The Long Excuse Page #2

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Yes...

But you have customers here...

None of our customers would be angry if we'd gone to mourn her.

They were all hers to begin with.

That's enough.

For 15 years, more than 300 days a year...

...we worked with her from morning till night.

Didn't you stop to think she had her own life as well?

It's hard for him too, Kotoe.

Oh?

Is it, Sensei?

Really?

Settle down, will you!

Sorry.

On that rainy day in June...

...my life as a writer...

...began with my wife.

Just before she left...

...she cut my hair for me.

The warmth of her fingers...

...on my hair, my forehead, and my temples...

...remains distinctly there.

In 20 years...

...no one except my wife has ever cut my hair.

Now I have lost her...

...my hair will continue to grow.

Who will cut it now?

Mr Tsumura emerges...

...holding firmly onto the ashes of his late wife.

It's been three days since he viewed the body in Yamagata.

Kei Tsumura:
Other News

'Why did it have to be her and not me?'

'Kei Tsumura'

Accident

A burned out celeb posing as a great writer.

I thought he was a food critic.

Tragedy

Genius

Cheating

Girlfriend

Lies

There were no mechanical problems with the engine, brakes, or steering.

We know of nothing that would have made the bus unsafe.

Mr Sakai had years of experience driving on show-covered roads...

Hey!

Who gives a sh*t about that!

Calm down!

Just give me back my wife, damn it!

My life's a wreck!

Put it back like it was!

Put it back!

Yeah!

We didn't come to hear how it's not your fault!

Put yourself in our place!

It's inevitable that things will get emotional...

...given the state of mind of everybody involved.

But in terms of this being an unimaginably bitter experience...

...both sides are equal in this...

Sachio!

So the question is how to create a constructive dialogue...

Sachio!

And how to...

Hey! Hey!

We're recording...

Sachio!

That's you, right? It's Omiya.

Yoichi Omiya, Yuki's husband.

I finally meet you!

I should have come to see you...

...but there's been so much going on.

This is the Horai Watch Store.

We've called several times.

The watch you left for repair on January 28th is ready.

It's Naomi.

Naomi Ando, from university.

Remember me?

Do you think we could meet sometime soon?

A circle of light...

... watches over us, like the Buddha, or in pictures of western saints.

Since Natsuko died...

...I can see even on TV that your light is weak.

My guru is terribly worried about you...

...health-wise and finance-wise.

It's OK.

It wasn't your fault.

But...

...if I hadn't been...

That's not true.

I can't sleep!

I understand.

I understand, so don't worry.

Don't, Sensei.

Why not?

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