Original subtitles

"Seems like only love isn't enough."

"August 2015"

"I wonder..."

"...what thing you can actually call as a crime."

Don't call me Sensei anymore.

I don't deserve that...

I don't care no matter what people say.

I... like you, Sensei.

Akira.

- Let's go home. - No.

Akira.

Akira... Akira!

Don't make me even angrier.

The bathroom is ready. You can wash your feet...

Shotaro-san.

I haven't told you anything...

...about what happened so far...

- It was... - It's okay. You don't need to tell me.

I believe in you.

That Kuroiwa is your student, right? You always have troubles handling such problem child...

You worked so hard as his teacher...

...and because of that, you were dragged to follow his pace, right?

- But I... - It's okay, don't worry about that.

Ah, more importantly...

...you have to properly face his parents so they won't worry too much.

So there won't be anymore troubles after this.

All this time...

...I always like Sensei.

I keep telling her that I like her...

...and about me, she also...

Stop saying such nonsense!

You're still a junior high school student.

A child, you know.

Just forget her.

- No, I won't. - Don't see her ever again.

- I won't allow this. - I don't care no matter how much you are against this.

Don't you even think about what people would say after this...?

There's no way you can go out with her.

It's not just me who won't allow this, even the whole world won't!

- That's why, just end this... - This isn't the end!

I will marry Sensei someday...

Don't say such nonsense!

Wash your face and wake up.

What is it... it hurts.

"I just arrived at Osaka. I'll contact you again later."

He's a student.

What have I done...

...to my student?

"Koboshi Junior High School"

Yes.

This is Shioya.

Can you come to school right now?

Okay.

Where is it...?

If you're looking for your mobile phone, you won't find it.

Boss is taking it.

She went home earlier to go to your school today.

School?!

Excuse me.

Please sit down.

There's a suspicion of you doing some sexual misconduct.

Please tell us everything that has happened...

...since you started to work here until now...

...and also what happened last night.

Chugakusei Nikki

English subtitle by: aoihachi

About Kuroiwa-kun...

...I think since the beginning...

...he has always been different for me.

Kuroiwa.

Are you okay? Did you hit your head?

Please don't make me...

...feel annoyed even more after this.

As soon as I started to work here, it's like everything didn't go well for me...

...I lost my confidence and in times like that...

"A good rain knows its season. When spring arrives, it..."

...Kuroiwa-kun gladly remembered what I taught him at the class...

...and he relied on me though I'm like this...

Kuroiwa-kun, did you fall down?

Did you hit your head?

Please don't hate me.

As an inexperienced teacher...

...to have Kuroiwa-kun who shows his affection...

...has been a support for me.

I have lots of worries as I'm preparing for marriage.

I was worried whether my new life after marriage...

...would go well or not.

But apart from that reality...

...when I was with Kuroiwa-kun...

...my heart skipped a beat...

...and I felt hurt, as if I went back to the days when I was still at school.

This feeling also reached Kuroiwa-kun...

...and it gets deeper and deeper that I can't stop it anymore.

Last night too...

...after the fireworks festival...

...I met him...

...and we kissed.

I deeply regret it.

I was truly...

...a thoughtless fool.

"Resignation letter"

I quit being a teacher.

And I won't get near Kuroiwa-kun ever again.

When Akira was born...

...his weight was 3080 grams.

He suffered from jaundice and it was getting worse...

...so bad that he had to be put in an incubator.

He cried a lot at nights...

...and was such a difficult child to handle.

When his fever reached 40 degrees...

...there were foams in his mouth and he lost his consciousness...

...so I rushed to emergency hospital.

My body was shivering so badly...

...as if there was an earthquake...

...and I couldn't really say anything.

Every week, I borrowed 3 volumes of picture books at the library...

...I read to him at his bedtime...

...and before we knew it, we both fell asleep.

I work so hard like that...

...everyday...

...raising him with all my might...

...so that he can grow up properly...

...so that he can live a splendid life ahead.

