Into the White Night (白夜行)

December 24th, 2005

Thank you.

Thank you.

Congratulations, Karasawa Yukiho

Ryou...

The sun never shone on us.

We existed in an endless night...

but it was never dark.

Because we had something to replace the sun.

No.

I could live my life that way, imagining it was daytime.

It wasn't bright,

but it was clear... and that was enough.

You were...

You were...

...my sun.

My artificial sun.

And...

My one and only wish,

was that you would never stop rising each day.

Ryou!

Yuki...

Go.

You were...

You were my sun.

My fake sun.

And yet,

you burnt with love and lit my path!

My one and only light.

I won't cry.

I won't cry!

Ever since that day...

14 years ago...

that was...

the day I lost the sun.

Yukiho...

Byakuyakou (Journey Under a midnight Sun) Chapter 1

Autumn, 1991

Here you go, 300 yen please.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wow, Seibu won this year!

Way to go!

Excuse me?

Yes?

What's going on over there?

Well, you know, the bubble economy burst, so the construction workers just left it half finished.

Now it's just a place where kids play.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

5 minutes 25 seconds.

It's a new record.

Brilliant!

How can you get out of there in 5 minutes?

Have you never heard "less haste, more speed?"

Oh no! We'll be late for cram school!

See ya later, Ryouji

Book Title: Gone With the Wind

Kirihara Pawn Shop

Hey!

Nobody's home?

If you end up getting divorced,

I don't think Ryou-chan will be that shaken up about it.

Just for getting together with an employee with a criminal record?

Becoming concerned about whether your parents are cheating...

that is very strange.

Who knows I'm cheating?

Predictions say that we'll become a place where young girls demand and purchase brand-name goods.

It basically says, that if we don't make a department for young people, it will be difficult to survive.

Newspaper Article: With the collapse of the bubble economy, pawn shops will change

You'll have to make a change then, won't you?

I wonder how you will make it in these difficult times.

What do you think, Ryouji?

Then this shop will go bankrupt, won't it?

All of our workers will be taken from us.

What about Matsura-san?

He's a really good guy, that guy!

Thanks for the food!

Do you think he's just getting to that rebellious age?

Who knows...

It's 2000 yen though...

Here you go.

Yukiho, are you alright?

Come on mom, let's go.

It's okay.

Yukiho.

Yukiho!

You think of your mom like luggage, don't you?

If you start getting rowdy, I'll leave you here.

Ooe Library

Excuse me, I'll take this, please.

Book title: World Encyclopedia - Volume 12

Thank you.

You always get this kind of book. What are you doing?

Eh? I'm learning stuff.

Is it fun?

It must be good mustn't it, to be so carefree?

Nishimoto Yukiho Year 5, Class 1 Ooe Minami Primary School

Um...

Nishi...

Nishimo...

I'm really sorry, but we're closing.

Wait, Nishimoto-san!

You go to Ooe Minami Primary School, don't you?

I go to North Usu Primary School.

You've already started learning English? That's amazing!

Ah, but nowadays everyone is going to English cram school aren't they...

Oh, you've forgotten Japanese have you?!

My family is poor.

The only way for poor people to succeed is to study. Don't you think so?

Really?

Goodbye.

Uh, yesterday...

Yesterday, what were you doing over there?

Did you drop something in there?

I heard there was a flower that blooms in ditches...

I was just looking for it.

Goodbye.

In ditches?

Yukiho!

It's late, what were you doing?

Yukiho, please...

You're the only person I can rely on.

Please!

Ditches... ditches...

A flower that blooms in ditches...

About the flower you mentioned yesterday...

Hey! Nishimoto-san!

Look!

Hey! Look! Here!

It can't be...

That flower, what is it? What is it?!

Hm, what could it be?

The flower you were talking about...

You were thinking of a flower that blooms in the gutter rather than in ditches, I think.

The lotus grows on ruins...

There really isn't a flower that blooms in ditches!

Even if there isn't one,

it's better to have the dream isn't it?

Um...

Are you angry?

Hey, what are you doing?!?

It's dirty in the river, wait!

This is why I said wait!

It's amazing!

It was amazing!

It was so, so beautiful.

It's the first time I've ever seen anything like that.

It's a dream come true...

Here you go, "snow."

...because you're Yukiho.

Tell me,

why are you being nice to me?

I just... feel like you and I are similar.

How?

Between Chage & Aska, which do you like?

Aska.

I see...

It's nothing to do with Chage's moroseness, is it?

Yes.

I see.

If you had a time machine, would you go to the future or the past?

Um... the past!

Oh.

So you would go to the future then?

Because I hate to look back and regret...

When something bad happens, do you study to take your mind off it?

Yes, I do!

Really? Me too!

While you are studying, you don't think about unpleasant things, right?

Yes, that's right!

Phew! I always wondered what to do when I felt like that!

But, are you pleased about that?

When you say "bad things," you have to use "ga," don't you?

Really? Ah, yes you do, don't you.

I'm terrible, aren't I!

Hey! Look!

Over there!

Don't you think it looks like a flower?

It's my gift to you.

Thank you.

Wow! Amazing! It's amazing! Amazing! Amazing!

This program is brought to you by KDDI...

Suzuki...

Kobayashi Seiyaku...

And Windows XP...

Hey! Don't run!

Sorry.

You're here!

Tada!!

Wow, that's brilliant!

Tada!!

All of them?

Go on.

No way!!

Go on!

I'll die!

You won't, it's alright.

Just once.

Go on!