Good Life: Thank You, Papa, Goodbye (グッドライフ〜ありがとう、パパ。さよなら〜)

-I'm home, Daddy. -Welcome home.

If you made up your own mind to stay with Wak-kun

until the very end, please take a good look at reality.

I want you to tell me.

How much longer I can live.

It's metastasized to the lymph nodes surrounding the aorta.

Stage IVB...

-What about surgery? -It's metastasized to distant organs

and it's infiltrated the surrounding tissue so surgery is impossible.

In this condition, chemotherapy won't do much good either...

What do you want to do about Mund therapie*?

For the time being, let me talk to him.

I'm a specialist in blood and tumors too.

Just tell me the facts, please.

The cancer is not only in the pancreas,

but metastasized and infiltrated into other areas as well.

You condition is such that anything can happen tomorrow.

Whether you can last 1 month...

What kind of symptoms will I have?

Bouts of unbearable pain will become more frequent.

You may lose consciousness from the pain.

That's not all.

Now that the cancer metastasized, every possible situation can be anticipated.

Vomiting, vomiting of blood, loss of consciousness.

It's possible that...

you may suddenly die in front of Waku-kun.

Even then, is hospitalization...

I'll stay by my son as a father until I reach my limit.

I see.

Sawamoto-san.

There's also the option of outpatient chemotherapy.

Then you could spend time with Waku-kun at home

and still get treatment.

It's true...

I may live one day longer if I get treatment.

But if there's a chance of making Waku feel uneasy by doing so,

there's no point in doing it.

I...don't have any good memories with my father.

That's why I want to spend

all my remaining time with Waku making happy memories.

Since I wasn't a father to Waku for 6 years.

Then let me at least continue to

help you out with matters concerning Waku-kun.

Thank you.

It's almost time for me to go pick him up.

Wak-kun.

You're going to be a reporter when you grow up, right?

-Yeah. -Then

will you come cover Aoi's cake shop?

Sure. But in exchange

you have to give Wak-kun a strawberry cake...

Promise.

Daddy.

Daddy.

What is it?

Nothing.

[When Daddy was a kid,

what did you want to be when you grew up?]

-Daddy used to be a Work Man, right? -Yeah.

Work Man who got scoops for Wak-kun and Mommy.

Work Man is the strongest and

-coolest in the whole world. -Then I must be a

No Good Man now, huh?

-You're recharging your power now, aren't you? -I guess so.

Oh, that's right.

Can Wak-kun go see Pei-Sen tomorrow?

Oh, the art class.

Then can Dad go with you too?

Really? Yay~!

-Daddy, is dinner ready? -Yup, it's ready.

Take it to the table.

Daddy, you have less than Wak-kun.

It's okay.

Let's share Wak-kun's.

-Half and half. -Dad's on a diet.

Looks like I gained some weight lately.

But you won't have any energy if you don't eat.

I have lots of energy to begin with so it's alright.

Let's eat.

Yummy~!

I brought some snacks for you.

Wow. Looks good.

Sensei, you had something to tell me?

I was contacted by a curator friend who's active in France

asking me to introduce you to him.

He wants you to help him with his work.

Does that mean... the work's in France?

Yes. He had gone to see the Wendel Exhibit that you organized

and was raving about you.

He said if you were aiming to be a first-class curator,

he would back you up.

It will definitely be

a great learning experience for you to work for him.

If I go... I won't be coming back for at least 2 years, right?

Well, that's probably true.

Would it be alright if I turned down the offer?

Of course. After all, it's your life.

Here you go.

Daddy, your back hurts?

You're good at it. Feels good.

Thanks. I'm alright now.

Then I'll do it for you again, okay?

Okay. Hurry up and go take a bath.

Okay~.

-Pei-sen, good afternoon. -Yes, good afternoon.

He'll be coming to the class again.

I'm so happy for you that you're all well now.

-Aoi-chan! -Wak-kun!

The workshop will last about 2 hours, so

coffee shops in this area are...

No, please allow me to stay and observe.

Oh, I see. You're welcome to do so.

Wak-kun, what's that?

It's a monkey called night monkey.

The father night monkey walks around carrying his child on his back all the time.

-Really? -What's Aoi-chan's?

Fishes we found when we went to Daddy's hometown during Golden Week.

-Hometown? -You don't know your hometown, Wak-kun?

No, I don't know.

You've never been there?

No, I've never been there.

Wak-kun's painting changed.

Is that right?

Before, he drew pictures with a soft touch.

But now, I feel an energy as well.

-It's a nice painting. -I don't get it at all...

Other than seeing that he's having fun doing it.

The time he spent with you

probably made Wak-kun's painting richer.

Your courageous decision helped Wak-kun grow.

I'm happy if that's the case.

I really envy you.

I couldn't do anything for my son.

While I was thinking "one of these days"

he was gone to a place where I could no longer reach him.

How hard it is to

to attain a normal life

and how precious that is...

I found that out at that time.

I too...

finally realized that.

What are you doing?

It feels better when your bed's made nicely, doesn't it?

-It's easier when there's two of us, huh? -Yeah.

-Daddy. -Hm?

Where's Daddy's hometown?

-Why? -Wak-kun would sure like to go there.

Since Wak-kun's never been there.

I want to see where Daddy was born.

No?

Well...

If they don't find anything wrong when you get your checkup tomorrow,

I'll take you there.

Wak-kun's going to sleep now then.

Daddy, hurry up and turn off the light.

Okay, Wak-kun.

That's all for today.

Sensei, is Wak-kun well?

Yup, no problems anywhere.

Daddy, he said I'm fine. We can go to your hometown.

Maruyama Sensei.

Oh, Wak-kun.

Looks like you're 100 percent full of energy.

-That's because I'm going to visit Daddy's hometown. -Hometown? How nice.

-Where to? -Numazu.

We're staying at an inn, huh, Daddy?

Then I'll refer you to a hospital that can treat you

in case of emergency.

Just in case. You can feel reassured then, won't you?

Here.

I believe that there will be no "just in case,"

but just think of it as a good luck charm.

Thank you.

Wak-kun, have fun on your trip.

You're so lucky. If you breathe lots of fresh air

you're gonna get lots of energy.

-Really? -Yes, it's true.

I'm so jealous. I wish I could go too.

"Suruga Chuo Hospital Gastrointestinal Medicine/Tumor Outpatient Kitamura"

How much energy will I get in 1 day?

This much...

No, maybe this much.

-No, maybe this much. -More...

[It will definitely be

a great learning experience for you to work for him.]

[If I go... I won't be coming back for at least 2 years, right?]

Wow, it's the real ocean.

It's all glittery.

Yeah, it is, isn't it.

I was so excited I didn't sleep very well last night.

You lie. You were sound asleep.

The smell of fishies.

Let's go that way.

So many boats, Daddy.

They're fishing boats.

They go out to sea on these boats from early in the morning to fish.

The Work Men are working hard, aren't they?

Is this the school Daddy attended?

Yeah.

The window's broken. It must be terrible when it rains.