Original subtitles

- Hide-chan! - Yeah? / - Beer! Some more beer!

- Coming up! - No, wait! Make it shochu

- Shibata, on the rocks! - Shibata on the rocks, got it!

- Something wrong? - No...

Just...well, you were still crying only a minute ago, and now...

The bay...this isn't Germany "Dinner Cruise"?

( To Ms. Makino Isaki : ) "I'm leaving for Frankfurt this Monday"

"Thank you for everything..."

You see, in the past,

After a break-up I didn't feel like eating

Really, for a while, I couldn't get a thing down this throat of mine

But now, well

Whenever I cry, it just makes me hungry!

Oh, and you know what?

You even cry less, too

All of a sudden I realize, 'Hey, no more tears'

And those times I think, 'This is it!', I just can't

'Those times'?

Ah! Like at a funeral for a relative you barely know

You feel so awkward...

It's not that you're not sad, just, not so sad you start crying, you know?

No, not that

I mean the times you have to cry if you're a girl

You know, "this is it!"--those times

-Here you are, Shibata on the rocks! -Thanks!

- Hey, you're happy, right? -Huh?

I don't know, you just seem so trusting

So easy to lie to, so easy to deal with...

The kind of guy that takes everything for what it seems, right?

No, actually, not really

I mean, you just couldn't leave me crying like that And so now...it's like we're out on a date or something

A date??

Don't worry though, I wasn't faking earlier

- I know that - Oh?

Still, I guess it's better than being thought suspicious, complicated, and hard to deal with like someone I know

I know what you mean I know some people like that too

- Hide-chan! - Yeah?

(ochazuke: hot green tea on rice, often served after drinking)

Could we have ochazuke? - Ochazuke, sure

Thanks! (to the staff inside)

Time to go home now

Still, I can't just let this go to waste, now can I?

No, I guess not

Really, I should be giving you a going-away present

A going-away present?

No, I mean--

I'm sure you'll find someone else good soon, and it'd be great you could go with him

For a first date, a "dinner cruise" might be just a little extravagant

On the other hand, now probably is the best season for it

Come with me?

Uhh...I'm sorry

Hey, why do you have to refuse so seriously when I was just kidding?

You make me feel like I just got casually flat-out rejected

"Come to Germany!"

You don't have to read it for me

Well, this is where I live, so...

- Where? - Huh?

Your room

You know, all night it's been 'kimi this, kimi that" My name is Serizawa, Serizawa Riichi

Where is it?

Um, why exactly...?

What's the problem? There's a girl saying she wants to come up to your room

But why?

It's that time...you know, for girls

Please don't talk like you're trying to hint at something

All you want to do is use the bathroom, right?

Girls don't usually come into guys' rooms to take a crap, after all

Like I'm going to!

Safe!

- Here, have this - Thanks so much!

She really only wanted to use the toilet?

Anything else?

Listen, I...

It'd be great if your girlfriend--the stewardess-- gave you a call, eh?

Well, see you Night!

SLOW DANCE

" Accidental Date "

Script : Eitou Rin

Theme Song "Tokyo" - Fukuyama Masaharu Music : S.D. Preppy

Serizawa Riichi - Tsumabuki Satoshi

Makino Isaki - Fukatsu Eri

Koike Mino - Hirosue Ryouko

Hirose Ayumi Hasebe Kouhei - Kobayashi Mao - Tanaka Kei

Sonoda Yukie Kita Takashi - Ebihara Yuri - Nishino Akihiro

Yashima Yuta - Koizumi Koutarou

Serizawa Eisuke - Fujiki Naohito

English Translator : Rafuku RAW provider: Junkboy77 checked: MRZXZ

- What about that girl? - Nah

What's going on?

Oh, nothing, Kohei begged me to try and pick out his heroine

His heroine?

Mino-chan-- she said she was going to start taking lessons at your driving school

If she goes, it should be about now

You've got a lot of free time

Hey, back in the day I kept you company, remember?

I heard you staked Ayumi out in front of a girl's college, three of you, saying something like

"Let's go find a cute girl for the heroine in the graduation film"

Welcome!

- Not her? - No

Riichi, remember when you talked about that recently?

