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This sketch is titled, "Roof."

Darling, look.

It's Mount Fuji.

It's an incredible view.

Being able to live in such a lovely apartment feels like a dream.

Why don't we set up a table out here and enjoy some champagne?

Wonderful idea. We should celebrate our move, after all.

WILL

What are you doing?

Are you committing suicide?

-Don't be so rash. -This is none of your business!

-It is my business. -What? Do you know him?

-That's not what I meant. -Could you shut up over there?

We just moved in.

We've got 35 years left on our loan.

Think about what it'll do to us if we see you do this right after we move in.

Then don't look. Go back inside!

Do you think we should call the police?

Calm down.

Leave it to…

Mr. Kusunoki?

Haruto from Macbeth, is here.

-Show him to meeting room two. -Yes.

Macbeth is breaking up, right?

How do you know that?

What's the blond guy's name again?

Shunta.

Apparently, Shun-chan's a regular at the place I work.

Don't give him a nickname when you barely even know his name.

Well, that's what he asked me to call him.

What? He stopped by?

I think Shunta has a thing for the Madam.

What do you mean, "thing"?

As in, he's interested in her.

Let's eat.

I'm a bit worried about him.

Then why don't we stop by the yakitori place he's working at sometime?

My treat.

I'd rather you pay half the rent than treat me.

Hot!

-Are you okay? -Yes.

-Eat. -Okay.

Yes. That's good.

About the rent--

Don't forget to eat your egg too.

I must say, I was disappointed.

Yes.

Not only did you announce that Macbeth is breaking up without giving me a heads up,

but I also don't even hear from you until I reached out.

I feel really bad

that you had to find out after the fact.

I don't know how the three of you feel,

but from my side of things,

I thought we were running this three-legged race together.

Yes.

Or a six-legged race, since there's four of us.

Four people would actually make it a five-legged race.

What?

Four people would actually make it a five-legged race.

Why?

Four people would be like…

-Oh, right. -Six people would mean…

I'd be left out.

-That's right. -This is no laughing matter.

Sorry.

My faith in Macbeth never wavered.

That's why I worked so hard arranging your solo performances

and why I went to the station and begged to get you guys auditions.

Yes. I'm extremely grateful for that.

In that case,

call off your announcement

and let's try this thing again, together.

But we already announced in front of our audience that we're breaking up.

And did that announcement blow up on social media?

Do you think any of your fans would be upset

to hear you're actually not breaking up?

Do you even have enough fans for it to cause a commotion?

Well, that's exactly it.

We don't have a fan base even after 10 years. You really think we have a chance?

Listen.

All the groups that are popular now

took one more step just when they thought their time was up.

Okay? So this is the moment where you just need to hunker down.

Like I mentioned on the phone,

Junpei and I have already made a promise to our families,

that we'd give up after 10 years if--

Don't use your parents as an excuse.

All that matters is if you guys want to keep going.

If your parents really are the biggest obstacle,

then I'll go beg them with you.

Okay?

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

Got it?

You're drinking rather quickly tonight.

At this point, we can't not break up.

That's up to you.

Even if I was on board, Junpei wouldn't be.

Do you think Junpei's serious about taking over his family's store?

We keep blaming it on our parents,

but I'm sure Junpei's main reason

is Natsumi.

Oh, that reminds me. He said he was going to see Natsumi today.

Excuse me.

Thanks for coming to our show.

Did Haruto come by to say thanks?

I told him to.

Yes. We were able to talk about a few things.

What did he say?

He seemed to blame himself for the group breaking up.

Why?

It's not his fault.

Because he was the one to ask you two to join the group in the first place.

Welcome!

I'll be back when you're ready to order.

Haruto may have been the one to suggest forming Macbeth,

but I'm the one that asked him to do comedy in the first place.

Let's do a sketch.

A sketch!

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

Before I asked Haruto, I had asked two other friends.

Forgive me. I can't do it.

You're already hilarious! Come on!

-You're the only one who can do it! -I'm sorry!

