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Kuroiwa-kun, why are you here?

I'm already 18 now.

This time, even though everyone objects it...

...I will come here to meet you, Sensei.

Don't come here again.

If you come here...

...I can't stay here anymore.

Because I have my precious students here.

Don't come here again.

Nogami-sensei.

Yes?

If you don't mind with me...

...I hope after this, little by little...

I'm looking forward to it.

Okay! Me too.

I'm looking forward to it.

It's been a long time since the last time we met.

Ah...

You seem to be doing well.

Um, today...

Akira... did he come here?

Did he... come here and meet you, Sensei?

Y-yes.

Only once.

But he went home right away.

I think he won't come here again.

I truly apologize.

It must be troublesome for you, after all these times.

I don't know how much everyone here has heard of.

You had caused such troubles...

...but even so, you can still continue being a teacher here.

For me personally...

...it is really surprising.

I'm sure you can't do it...

...with just some ordinary resolution...

... so you must be a good teacher, right?

Excuse me, can I say something?

I'm her colleague, Nogami.

Suenaga-sensei and I are currently dating.

Therefore, about your son...

...I think there's nothing to worry about.

I see. So it's like that.

As for us...

After what happened 3 years ago...

...we are now living separately.

Our time together as mother and son...

...is naturally thrown away.

However, Sensei...

...seems like you don't lose anything.

I'm sorry to come here so suddenly.

I wish you every happiness.

"Hijiri-chan, I want to see you."

Don't come here again.

If you come here...

...I can't stay here anymore.

On the papers Suenaga-sensei is handing out now...

...there are instructions to make props for your costumes in the drama later.

Please show it to your family.

Okay~

She was taken away! My parents' car came just now...

...and they took Ayano away!

Costume?

Yes, a fairy costume.

Here.

Can you please prepare it, Ma'am?

For Ayano-chan's sake.

Please come to the recital.

We also don't think that it's better to just leave it this way.

You can start slowly from a little thing like this.

You should make them realize that you are needed as her mother...

...and also make your parents approve it.

If by doing this...

...you can live with Ayano-chan again...

...please prepare her costume.

Ayano-chan will surely be happy too.

What's with that woman?

Excuse me~

Are you... from Suenaga-sensei's previous school...

Well, she has helped me a lot these times...

If I remember correctly, she was a junior high school teacher, right?

"Suenaga Hijiri Koboshi Junior High"

Everyone is getting really good with their dialogues, right?

Next, it's about how they should move in scenes without dialogues.

You're right. Let's do it entirely today and see how it goes later.

- You're right. - Yeah.

Good morning.

Good... huh?

Why...?

Hijiri, some mothers are gathering now.

They said they had something to discuss about you.

What is all this fuss about?

Suenaga-sensei, we'd like to ask you straight to the point.

Is it true that you ever involved in a sexual misconduct case?

There were people who saw that kid's mother...

...came to the school to complain about that.

Who on earth told you that?

It's me.

Something feels off about her.

So I was curious and investigating on internet.

3 years ago...

...you were meddling with one of the junior high school students you taught.

Seems like you started to chase him then.

You were alone with him only at school...

...and frequently, you two did that thing.

Then, you suddenly quit the school because you were pregnant or so...

How surprising it is.

It's true that you can't judge a book by its cover.

When we heard about that...

...we decided that we have to talk to you directly to confirm it.

Do you admit that you did it...

...Sensei?

I...

What's with that story?

I've known her for such a long time...

...and I never heard anything like that before.

You are turning the truth upside down.

You believed such baseless rumor...

...and spread it as you please.

Even though you did such personal attack like this, Ayano-chan won't be returned to you, you know.

Please don't run away from your own problem.

- That has nothing to do with... - If something happened...

...please contact us anytime.

We will try to help you as much as we can.

Come to think of it, Ayano-chan is currently staying at her grandpa's house.

Huh? Then, about this uproar...

It's not like that.

More importantly, soon it's time for the recital.

The children are doing their best in rehearsals.

So please watch over them warmly.

I understand, well... I'll tell her to go to school.

I will tell the other mothers too.

Well, Sensei, we are really sorry.

Yes, please.

You are still making such face.

If you talk about that thing, you will cause unnecessary confusion.