How you got turned down by Miho three years ago?

What did you mean by that?

I always thought it was you who turned her down

It doesn't matter, really

I was so afraid of being rejected I rejected her first

Before I could find out for sure, I ran away

Find out what?

I heard she might like someone else

So?

Hard to keep meeting each other knowing she felt that way, don't you think?

The other guy--was that...me?

What?

I can't believe that

Why don't you chase after him?

Come on, this is Germany! Frankfurt!

Exactly. But even if I went to Frankfurt,we'd only have a few beers like brother and sister, and then I'd just come back home

Why?

If he wanted me to come after him, he would have left me a ticket there instead

A ticket to Germany, not for some 'Dinner Cruise'

It must have been some shock

- Yashima-kun, could you take this up to the second floor? - Okay

I think what he wanted to say was, 'Hurry up and find the kind of guy who will go with you on a Dinner Cruise'

I see

Think you could help me out there?

Hmm...tickets are still tickets- let's make good use of them!

I already gave them away

Not like I have anyone to go with, after all

Lucky! I wish I could have gone

Just two girls?

But if you go with a guy, always trying to keep up the mood, you can't enjoy yourself, am I right?

And you can't pig out on the great bath and banquet set

I wonder if I can still get them back?

When is it?

This weekend...wait, when was it again?

Thanks so much, Yajima-kun-- you even did the cleaning!

I'd like to point out, though, this kind of work really isn't my job...

Yajima-kun? Upstairs?

Thanks again!

Oh yeah, boss--

How's that going? You said you wanted to talk to the manager...

- ...about transferring...? - I'll...let everyone know when I decide anything

Well done, sir

Today was good-- You kept your speed constant this time, too

Thank you I think I owe it to your driving

The time before, when we were going too fast

Oh, really?

Actually, I did go to driving school once before, when I was younger

But, driving like I do, I used to get yelled at by the instructor every day Halfway through I just...

- Really? - Pretty pathetic, eh?

You've got a lot of courage

Traumatized like that, most people go the rest of their lives without getting a license

Instructor, the rest of my life depends on this

So please, do what you can to help me with this license!

- The rest of your life? - Please!

Anyone who wants to sign the waiting list for cancellations on today's seven pm lesson, over here!

Waiting list at the driving school...after we got here so early too! It just keeps on coming, doesn't it, Mino-chan?

What does?

Doesn't it make you think about life in general?

It makes you?

I think it's kind of exciting-- like leaving it up to fate

'Leaving it up to fate"??

Number 4350! And that's all

Wanna leave?

Over here!

You got picked?

Yup! See you later!

[Hirose Ayumi]

You forget your ring at my place, didn't you?

My ring?

It was just sitting there on the sink

On the-- oh no!! I'm so sorry!

Sometimes, you know, it...gets caught and...

Anyway, that reminds me-- Have you already invited your girlfriend on the cruise?

Well, no

You said it's been three years, right? It's hard to find the right opportunity, huh?

After so long, you definitely need some special bait

I can handle calling her up all by myself, you know

What are you waiting for then?

After all, you might get rejected, you know

When I do, I'll do it somewhere without you

What??

Hitting the breaks again?

I knew you could do it

Answering machine? You should leave a message!

For someone boring to talk to like you leaving a message is best, anyway

- I can't - Huh?

'This number is no longer in service'

Just wait here a second

Coming in!

Me too!

- Wow, it's so big! - Hmm, I guess you're right

- Thank you! - It's nothing

- Well, with that... - Oh, I totally understand

- You want to be alone, right? - What?

'The number you have dialed is no longer in service'

The same thing happened to me just recently It wouldn't hurt them to add another word or two, though

Like 'We're so sorry' or 'We're sorry, but unfortunately...' ?

I don't know, something more...encouraging

Really, there's just no excuse

They don't have to use such an unfriendly tone, do they?

Um, you do have the ring now, so if you could, you know

Come on, people who can't reach their exes should be more friendly to each other!

But in my case, she's still here in Japan at least

And I might still run into her again by chance like the other day

Seriously now

She's not your girlfriend anymore, right?

What would you say if you tried calling her house?

I know, I know And as for calling her house, well...

Almost like some kind of stalker!

