After the Storm Page #2

While you're at it, buy me a condo.

The Shibatas

moved out of their three-bedroom.

Don't push it.

I know you can't afford it.

I'm the great talents bloom late type.

You're taking too long to bloom.

Hurry up, or I'll haunt you.

Stop it.

- Thai three-bedroom.

- You don't need it.

Thanks for helping.

Climbing up and down four flights of steps

makes me wheeze.

Ru open n.

But today's not the day

for paper recycling.

Don't worry. No one's looking.

Yes, they were. They were staring at me.

Professor!

Oh, hello.

This is my son, the novelist.

- Oh, yes. Hello.

- How do you do?

This is Professor Niida.

I've been taking classes from him.

Thank you.

I read your book, The Empty House.

- The Empty Table.

- Yes, yes. Table.

Is that based on a true story

from your life?

No, it's fictional.

Oh, I see.

The depiction of the older sister

was so realistic.

And her fights with her mother-in-law.

Thanks. You're too kind.

He always had good grades

in reading and writing.

Genius is apparent at an early age.

You have real flair.

See you on Wednesday, then.

We'll cover Beethoven.

Yes, Opus 131.

So that's what that CD was about.

It's just a small group.

I'm just preparing for class.

Where does he live?

Number 226.

I figured. One of the upscale condos.

What about his family?

He has a wife, right?

Apparently

she passed away three years ago.

Why?

There were women's clothes

in the dry cleaning he was carrying.

They must be his daughter's.

You detectives dummies a thing, do you?

No, you're wrong.

The eagle eyes of a novelist.

When I was walking here the other day,

a butterfly kept following me.

The blue one?

I thought ii must be your dad.

I said, ls that you?

And ii landed right there.

So I said to him,

I'm perfectly happy without you,

so don't come for me for a long time.

And it fluttered away.

I expected a better ending.

Too bad.

Why is the slide in the park

all fenced off?

A child fell off,

and the community board fenced it off.

Isn't that silly?

It was the clumsy child's fault.

Right.

Do you get to see Shingo sometimes?

Yeah. He started playing baseball.

Baseball? That boy?

I thought I'd buy him a baseball glove.

Is Kyoko well?

She's the same.

Busy with her job.

A woman with her own career.

It doesn't always work.

But it's not broken, is it?

I've been careful with it.

I can offer 3,000 yen. No more.

Fine. I'll take that.

Say, aren't you Mr. Shinoda's...

Yes, I'm his son.

I knew it.

Father seems to have been here a lot.

One time, he gave me such a hard time.

He said he was desperate for money

to pay for his son's surgery

and brought in a tattered scroll.

Surgery'?

Yeah, he said you had a tumor.

I've never been hospitalized.

Right? That's what I figured.

Hey, dear!

That scroll, was it a Sesshu?

Yes, it was.

But it was only a print.

A Print?

Only the box was authentic.

He even demanded money

to celebrate your recovery.

He was out of control.

Dear?

I guess she stepped out.

PAWN SHOP:

We're having so many typhoons this year.

Typhoons?

Yes. There's another one coming.

Sorry. The parking lot was far away.

- I ordered you coffee.

- Thank you.

- Did you already...

- Not yet.

There's never an excuse

for being in a love hotel.

You husband will use this evidence

to get a good divorce settlement...

so he doesn't have to pay you alimony.

What a stingy jerk.

It happens a lot.

Your coffee.

Why did my life turn out like this?

But why are you showing me this?

Of course,

we could just deliver ii to our client.

But if you prefer not...

Of course I prefer not.

We could simply

make the evidence disappear.

You can make it disappear?

Yes.

Just between us.

For how much?

We have to deliver something

to our client,

so we'll give him fakes.

Like this.

You were at a planning meeting.

Fine, I'm in. Sounds like fun.

Thank you.

Listen, as long we're here...

can I hire you for another job?

At your service.

For an additional fee.

You didn't deposit the money?

What is this area known for?

No. Not now.

I can't be in this sacred place

and not stop by.

I'm sick of going to loan sharks for you.

I'll double this and pay my rem...

and buy a glove, too, a Mizuno.

Didn't you buy ii

with the cash I lent you?

Things happened. I spent it.

What about the scroll?

Wasn't it there?

I wish life were that easy.

I told you it was too good to be true.

They're rounding the fourth rum

and coming down the home stretch.

Hold it, Yoshida! Not yet!

- Go now!

- Faster!

Make a move!

Catch 'em, you fool!

And it's Suzuki!

Let's go.

Let's go.

He was supposed to be hot! What the hell!

What a joke. He was pathetic.

Don't be a p*ssy, Yoshida.

You gotta go for it!

- What?

- 10,000 yen.

- No.

- Fine. 5,000.

We agreed before. That was it.

Those bikes don't come with brakes.

Howl can I put on the brakes

when they can't?

You're not making sense.

I'll double it.

The boss will chew you out

if you don't write up that report.

It's bullshit anyway. You do it.

Going for a trifecta.

YAMABE DETECTIVE AGENCY

We had to chase him around in the river

wearing rubber boots.

Right?

We stank for days.

Thank you so much for finding her.

No more running away, okay?

When I hear those clanging bells,

I just feel so alive.

We only have chunky chili oil.

This one might be old.

Stock up on yuzu peppers

like at that ramen shop.

Get it yourself. This isn't a cafeteria.

Manami.

Don't you feel that way

about anything else?

I mean, you're just gambling.

How can it make you feel alive?

You just alienated

all 60 million bike racing fans in Japan.

There aren't that many fans.

Not everybody loves dogs.

Manami, get me a wet towel.

That's an impressive fruit basket.

She doesn't even know

I padded her bill by ten days.

What's going on with your case?

What's going on?

No sign of an affair yet.

And the ex-boyfriend

the husband suspected?

We looked into him, but nothing.

The husband probably imagined it.

He can't even trust his own wife.

I think, every year,

men are becoming less manly.

It's true.

All the stalkers these days are men.

You're right.

But we make a living off guys like that.

We'd better thank the times,

this petty age we live in.

OHTANI REAL ESTATE

Why did my life turn out like this?

THE EMPTY TABLE:

Ryota.

It's me, Machida.

Say it's you before you knock.

You gave me a heart attack.

What did you think I was here lo collect?

Electricity? Your gas bill?

Could be anything.

- It rained?

- This morning.

Good thing it cleared up.

That little pitcher can throw.

Strike!

Shingo! You can do it!

Look at them,

already sitting together like that.

Yamanouchi Real Estate is a huge company.

He makes 15 million yen a year.

Probably from sleazy speculation deals.

The pitchers scared of you!

You think those two have done it already?

I'm asking you.

The high school he went to

excels in baseball.

They beat our team my first year.

Strike three!

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