The Family Game

Something is wrong with my family:
Younger Brother: Numata Shigeyuki
Older Brother: Numata Shinichi
Father: Numata Kousuke
Mother: Numata Chikako

At the Dining Room

Mother: What kind of pain?

Shigeyuki: I feel sick.

Mother: Why not take medicine?

Shigeyuki: It is agonizing.

Mother: Take it!

Shigeyuki: I don’t want to. I would have diarrhea like before.

Mother: You can’t go to school?

Shigeyuki: No. I want to go to bed.

Mother: Appendix?

Shigeyuki: No, it’s the pancreas.

Mother: What?

Shigeyuki: Mmm…I am going to bed.

Mother: Don’t you have important tests?

Shigeyuki: Not really when I have P.E.

Mother: Okay…but take care of your body since your new private teacher will be coming to our house tomorrow.

At School

Shigeyuki: Teacher, do you have an extra pencil?
Tsuchiya:  Shut up! Don’t be such a baby!
Shigeyuki: YOU shut the hell up! Mind your freaking business.
Ono: Well, you could probably pass an entrance exam for Jingu High School.
Shigeyuki: I will go to Seibu High School.
Ono: What are you talking about? Your grades are too low.
Shigeyuki: I am not as stupid as you think. I can go to any school I want.
Ono: Why don’t you get better grades then?
Shigeyuki: Please don’t judge me just from grades and the test scores. Even I could do that.
Ono: What did you say? Watch your mouth!
Private home teacher   Yoshimoto Masaru

Outside

Yoshimoto: Excuse me, is that where the Numatas live?

At the Lobby of the Apartment

Yoshimoto: Excuse me, is this where the Numatas live?

In the Dining Room

Mother: You look very thirsty.  I will bring other kinds of drinks.
Yoshimoto: No, thank you.
Mother: Don’t be shy.
Yoshimoto: I’m not.
Father: We could drink some wine later.
Mother: Okay.
Yoshimoto: So, what do you want him to accomplish?
Father: Well, um, I just hope his grades will get better…I’ve hired a number of private teachers, but they all gave up.
Yoshimoto: You mean his grades didn’t improve?
Father: That’s right.
Yoshimoto: Hmm.
Father: You will find out soon but he’s got a problem.
Yoshimoto: What do you mean by that? Don’t scare me, please, sir.
Mother: Shigeyuki, you probably know by now, but your private teacher is here.  Is your pancreas all right?
Mother: Hello.
Shinichi: Hello.
Father: Oh, Shininchi, this is Shigeyuki’s private teacher, Yoshimoto.  This one is much smarter, unlike his brother.
Mother: Dad, Shigeyuki can hear you.
Father: Don’t worry.  It will encourage him.  His brother REALLY does well in school unlike him.
Shinichi: I passed an entrance exam for Seibu High School with great grades at my junior high school.

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Yoshimoto: Hey.
Shigeyuki: Nice to meet you, sir.
Yoshimoto: Your face is cute with acne all over it, a symbol of youth. You were a troublemaker, huh.
Shigeyuki: That’s normal for the students studying for the entrance exams, sir.
Yoshimoto: That’s interesting.
Shigeyuki: You are weird, sir.
Yoshimoto: You are, too. I heard your grades are the ninth lowest in your class.
Shigeyuki: You are right, sir.
Yoshimoto: So who’s the lowest?
Shigeyuki: That’s ugly Hamamoto, sir
Yoshimoto: Is she that ugly?
Shigeyuki: Unbelievably, sir.
Yoshimoto: Ugly and dumb.
Shigeyuki: Exactly, sir
Yoshimoto: You are cute but dumb
Shigeyuki: I don’t think I am. I just don’t like studying.
Yoshimoto: You are because of the fact that you are saying such a thing.
Shigeyuki: Don’t call me that repeatedly, please, sir.
Yoshimoto: My bad. I need to know more about you.
Shigeyuki: What’s your hobby, sir?
Yoshimoto: Studying.
Shigeyuki: You are definitely strange, sir.
Yoshimoto: What is yours?
Shigeyuki: Not Studying, sir.

