me a break...

I just really want to be able to live up to Mugi's expectations of me.

Stop it! How can you say such things in front of his wife?!

I'm sorry.

Excuse my rudeness, but

please accept this hush money. What?!

Masato: Money for field trip photos

1000 yen: drill For get-well visit to Yamada-san

No, sorry, that's wrong. It's not this.

What you're doing here, I do it too!

When I get paid, my rent, utilities,

cell phone bill--I separate my pay like that. 'Cause anyway my pay is super low.

Don't try to level with me!

After all, you selfishly live all by yourself.

My family has four people and to maintain our lifestyle

I examine the supermarket ads every single day

and I often go to supermarkets in another town so I can save as little as 10 or 20 yen.

It takes 20 minutes by car... What are you getting mad for?

You can get frantic and tell me all about that stuff, but I don't know anything about it.

That's right, you don't know anything about it.

Or about the feelings I have that made me come to protect my family.

Which is why telling me about that stuff...

Anyway, you're just a game!

A game?! Sorry, but I don't believe I'm a game.

Ah~ enough with all the noisy complainin'!

C'mon, hush up already.

Even though I'm over here tryiin' to take a nap, the two of you have to go on and on

That scared me! Appearing like that.

Hey, it's that, isn't it? Halloween...

Wha--what is it?

You can't see it, can you?

Your face says you can't see it at all.

Wha--what?

You can't see what's really important.

Both of ya! Huh?

Ohhhhhhh....

Hah!

How long are y'all gonna sleep?

Wake up now!

Ouchie... what d'you think you're doing, you stupid old hag?

You shouldn't speak that way to your elders.

I've really improved my skills.

Huh? I don't get what you're saying at all.

That rude way of speaking of yours isn't good. Huh?

--the hell?! What is this?

Why did that lady turn into me?

Why are you me?

It's divine punishment.

Divine punishment?! Oi, you old hag!

What the hell kinda half-asleep muttering is that? What'd you do to us?

I beg you, please turn us back.

Y'all first gotta overcome an obstacle

When the right time comes, you'll go back whether ya like it or not.

And this obstacle is?

When is the right time going to come?

That... only God knows. Huh?!

Then you know you've been switched.

If you speak to anyone about this, you can never go back.

Got that? Ya can't tell nobody.

Stop screwing around! What are you doing to your elder?

I'm pissed! Violence won't solve it!

You're always this calm, aren't you? Do you understand our situation here?

Ah... she's not here!

That old lady! It's true!

I'll look over there, Ma'am, you search over there. Ok.

I can't run in these.

Hoshimi-san! Please stop behaving like that!

As I thought.. Ah.. it's hard!

It's really hard.

It's impossible because it's my body.

I can't run at all. Sorry.

Ah... jeez.

Why did this happen?

I have gym class today, so I have to eat a lot.

I see. -2 weeks earlier-

Hey, Masato, want to take this for Hamu-chan?

No, lettuce can upset his stomach.

Oh, really? Who's Hamu-chan?

The hamster my class keeps.

I've been assigned to the team that takes care of him.

Ah~ really?

So you gotta look after him properly, huh? Yeah!

Although...

What's wrong? Oh, nothing.

Mika!

Have you looked at the time?

You're gonna miss the bus, you know.

Shut up already, jeez.

Girls are difficult.

I heard on the bus to school, \she now sits with

a really cool sempai of hers. Heh~

Eh?! Is Mika dating this person?

If he's older than Mika, it means he's a high schooler, right?

What kind of person is he?

He couldn't be a hoodlum, could he?!

I don't know. If he's a bad kid, what're we gonna do?!

Mama

You worry too much. It's freakin' annoying.

Stop it right now, using those filthy words.

Fine, fine, I'm off.

You're skipping breakfast again? I don't have time.

You have to at least have some protein.

Mika, no, here's a handkerchief and tissue.

To another fun day!

Squeeze, squeeze!

Masato, want to go halfway together?

Yeah, hey, Papa

Let's go to barbeque together this weekend.

