"The blue sea." "I've loved this place ever since I was a child." "I run." "like the wind." "so hurry up!" "Don't run away so suddenly!" "what the hell is in it?" "Be quiet and do your best!" "21 years old." "Seriously..." "My longtime dream:" "I don't know yet." "I'm holding onto my current dreams." "and I've been feeling this anticipation for the longest time now." "Awesome!" " I'm going." " Huh?" "A fateful meeting has probably already taken place." "Did you see his camera?" "It's a Leica R5!" "meaning dolphin." "Huh?" "Locka?" "This is her photo on the wall." "Aoi?" "give me the camera!" " What?" "This?" "thanks." "What are you doing?" "I'll take it!" "I won't give you this camera." "so..." "Here." "Aoi!" "I'm taking the photo... it's good!" " Really?" " Yeah." "Maybe someone can take a picture of the both of us." "could you take a picture for us?" "no problem." " Thank you!" " Are you ready?" " Yes." "Say cheeeeese!" "hey..." "She surpassed Miko." " It's love." " Miko's a dolphin!" " Thank you very much!" " Thank you very much!" "Are you possibly Matsuoka Aoi-san?" "This is your photo?" "Yes." "Awesome!" "It's a great photo!" "the lighting is great." "Pictures!" " Could you take them for us?" " What?" "For the cover of the workbook we're creating." "Marine University of Japan." "Marine Department." "We're researching the ocean during seminars." "or egg-laying." "Last year we saw coral eggs!" "It's great!" "We not only pay the rent." "We came up with the workbook idea during Ichthyology classes." " What is this workbook?" " You want to know?" "It's to encourage research." "It's a special book that we're making in order to make kids more interested in the sea." "it'll be distributed in the Aquarium." "you know." "We're just a bunch of sea-lovers." " We're at the sea every day." " Amazing." "So during seminars and in our free time we do everything we can to finish the workbook." "So with this..." "Could you take pictures for us?" "Kids will be happy if there are lots of photos." "I want to do it!" " Really?" " Seriously?" "Yes!" " We're looking forward to it!" " Let's get together everyday!" "In the Aquarium." "At the sea!" "Heeeey!" "We're back!" "Buri-san!" "Buri-san is the local fisherman." " Buri?" " Yes." "He lends us his boat and helps with other stuff." " Thanks for your hard work!" " We're back!" "and..." "Matsuoka Aoi-chan will take care of the photos for the workbook." "Nice to meet you." "Looking forward to be working with you." "I'm Nagata Taku." " You were hitting on her?" " No!" "Did they force you to help us with their sales pitch?" " Are you fine with it?" " Totally." "I don't know if I'm suitable for this though." "okay?" " Thanks." " Yes." "Do you need help with the luggage?" "something inside of me awoke." "Watch out!" "This person..." "I finally met him." "What do you want?" "We're sorry..." "Taku." "Don't hang around here." "Yes." "It's dangerous." "Create memories somewhere else." "Do not move the hairtail from the cooler yet." "Largehead hairtail - a type of fish." "Okay." "Inou." "I'm your senior!" "I'm older!" " Hurry up." " Okay." "Scary." "We probably still didn't know performed by The Carpenters." "kept filling the empty album." "129)}Eternal Us" "Cheers to our meeting with Aoi-chan!" "Cheers!" " It'll be fun!" " Looking forward to it." " So good!" " Delicious." " Thank you for the food!" "Thanks for the food!" "go ahead and dig in!" "I'm telling you." " The best." " Delicious." " Yummy." "wasn't he?" " You're referring to Kouta-san?" " Kouta-san?" "Yamauchi Kouta." "you know." "Never." "He's rather kind." "And adult-like." " Right?" " Yeah." "Which faculty you're in?" " Department of Education..." " Faculty of Biology." "Huh?" "but in the end I chose humanities." "It seems humanities are somehow a better option for women." "So you've been together since school?" "from kindergarden." "We live close to each other too." "same class." "Everything." "is that so?" "Aoi-chaaan." " So you'll be looking for a job?" " Yes." "Isn't it difficult?" "You can talk to me." "right?" " Why?" " Ah..." "Dad did." "you have contacts?" " I still don't know if it will work out." "Isn't it great?" "That's how society works." " Right." " What field?" "more or less." "you know." " Shut up!" " Great!" " Not really." "that's not