"See you tomorrow, ma'am!" "See you, everyone!" "Goodbye, class!" "This is Furoku Elementary School." "There are 4 classes with 27 6th graders." "107 kids graduated in 1981." "All these kids lived in the projects." ""The Wonderful Life at the Projects"" "Welcome to Furoku Public Housing!" "With 35 apartment blocks." "Look at the neatly aligned modern architecture." "It resembles a European town." "Bringing you a futuristic 21st Century lifestyle." "With a greengrocer, a butcher, a fishmonger... a bookstore and even a cake shop." "Everything you need is at the projects." "It's like a self-contained city." "You could remain in the projects all your life." "It looks fun, doesn't it?" "You can't stay in the projects forever!" "I don't know..." "You can't, Satoru." "That's why you must come to school." "You never missed a day at elementary school." "1 year after graduation 107 - 4 = 103 students." "How incredible!" "You can do the same at junior high!" "We can do it together!" "Junior high's a waste of time." "I can read, write and do algebra." "I can survive with those skills." "Satoru Watarai..." "School is not just about studying." "You get to socialise with kids your age..." "I have friends." " Where are they?" " Here." "Your elementary school friends?" "I've decided to find work when I'm 16." " Where?" " Right here." " At the projects." " At A-10." "A...ten?" "At the cake shop at Apartment-10." "Oh, you and the projects!" "See how small your world is!" "I want to stay in the projects all my life." "You know you can't." "You'll get behind in your studies." "Even so, I'm not going to school." "OK..." "A day in Satoru's life." "He's up at 5 am for his exfoliating routine." "At 6 am, he does the radio English course." "Breakfast at 7 am." "At 7:30 am, he does the dishes and housework." "Then he jogs 2 laps around the projects." "At 8 am, he does exercises." "At 10 am, he reads books." "At 3 pm, he confirms his friends' return." "Satoru." " Hi!" " I'm back!" " He got dumped." " By a girl?" "Who is she?" "Taijironne" "At 5 pm, he goes to buy cake." "Here, Satoru. 2 chestnut chiffons." "At 6 pm, he goes on his nightly patrol." "Not back." "Natsumi Hanzawa." "Home." "At 7:30 pm, he eats supper." "You'll manage." "You'll manage even if you never leave the projects." "SEE YOU TOMORROW, EVERYONE" "So long!" "Have a good life!" "I'll write to you!" "Guys, it's time!" "Quick, she's leaving!" "Come on!" "Natsumi!" "2 years after graduation 107- 11 = 96" "So long, Natsumi." "Noriaki Sonoda, aka Girl Boy." "Aspiration" " Singer" "No school today?" "How about you?" "The uniform's a dead giveaway." "I had to pretend to go to school." "Make yourself at home." "It's my reading time." "I appreciate it." "Can I watch TV?" "I'm sorry about this but" "Mum comes home from her part-time job for lunch." "You don't have a Dad either, right?" "It's good you don't have to go to school." "You would have been bullied." "What do you mean?" "When I was in first year... my school shoes weren't dry in time for school" "so I wore red Converse sneakers instead." "That did it." "They said that I'd come out." "Come out?" "He does 1-finger pushups as if to test his physical limit." "The man is the founder of Kyokushin Karate." "He is Mas Oyama." "He became famous fighting bulls." "His commitment to strength made him an idol to Japanese youth." "The other day... they made me drink urine." "I couldn't tell my Mum what happened..." "And the world would soon witness May Oyama, known as "Godhand"." "Mas Oyama, The Way of Karate" "Will they do?" "Great!" "Thanks!" "100 x closed fist pushups 100 x 2-finger pushups" "5 fingers... 3 fingers." "100 x 2-finger eye gauging and groin kick" ""Force without justice is merely violence."" ""Justice without force is incompetent."" "Kazuo Oda, A-26." "Not home." "Yuka Naganuma." "Home." "Do you go on these walks every night?" "I'm on patrol." "I make sure everyone's safe." "Bad guys could turn up at any time." "Is that why you exercise?" "Knowing that you're ready to fight at any moment will make your spirit as tough as steel." "I'll protect the projects!" "Satoru." "We need you." "We need your muscles." "A bodyguard?" "Looks can deceive..." "So he's tough, is he?" "Very." "...I hope." "He does crazy pushups." "But he has a condition." "It has to