Spare me.
Please... spare me!
Please spare me!
I'll never forgive you.
I'll never forget what you did!
Hey...
Are you all right? Ochika-san.
Oshima-san... Why?
Oh my, did you forget?
See, Ma'am told me to sleep in the same room with my lady for a while.
Ah...
You're even shedding tears...
What kind of horrific dream were you having?
The world of war was a thing of the past when people killed each other.
Everyone in Edo now is helping each other out and living a life of sincerity.
Mishimaya, which takes its name from the town of Mishimachou in Kanda-sujikai,
is a well-known bag shop between Ichikawa and Marukaku,
where the owner, Ihei, and his wife, Otami, have built up a reputation in their generation
Mishimaya
from selling bags made from bamboo grass.
The master Ihei asked me to interject a tale for his collection of strange stories.
He was determined to collect up to a hundred, so I took the job,
but for Ochika, the listener, it was a bit too much...
Ochika
3rd Night Illicit Love
Alright, go ahead for today!
Oh, be careful.
Yes, sir!
Good morning!
Bags from Mishimaya!
How can you sell bags in the morning?
Thanks to you, we will be able to sell the expensive ones first.
Intermediary Touan
That's a big deal, as expected of the Mishimaya name.
Good morning!
Bags from Mishimaya!
Oh, sorry to bother you.
Oh~ Touan-san.
Mishimaya Head Clerk Yasosuke
Madam is waiting for you.
Madam?
It's now or never. Come on, come on....
I'm getting a bit of a strange feeling.
Come in, come in...
Well, well, well... You two are very energetic, aren't you?
Ochika-chan is off today!
I have to work for it and show off my good side!
Hahahaha... that's admirable.
Ochika is having nightmares every night
because you and Touan-san
invited strange guests to the Black-White room.
Head of Mishimaya Ihei
That's not all.
Even though I gave her the day off,
Ochika refused to go watch a play or visit Asakusa...
Wife of Mishimaya Otami
I am sure she is afraid to even go outside.
Oh, did Ochika complain to you that she was scared?
I know it's terrifying, even if she didn't say it out loud.
That's why we haven't had a guest in a while.
Not just for a while, not ever.
Hot..! Ah~! It burns!
Ahh~ Hot...! Ahh~ Oh, God.
I think I should give Touan-san a piece of my mind!
Ah~ hot hot hot!
Ahh~ mulberry fields, mulberry fields!
"Kuwabara" means mulberry field, and also used as a spell to ward off lightning strikes or bad luck.
What is it? Touan-san, are you leaving already?
I'm not feeling well today!
No strange stories today.
Ah~ sorry.
See you.
My lady, there you are.
I thought you promised me not to call me "my lady" any more.
No, it's fine to call you "my lady" for today.
It's what the Master says.
Uncle said that?
Ochika-san the maid, has the day off day.
I was told to accompany my lady today.
Well.
We can talk about anything you want!
Fortunately, the weather is fine.
Head Maid Oshima
Shall we go somewhere?
My lady has not yet visited Myojin-sama in Kanda
or Kannon-sama in Asakusa since she came to Edo, have you?
Or would you like to go to Tourichou to get a new kimono tailored?
Why did uncle come up with such a whimsical suggestion again?
The vacation is still a long way off.
Servants get a holiday known as "Yaburi" which falls on the 16th day of the 1st lunar month or 1st day of the 7th lunar month, where they can return to their families.
It's because both the Master and his wife are worried about you, my lady.
Even me...
I'm sorry.
Oh, please stop it!
I told you not to do that, hahahaha.
Oh... well, I...
Ahh, that's no good~.
All I can do to help my lady is just talk.
My lady?
People don't like to cry in the morning because they think it's a bad omen...
Yes, yes.
Yasosuke-san would say so, since he's is really superstitious,
but I don't really believe it.
When I'm sad, I'm sad in the morning and at night.
If I'm going to take the time off....
Yes, yes!
Would it be all right if I stay here for the rest of the day?
Oh, you're not going out?
A little sun would be good.
Did you hear what our guests said, Oshima-san?
No!
However, if my lady wants to talk about it,
I'd gladly listen with your permission.
Is that so?
Of course, I will never divulge this information to anyone else.
I won't even tell Yaso-san.
Oh, my!
You laughed, my lady.
I seem to have remembered how to laugh too.
Hahahaha. Ah~ thank goodness.
In that case, please wait a moment.
Aunt!
