"In the novels that I write, nobody dies." "It's because my father is a murderer." "Six months ago, I started living under the same roof with five women." "They received invitations to come to my house from an unknown source." "For some reason, they pay me one million yen a month in rent." "I'm gradually learning who these women are." "But I still have no idea who sent the invitations, or what they want these women to do to me." "Thanks to these women, my life will change a lot." "HAPPY FAMILY ORPHANAGE" "It's right this way, Midori." "Here we go." "See!" "What do you think?" "What a big family you have now!" "Welcome home, Mother and Father!" "Welcome home!" "Thank you." "You have a new little sister." "Make friends with her." "Yes, ma'am!" "Yes, ma'am!" "Takeshi, show her around." "I'm Takeshi." "Nice to meet you." "EPISODE 4 CHOICES" "Midori?" "Can you close the door?" "Oh, okay." "Why are you in your underwear?" "Questions are against the rules." "Sorry." "I will ask you questions instead." "Answer either yes or no to all of them." "First question." "Do people become tougher if they have sex?" "I guess some people get tougher." "Yes or no." "Do people get tougher or not?" "No, they don't." "Do you want to become tougher?" "Questions are prohibited." "Next question." "Do you get horny seeing me in my underwear?" "Well..." "Do you or don't you?" "I do." "So... if you wanted to, would you have sex with me?" "Yes." "Do I seem childish?" "Yes." "You are in your teens, after all." "But you do get horny, right?" "Am I attractive as a woman?" "Yes, I think you're very attractive." "Even with clothes on?" "Yes, of course." "Last question." "When I turn 18..." "If I said I wanted to have sex with you... would you do it?" "Gladly." "I'm sorry." "What?" "I'm hungry." "I can whip up some udon or soba." "Then, I'll have some udon." "I'll go to the living room after I get dressed." "Okay." "Would you like pork or chicken?" "I'll have chicken." "How about an egg?" "Yes, please." "I'll make it now." "I didn't see you there!" "You're still up, Hitomi?" "I was reading." "You surprised me." "I was reading your book." "Thank you." "What?" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Why are you doing this?" "It hurts, Hitomi." "I like pork better." "Is she having her period?" "Your mood seems to have improved." "What?" "Something has been worrying you recently." "You could tell?" "Yes." "If you like to, you can talk to me about it." "Thank you." "Thank you for the meal." "Okay, I'll be going." "See you later." "Shin." "Yes?" "Goodbye." "See you later." "Bye." "You're up early, Hitomi." "Yes." "I'll make you some tea." "I don't want any." "By the way," "I made stir-fried pork for breakfast." "I can't eat pork for breakfast." "What?" "But it's good." "Here." "Have this." "What?" "WORKS WELL FOR MENSTRUAL CRAMPS AND HEADACHES" "You're such a jerk!" "Good morning." "What's up?" "It's only morning." "I'm not really sure." "Everyone's up early today." "I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep." "Michi." "Yes?" "Milk, please." "Sure thing." "Mr." "Michima." "Yes?" "How is your novel coming along?" "Good, thanks to you." "What do you mean by, "Thanks to you"?" "Well, after watching you ladies, I've been able to write a little more." "Are you making fun of us?" "Why would I do that?" "I'm serious." "I'm writing a lot now." "I think that it's thanks to all of you." "Since I've been living with these mysterious women..." "Whatever." "My life..." "Keep it up." "...hasn't been all bad." "I will." "DIE NOW, YOU MURDERER!" "But... now that my writing is going smoothly," "visiting day has come." "To be honest, I still have no idea... how I should feel when I see my father." "I can say one thing is for sure." "I always get depressed after seeing him." "Get your textbooks out." "TO SUZUMURA" "Okay, today is February 2, so seat number 22, please start reading..." "The other day, I went to Ms. Mizuguchi's home." "Oh, good." "She talked about the letters that you write to her." "Oh, okay." "And what did Ms. Mizuguchi say?" "She said not to send them anymore." "Okay." "I see." "I'll still continue to offer incense at his altar." "Okay." "Thanks." "Lately, Shin..." "I keep thinking about the same thing." "What's that?" "I've been sentenced to death." "I fully understand that." "Someday, my sentence will be carried out." "With my death, my sentence will be completed." "But, no matter how much I think about it, I can't figure it out." "How will I be killed?" "I don't know how to get my mind off that." "I just don't have a clue." "I had never thought about