be inside the projects." "What?" "They're here." "Are there many?" "No." "They armed?" "No." "OK, let's kick some ass." "Why did you bring us here?" "Is this a trap?" "No, a personal preference." "Who is that?" "I'll take on any of you." "How about you, the tall freak?" "Or the dude in the letterman jacket." "I must warn you." "I can rip your nose off with my two fingers." "What?" "He's funny." " Bingo!" " Look at him, he's good!" "Yeah!" "A kick in the groin!" "He talks tough, but it's all talk." "Blood!" "Blood!" "Look, I'm bleeding!" "Blood!" "3 years after graduation 107 - 16 = 91" "Jun Kinoshita and Minayo Tamaru." "Plus Yoko Miyagawa and Tomohiko Teraki." "They all left the projects." "I know." "Satoru, congratulations on your graduation." "Junior High School Diploma" "I didn't even go... 4 years after graduation 107 - 19 = 88" "Aged 16 Off I go now." "Have a good one." "Enjoy shopping at the Arcade, which has everything you need." "Taijironne" "Celebrate your life with delicius cakes." "Pâtisserie Taijironne has the finest cakes in town." "I can't afford to hire." "I barely make a profit." "His job seeking ended in 1 hour." "You said you'd live in the projects all your life." ""Act, make no excuses."" ""Keep promises you made."" ""Pride and self esteem..."" "Only true men practice these principles." "Mister Oyama!" "Please, old man!" "I've always planned to work here when I turned 16." "It has to be here." "I'll work hard, please!" "How can I say no?" "Really?" "Yes, you're hired." "Thank you, old man!" "Watch how you talk now." "I'm your employer." "Speak respectfully." "And don't call me old man." "That's right." "Call me Chef." "It's a reflection of your effort if cakes remain." "We're no city cake shop." "We only get regulars." "I know what cakes they like and how many they want." "Like you for example." "You always buy chestnut chiffons for yourself." "Sometimes you buy mocha cake for your Mum." "She doesn't like sweet cakes." "Amazing!" "I check out each new family." "If they have kids their preferences change." "This is serious, not like your patrol." "Everything that goes on in the projects is stored up here." "Deliver these to the tenants." "New cake delivery service." ""Your order will be delivered within 15 minutes."" ""If the delivery's late, you get a refund."" "Are you sure about this?" "Yes, because you'll be refunding them." "Saki Ogata." "Aspiration" " Actress" "What were you doing?" "Um...nothing." "You smoke...?" "I thought you were a good girl." "I am." "Everyone thinks I'm boring." "Is anything wrong?" "Things happen, you know." "It's not like I stay in the projects all day." "Are there any girls you like, Satoru?" "Yes, there are." "Like who?" "Negishi and Saki Ogata..." "You've got high standards!" "Aren't you at school with Saki?" "You're well informed." "Saki Ogata seems to be quite popular." "I bet she is." "You interested?" "Sure I am." "But not just her." "I'm interested in everyone." "Everyone?" "I mean everyone I went to elementary school with." "I saw you the other night, Satoru." "You were strolling around with Sonoda." "What were you doing?" "I was on patrol." "What for?" "I make sure everybody's safe at home." "You check every apartment?" "Yes." "So it's true." "What's that?" "There's a rumour about your rounds of the projects." "And that you do it many times a day." "It's creepy." "It's creepy, you're a stalker." "That's not it!" "You never know when some weirdo's going to turn up..." "You're the weirdo, Satoru." "You're quitting?" "Too bad..." "I enjoyed taking those walks with you." "It was patrol." "Happy to serve you again!" "A-26, 4th floor, Tsuyoshi, no problem." "A-26, 3rd floor, Seiichi and Satomi, both OK." "I'll just do this floor..." "After this last block..." "A-24, Fumiyasu and Koichi, OK." "And Shinobu..." "You can't expect people to view it innocently." "Now it's a police matter." "I have my reputation." "Don't come tomorrow." "I screwed up again..." "I know." "Many of our classmates have left the projects." "They'll keep leaving." "Everyone's making new friends out there." "If you stay here, you'll have less and less friends." "Doesn't that sound lonely?" "If the ones who left are happy, I don't mind." "I'm interested in those who are here." "How they live and what they eat." "I