"Mita-san." "My wife didn't die in an accident." "My wife committed suicide." "She died because of me." "Good morning." "Um..." "Mita-san." "I'm sorry, but about yesterday." "Can you keep it a secret from the children?" "They all think their mother drowned in the river, and if they find out she committed suicide, they'll be so shocked, God knows what they'll do." "Of course, sooner or later, or should I say in the near future, I should tell them." "I'll tell them myself." "Very well." "Good morning." "Today is the day for non-flammable garbage." "You had the wrong garbage out the other day." "I'm sorry." "Good morning." "Oh, good morning." "Morning." "Ahh~It feels great to take a big dump in the morning!" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Hey, Takeru, I told you to stop doing that." "Stop nagging me every time." "Here you go." "Thanks." "What are you gawking at?" "Idiot!" "What are you talking about!" "I told you don't hit me." "Hey, morning." "Morning." "Morning." "Dad, look, look!" "Hey, Kii!" "What is it?" "I decided to put all my treasures in here with the rocks I gave Mom." "The picture Onee-chan took, and the card Kai-chan wrote." "And the origami I made with Mom." "Say, Dad?" "Why do you think Mom went to the river that day?" "She always told us not to go there because the current's too fast and it's dangerous." "On top of that, Mom can't swim." "Yeah, it certainly is strange now that you mention it." "Breakfast is ready." "It's like a hotel breakfast or something, huh?" "It has been disclosed that yesterday an elementary school student committed suicide because of bullying." "The school..." "Kaito, you're not being bullied, are you?" "Why would I be." "Guys, there's something I want you to hear." "Dad, what's bullying?" "Well, that's..." "How do I explain this?" "Yui." "I told you don't pass it on to me." "You see, bullying is when someone does mean things to friends or make them cry." "Why would someone do that?" "Huh?" "That's because..." "Mita-san, why do people bully?" "That's because people are weak creatures." "If they find weak people, they trample on them mercilessly." "If they see strong people, they're intimidated and run." "That is the true nature of human beings." "Mita-san, you don't have to go to that extreme..." "If you don't have anything for me, I will take out the garbage now." "Yes..." "Thanks." "I still think she's a little weird, don't you?" "She doesn't smile at all, and who knows what she's thinking." "When she looks at you with those eyes, you feel like she knows everything you're thinking." "In the first place, why is she a housekeeper anyway?" "Isn't she married or have children?" "Dad, don't you know anything?" "Not really..." "But there's one thing the manager of the housekeeping service told me." "What?" "That she'll do anything you tell her to do so be careful." "What does that mean?" "Well, so, as an extreme example, if you tell her to kill someone, she might actually do it." "No way..." "See, she is dangerous." "Like when she burned Mom's clothes the other day." "Don't you think you should find out what kind of a person she is, Dad?" "Huh?" "Yeah." "Ahh~ This is so good!" "Mita-san, do you do anything you're told to do?" "Hey, Kii!" "If it's within my ability." "Then do otedama for me, otedama!" "Very well." "Mita-san, that's amazing." "She's fast." "Class Officer, I'm counting you again today." "Huh?" "For what?" "The test, of course." "Give me the answers again." "But if we get caught, we'd be in trouble." "I think we'd better skip it this time..." "Don't worry about it." "Our teacher's dense." "Let's get started on the test." "Clear your desk." "Kai-chan~!" "I went shopping with Mita-san." "Oh." "Welcome home." "Hello." "Let's go!" "~This hill, if we go up" "~turn right, and you'll find a tree." "Mita-san, you sing too!" "It's a song I always sang with Mom when we walked up this hill." "~This hill" "This hill." "~if we go up -if we go up." "~turn right." "turn right." "~and you'll find a tree." "and you'll find a tree." "Kai-chan!" "Mita-san can really do everything, you know." "Huh?" "When we were paying at the supermarket, she knew much how much the total was before the cashier