Two women in a deep conversation
must have something tasty to eat.
I'll cater something for lunch.
Auntie, I....
It's okay, it's okay.
Today, you will take it easy.
My first guest, was Matsudaya-san.
As I was greeting him,
Matsudaya-san looked at the red spider lilies in the garden and suddenly...
Yes, yes! Yaso-san said he was very annoyed.
Matsudaya-san told me the reason for that.
Let me tell you why red spider lilies are so terrifying.
...[my brother] was warmly cared for by the people around him.
Was there nothing more unreasonable than that!?
My twisted self.....
...is what killed my brother!
Red spider lilies eh...
I'm not sure if not mowing the flowers was a good thing, or bad thing...
I think
what Matsudaya-san saw in the red spider lilies
was his own image.
Oh, it's getting a little cold, isn't it?
And now, let me tell you about my second guest,
Otaka-san from Echigoya, and her story...
Come with me.
Together.
This is where the mansion was located.
I want to stay here!
That mansion... swallows people.
What a horrifying story!
Yes, really.
My lady... after hearing two stories like this,
it's understandable that your feelings are darkened.
And Matsudaya-san died after he returned from here.
And Otaka-san of Echigoya is going to be locked up as well?
I do not know what the Master is thinking!
What good does it do to have my lady deal with such strange guests?
I didn't understand it either.
I wondered if uncle
thought I was being too stubborn about being a maid,
so he thought he'd give me a little outlandish experience.
That is very likely.
Master likes to surprise us from time to time.
But...
I think I understand a little better now.
"I'm not just Ochika",
I think uncle was trying to teach me that.
You're not just Ochika?
Yes.
Yes, let's do this.
For today,
treat me as the guest invited to the Black-White Room,
and you take my place as the listener, Oshima-san.
Eh? Oh... me?
Right? Please do so! Please do.
That is... well...
I'm not the right person for the job.
Oshima-san, you are.
I will now tell my story.
My family's inn in Kawasaki,
goes by the name of Marusen.
I was told it was a large inn.
It was surrounded by my hardworking parents
and many servants and employees.
It was a busy but enjoyable house.
But I will never be able to return.
Kawasaki Inn ・ Marusen
Ochika Six years old
Ah, welcome.
Father ・ Head of Marusen Kihei
Thank you for your continued patronage.
Mother Okei
Please come in.
I have an older brother
named Kiichi, who is four years older than me.
Brother Kiichi Ten years old
Eventually, your brother
will become the Master of Marusen, right?
When you grow up, you can help me, too, right?
Because of my age gap,
I was always told that I was a spoiled brat.
I'd like to see Ochika-san
being pampered a little for once too.
Kiichi is the heir to the family and is now 20 years old.
Kiichi Twenty years old
It was almost time for me to be a wife as well....
Matchmaking arrangements were made for me first.
Well.
Six months ago.
Yoshisuke-san of Naminoya, another inn-keeper.
Oh, my God. What's he like?
Was he a kind person?
What did he look like?
Hoh~! What a sexy guy~!
Oshima-san, do you have a husband?
A long time ago, when I was young.
He is a quarrelsome person.
Well, we parted soon after.
Why?
I wonder why~?
He was a hard worker,
and not indulging in liquor or loose living, but....
Well, I guess it just didn't work out for us.
Oshima-san, did you like that person?
Well, I lived with that person...
So, well...
I did like him.
Me too...
I liked Yoshisuke too.
Ochika.
What is it Yoshisuke?
Yoshisuke 8 years old
I'll wrestle Kiichi.
With my brother?
Ochika will be the gyoji.
Gyoji is the referee in a sumo match
What is a gyoji?
Or rather,
before I could say I liked or disliked him, we were childhood friends,
so I knew him well from when we were little.
He was two years younger than my brother
and we always played together.
Go for it, brother!
Attack, attack!
I'm going to take you as my bride, Ochika.
Then you'll be my brother.
Marusen and Naminoya would become relatives and become one inn.
It'll be the best inn in Kawasaki.
Then I'll become Yoshisuke's wife.
I'm the one who decides.
I'm the heir after all.
Ten years later,
Yoshisuke 18 years old
Yoshisuke declared...
Please let Ochika be my wife!
This... Kanzashi, is hairpin popular in Edo.
Yoshisuke-san.
Now we can be man and wife, Ochika.
Oshima-san?
Excuse me, my lady.
It's just heartbreaking to see my lady's face right now.
