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BLACK TEA

She actually moans lou--

Ouch!

I'm sorry. Are you okay?

I'm really sorry.

Do you have any right to punch me?

Oh, shit.

Why did you collapse, Saito?

Are you guys okay?

I don't like rough stuff.

That's why I closed my shopping district bar and opened

a bar in a residential area.

Then you all started fighting.

It wasn't a fight. It was one-sided violence.

I'm sorry.

-I didn't mean to. -Didn't mean to what?

Didn't mean to hit me and didn't mean to fuck Kureha?

"Didn't mean". How convenient.

What? With Kureha? But you're Akira's boyfriend, right?

What?

How many good deeds must I do to get to do that?

Thank you.

Hey!

You're right.

I have no right to hit you.

I'm truly sorry.

Please hit me once as an apology!

Nah, that's too much work.

Can I punch him instead?

Nah, he'll die.

Just stop it already.

Go ahead. Hit me. It's better this way.

I came here because…

About me coming here today. Kyoya…

I mean, Hanai doesn't know.

I came here of my own will.

Do you know… about me?

I heard about you, too.

He told me that he promised to let you live here until you got a job.

He told me that you were in the process of looking for a job.

He told me that over and over again… for four years.

Just the other day, I heard that Hanai's search for your new house

to move into had to be redone.

He said that since you bought a rabbit,

he had to find a pet-friendly unit.

I didn't come here to blame you.

I just wanted to ask you this directly.

Do you really have the intention of… leaving this place?

I don't plan on…

leaving.

I'm not leaving until I die.

What if I say that?

I'll break up with Kyoya.

He's Akira's boyfriend, so I can smell hypocrisy.

My bad.

You're a nice guy, right?

I'm a bum who's going in circles and can't move forward.

A guy like me shouldn't have dated Akira.

What?

If you can make her happy more than I--

Huh?

Why me?

I don't care, and I'm not doing it.

Don't force it on me because you're at a loss.

It's not forcing or anything like that!

You've been together for four years. Now you can't?

First of all, I don't even like her.

-That's not a nice-- -Way to say it!

It's like…

It's kinda like…

You two don't want Akira, do you?

I'm already tired… of going around in circles.

I see.

Well, I guess you'd better break up, then.

That seems okay.

Let's do that.

No reason to do anything tiring, yes?

I'm here because I don't want to be tired too.

I can't get up in the morning, and I don't want to work in a weird place.

If I stay here,

and if I put up with his occasional tantrum,

I can have peace

for 360 days out of the year.

Wait.

Is it for your living?

It's not because you love Kyoya?

-Is that why you're-- -The hell are you saying?

He told me that…

he's going out with you…

and that's why he wants to break up.

So, why?

Why do I have to stay in love with him?

Oh, you like to think that your boyfriend is a popular guy

and yet he said he chose me.

Oh, how blessed you are.

Blessed and cheerful people are something else.

Wow, you even bought rabbit food

and you're proud?

You trying to say I'm not like you?

Of course, you'd be different from me who's been unemployed and does nothing.

It's not like I'm having an easy ti--

The hell are you complaining about?

Having a job and being able to work?

Someone you like says he likes you?

And your mother-in-law likes you?

You have everything!

I've been wearing

this sweatshirt

for the past five years,

and even when I went to the temp agency, they have no jobs for me.

Kyoya also told me

that Akira and I are different.

The only things I have are games and rabbits.

Am I not allowed to have a rabbit?

I have nothing.

All those things you have, I don't have any of them!

I hate people like you!

I'm…

jealous of you.

Able to cry like that.

Did someone come?

Tatchin.

Who?

It's the rabbit's name.

Don't use tableware for it.

It's sad to be an adult.

It's not all doom and gloom, you know?

What else is there?

Delicious alcohol.

I don't even really like alcohol that much.

I don't even like IPA beer. It's too bitter!

Oh, my bad. Next time, I'll put in a barrel

of apple hops for you!

What is that?

-An apple-flavored beer. -I've had enough of beer!

I don't want bitterness or off-flavors.

Well, apple-flavored beers are very different from other beers.

It started raining!

Kureha!

-Arisa, a towel! -Yes!

Here you go.

-Okay. -Thank you.

Thank you.

-We got so wet. -I'm so wet.

I heard about your husband, Kureha.

He's Kaiji Tachibana, huh?

You knew?

KAIJI TACHIBANA

WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS CREATOR?