Kuroiwa-san.

It's not to make you happy!

That child is not a present for you!

- Kuroiwa-san, calm down... - You've got some worries about your marriage?

I don't give a damn about that!

If it's just to kill time for you, why does it have to be my Akira?!

Why did you use him like that?! Answer me!

I can understand if you're angry, but this is...

...please control yourself.

Do you think you can just decide what to do next as you please?

Kanagawa Prefectural Ordinance of Juvenile Protection, Article 31.

"No one should ever do..."

"...improper sexual acts..."

"...or sexual molestation against young people."

What you did has to be punished accordingly.

Both as a teacher and as a person...

...you are failed.

We will have an internal discussion within the school regarding this matter...

...and until the result is decided, you have to stay at home.

You are banned from coming to the school...

...and have contacts with the students.

Yes.

I understand.

I...

...truly apologize.

Oh, it's hot, it's hot, it's hot...

It's hot, it's hot...

Note: hiyashi chuka is a Japanese dish consisting of chilled ramen noodles with various toppings served in the summer

Akira-kun, I made you hiyashi chuka with sesame sauce.

Akira... Huh? Akira-kun?

Ah...

I'm done for...

Sensei!

Sensei, are you okay?

- What did my mom do to you...? - It's okay.

Please go home.

Sensei?

Kuroiwa-kun, what are you doing here?

Until the punishment is decided, it's prohibited for her to be in contact with students.

Punishment?!

Your mother already went home.

You too, please...

Kuroiwa-kun!

Sensei...

The punishment... could it be that you have to quit teaching in this school?

- You're right. - So we can't meet again?

You're right.

Are you getting married?

You're right.

- I'm sorry, please just forget it. - No way.

- No way... - It was a mistake.

- No way... - It's something that shouldn't be done.

Why...?

Because you are 15.

- Sensei! - Kuroiwa!

- Kuroiwa-kun! - Please don't make Sensei stop teaching! Please!

I will quit instead! I will quit this school instead!

What are you saying? You can't just quit this school like that.

I won't talk to her anymore then. I won't look at her face anymore.

I will give up on her, so please...

...please let her stay here like before...

...please!

I beg you! Please!

"Osaka"

- So your girlfriend is coming here? - Well...

That's really... hey, it's the newly-married life you've been longed for, right?

- Sorry for leaving you behind, Konishi-san. - You pissed me off~

But if you're going to hold a wedding party, leave it to me. I'll manage it properly.

Thank you very much~

It's weird. Moreover, it's suspicious.

What is it?

Last night, at the fireworks festival...

...Hijiri-chan didn't answer to your calls.

You didn't know where she was. But though the circumstance became odd...

...you make a sudden turn and now you're going to live together? Wow.

Don't laugh.

Stop that serious face.

What the... then what should I do?

What happened actually? Last night.

Well...

...we've talked after that...

...and Hijiri has decided to quit the school to live together with me.

- It came out just naturally. - She quits being a teacher?

Yeah.

Even though she has worked so hard like that?

It's extremely unnatural, isn't it?

That's why, Haraguchi-san... well...

...about what you said before...

...I think I can't respond to your request...

I want it now.

What are you talking about?

You, Kawai.

Congratulations. It's great, isn't it?

As expected, you are here. You can't go any further.

Think carefully.

Akira-kun, if you meet her now, talk to her...

...hey, wait a sec. The more you do it, the worse her position will be.

If you really think she's important for you, you can't meet her now. Okay?

Wait, what the...

Your bike... Ah, Akira-kun...

Hijiri-chan got suspended!

Suenaga is suspended?

Just now, Kuroiwa came and told me about that...

But why does she get suspended?

Could it be that... something happened between her and Kuroiwa?

Seems like they both met up, then his mom found out about it...

What is it? Sexual misconduct?

Hey, where is Kuroiwa now?

Well... he borrowed some money...

Money?! What for?

He said he wanted to go somewhere...

- Um, my name is Kuroiwa... - Yes?

