Original subtitles

Oink, oink.

Bah, bah.

Are you okay?

Yes.

I'm fine.

Thank you very much.

Bend down.

Eh?

What is it?

Oh my.

You're forgetful.

That's true.

I'm "Mrs Forgetful".

We're closing shortly for an inventory check.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but we hope you'll come back again...

Nao!

President's Office

Will this be enough?

I'm sorry.

I'm not lending it to you if you apologize.

I'm your mother. A mother should help her child out.

There you go.

-Thank you very much. -You're welcome.

Be careful.

Mom, I'll be at the library. Tsugumi

Library

Tsugumi!

Mom!

I was scared.

What is 'inventory checking'?

Inventory checking?

Maybe... it's to clean up the store.

I wish you waited for me in front of the store.

If I were to stand there alone,

the police might ask me questions.

That's true.

You're right.

You did a good job.

Ready to go?

Mrs Forgetful helped me fill in the library card application.

Mrs Forgetful?

She is a forgetful lady.

-I'm sorry. -Sure.

Do these go here?

Mrs Forgetful is very...

forgetful.

How forgetful?

It's a secret.

Tell me.

She had...

a dry cleaning tag on her clothes.

This is not for sale or stream.

Episode 3

Wasn't it cold last night?

This window is drafty.

Good.

No more articles on it.

None at all?

It's been three days since then,

and accidents in Hokkaido don't interest people here.

That's good.

I gotta get you some PJs.

Nah.

I like this since it's like a kimono.

The room gets plenty of sunlight. It's great for your daughter.

It's a little far from the station though.

This way, please.

Yabata Police

I'm sorry,

but I changed my mind.

I'd like to check these properties.

Okay.

Just two of you, huh.

Can you wait here?

Yup, I can.

Will you be able to find a job?

Don't worry.

I was offered a job over there before.

Bush Warblers...

Battle of Interesting Knowledge.

Taisaku's Knowledge Box.

The Small Castle.

Bunny's Adventure.

Booger Taro's Adventure.

Mrs Forgetful!

Hello, Tsugumi.

Miss Suzuhara!

Nice to meet you.

Hello.

Um...

Professor Shimasaki resigned a long time ago.

Really...

Yes.

Suzuhara Nao

Resume

35 years old, huh...

I can't ask somebody who has a bachelor's degree to make tea.

Ah.

Oops.

I... I will do anything.

I'm calling about the job opening on the recruitment magazine...

Yes.

Yes.

I see.

Wow!

Did the ground and sky roll upside down with you?

Yes,

they did.

Would you like to try?

Yup!

Kick the ground like "tan!"

"Tan!"

Then...

Try this...

"Zaza!"

"Zaza!"

Ah, so close.

Then,

after "zaza,"

go like "byohn"!

"Zaza," "byohn"!

"Zaza," "byohn"!

"Zaza," "byohn"! {Dash... spin!}

Good, "zaza."

"Zaza"!

Tsugumi.

I'm sorry, but I have to go.

-I'm sorry. -Don't worry.

I'm sorry for being late.

Mrs Forgetful was teaching me the horizontal bar.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome. Please excuse me.

See you!

Mrs Forgetful!

You okay? Are you wet?

You got wet.

Nao!

We finally found you!

Mom told us you're here.

You got old.

You got fat.

What's that?

My daughter.

Did the city officials contact you?

They suggested I start preparing.

What for?

Rena's funeral.

But the body hasn't been found yet.

They want me to say, "You can stop searching."

Get me more.

What did the police say?

They haven't found out yet?

About what?

That...

It was suicide.

How can you drink in this situation?

I'm always thirsty.

I'm gonna go stock up.

Am I becoming a pain to you?!

I'm...

crazy scared too, you know!

Thank you very much.

Your change is 20 yen.

Thank you.

There you go.

I can tell...

You do look like Nao.

Yes.

My fiancé is from...

a family which runs a nationwide tea ceremony school.

On top of the fact that my parents are divorced,

if you skip the wedding,

I might be forced to live in the attic.

I don't think I should attend.

I'm a single mother.

Who's the father?

An ex-colleague at the research lab in Muroran.

Was he married or something?

It's complicated.

You're not the type to be in complicated relationships.

How about you?

It's complicated.

You're always in complicated relationships.

Now I understand why you didn't come back home.

You couldn't tell mom you gave birth to a fatherless child...

Welcome back.

Here.

-She gave me the change. -I got you!

She doesn't look like you.

She does.

See?

Her facial contours and the shape of her ears.

