Enough already!
Instead of giving up in trying to change her emotions, how about considering your own feelings?
Actually...
I used to be in love with Kenzo.
Always,
for sure, there will be moments when I think about Kenzo.
Though the me now still does that,
I finally can think clearly again.
I... have decided that I will go out with Teacher Tada.
His name is Iwase Ken.
This pitiful guy, though he was able to go back, his feelings were not conveyed, and was unable to break the two off from connecting.
Just because you can't easily forget, you don't like anything anymore?
The famous Abraham Lincoln said this:
There is no admiration in one's fall from grace.
There is admiration, though, when one rises from that.
Discouraged by the failure, will you stand up to for the second time?
Suppressing what you've learned, will you aim for a different path, and aside from that, will you continue to grieve about your own misery?
Now,
This man's true worth will be challenged.
Forgetting is something I can't do...
Undoubtedly, I love Rei.
You chose the most difficult path, huh?
Your difficult journey,
is finally approaching its finale.
And finally,
he faced the last photograph of the slideshow.
I wonder,
will happiness ever come to visit this guy?
At last, this photo,
is now that last of them.
This photo of the day they decided to get married,
has now become a commemoration of that day!
What the...?
There's someone included there behind them.
Ah... Maybe... Isn't that Ken?
Eehh? Ken is in it? That's a Haigorei!
Haigorei - literally translates as "spirit behind your back". They usually refer to evil spirits that possess humans, although they could refer to spirits that protect or guide you as well.
Uwah! That's scary!
You just shut up, ok!
I...
I was included in it at that time.
Even though we've always been together like this,
Kenzo never understood anything.
You never understood anything.
The day Rei decided to marry Tada-san,
the words that Rei said,
were, "You never understood anything."
Rei, by the end of that day,
never once called me Kenzo again.
In the end, the times when I went back to the past,
nothing changed about them.
No matter how much I struggle at those times,
nothing changed.
Because it's futile.
Do you really think it's futile?
What did you go back to the past for?
I went back to redo what I regretted about.
Don't you have any regret towards the day on this photograph?
Yeah, there is, but...
This is the LAST photograph!
I don't know whether you'd be able to sit beside her or not,
but only one thing is certain....
what I'm saying is that there is only ONE chance left!
I gave you this chance...
So please don't make me regret it.
The last dinner,
should end extravagantly, don't you think?
If you eat that much, does it's volume mean anything to this?
If you would strain your last power, then I'd exhaust all of mine as well.
That's the plan, right?
But we haven't followed than plan though...
Ask! And it shall be given.
Hallelujah chance!
NOOOOOO!!!
Why's it like this?
Bow properly!
Chief clerk?!
I beg of you!
Wouldn't you want to be the first customer of our newest employee?
A business card for Happy Board with "Iwase Ken" written in the middle.
First business deal?
This is the time I just entered the company, huh?
I'm really sorry, but,
having one whiteboard is already sufficient, don't you think?
and there's no more room for it in here.
Without saying that,
can't you please think about it now for just once?
I know that work isn't THE situation right now though...
Oi! Iwase... Iwase!
Hello?
Where are you now?
Eh? I'm at the research department, though...
Don't leave from there.
Huh?
I'm going there now, so don't leave.
Why?
Just don't.
OI! Why'd you do that?!
I have an important business to attend to, so please excuse me.
Please don't leave me!
If you leave from here, my responsibility over you will be questioned!
If this ends with my promotion getting delayed, then I won't be able to raise my children!
They're triplets!
Even if my triplets are gonna be sacrificed for it, you're still gonna go?!
Sacrifice you say... That's an exaggeration!
Then, shouldn't you be going already?!
I'll just have to get over the dead bodies of my family...
So shouldn't you be leaving already...?
I should be the one who wants to cry!
Proposal Daisakusen ~ Operation Love ~ Episode 9
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It really is sad that we are graduating now.
It is a little bit, but just a little.
But then, since Teacher Tada's here, there's nothing to be sad about.
Hey!
Stop teasing me!
How long have you been dating?
Around a year and a half, I think...
That much time has passed already?!
It passed like a blink of an eye, huh?
A lot of things truly pass by like a blink of an eye.
Well, I guess I have to get back to work...
Ok, later then!
What the?
You're still left in the graduate school?
Oh, it's you girls.
You finally started with ceramics...
No... I still haven't reached the phase where I would start.
Humbly, I am healed,
because I got my desired potter's wheel.
So what else is lacking?
It's a wife.
Itoh-sensei is referring to his pinky finger because the Japanese believe that the person you are fated to be with is connected to your pinky via a red string.
A wife?
If you don't have that, ceramic art is impossible.
A humble wife potter's wheel.
He's still so mistaken...
From the left:
Ken'ichi... Kenji...
SOUTARO.
Shouldn't it normally be Kenzo?
