Tokyo Camouflage Hour (トーキョーカモフラージュアワー)

COME BACK TO YAMAGATA FOR OUR CLASS REUNION

I have a date with Ezra.

By date you mean…

you're going out together?

As far as that goes…

isn't that my business?

Hello? Are you still there?

You haven't answered any of my texts.

Yeah.

There won't be many more chances to see these guys from school.

So are you coming or not?

Hello? Hiroto?

Yamagata… should I go back?

Look, everyone!

Clear the way, VIP coming through!

Come on!

-Sit here. -I'll get your coat.

-I can do that. -No, I got it.

You've had a long trip, sit.

-Thanks. -Here, here.

Thanks.

Alright, let's toast to Hiroto's return!

-Cheers. -Cheers!

-So? -So?

How's Tokyo?

Oh, uh…

How long since you went there?

-Two or three months. -For work?

Yes, I was suddenly transferred.

-That's rough. It's a trading company? -Yeah.

One of the elite!

It's not a big deal.

So what do you think of Tokyo?

It seems nice?

It seems nice!

So you're used to the city life?

I would say so.

Is it true the men all wax their body hair?

Not everyone, but probably a lot.

Smooth from head to toe!?

You're way too obsessed with this!

There's a lot of people?

That's for certain.

Everything is expensive?

On the expensive side.

-Must be hard. -But there's good things too.

Such as?

Such as…

Like I saw Matayoshi Naoki in Nakame.

Oh, the comedian?

-Anything else? -What?

Anything else?

Uh…

I saw the singer Sakurai Kazutoshi.

Wow!

I was eating out when I heard his familiar voice.

No way!

Listen up!

This guy here just had his first child!

I'm sorry, I can't afford a present!

Congratulations.

We're at that age.

I heard you're getting married soon?

My parents are like "Get married already!"

-Same here. -You too?

We have our own pace.

-And you, Hiroto? -What?

You thinking about marriage?

Not really, not yet.

But you're feeling the pressure?

-I don't know. -But you must have a girlfriend.

You must meet tons of women in the city.

I mean, she's not my girlfriend.

What's she like?

What's she like…

What's she like…?

Come on, tell us!

We had already missed the last train.

And she said she would walk home--

They're closing up now, so start getting your stuff together!

So?

So then, the falling leaves were so beautiful

and the autumn breeze started to blow--

Hey! Who's coming to the afterparty?

That's the spirit!

-You coming, Hiroto? -Sure.

Alright, let's go!

-Cha cha cha! -Stop that!

Everybody now!

Sorry, thanks.

Disappointed?

What?

That everyone wasn't more interested in Tokyo.

No, just--

I can believe Matayoshi, but you made up Sakurai.

You know…

I moved to Tokyo after college.

You don't just run into Sakurai Kazutoshi.

Kizaki-kun, that was--

You used to just call me Kizaki.

Did I?

You're not remotely drunk.

You're not fitting in in Tokyo…

you thought coming here would be like old times…

but now you don't fit in here either.

Right?

-Why? -It's like…

You can't get it off you.

Sorry, I guess.

That's…

…what I wanted a beautiful woman to tell me.

-Don't laugh! -But come on…

Ezra!?

Sorry.

The wound is still fresh, is all.

So…

she's the type you can't get out of your head.

I guess so.

But it's on brand for Tokyo.

Tokyo, sure.

-It's not as bad as me at least. -Oh?

Yeah, to tell the truth…

I went to Tokyo to pursue a girl I liked.

-You're kidding. -Yeah.

-What? -Hm?

You're lying?

Yes.

But, if you say it so seriously--

The truth is…

I went in search of my long-lost brother.

-Seriously? -No.

Are you a compulsive liar?

Well, everyone lies now and then.

Home is the best, Tokyo rocks…

Nobody saying that is one hundred percent serious.

Wherever you are…

you work, get married, have kids…

And people say they're happy with their current life…

But there's unhappiness too, it just rounds up to happiness.

I admit, not everyone would consider that lying.

I thought that…

if I went to Tokyo…

something would change.

I don't know what, but something.

But nothing's changed.

Everything's the same.

I'll have a beer after all.