﻿Sorry, we're closing.
﻿Are you Okabe Satoko?
What?
﻿Hello, I'm Hiranuma Keigo.
Who?
﻿A Naoki prize winning author.
﻿Hiranuma Keigo.
Really?!
Really.
"Rocket Launcher of Love" was the best! Please shake my hand.
You only want to shake hands?
﻿Would you guys like to have a drink with me later?
﻿You don't get to drink with Naoki prize winning authors very often.
﻿You guys go ahead. I'll finish up here.
﻿You're coming too.
﻿Ah, no.
﻿Satoko-chan,
Yes?
﻿What are you drinking?
﻿Hurry up and decide, we're all waiting!
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Don't worry about it, take your time.
Oh! ﻿You don't like me already?
﻿Okabe-senpai is not into this stuff.
﻿That's right.
Well then, why don't you order the same as me?
﻿Over here.
﻿Oh? How?
﻿What's going on? Do you know each other?
﻿What are you doing?
﻿You didn't tell me you invited her.
﻿It's alright. It's alright.
﻿Sit down, sit down.
Okabe-san?
﻿Is that you?
You used the wrong colors.
﻿Okabe-san?
﻿Eh? Wait!
﻿What was that?
﻿Are you okay?
Chapter 3 Horns
Oh!
﻿You scared me!
﻿I didn't ask you to come out tonight.
﻿No, you didn't.
Look.
﻿You threw my masterpiece on the ground.
﻿What's going on? Tell me.
Well, I can guess without you telling me.
﻿Only herbivores have horns.
﻿What?
﻿Herbivorous animals
They don't have sharp teeth to attack other animals.
﻿But they have horns to protect themselves from carnivores.
﻿As a well read woman, you have to have horns too.
﻿You cannot be weak.
﻿Master the weapons of knowledge and become a strong woman.
﻿Horns.
﻿Horns.... Horns....
What?
﻿What did you say?
﻿Oh, nothing.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿Are you okay after you ran out yesterday?
Ahh.
﻿Yes.
I left without saying goodbye, I'm sorry.
Not at all. I'm glad you're okay.
﻿Today's book club, we're both in charge, right?
﻿I've chosen a few books.
﻿Which one are we reading?
﻿You're really enthusiastic.
﻿Not really.
﻿Uhm...
﻿I've already decided which book to read.
﻿Would you like to listen?
﻿Hmph, hmph, hmph, hmph.
The tiny slug ﻿Tonto, was alone again today.
﻿Everyone was laughing and playing games.
﻿Tonto was huffing and puffing.
What's wrong with him?
﻿What happened?
﻿I'm sorry.
﻿Tonto actually wants to play and have a good time with everyone.
﻿Huffing and puffing.
﻿Akari.
﻿Is your name Akari?
Somehow, I understand...
why you choose this picture book.
﻿You're always alone.
﻿You're forced to sit there and do nothing, aren't you?
﻿You're so gentle, Okabe-san.
﻿It's not like that.
Right, it's not like that.
Seeing that child,
it felt like I was seeing myself.
﻿It only made me anxious.
﻿The face that is perfectly fine with loneliness.
﻿In truth, I care more about how others see me, more than anything else.
﻿The Truth About the Mantai Incident
﻿I was always...
afraid of the eyes of others.
﻿"Blind Old Woman"
﻿Don't back down. Horns... Horns...
Okabe-san.
﻿So you're back here.
﻿I missed you so much that I traveled all over Paris.
﻿I was worried about you during the war.
﻿Worried?
﻿Yes, I was worried about you.
Worried?
﻿You didn't look well yesterday.
﻿I couldn't find you inside and thought you were taking the day off.
﻿I'm glad you're okay.
﻿Do you like cookies?
What?
﻿I have a friend who studied as a chef in Paris and opened a dessert store in Aoyama.
﻿They're very good, you should try it.
Here.
﻿Th-Thank you very much.
Oh, not at all.
Uhh... that...
﻿I have to go back to work soon.
﻿I have to go back to work too.
If you'll excuse me.
﻿Okabe-san.
Here.
﻿Thank you.
That hairstyle...
really suits you.
Well, then.
﻿I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do it.
You cannot be weak.
﻿﻿As a well read woman, you have to have horns too.
﻿2009 Yokohama District Court case.
﻿Bullying causing severe mental injury.
﻿The judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff girl.
﻿2010 High Court case.
﻿A company employee claimed to have been verbally abused by fellow employees,
submitted evidence and won the case.
