Ties of Shooting Stars (流星の絆)

When we grow up, let's find the culprit...

and we'll kill him together.

1993 NOVEMBER

YOKOSUKA

OUR PRIZED HAYASHI RICE

TASTE 100 YEARS OF HISTORY

ARIAKE

-Hello. -Hello.

Big bro! Sakamoto from Class 3 has a telescope!

Idiot!

Wash your hands and eat before it gets crowded.

All right.

If they find out, our plan will be a waste!

Sorry. Where's Shi?

Hayashi again? I wanted curry.

Don't want it? Then don't eat!

Don't underestimate the taste of 100 years of history.

Thanks.

You say 100 years of history, but we've only been open for eight years.

It's not the store with history, it's the hayashi rice.

That's right! Hayashi rice was born in Japan 100 years ago.

Like how Chinese food has 4,000 years of history.

Imagine saying "eight years" of history.

You wouldn't know if it's good or not.

So, it's just a scam.

We just need to keep it up for 100 years and it won't be a scam.

Have your children or grandchildren inherit your father's recipe.

I won't!

I'm going to be the Vocabula King!

No way.

Huh?

Leo... nids?

Oh, the Leonid Meteor Shower.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Don't tell me, you guys...

-You're wrong. -I see!

That's why you mentioned the telescope!

I don't wanna see some meteor shower.

What? I wanna see it!

We promised our classmates.

Hey!

We're meeting by the shrine at midnight.

No.

Mom!

Kids aren't allowed out at midnight. What if something happens?

I wanna see!

It's fine, I'll be there.

You're a kid too.

Absolutely not.

Dad!

No one's died from not seeing a meteor shower!

And it's raining tonight.

It's not stopping.

You're going?

I don't want to regret it.

Who's there?

What's that? A porn magazine?

No.

Go to sleep.

ARIAKE 1986-

Alright?

Good night.

Good night.

Don't make any sounds.

I know.

You idiot!

Tai, what are you doing?

Nothing, go to sleep.

What are you doing?

Shi woke up!

-I'm coming too. -Shi says she's coming too.

No way, idiot.

He said no.

Crap, Shi's about to cry.

She's crying.

Just say she can't even if she cries.

He said you can't even if you cry.

No! I wanna see the meteor shower!

She says she wants to see the meteor shower.

She can't!

Talk to her yourself.

-Quiet, Shi. -I'm scared.

Ow. Ow...

You okay?

96...

97...

98...

99...

100!

Nobody came after all.

Hey, the rain!

Oh, it stopped.

Take that!

We can brag about it tomorrow.

The mat! Hurry!

Hey, big bro.

Let's go home, Tai.

Look!

Only one?

Taisuke, did you make a wish?

Wish?

You didn't know?

If you wish on a shooting star, it will come true.

No way! A wish...

Um...

Oh!

It's so pretty. Can you see it, Shi?

She's already asleep.

2008 AUGUST

Oh, Mr. Kashi?

I'm first again.

You're back already?

More rest wouldn't have helped.

I did some asking around. Should I report it to you?

Thank you.

Victim is a 48-year-old male.

Cause of death is blood-loss from his stab wounds.

...WITH A KNIFE...

Stabbed 13 times with a knife.

No evidence of anything being stolen from the store.

TOKYO, KICHIJOJI

GEORGE CLOONEY CURRY

The definition of "cheating" just depends on your mindset.

Even if my wife texted a young man, I'd be fine.

Even if they went out to eat?

That's fine.

Even if they were alone?

It's fine.

Even if they're a host?

Or if it's Darvish? Or a host that looks like Darvish?

It's fine. That's even more fine.

Even if they went to a hotel and had sex?

Still fine.

No way!

Where does that confidence come from?

Sex? You're thinking too low.

That doesn't count as cheating.

We're bonded on a much deeper level.

Sex is on the same level as sports.

That's deep.

You're so mature, George.

What if your wife is invited by a host to a hot spring,

but she lies to you and says it's a reunion?

-That's fine. -But she's head over heels.

She's like a whole different person than she is with you,

and they enter a bath together.

An open-air hot spring in their room.

Still fine.

At such a liberating place, she becomes more daring.

She becomes a daring woman, so engrossed in "sports."

Sports, hot springs, sports, hot springs, sports, hot springs, and sports!

She comes home all exhausted.

You ask, "How was your reunion?" but she's on cloud nine.

In no mood to cook, she brings out a frozen pilaf...

Out!

-That's where you draw the line?! -There's no way.

I'd kill her the second she brings out the frozen pilaf. Before it thaws.

That goes beyond cheating. That means death.

That's both deep and shallow.

Hey.

How much was the butter?

350 yen.

So expensive! Damn the butter! I'm not going to be able to sleep again.

What are you doing?

Eating curry.

Then go to a cheaper and better place.

-Hey. -I like bad and expensive curry.

-What about your debt? -None of your business.

It is. That's why I'm pissed.

I'm not bothered.

How much did you borrow from George?!

Well, 185,206 yen. You can pay for it whenever.

What about work?

-I'm working. -No, you're not.

Of course I'm not! That's why I'm here, listening to an old man brag!

So annoying. Are you my guardian?

I am your guardian.

Koichi seems like the jealous type.

Yeah, he gets very jealous.

To him, sex is like a galactic war.

So he's the type to go through his girlfriend's phone.

I haven't dated anyone since phones became popular.

That's at least ten years ago.

-Go to work already! -I'm going! Jeez!

-How much?! -I don't want your money.

Then take this. Idiot!

Then I'll leave the rest to you, it's mostly done.

Right.

So, you're taking it.

The curry?

Yeah, the curry that you make.

I think it's normal.

I'll decide whether it's normal or not. Tell me.

Well, it has vegetables and meat.

Is it pork, beef or goat...

Not goat.

The roux is store-bought. I put it all in a pot, mix it, pour it over rice.

Wait. What about the chocolate?

Chocolate?