Original subtitles

Hello?

DON GLEES

THANKS.

I'd never even considered back then...

that people died.

Can we go inside the airport on our bikes?!

I dunno, but we have to try!

After all, Sanso Rail's gone out of service!

I hate that about hick towns!

Ow...

- Roma, you okay?! - I see it!

Outside our town was a door to the world.

Back then, we had no idea about even that.

COW MANURE

Look, Kamogawa's covered in cow dung.

Acorns (donguri) tumbling...

landing in manure...

Roma! Taking off again? Next time, I'll cut off your allowance!

You got that?! I'm not kidding!

I'M AT THE TRAIN STATION. THE CICADAS ARE NOISY. WANNA MEET THERE?

Going to the fireworks tomorrow? Ken and his buddies came...

and were excited about wearing yukatas.

Do you sell lighters?

Here. Take it.

Thank your dad for the tomatoes he brought.

Okay!

GUESS I'LL STOP BY. WAIT, MAKE IT MY PLACE.

Toto! You're back!

Hey.

The Don Glees, reunited!

Hokuto, when are you coming home?

Dad needs to schedule your tutor.

All right already! It won't be long!

What's with... that hair?!

I got it cut in Harajuku.

So what?

Don't be such a hick.

Oh, this smell again.

I'm not saying it stinks.

How's school in Tokyo? Are the girls cute?

I guess.

DON GLEES

I've been manning the fort alone since you left.

I told you to apply with me. You're the one who didn't wanna.

Well, yeah, but...

You're aiming for medical school. I could never keep up!

So go to a different school. Whoa, these are all skyrockets!

I found a place with a lot in stock. I wanted to beef it up this year.

Look, 50 shots of Golden Fireworks!

And we're splitting the cost again?

#DONGLEES_ANNUAL_EVENT #OUR_LAST_SUMMER_IN_JUNIOR_HIGH

Each year, everyone at school would go see fireworks in the town next to ours.

They never invited us.

Okay, this is the last one!

Niagara Falls special... and fire!

It's puny!

Sumida River firework videos were fine if we wanted to see big ones.

- Is this an aerial shot? Wow! - They using a drone?

It was our yearly tradition, a little fireworks show just for us.

But this year, things were different.

Hey, Roma, they slashed the price! Over.

Yeah? Oh, over.

Our first summer as high school students.

The Don Glees had a new member.

Yeah, for real! Let's go!

His name was Drop.

Hurry!

Hey, wait!

We're buying... this?

I told you the price would drop if we waited!

CLOSEOUT SALE CLOSING ON AUGUST 20

With every last yen I have... yeah.

Come here.

Can you really trust that little kid? Isn't he mooching off you?

Shizuku Sakuma. He's our age.

Drop? That's "Shizuku" in English?

- Yeah. - Not Sakuma candy drops?

Roma, settle down a minute.

I'm more settled down than your hair.

Shut up.

You're buying that fancy drone just to film the 20-shot Golden Fireworks?

50 shots.

You aren't filming aerials at the big event tomorrow.

You said small fireworks were fine for us Don Glees.

About that name...

Hey, Roma, we get this long-lasting battery, too!

Yeah?! Don't worry, I'm paying.

FIREWORKS FESTIVAL MEMBERS: CLASS 1-2 & TAKI JR. HIGH GRADS

- MAN, I'M GETTIN' EXCITED. - SO WHO'RE YOU ALL AFTER?

I WANTED TO SEE TIVOLI URAYASU IN A YUKATA.

Roma.

BUT SHE MOVED AWAY. LOL

Roma?

So, the spinach... Are you listening?

Your uncle's pondering a name for a new breed.

He wants your input.

A NEW BREED OF SPINACH!

Just look at those huge leaves. Amazing, isn't it?

It may be the world's biggest spinach.

Why me?

You're the most childish... er, edgy... I mean, uh...

Spinach breeds often have cool names that boys like.

I think the last one was "Kaiser."

Be creative and help your uncle.

NEW SPINACH BREED PROUDLY UNVEILED TO THE WORLD!

Got any ideas? It's big...

Maybe "King Popeye"? I'll boil the king!

The world...

TIVOLI URAYASU YEAR ONE OF LIFE IN IRELAND

Roma! My dad told me she's in Ireland now!

Overseas?!

Call her.

