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Original subtitles

This sketch is titled, "Water Trouble."

Yukai Ramen Shop.

This has to be the place.

Hey, welcome!

-Please have a seat. -I just received a call from here.

I'm Ikeyama, from Water Trouble Triple Seven.

Oh, the contractor.

Thank you for coming.

Let's cut to the chase, how can I help you?

Is your company

really able to handle any kind of trouble?

Of course.

Our company's motto is to accept any water-related request.

Toilets, faucets, bathrooms, leaks.

-There's no way. -Excuse me?

I said there's no way you'll be able to fix it!

I don't mean to brag,

but I've yet to refuse a single request.

-Well, we're in quite the pickle. -What seems to be the problem?

Whenever he touches water,

it turns into melon soda.

What? Melon soda?

Try taking a sip of the water in that cup.

It's melon soda.

See?

The water I pour for our customers turns into melon soda

when he serves it.

Was this really water to begin with?

Even the broth I work so hard to make

turns into melon soda when he serves it to the customers.

When he turns on the faucet, melon soda.

When I ask him to clean the washroom, the water in the toilet bowl turns into…

melon soda!

You tried it?

It changed!

-What changed? -See?

-The word "water." -What?

"Melon Soda Trouble Triple Seven"?

It even affects the word "water" when it's written?

Wait a second! Look!

Even the "Ike" of Ikeyama

changed to "melon soda."

Of course! Ponds are made of water too!

Why do you look so happy about that?

Do you think this will change too, then?

What do you mean?

My name is spelled using letters that relate to water too.

-Oh, it changed. -Incredible! Look!

"Melon Soda Melon Soda Melon Soda Taro"?

Quiz time.

What were the three characters originally, before they turned into melon soda?

You find this funny?

I don't think it's funny.

I just like it.

Aren't you supposed to like comedians because you find them funny?

It's not that simple.

Then it must be because you think they're hot.

Not at all.

You have to find at least one of them attractive.

It's not about that!

Then why are you so obsessed with them?

You think I'm obsessed?

Well, you're watching a video of those comedians any chance you get.

Don't call them comedians! They're called Macbeth.

Macbeth? Like the one from Shakespeare?

It doesn't have anything to do with that though, apparently.

How'd you become a fan of theirs?

Every week, they come to my restaurant to come up with new jokes.

So they sold themselves onto you.

No. I actually took an interest in them.

Then how did you find out they called themselves Macbeth?

-I overheard it when I took their order. -Really?

-I'm only lying about one thing. -Who would say their group name?

-I lied about overhearing their name. -Even artists wouldn't do that.

Of course, they do.

I guess they would. In fact, they probably do that a lot.

It all began one year ago.

The first time the three of them came to my restaurant

was three days after the restaurant opened,

on the night of the New Moon.

Welcome! For how many--

How many does it look like?

Excuse me?

-You sensing something supernatural? -Leave it.

For three.

Okay.

The three started coming to the restaurant at the same time, every week.

Excuse me, miss?

There's a ding-dong. Use the ding-dong to get her attention.

It seems so hoity-toity.

Ready to order?

Calling her "miss" seems much more hoity-toity.

Don't you think?

Either way is okay with me.

See? Three hot coffees, please.

Yes.

I'll get these menus out of your way.

Junpei, did you just call this thing a ding-dong?

-What else should I call it? -A buzzer?

But a buzzer sounds like this.

You're kidding me, right? It's not about the sound it makes.

Hey! It says, "call bell."

So you were wrong too.

What? Bell doesn't sound right either.

Right? You think someone would know what I mean by, "Press the bell"?

-So then, a buzzer. -No. A buzzer is more like…

grabbing someone by the collar, like this, you know?

Buzz! Like this.

Since then,

I started seeing them more frequently around my neighborhood too.

-Your name? -Oh, it changed.

Incredible! Look!

Junpei, I think you need to act a bit more surprised here.

And, what's more, much to my surprise…

I discovered they all lived together in the building next to mine

on the same floor as me.

-Punch! -Use your left too.

Gradually, my curiosity for the three of them grew out of control.

I couldn't help but wonder what their comedy name was.

R2. Square. Down. Circle.

Okay, my turn.

Go. Run!

What are you doing?

Punch.

Use your left more.

Trying to find them online was next to impossible.

I looked through each major comedy agency, but I couldn't find them.

