Seven years ago you fell from a cliff and died.
It seems like I'm back from the dead.
Let's raise a toast to our reunion.
-Cheers! -Cheers!
Why were you on that mountain track that day?
Where is Iori?
He's avoiding us.
What happened that day?
Now that you've come back to this world,
tell her how you feel.
Let's start over. I decided to get a divorce.
What was that about? He was cheating with you?
You really changed.
You don't know what I went through after the accident.
You don't know how I felt
over the past seven years.
It's unfair to say things like that,
after causing so much pain.
Hello?
Okay. Right. I'm on my way. Bye.
You are such a moaner. You're just jealous.
You might still be 17,
but she's 24.
It's completely normal that there'd be another man or two in her life.
I know that!
I get it, but…
I can't accept it all at once.
What a child!
This is good!
Hey!
You can't just steal my food!
This was made especially for me.
You're so immature!
Okay, when you're done, clean around the temple grounds.
See ya!
Let's start over.
I decided to get a divorce.
-An affair? -It's awful, right?
You didn't know he was married when you met, right?
No, I knew.
But I still went out with him.
His wife found out and it got out at work. So I came here to get away.
Do you think less of me now?
I wonder what I was thinking?
I thought Kota would profess his love to me.
How lame of me.
But I'm glad I came to my senses.
I made some coffee.
How do I say this…
To say those kind of things is unlike you.
Really?
This is what I'm like now.
Sorry, give me a minute.
Here!
-What's this? -It's the roll of film you took.
It was left in the clubroom.
I thought I had no right to develop it,
but I couldn't bring myself to throw it away, so I held onto it.
We used to take lots of photos together back then.
I WISH HE'LL CONFESS HIS LOVE TO ME BEFORE THE BLOSSOMS FALL. - MEI KONNO
You don't know what I went through after the accident.
You don't know how I felt over the past seven years.
How could you understand?
What's wrong?
Listen,
after I died,
what was Mei like?
She was really depressed.
She didn't go to the funeral, and she wouldn't visit your grave.
She stopped smiling and laughing altogether.
I think she didn't want to accept that you had died.
Haruka tried her best to support her.
But when Mei went to Tokyo, Haruka decided to stop talking to her.
Why?
She said when she was with Mei, Mei couldn't stop thinking of you.
So if Mei wanted to move on, she didn't want to get in her way.
Would it have been better if I had never come back?
Don't say that!
I'm really happy I can see you again. I'm sure Mei is too.
Right?
And what about Iori?
He's gonna become a doctor in the spring, so he's at
his dad's hospital, training.
YAGAMI CITY - SADNESS FOR THE TREE THAT BLOOMS OFF SEASON
As Mayor Akaike continues with his land development plan, he continues to receive
a large volume of letters asking that the cherry blossom tree
not be cut down.
It's not just local residents…
Dr. Ishikawa, there's a visitor at reception to see you.
A visitor?
His name is Kota Sometani.
It's a beautiful view.
It's a shame that urban development will change all this.
It can't be helped.
Nothing lasts forever.
Mei…
Come back to Tokyo with me.
What?
You should take a job at my office.
You like photography, right?
We can think about the future once things calm down.
I'm leaving on the five o'clock train tomorrow.
I'll be waiting for you.
My apologies,
Dr. Ishikawa has already gone home for the day.
Is that so?
Uh, excuse me.
Um…
-What? -I received this from Mr. Sometani.
Please excuse me.
I'M STAYING AT YAGAMI SHRINE. PLEASE CONTACT ME. - KOTA
TRAIN TICKET NAGANO TO TOKYO
Welcome home.
What's all this?
-It's a small token of my thanks. -"Thanks"?
I decided to go back to Tokyo tomorrow.
Are you getting back with him?
I'm not sure about that yet.
What will you do about Kota?
I'm not going to do anything.
Why?
I mean, I'm 24 and Kota is still 17.
What has that got to do with anything?
I regret what happened before.
When you said you were going to Tokyo,
I thought you wanted to escape the hurt
and start over somewhere new.
I thought I should just leave you alone completely.
But maybe that was a mistake.
If you say that you truly love that guy
and that's why you're going to Tokyo,
I'll support you no matter what.
But…
aren't you just running away like you did before?
What if Kota came back
because he was worried about how you're acting?
Sorry.
I…
I don't want Kota to be disappointed in me.
If I could, I'd like to return to my 17-year-old self.
But that's impossible.
So the best thing I can do is
to keep the image that Kota has of me
unchanged.
