Page 141 Title 20th. day - A younger sister for the first time in 18 years Page 142 1 Narration I took a strange phone call. Voice Is this my older sister? 2 Masahiko Huh...? Narration That night there was nobody home but me. 3 Masahiko Well, maybe you made a mistake? Voice But, this is the Wakanae residence, isn't it? Masahiko Yes it is... Voice Well... I'm from Kouchi*, my name is Kikuchi however. I want to speak to my older sister Haruka. *(prefecture on the island of Shikoku) Masahiko That's where you are mistaken. Voice I see... You don't know. Who are you? 4 Voice Ah!! Could you be ... Shion-chan? Masahiko Eh,.. No, I'm... Voice It that's the case, you don't understand, I'm... SFX of public phone running out of coins: Beep Voice I'm running out of coins!! I would like to go to your place, but I lost my way. Can't you come and meet me? Page 143 1 Voice I wonder where I am.... Let me see, I'm in the Maguritto coffee lounge in front of the Mejiro station... SFX of phone disconnecting: Click Masahiko Wait a second!! 3 Masahiko Who was that... However, she knew Shion... It cannot be a mistake. 4 Masahiko But what she said about her older sister Haruka ...Who could that be? It cannot be Yukari-san... 7 Masahiko Ah... 8 Masahiko Could it be Sora-san's real name!? Narration Haruka, 36 years old. Masahiko Haruka-chan...? Page 144 1 Masahiko Well, now it's Sora-san's younger sister!? Sora-san is the older brother with this younger sister... nay, they are two sisters!? 2 Masahiko But... by no means. 3 Masahiko Could she be a male transvestite!? 5 Shion's friends Bye, till tomorrow Shion Bye 6 Shion I'm thirsty. Maybe I'll go to a café. Page 145 1 SFX Masahiko: Sneakily Shion Masahiko-kun... 3 Shion What are you doing? 4 Masahiko What.. Shion... 6 Shion Papa's younger sister? Masahiko That's how I understood it. I haven't met her yet. 7 Shion Yes, but didn't you jump too quickly to a conclusion whether she's a female or male transvestite? Masahiko .... ?????????????? 8 Shion My aunt... 9 Shion Which woman could it be. Masahiko Oi, Shion!! Shop owner Welcome. Page 146 1 Shion Do you have a customer called Kekuchi-san? Masahiko It's all right. They are likely related by blood... 2 Yoriko Excuse me... 3 Yoriko Are you maybe Shion-chan? 4 Yoriko I'm Kekuchi. Kekuchi Yoriko. Page 147 1 Yoriko What? You're Shion-chan!! Shion Yes, please to meet you, Aunt. 2 Yoriko But... I heard you were a boy...? Shion Do I look like a boy? 3 Yoriko Teehee, I must remember it incorrectly. Masahiko Ha hahaha 5 Masahiko Moreover, even if... Page 148 1 Shion Aunt, you will meet Papa for the 1st time in 18 years? Yoriko Yes, my older sister left home when she was 18. I was 11 then. Since then she didn't come home. 2 Yoriko It was not possible however. ...Our father is a stubborn person. They said she left home... She would like to become a man they told me, either that or our father drove her out... I wonder which is correct. 3 Masahiko Hahaha... Not much of a choice. Shion Seems like it, doesn't it. 4 Yoriko However, there is something strange, Shion-chan. You keep referring to my older sister as "Papa". Shion I cannot call her differently. 5 Yoriko Before she outrival men however... She was just a perfect man... 6 Yoriko How was it again, you call your father Mama. Shion Of course. Yoriko Sounds complicated. 7 Shion ??? Yoriko I'm getting somewhat nervous. Page 149 2 Sora Yo...Yoriko!? 3 Yoriko Older sister? 5 Sora You.., are you really Yoriko...? Yoriko Are you my older sister for sure...? Page 150 1 Masahiko Sure, she was a grade school girl then and now a splendid woman... Shion Her older sister has become a perfect man... I can understand that this must surprise her... 2 Yukari Well... We meet for the first time. I'm his wife, Yukari. 4 Yoriko Yes Pleased to meet you, I'm Yoriko. 5 Yukari I'll bring in the tea or something. Yoriko Thank you. Please don't fuss over me. 7 Sora Please be seated... Yoriko Thank you... Page 151 1 Shion Please. 2 Yoriko I'm surprised... You're really a man... And... 3 Yoriko Your husband, no, your wife... too Sora You have really grown up... This is to say, you changed too... 4 Sora How old are you now? Yoriko Well, I'm 29... 5 Sora Our mother is healthy, I wonder? Yoriko She's fine... Page 152 2 Sora You came, and you understood!! Yoriko I was seriously perplexed!! 6 Sora You're... getting married!? Yoriko Yes... Yukari You don't say!! Page 153 1 Sora You.. came to tell me this? Yoriko Well, I must admit... 