01x19 - Yawning Expert / Springtime of Life / Adult Cherry-Blossom Viewing / Child Cherry-Blossom Viewing / Cherry Bloss

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Oh, Mom...

Yes, I saw the photo.

I'm sure it's probably not a bad match,

but it's too soon for me to be looking
at arranged marriages.

How old do you think I am?

What are you saying? It's not as if
you're going to be young forever.

And it's not often that you get matches
as nice as this one.

Yeah...

Yeah...

All right, but I'm only going
to meet him, okay?

Sure. I'll give them a call too.

Bye.

All right!

It's not as if I'll be young forever...

What are you saying?! I'm still young!

Oh, yes, yes! Yes!

Man, I can't believe how sleepy I was!

Or rather, you were completely asleep!

Well, I guess it can't be helped
with this kind of weather.

For real, the weather sure is
nice today, isn't it?

Yes, it is.

Sittin' out here in the sunlight,

it feels like I'm bundled up in a nice,
fluffy blanket.

Well, it was just such a magnificent yawn,

I couldn't take my eyes off it.

Yes, yes.

Très bien!

Amazing!

It was the very picture of a yawn!
I've never seen a yawn like that!

Really?

Yeah!

It's like you've come from the land
of yawns to spread yawning!

Hey, yawn master!

You don't have to go that far.

Impressive, Osaka!

I guess all people have at least
one redeeming trait.

Now, teach me how to yawn like that!

This is the yawn training hall!

Sure.

Hey, now.

That wasn't quite the same somehow.

Yeah, it wasn't.

Please let me join in too!

I'm going on ahead back to the classroom.

Me too.

sh**t! Afternoon classes
have started already!

Oh, it's your fault, Tomo-chan!

Wait for me!

You were sleeping on the roof?! Why?!

Let's see. Because the sky was just so
blue, or something?

You three! Ten laps around the schoolyard!

Honestly! I can't believe those girls!

And they have entrance exams next year!

What's wrong? What are you
so irritated about?

It's nothing.

Some girls in your class were
apparently practicing yawning

during lunch, and fell asleep.

What do you mean, practicing yawning?

I have no idea!

I don't really get it, but I don't
see much wrong with it.

Being easygoing is one of the
privileges of adolescence.

Privilege, huh?

But don't you think you can still
only take adolescence so far?

Never mind that. You want
to go flower gazing?

Flower gazing?

Bye-bye.

Oh, wait for me!

And then, what happened was,

it turned out to be hashed beef
instead of curry!

What? You can't even tell
hashed beef and curry apart?

Oh, sometimes, I can't tell 'em apart
even if I eat 'em.

What?!

That's having way too little sense of taste!

And you're in a position to say that?!

Hey, we're heading home, so...

When you leave, make sure to
turn the lights out.

Roger that!

I didn't know it was this late already.

It's already getting dark outside.

You're right.

Shall we go home?

Oh.

That's Miss Kagura, isn't it?

Somehow, it sure makes you feel like
we're living our youth.

Basic strength?

Yeah.

Is that for the swim team?

Because I want to make it to
the national level this year.

I'm kind of gunning for it.

That's amazin'.

I'd always thought the swim team was
on break except for the summer.

You dummy!

Don't think we're the same as you people
in the Go-home Club!

Go-home Club? What's the Go-home Club?

Oh, it's the students who aren't in any clubs

and go home as soon as classes are over.

In other words, people like us.

So?

Why were you guys at school this late?

Oh, because she said she needed
to look for some book.

We were all at the library together.

But it was more like we were
just chatting there.

You guys are lucky, you have
this freedom about you.

Freedom?

We're barely getting passing grades
and you think we have freedom?

You're freaking dumb!

Oh, Tomo-chan...

Was it really not that funny?!

Hey!

Hey, come on!

Whoa, it's a nice looking place.

I can't believe this!

I would've dressed more properly if
I'd known it was a place like this.

You said we were going flower gazing, so...

Huh? Didn't I say we were going
to a hotel bar?

That's news to me!

Well, it doesn't matter.

Oh, wait! Oh...

Wow, Eiko, a section chief, huh?

I don't really know how companies work,

but isn't that a pretty big deal?

I suppose, but all I've gotten
is more work to do.

The actual work I do hasn't changed.