In the Dining Room

Father: How’s Shigeyuki?
Yoshimoto: He is cute.
Father: Cute? We are not talking about dogs or cats.
Mother: He is just acting quite today.
Father: How’s college?
Yoshimoto: I rarely go.
Mother: You don’t really have to go since this is your 7th year, right?.
Yoshitomo: something like that.
Father: Hmm. Are you popular?
Yoshimoto: What?
Father: Among girls.
Yoshimoto: Girls….
Father: College girls…man.
Yoshimoto: No, I don’t have money.
Father: Money….
Mother: You are handsome.
Father: He is!?
Yoshimoto: I sure am.
Father: Do you take care of your hair?
Mother: Please don’t touch it now. Dandruff will fall on food.
Yoshimoto: A private home teacher like me doesn’t care about that.
Father: We expect much from you.
Father: You like drinking, huh.
Yoshimoto: Not too much. I don’t get drunk though.

 In the Path in front of the Door

Father: Let’s talk in my car.
Yoshimoto: That wouldn’t be smart after drinking wine.
Father: Don’t Worry. I just had a little.
Yoshimoto: I’m used to walking.
Father: I am going to drive, but I just want to talk to you about something in the car.
Yoshimoto: Oh, I see

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Shinichi: When is the teacher’s birth date?
Shigeyuki: Who cares about that?

In the Car

Yoshimoto: Can I turn the radio on?
Father: What for?
Yoshimoto: Just to listen to the news of the day.
Father: About Shigeyuki…,
Yoshimoto: Yes.
Father: I really want you to raise his scores.
Yoshimoto: I understand.
Father: I pay you extra if they get better, so called incentives.
Yoshimoto: That’s a good idea.
Father: I know. It will motivate you more.
Yoshimoto: But what are you going to measure his improvements? An adjusted deviation score of the country? Or the test scores at his school?
Father: Well…
Yoshimoto: Using the latter, there are easy and difficult questions.
Father: Well, um, how about the ranks in her class based on the test scores? 
Yoshimoto: Sure. 
Father: So…What do you think of 10,000 yen ($85) for a rank?
Yoshimoto: Do you mean you will pay me 300,000 yen ($2550) if he goes up 30 ranks?
Father: That’s right.
Yoshimoto: Are you sure you have that much money? I would not like it if you changed your mind later.
Father: I can withdraw the money any time from the post office that I’ve saved for six months.
Yoshimoto: Mr. Numata, is this a promise?
Father: Yeah.

At School

Teacher: I am going to return your test, starting from the lowest scores as always.  Akemi Hamamoto, 6 points! Hamamoto, study harder if you are feeling embarrassed.  Go back to your seat. Stop laughing, you guys. Seruma, 8 points! Go pick this up in the playground. Iguchi, 12 points! Yamamoto, 16 points! Numata 26 points!
Tsuchiya: There is a hole in your pants.
Teacher: Kameyama, 32 points! Watanabe, 35 points!

On the Way Home

Shigeyuki: Let me go. Let go of me.
Tsuchiya: I know you like Hamamoto and brought her here. Kiss her now.

In the Dining Room

Mother: Hello. You got your test back didn’t you? What’s wrong? Did you not do well?
Shigeyuki: I never do well.
Mother: Come on, Show it to me.
Shigeyuki: Give me coffee.
Mother: Show it to me later.
Mother: Coffee is ready. It’ll get cold soon.
Shegeyuki: I was changing my underwear.
Mother: Why didn’t you do that this morning?
Mother: Isn’t that too much sugar?
Shigeyuki: Damn, stupid Tsuchiya put freaking salt in it.
Mother: Don’t be wasteful, gargling with that.
Mother: 26 points on this Japanese test.  The ninth from the bottom of the class.

