01x09 - It's Hard, but Not Impossible

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I even braided his hair once.

He just lets her do whatever she wants?

Look at you!

Miyamura is so cute!

His hair is tied up.

Just keep this hairstyle.

Did Hori tie it for you?

It's so adorable.

You're so lucky to have such a small face.

The bell rang.

See you tomorrow.

-That hurts!
-Hori, it's not Miyamura's fault!

Quick. Let's go home now.

Wait…

Hey, my bag…

Are you mad?

Is it because of those girls earlier?

Don't you hate it?

They used to treat you
as if you didn't exist,

and then you cut your hair!

They're fawning over you every day
and touching you in front of me!

It's not that.

Is that so?

Miyamura?

Miyamura, it's you.

You'd better not get involved with him.

He's so gloomy.

I didn't even notice.

I can't believe
you recognized him, Tanihara.

You're too mean.

So what's up? How are you doing?

Oh, you've grown taller,

and look at those piercings.

Looks like
you're doing well too, Tanihara.

It annoys me when I hear you say my name.

Is being in high school
going to your head?

Are you an idiot?

That's right.

How could you let
a weak girl carry your bag?

Stop that, Tanihara.

She might be his girlfriend.

What a good catch.

You're so lucky, Miyamura.

Hey, answer me.

Are you guys done?

Let me ask you.

Are you Miyamura's girlfriend?

Do you know
what he was like in junior high?

He was extremely gloomy.

He was always by himself.

-How pitiful--
-Hey.

I'm asking if you guys are done talking.

Did you not hear me?

-What?
-What?

Get out of here,

you high school fools.

It's nothing.

I was basically in a bad mood.

That's why…

I was pretty vexed with them.

There's no helping it.

They were saying bad things about you.

All right. Fries and a coke.

What happened to you, Tanihara?

Did you start learning martial arts?

I bumped into Miyamura just now.

Miyamura?

You've always liked to provoke him.

Just like in junior high.

RABBIT

Whatever.

Miyamura's…

Who's that?

I guess it's his girlfriend.

Do you know her?

Miyamura's…

You mean Hori?

So she's called Hori.

It's better to stop messing
with him like you used to.

Don't take his defenses lightly now.

Is she a summoned beast or something?

He says he hates him,
but he still goes up to him.

He just can't ignore him.

Does it still hurt?

What?

Nothing.

Thank you, Hori.

What's that? Just tell me directly.

Someone who would get mad
on my behalf is by my side now.

She's by my side.

A slap…

A slap will do too.

I don't want to.

But why?

Come on, do it like before.

Act violently again.

I said no.

Come on, please.

One more time.

That's not the face
of someone asking for v*olence.

She is literally begging you, Miyamura.

Shindo, where did you come from?

Over there.

I was looking from afar,

but you were so cold to Hori
that I couldn't take it anymore.

Do you call yourself a man?

You were watching?

Stop meddling
if you don't know the whole story.

Well,
I bet it's something perverted, right?

It's not about that at all.

What is this?

So Miyamura doesn't like me anymore?

No. It's not like that.

I feel sorry for Hori.

Shut your mouth!

If you don't mind,
I'm willing to lend you an ear.

I'll do anything.

You can rely on me.

Okay.

But it's meaningless to ask you.

So it is something perverted!

I wish I could
open up your brain and take a look inside!

Anyhow, we're going home now.

Let's go, Hori.

Hori?

Be more aggressive.

Seriously…

Move along, Kyoko!

That's it, Shindo!

It's not perverted, okay?

Miyamura,
I want to go to the convenience store.

Let's go then! Darn it!

What just happened?

Tanihara.

I'm thirsty too.

Buy me one.

Buy it yourself.

What happened? You're in a foul mood.

You guys are annoying.

Don't gather
in front of the convenience store.

Darn it. What did you say?

The summoned beast!

I dare you to say it again.

-Who do you think you're talking to?
-Who do you think you're talking to?

What has gotten into both of you?

It's nothing. We're only picking up trash.

We're actually a recycling group.

Is that so?

Thank you for your hard work.

That was close.

We nearly got ourselves into deep trouble.

What?

Isn't that Miyamura?

Darn it.

When I see him next time…

-WALK FASTER, STUPID.
-I'M SORRY.

-We can't even disobey Miyamura anymore.
-We can't even disobey Miyamura anymore.

-That's so scary.
-That's so scary.

What exactly did you both go through?

What kind of role play is this actually?

Is this girl okay?

Hey, Hori…

Yes?

It doesn't matter anymore.

I'll just accept it.

Miyamura's personality changed.

-Maybe it's from his high school debut.
-What do you mean debut?

He couldn't raise his hand to a girl,

let alone fight back to whatever we did.

I'm going home.

What? That's early.

Darn it.

I'm back.

I'm going out.

What?

Come back before dinner time.

You're still here, Kyosuke.

I'm afraid to say it,
but this is my house too.

Mr. Kyosuke,

there's something
I'd like to talk to you about.

Sure, leave it to me.

What? That's suspicious.

Shut it.

This is between men.

So what is it?

Why do we have to be in the bathroom?

Actually,

it's about Hori.

What is it?
You are getting a second child?

What about the first child?

That's not it.

Whenever I get angry,

Hori likes it.

What?

What is that?

Right?

Maybe she likes
that contrast in your personality.

Contrast?

Like how you dress up formally for work?

Yes, kind of like that. Sadly.

All right, just think
as if you're keeping a demon as a pet.

You're right.

That's enough. Come out now.

I can't prepare the bathwater.

Kyoko,

have a seat.