I have go to to business training

with Ishiguro this Saturday.

With Ishiguro-kun... well if that's the case, it can't be helped, then, right?

As his overtime hours increased along with his working on days off,

I began to doubt my husband.

Ishiguro, the meat sauce and carbonara order

from last week, will you show that to me? Certainly.

Don't make excuses! Enough already,

get back to work! Yes sir.

Get it together! Hey, Yamagishi, copies.

Hey, Yamagishi.

Can you not hear me? Yamagishi. I can hear you.

Then answer me right away!

I have to do this data

and get it in by 11 o'clock.

If I do the copies now,

my work will be late. Is that ok?

Chief, if it's copying, I can--

Sempai, don't worry about it. I'll do them.

Ok, do it.

Hey Ishi, c'mere. The chief's saying unnecessary stuff

I don't get why at all.

What?! Oi, Yamagishi.

Chief-- You little-- oi!

I been here how many years now, and--

Ok, you got it. It's all right. Thanks.

I don't know which to pick.

This looks really good, too, doesn't it? It does!

Everyone, are you ready? I'm going with the seafood lunch.

It's a bit pricey, but this restaurant's

sole meuniere is highly recommended.

That's really tough to pull of this month.

Me too. The same as Aikawa-san.

Me too. Me too.

We'll all have the seafood lunch. Yes ma'am.

Oh, Sawada-san isn't here?

That's right.

Is she feeling ill or something? No.

This isn't to be repeated.

Seems her husband has got himself a girlfriend.

Eh, really?!

But Sawada-san's husband seems like such a straight-laced person.

That's unexpected.

It's really true you can't judge someone from their outside appearance.

It seems Sawada-san had her husband followed

by a detective. A detective?!

Sorry, sorry.

She got proof of it

and paid the girlfriend off

too break up with him. Paid her off...

Even she was betrayed? Yeah, but you know,

it's preferable to the constant troubles they'd have

if they were to get divorced.

Ah...

I wonder how much you'd have to pay the girlfriend?

I think

somewhere around 500,000 would suffice.

500,000?!

If you can get by with just that, it's pretty cheap when you think about it.

500,000...

I can't do it!

I wish I could just turn a blind eye to Papa's infidelity.

This is my punishment.

I'm sorry, God.

I told you, it was a witch.

She was wearing a big cape like this and carrying this weird stick.

She was here the whole time!

C'mon, say ya saw her--

Hey! Seriously,

this old lady really stood out. Calm down.

If it's really true ya didn't see her,

is it 'cuz you were chasing some high school ass?

A-ass?! Ma'am, aren't you

ashamed to talk that way in front of your daughter here?

You should be more careful in your wording!

I sincerely apologize. The daughter apologizes...

What the hell? Ah.. gosh.

I thought that young girls

used rough wording these days, but

to go that far... Shut up.

Don't your parents warn you about anything?

Don't have any.

I'm sorry...

Anyway, parents got nothin' to do with it. I'm 20 years old.

I'm an adult. Eh?!

The hell you lookin' at? That's 20 years old?

No matter how you look at her, she looks like an auntie.

"Auntie"? Well

this look is perfectly "Auntie"

I'm sorry.

Sorry, it's from home.

Hello, Masato? Sorry, I'm running a little late.

Um... who is this?

Who is this?? It's Mama.

But somehow this doesn't sound like Mama's voice.

Eh... really? Sure it isn't your imagination?

Mama, what time are you coming home?

I'm really hungry. Sorry.

I'm coming home. I'm really sorry.

Ah... what to do?

For now, go home and ask for Mugi's advice.

Sorry, sorry. Ask Mr. Komatsubara for advice.

You're right, for now, I'll go home, and

If his girlfriend and I are both in front of him, what will happen?

Mama, I'm sorry.

I can't lie about my feelings anymore.

Give me a divorce.

NO! Absolutely not!

No matter what, we can't do that.

Why not? Why not? Because...

