Mifune-san, Mifune Taizo-san
Please come in to the examination room.
This is Kabukicho in Shinjuku.
The largest downtown district in East Asia.
Mifune-san!
M-i-f-u-n-e-san! Hey!
- Mifune-san. - Yes.
Please go to the examination room.
That old man only responds to a young woman's voice.
Tsk!
Hostess bars, Host clubs, Girls bars,
and other legally judged entertainment establishments line the streets.
In recent years, it has been reborn as a healthy and hygienic district for younger generations.
Yo, are you exercising properly?
Yes, I am.
LUUP is an electric bicycle/scooter rental service in Japan
I came from the station by LUUP today too.
You should walk old man, it's close by.
That was an old lady, by the way.
What?
"Tora" means tiger in Japanese.
Tora-san, who's born in the year of the tiger.
She sells lottery tickets at the west exit.
Old woman!
That's an old woman?
It's hard to tell apart, isn't it?
Gender, when they get old.
Hey!
Isn't this amazing?
The budding cuteness of Hedgehog Chocolate Whip.
Seriously looks amazing doesn't it?
Aww... But I'm on a diet.
Just one time, for your dessert stomach.
It's more like...
Haah~ The only thing that wins after peyoung is animal crepe!
It's so embarrassing.
American old men have thin hair,
always have big ass.
You know right away.
That's just her opinion.
Her personal opinion.
Why are they coming to the hospital?
I guess to check if they're alive.
People I haven't seen recently are the ones I'm worried about.
Tanabe-san!
This is the police.
Tanabe-san!
The fan's not running.
I have a bad feeling about this.
If you will.
Yes, this is Magokoro.
Mayu! Are you going to school properly?
It's summer vacation.
You got a boyfriend, didn't you?
Hmm?
He's a senior at my part-time job.
I'll bring him next time.
Hyakuninmachi Mansion.
80's single male.
He collapsed in his room and is in cardiopulmonary arrest.
Kabukicho, where people of every language and ethnicity gathers.
In this corner of Kabukicho is "Saint Magokoro Hospital"
Also known as...
Shinjuku Field Hospital
One, two, three!
Stretcher going out.
This is indeed severe.
Toru, tracheal intubation.
Yes.
There were no obvious signs of death at the time of discovery.
The family is hoping for aggressive treatment.
What was the recent condition?
His daughter visited him a week ago.
Monitor is on.
Check the waveform.
Cardiac arrest.
That's enough.
You dirty old man.
You haven't even had a chance to examine him yet.
pH 6.8, potassium 7.2.
You can stop now.
Yoko-sensei.
I couldn't do anything to help.
Super heartbreaking.
Come and see.
Confirming deaths is an important part of the doctor's job.
Everyone, you can leave now.
Okay.
First of all, we have to pray to Buddha.
I don't know how it's done in America, but that's how we do it at here.
Then we use penlights...
Stethoscope before that.
Yes...
Check for heartbeat and confirm stoppage.
And check for external trauma...
No, sir, use the penlight.
The other way round.
Confirm time of death.
1:48 pm.
One last bow to the Buddha.
Remember?
Yah.
No good?
I see, as expected.
Heat stroke?
He had a pre-existing condition to begin with.
It's always the same thing every time.
Solitary deaths of elderly people living alone.
Isn't it increasing every year?
Because of the aging population.
Uhm... Can I talk about something?
I have something I owe you all an apology for.
It's about Horii-san.
Okay. First of all?
Right, put your hands together.
And then?
No. Not the penlight.
Right, stethoscope.
Check for heartbeat and confirm stoppage.
And when you're done with that?
It's too early to bow to Buddha!
Yes, the penlight.
The other way!
Don't do it like the Director.
Pupil check.
Right.
And finally...
A bow to Buddha.
Okay.
What? What do you mean?
We talked about this before.
Within this group.
- She's a woman. - He's a man.
Which one is it?
A woman.
