Ordinary Miracles (ありふれた奇跡)

Episode 01

Screenplay: Yamada Taichi

"Little children..."

"...and all children..."

"...every child is cute."

"When a despondent middle-aged man watches them for too long,"

"it can make him worry, so..."

"...he can only watch them from time to time."

"There was a time when I had a daughter like that, too."

"She was much older."

"About 13 years old."

Fight-oh! Fight-oh! Fight-oh!

Fight-oh! Fight-oh! Fight-oh!

Fight-oh! Fight-oh! Fight-oh!

"Thank you for taking the train."

"You have arrived at Yachiyo-Midorigaoka."

"As you are getting off, please be careful not to forget anything."

"The doors will be closing soon."

"Please do not rush to board the train."

"The doors are closing. Please be careful."

"Arriving soon on Track 1, the Toyo-Katsutadai is coming."

"Please step back from the yellow line."

"Arriving soon on Track 3, the Ootemachi is coming."

"Please step back from the yellow line."

Don't do it!

Don't do it!

Don't do it!

"Arifureta Kiseki" "An Ordinary Miracle"

Episode 1: "Focusing on a Man and Woman With Wounded Hearts Who Meet by Chance. A Deeply Drawn Story of "Family" and "Life."

translations: momoflower timing: momoflower spot/qc: haruspex

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I've heard you.

I've heard you three times now.

Please don't excite yourself and calm down. Calm yourself.

That's impossible, isn't it?!

What is?

Out of the blue, I'm hit and kicked at.

How can I possibly be calm about that?

You were kicked?

That's right! I told you that earlier, didn't I?

Well, this is the first time I've heard anything about him being kicked.

I didn't kick him.

I didn't kick him.

That's what they say.

Out of the blue, they grabbed me and held me and hit me.

I've told you that time and again, haven't I?

What is the truth here?

I've been telling you the honest truth.

What really happened was I was held and kicked and hit.

That's everything that happened.

It was unexpected. It was out of the blue!

They claim you were attempting to jump in front of a train.

I was not!

Why would I do something like that?

They selfishly felt like hitting someone,

so they went around looking for someone to hit.

Still... what was it they felt?

Ho... how should I know?

Normally though, most people would just be indifferent to such a feeling.

That's good, isn't it?

Stopping and hitting someone is quite rare.

Don't praise them.

They were on a date or something,

and he let the blood rush to his head and did it to act like some sort of good man.

I wouldn't.

Were you on a date?

Not at all.

We're strangers.

We've never met before.

So the question is, what was it these two felt...

Don't even remotely assume I was going to kill myself!

From the top of my head to the tips of my toes I'm feeling quite lively!

Have each of them been asked for their names and addresses?

I've asked them.

That should end it, shouldn't it?

Why is this "the end"?

I was hit and that's it?

You don't have a bruise from a hit.

It'll show up later.

Do you want to make this into a case?

I don't, but...

- Stationmaster. - Yes?

This isn't over, now is it?

Bring this person a cup of tea, would you?

Yes.

I don't want any tea!

Now. You just stay right here and take your time drinking the tea.

You two please go on home.

Well then, please come this way.

What is this?!

Is this the end of it?

Am I supposed to be relieved by this?

It's over?!

Please leave through here.

Ah!

Eh?

Weren't you going to catch a train?

Ah! That's right.

Will it be okay?

Ah... uh, ah... Well, I should contact them.

I should do that, too.

Well, I'll be going.

Really?

So long.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Ah, the train's here. I'm getting on the train.

"The doors are closing. Please be careful."

Excuse me.

Yes?

I'd like to go out again.

Ah, go ahead.

Your espresso, ma'am. Thank you for waiting.

Thank you.

Welcome.

One medium size American.

Would you like it hot?

Hello there.

Oh...

Ah, I'll hold a seat for you over there.

Ah... Why do you say that...

Sir, your American, medium. Thank you for waiting.

Ah, are you okay?

Sorry.

That will be 350 yen.

Was your prior appointment over with?

Yes.

I called and they said I should return by car.

Someone from your company?

They told me to come back right away.

Ah, then...

It's okay.

You're not going back?

I'll have one coffee.

A small one.

You came here.

You, too. Why?

Yeah, well...

Huh?

It may seem foolish, but...

What is it?

I felt we had parted too quickly.

Is that right.

It felt that way.

You did seem to be in a hurry.

Well, I looked around for you, but didn't see you.

And so we met here.

- That was a surprise. - It really was!

That person...

He really was going to kill himself, wasn't he?

Yeah.

Really?

He was screaming so much, I thought maybe we had made a mistake.

No.

Really?

Yeah.

Why?

Huh?

How can you say that so certainly?

Because I could sense it.

That's true.

Yeah.

We did sense it, didn't we?

Yeah.

No. It's not like a frying pan or such.

It's more like a large, open range or oven.

For businesses?

Yes. Cooking machines for businesses.

For restaurants?

Not just that, but for company cafeterias and school lunches.

Ehh...

You can cook 480 hamburgers in 10 minutes with it.

Incredible.

However, that's not what the machine was made for.

Trade. Sales.

They're manufactured in Germany and distributed in Japan.

Do you have to go?

Eh?

You've been looking at your watch.

I was wondering if it was okay for you.

That's true.

As for me, I'll be okay for a little longer.

Are you sure about that?

Let's go.

We can't always have it our own way in this world.

Yeah.

Ah, um...

Yes?

Would it be okay if I got your e-mail address?

Ah, my e-mail, huh?

I don't think you will, though.

Ah, why?

I just got this "So long, that's it," feeling.

I see.

It's okay. That ends it.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Are you saying that because I hesitated a moment just now?