Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. (2025) s01e01 Episode Script

[train chugging]
[street traffic hums]
[indistinct chatter]
[MIZUHO]
What an awful birthday.
[indistinct chatter]
DEAR NISHINO MIZUHO-SAMA,
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE
TO END KAWAGUCHI
MEGU-SENSEI'S
SERIES BY THE
END OF THIS YEAR?
Well, guess it's over
by the end of the year, huh?
-[FEMALE 1A] Pick up the pace!
-[MALE 1A] Come on.
[MALE 1B]
You're so busted!
[FEMALE 1A] You stayed up
too late again, didn't you?
[Mizuho gasps]
-[all laughing]
-[FEMALE 1A] Honestly.
[MALE 1A]
I'm innocent!
[MALE 1B]
More like guilty as charged.
[MALE 1C]
He's hopeless.
♪
[chuckles]
[MIZUHO]
That brings back memories.
♪
[water rippling]
Wait
it's me.
♪
I didn't realize it
at the time
but in my teenage years
life was truly dazzling.
ANYWAY,
I'M FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU
[wind whooshing]
[birds chirping]
[FEMALE RADIO HOST 1A]
Rise and shine, everyone!
We're in the thick of summer
now and things are getting hot!
It's July 1st, 2020,
and I hope you're all making
the most of it
this fine morning!
This week, highs are expected
to exceed a sweltering
35 degrees Celsius
all across Kanto.
Don't forget to stay hydrated,
-or you'll be sorry!
-[Mizuho's father humming]
[FEMALE RADIO HOST 1A]
For today's horoscope,
our lucky item for Cancer is
a candle!
[FEMALE RADIO HOST 1A]
That nasty disease
is still going around,
so please be careful
out there, folks!
[humming]
[deep breaths]
[humming]
[deep breaths]
Morning! Uh!
Mi?
[thuds]
-[MIZUHO'S FATHER] My baby!
-[birds chirping wildly]
♪
Now, I know
you're childhood friends
but you shouldn't
stay up so late
that you fall asleep together.
You two aren't
little kids anymore,
right, honey?
♪
[Mizuho laughs]
I don't get what
you're worried about.
Come on, I just
asked him to model
for a panel of my manga.
Besides, you know
that Kizuki is like
a little brother to me, Dad.
♪
Hmm.
♪
Thank you for having me over.
[chuckles]
No problem.
Just wish I'd heard
about it yesterday.
[gasps]
Oh, right, there's
breakfast on the table.
[yawns]
Okay.
[MIZUHO] And thanks
for packing my lunch!
♪
Figures, dad totally forgot.
It's not just any day,
it's my birthday.
♪
KOIGAHAMA HIGHLANDS!
My childhood friends.
The four of us grew up together
right here in this neighborhood
a place called
Koigahama Highlands.
♪
[door opens]
[birds chirping]
-[MIZUHO] Good morning!
-[KIZUKI] Uh?
♪
We've been waiting ages.
I take longer
to get ready, so what?
♪
[MIZUHO]
We've always been super close,
so it's basically impossible
to keep secrets.
[all laughing]
[MIZUHO]
We're like siblings,
all going into our second year
of high school together.
♪
For real, Mizuho?
Roughing it without
makeup again?
Trying to hide your shame
behind those dorky glasses
won't cut it.
[humming loudly]
Eh, he's not wrong, you know?
You should be a bit more--
A bit more what, huh Airu?
Lemme take a wild guess,
you were up late again
drawing your manga.
Oh, gee, nothing
gets past you, Shugo.
Your time would be much
better spent studying.
Nerd boy strikes again!
Just don't come crying to me
before exams.
Now, Shin, there are certain
things in this world
that are way more
important than studying.
I'm talking about
love and friendship.
[train chugging]
♪
Only you could be
so serious this early.
You should study more, too.
[SHUGO] My grades are okay
just the way they are.