Can I meet Kawai Shotaro...san...

...from construction industry section?

Hmm, which Kawai-san?

Look, there are some companies here, right? If you don't tell me the company name...

- ...I'm afraid I can't help you. - Well, the company is...

Are you...

...the Kuroiwa boy?

Here, have some.

- This is... - Mixed juice.

Thank you.

So you take that one.

I don't really understand.

Since junior high school is a zone I have the least contact with.

Did you come here after you saw this?

Um... where is Kawai-san?

Business trip.

Sorry to say that, after you've come all your way here.

So Hijiri-chan is suspended...

It was my fault...

Then? If you could meet Kawai, what would you do?

I don't know.

Are you going to ask him to give Hijiri-chan to you?

If I asked him... would he do so?

There's no way he would.

I just think that...

...perhaps I could change something if I met him...

Perhaps he would understand if I talked to him...

I have lots of thoughts...

For me...

...Hijiri-chan is the only one.

Somehow...

...that's good, isn't it?

It's nice to be able to think...

...that she's the only one for you.

To hold such feeling strongly...

...as if there's nothing else but her.

As expected from you, boy.

I'm Kuroiwa Akira.

You're merely a boy.

That's why, you should go home now. Your mom is surely worried about you.

If you continue to wander aimlessly like this...

...you'll get caught for protective custody.

If it's so frustrating for you...

...just grow up quickly and be an adult...

...boy.

Thank you very much.

Where have you been?!

Akira... Akira!

- Let me go! - Come with me!

Quickly!

If you do something as you please like this again, I will call the Board of Education...

...and I will make them fire that person right away.

This isn't just a threat.

If she's the reason why you become so weird like this...

...and that you're out of control like now...

...I'll make her take the responsibility for that.

If you don't want that, just stay here.

Do as what I say.

Wait a sec.

I understand.

I will listen to anything you say.

If you tell me to study hard, I will do so.

If you tell me to give up about Sensei...

...I will do so.

That's why...

...please...

...don't make her quit the school.

Please.

I beg you, please.

As for now...

...let's just wait for the school to contact us.

Please.

Iwasaki-san, what's wrong?

About Suenaga-sensei... is she going to stop teaching here?

- Who told you that? - Please tell me.

Is there anything happened between her and Kuroiwa?

Is it something to be covered in the news?

That's why, she's fired now, right? There's no such thing like...

...if it's a male teacher then he has to stop, but it's okay if it's female teacher, right?

Do you actually want...

...Suenaga-sensei to stop teaching?

Perhaps...

...yes.

But that's not because I hate her...

...I don't like her as well, though.

Apart from that, somehow it makes me become an unpleasant person...

...and I can't even stop it myself.

It hurts.

So your punishment has been decided?

Yes.

They contacted me just now.

The resignation letter I gave before...

...will be accepted as "retirement by my own request".

Hijiri...

But actually...

...I don't really care about that.

More than that...

I can't apologize to Kuroiwa-kun...

The feelings he expressed to me...

...I can't either accept it or turn it aside.

To the other students too...

...I can't guide any one of them...

From the start, I'm not suitable at all...

...to be a teacher.

So I'll quit teaching.

- What will you do after you stop teaching? - Shotaro-san told me...

...to come to Osaka.

But it will just spoil me that way...

As for now...

...I'm wavering about going back to my parent's house...

Okay, I understand.

- Let's go then. - Where to...?

"Suenaga"

Just go. Report it to your parents.

That you like your student and because of that, you're fired from the school.

Have you thought about it carefully?

Why things become like this.

Why, after so many times I told you, you still crossed that line between teacher and student?

For you, is becoming a teacher only such a thing?

Is it something you can let go so easily like this?

If it's like that for you, then at least, without hiding anything, explain the circumstances properly ...

...to your parents who have always supported you from the start.

Hijiri?

Chizuru-san, long time no see.

What? What's wrong, Hijiri?

- Where's Dad? - He's out for golf driving range.

