# E8 - The Angel's Aquamarine
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**[00:02] Shoko**
I don't think I've ever had
a good understanding
**[00:06] Shoko**
of what I do and don't know.
**[00:11] Shoko**
I don't even know what
I don't know about men.
**[00:17] Shoko**
I just don't really get it.
**[00:22] Shoko**
Seigi-kun, are you listening?
**[00:26] Seigi**
Isn't it about time?
**[00:31] Shoko**
Well, I'm off to my marriage meeting.
***SIGN*** Episode 8
The Angel's Aquamarine
**[02:24] Richard**
Did you do poorly on a test?
**[02:27] Richard**
You look like the world is ending.
**[02:32] Seigi**
Just kill me.
**[02:39] Seigi**
Tanimoto-san's going to a marriage meeting.
**[02:43] Seigi**
Oh, I guess she's already there.
**[02:46] Seigi**
Which means I don't have a chance...
**[02:49] Seigi**
Go for broke? I'm broke before
I even went for anything...
**[02:56] Seigi**
Could you hold on to this for a while?
**[03:02] Richard**
Are you familiar with
the words of Machiavelli?
**[03:05] Seigi**
Machiavelli?
**[03:06] Richard**
People regret the things they didn't do
more than the things they did.
**[03:19] (Flashback) Seigi**
They're beautiful!
**[03:21] (Flashback) Richard**
They're both gemstones relating to the sea.
**[03:25] (Flashback) Richard**
Lapis lazuli is also sometimes
called ultramarine.
**[03:30] (Flashback) Richard**
"Marine" meaning the sea,
and "ultra" meaning beyond.
**[03:33] (Flashback) Seigi**
Ultra?
**[03:34] (Flashback) Richard**
Yes.
**[03:35] (Flashback) Richard**
The lapis lazuli that was brought
from Afghanistan to Europe
**[03:39] (Flashback) Richard**
was "the blue that came from beyond the sea."
**[03:43] (Flashback) Seigi**
I see.
**[03:45] (Flashback) Richard**
This aquamarine was mined
in Santa Maria, Brazil.
**[03:52] (Flashback) Richard**
The stone's name means "seawater" in Latin.
**[03:55] (Flashback) Richard**
Sailors have used aquamarines as
protective charms since ancient times.
**[04:00] (Flashback) Richard**
In addition to signifying good fortune,
they're also called the angel's stone.
**[04:06] (Flashback) Seigi**
Angel...
**[04:08] (Flashback) Seigi**
That's perfect for Tanimoto-san.
**[04:12] (Flashback) Richard**
Did you know that Étranger
offers an employee discount?
**[04:19] (Flashback) Seigi**
I'll buy it!
**[04:30] Richard**
Seigi.
**[04:32] Richard**
Are you free tonight?
**[04:34] Seigi**
Yeah, I am.
**[04:39] Richard**
Then I'll take you to dinner.
**[04:44] Seigi**
You're such a good guy.
**[04:47] Seigi**
But I'll pass tonight.
**[04:49] Richard**
I see.
**[04:50] Seigi**
Thanks. I really appreciate the thought, but...
**[04:54] Richard**
Don't worry about it.
**[05:12] Seigi**
Huh?
**[05:14] Seigi**
Homura-san?
**[05:19] Seigi**
Good to see him looking well.
**[05:26] Seigi**
What... is Tanimoto-san doing here?
**[05:35] Seigi**
Huh?
**[05:37] Homura**
Nakata-kun, right?
**[05:39] Homura**
It's me, Homura. It's been a while.
**[05:42] Seigi**
Hello.
**[05:44] Homura**
Thank you for your help back then.
**[05:46] Seigi**
Don't mention it.
**[05:48] Seigi**
Um, Homura-san...
**[05:49] Homura**
Yes?
**[05:53] Seigi**
No... It's nothing.
**[05:57] Homura**
I'm the one Shoko-chan was meeting.
**[06:02] Homura**
She told me you two are friends from school.
**[06:06] Homura**
I was surprised.
**[06:08] Seigi**
"Shoko-chan"?
**[06:11] Homura**
I've known her for a long time.
**[06:14] Homura**
Our parents were friends.
**[06:16] Shoko**
* Our parents were friends.*
* He played with me a lot.*
**[06:21] Seigi**
Yeah, she mentioned it.
**[06:23] Homura**
I know she said she was
glad to have a friend
**[06:26] Homura**
she could discuss the
marriage meeting with,
**[06:29] Homura**
but she even told you that?