You guys are rude.
I'm sorry about that time.
Horii-san is a man.
Sorry.
No, no, no. Yokoyama-san, you were the only one who thought she was a woman.
That's right.
Please raise your head.
What? What's wrong?
I owe Shiraki-san an apology too.
About our friend Horii in our office.
Eh? What? What is this?
You said you took a bath together.
With Horii?
Yes, I did. I did.
I had a pajama party.
A pajama party? With Horii-san?
Yes.
Wow! Oh, no...
Actually...
I saw the fireworks display at Jingu Shrine.
...fireworks are the same no matter where you watch them.
I don't need that kind of thing.
Who's going to eat it?
"I don't need it, old woman!"
"Who's going to eat it?"
Horii Shinobu,
is a genuine
middle-aged man.
I'm really sorry.
Why are you apologizing?
I don't know.
I mean, that's how I'm supposed to react, right?
He was an old man.
With an Oedipus complex.
He was wearing sandals and bowlegged.
Drinking canned highball
and had a stubble.
All kinds of people have that.
I've been wearing foundation myself lately.
What? Seriously? Where? Where?
Here...
Diversity, huh?
Yokoyama-sensei, are you married?
This is the fourth time now.
I don't know. I don't know. I never heard it.
Do you have children?
Many children.
The first two are his wife's stepchildren.
The two youngest are twins.
The fifth one is due in the fall.
What's that? Oh, my God!
Go for it, you're doing great!
What? Déjà vu!
No, just an old lady's forgetfulness.
Uhm~...
What's wrong?
I'm the daughter of Tanabe, who was brought here.
Please come in.
This way please.
Is that Nabe-chan?
Let's go, let's go.
Huh?
Hey, hey, hey.
The CT scan showed a sub-arachnoid hemorrhage.
It's so miserable that he died alone.
Were you in contact with him?
She got a LINE confirming he was alright,
but it went unread.
When you get a message, you have to reply, don't you?
Old man! Don't just barge in here!
It's an old lady.
He told me one time,
by doing a long-press on the screen
you could read a message without showing as read,
that's what he taught me.
It really is Nabe-chan...
Nabe-chan!
He was fine until the day before yesterday.
Is that so?
He was singing at the snack bar.
With Julie. See?
We climbed Mt. Takao together last week.
We went there together, right?
Hey, hey, the offerings...
The funeral's just for the family anyway.
I'm glad. We could say goodbye.
Saves you the trouble, right? Hahaha..!
Isn't it great, you were not lonely.
Hahaha..!
Well then, I'm off~.
Thank you for your hard work~.
- Good work. - Good work.
Alright.
I wonder if Horii-san has told his mother yet.
About what?
Is she a single mother?
Yeah, but they don't live together.
His parents live within walking distance from here.
It's complicated.
He's their only son.
What?
Please wait at the counter over there.
- Yes. - Thank you very much.
Welcome.
All right.
Decaffeinated Latte M-size. Thank you for waiting.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
His mother used to be an elementary school teacher.
Maybe it's hard for her generation to understand.
What?
I'm home.
Welcome home.
Want some food?
I'm having peyoung, so I don't need it.
Hey, open the window.
The air is so stuffy.
Pickled eggplant is ready.
I don't want it. Who's going to eat that?
Let's make grilled squid with butter.
I don't want it.
I mean, are you watching that Sawaguchi Yasuko's show again?
You should eat vegetables too.
I don't want it.
Hey, hey, hey... do the laundry.
You're so lazy.
How long have you been keeping this?
The washing machine broke down.
Then call an electrician.
The washing machine won't get fixed even if you leave it alone.
It's okay. I'll go to the laundromat.
Don't ride your bicycle with those bad knees.
And why are you cutting up spring onions?
Oh?
It's not "Oh"!
Don't cut the spring onions.
I hate the way you cut them.
What was I going to make?
Have I lost my mind?
Mom?
