AMIKO
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Before Desert of Namibia, Yoko Yamanaka premiered Amiko, described as a “distant cousin of Louis Malle’s Zazie dans le métro” by way of the uniquely DIY spirit of the self-produced film (jishu eiga) tradition.
The young Amiko is obsessed with her classmate Aomi, a cool soccer player and Radiohead fan, with whom she goes on a short, but memorable stroll through the park. There begins a fixation that carries over the entire school year: a period during which she dares not speak to the boy, though she obsesses over him with every waking thought. So when he runs away to the big city to pursue his own life, Amiko becomes determined to find him, and tell him how she really feels, on a journey that will take her from her banal home town of Nagano to the bustling, anonymous streets of Tokyo.
Amiko is a gleefully irreverent, crystalline sour-sweet confection of extreme emotions, forged in the fiery pits of adolescence. Having dropped out of college herself to pursue this first feature, Yamanaka subverts the image of the schoolgirl into a strong counter-cultural figure, revealing what should become a cult character: a young punk in seifuku, resisting apathy, mass culture and a boy’s indifference one fistful of conviction at a time.
Shot with available means and a bathtub-full of mouth-puckering passion, this Pia Film Festival-awarded and Berlinale-selected film established Yamanaka as one to watch.
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February 3rd, Aomi isn't here.
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Ow! Cramp in my leg!
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Again?
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Are you okay?
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The first time we talked was
in December, one year ago.
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December
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Hitomi is strong-minded but ugly.
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Yuki is a lightly dressed idiot.
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This place is no different from a pig farm.
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let's list the three embodiments of evil.
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The courthouse, school,
and the business corporation.
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When seen from this angle, it's rather
small and holds a bit of despair.
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AMIKO
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Have you seen Kondo?
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No.
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Really?
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How about Kondo?
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What do you mean?
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What are you doing, anyway?
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I forgot my homework here.
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You're both in the same committee.
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Kondo likes how you've got an attitude.
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Or maybe I shouldn't have said that.
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You're close to Kimura, right?
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Yeah, I've known her since preschool.
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That's cool, she's got an attitude too.
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What do you mean by the attitude?
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Is she unfriendly?
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She's unapologetic, I guess.
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She seems open-minded,
but inside she doesn't trust anyone.
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She makes it work.
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You're probably a bit different, though.
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Do you even recognize me?
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You're Aomi, in Kanako's class. Right?
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Yep.
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I don't even like soccer.
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Don't you wonder why I do it?
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I have no clue.
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I don't even like being outdoors.
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Interesting, isn't it?
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Say something.
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Maybe don't go for a change.
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I can't do that.
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How about you wait for me?
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How about you wait for me?
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"Aomi"
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Watching this timeline full of people,
I can't help but wonder who they all are.
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Oh, Lotus Flower.
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Hey.
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Want to climb a hill?
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I wonder if Thom Yorke wakes up,
looks in the mirror,
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and thinks
"Ah, I'm Thom Yorke again today".
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What?
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Do you ever think that?
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I do.
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We've run this route in gym class.
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Our team runs here a lot before tournaments.
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Kanako told me the same thing.
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She's in badminton, right? What about you?
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I'm not in any club.
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I played tennis with her in middle school.
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But not badminton?
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No. It's pointless.
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How can you practice everyday
when you don't even like soccer?
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Because there's nothing to do.
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It's easier to live being told what to do.
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And I'm really good.
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But I feel like quitting
when they make us run a lot.
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So I pretend to get a cramp in my leg.
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Then you could just study really hard and
try to get into a prestigious university.
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You're right.
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Is that your plan?
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For example, you get into a good school,
get a decent job and make a living.
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Money is important...
but after working a little bit,
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you realize love is more important
and get married.
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You make kids, and raise them
until they grow up.
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I wonder at which point
do you feel happiness?
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Love will eventually fade, kids will only
appreciate you when they feel like it.
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In the end, at brief moments
you'll just feel empty.
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No matter how old you get.
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It doesn't matter where you go,
we're all going to die anyway.
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If you say that, there's no point
in anything in this world.