it." "How exactly will my father be killed?" "To be honest, I don't have a clue either." "MIZUGUCHI" "Suzumura!" "Did you read my letter?" "Yes." "Let me have your answer." "What?" "Where are you going?" "I can't." "I like someone else." "Who?" "Does it matter who?" "Then at least give me your number or LINE ID." "Why do I have to do that?" "Why not?" "It's not a big deal." "Normally, people share that stuff." ""Normally"?" "What's normal?" "What?" "Tell me what normal is." "It means everyone does it." "It's like common sense stuff." "That's different for each person." "Well, yes." "I guess that's true, but..." "Midori." "So, you got a boyfriend." "No, I don't." "He's just a classmate." "Really?" "Then go away." "Who are you?" "Fuck off, prick!" "It's all right." "Just go, Kitano." "But..." "He's a friend." "Sorry." "Okay." "Don't look at me like that." "Hey, Midori." "I'll disappear." "But you have to give me" "one hundred million." "A hundred million." "Thank you for always faithfully offering incense." "Don't worry about it." "What's wrong?" "You seem depressed." "Really?" "I'm fine." "I see." "That's good." "How are your books going?" "Are they selling a little?" "Not at all." "It would be nice if they sold." "What's wrong?" "You don't have to be that way for me." "I'm sorry." "So, when will the novel that you're writing be done?" "What?" "Well, you see, to be honest, I've never read one of your novels, and I'd never thought I wanted to read one, but..." "Oh, I'm sorry." "It's all right." "But you're visiting me regularly." "When I saw you offering incense there," "I kind of wanted to read your book." "Really?" "You would read my book?" "Yes." "When you write your next one, allow me to read it." "Yes." "Yes." "Thank you so much." "Welcome back." "Yuki." "What's the matter?" "I'm home." "Welcome back." "Okay." "What's up?" "What?" "You seem pretty motivated." "Yes." "There's finally someone... who wants to read my novel." "I know it sounds pretty silly, but I want to write for this person who's waiting for it." "Why did you say finally?" "What?" "It sounds like until now nobody's been waiting for it." "I think there are other people... who are waiting for your book, Shin." "YOU CAN NEVER ERASE THE TRUTH!" "One hundred million yen?" "Yes." "A boy named Takeshi Kanda... from the same orphanage, has been harassing me." "The same orphanage?" "Yes." "I see." "But there's no way you can pay him 100 million yen, right?" "I can." "I was abandoned by my parents... when I was three." "The orphanage was run by a married couple." "The children were forced to call them Mother and Father." "All the children who lived together there had to treat each other like siblings." "I was raised according to these crazy rules." "Thank you for the meal." " It was an abnormal family that lived with a strange system." "I couldn't stand living there at all." "I never once felt like I fit in at the orphanage." "But I was a child, so there was nothing I could do." "All I could do was work at part-time jobs every day to save money to get out of there." "Then one day, I just happened to buy a lottery ticket." "And..." "I won one billion yen." "So, that's what happened." "But I'm a minor, so I was told that I needed a guarantor in order to receive the prize money." "So, you asked that man?" "There was nobody else I could ask." "To thank him and to keep his mouth shut, I paid him ten million yen." "That was supposed to be the end of it." "But after that, he kept coming back to ask me for money." "Every time, he said it was the last." "Midori." "Even if you pay him 100 million yen, he'll continue to ask money from you." "What should I do?" "I was such an idiot to trust in him." "Let's get rid of him." "Get rid of him?" "It's quite easy." "No matter what needs to be done, there are pros who specialize in it." "Pros?" "But I don't know any..." "I'll ask one." "Leave it to me." "Are you a pro at this kind of thing?" "Well..." "I'm not so sure." "Midori, did you do as I told you?" "Yes." "I told him to meet me there." "But..." "How will you eliminate him?" "Just sit still and watch." "Midori." "Yes?" "Toughen up." "That bitch." "Where the fuck is she?" "Minami, we're almost there." "Is that him?" "Yes." "Sunako." "Run him over." "Yes, ma'am." "What?" "THIS DRAMA IS FICTIONAL." "ALL CHARACTERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN IT ARE FICTITIOUS." "NEXT EPISODE" "What dreams have you been having for a whole year?" "You've almost finished your new novel?" "You'll do exactly as I please." "I know... who sent the invitations." "Subtitle translation by Brian Athey"