June 6th
All right. We're here.
Thank you... for taking me.
Come on.
Get out.
Okay.
Do... you have a twin or something?
I have never gone through mitosis.
Which means that...
Well, let's go.
It's not a mess, but it's pretty small.
Huh? Um...
Hey! Stay back!
Stay back... Don't order me around!
Ah... I bit my tongue.
Mako-kun, kiss me!
That was really hot.
Erio does well to endure it.
You look all dried up.
Your skin does.
My skin is still nice enough for some people to call me "mochi mochi sensei," you know!
Don't read my mind please.
Why are you dressed like that?
I've turned forty years old.
It's happened!
If time and this story would have stopped,
I could have been 39 years old for all eternity!
The world is so cruel!
So, I tried to take refuge from the world.
And?
Where did you two lovebirds secretly go?
We just went shopping.
Oh, you went to buy porn magazines?
Don't make up stuff!
H-Happy birthday.
Oh, thank you.
But it's not a happy one!
I bought some dango for you.
Um... because I like you, mum.
TL Note: Erio is actually implying "Because Mum likes (the dango)" here, but it can be interpreted differently.
Goodness, Erio-chan. Are you confessing your love?
Oh, my.
You're so cute!
Oh!
That reminds me: we didn't celebrate Erio-chan's birthday last year.
Should we do it tomorrow?
Yeah, yeah.
Will you eat the dango?
I will! I will!
The Touwa family has gotten pretty lively.
In its own way, it's become a pretty fun place for me.
It's still not something that'll get me Adolescence Points, though.
Don't look!
You're embarrassing me!
Episode 5
『The Melancholy of Thanksgiving』
ni-nensei baka wa hitori
２年生 バカは一人
2nd year of high school, there is an idiot,
koko no machi no sora miageru
ここの町の 空見上げる
Looking up into space from this.
sabori gakusei pajama kiteru
サボり学生 パジャマ着てる
A truant student wearing pyjamas,
natsuyasumi ga kozu ni chuutai
夏休みが 来ずに中退
Not waiting for summer break, the student quits school.
chikyuu de uchuujin nante adana demo
地球で宇宙人なんてあだ名でも
Even being nicknamed an alien on Earth,
uchuu no machiawase shitsu ni wa motto hen na anata ga ita no
宇宙の待ち合わせ室にはもっと変なあなたがいたの
in the waiting room in space, an even weirder you was there.
jushin shiteru kana to setsuzoku shite miru to
受信してるかなと 接続してみると
I wonder if you are receiving this; I thought I'd try connecting.
minna ga sakeru naka de pachikuri miteiru anata ga ita kara
みんなが避ける中で ぱちくり見ているあなたがいたから
Because while everyone else was avoiding it, you were there watching.
telepathy kimochi ga denpa ga chigakutemo
テレパシ気持ちが 電波が違くても
Even if these feelings I am transmitting telepathically are the wrong wavelength,
kitto ne nanika tsukande kureteru
きっとね 何か掴んでくれてる
I'm sure you will catch something.
anata no koto ga suki
あなたのことが好き
I love you.
jushin shite kureru no kana to, shinpai mo shiterun desu
受信してくれるのかなと心配もしてるんです
I wonder if you will receive this from me; I'm starting to worry.
nandakanda de soba ni ite kureteru
なんだかんだで側にいてくれてる
You're with me no matter what happens.
anata ga suki
あなたが好き
I love you.
kitto anata shika jushin dekinai no
きっとあなたしか受信できないの?
I'm sure you are the only person that can receive this.
Niwa-kun, do you have a part-time job?
Well, I was thinking of trying to get one soon.
I see!
Well, then, when you get your first paycheck,
you'll have to buy me a drink.
What about you, Ryuushi-san?
It's Ryuuko!
Let's see...
I probably won't.
I've got my hands full after school with club.
And I don't have any hobbies that require money.
I'm pretty prickly, you see!
It's not like I act like I'm really unique,
but am actually a boring person with no interests.
Don't be fooled by the rumours!
I see.
So you can't, huh?
Hm?
Well, I was thinking of getting you to come shopping with me after school,
but you seem busy.