want to know what they talk and think about." "If you're so interested, come to my place." "Have you ever kissed someone?" "Don't ask girls that." "Your future girlfriend wouldn't like it." "Stop it." "Don't." "That's enough for now." "No more." "Your Mum's a good woman." "She's very concerned about you." "I'm very sorry." "5 years after graduation 107 - 30 = 77" "When I go to college, I'll live by myself." "All by yourself?" "Will you miss me?" "You're honest." "Will you miss the things you do with me?" "That's part of it." "Now you're being too honest." "Stop it." "That's it for now." "Look at what you've done!" "Now I can't sell those pieces." "You just bought yourself 3 slices of mocha cake." "Lucky your Mum loves it." "6 years after graduation 107 - 47 = 60" "I want to do it." "No, that's out." "Are you saving it for somebody you love?" "That's ridiculous." "Satoru, do you love me?" "Yes, I do." "No, you don't." "When you're aroused, your animal instincts kick in so you think that you're in love." "7 years after graduation 107 - 48 = 59" "He's not bad so I couldn't see any reason to say no." "Are you upset?" "Of course not!" "You wanted to be my first?" "What... of course not!" "Satoru, let's not talk like this any more." "Why do we have to stop?" "Sorry but I can't live up to your expectations." "What do you mean?" "What do you think I expect of you?" "You should stop wearing briefs." "Advertising your virginity like that isn't cool." "Don't do your belt up so tight!" "What are you, a sailor?" "Wear your trousers on your hips." "Now put the jacket on and button it up." "No, no!" "Not all three, how lame!" "Why do I have to wear a suit anyway?" "All of your friends are out of school uniforms now." "What kind of man doesn't wear a suit?" "Chef... 8 years after graduation 107 - 54 = 53" "Aged 20" "I'll deduct it from your salary." "I have to pay for it!" "Furoku Housing Projects, Community Hall" "Class of 1981 Reunion" "You made it!" "Why's the reunion at the projects?" "That's because..." "You know?" "That's right." "To our reunion and our impending adulthood!" "Cheers!" "And the teacher went..." "Correct!" "Kyuzo Hatori, aka Kyu-chan Aspiration" " Actor" "Keita Sakuma, aka Keita-yan Aspiration" " Police officer" "Ken Mori, aka Moo-chan Aspiration" " Ball player" "I wish things would stay just as they are." "Ryo Kagata, aka Kaga-yan Aspiration" " F1 race driver" "Satoru!" "It's been so long!" "It sure has." "I heard you work at Taijironne." "You heard right." "I never imagined you'd be a cake baker." "Me neither." "Satoru Watarai, nickname Satoru Aspiration" " Great Scientist" "I have a job in the projects too." "Don't you act?" "Act?" "What are you talking about?" "Never mind." "I work at the daycare at A-3." "Everybody says it's boring to work so close to home." "But they're wrong, aren't they?" "I love the projects!" "Oh, look, Masami's crying again!" "You made her cry!" "What's going on?" "Maybe Nagashima broke her heart again?" "Has she loved him all those years...?" "I guess not." "The reunion just brought back memories." "How about you, Saki?" "Who did you like?" "I liked Motoshi." "Oh, really?" "How about you?" "You." "Someone told me you liked Negishi." "That big mouth..." "Yuri didn't come." "I bet she's with that guy." "She sure changed, didn't she?" "I don't want to change." "I don't think change is necessarily good." "I know you want this to go on forever but... we're out of time so we have to wrap up." "Sorry!" "So..." "See you tomorrow, ma'am!" "See you tomorrow, everyone!" "That's great!" "Have you ever kissed..." "No, never mind." "I never want to leave you." "How melodramatic!" "You can see me any time." "We both work in the projects." "When can I see you again?" " How about you?" " Tomorrow." "I have school so how about in two days?" "Stop it." "I won't see you if you're pushy." "OK." "I promise I won't." "Satoru, you're like an overgrown boy." "9 years after graduation 107 - 63 = 44" "Stop it, your mother might come home." "She won't." "She's on night shift." "Why did you agree to see a guy like me?" "Why do you ask?" "Because it's too good to be true." "Every woman has a soft spot for a man she's discovered." "You on patrol?" "I'll wait." "Not home." "Home." "Not home." "Home." "Home." "I can hear the trains." "It