I have to eat these.

I caught a cold.

That looks pretty bad. Was it a woman?

No, it wasn't.

Women are involved, right?

I was hit by a nasty creditor.

What kind of claim is that?

Good morning, Mr. Hotta.

Morning, Accounting Head.

You can use the room again.

Morning, you're early.

Good morning. Do you always come in this early?

Yeah.

I'm sorry. I didn't have time to send you my thoughts.

You waited, right?

Yes, I did, but when I think about it, it was a selfish request.

So, I came here early today

to see what I could do.

Ueno, have you had breakfast?

No?

I made it with processed ingredients from Miyako Tokusan.

There is a recipe on the current official website,

and I followed it.

Bitter melons.

Here.

Huh?

Come on.

Just give it a try.

It's not…

-bitter! -Right?

The website also said that if you don't like bitterness, you can do this.

Yeah, but I didn't believe it because it was probably written by

-someone who likes bitter melon anyways. -I see.

The stomach and smiles. He is so easy to read.

What are you doing?

-Good morning. -Morning.

Special Chief Creative Officer Shinkai!

The hell! Enjoying morning food?

You didn't respond to any of my messages over the--

What? Another request?

WRITTEN REQUEST

You listed a whole bunch again!

Twenty-eight?

Twenty-eight requests?

How many requests do you think you have to make to people?

Think about them a little--

That is the list of requests you sent to me during my break.

There are 28 in total.

These are the answers for them.

Here's the document you asked for,

the schedule for the week, the hotel

and flight information, the reservation number,

and here are the reference materials for the new project.

Let me know if anything's missing.

Okay.

Good morning.

-Good morning. -Morning.

Excuse me.

Oh, by the way, that Tsurumaru Foods deal didn't go through.

They said they couldn't entrust us because we don't have ISMS.

IS-- What?

But then I realized something.

We just need to get an ISMS certification too!

Only a few of the companies that make e-commerce sites now have ISMS.

That means…

if we get an ISMS,

we can beat all our competitors to the punch!

But here's the thing.

ISMS is a pain in the ass to get.

It's so much work!

We have to go through a lot of procedures,

documents,

and employee training.

The only person who can handle such a big job in our company is…

none other than our special CCO Shinkai!

Okay.

The ISMS certification, right?

I'll look into it and report back to you.

Please do!

Good morning.

About the note that was tucked into the door of this room last week.

Normally, such a complaint would reach

the company's whistleblower reporting system,

but why did they file it in this way?

It is possible

that the embezzler is the top person in the accounting department.

Like the accounting head we ran into?

Or it could be someone's prank.

Or it could be a ruse by someone who wants to bring down the accounting people.

That's what I told the external auditors.

We, the financial statement audit team, will return to our normal audit duties.

-Got it. -What about finding out the truth?

Even if they investigate, it is company-led.

If the same audit firm investigates,

there may be a conflict of interest.

Of course, if you find anything during the course of a regular audit, report it.

I thought it would be more of a battle for justice.

Justice doesn't power most businesses, you know.

Then what does?

Surprisingly, it's not cash.

If it's not money…

It's inertia.

NO PARKING

Good evening. Thanks for the other day.

Were we on the same train? You went to help again?

Now, this is awkward.

You feeling awkward?

I'm not at all. I remember everything.

How much do you remember?

We didn't do it, right?

Unbelievable!

What?

I was kidding!

Were you surprised?

-You seem full of energy today. -You think so?

You saw him since?

I haven't seen him. Why?

Nothing.

I'll be going home today. I have to go home and research.

My company wants to get an ISMS certification.

Information Security Management System.

It's the certificate for Information Security Management System.

I've been put in charge of it.

How about the workload? You're fine with it?

I'm in the pomelo group.

Huh?

What happened?

I fell.

Kosei, you fell? That's unexpected!

That looks painful.

Well, be careful not to fall.

Good night.

She's acting creepy again.

Nope! Ueno can't do it.

You do the presentation.

I'm sorry. Please!

I got it. Please excuse me.

I'm sorry.

In the event that customer information gets breached, it doesn't

only damage the company's reputation

but there's also a possibility of a huge lawsuit.

After the site is set up, our company utilizes OS

and Middleware's patches at all times for maintenance--

RESERVE

SELECT

-Shinkai! Schedule change! -Yes?

Due to the client's schedule, everything is postponed.

Can you reschedule everything else?

Change it to the last flight.

Yes.

