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How many times did I cry?
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At Terrace House.
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I would have never imagined
when I moved in.
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When I first moved in.
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[COSTCO SUBS PRESENTS]
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[Interview with a member who's leaving]
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Even though it's only been
three and a half months of my entire life,
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I made a lot of discoveries.
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I found out things about myself...
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About the way people perceive me,
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and I also learned the proper way to talk
for someone who's going to turn 30 soon.
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I will never forget these
three and a half months.
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[ABOUT SOTA KONO]
Sota...
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Talking to him was...
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boring I guess.
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He'd talk a lot about himself.
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Well, maybe he just wasn't
really interested in me.
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He didn't ask me anything...
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... and just ended up only
talking about himself.
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You just couldn't have a
real conversation like that.
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After I declined to go look
for glasses with him...
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... we didn't talk much anymore.
Until he left the house.
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Actually, he was pretty cold to me
after I'd rejected him like that.
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I feel sorry for that.
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The way I rejected him
may have been a bit harsh.
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[FIRST TIME TALKING TO THE OTHER GIRLS]
It may have looked like
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it was two against one.
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But we were just simply
trying to tell Maya
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about the common sense
of going about daily life.
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Since she's not living on her own,
but with five others.
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Being considerate towards
the rest of the house and such...
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I just wanted her to understand
these kind of things.
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Well, it's not like it was my
place to lecture her.
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Maya and Kaito had been together a lot,
hanging out in the TV room and such,
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and Aio and Sota were
staying up late at night.
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They were up until morning. But Yui
and I wanted to go to bed early.
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Our bed time just happened to be the same.
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Maybe this is why they thought
we were together a lot.
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At that time, it felt more like
it was four against two.
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[THE SOCK INCIDENT]
I remember it very clearly.
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For about four days after we had
that talk, my spirit was broken.
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I just felt attacked.
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It was frightening.
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I felt scared.
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And sad.
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It hurt.
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I was frustrated.
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For me, it's like...
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I'm 28 years old, but I'm not
the big sister-type, I never was.
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I don't have that kind
of personality at all.
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Even though everybody was young,
they were probably more mature than me.
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So, I guess...
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They used to tease me a lot.
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It's not like I'm easy to make fun of,
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but I guess I'm easily teased.
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So about that incident...
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I honestly didn't say it like that.
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And it wasn't like I didn't
give Maya socks, either.
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I gave them both socks.
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So I guess...
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We were all at fault in that
situation, all three of us girls.
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When I think about it, I shouldn't
have gotten anyone socks.
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To either of them. I didn't know it
would cause an incident like this.
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It was supposed to be a thank-you gift...
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I bought them socks as a souvenir
of sorts, to say thanks.
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So I was like... Why?
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At that time, I was too scared
to say anything.
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Especially of Maya, since she thought
I'd said that I only trust Yui and Aio.
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And I thought at the time,
it wouldn't matter what I say anyway.
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And I suppose while I was
away for a week,
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Aio, Yui and Maya were probably
talking about me that whole time.
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[AFTER THE SOCK INCIDENT]
After that incident...
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Well, honestly...
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I just felt empty.
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So I...
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Actually,
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I wanted to talk to the others
about Masao and my feelings for him.
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I probably would've wanted
to tell them about all that.
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But I didn't even want to do that anymore.
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So I was responsible
for that situation, too.
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It was just...
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such a shame.
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[ABOUT MASAO WADA]
I guess it was after that incident,
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that Masao came to me in the morning.
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I just naturally... Maybe because I
was so relieved to see him,
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the tears just started to flow.
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We went to have soba,
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and he listened to me
about the incident.
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And you know, Masao just...
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He reacted like a grown-up, so to speak...
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He helped me, and gave me
the emotional support I needed.
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I was glad that Masao was there for me.
I felt that from the bottom of my heart.
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If he wasn't there, I don't think I would've
been able to stay at Terrace House any longer.
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That's how bad it was.
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I'm really glad he was there for me.
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When we went glass-making,
for example,
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we were concentrating on making glasses,
and I guess he was being kind to me,
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but we didn't have to talk.
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I thought maybe that's the reason
he asked me to go glass-making with him.
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That's when I realized how kind he is.
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When he told me not to worry,
I just was like...
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I don't know how to put it.
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Yeah.
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It was like I was suddenly released.
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Those words he said were
magic words to me.
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[ABOUT MASAO'S FEELINGS]
I thought and thought, and thought some more...
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Well, in the end, I wasn't able
to return his affections.
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I've seriously never had to think so much
about whether I have romantic feelings.
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Usually, it would be a clear no
if I wasn't interested.
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And I'd turn down that person.
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But his feelings for me were so deep...
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He was always serious and
trying to do his best.
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So I thought I'd have to be serious, too,
and just be honest with him.
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That's how I felt.
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He did all those things for me,
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but I couldn't do anything for him.
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The reason I was able to feel like this...
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That I was able to face all of that
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was his support for me.
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He supported me when I was hurting.
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I felt relief whenever I saw him.
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I cried so much in front of Masao...
Well, I'm crying now, too.
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The tears just started to flow because
of all the things I was feeling.
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Even though he's such
a good person...
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Even though he...
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Even though he did so many things
for me I didn't deserve,
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I couldn't return his affections.
And I just feel so sorry for that.
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I feel really sorry.
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[LEAVING TERRACE HOUSE]
I didn't fall in love with anyone,
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but I think I was being proactive
in a lot of different ways.
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Even with regards to Maya and Yui,
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normally, I would've just given up.
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But since we had to continue
living together,
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I just sort of...
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Well, not right after the incident,
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but I tried to get through it
step by step.
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Also, apart from romantic relationships,
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I think I learned a lot about how to talk
to others and how to convey my thoughts.
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I'm sure I would've never learned these things
if I hadn't lived in Terrace House.
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So I have no regrets in joining
Terrace House. I really don't.
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[Translated and Timed by MrsChap]
[Reviewed by koma and goob]