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[Sorry.]
It's fine, it's fine.
[It's not that I can't speak out.]
[It's because I can't hear myself, ]
[it feels like I can't get through to anyone.]
[It feels really scary]
[to not be able to hear myself.]
[The moment I start to speak, ]
[I feel bad if I don't speak with my voice]
[till the end.]
[I know it's easier for hearing-abled people]
[to hear me speak, ]
[but that's painful for me.]
[Right now, I only speak out]
[in front of my family.]
[I felt that Minato]
[would understand.]
[I'm not saying that you won't understand.]
It's alright.
I'm totally fine with it.
Anyway, you see, I've become so good at signing.
[Good? Really?]
I'm good, alright?
Just compliment me.
[Wait for a little while longer.]
[I have something I want to tell you.]
Okay.
I got it.
I'll be waiting.
[Long time no see.]
[It's been a while.]
[Why are you here?]
[A friend's friend is learning sign language here.]
[I looked up the website, and was surprised to see a familiar face.]
[I see.]
[Your friend is...?]
[That friend lost his hearing halfway, ]
[and it was a female friend of his who comes here.]
[After seeing the two of them, ]
[it reminded me of you.]
[Why's that so?]
[I'll come visit again.]
Momono?
[Words]
[This is embarrassing.]
It's great.
[Let's throw it away.]
Why? I'm not throwing it away.
Hikaru should be coming home soon.
[I'll get going, then.]
[See you.]
Hikaru... is alright with it.
He doesn't dislike you at all.
He totally doesn't.
Well then, see you.
Minato, Uber.
Minato is not your Uber.
Just order whatever you like. Do it yourself.
There's no more beer, Togawa.
Of course, since you've finished drinking it.
Where's Tsumugi today?
At work?
I think she's knocked off already.
Shall I ask her over?
Nah, nah. Then it'll be pointless to drink at Togawa's.
That's right.
She's being careful about Minato's feelings.
She doesn't need to worry about me at all.
Thanks.
Hey, what's with this strange group chat name on LINE?
"Make Tsumugi Happy Team". What's wrong with that?
You say it so matter-of-factly.
That's the only thing the three of us have in common.
In that case, can Sakura also join the team?
If the captain approves it, that is.
I'm... the captain?
Yup.
[Mom: When are you coming home?]
[I'm thinking about it.]
[Aoba: When can we meet again?]
[Anytime. When's your day off?]
I'm going to a concert in Tokyo.
I'm thinking of dropping by Sou's place on my way home.
I see.
You need me to pass him anything? A message, or something?
I also...hope to see your brother soon.
Tell him to come home when he feels like it.
Only when he feels like it.
Okay.
Got it.
Huh?
How do you sign "pudding"?
Pudding.
We tend to forget if we don't use it.
This one...
how do you sign it?
[Pudding.]
That's cute.
Do it one more time.
[Pudding.]
One more time.
[Hurry up and choose.]
What shall we eat?
Shall we eat pudding?
[What shall we do after this?]
I want to go watch a movie.
[I'm fine with that.]
This one.
I looked it up.
[Barrier-free subtitles]
I'll choose what I want to watch.
You also choose one.
If they're different, we'll do rock-paper-scissors.
You have a particular movie you want to watch?
I do.
Give me a minute. I'm choosing now.
[Sorry.]
About what?
Aoba?
Tabata?
You guys go ahead first.
Hello.
He's my junior at my workplace.
His name is Tabata.
He's my high school classmate.
See you around.
See you.
Seems like he's hard of hearing.
- Really? - Yeah.
[Sorry.]
What's wrong?
[You feel embarrassed being with me, right?]
I don't feel that way.
[It's tough being around me, isn't it?]
I'm having fun.
[I keep causing you trouble too.]
No, definitely not.
[It must be tiring doing sign language with me, right?]
I'm not tired.
Sorry.
Did my behavior show that way?
Really... it's totally no problem to me at all.
You haven't caused any trouble to me at all.
[Got it.][Let's go.]
[silent - Episode 8]
Thank you for the hard work.
Were there moments when you felt tired using sign language?
Someone asked me that.
Like, "it must be tiring".
I see.
He said, "It's tough being around me, isn't it?"
I totally didn't feel that way, though.
I wonder what I should do.
I was there because I wanted to be with him.
As for sign language,
I learnt it because I wanted to talk to him.
That's true.
What would be the best way to do it?
[Thank you very much.]
Alright, that's all for today's lecture.
[Thank you very much.]
You're a volunteer? [Department of Science and Engineering]
Working on the computers?
Yeah.
You don't earn any salary for this, so why are you still doing it?
Only those who're looking for jobs are doing volunteering.
That's true.
Besides, it's quite easy work.