said it, and she knows all my preschool friends' names too." "Really." "And her lunch is really delicious too." "Kai-chan, if you need something too, why don't ask you her?" "Huh?" "Yeah." "Mita-san, do you know all the characters in "Anpanman"?" "I do." "Anpanman, Baikinman," "Meronpanda, Rollpanda, Creampanda," "Tendonman, Katsudonman, Kamameshidon..." "Mita-san!" "You can stop!" "What's the matter?" "Oh, sorry, for making you come with me." "Why did you want to come here?" "This is where my mother drowned." "I thought I might find out something if I came here." "Like how my mother felt." "Yui-chan, what a coincidence!" "What are you doing here?" "Yeah, I bet you followed me from school, didn't you?" "I'm sorry about the other day." "For totally messing up Kii-chan's birthday." "That's okay." "Apologize to everyone for me too." "You know how I always cause trouble, so" "I won't ever come to your house again..." "See you." "It's okay!" "Once in a while." "Really?" "!" "Can I come?" "Once in a while, okay?" "Great." "I found a place that has yummy steamed pork buns so I was going to bring some over next time!" "See you." "Oh, Ozawa-kun." "If you do something to my beloved niece, I won't leave you alone!" "See you!" "Kazama-kun." "There's something I want to ask you about that account." "Do you have a minute?" "What is it?" "Come on, can't we talk it over once more?" "We talked it over and over already." "There's nothing we can do but break up." "So does that mean you don't think anything of me?" "It's not that, but..." "Your wife died the day after you gave her the divorce papers, you know." "You can't leave your children alone either, can you?" "I'm sorry, but" "I can never be a mother to four children." "I understand, but" "Mie, I still..." "Stop it." "What are you going to do if the company finds out?" "You're in charge of an important project, aren't you?" "Excuse me." "No, wait..." "To Keiichi-san" "If you leave me, I will die." "Alright!" "I'm going home." "This is Asuda." "Hello, Mita-san?" "I'm sorry, but I'll be working late today so" "I won't need dinner." "Very well." "Anything unusual going on with the children?" "No, not particularly." "Would you like to speak with anyone?" "No, no." "That's okay." "Then apologize to the children for me." "The master said he will be late today." ""Apologize to the children for me" is what he said." "Alright." "What are you looking at?" "Aren't you're the one who's having dirty thoughts?" "Hey, stop it." "It's nothing like that!" "Anyway, did you know anything strange about the bath?" "What do you mean?" "I was the third one in today, but it was sparkling clean like I was the first one." "Come to think of it, it was sparkling clean when I took a bath too." "When is Mita-san cleaning it then?" "Mita-san can do everything." "If you ask her, will she really do anything?" "You really had dirty thoughts right now, didn't you?" "You be quiet!" "I told you, not my head!" "This is Asuda." "Kaito-san, you have a call from your friend." "What?" "Who is it?" "It's Furuta-san." "What?" "!" "Tell him I'm not home." ""Tell him I'm not home" is what he said." "W-w-wait, stop!" "Hello." "Thanks for the test today, Class Officer." "That's okay." "You wanna go buy an air gun tomorrow after school?" "Huh?" "Um..." "I don't have any money." "That's okay." "Just don't pay for it and leave." "You mean shoplift?" "We're less likely to get busted if there's more of us." "But I have to go to juku..." "You know what's gonna happen if you try to avoid us, don't you?" "Kaito, what's the matter?" "Nothing." ""Choco-chan, Ringo-chan," "Lemon-chan, and Omochi-chan were all healthy and grew bigger and bigger."" "Yes?" "It's time for me to leave, but do you have anything else for me to do?" "Oh..." "No." "I don't either." "Good bye." "Mita-san." "Yes." "You know..." "If I ask you, will you really do anything?" "If it's within my ability." "Actually..." "That guy Furuta who called earlier, he's always bullying someone in the class and we don't know what to do." "He tells me to help him cheat, and earlier he threatened me to shoplift." "If I get caught doing all that, I won't be able to go to a private school." "And he'll never be