Basically, had either of them agreed,

I never would've talked to Haruto about doing a sketch.

Undoubtedly, Macbeth wouldn't exist.

I had my eye on you ever since last year's play.

You have a knack for comedy, I know it!

I'm not going to be at the school festival.

Why?

Haruto's the one that came up with the script for the play anyway.

-Do it with Haruto. -No.

Haruto is more of a back-stage guy

than he is an on-stage guy.

He'd just say no if I asked.

You think?

I think he'd be on board if you asked him.

-Haruto? -Yes.

Haruto…

I just assumed he'd say no,

-so I didn't even consider him. -By the way,

why do you want to do a sketch in the first place?

Obviously because I want to make everyone in this school laugh.

Actually, I only wanted to make one certain someone laugh.

That was Natsumi.

Kobayashi, who was dating Natsumi at that time, was flawless.

He was athletic, star of the basketball team, and did excellent in school.

Still, I wasn't able to stop thinking about Natsumi.

Junpei really wants you to come watch.

What?

You're going to do a comedy sketch?

I was forced into it too.

Really?

Looks fun!

See you then.

She said she'll probably be there.

What?

Yes, right. She won't be there.

Is that how you treat someone who just did you a favor?

-What? -Hey!

-Is it? -That reeks!

Haruto was taken aback by how few people were in the audience,

but I felt like I was in a dream.

Old man…

I was able to clearly see Natsumi's radiant smile from across the room.

I was dumped by my…

The sketch was only a countermeasure to her boyfriend.

-Fuck! -What?

The best move I could make was to make her laugh

more than anyone else.

POMPEI

I never imagined Haruto was going to decide to pursue a career in comedy.

And perhaps that was a decision I should've given more thought to.

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.

Natsumi was also the reason I lost all common sense.

"Your sketch was hilarious. It made me see you in a different way."

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.

I can't imagine anyone else as my partner.

Okay.

Let's take over the world together.

Ten years ago,

I started a career in comedy for Natsumi

and now I'm trying to quit for Natsumi.

Compared to my lowly career in comedy,

Natsumi works in public relations for a major pharmaceutical company.

We live in different worlds.

Is that his girlfriend?

Yes, I think so.

What? That's kind of surprising.

Rina.

Why don't you get table three cleaned up?

Fine.

That guy works at the mahjong parlor by the station.

But he's so good at cooking.

What? You've been there?

Five times a week.

Five times a week?

I'm trying to become a professional mahjong player after all.

Oh, I see.

You lot

are breaking up, is that right?

You're not even 30 yet.

You're too young to stop now. It'd be a waste.

Which is it?

Which is what?

I heard you offered Shunta a job here.

Haruto.

Your actions contradict your words.

On the surface, you say you're rooting for us.

But you can't wait for Shunta to leave Macbeth.

I never once suggested he stop being a comedian to come work for me.

I only told him he had a job here when he wanted

to give himself the peace of mind to keep going.

Don't you think

saying something like that would create some confusion for him?

Of course, he's going to think

that the sooner he quits, the sooner he'll secure a job here.

-I don't think that-- -Shut up!

Listen,

Haruto.

When I have someone come work for me, I do so

knowing it could be a lifetime commitment, no matter who it is.

I work alongside them

with a sense of responsibility

that I have their life in my hands.

So?

Did you ever

feel a sense of responsibility for Shunta and Junpei's lives

or a commitment to go through life together?

Did you ask them to be a part of your journey

with the nonchalant attitude that you'd just call it quits if it didn't work out?

If I had it my way,

we wouldn't be breaking up.

Come on! Don't you think there's more you could do

before you go on blaming others?

"Blaming others"?

-Haruto. -How exactly

-Haruto! -am I blaming others?

-You're drunk. -Huh?

-You're drunk. -Boss?

-Come on. Let's go home. -Stop!

I'm still talking to him.

It's been a while since I was on a swing.

It's fun, isn't it?

