"The key that opens the door to a miracle can be in any person's hand." "It's simply that... people who realize this fact are but a precious few." "Miracles that can change fate do not arrive quickly." "by that one small step... someday... the door to a miracle will open." "Wedding Arrangements" (DVD)" "Shit!" "Rei!" "I... you know?" "Definitely Eri will get married first." "Right?" "! Remember?" "You promised that when you got married you'd give me the bouquet Did I say that?" "You did say it!" "I guess then I'll get married..." "Kinda vaguely..." "Well... make sure you stay in line then!" "Sorry..." "Hey..." "Today..." "Will you get the bouquet for me?" "Of course!" "you know." "Um..." "Would you mind if we hurried?" "it is fairly congested" "Ouch!" "there's a major marathon going on." "Because of that?" "!" "...the hell..." "Well... there's no back road or something is there?" "you were mistaken." "I'm very bad with narrow roads and parallel parking... ba-bye!" "Tsuru!" "Mikio!" "Ken isn't here yet?" "but I haven't gotten him at all." "what the hell is he doing?" "!" "good morning!" "HA?" "!" "all-right?" "!" "Of course I'm hurrying!" "excuse me!" "World-record speed!" "you're walking too fast!" "okay!" "look!" "Don't drag your feet!" "leave me alone..." "You're getting on my nerves... turn!" "Come on!" "I think that's him!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Moron!" "I slept in!" "That I'm here now is incredible!" "That you're late on this day in what's really incredible." "God..." "Ken!" "HEEY!" "KENNN!" "COME BAAAACK!" "Anyway." "KENNNNN!" "KEN!" "ANYWAY!" "yeah?" "Shoulda said that earlier!" "two... until today..." "I wonder... get ready!" "Come on!" "Here!" "faster!" "Quickly!" "groom Tada Tetsuya and bride Yoshida Rei's marriage ceremony will now begin." "Rei was always near me..." "I had what was like an infinite amount of time to express my feelings..." "And so..." "I might have always been looking for the absolute best moment to confess my feelings or for poorer..." "To love... to honor..." "To comfort... to assist... until death do you part?" "(Translation into Japanese of Western-style vows)" "Yes." "I do." "The bride..." "Yoshida Rei..." "Will you obey the teachings of God" "In sickness and in health..." "The person to marry is not the person you love most... but instead the person you love second-most." "There are supposedly people who say that sort of thing and look pleased with themselves." "But whether the person you're dating is the person you love second-most..." "Who can figure that out?" "However..." "One thing is for certain." "When it comes to the partner you'll love the most in all your life... Yes." "I do." "You realize... it was that person." "But it's already too late." "the exchange of rings." "Please turn to face each other." "Rei will marry." "a kiss." "the person I love most in the world... will marry another man." "Translation/timing: thekaje thekaje@shaw.ca" "please gather together for a picture!" "hey... how do I look?" "You look fine." "Really?" "Could everyone please move toward the middle?" "there we go!" "Thank you very much!" "Could those on the left move in a step please?" "Excellent... here we go!" "Ready?" "Cheese!" "I too will abbbbsolutely get married this year." "Started again?" "And so I said get married to ME!" "Started again." "though." "super serious." "you guys are similar." "Don't put us in the same group!" "you got nobody to marry." "Ooh!" "Hey!" "Me!" "And SO..." "Look properly..." "Date properly... a wedding ceremony..." "I'll give you ALL those things!" "it's okay." "I'll pass." "It's not a thing you hold back on!" "is it?" "Eh?" "!" "'Cause I don't wanna get married as charity... that hurts!" "for today I prepared a secret weapon..." "Food Coordinator"]" "Made by special order..." "Eh?" "! "Food Coordinator"?" "!" "you're part-time at a family restauraunt." "yeah?" "I coordinate the food." "so that is a swindle. ("sagi")" "isn't it?" "the parachute of luck!" "Fly!" "Weddings these days go as far as this...?" "The parachute will bestow the blessing of the wedding upon he who catches