Cherry Blossoms in Spring (春桜 ジャパネスク的海报)

I'm on a trip.

May I ride with you?

I'm sorry, but please choose a different car.

Don't you want help if you have trouble?

I'm not in trouble.

WOMEN NOT ALLOWED

I'm going to see the cherry blossoms.

"Hanami"

It's sakura tea.

It's the best thing to drink when you're tired.

Are you all right?

I accidentally swallowed the flower petal.

The flower petal?

Maybe a flower will grow in your stomach!

Why did you pretend you couldn't see?

Were you just trying to arouse sympathy?

Or...

trying to manipulate me into helping you?

You've suffered some trauma, haven't you?

Then tell me what it was!

This isn't fun for me at all!

You're just a nuisance!

My eyes really were in pain.

The water...

the sun...

daylight...

the sky...

You're about to walk onto a mountain trail!

If you need to, you can sleep in my truck tonight!

Hey!

You!

Why not just look in my truck?

If you like it, just sleep in it!

Just promise me one thing.

Don't use a loud voice when you're in the car.

Didn't you want to see the cherry blossoms?

Just look in here.

Let me in.

Your voice is too loud!

The sakura flowers are very delicate.

They fall even when the air changes.

It's nice to watch the flowers from up close.

I...

took this from a garden nearby.

The CEO of a big conglomerate told me to.

This...

is what I wear when I cut down a cherry blossom tree.

This time...

I'll be able to watch them from home.

The size is a bit inconvenient...

but...

it's not too difficult to grow a cherry tree.

So I'm looking for the most suitable place to put it.

Somewhere that it can survive.

Don't stare at them like that!

If you just look at the sakura naturally...

...they'll scatter within you and affect on your life.

Each one of these petals is worth 10,000 yen.

10,000 yen?

The CEO told me their value.

I consulted him before I left.

That's what he told me.

A single petal is 10,000 yen...

...so take these and find someone who will pay their true value.

Right now...

...this tree has 1,218 petals.

However...

...the lifespan of a sakura flower is short.

It usually isn't more than a few days.

So I...

...said a prayer to protect them.

I let them absorb the sun all day...

...and enjoy their value while they last.

You look like you don't believe me.

When the last flower withers...

...I will die with it.

...and if I don't, I'll kill myself.

If I can't sell them while they're alive...

...it's useless to try to get money for them.

You can sleep in the driver's seat.

I always sleep in here.

I stay in this box so I don't bother the sakura when I talk in my sleep.

It's a good arrangement.

Thief!

Someone stole my tarp in the night!

Why did you stop?

What is this? A button?

We can't risk shaking the car around.

Isn't that unavoidable?

Don't you care if all of the flowers fall off?

Sakura will not survive like this for very long, anyway.

I came to see sakura in the wilderness, not on a truck.

What are you saying?

And to think I let you hitch a ride with me!

10,000 yen

I want to eat soba!

Take me somewhere, please!

How odd. This one hasn't blossomed.

If you do this, you can hear the voices of the sakura flowers.

We haven't scattered because we've grown accustomed to you.

We won't fade as long as you and the woman stay with us.

What are you saying?

What did you learn?

Nothing in particular...

I don't want an octopus or jellyfish...

Could it be this one? No.

Sakura again?

Must be because I like them so much.

It's your turn.

Incidentally, what do you think of me?

I think you're a good person.

We get along because we both like flowers.

You've got it wrong.

You probably like sakura along with people who like them.

But I have no interest in other people.

I think sakura are better than people in every way.

Japan would be a better place if there were no humans and just sakura.

But you're a human, too.

That's my problem. I want to be something other than human.

Like a spirit?

As long as I'm not human.

Anything that can see sakura.

If you really love sakura...

...you shouldn't be thinking about anything other than those sakura petals.

If anything happens to them, all this was for nothing.

Remember that. It's why you're here with me.

-Who told you that? -The sakura, just now.

Don't screw this up for me.

Please.

Don't worry.

I've always wanted to meet a man like you...

...but that doesn't mean I'm interested.

I...

...when I see that...

...begin to feel ill.

Is it sakura sickness?

10,000 yen!

30,000!

50,000!

Stop falling!

Stop!

Don't fall!

It's fine.

The petals didn't fall.

It's the sakura's fault.

You're hiding a secret about sakura.

I'm just an ordinary woman.

Excuse me!

How much is this?

Are you not interested in women?

Women?

I am interested.

My mother was a woman.

You are a terrifying person.

You put sleeping pills in my tea.

Where are we going?

I haven't decided yet.

I just started feeling strange around your sakura flowers.

So I got on the train.

Please come back.

The sakura are lonely.

Please!