In Ireland? Now?

I can't read my own writing. 3, 5, 4...

What are you doing?

- You don't have a smartphone. - That's not the point!

I have to go to cram school. 3, 5, 4... 2, 1, 2.

This is your chance.

Hey, wait! Er, she really moved abroad?!

Don't sweat the bill! I'll be rich when I'm older.

Gee, I'd like to say that.

No answer.

Isn't there a time difference?

No problem. It's past six AM there.

We're a darn nuisance!

You're the one who wanted her number!

You're scared 'cause you try to go it alone.

It'll be your last major feat at 15. I'll be right here to witness it.

Believe in yourself and you'll get what you want!

I have farm chores. And I'm 15 till next summer.

But we're finishing junior high!

I talked to my counselor. I'm going to Taki High.

TIVOLI URAYASU IRELAND

There's a farming course,

and I can go by bike.

Uh... the world. Right.

A big ash tree with big branches that can reach across the globe.

The world tree.

Yggdrasil...

Thanks for dinner!

He wants to boil Yggdrasil?

DELETE ACCOUNT

- Wow, listen to that. - It's pretty loud.

I've figured it out.

You can't save images on your phone, though. Is it broken?

You have the SD card?

Yeah, we can save images on that.

You blew your savings on that?

It's just an app issue. Besides, you agreed a drone would be nice.

That was last year... Don't put garbage there.

It's my treasure.

Don't you wanna look down on it all?

On the fireworks?

On the world.

What regrets would you have if the world ended tomorrow?

For me...

My biggest regret would be failing to find my treasure...

that's out there somewhere in the world.

That's why I always wished I could see the whole world from above.

All it takes is a little courage to leap and see things you missed before.

The treasure you'd been reaching for

would be right there by your feet. Wouldn't that be great?

And that treasure would prove that "today I was here and full of life."

That's what I believe.

In other words...

What the heck is he saying?

- Beats me. - What?!

But it sounds cool to look down at the world.

Right?! Who wouldn't wanna?!

What I long for is a bit different, though.

But...

I'd love to look down on these guys.

- YOU BETTER NOT SHOW, COW DUNG DON GLEE - YOU'RE NOT INVITED, LOL

Buncha jerks.

Then let's look down on 'em.

You think someday, but who knows if the day will come?

Just do it. Now!

Do what...?

We're gonna get 'em good!

Get 'em good?

- Do it, Roma! - Who, me?

- We'll help, of course! - Me, too?!

We're friends, right? Let's all take the leap.

TAKI HIGH SCHOOL

Who are you really after?

They're all ugly.

Hey, what if I score today?

No way, you're a virgin for life.

Ow! What was that for?

Was that... Kamogawa?

They smelled super good. Wow!

Look at those idiots.

Oh, brother.

This is stupid!

Dang! I was so nervous!

They really thought we were girls!

If my sister finds out I took her stuff she'll kill me!

I'm never going to do this again!

Where'd you learn how to dress as a girl?

And putting on makeup?

I met a girl at the hospital who was an aspiring stylist.

Hospital?

Yeah. She taught me lots of stuff.

It's fun, like drawing, you know?

Were you in the hospital?

Yep. That's where I got this blond wig.

A hospital? A hospitable stylist?

That was great. The looks on their faces!

Okay, Roma, you win!

Stop it, you're making my sides hurt!

- Oh, you smell good! - Hey, keep back!

Stop! Hey, cut it out!

Stop it! I can't stand this!

- You got me. - Got him!

It's starting!

- Darn it! Hurry! - Get the drone!

The sun's going down.

Here goes!

It's windy!

Then forget it. Don't use that lighter.

- Countdown. - Will you listen?!

It's all I have.

Wait... whoa!

Here goes!

Over here!

Ignition!

Huh?

Wait... wait!

That's funny.

What're you doing?!

Where's it going?!

Cripes! Where'd you buy these?!

At Mrs. Ando's shop!

How old are those fireworks?! They're just dead stock!

I got it lit!

My ears! That's enough, Roma! We're done! Get back here!

Yay, it's lit!

Forget it!

No, no, no, no, no!

It flew off!

That's high...

What're we going to do?

Give me that!

- Wait... wait! - Come back!

They're simply beautiful.

- Dang, dang, dang! - My drone! My entire savings!