Though I've made these for him...

Ah, but you can eat them, Hijiri.

Here.

Come on, sit down.

Thank God.

We don't have to throw this away.

Here.

Let's eat.

Sorry.

I'm sorry, Mom.

I...

...have to quit the school.

About the marriage too...

...seems like it's impossible now.

I like my student.

I could no longer be seen...

...together with him anymore.

About that...

...does Shotaro-san...?

He knows it.

If Shotaro-san is okay with that...

...you should just get married with him.

If...

...Shotaro-san could forgive you about that...

...you should marry him as you've planned to.

Quickly go to Osaka.

- But I... - Have someone else you like?

Are you going to be together with that kid?

You can't, can you?

If you were going to elope with him...

...you would find another job...

...and waited for him to finish his compulsory education...

Then...

...when he was 18...

...you two would openly get married.

Can you really imagine that?

Shotaro-san...

...knows it all.

But even so, he still told you to come to him.

Even though I don't deserve that...

It will surely go well.

No, that way, it would be...

It will go well.

You know, Hijiri...

...you'll have to thank him your whole life, right?

That's what's important.

Because...

...you are indebted to him.

'He's the one who changed my life.'

If you can think that way...

...your marriage life will surely go well.

Since it's Shotaro-san, I'm sure you can be happy with him.

He will surely make you happy.

Lend me your kitchen. You go taking a bath.

What... huh?

- It will be ready soon. - Thank you.

In times like this, you can earn power from what you eat.

Macrobiotic.

It's a diet where you balance the shadow and lights of what you eat.

No matter how you look at it...

...your face isn't the face of a happy man who's going to begin his newly-married life soon.

I'm happy, you know.

It's... not like you, Kawai.

Just stop it already. Doing your forte...

...pretending not to see, pretending not to hear...

...pretending to be okay.

It's okay for you to stop acting strong.

Eat properly, get some sleep.

Cheer up.

He is...

...just a junior high school student.

Let's eat.

Let's eat.

Akira-kun, I heard that you won't eat anything.

What is it? Dieting? Or fasting?

I'm going in then...

Here. Your favorite stuffs.

I've assorted them for you.

Well, it's better this way, right?

It's good that Hijiri-chan-sensei stops teaching.

This low-spirited boy...

...is totally unreliable anyway.

It's natural that you make everyone worried.

If you really want to be recognized...

...you have to show more of your reliable, strong side as a man.

"Guidance for Taking High School Entrance Exams"

What kind of adult do you want to be?

You should think of what kind of person you want to be. Far before that...

...it's the present time, and from that point...

...can you imagine what kind of high school do you want to enter?

"Future Aspiration Form"

Hijiri? Are you okay?

I'll go there to pick you up soon.

You can get a fresh start here in Osaka...

...and start over again.

I will forever be on your side, Hijiri.

Thank you.

"Mayugehama City, Koboshi Junior High School" "Shioya Michiyo-sama"

"Osaka"

What? Kawai is taking day-off?

Yeah, you know, today...

...he said he's picking up his girlfriend.

I think he's very good at doing things like that.

- Ah, please take care of this too. - Okay.

"Guidance Counseling for Junior High School"

Hijiri-chan is going to leave!

I passed by near Hijiri-chan's place just now, and I saw a mover truck nearby.

Seems like she's moving out today. You have to go.

Go there to see her.

You know... I truly respect you.

Well... I think the chance that she will turn to you is...

...0% though.

But go, anyway.

Go get Hijiri-chan.

Man's Friendship Attack!

Where are you going?

You can't go.

You can't... just stop it!

- Why? - Once you go, you can't go back anymore.

You will unnecessary develop your feeling more to her, and you can't think of anything but that.

It will ruin your life now, and even your future!

- You don't understand, Mom! - I do!

Because I was like that too.

Come here!

There's something I never told you before.

There's something I never told you before.

Just like what I've told you...

...your father...

...left us when you were 5 years old.

It's because... he got some troubles with his job, right?

