Good for Nothing Page #4

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He likes to rile people up

and watch the show.

Rich people are like that.

You heard us?

I'm just sulking in my corner.

And I did hear you.

Doesn't matter.

I didn't say anything stupid.

Nothing stupid.

You're absolutely right.

But it was so funny.

I'm dying with laughter.

What for?

To think that you've been reduced to

a romance with this young man!

What nerve!

You're impossible!

Why do those cretins

have to laugh like that?

Jun, we can't leave you all alone.

- Come back out.

- No thanks.

You've fallen for a strange woman.

- I don't think so.

- Is that so?

She's not your type.

You wanna come with me

to the sea tomorrow?

Anything is better than this chaos.

I'll be staying in Hayama all summer,

in a house that I rent.

You can come.

What is it?

You gonna do what she tells you,

and not hang out anymore?

I think I'll get a summer job.

Forget the job.

That's not what you need.

Come with me.

It's so hot!

Hey, what's up?

I feel better lying down.

It's too hot to move.

Hey, you got any cash?

Give me some.

- I got nothing.

- Just a little.

Didn't you get a job?

Chauffeur without a permit.

It didn't last long.

Your folks don't send you money?

I thought about going home,

but can't afford the ticket.

With no money, you're stuck.

Our freedom today was

bought with money! What a plague.

Just let me lay here.

I'd sure like a cold beer.

You wanna meet up

with Akiyama in Hayama?

We can't keep leeching off him.

But still, it's better than

staying in this suffocating place.

We can swim in the ocean.

And then he'll just get bored.

I knew you'd come.

It's too hot in Tokyo.

We had to get out of there.

Fujieda won't come until tomorrow.

Jun, didn't you get a job?

He's too lazy for that!

I let him crash at my place.

Let's swim.

You coming?

No, I'd rather just sit here

and watch the horizon.

You have unhealthy habits.

Who's the unhealthy one?

He just came for my money.

So did I.

It's true that

a refrigerator is practical.

He blamed me,

but he's happy just to have cold beer.

Here's your chance for the good life.

A housewife wishes for nothing else...

than to stay at home all day.

So if that's what you want, get married!

No thanks. Sorry,

but you still have to live with me here.

I didn't mean it that way.

Brother, the life of

a salaryman isn't so bad,

with a wife to serve you

cold beer when you get home.

Don't fool yourself.

You talk like that's my only pleasure.

I still have all the

refrigerator bills to pay.

Yes, and you still haven't

finished paying off the TV.

Why bother working?

I don't even know why I exist.

Maybe for this glass of beer.

This expensive beer.

Actually, we're leaving

tomorrow for a couple days.

- You'll watch the house.

- Where are you going?

- Hisako's parents.

- You going for vacation?

Like we could afford it.

Hisako's pregnant.

- You're gonna have a baby?

- Apparently.

So that's why wou haven't been

quarreling as much. Congratulations.

I don't know how we're going to

deal with the new expenses.

- That's also why I'm going.

- You're gonna be a daddy.

That's how love stories often end.

How what ends?

I was talking about us.

Not at all.

Hisako, congratulations.

Shin'ichi was against it.

- I wasn't against it...

- You didn't seem happy about it.

Think about the future.

I can't always be optimistic like you.

You look bored.

Who are you?

A good for nothing.

Good for nothing?

An "almost" then.

- Why an "almost"?

- Almost is good.

Well, I can't be almost.

I'm either all good or all bad.

Which is it?

That Jun sure has some nerve.

This morning he was just lying around,

and now he's caught a girl!

He's unwinding.

Jun, unwinding?

He's not like you.

He feels bad about leeching off me.

What? So I'm the only one

who likes to leech from people?

Indeed.

Come on, it's not like

we're sucking you dry.

Are we?

I've decided. You're not an "almost."

You're an "all good."

- You're too naive.

- I am not!

Fun, ain't it? Dancing with my chick?

You were right. Jun's unwinding.

My folks got the idea

to send me to America.

I'm not too keen on

rotting here in Japan.

- I decided to go.

- When do you leave?

End of September.

You won't even graduate?

Being a graduate of a

Japanese university isn't a big deal.

Liar. You're failing,

so they're shipping you off to America.

- Well that's part of it...

- You're so lucky!

You rich folk can just flee to America.

Right, Jun?

The rest of us are still stuck in Japan.

I'm not so lucky.

I have to learn English before Fall.

That's what worries me.

That's the least of your worries.

You'll come home

having learned American habits.

Japan will throw a party for you.

- What are you doing?

- Going back in the water.

I'll never get to go anywhere.

I can only adore America from afar!

So, have you saluted America?

Nothing but salt.

Doesn't even taste like Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola, good one!

Why don't you go to America?

You could.

Everywhere is the same.

As long as we can't

get off of this world.

We can't even

get clear of Japan so easily.

- You think like your father.

- Certainly not.

Summer will end soon.

So will our sad youth.

Maybe.

It was pitiful... So pitiful.

- I'm going back to Tokyo.

- To do what?

That dirty place

wasn't made for humans.

If I don't earn any money before Fall,

I'll be stuck for sure.

It really has ended, our youth.

Look! It's that tricky broad!

My father got her to bring money.

Well, I guess we should take it then.

From the boss.

Is that good enough?

- How much is it?

- I don't know.

He thought that you would need money.

Don't waste it.

He stayed in Tokyo to work,

despite the heat.

My father loves to make money.

I just spend it for him.

Always acting like the bad boy.

You wanna swim?

You can't go in the

water dressed like that.

No thanks. I have no desire

to stay any longer with you.

Or maybe you have

no confidence in your physique.

- Jun, where you going?

- Back to Tokyo.

What's the point of going back?

- Apparently to look for a job.

- Who? Jun?

What's gotten into him?

- What are you doing?

- I'm leaving.

You're kidding.

Stay a little longer with us.

It's no good if you have a crush on him.

He already has someone.

I'm leaving.

No message for the boss, I'm guessing?

None.

That woman is downright crazy for Jun.

You going back to Tokyo for work?

That's good.

Clinging onto Toshio

like a bunch of leeches is pitiful.

So, if you're looking for work,

why not come work for us?

We're recruiting students

to send out catalogs.

What? Don't want to?

Nope.

What an answer!

You're not fit for it anyway.

I'm hungry.

Incredible.

You're too much fun for sure.

Do you want to come to my house?

I'll fix you a nice meal.

Sound good?

I've never invited anyone over.

I'm not very sure of myself.

- This might not be very good.

- No big deal.

It changes me a little,

repeating the same things every day.

I don't know,

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