# E9 - CHERRY-PICK
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**[00:01] Kazuki**
*That great cook you see
here is me, Kurusu Kazuki.*
***SIGN*** Kurusu Kazuki
cv: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
***SIGN*** Age: 28 Occupation: Hitman
**[00:05] Kazuki**
*And that gamer there is Suwa Rei.*
***SIGN*** Suwa Rei
cv: Koki Uchiyama
***SIGN*** Age: 25 Occupation: Hitman
**[00:08] Kazuki**
*We live together,
and we're work buddies too.*
**[00:11] Kazuki**
*Buddies in what, you ask? Well...*
**[00:14] Kazuki**
Sorry, there's been a change of destination.
**[00:17] Rei**
It's none of your business. Butt out.
**[00:17] Kazuki**
*As you see here, we're hitmen.*
**[00:21] Kazuki**
* Guys like us don't really get*
* a chance at normal happiness.*
**[00:24] Kazuki**
* Even on Christmas Eve, we were taking*
* on a bit of our usual dirty business,*
**[00:27] Kazuki**
* the standard "take out the target*
* and be done with it" sort of deal,*
**[00:31] Kazuki**
*Except...*
**[00:51] Kazuki**
Crud.
**[00:52] Kazuki**
There's a kid.
***SIGN*** Unasaka Miri
cv: Hina Kino
***SIGN*** Age: 4
**[01:01] Miri**
It's so good!
**[01:03] Miri**
Did you bring me what I wanted?
**[01:07] Kazuki**
Wh-What you wanted?
**[01:09] Miri**
I wished *so* hard to see Papa for Christmas!
**[01:13] Miri**
I've never met my papa before!
**[01:16] Miri**
Mama said he was here!
**[01:20] Kazuki**
Gosh, little dear!
**[01:21] Kazuki**
Perhaps I'll bring your
papa here just for you!
**[01:25] Miri**
You mean it?! Hooray!
**[01:28] Miri**
We're here!
**[01:30] Miri**
Papa!
**[01:31] Kazuki**
No freakin' way!
**[01:33] Bodyguard 3**
Don't move! What was that just now?!
**[01:54] Miri**
Santa!
**[01:55] Kazuki**
Not Santa!
**[01:56] Kazuki**
*I'm* your papa!
**[01:59] Miri**
Papa!
**[02:00] Kazuki**
Miri! Jump!
**[02:13] Miri**
Papa!
**[02:28] Miri**
Thank you, Santa...
**[02:31] Kazuki**
Sheesh! What's with this kid, anyway?
**[02:35] Kazuki**
* The guy we took out turned*
* out to be her dad!*
**[02:39] Kazuki**
* Which meant us hitmen ended up*
* taking care of this little kid!*
**[02:41] Kazuki**
Are you kidding me?!
**[02:45] OP**
*Hey, I want to love, is this true love?*
**[02:48] OP**
*Is just wanting to be loved insincere?*
**[02:52] OP**
*What should I do?*
**[02:54] OP**
*Oh, what should I do?*
**[03:00] OP**
*As usual, the whole city*
**[03:03] OP**
*Is madly in love and excited*
**[03:07] OP**
*Extras like me just go home*
**[03:10] OP**
*But I'm not sulking at all*
**[03:13] OP**
*And then you appeared suddenly*
**[03:17] OP**
* As though you were ripping*
* through those days*
**[03:21] OP**
*With your smile that leaves me numb*
**[03:24] OP**
*You shattered my heart*
**[03:30] OP**
*Hey, I want to love, is this true love?*
**[03:34] OP**
*Is just wanting to be loved insincere?*
**[03:37] OP**
*What should I do?*
**[03:39] OP**
*Oh, what should I do?*
**[03:42] OP**
*How the heck should I know?*
**[03:44] OP**
*I don't know what's going on in your head*
**[03:48] OP**
*But it's not fair that you're so friendly*
**[03:52] OP**
* Once again, I'm being*
* swallowed up by your rhythm*
**[03:58] OP**
* There you go, you've got me*
* wrapped around your finger again*
**[04:09] OP**
* There you go, you've got me*
* wrapped around your finger again*
**[04:15] Miri**
Papa! Papa!
