" You get called in this morning?" " Yeah." "It doesn't seem to be serious, though." "I'm sorry we can't spend the morning together." "I'll make sure to pay you back when I get paid." "Whenever is fine." "Our Little Sister" " Welcome home." " Where's Shachi?" "I'm not sure she slept much last night." "When you spend the night out, you should really... you know..." "Yeahhhh, but you kind of get lost in the flow." "The flow?" "That happens to adults sometimes." " I'll make a note of that." " You're late." "Why do you always do this at the most critical times?" "Wait up." "Do you know what you did wrong?" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Chika." "How long are you going to stay in bed?" "In Yamagata?" "Yeah." "Apparently Dad was working at an onsen there." "Doesn't that sound like something out of a soap opera?" "It does!" "Something like... "Murder at the Hidden Hot Spring."" "It's not like he was murdered, though." "Any word from the woman?" "Supposedly she's 6 feet under." "Chika." "Stop stuffing your face." "And his current wife is in Yamagata." "So he was on his third?" "He still had it." "You're going to end up with high blood pressure like Grandma." "Well, your pickled foods have no flavor." "They're quick-pickled on purpose." "I heard he also has a daughter." "That would mean... our sister?" "I suppose that's right." "What about his funeral?" " I can't make it because I have a night shift." " You can't?" "Well, there's nothing wrong with that." "Can you go?" "Chika can go with you." "I'm not really into this." "He's "Dad", but I haven't seen him in 15 years." "He was nice, though." "He took us to zoos and stuff." "But he'd yell a lot at night." "Shachi saw him hitting Mom so many times." "I don't really remember much." "You were still pretty young." "So we have a little sister..." "You said you wanted one." "When I was a kid, yeah." "But telling me I have one now is a bit..." "Yeah." "Why did it have to be all the way out here?" "Huh?" "What?" "I'm saying this is deep countryside." "Are you Kouda-san?" "My name is Asano Suzu." "Then you're..." "I'm glad you made it all the way here." "It's a bit of a climb, but this is a shortcut." " That's quite the mountain." " Yeah." "Come on..." "That's the place." "She says that's it." " Looks pretty fancy." " Doesn't it?" "Here we are." "Welcome!" "Thanks for coming so far." "Thank you." "And thanks for letting us stay here." "Excuse us." "I believe my mother will be here to greet you later." "Thank you for coming to get us!" "Thank you." "She's got it together." "Yeah." "More than us, anyway." "This way to your room." "It's cool in here." "A beer!" " I want a beer!" " What a view!" "Yocchan, there's a river below us!" "I wonder if we can catch anything." "Forget that..." "I need a beer." "Youko-san, are you okay?" "Keep quiet." "He was kind enough to do it." " You made it!" " Didn't you have to work?" "A friend drove me." "Is that her?" "Yeah." "Nice to meet you." "My name is Kouda Sachi." " Mine is Asano Suzu." " An airplane!" "Your brother?" "Yes." "From my mom's previous marriage." "Oh?" "Excuse me." "Nice to meet you." "My name is Kouda." " Oh, the eldest?" " Yes." "Good to meet you." "I'm Asano's wife." "Thank you for making the time while you're so busy." "Thank you for taking care of my father." "He was always the one taking care of me." "Shortly, before the coffin is carried away, we will need you to greet those offering their condolences." "Youko, can you manage it?" "I'm way too..." "Could you do it for me?" "Asking me to do that is..." "Oh, how about Suzu-chan?" "Oh, that could work!" "She is his daughter, after all!" "We can't allow that." "She's a very proper young lady, though." "Suzu-chan can handle it just fine." "She has a good head on her shoulders." "No." "This is something an adult should do." "If it comes down to it, how about I do it?" "I'd just be greeting them, yes?" "I see what you mean." "I'll take care of it." "Can you handle it, Youko?" "I'll be fine, thank you." "I am his wife." "Oh... there's the smoke." "Yeah, I see it." "I'm not sure if this feels calming, or just outdated." "Dad must have had a happy life." "A lot of people have come to see him off." "And everyone talks about how kind he was." "He was kind to a fault." "He'd stand as guarantor for his friends' debts and end up on the hook for them." "He'd be a shoulder for women and they'd quickly become a thing." "Youko-san resembles our mom a bit, doesn't she?" "She stayed with him right to the end, though." "We should be thankful to her." "You're right." "She probably didn't visit the hospital very much." "Barely 10 minutes if she did." "She'd bring a change of clothes and then leave." "And somehow still believes she was taking very good care of him." " Spoken like a nurse who knows her stuff." " Excuse me!" "Hm?" "What's wrong?" "There's something I wanted to give you." "This." "It was in Dad's desk." "Wow, is this you, Shachi?" "Yeah." "This must have been a fireworks festival in Kamakura." "Oh, I remember this one!" "It was in Enoshima!" "Probably because you got lost and it was this whole huge deal." "You even took a dump at an information kiosk." "Did I really?" "On that note." "Wait." "Do you have any time?" "I do." "Where is your favorite place in town?" "Do you think she's okay?" "I wonder if she'll be okay here." "Yeah... she's not really related to Youko-san." "This is quite the view!" "I came here a lot with Dad." "Hey." "Doesn't this look familiar?" "Yeah!" "If we could see the ocean there, this could be Kamakura." "Right?" "It's almost nostalgic." "Suzu-chan." "You're the one who took care of Dad, right?" "I'm sure he was happy." "Thank you so much." