The advanced medical treatment that can save Hikoboshi-kun's life
appears to require a lot of money...
He's important to you, isn't he?
I don't have any money,
so I can't even have him brought to a better hospital.
There's nothing I can do for him.
Your thoughts alone are enough. You don't have to do anything.
At that time...
Just until one year ago, your husband and I
had been working towards making counterfeit money.
The reason why I've come here today
is to ask for your cooperation in making counterfeit money.
If we work together, we can make 10,000 Yen bills.
That surprised me!
Come on... you scared the hell out of me!
I'm sorry.
What is this? Some kind of surprise event?
- Harika-chan, is it your birthday? - No.
Can you please leave now?
Look,
haven't you already come halfway anyway?
Look at that!
- They don't sell it around here, right? - Thanks.
Yuki,
why didn't you break up with Nakaseko-san when he got dismissed as president?
There was no reason.
Once the president of a company with a yearly turnover of 40 billion
and now this?
If that isn't a reason, what is?
He's much more of a family person than you think.
I don't need money.
This was printed recently, right?
- Yes. - Well, that's
- I was unreasonable and... - Anone-san did it for me.
I'm not blaming you or anything.
What you said is impossible.
Everyone who tried it before got caught.
It's impossible to make realistic and usable counterfeit money.
Is it?
Don't say something is impossible only because you've never seen it get done.
I've seen it.
Perfect counterfeit money.
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Welcome.
Tatsutaage Bento.
(fish/meat coated in starch, then deep-fried)
One Tatsutaage.
It was a man dressed all in black like a crow.
He ordered a 410 Yen Tatsutaage Bento.
That's 410 Yen.
Taking 10,000 Yen.
He pulled out a 10,000 Yen bill from his wallet.
I opened the register and gave him a change of 9,590 Yen.
Returning 9,590 Yen.
Thank you very much.
He was nothing more than an ordinary customer.
But then...
...he came again 10 minutes later.
- Welcome. - Tatsutaage Bento.
He ordered another Tatsutaage Bento.
That's 410 Yen.
Taking 10,000 Yen.
Returning 9,590 Yen.
Thank you very much.
I still don't know why he came twice.
I took out the two 10,000 Yen bills and checked them.
They had the watermark and the unevenness.
They looked like normal 10,000 Yen bills.
Except for one thing.
They had the same serial number.
I replaced the 20,000 Yen with bills from my own wallet.
I neither reported it to the owner nor the police.
One day, the 10,000 Yen bills disappeared from my wallet.
When I asked my wife, she said she borrowed it to pay the bills.
Three bill collectors came at the same time, so I took it from your wallet.
They were used.
Are we going to get arrested?
However, two months had passed
and there was no report about counterfeit money anywhere.
That man never came to the shop again either.
I was sure about it.
That was perfect counterfeit money.
The counterfeit that pretended to be genuine disappeared into the world.
I wanted to make it with my own hands.
In order to learn the necessary kills, I found a job at a small printing factory.
This factory.
Eventually I reached a dead end, but then...
I got the president of this place to cooperate with me.
This plate right here,
it's like the pattern paper used for Western-style clothes.
It was made by the late president. It's absolutely perfect.
Together with this plate and my accumulated data,
we can make counterfeit money that can deceive people and machines.
My current hourly wage is 1,000 Yen.
It's a simple story. Who doesn't want money?
Excuse me, but where did you pick up that urban legend?
If anything it's a crime.
There are no victims when it comes to counterfeit money.
Mochimoto-san, show that man the door.
Mochimoto-san.
Show him the door.
I will come again.
That's your umbrella.
I borrowed it from your daughter.
She told me to dump it,
but you can have it back.
Why do you...
What's going on?
Anone-san.
We were in the middle of our hot pot.
How about using some of the leftovers?
Wait a second!
That tofu is three days past.
It's fine.
Those sausages are five days past, too!
- It's fine. - This is a no-go!
- This cheese is two weeks past. No way! - It's fine, relax.
Aren't you guys a bit too lenient about the best-before date?
Some things taste better when aged.
And who told you that?
- Don't worry about it, you'll be fine. - "Don't worry about it, you'll be fine."
Are you some new generation of humans?
