-Here -Thanks
-Play? -Yeah
Those two kids
Don't appreciate music
Huh?
Music isn't monaural, it's stereo
If you listen with earphones the sounds playing from the left and right earphone are different
If they listen with only one side each it's as if they're listening to two different songs
Take a BLT,
If you eat the bacon and the lettuce separately
is that still a BLT?
No
If you split a katsudon between two
and one person eats the entire katsu
What is the other eating?
-Tamago-don? -Right!
They want to listen to the same song but they're not
Right now those two are listening to different songs
You've seen those consoles, like this, they have in recording studios, right?
Yeah
They have a whole bunch of switches and knobs
It's all for controlling the sounds that are played from the left and right earphone
To create those sounds all music engineers listen and compare tens, hundreds of times,
even while eating their bentou dinners in the studio
That's why if you listen to left and right separately
The mixer will throw his bentou on the console
He'll be like "I can't take this anymore!"
But they want to listen together
They both have their own smart phone
They should each have their own earphones
and press the play button at the same time
Isn't it nice because they are sharing one thing between them though?
When it comes to love you can't share things
In love each person has to have their own
They each have their own
They don't understand that
Maybe I should tell them
-You're not going to? -Yeah
Anyway
Did I leave an earring at your place last night?
I don't think I've seen it
My parents keep nagging me to introduce you
What do you want to do?
Yeah, going to visit them is...
On the basin or in the bathroom
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…Be~cause it's war~m~
This is me at 21, Hachiya Kinu, university student
There's one thing that I believe to be truth
If you drop toast
it will fall buttered side down
That's why I've mostly lived quietly
I don't get excited easily
There will be a mummy exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science
It might not look like it but
internally I'm overjoyed and sobbing
Last week
the ramen blog "Noodles and University Girl" that I've been running for two years
exceeded 1500 page views in one day
On the same day I discovered a new ramen shop
I thought I'd kill time before Tenjikunezumi's solo show by going to Omotesando
When I felt people were looking at me and finally realised
Just then
I bumped into Tomino Kouji-kun, who I'd been on a date with once before
It's been a while
He doesn't remember my name
Come to think of it,
He took me to a yakiniku restaurant on the day I wore a new sweater last time too
Is it good?
Guys that I think seem nice and stable
usually end up being men who looking down on women
Shouma
Risa
Hold on a moment
-Bye -Bye
-Let's go -Yeah
-Where shall we go -Let's see
Before I realised it was time for the last train
I should have gone to see Tenjikunezumi
It was the worst night
And the worst return home in the morning
At times like that there's something I always try to remember
In the 2014 soccer world cup semi-final
the host country Brazil was beaten after their opponent Germany scored 7 goals
At that time the whole of Brazil cried out in agony
This is still better than that
I'm much happier than them, really happy
I'll just focus on the mummy exhibition
I won't want for anything more than this!
It was at that moment that it happened
21 year old, university student me, Yamane Mugi
Who still can't understand the rules of paper, scissors, rock
Rock beats scissors
Scissors beat paper
Up until there I understand
but paper beats rock, what?
Ordinarily paper would be torn by rocks
How can mankind accept this kind of contradictory rules as a matter of fact
Life is absurd
The flyer for a 320 million yen condo in the mail box of my 58 thousand yen a month one room apartment
was the thing that made me laugh most this year
Recently my health hasn't be good
I know the reason why
Burnout
3 months ago
I was looking up my neighbourhood on streetview
and I witnessed a miracle
Wow! That's seriously amazing
Okita-kun gassed me up like "Wow! That's amazing!
Can't believe my friend is on streetview!
Congrats!"
so I treated him to a meal
What?! Wow! Crazy!
I treated him too
This is a lifetime memory
And him too
Wow! When was this taken?
Those days were like a dream
Awesome! Cool!
Unai-san!
Unai-san! Unai-san!
Look at this
This is me!
I wondered if something more exciting than that would ever happen to me again in my life
Tenjikunezumi show
Missed it
Someone said that if humans give up everything on earth
they would be able to fly
I guess I'll be able to fly soon
It happened at that point
I was called out to Nishiazabu to make up numbers
At a karaoke that's tried not to look like a karaoke
the IT industry crowd who sing karaoke there
are mostly
yankii who are trying not to look like yankii
In the end you either do it or you don't
This is my favourite phrase
They take photos with only the girls to upload on instagram
Wait, hide the cigarettes
Sorry
I ended up next to a middle aged man
who told me about how he'd had half of his stomach removed last year
And connected to the duodenum
Also some lymph nodes were removed
Why did I come to place like this?
Ramen Ranking
I always think the same thing every time
Are you they person Unai-san invited?
Yes, where is she?
Move over, make room
-Where is Unai-san? -What?
Where is Unai-san?
Ah
She said something like
the moon phase is unlucky so she's not coming
She's in some kind of spiritual thing isn't she?
Long time no see
Welcome
Please take a seat over hear
Mum: Buy some toilet paper on your way home please
We're going to miss the last train!
Shit we gotta hurry
-It's going to leave -Hurry!
in a few minutes
-I have work tomorrow -me too
Sorry
Here, go on
Thank you
Top-up?
Please top-up your balance
Please go
Shit
The last train departed
Yeah it has
I'll just have to wait for the first train
Excuse me
You don't happen to know a place that's open until morning?
Huh?
Right?
Yes
Beer?
Thank you
Do you have the day off tomorrow?
No, but I can go into work from the afternoon
What do you do?
I work in publishing
Publishing?
That's cool
It's a small company, it's nothing impressive
Don't be so modest
Do you have the day off tomorrow?
Yes, I have the day off
Really? What are you going to do?
I haven't decided yet
Don't look
What is it?
