Kakeru moves to Matsumoto with his mother mother after she decides to move there for her own reasons. When she passes away on the first day of school after Kakeru transfers, Kakeru blames himself and thus refuses Suwa's invitation to join the Soccer club. Kakeru sees some old classmates from Tokyo, but none of them understand what Kakeru is going through. In the end, Kakeru becomes so distressed that he feels that he has no way out.
"When you were little, 
I knew you loved your father..."
،كنت أعلم أنّك كنت تحبّ والدك عندما كنتَ صغيرًا
Es tut mir so leid, dass ich mich in deiner Kindheit
von deinen Vater getrennt habe, obwohl du ihn so
geliebt hast. Er hat oft seine Hand gegen mich
erhoben und ich wollte, dass er wenigstens dich
nicht verletzt.
"Sé que de pequeño
adorabas a tu padre…".
"Sé que de pequeño
adorabas a tu padre…".
« Lorsque tu étais petit, 
tu adorais ton père. »
"Scusami se, quando eri piccolo,
nonostante tu volessi molto bene a tuo padre..."
Quando era pequeno, eu sabia
 que você amava seu pai,
«Я знала, что в детстве
ты любил своего отца...»