Once, a long time ago,

I kicked my loafers off

and it ended up going right above me,

and it hit me in the face and made my nose bleed.

What did you want to talk about?

Yes…

Well…

I didn't mean to make it sound like such a serious talk.

Well…

As of the end of June,

Macbeth will be breaking up.

What? Is that it?

What?

Yes.

I was so panicked!

I completely thought you were going to break up with me.

I'd never be the one to call it quits on us.

But…

are you sure you want to quit?

Yes.

I can't

make you suffer through this any longer.

You've never made me feel like that.

But you didn't go to Kobayashi's wedding reception.

Who goes to their ex-boyfriend's wedding?

He's the idiot for pretentiously sending me an invitation.

Whenever I'm reminded that Kobayashi is a famous CEO,

I just…

feel sorry.

Like, how long am I really going to pursue this career?

Well, I don't regret anything.

I'm glad I chose you.

Come on, don't make me say all this.

Sorry.

The only reason I ever said anything negative about Macbeth

was because you three were too close

and I thought you needed a little push.

If you do want to keep going,

you've got my support.

Can I come sleep over tonight?

Sure, if you beat me at a shoe toss.

That's easy!

Your snoring was so loud.

-Really? Sorry. -It's okay.

It's been a while since you were so drunk.

Was the boss mad?

No, not at all.

He just said you're welcome back for a drink any time and he'll be there for you.

-On the way home yesterday, -Yes?

I saw Junpei and Natsumi in the park.

Oh, did you talk to them?

No.

They looked like they were having such a good time on the swings,

I didn't want to bother them.

Oh, they get along so well.

When I saw them,

it reminded me of a bunch of stuff.

What kind of stuff?

After we performed our sketch at the school festival,

remember you took us out?

Oh, yeah. We went to Pompei.

We asked you to take us out

because you had just won the Puyo Puyo competition.

But if you hadn't won,

the three of us probably wouldn't have gone out.

Yes. That's probably true.

Had it not been for that exact timing,

I don't think I would've asked Junpei to be my partner.

What? So then, are you saying, this is all thanks to me?

Sometimes I still think about

how our lives would've turned out

if Junpei had said no to me.

Well, if you're going to go down that route,

if I hadn't turned Junpei down,

then you would've never done the comedy sketch with him to begin with.

Turned Junpei down?

What?

The day of the school festival was the day of the Puyo Puyo competition.

So I told Junpei if he wanted to do a comedy sketch, he should ask you.

What?

What?

What?

-Didn't you know? -What?

Wait.

Junpei asked me

because you said no?

Uh, no, actually,

I wasn't even the first person he asked.

He said Kuramoto said no,

so that's why Junpei asked me.

Uh-oh.

Maybe I've said something I shouldn't have.

Morning.

What's wrong with your foot? Did you break it?

No.

I lost one of them last night.

Oh, once you've changed, we have an order

for stir-fried noodles with a fried egg.

The lady's back again?

She's on a roll again today.

Ron!

18,000 points.

Hello.

Well,

something's bothering me.

The last time I saw you must've been graduation.

That's right. I wasn't sure if you'd still remember me.

I'd never forget you, Shunta.

Why?

You're the only student of mine that bought a car

while you were still in school, and paid for it in one installment.

I was only able to do that thanks to the prize money I won.

You gave me a ride once.

You, me, Haruto, and Junpei.

What happened to that car?

It's still my car. The three of us use it to get around.

I heard the three of you decided to break up.

Back when it was still just Haruto and Junpei,

I actually went to see them a few times.

Oh, man!

I wish you could've seen me perform at least once too.

Don't make it sound like it's already over.

You still have two months left.

You're right.

I'm sorry to drag you along with me.

Not at all.

I was just about to go shopping anyway.

Late last night,

Shunta came by the restaurant, alone.

Oh, he was probably hungry after he finished work.

Yes, he did say he was coming from work.

He was writing something,

which was none of my business

until I caught a glimpse of what he was writing

when I carried over his order.

What was it?

It was a suicide note.