- Food expires the day you eat it. - "Food expires the day you eat it."
A child doesn't learn how to swim
only because you throw it into a pool.
This is so going to cause stomachache, I tell you.
It already hurts just looking at it.
Harika-chan.
What do you think about Nakaseko-kun's story?
- What do you mean? - Well, how should I say,
I feel like your reaction was a bit different
compared to Anone-san and Aoba-san.
- It's wro... It's wrong. - It's wrong, right?
I'm thankful towards you, Anone-san and...
What about it?
If that man comes here again,
I'm going to deal with him.
I'm serious.
This is something that was started by my husband.
If necessary, I'll go to the police.
You gotta listen to this. Something incredibly good happened today.
The nurse who is always taking care of me,
she's going to get married.
They will have the wedding in Hawaii next month.
"We will record it on camera, so I'm going to show you," she said.
That's going to be fun.
She's not much older than me.
She and her partner are both 22 years old
and were classmates in senior high.
They must have been together since then.
I only attended senior high for one year,
but I actually received some chocolate on Valentine's Day.
Oh? Boasting about your popularity?
(Billboard: "24 Hour Bride")
I'm sorry! Today's job got canceled.
What? You got nothing for me?
Don't worry. Here's compensation for the fare.
Here.
I know about this.
Apparently the son of our parent company's
president got completely cured by this.
Really?
It supposedly cost them as much as an apartment in the best district of Tokyo.
An apartment in the best district of Tokyo...
What should I do if I wanted to buy such an apartment?
With your income,
it would take 100 or 200 years.
- I'm sorry. - I'm sorry.
Say, is Nakaseko-kun here?
Nakaseko-kun? He's not.
Say, what is this?
What about school?
School shouldn't be over yet.
Are you not going to school?
Hold on, wait right there.
Those are some cool shoes.
They go as fast as 300 km/h.
- Wanna do a race? - Yeah.
Come in, come in.
Yes, Code Number 9 speaking.
Code Number 9, you have to rescue Mister White.
Copy that.
Come in, come in!
Yes, Code Number 9 speaking.
Code Number 9! There's no way you would find Mister White at such a place!
Now bend!
Hey Sis', why are you so good at swinging?
I wonder why?
Come, quick!
You're slow!
Come, quick! We gonna be late!
Come on, let's go! Let's go!
Come, quick!
Wait!
Come, quick!
Bye-bye.
You didn't go to school?
I'm a fool, you know,
so during study time, you know, I'm asking too many weird questions.
And then, you know,
the teacher stopped hearing my voice.
And then, you know,
everyone stopped hearing me.
I was talking, you know, but nobody could hear me,
so school kinda became scary, you know.
Haruto-kun.
I also didn't go to school.
Really?
I always ran away.
- The ghost? - No.
I only have two panties, so I might want to buy some.
- Let's go back then. - You feel like picking panties together?
- Ah, no... - Go ahead, I'll catch up.
Hello.
What are you up to?
Just shopping and waiting.
The place where I work is close by.
- The bento vendor? - No, another place.
That thing, you know, how did you make it?
Want to take a look?
No, no...
I'm hitting a wall right now, so I could use your opinion.
My opinion?
What do you mean?
Huh? Where?
The wallet...
Those are all samples of paper.
Paper?
Try feeling them.
Japanese paper money is made out of a type of Japanese paper
that mainly consists of Oriental paper bush and Manila hemp,
but you can't get those, of course.
All we can do is find ready-made paper that has a very similar color and feel.
Is there anything close to a 10,000 Yen bill?
It's quite difficult, isn't it?
It is.
There's that thing called "the eyes of a criminal".
I've already grown tired of seeing those eyes.
Right.
Besides, that stupid son of mine...
Maybe I should rather close up shop here,
so he can go
to a bigger law firm without hesitation.
Right.
Maybe I should just retire and live by a river or the ocean.
Sounds nice.
About that...
I'll be fine.
Please, don't worry about me.
Thank you very much.
Anone-san,
a river or the ocean, which one do you prefer?
I mean...
...if we were going together.
How about Australia, maybe?
There are koalas and kangaroos and stuff.
Koalas...
Yes, living with koalas...