W-Wait!
Pass, pass...
Dribble... and...
Nice shot!
Kyaa!
Ryuuko-chan might become a regular!
Niwa-kun!
The bike goes squeak squeak.
Mm, how seductive!
It's all right for your club to take priority.
What're you buying?
Well, you see, my cousin is celebrating something like a birthday,
so I thought it would be nice to have something I could give her.
By cousin, do you mean Touwa-san?
Yeah.
I don't really know what to get,
so I was hoping you could help me pick something out.
Eh?
Hmm?
My Busy Index might have just gone up a bit.
Do you not like Erio?
I don't dislike her.
I don't know her well enough to dislike her anyway.
But, you seem kind of angry.
I'm not angry!
It'd take a lot more to make the calm and reserved Ryuuko-san angry!
If I had to say,
this irrational anger of mine could be related to you, Niwa-kun.
Yep, yep.
Huh?
Me?
It's well established that you have no delicacy, Niwa-kun.
You're a delicarie.
TL Note: Delicarie: A word combining "delicacy" and "non-calorie", meaning "lacking delicacy".
So, I should give up on having you come with me after school, Ryuushi-san?
It's extremely unfortunate, but there's nothing that can be done.
And I keep telling you, it's Ryuuko! Ryuuko! Ryuuko!
I was called out to by Maekawa-san after school.
Hey, is something troubling you?
Huh?
It's not anything serious.
Well, when you're in trouble, try talking with Maemon here.
TL Note: Maemon: A pun combining her name, Maekawa, with Doraemon, who's famous for solving problems.
Well, then... Maemon! Help me!
If you distort it, the rest of the conversation was like that.
Thanks for the business!
Happy Birthday, Erio-chan
Warabimochi as a present?
TL Note: Warabimochi is not mochi, but a type of jelly-like confection covered in sweet soybean powder.
It's all right!
There's a chance exceeding 70% that Touwa will start weeping.
Now, excuse me for a moment.
Oh, a bottle rocket.
A strange middle-aged person wearing odd earrings has been launching them from the grounds of that closed-down school.
Maybe he got laid off or something.
You seem to know a lot about it.
Do you know the person?
No... Well, whatever.
Maekawa-san?
The blood rushed to my head.
I've been really tired lately due to lack of sleep.
Studying for final exams?
No, my night job has been really rough.
Night job?
You seem to be working a lot, is there something you want to buy?
Of course there is.
What I want right now are a moped and a license.
Once I get it, I'll even give you a ride, Transfer Student.
It's kind of embarrassing to for us to ride together...
I hear that if you don't have much baggage, they don't mind.
I'll think about it.
I'm ho-
Ma-chan!
Would you like dinner?
Would you prefer a bath?
Or perhaps... E-ri-o?
Don't offer your daughter!
Aw, you're so cold.
Come on.
You, too, Erio.
"Welcome home, Papa."
Don't say "Papa"!
W-Welcome... home.
That hairstyle is, um...
How is it?
I do think it is quite peculiar, but-
I tried fixing her hair like how it was in elementary school.
Why you, too, Meme-san?
I thought it happened to be a perfect day to revisit childhood.
There's no demand for twintails on a 40-year old.
There was a time when I ran around with this kind of hairstyle.
There was.
There was, you know!
Mo... ther's past?
Can't picture it?
Nope.
Look in the mirror and you'll have a pretty good idea.
Listen up, Erio.
Starting today, look into the mirror every day of your life.
If you do, a lot more people will surely come to like you.
The probability that Mako-kun fell in love with me all over again during this conversation is more than 70%.
I'm not falling for you.
Well, I better start dinner.
I wonder if Mako-kun will hurry up and become a stay-at-home father.
Sorry, but I like the dinner that you make.
Are you asking me to make you miso soup every morning?
You're making too big a leap.
So you want me to go step by step.
So Mako-kun, you're one who prefers romance to matchmaking, and treasures the process.
Please do something about that whole-hearted optimism.
Cousin.
Hm?
I want some advice, so come with me.
I have something to talk to you about too, so all right.
Sure.
Hello?
This is the Touwa residence.
