Go for it.
40-15!
Give it your best!
Go for it!
Game!
Set and match goes to Yahiro.
Two sets to zero.
Amazing!
Great job, Ran-senpai.
Please use my towel!
No, please feel free to use mine-
All right.
I know what to do.
First, all of you line up.
Today we'll do it alphabetically.
Okay, you've all lined up.
What do you think of this year's rookies?
They're in high spirits, that's good enough for me.
Perhaps, but rather than just sitting there, couldn't you stop them from doing that every time, Nanae?
I don't see the problem.
Miss cool tennis player who is adored by her underlings.
You really are cold.
How about I tell you a good way to get rid of them?
Sounds good!
Get a boyfriend.
You sure are mean, Nanae.
Being with you makes me want to be mean.
You really are mean.
So she lives together with her dad, huh?
Isn't a whole house a bit too much?
Don't be nosy.
Yeah, but doesn't it bother you at all?
The thickness of the letter.
You know, don't you, Fumika?
What's written inside such a fat letter?
I'm not permitted to tell you that.
Spoilsport!
You have a ton of secrets as well, Fumika.
The Fukuin Department created that rule.
Not me.
Okay then, how about that boy from the other day?
The one who wore glasses and followed you up onto the roof.
He's an acquaintance, right?
From when you were human.
Mikawa, why did you...
Why did you shoot your father?!
You must've had some kind of reason.
I've been looking for one, ever since then...
0913.
B-But...
0913.
All right.
Mika... Mikawa!
Hey, hey, who was he?
He seemed pretty desperate back then.
Was he your lover perhaps?
I don't know.
Aww, come on! I executed your command!
Partners really should be able to trust one another.
I'm off.
You have a letter!
A mailwoman?
A little different.
This is a shigofumi, you see.
Shigo...?
A letter delivered from the afterlife.
Hence, "shigofumi."
From the afterlife...?
Sorry, I'm in a rush, so give this to me some other time.
Tateishi Naoko.
That is the name of the sender.
I don't know anyone by that name.
Well, I guess a reaction like that is natural.
But screw that, what gives with that attitude?
It's seriously irritating!
If you go and die, don't expect us to deliver your shigofumi!
Asa!
There you go!
Thanks for the snack.
Anyone want this?!
Me!
Now of all times.
Jeez...
You were frowning.
Has something happened?
Not really.
You sure about that?
Captain! Ran-senpai!
How about joining us?
Let's play old maid together!
Cut that out. You're disturbing the other passengers.
I don't mind. How about it, Captain?
Just what I'd expect of Ran-senpai!
You get where I'm coming from!
In exchange for our participation, the loser has to do ten dashes of the court.
Just kidding!
Jeez, Senpai, you sure are mean.
What should we do, Fumika?
They've left Kamome City.
There's no choice. We'll have to request a trip outside the city.
Yeah!
It's been a while since we've gone outside our jurisdiction.
We can leave the city!
Don't you like this city, Kanaka?
I like it, but think of it this way.
No matter how much you like your favorite dish, if you ate it every day, you'd get tired of it, right?
Saying something like that when you can't even eat...
That's enough, thank you!
Can you really afford to be so leisurely, dear?
Well, it's for the best if detectives aren't busy.
Honestly.
Dad.
I ran into Mikawa.
Just recently, when our class was taken hostage.
Mikawa...
Fumika?
Yeah.
What's wrong?
Dad?
It can't be... That's impossible.
Wow, so you're the captain this year, Nanae-chan?
Indeed.
Here's to another year.
Right back at you.
Our order is written down here.
Let's see...
Does a delivery around 5PM sound okay?
Sounds good to me.
Ah, this.
Let me check if we still have some in stock.
Hold on a moment.
Welcome!
Right then, how about we buy a heap of stuff?
What's with that horny voice?
Hold on a little longer, okay?
Oh, sure.
Is a girl who dates a guy dirty?
You really don't like men, do you, Ran?
I live with my dad.
Yeah, but he's not your partner, is he?
Don't you think you're overdoing it for a practical joke?
This isn't a practical joke.
The sender is Tateishi Naoko.
Tateishi...?
She was the one who abandoned me.
There's no reason for me to accept it.
There's a reason for it to be delivered.
Because it's your job?
Correct.
In any case, I'm not going to accept it!
You're certainly not Miss Popular.
It's not as if this doesn't happen a lot.
That's true!
Getting a letter from a dead person is pretty scary.
It'll be all right.
This letter will be delivered.
Kids sure are positive thinkers!
It's Chiaki.
Why is she...?
Coming all the way out here for a job?