There's no need for you...

...to talk about that case anymore now.

From now on too, you better just let it pass, okay?

But instead...

...Tachibana-san gets blamed for that.

What she said wasn't all groundless rumors...

But it's too cruel. No matter how you think of it, she did it with bad intention.

You said that before, right, Hijiri?

You want to stay here and be a teacher always.

'That's what I'm wishing for now', you said.

That's why, pull yourself together.

Just think about what you should do now as a teacher.

Chugakusei Nikki

English subtitle by: aoihachi

Ayano.

Thank God we can meet today.

For the recital, you'll be the fairy, right?

I'll prepare your costume, okay?

Ayano?

Wait, Ayano.

I've thought about it. With your favorite color, pink, I'll put some flowers...

It's okay! Grandma already prepared it for me.

I heard from everyone. You were badmouthing Hijiri-sensei, right?

You said something cruel to her, right?

I really hate you for that, Mom.

What...?

Do you have something to say?

Something so stupid like this...

"Watanabe Kouji-kun is getting married! Wedding Party Invitation"

I saw the e-mail.

Our senior... It's surprising, isn't it?

Well... I want to go to the party though...

...but I have lots of works to do, so I think I won't be able to go.

Can you please send my greetings to him?

Ah, of course. Okay then.

Thank you.

By the way, Hijiri, I thought I want to talk to you about this someday...

...actually now...

...I'm dating someone.

What?

You've met her before...

Really? I did?

Haraguchi-san.

That... Haraguchi-san?

She's so excellent, mysterious...

...sometimes says pointless things.

She always makes me feel like I'm being tested.

Being tested?

She's completely different from you, Hijiri.

I think it's not necessary to say, 'She's totally different from Hijiri'.

Ah, no, that's... I don't mean anything bad with that...

You like Haraguchi-san a lot, don't you?

Now, just to be together with her...

...is more than enough for me.

Congratulations.

Thank you, Hijiri.

Kuroiwa.

Kuroiwa, do you like me?

Even for a little bit, do you like me?

- Sorry for making you wait. - Whoa~

It's limited time offer, Pancake Berry Special.

Looks tasty...

Ice cream~

It's really delicious.

I wonder why delicious food...

...is usually made to be limited.

Here.

What is it?

You've been so silent all the time.

It's creepy, you know, Kuroiwa.

I'm just a bit confused now.

After that, I've met Sensei.

- No way. - She doesn't change at all.

I also realize that my feeling for her also doesn't change at all.

Then? What did Suenaga say?

'Don't come again'.

We can still be together then.

Sorry.

I can't cherish you, Iwasaki.

Stop saying such stuffs.

It's okay even though it's sneaky or sly...

...as long as we can be together. There are people who think so, you know.

Kuroiwa, you are smart, right?

You should be a bit more sneaky.

Iwasaki, please stop it.

Sorry.

No way.

I won't break up.

The one who's wrong is you, Kuroiwa.

So there's no way I will break up with you.

"Kuroiwa Aiko"

Here is your chicken stew with taro.

There's no need for you to talk about that case anymore now.

From now on too, you better just let it pass, okay?

Mail service. Here.

"Shimazaki Kosuke"

There's something I never told you before.

Your father left us when you were 5 years old.

The school contacted me.

Last week, you only came to school 3 days.

What happened?

Moreover, about your future course.

Seems like you don't want to go to university anymore but start to look for a job instead.

I'm surprised too, you know.

Akira-kun.

The standard score of your school is super high.

Moreover, you are in selected class.

It would be a waste, right?

Don't you have anything you want to do?

I want to be independent as soon as I can.

Maybe I can do two kinds of jobs at once.

That way, I can be financially at ease.

- Anyhow, I want to find a job. - For that person?

You want to be equal to her soon...

...so that you can go meeting that person?

I went to meet Sensei the other day. I heard that you went to meet her before.

- Why did you... - Yes, I know, sorry.

I was worried too much.

Suenaga-sensei already has a boyfriend who is her colleague at the same school.

She even told me that I didn't need to worry that you would meet her again.

That's why...

...there's nothing else you can do about Sensei anymore.

So what's the purpose of getting a job?

What kind of working adult do you want to be?

