Original subtitles

A Yukisada Isao FiIm

It's getting cIoser

What is?

The typhoon

typhoon

typhoon '29

sweetie

WiII we make it?

We wiII make it

I promise I'II take you there

Saku

Morning

Good morning

Another aII-nighter?

You're part time, right?

Do fuII-timers work Saturday, too?

Listen

Sakutaro is odd name, no?

Dad was a fan of the poet, Hagiwara Sakutaro

He wrote Chiekosho?

No, not that

What, then?

What was it

You don't even know

Wow, some ugIy weather

The typhoon's getting cIoser

typhoon?

Typhoon '29 is currentIy

at sea, southwest of Kagoshima

moving north sIowIy,

at about 20 kiIometers per hour

We aren't seeing any rain yet,

but thick storm cIouds are moving in from the west

promising a torrent to come

Don't you have a girIfriend?

I do

So, go home, then

- Ugh! - what?

The move

I said I'm fine

You're the one I'm worried about

It's IoneIy Iiving aIone in the city

Listen, Dad,

Don't you have anyone speciaI?

Haven't you been IoneIy since I Ieft?

I'm not making fun of you, I'm worried

It's not Iike I'm Ieaving the country

I'II come back and visit

I stiII had this

Excuse me, do you have any WaIkmen?

If you wanted MD pIayers,

they're reaIIy compact now

These here aII take CDs...

Excuse me,

do you have a WaIkman for pIaying cassette tapes?

Cassettes?

October 28th...

I don't know why...

I can't get to sIeep

I'm so afraid of tomorrow

that I can't faII asIeep

I think...

I'm going to die soon

CRYING OUT LOVE, IN THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

I'm going away for a whiIe Don't worry about me - Ritsuko

the super typhoon '29,

traveIIing north at approximateIy 15 kiIometers per hour

The atmospheric pressure at the center is 950hPa,

the maximum wind speed near the center is 40 meters,

and within the parameters 110 kiIometers southeast and...

70 kiIometers northwest...

WeIcome

Oh, it's you

HeIIuva weIcome

I'm starving, Ryu

Eat at home

You've got a cute fiancee

Whatever

Shit

I never shouId've introduced you to Ritsuko

You're marrying her Better treat her right

What?

Ritsuko's gone

Gone?

She Ieft a note, ''I'm going away for a whiIe''

A note? That's bad, man

You write a note if you're going to eIope, man

or for a doubIe suicide

DoubIe suicide? Suicide?

No way

- You caII her? - No

CaII her

Hurry up and caII, her Iife's at stake

- Oh, aII right - Hurry

this afternoon, many Kyushu-bound flights have been canceIIed,

stranding morre than 50,000 passengers

If Typhoon '29 continues its northerIy course,

It shouId hit Shikoku tomorrow afternoon...

- Hey Saku - Yeah?

That's...

Ritsuko, isn't it?

AII 12 flights have been canceIIed

Why'd you hang up?

- But... - we can anticipate many more

canceIIed flights,

and disruption of traveI pIans That's aII...

That's aII, from Takamatsu Airport

What's Ritsuko doing in Takamatsu?

Hey

Hey, Saku

1986

June 24, 1986

Mayor Onuki Sojaburo

Saku! Over here

You're Iate again Sorry

Next, euIogy from a Kobane High

SchooI student, who she taught

Hirose Aki,

11th grade

Yes

PrincipaI teacher

my heart is sorrowed on your passing

I wouId reaIIy Iike to appreciate

what you've been teaching me

Teacher

I wish I had no need to

say these things

I reaIIy feeI great sorrow at the sudden news of your death,

and I can hardIy beIieve that I have to stand here

and speak these words

to a photograph

I think what you aIways said

''Beginnings are just continuations of other things,''

about the reaI meaning of those words

Our memories of you...

She is amazing

The other girIs are just crying these eyes out

She's Iike totaIIy mature or something...

Sakutaro

Why?

UncIe Shige, you knew our principaI?

She was my first Iove

What?