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Do you like it here?" "It's hard to say..." "I haven't been here very long." "I suppose." "But" "I do finally understand why he wanted to live here." "It's here!" " Another time, then." " Yeah." "Take care." "I will." "All of you, too." "Suzu-chan." "How about coming to Kamakura?" "Would you like to live together?" "The four of us?" "Our place is very old, but big." "We are all working, so if it's just you it should work out." "But..." "You don't need to move right away." "Just give it some thought." "Bye for now." "I'll come." " Shachi, we're here!" " Okay!" " Watch your step there." " Sure." "Welcome!" "That was a long journey, hey?" "Tired?" "I'm fine." "Your room is on the 2nd floor." "Take your stuff up there." " Okay." " You're my neighbor." "I'll be in your hands from now on." " Come on in." " Excuse me." "This way, this way!" " Yoshino, help out with lunch." " Aren't we getting delivery?" "We need to boil the soba." "I'd like some lotus root tempura." "Eggplant, too." " We have eggplant." " Great." "I'll help you." "Suzu, don't worry about it." "Start unpacking your things." "Nobody else knows what to do with them, right?" "Right." "You're officially our little sister now, so I'm dropping "-chan"." "Okay!" "That one is Yocchan's room." "Shachi used to use this room." "It's a little small, but it does face south." "I wonder if a desk will fit in here..." "Everything is a bit on the small side, after all..." "Suzu?" "Yes?" "This is your Grandmother and Grandfather." "Both were school teachers." "She looks like Sachi-san." "You shouldn't say that to her, though." "She hates it more than anything." " Does she?" " Yeah." "She heard that a lot whenever she fought with Mom." "Hello?" "He's here!" "We're already done with unloading." "It's hot." "He's apparently a manager at MAX now." "Do you think he can even do it?" "I'd prefer not to think about it." "I really don't understand him." "You were on the junior soccer team?" "Yeah, back when I lived in Sendai." "How about trying out for Octopus, then?" "Yeah!" "It's our town's youth soccer team." "Girls can join until middle school." "We're big fans." "Freshly boiled, freshly boiled!" "Thank you!" "I haven't even been able to do anything to help." "It's no problem." "You're always helping Chika." "Hardly." "But your quick-pickled food is so good." " Isn't the flavor too weak?" " Not at all." "I think this is about perfect." "Hamada-san, were you also a soccer player?" "I did a bit of mountaineering." "Not a bit." "He took part in an expedition on Manaslu 7 years ago." " Did he really?" " Yeah." "But on another one on Everest, things went south real fast." "I lost 6 toes." "6 of them?" "Yeah, 6 toes... want to see?" "No, I'm good." "Are you sure?" "You can even touch it." " I'm fine." " How about a picture?" " No need?" " No need." "Okay, have a seat!" "Sit down!" "I've just transferred from Kajikazawa Middle School in Yamagata." "My name is Asano Suzu." "Nice to meet you all." "Applause!" "Okay, Asano." "Your seat is there." "Yamagata, huh?" "The Touhoku region." "Do you all remember where that is?" "Ask Asano if you have any questions about Kajikazawa." "Nice to meet you." "Which club were you in?" "I played soccer." " Soccer?" " That's so cool!" " I'm in basketball!" " Me too." " Basketball?" " She looks proud of herself." "Asano." "Hamada told me all about it, so... this is for Octopus." "You need a parent's signature and stamp here." "Only my sisters are around... will that be okay?" "Yeah, no problem." "Okay." "Thank you." "Are you going to do it?" "If I get through their tryouts, yeah." "This looks delicious." "Sacchan... she's not a dog or a cat." "I know that, Auntie." "Did you talk to your mom about it?" "Not really." "I don't have to." "I suppose." "If my sister were alive she'd probably say the same thing." "Sorry to be pushy about it, but... raising a child is hard work." "No problem." "Yoshino and Chika took care of things, anyway." "Sacchan, think this through." "She may be your little sister but she's the daughter of someone who destroyed your family." "That doesn't matter." "She wasn't even born yet when that happened." "This will make you wait even longer to become a wife." "Masashi, you're too slow!" "You're hogging the ball!" "Over here!" "The goal isn't in the sky, Fuuta!" "Player swap!" " Sorry!" " No problem." "Asano, good pass." "She knew exactly where she was going, didn't she?" " Yeah, she seems to be two-footed." " Good on her." "This form is obviously Neymar, though!" "[Brazilian footballer]" "Okay, then who is this?" "Here we go." " Zidane, right?" " Bingo!" "The captain, Fuuta, has a family-run liquor store." "He's the exact opposite of us, with 2 brothers." "I had a feeling." "And Yasu, the captain, is one of Shachi's coworkers." "Does that mean he's a doctor?" "Yeah, something like that." "Congratulations on getting in!" "This looks great!" "This is Ninomiya-san." "She has taken care of us for ages." "Yeah." "Since they were this tiny." " Eat up!" " Will do!" "Thank you very much!" "It looks so good!" "Is she new?" "Yeah." "She lives with Sacchan." "She does look a bit similar somehow." "It's so hot!" " It's delicious!" " Isn't it?" "!" " I knew it." " But hot." "Your sister moved here, then?" "Yeah." "That's a big step to take." "But it seems like something you'd do." "I'm glad I went to the funeral." "I'd never have met her if I hadn't." "Sometimes it's good to listen to someone else." "Yeah." "Thanks." "When is your next day shift?" "How about dinner?" "Sure." "I'll check the schedule." "You seem pretty tired lately." "Work has been busy lately." "Before that, what about your sister?" " What about her?" " Aren't things tough?" "She's... you know, cut from a different cloth so to speak." "Yeah, but she's a good kid." "Maybe she just seems that way?" "How do you mean?" "Here we are." "Your ice cream croquette." "Well, you declined your inheritance, right?" "Yeah, Shachi recommended that." "And they got rid of their "baggage", too." "It's two birds with one stone from their point of view." "No, Suzu did it on her own" "She might have been told to." "No way." "Yoshino, you've got a kind heart." "This is a big place." "But it's so old that it has some problems." "It's fine in the summer, but cold in the winter... and the rooms have no locks." "Really?" "That's unheard of!" "It's more like a girl's dormitory." "Yoshino." " Oh, welcome back." " Thanks." "Our "dorm mother"." " My sister." " Hello." "My name is Fuji." "Nice to meet you." "Thanks for looking after my sister." "No, she looks after me." " Bye for now." " See you another time." " Night." " Good night." "Good night." "Excuse me." "What?" "What are you making that face for?" " He's respectable compared to your usual." " What do you mean by that?" "It sounds like you're saying I only see weirdos." "That's not quite what I said." "What are you getting at?" "I'm wondering if you're spoiling them somehow." "What do you mean, "spoiling them"?" "You lend them money and buy them things." " We're back." " Welcome home." "I can decide how I spend my own money, can't I?" "If so, then how about not going on drunken rampages every time you lose your newest boy toy?" "You