01x10 - Episode 10

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When you know how much I'm suffering!

How can you tell me to keep fighting?
That's such a cruel thing to say.

Here. Touch this.

Is it mine?

I'm sorry, but I read it.

This isn't fair.
This is such a cheap move.

Instead of crying, wouldn't it be better
to focus on actual goals?

Let's stay strong. I know I can't make
this fight any easier for you,

but I can visit. I can listen.
I can cheer you up when you're down.

Someone who's willing to give her hair
to others despite the pain she's in

deserves my support.

Okay? So let's fight.

Even though I know Fuyutsuki
can't see me, I'm going to smile.

Is it going to be all right?

It will. It will.

It will!

I wonder if I'll be able to keep going.

You said... You said I'm allowed
to draw a firework too, right?

Of course!

Then promise me something.

I'll fold the paper when I'm done.
Promise me you won't open it and look.

All right.

Do you have colored pencils?
I want a pink one.

Sure do.

Please look the other way.

You got it.

Are you really facing the other way?

I am. Need any help?

I can handle this by myself.

I'm finished.

Seriously, please do not look, okay?

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It's been a while
since we've gone as a group.

Let's go visit Koharu-chan
when kids time is over.

Yeah.

You doing okay?

Kind of.

Kind of what?

Kind of good or kind of bad?

Those two customers were about to go
at it, so I stepped in to break it up.

And then they really took a liking to me.

They were like, "Once you graduate,
you're coming to work for my company."

You're just good at dealing
with drunks, that's all.

You shoulda seen my boss,
crying tears of joy!

"Narumi-kun, you're our
very own hero," he said.

Yeah, right.

Very impressive.

I-I guess we should get going.

Yeah. Let's head back.

Mm-hmm.

Fuyutsuki, I'll visit again soon.

Okay.

Oops!

Hey. Hayase, you're melting everywhere.

It's not like I can keep it from dripping.

Well don't look at me.
Oh, there it goes again!

Stop laughing at me. Oh!

Aw...

Stop, it hurts.

Why'd we all get ice pops anyway?

Hey, it was your idea in the first place.

It's still kinda early,
but wanna get burgers for dinner?

There's a place in Tsukishima.

Sounds good.

Aw...

Well then, what do you want, Hayase?

Hmm. There's a ramen place
I've been wondering about.

It's near Monzen-Nakacho Station,
under the freeway overpass.

My senpai told me it's really good,
but I didn't want to go alone.

So why not go with your senpai?

I think I'd feel kinda out of place.

But you don't with us?

I guess not.

Cool, then let's grab
the train in Tsukishima.

I guess we should stop
going to see Fuyutsuki together.

I guess so.

I can't blame them for saying that.

Fuyutsuki looked so ill sitting there,
we didn't last five minutes with her.

We couldn't stand to
see her in so much pain.

Once summer vacation starts,
I've got navigation training, you know.

I won't be back at the dorm
until the end of August.

You won't?

You didn't hear?

In my department, we have to sail all
the way around Japan on a training ship.

You can get me some
Genghis Khan Caramels as a souvenir.

We ain't going on vacation, you know.

So should we take turns
visiting Koharu-chan, then?

I'll handle it.

By yourself?

Yeah.

You don't need me to go?

Yeah. Actually, I'd rather go alone.

All right.

I'll work on the fireworks
planning instead.

I wonder if the fireworks will
help jog Koharu-chan's memory.

There's no way to know until we try.

I guess not.

We've always known
that it's a real long shot.

But if we get to show Fuyutsuki and the
kids some fireworks, it's still worth it.

One extra-heavy ramen and fried rice.

One normal ramen, please.

One ramen.

Uh, sorry, but can you
go light on the fat?

You got it.

You've got quite the appetite, young man.

Yeah, I'm still growin' so I gotta eat up.

Doesn't extra heavy mean it's super
greasy? How can you eat that?

And you went for less fat, Sorano?
How old are you anyway?

Where I'm from, we don't like to
drown everything in pork fat.

- Huh. You don't say.

- Huh. You don't say.

Here ya go.

You gonna go back to visit
during summer break?

No, I don't have any plans to go home.

Speaking of which,
where were you from, Hayase?

Me?

I still live at home.

Huh? Your actual home is
in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa?

Your family's gotta be loaded
if you got a home in Tokyo.

Why don't we allow the loaded lady
to pick up the bill?

No way! My dad is just
your average sala-ry-man.

Why'd you say "salaryman"
with such a funny rhythm?

How are you today?

Today has been easy.
The side effects aren't that bad.

Glad to hear it.

Her complexion does look
a little better than usual.

All the kids just call Narumi "bro"
but they still call me "big brother."

Oh, of course.

You do seem more like the...
responsible... big brother type.

Do I really? I still wish the kids would
be more laid back with me, though.

Sorano-san?

I was starting to wonder
if you had gone somewhere.

I'm right here.

When you get all quiet, I start to worry
that you're going to play a trick on me.

What kind of person do you take me for?

One that's stubborn,
and doesn't know when to quit.

What?

It seems like the drugs have been working
because the tumor has shrunk a little.

R-Really?

That's great!

Yes, it is.

You've been fighting so hard.

I'm sorry, could you get me a tissue?

One sec.

Here.

Thank you very much.

Yeah. You can try to act strong,
but I'm sure it's still terrifying.

These potted flowers
have a really nice fragrance.

They smell kind of sweet.

They're called crinums.

I wonder if my mother brought them.
They're my favorite flower.

Huh.