I wanted a memoriaI photograph of her

but I couIdn't even see her face

No way, this was our principaI?

The war was over and we'd survived

But I was starting over from scratch,

Iost my whoIe famiIy, totaIIy broke

So...

I worked Iike a dog

to win her

I did everything but commit murder

Like what?

I can't teII you

So I got things together

But then...

But then what?

But then, she'd aIready married

a man her parents had chosen

But that's

Back then,

that's how it was done

Hey, Saku, there aren't any cute girIs

I Iike,

Iike a girI who reads books on the train

Who's Iike

What are you staring at, you Iech

What's that?

Hey, hey, Iisten, Iisten,

It's Tachi, the movie star!

Tachi?

Tachi Hiroshi

It's a movie shoot,

He's pIaying some cop

- Where? Where? - over there

Can you caII that girI over?

- Hirose! - Yes

Come here

It's just a pick-up shot

May we take your picture?

Do you mind?

I'II take your photo

Hey, Tachi's gone

Hey, isn't that Aki?

Hey, that's Aki

- It's Aki - Aki!

Why? Why?

- What? - Her debut?

Debut?

actress?

ah...

I caught a fooI

I knew you came to schooI on your motorbike

I've seen you riding it before

Are you going to rat on me?

- What are you doing? - Here

What?

Hurry

Hurry up

Oh weII

Don't hoId on so tight

FeeI my breasts?

Listen, Saku

PIease don't

don't what?

CaII me Saku

Everybody caIIs you that

Just the guys

WeII, Nakagawa's a girI

She's not reaIIy Iike that,

so it's okay for her, too

Why not me, too, then?

when you do it, I feeI Iike you're teasing me

I'm not teasing

You're different from the other girIs, Hirose

I'm different?

You're smart and you're a great athIete,

and you're popuIar

You're going into show business, right?

You're Iike, a IittIe cIassier...

It's Iike you're here

- Whar? - Going home

Aren't you riding with me?

We Iive in opposite directions

Then why'd you ask for that ride?

That's a no-brainer

How eIse couId I taIk to you?

A score of 82, what a Iaugh

If I get serious, I can do a Iot better...

Wait a second

What?

32,000 yen

Expensive

You win this

If they read your postcard on Midnight Wave

Midnight Wave?

A Iate night radio channeI

Hey, I'II race

What?

Let's both send postcards and

see who gets the WaIkman first

I'm home

WeIcome home, Sakutaro

You're Iate. Was it a girI,

Shut up, ugIy

you shut up

Whether you're cramming

working or

- broken-hearted - This is it

We're coming to you

from FMKB

So, another round of Midnight Wave,

aII night Iong

Our first request comes from a Iistener

by the pen name Banana Boat

''Someday'' by Sano Motoharu

I hear the music from the street in the middIe of night

There was time that I was in Iove...

The passing year

''The passing year is yet

another traveIIing''

Even the amnesia has become a memory

Saku

Nakagaa san Hirose san

Hirose san

We've taIIied up votes and

Hirose Aki has been seIected

to pIay JuIiet

I wonder how JuIiet feIt when she woke up

How it feeIs to have your Iover die first

Ask UncIe Shige

Why?

Between you and me,

UncIe Shige, who runs the photo studio,

his first Iove was our principaI

No way

They were pIanning to marry,

but war came and

prevented their union

But it was aII in his mind, reaIIy

And he stiII Ioves her

Fifty years is haIf a century

I can't imagine dreaming of the same person for haIf a century

It's IoveIy

What?

I'd Iike to hear UncIe Shige's story

Are you nervous?

With that fave, you'II never get in anywhere

Brighten up

What kind of face shouId I make?

I don't know how to smiIe

OK, don't Iaugh

AII right

Done

Thank you

Thanks again

I don't mind teIIing you

But not for free

I stiII say this is nuts

You think?

We couId get arrested

For what?

I think it's romantic and IoveIy

You think?

It'II be so much nicer with UncIe Shige,

than stuck in this desoIate pIace

Isn't that it?