wouldn't understand the feelings of a drinker." "I don't need to understand them." "She's such a thorn in my side." "I'm going to take a full two hours in the bath." "I've already taken mine." " Will they be okay?" " Yeah." "They're thick as thieves when the time calls for it." "I'm back." " Welcome home." " Welcome back." "Suzu, which of the rice balls did you like?" "Hm... the one without bean skins." " Hmph." " I thought so." "I prefer the one with the skins." " Where's Yoshino?" " Hopped into the bath." "What does she think she's doing?" "You take forever so you should go afterward!" "Cool your head!" "Shachi!" "Shachi!" "Don't yell so loud... you're not a child anymore." " A spider cricket, I guess." " Spider cricket?" " Never heard of them?" " Nope." " They're like... this." " Like... this?" "Want to go see it?" "Don't worry, you'll be fine!" "Good morning, Suzu." "Good morning." "It's cold out today." "Wow!" "Is this all umeshu?" "Yeah." "Let's see..." "This is last year's, and this is from the year before." "And this one is Grandma's from 10 years ago." "It looks so nice." " I can't believe this!" " Chika." "You've got to stop putting soy sauce on everything." "You could at least wake me up!" "You're so damn mean." "Sorry, Yoshino-san." "My alarm didn't even go off." " It did." " Did I stop it?" "You get what you deserve." "Crap, it's already been 10 minutes." " Stop making so much noise." " Shut up!" "Has anyone seen my lip balm?" "Nope." "Sit down already." "I don't have the time." "Hey, that blouse is mine, isn't it?" "Oh, is it?" " You can't do that." "Take it off." " What's the problem?" "Just let me use it for today!" "No, I haven't even worn it yet." "Weren't you wearing my boots the other day?" "How long ago was that?" "That doesn't even look good on you!" "Does it make me look old?" "How do you figure you can ask that without asking to wear it?" "Isn't that a hell of a mystery?" "You need something a bit more showy." " I'm off!" " Me, too!" "Suzu!" " You'll need this for soccer." " Oh, I forgot!" " Have a good day!" " Bye!" " What?" " I forgot my wallet." "Oh, here it is!" "Have a good day!" "Yoshino, the garbage!" "Take care of it, Shachi!" "Be careful not to fall!" "This is bad... we'll never make it!" "We can if we run!" "Yoshino-san, hurry up!" "The train is here!" "Yoshino-san, will you be on time?" "Huh?" "It doesn't matter." "The job is nothing special." "Suzu... how about dropping "san" sometime?" ""San"?" "As in "Yoshino-san"." "You can call me Yocchan." "Okay." "How is school?" "Find a boy you like?" "No, that's..." "You should find one!" "You'll see the whole world differently." "Different how?" "You'll be able to put up with a boring job." " Thank you very much." " Thank you very much!" "Apologies for the very long wait, but we are now calling number 56" "Thank you for waiting." "Could the customer with number 56 please come up?" "I'd like to get out of this contract." "Okay, no problem." "Then... on this form, could you please sign here, here, and here?" "Hurry it up." "I gave him the money you lent me." "I hope you find yourself a better man." "This message" "But, you know..." "Yamanoi-san lost all 10 of his toes and kept climbing." "He sure did." "Come climbing with us again." "It's not like everyone can climb like he did." "Aren't these nice?" "They're the same as yours but a different color." " Huh?" "Are they?" " Oh, could it be...?" "That's not why I recommended them!" " I'll be there to watch you play, okay?" " Okay!" "You'll be at her game, too, right?" "Sure will!" "Break a leg out there." "I will!" "Thank you." "Show them what you've got." "Have you seen Arai-san?" "She was right there a moment ago." "Did she lose her marbles again?" "For Satou-san in 211, she's got 120 liters of urine written here... that can't be." "That'd be something serious." "This isn't something to laugh about!" "Ninomiya-san?" "Sacchan!" "It's been a while." "It has." "Has something happened to you?" "My stomach has been hurting from time to time lately." "Oh my, that can't be good." "Well, I did lose my mom and I've been through a lot." "It's been a long year for you." "Make sure to come by some time." "I have a lot of memories there." "Oh, right." "She came by recently..." "Suzu-chan, was it?" "That's right." "She said your fried mackerel was very delicious." "She's a cheery little thing." "She smiles a lot, too." " Does she?" " Yeah." "She's already a favorite among my customers." "That's good to hear." " Welcome home." " Thanks." "So cold!" "You couldn't study, could you?" "Yoshino-san started getting moody part way through." "She probably got dumped again." "She doesn't learn no matter how many times it doesn't work out." "You'll catch cold... come on, get changed before bed." "Whatever." "I'll sleep fine like this." "I'm totally fine... good night." "Why are you saying that, too, Chika?" "Good night, then." "Sure." "Good night." "Suzu." "Let me know if anything is bothering you." "Okay." "Thank you very much." " These are of the Premier League." " Thanks." "I hope that one day I can walk with a cool guy in a place like this." " Sorry I'm uncool." " That's my line." "Mipporin sure has her girly side." "I'm so exhausted..." "You're doing fairly well, though." "Asano." "Your mark can't run fast." "Try and force a 1-on-1." "Ozaki, if there is space, try and close the gap." "Got it." "Don't things seem a little different since Suzu-chan joined?" "They do!" "Fuuta's tightened up his form, too." "Could those two be... a thing?" " A thing?" " What other thing could I mean?" " Oh, a "thing"." " Exactly." "Move forward!" "Counter them!" "Stick with your mark!" "Asano, Asano!" "Asano, here!" "Good, Asano!" "Yeeees!" "A terminal care ward?" "There have been a lot of requests lately." "We will have 20 beds on the 5th floor starting next fall." "Ever since this became a sure thing, you have been the top choice." "What do you think?" "Can you give it some thought?" "I will." " Welcome!" " Good evening." "Those potatoes are from Hokkaido." "They're good ones." "I was thinking of making potato salad." "Well... taking care of those most in need is important." "But standing face to face with someone you know is on their way out..." "That's hard to handle." "I just want to save as many people as possible so I ended up in pediatrics." "Yeah." "You should think it over carefully." "Right." "I will." "Oh, about tomorrow." "Yeah, the starlight aquarium tour at Enoshima