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Asa.
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Your name was chosen
with a great deal of care.
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It embodies the beauty of all new things
that come with each day.
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I wish with all my heart that you'll
be loved by everyone around you.
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And I'll do everything I can
to make that come true.
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Asa, as your mother, I...
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Asa's Personal Belongings
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Journal with Witch
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Ah, hey there.
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Sorry about all the trouble.
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No worries.
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Episode 7\h\hLeave in Writing
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I'll have an iced caffè latte, please.
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Coming right up.
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How's Makio-san been?
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So how's Makio doing?
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Well, we can talk about her later.
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Yeah.
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By the way, I had no idea
you'd changed jobs.
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Yup, a year ago.
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So I've got no connections and no
foundation to get me anywhere.
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I feel bad leaning on you like this.
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Hey, I'm always happy to help.
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To cut to the chase, they seem
really excited to meet you.
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Nice!
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They seem to have a similar vision,
so I think I can arrange something.
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What do you say?
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A casual meetup, or...?
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Nah, I want to dive right into business.
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Gotcha. Then let me give
you their contact info.
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Thanks a bunch!
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I haven't been to a family-style
restaurant in ages.
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They're great for bringing kids along.
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Can I call you Makio-san?
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Thank you for making time today.
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Oh, sure.
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We've known Asa-chan since
they were in elementary school.
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We've got to get the parfait!
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Strawberry or chocolate?
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I was friendly with her parents
for quite a while.
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Um, I dunno... I can't decide!
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I see...
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You'll have some too, right?
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For sure.
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To be honest, I still haven't really
processed that they're gone.
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Then let's get one of each.
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Let's do it!
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It's all just so sudden, isn't it?
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Anyway, when you didn't shown up
for graduation or the entrance ceremony,
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it had me worried about
what kind of person you might be.
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The shameless sort
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I apologize for causing you concern...
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Oh, no! I'm sorry.
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You see, I heard all about you
from Emiri and Asa-chan afterward.
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I understand now
that you're perfectly fine!
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When you put it like that,
I worry that I'm not fine at all.
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But I'm trying my best...
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That's what it means to raise a child.
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I'm glad I met you today.
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Wait, so Makio-san didn't
mention anything to you?
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Nope, I haven't seen her in a while.
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Hang on, does this mean something's
happened between you two?
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Like what? Fess up.
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Er, but you're her best friend.
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If she hasn't told you, I dunno if I...
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I'd never talk romance with her. Gross.
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And "best friend"? Blegh!
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Yeah, your friendship's
always been weird like that.
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Y'know, Kasamachi-kun...
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Back in the day, you were the one
who wanted to be introduced to us.
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If you'd never said anything,
I doubt we ever would've met.
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Huh.
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What's "huh"
supposed to mean?
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So, where?
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Someone I met at the bar
introduced us.
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Wait,
Toritetsu?
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N-Not ever?
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Hey, I like your ring.
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Yup.
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You know Masuda?
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Thinking back on it,
I could never keep up with you guys.
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You mean
Kesami.
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What?
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So, what are
they up to?
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Wait, I didn't
know that.
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I haven't even logged in
to Facebook in forever.
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Get this.
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Hey, Kasamachi looks
like that one dude.
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I think we're thinking
of the same one.
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Stop talking shit.
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I haven't even said
anything yet.
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I know.
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I know you're
about to talk shit.
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So, what's the scoop?
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I didn't think you'd be very happy.
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If I got close to her again, I mean.
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In my family, my dad never
said a word when we went out.
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It was like he was there all by himself.
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Oh, man.
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I hated that.
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Your dad was kind of a quiet guy.
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She talks about her parents a lot.
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He never really had much to say.
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I sometimes wonder if
she's sharing too much.
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It took me by surprise at first.
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But maybe it's better for her
to talk about things openly.
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That might be true.
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I wasn't in contact with my sister, so...
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Hey, hey. Mom.
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What now?
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Excuse me.
