Looking Up At The Half-Moon (半分の月がのぼる空)

aozameta machinami yureru boku no kage

The pale street, my swaying shadow,

青ざめった町並 揺れる僕の影

nibui ashidori wa yuku saki wo shirazu

I walk slowly, not knowing my destination.

鈍い足取りは 行く先を知らず

kawasenu omoi

My feelings can't reach yours.

交わせぬ 想い

kimi no hitomi no naka utsushidasu mono wo

The things reflected in the depths of your eyes,

君の瞳の中 映し出すものを

uketomeru tame ni hashiridashiteita

I started running in order to catch up to them.

受け止める為に 走り出していた

sashidasu sono te wo hodokerai youni nigirikaesu

I grip your outstretched hand without letting go.

差し出す その手を ほどけないように 握り返す

hanbun no tsuki no yoru wa bokura wo terashite

On this night, the half moon shines upon us.

半分の月の夜は 僕らを照らして

oikaketekita jikan wo boku wa furikitte

I shake off the flow of time chasing after us.

追いかけて来た時間を 僕は振り切って

hanbun zutsu no bokura wa egaku saki made mo mieru

We're half of ourselves, but we can draw the future.

半分ずつの僕らは 描く先でも 見える

Note: Welcome to Ise

Ise Udon

Oh crap.

Wakaba Municipal Hospital

Note: Night Entrance

Note: Nurse Station

Yuuichi!

Ah, Akiko-san! It's not like that!

I just went to the washroom for a bit!

Ezaki Yuuichi

Akiko-san, the Girl and Akutagawa Ryuunosuke

You know, Yuuichi.

How many times do I have to say this until you understand?

Honestly...

I only went out for a walk...

You sneak off right after the lights go out, right?

It's not like that!

I fell asleep immediately.

Falling asleep is true...

But it's only your bag!

Don't go out on your own authority just because you feel slightly better!

Be careful or you'll never get out of the hospital!

Do you understand?

Hey!

The next time I catch you sneaking off, I'll make you dance naked in public.

You don't want to, right?

That'd be regretful, right?

Or, do you want to dance like that?

No, I don't want to...

Then obey my command like a good boy.

There are girls living in this hospital too.

It'll be really embarrassing for you if they see you like that.

Girls?

Hey! You touched my ass, didn't you?

I'm sorry, Akiko-chan.

This hallway is too narrow, I touched it by accident.

You perverted old man! Don't lie!

How could you suspect a sickly, weak grandfather like me?

What a cruel child.

Don't pretend to be sick only at times like this.

My heart is pumping so hard.

My blood pressure too...

Stop lying and die, old man.

What's the matter with that? It's just dancing naked.

Tsukasa, you can joke about it since you don't know the true Akiko-san.

Note: Ise Gulf Coast Motocycle Gang

Bring it on!

She will do what she said. That's the scary part.

You'll get a cold if you dance naked in the winter.

Besides, your hepatitis is supposed to be like a cold in the first place.

It'll get better by itself if you just sleep for a few days, so dancing a bit won't matter.

Hearing it from your mouth makes me a bit angry.

And...

Those manjuu are supposed to be for me!

Note: Manjuu is a steamed bun-like cake, popular and traditional Japanese confections.

Don't eat them all by yourself!

Do you want to have some?

But...

What Yamanishi said is true.

My illness only requires 2-3 months of rest and it'll be cured.

The name of the illness is Hepatitis A,

which looks like a cold on the surface.

I've been admitted into the hospital for about a month and my condition has improved a lot.

But there's really nothing to do here, so I'm going crazy out of boredom.

Tanaka-sensei from the Internal Medicine Department.

Tanaka-sensei from the Internal Medicine Department.

Please come to the nurse station immidiately.

Ouch!

Sorry, sorry...

I'll do it again.

No skill.

3 days ago,

somebody transferred from a hospital outside of the province.

Akiba Rika-chan,

17 years old, just like you.

Are you interested?

It's not like that.

But...

If she's living in the East Wing...

Is her condition that serious?

Well...

Never mind.

What are you doing, Akiko-san?

Can't you tell by looking?

The emergency procedure to prevent you from sneaking off.

No way! What if I wanted to go to the washroom?

Here.

A-Are you serious?

I'm serious.

Take care.

Illusion!

So, today's program, Hiroshirai Yoshikazu's Happy Cooking Time, is about to start.

Look at this, this is the key.

Would the staff members, who are participating in today's 5 o'clock fire drill, please meet outside the reception area.

Would the staff members, who are participating in today's 5 o'clock fire drill, please meet outside the reception area.

Note: Akiba Rika

Hello!

Ah, how nice...

This is the best.

Smoke?

Then, I'll have some.

Ouch!

Idiot.

What are you so worked up for. You're underage, right?

If you can't even take this little temptation, what'll you do?

Feels good.

I'll have my revenge one day.

This sure is a small town.

Yeah.

What are you planning to do after you graduate from high school?

I want to go to university, either in Tokyo or Nagoya.

You want to leave this town?

That's what I'm thinking.

I envy you.

Why don't you leave then?

Well, saying it is one thing...

But to actually do it is harder than you think.

Aside from that,

that bench...

How about I take it away?

Can you?

I guess.

But there's one condition.

Condition?

Yeah.

Can you go and keep Rika-chan company for a bit?

Rika...

You mean Akiba Rika?

She might be a bit hard to talk to...

Note: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke Complete Collection 1

But she's a good kid.

Note: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (芥川 龍之介) was a Japanese poet and writer, regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story".

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke.

She's one of his fans.

Epic Play Collection

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke Complete Collection 1

Akiba Rika

I'll tell her that you like Akutagawa's book too.

Who's there?

Is someone there?

That's the condition in exchange of me taking the bench away.

G-Good day.

Are you the person Tanizaki-san told me about?

Tanizaki?

Ah, you're talking about Akiko-san?

I've already read that book.

My favorite story is the one called "Mikan,"

Note: "Mikan" (lit. orange) is a short story by Akutagawa Ryuunosuke.

even though it's short and simple.

But it's a nice story, isn't it?

It's good, the oranges...

Did you really read it?

Well...

This is your first time here, right?

I heard from Akiko-san.

It really is a country-side city with nothing in it...

There's the Grand Shrine of Ise, though.

Have you been there before?

Since it's a small city,

you can see the entire city through this window.

The school I went to and the library too.

Note: "Houdai" (砲台) literally means "gun turret".

My house is behind Mt. Houdai, so you can't see it.

Mt. Houdai?

Y-Yeah...

I heard a long time ago, there was a gun turret on the mountain top.

So everyone here started calling it like that.

U-Umm...

Sorry...

Akiko-san said it'd be better to talk about common interests.

And I didn't want to lie to you.

I'll forgive you,

because you've found what I was looking for.