Well, with Kenzo, it KINDA doesn't attract focus.
Sorry if my nickname doesn't attract much focus!
Chief,
Hmm?
Actually,
I'm facing a crucial day today too.
Today,
the person I love is going to be proposed to!
If I don't do anything today,
I will never be happy for the rest of my life.
Is that so?
You're in trouble too, huh?
So you really do understand?!
If you want that much to go, then it's ok for you to go, isn't it?
As I look down on my triplets from heaven while they aren't given a proper meal,
your happiness would be blessed from heaven!
What should I do then?!
If we achieve this week's quota, I won't say anything!
Quota?
Just two units! If we can sell two more units, you can leave early and do what you want and I won't say anything!
Then let's go!
More that it's durability, it's compact size is notable.
Even in the probability of a cyclone, this product's remarkability increases!
This is crucial for meetings TOO!
Kachin!
It's an onomatopoeia for the click of a register.
But... If I don't hurry for Rei...
Be patient Kenzo!
CUT!
Mikio! Come here!
Yes!
Mikio!
Yes!
Why is that kind of petals falling down?!
Didn't I tell you to buy the fluttering ones?
Eh? Which one?
DIDN'T IT JUST COME OUT OF MY MOUTH?!
I'm sorry.
Mikio!
Hey!
You came just in time!
Supervisor!
My friend came today to help out.
Good morning.
Oh.
Ok. Stand there as the substitute.
Hey, hurry!
Wait a minute!
Hurry up! HURRY UP!
Why? Why?
I'm short! Why should I do this?
TALLER!!
What is this? I'm getting angry now!
MAKE IT A BIT MORE TALLER!!!
I should be getting really angry! Because of my height!
Is it really ok for me to work in a place like this?
Hmm?
Mikio's doing what he likes...
And Rei's in graduate school, right?
And Ken's been employed into a company!
Tsuru's a freelance too, right?
I'm getting impatient because I'm the same as Tsuru!
Because he said "I'm gonna be a big guy!"
What sort of endeavor does he think that is?
Everyday, he drinks two liters of milk! TWO LITERS!
Or was it 3 liters?
Anyway.
Even if he's that small, his voice is loud!
It makes me mistakenly feel sometimes that my ex-boyfriend was more sensitive.
You know...
Hmm?
When you talk about Tsuru, you're really happy...
No, no... There's no reason for that!
Uhm...
Huh?
There's a place where I'd like us to go together to but,
is now okay?
It's ok.
Excuse me, but for just a minute,
please listen to our explanations?
PLEASE!
I have complete confidence in our product! So please purchase one!
PLEASE!
This product is yesterday's latest fully equipped one!
It's easy to see, lasts for several months, easy to maintain, surely it is the ultimate SUPER WHITE BOARD!
I can't do this!
Here.
Excuse me.
I'm truly sorry.
Why are you saying sorry?
Go.
Go steal your girl back!
This superior of yours who wouldn't let you off willingly... Please forgive me...
You're definitely not at fault.
Because it's my own personal problem.
Besides, if I did go,
I don't feel like I would've gotten her back.
You don't understand that, huh?
You know,
my wife used to be a former Japanese representative to the Miss Universiade.
Are you serious?
I am.
Well, I was someone who could never reach her.
Don't you think the words "Try, because you have nothing to lose" are wise words?
That is true.
Look around you!
If you do try but though it end up completely useless, it doesn't mean that happens to your life too.
It's not like that!
Life is fun because occassionally you succeed in what you try!
Though you fail, that's expected. But in succeeding, you become more of a man.
"Trying because one has nothing to lose,"
seems like those words exist for humble salary men like us, right?
Uhm, is it ok if you listen for a while to what's in my heart?
You degrade me!
CUT!
I don't get why you're delaying your death!
MIKIO!
Yes.
Did you follow what he said?
Isn't it genius?
EH?
Is it possible?
It's not a dream...
Without saying anything, just buy this.
My company doesn't have a need for that.
Just buy for personal use!
Stupid! I don't have reason to buy that!
Buy one as a company employee!
This one... is like this...
The symbolism of the pinky is used here again. This time, Mikio's referring to Yuuko, who's pregnant.
Eh...
This morning, she suddenly said it... I give up...
Please don't go that far, Master!
That's not good!
Oi! Tsuru!
Yes! Yes! YES!
Mikio.
Hmm?
I came via time-slip.
Oh?!
I came back from the future before too, right?
You're back again?
Your tension should be HIGHER!
It's been quite a while. Since when?
Since last year's New Year's dawn.
Ah... The "Don't Knock New York" time...
Anyway, it's because of you that this is the last time I'm going back!
At least, just buy a white board!
I really don't get what you mean though.
Anyway, I was able to go back here through the sildeshow of pictures you made for the reception!