It'd be a lot easier if you actually went senile.
Here, stop talking nonsense,
I bought some jelly, eat it.
What? Wow, wow!
Grapes or tangerines?
Tangerine, tangerine.
Good night.
Decaffeinated Latte M-size. Thank you for waiting.
Yes~.
Thank you.
Let's do our best today with a smile!
Somehow...
that makes me wanna cry.
What?
Because,
as long as his mother is alive, Horii-san can't live as a woman, can he?
We have no way of knowing if that's a burden or not.
It's Horii-san's life, isn't it?
Whether it's a tragedy or a comedy
is for Horii-san to decide.
Isn't it arrogant of us to decide for her?
That's right.
Huh.
Did you see by the way, Yoko-sensei,
your Mom's insta?
Whoa!
That's me.
Sister.
Mizuki.
Toru.
She's got pictures of everyone.
The Director doesn't have a single photo.
That's right.
What is it? You dirty old man.
Call me Director when I'm working.
Where's Hazuki?
I'm sorry, but since we are a charity,
we can't work with private medical institutions.
Of course.
That may be true, but...
We're not looking to make a profit either.
Homeless people don't have any money to begin with.
I think you all misunderstood us.
They can't see a doctor because they don't have an insurance card.
We social workers
work with the government to apply for public assistance
and contact their families...
Right... There's still more we can do.
But most of the homeless
are people who consciously cut off ties with society.
Then are you saying it can't be helped if there's a second or third Shige-san?
I don't want to go through that again.
- Hello. - Hello.
Oh Mai-chan, Akane-chan.
Drinks and change of clothes. How are you, Take-san?
I'm fine.
I'm fine. But Nori-chan... look here.
Nah, I'm fine.
Are you okay?
I got drunk and fell down the stairs at the Seibu Shinjuku Line station.
Oh, hey, there's a doctor here today.
What?
Yes, hello~.
The Red Beard of Kabukicho...
What the hell!
There's nothing wrong with me.
Go, go away now.
Don't say that, you should get it looked at properly.
- What if it's broken? - Don't touch me!
Doctors are all about making money.
Right?
During Corona, I took several ambulance rides
and was charged 10,000 yen for a 5-day supply of antipyretic!
That was a big hospital, wasn't it?
- Over at Saint... - Magokoro?
I'd rather die than go to Magokoro!
Go away now.
This guy's a Magokoro doctor!
Hey, hey...
I told you, didn't I?
No, I only said “Saint”.
What a tough road ahead.
Dad...
Ah, so the rumors are true.
May, the queen of Kabukicho... has turned into a volunteer.
No, it's the other way round.
Mai-san was a volunteer while she was doing SM... Right?
How are you feeling now?
Thanks to you,
I survived thanks to the opinion of that Helper Mistress.
- Asshole! - Ow! Yes!
Yes... Really...
I know this is an embarrassingly small amount,
but please use it to cover your costs.
I accept it kindly.
Seriously...
Hey!
Do you street people in Shinjuku
have any idea how precious this person's charity is?
Don't you know!?
Good morning.
You are the only one who can "move" on with your "life"!
Don't stare at me.
Toru.
You should be a surgeon.
Can he become a surgeon?
Huh?
It's possible if you just do clinical work.
I don't know how many years it would take, but...
Hey, hey, what are you doing deciding on your own?
Shut up.
Brother,
I had cancer.
And I came back from the brink of death.
You're exaggerating.
You just had an endoscopy to remove early stage stomach cancer.
The histological results were fine, right?
I realized firsthand how grateful I am for medical care.
And I decided to reevaluate my life
and change my way of living by taking a 360 degree turn.
- 180 degrees. - 180 degrees.
To ensure the survival of Saint Magokoro Hospital,
firstly, Toru must become a surgeon.
You're always going to extremes.
You said it yourself.
Smooth skin doesn't save lives.
We already have a surgeon, Yoko-san.
Shut up, shut up.
