- 7/13/2025
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Short filmTranscript
00:00Tachibana!
00:09Sorry I'm so late.
00:12Oh no. I'm sorry for giving short notice.
00:16Not at all. So, um, what did you...
00:19I was hoping...
00:21Um, like I told you in my email...
00:25I was...
00:26I was hoping you'd help me pick out some good books you think I would like as a friend.
00:30Hmph. Leave it to me.
00:33Goodness! Can you believe this beautiful weather we're having?
00:43Looks like they've got quite a spread here today.
00:47Huh?
00:50Hey, Pops!
00:51Hm? Oh!
00:52What a surprise! You never told me you came to things like this!
00:56Course I do! This old man knows how to hustle!
01:00Hustling, you say?
01:01I dropped by Takata Nabava the other day, but it was closed. Figured you'd gone out of business.
01:08Not a chance, kid. I'm a feeble old man now. I ain't working no more nights.
01:13You had me all worried for no reason.
01:15Oh, he's the owner of a used bookstore I used to visit in college.
01:19Oh, good afternoon.
01:21Well, look at that. Didn't know you had yourself such a lovely daughter. I really am getting old.
01:33Uh, she's not exactly my daughter.
01:35We work together.
01:36We work together.
01:37You're friends!
01:38You're his friend?
01:40Uh...
01:41It's... it's not all that big a deal.
01:44Well, you bring anything good to show?
01:46Course I did. Brought all sorts of good stuff that true aficionados are sure to appreciate.
01:51Oh, those. They're old postcards written a long time ago.
01:55Wow! What an interesting find that is.
01:58A buddy of mine owns a curio shop and asked me to sell them.
02:05Hmm...
02:08Very simple. Leaves quite the impression, doesn't it?
02:11That reminds me, Tachibana. Are you familiar with the world's shortest letter?
02:15Uh-uh. Victor Hugo, if I recall.
02:18Sure was. He was a very famous French author. Concerned about his book sales not selling, Hugo wrote a letter to his publisher consisting only of a question mark.
02:27In reply, the publisher sent back a single exclamation mark, signifying that his sales were doing well.
02:35Hmm?
02:36In other words, because Hugo and his publisher had formed such a close and trusting work relationship, they were able to communicate with using only one symbol.
02:45And that Tachibana is the reason why it's called the world's shortest letter.
02:50No doubt, captured within those brief symbols, are numerous beautiful thoughts and feelings known only between the two of them.
02:58Ugh! Ever still the romanticist, I see.
03:02Eh-heh! Did it come across that way?
03:05Ha-ha-ha-ha! Oh, before I forget, I've got something you might really like over there.
03:10Really?
03:12Ah!
03:13Oh!
03:14Uh-huh!
03:16Hmm.
03:17Hmm.
03:18Hey, boss! This postcard.
03:32This postcard.
03:35You're out of luck.
03:37When he gets caught up reading books like that, he blocks everything else out.
04:02Oh, I'm willing to bet he wandered off somewhere in one of his daisies.
04:10Huh?
04:15Oh.
04:29Oh.
04:32Oh.
04:59Oh.
05:00Hey.
05:01Hey.
05:04Hey.
05:09Hey.
05:12Yeah.
05:12Hey.
05:13Hey.
05:14Yeah.
05:15Pops has the best stuff after all.
05:45Ah, shoot! I got carried away.
06:09You still haven't had any luck finding him?
06:11I think he might be on his way back right now.
06:15Hmm? You know, I've been doing this job for a long time, but I've never met anyone as crazy about books as that man.
06:22Oh?
06:23If I recall, he used to do some writing, too. Yeah, that's right. He wanted to be a novelist or something.
06:30A novelist, huh?
06:32Sorry. Oh, excuse me. I completely lost track of time. I'm sorry.
06:41Don't worry about it, boss. These kinds of things happen to everyone at some point or another.
06:47A fine young lady indeed.
06:52Did you buy anything interesting?
06:54Huh? Well, about that, it turns out this place has the most to choose from.
06:59So, give me a discount on this one.