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Nothing matters.
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You'll get nowhere
if you say things like that.
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It's not like we can die easily.
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You talk a lot.
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Yeah, you're right.
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Most people don't realize these things
during high school, right?
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Then they'll become adults, and
talk about how great life used to be.
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But if you feel that way already,
it'll be tough.
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So I think you should just stop
thinking and become invincible.
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You seem to be the type that could.
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And you're clever.
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Are you always like that at school?
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Like what?
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Talking about the truth.
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I don't talk about this kind of thing.
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Is your family dysfunctional?
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No, two sisters and both
my parents love me dearly.
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Is yours?
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Nope.
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One fifth of the families are
probably like mine.
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Who are you close to in your class?
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I don't really have anyone
that I'm close to.
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So your only friend is Kimura?
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Kanako...
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Deep down, we probably
don't understand each other.
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Yeah, it's pretty lonely.
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If I fainted right here right now, would
Aomi stay with me a little while longer?
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Apparently, for a woman,
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there comes a day in a year
when she doesn't care about anything.
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So if on that day, she happens to be asked
to star in a porno movie, she'll say yes.
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I have that kind of day at least once a month.
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Wow, could you star in a porno movie?
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Yeah, but I might have to kill everyone
the next day.
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A whatever kind of day, huh?
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Hey, Kanako? Can you talk now?
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Uh, wait, Mom's freaking out
and I need to get out. I'll call you back.
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Kanako's mom is very beautiful, rather young,
and still thinks of herself as a young girl.
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Kanako, we know.
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I bet you thought that I could
never tell, but even Aomi knows too.
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How deep inside,
you don't trust anyone at all.
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- Hello? I can talk now.
- Is everything okay?
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What happened?
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Mom was freaking out because I used up her
special Chanel nail polish without asking.
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Aw, Minami's cute as always.
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Stop it, how about Aki? Is she there?
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No, she's on night duty.
Anyway, tell me about Aomi.
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The Aomi in my class?
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We talk about him sometimes.
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Yeah, I've heard he's on the soccer team
and is kind popular with the girls.
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Do you like him or something?
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Yeah.
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Huh? Seriously?
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Really?
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Yeah, I like him!
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Anything else I should know?
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Anything else? Oh, he's really smart.
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You mean he has good grades?
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Yeah. He's the only one
paying attention in geography.
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He just listens in class and
memorizes everything.
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Wow.
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I decided not to tell Kanako, or anyone for
that matter, about what happened today.
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Ordinary, poor souls could
never understand the two of us.
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And you're clever.
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Amiko, I have plans with Tomo today.
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What, ditch her.
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I'm so sorry but she's waiting downstairs.
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What kind of movie is it?
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Follow me, I'll show you.
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Where is it?
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Which one?
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This is my favorite!
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Seriously? You're gross.
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Hey, shut up!
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It's not like that, she's just really cute.
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You don't have a girlfriend, do you.
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There's no way any girl would like you.
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I don't really care.
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She's my girlfriend.
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He's sick.
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I want my heir like this.
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That's nice.
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I want to get a perm.
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Your hair grows fast.
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It used to be like mine.
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Yeah, I know.
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Will the teachers get mad if I get a perm?
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I'm sure they will.
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Get a light perm.
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You'll get in trouble if you get caught!
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I can try a subtle one.
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- You should do something with your hair.
- He won't get any attention from the girls.
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- I'm already popular.
- Liar.
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You know how popular I am.
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I've never heard of anything like that.
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Whatever, I'm happy anyway.
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Isn't she in our grade?
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March
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Kanako, hey.
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What, don't mess it up.
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Why are you knitting? Winter is over.
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My insides are all messed up, see?
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Hey.
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Take a picture!
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Oh!
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I like someone!
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What, who?
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How about Aomi?
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What about Aomi?
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That was just a joke. This is a joke too.
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So, who are you giving that to?
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It is not a big deal.
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It isn't a big deal at all.
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June
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Half a year went by without speaking to Aomi.
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July
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What do you want to know about?
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Human relations!