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Can I go buy swimsuits with Asa?
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You already have swimsuits.
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But I'm too tall for them now.
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Really?
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How much have you grown?
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What's that face for?
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Five centimeters.
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I wanna buy some too.
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What? Fine, I suppose.
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Wait, don't you have swimsuits too?
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Yay.
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Like you would know!
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That's entirely not the point.
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I'm too tall for mine too, okay?
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Only by, like, two centimeters.
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Emiri, you traitor!
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Wait, what? You were depressed?
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After Makio-san and I split up.
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No way. You mean back when
I sent you that enraged text?
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That's terrible. I'm sorry!
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Oh, no, it wasn't because
of the split or your text.
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I just realized I couldn't work
at the bank anymore.
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Really?
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I promise.
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Wow... I didn't expect that.
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Not from you, though that might be rude.
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I get it.
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Honestly, I couldn't believe it myself.
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Okay, then I'll make a note
for 5,000 yen in the cloud.
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All right!
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What cloud?
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We keep notes in the cloud so we can
share it like a bulletin board.
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Since I tend to forget things.
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You forget things?
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Yes, I do.
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Like what kind of things?
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U-Um, well...
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Anything, I guess.
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We fought about that the other day.
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That wasn't a fight.
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What a great idea.
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A friend gave me the advice.
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It's 'cause Makio-chan
can't stay organized.
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She doesn't listen either.
And she forgets even when she does.
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Hey, do you think she could be,
like, neurodivergent?
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It's no wonder.
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You became a parent overnight.
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What's that?
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It must've been a huge change.
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Well, I suppose.
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Though it's not like I'm her mother.
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But it's not like she's my mom...
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Still, you made the decision, didn't you?
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To parent Asa-chan.
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No, I'll never be her parent.
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Nor am I trying to.
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Although I am her guardian.
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I'd just start crying and couldn't move.
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I kept thinking, "Why me?"
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"It's up to you to make it work."
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"Get over it."
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"You must not be trying hard enough."
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I never said it out loud,
but I'd judge other people that way.
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And it all came back to bite me.
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Until then, I never imagined myself
being in a position of need.
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I was too arrogant.
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You told Makio about this?
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Only recently.
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I couldn't tell anyone
until after I changed jobs.
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And I was scared of how
she might react, but...
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Did you sleep lots?
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Yeah, I slept a ton.
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Then... that's good.
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That was it.
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That idiot!
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No, I realized I was anxious for nothing.
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It was a huge relief.
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That's the side of her
I fell for, you know?
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Gosh.
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My, my. How sweet.
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I-I should get going...
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Hold up! At least tell me how it started.
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Oh, I don't think that's true.
As long as you love her...
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No, um, I didn't mean...
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How do I word this?
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Her parents were the people
who raised her until now.
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No one can replace them.
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Not that I know what
they were like as parents.
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I wonder what Mom was really like.
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But now, she has no way of receiving
what they would have bestowed upon her.
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Both for better and for worse.
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Loneliness, despair...
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How hard it must be not to know
the words to express those things yet.
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The harsh truth is that
we're never able to.
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And we live in fear of it forever.
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That's why I believe we'll have to make do
with what little she's already been given.
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I might be able to protect her,
but not raise her.
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A-Are you okay?
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Ew.
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You're crying again?
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Don't worry. She's the type
to get weepy over commercials.
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Emiri's mom kinda reminds
me of a chihuahua!
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We're off to go shopping.
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I'm sorry! Gracious...
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N-No, you're fine.
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Just imagining if it were me
got me going.
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Right...
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Um, can I ask you
something, Michiko-san?
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Oh, you mean me?
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Gosh, I get called "Emiri's mom" so much,
you caught me off guard.
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Please, ask away.
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What was my sister like?
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A lawyer?
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The guy who's watching out for Asa-san.
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Huh. Never heard of him.
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You see, he's good-looking.
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And unlike me, he's got
this cool vibe going on.
