1. When people finish their day
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2. and hurry home,
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3. my day starts.
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4. My diner opens from midnight
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5. to seven in the morning.
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6. They call it "Midnight Diner."
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7. PORK MISO SOUP COMBO
BEER, SAKE, SHOCHU
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8. That's all I have on my menu.
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9. But I make whatever customers request
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10. as long as I have ingredients for it.
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11. That's my policy.
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12. Do I even have customers?
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13. More than you would expect.
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14. TOKYO STORIES
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15. SOUR PLUM & PLUM WINE
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16. That's so annoying.
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17. I love this.
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18. - Dark beer?
- It's black cider.
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19. A friend in Toyama sent it to me.
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20. It's soy-sauce based
with some pepper. It's good.
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21. Thank you.
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22. How do you make a living
by selling these things?
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23. Not so bad.
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24. What do you do during the winter?
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25. I sell some other stuff.
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26. Are you okay, boss?
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27. I'm okay.
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28. What was wrong with him?
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29. He didn't look so sharp.
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30. Welcome.
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31. This is unusual.
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32. Here on a week night?
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33. I can't sleep.
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34. Shochu on the rocks, please.
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35. Anything to eat?
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36. Just... sour plum.
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37. Just one?
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38. Two.
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39. Here you go.
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40. Thank you.
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41. Mr. Hoshino owns a produce store
in this neighborhood.
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42. All the vegetables I use here,
I buy from him.
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43. It's just not right.
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44. What isn't?
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45. You bought this plum
from my store, didn't you?
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46. Yes. It's Nankobai from Kishu.
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47. Even if you use the same plums,
they're just not the same.
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48. What's the matter?
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49. My mother's sour plums finally ran out.
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50. I ate all of them.
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51. I see.
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52. When did she...
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53. pass away?
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54. Almost four years ago.
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55. That long?
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56. I knew they would run out someday
if I kept eating them every day.
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57. But when I'm drinking alone at home,
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58. I just get awfully lonely.
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59. I can't help eating one, or two.
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60. That's because I lived with my mother
for a long time.
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61. I pickle the plums myself every year.
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62. But they just won't turn out
like my mother's.
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63. Only your mother knows...
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64. just how much salt to use.
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65. The perfect amount.
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66. It's very important.
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67. When the sour plums ran out,
it really sank in that she was gone.
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68. That I really am alone now.
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69. These days...
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70. I feel that time passes faster
than before.
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71. Master,
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72. just one more.
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73. Are you sure?
You must wake up early tomorrow.
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74. Yes. Wake up at 4:30.
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75. Here you go.
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76. Was the produce store owner
hospitalized?
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77. Early stage diabetes.
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78. He has to be in the hospital
for two weeks.
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79. - Did you pay him a visit?
- Yeah.
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80. The owner of Kotodama
knew his hospital.
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81. Since his mother passed away,
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82. I bet he didn't eat too well.
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83. He never helped with chores.
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84. He said he feels like he's paying
for all the time he was being lazy now.
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85. Take care.
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86. Mr. Hoshino.
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87. Done with today's tests?
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88. Mr. Hoshino?
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89. An elderly woman always sat there
at this time of the day.
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90. Why isn't she here today?
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91. She was discharged
from the hospital.
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92. Why do we eat tokoroten with a chopstick?
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93. Is this some kind of superstition?
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94. I'm not sure,
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95. but this is supposed to be
the most fashionable way to eat it.
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96. In the old days,
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97. they ate it with a long toothpick
like eating sweets.
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98. In Kansai Region,
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99. they eat it with brown sugar syrup.
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100. Welcome.
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101. Hello.
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102. Master, thank you for visiting me
at the hospital.
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103. We all were worried about you.
How's your diabetes?
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104. It's under control.
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105. But recently I can't sleep well.
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106. It has been extremely hot, that's why.
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107. Well, that's one reason, but...
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108. You see someone die in the hospital
every day.
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109. I couldn't help thinking about myself
at night and got uneasy.
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110. I have no family.
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111. I must wonder who will take care
of my stuff after I die.
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112. When we die, we die.
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113. Don't worry about
what happens afterwards.
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114. Why don't you get married?
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115. Find someone who is tough enough
to outlive you.
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116. - I can't take this.
- What are you talking about?
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117. After I die...
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118. all the porn DVDs I have stored away
will be found.
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119. Then throw them away.
You are not a teenager anymore.
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120. That's not easy.
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121. Some are very rare items.
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122. Listen Master,
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123. if you came to my store
and found me dead...
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124. will you sneak into my house
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125. and throw them away secretly?
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126. What?
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127. You're single, too.
You understand, right?
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128. Let's conclude a gentlemen's agreement.