**[04:18] Miri**
Papa! I gotta pee!
**[04:20] Kazuki**
*Seeing as we'd never raised a kid before,*
**[04:22] Kazuki**
There! Knock yourself out!
**[04:23] Kazuki**
* we didn't have the slightest*
* idea what to do with her!*
**[04:24] Miri**
So heavy!
**[04:26] Kazuki**
Hey!
**[04:29] Kazuki**
What the hell are you doing?!
**[04:32] Kazuki**
Rei! Perfect timing!
**[04:33] Kazuki**
Go on, Miri! Play with Papa Rei!
**[04:37] Kazuki**
* You might say hitmen like us were the last*
* people who should be raising a kid, but...*
**[04:50] Miri**
Spicy!
**[04:53] Kazuki**
So, what's your name?
**[04:55] Miri**
I'm Unasaka Miri, and I'm four years old!
**[04:58] Kazuki**
* But even with Miri in our lives,*
* we had to keep working...*
**[05:02] Kazuki**
And you can have as much as you like!
**[05:05] Miri**
Yay!
**[05:07] Miri**
Papa! No!
**[05:07] Kazuki**
Crap!
**[05:09] Miri**
Papa! Don't go!
**[05:12] Kazuki**
J-Just shut the hell up!
**[05:14] Rei**
You certainly had that handled.
**[05:14] Miri**
No!
**[05:19] Miri**
I wanna come too!
**[05:23] Rei**
This isn't going anywhere good.
**[05:31] Kazuki**
*Rei's prediction was right on the money.*
**[05:37] Miri**
I gotta potty!
**[05:41] Miri**
Thank you very much, mister!
**[05:44] Subordinate 3**
Sure. Glad you didn't have an accident.
**[05:46] Kazuki**
*What's she doing here?!*
**[05:51] Miri**
Found you, Papa!
**[05:58] Kazuki**
Caught you!
**[06:08] Kazuki**
I caught her!
**[06:10] Boss**
K-Kill him!
**[06:17] Kazuki**
H-Holy shit...
**[06:19] Miri**
Airplane!
**[06:21] Kazuki**
The plan's off!
**[06:23] Kazuki**
We gotta go!
**[06:33] Kazuki**
Darn it! You made it flashy again!
**[06:36] Rei**
I've never killed you, have I?
**[06:37] Kazuki**
And you could've gotten yourself killed!
**[06:39] Kazuki**
Don't scare me like that again!
**[06:41] Kazuki**
Got it?
**[06:43] Miri**
Got it, Papa!
**[06:45] Kazuki**
* That's why we decided to*
* take Miri back to her mom.*
**[06:48] Kazuki**
*There was no way we were taking care of her.*
**[06:52] Kazuki**
* Two hitmen raising a kid*
* was never gonna go well.*
**[06:56] Kazuki**
I just wasn't cut out for it.
**[07:09] Kazuki**
* Miri's mom was working at*
* some bar in the boonies.*
**[07:15] Misaki**
Me and that kid are nothing
to each other now.
**[07:18] Kazuki**
That's not true!
**[07:19] Misaki**
You think I wanted a kid?
**[07:24] Misaki**
She destroyed my dreams, and I'm
supposed to laugh about it?!
**[07:28] Kazuki**
That's supposed to come naturally
from being a mother!
**[07:32] Kazuki**
Isn't struggling and sacrificing
parts of your life for your kid
**[07:35] Kazuki**
supposed to be part of
the joy of parenthood?
**[07:40] Misaki**
It's always the ones with
the loftiest ideals
**[07:43] Misaki**
who bring the greatest
misfortune to their families.
**[07:50] Kazuki**
* I thought, what kind of mom*
* says that kinda thing?*
**[07:54] Kazuki**
*But I think she sorta saw through me, too.*
**[08:00] Miri**
Papa Kazuki!
**[08:03] Miri**
Welcome back!
**[08:04] Kazuki**
Hey.
**[08:05] Rei**
So? What now?
**[08:09] Kazuki**
Let's see...
**[08:13] Kazuki**
Let's get some dinner on the way home.
**[08:16] Rei**
For three?