We're through.

We flew a drone at night... and it's against the law.

It is?

My sister's going to kill me. Who was it that suggested taking aerials?

- Roma. - I know. Don't say it.

Another mosquito bite! They should just burn down the woods.

What's that?

The police?

- Run! - Why?

What if we're arrested for flying a drone?!

Wait. Isn't it a fire engine?

Hey, do you smell something?

Is it a fire?

Emergency vehicle passing. Please wait to cross the road.

WILDFIRE PREVENTION

It's a good thing it rained.

Yeah.

Wow, never seen our neighborhood on TV. There's my field!

Roma! Did you see this?! They're blaming us for the fire!

Why?

[NEWS FLASH] THE DON GLEES CAUSED THE FIRE.

THEY GOT A POWERFUL LIGHTER AT THE ANDO SHOP.

- THEY'RE GUILTY. - TAKI JR. HIGH PRODUCED TWO CRIMINALS.

Huh? What is this?

EVIDENCE FOUND. FIREWORKS AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN!

You have got to be kidding.

EVIDENCE COLLECTION UNDERWAY.

Did we leave the fireworks behind? Did someone take them?

Who knows? I bet it was those creeps! We're being treated as criminals!

But it wasn't us. We couldn't light any... Er, we did, but we put 'em out.

It doesn't matter. Who would prove it?

We're stating our innocence.

So what? Nothing we say matters!

Damn, I never wanted to do this.

What should we do? Go to the police and explain?

No, we can't do that. If my dad finds out...

Then...

there's nothing we can do?

Let's go look for the drone.

This isn't the time.

It's your fault for messing with them.

Ow, my gut.

Roma spent all his savings on it.

Every last yen, and we haven't even seen the footage.

Don't remind me, Drop.

The drone...

No, but wait!

What about the drone?

Yeah, the drone!

What about it?

- No. - The drone footage. That's our alibi.

- No! - I see!

- No! No way! - Why not?

We have to find that SD card! I hope the footage came out okay.

LOCATE DRONE

Wait, are you serious?!

You don't want them to blame us, do you?

But that means... showing everyone just what we were doing.

Yeah, they'll know.

I wore my sister's skirt.

I put on red lipstick, put balloons under my shirt...

- Ah. Well... - So did I.

It beats being branded as criminals.

I don't know... Which is worse?

We aren't just going to give in.

I'll prove we're innocent!

DESTINATION: YOUR DRONE DEPARTURE POINT: YOUR CURRENT POSITION

ROUTE 1:61 KM/18 HOURS AND 25 MIN.

Wow, it really rode the wind...

That battery sure lasts.

No train stations nearby...

Duh. It's up in the mountains.

- You wanna walk? - Moron. It'd take over a day by foot.

- What about your sister's car? - No!

The minute she finds out, I'll be as good as guilty.

There's a road going up along the river, so we can ride our bikes partway.

Let's expect an overnighter in case we can't find it right away.

An all-nighter...

There's a Perseid meteor shower tomorrow! Nice!

This is no time to be celebrating!

Toto was mad, telling us not to get excited.

But for me...

I-I'm staying over at Toto's tomorrow.

Oh, you are?

We’re going to a pool. I might be late getting home.

Clean up your dishes!

I felt like that summer would somehow be different.

And I was feeling a little excited.

GUIDE TO THE SUMMER PROFICIENCY TEST

Have you been to the other end of this tunnel?

No.

Then it's a new adventure.

Don't you have a bike?

I'm good with this. It's my ol' travel buddy.

I want it to watch over my last adventure.

"Your last"...?

Sorry I'm late!

Is that your sister's?!

Well, I left mine in Tokyo.

Whatever. You want to get going?

To the other side of the tunnel...

PICKLED PLUMS: 100 YEN

"Road closed"?

The fire spread this far?

What are you doing?

We can go this way. Let's go.

We have to take this road by the river.

But we can't. No choice.

Hey, wait.

Roma!

ROAD CLOSED

Don't suddenly change directions.

They're blaming us for this?

We shouldn't be at the scene of the fire.

Suddenly taking off like that... Does he really know where he's going?

Well, we can't go up that road...

There's the option to head back for now. Don't just blindly follow him.

Use your head.

What was that?

A boar? A deer?

A... bear?

Find something?

It's the police!

What is it?!

