Oh, what's moving this?
Get back here!
You got me!
Where did you go, Tsuzuru?
He disappeared! There you are! You startled me!
Where could he be?
Here.
There you are!
What's this?
The pictures are different.
The shoes…
The shoes?
What's this? The sun?
Salmon roe.
Salmon roe?
I see, salmon roe.
I'm home.
Welcome home, Daddy.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
Here.
Hm?
What's all this?
Oh, I didn't know what he'd like, so I bought a bunch.
Hey, Tsuzuru!
You're impatient as always!
I can't do this.
What? You can.
What about this?
-I can. -Kick it!
-I can kick. -Then let's give this one a try.
-I probably can't kick. -No? How about this?
Hey Kosshi, can you get me the ear cleaner?
More coffee, Kosshi.
Kosshi, I need to copy this, push me over there.
-Oh! Kosshi! -Jeez! What a pain!
You just got discharged from the hospital, just rest at home.
Sitting is the most comfortable. Oh!
There's no paper. Paper.
Paper.
So that Gokita who got arrested apparently was in a ton of debt.
Evidently, he used company money
and eventually planned to take their development data and run.
Really?
The person you saved,
was the lady taxi driver from before?
Your first love who lost her memory.
So?
What do you mean, so?
You risked your safety.
She was also crying the whole time.
Why don't you try telling her?
That the two of you used to be deeply in love
and in a serious relationship… Ow!
What's the point in telling her now?
Remembering might just cause her pain.
And telling her doesn't mean I can do anything.
-Oh, it's starting to hurt again. -Just go home please!
Ow.
Hey.
Harumichi!
Hey!
Ow!
Um, you wanted to see me?
Did you study abroad somewhere?
No way.
I've never even left Hokkaido.
You had a good teacher then.
My father sent me Harry Potter.
When he worked abroad.
I read it every day because it was entertaining,
and I eventually started understanding it.
That's how I fell in love with English.
No wonder you speak the Queen's English.
There's a speech contest after summer break.
I'm thinking of nominating you as our school representative.
What do you think?
Uh…
-Uh… What? -Um.
I will become your personal driver until you finish your rehabilitation.
Please use me as your legs.
No, I can't ask you to do that.
Don't underestimate me, I'm one of the top earners for our company!
I even earned the sticker! See!
Oh. Wow.
But that's not the issue.
Oh, I looked it up on the Internet,
and it's most comfortable to sit after surgery.
With my taxi, it'd be door to door.
And I wouldn't charge you.
This is the most economical and physiologically sound option.
Look, Ms. Noguchi…
Please let me do this.
I couldn't think of anything else I could do.
It may have been your job, but you still protected me.
Risking your life.
Which is why I want to repay you by doing my job for you as well.
Besides…
Never mind.
Um…
Please just call me if there's anywhere you want to go.
Please, after you!
Please.
Take all the time you need.
Where shall we go?
Park Hotel then.
Very well.
Is it a date?
No.
Our parents are meeting.
Use this if you'd like.
AUGUST 11, SATURDAY
Help yourself.
Thank you.
These as well.
I have gum if you prefer that. And Genji-Pie as well.
I'll take one then.
Would you happen to have a compass and a flashlight?
Oh, I do.
There you go.
I'm sorry.
I'm always prepared.
I see.
Yes.
-Harumichi, hurry! -Sorry, I overslept!
If we get the bus to Kushiro at 22, we can make the train at 8:01,
once there, we can rent bikes at the terminal…
we'll get to Utoro by 10!
If we return the bikes by 4:30, we can catch the 4:51 train.
Wait, wait for us!
When's the next one?
An hour from now.
Which means we won't make the change to the Senmou line.
You planning to skip town?
What if it rains?
Also, I have a compass if we get lost,
a flashlight, bug repellant,
bear repellant,
and emergency rations.
We're just going for a picnic, aren't we?
You always prepare for the worst case scenario.
Here.
What about that speech contest?
I turned it down.
What?
Why?
Why would you do that?
Because there's no way I'd win.
I never spent time abroad, I'd just get laughed at.
My girlfriend's only flaw is her lack of confidence.