There's a god sitting over there
God?
A god?
He likes dogs
and tachigui soba
Is he famous?
What?
Do you watch movies?
Of course I do
People say I'm a bit of a film buff
What do you watch?
"Shawshank Redemption"
-I've heard of that! -I bet
-It's a real tear-jerker -Really?
Of the movies I watched last year it has to be "Kiki's Delivery Service"
"Kiki's Delivery Service" is...
-The one with the girl from the morning drama? -Exactly!
Wait, the live-action?
-I saw that too -Crazy
Talking about the live-action adaption of "Kiki's Delivery Service" in front of a god
Are there so many live-action adaptions in the world because of people like this?
Sorry
Bye
-Good night -Thanks
Good night
To Chitose Karasuyama
I thought it would be polite to say something
I was excited too
That was Oshii Mamoru right?!
Just before that was Oshii Mamoru
You know him?
Regardless of whether you like or dislike him,
it should be common knowledge
Yes
He is world class
Yes
The catalyst of our relationship was Oshii Mamoru
Also...
Also the hand cream
Right! She'd just put on the hand cream but then
She wiped her hands with the moist hand cloth right?
Right! I...
Ow! It stabbed me
-You live in Tobitakyuu? -Yes
I always change trains at Choufu
Then we might have crossed paths before
I guess so
Thank you
Sorry for the wait
-Here are your highballs -Thank you
-Excuse me -Coming
I'm Hachiya Kinu
My favourite phrase is "free noodle refills"
I'm Yamane Mugi
My favourite phrase is "a crow bar like object"
Cheers
So good
These always become like this straight away
Right
All tangled
They do tangle up don't they!
Right!
Here
I've also read most of Homura Hiroshi's work
I've also read most of Nakashima Yuu's work
But, well, I don't have a lot of money so I usually wait for the paperback to be published
Me too, I usually borrow from the library
What other authors do you like?
-Ishii Shinji -Yes
-Horie Toshiyuki -Yes
-Shibasaki Tomoka -Yes
Oyamada Hiroko, Imamura Natsuko
Of course Ogawa Youko, Tawada Youko
Also Maijou Outarou and Satou Aki
Hachiya-san you also...
Yamane-san are you also...
the type to use movie ticket stubs as bookmarks?
I am
At the cafe that Cero's frontman Takagi-san runs in Asagaya
You mean Roji?
I've been
My friend talked to Takagi-san and became a fan
The next day they went to Daikokuya and sold all of their QUO prepaid cards with Yuzu on
Tenjikunezumi had a solo show at Lumine theatre
I know
I got a ticket but I couldn't go
Me too
I bought it but I forgot about it
For real
Then if we went we might have met there
True
But if we did go then we might not have met today
True
Then these were our tickets to meet here today
Do you listen to "Ikina Yoru Denpa"?
-Kikuchi Naruyoshi's radio show? -Yes
Of course I listen to it
Sorry, you were about to say something before
-I'm going to go to the bathroom -Go ahead
-If you go to the entrance then it's at the back on the right -Thanks
For a time I was really into gas tanks
In the city, the one's like Takashimadaira,
Rokakouen, Karasuyama Chitose,
Minami Senjuu, there's a lot
I took videos too
and edited them together
Like a movie?
No, no
-I want to see it! -What?
It's 3 hours 21 minutes in total
It's only gas tanks for the same length as "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
I want to see it!
I'm more interested in that than hobbits
Do you want to go see it now then?
Let's go! Let's go!
Go ahead
Oh you're here
Yamane-kun is here
Why?
Why are you here?
Why?
Well I went to the karaoke
but they told me that you weren't coming because of today's moon phase being unlucky
What's that about?
That's not true, it's a lie
-What are you doing here? -What?
Are you with somebody?
Yeah
Let's drink together!
Let's drink! Let's drink!
Seriously what is the thing about the moon phase being inauspicious about?
I don't know
I wonder
I'll be right back
My friend just contacted me to say that I can stay at their place
Sorry
I'll be leaving first
Hi
-Hi -Hey
Mugi-kun, Mugi-kun
Yes
I've been wanting to talk to you properly
Sorry
Um...
Sorry um...
Was it not enough?
I'm also going this way home
My friend's house is nearby
I know that's a lie
I'm not kidding
-Liar -No you
Yamane-san I... want to go to karaoke that looks like a karaoke
At the convenience store I buy a 350 milliliter can of beer
As I walk with you in the night
The clock's hands point to midnight
Do you know what "chronostasis" is?
You say you don't know
It's a phenomenon where It looks like a clock's hands have stopped
Do you know what "chronostasis" is?
I don't know
It's a phenomenon where you look at a clock and it just happens to be numbers of your birthday
-Cheers -Cheers
Hmmm well I love "Amiko Here" but
"Picnic"
-That was impactful -Right?
Imamura-san hasn't written anything new since right?
That's true, I'd like to read more of her work
The other day when I was being swayed by the train
the person sitting next to me...
When he talked about riding the train
he would express it as being swayed by the train
-Um -Yes
Since I was child there's something I've never been able to understand
Yeah
In paper scissors rock
This rock, this is scissors and this is paper right?
Yes
There's no way that paper win over rock right?
It would just get torn wouldn't it
I know someone who's always been thinking the same thing
A little more
A little bit more
Goal!
We've arrived!
Choufu!
Argh a puddle
I've stepped right in it
This is it
Sorry for making you run so much
It's fine
It's cold
Please come in
Sorry to intrude
Sorry it's a bit of a mess though
Not at all
-Can I put this here -Yes
-You can leave it here for now -Okay
It was really coming down wasn't it?