Aquarium?" "Yeah, that..." "I got a call from my mother-in-law." "It sounds like she's not doing well." "Is she in the hospital again?" "No, it's not that bad." "But I need to go check on her." "Sorry." "It's okay." "Do what you need to do." "I'm home." "Suzu, you good?" "Suzu!" "What do we do?" "Suzu." " What happened?" " Oh, Shachi." "We were celebrating her goal so the two of us shared a small drink." "The shouchuu I always drown myself in." "It was the weakest-looking one." "How much did she have?" "Just one of these." "Suzu." "I hate Youko-san so much!" "Dad was an idiot!" "It's hot..." "And..." "I don't feel well." "H-h-hold it in for a bit!" "Hold it in, hold it in!" "Can you manage?" "A little longer... this way!" " Where?" " In here!" "Wait, wait, wait!" "That hurts!" "So she actually was bottling things up." "She's been through a lot." "She's the spitting image of you when you drink." "I don't get that bad." " Are you okay?" " No!" "Come on, Suzu." "She's smiling!" "Oh, look... she's got a mole here." "She does!" "And her lashes are long." "Her ears look a lot like yours." "Do they?" "Sorry, Suzu." "Chika shouldn't drink, but neither should you." "I wanted to try the stuff made here." "How about this?" "Next year, when we can harvest them, we'll make something alcohol-free for you." "Were the plums harvested here?" "Yeah, that's right." "You can see the tree from here." "You didn't notice?" "No." "Right there." "It grows a lot of plums." "It does, but it brings in a lot of caterpillars." "Wow..." "I'm excited to harvest them." "Huh?" "The caterpillars?" "No, no!" "The plums!" "Picking off the bugs... cleaning the plums... everything in life takes time." "Grandma used to say that!" "It's still half a year away, though." "I'm looking forward to it." "We have to do this, too!" "Yeah, that helps with the flavor." "What is that?" " There!" " It's here!" "Hey!" "Suzu and I got it." "This is heavy!" "There sure is a lot of this..." "Your face looks like you're struggling!" "Here it is!" " Flip it onto there?" " Yeah." "All at once." "Okay!" "Thank you for your help!" "Thank you!" "Thanks for having us!" " Thank you!" " Bye!" " Bye bye!" "See you later!" " Thanks for the gift." "No problem!" "Don't rip open the bags!" "How do I look?" "It'll work!" " You look like a capable office worker!" " And this..." "So... what exactly does a "Consultation Rep and Aide to the Finance Officer" do?" "Well, basically, from now on" "I'll be sticking with the boss and doing errands outside the office." "Your work will be your life." " Yeah, is that bad?" " I didn't say it was." "As long as you take it seriously." "Here's your seconds." "You're being naive if you're taking the job to keep your mind off of being dumped." "I can't hold a candle to someone who has slaved away at their work for 10 years, anyway." "What do you mean by that?" "You know, you're just" "Time to eat!" "Dig in." " What do you think?" " It's good!" "This sardine recipe isn't something you can get anywhere else!" "Had it before?" "No..." "I haven't." "Didn't think so!" "Sit properly, Yoshino." "Your feet." "Suzu." "Stop stuffing your face." "Isn't she just copying Chika?" "A little higher." "A little lower." "Oh, I know." "The one with dandelions is cute." "Dandelion." "That's cute." "You can put it on however you like." "Looks good." "I think I'll use this one." "Make sure you check the size first, Chika." "Oh, right." "Hey!" "Don't do that!" "Stop, Chika!" "Stop!" " Do you see any shellfish?" " Shellfish?" "Shellfish!" "Look at Suzu's footprints." " I don't see many..." " This one's big." "They're so small!" "That's cute." "Good evening." " Oh, welcome!" " Good evening!" "Good evening!" "I think this is the first time I've seen you all here at once!" "I felt in the mood for it for once." "I'm glad you thought of me!" "What do I want..." "I'll start with a beer and some roasted mackerel." "Oh, I'm sorry Yocchan... we've sold out of that for today." "Then..." "I'll have fried mackerel." "And a beer!" "That's unusual!" "I'll have the same." "Me, too!" " No beer, though!" " I know thaaaat!" "You little brat!" " Here we are." " Check this out!" "You're moving up in the world!" "No, I'm not really!" "Did you drop by the ocean?" "Yup!" "Kids will be kids!" "You used to line the shells up on the table all the time, Yocchan!" "I did?" "Yeah, and you'd get yelled at for getting sand all over the table!" "And Chika once... relieved herself over there." "Yeah, yeah!" "That was bad." "I had to run home to get a change of clothes." "Don't talk about that!" " So, Chika, what would you like?" " Oh... what should I get..." "How about I decide for you?" "She'll haaaave..." "No way!" "I don't know what to get..." "Cheers!" "I'll go with" " Good morning." " Good morning!" " Asano!" " Good morning!" "Good morning." "Which homeroom teacher do you want?" "Homeroom teacher?" "Well..." "anyone but Oosawa, I guess." " Good morning!" " Good morning!" "Hey, Ozaki!" "I heard!" "Heard what?" " What does he mean?" " I have no idea." " I'm in class 2!" " With me?" " Yeah." " Perfect!" " Good morning." " Morning!" "You're with me, too, Suzu!" "I am, too!" "What's with that reaction?" "Fuuta." "Lucky you, Fuuta." "You're with Asano." "Lucky how?" "Aren't you two dating?" " What?" " The hell is that?" "I told everyone already." "Why did you do that?" "!" "What am I supposed to do now?" "Suzu, are you two actually dating?" "We're not!" "Not even close!" "My favorite foods are ginger stir fries and salted beef tongue." "My goal is to win at the summer athletics tournament." "I hope we get along!" "Good, thank you." " Okay, next is Seto-kun." " Coming." "My name is Seto Tomoki." "Please call me Tomoki." "I'm in the baseball club." "I enjoy skateboarding." "I hope to be in the national tournament this year." "Please give me your support." "Good, thank you." "I bought this outfit just for this!" "These, too!" "I thought I should look the part." "Hello." "I've seen a lot of people like you going through personal or corporate bankruptcy, but your case isn't quite that bad, Konno-san." "It's not?" "Right." "I wouldn't call your situation hopeless." "But it... isn't quite sunshine and rainbows, either." "I feel a little better, though." "Don't you?" "Yeah." "Just a little." "Now, then..." "Your first step would probably be to get the money out of your term deposit with Sagami Bank." "You "had" a little brother?" "His mom disinherited him and he took off." "A long time