Zenkai Girl (全開ガール)

"Zenkai Girl" Episode 8 (29 Aug 2011)

Do you think it was right of me to make Pitaro choose?

- I had calculated that would be what he would choose. - Calculated?

I am neither a good person nor a good dad to him.

I'm just a cunning adult.

But nobody knows such things as what is correct.

If you are able to make Pitaro happy... that is enough.

- Um, where is everyone? - Everyone...? - They all left.

Naturally we had some good dessert and coffee first.

Excuse me.

I had a call from Hinata before lunch.

- Eh? - It seems she wanted me to check something with you before the engagement announcement.

She wants to know if you're really serious about marrying Mr. Shindo.

I was surprised that she worried this much about you.

So what are your honest feelings?

Well, because of the circumstances, I don't expect you'll be able to tell me your answer.

My feelings haven't changed.

When I take a task on, I am sure to see it through to the very end.

- That is... - That's your policy. So if you got engaged, you have to show you'll get married too.

Is that it?

Yes.

You're very stubborn.

I'm off to Brighton now, so could you please summarize Brooklyn's due diligence files when you get back? - Sure.

I do apologize.

I truly apologize for having made you put some of your precious time apart for me.

I drank too much! What's with the main star not attending her engagement party?!

- Tell me the reason. The reason! - Well, it was because...

I just happened to be walking through the park. I saw someone on the park bench... who was having a rough time.

You mean they looked sick?

Yes. Their body was shaking and they were holding their head in their hands.

That's probably heat stroke. Eh? Ah, by the way, heat stroke is caused when the body's temperature... Ah, whatever.

- And then I guess you couldn't just leave them like that. - Did you nurse them?

Nurse them?!

Yes, yes. What I did was nurse them.

- That's why I didn't make it there by lunch time. - What ended up happening to them? - Well...

- Did you save him? - She saved him!

- Even though it was her engagement party, she saved a person's life! How great, Ayukawa. - It was nothing.

- That's enough. - Mm, that's enough.

Well, it was just a little lunch to quietly announce our engagement, so I'm not put out at all.

- Yeah! - Anyhow, congratulations! - Yes, really.

Ah! Next will be the wedding ceremony!

Ah, yeah, did you know this about weddings?

They are ceremonies to solidify the marriage...

- Was the person you nursed someone you knew? - Eh!? N... no!

It was someone I'd never seen before.

- I see. - Yes.

So can we go ahead with the wedding preparations?

- Mm, of course. - I'll discuss with my parents the schedule.

Yes, I'll leave it up to you.

I heard you blew the engagement announcement.

Is that why you're depressed?

No, it's the first... It's the first time I've done it.

The first time you've lied?

Bull's eye, right?

If you lie to yourself, you're the one who will be hurt.

Especially if it's something you know, but you pretend not to or shut it out of your sight.

But once you regret it, it's already too late.

- Ah, I haven't done anything. - It happened to me in the past too.

A bittersweet memory of my first love.

That person was Hinata's... mother.

- Eh!? - That was when they were young.

Dad and Hinata's mom were in the same class as Mitsuba's Mori school.

- Here? - Yes.

- It's just a vague memory now, but back then it was like a blow to my body. - Don't worry about it.

- Hinata, see you tomorrow. - Let me hear the rest of the story later.

Listen up!

- Once you regret it, it's already too late. - So it seems.

Regrets, huh?

"Incoming call from Pill Bug"

- Hello? - Um, about lunch, I'm sorry. I was so drunk.

It's fine. Are you alright now?

No, of course I'm not alright.

But I'm trying to get back on track again.

That's the best way to be.

So, what did you call for?

Um... thank you.

I just wanted to say that to you.

Also... congratulations on your engagement.

"Incoming call from Shindo Kyoichi"

Hello?

- It's me. Do you have a moment? - Yes.

I was just talking to my mother and she thinks we should hold a proper engagement.

- Eh!? - This is sudden notice, but how about holding a proper meeting this weekend?

- Could you invite your dad over here? - My dad?!

My mother will be going back to Vienna next week, so could we set something up before then?

Ah, my father is in Yamagata, which is a bit far away. So...

Anyhow, I'll inform him.

That's not really good enough.

If it's hard for him to come here, how about I go to Yamagata?

No! Definitely not! I wouldn't like to inconvenience you like that.

Ah, like I told you before, dad is very modest and our house is even more simple than my apartment.

He's like an entrepreneur or a dreamer.

His friends invite him or try to help him into different work.

Sometimes he succeeds, sometimes he fails. His work is not stable.

- I'm not even sure if he's still in Yamagata. - You don't keep in touch with him?

He lets me know whenever he has found employment.

- You can't get in touch with him? - My father doesn't use mobile phones.

- Shall I try to find a way to get in touch with him? - Ah, no!

I understand. It's okay. I'll work something out.

I'll find a way to try to contact him somehow.

- Thank you. - Ah, Ayukawa? We haven't received the maternal and child health handbook yet.

- Eh? - Today is the health check. - Ah, that's right.

I have it right here. Here you go.

The maternal and child health handbook is a record of the child's health and how they are growing up.

These become treasures for parents when their children are grown up.

- Take good care of it. - Yes, I will be sure to do so.

- Okay everyone, the health checks are starting! - Okay~!