It was kind of fun
-I'll get you a towel -Thank you
-Make yourself at home -Okay
Here you go
This is basically my bookshelf
Then we watched Gas Tank the Movie
which I'd never shown to anyone else
-Where's this? -Takashimadaira which I'd never shown to anyone else
-Where's this? -Takashimadaira
We got hungry in the middle of watching so I made yakionigiri
Can I eat this one?
What did you say?
Can I have this?
Of course
She ate two of them
Delicious
I'm just going to sleep for 5 minutes
She said that but she ended up sleeping through the best part
She slept for an hour
and when she woke up she said "It was interesting, I'll head home now"
I thought for sure she hated me
Wait!
We want this bus
-Sorry -Safe
-Um next time -Yes
The National Museum of Nature and Science is having a mummy exhibition
Yes
If you wouldn't mind I'd like to go with you
I'll go
Welcome home
Mum
Kinu-chan is coming home in the morning again
What a waste!
Why are you coming home at this time?
Where'd you stay last night?
-It's a waste! It's a waste! -Kinu
Don't talk to me right now
Don't overwrite it yet
I still want to bask in the afterglow of last night
I wish there was music that I could listen to at times like this
Cold
In his apartment 8 minutes on foot from Choufu station
He had copies of "Chikyuu no Arukikata travel guides" for countries he had no plans to visit
This is basically my bookshelf
Don't look at that
Did you draw these?
Yeah...
I would like to do it as a job if I could
That's where you should laugh
I like your drawings
The orange glow of the street light
cut through the drizzling rain
As I was looking at his drawings and listening to the sound of the rain
he very bashfully said
You'll catch a cold
and brought out a dryer from the the bathroom
The cord just barely reached
And he started to dry my wet hair
I had the feeling that something was about to begin
and my heart was pounding
but the sound of dryer drowned it out
She said she likes my drawings
Sorry to make you wait
Let's go
It was awesome wasn't it?
I can't even express how I felt about it
Look at this one! Awesome!
Are you ready to order?
Um
Can we get two of the all-you-can-drink?
All-you-can-drink for two? Okay
Right!
-There's a house next door -Yeah
The man living there looks just like Murakami Ryuu-san
And his wife looks just like Koike Eiko-san
Just like the cast of "Cambria no Kyuuden"?
Yes!
I want to see that
It can't be
I was shocked
Oh, Should we get going soon?
-Ah, yes -Right
Your neighbours are "Cambria no Kyuuden"
Oh that's right, have you read "Golden Kamui"?
I have! It's so good!
We ended up talking about Hoshi Yoriko and VaporWave
and Mamagoto's "Watashi no Hoshi"
We went back to refill our drinks three times
and before we realised it was time for the last train again
I wonder if he thinks of me as just a friend?
I wonder if she just thinks we get along
There's a theory that if you get a meal together 3 times without a confession
then you'll become nothing more than just friends
I started to feel impatient
If whether you're in love or not
is determined by how much time you spend thinking about someone when you're not around them
Then without a doubt I was in love with her
Giving the shop staff a good vibe
and matching pace when we walk
if it were a point card, our points would have already been accumulated
Today was really fun! What day are you free this week?
I decided I was definitely going to confess the next time we met
I decided I would confess before the last train
We went to see some gas tanks together
So big
It's bigger than I had imagined
I underestimated it
Girl meets gas tank
Awesome
I got a good shot
Really?
8 hours until the last train
From now on I'm going to change the mood
I'm anticipating Waseda Shouchiku Cinema
Right
There's also Shimotakaido Cinema
Of course
How did we end up talking about that?
3 hours until the last train
Do you prefer your bread
thick cut or thin cut?
This is wrong
I shouldn't talk about this
2 hours left
For real! That's you!
You're in a band?
Yes, but we just debuted
Awesome City Club?
Yes, if you're interested we're on youtube
I'll listen to it!
Um...
Do you have any kind of romantic songs?
What you might call a love song
We do
Here
Cool
All right this works
1 hour left
You two don't appreciate music
If you listen with earphones
the sounds playing from the left and right are different
Sorry
The mixing technique used for music recording...
For over an hour
we were lectured on the mixing techniques used by recording engineers
The tone of a song can change drastically
according to the finishing method
The last train is soon
It is isn't it
Sorry for the wait
One chocolate parfait
We didn't order this
-Huh? -Yeah
I made a mistake
Sorry
The order slip is wrong
But if it's okay...
-we'll eat it -We'll eat it
Thank you
-We'll enjoy the food -We'll enjoy the food
It looks good
It looks delicious
It's pretty big
Yeah
Hachiya-san
Yes?
Will you go out with me?
Yes, definitely
Personally I don't like white jeans
Okay
If my boyfriend wore white jeans
I'd start to dislike him a little bit
Understood
I won't wear white jeans
Ah, is there anything you don't like Yamane-san?
When you play UNO
When you play UNO?
Those people that say "You didn't say UNO so you have to pick up 2"
Okay, understood
I won't say that
That's all
Well then
good night
Good night
It's red!
The traffic light was unchanged for a long time
It still hadn't changed
It was a button operated traffic light
Thank you button operated traffic light
Oh and also
I'm the type who wants to do this kind of communication frequently
Okay
In the week following
we went to the Hara Art Museum,
and we ate deep fried fried oysters in NIngyouchou
and had our portrait drawn by Tamura-kun
And
on a night in March when the wind was particularly strong
we stopped paying attention in the middle of an extremely boring movie
and slept together for the first time
I stayed at his place for 3 consecutive days
I didn't go to class
or to any recruiting sessions
We spent most of the time in bed
and did it several times
We even did it here
and also here
Wait, I told you not to
-It's okay -Oh my god
It's fine you can do it
By the third day the fridge was empty
so we went to a nearby cafe
This us eating pancakes together
after we've slept together
Here you go
On the fourth day
we both had work so I went home
-The bubbles are -What?