[MIZUHO]
Kizuki, your backpack.
Huh?
How can you always
be so careless?
Like, honestly.
[MIZUHO] In all these years,
he's only grown in height.
Thanks a bunch.
[MIZUHO]
He's the baby of the group.
[alarm blaring]
[SHUGO]
Kizuki, remind me,
practice resumes today, right?
-[KIZUKI] Right.
-Oh, cool!
That means you get to resume
creeping on your beloved Saito.
-[chuckles]
-Hey, what?
What are you talking about?
High energy.
I'm shocked
since it's so early.
Oh, okay.
[MIZUHO] How about you
just keep your mouth shut?
[Airu laughing]
[indistinct chatter]
[bell chiming]
[MIZUHO]
How did I land cleaning duty
today of all days?
[Mizuho sighs]
Huh?
[indistinct chatter]
[screaming]
[GIRLS]
You're on fire, Kizuki!
Ah?
[Mizuho groans]
[Mizuho gasps]
[MIZUHO]
My poor glasses.
No!
[FEMALE 1B] I'm super bummed
that Saito's not here.
-Huh?
-[crow cawing]
[FEMALE 1C] Rumor has it
he's quitting the swim team.
[FEMALE 1D] 'Cause there's
no inter-high competition?
[birds chirping]
[crow cawing]
[MIZUHO] Saito
can't just quit like this.
[water rippling]
[footfall]
Ah!
-[MIZUHO] Um, Saito?
-Huh?
Hey, Nishino.
[seagulls squawking]
[SAITO]
We're so unlucky.
Don't you think?
Classes were canceled
out of nowhere
all because
of some stupid disease.
School trips
sports festivals
fireworks shows
they've all been taken from us.
I mean
even swim practice
and our last meet.
All that workfor nothing.
Not nothing.
[MIZUHO] I liked watching you
trying your best
andseeing you have fun.
I was gonna go
to your final meet
and confess my feelings.
Sorry, I probably
shouldn't have said that.
Not that it matters now.
But
[bus engine whirring]
[MIZUHO]
Please don't quit.
For your own sake.
You love it, don't stop.
[bus door opens]
No offense,
but you're not
on the team, Nishino.
You have no idea how I feel.
[gasps]
[bus door closes]
[bus engine revving]
♪
Guess that's that.
♪
[MIZUHO]
My unrequited loveis over.
♪
#1 AN AWFUL BIRTHDAY
What an awful birthday.
-[SAITO] Kizuki.
-[gasps]
[KIZUKI]
Saito.
Hey.
[water sloshing]
[SAITO]
You're really impressive.
[KIZUKI]
Huh?
We don't even know if we'll
ever get to compete again.
[SAITO] Why are you
still trying so hard?
I promised myself something.
[KIZUKI] If I ever make it
to the finals at nationals
I'll tell her how I feel.
So, I can't stop.
I have to keep getting
better till it happens.
[SAITO]
You're gonna make me look bad.
Ah?
I'll come back
to practice tomorrow.
You mean it?
[SAITO] Nishino said
to swim for my own sake.
She said she liked
watching me.
Having fun
and trying hard and stuff.
[Kizuki gasps]
You're close, aren't you?
Like, isn't she
your childhood friend?
[KIZUKI]
It's not like that for me.
Huh?
She's a woman.
That's how I see her.
[KIZUKI]
So, keep your distance.
-[door closes]
-[MIZUHO] I'm home.
[Mizuho sighs]
Ah?
[party popper popping]
♪
[TOGETHER]
Happy birthday, Mizuho!
Happy 17th birthday!
[all cheering]
[AIRU]
Surprise!
[SHUGO]
Flawless execution!
[MIZUHO]
The tender kindness
of my childhood friends.
[weeping]
She's crying?
Looks like it to me!
This is why I told you
that it was a bad idea
to surprise her.
Well, that ship sailed.