In any case, it's been three years now

And her number's buried somewhere anyway

- Anyway, if you're done here, would you mind going home? - 'Somewhere'?

It must be in this room somewhere Maybe over here?

W-wait! No, stop!

Don't worry about it

I can make a call by myself

In fact, I'd really rather do it alone

Thanks for your concern, though

All right...but if you end up not needing the tickets, let me know, okay?

Huh?

If she turns you down, the tickets go to waste, right?

So, if that happens, we were thinking we might go, me and Isaki-san

It's not like I want you to give them back to me right after I just gave them to you

Besides, you're being nice enough to treat me like an old teacher

So I'd feel even worse if you started thinking I was so petty

So that's what this was all about?

I'll give them back-- If it'll get you to leave, I'll give them back right now

Wow, really?

But...you should try to invite her first

That way, we'd feel a lot better about going too

'A lot better'? Can we stop talking about what will happen on the assumption I get rejected?

Here

A guest?

- It's his girlfriend! - What girlfriend?

- Ayumi-chan - Right! Yes!

- I'm home! - Welcome back

Got company? Good evening

My brother

Nice to meet you

So you're the famous brother?

- Famous? - Uh-huh

Heard a lot about you from Kohei-kun ...Riichi's friend

OK, your turn!

- You sure about this? - What?

He's not too easy to catch, you know Or is that your plan?

You might be right

He's used to girls making a fuss over him

It might actually be better to pretend you don't care

He's not my type

My turn now!

You're odd, you know that?

Usually everyone likes him

- Everyone? - Yup

All the girls I know-- They all end up falling for him

Well I for one don't pick men by their faces

- That so? - It always goes badly

Go out with one, you strike out on looks right down the middle

Rather than it going badly from the start?

- Hey, over here! - Coming!

- Thank you!

- They don't really look alike, do they? - Oh? You think so?

Hearing you had so much influence on him, I thought you'd seem more alike

I see

For example, being a director was your dream first, wasn't it?

A dream? More like hero-worship

Kubrick, Goddard, all that-- it was just an act

Talking big, drinking until sunrise...and before I know it, I'm just another salaryman

What do you mean? You're a bank man That's pretty cool

Cool? Buying debts here, selling them there, over and over and over again

My job is tedious, and my company, so big it's suffocating

Sounds boring

Frank, aren't you?

But we're just the same, really

Selling this off, lining up new merchandise in its place...

I don't find it particularly tedious or suffocating, though

Eisuke-san, let's play some darts!

Gotten a little rusty, huh?

You were great!

Remember what you said?

'Not tedious or suffocating at all'

I want...that's the kind of boss I want to be

- Let's do it! Another round! - Okay

And on the way...let's go over there!

'Over there'? Germany?

No, over there!

Not going back? To Yukie's place?

Eh? Why? Someone else coming?

No, but from here it takes a bit to get to the bank

Quit

- What? - My job-- I quit

Ah, you mean you're switching companies Had an offer from somewhere else, right?

No, new non-smoking policy Figure I'll just hang out for a while

After thinking about it for a long time, I'd like to request a transfer to Miss Panther's

You needed an area manager for Miss Panther's-- I'd like to be it

- That? That's already taken care of - Eh?

Have a seat

Makino-kun, being out on the floor is best for you

- You mean I'll be staying at my... - No

How about store manager for one of our new brands?

- A new brand? - Yeah

'Bon-bon Les Enfants'

This fall we're setting up a new brand for kids

Wait a minute-- 'Kids'?

Yeah, 'Kids', 'Kids' You know, children

After we put out the wanted ads, you apply for the position of store manager for 'Bon-Bon les Enfants', and then, well

Also, seems we're sticking with the area manager from outside the company for now

So just hand our Miss's line to them, ok?

So you're telling me to go work in a Kid's shop now that I'm no longer needed?

'No longer needed'??

This is about experience!

We don't have that many veteran staff capable of planning out a new brand, you know

What is all this 'new brand' stuff?

Still, if you give it a try, you might find it fits you just perfectly

The thing is...

- I just don't like kids - Really?

Isaki-san!