That's why we got divorced, I said.

Even though I said that...

...actually...

...I liked someone else.

After your father left, I consulted to him a lot...

He was an architect who used to buy the furniture your father made.

I was happy when I was with him.

I was crazy about him...

So I was thinking of taking you to his place after I got divorced...

...but he had his own family too.

In the end, it's impossible...

Though I thought I couldn't possibly recover from that...

...I was able to forget it.

No matter how strongly you think of her now, you will forget her as time goes by.

You will suddenly wake up from your dream.

There's nothing 'absolute' in this world.

There's no such thing like 'She's the only one for me'.

It's merely for a moment.

At that time, no matter how much you regret it, you can't do anything about it anymore.

It will become something that can't be undone.

- Especially in your age now... - Don't lump me in with that!

Don't lump me in with...

- ...such foolish story like that! - Wait, Akira!

Akira!

Shall we go now?

Have you told him about the letters?

I wanted him to listen to me... even just a little bit.

I wonder if he goes to see Sensei...

I just want her to disappear...

...and get out from this place.

I don't care no matter what people say. I like you, Sensei.

- Please just forget it. It was a mistake. - No way...

- No way... - It's something that shouldn't be done.

- Why...? - Because you're 15.

Haraguchi-san, here.

Thanks.

For me...

...Hijiri-chan is the only one.

He is... just a junior high school student.

Ah, it's enough!

I can't stand it anymore, really...

Just get on the car first.

Yes?

Are you okay with this?

Are you really okay with this?

What are you talking about this time?

It's frustrating.

You're supposed to be a better man, Kawai.

When I thought you're a bit careless, you're surprisingly reliable.

When I thought you're a bit of an airhead, you're actually good at your work.

You have your own good points, that's why...

...I'm okay with you.

I like you.

However, Kawai, if you continue trying...

...to separate those two like this, you're just a boring man.

It's so frustrating.

Even you understand that too, right?

She found it.

Hijiri-chan has found someone she likes more than you.

He's just a junior high school student.

You're right.

That's why she left him.

But still, the one she likes is him.

I'll be okay if you can be happy this way...

...but...

...if you're not, then I don't want that.

Kawai, listen to me once more.

Are you really okay with this?

Sorry for making you wait.

"This time..."

"...I really caused you all a lot of troubles."

"I would like to say that I deeply apologize for that."

"I could be a teacher only for one school-term."

"The time I could spend with you all..."

"...was a real blessing for me."

"I liked the sound..."

"...of students' voices echoing inside the school building."

"I liked teaching in the classes."

"I really respect all the teachers..."

"...who always do their best for the students."

"But even so..."

"...I messed up everything."

"I truly apologize for that."

"Suenaga Hijiri"

I can't believe that she could get attached to a student like that...

She isn't suitable for this job.

"The ideal teacher figure I aim to be" "Suenaga Hijiri"

I wish...

...I had a chance to nurture her more.

Sensei!

Sensei!

Sensei!

Sensei!

Hijiri-chan!

Hijiri-chan! Hijiri...

Hijiri-chan!

I've decided my future course!

"Future Aspiration Form"

There...

...I will become an adult!

That's why...

...don't go.

Wait for me!

Hijiri-chan!

Shotaro-san.

Please stop.

Well, I don't want to hear that now.

Just stop, please.

I can't be with you.

At this rate...

At this rate...

...I can't marry you, Shotaro-san.

Don't say...

...you're going back to him...

I won't ever see him again.

However... even though we are together in such circumstances...

...I would just be spoiled by you, Shotaro-san. And at this rate, I...

Whose fault it is that we have to be in such circumstances!

Whose fault it is...

...that we're now caught in such shameful, absurd situation like this...

To what extent should I...

I'm sorry.

If so...

...it's better to be alone after this...

...and lose everything.

After that...

...Hijiri-chan disappears...

...from this town.

She disappears...

...from my 15-years-old summer.

Then...

...I become 18 now.