-Uh, Kizuki!
-What?
-[SHUGO] The ake-cay!
-Cake?
[SHUGO]
Yeah, get the cake!
-[MIZUHO] No, I'm not upset.
-[all gasping]
♪
[sniffles]
I'm happy.
[all sighing]
♪
And so grateful.
An ugly cry to remember!
Airu, put that away!
But there's no fireworks show
or anything this year.
You know, he's right.
Just think about it,
we'll need to start
making our own memories.
[footfall]
When I blow out
all these candles
what do you think
I should be wishing for?
I'm guessing that
only the birthday girl
gets to make a wish, right?
Well, duh.
Mizuho.
You had already been crying
when you were
on your way back home.
What?
I, uh, why would
you think that?
[KIZUKI]
You can't hide behind these.
Huh.
Hm.
[MIZUHO]
At that moment in time,
in 2020,
I didn't realize.
Hm?
[blowing]
My wish is to be
your boyfriend.
♪
[MIZUHO]
I was surrounded
by a rare
and dazzling brilliance.
[TOGETHER]
Cheers!
[MIZUHO]
Now, let's eat!
Now, tell us what you
and Kizuki were doing together?
[spitting]
Did he ask you to marry him
like old Shugo here once did?
You haven't
forgotten about that.
That was before we were
even in grade school.
Back then I was
ignorant to the fact
that girls other than Mizuho
existed in the world.
[SHUGO]
So, in other words.
-Ah! Hey, wait!
-[SHUGO] It's my shameful past!
No stop! Enough!
[SHUGO] Purge it from your
memory this instant, or else!
Eat your cake quietly.
Hah?
♪
[SHIN] Mizuho,
there's icing on your face.
Really?
♪
[chuckles]
I swear, you're just
like a little kid.
[whimpering]
[MIZUHO]
You're one to talk, Kizuki!
[sighs]
♪
[birds chirping]
[door opens]
[MIZUHO]
Good morning.
-[AIRU] Ohh!
-[SHUGO] Oh, wow!
[AIRU]
Look at that,
you finally
discovered contacts!
♪
[SHUGO] Hey, it's better
than those dorky glasses.
Shut your mouth!
Still you, though.
Leave me alone!
[SHUGO]
What do you think, Shin?
[MIZUHO]
I don't wanna hear it!
Well, makes no difference.
You're still stupid.
[all laughing]
[KIZUKI]
So cute.
Huh?
You look really cute, Mizuho!
♪
[whimpering]
[MIZUHO]
He makes me so mad.
So incredibly mad!
[indistinct chatter]
[MIZUHO] Kizuki's definitely
pulling a prank on me!
[indistinct chatter]
He was just cheering me up
because I was crying.
What does he think
he's playing at, anyway?
Too high.
[groaning]
I can't reach.
[KIZUKI]
Let me.
[gasps]
All done.
Lunch time, let's go.
[indistinct chatter]
[cutlery clanking]
Aah.
Aah?
[all gasping]
[SHIN] Kizuki, don't feed
Airu your broccoli
just because you don't like it.
[laughs]
This is weird.
Aren't you gonna eat
with your usual crew?
What's the problem?
I just felt like eating
with you, Chika.
That's a dangerous game.
You realize their groupies
will come for you.
I doubt it.
There's no way
they'd really try to--
-[SUZUKI] Nishino, hey!
-Ah?
We were hoping you could
give this to Kizuki for us.
[MIZUHO]
Huh?
The two of us made this
special gift just for him.
He's right there, so why
don't you do it yourself?
Are you kidding me?
I can't even breathe
when he's around!
I see, but what's so great
about him, anyway?
[SUZUKI]
I'm begging you!
[both screaming]
[MIZUHO]
Come back!
-[CHIKA] Such innocence.
-[sighs]
[MIZUHO]
Why Kizuki?
He's just a big crybaby.
Please, Mi!