It was one week after I started looking that I found the three of them

posted in the corner of a homepage

belonging to a company that largely represented musicians.

"Macbeth."

They call themselves Macbeth.

I'm not sure if it was from a sense of accomplishment of finally finding them

or from the futility of my efforts,

but I cried for a while.

It was the first time I had cried in a year

since I quit my previous job.

-Ms. Nakahama. -Yes?

You look good these days.

You think so?

I was worried you were going to quit right away.

I won't be quitting. My rent's too expensive.

How much do you pay?

-I'll take the order! -It's okay, Rina. I'll take it.

I didn't take to my part-time job right away,

but knowing I'd get to see Macbeth once a week gave me a more positive outlook.

-Ready to order? -Yes!

What?

Is this?

What do you think?

The building is quite old…

Even I knew I had probably gone too far.

But I ended up taking a look at the unit next to theirs.

I do want to give myself credit for having the courage to not move into the unit.

Over the last six months,

Macbeth had become a part of my life.

I recently realized that

cheering them on from afar had become a form of

emotional support for myself.

And now today,

I'm going to see them live for the very first time.

I wonder what kind of look they'd give me

if they knew I was in the audience.

SNACK BAR: IBIS

MACBETH LIVE

Was that Macbeth poster always there?

What? Yeah, it's always been there. Why?

No, it's just my sister said she's going to see them today.

Why?

She likes them, for some reason.

Who knew people like that existed?

-Haven't we met Macbeth before? -What?

They come here?

The blond guy, Shunta, comes here quite often.

He mentioned he'd come by after the show, so I'll introduce you to him.

Oh, no need. It's not like I'm interested in them too.

Thank you for reconsidering.

Now why don't you come over here and have a drink with us?

I've got the celebratory champagne on ice.

Thank you so much!

What do you think you're doing? That's exactly what I'm talking about.

Thank you for attending our 14th live performance

entitled, "Lunar Phases."

If your time allows it, we would be grateful if you could

fill out the survey and provide your comments on the show.

Lastly, we have an important announcement.

Our next live performance in June

will be our last one together as Macbeth.

-What? -What? No!

-No! Don't quit. -You're breaking up? Why?

From here on out,

what will my reason for living be?

Ms. Nakahama?

How do you know my name?

From your name tag at the restaurant.

Right!

Shunta brings you up in conversation quite often.

What? What kind of conversations?

Like, "She looked happy today."

Or, "Her voice projected well today."

Just silly things like that.

We all live together, so…

Oh, is that so?

What a surprise though.

I didn't think you even knew who we were.

-I hope it wasn't a bother that I came. -Not at all!

The guys were really happy.

Why are you guys breaking up?

Well…

Because it was a promise.

A promise?

Yeah. From ten years ago.

The three of us met 12 years ago.

We were in the same class in high school.

Junpei was the first to suggest that we form a comedy trio.

Haruto!

Let's perform at the school festival.

Can you play an instrument?

I'm talking stand-up comedy.

-What? -Let's do a sketch.

A sketch!

-Who's going to come up with the jokes? -I believe in you.

Impossible. I've never written a joke before.

Wait…

You wrote a whole script for last year's play!

You can definitely write a comedy sketch.

No.

There's no way.

It was my first time writing a sketch,

but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't confident.

At the last year's school festival, a play I wrote and directed,

portraying Romeo and Juliet, in the style of a romance reality show.

ended up being selected for the Grand Prix that year.

I'm not one to brag,

but it was hilarious.

Hey!

Right.

This sketch is titled…

"Roof."

What should've been a memorable first sketch

was ruined by Shunta, also in my class.

Hey.

What are you doing?

Shunta shot to stardom

after winning the national Puyo Puyo tournament held in Osaka.

Who does he think he is?

It's so annoying.

-What's so funny? -I mean, can you believe it?

He's the best Puyo Puyo player in Japan and he never once told us he was a gamer.

He's not right in the head.

Shunta's always stealing the spotlight.

Last year,

he had the smallest part and still somehow ended up getting the most laughs.

I can't believe he won 1,000,000 yen.

You guys.

I saw your sketch.

Sorry. I don't have the bandwidth for criticism at the moment.

It was hilarious.

I underestimated you guys.

What? Is that sarcasm?

It was well put together.

Did you come up with that all on your own?

Haruto came up

with the general idea.

Then we filled in the details together.

I see.

You two have a knack for it.