**[08:17] Kazuki**
For three.
**[08:21] Rei**
* One day, after a job,*
* Kazuki brought home this kid.*
**[08:26] Rei**
* He couldn't really take care of it,*
* so things got pretty bad.*
**[08:32] Miri**
Rei-kun, push me!
**[08:39] Miri**
Now that one!
**[08:42] Miri**
So much fun!
**[08:47] Rei**
*I don't get kids at all.*
**[08:51] Rei**
Why do you refer to Kazuki as "Papa"?
**[08:55] Miri**
"Papa" is the person who saves
you when you're in trouble!
**[09:00] Miri**
Got it?
**[09:10] Cop 1**
Well? What's your name?
**[09:12] Miri**
Unasaka Miri! Four years old!
**[09:15] Cop 2**
A lost child...
**[09:17] Miri**
I can get home!
**[09:18] Cop 2**
We should probably take her in.
**[09:20] Cop 2**
Let's get her to the station.
**[09:23] Miri**
Save me, Papa!
**[09:26] Miri**
Save me, Papa!
**[09:37] Miri**
No! Let me go!
**[09:38] Cop 1**
Quit squirming!
**[09:41] Cop 2**
Who're you?
**[09:43] Rei**
Let her go.
**[09:45] Cop 1**
Eh?
**[09:46] Cop 2**
Are you her guardian?
**[09:48] Rei**
No.
**[09:51] Rei**
I am...
**[09:53] Rei**
her papa.
**[09:57] Rei**
Let's go home, Miri.
**[10:04] Miri**
Papa Rei!
**[10:10] Rei**
Let's go home, Miri.
**[10:12] Miri**
Okay!
**[10:13] Rei**
* I don't get Miri, but I might as well*
* look after her a little while longer.*
**[10:23] Kazuki**
Can you move her to your side more?
**[10:25] Kazuki**
Hey!
**[10:27] Kazuki**
Are you asleep already?!
**[10:29] Miri**
Lemme do it!
**[10:31] Kazuki**
Hey, don't—
**[10:34] Miri**
Sorry!
**[10:36] Kazuki**
* In the end, we ended up*
* living together again.*
**[10:39] Kazuki**
* But as you can see,*
* it wasn't all wine and roses!*
**[10:41] Miri**
Sorry!
**[10:42] Kazuki**
*We couldn't even work.*
**[10:44] Kazuki**
* How does anyone manage to balance*
* work and taking care of a child?*
**[10:47] Miri**
Sorry!
**[10:52] Miri**
Papa!
**[10:53] Miri**
Watch me! Watch me!
**[10:56] Rei**
I'm exhausted.
***SIGN*** Futaba Daycare
***SIGN*** Futaba Daycare
**[11:01] Kazuki**
Daycare?
**[11:02] Kazuki**
*That was it! The solution to everything!*
**[11:06] Kazuki**
What? No new enrollments?
**[11:07] Kazuki**
Why?!
**[11:09] Kazuki**
Go to the government office?
**[11:11] Kazuki**
Why?!
***SIGN*** About Your Daycare
**[11:12] Kazuki**
Wow, she needs all this?
**[11:15] Rei**
Mealtime apron, hat, change of clothes,
slippers, hand towel, nap mat...
**[11:22] Kazuki**
It's too damn hard!
***SIGN*** About Your Daycare
**[11:25] Rei**
It says we have to write
her name on all her stuff.
**[11:29] Kazuki**
Wha? All of it?
***SIGN*** Things You Need for Daycare
***SIGN*** Please write your name on everything.
***SIGN*** Hat, shoes for daycare
Coverlet, towel, pajamas, sweatpants, smock
**[11:31] Rei**
It says it here.
**[11:33] Rei**
"Sew the name into the coverlet."
**[11:36] Kazuki**
How?!
**[11:37] Rei**
With needle and thread?
**[11:38] Kazuki**
Like hell I've got that!
***SIGN*** Unasaka Miri
**[11:42] Miri**
Lemme do it!
***SIGN*** Unasaka Miri
**[11:49] Kazuki**
D-Don't you realize how much that cost?!
**[11:53] Kazuki**
Don't you?