You reprimand your subordinates and
get reprimanded by your supervisor.

Well, my work does directly affects
the results of operations,

so I guess in that sense,
it's work worth doing.

You're amazing! You seem so grownup, Eiko!

What are you saying?
You two are grownups too.

Well, that's true, but...

That's right! We also have important jobs

educating the promising youth of tomorrow!

We're TOTALLY grownup!

Say, Miss Minamo, you're
a P.E. teacher, right?

Do you have any intention of switching jobs?

What?

A sports gym affiliated with our company

is looking for a chief instructor.

Naturally, you'd be treated as
a full-time employee.

The place is high-class, so you'd
undoubtedly double your salary.

Switching jobs...

Come on, don't be so shocked.

I'm just saying, if you feel like it.

I'm sorry. You brought it up so suddenly,
it caught me off guard.

Will you think about it?

No, I'm not going to switch jobs,
because I love my current job.

But...

But?

It never even occurred to me to
even think about switching jobs...

No! Stop it, Eiko!

Without Nyamo, I'd have to walk to school!

What's that mean?

Oh, my eraser...

That's right, both Mother and Father
are out today.

What should I do?

Hey.

Please spare me! No! No! I'm sorry!
Please spare me!

What are you doing out here
alone at this hour?

I ran out of convenience stores,
so I was headed to the eraser...

Going to a convenience store
to buy an eraser, huh?

Yes.

I've never gone out alone
this late at night before.

Be careful. I've heard...

They show up around here.

What?

What show up?

This.

Oh, it's me.

Yeah, I'm out drinking right now.

Hold on a minute.

Let's see, do you two have
anyone special right now?

Nope, nope, nope!

There aren't any scandalous stories
to tell about us lately.

Okay! We've got the right number
of people too! Hurry on over, okay?

What was that about?

Actually, I told the boys at work
about you two.

They're both pretty nice guys.

Thank you very much.

This is like going flower gazing.

Thanks for treating me.

Not a problem. After all, you walked me
to the convenience store.

Couldn't very well leave you alone
when you looked at me that way.

Going to the convenience store
at night is such fun.

I guess once you're grownup,

you can even shop in the middle of the night.

That must be so nice. I can't wait to grow up.

So, you can't wait to grow up,
huh, Chiyo-chan?

And you can, Miss Kagura?

Well, I'd never really thought about it much.

Thinking about me going to work
and getting married...

I can't imagine that just yet.

Going to work and getting married...

That's true, it's a little hard to imagine.

Well, in your case, you're still little,

so I don't think that's surprising.

Do you think so?

Yeah.

But I still can't wait to grow up!

Hey, good evening! I'm Nakku,
aka Nakuro Tanaka!

I'm Mitchy, aka Michiru Ogino!

This is Nakku...

and Mitchy's...

Thrilling Main Street of Youth!

But you know, Mitchy, did you see
the cherry blossoms in town?

They're sure blooming early this year.

Yeah, I saw!

Like the cherry trees in the park
near the studio are in full bloom!

I'll bet people who were planning
on going flower gazing

Next week or the week after
are pretty disappointed.

If you don't change your plans and go soon,
it's all going to be gone.

I know. Cherry blossoms scatter, you know?

I love cherry blossoms, but I don't like
watching them scatter.

It's sad watching something beautiful scatter.

That's why I don't really like
flower gazing that much.

Well, I can understand how you feel,

but I think maybe the beauty of flowers
strike people's hearts

Because they blossom so brilliantly,
then scatter just as quickly.

Honestly! Those men left because
you just had to say that!

My mistake, my mistake.

I thought it'd be funny.
Guess it was pretty far off the mark.

Your attitude really hasn't changed
since our college days.

Oh, who cares if those silly guys
don't like us?

Who are you calling silly guys?

I thought you actually liked them quite a bit.

Oh! Is that it, Nyamo?!

Did you want to catch a guy that badly?!

Would it be wrong if I did?!

Oh, is that so? Well, so very, very sorry then!

Damn it! Let's go drink another round!

I'm all for that!

Let's see, the pen name is Rice Cake
With Bean Jam Chocolate.

That's an awfully sweet sounding name.

Well, Rice Cake With Bean Jam
Chocolate has requested

Yu Asakawa's "My Heart ls That Of
A Little Girl and I Parachute"!