﻿If I analyse the handwriting on these, I will know who wrote them.
﻿And I would be able to sue them for emotional distress.
But you don't have to tell me, I already know.
﻿I'm old, lame and unpopular.
﻿I have never experienced happiness, my youth is all dried up.
﻿That's why I'm starting to make up for lost time.
﻿I'm taking my life seriously.
Why is that so bad?
﻿No matter what you do, I'm not going to give up.
﻿Well done! I'm glad.
﻿I said it! I said it!
﻿The two of them were too stunned to speak.
﻿Yes, this is a declaration of war.
Declaration of war?
﻿The woman named Nishimaki Erina likes Marius.
﻿That's why you need to stay close to him, so that she doesn't stand a chance.
The one that needs to be dealt with first, is her.
﻿Really? But I...
got cookies from Marius.
﻿She's on a date with Marius, right now.
What?
A Tequila Sunrise please.
Coming right up.
﻿I heard from Hiranuma-san that you come here often.
﻿Am I bothering you?
﻿No.
﻿May I call you Ryosuke-san?
Sure.
﻿What does Ryosuke-san do for a living?
﻿You have so many questions.
﻿Tell me about yourself.
﻿Are you interested in me?
﻿Do you need a cab?
﻿Please.
﻿You're a real ladies' man.
﻿Sorry about yesterday.
You made it sound like Satoko really tough, but she is cute.
That's not what it's like.
﻿If that's not the case,
﻿then why didn't you want to hang out with her?
﻿Don't joke about that.
﻿Why are you so serious?
﻿Love is important.
﻿Work is important too.
﻿You've written books that sell.
Bartender, I'll have what he's having.
Yes.
﻿I want to name the kitten Steam Train.
﻿What do you think?
Sounds good. He whines a lot.
﻿After the first one, it's just a whimper.
﻿Of course I know that.
﻿It's like a steam train, making lound sounds.
﻿Look, look, look!
﻿Ryosuke-san is a rich man.
Wow! That's branded!
And you're already on a first name basis.
﻿We're a good match.
Eh? How did that happen?
﻿Should I tell you?
﻿Come on, tell me.
﻿Don't back down. Horns... Horns...
﻿Sato-chan, let's have a singles party after work today.
Today?
Yes, I found a nice drinking place.
﻿Sorry, I can't go today.
﻿Oh, I see.
﻿You seem to be very busy lately.
You'e not answering my messages.
﻿Don't do anything that you shouldn't.
﻿Mantai?
"The Truth about the Mantai Incident"
﻿When you're surrounded by books, you feel relaxed, don't you.
Yeah.
﻿Yes, I do.
﻿Why are you here?
﻿You asked me to come out, didn't you?
﻿That's true.
﻿You're worried about the side effects of falling in love, aren't you?
Side effects?
﻿Love always comes with various side effects.
﻿When you fall in love with someone, it's an incredible thing.
﻿For example, someone who used to treat you like a nobody now looks fondly at you.
﻿Does he have a crush on me?
﻿I think so. You've never been pursued before, so it's a new experience.
﻿Or when a friendship is broken.
﻿You're right.
﻿But I don't want to ruin my friendship with Etsuko.
Unfortunately, you can't have both love and friendship.
﻿Which side will you choose?
﻿Love is scary.
﻿But it's also beautiful.
﻿Very beautiful.
﻿Is that "On Love"?
﻿It's a great book.
He knows what I'm talking about! Say something nice!
﻿We often meet at this bookshelf.
﻿Including the first time we met.
You remembered?
Of course I do.
﻿I'm in charge of the French literature section.
﻿That's why I often come to this shelf.
﻿You're very knowledgeable about French literature.
﻿Oh no, not really.
﻿Uhm...
Yes.
﻿Actually...
﻿I'm working on a project about French literature and I'm having a hard time finding the right documents.
﻿The library has a program where the staff helps with research, right?
﻿Yes.
﻿I have a favor to ask.
Are you able to check if I've got the right materials?
﻿But...
﻿Well...
﻿instead of research...
﻿I knew it wasn't possible.
I can help you on a personal basis.
Ok then, ﻿I'd be happy if you would contact me.
Tsugumi Ryosuke
Huh?
﻿It's pronounced "Tsugumi".
﻿I know.
﻿That's right.
﻿I'm not a famous author and that's all I've written.
﻿I just wanted you to know.
﻿Please don't tell anyone.
Voices of Truth, Don't Say Goodbye, A boy in summer colors Tsugumi Ryosuke