Good Life: Thank You, Papa, Goodbye (グッドライフ〜ありがとう、パパ。さよなら〜)

-We found a donor. -Donor?

We found a tumor in the pancreas.

It's cancer. You have 6 months at the most.

How should a father live and what should he leave behind for his children.

The transplant was a success?

Yes.

Thank you. Thank you.

Please get proper treatment.

I made up my mind to stay by my son until the end.

The long awaited discharge day is finally here.

General precautions to be taken after the discharge

are written here.

He'll be coming to the hospital once a week, but

-make sure he doesn't forget to take his medication. -Yes.

There's no need to be overly sensitive, but

since he was hospitalized for a long time,

please pay close attention to Waku-kun

so that he can readjust to his everyday life.

Yes.

Thank you.

Kudos to you for hanging in there this past year too.

Waku, don't run.

Daddy, the air is fresh today.

Three times fresher than usual.

Three times?

Let's see...

You're right.

-It's three times fresher than usual. -Isn't it?

Mommy.

Wak-kun.

Wak-kun, I'm so happy for you.

Wak-kun.

Congratulations on your discharge.

Have fun with your friends.

Wak-kun.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Um...

Thank you...

for staying with Wak-kun all the time.

I'll write a letter, okay?

Wak-kun, take care.

Thank you

for taking care of Waku during his stay.

Wak-kun, you toughed it out. You were brave.

Oh~seeing you have this much energy, you're fine now.

Hey. That hurts.

Really... Thank you for everything.

Let's go.

-And there he goes~. -I'm happy for him but

I feel somewhat lonely at times like this.

Me too.

How about if we just make our own kid.

Yuuka-chan, Yuuka-chan! Just kidding...

What's wrong?

It's nothing.

CLS Konno Nanami-chan. Your job is?

To give psychological support to hospitalized children.

That's right. Then let's get started with our work for today.

Wak-kun.

Keep your tummy warm. If you don't, you're going to catch a cold.

See you then.

I'm home!

I'm home, house!

I'm home, Wak-kun's room!

I'm home, bathroom!

I'm home, refrigerator.

I'm home!

Huh?

What's that?

"Waku Happy Birthday"

We haven't celebrated your birthday yet, have we?

I'm home, Daddy.

Welcome home.

I'm home.

Go ahead.

Waku, happy 7th birthday.

Thanks.

The sushi looks awesome too, Daddy.

Tell me whatever you want.

I'll roll it for you.

Since you couldn't eat any raw food when you were in the hospital.

Then...One negi-toro*!

Coming right up!

Put lots in.

Okay, Wak-kun's gonna roll one for Daddy too.

Okay.

Let's see, what should I roll. Okay.

One nattou up!

What...Daddy gets the nattou?

Why? Daddy likes nattou, don't you?

Isn't this kinda not fair?

One more negi-toro.

Coming right up!

From that day,

the life of just Daddy and me began again.

-Hot! Ahh. -Are you alright?

Wah~ Looks yummy~.

Okay, Waku. You have to stretch the towels like this,

give it a few pow pow pow! hits and then hang it to dry. You try.

Give it a few pow pow pow! hits...

Okay, one more.

You know..

Wak-kun got discharged from the hospital, right?

-Yeah. -Aren't you going to do it anymore?

Do what?

Newspaper reporter...Aren't you going to do it anymore?

I will, one of these days.

Here, let me see that.

Here it goes.

[Without treatment...

6 months at the most.]

Daddy~!

Sensei!

Ah.

Did something good happen?

Yes. Waku was discharged from the hospital.

So Wak-kun's well now?

-Yes. -Let me treat you to

something delicious to celebrate.

It's very good. Their negi-shio* hamburger. (*green onion and salt)

-It comes with a salad bar too. -Itadakimasu.

So where's Wak-kun?

He's with his father now.

I see.

He's totally different now

from the person I knew before ...

I can really see that Waku

needs him now.

That's good, isn't it?

Yes.

Living together isn't the only way to be a family.

Yes.

This is like camping.

You caught me.

Can't wait to go to school, huh?

Yeah. I'm gonna play with Aoi-chan and everyone in my class.

Do you think everyone will like the origami zoo?

Of course they will. It's Waku and Dad's masterpiece.

I can go in swimming pool too, right?

When it's summertime.

In the fall, I can participate in sports day too.

And in the winter,

there's the Christmas party.

And on New Year's Day

I can get otoshidama*.

And in February...

Devils out! Good luck in!

Devils out! Good luck in!

Waku, go to sleep now.

Good night.

"Nanami-chan, how are you?

I flew an airplane with Daddy today. Waku"

Thank you for waiting.

I'm Konno, Pediatrics CLS.

I'd like to ask about the treatment for pancreatic cancer...

Congratulations on being discharged from the hospital. Thank you.

I know he just came back, but we're having open class all next week.

If there's a timeframe that would fit your schedule,

please come and observe the class.

Wak-kun? It's been a long time!

Wak-kun. It's been a while..

Wak-kun, are you out of the hospital now?

Are you all well now?

Your hair grew back.

Aoi-chan...

-This... -Wow! Awesome!

That's awesome!

Did Wak-kun make all this?

This is macaroni penguin.

And this is...

Gorio-san that Daddy made.

So your daddy helped you too.

Yeah. That's so amazing.

And there's lion-san too...

Thank you for the manuscript.

Please keep me in mind for future work too.

Oh, excuse me, Sawamoto-san. Actually, it's not official yet, but

we're planning to do a large-scale series on social issues.

We would definitely like you to be a part of it.

Ah...Yes.

What's your schedule like for this fall?

This fall...is it?

-Wak-kun, bye bye. -Bye bye.

Waku!

Daddy!

Sorry to be late, work took a little longer.

I was waiting for you all this time.

Will you come pick me up at school tomorrow too?

Yeah, I'll come everyday until you get used to it.

-Promise? -Yeah.

Let's go.

Okay. Not a single problem.

-Wak-kun, is school fun? -Yes, it's fun.

That's good to hear.

I wish I could go back to grade school again.

I'm sorry for calling you out.

How have you been?

Sawamoto-san, can you spare some time for me?

Is it about Waku's illness?