Please think about it properly and tell me.

I understand.

I'll decide it myself and I'll take the responsibility for that myself.

Akira-kun... ah, Akira-kun! Hey, wait!

What should I do...?

"...because I'm his father..."

"...I've returned to Japan..." "...I want to have a talk with Akira..."

"...at Yamaejima..."

"Tokyo"

Kawai.

Yes.

Come here for a sec.

For the next personnel affairs, there's a chance of you going overseas.

- Huh? So I'm assigned abroad... - Ssh.

Section Chief is considering it now.

If it's decided, I leave it to you, okay? I have high hopes on you.

Could it be that you are testing me?

What?

Overseas assignment.

Do you think of testing me...

...to see what answer I would come up with?

I see. I wonder if I'm testing you.

I don't quite understand it myself, actually.

What do you think I will say?

It's simply personnel affairs. If you have to go, it will be just for 2 years, or at most 3 years.

If you really go, we certainly have to evaluate what to do after this.

But as expected, having a long distance relationship is impossible.

When it comes to that, we will be completely separated. We should clearly show our feelings.

However, there's a chance that other people will be chosen anyway.

So it's not fair to say things like, 'It's Kawai who should go'.

That's what I thought.

What the... I thought I was being tested.

Open this.

It won't work if we are separated.

Certainly, it was like that too when I was with Hijiri.

That's why I keep thinking about it.

If I have to be assigned overseas, I...

...I want to be with you, Haraguchi-san.

That's why...

...if we have to be separated, please enter my family register.

- Huh? - In other words... marriage?

After we get married then what?

So you can either come with me or not, Haraguchi-san.

Or ultimately, whichever is fine.

You know, we will be a married couple already, right? So we can be separated at ease.

In other words...

...you want to secure this relationship so you expressly do that?

Let's get married.

It's okay for you not to do something like that.

Because...

...we are like this because we like each other freely.

It's different from when you were with Hijiri-chan.

Miwa-chan...

Tachibana-san.

Are you okay?

I'm good, you know.

We'll arrive soon.

I've told you, I'm good!

No way, what... u-um...

What's the matter, in all of sudden?

Aren't you being desperately kind to me?

Because we are the same kind?

Because you are also a type of woman who will lose your mind when you fall in love?

So you want to get along with me now?

Say something, Hijiri-sensei.

You made this for Ayano-chan, right?

It's not needed anymore.

Ah, wait, you can't do that!

I think Ayano-chan will be really happy with this.

I've told you, it's not...

Please come to the school before the recital. Even just before it is fine.

- Let's give this to Ayano-chan. - It's enough, I said!

Just leave me alone!

No matter how much I tried, it will be in vain. Even though I finish it, she won't wear it.

Ayano won't come back here anymore.

Whatever I do, nothing will change!

Even if it's so...

...I think you should put more efforts.

You should put more efforts to change this situation...

What about you?

Aren't you just running away?

What are you doing here, Kuroiwa-kun?

I was looking for you.

Then I fell into a ditch...

I've told you not to come here anymore.

- What are you... - There's something I want to tell you, Sensei.

- I've told you, I can't! - When I went back home, there's a letter.

I am in trouble now!

Because of what happened with you 3 years ago.

Honestly, I'm troubled.

For me...

...there's nothing else I can do but being a teacher.

Perhaps just like what you said, Kuroiwa-kun, I'm not suitable to be a teacher...

...but this is all I have.

That's why...

...please don't bother me anymore.

Don't come here anymore!

I understand.

So you want to throw it all away.

You want to throw away your past and everything related to it...

...so you can start afresh in a new place.

But it's just a fantasy, right?

If it's me...

...I won't throw away my past. I can't!

Because everything happened before is precious, so I won't forget them all.

I've broken up with Iwasaki.

But it's just something I do of my own accord.

About what happened 3 years ago too. It was me who forcibly did that.

That's why, you don't have to worry, Sensei.

Please be a good teacher.

I don't really understand what kind of teacher it is though...

...but it makes me disappointed a bit...

...on you, Sensei.

I really hate you for that, Mom.

I think you should put more efforts.

You should put more efforts to change this situation...

"49th Students Recital"

Next, from 3rd and 4th grades...

