Unhandy Handyman (不便な便利屋)

Mother, the town that nobody knows became the number one in the world.

We worked altogether and became the number one in the world.

February 28, 2015

2036 snowmen

Akahira city, Hokkaido

1406 challengers

Everybody had a nice smile.

I used to think what I should do by myself and was always frustrated.

I wanted to go to Furano to find that answer.

But the answer was in this town where I arrived at by accident.

This town had nothing.

But it was revived by a lot of smiley faces.

Mother, I'm glad to arrive at this town.

Let's go.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Hey!

Mother, why are you here?

Inconvenient handymen

Mother!

I thought that you were more miserable.

But you look good.

Episode 12

Why are you here?

Did you say mother? Is she here?

Pi-chan! Pi-chan!

Nice to see you again!

Long time no see you.

Anyway, don't call me Pi-chan.

Pi-chan?

It's from Ume-Plum-P-Pi-chan!

Stop it.

Do you know Batsu-san?

Batsu-san?

Yes, I divorced 3 times.

Ah, that's why you call him Batsu-san.

That's you, Pi-chan.

Are you Jun-kun's mother?

Are you Matsui-san?

Yes.

Thank you for taking good care of my son.

You're welcome.

It's cold.

Why don't we go inside?

Ah, if you don't mind, can you leave us alone?

I have a lot to catch up on.

Wait! I'm confused right now.

Don't worry.

Is she your mother?

Yes.

I see.

Pi-chan.

Don't call me that.

Its cold, isn't it?

Yes.

It's been a while since I came to Hokkaido last time.

Excuse me.

Please sit down.

Thank you for taking good care of my son.

You're welcome.

He helped us a lot too.

He did?

Did he do well?

He is stubborn and strongly opinionated.

Didn't he cause trouble?

Don't worry. He is a typical young man.

They seem to have a special relationship.

It's more than 25 years ago when you worked as a correction officer, right?

That's right.

Sanae always asked my advice.

She said that you worked too much and didn't pay attention to the family.

I knew that.

I introduced you to her, right?

My husband asked me persistently if I knew somebody for you.

That was why I introduced Sanae to you.

After having divorced Sanae, I got married a few times. But our marriage didn't last long.

And you divorced 3 times in total.

That's right.

Have you seen Sanae since then?

I've looked for her, but couldn't find her.

And I misunderstood that Jun-kun was my own son.

Because both sons have same name.

Yes, they're both Jun.

That confused me too.

My husband always became upset about that.

Don't use the confusing name!

My son's Jun means pure, (Chinese letter)

and your Jun means moisture (Chinese letter).

They used to change a pitch of the voice to call each other.

My son is Jun, and yours is Jun.

Jun, Jun...

It's no difference.

This is too much effort.

When we called Jun, both turned around.

Since they were only 2 years old at that time, they didn't talk yet.

But they knew their name.

Jun-kun of your son,

Haven't you seen him since you divorced her?

Never.

Were you surprised when you saw me?

No, instead I had a bad feeling.

Didn't your father die?

Yes.

Batsu-san keeps saying that Jun-kun is his own son.

He is under the wrong impression.

My father is dead.

But your mother came here.

And she calls Batsu-san Pi-chan.

What are they talking right now?

I see, he is your Jun.

That's right. He doesn't look like you, anyway.

Doesn't he?

He is good-looking like me.

So you say!

Well, be prepared and listen to my story.

What about it?

Well, be prepared and listen to my story.

What about it?

Your Jun-kun was killed in an earthquake disaster.

He was a fireman.

I got a letter from Sanae.

She said that since Jun-kun had a strong sense of justice like you, he went to the disaster area to help people.

And he died there.

This was in a letter.

He was just 22 years old and a fireman.

I wanted to give this to you as soon as possible.

But I didn't know where you were.

Then, when I got a letter from my son, he mentioned the name Umemoto.

I thought that it may have been you.

Pi-chan, I understand your depression.

My son also lost father before having known the warmth of father.

Everybody lives with a rough time.

That's mother and son.

You may think that what you say cheers me up.

But actually, you hurt my feeling.

What? Did I say something bad to you?

I see...He died...

What do you do?

About what?

When we think of this plot twist, I think that Batsu-san is your father.

That's the truth.

Right?

Welcome back.

Sorry to taking your place.

Thanks to you, we could talk a lot.

Well...Can I ask something?

What's wrong?

Please tell us the truth.

About what?

Are you my father?

No, he isn't. Your father is dead.

That's right.

As you always say, your father is dead.

I'm a complete stranger to you.

My husband loved Furano.

He showed Furano video to Jun all the time.

And he named his son, Jun.

(There's a famous Japanese drama "Kita no Kuni Kara". It's filmed in Furano and son's name is Jun)

Jun-kun came from that.

That's right.

Ah, I saw a big ski slopes on my way here.

I want to snowboard.

Can you do that?

I've never done that before.

That's why I want to try it.

I'll fall many times and a young handsome boy comes to teach me how to snowboard.

A handsome boy...How old are you?

Don't worry.

What do you call that...That... A big glasses...

Do you mean goggles?

That's it!

If I wear goggles, he can't see my wrinkled face,

Good bye.

So suddenly?

He didn't come to see her off.

He seemed to be depressed.

I'm the one who want to be depressed.

You told me that your son had died.

Yes.

I don't know what you've been planning, but isn't it the time to tell him the truth?

My son died. That's the truth.

If it were possible, I'd want to believe that he'd arrive.

I'd want to hold him.

Why don't you hold him now?!

He's dead!

How long do you insist on lying?!

Listen, where the hell are parents who lie that their son was dead?!

Tell me if anybody you know!

It's true that my son is dead.

Then, how about everything what you've done to Jun-kun until now?

It was my misunderstanding.

I've heard...

Are you leaving this town?

I'll miss you.

I'll really miss you.

Talking about handymen,

Matsui-san, Takeyama-san and Umemoto-san,

It's Pine, Bamboo and Plum (Chinese characters).

Pine, Bamboo and Plum...You're so smart.

Since I work at the ad agency,