ago." "Then he suddenly got a hold of us again to ask for his share of the inheritance." "He probably racked up a huge debt somewhere." "Even if he did, we don't have anything but this restaurant." "And he told us to sell it." "I can't help but wonder if there's any way we can keep the place." "Since... this place was" "Grandma's sole prized possession." "It's not quite as big of a deal as he's making it out to be." "But it is something of a memento to us." "I see." "I think this whole thing will be a lot of trouble for you." "Oh, not at all." "It's our job to handle these sorts of things." "You've left out something, haven't you?" "Wouldn't you say good women have their share of secrets?" "Oh, man, this is bad." "My eyes are starting to get pretty bad." "Then before they get too bad, maybe we should see the sakura in full bloom?" "Sounds good." "When do you want to do that?" "Sakashita-san, were you working for the municipal bank before working here?" "Yeah." "Why did you leave?" "I kind of realized that working there wasn't what I wanted to do." "That happens sometimes, right?" "I guess so." "What are you looking at?" "Yocchan... do you have a date?" "That'd be nice." "I don't think I could right now, though." "So I'm not doing this for a man, but for myself." "Painting them helps me feel better." "Want me to paint yours?" "Nah... it would just get ruined playing soccer." "Just the little one, then." "That tickles!" "Stop moving!" "Is this your first time?" "Yeah." "When did you first paint yours?" "For me, it would be... when I was 6." "That's so young!" "When my mom and I went to Yokohama, she bought some for me." "It was a really bright red." "I'd wear it sometimes in elementary school, and people would see my nails in the pool." "Then the teacher would flip out." " Wow." " Whoa!" "It's been hard to get these since spring started, so I've been a bit worried." "But these are fresh." "Eat up." "Thanks!" "Let's eat!" "This is great!" "Right?" " Sardines and bread go together pretty well." " Yeah." " Sure do." "This is something created here, right?" "Yeah, that's right." "Has this place been around a long time?" "Yeah..." "It's been around 20 years since I took over." "Have you been selling this here the whole time?" "Back in the day, there were times that I'd be eating it for lunch." "Customers would sometimes see it and tell me they want to try it." "That is when I decided to sell it." "So good." "I think my dad might have gone there a lot." "He made that for me a lot when it was just the two of us." "Okay, do you want to go there again tomorrow?" "If you're curious about it, maybe you should ask?" "Hm..." "I don't need to." "How about asking your sisters, then?" "It's a little hard to talk to them about our dad." "So it's already over here?" "They would just be starting to bloom in Yamagata." "Right after Dad found out he was sick, he told me he might not be able to see the sakura bloom." "But he hung on as long as he could and he saw it from the hospital." "Did he?" "Asano." "Do you have some time?" "I do." "Where are we going?" " The "tunnel"." " The tunnel?" "Yup!" "Want me to get off?" "I can do this!" "Ah!" "The tunnel!" "See?" "There are so many blooming!" "This is awesome!" "We've got it pretty easy this year with Suzu around." "You didn't help even when she wasn't." "No kidding." "Aren't you lucky you got a little sister?" "Got one!" "There's a nice big one right there!" " This one?" " Yeah!" "Watch your footing!" "By your hand!" "Be careful!" "Look at this one!" "It's so big!" "These will be for Auntie, and these for the neighbor." "It's an okay haul." " This many?" " Yeah." "When Grandma was still around, we got a lot more." "We'd get so many that we'd start giving them out to people." "But the tree is getting pretty old." "Grandpa planted it when Mom was born, so it's... 55." "55 years old?" "Yoshino, go answer it." "Chika." "Hello!" "You've got Kouda!" "Oh, Auntie?" "Hello!" "I'm good!" "Hold on a moment." "Shachi." "It's Auntie." "Hello?" "What?" "Mom is?" "What for?" "Well, it is her real mom's memorial." "I've got a bad feeling about this." "Could it just be in your head?" "She didn't come to the first or second memorial, though." "She complained it was too far and would cost too much." "Where is she right now?" "In Sapporo." "How many years has it been?" "14 years, I guess?" "I was still in high school." "Maybe she just needed time." " Time?" " Yeah..." "She's your mother, after all." "My mother, huh..." "That relationship can't be broken as easily as marriage." "Marriage isn't that easy to get out of, either." "Sorry." "What should we do for food?" "We've got nothing started..." "want to get something?" "Oh, Auntie called again." "She said Mom will sleep there." "Oh?" "She could just stay here." "It's her house, after all." "She's probably just feeling too guilty." "It was all a long time ago, though." "I remember it like it was yesterday." "Is it okay for me to be there tomorrow?" "Because of... you know..." "No, Suzu!" "This isn't your fault!" "She's just too ashamed of herself to see us." "Don't let it bother you." "Go have your bath." "Okay." "Go for it." "I'll go first, then." "Shachi... you'll keep it from turning into a scene, right?" "What do you mean by that?" "Things were pretty rough with how pissed off you were." "At Grandma's funeral, I mean." "I wasn't really pissed off..." "Don't act like a kid." "I don't need to hear that from you." "I wonder how she feels about Suzu." "It doesn't matter what she thinks." "That's what I thought you'd say." "6-year memorial service for the Kouda family" "Thank you very much." "They're taking a while." "Well, Auntie is with her so it should be fine." "And we're talking about our mom here." "She'd have been frantic about not having this or that." "Come on, Miyako-chan." "Hurry up." "You're always like this." "Don't rush me." "The person closest to the deceased really can't be late." " Mom?" " Mom!" "Come on, come on!" "It's been so long!" "Your shoes!" "Sorry we're late." "I wasn't sure where I put my necklace." "We thought that would be it." "You changed your hair, Chika." "And yours is a nice color, Yoshino." "Maybe I'll try dyeing mine." "Thanks for coming today." "I'm sorry for not talking to you at all for so long." "Mom, this is Suzu." "It's nice to meet you." "I'm Asano Suzu." "So you're..." "I see." "Nice to meet you." "I'm their mother." "Do you remember me?" "We met once last year." "Yes, you're their