There's so many bubbles
There was a blog called "Love's Survival Rate" that I'd been reading for years
I saw an article that the author of that blog Mei-san had taken her own life
She was
the type of writer who made you feel like
she was talking directly to you
She always wrote about the same theme
She said "The beginning is the beginning of the end
Look!
Meetings are always accompanied by partings
and love like a party will end at some point
That's why people in love
bring what they like, sit around the table
and talk
All they can do is enjoy that sadness"
"Right now I'm in love
And I don't intend for it to be a one night party"
She wrote that one year ago
"Although the survival rate of love is only a few percent
my love is going to survive"
Mei-san who joked like that
died
Mugi-kun?
Mugi-kun
Kinu-chan, look!
I bought us Shirasu-don, I made it in time
Look, it looks crazy good
I just got in before they closed up, doesn't it look super delicious?
Don't just disappear on your own like that
Sorry
Let's eat over there
I wonder
if perhaps Mei-san saw the death of love
I wonder if she followed her love that had ended
It's merely my imaginings
and I don't have any intention of following her example with my love
Just
Our party has just now begun
in the midst of great excitement
I'll show ticket number 247 to their table now
-I'll show you to your table -Kinu-chan
If we don't leave soon we probably won't make it in time for the shinkansen
Let's come again next time
Yuh
All right
Looks good
Thank you
-I see this flower a lot but -Hm?
what's it called?
Ma...
Hm?
I've heard that if a girl tells a boy the name of a flower
for the rest of his life every time he sees that flower he'll think of her
Mei-san said that
What?
Tell me then
Should I?
Come on tell me
Ma? Ma-what?
I wonder
-I'm going to put this on -Put it on
Ma?
This is a mountain stream
I shot it vertically
and lowered the shutter speed
-As expected of Kaito -Yeah
Impressive
Mugi! Come here
-Mugi-kun It's been a while hasn't it? -Long time no see
-Have you been well? -Yes
-This is Kinu-chan -Nice to meet you
Hello
What's your relationship?
She's my girlfriend
Seriously?
What did you think of the photos?
They're really nice
-Isn't it -Yes
aren't you?
What you're really thinking is "why are they all wearing the same black hat?"
A little
The more self conscious they are
the broader the brim of their hat is right?
Exactly!
-Mugi-kun -Yes?
I love her
You got yourself a good girlfriend
Kaito take a photo of them
Good idea
I'm going to take it
Nice
Unless you're confident you're never going to break up you can't get matching tattoos can you?
What? Don't you have confidence?
Well there's the possibility you might cheat on me isn't there?
What?
The first time I saw her cry was the summer of that year
To try and make up for as much as she had a late start
she spent days on end relentlessly devoting herself to nothing but job hunting
Thank you
Kinu-chan
How was the interview?
Mm
So-so I suppose
Really?
What were you doing?
Hm? I was drawing
Kaito is going to introduce me to someone from a publisher
so he told me to prepare some work to show
Is that so?
Yeah
-Do your best -Yeah
Okay good night
Good night
Wait, Kinu-chan
Wait
Huh?
Are you perhaps crying right now?
Did you ride the train like that?
For days she had undergone high stress interviews
Japan is crazy for having a system like this unchallenged
Why are you angry?
It can't be helped, I'm just useless
No, your not useless
Who do those interviewers think they are?
They're people in high positions
They might be
but I bet they're people who wouldn't feel anything even if they read Imamura Natsuko's "Picnic"
That talk is useless when it comes to job hunting
You don't have to do job hunting
You don't have to do things you don't want to do
My parents will give me an earful about it
Thanks for the meal
My parents think that if you don't have job straight out of school you're a part of anti-social forces
What if you lived here?
That would do it
Let's live together
Kinu-chan! Kinu-chan!
Woah right?
-This feels great -Amazing
If we put a deck here
But it's 30 minutes walk from the station
And we'll put a table here
Great idea
-Here is good then? -Is here good?
1, 2
Careful
Slowly, slowly
Okay
This is nice
All right
Come on
-It worked! -It worked!
We started our life together in an apartment on the Tamgawa river a 30 minute walk from the Keio line Choufu station
Look!
Looks delicious
Yakisoba bread right?
October 29th
We found a bakery with delicious yakisoba bread run by an elderly couple in our neighbourhood
-Is it good? -It's good!
Seriously? It's delicious?
-Delicious -Right?
Delicious
So good
November 1st
started a job drawing illustrations for a website,
1000 yen per illustration
November 1st
I started a part time job at a ice cream parlour
The manager and the other part timer were having an affair
When she finished work I'd meet her in front of the station
and we'd walk home together
That 30 minute walk home became our most precious time
Merry Christmas
December 24th, we exchanged Christmas presents
Really?
-Thank you -Thank you
December 29th
We read "Houseki no Kuni" together while eating snacks on our bed
We cried a lot
The last day of the year
We didn't go home to visit our families
We did a big clean
and ate toshikoshi soba
Yum and ate toshikoshi soba
Yum
We did our first shrine visit of the year at a small local shrine
Mugi-kun
At the end of our first year together
we took in a cat
Cute
What's wrong?
We gave the cat a name
Baron, dinner
Baron she's calling you for dinner
Giving a cat a name is a very sacred thing
In spring we both graduated from university and became part-timers
Hey Kinu-chan
Look at this
This is a new magazine but
Imamura Natsuko's new work is being published in it
No way! It really is!
April 13th
We read Imamura Natsuko's new story
June 3rd
We were being naughty and bought gyoza from Kuirbayashi in Fuchuu and started drinking from the afternoon when
Hey
Look at this
This person
The waitress from the family restaurant?
