"On the way home from my part-time job..." "After I passed the ticket gate... my feet unconsciously went right." "Welcome." "Just in case..." "I thought of an excuse for following her... and even bought utensils for a bath house." "Because I didn't want to miss her..." "I went to my job every day." "But she didn't come." "Although I knew she wouldn't come anymore... my expectations didn't fade... and I was unhappy wondering... why she wouldn't come." "Wait!" "This seat won't be reserved anymore." "I'm sorry." "Beer!" "Yes, right away!" "About one month later I got tired of waiting... and went to her apartment." "Before I knew it my feelings of wanting her to come to the store... completely changed:" "'Why isn't she coming?" "'" "Good evening." "The door... is gone." "Really." "Now I can't enter anymore, can I?" "What to do?" "That day... in the train what did you listen to?" "'We're gonna do it now'... her live performance." "Heeey!" "Heeey!" "Tonight is our little secret." "A dream?" "Yes, a dream." "But..." "I don't know what part of it was dream... and what reality." "On that day, I certainly... went to her apartment..." "And afterwards?" "Well," "I went to confirm it." "But it was there, the door." "Of course." "Moreover," "I heard someone laughing..." "It was her... and a man." "I wondered why I followed that woman..." "...I heard someone's voice..." "...why I did that..." "...I thought." "Just then..." "The Woman of the Dream" "Today, one novelist was having a hard time again." "Sir?" "Can I come in?" "Welcome!" "What a coincidence!" "Yeah." "Is someone coming?" "No." "Then can I sit?" "Yeah." "It's been a while." "How many years has it been?" "Two years." "I see, are you fine?" "Yeah, you?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "I see." "Yeah." "Excuse me." "Tomato juice please." "Yes, miss." "What?" "!" "By the way, you liked tomato juice, didn't you?" "Yeah, I like it." "Huh?" "Is today Wednesday?" "Yeah, it is." "That's why I'm off work today." "Then you're still working at that cosmetics shop?" "You actually remembered." "I remember." "Of course." "How we met, everything." "The Woman Who's Off on Weekdays" "The person you have called cannot be reached, please leave a message after the beep." "Rumi?" "I want to meet again and talk." "I'll be waiting, please call me." "Hello?" "Ah, Tetsuya?" "We're gonna eat hot pot in my girlfriend's apartment now, won't you come?" "You know, she said one of her friends will be there." "Now?" "I'm not going." "Cheers!" "Okay!" "It's good." "Well then!" "Yes." "The hot pot's cover... is open!" "Open!" "Wow!" "Eh, what is this?" "It's fish cooked in water." "Fish cooked in water?" "It looks yummy!" " What a good smell!" " A little longer?" "I need another instrument." "Give me your bowl, take some soup first." " Soup first." " Here, I found one." " Shall we go to Izu next time?" " Izu?" " The peninsula." " There?" "Yeah, let's go." "When?" "Hmm, next week." "Next week?" "Can you get off from work?" "Yay!" "Don't say something like that!" "I'll get off." "Really?" "No way, but at that time we can't go home together." "But I'm in love with you after all!" "I love you..." "I love you!" " Hey!" " Hm?" " Hey!" " Not now!" " Why?" " Not now!" "It's okay." "They'll definitely hear us." "They can't, it's okay, they're sleeping." "No, they just moved." " It's alright." " What, you really want to do it?" " We can't!" " Why?" " They're still awake." " I'm telling you they're asleep." " Really?" "If they whisper around like that in the next room there's no way to sleep, is there?" "Yes, sneakily flirting around is even more obvious!" "But it must be tiring, working even on Sunday." "Hmm, I'm off work on Wednesday instead, so... it's not hard, but since I'm off work during the week... it doesn't work well with a salary-man who's off on Sunday." "Why?" "Well, there's not enough time to see each other, and if he's alone every Sunday... the chance for him to cheat on me his high after all." "For me that's the evil Sunday." "I see." "Your current boyfriend is a salary man who takes Sundays off?" "No, I don't have a boyfriend at the moment." "And you?" "I don't have a girlfriend now." "I see." "Why are you laughing?" "Wait, why did you laugh?" "What is it?" "We somehow... got along in no time." "Sorry, did you wait?" "No, it's okay." "There's a French cuisine restaurant in this area, I recommend we go there." "French cuisine?" "I'm a student, I don't have that much money." "It's okay, I got my pay yesterday." "Let's go, go, go, go!" "I see lots of customers buying cosmetics everyday." "Generally, by the way of choosing cosmetics..." "I know how much confidence that person has in herself." "I don't mean her looks... but for example... if her confidence comes from being deeply loved by someone... or from having a fulfilling job." "I think... that confidence comes from being needed by someone." "Although in some cases they deeply love themselves... and have a strong confidence because of that." "That's interesting, it's like psychology." "Ah, that might be right!" "Shall I study it?" "Then how do I look?" "I don't know very well." "Tetsuya-kun... you're a little puzzle to me." "What's that?" "If you come to the shop I work at and choose products I will find out." "Well, then I'll come to buy me a matching lipstick some time around." "Do that." "If you do," "I might understand you a little." "Subtitle by Aldi