great at all." "Are you going to continue your studies?" "Around 70% of all of us." "That's great!" "I belong to the minority looking for a job." " I don't wanna work." " Hey!" "I want to be a housewife." "Will you take me?" " Did you decide on the topic of your thesis?" " Ah!" "more or less." " Yumeka!" " What?" "When will the two of you make up?" "She had a fight with Kouta-san." "Right?" " You're asking that?" " There's no need to talk about it." "we care about you!" "take care of this grandma." " Say what?" "Grandma?" "I get it!" "you know." "I told you we broke up." " I'm home!" " Good evening!" "Welcome back." "Today it's Taku's favorite Mabo Tofu." "Help yourself." "Lucky!" " Thanks for the food." " Go on." " YUM!" "Auntie's mabo tofu is the best as always." " Glad to hear that." "He ate three bowls of Zosui with udon earlier." "Spicy and good!" " As expected from youngsters." " Right!" "You have a good feeling about your job hunt?" "HR = Human Resources" "Dad talked to HR of Saejima Real Estate today." "How did it go?" "by all means." "That's great!" "you're doing great!" "described as discouraged people looking for the easiest ways of living." "Don't make fun of Satori!" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Thank you." " Do your best!" " Okay." "right?" "Great company." " And... maybe there's something for me?" " Not a chance." "You need to do your best!" "You forgot about your food." "Are you eating?" " Good morning." " Hello." "Am I interrupting?" "I'll come back later." "I'm sorry about yesterday." "I'm sorry too." "Thanks." "For the pictures." "Everyone is happy." "Looking forward to be working with you." "Likewise." " Did you stay here overnight?" " Yeah." "I'm collecting the guidelines for a dissertation." "I should come back later." "It was a one man job." "Want some coffee?" "Coral." "I heard you saw the egg laying of coral." "last year." "under our supervision." "We created an environment similar to the South Sea." "That's amazing." " The next egg laying should be..." " Thanks." "...around the time of the full moon." "That's in a week!" "huh... how romantic." " Romantic?" " It would be a great cover photo." "Thanks for the coffee." "Don't force yourself. so... it'll be a miracle." "You're okay with black coffee?" "Yeah." "I want to see a miracle." "by Cyndi Lauper" "So you followed Aoi-chan into university?" "Yup." "So you just clung to her..." "Aren't you a stalker?" "Right." "There's nothing in it for you!" " There is." " Where exactly?" "I would have ended up as an ordinary worker." "stability is the main priority." "has given me a goal set guidelines." "Attending university is already a success for me." "and even my parents told me it would be too hard for me." "I passed." "it's not about oneself." "I know that feeling." "Right." "But what will you do if she gets a boyfriend?" "or... me?" "I'll support her." "Huh?" "then I'm okay with it." "There he goes... right?" "What?" "even if it's not with you." "That is true love." "So you don't want to contribute to her happiness?" "Maybe I'm not the one." "Coral lay eggs once a year." "the preparation is done." "but it does not happen immediately." "Waiting for it around the full moon... it'll be a miracle." "hey." "do you know Hazeshima Island?" " Hazeshima?" " Yup." "It's thirty minutes from here." "It's an uninhabited island." "There are a lot of fish there." "We take rounds and go there every week..." "DAMN IT!" "I can't go!" "I have to train new employees!" "Huh?" "That's bad!" "So I'm alone?" " I want to go." " What?" "I'll go and help." "You can go tomorrow?" "So you can take pictures there!" "Then I'm going too." " We're counting on you." " Yes!" "I can't wait." "Ichinousei-san." " Is tomorrow okay?" " Tomorrow?" "is it fine?" " Yeah." "So tomorrow it is then." "Bye." "It's the full moon." "Right." "over here!" "did you make a pose?" " I'm good." "The square root of 4?" " Two!" "What?" "Two?" "HUH?" "You're kidding... haha!" "Awesome." "I'll call Ichinousei-san." "picture!" "Camera!" "Green coral laid eggs." "Our meeting was blessed with this miracle." "isn't it?" "Everything that happened seemed like a dream." "we still didn't know how shattered our fate would become." "yup." "I get it." "Taku." "Go to sleep and get better." "Bye then." "Take