"It was a mid-winter trip." "Freezing cold, I remember." "So we had some hot noodles." "And." "Uh... a chocolate-covered banana?" "We borrowed this car." "All the punks staring at us made me real nervous." "The aquarium." "It was closed." "The seaside." "A seashell." "A busted light-bulb." "Man this takes me back.!" "The love hotel we stayed in." "It was her idea, not mine" "Um..." "Oh." "That book..." "Josee was always reading lt." "'In a Month, In a Year'..." "How many years has it been?" "Hey, 'Brother'..." "Sit n for me, will you?" "Uh." "Sure." "Boss, can I sit in here?" "We don't mind, do we?" "Sorry." "I've got the runs." "She sure is one we rd o d ady..." "Yeah!" "I see her al the time." "About dawn, when I'm go ng home." "Th s o d lady shuffling a ong." "...pushing this fa ling-apart old baby carriage." "It g ves me the creeps" "What's she got in the baby carriage?" "A grand-kid, maybe?" "What are you talking about?" "She's been doing t for ten years!" "A mummy, then." "A mummy?" "Her grand-k d, who d ed ten years ago." "And then she ost her mind." "You're crazy." "That o d ady?" "She's a messenger." "They say she runs stuff for some crime syndicate." "Is that true?" "!" "That's the rumor." "She's carrying something?" "Yeah?" "Cash." "No, drugs." "You're k dding!" "I should go check her out." "Where does she walk?" "Thanks man." "What?" "What's going on?" "'Earthly Hand' and '13 Orphans'..." "A perfect hand..." "The f rst t me I've ever had one." "Why when I was just sitting n?" "Tsuneo" "Don't let any stray mutts get near her" "Mimi s a v rgin, you know." "Yeah, yeah..." "And don't you go taking her to a hotel yourself." "Yeah." "R ght!" "Kumiko!" "Kumiko!" "Kumiko!" "Young man see if she's all right." "Kumiko!" "No!" "It wasn t him!" "That low- fe!" "That thug!" "You've come out of your way" "The g r 's legs are bad She can t wa k" "Cerebral palsy, one doctor sa d." "Then another doctor sa d t wasn't" "We never d d f nd out." "But still she wants me to take her out for wa ks" "For me... ." "I don't want peop e knowing I have a grand-daughter ke this." "That s why I a ways go out around this time... . so not many people will see her." "We I ve here" "." "W i y o u eat?" "Sorry?" "Breakfast" "Uh, we, you know..." "'No." "Thanks'?" "T's just that..." "I'm kind of at work." "Thank you." "Oh." "I cou dn't..." "Thanks." "Thank you." "Uh th s omelette's great." "Sure it s." "I made t." "Noth ng I make tastes bad." "But you might get sick later" "There's chicken shit on the eggshells." "Sa monella." "Salmone a?" "Salmone a causes 40 per cent of all food poison ng cases." "You're n un vers ty and you don't even know that?" "Screw-ups?" "They happen a the t me." "Oh, damn." "The senior was look ng all over for t and here I was go ng 'Hey." "Man don't look at me!" "'" "You're funny." "Yeah?" "Have you got time ater?" "Why?" "I need to ask about someth ng." "Me?" "Why?" "Why not?" "Here Tsuneo" "The tapes you lent us." "Thanks." "Yeah." "Thanks a lot." "Sorry to keep them so ong." "These aren't mine!" "Wait, wa t!" "Keep still!" "Wa t, I said!" "So what was it all about?" "What was what about?" "Kanae." "She wanted to know if she should become a social worker." "Aw isn't that sweet!" "She would wou dn't she." "So what d d you tell her?" "I said I thought t was a great dea." "Why'd you say that?" "We, you know... she's cute." "I just had to tell her she was a sweetheart." "Out comes the secret weapon" "What's that?" "She looks up at you." "Tilts her head 45 degrees and says, 'I'd really I ke to talk to you about someth ng.'" "There isn't a guy I know who cou d res st that." "She broke up with her boyfriend." "Now she's playing the field." "You could fuck her." "Yeah?" "And she's got big t ts." "What are you gr nning about?" "Nothing." "Don't ook so happy!" "Tits, huh." "I didn't touch the baby carriage." "I just went to look in it and the old woman let go." "Causing trouble again!" "What was n t?" "Don't know." "Now I want to see even more." "Sounds like he s after the money." "'D be careful." "You m ght come out worse than you even do at mah jong." "Look..." ". what are you old farts ta king about?" "!" "I'm just mak ng sma talk!" "Next time he'll attack her." "Te the old lady to watch out." "You ate there d dn't you?" "The food was great." "Who's there?" "It's me" "Me." "It's me" "The guy who had breakfast w th you the other day." "What do you want?" "Did somebody go after you again?" "Was it a young guy?" "An old one" "Not a young guy w th a thick face?" "A fat ttle old man." "What?" "Who's he?" "But fought back with my knife drew blood, and he took off as fast as he could" "You told the police?" "The police?" "Maybe you should stop taking those walks." "I can't do that." "Why not?" "There's th ngs I have to see" "L ke what?" "Flowers." "And cats." "Flowers and cats?" "Don't laugh!" "But f owers and cats?" "Your poor Gran!" "What the he I?" "!" "I got down." "You ought to think of a better way to get down." "Who's that?" "Uh, hello." "He's back for another meal" "Oh, t's you aga n" "I like cucumber." "T's not p ck ed yet." "That smells good." "She keeps div ng onto the floor." "D ving?" "It's true!" "Like it was a mosh p t at a rock show." "I'm afraid she break her neck one day." "You were th nking about soc a work so I came to you." "I'm g ad you did." "Anyway the hand capped should have the r homes made barrier free" "Handrails, no steps." "...and the bathroom floor ra sed to evel." "Don't think they have any money." "There's government ass stance." "The amount varies from person to person." "S she registered as being handicapped?" "What's wrong?" "Huh?" "Uh." "Noth ng." "Is she reg stered?" "I don't know." "I'I check things out." "You w I?" "Thanks a ot" "You got hurt." "Dldn't you." "In second year." "Yeah." "Was it hard to quit rugby?" "I don't know..." "It wasn't that important." "But you liked lt, didn't you?" "I don't know..." "I don't brood over what I can't change." "It just makes you tired." "No." "I can't." "I'm going." "See you." "I w sh Mom wouldn t send a the f ood to my place." "She