sounds so clear." "I can't hear them from my place." "Because A-4 is farther away from the tracks." "It's so strange..." "We live in the same projects but our environments are different." "You grew up hearing those trains." "I'd never thought about that before." "Yes!" "That's right!" "Even if we all live in the projects we know little about each other!" "What you hear and see everyday and what you think and feel." "We live so close but" "I know nothing." "I want to..." "I want to know everything about you, Saki." "OK, I'll let you know about me." "I'll let you know everything that you want to know." "I want to have you." "Okay." "That was my first trip to Ginza!" "The shop staff were congratulating me!" "Ready?" "Try it on." "Ready?" "Thank you." "10 years after graduation 107 - 71 = 36" "You got engaged?" "That's right." "Where will the wedding be?" "At the hall." "And the honeymoon?" "I'll think of something..." "I know it's none of my business but you'd better have a talk with Saki." "Why?" "She was crying." "You met her?" "Us girls had a farewell party for Nobuko in A-3." "Saki doesn't want to be stuck here." "What do you mean?" "Saki's never told me that!" "She just can't tell you." "Show your cards." "You won!" "Yeah!" "OK, Your Majesty." "Your wish is my command." "I want to go out." "That's easy." "Where to?" "To the playing field?" "Or Taijironne?" "Outside the projects." "I want to go out of the projects with you, Satoru." "To where exactly?" "We can go anywhere." "Where to?" "We need a destination." "How about a Karaoke club?" "Near the station?" "Let's go then!" "Satoru." "That's enough." "Let's not go." "I shouldn't have given you pressure." "Saki." "Lead me." "My head says go but my body won't move." "If I can get down the steps I can go anywhere." "Please." "But..." "I can't do this alone." "Once I get down the steps..." "If I can do it, I'll be OK." "Please help me." "We're going to Karaoke." "Okay." "Satoru..." "It's easier than I thought!" "These are just steps!" "Anywhere else you want to go?" "Start making plans." "See, I'm fine." "Satoru!" "I'm sorry, Satoru!" "That's enough!" "I'll never ask you again!" "...go to bed early." "Don't be late tomorrow because it's your graduation!" "Rise." "See you tomorrow, ma'am!" "See you tomorrow, everyone!" "Let's play later." "I'll try that too." "What else goes with it?" "Besides mayonnaise..." "Ketchup?" "I tried that once." "It was really yummy." "Help me!" "Drop it!" "On March 1 7, 10 years ago at Furoku Elementary School." "It was the day before graduation." "The 14-year-old boy entered the school property." "Then he stabbed one of the students to death." "He later confessed to the crime, "I wanted to kill somebody."" "There has been a recent spate of violent crimes by minors, but this was the first of its kind." "The murder took place right in front of Satoru Watarai." "What's this for?" "Satoru Watarai (22) To practice eye gauging and groin kicks" "You thrust your fingers along the side of the nose to hit the target accurately." "Satoru hasn't left the projects once in the 10 years since the murder." "He is unable to leave." "Former classmate After the murder we were going to buy school uniforms." "But when we got down to this spot he had a screaming fit." "He was diagnosed with hyperventilation syndrome." "Victims of traumatic pasts tend to avoid any associated stimulation." "In his case, it left him unable to leave the projects according to a psychiatric evaluation." "Hina Watarai, Satoru's mother and a nurse I'm not at all concerned about my son." "Because there's nothing to worry about." "Life is given and taken at the projects." "Nobody knows what Satoru's thinking." "Taijiro Yamada, Owner of Taijironne, Satoru's employer He's been coming to my shop since he was little!" "I didn't hesitate when he asked me for work." "I could leave." "I could but I've chosen not to." "You can't go down?" "Satoru Watarai didn't go outside the projects that day." "I've decided not to." "What's all the training for?" "I want to be strong." "So that you can get revenge on the killer?" "Like how...?" "Should minors be tried as adults?" "Pardon?" "Are you the projects' guardian?" "If anything happens, I'll fight." "I'll protect the people living here." "Nobody can defeat me." "What are