# E2 - cul-de-sac
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**[00:20] Stylist**
What do you think, Shinako-san?
**[00:24] Stylist**
You look great with short hair, too.
**[00:30] Haru**
Come on, Rikuo.
**[00:33] Haru**
The weather's nice.
**[00:35] Haru**
Let's go somewhere.
**[00:37] Rikuo**
I'm in the middle of work, damn it.
**[00:40] Kinoshita**
Haru-chan, you should go with me instead.
**[00:46] Kinoshita**
This guy's still not over being rejected, anyway.
**[00:51] Rikuo**
Kinoshita-san!
**[00:54] Haru**
Jeez, you're still upset?
**[00:57] Haru**
Fine, whatever.
**[00:59] Haru**
I'll go by myself.
**[01:01] Haru**
Bye.
**[01:02] Kinoshita**
Aw, she's gone.
**[01:07] ---**
Jeez.
**[01:09] Rikuo**
Why is she here every day?
**[01:11] Kinoshita**
She's here to mess with you, Uozumi.
**[01:15] Kinoshita**
Why are you so mean to her?
**[01:18] Kinoshita**
I feel bad for her.
**[01:20] Rikuo**
I'm... I'm not being mean to her.
**[01:24] Kinoshita**
Come on, man.
**[01:25] Kinoshita**
So you went at her and it didn't work.
**[01:27] Kinoshita**
Be a man and switch gears already.
**[01:30] Kinoshita**
You haven't talked to that
pretty lady since, have you?
***SIGN*** Sing "Yesterday" for Me
***SIGN*** Toizumi Municipal High School
Graduation Ceremony
***SIGN*** Chemistry Prep Room
***SIGN*** Nemoto Yuko
Nonaka Haru
**[01:54] Morita**
Morning.
**[01:55] Morita**
You're here early, Morinome-sensei.
**[01:58] Shinako**
Good morning, Morita-sensei.
**[02:01] Morita**
Are you nervous because it's your first
graduation ceremony as a teacher?
**[02:06] Shinako**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Attendance
**[02:08] Shinako**
I was a student until not so long ago.
**[02:11] Shinako**
It's strange.
**[02:13] Shinako**
I really feel like I've become a teacher.
**[02:18] Morita**
There'll be an after-party when it's over.
**[02:21] Morita**
We can talk about all sorts of things then.
**[02:32] Student A**
Morinome-sensei!
**[02:35] Student A**
A little to the left.
**[02:36] Student A**
That's it.
**[02:38] Student A**
Here I go.
**[02:44] Student A**
See you, Sensei.
**[02:46] Student B**
Good luck, Sensei.
**[02:52] Sensei A**
Good work, everyone.
**[02:54] Sensei A**
It went off without a hitch.
**[02:56] Sensei B**
We have the after-party all set up.
Please join us, Morinome-sensei.
**[03:00] Shinako**
Of course.
**[03:05] Shinako**
I forgot something in the classroom.
**[03:09] Shinako**
I'll see you there!
***SIGN*** Art Room
**[03:21] Shinako**
Rou-kun!
**[03:27] Shinako**
You aren't transferring here
until tomorrow, are you?
**[03:31] Rou**
Oh, Shinako.
**[03:33] Rou**
You cut your hair.
**[03:34] Shinako**
Never mind that.
**[03:36] Shinako**
What's the idea of building a
mountain of garbage in the classroom?
**[03:41] Rou**
The theme is "graduation."
**[03:42] Rou**
The symmetry makes it pretty
academic, don't you think?
**[03:45] Shinako**
Just tear it down, all right?
**[03:47] Shinako**
Before another teacher shows up.
**[03:52] Rou**
The world is still hostile toward art.
**[04:01] Shinako**
Don't you have entrance exams next year?
**[04:04] Shinako**
Why are you out here in Tokyo?
**[04:06] Rou**
I told you, my dad moved
out of home for work.