**[06:31] Seigi**
I was surprised. I could hardly believe a
college student had a marriage meeting.
**[06:36] Homura**
Our parents are excited about it, but not me.
**[06:40] Seigi**
What about Tanimoto-san? How does she feel?
**[06:43] Homura**
Why don't you ask her yourself?
**[06:46] Seigi**
Huh?
**[06:47] Homura**
Well, I should get going.
**[06:49] Homura**
Sorry for holding you up.
**[07:02] Shoko**
Seigi-kun, are you listening?
**[07:06] Seigi**
Isn't it about time?
**[07:10] Shoko**
Well, I'm off.
**[07:14] Seigi**
Huh?
**[07:16] Seigi**
Wait, Tanimoto-san...
**[07:24] Seigi**
Don't go!
**[07:35] Seigi**
Just a dream...
**[07:57] Seigi**
Tanimoto-san!
**[08:00] Shoko**
Seigi-kun.
**[08:02] Shoko**
I heard you know Homura-san.
**[08:06] Shoko**
What a surprise.
**[08:08] Seigi**
Oh, yeah...
**[08:11] Shoko**
Seigi-kun?
**[08:12] Seigi**
Um, Tanimoto-san...
**[08:17] Seigi**
About Homura-san...
Do you really want to marry him?
**[08:24] Shoko**
Why?
**[08:25] Seigi**
Why? Because, uh...
**[08:30] Seigi**
I guess you could say...
I'm worried about you.
**[08:39] Shoko**
I don't really know what it
means to be with a man.
**[08:44] Seigi**
Huh?
**[08:45] Shoko**
I like Homura-san.
**[08:47] Shoko**
Like how I like my dad or mom.
**[08:50] Shoko**
But I don't know what it means
to like someone in a different way.
**[08:56] Shoko**
Someone I thought was a friend once said to me,
**[08:58] Shoko**
"I like you. Please go out with me."
**[09:03] Shoko**
We were having so much fun as just friends,
but I guess that wasn't enough.
**[09:10] Shoko**
Well, once I get married,
**[09:12] Shoko**
I won't have to worry about
romance anymore, right?
**[09:17] Shoko**
So I want to get married.
**[09:21] Shoko**
I'm the worst, aren't I?
**[09:25] Shoko**
Sometimes I see myself as a gemstone
that was mistakenly put on display.
**[09:31] Shoko**
Among beryls, there are
aquamarines containing iron,
**[09:35] Shoko**
emeralds containing chromium,
**[09:37] Shoko**
and goshenite containing
nothing at all, right?
**[09:41] Shoko**
But since colorless, transparent aquamarines
and goshenite look the same,
**[09:47] Shoko**
goshenite is often put on
display as aquamarine...
**[09:52] Shoko**
even though it's a totally different
beryl that contains no iron.
**[09:58] Shoko**
Just like how choosing not to fall in love
**[10:00] Shoko**
and never understanding it in
the first place aren't the same.
**[10:09] Seigi**
Maybe that's how love works,
but I think marriage is different.
**[10:14] Shoko**
Huh?
**[10:15] Seigi**
My mom's a divorcée.
**[10:18] Seigi**
My dad was an awful guy.
**[10:21] Seigi**
She's remarried now,
but she probably did it for me.
**[10:26] Seigi**
I think it's okay for some
marriages to be like that.
**[10:29] Seigi**
If someone says otherwise, then...
**[10:33] Shoko**
Then?
**[10:35] Seigi**
Then they're...
**[10:42] Seigi**
They're probably the kind of person
who'd say gemstones are all the same.
**[10:46] Seigi**
Even though they're all one of a kind.
**[10:50] Shoko**
Do you remember what you
said about me, Seigi-kun?
**[10:54] Seigi**
*How cool...*
**[10:56] Shoko**
That made me way happier
than being called cute or pretty.
**[11:03] Seigi**
I wish you all the best.
**[11:07] Shoko**
Thank you, Seigi-kun.
**[11:18] Seigi**
I've decided to support her.
**[11:22] Richard**
Support who?
**[11:23] Seigi**
I'm going to support
Tanimoto-san's marriage meetings.
**[11:27] Seigi**
It's really for the best.
**[11:29] Richard**
May I offer my thoughts?
**[11:32] Seigi**
Go ahead.
**[11:35] Richard**
You fool.
**[11:38] Seigi**
Say whatever you want.