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Yoshimoto: Explain the following words. One, energy is tulips’ bulbs. Two, gentleness is round greenhouses. Three, cunning is a private game of “scissors-paper-rock.”
Shigeyuki: Isn’t that creative?
Yoshimoto: Hell no.  What the hell were you thinking?
Shigeyuki: You, sir.Yoshimoto: What about me?
Shigeyuki: Just curious what kind of a person you were.
Yoshimoto: Nonsense.
Yoshimoto: When’s your next Japanese test?
Shigeyuki: Next week, sir.
Yoshimoto: Where do you guys read now? What are these useless pictures? You don’t pay attention to your classes huh. Anyway, write down all the words in this book, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, you don’t know in your notebook. Allright?
Shigeyuki: Yes, sir.
Shgeyuki: Mr. Yoshimoto.
Yoshimoto: mm?
Shigeyuki: Could you read this?
Yoshimoto: Which part?
Shigeyuki: This part.
Yoshimoto: This? “Many of the men of old died on their travels, and I, too, for years past have been stirred by the sigh
of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless
thoughts of roaming.” 
Shigeyuki: Thank you.

In the Dining Room

Shinichi: Hello: Is he here?
Mother: Uh huh.
Shinichi: They are pretty quiet.
Mother: Yeah.

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Yoshimoto: Oh, you are home.
Shinichi: Yes.
Yoshimoto: Your room is right next to us.
Shinichi: Yes.
Yoshimoto: You are Shinichi, aren’t you?
Shinichi: Yes, sir.
Yoshimoto: Oh.
Shinichi: How do you do, sir?
Yoshimoto: Take care.
Shigeyuki: I’m done.
Yoshimoto: What the hell is this?
Shigeyuki: I will never forget “Dusk.”
Yoshimoto: Who the hell told you to do this?
Shigeyuki: I just wanted to.
Yoshimoto: What the hell is the point?
Shigeyuki: I can kill boring time and possibly enjoy it.
Yoshimoto: It’s not the matter of having fun. Anyone who wants to high school has to study intensely.
Shigeyuki: Shall I choose not to take the exam for high school?
Yoshimoto: All right. You are not going to high school, huh.
Shigeyuki: I WILL go to high school.
Yoshimoto: Don’t freaking joke around with me.
Shigeyuki: I’m not.
Yoshimoto: Do not even try to make a fool of me.
Shigeyuki: I’m certainly not.
Yoshimoto: I said, “write down all the words and Chinese characters from TheNarrow Road to the Deep North.” What the hell were you thinking, idiot. I’m not here to screw around.

In the Dining Room

Mother: What happened?
Yoshimoto: I don’t know.
Shigeyuki: Mom, I’m bleeding.
Mother: Oh, dear. How did this happen?
Yoshimoto: Maybe he got too excited. I’m getting thirsty.
Mother: Shigeyuki, are you okay?
Yoshimoto: Ms. Numata, This tastes awful and smells of chlorine.You got to do something about it.
Mother: Maybe he wanted to tell us something with “dusk.”
Yoshimoto: I don’t think so. He was just trying to annoy me.
Mother: I wonder if he does it all the time.
Yoshimoto: Probably.
Mother: No wonder he does poorly in school.
Yoshimoto: Of course, not.
Mother: I’m sure he can do much better, though.
Yoshimoto: That’s just any parents’ belief.
Mother: When he was in the 7th grade, he learned everything about the structures of the roller coasters over night.
Yoshimoto: Maybe he’ll be great at memorizing lines for plays, then.

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Yoshimoto: You don’t have to get up. Did it hurt?
Shigeyuki: Yes, sir.
Yoshimoto: You don’t like getting hit, right?
Shigeyuki: No, sir.
Yoshimoto: Don’t be foolish with me, then.
Yoshimoto: Do you remember what I told you do?
Shigeyuki: Yes, sir.
Yoshimoto: I’ll be watching this time. Do right if you get want to get hit again.

In the Dining Room

Father: A nosebleed?
Mother: He did. It surprised me.
Father: No big deal.
Mother: You are too drunk to think now.
Father: Violence is sometimes necessary and helpful. I’ll go say hi.
Mother: Don’t. You’ll distract them.