sorry for his actions." "So..." "So?" "Will you go beat him up tomorrow?" "I learned it in juku, but this is what you call "give someone a moxa treatment,*" right?" "(*punish)" "If you could do something like that." "Very well." "What should we do?" "What about this one?" "This?" "Okay." "Excuse me..." "Yes?" "Can I take a look at that model on the shelf?" "Oh, that ship?" "Just a minute." "Who are you, Oba-san?" "I'm the housekeeper Mita." "What does a housekeeper want with us?" "What was that for?" "!" "What are you doing to the children!" "Let him go!" "Let him go!" "Hey, stop it!" "Seriously..." "What?" "!" "Mita-san, why did you do that?" "Kaito-san said a classmate called Furuta is always bullying someone and they don't know what to do." "He was threatened to cheat and shoplift too, and if left alone, he would never be sorry for his actions, so to punish him, please beat him up." "...that's what he told me." "Did you really ask her to do that?" "Kaito." "Who would've thought she'd really do it..." "Besides, it's true that because of him, we don't know what to do." "I asked Furuta-san and the other kids, but they said there was no truth to that." "Moreover, they said they never made him cheat or shoplift." "Of course they'd say that!" "I, myself, have concluded that there are no issues such as bullying in the class as well." "You're just pretending you don't see." "If you really don't know, you're just an idiot." "What's that supposed to mean?" "No, um..." "I'm sorry." "I'll give him a good talking-to when we get home." "I'm really for the trouble he caused." "Come on, Kaito, you apologize too." "Come on, stand up." "I heard." "Your youngest daughter using violence on my Tsubasa the other day, and this time, asking the housekeeper and ordering her to beat up his classmate." "What in the world is wrong with your children?" "Uh..." "I'm really sorry." "What's with the housekeeper too." "Setting fire and abusing children just because she was ordered." "When I think that such terrifying people are living next door," "I'm so worried I won't be able to sleep." "Please get rid of her as soon as possible." "Do you understand?" "That's why I hate households that don't have mothers." "Sir." "What?" "W-What is it?" "May I go to prepare dinner?" "Oh..." "Yes." "Ouch!" "What was that for!" "Don't hit my head, I said!" "You're pathetic!" "Who in their right mind asks someone to beat up a classmate." "Are you even a man!" "Kaito, I understand your feeling, but you should apologize for now." "To your teacher and the classmate." "Why do I have to do that?" "Hey, what's with that attitude?" "Now, now." "Let's just forget about it." "Kaito seems to be sorry too." "Right, Kaito?" "I'll get it." "Why do I have to be sorry?" "The ones at fault are Furuta and Mita-san." "Normally, you don't beat up kids just because you were ordered." "Well, that's true." "Like she goes way overboard..." "Dad, is she going to be okay?" "What?" "If anything else happens, there will be more trouble." "Wouldn't it be better to have her replaced with someone else?" "Huh?" "Yeah, I suppose so..." "No~." "I like Mita-san!" "Hey, hey Onii-san." "I heard from the lady next door, but" "Kaito got into trouble?" "Urara-chan." "What is it today?" "I bought some delicious steamed pork buns but" "I accidentally dropped it, and there was a puddle there, and on top of that, a bicycle came and ran over it." "But that aside, are you alright, Kaito?" "You'll have to reflect on what you did, but" "I do think that basically, the kid who bullies is at fault." "Or rather, why didn't you come talk to me about it in the first place?" "Can you leave me alone?" "It's annoying." "Hey, is that any way to be talking?" "That's okay, that's okay, Onii-san." "Anyway, leave it to me." "I'll do something about it." "Wait..." "Urara-chan." "I'd feel bad to make you..." "Don't worry, I said." "I'm a teacher so I'm used to this sort of thing." "Besides, I messed up everything for you guys last time, so this is like making up for that..." "See you later!" "No, but..wait.." "Urara-chan!" "What are you planning to do this time, huh?" "Urara-chan!" "Man!" "Why does she have to come at a time like this." "Now that