The girl I'm helping is hard of hearing,
so I need not engage in unnecessary communication.
Nice to meet you.
She was a girl with a pleasant smile.
When she smiles,
it felt like she was about to make a sound.
[Thank you very much...]
[Thank you very much for the hard work.]
See you.
Haruo, are you going to the lab today?
- I'm going. Why ask? - I can't finish my homework.
Didn't I tell you to start on it sooner?
Shall I inform the professor?
Can you do that? Thank you so much!
- The questions are hard this time. - Yeah, they are.
How do you...
We can't sell a product based on our mood.
Furthermore, we need to have
a sense of what people want in this world.
And then, whether it's by marketing or other means,
to entice customers to purchase... your product, - What?
There is a need to come up with some events
to create your company's competitive edge.
[I want to skip the lecture.] - What a company's competitive edge means...
What?
It's to have an advantage over your competitors.
In other words, make a product that sells...
[There's always someone beside me, so I can't play games or nap like everyone else.]
So, there's a need to do research
on what kinds of strategies to use, and conducting surveys
is also a part of marketing.
As for marketing, it originated from America
since the start of the 20th century.
From there...
[You feel like skipping class?]
let's look at McCarthy's four 'P's.
This was how the marketing concept was passed down
from this man called McCarthy in America.
[I'm sitting beside you now, by the way.]
What exactly are McCarthy's four 'P's about?
I want everyone to think about it.
[Please skip class with me together.]
This is the basic theory of it.
About the four 'P's,
each 'P' represents the first letter
of an English word, and they form
the basic concept of marketing.
Let me introduce them one by one.
Firstly, the first 'P', is for "Product".
In other words, it's the merchandise.
Firstly, we must decide what to sell.
[Why are you working as a volunteer for this?]
The second 'P' I'm going to talk about, is "Place".
[I'm having trouble finding a job.]
By "place", we must decide where to sell this product.
[You're really honest about it.]
The third 'P', is for "Promotion".
We have to promote the product.
We have to decide how to sell the product.
Simply put, what kind of promotional tactics do we use?
[Thank you very much.]
You're not typing that on the computer?
[Thank you very much.]
[You write "Thank you" every time and show it to me?]
[Why not just write it once, and show that to me each time?]
[Do we use one "Thank you" for different occasions?]
Your bag. It was open.
[Thank you.]
I wanted to face her and talk to her.
I wanted to be able to accept
the "Thank you" that she said to me.
[You're right-handed?]
Oh, you're left-handed, right?
[I'm like your mirror image.]
I see.
What's this?
[Nana.]
Your name?
[Name.]
Name.
[Your name is Haruo.]
Morning.
- Good work. - Hey.
Haruo.
You're a volunteer for that, too?
"That"?
The two of you are together often recently.
That girl... the one who can't hear.
- Why? - Huh?
Being together with her makes me a volunteer?
Well, I mean, she's hard of hearing.
I guess it's just the right job for you.
You said it too.
It's easy work, since you need not communicate that much.
I think... I kind of get it.
A relationship gets more exciting when it involves a disability.
That girl is disabled for real, too.
I'm sorry.
Nana.
[You scared me! You're really there!]
[I had a feeling you were there.]
[What do you call that?]
[Aura?]
[When I turned around, you were really there.]
[I got a shock.]
I got a shock too.
When I called out your name, you turned around.
[You called out my name?]
I thought you heard it.
[I heard it.]
What?
[I could hear your voice, ]
[so I turned around.]
You said you felt my aura.
[I was lying.]
[I could hear you.]
[Your voice sounded horrible.]
You probably got the wrong person, then.
I want to make her happy.
I want to be useful to her.
I want her to live more comfortably in this world.
I just want her to smile forever.
That was what I truly felt.
"Nice to meet you".
That was what I thought.
If we meet like this, we do it this way.
If we meet like this, it'll be in this manner.
And if we meet like this, it's this way.
- Right? - Yeah.
This is Nana Momono.
She was born without any hearing.
She's also the one who taught me sign language.
Momono, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
There's no sign language club in our university,
so I told them I want to start one.
[The Road To Becoming a Sign Language Interpreter]
Huh?
What's wrong?
[I'm just unhappy that I'm being treated]
[like a plaything.]
[Those people are not interested in sign language.]
[They just want to be seen as good people.]
That's not true.
Everyone is learning with good intentions.
[If those good intentions are forced,]
[they turn into hypocrisy.]
[I didn't teach you sign language so you can use it for work.]
You're angry because of that?
[I was planning to become one for your sake.]
[That's great.]
[When you're with me, I help you feel like a good person.]
[A hearing-abled person who lives his life frivolously.]
That wasn't my intention.