[ 1 missed call ] [ 1 message ]

This is Ayumi-- Sorry to take so long getting back to you

This is from my cell phone If you want to, please give me a call

Please leave a message

Hi, this is Serizawa-- it's been a long time... No, I guess not, actually-- just saw you the other day, huh?

Listen, I have the tickets I got from someone, for...a 'Dinner Cruise"

And If you like... I was wondering if you'd like to come

And then the Agent said, "Want to be in a commercial?"

- Oh really? - Eisuke?

When are you gonna take some summer vacation?

- Hey, Yukie, about that... - You have to take some, OK? Where do we want to go?

I wanna go to Paris! or New York!

You said know New York well, right?

Show me around, eh?

Excuse me! Could you bring a menu?

Got it, got it

I'm looking forward to it!

Talk to you later, bye!

Starting something else again?

It's Iida-san's new daughter-in-law-- She's going to teach tap dance at the community center

You're going to be here until this evening, right? Make dinner for yourself, okay?

You're going out?

Does my grown-up daughter have nothing else to do on her extra day off?

I do...

I do, but I thought you might be a little lonely

Never mind, you're right, that's not why

- I'll just be here, a grown woman, all alone - Isaki...

I know, I know I'll find something to eat for dinner

I have someone I'd like you to meet

Huh?

He's divorced, and his child's already grown-up

He'd be a good person to spend a precious life with

In any case, don't take it so easy, eh?

I mean, getting married before my own daughter...it doesn't feel right

Oh, don't worry about that

No good men at work?

There's only women

- I think, if I could only meet someone... - What about that guy you dated in high school-- Takano?

Ancient history!

[ Sukiya Gyudon ]

[ Marriage Information Service : San Marriage ]

Hey, is that you?

Oh, hi!

- Not eating? - Huh?

'Course No. 60 will be departing shortly'

'All passengers: please make your way to the boat as soon as possible, thank you'

Riichi-kun!

Sorry! My flight was late

It already left, sorry

I'm so sorry

Kohei-kun? Would you propose to me?

Propose

Not okay?

Mino-chan-- I know I only just met you

But I think about you more and more every day

And every day I like you more than the last

In other words, fifty years later, I'll love you that much more...fifty years more

So, please, marry me!

Hmm...so, after six years

He must love me six years more than before

Six years? He?

Oh! Yajima-san! Over here!

Hey, will you propose to me?

- What? Again? - Yes!

Huh?

Beer outside on the grass-- god it feels great!

We have to pick soon before the deadline Which one do you want?

Oh, I don't know...

- Just pick by the name - Alright

- Fujiko - Fujiko?

- Uh-huh, Fujiko

Go! Fujiko, go!

I only wanted to try the food here, really Sorry for dragging you along to a place like this

Not at all! I worked out loads of stress

I've been trying, but I just haven't been able to

I tried karaoke, but I just can't keep up with the younger girls

And I'm not really at the age where I can just start a new sport

Really, this sort of place is just right

- Why don't you come with your boyfriend then? - I couldn't bring myself to say it before, but

Not just here, at amusement parks too, even ramen shops

I'm afraid of being thought, you know, not worth the effort anymore, overreaching

It's not easy, eh? Being a girl

- A girl? - Hm?

Oh, nothing

How old are you anyway?

Riichi said you were an intern at his high school, so...

You must be, what, 32?

It's not really worth making a fuss over, but I'm only 31

Well then, how about 'Isaki-chan'?

I'm trying to figure out what to call you

I'm 32, and as long as you're at least one younger than me, 'Isaki-chan' is fine, right?

Sure

How about oden next?

I'm really sorry about today

After you were nice enough to invite me, too

Like I said, don't worry about it

Sorry this place is such a poor substitute though

Not at all-- actually, it's quite relaxing here

Really?

- Ah! You think I'm lying, don't you? - Eh?

You think I've gone and gotten extravagant, don't you?

No, I don't think that

How about you?

Me? You know, average as always

Average?

That's what happens when you enter the real world

You've grown up, huh?

I remember before-- you didn't feel like looking for a job at all

I couldn't understand what you were thinking

What are you comparing?

I'll point out, I've been in the world for three years now

I gave up being a director pretty fast after that

That sounds more like an old man than an adult, don't you think?

