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I'll be the one

I guess you were lost when I met you

Still there were tears in your eyes

So out of trust and I knew

No more than mysteries and lies

There you were, wild and free

Reachin' out like you needed me

A helping hand to make it right

I am holding you all through the night

I'll be the one. I'll be the one

Who will make all your sorrows undone

I'll be the light. I'll be the light

When you feel like there's nowhere to run

I'll be the one

I'll be the light

Where you can run

To make it alright

Raise both your hands up high.

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Radio Calisthenics Card

Jiro's a good boy for coming every day too.

I'm jealous of you guys.

Since I was absent one day because of a fever,

I won't be able to get the perfect attendance award of candy.

If it's for candy, I'll come even if it kills me.

You know, they're saying that it's not candy this year.

What?!

I heard that it's a fireworks set.

Well I guess I could live with fireworks...

It's probably some real wimpy fireworks.

I hope there's at least a pinwheel in it.

Just smokers would suck.

If they're calling it a set, it can't be just one, right?

I want a firecracker in it!

Me too!

Well, worst-case scenario it'll just be sparklers.

What...? No way!

Wait up, Ichiro!

I-chan! Wait, wait!

I-chan!

This way!

- Wait for me! - This way!

Whoa!

He's huge!

I-chan!

Are you all right?

What's with that face, Ichiro?

The frog got away.

You've got to be kidding me.

There's no way I'm letting you in the house all-covered in mud like that.

I'm so troubled, because this is the only dress I have.

Oh, in that case, why don't I make you one.

Thank you, Miss Tokuko.

Wait up!

You idiot, that's your mothers...

Ichiro!

Stop messing around already!

Hey wait, Ichiro-

My best bra is...

My doll!

- How dare you! - My doll!

Idiot!

How dare you!

Idiot!

How dare you!

Idiot!

How dare you!

Idiot!

No way!

You should just fix it up.

Fix it up?!

You just don't understand a woman's feelings, Gran'pa.

You shouldn't cry over silly things either, Tokuko.

You just don't understand my feelings, Gran'pa!

Ichiro's willy touched my doll's face! That's filthy!

My willy ain't filthy.

I just washed it.

That's not what the problem is, you idiot!

My precious doll has been sullied!

I can't possibly love her anymore!

Won't the summer vacation hurry up and end?

Jiro seems to have taken a liking to that doll.

He seems really happy.

Yeah, Fugly said she didn't want it anymore, so Jiro took it.

Isn't that great, Jiro?

What's with you?

You've been following me all morning. Did you want something from me?

I-chan, please stop playing that game.

Huh?

It's really creepy.

The game where you talk to someone even though no one's there.

Not again...

You're a ghost, aren't you?!

Yeah, that's the kind of thing that's scary.

Souta, do you believe me?

Huh?

I believe in you, l-chan.

I can see ghosts.

So you're saying this began because you almost died in that accident?

I don't know.

But it's true that it started then.

You think they appear because you keep doing naughty things, l-chan?

Oooo... boo.

That's not it.

They keep asking me to do things for them.

It's no use asking other people since they can't see them, right?

That's why they keep coming to me.

Geez.

Thanks to that, it's really, really, really annoying.

Pisses me off.

Say, I-chan...

Can you see my dad?

I can't.

How about... up there?

I can't see him.

Mom always says that Dad is protecting me from up there in the sky.

I guess it's a lie...

It's from the sky, right?

I can't see anything on the other side of the clouds.

Your dad has nothing he wants to ask of me, right?

Because I've been a good boy?

Yeah.

And your dad wouldn't bother me constantly by ordering me to do this or do that.

Yeah, my dad was a great man!

A man among men!

What are you doing?!

You're scaring the fish away!

'Kay, I'll go fish over on that side.

That's dangerous.

That wasn't necessary.

Jiro'll be fine on his own.

Rivers are scary.

It's really awful if you fall in.

I died in a river.

What a klutz.

If you're dead, then give up already.

There's nothing that can be done if you're dead.

You're probably gonna ask me to do this or that,

but there's no way I'm gonna listen.

I'm extremely busy.

I have to fish, and I need to catch bugs too.

It's not about me.

I'm all right.

In that case, disappear.

Yuki told me...

Huh?

Yuki told me that you might be able to do it, Ichiro.

What the hell's the matter with Yuki the ghost...

Ichiro, please help my mom.

Please tell my mom to keep on living.

Please tell her what I feel.

H-Hey!

I haven't said a thing about doing it!

Thank you.

Listen to what people are telling you!

Hey!

Can you hear me?!

I'm telling you to listen to what people are telling you!

Hey!

That's my mom.

She's completely different from my stinkin' demon hag.

Oh, a dragonfly!

Hey!

You shouldn't break the sunflowers!

Where are you from?

Never touch the sunflowers here again!

I'm sorry. Did that hurt?

That was my dad.

He teaches middle school.

Normally he's a very kind person,

but he becomes an ogre when it comes to protecting my mom.

You see, I planted the seeds for these sunflowers.

That's why Mom treats them with great care, which is why Dad was...

In that case, your dad should do something about your mom.

She's his woman, right?

My dad can't help.

Look.

I had some free time, so I came home.

It's a great day today, isn't it?

Today there were lots of morning glories blooming at school.

I'll come home as soon as I can.

Since I died, Mom hasn't spoken to anyone.

Not even to Dad.

Dad was so worried that he even took her to see a doctor,

but he was just told that it's an illness of the heart.

Mom doesn't listen to anyone.

She sees, and yet she doesn't see.

She has a sickness where nothing reaches her heart.

However, if my feelings reach her, it might help.