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Father: Yo.
Yoshimoto: Hey.
Father: Alright.
Yoshimoto: Bye.
Yoshimoto: Listen, your test scores will go up for sure if you dowhat I say. Wouldn’t that make you feel good?
Shigeyuki: You’re right, sir.
Yoshimoto: I’ll slap you again if you haven’t finished this the next time I’ll see you. I don’t care if you bleed at the nose. I’m used to it from watching pro wrestling matches on TV. Got that?
Shigeyuki: Yes, sir.
Yoshimoto: Good.
Shigeyuki: Please be gentler if you can, sir.
Yoshimoto: I’ll see you later.
Shinichi: Likewise.
Yoshimoto: You, too.
Shigeyuki: Thank you very much.

In the Dining Room

Yoshimoto: Ma’am, have a nice evening.
Mother: Why don’t you have dinner with us?
Yoshimoto: No Thank you. Is Mr. Numata taking a bath?Mother: I’m sorry if he distracted your teaching earlier. He was pretty drunk tonight.
Yoshimoto: No worries. I’ll let you know if he does in the future.
Mother: Please don’t fight.
Yoshimoto: Against Mr. Numata? No, never.
Mother: You should have Sukiyaki with us tonight.
Yoshimoto: I have something to think about.
Mother: Okay.
Yoshimoto: Have a good night.
Mother: Thanks.
Yoshimoto: Ms.
Mother: Yes.
Yoshimoto: Please tell Mr. Numata I said hello.

In the Classroom

Teacher: Read, Tsuchiya.
Teacher: Next, Numata.
Teacher B: The next one is Shibata, please.
Shibata: Yes. sir.
Teacher B: Yamashita, stop talking. Stand up!

At the Entrance of the Apartment

Mother: Hello.
Neighbor: Hello. Did you go shopping?
Mother: Yes.
Neighbor: Same here.

At the Cosmetic Store

Clerk: How can I help you?
Shinichi: Is Mieko here?
Clerk: Hello, Mieko, someone is here to see you.
Mieko: Hey, what’s going on?
Shinichi: Hello.
Mieko: Hello.

At Mieko’ House

Mieko: This is my dad and mom, and this is my classmate, Numata.
Shinichi: Nice to meet you.
Mieko’s Mother: You, too.
Mieko: Don’t you think my room is nice and cute?
Shinichi: Yeah.
Mieko: Have a seat, Numata.
Shinichi: Where?
Mieko: Here. Right Here.
Shinichi: I like your room with great view.
Mieko: I don’t think so. Anyway, what brought you here? I have no idea why you visited me.
Shinichi: I wanted to ask questions.
Mieko: Do you want to interview me or something? We are, like, in totally different worlds.
Shinichi: What do you mean? We are in the same class.
Mieko: I know, but…. You are funny.
Shinichi: You are funnier.
Mieko’s Mother: Numata, do you have brothers and sisters?
Shinichi: I have a younger brother:
Mieko’s Mother: In what grade?
Shinichi: He is in the 9th grade.
Mieko’s Father: 9th grade? He must be busy studying for an entrance exam.

In the Dining Room

Mother: Shigeyuki is usually home by now. I wonder he’s fighting again.
Yoshimoto: Does he fight?
Mother: some people pick on him.
Yoshimoto: I see.
Mother: I could understand if he was getting picked on for being smart, but this is not the case for him.
       Hey, Shinichi, have you seen Shigeyuki on the way home?
Shinichi: Yeah.
Mother: Where?
Shinichi: At the bookstore. I left him alone because he was enjoying reading.
Mother: The bookstore?
Yoshimoto: I’ll be there.
Mother: Be nice and gentle to him, please.

At the Bookstore

Yoshimoto: Having fun? You hate me so much, huh.
Clerk: Excuse me, sir?
Shigeyuki: I don’t even know if I like you or not yet.
Clerk: Please pay for the book.
Yoshimoto: How much?
Clerk: It’s 480yen ($4).
Yoshimoto: Give me the change.
Clerk: Gi, give, give me a minute and stay RIGHT here, please
Yoshimoto: Right here?

In the Dining Room

Mother: What’s going on? Shigeyuki, wait!

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Yoshimoto: Did you really do your homework? Come on.
Mother: Here you go.
Yoshimoto: Thank you very much.
Mother: Enjoy.
Yoshimoto: Here, eat.