What's he going to do with her bones?

Carry them to his grave

Oh right

UncIe Shige can't share her grave

Light up the inside

Oh, sorry

In a way, this is Iike

finding eternaI Iove

But it's aII over if you die

ShaII we ask?

What?

When you die, does Iove die, too?

Does Iove die, too? Does Iove die, too?

Over here

- Here! - Someone's coming

Watch your step, watch your step

I'm covered with bits

Sit down

This is the most beautifuI pIace

I know, so it's aII for you

It's a grave

That's Johnny and Nakagawa

No way

So many mosquitoes

They're dating?

Who's there!

- Who's there? - Run!

Who's there!

Saku?

Saku! Hey

You...

Hey, Saku, man

- Who - It's me, me

Johnny?

It's been so Iong, man

So, you wound up taking over the tempIe?

Yeah, weII

And what the heII are you doing here?

Oh, nothing

Not nothing...

Is that Hirose?

Yeah, weII

Right Hirose, huh

She was amazing, Hirose was

A great athIete, super smart

good at anything

To someone Iike me,

riddIed with inferiority,

Hirose FamiIy Grave

she was Iike a stab to the heart

She was so cooI

About twice a day, no more than an hour

No more than an hour

Oh, reaIIy

Sakutaro!

What, Sakutaro?

Sakutaro?

What are you doing back home?

What about your job?

WeII

You must be busy with the wedding coming up

Oh, this is perfect

I want you to see the kimono I'II be wearing

I can't outshine what Ritsuko's wearing, right?

I'II Iay it out downstairs, so take a Iook, OK?

Found it

This is Midnight Wave, carrying with you aII night Iong

So, Iet's move on to the next postcard

Penname is Fried NoodIe Bread

What?

I'm writing today about a tragedy that befeII my cIassmate,

a quite girI, with Iong hair

Our cIass decided to stage

Romeo and JuIiet or the cuIturaI festivaI

She was going to pIay JuIiet

But she never made it onstage

She had Ieukemia

AII her Iong hair feII out,

and she grew unrecognizabIy gaunt

I won, right?

Hey? Were you asIeep?

I know, you're jeaIous

right?

Hey

- Mr. Nakano - Yes

- Mr. Honmata - Yes

- Mr. Hujumoto - Yes

Mr. Matusomoto

Mr. Matusomoto?

Hi

Say it in EngIish

YES!

- Mr. Miyagawa - Yes

- Mr. Murata - Yes

- Mr. Yano - Yes

- Mr. Yamada - Yes

Miss Aimoto

Yes

The principaI's bones...

Hey, Aki!

This is Aki

If I see you in person,

I'm afraid I'II either

snub you or sIap you,

so I decided to record this for you

PIease Iisten to this on the WaIkman you won with your terribIe Iie

Listen, Saku

The reason I was so furious with you today,

was that I couIdn't forgive

the heartIess Iie you toId

I don't think you shouId teII Iies Iike that

Have you considered how sick peopIe feeI?

What wiII you do if I die?

UncIe Shige's Iove Iasted this Iong,

because it was never fuIfiIIed

When you're together, you see the other's fauIts

That may even push you apart

But I Iike to beIieve

it onIy deepens Iove

Uh.. I'm sorry

I regret what I did

You;ve got piece of rice stuck, there

Oh! Disgusting!

It's your turn now

What?

Record whatever you

have to say on tape

Then I'II answer you again

It's 8 o'cIock at night

I just had dinner

We had croquettes

I Iike soy sauce with my croquettes

Do you prefer soy sauce or reguIar

sauce with your croquettes?

What a ridicuIous question

Aki

I reaIIy don't know what to say,

so I'II just teII you how I feeI

Being with you is fun,

time passes so quickIy when we're together

I know it's a IittIe Iate, but..

WiII you go out with me?

Don't Iaugh

Sure

JuIy 14th

And that's how, I, Hirosi Aki,

and Matsumoto Sakutaro,

started going out together, but...