Urara came, things are gonna get complicated." "Dinner is ready." "That must have been, you know..." "Ah, yes..." "I have some delicious monaka." "The monaka from this place is very good." "Try one." "Thank you." "And so, Mita-san... has been doing a really great job with the housework, but in consideration of the neighbors too, can you replace her with someone else?" "I understand." "Just a minute." "Let's take a look." "Are you okay being away from your work?" "We're in the construction business so we get Tuesdays and Wednesdays off." "No way!" "I've never heard that." "So you work on Saturdays and Sundays?" "Then you don't have time to take your children anywhere, do you?" "No, so they used to complain all the time." "My wife too." "Here." "How's this person?" "She might be a little old, but she's a veteran among veterans." "Highly recommended." "Is that right?" "Yes, she's fine." "Fine." "I'll send her over starting tomorrow then." "Thank you." "Excuse me then." "Yes, yes." "And so, about Mita-san..." "Yes, she'll be fine." "I'll give her an appropriate explanation." "Uh..." "What kind of a person is she?" "Pardon me?" "I mean, the children seem to be really curious about her." "She doesn't smile at all, so they were wondering if something had happened." "I'm sorry." "This is, you know, that, so I can't tell you." "Is it duty of confidentiality?" "That's it..." "That's what it is." "I see." "But it's not that she doesn't smile." "She can't smile." "She's decided that she must not smile." "What does that mean?" "Oh my, oh dear." "I talked too much again." "I'm sorry." "Please forget what I just said." "Hello." "Asuda-san, will you please cut this out?" "What?" "What is this about?" "There's a big commotion." "A person claiming to be Kaito-kun's aunt is here at the school." "What?" "!" "Urara-chan's there?" "Attention, everyone!" "Sorry, everyone." "I'll make this short." "Will you hear me out?" "What Kaito did this time was wrong, but" "I'm his aunt, so I can understand his feeling ve~ry well!" "Kaito just wanted the bullying to stop." "You guys feel bad too when there's bullying going on, right?" "You're in this class together and you'll be graduating in 6 months, so let's try to get along and leave with good memories!" "Are you our classmate?" "You know, just by the fact that there's bullying, smiling faces disappear from the classroom." "Isn't that just too sad?" "Isn't that regrettable?" "If there's bullying going on, will you let your teacher know?" "If everyone gathers the courage and joins hands, bullying can be eliminated for sure!" "I want you guys to like people, not hate them." "I don't want you to be mad or crying." "I want you to be smiling all the time!" "Asuda." "After your housekeeper, your aunt, huh?" "You're pathetic." "Wait, that's not what it is." "What do you want?" "Oba-san!" "In the first place, there's no bullying in this class." "Right, guys?" "Leave." "Leave." "Leave, leave, leave..." "Hey, wait guys!" "Leave, leave...!" "Hey!" "Listen to me!" "Leave, leave...!" "Kaito, where are you going?" "Kaito, wait!" "Kaito, where's Urara-chan?" "Hey, Kaito!" "Kai-chan!" "Please come out!" "I agree what Urara-chan did was what you might call an unwelcome intrusion, and I'm sure you were embarrassed, but she was only thinking about you..." "It's my fault too." "Urara-chan looked so depressed about the last time, so" "I told her she could come to the house..." "Or rather, cut this out!" "I can't get into my own room!" "Hey!" "Kaito!" "Open..." "I'm going." "Huh?" "Where to?" "Juku, where else." "I'm not going to school anymore." "What?" "It's a public school, so" "I can graduate no matter how many days I'm out." "I can focus more on the entrance exams if I study at the juku." "Hey, are you serious Kaito?" "Unlike you, I'm going to attend a private middle school get into an university as good as the one Dad went to." "I don't have time to be dealing with worthless guys in my class." "Hey!" "Wait a minute!" "What do you mean by that!" "Takeru, let him be for today." "So today, we'll be working on" "Exercise No. 4, the problems that require speed." "From that person." "Come to the gym storage room later." "If you ignore us, you