You look as beautiful and happy as I have ever seen you.
Now you're a real lady, aren't you?
There are many good things
that will come your way in the future, too!
Then again...
you don't have to say anything more.
I'm sure you must be in a lot of pain.
Yoshisuke-san was killed.
Eh?
I just don't know how it happened
or how to tell the story that make sense of what happened.
The right words!
In that case, I will ask you how the story goes.
When
was my lady's happiness,
and Yoshisuke-san taken away from you?
Taken away?
Yes!
Who was it who killed to Yoshisuke-san?
That was... my fault.
What?
...but, my lady.
You didn't kill
Yoshisuke-san with your own hands, did you?
My lady,
first of all, tell us about the murderer.
Murderer?
Yes.
Ma.... Matsu....
His name was Matsutaro.
The child... The child...
He fell off the cliff!
What? Where?
Under the shrine where the cliff is located, one mile down from here.
He's caught on a pine branch off some rocks and he's about to fall into the ocean!
- Is he alive? - I don't know!
I can't help him by myself...
Oh, wait here for a minute!
Matsutaro-san came to Marusen
the year I turned six,
on a freezing cold day
just after New Year's Day.
Hey, there he is!
Oh, hey! You okay?
Can you hear my voice?
Hey, can you hear me?
I'll go!
He's still breathing!
He's alive! Hurry up!
Come back... come back.
Come back....
Come back!
Come back... come back...
I guess you could say we brought him back to life.
But...
he lost blood circulation to his right hand's fingers.
Come back, come back.
Come back, come back!
The boy woke up!
What?
Four days later, the child finally woke up
and lost five fingers on his right hand to severe frostbite,
Matsutaro
and was named Matsutaro because he was saved by a pine tree.
Pine tree in Japanese is called "Matsu"
Oni-san, this way, to the one with the ringing hand.
This way, this way!
Oni-san, this way, to the one with the ringing hand.
Caught you!
That guy is disgusting.
His name is Matsutaro.
The orphan, right? Your father picked him up, didn't he?
He was caught in a pine tree. That's why he's called Matsutaro.
Let's play together, Matsutaro.
At first, Matsutaro did not speak to me at all.
He could nod or shake his head,
he could look people in the eye,
but he couldn't speak.
No one knew where he was born,
where he came from,
or how he ended up in that place,
who was with him when it happened,
nothing.
Stay away from him Ochika. Matsutaro might be a monster.
Ochika-chan, get away from Matsutaro.
A monster is not scary, right?
Oh, they are.
They'll take your head off and eat it.
Matsutaro is not scary.
Oh, throw it, Yoshisuke. Throw it!
It's a monster extermination!
Stop it!
If you bully Matsutaro, mother and father will be angry with you!
Stop it! Hey, stop it!
I don't know why you're mad at him!
Kiichi! Yoshisuke!
Don't you feel sorry for Matsutaro?
Don't you have any spirit of chivalry?
I hate that guy!
It doesn't matter if you like or hate him!
You don't know what kind of boy he is.
I can tell by looking at him face!
Kiichi!
Sorry....
I'm sorry.
That was the first time I heard Matsutaro's voice.
Back then, my brother was jealous of Matsutaro-san.
That's to be expected.
Your parents were taking good care of a child
they didn't even know where he came from.
Even your brother was still at an age where he couldn't think with logic alone.
It's understandable to be jealous.
That's what my brother used to say when we were growing up.
He said it was his fault.
Well...
Your brother is a kind man, too.
Matsutaro-san told my brother some secret.
Maybe a personal story or something.
After that, he stopped being mean to Matsutaro-san.
So, did the boy end up staying at Marusen all these years?
My parents were determined to take Matsutaro-san in.
They said, "He's a lucky boy to have survived what happened to him".
They said something cheerful like, "I'm sure he'll be important someday".
Then another merchant found out about Matsutaro-san,
and wanted to take him in.
Thankfully, your good selves of this inn
picked up this child, whom I was unable to save.
If that is the case, please allow me to decide what to do with this child.
I appreciate your kindness,
and I appreciate your offer of money, medicine and lodging, but.......
I myself lost a young child.
I had already talked with my wife about raising the child in her place.
But... since you are always away from home on business,
Matsutaro will be raised by your wife.
I am sure he would be constraining for you.
I don't think it will work out so well in the end.
No, that's...
It seems we have no choice.
Let the boy decide himself.
Matsutaro,
come here.