knows d just let t rot." "Th s devil's-tongue's great." "Pollack roe!" "Exce ent!" "I wrapped it for you Keep it n the fr dge." "Aw, a n t that nice!" "Want some carrots?" "Nah." "Wait a minute." "G ve me some." "Why?" "You don't cook." "D vvy up all the veggies." "Aw, man!" "Takashi!" "Aren t you done yet?" "Just about!" "Don't you ever go back to your place?" "You're wasting rent." "I can't be bothered." "Al my c othes are here, too." "Oh" "No!" "My parents sent me all this stuff." "Vegetables, miso paste." "You can have it if you want." "I don't really cook." "It's rea y good stuff." "Make lots of r ce." "You've got your nerve!" "Slice that eek" "Yes, ma'am!" "Don't worry I washed the b ood off." "You stabbed him with this?" "I'll be in troub e f they do a Luminol test" "A 'Luminol test'?" "A crim na might c ean up the bloodsta ns" "But f the po ce ab puts down Luminol it reacts with b ood traces to g ve off a blue ght." "You sure know a lot." "By the way, what's your name, anyway?" "Josee." "No your rea name." "'Josee'." "Ke I sa d." "Your Gran called you 'Kum ko'." "Why d d you ask if you already knew?" "'Josee'..." "'Josee'... t's got a ring to it." "What?" "Taste it?" "Thanks." "It's great." "Rea y good" "Thank you!" "'M stuffed!" "Gran gets them for me out of the garbage." "A I of them?" "Your ne ghbors read some we rd things." "I ve read them so often I ve memor zed them." "That's why you know a those we rd things." "Te I me cou d I buy a Tokarev pistol somewhere?" "What for?" "Se f-defence." "No, you cou dn't." "'The Ch nese-made vers on is now so common... '... the black-market price has fallen more than 50 per cent.'" "'M sure could find one." "No, you cou dn't!" "Are you sure I cou dn't buy a Tokarev?" "'By Franco se Sagan'..." "You know Sagan?" "!" "Just the name." "There's a seque to th s book." "Do you know the title?" "No." "Oh" "You want it?" "I've been wait ng for someone to throw out a copy" "But no one has." "Sagan." "Sagan." "Sagan..." "'The Wonderful C oudst." "Deleted" "Oh... it's out of pr nt." "You can't buy it?" "'Fraid not." "I see" "I don't know if you d have any luck..." "You'd have to check out the used-book stores." "It says r ght here. 'deleted'" "t 'tone day you will not love him any more"... '..." "Bernard said softly." "' "And one day doubtless, I wlll not love you any more, either." "' T'And we will be alone once more, and in that be alike." "' T'And another year will have gone by."" "' " I know, t' said Josee." "T" "So Josee's the heroine of those books?" "She s not listen ng." "You found it n a used-book store?" "I thought 'd try to find it, and I did." "On y 50 yen." "'How old had she been?" "'Fourteen or fifteen perhaps?" "'She had often lain beneath that poplar... t... her f eet up against the trunk... '... gazlng up at its numberless leaves swaying above her In the breeze." "'A high wind still blew as If to carry away... '... the slender trees that bowed their heads In unison before it. '" "Hey..." "She smiled!" "Magic marker..." "Thanks." "Get in." "You go Tae." "OK?" "T s the old pervert!" "Yeah, the pervert!" "Don't call me that or I'll touch your titties." "Look out!" "It s a pervert!" "Call h m names" "Pervert!" "Pervert!" "Go away!" "Go away!" "Pervert!" "Pervert!" "Pervert!" "Look." "You mean now?" "Gran won't ike t if I go out now." "She's as eep!" "Come on!" "How's basketba I?" "Good." "How did the team do in the tournament?" "We got through the qual fy ng round." "Like it?" "Th s s fun!" "Go!" "Go!" "No bicyc e s go ng to beat us!" "Whoops!" "Josee?" "Josee?" "Are you all r ght?" "Are you OK?" "!" "Do you want to ki me?" "Did you hit somewhere?" "Are you hurt?" "You know." "I'd really like to take that c oud home w th me..." "Here?" "His name's Koji." "Go get h m." "Who is he?" "My son" "Son?" "How's t going?" "Where's the o d ady?" "Not here." "She dead?" "She s a ve." "At home." "T d be no loss if the o d bitch kicked off." "Your eczema better?" "No Mi nd y o u oe w n usi ness" "Is that any way to ta k to your mother?" "I've got a mother and t isn't you, dumb-ass!" "L sten... . you know what a Tokarev is?" "Huh?" "A Tokarev?" "Made in China." "How wou d I know, dumb-ass?" "Aren t they Russian?" "The magazine said Ch nese." "He's right." "They're Russian." "You shut up." "Don't ta k to him like that!" "Shut up!" "I kick your ass!" "You shut up!" "Who the fuck are you?" "No one." "Just a friend." "Sorry." "A fine mess you could have gotten us nto!" "What f the neighbors saw her?" "We didn't see anyone from the neighborhood" "Just who do you think you are?" "You're damaged goods." "What's damaged w I never be made who e" "'m sorry." "Young man, but I'd like you to eave." "When a gir who's no use to anyone starts acting ke she was normal there's troub e!" "The granny from hell!" "What are you looking at?" "!" "' K ck your ass!" "Hey, aren't you the guy that was with Kumiko?" "That gir 's nuts n the head." "Years ago she just started ca ng herse f my mother." "Why?" "I don't know!" "To p ss me off" "We were in the same orphanage when we were kids." "I just got so sick of hearing that word..." "Mommy!" "'Mommyl Mommy.!" "Mommy!" "'" "All those assholes." "The only ones who didn't keep calling their mothers were me and her." "I had enough so I decided to get out of there." "I took her with me." "Hey..." "I' be your mother." "What are you ta king about?" "!" "I I smack you in the head!" "' K ck your ass!" "Don't piss me off!" "The renovations are free, I tel you!" "The c ty pays for it." "You apply and a month later t's done." "I really th nk you shou d." "It's free!" "It's too good to be true." "I'm not foo ed." "OK, 'I apply for you, a r ght?" "Gran!" "Gran!" "Isn't it great?" "Things' be so much eas er." "It seems ke an awful waste for just one o d ady..." "Where's the grand-daughter?" "Hid ng, probab y." "The o d ady doesn't want people to know." "Three days to do a this?" "You work fast." "We're r ght on schedule." "You said you were graduating this year, didn't you?" "Yes" "I was just th nking how impressed was with your w lingness to vo