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On a pale-lit street Aozameta machinami
My shadow trembling Yureru boku no kage
My steps unsteady because Nibui ashidori wa
I don't know where to go Yukusaki wo shirazu
As our feelings don't connect Kawasenu omoi
To catch what I saw Kimi no hitomi no naka
Reflected in your eyes Utsushidasu mono wo
Is the reason why Uketomeru tame ni
I ran out Hashiri-dashiteita
I reach back, holding out my hand Sashidasu sono te wo
As if to say I never want us Hodokenai you ni
To be apart Nigiri-kaesu
The half-moon in the sky tonight Hanbun ni tsuki no yoru wa
Shines down upon us Bokura wo terashite
As I shake off the future Oikaketekita jikan wo
That chases at my back Boku wa furikitte
I see the future ahead that's drawn Hanbun zutsu no bokura wa
For us, two halves of one Egaku saki demo mieru
"WELCOME TO OISE-SAN"
Crap.
"WAKABA PRIVATE HOSPITAL"
"NIGHT ENTRANCE"
"NURSE STATION"
No! I just went to the toilet! YUICHI!!!
No! I just went to the toilet!
"YUICHI EZAKI"
"Akiko, The Girl, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa" "YUICHI EZAKI"
Look, Yuichi, how many times do I have to say it before you get it through your head?
Come on, I just went out for a walk.
You probably disappeared as soon as I turned the lights out.
N-No, I didn't! I was asleep!
Oh, yeah. Something was asleep...
Your bag!
Just because I said you'd improved a little doesn't mean you can go for a walk!
We can't discharge you for good yet! Do you understand?!
Yeah...
If you sneak out again, I'll make you do a Bon festival dance naked !
You don't want to do that, right? You won't be so happy then, right?
You feel like dancing for me?!
No! No, I don't!
Then do as you're told.
There's a girl hospitalized here, too.
You'll die of shame if she sees you.
A girl?
You just felt up my ***!
Oh, I'm sorry, Akiko dear.
This hallway's so narrow, I couldn't avoid hitting you.
Don't lie to me, you dirty old man!
You'd doubt a sick, doddering old man like me?
Oh, what a cruel girl you are!
Quit playing up the sick angle when you do this!
Oh, my heart's pounding! My blood pressure...!
Oh, quit lying! Drop dead, you old fart!
I don't think dancing naked would be so bad.
You're only laughing because you don't know what Akiko's really like, Tsukasa.
"ISE BAY NIGHT RIDERS"
Let's kick some ***! "ISE BAY NIGHT RIDERS"
Let's kick some ***!
I'm scared she'll actually make me do it!
You're gonna catch a cold if you go dancing naked in wintertime.
Except, your hepatitis is basically like a cold, right Ezaki?
If you rest up, you'll get better. What's the difference?
Being told that by you kind of pisses me off.
And that manju was supposed to be a gift for me, wasn't it?!
Quit hogging it!
You gonna eat some?
The thing is, what Yamanishi said is true.
This disease takes two or three months of bed rest to cure.
It's called "acute hepatitis".
It's apparently caused by a virus,
and while they say I'm better after my month in the hospital,
with nothing to do, I'm bored out of my mind.
Dr. Tanaka, internal medicine. Dr. Tanaka, internal medicine.
Please come to the nurse's station at once.
Ow!
Sorry about that. Let me try one more time.
Butterfingers...
I think she transferred in from another prefecture three days ago.
Rika Akiba. She's 17, same age as you.
Heh... Interested?
Not really, just... She's in the east wing, so...
Is she that sick?
Well, it's nothing, really.
What are you doing, Akiko?
I think it should be obvious. I'm blocking the door to keep you from getting out.
You can't! What if I have to use the toilet?!
Here.
S-Seriously?
Seriously. Have fun.
Illuuuuusion!
And here we go again! I'm Yoshikazu Hirose!
Now, are you paying attention? This is the point to watch.
All staff members participating in today's disaster drill,
please gather in the lobby.
All staff members participating in today's disaster drill,
"RIKA AKIBA" All staff members participating in today's disaster drill,
"RIKA AKIBA" please gather in the lobby.
Hi there!
God, that tastes good. The best. Smoke?
Huh? Oh, don't mind if I do.
You idiot. Don't get carried away.
You're still a minor.
What are you going to do if you can't resist a temptation like this?
Nice.
Someday, I swear, I will have my vengeance!
Small city, huh?
I guess.
What will you do when you graduate high school?
I'm thinking of going to a school in Tokyo or Nagoya.
You're leaving this city?
That's the plan.
I envy you.
You can leave too, can't you?
Yeah, you'd think that.
But it's harder than you'd expect.
By the way, you want me to move that couch from the doorway?
You will?!
Sure, on one condition.
Condition?
Yeah.
Would you go talk to Rika-chan?
Rika? As in Rika Akiba?
She's kind of difficult, but she's a good kid.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa. She said she's a fan.
"RIKA AKIBA"
I told her that you like Akutagawa's works, too.
Who's there?! Is someone out there?
That's my condition for moving the couch.
Hi there.
Are you the one Miss Tanizaki told me about?
Tanizaki...?
Oh! You mean Akiko.
I've read that one.
I like the story Mikan in that collection.
It's short and simple, but it's a good story, isn't it?
Oh, right! Mikan 's a good one!
Have you really read it?
Um... So, is this your first time in the area?
Akiko mentioned that.
Not much out here in the sticks, aside from the Ise shrine.
Oh, have you been to the shrine?
The city's so small, you can probably see everything from that window.
The school I go to and the library, too.
My home's behind Mt. Cannon, so you can't see that, I guess.
Mt. Cannon?
Yeah. They say there was once a gun battery at the summit.
That's what the locals call it.
