Sakuraya
This cheap sweets candy shop is sure to go under sometime soon.
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.
BOND
Woodwork Glue
That reminds me. There was this grade school classmate of mine...
A girl named Wakabayashi Kiyomi.
For some reason...
...she was always eating woodworking glue while in class.
Naturally, Wakabayashi Kiyomi got teased by everyone.
Wonder if I should just stop at 20 yen's worth today?
Stinks. It stinks in here.
Bonding glue?
This got broken.
Say, Taro.
Huh?
That bonding glue reminded me.
Do you remember Wakabayashi Kiyomi?
I've been thinking about Wakabayashi Kiyomi a lot today as well.
Eh? Who's that?
A classmate of ours when we were in Grade School.
I don't know why, but during classes...
...she was always eating bonding glue.
Eh? Why was she eating bonding glue?
I have no idea. Don't ask me.
I wonder why she would eat bonding glue...
What's more, she would leak crap out a lot, too.
Right, right. She leaked crap.
She leaked crap until the sixth grade.
Here.
Wonder what Kiyomi-san is doing now?
I'm not sure. Haven't seen her since Grade School.
Wonder what she's doing...
Yo.
You've been coming here every day recently.
Because even I need a brief moment of release from the pressures of being a Mother.
Ah. Reiko-san was a classmate of yours too, so maybe she knows?
About Wakabayashi Kiyomi.
Ah, you're right.
Oi.
Do you remember Wakabayashi Kiyomi?
Wakabayashi Kiyomi?
Ah!
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Okashi no Ie (House of Sweets)
Episode 3 - "Regret"
Odagiri Joe
Ono Machiko
Katsuji Ryo
Yachigusa Kaoru
Sakuraya
Wakabayashi Kiyomi-chan...
Um... She was an always-smiling, sweet girl, right?
Eh?
An always-smiling, sweet girl?
That's different from what Taro-san and he were telling us.
Are you sure it's the same person?
Didn't she eat bonding glue and leak crap?
That's right.
Do you know what Wakabayashi Kiyomi is doing now?
I wonder.
I don't know.
Just now...
...Taro-san and Reiko-san were staring at one another.
Eh?
Wa...wait... just a minute.
Please let me sort this out a bit.
Don't you get the feeling Taro-san and Reiko-san are like that now?
What kind of feeling?
That you're dating.
Eh?
Are you dating?
Are you two dating?
Are you?
Stop it with such childish things.
Oi, are you serious?
Are you seriously dating each other?
We aren't dating. What are you saying?
Stop it.
You are dating.
You're dating.
Stop it.
Eh? You're dating!
Stop.
You're dating!
We ain't!
Oi, you're dating!
No, we ain't!
You're dating her! You're dating!
Oi, you're dating!
Hey you!
Whaa!
Okay.
Seems Haruma got tired and fell asleep.
Even I'm sleepy after that.
Taro-kun, you really are like a child, aren't you?
But even you act like a child sometimes.
That has a different meaning to it.
Still...
I think that's fine.
That you haven't forgotten the child's heart inside you.
Eh?
Eat dinner with us tonight.
Well...
...if I don't go home and make dinner...
...Grandma'd be left alone and that'd be bad.
Haruma'll be sleeping over at the nursery school tomorrow.
Eh?
Let's go to the convenience store and buy some sweets!
The convenience store is the best!
Convenience store! Convenience store!
Yes?
Ah... Hello, Taro-kun?
This is Reiko.
Um, today... Um...
What kind of feelings are stirring in you?
What... what kind of feelings are stirring in me?
Haruma is sleeping over at the nursery tonight, right?
And so...
...I thought we could do it today.
What... do you want to do?
Reiko-chan.
This is really delicious.
Thank you very much.
You were saying this was "Spanish"?
Yes, this is Spanish cuisine.
It's been a really long time...
...since we've had such an authentic meal.
Sorry that my cooking is always so bad.
I didn't mean it like that.
Ah, this is because I've got my part-time job today.
That's right.
Sorry.
Thank you for today.
Sorry about that.
Not at all.
This really is a nice store, isn't it?
I feel at peace whenever I come here.
Still...
...I think it'd be best if we closed this store already.
Eh?
Because it would be best for his sake.
Please... take good care of Taro.
There's no deep meaning behind that.
Yes...
And? After lying about going to your part-time job, you stayed out until morning?
Don't tell me you went to the sex district again?
No, no, I didn't go there.
I really haven't been going there recently anymore.
I continue to win over my lusts.
At any rate, Taro-san...
Not making things clear with Reiko-san would be unseemly.
Don't be a fool, Gou.
It's different from that.
Eh?
Women like unseemly men.
They do?