07:02Huh? Nope.
07:04Please, I'm begging you, Pops.
07:06Not in a million years, kid.
07:08Come on, Pops. Just this once.
07:11I'm the only one who'd buy a book like that.
07:13You nincompoop.
07:15I'll have you know this is a first edition.
07:17Oh!
07:18Fine. Buy the book and I'll throw in a postcard for free. Sound fair?
07:22Yeah.
07:25All right, done!
07:26Thanks very much.
07:27You drive a hard bargain!
07:29And you're a sucker for books.
07:32Tachibana? Pick out a postcard.
07:35Huh?
07:36Think of it as a gift and an apology for my behavior. I think I had a bit too much fun today.
07:45Tachibana? Find anything?
07:57I did. This one.
07:59Hm? Oh, wow. That's fast.
08:01I already had my eye on it.
08:07Ah.
08:11Yep, this is a good one.
08:15Hmm.
08:20Hmm.
08:27Hmm.
08:36Hmm.
08:40If I need to take the pictures, prior...
08:42Yeah.
08:43Kian, hurry up!
08:52Coming!
08:57Are you having any trouble with your foot?
08:59Not especially.
09:01All right, I guess this means we can consider it healed.
09:04Right.
09:05Well then, we are all finished here.
09:07See you next time.
09:09Okay.
09:10Are you off to work?
09:11Yes.
09:12Well, good for you.
09:13It's a restaurant, isn't it?
09:15That's right.
09:16Thank you very much.
09:20Well, that's a shame.
09:22It seems Akira doesn't plan on rejoining the track team anytime soon.
09:26It appears that is the case.
09:28If she went through rehab, she'd be able to run again.
09:32Unfortunately for her, the problem isn't entirely a physical one.
09:36It'll be nearly impossible if she doesn't have the drive for it anymore.
09:40Thanks for waiting.
09:45Thanks for waiting.
09:45We have a special guest joining us in the studio today.
09:54Welcome, renowned author Mr. Cujo.
09:58In your eyes, Mr. Cujo, what exactly is a novel?
10:04That's a tough question you pose.
10:06My novels have walked with me through my entire journey.
10:09Through the good times and the bad, I kept on writing.
10:13So, for me, anyway, a novel is almost like a lover, so to speak.
10:21And I don't see that changing anytime soon.
10:23So, you and your novels have always cared deeply for one another.
10:28Yeah, and I certainly hope my work continues to make readers feel that way, too.
10:33Thanks again to today's guest, Chihiro Cujo.
10:36Thank you very much.
10:42Yes, sir. Come again.
10:43The novel is like a lover, huh?
11:04It's how I used to feel, too.
11:13Back then, I'd lose myself in a novel, absorbed in my writing for days on end.
11:33Oh, crap.
11:39There we go.
11:40But I guess at some point.
11:54My love turned unrequited.
12:01And yet I chased.
12:04And chased.
12:06Relentlessly.
12:07I hurt everyone around me, too.
12:20Is there truly no way around it?
12:22Can I not help people with my love for books?
12:25Yes.
12:42158 yen is your change, madam.
12:44Thank you very much.
12:45Thank you very much.
13:15Good afternoon, boss.
13:17Hey there.
13:31Um, boss?
13:33Hmm?
13:36I, um, I bought this book while we were both out the other day.
13:39The other day?
13:41Oh, at the youth book fair.
13:43Yeah.
13:44Oh, Sosaki's And Then.
13:47It's a book from his first trilogy.
13:49I bought it because I liked the title.
13:52Have you read it?
13:53Not yet.
13:54It's a little confusing.
13:58Hmm.
13:59A bookmark.
14:01Looks like this thing has been through a lot over the years.
14:04It must have been in there when I bought it.
14:06I have a feeling its original owner was an avid reader.
14:11Do you think I ought to take it back and try to return it to the bookstore, boss?
14:15Nah, no need.
14:17I think it's a book.
14:18I think it now will act as part of the book itself.
14:21A piece of history brought along for the ride, so to speak.
14:24Yet another one of the many charms of a used book.