I've changed.
You haven't changed.
Shut up! If you won't shut up, get out right now.
I don't get it.
I think plastic surgeons are closer to dermatology?
Huh?
You're right!
It's more plastic surgery than cosmetic surgery.
Hey, old man, bitch lady.
You should speak Japanese when you're eating Japanese food.
Recovery of the surface of the body such as burns and trauma is plastic surgery.
Recovering the inside of the body such as bones and nerves is internal surgery.
If you're a doctor's son, you should know that.
Sister, another one.
I'm not your sister.
Hmm...
So, you change your specialty?
I won't, but if I do,
I'll have to go through the specialty training again?
What a pain in the ass!
It's true that even to the untrained eye,
it's beyond the scope of cosmetic dermatology.
Hmm.
I don't even know what kind of a doctor I am anymore.
BEAUTY CLINIC was doing well at first but...
Our clients are not quite the category of "beauty", aren't they?
Sigh... Plastic surgery huh....
What about you two?
Have you ever thought about changing departments?
No, we don't have that kind of leeway.
I can barely feed my family of 7.
I don't either.
I think I stuck to my calling.
Why did you switch back to urology?
Do you have a reason?
Yes, but... What are you asking me?
I reflected on what happened with Horii-san.
I thought we didn't know each other well enough.
Yes, that's right. I want to hear it.
Tajima-sensei, please elaborate.
Then...
It's mine.
Oh~ Keep going.
My penis swelled up during summer vacation in the 3rd grade.
Like a mentaiko.
What do you mean? That's not good.
Hello?
Okamoto-san. You like Yorgos Lanthimos movies don't you?
Oh, you mean like "Poor Things"?
Yeah, I like them.
Then there's a movie I definitely want you to watch.
He's the type of director you'll get hooked on, Okamoto.
I highly recommend it.
Okamoto If you have time, I'll watch it again.
Wait, are you okay to talk now?
Yeah. I'm with Toru.
Ah~... I see.
I'll call you back.
Okay. Okay.
What? What?
What happened to your penis?
My penis swelled up and I got scared
and ran to the urologist in the neighborhood...
Who was that?
Hmm? Oh, no one.
Wasn't it something important?
- Yeah, they'll call me back. - Who was it?
It doesn't matter who it is.
You don't know them.
So, this teacher is saying that earthworms and a penis are causally related...
No, that's strange.
Why would you tell someone I don't know that you're with Toru?
And if you're with Toru, they'll call you back?
That's strange, strange, strange, huh?
Maybe they don't like Toru in general.
Toru in general?
Yeah, like... Nakamura Toru and Muranishi Toru.
Ah~ Nomaguchi Toru, right.
Hmm.
There's no one like that!
It's Mai-chan.
So, the causal relationship between earthworms and a penis...
"Poor Things” is a movie, right?
Oh, you like it?
Yeah, I like it. Mai-chan too.
That's all. Okay?
So, the causal relationship between earthworms and a penis...
I'm sorry. I don't care.
I don't care about earthworms and penises right now, Tajima-san.
I'm sorry to ask, but I'm not getting it either.
What...
I wonder...
Mai and Okamoto have common interests...
books and movies... and they like the same culture...
and hang out at trendy places like Tsutaya in Daikanyama...
before you know it, it's time for the last train...
but Mai still had more to talk about...
so she called you... but she said she'd call back if you were with Toru?
HUH? WHAT'S THAT!!??
Are you the fashion police?
You've got culture screwed up between your earthworms and your penis!
Huh? Where's Horii-san?
Don't change the subject~!
Is that it?
Since when did you cultured people have this kind of cultural relationship?
Calm down Toru-kun.
Everyone at the lobby is staring.
What the hell, it's Mai-chan!
With my Dad's SM?
With Okamoto's culture?
What about me? Huh?
Just a volunteer?
We're not equal!
What are you looking at?
I'm sorry, he's a little emotional...
