I suppose I should tell you now...
I don't have much longer to live.
You're lying, right?
It's regrettable, but it isn't a lie...
But...
I'm so sorry.
It's a mistake!
I don't believe it.
Ai-chan...
No! I hate this! No!
Because...
I was born again for the first time.
I even fell in love with someone.
Smiling... has the power to let that strength come out, Ai-chan.
That's why I decided to smile.
Show me your smile, Ai-chan.
I can't do it...
Hey, where's Ai-san?
Hmm?
She went home earlier.
Let's go home!
"I decided, then and there,
that I couldn't just wish for love.
From now on, I had to give love as well...
Yes.
I had to become a person who could love someone."
Everyone, it's morning! Wake up!
Okay, it's morning!
Please wake up.
It's morning, please get up.
'Morning...
About time! Go wash your faces!
Ai-chan's scary.
She's been awfully cheerful lately...
She's been friendly with us, too. I didn't think she would.
That's true.
Hm? Did you say something?
No!!
What are you doing? Hurry up.
Yes ma'am. I'm sorry.
Hey, hey, hey. If you don't hurry up and eat, you'll be late.
This is GOOD!
He's right!
Ai-san, you're cooking has gotten much better!
Hm. That's true.
Eh? Really?
Isn't this normal?
Tell me, how was it before?
Just a sec!
Now wait! Stay!
Okay, I'm off!
Today's the day you go to the hospital, isn't it?
Huh? Yeah.
Would it be okay if I went with you?
Eh? Yeah.
Just a minute. Let me get ready.
Milk...
Eat!
Ah, an injection...
I don't like those.
Ai-chan, help me...
What are you saying?
Doctor, please give him 5, no 6 big ones.
Eh?! Wouldn't that many kill me?
Think so? Well, maybe I should.
Ehhh?!
How about this one?
Doctor!
I'm joking.
Please don't do that, Doctor...
I'm sorry.
Ai-chan, are you okay with this?
Ah... Yes.
Please remember. However big this guy's body is, he's still a child.
"He's decided not to tell anyone.
If we aren't cheerful around him, it'll be no good. Understand?"
That's impossible...
I can't tell Ai-chan since it would ruin her happiness...
Hey.
Yes! Yes?
Why are you loafing around?
Ah... I'm sorry.
Wait on customers, replace the glasses and take out the trash!
Yes ma'am. Yes, yes.
They should've been done by now.
Eh? I'm sorry.
Hey, Iizuka!
Yo!
What's with you? That's not much of a smile.
Eh?
Ah! You've got a secret, don't you?
Eh... no?
What's wrong?
Do you owe money to some Cabaret girl again that you're trying to run from?
No!
Excuse me, this is a Police Station, you know!
Then what is it? I want to know what's with that face!
No, no... There's nothing...
Liar!
Is anything the matter?
Ah... no.
Thank you.
Hey.
Yes?
If you knew you were only going to live for a little while longer,
would you be able to smile?
Well...
I wonder.
Unless you were a very strong person, I think that would be impossible.
That's true.
What would you do?
If that happened to someone you knew, what would you do?
If it were someone I loved, I'd want to be beside them.
Eh?
Ah...
I see...
C'mon! Give! Tell me already!
I keep telling you, there's nothing going on!
Ah, it's here.
Iizuka-kun, here's the Omiai picture. (Omiai - arranged meeting for marriage partners)
What, an Omiai?
Whoa! She's gorgeous!
Isn't she?!
She's the Chief's niece and she's been divorced once before.
But she's beautiful, isn't she?
Ah, well...
I don't feel up to it right now, I have no excuse, though...
What are you saying? Didn't the Chief talk to you about this?
Are you positive?! Is she ugly?!
I'm really sorry. I'm sorry.
What are you saying? You should go to the Omiai.
Eh?
Or have you been on so many Omiai's you don't like them anymore?
No, I wouldn't say that...
Don't be halfhearted. I'm your best friend, so be at ease.
Okay?
Eh?
Okay?
Well, Kataoka... if you say so...
Okay! It's decided!
Oh, good, good...
It's on Sunday at one o'clock, in the Rihga Royal Hotel lobby.
Excuse me, but this is a Police Station! Please behave more appropriately!
Good for you, good for you!!
"Until now, I'm certain I had spent only the tiniest fraction of my life smiling.
I hated to face that fact.
I didn't want to think about that reality, because it would mean admitting defeat.
Yes. What he said about smiling giving power was true.
If it were possible, I thought I would exchange my life for his,
throwing away my own life if necessary.
Because I had already tried to throw away my life once before anyway...
But, if I said something like that, he would just get angry again."
KANNO Miho
TAMAKI Koji
NARIMIYA Hiroki
KOHINATA Fumiyo
WAKUI Emi
"Ai no Uta" "Love Song"
Episode 08: "Watashi to...Kekkonshite Kudasai!" "Please... Marry Me!"