It meant a lot

hearing that compliment from Mr. Makabe,

who was usually busy yelling at us.

POMPEI

Excuse me?

-Mapo bowl and dumplings please! -You're ordering more?

Duh! You think this is enough for me to forgive you?

But I didn't do anything wrong.

Then why didn't you say anything to us?

Because you didn't ask.

How could I have known

that you're the nation's best Puyo Puyo player

-unless you tell me something like that? -I wasn't expecting to win, either.

Mr. Makabe told me

that you're not going to university?

Yeah. I'm not going.

You think you can make a living from gaming?

For now, yeah.

Man, I'm so jealous.

I don't think it's as simple as you think it is, Junpei.

At the end of the day, it's a game.

Even when you have to practice, you get to play a game.

And you get money doing that. That's not fair.

Are you applying to university, Haruto?

I'm thinking about not going to university.

I feel you.

Working so hard feels stupid when you have a friend like this.

So what are you going to do instead?

Well…

I'm seriously thinking about pursuing a career in comedy.

What?

I had fun coming up with jokes with you.

Even though there weren't many people in the audience,

it felt right.

That's how I felt.

I really think…

-you can do it. -You didn't even see it.

I didn't see it, but I have a hunch.

We were praised highly by Mr. Makabe.

The very same person who was the Rakugo club captain in university.

-Assistant club captain. -Either way.

Junpei.

Will you be my partner?

I'm serious.

-You should do it! -Shut up!

I can't imagine anyone else as my partner.

All right, here's the mapo bowl.

Okay.

Let's take over the world together.

That was so lame.

On June 19th, 2011,

that's how Junpei and I

became Macbeth.

Sir, wait!

There's nothing good left for me

in this life.

If you have to kill yourself, at least give me the deed to the apartment.

What?

Life as a comedian was far harder than I imagined.

Even after five years, our popularity was just barely skimming the ground.

BOGEY PUTT

Shunta was also experiencing the harsh realities of life.

I'm thinking about…

retiring as a professional gamer.

Why?

I can't compete with these youngsters.

"Youngsters"? You're only 23 yourself.

The industry is way more cutthroat than I had ever imagined.

Things weren't as simple as I thought.

Then shall we cheers to a job well done?

Why do you seem so happy?

You deserve to go through more suffering!

I am suffering. I've definitely suffered more than you.

My bad.

I bet this reminds you of Puyo Puyo.

So what's the plan now?

No idea.

-You can get a part-time job to start. -A part-time job?

Yeah! I'd love to try a part-time job!

There were pamphlets for part-time jobs posted in the bathroom.

Oh, really? It is a nice place.

-Do you think they'll hire me? -Not a chance.

Then…

want to join Macbeth?

What?

-Are you sure? -Yeah.

Hey! Haruto!

What? You're kidding, right?

With you joining,

I think we'll be funnier.

I thought so too.

-What? Are you unhappy with me? -It's not that.

It's not that, but

you know as much as I do

that something needs to change.

Are you two serious?

I'm always serious!

Then why do your remarks always sound so flippant?

All of them!

-Come on, let's cheers. -Wait, hold on!

You think being a comedian is easy, don't you?

No. But even the "Roof" sketch you did today

would've been way funnier with a third person.

Just so you know, our jokes are carefully crafted.

If you even dare to ad-lib, you'll be cut from the group immediately.

-Remember that. -Okay, sub-leader.

Who are you calling sub-leader?

-We don't have a leader. -Come on, cheers!

-Cheers! -Cheers.

Junpei and Shunta,

with these two by my side,

I was confident that we could breeze through

any situation, no matter how difficult.

Determined to make this fresh start a success for the three of us,

we decided to move in together.

-Suicide? -Don't be so hasty.

We worked hard to stay current

by setting a rule to come up

with new jokes together every week.

KING OF JOKES: AUDITION

-The end. Thank you very much. -Thank you very much!

You three seriously thought that was funny?

All right. Thanks for your time.

We came all this way,

let's at least grab some ramen on the way home.

We had ramen yesterday.

-Yeah. I'm not hungry. -Don't worry. Leave it to me.

-This is delicious! -Right?

We didn't have any success off the bat,

but knowing I had my two best friends fighting alongside me

felt reassuring.

-Hey! There's more over here! -Okay.

What?

Are you okay?

Be quiet.

This is a dangerous place to fall asleep.

