It's great about you and Tsukasa.
Do you really think so?
Of course.
I was convinced I was over Tsukasa.
But when I saw that...
It felt like something shattered inside of me.
Falling to pieces...
And no one could put the pieces of my heart back together.
"Open Up Your Heart"
I'm home...
Welcome back...
What are you doing?
Well... you see...
What's going on here?!
No...!
You got another loan?!
You're running away from debt collectors?
No, we're not, Tsukushi.
We didn't tell you to keep you from worrying.
We're at the end of our rope.
I know, I live with you.
Your dad can't find any job here in Tokyo.
I have a friend who's a fisherman in the countryside.
He offered us a live-in job.
So we're moving to a fishing village?
Dad is going to be a fisherman?!
Are you okay with this, Dad?
Tsukushi, you must have faith in me.
A fisherman's life is wild and romantic.
It's a treacherous life ruled by the sea and weather.
Dad...
Besides, I always watch "Let's Go Fishing" on TV,
so I know exactly what to expect.
I'm not convinced at all.
When I told him about it a week ago, he was so eager to do it.
We decided to take the offer yesterday.
I've never seen your dad so excited.
He's not so much eager, as deluded.
Life's not so easy...
Besides...
Since we're living with them,
we should be able to send you your tuition.
Then, all you'll need to cover is rent and living expenses.
That should make things easier for you.
That's right. We really were a burden on you.
I'll do my very best.
It's so unfair! I want to stay in Tokyo, too.
You're still in junior high.
You'll go to school out there until you graduate!
What!?
You mean only I'm staying behind?
Of course!
You managed to get into such an expensive school.
If you leave now, you'll never get back in again!
We'll be back after I've earned a small fortune.
You won't be alone for long.
That's right. Hang in there!
"Hang in there"... ?
What's with this royal proclamation?
Now, let's get to work.
Okay.
Since your shoes are on, go buy us some masking tape, Tsukushi.
The one that's on sale!
Everything's gone haywire since last night.
What's happening to my life... ?
Tsukushi... l'm a little worried about leaving you all alone.
You'd better! That's how parents are supposed to feel!
You didn't tell me anything. Everything's all too sudden!
If we didn't do something...
we thought you wouldn't be able to bring Tsukasa here.
You think I want to?!
I feel like Urashima Taro when he returned from the undersea palace...
After all that's happened since last night...
nothing would surprise me.
I suppose, if I think about it,
life should be easier since I don't have to support my family.
Yes. I'll be free of my no privacy life in that little apartment.
This may actually work out for me.
That's right!
Breakfast will be café au lait and croissants,
instead of miso soup and fermented soy beans.
I'll use a gingham place mat...
And I'll have a potted ivy on the windowsill.
You feel awful because it was Tsukasa.
No, that's not it!
I feel light as a wafer right now.
Why do you two have to butt into my thoughts?!
Quit hanging around in my head... - Mom... That girl...
Quit hanging around in my head... - Shh... Don't look at her.
This is my private world! - Shh... Don't look at her.
They're stuck like glue to my head.
Stop it! Don't come in! Please leave me alone!
If I looked it square in the face...
I know I'd learn something important.
But even if that's true, I'm too stubborn to stop playing dumb.
You're living alone?!
Yeah. My life's a rollercoaster.
Things got that rough for your folks?
You could say that.
If we kept on like we were,
my brother wouldn't be able to go to high school.
If I quit Eitoku, we would've been able to manage.
"Not even if you died", was their only answer.
Will you be okay living alone, Tsukushi?
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared...
but I think I've come to accept it.
So much has happened since I entered high school.
I guess I've gotten used to all my "accidents".
Tsukushi...
I might not be of much help...
but you can lean on me when you feel like you can't take it.
Thanks, I'll do that.
But, truthfully, I feel so lonely.
With things with Tsukasa still unresolved,
being left all alone makes me so anxious.
But I can't keep saying that.
Well... we'll come and check up on you time to time.
Be sure you lock up okay?
I will. Good luck, Dad.
Leave it to me! I'll send you 500,000 yen a month.
500 THOUSAND... ?
I'll look forward to it.
See you, Sis. I swear I'll be back to enter high school.
Okay...! Time for a fresh start!
If I believe in it enough I'll be fine.
I'm strong in the face of adversity!
Still...
Tsukushi...!
Kazuya...
Is it true your folks have moved to the country?
Yeah...
I'll be living alone without a care.
But I worry... A girl living alone...
It's Tsukasa's bunch.
Yikes!
Tsukushi!
Hey, Tsukushi...
What are you doing there?
Oh, no...
Oh, uh... well...
I hear you went with Rui and Tsukasa to that monkey's villa.
H-h-how did you...?
Is it true, Tsukushi?
And you practically drowned in the bath and were saved by Rui.
In the bath?!
T-that was an emergency... It couldn't be helped.
Blabbermouth!
You didn't have to tell them that!
I didn't tell them anything.
Oh... ?
Rui told us.
Rui Hanazawa!
So how did it go?
With the monkey girl?
There's nothing special about that chick.
You don't have to be shy.
Butt out! Just say whatever you want.
H-hey, Tsukasa!
Tsukushi...!
How could you, when you have me!
I don't think I'll be able to lose this pain very soon.
My only escape...
That's the only place...
Oh... It's you.
Why'd you go and tell Akira and Sojiro?
I was so embarrassed.
Why not? It was the truth.
It may be the truth, but some things shouldn't be told.
You like to stuff everything inside of you like that, huh?
Why don't you open up your heart?
How long are you going to pretend you don't feel what you do?
You and Tsukasa...
Shut up!
What about you?
You came running back from Paris... from Shizuka.
I'm sorry, I...
Something precious is standing right before you.
You can just reach out and grasp it...
But you don't even try. How can you possibly understand how I feel?
If I reach out...
But it's too late.
So Tsukasa went to the Okawaharas' villa?
What worries me is that Tsukushi Makino was with them.
It seems we'll have to put a stop to that girl.
Tsukasa...
You don't have to do Mother's bidding too, you know.
I don't want you to have to go through what I did.
I know...
Sis... Thanks.
Tsukasa... ?!
Why don't you open your heart?
If I could do that, I'd probably feel better.
But, I'm not ready right now...
How can I open my heart?
I'm living all alone now.
Since he returned from Shigeru's villa...
...Tsukasa's been acting weird.
Rui's started playing his violin again.
And...
What? I can't believe it!
Hana Yori Dango: "Hurricane Approaching!!"
This is a dream. It has to be!