In Shinichi’s Room

Mother: They are quite, aren’t they.
Shinichi: He is probably listening to his teacher well.
Mother: Good. Shinichi, don’t quit studying even though you still have two years till college. Your dad would be unhappy with me if you did.
Shinichi: I know.

In the Dining Room

Shinichi: This was a movie, right?
Mother: Right. I went to see it with your dad.
Shinichi: Who was in it?
Mother: Let’s see, Audrey Hepburn was.
Shinichi: What does she look like? Fat? Skinny?
Mother: She was very skinny.
Shinichi: Why not play a song.
Mother: Okay, then, “I Could have Danced All Night.”
       You are home early today.
Shigeyuki: Someone else is also early.
Mother: That’s true, Shinichi.
Shinichi: Oh yeah?
Shigeyuki: What were you playing?
Mother: “I Could Have Danced All Night.”
Shigeyuki: That’s impossible.
Mother: You should study all night.
Shigeyuki: No way.
Mother: Wash your hands or change your clothes.
Shigeyuki: Mom.
Mother: Yeah.
Shigeyuki: When was your first period? In elementary school? In junior high school?
Mother: How come you ask me such a thing, all of a sudden?
Shigeyuki: Do you still have them?
Mother: Of course.
Shigeyuki: Do you use tampons or napkins? How do you feel during the periods? Do you get irritable? I can never tell when you have them. Did you practice to hide them?
Mother: It’s none of your business.
Shigeyuki: Does it hurt when you bleed?
Mother: Enough!
Shigeyuki: Come on, that’s not fair. Tell me, Mom. When was your first time? 
Mother: Let me ask you then, Shigeyuki. Since when have you had your pubic hair?Father: Don’t you miss Yoshimoto teacher?
Shigeyuki: No.
Mother: Do you guys get along well?
Father: How’s his teaching style?
Shigeyuki: You recently sleep at home a lot.
Mother: School is pretty hard, isn’t it?
Father: Is that so?
Shinichi: Not really.
Father: Now, let’s go.
Mother: Where to?
Father: to where we can talk comfortably.
Mother: The car?
Father: That’s right.
Mother: Don’t you want to take a bath first?
Father: Nah, let’s go now.
Mother: Hold on a minute.
Father: You’re not putting makeup on now.

In the Car

Father: It’s been a while for us to come here together huh.
Mother: Yes.
Father: About Shigeyuki?
Mother: I don’t know exactly how much he doesn’t listen to Yoshimoto, but he is rather rebellious. You haven’t seen anything at all.
Father: I would like to see once.
Mother: You need to come home early.
Father: Don’t say that. I have to work late. Otherwise, our children wouldn’t be able to go to school and hire a private teacher, either. Mother: But I always get blamed for their mistakes and trouble.
Father: Because you are responsible.
Mother: I wish they behaved better.
Father: They do. Shinichi goes to Seibu High School.
Mother: Other wives lead an easier life. I don’t want to sacrifice ourselves this much for our children. I should’ve had them later.
Father: No point to regret it.
Mother: I wish I could go back to when we didn’t have children.
Father: Oh well.
Mother: I want to do a jazz dance like others.

At School

Teacher: Hey, wake up!
Tsuchiya: Wake up, dumbass.
Shigeyuki: Shut up, Yasuko Kikuchi.

On the Way Home

Tsuchiya: Why the hell did you call me Kikuchi. I have nothing to do with her. Damn you. That was messed up, you dirty bastard.