Because it looks like I'm going to lose to his lover!

Like I'd tell her that. Over my dead body!

Look, that old lady said it, right?

If you tell anyone that you've switched bodies,

you can never go back.

Then what're we gonna do?

Are we supposed to just carry on our lives

in each other's body? No way.

But...

I guess there's really no other choice

but to go on in each other's body after all.

You're right.

I won't be able to see Mika or Masato

What should we do from here?

Ah, um,

Please take the trash out here.

'K, got it.

Um, the kittycat who lives in this house here

comes to play in our garden

but please don't feed him.

Kittycat? Kittycat.

Fine.

Jeez! Don't cry.

The old lady said

if we can overcome an obstacle, we might be able to switch back.

The obstacle she was talking about, does that mean living as each other?

I don't know!

This is it.

Eh?

The entrance is this way.

Eh~ this is a really sweet house.

Well... I'll leave the children in your care, then.

Children, huh? Shoot.

I'm also going to try my best at your work.

I also have to properly cook meals, clean, and do the laundry, right?

Please also make their bento. Bento?!

Oh right, Mugi was eating a bento.

Papa is really picky about different types of food.

I think it's really difficult, but if you make him something good

he'll eat all of it. Fine, got it.

I'll do my best, looking at these notes.

If you would.

Well, I'm going.

Ah-- sorry.

See ya.

I'm home~ Mama!

Welcome home! Ah... I'm back.

He must be the son, Masato.

Hm? What's wrong?

Ah, no, it's nothing.

Hey, hurry up, cause I'm starving already!

Sure. Here you go.

Ah.. right right.

Welcome home.

Even Mugi takes on that appearance, huh?

"Mugi"?

No, no-no

Dinner is almost ready. For real?

Why're you acting all young? "For real"

So this is Mika. She's pretty cheeky.

I'm not really acting young, Mika-tan* [*-tan is really cutesy, young language, used by girls and little kids instead of -chan]

"Mika-tan"?! What is that? Gross.

Ok, let's eat. Here we go, chow, chow.

Eh? "Chow"?!

Ah... dinner, dinner!

Somehow you seem weird today, Mama.

Here we go. Mama, grab the soy sauce.

Soy sauce? Soy sauce...

The soy sauce is... What the heck are you doing?

Ah, is that the soy sauce?

I sit over there, don't I.

Of course. Yes.

Itadakima-su!

Mika-tan helped make it too?

Mika~ Masato~

Why are they laughing like they're having so much fun?

Even though that person's not your mom! Even though I'm your mom!

Gosh... What are you doing?!

Eh?

Aikawa-san!

Eh? Who might you be?

Ah, I'm... um...

Are you perhaps one of Kaede's friends?

That's right. I'm Kaede-san's friend.

Hello. Well, I'll be going.

Yes, of course.

Excuse me.

Ah! That's not right!

It's bad, it's bad!

God, who is it?

Coming, coming, coming, comiiiiiiing

I'm very sorry to come at this time of day.

Who're you? Huh?

You in sales or somethin'? Eh?!

Ah, it's Aikawa-kun's mom.

Aikawa?

I want you to be especially careful of Aikawa-san when you go out.

She lives in the neighborhood and is the president of the elementary school's PTA

Please. You can't forget this. Aikawa-san.

Ah...

I'm so sorry. I kind of fell asleep before,

seems like I'm still half-asleep. Sorry.

More importantly,

Just now there was a young girl peeking into your house!

Eh?! She was wearing these flashy clothes

and wearing incredibly short shorts, like this.

She said she was a friend of my daughter's, but it was a total lie.

There is no way my daughter would associate with such a person.

Such a person?! One look and you could tell she was indecent.

She just reeked of bad upbringing.

You know, what can you tell simply by looking at someone you don't know?

Hey, judging someone based solely on their outer appearance

is complete bullshit. Eh?!

There. Good-bye.

What's wrong with you? Huh?

You said you had to be on good terms with Aikawa-kun's mom.

Actually you're always saying that.