Right?

I'm sure...

mom will be shocked.

I'll tell her when the time is right.

Will this picture do?

I'll return it soon.

You don't need to.

-But I don't... -I know.

I won't expose how you're at your boyfriend's place all day long.

I'm not exactly...

You should watch out.

Some people are suspicious about you.

Why?

They're saying, "Once she got a boyfriend, her child became nothing but baggage."

Bye.

I wonder what happened to your daughter.

She met with accident.

Excuse me!

Hey, it's really you.

Something came up.

Are you alone?

Take my business card at least.

5-3-9 Nishihara, Shibuya, Tokyo Suzuhara Kaho

How about your family?

I'm sorry.

You have no family,

nor any intention to be hospitalized.

-I'm fine with the way I am... -It's not that I'm fully convinced,

but some patients live longer than they should...

when they have something to live for.

Is that so?

Do you have something to live for?

Will this do?

Thank you.

What color do you like?

Light blue!

You don't have light blue.

"Mi... re, na?"

Mi Rena

Did a girl named Rena give this to you?

I see, that's why that color is missing.

Gift

Hello.

Mom.

This one.

This?

Horoscopes?

I was born on August 3rd, so I'm a Leo.

How about you?

I don't know.

You can tell by your birthday.

I don't know my birthday.

A foster caregiver decided my birthday,

since I forgot my real one.

So I don't know my astrology sign.

I wish you could see your real mother.

I don't know if I want to.

Why not?

I don't remember her face.

I don't know how to react when I see her.

Again?

Thank you for playing with my daughter.

Don't mention it.

Do you live around here?

Do you have a cold?

No.

I'm fine.

Any fever?

No.

I'm sorry for the trouble.

Please excuse me.

Hey, say thank you for playing with you.

I'm sorry, I called you Mrs Forgetful too.

I'm fine with Mrs Forgetful.

Student Identification Card

Suzuhara Nao

You're worried too much.

Nao is a grown up woman. Don't worry about her.

Why wouldn't she come back to this house...

I don't know.

She might be hiding something.

Hiding something?

Something like...

Why are you eating like you live here?

Closed

Can you wait at the hotel?

I'll be back before dark.

Hello.

I'm looking at your recruitment advertisement.

Yes.

Yes!

Yes!

Mrs Forgetful...

Hello, Tsugumi?

Tsugumi?

Yup.

I found a job.

Really?

Yay!

I have to start working today.

Can you wait until eight?

Will you be all right?

Yeah.

I'll be fine.

I'm coming out!

I thought you found a new hobby or something.

I don't have any hobbies.

Since you look happy these days,

I thought you found something.

-Excuse me. -Sure.

This is Sumire Barbershop.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Mrs Forgetful?

Is this Tsugumi?

Can I...

come to your house to play?

I'm sorry.

I'm working right now.

I'm afraid Mrs Forgetful cannot play with you today

Tsugumi?

Can you hear me?

Yeah.

Okay.

Bye.

Bye...

Hold on.

Tsugumi.

Is something wrong?

Sumire Barbershop

Mrs Forgetful...

Thank you for the light blue pencil.

Tsugumi, I'm sorr...

This is Suzuhara.

Mochizuki... Hana?

Mrs. Mochizuki?

Excuse me?

Excuse me!

I took her to the clinic earlier.

Don't worry, it wasn't pneumonia.

She didn't get a shot and I gave her just the necessary medicine.

Does she have any allergies?

I thought I should ask you first before I give her anything.

So, does she?

Let's see if she gets any better.

Okay.

Do you have the insurance card and her growth record* with you?

*A health handbook for a mother and a child, which is required to submit when a child sees a doctor. See more information on the subtitle thread for Mother.

I'll bring them tomorrow.

I'm sorry, the cushion is a little worn out.

I think we should let her sleep here for tonight.

I'm terribly sorry.

Since I haven't been a good mother,

I've caused you trouble.

It's no trouble at all.

Why did she tell you that she was sick, instead of me?

She didn't tell me she was sick.

I just sensed it.

Sensed it?

Right...

A mother should be able to sense that her child is sick.

Um...

I just happened to be able to sense it.

Since she seems to be a very patient girl,

nobody can blame you for not noticing.

It's not that she is patient.

She can't bring herself to whine.

Eh?

Because I'm making her like that.

We just moved from Hokkaido,

and now live in a cheap hotel with drafty windows.

You are living in a hotel?

Why not stay at your parents' house?

I don't want to bother them.

I don't think your parents mind.

