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Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

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Asked, "Who do you love?" The person who comes to mind is...

Hey, Yukino!

We're gonna get going soon...

W-What is it?

I love you!

Wha?!

Eternal Interspersions

Today, the whole family is going to go visit Grampa.

But it's only a short way on the train.

Man, Yukino sure took after her mother.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm seeing your mother when she was younger.

Oh, please

Oh, please

Oh, please

Oh, please

Oh, please

You've known each other since you were kids, right?

Right.

We used to play together all the time.

He'd always play stupid, dangerous games.

He made me play with him and put me through a lot of bad experiences.

Oh, I get chills just thinking about it.

Ha, I did some wild things back then.

Guess he hasn't grown since then.

All that turned into love when your mother was a high school freshman.

Yukino's current age.

So when I look at Yukino recently...

...I get into this really weird mood.

Our next stop is...

Hello, Grampa!

Ah-ha, so you've come.

Good of you to come. Come in. Come in.

'Ello!

Why'd you close the door?!

Shut up.

We don't need you. Go home!

Father and Mother were young when they decided to get married.

Therefore, Grampa beat Father to a pulp, and the two still don't get along.

Oh, not again...

My, all three of you have grown even more beautiful since I last saw you.

You're like the trio of dolls for Girl's Day.

You've grown up so nicely under such a hopelessly incompentent father.

Such admirable granddaughters.

It brings tears to my eyes.

Damn! An offensive old geezer, as always.

Just because he lost his daughter to me.

Grumbling on and on forever...

Enough already! Grow out of it.

You too, Father.

So says the low-income guy.

Don't talk about my salary!

The End

Shut up, you little brat!

Shut up, you little brat!

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New Show

Shut up, you little brat!

Shut up, you little brat!

New Show

New Show

Shut up, you little brat!

Shut up, you little brat!

New Show

New Show

Shut up, you little brat!

Shut up, you little brat!

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Hey, hey, what should we do for dinner?

As if you could understand my feelings....

for having given away my only daughter to a guy like you!

Hmm, why don't we just have the usual?

That's the problem with people born in the first decade of the Showa Era.

What?! Salmon again?! Hold it!

The worth of a man isn't measured by your standards anymore!

No way! I'm sick of it already!

It's love! Love that's overflowing from my heart!

Love

Love?!

Love?!

Here, I'll turn it into calligraphy! "Love".

Da...Da...Dammit!!

Haha, wanna get back at me?

Wanna get back at me, Mr. Champion of Love?!

If you wanna get back at me, try and defeat this old man!

Dammit! I'll beat you!

Today is gonna be the day I shut this old geezer up!

Look, look.

Pictures of me when I was younger.

Wow, you looked just like Sis.

Now that I look at it, we really did look alike.

Even I can't tell if it's me or not.

Hey, wasn't she cute? Well, she's still cute.

Yukino, you're really just like Miyako.

Be careful not to get caught by a bad guy, all right?

Damn!

Hmph!

I'm actually going out with someone.

What?!

This is him!

Hi, it's me, Arima Souichirou.

Hmm, a very nice young man.

What's with that difference?!

I'm going out to buy groceries for dinner.

Then I'll go, too.

Butt

Go.

And carry my daughter's bags.

Like a servant.

Quit saying things to piss me off!

Checkmate!

Checkmate!

Wha?!

Things have changed around here, too.

Yeah, there are condos now.

Brings back memories, doesn't it?

Yeah.

Wanna hold hands?

Sure.

Dusk.

The lights in the town spread.

The smell of dinner drifting from somewhere.

The atmosphere at this time is lonely,

but strangely, it's comfortable.

At times like these, I often remember my childhood.

About my late grandfather.

The tree that I climbed often.

Friends.

I remember the distant days

that I can no longer reach out and touch.

Hey, there he is!

Hey! Hiro!

Yo!

Father, age 6.

Father, age 6

Full name: Miyazawa Hiroyuki.

And his other name: Mini-Devil.

All he ever did was stupid things.

Oops

Crash

Break things.

Ouch

Oops

Fight a grade school kid, and win.

Not actually intentionally evil.

Not actually intentionally evil.