Well, maybe so, but her saying that,

I had to give her a piece of my mind!

What is this "canary"? I know already.

I can't do this.

You two have to properly overcome an obstacle

and when the appropriate time comes, you can switch back even if you don't want to.

Sorry for intruding.

This...

is the love nest.

Delicious!

Your cooking is the best!

No!

Ah.. I'm sorry. Sorry.

So sorry.

Ah, Hoshimi-san.

Hey, you really take a bath with your son?

I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you. Hey, you really take a bath with your son?

I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you.

Masato is afraid of the water and he can't wash his hair himself yet.

So please get in with him and wash his hair for him.

You're really spoiling him too much.

Sorry. Please do it.

Forgive me, but with kid kids and a boy at that,

ain't no way I'm gonna show my naked body.

Huh? Well, it's actually your body.

Didn't we promise?

That we would assume each other's life and all the things it entailed?

I promised, but... Please.

God... fine.

Why...

Why do I have to beg for something from Papa's girlfriend?

Ah, gosh I'm ticked off!

You've got to be kidding.

They really are flashy.

I wonder if she really wears this stuff to the office every day.

The only decent thing is this?

No!

Maybe... Papa and that girl-- on this bed--

No! Absolutely not!

I'm going to wash it!

Mama, wash my hair.

Squirt the shampoo out. Eh?

Just hurry and squirt some out.

Ok, then, put that

on your head, and rub it around and get it sudsy.

I'm scared. It's fine, just do it.

Rub it around.

That's it, rub it around really good. Right right right.

Mama, why are you so mean today?

I'm not mean.

Did you get it good and sudsy?

Then close your eyes, plug up your ears,

take a big breath and hold it.

Here it comes.

Papa! Yeah?

I can wash my hair by myself!

Really? Yeah.

I did what Mama told me and when I held my breath,

the water from the shower didn't even get in my eyes.

Oh~ Right?

Yeah. In order to not be scared of anything,

it's good to try stuff.

Yeah, I shouldn't be scared, right? Right.

It's courage, courage. Courage?

It's unusual to hear Mama say something like that.

You think so? Ok, Masato.

I'll continue reading this to you, so

Shall we hurry and go to bed?

What will happen to the two who switched bodies?

I wonder...

Mama, good night. Ah, good night.

No reason I shouldn't take a bath here.

Mama. Hm?

Please do this, ok? By tomorrow.

What? The apron.

Huh? It's not "huh".

It's my home ec homework. Do it on the sewing machine.

I'll leave it to you. No no, it's not "I'll leave it to you"

You should do your homework yourself. Huh?

If I can't make the apron, are you ok with it affecting my grades?

Whether they're good or bad, it's your issue.

Fine! Enough already. I won't ask you for anything ever again.

The hell was that?

Don't rely on your parents for everything.

Your parents...

What shall we do?

Let's give up for today after all.

Of course.

Finally it's clean.

Ah, I have to message her.

Make sure Masato is asleep by 9. Before he goes to bed--

Sleep?!

That's right, those two-- in the same bed--

No! What am I going to do?

Gah. Seriously? What's wrong?

Is there something you're worried about?

No, nothing.

I hope not, but today, I feel like

you're a bit different from usual.

Because I'm not "Mama"

Seems like you're really tired, huh?

Good night.

Why isn't she picking up?

It couldn't be... couldn't be.. right now?!

Wah~ I can't sleep at all!

Horse sashimi...

Huh? What the hell? "Horse sashimi"?

Gah!

That many messages?!

Please consider the nutritional balance of their meals.

Papa likes to drink, so even if he says he wants to drink,

limit him to one beer per day. Long!

I can't continue.

Hm?

What already? Again?

Hello? Hoshimi-san!

Why weren't you picking up the phone?!

I just picked up! That's true, but..

How many times do you think I've called you?

I left my phone in the living room when I went into the bedroom.

Bedroom... So did you want something?

That...

Um... Eh? What? Spit it out already.

In other words, please don't do that with my husband.