There it is again! "Huh"!

What?

Seems to be a habit of yours.

Is it though?

Sure it is! You say it all the time.

Huh.

Ah!

Wow, you're right.

When I went to visit Fuyutsuki the next
day, the room was completely empty.

Fuyutsuki.

Fuyutsuki, Fuyutsuki!

Where did you go?

Fuyutsuki! What are you doing here?

Is that Sorano-san?

Come on, who else would it be?

Where are you going all by yourself?

It's all right.

I've been in bed so long that
my muscles are getting weak.

I need to get up and walk
sometimes if I want to beat this.

Did the doctor say it was okay?

You really shouldn't be pushing yourself.

Yes, but...

but I want to be able to walk
when we do the fireworks.

I've decided to keep fighting until then.
You should be cheering me on!

This must be so hard for her, but she's
still walking around with a smile.

I'll give you a hand on the way back.

Okay. May I hold on to your left arm?

I won't let it beat me.

We took a lap around the floor,
and Fuyutsuki got back into bed.

The day after that, Fuyutsuki's
condition suddenly worsened,

and for a whole week,
I wasn't able to visit her at all.

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I wonder where on the ocean
Narumi is right now.

I wonder if it's cooler out at sea
than it is in this room.

It's too hot!

I don't want to go home, and I don't
have anyone to hang out with.

I'm out of money anyway.

I worry about how Fuyutsuki's doing.

But she can't have any visitors.
I've really got nothing to do.

- Today

- I have nothing to do and am
bored out of my mind.

- I have nothing to do and am bored out of my mind
What are you up to, Hayase?

- What are you up to, Hayase?

- I have nothing to do and am bored out of my mind
What are you up to, Hayase?

- I'm on my way to the fireworks factory!

- Can I go with you?

- Can I go with you?

- Of course!

- Let's go together!

We lay the shells out like that
in the sun so they can dry.

Wow, there are so many!

Our craftsmen make them one at a time.

They're full of gunpowder.

It must be a very skilled trade.

- Yes. There's a lot of danger involved.

- Hayase is a monster conversationalist.

- I'll take you to see
our craftsmen at work.

Ooh!

What? Sorano-kun?

Oh, Kotomugi-senpai?

What are you doing here?

What a coincidence. I'm working today.

Actually, I could use an extra pair
of manly hands right about now.

Huh?

Sorano-kun.

Let's take them over there.

Oh, okay.

Senpai, let's take a break.

Right now they're wrapping the shells.

Wrapping them?

It's the final step in fireworks making.

They put the two half-spheres of
gunpowder-loaded shells together

to form one ball and then tape
them together with paper tape.

After that, they wrap them up
in a sticky kraft tape...

strip after strip, in a regular pattern.

Sounds like a lot of work.

Yeah, it's hard labor.

They wrap them all up,

roll them on a board to
push air out from the seams,

and let them dry in the sun.

When they're dry,
they wrap more kraft tape,

and keep doing that over and over.

They do that to equalize
the pressure so when they blow up,

they make a nice, round circle.

Huh.

Layers upon layers of wrapping give them
the energy they release when they explode.

I think that's why everyone
likes aerial fireworks so much.

How do you mean?

Everyone has something
they keep bottled up inside.

Fireworks are nice because they go
"bang!" and let everything out.

I think everyone imagines themselves
doing the same thing.

You guys wanna make some?

You'll let us make fireworks shells?

Well, that would be a little difficult,
but we can let you make sparklers.

Yeah, sparklers sure
are nice, aren't they?

They sure are.

Aerial fireworks are even nicer, though.

They sure are.

I hope I can do this
with Fuyutsuki someday.

Hello?

Got a minute to talk?
I haven't heard your voice in a while.

Sure.

How are things?

I'm getting by.

How's college?

Like I said, I'm getting by.
I'm trying not to miss any classes.

That's good.

Oh, how was the school festival?

I rowed in a cutter and ended up
with sore muscles.

Sounds like it was good exercise, then.

I think I've had my fill of it for now.

Might be the perfect way to get buff!

My roommate's buff enough
for the both of us.

That's great!
You should follow his lead, then.

I think I'm good.

It's always comforting
to hear Mom's voice.

So you aren't going to come home?

Yeah, don't have any plans to.

Sounds like there's a girlfriend involved.

Why would you say that?

Three months is more than enough
time to pick up a girlfriend or two.

Unlike home,
there are tons of girls in Tokyo.

Yeah, but that doesn't make it a harem!

Oh?

And I'm stuck in a dorm
so I'm surrounded by dudes.

It's more like a reverse harem.

Oh, come on. You're not a girl!

How about you? Are you and
your guy getting along?

We are.

That's good.

I don't want to interrupt when Mom has
just started a new life with someone.

Now isn't the time.

Listen, can I ask a difficult question?

What is it?

What would you do if he got sick
and was put in the hospital?

I'd probably go visit him every day.

Even if he was on the decline?

I'd hold his hand until he passed away.

You're pretty tough.

Raising a child will make anybody tough.

I wish there was an easy way
for me to toughen up, too.

There's no harm in being weak.

And if I do say so myself, you've
grown up to be a very gentle person.

Oh, cut it out.

You keep to yourself a lot...
Well, that's because you're still young.

I said, cut it out.

If you're just being there for someone,
it doesn't matter how tough you are.

Just stay by her side.
That's all you need to do.

Thanks.

I'll deposit a little something
in your account.

I wouldn't have been ashamed
to just tell her I was out of money.

Keep holding her hand
and stay by her side.