-A suicide note? -It was written in big, fat letters,

so I'm sure of it.

Oh. It's just a prop for our sketch.

A prop?

We use a suicide note prop in our "Roof" sketch.

Of course. I'm well aware of that sketch.

We've been invited to be a guest performer,

so we were talking about performing, "Roof."

But for that sketch,

you don't need the actual letter that goes inside, right?

He was writing the letter that goes inside?

The moment I saw that, I connected the dots.

Back when Shunta was still a pro-gamer,

he said in an interview once, "I'll only live until I'm 27."

-What? -And

Shunta's birthday is tomorrow.

He turns 28 tomorrow.

Isn't this shocking?

What's shocking to me

is that you've read an interview Shunta did from when he was a pro-gamer.

That's not important right now.

I know the article you're talking about,

and I know he said he'd only live until 27,

but he's the kind of guy to say things like that to sound cool.

I don't know…

You're overthinking it.

I'm the one who wants to die.

What?

Did something happen?

I'm home.

Hey, at least put a light on.

What's wrong?

Did something happen?

No.

You have that look on your face for when something happened.

What is it?

Just say it.

Why didn't you tell me?

What?

About the school festival sketch.

I heard you asked

Shunta and Kuramoto before you asked me.

That. I never told you?

Don't play dumb!

Is it really something to be that mad about?

What does it say about our relationship,

if you can't even tell me something as important as that?

Hey.

So you don't have anything you've ever kept from me?

No!

-Of course not. -Don't lie.

Do you have any idea how hurt I am

that the past ten years have been a lie?

Come on.

Come on…

The order in which I asked people doesn't mean anything.

It's not a big deal.

Then why didn't you ever mention it?

You didn't mention it because you felt guilty, right?

I was nothing but your third choice, your contingency plan.

That's not true.

Jokes on me!

Not only did you not think I was funny,

but you asked me to get on stage to perform a comedy sketch,

and on top of that, listened to me dream about making an entire career out of it!

Are you saying you regret forming Macbeth?

Obviously!

Had I known, I never would've performed with you,

nor would I have asked you to form a fucking duo with me!

Are you

going to deny everything that we went through in the last ten years?

Are you?

Well, are you?

What about you?

I'm sure you've wondered if you would've been successful

had you formed a duo with Kuramoto!

I bet you've thought about how you

would've spared a life as a comedian if only you didn't form a duo with me.

You're an asshole!

Who are you calling an asshole?

If you want me to say it so badly, then I will.

I should've never partnered with you.

I never pegged you as such a horrible human being!

Who are you calling horrible?

Don't you think it's cowardly to threaten me like that?

Do you think I'm bluffing?

Ma'am, let's go for it on the count of three.

That's reassuring!

Don't be ridiculous!

You're the one that's ridiculous!

You're--

WE'RE ABOUT TO START SHUNTA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Thirty minutes left.

What were you doing before you started working here?

I was just kind of wandering about.

That sounds awesome.

Don't you think you reached that conclusion a bit too quickly?

No.

I'm pretty good at reading people.

I don't think you are.

Ever since I entered my twenties, nothing…

literally nothing good has happened.

It's like the Dark Ages.

The Dark Ages?

Happy Birthday, Shunta!

Hurry up and blow them out.

What is it, Shunta?

If I blow them out, that means it's over.

ROOF

WILL

I'm home.

Welcome back. Was everything okay with Shunta?

What do you mean?

Was he acting strange?

He seemed to be enjoying his drinks.

And he dropped me off just around the corner.

Is that so?

So he went home?

No.

He said he wanted to walk a bit more and headed towards the river.

Did you find Shunta?

Shunta?

He disappeared?

What?

What are you doing then?

I'm looking for my right shoe.

Could you try calling Shunta right now?

What?

Hello?

Where are you?

On top of a bridge.

Which one?

You know, the one with the pretty skyline of our neighborhood.

Don't you dare die.

What do you mean?

Your will!

I just wrote that to get in the zone for our show.

