Okay, Kao-chan.
I'm gonna take one.
Norie-chan!
Yay!
Maon-chan!
Thanks, everyone.
So why are you taking pictures of us?
I thought I'd send them to Chihiro-chan in Shiori.
Oh, you mean that good friend of yours?
Do you think tamayura will show up?
Probably not in this boring of a place.
Okay!
What if we do this?
Kaoru, I love you.
Hey! Wait!
Potte!
Are you okay?
Yeah...
I'm okay.
Momoneko-sama!
Did you really take a picture?
Tamayura just might appear in that one.
This spring, I left my old town to enroll as a student here.
Maybe!
It's where I spent most of my childhood.
My dad in Heaven loved this town.
I wanted to start taking pictures again, the way he taught me here.
I figured I should stop looking back at fun memories with sad eyes.
When people are feeling warm and happy, children of the light may appear.
Those are tamayura.
My dad was the one who taught me that.
Pictures with tamayura make the viewer a little bit happier.
So, with this camera...
Let's photo!
So...
natsu no nokoriame ni
In the light mist after a summer rain
eki made hashitteta kimi no ushirosugata
You ran to the station, and I saw you from behind
hansode no seifuku
Your short-sleeved uniform
awatete oikaketa matsuge ni mizutama hajikete
In a panic I ran after you, and wiped a drop of water from my eye
sekaijuu no yasashii mono
All the things in this world,
utsukushii iro wo shiteta
Shone in such beautiful colors
demo sekai ha shiranakatta ano koro
But I didn't know much about the world
"okaerinasai"
"Welcome home"
omoide ni nakitai toki aitai toki
When your memories make you want to cry or make you want to meet,
koko ni iru yo
I'm here for you
"okaerinasai"
"Welcome home"
watashitachi ga yume mita mono ai shita mono
All the dreams that we dreamt, the things that we loved,
ima mo kimi wo mamotteru yo
Even now, they watch over you
It All Started in this Town, So...
Third year of middle school, early summer...
Fuu-nyon.
Didn't you borrow that photo album the last time we came here?
Yeah.
But I wanted to look through it again.
Do you like it that much?
It has a lot of pictures of the sky.
Yeah.
Looking at it makes me feel all fuzzy inside.
Fuzzy?
I wonder where this was taken.
I think this is the Seto Inland Sea.
You can tell from all the islands.
You used to go to Takehara a lot. That's by the Seto Inland Sea, right?
Yeah.
It is.
Sorry. That's not what I meant...
I didn't mean to bring it up.
I'm sorry, Fuu-nyon!
I'm... I'm sorry...
It's fine.
I'm sorry.
I've been friends with Chihiro-chan since elementary school.
She would always do her best to make sure I wasn't feeling sad about my dad.
She would always offer words of support to make me feel better.
She's a bit of a crybaby, though.
All right! I'm taking a picture!
Smile!
Look at me.
I know!
Very nice.
Kick me the ball!
Okay!
Oh, that's right!
I had something I needed to do!
Come with me for a bit!
Come on! Let's go!
Chihiro-chan, what did you have to do?
Uh, well...
Hey! What does this look like to you?
An octopus?
A caterpillar?
Ginger?
Chihiro-chan...
Can I show you something?
What?
Buyubuyu.
I'm the new guy, Buyusuke.
Buyusuke?
Don't I have a weird face?
Let's get along from now on...
I'm sorry.
Don't be.
Thanks for being worried about me.
I wasn't really...
Have you decided on a school yet?
Not yet.
I'm wondering where I should go.
Why don't we go to the same school?
That sounds like a good idea.
You'll get good at English!
I think you'd be able to do a lot of stuff overseas.
I don't think I could...
Of course you could!
You can be pretty brave, you know.
You think?
So you should be going all over the world and taking dozens of pictures!
Pictures, huh...
I'm sorry! I didn't... mean... to... make you... remember...
It's fine!
I'm sorry I always end up crying.
Don't worry.
I think that's why I've been able to go on without crying.
You're the reason I'm so happy.
I don't really...
That's right!
I have ideas for new characters other than Buyusuke!
Do you want to see them when they're done?
Yeah!
Back then,
whenever I saw my dad's camera and pictures, I would get sad.
So we put them all away.
The memory of Chihiro-chan saying that she liked the pictures I took,
and the promise that we would someday go to Takehara together.
Everything was put away.
I'm home!
Has Kou-chan come home yet?
Fuu-chan, welcome home!