Because you stiII know

I thought I'd introduce myseIf

Let's see, my birthday,

is October 28th, 1969

A Scorpio

1969, November 3rd

Scorpio

My favorite coIor,

oIive green, forest green

My favorite coIor?

BIue

My favorite food

Simmered tofu,

MapIe syrup

white rice with seaweed deeped in soy sauce

Fried dumpIings

shaved ice with green tea syrup,

rice omeIets

My favorite things

Cooking cIass,

iced wheat tea in summer,

white dresses,

smeII of the beauty saIon

Swimming cIass,

beetIes in winter,

miIk bottIe tops,

the end of schooI beIIs,

photo studio

My favorite movies

MeIody,

Roman HoIiday,

Ben Hur,

Fist of Fury,

The Right Staff

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

I'm getting sIeepy

I'm caIIing it a night

Good night

August 25th

Going to Yume IsIand with Oki and the others,

I hope it'II be the perfect end-of-summer-vacation trip

Hey, Ryu?

You sure about this?

Sure thing, Ieave it to em

Hey, what about your girI-friend?

She's doing some shoppig right now

She'II be coming with my brother

I see

If summer ends with you this way,

you'II stay pIatonic forever

Is that what you want?

What are you doing?

What? Nothing

Oh, Iook, a fIying fish!

They're absoIuteIy beautifuI

So, we're here

After you

Wow, smeIIs Iike summer

Oki!

Make god memories

Saku

Oh, I'm sorry, sorry

Wow, incredibIe

What a wreck

A totaI wreck

Your bag

Are we reaIIy staying here?

Where eIse is there?

Saku

What?

Hey, hey, Aki, Iook

Me too,

What?

Think it stiII works?

Amazing camera

- What is this? - Cut it out

Get up there a second

OK, Cheese

No good, it's broken

There's fiIm in there, but...

I feeI Iike we've come very far,

from our usuaI worId

There are just tons of pIaces we've never been

Ever since I was born,

I haven't been anywhere

No, reaIIy?

Don't make fun of me

I'm sorry, sorry

ActuaIIy, neither have I

This may be

the farthest I've ever gone

So today,

I feIt a IittIe guiIty

Iying to my parents

You tried?

Were you trying to kiss me?

I can't?

Listen, Saku

Kissing is what you do,

when you taIk about your dreams

Dreams?

Yeah,

I mean dreams...

What are dreams?

I won't teII

No fair

If we deveIop this,

we might find amazing pictures

It suddenIy struck me, summer's aImost over

Who named you Aki, after the faII?

My father

FaII

Reading in faII,

Sports in faII,

faII appetites...

- and... - Saku

You think they named me after a season?

They didn't?

They caIIed me Aki after,

Hakuaki

Hakuaki?

Aki

It's the geoIogic era,

when the most new pIants and animaIs emerged and fIourished

They named me Aki, hoping I wouId fIourish, too,

the way dinosaurs and ferns did

Like a dinosaur?

That's right,

Say, Saku

Why did they name you Sakutaro?

Because my Dad's a big Hagiwara Sakutaro fan

Hagiwara Sakutaro

He wrote Chiekosho?

No, not that

What, then?

What was it?

You don't even know

I'm wide awake, now

You're Iate!

Did you do it?

I couIdn't

What a fucking idiot!

After aII the troubIe I went to

Saku!Oki!

Aki

Sakutaro, Aki

Hey, Saku!

Aki

Hey, open the door!

Are you OK?

I'm so sorry

Jerk!

You Ok, Saku?

Saku

Aki

Aki

Aki

Ever since the day we went to Yume IsIand,

my parents have been kind of upset

But don't worry about it

It's fun, isn't it? Like we're

Romeo and JuIiet

It's 8 o'cIock in the morning

UsuaIIy, I'd have Ieft the house Iong ago,

but my uniform's stiII hanging up,

and I haven't even had breakfast

ActuaIIy, I'm going into the hospitaI today

But pIease don't worrry

My feeIings for you are the same

I've Ieft you proof at schooI

How'd you Iike a IittIe treasure hunt?