Don't lie to me.

I'm not lying. It's the truth.

I'm coming to you now, so don't you dare move.

Okay.

Be careful.

Back when I was still a pro-gamer,

I often said I'd die by 27 in interviews.

I don't really have a specific goal in mind for my future.

I have a hunch I'll die at 27.

-What? -What?

That was because my father died at the young age of 27

as well as all the poets and musicians he liked.

I was deeply loved by my dad and so

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

I only ever felt like dying,

once in my life.

The person who appeared in my life at that exact moment

was Haruto.

Nothing. Nothing at all.

Hey, you

weren't trying to kill yourself, were you?

That's a stretch.

You're right. It is a stretch.

But suppose that's what I was doing?

What?

Would that inconvenience you in any way?

Yes. Yes, it would.

What?

You know, Junpei?

He's planning

an elaborate proposal to ask Natsumi out tomorrow.

What's that got to do with me?

Hypothetically,

if you were to commit suicide,

then they'd undoubtedly close the school tomorrow.

His entire plan would go to waste.

Well, in that case,

he'd just have to postpone his big proposal.

This is just my own conjecture here,

but I think the success rate of a proposal following the death of a classmate

would drop considerably.

You want Junpei's proposal

-to go well, that badly? -No!

The possibility of it going well is already so close to zero,

I just don't want that probability to get any lower.

I can do this.

My dream will come true.

All right.

-Hey. -Sorry, I can't.

Wait!

-What happened? -What just happened?

Why? Why was he stretching his Achilles tendon?

What's a proposal and an Achilles tendon got to do with each other?

I don't know.

Maybe he was planning to do an acrobatic proposal?

Oh, here he is…

Hey.

-How'd it go? -It, yeah.

What do you mean, yeah?

Well…

she seems

a bit confused.

So it didn't

happen this time.

So…

almost?

Yes, almost.

Why are you laughing?

No, we're not laughing. We're not laughing.

Man, almost!

I guess, next time then.

You'll get her next time.

Yes. Well,

I think you two make a great match.

-Who are you? -What?

I'm Shunta Asabuki.

We're in the same class.

I know that. I'm asking why you're here.

You said you wanted to become friends with him.

I never said that.

Yes, you did!

After he saw your play at the school festival,

he was so jealous of you saying things like, "He's crazy good."

-Really? -Yes.

Ever since, the time we spent together has increased exponentially.

Ouch, Junpei!

My bad.

Junpei continued to be rejected by Natsumi, several times, but…

Either way.

Junpei.

Will you be my partner?

I'm serious.

I can't imagine anyone else as my partner.

When Haruto said that to Junpei,

I was overcome with jealousy.

As a man, I couldn't imagine

anything better than being chosen.

All right, here's the mapo bowl.

Wait. What are you doing?

Five years ago,

I had a Puyo Puyo tournament before I went to see a Macbeth show.

I won the championship by a mile

and made a new personal record,

but somehow, I still felt empty.

There's nothing good left for me.

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

What?

Even though I won championships, their continuous failures

seemed luminescent compared to the lonely world

of a pro-gamer.

-Stop messing about! -Ma'am, stay there.

I'm thinking about…

retiring as a professional gamer.

Why?

I can't compete with these youngsters.

That night, with the help of some liquid courage,

I was determined to be recruited into Macbeth.

No idea.

Then…

want to join Macbeth?

That was the moment I knew.

Are you sure?

-Yes. -Hey!

I knew that Haruto was the kind of guy that made someone's wishes come true.

His words have never once led me astray.

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?

So I did exactly as Haruto asked.

I stayed and waited.

I was prepared to stay there,

whether that meant until morning

or the next day.

Hey!

Hey!

What do you think you're doing?

No…

I think this is all just a big misunderstanding.

Stop messing about!

I was worried sick about you.

I'd never kill myself.

How would I know that?

Back in high school,

you thought about killing yourself.

No…

You think a guy planning to kill himself

would buy into life insurance that only kicks in when he's 70?