"I might get laughed at if I do that."
"I might disappoint them."
You're too smart that you think too far ahead,
anticipating pit falls, and playing defensively.
My dad told me the same thing.
"If you were an outfielder, you'd win the Golden Glove."
Your Dad?
The last time I saw him was maybe three years ago.
You don't wanna see him?
My mom doesn't like it.
Okay.
Let's go!
To where?
He lives in Otaru, right?
We can make it back by the last flight!
Flight?
-But our plans-- -I'm changing plans!
-Okay! -Really?
-Wait, hold on. -Let's go!
-Wait, for real? -Let's go see your dad!
HIRED CAB
Well, thank you very much.
Take care.
Oh, Harumichi.
Sorry.
Everyone's here.
Hold on.
There.
So my dad got himself a haircut, but I think it turned out bad.
Okay, all done.
This is the only one…
Yae, Dr. Togawa's wife doesn't eat sweets.
Oh… I'm sorry.
-Also… -Yes?
Please pay the utmost respect to Professor Okochi's wife.
She has strong connections with Otaru Medical University.
Do a good job here for Tsuzuru's future.
Yes, ma'am.
-Tsuzuru, I have to clean up now. -Also…
I picked out an outfit for you upstairs so please change into it.
Yes, ma'am.
How was Venice?
A great place to go with your lover.
It's a romantic town after all.
-I'm jealous. -Excuse me.
My, how lovely, Yae.
A new Gucci?
Where did you attend university?
I attended Touou University, but dropped out to have my son.
Oh.
What do your parents do?
-My mother works at a factory-- -Your mother's business…
It's connected to the airport industry, is it not?
My, what a global family.
How wonderful.
Ms. Sonobe, I heard your eldest son is in Boston.
Thanks to you and Dr. Okochi.
-He had good grades. -Is that so?
Welcome home.
You should be in bed.
What about food?
I ate.
-So today your mom-- -I had three surgeries from morning.
Two brain tumors and one cerebral aneurysm.
Then I had to get ready for a conference.
Is the story you're about to tell me more important than that?
I'm taking a bath.
Mama.
Sorry Tsuzuru, did we wake you?
Come.
Awesome!
We can get to Otaru before noon.
Really?
-Here. -Thank you.
I came here a lot when I was little.
When I got a good score on a test, or when my mom was in a good mood,
I would get a cream soda at the café upstairs.
Really?
Promise not to laugh.
I'd never.
Cabin attendant?
You?!
That's an awesome idea!
It's perfect!
Yeah.
You can do it.
For sure!
I guarantee it.
You think so?
I see.
YAE NOGUCHI ONE NEW MESSAGE
I WILL COME PICK YOU UP AT THE SAME TIME TOMORROW
OKAY, THANK YOU
What is it like to fly in the air yourself?
I heard at the hospital that you used to be a pilot.
You can't redo a takeoff.
No matter how many times I experience it, that moment excites me.
Though it's all in the past…
Fog and clouds,
the wind and sunlight,
when you first take off with your senses honed,
you're presented with an indescribable scenery.
It feels like the world is welcoming you.
Drifting clouds,
the blue ocean,
the gradient of the endless horizon.
I WISH I COULD HAVE SHOWN IT TO YOU
Yae Noguchi!
What about the friend who came with you?
He wanted to eat a salmon roe bowl instead of eel.
But eel is for summer!
Here is your order.
Here we go!
Wow, it looks so delicious!
Thank you for the food.
Mm, so good.
It's so scrumptious.
The tail is the best part of the eel.
Is that true?
Yeah.
Some academic proved it.
You always give me the best parts.
Do I?
You do!
Crab claws, marbled piece of steak, the strawberry on a cake…
That's what parents do.
Is that so?
Yes.
Thank you.
I never had the chance to give you your admission gift.
Ginza?
Open it.
A pen?
A fountain pen.
So what made a young lady
call me at 7 a.m. and come all this way?
I bet you didn't tell your mother.
Is Tokyo really that nice?
Yes, it's wonderful.
It's a mess of contradictions.
The vulgar and refined,
depraved and wholesome, moral and immoral,
constancy and tapioca drinks.