Great Aunt." "Are you comfortable here now?" "Have you been eating?" "Are you all getting along?" "We don't need to talk about that right now." "This is important, you know." "Was your mother good to you?" " Auntie." " My mother was very kind." " Are you lonely now?" " No." "I feel like the newest girl in a dorm." "You've got a way with words!" "I'm very sorry." "I must have put you in a difficult position." "Not at all." "Well, I was in one." "Are you all getting along?" "Yes." "Sachi is a bit imposing, isn't she?" "She is "together" enough for the both of us." "She's very kind to me." "You must be close, then." "My, my... it's finally over." " You must be tired." " We got through it." "Well done." "Oh, eat these before" "Thanks." "Where did the other one go?" "Oh, Suzu-chan!" "Here, take it." "Eat it before it melts." " Thank you." " Eat up." "Memorials sure take it out of you..." "You say that, but you drank quite a lot." "I don't think I could be there if I wasn't drinking." "Yoshino!" "There were so many people there." "Yeah, she was a teacher after all." "Her students would even visit sometimes." "She was very helpful to people." "We were kept pretty busy today." "This will be perfect since you're here as well." "This house has been on my mind and I thought it might be time to get rid of it." "Get rid of it?" "Do you mean sell it?" "Well, taking care of the yard must be hard work." "And they will all eventually marry." "A condo would be easier to manage" "Don't make decisions for us." "You don't even have the right to decide what to do with this house." "And you..." "You've never once done the gardening here." "And "easier"?" "What would you know after taking off?" "Why are you getting so worked up?" "I was only thinking "what if"." "Okay, let's drop it then." "Why do you always have to talk like that?" "I know what I did was wrong." "But if the cause matters, then it was your dad's having found another woman." "Both of you should let this go." "It's always someone else's fault with you, isn't it?" ""We can't break up because we have the girls."" ""I can't take you with me because Grandma said not to."" "What can I say at this point?" "That's the truth." "You're old enough to know better than to say that." "Okay, both of you, that's the end right there." "Sacchan, you've said too much." "Like it or not, she is your mother." "Miyako-chan." "You are partly at fault for his having found someone else, too." " But" " There are no buts here!" "We're done with this conversation now!" "Thank goodness she's dead..." "This is just pathetic." "Things ended up just as you thought." "Yeah... they've never really gotten along." "Mom went and dropped a bomb like that, too." "A condo sounds kind of nice, though." "Living on my own sounds good." "Go for it." "If you want to leave, leave." "I won't stop you." "It's not like we were all going to live here together forever." "Would we be happy if we did?" "Now even you're talking like Mom." "Do you hate it here?" "That's not what I'm saying." "But Chika and Suzu will leave eventually." "You will, too." "I have a responsibility." "I'll watch over this place." "Nobody asked that of you." "Girls, stop." "So why are you so worked up?" "Do you want to show her how well-adjusted you are?" "You're just being stubborn." "Stubborn?" "What?" "Exactly when was I stubborn?" "You've taken custody of Suzu, and act as if that were somehow ironic." "You might not see a problem with that, but don't you feel bad for Suzu?" "When she has to go through days like today?" "I'm hungry." "Let's make some food, okay?" "Knock knock." "Yes?" "I'm about to start making dinner." "Can you help?" "Sure." "Hey, there's sukiyaki." "And shabu-shabu!" "I'm not looking at it!" "Man, there aren't any scallops." "How about we go with clams?" "Those are pricey." "I hope she doesn't have regrets." "About what?" "I mean Suzu and her coming here." "She probably doesn't." "But she does have a lot on her shoulders." "Just like Shachi." "Even though she's the youngest." "At least she's not like you." "Huh?" "What does that mean?" "That'll be enough onions." "Okay." "This is... the first and last recipe Mom ever taught me." "The reason it uses seafood is because you don't have to cook it like you do with meat." "Perfect for her because she hates cooking." "I'm sorry." "About my mom." "It's not a problem!" "It had nothing to do with you." "Falling in love with someone who already has a wife makes my mom a bad person, right?" "Sorry." "We must have hurt you." "But, you know..." "That was something nobody could help." "It's nobody's fault." "We're back!" "There weren't any scallops, so we got clams." "We got some Kamakura Puffs, too!" "Mostly chocolate, though." "What's going on?" "Are you not feeling well?" "No, nothing like that." "I work a night shift tonight, so I don't need to leave yet." "What about you?" "Things didn't go well yesterday, so I didn't get a chance to give you these." "This one is yours." "This is for Yoshino." "And Chika." "Also, this one..." "For Suzu-chan." "Want to come in?" "I've got a flight to catch." "And I still want to visit the grave." "Oh." "Bye for now." "Take care of yourself." "Okay." "Wait!" "I'll come with you." "Auntie got really furious with me." "She says the house belongs to you 3 now." "I can't wrap my head around it." "That place was suffocating to me, but somehow it became so important to all of you." "Why did you suddenly say you wanted to sell it?" "It doesn't matter anymore." "Just pretend I never brought it up." "For all this time I've spent without visiting," "I am very sorry." "And for not being a good daughter." "Looks like the rain stopped." "It's been a while since I've felt the rainy season." "You don't have a rainy season in Hokkaido?" "No." "Oh, right, I heard you still make the umeshu?" "Auntie is proud of you." "Making it every year was always hard work but being done with it for the year always made me feel like summer was coming." "Would you like to take some with you?" "Wait for me at the station." "I'll be there soon." "It's slippery there!" "Be careful!" "I'll be fine!" "Thanks for waiting." "Here you go." "This is from this year, and that is Grandma's." " You still had some?" " Yeah." "That's the last one." "It has a nice color." "It sure takes me back." "I'll treasure it." " Well then." " How about visiting sometimes?" "I'm sure Yoshino and Chika want to talk with you more." "Yeah." "I'd like you to visit my place next