**[11:54] Kazuki**
Uh-oh. Gotta hurry, not much time!
**[11:58] Kazuki**
* After many trials and tribulations,*
* we got her to preschool...*
**[12:03] Kazuki**
* But I might've gone a little*
* overboard with the wardrobe...*
**[12:06] Kazuki**
It's your first day, girl.
**[12:08] Kazuki**
Get in there and go!
**[12:09] Miri**
Go!
**[12:11] Miss Anna**
Good morning!
**[12:13] Miri**
Good morning!
**[12:15] Kazuki**
Thank you again for having her.
**[12:17] Miss Anna**
You both look very stylish today!
**[12:19] Miss Anna**
Almost like mobsters!
**[12:21] Rei**
Well, we are hitmen.
***SIGN*** You think they're rich?!
Yuki's Mama
Hitmen?!
Tsumugi's Mama
Hitmen, wooow!
I'd take a hit from that!♥
Midori's Mama
They could do a hit on my husband too!
Hinata's Mama
I want in on that action!!
**[12:27] Kazuki**
* I started to get a real*
* paternal feeling about her.*
**[12:27] Anna**
Miri-chan! Your papa's here for you!
**[12:30] Kazuki**
* It was up to me to make*
* sure she grew up right!*
**[12:30] Miri**
Papa Kazuki! Just a minute!
**[12:34] Anna**
Well... Today, Miri-chan...
**[12:36] Anna**
I'm told she got in a fight with a friend.
**[12:40] Kazuki**
A fight?
**[12:41] Kazuki**
I'm doing this because I care about you.
**[12:45] Kazuki**
At times like these, Papa Kazuki—
**[12:46] Miri**
No! You're being scary!
**[12:49] Miri**
I don't like you, Papa! I hate you!
**[12:52] Miri**
*I hate you!*
**[12:53] Miri**
*I hate you!*
**[12:54] Miri**
*I hate you!*
**[12:56] Kazuki**
If this breakdown in our relationship
puts Miri on the road to delinquency...
**[13:01] Kazuki**
I'm so sorry, Miri.
**[13:02] Kazuki**
I should've been more understanding.
**[13:05] Delinquent Miri**
Shaddap!
**[13:06] Delinquent Miri**
Quit actin' like my papa!
**[13:07] Delinquent Miri**
You always got on my nerves, you old fart!
**[13:13] Kazuki**
I'm not old!
**[13:16] Kazuki**
Oh, crud!
**[13:18] Kazuki**
* And it happened on field*
* trip day of all days...*
**[13:21] Kazuki**
*Plus, parents weren't allowed to come along!*
**[13:23] Kazuki**
* I had to work out a way to get*
* her lunch to her without being seen!*
**[13:29] Rei**
This feels overboard.
**[13:30] Kazuki**
We're professionals.
**[13:32] Kazuki**
We do whatever it takes to
see our mission through!
**[13:37] Rei**
You're way more conspicuous like that.
**[13:42] Miri**
My lunch!
**[13:44] Kazuki**
I gotta take it to her!
**[13:46] Rei**
You can't let them see you!
**[13:48] Kazuki**
But the poor kid!
**[13:52] Miri**
What's that?
**[13:53] Taiga**
Take it.
**[13:57] Miri**
Yeah!
**[13:58] Miri**
Thanks, Taiga-kun!
**[14:01] Miri**
Let's all eat together!
**[14:03] Hinata**
But...
**[14:05] Kotori**
Taiga-kun's gonna steal our fried
chicken and be mean again.
**[14:09] Miri**
You won't do that, right?
**[14:12] Taiga**
I won't do it again. Sorry.
**[14:17] Kotori/Hinata**
Okay, then!
**[14:21] Miri**
These rice balls are so tasty!
**[14:24] Taiga**
My mom makes the best rice balls ever!
**[14:27] Kazuki**
Guess I'll take this home.
**[14:33] Robber**
Shut up and hand over the food,
**[14:44] Kazuki**
Pyon...
**[14:45] Kazuki**
Pyon!
**[14:47] ---**
Pyon!
**[14:48] Rei**
Paca!
**[14:52] Rei**
Your punishment, paca.