Obviously not!

Why the hell would I? That kinda thing.

You're right, sorry.

As expected, she's restraining herself because it's our marital bedroom.

You're dragging me into your stupid crazy ideas, so I'm hanging up.

Um, I sent you messages about the children, so

please read them. Roger.

I'm relying on you for tomorrow at the office. Yes.

Later, good night. Good night.

Huh?

Eh?!

Shit!

Everyone! Everyone, wake up! Oi, get up!

Get up, get up, get up!

Yes, hello?

Did you wake up the children? I woke them, I woke them.

There's lettuce and tomato in the refrigerator

so make them a healthy salad. Yeah, yeah.

Refrigerator, refrigerator, ah~

Wai- wait a second.

Are you all right?

This is a pain in the ass. This... this?

Mika isn't really hungry in the mornings but

please make her at least take some protein.

What the hell? Protein? A boiled egg will suffice.

Ah, got it. Um.. in the afternon,

there's a lunch with Aikawa-san and the ladies

so I'm relying on you. Lunch?

It's for strengthening the bond among the PTA officers

We meet twice a month to have lunch.

What a pain. Sorry.

I'll send the address of the restaurant later.

Got it. 'Morning.

'Morning. I'm busy, so I'm hanging up.

'Morning!

Instant ramen?!

Mama, you woke us up late today! I'm leaving.

Wait-wait a sec.

Protein, protein. You gotta eat just this.

It's a raw egg. Well that's cause I didn't have time to boil it.

Raw egg?! Gotta make do.

I can't eat this! See you later!

True.

It's really short after all.

What is this? Jeez.

When I meet my husband, I wonder what kind of face I should make?

Today I'm my husband's girlfriend.

There's no way I can do it.

Excuse me.

Good morning.

Am I too early, I wonder?

What's wrong? Eh?

Mama, won't you do like you always do?

Huh? Like always? Like always!

What the heck is that?

Wah~

Do the squeeze like this like you always do.

Uwah~ forgive me.

Courage, courage!

Hey...

I'm gonna have courage! Yeah.

I'm going now!

Wai-- what was that?

Ah~ what a pain in the ass.

Hoshimi-san's seat is...

"The cutest desk"?

Here.

Why in the world is it this flashy?

Papa's seat is over there.

Ok ok ok again.

Absolutely not, something like that I can't deal with it.

Good morning.

Morning.

Why did you come so early today?!

You always rush in here at the very last minute.

Good morning~ Morning.

What's wrong? You're considerably early today, aren't you?

It's been a long time, Ishiguro-kun. "Ishiguro-kun"?!

What? A long time? That...

And also, that's the first time you've called me "Ishiguro-kun" like that.

Sorry, to say that to a sempai.

Stop it, you're being creepy.

It's like you're not Yamagishi. Your clothes are all different, too.

Um... is it weird? No

It really suits you.

Oh, it's rare to see you in a suit.

Morning. Good morning.

What's with that so early in the morning? That weird grinning face.

Good morning.

Hm? What's wrong? Nothing in particular.

What is he up to? That cheater!

Making such a serious face.

But...

Seeing Papa working like this,

I haven't seen it since we got married.

Ishiguro, Yamagishi, shall we go soon? Yes.

Yamagishi.

Oi, Yamagishi.

Ah, me? Sorry.

Jacket jacket jacket

Yamagishi, when you showed up looking like that,

the chief was really surprised. Hey

what's wrong? You're quiet today.

Usually it's just you talking.

Yeah, that's true. Today you're kinda strange.

And whose fault do you think that is?

Ah~ I'm so hungry~

Huh?

In the afternoon, there's a lunch\with Aikawa-san and the ladies.

Shit!

Ah, sorry sorry. I'm late.

Eh?

You came so late to this important lunch.

I was playing this game and got wrapped up.

Game?! Which one?

Here? 'Scuse me.

Then there's just Sawada-san.

It appears Sawada-san is not here.

Really? Ah~ delicious.