it!" "screw it." "who..." "WHO WILL ACQUIRE THIS TREASURE?" "ME!" "I WANT IT!" "All-RIGHT!" "but..." "Letting that guy get it is just offensive." "ne." "The sight of those three running... huh?" "Yeah... one wonders?" "!" "Please!" "hand it over to me!" "No requests!" "Maybe try candy or money or something..." "Use your head a little." "Yeah..." "I believe." "Because you so easily decide you want something... doesn't happiness move even further away?" "there's some weird old guys over here." "And resuming..." "From the bride Rei's high school years" "My name is Eri." "Very nice to meet you!" "...now active as a ceramicist." "I think we will receive a word or two from him now..." "Mr. Itou Matsunori." "I was Rei's homeroom teacher during her junior and senior years of high school... a ceramicist... super shady." "like do you seriously think he's a "ceramicist" now?" "she had a conspicuously radiant presence..." "The Rei of her high school years was" "Hey..." "I just realized something amazing..." "What?" "Take the number of people who came today and divide it by 200... then add the product of the number of people at tables we can see from here... times my birthday... and you get today's date." "...dandelion... or so let's call her... and an essential presence." "yeah?" "to say "Congratulations on your wedding!" you have to go out and get a suit and everything..." "Costs money." "And on top of that you have to listen endlessly to meaningless banter." "Yeah..." "Hey!" "this is no occasion to be carefreely sitting around smoking cigarettes!" "Tamo-chan... has started making hamburgers." "Are you serious?" "The victims have already started piling up!" "Come on!" "Hurry!" "I'll... come after I finish smoking this! who will prepare his special hamburgers!" "Whoa!" "This is disgusting!" "You guys better not hurt my business over something like that!" "but these are the burgers *I* helped to make." "WOW!" "These are so good!" "so I guess we have a break..." "Pardon... a little TV..." "TV?" "Just one segment..." "I'm kind of curious about the marathon... wow!" "Gelgug(?" ") is the winner!" "Whoa!" "A world record!" "Professor!" "Professor!" "Congratulations on your wedding!" "You seem perfect for each other." "What do you think?" "huh?" "but I don't know about the all-important bride... you'll never get married." "That's my business." "right!" "I'm looking forward to your speech!" "but there is a free." "Tightwad." "Yea." "Yea." "Rei!" "Could you come here for a minute?" "thanks." "Are we maybe a little nervous?" "I'm good..." "Just go!" "I shall." "a close friend of the bride's from elementary school... he was a student of the groom's during his college years..." "Mr. Iwase Ken!" "I believe you have a word or two for us!" "Break a leg!" "Rei-san..." "Congratulations on your marriage." "I've been a classmate of Rei's since elementary school." "We were together for most of our time as students." "I want to become a cute bride." "but" "She's super cute!" "You don't say that. that makes me very happy." "laughing so hard milk came out of our noses... taking the wrong bus and the panic that followed... but putting too much force into it and falling off the stage... but... making herself secondary... she does not let her smile fade..." "Anyway... she thinks of her friends." "the times we spent together... were incredibly fun." "Incredibly... it seemed like I was going to cry." "The sight of Rei in her wedding dress... was just too beautiful for me..." "Sincerely..." "I suppose..." "Congratulations." "I wish you many years of happiness." "please look this way..." "The groom will light one torch... and pass the flame to this candle." "If this candle is lit by the bride and groom's love... watch!" "Please give them a warm round of applause." "please direct your attention to the slideshow... currently employed with a visual-arts production company." "1983" "A 2800-gram healthy baby girl" "Joining her dad to go fishing but I got one!" "at her Shichi-Go-San (a Japanese festival for kids)" "She read lots of books!" "she changed schools." "I just came to this school." "My name is Yoshida