Shut up! You guys are the ones in danger.

I met Ms. Nakahama

a year and a half ago.

Long before I ever met her at the restaurant.

Here! This is water!

You should have some.

Whoa!

Fuck. What a piss-off.

I don't need

you guys' charity.

Are you in touch with the supernatural?

What?

I'm alone, but you keep saying, "You guys."

You guys are you guys.

What? How many people do you see right now?

-Three. -What?

What? What does that mean?

Are you seeing, like, a guardian angel?

You know, I live and work with two other people.

Are you seeing their doppelgängers?

You guys always come here,

poking fun.

-Poking fun? -Yes.

Obviously!

But I've decided your little games won't work on me!

And where's that going to get you?

That's why I quit!

-Quit what? -My job, duh!

You guys never dreamed I would quit, did you?

Do you live nearby? I think it's time for you to go on home.

This is where I live.

How dare you enter our home without permission!

Why are all of your pronouns plural?

Shut up!

Hurry up and get out of my house!

All right.

-Go on! -All right.

You should get home too, big sis!

How do you know I have a little sister?

That's not what I meant by that.

-You! Come! -What?

You! Come here!

-Come here? No. -Come here!

Hey!

Are you going to run away?

We're going to go home.

We've got an early morning.

That's in your best interest.

You go home too, okay?

What?

The next morning, the contents of the bottle of water I had left

had turned into

melon soda.

Whether it was her doing or not

still remains a mystery.

Hey! Was there always a restaurant here?

It's probably new.

Welcome! For how many--

How many does it look like?

Excuse me?

-You sensing something supernatural? -Leave it.

For three.

She didn't appear to remember.

Could we have a seat at the back?

Sure. I'll show you the way.

I'll have a coffee.

-Me too. -Okay.

-Could I have a melon soda? -One melon soda?

Just to be sure, I ordered a melon soda,

but it didn't seem to mean anything to her.

Is that everything?

Sorry, actually, I'll cancel the melon soda,

and have a coffee instead.

-What a waste of time. -Sure.

-Haruto, did you know? -What?

Ms. Nakahama lives in the apartment next to ours.

Who's Ms. Nakahama?

You know! That waitress who works

the night shift at the restaurant.

Oh, her?

Wait, it's Ms. Nakahama, right?

-Or could it be Ms. Chuhama? -No.

I think she lives with her little sister.

So she really is a big sister.

What? I thought you were sleeping over at your parents'?

Yeah.

There's something I wanted to talk to you two about.

-What? -Are you and Natsumi getting married?

We made a promise

when we first formed Macbeth.

My pops wants to make sure we haven't forgotten about that.

What promise?

Both Haruto and I made a promise to our parents to convince them.

If we didn't succeed after ten years, then we'd give it up.

Is that true?

My parents reminded me of that too, the last time I went home.

They said we had two months and three weeks left

until we hit the ten year mark.

-Oh, I have seaweed. -Can I have some?

I thought my parents had given up on me from the beginning,

but they clearly remember that one promise.

Everyone's just waiting

for us to call it quits.

Not everyone. There are some people who are cheering us on.

Even you've been offered a job at the yakitori place, right, Shunta?

What?

-That's the first I'm hearing about this. -I'm not going to jump ship right away.

The boss just tells me that there's a spot for me when I want it.

What?

-I can't believe this! -Why?

Whenever we grab drinks, the boss always says he's rooting for us!

He's contradicting himself!

I don't think he's lying about wanting to see us succeed.

His actions speak louder than his words!

The moment you stop being a comedian,

he's going to pick you up as an employee.

Can you blame people for being worried when we're this unsuccessful?

Why are you taking the boss' side?

We owe the boss a lot. You better watch how you speak about him!

I have love for him and I appreciate what he's done for us,

but I'm a bit shocked that he's stabbed us in the back like this.

Of course, the amount of trust I had in him is going to turn into betrayal.

-What was your plan, Haruto? -For what?

Were you planning to keep on going, despite the promise you made?

-Where's the seaweed? -I didn't have any.

The original promise

was that we'd give up after ten years,

if we weren't successful, right?

No matter how you cut it, we aren't successful.

What's the definition of successful?

That we're able to make a living off comedy

without a part-time job.

Aren't there successful comedians who work part-time jobs?

Are you seriously telling me you think Macbeth is successful?

No! Not right now!