They'll arrest us! Run!

We're innocent!

- Darn bell! - It's to bear-proof us!

Get rid of it!

What if a bear comes?!

What the heck, man?!

Take this! Counter Assault!

My eyes!

- That's a powerful spray! - What was that?!

My mountain companion, anti-bear weapon. Its name is... Counter Assault!

- That's my hair spray! - Huh?! You don't need it here!

It's awesome!

You threw away my bell.

Well, it didn't work. That bear showed up.

Hey.

How are we going to prove something we didn't do?

Fact is we're innocent.

So what? Searching for the drone might be fruitless.

Hey!

Where are we?

ERROR: LOCATION UNAVAILABLE.

Is this a trail?

Definitely not.

It's okay. Just go north toward that riverside road.

And where's that river?

It's probably up ahead.

Where? How much longer will it be?

Stop grumbling.

How would I know?

Don't keep going if you're lost. You'll just make things worse.

We can aim north from either the east or west.

Keep going or it'll be the end.

Have you only walked on tracks that were already laid down?

Walking on train tracks is a no-no.

Wait.

The soil smells different.

- Over here. - You can tell by the smell?

- Bingo! - Wow, a waterfall!

It looks like a slide.

Roma, I'm impressed.

I don't work the farm each day for nothing.

You're taking a break?

Let's eat. It's way past noon.

This isn't a picnic. We've eaten up enough time as it is.

Eating time won't fill our stomachs.

We'll just get hungrier.

It's freezing!

Oh, jeez...

Is this all?

Where are the rice balls...?

You have to fry these croquettes.

You fool! Why didn't you bring something decent?!

I couldn't exactly stock up saying I was staying at your place.

Chicken curry, canned tuna, crab fritters...

Mix it all up and it's chicken-tuna- crab-fritter curry! Wow!

Unopened food cans are just pieces of metal!

With Toto's rice balls, it'd have been perfect.

- If you hadn't dropped them. - The rice balls...?

Yeah, I dropped them.

Let's just eat.

It's the first waterfall I've seen in a forest. It's pretty.

You've never seen a waterfall?

Sure I have. Lots of them.

The ones I've seen are bigger and without any trees,

like a curtain of water over a huge stone wall.

Like, whoosh!

Like it's the Grand Canyon?

Isn't that a desert?

A canyon's like a gorge. It must have waterfalls.

Oh, a gorge. In America.

Iceland.

Huh? Isn't the Grand Canyon in the US?

Yeah.

No, this is about Iceland.

- Says who? - Me.

Why?

'Cause I've seen many waterfalls there.

Looking for treasure?

Looking for a phone booth to be exact.

I heard about it when I was living in Iceland.

This golden waterfall in a valley so deep it's like it's cutting the earth in half.

Rumor is there's a mysterious red phone booth standing all by itself at its foot.

You lived in Iceland?

Wow!

My grandpa lived there. That's all.

People can live anywhere.

Well, yeah...

Anyway, I started looking for it.

If I could get in that phone booth and watch the waterfall turn golden,

the phone there would tell me.

Tell you what?

What treasure it is that I really need.

You don't know what the treasure is? But you're treasure hunting?

Don't you need to know beforehand? What kinda fantasy is that?

Do you guys know what your treasures are?

Not stuff in a treasure chest.

Something you want real bad no matter how tough it is to get.

Something irreplaceable that'll give your life a happy ending.

That drone, for now.

Golden falls and mysteries are fine, but first things first.

Right.

Hey, is Iceland near Ireland?

Yeah. Why?

Didn't you give that back to your dad?

Nope, I thought he'd give me hell,

but he said I could keep it if I wanted.

When was this?

In junior high.

Aw, my bad.

I was the only one without a smartphone during an extracurricular lesson.

Everyone wanted to take lots of photos.

So I borrowed my dad's old camera without telling him.

That's a cool camera.

It might be old, but I like it.

U-Urayasu! You're into them? Cameras?

Call me Tivoli. Everybody does.

T-Tivoli.

Can I see it?

A CCD sensor! Wow!

The colors are different from a CMOS.

A what...?

Oh, I pressed the shutter.

It's okay. Keep it.

The color turn out nice?

Yeah, it's blue and...

This thing in the middle?

A ladybug.

In flight?

Yep. Photography's tough, but it's fun.

