This cheap sweets candy shop is sure to go under sometime soon.
($330)
Our sales are only about 40,000 yen a month...
...and our net income minus miscellaneous expenses...
...is too embarrassing to tell.
But...
...that this cheap sweets candy shop is merely some meaningless, pointless thing...
...is something I've never even considered.
Grandma, I'm starting it up.
Taro, don't overdo it, okay?
What are you talking about?
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
Okashi no Ie (House of Sweets)
Episode 1 - "Love and Fear"
Odagiri Joe
Ono Machiko
Katsuji Ryo
Yachigusa Kaoru
Sakuraya
Let's get this one.
That's right.
Kinda tough to get, huh?
Goldfish Scoops 250 yen each
This one.
Which one?
What is this? This is cheating, isn't it?
It's not cheating.
It is cheating.
It's not cheating. You're just bad at it!
You suck at it.
Let's go to the convenience store!
Let's buy ice cream!
Convenience store! Convenience store!
What'll we do?
Let's go to the convenience store, too.
Convenience store! Convenience store!
Convenience store!
Sakuraya
It's still here.
Welcome.
Um...
I used to come here a lot as a child.
You're Reiko-chan, aren't you?
Eh?
It's been a long time, hasn't it?
No way.
Obaa-chan, you remember me?
Lots of things have happened to me.
I've returned to this town again just recently.
Um...
I really missed it.
Do you remember Taro?
You were in the same class with him all through grade school.
Yes, of course I do.
He's out back.
He's still here?
It's Reiko!
Eh... It's Reiko!
You've gotten old.
She has gotten old, hasn't she?
Engacho! Engacho!
(a child's word for someone who is "dirty" or "it")
Engacho! She's gotten old.
Engacho! Engacho!
Scary...
That was scary...
That was Reiko-san just now, wasn't it?
You two's classmate.
How many years has it been...
...since we saw her last?
You've gotten considerably better at that.
Haven't I?
It's okay; I can handle this.
Really?
Yeah.
Well then...
OK.
No customers today, either?
Yeah.
It's tough all over.
We've got it all to ourselves today, too.
Taro-san.
Eh?
My armpit super stinks today.
Don't worry.
Everyone's stinks.
Seriously?
Oh, Reiko.
What's the matter?
Thank goodness. You're speaking normally to me.
'Cause I can't get back into that old groove anymore.
Like saying "Engacho" and such. I'd have trouble coping with that.
Since I'm over thirty already.
We were only joking around, fool.
Oi, I've bought some things, so come out back and eat 'em with me.
Then you've taken over this shop, Taro-kun?
Yeah.
This is nice, isn't it?
It's nice somehow.
Even when you've become an adult, some of the child remains behind.
I wouldn't know...
You've got a son or daughter, right?
There was something strange attached to the back of your bike.
I have a five year-old boy.
I'm a single mother, though.
You make all sorts of memories then...
...but you just forgot about them once you become an adult.
When children are children...
...they have to go through all sorts of painful things.
Leaving already, huh?
I don't have lots of free time like you do, Taro-kun.
I take my child to the nursery, then I have to get to my part-time job.
Then I'll go pick him up from the nursery.
Then I'll make dinner, put my child to sleep...
Here, give this to your son.
I liked these when I was five years-old.
Pork JinJin, please!
Say, can't you hurry that up a bit?
There isn't enough tableware.
I'm sorry.
Sakuraya
Grandpa, Grandma.
What's the matter, Taro?
The sound of the clock is scary.
Why?
I guess it just makes me think that...
...both Grandpa and Grandma will be gone someday.
Just like Dad and Mom are gone.
Don't worry, Taro.
It'll be okay.
Grandma, even though I told you I'd do that.
I'm sorry. I'll only do just this much.
It's like I thought.
I think it'd be best if we closed up this shop.
You've been having to overdo things, Taro.
And since I don't intend to continue with the shop.
I think your Grandpa would tell you the same thing if he were alive.
Engacho.
Open your mouth wide.
And sing Love, Love, Love...
Grandpa.
Are Dad and Mom doing well in Heaven as well?
Ah, that's nice.
So that's how it was, huh?
That's why.
He's a boy with really tender feelings.
I heard everything about you from Obaa-chan.
Taro-kun.
You are a nice guy.
I guess you really are a nice guy.
A nice guy since long ago.
A guy who spends way too much time with his Grandma.
No.
A shop with a monthly profit of 30,000 yen.