Oh, and next week, Shoji Konoe is coming.

Look into all their subsidiary companies and prepare a report.

Yes.

This thing.

Where did you get this wording from?

This is a contract!

Hello. This is Shinkai.

Would it be possible to explain it again?

What are you guys doing?

Are you all slacking off?

This is the homepage!

This is the face of the corporation for them!

These photos are copyrighted? That's unbelievable.

You guys need to work harder!

Sir. That's not it. It's a misunderstanding.

It's not their fault.

Replace the homepage photo by the end of the week.

-Hurry up and do it. -Yes.

I'm really sorry about it.

Are you okay?

What do you mean?

I can't stand it when she works like that.

The boss was getting carried away, saying she's finally like his ideal subordinate.

But how close?

Matsutoya,

didn't you say the other day that you'd be troubled if she stopped doing extra work?

Shinkai was humming the whole time. In a very tiny voice.

Humming?

"If You're Happy and You Know It".

-If she's happy, isn't that good? -Isn't it scary?

She seems happy. Why not?

I just felt deja vu.

The one who's been listening to me starts patronizing me.

This is… just like that sales manager who quit!

He was pretending to work while looking for a new job and quit abruptly.

Is Shinkai perhaps…

Is she really?

No, no, no!

There's only the president, you, and her here!

We can't do anything if one of you is gone!

No can do. I really can't stand it.

Then why don't you quit too, Matsutoya?

You're still young. You can change jobs.

I don't want to.

You like this place so much?

Not at all. I don't like new environments!

I just want to stay lukewarm in this corner

of the company I've finally gotten used to!

So, let's not think about quitting, okay?

Now I'm even more determined to quit.

No! I would be in a bind!

Sakuma!

-I can't type. -You don't have to type. Just drink.

It's my treat.

-Thank you. -Thank you for the presentation.

I'm also glad

we entered into the contract with you.

You will be working directly

with our SE, Sakuma, in the future.

I look forward to our business.

Thank you very much.

-Thank you. -I owe it all to you.

When you started to rebel against the president,

I wondered what would happen.

But I was relieved when you came to terms with him.

Everyone is happy that it's peaceful now.

Peaceful?

Yes. It's all thanks to you.

You're right.

I was asking for too much, wasn't I?

The workplace would be at peace if I kept quiet.

Of course.

You did well today.

Station's over here.

I'll take the picture and leave.

-Oh, I can come with you. -No, since it's Friday,

why don't you call your friends and have a drink with them?

Good night.

Wait.

If you're happy and you know it Clap your hands

Damn, it's high up here.

AKIRA SHINKAI

KYOYA

KYOYA

5TAP

Akira hasn't been here this week.

I wonder if it got too awkward when she heard her boyfriend punched Kosei?

She doesn't know about it.

Oh, really?

If Akira knew, she'd come and apologize.

True.

Tap 4, Thanksgarden Amber Ale.

I met her in front of there at the start of the week,

and she was weirdly creepy and full of smiles.

Should I invite her to come for a drink since it's Friday?

Nah, let her be. She'll come if she wants to.

Can I ask you something private?

No.

Did you really… with Akira?

You prefer which?

Don't be like that.

-Hello? -Oh, Akira.

I'm sorry to make you wait.

I'm good now. I finished my breathing exercises and did the dishes.

You called at the right time! Where do you live?

I got the vinegar,

but I thought I'd send it directly to you this time.

You don't want it stolen again, do you?

Oh, look at me, babbling away.

Was there anything you need?

Oh, yes.

You said to ask Kyoya to call you when I see him.

Oh, it's alright now.

It wasn't anything big.

At home, I had a little fight

with my sons about my husband's home care,

but it's all good now.

I heard that…

you're always taking care of him by yourself most of the time.

Yes, it gradually became like that.

Isn't it tough?

What?

Ms. Chiharu, you're cheerful,

but have you ever found it hard?

Well, of course.

I was born and raised

in a place called Obama, in Fukui Prefecture.

It's a town on a small bay.

It's nice and peaceful.

I had a lot of male siblings,

and at that time, people still believed women didn't need education.

Most of them worked in their hometowns and got married.

They would then live there forever.

That was the norm.

I graduated from high school

and got a job at a heshiko store.

Do you know what heshiko is? It's pickled mackerel in rice-bran.

I worked there as a salesgirl.

I think it was around my third year of working.

I bought red bean jellies. Let's have some tea.