- Pitaro, is your dad okay these days? - Hm, I don't know.

Maybe he's disappointed because Wakaba got engaged?

Anyhow, how's Wakaba?

I'm afraid that I've given up hope on her.

I sent a telegram to my father, but I still haven't heard any reply from him.

So this weekend it will probably just be me.

- Um... - Hey, man. You're the plumber, right?

- Eh? - The men's restroom is over there. It seems to be blocked up.

- Blocked up? - Mm.

- That's bad news. - Yes.

- I may be able to help. - You should. It's your job.

Mr. Shindo, the meeting is about to begin. You should go directly to #3 Conference Room.

- Oh, yes. I'll speak with you later. - Okay.

- Are you okay? - What are you up to!? - What?

- What are you doing? - Oh, Wakaba! - Oh!

- The toilets are over here. I'll show you the way. - What was that "Oh" for?

Dad, what are you doing? Why are you here?

I saw your telegram and caught a ride on one of my friend's long distance trucks.

- You said you'd be getting engaged! - Well...

- But I wrote on the telegram for you to make up an excuse not to come. - Of course I won't do that.

I haven't had the chance to greet your co-workers properly yet.

- Have some dadacha beans. - Dadacha beans?

- I'm Wakaba's father. Please look after Wakaba well. - You don't need to say hello to them!

You came all the way here to say hello? I'll happily accept one. I'm Wakaba's boss, Sakurakawa.

Thank you for always looking after Wakaba.

It's delicious!

- Sorry for him suddenly turning up without an appointment. - It's fine. I've worked hard like you to get this far too.

- Eh? - Please come into my office. I have time before my next meeting.

- Let me hear about your life in Yamagata. - Okay!

"Zenkai Girl" episode 8

"Ai ga Aru" by Every Little Thing

The morning sun quietly becomes bright in the lukewarm breeze

This isn't the time to be saying beautiful things

We should grab this moment now, yes, we want to love the future

The beginning of this romance started when I met you

It probably started this instant right now when we gazed at each other

Asa no hikari wa shizuka ni namanurui kaze dake akaru

Kirei koto nante iiteru baai janai kara

Ima kono toki wo tsukande sou mirai wo aishitai no

Kono koi no hajimari wa kimi to deatta

Ima mitsumeatta shunkan ni umarete itan darou

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- You went on buses instead of to the amusement park? - We were poor, but we could go all over the place by bus.

- But it really was a lot of fun to do that. - It sure looks like it.

- Is that person really your dad, Ayukawa? - Sh!

Wow, Ms. Sakurakawa really is a great person.

Stop trusting people so easily like you always do.

Quick, hurry up and get in.

This is my apartment. You made it to here, so you can probably make it there by yourself too.

- I'm causing you troubles by being here? - I didn't say that.

I didn't say that, but...

Anyhow, until I get back home, please wait in my apartment. Thanks.

This isn't too good.

- Mr. Shindo, congratulations on your marriage. - Congratulations. - No, I'm only engaged so far.

- Lucky! He doesn't seem to have noticed anything. - Is it okay not to introduce Mr. Shindo to your dad?

It's fine. Please don't say anything to anyone.

Today is my second payday. I just have to keep a watch out for him.

I was a bit surprised at first, but your dad seems really nice, Ayukawa.

He seems kind of similar to Sota.

Well, he is probably the same in the way that he's a nice guy who can't turn down any requests for favors.

- He's also a solo dad too, right? - Eh?

You mother passed away when you were young, right, Ayukawa?

Raising a child alone as a man is great, don't you think?

Great?

You can only call it great if you can raise the child without any hardships.

They may both be solo dads, but both of them are useless solo dads.

- Double Pill Bugs. - Do you need to go that far?

Is that a present for Mr. Shindo?

No. It's a wardrobe for my dad who has come to visit.

- Your dad? - Yes. He's come for the exchange of engagement gifts.

- Exchange of gifts?! - What is an exchange of gifts?

- It's a ceremony for marriage oaths. - The evil woman's father? - I wonder what he's like.

- Is an evil woman's father evil too? - They say children are a mirror image of their parents.

Really? You're doing the exchange of engagement gifts already? That's quick.

- Dad, are you okay with this? - Okay about what?

Wakaba, you don't feel at all unsure about this?

There is nothing to feel unsure about. I am simply on my way up.

- Ah, I'll give you all back your health check books. - Okay.

- I grew by 1 centimeter! - Oh! You grew by a centimeter? Well done!

I slimmed down by 500 grams.

- Wakaba, how much do you weigh? - My weight and BMI index are normal. There's no worry of me being overweight.

Anyhow, who is in charge of looking after the kids today?

Person in charge Schedule of who looks after the kids that day

- Me? - Oh! Your dad's here, right?

- Oh! Your dad's here? - Yes, that's right. Please swap with me, someone.

- I can't. I have a show rehearsal today. - I have to work late at the factory tonight.

No, no, no. I can't either.

Ah, sorry. I took the day off yesterday, so I can't really take the day off today as well. Sorry about that.

Does he look like Wakaba?

Wakaba looks like her mother.

Luckily neither her face nor her brains are like mine.

But he does remind me of someone.

- But his smile does rather look like Pitaro's dad's smile. - Do you think so?