($248)
It would be so, wouldn't it?
A shop like this just couldn't flourish.
I'm truly sorry.
Seeing me brings up painful memories for you.
No, you're wrong.
Just my being raised under the care of Grandpa and Grandma...
That's really all you bring back for me.
I mustn't, I mustn't. A single mother is prohibited from falling in love.
The same as with Idols.
We aren't allowed to fall in love.
I see. That's bad, isn't it?
It's bad, isn't it?
If things keep going this way, she's sure to fall in love with you, huh?
She will, right?
That'd be troubling for me.
Since I lack the confidence to support Reiko.
But your Grandma only told her about your good points.
She didn't tell her about the important points though, did she?
She had no reason to, did she? Grandma doesn't know about 'em in the first place.
I'd be troubling if she did know.
I could use a little help here.
As my elders, don't you have any good advice for me?
When it comes to telling Reiko-san...
...there's no choice but to tell her the truth, right?
That you visit the sex district once a week...
...and you're there till late using up half the salary from your part-time job.
That's true.
Might be best to tell her that before she falls for you.
I don't want to tell her that if at all possible.
Saegusa, you're an aspiring screenwriter, right?
Yes.
If you read this development in a story, what would you write?
To be honest, that'd be simple. The woman in that sort of situation...
...would use the tactic of keeping unawares of it.
"Keeping unawares tactic"?
Taro-kun.
His name is Haruma.
Say hello to him.
Hello there.
Haruma wanted me to bring him here no matter what.
Saegusa-san.
You'll become a good screenwriter.
Re... Reiko, hold on a minute.
Let me tell you about the real me.
Stop it, Taro.
Not in front of the kid.
I, well...
Would it be called a "puzoku..."
(a man with no conventional life who seeks out sex encounters)
...or "pyuzoku"?
Grandma! Grandma!
Are you okay?
About what?
Mom.
Because you cry sometimes.
Why would I cry?
I'm sorry.
If you want something, just give a shout.
I'll come downstairs.
That's okay. My feet are still fine.
That's true, isn't it?
Taro.
It's about this shop.
We've finished talking about that already.
We're not finished.
I think if we sold this house...
...we wouldn't get very much for it.
But it would be enough for me to live on from here on.
And I think I could give you a share so you could be as independent as possible, Taro.
After all, I don't have much longer to live anymore...
Grandma...
I don't want to have this talk.
But...
Long ago...
...there used to be an old clock in this room, right?
I was afraid of the sound of its second hand.
I grew increasingly afraid of the passage of time.
Grandpa, to cover over my fear...
...made it so that it didn't make a sound.
I remember him telling me, "it's okay now; you have nothing to fear."
But... it wasn't okay.
Like I thought...
...Grandpa did die, didn't he?
Yo.
You're late.
Because I had something to buy... Why are you here?
Thanks for your hard work.
Ah, you're very contentious, aren't you?
Haruma and I had been waiting here since this morning...
But since you came late, I had to send Haruma to the nursery...
Then I came here and have been waiting alone for you all this time.
I even called my part-time job and told them I'd be out sick today.
"I wonder what I'm doing? I wonder what's happening to me?"
Eh?
I feel sick.
You're the one who's a child.
I know that. I've been telling myself that I'm acting like a child.
It's just as you said, Taro-kun.
Eh?
It's painful being a child.
I had forgotten.
An important thing such as that.
You're just in time.
Here... take this.
For your son.
For Haruma.
What is it?
Since this one doesn't make a sound, he won't get scared.
Huh?
Because that comforted me.
Throw it away if you don't need it.
おとなだろ～ 勇気をだせよ Otonadaro~ yuuki o daseyo If you're an adult~ show some courage
おとなだろ～ 知ってるはずさ Otonadaro~ shitteru hazu sa If you're an adult~ you should know this
悲しいときも 涙なんか 誰にも見せられない Kanashii toki mo namida nanka dare ni mo miserare nai That when you're sad, you can't show your tears to anyone
あぁ こどもの頃のように Ah kodomo no koro no youni Ah, just like when you were a child
さぁ 勇気を出すのさ Saa yuuki o dasu no sa Now, bring forth some courage
きっと道に迷わずに 君の家にたどり着けるさ Kitto michi ni mayowazuni kimi no ie ni tadoritsukeru sa And I'm sure you can find your way home without losing your way
おとなだろ～ Otonadaro~ If you're an adult~
This Drama is Fictional