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Shinya Shokudo is a TV series from Japan since 2009. It tells many stories about ordinary people who eat in Shinya Shokudo, which means a restaurant at midnight. This small restaurant opens from 12 in the evening to 7 in the morning.
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00:00I stood on a stool, trying to reach the toy on top of the cabinet, but suddenly I accidentally
00:05fell to the ground, unable to move, I lay on the floor calling my dad's name, yet he did not
00:10notice
00:10me, desperate I cried out, by the time he took me to the hospital, I had already passed out,
00:16although he wanted to seek help, he was deaf and mute, fortunately I was okay, however when the
00:21test results came out, the hospital discovered we were not biologically related, as a result the
00:26police began an investigation, and they found my biological mother, a wealthy businesswoman,
00:31it turned out that 5 years ago, he had accidentally found me, unable to find my family, he had no
00:37choice but to raise me himself, during that time he treated me as his own daughter, to make sure
00:42he could feel when I cried at night, he tied our fingers together with a string, since he could
00:46not speak, he used sign language to tell me bedtime stories, we spent 5 wonderful years together,
00:52at my father's workplace, many people treated me kindly, they played with me, in addition I learned
00:57to go to the supermarket alone, the shopping list I drew myself, I could not only take care of myself,
01:03but also take care of my father, when he was busy, I would send him my photos, at those moments
01:08I
01:08thought he must be happy too, I believed he loved me as much as I loved him, one day on
01:13the subway,
01:13I stared at a Barbie doll without looking away, he noticed how much I wanted it, and insisted on buying
01:19it for me, even though I knew he could not afford it, then my mother learned that I was still
01:23alive,
01:24she decided to take me back, with the help of a liar, he was allowed to see me once, I
01:28ran into
01:29his arms, yet he had to tell me, that we might be separated, I cried thinking it was my fault,
01:34however he used sign language to apologize, explaining that he could not give me the life
01:39I deserved, I did not want to leave him, so I suggested that we run away, and he agreed,
01:44but we were caught, he was imprisoned, then I was taken home by my biological mother,
01:49he excitedly opened the curtains, inside were toys I had never seen, yet I was not interested,
01:54I only wanted to see my dad, during the court session the lawyer said he could not properly
01:58take care of me, in response he passionately took out a storybook, to prove that he could
02:03still tell me stories, even though people tried to stop him, he still fought for one last chance,
02:08the man who had never spoken, at that moment spoke a complete sentence, staring at the cold judge,
02:13he looked at my mouth,
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