Start outside the science Iab,

at the end of the Iong, hushed haIIway

Go inside it

Isn't there something exciting about a Iab?

As if there's some secret

Beakers,

flasks, microscopes,

the smeII of spirit Iamps

Look at the desk at the back, by the window

Hirose Aki spent a drowsy Iecture here - 1986

Saku

I Iove the gym

The high ceiIing,

The Iight pouring through those big indows,

the waxed hardwood floor

You can hear

shoes squeaking

Get up on the stage

Graduation Ceremony

''FareweII for today

''UntiI we meet again''

I Iike this song

Stand in front of the piano

CIose your eyes

Are they cIosed?

Ready?

You can't open them

untiI I teII you to

Don't open them

Aki...

Keep your eyes cIosed, OK?

I haven't pIayed since I was IittIe,

so I'm not sure how weII I'II do

I've never pIayed for anyone

This is a very big deaI

I Iove you

I Iove you, Saku

Say

How do you meet,

when you meet by chance?

Leukemia

The name of my disease

Leukemia

You got it because of that awfuI postcard I sent to the radio show

- That's not true - But no!

It's my destiny

But I swear not to die

I need you to beIieve it too

BeIieve it

Thank you

Oh, heIIo, it's me

Did you find Ritsuko?

Not... yet

I see

Listen, Ryu

Do you remember much from high schooI?

That's kind of sudden

I can't beIieve I've forgotten

So fuII of precious experiences

What's up with you?

I just...

I saw Aki

What are you taIking about? Get it together

What'd you go there, for?.

You went to find Ritsuko, right?

Remembering Aki won't heIp

she's not a memory!

That day, 17 years ago,

after Typhoon '29 passed, Aki died aIone

Aki didn't...

Aki didn't want to see me at the end

That's why,

being here, I feeI Iike Aki's stiII aIive

Have some coffee Warm you right up

Thank you so much

You know them?

I owe so much to those kids

The girI died right after I took that picture

Said she was afraid of being forgotten

So I took their picture

I...

StoIe it away

The promise they'd made...

I stoIe it away

They're ready

The fiIm was pretty oId,

but the pictures were fine

Where is this?

ProbabIy AustraIia

Ever been there?

Nope

Thank you

Hey, there, Ritsuko, don't run

Aki, sister, the pictures are ready

ReaIIy? Thanks

Amazing, right?

Amazing

Amazing!

Ritsuko

Mommy

I'm sorry she's aIways pestering you

Oh, no, she's been doing my errands

Right?

Right

Another whoIe night Iong with Midnight Wave

Let's move on to the next postcard

It's from Kobane cho, pen name, Fried NoodIe Bread

I wrote once before

about a cIassmate who had Ieukemia

I'm sending this postcard today

to give you the Iatest news

WouId you beIieve, she's compIeteIy recovered

She's got aII her strength back,

and flies around the track at

doubIe, no tripIe her former speed

She runs in the evening gIow,

after schooI is over,

just Iike the first time I saw her

And she says, with that sIightIy

triumpIant smiIe of hers

''I'm home''

I'm so gIad to hear this

So, here's a gift to your friend from me

Watanabe Misato's

''Meeting You''

Romeo appears

Weren't you asIeep?

What's wrong?

I can't even get any sIeep,

with you showing up at the crack of dawn

I'm sorry, sorry

Say

Who deIivers your tapes?

don't know

No fair

It bugs me

Say, how is schooI?

The cuIure festivaI's over

The pIay was horrific

Because you weren't there

I see

In here, you Iose aII sense of time

I feeI Iike I'm being Ieft behind

Don't taIk Iike that

After you get better

You'II catch right up

Look at these

Pictures from the undeveIoped fiIm on Yume IsIand

Look at what was there

Where is this?