This ain't no salon!
I'm sorry.
Please leave if there's anything wrong with you.
No, please sit down.
Nursing Care Service
I'm home.
You're cutting spring onions again?
Because you like squid and spring onions with butter, right?
I don't want it.
Who's going to eat it?
What?
What! The night shift?
That's right. Pull yourself together.
Sorry.
In that case, I'll make a bento, so take it with you.
No problem, I'll eat Peyoung.
By the way, did you ride the bicycle again?
I didn't.
Then what's this?
I found this in the basket.
I don't know.
Oh, right.
Then I'll throw it away.
What, Sawaguchi Yasuko again?
Don't you get tired of it?
Yaruki.
Genki.
Zelensky...
Sorry Shiraki, I can't think of anything funny today.
I didn't tell you to be funny every day.
I can't deny my lack of ability.
What do you mean?
Is Horii here yet?
Mayu brought her boyfriend, but I don't understand what he's saying.
Boyfriend?
This one!
Well, he has a thick beard!
- What's your name? - Shiraki.
What?
Er, er, Shiraki...
Ho!
You're kidding!
I was surprised too, but it's really true. Right~ Shiraki?
How do you write your name?
Is it "white" and "wood"?
Shiraki can be written as "白木" which is made up of the characters white (白) and wood (木)
Of course not, he's Indian.
It's done.
It's done!
"お父さん"(Otousan) means father. Most wives call their husbands "otousan" if they have children.
Father?
Please wait at the counter over there.
- Yes~. - Thank you very much.
Hey, Junta, let's get going!
Are you okay?
Junta!
Mother
What is it?
Excuse me.
The phone was unlocked, so I check the call history.
It seems she was in a traffic accident.
If you don't mind my asking, are you her...
Her daughter.
Does your name have white tree?
Like I said, he's an Indian, there's no kanji.....
Yes, this is Magokoro.
Yes. Accidental collision between a cyclist and a pedestrian.
An elderly woman and an elementary school student.
Which one is the bicyclist?
Lady!
Why?
I'm sorry.
It was my mother who ran him over.
How is she?
He was conscious and able to tell us his name when he got in the ambulance,
but he threw up a little during the transport.
There may be intracranial damage.
Let's get a CT scan.
What should I do? What should I do...
We're at the hospital.
Where's your Mom?
She's on her way in the other ambulance.
Then we won't have enough pair of hands.
- Shiroki! - Yes.
Not you!
Call for help!
Okay, this is me.
Here you go, on either sides.
Ehhhh~
I'll get a big bucket of popcorn.
You can eat it like this from both sides.
Salt and caramel? Hmm.
I'll go get some.
Why did he come along?
Hell if I know.
What a pain in the ass.
Tap here please.
One mega, please.
Saint Magokoro Hospital
What is it this time!
What is it?
Just hurry up!
Her right leg is turning inward.
It's my mother.
What?
There might also be a posterior dislocation of the hip joint or a fracture of the vertebrae.
This is serious!
One, two, three.
Why? Who did this to her?
She's not the victim, she's the perpetrator.
- What? - Explain later.
We'll do an imaging scan and get her patched up.
Please handle it.
Yeah!
No skull fracture.
No intracranial bleeding.
I think it was a concussion that made him throw up.
Ouch, ouch, ouch...
Are you okay?
What about his right elbow?
But the dislocation isn't too bad.
We can either apply a cinch and have him come back tomorrow,
or refer him to an orthopedic surgeon.
No, we can't do it here.
Let's take him to a tertiary facility.
What? Why?
Let's examine him here. That's why we came back.
No need for surgery no matter how you look at it.
Huh?
“Pucker sign” is a clinical sign associated with fractures near the elbow. It occurs when the proximal fracture fragment penetrates through the brachialis muscle and anterior fascia into the subcutaneous tissue, resulting in dimpling or indentation of the skin
Oh~ Pucker sign, huh? No, I didn't notice.