Steal a St. Bernard and ride on its back.

Fight, fight

Fight, fight

Not actually intentionally evil.

Sumo wrestle with a cat, etc.

The Mini-Devil was well known in the neighborhood,

and his existence was even feared by adults,

who warned each other to hide their precious things.

First Encounter

Even his first encounter with his wife...

Mother, age 4

You guys want us to play with you?

Good, good, I have the perfect role for you guys.

And that is the role of...

...hostages!

Their first encounter was yet another fairly stupid affair.

Mother

O...Oh, fine, I'll untie you.

Potty!!

What?!

See? You're Tarzan!

How's that?

Purely trying to let her have fun

Ever since then, though he believed he was being nice to the little kids,

Here's a cat!

he did things to his wife and her friends that were definitely not nice.

Are you ready?!

Not yet!

Are you ready?!

Not yet!

Are you ready?!

We're ready!

Hey, it's Hiro!

Hey, did you find him?

No, he's not here.

Where is Hiro?

I wonder where he went.

He's not around.

Let's go look over there.

Hey, Hiro.

Yeah?

Hiro, is it true that you don't have a father or a mother?

Yeah, that's right.

Um, you know?

I don't have a mother, either.

Guess we're the same.

The same?

Later!

See you!

Grampa, I'm home!

Welcome home...

Hiroyuki.

Back then, I lived with Grampa, just the two of us.

We got by on what my parents left behind

and what Grampa had saved up.

But there was never a time when I felt lonely.

Because by the time I became aware, we were already alone anyway...

Splash

And because I really loved my grampa.

Come on, get off my lap already.

Grampa's legs are starting to hurt.

Outside, you're bossy, but at home you're so sweet.

Embarrassing, isn't it?

It doesn't matter!

The days went by uneventfully

And somewhere along the way...

I stopped sitting in Grampa's lap.

And we would never sleep in the same bed again,

because I came to feel I shouldn't depend on him so much anymore.

Five years Iater

Father, 7th grade

Oh, it's Hiro!

Mother, 5th grade

Miyazawa

Wow, you're wearing a school uniform!

You're in middle school!

Do I look cool?

You look kinda weird!

Ha Ha Ha Ha!

Ha, unlike before,

I'm not gonna play with you backpacking kids anymore.

But Hiro, you sure are taking your time.

Miyazawa

The girl next door always goes to school a lot earlier.

Oh, shoot!

I left home at the same time as when I used to leave for grade school!!

Hiro...

La...La...Late big time!

Later, you guys. Do good even without me, you hear?!

In actuality, since their schools became separate at this time,

he would hardly see his wife anymore.

Wanna go?

Two years Iater

Father, 9th grade

Hiro, how can you be so laid back?

The new students are coming in today.

Gotta go check them out to see if there are any cuties.

After all, yesterday's class swap failed us when it came to girls.

The 7th graders are our last hope!

What's with these guys?! You're dead!

You guys are sure into it.

I don't really care for all that.

What's with you?

You're such a party-pooper.

You really aren't interested in girls, are you?

And you're pretty popular with the girls, too.

Aren't you gonna go out with them or anything?

I just don't get that sort of thing.

At this time, we will begin the 22nd Entrance Ceremonies.

At this time, we will begin the 22nd Entrance Ceremonies.

At this time, we will begin the 22nd...

22nd Entrance Ceremony Hall

Oww...

Shoot, it's a girl.

22nd Entrance Ceremony Hall

Are you... okay?

Oh, Hiro!

Huh?

Miyako was the first girl he stared at and thought was cute.

To be continued

Recently, I get the feeling that Grampa's grown more frail.

I'm going, Grampa.

All right.

I'll see you later, Hiroyuki.

His and Her Circumstances

Born, Raised, and the Cycle Repeats.

Oh, Hiro.

Oops. Senior Miyazawa, hello.

Hey, that's got a good ring to it.

Never forget to respect your elders.

Later.

Miyako, is the guy you like...

Is he that Miyazawa guy in the 9th grade?

What?

Uh... um...

Um...

Graduation Ceremony

Oh, Hiro.