It is isn't it?
Amazing
Look at her dancing
The waitress from the family restaurant had bleached her hair and was going by the name PORIN
She'd become a popular artist
Strangely for some reason we kept feeling the passing of time
Here you go, sorry for the wait
I'll get us a seat
Chocolate, chocolate ganache and framboise flavour correct? -Yes
Okay
3 more illustrations for a column page please The pay is 1000 yen
-1000 yen per illustration? -1000 yen for 3
Understood!
Welcome home
I'm home
What are we going to do? My parents said they're going to come over tomorrow
What?
Be careful
Both of my parents have the values of advertising agents
They're going to try and get you with their rhetoric
Becoming a member of society is like taking a bath
Please don't give presentations at the dinner table
Do you not listen to One Ok Rock?
I can listen to them
I can get you some tickets
Go see One Ok together
ONE OK ROCK
It's not like I'm saying you have to get a job at a big company
It would be good if you at least worked a normal full time job
-Right now I'm doing the Olympics -Yes?
The ones who "do" the Olympics are athletes
not ad agencies
Becoming a member of society is the same as taking a bath
Before you do it in you think it's such a bother
but once you're in you'll think I'm glad I did it
For sure
This is the advertising rhetoric
Life is a responsibility
It's Hiro-san
Hello, Hachiya speaking
Oh! Hi!
Terrifyingly 3 days later
my father also came to visit from Niigata
If you're really from Nagaoka
don't think of doing anything but fireworks
Don't say such nonsense
The fireworks in Tokyo are so tiny
Hurry on back to Nagaoka
I have something I want to do
In that case
I'll stop my financial support
I'll put that money into the fireworks fund instead
Next time I'll ask Kaito...
My 50 thousand yen allowance became fireworks
so we switched to drinking convenience store coffee
It would be nice to see Nana-san too
A little towards the bottom and come closer
Okay, like that
And lower the light in your left hand
Where is Nana-san today?
Ginza
She's good at charming the old guys
It's just for the time being anyway
There's a creator called Okawa-san who's recognised my work
Once I get into working on commercials the money will start coming in
Mugi-kun
How are the drawings going?
Ah, recently the price per drawing has decreased
If I ask Nana I think she can introduce Kinu-chan at her job
Don't give up
She's naturally gifted in sociability and hospitality
Thanks for your hard work Next, 3 illustrations, 1k, please
I'm sorry but I thought we had an agreement that one illustration was 1000 yen?
Then we'll do without your illustrations, thanks for your hard work
Done
Thanks
-Kinu-chan -Hm?
I'm going to look for job
It's a bit late but I'm going to start job hunting
What about your drawings?
I can still draw while working
And if I become able make a living from it then I can always go back to it
Is this because of my parents?
No, no!
Look
Even Imamura-san wrote a new work after so long
"Ahiru" was interesting wasn't it?
And the waitress from the family restaurant, became PORIN
and she's doing amazing now
I've been thinking I also have to move on the next thing in my life
Am I wrong?
It's not that you're wrong
I just wanted to continue living like this forever
It will still be like this
I'll just have a job
Nothing will change
I mean
if we have no money we can't buy books or see movies
That's true
I'm going to work
Good luck!
Thanks
"Level 2 bookkeeping course"
That summer
even as "Shin Godzilla" premiered in theaters
and volume 8 of "Golden Kamui" was published
and Shinkai Makoto suddenly became the post-Miyazaki Hayao anime film director
and Shibuya PARCO closed up shop
our job hunting continued
It's hard to be normal
I know this is sudden but
are you able to start from the beginning of the year?
Yes
In December
Even as my girlfriend got her level 2 bookkeeping qualification and found a job before me
And the waitress from the family restaurant's hair became pink
And the last episode of "SMAPxSMAP" aired
I continued job hunting on my own
From January she'll start working
I want to get a job before the end of the year
I wish that he can secure a job
But
without any progress the new year began
-Ogata-san please come through -Here is your prescription and patient registration card
If you bring your receipts from last year
we can help with the tax return...
I'll be heading out first
-Thanks for your work today -Thanks for your work today
Thanks for your work today
Hachiya-san you're not one for team activities huh?
I'll go
You'll come?
We're going to go collect business cards in Ginza's Corridor-gai
-Cheers -Cheers
Come on, come on
Good evening
Thank you
-Thank you -Thank you
Drinks on me
What are you having?
Really?
-Then I'll have tequilla -Tequilla
-And you? -Sorry I'm going to go to the bathroom
Hello? Sorry, I just realised
Kinu-chan
Mm? Where are you right now?
I got a job offer
I got a job
Congratulations
Thank you
It's logistics specialising in e-commerce
The company is new but it's going to grow
And the good thing is they said that I'll definitely get off work at 5
-Then you can still draw -Yup
I'm so pleased
With this I can be with you forever
The two years since I met you there's only been fun times
And from now on that's going to continue
The goal of my life is to be with you and keep things just as they are now
-We have to buy a Nintendo Switch huh? -Yeah!
-I'm looking forward to "Zelda" -Right!
We bought a Switch and "Zelda" but
my training period was busier than I anticipated
so I only played as far as Zora's domain
-Yamane-kun we're leaving -Yes
-I'm off -See you later
Thanks for your hard work
He was assigned to the sales department
There were days when he'd finish work after 8
It seems like it can't be helped when you're first starting out
"A Brighter Summer Day" screenings are finishing soon
Can you do Friday?
Friday...
is no good
Well
we can go to the movies any time
-Sorry -It's okay
Ah that's right
-Have you tried the potato? -Yeah
It's so good
-Isn't it? -Delicious
Nana-san
Can I ask you something?
Did you break up with Kaito-san because he had no money?
He hit you?