What do you want to do?
Who would you like to live with?
Here...
I like it here.
Ah... my dear.
The child's declaration was the final word.
...so we started living like three siblings.
But Yoshisuke-san...
Go away. You're a monster!
You monster.
Get off your ass and go somewhere else!
Stop it, Yoshisuke!
Matsutaro is a relative of Marusen!
What are you doing?
He is a monster!
When my older brother started treating Matsutaro like a younger brother,
Yoshisuke became jealous...
The relationship between my brother and Yoshisuke worsened.
What is that? All because of some jealousy.
All children are capable of mischief,
but when he was a little boy, Yoshisuke was quite a brat.
So I became estranged from Yoshisuke-san, and after a few years...
Matsutaro
There is so much detailed work to be done in an inn that it can be tedious.
In the midst of all this,
Matsutaro-san became a truly valuable worker.
After five or six years with us,
he had become so dexterous with his hands
that I wouldn't have noticed missing fingers unless someone had told me.
My mother sewed him a pair of cotton gloves with cotton filling for his missing fingers,
so he usually wears them...
Brother took the money out of the store again,
and father and mother are troubled.
Kiichi will be fine.
He will definitely come back.
Itadakimasu.
Delicious?
Yes.
We're expecting a lot of guests here today.
When my brother became a bit spoiled,
or rather a bit selfish at his age,
and both my father and mother had to work harder,
Marusen would not have been possible without Matsutaro.
Matsutaro-san was practically managing all of Marusen.
It became the most reputable inn in Kawasaki-juku.
Matsutaro-san, you know,
he had a beautiful face.
He looked like a doll.
I don't like it.
I don't like it at all!
I know because of my poor story-telling skill,
he doesn't seem that way....
But you know, Oshima-san,
I...
didn't dislike Matsutaro-san.
My lady is being so kind again...
Or rather...
I liked him.
But then, a short time later,
I was approached by Yoshisuke, the heir to the Naminoya family, with an offer of marriage.
Ah... ah~ did you?
No.
But... at that time, Yoshisuke-san was a playboy
and had a very bad reputation.
Besides...
Naminoya's wealth was not substantial,
and neither my father nor my brother agreed to the proposal.
Get the hell out of here!
I mean, why would I give a playboy like you to Ochika?
So, if Ochika-san becomes the young master's wife,
he will change his heart and become more serious.
No, no.
Ochika has Matsutaro.
Ochika should have a family with Matsutaro.
Kiichi, don't decide that yourself.
It's not saying that arbitrarily.
Right, father?
Ochika and Matsutaro would make a great couple.
Oh, yes, that's right.
I can't give Ochika to the current Naminoya.
You will destroy your own body and soul with your lifestyle.
Matsutaro will make Ochika happier.
I understand.
When my lady was courted by Yoshisuke for marriage,
this time Matsutaro was the one who was in the way!
Oh the jealousy he must have felt, Yoshisuke-san,
who was so intent on having Ochika for himself, only to be thwarted in such a way.
Oh~ how scary.
What was done to him was terrible.
Yes, yes, it's a terrible thing.
Too terrible!
Matsutaro-san was not the one doing it!
We had done something terrible to Matsutaro-san instead.
But...
You know...
I liked Matsutaro.
He and my brother got along well with each other,
and my father and mother were very protective of him.
But somewhere in my mind, I drew the line.
But that's...
And yet, I was saying different things with my mouth.
Always so many kind things....
You know don't you, Oshima-san?
Prostitution, which was an unavoidable part of running an inn,
...were provided by maids.
Maids working at inns who also worked as prostitutes were known as "meshimori onna"
Just like other workers, they were a valued part of the workforce.
"Meshimori onna"....
What do I do?
I can't believe my lady knows words like these.
How did you know such a word?
If you were born and raised in an inn,
you learn these unsavory things.
All those women were born poor.
They will have to sell themselves for food or shelter.
So, when I was old enough to get a marriage proposal,
my mother taught me that it was not right to interfere with their business.
Better to get a younger one?
You can't do that.
My lady, hurry.
They were kind.
We help each other if we are in need.
But the truth is,
the kindness was to pretend not to see it.
Not to feel sorry for them.
They'll look like nothing's going on, exchange pleasantries,
and never get too deeply involved.
We are all women.
I thought to myself,
like 'those poor women'
and 'how heartbreaking'
and 'what a disgusting business',
and various other thoughts.