What? What is it?
The broken bone gets caught in the subcutaneous tissue
causing the elbow to cave in.
There's a possibility of nerve paralysis.
You suspect nerve damage?
Hey, boy.
Can you raise up your thumb?
Thumbs up.
Rock, Paper...
Thumbs up.
I can't do it.
What happens if you leave it alone?
There's a possibility of radial nerve paralysis.
Oh shit!
He's just a kid. We have to assume the worst.
If something happened, it would be your mum's fault.
I'm counting on you too.
- Shiroki-san! - Yes!
Not you.
A tertiary facility, got it.
Let's go. This Shiraki is leaving.
Hiroshige-sensei at Kitashinjuku Emergency Center will be fine.
If he accepts the child over there, please contact his parents.
Yes, sir.
Will someone please accompany me?
I'll go.
Director, please take care of him.
Okay.
I'll take the stretcher.
Anesthetize her. Toru, Oxygen.
Yah.
Are you alright with it, Horii-san?
Oh right. Go change and clean your makeup.
It's too late.
My mother was more surprised
to see me working as a woman than her injury.
But we both have to accept it.
Both of you?
She's starting to develop dementia.
I have no choice but to accept that too.
But I don't want to admit it.
I was proud of my mother because she was smart and quick-witted.
That's why I told her not to ride the bicycle.
Idiot.
Right before I graduated high school
and entered nursing school
I confessed to my parents.
I relived the discomfort I felt since I was a child.
What are you talking about?
My father was old-fashioned and hard-headed,
so he wouldn't listen to me.
You don't like a man's body?
I don't understand!
"I just want to wear what I want to wear."
"Put on makeup."
"What's wrong with that?"
When I said that to him...
Shinobu, you're a man.
You're a man!!
Don't disappoint me any further.
Shinobu...
My mother cried for me.
I'm sorry I didn't notice.
But you can talk to me anytime.
No matter what happens, no matter what, I'm on your side.
Okay, go on.
Even so, I'm sure she was really sad too.
Of course she was.
She was supposed to have a boy.
She thought maybe she was raising me wrong,
you know, with baseball and playful wrestling and all that.
And then you act like a man in front of your mom...
Hmm... that's not quite right.
I mean...is it okay? Talking about this.
Keep going, I'm curious.
Me too.
My father is a very strict husband...
Wait. Let me check.
Stop.
Ouch...
Okay.
Continue.
Despite my father being so domineering,
my mother still loved my father deeply.
Hey. Turn on the light. It's bad for your eyes.
Welcome home.
Open the window.
The air is so stuffy.
I'm sorry. I'll make dinner right now.
I don't want it. I've already eaten.
I'll make squid and spring onion with butter.
I don't want it.
Are you watching Manda Hisako again?
I love jelly. Thanks for buying it.
It's not for you.
I bought it because I wanted to eat it.
Cutting spring onions like that again.
I don't like it that way!
Yes, yes.
I left home in my 20s because I hated seeing my parents like that,
and we were almost completely insulated from each other.
My father passed away 15 years ago
and my mother retired
and she's been living alone.
I was worried about her,
so I wanted to work at a hospital close to my parents' house.
However, because of the way I am,
I get rejected at interviews.
Are you sure?
I don't care if you're a woman or a man.
What we want
is an excellent nurse.
Well, just one more thing.
Please.
Oh...
The badge says "婦長" which means head nurse, but the character "婦" means "wife", which is discriminatory to male nurses. The modern term for Head Nurse is "看護師長" which is gender neutral.
This badge is no good.
Let's change it to Head Nurse.
Sorry. Sorry. Hehehehe.
And when I showed up at my parents' house for the first time in a while...
I was surprised.
My mother who used to be a neat freak and good at housework
turned into a person who couldn't do anything.
I thought it was just temporary
and things would go back to normal.
But it was the opposite.
Sometimes she couldn't even recognize me,
and she started confusing me with my father.