[crying]
I don't want you
to go away yet!
-Ah?
-[weeping]
It's okay.
I'll stay with you.
[MIZUHO]
When we were kids
Kizuki often missed school
because of his asthma.
[MIZUHO (YOUNG)]
Look, I made you a new drawing.
[laughs]
You'll definitely
be a manga artist
when you grow up.
[MIZUHO]
Hearing him laugh
made me happy.
I can't believe how much
of a genius you are!
[MIZUHO (YOUNG)]
Say it again!
You've gotta be
the greatest genius
that ever walked this Earth!
I think you're just amazing.
This is pretty average.
♪
Oh, I see.
[MALE EDITOR 1A] I want you
to try to create a manga
that only you could make.
For example,
why don't you try
writing a school romance?
That might be exciting.
I couldn't possibly!
My love life's
basically nonexistent.
Never even dated!
Come on, that can't be true.
I mean, you're a high school
student, after all.
[MALE EDITOR 1A] You're
in the midst of your dazzling
and exciting adolescence.
♪
You've got the wrong idea.
My life isn't dazzling
or very exciting.
Are you quite certain?
[MALE EDITOR 1A] Perhaps you
just can't see it for yourself.
Huh?
[footfall]
[MIZUHO]
He rejected everything.
-[AIRU] Mizuho!
-Uh.
Hey!
Fancy seeing you.
Hey, Airu.
Check this out.
[AIRU] An editor gave me
all these free makeup samples.
You want one?
Jeez
you really are a persuasive
influencer, aren't you?
What's wrong?
[MIZUHO]
Anyway, you know how it goes.
[AIRU] A thrilling tale
of love and adolescence, huh?
Well, today's on me.
So, relax, okay?
Draw a new one
when you're ready.
It's so far-fetched.
Whose life is actually
that exciting?
Ah!
It was my dumb dream
to watch the fireworks show
with my crush
but that disease came along
and wrecked everything.
[MIZUHO]
Not to mention I got rejected.
-[MIZUHO] Oh, right.
-Hm?
[AIRU]
What's all that?
It's for Kizuki
from a couple of girls
in my class.
Huh?
[sighs]
Hey, Mizuho.
Can you really say
that doesn't bother you?
Girls going after Kizuki?
[MIZUHO]
Huh?
Why would it?
Kizuki's like our baby brother.
Then go
give him that
present right now.
You know where to find him.
[AIRU] He's probably
still at the pool.
[MIZUHO]
What's Airu's problem, anyway?
Why the rush?
He has no idea what's going on.
It's just
I don't wanna be alone
with Kizuki right now.
[water splashing]
Mizuho.
What's up,
are you heading home?
[MIZUHO]
Hold on.
Here, this is for you.
Yeah?
[MIZUHO]
Yeah.
[KIZUKI]
Did you make these?
That's so sweet, thank you.
[MIZUHO] [chuckles]
No, not me.
You know Suzuki and Fujita?
They asked me
to give it to you.
The gift's from them.
Kizuki?
[KIZUKI]
Give it back.
[footfall]
Huh?
Wait for me!
[MIZUHO]
What's the matter?
Doesn't that make you
feel anything?
[KIZUKI]
Or is it
you don't care
if I accept gifts like that.
[gasps]
[sighs]
Why exactly would it bother me?
I'm headed home, okay?
[Mizuho gasps]
♪
Please don't go away.
[MIZUHO]
Kizuki.
♪
[MIZUHO]
He used to be so much smaller.
So much weaker than me.
♪
Hey, come on.
Let go of me!
[water splashing]
[Mizuho whimpering]
♪
[KIZUKI] Have you ever
considered for a moment
that I'm a man now?
[gasps]
Of course not.
♪
It's fine.
I'm confident.
♪
I have zero doubt
you'll fall in love with me.
What are you saying
♪
♪
#2 I'LL BE BY YOUR SIDE