But my mother told me to put a lid on those thoughts
and keep them inside.
No matter how hard you try on your own,
you can't help all the poor women at the Kawasaki Inn,
and that's their way of making a living.
I understand now,
but I think that deep down
we treated Matsutaro-san
in the same way
as the maids
who served Marusen's clients.
I'm sorry.
I'm causing you discomfort, Oshima-san.
But there is no other way to describe it.
No....
They work like servants and are treated like family.
But there is a clear line between the two.
Matsutaro-san was forced into such a halfway position.
We had an event that made us rethink our selfishness.
The merchant who visited Marusen a long time ago,
returned and offered to take Matsutaro-san to Edo.
This time it's not about being a foster parent or a foster child.
I will take care of Matsutaro.
You can help him to establish himself as a merchant, or you can help him to find a job!
Please don't worry about it.
Matsutaro has Marusen.
I am well aware of that.
But I feel sorry for him, too.
He will live with a debt of gratitude that he will never be able to repay.
I don't mean to bind him with any kind of favor.
Matsutaro is as good as my son.
If he wants to go to Edo on its own,
I will gladly let him go whenever he wants.
I don't need any unnecessary meddling.
He wouldn't tell you that even he you wanted to.
That's why I'm asking for your help.
But
the heir to Marusen is my brother,
and although it may sound like he's like a son,
my parents were completely dependent on Matsutaro-san's hard work and devotion,
and didn't want to let him go.
The merchant
must have been able to see my father's true feelings.
That's why even though he did it for Matsutaro's sake,
he was turned away once again.
Matsutaro was
repaying the debt of gratitude for saving his life by working,
so he was a servant who didn't need to be paid.
He wanted it that way, didn't he?
We thought so, too.
But
looking back on it like this,
I realize that at that time,
Matsutaro-san
may have really wanted to be free.
Every time something like that came up and got rejected,
Matsutaro was disappointed....
How did it go with you, Ochika-san?
This Matsutaro guy, did you take you seriously?
Did he tell you anything, Ochika-san?
No.
I was always in a panic even if I overheard
the slightest scrap of conversation.
That's not the case!
It shouldn't be like that...
Please don't do that.
I am afraid of talking about it.
What's so scary about it?
Don't be shy,
you can have a family with Ochika,
really be part of the Marusen family.
It's just that Matsutaro-san knew very well, his place in the family, right?
Yes.
But the more Matsutaro-san said so,
the more my father and brother encouraged him.
My father and brother were stirring up the pot,
wanting to ruin Naminoya's reputation for trying to force their playful son on me.
I had no interest in Matsutaro-san.
I was just using Matsutaro-san as a pretext.
I don't think that's all there is to it.
Under such circumstances,
I played the good girl, Oshima-san.
I was even complicit.
Hey, Ochika... how's it going?
What?
About Yoshisuke and Matsutaro.
Well...
Matsutaro-san is a much kinder person than Yoshisuke-san,
so I prefer Matsutaro-san too.
I see.
At that time, I really thought so
and so did my passion.
But one day...
Dear, you'd better stop this.
Say things that you don't really mean.
Isn't it enough to toy with Naminoya?
I feel sorry for Matsutaro, too.
What do you mean?
There is no way I would take Matsutaro seriously.
That guy knows his place.
If that's the case, it's even better to stop now!
I can't help but feel nervous.
You think Matsutaro would take us seriously?
You never know what's in people's hearts.
Hey, what do you mean you feel sorry for Matsutaro-san?
I overheard you and father talking.
Ochika,
having a family is not as easy as you think.
There is a balance between husband and wife.
There is such a thing as the public eye.
At the end of the day, Matsutaro
is still an outsider.
Since then,
I have tried my best to ignore him.
Between my mother and I,
I learned what it was to be a woman.
In other words,
I treated the notion of becoming Matsutaro-san's wife,
as a joke.
So what about Matsutaro?
Nothing had changed.
She called me "my lady" all the time...
And six months ago...
Once again,
Yoshisuke made another offer of marriage.
Naminoya got back on its feet and surpassed Marusen,
and Yoshisuke completely turned around from his playful days
and become more serious...
I'll make Ochika-san happy for sure.
I look forward.... to it.
Yoshisuke, I guess this makes you and me real brothers.
Brother Kiichi...
let's build the best inn in Kawasaki!
This time, my father and brother were very eager for me to marry Yoshisuke-san,
and I was sure that I would be happy with him...
I was in Edo yesterday.