unteer like th s" "wouldn't ca I it that..." "What?" "Were you here a I along?" "Yeah." "What's that?" "A textbook?" "Yeah." "From the garbage?" "When the new schoo year starts, everyone throws out ast year's texts." "Gran always goes and collects them" "I didn't go to school." "'Kanai Haruki'" "A guy who ves around here, I guess" "'Modern Japanese'." "That takes me back." "What s this?" "!" "It was w th his textbooks" "What is Kanai Haruki read ng?" "!" "He s on y n high school!" "He probably graduated He might be n un vers ty now." "He's an idiot though His writ ng's full of m stakes." "Show me..." "He mixes up the 'show' radica and the 'clothes' one." "And the three strokes n 'visit' s ant the wrong way." "' V issit" "Oh these three strokes..." "Yeah." "And then..." "He lo?" "What's going on?" "Sorry to barge in." "Thought I might come and observe." "Oh." "I see" "'Observe'..." "How do you do." "'M studying socia work." "Come n and look around" "Al right." "Ask what you ke." "Thank you." "She s observing." "Let her look around" "Sorry to bother you." "Your g rlfriend?" "Huh?" "She s gorgeous!" "It's not ike that." "Words fa me." "Found out a lot." "Yeah?" "Oh." "Hello." "That's the gir?" "The one with all the energy?" "U hn, y e, ah" "The one who dives everywhere?" "That I'd ke to see." "You going to 3rd period?" "Yeah." "W ho is it?" "Me." "Is someone there?" "What do you want?" "Uh, nothing... bought some octopus dumplings." "Josee?" "Shut up!" "Kumiko!" "Stop it!" "Kumiko!" "He lo?" "Josee?" "Gran!" "Open the door!" "Hello?" "Gran?" "Gran..." "Young man!" "Young man p ease don't come here any more" "The girl s damaged goods" "She's not someone... . a man ke you can do anything to help." "Goodbye." "All the best to you." "Aren't they cute?" "Take some dog food, too." "What's w th the tie?" "Job nterviews." "Here you go" "My kid s go ng to love this!" "I apprec ate you taking him." "You have to find them homes?" "The pupp es are easy." "It's the mother who's the problem." "Yeah." "Your boss doesn't love her any more." "Only virg ns for him" "No wonder he's never gotten married." "K ssy-kissy!" "Aren t you a sweetie!" "A dog's lif e, huh?" "There s a barbecue on Saturday..." "Yeah?" "You want to go?" "Saturday..." "Sounds like fun..." "I have but two n pples!" "Take one!" "Take one!" "Pu it right off!" "These frosh are nuts!" "I'm g ad you cou d make it." "These new k ds are crazy!" "You f nd a gir friend?" "Of course not!" "And now Kana Haruk wi show you h s armpit ha r!" "'Kanai Haruki'?" "Where have I heard that name?" "It s the Kanai Armp t Show!" "Kana!" "Kanai!" "Hey." "You!" "Come here!" "What s t?" "Are you Kanai Haruki the bondage freak?" "Who told you?" "You read bondage magaz nes in high school?" "Yeah!" "I m a 'top'" "I tied up ten g rls n high school." "You're crazy!" "But those uniforms, man!" "There's nothing ke it!" "What?" "Are you a top, too?" "What?" "You want to t e me up." "Maybe?" "You want to tie or be t ed?" "Why are you here?" "What?" "I'd forgotten her!" "Hey." "What's the matter?" "Kana!" "Let go of me, damn it!" "Let go!" "Hey, you're all dressed up!" "Good to see you again." "It s been a while." "Sorry to be so sudden..." "Don't worry about t." "S t down." "Well..." "It's a sma company, so t won't take ong to look around." "So if you can stand to work here..." "I wou dn t put t that way." "No?" "No." "We." "I'm very happy you remembered us" "'ve put the word n w th Personne" "I guess it was in the cards." "Thank you." "That crippled gir was qu te someth ng." "How s she?" "Uh haven't real y..." "Well, w th her grandmother gone..." "What?" "!" "You didn't know?" "She died not long ago." "It was very sudden." "The Welfare people te me the girl's having trouble coping." "I mean, how does she shop?" "I'm sorry." "The stores are so far away..." "Excuse me." "Huh?" "What's going on?" "Don't you want to ook around?" "Josee..." "It's me" "Your Gran d ed?" "Can I come n?" "The ne ghbors took care of the funera for me." "T was so sudden... hard y realized what was happening." "Are you eating right?" "Sure am." "But how are you doing your shopping?" "Someone from Welfare comes a few times a week." "'M fine for now." "Yeah?" "There's a pervert who ves next door." "After Gran died." "...he came snoop ng around offering to do th ngs for me" "The other day... . he sa d. 'I put out your garbage if you let me touch your tits.'" "He d d?" "!" "Then what?" "I et him, and he takes my garbage out every day." "What are you ta king about?" "!" "What?" "Why d d you do that?" "!" "It's a ong way to the garbage pick-up." "Get the We fare person to do that!" "They come around noon." "That's too late for the garbage truck." "Yeah." "But..." "And who cares?" "It's none of your business." "Who are you to be telling me about my garbage?" "Lt..." "It doesn t concern you!" "Go away." "Go away!" "You're rea ly going?" "You said to." "Then go!" "If you're go ng 'cause I to d you to, then go!" "Go!" "Go away!" "I don't mean it." "Stay w th me." "Don't leave." "Stay here" "Forever." "OK." "Forever?" "Yeah." "BaeW hne, r ew" "Hey..." "It's OK." "What s?" "Doing it" "Yeah but..." "I don't know..." "Why?" "I'm diff erent from the pervert next door." "You are?" "Yeah." "How?" "Oh man..." "I fee like I'm go ng to cry." "Say someth ng." "Hm?" "I'm scared." "Sorry." "Too busy." "There's a bug here." "I love you." "I love you." "And everything you do." "It's ke a nightmare!" "You sa d you wanted to see t." "I a ways thought if I ever fell n ove I wanted to go and see a the th ngs that scared me most." "If I'd never met anyone 'd never have seen a rea tiger." "I'd've accepted that." "But now I ve seen one." "Be grateful." "W ho, m e, oi?" "Anything e se?" "Just the heavy stuff now" "Yeah?" "Amaz ng!" "A real hand capped person." "'Ve never ta ked to one bef ore." "Nor had I." "Kana Haruki..." "Hey why does that g r keep grinn ng at me?" "You're just imag ning th ngs." "It's h arious." "You ve got Tsuneo say ng things ke he can t leave you alone." "...and he s the only one who' stay w th you." "He's not that nob e