care!" " You're early!" " Good morning." "Yeah." "Huh?" "Kouta-san?" "and Taku has a fever..." "Reiko asked me at the last minute to go in her place." "Get in." "by Colbie Caillat" "I'm looking forward to it." "Yesterday was amazing." "The coral." "I was so moved I couldn't sleep." "It stays in your mind." " The coral?" " Yeah." "over there." "Hazeshima." "We have a lot of things to do before Buri-san's return." " Will you help me?" " Yes!" "This is an octopus." "Amazing." "Medina and filefish." " Medina and filefish?" " Yup." " Great!" " Red starfish." "Red starfish?" "We collect different samples of sea water like this and then analyze its quality." "The wind has changed." "Let's hurry." " Can you run?" " I can." "Let's go." "The sudden storm has shaken up our fate." "It'll be impossible to go back during this storm." "it'll be fine." "I was stuck here with Ryo once before." "You'll get cold if you don't take it off." "Here." "Thank you." "I'm okay with one." " It's fine." "But then you'll be cold." " I'm fine." " But..." " I'm fine." " You'll be sick!" "I. Am." "Fine." "You're shaking." "Th-thanks." "Still fighting?" "right?" " For real?" " Yeah." "If that's the case... how about me?" "At least until you're back together with him." "You want to win against Kouta that badly?" "Huh?" "right?" "It's not that you're interested in me." " I'm busted?" " Like hell." "hey!" "I mean..." "Kouta-san and Aoi-chan are on Hazeshima in the storm..." "I got a call from Buri-san." " He said he won't pilot the boat to get them!" " Calm down." "Why is Kouta on Hazeshima?" "Where's Reiko?" "I don't know why she's not there." "Neither is Taku." " Only the two of them?" " Right." "isn't it!" "What the hell... right?" "Like... an unforgettable night?" "I'll forget it." "You will?" "It's better to forget." "Is this a piece of advice from an adult?" "I wonder." "I..." "I'll remember." "Kouta-san." "When I was in high school." "At that time I was wondering if it's okay for me to attend an escalator school." "Escalator" - certain schools have agreements which enable high school students to continue to university without taking entrance exams" "I kept worrying about what I wanted to do in life." "instinct." "Yes." "They don't think about it." "They just naturally pick a direction and go." "fish follow their instincts and just leave their offspring behind." "the instinct to survive in the future." "We do?" "Yes!" "The sea has a history reaching thousands of millions years back." "Everything that lives had its beginning in the sea." "And then after a reaaaally long progress..." "Do you understand?" "We did." "We..." "Now the future we live in is still unknown." "Awesome!" "There is a lot about the sea that we still don't know." " Isn't sea amazing?" " It is!" " Do you like it?" " We do!" " Do you really love it?" " Yes!" "I wanted to know more about the sea." "I was buying picture books and guidebooks." "I would reply: "the sea"." "I connected it with the sea." "I had neither reason nor a goal." "That's not a hobby." "I just accepted their decision." "I couldn't do a thing." "I thought." "I am from the Satori generation." "I didn't think it was necessary to decide on what to do with my life." "I guess it still isn't." "The necessity." "The strength." "That's why..." "That's why I gave up." "I thought "dreams do come true"." "I'm still a little puzzled though." "I envy you guys." "You've already decided on what you want to do with your lives." "That's great." "Not at all." "I'm scared." "Of the sea." "All my life I've lived near the sea." "I hate swimming." "I worked on my swimming skills." "A friend showed me that both swimming and the sea was fun..." "But..." "He died." "In the sea." "I stopped going there." "I was scared." "I wanted to forget." "I ended up going there after all." "the excitement of that time..." "I did not forget it." "Aren't you the same?" "Your love for the sea... or the past." "You just want to feel this love again." "I thought that I wanted to see it as well." "send a boat!" "We're begging you." " Tonight is impossible." " What if something happens?" "You left our friends behind." " Please!" " We'll go first thing in the morning." "I know that!" " Thanks for waiting." " So you knew that and let it happen?" "they will be fine." "There's a