you ready for?" "Who will you fight, Satoru?" "Every night Satoru checks on his former classmates." "He's done so ever since that fateful day 10 years ago." "3/4 of his classmates have already left." "But he still does his nightly patrols." "Will he be able to leave the projects one day?" "Satoru Watarai turns 23 this year." "11 years after graduation 107 - 84 = 23" "You looked chubbier than you are in real life." "Did I...?" "Even if the whole world turned against you" "I'll always be on your side." "Nobody will remember it in a week or so." "I looked chubbier, didn't I?" "Did you?" "I didn't think so." "Can't you turn down the Osaka transfer?" "I requested it." "I want to go to the Osaka office." "Why?" "So I can leave this place." "I'll see you off if I can get off work." "You don't have to." "I'm coming back for the summer anyway." "So I'll hear you out then." "I'll never ring this again..." "Satoru." "Yuri Matsushima, Aspiration" " Stewardess" "There's one too many." "This is what you ordered." "What's wrong?" "There's an extra cream." "Show me." "%- % Two 45 fat, three 42 % % and three 35 %." "4 regular milk, 4 butter." "This is correct." "% There's an extra 35 %." "There is not." "You must have heatstroke in this weather." "I didn't see this." "So, is that everything then?" "Thanks." "Sorry about that." "12 years after graduation 107 - 88 = 19" "Hello." "Sorry but I can't see you tonight." "What's wrong?" "When I went to the mountains the other day" "I met a guy who I used to work with." "He asked me to be his girlfriend." "I'll give him an answer today." "Is he giving you trouble?" "I hope that he and I will eventually get married." "But you're engaged to me!" "We've been together at the projects since birth." "I know everything about you, Saki." "I know that you disliked soda up until you were 14." "I also know..." "Is knowing everything about someone so important?" "It's not about how much you think you know a person." "It's the desire to know more and to understand each other." "I don't know much about him yet but I want to get to know him and understand him better." "I love you, Saki." "I want you to be mine." "You know..." "I want things to be normal." "I want a normal marriage." "And a normal life." "I'm sorry." "I'm horrible..." "Drinking is the only solution!" "Here's to the failure of your 4-year romance, Satoru!" " Cheers." " Cheers." "What's become of me?" "Nothing!" "Chef, you could humour me." "Hey, it's not so bad." "Why not live out your days here?" "It's great that there's a place in this world for someone like you." "Oh, Chef...!" "Get out of here!" "Notes will help you remember." "Chef, here." "Shut up!" "What do you know?" "Who do you think you are telling me what to do?" "Sorry..." "Business license" "This month's salary" ""Satoru, you can have the shop."" ""Satoru..."" ""Like petals blown in a storm, farewells are a fact of life."" "13 years after graduation 107 - 94 = 13" "Sonoda, we can do it together." "But..." "I can't let Taijironne end like this." "But the shop needs a certified food manager." "I'd need to take a test to become certified..." "It means leaving the projects..." "I'll do the test." "I got my accounting certificate and an Equivalency Diploma." "It would be my first job!" "Owner Satoru Watarai, Food Manager Noriaki Sonoda" "Oh, come on!" " What's wrong?" " Satoru, give that boy a talking to." "I was just kidding with him and he starts bawling!" "What's that?" "My steps." "For the theatre company." "What's your part?" "Dancer #6." "The 6th..." "I'm going to make it." "You wait and see, Satoru." "So much for the shopping arcade, everything's closed!" "Those foreigners are taking over." "Are you new here?" "You never leave the projects." "You a hermit or what?" "I don't know but I haven't left in 13 years." "No kidding...!" "Regulations loosened with the low occupancy." "Single tenants moved into the studio apartments." "Resulting in an increase of foreign tenants." "The projects were becoming rundown." "Some buildings were to be demolished." "The tenants moved to other apartments or moved out." "14 years after graduation 107 - 101 = 6" "There must be something wrong with you." "Tens of thousands of people get killed everyday!" "That's besides the point." "My friend got killed before my eyes." "I'm