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129. Master,
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130. please. I beg you.
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131. That's stupid.
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132. You can't get rid of your worldly passions
until you die, huh?
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133. Please open it.
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134. Who are you?
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135. Please open it.
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136. Please let me in.
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137. Yoichi...
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138. Mother?
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139. Please open it.
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140. Yoichi...
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141. please let me in.
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142. Mother,
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143. you are dead.
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144. I'm dead. That's why I'm asking you.
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145. Please let me in.
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146. Please.
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147. Mother,
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148. please rest in peace.
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149. Excuse me.
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150. Excuse me.
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151. Yes.
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152. I will take this.
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153. Isn't it damaged?
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154. This one, huh?
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155. Every night in the last few days,
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156. while I am asleep,
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157. my dead mother comes and calls me.
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158. "Please open it."
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159. "Please let me in."
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160. She talks to me.
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161. Boss, you must have been dreaming.
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162. If I recite Buddhist scriptures,
under the blanket...
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163. she becomes sad and says,
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164. "Please let me in.
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165. "I forgot something."
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166. Forgot something?
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167. She may be still keeping
her secret savings.
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168. I agree. She is worried about it.
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169. I don't think so.
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170. She put her entire fortune in a bag
and gave it to me
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171. before she died.
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172. Why don't you let her in?
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173. But...
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174. Even if she is my mother,
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175. she is a ghost.
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176. There is a line that shouldn't be crossed.
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177. - Good evening.
- Welcome.
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178. I thought that it might be ready.
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179. - I mean your plum wine.
- You are right.
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180. - Your plum wine?
- Yes.
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181. I make a big bottle of it every year.
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182. Summer is hot and I don't like it.
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183. But I can enjoy his plum wine.
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184. Who wants some?
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185. It's a year old, the perfect age.
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186. Yes!
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187. - Is your heart okay?
- It's not working.
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188. So she is worried about this, huh?
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189. My mother also made plum wine
whenever she salted plums.
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190. She loved it.
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191. I thought that she had finished it all.
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192. - Want a glass?
- No, thanks.
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193. - I don't want to upset your mother.
- Don't worry.
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194. I offered a glass of it at the altar.
Besides...
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195. today is the anniversary
of my mother's death.
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196. Please have some in her memory.
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197. Okay.
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198. I'll have just one glass.
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199. Then me, too.
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200. Then can I have, too?
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201. I love Master's,
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202. this one is also flavorful,
but mild at the same time.
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203. That's how
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204. they consumed all of it
after making an excuse.
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205. On that night...
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206. Yoichi...
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207. Yoichi...
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208. Yoichi...
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209. So it wasn't the plum wine?
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210. If it's not the plum wine,
then what else could it be?
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211. His mother wants to take him.
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212. If he crosses the Styx, he will be dead.
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213. What's this about?
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214. The produce store owner.
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215. A spirit of his dead mother
shows up every night
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216. and he can't sleep.
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217. I see. Does she have something to regret?
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218. We can't figure it out.
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219. Because of my trade,
I've seen a lot of ways to die.
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220. Die happily with nothing to regret?
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221. It's rare. Many have something to regret.
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222. But you all sound very unscientific.
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223. She forgot something
and wants to come in, right?
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224. Then it must be in the house.
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225. If that's the case,
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226. he should search the house thoroughly.
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227. - But that's not easy to do.
- Yes.
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228. Wait. We have a professional
household searcher here.
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229. Without libido, we are no longer men.
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230. But at the same time,
it can be a hassle.
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231. It's not easy being a man.
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232. This is as precious
as a national treasure.
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233. Wait.
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234. What is this?
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235. And found something?
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236. What is it?
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237. What the—?
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238. Shunga, another name for
Ukiyoe artwork on human Eros.
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239. Also called Funny Pictures,
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240. used as a talisman
to protect someone from evil.
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241. In the old custom, it was given
to a bride as an educational material
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242. to prevent her from being surprised
on her bridal night.
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243. I think my mother brought these
with her when she got married.
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244. This must be it.
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245. As soon as we found them, I took them
to our family temple for the service.
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246. Then her ghost never came back.
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247. Why did she remember them now
long after her death?
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248. That's because her son was worried
about his porn DVDs.
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249. That must have
reminded her about her own.
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250. My mother is like me.
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251. She can't throw away anything.
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252. It's our frugal mentality.
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253. She was worried about you.
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254. Your mother.
She saw you acting so lonely.
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255. So, she came back
to urge you to find someone.
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256. Whether she is in the afterlife
or in this world,
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257. she is your parent.
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258. And you are always her son.
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259. Have a drink, everyone.
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260. It's on me today.
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261. Lucky us.
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