Original subtitles

It all started with a simple box.

Screenplay: Chiaki Konaka

Director: Yukio Kaizawa

Here we go!

Hello!

Hey there, Potp—

Wrong.

Oh, Natsumi from the electrical store.

You've become so cheerful lately.

I guess it's thanks to Potpourri.

Hello!

Oh, this time it is her.

Potpourri.

Let's play later, okay Natsumi?

Who's there?

A box?

It felt like someone tried to talk to me just now...

Did someone drop this?

I think there's something in here.

It won't open.

What a weird box...

What's that?

Can I touch it?

No!

You can't. It's an important thing of Miss Fukiko's.

See ya!

That was close...

I just told a lie...

Why didn't I just show this box to her?

And this box...

Someone must have dropped this, but I...

Oh, it's the policeman!

No, this box is...

Why did I...

Potpourri?

What?

I knew it was you.

M-Miss Fukiko...

I was just going shopping.

Would you like to tag along?

Uh, I've got...

Oh, are you hiding something behind your back?

I've got a lot of homework and stuff to do today...

What's up with me? I even lied to Miss Fukiko...

I hate being like this.

Why is it here?

Did I carry this here?

Because I can't get it out of my head. Because I want to know what's in it.

That's why...

I lied to Natsumi.

And to Miss Fukiko.

It opened?

Something's in there...

What's inside it?

I'm looking in?

Why am I there?

What is this place?

Could this be the inside of the box?

But if I'm outside...

I'm not me...

What?

You're the real me.

The me who doesn't try to keep things that someone else lost.

The me who wouldn't lie to Natsumi and Miss Fukiko.

I'm not me now.

I'm just a fake.

Don't look at me.

Wait!

That's not true! It can't be! No way!

Lying, hiding things, crying...

No matter what I do, I'm still me!

I'm me!

I've got lots of different emotions in me!

I just have to pick the ones that I let grow!

And those emotions will define what I become.

There's no me that isn't the real me.

The important emotions that will be future me.

I just now realized that, after talking to you.

What was I...

Huh?

The box is gone...

I definitely had it just a second ago.

It's gone.

Miss Fukiko!

Oh my.

Miss Fukiko!

I'm sorry. I lied to you earlier.

Even though I hate lies.

As do I.

But it's true. There was a box about this big lying in the alley.

What was in it?

Uh, inside it was...

Inside it was...

You might not believe it, but... I was...

Another me was in there!

Your own mind is something that can be surprisingly hard to understand.

Could it be that you wanted to talk to yourself?

Huh?

I'm glad you decided to tell me the truth.

You believe me? About the box?

But of course.

Thank you, Miss Fukiko...

We have a customer.

Oh, that's right! I need to apologize to Natsumi too!

Thanks again!

Natsumi!

Natsumi!

Sometimes it's important to try to face yourself.

hitoribocchi hitotsu wasurerateta ki no mi

A lone fruit, from a forgotten tree.

furikaette futatsu kinou fuita kaze yo

Turn around and there's two, with the wind from yesterday.

mikazuki ni mittsu omoide o uta

Three with the crescent moon, singing of reminiscence.

Fourth is joy, of that small life.

yorokobi o yottsu chiisakatta inochi

One day, it will be told. One day, gently.

itsuka tsutaete itsuka yasashiku