**[11:41] Seigi**
I've already made up my mind.
**[11:43] Seigi**
The best thing I can do isn't asking her out.
**[11:48] Seigi**
She's on a date with Homura-san
at the science museum right now.
**[11:53] Seigi**
It's for the best.
**[11:56] Seigi**
If you're free tonight, Richard,
let's go out together.
**[12:00] Seigi**
We can toast to Tanimoto-san's happiness.
**[12:03] Seigi**
I guess you'll be having a parfait...
***SIGN*** Shiseido Parlour
**[12:11] Richard**
Seigi, let me tell you an interesting story.
**[12:16] Seigi**
You're ignoring me?
**[12:18] Richard**
Long ago, somewhere in England,
**[12:22] Richard**
there lived a boy with a very beautiful face.
**[12:28] Richard**
No matter what he did,
**[12:31] Richard**
he was cursed to always have
people talk about his face.
**[12:43] Richard**
One day, he met a girl.
**[12:48] Richard**
They met in the Japanese department.
**[12:50] Richard**
Seeing the boy so concerned about his face,
she said to him quite plainly,
**[12:55] Richard**
"Don't worry about it."
**[12:58] Richard**
He'd never met anyone like her before.
**[13:02] Richard**
It didn't take long for him to fall in love.
**[13:07] Richard**
But the boy bore a second curse:
**[13:13] Richard**
his great-grandfather's inheritance.
**[13:18] Richard**
Faced with such tremendous wealth,
the girl said the following:
**[13:23] Richard**
"I'm scared I'd choose the money
if something happened."
**[13:27] Richard**
"I'd rather break up than
be that kind of person."
**[13:36] Richard**
Question: if you were him,
how would you have responded to her?
**[13:44] Seigi**
I'd like to tell her not to worry about
it and to stay with me forever.
**[13:49] Seigi**
But that's hard to say...
**[13:51] Richard**
It is.
**[13:53] Richard**
But even without the inheritance,
if she wanted to break up,
**[13:57] Richard**
clinging to her would've
only made him miserable.
**[14:01] Richard**
Therefore, he chose silence.
**[14:05] Seigi**
He didn't say anything?
**[14:08] Richard**
That's why I shared Machiavelli's
words with you the other day.
**[14:15] Seigi**
We regret the things we don't do
more than the things we did.
**[14:19] Richard**
That's right.
**[14:22] Richard**
If I were you, I'd be running to her
instead of sitting around here.
**[14:29] Richard**
Do you realize? You often
compliment my appearance,
**[14:35] Richard**
but you have trouble expressing affection
**[14:38] Richard**
for those you don't wish to dislike you.
**[14:42] Richard**
You mentioned before that you
were afraid of being disliked.
**[14:46] Richard**
But hasn't it been long enough?
**[14:48] Richard**
It's time to forget the cowardly hero of justice.
**[14:52] Seigi**
Huh?
**[14:54] Richard**
Seigi, abandon your vanity and shame.
**[14:58] Richard**
Aren't you the man who follows his heart
and embraces his inborn meddlesomeness
**[15:03] Richard**
in order to lead the people around
him toward bright futures?
**[15:12] Richard**
Go to the science museum.
**[15:19] Seigi**
I really like you.
**[15:25] Richard**
I like you very much as well, Seigi.
**[15:29] Richard**
I'm glad to have met you.
**[15:31] Richard**
From the moment we met until now.
That hasn't changed.
**[15:37] Seigi**
If you're still open by the time I'm done,
I'll be back at mach speed.
**[15:40] Richard**
At least invite her out to dinner.
**[15:43] Seigi**
Yeah.
**[16:06] Seigi**
*Richard once told me...*
**[16:09] Seigi**
* that gemstones lead people to*
* the answers they truly desire.*
**[16:24] Shoko**
Huh? Seigi-kun?
**[16:31] Homura**
Shoko-chan, I'm going to make a call.
**[16:33] Shoko**
Okay.
**[16:36] Shoko**
What a surprise.
**[16:40] Seigi**
Tanimoto-san, I...
**[16:44] Seigi**
The other day, I said I thought it was okay
for some marriages to be that way.
**[16:49] Seigi**
That I'd support your decision.
**[16:53] Seigi**
But I'm sorry... I can't after all.
**[16:55] Shoko**
Seigi-kun?
**[17:08] Shoko**
An aquamarine...
**[17:10] Seigi**
I've been wanting to give it to you.
**[17:13] Shoko**
To me?