That's low
But I think Kaito-san was having a hard time too
Because society doesn't acknowledge the work he wants to do so without meaning to...
Mugi-kun is a good guy
Having a matching tattoo with a guy you broke up with is rough
Nana-san said she wanted to see you too
How about next week?
My next assignment is to develop our client base in the Toukai area
Is that right?
They asked me to create a proposal
and recently my network has been increasing
That's great
-Mugi-kun -Was it a play?
Hm?
When is it again?
The one you wanted to see
-You mean "Watashi no Hoshi"? -Yeah
Saturday
My business trip is on Sunday but
My superior is saying he wants to stop by Shizuoka before
Hmm it's okay
It's fine
Then I'm going to tell him no and go to the play
Why?
I said it's fine
It's not really fine though is it?
I mean you've already got the tickets haven't you?
But it's work
I hate that
Work this work that
Obviously I don't like to say those things
Yeah, I know
It's just that our lifestyles don't match
What?
That is
right now is an important time for me
I know
But you're making a face like "again?"
Of course I'm thinking again because it is again
-But what I'm saying is- I said I'd go to the play didn't I?
You said "then"
If you're saying "then" you don't really want to go
What?
You've been saying "then" a lot recently
Don't make that "can't be bothered" face
Then I won't make the "can't be bothered" face
Why do you have to say it like that?
You're going to tell me off for the way I say things again?
I don't want to fight about nothing anymore
Haven't you seen this play before?
Am I wrong?
Is this the one that you always say you want to see performed again?
I'm sorry
This was good, you should take it with you on you business trip
Thanks
Yes, Thanks for your hard work
Saturday? Yes, I'll go
Hold on a second
Just endure it for 5 years
If you work hard for 5 years then it'll get easy
"Nasu no Kagayaki"
"Watashi no Hoshi"
-Thank you -Thank you
Isn't this the best?
I've thought about living in Shizuoka just for the Sawayaka
It is the best
Thanks
Keep up the good work
Ah sorry
"Zelda"?
It's fun just climbing the cliffs
Now I'm fighting Divine Beast Vah Ruta
Do you wanna have a go for a little?
I'm all right for now
Right
-Sorry -Nah
You can play with the volume up
I don't have to play right now
No it's fine
You've been working all day
and now is your time to rest
It's Christmas, let's do some shopping
I want to watch the movie
"Taberu no ga Osoi"
"The Odds of a Successful Life"
That movie was interesting
Yeah
My batch mate said he's getting married
Do you think about that? -Hm?
Like when would be good
You haven't?
I guess I haven't thought about it
I think you should think about it
Mm
Is there anything else you want me to do with you?
like watching another movie or anything?
The light bulb on the veranda
has gone out
You told me that the other day didn't you?
-Sorry, sorry -It's okay
I'll do it
Good night
I couldn't understand
Bringing up marriage to his girlfriend that he hasn't had sex with for 3 months?
What was he thinking?
I couldn't understand
Until when did she intend to continue living like we were still university students?
Did she not want us to be together forever?
But
If you don't get a little creative with it you won't be able to get in the mood, no?
Creative how?
Using toys or the like
Are you crazy?
I mean you've been dating for 3 years haven't you?
You mean to say that all the couples in the world who've been dating for 3 years are using sex toys?
Kaji-san
-Hello -Hello
Notice of closure We're grateful from the bottom of our hearts for your patronage over 50 long years
Truly thank you - The owners of Bakery Kimura
A driver for Kabura Transport has driven a truck into the ocean in the middle of his delivery
What do you mean?
I don't know
Do you know the driver's name?
Ida, do you know him?
I looked for lost goods with him before
He was the same age as me
We're setting up an office to manage this situation
I think you'll be in charge
Komura come with me
Me?
Bakery Kimura closed
You can shop at the bakery in front of the station
Have you thought about what we discussed the other day?
It's not good, the reports are already coming out
The driver who plunged his truck into Tokyo Bay on a delivery
was arrested in Niigata
Look
Not just our age but also our hometown was the same
I heard that during questioning
he said he didn't want to do a job that just anyone could do
I'm not a labourer
Makes you feel a little envious though doesn't it?
Sometimes you just feel like throwing everything away and running away don't you
I don't feel envious
Living is a responsibility
That's tough
What do you mean "That's tough"?
Sorry
Thanks for your hard work
My life goal is to keep things just as they are with you
Do you still have work to do?
Want a drink?
Is "Golden Kamui" already up to volume 13?
Yeah, it's getting more and more interesting
Wait a moment
What's this?
I'm thinking about changing jobs
It's an event management company
I was talking to an acquaintance about movies and stuff Ilike and he invited me to join
It's dispatch work and my salary will decrease but
I'm already stopping in after work and being taught about the job
What about your clerical job?
Who is your acquaintance?
I already told them I'm going to quit
My acquaintance is the president of that event management company
Wait, wait
You're talking about all these things I've never heard about before
Sorry
Why?
You went to the effort of getting your bookkeeping qualification and finally got that job
How can you throw all that away so easily?
That's true but
After doing it I just felt like I wasn't suited to it after all
Whether you're suited to it or not is not the problem
And why an event management company?
Are you suited to that?
I can make use of my interests
Your interests?
This company
makes escape rooms
using manga as a source
also musical promotion and things like that
It's like play
Yeah
But the company has that kind of policy
"Turn work into play and play into work"
Lame
It is kind of lame
and they drink tequilla everyday too
Work isn't a game
If you enter an irresponsible company like that
what's going to happen when things aren't going so well?
That's a bridge I'll cross when I come to...