...let me present, "Mimi and Rainbow Forest".

- The weather is nice today, Popo! - Woof, woof!

Even though the weather is so nice like this, it's always the same everyday.

A large tornado is approaching Mimi and Popo.

A tornado! It's getting closer and closer.

Let's take a closer look.

Look! This tree's leaves are glittering in rainbow colors.

From the start, all of the trees in this forest...

...are shining in rainbow colors like this.

What Mimi and friends found is...

...a rainbow tree which always shines in rainbow colors.

Who are you?

I'm the fairy of Rainbow Forest.

I heard about you all coming here.

Do you perhaps know where to find the Sword of Courage?

Only the chosen person can find the Sword of Courage.

At night, the stars begin to shine.

"When you wish upon a star"

"Makes no difference who you are"

"Anything your heart desires"

"Will come to you"

"If your heart is in your dream"

"No request is too extreme"

"When you wish upon a star"

"As dreamers do"

"Fate is kind"

"She brings to those who love"

"The sweet fulfillment"

"Of their secret longing"

"Like a bolt out of the blue"

"Fate steps in and sees you through"

"When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true"

- Don't run, please, don't run. - Tachibana-san, your mom is coming.

Ayano, sorry that I'm late.

I didn't manage to finish this on time.

This flower... I couldn't make a good one.

But even though it isn't finished on time, I...

Well, you don't need it anymore, right? Sorry.

I...

...will be away from home a bit.

I will do my best to find a job and a house...

...so that we can live together again in the future.

Take care of yourself...

...and be a good girl, okay?

Mom...

...you are careless...

...and you even lied...

...just so we can meet.

But...

...I love you.

You have to come picking me up for sure.

Sensei.

To spread such baseless rumors about you...

...I've caused you a lot of troubles.

You want to throw away your past and everything related to it...

...so you can start afresh in a new place.

It makes me disappointed a bit on you, Sensei.

Wait a moment!

It was true.

That rumor...

...was true.

In my previous school...

...I caused a trouble with one of the students.

Ah, then, that rumor...

She really got pregnant?!

It's not like that.

However...

...whatever you might say, I won't say anything about that.

That time...

...I held an inappropriate feeling toward a male student.

- Suenaga-sensei... - There were also times...

...when we both met, just the two of us.

Because of that...

...I resigned from my previous school.

Then I had a chance to come to this school...

...and continue being a teacher here.

I was afraid that rumor would be spread, so I kept silent about it.

For betraying everyone...

...I truly apologize!

- Yes, this is Komiya Daiichi Elementary School. - Regarding that case...

...we are still investigating it closely.

Aah, this is really tough.

For the time being, we'll have to face such uproar... It's like stirring the hornet's nest.

Hey, Niwa-sensei, you know about this, don't you?

I just wanted to give her a second chance.

But it was a sexual misconduct case.

- These nowadays people are really... - Yeah...

It was me who accepted her.

Principal!

But since it has become like this...

...I think it's better to let Suenaga-sensei explain everything once again.

Hijiri.

For a while, you are not allowed to teach in the classroom.

Until the decision is made, you will have to stay at the staff room to help with the clerical works.

Okay.

I'm really sorry.

Even though you've helped me, I made things become like this now.

Why? Why do you have to expressly tell them all about that?

If I remain this way, I can't change anything.

If I throw away everything in the past...

...and continue to lie to myself and run away...

...I can't change anything.

It's impossible for me to be a good teacher then.

To be in such circumstances...

...I finally realize about that...

...and that's why I spoke up.

Well, it's just typical of you though.

But if because of this...

...you can't continue to teach here, you will lose everything.

Suenaga-sensei already has a boyfriend who is her colleague at the same school.

I am in trouble now, because of what happened with you 3 years ago.

For me, there's nothing else I can do but being a teacher.

Please don't bother me anymore!

I've prepared your dinner.

Akira-kun.

Sit down, please.

Sit down.

Today, I got a call from your part-time job place.

You've been absent for several days.

About the school too. Sometimes you attend it, sometimes you don't.

What on earth is happening, huh?

I won't go to university anyway.

Hey, cut this out.

It hurts.

Hey, what's with you?

What are you complaining about?

