ENG SUB MULTI [Clip] When Your Crush Rejects You… for His Sister! | The Birthday mystery
I’ll be back. Don’t worry. I’ll be watching over you. It’s his voice. So you actually do a
have a girlfriend, huh. Oh, really? Sui! As if the house had
been holding its breath, it happened when he returned
home after a long absence. I’m home. It? You’re still here? It’s just, when I think
about Mizuki and Eda-kun… Yeah. It makes you feel exhausted somehow. Knowing there is
nothing you can do… Kumon-chan, he says he’s hungry.
Can we order Uber? Of course. Nice idea, Uba!
[ uba = grandmother / oba = aunt ]
I’m your oba.
– Uba, uba, uba.
– Oba, oba, oba. How childish. But, Kumon-san… You can’t use it for the story, so why did you go to such lengths
to explain her situation? That’s because… You did it for me, right? My best friend Mizuki’s innocence. You proved it for me, right? Why would I go
through all that trouble? It was simply a mental exercise. Maybe for Kumon-san, but Mishima Kohei, who’s in pseudo-love with me,
wanted me to know. Thank you, locked-up Mishima-san. Can you hear me? Think whatever you want. I see. It was all for Sui’s sake? You acknowledged and
responded to her feelings. Impressive!
Mishima Kohei is such a cool guy! What do you think, Kumon-san? Why don’t you two hook up,
without calling it pseudo? Stop it, Dad!
That’s not what… For someone like
you, it’s probably normal to have one
or two girlfriends. Two would be wrong. Right.
Just a figure of speech. Tsk, I’m completely reduced
to a domestic cat, nya. Nya. Yes, two would certainly be wrong. Right? Meaning, I already
have a girlfriend. I have a chance, Kumon-chan?!
[ Can also be read
as, “I’m your doggy?” ]
You’re a cat, nya.
Nya. You’re probably talking about some
imaginary girlfriend or something— She’s very much real. Pfft, I’ve never
seen or heard of her. This girl? Pajama? Is this a hospital? She has a long-term illness. Her name is Tsubomi.
I visit her from time to time. Tsubomi-san? I’ll be damned, I had no idea. Only Editor Kurusu knows about this. When I’m busy, I have her replenish
her clothes and other things. What kind of long-term
illness are we talking? Well, that’s private information. Fortunately, however,
she’s on the road to recovery. It’s probably just
some random picture. What? I’ll be back. Don’t worry. I’ll be watching over you. It’s his voice. So you actually do a
have a girlfriend, huh. Yes. Oh well. Sui… I apologize if I gave you
the wrong impression. Wrong impression? A creator’s pseudo-romance
only lasts for a limited time. Once a new story begins again, both I and Mishima
Kohei will become emotionally involved
with the next heroine. Oh, really? Sui! Is Fubar here? It’s Uber. So slow. Sui… She’ll be right with you. Things sure have changed
since the last time I was here. It’s all about sales, after all. Kurome-sensei. A souvenir from my business trip. Thanks. You didn’t have to
come all the way here. I could’ve just gone
to your place as usual. What is it? You could have told me! What? About Kumon-san’s girlfriend. He showed us.
The hospital room? Tsubomi-san, you mean? I don’t remember whether it’s
Tsubomi-san or Tsubaki-chan. If you knew, you
should have told me! You even voted for girlish
embarrassment. That’s not nice. Ahh… “Ahh” won’t do! I’ll quit the series. Please don’t. No, I’m just kidding. I just wanted to say it once. What if she becomes a komoribito
again for the next 10 years? Tsubomi-san is the younger
sister of Mishima Kohei. Mishima Tsubomi. Not related by blood? You know, like in all
those shoujo mangas. The tried-and-true
trope of stepsiblings. She’s his real sister. If that’s the case, why did
Kumon-san call her his girlfriend? To Kumon Ryuen,
she’s his girlfriend. Saying complicated things again… Their father passed away and their mother
remarried when he was in his third
year of junior high. Well, he may not
have openly rebelled, but he went to a boarding
school from senior high. It seems he kept in touch
with his younger sister, Tsubomi-san, who was
still in elementary school, but well, when he started
living alone during university, they only wrote occasionally. He had no idea that she had stopped
going to school since junior high. His sister also became a komoribito? As if the house had
been holding its breath, it happened when he returned
home after a long absence. I’m home. It? Their mother and the
man she remarried? They both survived,
but Tsubomi-san was sent to a medical
juvenile reformatory. Was there any direct cause? I don’t know. Apparently Mishima-san didn’t
even try to find out the details. Maybe because he felt guilty that
he neglected his sister halfway, or… He couldn’t bear to find out. Tsubomi-san continued
to engage in self-harm, and was sent to a
psychiatric hospital. Since that time, Mishima-san began to write
novels based on Tsubomi-san. It’s the karma of a writer. Strangely enough, he began
to have a series of hit novels. He incorporated his poor sister into
his stories with a calculating mind. Before long, they
were adapted into an anime and enjoyed an
unprecedented boom. Is that what you meant when you
said he made a deal with the devil? It was the birth of Kumon Ryuen. “Save A Girl Who Wants
to Die A Thousand Times”? Yes, it’s entirely
about Tsubomi-san. Kumon-san had Tsubomi-san erase her
painful past through hypnotherapy. He implanted another character
with an orange wig. That is… Agatha? But that sounds too… How much do you think
he donates to that hospital? From 2D to 3D. Sui-chan who became a real heroine. I thought that
perhaps, if the lonely and stoic Kumon-san
could fall in love… I’m sorry. He rejected her because he felt
it was a violation of his deal. In exchange for success, he must not wish for
happiness in his personal life. No, even if he did,
it wouldn’t work out. Like an obsession… What is happiness for a creator? It’s hard to say.
About The Birthday Mystery (2023):
Due to an event, Kurome Sui has been living as a hikikomori for the past 10 years since the age of 18. However, her life begins to change after she receives an invitation to a high school reunion and meets popular novelist Kumon Ryuen.
Cast: Iitoyo Marie, Mizobata Junpei
Director: Iwamoto Hitoshi, Otsuka Kyoji and Matsubara Hiroshi
Genres: Mystery, Romance, Youth, Drama
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