You're right
You feel a responsibility for your work
and it's hard on you
It's not particularly hard
It's just work
An old guy at one of our clients screamed at me to go die and spat at me
There are times when I ask myself if I was I born just to bow my head in apology
But it wasn't hard at all
because it's my job
There's something wrong with that man
He's in a powerful position
There's nothing great about him
He might hold a high position but he's a person
who would read Imamura Natsuko's "Picnic"
and not feel anything
-For you to be hurt by a person like that... -Me too
I don't think I would feel anything anymore
I stopped at volume 7 of "Golden Kamui"
and I don't remember the plot of "Houseki no Kuni"
I'm envious of you for still reading them
You should read them then
-You can take a breather sometimes -It won't be a breather
I can't take anything else in
I only have enough motivation to play "Puzzle & Dragons"
But
It's all so that we can have this life
so it's not hard at all
"Making use of your interests"
That kind of thing
will make people think that you're taking life too lightly
We're together because we like each other
so why did it become all about money?
It's because I want to be with you forever
That's the reason why
-I do things I don't want to do… -I don't want to do things I don't want to do
I want to enjoy my life
Then let's get married
Let's get married
I'll put my all into making money
so you can stay at home
You wouldn't have to work or do housework
You can just do what you like everyday
Is that a proposal?
Did you just propose to me?
That wasn't how I thought it would go
Let's forget about it
I'm sorry too
The tea probably got bitter
I think it's just right
What have you been watching lately?
I'm watching "Master of None" now
Ticket number 11
Thank you, have fun!
Congratulations on the opening
Thank you
This looks good on you
-Really? -Yeah
I'm having so much fun
-Really? -Yes
Has Kaji-san made a move on you yet?
No way
Look there are so many pretty girls around him
True
Over 10 thousand followers on instagram
-10 thousand? -Yeah
Amazing
-Just her alone right? -Yeah
How many are there?
She's up!
You're up!
What did I do?
As soon as you drank so much you were wasted
Pestering the president asking him
"What do you think of me?" over and over
until you fell asleep on his lap
No way
Thanks for your hard work
Thank you for today
Thank you
Are you okay?
Yes
Do you want to go get some ramen?
Let's go
See you tomorrow Yes, see you tomorrow.
Funeral Ceremony
My senior died
He drank and fell asleep in the bathtub
and died
When he drank he would always start saying
"Let's all go to the beach"
When the wake finished
we went to eat
the beni shouga ten soba that he liked and went home
I wanted spend the whole night talking about my senior
I'm going to bed now
She went to bed straight away
I played a game by myself
went for a walk
and after crying a little, I got tired and went to bed
The next morning
I got a message from Nana-san
She tried to talk to me but
I'm off
I just didn't care anymore
His senior died
He wasn't a bad person but
as soon as he started drinking he'd start making passes at women
He'd also been violent towards his girlfriend
Of course it was sad that he had passed but
I couldn't be sad in the same way that he was
I didn't like that about myself
I got a message from Nana-san
The next morning
-I tried to open up to him -I'm off
But it was too late
Anyway
it didn't matter anymore
Never again, In mundane words,
Don’t put it away, my heart
I can’t just read the air anymore,
Outsider
I have to change now!
With words of dangerous love
Swaying, your heart
Hey, I want to touch it a little,
Just looking at it is an outsider
I’m starting now
-Morning -Good morning
Sorry can you lower the volume a little please?
In the end we broke up
but I thought there might be a future where we married
You can get used to the things you don't like about someone
and you can get used to the feeling of dislike too
But
If you think of breaking up once
it becomes like a scab you can't help but pick at
Love is raw
and so it has an expiry date
Once that's passed
It becomes a situation like you're aiming for a draw so you're just passing the ball back and forth
Think about it
The loneliness of two people
is much lonelier than the loneliness of one
I don't want you and Kinu-chan to break up but
love in your youth and marriage are two different things
Don't you think you should break up and find another guy?
-Hey -Hi
Thank you
Now I invite the couple to exchange rings
From the groom to the bride
As a proof of your love you may now kiss
I'm thinking about breaking up with Kinu-chan
I'm thinking about breaking up with Mugi-kun
We never talk anymore
We don't even fight
There's just no feelings there anymore
But I don't know how I should break up with him
It's only possible to end things simply saying "Let's breakup"
within the first 6 months of dating
This will be our 5th year together
It's like breaking a phone contract...
You don't know which page to go to cancel the contract
They try to dissuade you from doing it
"I don't want to break up"
"If you break your phone contract now it's going to have a cost"
Anyway today, after this wedding is over
I'm going to break up with him
I'm going to break up with her
But you know
Because it's the end
At least for this last time
I was thinking I want to smile
I want to smile
while saying good bye
I want to tell her to be happy
Thank you everyone
-Congrats -Congrats
Congrats
People who are coming for a second round, this way
Have you ever been on a ferris wheel?
Haven't you?
Never
After 4 years there are still things we don't know about each other
You want to ride it?
Do you want to?
It's the kind that you can choose
The kind with Omi beef and such
Shouldn't you be looking outside?
Do you like night views?
They're okay
I don't really look at it and think "Wow beautiful"
No,” You're the type to look at a mummy and go "Wow it's beautiful"
Hey! You enjoyed the exhibition too
At that time, you know...
It was our first date, after all
Internally I was put off
Well the gas tank movie made me really sleepy
More than just feeling sleepy you actually fell asleep
I did didn't I
-I slept for a long time -You slept for a long time
STAY, now too dyed
Muddy words, so long
I want to see you already I want to see you
I can’t control it, how about you?
I want to change the future anyway
I can’t hold my hands and my hands are frustrating
Trying to shorten the distance without giving up
I’ll do my best to see it
-Who are you? -Who are you?
-What do you mean? -Someone tell me
Shall we go home?
I guess so
Before we go home
Yes
Before we go home
Let's go somewhere
Should we stop by there?
