Sorry!
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Why?
What's happening?
Tsugumi Ryosuke
Chapter 8 Good bye Marius
Oh, I see.
Aah.
Okabe-san...
is going to take a break for a while.
Hello?
Hey, did something happen with that guy?
Huh?
That guy...
The novelist...
Tsugumi Ryosuke, right?
Earlier,
I ran into him when he was talking with his editor.
Sata-chan, did you know,
that novelist,
was only using you for his own purposes.
It seems so.
What? How did you know?
I see...
It looks like you've been fooled all this time.
You see, didn't I tell you to stop?
If you'd listened to me, none of this would have happened.
Until now,
I'm really sorry.
Good bye.
Like this.
To the customer.
Slide it over.
Watch out!
Be careful.
- Not too forceful. - Yes, sir.
Less force.
I thought this time would be different.
As a novelist,
you've done what you set out to do.
"Thank you very much."
"I'm going to write a great novel."
"Sounds nice!"
That's not what happened.
Sooner or later.
Once your novel gets published, it'll all come out.
It was going to happen someday, it just happened to be yesterday.
But I...
Oh...
You just didn't want to get caught.
That's so not cool.
How long did you think you could get away with it?
That's not what I wanted.
I'm sorry.
Why this happened,
why she's mad at you,
I don't have the answers.
You have no idea how I'm feeling, Hiranuma.
You're a successful novelist.
That's right!
Don't destroy this book that you love.
Aren't you aiming for success?
You love Satoko, don't you?
Yes, I do
What's most important to you?
Which is it?
Thank you.
Uhm...
Is Okabe-san here?
I heard she's taking some time off for the time being.
Is something wrong?
Okabe-san...
the reason she got sick,
I'm sure
it's because of the incident regarding her parents.
You didn't even know she was deeply burdened by this, did you?
Did you even see?
But that's because...
she's been trying to move on from all that,
and she wanted to move forward with you.
She's been trying her best all this time.
And yet...
she loved you. What are you doing about it!?
Erina, calm down.
How selfish can you be?
Okabe,
don't see her anymore.
Does it hurt?
Yes.
Satoko-san.
Could you please listen to me?
When I was worried that I couldn't write a novel that people wanted,
my editor came to me.
She asked me
to write a novel about the events surrounding
your father.
Readers are...
always interested in reading something scandalous.
The Mantai incident,
I've been working every day for half a year on this case.
I've researched the family,
he has a daughter.
I was worried if I didn't act fast,
my career as a novelist would be over.
For the sake of writing this novel,
I became obsessed.
It's true.
But...
As I got to know you...
When it came to you,
I wasn't so sure any more.
And as a result, I ended up hurting you.
I am really
very sorry.
I do care deeply about you, Satoko.
I...
I was very happy when I was with you, Ryosuke.
I wanted to celebrate with you.
If something sad happened to Ryosuke,
I would say "don't be sad",
I would hug you and wipe away your tears.
If Ryosuke was in pain,
I would hold you from behind.
And tell you "the weather is beautiful".
These small but important things,
I wanted to experience them with you,
I wanted to smile with you.
I've never felt that way before.
These new feelings,
that I've never felt before,
I thought it was fate that brought me love.
a "Fated love"...
These feelings inside,
what Ryosuke really needed,
is not me.
I wasn't good enough for you, was I?
Now...
being...
with you,
hurts so much.
Good bye
Like a figure eight
Upside down, you're kidding me right?
Ah, ah, ah, come on!
- You alright? - I'm alright.
What?
So you don't want to publish it?
Yes.
Wait a minute.
I...
know that I am not qualified to write such a book.
Truly,
I am sorry.
As a novelist,
are you're quitting?
What does that mean?
But... This can't...
Excuse me.
Wait!
You can still make it in time for printing,
What would it take
for you to proceed?
The most important thing to me,
is lost now, because I could not take care of her.
Of course,
I could prescribe you some medicine.
Or how about we do another fundamental review?
Fundamental?
About the incident,
why don't you go to see your fater?
That is to say,
facing the past
may be the medicine you need more than anything else.
I can prescribe the medicine,
But it's only
a temporary solution to deal with the pain.
It's not a proper treatment to help you move on.
My father,
his face,
he won't show it.
Not only that,
he only does what suits him.
I wouldn't know what to say
to him.
Besides...
trying to moving on,
is not,
what I need now.
What about Stendhal?
He has completely gone out of sight.
Stendhal was
trying to help you find love.
Your subconscious mind,
probably created him.
Is that so?
Yes.
In my mind,
because the chance of love has gone,
that is why he probably gone out of sight.
Akari-chan.
It's time to go home.
You don't want others to worry about you, right?
It's okay.
Dad isn't around any more,
and Mom is working late.
So that's why.
Where's Big Sister?
What?
Do you know why Big Sister's not here?
Satoko, are you there?
Thank you.
Are you eating properly?
Yes.
Next week's story is about Mari Rabbit* isn't it?
*Mari Rabbit in Japanese is "Mari Usagi" - the first few syllables sound like "Marius"
Akari is really looking forward to it!
What?
Akari...
her father passed away,
and her mom has to work late.
So she's at the library by herself a lot.
It's hard for her to get along with her friends at school.
And...
she doesn't get many chances to have fun.
So when she heard about Satoko's storytelling session about Mari Rabbit,
her spirits got lifted up.
She said she can't wait to hear the rest of the story.
The story of Mari Rabbit,
is really about reflecting in a mirror,
things we hate about ourselves.
Like the Moustache Frog, who didn't want to see himself in the mirror.
But having done that,
the Moustache Frog realized the mirror reflected his beauty.
The Moustach Frog started to like himself a bit more.
Then he yelped happily as he went home.
That's why people too,
won't be scared of their own faces like the Moustache Frog,
if they smiled!
Sato-chan,
To be needed by others,
is something to be happy about.
I...
I'm not the kind of person that others need.
No,
You are surrounded by
a lot of people who love you.
So if you are not able to love yourself,
I want you to see yourself through the eyes of these people.
I am certain
it is a true reflection of yourself.
I too, wanted Sato-chan to need me.
That's why、
I was lonely,
and made you suffer for my sake.
Until now,
I'm really sorry.
The Mari Rabbit storytelling session,
I'm really looking forward to it too.
To be a lovable person,
you need to show your love first.
I wonder if Okabe-san will come.
It'll be fine,
let's just wait a while more.
I'm sorry.
I didn't...
write a story for today.
I'm sorry Akari-chan.
I didn't know what to write.
I just didn't know.
I want you to write about my father.
What?
I still have the dictionary that Big Sister gave to me.
To understand how people feel,
you need to read books about them.
That's why we read books.
I want to know what Dad thinks about me,
But he's dead, so I don't know anymore.
So I am looking for books that would tell me,
anything in particular.
That's why
I look forward to your stories.
Me too,
I'd like to know
what my father thinks about me.
I don't know.
Is that so?
So...
That's why
I'm going to him.
Going there?