Eternal Yesterday (永遠の昨日)

Do you have a cold?

Are you all right? Are you cold?

Don't make a big deal out of it.

It was just a sneeze.

You're overprotective.

Sorry.

The route to school every morning

is the road leading to the school's side gate.

Hey.

What is it, Mit-chan?

Why are you always on my left?

The main gate won't be open until half past seven.

Koichi has basketball practice every morning.

So he needs to get to school earlier.

So he uses the side gate.

I'm not in any club.

So I have no morning practice.

But I always go to school early with Koichi.

But...

it would be better if there weren't a day like this.

The rain...

The rain...

is very cold.

"Eternal Yesterday"

Episode 1

Oumi.

Hey, Oumi.

Thank you.

I understood nothing in the class just now.

Wow, as expected.

It's so easy to understand.

It's totally different from the class head.

What?

Only if you could be more amiable, you would be the strongest one here.

Right, Sumi-chan?

Why don't you smile a little?

I laugh when I feel like laughing.

But is there anything funny to laugh about?

Jeez, that's not cute at all.

I disagree. Mit-chan is the cutest.

What?

Like in PE class last time.

He was just running.

But he stepped on his own foot that he almost fell.

I find that so cute.

You know, I was totally speechless.

I should have filmed it.

Sorry.

My name is Oumi Mitsuru.

The only one in this school who calls me "Mit-chan"

is Koichi.

The one and only Yamada Koichi.

We met for the first time last spring.

Come to think of it,

it was raining that day too.

In that year,

in this world,

in this country,

I didn't know how many high school students there were.

Probably a lot. That's what I thought.

Among them,

Koichi and I happened to attend the same school,

in the same class.

We happened to meet each other's eyes.

It could be called a miracle.

Oh, wait.

Your hair is too wet.

Really?

- Is it that obvious? - Are you kidding me?

Hey, it's wet.

Jeez, I'm getting wet too.

The miracle...

I couldn't believe it would ever happen.

"Miracle" is just a thought-stopping word.

It's just convenient when you get tired of thinking.

But if you use it often, it becomes a habit.

It's no coincidence that Koichi and I made eye contact.

It's because I kept looking in his direction.

Wow, it's so typical Sumi-chan.

Many wishes are put into it.

What's that?

I can't say it yet.

Alright, what about Yamada?

What have you got?

What have I got?

Why did I keep looking at him?

Because Koichi is a popular guy.

Ta-da.

Isn't it too big?

It's as big as an eyewear shop's window.

It's my mom. She did her best every morning.

Still, it's too much.

Can you eat it all?

I can eat it all.

I don't think you can.

I don't think it's possible.

Excuse me.

You're Oumi.

Right?

So?

Can you come with me for a bit?

Half a month after we first met yes,

Koichi asked me to go with him.

What are you doing?

What?

What sports can you play?

Tennis.

But I quit.

I play basketball.

I'm still playing actively.

Are we done?

Can I leave?

Wait.

Can you be friends with me?

What's with you?

Well...

Can we be friends?

You know, playmates.

But I don't need a playmate.

Then a friend to talk with.

- I don't want that, either. - So...

a quiet friend.

A quiet friend?

And...

let's have lunch together.

Of course...

I can stay quiet.

So what's the benefit for me?

Sorry.

Probably none.

None?

Because...

I don't have anything to offer.

I can play basketball, but there's nothing in it for you.

And I'm not as smart as you.

Are you...

You're...

Yamada, right?

Yes, I'm Yamada.

Yamada Koichi.

Even my name is simple.

Oumi seems nice.

Oumi Mitsuru.

It's a very pretty name.

It reminds me of the sea.

There's a letter that says sea in the name.

It means "Blue Sea."

Is that right?

In the end, I didn't say "yes" or "no."

I only stayed silent.

Koichi...

seemed to understand and accepted that silence.

At first, we just had lunch in silence.

Koichi's big lunch box

was always full of side dishes.

Regular ones were egg rolls and sausages

cut in the shape of an octopus.

Is it the rule of the Yamada family?

Crab?

It's like a kid's lunch box, isn't it?

I don't see a problem with that.

I have two younger siblings.

A sister and a brother.

My little brother is in kindergarten.

So the lunch box has to be...

For octopus, I can get it. But crab seems difficult to make.

I mean...

How do you cut it?

How to cut it?

So you're curious about something like this.