Masa-kun, eat your dinner.
What is all this commotion?
I was saying hi to my beetle.
I caught it in the park.
It's shinier than most.
- Masa, quiet. - It has a rod like a sword,
and two horns.
Wait till you see how big it is--
He needs to learn to be quiet.
Why doesn't my dad like me?
He's tired.
I'll cut some apple for your beetle.
Be a good boy and finish your dinner.
Your father...
is tired now.
I won't keep him then.
It's not a good time.
He is going to die.
Are you hungry?
Come. I will make you nikujaga.
I ate already.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I must seem a terrible mother,
but,
please don't think badly of Masa.
Oh, no, no.
He is a smart boy.
He's retained a good job remotely.
Marvelous.
What does he do?
He's a computer engineer for ImaTech.
He works in fridges.
An engineer, eh?
Marvelous.
You must be so proud.
Work is not enough.
- He needs a family. - He needs a family.
Well then...
I was very sorry to hear about Shigeru-san.
I take it he and Masa-kun were quite close?
That's what was so curious.
He and my husband hardly spoke.
Well, I'm glad you called me.
I will try my very best.
Please...
do whatever you have to.
You are not staying?
Masa-kun.
Hello.
I'm a friend of your mother's.
Omoide Alley.
Jungle Crows 2.
My favorite level.
Have you found the maphole behind Kojimaya Coffee House?
Behind the kissaten are three doors.
If you stand before the middle door and press B--
No, wait...
Press A and UP at the same time.
Then, once midair, use the somersault coin and then press B.
I did some QA on this game.
I was supposed to patch the mapholes, but this was a fun one, so I left it.
I hear you are also an engineer.
If you're interested, I have a cabin. Something of a workshop on Lake Biwa.
You could stay there.
You'd have the place to yourself.
Perhaps it would help if I introduced myself properly.
Your name is Masa...
because mine is Hiromasa.
Masa-kun...
You are my son.
There's a market if you decide to venture out.
And I'll be back in a few weeks to bring groceries...
meals from Noriko...
From your mother. I--
So many unfinished projects.
I'm always dabbling.
Yes. We know you can't commit.
Masa-kun,
if there's anything you want to ask me, you may.
Compensating much?
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Excuse me.
What the hell?
Hello. I am Shō.
I am a trashbot.
It seems you could use my services. May I?
Do whatever you want.
Trash!
Hey, that's my device! What's wrong with you?
What do you mean?
All lost-and-found objects in this room were filed by Hiro-san.
That object was not filed. Therefore, it is trash.
You think any object that hasn't been filed for you is trash?
That is correct.
Wow. Shit work.
Excuse me.
There are just so many ways an object can be crushed or deformed.
So it is difficult for me to recognize without proper filing.
Yeah, that should not be difficult.
How so?
Forget it.
You were programmed by a moron.
Here. Have fun.
Trash!
You are clocked in.
Trash!
All right, I give.
Let's see what kind of trash this doofus gave you for brains.
Connect to Trashbot.
Wow.
Trash!
That's wrong.
Shō! Shō! This is not trash!
- Trash! - Wrong!
Trash!
No!
There's still some inside.
Trash!
You did good.
He seems to be eating well.
And I think he was smiling.
Masa smiled at you?
Not at me.
I didn't go in. But I--
Well, I peeked.
Through the window.
Are you scandalized?
I'm sorry.
I only watched for a moment.
I used to do the same.
Though he certainly never smiled.
So this is progress then.
What?
Being away from his mother?
Masa is a grown man, Noriko.
His struggles are his own.
But his crooked smile, on the other hand, that is yours.
My smile is not crooked.
Sure.
If you tilt your head.
What if you came with me next time?
I'm off for Culture Day.
You could peek too.
We could peek together.
Very well.
But we don't peek together.
Separate peeking.
Here we go.
- This is? - Trash!
Yes.
- This is? - Not-trash!
Yes.
- This is? - Trash!
Yes.
Not-trash?
Remarkably, that is correct.
- Trash! - No!
How are you still this dumb?
Apparently, I was programmed by a moron.
You programmed me to recycle cans.
Problem is, it was my can.
Wait! Where are you going with my charger?
To throw it out. It's trash.
It is not. Please don't do that.
You and I are very different, but certain patterns are the same.
Why do you want this charger so badly?
I need my charger to charge.
Well, I need my coffee to charge.
So now coffee cans are not-trash?
It's not enough to just classify objects, because value can change over time.
So you have to ask:
What does this thing mean, in this very moment, to whomever it belongs?
Forget it.
Clearly I need to get back into your code.
So what you're saying is the coffee is valuable to you
in the manner my charger is to me?
- Yes. - So in this moment, it is not-trash.
Yes!
Yes. Right. Exactly!
I saw a line like that in a movie. Funny, no?
If you say so, it must be.
Okay. Let's try something else.
We're on a roll.
Trash?
Or not-trash?
Not-trash.
Is that correct?
Let's go.
You need a challenge.
We're going outside?
Yes.
Trash!
Trash or not-trash?
Look, Papa.
Not-trash.
You said you look for patterns.
You frown at objects
that are valuable to you.
Because you value being sad.
And why are we laughing this time?
I'm sorry I don't understand your jokes.
You've done well, Shō-kun.
You've done too well.
I see you!
What are you doing?
Yeah. You there, with the face.
Don't think I won't call the cops!
You can't put that in there.
Run!
That's burnable trash!
Go, go, go!
Run! Keep moving!
Hurry! Hurry!
Shit.
Hello.
Trash.
Masa. Please wait--
What in god's name is wrong with the trashbot?
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Why did you kick him?
That piece of junk attacked me!
It was trying to dispose of trash.
What?
What else do you call a man who has an affair then leaves his child
for someone else to raise?
That's enough, Masa.
Are you seriously defending him?
- What the hell is wrong with you? - Don't talk to your mother like that,
- Masa-san. - Oh, shut up.
Ah.
So it was your idea.
Did he know?
Not him.
Your husband.
Did he know I wasn't his?
He hated me...
my whole life.
And I had no idea why.
I knew I should not have come.
No. What?
You don't get to do that. You have to explain.
Why? Why did you keep this from me?
Why didn't you tell me?
You're the only person I can go to.
I have to protect them.
Please. I swear.
As soon as I knew they were on your bad side, I kicked them out.
I sent them away.
But you didn't call me?
I should have. I get it. I'm sor--
I don't like secrets.
Risa.
Please. The bot attacked the lady's friend.
That's all I know.
It's time.
Let's go find Suzie.
It has to be, right? It has to be--
Sorry, excuse me. Sorry.
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Go!
Don't move until I tell you.
And shut the fuck up.
Come and get her.