Then what's this?

It's just…

when I realized we'd only be on stage as Macbeth a handful of times,

I started to miss all of our sketches.

I wrote it, purely imagining how a youngster about to jump off a roof

might feel.

We have to put our heart and soul into props too.

For only being the setting of a sketch, it's too similar to your situation.

-You think? -Yes!

The father dying at such a young age,

the mother re-marrying a young man, and the son losing his will to live.

That's all you!

It's just a coincidence.

It's not a coincidence.

No, but

I will admit it does overlap with the time

you found me on the roof at school.

Sketches are better when

there's a hint of truth in them.

How's anyone supposed to laugh with that?

Hey! I'm alive!

What?

What's Ms. Nakahama doing here?

Apparently, she saw Junpei, and they called me.

When I told them you were on your way,

he said, "Okay, I guess everything's okay then."

Then he hung up right away.

Ms. Nakahama.

I was so worried, I had to come.

Sorry.

Because of all the fuel you added to the fire,

I actually became worried Shunta was going to die.

I'm sorry.

But

I'm glad I was wrong.

As I mentioned before,

I'm cursed.

Oh, stop with all that.

You concern yourself too much.

It does make me happy though.

Even though you were with Junpei,

he didn't come, while you came running to check on me.

He said he felt awkward coming because he got into a fight with Haruto.

When'd you have a fight?

It's all because of you.

Did you talk to him about the school festival thing?

Well, it's something he should've told me.

That he doesn't think the person he built

an entire comedy career with is the funniest.

No.

That's not true.

I know he thinks you're funny

because that's why he gets mad every time I try to ad-lib.

It means he thinks your jokes are good just as they are.

But he said it right to my face.

That he should've never partnered with me.

That's obviously not how he truly feels.

Yes.

Junpei needs you in order to shine.

I can't forgive him so easily for not saying anything.

Maybe he didn't say anything because he was serious about doing Macbeth with you.

Maybe he kept quiet…

because he knew this would upset you,

because he knows you better than anyone.

Junpei wrote this in one of his blogs four years ago.

It's an entry from

when he visited a Chinese restaurant that he frequented back in high school.

"I used to come to Pompei often in high school with H and S."

H is Haruto.

S is Shunta.

That's right.

Right.

"It's a memorable restaurant because it's where H and I

formed our duo after our third-year high school festival."

"Something I'd tell my younger self,

You didn't make the wrong choice."

Ms. Nakahama, you're even reading Junpei's blog?

I didn't even know he had a blog.

At first glance, you wouldn't know it belonged to Junpei from Macbeth.

It's entitled, "The B-Class Foodie Diary of a C-Class Entertainer."

The last update was two years ago.

Ms. Nakahama has even read up on all your interviews from when you were a pro-gamer.

What? Really?

That makes me so happy

and a little creeped out.

Don't be rude.

Sorry.

I'm the type that can't help but do a deep dive once I'm into something.

No problem.

But thanks to Ms. Nakahama,

you now know how deeply Junpei cares for you.

What?

-Where'd you get that from? -Well,

he's written on a blog we'd never find,

that he didn't make the wrong choice.

That's the kind of guy he is.

That's a foodie blog, right?

He could be referring to the food he ordered.

Come on!

Be honest with yourself.

I'm right, aren't I?

I think it could be interpreted either way.

No. He's clearly referring to his decision about Macbeth.

Actually,

after he says,

"Something I'd tell my younger self. You didn't make the wrong choice,"

there's another sentence.

There is?

It's a new paragraph, but it says,

"Mapo bowl is the best!"

See? I told you.

I don't think you needed to add that.

But it's something he could just find out for himself if he wanted to.

I do recall him ordering mapo bowl that day.

He's just talking about food.

I don't know, he started a new paragraph--

It doesn't matter!

Let's go home.

THE B-CLASS FOODIE DIARY OF A C-CLASS ENTERTAINER

Oh, welcome home.

Don't welcome me home you scaremonger, you.