It freezes moments, makes them last forever.

Along with my feelings at the moment I first pressed this shutter,

a tiny story that unfolded in this corner of the world that would've gone unnoticed

can be etched right here.

That this world you felt with all your being

truly existed here...

It creates proof of that anyone can see.

Isn't that awesome?

- Sorry, I'm blabbing. - No, not at all! It's nothing!

I mean, it isn't nothing. Um.

I'm getting that camera while I'm here. Thanks for letting me see it!

No problem!

So you have a crush on her?

No, you've got the wrong idea!

- He's lying. - Yep.

I just thought it was cool listening to her talk about photography.

- It was cool. - Listening to her.

Oh, forget it!

Okay, sorry we teased you.

You never asked Takamine out, either.

Hey, shut up!

Not didn't; couldn't.

'Cause Mutchii came?

A love letter in a shoe box? Mitarai, you're quite the romantic.

- You're still good at impersonating him. - Yeah.

I... have some regrets.

So don't you give up.

Tivoli Urayasu's your treasure, right?

I... don't think so.

Why not?

What I want isn't that, but something that's more...

It isn't enough.

What isn't?

Something.

What the heck?

Hey, can I ask you something?

What?

We're trying to go up the mountain, right?

Yeah.

So why've we been heading down?

You go up, you eventually come down.

When we haven't reached the top?

This is weird.

Don't tell me...

Which way are we headed?

I was afraid of that! Didn't you know where we were going?

The sun's setting earlier than it should in summer.

You've gotta be kidding.

Which way's north?

Check your phone.

I don't have an app for that. I thought we'd go up that road.

Well, download one.

I get no service here. What about your phone?

I forgot it.

What? Seriously? Oh, dang...

It's gotten dark. Want to call it a night?

Yeah. I'm hungry.

Toto?

We can look for Polaris.

I'm not going missing in some forest.

Toto?

Toto!

Waterfall!

It's a waterfall!

A waterfall?!

Toto! Hang on!

Don't you dare let go!

Roma, here!

Let go of that log!

Quick!

Grab it!

Huh?

Weren't we here before?

We walked so much... Were we just going around in circles?

It works!

Isn't that wet?

Just a bit. The bag's waterproof.

You're prepared.

Everyone waterproofs themselves in Iceland.

That so... Brr, it's freezing.

Wanna start a bonfire? Where's your lighter?

Toto has it.

What's that? A textbook?

Dang! I shouldn't have come!

Toto, where you going?

I don't know!

- Get off! - Settle down, Toto. It's dark.

What is this?!

You don't know where you are, yet you keep going!

Now look where we are!

I just thought...

if there was a path forward, we should keep going.

There's no path; it's a forest!

Whatever. We have to keep going, even if it means making a trail!

- It'll end if we don't! - Hey now...

The end'll come before we find what we want!

It's already over! Because you keep veering off!

Maybe you shouldn't have come!

All you've done is complain.

Yeah, I was against the drone and the fireworks!

Wait.

Forget the Don Glees! We're 16; it's lame!

Roma's 15!

- He'll be 16 this year! - I'm still 15!

Who cares?! We're in high school; this is kids' stuff!

I don't go to high school!

Oh, no? That's obvious, pipsqueak!

Hold it!

Toto... what did you say?

Huh...? You little...

About the Don Glees.

You think it's lame?

Just 'cause we're in high school this is lame now?

I didn't mean...

Never mind. Nature calls!

Roma!

This is lame.

That's what I thought.

Toto was right.

We were in high school.

He'll be fine.

Roma won't go far.

He's just like that. He wouldn't go to Tokyo with me.

Because he loves this town?

I don't know.

What am I doing in a place like this?

I have a test tomorrow.

A test?

At cram school. In the afternoon.

Oh? I had no idea.

Never told you.

If we don't leave now, you won't get there on time!

Maybe I didn't really want to go.

To where? To your test?

To either my test...

or Tokyo.

I might not look it, but I'm an honor student.

Roma's been saying so, though you can't tell by that hair.

You want to be a doctor, right? Wow.

Like you're one to talk about hair.

I've been studying hard since I was a kid.

I believed that following the path my dad set would get me what I was looking for.

Smokey!

But I went to Tokyo and realized...

that out in the open sea, I'm more insignificant than a water flea.