I mean, with koalas and such...
With me, for what's left of our lives?
I'm home.
You can't!
You have to walk backwards!
- You have to! - Haruto-kun, why are you here?
- No, you can't! - Backwards!
Why is he here?
- I met him by chance. - We became friends.
- Why are you here, Auntie? - It's my home.
Wanna play with us?
I promised not to see that kid.
What now?
Get him back home.
You can come now! Try to find me if you can!
Well, just a little bit.
Coming!
- What's this? - For the meals.
For Aoba-san and Mochimoto-san as well,
although it's probably not enough.
You keep that and save it for yourself.
I'm going to be under your care for a little while, I think.
Okay, thanks.
Sounds like rain.
Maybe it started to rain?
It's not the sound of rain.
It's the sound of rain hitting the ground, the roof or the trees.
Rain itself is only falling, so it doesn't make a sound.
- You're right. - You got a point.
It's our secret.
You're really good at drawing.
That's a cute cat.
Go over there.
Go over there!
What's he doing?
If we don't get him back soon,
she's going to get worried.
You can come now!
Haruto-kun,
how about we get you...
- Okay, that's it. - Why hiding it? Show us.
That looked really good!
No! Time's up!
Why?
I drew it with my bad hand.
I drew the one before that with my right hand,
but for this one, I used my bad hand to draw it.
Your left hand is your bad hand?
You gotta use your right hand, right? For chopsticks, writing...
Who told you that you have to use your right hand?
Everyone?
Well, I don't mind.
It can't be helped. I'm a strange kid after all.
What's so strange about you?
Lots of things. I have too many questions.
I'm always late.
I can never decide which color to use.
Also, typhoons!
You know? I'm always excited when a typhoon's coming.
- And that's bad? - At the yakitori place,
I laughed a lot when the chicken signboard flew away.
And that's bad?
Someone might get injured,
so it's bad right? It's strange, right?
I wonder about that.
If I saw the chicken signboard flying away,
I probably would have laughed as well. - That's bad!
Everyone? Who?
I don't know everyone, so I can't be like them!
The water of a river is being washed away by the ocean, right?
So...
Where does it start being salty and where does it end?
Do you know?
I don't.
Thanks again.
It was fun.
It sure was. See you.
Why can't you keep your promise?
Wait, Rei.
The person you talked about the other day,
is he called Nakaseko-san?
Make sure you warm yourself.
- Even the head? - Up to the shoulders!
Haruto-kun is a lovely child. Very charming.
You don't know anything.
I can tell you're doing a great job raising him.
Why am I being criticized by you?
I don't mean to offend you.
All year round, people are saying bad things about him.
Don't bother about what outsiders are saying.
Those people can go to hell.
You're an outsider, too.
That's right.
Raising the child of your husband's affair...
But...
It becomes your own child if you raise it.
Father told me.
"She raised you in order to get her revenge on me."
What's wrong with that guy? Of course that's not true.
I mean, you must have noticed him having an affair
and decided to turn a blind eye, am I right?
You would do that.
I hated myself.
You wouldn't understand.
What it feels like to find out that the person whom you thought to be your mother is actually a stranger.
You're right. Because I've never thought of you as a stranger.
Nakaseko-kun is keeping secrets from you.
I know, but we're still getting married.
He's not the person you think he is...
Huh? You're still here Auntie?
You properly warmed yourself up?
- Checking. - Checking.
Too much, too much!
- Maybe half or a third. - It's okay.
You gonna have to eat that one yourself.
Now where have you gone to on your way here?
I'm putting things in order...
- Ah, that's... - What's this?
Here, try feeling them.
- What do you think? - About what?
Whether they're similar to a 10,000 Yen bill or not.
This one.
This one's pretty close, I think.
Try closing your eyes and compare them.
What do you think?
I can't really tell.
You can't, right? You can't really tell,
which means we're getting closer and closer...
- What are you doing? - What am I doing?
What are YOU doing?
Well...
- Making things. - It's a crime.
I know, I know that.
- It's just that... - Just what?
Making money with my own hands, it would be kinda awesome.
What do you think? You two and I.
Out.
Out!
We've come here to apologize to Anone-san, haven't we!?
We've come here to pay her back!