Right, father?
Can you open this?
I'm not father.
I'm Shinobu. Get it together.
Oh, that's right.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I was correcting her every time at first...
That's so cool, father.
I told you, I'm Shinobu.
She was getting older
and it was getting kind of bothersome.
I didn't know how many more years we would have together,
so there was no point in straining further.
So...
in that case
I just went along with it...
Hey father.
I want to go to a hot spring.
- Hot springs? - Yeah.
It's fine, but you'll catch a cold.
Eh~
Well, then...
where can we...
How about the zoo.
Why there?
Well, then, how about a little quiz.
What animal do I hate? Go.
Capybaras, right?
That's it!
How did you know that?
I don't know.
You do know.
But...
this time around,
I realized I have to accept the reality of my mother's situation.
I need to apply for the nursing care authorization,
and ask for a helper.
That's right.
It was a personal injury accident.
Director.
How was he? That boy.
It was just as you predicted.
The surgery went well.
Ahhh...
As expected, there was a pinched nerve in the fracture,
but it didn't cause any serious damage.
I'm glad to hear that.
If the worst had happened, he wouldn't even be able to hold a pencil.
This is Magokoro's Takamine-sensei.
Junta's parents.
Thank you for the accurate treatment.
Not at all.
They're keeping him in the hospital for 3 days to see how he's doing.
Thank goodness.
I was worried about the fact that the other party was a child.
Your mom used to be a teacher, right?
What about your mother?
Did you explain it to her?
Not yet.
It takes about a month for the bone to be fixed,
you'll be bedridden for the time being.
Really?
However, this is just the consultation.
Would you like to stay at this hospital for the rehabilitation?
In here... can I?
It used to be an inpatient ward.
We will clean it up properly.
I'll sleep over there if anything happens.
I won't take your money.
What!?
Shiraki, didn't hear that properly.
I didn't hear that...
How about it?
This neighbourhood isn't the best, but there's a park nearby.
But...
Just do it.
Father!
I'm sorry.
I can't ride a bicycle anymore...
Idiot. You couldn't ride a bike even if you wanted to.
Yes.
I'm sorry for all the trouble.
But you know, there's no TV here.
Idiot!
Don't get so greedy.
That's right.
"Sumeba Miyako Harumi" yeah!
See episode 1, 51:27. This time, she changes the name to Miyako Harumi who is a famous Japanese Enka singer
Well then, that's that.
But we'll charge you for the hospital stay.
It's not free...
Father,
this is the hospital where Shinobu works.
Yeah, I know.
She's very reliable...
Father, if you had come a little earlier, you could've seen her.
Hmmm...
You did that on purpose, did you?
On purpose?
Pretending to be a fool.
Horii-chan, pretending to his mother, and everyone else playing along in the act.
Don't say things like that.
I bought some jelly. Let's eat it.
Thank you.
Horii-san's mother was later diagnosed with dementia
and began a full-fledged life of nursing care.
Hello~.
Would you like a checkup from the doctor...
Shut up! Get out of here!
Takamine Toru still continues his volunteer work without learning his lesson.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey, where's Mai-chan today?
Wait! Hey!
- Hello~. - Volunteer lady.
How about a doctor's diagnosis...
But finally...
Wow~ Nori-san, you came.
I'm in so much pain, I can't sleep.
I need a checkup.
But I don't have any money.
I also need you to apply for welfare.
It's not that easy to do.
First, you need a medical examination, then a medical certificate, and then apply.
Please wait here as we'll visit you in order.
I'm sorry.
Yoshine-san. Please come this way.
Hey, stop screwing around!
Why are we having porridge too?
It can't be helped.
Patients first.
I'm thankful I'm hungover.
Horii Fusae-san, your meal is ready.
Here you go.
Thank you.
Horii's mom, someone's here to see you.
Hmm?
Junta-kun.
Oh...
I'm sorry, my child.
How are you, after the accident?