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Romance!
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Politics!
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Okay. First, let's do human relations.
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Oh, this is the hangman.
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Haruka, you don't like Sonomi, do you?
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Deep inside, you think she's annoying.
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You're bound by obligation.
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What?
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That's not true at all, you don't know
what you're talking about.
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Huh?
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I'm not the one talking.
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It's what the cards are saying.
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That's not true!
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Ow!
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You guys, stop it.
You're going to catch fire.
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You're so stupid, Haruka.
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I'm not Haruka.
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Oh my gosh Mizuki! Why are you here?
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What! Mizuki's here?
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Seriously? Mizuki?
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Oh my Gosh! I'm so excited!
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Mizuki, you're so pretty.
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You've gotten even prettier.
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You smell so good.
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Mizuki!
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They're so annoying.
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What brought her here?
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"French for Beginners"
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Moi,je t'aime.
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Moi,je t'aime.
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Moi,je t'aime.
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je t'aime?
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Isn't Mizuki the one with the fair skin
that played basketball?
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To be honest, I remember her perfectly.
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She was the host for
the school festival last year.
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She wore a yukata.
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Yeah, that's her.
Don't you follow her on Twitter?
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No, do you?
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Yeah...just in case.
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You follow her on instagram, too?
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Don't you want to see
what her university life is like?
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Seriously? It's so lame.
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Look at these photos of homemade dishes.
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Stop taking pictures and just eat them up!
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I know, and this photo in the café...
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You can see there's someone
on the other side and
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she's letting people know that
she has a boyfriend.
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That's so pathetic!
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Hey...
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I thought she used to be prettier.
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Does make up make her ugly?
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You've gone too far.
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Let's go check her out.
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No, I don't care about her.
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Just a little peek, please.
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How have you guys been doing?
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We've been great.
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We miss you so much.
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Aw, thanks.
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When are you leaving town?
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The day after tomorrow.
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Let's hang out tomorrow!
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That's so unfair,
I want to hang out with her too.
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Yeah, let's all hang out.
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How are they able to waste so much energy
on another girl who isn't them?
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But I also think that
Kanako and I are just as foolish.
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"Mizuki"
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October
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Do you have a minute?
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Thanks for your company.
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I'm just so lonely.
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After quitting the basketball team,
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it's been awkward with
the other team members.
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It's okay.
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Mami, you're already starting to study
for university. I'm impressed.
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More students are probably going to
stay and study at school from now on.
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I thought you were studying too, Amiko.
00:24:39.811 --> 00:24:41.855
Yeah, that would be better.
00:24:42.272 --> 00:24:43.356
Oh!
00:24:43.523 --> 00:24:46.651
Let's study together everyday from now on.
00:24:47.652 --> 00:24:51.114
Actually, I'm going to
cram school from next week.
00:24:51.406 --> 00:24:53.867
You're studying for university too!
00:24:54.034 --> 00:24:55.702
December
00:24:56.244 --> 00:24:58.163
I want to go on that train!
00:24:58.663 --> 00:25:00.916
I want to go on that train!
00:25:17.307 --> 00:25:19.434
Everyone has weird faces.
00:25:20.393 --> 00:25:22.437
He's cute.
00:25:24.231 --> 00:25:25.941
He's probably shallow.
00:25:33.865 --> 00:25:36.868
Remember Aomi?
00:25:38.203 --> 00:25:39.371
Yeah.
00:25:39.663 --> 00:25:41.498
And Mizuki?
00:25:41.790 --> 00:25:42.958
Yeah?
00:25:43.250 --> 00:25:45.168
They're going out.
00:25:51.174 --> 00:25:52.801
Really?
00:25:58.348 --> 00:25:59.975
Since when?
00:26:00.684 --> 00:26:03.061
I'm not sure. One second.
00:26:08.775 --> 00:26:10.819
Isn't this Aomi?
00:26:21.871 --> 00:26:26.209
Aomi quit the soccer team last week.
00:26:50.734 --> 00:26:53.987
Find one shark and three bats!
00:26:54.154 --> 00:26:55.113
Ready?