**[04:11] Rou**
Although I would have stayed in Kanazawa
if you'd stayed, too, Shinako.
**[04:16] Shinako**
You're going to call me Morinome-sensei
when we're at school.
**[04:21] Rou**
Come over today.
**[04:22] Rou**
Dad's been wanting to see you.
**[04:24] Rou**
And I miss your home cooking.
**[04:27] Shinako**
Not today.
**[04:28] Shinako**
The teachers are getting together to drink.
**[04:30] Rou**
That's boring.
**[04:33] Shinako**
Grown-ups have social commitments of our own.
**[04:37] Shinako**
Say hi to your dad for me.
**[04:42] Rou**
Since when does she wear makeup?
**[04:45] Rou**
Yeesh.
***SIGN*** Izakaya
**[04:55] Morita**
You're from Kanazawa, Morinome-sensei?
**[04:58] Shinako**
Yes, I was there until high school.
**[05:00] Shinako**
I went to college in Tokyo.
**[05:02] Shinako**
I went back for a bit
when I was job hunting,
**[05:05] ---**
but then I learned about this place, so...
**[05:08] Morita**
I never knew.
**[05:09] Morita**
Is there someone nice here?
**[05:11] Shinako**
Nah, it's nothing like that.
**[05:13] Morita**
Or did you leave someone back in Kanazawa?
**[05:24] Shinako**
Not really.
**[05:26] Morita**
The way you react makes me curious.
**[05:28] Sensei A**
I know we're in the middle of the party,
but I'd like to pause that for a moment
**[05:32] ---**
and thank you all for seeing the students
through all the way to graduation.
**[05:33] Morita**
Oh, well. Someday.
**[05:37] Teachers**
Thank you.
**[05:40] Sensei B**
Well, ready for the after-after-party?
**[05:42] Shinako**
Actually, I'd better get going.
**[05:46] Morita**
You're leaving?
**[05:47] Sensei A**
All right, get home safe.
**[05:49] Shinako**
Pardon me.
**[06:23] Rikuo**
Shinako?
**[06:26] Rikuo**
What are you doing out here so late?
**[06:31] Shinako**
What about you, Uozumi-kun?
**[06:33] Rikuo**
I live around here.
**[06:36] Rikuo**
I'm on my way home.
**[06:39] Shinako**
Oh, right.
**[06:44] Rikuo**
Y-You cut your hair.
**[06:47] Shinako**
Yeah, kinda.
**[06:55] Rikuo**
You seem out of it.
**[06:56] Rikuo**
Is something wrong?
**[06:59] Shinako**
I was watching the cherry blossoms.
**[07:02] Shinako**
I don't like cherry blossoms
that much, but they're pretty.
**[07:08] Rikuo**
Yeah.
**[07:10] Shinako**
Time flies, doesn't it?
**[07:12] Shinako**
It's already been a year
since we graduated college.
**[07:17] Rikuo**
Yeah.
**[07:20] Shinako**
It's so disappointing.
**[07:25] Shinako**
People don't really change that much,
**[07:28] Shinako**
yet time just... ticks away.
**[07:33] Rikuo**
What's gotten into you?
**[07:35] Rikuo**
You're always so forward-thinking.
**[07:38] Rikuo**
Only unchanging losers like me
are supposed to say stuff like that.
**[07:44] Shinako**
You're not a good judge
of character, Uozumi-kun.
**[07:47] Shinako**
I'm not that forward-thinking.
**[07:51] Shinako**
I might seem like I'm moving
forward, but I'm really not.
**[07:56] Shinako**
I just keep going around in
circles on the same spot.
**[08:01] Rikuo**
Don't you have an early start tomorrow?
**[08:04] Rikuo**
I'll walk you home.
**[08:21] Rikuo**
What's wrong?
**[08:24] Shinako**
I'm going to stay here a bit longer.
**[08:27] Rikuo**
I'll stay with you, then.
**[08:29] Shinako**
No, it's okay.
**[08:32] Shinako**
My apartment's not far from here.