Your time-slips have something to do with me?
You hold the key to it.
Eh... Is that so?
Having the day of the proposal as the last photograph really doesn't have sense. Seriously.
Oh... The white board...
why do you show such purity to this extent in public?!
MIKIO!
Yes?
Why doesn't my studio have a white board?!
Looks like we can do this if we just try.
Thank you so much!
I am as well.
Thank you so much.
Mikio!
Hmm?
In gratitude for buying something from us, I have one good thing to tell you.
What?
Your this... is not this...
Huh?
How do you know that?
Where do you think I'm from?
Later.
This was yesterday's latest fully equipped one...
I don't need that functionality,
a blackboard with traditional uses is totally fine, right?
If that's so, there are a lot of things that come with this black board.
Is that fine with you?
Is that fine with you?!
YEAH!
Game set!
Well...
Thanks.
Because of you, we were able to achieve our quota!
What are you saying... It's all because of you!
It'll surely be ok.
The steal-the-girl-back operation!
I'll try it, since I've got nothing to lose. I'll go ahead.
Though you fail, that's natural. But in succeeding, you become more of a man.
I'm going.
My own blueprint,
for the first time, took shape, into this building.
Ah... Is that so?
As I was looking at this building during completion,
it made me reflect on it, agreed upon it, be cheered up by it; this building made me realize many things.
Then... This is where you started.
Hmm. Yes.
When I faced the turning point in my life,
I came here for sure, because it's such an important place.
The person you are trying to call is out of coverage area...
Why can't I reach her?
After that Teacher's training ended, I came here.
Hmm. Is that so?
You contemplated a lot of things here...
I guess so.
I contemplated here what you said a lot of times.
"We've always been like parallel lines."
I said something like that?
Yes.
But, if you didn't say that,
I think I never would've considered the remaining lecturer's position in the university.
So,
I feel like I would've never been together with you.
Please,
get married with me.
Please,
get married with me.
This thought,
of wanting to get married with you,
no matter how many years I stand here, this answer will not change.
If...
your answer comes from within you,
I hope that your answer won't be delayed.
You may not want to think about it right after your graduation, but,
Maybe,
within you,
if there's an answer ready now,
this point in my life,
I want to forever share with you.
Okay! We'll be finished soon!
OI!
Yes!
Wait! The umbrella isn't here!
Umbrella! Umb..
Tsuru...
Tsuru! What are you saying? The Umbrella! UMBRELLA!
Oh.. Yeah! Sorry...
Here. Excuse me.
Tsuru...
Yes?
Coffee!
Okay!
Here! Excuse me.
HOT!!
It's hot! OWW!
That was HOT! You!
Yes. Yes. I'm really sorry.
Wait... That's mine!
Oh, is it? I'm so sorry!
Paper towel!
What the hell is Mikio up to?!
I'm sorry...
I lied to you...
I don't know what you think of me,
whether you are even considering marriage...
You were testing me!
I'm sorry. I really am!
I have work so I need to go back.
If we get married, it's going to need a lot of money!
Even if there's no baby,
as it is,
it's already hard enough to raise such a luxurious woman by myself!
Mikio!
What're you doing here Tsuru?!
Oh! Supervisor!
REI!
Where's Rei?
Ah... Iwase-kun...
Actually,
a while ago I proposed to Rei.
Eh?
Though I tried to be really calm about it, I think I did my best.
So what did Rei say?
Ah, well, I haven't heard her reply yet.
If I compare the time you spent with Rei,
to the time that we have spent together, somehow, I think it's truly such a short time.
But, from now on, the time we spend together will incre--
Then why are you getting married?
Pardon?
Is there a need to decide on marriage in such a hurry?
Ah... No... There really was no intention of hurrying.
No matter how many times I think about it,
my intention is that time is not lost in making the answer.
Ah... When I was a student,
the test ended quickly, so I didn't have much time.
That time ran out so fast, huh?
My answer, even if I think about it in the end, it won't change.
That's what I think,
so I thought it would be okay to propose.
Perhaps, if Rei's answer is together with mine,
I want our time together to start soon.
Excuse me!
Iwase-kun!
I knew it was futile.
I want to shake this feeling of becoming weak.
But I realized, I already started running.
I...
I will do it because I have nothing to lose.
It's not because I want to know what Rei's answer to Tada-san is.
I'm running there to tell her my own special answer.
Is something bothering you?
If you could get married with that person,
I wonder if I'll become happy.
I don't think you'd be able to meet again a person like the one you were thinking of a while ago.
Perhaps, the occasion to meet that person might not come back.
It's really difficult, isn't it?
'Cause you might be the only one who becomes happy...
Hello?!
Ken! Say it!
What?
You promised you were gonna meet up with everyone here!
Eri and I will meet you here!
We're here!
It's you again...
Please take the receipt.
Thank you very much.