In the Dining Room

Neighbor: Thank you for talking to me the other day.
Mother: No problem.
Neighbor: I don’t know anyone else in this apartment complex. I feel lonely sometimes.
Mother: Oh, okay.
Neighbor: A lot of people here work at nightclubs or bars.
Mother: Hmm.
Neighbor: May I sit across from you? This is kind of awkward.
Mother: Yeah, sure.
Neighbor: Thanks.  Could I ask you something?
Mother: Go ahead.
Neighbor: My husband’s father is dying.
Mother: Now?
Neighbor: I am just guessing because he is old and bedridden.
Mother: Oh my. Do you live with him?
Neighbor: Yes.
Mother: Hmm.
Neighbor: How do you think we should take his coffin to the first floor?
Mother: Well…
Neighbor: The elevator is too small.
Mother: Umm.Neighbor: We can’t even have a wake or a funeral in our room. I wish we could have them at my parents’ house.
Mother: What’s wrong?
Neighbor: What am I going to do?
Mother: Dear.
Neighbor: I don’t know what to do.
Shigeyuki: Damn.
Mother: My child is home, so….
Neighbor: You should be concerned about other families, not just yours.
Shigeyuki: Pissed me off.
Mother: I’ll think about it. I’ll ask someone in a mutual aid association.
Neighbor: Really? Please promise me.
Shigeyuki: Mom, Put my futon down for me.
Mother: I’ll let you know.
Neighbor: How?
Mother: Come over here sometimes.
Neighbor: What date and what time?
Mother: Whenever you want.
Shigeyuki: Mom, futon.
Neighbor: Okay.
Shigeyuki: Come on.
Neighbor: Thank you.
Mother: Sorry I couldn’t do anything for you. Thank you.
Neighbor: Thank you very much.
Shigeyuki: Mom.
Yoshimoto: I’m so sorry I’m late.
Mother: Shigeyuki is asleep.
Yoshimoto: Oh.
Mother: He had a nosebleed.
Yoshimoto: What happened.
Mother: He had a fight.
Yoshimoto: He lost, huh. I got it.
Mother: Wait.

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Yoshimoto: Hey, you lost your fight again.
Shigeyuki: No, I didn’t, sir.
Yoshimoto: You are knocked out.
Shigeyuki: There were five guys against me, sir.
Yoshimoto: All right. Anyway, let’s start.
Shigeyuki: Are you serious?
Yoshimoto: Of course. Don’t be a wuss. I’ll teach you how to fight later.

At School

Teacher: Hamamoto, 6 points. Yamamoto, 12 points. Tsuruma, 20points. Osawa, 22 points. Watanabe, 25 points.
Friend A: Numata, you are doing better.
Shigeyuki: Yeah.
Friend A: What’ve you been doing?
Shigeyuki: I don’t know.

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Yoshimoto: I see you’ve also been studying by yourself.
Shigeyuki: You’ve been helping me so much, sir.
Yoshimoto: Yeah.Shigeyuki: The English test I am get back tomorrow should be good, too, sir.
Yoshimoto: What’s gotten into you? You are confident.
Shigeyuki: I like the feeling that I get when my classmates complain about me doing well, sir.
Yoshimoto: Like who?

In the Dining Room

Father: Shigeyuki, Keep up your good work. He is doing well with the teacher.
Mother: It’s too early to say that.
Father: His complexion is also good recently. Hey Shinichi, I hear you’ve been skipping school quite a bit. Don’t slack off.
Shinichi: It’s now Shigeyuki’s turn to study.
Father: Don’t be ridiculous. Study hard like him.

At the Door

Mother: I’ll come over sometimes. Take care. Bye.What is this? Pretty heavy
Shigeyuki: Who was it?
Mother: It says “To Shigeyuki.”
Shigeyuki: What is this?

In Shigeyuki’s Room

Yoshimoto: What is that?
Shigeyuki: Tsuchiya brought it, sir.
Yoshimoto: Open it. Nice gift.
Shigeyuki: What a bastard.
Yoshimoto: Is he trying to annoy you? Wow, man. Do you get a hard on when you something like these?
Shigeyuki: No. That’s gross, sir.
Yoshimoto: I do for sure though.
Shigeyuki: I hate girls.
Yoshimoto: You do? Then I’ll have them, and you start studying. What? You do have a hard on looking at the magazines? 
Shigeyuki: Hell no.
Yoshimoto: Who do you think you are talking to? Start it.

At the Cosmetic Store

Clerk: Hello.
Shinichi: Hello.
Clerk: You want to see Mieko, right? Hello, Mieko?
Shinichi: I’m Numata.
Clerk: Numata is here.
Mieko: Come in, Numata. Shibata, Numata came.
Mieko’s Mother: Hi. How are you?
Mieko: Have a seat.
Shibata: What is that?

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