About Love

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Hello,

Michiko?

Oh it's you, Tecchan.

Sorry,

didn't get his call.

So how are things over there?

How's Taiwan?

Let's try to paste

the screen-tone in the computer.

Those who haven't finished

can use the scanner any time.

Last spring, I came to Tokyo from Taipei,

hoping to be

a professional cartoonist.

It's like New York is the city

for baseball players,

Madrid for soccer players,

Hollywood for film makers,

and London for Rock and Rollers.

Tokyo is the city for cartoonists.

The reason for me to draw is not

to get lost.

I finally felt my existence

when I stand in front of

the canvas.

I finally made it to Tokyo

but now I can't even

draw a line...

it's not easy to make dreams come true...

...I still have nothing, as usual.

I live an unstable life

in this foreign country.

What's more difficult

is to face this fact.

All these people, so close together

What's going to happen between them?

What's hidden in their hearts?

My boyfriend went to Spain.

He was supposed to return 1230 hours ago,

but he never called.

...I put on the perfume left by him.

I like wearing men's perfume.

But I hate it when I have to wait for him.

Hello.

Endless road.

Where is the end of my journey?

Watch for the change...

Batch processing,

a magical technique.

Cool isn't it?

Watch!

Meet at Jingumae junction!

You promise! You must come! Yuka.

He just told me he met the woman

of his dream in Spain...

before he hang up the phone.

It took him four seconds...

to put an end

to our three-year relationship.

Here you are.

Hi, Yuka.

Meet my friend.

This is Yao.

Hi Yao, I'm Min.

Chinese?

You are Chinese?

Yes. I was born in Tianjin

and grew up in Shanghai.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

My name is Yao. Hi

Hi

I want Yao and Min

to be the models

for my pictures.

MODEL?

The theme is "Deayi", De-a-yi

"Deayi"? What?

Encounter. Encounter.

Encounter...

Let's go.

Let's go.

Come on!

Let's go.

OK.

Orange juice please. Yao, this way.

Here?

Face this way.

Here?

Go!

Not right?

No, no, no.

Looks good

She says take it off.

Please

OK, some more

The theme of her pictures is encounter

but it's always about two people

who can never meet.

A girl from Shanghai and me from Taipei...

are sharing the sunny skies of Tokyo.

Between us, there is this feeling...

One day, we will meet.

That picture spreads the warm future

all around me...

like a fine spring day.

I'm studying at a beautician school.

Beautician school.

Min is a beautician!

Yes.

That's great.

At the beginning,

I didn't have any friends,

I didn't speak Japanese.

I wanted to go home so badly...

I met Yuka through taking pictures...

She took lots of pictures of me.

Yes. Lots of pictures.

But...

when I think of my parents

who work so hard

to support me...

But...

I won't give up,

I'll keep it up

But...

I really want to go home.

Where are you from in Taiwan?

Taipei.

They say Taipei is fun!

Where is Yuka from in Japan?

I'm from Otaru in Hokkaido

HOK-KAI-DO

Where is that?

I don't know.

Come on.

Here is Tokyo.

Here is my "furusato" - Otaru.

"FU-RU-SA-TO"...what does that mean?

It's "hometown".

The most important place to you,

where someone is waiting for you to return.

Mine is... here... and Yao's is... here.

"FU-RU-SA-TO"...

hometown

Hometoon?

Home-town.

Hometoon?

Hometown.

Horntoon?

Never mind.

What!

...It's okay.

Happy?

Are you happy?

I'm going to school.

These are all yours.

OK?

That's it.

Are you happy?

Hello?

He took four seconds to end

our three-year relationship...

and now wants five seconds to restart it.

May I have the bill please?

Here you are.

May I know how much is it?

It is all right, I will pay for it.

That's all for today.

Actually today is the last time

I see you in class.

This is our last class together.

I'm going to China to study next month.

I returned from Shanghai a year ago...

and now I'm going back a year later.

That's Mr. Wu and Mr. Zhang's hometown.

Right?

I'd like to thank everyone.

I had a great time with you.

Hope you'll all master Japanese soon...

as I'll study hard at Chinese.

Before leaving, let's go over the basics

of communication:

Greetings.

Please stand up.

What's the greeting in the morning?

Good morning.

What about noon?

Good Day.

Evening?

Good evening.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

Thank you. Please.

Thank you. Please

Min!

Yao!

What are you doing?

I'm practicing in a beauty parlor

and distributing flyers.

Let me see let me see...

Must be exhausting.

It's all right. Thanks to Yuka

the other day,

I had a great time.

Yuka...

Right?

...yeah, she is a good girl.

Where are you going?

To meet someone.

Someone?

Someone... I really want to see.

Someone you really want to see?

I'm late, got to go.

Keep it up!

I'll keep it up too...

Thank you, please.

Isn't this painting nice?

Come inside if you want.

Thanks.

Isn't it nice?

She has another one here.

What a happy-looking painting.

Happy.

Yes.

We call this nosy in Japanese

but I know Miss Michiko

left ten minutes ago.

She usually walks to Shibuya

through Miyashita park.

Err... Thanks.

Hi!

Nice to meet you.

What's going on? Miss,

we need to sleep!

Hello? Tecchan, it's me.

Come over.

You... come over.

You come over. Come over!

Good evening.

Thanks for coming over so late.

Could you... could you help me

to move the bookshelf?

Move...

Move... the... bookshelf.

Help me... to move... the... bookshelf.

Move... the bookshelf.

Move? Bookshelf?

Move the bookshelf.

Move the bookshelf. Oh.

Yes... no, the other side!

Are you OK?

Wait! One, two, three.

Push harder!

Ok?

Ok.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Evening... Evelyn?

Evelyn?

Evel... evening

Evening!

Evening. Evening,

people... sleep.

Sleep?

Sleep.

Make... a bookshelf?

Evening... Evening.

Evening... can't, sleep.

Can't sleep.

Make a bookshelf.

Why do you... why do you... why? Why?

Why?

Why?

On... the floor? You make the bookshelf...

on the floor?

The boards, then...

hammer...

It's tiring to hammer. Tiring.

Oh. Tiring.

Tiring. That's why I hammer it

on the floor.

I see... Yes. But I didn't know

it would be this hard to move.

So I hammer it on the floor...

What?

What?

What?

Are you busy later?

Are you busy later?

No?

No?

Oh, No!

No...

Well... could you help me...

...to paint?

NI YA CHI HO...

What a...

Ahhh... I'm getting dizzy...

I'm getting dizzy

Sorry...

Sorry...

Sorry...

I AM sorry...

I AM sorry...

(boyfriend)

(breakup)

(sad) (sleepless)

(make a bookshelf)

(can't move the bookshelf)

(I'm sorry!)

(I just used your body)

(to miss him)

(understand)

Sorry.

No need to apologize.

I've used...

other people's bodies before while

thinking about someone else.

So... no need to apologize...

Don't worry about it.

I miss him so much...

Accompany me...

Accompany me?

To...

to?

See him.

See him.

...Lin Shiyu...

Lin Shiyu.

Lin Shiyu...

Ah Si is here.

Ah Si is here.

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