Original subtitles

Why are you crying?

Because...

I love you.

I know you do.

Tick, tick, tick...

I'll engrave our time together.

Tick, tick, tick...

I won't give you problems with my willfulness.

I can't relay the important message to you yet.

So for a while longer.

Let's turn back time.

Tick, tick, tick...

I want to be by your side for a little longer.

Tick... tick... tick... tick...

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Transcriber/editor/timer: keiko1981 Also thanks to Avallac'h

Screenwriter: Nojima Shinji

Mikami Hiroshi as Ariake Yu

Hirosue Ryoko as Hayakawa Ai

Ishida Issei as Kasai Takao

Nakamura Aimi as Miike Anna

Ito Ayumi as Matsuda Eriko

Ikewaki Chizuru as Ikawa Masshiro

Magara Kanako as Suzuoka Kobato

Ukaji Takashi as Shigehisa Tadokoro

Yamashita Yorie as Masshiro's mother

Yamazaki Daisuke

Natsuyagi Isao as Koizumi Shogo

Hori Masaki

Ono Ryo

Kubozuka Yosuke as Makimura Koki

Tanaka Minako as Sawamura Yukino

Aso Yumi as Kuwata Chihiro

Theme Song "Friends" (remixed edition) by Rebecca

Producer: Sugio Atsuhiro

Director: Nakae Isamu

Translation: Nippon Golden Network

I heard about the suicide commotion.

It's hard for us to understand, why the kids choose to die so easily.

It's not an easy choice.

When I was picked on as a kid, I thought of dying, too.

When I think back, I still feel nauseated.

Adults like you say,

they don't know the fear and meaning of death.

It's always scary to die.

But you're convinced that it's the only way out.

Because you're pure at heart.

You can't live in shame.

I never thought of dying,

but I can offer my eternal life to you.

Don't exaggerate.

I'm not.

If you were to get hurt and needed a major blood transfusion,

then you could have all my blood.

Won't you die?

It's just an example.

So if I get seriously hurt, give me all your blood.

Then won't I die?

Don't you want to die for me?

Why do I have to die?

Suppose I was suffering from a critical illness.

I'd be in great pain everyday. I'm at my limit,

so I ask you to relieve me of my pain.

What will you do?

I'd encourage you to be strong and hopeful.

If I'm going to die anyway, why console me like that?

Wouldn't that be for your sake, and not mine?

You'd feel lonely without me.

What if it was me, asking you to relieve me?

I'll do as you ask.

And I'll always remain in love with you, until I'm old.

Won't you be lonely?

I'm sure I'll feel lonely once in a while,

but that won't make me fall in love with anyone else.

If I was your only, then I'll be your only.

We'll be alone, together.

You always take things to the extreme.

Do you think so?

Is it true...

that you were sound asleep when Anna tried to hang herself?

So she couldn't die, after all.

Answer me!

Yeah.

I was sound asleep.

You're a cicada.

You're a cicada that pees on people from a safe height!

It wasn't because of your brainwashing!

She felt sorry for you!

Instead of blaming you for making her dirty,

she tried to kill herself out of pity for you!

Yet you...!

Officer...

With determination, you can die anywhere.

Are you saying she had no intention of dying?

She turned back into a miserable and boring girl.

How is Makimura?

He's regained consciousness.

How's Kasai doing?

He's under confinement now. He'll surely be fired.

If Makimura files suit, it'll be a criminal case.

van Gogh?

Was he an artist?

Wasn't he an impressionist painter?

His masterpiece art was called Sunflower.

Sunflowers... stands for togetherness.

He loved yellow.

I love yellow, too. That was the color of my curtain.

With a strawberry design.

He must've wanted to fly.

Towards the yellow sun.

Freely.

I want to fly, too.

Freely.

The court hearing is soon.

- We'll all be free. - You guys will be.

I'm sure you will be, too.

I'm not counting on it. Who's first?

Poppo?

You'll be all right. Don't worry.

We'll have to part soon, when we became close.

We can always meet each other outside.

Let's always be friends.

Yes, let's always, always be friends!

We're friends.

Let's go clubbing.

- I'm not going. - I want to go!

Are you going to dance like this?

How rude!

I want to go to all kinds of places.

I think it'll be fun going with all of you.

It'll be fun, I'm sure.

We'll head toward the yellow sun!

Freely.

Freely.