I found Dad's pictures!
The pictures I had set to rest in a sea of sadness...
Each and every one of them was full of fun moments.
Moments that I never wanted to forget.
From each of those old, warm pictures,
every feeling my father felt when he took them,
flowed right into me.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
It's so strange.
I don't feel sad looking at these pictures.
I wonder when it happened.
I'm home!
Welcome home!
Hey, Mom.
Do you remember where you put that camera?
Dad's camera.
Fuu...
I, uh, put it away.
Can I have it?
Of course!
I'll get it later!
Okay.
This is where you got the album from, Kou?
Yeah!
We looked through it.
I see.
It was fun!
This cup...
You made it for his birthday.
I remember.
Here.
Thank you.
It came off.
I remember everything he taught me.
Grandma said so, too.
That Dad would always be in your heart.
You might not notice because you're sad now,
but one day you will.
That's right.
Everything that Dad taught me is still in my heart.
And I'm sure there's much, much more sleeping inside, too.
Kou-chan, do you want to take a bath now?
Yeah!
Ta-da!
Fuu-nyon!
I think I'll start taking pictures again.
Is that...
...your dad's camera?
Yeah.
I got it yesterday.
That's good!
That's great, Fuu-nyon!
I'm so glad.
It's thanks to you.
Thank you so much!
I'm so... glad...
The first picture I take will be of Chihiro-chan.
I'm taking it, Chihiro-chan.
I told you.
You are brave.
Fuu.
You can go to school there.
Grandma checked, and it's fine.
Really?
Hooray!
Kou, you like that town too?
Hmm...
Dunno.
But if Fuu-chan is going, I wanna too!
But Kou-chan, that means you'd need to transfer! I can—
It's fine!
But...
All right.
We're moving!
Hooray! Hooray!
Moving! Moving! Moving!
Kou-chan...
We're moving!
Fuu-nyon, you really are brave.
It's just because my mom wanted to...
I see.
So it's all decided, then?
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
I even told you we'd go to the same high school...
Don't worry about it.
Fuu-nyon, you're amazing.
Thanks, Buyusuke.
Sure, I'm a bit sad,
but I'm happy you made this decision on your own.
That's why I'll stand by it.
I'll send you off with a smile.
Thanks.
Fuu-nyon, good luck!
Fight!
We're all cheering for you.
Thank you, Bunburuu, Nyurube-san, Mapimopi...
And... um...
Yeah.
Are you okay with that, Mom?
Let's see...
I think the project will be finished around February.
My mom quit her job and is going to work with my grandma at her shop.
Yeah.
She always wanted to work at a cafe.
Thanks.
Bye.
Sending a letter?
Yeah.
I'm sending some pictures to the photographer, Shihomi Riho-san.
Oh?
I don't know if she'll respond or not.
Oh, that's right.
Have you heard from Kaoru-chan yet?
Yeah. She sent a letter.
She was surprised that I was going to her school.
Have you called her?
Yeah, but we always talk through mail, so I was a bit nervous.
I wonder what Kao-chan and Sayomi-oneechan are like now.
I wonder...
It'll be fun to see them again.
Mom was right, but...
I couldn't help but be a bit nervous.
Would we be able to get along together like we used to?
Morning!
Chihiro-chan!
Oh, Fuu-nyon.
Good morning.
Good morning!
We have a problem!
Sh... Sh... She replied!
"The pictures are wonderful, Sawatari-san. Your mother and your sister,
"your grandma on the other side of the phone line,
"your father who left you the camera.
"When you took the picture,
"it felt like your whole family was right there with you.
"I'm sure it was a very wonderful moment, wasn't it?"
It was nice of her to reply.
Yeah, and look.
She sent this, too.
There's no destination.
Yeah.
What do you think it means?
Did she write anything about it?
"P.S.
"I love Seto Inland Sea, too!
"I have to have squid tempura in my okonomiyaki!
"Oh, and their octopus tempura is the best!"
Uh...
Maybe it's a charm?
You may be right!
A charm...
Fuu-nyon.
You sure have changed.
How can I say it...?
You've become aggressive!
Aggressive?
Right!
You're becoming more and more brave.
I'd never be able to send pictures I took to a professional photographer!
It's because you have that camera again.
I think maybe your dad is giving you courage.
The person who's happiest about you taking pictures again,
must be your dad.
Chihiro-chan.
I'll do my best, too.
We may be going to different schools,
but I'll do my best to be aggressive, too!
Yeah! Be aggressive!