Is that selfish of me?
I'm sorry I made you worry so much.
It's going to get cold, so let's eat.
I'll get ready.
Welcome. Thank you for visiting.
Pretty soon, right?
What is?
I told you yesterday that the mayor will be visiting on a courtesy call.
Why?
I told you that yesterday too. H-Hey.
Listen to people when they talk to you.
Ah! Oh, yeah.
He's panicking because of the protests against cutting down the tree.
Right, it's because the cherry blossom bloomed for us in winter.
This must be a blessing of the Gods.
A blessing of the Gods?
There is no such thing as coincidence in this world.
Everything that happens is ordained as destiny.
No matter how trivial or insignificant an event may be,
there is some reason for it.
That is destiny
Naoki, I need to go somewhere. Is it okay?
Huh? Where?
Sorry, but I have somewhere I need to be.
Welcome. Thank you for coming.
Is something wrong?
No, it's nothing.
I'M STAYING AT YAGAMI SHRINE. PLEASE CONTACT ME. - KOTA
HARUKA, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. MEI
NAGANO PREFECTURAL YAGAMI HIGH SCHOOL
PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB
Sorry!
Excuse me. Please wait here for a few minutes.
What happened?
I'm sorry. I went to the apartment, but no one was there. Where's Mei?
Mei is going back to Tokyo today.
What?
That was a terrible throw.
That's enough.
No.
Watch, I'm gonna get it to bounce five times.
Seven years ago, when I was 17,
I tried the same thing.
Wow! Did you see that?
It bounced three times. Buy me a meat bun!
-I can bounce it three times too. -There's no way you can.
Maybe this one will work? Okay!
Dammit!
Hey, just give up.
-Huh, this is so annoying. -Just give up.
There's no way I'll give up.
Back then I was so determined, like a fool.
I never even thought about giving up.
Dammit!
Okay! I've got the hang of it.
Let's go home.
Did you see that?
-Wow! -It bounced five times! Five!
That was crazy. I saw it.
-That was great. -It was amazing!
I did it! Yay!
Here.
Thanks.
Did you see? Did you see that?
-I saw it! -It went really far.
Yay!
I…
really don't understand.
What?
What happened in the seven years since I died.
How long it felt,
how heavy the burden was,
no matter how much I think about it, I can't understand.
Because I'm still 17.
But I don't care about that.
It doesn't matter to me if you are 17 or 24,
30, 40, or whatever age you are.
You are you.
I just…
always want you to be smiling.
I wanted to make sure I told you that.
I'm sorry for making you cry.
The inari sushi
was really good.
Bye.
Thanks for coming.
Actually, I came to see you off.
Why?
I…
have to stop running away.
I don't want to become
an even more dishonest person.
Thank you
for everything
you did for me.
I am
really sorry.
I wish you well.
Welcome home.
I'm back.
Come in.
Come on, come inside.
-Did you eat? -No, not yet.
Okay, let's eat together then.
I'm hungry.
Me too.
What do you want to eat?
-Hot pot. -Hot pot?
-Yeah. -Hot pot sounds great.
How about Miso hot pot?
Um, excuse me, we spoke on the phone earlier.
He's over here.
Sorry for the trouble.
Iori?
Iori, are you okay?
Wake up.
It's you again?
I got a missed call from you, that's why I called back.
Why did you call me?
I just wanted to tell you to knock it off with the trashy pranks.
Pranks?
You came to the hospital saying your name was Kota, right?
Was it you? Or maybe Ryohei?
That was really Kota.
-Huh? -Kota went to see you.
-He came back from the dead. -Are you making fun of me?
I know it's hard to believe.
But it's true.
Tell me…
What happened that day?
Nothing.
If that's the case, then meet Kota.
-If you meet him, I'm sure… -Stop it!
Iori?
There's no way that a dead person could come back to life.
Even if he could come back to life,
there's no way he'd come see me.
-What are you doing? -I need to talk to you.
Huh?
Why? Why do you think that?
Because I killed him.
-What? -I…
I killed Kota.
There is no such thing as coincidence in this world.
Everything that happens is ordained as destiny.
No matter how trivial
or insignificant an event may be,
there is some reason for it.
If that's the case,
what the heck is the purpose
of me being here now?
I wonder if Kota came back because he has some unfinished business.
Shouldn't we just forget about Iori?
Iori?
Mei.
I wonder how my mom is doing?
Kota's death was such a shock,
that she became depressed.
Kota went to see her.
Subtitle translation by: Shane Forde