Rei." "Nice to meet you." "She made lots of friends!" "right?" "The dirty one?" "Yeah..." "Goofing around with a friend" "Ink all over their faces" "High-school Entrance" "Yoshida ..." "Iwase" "She was right next to me all that time..." "Why am I not next to her now?" "Why are we so... far?" "Excuse me..." "One more please." "sir." "sir." "In the end..." "I couldn't do anything for Rei." "I couldn't make her laugh..." "I couldn't make her happy..." "I couldn't even properly tell her how I feel." "Again and again... the weak-willed me of the past was projected on that screen..." "And I became extremely angry with myself." "Another please." "sir." "sir." "The group that struggled together senior year" "that time..." "I saw Rei cry in frustration..." "I stopped halfway..." "Maybe if..." "Maybe if I had clearly shown Rei a good part of myself..." "Would we have been different?" "Would I be sitting next to Rei?" "I want to do it over!" "Return to that time..." "I want to do it over again!" "One more time..." "One more time..." "One more time..." "This is what Oscar Wilde said." "but..." "A woman wants to become a man's last lover." "You?" "you desire in your heart to become her final lover." "you cannot fully give her up." "Right?" "Well..." "I know what you want to say." "and redo my life!" "You want to make her yours." "but..." "Well!" "What if we do that?" "Pardon?" "do it again so you have no regrets." "Do it again"?" "!" "Ah..." "I have two warnings for you." "There is a time-limit." "Whether this opportunity ends up being effective or a waste depends on how you use it." "neither may change." "Pardon me... are you affiliated with the wedding hall?" "I suppose I am affiliated..." "I do live here." "sir?" "I'm neither an employee nor a human." "what does that mean?" "Kind of strange..." "A fairy." "A fairy?" "!" "A fairy?" "Yes." "don't you think?" "if I do say so myself." "I haven't understood a thing you've said since a minute ago." "I suppose that can't be helped now." "The majority of humans don't understand the reality of something until it's over." "Like you hm?" "but..." "We don't need to think so much!" "Do you want to go back?" "Do you not want to go back?" "I'm saying you can choose one and we'll go from there." "but" "Understood!" "This fried shrimp... yours?" "Yes." "Um... how much" "No." "It's a request!" "I can't give this to you." "Hallelujah... chance." "Again." "Hallelujah... chance." "Say it more clearly!" "And do a pose!" "Come on!" "Hallelujah... chance!" "Kennnnn!" "Come baaaaack!" "What the hell?" "!" "Hey!" "The water!" "Okay!" "What the hell are you doing?" "!" "Oh!" "He's back!" "come on!" "Let's go!" "I want to talk to you!" "We will become the champions!" "boys!" "wasshoi!" "wasshoi!" "...yeah!" "Seriously?" "This... is the Tokyo preliminary round of the National High School Baseball Championship?" "Is it possible that I've actually..." "Returned?" "!" "Eh?" "!" "Which means..." "Rei... Rishuu University High School will take offense." "Hey..." "Mikio..." "Hey!" "What are you just standing there for?" "Come on!" "HEY!" "What?" "!" "What the hell is this?" "!" "What the hell do you mean what the hell is this?" "!" "Why are we here?" "!" "Until a minute ago we were in the wedding hall-- me and Eri were coming in and--- you dork!" "What are you talking about?" "!" "Don't you want to win?" "!" "There's a one-point difference between them and us-- that's a miracle in this club's whole history!" "man?" "Your face is red!" "You okay?" "I get it." "Huh?" "I drank a little too much." "of what?" "man!" "BEER!" "What do you mean beer?" "!" "Just cheer!" "Look" "Let's just cheer!" "Here!" "GOOO!" "MIKIOOO!" "oh how?" "Nande darou?" "♪ huh." "Mikio!" "Time out!" "Iwase!" "Go give Mikio a message." "huh?" "relax your shoulders and take a deep breath." "Ouch!" "Not you!" "Don't swing big!" "A bunt is good enough!" "Just tell him to bunt!" "Okay." "Go!" "Do it quickly!" "Ow!" "hurry up and talk!" "Lift both hands..." "Bend your body..." "Breathe deeply..." "Ina Bauer!" "What?" "!" "What is this strategy?" "seriously." "{\fnTimes New Roman\fs22}(*Ina