Cutie and the Boxer Page #3

Well, we need money from somewhere.

I'm going to take some work to sell.

Every time you go,

you come back and say it didn't sell.

You say, "Sorry, it didn't sell."

Someone there wants to buy

a sculpture for $3,000.

That's too cheap.

Well, it's something.

Oh, yeah. Here we go.

Pokemon motorcycle. It's a little dusty.

Look, Noriko.

You have to get at least $10,000

for this work.

No... don't do it. It won't fit!

It doesn't fit.

Obviously!

When Ushio is gone,

suddenly the air clears

and it gets very quiet.

Ushio had always been my teacher.

But I always felt inferior to him.

Ushio's voice was always in my head.

I was just following him.

According to Virginia Woolf,

female artists need a little money

and a room of their own

in order to succeed.

I feel for the first time that Cutie

is completely my own work.

Glad you are here.

I get to show a friend my new work.

We just had our 39th anniversary.

So you must have

a lot of stories to tell.

Of course.

This will be the last chapter.

This is just a rough idea

on a sketch book.

Cutie pulls Bullie's mouth and ears

and she pins him down.

Looking at angry Cutie

is interesting, but...

...I prefer her being happy.

But it won't be true

if it has a happy ending.

I hate Hollywood-style happy ending.

Of course, I understand that!

It's just nice to have

some happy moments.

Yes, sometimes.

After all...

Otherwise I can't emphasize

the roughness.

Yes, because of the roughness, I feel

"Cutie is so sweet!" in another moment.

She doesn't want

to be put into a mold.

No, she doesn't.

All of these together

would be great for a gallery.

- So you've made about 20 pieces?

- Yes, about that.

Hi, Alex! Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

OK, so 20 altogether?

Let's see. One, two, three...

This one I did...

This is kind of more earlier work.

I like this very much.

Even from afar I could see

something stronger here.

Something strong is here.

This is another one.

It's kind of self-portrait-like.

I like this a lot.

I like this one, too.

Very nice.

Ushio.

You got here so fast!

Wow, you brought this all the way!

Amazing.

Wait, don't rush.

You did a good job

carrying this by subway.

Sure! I saved $50.

- You should have called me from there.

- There's no phone.

- You should've called from a payphone.

- I didn't have a quarter.

Oh, you didn't have a quarter...

For you.

Oh, thank you.

How much? Count it.

There should be a lot.

There's not that much here...

It's $3,600!

I thought that's about it.

Isn't that great?

- Noriko, let's open this now.

- OK.

There's no reason to get naked.

Well, it's so hot here.

I found some of my old clothes in Japan.

This one...and this one...

Let me pay my respects.

I came back home safely.

Thank you so much.

Please take care of me next time again.

- Hey, why don't you count money?

- Not now...

Now!

- Now, Mom!

- Wait.

- I brought money back.

- You change as you brought money.

You have to smell the money.

Crisp bills!

Ooh, good smell.

These are $100 bills.

You do it like this way...

It's difficult.

Bankers are good at this.

Give it to me.

I've been doing this since I was child.

Oh, really? All right, you count it!

Smell it first.

We have $3,500? Good.

- See, I brought it back

- You did what you're supposed to do.

- Ah! Fish, fish, Noriko!

- Yeah?

- Big one!

- I'm shooting now.

Here we go!

No worries, I'm shooting.

- See!

- Amazing!

Move... come here.

Gently.

Now go over there.

Oh! That's good, good!

Turn around.

Oh... It's romantic.

Noriko, what are you doing?

Shuhei from the gallery

is coming over soon.

He seems to have only you

in mind for a show...

I want to remind him

there is another artist in this house.

Huh.

Gyu-chan, there's the telephone.

It's him.

Hi, Shuhei.

Where are you?

Yes, I'll come down to get you.

OK. I'm on my way.

Ready?

Come on in.

Wow, this is spectacular.

- Is this new?

- Brand new. He made it last week.

Is this the one I saw the other day?

Yes. This big one.

Here you see a fusion of Japanese Oiran

style and strawberry ice cream.

This is impressive.

And then this.

A fight between a rabbit and a frog.

My place is messy. It deserves to be

in your beautiful gallery.

Yeah, it'd be nice to do a show with you

at my gallery.

Shuhei, I have my work in the other

space. Would you take a look?

You can't make a decision

just by looking at his work.

This way please. This is my studio.

First the series was entitled

Child-Raising Hell.

But later it changed

to Ushio-Raising Hell.

This series is really good.

Noriko, these are all great works.

- Which ones?

- These here.

- My work? Or Noriko's?

- Both!

For this exhibition,

Ushio's art will be in my main room.

But I would also like to show

your work at the same time.

- I'll be visiting your gallery soon.

- Yes, I look forward to it.

I would like to come to see the space.

- Take care. Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

Hello?

How are you?

I bought 15 pounds

of white pigment color.

- 15 pounds?

- Yeah. It was--

- Why?

- Why?

I'm gonna have an exhibition,

and now I'm painting

at the gallery.

I'm using a big brush

and a small brush

and big Cuties.

So people will come this way...

and there, right in the middle.

I see, so this is the main thing.

Jumps out at you.

Right. And there

will be paintings too, right?

- Yeah.

- Where should we put paintings?

All these walls are open.

I'm working on three huge ones now.

We'll cover the walls with them.

I don't want a title that's too general,

like "Two... Two Artists" or something.

Or something obnoxious,

like conceptual words people use...

So pointless.

- Like "serenity and movement."

- Or "Zen whatever."

Unless it's funny,

like "Flipside of Zen."

Here we go.

- How about ROAR! for a title?

- Roar. Roar.

Roar means like... Wow!

Then, Zoom! Whom! Roar!

We can do that too?

No, just one.

Just one "roar!"

So this is Noriko's room.

It's a work in progress.

Wait. Is he running away,

with a bottle of booze?

He is running away, but there

is no way he can afford booze.

He is running to his friend's

so he can drink.

I see and you are stopping me,

like, "Please, it's enough."

"Come on, I need milk for the baby."

- This is you and Ushio?

- No, it's Cutie and Bullie.

Well, it's about me and her.

So it's going to be like a story?

Yes, it will go all around the room.

And then that'll be the end.

Nice space.

Big canvas.

- Jealous? Jealous?

- Yeah. Yes.

Jealousy, jealousy.

Big jealousy.

I feel so free when you're not around.

Oh, so it's better if I'm not here?

Bye-bye.

At first, the story of Cutie

was based on my past with Ushio.

Cutie had a life of struggle.

But after a while,

gradually she became more independent.

Now Cutie defeats Bullie.

She conquers him. She controls him.

Cutie is very good at taming Bullie.

But it's not so easy

to tame him in real life.

I wonder what ever happened

with Alexandra from Guggenheim.

In Guggenheim, they decided

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