You and sincerity?
Those don't contradict!
Try it out.
But what do I write?
You should decide a phrase you'll use the rest of your life to test new pens.
That way, it'll make it easier to see how each pen performs.
Like what?
Anything.
Like "clear sky, lucky day."
Or a poem by Basho!
What do you write then?
YAE NOGUCHI
My name?
The most beautiful word in Japanese.
Here.
HARUMICHI NAMIKI
What's that?
It's a secret.
-Who's that? -I'm not telling.
But it's not some guy's name?
-It's fine, right? -No!
-You said it could be anything! -Not this!
I didn't get you the pen for this!
Oh, come on…
YAE NOGUCHI HARUMICHI NAMIKI
Oh, jeez…
So you're Uramichi?
It's Harumichi.
I see.
I see…
Huh…
What do you like about Yae?
It's fate.
It doesn't matter what anyone says, nobody can change my mind.
Even her father.
Which is why…
I want to be a good man for her.
To the person I love,
I want to give the best part of myself.
Though I don't have anything right now.
Don't make her cry.
Yes, sir.
You wanted to call me a hypocrite just now.
Yes.
Wait, I mean…
Yes.
Why you little…
Your dad's a good guy.
He's kind, knowledgeable, and a romantic.
But also a liar.
Before I was born, my dad got another woman pregnant.
I think my mom got pregnant with me to try to get him back.
But in the end, he didn't choose her or me either.
"Let's meet again."
"Sometime soon."
"Let's go together."
He would always make promises he couldn't keep.
Each time, I get my hopes up,
get disappointed, and think about her again.
Like, "I bet she's looking at the stars and scenery
he said he wanted to show me."
I already know.
That I need to move on.
But I'm scared of losing him some day.
I always try to stop myself before I mess things up or get hurt.
Just know this.
I won't go anywhere.
I'll always be on your side.
I'm sorry we missed the last flight.
It's not your fault.
Ready to sleep?
You sure?
Welcome home.
Hi.
I talked to Nonko's mom.
I'm sorry.
So where did you go after lying to your mom?
Yae.
Answer me.
I'm sorry.
I forced her to come.
I desperately… wanted to see the polar bear at the Asahiyama Zoo.
You promised me.
-What would you do if something happened? -It's not like that.
I'm truly sorry!
First,
get inside.
-Mom! -Just go.
Hurry up.
HIRED CAB
Let me open the door.
Thank you.
Is the same time tomorrow okay?
Yes.
Tomorrow's rehab is the last.
Is that so? Okay.
I'm happy to hear it.
I'd like to go somewhere after.
Is that okay?
Of course.
Well then.
Good night.
Take care.
Wow, amazing! Look how small the Diamond Princess looks!
Wow…
I'm sorry for making you come all this way.
Have you been up Mount Tengu?
A few times to the base for pick-ups.
What were you like in high school?
I did a lot of stupid things.
There was this girl I really liked.
Actually, most of the school liked her.
So? Did you get her?
Of course.
I asked her like a man.
"Be my girl."
Really?
It's my first time.
-Me too. -Really? Same for you?
Thank goodness.
I'm sorry.
What a surprise.
Huh? What is this?
I think this is like…
when you tear up watching videos of dogs running after their owners.
I've been so weak to those recently.
What about you?
What were you like in high school?
Um…
I've already forgotten.
I don't even remember what I had for lunch.
It's awful.
I imagine you were radiant.
Like you are now.
Perfect!
Yae!
That's my daughter.
My daughter.
You did great!
I try not to think about it.
What my past was…
or what my future might be.
I don't think about giving up on my dream and my life living with Tsuzuru…
My shameful past where I didn't accomplish anything.
I don't have any hopes for my future either.
I'm done…
getting my hopes up for nothing.
But you know…
sometimes very occasionally…
I get this inkling, a vague sense.
In my negligible and insignificant life…
deep down at its core…
that I've lost something critically important.
Attention.
The next departure will be the last of the day.
Please ensure you are on time if you wish to board it.
I'm sorry.
Shall we go then?
Subtitle translation by: Zensho Yamamoto