sorry about that but it was ages ago." "If you clung onto that, you've got to be sick." "What's going on?" "What are you doing, Sonoda?" "Those eyes..." "They're watching." "Right at me." "Always." "No!" "Mas Oyama Dies" "It's perfectly natural." "He's human after all." "But...not of cancer!" "How would you like him to have died?" "What do you mean...?" "Listen." "We all die." "I will die." "Someday you will too." "Mr. Oyama was no exception." "I know but..." "Hello?" "Satoru." "It's been so long." "What's up?" "Sorry to call you out of blue." "I'm moving out tomorrow." "I just wanted you to know." "I guess it's kind of insensitive of me to call." "Take care of yourself." "Good luck with work." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "I'm sorry." "I just wanted to say goodbye." "I'm really sorry." "Best of luck." "15 years after graduation 107 - 105 = 2" "I feel better now." "Sorry for all the trouble." "Don't worry." "Let me help you out with the accounting." "I can't let you do it alone." "Maybe you want to take it easy...?" "That's all I've been doing." "It will be good for my brain." "I have to go." "Give me the books later." "OK." "See you." "Satoru, make sure you don't drop anything." "You know that earthquake in LA?" "That was because I dropped my chopsticks." "The moment you drop something, they see you." "Look out." "The eyes are watching." "I'll be careful." "I'm sorry that my son has caused you so much trouble." "Closed for Business" "Where is Sonoda?" "He's in hospital." "Is he okay?" "He's calmed down now." "He's undergoing treatment." "What is it?" "It's electroconvulsive therapy." "100 volts will be administered to his brain." "Drugs haven't done him any good." "So we decided on this therapy." "You know what my son enjoyed doing with you?" "He loved those night walks you went on." "See you tomorrow, ma'am!" "See you tomorrow, everyone!" "16 years after graduation 107 - 106 = 1" "Isn't my sister good?" "Stay away, creep." "You'll get depressed if you stay indoors." "Doesn't your mother visit you everyday?" "Leave me alone!" " I can't." " Why not?" "Because you're my patient." "I'll be here until you're back on your feet." "Don't waste your time." "I'll never get better." "In the beginning everybody's nice." "But they all give up on me." "Mother will be the same too." "She's supportive now." "But it won't last..." "Kyu-chan!" "Let's deal with that before we begin treatment." "Cake-baking lesson in your kitchen!" "Learn how to bake cakes in your home!" "10 years in the business!" "Learn from a 1st class pâtissier!" "In your own kitchen." "Easy-to-follow lessons with no time limit!" "Cake baking..." "Hello!" "We're offering cake-baking lessons." "Call us any time." "You go to school, Maria?" "Foreigners don't need school." "You should at least get a basic education..." "What's that on your face?" "Did you have a fight?" "Hotta" "Ready for your baking lesson?" "Wrong apartment." "I asked him to come!" "Excuse me..." "So it's Maria's birthday." "She deserves a yummy cake." "You know, we have no money." "That's OK." "We're offering free trials." "And you're my first customer." "Where's your mother?" "She's in Matsudo." "Pardon?" "She works in a factory." "Oh, and that's in Matsudo city." "My Mum's really beautiful." "She sure is." " How about Dad?" " That's him." "But Dad says he hates Maria." "Because she isn't his kid." "Have you seen them fight, Elsa?" "You have a visitor?" "I'm a baker and it's your daughter's birthday." "That's nice of you." "I met your Dad." "That bastard isn't my Dad." "Is he the one who bruised your face?" "I'll start working in about a year or so." "Doing what?" "At a boite." "Pubs with foreign girls." "Mum worked there before she met that bastard." "I'll save up and go back to Brazil." "No!" "That's impossible." "I know what they do." "I know what men want from women." "Because that bastard... tried to do it to me." "Wait!" "Let me call the child abuse hotline!" "No!" "That bastard would beat me up." "Then I'll deal with it." "How?" "I'll visit you every night until your Mum returns." "Stay with me during the day." "He'll get mad." "He'll beat you up." "Force without justice is merely violence." "Justice without force is incompetent." "What the hell?" "Wow!" "When you can do this... you