time." "Okay." "Bye." "This is big..." " Food is ready!" " Okay!" "How is it?" "It's great!" "I think cheese might add something to it." "Yeah, it might!" "I'll try it next time." "It's not all that popular with the others but sometimes I want to eat it." "I was a little too young to remember Mom's seafood dish." "So our curry dish is a chikuwa dish from Grandma." "So this is Grandma's recipe." "Chika-chan." "I lied to you." "About what?" "The sardine dish." "Dad used to make it for me all the time when we lived in Sendai." "Did he?" "So that's Dad's recipe, then." "Yeah." "I don't really remember him, either." "I could barely remember him from the photos you brought." "You probably have way more memories with him." "Good things and bad things, too!" "Tell me about him sometime." "Sure." "He loved to fish." "Fishing?" "Really?" "Yeah." "He spent a lot of time at the river on weekends." "He dragged me with him so many times." "To keep the business, you'll have to pay your brother 12 million yen." "Your assets in combination with your term deposit is 6 million." "So if we loan you the other 6 million" "I'm very sorry!" "We will actually be closing the store this month." "I haven't been doing well lately." "To be honest," "I just really didn't think it would be this soon." "Would this mean you plan to focus on your treatment?" "No." "I won't be undergoing treatment." "The municipal hospital is about to finish a new terminal care ward." "I'm set to be admitted there." "Even if we don't have the store, we can still sell the fried mackerel from home." "I doubt your brother will ask for the rights to the recipe." "God really pisses me off." "You have to wonder why it happened to her of all people." "Well then." "We need a new angle." "I was thinking we could advise her to finish her will." "Her will?" "That brother of hers isn't likely to help with the funeral costs." "Then a notarized will would be best, right?" "Yeah." "If we do that, then the inheritance from the mother can be preserved the way she'd intended." "Let's do that!" "If God won't give her the time of day, then we have to do it." "Saeki-san was stable just yesterday." "It's hard to believe she would die so suddenly." "The health of terminal patients is always a bit on the iffy side." "Thanks for all your help, Sachi." "I was a bit surprised." "Arai has quite a way of cleaning bodies." " Arai-san?" " Yeah." "She treated her like she was still alive." ""You've done very well."" ""You must have been hurting here..." "I'll be gentle, okay?"" "She was mindful of her every step of the way." "I didn't notice that." "Tanabe, from my department, is the same." "He is generally pretty useless, but the patients trust him the most." "They open right up to him." "I think that I focus too much on the worst parts of people." "Sacchan, you're hard on yourself as well, though." "It's a good thing." "I was always the class president, after all." "Kazuya-san, you bite your chopsticks?" "The tips are all messed up." "My mom was always on my case about it when I was a kid." "I found some nice ones at the store recently." " Did you buy them for me?" " No." "You could have just done it." "Buying chopsticks would make a woman start to think." "Would it?" "Really?" "It's about time for me to head home." "I'm on day shift tomorrow." "Sacchan." "I'm thinking about going to America." "The doctor I practiced under during my residency is in Boston." "I want to go and study the latest techniques in treating pediatric cancer." "Will you come with me?" "But you're..." "I'll leave my wife." "Oh, sorry..." "I shouldn't suddenly bring that up." "But..." "I've been thinking about it for a long time." "This just won't do." " Aren't you going to drink?" " Once I'm done with this." "It's pretty unusual for you to choose work over booze." " Welcome home!" " Thanks." "Welcome home." "Pears!" "It's a guy." "She brought home a bunch of apples last time." "And a broken heart." "She did!" "I wonder what type he is." "I wonder what kind of person he is." "What would you even know about it?" "Not being able to divorce because his wife got sick is just an excuse." "How can he help feeling like he can't let her go?" "But that's exactly what is happening between you two." "Exactly what part of him is "nice"?" "He's the same as Dad." "Weak and pathetic." "Standing face to face with someone with heart problems is really hard to do." "Don't act like you know what it's like if you've never done it." "Don't stay up too late just because it's summer." "Okay." " Yocchan, where are you going?" " Anywhere is fine." "Wait!" "What?" "I think I hurt Shachi." "Why's that?" "I said in such a black-and-white way that it's bad to fall for someone who has a wife." " She'll be fine." " I want us all to talk!" "About Shachi." "Okay, let's do it." "What a pain..." "Chika!" " On it!" "Umeshu!" "On the rocks!" "I'll do it!" "Knock knock." "What?" "Can I talk to you?" "About your work?" "Okay." "Shachi, you're... working around a lot of people who are about to die, right?" "I was wondering about that." "It isn't work you could do if every single one that dies affects you, right?" "Right." "But keeping the work at work makes things a bit different." "I guess so." "That's good to hear." "It isn't something you just get used to, either." "I don't think it's okay to just "get used to" patients dying." "I'll make a note of that." "This is nice." "You can have it." "Isn't this a "dress to the nines" outfit?" "I can come out ahead without having to rely on my outfits." "Okay, then!" "Shachi, listen." "We'll all be fine." "Chika and I can handle taking care of Suzu." "Things are different than they were before." "Yeah." "Thank you." "At this rate, you'll end up a mom before you're a wife." "That's true." "I'll watch out." "Please do." "Your "daughters" can help out." "You should say things like that when you're sober." "There's no way I could talk like this without my liquid courage." "Nothing." "Suzu, there are fireworks tonight." " Yeah." " Wait here for a bit." " A yukata!" " Yep." "This look really does suit Suzu." "Right?" "Just like I said!" " It's even the right size." " Yeah." " Is this yours?" " Yeah." "It's yours now, Suzu." " You don't mind?" " Of course not!" "Make sure to let Fuuta see it!" "Fuuta?" "Who's that?" "Is he cool?" "Cool...?" "Hmm... he seems like an honest kid." " Honesty is the most important!" " Is it?" "My uniform will be fine..." "I'll save this for another time." "This is