Wait, wait!
Wait, Shun!
Wait!
- Put this on! - No way!
Caught you, Shun!
That's too bad, Shun.
Nice one, Shun.
Huh?
Okay everyone. Are you ready for bed?!
But I'm not finished playing yet!
You caught him already!
I'm not done! I'll catch all of you now!
I see...
Ai-chan doesn't know yet...
Umm...
And lately she seems so cheerful and happy.
I see...
So it would be too much to tell her now.
That's true...
But...
I know!
Be cheerful, right?
I'll be doing something.
Attending an Omiai.
I didn't want to. But Kataoka said I should.
He said I should be at ease and go.
Let me see...
Ah... she's beautiful!
Wow... you're right.
Not really...
Not at all, compared to Fusako-chan.
You should go, Iizuka-san.
Eh?
You should go.
Fusako-san, why do you say that?
But I don't really feel up to it...
You should go. It'll cheer you up if you do.
It'd be a mistake if you rejected her, wouldn't it?
Going there would cheer you right up.
All of us will be happy to see you go.
Eh?
Yeah. She's right!
It would boost our spirits.
Yeah. It would.
Go!
Please go!
That's right. It would cheer me up, right?
Wouldn't want to reject her, right? It'll make me smile, right?
Right.
Eh...
I haven't told the children either...
I know I should.
But it'll be so painful.
Ai-chan.
Yes?
I know I should be thinking
of what will happen to the children when I'm gone, but I can't.
- I'd like you to... - I don't want to hear it...
I don't want to hear about that!
I don't want to think about it.
So I won't listen.
- But, Ai-chan... - I won't listen.
By the way...
Hmm?
Those pajamas... put them in the washer.
You didn't tell me you were gonna wear them forever.
Geez. Got it?
Yes.
Good night.
I'm sorry... Ai-chan.
Thank you.
Your Omiai partner has arrived.
Hello...
I'm Iizuka.
I'm Yoshinaga. Pleased to meet you.
Please...
Ah. It's now time for Iizuka's Omiai!
It is, isn't it?
I'm sorry for calling.
You're the only one I know I can talk about the secret with.
Oh, I understand. It's the same for me.
Still... I find it hard to believe.
Yeah...
I don't believe it...
- Umm... - Yes?
Kataoka-san is in love with Ai-san, isn't he?
Yeah. I think so.
He is...
Why?
Ah, well...
I was just thinking how nice it is that he has someone he loves beside him.
Yeah.
But it will be so painful for Ai-chan.
Especially when she finds out.
Ah. Thank you.
AH!
That guy, Iizuka. He has an Omiai today.
- An Omiai? - Yeah.
Still, I'm worried about that guy...
He's gone on many Omiais,
and blundered every one of them.
He would.
You know how tense he gets? He gets so stiff at these things.
He's come back from them without being able to say even one word.
Ah, I hope he can talk this time.
I'd like to see that guy happy.
Ah... hey.
Wanna go see?
- Eh? - The Omiai.
Wanna see how he's doing? I'm kinda worried.
No?
Ah, yeah, I'd like to see a real Omiai.
It'd be interesting to see what his tastes are, wouldn't it?
Wanna go?
Yeah.
All right!
Hey, you guys.
Hey, you wanna go see Uncle Iizuka's Omiai?
Not interested!
I guess not.
I understand you are a police detective.
Must be very difficult work.
Yes, well...
It can be very dangerous work.
Be cheerful...
What are you doing here?
Ah, well...
All right, everyone, let's go!
Ah, over there. Over there.
You're right.
Nice woman.
That guy's useless. He's getting tense again.
Excuse me, would you like to order?
Uh...
Yes?
Uh... Well...
Uh...
Yes?
I'm sorry.
You're a very beautiful person, and I'm happy to have met you, but...
I'm sorry.
Right now I don't think I can do this.
A close friend of mine...
My closest and most important friend is, right now...
Right now is...
going through some painful circumstances.
I...
And so...
my head is filled with that.
I can't think of myself right now.
Don't want to think.
And so... I'm sorry.
Iizuka.
You guys... Geez.
So you all knew.
How embarrassing.
What are you saying?
Kataoka-san...
Well, you got me.
Huh, Ai-chan?
Ai-chan, did you know?
Yeah. I'm sorry.
But...
Kataoka...
What are you going to do?
Can your illness be cured?
I was told I have half a year left.
Eh...
No...
It's a lie. It must be.
It's not.
I thought the same thing myself, too.
Well, when I realized what was happening, it was too late.
All of you... pay attention to your own bodies.
And don't look so gloomy.
How can you say such things...
I'm begging you.
What about the children?
I haven't told them yet.
I see...
Hey. That's why you shouldn't look so gloomy.
Please! Smile.