[How I see it]
[is for me to decide.]
How troublesome.
[You just said it's troublesome, didn't you?]
Yes, I did. It's troublesome.
I've no clue what you're angry about.
I thought you'd be happy for me if I do this.
[You know how to sign, so do it.]
[It's tiring to read your lips!]
I'm tired too!
I can hear clearly,
yet I have to talk to you by signing.
I'm really tired.
[So you didn't actually skip the lecture.]
Although we could finally communicate with each other,
although we could finally face each other and talk,
it ended with good intentions that were forced.
[Sorry to keep you waiting.]
[Sorry for visiting unannounced.]
[I tried looking up your number on LINE, but couldn't find it.]
[That was eight years ago, that's why.]
[Can you give me a lesson on signing?]
[My name is]
[Masaki Haruo.]
[I'll be in charge of teaching you.]
[I look forward to your guidance.]
[Thank you for your support.]
[So you're working as a sign language teacher?]
[Yes.]
[I was also doing interpretation.]
[An acquaintance recommended it to me.]
[But this teaching job is still my main one, though.]
[That's amazing.]
[Your dream finally came true. Congratulations.]
[What about you? What are you doing now?]
[I'm an office worker.]
[I'm surrounded by people who can hear, but I'm doing my best.]
[That friend who lost his hearing halfway...]
[is he Sou Sakura?]
[Yes.]
[So you heard about him from Tsumugi?]
[Just a little.]
[Have the two of them started dating?]
[I'm not that close to them to know.]
[I see.]
[Do you think][it'll work out between them?]
[I hope it'll work out between the two of them.]
[It doesn't matter whether who can hear]
[or who can't.]
[I just hope they'll be together.]
[I guess so.]
When I went home the other time,
Mom kind of expected you to get married.
Oh, right. I haven't told her.
About Sakura...
what would you do if she objects?
Huh?
If she minds that you're dating a person like him,
what would you do?
We're not dating.
Are you done?
Just a little more.
Why is it always chestnut rice for dad's death anniversary?
Your dad loved it, that's why.
Besides, it's the autumn season.
Is that so?
When he could still eat,
I often made it and brought it to the hospital.
I see.
When he was hospitalized,
I'd normally visit him every day.
Yeah.
One fine day,
he suddenly said I didn't have to.
Didn't have to do what?
He said I didn't have to visit him anymore.
Why?
He said it's tough for me, that's why.
Tsumugi was still very young,
and I was pregnant with Hikaru, so must be tiring for me.
So he told me not to visit.
Well, visiting him every day sure was tiring.
He said, "I don't want to trouble you, Izumi".
Sounds like Dad would say such things.
Sounds like he would, right? He really did tell me that.
Sounds like it.
To be honest, I didn't visit the hospital for your dad's sake.
- What? - I can understand that.
Even if you're there, there's nothing much you can do.
- Huh? - That's right.
When anything happens,
all you do is press the button, and the nurse will appear.
When anything happens,
you can't do anything about it.
You're just being there.
What are you talking about?
You're there just because you want to, right?
I'm there just because I want to.
He just can't get it.
Such things just can't get through to him.
It can't get through.
If only he can get cured just with me being by his side.
If I had that ability, I would quickly cure your dad,
then we'll go to the hospitals all over the country.
Go to all the hospitals.
I know I don't have that kind of ability.
I just want to satisfy myself
by being beside him.
Saying things like "It's tough on you",
or "I'll cause you trouble",
are unacceptable to me.
Wow, three people makes this job a piece of cake.
Thanks for helping.
- Put this way, will you? - Sure.
[Tsumugi Aoba: I went home to visit family!]
[I went home to visit family!] [Have you visited yours recently?]
[Nope, haven't gone back at all]
[Nope, haven't gone back at all. Have fun back home]
Oh, thanks.
Of course.
Did you make a blunder?
Huh?
You look like you're about to apologize.
We broke up.
Hm?
Minato and I broke up.
I see.
That's all.
Okay.
- Oh, one more thing. - Yeah?
I need to tell you something before you meet a certain person.
Actually, I still don't know if you two ever will...
Yeah?
Back in high school
I dated someone for a while...
I wonder if you remember.
Probably not.
Sakura?
Yeah. Sakura.
I remember.
He...
Hey, want some pudding?
I do.
- Is there any for Hikaru? - Probably not.
Yikes.
Better eat before finishes bathing.
He can't hear.
Right now we're
not exactly dating.
We're not, but...
I see. And?
"And"?
So, what do you want me to do about it?
Nothing really...
Like I said earlier,
I don't have powers that can cure his hearing.
Well, yeah. I know that.
If I object, is it suddenly not okay?
If I told you to call it quits,
would you?
In that case,
this isn't my business.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Thanks?