Well, after all...
...there's nothing in this world but unseemly men, right?
So... whatever man they fall for...
...the woman will get hurt.
Just what you'd expect from an aspiring screenwriter.
Reiko, you really don't want any dessert?
Yeah. I'm fine.
It's not that...
It's not like my life is that harsh.
How can I put this... Yeah.
It is true I don't have much money...
But it's just I've been eating plenty of sweets recently.
You're just filling your stomach with cheap sweets?
It's not that.
Let's change the subject.
Um, look...
Do you remember Wakabayashi Kiyomi-chan?
She was a classmate of ours.
Ah... We were in the same class back in high school.
What became of her?
She was the victim of some terrible bullying...
And in the end she attempted suicide.
Eventually she quit from high school.
Eh?
Attempted suicide?
This the story I was told.
I guess Kiyomi-chan, when she was little...
...was always a smiling, friendly girl.
Just like you were saying, Reiko-san.
But it seems her parent's upbringing of her was too strict...
...and she became a little sick in her heart.
And so she turned to eating bonding glue?
Taro-kun, Saegusa-kun, do you remember?
Eh?
Taro-kun and Saegusa-kun...
Sakurai
Saegusa
...took the lead in jeering her.
Eh?! All we did was watch on, didn't we?
Yeah...
You only just forgot about it.
Because I was in the same class...
...I would have been present then...
But...
...since I didn't remember it...
...and didn't have any particular feelings about it, I must have done nothing.
During the time when she was in Grade School...
...it may surely have been little more than teasing to her.
But Kiyomi-chan...
...had to deal with terrible bullying during middle school...
...which only grew worse in high school.
If somebody somewhere had called out to her...
...and had been there to discuss it with her...
...such a thing might never have occurred.
What happened to Kiyomi-san after that?
I don't know.
I hope... Kiyomi-san has become happy now.
I found out.
Which is it?
A girl.
A girl, huh?
That's right.
She's not Wakabayashi Kiyomi-san, is she?
That'd be nice if it was.
Ala, Grandma. I don't have my part-time job tonight.
Ala!
I told you that this morning.
I don't like this...
My forgetfulness has been getting terrible recently.
It happens to me too, so it'll be okay.
Since you went to all the trouble, I'll eat them.
Like I thought, Grandma's onigiri are tasty.
Wonder if she has a Grandma, too...
Eh?
Why couldn't I have realized such a simple thing?
A regret?
I suppose...
I have those too, so it'll be okay.
You have those too, Grandma?
You'll be full of regrets, whatever your age.
Nakamura Kiyomi
Hey, you mustn't run like that!
I told you not to do that.
Mom! Mom!
Oniichan's being mean to me.
That's wrong, isn't it?
Listen to this, Mom.
What is it?
This guy's been really impertinent.
You have to get along together since you're brothers.
Okay?
Go on, go on.
Okay, let's start. Okay, go!
I hate this.
That I won't be able to see them grow up any more.
What are you saying?
If you say such faint-hearted things...
...then you won't get healed.
Die!
You die.
Die! Die, die, die!
Die, die, die! Hurry and die!
Die, die, die, die...
Die! Hey, die!
Stop that!
Don't pay attention to them, Kiyomi.
It's okay.
Because I know they aren't doing it out of ill will.
I've had all sorts of bad things happen in my life...
But since...
...I got to meet you and the kids...
Just that alone has given me more than enough happiness.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I wonder if Wakabayashi Kiyomi...
...was successful in her investments...
...and is now living a quiet, comfortable life free of cares in retirement in Spain?
It'd be nice if she married an extremely kind, tall man...
...and has about five kids now.
Yeah.
And her hobby is scuba diving.
Right.
And every day...
...she plays with dolphins.
Yeah.
Wakabayashi Kiyomi is having it great.
That'd be nice.
Ah.
Kiyomi-chan...
...has passed away.
I got the news from my classmates.
It was from leukemia.
But...
...her name had become Nakamura.
Nakamura Kiyomi.
She had married a man named Nakamura, hadn't she?
Since it was your Grandpa's, it's too small, isn't it?
It's fine.
Grandma...
Should I go when I feel this troubled about it?
Offer some incense...
...join your hands together in prayer...
...and then after that, you won't be troubled any longer.
Nakamura Kiyomi
Funeral Service
Her husband seemed to be a kind man.
Yeah.
If back then...
...we hadn't been such morons...
...I wonder if Wakabayashi Kiyomi's life wouldn't have been a whole lot different?
Maybe so.
But if we had...
...she might not have met Nakamura-san.
I see.
Wakabayashi Kiyomi!
I'm sorry!
I'll never, ever forget about you!
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~
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