Freely.

Freely.

Freely.

If I ask you to kill me, can you?

- Of course not. - As idealistic as it sounds...

She can overcome her pain

and watch over the death of her dearly beloved.

I'm sure he can die in great peace, too.

If you can achieve love of that level,

it's a form of miracle.

A miracle?

Will I ever be able to make a miracle happen?

I don't know if I'm qualified.

Good night.

Good night.

A miracle...

He'll be dismissed.

He deserves it.

It can be avoided.

If you don't file suit on this incident.

I know, just say that I was the one who did it.

- Then you'll be fired. - That's fine with me.

Why do you protect him?

I think he will become a fine officer.

Like yourself?

I'm not suited to it.

So you've awakened to your artistic self.

I guess so.

You have a lot going for you, with your brains.

Unfortunately, I only wanted love.

I figured mutual bonding of the minds

could be achieved by removing sexual desires.

The bodies become an obstacle to the bonding of the minds.

But Anna couldn't follow your mental reasoning.

That's why you brainwashed her.

Why wouldn't you wait?

A woman of your level, that would fit into your puzzle,

may have eventually appeared in your life.

There's no such woman.

Perhaps...

I know a girl, who's just like you. who's looking for someone, in fear.

Can I ask you something?

Sure.

The girl I know had a traumatic event in her life.

What happened in your life, to change you?

Microscope.

A microscope?

Yes.

Can I ask you something?

Can you accept her, when she's demanding like me?

Yes, I can.

I'm glad.

Sit down.

I'm taking over until your court hearing tomorrow.

Your officer-in-charge has resigned.

What's wrong? Sit down.

The hearing is soon.

The officer said I should be able to go home.

That's good.

Is that guy still around?

Do you mean your dad?

No, him.

Don't dislike him so much. He's working earnestly.

Who knows how long that will last!

That's true...

After all, I have been betrayed by someone I trust.

Haven't you had enough?

Even my daughter betrayed me.

Did you think I didn't know about it?

It's time to go.

All right.

You thieving cat.

What's wrong?

Why aren't you talking?

You will only end up skipping school again.

Newcomers can be so irresponsible.

What's wrong? Anyone out there?

What's the matter?

Calm down.

What are you doing?!

Poppo is sure taking long, isn't she?

Let's have a blast together on our last night.

Masshiro...

What is it?

Why are you in a daze?

That's because she's happy she can live with her mother again.

Did something happen?

No, nothing.

Do you know what happened to Poppo?

She threw the chair at the officer.

She wouldn't talk to him and became violent all of a sudden.

If we don't know the reason why,

it'll become a problem at the court hearing.

She'll be seen as being emotionally unstable.

And she can't go home.

Most likely.

Is she being sent to the reformatory?

No, probably to the correction school.

Until she can learn to adapt to social living.

She can do that even without going there.

- Masshiro... - What about her?

She's been acting strange, ever since her mother visited.

They're just nervous.

They feel uneasy about leaving here.

I hope that's it.

You'll be out soon, too.

I know.

Do you feel nervous?

No, since I have you.

You'll stay with me, even after I leave here, right?

Wasn't that the promise?

Yeah.

Liar.

Chihiro is blind, isn't she?

Who told you?

Aren't you planning to stay by her side always?

When did you find out?

I was trying to bear it. After all, it's not your fault.

I also know that you're in love with me.

I was planning to go along with your act,

and part with you nonchalantly... But I couldn't pull through with it.

I'm going to be alone again.

Why?

I'm sorry. I just can't...

We love each other, so what's wrong?

I...

It's not good to stay with Chihiro out of sympathy.

I just can't.

No.

No!

If only I were there...

You could've gone home.

I'm sorry.

I...

It's not your fault.

I shouldn't go home yet.

I can't be kind to my dad and mom.

I can't be kind to everyone.

Even if the cicada should pee on someone else,

I wouldn't be able to be upset for that person.

My name.

My name is Poppo. Don't forget it.

I won't forget.

I won't forget.

It's time to go.

Please take her.

Thanks.

Let's go back.

But I'm...

Makimura isn't filing suit.

In fact, he apologized for starting it.

Thank your seniors.

Someone even went on his hands and knees for you.

Which was me.

Thank you.

Hurry it up, before I leave you.

All right.

I'm being transferred.

Is there anything else I can do to help?