I thought I still had plenty of time,
but once it passed, it felt like all that time was much too short.
Please let Chihiro-chan pass her entrance exams.
Please make sure Fuu-nyon doesn't go to the exam on the wrong day,
leave anything important at home,
get lost in the train station or on the road,
or write in the wrong answer columns.
February...
And tomorrow, I'm finally going to that old town.
Chihiro-chan!
It's a fresh start for me, so... what do you think?
So cute!
Oh, that reminds me.
Here, Fuu-nyon.
Thank you.
I wonder what it is.
It's a charm set of new characters!
Thank you...
A lucky character for a burning heart, Pririan!
Keeper of time, Heppuri!
Yurumee, to help you relax!
With him around, you'll never get lost! Gyorinofu!
To make sure you're not stressed out, Nahahahaha!
I couldn't take all of these...
Don't worry.
Do your best on the entrance exams.
Okay.
Fuu-nyon.
What?
I still have one more present for you.
Eh?
I don't know how good they are,
so I didn't know whether or not to give them to you.
If you don't want them, that's okay.
Did you make these?
Wow!
An album case, a camera case, and a ticket case!
How cute!
Good-bye, Fuu-nyon.
I'll be cheering for you.
Thank you.
I'm glad I could send you off without crying.
Chihiro-chan, you've gotten aggressive.
Good-bye.
Have a safe trip.
Okay!
Bye!
I'm off.
I'm going to go to Takehara by myself.
Changing trains at the stations the same way Dad always took me.
Next stop is Mihara Station.
I remember this ocean.
kimi ga yubi de tsukuru fureemu ni ha
In the frame that you made with your fingers
Wow! The ocean is so close!
Let's go to the ocean!
Yeah, let's all go!
tanpopo no watage ga utsurikomu yo
A dandelion's head looked back at you
koshi mado takezaiku kyuu na kaidan
A low window, bamboo work, and those steep steps
The view doesn't look much different.
natsukashii keshiki mo sono mama da ne
Everything here is the way it always was
It's all the same as it was back then.
My dad always used to say, "I'm going back home."
enden no nioi wo suikondara
With a breath of wind, I can smell the old saltpans
But I'm sure the town has changed a lot.
takadai no posuto kara tegami wo dasou
Maybe I'll send a letter from the postbox up the hill
I'm sure there are a lot of people I don't know.
oriru eki mo shiranai mirai no kimi ni
And though I don't know where you might be going
kippu wo ichimai toufuu shite
I'll give you a ticket, wherever it may be
soko ni aru nanigenai koto
Even if the little things you find there
I'm finally here.
I'm so nervous...
te no hira kara koboretete mo
Should ever leave the palm of your hand
osorenaide tomaranaide
Don't be afraid and don't stop
kimi ha kimi no mama de ite
Just stay the way that you are
This is...
kamisama ha tokidoki itazura suru
Sometimes God plays tricks on us
Potte.
ichiban taisetsu na mono dake wo
He finds the thing we love most in the world
Welcome home.
Kao-chan...
I'm home.
dokoka ni okizari ni sasete
And puts it somewhere we can't find
What's wrong, Potte?
Nothing. You just surprised me.
bokutachi wo otona ni surun da
And like that, he makes us grow up
It felt like the entire town was always waiting for me.
There are no more sad memories for me.
Dad, I'm home.
tokubetsu na koto nado doko ni mo naku
There isn't anything in the world that's truly special
deaeta zenbu ha guuzen ja nai
Being here and meeting you was not just some mistake
tatoe kanashimi ni tsutsumaretemo
Even if sadness should dampen your days
egao dake ha wasurenaide yo
Just don't forget that you know how to smile
danchi ura wataboushi daikichi no deru
Apartment alleys, wedding veils, running on good luck
jinja no torii wo kukureba
But as you enter the shrine, pillars on either side
maatarashii hikari no shawaa
A completely different shower of light
kimi wo tsutsumikonde yuku
Will flow all around you, you'll see
magokoro to yuuki de tsunagareba
If we come together with faith and courage
isshun ha itsuka de eien ni naru
A moment will one day become forever
yume no ikisaki ha sorezore demo
Even if our dreams may go their separate ways
keshite hitori ja nai yo ne
Know that you will never be alone
keshite hitori ja nai yo ne
Know that you will never be alone
And so, we graduated.
Chihiro-chan said she'd come by someday.
I'm looking forward to that day.
Next time on Tamayura ~hitotose~.
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