Ito (糸)

The new era's name is Heisei.

Hey, Takehara!

You're too late, Ren.

Sorry, I couldn't finish practice early. Let's go!

We won't make it in time.

We'll make it in time. We definitely will!

So beautiful!

It's indeed beautiful.

Look! Takehara, Takehara!

So cool!

Almost there!

Oh, no! It's too late!

That's the end of the Biei fireworks display.

The area near the venue will be very crowded.

So, please watch out on your way home.

Thank you very much for coming today!

Aoi, let's go back home.

I want to ...

I want to stay just a little longer.

Is that alright, Yumi?

Sure!

We didn't make it in time.

For real?

Ah, no!

Eh?

Ow!

It hurts.

Ouch!

Damn this.

Take this.

You okay?

What?

Your arm.

Give me your hand.

Thanks.

What are you doing, Ren?

Shut it!

Oh, dear.

My family runs an auto body repair shop.

They don't care much about my education though.

What about you?

Well ...

My family's the same.

I see.

You know, I'm on the soccer team.

I'm the only one from first year who's been to games.

That's so cool!

I knew we'd bump into each other again.

You text me so much, it's annoying.

Is that so?

I've been doing music lately.

If I can make it to Budokan, would you go there with me?

Here you go.

Ah, thanks!

Whoa!

Thank you for the meal.

Delicious! I've never eaten anything so good.

Is it that delicious?

That guy, when did he make the move?

This is my first time seeing Aoi look so happy.

Can I have this?

What for?

It can be my good luck charm.

One day in the future,

I'd like to play in the National Stadium.

I wanna be a member of the Japanese national team.

And be active on the world stage.

You can do it, Ren.

Thanks.

What about you?

I just want to live a normal life.

I don't have much desire to see other parts of the world.

I see

I ...

I like Aoi so much!

That makes me happy!

I don't wanna go back home.

I'll see you again tomorrow.

Your parents will be worried.

See you tomorrow!

At Biei hills!

Yumi?

Aoi didn't come to school today.

There's no one in.

There was always something up with that house, it worried me.

What do you mean?

Her birth father passed away.

And she never wanted to talk about her family.

It was here.

I believe she often ate her meals here.

She left early this morning.

She was trying to run away.

I could always hear that young man's angry yelling.

I went to the town hall several times to report it, but ...

Her mother stood up for him!

It was yesterday ...

When she brought her lunch box,

she asked me to teach her how to cook.

She looked so happy when she said that.

- Here's the next, Ren. - Okay!

- Sorry. - Hey, Ren! What are you doing!?

I'm so sorry!

Hey! Hanaoka, take over!

Okay!

Go grind the soy milk.

Okay!

I'll do this.

Thanks for the meal.

- Hit you! - Ow ...

Are you mad at the world?

Or are you mad at yourself?

What are you talking about?

You're always irritated.

Why did you want to work here in the first place?

I bought a new car.

Don't you come to work on a bike?

I crashed it into a tractor and broke it.

And I still have four years of the loan.

So, you didn't care what the job was, you just wanted one.

It's just …

I thought I might find something here, in Biei.

Why in Biei?

It's nothing.

Ren!! Yumi and I have decided to get married! From Takehara.

We'll look after this.

The reception desk is over here, please take care.

Ah, this is ...

Welcome to the wedding!

Thank you!

Stop it, idiot! You're making me nervous too!

Well I've never done this before!

Takehara! Takehara!

That outfit doesn't suit you at all.

You neither!

Congrats!

- Hey, hey, hey! - What?

What? What?

Sonoda Aoi.

She's coming too!

What!?

Right, Yumi?

I bumped into her the other day, in Shibuya.

Is anyone in?

Ren?

Aoi!?

I heard from Yumi at school that you're here.

What happened to your eye?

I'm sorry. I didn't know anything.

There's only 2 years left.

I'll start working after I graduate junior high.

I'll hold on until then.

I just have to bear it.

No matter ...

What I have to go through ...

Hey, get out of my way!

I told you not to sit there!

Stinky kid!

Ouch!

Mom ...

What the fuck is this?

There's no point in doing this!

Shit!

It hurts!

Let's run away.

You can't live like that.

I used to go camping here.

There's no supervisors here in winter.

So we'll be fine here for a night.

The site of the New York terrorist attacks

will be opened to the public later this month.

Three months after it happened in September.

Debris is still in the process of being cleared,

and the search for missing people continues.

The area around the building is now a place for prayers.

When I saw the footage I really believed that the lives lost is irrevocable.

Ren ...

I think what we did ...

There's a man who owns an apple orchard in Aomori.

He might be able to help us.

We'll go to Hakodate.

And take the ferry to Aomori.

The first song to be aired tonight is

And we'll both work at the apple orchard.

Nakajima Miyuki's ITO.

I'll protect you.

Is anyone in there?

Thanks!

Let's stop this, Ren.

Let's go back.

Hey, you there!

Wait!

Just a minute! You guys, wait!

What the hell are you doing, asshole?