14:27A clover design makes it lucky, too.
14:30Take good care of it.
14:32Huh?
14:32Is that, uh...
14:34Well, what do you know?
14:37Hmm?
14:38Look.
14:40It's a swallow.
14:43Mm-hmm.
14:43You know what?
14:46That looks less...
14:48Like a watermark, and more like the foil peeled off.
14:53Speaking of birds, there used to be a swallow's nest above that door before you worked here.
14:59Huh?
15:00Was there really?
15:01Kubo ended up having to knock it down.
15:04What?
15:04Well, there was a lot of poop everywhere.
15:06We couldn't risk a health hazard here.
15:08It was sad, though.
15:10Hold on.
15:11Don't worry.
15:12She waited until after the chicks had left.
15:17Although one of them did struggle to fly for a while.
15:21It was nerve-wracking.
15:22But they all made it out safely.
15:31What if...
15:33Hmm?
15:34If the swallow hadn't been able to fly with the rest of its friends,
15:38what do you think would have happened to it?
15:42If it couldn't fly,
15:53the swallow could still find a different path to happiness while having to live its life on the ground.
15:58It might even forget about its friends.
16:03But if the swallow refuses to fly simply because it has resigned itself to its fate,
16:08I think it would spend its days gazing up at the sky.
16:12And, well, forever.
16:21Or something like that.
16:23Sorry, I didn't mean to go off.
16:26Oh, here.
16:27Thanks.
16:29Between this and the book fair,
16:31I think I'm completely hopeless.
16:32Boss.
16:41Hmm?
16:43I'm glad I got to hear your thoughts.
16:45I really am.
16:47Huh?
16:47You are?
16:48And I know I'd love to hear even more.
16:53One day, I hope I'll get to read something you've written.
16:56Uh,
16:57is something I...
17:00You keep notes for a book you're going to write someday.
17:04Don't you?
17:08But even with the way that I am?
17:11Because you're the way that you are.
17:18And then,
17:19the swallow who resigned itself to the ground,
17:23perhaps,
17:25will one day forget
17:26to gaze up at the sky too.
17:30The swallow is well aware
17:32that a place sheltered from the rain
17:36is a place hidden from the sun.
17:41And, boss,
17:43I know I'm going to like your book
17:45when you write it.
18:02Heh heh.
18:05I'm not looking for forgiveness
18:07or anything ridiculous like that.
18:09But still,
18:12I've always wanted someone to say that to me.
18:16To tell me it's all right.
18:20I did it!
18:35Ten seconds on the dot!
18:51It's almost time for the soccer team
18:52to use the track.
18:53One last sprint for each of us!
18:54Whoa!
19:08Kurita from Non-High
19:09said a new personal best
19:10in the 100 meter!
19:12Oh, wow!
19:13Says she made a full recovery
19:14from a torn Achilles tendon.
19:16Did you know about this, Kian?
19:17Huh?
19:18I didn't...
19:19That's the first time
19:20I've heard anything
19:21about her being injured at all.
19:22A torn Achilles tendon?
19:24But isn't that
19:25what happened to Tachibana?
19:26So then...
19:28Yeah.
19:30Kurita's running in the meat today.
19:32I saw her name written.
19:34You think she's going to
19:35break Tachibana's record?
19:37I hope she doesn't.
19:38Huh?
19:42You know,
19:43I'm not sure why,
19:44but the fact that Tachibana
19:45doesn't run anymore
19:46freely bothers me.
19:48The same injury
20:06doesn't necessarily
20:07mean the same circumstances.
20:09Still,
20:09I just can't bring myself
20:16to believe there's someone
20:17out there
20:17who can do something
20:18Akira can't.
20:21Akira.
20:28Switch it off!
20:30Okay!
20:30I think it's going to rain.
20:32Definitely.
20:33Nah, we got time.
20:35Come on!
20:36Time to move out, girls!
20:37Okay!
20:38Okay!
20:39See you later, Kyan!
20:49Later!
20:51Fall back!
20:55Looks like rain.