She's staying home from today's gathering even though she said she would participate.

It's imperative to participate at these gatherings.

The parents and guardians must maintain strong bonds together.

Yes.

Well, all right. Let's order.

Today's recommended dish is the scallop and shellfish gratin

This white wine-based sauce is

very rich and creamy. Shall we all go with that?

That sounds good.

Me too. Me too.

Wah, pricey!

2800 yen is for the lunch portion, right?

I'm good with something cheaper.

Here, this 1000 yen hamburger lunch.

This, with a large helping of rice.

Of course. Ah~ I'm hungry.

You came again?

I'm the type who is bad at giving up.

Until you place our product here

I will continue to come. I can't do it.

This small supermarket is like a house

And the space is really limited.

There, somehow, or

anywhere would be fine, really. Even if you tuck it over in the corner.

Please! Please!

I told you I can't.

For one week--no, just for three days.

Please!

Papa... he does this every day

bowing his head and trying his best.

Fine. Just for three days.

Really?! Thank you very much!

In exchange... Eh?

In exchange we have to clean?! ????????

If this is what it takes to put our product on their shelves,

I'll do it every day.

Section chief... Ishiguro.

When you have a wife, you'll understand.

When you have children, you'll understand even more.

So that's it, huh? Yeah.

When you have people to protect, you can do anything.

Papa! You really do care about our family!

No, that's wrong. You're just trying to make your girlfriend jealous!

That's definitely it!

Papa is actually that calculating of a person...

Are you gonna be tricked? I won't be tricked!

Are you gonna be tricked? Yamagishi

Wow, this dish is

is truly delicious, isn't it?

It is, it is.

Isn't it? Ah, which reminds me,

it seems Sawada-san's husband has finally stopped coming home altogether.

Then... they're going to divorce in the end?

Those poor children. Yeah.

The husband is cruel, isn't he?

But you know, I think Sawada-san had problems of her own.

Like, that person is kind of bad at housekeeping, right?

True, true. She bought only pre-made meals.

That rather disqualifies her as a housewife. Yeah.

Excuse me, some salt please.

Of course.

Ah, thanks.

Right, right, and Sawada-san's clothes were pretty flashy, weren't they?

I hate to say it, but

they really didn't seem to suit her, all those clothes.

Her fashion sense just wasn't very good.

Yeah. You're saying that stuff

Eh? about someone who isn't here?

Saying she's this, she's that, how is it?

Just what do you mean by that?

Are you saying that we are badmouthing her?

You're badmouthing her. You're out of line.

We're saying that because we're worried about Sawada-san.

Yeah!

Ah, phone, phone.

Hello? Ah. Tashiro-sensei?

Hello... huh? Vice principal?

Eh? To Yuuki?!

Masato injured him?

Eh~ for real?

I'm hungry~

I can't live beyond Hoshimi-san's means.

I have to be thrifty.

A convenience store lunch again? What if you cooked for yourself?

I can't. You need to find a wife soon.

What happened there?! That!

Although you usually have a really good-looking bento...

You have a fight with the missus or something?

No, we didn't, but...

What is this, Hoshimi-san?!

You didn't make a bento at all!

If you like, since it's important to have protein,

Please eat this. Yeah, but...

"Masato got into a fight with his friend. So I'm going to the school now."

Well,

Eh?! EH?!

Sorry, I'm not feeling well.

I'm very sorry, but I'm going to go to the hospital.

Excuse me.

Yamagishi? She looked perfectly healthy though.

Masato!

Driver, here, this is it.

Keep the change.

Excuse me, who are you?

I'm Komatsubara Masato's mother, he's in grade 3 class 1. Eh?!

Thank you for your trouble. No.

You're not really his mother, are you?

You're awfully suspicious! Um...

I'm sorry, but I can't just

let an outsider enter, so Um, no, I...

If it's gonna be like this...

It's over there.

Vice principal, what is this all about?

Isn't it the responsibility of the school to ensure that the children

pass their time safely and without event?