a guy." "You know" "I envy you the weapon you have." "You really th nk that?" "Yes do." "Then cut off your legs and see what t s ike." "One Year Later" "The devil's-tongue's great." "Eat t while it's fresh." "Tsuneo..." "Are you really br nging her when we go home for the memor a?" "Hm?" "Oh yeah..." "It's nice to have." "...a younger brother who's so concerned" "No, t'll be coo to bring a handicapped girlfr end home." "Mom and Dad'I ove it." "Yeah." "But..." "He lo?" "Can you he p me?" "What?" "Anyway, go for it." "I'll back you up" "Takashi..." "See you there." "We re back." "She peed twice!" "She did?" "Hey, are you throwing this out?" "Yeah." "Why?" "It's busted." "Big Brother fix it." "He says he can t." "New M stral Lites, on sale next month!" "This is our on-street ntroduction campaign." "Come and get your free sample pack." "Y eah k n o w t hhah" "Every construction job's different." "But you can t just give them everything they want." "There's our s de to t, too." "Sure, you ve got to be n ce to them... . but you can't let them have everything their own way" "We're in business, too" "What's the matter?" "Uh, can I catch up with you?" "She didn't te I you?" "What?" "About how I hau ed off and s apped her." "Mean, how could I let that happen?" "Some hand capped bitch stea ng my boyfriend?" "What s up w th that?" "I was so mad I could've k ed her." "I hit her tw ce and left." "After that I didn t care any more" "About you or a job." "This is awfu Why did you have to come down that street?" "We were out mak ng sa es calls." "You're the ast person I wanted to see me dressed up ike that." "It's fine." "What s?" "T's cute." "Took a pack, and I don't even smoke." "OK, I'm here to end you my very own car." "You're going home w th that jerk?" "Say something, w I you?" "Look after the dog, OK?" "Watch it or I'll kick your ass!" "You fuck al day!" "Why getting married now?" "Married?" "That's what it means when you meet h s folks." "Fool!" "What?" "That's not going to happen." "Why not?" "You fuck every day and now you're go ng to meet h s folks!" "You're such a child!" "Wait a minute!" "That's the way it works!" "Bullshit!" "Bullshit!" "' K ck your ass!" "What's a I this 'marriage' shit!" "' Bust heads!" "Fool!" "What are you looking at?" "!" "Want a boiled egg?" "Why did you make a I those?" "We're on a tr p!" "So?" "Gran sa d you take bo ed eggs." "And we've got rice crackers... m ikao ns" ". and green tea." "Perfect!" "Damn right!" "Ve been checking my list for a week." "Yeah." "You've never been away before." "Approximately one kilometer ahead turn left." "What is that?" "!" "A nav gator." "A nav gator?" "So that's what a car navigator is..." "Hey, don't touch that!" "You changed the map!" "Nakamlchi Aquarium" "Closed" "Why?" "!" "Ow!" "W hy is tt ce ooseoeed?" "!" "Because it s closed." "But I came al this way to see t!" "It can't be helped." "Yes, it can!" "Do something, wil you?" "Fish!" "Fish!" "Hey f sh" "I know you're n there!" "Come on, f sh!" "Do something!" "Swim out here or someth ng!" "Look!" "Look at how the co or changes!" "Look!" "It's amaz ng!" "It really changes!" "F e?" "U dd n to rm i duu ...I'm dr v ng" "Wait..." "Let's buy a whee chair" "No." "I don't need a whee chair." "I do!" "I've got you to carry me." "Give me a break wil you?" "I m go ng to get o d one day, you know" "Yeah." "There's some work came up I can't get out of" "Yeah..." "Yeah..." "Uh-huh..." "Yeah?" "Well, if it's work, it's work." "Hello." "OK." "I'll explain to Dad." "I'd appreciate lt." "Tsuneo..." "Who chickened out?" "What?" "Don't ook!" "What?" "Jeez!" "What are you doing?" "Distance to destination 140 kilometers." "Estimated time of arrival 13..." "Drive to the sea." "I want to see the ocean." "Is that the sea?" "Is that the sea?" "That?" "No, that's just a r ver" "You're y ng... aren't you?" "Sorry." "That's the sea." "The sea..." "So th s s the sea..." "Like it?" "It's great!" "Just look at it!" "Someth ng's sh ning over there." "There." "That red thing." "W h en e, oi?" "That's pretty." "You planned that!" "You' get me all wet!" "Over there!" "What?" "Just go there!" "There's someth ng sparkling there." "That's just water." "Oh ' get all wet!" "There's tons of them!" "Whoa!" "Push down and t'll focus" "Watch the birdie." "Let s f nd an inn with a hot spring." "Yeah..." "Hey!" "What's that?" "There!" "At 'F sh Castle'!" "There!" "You want to stay here?" "They rent rooms by the hour!" "I don't care!" "I want to stay here!" "Have it your way." "How about." "...in return I let you do the nast est th ng in the wor d?" "You mean t?" "Did it hurt?" "Was that nasty enough for you?" "Uh, yeah, it was great" "I get t..." "F sh Castle'!" "There's a seashe I sw mm ng." "Do seashells sw m?" "Wow..." "Hey..." "C ose your eyes." "What do you see?" "Noth ng." "Just black." "That's the place where I used to be." "W h en e, oi?" "Way way down at the bottom of the sea" "That's where I came swimm ng up from" "Why?" "To do the nast est th ng in the world w th you." "I see" "You I ved at the bottom of the sea..." "There was no light there, no sound the w nd didn't blow, and the rain didn't fall." "Just dead silence everywhere." "Wasn't t lone y?" "Not especially." "It'd always been ke that." "Noth ng but t me go ng by very, very slow y." "Don't think I can ever go back there." "Someday, f you're not with me any more I'll be like a ost seashell..." ". a by myself just ro ng, rolling." "Ro ng a ong the ocean floor." "But even if that happens." "It' be OK." "We lived together for a few months after that." "Here." "A farewe gift." "Want something e se?" "No." "Th s s f ne." "Thanks." "The end was very relaxed." "Officlally, there were several reasons why we broke up." "But really there was only one." "I ran away." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "Shall we go?" "Are you hungry?" "Let's get someth ng hot." "Udon nood es?" "The Yanag ya s unch spec al lasts t I 2." "Or I could make something." "Sorry..." "Some women you can break up with and stay friends." "But not Josee." "I doubt I'll ever see her again." "It was a mid-winter trip." "Freezing cold, I remember." "So we had some hot noodles." "And." "Uh... a chocolate-covered banana?" "We borrowed this car." "All the punks staring at us made me real nervous." "The aquarium." "It was closed." "The seaside." "A seashell." "A busted light-bulb." "Man this takes me back.!" "The love hotel we stayed in." "It was her idea, not mine" "Um..." "Oh." "That book..." "Josee was always reading lt." "'In a Month, In a Year'..." "How many years has it been?" "Hey, 'Brother'..." "Sit n for me, will you?" "Uh." "Sure." "Boss, can I sit in here?" "We don't mind, do we?" "Sorry." "I've got the runs." "She sure is one we rd o d ady..." "Yeah!" "I see her al the time." "About dawn, when I'm go ng home." "Th s o d lady shuffling a ong." "...pushing this fa ling-apart old baby carriage." "It g ves me the creeps" "What's she got in the baby carriage?" "A grand-kid, maybe?" "What are you talking about?" "She's been doing t for ten years!" "A mummy, then." "A mummy?" "Her grand-k d, who d ed ten years ago." "And then she ost her mind." "You're crazy." "That o d ady?" "She's a messenger." "They say she runs stuff for some crime syndicate." "Is that true?" "!" "That's the rumor." "She's carrying something?" "Yeah?" "Cash." "No, drugs." "You're k dding!" "I should go check her out." "Where does she walk?" "Thanks man." "What?" "What's going on?" "'Earthly Hand' and '13 Orphans'..." "A perfect hand..." "The f rst t me I've ever had one." "Why when I was just sitting n?" "Tsuneo" "Don't let any stray mutts get near her" "Mimi s a v rgin, you know." "Yeah, yeah..." "And don't you go taking her to a hotel yourself." "Yeah." "R ght!" "Kumiko!" "Kumiko!" "Kumiko!" "Young man see if she's all right." "Kumiko!" "No!" "It wasn t him!" "That low- fe!" "That thug!" "You've come out of your way" "The g r 's legs are bad She can t wa k" "Cerebral palsy, one doctor sa d." "Then another doctor sa d t wasn't" "We never d d f nd out." "But still she wants me to take her out for wa ks" "For me... ." "I don't want peop e knowing I have a grand-daughter ke this." "That s why I a ways go out around this time... . so not many people will see her." "We I ve here" "." "W i y o u eat?" "Sorry?" "Breakfast" "Uh, we, you know..." "'No." "Thanks'?" "T's just that..." "I'm kind of at work." "Thank you." "Oh." "I cou dn't..." "Thanks." "Thank you." "Uh th s omelette's great." "Sure it s." "I made t." "Noth ng I make tastes bad." "But you might get sick later" "There's chicken shit on the eggshells." "Sa monella." "Salmone a?" "Salmone a causes 40 per cent of all food poison ng cases." "You're n un vers ty and you don't even know that?" "Screw-ups?" "They happen a the t me." "Oh, damn." "The senior was look ng all over for t and here I was go ng 'Hey." "Man don't look at me!" "'" "You're funny." "Yeah?" "Have you got time ater?" "Why?" "I need to ask about someth ng." "Me?" "Why?" "Why not?" "Here Tsuneo" "The tapes you lent us." "Thanks." "Yeah." "Thanks a lot." "Sorry to keep them so ong." "These aren't mine!" "Wait, wa t!" "Keep still!" "Wa t, I said!" "So what was it all about?" "What was what about?" "Kanae." "She wanted to know if she should become a social worker." "Aw isn't that sweet!" "She would wou dn't she." "So what d d you tell her?" "I said I thought t was a great dea." "Why'd you say that?" "We, you know... she's cute." "I just had to tell her she was a sweetheart." "Out comes the secret weapon" "What's that?" "She looks up at you." "Tilts her head 45 degrees and says, 'I'd really I ke to talk to you about someth ng.'" "There isn't a guy I know who cou d res st that." "She broke up with her boyfriend." "Now she's playing the field." "You could fuck her." "Yeah?" "And she's got big t ts." "What are you gr nning about?" "Nothing." "Don't ook so happy!" "Tits, huh." "I didn't touch the baby carriage." "I just went to look in it and the old woman let go." "Causing trouble again!" "What was n t?" "Don't know." "Now I want to see even more." "Sounds like he s after the money." "'D be careful." "You m ght come out worse than you even do at mah jong." "Look..." ". what are you old farts ta king about?" "!" "I'm just mak ng sma talk!" "Next time he'll attack her." "Te the old lady to watch out." "You ate there d dn't you?" "The food was great." "Who's there?" "It's me" "Me." "It's me" "The guy who had breakfast w th you the other day." "What do you want?" "Did somebody go after you again?" "Was it a young guy?" "An old one" "Not a young guy w th a thick face?" "A fat ttle old man." "What?" "Who's he?" "But fought back with my knife drew blood, and he took off as fast as he could" "You told the police?" "The police?" "Maybe you should stop taking those walks." "I can't do that." "Why not?" "There's th ngs I have to see" "L ke what?" "Flowers." "And cats." "Flowers and cats?" "Don't laugh!" "But f owers and cats?" "Your poor Gran!" "What the he I?" "!" "I got down." "You ought to think of a better way to get down." "Who's that?" "Uh, hello." "He's back for another meal" "Oh, t's you aga n" "I like cucumber." "T's not p ck ed yet." "That smells good." "She keeps div ng onto the floor." "D ving?" "It's true!" "Like it was a mosh p t at a rock show." "I'm afraid she break her neck one day." "You were th nking about soc a work so I came to you." "I'm g ad you did." "Anyway the hand capped should have the r homes made barrier free" "Handrails, no steps." "...and the bathroom floor ra sed to evel." "Don't think they have any money." "There's government ass stance." "The amount varies from person to person." "S she registered as being handicapped?" "What's wrong?" "Huh?" "Uh." "Noth ng." "Is she reg stered?" "I don't know." "I'I check things out." "You w I?" "Thanks a ot" "You got hurt." "Dldn't you." "In second year." "Yeah." "Was it hard to quit rugby?" "I don't know..." "It wasn't that important." "But you liked lt, didn't you?" "I don't know..." "I don't brood over what I can't change." "It just makes you tired." "No." "I can't." "I'm going." "See you." "I w sh Mom wouldn t send a the f ood to my place." "She