Why are you causing her even more trouble!?
It would be faster printing it...
We promised to pay her back in labor!
Even if it's going to take years, we're going to work hard and pay her back!
Paying back Anone-san who was kind enough to forgive us!
You know that's not going to happen.
Mochimoto-san!
I've been working hard for 30 years
and I got absolutely nothing now!
You knew this place?
Yes. I've never been in here, though.
Aoba-san!
What happened to the samples I put here?
Aoba-san! Harika-chan!
He's such a moron, seriously.
Anone-san, she sent him off, right? What was his name again?
- Haruto-kun. - Her grandchild?
- Yeah. - What's he like?
He's...
...kinda like me, I guess.
How so?
He often forgets things.
Me too.
I was shopping at a department store.
I had things to do on the 6th floor, but I got satisfied by the 5th floor and went home.
So what's the worst thing you've ever forgotten?
A toy ring I got from my mother, I guess.
During the festival, although it was a consolation prize,
I really liked its light blue glass.
However, I lost it somewhere.
And then,
it was exactly at that time,
they decided to leave me in the care of those people.
I wouldn't be a part of the family anymore.
As for the reason, I've asked, but they've never told me.
I've been wondering about it myself, when something crossed my mind,
"It must be because I lost the ring!"
And so,
it's hard to believe, but it was found.
Some person delivered it to the police box.
Even though it's only a toy ring.
Holding the ring...
"Mom, I found it," I said
when I came home, but...
That was after my dad and my mom
had already put all of my luggage into the car...
The ring...
It had nothing to do with it at all.
Not at all...
I don't think Haruto-kun is anywhere in the same situation,
but listening to him made me remember.
Forgetting or losing something
doesn't mean that it wasn't important to you.
Even if you don't make friends with anyone,
you're definitely going to make friends one day.
I have to tell him that the next time we meet.
Yeah, you should.
Yeah.
Aoba-san?
We gotta dump those.
I'll handle it.
This place is delicious. I ordered some stir-fried meat and vegetables.
I'm fine...
What's it gonna be?
He might get angry if you don't order something.
Then, I'll take the stir-fried meat and vegetables set, too.
Apparently his grandson is in a band.
(Maximum the Hormone)
On the TV, too.
So...
Yes?
I know,
it's kind of weird for a mother to meet with the other side
and to have this kind of conversation.
You know she's serious about this, right?
Could you please stop
causing her more sadness?
All I want is for us two to become comrades.
If you cooperate with me, I'll break up with Rei.
You can't be...
You've only approached her to gain a bargaining chip?
People are not tools!
There was a fire.
At the apartment building your daughter and grandson used to live.
You might have heard about it,
since it was on TV and covered by tabloids.
This man died in the fire.
I happened to see him a lot back then.
I heard he was a scout and often got violent
(the shady type of scout)
with the woman who lived with him.
His job was to sell off girls who ran away from home.
However, with reports of him dying in the fire
after saving a child's life
and the circulation of this clip, he suddenly became a hero.
As for the child he saved...
It was the five-year-old Haruto-kun.
And...
...there's actually another side to this story
that nobody else knows about.
- Hey! - It's grandpa!
- Mornin'! - Morning.
Thanks again, Dad.
Good morning.
Here.
Thank you very much.
Why aren't you telling her about your daughter's whereabouts?
My daughter doesn't want it,
so I can't.
Hey, let's go.
You have to endure it until you become an adult.
When I become an adult, people won't become mad at me for exploring?
Even as an adult, people will become mad at you.
However, when you're an adult, you can make money.
You can use that money to buy your freedom.
With this, we can pull off an even more delicate color management.
That could increase our business...
We're fine the way it is.
Those are...
...some letters your mother wrote to you.
She doesn't have an address,
so she's never sent them.
You should read them!
The teacher told you to give this to your mother?
What's the teacher saying?
She wants you to leave the kindergarten.
Because I'm a bad boy?
You are no bad boy. There's only one person who gets to decide that.
Is mom gonna cry?
Here, some sweets your mother gave me for you.
I have to get back to work, so watch some TV.
Yes, thank you. Yes, yes, I'm on my way. Yes.
In the evening,
we got word from Rei that there was a fire.