20:57Hope it all holds out
20:58till I reach the station.
20:59Okay!
20:59Okay!
21:09Aw, the poor soccer team.
21:17Personal best.
21:19But she didn't even
21:20come close to Akira.
21:22So then what's the
21:23big deal anyway?
21:30Akira?
21:31Hey!
21:33Akira!
21:34Akira!
21:34Akira!
21:59Akira!
22:00Uh...
22:00I don't know.
22:30boss if you don't leave soon you're gonna be late
22:42hmm you're right i just need to finish this
22:45um boss huh here my preferred shifts for next month
22:53oh thanks for this let's see
22:57oh you want sundays really you sure yeah
23:06listen tachibana boss being late to a meeting with corporate is absolutely unheard of
23:18all right all right i'll be back this evening
23:21i swear why is that man so incapable of leaving at a decent time
23:27tachibana hmm it's just you and me so let's kick it into high gear
23:32time is money girl right
23:35i hope you enjoy
23:47it's not here great
23:51back to square one
23:54welcome to garden table for
24:00haruka table for one does it matter which table i pick
24:13of all the rotten luck i forgot it at the restaurant
24:17oh better get going
24:22i'll have a soft drink
24:27that's all i want i won't be long
24:33let me know if there's anything else i can get you
24:37wait
24:38the same uniform tachibana wears
24:45hey akira
24:47akira
24:47you should run again
24:54please akira come back to the team
24:59at this rate
25:01at this rate
25:02you're gonna quit running for good
25:04and then you and i will
25:07drift apart
25:09i can't stand the thought of that
25:12i'm leaving
25:21sorry cancel my order
25:23in the hundred meter race today
25:27a girl named kuratis had a personal best
25:30two years ago
25:32she had the exact same injury as you
25:35i'll wait for as long as it takes
25:43that's
25:53that's
25:55so
26:02so
26:07Oh, wow, an actual movie.
26:32Hello?
26:33Hey, it's me.
26:34I heard they're making your book into a movie.
26:37Congrats.
26:38Thanks.
26:40By the way, where are you right now?
26:43Huh?
26:44Oh, no, no, nowhere special.
26:45Just out on a walk.
26:46I should be home pretty soon.
26:49Oh, there you are.
26:50I see you now.
26:51Huh?
26:52Are you surprised?
26:59You nearly gave me a heart attack.
27:01I wanted to knock your socks off.
27:05What's wrong with you?
27:06Didn't expect you, so I've got nothing here.
27:09I don't need anything.
27:11And the apartment's a mess.
27:13No kidding.
27:16Hmm?
27:17What's that?
27:18Why do you have a hamster?
27:20Long story.
27:21Not inside.
27:23Smoke's bad for him.
27:25Hey, listen.
27:26I brought something good.
27:28Huh?
27:29Something good?
27:31See?
27:34Oh.
27:39Dun-dun-dun!
27:41Whoa.
27:42Been a long time.
27:43Right?
27:45The one we used to use way back in the day broke.
27:47So I bought a new one.
27:49One click and it was all mine.
27:50That's great and all, man.
27:52But I don't have any coffee beans.
27:54Figured as much, so I bought those with a click, too.
27:58You really don't say.
27:59I buy everything online.
28:01Ta-da!
28:03The best Kilimanjaro coffee and filters.
28:06Oh, wow.
28:07You have my deepest gratitude, Chihiro.
28:16It's finally starting to boil.
28:18All right.
28:19That means we're on standby.
28:21Huh?
28:22Uh, let's see.
28:24Hey.
28:24Where is it?
28:26Where's what?
28:26I don't...
28:28You know what I mean.
28:30Writing paper.
28:32The ruled kind.
28:33Whoa.
28:34Hold on.
28:35Are we really going to get into this?
28:37Well, of course we are, man.
28:39Right, Subu Subu?
28:41Just one Subu.
28:42Come on.
28:43Get the paper.
28:44Don't have any.
28:45Now, where did I leave those cups?
28:47Fine.
28:47I'll look for it myself.
28:51Hmm.