Ah, well, I'm doing fine.
How about you?
Mako-kun!
A bother?
Meme-san?
No, not at all.
Who is it?
It's my parents.
Oh, perfect.
Let me talk. Let me talk.
Heroin! Cocaine!
TL Note: Heroin: Technically, a mispronunciation of "Hello~in". The joke is that it's followed by "cocaine".
Ah, Nii-san, you better not hang up!
Wait.
Hm?
Is what you need to talk about so important that you have to roll yourself up in that?
It's so I can be relaxed when I talk.
You need a more humane way to relax.
But you're still rolling yourself up in futon?
This is the best way for me to relax.
Here you go.
For a day like a birthday,
here's something like a present.
Thank you.
Sure.
Well, it's a special occasion, after all.
I'm happy.
Good.
I really...
...love it.
So, what did you want to talk about?
Um... before talking... to my mother...
I thought I'd... try asking Cousin...
What is it?
Work!
Huh?
I will... reintegrate into society.
Perhaps... was what I was thinking...
Maybe...
June 12th
It's been five days since Erio claimed she would return to society.
She got a nonchalant response from Meme-san,
who said, "Sure, why not"
She then said, "In that case, it'd be better if you could get a nice haircut,"
and recommended a hairdresser.
Baseball...
Are you interested?
Were you in any clubs?
Astronomy club...
...it'd be nice if the school had one that is, so I wasn't in any clubs.
I see.
How would you like your hair done?
N-Nicely.
So it's up to me?
What's your name?
Erio.
Touwa.
Touwa?
Isn't that Jojo-san's family name?
Jojo... That's my mother.
You're cute, just like your mother.
Um... Name...
Hm?
What is your name?
Oh, me?
Ooi Touei.
My friends call me "Toeic".
TL Note: TOEIC: Test of English for International Communication.
Who's your boyfriend over there?
Ah, no.
I'm her cousin.
Oh, so you're that guy.
Makoto-kun, the guy who's said to look at his beloved aunt in a somewhat perverted way, right?
She spreads enough lies around the neighbourhood to get me a reputation!
Is it cut too short?
Not really.
Honestly, I can't tell the difference from before it was cut.
At least you feel refreshed now.
Well, should we go for the job interview?
Yeah.
But you know, even without working,
there's the option of going to school part-time.
I quit, so I can't anymore.
It's not allowed.
Then I wonder why she still has the uniform in her room.
After she got turned down on the spot,
Erio stopped talking.
You're that person who walks around town in a futon, right?
And you don't go to school.
You're famous around town.
I'd rather not employ strange people.
It might be hard to find work at other places, too.
Her first step to returning to society was an extravagant failure.
Erio might not even be allowed back into normal society.
Erio.
Want to go shopping?
We came all the way out here,
so let's have some fun before going home.
We can grab a bite to eat too.
Are you hungry?
Yeah.
What do you want to eat?
Pizza.
Would a family restaurant be okay?
Yeah.
Erio will be all right.
Bit by bit, she's being pulled in by society's gravitational forces.
That's why she said she'd work.
I'm home!
I'm home.
Wait.
Take off your shoes first.
Now you can go in.
Okay.
It's snack time, so go wash your hands.
Okay!
Eh?
She believed me?
Eri-chan's so obedient that it worries Grandpa!
Welcome home.
Did you catch a cold?
No, I'm just spacing out.
I sat in the bath for a bit too long.
Erio's interview didn't go very well.
I see.
Yeah.
She thought it would cost money to go back to school, it seems.
Although, it actually would.
What happened?
Hm?
Well, it's like that, you know...
When one goes around saying "I'm a god" jokingly,
and one day someone actually appears and claims "Yes, you are god!"
It's a bewildering feeling.
Did she meet one of her fans or something?
Um...
How does it feel to have your cute auntie lie on your lap?
Like there's a giant clam on me.
If you ask me, I'd say, "juicy".
Hey!
You giant pervert!
I got too excited.
How did you go from such a troubled expression like that to getting so excited?
Oh, that's right.
Listen, Ma-kyun.
What is it?
I have a good idea where Erio could work.