Yes
Here are your seats
Well…
It's okay, you can look
You're laughing so hard
Because it was fun
You are too
How many years ago was that?
Three?
Has it already been three years since then?
This was so long ago too
We were so young
Yeah
We had fun didn't we?
Yes
Well, should we...
have a talk?
Let's talk
-It doesn't have to be today -I think today is good
Right now?
I think right now is good
We've had a good day
4 years huh?
4 fun years
Um...
Well, um...
Until today
Yeah
We've been together for a long time
And we've been through a lot of different things
We have but
I... at the very least I...
everything up to today...
There was one more photo
Mugi-kun
Thank you
Well
I guess that sums it up
I'll only remember the good times
and treasure them
So you too
Okay?
As for the apartment, I'll leave
I couldn't pay for that place with my wage
If you stay there or not is up to you
You can do as you please
I want to take Baron with me but
I'm sure you want to keep him too
Let's talk about it later
Baron probably has his own opinion too
Yeah
And what else?
Furniture and utility bills?
But
Really thank you so much for these 4 years
Kinu-chan
I don't want to break up
I don't think we have to break up
Let's get married?
Let's get married
and then keep living together like this
We'll be okay
You only feel that way now because we had a good time today
Things will go back to how they were
I don't have a problem with that
All the married couples in the world are like that
Even though the feeling of being in love has faded
there are people who married
and stayed together right?
Even after the feelings change
there are people who close their eyes to things they don't like
and continue to live together aren't there?
-Me and you... -Are you lowering your standards again?
You lower your standards
and live your life thinking I guess this is just the way things are
Are you okay with that?
I am
It's just not possible to maintain exactly the same feelings forever
If that's what you're looking for you'll never be happy
When we fought all the time
because our feelings of love were getting in the way right?
If we become family now
Me and you, I believe we'll be good together
We can have kids
They'll call me papa
They'll call you mama
I can see it
Let's walk along the Tamagawa river,
the three or four of us holding hands
Let's put them in the stroller and go to Takashimaya
Let's buy a people-mover
and go camping and to Disneyland
Let's take the time and spend a long life together
The couple who've been through a lot
but now they've become a couple who get along well
An existence like oxygen to each other
Let's become a married couple like that
Let's get married
Let's be happy together
You might be right
Yeah
If we got married
If we became a family
Yeah
This way please
Here
-All-you-can-drink please -Me too
All-you-can-drink for two okay
Which seat would you like Hada-san?
Which seat would you like Mizuno-san?
Then you can sit there
And you can sit there
Okay
I was surprised
Me too
I didn't expect to see you there
Do you often go to Hitsujibungaku's shows?
It's my second time
Who else do you listen to?
Hasegawa Hakushi-san
and lately Sakiyama Soushi-san
Sakiyama Soushi-san?
I saw him at Baycamp festival
You went?
He was so good
I had a ticket but I got the flu
Then if you had gone to Baycamp we might have met there
Yes
But I'm glad we met today
because I forgot to ask for your LINE contact last time
I also regretted it
But
Last time we weren't able to have a lively conversation like this
It was pretty awkward
It was wasn't it?
But after that I
I kept wondering about what you'd be doing
Really?
The whole time
I also
had thoughts like I wonder what Mizuno-san is doing right now
Well actually all the time
We were able to meet again though
Yes
What are you reading now?
What about you?
1, 2
Oh I wanted to read this
I wanted to read this too
Shall we go to the drink station?
What are you reading?
And you?
-Here you go -Thank you
And that's how we
broke up
At times like this
there's something I always remember
Yeah
In the 2014 World Cup
did you know Brazil lost after Germany scored 7 goals?
Yeah
I always think my situation still isn't as bad as Brazil's
Do you know the interview that Brazil's captain Julio Cesar's gave after their loss?
No?
After their historic loss Julio Cesar said this
"Our path to get here was beautiful
We were just one step short"
But
she didn't find a new place straight away
so we lived together for another 3 months
We still ate together some days
and sometimes we even saw a movie together
-I can tell you this now -Yeah?
Actually after that day
I've eaten a hamburger patty at Sawayaka without you
Me too
What?
Here's us drinking bubble tea together
but it's after we've already broken up
-Honestly -Yeah?
You cheated on me at least once right?
Cheat?
-Did you? -You didn't?
Not at all
Hm...
Huh?
Paper, scissors, rock
Why did you play paper?
Because I'm an adult
Baron
-I got the cat -You're not happy with that result are you?
1, 2
It's cold
Thank you
-Sorry for the wait -Let's go
You wanted to buy something didn't you?
I want to get some shoes
Let's buy some
Let's go have a look
-This way isn't it? -What should I buy?
Yeah, this way
What kind of shoes should I get?
-I'll choose for you -Really?
I want some good leather ones
Today
I ran into my ex-boyfriend
Those were probably the earphones I gave him
We listened to SMAP's "Taisetsu" together
If SMAP didn't disband
then I wonder if might not have broken up either
I had stupid thoughts like that
Today I ran into my ex-girlfriend
When the band Kinokoteikoku went on hiatus
and when "Ikina Yoru Denpa" radio program ended
or when Imamura Natsuko won the Akutagawa Literary Prize
I wonder what she thought
What did she think when she saw the news that the Tamagawa river flooded?
When I went to his place for the first time
He dried my hair for me
It was raining then too
The yakionigiri was delicious
I wonder how the couple who owned the bakery in our neighbourhood are doing these days
I wonder if they were able to buy toilet paper?
I was sure there was a bakery that we used to frequent together
I wanted to eat that yakisoba bread again
So I tried looking it up
Hm?
6 years later
I witnessed a second miracle
Baron
Look at this
Amazing