**[17:15] Seigi**
Yeah.
**[17:16] Seigi**
The moment Richard
showed me this aquamarine,
**[17:20] Seigi**
I thought it was perfect for you.
**[17:24] Seigi**
You're like an angel.
**[17:30] Seigi**
To me, that's the kind of person you are.
**[17:35] Shoko**
Seigi-kun, you mean this is how you see me?
**[17:39] Seigi**
Yeah.
**[17:41] Seigi**
I don't think all gemstones are the same.
**[17:44] Seigi**
But in the near future,
you might find someone you like.
**[17:51] Seigi**
You might want to fall in love.
**[17:55] Seigi**
I don't think you have to give up on that yet.
**[17:59] Seigi**
So... So I...
**[18:02] Seigi**
I don't want you to get married.
**[18:15] Shoko**
I probably would've blown that off
if it came from anyone else.
**[18:23] Shoko**
But since it's you, Seigi-kun...
**[18:30] Shoko**
I want to thank you.
**[18:34] Shoko**
You really are a hero of justice.
**[18:39] Seigi**
Huh?
**[18:40] Shoko**
Seigi-kun, do you remember
when we first met?
**[18:44] Seigi**
Of course I do.
**[18:47] Shoko**
When things aren't going well
for me or my head feels foggy,
**[18:52] Shoko**
I like to help those in need.
**[18:54] Shoko**
I pretend to be a good person
to feel better about myself.
**[19:00] Shoko**
But imagine my surprise when
a *real* nice person showed up.
**[19:06] Shoko**
My kindness is self-satisfaction,
but you're different.
**[19:11] Shoko**
You're someone who hears cries
for help and extends a hand.
**[19:17] Seigi**
I'm not...
**[19:18] Shoko**
Seigi-kun, you remembered what
I said the other day, didn't you?
**[19:25] Shoko**
After talking about it,
**[19:28] Shoko**
I felt I couldn't get married
to run away from something.
**[19:34] Shoko**
If I did that, I wouldn't like myself.
**[19:37] Shoko**
I wouldn't be able to forgive myself.
**[19:39] Shoko**
So...
**[19:41] Seigi**
So?
**[19:43] Shoko**
I'm going to turn down Homura-san.
**[19:46] Shoko**
You helped me realize my feelings.
**[19:53] Shoko**
Thank you, Seigi-kun.
**[20:06] Seigi**
You really are cool, Tanimoto-san.
**[20:12] Homura**
You're a coward.
**[20:15] Seigi**
I know. I hate myself.
**[20:19] Homura**
Next time, you'd better tell her you like her.
**[20:25] Homura**
By the way, I received a call
from Richard-san the other day.
**[20:30] Homura**
Where's he going?
**[20:33] Seigi**
Where? What do you mean?
**[20:37] Homura**
Isn't Étranger going to be closed
for a while starting tomorrow?
**[20:41] Seigi**
Étranger's closing?
**[20:44] Seigi**
I haven't heard anything about that.
**[20:47] Homura**
You should call the store.
**[20:57] Seigi**
It's Seigi.
**[20:58] Richard**
*How did it go?*
**[20:59] Seigi**
Well, it didn't go horribly.
**[21:03] Seigi**
I failed to ask her out to dinner,
but I'll tell you all about it when I get back.
**[21:07] Richard**
*You needn't come back today.*
**[21:10] Seigi**
What? Why not?
**[21:12] Richard**
* Now that I think about it,*
* we've known each other for some time now.*
**[21:16] Seigi**
Huh? What are you saying?
**[21:19] Richard**
*I've paid your salary in full.*
**[21:22] Richard**
*Don't worry about the rest.*
**[21:25] Seigi**
What are you talking about?
**[21:26] Richard**
*One last thing...*
**[21:28] Seigi**
Wait.
**[21:30] Seigi**
I'm on my way back to the store now.
***SIGN*** Notice
**[21:41] (Flashback) Richard**
*You trust people too much.*
**[21:45] (Flashback) Richard**
*Sometimes it hurts you,
but that's how life is.*
***SIGN*** Are you alive?
What happened?
**[21:50] (Flashback) Richard**
*Remember that.*
***SIGN*** Richard
***SIGN*** Are you alive?
What happened?
**[21:53] (Flashback) Richard**
*Farewell.*
***SIGN*** The number you have called is either outside the service area
***SIGN*** or has been turned off.
**[22:00] Seigi**
That idiot...
***SIGN*** North Wing Departures