Um, sorry. Akiko said I should stick to common topics.
So, it's not like I was trying to trick you...
I'll forgive you.
Because you found what I was looking for.
However, on one condition.
"ISE PUBLIC LIBRARY Local Collection"
You're late. Did they have the book?
They did.
What is that? That's not the one I wanted to read!
That's the one I told you absolutely not to check out!
It... It is?
You idiot! Can't you even do this right?!
I'm sorry.
Go back and try again.
It's really cold outside today.
So what?
You said you'd do whatever I wanted.
Okay. I'll go.
Hurry, before the library closes!
I'll hurry.
You'll do anything I ask. Anything.
If I say I want something, you'll bring it to me.
If I tell you I want to laugh, you'll tell me something funny.
Do that, and I'll forgive you.
"RIKA AKIBA"
I checked out your book. This time, it's the right one. "RIKA AKIBA"
"RIKA AKIBA" So, I'll leave it here.
Went out somewhere again? For a little ***?
To my friends.
Well, that's a damn waste! A guy your age...
should be out going after girls!
Here.
Uh, no.
Want it? My time in the hospital's let me build...
the Tada Collection into quite a showpiece!
Maybe next time.
What's the big idea?!
"THE COMPLETE WORKS OF RYUNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA (Vol. 1)"
With me. Now.
So, this is what an operating room is like.
We shouldn't be here! We'll get in trouble!
Lie down on the table, Yuichi!
Now then, let the surgery begin!
Hold it! What do you have there?!
A scalpel. Trust me. You'll be fine.
How am I going to be "fine"?! What do you mean, "trust you"?!
Well, let's begin.
Hold it! Wait!
Is someone in there?
Huh? Coulda sworn I heard someone talking in here....
You were so funny! Your face was all twitchy!
She would have killed us if she'd found us in there.
Tell me... Why haven't you asked yet?
Huh? Ask what?
About what's wrong with me.
I heard the east wing's just for really serious cases.
Is it that bad?
I think... I might die.
You know what a heart valve is?
Mine don't work right.
A transplant may be the only option now,
but my tissue's fragile,
and they say chances are high that it won't work.
My dad died of the same illness.
His heart stopped during surgery.
I need to be prepared to die like he did if they operate.
Prepared?
Yuichi, you told me about it.
That mountain. Mt. Cannon.
Dad took me there right before his surgery.
He really shouldn't have been climbing a mountain,
but he made me come along with him.
I think he was preparing himself.
I was so little, I didn't know where we were,
but Dad called it Mt. Cannon.
That's why you keep looking out the window.
You were looking at that mountain.
I'd like to try going there, one more time.
Maybe, if I did, I'd be prepared, too.
Damn. I died.
Great, it's nearly light.
Going home?
See you, Tsukasa.
Hey there, you little delinquent.
What happened to Mr. Tada?
His condition took a sudden turn for the worse.
He died.
He left something for you.
Mr. Tada regained consciousness only once.
When I asked him what he wanted to say,
he asked me to give all of his girlie magazines to you.
It was his last request, so you should be thankful to take them.
Yeah, Tsukasa?
Wh-What are you...?!
Um...
Come on.
Your dad took you ten years ago, right?
This time, I will.
I'll go. Take me there, Yuichi.
You two! What are you doing?!
Hey, hold it! Yuichi!
Z-Zebra Mask!
- Who's...? - A friend!
Yuichi! Forget about me! Get going!
- Let's go! - Right!
Hold it, Yuichi!
You know what'll happen because of this?!
"NIGHT ENTRANCE"
Tsukasa, you're a genius!
This is the summit.
I know this...
Dad held me in his arms and climbed onto it.
- It's pretty, huh? _ Y-Yeah...
It is.
Yuichi.
What?
Thank you.
What do you mean?
I'm ready now.
Ready to die.
I wonder if my dad felt like this?
As he stood here...
Tell me, Yuichi... Why did you do all this for me?
My dad once told me to do what you can for a girl.
Your dad said nice things, huh?
Not really. He was a gambler and a drunk. The worst.
"Was"?
He drank himself to death a long time ago.
I see. That's why you brought me out here.
You brought me because you lost your dad, too.
You sympathized with me because we're the same.
You're wrong! That had nothing to do with it!
It doesn't matter about our fathers! No, I mean... I...!
Yuichi?
I... I...!
Yuichi!
I...
Rika, I...
Oh, what I felt from you Nee yubisaki de
With my fingers Anata wo kanjite
Oh, the scenery Nee anata to miteita
You and I both saw Kono keshiki
I devoted myself Tsutawaru yasashisa ni
To the kindness you gave me Mi wo yudanete
Even knowing that Eien nado nai
It wouldn't last forever Wakatteita tsumori da yo
I've shut into my heart Namae wo yobu anata no koe wo
Your voice calling my name Mune no oku ni shimatteoku kara
So it wouldn't spill out or vanish Hirakareta tobira no mukou gawa de
On the other side of the opened door Koborenu you ni kienai you ni
NEXT EPISODE
It's a misunderstanding! Or maybe it isn't. NEXT EPISODE
NEXT EPISODE I may have done some wrong, but I didn't mean to!
I may have done some wrong, but I didn't mean to!
They were left to me! I can't just throw them out!
It looks like I'm finally getting along with Rika,
so why's everyone trying to wreck it?!
And who's Mr. Dreamboat here?
Don't tell me he's Rika's old boyfriend!
Next time, on Looking Up at the Half-Moon:
THE INHERITANCE OF THE TADA COLLECTION Next time, on Looking Up at the Half-Moon:
THE INHERITANCE OF THE TADA COLLECTION "The Inheritance of the Tada Collection".
THE INHERITANCE OF THE TADA COLLECTION It's my fault! Please forgive me, Rika!