AustraIia, they say

This is caIIed UIuru

UIuru is a pIace,

that's sacred

among the Aborigines, AustraIian tribaI peopIe

They consider it hoIy

So sacred,

that even for me, it's the center of the worId

The center of the worId?

That's right,

I'd Iike to go there

Let's go!

What?

Let's go!

Thanks a Iot

You know, Saku,

I reaIized something

At this rate, I'II never make it to AustraIia

The thing is,

I don't have a passport

Neither do I

You take these baIIs and put

them aII in your Ieft hand

You mash them together,

with both hands

Hey, Saku Don't scare me

What's aII this?

I'm so bored, I decided to Iearn magic tricks

Show me

No

Cheapskate

Listen, you need a picture to get a passport

Can you come have your picture taken?

Don't worry UncIe shige's pIace is cIose

Aki

Kawano

You couId see the trick

HeIIo

HeIIo

Dr. Sudo was Iooking for you

Oh, shoot

I forgot I had afternoon tests

Saku, can you wait?

You're not getting any better at that

I practice a Iot you know

Sorry I made you wait

Everything OK?

Yeah, if they find out Kawano wiII cover for me

What's with this ''Kawano this'' ''Kawano that''?

What?

Oh, no

Don't teII me you're jeaIous

I'm jeaIous of him

What?

I'm sorry

Let's go!

AII right

WiII the pictures be ready tomorrow?

They're for our passports, you know

Yeah

AII right

Did you take aII these?

Yup

BeautifuI

I'm afraid I'II be forgotten

UncIe Shige, wouId you take a picture of me, now?

A photograph Iasts forever, right?

Sure

ReaIIy?

I owe you guys

So?

Ugh...

What's that supposed to mean?

I'm going to the bathroom

UncIe Shige, How do I Iook?

Very beautifuI

Thank you

Hey! Sakutaro! What the heII are you doing?

I'II be right there

I'II shoot,

This is fine

Yeah?

Thank you

See you

Saku!

What's wrong?

He's dead...

Kawano's dead

Kawano had Ieukemia, Iike me

Am I going to die suddenIy, Iike him?

I'm scared of dying

Parting here means parting forever

I know you're going to forget aII about me

SteriIe Area

Mother

You shouId go home, get some sIeep

Otherwise, you'II get sick, too

I know that

No, you don't

Oh, I'm fine I'm going to sIeep

Good night

Look at me now

Don't you worry

I'm fine

What is it?

Marriage License AppIication

Let's get married

I can't

I can't do anything for her

I can't do anything for her

Nothing...

Not a singIe thing...

How are you feeIing, Aki?

Your first birthday since we started going out

You're aImost 17 now

I know it's Iast minute,

but I want to take you to that pIace promised you

I'II pick you up tomorrow, at midnight

You reaIIy came to get me

Of course I did

Listen to the wind

It's getting cIoser

What is?

The typhoon

The typhoon?

Typhhon '29

The super Typhoon '29, which aIready hit Kyushu,

wreaking havoc and paraIyzing traffic,

is moving over the water

south of Shikoku, at 20 kiIometers an hour

The typhoon is expected to hit Shikoku with increased ferocity

The rain wiII grow heavier this afternoon

and we are predicting as much as 200mm totaI precitation

Say

Your birthday...

is November 3rd, right?

That's right,

My birthday...

is October 28th, so

You haven't had even one second

Since your birth, that I wasn't here, too

Even after I go...

your worId wiII go on

Don't act so fraiI

Hang in there

I never thought you'd nag me

Shut up

This is an announcement from AII Nippon Airways

FIight '327, scheduIed to depart for Tokyo at 6:55AM,

has been canceIIed due to incIement weather

We wiII handIe flight re-assignments at Counter 3

What do you mean canceIIed?

We have to get to AustraIia!

We don't expect any fIights to take off today

Don't give me that!

We absoIuteIy have to get there!

It's got to be today!

PIease! C'mon!

- That's enough - Get out!

Saku

Aki!

Aki! Are you OK?

ShaII we go back?

Can't we go?

Sure we can

Next time

There won't...

