SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME (イエスタデイをうたって)

Fukuda hooked me up with this job at a gallery.

Aside from working with the exhibits, I'm also doing part-time office work.

Uozumi-kun, which of these three photos do you think is the best?

This one?

Nope.

This one.

It's subtle, but the whites in this one are overexposed.

This one's too dark.

They look the same to me.

Assessing the photos as they come out of the lab is part of our job.

Having you able to do that will help me a lot.

Okay.

All right, go get the rest of the photos for me.

Yes, sir.

Pardon me.

I heard you're looking for part-time workers.

Oh, are you the student from Toubi University?

Yes.

Okay, I'll be back.

Sing "Yesterday" for Me

Sorry for coming in unannounced.

Nah.

You're joining the staff here, too, aren't you?

Yes.

Uozumi-san, was it?

The director told me about you.

I'm Minato.

Nice to meet you.

You're in college?

Yes.

I'll be in my second year.

Is there any kind of focus to the works here?

We deal with just about everything,

but we tend to work with young photographers a lot.

Rikuo!

Let's go eat.

No one said you could come in.

What?

I came here to make sure you're doing all right at your new job.

What are you, my mom?

Come on, I'm hungry.

You still have time until your convenience store shift, right?

Let go!

You're in my way!

Nonaka...

Nonaka Haru?

Um...

Have we met somewhere before?

Oh, I remember now!

You're Minato Kouichi!

We were in the same third-year class in high school.

I never really stood out, so...

Sorry.

I dropped out partway, remember?

Plus, you have a beard now.

How was I supposed to recognize you?

What kind of photos do you take, Minato-kun?

Documentary photos.

Do you hope to go into journalism, then?

Yes.

What about portraits or landscapes?

I don't take portraits.

Portraits push the photographer's personal sentiments onto the viewer.

I don't like them.

Landscape photos usually aren't anything more than pretty.

I'm not interested.

Documentary photos clearly have a way of speaking to the viewer.

Lightning flip!

They have substance.

So, Uozumi-san, what kind of camera do you use?

What kind?

I just use the cheap, normal one I bought in high school.

The camera's quality isn't what matters in a photo, so I think that's fine.

I used to be obsessed with Leicas in the beginning,

but I'm starting to get a sense of which ones suit me.

Pardon me.

I have to get to my next job.

Please invite me again some time.

Bye-bye.

Nonaka-san...

Yes?

Where do you work?

He's so damn pretentious!

I have to work with him?

Come on, now.

He's pretty well-grounded, to be able to speak his mind to his senior.

And he's kind of good-looking, too.

I don't care about your tastes.

Stop complaining and take care of him.

You're his big bro, aren't you?

That's exactly what makes this such a pain in the ass!

Welcome.

Huh?

Good evening.

Minato-kun.

Your friend, Haru-chan?

Former classmate.

Welcome.

On your way home from the gallery?

I had work at a publishing firm today.

This late?

Publishing firms are nocturnal.

One blend, please.

Come on, Uozumi.

Let's play mahjong.

Let go of me!

I want to go home!

The breeze is so nice.

I don't see you get drunk very often.

I just sort of felt like drinking today.

Did something happen?

It's nothing like that.

It's just that once summer is over, autumn comes.

Then it's winter, and then it's spring.

I just started thinking about that.

In other words,

I've stopped going around in circles.

Well, let's get home.

Thanks for walking me home.

Nah, I was on my way home anyway.

Oh, that's right.

You've always been like that.

I mean, you're kind of quiet.

Is that how I come across?

Well, I've never talked to you before.

You were fighting with Rikuo the other day.

That surprised me.

I wasn't really trying to fight him.

I'm not that gung-ho.

Are you sure?

Also, we talked once before.

At the cultural festival in our second year...

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Let's go.

Nonaka-san?

Haru?

Good evening.

Hello.

Sing "Yesterday" for Me

We were out drinking with our friends from college.

W-We're just on our way home.

Oh, yeah?

I hope Nonaka-san didn't get the wrong idea.

Later.

Let's go, Minato-kun.

Why is he with Haru?

I mean, not that it matters to me...

Why didn't he ask about Minato-kun?

Is it because he's with Shinako-sensei?

Or because he doesn't care?

Either way, it pisses me off.

Come with me.

Orange juice

That was Morinome-sensei, wasn't it?

Is she acquainted with Uozumi-san?

Yeah.

They were in the same year in college, apparently.

I was under the impression that he was dating you.

Rikuo and Shinako-sensei aren't going out or anything.

It wasn't my plan to become a woman who doesn't know when to give up.

There's nothing you can do about it.

The one who falls in love loses in these situations.

Exactly! That's exactly it!

Are you in a relationship with anyone, Minato-kun?

I had a crush back in high school.

We ran into each other again recently,

but she's already in love with someone else.