Hey!
Over here.
Sorry for suddenly calling you like this.
I can't believe Menma's father is against it.
That's why timing is so important!
While her father's away, we'll sneak in and convince her mother!
I'm sure she'll side with us.
Me, too.
She lent us Menma's diary, after all.
I'm sure she'll do anything if it's for Menma.
Menma...
We're going to her house without telling her again.
I wonder if she'd be mad?
We Still Don't Know
the Name of the Flower
We Saw
That Day.
nan peeji mo tsuiyashite tsudurareta bokura no kibun
何ページも費やしてつづられた僕らの気分
How many pages wasted to compose our feelings
doushiteka ichigyou no kuuhaku wo umerarenai
どうしてか一行の空白を埋められない
But for some reason, I can't fill the blank space of one single line
oshibana no shiori hasande
押し花のしおり挟んで
Enclosing that pressed-flower bookmark
kimi to korogasu tsukaisute no jitensha
君と転がす使い捨ての自転車
I rolled down with you on that abandoned bike
wasurekake no renga wo tsumiageta basho ni yukou
忘れかけの煉瓦を積み上げた場所に行こう
Let's go to the place of piled-up bricks we'd started to forget
umi wo miwatasu saka wo kake nobotte
海を見渡す坂を駆け上って
Running up that hill facing the sea
kowai kurai ni aoi sora to
怖いくらいに青い空と
The sky so blue that it's frightening and
migite ni saida hidarite wa zutto kimi wo sagashiteiru
右手に際だ左手はずっと君を探している
A soda in my left hand, My right hand always searching for you
souyatte ima wa boku no hou he toitsumeru koto mo nakute
そうやって今は僕の方へ 問い詰めることもなくて
Just like that, the present approaches me without pressing any questions
mada futari wa sugu soko ni iru noni
まだ二人はすぐそこにいるのに
Although the two of you are still right there,
douka mata ae masu you ni nante
どうかまた会えますようになんて
I'm hoping we'll be able to meet again
douka shiteru mitai
どうかしてるみたい
There must be something wrong with me
Hello!
Ah, today you've brought Atsumu-kun and Chiriko-chan, too!
It's so nice to see you.
Please, come in.
Thank you.
This is looking good, huh?
A firework rocket, was it?
Y-Yeah. We...
I was so surprised when my husband told me.
I think it's lovely, though.
You come up with some really interesting ideas when you all get together,
just like you did as children.
Yeah, that's right.
Back when we were kids, Menma said we should make them together.
Oh. Meiko said that?
U-Um...
If we could set off these fireworks, it might make Men-
It might make Meiko-san happy. So could you ask your hus-
You all get along so well, don't you?
I'm not sure I'd go that far.
Meiko... must be so jealous.
Getting kicked out of the group like this...
You say you're doing it for Meiko's sake,
but I bet all you care about is having fun.
Meiko's just a good excuse.
O-Oba-san...
N-No, we're-
Meiko is... no longer here,
yet all of you are just going on as if nothing has changed.
U-Um...
Why?
On that day, you were all playing with her, right?
Tsurumi.
You read her diary, didn't you?
Time has stopped for her!
She and she alone is bound never to change again.
So why is it that all of you get to grow up?!
Why is it only Meiko who...
Just... Meiko...
I'm home.
What are you doing?
We were just leaving.
Y-Yeah...
Tsurumi-san, is your hand okay?
It's fine.
Menma's mother was pretty scary there.
I know...
I wonder if she's resented us all this time?
This may be the first time in my life...
...that I've ever experienced such pure hatred.
That's what it's like to be a parent.
Yes. A parent.
Let's drop it already.
Let's just forget all this nonsense about Menma's wish.
But what'll happen to Menma?
Haven't you noticed yet?
Everyone's here because you dragged them here.
Because of your poor little self.
Yukiatsu.
I've been going along with it, too,
so I'm not one to talk.
But...
I'd never inflict my pain on others like you have.
My pain?
I'm right, aren't I?
You're so caught up in the past...
...that you're hurting everyone, even Menma's mother.
He was probably...
...talking about himself, wasn't he?
When he mentioned the people you were hurting...
Yukiatsu...
I-I believe you, Jintan!
I believe Menma's really here, so...
Jintan?
It's fine.
I'll grant her wish on my own.
Jintan!
But she said we all had to do it together!
I thought you'd all be so different.
Huh?
But when I spoke to you,
I was surprised at how little had changed.
But no matter how similar things are to back then,
there's no "we" any more.
There's never been one...
