Hebi ichigo Page #5

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Well, but what about Dad?

Forget about him

Tomoko's going to get married

anyway, she'll leave, too

C'mon, stay, honey

Maybe...

What, you back?

Yeah, I just got back

I'm home

What's this?

Dad's out of the bath,

why don't you take yours?

Shuji's come home especially

I can't bathe before he does

Dad, you should have

let him take his first

You go first, big brother

No, I'm fine last

No, I really mean it

Go ahead and bathe

OK, then

Don't mind if I do...

Bathroom's as chilly as ever

I'll show you how to use the heater

What is going on here?

Don't make such a face

While you were out, your brother

racked his brains over how to save us

Excuse me,

what's that supposed to mean?

Tomoko, everything's fine now

Daddy's bankrupt...

just joking

Bankruptcy's a shock, right?

You think it's scary, right?

But it really isn't

We hand everything, savings,

deed to the house,

over to him temporarily

That way, the debt disappears

and we can keep on living here

the same old way. Right? Right?

He's got his talents. Those years

out in the real world did him good

He's learned about

all kinds of stuff

And you just swallow

any line he feeds you?

What lines?

Now I get it, why he bothered

to come back here

He's going to turn the house upside

down, line his pockets and split

What on earth are you talking about?

Listen carefully, OK?

Dad, first of all,

do you know where

that money came from?

Money? What money?

The cash Shuji gave you

Didn't you even wonder?

How he pulled that much

cash out of nowhere

There's definitely something fishy

Someone stole

the funeral offerings

from the funeral home we used

A total of 1.2 million yen,

from some professor's funeral

Exactly how much did you

turn over to that collector, Dad?

You get it, right?

It's just like him, isn't it?

It was dirty money

Who on earth told you that?

It's all over the national news

He's a serial robber

If he stays here,

we'll get dragged into his mess

I'm sure it's a mistake

Even he couldn't possibly...

What's wrong with you, Dad?

Your son, who pretended to go

to college and kept the tuition

Who sold my panties to the highest

bidder when I was in junior high?

Honestly, him re-arrange

your finances? Never

That 1.2 million was just bait

for catching a bigger fish

Don't you even get that?

Listen, let's pretend

we don't know a thing,

and kick him out

the way we always have

He'll be fine and his chances of

getting away are better that way

No! We need him here with us

What for? Hiding a criminal

is a crime in itself

If we keep him here,

he'll just drag us down, too

Please, just do what I say

Let's make him leave

before our family's finished

This family was finished

a long time ago

We're beyond help now

It's all my fault

What choice do I have, Tomoko?

I can't make miracles happen

At least I wanted

to spare you this mess

I mean it

Forget about the rest

You get away from us

Find your own happiness

Me?

Me, leave this family?

I'm exhausted

230 already?

I'm really exhausted

Wait a minute

"Find my own happiness,"

how dare you?

What do you think Kamata san

had to say?

Thanks to you and Shuji,

now I'm a liar, too

He said, that time

he came to dinner...

Oh, let him blab

What does that jerk know?

That's cruel

You said you liked Kamata...

Kamata, Kamata, enough!

That stupid ass fag

He can stuff himself up his own ass!

Mom

Mom

Is what I'm saying wrong?

No, you're not wrong

Tomoko's always got

the right answer

And that's what's

making you choke?

You're all crazy

I refuse

I absolutely refuse

to fall for it

He's my brother, that monster

You know him, too, Mother

You know, you're scary

Your very own brother

When he gets out of the bath,

kick him out,

or turn him in,

whatever you like

Why do you say that?

Well, what am I supposed to do?

Your mother doesn't know

Do whatever you want

Whatever you think

is always right, anyway. Right?

All yours

I borrowed Dad's

He wears boxers, now

I was terrified he'd

only have briefs

I always think of

Dad wearing briefs

Dad is briefs

Briefs are Dad

Am I getting' a gut?

Look

This is where eating like a teenager

in your 30s will get you

It's all flabby like

Look

Hey, Tomoko

How's it going, Tomoko?

Nothing like a cold beer

after a hot bath

No dice?

After 25, even men put on fat

It's hard to lose, too

Like you know all about it

Go ahead, touch it

No way

I said, no way

So you're getting married?

Mother tell you that?

Yeah

What did she tell you?

She sounded like she really liked

the guy, but I don't really know

She's showing her age

She's so scatterbrained

"This is this and that's that,

so there"

So I just kept on nodding

Wiped me out

I put up with her every day

Not for me

One day's enough for me

Man, you're a cheater

In any case, she likes him,

so that's great

It's too early to tell

What about you?

Me? Forget about it

We're talking about me here

Would you marry me?

No, I wouldn't

But you sure got pretty

You look nice in mourning

That's a lie

It is

No, it isn't, it isn't

I really mean it

Here

Thanks

I thought I'd closed it

It's letting in a draft

Grandpa just opened it

Cut it out

Weren't you scared of ghosts?

Don't believe in any of that stuff

And not God, either?

Not at all

Don't you believe in anything?

Well, me

I mean, not for me

But whatever I say,

as long as you believe

in God or ghosts,

or love or friendship

it must be real, right?

Like they say,

"where there's a wish, there's a way"

That's "where there's a will"

Oh, yeah?

Half-assed, as always

Give me some

Sure, eat, eat

Better to eat

Man, these beans are tasty

No, I refuse to believe you

I swear, with my own eyes

It was an illusion

He just looked 10-feet tall

If somebody was really that tall,

he'd be on TV

No, the thing is,

I'm 5' 7", right?

I stood next to him

and my friend checked

And the guy really was

twice my height

That's so repulsive,

it's not funny

It's not about funny,

there really are giants in Beijing

All you ever talked about, ever

About what?

The pack of lies you made up

Well, it's true, you don't

have a shred of that

I can't remember your

ever making up anything

What's that got...

No, I really can't

You're right,

I don't trick people

That's good

Very good

I'm envious

You're like holy or something

Listen, Shuji

Remember how you lied to me

about finding wild berries

growing on the hill behind

our elementary school

And how great they tasted?

Lying?

When I drew you that map?

That's right,

but there weren't any

There weren't any and it got dark

and I got lost and it was a big mess

I cried so hard

When I was crying, I thought

"I'll never cry like this again"

You got it all wrong, you dummy

You just couldn't find them

Liar!

You laughed

Maybe I laughed,

but they were really there

I still remember exactly

where they were

And now, more on yesterday's

funeral robbery

Shortly after noon on the 26th,

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