28:56Well, what do you know?
29:03Dork.
29:04You've got plenty.
29:04No use.
29:20I'm throwing in the towel now.
29:23And you?
29:24Anything?
29:25Here.
29:26Here.
29:26Oh, how far must I go, cries the bird.
29:31What has she brought back?
29:33Some sort of seeds.
29:34Still, the knocking sound underfoot does not come.
29:47Yeah, you win, man.
29:49I couldn't do it either.
29:50A total bust.
29:51Never thought I'd be here playing the one-minute story game with you again.
29:55Brings back our college days, doesn't it?
29:57Write a short story before the coffee's done or pay the price.
30:01Sounds ridiculous now I think about it.
30:03Does it really take these siphon machines a whole minute?
30:07Well, give or take.
30:09I just can't write anything.
30:12I remember how eager I was.
30:14The words practically came pouring.
30:16No pressure or deadlines.
30:17Genuine excitement every day.
30:20That's all there ever was to it.
30:22Nothing more.
30:22And yet I'd go tearing up the hill in front of me.
30:26Just shoo way to Kudagawa.
30:28I'm the boulder amongst the raging rapids who will turn the tide of literature.
30:33Geez, I can't believe I used to say that stuff.
30:36Talk about young and stupid.
30:38My goodness.
30:41Nowadays, none.
30:43Not a single word.
30:45You're incredible on that front.
30:46And now you're a famous author.
30:50Your book's even gonna get made into a big movie.
30:53That book's stupid.
30:54A bunch of mainstream garbage.
30:57But your work touches lives.
30:59It helps people.
31:02Ridiculous.
31:03Literature was never meant to help anyone.
31:05Don't you see?
31:06It's supposed to be poisonous.
31:08Isn't that right, Kondo?
31:09Hey, did you really come to my place just to tell me that asinine idea?
31:16Maybe.
31:18Besides, I wanted to see your face.
31:21Weirdo.
31:22I had to see you cause you know the real me.
31:29Before all of this even began.
31:33Once you set the ball rolling, it never ends.
31:36They won't tolerate stumbling blocks.
31:39It's full speed ahead.
31:40The finish line is nowhere in sight.
31:43As you're being crushed under the weight of their expectations.
31:46You have no choice but to put out more and more garbage.
31:50I came over to see you because I...
31:52I don't want to be that.
31:54I'm losing sight of myself.
31:56I need to make sure that I'm still me.
31:59Chihiro.
32:02Ha!
32:02Just kidding!
32:08Earlier you said you can't write like you used to.
32:12Huh?
32:13Well...
32:14Yeah.
32:16It's not that you can't do it.
32:17It's that you won't.
32:18You think that you shouldn't write anything if you can't do it with the same feeling you had back then.
32:25Otherwise, you'll be letting your past self down.
32:28The only one getting in your way is yourself.
32:37I've gotten too old for it.
32:39I know I can't go back to the way it was.
32:43There were a lot of things I couldn't fix with naive optimism alone.
32:46But I want to stay true to my hopes and dreams.
32:51To my writing.
32:53Even just one line.
32:54I want to spill poison on a page.
32:57Just one person.
32:58I want their heart to be tainted and consumed.
33:01Just kidding.
33:10You know something, Kondo?
33:16You're living an honest life.
33:20Yeah, I'm not so sure.
33:22But you are.
33:23You've been living for the same dream ever since we were young.
33:26That room isn't proof of your regret, but of your passion.
33:33Well then, Chihiro, we're in the same boat.
33:37You've never let go of your dream.
33:39You're striving for a higher standard of literary excellence.
33:43Just like you did back then.
33:44The view from this place sure does suck.
33:57Leaving things to the imagination makes them more exciting.
34:00Impassioning.
34:19Well then, perhaps if I hold on to these feelings,
34:23I might come out the other side someday.
34:26I might come out the other side.
34:56I might come out the other side.
35:23Two years ago, she had the exact same injury as you.
35:51Excuse me.
35:52Someone left this on the table.
36:03Excuse me, sir!