And all I can do is flounder around and wonder what it is I lack.

It's no time to be messing around in a place like this.

I can't keep up with everyone.

But you didn't have to bring your book here.

Dummy.

You've been working hard, sacrificing everything.

Roma said he was proud to be your friend.

I'm jealous of you after hearing him talk like that.

That's why I can't let him down.

I can't let him see me like this.

I...

Do I really want to be a doctor?

Toto! Drop! Can you hear me?! Over!

Heyyy!

I guess not.

I'll go look for Roma.

He can't be far. I might take a while since it's dark.

You stay here, Toto.

Drop...

You're more considerate of a guy than I thought.

As if! I wanna show Roma the state you're in.

I take that back! Stop!

Look! There's shooting stars!

- Hurry! - Don't rush me! It's slippery.

Sorry I took it out on you.

- What an uncool 16-year-old. - Wanna fall in the water?

Wow.

Look at that.

It's like space is falling toward us.

A million stars!

A million?

The Milky Way alone is home to 200 billion stars.

And the universe has 100 billion of those galaxies.

Get it?

You mean there's more than a million stars?

Way more. The number of stars is astronomical, literally.

And that's what we're looking at now?

An astronomical number of stars in the sky?

The naked eye can only see several thousand.

What we're looking at...

is less than a hundred billionth of what's out there.

It's just a bit of stardust.

Toto. I'm sorry.

It is about time we outgrew the Don Glees, isn't it?

The saying “Like comparing acorns (donguri)” is used snidely.

If you think about it, it's a pretty miserable name.

Really? The only thing I thought was that it made me jealous.

Calling each other that means you're special friends. Who thought of the name?

I did.

Actually, it's not about acorns (donguri).

It isn't?

It's "Don't Glee."

Glee? In English?

Oh, "glee" as in joy! Happiness! Elation!

Right.

You thought of that in grade school?!

A complicated name like that?

But it's wrong.

Huh?

"Don't Glee" sounds weird.

Yeah. "Glee's" a noun.

You don't use "Don't" with a noun.

We were always sulking in a corner.

We couldn't join the others, radiant smiles weren't for us.

"Don't laugh. Don't have fun. Don't be happy." A name like that fit us.

But it's wrong.

Yeah, this third grader tried to act mature and messed up the name.

That's not what I mean.

When you two get together, it's like every day is fun. You shine.

I can't know how things were between you before I met you...

But, getting to live life together with a friend you really love?

I'd say that's the happiest thing ever!

That's corny.

The girls must like you.

Oh, I don't know.

You would've seen me with them if I went to school here.

- That, I don't want to see. - You little pipsqueak.

Don Glees tumbling down and splashing in a pond...

Wait a sec. What's this about splashing?

I do remember the tumbling part.

The acorn splashes in a pond. These lyrics are right.

Splash! Like us.

It's one of the few things I learned at a Japanese school.

We had the lyrics wrong?

You're wrong about lots.

Dang.

We're clumsy and make lots of mistakes,

so maybe Don Glees was the perfect name for us, after all.

Donguri tumbling down and splashing... huh?

On the topic of songs, do you remember...

the one we had to sing in English class?

- What's after that? - Don't you remember?

Isn't it a song about stars shining prettily?

That's not all.

It's a song of hope telling travelers standing in the dark

that there's a light, even when the sun's hidden.

But it goes, "How I wonder what you are."

Gazing into the distant unknown in the dark?

Isn't that the opposite of hope?

Given the choice, I prefer a happy ending.

God, English is tough.

Let's just say the stars are pretty.

Roma, you always give up too easily.

You quit Insutagram, didn't you?

It was sudden, so it had me wondering. But after this talk, I think I get it.

Insutagram... Let's do it.

You and my sister are my only avid followers.

But...

I didn't say where I was going. Leave a comment on my Insutagram.

My sister will likely see it.

Toto, did you leave your phone home on purpose?

- It your first time? - To do what?

To play hooky or run away.

Yeah. My family has to be panicking.

Oh, never mind. Forget it.

No service anyway.

Oh, yeah.

And we don't have good photos.

How about the stars?

That one?

A shower of stars!

It's blurred... and noisy, too.

That's what makes it good.

It reminds me of the shower of stars we saw.

Even a bit of stardust is this pretty.