**[14:54] Miri**
Yeah!
**[14:56] Taiga**
Alpacas are so strong!
**[14:58] Rei**
We're back.
**[14:59] Miri**
Papa Kazuki! I'm back!
**[15:02] Kazuki**
Miri!
**[15:03] Miri**
The trip was so fun!
**[15:06] Miri**
I wanna eat the lunch you made!
**[15:11] Kazuki**
Miri!
**[15:13] Kazuki**
I'm sorry! It was all my fault!
**[15:15] Kazuki**
*I was the one who was out of line.*
**[15:16] Kazuki**
You didn't do anything wrong!
**[15:18] Kazuki**
*Kids are way more attentive than you think.*
**[15:19] Miri**
That's tickly!
**[15:20] Kazuki**
*I oughta trust her more.*
**[15:20] Miri**
Let me go, Papa!
**[15:24] Miri**
I wanna play!
**[15:24] Kazuki**
*Or so I thought, until...*
**[15:26] Kazuki**
No! Bath first!
**[15:28] Kazuki**
Do the laundry, wash the dishes,
make dinner,
**[15:31] Kazuki**
*We're supposed to be two dads and a kid,*
**[15:32] Kazuki**
get her a bath...
**[15:34] Kazuki**
Do the laundry, wash the dishes...
**[15:34] Kazuki**
* but it really felt like*
* I had two kids around...*
**[15:37] Miri**
I don't like these.
**[15:40] Miri**
How'd I get more?!
**[15:42] Rei**
I can't stand mushrooms.
**[15:44] Miri**
I don't want them!
**[15:45] Rei**
Well, neither do I.
**[15:47] Miri**
No! You gotta eat them!
**[15:48] Miri**
The tomatoes, too!
**[15:49] Rei**
Hey, don't be gross—
**[15:52] Kazuki**
Do you guys...
**[15:54] Kazuki**
...think I'm...
**[15:56] Kazuki**
...your *maid* or something?!
***SIGN*** I'll be out for a while. - Kazuki
**[15:59] Miri**
I'm hungry!
**[16:02] Miri**
Papa Rei! Make food!
**[16:08] Kyutaro**
I see.
***SIGN*** Kugi Kyutaro
cv: Toshiyuki Morikawa
***SIGN*** Age: 32 Occupation: Café Bartender
**[16:10] Kyutaro**
So you ran off early this morning?
**[16:12] Kazuki**
It's the only way to get
Rei to look after Miri.
**[16:16] Kazuki**
And Miri needs to appreciate
how much I do for her.
**[16:21] Kyutaro**
Your sister-in-law returned it again.
**[16:23] Kyutaro**
I'm pretty sure she won't take it.
**[16:26] Kyutaro**
You really need to talk this out with her.
**[16:29] Kyutaro**
Karin-chan is Yuzuko-chan's
only living family.
**[16:33] Yuzuko**
Our little one "can't wait to see Papa."
**[16:59] Kazuki**
Yuz—
**[17:05] Kazuki**
* It'd been five years since I lost*
* my wife Yuzuko and our unborn child.*
**[17:11] Karin**
Big Sis really liked this place, huh?
**[17:16] Kazuki**
I'm scared, okay?
**[17:20] Kazuki**
Of changing.
**[17:22] Kazuki**
Of forgetting what I did in letting her die.
**[17:25] Kazuki**
Of being fulfilled by something else.
**[17:28] Kazuki**
Of her slipping out of my memory.
**[17:33] Kazuki**
That's why I don't want to change.
**[17:37] Karin**
Memories aren't a prison.
**[17:42] Karin**
I hear you took in a relative's kid?
**[17:45] Kazuki**
It's really not a big deal.
**[17:47] Kazuki**
She just fell into my lap.
**[17:49] Karin**
That's cool, too! Having fun?
**[17:51] Kazuki**
Nah, she's just a huge handful.
**[17:54] Kazuki**
She doesn't do a thing I tell her.
**[17:56] Karin**
Well, I know you can make her happy, too!
**[18:06] Kazuki**
Ah, well.
**[18:08] Kazuki**
Guess I'll work at it a bit longer.