36:22The swallow who resigned itself to the ground perhaps will one day forget to gaze up at the sky, too.
36:37Have a good night, boss.
36:42Good night.
36:44Oh, Tachibana!
36:48About the shift schedule you gave me the other day for next month's hours, you sure you want to put in that many?
36:53Don't you have school midterms coming up soon?
36:57I'll be fine. I can work.
36:59Uh, alright. I don't mind if you take time off to pursue things outside of work. You know that, right?
37:12Huh?
37:17I mean, we might be short-staffed, but I'm sure we'll manage somehow.
37:21I know you've got school and other stuff you'd like to be doing.
37:27I don't want to do anything other than work. Understood?
37:29Understood?
37:30I don't know.
37:31I mean, I don't know.
37:32I don't know.
37:33I don't know.
37:34I don't know.
39:35I really wish I hadn't just said that.
39:40No use dwelling on it now.
39:41I don't want to do anything other than work.
39:59Understood?
39:59Something the matter, boss?
40:04Oh, it's nothing.
40:05Meeting with corporate again?
40:07I am.
40:08Yeah, have a good day.
40:11Stan?
40:13Bow?
40:14Think it over carefully,
40:15and don't forget to submit your surveys.
40:48Your future?
40:50My teacher says we gotta fill out these career surveys.
40:53Just hearing the word future makes my stomach hurt.
40:56Unfortunately, I know what you mean.
40:59Your school competitive?
41:00What?
41:01Academically.
41:02Mmm, uh, I'd say, kinda, it's average.
41:09Oh, Kubo, I'm heading out now. Keep an eye on the restaurant for me.
41:13Sure.
41:13I'll be back sometime this, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.
41:18See ya, Tatsunaba!
41:20Crap, I stuttered.
41:22Bye!
41:26Oh, I got a career survey, too.
41:30Feels weird, huh? Like the time's finally come or something.
41:34So then, are you going to apply for cosmetology?
41:37Mm-hmm. That's the plan.
41:39Hey there, Nishita!
41:41So, uh, I'm about due for another haircut.
41:44Oh, okay.
41:46Hit me up on your break later or something.
41:48Huh?
41:50Mm-hmm.
42:05Uh!
42:05No, seriously!
42:07Really?
42:08I swear it's the truth!
42:09I had no idea!
42:10And that's why it's so awesome you already have something you know you want to do with your life
42:15Do you really believe that? I really do. I guess I'm just gonna go to college and figure it out from there
42:22So when did you decide to become a hairdresser?
42:25Like why'd you pick that? What inspired you?
42:28Oh, well, I I just thought I
42:31Just thought it would be kind of nice to do something that I like to do and that would make people equally happy in return, you know
42:37Hmm, and there's also this nice guy who helped me realize
42:45The first time that I got a chance to cut his hair the look he had on his face made everything worth it
42:51But but there's no telling whether I'll actually get any good at it. It's a hard business
42:56You'll be terrific
43:01You totally have to cut my hair when you become an official hairdresser
43:04Promise me you'll do it cuz I'll hold you to it
43:10Okay
43:12Oh
43:34Oh
43:35Oh
43:36Welcome
43:40Table for how many?
43:42Here you go. Sorry about the wait
43:46Huh
43:48Shouldn't the boss be back by now?
43:51He's been having an awful lot of meetings with corporate, huh?
43:54I wonder why that is
43:56Far as I'm concerned this can only mean one thing
43:59You don't think
44:00There's no way
44:02What now? What now?
44:04He's being promoted
44:06Are you serious?
44:07Not possible
44:09Why else would he be going to the corporate office so often?
44:11Are you serious?
44:12So what happens if he gets a promotion?
44:15He goes to corporate
44:18Then they'll have to assign a new manager to come work at our location
44:22Imagine one without bedhead incapable of zipping up his own pants
44:26Are you serious?
44:27Totally serious
44:28Not possible not in a million years
44:34Well of the reason?