Hey,

what do you want to do for tomorrow's sketch?

Aren't we doing "Roof"?

That was the plan.

But all of this happened because of a prop I made.

I thought it'd be too ominous.

I think it's fine.

Let's just do "Roof."

It seemed like Junpei had his own reason for insisting on "Roof."

It was only a short time before the performance

that I found out what that was.

You know when you jump to the other balcony?

Yes.

Can you try to prolong that scene a bit?

Yes. Okay.

That was the first time I saw Junpei stretch his Achilles tendon before a show.

It reminded me of the day

he attentively stretched

his Achilles tendon before confessing his feelings to Natsumi,

11 years ago.

What was with that ad-lib?

I don't know.

You don't know when you're the one that did it?

I thought it might get a few laughs.

It did the complete opposite.

You joined in with your own too, Shunta.

Well, if you're going to go ahead and ad-lib,

I thought I could do what I wanted too.

Just 'cause we're breaking up doesn't mean you can do what you want.

Alright! Next time, we've got to be on our A game.

-Right, Shunta? -Yep.

-I'm talking to you. -What?

You heard me.

I'm sorry for the other day.

The fact that you're here to grab a drink means it's water under the bridge.

Thank you.

Welcome!

-Good evening. -Hey, Tsumugi!

Oh, Shun-chan!

-I came. -Thanks!

-You know each other? -That's right!

-So you're all sitting together? -Yes!

And he's never once stretched his Achilles tendon before a show,

except for tonight.

And that's how you knew Junpei was going to ad-lib?

I didn't know what he was going to do.

But I knew he was going to do something different.

What? Why? How did you know from that?

Why? Well, because of what you did in our second year of high school.

What?

Well,

actually, the two of us secretly

watched you confess your feelings.

We hid in a vaulting box that was inside the gym's storage room.

That's right!

And then--

-Ouch! Wait! -Listen.

-Are you serious? -Yes. Seriously.

This is all for real.

-Are you serious? -Yes. I'm serious.

Anyway, listen. So before he confessed,

he was incessantly stretching his Achilles tendon.

The girl he was actually asking out at the time is now Junpei's girlfriend.

-Oh, so it went well. -No.

It wasn't until after that that it went well.

But, at the time, she was like,

"Sorry, I can't,"

-and rejected him straight away. -Come on.

The two of us ran to make it back to the classroom before Junpei

and played dumb.

Then we asked him how it went.

Even though we already knew.

Yes, and then because Haruto's an asshole he asked Junpei,

"So, almost?"

-And this guy says, "Yes, almost." -Hey!

There was nothing "almost" about it.

She didn't even hesitate when she rejected him.

-"Almost!" -"Almost!"

You guys have got to be kidding me!

I had no idea you two were there!

Look at them, laughing at me.

Thank you very much!

So you were hiding something from me.

Yes, of way less significance.

Hey!

Don't let this take a bad turn.

The Nakahama sisters came to have a drink with us, so come on.

You haven't said a single word all night, Rihoko.

Sorry.

I guess I'm a bit nervous.

Why would you be nervous around us?

Because she loves Macbeth.

Yes.

Well,

can I ask you something?

Anything at all.

Can I? Well, what did you say when you ad-libbed?

I think not, I forgot.

Really?

I don't remember either.

Tell us, Shunta.

Actually, I don't really remember either.

It was

Junpei's clumsy way of apologizing, even though he hated ad-libs the most,

in a way the three of us would understand.

You aren't familiar with Titanic, right?

For a moment there, I wasn't sure what was going to happen.

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!

I want to say thank you too.

I'm glad I chose you.

I mean it.

Thank you

for saving my life.

I'll never think of ending my life again.

Don't worry.

What do you think you're doing?

This sketch is titled,

"Miraculous Water."

I can't believe my sister

could crumble so easily.

My family is somewhat to blame

for my brother's unhappiness.

It's not your fault that we're breaking up.

This is why you're suffering

Subtitle translation by: Rachel Hillcoat