**[18:21] Kazuki**
* Of course, Rei's family life is*
* just as complicated as mine.*
**[18:37] Rei**
Forgive my long absence, Boss.
**[18:39] Rei**
You seem well.
**[18:40] Shigeki**
So, living among the little people
has taught you proper etiquette?
**[18:45] Shigeki**
Return to this home.
**[18:48] Shigeki**
I've given you more than enough leash.
**[18:50] Shigeki**
It's time for you to learn the business
of being head of the organization.
**[18:57] Shigeki**
It seems you've formed pointless ties.
**[19:01] Shigeki**
Bad influences are common
enough in our business.
**[19:05] Shigeki**
If one such influence has sullied
the Suwa family blood—
**[19:07] Rei**
No.
**[19:08] Rei**
Kazuki has nothing to do with this.
**[19:13] Shigeki**
Finish this before the day is over.
**[19:17] Rei**
I know this man.
**[19:19] Shigeki**
He betrayed the organization.
**[19:21] Shigeki**
You'd better not betray my expectations.
**[19:26] Kaji**
So you were the one following me?
**[19:28] Kaji**
How appropriate.
**[19:30] Rei**
I'm here on a job.
**[19:34] Rei**
* The assassins' blood of the*
* Suwa family cannot be opposed.*
**[19:38] Rei**
* I was given the order, so I had to kill*
* the man who taught me the business.*
**[19:45] Rei**
*I'd have been killed if I hadn't.*
**[19:48] Rei**
*Even though I'm his biological son.*
**[19:50] Shigeki**
Don't call me "Dad."
**[19:52] Shigeki**
I am your boss.
**[20:11] Rei**
*But... as I am now, I...*
**[20:17] Rei**
I have something worth protecting, too.
**[20:48] Shigeki**
*You'd better not betray my expectations.*
**[20:53] Rei**
Am I the same way?
**[20:59] Kazuki**
Hey, damn it! What're you doing, dumbass?!
**[21:01] Rei**
Kazuki?
**[21:02] Kazuki**
There's no time. Get in!
**[21:07] Rei**
I'm ba—
**[21:13] Rei**
Oh, it was today.
**[21:16] Kazuki**
Miri helped with everything.
**[21:18] Kazuki**
All day long.
***SIGN*** Happy Birthday
**[21:21] Kazuki**
She wanted to make you happy.
**[21:27] Miri**
Happy birthday to you...
**[21:31] Miri**
Happy birthday...
**[21:39] Kazuki**
Hey! You did it, Miri!
**[21:41] Kazuki**
He smiled!
**[21:46] Kazuki**
Go on.
**[21:47] Rei**
Sure.
**[21:53] Kazuki**
* I always figured guys like us didn't*
* get a chance at normal happiness.*
**[21:59] Kazuki**
* But we made a family.*
* A family I want to protect!*
**[22:08] Kyutaro**
Sorry, we're—
**[22:15] Ogino**
A request for info from the boss.
**[22:18] Ogino**
The organization trusts you.
**[22:29] ED**
* The scenery never changes and*
* every day is full of surprises*
**[22:34] ED**
*But those are the best parts*
**[22:39] ED**
* Wrapped around your finger*
* and going in circles*
**[22:44] ED**
*These days are dizzying yet endearing*
**[22:49] ED**
* On your restless nights,*
* I softly whisper a lullaby*
**[22:53] ED**
* And stroke your hair to the*
* rhythm of your breathing*
**[22:58] ED**
* I just want these days to*
* continue as long as possible*
**[23:02] ED**
*Even if it's just a day*
**[23:08] ED**
*I chased after you as you ran barefoot*
**[23:13] ED**
*Maybe one day, you'll surpass me, ah*
**[23:17] ED**
*I wonder what tomorrow's going to be like*
**[23:22] ED**
*Why don't we walk together?*
**[23:27] ED**
*This will always be our place to come home to*
**[23:32] ED**
*And it'll shine down on our sadness*
**[23:36] ED**
*That's all right, yeah, that's okay*
**[23:41] ED**
*Let's try to share our love together*
**[23:46] ED**
*Let the light always shine upon hope*
**[23:49] ED**
*When the future is unpredictable*