Then do something yourself!

I can't.

Watch.

Mom! Hey Mom!

I'm dead, so it's okay to put away my stuff.

Mom, please cheer up.

Mom!

See? Do you understand?

Mom loves me so much.

And I love her so much.

Yet she can't see me.

She can't hear my voice.

I've tried everything I could.

Even in her dreams, over and over again.

But nothing I do works, which is why I came to you...

That's impossible!

If she doesn't listen to anyone, how the hell am I supposed to tell her about you?

Ichiro.

Everyone just stop asking me to do the impossible!

Ichiro!

- Sis, help me!

Thank you

Hachi Vegetable Stand

It's such a shame.

And she's so young.

If she would just cheer up, she could still have another child.

That's not the problem.

Shin-chan was Shin-chan. There can't be a replacement for him.

That's true, but...

Whoa, it's really coming down!

Oh no! This is awful!

Nothing to do with me.

Mom, stop.

Mom, please.

It doesn't matter about the sunflowers.

Please stop.

Mom!

Mom!

It's raining!

You'll get wet, so go inside quickly!

Mom!

Hey, lady!

Ichiro!

Lady, I'm the one who broke and pulled out the sunflowers.

You can smack me or whatever you want, but go inside the house.

Don't make the kid worry about you.

Lady!

I-Ichiro!

Stop that, Ichiro!

Those sunflowers are really important to Mom!

Shut up! I'm going to pull them all out!

If there are no more sunflowers to put back in, she'll have to go inside, right?

Stop it, Ichiro!

Ichiro!

Ichiro!

P... Please stop.

What are you doing?

Mom!

Where are you from?

Why are you doing something so horrible?

I'm Ichiro, the kid from the carpenter Dai-chan's place...

Lady, you can talk?

Ichiro! You might be able to do it now!

Please tell her quickly about me.

Lady! Your son is telling you to cheer up.

What should I do?

The sunflowers are all...

Listen to me, lady!

Ichiro, there's a little charm Mom would always do for me.

She'd do it so I wouldn't get insecure during school trips or athletic meets.

She'd write on the palms of my hands.

She did that charm for me when I got sick as well.

If you show her that, she might notice that it's me.

All right, do that!

All right! Ichiro, show my mom your hands!

Huh? Why do I have to do it? It's not like she's written anything on them.

Just do it already!

Mom's soul might disappear again!

Ichiro!

Quickly!

Her soul might...

Lady!

Hey, lady!

I'm sorry, Ichiro! Lend me your body for a bit!

Dad would always laugh, saying that this is a childish trick, but...

Every time there was a trip...

Every time there was an athletic meet...

Magic markers won't wash off...

Here, Shin-chan. Show me your hands.

Don't worry. You'll be fine.

Because... you're my treasure.

SURE TREA

Mom!

Shin-chan!

Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Mom... please...

please cheer up.

I'm dead, but I'm always by your side.

If you stay well and cheerful, I'll come back to be reborn to you.

I was happy to be your child.

I love you...

so I want to be your child again.

So please live.

Live strong.

It's all right.

I hate you guys because you always think just a "sorry" or "thank you" makes everything all right.

And now it seems that you're a year younger than me. Note: In Japan, one does not address an older person using their name alone, but instead adds an honorific such as senpai or -san. So "Ichiro-senpai" or "Ichiro-san" is expected here.

Note: In Japan, one does not address an older person using their name alone, but instead adds an honorific such as senpai or -san. So "Ichiro-senpai" or "Ichiro-san" is expected here.

So in addition to disrespectfully calling me just Ichiro, Note: In Japan, one does not address an older person using their name alone, but instead adds an honorific such as senpai or -san. So "Ichiro-senpai" or "Ichiro-san" is expected here.

how dare you play around with my body, dammit!

No matter how much you hate me, when you're in trouble, I'II be sure to come help you, Ichiro.

Shut up!

And don't come again, you damn mushy brat!

Thank you, Ichiro.

Welcome home.

Though I'm not really dressed to be meeting you.

Mom...

Sunflowers are strong.

They're sure to bloom again next year.

So, please don't scold Ichiro.

Ichiro helped make everyone happy.

That hurts, you damn hag!

My precious doll!

Strapping a doll to Jiro's back... what the hell were you thinking, Ichiro!

Souta was crying when he came over to return these after being abandoned by you.

Geez.

How could you leave your stuff by the riverside?

What if something happened?!

What is it?!

How could you hit a wonderful son like me not once, but twice?

Huh?!

What part of you is a wonderful son?

Let's see you tell me.

Well, 'cause you see, I'm alive.

What the hell are you talking about, you idiot!

That hurts, you stinkin' demon hag!

Don't pretend you're sorry

I know you're not

You know you got the power

To make me weak inside

Girl you leave me breathless

But it's okay

'Cause you are my survival

Now hear me say

I can't imagine

Life without your love

Even forever don't seem like long enough

'Cause everytime I breathe I take you in

And my heart beats again

Baby I can't help it

You keep me drowning in your love

Everytime I try to rise above

I'm swept away by love

Baby I can't help it

You keep me drowning in your love

Today I'm going fishing again!

Note: Dozaemon [ 土左衛門 ] is slang for a drowned body. But because Souta keeps talking about Dozaaemon,

he appeared, that Dozaemon!

Huh? You're not Dozaemon?

You're just a jovial old man?

What do you mean, jovial?!

After threatening a poor little child like me...

And why is your willy hanging out for all to see?

Wear something, Old Man Willy!

If you don't listen to me,

OLD MAN WILLY This old man just might show up in your dreams every night.

OLD MAN WILLY