knows d just let t rot." "Th s devil's-tongue's great." "Pollack roe!" "Exce ent!" "I wrapped it for you Keep it n the fr dge." "Aw, a n t that nice!" "Want some carrots?" "Nah." "Wait a minute." "G ve me some." "Why?" "You don't cook." "D vvy up all the veggies." "Aw, man!" "Takashi!" "Aren t you done yet?" "Just about!" "Don't you ever go back to your place?" "You're wasting rent." "I can't be bothered." "Al my c othes are here, too." "Oh" "No!" "My parents sent me all this stuff." "Vegetables, miso paste." "You can have it if you want." "I don't really cook." "It's rea y good stuff." "Make lots of r ce." "You've got your nerve!" "Slice that eek" "Yes, ma'am!" "Don't worry I washed the b ood off." "You stabbed him with this?" "I'll be in troub e f they do a Luminol test" "A 'Luminol test'?" "A crim na might c ean up the bloodsta ns" "But f the po ce ab puts down Luminol it reacts with b ood traces to g ve off a blue ght." "You sure know a lot." "By the way, what's your name, anyway?" "Josee." "No your rea name." "'Josee'." "Ke I sa d." "Your Gran called you 'Kum ko'." "Why d d you ask if you already knew?" "'Josee'..." "'Josee'... t's got a ring to it." "What?" "Taste it?" "Thanks." "It's great." "Rea y good" "Thank you!" "'M stuffed!" "Gran gets them for me out of the garbage." "A I of them?" "Your ne ghbors read some we rd things." "I ve read them so often I ve memor zed them." "That's why you know a those we rd things." "Te I me cou d I buy a Tokarev pistol somewhere?" "What for?" "Se f-defence." "No, you cou dn't." "'The Ch nese-made vers on is now so common... '... the black-market price has fallen more than 50 per cent.'" "'M sure could find one." "No, you cou dn't!" "Are you sure I cou dn't buy a Tokarev?" "'By Franco se Sagan'..." "You know Sagan?" "!" "Just the name." "There's a seque to th s book." "Do you know the title?" "No." "Oh" "You want it?" "I've been wait ng for someone to throw out a copy" "But no one has." "Sagan." "Sagan." "Sagan..." "'The Wonderful C oudst." "Deleted" "Oh... it's out of pr nt." "You can't buy it?" "'Fraid not." "I see" "I don't know if you d have any luck..." "You'd have to check out the used-book stores." "It says r ght here. 'deleted'" "t 'tone day you will not love him any more"... '..." "Bernard said softly." "' "And one day doubtless, I wlll not love you any more, either." "' T'And we will be alone once more, and in that be alike." "' T'And another year will have gone by."" "' " I know, t' said Josee." "T" "So Josee's the heroine of those books?" "She s not listen ng." "You found it n a used-book store?" "I thought 'd try to find it, and I did." "On y 50 yen." "'How old had she been?" "'Fourteen or fifteen perhaps?" "'She had often lain beneath that poplar... t... her f eet up against the trunk... '... gazlng up at its numberless leaves swaying above her In the breeze." "'A high wind still blew as If to carry away... '... the slender trees that bowed their heads In unison before it. '" "Hey..." "She smiled!" "Magic marker..." "Thanks." "Get in." "You go Tae." "OK?" "T s the old pervert!" "Yeah, the pervert!" "Don't call me that or I'll touch your titties." "Look out!" "It s a pervert!" "Call h m names" "Pervert!" "Pervert!" "Go away!" "Go away!" "Pervert!" "Pervert!" "Pervert!" "Look." "You mean now?" "Gran won't ike t if I go out now." "She's as eep!" "Come on!" "How's basketba I?" "Good." "How did the team do in the tournament?" "We got through the qual fy ng round." "Like it?" "Th s s fun!" "Go!" "Go!" "No bicyc e s go ng to beat us!" "Whoops!" "Josee?" "Josee?" "Are you all r ght?" "Are you OK?" "!" "Do you want to ki me?" "Did you hit somewhere?" "Are you hurt?" "You know." "I'd really like to take that c oud home w th me..." "Here?" "His name's Koji." "Go get h m." "Who is he?" "My son" "Son?" "How's t going?" "Where's the o d ady?" "Not here." "She dead?" "She s a ve." "At home." "T d be no loss if the o d bitch kicked off." "Your eczema better?" "No Mi nd y o u oe w n usi ness" "Is that any way to ta k to your mother?" "I've got a mother and t isn't you, dumb-ass!" "L sten... . you know what a Tokarev is?" "Huh?" "A Tokarev?" "Made in China." "How wou d I know, dumb-ass?" "Aren t they Russian?" "The magazine said Ch nese." "He's right." "They're Russian." "You shut up." "Don't ta k to him like that!" "Shut up!" "I kick your ass!" "You shut up!" "Who the fuck are you?" "No one." "Just a friend." "Sorry." "A fine mess you could have gotten us nto!" "What f the neighbors saw her?" "We didn't see anyone from the neighborhood" "Just who do you think you are?" "You're damaged goods." "What's damaged w I never be made who e" "'m sorry." "Young man, but I'd like you to eave." "When a gir who's no use to anyone starts acting ke she was normal there's troub e!" "The granny from hell!" "What are you looking at?" "!" "' K ck your ass!" "Hey, aren't you the guy that was with Kumiko?" "That gir 's nuts n the head." "Years ago she just started ca ng herse f my mother." "Why?" "I don't know!" "To p ss me off" "We were in the same orphanage when we were kids." "I just got so sick of hearing that word..." "Mommy!" "'Mommyl Mommy.!" "Mommy!" "'" "All those assholes." "The only ones who didn't keep calling their mothers were me and her." "I had enough so I decided to get out of there." "I took her with me." "Hey..." "I' be your mother." "What are you ta king about?" "!" "I I smack you in the head!" "' K ck your ass!" "Don't piss me off!" "The renovations are free, I tel you!" "The c ty pays for it." "You apply and a month later t's done." "I really th nk you shou d." "It's free!" "It's too good to be true." "I'm not foo ed." "OK, 'I apply for you, a r ght?" "Gran!" "Gran!" "Isn't it great?" "Things' be so much eas er." "It seems ke an awful waste for just one o d ady..." "Where's the grand-daughter?" "Hid ng, probab y." "The o d ady doesn't want people to know." "Three days to do a this?" "You work fast." "We're r ght on schedule." "You said you were graduating this year, didn't you?" "Yes" "I was just th nking how impressed was with your w lingness to vo