**[08:37] Shinako**
This isn't right, is it?
**[08:41] Shinako**
I know it's not, but I don't know what to do.
**[08:48] Shinako**
If you do think I have anything going for me,
**[08:55] Shinako**
I want you to see me as just a friend.
**[08:59] ---**
I want to have the friendship we used to have,
where we could laugh about stupid things.
**[09:06] Shinako**
It's not that there's anything wrong with you.
**[09:09] Shinako**
Um...
**[09:12] Shinako**
Am I asking for too much?
**[09:18] Rikuo**
I'll try my best.
**[09:22] Shinako**
Sorry.
**[09:26] Rikuo**
Haru?
**[09:27] Rikuo**
What are you doing out here so late?
**[09:30] Haru**
"So late"?
**[09:32] Haru**
I'm heading home from work.
**[09:34] Haru**
I'm a hostess at a bar.
**[09:36] Haru**
This is my route home.
**[09:39] Haru**
What are *you* two doing out so late?
**[09:42] Rikuo**
What?
**[09:43] Shinako**
Oh, um... we just ran into each other.
**[09:46] Shinako**
Please don't get the wrong idea, Nonaka-san.
**[09:53] Haru**
Well, not that I care.
**[09:56] Haru**
Pardon my intrusion.
**[10:01] Rikuo**
Sh-She's not anything
to me, just so you know.
**[10:06] Shinako**
You seem to be something to her, though.
**[10:08] Rikuo**
She just thinks it's fun messing with me.
***SIGN*** Sing "Yesterday" for Me
**[10:20] Kinoshita**
Haru-chan hasn't been by today.
**[10:23] Rikuo**
Isn't that a good thing? It's more peaceful.
**[10:25] Kinoshita**
Well, it's making me lonely.
**[10:28] Kinoshita**
Did you make Haru-chan hate you?
**[10:39] Rikuo**
Kinoshita-san...
**[10:41] Rikuo**
Do you think men and women can be friends?
**[10:45] Kinoshita**
That came out of nowhere.
**[10:49] Kinoshita**
Well, I wouldn't say no,
**[10:52] ---**
but you'd have to have the
confidence to stay friends,
**[10:54] ---**
even if she ends up in a relationship
while you still have feelings for her.
**[11:05] Kinoshita**
Do you have that confidence?
**[11:07] Rikuo**
But if you're friends,
**[11:10] ---**
wouldn't it be rude to stop
being friends just because
**[11:14] ---**
you can't be in a relationship with them?
**[11:17] Rikuo**
I don't want to ruin what we have for
the sake of my childish emotions.
**[11:23] Rikuo**
Is that wrong?
**[11:24] Kinoshita**
No, I honestly admire your mental fortitude.
**[11:32] Rikuo**
Welcome.
***SIGN*** Uozumi
**[11:36] Rou**
Your name's Uozumi, isn't it?
**[11:41] Rou**
I'll get right to the point.
**[11:43] Rou**
Who are you to Shinako?
**[11:46] ---**
I'm heading home.
**[11:47] ---**
Okay, see you.
**[11:51] Haru**
Shinako-sensei.
***SIGN*** Toizumi High School
**[11:56] Shinako**
Nonaka-san.
**[11:58] Haru**
There's something I wanted
to talk to you about.
**[12:01] Haru**
Let's go to the park to
watch the cherry blossoms.
**[12:07] Haru**
They say you can't fight on an empty stomach.
**[12:10] Haru**
Time to eat.
**[12:13] Haru**
Would you like some?
**[12:19] Haru**
I was working at a bar,
**[12:22] Haru**
but I didn't drink a drop of booze.
**[12:25] Haru**
Not that it means anything to say this now...
**[12:32] Shinako**
I trust you.
**[12:36] Shinako**
So, what did you want to talk about?
**[12:42] Haru**
All right.
**[12:46] Haru**
Sensei, let's have a contest.
**[12:51] Rikuo**
Wha?