That was too harsh...

No, on the contrary

No big deal

I was just surprised to see you smile like that again

I'm trying my best, you know

Huh?

I was rejected, after all

I didn't want it to get awkward

...and here I am, making it awkward on my own!

Ayumi, I...

There's something I've always wondered about

Mm?

It's about my brother

Something wrong with Eisuke?

- Uh...says he quit working at the bank - Really?

Here you go Be careful, it's hot

It didn't sound like he was switching jobs either Said he was going to 'hang out' for a while

Like always, still playing around with the ladies

He's living with his girlfriend now, but it doesn't seem like they're getting along

No doubt there's another woman involved

It's none of my business, really But as his brother, I feel a little worried

Come on in

I don't know, I feel kind of strange being here when your brother's away

This place is mine, actually

Even now, most of my stuff is still here

Have a seat

- Beer okay? - Uh, sure

Are you moving out now then?

Just before, you said--

Ah, that? Need to rest my wings

Your wings?

Thanks

Small birds like parakeets or swallows-- they're always flying. If they don't keep moving and flapping their wings, they get stiff

But I just want to...glide for a bit

Glide?

Like a hawk or an eagle, slow and easy, almost like floating

I want to dance in the sky

Slow and easy...like a dance

- He's a bigger bird than I, though - Who's 'he'?

I'll be right back-- gonna step out to buy some hors d'oeuvres

- No no, you don't have to-- - No, it's no problem

- It's close-by - I'll come too, then

- Watch TV for a bit? - No no no, I'll...

Wait! I'll come with you

Uh-huh, uh-huh-- 'Destiny'?? Oh, come on! There's no such thing

Of course there is!

On what basis?

Timing!

You know Natsuko?

Well, in the ten years before she got married, she had a boyfriend for all but three days!

Here's good

No, it's okay, I'll see you to the station

Don't worry, I know the way

Well, see you

But...

Want to go see my brother first?

It's been a while, right?

I'm home

Eisuke?

Eisuke? EIsuke?

Oh! Welcome home!

Excuse me but, what are you doing here?

Oh, I was bored, thought I'd watch a little TV

- That's not what I meant, I-- - Hey!

I think I'll head home now

No, no...you've got it wrong!

Please, come in!

Isaki-san, what's going on here?

- He went out to the store - Who went out to the store?

Your brother, Eisuke-san

So, anyway, I'm not his--Riichi-kun's girlfriend or anything

- Aren't you going to introduce us? - What?

Me and her

- But I don't need to - How can we talk then?

- But you don't need to talk

I already know you! You're Ayumi-chan, right?

Nice to meet you!

You've changed my image of stewardesses

You usually think of stewardesses as going out with lawyers or doctors, not driving instructors

I mean that in a good way-- I thought, what a great girl she must be!

Probably good at judging men

Now he's just like this, but in the future, he could be another Spielberg!

Even just aiming to be a director is pretty cool, though

Don't you agree?

She's the girl...who's living with Eisuke?

That's right! I'm his girlfriend!

I think I'll head home now

Ayumi! Ayumi!

Hey, don't let it get to you She's always like that

It's not here either-- my brother's girlfriend

Sometimes he just comes home like this, all of a sudden-- He might've even broken up with her

Why did she say those things to me?

Well, we might as well have a drink

- You might as well go home - Come on!

Let's have a drink!

Please! Go home

I'm trying to be nice

You said it yourself before--

How all the girls you know end up falling for your brother

She's just the same, right?

What business is it of yours?

I don't deny that

But if I left now, it'd be just you and your brother alone

Don't you think it'd be a little awkward?

But if you have someone else, a stranger, there too, it can lighten the--

If you're a stranger, then go!

What's that for?

And here when someone's trying to--

Everything you do just makes things worse

I was only trying to help you

If Ayumi thought I was Eisuke's girlfriend, she wouldn't worry about him anymore

She'd probably think it was her chance, if she thought Eisuke's girlfriend was someone like you

What do you mean?

It's only normal, you know

Most would pick a 25-year-old flight attendant over a 31-year-old Miss' Brand manager

You're right!

And rather than the little brother, half-dreaming, half-giving-up, living on vanity

Most would pick the older brother, graduate of a good university, with a good bank job, living life as he pleases!