But if we think we're successful,

then we can keep going, without caring what other people think!

I can't help but hear that as an excuse to keep on going!

So you're okay with us breaking up then?

I didn't know you were so eager to call it quits!

Of course not!

But I have to think about my parents' liquor store

and Natsumi is dropping hints that she wants to get married!

There has to be a point where we draw the line!

See? He wants to call it quits.

-I didn't say that! -Just admit it!

Then why don't we let our next audition make the call?

What?

If we get the part,

we'll keep going.

If we don't, we'll call it quits.

Well, that's

basically like calling it quits already.

Well, let's get it. We just need to get it!

Idiot! There's no way a no-name group like us

is going to get a regular spot on late-night TV.

The whole point of the program is to select a no-name group like ours.

Come on.

Don't you remember?

Both the writer and director rejected us on the spot.

That's how close we are to the end of the line.

Fine.

I have no choice but to prepare for the worst.

Hey! We talked about having no food in the bath!

KING OF JOKES 5: AUDITION

The end.

-Thank you very much. -Thank you very much.

All right. Good job. Next.

We did terribly.

It came to no surprise to any of us

that we didn't get the part.

Hey, I'm hungry. Let's get some ramen on the way home.

For once, they're not opposed to my idea.

We got on the highway

and started driving west for a long time.

But neither Junpei nor I

bothered to ask where we were going.

We got to Fukuoka

18 hours after leaving Tokyo.

I'll get a refill of the extra firm noodles.

-Extra firm? -Yes.

Just one?

-All three? -Yes.

All right. Three extra firm!

All three of us got three refills each.

Oh, man! That was delicious!

I've always wanted to come here.

I love pork.

Last year you said you loved miso in Sapporo.

Thank you very much.

You think we'll make it in time for tomorrow's show?

You're the one who brought us all this way.

We should probably get going.

I hope you can manage to drive us back too.

What? Me? No way! That's murder.

If you consider our travel expenses,

each ramen is like 5,000 yen.

It'd probably be more if you factor in our return highway and gas costs.

Now, now. This ramen is priceless.

You're right.

No doubt.

I guess we're breaking up?

What?

Come on.

What?

It's not funny.

-Hey. -Did you

plan to say that after we finished eating ramen?

Obviously not.

Your facial expression

-leading up to it. -Exactly!

Even in the car,

-you tried to bring it up, didn't you? -What?

Don't act like you don't know!

And, so…

the whole time you looked like you wanted to say it, but you weren't.

So when you said it now, I was like, "Oh, he finally said it."

Whenever you

have something important to say,

you always do it after we eat ramen.

It's just a coincidence. You're so annoying!

It was the same thing

when you asked me to be your partner too.

We started

and we finished

after eating ramen.

That's the real punchline.

How dare you reenact

what you foreshadowed ten years ago.

I kind of want to change the second to the last line

in "Water Trouble."

Are you listening?

We somehow managed to arrive two hours before showtime.

-Yukawa? -That's it!

Yukawa! "Yu" and ""kawa" to spell Yukawa!

How about my first name?

That means your name is something-taro Yukawa.

But I don't think he's going to be able to guess your first name.

I want to guess it right!

Hey! That's not fair!

Stop looking for the Food Handler's Certificate.

-A bit more to your right. -My right?

-Don't tell him! -Oh, I found it!

A performance we scraped by going on very little sleep

-turned out to be one of our best. -It's Umitaro Yukawa!

That's right! It's a weird name, isn't it?

Why are you guys breaking up?

Well…

Because it was a promise.

-A promise? -Yeah. From ten years ago.

Junpei and I made a promise to our families,

to give up after ten years if we weren't successful.

I see.

I'm sorry you had to find that out

-after coming to see us. -Not at all.

I'll be at your final show as well.

Thank you very much.

But don't force yourself.

Good job tonight.

Be safe.

Well…

Can I ask you something?

There's something I've always been curious about.

I believe it was about a year and a half ago

before the restaurant was even open,

you and I spoke in a park.

What?

You were completely plastered,

so I'm assuming you don't remember.

Take it easy.

Shunta said he's too tired to come by tonight.

Oh, really?

He was crying.

What? Why?

He said today was the best show he's ever had since joining Macbeth.

And that's why he was crying?

Strange kid, right?

But he's a good guy.

-Ice, please! -Yes!

So you don't remember.

I vaguely recollect someone talking to me.

