Kakushigoto (かくしごと)

Everyone has their secrets.

"To Hime: Happy 11th birthday"

"To Hime: Happy 11th birthday" On my eighteenth birthday,

On my eighteenth birthday,

I received the key to Pandora's Box and I found out...

...that my father's secret was that he drew for a living.

I also found out that the layout of our house

in Nakameguro was the same as the house in Kamakura.

"18 years old" in Nakameguro was the same as the house in Kamakura.

in Nakameguro was the same as the house in Kamakura.

The fact that my father had continued making boxes for me...

"Happy 17th birthday!" The fact that my father had continued making boxes for me...

The fact that my father had continued making boxes for me...

The fact that this house in Kamakura was for me, my mother, and father to live in...

I found out all of this.

I wonder why my dad quit drawing.

Who are you?

Nice to meet you...

...Sis.

Huh?

Are you my father's secret love child?

Nah.

Come forth and bloom, flowers, and catch the fragments of dreams

The future you wished for will soon, yes, bloom into spring

Beneath the sunset, two shadows

Sit on swings and blend into the sky

The higher I go from the momentum

See, the higher my happiness rushes up, too

These ordinary days

The only thing we awkwardly have in common is the fact that we can't be honest with each other

I keep the words I want to say a secret as I look up at the sky

May the wind blow and color this world and your smile shine

Don't be afraid and take the universe that's filled up both of your hands

Come forth and bloom, flowers, and catch the fragments of dreams

Start heading towards the future you wished for

"Hidden Truths"

Then, wait...

...am I someone's secret love child?

That's not it, either.

Actually...

My dad was someone's secret love child?

But why do you know that?

Wait, weren't you on TV the other day?

"The Young Hope of the Kabuki World" "Breaking News: New Title Press Conference" Wait, weren't you on TV the other day?

"The Young Hope of the Kabuki World" "Breaking News: New Title Press Conference" The kabuki actor that just received his new name...

The kabuki actor that just received his new name...

Somethingemon-san.

At least give it a little more effort.

So he's the child of a kabuki actor and his mistress...

You knew?

Well, yeah. Look at how dramatic he was.

If he'd taken one wrong turn, Sensei might've been a kabuki actor.

Funny, isn't it?

And this is Kairi Imashigata's...

This is a painting done by Hime-chan's mother's father.

I guess Hime-chan's grandfather's an amazing person.

Hime-chan was basically born into a family of artists.

A kabuki actor and a master of traditional Japanese art.

The reason her grandfather didn't want Sensei marrying his daughter

might've not been because he was a manga artist

but because of a feud between two incompatible artists.

So basically, your dad and my mom are half siblings.

I never knew my dad had a younger sister.

Are you shocked?

Why do you say that? To be honest...

...I'm rather relieved that my dad and I are actually related.

You had some doubts?

Well...

"Stop" Well...

"Stop" ...my dad was always too nice.

...my dad was always too nice.

That incident involves some personal information

so I'll have to ask you to go through a lawyer.

I see...

Excuse me.

I was actually working with Goto-san that day.

"Weekly Bunshio" "Reporter: Naru Senda" I was actually working with Goto-san that day.

"Weekly Bunshio" "Reporter: Naru Senda" I see... So you're investigating that accident.

I see... So you're investigating that accident.

Don't worry. This is all off the record.

Then why would a reporter be interested?

Personal interest.

If I can help turn things around even a little...

I'm sure the company doesn't want to talk about it,

but that accident wasn't caused by Goto-san's mistake.

"Weekly Shonen Jumpo" but that accident wasn't caused by Goto-san's mistake.

"Weekly Shonen Jumpo" Whoa...

Whoa...

So these are all copies of Jumpo?

Yeah.

I heard that publishing's in a recession right now,

but they're still selling this many copies!

Let's just get this over with.

Goto-san! Someone call an ambulance!

Goto-san! Goto-san!

The reason it all fell apart is because someone took out a copy to read.

I wonder if they wanted to leak some spoilers online

and become some kind of hero.

The company strictly forbids that, but...

Of course, it wasn't Goto-san.

He told me that he hated manga.

I'm sure he did.