Oh, I love this song!

Come to think of it...

What?

You know how today,

Kagura was saying something
about us having freedom?

I wonder what that was supposed to mean?

Oh, that.

Well, I think she meant that,
be it club activities or studying,

if you're working really hard at it,
you sometimes get frantic

about whether you'll be able to
accomplish your goals or not.

There's nothing that we're working
really hard at. She probably meant

We have more freedom because we
have nothing to be frantic about.

Well, personally, I actually kind of
envy the people

who have something they can get into.

Why didn't I join any clubs?!

What are you saying at this late date?

Oh, well.

You run at school and run at night as well?

No, I was having a hard time falling asleep,

so I was running because I wanted
to feel refreshed.

But after looking at these cherry blossoms,

I'm beginning to think I'll be able
to go to sleep.

It's weird, isn't it?

It's something I'm doing because I want to,

and yet I get stressed over it.

I hope you get to go to the Nationals.

Yeah, thanks.

I'll do my best.

Yes!

So, you see, Satchin from
Saitama Prefecture,

being dumped is certainly a sad thing,

but you're not the only one in pain
when your feelings aren't returned.

That's right. Take Nakku.
He's been dumped countless times.

Yeah, that's right.

I've been dumped left and right by girls
since I was in school,

and I ended up with the nickname,
Emperor of Being Dumped!

Hey, look at what you made me say!

I'm sorry.

So cheer up, Satchin.
We're cheering for you!

Hang in there!

The pen name on the next postcard is...

Oh! Little Tearful Diet Girl!
Oh, I remember you!

This is the girl who's been trying all sorts
of dieting methods, right?

Apparently, all she does is diet.

It's not nice to laugh at her, Nakku!

It's a huge problem for girls.

Right, right, I shouldn't be laughing about it.

Let's see, "Nakku, Mitchy,
please listen to this."

"This time, I tried the grain less diet."

Wow, the grain less diet!

Wow, the grainless diet!

"This is where you don't eat any rice,
bread, or noodles."

"Instead, you eat fruits, vegetables,
and oily things."

"It's a very revolutionary method of dieting."

"I read about it in a magazine article
and immediately tried it."

And? And? I'm interested.

"Unlike previous diets, there was
no hunger to deal with"'

"so I felt I could keep it up."

"I thought I'd be extremely lucky
if I could lose weight this way"'

"but having run out of ideas
in her repertoire"'

"My mother made curry and rice for dinner."

"Having rice for the first time in three days,
it was just delicious."

"It was so delicious,
I ended up having seconds!"

Let's see, "The next day,
when I weighed myself"'

"I weighed more than I had three days ago!"
Of course!

"The enemy of the grain less diet
was my mother's menu!"

Don't laugh!

"I intend to keep at it and go on to
trying another diet." That's it.

Eating curry without rice definitely
sounds pretty rough.

I'm sorry to hear that, Little Tearful Diet Girl!

Let us know again when you've
tried another diet!

Oh, I will!

I'll be rooting for you too!

I'll do my best!

You're an idiot!

You're responding to the radio!

Shut up!

Whoa, Little Tearful Diet Girl!

What's wrong with that?!

There's nothing wrong with it,
but it's too funny!

Freedom...

What does that mean?

It's freedom...

Eiko really seemed like she had
her stuff together, you know?

She did?

The men that Eiko brought along...

Maybe they thought we were rather childish.

You think so?

I just have this feeling.

It's probably just your imagination.

I think maybe I'll try looking into
an arranged marriage.

An arranged marriage?

There's some talk of that sort.

If you want to, why don't you? It's your life.

You're right. It is my life.

So, are you going to do it?

I don't know.

Why is it that spring makes you so sleepy?

That's because you stay up late!

Osaka! Get it together! Really!

Magnificent! A magnificent yawn!

What?

After all's said and done,

I guess those guys are already
third year students.

It's so fast.

I get the feeling Chiyo-chan's
grown quite a bit, too.

Hah! Time flows equally for all people.
Ain't it great?

Speaking of which, my students gave me
a present for my birthday...

Kurosawa, what did you just say?!

A present...

Presents?! Who cares about birthdays?!

You wanna age that badly?!

I don't really understand, but things
will continue next week.