Oh!
It's just you?
Yeah. Mikio's with this... But Ken's gonna come soon.
Oh, where's Rei?
You know, actually...
What? What?
Waa~ It's looks delicious!
Propose, huh?
My stomach hurts...
Propose, huh...
Let's eat first?
A proposal, I guess...
Hey, are you listening?
Please get married with me!
No.
Then,
please be my bride!
I said I don't want to.
You don't want to be my wife?
It won't work out!
Well, then. Well then, then, then.
Everyday, please make miso shiro for me!
Miso Shiro - literally white miso. Miso is fermented paste of soy beans and usually either barley or rice, one of the most important ingredients in Japanese kitchen.
I said I don't want to!
Even if I'm reborn, I'd still want to marry you!
NO!
Then, please go out with me!
Iiyo~
Here, Eri sort of masks the meaning of her words by putting the meat into the grill at the same time. Because "iiyo" here can both be used as an expression, or to mean "okay". Thus, the confused look on Tsuru.
Oh. Please go out with me.
Iiyo~
Really? Hey! Really? Hey!
I don't want to!
Okay, okay.
By the way, what happened to Ken?
You truly think it's futile?
What did you go back to the past for then?
This is the LAST photograph!
I gave you this chance...
Please don't make me regret it.
This journey of going back to the past,
mischievously makes me continue on running.
I don't know which path is the right one, but,
I can't just only keep on running.
Rei...
what will let me reach your heart?
I know I should let go of the distance between us,
but, even just a little bit, is it possible for me to change it?
But..
one thing is certain,
even now, I love Rei.
no matter how I try to let go,
this feeling won't change.
Rei...
You're the one...
that I love most in the world.
Why?
In order to redo this most painful memory,
I stand here now.
This is the last, deciding place.
I heard from Tada-san.
Is that so?
It's so surprising, right?
The way I was proposed to wasn't exactly how I dreamt it to be.
Maybe so...
With marriage, or proposal, or family...
I always thought these were things which were so far away.
Unintentionally, before our high school graduation,
I was thinking of entering university during the speeches in the graduation.
And you came in a suit, right?
Until the day before, I felt like we still wear uniforms...
You're saying too much!
I...
thought that I would accept Teacher Tada's proposal.
It's suddenness suprised me, but,
it made me happy.
I want to be able to face Teacher Tada.
That's why...
Stop it...
Eh?
Such a simple proposal as that...
Don't accept it...
I really understand what you want to say.
That I'm just 22, and I still might want to go study about architecture, that's why I still go to university.
Though it's sudden, there's no rush.
If that's so...
Isn't it good if you think about it more?
A year's too short!
In a year,
what did you learn about Tada-san?
I don't know much!
There are a lot of things I don't know.
I know Teacher Tada doesn't know a lot about me too.
But...
because he's important...
from now on...
I've decided that I want to know him more... Was what I thought...
More and more, I want to know things about him.
I know he wants to know me too.
He's someone who thinks like that...
Then...
I'll go, ok?
I may not understand about couples and all,
but what's with weddings?
To a person who you barely even know,
how could you marry him?
Apart from that,
To decide on marriage based on that is stupid!
Since I came back, I should have known the answer, but,
the same words in the past,
without thinking, they just came out of my mouth.
Even though we've been together like this,
Kenzo never understood anything.
You never understood anything.
I beg of you.
I want you to not go.
Marry me...
Why?
Why are you saying something like that now?
Truly,
You never understood anything.
You never understood anything...
The first ring that I bought in my life,
even though it didn't reach part of what my three month salary is.
They say that for an engagement ring, the minimum amount you should spend on it is what you would earn for three months.
By any means, I can't buy one,
but with my first pay, it is an engagement ring which will win this fight.
When asked about the size,
since Rei wouldn't want to try it on her finger,
the biggest size,
was what I requested for.
Even for my finger, it is too big.
I'm sorry you had to wait.
Ah... That's ok...
Are you ok?
I'm ok.
Teacher Tada...
Hmm?
I...
decided that I will accept your proposal.
I will...
marry you...
Am I truly good enough?
Yes.
It's you again...
Thank you.
Cheers!
My trying,
ended just as futile as it is.
This is the last.
The real game set.
What the...? There's someone at the back!
Eh... Isn't that Ken?
It is kinda like Ken! It's a Haigorei! Haigorei!
Uwah! That's so scaryfhmmm...!
In the end, no matter how much I struggled there,
Rei and I are not destined to be together.
This is the end.
At last, the next photograph,
is the last of them!
EH?!
Is this good enough?
Eh?
The last photograph being the day of the proposal,
was the one you couldn't stand, right?
Mikio, you...
You owe me twice now.
Don't tell me,
we meet again.
You should be thankful to your friend.
Genuinely,
this is the real,
last hallelujah chance.