...not since we lost Menma.
Jintan...
And if there's no "we",
then it won't make a difference if it's just me.
Wait, Jintan!
I'm still with you!
Nothing has to change! So...
Welcome back!
Hey, that's dangerous!
I'm still taking off my shoes.
Even if it's just me, I'll grant your wish.
Even if it's just me.
Huh?
You got another job?
Yeah.
Construction work suits me better, so...
You look pretty ill.
That's because I'm not sleeping.
H-Hey!
It's probably because up until now, I haven't done much but eat and sleep.
I guess I have a big deposit in the sleep bank.
Why?
Why are you pushing yourself so hard?
Do you care that much about Menma?
J-Jintan?!
Here's some water.
Okay.
And some vitamins.
Take them for now.
I feel a bit better now.
Yeah...
Jintan...
Stop this already.
You've suffered enough, too, right?
Let's just stop this stuff, okay?
What do you mean by "this stuff"?
Huh?
I still have work to do.
Don't go.
Huh?
Don't!
Back then... I didn't want you to run off either.
Back then?
I'm...
...going to tell you something really horrible about me.
Huh?
The truth was, I felt relieved back then...
...when you said you didn't like Menma.
It was terrible of me, but I was sort of happy.
But...
When you ran off like that,
it was basically the same as saying that you'd love her.
I've been in agony since then.
Unable to forgive myself for being happy at that moment...
...when you hurt Menma's feelings like that.
And I can't forgive myself...
...for having had a crush on you either.
But I... I really...
You're really going to go?
You're crazy, Jintan!
If Menma's really living with you,
then granting her wish is going to make her disappear again!
You don't care if she disappears?
Even though you love her?!
Welcome!
Stupid...
Jintan...
Stupid me...
I'm home.
Menma... Were you waiting for me...?
Your nails are covered in dirt!
I'll go get a toothpick!
Forget it.
I'm bringing you one right now!
I know...
If Menma's wish is granted, she'll...
Ow!
Sorry, sorry.
Just a bit longer.
But...
If that's what she wants, then...
Then I...
Jintan?
What's wrong?
Did it really hurt?
N-No...
I just remembered...
...about A Dog of Flanders.
About Patrasche.
Patrasche?
A Dog of Flanders... It used to be shown on TV all the time..
What am I saying?
I'm the worst liar ever.
But...
Jintan...
Jintan, don't worry! I'm sure Patrasche was really happy!
Yeah...
Because Nello was really, really nice to him, right?
They were friends, right?
Right?
Menma-chan...
Episode 8
Menma's mother, who can't stop...
...hating us after Menma's passing...
Anaru, who can't stop punishing herself...
And Yukiatsu...
I'm sure Tsuruko is, too...
And even Poppo...
They're all struggling under unbearable guilt.
For me to be able to see Menma...
For only me to be saved by her is so...
...so unfair.
Good morning.
It's so late! I've got to be at w-
Um... I mean school.
Oh, you're going to school today?
Today's Touko-san's...
Oh, right.
I'll go. Wait a bit.
Right. I'll wait downstairs.
If only I can see Menma...
Then...
I have a duty to ensure her wish gets granted.
Ah, it's rusted...
There we go!
Good morning!
Shall we?
Dad...
He didn't complain in the slightest...
...when I didn't go to school.
I thought maybe he had just given up on me...
But...
But parents are...
Hey...
Sorry...
For what?
Oh, if it's about your part-time job, don't worry.
You knew?!
Ah, no, forget about it!
Then is it because you went to Honma-san's?
What? What is it?
You know everything, don't you?
I don't know anything.
Huh?
Well, I don't have the slightest idea why you're apologising right now.
So why are you?
Ah, no, it's nothing.
Can you bring me that incense?
Sure.
Parents never change, huh?
I can't believe Jintan left without even saying good morning.
Huh?
It's Poppo!
Hello!
I know Menma's mum is like that and all...
But that's no excuse to leave it all to Jintan, right?
And here we were thinking that the Super Peace Busters were back to their best...
You fell out?!
Anyway, I believe in Menma.
Even if only Jintan can see her, and even if none of you guys can, I'll...
What's up?
Huh? A cold call?
That's right. Yadomi's at work, isn't he?
I don't know. Wasn't he?
The caller ID was from his house.
Yadomi called you and didn't say anything?
There was a hissing sound, like a sandstorm or something.
I know it's stupid, but I thought maybe it wasn't Yadomi...
Huh?
Yukiatsu?
Geez...
Imagine Anjou-san taking a day off without telling me.