44:35I've been a good on you
44:36I guess that would've taken him therefore
44:37I'm driving
44:38Got rum
44:39I guess he goes back
44:40We can't adjust
44:40He goes back
44:41When he turns it сегодня
44:41Then he turns into a new manager
44:42He goes back
44:43No you're I love that
44:43No you're going to have to have Nanticor
44:45You're going to have to go now
44:46He's going to have to work
44:46Looks like it's going to rain, but let's set up the hurdles.
45:03Okay.
45:10It's huge!
45:13So cold!
45:16And windy!
45:20Look at that!
45:21The track looks like it's floating.
45:25A school facing the wind.
45:29I like this place.
45:31Yeah, this is the one!
45:33Let's face the wind here together!
45:42Here, together.
45:46Yuto, what happened to your face?
46:01I tripped in PE class.
46:03Doing what?
46:04Running.
46:07You were running?
46:13Are you fast?
46:14Huh?
46:15Track.
46:16Yeah.
46:17I guess so.
46:19I don't get it.
46:21How am I supposed to get faster?
46:23Teach me!
46:25Huh?
46:26Okay.
46:28Teach me!
46:29Huh?
46:35Okay.
46:36Yippee!
46:45You're doing just great!
46:46Are you alright?
46:47Yep, I'm fine.
46:48Should we take a break now?
46:49No way!
46:50Not till I cross the finish line!
46:51Finish line?
46:52You run till you cross the finish line.
46:53Finish line?
46:54You run till you cross the finish line.
46:55Even if you fall down hard.
46:56Don't ever just give up the race.
46:57Don't give up the race?
46:58Yep!
46:59It's okay if you fall down.
47:00Take yourself up and keep running.
47:01Don't give up no matter how many tries it takes.
47:03Keep running.
47:04You have to be sure and cross the finish line.
47:05You have to be sure and cross the finish line.
47:06Otherwise, you shouldn't run at all.
47:07Well, that's what my dad says about it.
47:08You and I are going to work hard together, understand?
47:09No giving up your dreams, son!
47:10Hmph.
47:11Hmph.
47:12Hmph.
47:13So, I promised him I'd be able to do it.
47:14You and I are going to work hard together, understand?
47:15No giving up your dreams, son!
47:16Hmph.
47:17Hmph.
47:18So, I promised him I'd be able to do it.
47:19No giving up your dreams, son!
47:20Hmph.
47:21It's okay if you fall down.
47:22It's okay if you fall down.
47:23Pick yourself up and keep running.
47:24Don't give up no matter how many tries it takes.
47:25Keep running.
47:26You have to be sure and cross the finish line.
47:27Otherwise, you shouldn't run at all.
47:28Well, that's what my dad says about it.
47:29You and I are going to work hard together, understand?
47:31No giving up your dreams, son!
47:32Hmph.
47:33Hmph.
47:34Hmph.
47:35Hmph.
47:36Hmph.
47:37So, I promised him I would cross the finish line even if I crawl in at dead last.
47:44But I want to come in first place!
47:47Hmph.
47:48All right.
47:49Hmph.
47:51Pump your arms as hard as you can!
47:55It'll help you take longer strides!
47:57You mean, like this?!
48:00Oh.
48:01Hey, Tachibana.
48:02Good evening, boss.
48:03It's drizzling outside.
48:04Thanks.
48:05Oh, I almost forgot!
48:06Oh, I almost forgot!
48:07Oh!
48:08Oh, I almost forgot!
48:09Oh!
48:10Oh!
48:11Oh!
48:12Oh!
48:13Oh!
48:14Oh!
48:15Oh!
48:16Oh!
48:17Oh!
48:19Oh!
48:20Oh!
48:21Oh!
48:22Oh!
48:23Oh!
48:24Oh!
48:25Oh!
48:26Oh!
48:27Oh!
48:28Oh!
48:29Oh! Oh!
48:30I heard you taught Yuto how to run today.
48:33Yeah.
48:34Thanks for doing that.
48:36He was absolutely thrilled.
48:37It's all he would talk about on the way home today.
48:40He said he's gonna practice every day after school.
48:43But I wouldn't hold your breath.