00:26:55.280 --> 00:26:56.531
- That's the shark.
- Wow!
00:26:56.698 --> 00:26:57.490
One, two, three bats.
00:26:57.657 --> 00:26:59.951
What! No, no, no!
00:27:50.251 --> 00:27:51.920
January
00:28:08.103 --> 00:28:09.396
You're early today.
00:28:09.646 --> 00:28:11.106
Aomi's gone.
00:28:11.356 --> 00:28:12.273
Good morning.
00:28:13.274 --> 00:28:14.693
Talk properly.
00:28:14.943 --> 00:28:16.361
Aomi left home!
00:28:19.155 --> 00:28:21.950
His mom called my mom to see
if he's at my place.
00:28:22.242 --> 00:28:22.909
Text him!
00:28:23.201 --> 00:28:23.910
What happened?
00:28:24.077 --> 00:28:24.744
Apparently Aomi-
00:28:25.036 --> 00:28:25.870
Don't spread it!
00:28:26.037 --> 00:28:27.580
You've just announced it aloud!
00:28:27.747 --> 00:28:28.915
He's gone since when?
00:28:29.082 --> 00:28:30.750
Last Thursday.
00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:34.546
Yeah I haven't seen him in a while.
00:28:37.590 --> 00:28:40.009
Hey, everyone.
00:28:40.510 --> 00:28:42.303
I know where Aomi is.
00:28:47.642 --> 00:28:49.477
They're living together?
00:28:49.769 --> 00:28:51.229
Wow that's dirty!
00:28:51.521 --> 00:28:52.939
They ran away together?
00:28:53.231 --> 00:28:54.399
Mami, are you sure?
00:29:19.924 --> 00:29:22.010
I'll make dinner today so you can just chill.
00:29:22.260 --> 00:29:23.803
Huh? I'll help.
00:29:24.053 --> 00:29:26.765
Last time you made dinner, it tasted weird.
00:29:27.015 --> 00:29:30.143
What! You told me it was good!
00:29:30.769 --> 00:29:33.188
Was it that bad?
00:29:33.688 --> 00:29:35.857
It tasted like...cotton candy.
00:30:36.376 --> 00:30:40.547
Mami should just be rejected by
all of her dream universities,
00:30:40.713 --> 00:30:44.050
and wake up at seven everyday
to go to cram school.
00:30:44.217 --> 00:30:47.387
And live without knowing
the indescribable feeling
00:30:47.554 --> 00:30:52.225
her best friend had when seeing the shining sun
after losing her virginity in Tokyo.
00:31:04.362 --> 00:31:06.239
It's not right.
00:31:06.990 --> 00:31:08.157
It's wrong.
00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:15.248
It's wrong it's wrong it's wrong
it's wrong it's wrong!
00:31:27.594 --> 00:31:30.179
It's not right.
00:32:19.604 --> 00:32:21.022
Amiko.
00:32:28.321 --> 00:32:29.489
Which one?
00:32:30.156 --> 00:32:32.492
They're both imperfect.
00:32:32.909 --> 00:32:34.702
Just kidding. This one.
00:32:35.036 --> 00:32:36.162
Thanks.
00:32:37.997 --> 00:32:39.874
It's so cold.
00:32:40.458 --> 00:32:41.834
I know.
00:32:42.251 --> 00:32:44.003
There was a poem like that.
00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:46.130
Yeah, I remember.
00:32:46.506 --> 00:32:48.049
It's so warm.
00:32:49.634 --> 00:32:51.219
Yeah, it is.
00:32:55.932 --> 00:32:57.350
Here.
00:32:58.893 --> 00:33:01.604
This was the only envelope I had.
00:33:02.981 --> 00:33:04.315
It's your brother's?
00:33:04.691 --> 00:33:06.234
No, just the envelope.
00:33:06.651 --> 00:33:08.277
Will 200 bucks be enough?
00:33:11.030 --> 00:33:13.282
Thank you so much.
00:33:19.288 --> 00:33:23.126
I only had 180 bucks so I'll
give you back the rest later.