Why, thanks.

But I think I can under- stand her in my own way.

I still can't.

Even after her younger brother, Shu...

Did Ai just let him die?

The red apple simply symbolizes her trauma.

What if she envied Shu for being loved more?

That's purely your imagination, I think.

This is what I think...

She dearly loved her younger brother, too.

The red apple is a strong stimulus of that incident.

It left her with an intense sense

of insecurity of losing someone she loved.

But I actually...

But you can't suppress your feelings of love.

What's important to her, are the loving feelings.

The intense insecurity came surging down upon her.

She was afraid to lose another beloved person,

the way she lost her younger brother Shu.

That's why she was afraid to fall in love.

Then you disappeared out of her life.

She's abnormal... the way she goes after things.

She's abnormal in the way she offers herself.

She wants to offer everything she has,

but no one is willing to accept her like that.

She's like a sun that shines 24 hours per day.

You can't go to sleep.

You can't blame me for wanting to run away.

You should become the dark night.

If he is someone of darkness, then he can confront her head on.

Then the sun that floats in the darkness,

will be calm and gentle like the sunset.

This painting...

I painted it.

Can I see it?

Sure. I'm not finished with it yet, though.

It's Ai.

I understand why you came here to visit,

even after you ran away from her before.

You couldn't bear it anymore so you let her go,

but she was already deeply engraved in your heart.

You knew no one would love you as much as she did.

I'm getting married. To my superior's daughter.

Is that so?

But when I die someday...

It won't be my wife that will come to mind.

It'll be Ai, who I couldn't accept and ran away from.

It's the same for me.

- Are you leaving? - Hang in there.

Take care.

Ai.

Hayakawa, come back!

Let her go.

I...

I have nowhere to go.

Wait a minute.

I may have been under a terrible misunderstanding.

Your former lover, who was also a friend of mine

and a talented rising artist, Ariake Masaharu.

Did he...

Did he really exist?

You lost me.

Have you ever seen him painting?

Yes, of course.

Have you ever seen him finishing up a painting?

What are you getting at?

All of Masaharu's paintings were painted by his brother.

Wasn't it his brother, and not Masaharu,

that was gifted with the talent?

That's impossible.

Besides, his painting didn't win the contest.

The judges aren't qualified art experts, like you said.

If they saw that his style of painting was the same

as Masaharu's, then they might've passed it over.

Regardless of the fact that he's the talent behind it.

That makes it even more perplexing why he died.

He said he killed his brother. But it wasn't homicide.

Which means?

The younger brother with the gifted talent,

may have said something like this to his brother one day.

That he'd reveal the truth.

I find that hard to believe.

Why would he let his older brother take credit for it?

He probably felt self-revelation by living in the background.

Perhaps art held no significance to him.

His warped sense of joy of living in the shadows was probably stronger.

What made him want to reveal the whole truth?

He probably wanted, for the first time in his life.

He wanted you, his older brother's lover.

You're making assumptions.

His incomplete oil painting is proof of it.

The level of talent that he displayed in it is far greater.

than what he painted for his older brother.

He told me that a single girl had influenced him.

It fascinates the viewers with indescribable awe.

I just can't put it into words.

Welcome.

I'm home.

It sure feels spacious with two people gone.

I wonder if they're eating something delicious now.

Nowhere to go.

That's what Masshiro said.

Ai.

Eriko.

Anna.

Poppo.

I finished my painting of you.

As I painted it, I had a strange feeling.

I was painting you from your outer appearance,

but I started thinking I was painting you from inside.

It's as if I was in your womb, and I was painting you, my mother.

You're my baby?

Yeah. Strange, isn't it?

If you're my baby, then you'll be lonely without me.

I am lonely.

You should be sad.

I am.

You should be in pain.

I'm in deep pain.

Shall I put you out of your pain?

If you'll see to my death.

I'm serious!

Look at me.

You don't have to be scared anymore.

I'm only yours.

This is strange...

Why is the baby holding his mother in his arms?

The darkness in my heart, has melted to your burning love.

We'll call that soft orange colored sunset a miracle.

Even if death should eventually tear us apart,

I'll always be around to protect you.

Ai!

I felt alone.

Is that why you brainwashed Anna?

Forget about this place.

Forget about me, too.

I'm quitting my job as an officer.

Hayakawa Ai shall be sent to the reformatory.

Ai died.