"What shall I call it?" "How about..."Time"?" "A little subdued..." "But respecting your dedication to mezzotint..." "Yes, leave it with me." "Thank you." "I'm home!" "I'm home." "Voilà!" "What's that for?" "A gallery took "+Time"!" "Tonight, we celebrate." "That's great." "Your efforts paid off." "We start on consignment." "If they sell, he buys a set number." "Hey!" "How's this?" "How is it?" "What's that?" "A water strider... never seen one?" "Never seen it!" "I know!" "It's that flying thing." "Quiet down!" "Next time, I'll show you a picture of it." "OK?" "Now, it's your turn." "Imagine the face of the person who gets your card." "Make it from the heart." "Who're you sending to?" ""Imagine the person's face"+?" ""Make it from the heart"?" "So... who?" "Skiing...?" "So the answer is..." ""A"." "Maki!" " Maki!" " Yeah?" "Put these tomatoes in the fridge?" "And I have a meeting today." "Can you make dinner?" " Right." " I'm off!" "Bye!" "Check this out later!" "Thank you." "So the prints you left at that shop are selling OK?" "Van Gogh only sold one item during his lifetime." "Van Gogh, huh?" "Can't compare..." "Anyway, mezzotints are a lot of trouble." "Not very efficient." "You enjoy it." "Like your father and his picture-mounting." "He was so into it." "Forget profit." "It's in your blood." "I've given up." "Alright, alright!" "Alright!" "OK, stop!" "Off to art class?" "And shopping for materials." "A lot to do." " I'm off!" " Take care!" " So long!" " Goodbye!" "Better hurry up." "It's cold." "I'm alive." "Time is passing normally." "Oh, I get it." "Light detectors." "Why get hungry?" "Are we hungry 'cos we're angry?" "When we agree, we're still hungry." "Mummy, mummy!" "Nothing's 'twixt me back and empty tummy!" "Doesn't matter when you get back." "Your bed's all made up." "Hope all will be back to normal in the morning." ""Song of Samoa"." "Mother was playing while kids sang..." "Ow!" "It doesn't hurt." "Again?" "The accident..." "That moment, I was thrown back exactly a day before." "And that... is a terrible situation to be in." "At least..." "I'm better off than Robinson Crusoe." "For one thing..." "No problems getting food." "No danger outside." "And I'm not aging." "I'll stay 27 forever." "Apart from that..." "no need for doctors." "A broken bone heals in one day." "Plus..." "Of course... in some things, I do lose out to Robinson." "Tomorrow will never come." "Paintings, writings, disappear." "They all go back to blank sheets." "I'll start forgetting when "+now"+ is." "If I do this, I can always count the days passing." "At least, I have memory." "It's morning!" "Always, always the same sky." "Won't it ever rain?" "It's my own money, but I feel like I stole it!" "210,000 yen 7,000 and 300." "I wish my memory would go away, too." "It's rain!" "Rain!" "First rain in 173 days!" "Oh, that feels good!" "Rain, rain, fall, fall, mommy's coming with a brolly!" "Splatter, splatter, splash, splash..." "It's ready." "Something's wrong." "Don't you get it?" "We're not playing around here." "This is why I don't trust people under thirty." "Think of something!" "Hello?" "Anybody home?" "I wonder if I can buy an idea somewhere." " Excuse me." " Yes, sir?" "The price includes the frame?" "Yes." "Want something different?" " No, I'll take this." " Thank you." "Do you have anything else by the same artist?" "Maki Mori, right?" "I'm afraid this is all." "I see." "Well, I'll take it." "This is not working." "Hello?" "I bought a copperplate at your shop today..." "Could you tell me how to contact the artist, Maki Mori?" "It can't be!" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Busy?" "I'll call back." "No, wait!" "Don't hang up!" "Don't hang up." "It's OK." "Please!" "Where are you calling from?" "Tokyo." "Ikebukuro." "But..." "Same Tokyo as always?" "Huh?" "My name is Izumi." "For a book I'm designing..." "What time is it?" "The time!" "It's past two..." "about a quarter past." "Probably, in a bit, my voice will be cut off." " Huh?" " No time to explain." "But don't hang up!" "Promise!" "I beg of you!" "You beg of...?" "You're in some kind of trouble?" "No... no." "Yes!" "Right!" "Really, please believe me." "This is no prank." "Hello... hello..." "Hello, can you hear me?" "Yes, yes." "What a relief." "I'd have been lost." "If the caller stays on, the line's connected." "Are you in some trouble?" "No, it's just really tough to explain." "I don't even know how to begin." "What month is it?" "Now?" "December, of course." "I'll say something strange, but promise not to hang up." "Uh... okay." "Where I am, it's still June." "In the Southern Hemisphere?" "!" "Setagaya, Tokyo." "But it's June." "Um, this is Mori?" "Maki Mori, right?" "Yes." "What's this about?" "Heard of being "spirited away"?" " "Spirited