**[12:52] Rou**
Don't "Wha?" me.
**[12:53] Rou**
Morinome Shinako! You know her, don't you?
**[12:56] Rou**
Be honest.
**[12:58] Rou**
What is your relationship with her?
**[13:00] Rikuo**
My relationship with...
**[13:02] Rikuo**
Who are you, anyway?
**[13:03] Rou**
I'm Hayakawa Rou.
**[13:05] Rou**
Shinako and I grew up together in Kanazawa.
**[13:10] Rikuo**
I have no idea what you're getting at.
**[13:11] Rou**
Dude, you're dense.
**[13:13] Kinoshita**
Guys, would you please take
your problems outside?
**[13:17] Kinoshita**
You're in the way.
**[13:19] Rikuo**
Kinoshita-san...
**[13:22] Rikuo**
So, what is it that you
want to tell me, young man?
**[13:26] Rou**
You aren't a good fit for Shinako.
**[13:28] ---**
Huh?
**[13:30] Rou**
Our houses were next to each other.
**[13:32] Rou**
I've known her since we were kids.
**[13:35] Rou**
How much do you know about her?
**[13:38] Rikuo**
What does it matter to you?
**[13:42] Rou**
So you don't know...
**[13:44] Rou**
who she was in Kanazawa.
**[13:47] Rou**
That's the extent of your relationship.
**[13:54] Rikuo**
Wait.
**[13:58] Rikuo**
What happened in Kanazawa?
**[14:04] Shinako**
A-A contest?
**[14:13] Shinako**
Uozumi-kun and I won't
ever be more than friends.
**[14:20] Haru**
That's not fair, trying to be friends.
**[14:23] Haru**
Even if you make Rikuo turn to me
instead, it would only be a compromise.
**[14:28] Haru**
If we have a contest and I lose, I can give up,
**[14:32] Haru**
but I don't want to be a compromise.
**[14:35] Rikuo**
I understand, but I don't want to
do a contest with you, either.
**[14:37] Haru**
Then why don't you tell him
to stop being friends, too?
**[14:41] Guy A**
What? I have to hold the spot by myself?
**[14:45] Guy A**
I'll be lonely.
**[14:46] Girl A**
Want me to come with you, then?
**[14:48] Girl A**
The weather's nice.
**[14:49] Guy A**
Really? You'll do it?
**[14:50] Girl B**
Don't dump the job on her.
**[14:52] Girl B**
Go by yourself.
**[14:54] Guy B**
Why are you trying to leave?
**[14:58] Haru**
Why did you reject Rikuo, Sensei?
**[15:02] Haru**
Doesn't it take guts to stay friends
even when things are tough?
**[15:09] Haru**
Why?
**[15:10] Haru**
Is it because Rikuo's a loafer?
**[15:12] Shinako**
That has nothing to do with it.
**[15:15] Shinako**
So, then, why do you like
Uozumi-kun, Nonaka-san?
**[15:20] Haru**
I don't know.
**[15:22] Haru**
I just started liking him one day.
**[15:24] Haru**
Love's just a trick of the mind.
**[15:27] Haru**
I think once it happens, it doesn't stop
until you see some kind of conclusion.
**[15:35] Shinako**
That sounds like something you'd say.
**[15:43] Shinako**
There's actually someone I'm in love with.
**[15:51] Shinako**
But...
**[15:53] Shinako**
he's gone now.
**[15:58] Rikuo**
Who is this person?
**[16:00] Rou**
My brother.
**[16:03] Rou**
He was the same age as Shinako.
**[16:04] Rou**
He died six years ago.
**[16:08] Rou**
He always had heart problems.
**[16:11] Rou**
We didn't have a mom at home.
She died early.
***SIGN*** Hayakawa
**[16:17] Rou**
Shinako would come to our place
often to take care of my brother.
**[16:26] Rou**
My brother would get annoyed with her for it.
**[16:32] Rou**
I couldn't stand to see them like that.