can knock out an ox with one chop." "Seriously?" "I protect the tenants in the projects." "That's how it's always meant to be." "The most exciting feature of Crazy Eight is Reverse." "Skip." "Reverse." "I rose from the bottom and won!" "You see, Elsa." "You can work hard to win but it's all down to luck." "Mummy!" "Good evening, Elsa." "Say hello to us." "Are you the one who won't leave Maria alone?" "Don't be rude to Mr. Watarai." "Let's go." "But I thought Maria would pour us some drinks!" "She's the one drinking, know what I mean?" "Not in front of the kids." "She's cute." "She's the cutest one in your class." "She used to live next door." "We always talked on the veranda." "Lucky you!" "You're right." "She is the first girl I kissed." "You don't believe me?" "Look at her!" "We dated 4 years and got engaged!" "Satoru, don't." "Lies just make you feel empty." "Reverse!" "And I won!" "She got me!" "This isn't my day." "Maria, can you go buy some cigarettes?" "How about Maria?" "She can miss this round." "Let's just play." "So you never went to junior high?" "How do you know?" "I just heard a rumour." "I dropped out of high school." "I didn't last two months." "I quit high school and went straight to juvie." "I almost killed 2 boys my age." "Let's not talk about that." "Why not?" "This is my place and I want to tell my story." "I'm entitled to do so, aren't I?" "I hated one of those boys." "He was dirt poor and had no Dad..." "You didn't have a Dad, right?" "Mr. Watarai." "To tell the truth I know quite a lot about you." "I know you do karate." "I saw it on the TV." "Nobody can defeat me." "I had a good laugh." "One kid's death kept you in the projects?" "I thought, what a pussy." "Maria..." "Pardon?" "You leave Maria alone." "Whoops, you finally said it." "We won't have to act friendly anymore." "It's been fun... to see you scared stiff." "Don't worry." "Mummy will come home soon." "Maria!" "Maria!" "Satoru!" "Let Maria go!" "As if we would, moron." "We have a show for you." "A foreign chick licks 3 dicks." "We tried it once and she almost bit me!" "We'll knock all her teeth out." "I hear a toothless blow-job is the best." "Bastards..." "Did you call us bastards?" "Let Maria..." "Let her go." "I guess you missed lessons in manners." "Ask favours on your knees with your head bowed." "Leave Maria alone." "You forgot to say please!" "Let Maria..." "Let her go, please." "Sorry, idiot." "Your manners won't help her." "The kid will suck us off." "And you'll die, watching it." "You can't get away with it..." "I think we can." "We'll leave no evidence." "We'll chop up your body... and flush it down the toilet." "The projects you love so much will be your grave." "We're happy for you!" "I might die but" "I'll rise to kill you!" "He's a nut case." "Brain dead for sure." "You're really hilarious." "Master Oyama..." "Master Oyama." "Help me fight them." "You were asking for this." "You're pissing me off." "I wet my pants..." "I wet my pants." "I never did that, even when I was a kid." "Me too." "I wet my pants." "You're an adult!" "Even so." "Keep this between us." "It's our secret." "Let's promise." "I'll promise." "Watarai Cake Baking School" "Head Nurse Watarai has..." "You mother has collapsed." "I think she had a stroke." "She's in critical condition." "Come immediately." "Satoru said he'd never leave the projects." "The psychiatrist recommended having him committed." "Uncle wants us to return to Okinawa." "He knows Satoru can't leave this place." "Satoru is coping with it in his own way." "He doesn't mope around he works on his strength." "No matter how absurd he appears to us." "You'll manage." "No matter what the rest of the world says." "I've made up my mind, too." "I beg you." "Please don't give up on my son." "Satoru has a girlfriend." "Satoru is engaged now." "It looks like Satoru and Saki have broken up." "Satoru is going to run the cake shop with Sonoda." "I'm not at all concerned about my son." "Because there's nothing to worry about." "I'll see to it as his mother." "Do I have to talk more?" "I don't feel well lately." "Satoru." "About my ashes." "When you're able to leave the projects scatter my ashes in the sea near my hometown." ""Satoru."" ""You'll be just fine wherever you find yourself."" "1 7 years after graduation 107- 107"