Bauer's techniques were used by gold-medal figure-skater Arakawa Shizuka in the 2006 Olympics.)" "Who is that?" "An exchange-student?" "So I am back in the past..." "The past?" "!" "Enough!" "Go back to your bench!" "Sorry." "Why did he even come out here...?" "Hey." "huh?" "so he should hit it..." "Not that!" "What are you talking about?" "I was talking about his looks!" "just what are you looking at?" "wouldn't he?" "okay?" "you'd be just riiiight!" "Yaaaaaay!" "Don't be stupid!" "who cares?" "Yay!" "Hottie!" "Burn it up!" "over here!" "Whooo!" "MIKIO!" "You can do it!" "Hit it!" "I totally messed that up..." "Don't worry about it!" "I forgot to make a dentist appointment..." "W" " Worry about that a little." "Ken..." "Before... "Inna Bammah"... what was that?" "it's nooo prob--- tell me!" "You'll understand then..." "Then"...?" "you'll get it." "How long are you going to draw this joke out?" "man!" "Now!" "okay?" "!" "Arakawa Shizuka!" "Who is that?" "come here for a minute." "hurry up!" "Come here!" "He's being scary!" "What a pain in the..." "Yes?" "so get ready." "Pardon?" "Pinch hit." "You're going to pinch hit." "Pinch hit?" "!" "What did you come here to do?" "wasn't it... is Iwase Ken-kun." "Iwase Ken-kun." "Number 14." "and do it again so you have no regrets." "There is a time-limit." "Whether this opportunity ends up being effective or a waste depends on how you use it." "Hey!" "Whoa!" "Hey!" "so definitely don't strike out." "Because a dramatic turn-around homerun victory is what will make me major-league!" "It's been years since I held a bat." "Hurry up!" "Right." "Sorry." "Ken-zou!" "(Pun/nickname)" "What are you gonna do if you're that nervous?" "right?" "Did she say homerun?" "Quickly!" "Right." "I wonder if he'll get a hit... hm?" "This chief umpire..." "I vaguely remember something about this... here we go!" "Suutttrrriiiiiikkkkkeeee riiight... right?" "wasn't it?" "Baaaaaalllll looks like I do remember this..." "Which means..." "The third pitch..." "A sweet inside curve!" "I... am a genius!" "All I've done since morning is run..." "I know for sure I hit a triple... shit!" "I remember!" "Tsuru struck out and we lost!" "Which means..." "Keep going like this and nothing will change..." "Rei's crying face..." "My worthless self..." "Just the same as before..." "Eriiiii!" "baby!" "Goooo!" "You're not listeniiiing!" "Hey..." "That's impossible..." "No waaay!" "OUT!" "Ken." "Why'd you run?" "Why didn't you leave it to me?" "right?" "!" "No..." "About that..." "How are you going to get me into the major leagues?" "!" "How?" "!" "Wait!" "Jeez!" "Ow!" "Calm down!" "No!" "Wait!" "Let me go!" "I said let me go!" "Hey!" "yo!" "YO!" "you can't tell anybody this." "Even if I had stopped and stayed at third... we'd have lost the game." "What do you mean?" "Tsuru..." "You would have struck out." "Wha?" "!" "all of a sudden?" "for real... are you trying to blame me for your screw-up?" "It's NOT a lie!" "what is it?" "An American joke?" "all-right?" "I'll kick your ass!" "And I'm not making some American joke either!" "read the atmosphere a little." "for real... here we go!" "God damn it!" "I'm here from the future!" "In the past..." "I saw you strike out." "Well... eh?" "Y'know..." "I didn't think you'd been driven up the wall like this..." "Wrong." "you don't need to say anything else." "It was a misunderstanding!" "the mistaken one was me!" "Ken!" "Wrong." "Ta-da!" "and he signed it!" "Don't be so silly... aren't they?" "Anything I say to you is a waste of time." "Ken was pretty depressed..." "He was hanging a towel from his head like this." "you should have dumped water on his head." "Is that okay?" "Are you okay not going to talk to him?" "Why?" "'Cause you looked worried about him." "That had nothing to do with that dummy." "you know?" "We're neither close nor distant." "We've just been together since elementary school." "I wonder... than that." "you know." "That is definitely my business." "Why are you going take that kind of thing home with you?" "AH?" "but... it's dirt!" "yeah?" "You idiot!" "anytime!" "Look at Socrates!" "Wha--?" "no..." "Socrates!" "What