The rest of outer space must be awesome.

We have a signal.

This is good.

Not that. I didn't take it.

Urayasu did.

My photos aren't such a pretty blue.

Wasn't it the red subject Tivoli was shooting?

Red?

A red shooting star in a blue world.

It's bright red! How beautiful!

I had thought it was a bad photo.

Toto!

The fire was going out.

I can forget my studies this once and go back to the fight later.

Yeah. You're alive, after all.

I probably hadn't been able to see anything.

Neither space beyond the stardust...

nor the brilliance of

A LINE OF RED SHINING IN A BLUE WORLD. MY CLASSMATE TOOK THIS SHOT.

A small red line in a blue, blue world...

None of it.

Oh. Good morning.

Good morning.

It's chilly. My hands are cold.

- Here, a towel. - Thanks.

Hey, did you ever find it?

Find what?

The phone booth... by the golden waterfall.

Brr, it's cold.

Good morning.

Nice bed-head.

That's cold. I'm sure awake now!

I did find it. That's why I'm here now.

Though I'm back in Japan, I can't go to high school at this point.

I was alone without any guarantee I'd be able to get my treasure.

But it hit me.

I can't leave a footprint in this world if I don't do something in the end.

Whatever others say, it doesn't mean you have to give up on your happy ending.

If the world were to end tomorrow...

I don't want any regrets.

"My last adventure."

I'm sure that's what Drop called it.

He wanted us to watch over his last adventure.

You're growing your hair so you can donate it?

Uh-huh. Since it's coming in again.

The blond wig I lent Toto wasn't real hair, though.

The drone landed past Route 71, so we go... left?

Good thing you could download the app. It won't be long now.

Sorry.

- That way? - Yeah!

We're crossing that wreck? We'll have another mishap if he leads.

If the world were to end tomorrow...

Does he mean...

There's something he really wants to accomplish

so he wouldn't regret it if his life ended now.

Let's head back.

I'm worried about Drop's health.

We'll come back later for the drone.

Have you been listening? He doesn't want to give up.

He'd never agree to go home.

I wonder what he learned in that phone booth.

What's he so desperate to find?

Who knows? We probably wouldn't understand.

There's nothing standing in the way of our futures.

Route 71! It's up ahead! Let's go!

This is it?!

First one to find the drone wins!

The losers buy him a cola!

That's not fair!

What the...! Wait up!

Where does he get that energy?!

He's still 15! He'll get better, right?!

Physical ups and downs at that age are nothing!

So...

He wouldn't have noticed issues right away!

This happened 'cause he's a lively 15-year-old!

You don't get it?

Well...

I don't, either!

Up ahead past Route 71,

it seemed like we'd come to the end of the world.

As if it was telling us to forget about happy endings.

Sorry.

I'm sorry...

You blew your savings on that drone. So what?

Work at your farm and save up again.

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry I got you involved, made you reckless.

I didn't approach you to get you into this mess.

Had we stayed total strangers, we could've gone our separate ways without a care.

I'm sorry.

- Let's go home. - Roma?

You say that now? What's to be sorry about?

I'm sorry, Roma. I really am.

I don't get it. Why are you apologizing?! It makes no sense!

I don't want us to be strangers, and it's too late for that now.

Only you can listen to Toto's whining and still encourage him.

It was you who took me through that tunnel and showed me all these sights out there!

I don't regret a thing about meeting you and coming all this way!

When you apologize like that, it sounds like us meeting was a terrible thing!

We're already a trio!

You said no regrets, so don't be the first to have them!

We've already come this far, so don't push us away now!

Only Toto and I can watch over your treasure hunt till the very end!

I'm involved now. I won't let it end like this!

We'll watch you be brave and celebrate your last major feat at 15!

So don't give up now!

Let's go home.

We'll go home together.

I hated it. All of it.

I hated the fate that Drop had been handed.

I hated the path we were on, stumbling wherever we went.

And most of all...

I didn't want Drop to deny...

the time the three of us had spent together.

Our return back home was smooth going.

If only we hadn't gotten lost at first,

we would've easily and quickly achieved our goal.

It took two days to recover the drone and get it back home.

It contained not a shred of visual evidence

that would prove our innocence.

But...

Look!

So if the fireworks are shown here, are these specks our town?

Yeah, I think.

It's that small?