This... Kanzashi, is hairpin popular in Edo.
If you keep wearing this, you'll always be happy.
Yoshisuke-san, I am already happy enough.
Now we can finally be man and wife, Ochika
I've loved you ever since I was a child.
I was surprised to see the look on Matsutaro-san's face.
Sorry to bother you.
I know very well that I shouldn't greet you here.
But I was just passing by and saw my lady and Yoshisuke-san's faces.
I know it's a little forward for someone like me,
but I just wanted to congratulate you properly for once.
Congratulations, truly.
Yoshisuke-san,
please take good care of my lady.
What? Say it again!
Why are you the one saying "take good care of Ochika"?
Not only is it impertinent,
but it is also shameless!
What's the matter with you?
Please stop it.
I am sorry.
I just wanted my lady to be happy.
I owe a debt of gratitude to everyone at Marusen that I cannot repay.
I just wanted to congratulate you.
It's okay.
Don't apologize, Matsutaro-san.
- Yoshisuke-san stop being mad at him. - Ochika, be quiet.
He's taking advantage of you because you're nice to him like that.
What's wrong with Uncle and Aunt Marusen?
Ochika and this family, kept this stray dog like this under their roof.
I've been jealous for a long time.
No one knows his true identity,
and yet everyone was fooled by him.
Ochika will become my wife,
Kiichi and I will become brothers-in-law,
and Marusen and Naminoya will become one inn,
and we will do business together and make it prosperous.
It will eventually become the best inn in Kawasaki.
What this means is...
there is no place for you anymore!
I'll be watching you closely from now on.
You are a stray dog that just happens to be fed.
It's disgraceful that you are so eager to stay!
Who do you think you are,
talking to me like that?
Get out now.
Get your stuff together and go!
You were staring....
You were staring at Ochika!
I can see right through you!
You've gone too far and you don't know your place,
indulging in your selfish fantasies being in love with Ochika!
Don't ever look at Ochika again.
It was a mistake to let you be so close to Ochika, even for a moment!
Take that.
Apologize to Ochika.
What's this disgusting "take good care"?
What's the matter with you?
Please, no more!
You'd better let Ochika go, you know.
Be thankful.
What about you my lady?
Did you have any feelings for me, Ochika?
Really?
You stray dog!
Stop~!
Stop it!
I'll kill you... I'll kill you!
Wow!
Help...
Matsutaro-san beat Yoshisuke-san to death
right in front of me.
Matsutaro! You....
Yoshisuke... Whoa!
Hey!
I'll never forgive you.
I'll never forget what you did to me!
Ah!
Matsutaro was found the next morning as a corpse.
He jumped off the very same cliff where he was saved by the people of the inn.
Why didn't I....
take care of Matsutaro-san
when I could have done so...
I'm sure
that Matsutaro-san found out
that I was such a worthless woman
that he didn't even want me, right up to the very end.
He felt ashamed of myself for being pushed around by such a woman, so...
My lady is not the only one who made a mistake!
If you were wrong... then everyone was wrong.
Don't ever say things like no one would ever want you.
I'm so happy I got to be with my lady!
Oshima-san,
I heard that today's guest in the Black-White room
is Lady Ochika herself?
Come on, I don't know anything.
No, no, no... I'm not trying to get something out of you.
I know that women are best with other women.
That's why I want to ask Oshima-san to take good care of my lady!
You're also worried about her Yaso-san, aren't you?
That's right.
But, you know,
on the other hand, we have to treat her with caution, right?
You're right,
but things are back to normal tomorrow.
- I know exactly what you mean! - Don't make stupid jokes.
Hey, Yasosuke-san...
is it possible to forget bad memories?
I don't know...
I've been forgetting things lately.
But you know, even if you can't forget,
you just have to keep walking forward, don't you?
That's right.
Ochika.
Do you feel a little better now that you've told Oshima what happened to you?
It doesn't get any easier.
Ochika, that was tough.
But by talking it out,
I think you could learn what it is you're dealing with.
Am I wrong?
How's it going?
I do not know.
Let's call the next guest to the Black-White room.
What?
Again?
Thank you for your time.
Good evening.
Oh~ Touan-san, I've been waiting for you.
I have another interesting story to tell.
Hey.
No offence to madam.
Ochika, what do you want to do?
You were the third,
now it's time for the fourth.
I understand.
I will listen to your story.
Kawasaki Inn ・ Marusen
What the hell are you doing here?