the heck are you doing?" "I am gathering the sweat and tears of young baseball players." "Ha?" "The rock that remains in this sieve..." "It is the regret and sighs quietly left behind by the players... as always..." "Okay." "Guys." "does it?" "!" "though..." "Winning and losing... are such small things." "Even though I lived it all over again... it's this?" "Even if I return to the past..." "In the end..." "I'm still me?" "Whaaa--?" "whose out lost the game?" "aren't you!" "Would you mind if I asked you a question?" "Why?" "you haven't gotten up in a while..." "Is that because you're tired?" "is it because you thought you couldn't bear to look other people in the face?" "Neither." "weren't you?" "Bringing the game to close with your own outs..." "Is it for aesthetic reasons?" "Leave me alone." "but... do you think you will be able to welcome a happy ending to your life?" "!" "Eh?" "!" "What happened?" "Absolute Victory at the National Baseball Championship!" "By the manager" "unsociable Iwase-san!" "I was the only one who really looked hurt..." "As manager... you know?" "I went all the way to a temple in Chiba." "Just going one way took two hours." "And I went all out on a $5 money-offering." "and I even went so far as to buy a good-luck charm." "None of that worked at all." "But why did you run?" "I was so surprised!" "you would never move at a critical moment." "Despite that..." "This one day you go and run..." "Why?" "right?" "Heh?" "You... were writing that... and I promised." "I said I'd take you to the National Championship." "O-tsukare-sama desu!" "O-tsukare-sama!" "I'll take you to the National Championship." "aren't we?" "Don't be silly." "Just making it is miracle enough." "What's wrong with you?" "but then you lost in the first game..." "What are you talking about?" "but..." "English words... historical dates..." "You can't remember those at all... huh." "Milk coming out of our noses in elementary school... and taking the wrong bus on field trips... how long are you going to keep talking like that?" "isn't it?" "Forever..." "I'll promise you." "you're the lowest." "you know..." "When you came running to home plate..." "I didn't think of it as the final moment..." "I thought." "didn't doubt you." "Even though since we were small... you've always betrayed my hopes... but..." "Kenzou... simple..." "Although you're always lacking in some area..." "Yoshida Rei... but has no regrets." "Up to today... thank you for your hard work." "Rei!" "and everyone's gathered..." "I'll be right there." "Kenzou!" "You're gonna be late again." "you goof." "Rei!" "Here!" "sorry!" "So what were you talking about?" "Nothing..." "Ken." "Come on!" "OUUUUT!" "Ow!" "Your second out of the day!" "Out!" "Out!" "No!" "Stop!" "You're going to cause him to deteriorate!" "OW!" "What do they mean "deteriorate"?" "Nothing... here we go!" "Get closer!" "The back too!" "Come on!" "Closer!" "Please direct your attention to the slideshow. currently employed with a visual-arts production comp" "Was it a dream?" "produced the following slideshow from the bottoms of their hearts..." "Tsuru!" "Did you eat my friend shrimp?" "are you an old man?" "go get one!" "It... changed... eh?" "hm?" "You have a point." "What is that... an American joke?" "...What's changed?" "YOU..." "There he is!" "Do you think that by changing a crying face to a smile you can change your entire life?" "but... taking some flashier direction..." "You had no other ways of doing this?" "!" "Was that your best performance?" "I didn't think there was any way it would actually change." "Humans..." "One thing you have gotten very good at throughout history is making excuses." "let me go back one more time!" "I will absolutely do well this time." "isn't it?" "I was hoping you could do something about that..." "That is impossible." "There is no second time." "Surely there is something you can do!" "It is not possible to fly into the same photograph twice." "But isn't there someth" "Heh?" "is that okay?" "Eh?" "!" "I can go again?" "This... what picture is this?" "!" "And why on Earth is she..." "Why is she so angry?" "!"