Their house must be far more comfortable.

I was adopted.

When I was five,

my real mother abandoned me.

Really.

But,

I don't remember those days well.

I'm good at forgetting bad memories.

I see.

I don't remember why I was abandoned,

or where I was born.

I don't even know when my birthday is.

I also don't remember...

my mother's face.

Really.

It's kinda funny...

Not knowing my birthday...

is...

like...

I feel like I don't exist.

You do exist.

You do.

I have decided...

to suppress my emotions in order to keep living.

On that day...

I'm sorry, it's such a depressing story...

I had never talked about it before.

I don't mind.

I decided it...

on that day,

when my mother abandoned me.

Not with my mind,

but with this hand... I decided on it.

I think it was around this time of the year.

My mother took me out...

and we took many train rides.

There was a small amusement park on the roof of a department store.

She told me...

that I can ride on anything I want, and as much as I want.

I had fun.

Lots of it.

I had a great time.

I see.

We went to a restaurant on the lower level.

She told me I can eat whatever I want.

So I ordered a kid's meal.

I wanted a doll that came with the meal.

But it was out of stock or something.

A toy for boys came with the meal.

I cried hard.

She bought me clothes to make me feel better.

But I didn't stop crying.

I bet she was having a hard time.

She was...

trying to leave me a good memory.

So she couldn't...

leave me when I was crying.

I saw the sun setting...

over the steel tower.

She crouched down all of a sudden.

When I said, "Mom?"

She made me hold something.

It was dandelion seeds.

With a gentle breath, she blew them...

Lifting the seeds off to float into the sky.

I finally stopped crying,

and smiled.

So she kept...

finding me dandelion seeds, one after another.

I was happy.

I had a big smile.

I didn't know that at that time...

that my smile was the cue.

If I smiled, she would disappear.

When she saw my big smile,

she held my hand.

I told her...

"Not your hand."

"Dandelion seeds."

"I want dandelion seeds."

She then gave me another dandelion seed.

I was absorbed in the blowing seeds.

Before I realized it,

she had disappeared.

Why did I stop crying?

Why did I let her hand go?

Only if I hadn't smiled...

she might not have abandoned me.

Even though I forgot what she looked like,

somehow I still remember the warmth of...

her hands.

When I see the hands of people I walk past on the streets,

I...

I can't...

help imagining.

"Maybe she is my mother."

"Maybe that lady is my mother."

I can't remember her face,

but...

but if...

I keep holding hands with hundreds and thousands of people...

I might...

I might be able to find my mother's hands.

I might notice that...

these are my mother's hands.

I know...

I know it's silly, but...

I'm sorry.

I kept going on...

Since you are a good listener, Mrs Forgetful.

I'm sorry, I used it again...

It's okay.

Tsugumi...

I wonder if she is doing okay.

I'm going to clean up downstairs.

Do you want to see her?

Pardon?

Your real mother...

What do you think of...

unconditional love?

Unconditional love?

People say...

parents give their children unconditional love.

I think it's backwards.

Backwards?

I think the love small children give to their parents is...

unconditional.

Even if children are...

abandoned or nearly killed by their parents, they will still love them.

No matter what.

That's why...

parents shouldn't let their children go, no matter what.

She betrayed my love.

I don't want to see her.

You're right.

You're absolutely right.

For Tsugumi's sake,

I think it's best if you stay at your parents' place.

I think the people who love you most are...

them.

Mei?

I'm on my way to meet Nao right now.

Do you need anything?

Nah.

I can wait.

Okay.

Bye.

I'll write a referral. Go get a close examination.

There are some things I can't tell with ultrasound.

Need close examination

Did you tell her?

Who is that little girl?

Never mind.

I'll ask her later.

-I'm sorry. -You don't...

Do you think you have the right to see her?!

Don't you ever see her again!

I'm sorry.

Just that...

I have a favor to ask.

Will you...

Will you tell her one thing?

Her astrological sign is Aquarius.

January 31, 1975.

That's her birthday.

Please tell her that.

How can I possibly tell her that?

Timing, Translating, Typesetting by Chuks

Editing by chokubi

Quality Check by hubby_b, Chuks

-Your fever just went down... -Just once!

Accident at sea in Muroran

Michiki Rena

Did a girl named Rena give them to you?

Michiki Rena

What color do you like?

Light blue!

Light blue scarf

Suzuhara

Nao.

Bringing a seven-year-old girl all of a sudden...

I'll get an abortion.

Mei!

It's not easy to become a mother.

Mom!