tunnel there." "they will survive one night in the rain." "Don't worry." "But... you know." "Aoi." "Are you alright?" "What?" "Tell me." "Are we..." "Are we over?" "Ah... yeah." "like always." "I don't want to make it awful." "So it wasn't awful?" "Let's stop throwing remarks at each other." "understand it. and in the end nothing changes." "I don't think we can work this out." "Stop it." "huh..." "Sorry." "So you're saying you don't love me anymore?" "I want you to be happy." "Okay." "I will be happy." "there is someone." "There's someone who likes me." "You don't know him." "It's an adult." " Be careful." " I'll be fine." "I'm not a child." "You can always talk to me about your mother." "Like friends?" "Would that be difficult?" "Huh... yeah." "I'll do it." "Thanks." "Love and future" "or what I can lose..." "I was afraid." "Aren't you cold?" "Aren't you cold?" "My hands are freezing." "No good?" "delete it." "We'll see about that." "You went after Yumeka-chan." "You saw that?" "It ended long before." "We broke up." "Dazzling" "You're shining..." "So much." "the backlight?" "From the sea?" "You wouldn't believe it's the same sea as that night." "Yeah." "Looking at the sea waves" "I can't help but think how much I like them." "I..." "I don't know what should I do." "I..." "It's about the sea." "did Kouta say anything?" "Why?" "I said I had someone who cared for me." "Is it okay?" "There is." "how boring." "that's how we do it." "Girly vibes." "What?" "Sexual harassment?" "Sexual hara..." "Why did you leave early yesterday?" "Huh?" "spill it." "Now she is pretending to be asleep." "it's Kouta-san!" " Where!" "?" " Lying." " You're messing with me?" " Yeah." "What a terrible hobby." "so it's Kouta-san." "I see." "Got it." "Maybe it's all a lie." "What?" "There's this thing with Yumeka-chan." "Although he says they broke up." "He said it's over." "What do you think?" "Is he lying?" "What the heck." "I don't know." "right?" "you'll be fine." "Taku." "She just came and started shouting." " Who did you say?" "Dozaki?" " Over there." "Mom?" "are you alright?" "And I was wondering... what is this "Dozaki"?" "I used my new name for the first time." "I'm re-marrying next month." "He's a nice man." "He has a chain of restaurants." "And money." "Again?" "You should've given it some thought..." "I haven't told him about you yet." "I didn't think it was important." "can you not call me?" "He has two kids." "I'm sorry." " Excuse me..." " Who are you?" "Aren't you being cruel?" " You should have thought about your daughter's feelings" " Stop." "I get it." "I won't call you." "I'm sorry." "It's only until everything settles down." "so don't worry about it." "right?" "Just don't get pregnant." "Bye!" "It's so cute!" "This?" "BGM is "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepson" "Hand me yours." "Here you go." "thank you!" "right?" "Wanna take it off?" "No way." "Don't make such a scary face." "Even so..." "I have no intention of hiding our relationship." "So... are we dating?" "We're not?" "We are." "Fantastic." "I was so nervous today." "I like you." "Say it once again." "I won't." "I'm a grown man." "Stingy." "I don't want to go home yet." "Text me when you're home." "OK." "Bye." "Yeah." "Do your best." "With what?" "Your research." "okay." "Reiko?" "Huuh... wait!" "What?" " It's not what it looks like." " What?" "really." "got it." "it's just we met too late?" "It's different from an usual affair?" " I've heard that." " Who are you talking about?" "You're not mad?" "I've said some bad things." "Yumeka?" "it's about my mother." " Look." " What?" " It looks like you." " No way." "They're too big." "for example." " About the group photo..." " Kouta." "Hi." "Can we talk now?" "What is it?" "I'd rather talk face to face." "what's wrong?" " Will you leave us alone?" "No way." "I want to talk!" " Can you go?" " Yumeka!" "What the hell?" "Haven't you got any pride?" "Hey." "HEY!" "Yumeka!" "Why?" "Why did she..." "Don't treat me like an idiot!" "She doesn't make any effort." "why her?" "I hate her!" "I love her." "Thanks for your..." "Aoi-chan?" "Thanks for your hard work." "Where's Yumeka?" "Just now..." "Just now?" "She came here." "I was with Kouta-san." "we keep hurting each other." "YUMEKA!" "YUMEKA!" "Yumeka." "She took some medication." "It