All these times, your mom has been enduring the loneliness she feels from living separately from you...

...but you never properly talk to her.

It's pointless even if we talk.

You know that too, don't you, Jofu-san?

Before, Mom was...

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.

Even though she herself did something unacceptable like falling in love with someone who already had a family...

It's because she had such experience, now she wants you to...

But she kept such important thing as a secret from me!

About the letters from my father too.

She just told me to be patient, to study hard, to forget everything.

- To hell with such parent. - Don't be such a baby!

No matter what you say...

...the one who pays for your school tuition is your mother, you know.

It's also your mother who comes here every month...

...to pay for your living cost and lodging fees.

You've always been protected by your mother, you know.

Do you understand that?

That's why, now it's time for you to give her peace of mind...

I know, I know. I know that.

- Ah, enough with that. - Hey, wait.

Akira-kun! Akira-kun!

Good morning.

Hey, isn't it her? With junior high schooler...

- She's a teacher, right? - That person? Her partner... isn't he a child?

"Staff Room"

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Akira-kun, you'll be late, you know.

Today you have to surely go to school...

What the...

Akira did?!

Here.

"Thank you very much for everything. Goodbye. Akira"

What is this? "Thank you very much for everything. Goodbye. Akira"

What is this?

What does it mean?

Where is he going!?

Please calm down.

Well, from now, I'll try to ask everywhere I know about this.

Could it be that he...

Suenaga-sensei.

You have a guest outside.

Iwasaki-san...

I came here to hit you in the face, Sensei.

Well, just kidding.

Is Kuroiwa here now?

Huh? Why?

- There's no way... - Really?

Really.

Why?

What happened?

Kuroiwa is missing.

He disappeared after leaving a note behind. His mother gets panic...

...and contacted us too. Perhaps he runs away from home?

Since when?

Dunno.

Perhaps since yesterday, or today.

His mother tries to contact various other places too...

...but I'm sure he comes here.

I don't know. I didn't see him.

Kuroiwa-kun, where are you...

That fool.

He really is a troublesome guy.

Don't get carried away. Not-so-handsome guy.

Just got popular in high school. 80% stalker.

It's okay if you don't know where he is.

It's none of your business anyway, Sensei.

Excuse me.

"Cases & accidents"

"Leaving home"

Yes, this is Komiya Daiichi Elementary School.

Hello?

Sensei?

Um...

Can you hear my voice?

Kuroiwa-kun.

Where are you now?

Iwasaki-san came here before.

Everyone is worried about you.

Hey, where are you now?

I want to apologize.

- Kuroiwa-kun! - I'm sorry about what I said to you the other day.

I selfishly came to see you, then got upset to you...

It's okay.

Everything you said is right anyway.

Sensei...

I liked your lessons.

Your handwriting on the blackboard...

...your happy voice while teaching...

...I can still remember it even now.

"Delighting in a spring night rain."

"A good rain knows its season."

"When spring arrives..."

"...it falls."

Sensei...

...please do your best.

Hey, Kuroiwa-kun.

I beg you, please tell me, where are you now?

That's what I want to tell you for the last time.

Last time?

This is the announcement...

...for passengers boarding on the ferry heading to Yamaejima.

Goodbye, Sensei.

Kuroiwa-kun, wait a mo...

Yamaejima...

"Yamaejima ferry"

Suenaga-sensei.

It's time to go home.

Suenaga-sensei.

I have something to talk about...

Ah...

Okay.

Will you come with me?

Huh?

Rather than staying here...

...will you come with me?

Actually...

...I have to resign from the school.

My father collapsed a few days ago.

So I have to take over my family's traditional restaurant.

Then...

You will no longer...

That's why...

...will you...

...will you...

...leave this town together with me?

Well, as expected, you can't, can you?

You want to see someone, right?

Sensei, I come to like you!

I want you to like me back, Sensei.

I'm going to IKEA.

- Then I'll go there too. - You can't.

Sensei, thank you!

I don't care no matter what people say.

I like you, Sensei.

I will become an adult!

Hijiri-chan!

I am...

...still like the way I was that day, that time.

Please go.

It's okay.

The ferry heading to Yamaejima will be departing soon.

Kuroiwa-kun!

Sensei...