die." "Although it was only for a short time, thank you for everything." "What?" "The master has released me." "You mean you're quitting?" "Yes." "Excuse me." "Wait a minute!" "I'm in big trouble because of you." "You have to take responsibility." "What would you like me to do?" "That Furuta from the other day, he's saying he's gonna kill me and he's waiting for me at the school, so" "I want you to kill him for me." "All he's gonna do is cause problems for everyone, and I bet he'll commit crimes in the future too." "Why's a jerk like him still living while Mom's dead?" "Don't you think that's wrong?" "It's better for the society too, if a jerk like him died." "Very well." "No~ No~ Mita-san~!" "Kii, don't cry." "What's wrong with Kii?" "She's crying because Mita-san quit." "Kii was sure attached to her." "Why don't you go wash your hands?" "It's the last meal Mita-san made." "Dad, go get Mita-san!" "A new housekeeper will be here tomorrow..." "No~!" "I want Mita-san!" "Wow, cool!" "Where's that guy." "What?" "You again?" "What?" "I'm really gonna kill you too." "What!" "What!" "What are you!" "You're creepy!" "Don't come!" "I'm telling you don't come!" "Don't come!" "Stop it!" "Stop!" "Please, stop now!" "What if he really dies?" "You might get sentenced to death too!" "I don't really care." "Let's go!" "Are you gonna run away?" "Coward!" "You're really pathetic..." "Asking the housekeeper again." "You act all goody-goody and great, but what's the difference between what you're doing and me!" "No matter where you run, I'm gonna kill you!" "What should I do..." "That is for you to decide." "What are you gonna do?" "You chickenshit!" "Mita-san, have you ever been beaten..." "I have." "Didn't it hurt?" "It hurts." "But are you saying that's better than running away?" "What." "What can you do!" "Why do you bully?" "!" "Why do you hurt your classmates?" "!" "What if you kill someone?" "You can't see them anymore no matter how sorry you are, you know!" "No matter how much you regret it, you can't do anything anymore, you know!" "It's a terrible thing when someone dies, you know!" "It's so sad, so painful, so frustrating, you don't know what's going on." "That uneasy feeling stays with you forever, you know!" "Can you understand that?" "!" "Can you understand that?" "What is this..." "What are you guys!" "I'm pathetic." "I... think you did very well." "Yes." "Thank you." "Good bye then." "Dad." "Don't make Mita-san quit." "It was all my fault." "Dad." "Please don't make her quit." "What?" "Mita-san." "You have visitors." "...F-Father." "I heard that this housekeeper used violence on children." "Dad, please!" "You keep quiet!" "Storming into someone else's school and making a fool of yourself." "Don't you have any shame as an educator!" "That's why I told you I'm really sorry about that." "Why is Kaito hurt too?" "Did you do that too?" "Um.." "No, that's not it, Father." "Do you have any awareness as a father?" "Why do you let that kind of a woman in the house?" "Now that Nagiko's gone, are you going to make this home an even bigger mess?" "Hurry up and get rid of this housekeeper!" "I'm not going to get rid of Mita-san." "What?" "!" "Because if something happens in this home, the responsibility is all mine as the father." "Grandpa." "It's Kii's bedtime." "Sorry, everyone." "Come on, Dad, let's go." "I know you." "You have no right to be a father!" "I'm going to reveal your true character one day." "Cut it out, Dad." "Come on, we're going home." "ZIP!" "The time will soon be 7:45." "Oh no!" "See you later!" "Me too!" "See you later!" "Have a good day." "Have a good day!" "See you later." "Have a nice day." "See you later." "Divorce Paper "If you leave, I'll die."" "Sir, it's time for you to get going." "Mita-san." "I have a favor to ask." "What is it?" "This..." "Will you burn this for me?" "It might be cowardly of me, but" "I decided not to tell the children about my wife." "When I think how shocked they'd be if they found out their mother committed suicide," "I think it's better to keep it a secret forever for the children's sake, after all." "I understand." "Stop!" "Yui..." "What did you say just now, Dad?" "Why are you..." "What did you just say?"