won't endanger her life though." "I can't reach her mother." "It should be you." "She has no one besides you." "Don't isolate yourself." "Why couldn't you protect her?" "stop it." "What are we doing?" "Can you leave?" " Hey!" " Taku." "It's good it's nothing more serious." "It's already serious." "Well..." "It's over now." "I'm sorry it's only me." "Why?" "I..." "Let's go home." "People who were so close to each other became distant." "Are you okay?" "Yumeka." "you shouldn't do such things to our precious sea." "You're right." "We'll eat even more when we go home." " Will you eat?" " Wait a second." "You'll get cavities for sure." "What?" "A friend?" "From the University's Aquarium." "Ah." "Hello." "Good morning." "so it's enough for now." "Let's go." "Thanks for always taking care of my husband." "Beautiful..." "Your earrings." "Ryo?" "Dieting?" "It's a constant strength match for guys!" "dig in!" "Yup." "The number you're trying to reach is currently unavailable." "She's calling Kouta." "let's stop it." "what are you talking about?" "It'll be fine." "What?" "Have you heard it too?" "About Kouta-san?" "What about him?" "So you haven't heard?" "Huuh..." "What?" "Tell us!" "I mean..." "I just saw him at the university." "What?" "He said to end the club." "WHAT?" "He's going back to his hometown." " I'm bringing some stuff" " But why?" "What the hell..." "Taku!" "you're going back home?" "Aoi!" "What?" "Umm..." "Why?" "All we were doing was fooling around." "I'm tired of it." "This love-hate stuff..." "I don't care anymore." "WHAT?" "about the sea." "Is that enough for you?" "Taku!" "you disappear? IT WAS ALL YOUR IDEA!" "DON'T GIVE ME THIS CRAP!" "EXPLAIN IT PROPERLY!" "DON'T RUN AWAY!" "You don't understand a thing." " YOU DON'T GET IT AT ALL!" " Stop it!" "Let go!" "This kind of stuff..." "I'm tired of it." "Understood." "Take care." "Aoi!" "What the hell." "I can't accept it." "My tears just won't flow." "Unforgivable." "I'm not good enough after all. you're interesting." "What is good about you is that you do your best. but straightforward." "Your smile is cute." "is your kindness." "You're bright." "There are so many good things about you that they can't be counted." "That's a fact." "I know that." "That's why I..." "Stop it!" " It's disgusting!" "Disgusting!" " Try to pat it!" "Hey." "Hey!" "it's you." "Huh?" "I'm Kondo." "That's my picture." "Sorry to display it without asking." "It's great it has become a memory." "I was surprised." "Everyone's at the sea?" "It was fun." "I thought I can't let it be forgotten." "But..." "The us from the picture... it's all gone." "We all split up." "Everything's gone." "It was all a lie." "was it fun?" "too?" "Didn't you do what you wanted to? I realize it's like something has shaken my heart." "An instinct." "Close enough. thinking about it is not a waste of time." "That's how it is." "Look at your face." "Is it okay for me to take a picture of this?" "Yumeka-chan." "You came here often." "Sorry." "Thanks." "It's my fault." "I'm just a child." "These are pretty." "Buri-san was worried too." "Did you know?" "Buri-san have never eaten a burl." "Buri" " Japanese amberjack (fish)" " Seriously?" " It's funny." "You're sly." "How can you laugh just like that?" "that's not it." "I turn into an idiot." "Kouta would help me." "I thought it's over." "But it seems it wasn't the case." "Are you confident?" "Absolutely no way." "I have nothing." "Sorry." "I..." "I want to finish the workbook." "I can't let it end like this. they need to be properly shaped." "That's something I can decide on my own." "Something that I can accomplish." "I have never had this feeling before." "It's the first thing that I can consciously decide on." "I need your strength too." "I want to work together." "I'm begging you." "Why are you forgiving me?" "Me and Kouta?" "Because I love him." "I want to meet you all." "it won't work." "Yumeka threatened me." "Everyone was free." "right." "Aoi." "I drew this in a fighting spirit." "Fighting spirit" may be differently understood." " Kids will cry." " Seriously?" "Draw something cuter." "huh?" "Aoi-chaaaan!" "Inou!" "Get to work." "Let's choose." "Three-four!" "Not that one!" "look!" " Is it cuter now?" " Nice!" " We're back!" " Welcome back!" " We got you something." " Thanks." "Let's