away"?" " Yeah." "Look, I've got work..." " Wait!" "Don't hang up!" " Really, it's work." "I'll pay the phone bill." "From the "other world"?" "My mother's there." "She'll pay out of my savings." "Anyway, please listen!" "This is crazy." "OK, I'll stay on for a bit." "I apologize." "I'm so grateful!" "What's going on?" "You can clean up apartments, but not bitches." "Right?" "You're lost in space." "What's up?" "Hello?" "Oh, sorry." "Wait a sec." "They meet every day." "What can they talk about?" "Hang up quick!" "But if she says don't you can't hang up, can you?" "Some phone club?" ""Phone club"?" "Those girls use that tactic." "Paid hourly, so they're eager." "No way." "Then a come-on for a religion." "Like, this is a direct line to god." "If you hang up... disaster!" "Hello." "Hello?" "It's cold!" "Hello?" "Hey!" "Hallo?" "Hallo?" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hello?" "Good evening." "You were waiting?" "Yes." "Thank you so much." "Not at all." "I beg your pardon." "My fault." "You'll invoice my mother for the phone bill, right?" "My bankbook is in the bottom drawer of my desk." "The password is 1212;" "my birthday is December 12th." "Uh, huh..." "My sign is Sagittarius;" "my blood type is "A."" "Ask what nationality the bather is." "The answer's "Indian"." "It's like a code between my mother and me." "She'll trust you." "OK." "I understand." "I know it's an imposition, but could we talk again?" "Well..." "let's decide the time." "Evening... say..." "Eight o'clock." "Thank you!" "So, good night!" "Good night." "Got it." "Excuse me!" "Excuse me!" "The lady of the house probably isn't home right now." "I need to see Maki Mori, about something." "You didn't know?" "What?" "The accident." "Accident?" "Maki was in a traffic accident." "When?" "Must've been half a year ago by now, I guess." "She hasn't been home since." "They took her to the hospital." "She hasn't opened her eyes once." "Hello." "Evening!" "I have to ask you something." "Yes?" "You said you were spirited away some time in June, right?" "Yeah." "Did something happen that day?" "I had an accident." "Traffic accident?" "Right." "I crashed into a dump truck." "That instant, I was transported here." "Totally unbelievable, this whole thing." "So... you went to my house?" "Yeah." "I vanished..." "Mother must be worried." "Well..." "That's actually a bit tricky." "You seem to be here, too." "Huh?" "You're in a coma in a hospital." "How could that...?" "Then... who am I?" ""Who"?" "I'm there too, right?" "If so, then who am I?" "How do you know my daughter?" "I bought one of her works." "Thank you." "It was so wonderful, I phoned her with a business proposal." "I couldn't get in touch." "I came by your house yesterday." "The lady next door told me..." "I see." "She's really..." "Sagittarius?" "And her birthday's this month?" "Yes." "December 12th." "Why?" ""After a bath, what nationality am I?"+" "Sorry, but this isn't a prank." "An Indian." "As a kid, after she bathed, she wrapped her head in a towel." "Playing at being an Indian." "So she even told you that?" "Yes." "On the phone..." "last night." "On this phone." "We speak every night at eight." "She's been spirited away to a time just prior to the accident." "Hello?" "Good evening." "Um... is there somebody there with you?" "Yes." "Hang on a sec." "Please... talk to her." "Hello?" "Hello?" "I hear nothing." "Hello?" "Good evening." "I can hear you." "Then why...?" "Your mother's come over here." "Mother?" "My mother?" "Really?" "She's there?" "Then put her on!" "But just now she's been..." "Just now?" "But I didn't hear anything!" "But that's..." "Please try speaking to her again." "Hello?" "It might be... only our two voices are audible." "So just now, that was my mother trying to talk to me?" "Exactly." "She couldn't hear you either." "How can that...?" "But I exist!" "I'm here!" "OK, then please ask my mother." "24 hours before the accident..." "Ask her:" "Wasn't she teaching "Song of Samoa" in music class?" "All right." "The day before the accident, were you teaching "Song of Samoa" in music class?" "Maki..." "Maki?" "Maki... you there?" "You there, Maki?" "If you are, then say something!" "Maki!" "Mother?" "You're on the line?" "It's me, Maki!" "Maki!" "Mother, listen!" "I'm alive!" "I'm fine." "I'm here." "Mother!" "The private room furthest back." "It can't be." "If you were there, I'd have heard you." "Hello?" "Good evening." "Thanks for everything." "Good evening." "Today I checked the phone bill." "Will my savings be enough?" "Yes." "It's about 4,000 yen a day." "Sorry to put you to so much trouble..." "Oh, no." "Now then, as far as business goes..." "Business?" "It's taken so long to get to it, but that's why I called." "Would you let me use your