What about Haruto?
Is Haruto okay?!
Which hospital?
What? I can't hear you!!
He was relieved when he heard that Haruto-kun was unharmed.
However...
Grandpa!
Can we get some kerosene?
- Kerosene. - Back here.
Okay.
Thanks.
Thanks grandpa!
Let's go back.
Where was I?
Right, the fire.
In the end
they didn't find anything in particular that caused the fire.
However, I kinda had an idea what caused it.
It must have been that, I thought.
That's why I tried asking the person himself.
Haruto, you got a letter from your teacher
the other day, right? - Yeah.
What happened to it?
Nine... Ten!
- You okay? - You're next.
- You're next, Nakaseko-kun. - Me? You wanna push me?
Haruto, you got a letter from your teacher the other day, right?
- Did you give it to your mother? - It burned.
In the fire? Huh? It burned in the fire?
I'm not gonna tell anyone. What happened to the letter?
I used the lighter.
- A lighter? - Yeah, my mom's lighter.
The lighter your mom used before?
Yeah, I used it on the letter.
- Did it go well? - No, because I used my right hand.
You didn't use your left hand?
- It's bad to use the left hand. - I see.
So, what happened after using the right hand?
It was hot, so I threw it away.
- Threw it where? - Into the trash can.
I see.
Here, meat and vegetables.
Thanks.
What are you watching? What is it?
No, please excuse me.
I forgot. The helping here is quite generous.
Then I...
...showed that video to the president.
- Threw it where? - Into the trash can.
Rei and Haruto, they don't know about this?
Yes, Haruto-kun has no clue he caused the fire himself.
- You can't tell anyone! - Of course.
If this was to become public,
I can't imagine the indemnities
and with the buzz surrounding the victim,
all the attention would shift towards Haruto-kun.
And... as for himself...
He would have to keep on living with the knowledge that he's a murderer.
And so,
to come back to my earlier request,
I'd like you to install this in here.
Why now of all times?
I'd like to borrow your capabilities.
What do we have to do to reproduce this design and color?
You can make the necessary plate, right?
It's a little too reddish.
Press down the yellow and mix it with 10% pearl ink.
Okay.
His skills were top-notch.
He gave it his best for the sake of his grandson.
I can't believe this.
You made him say it.
Does it look like I did?
If other people see this, they'll probably think something else.
"Of course, that's what must have happened."
You can prevent this from happening.
That's...
It doesn't really matter to me,
I can go and show it to Rei-san right now.
Wait...
- All right. - No...
- Thank you very much. - Same here.
- Thank you very much. - If you excuse us.
- Until next time. - Definitely...
Anone-san!
She seemed to be in quite a rush.
Yeah.
Welcome back.
I'm just cleaning up...
Nakaseko-san told me
that you're having samples of paper?
Anone-san, don't tell me you talked to Nakaseko-san?
Welcome back.
I'm back.
Looking for something?
Yeah, it's...
The paper?
I told Harika-chan to throw them away some time ago.
What do you want to do? Want me to stop her?
I'm going to follow your lead.
Since I'm in your debt.
I'm prepared to follow you wherever you go.
It sounds like the cats know what's going on, too.
How's your condition?
Here you go again, only asking about my condition.
Am I?
Harika-chan, according to the nurse,
the troubles of a 19-year-old usually show
by having some weird bangs.
Is that so?
There are not many 19-year-olds who are troubled by someone else's illness.
I feel like I have to work extra hard for your bangs as well.
I'm honored.
My bangs are my fortune.
Please tell me more about yourself.
Isn't there anything you want?
Something I want...
I want an apartment in the best district of Tokyo.
What's that about?
I just can't help but want it.
I would do anything for getting myself an apartment
in the best district of Tokyo
Ah, forget about it.
You're better off without such an apartment.
It would only be a waste of money.
It's not a waste.
Anyway, my dad came today
and told me something.
He heard it from the doctor.
"If he hangs in there, he might live another year."
It made me happy.
If I hang in there, I will have another year.
One year is long.
It's long, isn't it?
(It is.)
It's short!
Kasumi-san...
Hikoboshi-kun...
I've come to save you.
Anone-san.
I... need money.
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