-But I don't remember anything else. -That night,

I left a water bottle I bought from a convenience store with you.

-Oh, I'll pay you back! -Oh, no… That's not what I'm after.

-No, I insist. -No, listen.

Listen.

The next day, when I went to the park,

the water bottle was still there,

but the contents had turned into melon soda.

-Melon soda? -It was bizarre.

And I've always wondered if that

was your doing.

I think…

I think it was me.

No. It was definitely me. Yep. There's no doubt about it.

You remember?

That day, I had quit my job.

Oh, I remember you said that.

It was a fairly well-known food manufacturer and the first product

I was in charge of was something you may have seen in candy stores,

powdered juice.

I get it now.

Oh, so you put the powder

in the water bottle.

Yes.

I had to clear my desk, so I think it was probably in my bag at the time.

I feel like a weight's been lifted off my shoulders. I always wondered about that.

It became one of our jokes, thanks to you.

Are you telling me the "Water Trouble" sketch is--

That's right. That's how that joke was born.

I found the idea of someone's touch turning water into melon soda funny.

I can't…

-I can't apologize enough. -You don't need to apologize.

If anything, I should thank you.

It might be my fault that Macbeth is breaking up.

What?

What's that supposed to mean?

I haven't really confided in anyone about this,

but I think I'm cursed.

What? Why?

It's been happening for a while.

A magazine I liked announced it was going to be discontinued the following month.

My favorite clothing store went bankrupt because of an embezzlement case.

Even the stocks at my previous company plummeted the day after I started.

And, sure enough, their stocks started soaring the day after I quit.

You're overthinking it.

No. I mean, it's happening again today.

The first live performance I come to, you announce that you're breaking up.

If I made you feel that way,

then I owe you an apology.

But

it's impossible that this could be your fault.

No.

Something unlucky always happens

to anything I like or interact with.

It's unfortunate, but…

If you put it that way

then I'm the same way.

I'm the one that brought Shunta and Junpei into this. I write the jokes.

I drag them along for ten years, only to be unsuccessful

and end up breaking up.

Right?

There's no one more jinxed than me.

I don't

-think that's true. -There's no doubt.

If I hadn't dragged them down this path, their lives would've been smooth-sailing.

-I messed up their lives. -I doubt either of them feel that way.

No offense,

but you don't know anything about them.

I'd rather you

didn't try to make me feel better.

I…

I…

I only ever saw you guys a few times a week,

but

the time I saw you three spend together

didn't look like the kind of time you regret.

If anything, it appeared so wonderful, it made me feel jealous.

It looked like so much fun.

After I quit my job a year and a half ago…

it took me a while to get back on my feet.

I was crocked up.

But…

when I met you three…

when I came across your group…

Before I knew it, Macbeth had become my emotional support!

I might be a new and inexperienced fan,

but I'm going to cheer you three on for the last two months, with all my might!

I hope you'll accept my support.

Are you okay?

It's just…

I haven't slept since yesterday.

So I'm a little weak.

Those two…

deserve better.

I think we need to call Water Trouble Triple Seven.

I'm sorry. I got a bit carried away.

On second thought,

you might be cursed.

What?

That melon soda I left on the bench has been put to bad use in our sketch

and it's throwing Umitaro Yukawa into despair.

I can't believe that's what started it all!

-I would've never -I would've never

-guessed that that would be -guessed that that would be

-the beginning of us. -the beginning of us.

Our sign, even our menu, has turned into melon soda!

Just when I thought the melon soda issue was resolved, now it's lemon squash!

This is the end

of our store!

I just want to drink plain water!

Mr. Ikeyama,

how dare you so nonchalantly eat ramen!

I told you when I arrived, right?

-That I've yet to refuse a single request. -Then…

will you be able to get me out of this predicament?

Of course.

Then hurry up and say that, instead of stuffing your face with ramen!

I have a rule about discussing important matters

only after eating ramen.

So just think it over again, the three of you.

I should've never partnered with you.

There's one thing I've been keeping from Haruto.

-Are you sure you want to quit? -It was a suicide note.

I always had a feeling that there were only 27 years of life prepared for me.

Shunta! Did you find him?

But it's going to end if I blow them out.

-What are you doing? -None of your business!

Pay half the rent.

-Hello. -What do you want?

-That's reassuring! -Don't be ridiculous!

Subtitle translation by: Rachel Hillcoat

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