print for a book cover I'm designing?" "It's a five-volume set." ""Time" in five panels on the spine of each volume." "What do you think?" "About permission." "Yes!" "Thank you!" "I'm so happy!" "Actually, some friends and I held an exhibition." "The place was..." "Just a moment." "What did I...?" "!" "What should I...?" "!" "Hello?" "Hello, can you hear me?" "Hello?" " Izumi?" "Izumi?" " Yes!" "I hear you!" "What happened?" "Oh, thank goodness!" "What happened?" "The phone." "I dropped it." "Oh, I see." "Forgive me." "What were we talking about?" "The exhibition." "We had it in June at "Guest"+, a coffee shop in Ebisu." "Just me and some friends." "Maybe you could take a look?" "We sure tried our best." "I'll go!" "First thing tomorrow!" "You know, it's really a fantastic present!" "If I want to do something, even the same day becomes "tomorrow."" "It's a great discovery!" "Hello." "How do you do?" "Hello!" "Good evening!" "Good evening." "I saw it!" "Your three-man show." "You all three had individuality." "It was very interesting." "But one was pretty crude, right?" "Go ahead, be frank." "Everybody tells me so." "OK, I'll be frank." "Please use it." "If you think mine is good enough." "You agree?" "Hey, that tree you painted, like a spread-out hand..." "Is that a real tree?" "Nice if I invented it, but it's the Ravenala tree of Madagascar." "The "traveler's palm."" "Never heard of it." "Though I thought I knew a lot about trees and plants." "Looks like we've got a lot to talk about." "But... it's risky." "Ordinarily, I'd be happy, but..." "But what?" "Look, we've finished talking about business... but I could talk on and on." "I'll never hang up!" "That's OK." "This won't last forever." "You'll definitely get better." "I'll check up on you at the hospital." "Don't do that!" "Why not?" "I don't really want to be seen." "Why don't we meet?" "How about going to see a Ravenala together?" "Somehow I get the feeling that we could connect there." "The Ravenala tree." "This is it." "Hello." "Hello." "You recognized it immediately?" "They call it "Traveler's Palm", 'cause it's so big and looks strange." "It can be a landmark." "Since the leaves always point in the same direction, it can serve as a compass." "And the roots store up water." "Travelers can slake their thirst." "Fantastic, isn't it?" "I respect it." "19:30..." "Restaurant Stream." "Window table reserved." "Delicious." "Good ingredients." "How's this?" "Good evening, sir." "Izumi." "I have a reservation." "Yes, indeed." "Your coat, sir?" "This way, please." "Thank you, sir." "I came here once before tagged along with a designer for some wrap party." "I don't know about food, but the night view from here is fabulous." "Sir." "Thanks!" "I doubt the food here is as good as it is over there." "But for me, it's like a feast." "That I can't send you." "Somebody's probably playing." "Snow!" "Hey!" "It's snowing!" "Snow?" "It's snowing, right?" "Hello." "Hello." "How is she?" "Still unconscious." "Please see her, if you could." "She said she'd rather I didn't." "I see." "Forgive me." "I'm a little tired." "Nothing bad happened." "Just the opposite." "Maki responded to..." "To a stimulus test." "Barely but for the first time!" "Well, that's great!" "Sure, it's great." "Of course, it's great." "But you know, it's strange..." "During the worst of it, I bore up pretty well." "But once I heard there's hope, something snapped in me." "Just overwhelmed with exhaustion." "In the hospital, you moved for the first time!" "I moved?" "Hey, don't you feel anything?" "Doesn't your body feel lighter?" "No." "You should feel it, for sure." "I'll give daily updates." "Don't worry." "I won't enter the room." "In Lane One, Maki Mori." "Are you alive?" "No mistake?" "Someone was driving!" "There's somebody else here!" "I understand your excitement." "But you have to calm down." "What do you mean?" "You're on a desert island, you see a ship." "Could be pirates." "Pirates?" "Possibly." "Why... why are you just throwing cold water over it like this?" "It's not that." "I want you to want to come back." "Since we met at the restaurant, your condition's changed." "But..." "I haven't changed in the least." "You just haven't noticed yet." "You're definitely improving." "Don't give up hope." "Excuse me." "I'll take all of these." "Here!" "Look up!" "Over here!" "Here!" "Hi." "My name's Kakizaki." "I'm Mori." "Did you pass by here yesterday?" "You saw me?" "Here." "Do you turn every day at the same time?" ""Turn"?" "Oh." "Yeah." "What time?" "It's about time now." "Just past 2:20." "With me it's a little earlier." "2:15." "Did you start this past June?" "The 16th, I think." "Same day." "I had a traffic accident." "Couldn't avoid a dump truck on a curve." "Same with me." "I