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

Starting tomorrow, Waku-kun will undergo chemotherapy with anti-cancer drugs.

Please give Waku-kun your moral support.

It'll be alright.

If I continue to live my life relying on someone, nothing will change, right?

So please smile for him. Then a smile will certainly return to Waku-kun too.

A really trivial thing like I laughed

makes him laugh like he's really happy.

Please let me transfer. That way, I can stay by his side

every night until he falls asleep.

Suspect of the Sumida-ku case arrested. That's gonna make the front page.

I don't know, if the story about the bribe that Politics Dept is after

comes out, it's gonna be huge.

Hey, isn't that Sawamoto, the Chief over at MPD?

-Why's he here at the main office? -Heard he was transferred.

What? Transferred?

You know, his subordinate attempted suicide. Responsibility for that.

Would he get transferred for that?

-Chief. -Yes.

It's done.

May I leave now?

-Ah, yes. -See you tomorrow.

Stop it!

-You~! -No way!

-You're asking for it. Stop it. -No way.

Seriously. You're going to get hurt.

-Waku started it. -Taiyou-kun started it.

Both of you, go play in the playroom.

Daddy!

We're going to the playroom, okay?

Wak-kun's doing well today. He was able to finish his all meals.

After lunch,

he spent some time reading a book...

I didn't know that Wak-kun was such an animal expert.

I was amazed how much he knows.

There aren't too many first graders

who's read the all the volumes of Himawari Bunko's animal series.

Oh?

They're good books no matter how many times you read them.

I'll be at the playroom if you need me.

Do you guys know what ecology is? Ecology!

It means don't waste things.

I'm not letting you see until it's finished.

I'm not letting you see until it's finished!

Once in a while, we fight.

You'll feel better tomorrow.

That's how it is for me too.

He still don't like doing biopsy.

Why don't you talk to Konno-san, the CLS?

Tai-chan, Wak-kun caught you being a baby.

I'm not a baby. I was just talking to the baby.

Oh, is that right? First time I heard about that.

Wak-kun, do you want to talk to the baby too? You might feel the baby move.

Wak-kun's fine...

It is a boy? Or is it a girl?

I'm not sure. Which would you like?

Why don't you ask? Are you a boy or a girl?

Will it move?

You're going to be a big brother. Are you excited?

Wah~I lost! Moe-chan, you're just too good.

-Onee-chan, you're just too easy to beat. -One more time, okay?

What shall we do next?

I usually eat my lunch here.

You can come talk to me anytime. Like when you bored,

or when it gets too tough being a good girl.

If you like...

You're always drinking coffee. You need vitamins once in a while too.

Oh, I'm sorry.

It's none of my business, is it?

I'll take it, thanks.

I was confused about everything too at first.

I didn't know what I could do

for him.

I blamed myself and I blamed God.

Why my son...that was all I could think of.

But...

You know he's always running away, right?

He found this in the hospital garden.

For Mommy, he said.

As I was scolding him for running away, I found the situation somewhat funny.

Here he is, enjoying life every day even when he's in the hospital,

but what am I, his mother, doing...

I decided to defy it.

I was only going to think about

what I could do now, at this moment, to keep him smiling.

Hey.

You wanna play shiritori*? -No.

Riddles, then. Here's the first question.

I'm not playing!

What are you mad about?

I guess I have no choice.

Tada~! I'll let you see it.

My treasure. It's finally done.

I don't want to see it.

Look at it. I said look.

I don't want to!

What are you doing?

I was finally going to let you see it after the long wait.

Alright. Fine. Stupid Waku!

Stu~pid. Stu~pid. Stu~pid!

Taiyou-kun, it's morning.

Taiyou-kun, it's morning.

What happened?

Tai-chan.

Wak-kun's here to see you.

Taiyou-kun waved at me.

Will you buy me a bigger puzzle next time?

A bigger puzzle?

If I show Taiyou-kun a bigger dinosaur

he would get better, wouldn't he?

Okay, how about that one...

You know, that strong...um...

-Tyrannosaurus? -Yeah.

Let's get that next then.

-It's a promise. -Okay.

Amamiya-san's amazing.

In just 3 months she managed to persuade

Josephine Wendel who's never set foot in Japan.

I'd like to meet with you to discuss the design for the poster.

I'm sorry for the short notice.

Yes, thank you.

Yes, I'll call you again.

Yes, thank you.

Alright, let's wrap it up for today.

-Shinpei Sensei, good bye. -Aoi-chan.

Is Wak-kun alright?

Wak-kun?

He hasn't been here in a long time.

He hasn't been at school either.

What?

Wak-kun's in the hospital.

-Tai-chan...Tai-chan! -Taiyou, can you hear me?

-Come back. -It's VT (ventricular tachycardia).

-Taiyou. -Tai-chan!

-Taiyou! -Tai-chan!!

-Taiyou!! -Tai-chan!!

Wow, 300 pieces.

Awesome.

Daddy?

Can I go tell Taiyou-kun that I'm making a tyrannosaurus puzzle?

...Do it later.

Why?

What are you going to do if he's not feeling well.

-I'll go ask Taiyou-kun's mommy. -Waku.

Waku!

Thank you for everything.

Moe.

Wak-kun.

Taiyou said this is for you.

Where's Taiyou-kun?

He was discharged from the hospital.

He told me to tell Wak-kun that he's sorry he couldn't say good bye

because he got discharged suddenly.

Is Taiyou-kun well now?

Yes. He's well now.

So Wak-kun, listen to what Maruyama Sensei says

so you can get well and leave the hospital.

Like Taiyou-kun?

Yes. Get well.

You have to get well no matter what...

And... make your daddy happy. Okay?

Is Taiyou-kun well now?

Yeah, looks like it.

He's not coming to the hospital anymore?

He's well now so... there's nothing we can do about it.

Good night.

Let me give you a hand.

Oh. This book.

Taiyou-kun loves this book.

Even at a time like this, you have a smile on your face.

Are you feeling nauseous?

It looks like the medication's working, but…

Can't eat anymore?

-What are you looking at? -I'm look for water striders.

Water striders? From here?

You have good eyes, Wak-kun.

I wonder where water striders go when the sun comes out.

When the sun comes out?

When it stops raining and there's no more puddles,

what do water striders do?

Well, let's see...

What do they do, huh?