Yes, that is correct.

Tashiro-sensei Yes

You were supposed to be in charge, so what happened?

I'm very sorry.

Masato...

Masato, I'm coming now.

Let's have a seat.

Yuki-kun.

Jeez, of all people, why does it have to be Aikawa?

Komatsubara-san. Do you understand?

Your child has injured my

Yuki.

There's nothing to get that angry about.

It's just a kids' fight.

Did you say "just"?

It's that kind of irresponsibility that leads to bullying!

I didn't think you were the sort of person who wouldn't be able to understand this.

I'm not! It's a misunderstanding, Aikawa-san.

Masato-kun, do you understand

that violence is not a good thing?

You don't understand?

I understand.

Then you need to say you're sorry.

Because you did something that wasn't good.

He's been like this the whole time.

He's listening but he won't speak.

Komatsubara-san, I wonder if there

isn't a problem with the way you raise your children.

I'm very sorry. Masato! Apologize!

Where's your "I'm sorry"?

A long time ago, I went to see a movie with some friends.

And on the way home it was decided we'd stop to eat.

When they asked "What do you want?" everyone said "Anything is fine"

and so we went to a ramen shop.

Then afterwards,

someone said "I wish we would have gone for pasta."

Doesn't that kinda thing piss you off?

If you don't want to say something, you don't have to say it.

but if you have something that you want to say,

you should voice it.

It's all right.

Mom, let's go home. All right.

He didn't say anything at all!

I'm very sorry!

I pushed Yuki-kun, and

that was not a good thing to do.

So I apologize. I'm very sorry.

It's good that you understand. Right?

So Yuki-kun, you apologize too!

Apologize!

Didn't you do something bad to Hamu-chan?

Hamu-chan?

Yuki-kun gave Hamu-chan

eraser shavings and tried to make him eat them!

It's eraser shavings.

Hey, come out already!

Hurry up, oi, hurry and eat it!

It's food, eat it.

Stop it! Shut up! Don't interfere!

Hamu-chan, eat it. It's eraser shavings!

Hey, I said eat it!

What the heck, hurry up! I said stop it!

Ow, it hurts!

Mom! Mom!

Then, what're you gonna do?

You didn't do that, did you?

Shut up, Auntie.

Right now I'm talking to him. A-auntie?

Yuki, say it with your own mouth.

I was just playing. Is it true you

tried to make him eat eraser shavings?

But I was playing.

Don't fuck around with me!

What are you shouting like that--

Can you eat eraser shavings?

Don't force people or animals to do things you yourself can't do!

You know, disliking creatures that are weaker than you are,

that's bullying!

What? You lecture

someone's child with those words?

You need to fix the way you speak to people!

Yuki, let's go home.

Wa-wait a minute.

Masato apologized properly for injuring Yuki.

If you also think it was wrong, apologize like you should.

I'm very sorry. Wrong.

To Hamu-chan.

Hamu-chan... sorry.

Yuki!

I'm going home already. Honestly!

Sorry.

No, we're sorry.

Mama. Hm?

Thanks,

Sure. For the sake of Hamu-chan,

I had courage and did my best.

That's very admirable, Masato

Even I could have gone so far as to say that.

What is that! Go ahead and say as much as you want to say.

Does that mean it's fine to say what you want? No.

Everyone has various things they have to put up with, right?

Even I have a mountain of things I want to say.

There's a whole world of housewives and mom-friends.

You have to be good at standing around

And I'm always thinking about my family

It's more than being worried about needless things,

To that extent, it's thinking about what meals to make for my family

saving 10 yen at the grocery and going by bike to save money,

I iron the clothes, I make the bento

What have I done?

Why do I have to feel like this?

No matter how you look at her, she looks way worse than before.

Ah...

Hey, Ishiguro, come here for a second.

Yes.

Yamagishi?

Did something happen?

If you stay quiet, I won't be able to understand.

Are you all right?

No, I'm not all right!

I'm not all right at all!

This is all Papa's fault!

Yamagishi!