unteer like th s" "wouldn't ca I it that..." "What?" "Were you here a I along?" "Yeah." "What's that?" "A textbook?" "Yeah." "From the garbage?" "When the new schoo year starts, everyone throws out ast year's texts." "Gran always goes and collects them" "I didn't go to school." "'Kanai Haruki'" "A guy who ves around here, I guess" "'Modern Japanese'." "That takes me back." "What s this?" "!" "It was w th his textbooks" "What is Kanai Haruki read ng?" "!" "He s on y n high school!" "He probably graduated He might be n un vers ty now." "He's an idiot though His writ ng's full of m stakes." "Show me..." "He mixes up the 'show' radica and the 'clothes' one." "And the three strokes n 'visit' s ant the wrong way." "' V issit" "Oh these three strokes..." "Yeah." "And then..." "He lo?" "What's going on?" "Sorry to barge in." "Thought I might come and observe." "Oh." "I see" "'Observe'..." "How do you do." "'M studying socia work." "Come n and look around" "Al right." "Ask what you ke." "Thank you." "She s observing." "Let her look around" "Sorry to bother you." "Your g rlfriend?" "Huh?" "She s gorgeous!" "It's not ike that." "Words fa me." "Found out a lot." "Yeah?" "Oh." "Hello." "That's the gir?" "The one with all the energy?" "U hn, y e, ah" "The one who dives everywhere?" "That I'd ke to see." "You going to 3rd period?" "Yeah." "W ho is it?" "Me." "Is someone there?" "What do you want?" "Uh, nothing... bought some octopus dumplings." "Josee?" "Shut up!" "Kumiko!" "Stop it!" "Kumiko!" "He lo?" "Josee?" "Gran!" "Open the door!" "Hello?" "Gran?" "Gran..." "Young man!" "Young man p ease don't come here any more" "The girl s damaged goods" "She's not someone... . a man ke you can do anything to help." "Goodbye." "All the best to you." "Aren't they cute?" "Take some dog food, too." "What's w th the tie?" "Job nterviews." "Here you go" "My kid s go ng to love this!" "I apprec ate you taking him." "You have to find them homes?" "The pupp es are easy." "It's the mother who's the problem." "Yeah." "Your boss doesn't love her any more." "Only virg ns for him" "No wonder he's never gotten married." "K ssy-kissy!" "Aren t you a sweetie!" "A dog's lif e, huh?" "There s a barbecue on Saturday..." "Yeah?" "You want to go?" "Saturday..." "Sounds like fun..." "I have but two n pples!" "Take one!" "Take one!" "Pu it right off!" "These frosh are nuts!" "I'm g ad you cou d make it." "These new k ds are crazy!" "You f nd a gir friend?" "Of course not!" "And now Kana Haruk wi show you h s armpit ha r!" "'Kanai Haruki'?" "Where have I heard that name?" "It s the Kanai Armp t Show!" "Kana!" "Kanai!" "Hey." "You!" "Come here!" "What s t?" "Are you Kanai Haruki the bondage freak?" "Who told you?" "You read bondage magaz nes in high school?" "Yeah!" "I m a 'top'" "I tied up ten g rls n high school." "You're crazy!" "But those uniforms, man!" "There's nothing ke it!" "What?" "Are you a top, too?" "What?" "You want to t e me up." "Maybe?" "You want to tie or be t ed?" "Why are you here?" "What?" "I'd forgotten her!" "Hey." "What's the matter?" "Kana!" "Let go of me, damn it!" "Let go!" "Hey, you're all dressed up!" "Good to see you again." "It s been a while." "Sorry to be so sudden..." "Don't worry about t." "S t down." "Well..." "It's a sma company, so t won't take ong to look around." "So if you can stand to work here..." "I wou dn t put t that way." "No?" "No." "We." "I'm very happy you remembered us" "'ve put the word n w th Personne" "I guess it was in the cards." "Thank you." "That crippled gir was qu te someth ng." "How s she?" "Uh haven't real y..." "Well, w th her grandmother gone..." "What?" "!" "You didn't know?" "She died not long ago." "It was very sudden." "The Welfare people te me the girl's having trouble coping." "I mean, how does she shop?" "I'm sorry." "The stores are so far away..." "Excuse me." "Huh?" "What's going on?" "Don't you want to ook around?" "Josee..." "It's me" "Your Gran d ed?" "Can I come n?" "The ne ghbors took care of the funera for me." "T was so sudden... hard y realized what was happening." "Are you eating right?" "Sure am." "But how are you doing your shopping?" "Someone from Welfare comes a few times a week." "'M fine for now." "Yeah?" "There's a pervert who ves next door." "After Gran died." "...he came snoop ng around offering to do th ngs for me" "The other day... . he sa d. 'I put out your garbage if you let me touch your tits.'" "He d d?" "!" "Then what?" "I et him, and he takes my garbage out every day." "What are you ta king about?" "!" "What?" "Why d d you do that?" "!" "It's a ong way to the garbage pick-up." "Get the We fare person to do that!" "They come around noon." "That's too late for the garbage truck." "Yeah." "But..." "And who cares?" "It's none of your business." "Who are you to be telling me about my garbage?" "Lt..." "It doesn t concern you!" "Go away." "Go away!" "You're rea ly going?" "You said to." "Then go!" "If you're go ng 'cause I to d you to, then go!" "Go!" "Go away!" "I don't mean it." "Stay w th me." "Don't leave." "Stay here" "Forever." "OK." "Forever?" "Yeah." "BaeW hne, r ew" "Hey..." "It's OK." "What s?" "Doing it" "Yeah but..." "I don't know..." "Why?" "I'm diff erent from the pervert next door." "You are?" "Yeah." "How?" "Oh man..." "I fee like I'm go ng to cry." "Say someth ng." "Hm?" "I'm scared." "Sorry." "Too busy." "There's a bug here." "I love you." "I love you." "And everything you do." "It's ke a nightmare!" "You sa d you wanted to see t." "I a ways thought if I ever fell n ove I wanted to go and see a the th ngs that scared me most." "If I'd never met anyone 'd never have seen a rea tiger." "I'd've accepted that." "But now I ve seen one." "Be grateful." "W ho, m e, oi?" "Anything e se?" "Just the heavy stuff now" "Yeah?" "Amaz ng!" "A real hand capped person." "'Ve never ta ked to one bef ore." "Nor had I." "Kana Haruki..." "Hey why does that g r keep grinn ng at me?" "You're just imag ning th ngs." "It's h arious." "You ve got Tsuneo say ng things ke he can t leave you alone." "...and he s the only one who' stay w th you." "He's not that nob e