Why do you care who she likes?

What does it matter if she likes anyone else!

Well, I guess I can see it mattering if it was your brother she liked, though

For three years...

For three whole years I've been trying to get over it...

Locking it so deep and so fast in my heart I wouldn't touch it, wouldn't even think about it

And now, why? Why on earth do I have to have you, a complete stranger, just barge your way in and trample all over it!

Why do you have to see me at the worst of all possible moments?

Well, you don't have to worry about me!

I don't whine "how lame!" or "how cruel!" when I get rejected

On the contrary, I'm happy to make a new friend

Fine, I get it-- I'll go home

Please, do that

Ayumi?

- What do I do next? - Huh?

- Let's take a left turn - OK

- You're doing fine, relax - All right

Thank you for shopping!

Come again!

- Riichi? - yes?

You're taking your certification test soon

You know there's a qualifying test after you reach 25

I might even fatten up your salary a tad

That is if you want to keep being an instructor

- Think about it - I will

It feels great!

Riichi-kun, are you really not going to look for a job, and just try and be a director?

- Ayumi? - yeah?

Let's break up

Welcome!

Ah! Mino-chan! There you are!

Mino-chan, what do you want, squid? or squid legs?

- The legs! - Got it, legs!

Thanks!

Hey! If Kohei invited you, why'd you call me up?

With just the two of us at a summer festival, it'd be too much like a date

But with four, we can just have fun

Four?

You suck!

- Excuse me! One for me too - Alright

Here you are

A 10,000 bill? Don't you have anything smaller?

- Alright, make it two then, I'll take two - Fine, two it is

- Here you are - Thank you

Thank you!

- Mino-chan, let's go get some balloons! - Balloons?

- They're very important, you know - Important, huh?

Let's see...which one should I go for?

- I watched it--your graduation video - What?

Wait a sec-- how?

That's right! I'm sorry, I just happened to end up taking it home

What do you mean, 'just happened to'?

Don't worry, don't worry

I'll give it back

I'll bring it to your driving school

I watched the whole thing...all the way to the end

Boring, huh?

- Sorry - You don't have to apologize

No, no, it's not that

But, I understand now

How you really, really

liked her, liked Ayumi

It's in the past now

Sorry, thanks!

You gonna give up?

It's too late, there's no way

The moment you give up, it's all over

That too--there's no way you're going to catch it

I'm not gonna give up

I won't give up

On what?

On life!

- Might as well try my best with kids' - Kids'??

- You don't mean your store? - Kids' clothes

Gotta do what you gotta do, right?

Besides, can't just keep standing in the middle of the road forever worrying which way to go

Are you saying that to me?

Not at all, I think you're doing fine

Whenever I have a problem, I just up and plunge at it without thinking

Actually, I envy them...

People who can stop and think it through slow and easy when things go wrong

What do you mean by 'when things go wrong'?

Excuse me? One more, one more for each of us!

Script : Eitou Rin Theme Song "Tokyo" : Fukuyama Masaharu

Serizawa Riichi [role] : Tsumabuki Satoshi Makino Isaki [role] : Fukatsu Eri

Koike Mino : Hirosue Ryouko Hirose Ayumi : Kobayashi Mao

Hasebe Kouhei : Tanaka Kei Kida Takashi : Nishino Akihiro

Sonoda Yukie : Ebihara Yuri Onoda Koutarou : Asano Katsuhisa

Hitosaka Susumu : Nukumizu Youichi

Nishiyama Noriko : Muraoka Kimi Murakami Hisashi : Takubo Issei

Makino Chiaki : Takabata Ryouko Yashima Yuuta : Koizumi Koutarou

Serizawa Eisuke : Fujiki Naoto

Translated by : Rafuku RAW provider: Junkboy77 checked: MRZXZ

With thanks to Korean translator and timer Pyeon Seongho (truk2000@korea.com)

And to dramanote.seesaa.net, for his(?) Japanese scripts

- Am I really that...overbearing? - No, you're not

Why don't you just aim for my brother more openly?

You're the first man I've done this with

You're the worst!

That's right-- you're good at putting on the breaks

Better than having no brakes at all