**[16:39] Rou**
The night my brother died,
**[16:42] ---**
Shinako spent the whole night
staring at the cherry tree in my yard.
**[16:47] Rou**
Every time cherry blossom season comes
around, she remembers my brother.
**[16:56] (Flashback) Shinako**
I was watching the cherry blossoms.
**[16:59] (Flashback) Shinako**
I just keep going around in
circles on the same spot.
**[17:05] Shinako**
I think I'm tired of being in love now.
**[17:14] Shinako**
So you don't have to worry about me.
**[17:24] Haru**
I thought you were keeping Rikuo as a backup.
**[17:29] Haru**
I guess it's not like that, is it?
**[17:32] Haru**
I've made up my mind, then.
**[17:36] Shinako**
About what?
**[17:39] Haru**
I'm declaring war against you, Sensei.
**[17:45] Haru**
I didn't want to be sneaky about it.
**[17:48] Haru**
So now you know.
**[17:56] Haru**
Anyway, I should get going.
**[18:00] Haru**
I feel better now that I've
said what I wanted to say.
**[18:04] Haru**
See you, Sensei.
**[18:09] Haru**
Oh, I forgot to say something.
**[18:13] Haru**
It wasn't your fault that I quit school.
**[18:31] Kinoshita**
Are you done talking yet?
**[18:34] Kinoshita**
Wait, huh?
**[18:47] Shinako**
Uozumi-kun? What's up?
**[18:50] Rikuo**
Ah, well...
**[18:53] Rikuo**
Your childhood friend, Hayakawa Rou,
came to the store today.
**[19:03] Rikuo**
Not that that means anything.
**[19:07] Rikuo**
But the reason I'm here...
**[19:09] Rikuo**
I don't really have a reason, but...
**[19:12] Rikuo**
Well...
**[19:17] Rikuo**
Sorry.
**[19:19] Rikuo**
I'm going to go home and cool my head.
**[19:28] Shinako**
Sorry for not telling you.
**[19:30] Shinako**
I wasn't trying to hide it,
**[19:34] ---**
but I just didn't want to make it an excuse.
**[19:40] Shinako**
It's stupid, isn't it?
**[19:43] Shinako**
I still can't let go of the past.
**[19:54] Shinako**
Uozumi-kun, let's stop being friends.
**[20:02] Shinako**
It won't work if one of us
has to put effort into it.
**[20:07] Rikuo**
Sure.
**[20:08] Rikuo**
I was thinking that, too.
**[20:11] Rikuo**
I can't be friends with you.
**[20:14] Rikuo**
I was going to try,
**[20:17] ---**
but I don't think I can.
**[20:20] Rikuo**
Not that there's anything to do about it.
**[20:24] Rikuo**
And I'm still acting like we're friends...
**[20:31] Rikuo**
But I have ulterior motives.
**[20:33] Rikuo**
So keep that in mind.
**[20:36] Rikuo**
Would that bother you?
**[20:39] Shinako**
No...
**[20:42] Shinako**
But then...
**[20:43] Rikuo**
It's fine.
**[20:44] Rikuo**
I'm just doing this for my own satisfaction.
**[20:47] Rikuo**
I'd rather wait than be friends.
**[20:51] Rikuo**
Don't mind me.
**[20:53] Rikuo**
Anyway, I'm heading home now.
**[21:04] Shinako**
*I hate this...*
**[21:12] Shinako**
*That I'm actually relieved.*
**[21:18] Kinoshita**
I'm way better, then.
**[21:20] Haru**
I don't know...
**[21:22] Kinoshita**
Hey.
**[21:23] Haru**
Here comes the derelict.
**[21:26] Kinoshita**
Who might you be, again?
**[21:28] Rikuo**
Kinoshita-san.
**[21:30] Haru**
I heard you have a new rival
or something, Uozumi-san.
**[21:35] Rikuo**
It's none of your business.
**[21:39] Haru**
How could you say that?