It's the patient in this room, right?

Yes.

For over a year now.

Ironic, don't you think?

He was trying to get away from manga, and in the end, he was crushed by manga.

Perhaps it was just karma.

I mean, if it were Saturday or Mangazine,

they would've never had piles big enough to crush him.

Hey.

Back then,

he was doing multiple manual labor jobs, even though he wasn't suited for them.

Things apparently got so bad that he had to sell his house.

"For sale" Things apparently got so bad that he had to sell his house.

"For sale" He at least had a savings, didn't he?

"For sale" He used most of it...

He used most of it...

...searching for his wife.

"Lost at Sea, the Search for the Missing Continues" "Accident Site" The shipwreck that happened soon after Hime-chan was born...

The shipwreck that happened soon after Hime-chan was born...

Even though the official search for his wife was called off,

"Please pay for the following" "Boat rental fee" "Diver fee" Even though the official search for his wife was called off,

"Please pay for the following" "Boat rental fee" "Diver fee" he hired someone to continue looking for her, believing that she was still alive...

he hired someone to continue looking for her, believing that she was still alive...

...for over ten years as he drew manga.

"Weekly Bunshio"

"Weekly Bunshio" And then when Hime-chan became a middle school student,

"Weekly Bunshio" I don't know how it got leaked,

"Weekly Bunshio" but the fact that he was still waiting for his wife

"Tragedy - Famous Manga Artist G Continues to Wait for His Wife" but the fact that he was still waiting for his wife

"Tragedy - Famous Manga Artist G Continues to Wait for His Wife" was picked up by some tabloid as some moving story.

"He's drawing d*cks even though his wife died?" "Gross" was picked up by some tabloid as some moving story.

"He's drawing d*cks even though his wife died?" "Gross"

"How could he draw Balls of Fury when that was going on?!" "All he drew was dirty jokes back then!" "He's lost any dignity as a human being..."

"I can't laugh at the stuff he draws ever again"

Sensei put his pen down for good, thinking no one

would ever laugh at his stuff again.

Despite all that, he did give Tights a proper ending.

And it was a decent final chapter.

"National High School Art Exhibit" And it was a decent final chapter.

"National High School Art Exhibit" He had a rough time because he lost both his work and livelihood,

"National High School Art Exhibit" but with Hime-chan...

"National High School Art Exhibit" He still managed to get her through high school without any problems.

He still managed to get her through high school without any problems.

But ironically...

...Hime-chan managed to inherit amazing art skills from her grandfather's side.

"Minister's Award" "High School 3rd Year" "Hime Goto" ...Hime-chan managed to inherit amazing art skills from her grandfather's side.

"Minister's Award" "High School 3rd Year" "Hime Goto"

When he was drawing manga and even after he quit,

my father always smiled in front of me.

He really was too nice.

My mom said the same thing.

He was worried about you all of the time.

So, wait... the one who gave me the key for this place...

Was my mom.

This is for Hime.

If anything happens to me,

sell everything inside to help her survive.

Please.

I see.

But, wait... the place wasn't empty, though.

Your dad was embarrassed by it,

but I think my mom wanted you to see...

...what your dad did for a living.

The fact that... my dad drew for a living?

"Secrets lie here" The fact that... my dad drew for a living?

The fact that... my dad drew for a living?

What?!

Sensei is...

Well...

I'm gonna head home.

I didn't know what I was going to do if you started crying on me,

but it looks like you'll be all right.

Yeah, thanks.

Hime-chan!

Ichiko-sensei... And everyone else?

Whoa, a hot guy!

Hina-chan!

Hime-chan, your dad regained consciousness.

No way!

Is that the good news?

Then...

...what's the bad news?

My dad...

"Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital"

Dad...?

Who're you?

Who... are you?

"Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital"

"Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital" What?!

How cliché can you be?! Amnesia?!

That wouldn't even work in manga!

Tomaruin-san, we're at the hospital...

Sensei just came back to life.

He didn't die to begin with...

Sensei, did you seriously forget about Hime-chan?

What? How could I ever forget about Hime?

Hime's still ten years old.

It appears that his memories are still from when you were ten.