I don't want to.

But Miyamura is deeply troubled now.

You're so annoying.

Miyamura is desperate
to meet your expectations.

What's this all of a sudden?

You are in no place to say that.

If you have time for nonsense,
why don't you help with the chores?

That's a good point.

Hey, my ear!

I made curry the other day.

So what?

You just microwaved the curry.

You said it was good!

Of course. It was store-bought!

Sota even had seconds.

What's with this comfortable temperature?

Miyamura's body is all wet!

-Take it off!
-Wait!

Not in front of me, idiot!

On my way home yesterday,
I went to a karaoke place with Shu.

English songs?

No way. They are too difficult!

He only knows how to sing
traditional and rap songs.

He listens to all kinds of music, right?

He listens to western songs too.

Mizouchi!

He just ignored me.

It's probably because of me.

I heard that

he likes Hori.

Just how popular is she?

-But I can say now
-But I can say now

-that you can't like her half-heartedly.
-that you can't like her half-heartedly.

Oh, right. Where's Hori?

Is she in the student council room?

Wait, where's my phone?

Did you drop it while changing classrooms?

I'll go look for it.

SCIENCE LAB

Did you forget something too, Mizouchi?

Did you see a phone somewhere?

No.

Is that so?

How would it be in there?

But no other class
has used this classroom after us.

It should be somewhere in this classroom.

What's your number?

I'll give it a call.

Oh, …

Found it.

It was in your back pocket!

Thank you.

You helped me a great deal.

The screen turned dark.

Don't break it right after finding it!

How does someone like you…

It's nothing.

Mizouchi.

Are you able to…

hit Hori?

Hit…

You mean during a fight?

Well, I guess so.

I couldn't do that to Hori.

Is that so?

Then she's not for you.

Miyamura.

Did you find your phone?

How did you know that?

Toru told me.

It's because you leave it
all over the place.

You're so careless--

You're annoying, woman.

Just shut your mouth.

Move.

-Hori--
-Mizouchi.

Leave it.

Miyamura.

I always thought
that you couldn't speak your mind clearly.

So I kind of looked down on you.

But you were able to be assertive
in front of your girlfriend.

Of course.

What's wrong? Your eyes look really red.

Did you rub them?

Miyamura.

Get out. It's cramped here!

Where can I go?

Outside, of course!

By the way, what is this place?

Outside.

Outside. We are outside.

It's the only free space.

Are you kidding me?

There's no way a room
the size of a locker could be outside!

The outside is just like a locker.

Tanihara.

You were always inside,
so you couldn't understand.

What's with you?

Rambling about being inside and outside.

You're the one who brought it up first.

I think this is our first time

to talk like this, face-to-face.

Do you hate small spaces?

I hate it.

Is that so?

I hate it too.

Are you happy being inside?

Yes.

A lot happier than here.

Even if there's no one inside?

What if everyone is outside except you?

You'd be alone then.

I…

What you wanted…

is not being outside or inside,

but whether there are people or not.

Whether your friends are there or not.

That's it.

I…

RABBIT

Miyamura's phone number?

I do have it, but why?

Don't ask and just give it to me.

Wait a minute.

I knew the rabbit Miyamura liked the most.

What?

A rabbit? What?

Shut it.

Just give me his number.

Darn it.

He's not picking up my call.

Izumi.

Could you bring the sign inside?

All right.

Are you guys closing?

I'm sorry. We're also closed tomorrow,

so come the day after tomorrow.

If you…

turn around the corner and go straight,

there will be a bigger bakery.

They are still open.

I want to buy it from here.

What?

Really?

Forget it. The day after tomorrow, right?

I heard that your cheesecake is good.

It is.

I see.

All right. I'll come again in two days.

Our fruit tarts…

are really good too.

Then I'll get that too.

Two each.

All right. Two of each.

I'll come again next time.

Your phone…

My phone?

It's broken,
so I'm getting it fixed tomorrow.

Oh, I see.

What on earth?
I thought he was ignoring me.

I was the one who ignored him.

It has always been that way.

I felt uneasy.

What?

No, it's nothing.

I'll get going.

Tanihara.

Thank you

for coming.

I forgot to feed the rabbit.

It was my turn.

Over the summer holiday,

the rabbit d*ed.

The one who blamed it on you

was me.

It was me.

I see.

Miyamura, listen.

I…

I…

I'm sorry.

If only I had said those words that day…

That guilt is finally hitting me.

All right.

This is the last one.

Thank you for helping me.

YEARBOOK

It's a yearbook.

It was my junior high school's.

Hori when she was in junior high.

Open it and I'll k*ll you.

I don't know what to do with it.

It's huge and it takes up space,

but I don't want to throw it away.

What about yours?

Did you throw yours away?

I wanted to throw it away.

YEARBOOK

It's so big and heavy,

and I don't know what to do with it,

but I haven't thrown it away.

It's important to me.

I can think like that now.

Miyamura must have had something
he wanted to get rid of back then.

I don't know
what Miyamura was like in junior high.

I get the feeling

that he must have been
hated or excluded a lot.

But now

he could say that he's glad
that he didn't throw it away.

I wonder
what Katagiri's yearbook looks like.

We'll only know after we get it.

Even though we took the photos in April.

I wish I had taken photos with Mizouchi.

What?

Why Mizouchi?

We're on better terms now.

We looked for my phone together.

Even though he was a little cold to me.

But somehow I feel…

Is he a masochist?

I thought
maybe I can get along with Tanihara.

Well…

It's really difficult,

but I think there's no one

you can't be friends with in this world.