00:33:29.298 --> 00:33:30.383
Here.
00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:33.386
Buy yourself some food with this.
00:33:35.013 --> 00:33:36.681
Thanks, Mom.
00:33:39.767 --> 00:33:41.561
When are you leaving?
00:33:43.563 --> 00:33:45.356
Tomorrow morning, I think.
00:33:47.775 --> 00:33:50.194
Thanks for everything.
00:33:51.154 --> 00:33:53.781
I'll explain when I get back.
00:33:55.283 --> 00:33:58.161
Good, so you're coming back.
00:33:59.912 --> 00:34:02.040
Yeah, I am.
00:34:05.376 --> 00:34:07.378
Oh, and my mom...
00:34:08.671 --> 00:34:12.050
Can I tell her that
I'm staying at your place?
00:34:12.467 --> 00:34:14.969
Yeah, leave it to me.
00:34:17.305 --> 00:34:21.893
Thanks. I'm pretty sure she won't call.
00:34:28.274 --> 00:34:30.485
I hope you can talk to him.
00:34:30.902 --> 00:34:32.195
Huh?
00:34:32.945 --> 00:34:35.114
It's so cold.
00:35:28.126 --> 00:35:32.964
Mom? I'll be staying at
Kanako's for a few days.
00:36:47.205 --> 00:36:48.748
"Shinjuku"
00:39:47.802 --> 00:39:52.306
Go south. Then, take a left.
00:42:10.277 --> 00:42:11.862
Hey.
00:42:26.835 --> 00:42:30.422
Drink with Pretty Girls
30 bucks an hour
00:42:39.765 --> 00:42:40.766
Hey!
00:42:42.434 --> 00:42:43.686
Hey hey hey!
00:42:44.853 --> 00:42:47.273
It's all a lack of sympathy, you know!
00:42:48.566 --> 00:42:50.568
You're all liars.
00:42:51.110 --> 00:42:54.321
Hey, am I right? Hey!
00:42:54.822 --> 00:42:56.282
Hey, I'm right aren't I? Hey!
00:42:58.993 --> 00:43:01.704
Yeah, everyone's a liar.
00:43:05.499 --> 00:43:07.710
They should just shut up.
00:43:09.044 --> 00:43:10.838
It would be better if they just shut up.
00:43:11.005 --> 00:43:13.591
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah!
00:43:22.016 --> 00:43:25.769
You can't blame anyone, right?
00:43:27.855 --> 00:43:31.567
More and more bad guys just
keep coming along, you know?
00:43:34.069 --> 00:43:35.988
Everyone's idea of love is fake!
00:43:36.155 --> 00:43:36.989
Yeah.
00:43:37.615 --> 00:43:40.117
It's all just a lie!
00:43:41.201 --> 00:43:42.119
Liar.
00:43:42.953 --> 00:43:45.164
Liar, liar.
00:43:46.206 --> 00:43:47.583
Herd of lies!
00:43:49.043 --> 00:43:50.502
Herd of lies!
00:43:50.836 --> 00:43:52.046
Herd of lies!
00:43:52.212 --> 00:43:53.255
Herd of lies!
00:43:53.422 --> 00:43:56.008
Herd of lies! Herd of lies!
00:43:59.678 --> 00:44:01.180
Hello, Mom?
00:44:01.472 --> 00:44:04.600
It's been two years since I came to Tokyo.
00:44:05.517 --> 00:44:09.355
I get depressed from time to time but
I'm okay.
00:44:09.730 --> 00:44:11.649
As if I would actually say that.
00:44:12.024 --> 00:44:15.152
I'm not okay at all.
00:45:01.532 --> 00:45:06.453
Hey, if you really love each other,
dance for me.
00:46:42.382 --> 00:46:46.637
It's impossible for the Japanese
to start dancing spontaneously.
00:56:40.355 --> 00:56:42.023
Aomi.
00:56:49.781 --> 00:56:51.282
Aomi.
00:56:55.745 --> 00:57:01.835
Aomi Aomi Aomi Aomi Aomi Aomi!