Grandma's!" "This is history!" "What are you doing?" "It smells like Grandma." "Does it?" "Let me, let me, let me!" "It doesn't at all!" "Sorry." "I can't go with you." "I thought you'd say that." "It's my fault for never committing to this." "That goes for both of us." "It's not any one person's fault." "I'm thinking about staying in terminal care." "Are you now?" "Apparently Dad thought he couldn't face us after all that." "And that's why he took to raising Suzu on his own." "I might have been able to do something for him." "With Dad, and everything else," "a lot has happened to Suzu already." "She's had her childhood taken from her." "Wouldn't that be true for you, too?" "Yours was taken as well?" "By the adults around you?" "Maybe." "Take your time getting it back." "I couldn't do it for you." "That's that." "Yeah." "Thanks for the food!" "I guess that's the last time we'll have her fried mackerel." "I'm sorry." "But we're here until the end of the month!" "Okay!" " We'll come again!" " Suzu-chan!" "It'll be more things to carry, but take this." "It's roasted mackerel." "Yocchan's favorite!" "Give her my thanks for everything." "Okay." "I'll let her know." "I'm a little envious of your mom and dad." "What for?" "That's because they got to leave a treasure like you behind." "I'm no treasure." "No good." "You'll bring yourself bad karma saying things like that." " Well... go have some fun." " I will." "Fireworks reflected off the ocean are really pretty." "See you later!" " Thanks for the food!" " Take care, now!" "Bye!" " Be careful, Suzu!" " I'm a gentleman!" "Be careful!" "Be careful!" "It's rocking a lot!" "Watch out!" "Awesome!" "Don't they seem really close from here?" "Wooow!" "It sucks having to see it from work, though..." "Doesn't it?" "We could watch them with our boyfriends if it weren't for overtime." "No kidding." " Good work." " Good work!" "Wow, that's cute!" "A heart?" "Was that a heart?" " That looked like a heart!" " It's so sparkly!" "Do you want to go to the mountains again?" "Nah." "I've had enough." "How about we go carp fishing some time?" "You do it like this... sha!" "[onomatopoeic]" "Do you?" "Is this right?" "When your bobber moves, you give it a quick "sha"." "Does it have to be forceful like that?" "It's just... "sha"!" " Gently?" " Right, gently." "I'm not sure if I can stay here." "What do you mean by that?" "That's something that is always on my mind." "Even when I was in Sendai and Yamagata." "People get hurt when I'm around." "That is something I struggle with sometimes." "I'm the youngest of 3 brothers." "My parents always wanted a daughter, but they got another son." "They were both disappointed." "So I'm the only one not in many pictures." "Is this not the kind of thing you meant?" "Yeah, you've got it." " See you later!" " Sure." "Asano." "That yukata looks really good on you." "Good night." " See you tomorrow." " Okay." " I'm back!" " Welcome home!" "Welcome back!" "How did it go?" "Did the boys like the yukata?" " Not really." " She's embarrassed!" "Actually, why are you all wearing one?" "I thought we'd light some fireworks." "This was our grandma's." "Right." "It's a little old-fashioned, though." "It's perfect on you." "Let's light some fireworks." "The 4 of us." "Yeah, let's do it!" "Dango fireworks!" "Watch out!" "Mine's out..." "This is pretty." "Hey!" "What if someone saw you?" "Shachi, do you want sweet or sour?" "Sour!" "Sour." "Dark?" "Light?" "Dark!" " It turned out well for your first time." " Yeah!" "Want to try it?" "Yeah!" " Here you go." " Thanks." "It's so sour!" "You're a kid after all." "Compared to you!" "You little brat." "This one has your "Su" on it." " Stab stab stab!" " Ow, ow!" "And this has your "Chi"." " Nah, that's got to be Chika's "Chi"." " Nooope!" "Stab!" "Shachi, 3 years old." "Chika-chan, 3 years old." "Yocchan, 3 years old." "Yocchan, 5 years old." " Shachi... 6 years old." " Yeah." "Ah!" "9 years old." "Chika-chan at 11." "Chika at 12." "And Chika at 13." "Yocchan at 14." "Shachi at 15!" "Yeah." "I guess you're a little bit shorter." "Hey!" "No cheating!" "Done." "Suzu at 15 years old." " Are you okay?" " Yeah." "I'm not sure it was this high up, though." "Maybe this isn't the right path." "What if we can't even get home?" "This is it here." "Whoa!" "It's true." "It does look similar." "Yeah." "I came here a lot with Dad when I was young." "And on my own ever since he left." "Give it a try, Suzu." "I'll pass." "Go ahead!" "Dad, you're a fool!" "Mom, you're a fool!" "I wanted" "to spend more time with her." "You can talk about her if you like." "Okay." "You can stay here, too, Suzu." "As long as you like." "Okay." "I want to stay here forever." "Head straight back, now." " See you later." " Yeah, see you tomorrow." " Suzu, are you alright?" " Yeah." "Bye." "The funeral went well." "She had a good life." "I think that having you in her life helped her feel just a little bit better." "She looked wonderful in her photo." "Sure did." "Yeah." "She was beautiful." "Did you take that photo, Fukuda-san?" "Yeah." "That was from our last date." "Were the sakura in the photo the ones over there?" "Yeah." "She talked about them a lot in the hospital." "About how beautiful they were at that time." "She was happy that she could still think of something as beautiful while knowing she was dying." "So she said, anyway." "Suzu-chan." "If you want to talk about your dad, come talk to me." "Okay." "I will." "Good." "Dad said the same things." "About the sakura before he died." "He said he was happy he could appreciate beauty one last time." "He led a good life, too." "I wonder what our last memories will be." "I must be a guy... it would be booze." "That sounds like you!" "What about you, Shachi?" "I wonder." "Our veranda, I suppose." ""Now it'll be even longer before I get married."" "Don't leave me out!" "Ask me!" "I don't know, you're a bit of an oddball." " That's mean." " A bit." "What about you, Suzu?" "I can think of a lot." "I've got so many." "Even though you're still a kid." "Compared to all of you!" "There you go again." "We'll all be pretty old given another 50 years, you know." "That sounds good, actually!" "Dad was not really a good man," "but he must have been a kind one." "What makes you say that?" "Well..." "He left behind a sister like her for us." "Oh." "I guess he was." "He must have been." "Hm?" "What?" "Did you say something?" "Nothing, really." " Watch your step, Chika-chan." " I know." "I got wet!"