Arman" "Rock, paper, scissors!" "Chocolate." "Rock, paper, scissors!" "Pineapple." "Rock, paper, scissors!" "Okay, okay!" "Chocolate." "Rock, paper, scissors!" "I lost!" "Pineapple." "Rock, paper, scissors!" "I lost." " Tulip." " Ah, here she comes!" "That day... you seemed to have really enjoyed it." "I had fun, too." "How cute!" "We had lots of time to see each other." "Every Wednesday..." "I also took off from my part-time job to be with you, right?" "That's why I always waited for you before the back door on Thursdays." "Together with the dog of one of the workers." "What was that dog's name again?" " You're here." " Sorry for making you wait." " No problem." " Bye bye Toichi." " See you, bye!" "Yes, Toichi." "Ah, did I wake you?" "No, good morning." "Good morning." "Look." "Look at this." "I wanted to move so I saved it." "Congratulation on matriculation Money: 23.000 yen" "Why is it in the envelope 'congratulation on matriculation'?" "Somehow, rather than saving it in the bank..." "I wanted to try something like a bag of money." "Don't you like it here?" "Well, it's a little far from the station... and I want to live in a bigger room than this after all." "I think I've shrunk two centimeters during the time in here." "Then, since it's vacation... shall we look for something together today?" " Shall we?" " Yeah!" " Okay, let's go!" " Let's go." "Here, sorry to make you wait." "How about this?" "By the way, are you two newlyweds?" "No, you're wrong." "This room is forbidden for couples." "It's okay." "Ah, I see." "Well, let me tell you, it's not that room but the apartment... two lovers who lived there died." "So if that happens again, I can't do business." "Sorry." "Ah, if you bring your student ID, I can lend you the key, so take a look." "It's a good place." "Apartment number 205, the first one." "Hey." "Certainly, ghosts will unlikely appear in here." "Seems to be glass..." "And there's proper air condition." "A cherry tree." "What?" "Ah, really!" "This is great!" "In fall... you can watch the flowers here." "Yeah." "When it's in front of you like this... it's like 'that's my cherry tree', isn't it?" "Strange for that estate agent geezer to openly tell that story." "Normally they wouldn't." "There's someone else you like, isn't there?" "The person you went out with before." "You still like her, don't you?" "Did you hear it from Kazue-san's girlfriend?" "You can't forget her?" "It's already over." "Is it really over?" "Can't you believe me?" "Don't interfere too much with my business." "I don't like that." "Okay." "Heh?" "What... was that?" "Hello?" "My former girlfriend phoned me saying she wants to get back together." "That day was a Sunday, but you of course took off from work." "Sorry to suddenly call you out." "It's okay." "You'll eat lunch, won't you?" "I'm fine with tomato juice." "I see." "Welcome." "Tomato juice please." "Yes, miss." "That apartment's cherry tree... was really strange, wasn't it?" "Yeah." "When I got home, the petals even came... out of my clothes." "But... they withered in no time." "Say, why don't you take that apartment?" "Listen, yesterday I got a call from my former girlfriend." "Sorry." "I can't see you anymore." "Do something bad." "'Do something bad'?" "So... that I can be relieved about breaking up with you." "Do something bad!" "Say Tetsu-chan," " can I look around a bit?" " Yeah." "Welcome." "If you like, you can test them." "Then, can I ask for this?" "Yes." "Please sit." "Excuse me." "How is it?" "Tetsu-chan, look!" "How is it?" "Don't you think it's good?" "It is." "It suits your mood well, doesn't it?" "Yes." "Then I'll take this please." "Yes." "Is this alright?" " Yes." " Okay." "That woman... was overflowing with the confidence of being loved." "But you were... strange." "You hardly looked at me." "I married." "When?" "I think it's been already a year." "I see." "That's how it is." "I'm glad you're happy." "Yeah." "I'm happy at the moment." "I'm thankful to you for doing something bad." "Even if you're as nice as to go that far, you realized I'm not the one, so I had been able to give up properly." "What about you?" "Is it going well with that girlfriend?" "We broke up long ago." "I see." "I... called you many times after that." "I'm going." "Thank you." "I'm glad to have met you." "Take care." "Thank you!" "Thank you." "Maybe... the cherry flowers we saw that day... blessed me and Chisato." "I wonder why I didn't realize that." "Today, one novelist was having a hard time again." "Thank you." "Sir, I read it," "'The Woman Who's Off on Weekdays.'" "You read it?" "That's a story of one of the regulars here, isn't it?" "But... it was interesting, sir!" "Then, please give your best!" "Thank you." "Welcome!" "Sensei..." "Yes?" "It bothers me if you turn off your cellphone." "I am sorry." "It is past the deadline." "I can't seem to write anything." "You're at your limit?" "I... might not be suited for being a writer." "What a crybaby." "You wrote about many women every month." "Each of them a charming lady, and you're able to express their strengths like in reality, the readers highly praise you." "That were... the stories of strangers." "Stories of strangers?" "Yes." "They are stories..." "I overheard from other people... about their love life." "Then there's not even one of your own stories in it?" "Yes." "Then please write your own story." "You have a story of your own, don't you?" "If the deadline's too tight I can lengthen it." "Please give your best." "Thank