We can't be having that.
Right...
Have you heard anything from her?
No, sorry...
Man... I was supposed to be having a body-building party...
...with the guys from the gym.
How should I...
...look at Anaru next time we meet?
Ah...
Welco-
I feel like I should say sorry to you.
No, if anyone should apologise, it's us. Showing up like that...
My parents are really weird.
Mum hardly ever leaves the house.
She doesn't seem to like seeing people.
I'm sure she's been suffering since my sister passed away, but...
...how do I put it? It's sort of creepy.
I almost feel embarrassed to have a mother like that.
What goes through parents' heads, I wonder...
Huh?
I think the parents probably suffer the most.
I think for parents, it's sort of like...
What am I saying? I don't have the right to talk about this stuff.
Even though they still have one left.
Huh?
A child.
I was really young, and I hardly remember my sister,
but there are a few things I remember.
I go bye bye now!
TL Note: Menma mangles the Japanese phrase 'ittekimasu' into 'ittekurumasu' here.
Me, too!
I'm going, too!
You're not allowed, Saa-kun.
I want to go!
But you know!
Your big sister's...
...part of the Super Peace Busters!
She's going to protect the safety of the world!
So you've got to stay here and look after the house, okay?
Okay!
She told me to protect the house.
As if that tiny place is worth protecting...
Hey...
A-Anjou.
Ah, you came, too, Jinta?
Yadomi...
Why are you all...
What have you been doing today?
What do you mean? I was at wo-
Are you sure you didn't call us?
I called you?
I got a call around five o'clock...
...with nobody on the other end.
A cold call?
Don't tell me...
You're going to say it was Menma acting up, right?
Menma...
But neither my Dad nor I were in at that time.
So it must have been her...
What's with you, anyway?
Going on and on about Menma.
Huh?!
Hey!
Yukiatsu!
Then let me see her, too.
She's really here, right?
Then show her to me, too!
Stop, Yukiatsu!
Are you okay?
Calm down!
Yeah, cool it a little.
Menma...
You're starting that crap again?!
Stop it already!
You're awful, Yadomi...
You're going to pretend that you can see her ghost, even now?
No, she's really...
Sorry, everyone...
What are you apologising for?
Yadomi!
Is Menma here?
Not you, too!
Jintan, let's have a little time-out.
Men-
Please...
Please, just stop it...
We'll never live down what we did to Menma.
If you say she's apologising, I say you're lying.
There's no way she'd ever forgive us!
Yukiatsu...
The diary?
How? There's no breeze.
Seriously, cut it out.
But how did it fall?
kimi to natsu no owari shourai no yume ooki na kibou wasurenai
I won't forget the end of summer with you, the dreams for the future, the great hopes
What is it, Poppo?
This...
"Today, I played with everyone..."
juunen go no hachigatsu mata deaeru no wo shinjite
I believe we'll meet again in August 10 years from now
"...at the secret base."
"They've all gotten... so big."
"You mustn't fight."
saikou no omoide wo...
The best memories...
"The Super Peace Busters are friends forever."
L-Let me see that!
This is... Menma's handwriting...
deai wa futto shita shunkan
Our meeting was a sudden instant
Menma's...?
kaerimichi no kousaten de
At an intersection on the way home
Correct!
Menma... Why?
koe wo kakete kureta ne "Issho ni kaerou"
You called out to me, "Let's walk home together"
Hey, Jintan?
Is it really... Menma?
ureshikutte tanoshikutte bouken mo iroiro shita ne
I was so happy, it was so fun, and we had so many adventures
Y-Yeah...
futari no himitsu no kichi no naka
inside the secret base for the two of us
二人の 秘密の 基地の中
kimi to natsu no owari shourai no yume ooki na kibou wasurenai
I won't forget the end of summer with you, the dreams for the future, the great hopes
君と夏の終わり 将来の夢 大きな希望 忘れない
juunen go no hachigatsu mata deaeru no wo shinjite
I believe we'll meet again in August 10 years from now
１０年後の８月 また出会えるのを 信じて
kimi ga saigo made kokoro kara "arigatou" sakendeta koto shitteta yo
I knew that you shouted "Thank you" from the bottom of your heart until the end
君が最後まで 心から "ありがとう" 叫んでたこと 知ってたよ
namida wo koraete egao de sayounara
Holding back tears to say goodbye with a smile
涙をこらえて 笑顔でさようなら
setsunai yo ne saikou no omoide wo...
It's so painful, the best memories...
せつないよね最高の思い出を…