Haru ga kuru mae ni - Script p1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA It's snowing... // No wonder it's so damn cold. // Well, father -- Wakaba's on the job, so just leave it to me. // AH! // Yes, that's right! R's reverse, D's forward! I know, I know! p2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGN Moriyama Private Investigation Office // MORIYAMA (WAKABA'S FATHER) You job's to keep an eye on this guy while I'm away. // WAKABA ...... // MORIYAMA Got a problem? WAKABA Can I have something more dangerous? p3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORIYAMA Like a tricky murder, Mysterious serial killing, Headless corpse of a babe. WAKABA That's right! That's the one! // MORIYAMA Dream on! // We've got a highly efficient police force in Japan!! Besides, this isn't TV or the movies. Who would need a PI to solve a murder case?! // In any case, before I return, stick to that guy!! From morning till night, stick to him! Understood? // WAKABA Yes-- p4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORIYAMA I rented an apartment just across the street, opposite the guy's room. // You'll sleep in this apartment. // Your pay's twice the norm. On one condition -- stick to him day and night! Understood? WAKABA Yeah, yeah! // But, // Nothing's happening. p5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAN All alone, Missy? p6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA Ah! MAN Wanna go for a drive in my classic Prelude? // WAKABA Uh -- I'm in the middle of work right now, so if you'd excuse me. // MAN Come on! You can't lie to someone as smart as me. p7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAN Ah...... // MYSTERIOUS GUY What's this~! Just an editor of some crappy magazine. MAN SAY WHAT!? // MYSTERIOUS GUY You disagree? MAN No...spot on. // MAN Who the hell was that? WAKABA No idea. // Ah! Damn!! p8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORIYAMA (RECALL) Stick to him day and night! WAKABA Yeah, yeah! // The guy across seems to be sleeping. // Well then, I might as well call in a day. *yawn* p9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA Now what? Why's he cleaning up in the middle of the night? // Seems to be working hard at it... // ...Blood? // Now that's one frustrated guy. p10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA Ah! // Didn't think he'd have such good taste. Had wanted to watch this show myself. // What profit! I'll write this down as work expenses. p11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THUGS Don't make a sound. Get up! WAKABA Yikes! // What!? THUGS Follow us quietly. // WAKABA This is getting interesting. Hey, now hold on there, mister! // What do you think you're doing!? What the hell are you guys up to? // THUG 1 Okay, let's go! THUG 2 Okay! p12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THUG 1 Huh? THUG 2 Hey! // MYSTERIOUS MAN Don't think they're magazine editors. // WAKABA Huh? // AH! p13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGN Akao Hardware Shop // FROM WITHIN THE SHOP Thanks You! // WAKABA A weekend-carpenter? // But then, who were those guys yesterday? // And that man with the sunglasses -- // Cool-looking dude... // Ah! Back to work, back to work! p14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA Ugh! // THUG 1 Not going to let you off this time! THUG 2 Let's go! // THUG 2 ARGH! // THUG 2 Who the? p15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THUG 2 Urgh! // WAKABA The guy in sunglasses --! // Huh? // MAN Ah! // THUGS Just you wait! p16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAN A detective!? // WAKABA Shhhhh--- // I'm telling you this only because you saved me, but don't let this out! MAN Right! // WAKABA Danger's part of a detective's work. What happened just now's all too common. No need to get too surprised on it. // MAN Okay-- Okay-- // MAN That's great! I jsut love detective storis! Anything I can do to help? // WAKABA Really! That's why I hate amateurs. p17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA Hey wait! There's something. MAN Yes? // WAKABA Get me some warm WULONG(tea) and a meat bun(manjuu). On your account. MAN What? *sweat* // Brrrr!Brrrr! // Still a long way from the flowers in spring... p18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA But, have to find myself one or two budding love, or it's going to be another cold and lonely spring. // No,no! Can't just pick someone for their looks. // ...... // How rude of me, to think of him only when I desperate. // MAN Hello! Is this Ms Wakaba? I'm Yamada (notice arrow pointing upwards :) ) // WAKABA Ah! I'm no longer desperate. YAMADA Huh? p19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YAMADA I thought about it after that, and based on my reasoning, the guy across your place is most suspicious. // WAKABA Really! Just like the amateur you are! // YAMADA In any case, please listen! WAKABA Okay. // YAMADA I think the guy must've realised you were tailing him, and checking on his apartment. WAKABA Oh? And? // YAMADA And before that, he must've committed something which he doesn't anyone to know of. WAKABA Like what? // YAMADA I don't know! In any case, he thinks you've seen it! That's why he wants no witnesses. p20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA Now look here! Been reading too many detective stories? // WAKABA What's so suspicious about that guy? // Why should he want to have his -- // witness... // killed.... p21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YAMADA I've got a way to find out. WAKABA Eh? // Leave your house immediately, and get away in your car! That way, both of you will reverse roles watching over the other. If my assumptions are right, that guy's going to follow you. // WAKABA You can't be serious... p22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA Ah~! Here he comes! p23 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YAMADA Ah! Really sorry. // GUY Chi! p24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YAMADA So I was right! WAKABA Um! // Give me a second! I want to check on the client who wanted that guy followed. // Hello? // Ah! Father! p25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORIYAMA Wakaba! What are you doing here? I couldn't get you in your apartment, and thought you might be in the office--! // WAKABA No time for this, something big's happened! // How's your work progressing? When are you coming back? MORIYAMA It's settle over at my side, I should be back by tomorrow evening. // But this isn't important. Wakaba, you must go back to your apartment! WAKABA Like I said-- // MORIYAMA Stick to that guy! // YAMADA Your work's settled? p26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORIYAMA Who are you? YAMADA No need to hand the reports over to your client. Just give them to us in exchange for your sweet daughter. // 'Cos if those things spill out, someone's going to be in a lot trouble. MORIYAMA Don't hurt Wakaba! // YAMADA If you don't bring them -- p27 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THUG ARGH! // MORIYAMA Hello?! Hello?! p28 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MYSTERIOUS MAN Don't worry. Got here in time. // Can be such trouble if you don't follow your orders. Eh, Miss detective? // WAKABA AH! p29 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA My bodyguard!? Him!? // MORIYAMA That's why I told you to keep an eye on him, and to stick to him 24 hours a day! // This case was sure dangerous. [Newspaper Healine reads: Big-shot arrested] // I was suspecting that you might be taken hostage. But I couldn't turn this job down. p30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORIYAMA Didn't want to worry you, or have you butting in and messing things up. What you'd call killing two birds with one stone. // WAKABA Then, what was that about? // MORIYAMA Service! Service! So as not to bore you, I instructed him to act strangely at times. WAKABA Yeah right! Thanks for the thought! // I was supposed to watching over someone, but ended up being watched over. MORIYAMA That guy's one of the best investigators around. [File cover reads: Moriyama Wakaba (12?) ~ Report Dossier] // Even if you're on the lookout, it's still better to watch you nutrition balance. // And when you're changing, make sure you have the curtains -- p31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKABA *sigh* p32 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ah--- They've taken off that show. // Damn! Missed the second half of it. And it was the more interesting part too. // In the end... I wonder if it was a happy-ending for both of them? // Or... -------------------- END --------------------