48:45That boy's got a habit of quitting in the middle of things.
48:48I think he'll be fine.
48:50Huh?
48:51Yuto's catching on pretty quickly.
48:53He'll get even faster once he learns the proper form.
48:56And he promised his dad that he... that he would always cross the finish line.
49:02Huh?
49:03Our promise.
49:05Yeah.
49:06Right.
49:07In a way, I suppose that's one way of putting it, I guess.
49:17But I made a promise to myself, too.
49:20Starting fresh, if you will.
49:23With a promise I'd locked away long ago.
49:26Does it have to do with your novel?
49:31Yeah.
49:32I'm writing again.
49:34Although it hasn't been nearly as accessible as I thought it would be.
49:38But you know, I'm enjoying myself.
49:41I've tacked another promise onto the promise I couldn't keep.
49:48That promise brought me pain.
49:51And then it taught me a lesson.
49:54A single promise.
49:56To ensure there's always room in my life for literature.
49:59No matter what.
50:01It's the one promise I want to see through.
50:04Ha ha ha ha.
50:11Oh!
50:12Tachibana!
50:13Here's the schedule.
50:15This is yours.
50:16I'm sorry I got it to you late.
50:18I, um, went ahead and scheduled you like you asked.
50:23But, um...
50:28Thank you for doing that.
50:32Have a good night, boss.
50:36Do you...
50:39Do you maybe have one, too, Tachibana?
50:42A promise to yourself that you've forgotten over time?
50:48It says a school facing the...
51:08Hang on, Haruka.
51:09Huh?
51:12Akira?
51:14There, that's better.
51:16Thanks, Akira.
51:17Oh!
51:18Oh!
51:20Oh!
51:23Do you maybe have one, too, Tachibana?
51:26A promise to yourself that you've forgotten over time?
51:28Oh!
51:29Oh!
51:30Oh!
51:32Oh!
51:33Oh!
51:36Oh!
51:37Oh!
51:38Oh!
51:39Oh!
51:40Oh!
51:41Oh!
51:42Oh!
51:43Oh!
51:44Oh!
51:45Oh!
51:46Oh!
51:48Oh!
51:56Oh!
51:57Oh, oh!
51:58Hello!
52:03Uh, everyone.
52:04I have a very big and important announcement I need to make to you all today.
52:05Oh!
52:07Oh!
52:08Oh, um, erm?
52:09get a promotion crazy I believe it when I see it agreed as you're all aware I've
52:15been gone I was attending a series of rigorous lectures at our corporate office
52:20culminating in a final exam and as a result of that I'll have to go about
52:28doing a retake why you mean you weren't interviewing for a promotion huh what
52:34are you on about no of course I wasn't I was there so I could learn the new
52:38menu see this part look at that I can't get the eyes seriously it's way too
52:44difficult to get them just so I'm sorry our restaurant will be the only one
52:51delaying the new menu launch forgive me you ought to be out there apologizing to
52:55the customers instead you're absolutely right
53:00the man kills me oh this file
53:08come on get up run Akira
53:30you should run again
53:56I feel like I'm getting nervous
54:03let's face the wind together yeah it's a promise
54:17not here looks like I did it once again please excuse me you can go ahead without me
54:30touchy bono
54:39you forgot this boss thanks I appreciate it sure thing
54:53are you all right mm-hmm
54:59the rain seems to be letting up
55:03oh
55:17yes hello yes sir ha ha ha oh terribly sorry sir yeah well my my deepest apologies right right of course yeah uh can't apologize it
55:31yes yes understood I will indeed sir right you are goodbye sir
55:44Tachibana
55:50yes
56:03yes
56:05yes
56:07yes
56:09yes
56:11yes
56:15Someday, when we've both kept our promises, and we managed to see them through.
56:39I promise, boss. I'll tell you when I'm done.
56:45I promise, boss. I'll tell you when I'm done.
57:15I won't forget.
57:27No matter how much time passes, no matter where I may be, I'll remember the person who taught
57:40me what the future holds.
57:46Every time I look up at the sky after the rain.
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