Hey, did you know?

Know what?

There aren't supposed to be any bears out there.

It said so online.

Too bad we didn't get a shot of that bear.

I guess that's life.

We definitely saw that bear while taking that detour.

And we, having walked that path, are surely the only ones who'll ever know.

Oh well!

Cheers!

Darn it! It'll be on you next time, Drop. You wait and see!

Okay! I'll take you on anytime.

CONTROLLED BURN FOR LAND CLEARING

Caution is needed so the controlled burn won't start a forest fire.

- CAN YOU ROAST POTATOES THERE? - OH, I'M GONNA FART.

HAS EVERYONE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT FIRE?

NO ONE HERE KNOWS.

NEVER HEARD OF IT.

Roma here. Do you read me? Over.

Drop? I have the photos. Where do I take them? Over.

Hang in there. Over.

- YOUR DAD DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE IS, TOTO? - HE WON'T EVEN SAY WHICH HOSPITAL

- THE SNOW DIDN'T WRECK OUR FORT? - DUNNO, HAVEN'T BEEN BACK THERE.

DAD WOULD ONLY TELL ME IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM.

TIVOLI URAYASU WANTS TO SEND YOU A MESSAGE.

A LITTLE RED AMID A WORLD DYED IN BLUE CAN BE THE STAR.

THIS PHOTO HELPED ME REALIZE THAT. THANK YOU.

TOTO

It's bright red! How beautiful!

THANKS.

Hey, Roma! Can you hear me?! Are you okay?!

Roma?

Roma!

Deep down, I thought I'd see him again.

Because, on that day, I felt like our summer would go on forever.

I had no idea...

that a person could die so easily.

No! I'm not gonna believe it! It can't be true! No!

TOTO CONNECTED

It can't be!

I... didn't know.

We didn't know.

Not a thing.

DON GLEES

Drop. When was he here?

Dunno.

Why did he buy us drinks? We promised we'd compete again.

Dunno.

There's nothing we could do unless we were a doctor.

No matter how hard we want the life to be saved...

there's nothing we can do about it.

Toto, drink that! Quick!

What the heck?

Look!

A star...?

What is it? A water flea?

OVERLAP THE MARKS HERE.

Iceland...?

It's a treasure map.

Man, this thing's pretty rough for a treasure map!

I'M IN NY!

NEW SPECIALTY: "YGGDRASIL GREEN CURRY" NAMED BY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT

Ow...

- Roma, you okay?! - I see it!

ICELAND

That's a high cliff...

She says she's in New York. Urayasu, I mean.

So she's really studying there.

From Ireland to New York. Wow.

One end of the world map to another, right?

I don't see this waterfall he told us about.

It's late. Let's head back to camp.

Wait.

I hear something. Is the earth rumbling?

Ow.

Is this it? The golden waterfall?

Could be.

It's freakin' gigantic.

Yeah.

It's too big to get in a single photo.

You're kidding!

Hurry up, c'mon, go!

Okay!

It'll stop ringing!

Yeah! I'm on it!

Hey, hurry it up!

Door won't open.

Coming! Coming!

Hello? Hello?

Hello?!

They hung up.

Dang.

That was a surprise.

I've only seen a phone like this get a call in the movies.

Who was it? Er, this phone has its own number?

Look!

MY TREASURE: FRIENDS WHO WILL WATCH OVER MY LAST MAJOR FEAT AT AGE 15

It'll be your last major feat at 15.

I'll be right here to witness it.

CONNECTED

Believe in yourself and you'll get what you want!

Toto. 354 isn't Ireland.

It's the country code for Iceland.

I have to go to cram school. 3, 5, 4... 2, 1, 2.

No answer.

We're a darn nuisance!

You're the one who wanted her number!

CONNECTED

Hello?

Could it be... that I had it all wrong?

MY TREASURE: FRIENDS WHO WILL WATCH OVER MY LAST MAJOR FEAT AT AGE 15

I can't believe it... Is this really happening?

We reached him way out here.

He was listening right here in this phone booth.

And it was all because your handwriting was so messy.

But, gee.

Let's say...

Say our call reached him.

Then who was calling a minute ago?

Who knows?

All it takes is a little courage

to leap and see things you missed before.

The treasure you'd been reaching for

would be right there by your feet.

What do you know?

It's right there.