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So I got a bit ahead of myself.
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Makio doesn't like pretty boys, though.
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But she likes smart guys, right?
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Are you talking about yourself,
smarty pants?
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A lawyer's gotta be smarter than me.
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Wait. You're, like, actually jealous?
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It's not that.
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But Makio-san's popular with guys.
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I couldn't just stand back and watch.
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What?!
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That pain in the ass?
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Only weirdos are into her!
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W-Weirdos?
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I'm talking about you, damn it!
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Daigo-san, your voice!
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Minori-san...
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I referred to her
as Asa-chan's mom myself.
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I guess I'd say she was
pretty hard on herself.
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It was like she had very high standards.
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Yeah...
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Hey, you.
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You can't do something this simple?
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It's so easy.
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Yeah... Why can't I do it?
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I see.
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Perhaps you're alike in that sense.
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You seem hard on yourself too.
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Going out on a limb here.
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Um, did you ever hear why
she never legally got married?
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Actually...
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I only found out from the news.
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I wonder if Asa-chan knew...
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I'm not sure.
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Somehow, it's like I hardly knew her.
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You know, people who knew me before
I was a parent might say the same thing.
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We never know the whole truth, I suppose.
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Do you have any regrets?
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About becoming a parent?
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Of course.
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But I'm sure I'd have regrets
no matter the path I chose.
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At this point, I'm okay with my choice.
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I wonder if I'd regret it more
if I hadn't taken her in.
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I think you would have.
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Since you seem hard on yourself.
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I'm not that sincere.
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Journal with Witch
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Hey, Emiri?
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Hmm?
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I heard from Sakurai-kun a while ago
that Shinozaki asked you out.
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You didn't say yes?
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Sakurai told you that?
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Wait, how do you even know Shinozaki?
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We were on the same team for field day.
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Oh. Well, I'm not going out with him.
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What? Why not?
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'Cause I don't like him.
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Don't you want a boyfriend?
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Maybe you're the one who wants one.
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I do, but...
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Band is enough fun for now. I just wanna
hear about other people's love lives.
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Not cool.
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Seriously, though—
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I'm done talking about this.
I don't want a boyfriend. End of story.
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So, what?
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You'd be cool with a girlfriend then?
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You're getting on my nerves.
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I told you I'm done with this.
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Come on, you're being like Makio-chan.
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I tried asking her about Kasamachi-kun
and she was the same way.
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Yeah, because you're prodding.
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Nuh-uh.
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Makio-chan's just weird like that.
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I may be completely
off the mark, but here.
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No matter who you fall in love with,
or who you don't...
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It's a story about how there's
nothing wrong with that.
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Well, I'm not weird or anything.
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That's what I mean.
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So it's weird that you're acting like her.
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See how that's weird?
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I thought Asa-san would be
home. Is this too much?
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We'll eat the rest tomorrow.
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She said she's having
dinner with a friend.
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I told her to stay out of trouble.
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Trouble, huh?
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Oh, that reminds me...
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Bento Box Notes
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This is for you. A bento journal.
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It's my mom's. For some recipe ideas.
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I can't accept someone else's journal!
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It's really only about bento boxes.
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No way. Absolutely not. No.
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Fine, you can just borrow it.
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I'm digging in.
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Reading other people's handwriting
takes a lot of energy...
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Like it feels too raw?
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Yeah. Oh, look.
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"Shingo's been hiding it, but he seems
to like sweetened pink cod flakes."
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I don't think I was hiding that.
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She seems really well organized.
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She's pretty chill now.
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Always out and about with her friends.
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Then this must have been
her way of showing love.
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In her case, she thought showering
me with her idea of "perfect"
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would turn me into
the perfect son she wanted.
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At least deep down.
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I don't know if that's love.
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Well, only she would really know.
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And how you take it is up to you.
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You know, my sister kept a journal too.
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A journal?
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It felt wrong, but I took a peek
inside to see if I should keep it.