take a break." "that's good." "It's great!" "Looking good." "Cheeers!" " I'm dead tired." " It's over!" "right?" "Yeah." "It will be a time of important decisions." "OK!" "what?" " Announcement!" "Before you guys do it..." "I'll become a splendid member of society!" "so suddenly." "Everyone!" "Thank you!" "Thank you." "Thanks." "Ryo." " Huh?" "Me too?" "Come." "right?" "I..." "I'm applying." "but I decided to apply for an engineering school." "I will build submarines." "And..." "And I will try to make someone happy." "Though there's no girl that would take care of me." " You didn't end it with a blast." " Shut up." "Yumeka." " Okay." " End with a blast!" " Yumeka!" "I'll become independent." "right?" "My next step in life won't be school." "I'll look for a job." "Don't act so surprised." "I'm sorry I caused you trouble." "Please forgive me." "yup." "me?" "I... umm..." "I will find a good man!" " That's it?" " You said it right." "I'll do so too!" "I'll fish for a good man." "Fish." "Wait a second!" "Don't treat men and fish the same!" "Taku." " Me?" " Yeah." " Taku." " Go!" "I..." "I will follow Aoi to Soejima Real Estate." "I'll do my best to get employment." "Straight ball!" "Do your best!" " You're the man who turns the impossible into the possible." " Yeah." "Aoi." "Okay." "I received so much from you all." "I would still have no idea about myself or the sea." "I was able to stick to it until the end." "I will look for a job with confidence!" "Even if it's through dad." "I had so much fun." "Thank you very much." " And the same to you!" " Thank you!" "Thanks." "Let's toast once more!" "I want it too!" " And I want cake too!" " And I!" "Inou." " I'm your senior!" "senpai." "Senpai." "You guuys!" "geeez." " Faster!" " You're crying?" " I'm not!" "84)}Yamauchi Kouta" "what happened?" "Here." "huh..." "You'll understand when you read it." "This outfit looks too good on you." "Thanks." "what is going on?" "Did you oversleep?" "a flight to Fukuoka departs at 12:30." " What?" " Kouta-san." "Today." "You can still make it." "please follow." "Please introduce yourself one by one." "Yes." "My name is Kikumoto Tomomi." "Majored in psychology at Seizan University." "When it comes to people..." "If you excuse me!" "If I can be excused too... his mother's health worsened." "He had to go to take care of his siblings." "to you..." "I didn't say a thing." "Kouta-san's sadness now I understand it to the core." "want to protect what's dear to me." "ANN flight announcement." "A flight to Fukuoka will depart at 12:30." "Gate 513 will soon stop boarding." "Passengers flying to Fukuoka are asked to check in at the gate." "To the readers of this workbook." "we are tiny beings." "and the stronger ones swallow the weaker." "This is a cycle." "I want to be stronger." "I have discovered a way to be stronger." "Let me share it with you." "Excitement." "This feeling only." "It will make your strength unlimited." "It can cause a miracle." "can't you?" "The only person who decides about your tomorrow is you." "Let's meet again at the sea." "Kouta-san!" "Are you okay?" "You thought I wouldn't come right?" "I already decided." "I won't run away." "I'll stop job hunting." "I'm going to start from scratch." "I will apply to university." "I can't go with "whatever"." "The sea... and you." "I wanted to talk to you." "Yeah..." "Sorry." "I wanted to tell you." "right?" "Even if we won't always be together." "But..." "That's not it." "I will get jealous." "You can make it." "we can make it." "I'm super excited now." "since you lied to me like this." "Aoi." "I love you." "Did you make it?" "Yes." "Thank you." "The wave that kept us all together has unwound and arrived at our place." "A new season has started." "Inou-senpai is struggling with being a new company employee." "Reiko!" "Reiko-chan is looking for new love." "Ryo-kun practices every day in the engineering school." "Yumeka-chan is steadily progressing in looking for a job as a researcher." "that he didn't talk to me for a while." "thank you for being by my side." "Kouta-san takes care of his house in Fukuoka." "the distance between us is the closest now." "Beyond the horizon you can hear our laugh from that time." "We're all connected by the sea." "The future that we're looking at... surely is bright."