you." "I'm home!" "Welcome home." "You're late." "Did you eat dinner?" "Not yet." "Then I'll prepare it right away." "Yeah." "It's already been six years... that I lived together with Shiho." "We haven't registered our marriage." "Shiho wanted that." "The reason... is that she wants to feel like lovers forever." "What is feeling like lovers?" "Our relationship... is that of a normal married couple... no matter how you look at it." "Sorry," "I forgot to buy ingredients for the spring rolls... so I tried to just roll the dough without any filling..." "It doesn't taste good after all, does it?" "If... you forgot to buy ingredients... you shouldn't have made them, right?" "I shouldn't have." "But I wanted to surprise you a little anyway." "Ah, moreover today... something funny happened." "When I went to the supermarket... there was a dog in front of the supermarket," "I think it was probably waiting for its owner..." "Ah, by the way that dog is probably a pug." "And then- ah, I first have to explain this." "That wasn't the first time I met that pug." "I often saw it when I went there with my grandfather." "Shiho often tells me what happened to her during the day." "But..." "Shiho's stories are always insignificant... and boring." "And then..." "Sorry." "You don't get what I mean again, do you?" "I'm really bad at telling stories." "That's not true!" "And then?" "What happened to that pug... and your grandfather?" "Nothing, it's alright." "Sorry for not being able to tell anything." "That's not true!" "Then, I'll tell you something else." "Ah, say, after we finish eating, would you read my new short story?" "Yeah." "What kind of story is it?" "I'm telling you," "I want you to read it without asking anything." "I will." "How is it?" "Were you sleeping?" "I wasn't!" "You were sleeping, right?" "!" "I'm telling you I wasn't." "How was it?" "I'll be finished in a bit." "How is it?" "It was interesting." "What part?" "The crying part." "You didn't cry." "The part I was about to cry." "It's enough!" "You don't understand it." "Sorry." "It's enough." "I'll be in my study, so don't come in." "My woman," "Shiho, doesn't have anything that can be made into a story." "Even our meeting..." "We met as coworkers in the printing company I worked at before, that's all." "Why we started dating... has also nothing romantic to it." "Yoshio-kun!" "Can I help you with anything?" "You can't!" "You can go to bed first." "Yoshio-kun, too, don't overdo it and properly sleep on your futon, okay?" "I dried the futon today because the weather was good." "It'll smell of sun." "Good night." "Shiho's cellphone rarely rings." "Yoshio-kun Mum Shinbi Home" "No trace of a man." "The possibility of an affair is zero." "It doesn't seem... like any story will happen to us anytime." "What is it?" "I have to tell you something." "There's something stuck." "I have a writer's block at the moment." "Although there were lots of things I wanted to write back in the days." "I see." "Can you break up with me?" "What?" "Please make me lonely." "With the current lifestyle," "I can't feel unlucky or sad." "When I'm together with you..." "I can't write." "I got it." "I want you... to write lots of good books, so alright." "For now... half a year is enough." "No, even one month is alright." "It's okay, until the day comes... that you want to be together with me again." "Let's break up, properly." "Shiho went back to her parents' home." "In the house... there was nothing of her left." "I'm home!" "Living without the voice welcoming me home." "Living without Shiho was lonely." "Excuse me!" "Spontaneity Shrine Publishing" " Editorial Department, Sakai" "Spontaneity Shrine Publishing" " Editorial Department, Sakai" "The novel didn't progress." "What am I doing?" "I'm nearly finished, please wait." "Yoshio-san!" "Mother?" "Shiho had an accident!" "What?" "Shiho!" "Who are you?" "What are you saying?" "It's me." "It is memory loss." "It can't be!" "Her memories, everything... disappeared?" "Hey!" "Hey!" "What are you laughing for?" "I'm sorry." "I just remembered something." "Although you have memory loss... you remembered something that made you laugh...?" "This doctor is my former classmate." "You tricked me?" "I thought it would be great to be reborn, to start from nothing." "But it was impossible." "When I saw your face... it remembered me of the time... how you looked when you waited for my answer to your confession." "It's no use when the memories are too strong." "Don't joke with me!" "But..." "You think I'm a boring woman, don't you?" "Then please give her to me!" "What?" "I liked Shiho-chan for a long time." "I was rejected two times, though." "That's right." "Let's go home!" "What?" "Let's go." "Okay." "Oww!" "The accident was no lie." "But it's a light injury." "Are you okay?" "It hurts!" "Carry me!" "What?" "Carry me!" "No." "Stingy!" "Why is she acting spoiled?" "There is a person who thinks I'm strong." "Why not be happy?" "What is it?" "Nothing." "I want to treasure this woman... who laughs in front of me." "It's alright to write boring things in a book." "I... am thankful for this life." "'What is it?" "', she asked worriedly." "I told her that nothing was wrong." "I want to treasure this woman who laughs in front of me." "It's alright to write boring things in a book." "I am thankful for this life." "The Boring Woman" "This is very... good!" "Really?" "Please take care of it." "Yes." "The End" "Subtitle by Aldi Arman"