was driving in Oiso." "Suddenly, a girl stepped into the street." "I swerved desperately..." "Crash!" "Into a utility pole." "Where do you turn?" "I always go back to my house." "The day before the accident." "I'm on a boat on the ocean." "Surprised at first." "Crash the car in the street, next moment, I'm on the ocean." "What's going on?" "It may be like a dream." "What do you mean?" "You see my body which was in the accident is in a hospital now." "Huh?" "I'm unconscious." "How do you know?" "I have telephone contact with the other world." "I've dialed tons of places, too." "Same with me." "Somehow, one call came through." "How?" "I wonder." "Somebody I didn't even know." "He checks up on me and reports." "You're probably over there, too." "A "me" over there?" "Whatever." "But..." "Oh, it's time." "I... want to talk to you again." "Let's meet again tomorrow." "Okay, here then." "Same time." "Hello?" "Hello." "Maki!" "Hello!" "Hello?" "What happened?" "I've been calling you for a while." "I was worried." "I'm sorry..." "I was thinking about something." "Hello?" "Can you hear me?" "You met the driver?" "Someone named Kakizaki." "Same day, about the same time in an accident in Oiso." "First name?" "I didn't ask." "A guy?" "Right." "Probably about the same age as me." "Brutal End to Girl Kidnap Case in Oiso" "Suspect:" "Kiyoshi Kakizaki" "Critical..." "Unconscious" "Here." "What are you doing?" "I feel bad, otherwise." "Nobody's here." "Besides, it all returns to the beginning." "I'm trying to make my time here as much like there as possible." "I'm not just posing." "If I don't, it feels like I admit this is my destiny." "Admit it or not, this is our reality, right?" "Even if you phone; nothing changes." "But..." "Don't you want to know how you're doing over there?" "Nope." "Anyway, you wanna go for a drive with me tomorrow?" "See how far we can go." "At least, you could tell your family you're OK here..." "I said no, right?" "You learn about the other side, and so what?" "You're not thinking of returning there?" "Your body may get better over there, but you're still marooned here." "It's easier not knowing." "Enjoy each day here to the fullest." "That's good enough." "No?" "Don't pull such a long face." "It's only the two of us here, in the whole world." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hey... hello?" "Maki?" "Good evening." "Don't meet that guy!" "Absolutely not!" "Otherwise..." "Something happened?" "I beg you!" "I started speaking to you and gradually I began to feel like living again." "So..." "I'm afraid even if I wake up over there somehow I'll be left behind here like this." "Don't talk crazy like this!" "You gotta be strong!" "If you're weak..." "Maybe I shouldn't tell you, but he's..." "He..." "Shit!" "What happened to you?" "You've seen absent without leave." "I was worried." "Sorry." "I meant to call the office, but..." "A guest?" "Say, I'm thirsty." "Got anything to drink?" "Something fizzy." "Yeah, here." "When I said "something fizzy," I mean beer." "That's why I say never trust anyone under thirty." "Excuse me." "I'll go buy some." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Izumi?" "This is it." "The one he used for the cover." "I forgot!" "The phone!" "Sorry." "Knocked it off." "Hello?" "No, you can't..." "Hello?" "Maki?" "Hello?" "Izumi?" "How could...?" "Hello?" "Izumi!" "Maki!" "Maki!" "Hey!" "A gift." "Um... how did you...?" "In this world, it's easy to find an address." "From now on, if I come here at this time, we can always meet." "Wait just a minute." "This is him?" "Hello?" "I hear nothing." "Maybe there never was anybody." "It was cut off." "Hello?" "Mr. Kind Caller?" "Oh, you're an artist!" "Seriously headstrong!" "What's this?" "Come on, answer!" "Don't ignore me." "I want to know all about you." "Mezzotint." "A kind of copperplate." "Good." "I want my portrait done." "What do you think?" "Cool model!" "I see." "Cut off." "Let me see her." "Maki forbade it, but I want to see her so much!" "To encourage her not to give up." "So please." "I beg you." "I've been waiting for you." "A present." "This is fun, watching you asleep every day." "You won't need to think strange thoughts any more." "From now on, you won't be Lonely." "We can meet for five minutes a day." "Five minutes can be surprisingly long." "Stop it!" "No one's comin'." "Today, two." "Tomorrow, another two." "Day after tomorrow..." "Kakizaki, on the other side." "Did he die?" "Maki let me use her artwork." "Thank you." "Maki?" "Maki." "Be strong." "Maki?" "Maki?" "Maki." "Be strong!" "Mother!" "A masterpiece with a one-day lifespan." "Cold!" "She's not cold?" "The doctor says to let her feel the breeze sometimes." "Okay." "Look!" "It's snowing!" "Shall we go back?" "Yes." "I'm home!"