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Standing in the train, Aa-chan is hanging on tightly to the strap as if for dear life.
Caring little for boastful status updates, yet having no desire to see your tired reflection in the window, you patiently keep your eyes closed.
Your right hand red from a tight grip, you switch to your left, then back to the right, and eventually grip the strap with both hands.
Aa-chan's station is still far away.
Dareka no Manazashi -Someone's Gaze- Aa-chan's station is still far away.
Dareka no Manazashi -Someone's Gaze-
-It's finally Valentine's Day! This year...
Cold, cold, cold!
(Locked)
(Identified/ Aya Okamura)
Dad?
What's up?
I'm great, doing just fine.
...She's lying though. As usual, her manager grilled her at work today.
-Dad, how are you and Mii-san? -Oh, we've been well. We're both doing great.
...Aaand he's lying too.
His boss yelled at him at work, and Mii-san the cat is old and hasn't gotten out of bed lately.
I actually happened to come close by for work.
I was thinking we could eat dinner together for a change.
Sorry... I'm still at work today.
It looks like Aa-chan is too old to enjoy eating with her parents.
Mister carrot!
-Mister cherry! Mister mushro...
-Aya! Dinner time! -Mister cherry! Mister mushro...
No matter what you were doing, what you saw, you were a girl who always looked happy.
Running, eating, talking, singing... All of it overflowed with joy.
Your mother gradually became busy with her work, and it often became just you and your father.
You seemed lonely, and that was when your father brought Mii-san for you.
The two quickly became best friends.
Soon you were wearing a uniform for school, and more and more, your joy began to come from outside of the family.
Your father's presence became smaller in your life, and ultimately, you even disdained his mundaneness.
Even that brought joy to your father as part of his daughter's growth,
but how lonely that also made him, you did not even imagine.
You entered the workforce and left home, realized your wish to live alone,
and now, you're fighting to make it on your own.
I've become quite a grandmother now, but I remember all of those times.
I wish I could have seen you again, just one more time...
Dad...? What is it now?
What? No...!
-On a walk? How nice!
Yep, I'm doing ok. You take care of yourself too, mom. Bye.
You know... I don't think I would ever get this sad if another human died.
Is this... Strange?
It's not strange. Mii-san was part of our family.
♪(song) There'll be someone to wipe spilled tears♪
-There are many things that the two of you have forgotten. ♪(song) There'll be someone to wipe spilled tears♪
That day your father vowed to protect you, Aa-chan made this resolution:
"I have to protect my dad!" ♪There'll be someone who watches over you during the hardest of times♪
After poking fun at your parents with your friends, ♪There'll be someone who watches over you during the hardest of times♪
out of guilt, you made dinner for your father for the first time. ♪There'll be someone who watches over you during the hardest of times♪
On your first night living by yourself, how both of you cried a little out of loneliness; ♪Why we have heart, I can't know by myself♪
When father invited daughter saying he swung by for work, ♪Why we have heart, I can't know by myself♪
how he was actually calling from outside her apartment with a nice dinner for two. ♪I've realized that.♪
-Isn't this the first time you've cooked for me? -Excuse me! ♪I may choose a road that's longer than I think♪
...It's the second time. ♪I may choose a road that's longer than I think♪
Last night, I dreamed about Mii-san. ♪I may choose a road that's longer than I think♪
-So did I. -Really? It brought back a lot of memories for me. ♪I may choose a road that's longer than I think♪
-I recalled a lot of things as well. -Like what? ♪But that's alright♪
-When Aa-chan was little, she didn't have wrinkles between her eyebrows. ♪But that's alright♪
-What!? Why do you have to tell me that, you're covered in wrinkles! ♪That's alright♪
♪There's a gaze there that supports you♪
I'm home! I came to see your new girlfriend, dad!
Oh my gosh she's tiny!
-Just like when you were little. -I think I was a little bigger...
Oh, that's probably mom. Coming!
Even so, you two already know that happiness will, without fail, continue on.
-Cast- Mii-san (Narrator): Fumi Hirano Aa-chan (Aya Okamura): Satomi Hanamura Dad (Koji Okamura): Shinji Ogawa
-Main Staff- Animation Director/ Character Design: Miho Suzuki Background Art Director: Takumi Tanji Animation Production: The Answer Studio
Theme Song "Sore de Iiyo" sung by Kazusa
Written and Directed by Makoto Shinkai