00:57:06.423 --> 00:57:07.715
Amiko.
00:57:10.218 --> 00:57:11.386
What are you doing?
00:57:12.846 --> 00:57:13.555
What?
00:57:27.777 --> 00:57:29.112
That's it?
00:57:32.699 --> 00:57:34.909
What...huh?
00:57:42.750 --> 00:57:46.838
Hey, Aomi, why?
00:57:47.464 --> 00:57:50.467
Why are you here?
00:57:52.302 --> 00:57:54.637
Are you doing it with her on this bed?
00:57:55.472 --> 00:57:57.474
You smoke now?
00:58:00.602 --> 00:58:02.479
Why are you here?
00:58:04.564 --> 00:58:06.399
Why that bitch?
00:58:07.442 --> 00:58:09.861
She's the embodiment of mass culture.
00:58:10.445 --> 00:58:11.654
Don't make me laugh.
00:58:13.156 --> 00:58:17.744
That conversation we had,
wasn't it from the heart?
00:58:20.413 --> 00:58:22.999
Does she even listen to Radiohead?
00:58:27.086 --> 00:58:29.672
Don't look at me like that.
00:58:41.434 --> 00:58:42.852
Say something.
00:58:49.901 --> 00:58:52.737
I like pop too.
00:59:08.503 --> 00:59:09.504
Huh?
00:59:46.874 --> 00:59:48.459
I forgot my employee ID card.
00:59:48.626 --> 00:59:50.795
Wake up, Naoya.
00:59:51.087 --> 00:59:52.088
Ow!
00:59:53.256 --> 00:59:54.299
What?
00:59:54.799 --> 00:59:56.801
Who are you!
01:00:00.305 --> 01:00:01.931
Get out.
01:00:02.807 --> 01:00:05.351
Huh? Who the heck are you?
01:00:09.063 --> 01:00:10.607
I said, get out!
01:00:10.982 --> 01:00:12.358
Wait, what? Naoya!
01:00:12.525 --> 01:00:14.611
- Aomi, get her ID.
- OK.
01:00:14.777 --> 01:00:16.279
Who is this girl!
01:00:17.280 --> 01:00:19.157
- Wait, what?
- Get out.
01:00:19.449 --> 01:00:21.242
This makes no sense.
01:00:21.492 --> 01:00:23.870
- What? Naoya!
- Here are your shoes.
01:00:24.037 --> 01:00:25.872
Okay, bye.
01:00:34.422 --> 01:00:37.133
Working at both Starbucks and
the hostess bar!
01:00:38.426 --> 01:00:40.803
You're just a bum, Aomi.
01:01:01.866 --> 01:01:03.993
Do you plan on staying here forever?
01:01:10.249 --> 01:01:11.501
I don't know.
01:01:14.045 --> 01:01:15.088
Why?
01:01:17.215 --> 01:01:20.468
You weren't supposed to
be able to do something like this.
01:01:23.388 --> 01:01:25.014
It was the day for me.
01:01:25.640 --> 01:01:26.391
What?
01:01:30.395 --> 01:01:32.730
It was the day when I felt like whatever.
01:01:36.359 --> 01:01:37.735
What?
01:01:43.825 --> 01:01:47.453
That's unfair, unfair, unfair unfair!
01:01:49.664 --> 01:01:53.167
That's so unfair.
01:01:55.545 --> 01:01:59.757
I thought I was the most pitiful girl
in Nagano City.
01:02:01.342 --> 01:02:07.348
Maybe in the top ten in the prefecture.
01:02:09.225 --> 01:02:13.354
But Aomi,
you're the most pitiful one by a long shot.
01:03:03.696 --> 01:03:05.364
Asshole.
01:03:06.115 --> 01:03:08.075
Die!
01:03:17.710 --> 01:03:20.296
What's so good about Mizuki?
01:03:21.255 --> 01:03:22.256
Why not?
01:03:24.842 --> 01:03:26.803
She's hot.
01:03:45.112 --> 01:03:48.616
The train will soon be arriving.
01:03:54.914 --> 01:03:59.210
Please stay behind the yellow line.