Class 3-A

But I didn't expect you to be going to Karakita High.

It looked like you were goofing off, but you were studying after all.

Yup! This man can do pretty good.

Hmm, think you could make it into my high school?

It'd be a piece of cake with my current grades.

Okay.

Then if there's nowhere else you wanna go, come to my high school.

Yeah. I'll do that.

Father, high school senior

It's about time the new students start showing up.

What's up?

You don't have duties during the Entrance Ceremonies, right?

You gonna go look for cuties or something?

Or do you have a "ladylove" or something?

That's stupid.

Yo.

Mother, high school freshman

You're early.

I heard you're in the Career Course.

Aren't you going to college?

Well...

We don't have money, so...

Really? But you live in that mansion.

It's just the house that's big.

There's only Grampa and me.

Besides, I'll finally be able to earn money on my own.

Our next stop is...

Grampa, I'm home.

Oh, welcome home, Hiroyuki.

At some point in time,

I came to feel a definite sense of old age around Grampa.

Living with an old person is somehow sorrowful.

As Grampa grew older,

he just grew infinitely kinder, and it saddened me.

And somewhere along the way,

I came to feel strongly...

...that I wanted to become an adult soon.

Not a child who is just protected by others.

Job Searching Resources

I wanted to become an adult who could support Grampa

with my own strength.

I wanted him to have no worries.

I wanted to give him luxuries.

I wanted him to eat well and have lots of good times.

I wanted to somehow return the love he'd poured into me all this time.

If I became an adult, all that would come true.

Maybe you should go see a doctor after all.

It isn't something worth making such a big deal about.

To: Miyazawa Hiroyuki

Offer Letter Enclosed

Never mind me, just go to school.

Okay.

You've grown so big.

And I thought of you as a small child until only recently.

Now you're already a respectable young man.

It's so strange that I've only noticed it now.

Oh, Hiro.

Grampa.

Food's ready.

Grampa?

In mourning

Hiro, the people who came to the funeral have all gone home.

You must be tired with so much to deal with.

Do you want something to eat?

No, that's okay.

Thanks for everything.

I'll be fine by myself now, so you go on home.

But Hiro, you haven't eaten anything.

You'll get sick at this rate.

Thanks, but I'll really be okay,

so go home now.

What're you doing?

What the hell're you doing?

Because...

...I wanted to be near you.

You dummy...

Why didn't I make it in time?

I loved him so much,

and I couldn't do anything for him.

I was always afraid...

...of the fact that I'd have to part with Grampa someday.

But if it had to be, then I wanted it to be after I'd given him something.

But now...

It hurts.

I couldn't give him anything!

All the things I wanted to do for him are all in my head!

And now I can do nothing!

But you know Hiro,

your grandfather may not have seen things like that.

I'm sure that his love for you was much greater than that.

So much that he was satisfied...

just by the fact that you were born into this world.

That's probably how deep love is.

Can't I take your grandfather's place?

After that, we waited for Miyako to graduate from high school,

and then immediately got married.

From the year after, we were blessed with darling girls three years in a row.

Money was tight, but we were happy.

Now I can understand how Grampa felt.

Having those children is enough.

I'm already happy, just by that.

Grampa's spirit now flows through me to be passed down to my children.

Because love is something that spreads.

Even your house has been replaced by an impressive library.

Nothing I could do about it.

I couldn't keep up that place on my own.

Let's eat!

Father, you're getting older,

so stop being stubborn and come live with us.

That's right.

No.

It's all over when your kids start to worry about you.

I want to do as I please on my own.

C'mon, if it's diapers, I'll change 'em for you anytime.

Shut up, punk!

Father!

Really!

Exactly how long are you going to stay stubborn about this?

Oh, be quiet! Really! What do you take me for?!

Father, you spit some rice out.

Shut up. It doesn't matter!

Because love is something that spreads.

To be continued

A synopsis of what's to come!

The long and yet short summer break.

Sis is waiting, but her boyfriend still isn't back!

She spends her time hanging out with friends and doing homework,

but the void in her heart could not be filled!

And finally the relief, Arima Souichirou comes back!

How...ever!

Next time, on His and Hers! His return!

His Return