Original subtitles

I'll straighten up.

Don't do anything…

that would hurt your girlfriend.

Okay…

I won't.

Ever since I came to Tokyo…

I felt like I lost my footing.

I was never sure of my own decisions.

I always went with the flow.

And I could never live up to others' expectations.

Sa-chan,

I was never confident of my feelings for you.

DEAR KYO

I drew some hearts.

Oh well!

"Thank you for the other day."

Don't look!

Hey! Wanna go somewhere for Golden Week with us?

Um…

Do you have plans already?

No.

But I'm thinking of going to Tokyo for that holiday.

I see.

Darn. Kyo, huh?

Oh, but I haven't even told Kyo yet.

I'll call him right now.

Okay.

Oh, Kyo? Are you free right…

What?

Kyo.

Sa-chan.

Does it hurt?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Are you sure?

I'm fine.

No, don't push yourself.

Okay.

I can't survive…

if I can't ever see you again, Kyo.

I'm sorry I worried you.

Sugawa!

Sugawa was the one who let me know.

Sorry, I answered it without asking.

Your phone started to ring, so I panicked and picked it up.

It's alright, thank you.

Then I'll be going.

Um…

I'd like to go pick up some clothes for him,

so will you stay beside Kyo till I return?

What?

Sa-chan,

I'll be fine by myself.

No, you tend to hold back in front of the nurse.

It's just in case anything happens.

I'll come back as soon as possible, so won't you please?

I don't mind.

I'm so glad!

Kyo, I'll be right back.

Oh.

Thank you, I'm not used to Tokyo yet.

Not at all.

When I heard that he fell down the stairs, I almost had a heart attack.

Right?

I didn't know how injured he was yet when you rang.

I'm so glad you were beside him, Sugawa.

I'm really glad.

Thank you so much.

The bus stop is over there.

Okay.

Thank you!

Oh.

That way.

Thank you!

Your girlfriend was seriously worried about you.

You have such a cute girlfriend. Why did you have to cheat on her?

I don't really understand, myself.

What does that mean?

When you stepped off the stairs,

I thought that was because you were dizzy from the fever,

but is that really true though?

You didn't seem to panic at all.

You kind of looked like you accepted the fall down the stairs.

Katagiri, you always have that blank look to you.

You were looking at your girlfriend with that face too.

Because I've always lived life never expecting anything from others up to now.

Up to now?

Yeah.

My mom only cared about my dad.

Mom?

Kyo, your mom is at her limit.

Listen.

Kyo, don't ever become like your dad.

Because that man can't ever love anybody.

Don't go.

I'm sorry.

That old man ordered all these extra services…

Shortly after, a new woman started to frequent our house.

That woman was very nice,

and she soon became a motherly figure to me.

-Kyo. -Hmm?

What do you want for dinner?

Beef stew.

Then you wanna drop by the supermarket?

Okay.

Okay.

We'll buy carrots.

And potatoes.

But…

they would all lose their minds.

Wait!

If I got you to like me, I thought I could get married.

But I guess it was all a waste of time.

I'm probably the same as my dad.

I don't know what love is.

My mom's words were true.

So that's why…

To not become like my dad…

I wanted to try and love somebody.

That's when I met Sa-chan.

Kyo!

Sa-chan.

What are you reading?

She always told me her feelings for me straight.

Looks complicated!

She enwrapped me with her warm heart.

I know…

Sa-chan had a lot of things I didn't have.

And she provided me with those things.

You'll trip again.

When I'm with Sa-chan,

I felt like she would forgive the filth inside of me.

Her innocence was just blinding.

I want to take good care of her.

I need to reciprocate the same amount of affection.

It should be natural for me to like Sa-chan.

Wait one second.

I can't.

That'd be weird if I didn't like her.

Back then, I wanted to sleep with Sa-chan because I liked her.

No.

I wanted to like Sa-chan, that's why I wanted to have sex with her.

I'm sorry!

Actually…

I'm too scared.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

I've always…

wanted to come to love Sa-chan.

Towels and toothbrush…

I'll bring this too.

All right.

Oh.

I wonder where his clothes are?

I gotta take his pajamas too.

Hmm?

Shino!

Hello.

Hello.

Um…

Oh.

Kyo got into an accident and he's hospitalized.

So I came to get his clothes.

Hospitalized?

He has a small crack in his ribs, but he'll be released soon.

I see.

So, I came to get his clothes,

but I don't know where they are.

Maybe there.

There?

Here.

Wow!

Shino, you're amazing!

Thank you so much.

How many should I take?

Oh well! I'll just take a bunch of them!

This work described the prosperity and decline of the U.S. in the 1920s.

It has been loved by many.

And it has ranked 2nd place within the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels.

Next is the outline.

The story takes place in the summer of 1922…

Hello?

Hello? Shino? What were you doing just now?

Nothing really.

I see.

I have something to tell you.

What?

My work seems like it's finally settling down.

So why don't we spend some time at home together for once?

Sounds good.

Is there any place you wanna go?

No, not really.

I see.

Then I'll call you again.

Okay.

I'm gonna be released soon.

But I thought it would be better if you have everything.

Is there anything else you need?

I'm fine.

Oh. I wonder if I can bring fruits and stuff like that.

Maybe I'll ask the nurse later.

Sa-chan…

thank you for bothering to come.

Don't say that. Of course I'd come.

What's wrong?

How long has it been since we met?

Hmm.

If you put our middle school and high school years together,

probably about five years.

Middle school…

We've been together that long?

Yeah. It went by quick.

What's the matter?

Sa-chan,

let's break up.

What?

Didn't I tell you not to hurt your girlfriend?!

How could you like him so much when he was betraying you?

Because breaking up with him is unthinkable.

You can have sex with others.

Huh?

What the heck is she saying?

Subtitle translation by: Kanami Kitabayashi