Oh, that's nice of you.

Welcome.

We finished it, so I came to get more.

Is this your fourth time?

And always on Sundays.

You said you're going on a long business trip, but how long is that?

For a month. Today's the last day I can come.

Is that so?

Here you go. Thank you very much.

KATSUMI HANAI

This is my business card.

Is this for delivery purposes?

-To send heshiko to this-- -No.

If you ever come to Kanto, please contact me.

Here.

Wakasa Bay and Sagami Bay are a bit similar.

Kanagawa Prefecture, Fujisawa City.

There it is!

Sagami Bay.

They're not that similar.

KATSUMI HANAI

TEIKOKU'S ATLAS

So…

did you go visit him?

Of course not. I didn't have a reason to.

It's the other side of Japan.

But I also can't call a company I don't know.

So,

I decided to put his card in the back of the drawer and forget about it.

That's nice.

Thank you very much for your business.

-Thank you very much. -Thank you.

Ordinary life went on.

But sometimes, I would suddenly wonder.

What color will the sea on the other side be like?

I wonder what kind of sea

he sees every day.

How have you been?

Another business trip?

No.

I came to buy heshiko.

-All the way from Kanagawa? -That's right.

Just for heshiko?

Yes.

Anything else?

Nope.

But…

if anything, I've never asked you for your name.

I'm Chiharu.

I want to see the sea.

I want to see Sagami Bay!

At that moment, I already decided

that I would go with this person to an unknown sea on the other side.

Life doesn't get dull after all these years.

We are both getting older, and many things have changed,

but… I want to be with Katsumi.

Even if it's tough, I want him more than anything.

We have three kids, don't we?

The one in the middle, Kyoya, looks the most like Katsumi.

He was kind and responsible.

Even as a kid, he was the kind who would lose out a lot because of it.

If I love him,

can I get over this?

Even if it's painful…

and even if hard times continue?

Of course!

Akira?

But we're going around in circles.

-Shuri, are you free? -No, I'm at a really good part right now.

What do you mean?

Usually,

online games don't have a set ending.

As long as there are players, the world will go on forever.

It's more profitable for them to let it continue.

So?

And yet they suddenly announced a month ago that they were ending this game,

and this is the last event.

I've been playing this game for years!

What do you want?

What's the lecture this time?

I'm not going to lecture you.

You can stay here.

I'm leaving.

I'll give this place to you, Shuri.

The rest of the loan, I'll pay.

I could transfer the ownership to you,

but then there would be all kinds of taxes,

and I don't think you can pay them.

So it's still under my name.

No joke?

Yeah. I don't know what else to do.

I've always been afraid that you might die.

In the past, you took a lot of medicine from the hospital and collapsed.

That time, I was really scared.

While waiting for the ambulance,

I looked at your pale face

and wondered why I didn't notice,

why I couldn't do anything until this happened.

If Shuri dies, it'll be my fault.

If you can save Shuri,

I'll do anything in the future.

So please help her.

That's what I asked God.

But that… wasn't love.

Sorry I couldn't love you.

What about your stuff?

It's all in my room.

The movers are coming tomorrow, so just deal with it, okay?

Are you going to her place?

For now, it's going to be a serviced apartment.

Because I might get dumped.

Even if I get dumped,

I won't be back.

Take the trash out.

Weird bugs will come.

Take care of yourself. Bye.

We're done.

ARE YOU HOME RIGHT NOW?

CAN WE MEET NOW?

What are you doing?

I'm taking a walk.

A walk in circles?

Round and round in circles.

Going around in circles?

It's the usual.

When I see Kyoya, I tend to forgive him.

So, I don't want to see him even if he's coming over.

I've broken my train of thought.

I googled Kaiji Tachibana.

I'm not an expert on games,

but do you know an online game called Pteron Online?

Um…

Work with me for a second.

WATCH OUT FOR VEHICLES AND MAKE SURE YOU STOP

Sorry for that.

Don't think so much about it.

Just wondering

how long it's been since I've kissed clear-headed.

What the hell are you doing out in the open?

This is definitely criminal indecency!

Public indecency.

Kureha and I were shocked!

Right?

That was definitely criminal indecency!

You don't know how many saw.

What the hell?

Continue our kiss?

Kaiji Tachibana and Kureha's marriage is fake.

How annoying.

It's Kureha's fault.

Because Kureha and Kyoya fucked…

-I don't know what I came here to say… -Isn't it tiring?