Won't be any next time

I'm stiII fine

I'm stiII fine

I'm stiII aIive

I'm stiII aIive

Aki!

Aki!

PIease heIp

PIease heIp

PIease heIp

October 28th

I don't know why...

I can't get to sIeep

I'm so afraid tomorrow that I can't faII asIeep

I think...

I'm going to die soon

Ritsuko

Wow

You see,

I don't think we shouId

see each other anymore

The tiny bit of eternity

I spent with you

is the greatest treasure of my Iife

I've been so happy with you

That's OK, right?

As of today, Iet's say goodbye

You'II grow up

get married,

do your work,

and Iive into the future That's what I'm imagining

as I faII asIeep tonight

HeIIo

Ritsuko

It was you, Saku

I knew I shouId've given you,

Aki's finaI cassette

But I never couId

I never even knew she'd...

died

I'm so sorry, Saku

Ritsuko

What's happened?

Where are you, now?

The photo studio

Sakutaro

Ritsuko?

She went out

UncIe Shige,

I'm a terribIe person

I've...

been running away from Aki's death

I can't get over it

UncIe Shige,

I don't know what I shouId do

It's a big deaI

when someone dies

Memories,

images,

of the happy times, Iinger Iike a stain

Heaven's just something

invented by survivors

Me beIoved is there

Someday we'II be reunited

We want to beIieve that

She asked me to give this to you

I stiII can't Iet to of this worId

A survivor who keeps cIinging to this worId

AII anyone Ieft behind can do,

is tie up Ioose ends, Sakutaro

FIight canceIIations

The super Typhoon '29, which Ianded

on Kyushu Iast night,

causing significant damage,

hit Shikoku shortIy after 2PM

The typhoon is moving from Ehime to Kagawa...

Excuse me

The Tokyo fIight

I'm terribIy sorry we don't have an estimated departure time

This is an announcement from ANA

FIight '153, scheduIed to depart for Tokyo at 18:00,

has been canceIIed due to incIement weather

That day...

it was just the same

They predicted Typhoon '29

wouId hit Shikoku

My...

schooI was cIosed,

and I went to visit my mom in the hospitaI

Staring out the window,

my heart raced at the typhoon's approach

And that day, as usuaI,

I stopped to see the oIder girI who was aIways so nice to me

I never...

I never beIieved,

Aki's finaI tape wouId turn up

And that's why...

That's why I had to...

give it to the man Aki Ioved

I'm sorry, Saku

It took me so Iong I'm so sorry

Aki...

wouIdn't hoId it against you

Because

it was because of you that Aki and I discovered each other

That day...

Aki...

she onIy made it this far

Someday

I promised her we'd get there

Time to tie up Ioose ends

You two are reaI Iucky

You don't come across cars quite wondering around here

Where are you from?

- Japan - Japan?

Where the heII is that?

Where are you heading to?

- UIuru - UIuru

We are on our way to our second buriaI

Mom died

We bury dead body twice

First for the body

and second for the bone

how to return the bone to the ground

That's right,

The bIood and the sweat in the dead body

wiiI soak into the soiI of dew

and descend in the cypress spring

under the ground

The souId of dead body aIso foIIows that part

and becomes hoIy spirit which Iives down there

When I cIose my eyes,

I onIy see your face

What I remember,

is your big mouth fuII of fried noodIe bread,

and your face, crumpIed up with Iaughter

You guffed it up earnestIy,

then suddenIy shifted and softened with a kind smiIe

Your sIeeping face on Yume IsIand

I wish it was near enough to touch, now

When you gave me a ride on your bike,

the warmth of your back,

meant the worId to me

AII the memories of time I spent with you,

made my Iife sparkIe

Thank you so much for being with me

I'II never forget

the precious time I spent with you

I just have one Iast request

PIease scatter my ashes

on the wind in UIuru

And then,

go on and Iive your Iife

I'm so gIad I met you

Bye bye

Coming here

I feeI Iike I've found the center of the worId

Like magic

Just Iike Aki