2 Yukari Congratulations. Sora Ye..ah, congrats... Yoriko Thank you. 3 Sora And what is your partner like? 4 Yoriko 1 month ago.. I had a marriage interview... Sora A formal marriage interview...!? Yoriko Already, before I'm 30... Father got impatient too... 5 Sora Don't hurry to get married, otherwise the son-in-law will be missing... Shion 3 hours after you met her by chance she directly gives you a broken heart. Sora That guy, our father, looked around here and there making a lot of noise. 6 Yoriko In the countryside to be alone at this age is raising some discussions Masahiko No way! Shion You don't say. Yoriko He seems like a good person. I wonder is we are well suited. Page 154 1 Sora The son-in-law and you, our father must be causing trouble. 2 Sora The reason for your marriage is the succession of our father's work, what an old fashioned chap!! Yukari Dear, it's your father!! 3 Sora Reputation is important in the rural school's headmaster's way of thinking... He said not to bring shame on the family... Like he will change now!! I was correct to cut my ties with destiny!! 4 Yukari Dear. 5 Yoriko And... Older sister... It is my wish however... 6 Yoriko This month... the 20th of July I have my engagement party 7 Yoriko Older sister you too... I want you to come... Page 155 2 Sora Jo... 3 Sora It's a joke, are you asking me to go back!? Father told me not to cross his threshold anymore!! 4 Yoriko It is all right, it will be a relief to go home. 5 Yoriko But This is father's wish too. Page 156 1 Yoriko Older sister. 3 Sora Can I trust this... Yoriko Really, after father retired the year before last, he has become kinder. 4 Yoriko Our parent are worried about you, that's why I came as representative. 5 Sora Well, why doesn't he come himself!? He could have used the phone, why not!? 6 Yoriko Well. He's ashamed... And is he the person to lower his head... Do you understand? Page 157 3 Sora However... 4 Masahiko Eh.. it is okay for us to go too!? At that time it is about one week to the summer holidays, would it be all right? Shion Of course everyone must go, they are too busy to notice. 5 Shion I'm so glad, I have longed for lesser things. It appears like that the Shimanto river is close by? 6 Sora Hey!! You are just promoting your own selfish interests!! Page 158 1 Narration The next day 2 Narration After staying the night at the Wakanae house, Yoriko-san hurried back to Kouchi. 4 Narration Certainly many many times over she repeated her wish... Page 159 2 Yukari Still It doesn't take much determination. 3 Sora Naturally!! For the sake of Yoriko's reputation, my father drove me out... 18 years without a word. 4 Sora Even when we married or when their grandchild was born, they didn't contact us... Without a reply from my mother because that father stopped her!! 5 Sora He's that kind of guy. At his age, I don't think he changed suddenly. 7 Yukari However... If you let this chance escape, you may never meet your parents your whole life. Page 160 2 Yukari What a luxury for you, To have the possibility to meet your parents. Page 161 3 Sora You must understand!! 4 Sora It is not really a luxury to meet my father. You'll see... 5 Narration The day before Yoriko's engagement. We are leaving for Kouchi. Page 162 1 Narration Kouchi Shion? So warm!! 2 Shion However, from the airplane I already got the feeling that it is rural here. Sora Hahaha... why do you think we rented a car? 3 Sora You'll be delighted!! From here it is three hours by car to my father's house!! 4 Shion Three hours!? 5 Shion? Still... Sora We are getting close Page 163 1 Masahiko Only paddy fields, isn't it... Since sometime ago... Shion My bottom is getting painful 2 Sora Well, here however the homes get more and more beautiful. 3 Sora The space between two houses used to be dark at night. Over there they tore down a mountain and built houses. What a disappointed, I used to go there. 4 Shion Say, who was complaining to come here before. 5 Shion Since some time ago he is giving commentary. Yukari? Really, isn't it... Sora And over there... Page 164 2 Sora It hasn't changed a bit here... 3 Masahiko This is the place? Shion It's great, it has this rural home feeling, hasn't it? Page 165 1 Yukari Dear... Sora Yes... can you wait here a little... 4 Father Who are you? Page 166 1 Father Are you... Haruka...!! Page 167 1 Sora Father... 3 Father You, why did you come back!? 4 Yukari Huh...?