Well done.
0923!
Yo, long time no see.
Actually, we ran into each other up there the other day.
I forgot about that.
So, this is your delivery area, huh, Chiaki?
Now, now, that-
It's the partner's job to confirm a delivery area.
The bit you forget are the tears humans shed.
Zip it, Tomato Juice!
It's not "Tomato," it's "Matoma."
You should show some remorse for spending your life doing nothing but spouting nonsense.
What did you say?!
Okay, okay, you can leave your usual comedy act there for today.
We do indeed meet up there a great deal,
but it's been a while since we met here on the ground.
That's why I said, "It's been a while."
More quibbling...
That's right, more quibbling!
You sure are interesting.
Very interesting indeed.
A person who dies becomes a shigofumi courier.
That's why you shouldn't age.
However, you're different from the rest.
You're getting older.
Every time I meet you, you've grown bigger.
Just who are you, Fumika?
Home run!
That's your third one this season!
Hey!
Are you really okay, Senpai?
Shut up!
You've got some nerve to say that, Aoto!
Okay!
One more!
Wait for me!
I'll go and start preparing the curry!
If you would.
Are you all right?
Yeah, absolutely fine.
Liar.
There's something up with you today.
No, there isn't.
Tell me, who is this Tateishi Naoko?
My mom...
Your mom?
But I thought you said she passed away some time ago?
I lied.
The truth is, she took a boyfriend and left us.
That was more than ten years ago.
I've always disliked her.
I hated her.
So, when I heard that this guy made a fool of her,
and she ended up in a bad way,
I thought to myself, "Serves you right."
Ran...
Nanae!
Coming all the way here...
Fine, I get it.
All I need to do is accept it, right?
It's a letter from your mom!
You're her daughter, aren't you?
Read it, for her sake!
It's up to me what I do with letters addressed to me!
Yes, you're right.
Are you satisfied with that, Fumika?!
This is blasphemy against the shigofumi!
Those who don't pay their respects to the dead-
Kanaka, our job is to deliver shigofumi.
After delivery, the receiver is free to do with it as they please.
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight!
Dammit, how pathetic.
Let's go to the hospital this evening.
Sensei's going to be meeting with us, you see.
We can go by car to the foot of the mountain.
Sorry about last night.
It's okay.
It just happened. Nothing worth mentioning.
I suppose this is the cause?
Han-
When I apologized, I was referring to this.
Did you look inside?
Ran.
It's not my place to say this, but...
read it.
Even though you threw it away, you've been brooding about it more than ever.
I think you should understand, too.
It's scary, I know.
You'll be fine.
I'm here.
I'm always by your side.
That's why you should...
Okay?
Nanae is so mean.
Once more please.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
That's true...
Five.
Captain!
Six.
What's the matter?
A fire?
No way...
The training camp?!
Ran!
Why did you come here?
I hope you're not planning on saving a human?
Quit while you're ahead.
A courier mustn't get directly involved with the life and death of a human.
It's the fourteenth high crime listed by the Fukuin Department.
If you break this-
You're mistaken!
Fumika's serious about her work.
She only came to make sure the shigofumi had been delivered.
That's right, isn't it, Fumika?!
Mo...
M... om...
Yes, call the fire brigade.
Yes.
I leave it in your hands, Sensei.
Captain!
What did Sensei say?
Aoto-san, I leave the rest to you.
Captain!
Mom.
Please...
Please don't go...
Mom...
Mom!
Where are you going?
Mom!
Don't go!
Mom!
Ran?!
Ran!
Ran?!
Hold on a second. What did you just do?
It wasn't my doing.
This is the work of something else...
Something else?
Such a gentle rain...
Forgive me, Ran.
No matter how much I apologize, it will never be enough to justify my sins.
But nevertheless, I'm sorry.
You're certainly a fine girl, despite having such a mother.
You're a real hard worker.
Although you lost your first official match,
you kept fighting to the very end, and were very good.
You certainly turned the tables in the match you played the following year!
You never could be content with second place.
The linesman in that inter-highschool semifinals match was wrong.
Your final serve was definitely in!
You sure were something in your second year group competition.
You recovered what everyone else lost.
Ran, give it your best!
Give it your best, Ran!
No, don't!
That's cold!
That's really cold!
What an idiot.
She even came to see my practice matches...
and she wrote them down to the very last detail.
What an idiot.
See, aren't you glad you read it?
Hey?
What kind of person was your mom?
You sure are mean.
What you are bad at.
What you loved.
Ignoring the various emotions of others,
what was it that you ran and sought after?
Next time on Shigofumi:
"I'm Home."