I don't know.
Your father insisted that I didn't have to visit daily.
Yeah?
So I really didn't for an entire week.
Really? And then what?
Well...I began getting texts from him
asking if I was coming that day, every day.
Guess he wanted to see you after all.
I told him, "I'll come, only if you want to see me".
Boasting about your love life now?
I sure am.
What're you two eating?
What's that?
"Pudding".
This is "pudding" in sign language.
"Pudding"?
It's cute.
Where's my share?
Mom's afraid she'll forget how to sign
cause she doesn't use it often.
She said she wants to see you sooner or later.
Recently
your surroundings have drastically changed.
I know it's my fault,
I really do.
Anyways, Mom's worried about you cause of it.
[I don't go home]
[because I dislike being worried about]
- Tsumugi, are you heading out? - Yeah.
Where's Hikaru?
He said he's meeting up with middle school classmates.
He was dressed so flashy. Think it's a girl?
He's always dressed flashy.
Oh, I know this is wrapped, but don't tilt it. It'll spill.
- Okay. - And...
Here.
- Eat this early. If not, freeze it. - Okay.
This one will hold for a while.
- Okay. - I almost forgot.
I made these coasters in crafting class.
This one's yours, and this one's for Hikaru.
Want some chestnut rice?
It's fine, I can't hold that much.
Really? Then I'll give it to Hikaru.
I come home, and leave with even more.
Where's a name for that phenomenon?
Call it "A Parent's Sincerity".
Words aren't ever enough,
so I leave the rest up to various other items.
Now I can't leave any behind.
Want to mail it instead?
It's fine, I can handle it.
Here, I'll carry it to the entryway.
See you.
See you later.
[Morning] [Morning]
[There was a letter for you, Haruo.]
[Thank you.]
[To Masaki Haruo]
[Nana Momono]
[Lucky you]
[A fan letter?]
[No, it's from an old friend]
I'm back.
Welcome home.
Man, that was heavy.
Mom should just mail all this.
Help me divide the more perishable ones.
If not, it'll definitely go bad.
Why not share the feast?
Share?
I'm about to head to work.
Do whatever you'd like with all this,
with whoever you'd like.
Mark the ones you want to eat then.
Okay.
Come on in.
[It's good]
Right?
I have lots more,
so bring some with you.
Right!
Do you like apples?
Apples.
- [I do] - Great.
Then take these too.
Want two?
[One's enough.]
Is that so?
Right, frozen items will need ice packs...
I should pack those before you leave.
Where's the paper bag...
Hm?
[You're like a mom]
[Going back home]
[always results in more baggage]
Right?
According to my mom,
words alone aren't ever enough,
so she puts her feelings into items.
Sakura, does your whole family
know how to sign?
[My Mom and sister can]
I see.
[How was it, seeing your Mom][after some time?]
It wasn't anything special.
No matter how long it's been,
she'll always be a parent, you know?
I'd say she was the same as ever.
Listen,
I'm with you because I want to.
I can't do anything for you, Sakura.
Nor am I with you because I want to
do something for you.
So, you know...
If you ever feel
that being with me
is troublesome, a real pain, or tires you out,
then let me know.
Cause I'll never feel that way.
And if I ever do, I'll tell you.
I promise, I will.
[Alright]
That's all.
That's all I wanted to say.
♫ A frozen heart just needs some sun ♫
♫ so I'll take up that position for yours" ♫
Also, I just wanted you to try ♫ I let this haughty prejudice ♫
my Mom's cooking. ♫ get the best of me ♫
♫ And for that, I'm sorry ♫
♫ So keep on ♫
♫ smiling ♫
♫ Your positivity burns, so dastardly bright ♫
♫ but I soon realized the cold, cruel truth within ♫
[You can't cook this?] ♫ 'm sure what I wish to give you ♫
♫ is something a bit more cooling, yet warm ♫
Sorry.
I didn't catch that.
Could you say that again?
[You can't cook this?]
Didn't catch that.
[I'm getting through to you, right?]
[I definitely am!]
♫ and the actions ♫
♫ of my cowardly self ♫
♫ Words are like snowflakes ♫
♫ Though I want to gift them to you ♫
♫ they only crumble, melt, and disappear ♫
♫ the crazier I become ♫
♫ about you ♫
♫ But the words I choose ♫
♫ are entrusted with the emotions I feel ♫
♫ I can't give up on moving you ♫
♫ Rather than speak it, I'll wait ♫
♫ until my love reaches you ♫
♫ So please, just wait a while longer ♫
Sou?
Welcome home.
I'm back.
I've been trying to speak,
but my voice isn't coming out, is it?
Since your child went deaf,
mine might too, right?
Always? - Always.
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