I'm begging you! Do it for me.
Won't you smile?
Strength will come from it.
Right?
So that's why you've been smiling...
Okay!
Since all of us went to so much trouble to get together,
why don't we go somewhere?
Eh?
Hey, Ai-chan, let's get the kids and go!
Where to?
It's decided! All right!
C'mon everyone, let's go!
Why are you crying, Auntie Fusako?
Eh?
I was so moved by your singing.
Really?
I, Kataoka Yuji will now sing!
"Young Man!"
"How...
How, I wondered, did he become such a strong person?
But...
perhaps he really wasn't.
Yuji-san.
I feel so sorry for you for enduring so much."
Hey, how is Kataoka-san?
He's fine!
Really?
Kataoka-san's a great person, isn't he?
That he is.
You are, too.
Eh? I am?
Yeah.
You tricked me; you're really great!
It was simple, you know.
Eh?
I think he's a great person.
Ai-chan, too.
You've become so much brighter.
I don't like losing, it's frustrating!
What's with you?
It's the power of love.
It's made you prettier too, Ai-chan.
Eh... Re... really?
It's because you're in love now, don't you think?
I'm certain of it.
I don't think so.
I'm certain of it!
Oh, hush.
A miracle...
will happen for Kataoka-san.
Eh?
If we smile. Smile! Right?
Oh, that's perfect.
But, you're such an idiot. She was beautiful...
That's enough of that.
Anyhow, I'm okay without anyone right now.
Besides, I refused her.
Um, you did.
You don't have to agree so easily.
And you're laughing too much!
Sorry.
Anyway, the person I love is...
Ah! Iizuka-kun!
That person who was your Omiai partner?
Yes?
She REALLY liked you and wants to see you again!
Eh?
And you said you only have bad luck at these.
EHH?!
But, she wants to have another Omiai with you first, before she decides.
Ehh?!
Nooo...
HEY!
Show some moderation, please! This is a Police Station, isn't it?!
Such things shouldn't occur here, this is a Police Station, not a commercial business!
Eh?! She's serious about him?!
She is? How?!
I wonder if I'll be laid off?
Will his salary increase?
When he captures lots of criminals, does he gets a bonus?
What is it? Did you want to add something?
No... please don't be selfish.
That's great, Iizuka! It's all because of you.
Eh? Me?!
I'm home!
- I'm back. - Welcome home.
- Dad. - Hmm?
- I want a favor. - Sure. What is it?
I want you to teach me how to play baseball.
Baseball? Why do you want to learn that?
Well, if I can do well in the tournament, I'd be kinda cool.
To Sayaka-chan?
Well, it'd be easier to talk to her.
I see.
Okay, let's go!
- I wanna go! - Me too!
- You, too? - Yeah!
All right, let's go.
- Dad, here it comes. - Okay.
Okay, right here!
All right, nice form!
I'm up next, you know.
I know already! Ai-chan, are you looking forward to your turn?
Eh? That's okay.
Brother, change places!
Eh? Why? I'm the one who asked for a favor...
Okay. Aki's turn.
That's great, Aki!
Do your best, Shun!
Dad, hurry up!
Today we had fun, didn't we?
Right?
You've gotten better at baseball.
I'm sorry...
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry...
that I can't be with you always...
It's okay if you don't smile now.
It's okay if you're not strong.
I don't want to die...
I don't...
I don't want to die...
"It was then, that I knew. (Kono toki, Watashi wa omottanda.)
That I, with this man, the man called Kataoka Yuji... (Watashi wa, kono hito o, Kataoka Yuji to iu hito o...)
That I loved him. (Aishiteiru.)
From the very bottom of my heart, I loved him. (Kokoro no zoko kara, aishiteruto.)
And then, I also knew. (Soshite koumo omottanda.)
That having met this man, (Kono hito to deauete,)
I became the happy person that I am. (nande Watashi wa shiawase mono nandarou.)
I wanted to be with him forever and ever." (Zutto, zutto, kono hito to isshoni itai.)
I'm sorry.
I didn't want you to see me like that.
Um...
I know it's asking a lot, but...
Will you...
Will you marry me, please?
Matsuda Yoko: KANNO Miho
Kataoka Yuji: TAMAKI Koji
Yaginuma Yuusuke: NARIMIYA Hiroki
Kataoka Dai: SATOU Kazuya Kataoka Aki: YAMAUCHI Nana
Kataoka Shun: WATANABE Souto
Makino Yoshiko: KISHIDA Kyouko
Iizuka Hideki: KOHINATA Fumiyo
Enomoto Fusako: WAKUI Emi
Screenplay: OKADA Yoshikazu
Theme Song: "Present" TAMAKI Koji
Producers: KATO Masatoshi, MURASE Ken
Directed by: YAMASHITA Gakubi
Original Air Date: November 30, 2005