a guy." "You know" "I envy you the weapon you have." "You really th nk that?" "Yes do." "Then cut off your legs and see what t s ike." "One Year Later" "The devil's-tongue's great." "Eat t while it's fresh." "Tsuneo..." "Are you really br nging her when we go home for the memor a?" "Hm?" "Oh yeah..." "It's nice to have." "...a younger brother who's so concerned" "No, t'll be coo to bring a handicapped girlfr end home." "Mom and Dad'I ove it." "Yeah." "But..." "He lo?" "Can you he p me?" "What?" "Anyway, go for it." "I'll back you up" "Takashi..." "See you there." "We re back." "She peed twice!" "She did?" "Hey, are you throwing this out?" "Yeah." "Why?" "It's busted." "Big Brother fix it." "He says he can t." "New M stral Lites, on sale next month!" "This is our on-street ntroduction campaign." "Come and get your free sample pack." "Y eah k n o w t hhah" "Every construction job's different." "But you can t just give them everything they want." "There's our s de to t, too." "Sure, you ve got to be n ce to them... . but you can't let them have everything their own way" "We're in business, too" "What's the matter?" "Uh, can I catch up with you?" "She didn't te I you?" "What?" "About how I hau ed off and s apped her." "Mean, how could I let that happen?" "Some hand capped bitch stea ng my boyfriend?" "What s up w th that?" "I was so mad I could've k ed her." "I hit her tw ce and left." "After that I didn t care any more" "About you or a job." "This is awfu Why did you have to come down that street?" "We were out mak ng sa es calls." "You're the ast person I wanted to see me dressed up ike that." "It's fine." "What s?" "T's cute." "Took a pack, and I don't even smoke." "OK, I'm here to end you my very own car." "You're going home w th that jerk?" "Say something, w I you?" "Look after the dog, OK?" "Watch it or I'll kick your ass!" "You fuck al day!" "Why getting married now?" "Married?" "That's what it means when you meet h s folks." "Fool!" "What?" "That's not going to happen." "Why not?" "You fuck every day and now you're go ng to meet h s folks!" "You're such a child!" "Wait a minute!" "That's the way it works!" "Bullshit!" "Bullshit!" "' K ck your ass!" "What's a I this 'marriage' shit!" "' Bust heads!" "Fool!" "What are you looking at?" "!" "Want a boiled egg?" "Why did you make a I those?" "We're on a tr p!" "So?" "Gran sa d you take bo ed eggs." "And we've got rice crackers... m ikao ns" ". and green tea." "Perfect!" "Damn right!" "Ve been checking my list for a week." "Yeah." "You've never been away before." "Approximately one kilometer ahead turn left." "What is that?" "!" "A nav gator." "A nav gator?" "So that's what a car navigator is..." "Hey, don't touch that!" "You changed the map!" "Nakamlchi Aquarium" "Closed" "Why?" "!" "Ow!" "W hy is tt ce ooseoeed?" "!" "Because it s closed." "But I came al this way to see t!" "It can't be helped." "Yes, it can!" "Do something, wil you?" "Fish!" "Fish!" "Hey f sh" "I know you're n there!" "Come on, f sh!" "Do something!" "Swim out here or someth ng!" "Look!" "Look at how the co or changes!" "Look!" "It's amaz ng!" "It really changes!" "F e?" "U dd n to rm i duu ...I'm dr v ng" "Wait..." "Let's buy a whee chair" "No." "I don't need a whee chair." "I do!" "I've got you to carry me." "Give me a break wil you?" "I m go ng to get o d one day, you know" "Yeah." "There's some work came up I can't get out of" "Yeah..." "Yeah..." "Uh-huh..." "Yeah?" "Well, if it's work, it's work." "Hello." "OK." "I'll explain to Dad." "I'd appreciate lt." "Tsuneo..." "Who chickened out?" "What?" "Don't ook!" "What?" "Jeez!" "What are you doing?" "Distance to destination 140 kilometers." "Estimated time of arrival 13..." "Drive to the sea." "I want to see the ocean." "Is that the sea?" "Is that the sea?" "That?" "No, that's just a r ver" "You're y ng... aren't you?" "Sorry." "That's the sea." "The sea..." "So th s s the sea..." "Like it?" "It's great!" "Just look at it!" "Someth ng's sh ning over there." "There." "That red thing." "W h en e, oi?" "That's pretty." "You planned that!" "You' get me all wet!" "Over there!" "What?" "Just go there!" "There's someth ng sparkling there." "That's just water." "Oh ' get all wet!" "There's tons of them!" "Whoa!" "Push down and t'll focus" "Watch the birdie." "Let s f nd an inn with a hot spring." "Yeah..." "Hey!" "What's that?" "There!" "At 'F sh Castle'!" "There!" "You want to stay here?" "They rent rooms by the hour!" "I don't care!" "I want to stay here!" "Have it your way." "How about." "...in return I let you do the nast est th ng in the wor d?" "You mean t?" "Did it hurt?" "Was that nasty enough for you?" "Uh, yeah, it was great" "I get t..." "F sh Castle'!" "There's a seashe I sw mm ng." "Do seashells sw m?" "Wow..." "Hey..." "C ose your eyes." "What do you see?" "Noth ng." "Just black." "That's the place where I used to be." "W h en e, oi?" "Way way down at the bottom of the sea" "That's where I came swimm ng up from" "Why?" "To do the nast est th ng in the world w th you." "I see" "You I ved at the bottom of the sea..." "There was no light there, no sound the w nd didn't blow, and the rain didn't fall." "Just dead silence everywhere." "Wasn't t lone y?" "Not especially." "It'd always been ke that." "Noth ng but t me go ng by very, very slow y." "Don't think I can ever go back there." "Someday, f you're not with me any more I'll be like a ost seashell..." ". a by myself just ro ng, rolling." "Ro ng a ong the ocean floor." "But even if that happens." "It' be OK." "We lived together for a few months after that." "Here." "A farewe gift." "Want something e se?" "No." "Th s s f ne." "Thanks." "The end was very relaxed." "Officlally, there were several reasons why we broke up." "But really there was only one." "I ran away." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "Shall we go?" "Are you hungry?" "Let's get someth ng hot." "Udon nood es?" "The Yanag ya s unch spec al lasts t I 2." "Or I could make something." "Sorry..." "Some women you can break up with and stay friends." "But not Josee." "I doubt I'll ever see her again."