You should have told us sooner.
I just found it today.
If you ask Erio, she'll know where.
Are you going to sleep with us, Erio?
Where are the snacks?
You're the snack!
No!
I wonder if there are any problems in the world big enough to really make her worry.
Cousin!
Help me!
Well, I watched through the ending.
June 13th
No matter how much you work, life will never get any easier.
Therefore, the proper way to spend the weekend is wrapped in a futon!
Good morning.
Oh.
Good morning.
Hold this.
Where are we going?
The candy store in the shopping district.
Your job is to stand in for the old lady there.
Something to alert that a customer came in?
Should we go in?
I guess so.
Here?
Granny.
Yes, yes.
I was just about to go to the shop.
Um, good morning.
It's been a while.
They know each other?
Who were you, again?
Ah, Earth's gravity has become pretty harsh.
Well, thank you.
Oh, oh. Elliot.
No, Erio.
You're Elliot and Meme's kid, so I'm gonna call you Elliot.
And who are you?
If I've forgotten you, forgive me.
Although I really haven't.
My name is Niwa Makoto.
I'm Erio's cousin.
Yeah, cousin.
I see.
You're Shouji's son, huh?
Ah, yeah.
You know my dad?
I know him well.
He's liked by animals more than he's liked by people.
Completely the opposite of Meme.
Oh, by the way, recently-
Um...
What is it?
Erio's supposed to work... Or rather, help out here.
Oh, that's right.
I heard about it from Meme.
All right, then.
Well, well.
You've finished speaking, so can I talk now?
Go ahead.
Animals.
Y-Yes?
Right now, the animals of the town are disappearing one by one.
It's abduction.
Abduction.
I don't really know about it,
but wouldn't that be by the animal shelter?
It's cattle mutilation.
There's no mistake.
Cattle... That thing?
The mass murder of animals by aliens...
But it's already been proven in experiments to be the work of nature and other animals.
And I will be next.
Huh- Eh?!
Before long, I too will be subject to mutilation.
Another one of these people?
She's like...
She's just like Erio, if she had aged from as how she was in April.
Well, then, let me say it politely, the way you show that you're not interested at times like this.
One, two...
Oh, really.
Is that so?
And so,
Erio began working at this Tamura Shop.
kaze hiku no, kaze hiku no
風邪引くの 風邪引くの
I'll catch a cold; I'll catch a cold.
ofuton nakute samui
おふとんなくて寒い
It's cold without a futon.
ofuton hagasarete samui
おふとんはがされて寒い
It's cold when the futon is pulled off.
yoake ni anata ga kuru
夜明けにあなたが来る
In the morning, you come.
anata ga waratteiru
あなたが笑っている
You have a smile on your face.
kitto boku ni wa mienai to omotteiru
きっと僕には見えないと思っている
You must think I can't see you.
sotto te wo nobashite
そっと手を伸ばして
You slowly extend your hand out.
ittai nani wo suru tsumori?
一体何をするつもり?
Just what are you trying to do?
kaze hiku no, kaze hiku no
風邪引くの 風邪引くの
I'll catch a cold; I'll catch a cold.
netafuri wo shite sugosu
寝たふりをして過ごす
I pretend that I am asleep.
sukoshi dake atatakaku naru
少しだけ暖かくなる
It's become just a bit warmer.
tonari de anata ga nemuru
隣であなたが眠る
You are sleeping next to me.
urusai negoto wa mushi shite
うるさい寝言は無視して
I ignore your annoying sleep talk.
kasanaru odeko ni kisu shite
重なるおでこにキスして
I put my lips to your forehead and kiss it.
40 years old!: -4,000,000
Becoming a part of the Touwa family and growing further away from adolescence: -1
Dango nom nom: +1,000,000
Certified delicarie: -1
Lying with Mako-kun: +2,000,000
Helping Erio look for a job; ending with bad results: -3
Lick lick lick lick lick lick: +1,000,000
-5!
Current happiness point total: ±0
Current adolescence point total: -9
『RyuuKO-san's "You know, really annoyed!"』
This part is important!
Next time: RyuuKO-san's "You know, I'm really annoyed!"