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Turns out it was for Asa.
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You mean she was writing to Asa-san?
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Yeah. You could say this bento
journal was written for you too.
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But my sister's was more... personal.
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She wrote she was planning to give
it to Asa when she turns twenty.
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That sounds more like a letter.
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I know. I didn't read
any further than that.
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But she was never one to write.
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I can't figure out what drove
her to do so much of it.
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After all, writing is a lonely process.
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Maybe that was love too.
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In the end, my sister could've
chosen not to give it to Asa
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had she lived another five years.
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That's true.
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But now that she's gone,
you've got to give it to her.
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When?
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When she turns twenty?
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But Asa is longing for her mother now.
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In a sense, her mom's still
alive in that journal.
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Asa might want to read it now.
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Maybe it should be up
to her when she reads it.
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Then it's a question of timing.
That's tough.
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Seriously?
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You're the one who got yourself killed.
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In a sense, her mom's still
alive in that journal.
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Seriously?
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You went and died on your own.
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And now this journal?
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Mom and Makio-chan both hid it from me.
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Screw you.
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Screw you.
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Screw you.
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Screw you!
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Asa's Personal Belongings
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Come on, you're going to be late.
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Okay, okay.
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Don't say it twice like that.
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Okay.
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I fixed your bedhead.
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Have a good day.
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I'm off!
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My little brother says he won't get
married because he can't be selfless.
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That's so self-centered!
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Has he never worked with people?
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My little sister might be like that too.
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Really? Even as a woman?
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I told her she shouldn't be that way
and got a chair thrown at me.
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You sure she's not a man?
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But when I think about it,
she might be better off than me.
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She's following her heart,
working hard on her own.
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Shut up!
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You're the one who'll suffer like this.
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You only care about how people see you.
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You have nothing you like or want to do.
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No principles to stand by!
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No curiosity, no inquisitiveness, no nothing!
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Just because you don't have
anything that's yours...
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Stop pushing your emptiness onto others!
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I never really cared much for kids, but
once I had my own, it felt meant to be.
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So you like raising kids?
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It's more like... I finally became
who I always wanted to be.
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I've always gotten by okay.
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Or I thought I had.
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But before I knew it,
nothing was going the way I wanted.
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My life didn't turn out
anything like I imagined it.
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I don't want to get married.
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But... I want to take care of the child.
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I'll do the best I can as a father.
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If that's okay.
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Oh... Sure.
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Yeah, thanks.
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...where a truck struck
a parked passenger car.
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According to the police, its occupants
were Hajime Takumi and Minori Koudai.
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They were taken to the hospital
but passed away.
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How's newlywed life?
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Nothing new except for my name.
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All we did was turn in some paperwork.
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That's the whole point!
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How about you, Minori?
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You're the last one left.
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Who would've thought?
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Whatever happened
with that guy you're dating?
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Actually, I was just going
to share the news today.
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Wow, so you're finally graduating too!
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I've always been normal
like everyone else.
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Congrats!
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I'd even say I was a bit ahead.
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Being different meant being weird.
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Hey.
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Why can't you do something this simple?
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Answer me.
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Little sister of mine,
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how do you endure being
different from everyone else?
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Asa...
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Your name was chosen
with a great deal of care.
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It embodies the beauty of all new things
that come with each day.
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I wish with all my heart that you'll
be loved by everyone around you.
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And I'll do everything I can
to make that come true.
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Right now, I have no idea who you'll
become or what decisions you'll make.
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And I may not yet know
for many years to come.
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But as long as you can love yourself,
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I believe that's enough.
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It was like gazing into a giant, dark pit.
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Lying at the bottom was a monstrous fear.
21:39.090 --> 21:43.970
The thought that perhaps...
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my mom never really loved me.
21:49.460 --> 21:53.970
Asa, as your mother, I...
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love you so much.
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You don't know that!
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It could be a lie.
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Who knows?
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She could've written anything...
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How would I know?
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How would I know?!